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i ^ ' II' : ''.^BP ~ . ? ,|I \ ' c . 'j'?^^-1-. ' M<I y w ft By VOLUME 14,lfirMBER .T/ Hk fl " ]H T| . ,?. . , . ' Byrnes Wt Millions Ti Schools K< .South Carolina's new governor i James F. Byrnes propose a.. 25 . million dollar school.* building o program "at least fifty percent i; of Mfich would be spent on col- ^ orecf schools/' continuation of o segregation in public schools, ? - and other items which are to be i outlined in detail to the legisla- i j&= ' r % . S.J- J. : m V . * 1 T r r* . A / xne lorraer congressman, u. o. s senator, Supreme CJourt Justice i find Secretary of State also slug- t ged at the Ku Klux Klan, calling fr>r nn nnti nmrilr lnw nail ilr_ -g clared he HiHn't w^nt NAACP _ ? rfTorty^to help run state government , during his administration, i The 71 year old Spartanburg _c native, who also served as War r Mobilization director under the c late President Franklin D.WKpse- h wat linhnrnd > lrr~ the biggest fanfare attending s such an occasion in state history. c An estimated 150>000 persons j > liw^H rity .frontg fnr ?Vin pnrnA* following the inaugural address, j Many of these converged oh Columbia Sunday and Monday . from numerous sections of the J state, many from other states. t ~?*?he 73 million dollar txpeh- J Gi J^Jditure would, be managed % through bonds over a^ period of ^ years, While ho diHn't nmv ?-*?so in thart many words, "Mr. ' Byrnes proposed this be done to 1 p??wminue segregation of the rarest in schools, now being threatened) in an NAACP action involving ^ Clarendon county. * ^ 17 states and the District of Co- x lumbia, he blanked differences on 1 it upon the present federal gov- 1 arnmant CadwwiMraikwd and J "Professional agitators." 1 Would Unmask Klansmen ? 1.' Turhing to the South Carolina , ]Ku Klux Klan which has sched- \ uled ^ demonstration his very first week in office in Aiken t bounty, *the new governor re.. r stated intentions to bar klan in- ; fluence during, his 5 adminfstra- ; ^ pr ' - ? c ,Mid-Winter Rally ; Set Tor Feb. 14 At ? Morris College A" SUMTER?The annual mid- , winter rally fhr Morris College j operated by _S. C. Baptists, has been scheduled for February 14. it was announced Tuesday: ; Rev. H. W. D Stewart of i Greenville, drive dirccm^?said ? appeals ha dbeen sent, to pastors ^ and heads of church departments asking that the occasion have as Urnn - r 1 - IOI gt OU^JJUXL III I Unas it * possible, "Both- ho and President Rueben said that, the college's dining 1 hwll ronpnti.v royo^ b\- fire, had been put heck into operation. but that the cost of this, j nut included In the annual bud. 1 get. has to be met. . The college is in the process 1 of constructing ^gyTrfnasium < which costing tlh.UOO. another item which is to benefit "from < funds reported at the mid-winter rally. ! CHARLESTON GETS TWO D CHARLESTON ? Tw "stahtesL 'first. to sr" many years, have been appoi Charleston area, it was anr The two are Leomy Single mflrL_2?L an interior_decorat ton/lortt Rntli tuiiiA Konn / ton county clerk of court. ^ y The men were appointed. __JL?Harron and wtTTho subject t / Last of the constables rei \ died about two years ago. . i lived in the Union Heights y for years under the late mag % Thirty and. 25 years ago, # magistrate .to name at least \ his staff. T - - ' fcb/V. - . i > % * ' * < * f|pB ^ I ?* J . ?-?