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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Funeral Service
Held For Prof.
S. S. Lynch

Kosciusko, Miss, March -
Funeral services were held here
today for Prof. S. S. Lynch, 80,
who died at his home here last
"Wednesday morning following a
short illness, involving complica-
lions due to his advanced age.
The funeral service was held at
! he First Baptist Church where
he had been lifelong member,
md was attended by prominent
Educators of the state.
For the past fifty years Prof.
lynch had been prominently and
sctively identified in the state
With Central Mississippi College
ere, retiring as president of the
college several years ago.
q A native of Mississippi, Prof
lynch was born in Louisville, and
as one of the early graduates of
jackson College. He was also a
raduate of Moorehouse College,
#f Atlanta, Ga.
Surviving is his wife, five chill
rem, eleven grand children and
&yo great grandchildren.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Marian Anderson
Essay Contest To
Stimulate Young
Women To Join
National Counei!
Of NEGRO Women

New York, Mar. 8, 1949 The
National Council of Negro Wo-
mems Membership Enlistment
Campaign Headquarters announc
dtoday $50 word contest for
women between the ares Of II
and 25 on the subject of "Tho
Contribution of MAJ. an Anderso~
to American Life" This contest
will begin today and end on Apr ]
Is, 1949. There will be two prizes
First prize of $50. in cash and
the second prize of a complete
set of 25 of Marian Anderson's
Victor recordings.
Rules Of The contest are az fol
lows:
1. The essay submitted must
have as its subject "The Contribu-
ton of Marian Anderson to Amer
lean Life" and be limited to $50
words.
2. Each essay to be cosidere9
must be accompanied by at least
five local memberships OF 500
each in the National Council of
Negro Women.
8. Contestants must be between
the ages of Is and 25 inclusive.
A. All entries must be post
marked before midnight, April 10
and sent directly to the Nationa
Council Of Negro Women, 1919
Vermont Avenue, N. w. Wash
ington 5, d. c.
5. Each entry must have the
following information on Sep
arate sheet of paper:
Ca Name of contestant.
(b) Address
(c) Age
(d) The names and addressef
Of two responsible citizens of he
community who can attest her age
Miss Marian Anderson, noted
cotralto, is Honorary Co-Cha
man of the Membership Enlist
ment Campaign now under way
for the National Council OF Negro
Women and is anxious to see
thousands of young women become
members o. the Natioal Councll
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Natl. 4-h club Week Sees President States First
Recall Help In Organizing First Club Undergraduate
In His State Chapter Alpha
Chapter Alpha
Phi Alpha
Organized At
TougaIoo College

On February q, the first Mis-
sissippi undergraduate chapter
of Alpha Phi Aupha fraternity
was established at Tougaloo Col
lege, Tougaloo, Miss. National
president of Alpha, Attorney Bel
ford v. Lawson, Washington, d.
c., made the presentation address
The new chapter, Gamma Up
silon, was sponsored by the
states only graduate chapter, AL
pha Epsilon Lambda, of which
Herschel c. Latham, ST., is pres
ident. Ten outstanding campus
leaders were initiated by Region
al Fice-president Charles Tarp-
ley, Memphis, as charter mem
bers. Their names follow: Sidney
L. Clark, Gage Johnson, Theodore
Jennings, Theodore Brooks, Mat
thew Burks, Henry T Drake, Ar
varh Strickland, FELTON, C. Pi-
late, Hubert L. Wallace and James
Ingram.
President Lawson's address was
acclaimed by all the most agrees
sive heard in Mississippi since
Reconstruction days. He urged
all Greeks" to unite in demand
ing Brotherhood, not for a week,
nor in some distant tomorrow, but
for every week-and right now.
He challenged his audience, COM
posed largely of college trained
folk representing the various fra
ternities and sororities, to demo-
cratic practices in fraternal and
everyday living; stating that
Jesus Christ would be black
balled if he applied for member
ship in the majority of Greek
letter organizations" Stand UP
and be counted, he insisted, for
militant living, uncompromising
for full liberty and justice for
all peoples. Attorney Lawson's adj
dress was broadcast over Station
WINK.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Pastor Who
Invited Negro
Speaker Wins Vote
OF Confidence

