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Registrars?~
Promise Not To
Discriminate
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Wltb^it a fight and with hands :
dowi*. the luigg;-. utmnty Bumti
of Registrars Friday agreed to fol- i
* luw the orders" of Federal Judge
Frank Scarlett and , begin at once
the registration of Negroes, with-^
? out further discrimination by r?a- '
' son. of race and- color.
' Under-the temporary and vailing
tlfy" agreement, at a prehearing
presided over by Judge Scarlett,
th. case was left open, pending
__ _.tl>er outcome of the agreement entered
into by the registrars to desist
from the. RftftsWce..?? -
^Fhe suit agatnst the registrars
iconunBcn un oncK rare)
By . 7
. CitiTBiiB Urged Tff=}
Vote August 24
ft* 1 Al! citizens enrolled in Demo^^rrAttt
a t B>^rerg
?rthdic?ttons wvie tiiatrfrt; i?' f<W :
?-" Whites there are no runoffSltfl<r
conscqneirtiy, tliere WKT be no voting
on that day (which tfc this
; coming Tuesday). However, in most
counties there .w?li_ be second primaries
tor county officers. There
will -toe no runoff en the federal
officers, hence voters will have oir^
ly one brjlot to prepare and cast.
All persons, who voted on August
l 10 are eligible to vote1 on August 34
Others, who had previously.enrolled
? L thHt is, v fote thOTr names in party
.books but for some reason were!
unable to vote August^ 10, may vote j
" August 747 _
^ " .Excepting In Jasper and Spar-j
, itmuuig ouuuues, persons cannoi I
/* vote on tne strength of registra- j
Uon certificates. - " ;
The same excellent conduct which
r marked the first primary Is hoped
<OT 4ft rnnnff _ ?
- Lot's Stand By
(AN EDI1
~?-? The icspojnaB to our challe
^ Syingr -:
We had" asked So^itli Caro
T- Believing in, and" wanting the'|'by
President Truman, to join
v lioiji ritcB persons who will |
non to Mr. Truman ancT"the
. eon tribute one dollar (mure If
J up for money some southern
v?the DemocTatii campaign, In (1
~T~mani.?
? Sixteen persons sent in th
number got busy in th^ir coi
-?iwtfl friqllriri, nnd whfin we henj
^ - wil h irave spoken vveJl?
witbbe united with dollars for
.will go toward getting people oui
< v registered in some places and
this fight ia. Some Negroes i
?thing about civil riuhis?Trotyl
But- this opportunity, whic
to lead in South Carolina, is f
It provides Negroes their
I?Citizens, the people in public of
when they stick tjieir netka <
lose anything, but instead gair
? It also is an opportunity t
can no longer libel, defame t
merely because he doesn't su
tiona and hatred.
In other words, we, can e
- White people ffml at^tha-^axneoutwit
the bad white peoplfv?
J have heard a lot of talk
dent Truman has taken from
don't do much beyond talking,
paign: it won't elect Mr. Trui
little blhocUiand help. And
., woman ought to Jpajl in their
pledges to vote A* President
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Problems In
Departments
WASHINGTON, D. C.?(NNFA>A
detailed departmental oraer, aim
ed at Implementing President Tru
man's executive order to lnsur
p'on- discriminatory employmen
pr ao ttof <i t hr ?u g hettf- - fht- -rxeruttr
department agehlccs was issued lat
Thursday by Acting Secretary o
Labor John W. Gibson.
In^a^ordance wlth thypre&ldcn
wf W'hlte^jUrsonaJ repre
employment practice officer in th
Labor Department.
Mr. Gibson's order sets up mach
inery in the Labor Department t
handle cases of race or religion
discrimination which may arise.
