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Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06
As Courts Dispense Justice
BY w. Harold Flowers pine Bluff

Many Circuit Courts over Arkansas are
converting and we call attention to the need for
interest on the part of the good citizen in what
happens in the courts as they dispense justice.
Negroes should be quite interested in what
happens in our Courts. The men and women of
the community who can find the time ought
drop into the courtroom to see just how the
wheels of justice turn. We ought to want to
help by our presence in informing those called
upon to handle the judicial machinery that we
are interested in their problems.
Particularly we call attention to the fact
that in many Arkansas communities Negroes
are not being called for jury service. 1t APP
pears that for many years Negroes have been
named to petit jury panels in Pulaski and JEFF
ferson Counties However, such a condition does
not obtain in all counties where there Is quite
a heavy Negro population. We hope that as the
young Negro lawyers enter the practice that
theirs will be the opportunity to help integrate
the Negro into the judicial machinery in &C.
Cordance with the law of the land.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06
S. ST. ay or
Progress In Democracy |nsures Civil Riqhts

More than 200 Atlanta Negroes brought
suit for equal educational facilities recently,
says daily paper. America is facing the
question of democracy for whites only or
democracy for all. Any group opposing de-
mocracy for all will gradually dwindle in
power
1t is almost inconceivable that some
highly placed men, including few men,
bers of the Senate, are unable to see this
issue correctly. They think that the entire
question of civil rights is between the
southern white man and the southern black
man. They think that since the white man
has the power, he can simply exercise "-ot
power regardless of ethical issues and Tire
traditions of American democracy.
They have not noted the trend of the
times and have failed to translate the hand
Wrling across the world. Former President
f. d. Roosevelt and President Truman are
not friends of some particular race or group:
they represent the end of one era and the
beginning of another-the end of the era of
social exploitation and the beginning of the
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06
comments
LEE DAVY

delay is already underway for the 4oo ian
ly housing project to be located al uia~
Mountain. Delay is seen to be causeu nv 4
underestimation of construction coS' i
the architect.
In an editorial from a recent Lie f .ss
LEGATION. We find something OF the 'a ',t,
of politics. which in part states ttlat AM,
clan can make the most frightfui p'u' d,
in foreign affairs--and lose no Vo'e' ,.,.u
can bring the nation and civilization , IN,
to the brink of dsaster-and lose ~ :, N.
But let him say the wrong thing aov' roest
Marines or motherhood or the price -
and then he finds he's doomed.
Branch Hickey takes a wan prook.
leaving his post as president OF 'ie ~ the
Ign Dodgers, he also sold his smart ;, cor.
team. In the meantime, dem pu''1 campo
tinued to gather laurels with roy
nella being named catcher OF tfe
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06
I've Been Thinking
by Cab Galloway

They say that the United Nations is
fighting a war in Korea, but you and l
know that the same kids from Atlanta and
the Bronx and Petaluma, California, make
up about 90 per cent of the United Nations
forces. I'm not kicking about that because
l think there is more to the reasoning be-
hind that than meets the eye.
In fact I'm not kicking about anything
IN this column. I'm scrutinizing. I'm trying
to look deep into the souls of a bunch of
guys and figure out how it is that a shoe
salesman turns into soldier without even
batting an eye. What makes men capable of
turning aside all they have believed and eX-
perienced to take up new life in which
they live for the day and dodge bullets with
much the same casualness that they used to
dodge taxis on Fifth Avenue or bill collect
ors on the front porch.
Out in New Jersey young fellow kill
ed his chum for calling him a coward, 80.
ed his chum for calling him a coward
and remember how often we've each thought
of an acquaintance as a coward and yet
that coward turns into CT and wipes out
machine gun nest like he was erasing a
dirty blackboard in Oliver Wendell Holmes
Junior High School,
Out of the thousands and millions of
men who are called into the service there
are few who would have been called fearless
on their home block. Yet they turn CT, ship
their hounds tooth jacket and pleated Stacks
back to MON or the wife, and as they dis
card the jacket and Stacks they discard their
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06

