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Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
THE SANCTITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
by Ruth ToyIor

nation we'll as individual is known by whot it
oil They believe in the soncty and supremacy of the state
and the complete subsuvence of the ndvduo He is but
pawn His work. his religion his home, his children
directly under the control of his the state and its
self appointed rulers He may read listen and soy only
whot they wish Even his beliefs CIRCULATED and reg
mented
The direct ontthesis of this ore the beliefs of de-
mocrdcy based they upon the soncty of the nd
viduo The state is but the composite convictions of its
citizens He pawn but free man. considered cop
obIe and intelligent enough govern himself with due
gard the rights of Others His laws the trofc rules
determined upon by himself and his fellows the most
convenient way give freedom to all by cooperation for
the common good
He moy work where and when and how he will pro-
vided that work harms effects him that he
becomes charge upon the stote If he doesn't like job
or Locality he is free to get up and Ieove.
He may worship in his way freely ond with only
his own conscience determine his beliefs. His faith is
not for the State dctote 1t between himself and God
His home is invioIote protected from the Stote
itself by the Bill of Rights His children, provided they
cored for and educoed his to guide and cherish. not
TO be taken from him. long he fuf his duty of fot
erhood.
He may read whot he wishes, listen freely and speak
his mind openly and according to his convictions without
fear favor of the soe And that State will protect him
even when he speaks in disagreement with it
In democracy the individual is man, ready to stond
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
Judge UphoIds
arment of
Local Lawyer
DAN WILLIAMS BARRED

Jackson, Miss, = Dan Williams
prominent lawyer and business
man of the city, was barred from
further practice of the law in
judgment rendered in the chancery
court by Chancellor V. J. Strivker.
After hearing testimony for longer
than an hour and half, Chance
lor Stricked opinioned in favor
of a motion previously set by B.
d. Wade local white attorney. .
The disbarment proceedings
grew out of divorce suit, in which
Williams allegedly presented a
contested case as a non-contest-
ed suit. Williams had been denid
hearing by other lawyers on the
case, because an answer to the
origirtl bill of complaint was
filed. Following the hearing At
torney Williams could not be rea-
ched for statement.
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
Organize
Garden Club

Canton, Miss. - At a meeting
held at the home of Mrs. Annie
L. High, January 10, 1947, The
Canton Flower Club was organized
with seven members of the speci-
fis purpose of beautifying and i'm
proving the colored sections Of
Canton, it's surroundings and to
stimulate an interest for all flow
er growers and to produce many
varieties so that they may be able
to enter the flower show, which
communes twicea year.
The public is invited to take
part. Interested men will be ad-
mitted as honorary members.
The officeds are: Mrs. M. E.
Burton, Pdesirent; Mrs. A. L. High,
Vice Pdesident; Mrs. w. M. Weem,
Treasurer; Mds. Millie Currie, the
Committe on Better Gardens; Mrs.
e. B. Hall, Membership Commit
tee; Mrs. Lille Nichols, Secre-
tary.
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01

third the attempted hating of a
yolored family from moving into
a house in a. white residential
area. ri s.I1 sa,sa
( Burke, whom the prosecution
called "this preacher of poison"
still faces two other trial growing
out of activities of the Columbians
last October and November. He
is charged with riot and also with
illegal possession of dynamite, the
prosecutor said.
( Homer LoOmis Jr., executive Sec
retary of the organization, was
convicted TWO weeks ago of riot
and sentenced to twelve montha
in a public work camp. Loomis
also faces two more trials, one
for usurping police authority and
another for possession of dynamite.
Burke told the jury the Column
bians were organized to preserve
white supremacy and maintain the
color line.
In an unsWorn statement per-
mitted under Georgia law, the
Columbians leader denied he had
usurped police powers.
He lectured the jury on race
purity" and rallied against the
concerted, deliberate attack again
st Southern institutions, and the
attempO to break down the white
race which is being carried on by
those organizations most promi-
nent in tdying to send me and
others to the chain gang"
Judge Grow interrupted him, say
ing: "You are talking about this
case. You are not talking about
some biological matter
Burke said he knew almost no.
thing of the incidents in which
Columbians are accused of invok-
ing force against colored persons.
He said he was in bed at the time
Clifford Hines was blackjacked by
a group of Columbians as he walk
ed unarmed through a white resi-
Dental section.
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
E DI' Q RIAL S

