Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m Shedding Light f .-| for a t Race L-?*5, NUMBKR Q U o N -fr ?T . Vw YY ould Upen Actions Are - a ':j (k.' *,, ,y ? . -;i'* i? g^. t Preliminary plans d'pr.Avha SR*' . sale ^egal^ftz'" attack on \vl South Carolina are reported ; y the top brass of the State I week-end. 1 No official statement as to S," President James M. Hmton i .? /been discussed. We hope to w a fpw dayg - ""+hu we've fihis^nprl our processing ^?rrrrt say whether KL' "processing" meant assorting the Ki.. ntimber of' applicants who are known' til* have appealed to rbe 'NAACP fof ay in era open the University of South Carolina, Clcirtson College or Winthrep. It has brr>n .known h >r s,>rw aided . suit , against thei Medical College at i Charleston was high oji the list P j for attacks. Presently, though it is kept very very quiet. South w Carolina hp? b^" p-.vir-, Scholarships for Negro students studying medicine at Meharry and the Howard University. Med'i; ^rf>Va^^School May Be First -JEljOwever, a lawsuit W-opeft-rthe at the University of L- ^^^HuSarol. iha was, unofficially Ier.ed in the dis^n tainlvi 'Wr hrrrpti il Tuilpr *Wir" ing's ruling some years ago, but BBPstbere have beCh numerous legal decisions ..since which make it B i lain, tluil?the law. school m Orangeburg (at State College) is BT .Interior-Mo ihe m*e?bore in-As P? The State recently t'hrisfceped a $200,000 law school building at Oran cphnr p- ;inrl has heen_ kV expanding other graduate fa cifytle?, begun barfc in 1946 .when John H. Wrighten of 1:2 Charleston and-Rdisto Island sued for admission to the University of South Carolina law Efc. achiwil. -? ? ' ' " ? r, .v< Apparently, the NAACP is sa4iafied with the progress and out corrie of the pending anti-segregation suit on., the elementary and ? scondary -level' from-Clarendon p; county, for Mr, Ilinton said it is "behind US, so far a< wo can **~r work from the organizational level. Our next step is to w;po -<)Ut every semblance of 'difTer? ? enees, and as quickly as possible." ' ' ' {During a recess period in t:\c Clarendon iri:.l?uJ?(,'h.u U" ton. tO; May Thurgood Mar>ha)ll, -chief - . NAACP_counsel. in.Leuua.ted th 1! H perhaps the NAACP has hopped up on a new equalization technique. , Though he did not claborato in ' I its press conference, he did say that his 'staff has work ovcitrme to effect su. s, . first, district by district, and now (*)unty. He >aid the preference was an action which would tiD\ in the entire state educational y: War Department * Supports Bill | To End Violence v"^ WASHINGTON ? The Depait - niunt of Defense this week inJi cated to the NAA'CP dhe proba bdity that it would support the (Havenner bill, designed to proy |Tt. aorvioomen against aftaTrthv" ! military nr cii I ion?pol to c. ..ffu a leuer, to Clarence Mit^^Gfrellvxl. lector 'of the Washington bureau of the NAACP.- As,' ?< Yli.f anon Canxa4?-w PA9w?iv igiaij i/aiuri |C Bdwards states: "The Department has no legislative proposal presently pending along tfti lines of your letter al ?& thfingh it has consistently favor-J e dleglslation. which would_ex^ J tend?-peisuniiel of the Army, Navy and Air Force the same type o' protection that is afforded Vj 1*W to other classes of fed *u. mi -effieerc'~ IT legislation of this *ort is introduced, It wlfi undoubtedly receivfe the prompt and sympathetic attention of this De - partment." M A/>4 v4 CP ?v * * H.V . . ** ? i?"