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Shr Augnsta •Npms-ltetittW Vol. 3 Black Woman Struck In Face With Handcuffs By Sheriffs Investigator )The News-Review learned this week of an incident wherein the sheriffs chief investigator of narcotics, Warren Martin, is accused of shoving a Black woman and striking her on the head with handcuffs. The Margie Utley. Augusta’s First Black Woman Attorney Attorney John H. Ruffin has been recently joined by two law associates. One is the first black woman attorney in Augusta; the other is the first black attorney living in Columbia County. Margie Utley, bom in Burke County, now living in Centennial Celebration Slave Grandfather Bought 93 Acres Os Land For sB2B' By Andrea Cohen Mr. Joe Scott, Jr. and his wife, Mrs. Geneva Frierson Scott, recently hosted an outing celebrating the centennial anniversary of the William Frierson Farm located in Sumter County, South Carolina. The interesting story of the William Frierson Farm has been researched and recorded by Mrs. J.E. Carter According to Mrs. Carter, a prominent family in Sumter owned a young slave named William. The Friersons gave young William the family’s surname which he kept after being sold to another fanner, Robert C. McFadden. William was trained as coachman for the McFadden family. He married a young slave girl called Nancy - also a McFadden possession. After the declaration of freedom in 1865, William Frierson remained in the employment of Mr. McFadden. Economical conditions soon forced McFadden to offer for sale ten tracts of his land to ten of his most trusted former slaves. William Frierson bought the land which was not deeded, but sold on a short term basis. The contract of the sale appears in this issue on page 3. William Friersoifs farm produced cotton and tobbaco. Orchards included peach, apple, pear, plum, and cherry trees. Scuppemong arbors also were sprinkled about over the farm lands. The Friersons and three tenant fanners operated two mills for grinding grain and producing syrup from sugar and sorghum. The two mills served the entire community with payment being made in goods and services rather than in money. Beehives produced honey and a large smokehouse provided a place for the curing NATIONAL BLACK NEWS SERVICE MEMBER incident occurred at the Augusta Central Drug Clinic on July 17. According to the source, the Clinic has an agreement with the Augusta Police Department that no one will be arrested on the Hephzibah, is a 1964 graduate of Immanculate Conception High School. She attended Howard University and the University of Chicago Law School from which she graduated in May of 1972. One of nine children (she is third eldest), she'originally and preserving of slaughtered hogs. Due to lack of refrigeration, meat was shared S> o-” Km*. ' - ■ Sift* atf ■■ J, aSLAa tVA . // - ■ I .WgWirWg * Z illllxz : «O|l I JW' MRS. GENEVA F. SCOTT Augustan Elected President Os National Insurance Association J Q O. HOLLIS C.O. Hollis, CLU, first vice president-agency director of Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Co. of Augusta, Ga., was elected president (July 25) by the National Insurance Association which concluded its 53rd annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. Hollis, who was first vice-president of the association, is also the former P.O. Box 953 Clinic premises. However, they do not have an agreement with the sheriffs department, feeling that it was not necessary since the Clinic is inside the city limits. Martin and another officer wanted to be a doctor. But her father persuaded her to go into law. Although her father only has a fifth grade education he is deeply interested in real estate and wanted his daughter to go into property law. He owns property in Augusta and Washington, D.C. with neighbors who in turn shared theirs at slaughtering time. treasurer. He has been affiliated with Pilgrim Health and Life since 1934 when he was hired as an agent. During the course of his career which took him from the insurance debit to the head of the agency department, he took sabbatical leave to obtain a master’s degree in insurance at the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed those studies in 1951, the same year he attained his chartered life underwriter designation. Hollis obtained his bachelor’s degree in business from Hampton Institute. He also completed the Agency Officers School course sponsored by the Life Insurance Agency Management Association in Hartford, Conn, in 1947 and received a certificate in agency management from the American College of Life Underwriters in 1960. THE PEOPLE’S PAPER identified only as Kennedy blocked exits at the Clinic preventing Eugene Tyler and Vera Jackson from leaving. Tyler and Ms. Jackson were at the Clinic for treatment. The sheriff’s department had Miss Utley’s mother works in the kitchen at Hornsby Elementary School. Speaking of her mother she says, “My mother is the hippest lady there is. She is a tremendous person. Just unbelieveable in terms of her moral support.” At one point Miss Utley As slaves, Negroes worshipped in the Concord Presbyterian Church, the church of their masters. In 1875 the former slaves formed their own church - the Congruity Presbyterian Church. William Frierson served as a ruling elder of the church. The church still exists today with whites referring to the community as “Concord” while blacks refer to the community as “Congruity”. The Frierson Farm is still in operation. Recently Mr. Joe Scott has added new farm equipment in an attempt to modernize and speed up farm production. In spite of government quotas, diversified farming still takes place. The Scotts now grow grain such as corn, wheat, and soybeans. They take pride in the hogs which are raised on their farm. The Congruity Community is still a very popular section of Sumter County. Throughout South Carolina it is known as one of the richest black communities in the area. Mrs. Scott, who now owns the land through inheritance, thinks the story of the farm and SEE FRIERSON Page 3 ■Register ■ H And H ■ Vote ■ a “very old” South Carolina fugitive warrant for Tyler. The man was being handcuffed when Ms. Jackson grabbed Tyler by the waist. At that point, witnesses say that Martin shoved the woman against a car dropped out of law school, but after graduating, she gave her law degree to her mother. “It was hers. If it hadn’t been for her I probably wouldn’t have finished.” Asked what she thought of criminal justice in Augusta, she replied, “Shocking”. IF I' i y - t ’ - * ' J .. 4 1 v r JAMES STEWART James Stewart recently joined the News-Review staff as a special representative in circulation promotions and advertising sales. A native of Evansville, Maguire Seeks Bth Ward Seat SAM O. MAGUIRE Prominent Augusta businessman Sam 0. Maquire last week announced his candidacy for City Council. He is seeking the eight ward seat being vacated by Harry Steine who is not eligible to seek re-election. In a written statement Augusta, Georgia and struck her in the right temple with the handcuffs. Ms. Jackson appeared before Judge Eugene Kerr in State Court the same affternoon. She was charged with impeding arrest and assaulting an officer. The jails in the City are segregated. “They have Black women in this cell and white women in another, and Black men in one cell and white men in another. I speak of the police department as opposed to the courts becauseof mwltaiMM# just dealt Stewart Promotes Circulation Indiana, he has lived in Augusta since receiving his military discharge from Fort Gordon in 1970. During his B‘/i years in the service Stewart was a paratrooper and a Drill Sergeant. He enjoys selling and feels that it’s a real challenge. “Everything that’s made can be sold.” As a youngster, he won trophies selling newspapers and magazines. Stewart has served as assistant manager at Unity Supermarket and as Manager of the Afro-Boutique. He feels that his military training was particularly valuable in learning to deal with people. Always trying to advance himself, he is a student at Augusta Tech where he is studying Marketing Management. Married to the former Martha Mabry, the Stewarts live at 3501 Leisure Court. Maguire said, “Augusta has been good to me. I have lived here since 1935, am married to a life-long resident of Augusta, Harriett Fiske Maguire, and have been connected with an Augusta-based manufacturing organization for thirty-eight years.” “I have grown to love this city, particularly since I have prospered so well, and I feel that I owe this community a great debt. For this reason, I am today announcing my candidacy for City Council from the Bth Ward. “I have never sought public office by election before; however, I have served by appointment two terms on the Civil Service Commission and on various other committees and commissions for the mayor Martin and Kennedy testified that Martin accidentally struck Ms. Jackson with the handcuffs. One of the witnesses. Eugene Gardner, testified that it was not necessary to hit her with the handcuffs and that it was no I l ' ■ I 3E i WAT x with that (the jails ) yesterday. “It’s like anything else, you can know that these things are true, but when you coine face to face with it, it presents a different inpact. I was just appalled to know that it's going on right here in Augusta. “I would say there is corruption. As a man said yesterday, if they investigated the government of Augusta-Richmond County like they are doing Watergate, there wouldn’t be two politicians left. He's down there and supposedly has a lot of insight into what’s ■Enl / j I W. S. HORNSBY HI and City Council in Augusta. “As Vice Chairman of Fine Products Company, Inc., I have sufficient time to devote to the City Council of Augusta should I be elected, and I promise to give of my services wholeheartedly.” Maguire is Vice Chairman-Board of Directors, Fine Products Co., Inc.; President and treasurer, Sophie Mae Candy Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; Vice President, Richmond Bonded Warehouse Corp, and Vice President, ABM Warehouse Corporation. He is former Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Confectioners Association, presently serving on Executive Committee, NCA Board of Directors, member St. John United Methodist Church, Past Chairman of the Official Board, presently Chairman of the Finance Committee; Past President United Fund of Augusta-North Augusta; past president Exchange Club of August 2, 1973 No. 20 accident. Judge Kerr suspended a six month sentence, provided that Ms. Jackson continue her treatments at the Clinic for another six months. MARGIE UTLEY going on in local government.” Asked if she thought her sex would make people reluctant to use her legal services, she laughed, “I don’t know. I think they’ll come to see, whether they will come to buy is a different story. Morally, they will support me;financially , it will be wait and see in terms of what I can do or can’t do.” NEXT WEEK: Jim Perry, First Black Attorney Living in Columbia County. Hornsby Named In Who’s Who W.S. Hornsby, 111, Senior Vice President of The Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company, has been selected “Who’s Who in Insurance 1973”. This is a Distinct Honor given to those who have excelled in the business of Life Insurance. Augusta, nd past State president; past president Chamber of Commerce; Director, Citizens and Southern National Bank of Augusta, Georgia; member, Civil Service Commission of Augusta; past president of Georgia-Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; chairman of Richmond County Hospital and Health Planning Council. He is treasurer of YMCA—YWCA Expansion Fund, trustee for Augusta Free Schools. He is married to the former Harriet Fiske and is a father of two sons - Sam F., a practicing attorney in Augusta, and William F., a graduate of University of Georgia School of Business Administration and U. of Ga. Law School. Now associated with father in business. Mr. Maguire has six grandchildren. He is a member of Augusta Country Club, West Lake Country Club, Pinnacle Club of Augusta, serving on Board of Governors.