Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, June 16, 1951, Image 1
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f . iint flfl^ B . I
ijytt M^Vm?i H ips o!f *^jtc
HgRnr7<7em-T-rvuiaii puuce su inai
performed to save his life Mc
j^HBved in his case, the state
| Eugene A. Montgomery, ex<
nterviewed the 32 year old
Port Jackson Hospital, said i
being arrested at the scene
mL. Harden ^Vflffyaytor streets he
iead while being booked at tl
' >He said Sgt. Phillips told him
he blanked oUf and didn't know
Whp'had put a stitch in the fore
heed wound, (who kicked or
in his stomach so forci jdy
that hig bladder was rupturThe
NAACP officer said army
^hospital attaches^ believed - that
only a miracle saved the soldier's
"They say that had he not
beta such a strong man, he
^^mngwonld^haye survived the
sideashe turned and headed
? Notified by another MP a'
short while # later, Mrs. Sadie
Turner Phillips, bis wife, went
!im,iiliiiirirtrr? in biil him
Hpt;: out at about 10:30. and was
Wfi- told to returjf~a^2 A.M. ttcturning
at that hour, she was
told to come back at 6 AJVI.
K Sgt. Phillips told the NAACJ"
KV that -he reganned consciousness
BTv' about four in the morning "on the
P ' floor of his cell. He y/a-n"'t able
R, to identify another man-in. the
p . ceil-at the time, but said he wo
R v. given ? white pill by the turnkey
the Sergeant was in sueh .!><*'*
condition that a local ohy-Ieian
r* .summoned to his home Jo ' ho
g- . . . i uoiicq ttt rrrrr } h ?>-t O* lUl ?-l?ir
bout 8 A.M: Monday, where an
pr-^' emergency operation was pcrf
o,rmedJn^Jjm_jifUtt nmoi.
i Baptist Minister
Administer Rites
To Dying Priest
V TOKYO ? (Atlas)1 A wounded
Catholic Priest believed to be
dying was given last rites by r
Baptist chaplain ?n k;ne.v
Lt. Cornelius J. OrifTin wai
giving last rites to. a mortally
wound^f-^TTannc near the Changjin
Reservoir las4 November,
<when gun fire hit an ambulance
The Baptist chaplain's clerk
dlM trying to vhield TMtliei Grif(fin,
whose right arm and jaw
were shattered by bullets. The
K. Baptist* chaplfein, noting the severe
condition of the Priest, knelt i
| . beside hnm and rea^ the Catholic
Prayer of contrition.
~?Lighting Stviktew
Island Family
~t^RLE8?SN' ? Ella* Wit
der, 18, died in Roper hospital
l?ct Saturday after belli*
t ititli1 by lighting 4a-hta Jama* fcland
horn*, at about 2:30 P
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47, received
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a hasty ^operation 'hftd"to"b
Bnd$,y, cannot recall" ail detail
B NA ACT Conferenoc reporte
Icutlve NAACPseopetary, wh
I Moyock, N'.GJ. army man in
Bigt. rhillipg' fromembers- on]
I of an automobile collision (t
re) and being hit in the fort
i? police station."
NOT GUILTY I
YOIIR HONOR I
ATLANTA ? (ANS) ? III
I Fulton Superior Court Wed I
I ttcsday morning-, defendant
I Lnda Jones sot nervously in!
I the prisoner's box charged!
I with Illegal possession of ten!
I gallons of klckapop joy juicel
I better kJnown as moonshine.
Lewis* lawyer, realizing thel
|1 agpatcftt futility i/fkis elit nt>
lighting the charge, 10 gall
Ions on exhibition close ,tc
also unset the clieg^L^^M
I .Turning to the?tirf&flanfr
^Tudge ^ruc^T^Eear ^Vhai
**>. w ? th"
I "ffna* iHsmf?g|g?l,? on Wert
the judge arf the .court roar,
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T??"y >^t a h^sty exit,
.?glancing for a moment at thi
impounded joy juice.
JURY FREE
[OF LOVE
WINSTOX-SALEM.
N. C\
[Superior Com L jury t'roed 1
Shiloh SaiMiut Church, of It
[tiny, brought by.Johnnie C.
