I* . ,. -'.k? t-. - i - 1 .. * Hhw > % ^ ' ; ? : ? , Hi ,,j . Mlj j. VOLUME 13, NUMBER 47 u . ' " . 1?V^^':^;-:va'' ^!^:^ '^ :;:::VS* ':> :cl . Singers rendered musi,c. ~Bov SeoutsTrohi Troops'40 and" 102 distribut'de programs. The visitors were welcome^ by G. C. Fiampton, county superin. tendent. Rev. B. F. SumptcJ i - gave tlio 11lVoca ? . Mrs; M. A. LoSaine, .l.-mirs. R,_ " J5or>d?, A. C. Wilson and L. Jennings. respectively. E. Milby Burton, director of the Charleston Museum, said this was the largest single group ; ever to visit the Charleston. Mil- < scum. 1 Mrs. A. S. Rollins of the Char-y lesion County Beard ol Educnt-. 1 iotc C. J^ Mftrtm, state- agent-" ufy Negro Schools and Robert Sehro- i der, superintendent of St. Paul's ) < Schools, all members of the h state board education were c i i mong tftose present i ' i ' * J 1 MeCrav To Tell, _ ^ ^^reenvilfians Of Slate Program " V . " GREENVILLE ? John H * Mc-, Cray of Columbia, editor of The 11 Lighthouse and Informer, and j state chairman of South Carolina ji Progressive Democrats, will h?!* . rraih speaker at a massfpefting [I fcere Thursday night, M.iy 11. I Roy Williams, editor of Thej< Greenville American, said the- 1 ? Columbia civic and Journalistic!' leader hj?d been Invited to_-aiU4J dressr" cltfzferts o rvwhat is expect- j ed of them as fruitful citizen?, , 1 attention being given to voting it and other matters of inerest tofl ' the sta'e as a whole. s 1-..; Li- JL--V * ' ' v t ? ; v_. ' '* >-. , ' ' * ' * ?: : . . | EX -J W m ^? i\,W.v.:y: - '*EflHr ' ; : U -: )- 4,50(7 persons in an expedi this year. The historic Mus le visitors looked over collec officials said the pigrimage QTATF nri VOTE SESS StateLeaders To - For Voting Here A day's institute on voting pro :edures under the new state lav and methods by which some 200 DO Negioes may be registered bj June 10, is scheduled to be helc Friday, May 12, John H. McCray state chairman of Progressiv< Democrats, said Wednesday. Calls to each club and precinc organization were expected to b< delivered all over the state week-end. Three sessions an scheduled to be held at Allei University, beginning at noon Friday A two-hour review of the la\* i? set for from 1 P.M. to 3 P.M From 3:45 to 5:30, the meeting will confine itself to district anc county programs and tho fina session is tentatively set for 7:3C at which it is expected that lien William L. Dawson, or some oth it persons : epresentttig-the Dotn Women's C ouncil Asks Pastors To fit in Vote Drive il, a'fter much deliberation dur ing a local meeting which cone as a'. follow-up. of the politei.t action w-orkshnp held here laT Saturday, decided to go directh fn?tlTF meal ministerial union with the request for full coopern tion oQ the part of^v^ry mini* ter in Columbia and Riehlant county in the drive to get il eligible citizens-to register no" frrr paritcipation in the July prim aries when a state senator, govc* nor, and other state, county anc local officials will be nomina'ed Mrs. G.E. Nelson, dynamic lead or of the council forces, and Mfj JaniCs M ~HintOn WCr? nnmnH approach the unions at once. * ?Following Mis. Nelson's rrpoon the contacts, during the P<>1 rrtmt action meeting of the Co lumbia Citizens committee 01 Monday evening, it was suggeste< that a seminar on registering an< voting be arranged for miniate * and all church auxilary officer su-Jdrat pr?