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Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24
MAGNOLIA
By Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone Frederick 1891

Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Keller were his sisters, Miss
Rilla Keller and Mrs. William E..
Smith and Mr.. Smith, of State Col
lege, Pa, and Mrs. Keller's brother,
Walter H. Fravel and Mrs. Fravel,
OF WilliamspOrt, Pa, also, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Thompson and daugb-
ter, Jan, of WilliamspOrt.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Baxter, of
Elkton, Md, and Mrs. Beulah
Wright and Miss Frances Wright.
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Homer Wright on Tuesday evening.
Mr.. P. S. Collins and Mrs. Ethel
Collins, accompanies by Mrs. Cora
Wright, spent Wedne saay in Reho-
both and were guests at the Kenye
Tea Room.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mitchell and family were
Mrs. Nora Custin, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Suetter, Mrs. Minnie Alex
ander, Mrs. Benson and Mr.. and
Mrs. James McNeal, all of Whining
ton.
DR.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Elderdice re-
turned to the parsonage on Monday
from spending a part of their va
cation in Crisfield, Md They left
on Thursday to spend some time
with their children and friends in
Westminster, Maryland.
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

birthday of their daughter, Arlene.
Magnolia guests were Charles and
Kenneth Orvis, Nancy and Wayne
Hart. Ann Christensen, Patsy Stor-
ey, Wayne Galloway, Ruth Ann
Schuyler and Eleanor Lee FARRELL.
Mr., and Mrs. Walter Mcdonald
were visited on Tuesday by Mr.. An
drew Mack, Sr, and daughter, Miss
Sara Mack, Mrs. James Meyers and
son, Kenneth, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Mack, Jr., knd two children, Of
Collegeville, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Richards spent
Sunday in RehOboth and their
daughter, Phyllis Richards, spent
the weekend there.
Mrs. Camper Anderson has been
spending several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Anderson. On Sunday, the
latter's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beeler, and
family, of Williamsett, Mass, arriv-
ed to spend a week with Mr.. and
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

Dr. and Mrs. Harold McCurdy and
children of Chapel Hill, are spend
ing some time here at the Derrick
son Home.
Mrs. Bertha ItOgeTs, Mrs. Perry
Brown, Miss Emma Wagner and
brother left on Monday morning
for trip in Florida.
Mrs. Mabel Rogers has returned
to her home for a few weeks. She
has been visiting relatives in Cald-
we'll, N. ].
Miss Arlene GOurley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gourley, cele-
brated her ninth birthday on Sat.
urday, by entertaining a number of
guests. Those present were Janet
Lawton of Dover. Patsy Storey,
Ruth Ann Schuler and Ann Chris
tiansen, Nancy and Wayne Hart,
Wayne Galloway, Charles and Ken
meth Orvis Of Magnolia and Patsy,
Sandy and Gail Palmer. Bobby
Webb, Curtis Webb, Mary Ellen
Faulkner. and Barbara Jean Will
CUTS:
Friends are very glad Rev. Roy
Jones' wife is able to be home.
The donkey baseball game held
last Wednesday night was a great
success. The attendan was
around 500 with plenty of laughs
for both young and old The fire
company wishes to thank all who
supported with this affair.
Early Friday evening, Mrs. Myr-
tie GDnsell, age IS. of Delmar, was
killed by an automobile driven by
Mrs. Elsie Bowie of Dover. Mrs.
GOnsell with her husband, John,
had parked their car alongside the
highway, and she was crossing the
highway, going to ScOtt's roadside
market near town, when struck by
the car. She was carried to Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Con
sell was pronounced dead.
At the directors meeting of the
Lions Club last week, was decided
to hold Ladies Night early in Sep
tember. The place selected was
Savage Inn. at Bowers.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Powell had
relatives from New Jersey over the
weekend.
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

Mrs. May Gilmore, of Philadel-
phia, has been visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles R. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Buckle and
son, Eugene, of Ridgely, Md, were
Sunday guests of her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Knight. also
their children, Mr.. and Mrs. Ferris
Wright and son, Dickie, of Little
Creek and Mrs. James M. Satter-
held, and son, James, of Dover.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Austin were Mr.. and Mrs.
George G. Austin, of Philadelphia.
Wednesday, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Shockley, of Trappe, Md, spent the
day with the Austins.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Orvi3 spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Orvis at the latter's cottage
at Kits Hummock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gourley, of
Frederick, entertained on Saturday
at their home celebrating the ninth
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