Gladder had Ftrrd the da
rtroll. IVi' ?15.000 in an aliei
inli.nra ios between Mis. Gla
hVnrt re nth Street Sctton},- bt
Tie- hw-Otrul. on the stan
testified that the- pastor haJ fr<
'irrrr-'trtT?tih'1;-?t-H-?w K c?k-u.-?Ij-u.
. t.;,|, 1 pit the tv*" ' ' ? ro?
frequently, together, the paste
often railing at the school for tl
Says Not Enousl
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Not enough Columbians are
using the Seegars Swimming
pool thus far, observed Thomas
S. Martin, director this summer,
reported Monday. A
trained specialist in recreation,
Mr. Martin lauded the facilities
at the pool, which opened
June 1, and said that "It's a
shame that every citizen here
is not using this very fine
I facility."
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Bias-Free Pact
l*T ATLANTA The Southern
Field Division of the National P
Urban League and the Fifth R*?
gional Office of the Bureau of
Employment Security entered
upon a cooperative agreement oh
^ June 6 for the full utilization of |
^ the region's manDO^er at itslfi
y|'h'ghf?ct gi'in without regard to
^ "race, color, or'.-creed."
mis hnptcti'iU'iilt'd rrct+rrrr im I
- Ih? part pf ;l private social
~~ work agency apd a governmental
regional office repre
sents cooperation at a regional
level to implement the National
Manpower Mobilization
Policy promulgated by the
? President?! the United State*
on January fL ~T "
' The cooperative agreement in
Region V directly effects Urban
League branches in Memphis.
'. Atlanta. Jacksonville. Tampa and .
Miami and offers a frame of re- JJ
-|ference within which these fivf
looal Urban Leagues' might ope- ?
rate "to safeguard our national
' security through- the rnavimum
development and u?e ot our numan
resources." "
The regional agreement which
1 has been circulazied alond with ^
!' ]? rn^tl letter to aW Stat* Tgprrr- T^-th^yf^h
Ttee^^ ^r- g
jT^r^s^nt^fln
' |?inployment problems which ^
have 'onfT- bedeviled a large seg- ^
i | meat "0 potont'PlU-?productive ?
' 1 citizens because dT tneir ravitd
j identity. - . / J
is pastort"!
stealing !
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? CANS) ? A Forsyth county r
the Ifev. F. M. Pitts .pastor of r
l)vc-stcaliiH; charges lien? Tues- \
GhuULn. a-barber, whoso witV 1
Innvli and the pastor. h
[>iu-i jJH>jur, r?utier-ebb-ii
lation of affection suit, allojfinjv i-"
tlden, and office employee at thot
tween It) If) and dftfr+h??? .wife
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)i( j Janitor Harks Charters
nxi ( hitl witness iur (.bidden
,r | was John Williams, :> retired
ie| railroad employee who is .jan '
? itor of the chureh.
ri Wj^ianis lofcifird tii.it me;
n:ght he w;V- in the church ;tf1ei ! I
*j wwy4 hhtv - -wtrt?suppsvtt + > b?-t?
& gone and lu?ar{| a woman's low 4
vn'ee ir. a room Thinking some! I
?1
. member may have taken i!| during
the meeting and have born, I
left behind unknowing+y. Wtl
f liams paid hp hurried to the room |
and .iust before going i?.-heard!".
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: the voico of the pnstnr. He ac:
TusCdthe two of exchanging .
"honey" and "baby" endearments,
and said ho didn't enter _
f
| after supporting jt was improper I
to do so at the moment. |_^
Says Mate Nagged ,,
(Taking tire stand in her own
behalf, Mrs. Gladden. testified
none of what her " husband
charged was true.->7Mother of ?
a grown daughter, she testified
I thai ihi> rprwaf^J
?- ? ?*vu uuivuilUrU
_ miKpiciou* charges of her mate _
1 had led to the breaking up of *
their home. n
After the jury had returned It* i
verdict aftor an hour and "ten
minutes of study, the plaintiffs ^
announced TTJfmttrrrr -iVf appeal.
