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: , , ;? - ' - . , ? . ? ' ' - '.w?' . - _ ?ei ~ .^L I 1 I I I A I ^ VOLUME 13.NUMBER ^7 ?WA IRceot* L'-- ' . '..;'. ' : . -; r~ fl&: ' *. .**'. .*" ~ -- % Bp: m irfflBHii^P- 191 t:" - .*>. ^^^^^ ^t V'-'s'.: * " V -. * *. V ""' ' ' " ' ~-" " ~r: ^ r . -V. \ Shown above is part of the who visited the Charleston Mu which was hold in Charleston South Carolina, and inside th* ??-Kr^yt-tn-ttTP "^nt?y~1Wlti1ggflfti Charleston 1b -4?-Host To 4500 f Tito 11 III) mill By E. M. PARKER I , (Staff Correspondent) CHARLESTON ? County Hall L- in upper King street was the I gathering spot for some 4,St)0 c< t_?adult school studentsr their tea- ?! ISBj aaoq 'saostAjadns pue ?joiid _ k Sunday. J ? The throng heard a stirring ad-" sl V-. dress from Dr. J. J. Seabrook, ^ president of Claflin University "St Orangeburg. The pilgrimage' of 103 buses made a tour of historical places ... * . in the city, crossed the Cooper ^ River Bridge, and visited Sulli- ^ vans Island, Hunch was served p at t'he hall, after which Dr. Sea-1 brook spoke on "Why Stop Learn-1. ing?'' He was introduced hv Mis^jp Wil Lou Gray, pioneer and head j t of the state's Opportunity schools Miss M. Tolbert, state supcrV'-i-, sor of adutt" "education; was in1^ charge of_Lh? program Dm iris-w^ Wilson, Burke high and the Gos-; , pel Singers rendered music. Boy Scouts front" Troops'40 and 102 distributde programs. V . The visitors..were welcomed by?I G. C. _Frampto.n, county silpcrin- J tenident..... Rev.- B. F.- Sumpter t gave the invocation 1q< fd nr f ~ rangentonts were"- "Handled??v ?l Mrs. M A. LaSa inc. James R Bonds, A. C. Wilson and L. Jen1 nings, respectively. E. Milby Burton, director of ir the Charleston Museum, said n. this was the largest single group ni ever to visit the rdi.Trlos.ton TAli ^ scum. ' -Mrs."A v"S. Rollins of the Char- w leston County Board of Kducat- ti< _ ?iotv C. J. dVfartm. state agervt^frf *-te Negro Schools and Robert Schro-icr der, superintendent of St.. Paul's el Schools, all members i>f the j fo state board education were ? ai mong those present. r n< ' ' , ' -d4o ; McCray To Tell ?% Greenvillians Of ?' Stflfp Profrram or VWMW ? * "? Ulll , " It ?* ; fTc : GREENVILLE ? John H. Mc- ] M Cray of Colurhbia,* editor of The j th Lighthouse and Informer, and | v< state chairntad of South Carolina :nr Progressive Democrats, will h ?j sc > main speaker at a mnssrrieeting; b< here Thursday nightf May 11. .h< Roy Williams, editor of The | d Greenville American, said the j ?--^Columbia civic and journalistic ;w leader had been Invited to ad -! *a . dress citizens o n,what is expect-1 ed of them 'as fruitful cjtizeilL.I th . attention heing given to voting C< and other matters of ineres't to! th u,. the state as a whole. - sei r ? t. / . 4 ^ _ , S *'*'*1''J* ' ' . "? . *' ?_ . -- ' . .V v; '* BM!n&ft-Jy ' *' * * I?: :? jjfg he 1 -^1'l - --- - I ,?? "'~ ~' ix, 4,500 persons in an expeditio iseum during the annual meet hhifl. year. The Instni/ic. Mnseur i visitors looked over collectic Officials Sftfd the mgrimage, Wj VOTE SESSt . State leaders To For Voting: Here I /v aay s insutuie on vpung pro- o :dures under the new state Jaw",d id methods by which some 200, ) Negroes may be registered by j' ine 10, is scheduled to be held \ J rjdav,. May 12? John H. McCray, g ate chairman of Progressive g eniocrats, said Wednesday. y Calls to each club and precinct 1 -ganization wore expected to be j d sliverbd all over the state by eek?end. Three sessions are i d heduled to be held at Allen ' h niverslty, beginning at noon n ] riday. , - C A two-hour review of the lawi*" set for from 1 P.M. to 3 P.M., rom 3:45 to 5:30, the meeting ^ ill confine itself to district and I ^ >unt.v programs and the final ^ >ssion is tentatively set for 7:30, . which it is expected that lie;}. g "liliam L Dawson. ?a some oth- C persons representing the Dorm a ii Vomen's Council?? i i_? T"i a. _ _ m 1SKS rasters 10 oln Vote Drive The Colutnliia Women's (Vun* 1, after much deliberation durig a local meeting which came s a follow-up of the politcinl tion workshop held here la>t a'.uiil:t\derided to g.