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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 3
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City, State, ted National Nows
JACKSON, MISS., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1941
PRICE FIVE CENTS
- - WELCOME NEGRO STATE FAIR VISITORS - -
Haitian President s Son To U. S. School
Maxe Lescot, son of President Elie Lescott
of Haiti, is greeted by the Rev. Urban Lux, of St.
Emma Military School of Rock Castle, Virginia,
on his arrival in Philadelphia aboard the liner Gre
nada. Also at the dock to meet him is Eiie Garcia,
secretary of the Haitian Legation of Washington,
where young Lescot will spend a few days before
proceeding to Rock Castle, for school.
J. M. B. Association Plans
72nd Session On October 29
The seventy-second annual ses
sion of the J. M. B. Association,
Inc., will open Wednesday, October
29, at the Pearlie Grove Baptist
Church of which the Rev. T. H.
Walker is ipastor The convention
is to continue for four days through
November 1.
The official program of this
year’s meeting of the association is
as follows:
FIRST DAY
10:00 A. M.—Meeting called to
order by the Moderator, Rev. W. P.
Whitfield. Devotion led by Rev. T.
H. Walker. Remark;, by the Mode
rator.
10:30 A. M.—Inspirational Ad
dress, “The Final Preservence of
the Saints,” by Rev. F. W. Coleman,
20 minutes. Reading and adopting
the program. Appointing Commit
tees. Enrollment Period. Business
period. Introduction of Visitors,
Music by chorus.
11:45 a. m. Introductory Sermon
by R. L. Robinson. Alternate Rev.
D. H. Hill. Offering. Recess for
Dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION
1 p. m., Afternoon Session.
2 p. m. meeting called to order
by the vice moderator. Devotion Ted
by Rev. John Carey. Business Peri
od. Enrollment continued.
3 p. m. ushers and laymen’s
period. Remarks by Laymen Presi
dent. Reading and adopting the
program. Address—“Ought Pastors
Support the Laymen’s Movement of
Committees. Enrollment period
Alcorn Alumnus
Is Speaker At
Formal Opening
ALCORN, Miss—Mr. L. M. Park
er, an alumnus of Alcorn A. and M
College and principal of the Alcorn
Laboratory High School was the
main speaker at the formal open
ing of the college, which was held
in historic Oakland Memorial
Chapel at 11:00 a. m. last Monday.
The subject of Mr. Parker’s address
was “The Challenge of Education
in a Time of Great Crisis.” Mr. W
B. Nelson, Dean of Instruction,
presided and Miss L. C. Wright,
chaplain, offered the invocation.
President Bell introduced the fac
ulty and visitors to the students.
Before Mr. Parker spoke, Miss
Willie Grays rendered a vocal solo;
Miss Juanita Apperwhite and Mr.
Herron, respectively, read papers on
“The Ideal College Woman,” and
“The Ideal College Man.” Mr.
Claude Walston read a paper, writ
ten by Maurice Lair, Carson High
School, Carson, Miss., entitled “The
Effects of the use of Intoxicating
Alcholic Liquor as a Beverage.”
Other musical selections included a
number by the girls’ trio and a vo
cal solo by Mr. John L. Frisby. The
program closed with the aggrega
tion’s singing the “College Ode.”
jointly. Address—“The Real Need
of Well-Trained Ushers in the
church,” by Brother Charlie Craw
ley. Solo—Mr. C. M. Martin. Report
from State Layrfien’s and Ushers
Convention (presidents). Business
Period. Congregational singing—
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee.”
5 p. m. Sermon by Rev. Jas. Me
Clenty. Alternate Rev. J. D. Hayden.
Offering. Announcements. Adjourn
ment.
7 p. m. meeting called to order
by the moderator. Devotion by Rev.
G. W. Myles. Welcome Address. Lo
cal program and response by Bro.
G. W. Williams.
8 p. m. Sermon on Doctrinal by
I Rev. P. E. Lott. Alternate Rev. T.
; C. Simmons. Offering. Giving
I homes to delegates. Announce
j ments. Adjournment.
THURSDAY—SECOND DAY
MORNING SESSION
9:30 a. m. meeting called to order
by the moderator. Devotion led by
Rev. W. H. Robinson. Remarks by
the moderator. Reading and ap
proving the previous day’s journals.
