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Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06

REV. JOHN R. PERKINS
BELIEVE GODS WORD, IT'S
ALL WE NEED"
When I can reach Heavens Door
you see
Where Jesus shall welcome me in
There will be no more night it will
all be day
And no sin for to get in
We cannot make this journey alone
you see
Unless Jesus leads the way
He is His Fathers Door-Keeper
in Heaven
Where there will be no more night
just day.
There will be no fighting in Heaven
1t will be joy for all each day.
No Jim Crow nor front seats
All Gods children go the same way.
Jesus says 81 Am The Way"
We must believe and live true to-
day
There is no Jim Grow on the road
to Heaven
All Gods children 60 the same way.
No so-called christian can get to
Heaven
We must be child of our Lord our
Christ
Born the second life in Christ
Jesus.
And living christian life.
There is too much hatred in Gods
House
The people in the church are full
of hate today
Christ did away with all hatred you
When He said 81 Am The Way.
Christ said for us to lift Him up
ct we are H1tlng up the wrong
man
We have got to love one another
today
If we expect in Heaven to land.
Christ said If be lifted up
l will draw all men unto Me
Who was He speaking of at that
time
He was speaking to you and me.
He was speaking to all who would
believe
So that is the way l see
So l am going to lift Christ up you
see
Whenever and wherever l may be.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
Watching Mississippi
The New York Times

On the government authorities of Mississippi rests
burden of responsibility affecting the honor of the
state and the entire nations reputation before the world
We refer to their duty to prosecute the members of the
boodthrsy anarchistc mob that dragged Mack Charles
Parker, young Negro from Jail in Poplarvie where he
was being held charge, shot him to death and
left his body the Mississippi side of the Pearl River
1t the first American lynchng for than three
years.
Governor Coleman deserves credit for an act un-
usual in such in the deep South He called in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation at Some sixty
FBI agents, working with the cooperation of local po
lice, gave the whole Poparvile area month-long
search in unusual depth and range But they found no
evidence of violations of Federal law
The Department of Justice could do no more
except to turn over has DONE all the findings of
its investigation to Governor Coleman for action under
Mississippi law.
Incredible as it may seem however, no further
action is scheduled for the next six months Governor
Coleman says that the will be submitted to the next
regular session of the county grand jury which won't
be held until November But special session can be
called at time This should be done Immediately and
every possible effort made by the authorities to bring
the cuprts to book The offer of FBI Director Hoover
to make his agents available to testify when the case
comes to trial should promptly be accepted
This might invite political reprisals by bgoted
constituents But it would bring Mississippi honor far
beyond its border r
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
Negro Minister So.
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the Negro people confidence" the
44-year-old minister said Of his
election to the st. Louis Board of
Education. There had been apathy
lethargy on their part for some
time concerning things political,
especially relating to the total life
of the city"
AS for the white population,
many of whom voted for him, Mr..
Hicks feels his election will "open
a new avenue, a kind of bridge
for human relations" in the city.
He is not the first Negro to run
for public office here Many have
tried and some members of his
race have won election to the Board
of Aldermen. But they were elect
ed from wards and not from the
city as a whole.
In previous elections, five other
Negroes failed to win places on
the school board. What magic did
Mr.. Hicks, who came here only
four years ago from Los Angeles,
exercise to change the pattern of
defeat? He feels his newness was
a prime advantage.
"The longer one stays in COM
munity, the more opportunity he
has to develop cleavages and even
enemies" he explained. an my
four years with community or
ganizations without engaging in
favoritisms and rarely taking
Sides"
Mr.. Hicks, pastor of the $500
member, all-Negro Union Memoir
ial Methodist Church, also attri-
butes his election to his working
on a bi-racial basis with church
groups, YMCA groups, boys clubs
and the Urban League.
~ was active in organizational
work during my fifteen years in
Los Angeles, and when l came
here / set up my connections where
l left off there" he said. 81 went
out and introduced myself instead
of waiting for people to call me,
as ministers usually do. l let peo-
pie know I was available for work.
"This gave me an opportunity
to appear before the public, so I
became pretty we'll known in most
sections of the city"
Mr.. Hicks is president of the
Ministerial Alliance of Greater st.
Louis, which comprises 600 minis
ters, mostly white, and is vice
president of the Metropolitan Ch.
Federation of Greater st. Louis.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
Negroes TO Serve
On Grand Jury

