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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
md OF Racial
B2r Stand

Los Angeles, Nov. l = Los
Angeles County indicated today
that it did not plan to contest
the States Supreme Courts i1val
idation Oct. | of the long Standing
California law against interracial
marriage.
The court made the decision
in q case involving refusal by the
clerk in Los ANGELES County to
issue marriage license to Adrea
d. Perex, % years old, a White
woman, and Sylvester S. Davis,
Jr., a Negro.
With the expiration of the
thirty day period in which the
county could appeal the decision
County Counci' Harold w. Kennedy
instructed Acting County Clerk
w. G. Sha~, rancefcrth the old
legal ban.
Enacted in 1872, it forbade the
marriage Of White persons with
members of the Negro, Mongolian
and Malayan races.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Another Reason
For Truman Win
Seen In Jackson

According to daily press reports
here last week. A Jackson bus
mess opened a letter from New
York containing an invoice type
Of billing for a shipment received
Yesterday, and discovered this
iittle comment typed neatly on
the reverse side Of one of the
local firms own requisition forms:
"Hell with the superior race
hteory and let's at least grant
equal opportunity to the Negro
who has his labor and his life
to help build this country of
ours
1t doesn't take much reading
between the lines to arrive at
one reaso nfor the Truman VIC
tory.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Clinton Chamber
OF Commerce
Here Report On
Negro School
PARENTS PLAN PURCHASE
OF ARMY BARRACKS TO
RELIEVE OVER CROWDED
CLASS ROOMS

Clinton, Miss. Nov, 4-The
}d1ihtch Chamber of Commerce
in a meeting hears a report of
activities, Improvements, and flu
ture plans of the Summer Hill
Negro School near Clinton.
d. c. Collins, new principal of
the school Presented facts about
the condition of the school, i'm.
provements already made in the
buildings and grounds and plans
future improvements in the school
plant and curriculum.
Pointing out the crowded con
dition, Collins stated that the
school has an enrolment of 200,
six teachers on the staff, but
only four classrooms. To ease
this situation, funds have already
been raised by the parent-teachers
of Summer Hill school for pur.
chase of surplus Army barracks.
Ased how Clinton citizens might
best help in his improvement pro
gram, Collins requested aid in
arranging transportation of the
army building to the school site
and assistance in obtaining add
tional books for the school lib
rary.
President Sidney L. Nicely ap
pointed as committee, G. E
Williams, DR.. j. w. Provine, anC
w. L. Douglas, to confer on the
details and offer such assistance
as possible.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Dawson In Line
For Chairman OF
Major House
Committee
ILLINOIS NEGRO
CONGRESSMAN REFLECTED
FOR FOURTH TERM

Chicago, Nov. 8-Congressman
William L. Dawson, Georgia born
Chicago Lawyer, who was reel
ected for his fourth term, as a
member of the house of Repres-
entatives last Wednesday, is in
line to become chairman of a Ma
jor Committee of Congress.
A Negro, Dawson is only the
second ranking Democrat on the
executive expenditures committee.
But the No. l man-Rep. John
w. Mccormick of Mass is slated
to return to his job of majority
floor leader. And thes majority
leader customarily does not have
any committee assignments, he
major of Craftsmanship.
Democafat committee assign
ments in the House are arranged
by the party's members of the
ways and means committee. This
groups recommendations are
submitted to caucus of all House
Democrats, then to the entire
House.
The Ways and Means members
recommendations usually are ap-
proved by the caucus since they
are worked out with the party S
leaders and committee chairman
Acceptance by the House is just
a formality.
Almost without exception chair
manships ar edecided on committee
seniority that is, on how long q
man has been on the committee
raher than how long he has been
in Congress.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
1856 Negro
Teachers Give
Increase In Pay
ARKANSAS AVERAGE FOR
PAST YER $371

Little Rock, Oct. 30-Som,
2535 Negro school teachers il
Arkansas received an average O.
1911 per teacher during the 1947
-48 fiscal school year, State Edu.
cation Commissioner Ralph Jones
said Saturday.
During the same period, Mr.
Jores pointed out, 1926 White
school teachers received an aver
age salary increase of 1915.
NEGRO school teachers received
Ali per cent increase in salary
during the year, while White
teachers received a opt per CEN
increase" he reported.
Mr.. Jones said that additional
revenue provided under a revis
ion of tax measures by the 194T
Legislature allowed total OF
1880 Arkansas teachers to re.
ceive pay increase amount tt
81, 328,054, of which $3,898,09
was from local revenue.
Class of teachers participating
in the increase and the number
in each class included. 374 teach
ers with no college training 1858
with less than two years college
training; 4O98 who had over two
but less than four years of col
lege training; 4126 who hac
bachelors degrees, and 4o3 who
held masters degrees.
Mr.. Jones said the salary i'm
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
knights And
Daughters OF
Tabor Hold seth
Annual Grand
Session
BROAD PROGRAM OF
ECONOMY ADOPTED IN
MEETING HERE

