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FEATURED SI
NAACP ANN/
Featured apeajcers tor the
eleventh state convention South
Carolina | NAACP branches,
scheduled for Sumter October
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? .1..,.... REV. RUCKER
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|bx 13-14, will be Bishdjj^ Frank
JACadison Reid, presiding bishop
, Alexander Among
Speakers For 51st
Business League
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[v * uished -speakers will~~address
the delegates to the 51st an>t
nual convention of the Nat'ional
Negro Business League
f when it meets here October
10?12, at the U. S. Depart'?
" ment of Commerce.
. Among theni is .Raymond i'acc
? AlexanUui. distingUbhciT lawyer
and civic worker >f Philadelphia,
.v . ?Pa. Mr. Alexander is scheduled
f? as guest speaker :it -the Feu idcr's
Day Banquet on Thursday, Ort^
ober 11, at P. M., at the Frazier
Hatf, Howarrl Univer-ity. Sr rvas
general counsel for the
League, Mr. Alexander Voce ntly
praised its officers for opening
?patlonai?hcadquai lire :M Wa hfnglon.
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Among other things Mr. Alcx'ander
said "there L.nn more important
program before the Ne
groes of America than that new
, heing taken up-.by the National
Negro Business League.'" He will
v be introduced Lenerte Roberts,
adelphia. Carlton Gaines, president
of the Victory Loan and Investment
Company of Detroit,
will be toastmastor for the evenV
, ing.
tvO ..
ine onwnnon w ill., beg] n on
'Wednesday, fVtnhpr in with rnr.
Conventions of the League and
J the National Housewives League
of America and all sessions for
T both groups will be held in the
U. S. Department of Commerce.
Conference Here
Palmetto Annual Confer* ence
of the A.M.E. Zion Church
will convene October 23rd thru
S Ji Henry, Pastor, Dr. J. W.
Shawl, Presiding Elder, Bishop
W. W. Slqde, Presiding BJ^op.
DignltajB? will include the
entire denomination. -Delegates
will be elected- for the li>52 Gen ^Conference.
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PEAKERS AT ]
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BISHOP REID 7,
D. Rucker of Rock Hill, prcsi
^dcnt of the Citizens Committor
j ia- li'K'k Hill, a member of tlV<
! trustee boards of Morris an
friendship College-, and direc
| tor of the State Simay Schoc
! aitd. Baptist Training. Union Con
-i vent-ion.
Bishop Reid will deliver th<
inain address at a" mass meetinj
Saturday night, in Mt. Piagsd
|A.l\li,El. Church. Rev. Rucker \yil
preach the sermon Sunday nioi n
i ;ng during the worship hour k
j Mt. Pisgah.
' Mr. Marshall delivers the clos
j ing address Sunday afternoon ii
Riley Park.
IWBBSm
of pistol wounds suffered two
Saturday nights before when
she imd her daughter, Miss
j Beulah Stewart, were shot by
a man officers now seek as
the two women sat on theii
j front porch.
i The younger woman died on
' the spot.
MET SIGNS' FIRST
1 NEW YORK ? The Metro,
politan Opera Company said;
Tuesday that it had signed its
fir.-t Neero as?_a iriemb?r..of. a
1 regular Jetisoii comuanv. Met
; announced signing Ihe lovely
i and talented Miss Janet ColI
I iins, dancer, - for leading roles
( in ballet number $ t'ais season.
Mis- Collins starred in Cole
j Porter'* "Outof This World,"
a Broadway musicale .'last season.
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1 VIRCaNIA BELLES-Miss
Mjtflner, right, of the same ci
in# them for a stroll about tl
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Hinton Named
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NAACP Board
.! JACKSONVi.LLlO, Florida^
?-(Special)? James M.
Jiuiluu, liery president ol\
the South Carolina* N A AC*'
P Coa fere ace, has been
; nominated K> .membership
on the national J)oard of di- i
rectors of" the or"aniz?lion, r
_it wis confirmed here on ,' 8
Wednesday.
' Mr. Hint uv t-.'d T a- ' Li^ht- . ?
V fi'm. c ;nvj* T'jf rmi'r Pet he Ij
had been !? tita-d fhc-iv/mi(j
nation by Walter Wh to. net- ! 8
. tonal NAACP secretary, e,r.;d . .-. S
( had wired -accent anco. ^
B' The. NAACP and civic ' lrjad/
or h> re to -unorvi.se location
1 of {= _ vera'. cffloc.s for the. . Pil- ' ?
] yr.iv, Td'fe. Insurance Company
. ".of Au'.ausla. CI a., now opening J
^ in F!'.) idn. "M>*. Hin'ton sai l he
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.. wdutcl rt'Vo the now otfiec his ^ H
best. His name ha? been posed ,
, for board iry>rnbership for sev- I
oral years, but ho always do- (
_ i clined' saying the qffice would'
?i?require too much of lib* time,
He?was*- elected a?directoi?of?