General Enrollment. Inspirational
address—“God’s Purpose of Grace,”
by Rev. W. C. Cole. General Busi
j ness. Introduction of visitors. Music
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' by the chorus. Committees, Enroll
j ment continued. Business period,
announcements and adjournment
for dinner at 1 p .m.
THURSDAY—SECOND DAY
AFTERNOON SESSION
2 p. m. meeting called to order
by the vice moderator. 15 minutes
song service by the chorus. Remarks
by the moderator. Enrollment con
tinued. Report of Committees. Gen
eral business.
3 p. m. Laymen and Ushers
I period. Remarks by the president.
Reading and approving of the pre
vious day’s journal. Enrollment
continued. Address— “How to keep
the Layman Movement Alive in the
Church,” by Bro. Floyd Hart. Solo—
Mrs. Eddie Leamous. Reading and
discussing the program of the state
laymen and usher extra session.
Introduction of visitors. Business
period. Report of committees, spe
cial address by Mr. H. C. Young,
president of the City Ushers Boards.
Usher Drill led by Miss Ruth John
son. Announcements and adjourn
ment.
THE THURSDAY—SECOND DAY
EVENING SESSION
6:45 p. m. meeting called to order
(Continued on Back Page)
Meeting To Be
At Piney Woods
THE Piney Woods School will be
hostess to the Mississippi Pedera- I
tion of Colored Women’s Clubs on ]
October 15, 15 and 17. This con
vention will bring together a group
of the finest women in the state,
representing various interests and
activities.
Among the things anticipated by
those wh0 will go to Piney Woods
is a report from the National Con
vention which met in Oklahoma
City in August About ten Missis
sippians represented at the national
meeting, taking part in public pro
grams, committee meetings, and
the various exhibits sponsored by
tte National Organization.
Unofficial information has got
ten out that Mississippi excelled
again in the various exhibits, and
won three loving cups. The Nannie
Burroughs Cut) for “Creative Art’’
went to Prentiss Institute; the cup
offpred by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt for the best made “Cotton
Dress” was awarded to Mrs. T. J.
Barnes of Laurel, while the Senator
Caoper Cun for the best “all around
Art” exhibit was won by Missis
sippi.
The programs of the Business
Department of the National, which
is headed by Mrs. J. E. Johnson of
Prentiss, was an overwhelming suc
cess. The photographic exhibit of
Negro businesses proved to be one
of the most popular booths in the
exhibit room. While only two years
old, this department has won
'•ecognition as a major activity of
the National Federation of Colored
Women.
The Piney Woods Convention will
feature an all-star exhibit, show
ing articles of fancy work and art
which won prizes at the National
Meeting
Mrs. M. M Hubert, President of
the State Federation expects the
most enthusiastic convention in the
history of the organization. Inter
est in club work has increased dur
ing the year and Negro women of
Mississippi are becoming more and
more conscious of the value of
group and group action.
The Piney Woods Club under the
leadership of Mrs. J. C. Carter
and Mrs. A. B. Albert has com
pleted plans for entertaining a
lrrrpe delegation. The Mississippi
Federation of Colored Girls will
meet in connection with the par
ent organization.
First Lady Speaks At Women's Meet
PORtERSRESOLUTIONS MAY PUT
AFL CONVENTION ON THE SPOT
15th Annual Negro State Fair
October 13-18; Wallace Brothers
Show Featured Attraction;
Predict Large Crowd To Attend
jackson, miss.—'me Mississippi
Negro State Fair will present its
15ih Annual showing on the Mis
sissippi state Fair Grounds or
Highway 49 in North Jackson here
beginning Monday, October 13th
and run through Saturday, October
18.
Keeping up with the policy oi
obtaining the very best carnival
attraction, the fair association has
obtained the service of the Wal
lace Brothers Shows, who has
guaranteed to present a clean and
entertaining carnival attraction
which will add to the gayety of the
occasion.
With cotton prices at a new
high] and fanners enjoying a
neater degree of prosperity than
they have in many past years, to
gether with the fact of the large
number of colored soldiers station
ed near Jackson, the fair move
ment is preparing for one of the
largest attendances in the fair’s
history.
