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*1 VOL. XXX.?NO, 3. Music Lovers Pay "Queen" Marian 1 By Charles Pierce NKW. YORK?(ANP)- Spme 4, 20() seated patrons and '>00 standees, the maxium permitted* by fire regulations, thundered an ovation to Marian Anderson atrNew A'ork's historic Metropolitan Opera House, -v?- That-ovation-occurred at thcbeginriing.of the snafued second scene in Act I. The curtains parted sh. wir.fi* an eerie setting. On the top right. Mis; Anderson portraying Uh\ * .. . ..j^vess, hu?i liy stireeu .a cauldron,. a> .rt-ne. which were scattered skulls and bones. Dimitri Mitropolous conducting, had to "stop" until the last - peal olh applause died down. Fully five minutes elapsed before marvelous Marian could utter the first note^- the history making event that shattered Metropolian tradition. Clear and on key, the Anderson voice floated through the caver nobs house that had echo ed to Caruso, Tettrazini, Calve, Schuman-Heink, Chnliapi and scores of other greats of ine operatic world. But none had achieved what Marian had done. . , For the technical di?<Viotion of the opera, the singing, etc, I leave ? to-more competent ertt>s. tJuf 151 me tell you this, the place fairly crawled with celebrities. Dr. Ralph I,flinche and party finm?U+c? the Duchess, of Wi. Isor. Helen -r? Keller and her lamous touchei Miss Polly-Thompson, with? Dr iavenhdqqq fo.euest Bh,il Aedk C. B. Powell and his wife, whc ?\yereIaTfip host to .Indge und Mrs, J. Waites Waring; Langston Hughes, accompanying the ramous actress Cornelia Otis Skinner (an Anderson fan from way back) ; Margaret Truman, E. Simmy Campbell and his wife*and dauglC < ter: Mattawilda Dobbs--the most promising young singer arou.no; -- ^-'- harrv Winters- barRono u4ity -jt-.il >; " in the "City Center Onera: Leon1 tyne Price, herself to sing an operatic role this wgek for NBC anil the Met; Elsa Maxwell, famous party giver; Eva Jessy, noted choral conductors, and droves of well dressed, well mannered colored citizens. ? Hired Cadiallacs deposited parties from Harlem; a group of 5(J ?=?pora-lovt*rs came I'roin DeiiToTTTc be present; George Wods, proprier tor of the Red Rooster, Harlem's Toots Sher's if you don't know and number one Giant fan and Miss vivjaji' Wright; Dr. Shag Taylor of Boston, Dr. Helen Curtis of New York. And you take it from there. Minks were a dime a dozen. It was sjieer delight to see parties of lovely teenage girls chaper oned by their elders takinj* their seats. As early as 5:30 A. M. that .!?.* / i n >? onii. KIIHI l)IU??|\>tl\ ill Street can he cold as blue blazes when the wind sweeps up the Big Apply), a few brave fans appeared at the window for unreserved seats--;ind as the time neared for the window to open, in that line were a fair share of Negroes. Two porters at the Met purchas ed tickets and proudly entered as guest to hear Miss AnHer<on| \\ hen the ticket window shut down at 7:30, groain went un from.-the disappointed fans unable to buy even standing room. Proniply at eight, pages strode through various levels (there are six of them), striking their gongs to denot curtain time. Ticketholderg still poured in. ?Hinton To Keynol Day Celebration 1 James M. Hinton, president of the South Carolina conference of ttiPNnttonal Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, will be the keynote speaker at a Lincoln Day celebration to be held in the Allen University auditorium, Columbia, Saturday February 12, It has been announced by I. S. Leevy, president and organizer of the 'Lincoln Emancipation