Greenville, Miss, June - Two
Negroes were impanelled for the
first time in recent years as men,
bers Of Washington County Cir
cult Court grand jury Monday az
Judge Arthur B. Clark Jr., con-
vened the summer term of the
court.
The Negro grand jurors impan-
nelled include John Eichelberger
and L. s. Franklin, Eichelberger is
a farmer at nearby Avon. Frank
lin lives on the old Leland Road,
near Greenville.
The grand jury foreman is P.
Simpson, Stovall, Hollandale, busi-
ness man and son of farmer.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
See Governor.
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moval of three white supremacists
on the board showed a willingness
here to accept integration as the
price for reopening the four high
schools he shut down last Septem-
ber.
81 remind you that there was
no such clear-cut ISSUE" his state
ment read. He then said that his
opponents had repeatedly contend
ed that the only issue was the three
ousted board members attempted
purge Of forty-four teachers and
principles.
Little Rock has not voted for
integration yet" he asserted in
answer to question.
Appeal For Segregationists
The Governors face registered
displeasure when a reporter point
ed out that Mr.. Faubus, in ap-
pealing for support of the purge
faction, had stressed that segrega-
tion was the question at stake.
81 said it was in the background,
but it wasn't the main ISSUE" he
replied heatedly.
In a Friday night television ad-
dress, the Governor termed the
purge issue ga smoke screen be-
hind which the integrationists now
move forward"
He again showed anger in COM
menting on whether he had been
"pressured" into entering the cam
paign in behalf of the three men,
bers against his better judgment.
."Who put the pressure on Gov
ernor?" a reporter added.
"No one," he snapped, II make
my own decisions.
81 have fought the segregation
lists right down to the log when
they tried to take over and I'm
fighting the integrationists the
same way" he said.
The Governor said he did not
feel the outcome meant residents
of this beleaguered city wanted
him to keep hands off school at
fairs.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
African Chief So.
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the visit to Barotseland Monday
by Sir Evelyn Hone, Governor of
Northern Rhodesia. In the course
of the visit the Governor gave the
chief the insignia of a Knight of
the British Empire, the first award
of it's kind made to an African in
Central Africa.
Status Is Protectorate
Barotseland, a protectorate with
in a protectorate, is situated be-
tween the Portuguese colony of
Angola, Northern Rhodesia's
Northwest Province and the Cap
rivi Strip of Southwest Africa.
In effect Barotseland is admins
tered as an eighth province of
Northern Rhodesia, which itself is
a British protectorate within the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasa-
land.
But whereas the other provinces
have provincial commissioners,
Barotseland has a resident COM
missioner. Most important, its 3OO,-
coo people, who include only few
hundred whites, come under the
authority of Sir Myanawina Lew
anika, the Paramount Chief.
Treaty of 1896 Cited
= During picturesque ceremonies
at Mongu and Limuga, with the
chief wearing a uniform originally
authorized for his father, the foun-
der. Of the Lewanika dynasty, by
Queen Victoria, Mwanamina III
told Sir Evelyn:
awe are quite confident that in
spite of the European settlers
clamor for domination status
Her Majesty's Government will
continue to safeguard and preserve
it's treaty obligations to the Bar
otsep nation and will not be per-
suadad to hand US over to indie
pendent settler governments in the
federation"
The treaty obligations to which
the 73-year-old chief referred date
back to 1896.
Barotseland as loosely defined
at that time, has since been "cut
back" in size, most recently in
1912. But it's people still spread
over more than a fifth of North
ern Rhodesia's area of 285,00O
square miles.
Review Scheduled
Behind the ritual meeting of the
chief and the Governor lay anoth-
er indication of the difficulties
facing London on it's review of the
Constitution of the Federation Of
Rhodesia and Nyasaland. schedul-
ed to be held during 1860.
African nationalist groups in
both Northern Rhodesia and the
protectorate of Nyasaland have
already proclaimed a desire to Sc
cede from the Federation.
The situation was further COM
plicated last week when the Oh.
of Scotland, with strong mission
ary interests in Nyasaland, endors-
ed in Edinburgh the effective"
transfer of power in Nyasaland
to the Africans.
In primitive Barotseland the ma
tionalism is tribal rather than pam
African. But at the same time
what the paramount Chief told the
Governor was simply a Barotse
way of expressing basic fear of
most Africans throughout the fed
GRAFTON.
AS one Northern Rhodesian civil
servant acknowledged yesterday:
"They are all afraid Of being
turned over lock, stock and barrel
to Welensky."
Sir Roy Welensky is Prime Min
lister of the Federation and head
of the United Federal party. The
party's racial policy is nominally
a partnership" Of the African
and whites in the Federation. The
policy is under attack as dishonest
by the African National Congress
of Northern Rhodesia.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
Lumpkin' S Meditations Can Well
Be Applied Today
From: The State Times, Jackson, Mississippi
BY OLIVER EMMERICH !.

