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Evening star., 1948-07-02
A. H. Lawson Elected
Head Of Washington
Loan and Trust Co.

Alfred H. Lawson today became
president of the Washington Loan
& Trust Co. He was elected yester-
day to succeed Harry G. Meem,
Evening star., 1948-07-02

served the trust company continu-
ously for 81 years, having joined
the staff in 1891 under Brainard
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Open House AT
Oakley Training
School, Nov. Is

According to an announcement
sent out this week by Prof. G. W.
Williams, Superintendent, OPEN
HOUSE to which the general pub
lie all over the state is invited will
be held at the Oakley Training
School, Oakley. Mississippi, Sun
day, November % between the
hours of 10 am. to 4:3O pm.
Mrs. Lucille W. Price, Child We'll
fare Worker at Oakley is now Wis
ting other such schools in other
sections in an effort to further i'm
prove conditions at Oakley Train
ing School, the state supported
school for Negro delinquent boys.
Working together, Prof. and Mrs.
Williams, Mrs. Price and a staff
of teachers have done wonders at
Oakley and the public is cordially
invited to visit the school on Sun
day, November %, to not only see
the good work that has been done,
but to see the many things that
still need to be done so that this
institution can better serve these
youth who SO badly need help.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
jackson Has Heavy Rainfall As
Tornado Strikes Calhoun CITY
And 9 Whites, 10 Negroes Hurt
Rain Does Damage
Downtown; z Are
Critically Hurt In
Calhoun City

Heavy rainfall which lasted more
than three hours Thursday night
and precipitated more than two in
ches of water in the Jackson area
is reported to have done damage
to downtown stores the City Hall
and an apartment building.
While in Calhoun City it is re-
porte dthat at least IS persons were
injured, two Negroes critically,
when tornado struck the northern
outskirts of the town shortly about
7 o'clock Thursday night.
Both the critically injured Neg
roes were unidentified at this writ
ing. Nine of the injured were White
and ten were Negroes. Although it
was believed that additional injur-
ed would be found.
In Delhi, La, Matte Jones, Ne
gro woman was seriously injured
when the first of the windstorms
struck a plantation about three
miles north of Delhi. Other Neg
roes listed as injured on the plan
tation were, Ethel Gray and Ernes-
tine Carter.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Xmas Seal Sales
Begin In Kinds
November u

The And annual Christmas Seal
Sale will begin on November %
in Kinds County.
The annual Seal Sale, which will
continue until Christmas, repres-
ents the only appeal during the
year for funds to carry on the year
round tuberculosis control work of
the Kinds County tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION. Quota for Kinds County,
tn eminimum needed to carry out
the associations 1949 program, is
$4,000.
"Of the money raised in this
county, IS per ctnt will be used
within this county, cit yand state
an DIS per cent goes to the Nation
al Association for a nationwide
program said ]. D. Ball, presi-
dent Of the association. Funds
from tn e1948 Christmas Seal Sale
will be put to work early in l949,
for we must fight tuberculosis
with ever ymeans at our disposal.
The residents of Hindk County
make use of a powerful weapon
against tuberculosis every time
they purchase Christmas Seals
1sidore Lehman, who headed the
Seal Sale, sal dthat postal author
tiles in tn ecount yhad given their
usual "wholehearted cooperation
in assisting with the Seal mailings.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
NatChez Fire
Cause Death OF
Mother, Daughter

NATCHEZ, Miss. - Two Negro
women, Sarah Johnson, 100, and
her daughter Queenie Potts, So,
were burned to death in fire that
destroyed a two-story frame build
ing in the Natchez-under-th e-hiil
The blaze was discovered by Sa-
rah Banks who was sleeping in
the room with her grandmother and
great-grandmother. She said she
was able to get down a burning
stairway to call for help, but the
blaze reached such Roadway no one
was able to get back into the room
where the two elderdly women
were trapped.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20

