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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27
No Sign OF Progress

According to an announcement made during the
past few days group of Negro leaders, and Presidents
OF Negro colleges of the state have together for the
purpose of organizing and promoting Negro fair to be
held at the State Fair Ground here next October for
three days following the Mississippi State Fair which
has come to be known the white fair because of an
error of judgment in the important matter of re-
latons some years ago which made the Negro citizens
OF the state understand and feel that they not
welcome to attend the State fair all other citizens
of the state.
There are Negro as we'll as White Citizens in Jack
son and IN the state who remember the time in the
not to distant past when year after year. Negro and
White People of the state went in and enjoyed together
and were benefited together by the program and pur-
pose of the state fair it being evident that the Mssis
sipp State Fair has been held under blight since
the day that error in judgement the important
matter OF race relations IN the state douby i'm
porant lead to the socaed Negro Day at the fair when
all but the last and least of the exhibits and trappngs
of the fair had been moved away and put out the un
welcome sign to the Negro Citizens of the state.
Unlike some 20 or more years ago when the policy
was instituted barring making Negro citizens un-
welcome at the fair the year 1854 the events of 1854
and future events as they begin to take shape de-
handing that the White People and Negro People of the
state be brought closer together rather than be pushed
further apart
In the main Fair is progress exhibition and there
is nothing in the makeup of the fair which says de-
mands that what is exhibited at the fair as sign of
progress and achievement be only that of material
complishments.
To those who afraid of the social implications
of times point again to the late famed Tuskegee
Institute who in regard to the social implications in race
relations in of his greatest speeches said I'm all
things that purely social be separate the
fingers but in all things that affect mutual progress
and development, can be together the hand
Since all good Southeners adhere to the philosophy
of Booker T. Washington it is hard to anything in
Fair Exhibition but that which will contribute to the
mutual progress of Negro and White People of the state
Before reaching conclusion it might be well to
point out here what lot of people to overlook
and that is the matter Of Negro Citizens Pride the
existence of which in growing amounts, might make
a three day Negro fair following the White fair, so
lacking in attraction to Negroes that there attendance
might not Justify the money spent in the promotion
Neither in the important matter of relations
in the matter of mutual progress of the Negro and
White People of the state is their any sign of progress
in the plan for Negro State Fair.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27
White And
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\ooheiiuSu from rage One
Tuskegee Institute, Ala; Leon w
Bonner, Alabama A. & M. College
Normal, Ala; S. A. Haley, Arkan-
sas A. M. & N. College, Pine Bluff
Ark; Jones E. Jeffries, Delaware
State College, Dover, Del; DR.. c.
+. Walker, Florida A. & M. Uni
versity, Tallahassee, Fla; DR.. c. E.
Ellison, Fort Valley, Ga; P. J,
Manley, Kentucky State College
Frankfort, Ky; J. W. Fisher, Sou
thern University, Baton Rouge
La; A. W. Shute, Maryland State
College, Princess Anne, Md; S. P.
Jones, Alcorn A. & M. College
Alcorn, Miss; DR.. VIM. E. Reed, A.
& T. College, Greensboro, N. c.;
Frank j. Gordon, Central State
College, WHEREFORE, Ohio; G. L.
Smith, Prairie View A. & M. Col
lege, Prairie View, Texas; DR.. J. L.
Lockett, Virginia State College
Petersburg, Va; Warren B. Bur
rington, Hampton Institute, Hamp-
ton, Va; Madison Broadnax, West
Virginia State College, Institute,
w. Va.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27
Electrically
Yours

