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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

PRICE in Memphis fluctuated this
week between a low of 1910 and a
high of 1880 cents per pound, and
was quoted at 300 cents per pound
on Thursday, April Is against 1875
on Thursday of last week. New Or
leans and Little Rock prices on APP
ril Is were BIAS and 37.4O compared
with $3.50 and 36.40 cents per pound
a week earlier. Sales in these mar
kets totaled 1888 bales this week
compared with 81 ,686 last week and
1888 for the corresponding week
year ago. Cotton planting made
fair progress in the southern portion
of the territory and there were re-
ports Of scattered paintings as far
north as Missouri. Small grains and
hay crops made good progress.
DOMESTIC MILL INQUIRIES:
were less numerous and rather Sc
lective. Purchases were small in
volume and were largely White
Grades Strict Middling through
Strict Low Il. to 1-1/16".
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Use Of Insecticides Not
Nee ded In Small Gardens

Mondays. we have lot of good
garden NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., py-
rethrura, ard so on.
But entomologists of the u. S.
Department of Agriculture find that
many folks manage to keep down
insects in small gardens without
much use of insecticides. They SIM
ply go through the garden, examine
the plants carefully, and pick off
and kill any insects as soon as they
show up.
The main point in this hand pick
ing is to begin early and get the
first insects that show up. When
they are few in number and be-
fore they really get a chance to start
running through the multiplication
tables, this hand picking is one way
to handle the small garden insect
problem.
You can sometimes control large
beetles, caterpillars, and plant bugs
by hand without insecticides.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Stillman Choir
AT Presbyterian
Chapel Sunday

The Stillman Institute Choir of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will appear in
a recital at Faith Presbyterian
Chapel on Morton Avenue (off
woodrow Wilson Drive) Sunday,
April rs, at $3.50 pm, Rev. w. j.
ilpson, the pastor announced.
The choir, which is composed of
lbout IS mixed voices, is under the
direction of Mrs Alfredo Gibbs
Carpenter, graduate of Fiske Uni
versity. Mrs. Carpenter, who is
great lover of young people, travel
ed for many years with the Fiske
Jubilee Singers. Her aim is to deve-
lop them in cultural arts as rapid
ly as possible
The Stillman Choir itself has ap-
peared in practically all the lead
ing churches of Tuscaloosa and Tus-
caloosa County and has travelled in
several sections of the Southern
States.
You will do yourself great fav-
or to hear them. The public is cor
daily invited.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
CHARGED WITH. KILLING
HUSBAND
Mildred Mapson, Is, Jackson

Mildred Mapson. 25, Jackson
is being held by Rankin coun-
ty authorities, charged with the fat
al stabbing of her common law hus-
band, William Garrett, 80, in front
OF the ]. P. Cafe on Fannin Road
early Sunday morning.
She was arrested by Jackson po-
lice at the Baptist Hospital, having
accompanied the fatally wounded
man to the operating room, where
he died.
Jackson police quoted her as adj
hitting that she stabbed Garrett.
They quoted her as saying that she
and Garrett went to the Fannin
Road establishment, that Garrett
later told her to stay inside while
he went out, that when she went
out she found Garrett and another
negro man fighting, that one of
them knocked her down, and that
she got mad" when Garrett told
her. Il told you to stay inside until
I got back and stabbed him.
No preliminary hearing has been
set.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

farmer in the Catawba Soil Conser-
walton District to receive the bank
ers' award, reports E. N. Williams,
State supervisor of EXTENSION work
with Negro farmers.
Archie and his wife worked their
88-acre farm one year as share
troopers and four as renters prior
to 1912. They were paying three bal
es of cotton rent each year to a
local bank which had charge of the
eroded and rundown farm. Then
one day representative of the
bank suggested that the Arches
buy the farm. They were told to
talk it over with the county super
VISOR of the Farmers Home Admin
istration.
Figuring we had nothing to lose,
/ made visit to the county FILA
office" Archie relates. after dis
cussing the matter with the super
visor, made an application to buy
the farm" Soon the Arches ap-
plication was approved and they
were on their way to owning their
own farm. Today, they are well
ahead of schedule in repaying the
40-year farm purchase loan.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Phi Beta Sigma
Regional Meet
Here April 80

