Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, July 07, 1951, Image 1
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Judge W
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SAYS PREACHER
PROFESSIONALS
CHASLBSTON ~ (Special) '
In this (anti-jimcrow) fight a
people of our .state," U. S. Disti
' of Charleston is quoted as sayii
The Pittsburgh Courier.
The distinguished jurist, \vh
"white primary" and who filed ,
the iimcrow-sunportintr decision
weeks ago, is reported as havii
Albert J. Dunmore of The Com
view in his chambers here In C
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Dunmore said Mr. Waring
Upraised men. like ..James Hint on, ^
(state NAACP President) and s{<
Lighthouse and Informer," but in
John McCray,' editor of The | A
quoted Judge Waring^ as saying:
"These men are carrying the ?<
fight fearlessly; hut they need V(
support, and plenty of it. Youj
must not be frightened off by w
threats. You must be prepared aJ
to meet every thrust."
Hits Professionals tt
He leveled criticism, Duiuiioie)?
reported ,at the Negro ministers,
" als, whom he said should be leadi
Eg" the poorer and less traihedT]
Many of this groufr, he went on, _
fH?r lu h< "terrified** ftli rf
. them, he- said, are profiting out
~ ol racist aggregation.????? ^
The Courier articlegoes oh ttu r
report that Mr. Waring believe 4
x make good his school closing J
Governor Byrnes may attempt to
threat this past spring, and warn* .
ed that then the real fight on j
th eissue would begin.* However, i
he said, "You should welcome (
= this fight:?It is a fight that oian~
V It virAn I# .
m*%j wfwii. |
The Church And Unions i
Also singled out for critici . n I
jvere labor unions an<f the white i
church in South Carolina, whi*h a
he said "the worst violators of's
precepts of full democracy, e
The South, Suh! f1
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Harlemites Ired
By /Confederate j
Honor' Stamp [
NEW YORK ? (ANS) ? Har-j
lem was hotter than the sultry |heat
beating down hcfre t'hTsJ f
weehr! Mad with the United'
j States Government - over a post-[^
,, ai stamp. . . . M
Seems that several Harleku j
residents went to the Man- ~
hattanville post office 4?-buy ()
three cent stamps and disco- U.
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vered afterwards they had , .
bee^i given some commorating ;
the "Final Union of Confer ate 1
Veterans." , '
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Among those hurriedly dashing, ^
paca. tnto tha pom ollioo tor ex- ~
changed or refunds was Ferdiand q
,CV Smith, secretary of the New fr
York Labor Council, who sum-![>(
med up the dilemma thusly: q,
"This honoring of the scound- i in
*? TTts and traitors Who revolted ]
and made war against the Go- ' ai
ernment of the United States ! st
fir n?cder_to maintain slavery - gii
shows the trend of onr govern- to
DjMit today better than 'any- |tr
cent times."
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One irate cdtizens is said to sa
dashed up to a stamp window 01
wtth a handful of the-f'confed- of
. rate" stamps with a "What the ki
hell is the moaning ofglyjrfiCTne
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?- "The only people I fear |j
ire the weak-kneed colored 1
rict Judge J. Wates Waring 1
ig in the^urrent-edjti o n of hi
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tose decisions smashed the'I
an exhiliratirtg dissent from I
l in the Clarendon .cast? f.vo 't
ntr rrm;drr tT^ declaration to > |
rier's staff during an inter-! (
Charleston post office bpild- ?
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lalily'^and-Christianity.''
He called for fuller use of lie &
pilot among Negroes. and asstance
from northern > sources 'B
terested in a broader and fuller
merica, plus a general rising
p and legal fighting among.
>uth Carolina Negroes themseljs.
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The Courier story said Mr
raring declined to comment on
ly possible disposition the U. S.
upreme Court might make of
ie pending Clarendon case.
WHO? ME?
- ATliAWTA, Q?. ? DoUgatee
vera mickertn^ovea a j
nan's advice t ; a street car |
lendnetor last week's t
4AACP convention hate.