*nsc information couh be carried by them to every mem t^er and friend of the r'espectiv< churches, and through them inti every neighborhood and ever] walk of" life. "Ministers presert favored?tho nuggestiorr Plans for the seminar are i' the making with probably th? Columbia Citizens committee am the Columbia Women's Coun^i erving as co-sponsi>rs. M I OP ? ? ? ; ?? COLUMBTA. SOJJm CABQLIN Waxtmeuste, ^ .... . Q, 2 In Session Friday [So " . Ldy ? : ~ De - ocratic National Committee, will ^ / deliver the main address. '41 It The session _i& to be ^a4tend^4^.in f ' jointly by delegations from the . t 11 NAACP chapters and other j groups interested in getting No- jq ? grees registered and voting this CQJ year. A crops uf reference for tithe attemper. sessions has been j 2 drawn, anct includes the follow-|jlu" j I ing persons who are to answer I j 2 I questions and be in position ^3 ! Hir 1 help work out all voting details: ] i, James M. Hinton, state NAA-! r - CP president AjRornev Harold Up ,r, R. Boulware, Mrs. A.W. Simkins, jge, A J. .Clement, Jr., Julius E. Wil-;cjjs jt'liam-, Sr., Mr. McCray, Mrs. ^ \ [ Annie Belle Weston, E.A. Mont-' l | gomerv and sever;il?others. i I, Mr. McCray said that the or- / i ganization would not hold a sta'o -. convention this year, before primr' ai'Tes, "fo; certain' in well Ichorrri? s- rea?onsr'- but . that?rmintv me>-' lr i.ngs will be held on May 15, i t \v which time the Tfni s will rcviev "t the May 111 !in_c-tng and pick of- d( (icc I p Or ShuFT W KDITO Ol 1 in? ,S 1 I,'J 1 b Xryriics in T_ I I, ajuLill_.Lhti_.Novcmlirr elect it* thorn are ol' voting ago. ()no-lia: ~ reg.isicr to vote and cast their b. canvassed carefully it is possiblt of t+rcnTTan meet registration n i 200.000 of them can. 1 Among them are school teacln als, farm hands, laborers, dome, from all walks of life. Practica.ll; the score in so far as their race I under what pain they have beei .- are everted to keep them ineffe (. the dnnr m^tvi of f)u. VlV,,, a who boliovo and aa> that when C for one man to keen his foot; on V In their meetings, in little mo l)c:r Probing By > r ' . rand Jury -^ rf>11r in-inH u litJi ing in the 7Z irt of magistrate Cal Lawson :e last Thursday, the ease - in- p ! Iving an alleged role in lists w? teachers held in 1949 against TT?1/' an Guerny E. Nelson yf Bene- - , . t College, was sent up to Hie; \ . hland county grand jury by ' magistrate-denying, a m tion J,, dismissal made by Dean Nel- , rrattorney. tTar'v Paschal. of' i u:? * | Of M 1UMIU,U - held 4?dtiveh>pod??-t?the hearing, ich was one Dean Nelson had Lglil unsuccessfully for--scven*al'"D,st.0" eks fallowing his arrest the 'w ? st part of March, that the state . d caused to Fie issued a warit_alleging that in 194'; .the in had sold an answer list to ^ 1,1 Robert Dean of Aiken ^However; at the hojarlng. tne ,1?, tfi date was stricken and the f irges were made ?'<*- of the ex- ac c lination in 1949 : ?- . ude. [ tius far the state has ,racL?'labout allegations as to cheating S|anrj . e -e-rrrr prior?let?14M4*, .iilioitrtrT^ ' it it would have to have sarrr- T... 'S n order t<> bring the char- 4 ' , on. c Chief witness lor the state ai } Thursday hearing was ftob- * Dean, wliu ti'MirTeTfThat ho d obtained th6 list from Dead i t, dson at around 11 P. M. the V gltt before the expmin.rinii^ <.n .1? f b. 19. 1949,-. paying $l'5o -f.u- it, Jg"* : three. times the $50 Pa:L* the ar before. Dean said he wag . ' tting the list for ~-tparJi.org. 4v lr ' ken "county . However, under . cross?fcxaan* ?, tion, Dean admitted that h* H 1 d?given lu^mbers?of t+r- corr- \W~ ibulary false information ^tilC /era! times as'Thcv worked on- ? n following his own arrest-in V,01 direction wltti ttre -case. >-?s~ Mr? Paschal, .. questioning Or Call of the " "University of , uth Carolina, who had cust >- Shea _t.be tests, brought out that new a.n Nelson had received his lever of the examinations at about ?