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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19
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Negro Candidates Running For
Public Office

During the past thirty days politics in Arkansas has taken
angle The Negro fighting his way into the circles
of human beings of being satisfied remain in the
status of ehattel mortgages
Pine Bluff Negro has expressed publicly his dsats
faction with the conditions of things around him under the
dominance of white people, and is telling the people that he
believes he do better job for the community lie has filed
for seat in the city council.
In Little Rock find Negro very much like the one
mentioned in Pine Bluff who has filed with the city clerk his
corrupt practice pledge for seat in the city council
Now what prompted these people TO for public office
is something will admit that not know Whether these
candidates moVated help the in its fight for eco
noic and civic justice is something else that finds Just
far the dark But there is thing that will stake our
lives and that is that these Negroes have just much
right for public office any other citizens whatever
ticket they have pledged their allegiance to.
Whether these Negroes deserving of the support of
the Negro ector something that will have to be determined
from their motives, But the other hand Negro in Ar
kansas possibly look these Negroes without admrng
their courage
We thank whatever gods may be for having Negroes
in Arkansas with bones in their backs well in their heads
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19
The Governors Race And The
Arkansas Negro

The governors in Arkansas has gotten pretty
especially among the local Negro potco Meetings top of
meetings are being held cloaked with timely secrets.
With much campaigning going this early in the game
serious doubt whether anybody knows just yet
what he campaigning for other than candidate who has
nounced his candidacy We doubt seriously that any of the
ddates running for office has released any platform upon
which he is going to try to get elected.
We feel that political leaders should at least get plat
form from the candidates they urging to support for
other than give something point to that they
have broken after they have been elected
Last election the Press a limb and predicted
who would win the nomination for governor Our prediction
proved hundred percent correct This year afraid
that cannot make any prediction at least not this early in
the game We have nothing base prediction upon We
have platform yet and verbal campaign pledges All
hear is this good and that unfit and
vice
What really need to hear something direct from the
candidates themselves and then take unbiased review of
their past accomplishments the Negro is concerned
And then doubt seriously that the Negro strength in Aran
strong enough for the Negro put "a his eggs in
basket unless the bearer of Of the baskets makes it inn
possible him put any Of his eggs in it, But at any rate
feel that will be any the off by waiting
til we get something concrete to pledge support to-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19
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State
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CARD OF THANKS

10 my co-workers in the w3.
mans Society Of Christian Ser.
wee Of Wesley Chapel my for.
mer students taught by me during
'ne 70 years that taught in the
public schools Of this city. and my
friends both white and colored
:, VINO honored me with a surprise
birthday pnrty on my Goth birth.
Gay Tuesday night, May 0 nj Yves.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19

