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MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVEfwl
STATE COLLEGE, MISSISSIPPI
This Is A Negro Paper Dedicated To The Maintenance Of Peace,. Good Will, Order, And Domestic Tranquility In Our State
THE COMMUNITY CITIZEN
A PAPER OF CHARACTER, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION
VOLUME SEVEN
NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1955
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
WHEN WILL THE NEGRO
LEARN HOW TO DISCOVER
THAT HE IS BEING USED
AS A TOOL?
It is an old saying that history
repeats itself. We have seen
enough of repetition that we can
say it is true. In 1868 Northern
Carpet-Baggers designed a plan
to soak the South in debt. They
could do it only through the
ignorant Negro. - Any time a
people wish to conquer, they
seek the weak spot. Absalom
used this technique to overthrow
his father, David’s kingdom.
Any time a people wishes to
make an inbrake, it seeks the
weak spot.
Negroes were placed in high
otate positions during the Car
pet-Bagger days. The purpose
was to accomplish selfish ends,
negroes soon lost those high
positions. Some say that they
wore unlearned, and that we
nave advanced too far to allow
Uiiyoody to use us as tools. The
i.Northern politicians and com
munists are doing exactly the
same thing by the southern
Negro today. Only in a differ
ent order.
it any .Negro who has com
mon-horse sense should read At
torney General Eugene Cook’s
speech which was made at the
t>oth Annual Convention held in
Atlanta, Georgia, and later
printed in The Community Citi
zen, and yet supports the
NAACP, we don’t care how
much sense he is credited with
having, he has not made any
more progress in using good
judgment than our forefathers
did when they first came from
under slavery.
One man said that the
NAACP Lawyer won a decision
in the supreme court for de
segregation. This is true. The
Carpet-Baggers placed Negroes
in lawmakers seats, but what
has the Negro gained other than
finding his inability.
Desegregation has existed in
some States for many years,
especially in schools. What
states have produced outstand
ing Negroes? If one will check
the record, it will be found that
southern states have produced
more outstanding Negroes than
any other section of the country.
The World Book Encyclopedia
records 30 National Outstanding
Negroes. 85 per cent of that
group were born and reared in
southern states. States where
segregation has existed ever
since the proclamation of eman
cipation of slavery.
With these facts as recorded,
what advantage has the north
ern Negro achieved over that of
the Southland Negro? What
are they trying to do? The
northern Negro who knows his
condition is bought in by the
Communists, and is helping the
Marxist forces to spread their
propaganda in the southland. If
you doubt the above statement,
contact a lay-northern Negro
whom the Communists think
does not have much influence,
and he will tell you that the
southland Negro has a broader
privilege than does the northern
Negro.
The Marxist forces are trying
destroy our democratic system
of government. They are organ
izing ignorant Negroes, making
them believe that they are
friendless, and that the NAACP
was set up for his advantage.
This is absolutely untrue.
Negroes who are supporting
the NAACP are buying their
own tragedy. What becomes of
the money you have been put
ting in the NAACP for the last
20 years ? It goes to New York
and other headquarters to the
big man who spends it for him
self and his family. The NAACP
is a corruptible racket.
Then too, every Negro in the
South should read the Editorial
in November 11th issue of the
Tupelo Daily Journal. We re
ceived permission to re-print it
in this issue of our paper.
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An expert is one who has
previously made the same mis
take.—Blakesburg (Iowa) Ex
celsior.
To American’s Citizenship
and
The American Congress:
In the name of America, let
me appeal to you, whom-so-ever
'you are, or your political affilia
tions, to take time and give due
study to America’s gravest pro
blem—your U. S. Supreme Court
and its perfidious decision in the
segregation issue. First, con
sider its thoughts and actions,
prior to handing down the said
important decision. Secondly,
j study its full context and sur
jmise on the serious results com
ling therefrom (if its decree is
fully carried out) throughout
your generation, as well as the
ages to come! Think of how it
will effect the posterity of your
America, individually, and as a
j nation, throughout the years
ahead.