"What we hope to do," Mr. Gib
son told the press, "Is work on
these problems in the department a
they arise and resort to nearing
and appealsas outlined in the or
der where we fall to effectuate sat
FURTHER THAN DIRECTIVE
The Labor Dept. order goes furthe
Than THe~airecttve of the Presiden
It also provides for an appraisal o
the relationships of various bureau
and the people they service throug]
out the country. Under this pro
vision. Mr. Gibson indicated, th
policies and practices of Labor De
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' Our Friends
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nge last week has~T)een grati
rT-F'"-' * iina
Negroes -and all other?
human advantages advocatec
t<*ith us in getting one mrl}ledge
their "November votf
Democratic Party and wil
rttfc.v "can afford it) , to mak<
whites are withholding from
icir t'ffortto defeat'My. Ten"
elr cash b.ut ma^r times the
nmunities, among neighborr
from theny South Carolina
give-just--ony dollar.?This
Negroes in other "states and
t oh election day, getting them
informed on' how important
still don't .believe or know a
that, they aren't interested.
:h this writer has the honor
ar more significant. - ->
f 'r?t big chance .to let white
f ice* and positions, know that
out for Negroes, they don't
i from so doing,
oTet some others know they
ind humiliate one American
bscribe to racial discriminancourage
ajid help the good
time, dofoat, dc moralize Tmrt
about the firm stand Presimv
neople. But most 0/ us
J,Talk won't put over a cam
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that i* why eyery man and
-rme- dothrf' cmTtrfoutT5TfOTnd
Truman NOW.
-JOHN H, McCRAY, Editor
Lighthouae and Tnformer.
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,r-j Editor's Note: Stetson Kenned
' I Is a?nfll-knnwtl nuthnr anrl
whose pronouncements on souther
! life are wlldey read. In the arocl
1 below, he replies to the Ray Sprlgl
" [series which are currently runnln
P l in the Pittsburgh Post-Clarette an
! other papers. *
? BY STETSON KENNEDY
"Xutfiof-or~"SbuThern Exposure"
The idea of sending a white re
porter into the South as a Negr
^ 'was such a good one,. I almost fe
for Ray Spri-gle's series which be
- " gam 'tTTTTVe Pittsburgh TVas t~ G a ze 11
and other papers August 9. sign
_.unseen. . .. . : .
> But when the pubhsher sen' x
| a complete set. of advance proofs o
! al! 21 articles. I decided they .shout
be titled "T was An Uncle Torn
4 ! Instead of "T. Wa,s a Negro in - 'h
| South for 30 I3avs.''
T4 SMWvirhed in between the horro
Ttrtarie? -(-which are all to the good
l are tidbits which royei1 Wpri^ii?t
: pe a white 'sunremicist .at?Un,>;'
and a Yankee supremacist as wet
t Before he finishes,. he xhanage
( i to predirt that no Southern Negroe
i will hold public office In this gene
I ration, and echoes the-Ku-Klux llu
l'"Not QTlf; Negro did?1?meet?w+n
| wanted to associate with whiti
[folkf "The Blioos. and Rankin.
I were Shouting this long before Spru
lAMEsfinish?
Encyclopedia
j PHII 'ADEI/PHIA ( ANP . - Th<
] AME Publishing house anno'inffr
! last week that the Epjryrlopedla o
1 African - MrttrTKtt^rjr" Tr?vS Ilnalh
come off the presses. ,
F<ephteri to be the.largest book
ever published by n Nesrro firm
the Eneylopedia was eompilod b\
Bishop R n Wright, Jr.. e'cTTtor it
-ohlof iltshop?Brvrnty ft: TTaTrfflni
chairman, research and . Kistorica
depart menf. wrote the foreword, aru
Bishop W. A Fountain, the church':
senior bishop, wrote'.the Introduction.
