Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, November 03, 1951, Image 2
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
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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?
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Columbla.'S. C. Shortly after her
marriage mor*> thnvi sft
g*V moved to Durham from
Wilmington, N. a
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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.
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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.
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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
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| 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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INFORMER
ITURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1951 ^
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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
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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. .
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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.
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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
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hrAii Red Feather Services ;
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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
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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
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nity. Ward, (third from) *
??se and Atlanta Unlverthe
University of Georgia
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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***"
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