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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-08
James River OES
Officers Named

The following officers we're In
stalled at Seottsylile at the meet
ing Of the James River Chapter
OES No. 122 Mrs Emma Lou
Thacker was the retiring Worthy
Matron Installed were Mrs r.
E. Baber. worthy matron, Tom
Allison, worthy patron. Mrs
David Glass. associate matron.
Jack Duncan. associate patron.
Mrs Henry ON ehandre secre-
tary. Mrs. Joe Wilson. treasurer
Mrs. Homer Thacker. conduct
ress. Mrs. Frances Cook enour.
associate conductress Mrs Holly
Simpson chaplain. Mrs, B4el
Garden, marshall Miss Joyce
Mason. organist Mrs. Tom Good
man. Ruth. Mrs J w Castial
Adah. Mrs Ruth Browning. Est
her; Miss Rosa Gibbs Mrs Their
esa. CLAIR elector: Mrs " z.
Needy warden Mrs Jack Dun
can, sentinel, Mrs Frances Stall
ey and Mrs. Florence Pugh. pages
Past Worthy Mauon. Emma
Lou Thacker. was given the hoDar
Of representing North Dakota at
the Grand Chapter Guests pre-
sent Monday night were Mrs. Ina
wilson district deputy Instructor
Of Fork Union, also Elise Ryalls.
Cecilia Ryalls. Helen Douglas
Sally Cellers from Fork Union
chapter OES. Helen Townsend.
Adele Thacker Elizabeth Inack I
er. Helen Douglas AID Frances
Gibbs. ali from Queen Esther
Chapter OES. Charlottesville
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-08

Spring vacation. but he had been
here only a short while before he
decided any record of hts e.,
days from school would be rl1re
accurate II the word eYacat.1 ur
Fere deleted Since he came nc nc
ne sIaS leflt q hand 70 carrying .hs
mali. looking out for the cattle.
keeping house and even being
s1ost 70 overnight guests All OF
this while MS. CAD about parents
Here enjoying his vacation.
Here Ii what Mama and Papa
Anderson we're dong while Claude
had MS nose 10 the grinAstone
Saturday afternoon they vent v
with Helen and I'd Saxon 10 Wey-
cry Cave and spent the night With
Mr. and Mrs. Mervln Pence. sun
day morning the Fences and An
dersonS left for Lancaster. Pa. 10
be on hand for cattle sale Mon
day BY way OF refreshing their
sense 81 history they Included
Gettysburg on their trip arriving
back home Monday night
Ms and Mrs John Morgan. Jr
and Mrs. John Morgan. ST. spent
the week end with the Rev. and
Mrs Hollomau at Sparta.
Miss Beth Forbes and Mrs. Scott
accompanied the seniors on their
annual Spring trip. This time 1t
Wss Washington, d c The SEN
iors have not been heard from
but the teachers had a mighty
good time.
Mrs. Dorrier came to take over
the housekeeping the Two S
Miss Beth was sightseeing
Sandra Forbes spent the week
END WIN Nancy Pennington
Miss Louise and DICK Morgan
we're at their home here for the
week end. and Miss Billie surprised
her mother with an overnight visit
during the week.
On the way back to Mineral
Wells, Texas, after month with
relatives In Virginia 1t, Col w B
Barker and Mrs. Barker spent
Monday night. In the Thompson
home.
Ms r. c McCraw called IN the
Gillian home Sunday morning
Sign Gets Results
Designed by Nadene and execut-
ed by Fred. sign went up last
week at the lane leading to their
house proclaiming their place Is
named Dolphka and that MI
and Mrs II. F.. Flood reside there
Tile neiehbors. noSey people want
ed TO know how they came by such
an unusual home and were told
i is Bilical Besides being an at
tractive identification the sign pro
duced two notable results. II pro-
NOTED ieveriSh Bible study IN
the community and 1t guided a
houseful " guests TO the Flood
home for the week end They
we're Mad enc's parents. Mr. and
Mrs william. her brother, Frank
her grandfather, f. G Presley
all Of whom live near williamson.
West Va. and MI and Mrs. Frank
Micou and three children or Rich
mond Besides all the human
guests there we're a number Of
canine guests As each family
brought its pct Brother Frank Is
staying with the Floods for a few
week
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-08

a Sunrise Service Wiu be con-
Quoted at Lee Wayside. Bucking
ham county on Route so Easter
day at $50 m The REV Ken
meth L Barnes Presbyterian pas
tor at Buckineham VIII conduct
the service Of worship and praise
Rev Mr. Barnes invites the
public 10 share in the sunrise pro-
gram.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-08
Diliwyn Rt. |