> dlrecily? y the local ministerial union?! * ith tha- request for full eoopernon on the part of every minisr tn Columbia and RlcltTarfd unty in the drive to get ill igible citizens to register now >r paritcipation in the July prim* ics when a st^ite senator,v gove--:ir, and-other state, county and ml nffiriala will be nomina ivl. :? Mrs. G.E. Nelson, dynamic le&d of the council forces, and Mr;. ~ trues M. Hinton were named to jproach the unions at once. Following Mrs. Nelson's repo"t i the contacts, during the polical action meeting of the CorTTThtn?Citizens?ctnumUti'c nri1 Monday evening, it was suggested iat a seminar on registering and ' :>ting be arranged for ministe si Kt- all chureh- auxilory officers j > that pr<?cise information could;, i carried by them to every mem- , >r an<l.,fripml of tire respective turches, and through them'into mry neighborhood and every ^ alk of life. Ministers present' vored the suggestion. Plans for the seminar ard in ( if making wi*h prohaKiy?that olumbia Citizens committee and I ' ie Columbia Women's Council) rving as co-spons.ors. ; I . f ! I*. ' r 01 > ? . #, . "i t- | 5 I COLUMfirA, SOOTH CAKO ? i ~ ? T~ ... . .. '- , v ' ' ipfc - ; - ~ Sifefc 11 of Adult School students iiig of the Adult School, n building is a landmark in >n# which are among thp. as largest ot record,- . . OCRATS IN ON FRIDAY ^ Session Friday . C < . cratic National Committee, .wil ellver" the main address. The session is to be attends ointly by delegations from th< JAACP compters and othei roups interested in getting Ne roes registered and voting thi: ear. A crops of reference to; he afternoon s&fcsions has beer rawn, and includes the follow rig persons who are to answci uestions and be in position t elp work out all voting details James M Hinton, state NAA !P president, Attorney Harold ! Boulware, Mrs, A.W. Simkins oJ. Clement, Jr., Julius E. Wil iams, Sr., ' Mr. McCray, Mrs ionic Belle Weston, K.A. Mont 7*rnTnTTr m nrl rvtK n r* VSI4 4V4J til 114 OV y V I Hi ' ' v 1 I Vr *5. Mr. McCiay said. 'that the or animation would not hold-a staN invention tins year, before prim rics, "foi certain' in well knowr easons," but that county meet igs will be held on May 15, a' Inch time the Tfui s will reVi.e\\ U' KTlfy T'J uiet-tng Vui(( j)i< k :c<. rs t?rwa year-: ~ Get Up Or Shu v N i: I ) (II t,.he 811210 Xegroos it 11. and in the Nuvenibrr ele llu'in are oi' ralitMf ttyo. tint canvassed carefully, it is poa of them can meet registrath 200,000 of them can. Among them are school te als, farm hands, laborers, d from all.walks of lite. Practi the score in so far as their under what pain (hey have ai'e exerted to keep them in the door mats of the race-bi who believe and say that \vh ior one man to keep his toot In their meetings, in little beauty parlor, in the college in the little country church, common plight, but then Tift ground, stretch out their ne place his foot on their throi writhe under the pressure. It is time that the Negro time that he stand on his f< the foot and the pressure. II al demagogue in the teeth, iliem; and he can do all of pie expedient of the ballot, lie now has?if he qualifies istered to vote. ^ There are perhaps 75,00* state, hut this is less than CON1 . '* <? M?OS . _ o * INFORM! 