According TO report released by
Carsie A. Hall, President of the Mu
Sigma Chapter regional meeting
of the Phi Beta Sgma Fraternity
will be held at Jackson College,
beginning on Friday, April 80 and
closing with public program at
the Central Methodist Church on
Sunday, May 2 at 2 o'clock pm.
L. L. Alexander of Jacksonville,
Florida President of the Southern
Region states that the general
theme of the meeting in connection
with the regular program of the
region will be The Part Fraternity
Men Must Play In Making America
Safe For Democracy"
The public program will be a
church program wherein the Rev.
Leonard F. Morse, Chaplain of Ed
ward Waters College, jacksonville,
Florida and a founder of the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity will preach
the sermons.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
hurchill, Tab Smith, and Four Tones to
Appear at New Colored Skating Rink,
Pocahorltas Road, on NIGHT of Nav IL
Good Moral"
Applies to White,
Negro Voters

JACKSON, Miss.-The proposal
requiring voters to have a good
moral character" is applicable to
persons of all races, according to
the State Senate here Thursday, and
is not aimed at preventing Negroes
from voting as supporters of the
measure, said in an open session of
the House.
The proposal had previously been
endorsed by both Houses in closed
session.
Specifically, the Senate said the
purpose of the requirement was ito
protect the integrity of our demo-
cracy by granting the privilege of
franchise to persons of good moral
character only. and thus prevent
corruption in elections equally and
in the same manner, regardless of
race, creed or color"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

rector, Jackson Street Y.M.C.A.,
Vicksburg, Mississippi, also DR.. Fred
E. Pinson.
Mr.. Buck, who was the main
speaker, spoke from the subject
I'VE live in a Sickened World and
Reside n Bedridden America" He
pointed out the man social, politi-
cal and economic ills which the
world and our own country are
suffering from today. These ills,
the speaker went on to say, are
just as bad as our physical ills
DIR. Pinson, practicing Physician
of Vcksburg also spoke on the heal
tn of our people and challenged the
students about some new machines
now being used in the nfirmary.
Many of the teachers are doing
special work around their homes.
The Junior Class has a special pro-
ject in sodding and identifying the
campus.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

took what seemed to be a long
gamble and made try for a sing
ing career :. her first bid was for
job at the famous Small's Para
disc in Harlem at the conclus-
ion of pretty bad addition, the
owner, Ed Small buoyed up her
spirits with the observation, You
can't sing much but you aren't bad
to look at and with experience you
MIGHT improve, SO I'll give you
a job at twenty-five dollars a week.
thus began her professional
career.
Miss Churchill has been featured
In the top night club and vaudeville
houses from coast to coast for
two years she was the featured vo-
calist with Benny Carriers band
in 1913 she won national re-
cognition as the most unique blues
singer of our time when she made
her now famous recording of Dad
dy, Daddy
Now once again she has risen to
new heights Of popularity on the
spinning wax of dynamite laden
disc her recording of 81 Want
To Be Loved quicly climbed to
top of the juke box hit parade
not only was it a popularity leader
but recording critics rated it as
the greatest torch song ever re-
corded. To top it all, Loved" won
all awards in 1947 including the
much coveted "Cashbox" and Bill
board awards
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
AlCorn Debaters
Win Over billiard
And Southern u.

ALCORN COLLEGE, Alcorn,
Miss, April 9-The Alcorn College
Debaters Negative Team scored a
recent victory over the debaters of
billiard University in New Orleans
Saturday evening, April 3rd.
The teams debated the much dis
cussed International Question:
Should Federal World Govern
ment Be Established" The Alcorn
Debaters won the decision of the
judges.
The Debating team from Alcorn
was the guest of Mr.. G.. w. Morton,
billiard University Debaters and
special guests of the Texas Club
at their Annual Ball.
The affirmative team of Alcorn
was also victorious over the debat-
ers of Southern University Monday
evening, April 5, debating the same
subject as indicated above.
After the debate the group was
again entertained very pleasantly
by DR.. G.. E. Warren and the South
ern Debaters in the Student Center.
The Alcorn Debaters making the
trip were Messrs: John Scott, Char
les Patterson, Felix Dunn, Frank
Gambrell, Cleveland Ducksworth,
and Miss Marcheta Zuber. They
were accompanied by Mrs. L. v. w.
Simpson, Coach of Debate.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Negro Scholarship Plan To Be
Studied by Trustees Of State
Institutions Of Higher Learning
Board Meets Friday
At jackson College
On $4,000 Fund