by the local superintendent, and
in many cases he "did not want
to be bothered"
Striking is the vast difference
in opportunity in adjacent COM
munities. Oxford high school is
one of the three Negro public
schools with full accreditment in
the state, and it is in the middle
of a district of one and two teach
er schools whose appearance is
enough to discourage any but the
hardest.
The district boasts some Of the
finest homes owned by our group,
and some Of the worst novels in
habited by mankind.
This is no criticism of the section,
rather of the state and its offici-
ais who need to concentrate their
efforts to better the economic and
educational conditions of the peo-
pie. One school reported that it
had not had a visitor from the
state department of education in
Is years.
Veteran training is non exist
ent. In an area where thousands
Of boys gave their all for the
state and the nation, no effort is
being made to take advantage Of
the G. l. bill to train the discharg-
ed veterans for self-support and
constructive citizenship.
There seems to be a dark,
agreed, conspiracy to let this OPP
portunity pass from the colored
boys, possibly in keeping with the
discredited philosophy that educa-
ton makes dissatisfied Negro =.
or possibly the better to exploit
cheap, ignorant, helpless labor.
Whatever the circumstance, this
should be a challenge to all citi-
zens to a program Of immediate
action for the benefit of the whole
state. Local Negro leadership is of
much higher quality than one
could believe; but its faced on
every hand with blank wall of
Illustration and despair. Only out
side aid will help the fine Jeanes
teachers (and more are needed),
the struggling Gooens, Moseleys,
Fords and others to cope with
a situation which Senator K yle
characterized as Mississippi's No.
One Problem: The education of
the Negro. He should know: he
lives in the midst of the district
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
Columbian Leader
Sentenced To
Three Years

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. Superior
Court Judge Carl Crow asst Fri
: day sentenced Emory Burke, race
hating, Jew-baiting president of
the Columbians, Inc, to imprison-
ment for three years for usurping
police authority with his brown
shirted troopers.
A tWelve-man, all-white jury last
Thursday found film guilty on
three misdemeanor counts and, by
direction of the court, acquitted
| him on two other counts.
| Judge Crow gave him twelve
months on each count. the CEN
tence to run consecutively. His
counsel Immediately entered a mo-
ton for a new trial.
! Grow told Burke that 1--WE live
under a government of constitu-
tional law, constitutional author1
1'y, and the dutay of every per-
son is to obey al the laws.
The evidence showed, Judge
said, that Burke's activities were
contrary to our form of govern
ment and our way Of life"
The Indictment alleged Burke
usurped police powers in having
his organization patrol white resi-
dental areas to keep colored peo-
pie out.
Judge Grow said that "the bull
Wark of safety of the people in
this country is in the constitution
al authority" which he said was
the police.
Following the sentence of Burke
Prof. James H. Sheldon, admin
strative chairman of the anti-naze
league, New York, declared in a
statement:
"The conviction of Homer Loo
mis- Jr., and Emory Burke by two
Georgia juries is one of themost
encouraging things which has hap
pened since the end of the war.
and will stand out as an example
to law enforcement agencies in
every one the As States.
Solicitor General E. E. Andrews
and his associates have won a
signal victory, which merits the
praise of every freedom-loving
American wherever he may live.
The vigorous and efficient prose-
cution in this case has set an ex-
ample which Iaw-enforcement Of
ficers confronted with similar sit
uations in States like Illinois,
Michigan, California and New York
may finr very hard to equal"
The State based its case on three
incidents last October and Nov
ember in which uniformed mem
bers of the Columbians were in
volved. One involved search for a
colored man after an alleger cri-
minal assault, another the black
jacking of a colored man in a
white residential section and the
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01