' the $6,000,000 insurance company
two years ago -and is its
assistant agency direoUu now.
liahraents, one of the MM in the i*
nation;-arid j?y far the fittest in ?
the deep South. One major case T j
it has inltiated-thaf of wiping"
out segregation in schools, is on
j the? present supreme court cal-. <
ri endar, and is expected to test | S
| whether or not segregation it- EUi
self Ls legal. a-si
I The South Carolina NAACP ;Coi
meets in Sumter, S.C. on next the
week end. ! visi
HARVEST FESTIVAL , vcr
i SPARTANBURG ? Date of hoi,
?thu annual H,-,rvcKt-Fe-tivM M?-U-re
, the Wilkinson Home for Girls, inn
in Cawc U October 20. Miss and
Cummie A. Flucld, chairman,
! aim- un cod Tuesday. ' Phi
; Federated Clubs who operate rais
the home use t^ie festival us a 270
time, for contributions of foods I.
ami other items for the young - dut
\-women being helped there Cor
Tour Around rii<
<v iny?lglff Hnr iro H'-'""" "f ^
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i? campus at N, C. College in Durhj
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ecoitd Lieutenant Arthur B. Wo
son of Charleston has been llflV
igned .at Fojjf'Jackson to
npany of the {J 1st Infantry of .
Eighth (Golden Arrow) ?)i- C,ICHA
on ' National
l graduate .t, Charleston'-. A-:^"n'V,nt
y Institute, Lt. Ellison also I^t'J'Mn !
:1s a Bachelor >f S' iehoo He- ; t>1,Uu
c itT Aj't:Ivi?-< < tura} Engineer?from
South Carolina State A. n.bht-v^
\1. C 'Ilogo at Otangebmg. A ' h .
. ^ ,, judge
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fr:,ie; :i t> , t I'.eu'.en-nt was <e;l
by \Mi>. V J. Br".\\ n^.t !K'J'
Ashley Avenue. Charle ton.
t. Eili' ?n w.i.-i talhd to at tive 1 \
y from the Reserve Officers !
the law
ps m Juiv of this year.
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port Newa, Va. into join* ! fecting
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TIJKOAY, OCTOBER V 19;
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icrow Laws
IOND?-The suit of the j have t
Association -for the Ad- tested,
nt of Colored People to the Ft
he enforcement of Vir-.t.hi> sii
atute- ro(|nirin^ ?o
t_ W~i : a< r_ 111 nu.-'lir us- inti.^o
has been dismissed.' t-b ant
;i!Oiu lii't " by a three- .'tit pit
'ederal District Court pla.r.tit
iim.111 ti lack clarity tions
i\\*. lorum *
pinion. n.'U- i daw n J :ie
mher 114, the. judges ex-"Jd-y
I> ui?l as to the intent ol
to cover n <n-eommer- Branem
: '.innate/: ofT cials
: 'ind be sought in 11 m at
t,; [. . Minu.il
lb". ii.< .'pin, >n i:i t ie 1 ^ M
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We .11111i uneevt-am ; 1
lo \: ,e Oct >bc ;- lunction ?d*
?A< 'f pub!o meeuhg"
i f;>r October 11 in the / 'hj
. .K.i- aii'i'M'iuni).
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i tu:ii:y bT Fiji
Rev..
te' Alumni ^n',uK,
?leet Coach Krm,?
, I ?wot>k b
?al Hour," following and gi\
flin-State College game toucher
igeburg Saturday, will 'who a/
in the "Y" Hut. start-' childrei
':30 P. M? by members Rev.
Sl*ito ( ollege Alumni eightcel
ion. President C.- W, j polil&h
of Columbia said tut 'thev hi
1 rrn's w
fair has been arranged ejgfo]
Athletic iWmrmtttre Of nicr L
inization as an Intro- draws 1
between new head !orpnn?f
.awrence Simmons and *u- ?
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members.
idden said there would AT BK
V be, also, unofficial The i
>n of other matters af- College
both the college and M. >
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Unclear f
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he statutes construed am *
with a right of review by;
deral Supreme Court. In!
tuation we should, exer wr
-diix-fwion, decline to
the statute on their i?cr- ?I
dismiss the action with juciice
to the right- of the
to litigate their conten- ^
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hi ,;n appropriate state
. u.t, >rig;r.ally filed on
o.o behalf of-the Virginia .
Conference- of . NAACP tcc
ev. -ought t j prevent city
:':;oiii i af. reing sOgrcgaa
public meeting of the ?
n for whx h \
usque. had been :.ec ured
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Idren's Bible?
rkers Here
' Instructors ^
Winfield Ruelke, director cai
New York Child Evnngcdlowship,
will head a su<
comingM<> Columbia this
? hold children's mretlnga
'v aids to Sunday School arj
s, and Bible club teachers Un
'e, interested in teaching ce'
a. I mc
Ruelke heads a staff of;'or
a workers in the Metro^,
New York area where
o engaged solely in child-i
rork. Bible clubs reach ln-J^or
t counties and in the sum-'
akesido Bible Conference'^
hundreds of children from'^y
jes, chilren'R shelters and!*1*8
wded areas of New York.;5^
NFDICT FRIDAY
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?roup appears at Benedict B^u
Friday. October 5, at s! ?
to hold a workshop demITINUED
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iaptists, NA
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nariun will!
