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gavinnahi State College lun-
nht:n in honor of William
Worthy, CBS Corm pandent &
Foreign Relations expert for
0KLA MASONIC HEAD,
EDITOR FACE CHARGE
OF mi JIS0N
(Continued from Page One)
Goodwin afier the editor con-
,‘pired with Hall and E. W.
Chirk, a’ ) cf Tulsa, to burn
the building fa insurance could
he collected.
Clark, then grand secretary
of the Slate Masonic group,
died in August of 1955, about
five months after the alleged
n;:on took place.
Ofuskee County Attorney
nay Parham said warrants for
the arre t of the three men
we re Issued by County Judge
Raymond Jenkins.
Parham taid the lodge car-
ried a total of *64,000 insurance
on the building and its eon-
tents and that.,in May of 1955,
the policy* .holders received
about $37,009 for the fire loss.
$51,000 Restitution
Fallowing Williams’ accusa-
tion ogainst Hall and Goodwin
in February t953, the insuring
firm received $51,000 restitution,
Parham raid.
Parham’s answer to the ques¬
tion as to. why the restitution
was made,; was “That’s the $64
question that we hope to an¬
swer iii court.”
Williams’ first confession
about the arson was made in
the office of J. Howard Ed¬
mondson, Tu! C| i county attor-
ney, while Williams was In
county jail on the burglary
charges.
No Charges Filed
Though the state fire mar¬
shal’s office and officers from
Ckfuskee eoun’y investigated at
the time, no charges were filed.
Parbam raid he resumed the '
investigation when he came !
into office, “and I just recently j
completed the investigation to
my satisfaction.”
Williams’ “gift for gab” which
involved Hall in another mat- i
ter late la-t year, , has seeming- . ,
,
ly brought him nothing but j
more trouble. j
Ir December, about the first j
time time (he ib told of the arson con-
KpirpJsy, spi VfM he also accused Hall and
fo forirrer nitre r Tul-a policeman John
Smitherroan, now dead, of ex-
tortit tt money front a Negro
(’ "uggiet, Charles S. Roberts.
Case Tlirown Out
Though Hall and Smither-
man were charged, the case was
thrown out during a prelimin¬
ary hearing before Judge Leslie
Lisle.
Williams was sentenced to 20
years on each of the five
counts of burglary, to which he
had pleaded guilty, two weeks
after dismissal of the charges
against IItil and Smitherman.
I as I November, Williams ap¬
pealed to the state criminal
e.ouit of appeals on his convic¬
tion but I he court, held be must
rerve Ills time.
His appeal was tied in with
the nr-on confession. He said
lie was denied his con titutional
rights when D: ‘rict Judge
Eben I. Taylor refused to allow j
him to withdraw his plea of j
guilty and his waiver on n jury *
■trial.
Hall was re-elected by a un¬
animous vote at the last state
meetiriB of the Masonic order
held in Okraiioiau City.
Afro-/..nerican. L to R, Dr, R
Gram L’.ojd; Dr. E. K. Wil-
I’S r.>; Dr. w. K. Payne; Mr.
SOUTH’S “STATES
RIGHTS” NEVER
EXTENDED TO
(Confirmed from Page One)
dren from school in defiance of
the Supreme Court of the land,
a nation in which mobs boat and
kick and stone and spit npon those
who happen not to be white.”
The address contained a strong
denunciation of states’ rights as
the theory is interpreted by many
leathern states.
Recalling that Arkansas Fov-
ernor Arval Faiihus cited states’
rights against federal Authority,
Mr. Wilkins said: “lie and hi,
supporters cry out that the South
is a hapless minority, subjected to
the rule of a ruthlessr majority.
They ask roodgnitldti of their tni-
j nority stalus in the nation."
