Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, June 16, 1951, Image 2
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I Mr Kememb
K*. Sgt.'M^lvm Phillips of the 8
^"atrt>rt Jackson, who was nlleg<
Bp of local civilian police so that ;
t performed to save his' life Mom
^?involved in his case, the state I
.*,? '*. " j
K; Eugene A. Montgomery, execi
n| interviewed the 32 year old M
a^'Fort Jackson hospital, said Sg
being arrested at the scene of
MK' TTarHan o?^ To>?l/?* nt?-i.
yj. mmmu'wu muu j.ayiKjL oue?3ia nere
M. head while being hooked_at the
He said Sgt. Phillips told him "
f. _he blanked out and didn't know
-who had put a stitch in the fore- l
head wouni}, (who kicked or 1
?fnm.pAd in Kis storhach 6p forcib^f
that hig bladder was ruplur- ^
NAACP officer said armyt
F" hospital attaches believed that
HrV'only a miracle saved the soldier's
|"v "They say that had he not
&.* been such a strong man, he
never would have survived the
very serious injury," Montis
gjataery declared, :
[J/* Phillips, the i$AACPy.said, reported
that his car was hi* on .
Bf'* ii'L side an ha'turned and headed
Ifr up Taylor street, enrouto,:'homq
(.< blocks away) last ~
Su hh pcrparatoi v to rei'omuany
-d Foil ?
h* w?iWf
* Notified by Another MP a
| : l short while later. Mrs. Sadie
-- Tomer Phillips. his wife, went !
Ev. to headquarters to hail him
out?at?vcrrmrt?10:30. and???
Ms told to return at 2 A.M. He
' tttrnlng at that hour, she .was J,,
if;. . told to come back at fi A.M.
Bfe*' floor of his cell He y/a-h't a'.-.
F~ to identify an;d'T-?rrwe' -w?this.?
cell at the time, but srr: 1 he wx
r;. given h white nil', by the
arid" told tnlc ft ? -~rLj
&*': '. Released un-h.i .c"ii n i
{ :'
>/ the sergeant " u:
condition that .. ' "'d
. summoned t'o \\.r h.-en?? !v ' '' ; :
^?- rushed ti? the h-^-P-tul a-. i.
bout 8 AM MontU?>\ -xciiLXi.- u" i
emergency opera*
formed ir*i the afterneo- ;r.
: 't
Baptist Minister U
A- Administer Rites S
To Dying Priest
TOKYO ? (Atla- > .A wni/ndfry
dying was given last rites ! .
Baptist chaplain ,in k. ie;..
*
Lt. Cornelius J Griffin wngiviVig
last rites to .a mortally
wuumlf'rt mnnne n o- urn f'liiiu:
Jin TU'K^rvoii fas' ~ November,
when gun fire hit an ambulance
The BaptHt chaplain's clerk
died trying to hield'Father Grif
fin, whose right arm and _jaw
were shattered by bullets. The
Baptist-chaplain, noting the severe
condition of the Priest, knelt I
beside hrni and rea^ the Catholic I
Prayer of <r>ntrition. *
Lighting Strikes
Island Family
"T -* CHARLESTON ? Ellas Wil ?1
der, 18, died in RopeT hospital *
last Saturday after being
struck by lighting In his James
- bland home, at ahont 2:30 P
'* .r ; * . '
47, received j
ipACl l i
atga
r '; *
jy *''vy'1^" ?fl*- *' 1 1 111 ''v;>'.
'
ers Little
pr Head
th-Military Police Company
sdly beaten while ineustody
i hasty operation had to'"be
day, ?innot recall all details
SIAACP Conference reporter
Jfctve NAACP secretary, whr
oygtk, N.C, army man in a
t. Phillips "femembers onl>
an automobile collision (a1
) and being hit in the forettbllce
station."
