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"T" T :i" W / " ' ir-v:"* / <?'>. ' . *V ' '" * ' v - ' * h,... __r . . jpQg tox^ -' . ' ? r k ^?:?: ?? " r?-^r-F ^? ij' r\*' iv . i ;; - ~By. 'T A-.-- ----? ? ~ j-TI7 VCLUMfi !2, NUMBBMO Registrars?~ Promise Not To Discriminate pr ? : ? Twiggs Negroes Seek Equal Chance V ' ' . To Become Voters - t ' '. * i ; BRUNSWICK. Ga ? (SNS^ ? Wltb^it a fight and with hands : dowi*. the luigg;-. utmnty Bumti of Registrars Friday agreed to fol- i * luw the orders" of Federal Judge Frank Scarlett and , begin at once the registration of Negroes, with-^ ? out further discrimination by r?a- ' ' son. of race and- color. ' Under-the temporary and vailing tlfy" agreement, at a prehearing presided over by Judge Scarlett, th. case was left open, pending __ _.tl>er outcome of the agreement entered into by the registrars to desist from the. RftftsWce..?? - ^Fhe suit agatnst the registrars iconunBcn un oncK rare) By . 7 . CitiTBiiB Urged Tff=} Vote August 24 ft* 1 Al! citizens enrolled in Demo^^rrAttt a t B>^rerg ?rthdic?ttons wvie tiiatrfrt; i?' f<W : ?-" Whites there are no runoffSltfl<r conscqneirtiy, tliere WKT be no voting on that day (which tfc this ; coming Tuesday). However, in most counties there .w?li_ be second primaries tor county officers. There will -toe no runoff en the federal officers, hence voters will have oir^ ly one brjlot to prepare and cast. All persons, who voted on August l 10 are eligible to vote1 on August 34 Others, who had previously.enrolled ? L thHt is, v fote thOTr names in party .books but for some reason were! unable to vote August^ 10, may vote j " August 747 _ ^ " .Excepting In Jasper and Spar-j , itmuuig ouuuues, persons cannoi I /* vote on tne strength of registra- j Uon certificates. - " ; The same excellent conduct which r marked the first primary Is hoped <OT 4ft rnnnff _ ? - Lot's Stand By (AN EDI1 ~?-? The icspojnaB to our challe ^ Syingr -: We had" asked So^itli Caro T- Believing in, and" wanting the'|'by President Truman, to join v lioiji ritcB persons who will | non to Mr. Truman ancT"the . eon tribute one dollar (mure If J up for money some southern v?the DemocTatii campaign, In (1 ~T~mani.? ? Sixteen persons sent in th number got busy in th^ir coi -?iwtfl friqllriri, nnd whfin we henj ^ - wil h irave spoken vveJl? witbbe united with dollars for .will go toward getting people oui < v registered in some places and this fight ia. Some Negroes i ?thing about civil riuhis?Trotyl But- this opportunity, whic to lead in South Carolina, is f It provides Negroes their I?Citizens, the people in public of when they stick tjieir netka < lose anything, but instead gair ? It also is an opportunity t can no longer libel, defame t merely because he doesn't su tiona and hatred. In other words, we, can e - White people ffml at^tha-^axneoutwit the bad white peoplfv? J have heard a lot of talk dent Truman has taken from don't do much beyond talking, paign: it won't elect Mr. Trui little blhocUiand help. And ., woman ought to Jpajl in their pledges to vote A* President - '' kr?? ^ ? * " " \ 0 iliA ifj rER N mm r Rev. To E, I i Fair Employmen Practice Officer Is Appointed To Work Out "=F Problems In Departments WASHINGTON, D. C.?