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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

At the end of 1910, Lodge No. II,
headed by Mrs. Bette Faulkner as
president and located at Ellisville,
Mississippi, reported a membership
of 43. Two years later the lodge re-
ported a membership of As, which
meant that they had gained 2 mem
bers over a period of two years or
l member per year.
At the end of 1914, the lodge still
under the administration of Mrs. Bet
tie Faulkner, made an increase that
was almost unbelievable. Whereas
the lodge reported As members at the
end of 1912, at the end of 1914, they
reported Sc financial members. This
was q gain of Al members, in two
years, an average Of 2012 members
per year. This meant that lodge No
IT had outgrowr its one report
blank and we had to increase its
report blanks to two This made
Sister Bette" as she is affectionate-
ly called in the office, very happy
In the December Board of that year
she wore a million dollar smile when
the time came around for her to re
port She and her members were
praised highly for doing such OUT
stardir work
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

Lodge No, 270, headed by Mr.. A.
]. Barnett as president, located at
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is hereby
honored in that it too, takes place
in the columns of Who's Who IN The
H. B, A.
At the end Of 1910, Lodge No. 270,
under the guidance of Mr. A. j.
Barnett, reported a membership of
81.
At the end of 1912, two years later,
the lodge reported 81 members, a
gain of ten members. This meant
Van average Of 5 members per pear.
Brother Barnett, having made such
a nice increase in the past years,
decided he would continue to grow
his lodge. -
AT the end of 1874 two years later.
the lodge reported 70 members, a.
gain of g. Over a period of four
years the lodge continued to increase.
At the end of 1916, two years later,
the lodge reported SO, which meant
that it had suffered loss of l. This
was not SO pleasing to the local pres
ideat therefore, he made a VOW that
he would make a record that would
stand the test.
Attic end Of 1915 two -als later,
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15
Reverend J. E. Grace

In checking the records for Lodge
No. 1854, headed by Reverend J. E
Grace of Porterville, the following
is the report Of this lodge, according
to our records, for the past ten years.
The year ending 1910, this lodge
reported a membership of A mem
bers. Two years later, the lodge re-
ported a membership of 50, a gain of
members. This was an average Of
four members each year.
AT the end of 1914, the lodge de-
cided that it would work little
harder and put forth more efforts in
order to make better showing and
they reported membership of 66,
which meant net gain OF fourteen
members in two years, an average OF
seven members per year.
! Ths lodge, un1aF the leadership Of
I,rveTeTG STroup, was more oeterm-
med than ever to increase ITS mem
barship and strenuous efforts were
put forth to make their dreams a
reality. At the end of 1916, the
lodge had jumped from a member
ship of &c to q membership of rs
This was a gain Of 8 members fol
these two years.
The lodge was congratulated rs
the office for Glch outstanding work
end this made them more determined
10 work. AT tho end OF l9sa, two
yeere a+or thev had i~oe~ae~d ther
ml4.e sip to Isl which cant .
gain Of 9 membership in two years
This meant too, that whereas the Of
flee had been sending this lodge one
sport sal. tbciI numhor bod p BE
ncre ed to two. This makes a
president very very happy when his
lodge has outgrown one blank
Our check up to-date. shows that
this lodge. still under the admins
tration of Reverend J. F. Grace. CON
tinues to go forward. The member
ship has jumped from 81 al the end
of l948, to 1906. This is a net gain of
q members in less than two years,
We wish to congratulate the pres
ldants and ms loyal followers who
have stood by him and helped him to
bring this LODGE from a mem bership
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

This was an average Of four members
each year. Mr.. Cotton was highly
pleased over his record and after
receiving the encouragement that is
melted out to an individual who has
done outstanding work, he felt like
working a little harder
At the end Of 1916 the lodge re-
ported a membership of So which
meant O cain of II members in two
years This was going some T h e
president decided after he had reach
ed so members nothing would please
him any better than to reach rs. An
all out effort was put forth At the
end of 1913 lodge No 267, still head
ed by Mr.. Cotton, reported a mem
bership of ga. This gave him a gain
of II members in two years. He did
not reach his desired goal of rs, how
ever he knew he was getting close
to it.
To-date, our check-up reveals that
LODGE Ne 267 has made a gain of
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15
General Secretary Gels
Surprise

