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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22
THE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE

Well folks, ladies and gentle
men, U.S.A. citizens far and near,
] will now sound off on how our
old Uncle Samuel has gone fran
tic. on garnering under his wing,
the electric light business. Now
don't stop readin'-keep going
the power business is not just a
subject for the private power PEG
pie to wrestle whit is every
woman's and every mans job to
put a quietus on socialism before
we all break out with it all over
Whoever you are that may be
perusin' this essay, you are in
for the same stripe of expensive
meddling a.s is now being prac-
ticed on the kilowatt folks, once
the Govt. gets electricity COM
pletely under its thumb and has
time to gaze around for more
businesses to barge into. Folks
who stand by and let the Govt.
grab the power business-think-
ing it is the other guys baby
need to be alerted.
Uncle Harry says he is fighting
communism with all his might
and main. And then what. What,
says Henry. He is asking in the
same breath for more money for
more dams and bigger power sta
tons across the land. And that
putting Sambo in all those
power houses-is Socialism, 100
per cent, which is a first cousin
to Communism.
1t does sound queer, don't it.
says Henry. Quite SO. / says, but
don't tell me-start work on your
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"a rks usasan uf the year. when
ffaas IS eeen Ia various situations
Ef maaf agaspires. Il Is natural that
sHfteHflsHf sheuld - frequently ques-
~
Ms aeuafallY aeeepted as a man
saas 80 e. resemble ~. Nick. patron
sf taflamas. Ne Is advertising
sddlaE he and oolor to the
halidag How the average
s f.sas fssus biz role makes an inter-
aan
faasmaaf af q man Who has served
ftFf aaHafHF SO more than 20 years is
eI b. RESIDES IN beaver and Oper-
.s eIfsis - 49, aan. with no CONNER
e.slan
s. asfisfse east children up to eight
saan "a aes regard him a. genuine. but
- raai ~ 81 ahlskers. II the beard is
ahanf their faith l. shaken.
tfrst sta,s thai aes try hard to be-
A. eai hui have a hard time doing
Hs H masl ~ perfect Ia very detail.
Hsee hafs ter definite ideas on how
#Wa ffe#ses fhr Denver man spent
e Haffeas uf duliars 0n his outfit in
a fffagf fa make chiid-proof
aaafa masi haee dignity. must not ex-
heHgff sta children nor permit
H ha tsm Being Santa Claus is a
aselmfas. ihe Beaver Santa con-
f th.hlrfa naWadass are smart. he
aHa eannoi De- fooled by just
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Chapter 4
Az Newsfsaiurs,

Chapter 4
A RMIN ZACHARY was a man
whom the years had condi-
toned against shock. He was ike
his cousin in some ways, unlike
him in others He had comfort
able fieShiness. His cheeks were
ruddy, his eyes deep-Set under
heavy brows. When something
disturbed him, he had schooled
his face never to betray it.
In the case of Trib Valse. he
had known, with a sort of re-
signed fatality. that sooner or
later his cousin would turn up to
trouble him again. That knoWl-
edge had come in the form of a
new letter from the War Depart
ment, correcting the former an
nouncement that Valse was dead.
Zachary had read it without any
outward show of emotion. For a
moment his face had flushed with
anger, and he had half risen to
send for Marsh and Huff. Then he
had sunk back again, and had
carefully burned the letter. saying
nothing.
Long before he had burned his
bridges behind him. The Gun was
his, now, to have and to hold, the
first thing of any value that he'd
ever managed to get hold. of. And
il would take a good man, he re-
Elected grimly, to take it from
him. A better man than Trih
ValSe.
Not that he underestimate his
cousin. 1t was simply that he had
made his plans, over the years
And he had stacked the deck SC
heavily in his own favor that il
could tip but one way.
Trib Valse was back. Word had
Just been brought to him, ano
Valse himself would be along
very soon now. That meant {
fight, just as he had always
known that it must.
He looked up as Valse pulled
up before Lundeen's and tied hi:
horse at the chewed hitching raj
before it. From his window OF
the second floor, Zachary wa!
able to study him unobserved fol
a moment. Even after the wore
which he had received, the changI
in Valse was shocking: the snow
white hair. the lines of suffering
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in his face. Yet he noted that
Valse still moved swiftly. pur-
posefully, as man his age Wouiu
normally do.
Zachary was ready when the
knock came at his door. he
opened ii and waited with p0i1tS
interest on his face. all else care
fully schooled out
'Yes?'' he asked.
You don't need to put On 2
show, Arnin." Valse told nm
shortly. Il know that You know
me well enough.
Should I?n Zachary studied
him carefully. Il don't usually
forget faces, but I'm afraid you
have the advantage Of me-.
SO you've forgotten the name
of Valse." he jeered.
Zachary stared. Then he shook
his head.
ssYou don't mean to claim that
you're my cousin. Trib Vaise.. ne
protested.
Valse helped himself to . chair,
unperturbed.
"You knew that / was on the
way here to see you. OF course
he said.
Zachary admitted II.
Marsh brought me word about
you. I'll admit that I was curious
But even after what he said.
wasn't prepared You look even
less like my cousin than I'd sup
posed anybody would that claimed
to be him.
"Do you think that you can gel
away with this, Armin- with
stealing my ranch?" Valse asked
tightly.
Zachary shrugged.
Il don't like that word" he
said. "The Gun belongs to me
| by right of inheritance. If my
cousin was alive, it would be {
different story. He's dead. And
your attempt to inpersonate him
| if you'll pardon my bluntness, il
La damned poor bit of taking"
I Anger, wildness grew in Valse
| but he fought it down. Always
ever since they had been boy.
together. Zachary had had tina
effect on him. the ability to Stil
him to unreasoning rage.
/ ZACHARY saw the flash of an
Il ger, and apprehension stirred
! in him. Not that ne was afraid Q
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22
HOME RANCE
By LYNN WEsTlAND