* tl P. M. Jt wa?! rpaenno^ that ht- /at'? ivprl at Hom O nhnnt t \t * r\ Vtnnrc votec 0j?t latioi Dr. McCall said it took abv>ut lems hours to work out ihe test arid Fal iceded that Dean Nelson Rev. ildn't have worked out the New swers alone By IIP. M., even trans d he started at 4 P. M. his s Dean Nelson did not testify Mary nself, this hoirryprelimin'ary . Th< iring . ? .? - ; Sl"a" rhe case is expected to conn tive in the June term of General mittc ssions Court here., if it is not hold allowed hy the grand jury Colui rT~ 2ave Wife Pat DKTUOIT -ainl bought it tunny to ki.\s the -jif-.t goodbye and give mi- a ;>.n . ( ,rrir IP T ;hn^ 1 \p.v 1UAL tht'i nith Carolina. h^l.Ooo m -p-w ft t ins year. "I r TfTey uTh'" J?11' 1 lii1 llILii Li!j e tin ig.'.iiv; '?' idiots in jxrimiirie,s on July -^hequireinents, hut certainh ?rs, preachers, profesxionstics and men and women ^ y-everyone of them knows ' is concerned. They know I t put, and of what efforts ctive and .rganii'-ed-courl W flbhr Lauds l>?*. Ilunche ile emphasizing his stand ivil rights, "editor McGi'l ed Dr. Halphc Bunche for > resent stand on the. qucst?f.. human -relations. He a[l/.ed f 1 '. being present :'0i- Dr. Bunche on his visit itlanta Sunday. at which the director- < [ the United ins Trusteeship Division deed the fifth John Hope leea special feature, dedicated P. Prior,t New? ad Of Catholic mm. of South 'LANTA ? Rev. Maurice n of Rock Hill, S. C. is the acting chairman of the el-state Catholic Committee \e South, interracial organin-of clergy ami laymen dei to racial justice, labor reis, education in social proband, similar activities, ther Shean will serve for Vincent J. O'Connell, of Orlean-, who has been ferred to Massachusetts by uperiors in the Society of for a six month period. e new chairman was clk>??n meeting of the CCS cxpimi. committee in Atlanta. Lom>e members also decided to tb.o next CCS convention in rnUia. S. C.. in January, ather O'Connell brilliantly su.'ei-ssl ully Ted the lie Committee of the-South :e. 11 ,->\11no trying years f exn," -ai l Father Shean. "so how ; Ts entering a period fitter oripin'-ation anci raor.o sit ii'vl eff lit I h.ope, . ; m:; s place. t > bo able to aid otf-V- v <" t.'u * ;t:i- m t?. . int. i . .: \ >:, nr. o:n-riiiCs pi'iiyt : to tb?- Catholic, -> lor a hn-ii ; stands an l I t t,, see the -eel planted - la ' - Co-.and all the : iJi.ln is, through God's . bear mere a sine fru.t this tmd-nr'-ctrdli i-U, r-* CltiV iary ot CCS, uiil retain his ;u trtcrs in New Orleans I ifcl ?^Judge ?r Brown of Pittsburgh, Pa. deliver the an-nuai address ie Alpha Phi Alpha men in Columbia a-ta nore Sunday "KU>n > program will be held in Ulen University Auditorium logins at 4 P M. E&S pj?3of ze \ g^o r T ct .> "- ; . %, V PklCE TEN CENT^ ES COURT S SOLUTION r*rvyrr"^^^^K|^ ; ?. ^r /H .^fl f>y^ J^HHgH BBHHHHHUHHr JHI - - -? ? Mr. McGtttr .to the lift? ami work of the former president N6f Atlanta University. , While telling a brief story of his recent trip to Palestine and the Far F.ast, editor M.riiii cnid^ "we are not alone with a prob': lem, here in America.'* He told ;how deep the feeling of hate and Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land. ' . He havkexi up this, statement By saying jTiat "prejudice is false in its premise" and that to generalize in Ihw . fiaU_& mnH Irdangerona " ? i ? VTT1Court Disappoints In pjaising the fppnd-M^ ami present leaders of the college the editor told his audience that he I wag disappointed in tHe. recent j Supremo Court decision of the Georgia county unit'- system. Speaking of the methods by j which the Negro is trying to a1 chieve full citizenship, he said: "if l were you, I would also be Impatient." Several other distinguished J citizens and church leaders were among speakers during the observances during the celebratj ion. DEMOCRAT! CIVIL RIGK Truman To Clos< After Leadership WASHINGTON Anni.anrr ment of a panel discussion or ?