newest thing in the interpation of
music. No, it's not just ordinary
1--WE, it's religion to he guys who
have good eye-sigh and good hats
to wear - but they don Bee-hop
glasses and skull-caps
The music is wild, and it's saw
age; it snaps at your brain and rips
and tears at your CUTS, yet it pets
and sooths your being. Some have
said: THE agony of the music is
enough to drive man mad but the
interpation captures his most wan
ton desires and sets his whole soul
free To describe Bee-hop is to
describe death, love and the mind
of a woman
The deciples of Bee-hop say that
it does more than put them in a
trance. 1T mas the same affect on
the followers that the weed has on
the "hop-head" It's a cult - when
you hear it. you'll worship it.
The leader of the deciples, and the
first man of this fantastic music is
DIZZY GILLESPIE, who has been
acclaimed by many as being to pop
ular music what BOOK is to classics.
The new craze began when Lion
ell Hampton was doing concert at
Carnegie Hail. He featured DIZZY
for couple of solos. The top lift
ed. People sat up to listen-This
young man was pouring forth all
the vice and corruption of the pre-
sent generation His horn (trum-
pet seemed to explode in his face.
Then the New Jazz Foundation,
which is very popular organiza-
ton, said he had opened a new
world They soon built concert
around him at Town Hall: the idol
was recognized and a band was at
tached to him.
FOR DEC. 2, WHEN DIZZY WILL
BRING HIS VOO-DO OF MUSIC
TO THE SKATING RINK, the place
is being reinforced due to anticipa-
ton of record smashing crowd.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
81 Towns In
South Has 279
Race Policemen

The annual report of the Sou
thern Regional conference this
week reveals that 81 cities and lar
&c rtowns in the southern states
no whave total of 279 Negro po-
llicemen on their forces.
Of that total 248 are uniformed
policemen, % are in plain clothes
and one is policewoman. All of
these southern cities have hired
Negroes since 1880.
Only two southern states, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana have no Ne
gro officers. Florida and Texas lead
as states having the largest mum
be rof cities with Negroes on their
police forces and the largest mum
Der of Negro officer respectively
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Get Your Be-Bob
Cap From Thomas
Great M Store

Dizzy Gillespie, the BeBop King,
his horn, his goatee, his glasses,
and his Be-Bop Cap will be at the
.Colored. Skating Rink Thursday,
December 2, and all the really hep
cats will be ready for him.
The one way to be ready is to
have your Be-Bop Cap that you
can buy now from THOMAS Great
M STORE.
AS is the custom wherever Dizzy
appears special recognition is given
to those dance fans who are mem
bers of his cult-who looks most
like the great "Be-BOB King.
Go into THOMAS GREAT M
STORE today .. if he doesn't
have the cap in stock, he will have
it soon.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Booker Washington

NEW YORK-The Harvard Press
this week issued a new and defini-
tive biography of the founder of
Tuskegee Institute, Booker T.
theWs. The book fills in with COM
Washington, written by Basil Mat
plete Recommendation of the early
boyhood, youth and education COW
cred by Washington in his own up
From Slavery" and follows to
completion the fruitful last Is years
of his life when Washington be-
came perhaps the dominant educa-
tional influence in the nation.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
What Negro
Work Does

Negro Work is one phase of Mis-
sions that is of inestimable value.
Inestimable because of its far
reaching and lasting effect, and
because of the dire need for this
work
DR.. B. c. Land gives the mission
of the church as bein gfour-fold:
Making disciples, baptizing dis
ciples, and enlisting disciples
In the main, Negro Baptist Min
listers, bein guniformed, heretofore,
have been forced to stop at the
half way mark in carrying out the
Great Commission. That is, with
making and baptizing disciples, y
leaving the indoctrintion and en-
listment of disciples undone.
But, thanks to Negro Work in
State Missions, a new day is dawn
ing. A day that brings with it new
opportunities for better training
for Negro Baptist throughout the
state. the result of which is seen
in the Stepped-up work Of num-
Der of the graduates of the Missis-
sippi Baptist Seminary.
Among the graduates of the Mis-
sissippi Baptist Seminary who are
forging ahead as pastors are: j. j.
Overtsreet, E. D. Barnes, w. D.
Ridgeway, and j. H. Ratliff. These
men all hold the Th.B. from a
school made possible by Negro
Work in State Mission.
It is highly significant that, al
though these men came to the Mis-
sissippi Baptist Seminary with a
yer ylimited amount of training,
after several years have succeeded
in building the most modern church
edificies among Negro Baptists in
the state. Before coming to the
Mississippi Baptist Seminary Meth
er OF these men had been able to
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
No Negroes On
Jury Cause Delay
In Court Trial

