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Councilman,
Former
Mayor Dead
. of Heart
Attack
City Councilman and former
Mayor of Augusta Hugh
Hamilton died Wednesday
morning of an apparent heart
attack.
A life resident of Augusta,
he lived at 2262 Overton Road
with his wife Emma Doris.
Funeral services will be held
at 4:00 Friday at the Trinity
United Methodist Church. He
will be buried in Westover
Cemetery.
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He was vice president of the
Augusta Bag and Burlap Co.
and the Southern Beverage
Packers Co.
He is survived by his wife,
his son, Hugh Hamilton, Jr.,
daughter, Mrs. Warren Jenkins,
and three sisters.
He was mayor of Augusta
for two terms 1952-1958. He
was the youngest mayor in the
United States at the time, at
the age of 31. He was 53 when
he died.
Hamilton complained of
chest pains Wednesday
morning, and went to his
physician’s office where he
„ 'isped and died about 11:00
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By Michael Thurmond
Two Paine College students,
Lawrence Oliver Jones and
Robert Cambridge, were
involved in an alledged criminal
incident with Dr. Lawrence
Hartlage of 2105 Bellview
Drive on the night of January
17.
One of the students,
Lawrence Jones, said he was
struck with a stick over the left
eye by Hartlage, causing a two
inch cut that required hospital
treatment.
Conflicting stories have
developed as a result of the
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County Commissioner Edward Mclntyre pinch-hits as quarter
back for youngsters playing on newly paved street in Hyde Park.
The youths said they play in the street because they have no
place else to play.
Left Out Os Chairman’s
Report,Mclntyre Makes
His Own
County Commissioner
Edward M. Mclntyre calld a
press conference last Friday to
give a report on the Public
Works Department’s progress.
Mclntyre said that the press
conference was necessary
because it was not included in
the annual report. That report
was made by Commission
chairman Norman Simowitz.
Mclntyre, who is in his 4th
year .is chairman of the Public
Works Department, cited the
growth of the employes in the
county engineer’s department
from 8 to 44 employes with
construction crews. This
growth in employes, he said,
has saved a tremendous
amount of money for the
county because heretofore the
work was contracted out.
He praised County Engineer
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Vol. 3
Brown Calls 94,000 Tax Case A Fraud
'By A White Man’s Nigger’; Discusses
His Views On Nixon Since Watergate.
Following James Brown’s
appearance at the Martin
Luther King birthday
celebration at Paine College
last Tuesday, he granted the
News-Review an exclusive
interview in which he discussed
many of the issues that have
made him the subject of recent
controvery. Nineteen
seventy-three was a year
marked by setbacks for the
famed entertainer. It was on
this note the interview began.
NEWS-REVIEW: It would
seem that the year 1973 was a
very difficult year for you.
You lost your son, your night
Paine Students Charged With
Assault With Intent To Murder
incident although three
eye-wirness reports seem to
collaborate Jones’ and
Cambridges’ versions of the
alledged occurances. However,
the Augusta Police Department
record carries only the
statements of Hartlage,
statements that eventually led
to the jailing of the two
students on charges of assault
with intent to murder and
criminal damage of property.
Bond was set at SI,OOO each
for the students, it was later
paid by an anonymous source.
Hartlage told police that he
first noticed the two men as he
Paul Wattles, Otis Benson,
Millard Gooding, Hugh Cross,
and Douglas Bernard for their
“fine cooperation”; .
During 1973, 37 streets and
roads were paved or resurfaced
in the county and 85% of all
the county’s entire resurfacing
program was completed. This
work, too, was previously
contracted out.
Emphasizing the work done
by “our own crews”, Mclntyre
said, “We think this is a banner
year for the county because
the people of the Richmond
County have received
tremendous benefit from the
improvement of roads
throughout the county.”
He also noted the
acquisition of some 300 parcels
of right-of-ways on
Wrightsboro Rd., Lumpkin
club, and now you have a
$94,000 tax lien against you.
What effect have these things
had on you?
BROWN: It was the most
difficult year I’ve ever had in
my life. First, I’d like to say
the tax lien was a fraud. I don’t
really have a lien on me. That
was a thing that was used by a
white man’s nigger out of
Baltimore who wanted to buy
my radio station, and I
wouldn’t sell it to him. So he
thought he would put out
some bad publicity that would
force me to sell it. No, that
never did happen.
left the Dentistry Building and
headed ior ins automobile
which was parked in the
Medical College parking lot on
Gwinnett Street. He stated that
the two men were standing in
the street “shouting and
making noise”. Both Jones and
Cambridge deny this allegation.
Hartlage then stated that he
got in his car and started
toward Gwinnett, when both
of the men jumped into the
path of his care and one of the
men started beating on it with
a pipe. Jones explained that he
was only walking past the
entrance lane of the parking lot
Augusta Man Shot,
Arrested By Sheriff
A man was released on bond
from the Richmond County
Jail this morning after being
shot and arrested by Sheriff
William A. Anderson last night.