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)-Lew
Douglas, the man who plays those
fine arrangements behind Joni
James hit platters, now has a hit
of his own with his orchestra. It's
called: Turn Around Boy" and it's
cute and catchy, already among the
nations top twenty-five Big
John Greer's new release on the
Groove label is called Bottle It
Up and Go" backed with you'll
Never Be Mine" Basin Street
Cafe West 51st off Broadway
has reopened with a sizzling jazz
revue featuring Buke Clayton,
Sylvia Sims, Don Abney and drum
norman Crawford. Louis Arm
strong and his band are set to in
rade the spot next.
Esther Navarro and Vern Stew
ons form an interracial team of
booking agents that are really do
ing a fine job Eartha Kilt
now starring in the new movie
"New Faces" which opened last
week end at the Roxy Theatre in
New York :. Billy Eckstine to
London Palladium in April. Right
now. though, he's travelling through
the Midwest with a package which
includes Ruth Brown.
Roy Hamilton is the latest singer
to hit the jackpot Hal Jack
son, veteran disk jockey. has a new
radio show over WLIB here in
New York, and is one of our favor
ties Sarah Vaughn is really
wowing patrons out at the Tiffany
in Hollywood, we hear Joe
Sykes, the handsome baritone; is
all set fora nationwide tour
Jazz fans who want a tremendously
interesting album for their COL
lection, will enjoy the new MGM
Bobby Byrne-Kai Winding L. P.
Bobby trumpets the old Dixie beat
with the Cal aggregation following
in the old Birdland fashion.
The Dell-Tones, a vocal group
composed of four girls, is what
we'd call sensational. You'll be
hearing more about them. We
haven't had a female group to
match them since the Peters Sis
tiers The Mills Brothers are
still going strong Lucky Mil
Under and his ork opened last week
at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom for
thre-week period.
Beautiful Betty Madigan's plat
tiers are really hitting Ditto
Shirley Hammer. She's the lovely
Canadian thrush.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

NASHVILLE - Tennessee State
University's Olympic cinderball,,
Jamaica born Cynthia Thompson
will run again for her native land.
Fleet-footed Tigerbelle Thompson,
a junior with biology major will
don Jamaica's maroon and white
to compete in the Caribbean and
Central American games in Mexi-
CO City March 16 to 20.
The fleet-footed lass from Half
way Tree B. w. l. is member
of Tennessee States crack relay
team that stormed Washington,
D. C. Evening Star games to whiz
off with the first place, January
23.
Miss Thompson represented ia
maica in the 1948 Olympic games
and twice in the Central Ameri-
can Games. At 81 years old, Miss
Thompson will try for a third time
to duplicate her 1916 fete of cap
turing the 1OO-meter race. Along
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

When Jesus come to Judge the
world there will be no more lies to
tell the Saints will all go marching
to Heaven and the sinners 90
down to hell.
The downward road starts at
the church door, with the churches
tonning their bells. Hypocrites
forming line to march on that
downward road to hell.
Won't that be an awful day for
them when Jesus come to separate
his lambs and lead his saints to
that eternal rest and the hyp-
ocrites' souls are damned.
That awful day is down the
hill, and that appointed hour is in
sight. God is tired of all of these
hypocrites in his house, raising
hell and starting fights.
This is 1854 Gods house, it,
needs a cleaning out, the hypo-
critics are playing a part in Gods
house and the power of our Lord
will put them all out.
We have got to be loving in
Gods house to encourage love to
come in. Long as we are separated
ourselves, nothing but hypocrites
comes in.
We have got to deny ourselves
and clean out Gods house today,
stop our pay day revivals at once
because the hypocrites must not
stay.
Gods Holy Word says separate
don't mix for money as well, the
love of money is the root of all
evil. And all evil is doom to hell.
Read and think, Makeup today.
God has an all seeing eye stop
claiming you are a child of God
when you, are just a-Bastard tell
ing a lie.
The tenth generation of a pas
tor shall not stand in the congrega-
ton of the Lord so wake up church
Bastards you are in an awful bog.
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spinach at Scott, north of Green
vile, on the Delta and Pine Land
Company Plantation. They were
on their way home at the time.
The officers gave this version of
the accident:
An automobile driven by John B.
Franklin, a white man, was going
south as was the truck carrying
the group. Franklin attempted to
make a left turn. In order to avoid
hitting the automobile, the driver
of the truck, Lois Matthews of
Mayersville, swerved. The ton and
a half 1916 Ford truck left the
shoulder and turned over.
Highway patrolman William
Logan stated that the group were
from five South Delta towns:
Grace, Mayesville, Rolling Fork,
Egremont, and Cary.
None of those who were taken
to the hospital in four Greenville
ambulances were believed to be in
serious condition. Several were
kept under observation Tuesday
night for observation and X-rays.
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veyance on street corner. He said
he walked up behind her and frigh-
tened her.
When she saw a pistol in his
hand, he said she screamed and
lunged for him. In the melee which
ensued, the gun went off and Miss
MCGEE was wounded in the abdo-
men, according to the boys story.
She was found lying on the
pavement critically wounded and
taken to local hospital where she
died about As minutes later.
Detectives were baffled over the
shooting for some time. The only
clue they had were statements of
two residents of the area, who said
they saw a "short man" hurrying
away from the death scene who
told them that a girl had been shot
and needed help.
The clue which broke the case
last week about Is days after the
shooting when .32 caliher pistol
was reported stolen and a member
of the faculty at the Baptist school
said he had taken q pistol of that
caliber from a young man. The
teacher said further he thought the
man was pupil at a Catholic
school for negroes.
Detectives hurried to the school
and picked up Armstead for ques-
tioning. After time, the youth
took detectives to the pistol, believ-
ed to be the death weapon, which
he had hidden under a porch of a
house.
The prosecuting attorney has a
problem on his hand in presenting
his case against Armstead. The
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