NH and MIS- VII VI Ransom
entertained at foint b.ythda
dinner tor their oldest s0a ami
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-08

Tnn armament OF tne first q
Navq dessroyers included thr,e
gapid fire brccch loading rifles
aai gwJ or three GatlinS guns.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
SEGREGATION ISSUE bOThERS
ENGLAND AS DEBATE IS
HEARD IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Rush OF coIoniaIs To Mother Country
Brings Acute Situation In London
Attorney General Says British Justice Does
Not Hinge On The Color Of Mans Skin

LONDON, England, Jan. "a -
England's color problem" which
has captured more than its share
Of world headlines is still far from
solved.
Atty. Gen. Sir Reginald Man.
ningham Butler had to assure the
House of Commons recently that
British justice does not hinge on
the color of mans skin.
at would be deplorable," Butler
said, "if it were supposed that
the application of the law in this
country depends on the color of
persons skin"
Butler recently refused to con-
slider recent recommendation by
q judge that Negro colonials living
in Britain should be sent back
where they came from if they
broke certain laws.
The judges suggestions came as
result of case in which a Ne
gro brought house in which white
women had an apartment protect
ed by rent controls and therefore
not subject to eviction. The wom-
an complained about the behavior
of the Negroes living in the house
The judge granted her an injunc-
ton and stated she had been
bounded by colored men,"
The judge also suggested that
law might be passed to prevent
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Negro Newspapers
Drop From 202
To 1870 During
Past Year

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan.
24-From 202 year ago the num-
Der OF Negro newspapers operating
IN the United States has dropped to
l9O today, according to annual
count by the Lincoln University
(Mo.) School Of Journalism. One
is daily, four are semi-weekly,
three bi-weekly, and 1872 weekly.
The School Of Journalism compil-
alton, available free on request,
lists papers for 80 states, the Dis
trlct of Columbia and Alaska. The
list omits specialized publications
and includes only commercial news
papers.
Alabama leads the country with
10 newspapers, three less than it
had at the start Of 1854. Following
IN order are: Tennessee, with -;
California, IL; Ohio, IL; and Flor
IDA and Texas 10 each. Sixteen
states have no Negro newspapers:
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Phenix City
Negroes Ask
Use OF Park

Phenix City, Ala, Jan. 24-More
than 800 Phenix City Negroes
Tuesday asked the City Council at
Phenix City to open municipality
owned Idle Hour Park to Negroes.
The petition, signed by 377 resi-
dents, asked that Negroes be &C
corded full use and enjoyment" of
the park.
The petition said Negroes are
being denied the right of enjoy
ment and use Of public facilities
paid for with public funds and de-
signed to enrich the life of the
citizens of our community"
The City Commission which has
delayed action on repeated requests
from Negro leaders that Negroes
be furnished with a separate park,
received the petition without COM
ment.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
West African
Minister Awarded
Methodist Human
Relations Gift

SIDNEY, o., Jan. PA West
African minister, Rev. Leslie C.
Palmer, was recently awarded the
local Mems Progressive clubs an
nual human relationship award for
meritorius service in that field, it
was announced last week.
Rev. Palmer, a native of Sierra
Leone, received a citation reading:
I'm recognition of meritiorious
service in the field of human rela-
tons, we, the Mems Progressive
Club, take great pleasure in pre-
senting Rev. Leslie Modupe Cum
mings Palmer our annual human
relationship award for 1854"
DR.. Palmer is currently serving
as assistant pastor of Mckinley
Methodist church, Dayton, Ohio,
while studying for the masters
degree at the United Theological
seminary.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Clara Alexander
Wins Trip To
London

