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f >»• Profreaa Without Struggle
!"lf there is no S^Ugg1®. ther* la
feo progress. Those who profess to
fsVur freedom, and yet depreciate
agitation, are men who want crops
without ploughing np the ground.
•.. Power concedes nothing without
> demand. It never did and never
wilL"
■—Frederick Douglas#
San Antonio Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE • PROGRESS
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BAN ANTONIO. Tm,
Rights Pilgrimage
Of Slain Mailman
To be Completed
Organizations to Pick
Up Wh«re Man Killed,
Continue filke"*•"«
Bj the Amditri Ntpo Preaa
ATI.ANTA The nne-ihln civil
rahls pilgrimage 1<T Msslaalppl that
v an halted abruptly by the lynch-
.laying of William Moore, a southern-
l>orn ltaltiinore poatman, will be com-
|ilete<l. It waa announced ht*re and
in Baltimore, laat week.
The Student Non-Vlftlent Coordl-
miting rommtttee tier# and COHE of-
fi.-iala In Baltimore aaid they will
l>iek up where Moore'a body *a«
found laat Week near Alalia, Ala., by
n passing notorial, and continue hia
hike to Jackson. Xllaa. Meanwhile
a »u«peet wfium Sheriff Hnrold Iiich-
rrda of I>e Knlb county. Ala., re-
f ia«l to identify w»» reportedly be-
ing held.
Moore hnd planned to complete hia
nii«ion in Jack'srth by dellrerinit a
letter to Oov. K<»a Harnett of Mlsa-
l.slppl, a die hard aegregntlonlst. The
l'-tter, which police found in Moore's
v>cket after he waa found In a ditch
with .'Ji!-calibre bullet wounda in hia
forehead and n^ck, urged Harnett to
halt "Misaiasippi colonlaliam" and
tl»e mistreatment of Negro eitizena.
lie told him that roting rights and
f ill citiaenahip for the Negro Ameri-
can are inetitahle.
The PreallleM of the United Stntea
and outstanding leadera throughout
the nation, aome of them aouthern-
rm. deplored the brutal ala.ving of
the scholarly and mild-mannered mail-
etaa. who bad deroted hia life to
promoting liberal cauaea.
Kennedy called the ambuah .lining
"an outrageoua crime." Alabama (lor.
i.eoege Wallace deplored the killing
lad poated a $1X100 reward.
Before aettiog out for Jackaon
Moore, 3.V bad tried In vain to per-
anally deliver a c«py of the letter
to the Prealdent. US fact, he made
two trip* to the Whit* Ilouae at-
f^nptiai to do ao. Bwt he finally gave
up and followed a White Ilouae
gaard's advice to 4rop the letter In
Ike mailbox.
Meanwhile, In Waahington. the at-
torney general'* office aaid a prelimi-
nary lnveatlfntjoa dinrloaed that no
federal lawa were violated, but point-
ed out that the wrvlcea of the FBI
had been offered local authoritlea In
tha aearch for the alayer or alayera.
At the aame time, at ate and county
•athoritiea atarted a maaaive aearch
aa the Intact W acorea of inhuman
i-ivll righta ahtyinn la ">• South,
rocked the uSn.
it war reprttd that Moore waa
■.lain about a mile from a general
■tor* In Gadmlen. Ala., where he
had atopped to purchaae aome food,
Indicating that someone might have
followed him out oI the otore and
then killed him.
Shortly after Moore left the atore,
"omtone called Oadaden'a radio ela-
tion WOAD to aay that the mailman
waa walking along tha highway "and
that there might be a newa atory
lof the alaving) of consequence."
Mooro himaelf waa not fearful for
|,ia life. Chief Pepnty Sheriff Tony
lteynolda, who waa the laat man
known to have talked to Moore, aaid
111 Unladen be waa afraid "aomethln*
like thla would happen" and had tried
to "bring him with me." But, ha aaid,
Moore refuaed protection, aaylng "I
don't believe the people In tha South
are that way."
Ha waa mistaken.