7 \?"- y LINATSATURDAY, MAY 6,195 Nelson's Case Up " For Probing By Grand Jury ? Following a hearing Tn the court "of magistrate Cal Lawson here last Thursday, the case ??volving an alleged -rf?le in lists statn teachers held in 1949 attains! ; Dean Guerny E. Nelson of Bene. diet College, Was sent up to the Richland county grand jury by 1 the magistrate, denying a motion j for dismissal made by Dean NeU ; son's attorney. Gary Paschal, of --Columbia. ? ^ :: It developed at the hearing, "whiyh was . one Dean. Nelsuu.hadsought unsuccessfully fo> several weeks following his arrest the first part of March, that the state had caused to be issued a warrant alleging that tn 1948 the i ?dean hud sold an ansa CI II d to . ; one Robert Dean of Aiken court-1 ?<y However,?st the hearing the I ; 1948 date was stricken and the I charges were?made e? of ; he ex- ; ami nation tn 1949. Thus far the state has mad* nd allegations as to cheating fn any year, prior to -1949; admitting' ! that it would have to have sam ! pies m order to bring t-h^_ oha-ry ges.. t . . Cluet witness for the . state. aft the Thursday hearing was Rot?' nrt DejtnT' who" testified "tv ;.t ?mad obtained the list from Dean Nelson at around 11 P. M. the i night before the examinations on Feb. 19., 1949, paying Slot) tor it, jor three times the $50 paid thft year before.. Dean _s aid?lie. wftR getting, the list for teachers in . Aiken county. However, under- cross . examination, Dean admitted that .had given, members of Uw siabulary. false information at _rseveral times aoTThey woiked on him following his own arrest in _ connection with the cirse. -s.1 ~ Mr. Paschal, .. questionh'V.^* McCall of the University oil ! South Carolina, who had cust >-1 dy of the tests, brought out that . Dean Nelson had jreceived his set of the examinations at about . 4 P. M. It was reasoned that he* arrived at home about two hours " later. Dr. IVtcCall said it took about 10 hours io work out the test and ? conceded that Dean Nelson L couldn't have worked out the 1 answers alone By 11 P. M., even had he^started at 4 P. M t r; Dean Nelson did not testify himself, this being a preliminaiv ' I hearing . -1 TU ? *- - - - , i ml- cast* is expected to cuim up in the June term of General Sessions Court here., if it is not ' j disallowed by the grand jury. ~ Ho Kissecf I)o^( -- Gave Wife Fat DETROIT - (Global) - A ilit vorce wis granted Mrs. F.i t ricia .1. Stephens - here last t week because her husband "thought it l'unny to kis^ tin* dug goodbye and give nte a pal every mbriungT t I p ITOiil.Vl i . South?('arolina. J81J.KIU o; el ion litis year. It they \ycb>hnlt or the amir.-. 1arrrTolt..?" it ballgf.s In pnmanSi on July, is bie thai as many as .'iO(),(RHi >n requirements, but certainly metiers, preachers, profession omestics and men and women ically everyone of them knows race is concerned. They know been put, and of what efforts [effective and dawding people, TrotrrfrtTn I Mv leei'nl s .iTTTTT lum. en God created man, He meant i on the the neck of another, groups at the barbershop, the classrooms and after services . they exchange views on their yv return to their place on the cks and allow somebody to ieits, and there they lay ami get up off the ground. tt is i'et and fivcht unitedly against t is time that he slap the raeiperhaps knock out a few of these things through the sim: j the right to full use of Winch by June 10; that is: get reg[) registered Negroes' in th?one-half the number we must riNUED ON PAGE FOUR ESRJ am B< ' (wwnt* ACTIONA5 By William Gordon ATLANTA-? <SNS*? Ralph 5 MeGill, editor of The Atlanta Constitution, told an audience a1. Morris Brovvn College Tuesday j that "i,vr must believe in civil -j rig.lit.