Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1958-08-13 Thaddeus T. Stokes MEMPHIS WORLD AMERICAN'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 546 BEALE — Ph. JA. 6-4030 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott General Manager Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper — non-sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest to its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. Time For Guidance In Foote-Cleaborn Homes Area The incident of three young adults and eleven juveniles of the overcrowded Foote-Cleaborn Homes area by the Shelby County Grand Jury for the alleged rape of a 35-year-old married woman behind the Emanuel Episcopal Church and L. E. Brown Park points out the need for something to be done about the situation in that section of town. For this is the worst of crimes committed recently by hooligans of that populus area, and should by no means be taken lightly by the civic leaders who live there. The bludgeoning of an innocent teen-ager with a beer bottle by a thug in the summer of 1956 and other consequent offenses should have stirred them to the initiation of measures of prevention, but surely this assault case will awaken them to the situation as it really is. As long as so many youngsters are allowed to run wild without check of their guardians, more hoodlums willbe made and more crimes can be expected. The "Platter Party" sponsored by Radio Station WLOK in connection with the Abe Scharff YMCA and other projects intended to reduce juvenile delinquency in the area can be nothing but a failure unless some of the citizens become interested enough to support these events and provide guidance for their children who attend. The Cleaborn and Foote Homes area has long sought an answer to its ever-present problem of juvenile delinquency. This might be the answer. Some Won — Some Lost The political guns have been silenced... the campaigning smoke, has cleared... Bufford Ellington has been nominated governor of Tennessee, which is tantamount of being elected. He has been chosen the champion of the people of the state... that is according to the vote. Tennesseans need a man of dedicated loyalty, qualified leadership and unquestioned integrity. We hope that these qualities will be displayed by Ellington in the next four years. It was gratifying to discover that Mayor Edmund Orgill was so widely accepted by voters throughout the state. He ran a close second to Ellington. We are proud of him. After all he is a hometowner. SENATOR. ALBERT GORE, as we stated editorially before the election, deserved to be re-elected to the U. S. Senate, because he has demonstrated that he is a man of ability, leadership and integrity. We believe that his next term in the Senate will be just as enviable as his first. THE SHELBY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB has two winners out of the four candidates it endorsed. The club endorsed Senator Gore and Robert Hoffmann, chancellor of Chancery court... both winners... and Mayor Orgill and Atty. S. A. Wilbun. THE CITIZENS FOR PROGRESS showed little PROGRESS in Shelby County as far as welding political strength. Its slate of candidates, suffered defeat in many divisions. NOW IS THE TIME to close the ranks, which was divided by the political battle, and work for the common good of all of the citizens. The 49th state Alaska, the 49th state, probably will formally enter the Union before this year ends. And she'll be the biggest state by far–more than twice the size of Texas. By way of contrast, the entire population is only that of a middle-sized city — about 210,000. Coming Or Going? The following brief editorial is from The Wall Street Journal: "We were scanning the papers the other day, duly noting the abound and mulling the words of famous people who keep getting themselves and their countrymen in hot water, when we came across the news that this month marks the 100th anniversary of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. "Further reading of the day's news led us to wish Mr. Darwin was still around so we could ask him just one question: Are we coming or going?" BASUTOLAND OPPOSES AFRICAN SEGREGATION As the result of the recent agreement between South Africa and Great Britain, the Basutoland National Council has rushed through their proposal for constitutional reform. The treaty which was signed last week gives the South African Government limited military facilities in the three High Commission territories of Basutoland, Swaziland and Bechuanaland. The Protectorates have known for a long time that South Africa has been itching to get control of them. In this way, South Africa's policy of apartheid would be complete in the area. As a result of this treaty, the Basuto leaders are angered and are protesting forcibly. The agreement between Britain and the South African Government has not been made public but it is known that South Africa originally asked for a radar station in the three territories; these were not granted but other rights such as roads through the protectorates, for use by South African troops, were. The Basutos