.Moore, who left hia widow, Mary,
■d three children living In Uingham-
ton, N. Y., waa barn in Chattanooga,
IVnn., but hia parenta were Mlaala-
sippiane. He had been living with
hia family in Binghamton, but aome
tima ago moved to Baltimore to be
<Iomt to anti-aegregation movementa.
Ilia widow waa allocked when in-
formed by telephone of her huaband'a
tragic death, but aaid ahe had Be need
something terrible would happen to
him. But ahe added, Moora had made
up hia mind to go on the pilgrimage
and aha couldn't atop him.
!tet Mr a. Moore waa dumfounded
by the tinconacionabla slaying. She
cried: I "would like to meet tha per-
aon who would kill a man in cold
(Sea PIIXJRIMAOE, Page T.)
MAY S, IMU
With
Oil el City, tn
THEODORE K. WILLIAMS
RECEIVES GRANT—Theodore R.
Williams. head «f the biology depart-
ment, St. Philip's college, has been
awarded a grant from the National
Science foundation for a six-week
summer study at Arizona Slate uni-
versity Tempe, Ariioua.
Williams will attend a summer In-
stitute for college teachers of biol-
ogy operating from June 24 through
August 3. He will pursue graduate
studies In desert biology.
This is the fourth study grant
awarded Williams since be has been
on the faculty of St. Philip's college,
and the third from the National Sci-
ence foundation.
Boy Hired to Mow
Lawn is Caught
Rifling Purse
In theft cases of the past week, a
15-year-old boy, hired to do lawn
work, was caught in the act of rifling
his employer'a purse.
Mrs. Reva llurroughs, 66, 621
South Pine, complained that ahe had
hired the teen-ager to mow her lawn.
Later, walking into tha house, ahe
found tha boy going through her
purse. lie had removed a five-dollar
bill, but when she ssked him for It,
he returned it.
He then left tha houae. and. in
leaving, tonsed her check book into
some bushes. Mrs. llurrougha alao
discovered that an $H0 ladlea wriat
watch had disappeared. Tha boy waa
not Immediately apprehended.
Robert C. Chandler, 40, 1947 No-
lan, a mechanic working at 1020
South Flore*, complained, Friday
morning, that a tray with tools val-
ued at 100.50, had been atolen from
a tool box.
Two fishing poles, with a total
value of $102. were reported by Toy
V. Louie, 25, 2NO0 Fredericksburg
road, to have been atolen from hia
automobile, Saturday, while It was
parked in the 1400 block of West
Commerce.
The coin meter box, juke bo*, and
cigarette machine of the P. and G.
lounge, 918^ North New Braun-
fela avenue, were looted by bnrglara
who broke Into the place Sunday
night or Monday morning.
May Chest
X-Raying
Schedule Set
The Beiar County Tuberouloela as-
sociation, thia week, releaaed the
schedule for the mobile X-ray unit
for tha month of May. Tha cheat X-
raying la part of tha TH aaaociation'a
year-around campaign for early detec-
tion, and aubsequent early treatment,
at tuberculoala.
Tha aaaociation point* out that
•reryone ahould have a cheat X-ray
at leaat once a year, and children
ifeould be tuberculin teated. Only
peraoua over 14 yeara of age may be
X-rayed.
During the month, the mobile unit
will be atationed at different locali-
ties, ao that it will be eaay and con-
venient for reaidente of every area
(See MAT, Paga 7.)
IT'S VOIR NEWSPA
Dad Injured Harrying to Dead Sou, 16
JFK Seen in Squeeze in
Fund Withholding Proposal
By AD0LPH J. SLAUGHTER
Associgtei Negro Press Wellington Bureau
W/J^SHINGTOK—President John P. Kennedy lut week aaid
W he had no intention of cutting fundi of the United Statei
Civil Right* commission, in the. wake of the commission's rec-
ommendation that federal fundi to Missisiippi be withdrawn
because of the stated defiance to the President'* civil rights
edicts.
But the statement, made in reply to a question put to the
Treaideut at hia newt"Conference, left
unanawered what the cougrewi might
do when it eonaidera the commisaion'a
appropriation for fiscal 1063, next
month.