-r and that abbve being good Southerners, "We must first be good Americans." The occasion was the 69th annual Founder's Day celebration! of Morris Bfttwn C-oHcge bem? j held on the campus of this mo si | highly praised institution found- : ed by The" ATrlean Methodist E- i piscopal Church. Mr MeGill was tho nrineinal speaker. Editor McGill told- hrs capaci- j W?audience. < uriipusL'cl 1 ^ irionts, iaculty. members,.;. and of-ffri^nds . ,f tho rnllopp that a' MVU?t effective means for the Negro to I achieve full citizenship rights h through governmental proced-! Vide. Such, he said, would come 3bout as a result of well planned and well t-rgonized court action. Lauds I>r. Bunclie While emphasizing'" his' stand. t on civil -right."?, editor McGi'l praisCd Pj". Ralphe Bunehe for , his present stand on the question -M human 1 rCt-mions. _ pulogiv,ecT f..r- not Irt-trTq present-; to hear Dr. Bdnchc on his visit j to Atlanta Sunday, "at which time the director of the United^ Nations Trusteeship Division dolivnred the fifth John Hope 1p,-t\irc# a' special feature dedicated S. C. Priest New Head Of Catholic . Comm. of South t' i ATLANTA ? Rev. Maurice; Shean of Rock Hill, S. C. is the new acting chairman of the eieven-state Catholic Committee of the South, interracial organi-J voted to racial justice, labor relations, education in social prob- J lems and similar activities. Father Shean will serve for {'; Rev. Vincent J O'Connell, * off New Orleans" j-who has been,, transferred to Massachusetts by; his superiors in the- Society of Mary for a six month period. The new chairman was chosen a; a meeting ot the CCS executive c.imputtee in Atlanta. Committee members also decided to hold the next CCS convention in Columbia. S C.. in January. "Father O'Connoll. brilliantly Trrt su <cssiullv hm led the "r.'jwiiu- Committee of the South hrLaiair arnrre try-mq yrnrr of rx? : Father Shean. "so "i.,.t now : :.s entering a period ; t.ipbtc-r organization anj more.! :iten.- itnd off >rt I hope. . tin:; n lr -. j'laey. t . be able to aid i i-hOM'-1?H"" ' < - et The 11? 1 " I : i". t. j vol,. no. eiuTC ,os i mi pise. : - ' the Ca'h>'!ie "T? n>fyuTT' ;; \sf 111Suth and the j ' r ': ..bob , stands .and 1 1 i,, sec tj>t.' >eed ' planted i 'V i'.. !; . ' ? >d nnei! :?n?d all thj '< tiiei ! e!i. through Clod's J sad'.. bea> ;tu leasma. ?"u:t tins j cal an 'I rt? t. 1 i. ? i ?i . * ^ii*.Ui^i ^ i*Iai v 4?t t c 4%. o4 i daev bi -i t .ead ju ti t'ei > m New Orleans I 1 I I i i II 1 Bfcr" sflBBT^si SPEAKS SUNDAY ? Judge } I lome'r Brown of Pittsburgh Pa. | will deliver* the annual address ' < toj- the Alpha Ph. Alpha men in the Columbia a.fca?Sundav'; afternoon. 1 < The program w?.i be held in i the Allen University Auditorium ( ami begins at 4 P.-*Mr 1? ?h I 1 > KP. ' t fci'- V r , "r u ' 7 f'KiCE TEN CENT.* * B XODRT^ SOLUTION; ?? y^jiCO \ BM-iij/'-' iV - - ? mLtWk CM ... ^ w Mr. McGHl d id :o the life and "vvprk of the form?r,president <>f Atlanta Univer-: . 5'ty. ' .. / While telling a brief story, of -l his recent trip to P/dr^tinl- and J the Far East, .editor- KlrGill said,lent bore in America.1' He told ^ how deep-the feeling of hate and t prejudice still persist among the,; Tntire nnr^ A roKo in iVtn 1 uvma ti?iv% j ? i ci wo ^11 vuv axwajt Land.. He backed' tip this statement' by laying Jhnt. .'prejudice is fal-'ii se in its premise" and that to i generalize in this field?is most 1 "dangerous." " * vi " j-'d't ^ 1 Court Disappoints -s in praising the founders and i present leaders of the college the s editor JLPld itis audience that he was disappointed in the recent t Supreme ~ Court 'decision of the J Georgia county unit ' system* 1 - Speaking of the methods by a which the Negro is trying to a- ' chieve full citizenship, he said: I "If I were you. I would also i be impatient" " ^ Several other distinguished i citizens and church leaders_were < among5 speakers dunng the ob-^ servances during' the celebrat- ion. DEMOCRAT!