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NAACP To
Defend Grove-
land Trio
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he had anything to do wiln
the crime. None oi them has
signed a eonfesson.
TTodies Mut> lated
Although more tnan two
v/geks nave pars d since the
boys were arrested,” Mr Wil-
Pc .ns said, “the !ash scars
t atur bodies and cuts on the r
heado made by th se
nrfe still clearly visible. They
have severe cuts on their wrists,
inll cted v.icn th.y were hung
wlth handcuffs from a pipe to
coerce them into making a can-
fession. The sole of Gre nlee’s
left foot was cut with glass,
arid Shepherd has three bruk- j
en t*eth and possibly a frac-
tured jaw.” Th; NAACP at-
torney further indicated that 1
the boys had not been supplied
with prison clothing and were, j
at thd time of his intervi w
with them, st.ll wearing “the
same dirty clothing, blood¬
stained from the beatings” In
which they were attir d when
they were arrested. No doctor
has seen them and no X-ray
has been tak n ol Shepherd's i
jaw.
Signed aff davits by the pris-
oners assert that Shepherd and
Irving, who are friends, had
never se n Greenlee before be¬
ing thrown into jail with him
Greenlee, who hails from Sun-
tafe, Fla., was p eked up for
vagrancy and later charged
with rape when Mrs. Padg tt j I
alleged that “four Negroes” had
attacked ner. |
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lavi by saimrl Shepherd
pon d out that ant: Nt ro
feeling hat; been growing m
the county because of toe ap-
parent prosperity of some N >
gro families. Numerous threats
had been made against Bhep-
herd and h's family, and wh.te
had allow d tueir
cattle to roam through Slhep-
herd ’ s P^perty to destroy his
crops. Resentment was mount¬
ing among whites because Ne-
gro s had refused to work at
harvesting crops at starvation
wages.
Mr. Williams indicated that
rioting had subsided in the
G rev.'land area, although scor-
os ef automobiles with out-ot-
county license plates are still
s cn in the v cinity. Clippings
from the Orlando Morning Sen-
tinel and other local papers
reflect lUe .spirit of vengeance
atm flaring to terrorize N>
groes in the commun.ty.
NAACP to g » All-Out in Del nsc
The NAACP announced that
as a result of Investigations by
its local branches, the stal
conference ol branches and
Mr. Williams, they are con-
vlnced that the ‘ trumped-up
rap e charge,” th ■ burn ng of
Negro property, the open par-
'.irupaUi n of the Ku Klux Kian,
and the continued intimidation
of Negroes in the area is “all a
part of on great plot to in-
timfdate the Negroes in the
community, to force them to
for little or no wages, and
to stop them from being so
‘uppity.”
“For these r asons.” stated
Mr. Will ams, and NAACP Spe¬
cial Counsel Taurgood Mar¬
shall, “the resources of the as¬
w'll bo thrown behind
the defen:; of these boys, and
at, the same time we will in-
sist on protection of other Ne¬
groes in the area.
John P. Ellis, pr sklent of
the Crando branch of the
NAACP, and Harry T. Moore,
executive secretary of the Flor¬
ida state Conference of NAACP
branch s, have announced that
a mass protest meeting will be
held in Orlando on Sunday,
August H.
“AUNT SINTY ’ IKES AT
116 YEARS Of AGE
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cause of her unusual longevity
he was well known throughout
this and the adjoining commu¬
nities.
During the days before the
War Between the States one
was a slave of the Sutton fami¬
ly in North Carolina but was
given her freedom before this
strife started.
fhe came to Georgia to live
in 1901 and a few years later
took iq) residence with one of
her daughters, Mrs. Josephine
W Ison. She was active until
a short time ago and everybody
far and near knew her as
Au it Slnty.” Buried in the
cemetery at Broxton, she is
survived by seven daughters,
the oldest of wnom is Mrs. Let-
sle Tucker, who is nearing her
90th birthday, 27 grand chil-
dren, 35 great grand children
and 4 great, great grand c'hil-
dren.
