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77 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVII
IB’S HIE, WHO’S
BOBS UP AGAIN
N!EW ORLEANS — (ANP) —
This city, where there are the
blackest white folk and the
whitest black folk, is seeing
another case of miscegenation
or intermarriage of wnites and
Negroes. This, in Louisiana, is
quite against the law.
A man, sought on charges of
theft of $70 — a Negro named
Anary Paul Dinet—w>as arrested
by police across the river from
New Orleans in Jefferson pa¬
rish. Police discovered Dinet
was living with a white woman
and had been for 10 months. In
addition, tney found the woman
—a divorcee—has two children,
boys aged 4 and 6, who call
Dinet “daddy.”
Dinet comes from Plaqucmine
parish where there has been
said to be much interracial
mixing, and it is said to be ex¬
tremely hard to tell who is
white and who is Negro. Dinet
says the woman knew he was
a Negro, but she is maintaining
she thought he was Spanish.
In this parish a lew years
ago, four couples were arrested
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Roy Wilkins Charges GOP
Civil
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Miss Theresa Ann Spikes
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP —
Conscientious application dur¬
ing her four years of high
school reached a happy climax
for Miss Theresa Ann Spikes
when she recently received
word from The National Fed¬
eration of Catholic College Stu¬
dents of having leer, awarded a
full tuition scholarship to at¬
tend Xavier University in New
* •Orleans, is a June Louisiana. graduate Miss of St. Spikes Pius
X High School where she es¬
tablished a high scholastic re¬
cord. While at Xavier, she will
major in French, with courses
in secondary education.
Mias Spikes is a member of
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SPEAKING, NOT SINGING, together are Dr. F. D. Patterson, New York City, Mrs. Pearl Bell,
Louisville, Ky, and M. C. Martin, Danville, Va., who are president, vice president and
respectively, of the National Business League, National Housewives’ League of America and
National Bankers Association, which met last week in Washington, D. C., The occasion was
joint NBL-NHLA-NBA open session held in the Auditorium of the U. S. Department of Com¬
merce. Dr. Patterson, left was the principal speaker, while Mrs. Ball and Mr. Martin delivered
greetings in behalf of their organizations. These three important national organizations met
in Durham, N. C. at the same time last year.—kkmhko
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
TO HEAR OHIO EDITOR
Harland Randolph will speak
at the Annual Awards Banquet
of the 22nd Annual Convention
of the National Funeral Direc¬
tors & Morticians Association
on Tuesday, August 18, at Chi¬
cago’s Hotel Sherman.
Mr. Randolph, associate edi¬
tor of The Ohio Sentinel, a
weekly newspaper published in
Columbus, Ohio, is now study¬
ing and teaching at Ohio State
University. His column. ‘ Some¬
thing We Can Share,’ appears
in three newspaper chains.
Other articles that he has v/rit-
ten have been published in
Europe and Asia. In these ar¬
ticles Randolph writes about
current political and social
issues. Interpreting these
events with an analytical
mind, he presents them
Ijl cm a wide background of
experience.
As a member of a two man
debating team, he toured fif-
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NEW YORK, N. Y. — Presi¬
dent Eisenhower and the Re¬
publican party were this week
charged with “running out on
the civil rights issue,” by NA
ACP Executive Secretary Roy
Wilkins.
Mr. Wlilkins referred to the
18-13 vote of the House Judi¬
ciary Committee on July 28 to
kill language of the civil rights
bill authorizing, “the Attorney
General to act in all types of
denial of civil rights."
At present, the Attorney
General’s office is empowered
only to act in situations
where citizens are deprived of
their voting rights.
Elaborating on the stricken
portion of the bill, Wilkins
said that, “the Republicans
supported this language in the
1956 and 1957 bills and the
party leadership made it a part
of the 1956 campaign platform
‘Under pressure of their ul¬
tra - conservative wing,’’ Wil¬
kins continued, “the Republi¬
cans have thus repudiated
their stand of 1956 and have
gone backwards on civil rights
to 1955.
“Southern Democrats have
only nine members on the
committee. By themselves they
could never have struck out
the language, which means
they received help from the Re¬
publicans,” Wilkins asserted.
“We know that only two Re¬
publicans voted for the larg-
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Million Dollar Investment
THE ABOVE PHOTOS show' some of the figures who participated
in the dedication exercises of St. Andrew’s Beach. Left to right
are:
1—Some of the directors of the St. Andrew’s Beach. Among
them are William P. Randall, Jr. Macon; Walter Thomas, gen¬
eral manager, Macon; Theo. Roberts, club manager, Savannah; J.
