Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P" *kM bow - ? ? wtPW* . " 7 * r vMw? ?' . j ;/La Pubhmhed wmU; vVailpogtoD gtreet i- -?rr?: tim I?-. tJHtfcred in , the Poft Office '." ittof under the ftllhatiKlFTION ItATK! t*M Yf. tf.75; Six Mo% |t.M , Your expiration date ip pr ADVERTISING I ; ^ Mafco chacka and orders J ICfcN It. McCRAY. Editor.-! Iftochlc Editor; C. A. Parker, tamee.; "NhwVcopy must reach i **2 advertising copy by 8 p Mtfcer the use or returp of i aaptad for -publication are ?v L itr Wrrice pattern. ?t. - . _ !| Governor Thurmc Since the Democratic subsequent "bplt" of (level V, "civil rights**" item to the much of whose support .cor _ , dangerous sources, calamit v .; _ lina. . " ?? -Oil or about August 7 believed to come into this across the State for the <1 -ci -it. n i ? ? Ill OUUIII IHI-OllllH U DHIlif!' I t the game time for exhibits S^^ar~cros3Ps have 1 ?close to t>io city of Columbi Jul^ 12. date the Democra several others reported but port from Saluda county of a letter warning him. not "KKK." in wliat appeared 1 There is now the bidet the otherwise "respectable, ? the Rev. Archie Ware. at < ; the appearance of a4arge i towns of Blackville, Elko. 1 prevalent in many parts of ? In ntrotirer state docs7 It ia not to be ignored thai the leadpr of what is rapid! move tocome-out of the S g?-_ yj&t. Perhaps unwittingly, rr h Tw m p fVf . 2'- Tii m |?n n |il ft n fteople everywhere else. th< why would say ih|it the priSfrrblJ# is the result of it lical^deciflions and took th< tior. which has disturbed i1 day he as considerate as Tt We don't fpBlErc these gjpBtc with Odvf sophy ffWBS&r&e. Tie has th< i . under our form of govern * D nl VlnM ???> . . ? V . ' i -- ? ivuiacx, >V C M1UIIIH ail win pnd welfare of the pec oprstate as well as it is the 5 . \ zena. We air therefore cor too, we'have seen the bloo -- ^Uie._hpe til thing vve-ftre^se We take the only con another iHajwbrm^-er-^^ht * "the <TWi11ie F.arje" lynehini t far, but we caimot hope to t sions are to be inflamed", k _ " _ State at-will ftiw4-tmrr^t"to We ask that our Goyei drawing as a candidate for son being that he prefers j home, even to being electee the life of a single pith/en. ~ As sincere^as he may ThondTs_pure objectives wil simulated ^supporters he- dc Unwittingly, therefore, hit than the excuse of the ugl ? the 15 pe ot situations . ( against. ? In withdrawing, .his pi , him will ring out arouiid t gatherings as were at Birn v ; By heading off what h go down as a real leader, it white and the colored. ___ - The Qiily, safety.for evidence?is that our Govei his lot with his people here appointing. But it inn't rn?: fjfany dissappoi n fc m en is at - -?endured. Consideij the diss on read 1 hg election re tu nfb ftespectifully . we appe __J- fcTUHme INSUR THE ttOLDEP niSTHI 5 h*r if art. Snath Carolina nw?iw,' Month Carolina , ~ v nvum xiwim Q^anfoborf. South Carolina T- r T , Claims Paid Horn# Office Smith ' ^ I fill ill ii > S I 'V J SPr^- " . , s. ? f. i ; v. ? . . v, ' iv,; t' '?* ft;*' *- ' * < '_* ' ' ' ^ ' >, - '' 1 r it' mho*** u? the 8uakina Butldtnf t'.olnmhta 19. 1L -L_. WNK 1 7U7P = < at ColbmbCh. 8. C., a* second eJam Act of March 8, 1879 . 8. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE I Three Mo*. 