Miami, FLA vote Of conf
dence has been given to Rev. DON
aid Douds of the Miami Shores
Community church, by his con-
gregation, which threatened to
move him after he invited a Ne
gro minister to address the mem
bership, the Atlanta World learn
ed yesterday.
A vote of 27 to SO was cast by
the congregation Tuesday night
to retain Reverend Douds.
The minister is said to have
invited Rev. Edward Graham, pas
tor of the Mount Zion Baptist
Church, to address the white
church at a Brotherhood Week
service, Sunday, February Is.
Crosses were repeatedly burned
on the church lawn and at the
home of the Negro, and the invi-
tation was withdrawn.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Nations Only Negro Daily Newspaper
Charged With Libel By Policemen
Named In Butaiity Case
World Story Based On Victims
Sworn Statement
Case Seen As Test OF New Ga. Law

Atlanta, Ga, March Z Especially
The Atlanta Daily World, the
nations only Negro daily news
paper, and its individual owners,
were served notice of a 100000
suit here Monday, filed by two
local white policemen for alleg-
ed libel in a story of brutality in
which they were involved, as
charged in a sworn statement by
Mrs. Lillian Sullivan, Negro
housewife, published in the At
lanta Daily World.
The officers, c. T Dopson and
B. E. Wilson, are seeking punt
tive damages in the amount of
$4,000 each, "as an example to
deter defendants, the Atlanta
Daily World, and others of like
character and intent from COM
uniting such acts.
The policemen are believed to
have filed the suit despite the
sworn statement in the hands oil
the World from Mrs. Sullivan
charging them with having abused
her because of a recently enacted
Khan backed Georgia libel law.
The attorneys representing the
two police officers in suing the
paper are John Hudson and J.
Walter LeCrow.
G. A Scott, editor ana publish
er of the Aaltnta Daily World
said that other than the fact that
the paper thinks it can rely on
the sworn statement of Mrs Sui
Ivan as a good defense, he had
no comment to make pending a
study of the bill by attorneys for
the paper.
The Atlanta Daily World being
a part of the estate or the late
w. A. Scott, Jr., which has not
been finally settled, the suit not
only involves the paper but each
of the individual owners as desig-
mated in the will, which includes
his wife, Mrs. Lucille Scott; his
two sons his mother, Mrs. w. A.
Scott, Sr., and several brothers,
including c. A. Scott, editor and
general manager of the paper.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Greenvi!Ie School
Boy Held In Death
Of Chinese Grocer

Greenville, Miss, March =
Alex Clark, a young Negro high
school student, is being held il
Jail here after he is said to have
admitted the November Both STAY
ing of an aged local Chinese gro
Ger.
According to Chief of Police C.
A. Hollingsworth, the youth adj
mitted that he struck Jeu Sing,
the aged Chinese grocer, over
the head with a sweet potato af-
ter an argument over some change.
The chief said that further in
vestigation will be made before
formal charges are filed against
the youth.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
55,643 Negro III Club Members
In Miss.
Seek $4,000 For State 4-H Club
Camp

tute and State Teachers Associ-
alton, has pledged to support the
drive for the Negro camp fund.
All Al Club members are be-
ing asked to contribute $1.00 for
the camp fund The drive starts
during national Al Club week
and will end on November 18th.
Negro All Club work in Missis-
sippi is under the direction of
George G. Cypress, Negro Boys
Club Agent, and Mrs. Dolly H.
Hunt, Negro girls Clubs Agent.
Prof. w. Milan Davis is chair
man State All Advisory Com
mittee made up of a cross section
of education, professional and
business leaders of the state.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Seven Day
Adventist
Churciinlen In
Meeting Here

The Sabbath school, Secretarys
Council, Seventh Day Adventist
Church Of the United States and
Canada, met at the Heidelberg
Hotel here, last week.
Included in those attenging the
meeting were two prominent Ne
TO members of the church, Elder
w. G. Simmon, of Atlanta, Geor-
gia, head of the South Atlantic
Conference which includes the
states of North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Florida; and Ell
der B. H. Ewing, of Nashville,
Tenn, head of the Southern Con-
ference which includes Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Ken
lucky.
Elder Ewing was formerly pas
tor of the church on the corner
of Rose and Pascagoula Streets
here.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12

through this contest. The col,nc
itself is especially anxious to dc
VeIope greater appreciation BY
young women for the culture
contribution of the distinguishe
Co-Chall'man. Furthermore, tn
Council is more anxious than eve
to enroll young women for II
future programs of the organize
ton and needs their assistance
developing them.
Membership blanks for the NJ
tional Council of Negro Won
are available tocontestants in
contest through the Metropolital
Councils of the National Council
located in SO cites throughout
the country. Contestants are urg-
ed to obtain blanks from the Me-
tropolitan Councils in their area
where possible.
The contest judges will be sell
ected before April Is by officers
Of the National Council of Negro
Wsmen.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Mrs. ARENA C.
Mallory billiard
University
Speaker

