Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, November 03, 1951, Image 1
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HPalmetto AME
Conference Gets
- New^Assipns^Ts
OwSrgetOWN ? The Palmetto
Conference of the AME
5J? hiCurch ended its annual session!
I" Bethel AME Church- here
Iter Considerable business* seri
mons and addresses by of
the ablest leaders of the church. '
;> ThJe conference went on rec'
-ord as asking* the General CenfOTOrtce
to return' for another
term presiding bishop Fr^nk
E-'' Miadison Reid, who presided .
over the conference.
It ajso named the following;!
^ delegates to kthe 952 Quadren-I
nial of the denomination:
? MirristeriaS: RevereJrds H. E.td
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Deeply Moved |.?
GEORGETOWN (Special)? 1
4. Visibly overcome while speak- i'
Ing to pastors and delegates
attending tie anpunl AME r
Church conference here last 1
week. Bishop Frank Madison |
Reid wept quietly during his j
> discourse on the hardships fac&*'v'
ing Negroes. _[
??Prelate was?urging fullest't
support of his church to wipe-*
out distinctions based on race
and colojf, saying those viol at- ;
i ed the fundamentals of Christ- .
endom, and here hideous prac- j
?' tlces among a Christian pfco- !,
C? p*:' J'
Brogdon. L. L. Farmer, J. B, '
> Jennings, R. I. LemOn? H. B. But-!
| ler? Jr., B. J. Hutchinson, C. S.i1
r, J. Miollette and R. J, Closer. .
> *Lay: J. E. Smith Mrs. Pris- i
'? cilia Waring, Mrs. Julia Gilli- '
? ?rd,* Dr. W. M. Evans. Eddie
gV ' Lawrence J. J. Grant, Bansom
Scott-and C. K. Knox.
PastoraiflAppotntments
Bishop^edd . Announced the
following pastoral appointments 1
;y?.- y^ear:
i fiKOKfiETowN arngg ' ;j
H. L Lemohr presiding elder. ]
; Bethel Station. H. tt. Butler, j
Jr.? Greater St. Stephen Station. (
" % S. M. Hughes, Sr.; Dickerson
Station, J. C. Williams; WacaRandolph";
Bloom ingsy ill W. B. .Gea^exs;
Wept Andrew^, M. R. Hudsortj St
Paul Cirqu^t. R A. Brown; Bethel
Pee Dee. D. L. Johnson: Win
yah, S. H. Hutfchisijoni- Henry*town.
J. H. CanieeTjif Sutton. W.
M. Jackson; Sandy Island, Jacob
McCray, Annondale Mission. W. i
: J. Taylor; Arnett and Zion.j
Theodore Greene; Santek? Cir,
j cuit. Frank Wliitc; Warsaw, F.
swinton; tsinck Hiver, J. F. Tol
bert; Boat -Andrews,. lr- .
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t_l ^ITv PLEASANT DISTRICT
L. L. Farmer, presiding cider. iV
s Morris Brown, B. J. Glover;
Ebenezer, B. J. Hutoherson; Olive
Branch. "W. M. Jackson; Both;
?l, C. Lewis, Jamestown. David
Scott; Friendship and Mt. Pleas-;
ant. W. T. Munav: Codowille.
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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 21
Klan Leadei
For Misusin
Thomas Lf Hamilton, grand
;ragon nf the Carolina order of
he Ku Klux Klan, was convictby
an all-white jury in fedeal
court here Tuesday of sendne
.defamatory, conri ilous .. nnrl
H. E. -Elle-rson; South Santec. (to.
be supplied); Buck Jiali, .W*. M.J
?MiddlKdrr STT Thomas. S. L.,
Bentoh; Zion and Nebo, ' C.,
Wilson; Charity and St. Philip,
J. P. Waring; Holy Trinity J
Cilliard; Old St Pliilin l) H I
- A.; Chisoslm; Union and St. James, j
J. W. Williams; Calvary# J. J.;
"" " Taylor; Bethel aTicPSt. Peter, T7.j
A. Brown; Mit. Zion, J. S. Wil-i
liams; Howard and St. Peter. H.
sj ,H. Caper; JVToncks Corner, E. P.
