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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
GOVERNMENT WRITES final
CHAPTER IN Sc0TTSB0R0 CASE
Last OF Nine
Negroes Accused
Given Freedom

DETROIT, Mich, July 1.-THE
u. S. Government wrote the final
chapter in the world famous
Scottsboro case here last week,
when the last of the nine Negroes
accused in the Scottsboro ala
rape case of two decades ago was
given his freedom.
The government decided to ask
dismissal of a fugitive charge
against Haywood Patterson, So
A hearing of the charge was
scheduled before U. S. District
Judge Arthur F. Lederle.
Assistant U. S. District Attor-
ney James S. Coltesz said Alabama
authorities told him they would
drop proceedings against Patter.
son in view of Gov. G. Menner
Williams refusal to allow extra.
dition.
The FBI had picked up Patter-
son here on a charge of fleeing
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Hershey Sees
New Draft Call
Next Month

WASHINGTON, July 18 - Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective
Service Chief, is reported to be
looking for a second draft call next
month.
He also was quoted today as an
ticipating a need for more sweep
ing draft regulations affecting vet
Grams, husbands and fathers.
Most veterans and men with de-
pendents were exempt from the
first call for 10000 men to build up
the Army in the Korean crisis.
Hershey's views on possible flu
ture draft moves were given to a
reporter by 1t. Col. Irving W.
Hart, Selective Service Informa-
ton Chief, in response to queries
Hershey himself was reported un-
available.
Hart said Hershey has told aides
several times that he sees no rea-
son to believe that there will not
be a second draft call next month
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22

ficers and that no meetings of
the Negro District can be held
without the authority and consent
OF the State Legion Officials.
The organization of Negro Posts
of the American Legion was au-
thorized by the National Office
some three years ago and began
with much interest among Negro
Veterans in the state. The con-
tinued look of autonomy and au-
thority of the Negro District is
seen among intelligent Negro Vet
Grams as having greately retared
and slowed down the growth of
Negro Legion Posts in the state.
With neither authority nor auton-
omy all funds of the Negro Dis
trict are held and controlled bv
the state department.
Included among cities having
Negro Posts of the American Le-
gion, are: Jackson, Vicksburr
Laurel, Hattiesburg, Clarksdale.
Crystal Springs, Greenwood, Tu-
pelo, Greenville, Monticello, Yazoo
City, Kosciusko, Hazlehurst. Gre
NADIA, Natchez, Aberdeen, Brook
haven, Canton, Winona and Cor.
NTH.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP TO VISIT
JACKSON In PLEA FOR
LIFE OF Willie MCGEE

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Civil
Rights Congress announced here
today that a delegation represent
ing 10 states would go to Jackson,
Miss, next week in a plea for the
life of Willie MCGEE. MCGEE who
is scheduled to die in the states
portable electric chair in Laurel,
Miss, on July 27, was convicted
and sentenced to death for the al
legged rape of white Laurel house
wife.
The Civil Rights Congress said
in its statement that the rape vic
tim has never identified MCGEE as
her attacker. MCGEE is the father
of four young children.
George Marshall, a member of
one of the great families of the
Nation, chairman of the Board of
the Civil Rights Congress-, is now
serving 3-months jail sentence
for refusal to turn over the rec
ords of the organization to the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities, which later charged the
Congress with being a communist
front organization. The Congress
called the plan to visit Mississippi
an unprecedented action in the
history of the fight against Jim
Crow frame-ups.
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Human Skeleton
Was Negro
Asylum Inmate

The human skeleton found a few
days ago in the Richard Creek
bottoms near Pearson was identi-
fled last week as that of Negro
inmate who had previously escaped
from the Insane Asylum.
The skeleton was identified last
Thursday by DR.. ]. L. Jaquith Di-
rector of the Hospital of the asy-
lum by a companion of the teeth
OF the skeleton with the Dental
Chart OF the escaped inmate.
The man was identified as R. D.
Walker, 35 whose family lives at
West Point, and who escaped from
the hospital on January oath.
DR.. Jaquith said that the family
reported that they had not seen
the man since he escaped.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Father Files
$4,000 Damage
Suit Against
N. 0. Police
Who Killed Son

