Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, July 14, 1951, Image 1
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I Growing Race
I VOLUME 15. NUMHKH 5
O BJ
on
rWouid Open
Actions Are
fe Pi'elimiwary plans for what
Bf sale "legal blitz" attack on wh
&j? South Carolina are reported a
the top brass of the State N
-week-end.
WL^( . No official statement as to t
g?.' President James M. Hinton at
' been discussed. We hopejjri_J
a few days wbfcM
.not say whether.
"processing" meant assorting the'
number of applicants who are
. fvknown tcL have appealed to the
NAACP foj- aid in cra P??t
the r ' \ e r s 11 S :' 1
' Clemson .College- or Winba.y.
t". tf Hoc Vme J. Vr >"t rt\\7 T"t f<M* cr"*r>li* 1
that "an" N A ACP-aidcd " s
against tl>e Medical College at,
k Charleston was high on the list
P for attacks. Presently, though it!
I Is kept very very quiet. South!
- Otedlina has been paying tuition I
ji' . gcholarships for Negro students:
studying medicine al Mehurr.y
andHhp Howard University Med*
' ical Colleges. . .
finhnnl Mil Hr lirrt
y However/ a lawsuit 4hr>ral
the University of
U'ftF "nnffirinll; II
*,]intoti sskASfcJB^jhct
hinlt Jtnlge War=-"
; ing's ruling some years
jL-?there have-be?nrnumerous legn 1
k'- decision- since -which ry*nf-a it_.
B_xlear thai?the taw" schooL?in-H5&i?tngetmrg^^StateTCoIlcge)
is
r -inferior to the one hgcei-in- ?cv- !
Br"* The State recently h'hri^cqcd
at-~OTaSgeburg, and has been. (
expanding other graduate fa
cilfties, begun bacfc in 1.946
p\. when John II. Wrighten. of
Charleston and Edisto Island
sued for admission to the Uni- 1
pil ? versity Of 'South Carolina law !
school.
V-" " -ft ppirnnHs- -tHn NA7YCP is S34isfied
with^the^ progress"" a-nd out (
come of the pending anti-^cgrcSr*~"
"gation suit on the elementary and
,'v scondary level from Clarendon 4
county, for Mr. Hinton said it is
jf^r- ."behind us, so far a-- we can
p J work from the organizational;
^ level. Our next step is "to wip?
$7 -out every semblance of differ-1.
Vf.t' ences, and1 as quickly as possi-jj
: ble.^, [x
fDur;"fi >i 11L I1"* --I T 4 1 ;
Clarendon trial at Charleston b ; ]
?*7 May Thurgaod Mar>haill. chief
NAACP counsel, intcimated that J
perhaps the NAACP has hopped i f
-- - ' :\r
up on a new equiin/.^ucn icuuj--ij
que. Though he did not c-je
rr; -la borate in his press conference,!.
; ' ?. he d?d say that his staff has,
-"** .to work overtime to clTcct 01.
' i Tfr<?t, fli ^nd n a.v i
county. He -.aid the preference '
iv ; was an action which would ITsin
the entire state educational
i'i; : j I
; War Department
; Supports Bill i-LTnPnrj
Vinlpnpp .s
WASHINGTON ? The Depait- '
< |nent of Defense this week inJi ^
cated to the NAACP the probo }
pflity that it would support the M
' Havenner bill, designed to pro- C
tect aervicemep against attack r>v
illl a I*"*"
11 diet!, -d U <ioT of the Washing- t<
ion bureau of the NAACI^iVs. _?j
. atttnnt Defennr firnilinj TVinirT c<
^:r|CAwards states: - h
. t"The Department has no legis- oj
lative proposal presently pending
along tn* lines of your letter ah _J
though it has .co^l^a^*tonth '--^fav6r~
l*-?w olegislation which would ex- ]
lend personnel of the Army, -i
and Air Force tho 4>?rmtr ?i
-?tyfnrTT'-protection that is afford- 1
tid by lew to other classes of fed- (
erel officers. If legislation of i
this sort ia introtfuced, it will undoubtedly
receive the prompt and r<
ggjpathetic attentfrp if Th;? n?- m
\ , ?