(NNFA>A detailed departmental oraer, aim ed at Implementing President Tru man's executive order to lnsur p'on- discriminatory employmen pr ao ttof <i t hr ?u g hettf- - fht- -rxeruttr department agehlccs was issued lat Thursday by Acting Secretary o Labor John W. Gibson. In^a^ordance wlth thypre&ldcn wf W'hlte^jUrsonaJ repre employment practice officer in th Labor Department. Mr. Gibson's order sets up mach inery in the Labor Department t handle cases of race or religion discrimination which may arise. "What we hope to do," Mr. Gib son told the press, "Is work on these problems in the department a they arise and resort to nearing and appealsas outlined in the or der where we fall to effectuate sat FURTHER THAN DIRECTIVE The Labor Dept. order goes furthe Than THe~airecttve of the Presiden It also provides for an appraisal o the relationships of various bureau and the people they service throug] out the country. Under this pro vision. Mr. Gibson indicated, th policies and practices of Labor De "^^"TConunued on Page Six l. ' Our Friends rORIAX>) . .' ? nge last week has~T)een grati rT-F'"-' * iina Negroes -and all other? human advantages advocatec t<*ith us in getting one mrl}ledge their "November votf Democratic Party and wil rttfc.v "can afford it) , to mak< whites are withholding from icir t'ffortto defeat'My. Ten" elr cash b.ut ma^r times the nmunities, among neighborr from theny South Carolina give-just--ony dollar.?This Negroes in other "states and t oh election day, getting them informed on' how important still don't .believe or know a that, they aren't interested. :h this writer has the honor ar more significant. - -> f 'r?t big chance .to let white f ice* and positions, know that out for Negroes, they don't i from so doing, oTet some others know they ind humiliate one American bscribe to racial discriminancourage ajid help the good time, dofoat, dc moralize Tmrt about the firm stand Presimv neople. But most 0/ us J,Talk won't put over a cam .?????*? L J T. 18 ? HWPM W/ IT V that i* why eyery man and -rme- dothrf' cmTtrfoutT5TfOTnd Truman NOW. -JOHN H, McCRAY, Editor Lighthouae and Tnformer. It'""- tik ' *? * t / > * ... ? . r*? .; ,<j# . r -v * - " n ^ ^^?' 7 ";"~7"^ . __ . . A ND fir^ COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAI Hendet id Utvi wSl ?f rh i~~~ is t {. _ f4-~ n ' RICHARDSON ADDRESSES A ? GRADUATES?Graduates at tl , Third Atlanta University Summi . r . if \ Reporter Posin Branded As Ar ,r-j Editor's Note: Stetson Kenned ' I Is a?nfll-knnwtl nuthnr anrl whose pronouncements on souther ! life are wlldey read. In the arocl 1 below, he replies to the Ray Sprlgl " [series which are currently runnln P l in the Pittsburgh Post-Clarette an ! other papers. * ? BY STETSON KENNEDY "Xutfiof-or~"SbuThern Exposure" The idea of sending a white re porter into the South as a Negr ^ 'was such a good one,. I almost fe for Ray Spri-gle's series which be - " gam 'tTTTTVe Pittsburgh TVas t~ G a ze 11 and other papers August 9. sign _.unseen. . .. . : . > But when the pubhsher sen' x | a complete set. of advance proofs o ! al! 21 articles. I decided they .shout be titled "T was An Uncle Torn 4 ! Instead of "T. Wa,s a Negro in - 'h | South for 30 I3avs.'' T4 SMWvirhed in between the horro Ttrtarie? -(-which are all to the good l are tidbits which royei1 Wpri^ii?t : pe a white 'sunremicist .at?Un,>;' and a Yankee supremacist as wet t Before he finishes,. he xhanage ( i to predirt that no Southern Negroe i will hold public office In this gene I ration, and echoes the-Ku-Klux llu l'"Not QTlf; Negro did?1?meet?w+n | wanted to associate with whiti [folkf "The Blioos. and Rankin. I were Shouting this long before Spru lAMEsfinish? Encyclopedia j PHII 'ADEI/PHIA ( ANP . - Th< ] AME Publishing house anno'inffr ! last week that the Epjryrlopedla o 1 African - MrttrTKtt^rjr" Tr?vS Ilnalh come off the presses. , F<ephteri to be the.largest book ever published by n Nesrro firm the Eneylopedia was eompilod b\ Bishop R n Wright, Jr.. e'cTTtor it -ohlof iltshop?Brvrnty ft: TTaTrfflni chairman, research and . Kistorica depart menf. wrote the foreword, aru Bishop W. A Fountain, the church': senior bishop, wrote'.the Introduction. ' v'-^' who" of . the AME church, listtnt HjU the bUhOp^ a nil K?nnrol ' since the beginning of the: etmrrh It' Includes Uriany pictures of variou.1 persort* and people who^ have contributed somethl^g^ toward the ad ;. 