??" i > *... IAB Successful t may turn out XiTbe a wholetito statfe-supported colleges in us having been worked'on by NAACP organization the past the details was made but state idmitted fftat the "matter has have an announcement within t the ue\.l (Wo weeks - ivh.cn r:"\. _ ; ? \ svsTeinT/ " ? "Will Tax State Further If,. t!il.s new aation develops, i the, State of South .Carolina vill i tmd ;tsclf plagued futthcr in .t< j escape to hold . run sftyTrP'**" ^ [The ri"1.1!1 "ivh'~ fax which went 1 in to plTnrl on Ti:Kr 1 ^.,.1 | provide funds for expanding the I system of college and "gradual | training. Pressed, then. for [oQuaiitv f,1ii' <">}? f h;ivd to find money- from some-, where with which to construct, equip and staff a medical syhr( lodcral court' ' ?held ihflV " oui-oi'-?state-scho3arshtps r<h^resent inequality.)?- or drop-segregation, which nvay well be the cja^e, .since the latter nctipn is . preewely^WtnitV courts have drlight" for its 1951 Jimcrow School Act,, this dccuring Monday. -t_^I it#* *nr-~. WI.^II uic wuu iiucu ijiu i uo 1 - School?Arrt?legal. Governor Byrnes and E. R. Crow. the latter ..ilirfH-tor^g*?the ~ f>r> r! " mi^sionon schools, held a conference Tuesday, considered a preliminary to a meeting of the full I commission next Monday. Accepting Applications Eugene A. R. Montgomery, executive secretary of the NAACP for this state, said late Tuesday that the organization is now accepting applications for help _ 'from- -&U person s i nterested i ri securing, training" in any and all of the white colleges in South Carolina "supported in part, or in full" by taxpayers. Wants Your Reply ! Acknowledgment of a reply to ja eritl ,al column last week by 'Miss Morjorie McKen/.icv was rejreived here Wednesday by'John ; H. McCray, editor of the Tho i Lighihouse and In form or w h o | fwith state NAACP. j James M. Hintou I v-r page two)! prepared the answer for the South Carolina NAACP Conference. ? ; i City To 1 A reopening of drunken driving, disorderly case agamsf MP; Sgt. Melvin Phillip- of Fort Jack-1, son was promised by City Re-1 order John T, Riff hum ^-itun fday, a spokesmen for a commit-; tee which waited on the city i judge and police chief L. J.i Campbell, said. * ,The Serviceman, arrested ati TrrWrrr nTT/P TTTiTAnn .Tiinr * nfU'l " an collision was alleaedlv beat I ters that his bladder was rupturen so when booked at hearqua: cd and he had to be rushed to the hospital at Fort Jackson where i operation was performed. The committee members, Ku- j gene A. Montgomery, state NA- | ACP executive secretary, f-portod, eonrrrned itself only with the treatment of Phillips, | also alleged brutality, of Mist Prances Brown, arrested soma j time -ago end brutally handled j at headquarters. Chief Campbell, the committee , reported, re-fiffipmed an earlier . no brutal treatment" of arrested i persons by men of his depart" 1 ? ""r i I ?JHm ~._. ..rr^rs^B : & t1 SiP^ JtfzT. I ~ C^' B I B MANY SOUTH CAROLINA NAACP leaders played a lug part ill the 42nd Annual raeet11 i Httt-iJlti !"