91JM} Static Copy lie. inted weekly on eubscrlber'a copy. HATES ON REQUfcSl to The Lighthouse and Informer_ >ub?8her; OSCEOl A E. idcKALNE Wm. H. Hlmmom, Sr., Field ReprMea< ' 1 ... T . .... iff ice of pub..cation by li^on Tueo . m. Tuesday. tVe do not guarantee inaolic'rted materl&la All matter* a* ibject to editing la accordanca wlta ** - - >nd Should Withdraw National Convention, and- the brand new VDixiec ratio" party.' lies from questionable and known V httjs laid sei^e to South Caro-j , a motorcade of Klansnien. some " State f^om Georgia, drove half ikil?purpose of obtaining recruits ir less sober white people, and at [ ng thr^ats-against Negroes, been burned, (confirmed), one ia and two in "Aiken county, since! tic convention opened,-There an unconfirmed. Ttwre is the re- . one Negro voter having received to vote August 10. and signed :o be blood. >us and shameful group attack Off infirined 06 year old minister, I'Oi'OMi Knllr. '\ here i,s-Hi"l ?<"?notorcade ofrobe figurcsin Ihfc7' Aullistou, allegedly led by a state hev many near-explosive relation;, South Carolina. ?' such & dangerous situation exist, t in no other State also is there ly becoming the Jighost-4frtrderaiit : oulTT?the Dixiecrats?in many a Governor Thurmond is much to i t u a t i o 11 in South r.umlinu-u i h?C ? r o.l i n a a r e like i colored and the white. Those csent dangerous plight of. South tiudrwfiugson the primary sysi at t?>e fctate of Texas Jn 1944 19i|(pWfcse states, receivedldeii sm in istnde. South Carolina is nd had there not been the agitata normal relations, it would this ?xks ;md (IpnrTtu words in a spirit of antagonism. >mor Thurmond's jxditical uhiio- 2 same right to "his as we to ours. appeal ior the continued good>ple of South Carolina. This is 1 Uovcfnor's and all other citiicemed over its. happinessr-Theirr dy and shameful results of what FHT^ iTow-etrt*- jtrod we. ?? rse possible to avert disaster. renixL intddehT7~everT a repeat of 'We have been fortunate thus Be fbrtuhate much longer if paslarismen iitfi__to roam over.: the "continue to grow, rnor give serious thought to with the office of president, the rea3eace, "happiness and goodwill at 1 presidents if such election' cost be, we think .Governor Thur i oe spoiled hv associates and lesn't know and cannot control i candidacy will become more s< v forces to provpW^ and?initial* *overnor Thurmond ' camjmiKm reside is enhanced. Cheers fo he world, rather than?amd lingliam and at Houston. j certain to hurt the entire SouC ears Governor Thurmond woub uich loved by evert' citizen, th ir State-now?and we havc th nor come on back home and cas though at times this lot be- dir ce aaiilj lioprlfess'l Look" at th election time the Negroes hav ppointments many whites endnr al to the Christianity.the sineet furai^r of bur-Governor. tmi LIFE AHCE GO. * RCLE COMPANY CT OFFICES: - ColimbU, Konih f trHa. , Oeorretown, South Carolina HWWIM,'SiHK t/irnffna Wnartawhnrr HowtK r?mM??? Within 24 Hours Wont worth StTrCharleilon, 5- C ""J i'ii i. wmmmmmmmmmOn??hff? 1, " 1 ? >m In The 1 Disappointing ,{ - By LOUIS LAUTIER r -?Fe? the NNPA New BtftlEB I I THE REPORT OF the Committee oil jCivll Components, com- a monly ^referred to &s the Gray c Hoard, disapponiting, although I there is much'merit in Us prlnel- t pal recommendaton that the Army r Navy and Air Force each have 1 one Federal reserve force. _ I "The chief objection to" this p\ o- t posal Is that U would take sway from the states the National a Guard and place its control, or- f ionization and training in the a hands of thi> Army- Opponents of u the plan raise the cry of encroach ( ment of States' rights. \ "S One argument advanced .by tlj.c \ Gray Board in support of