NEW ORLEANS, La, July II,
(SpeciaD-The father of the 20
year-old Navy veteran who pleaded
with officers who arrested the
youth on July 4, 1949, not to kill
him, was asking $4,000 in dam
ages from the two New Orleans
policemen this week. The plaintiff
filed a suit in the Civil District
Court.
Attorney for the father are Alvin
B. Jones and>Leroy White, both re-
cent graduates of the law school at
Southern University.
Christopher Herbert Charles, Jr.,
of World War ii, 3091 Panama,
died near noon when two investi-
eating officers pumped seven bull
lets in his body at 300 Broadway
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
STATE BAPTIST CONVENTION
ENDS ON NOTE OF HARMONY
AND COOPERATION AS HUME
is REELECTED President
NATIONAL LEADERS ATTEND
CLARKSDALE MEETING
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
FALL FAR SHORT OF GOAL

CLARKSDALE, Miss, July II.
The General Baptist A3ate Con-
vention of Mississippi h6laing its
41st Annual State Convention here
July lila, ended on a high note
of harmony and cooperation Fri
day following the reelection of
Rev. H. H. Hume, of Grsenville,
who is also editor andMlblsher
Of the Delta Leader, asApTesident
of the state convention. 80
With widespread pre-convention
predictions of a holly contested
effort over the reelection of Rev.
Hume after group of supporters
Of the United Order of Friendship
who charged Rev. Hume with us
ing his paper to obstruct the
growth of Friendship on behalf of
the Knights and Daughters of Ia
Dor, set out to bring about his de-
feat as president of the conven-
ton, with only one motion and
one vote, despite the pre-conven-
ton predictions, Rev. Hume and
his entire staff of officers. was
reelected hy an overwhelming
vote.
Rev. L. S. Sorrell, Jackson and
Clarksdale pastor, the leading OPP
position candidate, speaking for
himself as we'll as for his support
ers, promised full cooperation and
support of the convention and its
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Train Smashes
Car, Kills 5 In
South Carolina

DENMARK, South Carolina.
July II - Four men and the little
daughter of one of them were kill
ed Sunday at a crossing near Den
mark When the diesel engine of a
Southern Railway passenger train
smashed into their car.
Three of the Negro victims died
instantly in the wreck three miles
South of Denmark. The seven-year-
old girl died at a hospital in
Orangeburg, South Carolina, a
short while after her father was
pronounced dead on arrival there.
The train, running on the South
ern main line between Jacksonville,
Florida and Washington, D. C. was
stalled two hours after Fhe collision
with the 11-year-old car.
The dead and their approximate
ages are: Albert Hightower, IT;
junior Washington. p; Stan Doc
waling, 80; Sig Nimmons, 40 and
his daughter.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Texas To Send
Delegation On
Behalf OF
Willie MCGEE

DALLAS, July Is - Six Dallas
members of the Civil Rights Con-
gress will go to Jackson, MISSISSIPPI
pi to participate in a demonstra-
ton against the July 81 execution
of Willie MCGEE.
The Dallas delegation will leave
Wednesday and will include both
Negroes and whites, the Rev. r.
H. Harris, Negro chairman of the
Dallas Congress, said.
Harris said that national Off
GERS of the congress ordered the
demonstration. He predicted that
at least 1000 members would con-
verge on Jackson from nearly every
state in the union.
Willie MCGEE, 81, Mississippi
Negro, is to be executed.
"This is not just a fight for the
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Mother OF Roscoe
Simmons Dies
AT Her Home

HOLLANDALE, Miss, July IS
Especially Mrs. Willie Murray
Simmons, widow of the late Emory
P. Simmons, noted educator, and
mother of Roscoe Simmons died at
her home here Tuesday. At her
bedside was her son. She suffered
a stroke May &c.
Her funeral was held Friday in
the gymnasium of the E. P. Sim
mons High School and was attend
ed by great concourse of mourn
ers, colored and white. Leading
whites of this city sat on the plat
form and among the people.
Only last year the funeral of her
husband, founder of public educa-
ton in this section, was held in the
auditorium of the same school.
This school, Mississippi's best, was
established and built by them and
for 60 years Professor Simmons
was its principal.
A Native
The funeral was preached by the
Rev. R. c. Anderson, pastor of Mt.
Horeb Baptist Church. A short and
touching address was made by
Grand Master James C. Gillian of
the Grand Lodge of Masons.
Mrs. Simmons was a native of
Macon, a member of the illustrious
family which produced Mrs. Booker
t. Washington, William w. Lucas,
American w. Lucas, Laura Murray
Evans, the Lovett brothers and
other notable persons. The family
came originally from Virginia and
Kentucky through the fire of the
Civil War.
Many honors came to her family
here. A few months before her
death the city council of Hollandale
named one of its three great throu-
ghfares Simmons Avenue. After
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Joan Lunceford
Popular Young
Singing Star And
Friend Victims In
Mobile Staying

