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THE REMODELED CHURCH
SUMTER, Oct. 15?Mt. Pfsrab
??AME CHnrcti had' a veiy dwHllant
re-opening on last Sunday. In ad*
-?dttlitn in theregular members, many
proplc^f other denomination* from
j. In ?af out of the city came to add
Imprc?ivencas to the services. Bis*
Hop A; I. Allen preached an elo*
quent sermon, taking -as his subject
"The Ohuroh". -In the evening?he
lectured on tye condition of the
1,000 See Corn
nXXMSBtk, 8. C.^TSpeeigii-Mpre
rTTfln i ,0OO persons saw toe
" corner stone laying of the new?
library building:?the Joseph 8lme*
UB HMHWi Liberty Alton
University last Wednesday. Ad *
B^ard^ SpeclaT musio
T Vf the- Allen. sinters was a Hie
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key tote speaker for the occasion..
H<|:?pok7! on The Subject,?T^TT
Brotherly Love Continue," paying
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Negxp and the church in' the^Wep
Indies.^which form 4 part of hi
dioee.se. On iMniuluy he addresse
the students of Lincoln High Sctior
and on Tuesday he lectured a
Morris College. Dr. and. Mrs. J. I
Benbow entertained him at dinnc
on Tuesday evening; atyd he left fo
Charleston on Wednesday liiornlu
to Attend _ Die Palmetto Annua
1 Conference.
erstone Laid
ew Library
I tributp to Airrn's .rtra tonra a
t trustees nrrti Bishop DiCKrrson.
k?Threo presiding^ elders ha<
i-cHawe of opening the eeliffyki
seivlctw. The speakers -were- In
troduced by Piesldenl s.11. Hig
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The laying of the coiner-stop
Was *Icf>e by the We^y?.--WffT$on
under .the direction rff the Mos
Worshiping Ornnd Master; Dr. j
g, Stanback of Roekhill. Th
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Bishop King
Crowns Queen
ORANGEBURG, S P.? Blsh
L. JM. King, resident bishpo of *
lanta Coast Area. > Method
e-hurch. ci owned Miss Gtc
Blackwe li. "^"Bennettsville distrl
Miss South Carolina fconf^encc
ceremonies held during anni
Clrtflin College expansion rally a
Methodist Youth Fellowship pi
cram in the colleg0 chapel. Claf
C^ll^ge, Orangeburg, last Wediu
.} day, Cct obdr?1
! Miss Gloria Alack well was t
f vTrnrei In a contest . to raise
J thousand dollars bj the Method
1 Youth Fellowship of the Sou
Carolina Conference She w
r given" by President J. B. Rnndolt
"a -fifty dollar srholaT.sljtp as Hi
place winner "and along "With f
_ second nnff'-f Irtrrl- ptnnr-ainnnrs w
presented n radio lamp.
Miss Marion Gregg j?presenti
. *he Orangeburg District was si
ond place winner
MKs Naomi Simmons represei
? fng"the Charleston District w
r. third nlaee winner- ?
Professor John P F-urgess. Sou
Carolina Conference Director
? the Moth. dIM?TmTTTi?Follows!
who explained thP .significance
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Editor John H. McCray of t
Lighthouse-and Informer ha.? bei
it- confined" at his Irving ,Aven
lti home in Unip" H?'Urioc
. Fi'idny, with what his attend^
physician. Dr. C. T. rfollcwt
'' j exptenn an an Abscess on eat
^ -tonsil.
Though still _jji tjie 'dnngerot
r stage We<lncRd iy, tlie. young edit
r was rapidly improving and hop
* to" be back at his desk by this v^ei
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Beaufdrt and Georgetown is M
^ . fact that young Rev, Thomas <
Mills, paster ct Ftrsi African Bfd
cj tint church tn fhnufart, wTtt" tel
over the pastorate of B^theeS
Baptist rhurch In Or org e town
was rumored last week
" Rev Mills was ill Chariest*
* 8atunday but nr-de no ststeme
Hhnnt Jrik hrw chftfAy. it; 4k- hM*
o stood, however, that Mr, Mill
s who Is now teaching In Beaufo:
t county. will gimpend her tqacl
? ~hrg dntlps so that shtr and tl
p three children may Join the pa
~ tor as he launches hjs hew chftrg
i one ror the finest in the state.