Butler; St. Paul, J. W. Wash-;
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KINGSTREE DISTRICT
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Rev. R. E. Brogdon. presiding
Continued On Paffe 4
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\Mrs. Rivera Dies
In Durham; Was
Of Columbia
PTOHAM, N. C. ? Mrs. Eliza:
Wfilisms Rivera. 86, grandmoth-1
? A. "M. Rivera, Jv., welft
- k(V4wn trefei
last week following-a lengthy illness.
She was the widow of the'
.. late Hhomas Rivera* noted pio-l
fleer undertake^ in North Caro-f
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Rivera was a native of;
Columbia, S. C. Shortly after her
* marriage more than SD years a*
to, ahe Trtoved to Durham from}
85$ Wlfmlntfton, N. C. ' . .
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ibelous material through the U
3. mails on a postal card.
Judge George Bell Timmerman
sentenced the klan boss to
a year ill jail, or a fine in the
amount of $1,000.
Hamilton had?one dire?to pU5
he fine, and was expected to dt
;o by Wednesday night.
Hamilton had been indictee
several months ago for mailing
he card to Rep. Jesse Reese
Pant. Jr. of Andersn county, .er
vhich he had some ugly remark;
3d>out publisher Wilton E. Hal
Df the Anderson newspapers.
Rep. Fant testified that he gavi
the card to his brother-in-law
Stoning Of Judge
Waring's Home
Remains Mystery
CHARLESTON ? A year harassed
sincr? Federal Jndse T
Waties Waring's homlo wa;
atoned on October 9. 1950. _EB:
ilJUlli Ulic'l ih Washing km
^/,ad only a tefse "No com.
3f the investigation.
- Depuiy tj.8. -hfarshallH, &ssign
d as 24 hour body guards for th<
i^rtmrm, aakl Charleston polici
dfrv^ped the investigation at tht
request of the jurist.
PSTA House Of
Delegates Meet
Date Changed
The House of Delegates leg is
lative body of the Palmetto Stat<
Teachers Association, will mee
at 10 A-. M.j Saturday' November
17. in the library of Bcrtedic
College.
Walker E. SoiomoYi? PSTA ox
ecutive secretary, said the meet
ing was originally scheduled fo
November 10. but that the dat
tvas changed when it was learn
that the State Department of Ed
uc<ition had scheduled a meet
ing principals on that date.
While less than half of the dele
gates to the House are principal?
PSTA leaders said they did no
tvish to split the interest of th
organization by holding their se?
sinn. while a conflicting one wa
also being held.
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SIXTH ANNIVERSARY scr
vices for pastor Rev. Maxie S
Gotfdon, above, will be observed
Sunday, Nov. 4., at First Calvary
Baptist Church' Washington
and Pine streets. Rev. Gordon
will preach Sunday morning,
and a special anniversary pies
sage will be brought at 4 p. m
by Rerv. J^JI. Abney.
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mi nl_
ouse
h*
~ Tc
r Convicted
g U.S. Mail
who passed it on to Mr. Hall.
The card was given the FBI
who handed it to postal authorities/
who checked in Leesviile,
Hamilton's address* to find that
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.the post office had rented post|
'office box 231 (the return address'
on the card) to*Hamilton.
Postal Inspector testified that!
when he questioned the klanj
head in January, the latter admitted
sending- the card. ?4However,
on the stand. Ham-J
' ilton denied writing or mailing!
the missive, saying ho was in
' Florida at the time (January 5) [
? and did not return to South Carf
oiina until seven or oioht ri-n.e1
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1 i later.
* Hrmilton said his order never!
did anything undercover and he;
always signed letters and cards!
' he mailed. But U. S. District At-1
' tomcy shot back that Hamilton (
{forgot his donning of hoods in the!
black of night on klan missions.!
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Census Returns
Show Gains In
' N. Y. Numbers
1
J WASHINGTON?The 17 New|
jVAfr-tr' ATnur fmii.ii ihmImilT
' comprising the New York Stand1
ard Metropolitan Area had af"
* combined* population increase ofj
1.251.155, or 10.7 per cent, from:*
11,660,839 in 1940 to 12,911.944'
?# . * . 1
J in 1950. according to prelimin-i
' ?ry data from the 1950 CfelJStpftY
f released by Dltector Roy V.|
>' Peel of the Bureau of the Oen-'i
2 sus, Department of Commerce. ,
^jTHe area's numerical population^
increase exceed-d that of any of;
;the States except California, 3,-|(
'678.836; Now York, 1,351.050; and J
Ti-xa<; 1.296,370.