MOBILE, Ala, July II Especially
Last Friday night tragedy struck
with full force at the Starlight
Grill in Mobile, Ala, when the lives
of Joan Lanceford popular young
singing star, and Eugene Pritch-
ard, father of five children were
snuffed out by the gunfire of Eu-
gene Blackwell, with Mrs. Wilmer
Owns, wife of the proprietor of the
night club, accompanying her at
the piano, when the enraged hus-
band was seen peeping through a
window before he went into the
place. He was greeted smilingly
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
ANA Seats Negro
Doctor On Policy
Making Committee

SAN FRANCISCO, July II =
DR.. Peter NJ. hurry, 62-year-old
New Yorker, formally took seat
on the American Medical Associa-
TONS House of Delegates here
Monday as representative of the
New York Medical Society at the
opening of the AMA's Goth annual
meeting.
DR.. hurry, the first Negro to
join the policy-making body of the
ANA, was elected to the post by
the Medical Society of the State
of New York. He is one of 1913
delegates, representing 147,000
Physicians throughout the United
States and territories.
A native of New Orleans, he is
a 1914 graduate of the Howard
University School of medicine. He
was assistant surgeon-chief at
Freedmen's hospital from 1913
1920, and is currently director of
the department of gynecology,
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22

Other area winners, were Tom
mic Bib, of Winona, who won sec
ond prize in the state contest and
will be awarded $50 and Fred
Crum, Lyon, winner of third place
and $25, Mr.. Adams said.
At the South-Wide Soil Conser-
walton Jamboree in Georgia next
month, the South's No. l Negro
Soil Conservation Farmer of 1850
will be selected from among the
state winners and will be awarded
an additional $50. This is the first
time that Mississippi has partici-
pated in the contest.
State judges for the Negro JAM
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
South Carolina
Negro Candidate
Gets 1929 Votes

COLUMBIA, S. c., July ION
the basis of incomplete returns
from last Tuesdays balloting, A. J.
Clements, Jr.; South Carolina s
first Negro ever to run in a Demo-
cratic Primary, was badly beaten
by his white opponent, Mendel L. l.
Rivers.
Out of a total of 1913 of the 1919
precincts Rivers led with 43,48e
votes, while Clements trailed with
1929 votes for the Congressional
Post.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
SENATE REFUSES TO VOTE
CLOTURE ON FEPC BILL
Sounds Death Knell
OF Rights Program

Washington, July 17.-(SNS)-
The Senate Wednesday killed Pres
ident Truman's civil rights pro-
gram as far as this session of
Congress is concerned by reject
ing an administration attempt to
obtain action on Fair Employment
Practice Bill.
The vote on a petition to limit
debate was SIS to 33, nine less than
the "a required to shut off a
Southern filibuster. Eight Sena-
tors were absent and did not vote.
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
STATE JAMBOREE CONTEST
WINNERS ARE NAMED
Lonnie Sutton To Represent State
At Georgia Meeting

CLARKSDALE, July 17-(Spe-
ciaD-Lonnie Sutton, Bogue Chit
to, one of the three area winners
in the State Negro Jamboree Con-
test, also won first prize for Mis-
sissippi and will represent this
state at the South Wide Soil Con-
servation Jamboree at Hancock
County, Georgia, on August 18,
where he will be given a 500 first
prize.
This announcement was made to-
day by A. B. Adams, Clarksdale,
president of the Mississippi Asso-
citation of Soil Conservation Dis
trict Commissioners, which spon-
sored the competition in this state.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
DRAFT EXAMS
SLATED HERE
Only One Station
To Operate

Mississippi's first draft candi-
dates will be examined at the Jack
son induction station July "a, Sc
lective Service board members and
clerks were told here Monday.
Only the one station will be ac-
tivated, according to Col. John S.
Patton, State Selective Service
boss. 1t is located at the Missis-
sippi Military District headquar-
tiers at the Old Jackson Air Base
here.
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22
Charges Against
White Man In
Brandon Shooting
Dismissed