YOT GIJllTY
fOURrHONOR
ATLANTA ? (ANS) ? In
Fulton Superior Court Wednesday
morning-, defendant
Lewis Jones sat nervously in
the prisoner's b?x charged
with illegal possession of ten
gallons of kickapoo joy juice,
better katiown as moonshine.
Lewis' t^ryer JcmO^inL' thff"
fighting the charge/tk*, 10 galions
on exhibition "close to
i^ewts, the low of wdtkli had
also upset the client's <pefve
had urged a guilty" plea, and
in ftiqt had already enteged-jtr?
Tiuy|t*g ?the?(kf>89ii>flt|
Jtadxh Bruce idfed, *What
<tave you to say this
charge?"
+a\t' 4u ? r 1
sir," Si*ncV nnswerod.
"Case dismissed," ordered
the judge atf the .court roared.-?-?
" - ?
Junes boat a hasty exit,
rhuuhnr for a mom* tit at the
iiniiiniiuUd iov iniee
JURY' FREE
OF LOVE :
''auoi. ( .
ft;f? v ! i .i lit y 11 t.ii I i
Lllilizl' '. ' i jLivu.'s h,- ft i>.
in'-'iityl.i i<y .Johmiit (
. v ! i > t*.1 h ! he eh
< dad e l. had siicl t he dae
f. n '' si > in an alien:
I. : ha- . . es 111 t weeil .M !"S. < Had
Varl rrTieh Street Srhnnl. "Hrt
the ...iai-J
r -,ej. : ?r :
f t? ]-> e . I i a a at 1 ha s hri'>]* Tut" thr
Ne< Faee'di
mm
mm * jmNot
fwmfh ColMmliinnn. ara
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
facility." ;
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Urban League, j
U.S. Agency in I
Bias-Free Pact 1
ATLANTA ?The Southnnr- H
Field Division of the National H
1 Urban League and the Filth lit;- |?
| *
gional Offne of the Bureau of}
I Employment Security entered | |jp|
upon a cooperative agreement on pl|
June 6 lor the tull utilization of ||||
1 the region's manpower at its ||||
highest skill without regard to |H
\ "race, cplor, or creed."
Tills unprecedented aetion on- !
~ the part of a private social .
work agency and a govern1 ||||
niental regional office represents
cooperation at a regional
(level to implement the Na- ?
tional Manpower Mobilization so
Policy promulgated by , the
Pl-aoiManf ?r TT.. U~J Clltrrn pi
a > voiuviii, til VHC 1' IMini "
on January 17. 1
The cooperative agreement in
Region V directly efFects Urban R'
League branches in Memphis. ?
Atlanta. Jacksonville. Tampa and[^
Miami and offers a frame of re- X
' ference within which these' five
,looal Urban T^eagues might ope- nn
rate "to safeguard our national ?
i security through, the maximum
(development nrjd u*e of our hu- jO
man resources." '
1T?e regional agreement, which Q
?. has heen-ou-cu-la/IOd alnnd?
?. letter to all State k?pieies"
bv the Fifth Regional Of- '
zz gar
- fice bf' the United States Depar*- ^
mrtof J.?bol^ Rure^u ^of Fro ^
^ ppnA1 it" ci nra-!i
[which should'solve many of *h'"' '^nj(
j^mplnymeiit problems which-j '
TKavo \?n5 hodevlted 6 ivi-: s'/if-l? '
. iCoi
! merit a? ?>"'.? ni nllv t>r ^JiKitsvrc |"
, i
( i I . '. nnr .nr:;- r-1 1?????I'iiCliil?r
?alnliMy. ? ?
s pastor"
stealing .
- A Forsyth county.""
11 Ki.-v i,. pl._ Fills >i" lit
F "Gall.!.:: t hMrj/cS he. n Too(.
huMor.. ;i harlnr,
ttvlt tatiii t t astur.
liii' 1 ?:i>t "f. lit !.? ' ' 1\ y: \ > , ; - '
it ion ot fifl't'i t i?tiv miit. :111? i11
ilop, ;ir.?1 olVici" <>mj?luvi .> at the
wroort FHfLrmd lltnh.
