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AnnwHia SiptuH-Bmrirw 'A i hr. college library a PAINE COI GE campus AUGP3TA, GA 30901 I NATIONAL BLACK NEWS St*VMS ” ttrinnß Vol. 4 Going To Savannah, Rev. Sims Recalls Success In Augusta And How He 'Blew It’ The Rev. Arthur D. Sims is leaving Augusta after 9‘/z years to accept the pastorate of the First Bryan Baptist Church in Savannah. The controversial minister said he is not leaving because he is disgusted with Mt. Moriah or Augusta, but becaiise “Augusta at this time does not provide for me the resevoir to grow." Sims said he is nqs _ challenged here. He is bored and has fulfilled his purpose. His purpose in coming to Augusta, he said, theologically and practically, was “to offer to young people and other adults an alternative to the Black preacher with the black suit, who’s better than everybody, who is “Holy Joe.” Sims assumed the pastorate of First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church when he was 20 years old. The church had 107 members. It now has well over a thousand, and 972 active members. Over 60% of his members are under 20. He actively sought teenagers, and this caused financial strain for the church. But he says he was able to raise as much money as churches with older memberships. Visitors flocking into the church accounted for 50% of the finances. He expects the church to net $40,000 this year. In addition to the growth of Mt. Moriah Sims is particularly proud of having “completely broken the barrier of where a preacher couldn’t go, what he couldn’t say, and what he couldn’t do. “I can walk in any club without any fear, any package store, any church, and I don’t change bags - I’m still ’BBL* <4Bk SI :,, '■- CARRIE J. MAYS Mays Will Keep Council Seat City Councilwoman Carrie J. Mays told the NEWS-REVIEW this week that she plans to remain on city council for the remainder of her term which has 2 1 /i years left. Mrs. Mays said in January that she was considering resigning for “health reasons”. She was also depressed about the financial state of the funeral home she owns. She feared that reprisals were being taken against her for her outspoken stands she has taken on council floor. During one period last year, the funeral home received no calls for 3¥i months. But now she admits that business “has improved.” Physically, she says she is doing much better and is somehow learning to relax more. And “I have received many, many calls from Blacks and whites urging me to stay on,” she said. REV. ARTHUR D. SIMS Sims. And I get the same respect on Sunday morning or more than other preachers. The people have accepted Arthur Sims as Arthur Sims. They can call me Arthur and I’m not insulted. The reverend is still there.” “I was able to not only perpetuate the eschatology or Blacks Who Helped Build Augusta PART II BLACKS IN BUSINESS Made First Candy For Fine Products, Owned First Ice Cream Plant ■lla JACK HARRIS Made First Candy For Fine Products In 1906, Virgil Hollingswurtn had decided to go into the candy business, and no one there knew how to make candy. Jack Harris volunteered to make the first batch of candy and thus Hollingsworth Candy Manufacturing was begun. He stayed with the company until he retired. Jack Harris died in 1971, but his son, Jack Harris, Jr. is still working at Fine Products. In 1932, Fine Products Corporation was formed by P.O. Box 953 ‘over yonder, bye-and-bye’, but I put a lot of emphasis on the-here-and-now-God. Sims crossed another barrier where few Black ministers tread - politics. Not the least among his achievements in Augusta, Sims says he was able to “knock the hell out of that political machine John Murray THE PEOPLE’S PAPER / z ■ had,” referring to the one-time political kingpin. “I don’t care what anybody says, the (voters) leagues cannot just deliver the Black votes anymore.” At one point, Sims, through his charisma, two weekly radio broadcasts, and sheer boldness, had one of * the largest followings of anybody in Augusta. But, he says, “I blew it.” “I BLEW IT” “I blew it in the sense that it took so much energy to tear down that which was wrong, that when 1 got ready to build back up, I had made so many enemies, I couldn’t get anybody to come back up. I didn’t have a plan of action. I had a plan of action to tear down that which was wrong, but I didn’t have a plan of action that would execute something that would be in the place of that which was wrong. During the Spring of 1972, Sims organized Operation Mountain Top. The organization demanded the resignation of then School Superintendent Roy E. Rollins and the hiring and upgrading of Blacks to decision-making positions in downtown stores. A boycott of Broad Street merchants led to an initial agreement by the merchants to meet most of the demands, Rollins resigned a few months later. BACK STABBERS Operation Mountain Top should have been a high point in my memories of Augusta, Sims said. “But some in the group stabbed me right straight in the back. I won’t call names. Hollingsworth Candy Company of Augusta and the Nunnally Company of Atlanta. Hollingsworth’s was founded in 1906 by Virgil Hollingsworth. Nunnally’s was founded in 1884 by James H. Nunnally. . No story of fine, prestige candies in the United States, and particularly in the South, would be complete without these leading manufacturers, whose brands are so well and favorably known among the finest chocolates in the nation. Nunnally’s began with a retail on Whitehall Street, which was the mecca for the young folk of Atlanta. Incidentally, this store was among the very first to serve a new drink, called Coca Cola, at its soda fountain. BLACKS MADE AUGUSTA’S FIRST ICE CREAM Mr. Jim Roundfield and his wife Etta established the first ice cream plant in Augusta in 1898. The