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Valse. But he knew VASES ragc%
his determination.
You come here ana make
claim what seems to me 70 pe
an outrageous claim. The sensible
thing, it seems to me. is TO put u
up to a sort of jury Of folks VINO
used 20 know my cousin, Wnom
you claim to be.
Let's get on with II, then, ne
accepted briefly. -.
There was guarded hostility
between them as they went down
to the main floor. AT one END OF
the bar. with chairs and tables
behind Il. Zachary turned TO
Valse with frigid p0liteness.
Since you claim to be my
cousin. YOU might suggest a few
names Of oId-timers,s he said.
Valse took the ch allen &c
promptly. reckoning to Lundeen
himself. who. across the aisle. was
lust finishing q sale of a pair OF
boots 10 q cowboy.
Come over here. sLundeen. II
Won can snare a little time, he
requested. sYou should know
who I ani---Trib Valse."
The news. of course. had spread
1 by now. Lundeen. a tall, lanky
man. with an overly long thatcn
lof reddish hair and a friendly
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CACTUS IS STIcKLER
FOR IT'S CUSTOMS

SYDNEY. = (R. - Mrs. Mabel
Whitney kept cactus growing at
her Wembley, London, house all
through World War II. Bombs
blew tiles off the roof, and made
a mess of the garden. But the
cactus survived.
Mrs. Whitney, her husband N.
j. Whitney, and their daughter
Joyce decided to move to Palmer
ston North, New Zealand. They
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22

Hkf NaEan Government j. regarded
- aa aasHlE. even W herc-acr0ss the
Hfa Haffa Ne have nothing
aaasna ~ Russian people
steTnmFai and iis Stain. Molo-
Nka6f and 80. smell bad as part
AHFn aevFmeui intended TO
Naid peafe NJ wonder that
- seFnmsaf - e. taiied States is
NfsNarfsN lor war against Rus
hsss ihs asapons and the skill
sa seles 81 slnf the whole bunch Of
aH fhe sap And best of all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22

left London by plane and took a
cutting of their pet cactus with
them. But they had to say good
bye to their, cactus in Sydney.
Customs men destroyed the cut
ting as a noxious plant.
Cactus-prickly pear here
caused big damage to Australian
farming and grazing land by its
rapid spread.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22

man there in congress-he is the
guy. - S
Yours with the low-down.
JOE SIERRA. !.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22

Hindus of the 3rd and 4th Cen
fury recognized the diamond as
the hardest Of all substances.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-22

go Wafa.HHi Handkerchief giyers
- saaa a.li g. stil e. get hankie
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Memphis Binford
Is Ready To Cut
This Film Now

NEW YORK (CNS)-In a prec-
edent SCATTERING move United Ar
lists, the huge distributing film,
has announced that it is releasing
in July film writing an exciting
chapter in motion picture history,
for it is film with a Negro theme
and top Negro actor
The film-to-be, titled Home of
the Brave, was a former Broad
way prize winning play and was
bought by Screen Plays, Inc. for
reputed $4,000. Edward James
is the Negro actor who will carry
the top role He did the lead in the
play Deep Are the Roots" on
Broadway two years ago
The play. Home of the
Brave dealt with anti-Semitism
for which it won the New York
Critics Award. Now this is all be-
ing rewritten as the film will deal
with anti-Negro discrimination.
To Producer Stanley Kramer,
the switch will give the picture
double impact. Those who saw
the play will find in the picture
L.. 4
too, a demonstration Of the way in
which only democracy can meet
and conquer such problems. 1t
will pull no punches
Major shooting starts on Home
Of the Brave" in a few days; II
Is being shot at Motion Picture
Center Studios in New York.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Negroes Attend
Nofre Dame