Mssissippians already have been told of former It.
Gov Sam Lumpkns decision to retire from public fe
. Looking over his comments the eve of his re-
urement, we feel they deserve editorial emphasis Mr.
Lumpkins public contribution merits more than the GUS
tomary news reports
, we sense IN his remarks the truth that comes from
the depth of his heart What he said about Mississippi
politics and politicians should be weighed by our people
lt was only qulrk of circumstances which pre-
vented Sam Lumpkn from serving as governor of Mis-
sissppl BY only narrow margin was he denied the
rgnt to Mlsslssippls top post.
Thousands hold Sam Lumpkn in high esteem.
many regret that failing health has resulted in his dec
sion to leave public life.
the ways of Mississippi politics, Mr.. Lumpkin voiced
his reflections
Some of these observations will create an emotional
reaction in the minds of some of people But we
quote Mr. Lumpkin because he is sincere in giving the
people the benefit of his political experience
"Our states politicians should not humiate the
Negro race Rather they should help them manifest pride
IN their race churches, schools and institutions Mis-
relations Our colored population is now being subjected
10 great pressure from the outside"
In urging candidates not to conduct campaigns of
nate and bitterness Mr. Lumpn said eve cannot hate
ourselves into better world"
The following Lumpkn observation is both an in
dctment OF our political leadership and challenge to it.
He said: W "
II have found most of the leadership in government
mas tried to prejudice the people rather than lead
nem toward an intelligent and enlightened system of
government" m!I
With a gubernatorial campaign currently being
sAiooioSipkU several Candi-
dates seeking legislative posts the people can study the;
atttudes during this hour. Are candidates TODAY
tryng TO prejudice the people? Or they sincerely
seeking enlightened government?
ihls statement by retiring Representative Lump-
KIN should alert every Mississippian -
Our iglsators during my tenure of office have
Deen AFRAID OF changes in Our government
said '' Oe'1iS' nc
And finally we can well explore this observation
OF man VINO is no longer seeking votes but who
politics. = 00ipfH
what we need in the Mississippi legislature TODAY
as never before young aggressive thinking We have
been slaves to what is commonly called our traditional
This is an age Of agonizing governmental decisions
Sasic concepts OF individual freedom must be preserved
let progress must be met with open mind We must
develop the will to grow yet retain the riQt to he free
Men in public Efe often find it difficult to saw what
Z on their minds and in their hearts What Sam Lump
KIN says as private citizen therefore, is of particular
Hgnl1lcance. -
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06

that color-bar nonsense" He de-
MED opposition parties were barely
allowed to exist in Ghana and he
voiced assurance that DR.. Nkmurah
wants Ghana to go on as an inde-
pendent country on democratic
lines"
Patronize Our Advertisers
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
Card Of Thanks

We take this means of express
ing our deep and sincere appreci-
alton for the kilograms, letters,
flowers and other condolences re-
ceived during our bereavement and
sorrow in the death Of Mrs. Ma
rian Smith Henderson of 319 N.
Parish Street, Jackson, Miss.
Mrs. Gladys Smith Ross
And Family.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
chana CHARGES =.

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three other Opposition legislators
were involved in any plot.
One of those cleared was Joe
Appiah husband of Peggy Cripps
Appiah, daughter of Sir Stafford
Cripps, the late British Labor. party
politician.
London, May % (Reuters) -
Hugh Gaitskell, leader Of the La
Dor party, said on his return to-
day from Ghana he found complete
racial tolerance there and "none Of
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
South Africa 80.