BRANDON, July II - Charges
against ]. c. Bradford, white man,
charged with the shooting of a
Negro June II, were dismissed
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-22

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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07

Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request
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1879
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07

Tradition has been reversed ane
Paris is showing fashions influenced
by America.
The Pierre Balmain midwintel
collection featured yards of lingerie
and Schiffli embroidery frills il
trims made possible, the designe,
said, by a new American product
known as perma starch he discov
cred on a recent trip to the us. Th(
new synthetic starch imparts a fin
ish to organdie and other types o,
cottons and embroideries used fol
lingerie friGls, which remain.
through eight to fifteen launderings
All lingerie tSims shown were treat
ed with it. Lingerie and Schiffli EN-
broidery trims were featured OF
black satin and MORE dresses, OF
navy tailored suits and even OF
black tweed coats. Lingerie hiatt
were another highlight Of the show
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07
WILL THRIFT BE A CRIME?

The American Farm Bureau Federation recent
1y issued important statement of policy. The
Federation affirmed it's stand in favor of the laws
which prohibit mooply and restrictive practices in
ever, agree with the interpretations which appar-
anty are being given to these laws in certain recent
cases and administrative rulings. In this: highly
controversial field it is important that distinction
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07

SUBSCRIPTION RATES
months, $3.50; One year, $500.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07

be made between conditions rejecting the effects of
power. Size and area activity are not necessarily
indications of monopoly. Regulations should
not be used to eliminate the possibility Of inter-
Such systems have tn possibility Of bringing about
a badly needed reduction in the margins that now
exist between the producers and the consumers of
many items"
This takes on a special significance in the
light Of the" governments antitrust case against
big chain store system. This system obviously
has monopoly Of anything-it must compete
directly with ether chains and with thousands of
independent stores in the states in which it oper-
ates. 1t obviously is not destroying other merchants
they are g1bwng and prcspering and in
creasing their customers The governments case,
therefore, to be based on the idea that size
also crime l4KMt
If thaat idea should ever prevail we can quit
talking high living standards and abundance and
get ready for much lower standards and scarcity.
Efficiency, economy and good service will be out
OF date. The dollar will shrink some. Is that what
the American people really want?
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07

CHICAGO, ILL Bashful, 22year-od hv
The Cur Candy Farms longer pony hitch
Living his reputation the bs wheel pony that ever *epp
in and out Of ring however he visited the International
daughters through its PAGES Basfu called
companys farm Cary ILL., King Largo national
at the Panama exhibition of the
coou during which Travelled 1900 miles
and participated hundreds of shows
tate fairs war bond rallies and other special events He
be touched with black hair dye the last years.
have watch his weight closely Till has had to keep
$50 pounds Eight of his and daughters
the ring ones at home Who siso
the teams of the three Curiss bitches when enough
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES

Hk!ollAN SCIENCE CHURCHES
The subject of the Lesson-Sermo,
in all Churches of Christ, Scientist
on Sunday, December 25, will be
"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE"
The Golden Text is:
"Glory to God in the highest. ano
on earth peace, good will toward
men" duke e: 14). -
Among the citations which com.
prise the Lesson-Sermon, the fol
owing are from the Bible:-
"Be ye.. therefore followers OF
God, as dear children: Fol
We were sometimes darkness. 'but
now are We light in the lord
walk. as children of light:
And have no fellowship with the
unfrultful works of darkness
but rather reprove them +. But
We are a chosen generation.
royal priesthood, an holy nation
a peculiar people; that we should
sheW forth the praises Of hin
who hath called you out Of dark.
ness into his marvellous light
(Eph. 5: 1, 8, IL; l. Pet. q. s..
The Lesson-Sermon also includes
m following passages from the
christian Science textbook, "Sci.
snce and Health with Key to the
scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy:
"The prophet Of to-day beholds
IN the mental horizon the SIGNS
of these times, the reappearance
Of the Christianity which heals
the sick and destroys error, anc
no other sign shall be given
Creeds, doctrines, and human
hypotheses do not express Chris.
tian Science; much less can they
demonstrate it When the
Science of being is universally
understood, ,every man will he
his own physician, and Truth will
be the universal panacea" (pp
SO. 144). ~
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1950-01-07

