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PAINE COLLEGE ’ v THE PEOPLE’S PAPER r
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Vol. 4
Black Dollars Aren’t
Needed In Augusta?
As we pause to give thanks during the holiday period,
we wish to express our thanks to you for the support
that you have given us during our three and a half years
of existence. Without your encouragement, we would
have quit. Without your support, we would have died.
We thank you. You are our reason for carrying on.
Nevertheless, we think you ought to know the pain
that we go through each week to get you your
newspaper. You have a right to know that nobody
writing for the News-Review gets a salary. As far as our
writing staff is concerned, nobody gets paid. Why?
Because we don’t have the money. All of our money
goes to pay overhead such as printing, postage, mailing,
telephone bill, etc. Our only paid staff is our advertising
man, who gets a commission on what he sells, and the
people who distribute the paper keep a percentage of
what they sell. For the rest of us, we live in the hope
that you appreciate the paper and that we will
eventually be compensated.
We don’t mind working without pay, because we feel
that, as a people, we must have a vehicle through which
we can communicate with each other. We must have an
instrument through which we can share our joys and our
sorrows, our hopes and our dreams, our achievements
Sheriff Department’s Uncooperativeness In
Brutality Cases Underscored By HRC Head
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CHARLES WALKER
Charles Walker, director of
the Augusta-Richmond County
Human Relations Commission,
repeated charges Friday that
the Richmond County Sheriff
Shirley Andrews
Miss Paine College 1974-75
By Mary Elam
Miss Shirley J. Andrews was
crowned Miss Paine College
1974-75 in ceremonies held
Friday night in Gilbert—
Lambuth Chapel.
Hie queen was presented a
purple bouquet of roses by
Acting-president Canute M.
Richardson. In making the
presentation, Dr. Richardson
said, “Among all queens
represented here, you have
been chosen queen of them
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But even queens are subject
to the hazards of nature.
Student Government
Association President Michael
Thurmond said on behalf of
Miss Andrews, “Believe it or
not,” “Shirley has
laryngitis. She wants me to
thank everyone who made this
event possible.”
Miss Andrews is a native of
Tigan, Ga. Her hobbies include
photography and sewing. She
feds that Miss Paine should be
selected “not on the basis of
Department refuses to
cooperate with the commission
in its efforts to investigate
police brutality cases.
Sid Hatfield, speaking for
the sheriff department, has
denied that the sheriff
department has been
uncooperative.
According to Walker, the
commission has had a
“tremendous” amount of
brutality complaints against
the sheriff department, and a
“significant” number against
the Augusta Police
Department.
But, he says, “We have been
able to work out what I believe
is a relatively good relationship
with the police department.”
The sheriff department
greets the commission very
cordially, saying that they will
whether one likes you, but
people must be able to accept
you for what you are.” She
further stated that when a
person dislikes you, then you
should strive even harder.”
Basically she does not
believe in astrology. But she
says, “What is said about the
mind of a Scorpian really is
true.”
Her ambitions? First she
wants “to get out of Paine”.
Eventually she wants to attend
the University of Georgia and
earn a master’s degree in
reading. She would like to
teach elementary school for
she feels that Black students
have no basic background in
that particular field.
Other queens participating
in the coronation festivities
wae: Miss Homecoming 1974,
Patricia Green; Little Mr. and
Miss Paine, Michael Spencer
and Shelia Gibbs; Miss Modern
Dance, Ms. Carla Lawton; Ms.
Drama, Miss Cynthia Lawton,
Ms. Concert Choir, Miss Valerie
P.O. Box 953
and our aspirations.
We don’t mind working for you without pay because
we know that in order for Blacks to have a voice in
community affairs, there has to be Black news media.
We don’t mind working for you. But we do mind the
real reasons that we have to work for nothing.
Downtown merchants want Black business, but they
don’t want to pay for it. You spend too much money
downtown for us to have to work for nothing. Work
without pay is slavery. And there is no need for your
staff TO HAVE TO BE modern day slaves.
We hasten to point out that this is not just a problem
with The News-Revew. These same merchants don’t
advertise with the other Black owned newspaper in
Augusta. Most of them don’t advertise with WRDW
radio.
We are asking that you show these merchants that
Black business is not free. They have to pay for it by
spending a proportionate share of the dollars you spend
with them, with Black owned media. Those dollars have
to be returned to the Black community so that Black
media can give you the kind of service you deserve.