The Press Statutes Dunbar Hi School,

of the rumors Is true can not be confirmed
but it is an established fact that the band
did not MARI on the tail end. And that
ladies and gentlemen is sign of progress
and that the Negroes efforts for first class
citizenship are not entirely wasted, despite
dixiecratc school boards.
We have often been concerned over why
Negroes who share in public monies were
forced to endre the indignities by accepting
the back doe and clowning for white peo-
pie So the refusal of Dunbar high school
band to play second fiddle should be emulat-
ed by other Institutions of the state, whether
they are supported by public funds or private
capital.
Congratulations Dunbar!
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06

The PRESS salutes Dunbar high school
this week This salutation is based directly
from rumors. Those who could confirm or
deny it have been little evasive. But des-
pite that, the capital city's high school for
Negroes deserve the praise.
The rurnor goes to this effect, the Dun
bar high school band fatty refused to mareh
in the parade opening the livestock show
here Monday along with other bands from
school throughout the state because it was
stationed to bring up the rear end Still an
other rumor has it that the band refused
to march because the officials of the live
stock show furnished transportation to the
white bands and failed to furnish sufficient
TRANSPORTATION to the Dunbar band. Which
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06

Citizens, however, have duty to maintain
interest in the Courts The men and women
who make up juries may be impressed by your
interest to the extent that they will accept the
new experiences in so many instances to helm
educate themselves as to the real meaning of
democracy. Usually, the Negroes who attend
Courts most frequently, are those who sit a.
round the courthouse and railway station. and
find the courtroom place of refuge from I'M
favorable weather or just some place to 90.
The presence of Negroes has lessened the
tension which sometimes exists in the trial
of certain types of cases. We trust that peo-
pie will attend to the business of being in
terested in what goes on in the courthouse. 1t
might be well to have the students in our high
schools and colleges to visit the courts, as IL is
not an uncommon experience to run into people
who have never been inside of courtroom
Your presence will bring about changes
which probably have caused you to abandon
the courtroom, that Is, If ever you were Of
Tended by the use of the word Niger.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06

The opinions expressed this
Necessarily the opinion Of this Publisher
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06

MISS BID: From what I can hear a
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06
observatory
BY EARL

YOU NEVER KNOW A paroled Sc year.
old former grand dragon of the Indiana
Ku Klux Klan disappeared from a Cairo, H.
linois rooming house last week. The Khan
leader served nearly Is years for a murder
charge and was paroled recently after his
Attn legal try Information was received
that he once boosted, II am the law in
Indiana Is years evidently did not change
his conception.
A DEMOCRATIC NOTION ANYWAY.
A Republican candidate from st. Louis, Mis-
souri's eleventh district has Withdrawn
from the race of Congressman and rec
commended Negro alderman for the race,
According to reports, his action was to
sway Negro voters who have been voting
Democratic Well, this might be a political
trick but what's wrong with a Negro Re-
publican congressman?
MISS BID: From what I can hear a
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06

system has preserved our freedoms. ihaes
odd, we thoue'rt that freedoms had gwen us
our economic system.
Write-up in daily paper says that
Booker T. Washington School is flfead'
overcrowded This is another instance OF
the senseless planning when builds schools
without carefelly surveying the .eeds to be
met. More Of Il will soon be evident at Gibbs
and Dunbar.
The two professions in which the men,
bers "bust" one another the most are those
of belboys and Methodist preachers. The
rules of the game make this inevitable.
Arkansas State press., 1950-10-06
NEWS and VIEWS
BY S. S. Taylor Associate Editor

100000 bushels of wheat dumped on
the ground in the state of Washington! How
can we justify this waste?
Fifty per cent of children cheat, says
the reporter of scientific survey OF the
matter. That is nothing sc per cent OF
parents. teacherst and grown-ups in general
cheat, we venture to say.
"
Senator Russell thinks we must get
over the idea that we can not shoot Till we
are shot at. The Georgia Senator has some
thing. We should all remember that.
One commentator says our economic
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
You Gve-They Wolk

