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Palmetto AMET ' Conference Gets fh '*.** O f Howard ; G?ArGETOWN ? The Palmotto Conference of the AME emfeftl its annua! session in Bethel AME Church here after considerable business* sermons and addresses by some of the ablest leaders of the church. -tDhte conference went -on reciv prd as asking- the General Cen}' forence to return for another term presiding bishop -Fr.,nk V Madison Reid, who presided ? over the conference. It ajso named the following, delegates to th<? 952 Quadren-j i.?. oaal of "the denomination: '* Ministerial: Rcverc{nds R. E. j I Dftfinlv Moved GEORGETOWN (Special) ? . Visibly overcome while speak- j rtog: to pastors and delegates ^ attending the annual AME Church conference here last I 77?- werk. Frank Mrtdbwm Reid wept quietly during his : ... -discourse on the hardships facing Negroes. Prelate was argt^ag fullest support of his church to wipe ^ out distinctions based on race and color, saying these violated the fundamentals of Christ, endom, and here hideous prac * tlces among a Christian p/eople. j; firoSSori' L. L Farmer, J. B. ? Jennings, R. I, Lemon? H. B. Butler# Jr., B. J. Hutchinson, C. S. x . . J, Miollette and B. J. Clover. j * *Lay: J. E. Smith Mrs. Pri,s-' I; Cilia Waring, Mrs. Julia Gilli-I ard, ? Dr. W. M. Evans# Eddie j&r. : lartexence J. J. Grant, Ransom i Scott and Gi K. Knox. & Pastoral Appointments Bisho^ftedd Announced the following pastoral appointments ? fofvthe year; -?? ? h?GEORGETOWN DISTRICT * R. I. Lemon, presiding elder. ' Bettiel Station, IL B. ' Butler, - Jr.# Greater St. Stephen station. "a S. M. Hughes, Sr.; Dickerson Station-, J. C. -Williams-; WacaBloomingsyi;leV W. B. Geaters: We^t Andrews, M. R. Hiidsortj St Paul Circuit* R. A. Brown; Bothe-1 Pee Dee> D. L. Johnson; Winv yah, S. H. Hutcherspn; Henry-! town#. JLJR. CanleeiyT Sutton. W. *h'M- Jackson; Sandy Island, Jacob MlcCray, Annondale Mi-sion. W. J. Taylor; Arnett and Zion,! ^ * Theodore Greene; San tec Cir* cttit. Frank?White; Warsaw, F." Swinton; Black River, J. F. Tol? -"beri; Best Andrew.r. W.~ C'. trg*V rln. MT. PLEASANT DISTRICT ?? L. L. Farmer, presiding elder. Morris Brown, B. J. Glover; '/ y Ebenezer, B. J, Huioherson; Olive Branch. W. M. Jackson; Beth?? eH C. Lewis, Jamestown. David "Scott; Friendship ~rmd' Mt. Pleasant. W. T. Murray; Codc^ville, H.t E. ,Eilerson; South Santee. ( to be supplied); Buck Ha!J, <V*. M. Middleton; St. Thomas. S. L. v~ Benton; Zion and Nebo, * ,Y. C. . * Wilson; Charity and St. Philip, J. P. Waring; Holy Trinity J S. Gilliwrd; Old St.?Pliilip,?i-h?4Chisoslm; Union and St. Jamc;, J. W. Williams; Calvary* J. J. Taylor; Bethel and St. Peter, L. A. Brown; Ml. Zion, J. S. Williams; Howard and St. Peter. R. ,H. Caper; Moncks Corner, E. P. Butler; St. Paul, J. W. Washington. -TSINGSTREE DISTRICT Rov. R. E. Brugdon. presiding Continued On Page 4 j 1 . I Mrs. Rivera Dies?I In Durham; Was ?Of Columbia ____jDURKAl^ N C. ? MTs. Eliza WTUiams Rivera# 86, grandmother of A. M. Rivera, Jr., well known newspaperman, died, here last week following 'H lengthy illness. She was the widow of the late Thomas Rivera# noted pio. neer undertaker in North Caro? lina. *1 . V Mp* Rivera w?? a native of Columbla.'S. C. Shortly after her marriage mor*> thnvi sft g*V moved to Durham from Wilmington, N. a r> ?<. )*.* . .v.-.. ?: 1 3 . J *c * {' + '.' '?i?? ' . -.? J? Siv "V ? ... m**:-- " 'Si . . .... . . . e&.vjfc m... I. 'A-.*?- . 