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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-26

Of course the permanent
olution that must be sought
for our penitentiary problems
is in the hands of the Legis-
lature where it belongs.
We hope no time will be
wasted in putting into effect
the recommendations of the
joint subcommittee. These
included the creation of a
constitutional board to ope-
rate the penitentiary and
stripping the governors Of
flee in the future of its power
to grant leaves and pardons.
In the committees own
words:
ct is now the duty and
responsibility of the Legisla-
ture to take the necessary
steps to enact proper and
remedial legislation to
see that the penitentiary is
operated in a businesslike
and efficient manner, devoid
of political influence and
peddling."
To which the people add a
fervent amen"
We have carefully read
Governor Barnett's lengthy
statement to the Legislature
and do not find anything new
in it. Governor Barnett said
he feels the allegations made
by the joint Legislative In
vestigating Committee are
unfair - and that is to be
expected. Few people enjoy
being criticized. Certainly it
is his right not to like the re-
port and to give his reaction
20 it.
But the legislative commit
tee is equally in its right not
to back down on the report
SO painstakingly prepared.
The committee performed
the unpleasant duties en-
trusted to it by the Legisla-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-26

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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-26

SALE - TeleVision sets
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and demonstrators at prices
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phone 40. LOT North Vine.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
White Minister. /.
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.ege here.
The appointment was made by
the trustees of the Morgan Col
lege Corporation on recommen-
dation of the Rev. Howard L.
Cornish, director of the Morgan
Christian Center. The center ad-
ministers to all sectarian groups
in the college community.
The Rev. Mr.. Andrews is a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina and the Duke
University School of Divinity.
He was ordained in 1850, and
has served pastorates in the
North Carolina and Western
North Carolina Conferences.
He is married and has four
children.
He comes to Baltimore from
Boone, N. c., where he was re-
ligious director at the Appala-
chian State Teachers College.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
Nineteen African
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prise the second group to ma
circulate at UNCF colleges un-
der the African Scholarship
Program inaugurated last year.
This years African freshmen
will attend 16 of the so UNCF
membership institutions.
"To acquaint them with day
to-day living in the United
States, each young African will
be the house guest of a private
family from Aug. 13 to Aug.
27," Mr.. Smothers said. The
two-week home stays have been
arranged by "The Experiment
in international Living" with
headquarters in Putney, VT.
Family visits will be followed
by a two-week, UNCF-sponsor-
ed college orientation program
at Atlanta University, Atlanta,
Ga, Aug. 81 - Sept. 8. The
students, who come from Kenya,
Nigeria, Nyasaland, Rhodesia
Sierra Leone, Uganda Tangan-
yika, will then report on camp.
uses in Alabama, Florida, Geor-
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Texas and Virginia.
Three groups of American col
ledges, including UNCF, initial
ed the student project in 1861
"to select and educate promising
young Africans in skills needed
by their developing lands" Mr..
Smothers said.
"The groups have now Joined
forces as the African Scholar
ship Program of American Uni
versities. The organization in
cludes famed private universe
ties, large state universities and
small church-related colleges in
all sections of the country. The
host schools grant four-year
scholarships. Living expenses
for the full four years are pro-
vided by the U. S. Department
Of State. Round-trip travel costs
are assumed by the home coun-
tries of the students"
The 10 students selected for
UNCF colleges were flown with
238 other Africans to France.
There they embarked with Euro
pean students, also bound for
American colleges, on the SIS
Grooteveer. Four African coun-
selors who have been attending
U. S. schools, including a Fisk
University student, are aboard
ship to help prepare the new
comers for the American envir-
onment.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
Jamaica On Its Own

