The Miami times. [volume], December 09, 1950, Image 1

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OH NO 1 NOT IN GEORGIA 1
GIRL TOPS GEORGIA “WHITE
Sll PREMISTS” IN CONTEST
ATLANTA—Gov. Herman Tal
madge is darn near fit to be tied
after results were made public
this week in the Georgia “Voice
of Democracy” declamation con
test.
It’s all because a timid, brilliant
17-year-old Negro girl won first
prize in the statewide final*
Albertha Mitchell, daughter of
a city sanitation truck worker,
was judged Georgia’s best de
claimer.
Her address on the subject of
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This Orange Blossom Classic
float of the Miami branch of the
NAACP was one of the many
beautiful units in the Orange
Blossom Classic Parade Saturday
morning. Hiding atop the .float
are the Queen of the local branch
and her attendants. The Queen,
Miss Inez Armster, seated in the
center at the rear, is flanked by
Mrs. Eloise Hughes at her left
and Miss Queen Esther King at
her right. Driving the float is Mrs.
Dorothy Butler. Opposite the
driver is little Miss Marilyn But
ler. Seated on the fenders, left is
Mrs. Dorothy Wilcox and Miss
Lavonia Norris.
These young women are mem
bers of the Entertainment Com
mittee of the local branch. The
group is also spearheading a drive
to sign up 2,000 new members by
May 1, 1951.
As it appeared in our section,
the float displayed in largfe let
ters the well known initials
“NAACP” on both sides. Imme
diately following the parade, the
sign advertising the Classic was
attached as shown in the picture
in order to advertise the event in
downtown Miami, here the Fam-
“I Speak For Democracy** was
picked for first place on the basis
of content, delivery and original
ity.
On Dec. 15, she will compete
against winners from other states
in the national eUminatfon at
Washington. Contestants do not
appear in person before the board
of judges. After their selection on
local school levels, the speeches
were transcribed and judges
reach their decision from the re
corded version.
Judge Blasts Jury For Light Verd
If Circuit Judge George E. Holt
has his way Negroes will stop
getting off with light sentences
for murders of other Negroes.
Judge Holt’s ire was raised when
a jury recommended mercy for a
38-year-old Negro who had killed
his wife and sister and shot his
brother-in-law.
Said Judge Holt:
“This case and its facts do not
justify the verdict of the jury.
This is a first degree murder if
ever such a case was presented in
court. This defendant was con
victed of killing his sister, for
which he never served any time,
in 1938 and in the same year he
shot his brother-in-law in the
head.
“In August, 1949, he shot his
wife six times, rendering her a
cripple, which prevented her from
cee Band and this float also pa
raded along Flagler at.
MASTER SINGERS
ON TV MONDAY
The Miami Master Singers,
popular radio spiritual singers,
will make their initial television
appearance Monday afternoon
from 3:30 to 4:45 over station
WTVJ on the Alex Gibson show.
BILLY BASEL* MIFEI BY
NHIYE HOLLYSOBB ACTRESS
following her profession as a reg
istered nurse.
“In March, 1950, on the eve of
his trial for the shooting of his
wife, he shot and killed, after
following her to her home for
that purpose.”
Target of Judge Holt’s wrath
was self-confident Lamar Seett es
Coconut Grove. The judge eß
pressed great disappointment over
not being able to send Scott to the
electric chair at Halford.
Judge Holt’s actual sentence
was 99 years for first-degree mur
der fixed “so that in the future
he will not ever be released, so
that he cannot ever resume his
hobby of shooting; maiming and
killing people.
ORANGE BOWL
SEATS STILL
AVAILABLE
A limited number of reserved
seats still are available for Negro
fans for the 17th annual Orange
Bowl game New Year's Day. it
was announced by S. Grover
Morrow, president of the Orange
Bowl committee.
Fans who want to see the two
only unbeaten bowl teams in the
nation in action, when the Univer
sity of Miami's HurricanM clash
with Clemson College'# Tigers,
may obtain tickets a# the Orange
Bowl boor office, CIS SW 2nd ave.
The precious ducats will be sold
on a first come, first served basis,
it was explained.
In addition to the outstanding
grid game of the year, a between
halves show unparalled at any
bowl game will be presented.
The theme of the half-time ex
travaganza featuring a cast of
more than 3,000 musicians and
other performers is a secret, but
it is assured that it will outdo any
presented in the past.
The pre-game display will be
staged by the 140-piece Second i
Marine Division band which will
be flown here from Cherry Point,
N. C. The Leatherneck musicians,
mostly reservists, replaces the
band which has appeared the past
two years in the Orange Bowl
Festival. The original band is in
Korea with the First Maine Divi- j
sion.
Always a sellout, a repetition is
expected this year, so fans were
advised to make purchases early
to avoid disappointment.
Enroute To Haiti
The Liberian delegation en
route to Haiti were in Miami on
Sunday as guests of Mr. K. L.