A $4,000 scholarship fund for
the higher education of Negro gra-
duates of state schools will be APP
portioned in manner to be deter
mined by the board of trustees of
state Institutions of Higher Learn
ing.
The board will meet here Friday
at Jackson College to decide upon
rules and regulations for admins
terlng the first such fund allotted
in this state. The session will be
held at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Martin v. B. Miller, of Meridian.
chairman of the board will preside.
An appropriation of $4,000 for
the purpose mentioned was made
by the 1913 legislature recently adj
Journed. 1t is the first time that
Mississippi has made provision to
pay for the training of Negroes i'm
higher education or vocation out
side the state.
The fund is set aside for this
purpose due to the fact that facili-
ties for such training of Negroes
is not at present provided in Mis-
siSsippi.
The board of trustees will deter
mine how much money can be
allowed for each scholarship, and
will also have charge of setting the
requirements for obtaining the
scholarships
E. R. Jobe, executive secretary of
the board, said here Monday that
the forthcoming meeting of the In
stihstions of Higher Learning group
will be one of the most important
sessions of the year.
A heavy calendar faces the board
at the session, but the decisions on
Negro education will in all prob
ability be among the most impor-
tant
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

Beauteous Savannah Churchill
who comes to Colored Skating Rink
on May IL as headliner of the luke
Box Hit Parade of Stars Unit, was
born in New Orleans August 81, 49,
10 one of three children. A family
of moderate means, the children en-
joyed the routine of activities of
the neighborhood youngsters.
At the age of six she moved to
Brooklyn with her parents and was
entered in the st. Peter Claver Cat
hohc School Completing her
elementary work she entered Girls
High School in Brooklyn, from
which she graduated after the pre-
scribed four year course she
entered NYU the following year in
tending to learn dress and millinery
designing her education was
tSAiil4IotCu WllSH sic llldliiSQ- d 10Y
hood sweetheart after having COM
pleted half of her first college Sc
mester
Her singing career began when
she became a member of the choir
at st. Peter =. 1t was only short
time before the leader noted that
Savannah was an unusual men,
Der and promptly assigned her sew
eral solo roles . after her marri-
age two youngsters came and then
later tragedy struc =. her husband
was killed in an auto accident Z.
faced with the responsibility of
supporting two children, Savannah
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
r-RaCial
Meeting at Chapel
Monday Night

On Monday night, April 26, at
8 pm. there will be an Inter-racial
and ter-denominational Confer
ence held at Faith Presbyterian
Chapel, sponsored by the Central
Mississippi Presbyterial. The theme
of this conference is: Better Chris
tan Living In Our Community A
fine program has been arranged
for this occasion, consisting of all
Indictments that go to make up a
worthwhile program-music, speak
ing, and fellowship. Cades Chapel
Choir will render special music for
the occasion.
The public is cordially invited.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

parents bound for Alcorn arrive at
Lorman in the dead of night with
a possibility of there being no one
to meet them there With both
North-bound and South bound
trains arriving in the day time Wis
itors, officials and students will be
met promptly more easily, especially
SO now that the new hard-surfaced
Alcorn Drive makes the College
only ten minutes from U. S. High
way 81.
1t is felt that such change should
materially increase the number of
both visitors and parents to Alcorn
College.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad serves Alcorn and Port
Gibson and is a subsidiary of the
Illinois Central mainline.
Alcorn's new $275. 10000 hard usr-
faced highway leading directly from
U. S. Highway 81 to the campus has
been open for several months.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Alcorn Gets
New Train
Schedule

President w. H. Pipes announced
today that a long hoped-for dream
had materialized for parents, stu
dents and visitors of Alcorn Col
lege A new train schedule to be
effective in the immediate future
is as follows: arrives
at Port Gibson, Mississippi, at $40
a. M; Lorman $40 a. m. The North
bound train arrives at Lorman CAL
CORN, Mississippi at 1890 p m.
(naid-day); Port Gibson, Mississippi,
Loo pm.
With the above schedule effective
no longer must students. friends or
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Elk Head Speaker
AT Southern
Youth Conference