' r *. \V ,'7 " JK
(a naacp-'
'iiljj ii" ' i?1
Wg
I g
Schools if
Successful
may turil out to be"a whok
ite state-supported colleges 1
s having been worked on b
LAAGI2 organization the pin
he details was made but staj
1 mi 11 e(lHuitLriU4e--iiTrTT^^
la^frrTTTrTVm^linpomont wiMrl
-the ue.it t\\ <> weeks - whe
??
' > _' '
System).
Will Tax State Further
11 this new action devejor.
the State of South Carolina vi
find itself plagued further In .
escape to hold en.i"o segffcgaKa
Tlie .ih'w sale-?Ihx vv litejt ,-we
into effect on July h doe? n<
provide funds for expand in,; 3
system of college, and gradua
training. * Pressed, then.- f<
equamv rrom trus end, it woul
have to find money from somi
where with -which to construe
equip and staff a medical scho
(federal court'; have -h&ld?Hn
-out' of"i.tule^chnlnrshlps ret?f(
sent ?-or (Tmp sc?
rogation,' which may well be tl:
'bsc. since the latter action
precisely, what'1 courts have o:
iered1 on .all graduate andjri
f*71 -i i'[ " "ir-flrr > \ ~ - - "
=-'Meafiwhrlivthe State Spprerc
Court giuuj?the state ft "gree
light" for? its' T95I ^Sinicro1
School Apt. this occuring Monda
when the?couet ruled L17e 19f
School Act legah Govornc
Byrnes and E. H. Crow, the latfcf
director at the- hew .stato-^conr
mi^si.onon schools, Tietda confei
etice Tuesday considered?a?
LLmftTniy du a meeting of the fu
commission next Monday.
Accepting Applications
Eugene A. R." Montgomery, e>
ecutive secretary of the NAAC
for this state, said late Tuesda
that Ihe-r-organizntroTT is now a<
cepting applications for hel
"from all persons interested 1
securing training" in any . ana a
of the white colleges in Sout
Carolina "supported in part, c
in full" by taxpayers.
Wants Your Replj
Acknowledgment of a reply t
I criti-.al column last week b
Wiss Marjorie.McKi 1-1,-1. v.-a?
-tuud 'lu'io Wednesdaybv J oh
II McCrn.v, editor of the Th
Lighthouse and Tiifrvrmar?.-w+r
vith state- NAACP Presides,
fames M. Hinton (see page two
Prepared the answer for th
>outh Carolina NAACP Confer
;nce. *
City To
Case of j
-A reopening of drunken rinv"
ng, disorderly case against MF
igl?Molvin Phillip- uf foi't .TacTT
on was promised by City Reorder
Tohn T. Rice here Saturay,
a spokesmen for a commitee
which waited on the city
udge and police chief L. J.
'ampbell, said. _
_T]i? sefrvieemtnr;?arrested at
ay lor and T T > 1 ill 11 Tune fl 1 fl 1 1
rc I'UlllsioiT was al'egedly befi
?rs that his bladder was ruptur*
so jvidixni^oekt^-irrTTeHrauar
i and he had to be rushed to the
ospital at Fort Jackson where
Deration was performed.
The committee members, F.urcne
\ Mhtlfr^mTTi ihitr"WlV"
STP executive . secretary, reported,
concerned itself only
with th?? lament a? Phil ftp*,
also atlejred brutality of Miss
Frances Brown, arrested some
lime ago and brutally handled
it headquarters. ?
Chtef Campbell, the committee
?ported.^ ear^sr
?rson8 by men of his depart*
f .
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0 SOUTH CAROLINA
is;. NAACP It--iflf-rj plajeU 'a 1uC
r-j Part iu the 12nd Annual meet n.I
Rinton, president, at exixrf
tretne rijrht. smiles broacJlv_a*
x_J*ishoi*--dk?hrTr-7tr-^ the
11 . AIME Chureh. left standing,
UrgedHim $
By John II. McCray
,p MYRTLE BEACH ? Leadim
-white nien here and in Horrj
jj euunty persuaded Charlie Fit/.