Mrs. Mae Handsberry of Norris
Plains, N. j., has been spending
several weeks with her sister-in-
law and brOther-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Handsberry.
Miss Elizabeth Jane Gerow is
visiting college friend in Green
wich, Conn.
Mr.. Bob Belts, Sr., is a patient
at the Milford Hospital.
Miss Shirley Sipple had a tonsil
operation at the Milford Hospital
on Monday.
Miss Phyllis Clark was an over
night guest of Miss Carolyn Warn
er.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hart and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Clark of Homestead Farm,
were Mrs. Bessie Hart, of Magnolia,
Mrs. Lola Anderson and son, and
Carol Lee Anderson of Wilmington,
Miss Marion Masten of Penns-
grove, N. j., and Mrs. Charles Gov
erdale. Miss Mary Schonberger and
Mrs. Nina Coverdale of Crumlyne,
Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24
FREDERICK
By Mrs. HOey Gross
Phone Frederica 1851

Master Edward Clark of Wilm-
ington, recently spent several days
With his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Robbins.
Miss Joan Bounds, of Dover,
spent Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Sh0ckley.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Frampton
and children of fredericksburg, call
ed on Mrs. Edith B. Melvin and
Miss Mary Melvin, Thursday eve
ming. Miss Mary Melvin of Wilm-
ingtOn, has been spending a few
days with her mother, Mrs. Edith
B. Melvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Armour of
Easton, spent Thursday with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Arm
our
Miss Marie Galloway Of Lewes,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs James Galloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Morris
and son, Paul, Of near Wilmington,
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. G. Hoey Gross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Reed and
son of Cheswold, Misses Emily and
Nellie Marker, Of Dover, were din
ner guests Of Mr.. Roland Knots
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Marker on
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Rogers, Jr.,
are the parents of a son. The infant
has been named Perry Wilson.
Mrs. Lester L. Carlisle, Sr., has
returned from a visit to Boston,
Mass, with her son and daughter
in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs, L. L. Carlisle,
Jr., and their small son.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lohan of
Philadelphia, spent several days
last week with Mr.. Thomas H. Lo-
han and Mrs. Anna Dendler.
Mrs. L. d. Morrow of FELTON,,
visited her husband at McQueen's
Nursing Home, Saturday. Mrs. Sal
lie Smith was a dinner guest of the
McQueen's on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

Mrs. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herschel Galloway
visited her sister, Miss Marjorie
Starr, at Ocean City, MdA on Satur-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Frese and
children, Marilyn and Lorna, ac-
companied by Mrs. Frese's mother,
Mrs. BERTHE Pritchett, Of Henderson,
Md, and Nancy Hart, spent Sunday
at Riverview.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. McIlvaine ac-
companied by their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Frazier and sons
Jerry and Jimmy were also River
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

Silver Streak beauty. It's a 10Y to
drive-sO effOrtless, so smooth. so
quick and eager.
Best of all, the pleasure you get from
your new Pontiac is something you
can enjoy for long, long time be-
cause Pontiac is built to give you
years and years of pleasure.
Why not make this a GREAT day for
yourself. Come on in and buy new
POntiac-a truly great car!
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24
WOOd-Headed Charactern

Wooden-headed characters Just
can't help it. They were born that
way. Il stubborn streak may be ap-
parent in child by the time he is
II months old. If his parents do
nothing to mold his personality into
softer, more agreeable lines, he is
usually stuck with this unpleasant
trait for life.
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

THIS is the perfect day to do
4 something very nice for yourself.
Stop in and SeehOw very easy it is for
you to become the owner of a great
new Pontiac. It's easy because Pontiac
is so remarkably low in price-and
because we want to work out a good
deal for you.
And what a wonderful feeling it is TO
own and drive POntiaC!It'S pleas
ure just to be seen in this distinctive
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

view visitors.
Mrs. Kathryn Knight returned
with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Knight to their
home in Wilmington on Monday
night where she will make an in-
definite visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Virdin and
Freddie, spent Sunday in River
view.
Milford chronicle., 1951-08-24

Land plants, amphibians and rep
tiles came into existence in the lat
ter part of the PaleOzoic era OF
geology.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Name Negro
Surgeon For
Pakistan Tour

CHICAGO, Sept. s.-Dr. Uly-
esses Grant Daley, Negro ply
stefan and surgeon, has been Sc,
lected to tour Pakistan for three
months, according to a State De-
partment announcement.
Planning to leave Oct. 1, DR..
Daley will give lectures and hold
ing clinics for the surgical profess
sion and medical students there.
He will concentrate his activities
in Western Pakistan at Karachi
and Lahoe; and in eastern Pakis-
tan at Dacca. Members of tx
Daley family will not accompany
him on the trip.
DR.. Daley, formerly chief, of
the surgical department at Prov
ident hospital and now consultant,
is assistant editor of the Journal
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Daughters OF Isis
Hold Annual Meet