This week in Carthage, Miss,
Judge Percy Lee, acting under the
recent ruling of the U. S. Supreme
Court ruled out a petit jury in
Leake county circuit court because
no Negroes had been included on
the list from whic hthe court We
nire was prepared and the jury
drawn.
The case was one in which At
torney Frank Mide of Forest is rep
resenting Hardness Flowers, Negro
on trial for assault and battery
with intent to kill in connection
with the wounding of William
Dickens of Carthage in shooting
fray last July.
After quashing the petit jury it
was reported that Attorney Mize
ATTEMPTED also have the indict-
ment quashed because the grand
jury which drew the indictment
had no Negroes included in the
lists from which it had been
drawn. This motion was overruled
by Judge Lee on the grounds that
other irregularities had contribute
ed to his ruling.
The U. S. Supreme Court ruling
was handed down in the case of
Eddie Patton of Meridian in muir
der case and is expected to prove
the ruling opinion in many state
cases in the future.
The incident happened last July
whe nit is said a group of white
men visited the home of Martin
Flowers to ask him to leave the
Providence community. Harness
Flowers is accused of being one
Of several Negroes who opened fire
on the group of white men.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Dizzy 'Bebop' Gillespie
At Skating Rink Dec. J

Dizzy Gillespie, who plays an
engagement at New Colored Skat-
ing Rink on Thursday, Dec. 2, 1948
is more than great trumpet play
er-he's new cult in himself. Dis
ciples of Dizzy's new way of inter-
preting jazz are springing up every
where but like many other new
personalities he was first discov-
cred in New York.
First Lionel Hampton used him
to strengthen his Carnegie Hall
concert. He featured Dizzy for
couple Of solo numbers. Then an
organization called the New Jazz
Foundation chose Dizzy as a young
man who has made a tremendous
contribution to contemporary mu-
sic' and built a concert around him
at Town Hall. There were enough
Gillespie devotees in New York to
fill the place to capacity.
Gillespie's trumpeting features
lingering and interpretations that
are revolutionary in jazz. Hep fans,
quick to recognize this, have made
him a new idol
AS result of thi stremendous
interest, band wa sbuilt around
Gillespie. Those who have heard
the crew agree it is one of the most
promising of the new crop of dance
orchestras.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
William Dawson Slated For
Key Committee Guardianship
Insist Congress

Congress William L. Dawson of
Chicago, representing the First Il
linois district, seems certain at this
writing of assignment as the chair
man of the powerful house COM
miItee or. expsiuitures in the exc
cutive departments, to become the
first Negro chairman of a congress
siona1 committee in modern times.
Dawson was reelected to his 18th
term in the House last week by
more than $1,000 majority and is
no wthe third ranking Democratic
member of the committee, which
was headed in the 80th Congress
by Republican Claire Hoffman of
Michigan. The top ranking Dem
ocrat, Carter Manasco of Alabama
was defeated in the primaries, and
Rep John w. Mccormack of
Massachusetts who follows him in
rank is expected to return to his
former positio mas majority floor
leader, leaving Dawson in top
rank for the position under the
House seniority system.
Congressman Dawson was one of
President Truman's staunchest sup
porters for denomination before
the Democratic convention, and
was co-chairman of the national
campaign committee.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Award Contract
Negro School
AT Vicksburu

L. A. Harvey, of Jackson, has
been awarded general construction
contract for a new Negro school
building on Baldwin Ferry Road,
Vicksburg, for $35,561, it was an
nounced here by Raymond Birchett
Architect-Engineer.
Enterprise Plumbing and Metal
Works, Vicksburg, won the plumb
ing and heating award at $4,586
wit hthe electric wiring contract,
being to Sneed Electric Service,
Vicksburg, at $1,3O1,25.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
State Boy Among
Four To Receive
Atom Fellowships

A man from Mississippi was a.
mong four recently granted fell
lowships in the field of health
physics, according to reports from
the Atomic Energy Commission.
The list included a Morgan State
college student, another from West
Virginia State and two from Ten
nessee State.
The Mississippi ma mis- Jonas Ed
ward Richmond, Prentiss The 9th
er three are: Guy Eldridge Jen-
kins, Cambridge, Md, Selle c..
Jones, East st. Louis, Ill, and Ros-
coe Lee Koont, st. Louis, Mo.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Joe Dyson's Orchestra Playing
For Thanksgiving Dance, To
Feature Lue Holloway And Her
Saxophone AT Skating Rink

the great Duke Oats himself, DY
SON will feature the lovely and
charming LUE HOLLOWAY and
Her Saxophone LUE HOLLO-
WAY is recently back in the state
from engagement with the inter-
nationally famous "SWEETHEARTS
OF RHYTHM, she also played
with the Rays of Rhythm from Pr
ney Woods
Sponsors of this dance are plan
ming an evening of entertainment
long to be remembered, SO don't
fail to be present at the THANKS
GIVING DANCE AT THE SKAT-
ING RINK, THURSDAY NIGHT,
NOV. 25 beginning at $3.50 ). just
TIC
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20