argue that South Africa can gain direct access to its military installations without crossing Protectorate territory... "They are only interested in inserting the thin end of the wedge." The Basutos ha dhad under consideration a new constitution worked out by themselves but were taking their time about it. WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. H is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand comer of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the Chucked figures give you. IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL The Foreign Minister of Haiti, Louis Mars, brought a letter to President Eisenhower from President Francois Duvalier of Haiti. Mr. Mars presented the letter to Mr. Eisenhower at the White House Thursday. Walter Gordon, the Governor of the Virgin Islands, whom President Eisenhower nominated to be judge of the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands, did not figure in the speculation over a successor to Judge Herman E. Moore, retired. Gordon, 64-year old Californian had the backing of Chief Justice Earl Warren, with thorn he played football at the University of California, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Chief justice Warren administered the oath of office to Mr. Gordon in 1955, when he assumed the governorship of the Vidgin Islands. While at the University of California, Gordon was a star athlete He was named to the Ail-Coast football team for three years. In his senior year he was a member of Walter Camp's All-American team. He is a law graduate of the University of California. He was in private practice from 1923 to 1944 when he was named to California's three-man parole board known as the Adult Authority. He was chairman of that board when President Eisenhower gave him a recess appointment as Governor of the Virgin Islands on Oct. 5. 1955. It's still not too late in this session of Congress for northern liberals to demand that the House UnAmerican Activities Committee stop pillorying southern white liberals and investigate such subversive organizations as the White Citizens Council, the Ku Klux Klan, Virginia's Defenders of State Sovereignty and individual. Liberties and other groups sowing seeds of racial hatred in the South. If the committee will not investigate such groups, then northern liberals can ask their Congressmen to oppose any more appropriations for the committee. J. Ernest Wilkins, Assistant Secretory of Labor and member of the Civil Rights Commission, called on President Eisenhower at the White House Tuesday to thank the Chief Executive for the opportunity to serve as a member of the Eisenhower team and to tell him he was resigning from both posts for reasons of health. Physicians have informed Wilkins that he must slow down. In Administration circles it was hoped that he would leave only his Labor Department post but would retain membership on the Civil. Rights Commission. He surprised everybody by deciding to quit both jobs, He will take a vacation and after he has rested he may return to his Chicago law office. Reporters at the White House knew Wilkins was calling on the President because his appointment was listed among Mr. Eisenhower's appaintments. But they didn't get a chance to talk with him. He came in and left by the side door. Former Gov. John S. Battle of Virginia – author of the scheme to require colored applicants for transfer to white schools in Charlottesville, Va., to take educational achievement and other tests –is said to be the real stumbling block to any real action by the Civil Rights Commission. Representative N. C. Nix, Pennsylvania Democrat, has been given his two committee assignments – Merchant Marine and Fisheries and Veterans Affairs. The chairmen of both committees are southerners, Representatives Herbert C. Bonner of North Carolina is chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and Representative Olin E. Teague of Texas is chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. The Senate-passed omnibus farm bill, as revised by the House Agriculture Committee, failed to get the required two-third vote under a motion to suspend the rules and pass the measure – a parliamentary procedure which limited debate to. 40 minutes and barred amendments. The House Agriculture Committee had modified the Administration-backed Senate bill to provide higher acreage for rice and cotton and lower price supports for these two crops, and corn. If there is no farm bill, new cotton allotments are scheduled to go into effect Southern say the new allotments will so restrict cotton planting that every small cotton farmer in the South will be put but of business. The vote was 210 16 186. The twothirds vote necessary for passage was 264. On the roll-call. 172 Democrats and 38 Republicans voted for the bill, while 38 Democrats and 148 Republicans voted against it. All four colored members – Representatives William L. Dawson of Chicago, Adam C. Powell of New York. Charles C. Diggs of Detroit, and Robert N. C. Nix of Philadelphia. — voted for the bill. A sample survey conducted by the Census Bureau of social and