^Protecting Hutntm Rrghts^ tO be 1k1<1 at tKf -prttgt-"1barman.. H3 Chicago on Sunday, May 14, :.-s part of the NatiT>nal Democratic Conference and Jefferson Jubliec was made today by William M ?Hoy le, Jr., Chairman "f fhe" Democrat ie National Committee United States Senator Theodore _Fi alios -Green. ?>t Rhode Island. Vac Chairman of the Democra'ic National Committee, will preside over- the panel meeting. Arran-* gemcnts for tire panel are being made by Representalive. William Dawson, of Illinois, also vice < hail in.til of 'j 10 democratic National Committee. Simultaneous announcement rf the human rights panel was made in (Chicago by Stuyvesant Peabody, Jr., chairman ot the Chicago Host Committee for the Conference and Jubilee, and Barnet Hodes, Executive Chairman. The Chicago ' Conference and Jubilee opens on May 13 with a _mppt ing IIf Lfcm?Pcmociath Nt tional Committco nuriiagioix 1 panels will be held on Saturday Indian Mother-Mad# IQfZO I IFII/tllM Ul M rui i 1/1/1/ PORTLAND, Ore. ?(CNS) ? Mrs. Henry Roe Cloud is all smiles this week after being notified that' she has been chosc-n "Mother of The Year'* for 1950. She is the first Indian woman to? be so named. ? 7"Mr* -04rmrt~l5 the mother of Mr? Marion Hughes, first Indian girl to graduate from Wellesley College. ' The award had another "first" severay seasons back when they chose the mother of Athmta V nivertity president, Rufus E. Clement, who was the first colored woman to be so honored. ? , ^ 1 backeitfc 6 - % v. ' , Spectacular Conjrri Looms Ahead In F (% ftrtiitve Story) / ] .CHAiLESTON ? Barring an unexpected turn, plans were complete around 11 P. M. here Wednesday night for the formal entry into th?. congressional race of the itret district by A. J. Clc* ment, Jtv', . , Yielding finally to urgings of close" friends and several groups, Mr. Cltment, an Insurance exe- . B?fT" TjTL B * <*?.? I..? .Hm xmijiivjuB HVIV ouui 147 MWA 11 A. M. Thursday, Mr Clem v ent posted his $500' entry fee for th?j hoc in the first district and left for Florence on business before returning to Charieston. He said he qualifeid at about and had no difficulty ift. dsing so. ...... The fee wis paid in $500 new cutive agreed to. make the 1^ race late Wednesday night, and j( was-scheduled to go to Columbia j Thursday morning and pay his g $500 entry fee just.efore closing :j time at noon. . j, Mr?Clemen;?would ^?oppose ! v Ren. L. Mendel Rivers of Char- j, leston, who for several term- - ^ passed has had no opposition.! ^ t If fhe entry is made as it. ap- ^ pearcd il would be late \WdnQ;- L : day nlgm, voters?iir the firs! t r district ari possibly in for a real t j battle, and a colorful campaign.] r ' .. /: 1, Darlington Has i iMMkL Registered,?? Seeks 4.000 Yet j - " - ' v ;, . . \] \ _ < E. P. Broome : , r r -*>AKLil^TUN ? Uur people j1 in this Pee Dee County are talk- ' 1 ting about politics in?a?big way"4 i" these day^, and Hot just through!, ~ their hatc^ Darlington really ha?;1 somethirfg about which to ?taBc.^ l|dn c?cwiniqaUiin?Of the reco d 1 ' hnws . I d * To b?g??n with, tney b.ave wr.N ; ten ;i bit of yolitioal history. At |1 s ^he fitly Ucid county convent lion, tke^ hacf 26 colored.