NEW YORK-(ANP)-Th I'M
perial Court, Daughters of Isis,
auxiliary to the Ancient Egyptian
Arabic Order Mobiles of the Mys-
tic Shrine, last week opened its
4Cth annual session of the Imperial
Court in New York.
Mrs. Edith Spurlock Sampson,
United Nations delegates, was the
principal speaker at public meet
ing at Abysinnia Baptist church.
The Arabic Court of Chicago
sponsored an Egyptian robes a.
gainst background of Oriental
splendor.
First idea for an auxiliary to
the Imperial Council A. E. A. O.
n. M. S. came after reorganiza-
ton of the Imperial Council in
1891. The first printed record of
an auxiliary body was made in
1907. Authorization for courts of
the Daughters of Isis in each
Oasis (city) came later that year.
In 1909, the Imperial Council
was asked to establish the exist
ing courts into an imperial or ma
tional body. The present body
came into being in 1910.
Mrs. Ercelle Harmon Moore,
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
j. S. Jury Indiets Texas Police Chief
3 Officers AS Negro Dies From Beating

BEAUMONT, Tex. Sept. H.
A U. S. Grand Jury here Tuesday
indicted the Chief of Police of Or
ange, the assistant chief of police,
and two policemen for the brutal
beating of a Negro prisoner and
depriving him of his constitutional
rights.
The Indictment charged that the
four officers deprived Levi Dor
sey, 27-year-old Louisiana Ne
gro, of his constitutional rights
while he was confined in the Or
ange, Tex, city Jail last February
on a charge of burglary. The in
dictment also charges that while
acting under the color of the law
the four officers arrested and took
into custody Levi Dorsey, and will
fully without cause, with a pistol,
fists, clubs, leather strap, rubber
hose. and weapons unknown to the
Grand Jury. did beat, assault and
abuse Lew Dorsey and expose HIM
to severely cold weather, and re-
fused and caused to be refused
to him proper medical care and
treatment.
On second count the Indictment
also charged the four officers with
conspiracy to violate Dorsey's con-
stitutional rights.
The action of the grand jury
came after an intensive F. r. I.
investigation of the case ordered
hv the U. S. Department of JUS
tice.
u. S. District Attorney Warren
Moore said warrants had been is
sued for the four officers and
they had agreed to surrender to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Jury Deadlocked In Meridian Confession Trial
Methodist Leaders
Rap Segregation
In The Church

Waveland, Miss.-Approximate-
ly $50 Methodist leaders, coming
from the states of louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Texas, met here last
week in two-day session, in
what was called 1.-THE New Orleans
Area Leadership Retreat" The
meeting was called by Bishop
Robert n. Brooks, Resident Bishop
of the New ORLEANS Area, The
Methodist Church, Central Juris-
diction, and met at the spacious
Outside Assembly grounds, here.
The body was composed of the
Delegates and Reserve Delegates,
to the General and Jurisdictional
Conferences of The Methodist
Church, which are scheduled to
meet in 1852 at San Francisco,
Calf, and Philadelphia, Pa. 9th
ers attending were the College
Presidents of the Area, all of the
27 district superintendent, and
leading pastors and laymen of the
Area.
Rev. C. H. Dubra, Gulfport,
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15

BEAUMONT, Miss, Sept. 10
Rev. S. L. Fox widely known South
Mississippi Baptist Minister was
buried here last week. The 72-
year-old minister was victim of
Lukemia. His death came after a
brief confinement to his home.
Rev. Fox was formerly pastor of
churches in Laurel, Mississippi and
other points in the state and at his
death was pastor of the ST. Peters
Baptist Church of Mobile, Ala
bama, and Cedar Grove Baptist
Church of Prichard, Ala.
The survivors include his wife
and four children, and number of
grand and great grandchildren.
The surviving children are: Mrs.
Jessie Kelly Cook, Laurel, Miss. !;
Mrs. Ellen Harvey, Beaumont,
Miss; Mrs. Ada Williams, Chicago,
and Mrs. Tency Valentine, Chicago,
Ill
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
U. S., Ethiopia
Sign Coop Pact