Saturday morning, November Il,
the treasurer Rev. r. w Radcliff
sprang a surprise on the general sec
Eetary in that he brought her a guam
tity of sweet potatoes. some weighing
as much as seven pounds each. The
general secretary was very mu c h
surprised to see sweet potatoes this
large and yet, Rev Radcliffe stated
that these We're not the largest he
had. These potatoes out grew them
selves and Rev. Radcliffe stated that
they all are too large for seed pota-
toes.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15
& ro.ess0E M. z. Hannah
Laid To nest

TOONSUBA. Professor NJ &. Han
nah the principal of Stevenson Vo-
cational School was tenderly laid to
rest November 5, ia his home ceme-
terry. Rock Port Methodist Church of
McCooi, Mississippi. with Ma mic,
Heroines of Jerico and Fl. B. A. on
ors. Although Professor Hanna had
been in i'll health for sometime, no
body knew that the end was so close.
With his passing our school church
and community in general have sus-
tanned a great loss. He was princi-
pal Of this school Tor thirteen years
and the service rendered by him dur
ing these thirteen years will live on
and on
He became affiliated with Lodge
No. q on September 30, 1888, and
has been faithful until death.
He was highly respected by white
and colored. A large number of sor-
rowing friends was present to pay.
homage to this great Christian edu-
Gator and left a donation of $4,000
with his widow and children.
Floyd OFT, Reporter.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

H. B. A. Lodge No. 81, headed by
Mr.. VIM. Bell Of Lauderdale, Missis-
sippi, at the end of 1949, had a mem
bership of 10, less than the num-
Der required by the Constitution to
function At the end of 1912, the
lodge sustained a loss of one mem
Der, bringing the total membership
from 10 down to 8. This meant that
the lodge had 6 members less than
the law required.
Two years later, at the end of 1914
the lodge made a gain of 3, bringing
the membership to 70 This was very
encouraging to the office in that the
lodge had gotten back on the upward
trend.
Two years later, at the end Of 1916,
the lodge began to steadily grow
and instead of reporting y members,
as it had reported at the end of 1914,
TIL ey reported q members, which
meant a gain of 9 members in two
years. Mr.. Bell was very happy over
his work in that he had reached the
is membership mark which was the
required number to function and
had 6 orr Tho office continued "a
offer cucoura roment and a the end
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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

Lodge NO. 267, headed by Mr.. c.
D. cotton Of West Enterprise, Mis-
sias -i has also made a wonderful
record in the Association in the past
ten years.
A. the end Of 1910 this lodge, I'm
der the leadership of Mr. Cotton, re-
port 4 81 members. Two years la
ter, AZ the end Of 1912, the lodge re
porte "a, which gave him gain of
three members in two years; one and
half member each year or l mem
Der one year and two the next year.
At the end of 1914, two years la
ter, the lodge reported membership
Of AZ instead Of "a, which gave him
a gain Of 9 members in two years.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15
Virgins News


LODGE No 499 had d contest meet
ing between w. c. Hall and Dave
Parker. Rev. Stevenson, of Bond,
Miss, and Rev. N. knight of Wig
gins, delivered the sermons, which
were very inspiring. We had a nice
group present. Prof. James Carter
of Hattiesburg made a nice talk. A
mount raised $l55OO. Bro. Dave
Parker was the winner. We are on
the way for the Xmas Drive in the
Decem Der Board
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

not 3, not 8, and not II, but net
gain of A, which means an average
of % members per year. Mr.. Cotton
has a membership Of 108 members in
good and regular standing.
Congratulations, Mr.. Cotton, be-
cause we know there is lot of work
behind this gain.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

For sometime we have wanted to
publish the doings of some of our
local lodges that have m a d out
standing progress over d period of
ten years. 1t viii be impossible to
publish all Of the lodges in this issue
of The Echo that have done common
dable work, however, we shall use a
veole page of The Echo from time
for this Who's Who In The
A news, thereby giving the
uoLc chance to see the
t.- Igites OF the local lodges.
the local presidents who
J. headed some Of our local lodges
passe5 on 10 the great beyond,
ever ,ae.r works remain with
~.
There fe cow local lodges in the
have been on the
long. long time and
do not feel that their
hopeless.
lodges that we have selected
10 apgeal in Who's Who Tn The IT. B.
A. are deserving and meritorious 1t
is a great honor for any local lodge
to appear ia Who's Who I'm The TT.
B A. and 90 al' of u we ere rate
full for tha worthwhile efforts put
forth 10 ia tais l.v0r.
,,.--A .-...
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

