Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Johnson 1 to commit violence if "winy* supremacy" .was not reeognizOn the-other hand, it had also this statement frdin.I Judge Waring: "The skies will not fall" if Negroes vote, fat rjBoirth Carolprfm&ries**; it ha<f the advice, "Now te -the tfijne for South Carolina to join the Union." It had. the clear I pietuiw a deliberate^ c ffort to flaunt >evdh its own orders. It acted; ft caused "The chips to iall"?not where they "may" Ok the former governor declared,?but fo "fall aa democrat I 1 ; So. on tbe record ??d in the law hooka the white prim, i arv. the white party are'bo&h dead ducks. They have gone; The next step Ik -io-make certa im ;*haFthe f^tory-wan-aot, j(- half a loaf, an empty -one. To be certain feverish efforts 3 wifl bfc^rjpcte to deny fchtt hew privilege to as large number / of Nqgtoes aa possible, The success of this effort will, depend onjthre ii#lination of Ne^oes to tek* ate^or reject it. K 1944 when Progressive^emocrats dramatized thefissue by bringing white and colored <;itizena together in their commoa~oi***d??tion,..was; And this, henceforth, 'is the watchword. No membership in the party is complete withoutrights ftHpnHinpf that, mcmbfti-ahin:-Qntv ' ihr*>n<yb iaicb a stand .caii the court's ruling be made practical. Only in this fashion can it be said-that "government K-.' of alj people bv the few pf one people" has perished from 3* ^ atfttake in t^e fel^Hal $#u? merely to> point to^ha- paprr regional school as more than whfp> Negrn>t? now have; which is fact, but inexcusable and %?*'to^^tome ^fVacSr^ The r^giond] exjlIe^ woukh coU' SoUth Carolina, aa an e!*^-J^00 *>e?-r- ^my. the m* i? ?pwh?* I , ?lwut $i0QO(K) cm^mecUcal-training-of.whUes at Charleatori; . .J^eble reference here and there is made to a regional college I I ,v : f^ wWte^feai^be a^ol?acent ,kijowa there te ho real intefit?rr?f proponents to-hmid eu^p schools.. Were.it ?o they Wotfltf have established. theaeJaeforeJairning to one for Ker I wroea. In fsfit, were 0)e regional college so ^senerit; a plan w it # being propagandized to be, white yoaS# would have I - outlet. Proponents would set up, at the Jrfcrae, ^ne for Negroes and one for whites. But there would f|ill remain' the $400,000 expenditure for in-atate training I -J ?he #%***?eoi?Ul?rSt.io?x>t t*Us item comes/row The -y ^te abutting djpn of all >'' . Jr,-.- '' | \?k- - : ) ? ? : r?r" ?? '* ^ ' ' ' _ ' ' West Pekin . . r . , (Continued From Fife ifT ^orttt&hese ^efctiTio panes Commissioner Jno. O. Prehdergast ' Th* rtty r^Hpn? has called the police commissioner t^jgn$wer for , this wave, of violence against SK gi-oei. CConnell has tried to mini. mine the attacks, and said th?t inVefttlgatkra of the . siUitaJoh >puld dnlii^nwre ^ouble^ ??-: Archie Jackson, proprietor ?f a lunchroom whose windows w?r? broken, (eU that U^e hoodlums ^crs getting even for a, recent ipbbery He sild he saw an automobile pull away In the .middle of the night rjght alter hfei wlngpw was smashFAMILIES BURNED OUT Five families Were horned out 1t One pulidlug as 'hoodlums tossed s gdsoline torch, according ia witnesses' descriptions.. 5"hls., building housed 30 lamiliti and 60-persona. .J.?.r Mrs. Oladjm Collier, already ill I and her two sons were overcome bj the smokes and taken to the Cook -County hospital. Firemkn hero Tow ?.