j 1 would have you take a look
,at these nine men, composing
|the said court, of the great
| blessings they have received at
I the hands of the most wonderful
country the world has ever i
'known; a country developed and 1
brought into its glory by and I
through the sweat and blood of I,
your and their forefathers, and '
(by the will or a loving God. And
'at a time when it—the said
jcourt—could have righteously
and legitimately shown its grati
jtude and appreciation, as well as '
: exercising its highest sworn
[duty, I ask: What did it do? In
sum and substance, it did what
jJudas Iscariot did, more than
jnineteen hundred years ago, and
[thereby committed the greatest
, crime known to ipan. It conniv
iedly and fraudulantly implanted
ia 1 xiss” (its decree) on your
and their America, as a signal to
the communist and all enemies
of America, that they were ;
thereafter within their legal
rights to go ahead with their ;
“crucifixion” of your America,
that it may continue to grow
and grow more communistic and I:
mongrel, to go down as a degen- '
erate nation of mixed breeds, 1
and later to be taken over by
Communist Russia, without fir
ing a shot. Yet, Americans, to
add to the monstrosity of the
crime, as was the case of the
,Christ’s crucifixion, too many of
the Nation’s citizenship, includ
ing officials, are either too ac
quiescent or too glorying in their '
perfidity of the Supreme 1
Court’s audacious act, indicating 1
that Judas Iscariots are not con- [
fined to the Supreme Court, and 1
with a strong suggestion that
patriotism and integrity is but a i*
shadow of the past—too many \:
being “brainwashed”, in consid-1]
eictuuii ui a mess oi pottage: [,
I would have you take a look I’
in the background, and see that !■
lack of wisdom and gratitude
of these NINE-HANDPICKED j
BLACK-robed imitators of hon- '
or, justice ' and integrity, fully
observing that lack of considera
tion they gave to the sweat and ,
blood of their fore-fathers, as ,
well as the Nation and to their !
God, in turning their back to the '
Nation’s all-time honored con
stitution, and diligently sought, j]
far and wide, for ignoble ,
avenues for its basis in reaching
its (doubtless) premeditated de- j
cision, that brought shame and ;
disgrace on this here-to-fore ■,
honored court, and leaving ,
America in the depth of per- 1
plexity and distress, not know
ing what catastrophe will next
be in order, to further place the f
Nation in the depths of despond- j
ency, as well as lowering her citi- ‘
zenship. <
Mr. Cngressman, you should 1
KNOW every angle of the said j!
Supreme Court’s decision, and -
how the same was arrived at—
wholly on unethical, illegal 1
grounds, communistic inspired. 1
When the High Court descends <
so low, how could it have a :
semblance of respect from any {
DECENT citizen, in ALL Amer- '•
ica?
In conclusion, I will ask the
Congress, in whose hands lies !
this great responsibility, whatj
should be done in the above;
grave matter that America may
live. For answer, I will quote a
A PATHETIC PICTURE
INTEGRATIONT-This photo of a Negro pupil in
t(ia integrated school at Hoxie, Arlt., inspired comment.
The above picture is one of
the most pathetic pictures We
have seen in a long time. It is a
demonstration of what integra
tion of schools will bring to
southern Negroes. The picture
shows a school occupied with
several white children and one
Negro girl. The Negro girl is sit
ting on the front seat, with her
books on her lap. There are vac
ant seats on each side of her.
rhe white children and the
teacher are in the rear of the
room, in a process of recitation.
This little Negro girl exhibits
loneliness and a misfit. It is a
.ragedy to try to force anything
iown the throats of a people
vho have the power to evade
sheir dislikes.
Not only will Negro children
De boycotted and handicapped in
;he south (in integrated
schools), but they are boycotted
n the integrated northern
schools. We are convinced that
;he southern Negro is enjoying
nore freedom than any of his
:ellow-class in our country,
rhere is .segregation among all
dasses, and in all parts of this
vorld, and there always will be.
Who is responsible for the sad
picture mentioned above, and
who can avoid the re-occurrence
|of similar incidents? Negro
parents are responsible, and
(they can avoid the re-occurrence
of such incidents. If the great
'teacher told his disciples to
tarry in no place where they
'were not wanted, it seems that
junsane minds would catch a hint
from his teaching.
No parent should suffer his
(child to be dropped in any place,
[with no means of helping itself.
I All who have acquired any de
'gree of knowledge know that it
'is solely left to the teacher as to
(whether the child learns.
The saying is, “that you can
carry a horse to water, but you
can not make him drink.” Who
i has the power to force teachers
to teach Negro children? It is
a sure fact, Negro teachers will
not have the opportunity to
teach in integrated schools in
Mississippi.
My fellow parents and teach
ers, do you wish to see any
Negro child boycotted as the
above picture shows? If inte
gration takes place that is just
what will happen, and in some
cases, worse.
NEGRO LEADERS CITE RACIAL CO-OPERATION
Cleveland—“The Progress of
;he Negro in Cleveland and
Bolivar County” was the theme
it the annual banquet of the
Cleveland Negro Civic Club held
n the auditorium of the Negro
school here recently.
A number of white civic lead
:rs made short talks, including
District Judge Ed Green, Sher
ff-elected Howard C. Williams,
ifayor Wattie Bishop, Cleveland
school Supt. W. J. Parks, Boli
var County Representative Char
ie Jacobs, Tetlow Johnson, man
tger of the Cleveland Chamber
>f Commerce, and others.