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who" of . the AME church, listtnt
HjU the bUhOp^ a nil K?nnrol
' since the beginning of the: etmrrh
It' Includes Uriany pictures of variou.1
persort* and people who^ have contributed
somethl^g^ toward the ad
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IOUNA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1948
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U | Convocation Hear Dr. Harry V., a<
le I Richardson, president-elect of G*+n-. C
;r l mon Theological Seminary in the i' 1
g As Negro 1
i "Uncle Tom" t
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it ir i?me uiung, me implication oe
il. ' ing that* Negroes simply love Jim I
n prow
le 'EXPOSED' HUGO BLACK
le Sprigle'* chief qualification for hi.
g . assignm 'tit seems to be that he once I
ft disclosed the Ku-Klux-Klan con
ncr tion?rrf?Stiprf me Court Just n p
Hugo Black" As something of a
tCmxer-e.xposer m\s"ei!, 1 sav What"
- this countrv'needs is more ex-Klans-o
men like Hugo Black, whose deei11
sions upholding Negro rights have '
Been Among tiie - gxeartest.
e ever struck against Ku Kluxery JV
!t PARTISAN PROPAGANDA ni
?f anr not one To say-too much,.of
r etttTer nf The"l>ld political pi-'ies. j,
i iust now. but when -Sprlgle waxes ,n
cl sentimental over some inter-racial p,
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11 m i? m i it tt iii ? iirmcL-n urnii;i;i nr- , >,
republicans, I resent hi- not mention. w
.. nw wHjiI ^ii U ["JHllWl((f,lN"'Hs Dm?
r- -Duke and Ellis (\rnall are doing >o
) ban-t-he ICliui,..t_uc1 QUieru.:se out thB ^
J l|*)> I'.X.Il .if .T;,(M;,nfir ??n?
^ DhI Mi>- nut or parMrnl ii uTaTiTTt ~
L^_Bprlgle'j series is loii?. In No i ,-P
* spot. I would put his ihrln -on of a ; *e
s r storV about, how a group-of NJegrc m
- farmers have conspired together io' sa
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I RKPRKSBNTKf > STATE file.VC4i_ ai
j j isnuttv- Carolinians represented Hie 'if
n t stnte at tlu- annual convention of sti
. the Amrriran 'Teachers Association,
- held 1n Atlantic City. N .1 . July Hi
. Interest th ATA has more A;
1 titan tviplcf) among state teachers rtr
?1 th" nt>st ??"? ~xv
" I . John F. Potts, principal of A\?
I eVy Institute at. Charleston. Is re- b<
. j Rion^l vice prrsirtenti FVank A T><
. DeCosta, acting <1eanr-of the Ornriu I J
t ate School at "STartT TToiiepe ,in Hi - ' pii
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Dilate CampUsT'TMursday evening.
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Specialist To
Re Appointed Early
Part Of September
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WASHINGTON*? ( ANP'?Secy, of j
MHv.-ed tlus week that his depart-'
eni-AXjwxu-fr* t-tv - srrrrpy '
research facilities of Negro . i
nd-graat colleges and associated j
>'i'Mtlotis-fiVe.xplore. the opportunip>
f .r utilising theih in carrying
i* ffietects tmde: the? Research and'
^uicrting set- ~
A N'ogro speciah-i* is expect if to '
-appointed bv the early part of !
,v ......,.p ,, .?w . iirtv u-toie* t-=
'! require about four months The
icci'iliM must, he trained in rey-j
a'rvh 'eihriiQiirs with the person-j
'1 a-nri facilities of these colleges, j.id
Hecv Brannon
pe<Rmu?U< ninl'.e?the?survey ^
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itler, Albeit Shrxarrt, Oerrtrd A
udefson. Mrs WilhPlmlnn Mad- ^
iv O E Ncbun Mrs Annie Belle
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Back row. left to ii?ht T J Han- n
rry, C% W" Madden* Frank A. j?
?Costa . Absent from picture were
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Former Atlanta
Pastor Urges
Henderson. Sees
111 Advice By
Labor Leader
AN OPEN-LETTER TO A. PHILIP
RANDOLPH
BrTitrRcv. j. Raymond HanAyHtffaminlster
in the . Second Baptist
Church >? t.O? Ahwml** (Vnr AVPi
My Esteemed Friend; Following
several weeks of sober
re/lection, I have decided' to write
to you regarding your present in?
forest in The~Draft. .
