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HE MISSISSIPPI ENTERPRISE =" VOLUME 10 — NUMBER 12 SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1948 PRICE SEVEN CENTS "" ' ' ' " " - * — 1 ' ■ ■ - Mississippi Baptist Seminary Makes Financial Report In Recent Seminary Drive < Dr. Lang, President, Reports Total Of $337.00 Raised Mississippi Baptist Seminary, lo cated at 603 M> N. Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi, wishes to make the following acknowledgements: We wish to take this method and opportunity to express our deep est appreciation to those who have already contributed to our Semin ary Drive in the interest of the Central Center, Jackson. The report by Mrs. Linnie M. Clark, Secretary Treasurer is as follows: 3-11-48: Dr. Herbert L. Lang, Se minary President, on his pledge, $10.00; Rev. N. A. Edmonds, pro fessor, Central Center, Jackson, $10; 3-17-48: Rev. Z. M. Winder, pro fessor, Central Center, Jackson, $25; Dr. T. W. Green, professor. Central Center, Jackson, $25; Miss E. W. Johnson, secretary-teacher, Central Center, $5; Revx. J. H. Taylor, Pas tor, New Hope Baptist Church, $5; Seminary Week in observance at Mt. Zion Baptist Church: 3-22-48 $13.55 3-23-48 .. .. $11.10 3-24-48 $ 7.10 o-z. o-to. iviorning aiar oapusi Church, Rev. P. E. Lott, Pastor, $25; Farish Street Baptist Church, Rev. C. A. Greer, Pastor, $17.87; 3-22-48: Mr. E. W. Banks, Mem ber of Central Center Holding Board, co-owner, People’s Funeral Home and Insurance, $50; 3-23-48: Dr. R. W. Woullard, Pre sident of South Mississippi Baptist State Convention; Business Agent of Southeast Center, Hattiesburg, Miss., $10; 3-24-48: Dr. R. O. Williams, M. D„ $5.00; 3-24-48: Night .Class: Rev. W. Guice . ..... $5.00 Rev. J. A. Cook ._.... $5.00 Mr. E. Wilson _ $5.00 5-6-48: St. John Baptist Church, Rev. R. L. T. Smith, Pastor, $2.15; Virden Grove Baptist Church. Rev. D. H. Spann, Pastor, $5.05; Cade's Chapel Baptist Church, Rev. J. D. Hayden, Pastor, $25.45; 5-8-48; New Strangers Home Bap tist Church, Rev. J. S. McClenty, Pastor. $25; Dr. H. L. Lang, $10; Dr. B. B. Dansby, Secretary of Central Center Holding Board, $10; Mrs. L. M. Clark, Member of Central Cen ter Holding Board, secretary-trea surer, Finance Committee of Drive, $10. The total is $322.27. Successive report will be made from time to time through the pub lic press as contributions are re ceived. Rev. P. E. Lott, Chairman, Fin ance Committee; Mrs. Linnie M. Clark, Secretary-Treasurer; Dr. B B. Dansby, Secretary, Central Hold ing Board; Dr. Herbert L. Lang, Seminary President. Additions to report: Night Class: Rev. G. W. • Myers__$5.00 Rev. G. Hines _$3.0C Mrs. N. Nelson _$2.00 TOTAL _$10.0C Added:_$327.02 10.0C TOTAL _$337.02 Negro Seniors Get Chance For Scholarship Jackson College will sponsor a state-wide competitive scholarship contest for all Negro high school seniors. 8hc contest will be held al the college April 15, 16 and 17. President Rcddix announccmcni states: ‘‘A two-hour comprchcnsivt test covering all subjects taken ir high school will be administered tc all contests.” The winners will receive scholar ships in the following order: (1 Two full-expense scholarships o: $300 for one year to the two con testants receiving the highest scor es: (2) three half expense scholar ships of $150 for one year to thi three contestants receiving the nex three highest scores, and (3) a li mited number of full tuition schol arships of $60 each for one year. Don't Borrow—Buy The Missis sippi Enterprise each week. Commencement Announced For I Campbell College Rev. Joseph Gomez, D. D., pastor of Sain tJames A. M. E. Church, Cleveland, Ohio, will deliver the address to the graduating class in the Fifty-eighth Annual Commence ment Excerise of Campbell College in the Auditorium of the newly erected S. L. Greene Administra tion Building Tuesday, April 29th, at 10:00 A. M. Dr. Gomez is one of the most pro minent ministers in the Midwest, having served with distinction in St. Louis, Mo., before coming to Cleveland. He is regarded as one of the most able preachers and or ators in America, and his election to the bishopric in the African Metho dist Episcopal Church in the com ing General Conference is greatly conceeded. The Commencement Week Acti vities will begin Sunday, April 25th, at 3:30 p. m. when President S. L. Greene, Jr., A.M., D.D. will deliver the Baccalaureate address in the scnooi auditorium, umer ieaiures of the week's activities include Class Day Exercises Monday at 8:00 P. M. Oratorical Contest, Tuesday at 8:00 P.M., Alumni Breakfast Wednesday