South Bend, Ind.--Five Negro
students are in attendance at the
University of Notre Dame, and
three young women are at st.
Mary's College for Women in the
neighboring community of Holy
Cross, it was announced recently
by Father Rober Sweeney, execu-
tive assistant to the president of
Notre Dame.
The students are: Vernon A.
Horn, a graduate of Tougaloo Col
lege in Mississippi; and Charles b.
Bell, Jr, graduate of Xavier
University, New Orleans. They
are at Notre Dame in the graduate
division. Undergraduates are: A.
aron W. Dyson, of Indianola, Miss,
and Vincent Hawkins, of WASH
ington, d. C., both freshmen, and
Also Adams, junior transfer
student who entered this month
from Syracuse University. Adams
is a native Of the Virgin Islands.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Mrs. Mary {. Smith
Dies In Chicago

Chicago, Ill.--Mrs Mary f.
Smith, mother of Mrs. Bessie Z.
Morris and formerly of Little
Rock, Ark, died suddenly at her
residence, 4345 South Parkway,
Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased lived in Little
Rock for number of years. Her
late husband was a retired Post
Office Clerk of that city.
Aside from her many civic and
religious activities, Mrs. Smith
was member of the Eastern Star
Lodge and gave considerable as
sistance to that organization.
After brief funeral services
here, the remains were taken to
Little Rock. Funeral services were
held at Bethel AME Church, 9th
and Broadway, Saturday and in
Iernment in the Fraternal Gene
tary.
Survivors include one son, Will
Smith, of Philadelphia, Pa, and
one daughter, Mrs, Morris of Chi
cago.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11

AT LAST-An epoch making event in the
lives of Arkansas second-class citizens is
brought to light by the Press cameraman, as
he snaps the states youthful and energetic
Governor, Sid McAlath, in the process OF sign
ing the bill that turned the historic Fargo
Agricultural Training School into rehabili-
tation center for delinquent girls. The Fargo
Agricultural Training School is located at
Fargo, few miles from Brnkey, and is the
product of a vision of Floyd Brown that was
executed over a period of some twenty odd
years by him and his faithful wife. He offered
it to the state of Arkansas a gift to sup
plement a mueh-lacked reform of rehabilita-
ton of Arkansas neglected girls There have
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Supreme Court
UphoIds Conviction

The Arkansas Supreme Court
in a four TO one decision, Mon
day, upheld the conviction of
Wiley BrantOn, Pine Bluff taxi
company executive, on a charge
of distributing sample ballots
prior to Demo cratic election
last summer.
Mr.. Branton was fined $500
in Jefferson County, and sought
reversal of his conviction from
the States High Cor,.t on the
grounds that the mimeographed
sheets were not ballots within
the meaning Of the statute, and
that the statute violated the
constitutional guarantee of free
dom of speech.
According to Mr.. Branton's
attorney, reversal of the cCnvic-
ton will probably be sought in
the United States Supreme
Court
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Ga. Jim Crow Bill
Too Late To Stop
Brooklyn Dodgers

Atlanta-The White Supreme
cists of Georgia were a wee bit
too late for passage of legislation
which would have prevented
Branch Rickey's Jackie Robinson
and Roy Campanella from playing
with the Brooklyn Dodgers again.
st the Atlanta Crackers April 8,
8, and 10.
Three Georgia lawmakers had
tossed in a bill which would have
prevented Negroes from appearing
on the diamond with Whites in
competition. Eveu the authors of
the bill believe they may have
acted too late.
The measure would not only
ban interracial baseball, but would
outlaw all athletic events includ-
ing both white and Negro per-
formers. II also would tighten the
screws against any bi-racial thea
trical performances including OPP
era or vaudeville.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
FL OVERS C0NTR0VE



O.
sheriff. that will the commissions
the
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Texas Women Call
For Anti.Lynch Law
In State Of Texas