Minority Uiyhtx then r id at
j But, the civil rights leader as¬
sorted, Fov. Faubus anil other
] fates’ rights advocates “demand
for themselves minority rights
i 'vhich in .truh they deny to their
minorities. While protesting
loudly and vigorously allowed ro>
strictSons upon their liberties, they
consistently restrict the freedom of
Negro citizens in their states,”
According to the southern
pretation, Mr. Wilkins declared,
one of the rights of the states i.s
to deny citizenship rights to Ne-
gro citizens, which is done largely
through enforced'segregation.
“This (segregation) is what is
| now so feverishly and so fanatical-
!y defended as necessary to wiiat ;
has been called in this forum
precious and sacred custom’,” he 1
remarked. “Stripped of all rhetoric
and emotion, that custom, 1 sub¬
mit, embodies the ignoble objective
of keeping down, by any means,
a whole race on the basis of mere
-kin color. An intervening huti-
bed years have .meant nothing. In
957, as in 1958 in the Died Scott
iebate,_ naintaining the embattled that black racists has are
a man
10 rights which a white .man is
bound to respect.”
Mr. Wilkins’ reference to segre-
ration as a ‘precious and sacred
„ U3tom , WRS to an a(ldres3 raa(ip
* )6fol . ( , the Commonwealth Club on
Oct. 4 by a Mississippi segrega-
ioni.st leader.
Lesson of Sputnik
■ “One of the lessons of the sput-
lik,” the NAACP leader asserted,
Is that we dare not persist with j
egregated nd-eluss citizenship. education, or It with is plain see- |
I
o»v that we do not have the ex- j
lusive ‘know-how’ and that we
need every brain and every man
ind woman who ran lie mustered
for the campaign of survival.”
To gain their objective of full
■Itizenship rights, Mr. Wilkins de-
lared, Negroes, “are prepared to
sacrifice today as they have sacri¬
ficed in the past. They are willing
ind eager to pay the price for
freedom so long overdue. Neither
punitive legislation, nor hara- dug
regulations, nor threats, nor eco-
louftc freeze-outs, nor insult, nor
uimiliation, nor mobs, nor death
vill halt l.heiii in their que t.
“Their little children, begotten
if purents of faith and courage,
lave shown by their fearlessite,-;-
.mi their dignity that a people
dll not be denied Iheit heritage.
Refuting the charge that “NC-
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W.uthy; Dr. Coleridge A.
Brahhu.rite; Wilton C. Scott;
Dr. Andrew J. Hargrctt.
TEXAS TOWN VOTES,
[HFN INTEGRATES
SCHOOLS
(Continued from Page One)
which provides for a favorable
vote before a district can be inte¬
grated. Districts which violate the
idt are deprived of .late funds,
i Pleasanton, located 33 miles
outli of San Antonia, another
area which‘has instituted integra-
,: on in some of its schools, has a
j Negro* population of about one per
j cent. About 35 Negro pupils aie
I af fect;*d by the action,
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F'K.|{ pREXY TO BE
i Continued from Pam- Onei
lege,' Dr. George N. Redd. Dr.
Wright will serve as an ex-officio
member of the committee.
Former president of Bluefield
| State College, Bluefield W. Va.,
Dr. Wright, 40, is a native of Dil-
Ion, R. O., and has had wide train-
j t.onal . ing and field experience in the eduen-
;
i It ; 1 was for oiyht years profes-
i so v of education and dean of lh“
acuity at Hampton Institute. He
has also held administrative posts
North Carolina College in Iiur-
umi and in the public -cliool. of
Centrcville and Upper .Marlboro,
Maryland.
j Dr. Wright, who holds the Ph.D.
degree from New York University,
^ a former president of the Assn-
rmFou ol< Alleges and Secondary
schools for Negioes and of the
Alpha Kappa Mu honor society,
assumed his duties as Presi-
dent of Fisk in July.
UTILE ROCK
COUNCIL ORDERS
11 Vii'tjrmrd rriun Hagr One'
tiered the arrest of any other
fficc :s who can be found.
Mrs. Bates, who is currently
spearheading the integration of
nine Negro students attending
Central High school under fed¬
eral troops protection, heads
the state organization.