at 8:00 A. M., Tuesday Board Meeting at 10:00 A.M. and Alumni and Literary Society Exer cises at 8:00 p.m. Rev. James Allen Thornton, pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Vicksburg, Miss., formerly presiding Elder of the Hattiesburg District, and one of the most suc cessful graduates of the College in recent years will deliver the Alum ni Message. The erection of the S. L. Greene Administration Building is the sec ond uni tin an Expansion Pi'ogram launched in 1946. The James M. Connor Trades Building erected in 1946 was the first unit to be com pleted. The Program provides for the erection of a Home Economics Building and President’s Home, also according to an announcement by President Greene there are a total ! of 49 in the graduating classes, one of the largest in the history of the institution. The College was approv ed by the Department of Education, | State of Mississippi in 1947. The facilities are being greatly improv ed and curricular offerings expand ed to meet the growing demands upon the institution. Hinds io Re-Try Albert Lee, 17 Year Old Student The Mississippi supreme court Monday remanded for re-trial the case of a 17-year-old Negro convict ed of assault with intent to rape a 15-year-old Jackson white girl. In remanding the case to Hinds circuit ,court, the state supreme court was acting in accord with the United States supreme court which recently upheld the appeal of the young Negro, Albert Lee. Lee had beep convicted in Hinds circuit court and sentenced to 18 years in the state penitentiary. State evidence at the trial tended to show he had pushed open a screen window and had beaten a 15-year-old white girl over the head with a bottle. The state supreme court had denied Lee’s appeal on the grounds that once having denied in court that he had ever admitted the act, he could not subsequently contend that an admission had been obtain | ed from him by threats made by officers. “The supreme court of the United , States in reversing our judgment affirming this case, held that we were wrong in this and that the , appellant’s denial of having made ■ the confession does not bar him to obpecting to its introduction in evi dence on the ground that it was not free and voluntary,” the state , court said. t “Therefore, in obedience to the ■ judgment of that court x x x he • judgmen of the court below wdll be reversed and the cause remand ed to it for further proceedings pot - inconsistent wdth this opinion the decision said. lotas Meet Here In Southwestern Regional Conference April 9,10,11 ■ mi ■— -• Hazlehurst Federated Club Makes Report According to Mrs. Ada Ralston, President, the following amount were reported through the An*he Bell Harper Federated Club of Haz lehurst. Mississippi in the “Miss Mississippi” Contest sponsored by the Missisippi Federation of Color ed Wcmen Club which came to a close Saturday, May 10, in a meeting held at the Bettie Marino Branch YWCA in Jackson. Money raised at the Anniversary Service and from a Fish Fry, $41.29; Demascus. $12.00; St. James $3.40; Temple Church. $10.33; Brushy Creek, $1.10; General Public, $5.30 and Mrs. Mary Mayes 50c, making a total of $73.40 to be reported Sat urday. Following all reports it was an nounced that Mrs. G. W. Williams of Oakley, Miss., had raised the lar gest amount and was claimed win ner in the contest. Officers of the Hazlehurst Club are: Pres., Mrs. Ada Ralston; Vice, Mrs. Inez Swagger; Sec., Mrs. Inez Tatum; Recording Sec., Mrs. Thel ma Tanner. Treasurer, Mrs. Beat rice Smith. Recreation 1 Committee Holds Meet The community recreation com mittee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tues day, April 20, at the Branch Y.W.C. A., 501 North Farish Street. The purpose of the meeting is to work out plans for the summer recreation for the Jackson youths. Churches, organizations and indi viduals who are interested in the recreational program are asked to be represented at this meeting. | Lanier Dramatics Club to Repeat 'Date With Judy' By popular request, the Senior Dramatics Club of Lanier High School will give a i*epeated perfor mance of the Commencement play, “A Date With Judy,” a three-act comedy adapted from the Radio Program df the same name, at Lani 1 er High School on Thursday, April 22, 1948, at 8:00 o’clock p.m. Admission: Adults 35c and Stud ents 20c. In the picture above, reading from left to right, front row: Sorors Lu cille E. Anderson, Pi Chapter, Dal las, Texas; Annabelle Dutton, Al pha Rho Chapter, New Orleans; L. E. Coleman-Lockhart, Regional Di rectress, Dallas, Texas; Alice P. Al