The Mississippi Jurisdiction of
the Knights and Daughters of
Tabor, international Order of
Twelve and reputedly the veal
thiest in the state held it's 59th
Annual Session at New Mount
Zion Baptist Churh here last
week.
Sir P NJ. Smith, Grand Mentor
of the organization thanked by an
able group of officers and advic
ors, including Mayor B. A.
Greene, of Mound Bayou, Grand
Legal Advisor, and Rev. H. H.
Hume, President State Baptist
Association, Fred H. Miller, Mt.
Bayou, Publisher, w. NM. HoI-
mes, Greenville Businessman all
top flight Taborians, presided
over the most harmonious grand
session since the wide spread dis
affection in the organization
caused by the failure to renew
the contract of DR.. T R. NJ. Ho-
ward as head of the Taborian
! Hospital at Mound Bayou three
years ago.
The meeting which officially
opened Tuesday morning aud last
ed through Friday was attended
and estimated 1900 delegated and
members from all sections OF
the state.
The outstanding feature of the
meeting here was the adoption OF
a broad program of economy in
the operation of the business OF
the organization and the Mound
Bayou hospital W. NJ. Holmes
heading a committee which which
had made an extensive study OF
the cost of operating the organi
cation in hospital, presented an
overalled report which was adj
opted as soon as he completed
reading. The adoption of the re-
port resulted in an annual saw
ing to the organization of more
than $4,000.
Among the out of state mem
bers attending the session were:
Daughter Mable Gray, Las An
geles, Calf, Daughter Mary l
Ellsberry, Atlanta, Ga. Daugh
tiers Georgia Edwards, San Fran.
cisco, Calf, Dr. e. NJ. Wilkins
Memphis, Tenn, and DR.. Mat
thew Walker, ashville, Tenn.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Veterans Administration Here Shift
Responsibility To State And Local
Agency Despite Existing Law
Totally Inadequate And Obsolete
Training Facilities For Negro Vet
In State Cited

Hatiesburg, Miss. November g.
400 Negro veterans, enrolled in the
consilated Training School here are
still welking the streets after being
enrolled more than six months aw-
aiting the approval OF the school
by Federtl, State, and County and
local agencies.
Erected at cost of nearly 100000
with its total cost to date, due to
the delay in obtaining approval
at close to 100000 the school
when completed and approved for
presentation nearly six months ago
was regarded as one of the best
equipped and modern schools cree.
ted for the training off veterans
under the G Bill oi Rights in the
State.
The school was erected and is ow
ned by ]. Dugally, italian American
burg resident and operated of the
Alaskan Furniture Company, and
prosperous Negro businessmen Of
the city.
The courses offered by the State
according to its school catalogue
are auto mechanics helper, Auto
body and Repairman's help, each
70 weeks, and Auto Electronics hel
per requireing a training period Of
81 weeks.
Those joining in urging the ap
proVval Oh the school include 2
large number off prominent 10
cal businessmen, banks, the Mayor
of the city, Chief of police, Local
post of the American Legion, the
Veterans of Foreign Wers and
other groups.
The veterans administration in
Jackson has so far declined to
give its approval to the school
without the approval of local and
state agencies. O1though accord.
ing to law, Training schools for
veterans can be approved by the
Veterans Administration without
the approval of local and state ag.
encies.
According to reports the delay
in the APPROVAL of the school has
been the result OF complication
Continued on Page s.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Magnolia Club Bow
Wins District
Prize

Magnolia-Hollis Williams, Ne.
gro club hoy, winner of first here
in the farm woodland improvement
contest sponsored by the Gulf
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co.
He put in "a hours of work on
his one acre plot, removing $500
board feet of logs valued at So.
blocks valued at $50, pulp wood
valued at $24, fence post valued at
$18.7E, and one cord Of wood for
stove use bringing his total to
$254.75 for the one acre
Williams will receive $25 and
a four dav rip. Second place was
won by Hollis Dawson, who re-
ceives $50 and he trip. Alphonse
Marks, Negro county agent OF
Pike County will accompany the
boys on the trip.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
NEGRO CT Training SCHOOL DENIED APPROVAL
african Tribe
Swept By Wave
OF Ritual Murders
EVIL EYE WITCHCRAFT
TERRORIZE NATIVES

