THE STATES: Pure Alloway

New Jersey is not famed as a Negro-hating state but the population (700) of Alloway, N. J., is pure white and proud of it. Last week Allowayans felt thoroughly satisfied when a jury convicted their townswoman, Mrs. Lillian Fleming, of "atrocious assault and battery."

A few months ago Mrs. Fleming, with her sister and brother-in-law, moved into the trim white house next to Alloway's town hall. Soon word went around that the newcomers were not pure white. Righteous citizens gathered in front of the house, yelled imprecations, threw stones wrapped in paper...

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