M the newa conference, the Preal-
deut again mated be fcR' He' did not
have the authority to withdraw fed-
eral fund* from the atate and that
he thought no President ought to be
given thia power by congresa.
while it ia well known that the
President actually does not provide
funda for the Civil Righ^g commia-
alea. hut that the congresa doea,
the question waa put ft* tUTV'reai-
*»t because of the powerful Influ-
^ ha earn exert if aaakher* ^
Attempt u crl*la toe mm*
inlasion by cutting down its appropri-
ations.
The queation implied also that the
current move afoot to either make
the commission a permanent agency
of the government or extend its life
for four years instead of the regular
two, might run aground ou aouthern
congreaamen'a antagonisms.
Following the commisaion'a report
on Miasissippi's continued defiance
of the Supreme court, the Constitu-
tion, and the President, aouthern
senatora and representativea loudly
suggeeted the commission be abol-
ished.
Although many believe it ia
KESIMSMl Vage V.)
Girl, 15, Shoots
Man Beating
Her Mother
Teener Wounds Suitor
Of Mother with Gun
Belonging to Grandma
By the Aaaoctated Negro Fress
DfflVOIT — Three generations
were involved laat week in the ahoot-
ing of a man deacribed by police aa
the lover of Mra. Hcrnice Pykee, 38-
year-old mother of four.
Herbert Hicks, 40, waa ahot by
Mrs. Dykes* 15-year-old daughter,
Hernita, with a gun belonging to her
grandmother, Mrs. Lyda Ward, M.
The 16-year-old girl said ahe uaed
her grandmother'a .38 revolver to
rescue her mother from a beating ad
ministered by Hicks. Polire vay the
youn;f girl fired the gun aa the man
fought with her mother.
Hicks ia expected to live following
emergency operations in Receiving
hospital for removal of fragmenta
from the .38 calibre bullet that atruck
him in hia right arm. and penetrated
his lung and ahmilder.
Hernita wa* held by juvenile an-
thorities, pending further investiga-
tion of the shooting.
The shooting occurred when Hicks
reportedly grabbed Mra. Pykca by her
hair, and began beating her.
Mra. Dykes' four children. Includ-
ing Hernita, rallied to her aid. Ilicka,
told to leave Mra. Dykea alone, waa
shot by Hernita, when he continued
beating her mother.
♦
NAACP Drive for
Members to be
Stepped Up
Pinna have been perfected for re-
doubling efforts in the Isgging an-
nual memberahip drive of the local
chapter of the National Aaaociation
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple, with the end of the campaign
just two weeke away.
Home of the uaual top producers
hare been unable to devote much
time to the campaign, up to this
point, because of other Involvements.
However, Mra. Ethyl Hawkins, drive
chairman, aaid, thia week, that mont
of the workera will be able to plunge
into the final few weeka to bring
the drive to a aucceasful conclusion.
"NAACP Membership Sunday"
Sunday, May 5, baa been pro-
claimed "NAACP Memberahip Sun-
day," and all churchea are being re-
queated to conduct extensive cam-
paigning that particular day, for NA-
ACP memberahipa.
Harry V. Burns, branch presi-
dent, in sounding the call for a "au-
per effort," reminded that the local
branch la attempting to make 1963,
the centennial anniversary of the
Emancipation proclamation, a banner
year for the NAAOP.
On May 19, the Rev. Edward
Odom, national NAAOP church aec-
retary, will visit Han Antonio, and
Burna ia desiroua of making a good
report of church cooi»erntion.
R. C. Yatea Leada
Aa he perennially does, R. C.
Yates is leading all campaigners, to
date, in enrolling members. He has
written 291 branch memberahipa. A
distant aecond in the campaign is
U. J. Andrews who has obtained 74
memberships. Harry V. Burna has
71.
Mrs. Etbvf Hawkins has enrolled
47. Willie Polite has 20, Beverly
McVea (youth worker) has 2rt, and
Misa Lillie M. Mathews. 24. M. D.
Yatea and T. E. Gilmore each has
18.
None of the other workers has ob-
tained aa many as 15 members.
