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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

july Ii. 1853. FRED L, JENKINS
of 1905 10th st. NV, husband Of
Hazel jenkins and father Of Fred
die, Eddie and Nethalee; He also
is survived by a mother, three broth
ers, two sisters, two aunts and q
host Of other relatives and friends.
After pm. Wednesday, July 10,
friends may call at the residence
OF his aunt, 1920 10th st. NV.
Funeral and interment Wharton,
Tex. Local services by the Petworth
Funeral Home, Inc, tn. 2-S4S3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

h' july IL 1853. MARIETTHa Sai EVSss
Of lsSg .ts sT RI,. nw SsughtsI
VIle ne a'e sane snd 'f NIECE Of Oh M nH
Evans, Julia White and Charlie
Evans of Asheville, N. c. She also
is survived by other relatives and
friends After 5 pm. Thursday,
July. 49, friends are, invited to call
at the Jarvis Chapel, 1892 You st.
NV, where funeral services will be
held on Friday, July II, at IL am,
Interment AsheVille N C 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

'A ne Friday W July 10. 1855 EMILY
ANN JACKSON; She leaves to
Mamie L. Harren Of Florence. s. c.:
one niece. Mrs. Cleo Gilliard; two
nephews, Mike NJ simmons and
Fertus Parrott; other relatives and
friends. Family may be seen at
Tuesday, July IA. friends are in,
yited to cali at the Mcclure Funeral
Home, 1920 9th st. NV, where sery-
ices will be held on wednesday,
July is, at 1 pm. Interment Lin
coin Memorial Cemetery. 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
Dratha

CRAWFORD, SARA GRACE, sud
s ssqRy o On ssnssy ISSR q i l24Se
HishyieW ave, Wheaton. Nd. be.
loved daughter OF Mildred !, and
William 8, Crawford. sister OF MIL
bred Sue and David /, Crawford,
Colonial Funeral Home OF Robert
A. Humphrey, Rockville. Md, where
services will be held on Thursday,
July 10, at IL am. Interment
Parklawn Cemetery.
DAVIS, CHARLES G. On Saturday;
SgH m i ttS Sc CHARLES uSsba DdVt y
Mrs, Emma Davis. He also leaves
two daughters, Mrs; Eta Jean
sister. three brothers, other rela-
tiyes and friends, From 5 pm,
Wednesday. July is, until 10 pm,
Thursday, July 10. friends may call
at Horizons Funeral Home, 1872
You ST. NV. Funeral and inter-
= ment Rocky Mountain, N. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Laughing 1t Off
By EVELYN WADE
Spring Lament

When springttme Is here with the tIoaOers
In bloom,
And gardens are UtUtd and gay,
look around mine tn comparative gloom
And crtnOe at the drGb dtSaTrGy
For IOho Is the fellolD, remarkable SOUL
Who gardens so far IN GdO0nce2
neOeT remember in chilly November,
Those g0tly uproGrtous, brilliantly
glorious plGntSl
I'm far too concerned nth the seasonal
things,
With tuTS, and NTH blankets and all.
Although hGUe witnessed a number of
springs,
It's hard to Imagine tn JdHl
I'm too busy planning for concerts and coal
To think about trotOelS and needs.
cannot be sober In gallant October,
And 90 about scamperinO, planting and
pGnperin0 Seedsi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Sound Reason

Sound Reason
firSt-grade teacher was introducing her
class to arithmetic.
Which would you rather have" she asked
the children, three bags with two apples
in each bag or two bags with three apples
in each?"
While most of the youngsters were pom
dering the problem, boy shouted:
Three bags with two apples in each
bag"
But why?" asked the teacher
Because there would be one more bag
to blow up and burst" the boy explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

Pl0ying S0te
The young husband has given up his
habit Of working late nights at the office.
It seems that one week he telephoned
his wife three nights in a row to tell her
he wouldn't be home. She accepted the
situation with remarkable composure. She
was composed when he called her the
fourth night, too But just before hanging
up, she inquired sweetly:
John, can 1 depend on that?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
ALL In FUN
Too Much Thrift