- Henderson who rescued twc families said the lire Was start ni j?^|ingf Dy 11M way It spread. ' . Spokesmen from Mayor's Commission on Human relations said these attacks could 'not have occurred ^nerely because of the robbery ol one man. One of the victims, afraic to give her name, said:! - V*' : aI tHrik"Tt's sofnehotty around herd. How else could they Pick oul the Negro placesHston*7 We've beer !ooklng for something to happen for a long time but not this." : WINDOWS BROKEN ~ Another victim. Mrs. Laura Reed who had two bricks thrown thru her beauty parlor Wlndovph-said; the frnrth time ihy window? have been, broken. When I complain to the police 4hey **7 "It'a too^ bad/^ ^ in TT- ii' i i i i *' i 1.1 ') Fine Foods COMPLETELY MODERN Staple VARIETIES _ Langley's Market . AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR h ?\ ^ ...v.. ..v . v. | Pb.Be 7411 r ?* I FIJNERAL A \?n?" mmrarrH "V BStABLISHED Wtt * SERVDCC 1*1 rt?fc<*t C+Hmb**w:*>. ", ...^ ..j: mi muting rem*** v,'-- a; J ' " . v, , /? * ' ? < ' .i .. j\ ^ v.wj .V-.;i# T : , ;.Zrr'r ?? TUE UGHTHOtJ* By JOHN Mi .. ? I AND ONE BATTLE ENDS 1 ur L ; The long battle oTjiduthem Ne- m groes to* belong to, and participate si} In, affairs of Democratic party or- sr & : guiiiziiLiuns 'i frj Nthelr ^esiiept lve m I stataa, has now *W? tp TcTose. Al- T1 lliO?t, tllftt ib. v fll 1 Whin UreU, 9. Supreme Court .co > Car^lha white Ueniocrati on Moa- ch . day, it did much^mera-than. decide .n U that South .Carolina Negroes had i the legal right to participate in qr - affairs of the party. t It smashed th down all possible attempts to se abridge this right, not only . lp. pi 1 South Carolina, but In all .states sit t and provinces under the V.J3. flag, i* No matter now What other tricks, pc I. dearly aimed at Negroes, these ?c they arb^b^ugiS^to^ ?! tentlon, they too will be;rtfled illeg- n~i ' al. + When Che supreme court; rtturw*- >h ) ed the Smith vs ,Alh>ri-ight decision > ? in 1&44, Texas DemdaPu^r accepted k that ruling and otootrd to permit I i; Negroes to vote.- But?> dear ole rt Minmpthg ground >c of the recent tereamerg <g^l|dyLe Jjj [ Johnson, Rivers, Thurmond, et -ah. .-01 h "the state om!Z state's : ggftpfp S 1 sic) thought she had the answer. ^ , At a huge .public expense, jspvernor 1 1 Johnson assembled the legislature - into special session and strp$$-out, p 1 - air- rules governing 'party prima- " r. rles. Texas had been convicted by y, the court because state laws cov. .ered primaries. South Carolina _ reasoned-simply : No state law, no S court authority. ; But overlooked was the Irppossi" biRty of conducting' primaries With- o. "out their brushing, state laws some where'along thiS; war^and today' th Johnson must .be^Qrua Jhe face da r linjahs will remember film as pe*- th petrator of a scheme Which dldh't nf ' work. ? ?. to And We wonder, tf>o, KoWMMfld Ug feel the South Oajplinhuw now re- 't belling against Mr. TnmiatK While they shout deflftncd and cla^n d*-* Carnation of the South, the.MdJofi'i court, indifferent' to' sentiment, t takes a took at how BodfchC&ralins ."J has trampled the rights Of its~Ne- " groes and orders it to get into .ftut' Unions if.'" 