Mrs. M. f. Willis has just returned
from California, where she visited
her daughter for months. She
states that she enjoyed her visit.
w. c. Hall, Reporter.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

Not alone we conquer, Not alone
we fall; In each loss or triumph Lose
or triumph all. Bound by Gods far
purpose In one living Whole, Move
we on together To the shining goal!
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-11-15

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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11

I consented and we changed, put
ting her directly in front Of the
window from where she was shot
later during the party"
It was near the fatal hour when
Mrs. Stevens received a call from
her husband that he was on his
way back tothe Dunlap home and
was going to shoot "Hell out of
every BODY It was a few minutes
following the phone call that a
knock came to the back door and
Mrs. Stevens warned the "house
guests" not to open the door, but
contrary to her warning, one of
the women inthe party did open
the door and found Stevens fac
ing her with a revolver in his
20
hand this time instead of another
rifle as was the report previous
ly made to this writer.
Again the poker game got on
it's way with Mrs. Dunlap and
myself sitting next to one another
when the first shot came through
the window and direct at the
sight ofthe game" I fell to the
floor and the first bullet missed
me" Mrs. Dunlop had not moved
and was in line of fire that found
it's mark by hitting her in back
ofthe head and she slumped over
on the table,.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11
death

Concluded from page u
past 2 years. The body was re-
moved to the John w. Patterson
funeral home.
Funeral services were held to-
day at 2 pm. at the Mt. Zion
Baptist church. Rev. w. E. Rick
son officiated. Burial was in Fern
cliff cemetery. Survivors: 1 sister,
Mrs. Tiny Warner Of Dayton, O;
2 brothers Matt Robinson Of Chi
cago, ILL.,, and Robert King Of
Dayton, O.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11

inthe workhouse on condition he
pay the damages of the car in
volved in an accident caused by
his driving while intoxicated.
A verdict of $3.50 for damages
was given Mrs. Jessie Hathcock
4O7 w. Filth st. when she was hit
by a City Railway Bus, when she
was attempting to enter her drive
way.
Attorney Morris Simmons rep
renting Mrs. Hathcock, pointed out
to the jury in the Common Pleas
Court of Judge Lester Cecil, the
negligence of the bus drivr, who
not only damaged her car, but al
so caused painful injury to her on
February 18th, 1947. The original
damages sought by Mrs. Hathcock
totaled $1,000.
William McWhorton, SO, form
erly Of 831 Reist ave., will be re-
leased from the Ohio penitentiary
February 18th according to word
received fromthe state pardon and
parole board yesterday. McWhor-
ton was sentenced to a term of
one to 20 years February FL, 1916
on a charge of "sodomy".
According to the record, Nc
Whorton was sent to the Lima
state hospital for an examination
to determine if he was sane OF
psychopathic, however he was
found to be sane and was sent to
prison.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11

M
did any one see Stevens fire
fromthe outside? asked this re-
porter. "No. came back the wit
ness" "It was four o'clock in the
morning and too dark to see any
one''. where the shades drawn
at the time Of the shooting? l
asked him. eyes came the reply"
How could the gunman get q line
on his target with the shades
drawn?" cit was an easy matter
for him to tell where to aim,
since he had facing the window
during his time Of playing in the
game, and I believe his intention
waste get me, since / was the man
who won the last pot from him
with my three Kings against his
two aces.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11
ARKANSAS COUPLE

concluded IRON page ~
substantial Improvements to the
house, barn and outbuildings.
At the beginning of the war
their land along with neighboring
farms, was taken over by the
war a r m en- for proving
grounds. Out Of the money realiz-
ed from thes ale of their place
to the war department, the Ste
warts paid off their FILA loan
and rented another farm to con-
tinue their production for the war
effort.
At the wars end, the proving
ground area was disposed Of as
surplus property and the land Of
fered to it's original owners. Hav-
ing made and saved money from
the rented farm, the Stewards
again acquired their original piece
of property. They have two
children, Ralph, II, and Essie
Dean, 10, both of whom are stu
dents at Arkansas A M and N
college.
Many agricultural, business and
professional leaders in Arkansas
and adjoining states, ri expect
ed to attend the ceremonies.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11
GHETTO