+
Driver Injured
When He Crashes
Into Car Ahead
Jamea P. Washington, 40. 2218
East Crockett, waa treated, Thurs-
day, April 25, at Brooke General
hospital, for injuries suffered when
the Volka panel truck he was driv-1
ing ran into the rear end of a 104ft
Oldsmoblle driven by Billie Charles
Young, 27, 2147 West Poplar, at
Bant Houston and North Olive.
Both vehiclea were going west on
East Houston, when Young atopped
behind a City Transit bus, and was
struck by Waahington.
Police reporta indicated Washing-
ton followed too closely. Damage was
listed as $40 for each vehicle. Wash-
ington waa booked for negligent col-
lision.
AK A Wins First Prize
In Battle ef Hewers
(Pletnrl of prlac-wlnniiic float U eei'iilm.H;.)
ALPHA Kappa Alpha aorority not only made history, last
Friday, with iti being the first predominantly Negro or-
ganisation to be invited to enter a float is Ban Antonio's
world-famed 72-year-old Battle of Flowers parade, it scored
again when the float won first prin ia ita divirion, the "senior
organization" category.
St. Philip's college, former all-Negro college, also scoring
— *" ' —"~' 'rharmta*!/ a**atH by mcmlx-ra of
Dalfa Kho ,,f Alpha Kappa
a first in having a float In the col
lege and private school aection of the
proceaaion, won honorable mention
with ita entry.
The float of Alpha Kappa Alpha's
Alpha Tau Omega chapter waa enti-
tled "To a Wild Rose," that of 8t.
Philip'a college, "Melodiee o( the
Seasons."
Au estimated quarter-million per-
sons viewed the procession aa it
wended it* way through downtown
San Antonio, with tena of thouaanda
more seeing it on televiaion.
The AKA float waa pink, green,
and gold, aymbolic of the aorority'a
colore.
Thousand* of pink plastie rosea,
flower of the aorority, covered the
sides of the float. A aingle giant
wild rose ran through the center of
the float. It waa mounted on a
raiaed daia, backed by n golden harp.
Flanked on each aide of the harp
were green awirl ornamenta. These
were covered with minute pink tea
roeea.
I.lving beauty for the float was
Alpha. Miaa Brenda J. Christian por-
trayed the wll«: ro«\ Miss Christian
ia tha daughter ..f Mr. and Mra.
William D. Christian. i:;» North
Mesquita itreef. and basileus of Del-
ta Khot
Her attend*' 1 were Misa Barbara
A. Wilson §n«! Miss .lueijuelvn E.
Hodge. Mr. aad Mrs Alfred T. Hodge
and Miae Hodg* made nt 230 Hoaack
avenue. Mian WiUon's pnrents are
Mr. and Mra. Je*«* J. Wilson, 452
Canton street
The Fiesta FV»nt committee for
Alpha Ifen Om^-i chapter included
Miae Beverly A. Johnson, chairman:
Miaa TaDulah I.ane. Miss Isabel
McNeal, Mra I.. R. lMrnt-rson. Mrs.
Edna B. Ohrter. Mr*. James I j.
Brooks, Mra, R B. Williams, Mrs.
L. M. Knight, sad Mrs. Waddell E.
Bohman.
Mra. SdaMrs' n, Hauteus of Alpha
Tau Omega, ths graduate chapter,
(Sea PRIZE, I'ate S.)
Canary Social
Club Has Float
In Flambeau
A I Alpha Kappa Alpha aoror
tty and St. fhUip'a rollcft
niada klatary with thair par-
Urlpatian in laat waah'a Haiti,
a* FlMtara parade, Friday, tha
Cmmturj Horial rluh mad* hlatory
tha aaxt ataht, whan a float
waa antared, by th* rluh. In th*
Flaata Flambeau, tha night pa-
rade.
It waa aatJmalad that aaaa
S25.000 peraona viewed the pro-
reaaloo that >p«rtaniUrty inh-
ered oat the IMS Fleata with
thouaanda of llihla.
Keclalrr haa not been able to
obtain foil deUlla of the Ca-
nary elob'a Flambeau artlvltte*.
President of the orfanliatloo la
Mr*. Equllla MrOnra.