Too Much Thrift
A salesman in trying to sell refrigerator
pleaded
Lady, you can save enough on your food
bill to pay for It,"
We're paying for car on the carfare we
save, and we're paying for washing ma
chine on the laundry bill we save" she
answered. ut looks like we just can't af-
ford to save any more at the present time"
she explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

piled, but it's quite impossible. In my
family we always marry relatives You see,
my father married my mother, my grand
father married my grandmother and even
my uncle married my aunt"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Original Version

Then there was the one about the rail-
road man and the trucker who were dis
cuSSing the movie, The Ten Command
mentS.
TITS really terrific" said the railroad
man. Have you seen it?"
mo-" answered the trucker. but read
the book"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Obedient

Now, how many of you would like to
go to heaven" asked the Sunday School
teacher All the eager 4-year-olds raised
their hands except Tommy
Don't you want to go to heaven,
Tommy?"
I'm sorry, can't. My mother told me
to come right home after Sunday School"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

When travel always carry my money in American
Express Travellers Cheques. Then knOsU its safe
SPendable anywhere. good until used prompt refund
if lost or stolen Buy them at your BANK at Railway
Express and Western Union Offices. Charges. only
aPenny dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Outlook

Driving up to the house to deliver the
family's ninth baby, the doctor almost ran
over a duck.
rs that your duck out front2" he asked.
Yep, it's ours" replied the weary
father, but it amt no duck. It's Just
stork with its legs worn down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

Ability has no school.
A husband is worth seven sons.
A full purse is ones best companion.
Dogs bark but the caravan goes on.
An empty sack cannot stand up straight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Precocious

A lonely hearts correspondent, after an
exchange of ardent letters, proposed mar
rage.
The girl agreed and was sent rail fare
from her home. The bridegroom
met the train and the only person who got
of was young girl in knee-length dress.
The man approached her and asked:
You aren't Lucy, are you?"
Sure" said the kid. And If you're
John, I've come to marry you"
But, how old are you?" John inquired.
Thirteen" said Lucy.
We'll, if you're IS, can't marry you"
John said, hopping his brow.
Whats the matter with you, you old
goat" snapped Lucy, ARE you supersti-
tious?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Inbred

An 8-year-old son of a businessman
asked young girl of the same age If she
would marry him when they grew up.
I'm sorry" the young lady primly re-
(copyrisht, 1859.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

ocOrrieht 1889 |
HE D.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Law SUITS INVOLVING STATE
PRESIDENT c. R. DARDEN AND
CLYDE kENNARD WOULD BE
MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN STUDENT
STRAIN RELATIONS between
lawyer, STATE NAACP HEADS
Attorney R. Jess Brown Seen
Under Fire From Two Directors
GROUP MAY BE LEFT WITHOUT
A LAWYER IN THE STATE

The ranks Of the top leadership
of the State NAACP was being
split by growing dissension accord
ing to information revealed by
highly responsible sources here
this week.
Long simmering disagreements
between members of the organiza-
TONS top hierarchy in the state
broke into undeniable dissension
last week over developments in
the case of Clyde Kennard, would
be student of Mississippi Southern
College, whose second attempt at
Indignation of the college a few
weeks ago resulted in his being
arrested on the college campus on
charges of reckless driving, speed
ing and possession of whisky, and
in the case of C. R. Darden, of
Meridian, State President of the
NAACP, whose case arose out of
his arrest of charges of disturb
ing classes of a Meridian Negro
high school during demonstrations
on last May 18th marking the fifth
anniversary of the U. S. Supreme
Court Decision in the school in
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
NBCL Achievement Award To
Dr.. Marshall Shepard & A. m. Bradley

heard Judge Juanita Kidd Stout,
guest speaker, elaborate on "ln-
ner Beauty Enhanced BY The Beau
ticians."
Program highlight included We'll
come Address by Marie Smith,
Local Convention Chairman to
which Maude Gadson, lst Vice Pres.
of NBCL responded. Solos were
by Mabel Lee of Kansas City, Mo-;
Arleus Curtis of New York; Bar
bara Johnson of Harrisburg, Pa,
and selections by the State Beau
ticians Choir under the direction
of Oliver Comes, husband Of Helen
Craig Comes, Chairman of the
Mass Meeting. Greetings were
extended from the offices of Mayor
richardson Dilworth, and Governor
David L. Lawrence, from the Zeta
Phi Sorority, Philadelphia Tribune
through it's editor, E. Washington
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Blue and White FLASH
GETS FIRST CLASS RATING

weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly,
ranging from universities with
thousands of students to colleges
with less than five hundred stu
dents, entered the competition.
During the 1888 school year
and for the first semester of 1855
SO, the FLASH" was rated Good to
Very Good. Only two Negro insti-
tutions did better. The Associated
Collegiate Press, probably the most
exacting Of all collegiate press as
sociations. offers only one rating
higher than that received by the
Jackson State College paper, the
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24