An outstanding feature of the
fair since its very first showing has
been the spectacular street parade,
and the fair management has spar
ed n0 efforts to make this year’s
parade one of the best. The parade
which will officially open the fair
will be held Monday and will
depict a pageant of progress, and is
scheduled to begin promptly at
eleven o’clock and will seen both
on Parish and Capitol streets. An
unusually large number of beauti
fully decorated floats will be seen
in the parade, due to the tradition
al honor now attached to the win
ning of the best decorated floats
and car? as well as because of the
substantial prices awarded.
In keeping with its established
policy the Fair Management has
encouraged the presentation of ex
hibits from all groups, including the
schools, boys’ and girls’ clubs, and
other organizations. The interest
which started developing some
years ago in quilting has served to
bring to this year’s fair some of
the finest work of this kind, and
the Quilting Contest and attraction,
with prizes from $25 to 4.00.
There will also be exhibits by the
New Farmers of America, with
prizes from $15.00 to $7.50. The
Home Demonstration and 4-H
Girls Clubs and State 4-H Clubs
will emphasize home management
and improvement and will have ex
hibits with from $15.00 to $9.00.
The special canning exhibits with
prizes from $15.00 to $2.00 will be of
special interest to all those inter
ested in food perserving on account
of the manner of judging. , The
judging will be done in the form
of a “Judging School”, which will
be conducted by the Extension Food
Preservation Sepecialist from Mis
sissippi State College .
Live Stock prizes from $5,00 to
$1.50; Swine from $3.00 to $1.00;
Dairy Cattle from $3.00 to $1.00:
Beef Cattle from $3.00 to $1.00;
Poultry, Flowers and other special
exhibits have prizes ranging from
$1.00 to 20 cents.
The Community Exhibits will of
fer prizes from $12 to $2; College
Trades School and Elementary Ex
hibits prizes from $6.50 to $2.; Art
Exhibits, $5. to $2.50; with the gen
eral canning exhibits offering a
variety of prizes from $1,25. to 35
cents; Manual Training prizes from
$1. to 25 cents.
Friday, October 17th has been set
(Continued on Back Page)
Personnel Work Her Coal
RUTH DOSS, of Cleveland, Ohio, a junior in the Division of Busi
ness at Hampton Institute, lias decided to make Personnel work her
career, after studying the implications of the new personnel program
at Hampton. Miss Doss is very active in the academic and student life
at the Tidewateir Virginia college and this year is vice president of the
Callioppe Society, women’s social organization, and assistant director
of the campus movie committee, and a member of the Junior Business
League and the college assembly committee. A graduate of Central
High School in Cleveland, she has been outstanding in campus life since
her freshman year when she was a member of the house committee in
Virginia Hall. Last year she represented the sophomore class on the
Student Council and was secretary of that governing body. At present,
she is trying out for the Hampton Little Theatre, and the Girls' Glee
Club. She is majoring in commercial education at present, but hopes
to get heir master’s degree in Personnel and Guidance.
Marian Anderson, World
Famous Singer; Coming
Jackson’s musical session will get
under way on October 20th when
Marian Anderson, noted American
singer will be presented in con
cert by the Jackson Music As
sociation and the Harmonia Club
The concert will be held in the
City auditorium and it is expected
that thousands from all over the
State will attend.
Prom the time Marian Anderson
began singing in a church choir at
the age of eight she has steadily
risen to an enviable position on the
ladder of success ana is now ac
claimed one of the outstanding
artists of all time. At an early age
she entered a contest put on by
the Philharmonic Symphony Or
chestra of New York and won first
nrize, after which she received the
Rcsenwald scholarship t.wo years.
She then began to tour the capi
tols of Europe where one triumph
led to another. She was signed for
forty concerts in Scandanavia dur
(Continued on Back Page)
Randolph Awaits
Action On Pleas
•
NSW YORK—(ANP)—At least two and possibly three
| resolutions to be put before the 61st annual convention of
the American Federation of L#abor, meeting in Seattle,
Washington, for 11 days beginning Monday, by A. Philip
Randolph and Milton P. Webster, delegates from the Inter
national Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, are calculated
to expose that organization to criticism by all Negroes and
many far-sighted whites. At the same time, President Wil
liam Green, in light of developments of the past few months,
will be confronted with the experience of once again being
in an untenable position.
