Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, January 20, 1951, Image 2
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South Carolina's new governor I
a^^cjJames.- F. Byrnes propose a 75|l
milium dollar school building
program "at least fifty .percent
of-Miich would be spent on colored
schools," continuation of
segregation in public. schools,
and other items which are to be
outlined in detail to the leglslaThe
former congressman, U. S.
and Secretuiy uf State alsu slugr
ged at the Ku Klux Klan, calling
for an.anti-mask law and declared
he didn't wtant NAACP
efforts to help run state government
durijig _Jua_ administration.
The ~TT~year old "Spartanburg"
native, who also served -as War
; , President Franklin D.^W^psevelt,
was ushered into oJlee .in
the biggest fanfare attending
such an occasion in state history.
&n estimated 150,000 persons
.. lined city streets for the parade
following the inaugural address.
Many of these converged on' Co-i
liinrihin Sunday?and Monday
front numerous sections <j?f the
w- state,. many from other Vtafes.
ir7r.-- v.The ^ hpuioh" dollar expenditure
would be managed
^ through boitfB over a period of
20 years. While he didn't sav
Byrnes proposed thia bc dono
17 states and the District of Columbia,
he blamed differences on
it upop the pregent federal gov,
eminent (administration* and
"Professional agitators."
Would Unmask Klansmen
Turning to the South Carolina
Lv Ku Klux Klan which has scheduled
a demonstration his very
first week in office in : Aiken
^ county, the new governor restated
intentions to bar klatr influence
during his ^ administra
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SelTor Feb. 14 At
Morris College
.SUMTER?The' annual mid.
* .winter rally for Morris College
operated by S. C. Baptists,
has been scheduled for February
14. it was announced Tuesday.
Rev. H. W. ' D. Stewart of
Greenville, drive director, said
appeals ha dbeen sent, to pastors
and heads of church departments
ftSkfng that the occasion have as
. large support drr funtfS aV~possible.
Both he and President Rueben
said that the?college'^ dining
h?U, rerpnfly by Hre,
had been put hock into operation,
but that the cost of this,
not included in the ann"^1 Nid
" 8^1, nas to be met.
The college is in the process
of. constructing a gymnasium
which is costing $15,000, another
item which is to benefit from
funds repc/ted at the mid-winter
, rally ?
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I : CHARLESTON ? T>
V? ?tables), first to see servic
f many years, have been app<
1 Charleston area, it was ai
% The two are Leomy Sing
# man, 26, an interior decori
j tendant. Both have been r
f ton county clerk of court,
1 The man were appoiritei
\ Herron and .will, be subject
1 Last of the constables r
'1 died about two years ago.
. f lived in the Union HeighU
. -3' for years under the late ma
\ Thirty and 25 years ago
# magistrate to name at leas
,1 his' staff.
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tion. Said he:
"I do not need the assistance * .
of ; the Klux nor do J want 4hj
interference by the National Association
for the Advancemen "/
of Colored People."
Ag to developing and equaliz- - #t~
in$ schools, Mi\ Byrnes said: "It .
is our auty a> provide for the
races substantial equality.- in P
school facilities. We should do ' ~"j
that is sufficient rea&on.
"If any person wants an additional
reason,' I say it is wise." .yo
- State College ROTC ?
The only colored participants .
in Tnauguyftr7est><rities wus the J"'
crack ROTC hand qt SqutkJCaronna
state AV futd Qollege at
Orange-burg. And thi?>nay have
been symbolic. oj
Several years ago, while 8.
senator, Mr. Byrnes induced an ?>_
old friend, financier Bernard M. JL>?
Barurh, to contribute $10,000 to y
t%af institution, one act of which
he has always spoken proudlyl
Klan, Byrnes .. fg
ShowdownLooftis
?j fen
Who's going t* ttfla South ***
Carolina,?Governor Jm>er l7
Byrnes who took nfflep^ffagsday. ^
^^jr\e_JKu - headed
ville? 8 0I10 'V68* you
^ Goyerngr Byrneg, in,a generals
would be' po ?room in South
Carolina for the. hooded order
during hie administration. Anq
[a showtiown between the forces
appears to be pretty early because
during the hew governor's 3 ua
first week, the 1cI8h announces a |x<
demonstration and cross burn- .