**&*+ ??''y'lf ... .', " mts 70 11 d Make [ual- - / i ion. Sain he: <%?. . . l^{^/.. './ 4"I do not -need~the assistance f the Ku Klux nor do I want interference, "by the National As;ociation for the Advancemen f Colored People." '* As to developing and equaliz- . nf schools, M3r. Byrnes said: "It s our duty to provide for the aces substantial equality in chool facilities. We should do t because it is right. For me ' hat is sufficient reason. ^ "If any persop wnnts?an?aek- ? Utional reason,. I say it is wl^p " __ Htnte CoITFeo ' ROTC : The only colored participants n inaugural festivities was the rack ROTG hand ol. South. Ca- J Cf Air ? J li " i P unim oiaie a ana ivi. i.,<mege at )rangeburg. And this "may have ><?en symbolic. r ^ Several years ago, \yhile.U. S. enator, Mr- Byrnes induced an ? ttd friend, financier Bernard M. 1 Baruch. to contribute $10,000 to 1 hat institution, one act of which 1 ^e has always spoken proudly, fvlan, Byrnes-- * Showdown Looms f -WhoV--gotnjr U ru'U South " Cacpllna, Governor James .P.' Byrnes who t^k office Tuesday, >y Thomas L. Hamilton of Leesrille? : * , y Governor Byrnes, in a general- c y applauded speech here several reek> agd/ 'dlMnrcd . thaT there vould "be no in South p [Carolina for the hooded order iuring hi* administration. And v i show-down beUv4?on the forces *, ' ipp ars to' be pretty early beaus?."? during the new governor's J Irst week, the klan announces a c demonstration and cross burn- ? ne. = . Literature being distributed ~ his week advertises a klan neeting two miles out of Aiken, it the intersection of highways and 215. Hamilton js to be < ' >ne speaker and Grand Dragon I fendrik of Florida the other. ~ Segregation is the announced heme of th<> ^meeting.' Expert Fingers Nemesis Of U Local Dozer o One Columbian is trying to;' 1 V find__a__gadget which will, tell 1 ^ aim to "wake up, son" the next j j imo hr fails ndoop in a public dace. | At least that's a good guess ? judging from what city police ^ learned Sunday Police wore told by a _con3: ^ plainant. that he fell asleep in , the stand of the Blue Ribhpn Tnvi rnmnanv. in the 1000 block r>f Washington street Sunday c and when he a\Voke he found " himself . minus all of the money lae had on him, and What was Ahorse, a quantity of good, store*. 11 bought whiskey he was nipping ! an everv now and then. i Police made an arrest in the i rase. And by the way, the sus-i poet wasn't a taxi driver, nnr ajl ustomer of the company. r COUNTY^ \ KPlfTTRS p r> special deputies (con- / d -in Charleston county for?Vented to work in the North- f lounced Monday. J tonr .'(7, and David Free- \ tor and filling station at- /( gistered with thf ^harlc-s- \ ti hy magistrate Rrrgeno T / ' o duty upon calL \ 0l membered in the comity f st He was Paul Region who 1 section, who had served C c istrate Rurton. # a it was customary for a \ s1 one colored constable on f h L _! . &'r*r ' - , ?* * . ^ ^ _-,. <? -,... I ^m- - ~ " * . diirtMfc i %' ' 'V N " ?,'>% ' ' ,:. ' * ",3^ U IT " t* . - ' _ > '. * w. J / ** A>,t * ' ' ll>-' ' ' " m ? . dice ? )? V 'V .T'-, j " v. i; . '. 1 " ^ > 1 ^ i '... '?. t0 ' ? 'Meanest Thief' OF The Year "* % _ _*\^y **-,-* ' ' *'& Npminated as Tlmeaiie.