, ed by the chief supervisor upon
petition to carry out the instruc-
tions and duties imposed UPON
f, them by the measure would be to
act simply as officers of supervis-
ion and observation. They would
stand side by side with local Of
ficers who register and receive the
, votes, who count and reutrn
them.
They would observe and report
first on registration in order that
registration may be pure that
no persons name would be placed
on the registration lists if it did
not belong there and that no per-
sons name would be taken from
it if it has a right to be there.
Their next duty would be to
stand at the polls and watch the
reception Of the votes. They
would take part in the count of
the votes and make a return to
the chief supervisor.
If the law applied to a city or
county, their duty would end
there. If, however, it applied to
an entire congressional district,
the Force Bill provided for the
establishment of a United States
Board of Canvassers, the members
of which also would be appointed
by the circuit courts. This board
would canvass and return the
votes as returned to them by the
supervisors and certify them to
the clerk of the House.
If that certificate agreed with
the certificate of the state officers
the man holding both certificates
would be seated. If they differed,
the certificate of the United Stat
es Board Of Canvassers would be
prima facie evidence and the name
of its holder would be placed up
on the roll of the House.
Some Senators or Representa-
tiyes interested in fair and honest
federal elections or some organiza-
tion interested in colored people
having the right to register and
vote might look up the Force Bill,
revise it, and seek its passage by
Congress.
Such legislation would insure
fair and honest elections in the
North as we'll as the South. It's
enactment would make possible
the registration of colored voters
in every state where their dis
franchisement is sought and
ought to have a salutary effect on
corruption in the big cities.
The Federal government has
the authority to regulate federal
elections. 1t ought to exercise it
to give every State a republican
form of government which is guar
anteed to them by the Constitu-
ton.
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
Suitable for Textiles

Although hemp is the strongest
vegetable fiber known, It's qualities
as a soft spinning thread make 1t
more suitable for textile. rug, and
specially uses than for rope and
cordage where the cheaper hard
materials are predominant. In this
country the small prewar domestic
production had gone principally
into specially items such a. shoe
threads and twiYs>>.
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01

up and be counted Under totolitoron regrme,
by whatever it coils ITSELF be Nozi, Fascist or
Communist, he is slave.
Let those who wish to be free men, therefore, consd
er what they believe and let them stond up at all times
for the democracy which, imperfect though it may be- still
procoims the sonctty Of the individual and gives him
freedom to live and to pass geoter measure Of free
dom to each succeeding generation.
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
Kansas Industry

Kansas commercially produces
and processes large amounts Of
petroleum, natural gas, zinc. coal,
cement, salt, stone. lead, clay,
natural gasoline. sand and gravel
volcanic ash. gypsum. tripoli, chat,
asphalt rock, helium, chalk. and py-
rite. Undeveloped mineral resources
include diatomaceous mari. iron OK
!de pigments, bentonite, and mag
nesiurn and aluminium ores
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
Let's Face IT,.
BY A. L. Johnson
District Associations


On Friday, February q, the 6tf
Educational District Teachers AS.
sociation met at Laurel for what
was announced as a two-day ses-
sion but was completed in one day
by the common consent of the
body. President N. r. Burger haG
a well-planned program based or
the state theme: Education fol
the new demands in citizenship
Over 800 teachers We're in attend
ance. After greetings from city
county, and local organizations
officials and presentation of the
State Mates president, panels
and discussions were conducted
by Mrs. Hatties Washington, Gov
ington county Jeanes teacher Mr.
w. Bruce Welch, Jackson College
and Miss Mary Whiteside, Alcorn
College.
District officers are: Mrs. Eu-
nice Martin, Vice President, Mrs
Zenobia Clayton, Secretary, Mrs
Gwendolyn Huff, Asst. Sec'y., B
H. Barron, Treas, Rev. c. H. Har-
per, Chaplain, and G. E. Roy, Sgt
at Arms.
President Burger presented the
results of a survey of the district
which showed that AZ per cent OF
the schools were still of the one
teacher type, 81 per cent had lunch
rooms in operation, and IA per
cent of the teachers with college
degrees.
Prof. L. T. Ellis was congeni-
al host. His PTA served a delici-
Gus tea with trimmings.
Second at fernando
The Second District held it's
annual session on February %.
The theme was Utilizing our re-
sources for better living. T h e dis
trict comprises the following coun-
ties: Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette,
Marshall, Pamela, Tallahatchie,
Tate, Tippah, and Union.
After morning group discus
sions, the association enjoyed a
free lunch served by the local
county teachers, the PTA n d
Baptist Industrial School of which
Mr.. c. L. Mosely was principal.
Prof. S. G. Gorden, principal
of the newly accredited oxford
High School, is president of the
district. Prof. w. T. Sims is sec:
retary and Miss Grace Ford is reg
istrar.
Reports from the counties show
that much improvement has been
made in the rural schools. Teach
ers are encouraged over recent
salary raises to do better job,
qualify for higher rating, a n d
press for equalization of salaries
and educational opportunity.
The state president outlined the
work of the Mates. Miss F. O.
Alexander reported on the better
practices she had observed in the
district during three-day visit.
Lights an Shadows
AS one travels about the state
he is soon impressed with the
great need of the people; educa-
ton, and more education. In
north Mississippi, county after
county has no high school; and
the grammar schools are swamp
ed with eager children who re-
turn home as they went. In the
whole second district, only two
lunch rooms were reported in op-
Grafton. The cause were no lunch
room space and lack of coopera-
ton of the county superintendent.
The programs must be approved
Jackson advocate., 1947-03-01
S2.Oua Proht