The child just lay there and looked UP at the nurse
Sweat beaded his forehead. Those packs were hot.
Down the corridor a few doors away came the rhyth-
mic pulse of a r~espirator. In another part of the hospital the
click of braces could be heard, the tap of canes, the splash
ing of youngsters in the hydrotherapy pool.
These boys and girls from all walks of life had some
thing in common, Infantile paralysis. 1t reached out to
strike them down last summer But they are coming back
=. coming back, fighting hard, because you-and countless
ether good people have given them the chance.
Your contributions to the annual MARCH OF DIMES
Of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis made it
possible.
The polio outbreaks of 1949 are now a thing of the
past. That is, for those who escaped. But it is not over for
some 1900 of the more than 10000 children and adults
striker last summer, who still require care and treatment
this year. That number does not include patients of earlier
years who still need assistance. Nor does it include the still
unknown thousands who will be attacked by polio in next
summers inevitable outbreak.
A dime is not very much. Neither is a dollar. But
&c each of us contributes a dime or a dollar more than we.
gave before to the MARCH OF DIMES, JANUARY 1921
we can help that boy sweating it out under the hot packs,
we can help another youngster to breathe free of the respi-I
Fator, we can get other boys and girls back on their feet
alive, alert, and able to go forward in hope to health.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

board, chairman USO drive,
chairman of Boosters Meeting
Mississippi Southern college, Sc
lected by both Jaycees and SEN
Tor Chamber of Commerce. Mem
Der OF First Baptist church. Elect
ed president of state organization
OF Laymen and Pastors of Bap-
list church. Recently retired as
president of District No. 7 of Bap-
fist Brotherhood organization.
Became superintendent of Sunday
School and member of Board of
Deacons in September 1948. Mem
Der Mississippi Bar association,
American Bar association, Hatties-
burg Jaycees, Elks, and American
Legion. President Forrest Coun-
ty Bar association. Participated
in the organization and handled
the legal features of setting up the
Mississippi B~roadcasters associa-
ton.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

Bruce c. Aultman, 3~5-year-old
Hattiesburg attorney, was named
Mississippi's Outstanding Young
Citizen of 1949" at the annual
Distinguished Service award BAN
luet held by the state Jaycees at
hotel Heidelberg Saturday night.
Mr., Aultman was selected over
q other nominees for the award,
and succeeds Louie Spencer,
Greenwood, the 1948 winner. The
announcement OF the 1919 winner
was made at the annual banquet,
attended by over 300 Jaycees and
leaders throughout the state.
Ellis Bodron, Vicksburg, MEM
Der of the Mississippi legislature,
presided and Bill Shepherd, vice
president of the Arkansas Power
and Light company, was princi-
pal speaker. Percy Coleman,
V~icksburg, was chairman of the
DSA committee.
A brief sketch of the 1949 winner
is as follows:
Mr.. Aultman was born Sep
TENDER 13, 1914. Attended Pearl
River Junior college. On cham
pionship debating team for re-
gional championship first year
and state championship second
year. Finished third in his class
at Ole Miss. Was on Law Journal
staff; on Associated Student Body
as member of the constitutional
committee that drew present con-
stitution. First representative of
| law school on the executive coun-
Gil of the Associated Student
Body. Earned way through col
lege and graduated with an LID.
Entered private practice of law
in Hattiesburg in June 1888 and
continued until entry in service in
1912, Returned to private busin-
ess in 1916 and on December /,
lo47, became member of the law
firm of Hannah, Simrall and Ault-
man. Enlisted in service as pri-
vate, commissioned at end of one
year, transferred to Judge Advo-
cate General department in Air
Force. Discharged as captain in
February 1916, and elected chair
man of Government Affairs COM
mittee of the Jaycees which COM
mittee handled acquisition and
title work on Jaycee park. Elect
ed president of the Hattiesburg
Jaycees, during which time cleo
ton held to determine whether or
not Forrest county was to parti-
c.pate in the Mississippi Hospital
plan and the plan was carried very
decisively. Elected state vice pre-
sident of Jaycees in 1948 and re-
elected again in 1949. He set up
the Greater Hattiesburg associa-
ton legal sapects, prepared char
ter, and was on the first board
of directors. He was chairman
of Salvation Army Advisory
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Letters TO The Editor