Clubs, Incorporated, the Organization sponsoring me mncoin uay meeting. Hinton, outstanding; life insurangents for the Pilgrim Life insurance company of Augusta, a nationally recognized strategist in the ftght for human and constitution-? *4-wg^ts for all people, has spear , headed for years South Carolina's legal fights fop equal teachers salaries, the eradication ofj the "white primary" Which brought ? * " . * ' " ii?.. L Homage To 1 Anderson At Met Outside the crowd milled around. { J The lobby was jampacked. Police had to open hmes for fortunate holders of admissions. Finally, they had to clear the lobby, but the i ' crowd was orderly'and easily hand I 1 led. There were no pate crashers-1 irtthruph a late arrival minus tic-1 1:et, vowed she was a bosom friend [. of Miss Anderson and Miss An-! 1 derson would swoon if she., knew I., her old friend h"<l not. gotten ir.? 1 sbe~wns too late to buv a ticket t -Liand the house had been coiup-'1 1 '.civ s-Mcl out for weeks.)' 1 V'isiiois (aire as-far away as California. Ne.or before, have so' 'many Key-roes attended a pernor i tvrue When tlVfe. curtain fell ill ti. end " >vre II cf. Act I. tbe .o. hi i- ' pal - t'.rre out to take their tvodi-; t'on-.d, bows. The star studded east. HcaCed by tenor Ilk-hard *Tucker ^ and soi-iiVhos Zuika Malinov and , , ll.iheft Peters trot nice applfifise, r tnit when Anderson appeared, there "as- another roar like salves from Hip- Be'rlhas. There were shouts J of "we want Andei s'on. we want ] Anderson," atul they Weren't from Negroes because- the erowd. neavPest your reporter lead the shout* in?*-- they were in the last row of i the orchestra. r*?Seven cm tain calk?were lukt ll i , bv the^nrtncipalsr But when ""the ; crowd - persisted, Miss Malinov , lead -Miss Andet'S''n. Out" onto the center of the stage and as the up> | roar continued. Malinov planted, a i .urbrasing, her-fondly for her suc cess. It was a happy- occasion; (it t is the policy of the management hat no star take individual bows) i ( Photographer banged away their j hearts'content right from the very ; front of the Temple of Music. (No} r- M!i>? Agjgggtm-gmcefqtig acknowledgpil hor tiifiniph ?: L At, the end of Act I, Miss Andcr [ son was thjrough- for the flight. In ; her dressing: room, it was a slight > ease of pandemonium. Rut the . 1 Met's press department aided and j I abetted, l>x Hurok's" offoe hcl&?Ull ' ui check. Miss Anderson's ag'ed j mother was presented photograph- I i ed kissing the_ diva. Her sisters j ~ eame next. Rut husband Orpheus (Ilazz I Fisher stayed in the background. This was Marian's night. He dueked into the crowd anil no. amount ef persuasion' could ' induce I [ him. to he photographed with Mifrian. "Later, later,",he laughled, glowing and beaming as he eased past your reporter. IJut later never came. * Sol Hurok too was in the baek' ground. But for him, this was a personal triumph, so he was urg_ ml In move into?the- front. Stand hig beside his star, holding sheafs j of telegrams, he saluted Marian, kissing her on the cheek. Miss! A'luieson clunvc tightly to a huge Imnch of long-stemmed American beauties. Still in costume, she was oois-il unrufried and showed not the slightest sign of distress, wor' ry or anxiety. She was completely J -mistress? -of?tin?:- situation. ? !~ Nearby was Miches I Sweely of - the Sol?Hurok office. He handles^ Miss Anderson's press. Her person at manager was fairly bursting with pride. It was a glorious night After 2{>-}ong years, Miss Ander- I son had conquered after harriers ! had heen broken for colored sing- ! Continued on page 8 te Lincoln ?