The Blue and White Flash, Of
ficial student publication of Jack
son State College, has received q
First Class (Excellent) rating in
the Associated Collegiate Press
61st All-American Critical Service
for the second semester of 195s-59.
In receiving national recognition
for the third time, the paper col
lected total Of $3.50 points out of
$500 (the low score for the next
higher rating.) Only one publica-
ton in its enrolment and frequen-
cy-of-publication category in the
nation rated higher. Three hun
dred ninety-eight papers daily,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24

Philadelphia, Pa.-The National
Beauty Culturists League Inc. had
it's formal opening of the 40th
Convention Sunday afternoon, Oc-
tober 18th, 1869, with most in
spring Mass Meeting at Berean
Presbyterian of NBCL's 1859
Achievement Awards to DR.. Mar
shall Shepard, Pastor of Mount
Olivet Baptist Church and also
City Councilman, to Andrew M.
Bradley, State Secretary of Prop
critics and Supplies. DR.. Katie E.
Whickam, President of NBCL pre-
sented the awards and graciously
thanked DR.. Sheppard for the beau
tiful message, "Who To Please"
which he delivered to the Dele
gates on Sunday morning, when
they worshiped at his Mount Oil
vet Baptist church.
Guests and NBCL members in
attendance at the Mass Meeting
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
AFRICANS UNHAPPY OVER BRITISH ELECTION RESULTS
Jim Crow Signs
Removed From
Memphis Bus
StationsAnd
R est Rooms

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 20.-Two
bus lines, Greyhound and Cont
mental have integrated their wait
ing rooms and rest rooms here
under orders from the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The lines removed signs indicat-
ing separate facilities for Negroes
and whites.
Leroy Logsdon, Greyhound's re-
gional manager, said Negroes are
using the formerly all-white wait
ing room and rest rooms without
incident.
Negroes are still not permitted
to eat in the restaurants at either
terminal. These are leased to pri-
vate companies.
The ice ordered removal of the
signs after a complaint from o. z,
Evers, president of a Memphis
Negro civic group.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
mvC Student
Finds, Returns
$50 Lost By
Freshman Coed

1tta Bena, Miss.-"I thought she
needed it. My people are putting
me through school too. l know
how it is"
Thus, with typical candid freak
ness, spoke Mississippi Vocational
College freshmen Willie Kingston
whose basic honesty brought un-
dying gratitude from MVC coed
when he returned her wallet con-
tanning $4,000 which she lost here
recently.
Loss of the money containing
wallet caused much CONSERVATION
and concern to Miss Ennie Pearl
Clark, freshman coed from Her
nando, Mississippi, and the entire
campus was notified of the loss.
Giving the story happy end
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24

New York, Oct. 17-"Encourag-
ling and rewarding indeed" has
been a special educational project
benefiting otherwise deprived chill
dren, says the National Scholar
ship Service and Fund for Negro
Students. 1t has raised the children
not only out of disciplinary dilem-
mas, but into the class of likely
college candidates, say the groups
annual report.
The community talent search,
which it is called, has gone into
the nations byways and backways
to find youngsters having potential
gifts. In this city the project is
called Higher Horizons" It's ef-
forts have been concentrated in
Junior High School 43 in Harlem
and in George Washington High
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
National Negro Home Demonstration
Agents Holds Annual Meeting Here

jackson, Miss. "The Home
Demonstration Agents Challenge
to the Management of Resources"
was the topic for discussion when
the Negro Home Demonstration
Agents met in their Second Annual
meeting. The meeting was held in
the Masonic Temple Auditorium,
1912 Lynch Street, October TO,
1859. Representatives from eight
states attended. States representa-
were: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Tennessee and Texas. The Presi-
dent, Mrs. Lillian Palmer, Natchez,
Mississippi, presided.
The program opened Thursday
morning with words of welcome
and purpose from the following:
Mrs. Daisy Lewis, District Agent,
South Mississippi; DR.. Clay Lyle,
Dean and Director, Mississippi
State University; Jerome E. Lind
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
TALENT SEARCH RAISES The
HOPES OF NEGRO STUDENTS

