Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, June 18, 1949, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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AOWmsma BATH BnBtud w- nqunl lliko abactor piytbl
. -fen tha Ughthrwaa PtibHefcinc Company and not to individual
i m ii tall j B.
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lata BL MaCray KDCTOB - PUBUMUKl
mnowu MtaMiniTrvM. ufrwurriti uarraa aawararaaa. ino
mi rtrra ivimui. mi? tou it, m t
MIDUNI kiwi AT NUUN TUUIIAT A Lit AATtAIMU, I fM.. TUUOlfl
wo mi rreaa Aocarnawnraovr tan iwin tvbn roa viunt
taaaa amoclaiiuj nmio raaaO. cai-vix uawa imvk.a uomtinbm
tn> Biwriil
A Move In The Right Direction
IgL . .tbl iftpotoliftent by Govcfnpr J Ht r?m ThurnibnU of
l>r. T. Curr iicFall of Charti^ton to the Ailvuory
Ilofpiud (>hiiu ti ta Iwamn tffytim.ln Sfc [pbcr M *
~ for HI tr. Fmnrlw G. fraiff fit t^aih-atbii, mnl~
' f?> iA avimr m four v?iir rmrttnl i* u qua u m lik- ??*hi ibm t
% |ppt and to iay th< Iwitl a loh| overdue??ctton l?y the
SUto of South Carolina.
If the wan hum It- for "political" puriHom*
k Mr. Thuiiiiniul nlAviwI In* tx- " " " *
. f # ...? ?? ? <i? j"? ?n; ? i /r, mi r mi, Ui
'. |\ ' our racolioction. Him no Intwvit in politics and no politt*
t ?l power ninoiitf Negroes in. Charleston. the laixest
.1 Mi* k ol N> vr . "t?'n iii the Stute. But there is no eviY
dento of th+- n i? wl title and the
/ conclusion left i* that the Hpi>ointm?nt riunr on rncnt,
Y lutd on what is tntn*ptri'nir* in other section* of the
i . Houth; purtimlirly in Murth < 'arobim,
. I Tin? rnct' qiMiAtioii tnd the perennial suspicion orrThe *
part of Nifrroeu of t hr men who run t ho ifovijrwrnent run
/ h r bust be h?I|W?l t?y (Hittinjr Negroes on ujfcmiert uftil IxmIu-m
attending to public needs
? . % ' . . Chaiayatitf iTremilarilirs TaihwcI
. .
During the week a court Ijn WtlHnrnwhury . rounfy 1 novitited
Slid sentenced todcutha N?*xr?? chaiiiKanx prisoner
who, despite having committed tuo previous miirdersoh
WOlhcn/.both colored, had the unusual privilege of heing
I- alio VS. - I tfl'trfl 'hnm.i' > ? ' - '
,..v * Flltl VMMItUt TM Wlli'ltlVI* Ml*
would evoti have had the chance to yet to t in- chain
K?M|f bud Ida first victims been imn-Nryrne*
The revelation points up tin* need h>r ral I.iuh-?hi
the part of the idute for reputation TT pnsnn "Trintfces
//VvrCl.. Too many crirtw** mi* committed because of laxity Aral
alif>-*hod jM-nal practices.
Ix%t*M Foftfet The DiffereiiceK
Tlu; atato I>?.to-ci at evwrttTve committee,decidod
* party In a meeting at < oiumbT* nn Friday and thisla.
- V v taken to moult Hint the party, belatedly ami at last, hat
decided to nhidr hy tin* minors ??f the court * on the wry
!i* W?K?MK question.
80 far ns we know, there has never been any real hit
torn en* on the jmrt -of Negroes about the issue. With
k them it was simply a matter in which they believed in
} One thin*? while Party loaders believed*in another. The
1*. ....'.'entire question, waaplurud before..a referee who has ref;
ftirt^i the of final 'aiinv cr. It is ?fil> iti? idrotal 1 li.it the
,.t; verdict favoni their side -
Thifl ought {tot t>< hi.I will not Ihj ?n.v glvintroK
haUghtlnc.HA among th victor*, ami thcrr ought tv"**
any foiling of rrpri**aIs -Minting tho -IowtstfnrtfT ^rrr
morlran way of ilotfu: thing*. >v<? rraolvr our d.iffori*nyo?.