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challenge now is to make their
voices louder than ever. They must
not despair but must be inspired
to greater efforts"
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06

the mother prepares breakfast
of "ampesi." This is plantain and
yams cooked together and eaten
with a stew, perhaps made of
garden egg" or eggplant, cooked
in palm oil with tomatoes, pep
pers, and onions.
The men eat on one side of
the fenced-in enclosure, the wo-
men in another corner, and the
children-except the smallest who
stay with thier mother-in still
another spot. The food is put in
a bowl on a small low table from
which they eat with their hands.
They sit on low stools, often beau
tifully carved of mahogany or
some softer wood.
In such village houses the mats
which formerly were slept on are
now being replaced by wooden
beds, made by local carpenters
who also make the chairs that
are used. In the cities beds have
imported springs and mattresses
but in the villages the mattresses
are bags filled with grass or with
what Mrs. Attafua called "kapok,"
something like cotton, gathered
from seed balls on large trees
common to that section. This fill
ing is almost as soft as a feather
bed.
After breakfast has been eaten
by the family, the children go off
to school nowadays and the wife
walks with her husband a mile
and a half or more to their food
farm. Here she works with him.
Family Gardens
They will grow plantain, CO.
coyam, a root vegetable shaped
like a pear, Mrs. Aattafua says,
casava, also a root vegetable, and
pepper and tomatoes. They prob
ably will have also a cocoa farm
for income; and, on alternate
days, her husband will work there
while the wife gathers vegetables
for home use and carries them on
a large flat wooden tray, balanced
on her head.
She may also have baby riding
on her back in a sling made from
the cloth scarf which is part of her
characteristic dress. "The children
like it." said Mrs. Attafua with a
smile. Naturally, they always go
along with their mothers, feel pro-
tected, happy, and interested.
The evening meal will probably
be a soup-"which we call stew"
made from peanut butter or palm
nut or from garden egg with NUT
ton beef or fish, or sometimes a
combination of these. Meat is
bought from butcher in the vii
lage.
Signs Of Change
More and more small businesses
are growing up in the villages, she
said. There are even beauty par
lors where special hairdo may be
had, but the neighbor women help
one another with a popular coif-
fure which is achiever by wrapping
little strands Of hair round cotton
threads and smoothing all these
small strands down over the back
Of the head and catching them un-
der a kerchief.
There are weavers of fine kenti
cloth, which is used for dress-up
occasions, whereas imported cot
tons are for everyday use, coming
mostly from Manchester, England.
Many women have Singer sewing
machines and make their own
clothes, but there are also seam
stresses whom the more affluent
employ.
Mrs. Attafua has enjoyed her
stay in the United States and found
a great many things Of interest.
hut, when she speaks Of her own
country, there is a certain wistful-
Eess that reveals her love Of her
native land.
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06

WEEKLY QUOTATION: "a
fault which humbles a man is OF
more use to him than good action
which puffs him up"
Jackson advocate., 1959-06-06
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Barnes home was destroyed by
fire recently and he said the Rev.
Billy Graham, a white Baptist
minister, risked his life in attempt
ing to save the house. Barnes said
white persons had given him mon
ey, clothes and furniture.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16
VETERANS WITH G. LOANS
CAN CUT PRINCIPAL ALONG
WITH PAYING NOTES

Veterans with CT homes can
make extra payments to their
mortgage holders at any time, or
they can pay off the entire CT
loan without a penalty charge.
A. H. Hammann, manager of the
Veterans Administration Regional
office in Little Rock, said the
minimum extra payment a vet
teran may make on his CT loan
is at least the amount of one
months payment, or a flat $500,
whichever is less
He added that should the vet
eran later become hard-pressed
for money, the extra principal
already paid may-if the lender
agrees-be reapplied to regular
payments in order to prevent
the loan from going into default
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16
chidester
Reccia Too SOckWpII