First Lady To
Head Speakers
At Women's Meet
McNutt To Address
Public Meeting
On Thursday
WASHINGTON, D. C—(S N S>
—Headed by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the list of speakers to
appear before the sessions of the
National Council of Negro Women
Incorporated, which convenes in
Washington, October 16, 17 and
18 is an imposing array. Honorable
Paul V. McNut^ Administrator oi
the Federal Security Agency, will
address the public mass meeting on
Thursday,' October 16. On the
same program will be Attorney Eu
nice Hunton Carter and Lestei
Granger, Assistant Executive sec
retary of the National Urban Lea
gue.
Honorable A. A. Barle, Jr., as
sistant Secretary of State, will de
liver an address on Defense Night,
which meeting will be held in Ran
kin Chapel of Howard University
on Friday, October 17. At that
time the Negro Division Heads ol
the Government will be present to
conduct a round-table on defense.
Saturday night, October 18,,
Honorable Frances Bolton, Con
(Continued on Back Page)
Alcorn Librarian
Gets Scholarship
Mrs. M. P. Lyells (formerly Ru
by Elizabeth Stutt) Librarian of
Alcorn A. and M. College has been
honored with a scholarship from
the University of Chicago. Mrs. Ly
ells will register for the autumn
quarter to take work iu the Grad
uate Library School whore she has
already completed residence re
quirements for the M. A. degree in
Library Science.
As partial requirement for the
degree, Mrs. Lyell is ma king a
study of the facilities for library
service in Negro Landgramt Col
leges. Mrs. Lyell graduate* 1 from
Alcorn as valedictorian of th\e class
of 1929 and was granted a Julius
Rosenwald fellowship to study li
brary science at the Hampton In
stitute Library School from which
she graduated in 1930.
As its first professional librarian
she has developed the library at
Alcorn from a miscellaneous assort
ment of book/ which were for the
most part unsuited for college work
to a well organized collection defi
nitely related to the curricula of
the college.
The library now meets the stand
ard set by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Mr. Randolph, besides being the
international president of the
union, is also national director of
of the Negro March on Washing
ton committee^Mr.- Webster the
first international vice president, is
a member of the Pair Employment
Practice committee established un
der the executive order of Presi
dent Roosevelt oi June 25 barring
discrimination in national defense
employment. Mr. Green, too, has
membership on this committee.
The resolutions are six in num
ber and include an endorsement of
the PEP committee, anti-poll tax
•legislation, federal anti-lynch bill,
lease-lend aid to Ethiopia, support
of Great Britain, China, and Russia
against Hitler and Hitlerism, and
establishment of a trade union
committee aigainst discrimination
on account of race, color, religion
or national origin.
THE first and the last are the
ones most likely to draw complaint.
I Failure of the APT, to give it en
dorsement to the FEP would in ef
fect nullify whatever usefulness
Mr. Green might possess as a
member cf that committee. There
have been almost weekly meetings
of the committee since its appoint
ment in early August. Mr. Green is
known to have attended very few
of these sessions. Many persons
have sought to put an interpreta
tion upon the fact that when the
?roup posed for photographers at
its first meeting, Mr. Green was
the only one wh0 appeared to be
avoiding a full view of his face,
REMOVE' KNOTTY PROBLEM
On the other hand, in the event
that the federation does adopt this
resolution it will remove what is
presently believed one of the knot
tier problems so far encountered
by Lawrence Cramer, executive sec
retary for the committee, and that
is the question of what to do about
unions which refuse to enroll Ne
groes so that they may be employ
ed in plants where the unions have
a closed shop. The questionnaire
sent out to affiliated unions last
month by President Green to ascer
tain the attitude of the groups on
the race question may be indica
tive of a changed or modified view
point.
Proposal of a committee to act on
cases of discrimination may hit a
snag too. For 60 years the AFL has
faced the race question in one form
(Continued on Back Pago)
Funeral Services
Are Held For Miss
Sallie Christmas
Funeral services for the late Miss
Sallie Christmas, who was slain in
Los Angeles several days ago, were
held from the family residence on
East Cohea Street, Sunday after*
/ioon at 3 r. m. with Pev. A. L. Hol
land, officiating. Music was furn
ished by the Central CME church
choir, with Mrs. Alice Lattimore at
the pia.no. Many beautiful floral de
signs were presented as a token of
respect for the deceased.
Among the out-of-town persons
present were: Mrs. Eddie Mitchell
of Chicago and Mrs. Ernestine
Cobbs Williams of New Orleans.