.wife
Janitor I?.K'ks (barges
TlTv7! wit n?'NS For < d.ubhn T
v?rr?John?\Vil I in ms.?j?f i i f t!
>? railroad employee who i-'ja'ii 1
i ilnr of the ehnreh.
v--,n ,h"' ' M
d. everybody -,\\i ; sunrise:!
'1 - 1?r?1?' !?T?T?'?: : 77
\ i t i in i :. * -in _ T!-.it;!.: n ^ . 111 1 | ^
momiic v may 1 i\ *. !;< r; i!; dm*
Trr4?thm?rrrf* :t- neri?terv-?f?een P >
loft behind nnknowi:i?_'!> . W:l-;
liam.s -. lie] he hurtled to the r"ni;i; .
and just before going ;n !k ? j
the voice of the. pastor - He a<-- i ,
. . ; leg
TTfsTd Trie two oT exeTui oj^tn^T.
- ''honeul' .11.11 "h:111y ' biWVh'll'- 1;
~ 1 \"'M 1
rnents. and said he didn't enter
. . - For
after r.n peettnpr ' improper | ^
to do so at the moment ,
w
Says Mate Nagged ! ma
Taking the stand in tier own j
behalf, Mrs. Gladdo? testified i?(d
none of what her husband r(.
charged was true. - Mother of cli
a grown daughter, she testified [ in
ttrat"tbr repented unfounded?[ th
! susnieintis ch?rfrp? "f !??* > ?.></? i
? - ? ( in
had led to the breaking up of , ^
their home. I ^
J After tho jury-had returned hi of
verdict after an hour and ton y
minutes of study, tho plaintiff* p-0|
J announce^ Intention of appeal. jra,
| Presiding Judge W. If. S. Bur- pm
I ffwyn allowed six days for perlection
of the appeal papers. Iln*
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UV_SOUTH CAROLINA. SA
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&: ' V-l ''
Heads Alumni j
I>r, C .H. CordinsrtQn' v of (
turn, N. G.# who had pernally
contributed more than
.000 tn hie nlmn ? -?
,? - ? > > iiaici, was
ected presiden* of tlie Shaw
niversity Alumni Association '(
irinp its annual meeting in 1
ileiph, N. C. last week.
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PARTANS IN
R1BUTE TO
ITY OFFICER T
iPARTANBURG ? TheNA-L
P 'and tliu People's C TTiyrr.- i
limit tee honored Francis Dr.|,
<
i, police:.urn ) ou.'i.l!>?rrprr?rr ;
"to- zk . C itji _Py31 K 1 j . r i-ep 'A1 : t jrH;
m-eptjor. ami proaTain. Fri-j
'"isv.t.na^f a* 3btun' ;Liberty ,
program Wcro: H'. V. Bulks-j
v who gave" greetings on hait
of the -^People's Citizen- ; 1
nmittoo, Mrs. Virginia K. IV
VFW; Fate J rvas. 7 T
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:a -to: .* : TV
T 11 v , ' . , .' ? ?
(' %' V
> t ' * ' -s j .
I
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liss Oreens Firsi ;
- j; Graduate To <
nfist In Army \
Tw A fir,;. 1 ..'tura ( :a < in\ 21). 1
f>; anijohu\\a? t!i. 1.i >t < <m i;
; graduate oJf 19.il to enlist
,}io .arifii't) foi'i os. Mas (Irtrnr
nnteerod for lh<' Women'- Aw {
7'C and 'v.';iS""CiV(,n V..' nrvCry^
fnU<dmcnt hy Captain Stanley
Wanin-ki of the CMumh'a
in station o't .Tune (j j
Miss Greene graduated from r\
taflln CoTrcgty Orangeburg, T
eeivlng the degree of Balelor
?>f Science. Slie majored
health and physical educa-1
her civ
1a<< Prl'Ofynn -c th?-> fUnnhi.,
Mr and Mrs J. H. Groom*
Orangeburg.