, rirr
Literature being distributed !r
this weeki. advertises a klan c
meeting two miles-out of Aiken, ..
at the intersection of highways * ,
78 and 215. Hamilton is to be A)
one speaker and Grand Dragon
Hendrix of Florida the other, n
Segregation is the announced 1'
theme of the meeting. jExpert
Fingers .
Nemesis Of U*
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Local Dozer . h?
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One 'Columbian is trying to .
find a gadget which ^will tell ^ 1
him to "wake up, son".the next
time he falls asleep in a public
place. a
At least that's a good guess .
judging from whjjt city police
leam^ Surrtjay^
Police wer? told by a complainant,.
*bat he fell asleep in VK
the atahd of the Blue Ribbon fnc
Taxi company, in the 1000 block
of Washington street Sunday CT
and when he awoke he found
himself minus all of the money f e
"he hirft rm lilm, and what was ^
worse, a quantity of good, store* ms
bought whiskey he was nipping i
on every now and then.
Police made an arrest in the ?Vf
case. And by the way, the suspect
wasn't a taxi driver, nor a ru{
- ustomer of the eompany.
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e in Charleston county for 1 "
minted to work in the North f
inounced Monday. 1
leton, 37, and David'Free- %
*tor and filling station at- / v
egi atered^tth the Charles V tigt
n>y magistrate Eugene . / ab?
io duly upoiOalirT^ V
emembered in the coifhty f Sub
'He was Paul Region who ) v
t aection, who had served?t-etw
giatrate Burton. 1 and
?, it was customary for a 1 st<jJ
it one colored constable on C
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=as-nr--?i MM*" * Me^e1 i iwj^ila?wa
Meanest Thief'
"Th"w
omiitated le
the "March ??5tmesn
ok from the counter of the ,
pital City Lunch, 1607. Hartf
?treet between M and lock
Tuesday night, one day
er the local campaign to
se funds with which to help p
s little Ohi^drcn suffering.
?m infantile paralysis openhere.
roprietor Ozie Jackson said
s oanK-neia "seven or eigni" '
ljars. He told a reporter to bllsh
this mcs?t|t: ; ~ '"' ^
If you who took it have a
art at all,, you'll see that It
is back here and instead uf
nying these little children,u'U
drop a little of yours
If to oaao tlftfr pain/'
fe told the person taking cv- ;ntly
didn't know,why it wasx
the place. ..
ft. Malichi Gets
onze Star In
orean Fighting :
iKNNBl'iWVlliJfe - Wst<~
Walter Malichi, Jr.A son of
and Mrs. Walter Malichi of ?
inett&ville, -ha* been- awarded -
joronze r>iar xvieciai ior aeso
worlt in flveatUcks on UN mil
t* Kormtt fchtintf?U
es Jiacl?id Moftda$t v
iccording to information foi _
pflrfl from* hrnrtyjjiiifiii 11 of 1
25th Infantry Division, the 1
ithful soldier was .cited Decber
7, 1950 fofr brilliant ser- _
p between July 15 and SepMaster
Sergeant Kalichi serr
wlth notable distinction as. I
battery first sergeant in the
rean conflict. # By his mature
gehient, soldierly ability and
mplary leadership, Master
geant Malichi organized peleters
and actively supervised
enses of the battery against
[ enemy attacks."
iding GIs
IISJSHALL
OR MONTR
JEW YORK - Thurgood Ma I'll,
special counsel of the NCP
left the Tdlewild Airport
e Thursday on the first lap of
1.000-mile fliglv to* Tokyo,
ere he will undertake the de.
se of accused GIs of the 24th
antry. ___
Jcheduled to arrive in Japan <
January 14, Mr. Maishall will
[in an on-the-scene investigate?of
-the-- v i n. u 11 IStaih su r
inding the court-martial contions
of 36 Negro enlisted men
1 officers who have, appealed
the NAACP fob such assist anHe
will also confer General
the Army Douglas MocArthur,
Inspector General and other
offldalLof thePaxEast Com- _
nd.
To Remain A 'Month
Vtr Marshall expects to be ^
?rseas for about a month', re.