Miss Clara M. Alexander of this
city has just won a trip to the
Baptist Worlds Alliance which is
to be held in London England,
July 1855.
Miss Alexander represented the
State of Mississippi in a Nation
wide contest launched by the Ma
tional Baptist Convention U. S. A.
Inc. and will have a complete trip,
with all expenses paid to London,
England.
She wishes to thank her many
friends for the financial support
and the encouragement which they
gave in helping her to win in the
contest for this trip abroad.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Boy Scout Leaders
Meet At Prentiss
Institute SUNDAY

Prentiss, Miss, Jan. "a - APP
proximately so Negro scout lead
ers from Marion, Covington and
jefferson Davis counties met at the
Prentiss Institute Sunday after
noon. The purpose of the meet
ing was to complete the organiza-
ton of the Western Division of the
Pine Burr Area. This is a new
division recently created from rem
nants of the Choctaw and Central
Divisions.
The completed group organiza-
ton consists of A. l.. Johnson,
Chairman; DR.. NJ. F. Nichols and
James Todd Co-Chairmen, with
the following chairmen of their
respective fields; A. c. Reeves, Adj
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

The top Selective Service official
told the Jackson Advocate that the
first information the office re-
ceived in regard to the Howard
matter was when the story was
brought to their attention by one
of the press agencies.
The official stated further, how
ever, that the Local Board at
Cleveland, Miss, in its normal and
routine procedure in regard to
those having deferment, had re-
quested DR.. Howard to renew his
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
MRS. MOSS REINSTATED BY
Defense SECRETARY WILSON

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25
Defense Secretary Charles E.
wilson announced Wednesday he is
reinstating Mrs. Annie Lee Moss,
a Negro woman who was suspend
ed from the Army Signal Corps
Supply Section last August on
charges she was a security risk.
Mrs. Moss was barred from her
Defense Department job after she
appeared before Sen. Joseph r.
Mccarthy (R.) Wis.,, and denied
that she was ever a Communist
party member.
Wilson released a copy of a let
ter he wrote Tuesday to Army Sec
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
No Retreat On Segregation NAAcP
Official Warns Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. - Ef-
forts of Mississippi to circumvent
the anti-segregation decision of the
United States Supreme Court in
dicates that the state sis SO years
behind the times" Gloster B. Cur
rent, director of branches of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, de-
clared in an address prepared for
delivery at ceremonies here today
opening the new Mississippi head
quarters of the NAACP.
Mr.. Current made it clear that
the NAACP would accept no COM
promise on the principle of nom
segregation and on the right to
vote. He warned "those politicians
who have foisted on this state
program to permit the abolition
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Masons Buy New
Site For Temple
In New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. "a.
Clarence E. Carter, deputy grand
master for the Prince Hall Masons
of Louisiana, and Joseph O'Brien,
chairman of the local building
committee for the organization,
announced last week the purchase
Of new site for q Prince Hall
Masonic Temple building in the
Crescent City.
The site is in the old New Or
leans in the downton section and
it occupies two-thirds of a square
in the section bounded by North
Claiborne, Orleans, North Robert
son and st. Peter opposite the site
where the famous old Time Market
was located, one of the famed spots
Of New Orleans.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
FLORIDA SHERIFF FACES PROBE
In SCHOOL SEGREGATION CASE

MOUNT DORA, Fla. Jan. "a =
Within AZ hours after he was in
stalled as Florida's new governor,
Leroy Collins ordered a thorough
investigation into the case where
fruit picker Allen Platt's five
Sabotage children were barred
from attending Mount Dora's
white school last October by Sher-
iff Willis Mccall.
Governor Collins responded i'm
mediately to a five-page appeal
he received from Mr.. Platt on his
first day in office - an appeal that
told him the Plat family is of
Cherokee Indian and Irish descent;
that they have no Negro blood, as
Sheriff Mccall is said to claim,
and that they had always attended
white schools in South Carolina
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
SeIective Service Deny Spite Effort
To Put DR.. 7. r. NJ. Howard In Armv