economic characteristics of households and families showed these results. Nonwhite households were, significantly larger than white households. This fact reflects the larger average number of children and of lodgers in nonwhite households; a higher proportion of nonwhite married couples and unmarried nonrelatives share the homes of others, and the birthrate is higher among the nonwhite population. Nonwhite households contained 1.84 persons under 18, on the average, as compared with 1.13 for white households. White households had an average of 2.16 adults as compared with an average of 2.21 adults for nonwhite households. The nonwhite group includes colored Americans, Indiana, Japanese, Chinese, and other nonwhite groups. MEALTIME MELODIES! What's your breakfast I. Q? Do you get up each day in time to give yourself and your family a good nourishing breakfast? Do you plan your breakfast ahead of time, just as you do the other meals in the day, so you have all the necessary foods on hand? Do you least one serving of fruit in your breakfast menu? —and a glass of always include at milk? — and cereal or an egg with buttered toast or rolls? It can answer "yes" to all these questions, give yourself a pat on the back. Your breakfast I. Q. is 100 per cent. But if you are a breakfast skipper, or a "just toast and coffee" gal your breakfast I. Q. is pretty low. You are doing yourself an injustice in addition to missing the best meal of the day. Alter the long fast from your evening meal until morning, a 100 per cent breakfast will give you energy and nutrition to last through the day —and something else, too, for many of the foods in your recipe file can be real breakfast time treats. Crisp cereal and fresh fruit with half and half, creamy smooth hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, a stack of pancakes dripping butter and syrup, or a puffy omelet with buttered hot biscuits are all breakfast favorites. Whether your breakfast is plain, or fancy, large or small, a well selected meal is needed to give you a good start for the day. So plain it ahead. give yourself plenty of time, and make sure your breakfast I. Q. is 100 per cent. WHAT'S YOUR BREAKFAST I Q? What's your breakfast I. Q? Do you get up each day in time to give yourself and your family a good nourishing breakfast? Do you plan your breakfast ahead of time, just as you do the other meals in the day, so you have all the necessary foods on hand? Do you least one serving of fruit in your breakfast menu? —and a glass of always include at milk? — and cereal or an egg with buttered toast or rolls? It can answer "yes" to all these questions, give yourself a pat on the back. Your breakfast I. Q. is 100 per cent. But if you are a breakfast skipper, or a "just toast and coffee" gal your breakfast I. Q. is pretty low. You are doing yourself an injustice in addition to missing the best meal of the day. Alter the long fast from your evening meal until morning, a 100 per cent breakfast will give you energy and nutrition to last through the day —and something else, too, for many of the foods in your recipe file can be real breakfast time treats. Crisp cereal and fresh fruit with half and half, creamy smooth hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, a stack of pancakes dripping butter and syrup, or a puffy omelet with buttered hot biscuits are all breakfast favorites. Whether your breakfast is plain, or fancy, large or small, a well selected meal is needed to give you a good start for the day. So plain it ahead. give yourself plenty of time, and make sure your breakfast I. Q. is 100 per cent. Defeated Manker Slaps Bloc Vote Of Negroes Rives Manker, incumbent, who was defeated in the race for the chancellor's seat, laid his downfall on the doorsteps of Memphis Negroes last week. Manker, defeated by Negrobacked Judge Robert Hoffman, was backed by Citizens for Progress offspring of the E. E. Crump Political Organization which is designed to "Keep Memphis and Shelby County Down in pixie," and the Bar Association. He was defeated by 2,000. votes. "Colored voters went to the polls in droves to vote for four candidates only." Chancellor Manker charged, "and one of them was Hoffman. The number of votes they cast for each is reflected in the returns for Wilburn, who received over 26.000 votes." Manker criticized Negroes for the alleged action: "Negroes can find not political or racial issue in an election for state judge, since they have always received fair treatment in the courts. Something else motivated them to cast more than half of Hoffman's total votes. "I sincerely believe." Manker continued, "that when the judiciary can be controlled by this and other special interests, the welfare of the community is in grave condition." NEGRO ACTION HIT Rives Manker, incumbent, who was defeated in the race for the chancellor's seat, laid his downfall on the doorsteps of Memphis Negroes last week. Manker, defeated by Negrobacked Judge Robert Hoffman, was backed by Citizens for Progress offspring of the E. E. Crump Political Organization which is designed to "Keep Memphis and Shelby County Down in