Tiing to San Francisco on Feb>ry
14. Upon his return he--(
tl begin a cross country tour,
orting to local branches of the
kACP on his findings in Japan
i Korea.' J
n a press conference here bec
Joavinfr foTd
vsmeit that 'information from '
xrts-martial defendants and ;
er sources indicate that the
'Ig worn ?at ma.is|'
npTinary action tfce daily re-1*
V )efine
It? '
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That does the term ''logic a
it compartmeat" mean? From
it docs ir cnme7 Ts fhcre dne x
ut you?. Arc yau w?-- r_
'olTir find the answer in an v
torial (page four) under the j
ject. , 'ou'll
And other spirited dieBions
on the etfltorTal page (
plenty of fir<d told news i
ies on the inside. ' j
fcre people read The Light- 5
each week than _aoy other ^
^hrrly ' ^puaniihud pAffter 1A i
ith Carotin*. f>ih
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' v.' . JST^y
^ Ezsard Charles, world's
'? (Im recent Silver Anniversary
Shown with Charles are (lefty
A. Farley, board chairman of
aslne, who presented the belt a
dinner were Joe Louis, Ray R(
and host of sporting and civi<
T"
Juke Box Menace
Little fig
Columbia's small time onfi^bhj
fighter against the music vert
ding machines, hunted, all wee)
by a weary reporter, struck a
gain Saturday, and jthis _ tirru
right #in the office Qf_the
er, ,wfc*. turned ^aroun^ ^>u*l i
time to mfss him. v -"
Last week a rtrnnrlbii?i'.
of a little %\xy,' about Con or e
l*ven years of age, who walke
in and ridiculed those who wfer
spending a nickel "Jest to he
one ~song on that ttrere piccolo
I'll sing three for the same nick
el."
Taking him up un his proposl
tion. the proprietor - said ti
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IN TOKYO
I'S .STAY
treats which marked the earl;
days of the Korean conflict am
that ?uch di>cipline was not in
flictod upon white troops."
Following receipt of such in
formation and appeals Com th
convicted men.'the NAACP do
cided to send Mr. Marshall f<
Tokyo to make a first-har: jr.
vestigation. At first his red \
fox?*r> entry pel 111rt wtpt deni^
by "General Mar Arthur A d?
root apoeal' to the General b;
Walter WhiU^ NAACP ullxccuUvj
secretary." opened the way fo
Mr. Marshall to make the trip.
The NAACP, Mj\ Marshall sai<
at h*s farewell pres^conliuxjw
"bulltWds that it *s imperative
that discrimination of all sort
be rooted nut of the-Armed For
ces, especially .at. a time whei
these services are expanding an<
beginning to play a more im
aortant paxi-J4?-4he-livgS~bf~oven
citizen."
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Jury Finds Myers,
Williams 'Guilty';
To Appeal Case
?A?Richland county-geprinl-srrr
iV>ns court jurv returned a "guil
v" verdict against two promin.
rjnt Columbians Wednesday af
ternoon, following a three da^
'onspiracy trial in conneetior
vith the 1949 state teacher ev.
iminations.
vas to _P&>S sentence Frirf^y ?
Tha wo are former Alton Unirersiey
dean I. M. A. Myers and
fTenry W. (Jack) Williams, ?
>ank employe.
A third men named tn the in.
fictmervt, Rev. A. L. Peterson
eadcd guilty. He pastors the
fcbenezar Baptist Church here,
itrom Branch Baptist in ArtrFf
omTy. and another church in
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HUgj^P JEUAjw^T ' Sr^l
heavyweight champion, received
Dinner of the New York Boxing \
Eddie Eagafi, chairman ^ the N.1
The Coca-Cola Export Corp., and
md? gold medal Charles Is wearli
rbinson. Jack Dempsey, Mayor Vi
c celebrity.
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fcT AGAIN
|/ th*> winlr^jniJ_U?a.?
r cd in his finest three of the 1;
< est songs, then scampered ou
A sharp-eyed reporter mov
about handing out nickels a
-listening?to voices att^week t
n Jiad ^ luck. ^
Then oh Saturday, I. H:
If Red) Harper of Orangebi
-{waited at the fiont office cot
d ter in The Lighthouse and Inf<
e mer's plant. Everybody v.
(gone but a linotypist in the rei
).; and the editor, who was holdi
' a conference.