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j- Of the area's population, 11.-;
;866,482. or 91 9 per cent, were]!
white; 1,012.383, or 7.8 per cert
'were Negro; and 32,629 or 0.3
J per cent wore of other races.
' During the decade, th ' whi'c
rr~
'Siale Seen
Race s Slo
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"j MANNING ? A rapacity aud"jdioncc
in Piney Grove AME
'"j.Church heard Mrs. Andrew W ,
"..make a dynamic appeal for in-J
>? creased registration and intelii-i
t gent voting during the regular!
G meeting of the Clarendon naa-j
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-clarendon branch
second largest
f'T With the new members reiw.rfa.l
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i>vi >cu ouiiuuj, me v^iurenuon |
Cohnty NAACP branch is now i
the second largest in the state'
j
E. A. Montgomery, executive i
secretary, said Tuesday.
Well over the 500 mark for |
' the year Clarendon's NAAC- I
h is second only to Columbia,
he said. .
r i n' ^
, CP branch Sunday afternoon.
God's question to faltering Mos-'
es, "What is th.?t in thine hand"?'
the speaker declared that the
ballot intelligently uicd bv 250,-j
000 to_ 3,0QQ Nograffc* would'
jnean far more to?SmrfTr T*a
lina- now than did the magic uso
of the rod of MCoses for the Ho-j
. brews.
L iThe -importance c4 the h**tortc^
Waring decisions can be sur-i
passed only by the deci*ion of|
every eligible citizen to register j
and vote intelligently.
Mrs. Simkins sounded an om-;
, Tnous warning against those whO|
would .sell but or misuse their i
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olumbia, sooth ca roi
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ORANGEBCRG?Alumni ai
College Athletic Committee In
& M. College, make a plea 1
port anid cooperation at :i *|
key alumni, who gathered at t
ly. , .
population increased by 874.49
ii H.O j>gx 7/ <m>4, from 40,991,9<
, . , v- -* ' >, v-in
1940; the Negro populatic
ncreased by 366.031. or 56 6 p<
^cnt. from 616,832 in 1940; ar
ho 'total for other races increa
L'd by 10,627. or 48.3 per cej
From 22.002 in 1940.
Tvu-tnir.ls of New York City
total population increase of 43(
[162 from 7.454.993 in 1910 to 1
891,957 in 1950 was represent
by the increase of 23f>J7(5 m t;
Ne^r-o p jpulation of liny f.a
1j 1 > ro u ? h -.
tlaryiJils
iv*Voti tig
influence. Wi cii-cl'.'ins. "The r-ru
spotlight t>i publicity niU't i
t famed unon stub n n
declared. .
She pointed out how coord
nation in one electin last ye;
proved effective.
J. ,S. Boyd i ; president ar
Rev. K. K. liu lilunu. "I 1iu NAj
CP branch here.
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CROWDED OCT ? When s
boiit 20,000 i<ersons poured on1
State Fair Ground* Monda
niRht, J>r? A. J. Collins, ahov
president of the Fair Associa
ion, said t(We were taken con
pJetely by surprise". Officio
say a new attendance record
being set. The state fair clos<
midnight Saturday. .
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ina, saturday" novembef
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: rnxmg
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b h^fc
id State A. & M. ( Upper picture,
?ard Lawrence E. dent of State i
tr -tv-frr; Stn.tc A. ~?ftfr- Sfafry. Item
for generous sup- and chairman
leciul meeting -trf?*?Stale A. ?t M. '
he college recent- v of State A. & M
_ mons, head coa<
*: L)a\ iNoella
nj.i
J Opens ()U
Columbia's first woman phy-.
. sie!ar in munv a year; and per-',
, ' h:.j' Sv'dlii Car 'dma^j ?-niy one.
. a-nr.'-'uncorl this we k the open'""'ihg
of offices at H10T Lady street, 1
u'Jiii'h c iiw^ o. tii.'. ? .?,
1>:\ ,v..vvv J. C ampi m.
D:. N Pajiui Mjtrh 1:
Yonkeiy. N. Y., originally
. . ' ?' I ? 1 ... I?.v. ( ^ ; I ?T-t-H1?