Given by he Enterprise Readers
Club, Mrs. Sarah NJ Harvey and
Mrs. Carrie Shepherd, sponsors, the
THANKSGIVING DANCE at the
SKATING RINK, THURSDAY, NO
MEMBER Is, is expected to be one
of the best ever =. everything will
be done to assure all dance and
music lovers of an evening of en-
tertainment long to be remember
ed -.
JOE DYSON'S ORCHESTRA,
needs no introduction to the pub
lie /. if its better music you
wish to hear, JOE DYSON'S Or
CHESTRA will play it and on
THANKSGIVING MITE, aside from
his usual array of stars, such as
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Field Artillery
Unit Awarded
Attendance FLAG

YOKOHAMA, Japan = Head
quarters Battery, 933rd Anti-air-
craft Artillery Battalion, comman-
ded by First Lieutenan tCharles c.
Tolbert of New York City, was re-
Gently presented the chapel atten-
dance banner by Colonel B. F.
Hood, Inspector General for the
Eighth Army.
Headquarters Battery has main
tanned the largest chapel attendant
&c and the best efficiency rating of
units in the 933rd .AAA Battalion
for the past six months.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Down To Earth
BY CECIL WALTON

THE DEVIL AND HE'LL! WOW!
flames leaping all over the place.
People eating brimstones, spiting up
lizards-and all that stuff.
And when | say devil, / don't
mean the devil in the white night
gown. | mean satan-the beautiful
angle-the source of mans destruc-
tion-the guy who slid around on
his belly and talked Adam and Eve
into dining off the forbidden tree.
Adam opened his eyes and was
sunk from then on
Oh, We are big boys and girls
now, but do you know that satan is
still around. The same devil who
was about when we were going to
Sunday School, The one Mama US
ed to tell us about. The one we
use to think about after we'd said
that little curse woodland we5d
sneak off somewhere and whisper
few words of prayer.
Somehow, it seems, as we live and
prosper we kinda forget that beau
tiful angle and do everything we
want to do and consider it as just
another way of life. But sometim-
es, when it's drilling rain and it's
dark, we look Ger our left should
ers and see the ''boggie-
mean we look into the past and
wonder where we might go when
we croak.
You're probably saying I'm a
screwball for writing this stuff but
this is why:
Yesterday, little before dark,
was walking south on Parish Street.
My mind was blank as | walked
slowly; then 1 saw this lady APP
preaching me. She was past middle
age and seemed as just another wo-
man. When she grew closer, I
noted the unusual tilt of her head
and the soft CLINT in her eyes. l
opinioned then that she was a
church-going lady.
She stopped and asked softly: do
you go to church, young MANI"
So, told the truth about it.
She stepped closer and said Now
you know that isn't right. You
should be working in the church. .
| had heard that one before. SO l
made ready to move out.
But when she asked: Are you
ready to die?" / stopped and took
notice. That was big question.
I turned, looked down on her, and
said: No, mann, I'm scared stiff. %
She asked why.
l told her I didn't know but |
had vague idea it was because I
hadn't been living too good; be-
cause something had been causing
me to do wrong.
She said: Satan causes you and
everybody else to do wrong-satan
and all his irnps who rebelled in
heaen and were cast out, are roam
ing the streets. They mix in our
eeryday doings and show us the
easy way out, but it's the way to
destruction and hell.
Most people hae forgotten that
there is devil, therefore, they
build no defense against him or his
desires which in turn makes evil
take over their SOUL"
When she finished / thanked her.
She went her way, l went mine.
After l got home, | took stock of
myself. 1t didn't look good So,
I've decided to button my shoes
because the sum of sin is damnation.
pEF ROD. Thaf;c ,ryI,of ~ ;e "a
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Lanier Band
Elect Officers
For Year

The Band at Lanier High School
under the direction of Mr.. K. W.
Holly was organized this week as
follows:
President, Clifford DeaIey; Sec
rotary, Catherine Harper; Assis-
tant Secretary, Bernard Holly;
Treasurer, George Vinson, Business
Manager, William M. Harvey; Lou
is Jones, student director.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20