/" iiinton, state president, at extreme right, smiles broadly as Bishop John A. Gregg of the ! A ML ChurehrrLLleJCt titandimr. ffitoerafS Urged Him By John II. Mcl'ray MYRTLE BEACH ? Leadin -white iiii'ii hcrf and in Hon bounty persuaded Charlie Fit/ gerald that his place was bac on Happy Hill and not in Wins ton Salem, N. C\, where he ha ] begun a busines- last fall, h fold us in his well-appointej liv ',ng r<?orn early S'tnd *y o^oY^f I He had come back a bou t month ago and taken Hie. loa [from the Trail shoulders of Mr: Fit/.gerald. alter a ~4ioxt -visi | wTTh hL family not so long agt . "I wont intp. town" i Mvrtl iXvach), he sai.i, "anci everywher * t\i: wmtrTtrrzen' stopped me and told me t<_> corn 'on home. One man. who has beei my friend for many years. toL nte I snould never have gone a way antp that I, needn't wnrr; M Reopen iersreant C-7 ment Mr. Campbell is reported a; .telling, tho <'<w>niittee he had dtS missed several officers f<-?v fal.iiin?thb: regulation of the de partment. He did not, however state whether any dismissal: grew out of the two cases beinj rijsriwtfed. : ;. Mr. Hlyi- watt ntrt th.lf TTfr* Phillips was a hospital patient when hU bond, reportedly in the amount of $76.00, wa> declared in forefeit. . The city judge said he would call the case up again and order a trial for the soldier, whose home is Moyock, N. C. The committee consisted of;? rWtnfrecl?Mtxndle, president ol the Men's League, Rev, S. J. Henry, president of the Interdenominational Ministers Union Rev. James W. Rhodes, the Union's secretary, Mrs. A W. Simkins, of the Wbmen's Council lames M. Hlnton, state NAACF President, Rev. H. B. Jackson also of the ministers' union, and Mr, ?? ? ? M AND jSp FMBIA, SOlJTH CAROLINA, S P II i presents a ?500 membership ; . ' i charter to Attorney Herbert "j I Tucker pf wMcliH? i \yatehdo? Clarence Mitchell, is ?I In lower panel, hcv, W. Mrlays Whites Ta Return ; about anyinory trouhje from the ?t Ku Klux KlanJ"' . : u yj This man, he said, him !llL. v white people in this holiday v.mi- ' hj munity, felt ashamed over what happened tu him, and .-t.m.i d, ready to flock to hi- side, should e; another n.ght appear like Au.'a -t ' '-. Jfi. ' ; . me ( ! !: ? .so 'viin talked ! ., ... a-he said, wns the .chief .,f cd '' d who-pledged the. full suppo;; 1. h ? force snni'ld kuode i u.. : , t' ->ain try to ent? r "Myi'tle IP ,, >.i sanctity. y. A id ' " ' tr7 mav no ! : -' ? H< .,j ?. ? a, , s;lhe k;aa expn.i,t;pn; pia_ x;.e ...ie] verse publicity it brnauht. tt a: .vly rtle Ueacb ensi ii : t'>!< ,1; ii 1""' 11 .me?rt-nei?vche ?rs?e 1 . - ventions. . . .t y Id ?1' i ;i| ;r{?5TO I 77 .(, ., same advice .:i ConUav: m ' J. fd-erifl" C. Krned Sa>s ; , pre ., i. . I: ! KU Kiux Klau bu.d.n?7; -7: ' m pai f >, "never wanted jiir ? -tBijJ i th^ughf it best, Ik. ides l' I needed plytrf r..-e " .X. ! " We found, however, that h< is ! much concerned over the klan I ; ' laim thtft) white women wen frequenting his play,,. fur. ,m_ s!bo true." he explained. lluvv,+r .{could something like Hint lian- nT ? r,oNHNi i i> oNTr^nrrx M T"' ?" HATE-MONGER I' -" ' * sii WASHINGTON ? (A t 1 a s) ?, h, Joseph P. Kamp, the man who M J has a habit of collecting a million ; dollars for his'religious and ra-ivi j cial propaganda, wliS foumd ai 'guilty again of contempt of C??n-' T j Kress. The second offense, iikel tr _i_th? frp*t one, was leveled at the.C: fj hate-monger for refusing to re-, .jveai the names1 of his big Con -1 . tributors. ' { P! , Described, by the Anti-Defama-, M tio'n League of B'nai B'rrth as. F. . one the country's inost vicious] , nntX-Kcmitie, and onti-Neg^^^j ' Kamp (aces sentence of one yatf m pf t W Wl \ riHD.Si TULY It, 1951 -." . " . . - 'I ii ' . - " . ' ? " -i << >r>'-;<^ V : | H i V !' J / | Kinlcy liowmarvp.istor qf Sec- j ?v? IV3 U'9 liKlfI1I during a political acCion panel with some southeastern dele- L gates.?i ? IVo New Peaturesj Start Next Week ;; S. ht'fiulc i t,, . begin in next; f t ek ^ Lign.tin ?u.