It seems that a small mixed
rroup of delegates took seats |
n the rear of the ear and were |
husly floutlnf Georgia's jimsrow
law. MwwtHML,
was interrupted shortly after
being seated by the conductor, J
ivho instructed the white delerate
she'd have to sit further
up front. She refused to move, js
innouncing sho was perfectly i
atisfied. t
Three or four blocks fur- e
ther the eonddptor cpldjed a y
op onto the bus and led him
back to the group to make ar- v
rests. T p
Noticing the delegates "N\- C
i\CP" badges on the group, the i1
nfrifpr ig quftt^d an sayiny in p
the conductor:
Not me, buddy. You'll have C
to handle that one yourself. 1 a
ion't want to get them NAA- f
CP people on my neck." c
kelson, Dargan
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Nin Awards
.NEW YURK i anki ... Mr b
obert C. Weaver, cna-?<r-*n?
io board of trustees of ire Naonal
Scholarship Fund itru' ScT- v
ce for Negro student, afncun- o
d Monday that two Columbia p:
-receive scholarship grants for, tV;
e next collegiate year. jr
They are, Golida Dargan and ir
urney Nclsoo, Jr. whi^h range
om "$100 t0 $400 eac.h Miss ti
argan is a student at Rockford 5(
jut\se ana.ivir. iNeison is study- cr
g at Ohio Wcaleyan university.
Dr. Weaver said the grants ire ^
med at fii'-ng the gap man . v*
udents face who hold scholar- ^
tp-grafitS'which are"ihsyfTIcTent (
cover the full costs of a college
a1ning.
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What'West Columbia- police
id wa8 ah "old grudge" broke #<
it between Samuel Wale, 18 p
307 ?e*lftg.W& Roed and Hal- *
n Rhodes, 16, of 1214 Dunbar s|
feet, Gftyce, resulted -jn Hale's ?r
>M1i alwiut P;30 Saturday nigh!. M
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South Carolina's fiery N,
;t place <^rt the ^AACP's 1
report boated about Atla
to the man who has sey<
place on the governing 1
ftlly eyroed to accept the
He \f sap te be favore
association, which ia to ]
from its area.
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ATLANTA, Gft. ? J. hi
National Urban League rel
ies covering a period of
hat racial discrimination
srs on the Atomic Energ
ahnah River Project nea
Harold O. DeWitt; Acti
;ho has been working in
ier cent of the total pop
ounties and Georgia coun
L is expected that the to
He pointed out that <lu J
Vmstruntion Division, as wel
11 other plans working on
ense contracts, have a non
firmnation elause in confon
vith President Truman's
cutive Order 9902. Despite
Ixecutive Order, there is no
prent effort to-integ-rate Ne
5 tpi most areas of. the v
iTcoa ancl plans to provide
rate but equal facilities for
vn races are"underway.
Trained, Women By-Passi
'Among the c<utstanding , ]
lems in the non-employn
attern of Negroes in the
annah "River Proieft. Virea
ic failure t/> use Negro woi
i / lo|-jr7|| :mH r-op^i
i addition, t]ie better educi
egro applicant seems to be
rely^by-passed ,and # has e
:en denied employment on ;
immonly held by Negi
irmighfrot- the South, such
essengers. 4
Wages for some job classil
onft aw lower than in surrot
ig arorw, making it diffioul
^eure workers from nearby
>tions. :
Mr. DeWitt renorts that
?