pixie," and the Bar Association. He was defeated by 2,000. votes. "Colored voters went to the polls in droves to vote for four candidates only." Chancellor Manker charged, "and one of them was Hoffman. The number of votes they cast for each is reflected in the returns for Wilburn, who received over 26.000 votes." Manker criticized Negroes for the alleged action: "Negroes can find not political or racial issue in an election for state judge, since they have always received fair treatment in the courts. Something else motivated them to cast more than half of Hoffman's total votes. "I sincerely believe." Manker continued, "that when the judiciary can be controlled by this and other special interests, the welfare of the community is in grave condition." U.S. May Have eral ways both at home and abroad, Barron said. "One of the major problems of the Soviet bloc is to keep the satellites in hand," he said. "This is a difficult thing. They might use subliminal projection for this. For instance, during the television of an opera or ballet, they could easily flash messages favorable to the Soviet Union on the screen." At home, he said, the Russians could use "S. P." to keep, peoplein line with official policies. A. telecast of a sports event might be accompanied by flashing slogans aimed at keeping the Red home fires burning, he said. African Plane governments in London. Almost all of the 47 passengers and crew of seven were English. Injured survivors were taken to the British military hospital an Benghazi. The big silver-and-blue turboprop plane left Salisbury, Rhodesia, Friday enroute to London. It had stopped at Wadi Halfa in the Sudan and was just six miles short of completing its next leg to Benghazi when it crashed in the hilly desert area. The four-engined airliner, which had been due in London at 11:45 a. m. today, burst into flames before the crash, according, to eyewitness reports. There was ho immediate indication of what caused the crash. Bishop Lays Race view recorded in Britain that "basically sin is selfishness, or, if you prefer, sin is the desire to play God for yourself." Asked how people tried to play God, he said they do it in a number of ways. "It's a part of our human nature, but there is that within us which always wants to make self the center of its own universe, and in that selfish way, wants to tear God from his throne and deny his brother and advance his own ambition, he said. And in Little Rock, he said, this desire could be seen in the integration controversy." Bishop Brown's remarks, made in answer to questions by the Rev. Dana F. Kennedy, radio-TV officer of the National Council of the Episcopal Church during the 1958 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops, were broadcast Saturday night on Viewpoint, a Mutual Broadcasting System program produced by the Episcopal church. "The things that have caused this breakdown of communication between the white man and the black man, in Arkansas and the South, are fear, suspicion, desire to hold on to an old way of life, pressure for a race that wants to be born anew. "You see, these are all mixed up in the same salad bowl and it is the same salad bowl and it is very difficult to distinguish between them, but they're all there. "I think it's definitely true that the South can change its ideas and its concepts, not only the mind, where, incidentally, a good many have made the transition— but also in the heart. That takes time. But I do think the South is working at it. Bishop Brown organized a "ministry of reconciliation" among Little Rock clergy of all faiths in response to a request by President Eisenhower during the city's school integration crisis last fall. MEMPHIS WORLD Want Ad Information Call JA. 6-4030 FURNITURE FOR SALE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS REMODEL—REPAIR—PAINT ADD-A-ROOM SALESWOMEN WANTED BUSINESS WOMEN — SELL NEWSBOYS WANTED FEMALE HELP WANTED O. Z. Evers Refuses To Accept C-P's Sample Ballot — Questioned O. Z. Evers, 3018 Crystal St., a postal worker who was the plaintiff in the bus segregation suit, reported that a man who identified himself as a police, attempted to force him to pick up some Citizens for Progress campaign literature which he threw on the ground at the Klondyke School on Vollentine polling place during the primary election Thursday. Evers, who has declared he will seek election as the city commissioner next year, said as he approached the voting place a Negro man handed him the sample ballot put out by the C-P's. He said he threw the ballot on the ground and stomped on it, as he told the man "never hand me any literature put out by the C-P's." "The Negro man said to me, 'my boss is looking at you. "I replied, he is not my boss. By that time a white man, dressed in civilian clothing got out of an unmarked automobile and requested that I pick up the sample ballot. I told him everybody else who does not want it thrown it on the ground, why do I have to keep it." The man returned to his automobile. Evers said, the Negro man refused to identify himself. "However, he did admit that he worked for the city's