-e ynd Informer; > :< rej?iiTai'' fea'tuiv a;'.* a ni-' v\ yv i.tf "huivii si r v . > . in CVan.; a pubik- i.-.-iirvi . .? ' -; iH;l! f '"1- i .iUi-u4-U^?rtJ.?Rvv ?*. >* Rv.vmu-n a!' the . '.a'; i V Th- ( hinvh ct:reetorv u .11 n-' i U it " . f > . ; t'-\ '?' :e-'i <?n Sun:1 .y :.-v t, is-. . an. ! min;.-ter . Tin; niV>j.\{.-' ' >(>..v. .p4, -iJ.'is .j III V. % \ T ' . ' :'v : (]1HV - , . . i " rr'i K ' t ' * ' 'i ; .. . itc\ ? / ' ' : ' . 1 1 ' * ' : ': Vi t )} f. ? ? > t.-. "Pt.!..; , 1 . ? 1;' ' J i{:. t s ;mhJ i.'.n.V I lar trr. 'la.'. and hy P M. Mondny. jimdronnhi! Hod.v? lolding Meeting 7 v ri.*\ui .r.^ i wiN i ,*>|)ci'uU i t. delegates ami visitors wh0 at-.i TidCd tl 1C '.QU l.-lri'M)!.'1' 1 "* ini'i" hg (?! lli" AMK ('hurt'!) j MempT.is, Tcnp > " < t 11ic ! c ;i>. arc meeting 7-12 with; 1 rs. V. V. Reio ' \vi f' of Bishop ' J rank Madison y-V.n?who?piv- r nU's nvr SoubV*' Carolina, iin j * lUiinliiu. ' Mrs. Re'^i i<{ supervisor of Mis*-jH unary work for tile South Caro-{ aa Episcopal oistrict of the AE church. Several of the delegates and isitors attending tiie Memphis! "a of Charleston and vieinity. he entife So u bh C aioluva- ?erv-- nrrnge Fn7\mTecI hv a special; irolina Special train. j f Among them were: ! t Mesdames Inez F. Temple, y lossie V. Wilson, K Mollette, i abel Creen, B. Jennings, A. \0\\ ER DPI 3. C. Court Killing, :] Doesn't Matter, ' Hinton Declares ^ T!,e state -aprrnv' court ru'ing-. m, Mwvlay. whiph- , nvr . 1,. - '?]; ' '" ' 'V t'? . the 1 f*.*?| S' lvn,]- . b' ' be pivif.u tiio 'A'.'tv fr>j* the ^ -f the fir.-T $t.t m'i!-' ( "'is for .odduc-nti/o-ia! in'yprdvo-'.| ncnt.;. ieas nq effect on the. pcncl-; ing (MnrendOft eounty :nhti-scc-'a .'citation hfwsuit. James M. Hjn-. ; _n- bate NTAA('P president, said rvrrrday.- ; $ ' 1 'he i-:on "\vh> Ml ri/j in'm-'1 :i!t( v . rii;' dccisi >n to appeal x r. Clap-no..j'l county sc'ruo-l ("is..4 ? Unite,! States Supreme a [HiT eTpTa]/' !io snM, birt^nne^for^ e e'e'iiMuiricn .<?f segregation in u/hl.e school-:." ~ ; t I) sugieemg with <".Jovernc4r v J: .nies F Byrnes, Mr. Ilinton ''Cc-rlrii'v to the. Honorable ^ Lo.venuir Jamrs Byruas. the de-i;: iMsiun is . neither Ru?W nor bady ie\vs. since the position oi". NAA- i * UP is iini'li:in|'ci^" ?j-I eioutn L'areuina, through Go-J eernor Bvriu:-.' tk. e im un.~~"has'~ in- "(jpbrtunity to do now what] it failed to do during the laafcjj JO ye|U-s Up ; Especially ' interesting? -di's- t tus.sions appear on- the. Editor- j ta] juuge. An N'AACP reply is 1 tin I'.iqwnvo aiid a full page of messages from slate beaches is i printed on page three. Southern Region Si (>,000 Are Employed A'f I.ANTA, (la. ? (Special) cirij ioyod as municipal workers bpr to a sun.ery made by the I .ual published' in "New Soutl' Southern KejHonal Council/ ? la ,an fH-rrrittprrrnr-rnxr cTTTtcte, tvcte?l the survey declared, "( fit at ions above the unskilled I< tile- South, though as yet no on is one-third r?t" these classifica "Xeyroes are employed by- n -awce+ftt-^ a> IITmUslyraph oper !