Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We do not jruaranto# ttther the use or return of unanlicitedmaterlala All matter* a* MMmI _ for publication are icbM to editing 1* accordance wtm *mrTU-' T?t~*n. * ?1 :??-. '"w" ' "rrHL-'u lirt - ? i ne wnite JTrimary, Goes Out j ' The U. S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear arguments frjem South Carolina white Democrats, who had .appealed a Fourth Circuit Court decree upholding U. S. District Court JMge?*Ty Waites Waring who jast July ruled against the aro 1 ifia"party, puts an efld to "white only." Democrat sin this country; "And all other political groups .modelvv ;.;.a on race fOr/that matter. 1 The high court's mlhyg^on Monda.v went further than it itself h<ad go my i n the his^rfcJ Smith vs. Allwright case concocted to get around that decision and clothed in holy cjoth. It had before it the argument of the "private club'* and the absence of statutes^ controlling primariescdt had be Mfreit the blazafi threat of former Governor Olir. D. Johnson to commit Violence if "whi^/supremacy" .was not recognizunder 1944 primary repeals of statutes. On the other hand, it had also this statement from Judyt? Warinff ?; <yTh? will nr>t fail" if Npyropa vote in South Carolina primaries"; it had the advieef "Now is che time for South Carina to join the Union." It had the clear, picture of undeliberate effort to flauntseven its own orders. It acted; it caused "The chips to fall"?not where they Mmay" ? ,v as the former governor declared,?but to "'fall as tfemocra' .. V:" ,\ ' ptf thf record and in Uih .law-books the white primi ary, the while party are both' dead ducks. They have gone. The next steb i? tajnake certain that the vtntory was not . half a tOiif, an emptyxone. 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 thia effort .will, depend on the inclination' of Negroes to tolerate or reject it. if they a.how half-membership, and none at all they wilt: be softening and tempering the very court decisions they have . -v Tlie clarion call .'against the primary, oack eveh m - -? ** * i?j44 vrtien Frogre^ifve Democrats dramatized the .issue by bringing white 8nd colored citizens together in their com^ mon organisation, was "all or non&" And this, henceforth; is the watchword. No 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- practiral Only in t * b Hp aaid that "government. - Of ^ people by the few of one people" has perished from shfc They Duck Thi, Matter :l)ie erudite f ditprs of South Carolihh daily papers, generally united in asserting that the regional college proposal of southern -^ywhors wotfldberiefit Negroes, deliberately or because they cannot producev the honest answer, St^r^lear ?f the real^issue at atpke in the regional.discussions^ > The extent of thoir explorations J thus far has ,been mutely tcr point to 4he paprr regional school as more than what/Negroes now " have ; which is fact, but inexcusable and certaihly nothing ovet^ which to be proudL In. effect-thev shv OT tro$ college -on pWffer/ 'It's" this, or nothing,*' assuming that'the Somh " sticks avidly to its customs of racial segregation. . <- . . The regional college >WouId' cost Solith Carolina, as an exajfnple, $S5?Q00 a year. Prerently, the state is spending about $400 OOOvan. medical training of Whites at Charleston. .Feebjp reference here and there is made to a regional college for wtyfces but the adolescent knows there is no real intention ^.proponents to build such schools. Were it so they would have established these before turning to one for Ner groes, In fact, were the regional college so,excellent a.plan as it is-being propagandized,to be, white youths would have t^e outset. Proponents would set up, at the ^xC?TC. ijne. for Negroes and one for whites. But there would jtill remain the $400,000 expenditure' for in-state training no?