1 iff H ? : . ?i? r~ ; ' . j , x^_ J ? _ ; ; ^ VOLUME 15, NUMBER 21r Klan leader For Misusinj Thomas L. Hamilton, t grand dragon of the CarolilT!t~ 6rd<?r of i the Ku Klux Klan, was convicted by an all-white jury in federal court here Tuesday of send-^ ir.g defamatory, scurrilous- and! libelous material through the U. S. mails on a postal cord. Judge George Bell Timmermah sentenced the klan bosA to a year in jail, or a-fine in the amount of $1,000. Hamilton had one day to pay the. fine, and was expected to do so by Wednesday night. Hamilton had?been indicted several months ago for mailing the card to ' Rep. Jesse Reese Fant. Jr. of Andersn county, on which ho had some ugly remarks about publisher Wilton E. Hall of the Anderson newspapers. Rep. Fant testified that he gave! the card to his brother-in-law, Stoning Of Judge Waring's Home Remains Mystery CHARLESTON ? A year has passed since Federal Judge J. Waties Waring's homlc was stoned on October 9, 1950. FBI agents here and in Washington, D. C. had only, a terse "No comrhentr ivT qiiPstinn on Ihn v^cnlts. of the investigation. Deputy U.S. Marshulls, assigned as 24 hour body guards for the 7sa*?- xiaierresron ponce ] ^dfl3f>ped xhe investigation at the request of the jurist. PSTA House Of Delegates Meet Dale Changed The House of Delegates, legis-1 lative body of the Palmetto State Teachers Association, . will meet at 10 A. M..'Snturday. Tv e:.itioT" 3 7. in the library of Benedict College, * i Walker E. Solomon. PSTA ex ?.-i.uhyc aecrviaiy, saia ino meetint? was originally scheduled for November 10, but that the date was changed when it. was lcarn tliat the Sta.tg Department of Education had scheduled a meeting principals on that date. While less than half of the delegates to the House are principals, PSTA leaders said they did not wish to split* the interest of' the organization by holding their seg" siom while n conflicting one was I also being held. ' SIXTH ANNIVERSARY services for pastor R<cv. Maxic S. Gordon, 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 message will be brought at 4 p. m. by tterv. J. J. Ahney. I. ^ ? ~h '^PfP Y.? V"' i? i Convicted I U.S. Mail who passed iTTon^o Mr. Hall. , The card was give,n the FBlj who handed it to postal author-1 ities, who checked in LeesvHie, Hamilton's address* to find that! the post office had rented post oifitfc box 231 (t ic return address on the card) to Hamilton. Postal Inspector 'testified thnt when he Question or? tho Vlo-n head in January, the latter admitted sending the card. However, on the stand, Hamilton denied writing or mailing the missive, saying ho was in Florida at the time (January 5) and did not return to South Carolina until seven or eight days later. Hamilton said his order never did anything undercover and he always signed letters and cards he mailed., But U. S. District Attorney shot back that Hamilton forgot his donning of hoods in the blpek of night on klan missions. Census Returns Show Gains In N.Y. Numbers WASHINGTON--=The 17 New .York?and?Nuw Jorcoy eountie* -coTrrpFTsIhgThc~Ne\v York Standard Metropolitan " Area had a "combined population increase of I.251,155, or 10.7 per cent, from II,660,839 in 1940 to 12.911.944 in 1950. according to preliminary data from the 1950 Census released by Director Roy V. Peel of the Bureau of the Oeni sus. Department of Comm.rec. J The area's numerical population i increase exceeded that of any of jthe States except California} 3, UYH'836; Npw York, 1,351,030; ..and T;-xa <i 1.296,370. ' j Of the area's population, 11800,482, or 