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!"~7?? ? = - '. , .a ' ^ L ' f i - . . ' :7: ? fe-" - ; ' v ?' :' . ' t-- -^>v . --^vJ PAGE ^Gy _ ' . ' 'V -J IpubtMbM WMkly l? th. Siskin. Building f Htfwt .V.: - ; . CatwMa ??. ?. ; - Batata* to th. Port om^.TcrtaidT*5. 'Si 'aaaoa*;?i^ ' " Mttar under tka Act a? Maauk s. 187# ' . '"* Yo<t>' 'fxplr^tion <ut? ls_prrnted weekly on aubacrtbera ec*J\ B; ADVERTISING HATES ON BEQUfcUl [ Mftfco eh?cfc*?nd ordora to The Lighthou? and Infonper - JOHN H. McCHAY. &mp^PeMl?WrT*aOgO*-V rfrtEjUggfcd'tor; B. A. Parker, Win. H. Simmoiw, Sr., Field &epre?eB? .. ? m.lalj All m>UCft? Tj?~ ?ODt?<J for poblieatloo are tabte<H _U> edlttnarUJati win rt **?'''. 1 ' I .-f ''. 1 ..1 "* 1, 1 ?, 1 . ?? The White Primary Goes Out ,!> The U. S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear arguments fnMfc South Carolina white Democrats, who had appealed' A 77? Fourth drcitTf Court decree upholding U. S. District Court llldo-p J Woitaa w?- ' - -jg.y--,. wno last July ruled against the ^^ feCarolma party, puts an end to "white only" Democrats in thiaconntry. And all other political groups modeUB it ttftfttf hurt ffnna In tfin hi^tnvin Smith v? Allwright case from Texas baclOii 1944. Thf* time, it had befhreit a ddVic$ concocted to get around that decision ai\ji clothed ini holy cjoth. It h^d before it.the argument of the "private club" ^ and the absence of statutes" controlling primaries. It had before it the blazen threat of former Governor 01 in D. Johnson t4 commit violence if "whiV. supremacy" .was not-recognized under 1944 primary repeals of statutes. On'the other hand, it had also this statement from Judg^ Waritfg r. "The skies will not foll" if Negrbeavote in ^uth (^blihaj prrmarfes!f jutiAa^fcJbie advice, 4,Now is che time for {South Carolina td join tb^Jtlnion." It had the Clear a picture of a deliberate effort to flaunt ^even its own orders, jt acted; it eau*ed "The chips to iall7?not where they "may" as the former governor declared,?but to "fall as democja... .* ?\? V ?v. ' " ' So, oh the record arid in the law books the white prim\ ary, the white party are both dead ducks. They have gone. The next step is to make certain that the victory waa hot j ^ half a loaf, an empty one. 1 To be certain?feverish efforts will be made to deny this new privilege.to as large a number .of Negroes as possible, The success of this effort will.depend on the inclination of Negroes to tolerate or reject it. If they ahow half-memberphlP# at all they will ^ softening And tempering the very court decisions they have The clarion call ^against the primary, back even in 4ffi44 when Pfoai^aaive rnsmffr>**ttta 4k- s , ,, ---??? .i ?-? I.. mi* issue uy bringing white and colored citizens . togetherintheiF~ebmr mon organization, was "all or none/'. And this,henceforth, m the watchword. Nq membership in the party is complete without all the rights attending that membership. Only through such a stand can the court's ruling be made practical Only in this fashion can it be said that "government df^peofcle by the few of one people" has perished from ch? ; TKey Duck This Matter The erudite tditora of South Caroljna daily papers, generally united in asserting that the regional college proP?m-of southwn^v^ors would benefit Negroes, deliberately e* because they cannot orodnee th?> Ml _, . .?