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HIT RUN DRIVER LEAVES FATHER OF FIVE DEAD
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VOLUME .XIII—NUMBER 39_ JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1953 ? ~ PRICE TEN CENTS
PICKET LINE BALKS SEGREGATION CRUSADE
FARISH STREET is SCENE OF SATURDAY KNIFE SLAYING
SATURDAY CROWDS WATCH AS 2
WOMEN FIGHT BATTLE TO DEATH
WITH SWITCHBLADE KNIVES
Victor Flees As Fallen Foe
Is Left Dying In Pool Of Blood
Incident Leads Business Men To Call
For Increased Police Patrol
The crowds that moved up and
down Farish street every Saturday
.afternoon watched without lifting
a hand as two women, with no po
liceman in sight, fought a battle
to death with two switchblade
knives, shortlv after 3 o’clock a
few feet off the corner of Hamil
ton street.
The victim, Ikie Mae Biovn re
ported as having a Tong list of
less fatal cutting victims to her
credit, was left at the scene dying
in a pool of her own blood as the
victor fled running north on Per
ish street streaming blood from
all but fatal wounds she received
during the conflict.
Picked up at the scone by a
Ccllins Funeral Home ambulance,
the dying woman succumbed j
shortlv after being placed in a
local hospital.
According to reports the argu
ment between the two women over
a package of cigarettes started in
the Blue Lite Cafe, a popular
Saturday gathering place near the
corner of Farish and Hamilton
street.
According to reports, when or
dered out by the proprietor of
the cafe, the two women started
cutting at each other as they
reached the sidewalk. Backing
across the street Ikie Mae slipped
and fell and she backed into .a
parked truck. Sensing the advan
tage the other woman bounced
upon her, grabbed her by one leg
and began stabbing and cutting in
a wild series of blows until the
felled woman could no longer re
sist when she turned from her
and fled north on Farish street.
According to reports she was
arrested shortly after going to a
local hospital for treatment.
Later Saturday night an un
known man is reputed to have ac
cidentally shot himself through the
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PRINCIPAL SPEAKER:. The
Principal Speaker at the meeting
cf the State Baptist Convention in
Cleveland this week will be Dr.
Joseph H. Jackson, above. Pastor
of famed Olivet Paptist Church, of
Chicago, 111. A Native of Missfe
sippi. Dr. Jackson is now regarded
as a leading t'andidate for Presi
dent of the National Baptist Con
vention.
Two Pistol Toters
Accidently Shot
Within Week On
Farish Street
Two pistol toters have been ac
cidentally shot on Farish Street
within a week, giving credence to
reports of widespread gun carry
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See Arrests Increase In New
Enforcement Drive On Farish St.
The arrest of two Negro men
on Farish street early this week
is seen as a part of a new drive
for better law enforcement on
Farish street resulting from a
petition circulated and presented
H.o the City Council by H. Carr,
well known local carpenter, Mon
day morning.
Late Monday afternoon, Edgar
Ford, 52, alias “Dav-go.” was ar
rested at the corner of Farish and
Hamilton street while under the
influence of liquor. He was beat
en and kicked for several minutes
by the arresting officer, one of
whom stood up on his right arm
lor several minutes while he was
lying prone on the sidewalk face
up in the rain. According to re
ports, Ford is charged with strik
ing one of the officers who made
the arrest.
Early Tuesday night Fred Til
lis, onerator of the Savoy Cafe on
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MORE NEGRO FARMERS NOW LIVE
IN MODERN HOMES REPORT SAYS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20
—More colored farmers own mod
em homes and mechanized farm i
equipment than ever before, al- i
though many still live in shabby I
dwellings and operate their farms
with old-fashioned one-mule, one
row implements, according to
Sherman Briscoe, USDA, Informa
tion Specialist.
This sums up what I saw during
a recent tour of colored farms in
Alabama, Arkansas, I ouisiana,
Mississippi, South Carolina, Ttr
nessee, Texas, and Virginia.
The sight of attractive rural
homes almost hidden along little
traveled gravel and dirt back ro^ds
is a welcomed relief from the thou
sands of tenant shacks one sees
bordering the main highways which
sometimes run through the planta
tions. I am sure these dilapidated
dwellings give the average visitor
the impression that all Negro
fanners and many whites live in
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Saturday Crowds
Scatter As Police
Fire On Fleeing
Bootleggers
The crowds around the corner of
Farish and Church Street scattered
onickly to cover last Saturday
Night as police opened fire on a
speeding automobile as it rounded
the Corner of Church Street to go
North on Farish Street.