its pr<v. (. posal is the National Guard with < its present powerfuParmament is~ c not generally suitable for the exe- ( cution of state missions in case of t riot or other civil uprisings. This T argument appears sound. As the c committee's report states, "To e pose a threat artillery, armor ortl air power against citizens of this j country is haidly in keeping witKrj] any forseeable situation, and not I p consistent with sound public poli-I | ^ : ? L Dissapointment over the reportrrt however, sfoms from the failure c if the c immittee to make any ro- I f ommendation to remove pvn)- I ing barriers agatTTat the enlist- Ft ment or enrollment of colored I c orrsonnel In the restere forces. ! a ONF; RrCQMMENDATTON h The report contlans. only ' one j r rf?f?QTWm?nfl?tinn?for _t%e_PXpatl- | don of civil components directly i f affecting colored m^h, aticj- ii' is ! ( meaningless. It simply states that j V -Jl-ctVsL_Jr?'n'ng; Corps ufi,its i ^ f H?? jrrowitur. peed for colored of- I s '' "".111: ?I _ __Z By JOHN 4 TRAPPH1 ANII HHPI t^ ^ Houtli Carolina, Just now, ought I; to hold spetial interest for students of .history -ami those who are?m- t teresWTu.in seeing how things arc s when tiie shoe is on the other foot j Just now, South Carolina is a . paradox. Withiir the month Negroes 1 c broke , out from under a political j -4a very -rreaeiy JHh yr;rnr old>;untir^tt4-C have the white people fall victims | 0 to a Jiolltlcal enslavement, which | o leaves them little better off than thei.^ Negroes have been. t] ?Negroes hadn't been able to vote I ,j effectively because the law decred' cj U*at tfiey shouldn't Whites are up- a able to vote as they might wish u now because "custom" "and an tnrwritten law poees a collection of re- 1( prlsals and repercuslsons. t State D/tnocratic leaders have. In r recent weeksi executed a neat 'bteai f of the state machinery and are In j v the process of handing his over lock t stbcX ihtt barret, to the Dixiecrats. I t The white people, who created the I j Democratic leaders and, who have j E for years nursed the machinery into i . a powerful influence appear help Ipss tn nrpvpnt this hunrlinc nvrr i , - | t as though it had the sanction ?jf j ^ Hie mwjnrtty?nf the?unrest ricro white voters. In substance, South Carolina ^ -presents now how?white people, re. ? act under political pressure. Some j or them are running about like t ' chickens with their heads cut off, j , not knowing exactly what to do, ! haste before the confns'"" s-ihaade*.-L| Tior where todo jt. And making hast> . the tricksters are beating a double time at completing the transfer. Sonsofltal ycement aUei-sThe net result of all this is that i there are many while South Caroli- j .nans who may not' vote m No- 1 -.emberi that is unless some posi-~ ! ' ive and sale - Irom-repr?sa Is me*tm ? s furnislied for tliem. There are ; illume them liuinu u/h<i itnn'l nur. i .-lcularly like President Truman, but j Alio aren't at the same time willing to toss aside the Democratic 1 party?ftn .ujillllMlllg?PUT even rs-""' cabllshed yet, like the Dixiecrat... nereby dellbei atlng T5ffl fri ravor! .1, sticking with the Democratic i airty, Harry Truman or "not. Tltey j ' eason that, no matter what is being f ,aid ahout the Presidential caruil-L* at^ of the party, everything South i arollna "has received, has come j om Democrats. Desert the Demo- I ats now help Republicans to win, 1 1 ot only will all of these gains be j not?only will I much of the!' *ateT patronage