9.1.9 per cent, were white; 1.012-883, or 7.8 per cert wofc ' Negro; and 32,029 or 0.3 per cent were of other races. During the doead", th white [State Seen iRace's Slo i | MANNING ? A capacity aucl jdionce iu Piney Grove' AM ft' Church hoard Mrs. Andrew W. iSimkius. state NA.ACP >ecretary, . make a dynamic appeal for increased registration and intelligent voting during the regular meeting of the Clarendon NAA C LARENDON BRANCH SECOND LARGEST With the new members reported Sunday, the Clarendon Cohnty NAACP branch is now the second largest in the state* E. A. Montgomery, executive secretary, said Tuesday. Well over the 500 mark for the year* Clarendon's NAACP is second only to Columbia, he said. CP branch Sunday?afternoon-. Using as a keynote statement God's question to faltering Mojes, "What is that in thino hand"? the speaker declared that the ballot intelligently used by 250,000 to 3.00Q Negrofes would mean far more to South Carolina now than'did the magic use of the rod of Mioses for the Hebrews. The importance of the historic Waring decisions can he sur passed only by the decision of every eligible citizen to register and vote intelligently. j Mrs. Sirrtkins sounded an om* inoue warhing against those who would sell out or misuse their COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, S'i ? ^HX ,- M n H ' Ss ^r ? ' ^PM?jjl ' B t fe.;. :^;;' i??:, ; v '<<yv'.: fr r OKANGKurKG?Alumni and State / Simmons, new head coach for S. C. S & M. College,rnakc a plea for genero port and cooperation at a special met ,^r* I population increased by 874-407, ? v or 8.0 per cont, fyom 10,931 OoSi,rJ J? ^ Jin 1940; the Negro population [increased by 366-031. -or 36.',' per- i V ;rent,?446.852 in 1940; and the total for other races incroas-' . M red by 10,627' or 48 3 per cent Col-.n from 22.002 in 1.040. "'u''"n ! Twu-tiii rJ> (if Afew Yovi> CUv* total population increase of 436,on; of ' 062 l'r vn 7.4"4.005 in 1010 to 7,.. . . . . w inch i 801,057 in 1050 was reprcsepicdi. * , ( ... by the increase of 280,176 :n t; c Negro population of the t.v borctualis. " etary Hills g . I i; ^:rl tIV Voting influence in clivl.oa-. "'I'e.o cruel f>, v.Mitliiflit ci publicity jint'l it ; . w, < Manned up^.n sui h p .. j dtK'lared. ' she .<ri j. She pointed. out how coordi- i:ir. nation in one electin -last year Nr u 'proved ofT.ctive. -til!, in , J. S. Boyd i-; president and 1949 <?f Rev. K. E. Richhinv. 1'n.. M \ A - aln- ...in CP branch here. wn 1? (Una l>v 1951. J ^ f ^ n CROWDED OUT ? When a- ,?s wide j hot it 20,000 persons pouted onto (or> mte; i State Fair Grounds Monday J sues. H ! night, Dr. A. J. Collins, above, jon the ( ! president of the Fair Assooiat- Provisio ion, said ''We were taken com- the Hi^ pJetely by surprise". Officials i booklet, say^a newattestdanre record i? being seC^Ke^slhte fair clows' CP and midnight Saturday. ! il947. hthoxt INFORMER ITURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1951 ^ ^Ja&y *- ~" * ^ rc- i? . ^ DK *^flB ^^?? '"''' '^(B^^v<-i :'i OH bW uK>-- 3 A'sjmV^W^pil - - , i?- - -i -- ii-fc 7--v vvmvv* Ml U5 sup- and chairman of the Athletic Committee of ting of State A. & M. College; B. C. Turner, president reetttt ?of Slate A. & M. College and Lawrence E. Sim * ? monts, head coach of the State Bulldogs. % iNoella Mitchell \ >ens i H lice Here tibia's first woman phy- The youthful physician, how n many a year, and per- rvir, is not the only doctor ii niti, i.':.: >ho:i's-< my one. her famity.. Sh? is the wife of i cod this we-k> the open- physician, First Lieutenant Ed tflicos at LilOT I.ady street,' win I[ Mitchell, presently' sta - tine "M < ;Tioe of the !? .:< ' ioned at Camp McNair, in Ja v-.