Most merchants will immediately start talking about
circulation while they advertise in white newspapers
be “very cooperative.”
There seems to have been
some misunderstanding with
the sheriff department, Walker
stated, because what HRC is
concerned about is not just
conversation, “We’re
concerned about some follow
up and some action.”
The HRC, he said, never
intended to present cases to
the sheriff department for
them to take for their
information, and investigate it
and never report their findings
to the commission.
Hatfield has been presented
with a list of brutality cases.
Hatfield, according to
Walker, has never given HRC a
formal report on his
investigation of a police
brutality charge.
The police department, on
the other hand, brings the
D. Hall; Miss CME, Ms. Darlene
Baker; Miss SGAE, Ms. Sabrina
Lowe; Ms. Ministerial
Fellowship Union, Miss Betty
Wilson; Miss Campus Pal, Ms.
Valerie Walters; Miss
Cheerleader, Ms. Lee
Zimmerman; Miss AKA, Miss
Jeanette Ransom; Miss Ivey
Leaf, Ms. Barbara Taylor; Ms.
Delta Sigma Theta, Miss Amy
Hill; Miss Tau Gamma Rho,
Ms. Rosalyn A. McKie; Ms.
Pyramid, Ms. Joyce Rawls;
Miss Sigma Gamma Rho, Ms.
Cynthia McNeely; Miss Eastern
Star, Ms. Beatrice Baker; Miss
Crecent Phi Beta Sigma, Ms.
Shirley Perry; Ms. Blue and
White Sigma, Ms. Patricia
Johnson; Ms. Phi Beta Sigma,
Ms. Cecelia J. Williams; Miss
Sweetheart KAY, Ms.
Jacqueline Williams; Miss Phi
Nu Pi KAY, Ms. Marye James;
Ms. Fraternity of Masons, Ms.
Cathelin Davis; Miss Floridian
and Miss Lampados, Ms. Lizzie
Barnes; Miss Alpha Phi Alpha,
Ms. Lillie Warthen; Miss Black,
Augusta, Georgia
officers involved to a meeting
with the HRC and with the
person who filed the
complaint. Each tells his side
and the commission evaluates
the information and takes
appropriate action.
Walker said there is no
doubt that people are being
beaten by law enforcement
officers. “The only time an
officer should use his club or
his gun is in defense of his life
or the life of someone else.
“A law enforcement person
should be a professional
person. And when the average
citizen loses control over his
mental faculties, someone at
the scene should be in control
of his faculties. In my opinion,
it should be the law
enforcement officer.”
Ms. Samuella Powell; Miss
Gold, Ms. Linda Smith; Miss
Sphinxman, Ms. Gwen Jordan;
Miss Alpha Angel, Ms. Bobbie
Watts; Ms. Omega Pearl, Ms.
Cindi O’Neal; Miss Gamma
Beta, Ms. Henrietta Butler;
Miss Omega Psi Phi, Miss
Phyllis Anderson; Ms. Delta Psi
Omega, Miss Cindy Benson;
Miss Graham Hall, Ms. Sandra
Croom; Ms. Belle Bennett, Ms.
Roberta McTier; Miss Gray
Hall, Ms. Meria Alexander; Miss
Freshman, Ms. Edith E. Butts;
Miss Sophomore, Ms. Kimberly
Barksdale; Ms. Business
Administration, Ms. Jean
Scarborough; Mr. Lions,
Nathenial Coxson; First
Attendant to Miss Paine, Ms.
Gwen Ross; Miss Junior, Ms.
Ella Ford; Miss Senior and Miss
Kappa Alpha Psi, Ms. Mary
Elam.
Emcees for the occasion
were Ms. Jacqueline Anderson
and the Rev. Floyd Gilbert.
Editorial
with half our circulation. You know that Black people
listen to WRDW, you know they read the Mirror and
you know they read the News-Review. Many merchants
claim that they see no “profit” it advertising with Black
media. We believe that if we can’t convince them of the
profit we can make for them, we can convince them of
the profit we can take away from them.
Some merchants not only will not advertise with us,
they won’t even discuss it. The following is an actual
conversation with Rhodes Furniture Store about a
month ago.
News-Review: My name is Mallory Millender, I’m the
publisher of the Augusta News-Review.