SAN ANGELO TEXAS-The Tex
as Council of Church Women here
Tuesday called on the State Leg
islature to enact an antilynching
bill ito show that the South can
take ctre of its own problems
ITO show that the South can
take care of its own problems"
wasn't given as the objective in
the official phrasing of the reso-
luton urging such bill, but
that was the way Mrs. Milton L,
Stroud of Waco explained it.
Mrs. Stroud is chairman of the
legislative committee of the Texas
council, made up of representatives
from eighty city and county coun-
See TEXANS-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Va Asked 10 Refuse
All Contracts With
Jimcro Hospitals

Westinghouse request that the
Veterans Administration termin-
ate its policy of entering into
contracts with private mental
hospitals which discriminate a.
gainst Negro patients has been
made by Franklin II. Williams,
assistant special counsel for the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
The proposed changes in VA
policy suggested by the NAACP
attorney were based on investi-
cations revealing that the Veter-
ans Administration, prior to en-
See VA ASKED--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
EDITORIAL
Anti.L lynch Law Needed

BY SAMUEL s TAYLOR Associate Editor
Daily story relating
white attempted Louisiana The Negro ia
said while casting lots determine
which should his killer Louisiana Senators
tonal law against nehng with Louisiana record unpublished
ynchng in the not too remote past Louisiana citizens set the seal of
their approval the crime.
attorney investigation
ed what investigation has meant the past
white
is this situation Louisiana and situations like in other states
anlynch law both
cessary desirable
Nothing be filled
congressional farce in which minority
violated by the attempt to abrogate
the ibuser privilege This minority contends for the right OF UNI
s1oo while
the entire public welfare halted by those to conserve it. Mean
that smaller minority has no legal right tc life
white mob fit to take that life.
As long minority right to unlicensed and
another minority the right to e Aer
ca cannot hope mi Inc world behind
lynching pointing to its de-
creasng important sit
cumulative accompaniment Of
less real and appalling than the
Fascist what mot Not just the criminal Negro
the outstanding Negro walks under the DARK
shadow this terror.
few weeks ago. an outstanding Negro Rock
along Main Of white soldiers
disgrace to the uniform he
whld without provocaon whatever except
a said There's r. Then whrl-
ing gentleman fsht?" Some Of his
pulled him back and kept him from striking the
Negro.
They passed ON down the street feeling quite
in their number frcm beating up
offering neither them else offese at
at
Negro entirely peaceful positive asset
compelled and suffer insult
except Skin ccior he had
challenge fight seriously
would fair play e
thank God that he
bases lynch spirit
this portals guarded by the Statue Of Liberty
injustice is done and might the
important contrib
community his life not be endangered by
aggression the notion Of
the lines Of
this Negro antiynch law and why
world condemns lynch practice not
that constitute problem Is the spirit
stalking destiny and forever keeping
with the next passerby flame
ynchng Until louisiana Alabama and other states
ynchng reality whether the statutes call 1t lynch
the condemnation
persons whatever home and abroad
congratulated in that has looked the sit
tried antynch law Of Its own what
Arkansas motive decent citizens Of color cover
DEATH just Icing de-
the rights
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
HsaI a 4 L. IIIgaI

pot,ert Brooks Of New Orleans
representing the white and Negro
ntathoaist churches Of MISSISSIPPI
respectively ,s,.oss Bis.
t ,,Up building is to produce con. ICON,
lne nersonality". He praised
the objective to develope Souno
bodies, good minds good rec ,1i,h
.', and closer relationship WIN
Cod, He said that here the Nes'o
youth of the section can ma
a. HERE and THERE-page s
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
Brotherhood Week
Celebrated By Ga.
Mob BEATING BOYS

Columbus. Georgia (CNSl-Five
unmasked hoodlums shanghiaied
three teenage youths, forced them
into an auto at gunpoint, took
them to the town of Phenix City,
Alabama and beat them with
leather thonged whip and rubber
The boys. Matthew Brown and
Ernest Chester, II and Robert
Ford, Is were then stripped of
their clothing.
Columbus police found Ford
wandering about the city in a
See GEORGIA MOB-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11

Columbia, Mississippi-A rural
center, probably the first of its
kind established for Negroes in
the United States, was dedicated
here this week. A mixed aud
fence" lin Mississippi of more
than 1000 persons heard two Bis
hops dedicate the $l00.0O000 Miss
issippi rural center in the Lamp
ton Community Of Marion Coun-
ty. Negro welfare and inter-racial
harmony were stressed by the
churchmen--Bishop Martin Frank
lin Of Jackson, Miss, and Bishop
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
1leflle of
NAA P
meetSun.