^ gernld that his. place was bac1
ir on. Happy Hill and not in Wins
ton Salem, N. C., where. he hac
- begun a busines? last fall, lu
-told us in his. weft-appointed liv
ing room early Sunday morning
1 | Jit. had come hack about .
month ago and taken tho bsm
?| fivm, the. frail shoulders of Mrs
' | b'tv.gm.o'i ^?short?VTSTI
rsvtih tu.-% family not So long ago,
(>j "I went into town". (Myrtle
i'.c^chr, he said, "an(j everywhere
j i turned our finest wivto citizen}
j stopped me and told me to conic
0 cm home. Ow iiia!',7"wTTo has been
my friend for many years, _|old
me I should never have-gone ato
*
Reopen
sergeant
ment .
. Mr. Campbell is?reported?rw
j telling the committee he hhd dtsi
missed several officers for vio1
lating this regulation of the de
j partment. lie did not, however,
state- whether any , (Dismissals
, | grew out of the two casoaJbeln^
^disrupted?;
wiwf rr+Tt t7T.1T
Phillips was a hospital patient "
i when his bond, r^por^^'y?y??
-j?the aifibUnl'oT-576^00^ wa* declared
in forefeit. The city
' judge said he would call the
j case up again and order a trial
for the soldier, whose home is ^
, Moyock# O:
The committee consisted of:
* Winfred Mundle, president of
the Mien's T^ayue. TlL'Vt"~>>: i.1
Henry, president of the Interdenominational
Ministers Union,'
Rev: Jarties W. Rhodes, the un-'
Ion's seetetary,_Mrs. A. W. Siin-j
kins, of the Women's CotrftfiTn
James M. Kin ton, state HA.Af'Pi
also of the ministers' union, antfl
Mr. Montgomery.
i|H I
^ AND J*
rMmAj sotrTH c^orjNTC
0 II
*\ * K^- - .-, " ?
presi'lU'.s a. $500 ^ 'ff^lll'l',;llLll
?| \ laii iur iuuvuvu, i>
fl# l?ft?^
In lower panels Rev. \Vt Mcays
Whites
fo Return
about' anymore trouble !h<
Kti Klux Klan.? ?
,-j This man, lie said, to! i him \.i
- white people in this holiday ?. >mi
> munity, felt ashamed over v. ha
- happened to him, and . \.o
1, ready to flock to hi- >ide. sh..ul<
> another bight appear like An., i -'
- , i :J.; J
irhe said, wns fee ebrrt .if
i who pledged the : ai. mi >;
. ! h >a fi ilVC S'. .. d i r ii
'"TT'dh try I'. . : M\ . \ : [v
. t sanctity.
< JUi? *"' >
:* may in- i ",!<-!? truth ;
, i tile klnn ( \ oi. i : < r., pi a l111 n f
. Yfci'?o ?>HfrhrtTv n T,r<ut:;;d d
( Myrtle lieai.ii .eons: a : aide
;! tour s', trade and scheduled enn:
vent:i>n?i
Mr. K tygciMid said me: th.
; sanuv advice in Cnn.e.av m
la-denff Rriu-st. Sa.sser, pi :
I Ku' Kiux KI;ui buster m the>
parts, "never wanted nv to !eav<
i But 1 thought it best. Besides I
: needed plenty of rest."
! We found, however, that he :s.
! much cpf-pri'M?mit the uTan
" eJaitn that white women were
frequenting his place for inir
mora! purposes. ' The* nmhdn't
A I I I n *" '1 1 1LX ivnlnitliej If oie
|roui(j something like that hapCONTINUED
ON PAGE 8
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HATE-MONGER
Gffii^TYAOATN!
-?WASHJNGTON^Zr : A t 1 a siJoseph
P. Kamp, the man" who
! has a habit of collect'ng a million
dollars for his religious and raI
cial, propaganda, was found
'guilty ,'irnin of iniifi iipT i'TT Congress.