~ February 12th -?i the secret Ballot and- free voting j | to all South Carolinians, and the , j Clarendon school case which result | j ed in the United States Supreme J Court Decision some months ago outlawing color segregation it) i J schools, under the provisions of | the 14th amendment to the Consti- j ' tution of the United States. ! i he Lincoln Emancipation Clubs ] organized more than a decade a- ! go for the purpose of emphasizing necessity of full participation j in registration and voting, and; the importance of Negro seek- | ing participation and employment. in all tax supported ngnncint:, prill I stress its objectives before the expected statewide audience an February 12, and urge county or-; ganizations and gatherings to carry life message to all areas in , the 3tate. Citizens from all parts of South J Carolina are expected to attend < i the meeting. ( Kift J ' i v COLIIJ Ca? ey Addresses 1 ft. Louis Group ( on United Nations St. Louis, ,Mo. (ANP)?Delegates, to the United Nations are well informed that some .Americans ' are denied jobs their skill call for.; the right to live where th^v want, the riirht to attend ho. college of their choice and other privileges because of race religion or creed. declared Archibald J, Carey, Jr. first, alternate delegate to the '? eighth general assembly, when he spoke-at the?Brotherhood meeting of the St. Louis section of the National' Council of Jewish Women at Rabbi Harpson auditorium here, last Monday. Carey, an attorney and pastm; of Qtiinn Chapel A. M. K. church in Chicago, said "member nations cannot put their trust in us he- .. cause of the desire to treat all must recognize' "the greatest hpr to progress and affiliation with other countries is its practice of discrimination." The solution, he told an audien-.i ce of more- than 500 persons, is ? to "make democracy in this conn-tpy so broad.- complete and com- ^ polling that other nations will il join us in the march up freedom's >w rend."? , . -Carey,?who?also is- serving a ' second term as alderman in Chi- J cagOr said the United States can- \ not afford to withdraw from the Cnited Nations. If tliis country abandimed the U NConuvmni<t , Russia would be left as the dominant factor in the world organization, which would go on without America's support, he asserted. He added,, the positions the 1'. X. takes are in the nature of nior al judgements and have influence ; < i) the conduct of *h.> "-prld. ?j? IM.AXS FOR NATIONAL OH- ! SERVANTS OF 200th BIRTH- i I)AV OF I'llfI.LIS" WlhEATf.EY | T.'io plan, for the ohserv; 'ce of the 200th birthday- of Phillis I V."'n.atlcy, America's first NegroJ" poetess, >rotv underway wedk following Jane E. Hunter, president and director of t he National Phil 1 it>j the appointment of a national IViillis Wheatlcy Foundation, Inc.; of the appointment of a national : planning committee to h a v o: charge, of planning the colebra-; tjon scheduled for early in Mayi of this year. Among those luuiied on th.j national committee are: Dr. H. \Y. Hunter. .Chairman;' Chester J. Gray, Vice-Chairman;! Attorney Norman L. McG.hro, Secretary; Donald \V. Gropp, Dr. It. A. Harris, Judge . Perry B. Jackson, and Dr. It. E. Jenkins. The National I'hillis WhcaUey! Foundation has made, through J Congressman France.: P. Bolton, ! h an application to the Postmaster- i General for the issuance of a coin, memorative postage stamp honor u ing this remarkable woman. * ) The Foundation is looking for- n ward to"any ihlgK schools and