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Threats of rain failed to
lie p approximately five
hundred music lov.rs from at¬
tending the music concert
staged by the Georgia State
college music department, f a-
turing its band, choir and
Men’s Glee club Sunday even-
in p Although scheduled for
out of doors, darkt.i d skies
caused it to be held In Meldrim
auditorium, and the audience
was rewarded for its attend¬
ance by a drightful evening
cf entertainment.
All three groups showed re¬
markable versatility and dis¬
played excellent tone qualities.
The choir was especially good
l.n Its rend.tion of Ger. .twin’s
’ ll Ain’t Necessarily So,” and
Waring’s arrangement of ”Bat-
tle Hymn of th: Republic.” L
Allen Pyke, who joined the
staff at the beginning of the
.suir.tn.er session, wan cf rector
of the group, and the poise
displayed by the choir showed
a quality gained only through
constant rehearsals.
J. J. Ballou, acting chairman
of the Fine Arts department,
dh cted the Men’s Glee club,
and the group displayed its
i .nancablfc versatility in the
singing of Flemming’s diffi¬
cult “The Man of Upright
Life” and then shifting to Ry¬
der’s “Gwine Up.”
band was featured in
the latter part of the program.
Again versatility was the ke-y
note as the band began by
'i a vine tne “Washington Post
March” by Sousa, then follow¬
ed oy Echub rt’s' March Mili-
ta re.” Shifting to the semi-
classics, the audience was
treated to a delightful arrange¬
ment of G rshwin’s “Tne Man
I Love,” and Kerne’s “Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes.” Approxi¬
mately 100 4 H boys and girls
were in the audience and Di¬
rector Ballou rewarded them
by playing the popular sw ng
version of “At the Gremlint’s
Ball.” By popular request the
ba rd closed the program by
playing , , Yoders ,, , , difficult ..... Las-
tie Ruins Overture.
In addition, Miss Ruby Jan'
! R dley, soprano, sang Peter De
j Rose’s ing.” Miss “I Heard Athea A Forest Bailey, Pray¬ who
j accompanied tne choir, team d
I with Mr. Ballou to play the
“Witches Dance” (piano duet)
by Russell.
The complete program fol¬
lows:
Men’s G1 e club, ‘The Man
of Upright L'fe,” Flemm ng;
“Blind Ploughman,” Clarke,
and “Gwine Up,” Ryder.
Choir: “Good News,” Daw¬
son; “Soon-a Will Be Done,”
Dawson; “Set Down Servant,
Shaw? “It Ain’t N‘ cessarily
So,” Gershwin.” and “Battle
Hymn of the Republic,” arr. by
War.ng.
Band; “Waslvngton Post
March,” Sousa; “March Mill-
taire,” Schubert; “The Man i
Love,” Gershwin; “Smoke Get
In Your Eyes,” Kerne,” and
‘Castle Ruins overture,” Yod¬
er.
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t. ** Chuck Smith
By the >1me you read these schoolings the question as tc
whether or not “young” Ezzard Charles is a better fighter
than “ole man” Gus Lesnevtch . Tne two tangled last ’.light in
New. York in NBA sanctioned heavyweight title bout . . Ezzard
'.'.l’t anything tout a good light-heavy, many fight fans con¬
tend . . Spea.ung of the light-heavies. . whep Lesnevlch was the
king of the “176 pounders” he refused to meet the Cincinnati
Hash who incidentally was born in Georgia . . ..However.
Ezzard Is eager to win his spurs as tht* heavyweight champion
and be accepted as such by fight fans around the globe.
„
You know the New York Athletic commission along with
the British commission have refused to go along with the NBA
in recognition of the title rights of “Young Charles. This is
.
still true despite the holding of the fight in New- York Mass,
was also a holdout at first out soon tell in line with the other
commissions. .Spea’cLij of commissions we note where Dr. C.