Basutoland, Africa - The evil
eye, cleaning wildly with death
in its store, witchcraft, black
reported again as stricking ter
ror in the minds of fearful natives
deep in the heart of Africa.
At the moment ritual wave
of killing is seriously worrying
Basutoland. Only recently tri-
bal chieftainess and IL natives
were sentenced to death for witch
craft murder.
Chief Makkaola, acting para
mount chief of the Basutos, has
limited that "cerain political bo-
dies" are behind the terror. He
alleges that political agitators
are using witch doctors to break
the power of the chiefs and leave
the natives leaderless
SOME SUCCESS ACHIEVED
Some success has already been
achieved for many of the chiefs
are now accused Of completely in
ritual killings and other rites.
Reports from Basutol quote
Chief Makkaola as stating:
"We are doing all we can to
fight this evil This is one of the
worst calastrophes Baustoland
has ever suffered. The uositior
throughout the territory is criti.
cal, and progress has been put
back by years"
Secret pagan cults of witchcraft
among Christian African natives
have become so widespread that
Archdeacon | w. Vicent of Bioem-
fontein, Orange Free State (just
north of and bodering on Basuto
land) has instructed mission priest
to excommunicate natives whC
take part.
Bishop Stanton of Bloemfon
tein, strongly condemned the series
of ritual murders and initiation
schools. He pointed out that two
Souh African Chiefs in his ter
ritory now are in prison for rit.
ual murders. ~
These orgies ending in murder
which were once dying oht, are
Kept strickly secret. Bishop Stain
ton said teason for hem is thought
to be the loss of prestige by chiefs
owing to greater control by White
men.
Witch doctors tell chiefs tina
if they get part of a live human
they can, by magic, restore the
chiefs to power
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Officers Kill
Fleeing Veteran
And prentiss
Student Saturday
COMPANIONS THREATENED
WITH HANGING FOLLOWING
SHOOTING

Prentiss, Miss. Nov. 6 - Lef-
fie Martin, Negro Veteran, who
served overseas, student enroll
ed in Cleaning and Pressing at
the Prentiss Institute, was kill
ed by Constable Claude Burkett
and Game Warden Bass, as he
fled from his car hear Bassfield
last Saturday afternoon.
Martin, accompanied by Willie
V. Hawkins, Jr., "Buck" Price,
Bernice Harper and her year
old baby, were driving east Of
Bassfield. They met the officer
who tagged them and told them
to slow down. Leffie Martin drove
on but noted that the officers
were following them. Occupants
of the ar state that he attempt
ed to outrun the officers hoping
to cross the county line.
He had entered Lamar County
and had travelled about one mile
the officers still following. When
Martins car had blowout, he
saw that the officers would over
take him, he stopped quickly and
for some unexplained reason, he
started running towards the
woods. The Constable and Game
Warden jumped out of their car
and fired nine shots at the flee
ing veteran. The car was throu-
ghly searched, but no liquor was
found nor any detected on the
breath of the occupants.
An eye witness states that al
occupants were cursed and thre.
atened and told that if rope were
available they would all be hang.
ed The occupants were Their
hustled" into the offers cal
and driven toward Bassfield about
ten moles and told to get Out
OF the car and ''hoof" it say
ing that they ought to carry
them to Jail and keep them there
80 days.
Leffie Martins body was not
found until Sunday morning witt
one bullet hole entering his back
and coming out through his
stomach. Prior to Sunday the
officers had made no effort tc
determine whether any of their
shots had taken effect. This com
munlty sent large group of its
young men into service and his
fellow serVicemen are wrought
up over the incident.
According to reports no charges
had been made against the vet
eran, nor any other member O
the party. The officers held ne
Warrents for his arrest.
Early this week there had beer
no statement regarding the kill.
ing from the Sheriff's office.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Nashville Negroes
Get Ballet Threats
MAYOR SAYS CITY
FLOODED WITH UNSIGNED
LETTERS