C. Reese, Savannah; and Frank Robinson, Jesup.
,2—Mrs. Lillian Bradley of Macon, chief hostess at the Dol¬
phin club and Motel Hotel, directing ribbon cutting. The ribbon
is being cut by Miss Shirley Outlaw, student at Rlsley High
School, Brunswick.
By Wilton C. Scott
JEKYLL ISLAND,
ple from all sections of
were represented at the
cation of St. Andrew’s
Jekyll Island State Park,
urday, August 1. Jacob
Henderson, president of
derson Travel Service,
ered the principal address.
Henderson was introduced
Edigar D. Billingslea,
of Elm Street High
Rockmont, Georgia, and
rector of St. Andrew’s
Corporation.
The St. Andrew’s Beach
tures the Dolphin Beach
and Motor Hotel
fifty air-conditioned
rooms . and suites,
night club, public and
dining facilities, roof-top
ilion, club rooms, picnic
Gov. Long Says: "I’d Hato fo Live
Where There are No Darkies”
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
with tables and grills, half
mile concrete board walk, golf
and swimming. The half mil¬
lion dollar resort is now a
reality with William P. Ran¬
dall, Macon, as president of
the St. Andrew’s Beach Cor¬
poration.
Maurice Ruddick, a miner
who was trapped in Novia Sco¬
tia, Canada, was the guest of
honor with his wife.
Greetings were given by the
Honorable Ben W. Fortson,
secretary of state and chairman
of Jekyll Island Authority
Mr. Fortson said the state will
help to make St. Andrew's
Beach on Jetoyll Island one of
the finest in the nation. Mr.
Fortson pointed out that pro¬
visions have been made for
summer and winter homes and
to enlarge the present units.
LITTLE ROCK — (ANP) —
Much .talked-about and highly
criticized Gov. Earl K. Long of
Louisiana, travelling aimlessly
about the country on a vaca¬
tion trek, stopped off In this
capltol of segregation recently
long enough to let people know
his thinking on racial segrega¬
tion.
In line with previous state¬
ments, he said he was one
million per cent for segregation.
And the governor—who admit¬
tedly won with the aid of the
Negro vote, added:
“I would hate to have to live
where they don’t have GOOD
DARKIES.”
The previous day, he praised
two Negro college presidents
who are heads of .jim crow state
schools—Drs. Felton G. Clark.
Southern university; and Ralph
W. E. Jones, Grambling college.
He said Dr. Clark was one of
the best Negro college presi¬
dents he knew of and that
Jones was “so polite that he
always got more than he asked j
for.”
In Louisiana at Natchitaches,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1959
3— Maurice Ruddick, tropical miner of S p r i n g h i 11, Nova
Scotia, Canada, expressing gratitude for fine developments made
on St. Andrew’s Beach.
4— Wilton C. Scott, director of Public Relations, Savannah
State College, who served as emcee and press agent.
5— William P. Randall of Macon, president of St. Andrew’s
Beach being complimented by the Honorable Ben Fortson, Sec.
retary of State and chairman of Jekyll Island authority.
6— Jacob Henderson of Atlanta who delivered the dedicatory
address.
/.Iso extending greetings were
Hon. Eugene Cook, Attorney
General of Georgia; the Hon.
A. J. Hartley, Assistant Attor¬
ney General; the Hon. Matt L.
McWhorter, public service com¬
missioner; the Hon. James D.
Gould, member of Board of
Regents, University System of
Georgia; Hon. M. A. Copeland,
Mayor of Brunswick; Dr. C. V.
Troup, president of Fort Valley
State College; W. II. Dennis,
president of Albany State Col¬
lege; Hon. M. A. Copeland and
lege, and others. Wilton C. Scott,
director of public relations, Sa¬
vannah State College, served as
the master of ceremonies for
the St. Andrews Beach Cor¬
poration.
In his address Mr, Hender¬
son stated, “The Dolphin’;;
Beach Club and Motor Hotel
there is a statue erected on a
spot whicn must oe passed by ;
all who enter tht North Louisi- i
ana town. It is a picture of a
bewhiskered Negro man with j
kinky hair.
His head is bare. One hand
clutches a hat, which he seems
to b etipping with politeness.
Irhe other is scratching hi.
head.
Underneath is the inscription:
‘TO THE GOOD DARKLE.’’