^t thief ?f the year is the person wh< stole' the "March o& Dimes bank from the counter of th Capital City Lunch, liB07 Har rten street between 10 a&d l j'elock Tuesday night, one da; after the local "campaign t< raise funds with which to hel] the little children suffering from infantile paralysis open ed here. . Proprietor Ozie Jackson sal the bank- held "seven or eight dollars. He told a reporter t publish this message: h If you who took it have heart at all, you'll see that i Sets back here and instead o enying these little children you'll Hrnp littlp?of?your in it to ease their pain." lie said the person taking evidently didn't know why it wa in the place. . lj>t. Malichi Gets bronze Star In Korean Fighting gt. Walter Malichi, Jr., son Ir. and Mrs. Walte r Malic hi. fennettsville, has been award he Bronze Star Medal for d gn->e work in flve-Attacks-orr-t Ighttng. n tive?r dlselowd Monday. According to information U warded from* headquarters Ftc 25th Infantry Division, t outhful soldier was cited D< mber 7, 1950 fof brilliant s< ice between July 15 and -Se frt-nber-3<V The elusion r?ad "Master Sergeant Malichi St 'ed with notable distinction sergeant m -4 Korean conflict. By his mati udgerrient. -soldierly . ability a ?xemDlarv lcadersbin tv/r^c! sergeant Maliehi organized j inieters and actively supervis lefenses of the battery agan ve enemy attacks." , *_ \iding GIs MARSHALL FOR MONI NEW YORK - Thhrgood \1. hall, special coun-el of the lAIT loft the Idlewild Airpc (ere Thursday on the first lap 7.000-mile flight to Tok\ chere he 'will undertake the r enseTsr "accused GI> of the 2-1 n fan try. B January 14. Mr. Mai shall \v >egin an on-the-Scene investif ion of the circumstances ?s nunding" the court-martial cc irt'ons <>t AS Negro enlisted m nri officers who have appeal 0 the NAACP for suoh assists e He will also confer Oenei 1 the Army Douglas MaeArthi he Inspector General nnH otv op iifTllhalsTTTThe h'ai Kast Coi a and To Remain A Month Mr Mur^haP evpeeta U*? vcrsens for about a month, i uming to San Franc;sco on Fe uarv 14 Hpon his rrtrrm vill begin a cross country toi eporting to local branches of t iJAACP on his findings in Jap ind Korea. Tn a pre>s conference here fc n-wMjieri thai "information frr v.nrts. martial defendants aj ither sources indicate that t ~ 1 i ictis wrir an attempt nt m? lisciplinary aetinn ttSe daily i Define It? What dors n,f> term "log {Jilt compartment" mean" .Fro "Wt "ffops Tt" game? 4s?Hrr-Tr m bowl you1 Are you one'' i You'll ' find the answer in ; tutorial (page four) under tl ibjeet. You'll find other spirited di ussions on the efitorial paj nd plenty of fir-?t told nev :ories on t}ie inside >re people read The T..igh each week than any otlv imiNirly publishnd pai nuth Carolina. ? ?^?~?'?" ^ "^~^h ^htfln ^r ~ ' b^l pr5Bte':sbitn caroIin"\. s >. r 11 ' 1 ' j yj' m 1 [[ i' : i Wi?n i '' k- ? ''' ' ' ^ - ?- ' ' ' &V>. * ' _rl_ - *<rMr*^Mpb r I Fracl L f, . 'j*'*m '+'* ** ^^_j^___L___L^_?^..?' _'' *i ' * 1 .\ , .. *r '-<""1, * & ' " ?1 i Champion's 0 &l cfl f s T- Kziard Chailcs, woild's Ueay ] . the recent Silver Anniversary Dhint Shown with Charles are (left) Eddii A. Farley, bo^rd chairman of The ( axine, who presented the belt and a i dinner wcrfe'Joc Ronis. Ray Rakiiiso and host of sporting and civic cele of J uke Box Menace 1 NEW RAOaEI )i Columbia's small time onfc-boy poc ?f fighter against the m'fcrr oiihe ding machines, hunted all week est ?c- by a weary reporter, struck a- ^ ?r_ gain Saturday, and this time, i abo >p_ right in the office of the rep list* -in- ?r, , wh*. turned ^arouo^... ju?.t.- o?Uiad -= time to iwss limr ?- -f j ?r- Da<T week a proprietor toi.!! (Re as of a little guy, about ten or e.j wai he Jcven years o# age, -who walked ire in a'nd ridiculed those who were mei nd "spending a nickel "Jest to h ' Igon ter one song on that there piccolo.' and >e- I'll sing three for the same nick.'a c ed ?1." j T ist Taking him up cm his proposl- anf* tion. ' the proprietor said he bin* I son| ; get . IN TOKYO 7 'H'S STAY ::: u'o: U'.j treats win r. marked the early n" N-j days ??f 11.