col- is lege;, in America to share in the celebration by presenting the .Ira- ;, ma "I'hi'ilis." , DAWSON ON IMPORTANT D. L'. COVERING COMMITTKK AS DEM. TANK OVER CONGRESS ,? Washington (AXl'i?Rep. Wil- 1 lianr I. Dawson last week hccanuv < V- - - ? the first Negro ever to sit'on the f important District of Qilumliia ' committee, which for years has a keen a favorite post for Southern 1 congress then." The committee practically runs " the Citv Of Washincton. t Smiling over the now;-.?of?brs--^ selection, Dawson said he? would o accept the assignment because ho , n felt it would {five him an oppor- ^ tutvity to be of service to the poo- t pie of the district. ( He said he did not seek the ap- ? pointment . because be realized it S was a committee which carried a 1 tremendous amount of work and a he .was already overburdened, but ' ho said he felt it his duty to take b on the responsibility. ' Dawson's appointment tfl~ the < <obimittee canie shortly AftCl' he resumed chairmanship of the pow > erful committee on Government P operation, which he headed during the 81st ami Ritnd . n This committee, which oversees | b {governmental expenditures i n i d many important areas, has added f' considerably to Dawson's influ-'d nee in Washington. i >1 HI A. .SOUTH cikOTilNA,- SATURDAY, rimmermanloaugui ateJ 7: >1, South; Cinpna.:' . Ily W.H. IViv. man ' , j ( j Gov. Gcorjr;' ISt.M TinvaiP: uian ? . r., of !.( si? ('oii)i'y. oia* ?<f iiii* in omc .-county, Tuesday .la:.tuny IS have le 'J55 was sv.oin ja* "ihe 7tit.li t-do.-o ,>.i' ovvi ll' i 01 .-i iiuy .in.iina, v.'i.n . oa-woui cijjyu lie oath' heing administered l?y gainst Xegroos, is father Fed Yal JtnKre. Tim?.: *r- . 1 *' v.ti'si mil.' wliciii- _lhi.s. , ivp.irt.wr- ? ?~** irbwni i'liv a. : . ..is. . :*.. . .* . ?e TIlC DjU'tiilitf--Ul-a-.v>-i?? . nnoie ----- ffo! . y tlu- li'-V. Aloma '1 . . ..s . a (tired oY ' ... ........ hcivil ami "t'ct* : a '' * '. Mi - .*. . . ,v- ' The do\ elo) i.; ?i. is t.;e ' ' ...t'lmai op; ... f*?T?s , v ,l'v . i .K- t.i-. < r'dren v :!! iisi?'.;- vva \ -Z' - .....- ra.-UT * ' rare :-> . Lj?;. .... -i ?-u- -l-'Ca s>-'ami's.- ,Yl de:. '"I1 !-.? .< ;;.u* i . ii* i.< was- i- v.h't-' pai'e: resented. niixcd sr'ands. i J- n-j.-.. Mv.VMo!lings.;. Negroes f v"h:i".V.-n n vj.j sv.v.i in hy schools than w !te boss ?> the Legislature, Ktlgav s p.nate s k-r-J-W'-wsvu. Hr-rr :Y;r. Hoffings "I'm dr?rTT'f;! . ?* pncTpTa" ver as piesiding officer and ad- 'destroy the ) linisicivd the <ju>h of office to tram epual. Mis utjl. (!. n.-ral J.-niOd t'/ D.i/.ler ;,o -t*olr rate nil 1 rensuror, Jeff Mates, controllier, 1htc" iencral. isijii'id.go-1'. K hoiies, Snpt. t K(!i:eaT?r.fv,' Jo- do T. Anderson, T'ete were i eel rial V (,f jJtato, 0/ Frank uU-ndci the ii "in-rnt 'ii, Any. (ion. T.C. Callison ever, v.v spied nd ('oiicnissiuner of ' Agriculture, i a leading I'aj I toy Junes. \vln? laid their. Columbia sitting amis on the Jlible. Judge George . state house stej ell Tin met man, Si*., administer-. tcs ne;n- liim, d the..oa;h .*??- his son, the new i happy, nvi i i.i?i. \- h ,;-:i \77Ts I he ha ppiest' tomenl ii. tloir lives, as they; Knowing the atted eavii other oil the shoulder. | do, kflowing lie This reporter will not comment; County where l> u?Liui?new?g-?>vci'noi''? address,-*-TTPther .iTx! uudc "t will uiiute?part, of?his ad- 1 firmly liclirw less verhatuni, the readers may Tinimorman's 10 i?Kiu their own conclusions and, rolina will have ci isions. . > and happiness I la pari he said: "My pledge to Tray for hint. yfc ' i ILeabet JAM AItV 22,. 