mpc of discrimination in
ro^ject encompasses 100 per <
t all operations other than <
iruction, maintenance and. ;
mal service occupations. "C
[mrinfJ to -confer seems to
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Limcrow L
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<VAt*P leader, may be headed lor _1
National Board of .Directors. The said,
tnta last weekand aonregg rl?>sg jtoid
sral tidies declared he panted to into
wdy of ihe association, had fin } for<
office if it were oftc?r-d boo -^4^' iiC
d4>y the Sotitheoftv j j
place in nomtnatir ' { ?e pe
..... ? , t civii
ees Futility b
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er Efforts I:
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e ^Southern Field Division of the letti
[eased a report this week on aetivi- allei
February through June, charging nin
is rampant in the hiring d? work-j "I
fy Commission's $900,000,000 Sa-!awa
r Ellehton, South Carolina. ; min
ng Industrial Relations Secretary, was
the plant area, reported that 53.6[ jarc
ulation in the six South Carol in a 1 nnrt
ties are Negroes. By July 1, 1953, imp
?tal employment will reach 40.889 pro^
] ngcomplishTng nothing." he- said. wou
Pont': To Appeal To DePont (luir
'1 a> Nelson G. Jackson, the Lea^e"
gue's Southern Field Director, I Swe
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states that his organization has' P0^
deeded that it has exhausted its'
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remedies locally, that it would; j
now take step*; - to present 'tsL j
BP- case to Crawford Green wait, I ^
Cro president of K. T. du Pont de j
^orli mours and Company. lie stated1
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WOULD REOPEN s,
plo. I
lent I ATLANTA, Go. ? (ANSI j jrx
Sa*- Should Soutfh Carolina,- as sug : JL/
js gested by Gov. Byrnes^ TTdse iu r '
rien Public schools, they'lj (>e reopen-, I),
uAc- '-d. a Mississippi editor lllld t;l , *
N.AACP delegates her.e Thurs-j
en (lay-' ir. c
,ven Albin Kreb- of Pacagoule,! ,
1 O 4*1.1^0. i VYMUOL i i7?./W id] ' ,iiA ,
' . has
roes >nP 'or. admission of Negroes 10 ^
~~jjs" the 41T11i vn sil v?trf?Mississippi rr ^'., .
. the college weekly, The Missis(jca
sippian, tuched ofT souttywide re.nj
action, said:
ma - - - ... dav
t to "1 do n?t for a moment doubt
. spec
10. Mr. Byrnes' sincerity but for .
once in my life, I doubt the venor
able statesman's wh iom. T ^
this sufe that' South Carolina son
cent w*^" in^epd, abondon its public accr
"on- so^,?o1 system. >f it feels it has t}ie
to .but I also feel that they'l' M
^eT reestablish it when they find the
-on- olJ{ . as they will - that no other simv
be system will work." J iona
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JBJVLY* JULY 7, 1951 '
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nion Told [{
it StatiAn '
robe Made i
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11 consideraiton possible'* *,
the?1 esponse the^Columbia ^
ii reported this week it had .
ved from B. M. Amole,
iting manager of the Grey- .
d Corps .of Charleston, West
as if pushed on its campaign
ean.up and enlarge facilities j
the Columbia bus terminal.
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v. W. M. Bowman, secretary, ^
le union, released the textj* t
letter from the operating
ager, an^ simultaenously re
?d that the woman employer b
house servant had protested ^
ie union against the "filthy' g
iition in the?"colored"?see ?
and is inadequacy^ of space ?
rhe white lady called,* he
, "and reported that her cook t
her that whdn she came j
the station & day or so be- (
to cateh a bua, she aatd c
h rr crawling <1 vw a sleeping 4
Tr*t Of Kt:
~ 'affair, coni^ii?1*
allowing a r*oort of the un- 3
? xdvifi affairs committee twb ks
ago, the secretary said he
filed a protest with the comy,
and has received the foling
letter from the operatmanager:
rhis will acknowledge your ,
?r of June 19, concerning the ,
ged conditions in our bus ter
al at Columbia. ^
am s"ure that you are well j
re of the fact that this ter- *,
a.l was completed some years Z
entirelyf adequate to tajke j
of your patronage under t
rial" conditions. It would be
ossible^ior any industry to
?ide facilities at all times that
itd take care of "peak loads
ng emergencies.
Ve assure you that we will
this matter all consideration
Bible."