- ahakr hand*. and go un making ?uir . 011 atvyuhiggor yul
,? out" vuriovia ronimunit'i. * Wttor " --> 1
Ncgr*>o? i?u)at;Tjrw.:L'Cii:o.w.u: part * Wi full of the l>. nio
.. Hp - c.fatic futrtv TVti- the only itom confronting South
Carol! 1111. It can W ?'ff?vtml with hoiirM.v. avmjvithv amt
*" *<. .. . ~
P>Kh1 faith, and propel the ^thTFTitong thr roTtd of pror\T
U n??? ll-?i
^. ,, .. ...... vyiniiiii'1 I'Hlir . ){ II J? I U ?I1 Rllll pf'TOOie
W - v-?-- unm*er**:'rv ill w'lt rnvd*i Inrlr of faith
Wo WI<*vt thf Iwa irmum wiW pot along now like ho
| two pno<1 pport* and rio|gM>or* thov nr*\ They will now
?. turn to tmpnwwjr ?M()th r.ir?>Hna their common home
^K__. COW TIN 1:t-1 > i iaj.u i _u.l. o.M, ?- '
? . Conceived
In Iniquity And Horn Of Sin'
plan cleat , atuting. that it would mive the date about a
million dollar^ a year in teacher i*alariei??pre*uih?hl>
Negro tMfhm?Mince he made il clear thai the white
teacher* had benefitted t>> it.
With ^uhilatue the lee. udature effected the plan, ad,
I* mittedh to "cheat the Negro teacher*. It w*m a million
dollar acheme. Through it the $t'nte of Sooth Carolina
.2 became'ft robber, u bandit, u thief and dishonest. Now,
the tuune South Carolina laments that the victim hot*
i ' v ^ : J I
j played robber in hi* own right. turning around the gun
J which had been turned on him. It is a pathetic picture
la which la again demonstrated that wrong and sinful
Wji' acta hegei their like.
And instead of dealing with the situation as it ought
to he dealt with. South Carolina attempts to cheat again, to.
place all of the responsibility W>fegrOen and to pretend
that In noma manner Negroes filched the report from undec
the ?aes of atate officials and perpetrated a fraud.
I one, of the moat untaxing and fan Untie tales of gll times.
/ The firing of a few teachers and the Jailing here and
of a few Negroea Isn't going to effect the Jest lee the citlK>
MM donor11 In this Instance. Were each of the 814.21*
Negroes counted la the last censes pet In Jan. the case
f ] weald not pot ho broken, fn this instance, no one can with
troth point to a Negro and designate him aa "leader ~
into certification plan was tOacetctd In NHgetty. and
''? *?? ? ?
** ? ' J g-fc J.J
rUC LIGHTMUU?
VJ9 -Mi' TV- *C<SX '
KDITORIALl- \ oni job, rnclr Sam, fS 1
; -; : 'V;;::-vTo Work Tojcefhcr!
THE NEED FOR CHANGING
How Teach* t* Mded Their Downfall
l/rtwiftingljr, . x ?> < <i 11 V .pxtaiiutwi^ ami-p*K?rlv tinvd
?y P#lm#tUi l{ v?... 1 ,iv. <i ->!i Iifwnu' ut>.|.
'^ Tnlfv iC'.ii lU'H' AA*kx ittlon . . .. . .
i i'ii~j ..i t)? ,.,-n . 11 ' '
BOfl Fi !. 1.,'ir?14+tH-V - '-f r*: ' ^ i" 1 ll? U'd U*.l <JII
u-'i ut thr .wlvilr |*t>n ' IV t>si-, /.iiitty t< #( hvrs, . but
now m.thc yxnyiunii-T f. |f>i r<iy~~VtfioryiTHcHi "'<* { tflo.
r~- U>?: y?; 'rf?' 't t'h?- frVl o( th?% "nu?
Tl.i ?
'UJii -m . . ici j?t" t??K<jt# tor- mercyi whilv
I'/tim* . .V '* . "Tn
T l.? i f)r|Vdrt ^ K'tv nt m -A until
^ ^ ^ |'j r ?. ,'?i? kt'.uui to li. wii^HcU .
to?u (lt.it- 'i1!*!*' I 1 l*i*
ri Mm
11,,. h . ? \ :*i, y m % AKB hkiUTn twtuml ?!??* IViliiU't
Mrut Mi?* ini v . StaU. Tr?i |?rr?' oml??iu>uu?
