Arkansas State press., 1949-02-04
Scum Gw Mldw
BY
FRANCES
SAMPSON

sion. -. Why do we wait. Do you want to
hear the answer. Meet at Merrill February 49,.
=. Good Crowd Whenever Trouble Brews-
an example is the very fine attendance held at
Hot Springs. People came from Nashville, De-
Witt Clarendon, Toilette, Oneida, Helena Du-
mas, McGehee, North Little Rock, and Many
other cities and towns They met and left
bewildered. Did you know that during the past
four years most of the discussion at State
Conferences has centered upon the leader
Harold Flowers! 1t might interest you to know
that of the fifty-five branches in Arkansas
Flowers has either organized or assisted with
the organization of twenty five of those branch
es with about six now in the process of or
ganization.
The Regional Director prepared some resolu-
tons in Dallas which were passed by the dele
gates in the closing moments of the conference.
Nothing is mentioned however about some of
the immediate local needs of the Arkansas peo-
pie. 1t might have been noted that in Little
Rock an important question would be placed
before the voters there on Tuesday of this
week. The Little Rock delegates, however, led
by the aged NAACP president Rev. w. Mar
Gus Taylor were too busy trying to unseat the
president to give any serious recommendations
to the conference for action 80. incidentally,
the Rev. Taylor headed the organization and
resigned because of health etc. He, however,
is president of the Little Rock Branch In
attendance at the conference was one of the
two dissenters to the Pine Bluff resolution
when presented at the local branch She was
accompanied there by one of the former stall
warts of NAACP who now doesn't have much
time to get around to the local meetings 1880.
Chesterfield Tinsley was an important factor
CO., opfo hat
the people who can do least are the ones We
had better make up our minds to use; rather
that wait on the qualified and brainy All OF
this makes believe that the Jesus Way was
pretty good one. .... He didn't find the smart
men but He grabbed up those who were willing
to follow after Him 49,. They did! Lord,
help me to open mine eyes to the wealth of
talent surrounding me! -. let us March to-
gether. 80. the little people in our little ways
-. we mean Revolution and that means Pro-
gress.
Waiting to Hear from the ladies of leisure.
the best we can report is that they are just
mumbling and grumbling as usual ....With
the need of so many civic projects ..... why
don't you just sit down and figure out which
one your group would like to undertake so that
we could make our place a better place in
which to lve That would justify some of the
false living that we are doing these days $50.
don't mistake me go, you understand that /
mean ...... bridge parties $50. and the waste
of time pursuing those things which we like to
call society.
A Paper Called Estate Press" was probably
found your porch Give us a ring at 919 and
we will be very glad to that you get copy
each week ..... Subscription rates quoted
on the Monograph note and we do expect to
hear from you go. So, until we can find more
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