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' ' e ? ? HPalmetto AME Conference Gets - New^Assipns^Ts OwSrgetOWN ? The Palmetto Conference of the AME 5J? hiCurch ended its annual session! I" Bethel AME Church- here Iter Considerable business* seri mons and addresses by of the ablest leaders of the church. ' ;> ThJe conference went on rec' -ord as asking* the General CenfOTOrtce to return' for another term presiding bishop Fr^nk E-'' Miadison Reid, who presided . over the conference. It ajso named the following;! ^ delegates to kthe 952 Quadren-I nial of the denomination: ? MirristeriaS: RevereJrds H. E.td # jt Deeply Moved |.? GEORGETOWN (Special)? 1 4. Visibly overcome while speak- i' Ing to pastors and delegates attending tie anpunl AME r Church conference here last 1 week. Bishop Frank Madison | Reid wept quietly during his j > discourse on the hardships fac&*'v' ing Negroes. _[ ??Prelate was?urging fullest't support of his church to wipe-* out distinctions based on race and colojf, saying those viol at- ; i ed the fundamentals of Christ- . endom, and here hideous prac- j ?' tlces among a Christian pfco- !, C? p*:' J' Brogdon. L. L. Farmer, J. B, ' > Jennings, R. I. LemOn? H. B. But-! | ler? Jr., B. J. Hutchinson, C. S.i1 r, J. Miollette and R. J, Closer. . > *Lay: J. E. Smith Mrs. Pris- i '? cilia Waring, Mrs. Julia Gilli- ' ? ?rd,* Dr. W. M. Evans. Eddie gV ' Lawrence J. J. Grant, Bansom Scott-and C. K. Knox. PastoraiflAppotntments Bishop^edd . Announced the following pastoral appointments 1 ;y?.- y^ear: i fiKOKfiETowN arngg ' ;j H. L Lemohr presiding elder. ] ; Bethel Station. H. tt. Butler, j Jr.? Greater St. Stephen Station. ( " % S. M. Hughes, Sr.; Dickerson Station, J. C. Williams; WacaRandolph"; Bloom ingsy ill W. B. .Gea^exs; Wept Andrew^, M. R. Hudsortj St Paul Cirqu^t. R A. Brown; Bethel Pee Dee. D. L. Johnson: Win yah, S. H. Hutfchisijoni- Henry*town. J. H. CanieeTjif Sutton. W. M. Jackson; Sandy Island, Jacob McCray, Annondale Mission. W. i : J. Taylor; Arnett and Zion.j Theodore Greene; Santek? Cir, j cuit. Frank Wliitc; Warsaw, F. swinton; tsinck Hiver, J. F. Tol bert; Boat -Andrews,. lr- . *IML 7: ' t_l ^ITv PLEASANT DISTRICT L. L. Farmer, presiding cider. iV s Morris Brown, B. J. Glover; Ebenezer, B. J. Hutoherson; Olive Branch. "W. M. Jackson; Both; ?l, C. Lewis, Jamestown. David Scott; Friendship and Mt. Pleas-; ant. W. T. Munav: Codowille. 'f ' ' . ' T1? v 1 5ur xi 7F VtU .IT. VOLUME 15, NUMBER 21 Klan Leadei For Misusin Thomas Lf Hamilton, grand ;ragon nf the Carolina order of he Ku Klux Klan, was convictby an all-white jury in fedeal court here Tuesday of sendne .defamatory, conri ilous .. nnrl H. E. -Elle-rson; South Santec. (to. be supplied); Buck Jiali, .W*. M.J ?MiddlKdrr STT Thomas. S. L., Bentoh; Zion and Nebo, ' C., Wilson; Charity and St. Philip, J. P. Waring; Holy Trinity J Cilliard; Old St Pliilin l) H I - A.; Chisoslm; Union and St. James, j J. W. Williams; Calvary# J. J.; "" " Taylor; Bethel aTicPSt. Peter, T7.j A. Brown; Mit. Zion, J. S. Wil-i liams; Howard and St. Peter. H. sj ,H. Caper; JVToncks Corner, E. P. Butler; St. Paul, J. W. Wash-; . ' r ington.1 KINGSTREE DISTRICT I Rev. R. E. Brogdon. presiding Continued On Paffe 4 i. ., i . _?, ; . \Mrs. Rivera Dies In Durham; Was Of Columbia PTOHAM, N. C. ? Mrs. Eliza: Wfilisms Rivera. 86, grandmoth-1 ? A. "M. Rivera, Jv., welft - k(V4wn trefei last week following-a lengthy illness. She was the widow of the' .. late Hhomas Rivera* noted pio-l fleer undertake^ in North Caro-f ??.. Rivera was a native of; Columbia, S. C. Shortly after her * marriage more than SD years a* to, ahe Trtoved to Durham from} 85$ Wlfmlntfton, N. C. ' . . Eft? *... *. , ; .' * ' -e.