L?lli ilu ?r. i?>r l?iit It. ' -. uh'?li <t?? ;???k 14'1-1 r,:*
I< ?**.: .o \t i-i?h V*ki r?> lei th? 1 V. . . 'm? #< * .#
; i - i fmm <*\ i v ,N* xtt?
poll"* *'*4 U.HU?'-?J i rr- rh' KM* *i?t??! . -
Jrr t<> ck?ttithri * to ??n??v *.? .
lb* hr .t.mt - OI.K h?. f?. AH.I l;!> > M-?t?'.l??'t?t W.I< .-??
thrio oolUst the U.?t? iv "ifl 11
uih XIU- .. ?H p.?..t b% fot..,| .ok! ...
lo>i?-. "a ; I }?" >' t. X h?* _jv' < >?:> r\
A!t*r ' ttur rA i'lfiu't- ?i; i, i^y.vufi'! m'.-rMiv? on .
ban | ?.(i r. the ?t?;i?- ln.ru: 1 ' . . '
wi.i reluly to inofi >t f.r?. ' <M*mR vvitii it .or the _ re
tlul > (Jucrr ihllit It ?uir. ' t"" - that v h..*l 4.. !.? ?.
mo. 1 .Mm V :0- J "
I*STA pn**l?le?v f?t hwldfjA U<-l. ms to i u>h .iown
W-tv ovl \vh, ?> x <? !t I^Vf :
t?. . ,.' tA .f -t vk i.j t m ' '1 - \?5 '
Jy p.- rwtt"' . ?&** ' >: t-\ " o'T rnW .
up.! l^tUw .? hto.f'ini?i:tt ittt'- ?.'?>*; ! .*?.In i| futth- i Vu- p. r .
m p?n by thr ?t*!? ma wlion '
itrji.iir.nViU. of wholcn&l* con-. nu fr?*m
f1rmr--V.M of?m vuapcx^.a: t ?f^r? ^?,,w .?M rh'/;-:
> pi.--, for merry r ^h.l'l >ttir.'!r."
T h c rxr MltlN'.r. t?T''V ' *. _ .v .! . . f.,: iju.o' .ita < \
Rlio.tl. i .ir..! m.ivir <v* ... i. ( .#?> in*.!v .h?*v .!>.! s'v r*ar
tlllj ilVi.'t Jhu-vh.tv! -y tf.ls U . , ?' i' IrXJ'. ^ v
- ? "r""r; ,-mi nttt yr. 'A / 1 t "*Ht?1 t --'i?f?{ i" ?
. ???> w>e v l!? in?UiK<'t wt< lmvt
BETWEEN THE LINES
THe Word 'NVjrro* Is Sonn'thinK
'\Vithitv rtvi-n? &*?H* , 'h* v. h *ii.i ' r.'i~,i . u.. in.I
wnt?r^ anr pnv>lt?jv .t tt>~<r ? .;rr~,"7f . t'tTTs x WtVr T-milit
|1IV (l. I)<l(l"ll*l N< >!1 ": . ,-d N " ! -?: tif '* f' ' J ?>Tt lit.1V.
yjfctUMi ThctvVrrC . ,'.|i-.> iM'r >? nut i f the Nf -^. u
' in jrti?*?wioni ? >>.'hr .j.,-. .wtnl?v- i>?%?
in ih.. in-" #??? . i"
? ? if Mr'w in -.mces
intent* ami t>urv> the , tlus writer
the Mggayattiill v ii'. ?> ,v;,>|a ,to T^ia ?Uh
liri. organi*nh,xrt T;. .\,uer * ?> o?- Atr-,
M?n of r!,e 1 -Irc . .. ., ;)ts; for hrLi-y ;; Y.i.d ln.
shoti Negro' w? r *,; lltt. -^x, L,: .?/ ilurvg
It w?5unanimous!* yptrdev. .? c. v0l.(imM jf;, m
that iUy term VN.KU would- Th re are re*
?>* dipped ln>m ?ht name ,-rv, <?r >?o pride m consid
:wt -the . : Manilatior. ...; ^??K <Hr. HisU?ry of the Ne .
