Middlesboro Woman Heads G.O.P. Division
ORGANIZED TO ELECT DUMMIT - ROSCOE SIMMONS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT SEVERAL POINTS IN STATE Appointment of Mrs. Juia B. Hixon of Middlesboro to serve as the Republican State Chairman of the Women's Division, in the campaign to elect Eldon S. Dummit as Governor, was announced this week by Charles W. Anderson, Jr. In making the appointment, Anderson said he believed he was fortunate in obtaining the services of Mrs. Hixon who has been closely identified with the Republican party for the past ten years. A churchwoman and member of outstanding fraternal orders throughout the state, Mrs. Hixon is a Gold Star mother. She is also reported to be one of the few colored property owners in Bell County who has done jury service. Roscoe Simmons Scheduled Roscoe Conkling Simmons, of Chicago, said to be the last of the Negro silver-tongued orators, will tour the state in behalf of Eldon S. Dummit and the Republican ticket, Lee L. Brown, State Chairman of the Republican Speakers' Bureau, declared this week as he outlined a tentatie political speaking program. Simmons, according to Brown, will begin his series of speaking engagements on October 22. Other scheduled speakers include Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Charles W. Anderson, Jr., at Lexington, Ky., on October 27; Rev. J. Acton Hill, at Richmond, October 23, and Mrs. Mozella Wright Miles at Columbia on October 21. Mr. Brown said Mr. Simmons' schedule includes Owensboro, Henderson, Madisonville, Glasow, Bowling Green, Providence and Middlesboro.
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PUBLISHER MAKES PLEA FOR NEW STATE CONSTITUTION Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16--"I for one am tired of having Kentucky rated the forty-seventh State, or a backward state at all," says Samuel R. Guard, editor of "Breeder's Gazette," in his plea for "A New Constitution for Kentucky." In a full-page article in the October issue of "The Kentucky Farmer," Mr. Guard points out that it has been 56 years since Kentucky has had a Constitutional Convention. "Vast have been the changes of that time--two world wars, the automobile, the radio, the atomic bomb. "In anything Kentucky has the resources, the soil, the climate, the geographical position, the tradition, and most of the people, the human stuff, to stand among the No. 1 states of the nation. Let us now write a modern Constitution that will enable us to stand among the most progressive, forward-looking, high-purposed, leaderly, achieving states of the United States." Mr. Guard's article is prompted by the non-partisan question to be voted on in the forthcoming election: "Are you in favor of the calling of a Constitutional Convention for the purpose of revising or amending the present Constitution of Kentucky, and such amendmens as may have been made to the same?" To call a Constitutional Convention it will require a fourth of the State's qualified voters, or approximately 160,000 people, to vote "yes" on November 4, the article points out. The Campaign Committee for a Kentucky Constitutional Convention has maintained that Kentucky's "out-of-date" Constitution will not permit school funds to be distributed fairly; education to be taken out of politics. It has further stated that "Kentucky voters lose $800,000 every two years through inefficient election methods."
GIRL CUT 42 TIMES BY WHITE YOUTH
With forty-two cuts all over her body, an unidentified girl told police this week that two unknown white youths seized her, and after pulling her into an alley between Ormsby and Woodbine, early Monday night, cut her with a sharp instrument in a vain attempt to take off her clothing.
She was treated at General Hospital, after she and her mother went to the Crime Preention Bureau to make a report of the attack, it was reported.
The girl claimed that one of the white youths held her while the other attempted to cut off her clothing. She told authorities she escaped when an automobile turned into the alley and frightened her attackers.
One of the boys was tall, and the other short, was the only description the girl could give.
PLAN INAUGURATION AT FISK [Photo] The Executive Committee of the Nashville Fisk Club discusses plans for entertaining guests and delegates to the inauguration of Dr. Charles S. Johnson, sixth president of Fisk University, November 6-9. From left to right: Thomas M. Brumfield, Leonard Tomlinson, Mrs. Clara Overall. Miss B. O. Dixon, secretary; W. H. Fort, president; W. D. Hawkins, Mrs. Helen Young Howard, alumni secretary; Mrs. Cora Field and George D. St. John, Jr.
