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y r' 4?(Section Two) Lighthouse a Civil Rights Congres Genocide In Three M Jackson, Miss. ? Mississippi J ai Court decision in three cases involving Negroes have been, cit^d ! A by the Civil Rights Congress as1 ri .examples of the "growing nutu- ; D ber of legalized genocidal acts rv against Negroess in Mississippi and all over the United States." ; gi In Simpson County, "Mississ- < ippi, James Brent Durr, tenant "i farmer, has been sentenced to tc die in the state's portable elec- et trie chair on January- 4. 1952. tl Durr was convicted of "murder'' o* by an allAvhite jury for hi- self- ai defense slaying of a~Tocul c.?n w stable. The constable bad tir-d i'n ct him. his pregnant wife, 7? W"r'rc hopit tcill cn joy a i of heallhy i nrss and pr ity I his Chri ? * which trill e , /or always* The Honej WE WILL BE CLOSED State Park-, Sou m P* asjzms Y The new Ccjcktail Shak not a mix ^ ^ Blended whiskey, brandy, rum, fresh dairy products "Trtt?mellow blended" inlo Overbrook's by experts! Even nutmeg is under the cap! it's magic ah you do is chill, shake and serve. The party's in the bottle! Guests pop in . . . and presto . . . you're ready! At all licensed liquor dealers OVERBK Premium Old Ftnhioned ?j COVfltftOOK ECO NOO CO nd Informer, Columbia, S. C. >s Charges Race's [iss. Cases At Hand nd his young s<>n. The shooting took place last pril 13th when Constable Herngton and his brother invaded urr allegedly owed a local lerchant. , Mrs. Durr, . who . has since von birth to a second iShild is .-he.'ulcd to go on trial, for murder" 'during "the March rm of the Simpsi?i County Chut Court. The constable's bro10r has charged that, she "leap.1 on my back"' at the time h? nd his brother were tiring nav. A racist mob, under "State ghway f'c.trol ofiicer's leader : ^ , I you wealth j hap pi. ospcr iatmat , / ndure ./ V drijjperDECEMBER 25TII i ii ( a rolit a HOUS CHRISTMAS ^ er Bottle % ' - ?ffii 1 t '' tC^Si fifiNOfi * mmm * P., I AITIMOK \, MD. Jk v SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 j ship, terrorized Negroes throughout Simpson County following the shooting in the search for ' Durr. The commanding officer publicly assorted that his aim | was to terrorize Mississippi Ne- ( J grocs then struggling to save Willie McCec. ! McGee was electrocuted on , May 8 in an act of genocide which brought protests from every corner .of the globe. Durr's court-appointed defense 1 attorney- have made no announcement about an appeal of 1 his death sentence. 1 contrast to the sentencing of 1 Out r. the CTU.\ was a Mis-i-.-?ippi all-white jury's freeing on \?r. [ember 80th of Jack Sides, a Col| umtnis wh.te man, wT~ Ju t and Isijivd Turn Porter. a Negro, la-t 1 July 128. in a cafe. S: w lio ha,s_ been a liari; u tn tuimer- us C'dumbus criminal I eo i M din ing the pa-l few years, iitt'w n p'e : to short hang-, l'oriT-''?i\h !* ? i'i';;, 111?t?- pr<dost? an 1 w , jmnivd.al.dy shot and ?iked fh' Y-r 1 h 1 rd I'd i -. piu c,v-< a : i ug ' L. M .n ew. a 48-year old . j penter w ho taped a 14yeur old Negru girl in Jackson :::st S.'; tig, was g ym a nm n: >:i ah while jury on 1)0: Vh: It, t i ;.i r trial again in a few month?. ; v t vcii though M *now ,i t.fut i>.' a,- a .() wit h \ in child an.I tuat he. held ill's hands ah i' \er in- nth when site began t : i. aimim'. lie t ."eat'. nC n I.' ti i ia lane iri.e -s . :: . .-.ui'iniiu vl to his'a? yult. . >' \?. in ni; oil Do i ll.. >. r. "i:t\e 'i il.n l\.' ;l:. . I . ; ;> . : \ . lie, !.a.s anil aim i that .1 \v?.. n . . f ' t' nii r.. w thd n . t 1 .1 "1* t atv:. 1 i i y illa c ..... t.,.e . ii ea-r?es toave e ttier bccir ign v. J,State?. Rather than i- nk f?.-r my. .? <?" I i { : ;\V 'u :ii 'n . j . ?"( A Ml 1 n hiiv . light ( i pit ree t'dj 'In n Cu; tii i ii * v.liieh is hiding. thegnec~ VvOQLD WAR U VETERANS! ': A PtCENT LAW PfcOVIDE'S | to WE a MIMIKVJM DOWN PAYMENTS Fori PUYINO ! 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