< Korean conflict and u*t i th.at -tich dT-ciphne was not in- 1,1 of I flic-ted upon white troops" j?* j Following receipt of su h in- | j | formation and aoj.TaT f'-oiv. the ',h convicted men. the \.\ACP de. 1)^ j cidcd to ..ypd Mi- Yfu.-cK-.H.- ?,> ... 1 Tc>kvo to make a fwsl-h.-. ,'11 J vestipation At first his imp u >a"! f<tj-. an- entry permit wn? rtoiv'T'T ur by General Mat-Arthur A ,n" reet apnea] to "the TRmernl by n Walter White. NAAC'P i xrcut've uar' e" secretary, opened the way for.^a^ in- Mr. Marshall to make the trip ! 'hei Tlue-NAAC.lP. Mj Marshall -aid ,jnc 1 Jat farewell jircixs corvbr^ire-e1-~ 10 "helievr.v?that?44??impornt ve ^'| t. n that discrimination of el! -orts ( I h > nx?ted otr of the Armed For. n luf l os~ ''Trr1^11*'?h4?n?tmrrr when ' V.' ^ I these services are expanding and' r " "beginning to play a more im-i".'.111 ." ipurtimt?pa-r f m the live? of everv i "V* I citizen " ' * \rh'il jr. j ! for :,nj Jury Finds Myers, ^iWiliiams -'?uiUy'; ^ ^ To Appeal Case he Richland county general se>. e. cour* j urv r turned a ? Mv' verdi* t against two proniin- J1 j out "Columbians Wedne-;dav af- * fternoon. following a three dav rt conspiracy trial in connection : with the 1949 Ktate teacher rxii-1 aminntioM* , ""?C - m f'Mviiit Jw+ttr- strn^-r ^ was to pa-s sentence Fridav fitt The two are former Allen TJnt- j* | in versify dean I. M. A. Myers and J * Henry W (Jack) Williams. a ,n^)( bank employe. t A third man named in the in?e digtment, A. L. Peterson, noxt VR leaded suilty. He pastors the EbenMfiV Raptisi Church here, . v.( >*- Strong*. ftranch Baptist in Aiken Pr county, and another church in '?, tot tn v On Pju^ i [in t ?' : = * INFORM] |pAY, JANVAKV 2OT 19i my Beit for Belti *i . .. r if~jjljf ~ - a ><'. .v"- :^; ig [3|r^y^- l\ b |. ^b i *" L> Mj .//. ; -A ^Kll CX^k iP)HK^ i jjH By -' * ' J ^Ak' / "*Uiu |^H ^L"i ' vl J^B *?** <v*5fc v\. b# |^B|^WL^t|i2 *vB y Weight Cham prohr-i?l?^;Ived the ir of the New York Bdx'ng Writ e Kagan. chairman qf the N.Y. Si ^oca-Cola Export Corp., and Nat (old medal Charles is wearing ii n. Jark Pemps??y Mayor Vim rn brities. ' * . I < :er : at?-+ - -<m\ I r AGAIN kcted the nickel and .bellow-m hir, finest three -of the lat- .-tongs, then scampered out. 1 l sharp-eyed reporter moved ' ut handing out nickels and 1 [ nrng to voices all week but ^ hick, i ?c" ? : 'hen oil JJiiiurday, I. N. R. dl Harper of Orangeburg ted at the front office coun-ttr RMtrotiSe fihd TnTOr*'s piamT- FA^rybody V/as c but a linotypirt in the rear, the editor, who was holding 1 on former. < he little competitor eased in, ' sizing;.up the stranger, gave J t a lecture on -pending a < ale. Ivajjd to get nickel for one \ g in piccolos, while "you can two front me for a nickel and i' ran name any song ' you | it" fr Ham ' 'ished out a nickel *i got i songs from the e guv ad -truck but a j| !: ;iu :i ck before 1 lis ( :'l <{. ; . a moored out i had . uinpli'li'ly lisappeared j r a scare? f..j- him \vn> made' e' i ;atel v {(' Schedules | 'V/ation To i "o Va. Men F.W YORK - A -delegation * ?j imoriTT Va . op. Tuesdav. .I.iru, r 50 to urpe Governor John tie to -pare the lives of seven 1 onvioted o f rape in Morville. was announced Mon-' in. tkc Civil?R-tchts Cnru R(' ,aid the condemned men. 