B. B. Powell has been appointed to another term w.th the N.
Y. A. C.
Will Big Don Newcomb win twrjity games during his ini¬
tial season in the majors? This seems to be the other ques¬
tion in the mind of many a fan. . Tne big righthander posted
his 11th win against three defeats Monday night by four hit¬
ting the dug. big Ne\v York Giants . . When he first came
up he said he'd like to cop at least 14 for the current session . .
If our memory serves us correctly he has beaten every National
League club excepting The Boston Braves (and perhaps the
Philadelphia entry* . . and by the weekend he should have or
may get* a crack at the Beantowners. . Speaking of Boston our
column for the weekend of September 2 might be posted
from there . . and now back to baseball . . The Brave’s man¬
ager Billy Southworth is one of Don’s most ardent supporters
. remember he picked him as the first righthander to face
the Amcric i i League Ail-Stars. . and oh yes, he lost the game
although many followers of the game say and insist that he
was the best pitcher to hurl lor the senior circuit. Currently
Dodger Manager .
Burt Shotton is pitching him every fourth
day. He can go every second if the going gets tuagh . . this
was proved by the cagey Flatbush head early in July . or
was it the latter part of June? Now remember Don didn’t
. .
come up until the middle of May. . the season was a month-
and-a-half old at that time.
If the Dodgers win the pennant we think it’ll be through
the sturdy hurling of Newcombe. . and in his effort to cop the
flag Shotton will resort to sending the big righthander to the
| mourn' will'be every second day . .. If the Dodgers win the pennant
it on account of Newcomb’s hurling and in doing so he
will have won twenty games which will net him the “Rookie
of the Year Award . . .” THIS IS CUR PREDICTION.
The mighty New York Yankees tangled with the Boston
Red Sox beginning Tuesday . . And again we go out on ithe
limb and say this series will decide whether or not the Cleve¬
land Indians will again repeat as the champions of the junior
loop. . At press time the Boston team is battling for second
place with the Yanks seeking to increase their lead over the
sec*;id place Indians. . It Dom DiMaggion continue his hitting
spree the |Red Sox might halt the “mid-stretch” drive of the
cw Vorkers
Tomorrow night (Friday) the College All-Stars will again
take to the gridiron at Soldiers Field, Chicago to battle the
Philadelphia Eagles in that sitmmer football classic. “The All-
Star Game. . Galloping George Talliferro, former Indian
flash will be one of the sepia players in the game. . . We un¬
derstand that Gene Derrecotte who did his footballing, at Mi¬
chigan has betU sidelined . .Kenny Washington Jackie Robin¬
son, lEuddy Young, Lenny Ford. Bob Mann, and Horace Gal¬
lons are some of ‘the Negro players whose names have gone
down in the annals of the game . . Remember it was back In
that Young teamed with Notre Dame’s George Ratterman
to trounce the Chicago Bears. . George pitched “em” down
the middle and Buddy scatter!, the ends.
.
RAMBLING IN SPORTS. . Marion Jackson Atlanta World
sports scribe was in to\ V n recently . The^VTA tennis meet gets
under way at Wilberforcc State College lwunday morning and
continues through Saturday, the 27th. . Branch Rickey, head
from a meazly $40.CC0 to one-hundred grand. . .Georgia State’s
ol the Brooklyn Dodgers has upped the price tags on Jethroe
Tigers report to practice Monday. “So dey say. . Big John
Martin, backfield coach is expected this weekend from New
York University where he studied this summer. . .Jiggs Mor¬
gan didn’t go away after all, he told me Tuesday . . Joe Greene
says he’ll call his squad together around the 20th . . .the sche¬
dule still isn’t settled, he added. William Schropshire. playing
manager of the G. S. C. faculty cage team is back from a va¬
cation jaunt which took him to Detroit and other places in
that section . At Frazier was i*i the hero’s role Sunday because
of his life-saving efforts at the Ft. Screven beach. Still
haven’t heard anything recently on Li’ke Easter . . however,
these “in the know” insist that he’ll don an Indian ihiform.
very sro j'i . . .
