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Vol. 5
Seeking Medical Aid, Man
Dies In Jail - Assailant Arrested
By Stan Raines
An Augustan man was
arrested Wednesday for the
murder of James Adams who
died in a cell at the city jail
Sunday after he had reportedly
approached a stranger for
medical help.
Police department officials
said they had no knowledge of
the request for medical aid.
They said they only knew that
he was drunk.
James T. Burnett, 33, of 18
Sherman St. has been charged
with the murder.
Police Chief James G. Beck
held a news conference
Wednesday and read a
statement signed by Burnett in
which Burnett said he arrived
home about 2:30 p.m.
Saturday and found Adams in
bed with his wife.
Burnett said he was attacked
by Adams after he ordered the
man out of his house. Burnett
said he went to the back porch
and got part of a tree limb and
struck the man with it.
The body of James Adams,
47, 1636 Savannah Rd., was
discovered at about 6 Sunday
morning in the jail cell where
he was being held on a drunk
Paine Prof. Will Withdraw
$1 Million Suit Against College, 1f...
Prentiss Ivory Davis, a Paine
College professor who recently
filed two suits against the
college, one for $1 million, said
he would drop the million
dollar Superior Court suit if
Paine President Dr. Julius S.
Scott Jr. wen willing to
compromise.
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The Augusta Black Festival Grand Finale will feature
singer Jerry Butler in concert at Bell Auditorium -
Friday, April 9 at 8 p.m.
Miss Augusta Black Festival will be crowned during
the intermission.
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charge, Beck said Monday.
He had been arrested after
he went to the home of
William Jackson, 23 Sherman
St, at about 3 p.m. Saturday,
Beck said.
Adams asked Jackson to call
him an ambulance because he
was hurt and sick, Williams
said.
Jackson said Monday, he
called the police instead of an
ambulance because he thought
they would be able to assist
Adams.
When the police arrived,
Adams told them he needed
medical attention, Jackson told
the Augusta Chronicle.
“He told them he wanted an
ambulance. They told him to
stand up and tried to get him
to stand up," Jackson said.
“He told them he couldn’t
stand up because he had some
broken ribs.”
The arresting officers, whose
names are being withheld
pending the outcome of the
investigation, told Beck that
Adams did not request medical
aid.
In his original statement,
Jackson did not tell detectives
Adams requested aid, Williams
In addition to the Superior
Court suit, Davis filed a federal
action suit. He told The
News-Review that he withdrew
the federal action suit March
17.
Asked what kind of
compromise he wanted before
he would withdraw the SI
said. “We’re trying to find out
what the truth is.”
“The statement Jackson
gave to the newspaper reporter
is not consistent with the facts
known by the police
investigators who have spent a
good number of hours
investigating this case.”
“At the present time, we are
discounting his (Jackson’s)
statement entirely.”
When the officers arrived at
Jackson’s house, Adams was
down on the street and smelled
of alcohol, Williams said. “The
subject did not tell the police
he was injured.”
“They thought he was drunk
and acted accordingly.”
Adams had no visible
injuries other than a superficial
cut on his lip which might have
been caused by a fall, he said.
As is the policy with drunks,
Adams was taken (o a cell on
the first floor of the police
station where he was to remain
until he could negotiate the
stairs to the second floor drunk
tank, Williams said.
Adams could not walk up
the stairs even with aid from an
million suit, Davis said if his
contract were renewed and if
he got a letter of
recommendation from Dr.
Scott and from Vice President
for Academic Affaris Dr.
Canute M. Richardson, he
would drop both suits.
Dr. Scott said his attorney
Eli J. Jackson Seeking
Democratic Delegate Slot
Eli J. Jackson
Eli J. Jackson is tunning for
a post ion as a delegate to the
Democratic National
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THE OLD ORDER ...
Paine College’s oldest building, Holsey Hall, was erased last week to make room for parking space for the new
academic building. Holsey Hall was named for Bishop Lucius Holsey, the primary founder of Paine College.
Augusta, Georgia
officer, he said.
The cells are checked as
regularly as possible depending
on the amount of activity at
the station, Wiliams said.
Checks generally are made
once an hour and at least once
every two hours if the workload
for the man in charge of the
cells is heavy, he said.
Adam’s body reportedly was
found three to four hours after
his Meath, according to the
autopsy report, Beck said.
Williams said the death was
was not discovered sooner
because Adams appeared to be
passed out and sleeping off the
effects of alcohol.
“This subject was checked
during the night and thought to
be asleep,” he said.
When Adams did not wake
up after an excessively long
time, an officer entered the cell
and found he was dead,
Williams said.
He died as a result of
internal injuries received in a
beating, Beck said.
“This is just a case of a
person who was drunk and
being injured as well,” Williams
said.
had advised him not to
comment on the matter.
According to Davis, Dr.
Scott has said that if the legal
action were dropped, the
college would pay him through
June but he would have to
leave the campus immediately.
Convention in New York City
in July.
A retired secondary school
principal, he has served on the
City Council of Greensboro for
the past eight years, and has
been active in supporting the
Democratic Party and its
candidates. He is also a
member of the Georgia
Association of Black Elected
Officials.