-r J. i' any-.ran. IT*.- was stationed at For ;>. x IV: jnd Mitch- 'U.c?<y- n lure f -r seven month Yonkers, N. Y., originally ' shipment overseas. A1 __ I ?.. j i - 1?1?_1?I'.'iif."1.'' :n: !iia wih i j x. K'prec n. v* c** i las <mr?tes. He was direc J! . . . io};>. ami tor " tV-(1 Sydenham Clinic pric: raduated fr-.-m Moha-ry to t^fiuctinn into the Army. l\ Ik ?e in 19-18. Her in- T:.e Mr? ells nave two child ; ' ' " Ha: - ren, both, girls, one thre<. anc r : - .n Xc ,v Y- rk City, me y> ..rs mm. ard th< ;t.her .F n months fid. Both art ,M. v.\., :.. t .. n \ i-,y -1 rc in Columbia. L__ii?N- v J i .-my m 1949. Dr. < Mrs.) Mitchell, during N!i?\i \'. .? cl.4A ;mm r.. l - * ~ ~ : ui ou.y, AUfiosi, and September vo.i as admitting physi- handled the practice of Dr. Clarti < Sydenham Iiospita^ence Morgan, who w as out nl V'Tk Citiy in 1949 and his office at the time. The la.sl ols an appointment in woman physic.m rememberer Clinical Visiting Pedi-'herc was Dr. Matilda Evans, cl at Sv leeiham?Hi .spi t ,i 1. 1 i I a 'u titan a decade m;o. s licensed in South Cam-j Tlu. last r0oalled in the stab reciprocity in July of. was Dr. Hilda J. Prioleau o : Charleston, who passed awa; several years ago. Logan To m; resent NAACP c - i i mt? ?? T r^uTTrvitv and o n -nl ' c< 1 -nial problems for the ' xli%f L will repcar.onl the NA-j Nntion- ('.moral As-cm ?* wa ann >unced tlii~ wet a trp T.yrrwvr ^r^Tro-..-^ b,A v^Lj:""^ | 'w ( iwk mio ,NTAA January, 94f>, JM ly known v ' . j and colonial is-! t> contributed the chapter BBBBBBi ^3* 3B ['barter of the UN and its] PAUL R. Webber. of the State ns for Human Rights and j College faculty at Orangeburg, hts of Minorities in th*o Is chairman of the 1951 Chritrt"An Appeal to the mas Seal Sale Committee. Mr. ;j4jjl^TK'Tri7-'d by the NAA-j Webber said Seals go on sale prc_-.cn UhI to the UN In November 19 and continue until December 25. . Emp] l*c\ ?- fc?> * * *?v >;. ^ *. . !'**" ', ? ' ' . j : . ... Wl PRICE: TEN CENTS re I 1 an Psychiatrist Tells 7* Court Of Evils E Under Jimcrow jpr J . at WILMINGTON, Del. ? Th? . ; testimony of one of the nation's an outstanding psychiatrists this as jwe?k highlighted the suit of the fix ;NAACP for admission of Negro 1 'pupils to so-called white public,sh elementary and secondary! ba .ischools of the State of Delaware. !sh Dr. Frd?rlck Wertham, direo- estor of the famed Lafaigue Clime lei . in -York. Citv. director oTW? . psychiatric services at Queens joi General Hospital, and author of sn 4'The Show of Violence" and :. ,othcT works, was a principal ali [NAACP witness as the crial un- an folded before Chancellor Collinj wi (J. Seitz in Delaware's Court of pi! jChancery. Dr. Wertham testified fu . I that segregation in elementary he land secondary schools is a tre- tir jmendous factor in impairing tha mental health?of Negroes. he i The .staff of the Lafargue CH- hii Inic, Dr. Wrtham revealed# exam- ^ tned fourteen Negro and whit" <*>' Delaware children selected at Pr random, subjecting them to varl- . ; oils tests and interviews, ?nd ka determined that segregation pro- a8 ; uUCfd a "sOClsfi5 disorientation. * Ho indicated - that white as wefli Pras Negro children suffered^ adtion. __? r ?* No Equality in Separation ^ . | Other distinguished witnesses ^ hammered home the NAACP W< ! rnnfan41/\? 