>ody wants* tp-remember. ^ ^ ^ > t : News apcr Courier,^ which suggests the shutting d(^n of alf p wsiniijions pi m^ner-learning in the state, a I pjoposal of fruitr At&A will npjajegtj/ J ' '*yp'J v t -'.li " e|f *?_ ':Vlf B ' Change In Registration LaVr " Ml . J Before adjourning, the legislature amended the irthte COdfesV^ctfpp oh veglMt ration ro that persona holding regifIj&tion certificates-abUih?i since ^nary 1.1988, imay us* , %E*Se?to vote. iiil general elections throughout 1948. Previa ousl.v,. the^e certificates went out oh December 31, 1947. J One reason for tfrh change was to * head off a possible 7 Trafrtertoahsitijtfottty or ' piegTo^-Who, according dxr reports, tjfeve outmitAbeied whites in many counties *Wr year, ft the by general electloff time In these louhti^. 'tho^Ne^o Vdl&IfrouUl be moreipowerful than ail Wh(he votes. The legislature of course-couldn't afforo to hasferd the gamble of a <*ange. &^i?Blm<iitanaouR with this change in law come numerous pportH of high-handed lilt \alities of some registration U? bbard* are retiring Niirroes to "interpret," explain gitt) hveh define portions of the Constitution. These >df course eab he elljnlnaied with a few more court decisions. U %' - ' " ~ ' \ I'J"<" ' ' ' ' ' " V* M IJoTreat citifcen bf any community can make his personal Cpntrfbutipn to the community^ in ^cash. ^ x ,<lt< -The accuUkWy "Mlic?t*d *?> > *? .% \ ~ ? y , J.V'- 7 t . ^ ** ^ # ? ^ # -L ' # ".* r " ' i. V .' v' : * *' - TT... --' -> ' v," ' ; ".I -*'*1 ~?' 1 ' . ; 1 ,...'. West Pekin '* _ *" rV-.a^. ffapt U'L'MVflgu mm Jml~BVgr reported these Cyehts. to Police .Commissioner Jno. C, Prendergast ' Hie city council has called the - police commissioner to an?wsr~loi ,thls wave of violence agaitist Negroes. O'Connell has tried to minis _m4zf the attacks, and said that InvesUgaUoiiJOf-the situation apUtt cause more trouble. Archie Jackson,1 proprietor of a lunchroom whose window*. wen , broken, felt-that the hoodlums were getting even for .a recent robbery He said he saw an automobile pull away in the middle of the night right after his window wat smash; ed " ~' - FAMILIES BURNED OPT Five families were burned out ir One building as hoodlums tossed.^ gasoline torch, ^according to witnesses' descriptions. This building housed 20 families .and jnore than " 80 persohs. , * . -r Mrs. Gladys Collier, already 111 and her two sons were overcome bj the smokes and taken to the took County hospital. PlremAn hero- Toir E.. Henderson who rescued , twe families said the fire was atari> ed by Incendiaries Judging by the way it spread. * Spokesmen from Mayor'% Commls<Ion~oii Human relattbftF s&id these , attacks- could "not have occurred merely because of the robbery ol one man. One of the victims, afraic give her name, said;. "t think it's somebody around here. How else could they pick out the Negro places alone? We've beeii looking for something to , happen for a long time b^fc, not this." WINDOWS BROKEN Another victim,- "Mrs. Laura Reed, wh[6 had two bricks thrown thru her beauty parlor window's, ^said: "It's the fourth lime. Al5T~wmdows have been broken. When I complain to the pOlloe they say "It> too bad." v - Moat of the frFagwnes attacked Indlc^ted that they believed nothing ' .Fine Foods v I COMPLETELY MODERN Fancy Staple ' fiRftflFRlFN I.. MEATS VARIETIES v Langley's Market. AND ' . Variety Store IMl WHEAT, jBTi. P.S.Johnson funeral directors Ph. tie ?4|1 Bos m. .. Mi. rtnnii. a 0. 