Makes Inspections
he Ministers' committee,
tesinan said ,is continuing to 1
m periodic inspections of the
uifi*^" rf tmt'Uft" . . th.if thm-?fa
rH?ti**iabfe improvements hav?
i made.
\muldintz, j
uwson
rv.s.s .1 H ards
LI H.HAM, N. t\ ? President
Spaulding <>f the N.C. MuI.ife
Insurance Company,
been voted the "Pa^o One
ard!" of the? Durham Press
b, an announcement this
k said.
it- award win De. mafle rrievening,
July 27, (Truing
ial services in the Hillside
i school auditorium.
'ngrersMTian William Dr Daw- 1
of Illinois' First District has ,<
ptcd an invitation to make ,
presentation address. {
r. Dawson will also receive ,
'' Gold Press CaTd Award"
iltaneously for his congress
il leadership during 1951, 1
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I. T. Marshall
njured In
Luto Mishap
H. T.. Marshall, a member
le Richland country grand Ju
id operator of several busirn
;s here, was injured early F
ly morning when a 1949 Bui
ashed Into the side of the Ms
lall Jeep ?tationwagon at O
nd Hampton streets.
"The Jeep"Turned over twic<
anding in front of the mai
rate to the Allen Universit;
athletic field. Mr. ManshAJ
tvalked the half block to th
flood Samarltan-Waverly hosj
Ital on Hampton street, wher
in examining physician said li
has suffered a slight brain cot
eousston.
No visitors were being adhri
?d to his room on the week-ei
1*4?Um- .1?- *?
?* maiauan saiu nci ill
and was apparently out of dt
er and wag resting well.
Investigating officers cald 1
n'Oak stTeet and was *t*uck
tationwagon was traveling no
he Buick, reportedly driven
larry Louis Baler, frsM
ladsden street, when the iat
>ar overAot stop sign at
rtwwrtteag? =
^er husbl
to thfclr dry clepn
three blocks aw
it the time.
PATIENTS TAXED
Patients in all South Carol
hospitals must play the sta
lew sales tax, the South Car
lina Tax .Commissic|n indica
Vtonday.
The commission advised
Columbia hospital that it wo
lave to collect a flat 25c per <
The quarter
o cover sales taxes- the bosp
las to pay for consumer go<
Rev.
Final Ser
FLORENCE _ Rev.-A.
Hill, pastor" of Urinity Bap
Church, and a veteran Bap
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clergyman and civic .leader, p:
?d away at 11 o'clock Mon?
light (July 2) after an illness
leveral months. Funeral servi
*erc scheduled to ho conduc
ruesday afternoon (July 4) fi
Trinity^ Baptist Church, which
la^ iv;.*'>.*cd Tor more than
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High~Ca
is-j NAACP attorneys began v
ri-1 to the United Supreme Court
ck i Clarendon County anti-segreg
>r-1 James M. Hinton, state NAA(
day. -
Mr. Hinton\said Thurgood I
\ avdised him that the appeal
n jas they were completed. The
y the closing moments of the 42
1 in. last week, he said. _
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? I Was Misquoted,
" Plumraer Wails
il j WARRENTON, N.C. ? (AITS)
(? "I was grossly misquoted, and
" [they distorted the meaning of
in" what I said," a source here quot.?
ed J?ff Pliimmer, farmer b-e
the| tweon Inez and -Groves Hill, in
by reply to widespread charges that
rthjhe has launched a one-npan fight
thP gtate g NAACP Pro?
gram to smash, open public
^ schools to all races. ?e
A reporter 4n this area rrai
t'?ld that Plurnmer, at the mo
wrn^hT*8 OVrt ?' PI*
ay' Norih Carolina. Varhjis report
abo .it the state suggest that th<
farmer has spent considerabl*
time the last three weeks tryin|
to set a- right white newspaper
una reports, flashed over the South
te*s in which he was quoted as hav
o-.. ing broken with the state NAAted
CP when It voted to attack seg
l regation in the schools,
the | At Charlotte, Kelly M. Alexan
uldjder, state NAACP president, stil
3ay|held to his earlier statement tha'
18| ranks," and a report from th<
break has come in oui
>ds.'