} The little competitor eased
ctiiu luc Midllgt'l, gU
e him a lecture on -pending
T whole. hard to. get nickel for o
song in piccolos, while "you c
get two from me for a nickel at
1 j you can name any song y
] want."
j Mr. Hnrr.' 'ished T>ut a nicV
lan^ got "t, songs from t
little guy *i 'ad -truck but
_ block riwa .i?^-k before h
work dot>> . tie scampered o
and liad completely disappear
j when a search for him was ma
immediately
CRC Schedules
delegation To
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J- NEW YORK - A delegation
vr Richmond. Va.. on Tuesday. Ja
'^uaiw-30^-4^-Govei nor dTd
r Rattle to xpat-e the lives of sev
men convicted of rape in Mc
,j tinsville, was announced Mo
0 | dav l>v the Civil?Rjghta?Go
gross. ? " '*
CRC -aid the condemned me
' i known as the "Martinsville S
~ ..v.on." arc innocent victims of
^ frame-up which disgraces Amt
i?an democracy. The men a
" scheduled to die in the elect]
chair on February 2nd and 5
for allegedly criminally assau
ing \i white woman a year ap
They were .convicted twice "cTC
Lng 1950 by all white juries
_ gnC-dav trials Twice?t-br?Yi
ginia supreme court and a lil
'number of tim*s the IT S. S
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INTERRACL
TO BE TA(
_ - nut rrf tTYe deTTnT
1 be taken- by Hmrthei
Hatholi t, v rds Christian r;
' ciHl . "? ?v-nloand establisKmei
of InfeUWiat justice will be c
1 nnp?i?ai?t element of the mi<
_ c..tur>- convention of the- Oertl
" olic Committee of the South hei
next week.
Some 16 Bishop- arvd___Aicl
' i>i?h?ps, rncllRTirig the_/per?on.
reDresentative of Pope Pius X!
1 to U. S. Catholics, will take pai
in the convention's deliberate
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BME^Kv 'jtVir MITTH
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the fold belt lymkollc of his title at
Vriters at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
f. State Athletic Commission; James
Nat Fleisdier, editor of Ring Mnr?
if in his lapel. Also present at the
ncent R. Im&eUM^^''*, nf M?iir Vm^1
Snmtpr Mnfhpra
PmT ??? Af M
In Unique Move"
^ 1 . rirtr"
at_ "are "employing a. uflifllje ~ car
,t. paign this year to get commur
ed ty support for the local Mini
nd of Dimes campaign, vvhichbegj
>ut -MondayT- V
Thoma? Ive?, BUmt^ CStfri
ft. chairman, TrtW mothers plart
irg make door-to-door collection
ini" iyefor<?"the drive endjJanuary
>r- ana mis uj me novelty:
ras Person willing to make a co
ar, tribution at the hour of fhe cc
ng lection.s which is to be annoui
ced will leave a light burning <
In, the front porch. Teams workir
vc- assigned areas will stop at evei
a door where a light burns on tl
ne porch.
an Mr. Ivey said the idea w:
nd adopted from a campaign er
ou ployed in a wed coast city seve
al years ago, which brought goc
:el results*
he It is the first time the sarr
a plan is reported used in Soul
Irr Carolina:
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<i0 She Missed It
Ever since Miss Fabreta ft
Paul, Lighthouse and Inform
~ er secretary, got herself tele
vised during the Horace Held'
show 'in Columhia se\Vr'al
weeks ago, she had been look?f
dug forwartf to seeing hersel!
, j on television, bnt she missec
the chance.
'U [ Inform^ that Htf SllUW
1111 would be televised mto this
Pn ; area last week, she and a par
ir"j ty of friends gathered in thi
home of anoth*r ?whfl
" I had aseL ^en, It happened.
~ Just before the program wa?
, ' to come in. the darn set weni
~ cerflooey and a service man
couldn't sret it righted.
rp Later that night a friend in
_ < leveland. Ohio telephoned
her to say she had seen th?
. show, as did' several offten
ro here. But Miss Paul n^ssed
out.
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She , played the part ol
^ , Jesse Owens'?sweetheart?on
, the program. Owens is anothu
er of lleidt's excellent dis71
covorles among American
-+1?youthJ.