The speeding car turned out to
be occupied by two men charged
with being Corn Liquor Bootleg
gers who threw-out their load con
i sisting of several gallon jugs, which
busted as it hit the streets and left
its smell over several blocks. The
car was stopped by its occupants
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Nathan Luckett
Father Of Five
I Left Dead In St. By
Hit-Run Driver
I No Arrest Made
i As Police Continue
Investigating Case
A coroner's jury returned a ver
dict of death from a hit and run
driver in the case of Nathan
Luckett, Negro man, whose body
was found lying on Briarwood
Drive, in a white residential dis
trict, one-half mile from the north,
east city limits of Jackson shortly
| before 11 o’clock Sunday night.
The finding of the body was
first reported by E. P. Swain, a
Jlriarwood Drive resident, accord
ing to reports.
According to reports, officers
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Funeral Service
Held For Eight
Fire Victims
LIBERTY, Miss., July 20—
(Special)—Funeral rites and burial
services were held here Friday for
eight members of a Negro family
burned to death when fire destroy
ed their farm home at Centreville,
Mississippi last Thursday night.
Only two of the family escaped
i the fire which is believed to have
resulted from an exploded Oil lamp
left burning at night so an infant
baby would sleep. The two survi
vors were the childrens grand
mother and a four year old child
Betty Jean Thompson.
The eight victims buried here
were: Stafford L. Stewart, 34, and
his wife, 33; George Marshall Stew
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Preliminary
Hearing Set
In Mosley
Slaying Case
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 20.—
Preliminary hearing was set for
! 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, in
| Judge G. C. Boner’s court for Mrs.
: Jessica McClain in connection with
j the “Tuxedo Junction Slaying
! Case” in which 45-year-old Harris
Lovell Mosely was fatally shot.
Mrs. McClain, 30-year-old moth
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Clarksdale Man
Is Electrocuted
Clarksdale, Miss., July 21 —
(Special) — A 20-year-old Negro
man, David Colbert, an employee
of Planters Manufacturing Com
pany, was electrocuted while un
loading cotton seed hulls here Tues
day.
Colbert who was using an Elec
tric Unloader set the machine
down for a moment and when he
again picked it up it stuck to his
hands. Fellow workmen who pull
ed him away from the machine
also received shocks but none was
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Father And
Daughter Held
In Affair With
Commonlaw
Husband
Bernice Walker, of 2102 Powers
Avenue, and her father, Will Mc
Call, were being held in jail Tues
i day in connection with the shoot
j ing and cutting of her Common
j Law Husband, Willie Cartledge in
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SI A IE DENTAL HYGENIST: In the above picture is Miss Eliza
beth Byrd O’By/ne, of Meridian, Mississippi, the State Dental Hygenist.
In going about her duties throughout the state which includes lectures
and instruction in the care of the Teeth in Schools and Colleges of
the state she has won a host of friends because of her supreme tact
and pleasing personality.
Negro Citizens
Protest Chicken
Slaughterhouse
in Neighborhood
A group of Negro citizens liv
ing in the Crawford street neigh
borhood of Georgetown in north
west Jackson, launched a move
ment last week in protest of the
erection of a chicken slaughtei
house in the neighborhood. The
proposed chicken slaughter house,
to be located at 852 Crawford
street, is to be erected by the
Ghetti Bros. Poultry & Market.
Some one hundred and thirty
Negro citizens living in the com
munity signed a petition seeking
to prevent the building of the
place, which was presented to the
Mayor and City Commisisoners
last week, according to reports.
I The petition alleges that a chicken
slaughter house produces the most
offensive and uncontrollable odors
which will make the enjoyment of
i their homes impossible along with
j the existence of the chicken
slaughter house. The Crawford
; street neighborhood contains some
of the most modern low-priced
homes owned and occupied by Ne
groes of the city.
In the meantime, however, ac
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Miss. Beauticians
Hold Greatest
Meeting In History
BILOXI, Miss.—Beauticians in
I Mississippi set a new record here
last week at the 13th annual meet
ing of the Mississippi Independent
' Beauticians Association, by hav
; ing the greatest all-around meet
ing in the history of their organ
! ization. The four-day meet pro
j duced the largest registration ever
and demonstration of Andre Maz
1 aret, New Yrork hair stylists, gave
j the beauticians new ideas which
will revolutionize the beauty in
I dustry in the state of Mississippi.
Thirty-one students graduated
i from summer school held one week
' prior to the State Association.
$100 was contributed to educa
I tion by the groups and the winners
in the “Miss Spirit of Beauty Con
test” included Juanita Hayes, first
place, Meridian; Jeanette Johnson,
j second place, Greenville; Mary Lee
i Lewis, third place, Greenville.