-?b in such ser\ ice occup >ailitl', am! doy-caKher: in sue 'awr ,uicL-uipri-j mse+d--t+fn?rators is foreman, painter, and brie imrpnt.tb.ns as social worker, ipnl iudye." A break-down by decree of totals for the JLi-i cities surveyi 1(>s: clerical, !(>-: senityprofess s killed, Lbl'p mm she and tins! Houston, Tex., was the top-i 1007 Xoyro employees, Atlanta oinyha'm third with' 075. The mployiny the largest number o niblie utilities, and bpnTfhJ A special survey of Negro fi ities with a combined total of ( ieutenants. Mobile, Ala., ha.s sTegro firefighters ? K?u year >loyed them for 83 years; and C Xhrr ritius iishiK Negro i'irem nond, Va.f and Winston-Salem, "The history of employ met listed," DeWitt asserted, "has" most eases, the type of Negrc is superior to applicants who In amlitioru thwy are available "With labor shortages devel< nobilization and defense expan m tapped labor in the South an luge number of Negro workers ow their highest .skill, or who be undemocratic hiring prnctu Tim survey was based on ofl Atlanta, Riirminprham', "Dallas, 1 onv lie "KnoXvHle, l*it44e R*>c +* iRu^Orlc^ns, Norfolk, Ok PL . ; v J ? ^ # L "T '..jfc- ?'?? " 1 ' ? ;*.*. *- " ".V UPPI . a ? i! == -i ? ?1L " ' ~ 1 *jjjj X '* "" ' d n n jjg 'Reefer' Hi Fight persons, ail colored anc (I at Fort Jackson and four v heir agents, were placed urd Fcteland county general sesftioi i hearing in Recorder's Court < 'R.-'rovdor J-oh'ri I. Rico set bond , 000 ? lrh f/>v th..?oion. nn.l? J.ooo each for,- the women, say-j. he believed the men had pro-i ured the women' to peddle .pOf,-! e-s and use marijuana. The men ire hp "'t hn\r\ fry ?TiTrr-rrttTcK'^pending trial. Charges;, verb brought by Assistant Police ?hep A. OrifTith. Detective Wil-J i;fm Rnwlin-on and agents ofr: s he Criminal Investigation Di-ij t T?iflrcr*r\ ' _ B<k>kod :qn the p~v ^ 'VrrTTT'os- Hay no, 19. Martha Early, in ' 1. Marie Taylor, 23, June Don-!s ild.^on 19. and the following sol- k liers: Robert Bailey, 21, Robert11 '"rank Hinton," 26, Charles B hir.vn, und irerbei I. >1. Wil-'r iaras, .22. ... ' 1 jWomen Blame Men h ' Eieepting^lyfisa Efctfy,. the ^Or f Brown* had* ^a-nokfedT trva*4&) sevei :s, and that Ew/ee ^ u*e * "needle." Mr. GrisitK told the ?ourt that Miss Payne had been Laken into protective custody af- * :cri-thteatx- -ojf-in;r life .following f he initial arrest i rne young woman, saying ner t situation was "horrible," told t the court that she and the oth { cr women were "treated nice- j irvey lieveals That 1 I In 16 Cities South ' - Six thousand Negroes are J in 16 Southern cities, accord- e Richmond, Ya., Urban League ) i," monthly bulletin of the! _ _ ~ ? c liarold O. De\Vitt~ who di- ^ Ivor 110 different jub- clussb-r cvel are held by Negroes in r e city has opened up as many r tions to qualified Negroes. ^ min 11 111;1111"in <M wh ..Ir.in ator. clerk-stenographer, aiulie at ion as fireman, policeman, J* h semi-skilled occupations asr|; : in such skdleil occupations!s klayer; in such professional" physician, nurse, and muni-i* : I skill showed the following 1 I'd: Managerial-prof e^ssional, | fonal. 