'Presiding Judge v/. ' H. S. Bur- .
pwyn allowed six days for per- x
feetion of the appeal papers. i
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Dr, C .R. Cordingtqn v of
Dunn, N. G., who had personally
contributed more than
$2,000 to his alma^mater, was
elected presiden* of the Shaw _
tlniversity Alumni ^Association ^
during Its annual meeting in
Raleigh, N. C. last week.
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SPARTANS IN
rRIBUTE TO
CITY OFFICER
-SPARTANBURG ?- The?NA-iCP
and the People's Citizens- .
Committee hohnrpd Frnnri* Doanf
policeman rtvenHv-. amx'inl =
ale who gave' greetings on hr-!'
ialf of the -^People's Citizen* j'
!ommittoo, Mrs'. Virginia'K. Piy-j"
ir. VFW; Kate 1 Jk.nes. M
Ministerial Allihive: Pr I!
>g4esby, Purine?* and :
1 men? C. ('. Wooden. fv^irf.in
(ur.U- City S .lav? - Tv. ?s\" ;
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Miss Greene First 1
1951 Graduate To
Enlist In Army ,
Mis Ann.'v Uaura Greene. 20. I
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f Orangeburg was th<.? first col- ji
111(11 II in 1111 u 11 i if IRiil to enh-Ai
the armed forces, \liss Greene ; t
oluntecred for the Women's Aifjj
Vine and was given the oath j
f enlistment by Captain Stanley;
Sf - Wtrntn^k t -of-hte
nain "station on June 6 ;?
Miss Greene graduated from
Claflin College, Orangeburg, f
receiving the degree of Ba- 1
ctielor of Science. She majored
In health and physical cduca- ,
lion art^ was an honor student
Itt tor cUn *
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Miss Gredne is the daughter ,
J Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Greene \(
>f Orangeburg. f-.
Following final processing at ^
Columbia. Mi<s Greene was given f
ransportaTTon lb , T-nkeUmU Air 4
''orce Base, San Antonio, Texa?, 5
vhere she will take basic train~
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HftACMof
Hail Those
In Suit
Hundreds from Clarendon
ountv and over the -taic ave
xpected to attend a mammoth
?stimonial for Clarendon
ilTs and their children in lhe-?g
elebrated anti-segrdgu*ion law- 1
h*H?heard (in Charleston May J
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fternoon, June 17. 1
The affair is being sponsored ~1
by the South Carolina N A A
CP Conference, - and begins at
4 P.M. in the Liberty Hill A- '
ME Church. - 1
Special invitations have beer* '
ent to fife airfio"st "100 "NAACP 5
'ranches over the-state anf rep" 1
esentatives from many o? those '
re expected to be present..
Among The Speakers
Prominent among those ex- y
pected at the-testimonial are: i
James M. Hi n ton. state NA- j
ACP president; Rev. L I>e- (
Quincey Newman and Dr. W. ~
R. .|,aw>v;y vkfe- |
Andrew W. Simkins, and Mrs.
L. Ik IVederiek. secretaries;
Levi G. Byrd. treasurer; Eu- ^
gene--A. R. Montgomery, eye?- ?
a'd? chnirman executive hoard: ^
Harold R. Boulware and W. B. _
James, attorneys, and John H.
McCray, editor of The Lighthouse
and Informer. < ' .
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"The C'.h'chddn < ounty "pot;- -^r
lioni'f f> in the -anti-setjfrcgat on i
nit. and all Clarendon .county lc
rsrlonH?who rn'siFt<. \?uii-i?i n
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Cali W hite
VHIfAGO ? (ANS) ? H -is
zontemptuous for a white ma
llinois. a northern state, nor a
s no legal discrimination betwc
ulmg hisT*vveelT in H^ddidsUnr
^uinborg, dismissing a one mill
>y Isaiah Mitchell. Ill, against
Mitchell, a news stand operate
liisTons"thr; newspaper hart Irste*
rig 1 hat he*vad sold a nowspjrf
i Republican i.C*\relate for a cl
ho latter's L ing murdered on 1
Tli Su . ..W ? 1 * u?* :*
4UI?* mm i 11 ?i i 111411 It W il?