--" . +v, . |'1 .. .. f - ?: v^- 1 ^ ? ibelous material through the U 3. mails on a postal card. Judge George Bell Timmerman sentenced the klan boss to a year ill jail, or a fine in the amount of $1,000. Hamilton had?one dire?to pU5 he fine, and was expected to dt ;o by Wednesday night. Hamilton had been indictee several months ago for mailing he card to Rep. Jesse Reese Pant. Jr. of Andersn county, .er vhich he had some ugly remark; 3d>out publisher Wilton E. Hal Df the Anderson newspapers. Rep. Fant testified that he gavi the card to his brother-in-law Stoning Of Judge Waring's Home Remains Mystery CHARLESTON ? A year harassed sincr? Federal Jndse T Waties Waring's homlo wa; atoned on October 9. 1950. _EB: ilJUlli Ulic'l ih Washing km ^/,ad only a tefse "No com. 3f the investigation. - Depuiy tj.8. -hfarshallH, &ssign d as 24 hour body guards for th< i^rtmrm, aakl Charleston polici dfrv^ped the investigation at tht request of the jurist. PSTA House Of Delegates Meet Date Changed The House of Delegates leg is lative body of the Palmetto Stat< Teachers Association, will mee at 10 A-. M.j Saturday' November 17. in the library of Bcrtedic College. Walker E. SoiomoYi? PSTA ox ecutive secretary, said the meet ing was originally scheduled fo November 10. but that the dat tvas changed when it was learn that the State Department of Ed uc<ition had scheduled a meet ing principals on that date. While less than half of the dele gates to the House are principal? PSTA leaders said they did no tvish to split the interest of th organization by holding their se? sinn. while a conflicting one wa also being held. I SIXTH ANNIVERSARY scr vices for pastor Rev. Maxie S Gotfdon, above, will be observed Sunday, Nov. 4., at First Calvary Baptist Church' Washington and Pine streets. Rev. Gordon will preach Sunday morning, and a special anniversary pies sage will be brought at 4 p. m by Rerv. J^JI. Abney. \ .. _ mi nl_ ouse h* ~ Tc r Convicted g U.S. Mail who passed it on to Mr. Hall. The card was given the FBI who handed it to postal authorities/ who checked in Leesviile, Hamilton's address* to find that I | .the post office had rented post| 'office box 231 (the return address' on the card) to*Hamilton. Postal Inspector testified that! when he questioned the klanj head in January, the latter admitted sending- the card. ?4However, on the stand. Ham-J ' ilton denied writing or mailing! the missive, saying ho was in ' Florida at the time (January 5) [ ? and did not return to South Carf oiina until seven or oioht ri-n.e1 -- --o--. ?- I 1 i later. * Hrmilton said his order never! did anything undercover and he; always signed letters and cards! ' he mailed. But U. S. District At-1 ' tomcy shot back that Hamilton ( {forgot his donning of hoods in the! black of night on klan missions.! / .1 d' ? ! Census Returns Show Gains In ' N. Y. Numbers 1 J WASHINGTON?The 17 New| jVAfr-tr' ATnur fmii.ii ihmImilT ' comprising the New York Stand1 ard Metropolitan Area had af" * combined* population increase ofj 1.251.155, or 10.7 per cent, from:* 11,660,839 in 1940 to 12,911.944' ?# . * . 1 J in 1950. according to prelimin-i ' ?ry data from the 1950 CfelJStpftY f released by Dltector Roy V.| >' Peel of the Bureau of the Oen-'i 2 sus, Department of Commerce. , ^jTHe area's numerical population^ increase exceed-d that of any of; ;the States except California, 3,-|( '678.836; Now York, 1,351.050; and J Ti-xa<; 1.296,370. #I I j- Of the area's population, 11.