During October the Kinds Coun-
ty tuberculosis Association and the
Health Department, with the CO.
operation Of school officials, have
conducted a chest X-ray examina-
lions of the students of the color
ed schools in our city.
Similar programs will be held
both in the white and colored
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20

accomplish much in his field. Since
studying at the Mississippi Baptist
Seminary these men and other
have become outstanding leaders in
their respective communities. Her
bert L. Lang is president.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20
Open House Sun.
For New Ladies
Accessory Shop

This week announcement went
went out concerning theopening of
Jackson's newest Negro owned and
operated business-a ladies' Access
sorry shop, to be located at 5O7 No.
Parish ST., in the new Redmond
Building.
Mr.. John w. Lewis, owner, is to
b ehighly commended for this ap-
proach into this type of business
and the general public is urgtd to
attend his Open House Sunday, No
vember q, between the hours 3 to
5 pm. and see this modern and
well equipped, we'll stocked bust
ness.
Offering to the public merchan-
disc that carry only nationally
known names, such as Patricia and
La RENE Hosiery; Stetson Gloves
and Bags; Diamond and Blitz Cos
tune Jewelry and Hats styled by
A. S. Millinery and Bi-Rite Hat
Company, Mr.. Lewis has also an
nounced his intention of competing
in prices with downtown stores
as much as possible.
Assistin Mr.. Lewis will be his
wife and acting as head sales lady
will be Mrs. Eloiuse Whistentan.
LADIES, come to the Open Hou-
Sc, Sunday and submit a name for
this ne wbusiness and if your name
is chosen you will be given a $40
hat. The public is invited.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20

A birds feather, for its size and
weight, is the strongest known
structure in nature.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-11-20

BEE-BOP: That's what it is, the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Death Claims John
Wolftail After
Long Illness

John Wolftail, Sc, one of this
community's most highly respect
ed citizens, died at the local hos
pital last Friday, death following
a long illness.
Funeral services was conducted
at the Little Flower Church Tues
day at II a. M. W i t h the Rev.
FIR. GeorgeG erne r officiating.
Burial was in the Browning
Catholic cemetery. Arrangements
We're in charge of the Beck Fun
eral Home.
Deceased is survived by one
son, Charles of Browning an d
three daughters, Mrs. Everett
Armstrong and Mrs. Josephine
Wolftail of Browning and Mrs.
Florence Murphy Of Cut Bank,
besides several grandchildren.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
81 Reservation
Families Get
Welfare Relief

One of the heaviest relief loads
in several years, if not in the his
tory of the Office, was carried dur
ing March, according to the dir
ector of the Glacier County Office
Of the Montana Welfare Depart
ment.
Of ITO families of Glacie r
County receiving aid during the
month, 81 resided on the Black
feet Reservation. The aid was in
behalf If dependent children,
whose ago range was from early
infancy to Is years.
Most of the dependents, it was
understood, were children in the
more tender years. Under the
welfare set-up. the state and fed
eral government participate.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
New Electric Coop
Building To Be
Under Way Soon

Successful among several bid
ders on the new office building to
be erected in Browning in the
near future, Neuwerth & Lam
caster a r e getting in readiness
for the beginning of their con-
tract W h the Glacier County
Electric Cooperative.
Bids were opened recently at
the company's office in Cut Bank.
Lancaster said that in order to
Immediately begin groundwork,
it would be necessary to drain
flood water off the site. This
would require ditch from the
pond to the town sewer intake
near Buttreys grocery depart
ment building.
The building. if plans carry,
will be completed by June /, with
immediate occupancy by t he
company.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Marias Fair To Be
Held JUL 22-25

The Marias Fair board has set
t h third week in July-22, %,
"a and 25-for holding of tn e
annual fair. with the first day
designated as Glacier c O u mt y
Day. The cond one is for
Liberty County, the h ird for
Ponders County and the fourth
for Toole c oun t Y and the All
Marias.
Already all contracts have been
approved, according to Clifford
d. Coover. secretary-manager.
The night show will be pro-
duced by Williams & Lee Attract
ions of St. Paul. 1t will be aug
mented by other acts as to assure
its being one of the big attrac-
tons during the four days event.
Members of the Marias Fair
board include John S. Gordon,
president; A. E. Allison, vic e
president; Anil Kleinert; H. E.
GRAPHICAL and Joe A. Fey.