The lights were doused so no one saw the
British flag come down. When they were turned
on again Jamaica had become an Independent ma
ton, with it's own parliamentary democracy, it's
sometimes calypso-invigorated politics. and popu-
lation growth rate 6 per cent) and unemployment
rate Q8 per cent? large enough to serve as a con-
slant reminder Of the responsibility of freedom
Jamaica will doubtless continue to be tied cul-
turaly to Britain. It's economic ties to the United
States will be strengthened But those Americans
and Britons who visit the island as tourists can
only hope that with freedom it becomes more in
tensely Jamaican mere annex to Miami or
outpost of plantation raj.
For Jamaica like Hawaii, has managed to dis
till it's ebullient culture out of the successful ming
ling of several races Although the process is not
complete, it is well enough along to be hopeful
example for other multiracial nations.
Despite the high unemployment, Prime Minis
ter Bustamentes government has managed signifi-
cant gains in the living standards of it's mixed pop
ulation Per capita income has risen per cent dur
ing the past year. Some American aid will prob
ably be available to help the new government diver
sify its two-crop economy (sugar and aluminium
ore)
To this hopeful trend traditional Jamaican op-
timism and good humor must be added as ingredi-
ents that make this of the most stable nations
to gain freedom in the postwar era.-The Christian
Science Monitor.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11

nc more than rest On the laurels
of the Founding Fathers, pas
sively enjoying the prosperity
and justice which their vigor
and idealism won.
Those who examine our So
ciety with an objective eye
know that this is rot SO. They
know that we are lot perfect;
that we have not 1T succeeded
in realizing fully the ideals for
which SO many Americans have
fought and died; and that
just social order can only be
maintained by the renewed eff
forts of every generation.
One of the areas of our ma
tional life in which great gap
still exists between what we pro-
fess and what we practice is the
treatment of our Negro minor
ity. Racism is emphatically not
a part of our ideal heritage and
yet it continues to exercise a
pernicious influence in our prac-
tical affairs. Nor is it limited,
as many suppose, to the deep
South, but makes itself felt in
most parts of the country where
there is significant Negro pop
ulation. Indeed, it is still a
feature of living arrangements
in the very Capital of the United
States.
This is situation which
most Americans have known
about for many years. Some
condone it; the majority do not
condone it but feel that some
thing, after all, is being dcnc
to improve the Negroes lot and
that social changes of such mag
nitude cannot be made over
night.
1t is true that something is
being done and that mems
hearts cannot be Immediately
changed by legislative act or
executive decree. 1t is equally
true, however, that we have
reached a point in our history
where anything resembling in
difference or complacency in
the face of this problem can
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
Negro Stars To
Be honored
In Chicago

CHICAGO - Lights, fireworks,
entertainment and ali the trim
mings will herald the return of
n e spectacular Indianapolis
Clowns to Comiskey Park, Chica-
go, on Wednesday night, Aug. Is.
The first appearance of the
Clowns there in eight years, the
event is expected to be one Of the
biggest in city history. Honored
viii be such outstanding names
of bygone years as Alex and Dou-
bleduty Ted Radcliffe, Bingo De-
Moss and others.
Honorees will be introduced
prior to the game and presented
with trophies. Then the curtain
will go up on the greatest ball
club in the Clowns 33-year-old
history. Baseball, comedy and
entertainment at its best will hold
the spotlight for nine spine
tingling innings.
Were going to put on one of
the most spectacular shows Chi
cago has ever seen," promised
Playing Manager Carl Forney.
Major league scouts, theater and
TV personalities have already
promised to attend.
They'll see such fabulous play
er entertainers as Birmingham
Sam, third baseman; Natureboy
Williams, first basenlan extra
ordinary; Bobo Nickerson. famed
"Screwball of Baseball, and the
Flying Nesbits back in action fol-
lowing their tragic accident of
April. The game will close with
gigantic free fireworks display
and funshow.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11