-.v aiwwpr, : - ^>>ue at stake in the regional dftcUa' The extent of their explorations thus far has been fclfcfely to point to-fche paper regional school as .more than r^T Negroes nowrWwhs;,''which is fact; biit inexcusable and certainly nothing over which to be. proud.'In effect, they shy ... of this' college on palter; "It's this, or nothing,^ assuming f that the South' sticks avidly to "its customs of racial segregation. ' ' *'Tlfe^V^giort?(l college would'cost South Carolina, as Jir example, $35?QQQ a year. Presently, the state is spending about $400 OQO on ,medical training of Wh^es at Charleston. .Feeble reference here and there is made to a regional college for whites but the adolescent knows there is po-reaMntent ton of proponentp to build such schools. Were it so they Would have established these before turning to one for. Ner tin fact, were the regional college so, excellent a plan ? being propagandized to be, White youths waul<kh*ve> I from the outset. Proponents would set up, at the 3xpm-Tor JfeHroSa and onWTor Whites. But there would mailt ttfc f5fl0,000 expenditure for . imitate training liooooy wants* to-remeTOber. The nearest consideration of this item comes from The News -and Courier, which suggests the shutting down of all I;.'.fetitmoiis pf higher learnihsinthe state,* } proposal of ; the South canhfrtva<kf' will not adopt. r', j'r?y-' v "y. ' '-1' v.r ^;j I, r'\ ) ft' ^StBefote adjourning; the legislature-amended the state -fcbdes' section on registration so that persons holding regi?-these to vote in generaKefections throughout 1948. Previously, thaae ?ertifksau? went out on DecemVr 31, 1?47. one reason for the change was to head off a possible I Wuirtertca) majority- 6P Negroes, who, accOrdi Qg tp -rgporta^ Wmtfb ib maHV ^OUnBbea3?i? vmi- to t*mij11 y&te t 1 fared, by general election time in these < mintW.ltbn Ne#to Vote would be more powerful, than ail - wh'fcp vot^e; The legislature of course couldn't afford to hav.brd. thf_ gembte of V change. v. IV &^^rmrft*neous with this change ill law come numerous { porta of high-handed ilh ^alities of some registration jS: flyat'da who *re requiring N?i?We* to "interpret,0 explain ami even define portions of the Constitution. These of course niriatfed with ?-few more court deciaions. No real clttaen of any community can make his personal ''*' IT. T r*11 ' ' " - i .. ' c V .J, ' I 'f "* . : . . A ?r??j " . . 1 i , J" . ' ' ' 1' WestPekin" . (Continued From Page if ' Thofc Oapt reported these evefctsT^to."^ Commissioner Jno. C. Prendej " "the city council has ea}ivc p"" r?<-irr[ral ?c(,nr^pr fr) P|"lr?'' ~ tl\ls wave of vlnlanCa against _ frtje8. <yDonnell has tried mize the attacks, and 'sftl?l the vestigation of the situation \ - cause: more trouble. . . :. Archie Jackson, proprietor. * lunchroom whose windows ... broken, felt that the hoodlums, getting even for a recent rob He said he saw an automobile r awky in |fce-mWdle of ;? J --right altar his window was an ed FAMILIES BURNED OUT > - Five families were -burned oi one building as hoodlums. tos? _ gasoline torch, kccordiftg to ^nesses' descriptions. Thla bill bpused 20 rstnllles. ancT mor? 60 persons." j?rs. Gladys Politer, alread; knd her two sonsWere overoon . the smokes- and taken to the County hospital. Piremfcn htero E. Henderson * who rescued families said, the fire was s ' Way it spread.Spokesmen from Mayor's Corr, ;tnn nn Human j attacks could 'hot have occt pierely because of the robber AiU' mail ' ^asn nS skf ? utiv mailt V/llO Ui tilt? VICtUIlS, & - to give h*r name, said; > "I think it's somebody ar - ham TJnw ?1?? cniiW ?hfY P"**1 the Negro place* ^iQpe? We've looking-for Something to ha for a long time hut not this." WINDOWS BROKEN Another victim, Mrs. Laura I . who had two brtcks thrown 1 her beauty parlor Windows, s "It's the fourth time -Ajy win have been broken. When?I < plain to the police .they say too bad." dieted that they believed not .Fine Foods COMPLETELY MODEM* " ? Fancy Staple x GROCERIES T '* MEATS ; .7- varieties a Langiey's Markt AND Variety Store [1 , l-r.?l | P. S. Johnson I FUNERAL J DIRECTOR 1 * ' ' I ftkM Ttil 1 Bn-H rill ' Ml. PlfMHRl. 