3 '* - . ; i > :: ' JKT m m ^ m m m SNOW, - I N FOR M El IOUNA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1948 is^nZ^L& ^Dtso6 5gF Sr ,?!5! H-I *' >f?>, y> -, - | ; i ^ ' I "-' r 8 't| EiB -y I itfcj H ?y*'* '% ?" hH^AW% -<-YjflK^M^pR ^r ^Hl U | Convocation Hear Dr. Harry V., a< le I Richardson, president-elect of G*+n-. C ;r l mon Theological Seminary in the i' 1 g As Negro 1 i "Uncle Tom" t L ? , it ir i?me uiung, me implication oe il. ' ing that* Negroes simply love Jim I n prow le 'EXPOSED' HUGO BLACK le Sprigle'* chief qualification for hi. g . assignm 'tit seems to be that he once I ft disclosed the Ku-Klux-Klan con ncr tion?rrf?Stiprf me Court Just n p Hugo Black" As something of a tCmxer-e.xposer m\s"ei!, 1 sav What" - this countrv'needs is more ex-Klans-o men like Hugo Black, whose deei11 sions upholding Negro rights have ' Been Among tiie - gxeartest. e ever struck against Ku Kluxery JV !t PARTISAN PROPAGANDA ni ?f anr not one To say-too much,.of r etttTer nf The"l>ld political pi-'ies. j, i iust now. but when -Sprlgle waxes ,n cl sentimental over some inter-racial p, " /' ... T-% ^ 11 m i? m i it tt iii ? iirmcL-n urnii;i;i nr- , >, republicans, I resent hi- not mention. w .. nw wHjiI ^ii U ["JHllWl((f,lN"'Hs Dm? r- -Duke and Ellis (\rnall are doing >o ) ban-t-he ICliui,..t_uc1 QUieru.:se out thB ^ J l|*)> I'.X.Il .if .T;,(M;,nfir ??n? ^ DhI Mi>- nut or parMrnl ii uTaTiTTt ~ L^_Bprlgle'j series is loii?. In No i ,-P * spot. I would put his ihrln -on of a ; *e s r storV about, how a group-of NJegrc m - farmers have conspired together io' sa ? i K ontiu'ii;U OnTacr~FtTx"t " p : ? 5 . . , 'T I RKPRKSBNTKf > STATE file.VC4i_ ai j j isnuttv- Carolinians represented Hie 'if n t stnte at tlu- annual convention of sti . the Amrriran 'Teachers Association, - held 1n Atlantic City. N .1 . July Hi . Interest th ATA has more A; 1 titan tviplcf) among state teachers rtr ?1 th" nt>st ??"? ~xv " I . John F. Potts, principal of A\? I eVy Institute at. Charleston. Is re- b< . j Rion^l vice prrsirtenti FVank A T>< . DeCosta, acting <1eanr-of the Ornriu I J t ate School at "STartT TToiiepe ,in Hi - ' pii ~ v. ? ' 1 , t % ' * ? u-" ' 'V. :g /n ? ???????_. L mmm %0-M k .. .' ks-JLctti eciienc D ^ -* E^U .1 MB. idress at Sale. Hall. Morehouse < Dilate CampUsT'TMursday evening. ?erry Photo > I ' . . i oSurvey j .and-Granf , U nstifufions Specialist To Re Appointed Early Part Of September ' ! WASHINGTON*? ( ANP'?Secy, of j MHv.-ed tlus week that his depart-' eni-AXjwxu-fr* t-tv - srrrrpy ' research facilities of Negro . i nd-graat colleges and associated j >'i'Mtlotis-fiVe.xplore. the opportunip> f .r utilising theih in carrying i* ffietects tmde: the? Research and' ^uicrting set- ~ A N'ogro speciah-i* is expect if to ' -appointed bv the early part of ! ,v ......,.p ,, .?w . iirtv u-toie* t-= '! require about four months The icci'iliM must, he trained in rey-j a'rvh 'eihriiQiirs with the person-j '1 a-nri facilities of these colleges, j.id Hecv Brannon pe<Rmu?U< ninl'.e?the?survey ^ 'Continued On Page SixV 3 .i. ? ti ? - !"ti A ? I f . ^ y 'K? I ?... u? -^-? .. - , {) f?l uu;Uuifr ttiui D?'^u O K NHson ! fT HeUedtct Oii,.f:e. Columbia, are jn f? i ' dlrf'rtms^ ^ I.?-lt nplvi front rov. A T. itler, Albeit Shrxarrt, Oerrtrd A udefson. Mrs WilhPlmlnn Mad- ^ iv O E Ncbun Mrs Annie Belle PSTAh'. 