a- white man as a Negro. !.
the^efendant, moved for a dii
Mich a low was not applicable
lodge agreed
In his brief-before the App
dared being, called a Negro in I
mle. contempt and acorn or hati
tince a groat many statutes in
ion and provide full legal equal
iHuwmo lhat- calling a \vhite p*
u'nee both races enjoyed the s5i
.fustice Orover C. NlemeyeT
curred with .Justi-ce Feinherg ii
Balul
Resumes Practice
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Dr. Arthur J. Collins, promncnt
Columbia dentist, has
esumcd his practice after several
weeks of confinement with
i bToken Jef, . Dr. _ Collins.
vho is founder and president
if South Carolina Colored Fair
Yssociatibn, and who holds a
lumber of positions In profesiional
and other organizations,
was Injured while visiting his
"arm near Eastover. He moves
ibout now with the - aid of
'rutches. ~ >
5. C. Ell
ve Order of Elki; of -the Work
ill be in session in.Columbi:
unday, June 17, Monday am
ia'>d:iv., the?10 nn^ 10, .
?fc'ntatrtuini.nji?^ As<iOciation
are Palmetto I.odfje
dumber "" 3+2" and--Primrose
Temple Number fill, of the
RlUs 'and Daughter Ftks, re ?peclively.
The .~c-s>*a>n.- -e?P - W -h?-M a
"a t Chuivh. Ibl! J. T
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Author iter OV.>
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Legal lo
~A~ Negro
, not- hboUm*, degrading no.
n to be called a Negro ii
:ny other state where ther
>en races.
-Court nl -JUiiuois made .Lhj
wyrmpn h y 11 ] stlTtr Mtchae
ion dollar libel suit, brough
the Chicago Tribune.
>r. contended that on two oc
i him as "Negro" in report
Willing .Tnhn Grants
erk of court office, prior t<
October 8, 1019.
h libelous per ?e to refer to
11. Martineau, attorney for
-rniissal on (he pround that
in a northern state. The
>ellate Court Martineau de
llinois is not to hold to ridi
ed. He went on to say tha
this state forbid d'scrimina
ity, it would he ridiculous t
>rson a Neprro was libelous
me deprftf find eivtt atatua.
1 and John M. Tuehy coni
the opinion.
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Funeral Rite
Dr. J.. W. Bodkin, veteran Bap- in (
hospital at. 4 P.M. Tuesday, it gra
_ i?.ng rpportpd here. XAS*
Rev, W. M. Bowman, pastor ^
of Second Nazareth Baptist paj
Church, and public relations chi
nffina. fo. *U. 0*?*. I*?"-1 - -
i vu>vvr iui me kitaic napiisi _ Jjlj
Convention, said news of the j)
hoir
, __lAt press time The Light- 6f t
- hM.nn i.rnn p -figyr
_ T r Tpnicinn, pastor nf TTninfl nafi
i Baptist Church here, had whi
been selected to deliver the 52.:
principal eulogy at Dr. Boy- of
kin's funeral, which willjpxfo^
_ bably be held at 1 P. M. in 1
Camden, 'the newspaper was hoi
~ unableto" contact the Coll Ins ~ aw
funeral home in Camden at ed
the time to ascertain the ex- ">
.. act hour. However, one min- ne<
ister said "We hardly ever r
have funerals earlier than 1 ten
'P. M. late
Leaders . of the State ^on- prol
vention and church will meet on
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L tor his ^lutform?n*giace^Il,^nd . | |n^
1 forensic skill; ? ??. - 'Tri&i
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NAACP LAW^
CLARENDON
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Ni:\V VOHK ? The "real hei
i\-i\ nation in public education an
('" ;:ity. S. ('. who. withstanding a
i he .XAACP effort to abolish Ji
and llohert h. CartCTTsr
' ?' TTd counsel of the XAACP, 1
- - Cn-inr h
i. v. is who last week asked a thi
Charleston, to open the "white" g
_ t-y ti, Xepro pupils ami to void "th
'tinn or' South Carolina which pro
The case, was heard by. Senior Cii
and 1 dstrict Judges J. Watie's Wa
ir. rman. _ The courf reserved de<
' trial. \ ?:
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The text uf tlw joint sta current
i;1 \ . Marshall aixl Carter ioI.ow?:
'1 Kognrdivss of the -det-ision in]
'111- Clarendon Countv Schoolj
(' i <1 ?heroes are tne [
No m o people in Soyth Carolina) se<
'iiiiliy in >-.ih1
[County Many of us who ait in *n
1 rconvfnrtnblc nrrrt safe; homes inj
Pother sections of the country will j ev
e! never understand the courage of 0,1
these people in Clnrendo^ Counfr-fty;
-a rural prejudiced ?outhprr |
Prnmmunity. wh*? 4-avod .tlw risks"} ***
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t< J involved in their bold challenge ~urf
| to white supremacy. To their 1,4
-laid cnme the NAACP State Cop- sei
_ fpr?'n?e under the leadership?&f?IS?
