Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
HOT SPRINGS PREACHER SEEKS
TO CONCEAL TRUTH FROM FLOCK
'Revs. Woods And McJunkins. Baptist
Preachers Concoci Plans To Boycott
State Press Before State Congress

HOPE-The meeting place last
week of the Sunday School and
B. T. U. Congress of Arkansas,
presided over by its president,
Rev. r. S. Shorty of Malvern,
was made famous years ago by
the late Prof Yearger and a host
of others for good. But more re-
Gently according to residents Of
the city has been formed back in
to the channels of the uncivilized
place of abode that Arkansas has
recently been publicized, because
a city policeman walked up to
an innocent Negro boy just from
the country as he was eating a
hamburger and shot him to death.
Witnesses declared no motive
could be ascribed other than he
was a Negro who didn't Jump
over the moon" when a white
police yelled niger.
The S. S. and B. T. U. Congress
is a school of methods where
leadership training for all de-
partments of the church is being
taught.
DR.. R. c. Woods, pastor of Rom
oake Baptist Church of Hot
Springs and also dean of the
Congress interrupted the Min
isterial Department to get reso-
luton through condemning the
STATE PRESS and pleaded with
the Congress to 60 on record
boycotting the paper. DR.. woods
stated he had intended suing the
STATE PRESS, but after making
invesei1StiS1s W. w Y abISIl; nv
discovered it was a waste OF time.
He calimed the PRESS allowed
an article of over a thousand
words to be published through
its columns attacking the Bapt-
list ministers, and wouldn't allow
the ministers to answer the at
tack, only wanted to allow GOO
words.
Things went well in the small
class OF ministers listening to the
narangue of Rev. Mr.. Woods, UNI
til DR.. ]. F. Clark, president of
the Consolidated State Conven-
ton called the entire group to-
gether for an information meet
ing" attended by several hundred.
Woods was given an opportunity
to read his resolution to the en-
tire group, which asked that the
group Of pastors boycott the
STATE PRESS.
Rev. T. O. McJunkins, pastor Of
First Baptist Church, FL Dorado.
seconded the motion for it,
adoption. DR.. Clark ruled the
motion out Of order on the con-
tention of Attorney ]. A. Hibbler,
of Little Rock.
The resolution was sent to =
committee composed of McJun-
kins, Woods, Attorney Hibbler,
DR.. Clark and others. It was
never reported out of the COM
mittee.
Pandemonium was almost
created when the group was dis
missed, and it was announced
that an editor of the PRESS was
present for all to take their seats
and hear him. The group was
soon calm. Instead of an editor
OF the PRESS, it was editor c. II.
Jones, who prints the Southern
Mediator Journal. Editor Jones
was presented to the group, but
did have a few hundred copies
OF his paper on the scene, and
when contacted by a PRESS
representative, said If l can get
the resolution / will print it,"
DR.. Clark said he could not
endorse such resolution because
he would have to study it. DR..
r. S. Shorty, president of the
Congress expressed complete sur
prise when asked WAS he con-
cerned about the resolution" DR..
Shorty stated, Il am for the free
dom of the PRESS" Many other
ministers expressed deep resent
ment to the resolution" While
others came forth with this state
ment THE PRESS prints the
news and any one subscribing to
such a resolution will not hinder
the people from reading it,"
(See editorial Woods McJunkins