The sec ond offense, like I
the first one, was leveled at Uie,
hatc-moncer-Jfr-n*?r*?. imtrig~~~T7T re-,
veal the names o' his big contributors.
Described by_ tflc -Anti-Defema^
-ticm league of B'nai B'rith as
"njL^k cQimlx^->a<*ot^<yTCirriar;
j a ?7?wic ; n ilk;, ? and ?
?>--- srntebee dT one
IH^f # V JL
SATURDAY. JULY 14, 19!
"t ~
' -wu .^;:
I | ; ' .
' JKin.h j. iAuu.iiiah jMAjj)x ^*JUS^
wiiij -' J /.or e i Diymsi T;aui'cq
r==^RfrTng iriM it i c al_^irtlgn__panel
: with?sonitr^ soTTtTfeaslcrn dele^
i j i tCi. ^Tw?T7^evvFeaturei
Start Np\t Wppk
S. hod tile i t., begin in :ie*
weeks Lit".it Jii >u?e and I r i f ??t ;*y
_ a.; a loguTnr fe-aturc nre a ffi
>' vy of ehup'h svi v\ x-? in. (V
" puhili- - !
iimn. both being handled by Ke\
V.' M. P. I'.'.viUin of the {. n ?.;?; ia
^ -V
t 1 '"a. i hurvh dire' torv; wall ;n
; -'in ! uhe- * . f m, ,r - r
| be debet I'O'I <>n Sunday :>\" y is
.::i;! mini? tor . The subj h t
-' a. i : .a' on vh. ai.j i.
f".'i i le v. Mr H ?
'IV . . .. .
- * J ' que
h.< : i ;i-yyi !b*'^e reader
H -v. ma jj -ie*'
Ir.f ; - 1 :,?>? Hard; n ": < . a:!?.
, n.ir' ? . ir/ia. a FV M. M?r day.
Quadrennhil-liudy7ToT(Tin<i
Meetingl
1 r A U 1, INT< 'X ?XXarrrrrV
t i-K-lrgnTesnitrl visit -r- who at1!
n dc< 1 tin- Quadrimni ! Missftm:n
v meeting <<f the AMK ehurc'n
in Memphis. Tcnm ,-?o t me
"ago. ..ire .mcf 'im' v 7-12 with
Mrs. V V.. liaia r\w oT~ThslvTp
MMdmk Mad is m pro.
Mi'V"-?i ,Si.UL1,4* (Tpridiiia, iin
Columbia. ??
_ Mrn Hilj upervir.or of Missionary
work (or th<> South Cam-,
hna Episcopal oistriet of the A\1K
church.
Several of thp delegates, and
visitors attending the Memphis
are of Charleston and vicinity.
The entire Soutih Cardlina entourage
traveled hv a special
X^arolinn-Sixr url Train.
Among them Were:
Mesdames Inez F Temple,
Flossie V. JVi4sorr,-K - MblTette,
Mabel Green, J. B. Jennings, A.
F. Harris, - ~
>1
S.C. Court Ruling
Doesn't Matter,
Hinton Declares
The state supreme court" ruling
-on Monday^ \vhcyh iUiv-f*
Trf-mrr1051 School- Art,
till ?'< ' ' ti'ii"" i-r?fr'i]' Cm"
? 't -citnc the tiret of $7.r> mi!lions
for T'dducatioruil improvements,
has n<j ofTcct on the pending
C'larcmV n countv
_ 'J'"1' '"'i?Ihv.su.L- James N't 11 rn
t ,;iu -l,Mc N \ A CP presidentmsa id
Tuesday. - .
Tie- ;!f i-ion "vr'l in r,f) mania
: alter our decision to jvppcal
'CI.-,11'Prion county Sthool ease
j to tlic United States Supreme
| Court; seeing that the issue :in
.1 the a-c v.'a^riiot one of separate
[hut equal;" he said,-hilt one fnf
-.j"tl.'L" el tp.nation of sogregat/km in
j publ ic schoolc."