Nashville, Tenn. Nashville's Ne
gro sections are flooded on cleo
ton eve with unsigned threat
ening letters attempting to keep
Negroes from the polls, Mayor
Thomas L. Cummings said Mon
day.
Postmaster William Gupton
said the mayor had called to in
form him about the letters and
that he had issued ORDERS that
postmen turn in samples of the
letters given them by the recip-
tents.
The mayor said two of the let
ters contained crude scrawls in
red pencil saying:
Keep away fro mhe polls Nov
ember g."
xxx"
"The Khan knows YOU
The "you was UNDERSIGNED
but the letters were unsigned.
In Atlanta Imperial Wizard
Samuel Green said there is no
Ku Klux Khan organization with
in 100 miles of Nashville and that
use of name and symbol was a
hoax. He offered the mayor and
postal authorities ''full cooper
alton in tracking down and appre,
hending the perpetrators of this
hoax"
The letters are being checked
for fingerprints. Hundreds of
these letters have been sent to
Negroes and I have had many
calls about them, the mayor added.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Rev. Adam,
Clayton Powell
eecte1 To
Congress

New York Rep. Adam Clayton
Powell, Negro member of the
House 0 Representatives from the
state of New York, and pastor OF
Abysserian Baptist Church here
with reputedly the largest congre-
gaion in the world was reelected
in the Tuesday voting.
Powell, who split with Presl
dent Truman over the incident
concerning a visit of his wlfe
Hazel Scott to the White House
supported the reelection of Presf
dent Truman.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Mississippi Negro Citizens Rejoice Over
Election OF Truman BarkIey Ticket
Voting Heavily For Truman NegOes Go
TO Polls Without Incident In State
Dixieeats Party Gets No Encourage
r1ent From Total State Vote

Washington, DC. Nov. 5-As
more than a half million people
lined the streets of the nations
capitol today to welcome President
Harry S. Truman on his trium-
plant return to the White House,
reports have already been receiv-
ed here of great rejoicing among
Mississippi Negro citizens over the
election of the Truman-Barkley
ticket.
With Mississippi Negroes, no
other contemporary figure, poll
teal or otherwise, has so won
the heart of Mississippi Negroes
as has President Truman. Alon~
with his running mates, Senator
Alvin Barley of Kentucky, who
won deep admiration of Negroes
everywhere following his stand
on Civil Rights at the Philodel-
phia convention, the election of
the Truman Barley ticket to the
Mississippi Negroes, looked like
he answer to all that they had
hoped and prayed for during the
past eighty years.
HHaving again reaffirmed his
stand on Gill Rights in his Har-
lem speech on the eve of the cleo
ton, Negroes in Mississippi could
we'll rejoice in the election Of Pres
ident Truman over a statement
by Vice-President elect Barley
that Civil Rights VIII have top
place on the legislature program
when Congress convenes in jan
uary. This too with reports here
that the president will call
meeting of outstanding Southern
leaders urging their cooperation
in the enactment of Civil Rights
Legislation; and failing, the Pres
ident will use his full powers to
obtain the enactment of the pre-
! gram.
Rejecting the feeling of Miss
issippi Negroes gnrally Percy
Greene, editor and Publisher of
the Jackson Advocate, sent the
president the following message
to the White House Wednesday,,
'Along with many other Mississ-
ipDians, 1 rejoice with you in
your election as a vicory for the
highest principals and ideals of
the American Nation"
During the voting in Mississ~
ippi Tuesday, although Negroes
are registered less than a dozeu
of the states eighty nine coun-
ties, and principally in the larger
cities, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mer.
idian, Laurel, Clarksdale, Green,
vile and Natchez, Negro voters
went to the polls and voted ana
no incident of any kind involving
Negro voter was reported any
where in the state.
OF the estimated 5000 Negro
voters in Mississippi the great
majority voted for President Tru-
man.
Originating in Mississippi, with
the better attack of Gov. Field
ing L. Wright on President Tru-
man and his Civil Rights program
in his inaugural address last jan
uary, another cause of rejoicing
among Mississippi Negroes was
the poor showing made by the
Dixiecrat candidates in the state.
With more than 100000 voters
eligible to vote in the election
the final totals showed that less
half this number went to the polls.
(continund IN po0o X
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13

bane to lily-whiters in this state
and in other parts of the South,
Federal Judge J. Waites Warning,
a Democrat, last Friday appoint
ed Negro, John Fleming as his
court crier. The new appointee is
former shoe repairman.
The last court crier was Henry
Farms, who was named by Re-
publican Judge.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
5OtEl Wedding
Anniversary For
Insurance
Executive
By DIR. LEONARD F. MORSE