ley Chapel Annex, for many
liable gifts reminding me VS.
was passing another mlles'Cp. =.
the journey of life In my y
old age, looking forward 70 \. /.
union with those gone uD ~,
please accept my sincere 'a IA,
for both gifts and The oLs , .
party. Your sincere frienu '''
worker, A..
Mrs Charlotte 2 Step
1922 Bishop street
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receive an early consideration as far publication is
| appeal. VI replies u
Thanks in advance, and wishing you longer to,o.
remain, e VI Service
Yours truly
Lattice Adees E.,
P l am constant reader of the TIME Maaazi r fanm
Whefe came across your address In this edition of the e
are highly commended for your good work and sa1ne
have no doubt that your newspaper is one of those 49, a
papers in the U. S. A. e''V eseaI
Editor State Press
AT the coming Democratic primary election q, r, -
tie between the forces of reaction will be @
with Governor Sid McNah leading the forces of proso
y on one hand and Ben Laney leading forces Of s
hatred the other N aM 4
Under the do-nohng administrations of Ben Ianev ~ ,
and courage of the people of Arkansas reached new lou
most progressive citizens left the because thev s
better roads or schools in the future. nope
Under his administration than forty thousand s
school age did not attend school because poverty and
some cases where they had schools the were too bad
transportation. @
Many of the roads after being built at great expense b
by former administrations We're allowed to lay Through
of office without work repair until they were al
when McNIah took them over
Mr. Laney has been going the coinrp for tho nae. M
trying to wreck the Democratic party because without regard
creed or color 1t has ehamponed the of the common man
the combinations of greed and selfishness
To me Mr.. Laney Democrat and has meyer hee n
lie Is like some of the slave holders Old IL is no. 9nv %
wreck the Democratic party but the whole county in %
cut his ideas of prejudice shout have died o m
fields Of Europe along with Hitlers Museums he Iv
part of Europe with his ideas government race prejudice
| of labor he would be classed as a Fascist
lie has been going over The country trying make the p
Heve he is great champion Of what he to call States
Let us examine of these rights" he talking
lie cares nothing about the states rights poverty fran
It's citizens He would tell you that state had no reh
even If could He doesn't the state TO have the RIGHT
sehooIe for all its children them might be Negroes
The only rights Mr. Laney interested in are these F
wants the state TO have the right deny its workers the H
organize and from his grasp some of the huge profits he
Ing IN The oil business and second he says state should m
sh 10 dsranehlse thousands of its citizens deny their
eh TO an education because their skin happens to be black
The people of Arkansas made less progress during any fen
olce hah any other Governor since the days cp b
Every citizen IN the state that avors good government should
he polls and re-eec McMah governor by the largest ma
ever recorded in the states history less than two years h.
store The peoples faith in the future and started road
program that will give the people system Of good roads m
Will bring thousands Of tourists state and introduce
OF the nation
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19
listen Here. mr. <ditor!
To The Editor.
State Press
Little Rock, Ark.
May l6, 1850

Little Rock Ark
May is, 1850
The movement in Congress and Alaska admitted to
statehood is accord with the
commission on Civil Rights
should support Hawaii will almost certainly add to the Senate two
Senators who will not white supremacy doctrine The great
majority ABOUT wohrds Of the voters Of Hawaii non-whites
ana they would not tolerate any supremacy attitude ON the
part OF their Representatives fact Hawaii NAV easily
send two nonwhe Senators to Washington the first time we have had
o" IN The Senate since the end Of Reconstruction be sure
Wey would be oenta members Of the yellow rather than Ne
sr'e but as orena they would much opposed TO the c
attitude Of the DMecas and the Ku Kl Khan as any Negro
hu' e iu program for new states should certainly state
ooa Tor Puerto Rico as well Puerto Rico deserving of state
mood as either Alaska Hawaii So than Alaska ON the
pass " It's much larger population scaa Representatives should
De urged to add Puert7 Rico to the DIST of new states
Alfred Baker Lewis
Lattice Adooa Fahm
Gi Aroioya Street
Lagos Nigeria
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19

The opinions this
Necessarily the opinion Publisher.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19
J S Faubls
Combs, Arksnsa;
: WORTH REPEATING

The following editorial reprinted in part from The New
Times Of May TO- 1850
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-05-19
S. S. TAYLOR Says:
Do Negro Boys Learn Fasfer?-

BY s. s Taylor Associate Editor
You would be surprised to know how many youths have
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03

HAS CAKE, WEARS 1T TOO 80.
Sharing a birthday with an Ameri-
can airline in Los Angeles, Wende
EccIes decides to be different and
use her birthday cake for exterior
decoration instead of interior. So
here she is. well iced.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
YE GOTHAM
BANNER & BUGLE