In Jobs evaporate j l thin air. but very likely, many J nembers of th? Mon-u-lSltn r.w.n nr.. j able to Ret positions custonvurih i urttT by xrhttes There is a rumor going around, reweyts elected he wiir appoint~j?ev ^ ral Negroes to the posts of post- _ "Taster ITT several cities. rt is easy. , hen. to imagine the concern from tils end: " ~ The tougher Job. however, and hts ts the tore of "The whtte' peo le's present dilemma. Is that they anpot afford not to be on record ts" opposing their Governor, ex-yptlng tn exceptional cases, The . Governor, or some others ~?n office " >hd in posttton who mnv be backing ie Oovernor against the DemocraMc nominee, ere Ant to punish the* " Vfuf-YmWf 1 H U)i\< ffrmv -team p -to--bo termed mv i gut ml hp. JKfc&A-IZ race, anv more than a Negro,wants *o betermed one against his race Thurmond'}! rtui<Tt<T?STrv" is, fundn" moritallv. grottnded In the rights of , l.Jif wl>ltc race tn rul< :,n<l 1?. Jf, ' J Z. THt IICKTHOUSI AND INFOR >oloi;ed colleges. It points out that Co here were ROTO units in nine I th< olorfd colleger, five of which are Co ninl-gi aTTC^rTiouia. . CH Since the report was pjeoared, Pa tnd preKumably at the request of tu' olored educators who appeared ' trc lefore the Gray Board and urged up he establishment of additional 'n> inks In colored colleges, the mini)Q? of colored colleges having en tOTC units hasr"been tncyemrd ..ah o twelve. j <.y fh" f-ehooL having ROTO units) soj ire HoVf-,ird (infantry and air ny orc'e). Tuskegee (infantry and th? TrMporce>, Wilberforce (two In inits of infantry), Hamnton bfi Coast Artillery Corps,), VVest { Virginia State (field artillery,) ed 'trginia StHte fQuartermast-r Th ,'orps) South Carolina State *gr; infantry) .-North Carolina 'Agri- rrH ultural and .Technical "College sill infantry). Prairie View (infan- nut ry). Mortem Staff ?(infantry), n* "lorida Agricultural and Mechatp- | "ft at Cdllpgp ( afit.i-ulriTuft?artUb I tet ry), and Southern (Transportat- ; Re ML-Curpal. i p*U Half apologetically. the rcpuit) ) ?j mints out that there is no Navy.ir tOTC unit at any colored col-jstl ego but, like the Army, colored ' ? iien are enrolled hi ROTC uphs i rV schools which accepts l' llbl h j olorofj pod white students. ilATlONAl. GUARD Ju Jn ni"" jl)nn- <Ur?,n.fmirriK .. <LL_^ he spates colored men are ex luded from the National Guard. i f t'd onlv hi one two mithere j ^ ulxrd units of colorrd and ' hite I ^ uTsonficl.* ' ; How colored dim fare In the { .0 Ckyj|l It esc rv c f fleet Reserve. |Pr )rtrnrrl7cd R-m:rrvc, Volunteer sj,< fescfvc. *nd Merchant Marine Re ) erv-eJ. the- 'Marine -f-orns Re?j ho rve. the Organised Reserve ' Kh ^ ------ ' - | oil CMAMiMI6=i| IMJHAV -- i U?.>1||| '? 'I! . >! >*-< i I I i' ?-TT'aw, i > ?u in a sense. the white people are : oincthing of what it's like to bo ( >U;.heti around. Ii C good for their th? ouU. though we wouldn't wrdi tt j the m anybody. pri Many ol itiein -hoi u. .op|?.rr 'Lr '?< 'iduit?Trnrrnm rn rancmuei,, " ivd right.., Ituimrti.' .etc., to the 1 , ontrary. If they go duwn to vole, j k)Uth Carolina's <?pen balloting- lkw i 1 ici'ig as It Is. the DixiecraCs at poll- l.rrm ng places will be able to - unle Kb [o\vn the name of everyone of .them ; Kl( >nd will turn these over to their !'w' hxses. T hat is why therp is now f la* o much pleading for the secret bal- | * ot. If the white^dkln't want the 1 *'* ipportumty to vnte against Thhr maul, or more accurately," to vole J br The Democratic" party, they ' voulcliVt be concerned over whether )fs hero was the Australian ballot or . o-u he usual open ballot. installed {th' nany years-ireo-to keep white vot ?r>> from votltiR tickets Nprtocs rwi' night support. ' ' Mk Maybe they'll lind a solution in ,f>T iine. We think they will. In fact. j"**',. ve think this State- is-in lor a lot j if -urprises real soon _ In the meantime, it is -rather de o iphtful to rrst tip a bif while rh' ?? mrm for (he* "right to vote", in ) ituifh Carolina poos on We are Rrateful for hemp ible "r 0 "sit this one out." ! ^ . ??- - i | tif 1 Truman's Order ' ' .hi -f (( ontinurd From Pa*r,Onr ? ' Br 1 i ?ei lity \ oiunieer J ^ Reiterating "La advocacy for i j ex iew liberal army, President Tru- ,.a TI4JM rlcmuiiitiw .? -11' t "u 11 umiuiiutu inai an V/iaaaiiiL'ti * | ^ >1 thc^hi w ^ '"le' decla red ; | "In a tree society the obligations ! lit uid privileges of serving Mil thej.-ei irmed forces and reserve cothpo- } - ' lents thereof, should be sharea | ms; junorully.?tri?liccuiilllllt. t ' TTTTi ,1 ' : .ystem of selection which is fair i ,ru ?just;?irrrtt?wlr.it?hi con.,1st en {' \ vlth the maintenance'of ah effect- i cx' ve /national economy." Others 'to oe delerred are c0r'*!(h! ictentious objectors and any vet - p ' trail who served- 90 da> o or more [ t.Q| tv-WnrtO War II ' Under the new draft law the di- j | ector of Selective .Service has thejwh ibsolute power to classify, reclas. i- I of y .mry?feiUatraiit stiUuiuV regard-to f rai lis eliflidtfit-y tor a particular clay vie .lflcatlon. ' I hi Aj the draft Uu nna ,i audi It, ? ar more favorable to registrants I'd ha?? *<?? Hre-+nw during the war. For example, those whose indueIon would work a hardship of sup- >a ioct on 44 dxpe+vdenr person arraign ligible for deferment. ' *n' --Under thp-dmfr Tfrtc~a rhTId~cSP~ ie llligltinuite or litigimate adopt- no icL st?D cliildreu or foster -obildeeH pT Fine Foods -|jj COMPTTTrif MftDFRN Fancy Rtapl# TFS hkath -fVARIKTtER LanglcyVs -.Vtarkci 1 AND ? Variety Store ,J3?1 WHF.AT HT. 4^ " r r l mm I I - \ Mlt, COlUMB!A, SOUTH CARt apital rps (Army ind Air Force, t, p (.-oast Guard Rp&erve TFhe ast- (iuard Auxiliary and ''oa.it ui (I fli-KPPVC F, SJId thr t Tvrt Atr trol is problematical. It may b?(? spotted that thel* Vjgcfcptian and atment depends very much on the local and the cominandr officer. A Navy' offieei argues vehemtly t hat alt hough the Navy has til * n"d its long-standing poll4 of lr' a' d'so'lminatvui and colored men wlllt enter the service. exc :<t ssr in the' lowest intervener els who enlist in the stewards' anch. ' 1 f w hat he >a \ s is cm i ee.t. cofor youth are missing a good bet. e Navy ROTC (Holtoway) pronil, liased upon an overall en11tir11tv rrf ?tdV.40tt. rrrrhidcs ? ksUly of 1S1,2(5?> a year for jT ixirnurn of 1-1,000 students who mrm* an-obligation -fn-se-rrve?hs fleers upon graduation an exided active?j\ u t y with Httgulad Navy, as well as 1.100 ideats-W-ho each received $1X0 a ai for the final twr? years' of ileee without j?iy ObligafToii to ve on extended active duty. evpnuers * itiiiuci iri?m i HSf """i Iv 33 th" leagtte?vjrtrt "1 TKP TO KI1IS.1 nit:; revelation?g-ay?made m e ter from Acting Cornml-stoner <>f Lcj-'Uil?Rrvnvif?T'rrri S Mar' in Rep Klein, advising that "The TPtary" of the treasury referred this bureau' for appropriate atrtion your telegram endorsing thr jgestion of the* Ahti-NaVl Icaetir it treasury agents be on hand ~ tvound am* fees collected br.the on Incident, to a nuhlic -inl.tij44.ioi> Stone Mountain " p-vo denuty rollo-tors " prr a-, ned to the mountain. Martin rrrted. but failed to ^ee anv rnoiirmist hands. 