Wisconsin's only municipal liquor
store realized a profit Of s2,70l in
1899. according to Samuel Toish-
berg, director Of the store, which is
at Stoughton. The net profit was
second highest In the f1ve-year his
tory Of the store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

sentences for yielding to the
easy temptations that the oper-
alton provided.
Plenty of >bonehead mistakes
were made, like spending thou
sands of dollars to advertise a
sale of consumer goods to indi-
viduals, and then refusing to
sell in less than giant lots to
those who showed up. But there
were flashes of brilliance, like
making profit on millions of
gas masks by selling tn e
springs in them to furniture
manufacturers and then selling
the hoses for bicycle handle bar
grips.
The great dislocation to vari-
GUS industries which was pr e.
dicted would result from some
disposals never materialized.
The machine tool industry has
had a little difficulty competing
with tn e government but that
was only temporary. Some ex-
pert said tina the 10-year supply
of fire extinguishers which were
up for quick sale would put the
fire extinguisher manufacturers
out Of business. But most of the
extinguishers have been sold
and the manufacturers still are
doing all right.
Giving veterans their legal
priority caused much uproar,
but that was ironed out by
Littlejohn and special COM
mittee of representatives f r m
veterans organizations. Vets
got about $14 billions worth of
the surplus and used it to set
up 1000 new businesses tn at
employ about 250,OOO persons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

ION OALG
210 NORTH TWELFTH St.
Five rooms and bath in
perfect condition. Lot 40 x
$50 feet.
1906 CHURCH STREET
Five rooms and bath. One
room garage apartment.
20 NORTH FIFTH Street.
Four bedrooms and bath
Attractive interior. Vacant.
2708 BURNETTE Blvd
Six rooms, l 1-2 baths.
Solid brick construction.
On lot 100 x $50.
2513 JEFFERSON Street
Sunset Park. Five large
rooms and bath. Three
room furnished garage
apartment.
SOB PRINCESS STREET
Seven rooms and bath.
Near downtown.
ROCKY POINT-Attractive
seven room and bath home.
All conveniences. IS acres
land.
MYRTLE GROVE SOUND
Five rooms, Lot 100 x 200.
Vacant.
WADE REALTY co.
]. E. L. WADE, Realtor
205 Princess Street
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
By DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NEA) Bar
gain hunters, here's the oppor-
tunity of a lifetime.
The War Assets Administra-
ton is holding the biggest clos
ing-out sale in history. Chief
federal huckster Maj. Gen.
Robert M. Littlejohn, WAA's
boss, says positively the doors
will be locked after June 80,
1913. Then what's left of his SO
billions worth of assorted items
will be dumped in Congress-
back yard.
A few choice items Little
johns statesmen will be pushing
for the next eight months in
clude:
Sixty thousand pajama bot
toms with no tops, and $4,000 pa
jana tops with no bottoms.
Uncounted thousands of jars
of black cold cream.
One hundred fifty thousand
stretchers-enough to supply the
U. S. need for more than 10
years.
Several hundred thousand un-
matched shoes.
A warehouse full of five cada-
yer mortuary cabinets.
Several million rolls of non
sterile, olive-drab bandages.
The General offers also a cou-
pie of ghost towns, any number
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Hong Kong Raids
A Milk Factory