1955 Slli Governor ??- ? -?4 / if* 'v? I _c - i 1 I V . J . I t" J'i't -VI'W I 'H' p w . "J? * * v. hif'i v."! it; ai;<i ; :" A *??' ft. jfA II ??} ft-V T' SSSS Week Feb.'13-20 but when Nojrrocs whites, it. is mevi ^ v.iil ?- m r'iliu-r not i.:i-v? j=/; ' have "bettor Unit . J c'K r?\.?E I, tiv r.-.iu :ly :- not ^ iyV. of paror.lv to 3 ki.*Wjr * ;ed schools vail n -t J. ji;i)\\ VKI> HINTO.N er :: y anninustra- ., . , _ < Manager. Speri.it Scruce Department Metro A-i>o-i.;iea Sjeivice Inc.. N.Y. ! >t many Xojrvoe's K,r the first time since the ealaisv '-'i at i">n, how- tablDhnUut <> f Xeirro History Dr. J. \Y. Davis Week newspapers are to-be furffiist Minister of nisloi. free'of eharjre, with hints ?by himself on "the of the oificial emblem for the.oc >s" with many win- rasiou. tiiromrh cooperation afull jausnwcl -ts>* he- forded?tin* Association for t.ho Stiiily i f NVirm l.ifo and History. i>y. Met t ( A < oeinted Services, Timmcnnan's as I 11 ?-. of \> u A oi k. is from I.exine'tori Mats of the emblem in three oth races work to- nit'ierent siv.es, fioni tnuinbnail M'staiiiT" each other, lo one i nluinn, \\ il. in- .- (riiL to any' *?ttrrrt?under (inv. 'newspaper l vi pies l j iV-i.' them, It 13 adcrship South ("a announced by <l> Kdwant Ilmton, nothinjr hut. peace liumauer. Special Servicers I)epartJ between the races, ment of Metro, ltoipiests should bv adiL e. i ed to him care of Met f $100,000 Tuturamic' Renovation Progran At Allen University i Columbia?Bishop Frank Madi-< foi son Roiii and President S. |t. Big-1 m< Kins in launching t h e $100,000 i to "Fulurmatic", dormitory renova- j tei tion program for Allen Universi- I kn ty said more than one hundred na donors have already pledged to donate or raise $100 each for the pr One Thousand Dollar Drive for ge the One Thousand One Hundred or] Drive for the "renovation Ca of historic Coppin Hall; Arnett to1 Hall and- other needed physical A1 renovation fof the college. A two day meeting closing with I m< a Take Off * Alumni Dinner on vis Saurduy taunhed t h e $100,000 N< campaign for the Futurmatic Gi Drive. . an President S. R. Higgins commenting on the plans for t h e | vo drive'said he "was greatly elat&l no Allen University Who were inter- ca esied iiy huildmg a scroll of $100 Rt each on Founders Day -which will clc make -possible t.he--dormitory ren- - da ovation program for Coppin Hall Morris College End< Campaign Gets Und Plans have been formulated for I the $2f) I'lat6 Endowment Dinner j Kt for the Morris College Endow- I R< mcnt Fund. The dinner is^sche- j W duled?for February?IS, 1055. The | Rt Campaign is conducted op a Mi County basis. Each County is'un- Rc dor the direction of a Chairman Rc and or Co-Chairman and Commit- Rc leenjan. Each Committee is en- M: gaged in contacting persons and M organizattions to subscribe To a| M; 1'late Dinner. Each ticket ad- M mits the holler and .hi? guest. M The t'ollo-.ving is a list of per- Rc sons who have been asked t o Rc work: ??* Rc Rc ALLENDALE COUNTY Rev. Brooks Scott. Chairman Rev. Kitfus Daniels, Co-Chairman' Rc Mr. Leon Gardner i Rc Mr. L. L. Butler I M Mi'. John Springs. 