, Disagreeing with Governed
J J-.-nu's F Byrnes, -\Jr. Bin ton
j said:
I 'O-ntrary to' the. Honorable
I Governor James Byrnes, the doI
cisipn is hoito t jv- ;1
_ rii i in I lb' y -iTirn of NAAI
CP is unc-h zinged,"
I "South Carouna, through Goi
vornur By ruts'.' lie went on, "has
| ,1:1 to do now what
; ^ 1 < rest in dis
I cushions appear on the Editor*
?t?rori?aRT-tw<rim^a full pa^e of
j messages from slate beaches is
Sj printed on pa^e tliree.
t Southern RegionJ:
6,000 Are Employe
A'l I.ANTA, Ga. ? (Special
. A III tu\ '\ *.:u ?ID lUUIilCIJUU VNOIKCI
big to a survory made by the
' end published in "New Sou
.Southern Regional Council/
Ii.L.iUi atcompany!!.g artiel
n, reded the survey declared, '
: ideations ubuv-eddornjrry k it led
-din South, DiPllgh n.s yet no 7
ins nUe-Uiini <4 these classifit
"Negroes are employed bv
*'
> capacit tes asdnmH-^yrrrrptr opt
.. cashier; in such service oeei
haiiilF, and dog-catcher: in si
i>a\itir?a-nd?rrprtTrrrTelyf operato
as foreman. paititer, and br.
oeeui'at ioMv;?as?irr!?world-f
eipn! judge."
A break-down f?\ degree
.totals for the 10 cities surve
His; clerical, 10; semi-profe:
skilliuL-^t'dh .'.eislre amTdTh
Houston. Tex., was the tpj
- f-007 Negro employees, Atlar
mingham third yith II2A_?ifh
1 deploying the largest number
public utilities, and hoAlth.
A special survey of Negro
I cities with a combined total of
jJicLLitanants.- MobiTe, Ala., ha
Negm t'irct'ighters . IMP 3-rr
1 ployed them for H3 yoai\sj_andkDther
-t4trrtJH~TTkmg~Negr() firei
jmond, Va.f and Winston Sah-r
"The history of 4*mploym<
lusted," DeWitt asserted, "ha
most cases, the type of Negi
is superior to applicants wh
Tn adflition thpv nrp nviiilal
"With lah?u^-jdiortaui'S''7tovf
' mobilization and defense ekpa
I untapped labor in the South a
| huge number of Negro worker
low their highest skill, or wh
..ih? -fcrtlTWfc' piwHi
?TKe survey" was based on o
Atlanta. P.iirminpham', T>allas,
} *'nt'llL "KnoxviHe, Little Br
:insr Norfolk. 0
Z ' 3 ''1.
*Co]
- i "! '^7vv '
B'
p p I
i ill
Soldiers, 1
'Reefer' H
- ?? ?l. ?
ijui ?ui cuic/uru t*
?'i| nl J(,JoW J he k son and four
Hieir a^outs, were placed ur
. Richland county general sessi
Rcciu'Ctor's Court
Recorder John I. Rico set bond
at $5,QOO each for the men, and
$1,000 each for the \vomen, say'
in-: He believed thd men had prb.
( u.-ed the women to peddle .posVC-..-S
-and use marijuana. The men
are being held by'military authorities,
pending trial. Charges
were brought by Ass'^nn* r>r>TWp
Bl.ep A" tiriHith, Detective William
RawlinsOn and agents of
the Criminal investigation--. Di;
vision at Fort Jackson.
Bfiokod Ion -the charges are
Frances Payne, If). Martha Early,
'fill. Marie Taylor, 23, June Donjaldson
If), anci f.
.. 1 ! r-r IIuTTl'l I Bailey, 21, Robert
| Frank Hinton, *2$, Charles B.
Brown, 26, and Herbert H? Williams,
22.
cnurt_ 11^'vne hac 1 ^bot :i
J taken into protective custody &fj
tei-'thrrnt i r>n hrr lifr ' fnllnrriTTy
"^lTry"inrHaT arrest. . ?"