Margaret Truman may 60 on
television . On a video perform
ance of Life With Father?" q.
Sam, Lee and Jake Shubert got
off a train from Syracuse to try
their luck in Gotham so years ago
this season whats My Line"
a new video program, has Louis
Untermeyers a permanent panel
member. He's a whiz at looking at
a Teller and telling what business he
is in . Walter Herman has a "cor-
ner" in Milford, Conn. Rudolf
Bing's plans are leading to reports
that the Met may be shifted to the
Palace and the Palace to the Met 49,.
Whatever became of radios code
barring any program that blueprint
ed crime? 49,. Color television has
been perfected, but it won't know a
real test until it tackles Harry Tru-
mar in tropical costume Re-
member away back when a song that
made sense had a chance to be a
hit? Atomic Energy May Soon
Run Autos''- headline. 1t is already
running pedestrians John Kier-
an is out with a new bird book.
VANISHING AMERICANISMS -
Lets get to the bottom of this"
THE President seems deeply
concerned"
81 don't mind answering any
question you ask"
Before I join 1 want to know
what it's all about"
Seeds of Treason" by Ralph
de Toledano and Victor Lasky,
points out that all the early at
to get to the bottom of the
Hiss case were met by almost the
same soothing o encountered by
Senator Mccarthy, and from many
the same people. The book ends
with I'm a warning world, with the
States facing the greatest
threat In its history, they, u lead.
ers. refuse to see. This is the trag-
edy of history. Before it the fate
Of Whitaker Chambers and Alger
Hiss fades into insignificance.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03

being a letter in reply to q
letter from a famous american
corboration welcoming rs as q
mem stockboLder).
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Andrew Carnegie

To Andrea Carnegie belongs
much of the credit for developing
integrated steel companies. He
was a f~inancier, rather than an
operating SHOEMAKER; he envis-
Toned the economy and efficiency
of a steel company controlling
each step of manufacture from
raw materials to finished product.
It was this indignation of operations
which was partly responsible for
the United States assuming world
leadership in steel production once
the bessemer process was intro
duced in this country.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Apple Recipes

This is time to explore your ap-
pie recipes from one end of the
list to the other. Apple stuffing
for poultry or pork is a real del
icacy, apple upside-down cake
served with whipped cream is a
treat, and an apple a day in the
lunchbox almost a necessity.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Treaty with Spain

A treaty in 1919 between the U.
S. A.. and Spain fixed the southern
boundary between the Oregon
country and Spanish territory at
AZ degrees latitude. This now marks
the boundary between Oregon and
California.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
WetteSt, Driest, States

According to the us. weather
bureau, Louisiana is the wettest
state, with an average annual rain
fall of 55.11 inches, while Nevada
is the driest, averaging only 8.81
inches annually.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
MOccaSinS

Soon after the Pilgrims arrived
in America, friendly Indians taught
them to make ~all-leather mecca
sins which were exported back to
England beginning with the mid
die of the 18th century.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Biggest Businesses

Six biggest businesses in the
world r Swift & Co., A. & P,
Sears Roebuck & Co., General
Motors, Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey, and us. Steel.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Railroad. CrOSSties

Crossties, such as. are used by
railroads, represent the largest
volume of any single lumber item
treated to prevent decay.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
IT WAS NICE OF YOU
GNl 1D