1 Rc ABBEVILLE COUNTY ! Rc M Rev. G. Pullins, Chairman Miss Mary Jordan. Co-Chairman! Mr. Ralph Campbell 1 Rc Mr. E. L. Brown I)i |rAIKEN COUNTY jib lb Rev. X. L. Bush, Chairman R Rev. E. Rouse R t nn r> lU'V. .j. u. nuey iv -Mr. Tilton JIoHy? Rev. W. R. Winn Rev. J. II. McKissick ; R Rev. II. Hickson M Rev. Harrison- M Rev, Harmond ,R j Mrs. I lolly BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON / | CONFERENCES WELCOME / ! BISHOP NIC HOLS j-'g Baltimore (A N P)?Leading ^ clnirehinen of the Baltimore and i?5 Washington conferences of the AMK church gathered at Bethel A .ME church here recently to officially welcome Bishop I). Ward I Nichols, newly assigned prelate I of the districts. Bishop Nichols " was recently ] .. -appointed nvrr the areas l>y the j Bishops' council to fill the unex-1 pi red term of the late Bishop L. j v Bishop Nichols joins Bishop; Frank Madison Reid, prelate of' tin- South Carolina district, who ; has also Been assigned to admin-i istor nortions of Bishop Heming way's conferences. At the church gathering, Rish- j oil Nicnols delivered a scholarly | New Year's message, in which he j I informed his new communicants i I that he brought with him to the } district, love, brotherhood, good- I 1 will, fellowship and understand- ! , i 1 h ,nh'. T.;_ < ' Following the morning worship, ^ a program of welcome was ten- I J { dered?the prelate, his wife?and I t daughter, to which several digna- j j taries, including Gov. Theodore R. j ^ i McKeldin and Mayor Thopias D. * Alesandro. were invited, ?^ ro, 80 Madison Avenue, News York 16, New York. ~ - 1 Negro History Week will he oh- J solved this year from February i 13th to 20th, 1955. i t ' . r' " \ -.-Jl- . ' -r '. 'I PRICE: TEN CENT# Dormitory i Launched Saturday r girls and Arnctl Hall fur ?n. This renovation program oi.; also include a new health conr and a gymnasium to |rj own as The Joseph Henry Gym sium. , . At a luncheon meeting npoximataely one hundred pledes joined Dr. S.- R. Higgina in. , ganizing every county * ? South irolina in a volunteer movement ward seeking $100 scrolls for len yjiiversity. ' ' These volunteer organizational jvements would be set up by' sits of President Higgins i n jwberry, Clinton, L a u r e n s, eenville, Anderson, Abbevilla d Greenwood. > Other sections of the state for ' ?*? i 1 ?? i... ? iunteer ineauquai.ici9 i-u uu . uYiced later. ~" The two day planning meeting lied by Bishop Frank Mi.dison :hl and President S. R. II ggins >sed Saturday with a Tak 1 Olf J. D. McGhee, Report nv v >wment I er Way, : , ANDERSON COUNTV L iv. L. R. Best, Chairman " " f !v. J. \V. Toomer, Chairni: n / is. Pauline Thompson - J . 'y.J.R.Rimell ^?:??L r. C. L. Davis / iv. J. R. Brown / ;v. O. S. Scott / :v. B. D. Walker ; . / r. X. E. Mattison / r. Roscoe Butler I r. Fred Jackson J rs^ Louise Clark ~ ~ / r. >E. S. Hollings / ^ .'v. L. E. Sitton \ u ;v. L.-W. Zimmerman * j JJ~~ :v. J. D. Hicks !v. J. R. Ellis " 1 L BAMBERG COUNTY" | jy. S. D. Rickenbacker, Chr. jv:, J. S. Weight, Co-Chairman | * r. Charles McMillan^ - ?v. J. S. Wright 1_ rs7 C. AT^iegXer , ;v. C. D. Dowling r. L. L. Butler ' w . BARNWELL COUNTY v. N. L. Bus-h, Chairman i". J. Dixon, Co-Chainnan l'v. J.- S. Smith L>v. W. M. Phinissy l'v. Williams ev. Green ev. Dix ev. Z. Townsend BEAUFORT COUNTY ev. -E. .J. Johnson, Chairman Ir. Prophet NI itchcll 77 !r. Jack Johnson ev. Morris lleywarj Continued on pa^1' Admitted To ). C. Bar -? 7 ptNm- > > \ a ^ ' -It . Atty. Herman CI. lloyd, I,. L. B. olds his law degree from the School of Law, SCouth Carolina notc "college, Outmirobon?, S. <J. In earned hi;??R;?!' . degeel'?from he same institution and did his > raduate studies at Kansas State olleKe, Manhattan. Kansas. Atty. *oyd is praytieinp in Hill. ? C. He is -a memln?r of t.ho Lad?? ion Presbyterian Church, Columbia, 9. . Member oftKo Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Master Mason ( ?nd a number of othei- organic ions.