Pine Bluff-The Pine Bluff
NAACP, the largest branch in
Arkansas history, will discuss
its withdrawal from the ma
tional body, at the regular
meeting, Sunday evening at
the Merrill High School audi
forum, according to Harold
Flowers, president and well
known Arkansas lawyer.
Walter White Makes
Personal Appeal
In a letter which was sent to
more than two thousand members
of the branch, Walter White, ma
uonal secretary, requested that
the branch reconsider its action Of
January %, at which time the
branch proposed to consider the
surrender of its charter.
Declaring that the membership
did not have all Of the facts re-
garding the delinquency of the
Arkansas Conference of Branches,
White stated that regional officers
would be present to explain the
program of the association.
State Officers charged with
Derefiction u Duty
In the expensive medium of
calling the branch's attention To
the delinquency of the Arkansas
Conference of Branches in paying
Its regional assessment, White
stated that the state officers were
responsible in the failure to sun
port the regional plan.
NAACP In Arkansas Secthes
With Unrest
With the state conference of
branches in period OF infancy.
there is general unrest which
might be attributed to a great ex-
tent by the poor advice given the
national office, according to Harold
Flowers, president.
Flowers charged that White had
been ill-advised and that the
meeting on Sunday would test the
power Of the local organization an
to its reaction to the influence
now being exerted by the national
office.
Fifty Branches In Arkansas
1t has been reported that there
are approximately fifty branches
IN Arkansas. Mr.. Flowers declared
that he had helped with the or.
ganization of more than half Of
the branches and that the action
OF the recent emergency confer
ence held in Hot Springs does not
represent the feeling of the peo-
pie in NAACP in Arkansas.
A leader in the fight for i'm.
proved educational opportunities
Tor more than a decade, Flowers
charged that the regional officers
had not sought to work har-
moniuosly in gearing the people
TO struggle for a fight of long
duration, but had aligned them
selves with an element Of disunity
which by its inaction had made
possible the growth of the asso-
einftnp
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11

of the Home Makers Club of Short
College. Seated e. r)-Rubye j. Broomfield Jessie NJ
Blake president Flora Jacobs vice president Standing e.
r)Olie L. Martin, secretary; Thelma Greene chaplain;
Margaret Wilder Georgia M Simpson, Johnnie Johnson and
Mrs c. H. White Not pictured Lorene Paine Wyda
JONES' Geha Greene and Rhoda Germany The club has been
active during the school Members gave food needy
family of North Little Rock sponsored Xmas candy SALE and
often make and sell pies and other decaces They will enter
Shorter College Club of Bethel Church Their browning
will formal Banquet given during the Commencement
Season. Foto by Grce.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-11
I'll D B 7 s.:
BY Jewel Porche'

Have been under the weather
since my last writing suffering
from what is known as the com
mon cold. | didn't mind stay
ing in bed for couple Of days
since | needed the rest. but the
cold was most uncomfortable. |
would prefer something else more
pleasant becoming common with
me.
| hear you clamoring for gossip
from me, but, dear beloved, |
hate gossip. From the mail bag
comes letter from Fayetteville
stating: Dear Jewel, | like your
column, but please write some
thing in it, And here l thought
l was writing something in it all
the time. Comes another letter
from Marshall, Texas expressing
a completely different attitude
My reply: Thank you, sir, never
Use snuff, not because I'm against
its usage, but l have never been
able to buy it. Your contribution
in that direction will be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you, Mr.. Ellis of the
Arkansas World, for last week
Mug. Tho your Editor, Mr. Shlels'
had complimented me personally
on nv observation, it was both
pleasing and surprising to READ
about me and the gifted writer
that am q don't know about the
"gifted" angle) in your column
Thanks a million
Noticed the following article IN
the daily newspaper; "Pairolman'
Police Department, 1870 p, m.
April 4, applicants to be at least
five feet, 10 inches tall and must
See TID-BITS--page eight
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-24
dominates Grand
Jurors in Cal.
For First Time

LOS ANGELES CAMP For
the first time in California his
tory a Negro judge nominated
persons for grand jury duty
duty last week when Judge Ed
win L. Jefferson of the Superior
court named two persons to a
list Of 1876 nominees.
Judge Jefferson nominated
Mrs. Ethel G. Atkinson, house.
wife and prominent club leader
and Mrs. Flora Grant Of Pasade-
ma.
Two other Negroes also were
nominated by white judges. They
were Herman Hill, news man,
nominated by Judge Frederick
F. Houser, and the Rev. Harold
M. Kingsley, pastor, Church Of
Christian Fellowship, named by
Judge Robert H. Scott.