Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-01-02

mic conditions among negroes
held under the auspices of the Ur-
ban League, aired some local prob
lens, The survey was rapid, and
the sampling limited. There SEEM
ed to be disposition on the part
of the educational expert to re-
commend only what he thought
the Board of Education would ae-
eept. Somebody should survey
way to get something done about
valid surv, ) findings already set
down in the housing, social SER
vice. and Writers Project surveys.
Fire In the night, discovered by
alert auto patrolmen in time to
have ID lives, burned the fire trap
at GIT State Street, bringing death
to two and injuries to three. On
the last night in 1916. fire in N.
Little Rock destroyed or damaged
five houses. The STATE PRESS
carried an appeal for relief to
the sufferers King Solomon Bap-
fist Church, J. L. Criner, pastor,
appropriated from its treasury
$4,000 to apply to this project.
Shall We Have Health?
A modern clinic was opened at
McGehee by DR.. ]. B. Bates Tu-
bereulin tests administered in the
schools seem to be bringing re-
suits. AS far as the writer can
learn, fewer negative cases are
being found. 1t is claimed that
the Negro professional classes are
exhibiting remarkable freedom
from the disease. Most clinical
performances have creditable
appearance, but there was one at
Dunbar which looked high speed,
rough shod, and careless.
Clarence Lewis died after a box
ing contest staged at Booster Park
in which the health precautions
on behalf of the performers were
reported as inadequate.
A Negro caught and delivered
to the police in North Little Rock
a white hit-and-run truck driver
who ran down a Negro woman
and child.
Who's Worried About White
Society?
Long ago, local Negro society
came into its own. A number of
brilliant affairs graced the year.
Not least among these in glamor
were the weddings of Miss Loret-
ia Ann Bates, daughter of the L.
c. Bates of the STATE PRESS,
and Charles A. Bum; Miss Marie
Rubye Diggs and Roscoe A.
Sharpe, PSC grads; Miss Mary
Dell Quinn of Forth Worth and
DR.. David E. Parker of Pine
Bluff at the home of DR.. and Mrs
J. B. Woods.
Social affairs at Dunbar, Phi
lander, Shorter, Arkansas Bap.
fist. and Pine Bluff A. M. and N
College bring out hosts of beau
tiful girls in effective costume
and well-mannered, we'll dressed
young men. One wonders at the
conceit Of a race which think.
those young people consider any
social group superior to theii
own. They have found themsel.
YES completely and have a group
which they do not wish to leave
or believe inf rior.
State Press Continues Forward
The STATE PRESS completed
its ability to bring the news to
the N gro public by adding to its
Press, Linotype, and other ma
chine, a first class camera with
complete darkroom equipment.
Note the pictures you have seen
in its columns. The Baptist Con-
vention, the Park sites, if you
want the local news in type or
photo, you must include the
STATE PRESS in your reading.
The Negro Takes Part
In Democracy
Negroes have been voting and
serving on juries in increasing
numbers in Arkansas for good
many years, and, as our neigh
bors across the river might note
the skies have not yet fallen
Gazette 12-l5-47, p, 4, C. y AS
the Anti-Violence trials make an
other year of history, black Shout.