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TOIDAY, JULY IS, 1947
SAN ANTONIO REGISTER
A Publication Dedicated to Right, Justice, and Progress
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THE AHOSKIE INCIDENT
THE wave of indignation and protest that rolled across the
country, this week, when it became known that the Ahoskie,
North Carolina Kiwanis club had refused to give an expensive
uut mobile to the rightful winner of a lottery, because that
winner was a negro, attests to the fact that the spirit of fair
plav—an American tradition—has not been completely throttled.
Iu Ahoskie, a village of some 2.000 persons steeped in the
prejudice and hatred of a section that is a half-century behind
the progress and civilization of the rest of the country, every-
thing worthwhile is labeled for the majority group—first class
citizenship, the right to vote, educational opportunities, the
opportunity to work, the right to life and liberty and happiness.
Even the winning ticket in a lottery was restricted to a certain
group.
Perhaps it is more unsportsmanlike to deny a man the op-
portunity to win in a gamble, than it is to deny him the ballot,
or the opportunity for education. Whatever the case, the more
civilized sections of the country, and parts of the South itself,
didn't I ke it. And this displeasure was expressed in a flood
of protest and indignation—indignation and protest that swelled
to such proportions that a surprised Ahoskie Kiwanis club was
force,1 to give the Negro winner his prize.
Tin' nation's reaction to the Ahoskie incident was, and is,
gratifying.
Perhaps this is the beginning of an era. Perhaps there will
be voluble protest and indignation when men are lynched, when
they are denied the right to vote, when they are denied schools,
when they are denied fair and just trials in the courts.
Perhaps sportsmanship will some day be extended to the
general field of human existence.
A LETTER
EXPRESSING his indignation at the denial of a prize unto-
ld mobile, raffled off bv the Ahoskie, North Carolina, Kiwanis
club, to its rightful winner because the winner was a Negro,
the Very Reverend Monsignor John 1- Morkovsky, pastor of
St Leo's Catholic church, anil superintendent of the Catholic
schools of San Antonio, directed the following letter, to the
Kiwanis club headquarters in San Antonio. Enclosed was one j
dollar to start a "Mr Harvey Jones" fund, with a copy of the
letter being sent to the Ahoskie Kiwanis club.
We reproduce the letter without comment. It needs none.
"July 17, 1947
•'Kiwanis Club Headquarters.
•'Hunter Hotel,
•'San Antonio 5, Texas
**Sirs:
"An item in yesterday's newspapers about a ' r lottery
by the Kiwanis club in Ahoskie, N. C., prompts me to do a
thing that is very unusual for me, namely, to write a letter
of indignation.
Disqualifying the winner on the ground that he is a Negro
s not the most dastardly trick that can result from stupid
racial prejudice. Th# daily irritations and injustices, and the
lynchings and flaunting of human rights that occasionally oc-
cur are certainly more serious. But this incident is one of the
scurviest that has ever come to my attention. The return of
the price of the ticket to Mr. Jones and the other Negroes
makes the trick no less contemptible.
"In ease the fair-minded members of your club plan to do
something to salvage the situation, I am inclosing $1 toward
a "Mr. Harvey Jones fund."
"I am neither a Yankee nor a Communist, but a Catholic
priest, native of Texas-
"Sincerely,
"Very Rev. Monsignor John L. Morkovsky,
Superintendent.
"Copy to San Antonio Register
and to Ahoskie Kiwanis Club."
In the announreiiient, Wed-
nesday, it was said that the
Caciillar would be delivered to
Jones "shortly."
Ahoskie. incidentally, has a
population of * little over 2,<KM).
Massacre-
Kiwanians-
(Continued rrom Page l.
tendent of Sail Antonio Catholic
schools, in a vigorous letter of
protest, addressed to San An-
tonio Kiwani* headquarters, in
which he described the Ahoskie
incident as "the scurviest that
has ever eome to my attention/'
enclosed a dollar toward a "Mr.
Harvey Jones fund." (This let-
ter will he foiiml on page four.)
FOR "WHITE FOLKS**
The national furore was creat-
ed wlnn It became known that
Jones. 23-)'ear-old tenant farm-
er. paid a dollar for a lottery
tirket in which the winning
pri/e was a big green Cadillac,
and whirh he rightfully won.
hut was denied because, he was
told, the drawing: was a "whit*
folks drawing.**
The lottery tickets carried
the legend, "You do not have
to l e present to win." The draw-
ing was held at a fcstivaNlan<
last Friday. The vocalist for
(' a r m e n Cava Hero, orchestra
leader, drew the stub to the
tirket held by Jones, and hi
wanis officials ruled that the
drawing was just for whit<
folks.
The vocalist refused to drau
again, contending that «Ion.-
had won, so Cavallcro pulled
out the siMond number, t h e
prize ear being subsequently
won by l)r. Charles Townes of
Waverly. Ya„ who already owns
one ( adillac.
When this art ion became
known, protests began to pour
into Kiwanis officials.
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Worthy said. Six of the dead are:
Jonah Smith, acuteuced iu 11U.H to
serve 20 years for huglary, had
escaped five times previously.
Willie Wright, sentenced In 11)44
to ser\e 12 fo 15 years for burglary
nnd grand Inreeny; one previous
escape.
Henry IMansou, sentenced in 19.1(1
to serve 20 years for breaking and
entering: three previous escape*.
James Smith, sentenced In 1042 tp
serve 15 years for burglary; two
previous escapes.
( eorge Patterson, sentenced in
1042 to serve .1 to 7 years: charge
not listed. A prisoner Identified only
as Top: record unavailable.
Conference-
(Continued from Page 1.)
and Rev. M. A. Freeman Is dean of
the Institute and official host.
Included on the ilst of ministers
appearing before the group are Dr.
Monroe G. Kverett, president of
Trinity university; Dr. George C.
Baker, Jr., pastor of Laurel Heights
Methodist church: Rev. A. I*.
Shirkey. pastor of Travis l*ark
Methodist church; Kev. It. S. Mob-
by, Iter. II Leonard Thompson,
American Bible society; Harold Kil-
patrick, executive secretary of the
Snn Antonio Council of Churches;
Rev. A. 1). Holden, Austin, district
superintendent of the Austin dis-
trict, Dr. A. R. Howard, Dr. T. B.
Echols, Rev. ( . A. Deslandes, Rev.
JC. W. Franklin; and Mrs. Mae Orlta
'Wyrlck and Mrs. C. 8. Edmonds.
Other prominent guc*U include
Dr. T. M. Bruton, superintendent of
the western district; Dr. 8. A.
ICeesec, superintendent of Waco dis-
trict; Dr. K. W. McMillan superin-
tendent, Dallas district; Rev. O.
Haven Caldwell, pastor of St. Paul
Methodist, Dallas; Rev. J. II. Caru-
thers, pastor of St. Andrew Meth-
odist, Fort Worth; Rev. L. W.
Holmes, pastor of St. James, Waco,
and Mrs. E. V. McMillan, president
of the Women's Society of Chris-
tian service.
Mcmorifil services will l e conduct-
ed Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock,
Re?. R. L. Pnliner, pastor of St,
Paul Methodist, Corpus Christi, in
charge, nnd the conference will eome
to a close Sunday evening with Rev,
Ira A. Pointer, Wesley Chapel, Se-
guli), delivering the closing address.
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