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 24.-(D
SN)-A top official in the state
office of selective service here
this week denied that any special
efforts were being made to induct
DR.. T. R. NJ. Howard into the
Army because of his activity in
behalf of Negro rights in the state,
or for any other reason.
The charge that efforts were
being made to put DR.. Howard
in the Army was made in Wash
ington by the national office of
the NAACP.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

from which they moved to seek a
better living standard.
In addition, the father told the
governor that he is the son of a
Civil War veteran and that he
has brother living in Florida
who, for the past five years, has
been sending his children to a
white school with no questions ask
ed of their right to be there.
Sheriff Mccall visited the FAM
lily few days after the children
were enrolled in the school and
ordered their dismissal. Five days
after they were evicted, he took
the matter to the Lake County
School Board which upheld his ac-
ton without further investigation.
In his appeal the father said:
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
huIan Jack SAYS
Every American
Negro Should
Participate
In Politics
Founders Day
Speaker For Howard
University Fraternity

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. "a.
-Hulan e. Jack, first Negro pres
ident of New York's Manhattan
Borough, told a Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity Founders Day audience
at Howard University last week,
that everyone has duty" to par
ticipate in politics.
Jack was the featured speaker
at the 41st Founders ceremonies
of the national fraternity.
Jack reminded his listeners that
it is the duty of each individual
to participate in community and
political activities" no matter
whether his future interests are
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

Jackson. Miss, Jan. 81 (DSN)-
Jackson College, state institution
for the training Of Negro Teach
ers, like Piney Woods Country Life
School at Piney Woods, Mississippi
ri, and its founder, Prof. Laurence
Jones on the nationwide television
program "This Is Your Life, will
be put into the national spotlight,
Sunday, February 9Th when Gam
ERICA'S TOWN MEETING OF
THE AIR." which has been named
the chest public service program
on Radio will originate from B. B.
Dansby Auditorium on the campus
of Jackson College, and be broad
cast to the nation over station
WSLI and the American Broad
casting Company.
The programs appearance here
will be under the aupspices of the
Jackson College Lyceum Associa-
ton. A limited number of tickets
for the program will be available
according to 7. J, Rallentine and
Delars Punches Co-Chairman of
the Town Meeting Host Committee.
The subject viii be 1.-THE Saith
Congress and Domestic Policy"
Sub-topics will be aid to Educa-
tion," Federal Health Insurance"
Housing" Highway Construc-
tion," and "18-Year Vote" This
subject, as all Town Meeting"
subjects are, is abreast of the
news.
On the air since 1885, "Town
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
New York GROUP
Studies Pattern
Of Indignation

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 24-The
Public Education Associations
study of reports of segregation in
some city schools will go beyond
investigation of segregation char
ges and will examine means of
achieving Indignation, its president,
William B. Nichols, has announced.
The PEA, a private group, under
took the study last summer at the
request of Arthur Levitt, then
president OF the City Board Of Edu-
cation and now state comptroller.
The request followed charges
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Say Justice Does Not Hinge On The Color OF Mans Skin
Howard Prof. Sees
Little Indignation
In Washington

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 25-A How
ard University professor declared
here last week that Indignation in
the nations capitol since the his
toric Supreme Court decision BAN
ming segregation, has been affected
at rather slow pace, and cited
figures to prove her contention.
DR.. Margaret Just Butcher, head
of the department of English at
Howard, quoted figures released
by the American Friends commit
tee which show that only 40 per
cent of the Districts schools have
a student body that is two percent
integrated. The other 60 per cent
are either more than SO per cent
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
D. c. Welcomes
Charles Diggs,
New Scion

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. rs
The proverbial red carpet was
rolled out in Washington last week
to welcome Detroit's new Repre-
sentative Charles c. Diggs, Jr.,
to the Congress of the United
States.
Representatives Diggs became
the third Negro member of Con-
gress when he took the oath of
office, along with the rest of the
congressman, shortly after the
Gath Congress convened.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
CHARGE STATE NEGRO FARMERS
Denied LOANS BECAUSE
OF NAACP Membership
Charge Denied Byfarm Loan Officials

WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. rs
(DSN)-Mississippi leaders of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People were
the signers of affidavits presented
to the White House last week &C.
cusing representatives of Federal
Financing agencies of discrimina-
tory practices in collaboration with
the movement for economic pres
sure against Negroes in the state
as a part of the pressure tactics
advocated by the White Citizens
Councils Of the state.
The affidavits submitted to the
White House included an urgent
request for prompt action. Meth
err the White House nor the NAACP
revealed the names of the signers
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Leaders Back
B. mccraW