4V...A *? vmvutiuii mui mere can oe DQ _ where segregated facilities exjist. Dr: Jerome S. Bruner assoc. ? v f'K t o? segregation damages the. ha , child's capacity tob eneiit by educatioh" and creates idegradation of self-esteem". . ?^ ' HE SURE YOU ATTEND THE STATE FAIR Gs ; GiveAt sor i act hrAii Red Feather Services ; ? * I IL aL 1 \ I B -flHIHHHKI HORACE WARD CASE GETf check "TOT" $200.00 fium the Na mittee of Omega Psi Phi frater left) honor graduate of Moreln sity, made application tp enter 1 j law school; was turned down f | decision. Funds were set up to a ; at left is Emory O. Jackson, E tioal chairman of the Omega*s Watching presentation is Attor j ta, one of the legal aides In th? right is Dr. William Boyd, Atlai t gia State conference NAACP i the fund. National chairman of tee is Wlllard S. TWMeml. Chi j' J Vhite Man ielAiUnder* . U i * Vj - H 15000 Bond IflTIB year old hoiiae ~iexVant " \\o took a job in OHege t^ee, ' listed to investigating' officers Id civic leaders bene - how aha as putted*from the kitchen into id criminally assaulted on the > , ^ jrning of October 13, fleeing the v -v: exniscs under threads immediely afterwards. Released under $5,000 bond Oil ^ assa ult charge is a -man listed ""I Q. L. Benton following bailing by Magstrata Walker. :The young woman# who paid e is married but that her~hUs-'. nd is away in the army, said e had worked Monday and Tuday before the day pi the al?ed offense, and had come to.. ! :v'-j yrkai 7:45 that mom fair Har b was mainly to care for two xall children, she said. * ; About 10:30# the. oomplaintant leges, the accused cameo home d to the kitchen where, aha is busy and asked to help him > it up a heater, which she re- y sed, saying the work was too avy. His wife was away at tha ue# she said. The young Woman said that r employer tjien began putting i hands on her playfufly but 1 to work on tjie heater he had me home to pet up when she otested. \'r L#ater, she went on, he came > ck and began playing at her airi, but didn't stop under be? vtcsliiig.. He pulled -her* Iffll otesting, but now frightened, to the bedroom where ;the act legodly occured.? 'y ' Afterwards, she said* ihe^man reatened her if' she reported 2"Jiaimening. Using a rum?, aha ~ *it into the yard and fled the emises for bonie where she re- , ted the experience to a sister. The Jotter caHed the sheriff** Sf fice and the arrest foll<w?w* * ^Qth principals were examined v^j a titv physician,* but iv ?<iis ve not been announced igma Gamma Rho 1 ives TotV Revue The local chapter of Signv - \'.Jb irruna Rho sorority is pttttir.-; lishing touches on its annual, 'ot Revue", wheh will be preited Monday night*. November th, in the Allen University iditorium. The ^ pyncrhm jq in lr? ^ng -- ? th tiio national project of the ^ oritv, "The Prevention of * venile 'Delinquency Through lolesome Recreation". About ) c h 1 Idren lvfli^tal(S~paVr|n tlw" '"'""v; >gram. consisting of varied igs. dances, and other,rythmic ivities. ' .. t . Another feature will be the -J CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 J : T4 * ^1- ' - iSl - ... 1331 .. -'./ .( I m~~ hhhhhhhhhhmhhv \ "SHOT IN ARM"?with nity. Ward, (third from) * ??se and Atlanta Unlverthe University of Georgia I nil <?. 1 <L- ' ...H XWIUlll ?U id the case. Holding check 1 tirntlnghara, assistant ra, social action dammit tee. Mr A, T. WnTden, Allan. ; admission battle. On the j|fl itm president o|^he^Geocthe social action commit***" 4 : : J viPs' ' ' ' . . K-t i?. * f 9 I . . jdB ^