'Vii as the "Martinsville Sr. . no.up which discraces \nicr. i democfaey. The men arot dcded tre die *rmthe electric"} r or: February 2nd and 5th! allecedlv criminally assault-} n white woman a year apo! y were convicted twice dur-; -1950 l?v all white juries in1 lav?trial*:?.Tve'icf-jlTr Vjr-' a ^ iim'eme ( iirt and a like; dvu of timfs the IT S SuC'ontinued On Pace 1 NTERRAC1A! O BE TALF out of tin* definite!.I s to i>? ' ikon by Southern v"> W'li rds Christian ra- v aid establishment 11 n'> ,a1 justice will ho an 4< r olomcnt of the mid- 11 urv ronvontinn of tin* CnthCmrrmittrr nf The South hero P week. >n\f 16 Bishop- ,:in(l Archops. including the personal esenta^ive of Pope^ P1u<; XTT S. Catholics, will take part n hr convention's deliberation lE - ' -p? - .---, V ?., , m 1 ., * ' , / ' ^ ~ 1^ ^ ... ?~~ ^?5?? BR Soldi ng Ezzarcl - J t? ^ . '? * ? ( !.;.. %;. ?v / k ^4 a gold belt symbolic of his title at ers at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. . tate Athletic Commission; James t Fleischer, editor of Ring Mag-- 'c ti his lapel. Also present at the >t R. Impellittieri, of New Vein,?h - t \ 1 Sumter Mothers ? ht-BmqueiMoveTq Fight Polio j| arfl onuployiug' a uyiiqile carnT^ paign this year to get communi- j t^' support for the local March , of Dimes campaign, which began ^ Monday. . T^oma^ Ivey^. Simiicf COtiniy chairman, said mothers plarl to make door-to-door collections : before the drive ends January 31 Person willing to make a con- C tribution at the hour of the col- ? lection.it- which is to be. announ. j. .ed will leave a light burning on ll,? ?-v*v ..nU T> ? .IH- num pui'l'Il. il'dlikS WUTKing assigned areas will stop at every J door whore,, a light burns on the' aorch - ' ? p Mr. Ivey said the idea was!1 adopted from a camtpaign em j jloyed in a wed coast city sever- c il years ngj, which brought good I * results. ;r It is the first time the same) , Man is reported used in South jf rarolina. ! 1 i s Lj. She Missed It ? Fver since Miss Fahreta I), i Paul. Lighthouse and Inform- ;s er secretary, got herself tele- j h vised during the Horace ILeldL ' show in Cofumhia se^ral s weeks ago. she had hern Took- ' A iig forward to seeing herself f on television, but she missed j o -the chance? Informed that the show would be televised into this L, area last week, she and a par j a tv of friends gathered in the home of another friend who (,( had a set. Then, it happened. t5 Just hefnrr tiir program w,n 1 to come 1n, tfie darn set went - u eerfTooey and a service man t eouldn't get it righted. 1 j( Later that night a friend in | <( C leveland, Ohio telephomed : her to say she had seen the ! t. show, as did several others here. But Miss Paul nVissed ^ out. She played the part . of 4e-**e Owens-1- sweetheart?ott a the program. Owens is anoth- ^ ~rr?nt?Heidi's excellent rtls. ^ eoveries among American j j youths. , l justice :ed here i b< anbury. b> 24, W;th them il! hi- about 1.000 delegates and w ifutors-of all t-reeds and races, d< n< hiding leading sociologists, n conomUts, prelates, labor nnrt d: lnnagoincrit figures. religious 1* \adrr^ and lay apostlas from all oj arts of the nation. Skeleton of the special all-day i ssion on racial justice was be\g tot up this week, by John M*?- ^ ann of New Orleans, chairman ^ f the CCS Rare Relations de- ^ Continued On Page ft le ~ ' '? ' : ?-? ? ' *3 Pree ? man '^2j|B K^0P" - are I - --T- """ ? : ; kplJ * i 7 : ? *W1? ::^ ) . ~::i er s 1 ? ---.