1. C. V ^ - . . JOHNSON'S *. RtfKFRAl home . . A nf? AlfD gYMPATHTj T~:~~-Z+- _ - ' " ' \V" ' V l ISTABLIgHtD lflS Telephon. SttT myw I4#i Nt| 81 (Minbto. B. ' r. 1,1 J " ': I I * . \ liLJl p-4 U:am M " ft. '* I i1 II if fyvHW IV f? w 1 bcnLA8d fljS iVti'X . %.y / '' ty *4'' ' V* Royal Crown j : S lattllif Co. 1 ' ^1. m MEETING ?VUIfp~ ( n ii ii .RuRiji f v \ ^ , . . ' , ' * *' V uv*'' ' ?i'V U h -V ?' 1 I " *>*' +" ' .': V >?vj>. ,c *1y * " -sTrfT* N?? .yr? Vv?iH r: ' '; ' ': " TiMjtiuiSfe .. -"? f ' " 1 ' THEWEEPfOI jgg ? ' -- . .fa, ftiiftar aoHoe 3C , . , * rgast. - - ?v? 1 the ANn ONK MATTtE ENPB ~ i r for_ -. The long battle of southern Ne-~ 2nE Igroee -io-Beloiig to. and .ptyrt!cipatg? mini? to, affairs-of Den?ci?atiC-party orl Ua- ^mibtkuons?hi tlpdr respective vouM states, has nowoome to a. close. At, j , iftftrti. that in.? ?-J ,x 6f a Wbenl ihe* t)v?tfc~ Stipivnu- Court wgre denied a writ of certiorari to South were Carolina white IJemocvats on Monibery. 'day, It did much more t,taan decide pull that South' Carolina Negroes' had plght. the legal right to participate In wish- affairs of the pa;ty. It smashed fll |ni?mlhTr? ^ abridge this right, .pot. ut Jn South. Carolina, but in all states ed a and provinces under the U. s. flug Wit-: * -. No matter now what other txlgfrs idingr clem ly u lifted at Negroes, these than beaten people-mayresort to, ouoe they are brought to the court'* atf lMi tentlon, they too will be ruled lllegie by al. ? L ^ , .? 1 Cook when the supreme court, retum*Tom ed the Smith vs .Allwtight decision two iji 1^44, Texas Democh&tr accepted tart- that ruling and elected to permit. - the. Negroes to vale,' But ,tn dear o]c South Carolina, ktotnmng ground unis- of the recent screamers fbr^white these suptem a c yIf Mil MmW*& irred Johnson, Rivers. Thurmond, efnU y ?fth?* state of the state's rightists rraTa (sic) thought she had the answer, J ohnson^ a^emS^*^tf|e^le^du^ u re OUt into snecial session and struck out. been rules 1 .r. _ ?.,v...u>e ^bujt, ynma- | ppen j-jgs Texas had been convicted by the court because state tews cdVered primaries. South -Carolina^ reasoned simply? No state law, no "W! court authority: ' said; But overlooked was the iippossidows oility of conducting primaries With* out their brushing state laws some* 118 where along the way and today. i in. ^hn^n^must ^begged g* ff* linians will remember him as perpetrator of a scheme which didn't * work. I.: . And we wonder, too, how nTTtst I * feel the South Carolinians now re1| belling against Mr, Trumai* >VhU* , they shout defiance and claim di ? ofamahon of the Souttr; -1 he. Ration's I court, indifferent, to I sCrittKient, takes a look at how Sotfth Carolina I-'' ' jhas train pled the rights of its NeU groes and orders it to get into fflkf *1 Union. . Of coarse the battle Id not quite over.' The next stage is that "of ijoaktng certain we sip ov1*** tysery Will be done about J tfch V In the violence of two. S9?' in the same distinct <u aon^waa arrested, and L , A *flcal r??ar\ on tb ~police ?1 J^gtgctlon came from a reki&nt of . tbe neighborhood?foi 93 yenrtlj "They dcm't seem to give us any] protection. For the past two yfara we have been the objects of terrorism.