WASHINGTON-The State De-
partment announced Friday that a
treaty of amity and economic re-
lations between the United States
and Ethiopia was signed in Adds
Ababa.
This is the second treaty be-
tween the two governments deal
ing chiefly with general economic
relations. The first was signed in
1914.
The treaty, signed for the United
States by Ambassador ]. Riyes
ChiAis, must be ratified by both
Governments before becoming eff
fective.
The new treaty covers provisions
relating to basic personal freedom,
guarantees for property rights,
rights to engage in business, tax
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Mississippi Sends Record Delegation
To National Baptist Convention
Gov. Johnson hurry And DR.. Mordecia
Johnson Tops List Prominent Speakers
Sermon By Meridian
Minister Stirs
Convention

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept.
10 = (DSN) - Mississippi sent
a record breaking delegation to the
list annual session Of the National
Baptist Convention held in the
Municipal Auditorium here last
week. Rev. H. H. Hume, President
of the Mississippi Baptist State
Convention headed a delegation of
500 who arrived by special train,
while other hundreds came by auto
mobile and other forms of trans
portation.
The convention opened Wednes-
day morning with stirring address
by Governor of Oklahoma whose
address followed closely the pre-
convention statement of DR.. d. B.
Jemison, President of the National
Baptist Convention who said, "The
Christian family is more together
in its endeavor to do Christian work
than ever before.
DIR. Modecia Johnson. President
of Howard University, Washington
d. c. topping list of nationally
known speakers following Gov.
Johnson delivered a widely acclaim
ed address to the convention Fri
day night.
Among the nationally prominent
Baptist leaders who attended the
convention were: DR.. A. NJ Town
send. Secretary, Sunday School
Publishing Board, Vice President
Joseph H. Jackson, Pastor, Olivet
Baptist Church, Chicago; Miss
Mamie Burroughs, of Washington,
D. c. President Women's Auxiliary,
DR.. L. A. Bowman, of Nashville.
Tennessee, Treasurer, Sunday
School Publishing Board; Mrs.
Mauden Seward, Recording Secre-
tary, Women Convention, Rev.
Gardner Taylor. Brooklyn, N. Y;
DR.. Marshall Shepherd, Recorder
of Deeds. Washington, D, c.; Rev.
r. c. Wallace Director, Depart
ment of Religious Education; DIR.
w. H. Borders, Atlanta, Ga.
The annual distinguished service
award distinguished service award
was presented 70 w. L. Davis of
Houston, Texas as the outstanding
lavnaen of the wear
Rev. B. Washington Coats of
Meridian, Mississippi, is credited
with having preached the most
powerful and moving sermon heard
by the convention.
Included in the list of outstand-
ing Mississippi Baptist attending
the convention were: J. g. McLen-
don. of Jackson, President. Nation
al Baptist Laymen; Rev. p E. Lott,
of Jackson, 4th Vice-President, Ma
tional Baptist Convention: Mrs. A.
d. MCGOWAN, of Edwards, Presi-
dent of the Women's. Convention,
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Plea OF Negro
Preacher Saves
Georgia Sheriff

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - In
spite of the fact that sufficient evil
dence was produced before the in
vestigating subcommittee of the
senate committee on labor and pub
lie welfare to prove that the Negro
citizens of Dublin, Ca, shudder
under constant lash of fear from
the whip Of white supremacy WELD
ed by Sheriff Carols Cav, of Lau-
rens county, one of the Negro
leaders of that community, the
Rev. A. d. Brewster, asked the
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Rape Suspect Held
Without Bond

ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. 8.-(Spe-
ciaD-A white rape suspect-who
Wednesday was arrested on sus-
picion of rape of a 21-year-old
Negro woman-was bound over to
the Fulton County Grand Jury
Thursday afternoon, according to
Detective NJ. w. Blackwell.
Blackwell said Charles E. Brown,
35, 1872 Park Street, S.W., was
bound over to the grand jury with
out bond after a hearing on Thurs
day afternoon.
Brown allegedly lured the 81
year-old woman to his home to do
house work, but criminally as
saulted her once they were inside.
Police said they found the knife
he repeatedly used to force the
woman into submission.
The victim of the criminal as
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Lewis Funeral
Rites Held AT
jackson College

Funeral rites were held in Dams
by Hall at Jackson College at
1890 last Thursday morning for
Charles w. Lewis, administrative
service manager of the college.
who was killed in a railroad cross
ing accident here last Tuesday
morning.
Rev. A. L. Rice, the college
chaplain, presided over the cere-
monies which included prayer by
Rev. D. M. Ray, pastor OF Central
Continued on Page FOUR
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
CHICAGO lawyer OUTLINES
6-POINT PROGRAM FOR COP
TO REGAIN NEGRO VOTE
Assa;l Alliance OF COP With Dixiecrats