concluded from page ID
and it was practically ignored.
Secretary of Defense Louis
Johnson began a new campaign
for Indignation last Spring with
his directions to all services to re-
view their personnel practices,
and take action to put approved
plans into effect. The army was
the last service to have it's plan
approved (and it was a comprise)
and appears tobe the last to take
any type of action toward integra-
ton.
Kitzingen is a depot for most
of the Negro officers in Germany
1t is not the only Negro "ghet-
to" in the zone, but it is the
largest and most complete. All
Negro visitors are escorted to the
"show place.. These visitors are
usually accompanied by the hospi-
table Col. Ray, who proudly dis
plays his generals graphs example
of Democracy American style.
The few white officers who
have been unfortunate enough to
be stationed here have administra-
tive positions.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11
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concluded from page -
months. So let's figure up the
fines and w. II. sentences so far.
Setting aside the suspended
sntence of Decembr 26th, with a
balanc of $4OO and five months,
we find Miller facing a 500 fine
for driving while drunk and six
months; another 500 fine and
cost for violation of the drivers
license law with six months at
tached: Oh Yes, we forgot to
mention the little item of another
500 onthe original fine imposed
December 26th, and so we find a
total of $500 plus IL months as
a "guest Of the City" in the work
house plus the remaining days of
the original sentence which were
transformd fromthe might season
tothat of days. Yes, Mr.. Miller
will have plenty Of time to think
overthe violation of the courts's
order to stay out of trouble.
William Mics, Of Stone Quarry
Road, Vandalia, Ohio, received a
fine Of $50 and cost for driving
while drunk but was lucky to get
q suspended sentence Of 60 days
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-11
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tee Included from page "
four dollars in front of him and
started to his hip pocket for more
money in order to raise me-. 81
asked Mrs. Dunlap if it was per-
missable for him to do that since
he had not declared any money
behind him and we were playing
"table stakes" Mrs. Dunlap told
him "You can't go into your pock-
ct for more money and will have
to play with what you have in
front of you"
"This gave me t chance to draw
another card which also was the
third king and won the pot for
me and also made Stevens mad"
He began to use vile language in
the presence of the guest and to
which Mrs. Dunlap who was slit
ing next to me in front Of the
living room window resented his
conduct and told him he would
have to leave"
cup to this time no one had
noticed Stevens had "sneaked" his
| % CALDER rifle into the house and
up staires, but they did notice
when his wife jumped up from
the table and ran toward the
stairway in time to warn Frank
Dunlap, the husband of the dead
woman, Of Stevens having the
gun" Dunlap then with all of
his mental faculties" at his COM
mand was able to wrestle the gun
out of the hands of Stevens and
evict him from the Dunlap home.'
"Stevens on his way out told
Dunlap IT am going home to get
another gum, come back and
shoot the whole dam bunch. "What
time was this? asked this report
er. cit was after 300 O'clock
"What happened next, I asked
"When Stevens was elected from
the house Mrs. Dunlap asked me
to change seats with her to which
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Evening star., 1950-04-26

In many hands, particularly at
rubber bridge, the correct defense
can be found only by the laborious
chore of counting up to nine, a
practice, incidentally, which it is
wise to cultivate
When nine tricks are visibly in
the declarer's bag, any desperate
measure which might stave off de-
feat is clearly indicated. Witness
today's hand.
1t is not at all our purpose to
indorse today's bidding sequence,
though it is typical of many better
than-average rubber bridge games.
The North hand does not provide
an attractive raise and normally it
is better practice to respond with
one no-trump on holdings of this
type. This pair, however, were en-
ploying a convention under which
one-no-trump response to an
opening one-club bid denotes a
fairly good hand, SO that such a
call was not available to him.
Some players of this school,
rather than offer the single raise
or respond with one no-trump,
would choose an unorthodox re-
sponse of one diamond with hands
of this type. This is not intended
as part of any convention, but as
a mere convenience. South would
then have rebid one no-trump and
North would pass.
West opened the two of hearts
and East's ten was won by de-
clarer's queen. South then played
a spade and held the trick with
the jack in dummy. On the return
of club, East's queen came up,
which was covered by declarer's
king, and West was in with the
ace.
With his ear attuned to the bid
ding and denying the sight of his
eyes, West made the robot re-
turn of a heart. South then ran
enough tricks to make contract.
When West won the club ace, he
had all the necessary evidence to
count declarer's certain winners.
The opening lead had established
two heart tricks and when the
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Word Game
Find "a or more words in
VTIIpEN Mn