Rhodes: I know what you want and the answer is no.
You want advertising.
News-Review: That’s right.
Rhodes: The answer is no.
News-Review: Why?
Rhodes: We don’t plan to advertise with you.
News-Review: Can we at least discuss it?
Rhodes: There is nothing to discuss.
News-Review: With all the Black people that shop in
Rhodes, there is nothing to discuss?
Rhodes: No.
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Judge Edith Ingram gets bussed by County Commissioner Ed Mclntyre as he
presents her with a plaque at the graduation ceremonies of the Opportunities
Industrialization Center where she was the speaker.
The only Black woman judge of the ordinary in the United States, she presides in
Sparta and Hancock County.
She was also presented a Key to the City.
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MISS SHIRLEY J. ANDREWS
November 27, 1974 No. 36 20C
News-Review: Thank you.
Rhodes will have advertising in the News-Review.
Regularly. We are going to GIVE them the space at no
charge. But in those ads we will urge that our readers
boycott Rhodes.
Rhodes is not the only store from which we get that
kind of response. And we will tell you about those as we
go from merchant to merchant asking for our fair share
of the advertising dollar.
It is important to mention that some merchants
have supported this paper and Black media in a
meaningful way.
Os the major stores, Sears is the only one that has a
meaningful advertising program with us. They have the
same program with the Mirror and they do more
advertising with WRDW than any other major store.
And they hire more Blacks than any other store. Think
before you spend your dollar.
Spend with those who are willing to pay for your
business. We will continue to report on who is doing
what with Black media.
Again we thank you for your support and we hope
that you will tell others to join us. And, PLEASE, don’t
buy from Rhodes.
Local Officials Serve
On Clark College Panel
State Rep. R.A. Dent, City
Councilwoman Carrie J. Mays
and County Commissioner Ed
Mclntyre served on a panel of
Clark College’s Southern
Center for studies in public
policy Nov. 23.
The center is a
social action and monitoring
organization directly tied to
the college’s instructional
program. In addition to an
extensive program of technical
assistance to Black elected
officials in Georgia, the center
conducts projects in housing,
transportation, public
education, economic
development and rural studies.
It also supports an extensive
program for students at Clark
and the Atlanta University
Center.
The orientation session will
consist of working sessions on
the legislative process and
intergovernmental relations.
The luncheon speaker will be
the Honorable S. Howard
Woodson, Jr., Speaker of the
House of the New Jersey
General Assembly.
Representative Woodson is the
sole Black Speaker of the
House in the United States.
Joining Woodson as panelists
or speakers will be Mayor
Loretta Is Off
To Disney
World
“Look! There it goes” was
the cry as the Delta jet lifted
off the runway at Bush Field
Tuesday morning. It carried a
very special passenger
Loretta Evans - the sweetheart
of the Augusta community.
As the plane pierced through
the cold, crisp, blue yonder,
relatives and officials at the
airport smiled at each other as
each, in his own way,
understood the common joy
that all felt.
Loretta, the 18-year-old
leukemia victim, was on her
way to Disney World, thanks
to the generosity of many,
many Augustans and County
Commissioner Ed Mclntyre in
particular.
The night before, Augustans
had filled Tabernacle Baptist
Church to the balcony as they
came to pay tribute to Loretta
on “Loretta Evans Day”. The
mayor presented her with a
Key to the City. The chief of
police, her former principal,
L.K. Reese and others paid
SEE LORETTA EVANS
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Maynard H. Jackson of
Atlanta, State Senator Leroy
Johnson, Representatives W.H.
Alexander, R.A. Dent and Ben
Brown, Commissioners Edward
Mclntyre and Willie Brown,
Councilwoman Carrie Mays,
Councilmen Arthur Langford
and Marvin Arrington, Dr.
Tobe Johnson of Morehouse
College, Assistant District
Attorney Clarence Cooper,
Mayoral Assistant WJM.
Alexander, and Legislative
Counsel Frank Edward.
Public
Notice
There will be a public
meeting for citizens who are
interested in planning the
national bicentennial
celebration in 1976 on
Monday, December 2, at 7:30
p.m., Augusta College
Activities Building, 2nd floor,
Rm. 1.
The Augusta-Richmond County
Bicentennial Committee
Travis Barnes, Chairman