being a letter in reply to q
letter from a famous american
corporation welcoming MS as q
nev ~stoekbolaer).
DEAR CHAIRMAN of the Board;
1 didn't know you cared! And
how it cheers me to open the mail
and find a letter from you saying,
1--WE are very happy to welcome
you as a new stakeholder" and as
surfing me that you and all the boys
are working every minute for little
mel Somebody told me it might not
be a bad idea to buy a few shares
in your company and I did so,
never dreaming it would make you
personally happy. (Once I bought
some Standard Oil of New Jersey,
but all 1 got was the stock, with no
note or anything. And when I bought
a few shares of General Motors and
American Can not even a postcard
came through.)
But from you m a warm
epistIe telling me all about the
business, how deep are your re-
sponsibilities to me, and all the
things you have in mind to
make more money. You cor
daily invite me to the family
Of stockholders at the annual
meetings. Well, I am glad to
welcome you to my family, too,
and I want you to feel that you
can drop in anytime You are
in my neighborhood. 1 hope
you have not been spoken for
by too many stockholders ahead
of me. We always have some
thing on ice and if you will drop
a card ahead of time the wife
will bake a pie.
You say, eve invite you to an
active interest in the company's
affairs and your comments, criti-
cisms and suggestions will be most
welcome any time" Well, if 1 do
not make any comments, sugges-
lions or criticisms right away, I
hope you will Gus it, as you
caught me unprepared and also I
am busy around the house and gar
den. I appreciate your offer and
will try to have some squawks in
six weeks or so. Can you wait? If
not let me know and I will manage
10 work in a few kicks someway.
I really can't tell you what
your letter means. When I
bought the stock I hoped you
were attending to business, but
I did not expect you would tell
me so in writing. So many cor
porations take it for granted
that a stakeholder wants stock,
the big stiffs. Even if you skip
a dividend or the stock goes off
a little now 1 won't mind so
much, as everything will
more on a friendly basis be-
tween us. I don't even get such
nice letters from relatives.
So thank you a thousand times
or shall 1 just say 999 bid, 1000
lsked) for writing and I hope 1 will
do anything to make you re-
ret it.
Your pal,
Elmer
P.S.-The stock is a little weak
ut I feel stronger anyhow.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Fender Protector

A wire fender protector made of
stainless steel sings out when the
car approaches a curb or other
obstacle too closely.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Farm Cash Reserves

The American Bankers ~associa-
tish reports cash reserves held by
American farmers sufficient to re-
tire all outstanding farm debt.
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
Sausage

Sausage
Sausage is at its best when eaten
within two or three days of pur-
chase. S~easonings cause it to lose
its freshness fairly soon.
Evening star., 1950-06-25

moment when you begin reaping
the harvest that you have sown in
labor and sweat.
Hove Acquired a Philosophy
Come the fifties, and we find
that all the balance was just a
preparation for this. 1t has taken
us fifty years to learn how to get
real enjoyment out of life and to
acquire a philosophy that enables
us to meet whatever, comes with
a calm and equable mind. We
have accepted our fates and no
longer complain.
II we have won the prize we
struggled for. well and good. If
we have failed to win it, also well
and good. We look at it with an
uncovetous eye and reflect that
the golden apple generally turns
out to be brass after all. Also, in
our fifties we attain the domestic
millennium il we ever reach it.
Our hearts are no longer torn
with jealousies. for by then our
mates are so firmly ours that we
could not lose them if we tried,
or else we are so weary of them
we would be glad to see them go.
Finally. when we come to old
age we find that there is no pleas
anter hour In all the day than
the twilight when we sit with
folded hands. our tasks done, and
watch the sun go down.
Why. then, since each phase of
life has it's own particular joy,
should we so dread the passing
Of the years?
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Dorothy Dix
Joy of Life Doesn't End With Youth;
Every AQe Has Its Conversations

I think we make no greater
mistake than in painting youth
as the supreme joytime Of life.
This not only makes the young
feel that they must squeeze into
it every possible amusement and
excitement because their time Of
enjoyment is short, but it causes
so many older people to cling
piteously and hopelessly to youth
that is already gone because they
feel that beyond that life is no.
thing but a barren waste, with no
hope, no pleasure in it.
No one can say with certainty
which is the happiest time Of life.
1t shifts with the individual. There
are those who have had golden
youths and leaden old ages, while
others have had hard and bitter
youths and only found how sweet
the wine Of life can be as they
drained the last drop in the cup.
Certainly youth has it pleasures
that are all the keener because
they are new and untried. The
show is great because it is the first
one he has ever seen. There is
romance in every situation. Ones
feet are strong and never tire in
the dance. Ones appetites are
avid and unsated.
Moke the Most of Youth
1t is a swell party while 1t lasts,
and the young make the most of
1t because they know it will soon
be over and they think that
the balance is cinders, ashes and
dust. All of us older ones can
remember when we looked with
sympathy at decrepit old men and
women Of 80 and wondered why
they wanted to live on in a world
in which they could find no
possible amusement or interest.
But, surprisingly, when we got
into our thirties we discovered that
we had just begun to enjoy our
selves and get a real kick out of
living. We looked back upon the
diversions of our adolescent days
as we do upon the glee of a baby
at having a rattle shaken before
it and smile to think they could
ever have amused us. The silly
little parties. The giggling girls.
The calf love. The despair
when father wouldn't let us have
the car. The heartbreak over
trif1es that didn't matter. How
puerile!
At middle age we are really
living. Our passions are at a high
tide that makes the emotions of
youth as water is to wine. We
know the fierce joy of struggle, of
attainment, of victory. Our heads
are filled with ambitions and
plans. Our hands full of work.
Our families are close to us as they
never were before, as they will
never be again. Never a dull
Evening star., 1950-06-25
+Mr. Burnside Wed
In DrexeI Hill