'ollowing final processing at M
umbia. Mi-s Greene was given t
nsportation to Lakeland Air n
ee Rase, San Antonio, Texas, ft
ere _sh? will take basic train
^g| I
Tt RD \Y, m M n ; 1951
tlAPP-Tn 1"
Hail Those _L
r Suit 0
i
Hundreds 1 r n in t \. .n ' ;
iUt)(y and over the state ;moI
sipeeted t< attend a mammoth]
stimnnial fur Clarendon pi mi-| "j
fTs and their children ih the
.deUrated anti-segretfaMon lu.v- 9H
uit heard (in Chartustrm M iv flH
1-29. Tn Summerton tin sa?n.i ??
:<i i ii'inn. Jimr -? . "
The affair is being sponsored j $ga
by the South Carolina STAA- j
CP Conference, and begins at i '
4 P.M. in the Liberty Hill A- | ino
ME Church. ' res
?i on
-Spee+ftt?rt rw; t -a ?1+ftVe- ?Wen j
?nt to the almost 100 NAACp| a
ranches over the -tato and refx I
psentatives from many of these
i As'
re expected to he presenh
I nui
Among The Speakers I ,
I sioi
Prominent among those -expected
at the testimonial are: I jar
James M. Ilinton, state NA- abc
ACP president: Rev. I. I>e- crll
lliiiim'V. ynwnm ;md Dl, XX.
R. I.aney, vice presidents: Mrs. !
Andrew XV. Simk-ins, and Mrs. i ^
L. Ik Frederick. secretaries: ^
Levi G. Byrd. treasurer; Eu- [
gone A. it. Moh(soniery. ?hrctuive.
sec retary': S. J. McOnnaid,
c hairman exeentive hnardrHarold
R. Bouluare and XV. R.
lames, attorneys, and John If. ^
MeCray, editor of The .Lightbonse
and Informer. T1
** nro>
"T tt- C!;v; -:vinn * 'U:W ,
tive
:on:s? ,n.Udhe at.: J.
i . a?. I ( ,i a: i t '. it ,,
. Sun
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a.
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T?
11!
?st:rr>on'ri'. i* n for1 V r* r"
* 1
"V| " li'j < \ '" '"'r; *r
r rorn't^ays:
kaUT WJiiie
fiirratim tans) ? m. i.*i i
ontemptuous lor a white man
Hindis i n?>rih? rn state, nor am
< no i<i iOscriminatioji betweei
Toe hirst L>.strict Appellate C
uliiiK last week in a (lectsirnTTAr
ei rit)('rvT7~rH?*tttlMtiiie a "in nnlhm
y Mairth Mitchell, ill. against th
Mitt hell, a news statu! operator,
as'ions the newspaper had listed 1
irr that he -id sold a newspnpct
ih puldiean * " ".ate for a eler
ho lat tot's L lop nm-e< lured on ()t
This suit charged that it was 1
a white man as a Neuro. .1. B
the defendant, moved for a dihm
*urh h low whh ?ot applicable ij
judtfe agreed.
In ,his brief before the AppeT
IlllTfi } li'Inir oilllod n Vocri'n i?? Tlli
v'M 11 4 ,v u 411 1111
tile. contempt and acorn or hatrec
iiuc a tfreat many statutes in th
ion and provide full lepal equalitj
susme that calling a white per?
inro l)oth races enjoyed the sam<
Janice Hrover C. Nlemeyer f
cm i( t with Justice Feinher? in 1
3aliit<
;sumes Practice'
warn WBkwmr
)r. Arthur J. Collins, promnt
Columbia dentist, has 1
umed his practice after sev- |
il weeks of confinement with |
broken Icr. Dr. Collins, 1
o is founder and president
South Carolina Colored Fair
sociation, and who holds a
mber o| positions in profesnal
and other organizations,
s "Injured while visiting his
m near Eastover. He moves
?ut now with the aid of
itches.