^; Warren county NAACP".
V. Hill Dies:
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W. 'years.
tis.t j Rev^ l&ll was ta trustee of
tistj Morris College, drive director ir
the Pee Dee seotion for the col.1
lege, and was a member Of'ex]
.ecutive board of the State Bap
j tist Convention.
5 j His pastgrate work begah al
(.Unity HapHit in Korgtinm mitn.
! ty. He then went to Spartanj
jburg, Aiken, and to Charlotte,
H A villous persomaHity before
r illness forced him to curtail his
j j interest about two years ago, h?
j was . 0ne of the foremost leaders
,m Hie omanization and develop
<_ rncnt of the Progressive Democ
, rats in Florence and South Garo^
lina in 1944. He was also a flrir
. champion, of the NAACP, and
was Interested in numerous fra ^TeTnal
and civic groups.;On
th'e, local level, Dr. Hill lee
the campaign to secure Negr<
I police officers in Florence and i
community center. .
During his laet months, a fight
er to the last, he delivered hii
isj- sermons from a chair, bellevlm
'lay that eventually he'd regain hi
t of health.
ices He la survived by his wife ant
ted children.
07*1 A number of B&pttst d'gmtar
he tes was scheduled ;to partfcipah
Pjin the funeral services. *
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wrk on papers for an appeal ~ v
; .from 'the split ruling in the
:ation case, Tuesday morning,
UP president, announced *?ues
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Marshall, chief 6f counsel, had_
papers would be filed as soon ?
information was given during s .
nd annual NAACP Convention The
NAACP lawyers, thusly,
pooh-phaed the belief of Governor
Byrnes that the Parker-Tim merman
majority ruling was'unanswerable,
and also disagreed
with those who thought no action
could be taken on the daeta
ion until the expiration of a abt
ijuiiUi period, decreed fry the 7
majority ruling as the time It ~
would remain midtT tha courts
jgrisdtctkn. it.*
Par Ml Mha
T Opinion here, however, was
that no ihle irti-ri on the
. appeal would be made until toll.
s adjourned tor lbs uiaBjjt
. . me expiration wee that too
* we*A| woldd **
i When arguments ion it would
, heard would depend x>r? the ca>
lender. Sometime afterwards a '*
t final decision on it would be rer
turned. __
Meanwhile, it was eopnoted
' that some of the other southern
. states Governor Byrne* said ha
. would ask to file supporting
briefs lor the state, would also ,
be readidd and submitted. The
. NAAOP said it expected several
t briefs supporting its attack on
the old Plessy v. Ferguson case
which establishes the 53 year old
"Ibasis for racial segregation. Mr.
Hinton iaaiH
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he considered the citizens U&;?a
ing the case could do was "stick V
. ott and li^it together.?J ?m
more confident than' ever," he
said, "that we'll win this fight
We must win it." .*. >
S. C. Branch Wins
Top NAACP Prize
For Court Suit
ATLANTA ? A first prise
Thalheimer award, present an*'
t nually to NAACP hranehsdQor
t outstanding achievement, want y j
; to the Clarendon County,
South Carolina, branch which ^
initiated the first suit to abolish
, segregation elementary and ;
, secondary schools in the South.
, The award of fid# was present7
eg at a oinner meeting during
the 4tnd anneal r?t
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. the* Nation*] Association for _
k the Advancement of Colfliffed
I People which closed here
The Clarendon County brai we5^lsp*M
I representing a rural area, wi*
> commended for Its "mwfwwi
?d coungre" In ehallenctat the
Ilm Crow ayalom tn Sooth Ca |
- rottna. Its record wae evaluated
3 out personnel to carry eat their
htm. Schenectady, NT., Stock--?
received honorable luoatloa li?
wards of IM each. ,