Industry Needed
Both white and Negro citizens
)f Cleveland were agreed some
sort of industry is needed for
he absorption of idle labor,
they said some method of
'inanting is needed where, per
haps, the Negro workers might
iltimately become stockholders.
B. T. Searcy, Cleveland Negro
ihysician and president of the
'legro Civic Club, pointed out
hat decency and good will to
vard Negroes still abounds in
his town and in this section of
statement by one who needs no
ntroduction—Ulysses S. Grant:
‘Let no guilty man escape, if it
:an be avoided. NO PERSONAL
CONSIDERATION SHOULD
STAND IN THE WAY IN PER
FORMING A PUBLIC DUTY.”
;7/29/1875). The crime, Mr.
Congressman, is as clear and as
usable as a bright noon-day sky,
ind is as odious as hell itself, and
t is solely in the hands of the
Congress to do, or not to do. We
shall wait, and see, while our
learts fear and tremble, for bil
ions of souls yet unborn, whose
lestiny is within your hand—to
given the best in life, or
jlackened with a bleak future.
3/2/55
T. W. Graham,
the state, despite wide publicity
given to some recent incidents.
He related incidents of how
inter-racial good will and cooper
ation can be promoted by meeti
ngs of responsible white and
Negro citizens at the local level.
B. L. Bell, superintendent of
he Negro schools of Bolivar
County, who acted as toast
naster, told the group, “Some of
c ur so-called leaders have taken
tiie leadership away from the
ordinary Negro and we are sick
uid tired of it. They are up
North and other places making
peeches and all for personal
gain, not to help the working
Mississippi Negro.”
Wishes For TV
H. H. Humes, Delta Negro
eader of Greenville and editor
of of the Delta Leaders, Negro
liewspaper published there, told
he group;
“I just wish this meeting was
being televised so that racial ag
itators could see for themselves
how well the white and Negro
people of Mississippi get along
together. We don’t need, nor
want any outside agitators.”
Other Negro leaders address
ing the group were J. B. Buck,
president of Natchez College at
Natchez; Percy Green, editor of
the Jackson, Miss., Advocate; J.
H. White, president of Missis
sippi Vocational College at Itta
Bena; W. A. Higgins, superin
tendent of Clarksdale Negro
schools; C. J. Jones, superinten
dent of Mound Bayou School; J.
W. Chambers, superintendent of
Areola School, and C. B. Thur
man, Mound Bayou postmaster.
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Madly Beautiful
If you want to see a raving
beauty, just look up the girl who
won second place in a beauty
contest.—Storm Lake (Iowa)
Pilot-Tribune.
GLOBETROTTERS TO HEAD
FOR DIXIE
Boston—The dazzling Harlem
Globetrotters wind up their first
swing of the new basketball
season in New England here
T riday night at Boston Garden
and then go dancing down to
Dixie.
Abe Saperstein’s spectacular
snarp-shooters continue to reign
as the game’s No. 1 attraction,
'i hat was clearly and dramatical
ly shown last week when they
made their initial 1955-56 visit
to historic Madison Square Gar
den in New York.
They played two games in the
Garden - - afternoon and evening
- - and drew a total attendance
of 28,000. The Trotters, exhib
iting a whirlwind passing at
tack and phenomenal shooting
sidll, created a panic in the big
arena. Never before have Gar
den fans seen such an amazing
or remarkable demonstration of
court magic.
Leading the way, of course,
was Bombin’ Bob Hall, the fun
niest as well as one of the most
talented player seen in Manhat
tan in years. One veteran writ
ci, uuviuuoi^ iuuct/ieu kjy uie
Trotters’ mixture of tom-foolery
and fine execution of basketball,
wrote afterward:
“There have been hundreds of
teams in Madison Square Gar
den, but none like this one. The
Globetrotters had the fans in
an uproar from the very
first whistle to the last. Bob
Hall, basketball’s newest comic,
should be on Broadway. He’d
lay ’em in the aisles, surely!”
Fans in the southland will not
get their chance to see Hall,
Clarence Wilson, Josh Grider
and the rest of Saperstein’s
great combination.
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ENGLISH LESSON
Words Often Misused: Do not
say, “I donated a dollar to the
boys for ice cream.” Say, “I
gave a dollar to the boys.” “Do
nate” is properly used when the
gift is important, as, “I donated
ten thousand dollars to the
church.”
Often Mispronounced: Mayor
alty. Accent first syllable, not
the third.
Often Misspelled: Merchan
dise (noun and verb); ise, not
ize.