1 " "** Back row. left to ii?ht T J Han- n rry, C% W" Madden* Frank A. j? ?Costa . Absent from picture were d A Myers and l)r O. J^Cliftm-l_l! SCAB t - ^iTI ' . . price"ten cents 1 1 I , . idolph Former Atlanta Pastor Urges Henderson. Sees 111 Advice By Labor Leader AN OPEN-LETTER TO A. PHILIP RANDOLPH BrTitrRcv. j. Raymond HanAyHtffaminlster in the . Second Baptist Church >? t.O? Ahwml** (Vnr AVPi My Esteemed Friend; Following several weeks of sober re/lection, I have decided' to write to you regarding your present in? forest in The~Draft. . Ever .since the day .you and Phmdjer i came and spoke at nrtond. Va., durIng my college days, I have both appreciated your abi[(tv anrl uHmiroH vmir Itij^orchin You may not know it, but I was Dne of those who first believed irrj your crusade for Dtnir.? and Sleep- ! ing Car Porters, and when church i ss m Harlen\ were tur the most i part afrsM of you because they j thought you were too radical, I de- i livered pep talks more thVn once to | your group at the old St.> Luke's j EliUl In New York. I have been with you all along in your exertion of pressure fur the FEPC. My .church,. wherever" I have been minister, has | ever been an open door to you. rhese things you know. c. (Continued on Page 6) ' UN To Decide "= Fate 01 East Africa Lands Most Africans Wcfnf^NeTther Britain Nor Itaiy R.v Associated Negro Press Last* week ' deputies of the Big 'our foreign ministers began qieet ,000.000 Africans living In the for- j TPr TT;YH a n noThnfee Th? 1 a PViiir ' TTTtrr lusf UT-tItnry. tr? render ?4 ecision before Sept. 15, or the Issue > '111 be thrown Into the General as ' embly of the United Nations. The will of the African people Is it si. a united imions lhv^stigat-' lg commission recently found^thein . irfuaHv unanimous in their op- . osttlorr ~tn renewed Italian ^rule, j ven under the nAnie of "trustee-j bfpr-"--Orte~ group of Eftgt. ATTlC&n&, 1 -te Somalts, have openly threateni' to fight if ,Italy returns to rule iem. The New York Times report1 rumors last week that Ethiopia, as prepared to offer military aid > Africans on her borders resisting kalian penetration. EEL BETRAYED * 4Africans living In England have j tpeatedly told, pras* correspondents \ iaf -they feel betrayed at tha very 1 iggestlon that Africans want *4 us tee ship tinder the United Nat-J ins, but fhey don't, want ?taly as j le trustee. In the preliminary phases of the i tckeying for position, France and uvtla have declared In favor of aly bs trusfW for her former colo-| les. Britain and America claim to | i undecided. Since Britain Is now je administering power in these i c-Italian arras she can afforvl to j On Hark* PSfeT ? . - ? ? : > ? [LETT , The Flirt *1000 i H Be mm H '?3' Mr. Sherman, Hibbilt. Harlem's un? I $1000.00 &>ntribution to the National 4 i of Preokfotit Harry S. Truman. Mr. J j- Committee (left) t? receiving the cho man William L Dawson, Chairmai enthusiasm. The presentation was mi ft Um Billuore Hotel in Now York Ci Large And Sma To Prai. Truma [jNEW YOR1C ? Standing ? raraong thfi^mnny contributions to the Million Dollar Re-elect Truman Fund were two received lfi^t week ait the .Blltmore Hotel headquarter* HIWite O?a?5 mghth ijenue,"lhe unofflfial. mayor _ of. New York* Harlem. V The other v. ar $6?from Mrs Emma B, Johr.jon, a 53--year'jld Chicago woman facing eviction from her tiny roorr. 'at rfttHOn.u met Avenue. In siie. it was ltkp x thousand more. Rev. Archie Wai After New Threal On His Persona Streamer story PLEASE PROOF CAREFULLY Trie Reverend Archie" Ware, 66- ! year-Old pastor ot four Baptist j churches in Abbeville and Ander^ son. counties, moderator Savannah Valley ?Oooctwrb?BapttsrAssociation and a resident, of Cal houn Fall a. in Abbeville Cottnv. paused in Columbia early this "Weeic. j making Way to relatives in the ? north and west in fe.tr of his -life. , Hiii tiri)ri1 h" MIH v"tTi in l'f-4 mocratlc pilmanes In his home*; town last Tuesday and as he "rg-h ed from the precinct,'was br. ' ally assaulted.?cut twice?uml leil un conscious on ihp ground/. His* was the oniy uncomplimentary acr-mrtt tn cume?but DT state's first--pntnaTy, Open "'to ail! races'i^i -' ???J One week, to the day, the minis- ' t#r. leaning nh ~?"