DEATH CLAIMS JAMES H.
HARTHCOCK, FRIEND OF ALL
MANKIND Holmes county was
deeply grieved to learn of the pas
sing of Mr.. James H. Harthcock
who was stricken January 18th
Well-known throughout the coun-
ty where he spent his entire life
time, his genial and friendly per-
sonality will be greatly missed by
a host of friends.
Mr.. Harthcock had the grand
gift of making and holding
friends. He was a gracious soul
whom we all loved and who was
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

grade of corporal in the United
States Air Force.
Cpl. Rodgers graduated from
Lexington High school in 1913
and entered the United States Air
Force in August of that year.
He has been on duty in Europe
since November 80, 1948, and
wears the Occupation of Germany
medal with Berlin Air Lift Clasp.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Patients At The Hospital

Miss Margaret Brumby, Goodman
William Oliver Mclean, Tchula
Mrs. John Gwin, ST., Lexington
Mrs. Wesley Hester and baby
boy, Belzoni
Mrs. A. E. McNeer and baby
girl, Durant
Mrs. Jack Ezell, Durant
Bernice Snavely, West
Fay Snavely, West
Miss Sue Cade, West
p. r. Caldwell, West
w. E. Caldwell, West
Hubert Yeager, West
Leslie Smith, Tchula
Colored
Melvin Roby, Lexington
Alfred Burdine, Tchula
Leola Griffin, Ebenezer
Brown, West
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

indeed a friend to all mankind.
and our hearts are made softer
and our spirits more gentle for the
years during which we were pri-
vileged to know him. The world
IS better off for his having So
journed therein. He became a
part of the county to the extend
that he had no desire to leave it.
He loved people and people
loved him. We are grieved at his
leaving and deeply sympathize
with his wife and family to whom
he was so devoted. We trust that
the Supreme Master will comfort
them.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Aubrey v. Rodgers
Promoted To Cpl.

Aubrey ". Rodgers, son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. A. Rodgers, who is
presently assigned to the 7350th
Base Complement Squadron, Tenn
pelhof Air Base, Berlin, Germany,
has recently been promoted to the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Legal Notices
CHAHcERY SUMMONS
The State of Mississippi

The State OF Mississippi
To - Tom William Jones, whose
postoffice address and street adj
dress are unknown.
You are summoned to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the
County of Holmes in said State on
the fourth Monday of May, 1850,
to defend the suit No. 1858, in said
Court of Lora Mae Jones, wherein
you r a defendant.
This January "a, 1850,
(SeaD PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk. 41-4tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

Dodge Plymouth Sales & Service =
Phone 280
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28
Mississippi Cottlemen To
Meet January 23rd

The Mississippi Cattlemen's As
sociation will hold its fifth annual
convention on January 1924 at
the Hotel Heidelberg in Jackson,
it has been announced by Justin
H. Doak, secretary. The first gen.
eral session convenes at lis pm.
January %.
This years meeting will bring
a program of speakers including
some of the nations outstanding
leaders in the livestock, soils and
banking field, Mr.. Doak said. 1t
is a program designed to bring
more know how" to cattlemen,
bankers, and other lending agen-
cies, county agents, vocational ag-
ricultural teachers, and other in
terested groups, he stated.
A banquet will be held on the
evening of January %, with Clay
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28

lands and hay meadows. Then
Mississippi Hills will be green and
beautiful and profitable herds will
Craze and grow fat on them. The
change can be made by each tea
cher and each pupil personally
making the request of Dad. 1t is
each individuals responsibility.
With grassy slopes, more OF the
rain water will slowly sink into
the ground and thus later furnish
excellent clear water for wells
and brooks. With grassy slopes
less rain water will run off the
surface and thus less will be
available for disastrous floods -
floods that now wash slopes and
cover good bottom lands; floods
that now fill up all artificial re-
servoirs; floods that now drop
coarse sterile sand in these re-
servoirs and carry the fine pre-
cious soil through them and on
down the Mississippi River and
eventually into the Gulf OF Mex
leo, where the mighty Mississip-
ri River drops each day 375 train
loads of so cars of so tons each
of this lost soil.
May each teacher and each pu-
pill be messengers of this truth;
ban God will bless all with bet
ter living.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28

is a district commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and is
active in the American Legion.
He is now serving as vice chair
man of the State Veterans affairs
board and as commander of the
local State Guard unit.
Mayor Massey pointed out in
his announcement that he is mot
a candidate against anyone -
but a candidate for the office of
public service commissioner.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28
by William C. Morse :