Find "a or more words in
VILIPEND,
meaning. Ito belittle, disparage.'
Average is %; limit, 20 minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letter;
by the addition of IS" such as bats
cats" are not used Only one form of q
word is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published tomorrow
Answer to BILINGUAL.
bail bung nail gull
bang bull nubia ailing
binal lain gain align
ball ling gall anil
billing lingual gill
bluing lung glib
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Take Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby
Troublesome Twins.

Crevice and crevaSse are similal
in meaning, but unlike in pronun.
citation. A crevice is narrow cracl
or split. Pronounce it: KREV-iss
A crevasse is a deep fissure in 6
glacier or snow field Accent tht
second syllable, thus: kruh-VASS.
Eminent and imminent should b.
carefully distinguished. Eminent
means "of high place or degree,
as, an eminent statesman. Pro.
nounce it: EM-i-n'nt. Imminent
means CLOSE at hand; threatening
to occur" as, another strike seem.
imminent; in imminent danger
Say: IM-i-n'nt.
Genius and genus are closely akin
but the words should not be con.
fused. Genius deSignates eXtraordi.
nary intellectual or inventive power
also a person of unusual talent, as;
Einstein, the genius of the quantun
theory. Pronounce it: JEEN-yuss
The word genus means, "a class OF
group" the cow is of the genus Bos
Say: JEE-nuss.
Won't and wont appear to be
twins, but they are not even kiss
ing cousins. Won't means will
not" 1t is the contraction of the
archaic "woll not" 1t has the long
20" sound as in woe, toe" Say:
woent. The word wont (no apostro-
phe) means the accustomed way: a
habitual manner" as, he is wont to
spend his summers in the country.
The word rhymes with punt, runt. "
Say: wunt.
Newscasters occasionally confuse
arraign with the word arrange,
stating that so-and-so was ar
ranged" for his crime. Arraign
means "to call to account; to bring
before a court" The "g" is silent.
Pronounce it: uh-RAIN.
Santa Barbara: Please referee a
raging argument. Is it true that
ingenious" and ingenious" are
pronounced the same?-Mrs. L. M.
Answer: No. Ingenious Crank;
artless is: in-JEN-yoo-uss. In
genious Clever; brilliantly is; in
JEEN-yuss.
The Pied Typer improves on Kip
ling in Florida advice -to-the-
lovelorn column: Il guess my prob
lem is obvious. He's East and I'm
West, and hardly ever do the trains
meet"
Evening star., 1950-04-26

spade jack held, West could also
account for three spade tricks
Since East would have no reason
to rise with the club queen on the
first lead of that suit off dummy
unless it was singleton, that would
also give declarer four club tricks
Since the number of declarers
tricks adds plainly up to nine, the
contract couldn't be defeated un-
less partner held the ace, jack of
diamonds and at least two small
cards. The only extra considera-
ton involved was the inconsequen-
tial overtricks which might accrue
to South by reason of Vests lead
of a diamond. The indicated dia-
mond shift would have yielded the
defense four diamonds and a club,
which would have beaten the hand
trick.
1t is true that on the bidding,
South figured to have something
in diamonds. Nevertheless, there
was a good chance that he lacked
the ace, for the addition of that
card would have given him a whale
of a hand on which he might have
ventured three no-trump himself
after partners first response.
Copyright. 1850. by Charles H. Goren. }
Evening star., 1950-04-26

Opening lead, two of hearts.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Goren on Bridqe
BY Chorles H. Gorer

Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
a AJ4
N975
Q103
&7632
WEST EAST
A953 A10862
0KJ82 010643
oK42 oAJ65
d AS 40
SOUTH
AKQ7
VAC
o987
KJ1098
The bidding:
South West North East
/ club Pass 2 clubs Pass
2NT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead, two of hearts.