1 mmm johnson's | funeral .home A IrW" AND SYMPATHETIC' ' \ V ' v ' , * A . ? . Q ? m.. established it; i J. Telephone HIT J BKIflCI | l4#l Park 81 Colombia. 8. C ' ' U. J H ? 1 ' Royal Crown , ' *' j . ( ' Bottling Co. T-??1 : y.' v' , ?? / >rr V*^ ' " * * * ' _ " VP" . * / " ' V . V*' - 1 ?- V ' , 1 - . - .?- ? ^? ( y \ + ' ' r / v'&l ?? TUB LIGHTHOUSl 1 -r 1 1 *| .' 1 i . ? > ^ ; THE MEED fOR : '^yjoaKS& ? . AND ONE BATTLE ENDS ur? _ tang hattle of southern Ne- mtl - groeq to belong to, anil participate snu in, affairs of DemoctflUC party or- .oad gnnjr.ntiUnirrTn^ their -. respective, met r States, haajnow eonie.to a close. Ai? The most, that i^ ' aeei r ~ When the' .0. 9. Supreme; Court eon ! denied a writ of certiorari to South wej ! Carolina white Democrats up Mon- ihe . day, it did much more than decide nes i prat South' Carolina Negroes Had 9' ; s the legal right to participate in oroi , affairs of the party. ? It' smashed the down all nOsafole?attampto?td" ~sett abridge this right, not only_ in -plat i Sputh Carolina, but' in all states 'alt. . and prpvirices under the U, 8. "fltrg. r.otl No .matter now what other tricks, posl clearly aimed at Negrbes, these .<*dd I beaten people^ mmy resort to, once Ltnei ~ "They are brought, to the cota^ffti:St- L . tentlon, they too will be ruled illeg- opo ' *al. - , to i When the supreme court return*- .he 1 ed the Smith vs ;AUvrtlght decision ?? J 1 in 1044, Texas DemocfaW accepted ' that ruling and elected to permit 11 : Negrobs to .vote.- But in dear ole are South Carolina, stomping ground ***" u of -the recent fcuoinnCm lbr;''4bfclm r sup'remacy," Messrs. ifaytttnfc, attv | Johnson. Rivers. Thurmond, et oL... -ni the state of the state's rightists | VAIL / uiuugm sne naci the answer. l *" 1 At. a huge, public expnn.se. goveinot ' Johnson assembled the legislature 'i- Into special session and struck out. ' all rules goVernlhg party prima- V? ries. Texas had been convicted by *1 !' the court because state lqws covered primaries. South Carolina --i reasoned simply: No state law, no Jaf 1 court authority. ? But overlooked was the Lrppossl- s bility of conducting primaries With- Rev out their brushing state laws some- den where along the way. and today the Johnson must be.^8^ in .the Sace dav --tq-guspecl Cliat ninny flonth tyaro-' he,( Iinians win remember Jitm ajrper- ^ petrator of a scheme which didnt of ; ^And we wonder, too, 'how "riSust yJJ feel the South Carolinians now re- of , belling against Mt\ Trumanr While , , they shout defiance and claim ds< " * tarnation of the South, the. nation's court, indlirerent to. ueiiflfheul, . takes a.loolt at how Sotith Carolina rzZ, has trampled the rights of it}>. Negroes and orders it to get Into the new trod Of1 course the battle is not quite fl?ei over. The' next stage Is that of mi. making certain we sip ot^*" tyery I ?J , "cEol Will be done. about - ttih and In the violence of two. '"If "! to the same district m a ' r Ron VAfi jkjnu>efraa#t aiU V ^ A typical remark oh th police tirfrj protection came from a iCs-2nt of $lde the neighborhood _ far tftg years: "They don't seem to give us any M