* CIVIL RIGH' Truman To Close After leaders Con WASHINGTON ? AYinnunce- i j meijf rrt a panal discussion on t ( "Protecting Human Rights" to betr held at the Hotel Sherman in 1 Chicago oil Sunday. May 14, :-s!c part'of t>io National Democratic Conference and Jefferson' Jubliee tI was made today by William M. 's Pitiyle, Jr., Chairman of the De'nm ratii- National Committee -=4 Lbm.-J Stato^ '' TluMaln. e Francis Green, of Rhode Island. - r.ri' Chairman of the Demacra'ic National Committee, will preside I >vor the panel meeting. -Arran- ' emonts for the panel are being made by Representative William ' Daw sen, of Illinois, also vice 1 h.nrmnn ut?the Dfmm ratii Na? lorral' <'iMrimittee: S.multaneous announcement if j he human rights panel was made n C^hioHgo by Stuyvesent Pet- jody, Jr., (Jwtrman ()f the Chi-? 'ago Host Committee for the Con- t erence and Jubilee, and Barnet j lodes, Executive Chairman. The Chicago Conference and 1 rubilee opens on May 13 with a neeting of the Democratic Naiuii.il -CommltW.? Discussion iftnols will he held on Saturday Indian Mother Made Mother Of Year* 1950 PORTLAND, Ch'6. ? (CNS) -Mrs. Henrj' Roe Cloud is all mules this week after being notified that she has been chosen Mother of The Year"' for 1950. She is the first Indian woman r> bp go' named. Mrs. Clotjd is the mother of 1 Mrs. Marion Hughes, first Indian < ?Jrl to graduate front WftTIealey ( College. The award had another "first" j seventy seasons oack' when they ' ?hose the mother of Atlanta U l. aivertity president, Rufus E. , ^ Clement, who was the first colored 'woman to he so honored. [1 - . :> ; 4 RIVI i CHARL^STO Spectacular Con#r< ? ? -?-? hm & #1 Tw% |A IjOO'.iIS An6&u lit r (lifc Story) CHAlLLjBjSTON ? Barring an nexpe<2ted turn, plans ware jmplefco around U P. M. here fednestia^niglil for the formal ntry iijifo the congressional rye [pnt" jjr.''' hy A J ^ Yielding final? y to urgings of .pse frjends and several groups, Ir, Clement, an insurance ex-1Arriving here shortly after LI A. ,|jl. Thursday, Mr Clem-, jnt pofted his $500- entry fee 'or the race In the first district and left for Florence on buslless before returning to Char? eston. He said he qualifefd at jj about 11:40, and had no dlffi- 11 :ulty in doing so. - j The fee was paid In $500 new * I nn klilH ' 1 jtive hjf>d agreed to make the r ice -late Wednesday night, and j( as scheduled to go fc? Columbia j, hursday morning and pay his g 500 entry fee just efore closing 7 me at noon. . ../ j, Mr. Clement would oppose ' v eu^L. Mendel Rivers?of?Chae- j, iston, who for several terms jc assed ha? had no opposition. 1^ If the fcitry is made as it ap-'h eared it would be late Wednes- p ay night, voters in the first1 r iairict ar? possiblyTin for, a real"! \ attic, and n colorful campaign. Darlington Has >,000 Registered, ? Seeks 4,000 Yet j By E. P. Broome ' I. P> A ftf,.(,,7T"JTON ? TOtr?peuple ^ n thij Peer Dee Cuunty arh talk- '1 ng about politics in a big way J TTevcTcray^7 and riot just through' heir hat*? Darling tor. really hast. mmcthirifo about which1 to taHi,^ in examihftHen of the Teeo-d-s1 ,h?*s: " ... . . . 