Synonyms: Dress (noun), ap
parel, attire, clothes, clothing,
costume, garb, garments, raim
ent, robes, uniform, vesture.
Word Study: “Use a word
three times and it is yours.”
Let us increase our vocabulary
by mastering one word each day.
Today’s word: SCRIVENER; a
professional or public writer; a
scribe. (Pronounce the i as in
it). “A scrivener was engaged
to record the proceedings at the
meeting.”
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DR. BASHFUL RECEIVES
CITATION
Tallahassee—Dr. Emmett W.
Bashful of the political science
department at Florida A and M
University, recently received a
citation from the Florida Su
preme Court because of the “fine
service he had done for the State
of Florida.”
The citation was given in the
form of a resolution after the
Justices had had an opportunity
to examine a copy of his disser
tation, “The Florida Supreme
Court. A Study in Judicial Se
lection.”
Dr. Bashful rejoined the A and
M. faculty in September follow
ing a year’s leave as a Ford Fel
low during which time he com
peted work for the Ph.D. degree
at the University of Illinois.
The resolution follows: Em
mett W. Bashful, a member of
the faculty of Florida Agricul
tural and Mechanical Universi
ty, an alumnus of University of
Illinois, has lately been awarded
the degree of Doctor of Philoso
phy by his Alma Mater. He
chose as a subject for his disser
tation for this Degree "The Flor
ida Supreme Court. A Study in
Judicial Selection.” The Justices
of the Court have been privileg
VESPER SERVICES HELD AT
JACKSON COLLEGE
Dr. John B. Eubanks, Profes
sor of Social Science at Jackson
College, urged his audience to
face their responsibilities as he
spoke during the Vesper hour
Sunday afternoon. Dr. Eubanks
said, “There has been too much
walking with crutches. Take up
your beds and walk in things
spiritual.” Using as his sub
ject, “Let’s Talk Sense About
Religion,” the former Jarvis
Christian College head lamented
the tragedy of people with emp
ty lives and people who in this
land of plenty, still find they
have nothing to live for. “Too
often religion has been equated
!with church attendance aione
jwhen we are surrounded by
sins of different kinds and de
grees / he Said. “Religion teacn
es us to face the realities of life,
to face our own inadequacies.
It helps us find meaning in me
—transcends ail barriers.” 'fne
power of religion is in this sore
of thing.” Dr. Euoanas urgeu
his listeners to “De just, iove
mercy, and waik humoiy wicn
thy God.”
I he Jackin Colleg-e Choir,
directed by Dr. Robert a. Henry,
sang "Let Thy Blessed bpim'
by P. Tschesnokoff. A. Alien
Johnson was at the organ.
Sunday’s program is typical of
the Vesper services neiU at
Jackson College each Sunday
afternoon at four o'clock.
Friends, Alumni, lormer stu
dents and ail others are invited
to attend these services when
ever it is possible to do so.
The speaker for Sunday, No
vember 13, will be Miss Jean K.
Norris of the Language Arts
Department. Miss Norris is a
graduate of Prairie View A. &
M. College and of Iowa State
University. During the past
summer, she toured several
European countries and had
many rich experiences. This is
her third year at Jackson Col
lege.
ed to examine a copy of this dis
sertation with much interest and
profit. It evidences much ex
haustive and capable research on
a subject not before undertaken
and is a most valuable contribu
tion to the political history of our
State, so valuable, in fact, and
so expertly done, that a copy of
it should be made and deposited
in the court library as a perma
nent reference work.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Justices of
the Court warmly congratulate
Dr. Bashful on the completion of
a task expertly done; and be it
Resolved, further, that a re
quest be made to Dr. Bashful for
a volume copy of this disserta
tation, if available, for the court
library and that if a copy is not
available that it be made by the
court staff for such use; and be
It
Resolved, further, that a copy
of this resolution be forwarded
by the clerk of this court to Dr.
Emmett W. Bashful as a token
if the court’s appreciation for
the fine service he has done for
the State of Florida, and that a
copy be spread upon the minutes
of the court.
The above resolutions unani
mously adopted by the Justices
of the Court October 17, 1955.
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COLUMBUS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Adcolley Collier
of St. Louis, Mo., motored down
to be at the funeral of Mrs. Tom
Marshall Sunday, Nov. 6, 1955.
Also they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Worthey, and had supper with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe of
Washington Ave. South.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Worthey
and Mr. Pink Worthey went to
Mapleville, Ala., to attend the
funeral of their mother on Oct.
30, 1955.
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Give generously to your Com
munity Chest Campaign, We
are a long way from $50,000. It
is more blessed to give than re
ceive. Be a cheerful giver.