honoring former President Truman
and Gov Adlai Stevenson during
which it was brought out that UNI
less the Negro Democrats in the
south got greater encouragement
from the Leaders of the Democratic
Party in the south, upon the de-
velopment of a two party system
which now appears certain the
Democratic Party will loose the
strength that it can have from
the Negro Democrats in the south.
The Annual Jefferson-Jackson
Dinner will follow a meeting of
the organization, starting at two
o'colck Friday afternoon at Central
Methodist Church. All persons
interested are urged to write Percy
Greene, President and Executive
Director, Mississippi Association of
Negro Democrat Clubs.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27
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Continued from Page One)

Association for the Advancement
of Colored People in letters signed
by Mrs. Cora M. Patton, president
and Willoughby Abner, Chairman
of the Executive Committee.
The letters to President Eisen-
hover pointed out that "rights
of Negro American citizens are
being violated as tenants and
prospective tenants of housing
projects owned. by the United
States Government" and asked
his Intervention to the end that
these violations cease and that
the rights of the Negroes involved
or who might become involved be
protected and extended"
The letter specifically referred
to the Trumbull Park Homes and
Lathrop Homes projects operated
by the Chicago Housing Authority
but owned by the U. S. Government
and stated that the rights violated
were two-fold First. is the right
of Illinois citizens not to be denied
tenancy in any public housing
project because Of race (this is
a requirement of the statutes of
the State of Illinois), Secondly,
their right to protection of person
and property from acts of VOL
ence."
President Eisenhower was furth-
er informed that in spite of the
announced non segregation policy
of the CHA not single Negro
been admitted to the Lathrop
Homes Project and that in ad-
dition to the six Negro families
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

The meeting had as it's theme,
Tensions Everywhere, But Christ,
for their Removal" Strietelmeier
concluded:
"The Christian faith labels every
form of racial prejudice sin. And
reason refutes every argument that
has ever been made for the no.
ton of racial superiority"
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ton.
When asked about the speaker
for the Dinner, Greene, who is not
only President and Executive Di-
rector of the Organization, but also
its founder said that he will be
the main speaker at the Dinner.
He said that the subject of his
speech will be, The Negro Demo-
Gratis of Mississippi "A Challenge
to the White Party Leaders of the
State. He said that he was prompt
ed toward such a subject as a re-
suit of conference with Congress
man William L. Dawson, Vice
Chairman of the National Demo-
cratic Committee, at the 500 a
plate Dinner in Chicago in October
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

now living in the Trumbull Park
Homes project, other Negro fami-
lies who are eligible and have top
priority should be living there and
except for their race would be
tenants there. 1t was added that
the Negro tenants in Trumbull
Park are not receiving adquate
protection of either their person
or property.
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zeta's 80.