1: io pfin witti, tney nave wr.ten a bit of political history. - At | jhe county convent- '' Son, thef has* 26 colored sitting j vith the total of 341 delegates 1 rheit ttietr co'unt^rnEiiainman. businessman W. J. Hunter, was 1 lominated and elected a dele- gate-to the state convention. The nomination was made by a white. ' delegate in the county coftven- 1 ionr . .. , On the action front, Darlim*-^ CONTINUED ON PAGE S ' ^ 3 BOSSES M i rs PANEL i Major Meeting: sider Program if term-on^ Sunday and Monday./ Dn Monday .evening, l-'t-eoidcnt [Yum an \vi 11 attend a gigantic ral-' y ai the Chicago Stadium and leliver a major address. In announcing the Human Rights panel- Chairman Buym a:d" ' ? "In a yi-ai of coTd warfare in hrfr v.1 'rt*i rj IF vTTal that, i il I t i > v, x; :;r>~ny J.'aoi: -S RECEIVES HONO Attorney George W, Crawfoi ins A Trualee oT T?l?deg? ,he last 46 years, is shown (le ixercises at Talladega on Apri Ifigr^Ql -DQctQr .Qf Lawa wan Attorney ^rawfm'd Jis shown \lso served as trustee of How I). C., for the last 24 years, and ralladega prompted one t rustet Person has done as much in tin o . * - . v r 4 i, ' ' w ; - .' ? . ?. V ; % V N LEADER J Mliomd Fight irst District ' " ' *?rg i j j^^EE i^- a B I Mr. Clement ?? tejr. Rivew, k bitter :o0 oil ci/IT ights, and outspoken foe of civil ;gislation and who first offered mpeachmenit. proceeding&r aainst U. S. District dbtirt Judge . W a ties Waring hcr.au&e of the I atter's decisions in two primary oting cases, will find himself rfTfie position or traveling from ounty to county in this nine ounty district and hAving to pit ??lis wit against that of an accoro=L_ c dished orator, and one of the nost capable among ...leadership ^ n Mr. Clement's group,, ? Will Be Supported" No official comment about the ixpected entry, was available alo Wednesday, political leaders aying they preferred to wait iO:", " " il after the niTFcial ehlryF-But ; ? it 'Columbia, John H. McCray. itate chairman of "Progressive Democrats, for whom Mr. Clem- y., mt is the executive secretary,. _ y idmitted that efforts/ had been , mder way several monthstogct : :he 42 year old dynamic leader :o ihake the race. Tie said he was "happy to know y that Arthur (Mr. Clement's full lame is Arthur im sure citizens in the*ffaNrfdia- 7" triet Will welcome the opportunity to vote.for a man of his abilR* an^r views, and will begin now *0 * let for him the wrgest vote *,n the history, of the district!*? According to the 19+ census, the first district listed a total of 122,000 white citizens,.wad a totare: Charleston, Berkeley, Beau- 1_1.J fort Colleton. Hampton, Jasper, Allendale, Dorchester and? Clarendon. ' ' ' Negroes held a decisive majority in eight of the nine. the exception Deing Charleston. ih 7 which there wasn't as much as ane percent difference in the al- y most 00-bO population. District manager tor the Nortl\_^ Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company here. Mr. Clement is ? eraduate of Johnson C. Smith Uruversity at Charlotte, N. C., and : is married to the former Miss trma Robinson of Charleston. Billy, vc w0 ^ . ,/ . ;:,ry The entry marks the' first in modern history and possibly the" first since operation of the party under provisions of the state constitution > >f 18*15. ~ ' ~ " Two years ago. Mr. Clement was a candidate for the county ;ounril?bcu:e and ma le an ~ -trTTrn^nsfmwing. ~ ^ 5 RARY DEGREE ~ """ H -" ...' BsSf~rr''\ . g. . ? K * V < .; ' -4 ^Bailiff* . ^ *. vl ftf Maw TTotran fV\?n ?1ia v ii ff mmm, College (Talladega. Ala.) fqr ft) above during convocation , il 14, at which the honorary Ronfftrrfid.!0n,hiBL ?? ^ With PrwftiHflnl p p.ifcfcrl ? ater, right. 5fr .Crawford has ard University, Washington, hia intereAt in the welfare of i to say that "noother living r ? interest of Talladega." > V ' 1 . . . w -A4 "i~ - ' -t =- ' 1 * . ... i / .. r* ?r* ~",y * .' / > ???i?: rjfl J T ?r> v r:?' ~=" ? .| - ?