only appear as blatant hypocrisy
in the eyes of the world.
These Africans have heard of
the United States as a kind of
promised land, a country where
the democratic values of self
determination, equality of op-
portunity, and equal justice for
all have been realized more fully
than at any other time or place
in human history. But they
have experienced, with sad con-
sistency, that ours is country
where they cannot find a suit
able place to live; where they
are refused service in restau-
rants, denied other ordinary
comforts and amenities, and in
suited in a wide variety of
ways-simply because their skin
is dark.
The Department of State has
undertaken to do what it can
to help them avoid insults and
inconvenience. 1t has done
this in the knowledge that the
only real solution to their prob
lem lies in the final and COM
plete eradication of all forms
of racial discrimination.
We are not and should not be
primarily concerned with our
image abroad, that is, with
what others think of us. If we
cannot act from the genuine
convictions that a democratic
society is the best kind of So
ciety, we shall certainly not
convince others that we think
it is. At the same time, the
plight of African diplomats in
the United States may we'll help
to educate that segment of the
American public which has
hitherto, whether deliberately or
unwittingly, ignored the inequi-
ties that continue to exist in
our society. Their coming has
shed dramatic light on a prob
lem which many would prefer
to forget and has helped us, to
some degree, to see ourselves as
others see us"
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
A Challenge To State Negro
Baptist

We attended the annual session of the General
Missionary Baptist State Convention the other week
up in Grenada. The General Missionary Baptist
State Convention being by far the largest and the
oldest of some nine such Negro Baptist State Con-
ventions in the state.
During the two days which we spent attending
the convention session, several times we were in
discussions with small groups and individual men,
bers of the organization with regard to the pros
poets of unifying the nine state conventions into
into state organization.
During the discussions on one occasion the sug-
gestion was made regarding the appointment of
committee from the General Missionary Baptist
State Convention to begin exploring the prospects
and working towards the eventual unity of the nine
conventions, although nothing was done with re-
spect to the suggestion during the session.
There was also much talk about the future of
Natchez College, the main project of the General
Missionary Baptist State Convention, the future
OF which becomes increasingly insecure and doubt
full with the passing of each year and the ncreas-
ing cost of education and maintaining an education
al institutions
In spite of the rather dim prospects for the
future OF the college as of the moment it is the
universal opinion among members of the Conven-
ton that Natchez College could, and should be
among the outstanding educational institutions of
the state. prospect however, that can become true
only with the united support of all the Negro Bap-
tist of the State.
The leaders of the nine different state con-
ventons and the rank and file of Negro Baptist in
the state need only look at their white contempor-
aries, where there is only state convention and
compare Natchez College with the White Baptist
College in Clinton to get some idea of the great
harm the division of the much less meagre re-
sources of Negro Baptist in the state into nine diff
ferent parts is doing to the future of Natchez Col
lege and the work of Negro Baptist in the State
In the light of the high calling of the ministry
and in the spirit of religion, we can see no insur-
mountable barriers to the unity of the nine state
conventions into one state organization
In the light of the great good that such unity
would bring about for Natchez College, for Negro
Baptist, and for Negroes generally, we see the
need for unity of the Nine State Conventions into
one state organization as the greatest and most
important challenge to Negro Baptist and their
leaders in this state.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
Adam Powell
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the Harlem Congressman's re-
turns for the period 1885.
But Mr.. Powell asked the u.
S. Tax Court last Monday to
order IRIS to withdraw the
claim. His petition said a "sub-
stantial" amount of the claim
ed deficiencier" for six years
had been in dispute. He denied
allegations of fraud in the re-
turns.
A year ago criminal income
tax charges against Mr.. Powell
were thrown out of New York
court. He had been indicted on
counts involving his income and
that of his former wife, pianist
Hazel Scott, for the yeas 1851
So.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
King Is Still In
Albany Jail
Followers Plan More
Demonstrations