-; ;866,482. or 91 9 per cent, were]! white; 1,012.383, or 7.8 per cert 'were Negro; and 32,629 or 0.3 J per cent wore of other races. ' During the decade, th ' whi'c rr~ 'Siale Seen Race s Slo c! "j MANNING ? A rapacity aud"jdioncc in Piney Grove AME '"j.Church heard Mrs. Andrew W , "..make a dynamic appeal for in-J >? creased registration and intelii-i t gent voting during the regular! G meeting of the Clarendon naa-j 1 -clarendon branch second largest f'T With the new members reiw.rfa.l 1 * i>vi >cu ouiiuuj, me v^iurenuon | Cohnty NAACP branch is now i the second largest in the state' j E. A. Montgomery, executive i secretary, said Tuesday. Well over the 500 mark for | ' the year Clarendon's NAAC- I h is second only to Columbia, he said. . r i n' ^ , CP branch Sunday afternoon. God's question to faltering Mos-' es, "What is th.?t in thine hand"?' the speaker declared that the ballot intelligently uicd bv 250,-j 000 to_ 3,0QQ Nograffc* would' jnean far more to?SmrfTr T*a lina- now than did the magic uso of the rod of MCoses for the Ho-j . brews. L iThe -importance c4 the h**tortc^ Waring decisions can be sur-i passed only by the deci*ion of| every eligible citizen to register j and vote intelligently. Mrs. Simkins sounded an om-; , Tnous warning against those whO| would .sell but or misuse their i " r? { , 1 - ?i|j . ' '^1?^ ^tv'^l- ^jy, v jpkleribbma^^brk 1 kms - 'x 9h|hk^ W HAND > olumbia, sooth ca roi ' s>:-'v. .'! v:'-< HSP ' ^nl ife \$v. jrv ?" 7 ?g~ ~ JSLa'5-*^^ * ORANGEBCRG?Alumni ai College Athletic Committee In & M. College, make a plea 1 port anid cooperation at :i *| key alumni, who gathered at t ly. , . population increased by 874.49 ii H.O j>gx 7/ <m>4, from 40,991,9< , . , v- -* ' >, v-in 1940; the Negro populatic ncreased by 366.031. or 56 6 p< ^cnt. from 616,832 in 1940; ar ho 'total for other races increa L'd by 10,627. or 48.3 per cej From 22.002 in 1940. Tvu-tnir.ls of New York City total population increase of 43( [162 from 7.454.993 in 1910 to 1 891,957 in 1950 was represent by the increase of 23f>J7(5 m t; Ne^r-o p jpulation of liny f.a 1j 1 > ro u ? h -. tlaryiJils iv*Voti tig influence. Wi cii-cl'.'ins. "The r-ru spotlight t>i publicity niU't i t famed unon stub n n declared. . She pointed out how coord nation in one electin last ye; proved effective. J. ,S. Boyd i ; president ar Rev. K. K. liu lilunu. "I 1iu NAj CP branch here. r'jWk . r- - *4,, CROWDED OCT ? When s boiit 20,000 i<ersons poured on1 State Fair Ground* Monda niRht, J>r? A. J. Collins, ahov president of the Fair Associa ion, said t(We were taken con pJetely by surprise". Officio say a new attendance record being set. The state fair clos< midnight Saturday. . . / ^ INFORM] ina, saturday" novembef ^''' 1 " 'hp ^ ,*'<'* "? - '' ' : ;-^v^]f^l||fisam(j^k *J*3k I H i 1|| : rnxmg ^ it ' ^' _ ... .-. . b h^fc id State A. & M. ( Upper picture, ?ard Lawrence E. dent of State i tr -tv-frr; Stn.tc A. ~?ftfr- Sfafry. Item for generous sup- and chairman leciul meeting -trf?*?Stale A. ?t M. ' he college recent- v of State A. & M _ mons, head coa< *: L)a\ iNoella nj.i J Opens ()U Columbia's first woman phy-. . sie!ar in munv a year; and per-', , ' h:.j' Sv'dlii Car 'dma^j ?-niy one. . a-nr.'-'uncorl this we k the open'""'ihg of offices at H10T Lady street, 1 u'Jiii'h c iiw^ o. tii.'. ? .?, 1>:\ ,v..vvv J. C ampi m. D:. N Pajiui Mjtrh 1: Yonkeiy. N. Y., originally . . ' ?' I ? 1 ... I?.v. ( ^ ; I ?T-t-H1? - i ? ' > S iT.' - '" f 'm ' I' :. :;y ' !> :9If), and _ vv.^a - gr-aduat^l- MWrftT r y? ' *i:?":11 <?: 11' go in 1948. Her in. . < r ' I". ila: H- ?n Nf.v Y*Tk City. !' ?;. l'; Hi. M t. .' !! v.-.., ;iui:>cd l?y S- !. Now -J-rsry in 1949. and :.y "Now York State in 1950. -^Stie served as admitting p'nysi-. ll- ; ,,f ti .? ?? >.? II 1. -1 V . ^ t.' } v.? V I . t i (. i 1 1 i I A' T>|Mlk.ll . ar 'if N w V'.rk City in 1949 and -till ho tel.