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!tion Management j^ddK't o tli
ago, listing
_ on Negroes and^t the'samfe.
viously listed Jfrr^|MiAve gn
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Leads Defense
. Fund Campaign
i Move to Serve
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isi Assault-Battery K
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ct ! Warrants Abides
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o- ' Developments In the Ruth TnornUn
| ton "streetcar persecution" case
is- i rp.ichorl n nmv lil<rV> 'T'liesrf'iv nll/flt
" Ji 1. ,T. M. Alexander, president of
thP Atlanta branch of the National
J}| Association for the Advancement ol
lt^ 1 Colored People,"told a group% of
^ | NAACP members that, a SJLp.OOC
i dimage suit had been served E.V.
McCoy, white.- . ?
1. Mf.s Ruby Blackburn, well
IUI known club Woman* artd civic work
j-w=7?was?appointed chairman of a
"g 1 defense fuhd campaign. .
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3. Efforts to appeal the $27 fine
ittJ Mrs. ^Thornton-received recently in
as | Recorder's Court were reported wp
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of | 4 Steps were reported being
ttp (ukrn to lutve two assault and balo'f
tfl-y warrants served E.V. McCoy.
MONEY BEING GIVEN
continued to give and pledge moriev
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Z1 Presents $1,000
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i- President, presented the trustees
tH <* AH?? University fl,00Oiin coW*
s- cash for Allen's library fnnd last
?7*4 Week whentbe bearA holdingthe
fall meeting In Colui obia.?
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Reveals
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c a in V) ?on tin u mg the breaKpdustry,.
tha Off Producle
'report submitted two weeks
organization^ loiiich have taken
iltjy increased their Negro perL
- pg. jtobert C . Weaver said the
Curttttc. Wright-company at Beavjr
PST, jo#t about Thirty,
taught in tire schools and the
same policy : wilt be followed as
Is in effect in the plants at Buffalo,
Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.
The tJnion Switch and Signal
compuny of Pittsburgh, has 90
Negroes, - employed as moulders
. helpers, assistants, flretften, truckers
genariutv The company
plans to "up-grade"' these men and
a definite need here for skilled
Jjnen for foundry work. 7'
TRAINED IN SHOPS
The Ifartscolc Machine company
in Cleveland, has employed two
- Nefjroes ns machine ^bop trainees,
, and the. Taylor Chemical ccmpany
of the' same city lias also, two
- Negro im-ehine shop tmfaeea. Both
of these are rather small com.
panies. The
Ford Instrument company
of Brooklyn, has increased its
.Negro employes .from 7 to 17.
They are engaged in skilled and
The!'"Republican Aviation com-'
! puny. Lbng?Liiant^ has * Ne&ro
- electrician who i.?r also a tool and
die maker NcftrO trainees are in
the Republic school, training fqr
aircraft work.
The Remington Anns ^'.company
at, Bridgeport / Conn.T has 40 Negroes
a.s machtne operators and
stern i-ski Lied workers. They IV) rmerly
had two 'Negroes employed
ns janitor*; j
250 OIVENf JOBS a
At tlie Seneca Amniuniypjv de?
potr-Nrw TToTk", 250 Necroes, or
about 20 percent of the whole staff^
afe engaged in construction work
and many-will ire hired upon com .
pletion t?f the plant.
The CurtisS Wright plant at
Columbus. Ohio, has 120 Negroes
- -as msfchllie tOOT operator-, fabrica-tors,
sheet metal workeri and 20
more arc b^in# tralne^f to go into
the factory immediately upon cont-~tp
the Thornton defense furid.
6. President Alexander announced
that fyrs. Tliornton and her husband
remain fearless and anxious
U fight the case "to the last
ditch." . ^ ' ' * .
7. It Is definitely stated that Attorney
George W. Wllllngham had
been secured by the NAAGr to rep- i
.resent Mrs Thornton in tills ..fight ]
for' Justice.'r7~~ - ~ ] J
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. _wii?UL JMi jw . Thornton. who reside* J
- at 346 Oliver Street, "was Klefeed
i the mouth by McCoy while both
' engaged in a scuffle to see who;
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Notice
rtjusic will present -,jthe Initial {
Vesper Mustcale SundkyT October
i 19 .at 5:30 P. M. at White HnlL
J The college choir, <the male quart
tot. the mixed quartet and piano
4 selections Will be rendered by
^ students of tne department Prof.
' Joist.