>. C. Elk
Sessions
V Herbert^ VV. ^lumgatrinpr ,
ccrl^ Benevolent and PYoteo-!
Order 4.f K!k> of the World;
\>e -r-4 yc.r.- i, n in (VdumdVbiday,
Juno 17. Monday and
sdny, the 18 nn^ -10._ .
rnt Sr t'.t inirrrr I be State?As
iatinr~ are Palmetto T.odcre
TnTVer TTT .TP\T Fiimio^r in
pic Number fill, of th
and D.iufjbter' Elks. re
( lively.
: ') ?. m t-i??V t ;? -^4? .
fccgat ! o
A IW^ro "
M-*l iihe-lwUi?.T Lit4U-~a.illIV. liL'-L.
to l>e called a Negro ini
other state where there'
l races.
burl of Illinois made the1,
rittrn by ,hrstk*e Miehaetf
i . I. > i! i- lil.ol suit - hroLMiht
" "
l? Chicago Tribune, _ .
contended that on two oc-j
him as "Negro" in report-1
to William John Granta,
k of court office prior toi
tobor 8, UM9 1
libelous per He to refer to j
. Martineau, attorney for i
lissal on the ground that !
i a northern state. The J
late Court Martineau de-i
nois is not to hold to ridi-'
1. He went on to say that !
is state forhid d'scrimina-:
7, it would ho ridiculous to},
ton a Negro was libelous,,
3 legal and civil status. !
ind John M. Tuehy con-J
the dptnton,
t
i
i d Su
Dr. J W. Be
Funeral Rite
l>r J \V. Buykm. veteran Bap- .n
:ist leader, died in the Camden) to
HH^spitaJr-at 4-?t'.M. Tuesday, it|j?r
A;as reported here. J vil
Rev. \V. M. Bowman, pastor |7j5
of Second Nazareth Baptist j p
Church, and public relations cl
officer for the State Baptist 4 h
Convention, said news of the
^??m??mm 1 h"
A a. i ' rni ? * i I _ *
j\i press ume ine L.ignt-joi
1 e pastor of Union ria
Baptist Church here, had "wl
been selected to deliver the 52
principal eulogy at Dr. Roy- of
kin's funeral, which will pro- s
bably -be held at 1 P. M. in
Camden j The newspaper" was ?1i
unable to contact
funeral home in Camden at e<
the time to ascertain the ex- *
act hour. However. ontKmin- ?
ister said "We hardly ever
have funerals earlier than 1 <,e
P. M. la
. Leaders of the .State Con- pr
vention and church will meet on
th
41
:s Begin j
Sunday!
The feature of Suraluf's-open- ]g <
in* tirtiiri? -will h^.th* IC
Rill Jones is nationally known )]a
for his platform grace and |jn
forensic skill. T~^
Columbia'- city manasor, the led
C'ONTINfED ON PAGE 8 in
NAACP LAW
CLARENDON
I W Y()!tK rive "real hi
i-' >'.>:> in public education a
\v. s. r. who. withstanding
~ N V\ci' c{T(>iT to abolish .
'.:?!! at. 1 Robert I(tarter, f
a: ?'i nose! of. the NAACP.
. M o Mad! ami Mr. Cartel*
last week asked a tl
* 'lesion. in open the "white"
- p. Nt pin {?npils ami to void t
oS.'Ut h < 'arblina which pr
T!.( i ase w as heard by Senior C
mi 1 u strict JiirignTr .77 Waiim W
m i ramfi. The court reserved (V
? ~ ?;T- ," -' 5 * f
i.?.> <a.i a:u; C.\uV*r p?; jv.y :;
U< i>f the <1 tvision in '
:ivrv.'i'jji CounIv School,
(?
