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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 (Continued on Page Eight.' Roy Wilkins Charges GOP Civil Jt 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 (Continued on Page Six 1 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 aiiamuiii SHIror ADmu 4-3433 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- iContinued on Page Eight) 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- Continued on Page Seven> 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 (Continued on Page Four* 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 (Continued on Page Eight) * , '■ J - 1 - w6Qm i i > ; 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. Price 10c] ADams 4-3433 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- Continued on Page Severn 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- iContinued on page three' 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)