Ttw? unanimity of the vol* 4,- rttve and-its'African tun "
M.wrll u the objective of oevtivow. and nrtgm There4;- -*
the trotm>? twwnpt. very ?n> ' ,';w a trmc when distorted
portani in oUr hi-racial sttua historical t>er?p?vtive)? mada
lion here in Amrru'i Tbi Africa a land i( darkness,
larget vf. rying t. ^ - ^.thmg to wiv, as 4
%nore racial thinking 1* . *
thrust >nlt> the forefront of basis of prtoo.
our serious consideration*. liow changrd is the pi. ture ,'
Can the f?tt of race be today. Just as it was once
cd away by merely leaving ... , ....
it out of our organ rational ' thought thit no good could
nomenclature. The notion of come nut Of Nazareth of palrate
is made a fundamental dee, so it was long tlmught
of Amrt lean thinking, which ttrwt no good could cone out
>' a"" ? ? ? ?
race therefore h< ignored by . Christ Himself came out of
merely droppmg its designs- Nazanrth. SQ. out of Africa
uni imni imr racial or|?n. " rTV.rl)^
t rations and fruin our activ* *n\Sva r*? * 1 1^1
ititf .n general* Her* J ?'
posed a question that thoultl ,n A"***1011 ho ^ th PJ
hare the 'serious consider- . ,??,P"MiV>. Lak*
at ion of our best minds. ?* *trat ^bl,' own*<1 by
the Negro race to any man
It is not totally unlike the ,* owed tq Carter G. Woodquestion
of wlwther we as sen for hie painstaking and
Negro*? are going to be de- laborious studies, *tuth have
signaled racially as "N?gro" been so instrumental in enor
as "colored ' We. have * gendering pride of Negroes
here1 two tabid schools of in Negroes, and a beginning
- i thought each boasting some is just being made Trie half
truth and both containing has not been told
^ IT I
CONTINUED rmOM PAQI ft
voting unj? the him requlreI
". mint ? applied to other p*r?>oa,
I E boat requiring the taking of the
oth to which reference bw been
made. The appeal before ue uki
' V that w? recooeider our derision la
' Rice Elmore, supra, and iitempts
to defend the limitation of
M membership in Democratic Clubs
(y^j?W ?ud the oath required of voters
i^Mr W jPQpdJp m ?arty primaries on the ground
AJFp* ? that these are matters for thv party^-wlt))
which the state has no
r concern.
Pj\/t3(/ JTiiy KLMOiU V. RICE
We >'? ru> reav.n >ur
etEr :r. . V Klrnoft- On
M^kjL wr^ry contrary, we are convinced.
El sw*feyfaaM un r i v'l f-'ti . tnat
kit aifPj'J&V** ift?-'dci i?ion .in -thai! case wa? eo
aLft .i t littJe ne<-d bi*
* Ji>lC\ 1* fV' ? oui iP?rt.-n >1 ' t 111
i * Vv ij)? J, j J y qtteetu n that la here
> ) x cision was that primanr* undei
./SvSKJJ > r?e tf part of: f
^S~ . -% -^4L-?. cii.v Uvn iiifcihuneiy of "the*
J[ -^v ' ' i'?le. and that a state cannot by
rff s/tffie l^4Vtli| a political party to tak[
^" r l>1 t>afl ?l ,tA election tnath
X" <Sf dp' inery, avoid tu- provia|ona-(>f-the.
tAfflt^E^r A.1'' TT^n ifutioTi forloddtng r.
sP7 ~ ?inuiiai.Dn in i:Im i.um?, ?rvt thus
i . < ?uof rat?- ..r (plot, any efm
! ?> ' JsmMKv>V l-'- the liovernmtTM
Afief .reviewing end
_ i iai?KUJ|(r
ii \ii <> i 1* intiai
. *r r^*?"' 'i: .f < \et nmcnt I DM Flfhi
TciM'hTKlMll I ItlW rt '!hiT r'ttrrn- do pertkopate *H
r .
'.- I political ph'ito!&?t>hy of thr Declei
i >n ?>f Independence i> that ?<>v"
, :i . mnirnts' derive their Just pow
\ ' 't-- from fhv cooiMf of M .
Jly JOHN 11. Met It ^ '* u-d ami the righi |6-1 u^uud.tn '
. j.' - fT^1|ott of iifflfin fljf
.<n Jhu <>f. ?l) Cltfec0<
hot only .is ? mean*
. . ... ' ?f tOittrliuf t.lw?t government ikuli
^ t .' ? | liiVf thi> mrrngth of pop-alar sup
U?n mH r .)? *?! hs^U jud; \ J ^ J ()f
:,r "T 'ht lv ' 1 - -T>
.I- o t" UitW |.u. par ted ft!, o Tl* d*f..-o .
kv, 1 'ii-.l can neyrr speak with the
Ami;1 -U*. e??3g to . f.thn . who are whtr-v; *
' 1 . v d<; The Fourteenth and
1,1 . . nth \iiuniimNits %v?te written
. ? Mtitiitfoa to-insure to
HUtl" *!* ^a, Uhmd. N,.Kro> who had recently hor i
' ' ' ' *'1 V... 7 . I'. I ffoTTC'-I.IVt' l V <(). .
t UatmI m it. Tncy diun t , , ??< ** Fori <?i th?% Iawi ant) th.* !