'v * -7-j ji -? T>f course the battle is not,quite over. The next stage Is that p| A typical remark oil th -police br protection came from a r^;?ent of }1$ the neighbathoa&j^to - *Mlnic Hf i">Am in tr^*" u jSWf<!"l protection. For the past twd years w? we have ?' ? : flfl 1^^For | j J* ' ! ; "' a Vilflllillfl I - "tVaun 3 I ; ^ ^ | v .':. T. - T> '."l BESS . *? ..; - -I fa&Ci1"1'' ^fti'ti'1'"" '""'1 ' >E AND lifcoM^COttE CHMGIM { ifiRAV op d* wha,t 4ke courL- ruling ean$. There will be attempts to d unt Neglrae.s off td4lne -J id there' allow them only paruat ~| eraoeffctUp rtgHt.i irr the . party. . WU4 t? attempt perhaps, tq ~ ;?p (htpn out of loci! meetings, j nventiom and offices; there will < ( attempts to limit their part liy ] * party only to voting in prima- ft . I Such efforts must be fought vig- J ously and beaten now. Now Is \ e time to get. the entire issue < tiled. If we aedept a second olass i ace In the-party now, there we'll ( i lot years to dome. . It's all Of , rthtng; and the party la not In , tamori now to sgy^rfothlng." in i id.tlon to- having the courts on j kn^tum^whSrr^they candepend J, >oh to fight-dvlth them and even 4 take this fight to the floors of e .nut Warm! convention,' )f necesry. " . In other words, on paper Negroes < e lH the party; in fact, they hare H| ta to transform lroni paifci into JB -actice the privilege the courts ' lire ordered. Ana they must be jl n be satisfied with a compromise, ney^ye the ' winners and"" while , eyshould attempt to maltgn.ahy j tsfrdceds ott this matter, they , ight to insist on their full rights, , npigyltiK every'pressure and legal 9 svice available ' towards. JthJs end. , partanburg News ; SPARTANBURG, S. C. ? The ' sv. James M. Hlnton, State prestnt of the NAACP was. guest of . o SpttjM***"* bran* last Sun- , jr. At a special NAACP program . nBr at~ Mafcedanlfl. Baptist church, b e Rev. Hibtoh stirred the hearts an usually large congregation y ward' progressive thinking essen- t tl toward continuous advancement t the jape. Remarks. were made , the Rev. Coolldge Johnson. State j psideQt, of the youth branches: t le messages of the two presidents' t lether *ith the Rev? W. fc. Wii- f O's appear for memberships- ie- ( Ited in the enrollment nf lftfl ^ w members. The . speaker was in j >duced by SHlffey Melton, man- t er of the Sparta itbhrg district, a Igritn Life Insurance Company, a lisle was furnished by the Junior ; oir of Mt: Morlah Baptist Churelj ngv *Wllliam Fergus and R li { iTksdale. president of the lofcaj , Imcfii of the NAACP. branch repf _ H* !' I jj ? "*TT|"P iff iV",YiPi- f -T- - II' <# ttrTand Jdrs. H. L.~~Barksdate ffe hosts to thq Rev. James M. nfnn ??< ? - - ' i' W ' l./ j ^ .^ V'j|n.Hji l . Due lo favorable , " ? conditions'* dam?:t:? en'? now life# more retatar ?nd spiced in these ; delicious Sweet;*-'~ v ?'U Rolls then ever - wciure. ?UU IHHI - 1 *9 delights White. Icing is thicker, loo! r ^ .v.> :> ? : Iftfe--.- ' : Hi ^ ?d Buyers! Cfcn't Be Beal wn-Vigit. . . CO ^COMPANY Sou! c!