Woman Beaten
After She's Chased
Into Mom's House
" w.-fnj oeaien Dy a .w-
"kon^aSEtfiSf »a-
enl in- victim, 'iSra. Ann
Death Suddenly
Claims Mrs. Mary
Ellen Merrill
Funeral services were held from
Mt. Zion First Baptist church, Tues-
day morning. April IU), nt 11:45 o'-
clock for Mra. Mary Ellen Merrill,
57, who died suddenly Friday after-
noon, April 20, at 4:50 o'clock.
She was preparing to go to Bay
City to attend the American Legion
convention, when ahe suffered a heart
attack. She was pronounced dead
on arrival at Santa Kosa Medical
center.
The decedent had lived here for
the past SI years. She attended St.
Catherine Catholic school. She and
W. B. Merrill were married in 1928,
and he preceded her in death on De-
cember 2, 1000. They were parents
of four children.
Mrs. Merrill waa president of the
Twenty-eeventh district American Le-
gion auxiliary. No. 871: member,
American Woodmen camp No. 5; Ke-
l»ecca court. Heroines of Jericho; and
Mt. Zion First Baptiat church.
Rev. C. William Black, paator of
Mt. Zion Firat Baptiat church, offi-
ciated at the aervices. Lewis Funeral
home waa in charge of interment in
Fort Sam Houston National ceme
Saturday, according to police ac-
■ 8$-;ear old woman waa
chaaed into a f.ombrano street rest-
b* *:w
der peace
The beat
Walker, addre-s listed aa 1310 Haya
Ktreet. received * severe, deep lacera-
tion under her right eye. and multiple
bruises on her fur* and arms.
She told peliif that she wsn at a
1'iOO block Loml>rano atreet address,
when she wan approached by the
man. She deel:ir»*d that she ran into
the reaidence of her mother. Mra.
Nancy Robinson 87. l.'tl.'i Lombrano.
for help, but that the man forced hi*
way into the house, and adminiKtered
a severe beating t<» her.
She stated thi<r. some time ago, she
filed a peace bond on the man. and
that It waa at ill in effect.
A Hope Ambulance carried Mrs.
Walker to Bapi.-t Memorial ho*pital.
Jim Crow Gives
United States
Another Black Eye
Yoath's Body Foaad
With Plastic Bag
Over Bead
State Department
Apologizes for Insult
To Jamaican Diplomat A 34 year old father, hurrying home where hi« 10 year oil
I:x «°n had been found dead, an apparent suicide, r-j «e-
e»r° a*a riouily injured, late Wednesday afternoon, in a trailic col-
lision.
His son had been found, lying on a bed. a plastic btf
over his head, and a gas hose leading into the bag, pourta*
fumes into the improvised death hood.
The body of the youth, Lewis Sam- ■
By tha Associated Negro
"WASHINGTON — The state de-
partment last week apologized with
"deepest regrets" to the Jamaican
embassy for tha refusal of a Warren-
ton, Va„ restaurant to serve an offi-
cial of the embassy because of bis
Maf a Negro. dM>it> the fact that
be had identified himself as a diplo-
mat.
The official, Lloyd Bar net t, 3,1,
second secretary of the embassy, said
he and his wife and stepdaughter
were told by a waiter at the <»old
Cup restaurant on Route 211 in War-
raaton, "We «i«» aot nrtf loloni in
here," when they stnppwl there to
dine during a pleasure trip through
Virginia.
Barnett said the waiter alno told
them to "Get out or we'll thro^ you
out."
As a result of the racial incident.
Sir Neville ANhenheiin, Jamaican am-
bassador. aent a strongly worded let-
ter to the state department demand-
ing executive action to guard agaiust
further such incidents.
Pedro Sanjuan, director of the
special protocol section of the depart-
ment, replied, expressing "deepeat re-
greta' to the ambassador on behalf
of the secretary of state and aaid
he has taken the matter up with
the governor of Virginia.
He aaid also that the justice de-
partment was Investigating a posnilde
violation of the United Statea code
during the incident. He aaid that if
the Bar net ta were told they would
l»e thrown out bodily if they refused
to leave, thia would constitute a
threat to a foreigner which ia out-
lawed by the United States Code.