The basic problem in all con-
servation is the prevention of
erosion the washing away of
the soil, of the subsoil, and of the
ether rocks at the surface on all
hillside slopes. The problem can
he solved with little cost and lit
tie effort: ID by refraining from
slowing and cultivating these
slopes for agricultural crops; and
q, by sowing these slopes to grass
smnd planting them in trees.
If Mississippi farmers find 1t
more profitable to stop blowing
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28
Massey Announces For
District Commissioner

Mayor Alton Massey of koscius-
ko has announced his candidacy
for the office of public service
commissioner of the central dis
trict of Mississippi.
In making a formal statement
to the voters, the 80 year old at
torney said that if he is elected
public service commissioner,
will be one of the goals of his am
bition ito serve all of the people,
to be absolutely fair and square
in all decisions concerning freight
and passenger rates on trucks,
buses and railroads, as well as
telephone and telegraph rates,
franchises and all other matters
that come before the public servT
ice commissioner"
He added, 'It shall also be my
purpose to work in unity and
cooperation with all other public
officials in an effort to make Mis-
sissippi greater state in which
to live"
Born and raised in Attala coun-
ty. he was graduated from the
public schools of Attala, attended
Milisaps College as a freshman,
finished his sophomore year at
Holmes Junior College and was
graduated from the school of law
at the University of Mississippi
where he was a member OF Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity.
Alton Massey served four years
as state senator from Attala coun-
tv and is widely known as a
practicing attorney. He is enter
ING his third consecutive term as
mavor of the city of Kosciusko
and has made an outstanding re-
cord as head of Kosciusko's exc
cutive branch of government.
He is past district governor OF
Lions International and also for
mer executive counselor OF the
Board of Governors. AT present
he is international counselor OF
Lions clubs. He is a steward IN
the First Methodist Church OF
Kosciusko, Mason and Shriner.
A veteran of World War II, he
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28
Conservation Problem Told By Geo|ogist;
Role OF Teachers Stressed By Morse

and cultivating high grade level
farms and sow them to grass for
pasture and hay lands for beef
cattle and dairy herds, how much
more profitable should the Missis-
sippi farmer find it to stop plow-
ing and cultivating poor sloping
lands and sow them to grass for
pasture and hay lands for beef
cattle and dairy herds.
Each Mississippi teacher and
each Mississippi pupil must re-
quest his parents to stop blowing
and cultivating hillside slopes
and convert them into pasture
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28

ton Rand, editor Of the Gulfport
Dixie Guide and past president
of the Mississippi State Press AS
ISOLATION and the National Edi-
torial Association, as the after
dinner speaker.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28
Holiday Visitors

Holiday Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis King of Lee
land and Major and Mrs. /. r.
King, Jr., of Greenville visited
their parents, MIR. and Mrs. /. r.
King during the holidays.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-12-28
visit Parents

Visit Parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. King and
children, Johnny and Linda, of
West Point, spent Tuesday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G..
Brough.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-11-03

Mr.. Harry Donenfeld, Presi-
dent of National Comics Publica-
tons and publisher of Superman,
has accepted the Craftsmanship of
the Annual Dinner of the Ameri-
can Red Mogen Dovid for Israel,
to be held at the Waldorf Astoria
in New York City on Wednesday
evening, November 8, 1850. The
Dinner will celebrate the compile
ton of twenty years of non-sec-
tartan, non-partisan first aid
emergency service by IsraePs
authorized agency
for Red Cross work.
81 consider it an honor and a
privilege to be given the respon-
sibility of organizing this event,
which will greet IsraePs first aid,
ambulance, and blood TRANSMISSION
service at the beginning of a new
era of enlarged scope and respon-
sibility," Mr.. Donenfeld stated.
ION July 18th of this year, Is
raeTs Parliament formally pro-
claimed the Red Mogen Dovid as
the Governmental u t h orized
agency for Red Cross work in Is
rael. 1t is my profound conviction
that the Dinner will not only
symbolic this historic event, but
that it will materially aid the ur-
gent shipment of ambulances and
first aid to this vitality necessary
service in Israel"