The group reported thousands of
dollars raised in such civic drives
as Red Cross, Cancer Fund, Polio
Fund, Community Chest and War
Bond drives. Thirteen deaths were
reported among beauticians during
the year.
The social side of the meeting
included the gala Beauticians’ Ball
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Wedding Of British Statesman's
Daughter And Native African Held
In London's St. John's Church
COUPLE PLAN TO LIVE IN AFRICA
LONDON, Eng., July 20.—
(DSN) — The wedding of Enid
; Margaret Cripps, youngest daugh
ter of famed British statesman
! and diplomat, the late Sir Staf
ford Cripps, and Joseph Appiah, a
native African law student from
Africa’s Gold Coast was solemn
ized Saturday before a guest list
of primly-dressed Britons and
robed African tribespien at fash
ionable St. John’s Church.
! “The whole world is watching
| you as you go out from this church
to live a new life together in
! Christ—a life which knows no bar
riers,” the couple was told by the
j Rev. N. A. Perry-Gore.
The two plan to settle down in
the Gold Coast, a British colony on
'the west coast of Africa.
The bride is a tall, buxom wo
man of 32, who is known as Peggy.
The bridegroom, an inch or two
shorter, is the bespectacled son of
a tribal leader and personal repre
sentative in London of the Gold
Coast's Prime Minister.
Appiah wore the brilliant crim
son, preen and yellow striped cer
emoinal dress of the Ashanti tribe.
The bride, who was given away by
her brother, John Cripps, wore a
gown of embroidered silk brocade
with ankle-length skirt and long,
tight sleeves.
Lady Cripps, widow of the La
borite leader who was .a post-war
chancellor of the exchequer, and
her English friends stood in the
church beside Gold Coast Afri
cans in their brilliant native robes
and sang the hymn:
“There is no east or west, or
north or south, but one great fel
lowship of love through the whole
wide world.”
While handkerchiefs fluttered
and Appiah’s fellow tribesmen
held aloft lucky charms, the new
lyweds drove off in a car flying
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National Negro
County Agents
Ass’n. In Meeting
Here Next Week
Delegates From 17
States To Attend
2nd Annual Meeting
The second annual meeting of'
the National Negro County Agents
Association will he held here next
week, July 27-29, at the College
Park Auditorium attended by dele
gates from seventeen. Southern
States.
The principal speaker for the
meeting will be George Alexander
Bowie, author and lecturer who is
now a member of the Firestone
Rubber Company Public Relations J
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N. Y. Daiiy Lauds
Dent Appointment
NEW YORK, July 20.—One of
the nation’s leading daily news
papers last week praised the re
cent appointment of Dr. Albert
W. Dent, president of Dillard Uni
versity, to head the National
Health Council.
Among other things, the New
York Times, in an editorial, point
ed out that Dr. Dent is eminently
qualified to be president of the
health organization. The publica
tion then cited his work with the
Flint-Goodrich hospital in New
Orleans and with the World Health
Organization as examples of his
competency for his present posi
tion.
The editorial said in part:
“The National Health Council !
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Sou. Democrats
Fight “Lost” Laws
WASHINGTON, July 20. _ A j
Southern Democrat introduced a
I bill in the house of representa
tives last week aimed at repealing
the portions of the District’s 1872 !
and 1873 “lost” laws banning seg- j
regation in restaurants, bars and '
other public eating places.
The action was taken by Rep.
W. M. Wheeler of Georgia as his J
answer to the recent U. S. Supreme j
Court ruling which upheld the acts i
of the old legislative assembly.
In introducing the bill, Rep. !
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Adam C. Powell
Off To Europe
WASHINGTON, July 20 — Con- j
gressman, Adam Clayton Powell, !
(Democrat), New York, left the I
country Friday for a three-month* |
tour of Europe. He will join his j
wife, Mrs. Hazel Scott Powell in
Paris. Mrs. Powell, the famojas j
pianist, will entertain the 12th
Airforce division in Germany and ;
will probably give a few other con
certs in Europe.
The Congressman and Mrs.
Powell expect to return to the
United States Oct. 1.
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See Newspaper
Advertising To
600 Million
! This Year
NEW YORK, July 20.—National
i advertising in newspapers will rise
; to a record 600' million dollars this
year, Assistant Director William
j A. Greene of the Bureau of Ad
vertising of the American News
paper Publishers Association pre
dicted Thursday.