BY DIR. LEONARD F. MORSE
Tallahassee, Fla.-(G) - Tor
social event of the season in this
city was the 30th yed6ing ami
veraary Of Colonal and Mrs Ed
ward A. Pottsdamer, retired bust
ness man.
Colonel Pottsdamer is prom
inent figure in the fraternal life
OF Florida, having served as
treasurer of the Knights of Pyth-
las for more than forty years. He
is also director of the Central
Life issuance Co., and one of the
best known men in the state.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13

crease raised the average teachers
salary in Arkansas from 1924
to $3.50.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13

HOUSTON -. During a recent
visit to Houston, George Holland,
LiasOn Officer of the Veterans
Administration in Washington, ID.
c., spoke to more than 600 vet
Grams at Texas State University
at a special meeting in the Uni
varsity auditorium, Thursday
when he urged every itizen to
accept the responsibility and OBJ
legation to see that each veteran
is thoroughly informed of the
benefits to which he is entitled
including government insurance,
educational program, h0spitaIiza-
ton and loans.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13

The letters bore a Nashville
postmark.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-13
Negro Made
Court criier

Democrat Charleston, S. G.
Charleston, S. ca distinct
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-09-30
HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted: September ~, Jim
Marsh; September %, Mrs. Mel
vim Neal, September "a, James
Sullivan; September "a, Dave
Pitsch; September "a, Jimmy
Kelly; September "a, Mrs. Rob
ert Hanley; September "a, Mrs,
Burdette Rausch; september 70,
Mrs. Rex ThroWer.
Dismissed: september "a, Jim
Marsh; September "a, Jimmy
Kelly; September 25, James Sui
Ivan; September rs, Mrs. Mel
vim Neal; September 20, Mrs.
Robert Hanley. e.
Births: September "a, girl, z
lib. 9 or, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hanley, GarryoWen. September
25( boy, 6 Id. 10 or, MIR. and
Mrs. Forrest Parkinson, Lodge
Grass. September Is, girl, z ID.
2 o., Mr.. and Mrs. Burdette
Rauch, Lodge Grass. September
%, boy, z lib. 4 OF. MI and Mrs.
Rex Thrower, Hardin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-09-30
News AnulYst Will
Appear at Church

John Z. Meredith, Well-known
news commentator and ANALYST
over Chicago stations, editor Of
the weekly newspaper "The
Bible and the News which cor
relates world news and the
Bible, has been engaged to
speak in Hardin at the Four
square Church. Monday, Oct. 4
at T:45 P. M.
Uncle john" as he is famil-
1arly known to radio listeners
in the Middle West, is to bring
q lecture on current events and
the Bible.
Rev. James B. Roper, pastor,
explains that MIR. Meredith uses
up-to-the-minute neWs-reel type
motion pictures to illustrate his
talks on world affairs and the
Bible, and that these pictures
have an educational value for
all who are at all interested in
present world events. Palestine.
TOT instance" says Rev. Roner,
sis regarded as a land of I'M
usual interest to much of the
world as the Jews seek to estab-
lish a nation for themselves in
that land. The struggle to es-
tablish this new nation, Israel,
and the results already accom-
plished in uprooting the desert
are shown in motion pictures,
and Mr.. Meredith says these
pictures make the news from
Palestine more real to all who
see them"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-09-30
Oak Creek Queen
Places First in
Two Trial Contests
Continued from lage u

Continued from gage u
ed and handled by c. T. Leisch-
ner of Billings. Third went to
U. S. Cowan'S Ariel Star.
Stake in the open all-ages
group was $1,000 guaranteed,
split among the three winners.
In the open derby, winnings
were 70 per cent of the entry
fees. Prizes in the two amateur
events were merchandise donat-
ed by Billings firms. Trophies
were also~awarded in each
event. The trophies and prizes
were on display during the
trials at the Chamber of Com
merce office in Hardin.
judges for the trials were
Kyle M. Walker of Spokane,
writer for American Field mag
azine, and Leon SILVER of
Conner, Ala, nationally known
judge and trial handler. Trial
director was DR.. Dean M. Crew.
ell of Billings, president of the
Field Trial club. S. M. Loanev
of Hardin acted as field marshal
during the three-day event.
Dr.. GreWell said that weather
was ideal for the trials and
birds were plentiful, making the
sixth annual event very sue
ceSsful. The trials were con-
Quoted on ground between the
Big and Little Horn river farm
ed by Campbell Farming Corp,
Darrell Warren, Warren Broth
erS and E. l.. Kelley.