Bishop Nichols’ Case
Set For Sept, 18
PHILADELPHIA _ (ANP) — ;
Bishop D. Ward Nichols, in¬
dicted on 21 counts of embezz¬
ling $170,000 In church funds,
has surrendered to authorities. |
His case will be heard Sept. 18.
Bishop Nichols, former head
of the First Episcopal District
of the African Methodist Epis¬
copal Church, had been sought
since last July on te embezz¬
ling charges.
In the company of his altor-
ney, Samuel Dash, Bishop
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dedicates itself to the growing
economic maturity of Negroes
in the state of Georgia.
“Here a cross section of
Georgia Negroes made use of a
‘legal being’ made famous by
the Morgans, Rockefellers and
other millionaires who trod this
island the Corporation. Thru
the sale of St. Andrew’s Beach
corporate stock and other fin¬
ancing, the directors of the
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GOLF HONORS FOR THE PRESIDENT—Presideent Eisenhower last week was the recipient of
three gestures of honor from the United Golfers Association. Above, Special Presidential Assistant
Earl Chesney, left, holds UGA honorary membership plaque, while youth golfers Francis Barrett,
Jr., front left, and Alan Kendrix, Washington, D. C., display special citations having been pre¬
sented the President. Others standing in on the White House presentation are, left to right,
Mr. Chesney. Mrs. Paris B. Browin, UGA tournament director, Washington, D. C.; Francis Bar¬
rett, Pittsburgh Golf pro and father of Francis, Jr., Dr. George W. Adams Washington, D. C..
who was fn t UGA president and Franklin T. Lett, UGA president, Detroit, Mich. Mr. Barrett
is pro at Pittsburgh's North Park Golf Course.
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INTERRACIAL SCHOOL
RAIDED BY TENN. POLICE
NBA WILL MEET
AUGUST 20-23
MILWAUKEE -(ANP) — Atty.
William S. Thompson, Wash¬
ington, D. C„ president, Nation¬
al Bar Association, has return¬
ed to the nation's capital after
completing last minute plans
for the annual NBA conven¬
tion meeting here Aug, 20-23.
The trip rounded out more than
50.000 miles of travel by the
national president during the
past year, in Interest of the or¬
ganization.
Tills year’s convention prom¬
ises, he said, to be one of the
best in the history of the or¬
ganization. It will feature as
speakers the Rev. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Atty. Thurgood Mar¬
shall, and Judge Samuel R.
Pierce, Jr., New York General
Sessions court.
The business sessions will In-
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Baseball Players Freed
Of Murder Charges
HINESVILLE—Six Savannah
Negro baseball players were
held in jail here for more than
80 hours on murder charges
since the death of Liberty
County Sheriff Paul Sikes Sat¬
urday, August 1. After a hear¬
ing before Justice of the Peace
J. E. Groover on Wednesday
the murder charge was drop¬
ped and five of the group were
freed.
One of the accused, William
Ellis Henley, age 20, of 410
Art vara nth Ave., was charged
with simple assault and abus¬
ing an officer }n the perform¬
ance of duty. His bond was set
at $500. His case will be heard
in the city court of Hinesville.
Jit is alleged that Henley
cursed the sheriff; the sheriff
in turn slapped Henley and
walked to his car where he
collapsed on the fender and was
later pronounced dead.
The group of players were
returning to Savannah from a
ball game when their car col-
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NUMBER 41
—The Highlander Folk School,
which has been the target of
segregationists and the object
of an Investigation by the Ten¬
nessee State Legislature re¬
cently, was threatened with
closure Monday after Grundy
County and State officers
swooped down on the inter¬
racial school and arrested four
persons, one of them a Negro
woman, all charged with liquor
violationis.
The four were Mrs. Soptlma
P. Clark, 61, director of educa¬
tion for Highlander; Brent
Eugene Barksdale, 22, Los An¬
geles, an office worker; Guy
Hughes Garawan, Jr., 32, I.os
Angeles, a teacher at High¬
lander, and Perry McKay Slur-
ges, Jr., 34, Shelter Island
Heights, N. Y. They wi e
charged with Illegal possession
of liquor in the raid, which
•C ’lined on wage Severn
ATTY. GRAHAM T. PERRY,
special assistant to the U.
S. Atty.-General, will be guest
speaker when the National Den¬
tal Association holds a five day
meeting In Cincinnati begin¬
ning Aug. 16 at the Sheraton-
Gibson hotel.—(ANP Photo)