protection. For, the past two yifara wer we have been the objects of ter- Hln rarism." son H ?!s!H jtu^smer 11 ESZZBESlJS2EL For Barafftii&^THat ( r~ -Anywhere In To\ THE I!: ' : " ; 11020 Two Nofci THE PLACE T( . I I " 1 ajkWAA.. . INSURANCE '^THB GOLtySN RIIt.E i ' c* . ^ ^MarRMiT nrs : Bct ifwt, South CauroUrn I Fl?rence, ' / ' . -I - f>-** . . * ' Si. s and informeV col CHAMfiHffi 2BA*;"TTr? >/of what The court rilling Ntelll be attempts tvj nt Negroes, off to h side' lint there allow them only narj.iai noeisiup rigltt.p in the party re wllf'be attempt perhaps to p- tlupn out of locfcl meetings, venUons^ and'offices; there will fttifcuipts to ljnilt their part in paYty only to voting in primuuch efforts must be fought vlgisly and beaten -now. Now Is time, to get the entire issue led. If we accept a second class se. in the party now, there we'll for. years to come, it's all or mngr and the party is not in itlon now to say "nothing." In .tlon to having the courts on ir' sides Negroes have an orIzatibrt whtch they can depend n to fight, ?with them and even Lake this fight to th^ floors of natlotin! convention, if neces/. V; . .}> ' i.'other words, on paper Negroes iiFthe party r in fact, they h^ve to? transform from paper intc cfclcfi the privilege the ^-'courts e- Ordered.?Antr they jnpst be a and determined; they must be satislied with a compromise *y~ are the winners anrt? wr>u? y should attempt to malign any ten, nor punish anybody for t. deeds oh this matter, they ftt to insist on their full rights, noying every pressure and legal ice available towards this end, mrtanbyrg News PARTANBURG. S. C. ? The r James M. Hlnton, State presit of the NA^CP was guest .ol Spartanburg branch last Sun. At a special NAACP program 1 at Macedonia Baptist church Rev. ftinjofe stir,rfcd the heart* an. usually* large congregation ard* progressive thinking essentoward continuous advancement the race. Remarks were made :he Rev. Coolidge Johreon. State ildent of the youth branches '-messages otthfe two presidents ttier yMth the Rev. W. L. Wilis appear for -biembershlps reed lp the enrollment of 108 1 members. The speaker was In luced by Sidney Melton, man: of the Spartanburg * district, trim Life Insurance Company, ilc was furnished by the Junior [rrif MC frinrlnliBaptist fthnrd) Carver High 8chool Choral g. William Fergtis -and H. Ii ksdale, president of the loeajl ldh of the NAACP branch repf W?r ' !r. and Jtfrs h t. mm. aj. uui iv.ju nv e hosts to the Rev. James H ton and the Rev. Coolidire Johr cturing their moments of leisure fer | IIMil k I I H I I I ll5 - . Due to favorable renditions, Clausaen's now usesmore raisins and S V spices in these ^ , delicious Sweet ? Rolls tliati ever before. And that P delightful white icing is thicker, too! r ' J ' . ^ V '' Jj /' ^ I tvryone 4 ^ rtJI Them/ ROUS cHkiy?rS~ 2mn't Be Beat . Vititr > .. any ftKIr ' I ST ttF? 1*1* \" I WW. COMPANY Qoorfetown, 8o)ith Carolina .. HartavlUo, Booth Carolina partanburr Booth Carolina n 24 Horn* h Bu., ChOFWatami ? C. nil Ml i ia ^F*~ - . ^ - ' . . \ ' ,/. " T ~~ ~~ ~ * ' ~ t VIEW : By GEORGE McCRAY i fl -v. . 