New Orleans. La.-Pointing to
a long list of gains made by Ne
groes in Southern states during
the past two years, Mrs. ARENA
c.. Mallory, president of the Saints
Industrial and Literary School.
Lexington, Miss, told students at
billiard University here that this
progress should spur them on to
the accomplishment of full hui
man rights despite counter fore
es."
Mrs. Mallory was one of a BIZ
racial panel of six participating
in the Founders Day program of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority held
in the auditorium of billiard Uni
versity. She discussed the present
world situation in relationship to
the general theme of the panel -
Human Rights = Present and
Future"
Mrs. Mallory reminded the
group that 1--WE are living in a
time OF major stress land strains
In which American citizens will
be forced to make many readiust-
ments in their social political and
economic life, not only because of
the aftermath of the recent world
wide conflict, but because science
has presented us with the add
tional challenge of atomic ener
gy."
She warned that the problems
facing the world will not be solved
by international politics and di
plomacy alone, but that there
must be a return to the philoso-
ply of Jesus Christ in which the
Fatherhood of God and the broth
hood OF man will be recognized as
basic to all human rights. "This
is the only answer to the atom
bomb which we have not tried"
Mrs. Mallory said.
Others participating in the
panel included DR.. Albert w
Dent, president, billiard Universe
ty; Clarence A. Laws, director of
public relations, The Louisiana
Weekly; Mrs. Doris Griscom
head of department of sociology
Newcomb College; Miss Fannie
c. Williams, principal, velena
Jones School, New Orleans: Rich
ard E. Tontarski, head of depart
nent of history, Xavier UNIVERSE
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12

Washingtn, D. c., March 5 =
The President of the United
States, praising the work of the
organization, recalled having took
part in the organization of the
first All Club in his state, in
noting the week of March 5-13 as
National All Week
In letter addressed to the
ALI Clubs of the United States
the President said:
World peace is the main goal
and the most cherished hope of
the nation. Peace is something as
intangible as the minds and souls
of men and women. When you
mold and develop your minds and
souls for good citizenship and
useful living, as you are doing
in All Club work, you are max
ers of the peace.
AS one who helped organize
one of the first All Clubs in ny
state, 1 congratulate you on your
theme for this year, Better Liv-
ing for a Better World May
that theme become increasingly
significant during your All Club
Week, March 55-133, and through
cut the year.
The things you grow and the
jobs you do in learning by do
ing" all add up to more skilled
farmers, better homemakers,
more useful citizens and more abb
le leaders. These, in brief, are
what make for better living and
a better world.
In Mississippi, as the annual
celebration of the first national
event neared, reports showed that
there were 55,643 Negro Al Club
boys and girls enrolled in the
state in 194S, in 1899 organized
clubs, under 1894 local leaders.
An evaluation of results OBJ
tanned showed the following sub
jects and enrollments of boys:
Poultry POOP with 335, 01S birds;
Home and Truck Gardens, 20,022
with 4,204 acres; Boys Corn $3.50
with 6O16 acres; Cotton, 205S with
2645 acres; Swine, $500, with 1873
animals. For girls: Potatoes, Irish
and sweet, 302, with 159 acres;
Identification of Home Grounds,
1899 in 371S homes; Food Selec-
ton and Preparation, 1921 1896
meals planned; Food Preservation
1852, with 1,OS8,302 quarts pre-
served; Health Home Nursing,
First Aid, 1866 who made 114.-
100 garments; Clothing, 1858
with 1858 garments remodeled;
Home Furnishing and Room I'M
provement, 1858 with 6687 rooms
and 54,796 articles; Home Indus
try, Arts and Crafts, 3016, with
1891 articles. There were also
1909 in Course for Junior leaders.
The record shows that high
percentage of boys an dgirls COM
pleted the courses in which they
enrolled.
The plans for 1949 in Mississippi
call for the erection of Al
Club Camp, to be located 25 or
80 miles from Jackson, that will
cost between 100000 and $780,
900. The State Legislature during
its last session appropriated $780,
900 toward the camp development
program.
The State Advisory committee,
headed by Mr.. E. w. Milan. man
ager Sears Roebuck Company.
Jackson, has pledged to raise
100000. This will be for the de-
velopment of camps for both
white and Negroes.
The State Al Advisory Com
headed by Prof. w. Milan
Davis, president Oklahoma Insti-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
10 PreIates Leaders OF Church Born
Out OF The Desire OF The American
Negro For Status OF Free Men
Thanks President For Civil
Rights Stand
President Tells Bishops Civil Rights
Program In Keeping With u. S.
Constitution
Bishops Pledge Support