Anderson said he noticed a
ruckus in the parking lot of a
lounge on Deans Bridge Road
about 11:15 pan. Monday and
stopped to break it up. As he
drove up in his car, Anderson
said a man later identified as
Jack Cobb, 25, of 2105
Nannette Dr. pulled into the
parking lot and drew a pistol
Cesar Chavez Wins King Nonviolent Peace Prize
Rd., and Highland Avenue.
With the help of Wattles and
Bernard, Mclntye said they
were able to generate B'/i
million dollars in commitments
from the state for various
projects in our county,
including the John C. Calhoun
Highway nd the second portion
of the Bobby Jones
Expressway among other
projects.
“We have SBOO,OOO just on
county contracts alone,” he
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The County’s first Black
commissioner also praised the
achievements of the
Waterworks Department,
noting that many of the old
subdivisions in the county have
never had water and sewage.
“I consider this just a mere
necessity of living for a man to
have water and sewage to his
home. We were able to put
sewage in 3 major areas of this
last year amounting to some
$2!6 million that was spent to
put water and sewage in.”
NEWS-REVIEW: Was there
a relationship, in your opinion,
between the tax lien and the
million dollar law suit you filed
against the city of Knoxville,
Tennessee?
BROWN: Thank you for
saying that. Well, the
relationship was the media.
This, again I want to say, this
nigger, he wanted to give it to
the Black media, and they
refused to run it. And he gave
it to the white media, and right
after I had come out with the
million dollar suit. I didn’t put
it on the national media. My
lawyer did it. But he did it.
when the car driver by
Hartlage ran into 1 him,
knocking him onto the hood of
the car. Jones further stated
that the driver shifted the car
into reverse, and struck
Cambridge, who was standing
behind the car. After being hit
by the car, Cambridge admits
to having beat on the car with
the pipe.
According to the students,
Hartlage then drove the car out
of the parking lot onto
Gwinnett St. with Jones and
Cambridge pursuing on foot.
Hartlage told police that he
stopped the car and got out
on a man standing in the
parking lot.
The Sheriff said he
identified himself as a police
officer and attempted to
persuade Cobb to put the gun
down. Anderson said he
himself was unarmed at this
time.
When Cobb still refused to
put the pistol away, Anderson
said, “I am the Sheriff of this
county, and if you use the gun
I’ll put you in jail.”
SHo/.
CAESAR CHAVEZ AND MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING
The man who leads the
courageous nonviolent
movement of Farm Workers is
the 1974 recipient of the
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolent Peace Prize, Mrs.
Coretta Scott King has
announced. Mrs. King, widow
Augusta, Georgia
Now they thought they was
getting me back with a tax lien.
But the Black media wouldn’t
run it. The white media ran it.
NEWS-REVEIW: What
about your night club, The
Third World? Do you think it
was arson?
BROWN: Definitely, it was
arson. But I think it was a very
sick mind. I don’t accuse
Augusta for doing it. I just
accuse that type of person
that’s still around. You’ve got
all different kinds of people
out there. You’ve got racists,
you’ve got Communists, you’ve
got the mafia, and you’ve got
because he “thought the car
nad hii one ok' the rneii” bu. he
also armed himself with a
wooden stick before leaving
the car.
In his version of the beating,
Hartlage said Jones and
Cambridge began beating him
and during the ensuing
struggle, he struck Jones over
the eye with the stick. The
students’ stated that Hartlage
jumped out of the car and
began beating Jones with the
stick, striking him several
times. Cambridge soon joined
in the struggle, but
immediately there after a
Anderson said Cobb then
pointed the gun at him nd
threatened him.
Cobb then drove out of the
parking lot, and Anderson
returned to his car and radioed
for assistance. Cobb drove into
the K-Mart parking lot and
stopped. Anderson followed
Cobb into the lot and got out
of his car, this time armed with
a pistol. Again the Sheriff
ordered Cobb out of the car,
and again Cobb pointed the
of the slain civil rights leader
and the President of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Center for
Social Change, presented the
prize, the highest award
conferred by the Center, to Mr.
Chavez at the Third Annual
Birthday Benefit Concert on
jealousy. So. it’s kind of hard
to tell you, it’s hard to accuse
anyone in one specific place to
say it was that person. Because
all those things could divide,
you know.
NEWS-REVIEW: Are you
going to rebuild The Third
World?
BROWN: No, we’re building
a discotheque. Which I’d like
for you to see, because I’d like
for you to explain it to the
people. With your media and
my media and all the Black
media and all the different
community groups and
organizations, and
Medical College polieman
a arrived •on die scene and
separated the men.
Cambridge said that two
Medical College students who
witnessed the incident were
almost ignored by the police
officials as they tried to
explain what happened.
Jones received stitches on a
head laceration and multiple
bruises to the body. Dr.
Hartlage was examined and
treated for broken ribs.
pistol at Anderson. Cobb
attempted to flee, and
Anderson fired one shot into
the rear window of the vehicle.
Cobb was then stopped by
several Sheriff s cars converging
on the area, according to
sheriff records.
Cobb, who was treated and
released for a shoulder wound
at University Hospital, was
charged with aggravated assault
with intent to murder. He was
released on $ 1,250 bond.
January 14, 1974 in Atlanta.