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Delegates
gathering for the 9th Conference
of the Southern Negro Youth Con-
gress to be held in Birmingham,
Alabama on April 30, May l and 2
will hear j. Finley Wilson, Grand
Exalted Ruler the LB.P.O.E. of
W., z. Alexander LOBBY, Nashville
attorney and Judge Joseph H. Rain
ely, candidate for Congress.
Mr. Wilson and Judge Rainey
will speak on the opening night of
the conference. Judge Rainey has
been civic leader n Philadelphia
for a number of years. He is a
member of the North Philadelphia
Give League and President of the
Philadelphia NAACP. He has been
magistrate in the city court of
Philadelphia since 1888 and is now
candidate for Congress from the
4th Congressional District
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

This week it was brought to our
attention that on Sunday, April 25
m m ers of Mt Helm Baptist
church will observe the goth ami
versary of Rev. A. L. Rice as pas
tor.
And, because it has been our plea
sure and privilege to know this
very fine Christian gentleman, we
take this opportunity to join in with
his members and friends in tossing
him an few flowers while he is able
to know their sweetness.
We consider Rev. Rice a most able
minister-an ideal leader of his
flock, man who has shown him
self equally as interested and effici-
ent in attending to the physical
needs of his followers as to their
spiritual needs This has been at
tested by the fact that Mt. Helm
Baptist Church is today one of the
few churches of the state complete
ly without debt and one that can
be considered as beautiful and as
moern a structure of its kind, as
any to be found in the city.
We have found Rev. Rice a
most active participant in all
affairs that tend to better con-
ditions of Negroes in this sec
ton; we have found him fear
less andoutspoken fighter for
the rights of men and women
of his race. We have found him
atrue friend of the very young
and the very old.
Various experiences make us
know that all these 20 years that
Rev. Rice has served as pastor of
Mt. Helm have not been without
some disappointments and dissat-
isfactions, both on the part of the
pastor and the members. We know
t n t there has not always b n
smooth sailing" for either the pas
tor or membership today, as Mt.
Helm prepares to honor this pastor
who has served for 20 years. we
feel that only a man possessed of
the true love of Jesus Christine
honest belief in the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of Man
only truly Christian man could
have ministered to any group for
this length of time; and because of
this feeling, we salute both Rev.
Rice and the very fine members of
Mt. Helm Baptist Church.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

Attorney LOBBY who will be a
guest speaker on Saturday is a
graduate of Howard University and
Columbia University. He is a mem
Der of the national legal committee
of the NAACP and a former head
of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He
conducted the trial in the celebrated
Columbia, Tennessee riot case.
Other speakers listed or the leg
islature include DR.. Oliver Cox, au-
thor of Race, Caste and Class;
DR.. James Dolnbrowski, Director
Southern Conference Education
Fund; Moranda Smith, Assistant
Director States Council, Eta;
L. Marshall, Editor of the Macon
World, Percy Green. Editor of the
Jackson Advocate.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Pensioners
View Favored
Statue

BILOXI, Miss.-(S pecialj-Parish
toner's at st. Michaers Catholic
Church viewed the pilgrim Virgin"
statute of Our Lady of Fatima when
it was brought here in the course
of its journey through America. A
representation of Mary, the mother
of Jesus Christ. the statue repres-
ents the form in which she appear
ed to three children in Fatima, Por-
tugal, and gave them message for
the world. The statue has been seen
by more than 100000 Americans.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Alcorn Observes
National Negro
Health Week

ALCORN COLLEGE, Alcorn,
Miss, April 10-Alcorn College OBJ
serves National Negro Health Week
with Chapel Program and Special
projects in cleaning and decorating.
sponsored by DR.. j. L. Lowry, the
Campus Physician who had as the
guest speaker-Mr. j. r. Buck, Di-
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

Fer aphids or plant lice. which
are too small to hand pick, you may
find you need to put a handful of
rotenone in handkerchief or
square of cloth and shake little
of the insecticide on the infested
plants as you move down the row.
Since aphids and some other in
sectS Turk on the undersides of the
leaves, turn back the leaves and
make sure the dust falls on them.
And, remember, in all your insect
fighting, you save yourself a lot of
trouble later by getting the first
insects that are attracted to your
plants.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
COTTON MARKET NEWS