The marriage of Miss Jean Mae
Culbert, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald F. Culbert of Drexel Hill,
Pa, to Mr.. Waldo Howard Burn
side, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo
Burnside of Hyattsville, took
place yesterday afternoon in the
Church Of the Holy Comforter,
Drexel Hill. The Rev. Nathaniel
Acton officiated at the ceremony
and the reception was held at the
Aronimink Golf Club. Newton
Square, Pa.
Miss Mary r. Culbert was maid
of honor for her sister and the
bridesmaids were the Misses p.
Jeanne Hahner of Washington,
Helen E. White and Virginia A.
Burnside of Hyattsville, and
Marilyn D. Macchi.
MIR. James E. Culbert served as
best man and the ushers were the
Messrs. Harry M. Atherton, John
D. McLeish, D. Robert Fulton and
Howard w. Wilson, all of Mary
land. -
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Wed at Home
In Afternoon

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert L. harrington was the scene
yesterday afternoon of the we'd
ding Of their daughter. Miss June
Marie harrington. and Mr.. Rem
brandt Peale Lane. jr.. son of
Mrs. Raymond e. Read of Wash
ington and Mr.. Lane of South
Orange. N. J.
The Rev. Edward G. Latch Of
ficiated at the ceremony and the
bride was given in marriage by
her father. She wore white en-
broidered tulle over faille with a
short veil and carried white or
chids and lilies of the valley.
The bridegroom is a grandson
of Mrs. Leroy w. Heron and the
late Col. Heron of this city.
Following a trip to the seashore
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane will make their
home in Bloomfield, N. j.
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Norma Duke to Wed

The engagement of Miss Norma
Grace Duke to Mr.. James Osmund
Varela is announced by her
mother, Mrs. Walter c. Duke.
Miss Duke, who is the daughter
of the late Mr.. Duke. attended
George Washington University and
received her degree in Religious
Education from Scarritt College
for Christian Workers in Nashville,
Tenn.
Mr.. Varela, who is the son of 1t.
Col. and Mrs. Osmund l.. Varela
of Kensington. served for four
years in the Army Signal Corps
Intelligence and is a student at
the University of Maryland.
Evening star., 1950-06-25
Miss Divers to Wed

Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. William Arthur Divers Of
Havre de Grace of the engagement
of their daughter. Mary Janice. to
Mr.. Robert J. Twitchell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Twitchell Of Had
donfield, N. j.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
Western Maryland College and a
member of the faculty Of Leland
Junior High School in Chevy
Chase. Her fiance attended Mary
vile College and recently was
graduated from Lafayette College
in Easton, Pa.
Evening star., 1950-06-25

Miss Betty Jo Davis, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Dow Davis
Of Blackstone, Va. was married
yesterday morning to Mr.. Paul
Baylor, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Baylor of Alliance, Ohio.
The ceremony was performed
ut the Shrine of the Sacred Heart
with the Rev. Paul Repetti oficia-
ting at 10 o'clock.