HONG KONG - R - A raid
by members of the health de-
partment disclosed a source of
danger to the public health in a
make-shift factory for the illegal
manufacture of reconstructed
milk.
Health Inspector c. Strange
said the milk was manufactured
from powdered milk and n
densed milk mixed with ordi-
nary tap water and stirred in a
bucket. A psychologists re-
port showed innumerable organ
isms in the milk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

eggs in the high school audi
torium, store owners, employees
and others marched to the
towns public square where they
tossed their straw headgear into
the flames.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Biggest CLOSING Out Sale In History
Underway AS WAA Unloads Surplus

of artillery ranges, numerous
powder plants with tons of ex-
plosive powder in all their ppesi
and in the ground, and many
other interesting pieces of real
estate buyable for a song.
These items altogether cost
Uncle Sam about SO billions. Lit
tlejohn will dicker over their
present price.
BY the time WAA's wind-up
is completed next spring, it is
estimated that about $29 billions
worth of domestic goods and
property left over from World
War II will have been declared
surplus. That's what Uncle Sam
originally paid for the stuff. To
date $40 billions worth has been
disposed of in the following
way:
Approximately So IL billions
worth was transferred to other
Federal agencies, given to
states, educational and other in
stitutions, or checked off as
scrap with no salvagable value.
Included in that figure is 81 bill
lion worth of property leased to
private companies. The $11 IL
billions worth sold for cash
brough t$3 IL billions back to
the Treasury.
It has cost about six cents for
every 81 recovered in these
sales. So the Treasury actually
has received less than Is cents
on every dollar originally paid
for the items.
WAA officials admit that
what's left has little sales
value. Such things as the paja-
mas and the shoes would cost
more to match UP than they
could be sold for. And most OF
what is left is machine
tools and real estate that in
sumers couldn't use. Heavy
omers couldn't use. Heavy
price cutting and ingenuity will
move some, nevertheless.
What to do with what is left,
when the sale ends, will be up
to Congress. Provision will
have to be made to handle lea
ses and guard still-dangerous
powder plants for years.
The surplus disposal project
has been one of the screwiest
and most fantastic operations in
the history of either F e d.
eral administration or mer-
chandising. From Feb. 10, 1914,
until now, it has taken five ad-
ministrators - William Clayton,
former Sen. Guy M. Gillette, W.
Stuart Symington, 1t. Gen. E.
B. Gregory and finally Little
john-to do the job. All b u t
Littlejohn threw up their hands
in disgust with the complicated
law under which they had to
work.
About the only thing connect
ed with the advance planni n 6
that turned out satisfactorily
was putting the surplus proper
ty offices only a few blocks
from Congress. This saved in
numberable steps for the scores
of WAA officials who have made
endless visits to the hill to ex-
plain why they were having diff
ficulty making an unworka b | e
law work. The official tabu-
lation is 26 different Congress
sional Investigations.
The FBI is still investigating
several hundred complaints of
various degrees of crookedness
in connection with the disposal
job. Thus far no major scandal
has been uncovered and less
than 100 persons got all
0v 4 mnvU1vsn nycnY an
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
OHIO'S MILK

Ohio's 1,l15,000 cows produce
2,572,0Oo,OO0 quarts of milk a
year. In addition to fresh milk,
this production goes into the
making of 6o,O1e,oOO pounds of
creamery butter, 23,415,OOO
pounds of cheddar cheese, and
3u,087 900 gallons of oe cream.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Bonfire Insures
l948 Hat Sales

FORT MORGAN, Colo. -tB-
Five hundred businessmen n d
other residents of this city her
aided the advent of the fall sea-
son with bonfire of their sum-
mer sraw hats.
After a breakfast of scrambled
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
FOR SALE

l. Wv OAAL
1000 ACRES of tract of tim
ber and good land. All
kinds of timber, all types
of land. Good hunting and
fishing.
518 CHURCH STREET, Nice
five room home, good lot.
Price 100000
i'll IL CHURCH STREET.
Store with all stock and
fixtures. Price $1,000.
102 PENN. Avenue, Winter
Park, Six room home. lot
140 K 21O.
WE HAVE THREE good to-
bacco, farms in Brunswick
county, with tobacco al
lotments ranging from
and $40 to 10 acres. If
you are interested we will
be glad to show these nice
farms to you.
FIVE ROOM home, 81 acres
land, IA miles from city.
in Brunswick county. Pric-
ed for much less than YOU
would pay to build a house
SIX ROOM home with bath.
gas lights, water, some
land. About five miles from
city, Brunswick county.