The arrests were ordered by i
10 city aldermen acting as a
committee of the whole.
I
jyi-o children are incapable of nt- |
taining the mental achievement of I
whites,” Mr. Wilkins pointed out '
that ‘all -the evidence deals with
averages: those who would use it
e, an excuse for riot dcsegregat-
ng schools conveniently forget
that many Negroes, despite the
score just as high
whiles. For these, obviously,
group achievement is no ex¬
for continued segregation.”
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
PL/VN SET FOR
AMERICAN ED. WEEK
(Continued from Page One)
pi. — Wert Savannah School
Radio.
Mindiy, Nov. 11, 8 3 13 pm
- -!\iu}seu Jr. high r >hool i pec-
ial p. ",:rm over WFRP.
Wcdor. t’ ty, Nov. 13, ! 00 p,
m. A luncheon : por.' ored by
Die C.C.T.A. for out dar.iHng
civic lpiiclc! •, at Frank W.
. : 'iicrr Soh jiiI.
1 mu. day, Nov. M National
T' idler 1 iv. Maitagers of the
following theaters: F i .l Side.
' unlu' and Star will admit
•!1 teacher?. ai|! rr'ired teach
rrs f"/c nO dm m to attend
any show during this day Each
traclier will n ’rive n bid-ton
for A T W as at', nit toner to
there tlirntrrs.
r tt ’i’oy, Nov. 10, 11:15
rival If me Edioni pedal
i 'op:.: in ever WSAV radio
I v1 1 i' '!■: will lie on ribo'ay
< I lis’ R, up 7 Shop ie I F l: I
’’ id F. i'cet F’honl, « oraori,
ell V. Furnlittre Pi are
■R ’ch IT Mi Rihool, .•■•pansort,
rad th ’ Paving ah Pharmacy
(R W Crdnlen llrmentary
Selico!, .‘itoraor).
»FSS£ H. HOPKINS
DIES SUDDENLY
tContinued from Rage One)
confined to bed rece H ly. In
he Ctend’d the First
C i iUjr.il Church services
Sunday morning, serving in his
usual capacity as deacon; lift¬
ing the offering and serving
ccmmtmion. His death came ns
a c:m.)!(!.’ shock to his many
frier,’In.
Mr. Hipkins was born on May
24, 1874, at Coleman. Georgia.
He h :fl resided in Savannah
due a young .man and far
thirly odd years he was an
office ear porter for the
"entral of Cu irgia Railroad.
He was retired from the mb in
1930.
Mr. llpkins was well known
for his hobby of cultivating
beautiful flowers on the vacant
lots next door to his home. Ho
«ver sold th..xa flowers but
F - u J -. ' T i of di hi. hi ehnrch (nuiui duu and as as
| to his frio lhs, lie was
j a so a violinist and pl&yed in
! several orchestras in his young-
cr days.
Funeral services arc being
j j ’ c( today (Thursday) at 3:30
j p m a * t) le ph s t Congeega-
; ^ior’.'il Church with the Rev. A.
• officiating. Music
c Cul . trip;!l i
' | wl jj be f Urn j f hed by the church
^ Members of the deacon
i board scivirg palibear-
arc as
ers. Interment will be in I aurel
Grove cemetery with tire Mon¬
roe Funeral Directors in charge
if arrangements.
The deceased i.s survived by
Ms widow, Mrs. Lattie G. Hop¬
kins; a son, Jesse H. Hopkins,
Jr., of Greensboro, N. C.; a
Laughter, Mrs. Winifred H
Rhancy of Pair-bridge; and a
nephew, T. J. Hopkins..
AT FORT HOOD
(Continued from page 1)
early in January to replace the
2nd Armored Division.
Private Kemp is a 1954 grad-
uatc of Beach High School. He
was a plasterer with his father
before entering the army last
July.
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Lor Ignition. Slar'er*.
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We have handled real estate for 40 years.