U ,ii,)i>, th.rf.t i{ w .. .?>i initially right to full pa(tioip4tit>n\.i.
h i vsnuluAcy .for . process of fovst)iitient Th? > a
*r V" !'V 4,4,1 .iMendnvti'H huye had I lie eff.*t of '
?. !. ??-e ?'? I ."J i t'd. i .il ha.tis.pf >.itrjtgli- 1
?"'? _* r . rt rJ,.o: <1 tf.p jnil Jjjf.. i. - rt fvir I li
.. ' ,:-m - ' "i iV./i'-ri.tup .mo. I ol' pr.?'
-i .ir.o V'".? ty liili ' .t.ii... tjtf. i s; lits . < >( indivila*U t
."h i p on .eg oil from moiorit.f* frout loiniy abuses i
" " 1. ? HI' r K"'> ' : UMi lltdt |x A 01 Ahlt'h J
ihout Itic. .wu'MT. Ik i r < <rut*:mi>la???<t ?t th* j
;pm'iI*< .'. iv. ?y hr >?"t V:'m. Their pr itt*.?ry l>urp???i* hiu*t i
' - ' , : .. :> H n~:. 1 >. up
p 1 i .v "i '!.< it. ?> i?"v\ iifl.1 if iU UUfDOiic ..r effect U t
>ilvi ; < vVi nVi i\ .1o ".i. tn rtrnv in the ofl'
i .it.:.-, . ' hwfcrntr t ?:olor, ?Vy ..re ,
.. h-Vh th.?vV? :r-'t cuh- ,n l'".v U 'Vi-rnmctti of hi.*'.
! v-V.'W';iui cir -oiWiwhw. *"u>?iv.v * Ml/. <!,ite -.1 cm nun !
M l v;.on ?,r to :V> ^'"<cm \w. It'wv
I'HIMAKV l'S.V(ii:S
\v < t k. \S ! v ?fr.tri ! . 1
i* .. i: i ?i hm -fii.- s iiith Th? UM* of tiir Democratic
u??4-.' in. - . u.miuty in YvfijivS'lioft A .th ih?* '
W.i. ..uttmumcil m .. iv'nor.il el. < tj .n -rrv South Can* I
' : ..n oi J- :" A:.- th.- whit.- f- Ima- pr.>VKte?, us h<i.t Ihtd st:?r.t-1v '
. i... i . out " rijshvnj; -un- ? t,wu >tcp t: lection machinery for '
v . :i ; . . i" '..it. . .m l th. ?ii-nial u the '
..you; tSmK.. *" ' 'V of thy u .^ht th |>.itivu|.'v *
fhe }MM.'i'.U.'wh.'.'-KKouht"-'' ' ' '*** hOinary'hrtiiirs fiim a-.t'et- '
, 1 1 . .* vt i.v* ' v.?jiV Ill tlii^i'i.v'. r.'i II.' 1
t V ? ! n'a- .'.'it . ... - v ' k'1
th. i!, li ,i.l- *" v?rJ J % Id ;, i'.m ,
^ i t?u?'h I' ": i '
u ul.l h:n r in ' 'V '1" '1' 1 j
> . hTjcrlvi " i.1 .' : 'I .tNvKri'k and wr fn-tnk" ,
I ?r.V *". rrrarr- '
t .}?,?.** r.:?5 >**. \.*V a&ev* "? ?i . ' ? *tfb.ut
w>?J.e t.-u> art ,
*' V' " 'iV' , iTTV/ {;( :.nAr n" !
.itiuv h ... .1
' _ -x . ^ vht'-Krui,r.?J < > . '1 ;
i'i ?. ' ** "( <?:fv )!'<
V IK (.Anion II II.4IU.h W HON PROPER
In ,tI.<-'Utfht. of uluit.wa. Iu r/; .i
\tul-. '-here enn I*; q.ue*Unt) but j
M.'nv I'VV '. "haV-the injunction h?hfWWpTnjr
wi.iv?Miv.'ut--Ut?it .j.?t-_ trty iiMn'itV ?y ^
r.. i, ... / . .troi ut pi iuattn tn
,l" M- .''r.':. s *i?c-v'luhy membership in w.ucn
and * y Ft ,.. i 111?. ; to white person*, and 1
t our ' tuitum it J."s| . ?r?e.? an oath, which wtiukl ellft - 1
; v , ?r* v - ' exclude." NV-iji.iXi, those ?n <
'*" on*-. tbf Democratic Party
''? riii i n.i i.? '.. k "r ???? lf 1; mm . o ?by?in.liroc ?i
uq{ Jiltiwt in .(-j 'loji :i,?t \yht? tV.Vf held 'in- Hice v <
?tiu.*t?v? .u:'.;v . y . N .* Elmore they could not do. Wa.de
iiiu-ii wvuuse ill
.firov-A . lr* r v.- i lor !h/ r??h> to ?nv e!.