* an appointment in 1(l 1949 of Clinical Visiting Pedi-' \. a'.; I- .an?aX?Sy.iiWm.'iin?\ bxptt.d. ' She was licensed tfi SoutTi~~Caro-; Una hv reciprocity in July of 1951. Dr. Logan To Represent NAACP At Lnited Nations i . NRW YQHK Or Rayford W I/ogan professor of history at! Howard University and consul--1 1.11:i . n c-inniai profm-nu ur the ' ? N A AC P. w?H represent the NA - t AO' at tlx* Paris session of the | Unit d Nat.ii ns General As-etn-j R bly, it was announced this week -jby NAACP Executive Secretary' jft, . Walto^ -Whit-e. ? 1 | Dr. I.oif.in. who became NAA CP consultant in January. '949. i j. is widely known a.s an authority I to on international and colonial is^_. ty "sues. He contributed the chapter e, }oii the Charter of the UN and its 1- [Provisions for Human Rights and i- I the flights of Minorities in tine | Is | booklet, "An Appeal to the is jWorld," published by the NAA*j ps J CP ami prcseot.-d to the UN in ; 11947. J PR 1 By *oxt ER t 3, 1951 r'-""- -? T?? ? f^ jK^mf i^-fl (1 to r): C. W. Madden, presirollepe Alumni Association; F. of the Athleti<H-C>ommittee of. tntteqe; It. f. Turner, president f. College and Laurence E. Simh of ttie State Bulldogs. Mitch-el! v ice Here The youthful Physician, howover, is not the onlv doctor in hoi" family. She' is tlie wife of a physician, First Lieutenant Edcm II. Mitchell, presently stanod at Camp McNair, in Jat\ip. I To was- stationed at Fort .Jackson hero r r seven months t... shipment overseas. Al;,? .and h~.a wife tor of the Sydenham Clinic prior to induction into the Army. 'I'm M.'fc ells have two children, both, girls, one 4 three ' ahd i.e ; y. ass of age.'" and *the 'liter t< n months old. Both are h re in- Columbia. Dr. (Mrs.) Mitchell. during July. August, and September, handled the practue of Dr. Clarence Morgan, wi.j was out of his office at the time. The la;t woman phvsican remembered here was Dr. Matilda Evans, of mom than a decade :n;u. The last recalled in the state was Dr. Hilda J. Prioleau of Charleston, who passed away everal yeaTs ago. PAC4, R. Webber, of the State College faculty at Orangeburg, Is cliairman of the 1051 Christmas Seal Sale Committee. Mr. Webber said Seals go on sale November 19 and continue until December 25. * 1 "Einpl ~iy $ It I wh PRICE: TEN CENTS reJ .; i ? an Psychiatrist Tells Court Of Evils ^ Under Jimcrow j pr< at< j WILMINGTON. Del. - Th? ] testimony of one of the nation's.an outstanding psychiatrists I^yIs as week highlighted the suit of "the fix NAACP- for admission of Negro ! pupils to so-ca'iled white public !sh< elementary and . secondary j ba ; schools, of the State of Delaware. sh< Dr. Frdorick Werthfcm, diree-j?s< t >i of the famed Lafargue Clinicilej in New York City, director ofjwr. fpsychiatric services at Queens'jol Lienerol Hospital, and author of sir ^'The Show of Violence" and i iother works, was a principal all NAACI? witness as the trial tin- an folded before Chancellor Collin3 wt J. Seitz in Delaware's Court of pu Chancery. Dr. Wertham testified fu; that segregation in elemtentary he and secondary schools is a tre- tin Jmendous factor in impairing the ' j mental health x),t Negroes; . y- he ! The staff of the Lafargue CH- hit | nic, Dr. Wrtham revealc-d. examined fourteen NegTo and whit* CO] Delaware children selected at Pr random, subjecting them to varij ous tests and interviews, and ba determined that segregation pro-ja8 iditccd a "sccisS' disorientation." r P? He indicated that white as well Pr a? Negro children suffered adverse effects from the segregation. . ?