- _ 'ort Jackson Seriously Hui Officers Mat SALUDA - CANS) - How Sa- on uda's chief of police and another W >ilicer allcdtfedlv beat a 19 year w' f. J0 >ld Fort Jackson soldier two ru lights before Christmas fractur?d his skull and paralyzed "one side, was revealed Monday by , .he father of the victim, a resju r(t lent of Saluda county. pc The yietirr., T'rmytr. Wright, Jr. of -.Route One, Sa- t,0 uda is recovering in the Walter -yp rtecd Hospital in Washington, to ho vhich he was rushed by airplane pv rom the Station hospital at Fort a lack-on, to which he was taken pa 5y his family Christmas night, As far as could he learned^?lone of the persons who witness- re< ?d his arrest in a cafe about . 7 fn ? ' M. tbie night of December 23. sjc could give any reason, beyond j*, :he soldier's protesting innocen- ' e of any violation. _ Father's Version """ p. The victim's father, Joe BT Wright Sr., gives^ this version of th; the incident as gathered by him- to telfr ' Pvt. Wright, Jr., of Company pr B 28th Infantry Regiment. In- gr tantry Division, - Fort Jackson, ju had arrived home earlier that ifty to spend the Chrigtnw frol* sayT^r waile ialKln|Im, appro^rK^d l.v puliie t.111r f Cm *' ley and own officer: Long and tvas taken outside. The propria, tress said she hadn't noticed any ? iisorder, nor jai?turbaiiCA-Al-tha _ :ime. Outside the door, the soldier is- * reported to have protested the action, asking "Wha,' have ?I 77 lone?" Wlhen he repeated the question after being told thejWj 'shut up" he was struck over the , ^ lead with a blackjack, put ill a jolice oar and taken to the town ail. < Here, two witness, in jail at . ' he time, but who requested that ^ thear names be withheld.. Pvt. Sj* Vright asked again what were * 0 barges against him, and in re- *r >ly was beaten by the officers, >ne of whom remarked: "You're ?a! efting'that uniform make a e larnn fool out of vou." Recover- vo' ng a moment* later, the young . oldier is reported to have sob- 2** >ed: "AIT I ask is what have' I ( lone to be treated this wav." 2 off The young >oldier was ordersi up: when he replied he was < inable to do so, the" inmates aid. he was, dragged to the cell ^ dock of the others and thrown f>f)i ? Th?> - ^ or men were hn- , trie tod to " 1 c k_Jom in _a ,oell ^ ind if we con'ie b.\< k here and in(i he isn't we whip hell ut of ATX of youT''' "" ' * j* Gets New Jacket wh The officers returned later, fed hese witnesses said. ;rnd brought ey< i fre-h field farmyl jacket, co\ hich thev ordered the soldier 1 j* put on while they rerpoved ott ho blood-Soaked one wh Mcanwh le. news of the arrestjdud ad reached his father, who im- mo nediately contacted chief Cor- da} >y. who "told me, .yeah we got per m Joe; had to take him." in The father was allov^ed to Jot ilk wih his son, who told him. of Daddy, I didn't do anything I hui on't know why I'm here.' we The chief informed the father bond of $50,00 would be -reg"^ uired, but he couldn't post this the ntil the next?day?(Christmas -Pl? !ve). The following morningi son he father returned to explain pcf! e hadij't been able to get the ten ish hut had -enough 1{>r>d anfi eputalion to he trusted. He elol as allowed to take his >.on hor*H?l ha> a a verbal bond of $40.00 'Cou Given "Fye Medicine" h Mi WrtgHt sard hr asked IT">ut th(? condition of his son's r'es wlfert tarring the Tail arret a* toldi by chief Corley that n actor had prescribed s?nrie ''eve Medicine" tthe soldier was to - - ? - r? rop in about every hour. "He'll -j^ ? all right after that", the fath- ja) quoto^ Ui? chief as saying- jj Youth Turns Worse mj Christmas Day. the father said. fr< is son remained quiet and oh- htj ously ill, though he said noth- re ig. Then, it was discovered f? iai he was unable to move his a ft arm. The family tried, with-! an ' ??