Ever .since the day .you and
Phmdjer i came and spoke at
nrtond. Va., durIng my college days,
I have both appreciated your abi[(tv
anrl uHmiroH vmir Itij^orchin
You may not know it, but I was
Dne of those who first believed irrj
your crusade for Dtnir.? and Sleep- !
ing Car Porters, and when church i
ss m Harlen\ were tur the most i
part afrsM of you because they j
thought you were too radical, I de- i
livered pep talks more thVn once to |
your group at the old St.> Luke's j
EliUl In New York. I have been with
you all along in your exertion of
pressure fur the FEPC. My .church,.
wherever" I have been minister, has |
ever been an open door to you.
rhese things you know.
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UN To Decide "=
Fate 01 East
Africa Lands
Most Africans
Wcfnf^NeTther
Britain Nor Itaiy
R.v Associated Negro Press
Last* week ' deputies of the Big
'our foreign ministers began qieet
,000.000 Africans living In the for- j
TPr TT;YH a n noThnfee Th? 1 a PViiir '
TTTtrr lusf UT-tItnry. tr? render ?4
ecision before Sept. 15, or the Issue >
'111 be thrown Into the General as '
embly of the United Nations.
The will of the African people Is
it si. a united imions lhv^stigat-'
lg commission recently found^thein .
irfuaHv unanimous in their op- .
osttlorr ~tn renewed Italian ^rule, j
ven under the nAnie of "trustee-j
bfpr-"--Orte~ group of Eftgt. ATTlC&n&, 1
-te Somalts, have openly threateni'
to fight if ,Italy returns to rule
iem. The New York Times report1
rumors last week that Ethiopia,
as prepared to offer military aid
> Africans on her borders resisting
kalian penetration.
EEL BETRAYED
* 4Africans
living In England have j
tpeatedly told, pras* correspondents \
iaf -they feel betrayed at tha very 1
iggestlon that Africans want *4
us tee ship tinder the United Nat-J
ins, but fhey don't, want ?taly as j
le trustee.
In the preliminary phases of the i
tckeying for position, France and
uvtla have declared In favor of
aly bs trusfW for her former colo-|
les. Britain and America claim to |
i undecided. Since Britain Is now
je administering power in these i
c-Italian arras she can afforvl to j
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Mr. Sherman, Hibbilt. Harlem's un?
I $1000.00 &>ntribution to the National 4
i of Preokfotit Harry S. Truman. Mr. J
j- Committee (left) t? receiving the cho
man William L Dawson, Chairmai
enthusiasm. The presentation was mi
ft Um Billuore Hotel in Now York Ci
Large And Sma
To Prai. Truma
[jNEW YOR1C ? Standing ?
raraong thfi^mnny contributions to
the Million Dollar Re-elect Truman
Fund were two received lfi^t week
ait the .Blltmore Hotel headquarter*
HIWite O?a?5 mghth ijenue,"lhe
unofflfial. mayor _ of. New York*
Harlem. V
The other v. ar $6?from Mrs
Emma B, Johr.jon, a 53--year'jld
Chicago woman facing eviction
from her tiny roorr. 'at rfttHOn.u
met Avenue. In siie. it was ltkp x
thousand more.
Rev. Archie Wai
After New Threal
On His Persona
Streamer story
PLEASE PROOF CAREFULLY
Trie Reverend Archie" Ware, 66- !
year-Old pastor ot four Baptist j
churches in Abbeville and Ander^
son. counties, moderator
Savannah Valley ?Oooctwrb?BapttsrAssociation
and a resident, of Cal
houn Fall a. in Abbeville Cottnv.
paused in Columbia early this "Weeic. j
making Way to relatives in the ?
north and west in fe.tr of his -life. ,
Hiii tiri)ri1 h" MIH v"tTi in l'f-4
mocratlc pilmanes In his home*;
town last Tuesday and as he "rg-h
ed from the precinct,'was br. ' ally
assaulted.?cut twice?uml leil un
conscious on ihp ground/.