** _ JCCt*tCT I ? *?p J|f "J | I ..I t '^a Ik jtu** svrn k I For Bargain* Tha I I. ^ tf. Anyyjrhere In T I I!' ?~-N< Ul J THE PLACE INSURANC ?:, ^.''. -.) ;'?vv; F;.' ' ..*s' ' f v v.* " ? 4 :t 9 \ S * V ' *.. ^ T> >t)SE AND INFORMER, COL I CHANGING ". . ? ' ^. , ? ? MeCRAY . vvV:' ' -N _ \ ^ ' i-urop of what thi*^ court . rtittng There will be attempts U. and there: allow, the to oply partial iu^aUffsliip rtgHt.i in the party There wU? be attempt perhaps Keep ihqm out of locAl meetings, coif y cations ahd offices; iheie will -v attempts to limit their part in the party only to voting in primtt-'*s. Such efforts must be fought vigorously and beaten now. How is -the time to get the entire issue _settled. If we adcepta second class place In tM putty iiuw, Uitm we'll sit for yeaci- to come. It's all. or nothing; ^nd the party is not in pnsttlnrt nnv to say "nothing." -in ?dd.tlon to having the courts on . heir sides, -Negroes have .an organisation * which they can depend upon to fight ?with them -and even to take tpis fight -to fch^ floors of Ihe naihwii! convention, if neces: M*y- / ' Irl Other words, on paper Negroes ate hi the party; in fact, they have To \fiin<ifftrnr- frmn * ? will XXI tAJ practice . the privilege the courts nave -ordered. And they must be -win and determined; they must not be satisfied with a compromise, Tney gre'TBe .winners and while chey should attempt to malign any nnxseir.- ncr punish anybody for past' deeds oh this matter, they i iing>)t to insist on their lull , rights. employing every pressure and legal device available tq^vards this end. Spartanburg News SP ART AN B u RG, s. c. ? The Bfcev. James M; Hiriton, State president of the nAacJ? was guest .of the* $par$anburg branch last Sun day. At a Special NAACP program held arMadqdoniaBapUst church, the Rev. Hint-oh stirred the hearts of gn usually large congregation toward" progressive thinking essential toward continuous advancement of the >ace. Remarks lgere made by the Rev: Coolidge Johnson. State president of the youth branches. The messages of the two presidents together *lth the Rev. W. L. Wilson's appear for memberships resulted in the enrollment -of 108 Iuhw members. .The spe&ker_was ihf troduced by Sidney Melton, manager of the Spartanburg district. Pilgrim Life Insurance Company,. Music wasffurnished by the Junior choir, of Mt: Mortah Baptist Church and Carver High School Choral wmir 'William Fergus and H. Ii. Barksdale. president dfr the local branch of the KTAACP branch rmi Hlnjbdn ^nd the Rev. CooIW^e^Jo^ son during their moments of leisurp I ^W.? ^H-./ I rSIII I 111Bv I |^F*^ Diie to favorable . r; conditions, Qauay. < sen's now use# more raisin# and spices in these delicious Swedt ^ V . Rolls than ever ; !w ? before. And that delightful white icing is thicker, -tool Everyone 3 K WtiM* WA%j? Them! TKOUS tfCan'f Be Beat own-Visit. . . IARN rteh Road TO SAVR-.',. .I >111 m, i i ?' . " ? M - " . i i i ' IAST LIFE [ 'C If II ; < .. it-' .'-.:, '% -A .' \ ] ti&ruvtu*, Sontb Uarf?|? gpartanbarr. *m4fc C?roH?b bin 24 Hours ifc ft*. mm***- c--t -. | ?*??? 'I' ^ " ' a ^ r 'c. -.' '"... 4, ?i * " UMBIA, S. ?. ' /: ' , 11 II r. ?.. ^ 1< - ^ m* > ^ ^ ' I 4'J , ft /L !