.?> and iio. v , irctivt voice m tha'ivvenuMBt o*
omw to i?*8 regard i A 'W The. ilrvicct iadopf' .1 ;j
" _ c " .hivw.M pfolnlv the unconatitu- ..
inrrw ii > jtvh irifmrta..- i\?.. .. > '/,. l. w .*.,?? ,
- ; iiutuii purposi- lor which.; tnvy .1
t:njH?::ng we knt'M .!hJ3 y .^, , vWj88ltt*u, out, even il-:he>,
UaM.IW biii gt n. * ., h.oi appv*r' *Mo be innocent. they
opinion -..till pr?'-v [>?? MhiuH I**- i'HJoihH if theiy PUT*
cffei t i* 't.? diAcrtniirvatc
luip? throughout u?r iv.jl- #Jtftmi?t voters, on aocounrbf r?ce.
i/r<t wiKl. for itt t>. i*. .o D,?vi* v. Sfchnell 81 F Supp 67A,
Itlt-li i ^hr Vuhjr'ni'N has - alt.-t?9 S.Ct 749, Yick Wo v. HopiM-vti
i'u-; >h,vl 'Whvii 'V-NV- k '^ 518 US 1JW A% vVe *B,d *
. K?V* v Kinuxe. supra
gro i ou.mriiexi., + .crtniv itwan
so dosigtWited, but ? White STATE VIOLATION
.p'r.Mui committed u > nino Kvrn though thr eici'tum laws
no, ra. design'.!. ? . ?l South t'l.roltha he Uif. up ft
giyen. upon their lace, yet il thev be ad
ministered in such way a* to re?
wp ar?* beginning to read suit in persons being denied any
many go<xi things alx.ut Ne real voice in government because
grooj* in daily urns of race and coloir, it is idle to say
v * . ' that the power of the state' la not
X .having the designation being us<'d in violation of ." th?
Negro wr can have just prole Constitution. As said in Ytck v.
in our achievements 1 must ' * 1^*'^ U\S ^
' Louil l~M ^ rC#<i lt J?* the inw itself be fair on ita face.
? v: r*ro;l*yl"?' bobm^ jts<t vmparTiAt in appearand^ yc*
son. Negro; Ralph ftunche, ,f it U applied and administered
Negro; I-arry Doby, Negro by public authority with an evil
Jus* about time the "Negro" tyc and an unequal hand. SO a*
iH-gins to stand for some- practically to ma*c Unjust and ilthing,
we want to'dnp it. legal diacriminatmha between per
I* thjfS wodom * There i? no * sons in similar circumstance*, ma
.<enae in oyr ignoring race terial to their rights, the denial of
unless the dominant white equal justice is still within the
man also Ignores it.. Is he. prohibition of the Constitution,'*
ready for the question is the In Davis v. Srhnelt supra, the
more important question* , three Judge District Court, io
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" . gA-n HI?AY, JUNK
An Editor*a Diarg ^ ?7
TIE SCRAP BOOK \
? WAS IT A POLITICAL MOV E U
" Fi?hin| around for ulher folk's tdru on why Governor ThiJH
mund appointed Dr T. Carr McFall of Charleston, to the Sta-. >9 <*
Advisory Courted* ope picks up a collection of views, which cJBi
be put into several cdigpnrt.
Of course tjoaCrf thctn may be correcy but the truth a them T *
u not the topic here. <>nfy pobtV tmtfun .
Most people tn both gToupa look Jp**i the appointment.as pure
ly political, with the Governor making h? first bed for what ia
expected to be a 'heavy" Negro vote" in 1?50 when he ppoaes
US Senator OUn D Johnston tn the Prtmarie*
. This group think* "that Mr Thurmond knows that Senator Johnston
im t rvlohcd by Negroes, an?l hu U*n advutd that Negroes
relacH him the leva, particulary because he beaded the anti-civil
rigf>Vir-DrxH'cratic campaign last year. Much is made of ?he fact
thai he selected a Negro'from,Charleston, which has the biggest
til** ?I Negro voters in the *'tie. and wKetf Negroes ?tick together
' and vyrild con-iderabU--influence in the r?-?t of the low country.