Continued from Page One)
Hazel T. Jones, Pauline Jordan,
Jorelean baltimore, Ruth Marie
Leonard, Sue M. Lewis, Esther D.
Lindsey, Fannye N. Luckett, Helen
C. Norman, Mattye M. Marshall
Emma Palmer, Julia S. Polk
Frenchie Porter, Omie Lee Rich
ardson, Ruth Sanders, Mable R.
Sims, Nollye Y. Sims, Mary Ella
Singleton, Pearl R. Tate, Eva Y
Woodward, Sadie Williams, Can
dace A. Williams, Johnnie P.
Young.
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Religious
Continued from Page One)

TCUIIIIIIUtU HUH L dBT VIECI
cordia Teachers College in River
Forest, Ill. He continued:
at is even sadder when church
es and schools, having seen what
the secular institutions have &C.
complished only shake their col
lective heads and complains
Were not ready for that yet"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

law provides that anyone under
12-years old is not responsible for
his actions and that anyone over
IA is responsible. Armstead, at 13,
falls between.
The prosecution will have to
prove that Armstead knows right
from wrong before conviction can
be gained. Whether or not the boy
will be tried in court or be turned
over to the Juvenile court also
will have to he decided.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27
The Music
Lovers Corner

Music Lovers who have exam
ined the evolution of the Male
Quartette in America have come
upon startling revelations. Among
them is the discovery that this
| type of Vocal Ensemble has sought
expression in almost every level
of Musical thought from the less
er Doxologies of DR.. Isaac Watts
| (1647-1748), to the hammering
quarter-tones of John Cage. At
the time of World War |, when es-
tranged hearts were confronted
by various Quartettes to the tunes
of "Pm always thinking of you
Margie" and "My Buddy" it was
generally thought that Quartette
singing was approaching the ideal.
! Perhaps it was. Who would risk
saying it was not, since most Quar-
tette fans of that day were prob
ably in that comatose state where
they felt that these sugary impro-
visations were the finest things
they had ever heard?
But Jacksonians who attended
the Concert given by the Karamu
Quartette at Campbell College last
Thursday night witnessed some
thing startlingly elegent in the
history of Quartette singing. In
stead of beginning their Concert
with the faded lullabies of Stephen
Foster or the age-old spirituals,
often overdone in sacred jazz, the
Karamu Quartette opened with
Handel'S "Your Voices Raise" This
excellent bit of archaic polyphony
sounded strangely refreshing and
rich under the vocal skill of the
four Karamus. Their skill no less
matched their zeal in the expert
handling of the Beethoven Halle
lujah" from the Mount of Olives.
Particularly startling was the latter
to those pedagogues who had main
tanned that an effective perform
ance of the Beethoven Hallelujah
would require a Wagnerian chorus
! of 200 accompanied by symphonic
orchestra and the great organ with
full stops. Also outstanding in the
/ first section of the Concert was a
delightful arrangement of Last
Uns Erfreuen" (Ye Watchers and
Ye Holy Ones-No. 6 in the Meth
odist hymnal) sung in effective
antiphon.
The second section Of the con-
cert included songs by Gershwin,
Speaks, De Rose, and Leoni. Final
ly, there were some creditable
arrangements of Negro Spirituals
which, Judging from the intermit-
tent "A-mens" and "Sing boys
calculated by certain sections of
the balcony audience, were evil
IDENTIFY a welcome addition to the
program.
Vocally, the Ouartette was we'll
equipped for the heavier choral
music. Their voices are amply
ranged and h ave considerable So
lidity and carrying power, with
especial solidity and warmth in
the higher tones. One left the Con-
cert with the feeling that the Male
Quartette in America is making
great strides - we'll, relatively So
anyway. But there are still Com
rosers like Mr.. Charles Ives, of
the radically arranged "Shall we
gather at the River" Ives, whose
musical stew is still waiting to be
devoured by Progressive Ensem-
Bile Artists like the Karamus.
Vincent White,
P. o. Box 1858,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