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t\, SUNDAY/OCTOBER 19, I
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Still Ul
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Co-eds of the Wert Virginia St
following their team around this ye
a-way?to do it, if the above picture r
the school's publicity department is t
: Five Promoted At - "
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FT. BENNING, Ga.?'S N ?
I Headquarters ji tlie 24th Infantry,
FOr- Benning, OTr>*. announced
T^jursdaj,- the promotion of five
Georgia'and Alabama enlisted
men fiurn the r.niK of private?to?
I corporal.j? >
! Tlie ^nkiier*-rrhrrt/SFfr"aTr"self?ctpes
rind members of- the 24th'c Antlj
TanK Company, ;tre:
?Pvt. C?fcdr&r>' M." Smith,. TallaI
T^in ; , pfr John H. Carter. .
I RFD No. ), Dawaon, GnPfc.
Melvin J Head. Route 1, Rutlod?e
OB.: -Pft?rmU't 't"IT ueII. ISPS West
Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Oa.i! ]
and Pfc. Willie Wright, Swains- j ,
boro, Ga.V
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EDITOR."" " 4-" J jn
Lighthouse and informer . ? ~t
(Charleston, South Carolina ~~T
Wp h?vP read your verv splendid a
papei hei> for r-orrte time. Among ?
the South Carolina Items, which t
have been noted r.specially.we have r
-always lookea lor nbgwf
.Benedict College, my alma mater. (
Just last night a group "di\cussloir|^
aro.<-p ahorHH^h^. college .TPTp^JJPF^ ^
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with Benedict''" That yeemed to be f
exactly what the Benedict alumni {
and formei studema in the Rroup c
wanted to termor; There were com- j
plaints about delayed transcripts {
TTTTcT replies to Inquiries; references' ~
to the nfifm^cnt disinterest of the
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eleased through McKinnis. Helen' T
authentic. West Una Plummer.
Churchill
Racial Ai
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Winston Churchill, a letter setti
crimination'on the part of Bri.tia
ber 26, by the National Associat
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The letter, written by Wnit.f
^etmeTary, liTjfes that the British
make the four freedoms apply t<
five Jypes of discrimination and. (
:olor ot race he immediately, wii
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ilumni; and the pronounced dis- m
nrrrr t nf 11 if nilmlntntriittnh In htl
he .alumni. Others, wondered N
ttoutJLhe rating of our alms mat- t?
r,- the types of Instructors, and it
he adequacy of tfie curriculum to "of
nrpfc -nri-wpnt trpndUr ? - *.
After a lPPStty And spirit*^ dia- le
msston, "It was suggested that rr
type^ot contact- pioferfrbly e?
hrough the press.' be . niade _Hie- &
tlumni still~in South Carolina to "
>rder tcr find out what the trouble so
ah be. I showed the group a copy ,4.g
>f your paper which I happened to HI
\hvp with me "and offered to wrlte^ of
o V, v^.tn ,thr Jpnpe that you wpttM; zt
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THUMBING
A RIDE TO
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won C. Smith this week-end. Left . ^ -i
ludson, Adelaide Friend. Adrienne
uppence, Natalia Tate and Carv- fl
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rsonally to Prime Minister A
ing forth five types of dis- /'
h agencies operating in this ~
i-Ami'i'li'mr Clipper ScptcmEi^S
ion for the Advancement of ;
>r White, N
and America*? go vernmentJp m
> the color; line and that the V
)ther demarcations baaed on ^ 1
>ed out. ,r m
Publicity on tpe letter wm with* \|
'id. until thli week because ot
.? custom of not revealiftg con- "
nts of coixununications to the ,
sad of a gnvernnaant until tha cona?
unicatlon has had an opportunity
be received and acted upon. v
HUBAT CONCERN EXPRESSED
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nve nayu iui?r wie inwr wu cuaitched
Ool. R. L. Bfayuai.
ilitary attache of the British Em?yjh
^Washington, called the
AACP^national office By tong-dla- "r
and particularly ovot the caae
Dr. Walter King, cited as an inance
fit ?rejudi*e No copy of the * 4.
trat' Mn|thft ffrnhmwy. Lai
^Red^w ?md th< BtttlaK Wa* * " ;
During the conversation Mr, Ben- 7
m stated that he .would #ke to W
:et to the bottom of thlnga a
tie moral, and aafctd Jay a copy ,
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Antler p?*iijj|iy Hi.I
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