Trading in spot cotton in the
South Central Area declined Slight
ly from last weeks moderate rate,
according to U.S.D.A.'s Cotton
Branch. Spot prices were up SLIPS
to $500 per bale Merchant and
shipper demand continued strong.
Volume of mill purchases was small.
New crop preparations continued to
make fair progress, with local
showers interfering in some locali-
ties.
THE MIDDLING 1916" SPOT
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

A. L. Johnson, retiring president
Association Teachers in
Colored Schools. His administra-
ton is record of advanced steps
in Education in Mississippi. Mr..
johnson was trained a tFisk Uni
versty taking his Masters Degree
at Columbia. He has ably assist
ed his parents at the Prentiss In
stitute, Prentiss, Mississippi since
leaving Fisk in 1927.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24
Farmer Gets Merit
Certificate Of SC.
Bankers Assn.

James Archie, South Carolina far
mer who has climbed up from share
cropping to the ownership Of an 49,
acre farm through the assistance Of
the Farmers Home Administration
of the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture. was awarded certificate
of merit recently by the South Ca
rolina Bankers Association for out
standing soil conservation work on
his farm.
Farmer Archie, who lives near
Chester, SC, is the first colored
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

lege. Friday, April 3oth. The COM
pany, called Touring Players, Inc,
will present Oscar Wildc's The I'm.
portance of Being Earnest.
Touring Players is company of
professional actors who subscribe
to the idea of de-centralized theater,
and a theater which gives more
to its audience than mere entertain
lnent.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-24

Timothy Gordon and Jenelle
Gregg in a scene from Oscar Wilde's
most famous comedy Of manners
which will be given in two perfor-
mances at Jackson College, Friday,
April 30th. Matinee $3.50 pm. Eve
ming performance $50.
That rare commodity, touring
company of actors from the New
ork stage, VII be at jackson Col
Evening star., 1948-06-06
ADVERTISEMENT.
Deafened Now Hear
Whispers 5 Feet Awoy

Tests by the American Medical Asso-
cations Council Of Physical Medicine
show that science has now enabled
deafened people to hear faint sounds,
to easily understand whispers from S
feet away, aided by tiny hearing
device so light you hardly know you
are wearing it. With it thousands
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companionship. Finger tip controls
let you adjust it instantly to changing
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Evening star., 1948-06-06
Red Foreign Office Aide
Reported Back in Prague
By the Associated Press

PRAGUE, CZechoslovakia, June 5.
"A rumor circulated today that So
Wet Vice Foreign Minister M. A.
Zorin was back in Prague. He was
here last February at the time the
Communists seized power in Czech
oslovakia.
The rumor was accompanied by a
second one to the effect that Presi-
dent Eduard Benes would resign
next week. Neither rumor could be
confirmed. The foreign office said:
Nothing is known of Mr.. Zorin be-
ing here"
Mr.. Benes' resignation, with i'll
health given as the reason, has been
forecast in Prague and abroad since
before last Sundays parliamentary
election. There has been speculation
that Communist Premier Klement
Gottwald might succeed Mr.. Benes.
The president has baked at sign
ing the Communist-d drafted consti-
tuition adopted May 9 by Parliament.
The period for signing the docu-
ment will expire in three days.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Business Groups
Restuuruteurs to Hear
Mrs. Catherine Fenton

Mrs. Catherine Fenton will ex-
plain and demonstrate methods OF
portion control" at meeting oil
the Washington Restaurant Asso-
citation tomorrow at $3.50 pm. at
the Washington Gas Light Co..
Eleventh and H streets NV.
The Mount Pleasant Business
mems Association will discuss
whether they will promote the an
nual Mount Pleasant night" wher
they meet Tuesday at pm. at the
Mount Pleasant Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV.
Other meetings this week are:
MONDAY.
Park View Business Association
City Bank, 1908 Georgia avenue
NV, $3.50 pm.
TUESDAY.
American Business Association
Inc.-2400 Sixteenth street NV
8 pm.
Columbia Heights Businessmen:
Association, BAT Sixteenth stree
NV. 8 pm.