HOLD FUNERAL OF JOHN HOLLOMAN, MAMMOTH INSURANCE OFFICIAL Funeral services were held for John Holloman, Chief Agency Director and member of the Board of Directors of Mammoth Life Insurance Company, at the Calvary Baptist Church Monday, October 6, at 1 p. m., Rev. W. P. Offutt, pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. L. W. Bottoms of Grace Presbyterian Church. Mr. Holloman, who was stricken while on duty for the company out of the city, died at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kenzer of Yale Drive, where he made his home, Thursday, October 2, after a brief illness. Mr. Holloman, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and who served with distinction at San Juan Hill and the Phillipine Islands, was one of the organizers of the Pyramid Mutual Life Insurance company, Chicago, Ill., and served as President and Board Chairman until (Continued on Page 4)
DEDICATE MODERN BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN RUSSELLVILLE Russellille, Ky., oct. 16.--Another milestone in the development of Russellville's business and civic life was made in the dedication of the W. M. Winston Funeral Home here Sunday, October 5, the first business of its kind to be entirely built, owned and operated by Negroes. Well constructed and fully equpped, the building was beautifully decorated for the occasion with flowers presented by well-wishers of both races. The dedicatory address was delivered by Attorney Stephen A. Burnley of Louisville, Ky., whose interesting speech which carried much food for thought will long be remembered. Mr. Winston is one of the most successful business men in the state, and well known throughout Kentucky as a great churchman. He is a member of the A.M.E. Zion Church, secretary of Trustee Board, and preacher's steward of his church, member of the lay college, and of the Kentucky Morticians, member Board of Directors and the Knights of Pythians. The wife of the owner, loved by all Russellville, was presented with a beautiful orchid brought from Nashville by Mr. J. M Hamilton, successful florist. Mrs. Susie O. Carrington, prominent church and fraternal woman leader who has been identified with the business for several years, served as mistress of ceremonies, and in a manner which she is known to be capable of. Many out-of-town friends came to Russellville for the program, following which a photographer was on hand for pictures.
CURIOUS CROWD AT FUNERAL HOME A crowd of curious onlookers filled the chapel of the J. B. Cooper Funeral Parlors, overflowing into the street and blocking traffic from Tenth and Chestnut to West Street Tuesday evening, October 14, as funeral rites were held for Melvin Larkins, 29, 434 South 19th, who died at the General Hospital October 11, as the result of a stab wound in his back. Larkins, who became widely known in the West End as one of the main attractions in an oddity show, was stabbed in the back at Hancock and Walnut Alley on October 4, allegedly following an altercation with George Robinson, 30, 611 Walnut Alley. Robinson is charged with the slaying. Although the slaying is shrouded in mystery, and authorities refuse to give the cause of the crime, it is believed Larkins was slain as an outgrowth of his mental condition. Coroner Roy L. Carter, who performed a post-mortem with members of the General Hospital staff, said Larkins did not hae any of the attributes accredited to him. "If he fancied himself a woman," the coroner declared, "it was all in his head."
COOPER COMMUNITY CHEST CHAIRMAN J. Bryant Cooper, principal of the S. Coleridge Taylor School, has been announced as chairman of the annual Community Chest Campaign, Colored Population Division, whose quota is $9,250. The campaign period is October 23-November 3. A "kick-off" meeting was held at the Y.M.C.A., October 9.
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Submit Plans for High School
CAPACITY FOR 1500 STUDENTS NEW EIGHT-ACRE INSTITUTION WOULD INCLUDE ALL MODERN FEATURES Plans for the completion of a new eight-acre Central High Church, with a capacity for 1,500 students, an R.O.T.C. unit, swimming pool, and other features of a modern school, were submitted to Superintendent of Schools Omer Carmichael this week. The plans, submitted by Atwood S. Wilson, principal of the school, will be used as a basis of discussion in the new Central, which is bounded by Eleventh and Twelfth Streets from Chestnut to Esquire. No definite date has yet been set for beginning construction. Wilson recommended that shops and classrooms be provided for vocational teaching, and that space be furnished for an R.O.T.C. unit and a swimming pool. A gymnasium to seat 4,000 persons, an auditorium seating 1,750 an athletic stadium to seat 5,000 persons, and many smaller improvements also were urged. Other recommendations: That the new school be a "comprehensive high school." It continue to be coeducational. College preparation be "a major feature." Trade education be stressed. In general, Wilson recommended, the school should have "varying curricula to meet the abilities of the pupils to be served." Wilson's 95-page report said that Louisville's Negro population was 56,154 in 1946, 14.8 per cent of the city's population. He quotes surveys of Negro high-school students showing that many of their parents had "service-type" jobs, whereas the students "express desires for more professional and technical training than do their parents."
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