Loans made on various plans to suit vour income
it will he lo your advantage lo see us first
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Assets Over $2,000,000
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Orchestral. Choir at Thaatrlcal Tours • Hastes
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lut'ii lutes tlie AFIIR Workshop
| drew un attendance of two hun¬
dred delegates, .- peakers, and ob¬ i
servers who directed their atten¬
tion to three issues; new problem-
in racial discrimination, technique? i
. *
for solving the problems, aim
transition from desegregation to
I integration. Speakers came from i
. Congress, government agencies,
j community group ',, si-veial colleges
land universities, municipal race
relations eoninii: • ions, the AFI,
, < It), and It. F hoard ot Edina
i tom.
Tl|e A<'HR Wool: Imp. chaiicil
j by All . Thomasiun Johnson Nor-
: find, ACHR Hoard member from
, New Yoik City, wo bold at I low
.ml University and the Marling-
, loo Hotel, (tetuhev. I'd 21).
Clubbers and Local
LtaJtrs Honored
Tin Nation’s 3,105,000 white
and colored I II memb.'i't, and
about 370,ODD volunteer lor d lead
ei i were honored on Nalimfa! J II
CONVICT ONE,
FREE EIGHT FOR
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h ;od'...;Ti'. set upon thenf as
t.hev were piekr-ickirg in the
park.
NAT’L SORORITY
FRRHDFNTS ENDORSE
ACHR PROGRAM
At the eonelu ion of the Amer¬
ican Council on Human Right
"U oiIoiIkiii on I,"adei’ bin Rcsppn
'iiiilitica mid Techniques,” tial.lnpnl
!"• 'idr-tiN of Aloha K mpa, I»••!!u
Sigma Theta, Siem.a Gamma Rho.
and '/.el.i Phi Bda mtlional ml
h'»"i:d.a noimitici rcitcrnied flieil'
■ndii c met it of the Fonncll aa a
w,,i Ihv endeavor “and pledged
their willingne to work for con-
t'mmd upporl of i( from the or
v'an.xat on. which they iciu'caent,
lb. Nancy II. MrFheu, AFIIR ptej-
'•leiil from Hampton, Virginia, re
I. 1 el their tMenton! today.
Tlie Auim ier n Council on 11 u
man Right (AFIIR), founded in
AMS. in a m, operative civil right ,
oi'o.anii.atmil consisting of major
eoilephitv Free!: organizations. II
use both education mid social ac-
to rombnt racial di-rriniitm-
lion.
Chaired by Mrs. Dorothy Ilnrri-
■ 0 : 1 , Della Sicma Tt.ola bead from
Lnrtgston, Oklahoma, the Commit¬
tee of National Presidents ulso
irehiiled Miss Edna M. Datlgliis
(Little Hock) Sigma Gamma Rho:
Dr. Di'bornh Partridge (New York
City) /eta Phi Beta; and Mrs.
Arnetts Wallace (Chicago) Alpha
Kappa Alpha. The Committee,
reported to the somi-annua!
meeting of the \('IIR Board of
Director, in Washington, D. C.,
coinniemled the AC1IU
and foresaw' its extension in dozens
of American cities as an ACHR
educational and action project.
From twenty-two. cities in fom
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Two-story frame. Upper rented
as two furnished apartments.
1 Lower, 4 rooms and hath.
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Two-story frame. Four rooms
and bath up and down.
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Achievement Day, November 2, at
luncheons, Impquets, county-wide
meeting and. other events. "j
Achievement Day is held in rec-
ognitiou of tlie work heir... done in
i 'arming and home:,..,;,,, and
onuuuiiity service i, • < Dili mem
litre. L • t year there youi'-s com
jdeted nearly 3,1585,000 projects
NOVEMBER 14 is the date of
thy Talladega Little Theater
dADI.E SONG, to be
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1 T at Savani/gh State
c »•’« ’* u,ldar the sponsorship
of the First Congregational
church. I.tl’S Go!
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