The subject of the Lesson-Sermon
in all Churches of Christ, Scientist,
on Sunday, January 29, will be:
..-~ LOVE" ~
The Golden Text is:
"The Lord hath appeared of old
unto me-, saying, Yea, I have
loved thee with an everlasting
love: therefore with loving-kind-
ness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 81 !:
81.
Among the citations which COM
prise the Lesson-Sermon the fol-
lowing are from the Bible:
"No man hath seen God at any
time. If we love one another,
God dwelleth in us, and his love
is perfected in US. Hereby know
we that we dwell in him, and he
in us, because he hath given us
of his Spirit. -. =. And we have
known and believed the love that
God hath to u.s.. God is love; and
he that dwelleth in love dwelleth
in God, and God in him" Il John
4 4: IL, IS, 16).
The Lesson Sermon also includes
the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to- the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
"Divine Love is infinite. There
fore all that really exists is in
and of God, and manifests His
love-. Immortal man was and
is Gods image or idea, even the
:. infinite expression Of infinite
Mind, and immortal man is CO.
existent and coeternal with that
Mind. He has been forever in the
eternal Mind. God; but infinite
Mind can never be in man, but is
refected,by man. The spiritual
mans consciousness and individu-
atty are reflections of God. They
are the zemanations of Him who
is Life, Truth and Love- Opp.
$40, 1867.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-03-24

has living quarters on the sec
ond floor Of his restaurant build
ing. Mr.. Stefano also lives there,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Filshin viii
move there next week. MIR.
Stefano's wife and infant son
will come here from Charlotte
to join him soon.
The restaurant is named In
honor of Mrs. Filshin's niece,
Mrs. Mouza Zumwalt, with
whom Mrs. Filshin stayed when
she first came to Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Zumwalt's husband is 1t.
Elmo Zumwalt of the Univer-
sity's Naval ROTC unit.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-03-24
Cafe MOuza to Open April in RemOdeled
Merritt Residence on w. Franklin Street

manager of the Cafe Seville on
West Franklin street.
Mr.. Tassos came to America
from Greece when he was Is
years old and owned two build
ings in Hinton, W. Va, by the
time he was 81. He lost every
thing during the depression by
going on notes for friends. But
he soon recouped his losses and
has been operating restaurants
in North Carolina and Virginia
for the last II years.
Mr.. Tassos has signed an affi-
davit to bring over a German
displaced person to America,
and he has also been helping Mr..
and Mrs. Ivan Kavalenko, dis
placed persons from the Ukraine
who have been living with the
Filshins in the Fields apart
ments.
Mr. Tassos, who moved here
from Greensboro last September,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-03-24

The Cafe Nonza is expected
to open for business about April
4 In the former Merritt house
across West Franklin street
from the Poe-Mangum automo-
bile agency. 1t viii be a self
service restaurant. The main
dining room win occupy what
was the two front rooms of the
residence. A private dining
room seating about 100 viii be
available for banquets and din
ners.
The restaurant wiil be operat-
ed by the following four part
ners: Miltos Tassos, who bought
the building from j. E. Merritt
and had it remodeled; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ella Filshin, Russian refu-
gees who have lived here about
a year, and Steve Stefano from
Jacksonville, n. c., who was
graduated from the. University
last June and was formerly
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-03-24
Spearman Speaks at
Columbia University

Walter SpeaTTnan Of the Uni
perzity's journalism department
recently went to New York to
speak Mt Columbia University S
annual School Press Association
conference, which was attended
BY S,4OO high school editors
from al over the nation. His
fCpic was Finding Feature
Story Material" Mr.. Spearman
ID director Of the North Caro-
lina High School Press Associa-
tion. which meets here annually.
AS editor and author of The
Literary Lantern, q gyndicated
book column, Mr.. SpeaEman also
attended the National Book
Award Dinner held at the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel by the New
York publishing firms. Gtther
Chapel Hillians at the dinner
were Lambert Davis, director of
the University Press, and Betty
Smith, the novelist.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-03-24
Don Campbell On Deans List

Bulletin from Duke Univer-
sity news bureau: Donald A.
Campbell Of Chapel Hill achieved
top honors in scholastic work
and was named to the Duke Uni
versity Deans List. A 'B'' aver
age in all academic work is a
requirement fof this honor.