PROVEN LEADER
IN HIS FIELD I
DR. JOHN W. DA VIS
Distinguished Educator; President,
West Virginia State College; Harmon
Award Winner, 1926; Decorated by the
Republic of Haiti, 1949; Chairman, Ex¬
ecutive Committee, Conference of
Presidents of Negro Land-Grant Col¬
leges; former President of the American
Teachers Association. He is a member
of thirty-three national and state edu¬
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Author of innumerable articles on
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RICHMOND, (ANP) —
parting from old customs, the
city of R chmond used Negroes
as election clerks and .
last week at the state elec-
tions held here.
Tals marked a change from
the Past when even in all-Ne-
vrn gro nreeinrts precincts whites counted
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GOING IMPROVEMENTS
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Department In cooperation
with the Fernandina Port Au-
thority is now constructing a
S16.000.C0C 00 bridgj and
way projet bordering American
Beach properties on the west
and providing a 35-minute
drive over a scenic highway
from Jacksonville to th. beach
This ideal location was found
by the late Dr. A. L. Lewis, w'.io
ali-colored township develop-
ment which would serve not
only as an enticing vacation
spot, but an all year-round res-
ideitial site, due to the excel-
lent climate, water and recre-
alional facilities. The Afro- ..
Amer . can „ Pensicn „ Bureau,
owner and developer of Amer-
ican B'ach. nas soent thous- i
ands of dollars in the building
of this modern, restful envir¬
onment. At present a 22-
apartment hotel is being con¬
structed for the use in 1950 of
persons not des ring' to buy
and build on their own prop¬
erty, This structure, when
completed and equipped, will
cost approximately $100,000 and
will be modern in every re¬
spect.
Last week, announcement
was made by J. T. Botsch, exe¬
cutive vice president, tt.iat 60
choice ocean front lots have
just been made ready for pur¬
chase by the public. All of
these lots are high and dry
and have been leveled and
surveyed with permanent mon¬
uments establishing boundaries
and lines adjacent to streets.
A Lme payment plan for those
desiring to purchase lots has
[ | payments been arranged, and with small low monthly down
installments of the unpaid
balance. With this announce¬
ment came a number of ap¬
plications from prominent men
and women in a number of
; states, who are desirous of “a
| Gome on the beach” in the
j near future.
Any inquiries concerning this
j project Afro-American may be addressed Pension Bureau, to the
i
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THURSDAY. AUGUST. 11. 1949
State College To Graduate
Its Largest Class
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he .—--- had served for two as
years
Instructor of ma'.'nematics arid
: cne y.ar as instructor in
! lish and education. He was
! grad uated from Virginia Union
„ 1924 wlth high honors as
valedictorian of the class,
ceiving the A. B. degree, th
I first male graduate with a ma-
| I jar • in education.
In 1928 tie received th
degree and teacher of educa-
tion d plema from Teachers
! coll ge, Columbia university,
\ an^J 6* in 1932 earned the Ph. D.
1 de rec fr ° m Columbia univer-
sity H ’ was vislt P rofe3 -° r
I of elation in the graduate
division °- namp’en Institut
summer schoo.s ol ll3a-33.
Durng hs service in \irgin-
ia, Dr. Daniel was educational
research secretary for eight
years and presid.nt of ttie Vir- 1
ginia State Teachers Associa- |
t.o.i fer two years.
Pres : dem Daniel is the son
f ^ late Caarl s and f ar '
ric Green Daiv.el and was born
Co1 oa „ the efee CampUS Hj “ a ° f Viri £ nia { ? tate
° n y M y “ yi*
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™ Tr . , . TT Umo:i . and . Moms
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Erunswick and rece ved the A.
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college, the M. A. degree from
Atlanta university and holds a
Ph. D degree from Cnio State
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