- i ? ' > S iT.' - '" f 'm
' I' :. :;y ' !> :9If), and
_ vv.^a - gr-aduat^l- MWrftT r y?
' *i:?":11 <?: 11' go in 1948. Her in.
. < r ' I". ila:
H- ?n Nf.v Y*Tk City.
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l'; Hi. M t. .' !! v.-.., ;iui:>cd l?y
S- !. Now -J-rsry in 1949.
and :.y "Now York State in 1950.
-^Stie served as admitting p'nysi-.
ll- ; ,,f ti .? ?? >.? II 1. -1
V . ^ t.' } v.? V I . t i (. i 1 1 i I A' T>|Mlk.ll .
ar 'if N w V'.rk City in 1949 and
-till ho tel.* an appointment in
1(l 1949 of Clinical Visiting Pedi-'
\. a'.; I- .an?aX?Sy.iiWm.'iin?\ bxptt.d. '
She was licensed tfi SoutTi~~Caro-;
Una hv reciprocity in July of
1951.
Dr. Logan To
Represent NAACP
At Lnited Nations
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NRW YQHK Or Rayford W
I/ogan professor of history at!
Howard University and consul--1
1.11:i . n c-inniai profm-nu ur the '
? N A AC P. w?H represent the NA - t
AO' at tlx* Paris session of the |
Unit d Nat.ii ns General As-etn-j
R bly, it was announced this week
-jby NAACP Executive Secretary'
jft, . Walto^ -Whit-e. ? 1
| Dr. I.oif.in. who became NAA
CP consultant in January. '949. i
j. is widely known a.s an authority I
to on international and colonial is^_.
ty "sues. He contributed the chapter
e, }oii the Charter of the UN and its
1- [Provisions for Human Rights and
i- I the flights of Minorities in tine |
Is | booklet, "An Appeal to the
is jWorld," published by the NAA*j
ps J CP ami prcseot.-d to the UN in ;
11947.
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t 3, 1951
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jK^mf i^-fl
(1 to r): C. W. Madden, presirollepe
Alumni Association; F.
of the Athleti<H-C>ommittee of.
tntteqe; It. f. Turner, president
f. College and Laurence E. Simh
of ttie State Bulldogs.
Mitch-el! v
ice Here
The youthful Physician, howover,
is not the onlv doctor in
hoi" family. She' is tlie wife of a
physician, First Lieutenant Edcm
II. Mitchell, presently stanod
at Camp McNair, in Jat\ip.
I To was- stationed at Fort
.Jackson hero r r seven months
t... shipment overseas. Al;,?
.and h~.a wife
tor of the Sydenham Clinic prior
to induction into the Army.
'I'm M.'fc ells have two children,
both, girls, one 4 three ' ahd
i.e ; y. ass of age.'" and *the
'liter t< n months old. Both are
h re in- Columbia.
Dr. (Mrs.) Mitchell. during
July. August, and September,
handled the practue of Dr. Clarence
Morgan, wi.j was out of
his office at the time. The la;t
woman phvsican remembered
here was Dr. Matilda Evans, of
mom than a decade :n;u.
The last recalled in the state
was Dr. Hilda J. Prioleau of
Charleston, who passed away
everal yeaTs ago.
PAC4, R. Webber, of the State
College faculty at Orangeburg,
Is cliairman of the 1051 Christmas
Seal Sale Committee. Mr.
Webber said Seals go on sale
November 19 and continue until
December 25.
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PRICE: TEN CENTS reJ
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Psychiatrist Tells
Court Of Evils ^
Under Jimcrow j pr<
at<
j WILMINGTON. Del. - Th? ]
testimony of one of the nation's.an
outstanding psychiatrists I^yIs as
week highlighted the suit of "the fix
NAACP- for admission of Negro
! pupils to so-ca'iled white public !sh<
elementary and . secondary j ba
; schools, of the State of Delaware. sh<
Dr. Frdorick Werthfcm, diree-j?s<
t >i of the famed Lafargue Clinicilej
in New York City, director ofjwr.
fpsychiatric services at Queens'jol
Lienerol Hospital, and author of sir
^'The Show of Violence" and i
iother works, was a principal all
NAACI? witness as the trial tin- an
folded before Chancellor Collin3 wt
J. Seitz in Delaware's Court of pu
Chancery. Dr. Wertham testified fu;
that segregation in elemtentary he
and secondary schools is a tre- tin
Jmendous factor in impairing the '
j mental health x),t Negroes; . y- he
! The staff of the Lafargue CH- hit
| nic, Dr. Wrtham revealc-d. examined
fourteen NegTo and whit* CO]
Delaware children selected at Pr
random, subjecting them to varij
ous tests and interviews, and ba
determined that segregation pro-ja8
iditccd a "sccisS' disorientation." r P?