len, National President, Birming ham, Ala.; Norma J. Brown, Alpha Elplion, Alexander, Arkansas; Al ma I. Mackey, Psi Chapter, Dallas, Texas; Second row: Margie Price, Delta Epsilon Chapter, Alcorn Col lege; V. L. Johnson Beta Spsilon chapter Tyler Texas; Sarah M. Har vey Alpha Pi Chapter, Jackson; Hat tie E. Palmer, Alpha Pi Chapter, Jacksqp; Bonita Tillis, Alpha Pi Chapter, Jackson; Willve Alford, Alpla Pi Chapter, Jackson; third row: Mrs. Eva M. Peoples, repres entative of Mother & Friend Club, Dallas, Texas; Sorors Elizabeth Thames, Alpha Pi Chapter, Jack son: Wilma H. Byrd, Alpha Epsilon, Little Rock, Arkansas; Lillie Mae Waller, Beta Delta Chapter, Fort Worth, Texas; Elenora Hollings worth, Alpha Tau, New Orleans; Margret Elam, Alpha Epsilon, Lit tle Rock; Eddie Mae Butler, Alpha Pi, Jackson; Victoria D. Smith, Psi, Dallas; Emma Lindsey, Pledgee Lomepa Club, Alcorn College; Ruth ^ M. Washington, Alpha Tau. New Orleans, La. See Story on Social Page. Beguile Junior into barbering the front yard with a new toy lawn mower that will really cut grass The miniature mower has 5-inch wheels and is 10 inches wide. California has patented a com pressed-air gun that will blow out multiple filaments of sticky plastic to form over any desired object coatings that will subsequently har I den. I Women Contribute to Success of Memorial Hospital In the foi-eground is Miss Emma Palmer, leader of team No. 1, of the Colored Division of the Jackson i Memorial Hospital Building Cam paign. Miss Palmer single-handed success deserves highest commen dation, having reached over 100 per sent of her quota. To date she rc jorts $1,265.00. Seated, left to right, Mesdames Jattie Marshall, Juanita Tate, Em ma Mae Hughes, Grace Slay, and Bertha Lee Edwards, leader of team No. 11. Standing, left to right, Mes dames Hattie Lewis, Louise Turner and Dora Baggett. Mrs. Edwards, together with her co-workers pictured here rolled up an astounding total of $2,016.50. rep resenting more than 200 percent of her quota. Additional workers in Mrs. Ed wards’ team not photographed are: Mesdames Hattie Penry, and Heloise Whisenton. Moses Grand Royal Arch Group Will Hold First Annual Session In Yazoo City May 2-3,1948 Is Auxiliary Of M. W. King Hiram Grand Lodge The Moses Grand Royal Arch Chapter, Working Under the Juris diction of the M. W. King Hiram Grand Lodge, Col. A.F. & A.M., State of Mississippi, will hold its first annual session, Sunday and Monday, May 2-3, 1948, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The meeting will open Sunday, May 2. 1948 at high noon with one of the biggest street parades ever witnessed by a Fraternal Organiza tion. The parade will begin at the Afro Hall, Corner Washington and Commerce Streets, and will proceed to the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, where Annual Sermon will be preached by Rev. Edd Jackson, 32 G. C.. Vicksburg, Miss., one of the leading Ministers in the State. The first section of the parade will con sist of Masonic Brothers, and Sis ters of the Order of the Eastern Star. The second section will con sist of High Degree Brothers and Sisters. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine from Laurel, Hattiesburg, and Jack son, along with the Daughters of the Sphinx will join in on this day. Music will be furnished by Jack son Sacred Band. Jackson, Miss., and Little Wynn Band of Green ville. Miss. A special invitation is extended to members of all Fraternal Organ izations, Churches, Societies, and the public in general to join us tn this wonderful celebration. Hear 111. Nathaniel Stubbs. 33. Le land. Mississippi, one of the best informed men in the State on the work of the A.F. & A.M. Masons, and their national standing. Mrs. A. B. Warren, Vicksburg, Miss.. State Deputy for the Heroines of Jericho will appear on program. She is one of the best informed ladies in the State on all departments of the Eas tern Star work. ■uuoaco win itriivt; me masonic Hall. 11912 North Farish Street, Jackson, Miss., Sunday, May 2. 1948 at 9 a. m., and will return the same day. Round trip fare is $1.50. Any one may ride the buses that wish to go. Come, let us all go over and join the hundreds that will be present from all parts of the State to wit ness this Grand Celebration. Meet your old friends and make new ones as they will be present from all parts of the State. For information, write the Home Office. 