CHICAGO, Sept. "a Negro
attorney took an opposite view of
that of leading Republicans when
be said that the Republican party
will have to reform itself in order
to attract colored voters.
Attorney William A. Booker,
veteran Republican politician and
protege of the late Oscar DePriest,
in a letter sent to the Republican
National Committee here said the
time is ripe for the COP to recti-
fly its mistakes insofar as Negro
voters are concerned.
Atty. Booker said that the Re-
publican party must disavow any
of the proposals offered by Sen.
Karl E. Mundt (R., S. d. for an
unholy "wedlock" of Republicans
and Dixiecrats.
His ideas differed radically from
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
RACE PREJUDICE NATIONS
GREATEST EVIL ELkS TOLD

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. s.
Racial prejudice was cited as the
nations greatest social problem"
by DR.. Ralph Bunche, Noble Peace
prize winner and director Of the
United Nations Trusteeship Divi-
sion last Monday as he urged col
ored people to continue unrelenting
fight for full equality under AM
erican democracy.
DR.. Bunche spoke in Technical
High School Auditorium where he
received the Lovejoy Medal for
Outstanding contributions to hui
man progress" during Civil Liber-
ties Day of the fifty-second annual
convention of the Improved Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks
of the World.
The medal is given annually by
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
EIks Exalted
Rulers Council
Meets Sunday

The Exalted Rulers Council Of
the Mississippi State Association
of Ell1s ,hald meeting here Sun
Gay which was attended by men,
bers and visitors from Elks Lodges
throughout the state.
The meeting was called to out
line plans for the future develop
ment of the council, and to out
line a program to increase the
number Of Elks Lodges and men,
bership in the state.
The meeting was presided over
by Bill Henry Beck of Biloxi who
was elected president of the Coun-
ell at the recent state convention.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Engineers End
23rd Convention
Pledge Aid TO
Tech Students

NEW YORK = (Global) = The
National Technical Association
(NTA) closed its 23rd annual con-
vention here Sunday morning af-
ter approving a number of recon-
mendations calling for greatly
expanded program, re-electing a
majority of its officers, and Sc
Letting Washington, d. c., as its
convention city for 1852.
The membership of the MIA is
made up of Engineers, Chemists,
Architects, and representative of
practically every other field of
science. 1t has IA local chapters
from Coast to Coast, and has one
woman member, Miss Hildredth
Griffin, a Metallurgist at Sperry
Gyroscope Corporation.
The Convention opened Friday
morning, August 81, at the Hotel
Theresa with the formal welcome
by Arthur C. Ford, Chairman of
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Extension Asked
In Cicero Probe

CHICAGO, Sept. 10. = Cook
County States Attorney John S
Boyle asked Chief Justice Frank
M. Padden of criminal court to
extend the special grand jury in
vestigating the Cicero riots another
80 days.
The request was the first made
under a new state law permitting
jury extension upon approval Of
the court.
The jury, sworn in last month,
has only few more witnesses to
hear before making it's recommends
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15
Mistrial Ordered For Last OF a Negro
Youth Who Charged Forced Confession
OF Murder u Meridian Grocery Man
Sensation Is Created When Convicted
Youth Refused to Testify Against
His Companion In Court Monday
NEW TRIAL SET FOR FEBRUARY

MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept. s.
(DSN)-A jury which deadlocked
with ten for conviction and two for
verdict of not guilty, caused
Circuit Judge Jesse H. Graham to
order a mis-trial here last Mon
day in the case of Ernest Woodson,
the last of four Negro youth,
charged with the murder of C. w.
Mcdonald, a white Meridian gro
ceryman.
Each Of the four Negro youths
charged that they were brutally
beaten, threatened and forced to
sign confessions that they killed
the grocery man.
Three of the youths have been
tried and convicted in connection
with the case.
James Roy, Jr., a veterSn of
World War II, and a reservist, ar
rested after he had returned to
the army, was tried and sentenced
to death in the electric chair. Ex-
hibiting the scars from the beat.
ing he had been given to force
the confession, the testimony of
his own mother as to the origin
and existence of the sears was
disputed by a white doctor.
Roosevelt Young and Bryant
Moody were convicted and given
life sentences.
A sensation was created in the
rial when Moody who had imph-
Gated -Noodson in his confession
and previous testimony refused to
testify against him in court Mon
day, thus forcing the state to rest
its case against Woodson on the
alleged confession.
After ordering a mis-trial in
the case Judge Graham set a new
trial for the February term of the
Lauderdale County Circuit Court.