ALBANY, Ga. tAP)-The pros
pect of more anti-segregation dem
onstrations confronted Albany to-
day after a two-day lull in protest
activity by Negroes.
We've got to do something a
student leader told about 700 Ne
groes Monday night at church
meeting.
If we can get 200 to 300 people
to march at one time. we can
break this thing" said the youth.
Cordell Reagon of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Commit
tee.
A noon meeting was called at
the church for an undisclosed pur-
pose.
In series OF developments:
A group of Northern ministers
headed for Albany to join the de-
segregation fight.
Negroes weighed possible legal
action over alleged abuse Of jailed
demonstrators.
lntegration leaders accused city
commissioners Of dealing in dou-
bic talk and broken promises" in
connection with Negro attempts to
arrange negotiations on the racial
impaSse.
DR.. Martin Luther King Jr., in
Jail interview, said he was very
encouraged by the situation here.
At Monday nights mass meet
ing. integration leader DR.. W. G.
Anderson said a group of minis
ters from New York and other
eastern cities would arrive TODAY
The clergymen were among 100
ministers who demonstrated at the
White House Monday.
Anderson asked any person who
suffered any type of abuse"
while in jail to meet with an at
torney for the integrstionists.
Its high time we started ar
resting some of the policemen"
Anderson said.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
Finland
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\SOllClIlucu lOiil age OIiC|
ist game by making it appear to
be a non-Communist festival" "
he said. "This rejoices the Com
munists more than anything"
He reported that the leader
ship of the Seinendan - the
Japanese youth organization of
more than four and a half mil
lion members - when they un-
derstood this point decided not
to go to Helsinki but to send
their president and a delegation
to the MIRA conference in Caux,
Switzerland. There, with rep
resentatives from "a nations,
they are planning positive ideol-
ogical action to answer Com
munism and corruption on q
world front, he said.
Snellman said the 5000 Firms
who demonstrated against the
festival showed the world that
Finnish youth is not in agree
nent with it, "but that is not
enough to deal with Commu-
nism. Anti Communism by itself
is no answer"
"The only effective program
he said, answering the Com
munist bid for the youth Of the
world is that of the MIRA task
forces, which today on every
continent with their plays and
films are reaching tens of mil
lions of people.
"On the eve of the festival
scandinavian youth visited the
Prime Minister Of their nations
to express their determination
to capture Scandinavia with a
railitant moral theology answer
ing materialism Of every form.
This received wide press pub
licity. !"
MIRA is regarded in Finland
as the only alternative to Com
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11

separate pots and pans, he said,
Zone of the first things I did
as Mayor was to bring the chiefs
together and tell them that this
was just going to end. Period" :"
Celebrating further on prob
lens of urban living, City Man.
ager Mitchell of Newburgh, New
York said that many Negro
leaders refuse to understand the
problems which the sudden Ne
gro influx has created for city
administrators. Asserting that
these are mot basically color
problems" he said that one rea-
son or poor interracial relations
in the North is that the new
conner Representing 1870 of
Newburgh's population) are
drawn from a group that is de-
prived culturally and economic
ally. "They would have prob
lens and make problems Tor
city administrators whatever
their color"
Underscoring the economic
side Of discrimination" Mr.. Van
Arsdale of the AFL-CIO report
ed on a survey of workers in
the New York Metropolitan area
that Gin all of the lowest wage
categories there is the highest
percentage of Negro workers" "
"We've all been disappointed in
cur conviction that all of the
good people would help MINOR
ties solve their problems" Mr..
Van Arsdale said.
Agreeing that the influx of
Negroes from the South does
create special problems, Roy
Wilkins Of the NAACP compar-
ed them with an "underprivileg-
ed country" and said that they
need reverse discrimination in
favor Of the Negroes to help
them up with their white fellow
citizens"
What often prevents white
groups from giving Negroes the
kind of extra help" that they
need, DR.. Hedgeman believes, is
a basic failure in understand
ing "that we all grow up with
Many textbooks, she believes
inadvertently give white stu
dents a faulty picture Of Ne
groes, showing them all picking
cotton or working rs domestics
"White people," she explained
"have no way Of knowing any.
thing about NesroeA"
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
983 Negroes So.
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Oblate Sisters of Providence at
Baltimore, Maryland count 325
Negroes among their nuns (297
of them professed), and at New
York City the Franciscan Hand
maids of the Most Pure Heart
of Mary number 80 (66 profess
sed).
Besides these three, 106 9TH
er communities reported Ne
groes among their members.
While most of these counted but
one of several Negro Sisters,
some counted more. Of the
small, non-branching orders,
the Blessed Sacrament Sisters
of Cornwells Heights, Pennsyl-
vania reported the highest total
of Negro members. They count
ed II Negro Sisters. Ten of
these are professed.
Of the multi-branched orders,
several reported sizebale COM
bined totals of Negro members
among their affiliates and auto
nomous branches.
Twenty-Five separate divi~ions
of Franciscans (excluding the
all-Negro Franciscan Hand
maids at New York City, count
81 Negro Sisters among their
members. Forty-six of these are
professed Sisters. Eleven sep
arate divisions of Dominican
Sisters count Is Negroes among
their members (19 of them pro-
fessed). One order, Lady of
Charity of Good Shepherd, re-
ported 20 Negroes among its
professed members at Balti-
more, Maryland and st. Paul,
Minnesota. Four divisions of
Benedictine Sisters reported a
combined total of 18 Negro
members, 13 of them professed.
Eight divisions of Sisters of
Charity number Is Negroe
members (12 professed). Four
divisions of Discalced Carme-
lites counted 5 Negro members
q professed).
While the survey revealed
that some of the country's larg-
est communities of nuns have
but few or no Negroes among
their members, it revealed also
a widespread eagerness to have
them apply for membership.
The survey is part of an eff
fort by Divine Word Mission
aries to make known the num-
ber of Catholic Negroes dedicat-
ed to the service of the Church
in the U.S.A. Earlier reports
were issued by the missionaries
revealing the present number of
American Negro priests (131)
and Brothers (200).
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11