Charges that a state move
its pro-segregation positioi
unity school suit flew here
a denunciatory resolution 1
t: in annual convention, and
quest for counter petitions j
i what it called "fallacious a
acticesThe
action followed a repor
incci from Marion county,- \
id, parents and taxpayers \
tion in order that their "c!
iual schools under the. new i
ail White Man
a Rape Try On
Expectant Mother
Richland county and city ofr
era were believed on the alert
;rly this J week aga.ist further
amucliup'.s a~nd molestations in
r.> vicinity nf Rno-p.pR, Ytliagp
it. on Broad River It sad follow g
the arrest of an unidentified
hite man accused of attemptict
that the assailant fled a'tei
rtowevejj^ the incident broughl
rth ffom residents there thai
omen have been constantly
olested or propositioned by unentitled
white men whom one
oman said, "always wait out
ertf until we start to the bus
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Few of the women now venre
over the route unless esrted
of accompanied.
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lid they were con>ulting the
\ACP. with the hope that adeiate
police protection could be
jtained' and wluatever ja.^sistce
needed given the woman.
Tuesday night it was reportthat
.the family, of stringent
?an-, had paid a lawyer a fifm
dollar retainer's fee tn the
;e.
tudents Assail
imcrow Antics
f N. C. Univ.
ilAPCL II1LL, N. C -The ad-~
nistration of the University of
rrage of protests today from
mpus religious groups critical
segregation of black and white
leirts at football games.
Baptist, Methodist and Prcstvruui
organisations sent?sepP"
ite resolutions to Gordon Gray,
uversity president, and Chanlor
Robert House, The state
:nts demanded eauaL rights
all ^tydents on the campus.
Gray^ meijibeL ol the P?yological
Wanfare Board, was
Washtngtrrt and unavailable
comment. House refused.
The resolutions grew /5Ut of
\rges first made last Thursday
a law student, one of six of
: race admitted to the Universes
Dro/eSSfonAl srhoala f>\l?
ar. that Negroes are not be!
treated like the rest of fhej
identa.
Hie University maintains that
gro students are only entitled
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to collect petitions in support ""*. ^3
i in the pending >Clareiidon < ;<4jS
last week end, whfch resulted
gyfBaptist state lavmen rm-et
a state NAACP Conference 'iSM
Tomthose supporting the fight
nd. discriminatory" educational
t the laymen said they had obvhere,
one high Bafrtist leader
vere being urged to sign a pe- m
hilHrAn A?J ?-#
uuvr uuitei auu .?
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Officials of the Palmetto State
Teachers Association said they t' > a
: hadn't heard pf the move* but
agreed with NAACP and other . 8
leaders that such a report, if _
found true, wae suspicious. v
i Only school boards can aftply 19
I to the State Educational !Fin- jjjj
i CoiTuViUbioxi for fund*, under the -^i|8
presept* state law, and >tfce KA- ; jl
AGP gueased that the Marion
gathering a number of names, J
: which could be used against the %||
'Cliirondon A''nmty p?ents whepTv
the appeal argfffaents are heard |
|before the U. S. Supreme Coujip
t or South Carolina,
; more than 300-000 metab<tf??^
. in full accord with the people
i of Clarendon county in their ef.
fort and courage to bring a lawsuit
seeking the abolishing of
j separate and unequal schools,
we go on record as expressing
our disapproval of efforts being
made-to divide our people. '
j "It is. further resolved that we ?
'condemn-segregation in all forms, . \Jj
'as un-Chri-tian, and that we ap- y
peal to our people to riot sign
I any petition brought to them by
any person until after the Unit- ? f ^
i St.it.-; Supreme Court has ,^yS|
rendered its decision in the Clar- *4
^endon county?case*The
resolution was signed-by
' officers of the organization rif
which C. Lee Davis of Anderson J
(L., president. .
CALI.LI) VICIOUS J
A* statement released Monday
'by the State NAACP said:
"If this rumor is true if is a ' . ^Wm
vicious?attempt co contuse and "
divide the Negro fellowship, and
! counteracted/ ' ' r,^g|
~ "We are asking Negroes in . '
livery community in South Cw? i
. 1.1I ma -U??wpunsor-- a petition with
genuine signatures, to the effect
that Negroe-. do wish to elimialate
segregati m, not only in pub- *
lie schools* but in every othgR^ji|^|
public supported institution, o#
any kind." "
Such petitiohs, the statement
said, should be forwarded to Eugene
A. Montgomery, executive
secretary, 1719.Taylov Street;
Columbia, by October 15.
Some spokesmen said the Mat- _ j
ion action perhaps grew out of
uuggustiuM mscte lu
here several wepks axa. At that- ***?
time, it vae said, principals were
urged to have persons in their .
communities apply for atate
The NAACP action is opposed ?
to further spending oa separate
j schools, the new spending htv- JB
jing been conceived by the stare
[government after coming face to J]
I face with the issue of equally
| in the Clarendon caao.
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