A.L JUSTICE
.KED HERE
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to January 22 to> 24. With then
7\ wilt bo about T.oOOTTelcgates am
a. visitors of all creeds and races
r,t including leading sociologists
in economists, prelates, labor an<
management figures, religiou
loader^ and lay Tcpo sties from al
a1 P'rts of the nation.
Skeleton of the special all-da;
'session on racial justice was be
. Vg set up tbis week by John Mc
.* Cann of New Orleans, thaTrroai
pt of the CCS Race Relations de
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Officers Mai
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JudaVcfnef of Dolice and another
officer . alledgedly beat a 19 year J
old F*ort Jackson soldier two *
nights' before Christmas fractured
his skull and paralyzed 'one ?
side, was revealed Monday by
J the father of the victim, a resi_
dent erf Saluda . county. ---? j
The victim, Private Joe B. |
Wright, Jr. of -Boute One, Sa- ^
luda. is recovering in the WaUer ^
Reed Hospital in Washingfon/Ho j,
which tie was rushed by airplane p
from the Station Tiospital at Fort
Jackson. t0 which he was taken T
n "By" his family Christmas night. s
As far as could be learned,
?none of the persons who witness- r
p- ed his arrest in a cafe about "7 f
P. M. the night of December 23, s
could givje any reason beyond p
the. soldier's protesting innocen?ee
of any vtolatiort. .
Father's Version j
The victim's father, Joe B;
Wright, Sr., give* this version of |
the incident as gathered by him- \
self: ':^' / '
Pvt.- Wright, Jr^. of ..Company .
B 28th Infantry Regiment, In- g
_ tanUy- Division, Fort Jackson, *
had , arrived home earlier that f
day to spend the Christmas H?P-:
.inn I ni'll tPlKlrg^i
? with frtanda in the cafe. ha wtt .
n" approached by police chief CorJ
ley and town officer Long and.
; was taken outtda^Th*. pfoprfe* J
tress said she hadn't noticed any 1
disorder, nor disturba?Cin^ tha *
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JJ Outside the door, the soldier la *
^ iepoi'ted to have protested the
action, asking "What have 1
do^e?" When he repeated the *
question after being told the J
" "shut up" he was struck over the
n" head with a blackjack, put in a|
* police car and taken to the town "
'? jail> r
ry ^ - * ?
ie Here, two witness, in jail at .
the tim*, but who requested that
as thenr names be withheld. PV*. j.
n Wright asked, again what were r_
charges against him, and in re- ,
>{j ply was beaten by" the officers,
one of whom remarked: "You're 5*
letting that uniform make a
\el^ ? o v
.|l i vtaiini ivui um ui yvu. nctuvci -
ing a~ moment later, the young .
_ I soldier is reported to have sob- _
'bed: "All I ask is what have I .
( done to bo treated this way."
[ The young soldier was orderled
up; when he replied he was
7 unable to do so, the?inmates -7^
- said, he was dragged to_ the cell j,
? block of the others and thrown '
t inside. The, other men were In- r.
strut ted to "lock him in a celL
c And i/ wf -come back here and ^
r | find he isn't we whip hell b,
1 out of ALL of yoi-, *y 1.
_ Gets New Jacket w
' The officers?returned later, ft
r these witnesses said, and brought e
a fre^h field (army) jacket, c<
which they ordered the <mldUr _
*1 to put on while?they removed o
the blood-soaked one. w
1 Meanwhile, news of the arrest 1i
^ had reached his father, who im- m
1 mediately contacted chief Cor- di
I ley, who "told me, yeah we got pt
"cm joe; had to take T ir
The father was- allovMed to J<
5 talk wih his son, who told him. oi
5 "Daddy, I didn't do anything. I hi
don't know why I'm here.' w
. The chief informed the father
a bond of $snnn w ?-w
^ quired,. but he couldn't post th?? ^
until the next day (Christmas rr
Eve). The following .sc
?the 1athe"? returned to explain P<
he hadn't been able to get th? te
cash but had enough lan^ and ra
reputation to be trusted. He, cl
was allowed to take his son home h;
on a verbal bond of $40.00 ec
Given "Eye Medicine"
Mr, Wright -nairi he asked a- ^
bout the condition of his son's
n eyes wium leaving the JalF Snd
J was told by chief Cortey that a
t, doctor had prescribed some "eye .
mledicir.e" the soldier was to c
i drop in about every hour. "He'll >
s be all right-fifter that", the fdh- j,
r or quote^ the chief as saying.