sanitation department, headed by Henry Loeb." "When I asked him if he was working for the C-P's, he said, I don't know. My boss sent me out here to pass out this (literature). But he refused to identify his boss by name. He said he worked on a garbage truck, which is under the sanitation department, headed by Loeb." JAMES KEENE'S powerful new novel JUSTICE, MY BOTHER! © Copyright 1957, by James Keene; reprinted by permission of the novel's publisher, House Inc.: distributed by King Features Syndicate. VINCE RANDOLF stared when Marshal Bud Ledbetter and I stepped to the crowded hotel boardwalk. Ledbetter paused for a moment, and said. "I'd like to see the rope now, Smoke." He waited there while I went to my horse and brought it back. Bud Ledbetter was a smart man, and a careful one. He examined every inch of the rope, particularly where it had chafed over the rafter. Then he coiled it carefully and slipped it over his arm. "What rope is that?" Vince Randolf asked. "Evidence." Ledbetter said, looking carefully at Randolf. "Is that the rope that was used to hang Everett?" He didn't wait for an answer, just singled me out with his hate and suspicion. "What are you doing with it. Smoke O'Dare? How did you get it if you didn't have a hand in killing Everett?" A spark was all that was needed here and Randolf's voice provided it. Someone in the crowd struck me on the back of the neck and I fell into Ledbetter. He was looking at Randolf, who had his shotgun level with the marshal's I stomach. "Put that up," Ledbetter said. "We'll take care of this now." Randolf said. "Step out of the way, Marshal." "Unless you surrender that weapon," Ledbetter said, "I'11 have to take it away from you by force." I had never seen Randolf's face so set, or his eyes so blankly wild. Ledbetter took a step, his hand outstretched. I couldn't tell whether Randolf would shoot or not. There was no figuring the man now, no telling what he would do, worked up the way he was. But Ledbetter must have known. He took a last step, pushed the muzzle of the shotgun toward the ground and gently pulled it from Vince Randolf's grasp. Without altering his expression, he broke open the gun, kicked out the two buckshot loads and handed the empty gun back. To me, he said, "Shall we go now?" A lane just opened up and we stepped into the saddle. We rode for a time in silence. The closer we got to the home place, the deeper my dread became. When we could clearly see the house in the distance, Ledbetter said, 'I'll do the talking, Smoke. Please keep but of any difficulty that might arise." "Yes, sir." He looked at me and smiled. "If there is any justice in the O'Dares, they'll not blame you for this." He made it sound good, only I knew how it was going to be and all the noble ideals which had led me to this decision now fled. As we rode into the yard, Cord came to the barn door for his look. Then he hurried toward us as we dismounted by the back porch. "Where the hell have you been, Smoke?" His glance was intolerant when he turned it on Ledbetter, "Who the devil are you?" "United States Marshal," Ledbetter said. He peeled back the cuff of his coat, revealing a small crescent of silver. Then he took Luther's rope from his saddle horn. "Can you identify this, Mr. O'Dare?" Cord glanced at it briefly. "It belongs to Luther. What is this anyway?" Ledbetter said, "Is Luther at home?" "He's sleeping," Cord said. "Then I think we'd best go inside," Ledbetter suggested. He turned Cord by taking his arm. Cord didn't like this, but he opened the door, and we stepped into the hot kitchen. Ma was bustling about, singing in a droning voice. She turned, surprised to see Ledbetter standing there. The marshal introduced himself, then said, "would you wake your brother, Smoke?" Cord said, "I'll do it" "I asked him," Ledbetter said. I went down the hah, feeling pretty sorry for myself. It wasn't bad enough that I had to turn him in, I had to wake him so he could be arrested. Edna had been in the room with Luther; she came out as I lifted my hand to knock. "Who's in the kitchen?" she asked. "I heard voices." "A marshal from Oklahoma City," I said. "Luther awake?" "He's getting up," she said. I waited for him and be came out a moment later, stuffing his shirttail into his waistband. "Better get into the kitchen," I said. "Trouble?" All I could do was to nod. I followed Luther down the hall, ashamed to even look at him. Ledbetter was standing by the door, his face, serene. Cord was moving about, goaded by an animal restlessness. Luther nodded to the marshal but said nothing. "As a federal peace officer," Ledbetter said, "it is my duty to arrest you, Luther O'Dare, on suspicion of murder." The silence was appalling; it was painful to the ears. Cord looked blank for a moment, then said, "What do you mean, murder?" "You yourself identified the rope," Ledbetter said. "It was found in Wade Everett's barn and I'm sure we can prove that it was used to hang Everett." "Who found it?" Cord asked. "How did you get it?" "I found it," I said. Didn't think I could get it out, but I had too much pride to let the marshal say it for me. "And