Mr. Chavez is the second
recipient of the prize, which
last year was awarded to
Congressman Andrew Young,
who for years was one of Dr.
King’s closest associates.
January 24, 1974 No. 45
schools —what a discoteq ue
means. When you and 1 were
coming up, didn't have a place
to dance. Kids don’t have a
place to go now. So its a place
to go and dance.
NEWS-REVIEW: What do
you see in regards to Martin
Luther King's dream as
opposed to what’s happening
right now? Do you think that
the dream will die? BROWN:
Well, whether you know it or
not, I was the first one to
kick-off this drive this year. I
started in December. I started
right after Christmas
We put it on Black Mutual
News and all different media. I
believe it will die unless men
like me, leaders, artists, any
professional people, the ball
players, and what have you,
the athletes, or the publishers
like yourself, not the cats who
work at the paper, the
publishers. Unless we jump in,
then it’s going to die.
Watergate would have never
been if it hadn’t been for the
media. Because Watergate has
been happening all our life. But
the media brought it to a head.
This is very important because
without the media, without the
professional people, the stars,
the ministers,then we’re lost.
This dream has come to an
end. But now, at this point, we
can do anything that we’d like
to do constructively in this
city, Augusta, Ga. And
eventually we’ll be able to do it
in any state, in any city. Now,
are we going to have a little
problem county wide and state
wide because that calls for, you
know, that’s a bigger piece of
pie. But locally, with people
like yourself, the News-Review,
Paine College, the students, all
of the high schools, elementary
schools as well, and the
professional people that come
in and out of this city. We can
bring equal justice. We don’t
want more. You know, even
though, we are, I think, close
to 65% here in this city. But
we don’t want 65% of the
rights. We want equal rights.
Because if we ask for 65% of
the rights, we going in the same
direction which we’re coming
out of.
NEWS-REVIEW: Have the
revelations of Watergate
changed your opinions at all
about the President?
BROWN: No, because if 1
turn against the President then
1 may as well turn against
everybody walking the streets.
PENNILESS
114 Year-Old’Bearzoo’
Rev.lsiah Gordener Dead
The Reverend Isiah
Gardener, known throughout
the city as “Bearzoo”, died last
week, penniless and without
money for burial. His age is
given at 111-114; he is believed
to have been Augusta’s oldest
citizen.
“Bearzoo” was Black and
bom with a clubfoot which
dragged as he limped about
preaching on street comers a
message of death and
destruction to non-believers. It
is said that everybody knew
him.
He had no church, but the
people in the street were his
congregation. And it was the
Ministerial Alliance that came
to his rescue when he died
without money for burial.
They help raise more than two
hundred dollars to help defray
expenses and many people
went to Dent’s Funeral Home
to make donations in his
behalf. The funeral is to be
held later today at Macedonia
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"Bearzoo" (Rev.
Isiah Gardner)
dead at age 104
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Because we’re sure everybody’s
got skeletons in their closets.
But, you see, it’s one thing
Black people got to remember,
the positions that were handed
out by this president in four
years hadn't been handed out
by all of the presidents since
Reconstruction. And like I was
talking here tonight, it’s bad
that I know these things and
would be skeptical whether I
should say them. But, you see,
I'm not going to be skeptical.
Whether I sell a record
tomorrow or not, whether I
have a person come to my
shows or not. That’s not
important. Ifs important that I
tell them the truth. Maybe
Nixon did take the money out
of the street. But what he did
was make the white man come
down to his size, to the same
size as the Black man. You see,
before, with all the other
administrations, the white man
was in the air and the Black
man was on the ground. But
now, the Black and the white
man is scuffing like hell.
I want to remind the Blacks,
I’m not Democrat or
Republican. But it was under a
Republican administration that
Black people were freed. I’m
not Democrat or Republican.
But the Republican states in
slavery were never enslaved. It
was always the Democratic
states that were in slavery. You
see I know they don’t know
that. See, these are things they
need to know. It was under
Republicans, a simple thing as
a water fountain was integrated
under Republicans. The
Democrats put two water
fountains there. Now, I was
raised up as a Democrat. But
my daddy told me to be a
Democrat. Now 1 know why I
shouldn't be a Democrat or a
Republican, because he don’t
know. Just that simple. And I
love my daddy, you
understand. But he don’t
know. That don’t make him
know because he’s my daddy.
Black people can’t vote
Democrat or Republican. They
got to vote for the man who
will do something for them.
Who would’ve thought Maddox
would’ve done more for us
than anybody else?
Baptist Church, with Baptist
ministers handling the
program.
Rev. Gardener reportedly
did not die in his home at 832
Cedar St., but rather, in
University Hospital where he
died of malnutrition.
He received $75 a month
from welfare, but that went to
pay his rent.
According to a Franciscan
nun who does social work,
Sister Celine, “It seems he had
nothing. He had no food. He
had no hot water. I brouth him
some clothes because he had
none.
Speaking of the efforts to
raise money for the funeral,
County Commissioner Edward
Mclntyre said, “I’m sure this
true disciple of God will have a
decent funeral, because I am
sure there are thousands of
people who believe in God who
will rally around to give this
man a decent Christian burial.