Youth Turns Worse r
y Christmas Day, the father said. J
" his son remained oui^t and r*h_ It
J yiously ill, though he *aid notlwl -f
j ing. Then, it waa discovered g
jthat he wa, unable to move his a
B.left arm. The family tried, with, a
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hurt as long on anyone in I
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Private
When
te Arrest
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*Ut. success to locate a doctor.
Vhen the young soldier became
veaker Christmas night the
amily made .arrangements and _ ,A
ushed him to the Fort* Jackson
tat ion hospital where a doctor
told me he was in bad shape.'
The following day the Wrights /*
eceived a telegram from the \>rt
Jackson hospital advising
hat Pvt. Wright had been flown
0 the Walter Reed Hospital in
V-OBhiigton The Foil JaclOOft
ospital advised the family that *
*vt. Wright was suffering from :
1 fractured skull and partiaUy
paralyzed 1 e'ft?side:" They conidered
his condition as serious. " -j
And on January 4, Mr. Wright' V" . .>
eceived the following letter yj
rom Walter Reed, over the 1
ignature of Colonel M.-L, Shepeck,
executive officer:
Text
"The con^'tinn rtf yntjr aetV,
3rivate Joseph B. Wright,
tas improved to such an extent
hat he is nn longer considered ^
o . be seriously ill. :
"While he is making excellent ,
progress, his recoveryaiffbe 1
[radual, and he will require ?
urthcr period ef h<wplKdStiiuu . JW
or observation and medical care,
"Ajay further , im
ra?? i
royr request.*1
The alder Wright rSki Ww? 4
ourt here BeeeffiStt Jlx^ wat
old by Mayor Sasser who prtlded
that the f|ne for hia^eofc?^
ie could pay then and the balIlftBf
I>yBT? i r ? ??: ? ??
"I told them I had no money,"
he father said*. "and that nty aon -ra
ras fighting and world for Uncle
lam and I guessed that Uhclt
iam .would, pay all his hills for
iro"
Camp Gordon Area
Saluda county U& within the
uriodiction of the Camp Gordon,
Georgia Criminal Investigation
department. No immediate coiw
irmatlon of whether or not this
epartment had moved on the
ase, although Mr. Wright said
e had been advised that an inestigatlon
was underway. ?? / "q " r
He~saTcTlhat he and his famoly
ad notified the State NAACP ~
onference of the incident and
ad beep visited by some of its
fficials. ';q
Similar To Woodward Case
Saluda is but 16 miles , north* ..
est of Batesburg, where In
346 a very similar story otf local
nlice versus colored soldiers ocjred.
It was in Batsburg that Isaac
foodard was jailed and beaten
y police, one of whom was al
iged chief Lvrwood L. Shull.
tro"W^^~acquIftec! that"fall in
-derat courfT Woodard lost both
yes, now sightless beyond re>vefy.
The. Wright episode-^ hut ITU ?
ther in a series of violences
Wch have been reported In Said
a county over the last tern
ionths. At 12:25 A. M. that same
ay (December 23) unknown
?rsons Shot Out th*ce wiikfcwa
i a ? bedroom of the home of
>hn Daniels^ 7 miles southeast? ?
P here, a followup of a cross
jrning >on his land several
eeks before. . $|
Several nftonths before, a faror
and hU wife were gema .Iti ?
te night by a band of 15 or more
*eu, Spirited Ipto the woods ma
18 miles from hunte; gtrlpni
"and whipped until they blia.
red, and left naked. W-the cold.
tiny night. They were given
othing and food here gnd since
ive moved elsewhere In the
iunty. ,
No arrest have been made in
nr-trf-thcMnfisss.
:? t; , "
WW^|{ VWtY SORRY
We are sorry that so many
>ersons were unable t? (get
opiea of The Llgtithnaae and
nformor lael weal Despite 1
arger press run than asaal, we
lldnt fereee the heavy fa.
sand for copies . which earns
ton newly npawad dUrmt: "Teg
pohte inj^mburhaa aettlng
a espy regularly Is Is A
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