~cfu!ch, told " his t jjltiful story to SWA civic leaders! nere from a room he hiad rented in the College Inn on Harden Street 1 A successful pastor and citizen since 1917 he said, it al| f;tnr'ad "n .fuly IP. That day. assured by Brown vs. Baskin ruling three days ' before* he went to enroll at the of- j flee of one Baiiiuel J Dixon in j CnlhnuiY F^Tk 111 von Informed him t the ,books weren't there, but when the minister insisted that county Demcomtlc Chairman. J. N. Nichols had said they would be thera, Dixon Is said to have sworn' and-" cleclaied, "I dont give a d--n. I'm not going to write t*-e name of any n r or white man." " - ENROLLS N?XT DAY itev. Warc-iiMid ha leit iuunedh n v hut rptnroA^ Itilar On ot.ri finding the office In charge of Awnyoung white men, was permitted to sign his name ip the book. He was the first Negro there to enroll and learning tKls ^fact, he fcegrtii spread- ; itus the wofit gmt s- th?tr+ more than 100_ others alift enrolled! within the tnnt two ur tHfW fl&ys. ' However, enrollment ended ab- : rupTly, he said, when one Harold ; Bryant, was threatened by one , John BlaCk, a candidate for the of- 1 flee of. coroner BlacSTTte said, drew an axe ban- J I . > * u : *? -t^^B-- - * ' .^.-.B >' - ^^B .*.-> * * s?* 4jk" : ?.'. .. llD Ma- .*? i i ,'n ii ' ' ? ? ,00 For Truman Y w ?r~:?~?1?~ " ralsSMBl ^ 0 Y ? ^ mWj i^iQfi \\ TiiiMi #? - > -? aji IS ; .\-rl '. jL K-'i.^ Brjyi *fa\?i^ BLV*-*-*^ -?tW K;. < .;< m*i* x ? B&'.v .v*T / --- - '\?+ . -v - ???i/*. K&''*Uc*--* * *. jf ':aVl ** A ; * r': ^ flteul wigyer. f p.^U? the'***'' \ ^itirem Committee for t^Ro^fceSwB ohn H. Sengrtecke. Trefrarer ?f ?k# ck from MrjrHibbftt, whtfo CoOf**^' * * i of the Committee, tpob em ?ftk ide et Urn CemmkWe Jfiil|?lt<Pi II Donations in^s^ ^pafp5^^ Mrs Johhaon mailed hersto Congressman William L. Dawson, . ^ In care of: President Harry f}. Truman at the White House. * Her letter told of a change in - 'Continued On Beck Page) re Ftees Hone * . ' jfv; I :s Are Made KSafet^ : die on Bryant when, in response te ^ the question, '^Do you know whft? ' ! you are. doing?" .the latter tasus-1-'' answered, "Yeasirl! I am enrolling lor my rights" ~~wBB Bryant fled the enrollment plica ?1?3 "and other Negroes stayed * away, . also. Hev Ware said that on r?9 August 10, he drove to the Calhoun Kalis high schdol. narked Ma car .a 1 >Hiut Weht to the gym*; 1| jtaslum.' between 10. and 11 a. m. H? 0.- * Tn; the only Negrd around. Two police officers sljood near the ?< ; HUi anrr ?<? *Vif gyw?*>.?Jr1..n H. ..? 1-fe identified these as dlty poUoid ;,r. tJiieJL. Bill PoweliL who was a. cih>> 1 i*?i e Mr vsheriff-irr thfe: primary and city officer, "Liver" Moorenj^B^ $ T Some tui. Hf??n AtVv*rf, Hfc flUtji , and including John Blaol^wi|||gp-;V Duucung. Tnree wnite ladle* sat. at > a table nearest the door *Ml ttvff? .* were, three white ran &t th* nth? , groceries. SoJ waht,ovn:.^^ " no voting boofeha theis. 2Sp5St? over to the bench, fixed niji JWHlii dropped them In the bp* and th?t started oat. There ware. only .tilg &N| seven of us Inside at the time. ...^ . ? ATTACKED BY GROITF "As t got to ^)e door, I saw ' Plank with a squarish looking Ctu$, which could, have been aygioer. ?f I - a? ihm Wil lie 'rCi~~ ^ '-1*1 . u.? . ?>w, bhuuii ?wu mail1 ? -v jh Hr hid it. drawn back waci SI -Jffj nrrnngr my n?mi tlwre were four or five younger men with . htm | "M They had drawn knives. J I t hrew my hanthr tip **-l#r. btack ihbuji i.iiiiig-in i>n i"i f iSB T^ihiTnK; Mr." Black, pleaae don't f Ilit .me'.?Hp kept saying, <Dw m:'*'?~j|H you. I'm gonna bust your d. . .n head 6peh* ' ' i:Knowing the two officers were ? "' 4j right there. I kepi ?ISHiring tf| ihgpi J '""SJ t had got almost to. them wheh t T* .*3 realized t^rT niilliuT gntng 1m "halm f Continued Oa Beck M