^Sjy . Tj fi v ;;i '' ^ V.1' ' J . . , \ ... * ' .. ' - " " " '/ \ jV -. ^ ^ . v- J M WBIA.'S-t' J " t; '...?. tABOR VIEW | ~ By GEORGE McCRAY S *? " - ' r-; '.if i' . '; 3 _ ? a m Sticking It Out fr .1 V ' ~ . in : About the OQly noteworthy deve- \i< iopments in the nationwide meat /ja packing strike is the report of the Resident's Fact-Pinding committee m4 the fact that police in several to itates are beginning * to deal with^ Ce anion pickets with a firm hand. The" Vi economic pinch on packing house ?workers is being felt and a few ~ workers are almost destitute. There s: sign of a back-to-work piove- 14 meat and the packereseemjghave Abandoned the idb4_ of trying to. operate in spite of the strike.^ " " The $159 per hour which the a] union wants to establish as the ba- V sic wage in the meat packing in- u Justry sounds impressive. ' But' in } E >?i ?m a! ?? ?'?? .?n .1?? " in v??i uujing' power uiui . a: HiS9 will: buy only what 70 odd j tl k \ V-' - ^ Habile intheelhy ? ^ CORRECTION: In last .week's is- e ;ue 'of The L4ghthouse' under the ti JlCtUre "THEY 8ELL THR LIGHT ? ffOUSB" ^the ^names ^should have lght;t Myrtle L. WUUams, Jullfts5. Atcherjfon, Rufus McJlmsey, Jr., ind Mirian A. Atcherson. ?, Top row left to right:- Clyde ^ Pearson, Julias. E. Williams, Jr., l8 Bernard Atoherson and .Robert Atyiierson. ; 'V' ' " -fa Residents of the Highland section * A the city, may purchase papers h Irom/C. K. Sims and Ruddy * Hill, " lews narrlwrt In that area. j. SPARTANBURG POINTS THE " IVAY?The Spartanburg branch of ? he "NAACP, In cooperation . with Re alty and county pastors combin- n d jiifforts Sunday lu "a Monster j, dass Meeting a>t Macedonia Bao- b 1st Church. II was "Civil Rights" ^ Sunday, and all pastors * preached ; rotn the subject "The Church and ? hvll Rights." Guest pastbr at Mt f< Wn?lnh Baptut ebnreh .'?w D:ip lev. James M. Hlnton, state, ureallent of- the NAACP, a capacity A ludience attended. All pastors had h l large number' of members 'n the li ifternoon meeting. Mr. Hlnton ad- lr Ireised the mass3 meeting. More han tiyf w^s secured ^n^mber A Jholrs apd^tlhe Youth Choir of Mt Jhi Jorlah Church* The branch had b< >rlnted and distributed 2,000 book-' at etsi on how to register and vnta ? Spartanburg Points The Way. W ?' . , . ' ; ? _i ___ _ _ l_i _ 11 II iknUll n BiliP >rj jyKMyyi * l -?E? fSa r;'\ '**/ . * ?r r .. ,. ? ?,. -*.; ? ' I ;?. , .. ? J *.. , " ?.' : "7" '" ' * ' ' /.' '' : . . . *" . ^ ' ^ 'i1'^ Vl j 1 , Reports >nmimu day hit Coiumhto oiul&y with the supreme courts Section ot an appeal plea of white emoerats and in the ado which ilfowed Jhere was lititir-elsc to Jte or talk about; ?v or even -hear, unny how things- like this can. ove people. Many wW had been1 different- all along suddenly gob terested and bttoy and Jt was an tere.^ing -thing, to sea them rush >Wn to cast their first votes on Uesday; -V* ' : ;r-^ t * * + * THERE WAS no organised effort i get. them to vote for aijy of four tndfdates, but from expressions riunteeted; spies for this column ;.T. , < ? j.. ? ? jnts brought in 1939. *" ?: UPORTAHOX WOULD H(>RT The men's and Women's tallori clothing manufacturers, . with ie add of ther APL's International adies Garment--Workers union nd ClO's Amalgamated' Clothing Workers of America, are urging the nlted States government to adopt uropean skilled cutters, tailors, nd other garment workers ipto ie oountry. 