Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-12-04
P. B. N. A. A. C.P.
Greatest And
Largest Unit In State
By Grace Donaldson

Pine Bluff, Ark.-Harold Flowers.
well known local attorney, announc-
ed his attention to not seek re-elec-
ton as president of the Pine Bluff
NAACP at the regular meeting held
here Sunday evening at the Merrill
High School auditorium.
Flowers was first elected presi-
dent in 1916 and during two years
OF his administration, the branch
became the largest ever in the his
tory of the NAACP in Arkansas,
with more than four thousand mem
bers in 1947.
Opposed to long tenure in office
in the midst of fast organizational
ment of the type leadership to serve
changes which require the develop
the needs of the people, Flowers
declared that ain our branch we
must establish new precedents and
it is important that we develope the
type of leadership hat we need"
''No one man is indispensable in
our organization; we must find new
and young aggressive leaders to car
ry on the struggle for democracy, and
| urge you to look among our mem
bership and find anew president who
will maintain the peace we have set
in our branch"
Regional Attorney Guest
U. Simpson Tate, newly named
regional attorney for the South
west Region, NAACP, outlined the
work of his department, and de-
clared that legal action would be ia
ken Immediately in Arkansas toward
improving educational facilities for
Negroes.
Accopanied here by Donald Jones,
regional secretary, both of whom
will reside at Dallas. Mr.. Tate is
a member of the District of Column
bia Bar and a graduate of Howard
University School of Law.
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The final push in 1913 member
ship drive.
The 1913 membership campaign
under the direction of DIR. Cleon A.
Flowers, local physician, will close
on December II. DR.. Flowers reports
that more than fourteen hundred
new members have paid member
ship fees in 1913, and that every
effort will be put forth to obtain
the renewal of the entire member
ship strength of more than four
thousand. Fvis9FYWE7E
1913 Annual Banquet
Mrs. Edna G. Nelson, chairman of
the 1913 banquet committee, announ-
ced that more than three hundred
persons would attend the annual
feast at the A. M. & N. College din
ing hall November "a. Assisting
the handling of reservations is
Mrs. Earliest L. Robinson, branch
secretary.
North Little Rock, Ark.-A char
ter was presented more than two
hundred members, Friday evening
at mass meeting at the First Bap-
fist Church, and for the first time
in history North Little Rock has a
branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie.
State President Installs Officers
Declaring that "the men and wo-
men who have participated in this
history making event are pioneers
in the all out struggle for social
justice" Harold Flowers, president
of the Arkansas Conference of
Branches of the NAACP and also
of hte Pine Bluff branch, installed
the following persons as officers of
the branch: Mrs. Birdie H Williams,
president; E. M. Jackson, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Virginia. R. Robinson, sec
rotary; Mrs. Fannie Dudley, asst.
secretary; Mrs. Mazetta Powell, trea-
surer; and W. l.. Jarrett, w. A.
Fair, and Willie Williams, members
of the executive committee.
Among visitors participating on
the program were T. M. Belts, lew
yer of Houston, Texas and L. c.