Helen Hottie Of New York City Mommy hsw =
Wheel Salad with Maine Sardine Chdren Ieve
dishes with the decorative little silver hsA.
your family becoming little bored Ash meals!
Well them let the children their salad lunches such
the Maine ardine Wagon Wheel shown here You'll nnd that
their appes increase when they're allowed create their
Dishes with just hint two to get them started This quick
salad with both and appetite appeal Cut lettuce head
croswe in Inch thickness Roll the edges Of all the slices in
paprka Place slice each salad plate Arrange whole
dimes Of slices in spokelike pattern Garnish with p
ento in center. Serve with French dressing.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27
U P
A n D
D 0 W n
F A R H
S 7 R EET
By PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: | was thinking the other
day again about the trial and tri-
bulations of the world while / was
in search of a likely spot in which
to indulge my fish and beer and
soon l found spot to my liking
! heard a discussion on the sub
ject amongs some of the brothers
and sisters of the tribe over in
far corner, which was surprising
to me seeing that the trials and
tribulations of the world am worry
ing Aine Haggaars Chillun, includ-
ing me, jess lack they is ever body
else. One Brother Dead bent on
the subject was tellin the folks
listen bout how the Ole Folks used
to sing Lord, keep my foots on
higher, ground, and as I listened
| remembered that l used to hear
that song myself, back in the days
when / was boy. 1t wasn't long
when the subject come up befo
the argument wot down to some
strong talk, and | newed that a
conclusion was soon coming so |
CLUES my ears on the talk so that
| wouldn't miss a thing. To my
surprise, as it amt always the case
when a bunch of Aine Haggar's
Chillun gets to talkin, the con-
conclusion was soon coming so |
Here's what is was Jess
after the brother mentioned about
how the Ole Folks used to sing,
Lord keep my foots own Higher
Ground, One of the Brothers in
the argument stoop up on his dig
nifty and said, That's how come
its so many trials and tribulations
in the world for folks to meet
these days, everybody is trying
to git where they cant been seen,
and amt nobody now willing to
stand on the Higher Ground cause
most everybody is doing so many
things that they don't want the
Lord and nobody else to see, that's
why things wasn't lack they is
now when you used to go to church
and here the folks singing &.
LORD PLANT MY FEET ON
HIGHER GROUND.
SOMETHING THAT MADE
ME- LAFF: Standing on one of my
favorite corners along the Ole
avenue | heard a wife's remarks,
Don't, bother me man, I'm going
home and cook my husbands supper
Nav, I'm too drunk to do
that I'm jess going home and mess
him up sumpfin -.
LOOK OUT FOR HIM: If you
see an old man running up to
everybody that he meets up and
down the Ole Avenue during the
next few days beating his chest
and talking about what-a-man he
is it'sll be Ebert (Sug) Topp. Up
in Chicago Tuesday his daughter
had visit from the Ole Bird, who
brought along Boy, and they
named it Ebert :. for it's grand
pa What Man 80.
DON'T U'ALL GIT MAD WITH
ME: Because DR.. VIM. A Keel, Sec
rotary of Negro Work of the Mis-
sissip Baptist Convention, up at
that great meeting at Parish st.
Baptist Church, Monday Night,
stood me up in front of all them
big folks what was there with W
alls and talked about what an
Editor l is, and what a Great
Newspaper the Jackson Advocate
is You, know how tbs,
some folks what you been raised
up wid'll show git mad with you
and say all manners of evil about
you, If somebody big give your
some praise, specially if nobody
amt even seen them trying to do
some good.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "Seeth
thou the man diligent in his bust
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-27

WEEKLY QUOTATION: "Seeth
thou the man diligent in his bust
ness. He shall stand before Kings"
The Bible.
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SOMETHING THAT MADE
Me LAFF: Standing on one of my
favorite corners along the Ole
avenue | heard a wife's remarks,
Don't, bother me man, Pm going
home and cook my husbands supper
49,. Nav, Pm too drunk to do
that Pm jess going home and mess
him up sumpfin -.
Evening star., 1954-11-15
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