i, JAfries M Hinton. Who has ne er T
i)' lost hi* Will r.v-frrrM" - for human pro;
j rights. even after having been Not
almost lynched himself. The clti<
l nearest one can get to undei- can
i standing the enormity of the and
j tasks these people took on, 1i to 1
to imagine oneself in their no- gro
-'sition and to ask the question: km
-1 "Would I have that much cour- wr<
I age*" If you are honest with tha
Jyoursehf the answer would most reg
{ : probably he "No.!'* peo
' The Negroes of Clarendon fUl
J County and other sections of jwtf
South Carolina, Georgia and ness
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bow the Truth;
aid it shall 1
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lake you Free |
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Monday
Hamden at 10 A.M. Friday
arrange "the funeral pro- m,
the newspaper was ad- ^ i
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ssing of the 82 year old
irehman was telephoned to
r. Boykin, who made his
le in Camden, was chairman
he Board of Trustees of Morpnatny
nf fVio ftp Un.
Baptist Church of Camden;
ch position he had held for
.rears, an<j also Moderator of
the Mt. Moriah Baptist As- <
at ion. 1? *
He had been confined In the
spital for abont two weeks
a when his condition turn- ? ;
for the worse On the weekd,
visitors sue dtoconth'
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ev. Bowman said that funeral
rices ha^ noj been .n^d
s Wednesday, but would jPj
bably take .place in Cajrsden r
Monday. Persons wishing fur- :;T.
: details may call him at S- ' ?
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of South' Affi<
descent four representatives
the House of Assembly. -1? ' 1R
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COURAGE
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a the Negroes of Clarendon 'xri
.11 pressures, fully supports
m Crow schools,-Thurgood *' !
)eeiul counsel and assistant
respectively, said today. ' .'.i
n.? ruled the battury of law* $
ree-judge federal- court in r
ichools of Clarendon Counat
section of the Constltu^~-~73
vldes for separate school?.
cuit Judge John J. Parker ./ ^
ring and George Bell Tim- ^
nsion following a two-day T~
abama crowed' the court
UKfi for f?i?
.?v, .. >im, aiivmn^
it only a smalLproportion of.
pmjpould yet into' the small ~
urtroom. A very few rot
*Ts; a Tew nrorr?stood 1 -7^
oulder tn shoulder fnr frnnrs
the courtroom, which was
crowded thai they could not en
move. The others stood
tslde the door ajnd in the
Uway. Many had ^children Z
th them. All of them were"
tremely %cll behaved ma .-^1?~
>r? living peOftf "t <h? dMor. '
Inattajn of oar people ? - *?i
fk justice tn a lawful man - '
he^e spectators were ntether^
sperou^ nor higH>" educated.
did they come from fhe l?Irf
es. For the most part they
>e from rural wwwmiinUJM
made the trip to Charleston
?tve their support to the N?;
e* In Clarendon Coiinty. Tney ?
?w wbat havoc segregation .
jcks. If ayone ever tells yon ?JI
t Negroes like and want aef* *' V ;J
ation, remind him e* these???^
pie. It was indeed a wonder- J
experience to be able to be a
nesf^ to this display of greatln
human spirit
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