But even aa the department was
offering apology, Jamea Daniels, 40.
a partner and manager of the res-
taurant waa persisting in his aegre-
aatfon policy. Danfeto deaW that the
Harnett* were told the* would be
thrown out, but added: "fCven if they
were diplomata we would not have
served them."
He claimed Barnett did not identi-
fy himaelf aa a foreigner.
He aaid "If the other restaurants
around here atart serving Negroes,
we would too. We can't afford to
be different."
nel Moore, Jr., had been found by
his mother. Mrs. L. S. Moore, Sr.,
when she returned to the family resi-
dence at 01North Centre street,
ahortly before 6 o'clock. IVIice esti-
mated that the boy had been dead
about two hours.
Mrs. Moore, when she discovered
her son's body, ran screaming and
hyaterical from the hou**. to Carter-
Taylor mortuary, in the same block.
Two ministers, who were at the
mortuary, accompanied her l»a<k to
the house. Police were notified.
The father, Lewis Samuel Moore,
Sr., notified at his place of employ-
ment, Bieger Motors, Inc., f><J0 Broad-
way, of his son's death, started home
on a three-wheel motorcycle.
The accident occurred at Ninth and
Austin streets. Police reported that
John Coleman, 47. driving a 1051
Dodge pickup truck west on Ninth,
attetipting a left turn into a parking
lot, waa in collision with the three-
wheeler driven by Moore. Moore Buf-
fered a broken leg, and other in-
juries.
Moore, hospitalized at Santa B<»sa
Medical center, was reported in "good
condition," Thursday inoruiug.
Police reported that a letter, nut
signed, but thought to have been
written by the dead youth, was found
in the bedroom. It was addressed to
"my dearest love." and reflected frua-
trated love.
Suicide
Dr. Ruben Santisi, amMstant coun-
ty medical examiner, returned a ver-
dict of suicide, ia the case. "Hinrsday.
Boy, 15, Burt When
He Runs into
Path of Automobile
Bill Hayes. 15. 5140 Blnnco road,
was struck and injured, Friday, in
the 7200 block of San Pedro, when,
according to witnesses, he ran into
the path of an automobile driven by
Mrs. Ella Im Kiahle, W, 200 Ag-
tery.
Survivors Include a daughter, Mrs.
Kdith Brown; sons, Walter B. Mer-
rill, Jr., Lawrence and Robert Mer-
rill ; Bister, Mrs. Lillian Weatherly.
Solon Attacks
Post Office Job
Bias in 'Sippi
By the Associated Negro Freaa
WASHINGTON — Michigun Con-
gressman Charles C. Piggs continued
his broad attack against the admin-
istration of federal programs In Miss-
issippi last week, in a letter to Post-
master General J. Edward Day, re-
questing a "full scale investigation
of a discriminatory employment pat-
tern in the postal system of that
state."
Diggs* request waa based on com-
plaints made to him during hia re-
cent trip to Mississippi, at whlefc
time a house in which he atayed In
Clarksdale waa bombed. He and other
occupants were not injured, however.
The congreasman mentioned apeclf-
ically the two ciUea oi Clarksdale
and Meridian, deploring tke allega-
tions that In the Clarfceiale poet
(See SOLON. ?a«e
State Welfare
Dep't Hires Negro
Case Workers
Two Negro professional case work-
era have been employed by the San
Antonio offlqe of the State Depart-
ment of Welfare, it was announced
thia week by Raymond Cheves, re-
gional director of the department.
It waa alao announced, nt the Mime
time, that two Negro professional
workera had been hired for the Hous-
ton region.
This marlta the first time that
the department has employed Ne-
groes for jMNfesMoniil case work.
A Negro typixt has also been em-
ployed for the local office, but has
not aaaumed her duties yet.
The case workers employed here
are Miaa Fnrre»t Faye Williams, and
Lorenso Fltapatrirk. The latter's
address was listed by Cheves as 609
Burnet
Register was unable to immediately
contact .Ithar Miss Williams or
Fitxpatrick.
Before afesmninK their duties.
Cheves said they will attend the
school for ease workers for a month,
in Auatin, a routine procedure.
Atlanta Cop Shoots
9-Year-01d
Burglary Suspect
By tha Mao.lated Negro Praaa
ATOAStA—X burglary »»s
pat*,' only nlna yeara old.
waa ifcat oner In thr hip anil
oara In tkw «hould*r, last «et4i,
by aa Atlanta pollr* offlrrr. Tl:r
boy waa admitted to firady hos-
pital la poor condition.
"'Ilrwmi K. II. Conway Mid
ha anaarerrd a burglary alarm
at JaU'a department atore here j
Obesquies Held
Wednesday, for
Mrs. Jean Parrish
Funeral services were held Wed
neftday afternoon, May 1, at 3:30 o'-
clock, at Bethel AME church for
Mrs. Jean Parrish. operator of Par-
rish Printing company, who died sud-
denly, following a short illness, Sat-
urday morning, at her home, 1214
Florida street.
She was a native of Dallas, where
she lived and received her school
training.
She came to San Antonio in 1915.
and was married to Curtia Parrish.
Sr.. in 1025. He preceded her in
denth on August 12. 1952.
Following his death, she continued
to operate their printing business
on East Commerce street, until her
•lent h.
For many yeara both were active
in city politics.
The decedent was a member of
Bethel AME church, where she was
a member of the courtesy committee
fc- many years; American Woodmen
Camp No. 93; and Lydia chapter,
No. 7, Order of Eastern Star.
The body was taken to Bethel
AME church at 1 o'clock for viewing
prior to the funeral.
The pastor, Rev. A. R. Nelson,
officiated, and I^ewis Funersl home
was in charge of interment In East-
view cemetery.
There nre no survivors.
Final Rites Held,
Monday, for Mrs.
Bessie L Wallace
Funeral aervices were held for
Mrs. Bessie Louise Wallace, 51,
Monday morning, April 2H. at King
Solomon Baptist church. Rev. N. B.
Butler, pastor. Mrs. Wallace died
April 24.
She was born In San Antonio, De-
cember 10, 1011, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wallace.
In her youth she became a member
of the Seventh Day Adventist church,
and in later years established her
membership at King Solomon Baptist
church, where she remained until her
death. She was one of the pioneer
members.
Survivora Include a daughter. Mrs.
Chrystella L. Moore. Fort Worth;
sons, Sergeant Joseph n. Campbell,
who is leaving s*K>n for Germany;
and Christopher H. Caldwell, this
city; 13 grandchildren, an uncle and
other relatives.
Interment was In City cemetery
No. 3, with the Lewis Funeral home
in charge.
Dog Saves 'Other
MaiT from Murder-
Bent Husband
Interracial Love
Affair is 'Complicated
Deal,' Officers Report
A 37-yenr-old Auglo-American told
police that he was going to kill an
east side mini with whom his wtfa
had. admittedly, l»een indiscreet, and
attempted t.» carry eat ii»« threat,
with a hammer, Friday morning.
A dog attacked the hammer wiel^
er, however, and the east side maa,
43, was not seriously hurt, his beiaf
struck once on the Mt side of hS
head with a hammer before the dog
got into the act.
The hu>hand. whose wife had alleg-
edly been unfaithful, was booked for
agcravated assault
The p«4ice. who described the inci-
dent ss 'a complicated deal," first
entered the picture as s result of a
fight between the wronged man snd
his own son.
Officers got this story.
They hsd been »ummoned to a Lof
drive address ft»r a violent family dis-
turbance, with the lH-y ear-old son
being arrested for fighting with bin
father.
The father told police that he and
his wife, who worked at a Blanea
road establishment, had been *epar»
ated. He said that she called him
Thursday night and told him la
come over and bring some I»eer.
The family drank until aboat 2 e^-
clock. when the son is alleged ta
have become abusive, and father an!
son became involved in a fight. Tlat'a
when police entered the picture.
The father also learned that hia
wife hnd been having an affair with
the east side man. also an employee
of the Blanco road establishment.
The woman, according to her hue-
band, admitted the affair with tha
(See DOG, Page S.)
Shot from Passing
Car Wounds
S. A. Motorist
Witness Says He
Lied at Trial
Of Doomed Man
Oliver Forrest
(Golden) Sampson
Dies Suddenly
A requiem high mass was held Fri-
day morning, April 20, at Our Lady
(See SUDDENLY, Page s.)
A 37-year-old motorist was r^
portedly fired on. and wounded, hy
an occupant in a passing car, lata
Tuesday night. April 23, in an inci-
dent at North Pine and Commerat
strecta.
B. J. Jones. 37, 511 Montana
street, was shot in the left shoulder.
The shooting was called to the
attention of police when Jones, wha
did not report it. appeared at Brooke
(teneral hospital, seeking treatment,
the following evening.
The aitending physician notified
city police. Jones, according to the
police report, told an officer that he
had been driving east on East. Com-
merce, when another car passed hip
and somebody fired at him from
second machine.
ht
By th. A.aoclntea Negro Freaa
NHW ORLEANS—A convict nail!
last week he li«l In teatlfylng again*!
Thomaa (loin*, who fncea death In
the clectric chair (or the murder of
Anthony J. Meyer during a 35-cent
Xew Orleaua rolibcrjr In 1#W.
Benjamin Mackey asserted that bia
fMM three Negra youth*; earlier testimony waa false while
laavluMie building through a appearing in I'nlted States district
- - , wind0Wi court In Baton Rouge during a hear-
" " - ... j.jjj on Goin.' motion for a new trial.
Mackey, alias "Ratty Red." turned
state witness in (Joins' original trial
in the courtroom of Xew Orleans
Criminal District Judge William J.
O'Hara and said be waa an accom-
plice to Goln» In the Bhootlng.
Mever was shot on the night of
April 1, 1005. aa he wa, walking
home from work.
After tha trial, Ooina—thea 10
Now RFK Knows-Fiads
'llama Like a Foreign Land
B.v tfce Associated Negro Presa
ATLANTA—U. S. Attorney General Robert T. Kennedy found
a leu cordial reception during his three-state swing through
the Deep South last week than Undersecretary of State w.
Averell Harriman found in Moscow where he went at the same
time in an effort to restore peace in troubled Laos.
Kennedy talked with the governors of Alabama, South
Carobna and Georgia but bypassed arch-segregationist Got.
window,
tew aaid ha ordered the
trio to talt and then fired at
Smb. Iter ducked behind ■ pile
•» "Mt and bubaa and then
ton aa allay ta • atreet
wW« fee ■lae-yaar-oM waa aub-
■aQMatty fen ad. Omi; aaid.
Ik* bar'a name waa sat made
ka«M *,ee unwa ef paraow
"to |» yeara ef ace wha are
ekaqad with a irtuatoal ettanae
W withheld hi
«Me law.
(8** WITNESS, TH* *•>
Koea Harnett of Mississippi. He talk-
ed to Govs. George C. Wallace of
Alabama, Carl .Sanders of Georgia
and l>onnld Russell of South Caro-
lina about school desegregation prob-
lems and Negro voting rights.
And Kennedy learned about the
racist South what Negroes have long
known—it's like a foreign country.
Though It Is felt his talks with
the governors met with only moderate
success In two of the three states,
Kennedy's visits did establish the
determination of the federal gov-
ernment to Implement federal conrt
rulings pertaining to civil righta
After merging from an 80-minute
conference with Wallace in Montgom-
ery, once the capital of the faded
Oaafederaay* Kennedy tetd aewsme*
neither he nor the die-hard serrega^
tionist governor had chnngcd hie
views about integration.
Rut Kennedy said he told Wallace
pointblank that the justice department
which he heads, not only has the ra»
sponsibilit.v but will see to It th^
federal court orders are put Into e#>
feet.
Wallace, who In his Inaugural
speech in January had^ pledged ta
maintain "segregation noiw. t<
row and forever." repeated to
press his oft-spoken threat to
in the school house door to pi
desegregation.
Sitting in on the conference wllk
the President's brother and WiWip
(See 1AMA, Face U
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