-sitting-rj with the total ot 341 delegate^ Then, their county chaiSQStaif. businessman W. J. Hunter, 1 >- nominated and?elected a dele- " gate-to the state convention. The ' I nomination was made by a white 1 i delegate in "the county conven-J ; tion. On the action front. Darling- ? CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 ec bosses in rrs panel i I i Major Meeting risidei^ Program ? ^tafttjrniKm, Sunday and Monday^ 11 On JViand^y -evi?Tiinti Presidents * Truuuuv vedl ntmnd^tTTeantic ml-. ly at lilt1 Chicago Stadium and deliver a major address. In anno'urming the Huma.dj Rights Ranul Chairman Boym said: . "in v-.-aii. of void-vcarfirre tttthe w.irld it 11 "vital that all t:i)M ixi+'i iiv pw.r it RECEIVES HONO -Attorney George W. Cfawfa _ luia l)wa tnist^orTalKdeife t^he last 45 years, is shown (le exercises at Talladega on Apr degree of Doctor of Laws was Attorney "Crawford is shown I center, and Dean_Jamea lahm-s^etras trustee of How I). C., for the last 24 years,.and 1 Talladega prompted one trust* | person Las done as much fn th ' ' c ' ' *' TjbU ' i ' ' ? ?!T . N LEADER )R HOUSE 1 ;8sipnal Fifht . | Irst District . '. i' i ^r - "T2 ? v r : ^ I ' V; - ?: )JI r ^ I -- - i r^jSiti I ' >' v- ' "r: lif?" Clc lep River^ a l^itterrfoe of ci/iT ights, and outspoken foe of civil sgislation and who* first offered mpeachmeiw proceedings a- r ainst U. S. District Court Judge ' . Waties Waring because, of the itter's decisions'.in 4w:> primary oting cases, will find himself rt the position of traveling fioni" y~ ounty to county in this nine ounty district and having to pit . ,, its wit acaVnst fhat ut an accrnn ? dished orator, and one of the 1 nost capable among leadership n Mr. Clement's group. Will fie Supported No official comment about the * expected entry was available oying they preferred "to wait &? * ~ il?Hut ~r it Columbia, John H. McCray, date chairman of I>rogr???iv*? J Democrats, for whom Mr. Clem?nt is the executive secretary, Admitted that efforts had been ' I mder way severaTmonths to act ] he 42 year old dynamic make lite rack " He said he was "happy to'Jmow. . 'jt ;j tliat' Aa tliur, (Mf. ClemoofsfuU igroed tfl tnake this sac-strifer" am sure citizens in the fim dietrict will welcome the t>pportu*? ty to vote for a man of his ability and views, ^nd.wUl begin how to get .for hira the largest vote .'n - the history of jha district:" According to tfic^ 194# census, the first district lifted a totnl it , J 122,000 white citizens; ? and a to*al of 147, 000 colored. Counties are: Charleston. Berkeley, Beaufort, Colleton. Hampton, Jasper, Allendale, DorchesteV , and* Clarendon. ' Negroes held a decisive ma* * inri t*r In oirtUt 4ho mima tka. '' HI VI^IU l?i I IllVi exception oeing Charleston, in ?y which there Wasn't as much as one percent difference in the *K? Ll most 50-50 population * District manager tor the North .... Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company here, Mr. Clement is * < ' > graduate of Johnson C. Smith Univrrxit-v to PharlnHr, P, inn ?T" ts married to the former Miss Irma Robinson of Charleston. They hayp two ioiK, Unwary an/ft Billy. -7^--.g ?The entry marha the first "til ~~ modern history and possibly the first since operation of the party _ under provisions of the state constitution of 1895. A . Xwxil^p'ars a;tu, Mr. ClaVmmt was, 3 candidate for the county counril here artrt '"'"'e.jin ' n< ? eUth' showing. RARY DEGREE H. B ? m p: yw.| ^ FSv -' ??J P> --^ ^Hk v frfc. rd?of N?w'Haven, OonH7,wHo College (Taitadega, Ala.) for ft) above during convocation il 14, at which the honorary Conferred -- ?* ** ' 1'" - ? V . . ? ' ' ' . * ... ; ' , ,'\f ? ? -j? I* ' ; -:?a? ^ ... ' .. .: 1 - , . ?: