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El ' r Aiigiwta Nriua-ißpwui I THE PEOPLE’S PAPER MW 50,01 M-'G° - Vol. 3 Black Man Dies Os Hemorrhage In City Stockade-Negligence Charged A 58 year old prisoner died Sunday in the City Stockade of a massive brain stem hemorrhage. Guards on duty did not respond to calls for help and the city council’s Stockade Committee is considering dismissing them for negligence. Former Augustan Named Deputy Assistant Director Os USIA In Africa Washington-James Keogh, Director of the United States Information Agency has announced the appointment of Horace G. Dawson, Jr., Foreign Service Officer, as Deputy Assistant Director of USIA (Africa). In his new position Dawson will be the assistant to James A. McGinley, who is the Assistant Director for the Africa division in the Agency. Dawson joined USIA in 1962. His first overseas post was Kampala, Uganda, where he served as Cultural Affairs Officer with USIS from 1962 to 1965. His second overseas assignment was in Lagos, Nigeria, where he also served as Cultural Affairs Officer for USIS from 1965 to 1967. While in Nigeria he inaugurated a nationwide essay contest that I ’Miss Paine’ To Be Crowned, | Brother Shares Family Limelight | ■E On Friday, Miss Mary Faye Harris, a senior history major at Paine College, will be crowned “Miss Paine” 73-74. The coronation ceremonies will take place in Paine’s Gilbuth-Lambuth chapel at 8:00 p.m. Miss Harris hails from Fitzgerald, Ga. and is the daughter of Mrs. Robert Harris Sr. also of Fitzgerald. The soon to be crowned queen was questioned about her feelings concerning her upcoming coronation. “1 am very nervous to say the least, but I am also confident that I will be able to represent my fellow Paineites well as ‘Miss Paine’. The last two weeks have without a doubt been the most exciting and exhausting that I’ve ever experienced.” Mary, by having been elected “Miss Paine” in the Paine Student Elections last spring, also holds a position on the Student Government Association Executive Council. She was questioned about her role and function in student ■ PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! < ■ We want to print your news. But we MUST have * *rt by NOON TUESDAY in order for it to be ■ >printed that week. There can be NO exceptions. B ■ Please co-operate with us so we can better serve* * you. * Mayor Lewis A. Newman ordered an immediate investigation into the death of Henry O’Bryant of 2135 Milledgeville Road. He told the News-Review Wednesday that a very throrough investigation has been made by homicide investigator Detective Sergeant is still in operation. Dawson’s third overseas assignment for the Agency was in Monrovia, Liberia, from 1967 to 1971 as Public Affairs Officer. At the end of his tour in Liberia in 1970, he was assigned to Washington and attended the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy from 1970 to 1971. From 1971 to the present he was Cultural Affairs Advisor, Office of Policy and Plans in the Agency. Dawson is a graduate of Haines Noemal and Industrial Institute of Augusta, Georgia. He graduated cum laude from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, wheree he received his A.B. degree in English in 1949. He earned his M.A. degree in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 1950 MARY FAYE HARRIS politics, “1 feel that my being on the Executive Council is very important in that 1 am able to work for and with the students at Paine in helping our institution to become one of the best in the nation.” Student President Mike Thurmond added, “Mary has been very helpful in carrying out many of die projects that we’ve started this year.” The coronation ceremony which is being billed as the biggest social event of the year will feature along with Miss Harris, the Jerry Harris Jazz Trio, The Paine College Dance Group, over 40 organizational queens and special guest of honor Sgt. Ernest Tabb. P.O. Box 953 Donald S. Lewis, and that negligence was apparent. Lewis’ report, according to the mayor, shows that “somebody goofed off’. Black and white prisoners reported being awakened about 4:00 a.m. by other prisoners screaming for help for the man. and his Ph.D. in Mass Communications, State University of lowa, 1961. He has taught English at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. in 1965, Dawson received the Agency’s Superior Service Award for outstanding work. He is founder of the Southeastern Publications Association and has co-authored a Handbook for Advisors to high school newspapers with Professor Lester Benz, School of Journalism, lowa State University. The book is in its 12th edition. Dawson is married to the former Miss Lula Cole of Jonesboro, Louisiana. They have two sons, Horace Greeley, HI, 18, a pre-law student at Harvard; and Gregory, 11. H. HARRIS While Mary Faye Harris, Miss Paine College, will be the center of attraction at her coronation Friday night, she must share the limelight with her older brother, William, at family gatherings in Fitzgerald, Georgia. William, 29, graduated from Paine College in 1966, he earned the Master’s degree from Indiana University in 1967 and the Ph.D. from Indiana University in June. His dissertation “Keeping the Faith: A Philip Randolph, Milton P. Webster, and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1925-1937” is the first of two books Harris is in the process of having published. Harris is currently teaching at Indiana University where he holds the rank of Assistant Professor of History, and teaches Afro-American History on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He taught history at Paine College from 1967-69. He was a United States Foreign Affairs Scholar, “Everybody in the building heard it, but both guards said they didn’t hear anything,” the mayor said. O’Bryant died about an hour after the calls for help were heard. The medical examiner said O’Bryant was also found to have been suffering from HORACE G. DAWSON, JR. Williams Memorial Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary Williams Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church begun celebrating its 100th anniversary on Sunday November 11th with a special 11 a.m. service and an evening “Sermon in Song” at 6:00 p.m. The Centennial celebration will be observed throughout the week with programs scheduled at the church each evening at 7:30 p.m. These services will be conducted by guest pastors, ushers, choirs and members of Augusta Area Churches. CALENDAR OF SERVICES AT WILLIAMS MEMORIAL CME CHURCH CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.: service with guest choir Piedmont Singing Group of Greenville, S.C. and sermon by Chaplian Henry Harvey. At 6 p.m. there will be a Sermon in Songs. Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. the Good Shepherd Baptist Church - Officers, Choir Ushers, & Members. Sermon by Rev. E.M. Mclntyre. Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. the Trinity CME Church, Pastor, Officers, Ushers, Choir, & Members. The Hudson 1965; Paine College Student Body President, 1965-66; Southern Fellowship Fund Fellow 1970-71; and received the Susan O’Kell Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1971. He is married to the former Wanda Fillmore of Fitzgerald, Georgia. They have two children, Cynthia, 4, and William, 2. Augusta, Georgia pneumonia. Mayor Newman said the stockade had been without heat for 8 or 9 days. Prisoners were authorized to be transferred to the Augusta Police Barracks, but they reportedly declined preferring extra clothes and bedding. O’Bryant was wearing three T Memorial CME Church, Pastor, Officers, Ushers, Choir & Members. The Sermon by Rev. R.A. Lark. Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. the Bethel AME Church officers, choir ushers, members. Sermon by Rev. J.S. Wright. Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. the Macedonia Baptist Church - officer, choir, ushers, & members. Sermon by Rev. J.S. Wright. Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Antioch Baptist Church - pastor, officers, choir, ushers & members. Sermon by Rev. R.E. Donaldson. Nov. 18, at 11 a.m. the Morning Service. Sermon by Bishop R.R. Shy, Presiding Bishop of the Sixth Episcopal District of the CME Church in Georgia. At 6:30 p.m. a program dramatizing the History of the Church. WILLIAMS MEMORIAL C.M.E. shirts, and two sport shirts. He was also suffering from a lung disease (carcinoma of the upper lobe of the right lung).lt is not unusual for pneumonia to accompany this ailment, the mayor said. O’Bryant was an outpatient at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital’s Lenwood division. Reports show that he has a history of pschiatric problems. He has been an alcoholic for approximately 30 years and his most recent confinement was due to a 10-day sentence for “plain drunk”. He has been Pageant Winner Plays Candy Striper In "Medical Center” ■O' EDNA HILL Sixteen-year-old Edna Hill, winner of the 1974 Miss Black Teenage America pageant has had a role specially created for her as a candy striper in the “Nightmare” segment of MGM-TV’s “Medical Center” starring Chad Everett and James Daly. Girls 13 through 16 representing 34 states competed in the nationally televised event. This marks the second year that Frank Glicksman and Al Ward have created a role for the pageant winner in their series. A native of Columbia, Maryland, Miss Hill, a senior high school honor student, is planning a career in psycology. In addition to her role on “Medical Center”, Miss Hill’s prize included a $1,500 scholarship and a trip to the Virgin Islands. November 15,1973 No. 35 imprisoned at the stockade 218 times. Asked what caused the brain hemorrhage, the mayor said it EDITORIAL James Brown Loves Augusta James Brown is Augusta’s most famous citizen. He is one of its wealthiest citizens. His is one of the greatest success stories ever. With all of his fame and fortune, one might expect that James Brown would choose to live in some far away castle, perhaps in another country as do many jet-setters. But James Brown lives in Augusta, Georgia his home town. If ever a man loved his home town, James Brown LOVES Augusta. One of the ironies of the James Brown - Augusta love affair is that it is largely a one-sided romance. This has to be a tremendous blow to the sensitive entertainer, but it is equally frustrating to the many Augustans who say they would “like” to like him. Where did things go sour? Is it that Brown’s critics are just green with envy? Is it that they don’t really know' the man? Or is it perhaps that they know him too well? That Jernes Brown iA Soul Brother Number One, cannot be argued if his “number one” rating is based on record sales. He has sold more records than anyone, ever. He is called the Godfather of Soul. Few people would challenge that, if it stopped there. Many who know him feel that Brown regards himself not as the Godfather of Soul, but as the Godfather, period. This they find totally unacceptable. They respect him as an entertainer but not as a leader, and feel he should stick to entertaining. But it is when Brown is referred to as a “humanitarian” that many Augustans become enraged. They are bitter that a wealthy man gives scholarships that total five hundred dollars, and benefit shows that yield only a thousand for the beneficiary. Some earning small salaries say they give more than James Brown. One News-Review reader who wrote while this paper was supporting the James Brown Boulevard effort, demanded, “Please list some of Iris civic contributions. I hear that they are so minuscule that it’s a closely guarded secret.” His jet planes, numerous automobiles, and home on Walton Way all serve to confirm the belief of those who say he is “A Greedy Man”. They see his Augusta financial investments such as his radio station and recently burned down night club, first as profit making ventures for James Brown and only indirectly as contributions to the community. One of his former employes described him as this city’s “greatest exploiter of Black people”. While we often disagree vigorously with Brown (for example, his support of Richard Nixon) we see both good and bad in the man. And we believe that his assets greatly outw'eigh his liabilities. Many of our readers will recall that Brown supported the News-Review and helped the paper to survive during most of our first year. And it is difficult to say how the paper would have done without his support during that critical period. For this we will always be gratefuL J ames Brown is and always will be a most important symbol to the poor and hopeless. His example proves that if one does not give up hope, if one develops his God-given talents, he can become a productive individual. James Brown stands as a symbol of hope to millions of poor people throughout the world. Augustans must realize that while Brown has faults and frailities like the rest of us, his faults are more noticeable only because he is constantly in the spotlight Brown must realize that he is neither omniscient nor omnipotent James Brown could be and sometimes is a most important resource for this community. It is apparent that James Brown will not become the resource that he could be until he is fully appreciated in Augusta. And it is very clear that he will not be fully appreciated until Augustans feel that he is contributing to the community in proportion to his ability. In either case, Augusta loses and so does James Brown. Money cannot buy affection nor respect. Both must be earned. It is sad to see a person rise from the depths of poverty to the pinnacle of success in his field and not be appreciated at home. It is our hope that in the near future, Augustans will have as much affection for James Brown as he has for Augusta. i apparently was related to his medical disorders. A full j medical report on the death is t not available as of this writing.