Pharr, Liberian Consul at Miami.
Included in the delegation were
Judge King. Senator Smallwood
and Capt. Lerry. They left on
Monday for Port au Prince to be
present at the inauguration of
Col. Paul Magliore to the presi
dency.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Billy
Daniels, popular nightclub singing
star, was slashed seriously early
Thursday in what police said was
a bloody fracas with flaming-hair
ed actress Ronnie Quillan.
The slashing occurred in the
lavish Hollywood Hills apartment
of the White actress.
Police who took Miss Quillan
to the station for questioning said
she screamed:
“He doped me and then tried
to attack me.”
Negro Constable
Appointed In Miami
By Elliott J. Pieze
Another progressive step in
human relations was established
in Miami on Thursday morning at
the office of Justice of the Peace
Thomas S. Ferguson, when in im
pressive ceremonies, Stanley
Sweeting, widely known Miami
newspaper man, club man, civic
and community worker and bus
iness operator, was sworn-in as
tfce first Negro deputy constable
to be appointed in this state and
probably all the southern states.
Sweeting was appointed to the
ppsition by Constable George F.
Rogers, who was recently elected
to the top position in Miami's dis
trict 2, and under whom Sweet
ing will serve.
Justice of the Peace Ferguson
administered the oath of office.
A native of Miami, Sweeting
received his early education in
the public schools of Miami. He
later attended Fessenden Acad
emy at Ocala, Florida, Knoxville
College, at Knoxville, Tenn., and
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Mercedes H. Byron, popular
young school teacher murdered in
her apartment last Thursday, was
buried from Mt. Sinai Baptist
church on Wednesday. The fun
eral was largely attended.
icts
finally Tuskegee Institute, Ala.,
from which he graduated.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Hora
tio Sweeting of 211 NW 15th st.,
.Sweeting is married to the former
Miss Inez de la Pena. He is the
father of Anna Grace Sweeting
also of Miami, who is now a junior
at Bethune-Cookman College at
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Probably no single individual in
j this entire community is more
widely known or more generally
highly regarded than Sweeting.
He knows the complete commun
ity from end to end and should
prove a great asset to the posi
tion, to the community and to the
people whom he will serve. All of
Miami is proud of him.
Sweeting will begin his official
duties on January 2, 1951. *
ANP Head Stopover
Mr. Claude Barnett of the Assoc
iated Negro Press passed through
Miami on Saturday enroate to
Haiti.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1950
Murderer Os Teacher Confesses
The brutal slaying of 25-year
old Mercedes Byron was cleared
up Thursday when police wrought
a confession out of Algernon Cecil
Bellamy, 32-year-old parole con
vict.
Bellamy was recently paroled
from Raiford State penitentiary
for the slaying of an Ocala girl in
1940. He was paroled in custody
of his aunt, a Dade County school
teacher.
The battered and mauled body
of the Liberty City Primary
teacher was discovered in her
Brown Sub apartment by fellow
teachers when they checked on
her absence from work.
Bellamy, arrested the day after
the discovery of the body, told
deputies he chocked the young
teacher to death after an argu
ment.
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SOUTH’S FIRST NEGRO CONSTABLE SWORN IN Stanley
Sweeting popular Miami newspaper man, was sworn in as the first
Negro Deputy-Constable in the south, at the office of Justice of the
Peace Thomas S. Ferguson, Thursday morning. At left administering
the oath of office is Justice Ferguson; in the center is Sweeting; and
at right looking on is Constable George F. Rogers of District 2, who
appointed Sweeting to the position and under whom he will serve.
—Photo by Rembrant Studios
Urban League
Worker Visits
Mrs. Sophia Yarnell Jacobs was
a visitor to Miami this weak and
was shown around by Mr. W. C.
Pinkston, director of Dade Coun
ty Urban League.
Mrs. Jacobs, a member of one
of Philadelphia’s old families and
a person of very earnest convic
tions about democratic race re
lations, has agreed to give some
travel time in behalf of the Na
tional Urban League. At her own
expense she will travel about late
this fall and winter visiting Ur
ban Leagues in different parts of
the country lining up support tor
the local league program witfoin
the circles to which she has access
and which ordinarily do not kaww
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too much about the league pro
gram. She is an excellent speaker
and a person of real charm and
background in human relations.
Mrs. Jacobs at present is secre
tary of the World Alliance Coun
cil of Philadelphia and co-chair
man (with Mrs. Crystal Bird
Fauset) of its Inter-Cultural Com
mittee. She is a personal friend
of Madam Pandit, who arranged
a visit for her and Mrs. Fauset
early this year to India as the
guests of the U. S. Embassies in
India and Pakistan. She is also
a close friend of Emily Kimbrough
and expects to accompany Miss
Kimbrough on a projected lecture
tour to the West coast.