plant was located at 927 Third Ave. (now Cedar St.). In the beginning they sold ice cream on the streets. They had only one cart. They later moved to 1338 9th Street, and added additional carts on the streets. The big favorite of the customers at that time was Hokey Pokey -a block of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. It sold for 5 cents a block. One could also purchase the same flavors in individual blocks. Mrs. Roundfield died in 1918. Their daughter, Etta Roundfield Culbreath and her husband, William, took over the business. The Culbreaths and their three children, Etta, William (Bubber) and James Dennis all worked in the ice cream parlor. In 1931, Mr. and Mrs. William Culbreath dosed the ice cream parlor. Other parlors had opened up. On August Bth, 1931, William (Bubber) Culbreath, Jr. and his wife, Alice, opened the Tasty Shop where Roundfield’s ice cream parlor had been located. It was named Roundfield’s Tasty Shop. The Tasty Shop is still serving Augusta. On August Bth, Roundfield's Tasty Shop will have been operating for 40 years. INFORMATION BY ALICE CULBREATH Augusta. Georgia That’s what really turned my whole insides out. Some people I surrounded myself with were not with me. They were working for the MAN. And I think it’s going to show after a while. It’s showing on Broad St. now. Sims said he also “blew it” by supporting Charles Douglas and the late Hugh Hamilton in the 1972 mayor’s race. “People didn’t see what I was facing. I still say that the man I supported (Douglas) was the best moral man.” When Douglas failed to make the runoff, Sims endorsed Hamilton. Again, he said there was a moral reason. “I made it clear in your paper that I was not proud of that decision. But I had to do what I did. If the Black people had only looked back on my record, and just followed me logically a little bit, they would have seen that I was under pressure, that I was doing something that I didn’t want to do. I had to endorse him to save the life of somebody else. I didn’t think that my holding back my endorsement was worth a man 40 something years old losing his house, owing a certain bank all of his life’s savings. “When I bought my Eldorado they said it was a political payoff. But they ought to go down to GMAC and check my monthly payments, and see how many times I get behind. I was working another job and pastoring a church preaching revivals and my wife was working. “But, I’m not mad. I’m not mad with anybody in Augusta. I love Augusta.” nWWI. z-,' KIIBL v Wi Cl ' V Bl i t ußkt __ d Dr. and Mrs. Allen Brown with daughter, Karen. Karen Brown To Perform Before The Queen Os England Local talent Karen Brown recently performed before the Princess of England and Lord Snowden. Now she is looking forward to a three month tour of Europe in August and a Command Performance before the Queen of England. Karen is a ballet dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem, in New York. She spent the Fourth of July here with her parents Dr. and Mrs. Allen N. Brown. The group performed in Mexico City in June, where they had to arrive a week early Valdosta State Gets First Black Administrator OU piL-x k ■ ARTHUR L. HART VALDOSTA, Ga.-When Arthur L. Hart assumed his duties as assistant to the vice president of Valdosta State College on July 1, he took his place in VSC history as its first Black administrator. “His military, public school Mclntyre—Woo Clash July 11, 1974 No. 16 Over Paine Recreation _ Funding (Page 3) to adjust to the altitude. Oxy gen tanks were placed on both sides of the stage. In August they will go to London for three weeks. The will be performing before the Queen. The group is not new to the royal family. Lord Snowden used to be a photographer and took pictures of the Harlem Theater Company when it first started five years ago. On a recent trip to New York, Lord Snowden and the Princess made a point of going to Harlem to see the dance troup and educational background make Mr. Hart uniquely suited for this position,” said Dr. W Ray Cleere, vice president and dean of faculties at VSC, whom Hart is to assist. “Not only will he work closely with minority students in this © perform. From London, the 27 Black youngsters will go to Finland, Belgium, Scotland, and Spain. They will return to the States in November. Following a benefit in Chicago, they will perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Karen will then come home to prepare for med-school in January. She wants to become a dentist. She is a 1973 graduate of Aquinas High School. capacity, but he will also be responsible for operating the Learning Skills Center in the evenings.” The new VSC administrator holds the bachelor of science degree in business administration from Savannah State College and the master of education degree in counseling from the University of Texas at El Paso. He has completed course requirements for the PhD degree in counselor education at Florida State University. A native of Lowndes County, he is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Hart of Clyattville. Hart has seen military duty in two branches of the service. During World War 11, he served in the UJS. Marine Corps from 1944-46. After serving as cashier at Savannah State College (1950-52) and teaching a year at Berrien County High School at Nashville, Ga. (1952-53), he joined the U.S. Army and retired in 1971 as sergeant first class. At the time of his retirement, he was senior instructor in the Missile School of the U.S. Air Force Defense Cotter at Ft. Bliss, Texas. From 1971-73, Hart served as counselor at Valdosta Junior High School. He is married to the former Gladys Ligon of LaGrange. They have six children. fln | I I I Issue I Black Killed by Deputy Man Kills Wife Atty. Watkins' Office Burned (Stories Page 2)