71 ; skilled ifl; apmi niled, a.590. ranking city with a total of; i. second with 768. and Bir-! city depart meht reported as f Negroes were public wfe-W.yremen revealed six Southeiiij >i), including 6 captains and 4. had the longest history of s; Nashville, Tenn., has cm-! i Vj^rlAgtoiy fi' r I for-TP J Mill I p en are Louisville, Ky., Rich-'n N'. C. it of Negroes in the jobs J 'been very satisfactory. Ip. t applicant who is available have employed_previo?8ly. , p^uf prbater number**. ti Dpinpr in many areas due to ^ sion the greatest source of ^ d in many other areas Js thj who are workihp at jobs he- t are unemployed because of jj es of the repion." f 'tcial information spppled by s Forth Worth, Houston, Jack- f 1c,?T.ouTsvTTeT^^/fiami, Nash- f lahoma City^ Richmond, r .y fy ? ~ I fejwlteTrBtfr; ; v ,v 7 4 and it shall . . . , Mfkeyoti Free" ' PRICE TEN CENTS r _f 1 ' '?." v. , '-**r 7-i r? 1^.. i * MOV * *. * " * '' / ;: vSfl mis Here 1 including four m?n stationr'omen, alleged to have been > er bond and bound over to 1; ns court here Tuesday after'* m a narcotics charge. . . V -j ly" into the p-rfllpntnrnt Tliiy ~ :Z soldiers, she said, dated them, 4} lavished clothcis upon them arid eased lliem into the habit. Once this w;ts accomplished^ sh? ' i said, the women were'forced to peddle, the weed, engage in ' h, a prostitution arid turn oVer the proceed? to the men. Miss Donaldson testified that he s'old' the dope - for Robeit . Jailey, and that she used it her* ^ elf. Miss Taylor said she had Hfl'l UUj WUIJ U> Solders and a . 3 urrrbcr of other people, but that he realized no-profit* the raen^f:.^ eeping the money and refusing , . discus* pay. >f; Miss ffirlY r>n .-"testi-* ' J| iony, but policy tifiittfed j&ut-? e&ses -vrho Said, they ^had ftm ftfneiais "suspected the, pre ence of nftrrntini <<n Him A r~ ean.fi of. the foot locker of Hiiir ' on June 30 produced 30 re?er seeds. Hinton, otn 'furlough at_l_^_^ he time, was arrested on his1 urn to the post. Expect No More KKK Raiding MYKTLE BEACH?No furthei ? rouble from the Ku Klux Klan "< lere was expected on the .week nd, as several operators of busir * ness pices were interviewed. In fact, _pne of the bigger op:rators said, two mpeUfi-o#tei the ' August 26 invasioji, "It didn't nake any dijJerejiceJ'-?People ?~T7 trmrrasTTTough it had never hap>ened. Thus far this season, nore people are coming than did ast year, they said. r They ,ha<fo -^gff)irnnrr fniiTT ? A 1 law enforcement otTicers that vervthing possible will be done o prevent another such raid, ?ven thoncfly one arhi-alhr-got*-^??? rrrden-way-in this section of the tate. 1 -?? ?~? 7" \niericans Too ^rofessor Says XOS ANGELES ..?(Atlas)? Amrru.ius are to0 nervous over the instability of the world * situation.- ; . v< This is the opinion of a Ssyiss chemist, Dr. Cyril A. Grob? of the University of ftwtt- =? aim mini, w iio i3 workin? on the Los Angeles Campos of the University of California. "The Swiss are nerv<>us over world conditions, but not nearly as nervous a* Americans," - he 3?"says. Prap Shoot rksNAACP NEW YORK ? Legal efforts, to? ? D?ja_jup_ihe uieiiilH!lsTnp_orthe Vmatuer Trapshooters ?Assod*- 1 ion to Negroes will be initiated y the NAACP, Thurgood Mar- VJ^jS hall, special counsel, anonunced -s flonday. The decision, to take such acIon followed an appeal by Le/- ' on Weston, chairman of the N?lonal t Skeet and Trapshooten Association, composed, of Negro prtsmen. Mr. Weston reported ership in the ATA because ot J ace and n?W<>ri NAf\rT> c in Breaking down this bar- ; tar. . , , : .