School. Most of the pupils in the
aforementioned go to the second
for the 10th, 18th and IL years.
Rise In Potential Told
Results thus far show a dramatic
rise in the number of students in
this high school now considered col
lege potential. In the last class
before the program Higher Hori-
lions" was introduced by the board
of education, the college entrance
examination board, and NSSFNS,
there were five seniors believed to
be college material. Today there
are 40 students judged able to con-
tinue into higher education.
'In addition" the report notes,
"in both schools a happy and un-
expected by-product has been the
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
mvcAWards Over
$4,000 In Stud ent
Scholarships

Itta Bena, Miss. - Over $14,-
600 have been awarded by Missis-
sippi Vocational College in stu
dent scholarships for the 1959-6O
school year with record number
Of students receiving and apply
ing for scholarship aid, President
j. H. White announced this week.
The scholarships were awarded
to the top high school seniors in
the state and area who show evil
dence of possessing outstanding
ability and to a great number of
students who must have financial
assistance in order to enter or re-
main in school.
Scholarships awarded were A.
ward, Academic, Full-Fee and Area
Scholarships with a great number
Of students also applying for work.
aid and loans under the Federal
Loan Plan.
President White pointed out that
scholarship aid and loan applica-
tions were at an all time high fore
ing a number Of the scholarships
and loans to be cut to the minimum
in order that a greater number Of
students could receive some aid.
Gas effective as the present
scholarship aid and loan plan is,
due to the record number Of appli-
cations, many students are still in
need of help" President White
elaborated and stated that as a
means of stepping up the aid pro-
gram the college is currently try
ing to establish funds in many
cities and areas in the state and
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
TougaIoo Christian College To Hold
Coop intercollegiate Examinations

Tougaloo, Miss.-President Sam
uel c. Kincheloe announced today
that Tougaloo Southern Christian
College will be one of the 80 col
leges participating in the testing
of 5000 to 1000 scholarship and
admission candidates from more
than 900 high school distributed
throughout the, United States and
the Virgin Islands.
Tougaloo Southern Christian,
College will cooperate in admin
istering the Cooperative Intercol-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Grace Jones
I empIe Annual
ca Sunday

Grace Jones Temple No. $50 of
Elks will present their Annual
State Tea, Sunday, October 25, at
the Elks Rest, according to an an
nouncement from the office of the
DIR. Ruler, Miss L'Dina Robinson.
Several organizations in the city
will compete for the table arrange
ment prize. Music for the occasion
will be rendered by some of the
city's most prominent artists. Mrs.
Gladys Noel Bates will speak on
the Role of the Club Woman in Our
Community. The hour for this af-
fair is 4:30 through $3.50 in the
evening. The DIR. Elks are plan
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24

legiate Examination between No
vember 80 and December IL, 1859,
which will be given in some 260
test centers across the nation dur
Intercollegiate Examination Pro-
ing this period. The Cooperative
gram is an educational service of
the United Negro College Fund.
The examination is open to quail
flied high school seniors and to a
limited number of high school
sophomores and Juniors of excep-
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Tory vietoryIn
British Election
Dampens Africans
Hope For Self
Government
Conservatives Enjoy
Little Confidence
Among Africans

Cape Town, S. A., Oct, 1e.-
With victory at the polls, Britain's
Tory government also has won
heavy responsibilities in Africa.
The term of office to which
the Tories have just been returned
will see British rule in Africa
largely drawing to a close. Wheth-
err this will also mean the end of
British influence and prestige in
Africa may depend to a consider
able degree on the diplomacy with
which Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan's government approaches
this delicate transitional period.
For the moment it must con-
tend with what appears to be
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
United STATES SUPREME COURT
BACKS token INTEGRATI0N