His* was the oniy uncomplimentary
acr-mrtt tn cume?but DT
state's first--pntnaTy, Open "'to ail!
races'i^i -' ???J
One week, to the day, the minis- '
t#r. leaning nh ~?"~cfu!ch, told " his t
jjltiful story to SWA civic leaders!
nere from a room he hiad rented in
the College Inn on Harden Street 1
A successful pastor and citizen
since 1917 he said, it al| f;tnr'ad "n
.fuly IP. That day. assured by
Brown vs. Baskin ruling three days '
before* he went to enroll at the of- j
flee of one Baiiiuel J Dixon in j
CnlhnuiY F^Tk 111 von Informed him t
the ,books weren't there, but when
the minister insisted that county
Demcomtlc Chairman. J. N. Nichols
had said they would be thera,
Dixon Is said to have sworn' and-"
cleclaied, "I dont give a d--n. I'm
not going to write t*-e name of any
n r or white man." " -
ENROLLS N?XT DAY
itev. Warc-iiMid ha leit iuunedh
n v hut rptnroA^ Itilar On ot.ri
finding the office In charge of Awnyoung
white men, was permitted to
sign his name ip the book. He was
the first Negro there to enroll and
learning tKls ^fact, he fcegrtii spread- ;
itus the wofit gmt s- th?tr+
more than 100_ others alift enrolled!
within the tnnt two ur tHfW fl&ys. '
However, enrollment ended ab- :
rupTly, he said, when one Harold ;
Bryant, was threatened by one ,
John BlaCk, a candidate for the of- 1
flee of. coroner
BlacSTTte said, drew an axe ban- J
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II Donations
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Mrs Johhaon mailed hersto
Congressman William L. Dawson, . ^
In care of: President Harry f}.
Truman at the White House. *
Her letter told of a change in
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KSafet^ :
die on Bryant when, in response te ^
the question, '^Do you know whft? ' !
you are. doing?" .the latter tasus-1-''
answered, "Yeasirl! I am enrolling
lor my rights" ~~wBB
Bryant fled the enrollment plica ?1?3
"and other Negroes stayed * away, .
also.
Hev Ware said that on r?9
August 10, he drove to the Calhoun
Kalis high schdol. narked Ma car .a 1 >Hiut
Weht to the gym*; 1|
jtaslum.' between 10. and 11 a. m. H? 0.- *
Tn; the only Negrd around.
Two police officers sljood near the ?< ;
HUi anrr ?<? *Vif gyw?*>.?Jr1..n H. ..?
1-fe identified these as dlty poUoid ;,r.
tJiieJL. Bill PoweliL who was a. cih>> 1
i*?i e Mr vsheriff-irr thfe: primary
and city officer, "Liver" Moorenj^B^ $
T Some tui. Hf??n AtVv*rf, Hfc flUtji , and
including John Blaol^wi|||gp-;V
Duucung. Tnree wnite ladle* sat. at >
a table nearest the door *Ml ttvff? .*
were, three white ran &t th* nth? ,
groceries. SoJ waht,ovn:.^^ "
no voting boofeha theis. 2Sp5St?
over to the bench, fixed niji JWHlii
dropped them In the bp* and th?t
started oat. There ware. only .tilg &N|
seven of us Inside at the time. ...^ . ?
ATTACKED BY GROITF
"As t got to ^)e door, I saw '
Plank with a squarish looking Ctu$,
which could, have been aygioer. ?f I -
a? ihm Wil lie 'rCi~~ ^ '-1*1
. u.? . ?>w, bhuuii ?wu mail1 ? -v jh
Hr hid it. drawn back waci SI -Jffj
nrrnngr my n?mi tlwre were four
or five younger men with . htm | "M
They had drawn knives. J
I t hrew my hanthr tip **-l#r.
btack ihbuji i.iiiiig-in i>n i"i f iSB
T^ihiTnK; Mr." Black, pleaae don't f
Ilit .me'.?Hp kept saying, <Dw m:'*'?~j|H
you. I'm gonna bust your d. . .n
head 6peh* ' '
i:Knowing the two officers were ? "' 4j
right there. I kepi ?ISHiring tf| ihgpi J '""SJ
t had got almost to. them wheh t T* .*3
realized t^rT niilliuT gntng 1m "halm f
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