*; ? ' ?t A RAD1 LA&v/lv VIEW By GEOftGE McCRAY \ > *_^ '' ... ' ? * ' "*? ' ' * Sticking It Out About the only noteworthy developments In. the nationwide meat packing strike is the report^ of the 1 President's Pact-Finding committee - and fehe fact that police in several states are beginning to ^deal with - -union pickets with a firm hand. The ! economic pinch' on pactlng housa i workers -is being felt, and 'a. -few workers ore almost destitute.- There ;s sign' of a back-to-wo'rk moveiLiinent and the packers seem to have abandoned the idea of trying to. [ operate in' spite of the Strike: Thfc $1.39 per hour which the - uhlon wants to establish as the ba> sic .Wage -iu the moat.packing im[ dustry sounds Impressive*.'\ j^it hv. i. terms of prewar buying power that r $1.39 will buy - only what 7Q, odd i ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . V .!* ' y^hlle in the'city. v r ; fTVTfP'EVyrTOM TrtHcxit nrnnlr'n 4^ - srfe of The LlghtWouse tinder tne picture'"THEY SELL THE LIGHT ~ HOUSE" tne names shotrttf have read sfs follows: fTont row, left* to - right.:* Myrtle L. Williams, JuIIuh ' E. Atcherson, Rufus McJlmsey, Jr., and Mirian.A. Atchefson.'^ , Top row left to ^ right:- Clyde Pearson. Julius E.* Williams, Jr., Bernard Atcherson; and .Robert Atcnerson. /' . y " * Residents of the Highland section of the city may purchase papers from-'Sk-X. Si me and Buddy Hill, j SPARTANBURG POINTS THE WAY?The Spartanburg branch of the ' NAACP, lp cooperation with ' the city and county .xastprs combined efforts Sunday in a Monster Maas Meeting .at Macedonia Baptist ^^hufch. It was ."btvll Bights" Sunday, and all pastors preached from the subject "The Church and Civil Rights." Guest pastor at Mt Mnrlfth . church ALiS |,ne Rev, James M. Hlnton, state president of * the NAACP,' a'capacity 'audience attended. All pastors had 'M.large number- of members in the 'afternoon meeting. Mr. Hlnton ad dressed theihaas meeting.' More than $137 was secured, in member furnished by Carver High School CholrS and the Youth Choir of lit Moriah :church, The branch had panted and distributed 2,000 booklets on-how to register and vote. WHERE1 THFRF i-nuiL 1 ^ 7,. jart "" - 11 r-Ul^SX| p ppp^oi 11 L i i MkJH0 J fll Bj IHBH^ : juIIImIBF'PK EsyB xf Ri > i| **^l 'H r^H H fl 1 ?C^Hr Mr MP V ?-1 ?* I t v" * "* ** . ' '~1 ?: ? : - " ' : FREEDOM DAV bit Colum* Monday with the . supreme cour t rejection aof an appeal plea of whi i Democrats and rtn the add , whl< ; followed there was little else } note. or lalkabout; pi* ev4n her Funny how things . like this" ct { niovo people. Many who had be< indifferent all along suddenly ^ lttteresLed ahd.-huay. and it j interesting Ihlng to see ffiem ri? down 'to cast ; their first votes < Tuesdayv > .* ' ' THERE WAS no organised effc ^ft~EeF them to vote for any offai candidates > but -l*qm expressloi volunteered, spies for this colun cents brtnighf"111-193^ ?'?^A IMPORTATIOV WOULD HLKT .The men's and women's tailo ed clothing manufacturers,, wli the aid of.'the APL's Interpation Ladies QartnenL . Workers unit and ClO's. Amalgamated .Clothli Workers of America, are urging tl I United States' government to adp] j European skilled cutters, tailoi i flhri flt.hp** anrmoni , WV.F^? QM. nUlAtia lU i the country. ? ' _The supporters of the propos say tbe move ,1s necessary to r lieve a critical labor shortage In ti Whtny Hity fiwHtakes too" long to- train sufflclei wo risers to meet the demand evt if suitable workers were avallab to be trained. ? ?Poroonn less Interested m. ti problems of displaced persons i Europe might recall that the clotl Ing Industry has faced this skill* labor shortage for at least thn years." The unions and the employe have failed to refcrult and, trai available Negro, "Puerto Rican ar other American labor. It would' 1 hypocritical for workers and -en ployers "in the _ more expensh that ' thy practice dlscrlmirratlc against such "outsiders" as N< [ jroes- and .Puerto Rlcans. I Tl t5 "wcll to remember that di ;,mocracy, even for Negroes to brec into new Jobs and industries on because they were the most aval able Ifcbor supply." JANITOR ADMITS * . FLORIDA SLATING ' JACKSONVILLE, Fla.;? (SNS a ? - ?-I ** n jwiiwr.oi rsones Military scho here has reportedly admitted slaj ing . a white nurse in the school Infirmary. V . The janitor's, name was given a Albnzo Washington, 26, who states head to siience. her and set . flreM bedding piled over the body In a attempt to cover $he crime. *' The nurse s name Was listed hi Mrs. Anna Lewift. " : *1: . ~ r???? ? 'HERE'S 'S REFRI SSr^ i^r ** : 1 fl i ? H r ^ pjV ^ : f |j^ ' 'If 1 * ""' siJE^'*' '. Iml :-. p i||| | IM5III-.-. K > i; I ^ >1 h^I Yad^-Lrks mtin t^tanJtki . n AmHO.ur or tHt COCA-COIA MRU COCA-COI.A 1? ' ' ' ,% '9j ' * J/' .a ic^HL.'* * - ~* ' : .'- 1%1 ..jjlr yii<iniL*i ? - - HZ? LZ=1_ . N ' . ' I ; - SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1U48 iltr got, the impression most of. thAto . ^3. t's favored the Incumbent!?. "We know -^53; te ;tiiBna and we don't know these new sh " fellows' one man jlbont tpv Vgfcc, 16 sold "to.-his male frfihidas thfr tVrtf ir. checked each other to be together? m >. * V n\ - TELEGRAMS, phone calls*- local :* ot ; a nd. lohjf distance rTSUJSed grtMiffg " thp ''"X Attorney Rnnlwajre's of. ?hj flc<? had received 106 such cads by , M >n noon. They didn't .count them at The Lighthouse and Iftformes but << * the phone rang and rang and rang,. * rt The same was, trUe of other .places.'' - ..'4 Hi* t '*.* * f. i,.. . . 4| na ,; LATE In th'e af tCjftaoEuone vote. irt of T. J. Hanberry of Benedict Col- 'v'! . lege ^as- protested in ward nine, j possible test case against the ~lu- >, preme court's ruling, possibly - for j," other reasons which were not clear. However, Negroes did,get a taste of what, it's all about; . > . r REV. S. A. WILLIAMS of Har- ' \ Qt' deeville, Jasper county chairman of . progressive Democrats, "" conferred" , ' with state PDP Chairman, John .H. . McOray, in Columbia on'Tuesday. al - REPUBLICANS were snickering-^ """ e" Tuesday over reports that I. S. Z ^evy vlce chairman of the Tol- r ^ bert-Leery-IIeiMlrlM -geohp^ ivaa - | ^ rushed out and voted in,the Detrip? cratlcjprimarv. Well auh! Hiav* Oa Democrats ended the?' wrangle he- I tween Republicans? Or have they H ie' taken tn a new member? . H AMONG out of town newsbeators Jd In town during or on the big .nfcwa *e were Alex Reveria. of- the Pitts- I f8 burgh Courier tind JS. Douglas Hall H j*| of the Afro!s staff. I ^TtPOOR WILBUR FORD wastry-- I v" lng the blues the other day. He I ,C said he had a ^birthday, oftAgril J ,n suspect he sent that one "to him- I *T aett. Kidding aside. WIttrar Is a ^ nice guy And yo sleuth wishes the boys and gals would send ;hfm a ,/. j card, cafe of Township Auditorium. :y Ho feels like he doesn't have *k\y 4 I .friends at gti. Poor kuy. . 9 ' . ' * . ' 1 . 'Say Goodbya . W p BHEUmTIO PMHft I ft It you iu< fer tram dull. - rhrotybin. I . rheumatic schss fnd pains, then tr* fr bottk of J>PP pt ones I tot ttiw - ^ S > ragysg I i . u ?m I ?".v. ? lin y I 18 E * I ^ : \y ' I ^1 Listen to "CLAUDIA'* H W. I. S. ? 9:80 A. M. I ^ HI ' I c, -, j* Av .'. ' V*' '.H ml"'". / I y p ^//{ ji; *? : >>i '- : >c^'-ws> ^>*4 -:-' vjf H |l W^f''"/:- %T?lM h*