istrative remedy been exhausted.
Proponents of the states "token
Indignation" program limiting the
rate of desegregtion hailed the
courts action. They said the ac-
ton limited that North Cardinals
way of dealing with the issue
would be respected in future fed
eral court proceedings.
In both actions, plaintiffs at
torneys sought to cut through the
series of administrative remedy
actions which the state has set up.
Pupil assignment laws are the
key factors in the state plan.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. II. - The
movement to place a wedge in
North Cardinals so-far solid "to-
ken Indignation" front was dealt
blow this week by the United
States Supreme Court which re-
fused to review two indignation
cases which lower federal courts
had refused against plaintiffs.
The two cases the high court
turned away were the Joseph H.
Holt case, of Raleigh, and the
Montgomery County case.
The court held that in neither
of the cases had the states admin
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Kennedy Urges
Aid Project For
African Nations

Lincoln, Neb.-Congress must
give priority to some action which
will contribute to the sound or
Derby development of Africa, SEN
ator John F. Kennedy (D) of
Massachusetts declared Oct. Is.
Senator Kennedy, chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Sub
committee on Africa, proposed es-
Enlistment Of educatinal and eco
nomic development funds for At
RIGA. He said the former could
be used to promote the exchange
of students, teachers, and trained
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
LESTER GRANGER RECEIVES NBCL
Third CIVIL SERVICE AWARD

Philadelphia, Pa.-Thurday, Oc-
tober 18th during the special ses-
sion on Civil Rights, Lester b.
Granger of the New York Urban
League, was the 3rd recipient Of
the National Beauty Culturists'
League Civil Service Award for
1859 from President DR.. Katie E.
Whickam at the 10th Convention
held here at Hotel Broadwood, from
October 4th through October 18th,
1859. Two others who have re-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Jazz Man Miles
Davis Gets n. Y.
Police Boot

New York, N. MILES Davis,
jazz trumpeter known for his hos
tility to society, has been stripped
Of his police card, which means he
cannot work in New York City.
Davis was arrested when he in
tervened in a police situation in
front Of the famed Birdland Cafe
and dared police to arrest him.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
ToIIIn Tribal
Feud Reaches
80 In Congo

Luluabourg, Belgian Congo, Oct.
16-Tension gripped this central
Congo provincial capital tonight as
bands of marauding Lulua tribes
men roamed the countryside in
the fourth day of inter-tribal fight
ing with the Baluba tribe.
Army reinforcements of the Con-
go Public Force were arriving here
by train from the Congo capital Of
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
DR.. Katie (.
mickarl Reelected
Pres. Natl Beauty
CuIturists League
Group To Meet In
San Francisco
Next Year

Philadelphia, Fa.-Dr. Katie E.
Wickham of New Orleans, La, be-
came president of the National
Beauty Culturists League, Inc,
for the second consecutive two
year term, by unanimous vote,
when the organization held it's 40th
Annual Convention held here at
Hotel Broadwood, October 4th
through October 18th, 1869.
So impressive and informative
was DR.. Wickam's report that the
organization suspended all rules
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Supreme Court
Decision Delayed
On Harlem Pupils
Parents Seeking
Transfer Of Students
To Schools Outside
Negro District

New York, Oct. 19.-Supreme
Court Justice Francis x. Conlon
reserved decision yesterday in a
case brought by a group Of Negro
parents from Harlem who are try
ing to have their children trans
ferred to junior high schools in
other neighborhoods.
In an affidavit, DR.. John ]. The
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24
Negro Carhops
Lose Their Jobs
In Arkansas

PINE BLUFF, Ark. Negro
male carhops have been taken eff
their jobs at a drive-in restaurant
after a throng of white men boy
cotted the place and warned the
owner to get rid of them.
Tommy Friakos, the owner, said
the two young men students at
Arkansas AM&N College for Ne
groes had not been fired.
"I'm just holding back until
things kind of cool off," Priakos
said Monday night. He said the
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-10-24

ceived this Award were Mr.. Martin
Luther King Of Montgomery, Ala.
and Mr.. James c. Evans Of Penta-
gon.
Highlights Of this Session which
stressed the "Beauticians Role in
Civil Rights" included full discus
sion Of $40 Years in Retrospect" Of
N.B.C.L. by Essie Turner of Phila-
delphia, an outline of the Civil
Rights Program by DR.. William
Continued on Page Two)