He has worked with the
state and municipal
conventions. Jackson was
elected by the Democrats of
the 24th Senatorial district as a
delegate to the State
Democratic Charter
Convention. He was also
elected by the same group to
serve on the State Democratic
Committee in 1975.
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Miss Black Festival Hopefuls
Front row (L-R) Gloria Stewart, Peggy White, Barbara Blount, Rosemary Lamar, Patricia Greene, Callie Anthony,
Karen Lodrig, and Bertha Stevens. Second row -- Julia Rhodes, Mary Mims, Betty Richardson, Yvonne Crawford.
Maxine Parks, Lynda Thomas, Mary Elam, Alberta Lynch and Karen Lark.
Fired Black Newsman Says He
Was 'Set Up’ Appeals To FCC
tyired channel 12 newsman
Connie Blakeney told The
News-Review this week he was
“set up” and that he has filed a
complaint with the Federal
Communications Commission
against the TV station.
Blakeney was fired following
an incident at Ft. Gordon in
which he said three Israeli
officers refused to be
| Sigma Gamma Rho Crowns Miss Rhomania, ’76 |
The members of the Delta
Alpha Sigma Chapter of the
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,
Inc. climaxed their bi-annual
fund raising drive with a
program and dance on March
5, at the Bon Air Hotel
Ballroom. The Rhomania
Committee members for 1976
were Sorors Evelyn V. Turner
and Alice M. Simpkins.
The program included
musical selections by Soror
Maxine Faison and Master
Harrison Williams, HI. Two
members, Kinney McCord and
Miss Lee Zimmerman, of the
Paine College Dramatic Club
presented the one act play
“Soul Gone Home” by
Langston Hughes. Their
director is J.C. Taylor, assistant
professor of English at Paine
College.
Miss Rhomania 1976, Little
Miss Tiese Darcel Herrington,
was crowned by Master
Maurice Haynes, Mr. Rhomania
1973. Teise is the daughter of
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inte'.vk ~1 by a Black
reporter. Channel 12 said
Blakeney was fired because he
violated the policy.
Explaining why he believed
he had been set up, Blakeney
asked why Ft. Gordon had
specially asked that he do the
interview, and why was he the
only newsman invited out to
the Fort for the interview.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herrington.
She attends Around the Clock
Day Care Center where her
teacher is Mrs. T. Wright. She is
a member of Springfield
Baptist Church and her
sponsors were Sorors Sammie
M. Rice and Lizell Beasley.
The court also included
Master Terrence Simpkins,
first-runner-up. Little Miss Lisa
Michelle Williams,
second-runner-up, and Misses
Regina Cook and Rosalyn
Elaine Cobbs.
A dance was held following
the program with Dennis
Graves and the Mighty Invaders
of Washington, Ga. supplying
the music.
The Georgia Area Meeting of
the Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority, Inc. was held at the
Thunderbird Inn. March 6. The
theme for the meeting was
“The Issues’ Service and
Progress (Heritage, Festivals,
and Horizons).”
Members from the Augusta
“They didn't invite any radio,
TV or newspaper reporters,
just me. You don’t send for
new coverage without prior
arangement. Why, why, why
did they just call me it was a
set-up.”
Channel 12 had no
comment. Blakeney said he has
also filed a complaint with the
Equal Employment
Opportunitiy Commission, the
area who participated on the
committees included Sorors
Maxine Faison, Joanne
Johnson, Lizell Beasley, Bessie
Flono, Ruby McClendon, Alice
M. Simpkins, Lillian Myles,
Elizabeth Godfrey, and
Freddie P. Jackson. Other
Miss Black Bicentenniel
And Princess ’76 Crowned
The Concerned Citizens of
the Greater Augusta Area
sponsored a “Miss Black
Bicentennial” and “Little Mis
Princess” contest for the
purpose of raising funds to
help students go to college or
technical schools.
Three scholarships will be
given to three students in the
Augusta area in June.
Mrs. Delores Jones was
crowned “Miss Black
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GIVING PLACE TO THE NEW.
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and the American
Civil Liberties Union. Attorney
John H. Ruffin is his legal
counselor.
He said he has charged the
station with racial
discrimination in hiring
promotion and firing.
He said the station does not
fit Blacks properly in the work
pattern at the station.
committee members were
Sorors Annette Hampton,
Viola Allen, Linda Pittman,
Ruby Tatum, Edith Gibson,
and Hattie Burgess all from
various other cities in Ga.
Mrs. Evelyn Turner is
basileus.
Bicentennial” and Miss La
Tanya Turmpler was crowned
“Little Miss Black Bicentennial
Princess” in a gala affair at the
Bon Air Ballroom on Walton
Way, Firday, March 19.
Runner-ups were: Miss Sadie
Choice and Little Miss Kamala
Torrence, third place went to
Miss La Tanya Renee Patrick
and Little Miss Dawn Green;
Miss Alice Johnson of Evans,
Ga, placed fourth in the
contest.
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