1 JH >." , ,?.! P " ; '* ' I 11 Sticking It Out J; About the only notewq^thy dovelop.ments In the natipnwide meat i ' packing strike is the' report of the President's Pact-Finding committee and the -fact that, policy in several ^ states are beginning to deat-with 0 union pickets with a firm hand. The v 1 economic pinch on packing.house _ workers is being felt and pview workers are almost destitute. There ? is sign ^of a back-to-work movement and-.the^ packers seem to have" r'abandoned tffe ' idea of trying to ^ upcraie in spue ox me strike. * - I The $1.39 per. hour which the-j union wants to establish as the ba- I sic-wage tn$- mem packing in- | t dustry sounds impressive, Tint in j i terms of prewar buying powervJ.hat j i $1.39 will buy only what 70 odd) t. -? ^ f\ while in the city.. ' -? CORRECTION: Ih last week's is- " sue of The Lighthouse under the ' picture "THEY SELL THE LIGHT *" HOUSE" the names snouid have | read as "follows: flont row, left to \ right:* Myrtle L. Williams, Julius 1 -E. Atchersan, Rufus McJimsey, Jr., and Mfrian A. Atcherson. ; Top row left" to. right:- Clyde Pearson," Julius E. Williams, Jr., Bernard Atqherson nnd .Robert At-' C'iacrson. Resided is of the Highland section " of the city may purchase - papers from T K. Sims and Buddy Hill, L nPH't mrflPrg In Thit- njP^' J SPARTANBURG POINTS , THE 1 WAY?The Spartanburg branch of the'NAACPs in cooperation with the clfy and county pastors combln1 ed efforts-. Sunday in a Monster : Mass Meeting at Macedonia Bap'. tist Church. It was ."CivlL_RightsliSunday, and. atr~bastortT^)reach(d from the subject "The Church and Civil.Rights." Guest pastor at Mt Mojiah Baptist church 'was line 1 Rev. James M. Hinton, state president Of the NAACP, u capacity ' audience attended. All pastors had a large number of members in the . afternoon meeting. Mr. Hinton adE dressed the maas meeting. More man iu/ wbs secured iirmerntoerj^ After his address. Music was 6 furnished toy Carvsr ftlgh School t Choirs and the Youth Choir of Mt I Moriah Church. The brattch had t printed and distributed 2,000 book.- a lets: on- how to register ahd vote. Yes, Spartanburg Points The Way. P ' - ^y: i''.. * 1 1 timm IT!llBllBI I TH ERE Bis kfl I I ' h . t . '. /< ', tr^-r: lom.i undi V~3~V "->:. I^COLW -- j -. " yt"~:~ w" * y ' v# ? * t* ?? :?~ ' ; V-*" * ._A - * f * ^ f % ' " - ' ' *. '". .-;h . Reporter * FREEDOM , DAV. hR Columnar *-go lonJay with the supreme court'/? fa ejection of an-appeal plea of white th ollowed there was little else -to \sa -oU w- UlIc about;?nr even hercr^f-ch 'unny how things like - tills can love people, Many -who had been "? ' ndifferent all alohg suddenly got an interested and busy and it was an 'th iterestlng. -thing to see. them 'rush flc ,pwii to cast their first votes on no 'uesday. * ' T1 . . , AJ-;, ' -7 ' th THERE WAS no organized effort T1 cT"gefihem to vote for any of four andJdates but from expressions 1 olurrteared, spies for this column of -. 16| :ents brought in 1939.. IMPORTATION WOULD IK Rf 1)0 Th#> men's nnrl ivnmen'c fo(, pi" :tl clothing manufacturers, , with he aid of the AFL's International * jadies Garment Workers union w ind CIO's Amalgamated Clothing Yorkers of America, are urging the Jnited States government to adopt- c'e European skilled cutters, tallo'rs, Fj ind other * garment workers Into ~ he country. ^ - . .. . The supporters of the proposal ;av the move Is necessary tq re- ^ ieve a critical labor shortage In the ft clothing industry. They feel it ^ akes .tpa long to train sufficient JJvorkers to meet the dem&hd even ' f suitable workers- were-available. .J o be trained. * ' , 4 Persons less interested in the taT iroblemsof. displaced persons in Europe might rccalj that the dotting industry has- faced this skilled Jn abor shortage - for at least three { ears. The unions and the employers bu lave failed to recruit and train f ivatlable Negro, Puerto Rican and-.k >ther. American labor. It would be' rypoci iticafc for workers and emiloyers in the more' -expensive iranehes of tho industry to deny -y hat thy practice discrimination ' igainst s'uch ^ routstders" gs Ne- ? , troer. and Puerto tlicans. It is*well lo remember that de-, nocracy, eveix for Negroes to break nto new jobs and'-industries only'-w lecause thev were the most, ?trailible labor supply. ; . * '* ; i ^ . -7 __ 1 ? ;.