Washington, D. c., March z -
| (Special-The sixteen bishops of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, constituting the Boshops'
Council, the leaders of the church,
born out of the desire of the
American Negro for the status OF
free men, called upon President
Truman in a body last Thursday
to commend and thank him for
his stand on Civil Rights.
Bishop D. OrmOnd Walker, of
Wilberforce, who acted as spokes-
man for the group, said the Pres
ident thanked them for coming to
see him, and expressed the hope
that his civil rights program
would be carried out.
Bishop Walker quoted Mr.. Tru-
man as saying that his civil rights
program was in keeping with the
Constitution.
When he has attained his OBJ
jectives with respect to civil
rights, Bishop walker told re-
porters, the President said he
would have done good days
work.
Bishop Walker read a prepared
statement, as follows:
"Mr. President, the men in
your presence represent over
one million communicates with
following perhaps of three times
this number. We came in the spir-
it of our Lord to thank you for
the leadership you are now fur
nishing the American people =
leadership which could not have
been yours to enjoy except for the
help of God, as expressed through
the will of the masses of the
common people of our country.
''This recent triumph at the
polls has served to keep alive the
amb ition of the humblest Ameri-
can citizen.
your courage against tremen-
dous odds will form one of the
most glorious pages in the his.
tory of our American political
life. We come to thank you for
the position which you have TAX,
en- relative. to the rights of men,
for If America is to be free and
j furnish the moral leadership of
the world, all America must first
be free. :
"On this question of civil rights
you alone had the courage to
bring the question fairly and
squarely to the voters, and it was
on this great moral issue that the
humble, the underprivileged mass
es of American citizens respond
ed.
I'VE pledge you our support in
your pursuit of these great moral
ends.
"Mr. President, again we thank
you."
The Bishops who visited Mr.
Truman included: Bishop William
A. Fountain, Atlanta, Ca: Bishop
Reverdy c. Ransom, Wilberforce
Ohio; Bishop John A. Gregg, Kan
sas City, Kansas; Bishop Sher-
man L. Greene, Birmingham. Ala
Bishop Noah w. Williams, st
Louis.
Bishop Richard r. Wright At
lanta; Bishop Nichols, Bisbon
Frank M. Rodi, Columbia. s ~.
Bishop A. J. Allen, Cleveland
CONTINUED on Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Father Divine
Charged With
Killing Cult
Member To Get
100000 Estate
FAMOUS CULT LEADER Or
DERED TO STAND TRIAL IN
WILL DISPUTE.

Albany, N. Y, March The
famous Negro cult leader, Father
Divine, was ordered to stand trial
here last Thursday on charges
that he inherited 100000 by
suppressing the will of an SO-year-
old woman follower whom he
killed by forcing her to submit
to a major operation.
The New York Court of Appeals
upheld the allegation of first cous-
ms of the deceased woman, Mary
Sheldon Lyon. They claimed that
shortly before her death Mrs.
Lyons sought to name them as
beneficiaries in new will "for a
very substantial amount"
They said that Father Divine
physically and forcibly" pre-
vented her from drawing a new
will and did ''conspire to kill, and
did kip her
Override Lower Courts
The court overruled previous
decisions by the State Supreme
Court and its appellate division
1t ordered the Negro cultist to
stand trial in Syracuse, N. Y.
when the case reaches the calen-
OAR.
The cousins claimed that the
elderly Mrs. Lyon died October
operation at a New York institu-
ton not approved by the Ameri-
can College of Surgeons. They
said she was subjected to the
operation despite her age in an
attempt to keep her from signing
new will which she had instruct
ed law firm to draw up.
Father Divine and the other de-
PENDANTS in the suit were said to
have engaged a doctor without
the consent or knowledge of the
aged woman's relatives
Suit First Filed in 1947
Father Divine and the 23-year-
old white girl whom he married
on April &c, 1916, were at one of
the cults heavens" in Newark
today and he could not be reach
ed for comment. His secretary
said:
Peace! Father Divine knows
no more about this than what he
reads in the papers. He hasn't
been reading the papers lately,
but if it appears perhaps he'll read
it and find out what it's all
about"
The complaint was originally
brought in 1947 by Lucy Latham.
Margaret Brice and Cathrene
Humphrey, all OF Syracuse, and
Arthur Latham, Auburn, who al
legged that Srs. Lyon had indicat-
ed she was going to leave them
$4,000. Their earlier suits had
mentioned influence" on Mrs
Sheldon but had said nothing
about the alleged operation
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Is Year Old
Burglar Shot
10 Death