119 ^ North Farish Street, or phone 3-9181. Brown Bombers fo Swing Info Action The Brown Bombers Softball team will open the season Thursday, Ap ril 16th with many of the Veterans back in harness. Ben Caston will again iead the team that was a pow er on the field last season. Eddie Cavatt, “Wimpy" Johnson. Carncr Adams, and other Bomber veterans will be in tlie line-up. Manager Caston stated that five positions were open on the team and any one desiring to try out for the team could do so by contacting him at 3-7747. The team is again taking part in the Y.M.C.A. Softball League and should give good account of itself. — Report Jackie Will Receive Catholic Award CHICAGO. ILL.— (Special)—It was announced this week on reli able authority in the New World, official newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese cf Chicago, that Jack ! ie Robinson would receive the ■ coveted Club of Champions award • given every year by the Catholic Youth Organization at the annual Sportsmen's dinner. The star first baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson was voted the most valu able rookie in the National League j last season. State Hi-Y, Tri Hi-Y Note Silver Anniversary Four hundred Hi-Y and Tri-Hi Y delegates observed the twenty fifth anniversary of the Mississippi YMCA program for Negro youth, at the annual Hi-Y conference at Greenville, April 2 to 4, 1948. The conference, well represented by clu bmembers and advisors from all sections of the state, wa; one of the most inspiring of any ever held. Tokens of appreciation were given to all members of the State YMCA Negro Work Committee members, the state Executive Secre tary and the State Secretaries for Negro Boys and Girls. State Hi-Y officers elected for 1948-49 are as follows: President Willie J. Durr. Lanier High, Jack son; Vice-president. Robert L. Pru tt, Tupelo; Secretary. Shirley Nel son, Oxford; Asst. Sec., Kenneth Pollard, Biloxi; Reporter, Aaron Gaston, Greenville. State Tri-Hi-Y officers elected are as fellow's: Pre sident Sarah Smith, Eureka High. Hattiesburg; Vice-President, Fran ces Russell, Columbus; Secretary, Helen Brunson. Tupelo; Asst. Sec.. Barbara J. Towns, Mound Bayou and Co-Reporters. Mary C. Nichol son, Water Valley; North Lee Mayo. Greenville. The highest recognition for ser vice awarded by the YMCA was presented to Profess rs O. B. Col lins and W. W. Blackburn of Jack son; Mrs. R. M. Tademy of Hat tiesburg and Mrs. Leyster C. Hom es of Greenville. Mississippi leads the nation for excellence in out standing service to its youth, as shown by the usually large number of its citizens winning the coveted jewel award of the YMCAr Executive Board Federaied Clubs Here April 10 The Executive Board of the Mis sissippi State Federation of Colored Women s Clubs held its semi-an nual meeting at the Bettie C. Mari no Branch YWCA in ackson last Saturday. In addition to declaring Mrs. G. W. Williams, Oakley win ner in the Miss or Mrs. Mississippi Contest, the Board heard reports from various officials. Mrs. Ruby E. Stutts Lyells. Mrs. Thelma Jones, Mrs. Alma Percy and several others were elected dele gates to the National Association in Seattle, Washington, July 31 thru August 6. Mrs. M. M. Hubert, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mar garet Murray Washington Project reported a tentative schedule of reservations for Camp Lubaloo, in cluding the Andrew Jackson Coun cil of the Boy Scouts of America. The Bettie C. Marino Branch Y. W. C. A., Y-Teen Clubs; the William Johnson Bethlehem Center, Girl Scout Troop: the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union camp for Negro women and girls, the camp for Ne gro boys conducted by Rev. Irwin Yonkers, of Clinton. Several open ings ip the schedule* will be taken presently by church groups, clubs, and other organizations. The Fed eration plans an all state day camp in August. Participation in the National drive to preserve the home of Frederick Douglass as a National Shrine was approved by the Board. The Com mittee on securing a school for the feeble-mibdcd children, chairman ed by Prof. J. E. Johnson, Prentiss, was asked to continue its efforts. Winners in the L. C. Jones Essay Contest were announced by Mrs. W. Latham Taylor, Grenada: High School Division—Elizabeth R. Jef ferson, Lexington (1st prize); Cleo patra Uston, Prentiss (2nd prize); Wilma Williamson, (3rd prize) Gre nada; Grade School: Zadie E. Bed ford, Grenada (1st prize); Fannie Mac Lott, Grenada (2nd prize); Rosa Lee Jones, Coffccvillc (3rd prize.) Don’t Borrow—Buy the Missis sippi Enterprise each week! SAVANNAH CHURCHILL, FOUR TONES, TAB SMITH AT NEW COLORED SKATING RINK, TUESDAY, MAY 11 \ ' *' " W-s > • • • ' : ' • * *■ • ' v x ’ ‘ 1 . ‘ ■ t' * ■' ‘ • \ • ‘ •"* %