munist take-over, he said. "Ev-
cry feature film of MIRA has
been distributed nationwide and
in many cities has broken box
office records" he added. The
National Board Of Education
has recommended these films for
all the schools in order to "for-
tify the moral backbone and the
fight for freedom Of all the
youth" he said.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
TougaIoo
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teachers.
Thigpen is taking three COL
lege levels courses as we'll as
working closely with the SO
other math teachers in the pro-
gram in seminars, workshops,
study halls and "bull sessions"
Members of the institute were
drawn from 16 states through
out the nation.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
Nigeria -.
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Commission for Africa.
The Conference, with dele
gates from Cameroun, Chad,
Congo (Leopoldville), Dahomey,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Liberia, Madagascar, Niger,
Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sudan,
Tanganyika, Togo, Uganda and
United Arab Republic, including
Nigeria, will, among other
things, probe whether regional
and international schemes will
provide the answer to commo-
dity price fluctuations.
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11
RELEASE AT WILL
WASHINGTON REPORT
RocioI Discrimination
and Diplomacy
BY Pedro A. SoniUon
Deputy to fbe Chief Of Protocol

The United States into being the result of evou-
tion The aim of that revolution earm and reestabh
individual social ard human rights which being denied
suppressed 1t of the remarkably successful up
heavas the history Of human affairs and the ideals of human
dignity and equality of opportunity which inspired have been
guiding light to the world for nearly hundred years.
Some Americans believe that with the
OF the revolution and the writing law of the
all gted and that succeeding need
Jackson advocate., 1962-08-11

First squabbler - Say! I'll
tell you something right now
Second ditto - Good! You
have not told me anything
right yet
The Nome nugget., 1962-11-09
Mrs. FDR Termed a Figure of Greatness
 By J. M. Roberts

Neither her face, her voice nor her figure would have launched q thousand ships.
 Yet as her life progressed her face acquired a certain beauty that had nothing to do with it's physi- cal features, her voice was always on the side of humanity, and her figure became one of greatness.
 first metZMrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, for bare introduction, on campaign train 30 years ago. Another meeting on another train was almost as brief. was not greatly impressed in those days, a mistake which many people made at the time of high controversy.
 1 met her again 15 years later over lunch not a luncheon = in the Delegates Cafe at the Palais De Chaillot in Paris where the United Nations was meeting. Her husband was gone, the undevi- ating edge of her political parti- sanship was gone, the controversy was over Her face and her voice held a new meaning, and I was much impressed.
 She had come into the full herit- age of family which had, in New York, since long before the found- ing of the nation, exercised a strong consciousness of the need for public service.
 She lived in that tradition until she died, daughter, niece and wife of the rich and famous, and a success on her own.