I took it to town." Cord screamed. What happened then I can only give you in flashes; that's the way I saw it and remember it. Luther stared while Edna's face turned ugly. The veins on Cord's forehead stood out sharply. Ma, whined as though she had been struck a mortal blow, then whirled to the stove and flung a full pot of scalding coffee at me. I don't know how I ducked that, but I did, or almost did. I flung up an arm instinctively and had it burned from elbow to wrist. Cord had his fists clenched and was shouting at me. "You filthy Judas! I ought to kill you here and now!" I think he might have if Bud Ledbetter hadn't stopped him. He put his hand in his coat pocket and Cord knew there was a gun there. Ma was crying; her face was twisted and unrecognizable. Before the marshal could stop her, she raked me across the face with her fingernails. I didn't fight her; I just stood there. Bud Ledbetter said, "Better come along, Luther." "He's not going," Cord said flatly. "Don't try and take him either, Marshal." "I'll take him," Ledbetter said. Ma whirled to Cord. "Don't let him go. Cord! You've held us together all these years! Don't let him take my boy now!" "Step out here, Luther," Ledbetter said. "If you're innocent, you'll have every chance to prove it." "I Innocent," Luther said in a stunned voice. "I swear it." He stepped around Edna, fending off her grasping hands. "I've got a gun in my room," Cord said. "Don't make me defend my brother." Ledbetter now had Luther by the arm and was backing toward the door, while from the yard came the drum of horses approaching. Cord wheeled; he was going after his gun and Ledbetter knew it. "Go to the barn," he said to me quickly. "Get a horse for Luther and never mind the saddle." CHAPTER 26 © Copyright 1957, by James Keene; reprinted by permission of the novel's publisher, House Inc.: distributed by King Features Syndicate. VINCE RANDOLF stared when Marshal Bud Ledbetter and I stepped to the crowded hotel boardwalk. Ledbetter paused for a moment, and said. "I'd like to see the rope now, Smoke." He waited there while I went to my horse and brought it back. Bud Ledbetter was a smart man, and a careful one. He examined every inch of the rope, particularly where it had chafed over the rafter. Then he coiled it carefully and slipped it over his arm. "What rope is that?" Vince Randolf asked. "Evidence." Ledbetter said, looking carefully at Randolf. "Is that the rope that was used to hang Everett?" He didn't wait for an answer, just singled me out with his hate and suspicion. "What are you doing with it. Smoke O'Dare? How did you get it if you didn't have a hand in killing Everett?" A spark was all that was needed here and Randolf's voice provided it. Someone in the crowd struck me on the back of the neck and I fell into Ledbetter. He was looking at Randolf, who had his shotgun level with the marshal's I stomach. "Put that up," Ledbetter said. "We'll take care of this now." Randolf said. "Step out of the way, Marshal." "Unless you surrender that weapon," Ledbetter said, "I'11 have to take it away from you by force." I had never seen Randolf's face so set, or his eyes so blankly wild. Ledbetter took a step, his hand outstretched. I couldn't tell whether Randolf would shoot or not. There was no figuring the man now, no telling what he would do, worked up the way he was. But Ledbetter must have known. He took a last step, pushed the muzzle of the shotgun toward the ground and gently pulled it from Vince Randolf's grasp. Without altering his expression, he broke open the gun, kicked out the two buckshot loads and handed the empty gun back. To me, he said, "Shall we go now?" A lane just opened up and we stepped into the saddle. We rode for a time in silence. The closer we got to the home place, the deeper my dread became. When we could clearly see the house in the distance, Ledbetter said, 'I'll do the talking, Smoke. Please keep but of any difficulty that might arise." "Yes, sir." He looked at me and smiled. "If there is any justice in the O'Dares, they'll not blame you for this." He made it sound good, only I knew how it was going to be and all the noble ideals which had led me to this decision now fled. As we rode into the yard, Cord came to the barn door for his look. Then he hurried toward us as we dismounted by the back porch. "Where the hell have you been, Smoke?" His glance was intolerant when he turned it on Ledbetter, "Who the devil are you?" "United States Marshal," Ledbetter said. He peeled back the cuff of his coat, revealing a small crescent of silver. Then he took Luther's rope from his saddle horn. "Can you identify this, Mr. O'Dare?" Cord glanced at it briefly. "It belongs to Luther. What is this anyway?" Ledbetter said, "Is Luther at home?" "He's sleeping," Cord said. "Then I think we'd best go inside," Ledbetter suggested. He turned Cord by taking his arm. Cord didn't like this, but he opened the door, and we stepped into the hot kitchen. Ma was bustling about, singing in a droning voice. She turned, surprised to see Ledbetter standing there. The marshal introduced himself, then said, "would