Washington, D. c., Jan. 25.-
Seven of Americas most disting-
uished Negroes have backed DR..
Booker Tanner McGraw to fill a
vacancy on the important Home
Loan Bank board.
A Ph.D. in economics from
Howard University, McGraw en-
tered the government service in
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

of the affidavits.
Walter E. Strider and S. O'Neal,
agents of the Farmers Home Ad-
ministration of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in Lexington,
Miss, are named as persons deny
ing Negro applicants assistance to
which they are entitled.
"These affidavits," Roy Wilkins,
NAACP administrator, informed
the White House, "seems to indi-
cate that agencies of the federal
government itself are arbitrarily
denying relief which they are en-
powered to give and which in
other years they have given"
1--WE hope that very prompt &C.
ton can be taken on this phase
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Fisk University
School OF Music
Added To NASM
NASHVILLE

NASHVILLE Tenn, Jan. Is
Fisk University president, DR..
Charles S. Johnson announced this
week promotion of the University
to full membership in the National
Association of Schools of Music.
Fisk was recognized for associate
membership in NASM two years
ago.
NASM is the accrediting body
for all phases of music in Ameri-
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Two Negroes To
Graduate From
|loyoIa Law
School In June

New Orleans, La, Jan. 25-Barr-
ing unforeseen events two Negroes
will march in the June graduation
line of Loyola University, Catholic
institution of New Orleans.
They are Benjamin Johnson, Sec
rotary of the Peoples Life Insur-
ance Company of New Orleans, and
Norman Francis. The two have al
ready donned the cap and gown and
have been part of the line of march
of seniors at the opening exercises
of the school.
Loyola is not public institution
and has opened its doors to Negro
tudents without the usual legal
pressue having been exerted.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Carver Found'n
GroWsSeIIs For
Polio Study

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Jan. 25-An
unprecedented March of Dimes pro-
ject in which billions of human
cells each week are grown, fed
and shipped by air to score Of
research laboratories from coast to
coast, is helping find out whether
the Salk polio vaccine works.
The "cell factory" is at the
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
State Negro Lawyers Organize

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 25 (DSN)-
An organization of Mississippi
Negro Lawyers was formed here
Sunday in a meeting held in the
office Of Atty. Jack H. Young.
The purpose of the organization
is to maintain the highest stand
ards Of the profession and keep
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

slide films and an exhibit of
plows, hoes, axes, leathercraft, and
other materials and implements
which Mr.. Cole has taught the
people of several Angola communi-
ties to make and use in improving
their farms and homes.
The missionary reported that he
has helped farmers to make hun
dreds of plows and thousands of
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
USDA OFFICIALS HEAR REPORT
OF farm MISSIONARY TO AFRICA

A score of U. S. Department Of
Agriculture officials, who are
working in programs designed to
aid under developed countries,
heard report recently on the
agricultural progress of Angola,
West Africa, by Samuel Cole,
Congregationalist agricultural mis-
ionary to that colony for more than
20 years.
The talk was accompanied by
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
White TEXANS BACK u. S.
SUPREME COURT RULING

FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. "a
The White Protestants of Texas,
100000 strong went on record
last week as being solidly behind
the Supreme Court decision of last
May, which out-lawed segregation
in the public schools of America,
when the Texas Council of Church
es urged acceptance Of the High
Courts decision and expressed it
self as opposed to tactics of delay
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

ject to the nations drinking laws
if they took shore leave.
South African police were in
structed that the Negroes would
not be allowed to drink in estab-
lishments reserved for whites:
Capetown's "non-w white" bars are
for Indians, persons Of mixed blood
and other races. The American
sailors were issued certificates ex-
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29

and other subterfuges to invalidate
the decision.
The court urged it's members to
face the desegregation verdict
with all honesty and integrity
rather than with attempted eva
sion." 1t further said that "the
new Interpretation and pattern of
brotherhood are consistent with
our beliefs in democracy and equal
Continued on Page Four)