'Hie fiiiprii'tprn of thr proncMfcl ^y_th?..move Is necessary to reeve ^a critical labor shortage in we lothlng |ndustry. They' feel it ikes*too long icrtrain-sufficient orkera to meet the demand eVen snitehlft workftra were svkliabie > be trained. _ Persons less interested in the roblems of displaced - persons lii urope mignt recall that the ciothig Industry has faced this skilled ibor shortage tor at least three, earx The unions and the employers ave failed to recruit and train vallable Negro, Puerto Rlcan-and ther American labor. It would be ypocritlcal for workers and em* loyers in the more expensive ranohea of thB tntlumry to deny lat thy practice discrimination, gaipst such" "outsiders" as Heroes and Puerto Ricans. It is well to remember that de-( ideracy, even for Negroes to break ita new Jobs and industries' only! ecause they were'.the most avallble^Sbor supply. '' ~t: " s INITOg ADMITS iti . '*;?.> LORIDA SLAYINC* , \ JACKSONVILLE,- Flar^CSNST . janitor of Bolles Military schbol ere has reportedly admitted slayr ig a white' nurse in the school's, iflrmary. . , The janitor's name was given at Ibnzo Washington, 26, whOvstpted, adding piled over the bod^ in an* ; tempt to covet $he crime.' y?. .. The nuucfaiffraiiie ia to. Anna Lewis. ^^0';< atj*-, . J.-A'. A.*]1'..y.'/jJ. . ??-? ' V4 ** * "/?. ii'v ' * ' ' HERE'S I S? m (MmtiKTl || v .H Bb 6 W& ' SIS ftt II . ? L . / III ||1. ft f-t : B&' . . ' '. if!: Iff If fil If iff "*rr"'; I |l| jf ?:'i".'.' ' ': I'-fe r j^fWO'TY Of THE COa^^ ^St^tMJLAPRii- 25, 1?48 ' 7~"~Tn , U v 1 got the Impression mosfcjrt, dh^ijj them and we don't knowithese nSTv S fellows' one man about tfc. vqte said to his male friend as the checked each other to.be togefSH|n. Jr . TBIEQRAMg.phope celts taogl and,-long distance, buzzed aIt over the city* Attorney Bou'.ware's office had received 106- such coils toy noon. They didn't count them atThe Lighthouse and Informer tout the phone rang and rang and rang. The same was true of otlier places. ' LATE' in the afternoon one vote <3 of T. J, Han berry of Benedict College was. projbested in ward nine, -Jj pespmably as groundwork for a possible test case against the supreme court's ruling, possibly for other reasons which were not olear. However. Negroes dtcbget a taste of what it's *11 aboutj 1 * & * *. REV. 8. A. WILLIAMS of Her* deevllle, Jasper couiity chairman of progressive Democrats, conferred ^nfn state PDF chairman. John H. McCrtty, in Columbia on Taesdoyi|,:'v * ' '^.VREPDBLICJANS Were snickeridg Tuesday over reports that I* & Leevy, vice chairman^ of this Tol- f bert-Leevy-Hendrix group, had i Tushed out and Voted in the Demo- I ??? ? [.. ?. ?*- -*? wbuu yii ijuaiy. w?U SUI1J BH tween RepubUcan?? Or have they taken in a new member? AMONG out of todfn newsbeaters I in town during or on the big news Were Alex Reveria of the, F^tts burgh Courier and E. Douglas Ball I of the Afro's staff. H POOR WILBUR EOfrD was ery- I ing the blues the other day. . He I .said he had a mIMftfc M Aftll | ; j8. and^receivefr but- one o|S>i. W* M f rUspect he sent that one to him- J self.? Kidding aside, Wilbur ia a nice guy And ye. sledth ylshe* -the boys and, gals would send him a card, cafe of Township Auditorium. He feels like he doesn't have may . .frlend.^at^H. ippof kuy- V&fc -W / GMftjfw to ? ttmimattc ach?c- arid pain* ihen T<v i , . # (\ b " ; '' * LtoMfi to "C^AUDIA^ : * W. I. S. ? 9:90 A. M. . . o T " ?-?"? 11 ^K ^1 Ht H ml ' I . 'J 1 Y# '' > * ".I ?' >** ' 'Y 1 B r ?