A Sunday school rally was
held at First Union Baptist church
last Sunday night sponsored by
the superintendent, Brother Eli
sha Harris with only few mem
bers present. The amount
raised was 5000 with coopera-
ton. And that's what it's going
to take to make the new year a
success. Rev. and Mrs. J. Harris
are the parents of baby girl
born Dec. %. Mr.. and Mrs. Jes-
sic Harris were house guest of
Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Porchia re-
Gently. Miss Emma Harris was
the house guest of relatives at
Bluff City recently. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mayfield, Lilly and the baby
of Camden, and Mrs. Lula Car
ter and daughter of Muskogee,
Michigan were the house guest of
Miss Emma Harris recently. E.
B. Sockwell and Mrs. Minnie
Beard are still on the sick list
Anna Lee and Lee Anna
Gary, both of Gurdon spent a
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16
This Should
Please Faubus

Tine Census Bureau reported
this week that out of 81 states
in which the school districts
operate the public schools,
Arkansas spends the least per
pupil.
The operating outlay per pu-
pill in Arkansas as reported
i'm 1857 was S154, while the
state of Oregon was 1855 per
pupil and California was S355.
Other low states we're listed
i'm order with South Carolina
the second lowest, paying $165
Alabama, SLIT.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16
Senate Gets Petition with $1,000
Names Seeking Curb on FiIibuster

A delegation including six
Methodist bishops presented to
the U. S. Senate on January 9th
the signatures of $1,000 persons
asking for a curb on filibusters.
Such curb would make il cas-
Ter To pass civil rights legisla-
ton, social welfare measures.
and other laws benefiting labor
ing people.
The signatures were on petit
tions from As states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, with two
thirds from the Southern states.
They were collected through the
Southern Conference Education
al Fund.
Spokesman for the delega-
ton were Bishop Frank Madi-
son Reid. Kittrell. N. c., preis-
dent of the Council of Bishops
of the AME church and Aubrey
w. Williams Montgomery, Ala.
publisher and president of the
SCEF.
The delegates included white
and Negro men and women
from IL states and the District
of Columbia, including nine
Southern states. Among them
were: Bishop S L. Greene, At
lanta. Ga Bishop Edgar o. Love,
Baltimore, Md; Bishop c. Ew-
bank Tucker, Louisville, Ky.
Bishop Carey A. Gibbs, Birming-
ham, Ala; Bishop w. W. Mat
thews, Washington; the Rev.
Fred L .ShuttlesWorth leader OF
the Birmingham bus protest; the
Rev. William B. Abbot, Nor
folk, Va; leader in the move
ment to integrate schols in that
state. and E. B. Henderson, Falls
Church, Va; state public rela-
tons chairman for the NAACP.
The Baptist Ministers Confer
ence of Philadelphia and Vicinity
was represented by its secretary
the Rev. J. Earl Adkins. He
brought along petitions circulat-
ed by his organization and other
groups in Philadelphia.
The petitions, addressed to the
Senate of the u S. said: We,
the undersigned, urge that Rule
No. % on cloture be modified
so as to make it possible to
close debate and bring the ques-
ton or measure to a vote by SIM
pie majority of the senator's
presen and voting after rea-
sonable time has been allotted for
full debate of the issues involv-
ed. Such action would serve the
democratic process by restoring
majority rule to the Senate and
at the same time protect the
RICH of full and complete discus
sion"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16

Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Hayes, 1406
Ringo street, was selected as one
of the Guides at the Worlds
Fair in Brussels last year She
will share this experience as well
as many other experiences
which she enjoyed on her trip
around the world
DR.. L. A. Davis president of
AMIN college, and the college
choir will share the program
with Miss Hayes. DR.. Davis at
tended the World Fair last sum-
mer.
Miss Hayes a student at Kalar
mazoo, Michigan, is majoring in
music and political science.
She completed her high school
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16
To Present
World Fair
Report Sunday

The members Of Mount Pleas
ant Baptist church and friends
will present Miss Grace Helen
Hayes in a Travelogue of The
Worlds Fair and A Trip Around
the World at the Dunbar Com
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16

work at Dunbar high school Of
this city and was very active
i'm many extra curricular activi-
ties of the school.
Miss Hayes is a member of the
Mount Pleasant Baptist church
and when in the city is active
with many auXiliaries of the
church.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-01-16

week here with their aunt, Mrs.
Rosie a Harris They are the
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Gary of Gurdon