------??4 Nu Equality in Separtttkm ^ ? Other distinguished witnesses * ' '' ' ' XMI liiiiiiii u i ed?home the naacf contention that there can Ke r\n _ -? _Lreal equality _of opportunity where segregated facilities ex- ^ 1st. nr: Jerome S, Brunei. associate profe^or^^f pay^^ogy, a "fart o? segregation damages the *** i child's capacity tob eneflt by ed-. tucation" and create* 'degradation of self-esteem". _ _ . .' " gj HE SURE YOU ATTEND THE STATE FAIR Jm J" [Wr,. MJ-United JT soi >?f ao, Iv ALL Red feather Services i. ii i 111 i^ ' 1 i if|M .JMHHgfl HORACE WARD CASE GET! mittee of Omega Pai Phi fratei left) honor graduate 0f Moreh sity, made application to enter j law school; was turned down j decision. Funds were set up to a ; at left is Emory O. Jackson, 1 tioal chairman of the Omega'f Watching presentation is Attoi (a, one of the legal aides in th< ( right is Dr. William Boyd, Atla I gla State conference NAACP 1 the fund. National chairman of tee is WilLird S. Townsetid, Ch * ?.' /3S5 ' i ? " 1 i 1 ' ( : A. . ' * a'1. ' ' leld Under 5000 Bond \ Id year old "house servant 10 took a job in College Place, Laied, to investigating offifers d civic leaders bene hov she is pulled from the kitchen into ? bedroom oi Iter employer d criminally assaulted on, the >rning of October 13, fleeing the * , emises. under threats imraedL-. jjrfe fly afterwards. j Released under $5,000 bond on , assault charge b a rrvan listed ' v"'. y r\ t ^ - ?? -? i.j. okiiiun loiiowing bail- ing by Magstrata Walker. '' \ rhe young woman, who ?aid , s is married but that her husnd is away in the army, said i had worked Monday and Tu- * ; lay before the day of the al- " jed offense, and had come to ^ >rk at 7:45 that morning. Her a wn< mp'n1y -? r*n*T *" > tall children, she said. . About 10:30' the cOmplaintant eges, the accused came home d to the kitchen where, she is busy and asked -to help him t up a heater, which she resed, saying the work was too avy. His wife was away, at the rxe? she said. Fh? youh^Wothan said that J " r employer then began putting \ hands on her playfully but t to work on the heater he had me- home to set up when she otested. Later, she went on, he came ck and began playing at her ain, but didn't stop under her Ho pulled her# so& otesting, but now frightened* P^Tf^35aT?oRrwnere the act egedly occured. \fterwards, she said. the man -patened her if' she reported^ i happening. Using a ruse, she ant into the yard and lied' lite " emises for boriie where she re- .--1 :ed the experience to a sister. IThe letter called" the sheriff's !ice and the arrest followed. 3*oth principals were examined ^jS| a jfity -|>1>S sieiait/ but f $ >uH* VsR igma Gamma Rho ives TotV Revue '' ' Hie local chapter of Sigrr. imma Rho sorority is puttir ; . "J tishing touches on its annual. 'ot Revue", whch will be preited Monday night. November 5 th, in the Allen University j iditorium. ,4.- : The program is1'" VftTalnA th the national project of the 'f -ority, "The Prevention of venile Delinquency Through 4 ioiesome Itecreation". About ) children .wili take part in the >gr.?m, consisting of varied lgs. dances, aftd other rythmic ivities. Another feature* will be the CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 IBlEK??~ j 3 "SHOT mJ^HM^-wtth?-I tionai Social Atilow Cam* H nity. Ward, (third from) M ouae and Atlanta UrtlVar- ] me university of Georgia mrf decided to appeal the iid the case. Holding check lirmlnph tm, assistant na> social action committee. ney A. T. WWden, Atlane admission battle. On Urn nta, president of the GeorbVanches and chairman of the social action commit|MM * ' '**' ' vl l jj 4",^ 1