-v ' v " ? . L?~?.. . .-J?-?lu.,-. . >W . V f ======S=======S==5=H5== BGRO PRESS CREED _ ; * tajing no man, th? Negro ?^ a strive* . W Up every 1 hurt u long arf anyone la BaA'' " r- == PRICE TEN CENTS ?;1? ' .mo ? '" . ' ; Skull Private t When ' ;e Arrest it success to locate a doc;tor. . hen the young soldier became eaker Christmas night ~ the mily made arrangements and shed him to the Fort Jackson ition hospital where a~tfoctor Did me he was in bad shape.' The following day the Wrights reived a telegram from the >rt Jackson hospital advising at ^vt. wrignt had been flown the Walter Reed Hospital in asnvngton. - The Fort Jackson spital advised the family that 't. Wright was suffering from fractured skull and partially ralvzed left side. They conlered his condition as serious AhcT~bn .January 4. Mr. Wright , .. ?eived the following letter om Walter 'Reed, over the. mature of Colonel ML L. Shep. ... ck, executive officer: Text of Letter "The condition- of your son, rivAte Joseph B. Wright; Jr.. 1 a improved to-sueh an extent at he is no longer considered .J be seriously ill. . / , "While ftp is making excelleriT >ogress, his recovery ^U1 bo ] adual, and he witt rther period of foqgpitalre<tion r o^icryotipn and medical care. 'Anw?further iBtowmation ^?< m rr ?T-? ? *1 tWTZ WOI Eg fgfwhrded it ur request.*1 . . The elder Wright rifet t?W? urt here December 27 and was Id by Mayor Stager who w? _ led that the fjn? for frU could pay then and the batce later. ! ii ? "Xtoldthem"i had no money/* t? e father said,, "and that my son is fighting and world for Uncle m and I guessed that Uncle m would pay all his bills for n ** -r Camp Gordon Area . . Saluda county lies within the riediction of the Camp Gordon, v. K>rgia Criminal Investigation partment. N0 immediate conmatlou of whether or not this partment had moved on the ?e. although Mr. Wright said had been advised that an instigation wh*. underway. Fie said that he and his family d notified the State NAACP ~ nference?of the?j^cident and 1 been visited by'- some of its icials. Similar To Woodward Case Saluda is but 16 miles northst of Bntesburg. wdiere In 16 a very similar story of local ice versus colored soldier* ?s? *ed. 't was *Tn Batsburg that Isaac >odard was jailed and beaten police, one of whom*"tvas ailed chief?tynwuod L. Shall; o was acquitted that fall in !eral court. Woodard lost both ?s. now sightless beyond rerery. The Wright episode ts but an ter in serins of violences ich have been reported in Sa la county over fche-4**t- few ntbs. At 12:25 A M. that same ri>eeemoer 23) unknown sons shot out three windows a bedroom of the home of in Daniels. 7 miles southeast hero a followup of a cross ning on his land several eks before. Several months before, a farr and Ms Wife were seized In night by n band of 15 or more n. .Spirited Into?the?woods to 1R miles from home, atrip* I and whipped until they blisfd, and left nake^ in the cold, wv?night?They were given ' thing and food here $nd since /e moved elsewhere in the nty. ? To arrest have been made In " ttf thoco VftoOe W1PRR VFftT^OKKY We are sorry that so man* rwons were unable to pet pies of The Lighthouse and former last week. 1>esplte a rger press run than usual, we Jut fwisee the heavy deind for copies wtvich came . >m newly opened distributr points in the suburban aa. The heat insuranoe fat ttlng a copy regularly la la . *ub?cr1ptk>n. Special vaftaa (i advertised en pace eMt j .. "7 . ,':A ? ^ . * ' i