* fANlTOR ADMITS "LORIDA SLAYING . >' JACKSONVILLE, Pla. ~? (8N8) tr; V Janitor of Bolles Military school lere has reportedly admitted slayr ng -a white nurse in the school's ? nfirmary. ', . _ .: m The janitor's name was <rivei> a* u kteBgo^WftBhlngfnn, 9fi, 1 Si .ccovdlng to &herJXI Rex Sweat, ? hat hef struck the victirri lh the I lead 'to shence her and set . fire to eddlng piled over the body In <an'| I .ttempt to cover the crime. ' The muses 'name was listed as | ' Ars. Anna Lewis. JB aifc? i ???? ijoSrc ' ' Mi' ' s mm i 0 ,v' j M . ; $ ^ j | ^ ''^' jlr ? : ? ^f" ?: ; * % w , AsKfjsr it eithitr wdy . 77 both coca.cou con mix cocA-cotx jwrmm .' " ^ y * '- 'i -, | -| | ^ SUNDAY. APRIL ^5, 1045 's Beat ..... ... a ?.. ; t the impression most of them vOred the incumbents. "We Know r~ em and we donH. know theab Dew . iiow^-^eneJuan about to vote Id to his .male friend as the two ticked each other -fn he .together '?. * ..< *** ?' *r /'i TBIiEORAMS, phone calls local - / d long distance, buzzed all over e city. .Attorney fioulware'6 of- ' * :e had received 106 such calls by XI flit. They didn't-count them at'. _ ie Lighthouse and Informer but' J e phone rkng. and rang and rang. ip same was true of other places. ' A * A LATE In the afternoon one vote . -* "TT^j: Hanberry of Benedict Col??^ te was protested in ward nine, . * sumably as groundwork for "a ' y sslble test case 'against the auftme court's ruling, possibly for her reasons which were not clear. >wever, Negroes "did7 get a taste of >at it's all about. " ' *.'? >. * , . : * .- ;; REV. 8. A. WILLIAMS Of Her- : evllle, Jasper county chairman of ;; ogress! Democrats, conferred th state PDP chairman, John It. cCray^Jn Columbia on Tuesday. * ',,vX "> ?.'A .'5; REPUBLICANS were Snickering \ lesday over reports' that J.- S.. evy, vice chairman of. the Tol- . rt-L?eVy-Her4rlx group, had Ji shed out arict voted in the Demo- I atic primary. Well suh! Have the fl Tnocraty ended the wrangle bp- B een Republicans? .Or have the? I ken In a new1' member? r- J AMONG out. of town newsbeaters' I town during or on the big news >re Alex Reveria of- the Pitts- I irgh Courier apd E. Douglas BaU H the Afro's staff., . . . /. POOR WILBUR FORD, was cry- I g the blues the other day: He I Id he had a birthday "on April | irrnt received but one nM. We speck he sent that one to him- JH If. Kidding aside, Wilbur is V ce guy and ye sleuth wishes the ys and gala would send him u rd, care of-Township Auditorium. i feels like he dpesn't have any ends at' all. Poor guy.?= 5 71 ** - " v - { ;. ??* ' "n I *? ' e ? f' 1 ?. ,b 1 * M % ; .< Say Goodbye tfo~j RHEUMATIC PAINS: you suffer from dull. thraMrtnu ieumatlc aches and pains, than ifv bottl* of PPP St oncet .got ^ onderful medicine has brought .*?< ? ime relief to thousanda-rgrP trotSS5S' BAOO iisrjBgrss iHNIENT ' '= i. /V-vr V .X listen to "CLAUDIA" err.s. 9:30 A. M. , -V ' ?--> - i .. ' . ' .. ?~ :?* :?*7 .* . - ? . ' * * * *. l. > . I ' '?'r 'r-' ^ By^ "T~ * ""f~v B