He said in a report to the bu
reau’s more than 1,000 member
newspapers that the forecast was
based on media and economic con
ditions “that give us an unusual
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DAVIS LEE DISCREDITED NEGRO
JOURNALIST MEETS OPPOSITION
IN CRUSADE FOR SEGREGATION
Charge Police Break-Up Picket Line
Civic Leaders Hit Use Of Race Issue As
Racket And Means Of Making Easy Living
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CONVENTION HOST: When the
delegates attending the Second An
nual Meeting of the National Ne
gro Agriculture Agents Association
here next week visits Alcorn Col
We Tuesday their host will be
Dr. J. R. Otis, above. President of
the College, who is regarded as an
authority on the agricultural pos
sibilities of the state and of the
south.
Phoenix Ends
Segregation In
High Schools
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 20 —
Phoenix last week joined other
Arizona cities and voted to end
segregation in its high schools.
Action to end the discriminatory
practice came at a meeting of the
high schools and Phoenix college
board which agreed to open the
doors of all seven city high schools
to pupils of all races.
Two of five hoard meml>ers re
fused to vote on the action which
wiped out the last vestiges of
racial segregation on the high level
in the state.
Segregation in high schools in
other cities in Arizona ended years
ago.
Haiti Denies
Ban On Negro
Ambassador
NEW YORK, July IT—Published
reports that the Haitian govern
ment is opposed to the appoint
ment of a Negro as American am
bassador to that country have been
“vigorously” denied and branded
as “fantastic” by Mauclair Zephi
rin, the island Republic’s secretary
of state.
Responding on behalf of Presi
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Carver Bank
Assets Increase
By Nearly One
Million Dollars
NEW YORK, (GLOBAL) —
Four-year-old Carver Federal
Savings and Loan Association ad
ded close to a million dollars to its
assets during the past year, it was
disclosed this week by the Board of
Directors, after the association’s
executive vice preseident, Joseph
E. Davis made his semi-annual re
port on the condition of the busi
ness.
Savings accounts were up to
more than $3 million as against
a little more than $2 million last
June 30. The report showed that
total assets amounted to $3,337,
456.42, while last year at this time
the amount reported was $2,443,
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Montgomery, Ala., July 20.—
(DSN) — A scheduled speech of
Davis Lee, discredited Negro jour
nalist and newspaperman from
New Jersey on a crusade through
the Deep South in support of seg
regation, met with strenuous op
position from Negro citizens here.
At the time of the speech set for
8 o’clock last Friday night, July
10, picket lines had been formed
around the City Auditorium, scene
of the speech.
The picket lines are reported to
have run into opposition from the
local police force.
Civic leaders here said that
their efforts were successful in
displaying that decent-thinking
citizen* frown upon those who use
the lace issue as a racket and as
a means of making an easy living.
Lee, publisher of the Newark
(N. J.) Telegram, an infrequently
appearing scandal sheet, was hilled
to make a speech on the benefits
of segregation which has been
branded as the stigma of second
class citizenship.
E. D. Nixon, president of the
Montgomery County Progressive
Democrat Association, said in an
interview Saturday that a protest
over the matter would be placed
with Police Commissioner Earl
James last Saturday.
Nixon said that two police of
ficers were on duty before the
meeting got under way but later
the number grew to 20. He ac
cused Montgomery Chief of Police
C. J. Rupenthal of taking the
placards and breaking them one
by one across his knee. Ronald
R. Young, executive of the asso
ciation and one of the speakers
made the complaint.
Chief Rupenthal denied the ver
sions given by Nixon and Young.
He said that he told the pickets
to keep the sidewalk clear outside
of the aduitorium. He said that
they dropped the signs and ran
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Bob Church s
Daughter Gets
U. S. Labor Post
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20.
—Secretary of Labor Martin P.
Durkin last Wednesday announced
the appointment of Miss Roberta
Church, daughter of the late Rob
ert R. Church, as Minority Groups
Consultant in the Employment Se
curity Bureau of the Labor De
partment.
Miss Church, a Chicagoan, suc
ceeds Mrs. Thomasina Johnson.
Norford, whose resignation be
comes effective July 24.
The appointment of Miss Church
represents a mere change from a
Democratic woman appointee to a
Republican woman appointee. The
position is not under the competi
tive civil service.
Minority Consultant
As the Minority Groups Consult
ant in the Employment Security
Bureau, Miss Church will advise
in the development, review and
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Interracial
Associations
No Bar To
Loyalty—Dulles
NEW YORK, July 16—Associa
tion between white and colored per
sons is no “indication of disloyalty
or of security risk,” John Foster
Dulles, Secretary of State, assure*
Walter White, executive secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, in
a letter made public here today.
Promptly by ryieated stories
that white employees and appli
cants for positions wdth the State
Department and other govern
mental agencies have been quee
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