'rr sin:: tot irn1111 dr tn mined' pf t to r 'iip 't f.jjp tax mniipv owuet Aired acting Revenue Comivnnr Mm'hi?ThT' 'HP Klan1 ' rsp .strings are. lipid bv the Grand agon Green and a Rttrxnpprued "Wa i ers ". tiainis by-Tlir grand'dragon that resurcr.t Klan is not liable for t?x debt run up by the dissolvKhn corporation are "flimsv". ' leagnp said. 'iflnMrr ftnt !hiL (s u 'VJ^I hrumnle 01 imtv flia? Ion -foUr?i^ !i ?h*? pT.fjr^rt.y." V WITH PROFIT Hie rocilrnpnl Klan fa uO<nn:v *t*ith <:li 'profitlLiUch properties of the ?n corporation as the eopvFlehtetF iran ritual' propaganda booklets entp.1 robes, regalia, and Inslen. the_. Allll-Nazl_ league, charged n its wire to the Commissioner, ned bv Administrative Chairman nes' H. Sheldon and consultant >tsou Kennedy. the league said fVvrunrdine photostatic conies these properties. and added that undercover "observers" inside ? KKK -stand readv to testify >t they are in current use 'Tf the bureau of internal revenue II simnlv inform the Kluxers thrt f?y must' pav off this" three-ouar million dollar debt, the Klab II bp on' of business nvrrn'Tht for time." Kennedy predicted ? Hsfied* <( ontiniierl From Page One! at.ii. yh'irf sixjKfsinaJ! tor ,fhe evident. we have been, given aorancc I tint segregation in the i-ued .iwurrs *s UTieqitiVoi all> hand under the executive order of Mr Randolph. president of tlie otherliood of Sleeping Car Pores. admitted t-o reporters thafTit e tune the Ptesajent issued the ecutrve ordet lie denounced it be use hr did not feel that it \vn.-> holly 'satisfactory," but since then r Truman had statrd~ThaT the 'Tr^ r was aimed at the eventual abolon of segregation in the armed vices. We axe willing to accept these surancrs/1 Mr Randolph sa:d. "in KT 'M prevent any American from iguishing in Jail " Vsknl 'whrltUT he considered tinecutiye order a victory, Mr. RanIpti hedged by saying he did snot isider it as "representing everyiiig we wanted." but airer the" esident ftKTcTarifled it at a prt'j.. ho left morally bound to .ept his a.-surrfnces. He said the members of the. league 10 had announced their intention cbntmume. the tight against "?rf Kegreg^^trrr iti hrirnned MPI. es were acting on 'he basis of ?ir ' sincere bcTFeTs~ ^Trrr~r.TTtrr hr Ld?uu .oi l iinumt mn-r' ngatm' 'in He added, _ however, that 'v wnntd not be permitted to eai on in the name of the league and cf the furniture at 'the league's atiuuurL&r>i wniitd l?f dWTWsr'M of d the league dissolved U. -the leAgue^-lmarfktuarters?RH?^" charged that Randolph and ReyIds hhd dented to dron the fight -sent.fmenf of the people SHOP AT SILVER SAVING GROCERY AnH SAVE ~2lQ3.{myqi? St, J E. Barnes, Mgr E. W. Cromur lie. .. Ass't Mgr._ ; .-w - - - - 5'JK'A Trial Underway __ (I nntlnu?d fiwai Page <??* > ? jail ul who in told the court thai ; Grimes admitted the burnings to ! them while lte was in custody of police authorities On each occasion,' however. Defeiibe Attorney Frank A. Duweia. uf Atlanta, HH'lheu at- | . tention that Grimes admissions i J could have been forced through j I fear of further brutality at-the : | hands of the officers. i. Tlie deputy wen 4 so as to say Grimes, after signing the confession, | wanted to go bpfore the Judge im;~r" mediately and plead guilty The insurance investigator and the OBI agent went beyond ordinary -I ,?"eans in assisting the state: They iot only declared that Ortmt*s~Tiad admitted the crimes to them but told how thev had :'pooped to eaveshop 011 an Interview,conducted with the defendant by an Atlanta, attorney and a group of Atlanta citizens wluj sought to render him legal as- s 1st a nee. ^ An . objection "caino Truth the de- ! tense when the witnesses began to j reveal the conversation they alIcgdly overheard _ < deliberately) be- tween Grimes and the Atlahta group . Judge Hrnry-W*y<t .overruled the ob*- jection. Although tne., witnesses said I rChtmeS tol-1 the "group-he connvillear" 'the burnings, apparently they Were { ; unaware that the fear-crazed de- : j fendaiit was adroity usliercd to o J piohk of the jail where he whispered ! through trembling lips that he had | j not commuted the crimes as charg- i led.' Furthermore, he denied^having"!" ., .inuggk i tin, note when uu^sttofrrd? ui presence of the authorities but | admitted 4t also when ushered be- *yonri eavesdrop'of Hie "snoopers" i?The A'hmtn committee to winch Hie eave-droppe-s referred compris? ed C. A Scott, of the Atlanta World. , Attorney A T. Wa'-len. Warren R ,p ! .Cochrane, of the YMCA, Marion?. L lack.soli l World reporter, and the late .J_ Richardson. Jones., photog-_ 1 rapher. Eacti of ttiem spoke of the defcn- i din' as being In a state of stark J terror? so much so Uiat, lie mumbl| queried by ihem before police auHiorlfic.s. ; MINISTER . TtSTlFILS ?== | vas Rev Charles C. Brit ton nr?stor ' ! of. Ml 7,l(l|l A.me. church olie of the I?j the nation was no longer with I tnem. _ ?-J p'Tlustin .said the executive order ] did not abolish segregation, even ' with clarifying statements." and the 1 j apparent apathy on the part of color * cd people wav due- in large p.>U to a Ju.'illfit'.l ikepiU'lsill to the 1 I willingness of the leasers, of, the movement, to follow throughMeanwhile, the acting chairman i 'of the league Is Conrad T'ynn. an!' I attorney, w ho said Uiat-already morejd -than t.OOO^bimg.'rhph of draft aae F , ha-ve pleded themselves to .support'1 the- civil disobedience campaign, i ? | JHfflSH" * s. *rrV"M .*>. ?-.*> ?? .?*? =U? i! KT~ ^ 1, ^ ^ ^ t . * Mr?' Pl-"';'*'^" - * ? ?? . jj^^^tyji|iiiYi' * '^5 iiiiiii ir miiiir - Li&tan to "CLAUDIA" WIS 9r30 A. M. lOttlEO UN COLUMBIA C C \ * 'iimpiPipiM ?- ? : / ?. _^. f? Marines C011111 Officers In Res - WA.'iMINt ^-tf in' m f' - 1nnpa1 Jiff United BtafcesMarine -fforp-. T has revedaed its policy and is now comunifibfouing colored officers in the Regular Marine Corps, if was teamed Wednesday. Marine Corps headquarters here in July. 1046, said plans did not i^ali lor the commissioning of any colored officers in the Regular Marine Corps. Two such officers were put on the inactive list simultaneously 391th their- being-given reserve commissions. . 1 The, first colored officer to _be commissioned in the Regular Marine Corps, Second "* Lieut JohnKarl Rudder. 23, of Paducah, Kei>tucky,*ts undergoing training at Ihe I ? it:?oarrkr* i*iai lut' VUI JJft otllWl at i Quanttca, Virginia. Rudder entered the Murine Corps upon graduation IrbW Perdue versify where he was enrplled in tilt* Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. While serving as un enDurned buildings. Hji testified thai Grimes confessed the crimes to liim when he questioiied him before coun ty authorities The minister said Grimes was a member of ins churdh and held a positiou as steward. ?Xtui M-afe-htttHttso accused CTrtnrics-^ )f murdering his stepfather prior to the burnings