Thero ts another minority groiip which ipectdiiM thit Mr.
Thurmond he.had iliriu|id plenty. Ncgrn ynUn wlbtt '
tie' atpruhg the tear her probing, ongnally intended to have pr?e,
vidtti another '"states . right*'r pl.ank tit 195Q,. But there ^asri't
.enough ?upp*>rt and the attitude. (- NegroCs. r?>he to favt^able i..
at thi t.i.r '.ook n turn for the v*or?? t-t wo therefore expe^"
diem %> th luile Hum. to district their MuMiofl llencc, the Mc"Fall
apiHUpUhejiT" ~ "" ! ? 11 - ------ =
Apd ihrre '* a third group. il'so- .rv ihe. nnnonty. which reasons
that Mr Thuroitlnd is attempting to cast South -Carolina along _jl .
the line-of North?Cari>lma, where (jovejrnor W Kerr Scott lias
named seven Negroes to key {position* The w eakness in this
<^gr<?ip i? it inabsli-y to ex plain how the governor'* action hatmorn??<.
with the doctrine of States Bights. as hr has adv-eated
fur m?>re than a year ?__ ' .' . ...
Thrre U one thing on which'all' panic* agpee, hnWevrt; i* i*. ' "
that-the gfitjojfltjtirnt w.i-n't made on a ham'h.f It was deliberate
.> tui on thr ad v hi: of 111011 around himT Of course it wu * gdod -
?U<1 rn> abler Mian than l>r McKall. white or colored, could
have.hesn found 7 .
Thi stolid point on which all agree u? ihitt were South C*arohhu
Negroes without vote*,. CI over norScott atkd North Carolina
l< > ?i hivis^itf.'iti'jn or not. the appointment would ?k?I
i v? i ihu The t;j ,up ldirt.in<liftj( .ij th(i|. Vi. Thurmond
. wuiiia vritrit Iti I'JjO. -iiVi thbugh hv niiay ji-trrim tu rh*>akfe*.and'
i.} t j;?i w .:h wiii.tr,- oijiTi rnai C ami tu* queer \ i-rsion* u( tha
niO v* >f. t!i<- s'.ite, M isn't going, to \?ke any'chance* losing tht
hi-at i .oia' i ','t 1 . xi .?id t?hi?iiopi.a'd m the tv.srs nvnt \?
. vuittcTi r jf- their ih*da n fur him Is ilxiut the. utile It ig
J hniltik, and that if he can play his cards right he
wnti. w nr'thrm over ,. . ? t
Ani c ho was it that as id N4Uh couldn't get anywhere or
Uny'h.ng bywtmg* . ^
T.TTt.^i^ TiTir-rrTt^CfCou..1 l th.. |iSJ\ < v, participation in the gotrV1.1I
. I -It tu !he.c??n*litu- "oT'fhetr ^UlvT
n t-^Al.ibntti j pr. v. rtbuig ,ai.i . . .. . 1
IU. ,tubal quahf ; . n f . mf- dut thlg Jlscrinj?.iloo
di'-stgi^Ni t i l.slr;i:i' 'i; %? Nt I'1 a li'? tticnigti twL,j..of a
;ii, v.,iters 1 rty which rtifltrcU<h? primary
it. thuv ? i.a?;v appear tlin. t(on^ ***** '"*** **
h. < Anirncl.iicnt wan rite tided to )? Tf ?*?* ?ny c her [practice which
ji _.?>d 4v .i?s? ?>.-* h'11 the pit. - threatens to corrupt elections , or
xi.se y.'.d..setinwnntmg ug>in*t ap- ui.irt them f.cum their ibnatitu
fojr the franchise on th > tio,u,l. pun*,*.- .' y '
mm* of I ace or cufur Therefore.,
, . 11L-i-.u.ih: ?.. ?==-=
Iu*ion that .this Am-.iidme.ru ii . " ' ?o
the "Constitution of Alabama, .Vrpellaivta *!**> agR rcV-ei >al t?e-loth