you wake your brother, Smoke?" Cord said, "I'll do it" "I asked him," Ledbetter said. I went down the hah, feeling pretty sorry for myself. It wasn't bad enough that I had to turn him in, I had to wake him so he could be arrested. Edna had been in the room with Luther; she came out as I lifted my hand to knock. "Who's in the kitchen?" she asked. "I heard voices." "A marshal from Oklahoma City," I said. "Luther awake?" "He's getting up," she said. I waited for him and be came out a moment later, stuffing his shirttail into his waistband. "Better get into the kitchen," I said. "Trouble?" All I could do was to nod. I followed Luther down the hall, ashamed to even look at him. Ledbetter was standing by the door, his face, serene. Cord was moving about, goaded by an animal restlessness. Luther nodded to the marshal but said nothing. "As a federal peace officer," Ledbetter said, "it is my duty to arrest you, Luther O'Dare, on suspicion of murder." The silence was appalling; it was painful to the ears. Cord looked blank for a moment, then said, "What do you mean, murder?" "You yourself identified the rope," Ledbetter said. "It was found in Wade Everett's barn and I'm sure we can prove that it was used to hang Everett." "Who found it?" Cord asked. "How did you get it?" "I found it," I said. Didn't think I could get it out, but I had too much pride to let the marshal say it for me. "And I took it to town." Cord screamed. What happened then I can only give you in flashes; that's the way I saw it and remember it. Luther stared while Edna's face turned ugly. The veins on Cord's forehead stood out sharply. Ma, whined as though she had been struck a mortal blow, then whirled to the stove and flung a full pot of scalding coffee at me. I don't know how I ducked that, but I did, or almost did. I flung up an arm instinctively and had it burned from elbow to wrist. Cord had his fists clenched and was shouting at me. "You filthy Judas! I ought to kill you here and now!" I think he might have if Bud Ledbetter hadn't stopped him. He put his hand in his coat pocket and Cord knew there was a gun there. Ma was crying; her face was twisted and unrecognizable. Before the marshal could stop her, she raked me across the face with her fingernails. I didn't fight her; I just stood there. Bud Ledbetter said, "Better come along, Luther." "He's not going," Cord said flatly. "Don't try and take him either, Marshal." "I'll take him," Ledbetter said. Ma whirled to Cord. "Don't let him go. Cord! You've held us together all these years! Don't let him take my boy now!" "Step out here, Luther," Ledbetter said. "If you're innocent, you'll have every chance to prove it." "I Innocent," Luther said in a stunned voice. "I swear it." He stepped around Edna, fending off her grasping hands. "I've got a gun in my room," Cord said. "Don't make me defend my brother." Ledbetter now had Luther by the arm and was backing toward the door, while from the yard came the drum of horses approaching. Cord wheeled; he was going after his gun and Ledbetter knew it. "Go to the barn," he said to me quickly. "Get a horse for Luther and never mind the saddle." Use It Or Loose It I had a beautiful experience one day at the home of a friend of mine, who had a little boy, age four. One evening as his mother was putting him to bed, he knew she was going out for the evening after she got him tucked in. As soon as he said good night to her, he told her, "I wish you would stay horn e tonight." She carefully explained that his older sister would be there. "Even if I did stay home, Jamie," his mother said, "I would not be with you." He replied, "But I like to hear you walking around." In this vast universe we are much like the small boy. We too need assurance of our Father's presence and love. He has given us that assurance. We see it in the beauty and productiveness of nature. We find it in the love of parents and friends who embody His spirit. Supremely we find it revealed in His Son, whom God sent to tell us of His love and care. PRAYER: Eternal God, our Father, who are the source of our life and the light of our day, increase within us an awareness of Thy presence. Help us so to put our trust in Thee that we may be upheld in all circumstances of life and strengthened for Thy service, through Christ our Lord. Amen. THE SMALL BOY I had a beautiful experience one day at the home of a friend of mine, who had a little boy, age four. One evening as his mother was putting him to bed, he knew she was going out for the evening after she got him tucked in. As soon as he said good night to her, he told her, "I wish you would stay horn e tonight." She carefully explained that his older sister would be there. "Even if I did stay home, Jamie," his mother said, "I would not be with you." He replied, "But I like to hear you walking around." In this vast universe we are much like the small boy. We too need assurance of our Father's presence and love. He has given us that assurance. We see it in the beauty and productiveness of nature. We find it in the love of parents and friends who embody His spirit. Supremely we find it revealed