and that he burned tliO_ buildings because they were ; "he meeTihg places""Tor a lodge which i tailed to pay his mother indemnity 1 ?ft or her husband's death. tfO EVIDENCE . Outside the alleged confession. ' Hie state had no other evidence to i substantiate a cast, of arson. Atty i Bowers asicrd for a dismissal of the j. barges on thts ground" but ward overruled by tlie Judge. " ?J DEFENSE PERFORMS TODAY Explosive evidence is expected to be placed In evidence today by th? defense?Indications?are?ttrrt?the 1 Mayor of ttie town will be handpd ; T letter' frptn "fiTs~bffice which ad- j i'trx'd thi1 pastm of i.ne~orth<r"burned churches to establisn location else- ' iVlierc. Its ir-isATis fnr arivKinn ?ii^n was '.'tc promote harmonious racial! relationships?at this-time" "?"terect it farther removpld from a white' cemetery,"- ? - " T Moreover, the smuggled note will' in all probability lie introduced as, evidence Almost illegible, it tells j af threats, beatings and intimida-> dims hv the ntfiwir to get Grime: to n)||h^k lb Ihe crimes. ! A laft?? turnout of .Negroes jnud|| vim?? auenoen 1 uesaa.y s session.) [t was said that it.any whites had been aftrflrtecT. thmklne that "Dan EHrice wrmnl offeT~the defpnse ? Two Negro veniremen were called for jury service Hi the ease but were excused by state action. . I * r* T-** ***V >; - -. >.- .^v; .V v.>y.' xx* jjj E'S. HOSPiT; Mm -J f - M -c? * ~*r ??r? DM AUTHOtIT V Of T Ht COCACOIA ) C A -X O l A BOTTLING SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, ?94t lissioning (ular Corps during World?Win II. he qualified. *?*-? lui uie itiogrve oil teeUig program, and "was traualerr|Kj from his duty station at Majure Atoll in the Marshall Islands (Or cnrollment at Purdue. He. graduated from Purdue and accepted ft rr T. commission in -the Mmmc r^fp^ , MAy 28, last, to rank as a secondlieutenant from June 4. ENLISTED IN 1943 V* * ' 0 Rudder< enlisted in the Marine Corps July 23, 1943. Sent to Caop I,eJeune North Carolina, he entyp^;-:-^ ed the radio operators school and. upon completion ?of this course, be- *? "Cause of an Instructor at the Mailtford Point, North Carolina, School \j He later joined the 52d Ahti-aircraft Battalion on Majuro Island in October, 1944. , Upon completing of the Pre-B**/; i sic Marine Corps School at Quantiro. . The Marfne Corps did not lf|t?~ uu an '.UitiL lie will be aaalglied upon completion of baflc trainhML J The Commissioning of Lieut. Rudder gives the Marine Corps one whom are "in the steward's branch? The lour officers on active duty =* in _the _ Marine Corps Reserve * areBe' ond Lieutenants Frederick Branch, Philadelphia, commissiogr ' ed Novemoer 10, 1945; Herbert'*L, ^ Brewer.?Wosl Lafayette, Indiana j and Judge B. Davis. Washington, ooth commssioned .June 5, BM$, sMS' William K. Jenkins. Elizabeth, n3|S* j "jy-sey. commissioned June 4. last ^ Truman To Speak Irr Memphis In Oct. MEMPHIS. Teilu. CSNS) Vp President Harry 8. Truman . ' will give one of his schednkfl speeches In his bid for reeiec- t-lion a? President of the Unitei -r ?States at Memphis dui ins Use?"?? campaign in October. Later _j_ die patches will give date and '< =?rnno rtilaify. ' i# Several prominent ?? will fnoin a wniwithn1 to |iwl ' " * the nation's Chief JKxecutive when he appears here. The uu ' iiouncemerU was made - by the 'y^~~ National Democratic Committee. Phone 2.-575Z Night Callo .'J 1 9-5593-7 | _ College Flower Shop " /? 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