i iLc?: i :m ., O-L. L _
Ni'iiit people in* South Carolina s
;! '*[< *, ;iliy t-m.-e in'C'.ti 8
C .loiiy ,Mnnv of us who 'jit in :
nM11; I ii ?.iC!v - -rnri r;n(e Iwrnt*? TnT~*
otlier ieetiort.N of the country will e
never underhand the courage of; 0
I *1
these people in Clarendon Coun- "
tv.' a rural prejudiced souther' j *
rmnniunity. who dared the risks!?4
involved iri their bold challenge 1 v
tp . wtutp. supremacy, 't'o their L
aid came the NAACP State Con-; s
feren< <e under the leadership of j r
.Tames M TTinton. who ha- never1
lost his will to fight for human p'r
rights, even after having been Ni
almost lynched himself! TRe' eh
nearest one can get to undei- ea
standing the enormity of the ar
tasks these neople took on, is'to
to Imagine oneself in ftn* jjfr
sitlon and to ask the question:! k
"Would T have that much rour Jw
af?o*>" If vou ore honest with I th
yourself the answer would most1 r?
probably be "No !" 'p?
Hie Nerroes of Clarendon , fu
County and other seetlon* of jw
8o?t)i Carolina, Georgia and flei
^ ^ jjfl
Iflow tireTfitkrr^
and it shall
Make you Free- .xJ
PRICE TEN CENTS ^1
' iMf '
i?.? ? > .jWS
py kin Dies; .
;s Monday
Camden at 10 A.M. Friday
arraii^e the funeral' pro-"
am, the newspaper jwaa ad
sed. 'v- ^
assing of the 82 year old
hurchman was telephoned to
im.
Dr. Boykin. who made his "
mo >n Camden, was ehairman
the Board of Trustees of MorCollege,
pastor of the Mt. Mjo- ~
ih Baptist Church of Camdetr,
nch pushlun lit* had*1 held for
years, an<j also Moderator of
the Mt. Moriah Baptist Asiatic
n. _ < :
7 T
He had been confined In the
ospitat for about two weeks
nd when hfai condition turn*
d for the worse on the weeknd,
visitors were dtocomiped.
'V.
Rev. Bowman said that funeral .
rvices ha^ no-^ been arranged' - ^
te - Wednesday, but would J
obably take place in Camden
Monday. Persons wishing furer
details may pall him at
08 in Columbia. -- - ----o
jmcrow >
r* thPKilbo of South Africa y*t
trartti/Mul fe** Wll -ti-i
..vuuvw.j ,v"c unij wmen pro
?ses to give ?li persons of mix- ?* ^
1 descent ^II- ~~~?
the* Ho?se pf Assembly, . ^
fers ?aud
pai m A r?
v^wuivauL
' .. '^3
eroes" in the fife hi against re
the Negroes of Clarendon , ."'J
all pressures, fully sdpportTTrn
Crow schools, Thurgood
special counsel and -assnrfanf" ~
respectively, said today,
headed the battery of law- ''' ?
bree-judge federal court in -;' v
schools of Clarendon Counhat
section of the Constituovides
ior separate school u
ircuit Judge John J. Parker
aring and George Bell Tim- "
ecision following a two-day
tlnbarna crowed the courtlouse
tor the trial, knowing
liat only a small proportion of
hem could get into the small
ourtroom. A very few got
eats; a few more stood
houlder to shoulder for hours
n the courtroom, which was
r> ernwrli.H thit they roiilri not
ven move. The others stood
utside the door and In the
lallway. Many had children
vlth them. All of them were
'xtremely well bciiaVed and
rere living proof of the deter- '
wlnaMojn hf nnr to
eek justice In a lawfnl manler.
The^e spectators were nletheT^
osperous nor educated. '
or did they corr.e from the bitf
ries: For* the -ir-thST-parr th*y me
from rural communities
id made the trip to Charleston
V '"VVi
fjtve their support to the Ne
fir lu Tin it mil in County They
new what havoc segregation
rocks. If ayone ever tells you
at Negroes like and want 'teg>gation,
remind him of these ^
?ople. It was indeed a wonder- .; >
il experience to be able to be a
itne?<? to this display of greatts
ln human spirit. ' .* .. 3