Natchez, Miss, March 2.-Bill
Jones, 23-year-old Negro, a resi-
dent of Colds Alley, was shot to
death early Sunday morning by
Charles Newton, Al, Negro, who
told Chief of Police Jack Thomas
that he shot the younger Negro
when he caught him in the art of
burglarizing his premises about
2 am, Sunday.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12
Vinegar Flies

Vinegar flies. those tiny orow1
Aies that seem 70 come out Of no
where and hover around overripe
fruit. on fruit Feelings and other
refuse, are = pest the homemaker
must combat. According to the de-
partment Of agriculture these flies
breed In decaying vegetable mat
ter and always are strongly A.
racted to fermenting fruits or fruit
products. To hold them in check.
keep Ill garbage. overripe fruit
and refuse cleaned up. Wine and
vinegar should be closely covered.
- should 1arhaxA.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12

ty, and Miss Iris Butler, head Of
department of languages, Dillard
University.
Evening star., 1949-05-13
Pretty! Comfortable! Cushioned
KroehIer Modern
..'. .'.14o.' . sh.''8o 90

cushonized double sets Of spring IN scot and bock
for double comfort Get the soto in grey green, red
or chortreuse ohoir freze Set it off with contrast
ine buttonboek choir in green red ehortreuse q red
nohor chenlle~
LINED Oak coektai and End l7.o5
rod.r. r.rawx rosrA Eloor rAe Hscat 60, wasnnson;
Floor. SIOw Srvisg
Evening star., 1949-05-13
SPECIAL! SeIig
Cocktail Chair
SIS

"A rock -bosfcsa price for fi,is ver-
sofsle chcir. Turquoise, cofol.
brown, green or chorfreuss slofcl
self ~pctferned coffon fnpssfry.
To~rkh FIcr, wasAfnef0z
rAsrd F5ow. sslaw SptMs
Evening star., 1949-05-13
bed, chest, s,...., 23o.o5

oe5! moerofd
by onhfy copied
cl deIne throughout! Dstprood Center
solid ohoeoW
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15
SAFEGUARDS EXTRA KEY

S. B. writes: ITO save the price of
a car window or a bill from a lock-
smith, I solder an extra key inside
one of my hubcaps, using just a
drop of solder SO that the key AN
be pried loose with your finger nails.
Be sure the hubcaps are on tight.
Next time you lock yourself out, you
will have an i'm and not need to
worry"
Note by +. w. D.-Beside the reg
ular ignition key, I carry an extra
one Oh my key ring and also have
a second spare tapped to a rod in a
hidden but accessible part of the
car. But the hub cap idea is really
better than mine.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15
HELPS SELECT BOLT

H. N. writes: II find that a short
section of caves trough saves much
time when looking for a certain
sized bolt or nut. I pour the bolts
out of the container into the ave
trough, where I have plenty of room
to stir them around. When my Sc
lection is made, the trough
serves as a funnel to pour the bolts
back into the container, which usu-
ally is a box or paint can"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15
RED LIGHT FOR TRACTOR

J.. H. r. writes: Tractors are sup
posed to show a red light at the
rear when moving on the highway
after shutdown, to prevent cars from
running into them. We have no red
light-only the ordinary rear white
light. I keep a piece of thin bright
red cloth and tie it over the rear
light as a danger light. 1t is sur-
prising how this shows up red from
a little distance, and cars following
the tractor are very cautious about
getting too close"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15

the basement as web ~ N tha ban
next TO the drinking cups.
Also the air chamber should have
a tire valve tapped or soldered into
the cup so that you can pump air
into every few days az the air IN i
is absorbed by the water.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15
Coil Hose, Rope, Wire
Without a Kink
By w. F.

THE ACCOMPANYING sketch
shows how to coil hose, rope, wire,
etc., so that there will be no kink.