He indicated that white as well Pr
a? Negro children suffered adverse
effects from the segregation.
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Nu Equality in Separtttkm ^
? Other distinguished witnesses
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liiiiiiii u i ed?home the naacf
contention that there can Ke r\n
_ -?
_Lreal equality _of opportunity
where segregated facilities ex- ^
1st. nr: Jerome S, Brunei. associate
profe^or^^f pay^^ogy, a
"fart o? segregation damages the ***
i child's capacity tob eneflt by ed-.
tucation" and create* 'degradation
of self-esteem". _
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HE SURE YOU ATTEND
THE STATE FAIR
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Iv ALL Red feather Services
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HORACE WARD CASE GET!
mittee of Omega Pai Phi fratei
left) honor graduate 0f Moreh
sity, made application to enter
j law school; was turned down j
decision. Funds were set up to a
; at left is Emory O. Jackson, 1
tioal chairman of the Omega'f
Watching presentation is Attoi
(a, one of the legal aides in th<
( right is Dr. William Boyd, Atla
I gla State conference NAACP 1
the fund. National chairman of
tee is WilLird S. Townsetid, Ch
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Under
5000 Bond
\ Id year old "house servant
10 took a job in College Place,
Laied, to investigating offifers
d civic leaders bene hov she
is pulled from the kitchen into
? bedroom oi Iter employer
d criminally assaulted on, the
>rning of October 13, fleeing the * ,
emises. under threats imraedL-. jjrfe
fly afterwards. j
Released under $5,000 bond on ,
assault charge b a rrvan listed ' v"'. y
r\ t ^ - ?? -?
i.j. okiiiun loiiowing bail- ing
by Magstrata Walker. '' \
rhe young woman, who ?aid ,
s is married but that her husnd
is away in the army, said
i had worked Monday and Tu- * ;
lay before the day of the al- "
jed offense, and had come to ^
>rk at 7:45 that morning. Her
a wn< mp'n1y -? r*n*T *" >
tall children, she said. .
About 10:30' the cOmplaintant
eges, the accused came home
d to the kitchen where, she
is busy and asked -to help him
t up a heater, which she resed,
saying the work was too
avy. His wife was away, at the
rxe? she said.
Fh? youh^Wothan said that J "
r employer then began putting
\ hands on her playfully but
t to work on the heater he had
me- home to set up when she
otested.
Later, she went on, he came
ck and began playing at her
ain, but didn't stop under her
Ho pulled her# so&
otesting, but now frightened*
P^Tf^35aT?oRrwnere the act
egedly occured.
\fterwards, she said. the man
-patened her if' she reported^
i happening. Using a ruse, she
ant into the yard and lied' lite "
emises for boriie where she re- .--1
:ed the experience to a sister.
IThe letter called" the sheriff's
!ice and the arrest followed.
3*oth principals were examined ^jS|
a jfity -|>1>S sieiait/ but f $ >uH* VsR
igma Gamma Rho
ives TotV Revue
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Hie local chapter of Sigrr. imma
Rho sorority is puttir ; . "J
tishing touches on its annual.
'ot Revue", whch will be preited
Monday night. November 5
th, in the Allen University j
iditorium. ,4.- :
The program is1'" VftTalnA
th the national project of the 'f
-ority, "The Prevention of
venile Delinquency Through 4
ioiesome Itecreation". About
) children .wili take part in the
>gr.?m, consisting of varied
lgs. dances, aftd other rythmic
ivities.
Another feature* will be the
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3 "SHOT mJ^HM^-wtth?-I
tionai Social Atilow Cam* H
nity. Ward, (third from) M
ouae and Atlanta UrtlVar- ]
me university of Georgia
mrf decided to appeal the
iid the case. Holding check
lirmlnph tm, assistant na>
social action committee.
ney A. T. WWden, Atlane
admission battle. On Urn
nta, president of the GeorbVanches
and chairman of
the social action commit|MM
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