in His Son, whom God sent to tell us of His love and care. PRAYER: Eternal God, our Father, who are the source of our life and the light of our day, increase within us an awareness of Thy presence. Help us so to put our trust in Thee that we may be upheld in all circumstances of life and strengthened for Thy service, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Deuteronomy 33:27 I had a beautiful experience one day at the home of a friend of mine, who had a little boy, age four. One evening as his mother was putting him to bed, he knew she was going out for the evening after she got him tucked in. As soon as he said good night to her, he told her, "I wish you would stay horn e tonight." She carefully explained that his older sister would be there. "Even if I did stay home, Jamie," his mother said, "I would not be with you." He replied, "But I like to hear you walking around." In this vast universe we are much like the small boy. We too need assurance of our Father's presence and love. He has given us that assurance. We see it in the beauty and productiveness of nature. We find it in the love of parents and friends who embody His spirit. Supremely we find it revealed in His Son, whom God sent to tell us of His love and care. PRAYER: Eternal God, our Father, who are the source of our life and the light of our day, increase within us an awareness of Thy presence. Help us so to put our trust in Thee that we may be upheld in all circumstances of life and strengthened for Thy service, through Christ our Lord. Amen. TOKYO POPULATION UP The population of Tokyo, regarded as the world's biggest metropolitan area, rose to 8,797,035 as of July 1, an increase of 299,364 over the past year, the Tokyo statistics Bureau announced Thursday. FIRE COOPERATION —The 7100th A WEISBADEN, Germany —UPI— The 7100th Support Wing of the U. S. Air Force in Europe and the city of Wiesbaden are practicing international cooperation. The Air Force group and the city have agreed to give each other help in guarding against fire. A fire alarm system connecting American installations and the city fire department has been installed. The Air Force is also training German firemen in crash rescue technique in case a plane crashes outside I the limits of the air base. ABC will broadcast and televise the, College All-Star-Detroit Lions game Friday night, beginning at 8:30 p.m. est. The controversial two point rule adopted by the NCAA will not be in effect for the game. HERE AND THERE: Five major league All-Star baseball games have failed to produce a home run. The 1958 test was the first homerless game in an American league partk It was played in Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Earlene Brown, oldest woman on the U. S. International Women's Track and Field learn is also the heaviest at 226 pounds. Mrs. Brown is 23 and the mother of a 2 1-2 year-old son. Then he began to spell Hank Sauer in right. On doubleheader days, he caught the second game giving Yogi Berra, the rest, he has been screaming for in recent, years. Howard does grumble over his fate. He says: "All I really want is to stay with the Yankees." And he'll be around as a spare outfielder, occasional catcher, sometime pinch hitter and learn the ropes, big league style. ATTENTION: The great cultures of the Old World are found in the grass roots of American sports. This fact follows the concept of America being the great melting pot. New research reveals that baseball is an American derivative of the English games of rounders and cricket, brought to this country by early immigrants. In various crude versions, it was played in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England as early as 1800. You hear the super patriots shouting from their soapboxes about "our way of life." Well Americans, got their heritage from a number of lands, polished it into a tradition of our own, and built the sports we know today. This background applies to basketball, football, soccer, hockey, etc. This truth makes it imperative that we accept the people's views and traditions of nations with more respect. If we do so, we will solidify our tremendous spectator sports und competitive heritage. ALTHEA WINS — Moving in the ball. Althea Gibson. America's tow-time Wimbledon champ, prepares to uncork a forehand smash during play in the Eastern Grass Court Tennis matches of South orange, N. N. Miss Gibson, defeated Baba Lewis 6-4, 6-1, in the quarter finals. Jackson College's New Library Set To Open Construe Lion of Jackson State College's new, modern library la nearing completion, according to information released by President Jacob L. Reddix. The three-story, completely air-conditioned facility will be ready to begin operation at the beginning of the 195859 session. The General Education Board granted $150,000 of the construction and equipment cost. This amount represents one of the last grants made by the famous educatioual agency. The library is just one of the several new buildings- already approved for construction by the Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning and the State Building Commission.