The young woman, saying her
j situation was "horrible," told
the court that she and the oth
J cr women were "treated nice1
I> fTU?i
nuvej ivevcais iimi
d In 16 Cities South
I) ? Six thousand Negroes are
\s in 10 Southern cities, accord*!
Richmond, Va., Urban Leagup
th," monthly bulletin of th^
trp Harold (J. DeVVitt, who dfi
"Over 1 10. different ioh clasrfjr
i"Vtd hnH?by Negroes in
*ne city has opened up as murrit
ations to qualified Negroes, a:
jminuipalitia* in such olericw
Tutor, clerk-stenographfcr, and
ipation as t'ireman, pohcemdH
iidi_-i??m4-?dcHtFrUrn^ asl
rs; in such skilled occupatidH
iiklayer; in such i^rofesaioMB
, pTTvsician, nurse, "and rnuxw
of skill showed the following
yrd: Managerial-profvssioit^^
ssinjmLJH-, skilled. l.'l; seiaRS
skilled, 5,500. .
>-ranking city with a total bfj
ita second with 768. and
m c ity depart ment reported jM
of Negroes were public wpfkaJ
firemen revealed six Soutl|ei'ft
GiR including 6 captains and 4
,s had the Inn go it hntnryyjf
rrs, Nashville, Tenn., baa^gBli
' i 1 _i m?"T
v-mmesmn, v., ror til* yeaM,
non are I^uisvllle, Ky., Rich*
n. N. C. *1
l - 7%*ent
of Negroes in the job#|
s been very satisfactory. In
ro applicant who is available 1
o have employed previously.^
>le in greateri-numbers: ^
sloping in many areas duo to
nsion the greatest source of
nd in many other areas is th$
s who are working at jobs beo
are, bitvaAfiT)?
ices of the rt gionJ!? ?
fTicial information suppled by.
Forth Worth, Houston, Jack>ek.
Loiiisvile, Miami, Nashiklahoma
Oitr. Richmonj^^
' * ' ' ' 'l
~ r
v" '* . y-;*
Know the Truth;
and it shall '
llakeyifiTrw
-PRICE TENlSaS?S^
?? y ? ; __
I I I I
Women In
' ' T1
auls Here
nd includ'^g fnne nnnn r.tp + i^ ' "
women, alleged to have been # M
ider bond and bound 6ver to^ * ^
Ton a narcotics charge.
j !y" into the predicament. The
soldiers, she said, dated them,
lavished clothes npon them and eased
them into the habit. Onee .
this was accomplished, . she
said, the tvomen were forced to
peddle the weed, engtage |ti
prostitution and Una over the
nsroFfeds IcTthA men.
i Miss Donaldson testified that
she sold the dope for Robeit K
Bailey, and that she used it her:
self. Mi^s Taylor said she had
i sold the stuff to soldiers and__ft_^?. .' j
number of other-DeoPhrrdyuTThat
: sha^4H?ati7e(T^no profit, the merr- -" **
4^.*-' ping' the money and refusing
j >tiss Rarly offered ho tesU'-__J
1 mony, but police presented^yifc
M&SM frjwi sa'^^hay-Had feerv "rfM
H3NS
Officers testified toat abotfOSfl^HH
ir^d le^ of^gWgagjfc-^gegt^R^r- -A-y!?Mi I
senco of narcotics on the post. A rfl
searth of. the foot locker of Hia- fll
ton June 30 produced 30 renter
seeds. Hinton, atn furlough at
the time, was arrested on his r7?
turn to the post. -|
'
MYRTLE BKAfW~j&S
trouhie from the Ka IfiM
SlH
tS3sH9[||
more ' '
last y
* ^ fvjtll
T'T^ ~ * r ' ''"" r i" -*'-ign
m - '"^ik . .v^n^H
NEW YORK ? Legaf
^ ir^' iiA Av P^ TuU^fifOOcI IViaiT'"1
Association, compos# af jiS
that hm
bership in
racy andn||ml NAjlf'ftj
^ ''i,;- rif'S V