MT-tt* object and the manner ,Uk< """* ,r!*' refused io
( lis .uimim.tUut.oii. is vim or, ."disqualify himself from, hearing
i.tUtioh. Uvmuso .violates tip f" affidavit eharg
ttccitii Amendment While .1 ,n? '?' *4th bra* ami prejudice
l .i.l Th,. f.<-1? *. I
11 ? - Vlfu'fc f." JHJ nivltuon. ~ ""I ^ """""
! lot ,M fhd Brtawt u A in ,hw #f,i i"vlt' Howewfj- ?J)ow
nendiripftt. litis Uw.' not sav<- It ?' > W?n?l bo.s .m t^r ptfrt of the
rv Pit-.vmi'Iu Arwiyv'tmeiit 'mil.' lM'1*' iny of the defendi(ief
lophUUc.iirjjjin wiitil k( ?ih< ? bir^ *i most. real for uy
)1<' miivlixl rrHxici <..f .>loa.r.nuua ! ' ri?P1,v"f Ncgroo# u?.Lf,;
an i It hitA om-rou> pro.'. ??* Mmutution jvrvi .n.ti*hit
al tlRSTin? ?ivt>lS wKU-'h . h o . i x*
i* h-npaa-p rose- cf the hb- M iU7v A **rit
t~ ?, rn-^-A .-11 -** u-7..ai f -.,
.... i mpft'ty bivatni ho Ix.lfrVw ^.up^
_ . < ) :. ' :/_h hfr,
l\VKT\s' rOlNt.Kf.Vt TKI) i'" ?-?tW v.. h?-w?*n? Person.al
aipim*! :? v%'T. tmm bo
V ' ' :>,l i-* naa-ii-. tluij a i V< -r ? ?- : \ I * f t i i \ 'States
p e t v Iov*.- not v-, ^ ^ ^ I *. rt-?. American
.?m ! ' i i'-t '.> a r?U'? ' ? A' ,CT% S;, ' "te! f.'.. 1' tO 1' S. 3*?; lion
-tf+ "*iii>nv/.illoa-aL ?' *.><to ... v . j.",r jit\ y 8#I9;
A'h'i h 'fto i.O!Wntt|ttbnal imi C S7ttTf~r 7T~l Hrrt-frV kV . t-.riy_ ( 'or
ite (luWcTt ol .till: i.ti}'i 1 ; , ,,-a. I i- _ai ii&I? LlattB V
?> -a,-ftt -n Thhi mav p.ult?Ki S*a-e* ll'lr 22 K M 6(K?.
i. i .. political party whtcn A.-'i -.vil m. .he*
rV.?K< tli. l?s * ton; . ,, ;4,t Vitixl . *
>t j'('- fno.oions.'.lnt not ^
o ..",v c-o. P": -';fKu rbaracrcrrrtni <-t<-ai.lv
u> V . V -,n 1oprran* a v " 't Th i". c-}u. igment guarded again-' '
U: ; S ... o-. v t..l ' " ' ,'^'S ap.t w?rd of
<V".i'*< t of lliC1 |)i)f -.iM-?. ' x l,? f*
pi-Virv whuh it'cor r';,i JU'If.v to acguir. vtows from
1.1 ilir" in t.'.-r v ;, v- "ThF*?utatp Tirvor con.cdh
j'.u K; -.. r.d i-ivdion that H;:- V'!V ' ?-r?nplt*g.;.ur courts by
Alter merely register And fivet .r.g. a jiidgf, ? ilely on
. ,j rfr?Vi:va;Wtn * !?. hV- h?.<U c<l bias .(<>r >Utc of
iht-.y h.i\~ V.^nctio'oed.. ?u?h dr's- ,f') vfJ- f5i' U'S- 42.\4I S;Ct. 236. 85
riminat otv mu>t. Ik* ei.j.>Uic?l t ? .**, 'K-'inst- a rohgdoeri,
Mfeguard the election itself front ' ,V-J "r iu-q ui red ptOi(iv.-..;
f',..i ,, tha; whirh ?h. tHf,.reJmrLjAh> oth<?r
Constitution forbids courts f ^instruction would, make "the
m:: . a nclfh r bitnd nor ?m ' ?? iHtoler?bl? obstruction
'p ' exert v. the r ' ' ' ' ? " eiUcte?t conduci of judicial
iu: . v }... ',,vr u "strike 1-i'ri-t V.7 ' '; "<*???*. ,*>"%v ^ *n<f speedy
j* t: . "u-'Ve iA th,; 'evil * hif K; effective.
ih*y \isc seeking to prevent. The There was r..s error and the deL-Vt
1'. here is racial dutcrimination cree appealed 'If-m will tie afwhich
bars Negro voUrs from Any firmed. . .
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