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7T vL '^^1 VOLUME 1JL NUMBER 30 Seek Bead By E. M. DeAli i - Charleston ? The Charleston 1 Business League, a newly organ- 1 *lzed group of business and pro- 1 Sessional men, took to the Char- l lestoin County legislative Com- ( mittee a request that something \ definite bc^ done to provide a 1 beach for Negroes somewhere in 4 : the vicinity of this city during 1 its meeting on Monday January | ?? ' .. ^ .... f Leading the group who pre- ; sented this petition to city fath- | - ers was Walter Johnson, outstanding business man and Civicleader, who has been elected i president of the organisation. , L. . Other officers ?f the organiza!fv tiort are, Mrs. Mary McNeil, Sec- | \ " retary; flobert F. Morrison, and < Charles Mason po-chairmen of a I . dommittee^rgafnized for the pur. j pose of * furthering the beach ] -JBr. Morrison, said he had < been working toward such la < t recreational development for aeveai'years; he1 first reminded ^ the delegation that $50,000 was appropriated for a "Negro beach in 1950, "but that is the last we _ t , Aflrar. making thir statement | quoted - ?t length from an an uup? A Vfn/I I. -VJ VIJ itftiofoiuit: uy there were 19- . ^ ask him it he has recommended an appropriation tor this purLi^ P??e- There is a difference/' said Senator, Wallace," in talk f and action. So far as I know, no State department has recommended an appropriation for a Negro Beach. The $50,000 was appropriated upon our own ini?tiative." Ef''Rep. Nathaniel W. Cabell said that the $50,000 was still avail-j ;; able but that the main trouble] < ? was finding a beach area avail-] >-"] able for sale for the purpose ofj Ey' being used ? as a Negro beach, j Re .stated that he did not think j the problem was one of money ,-j ! but rathor of finding a site. j, k'v.; Morrison pointed out that the only beoches available to Ne? groes are Atlantic Beach, immediately north of Myrtle Beach, and Huntington Island, .? which hc said wn.g used by hun- I dreda of MPfrrtV^, h.,? - . j f gx them wCTe from' Savannah and I Augusta. He said a beach in the ] Oharleston area, would serve i); from HJorry O^unty to. Alle<ndale, L The group asked the Delera. h tlon to arrange a conference| | Red Cross Mobile Blood tJnit To Be t At Benedict Mfct A MxVbile Blo<\i tJnit of the If American Red Cross will be set- < g . no At Benedict College here on I February 6, it was announced* p. Tuesd-ay. K The Unit is being placed there I to facilitate the donation of blood < r- by citizens to the national bloodT 1 bank Citizens are urged to do- * I nate a pint pf blood during the < R present campaign, whic' is a 1 F; painless conidibution. 1 |P< Persons making sue hdonatio^a < I are1 requested n<>t to eat any R fatty foodaTfroan - four to Ave i I hours before making the dona-j 1 ij tion. ' . > J I The.Unit will operatr betWCerf ! I 11 a;m. and 6 p.m. on Ffebru- 1 Lskanr 6.. Sistt ?' ' * .? . * . i r be __ __ - co b Kesort Jn Coast .vith Gfiv. Janies F. Byrnes, with| a view to quick action.. But no I action was taken* on the pro_, p^>sal, and since another large, group was waiting to cli^cuss an-j >ther problem- with the delc-j gation the discutssion ended' vtthout a formal decision onth-i ?r way. . ,? .. _ Grovefemd New IVial Reset For Court February 11 Mlitir Vr?rlr ~'1 JL11V Jl Vll 1 Ct 1 1)1 Walter I-.ee Irvin, the surviving defendant in the Groveland "rape" case of 1949, has been postponed again and is now' .cheduled t? take place in Ocala,; Fla., starting February n attor-j "veys ft>;; we'NAACP learned Friday. Pre-trial motions to be arg- 1 ed in the Marion County Circu.t; Court on Saturday, February 9, j Include a motion to re-admit NAACP Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall and Assistant Special Cans el Jack Greenberg to the case. The two NAACP lawyers were barred from the trial by Ctrctrii , Judge?T.?Jr Futch., who -apcused the Association 0?; stilting lip trouble in the community. . . ... . ' ' . 1 Alex Ackerman, Jr., and Paul Perkins, Orlando attorney* for the defense,. will .also argue a mfotion to suppress certain evlOf F^rida Bias Washington ? Intensification; of the hunt fof the kller or kill-J ers "of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Moor^e of Mims, Florida, hasj been assured by Attorney-Gen-! oral J. Howard McGrath. The nation's chief law enforce-1 mcnt officer gave this assurance to a delegation of represonta-i tives of 16 national Organizations; who consulted with h.im here onj Janutrv 8 and demanded "that th0' investigation now underway! be expedited and intensified! so^ that there will ho iromeiatej apprehension and arrest of the; guilty parties." FLASH!! THE HAG IS BACK T n atAowiv**. 4?v - J a ? * ? ico|n/?ia0 iU t'UIISliini FCquests of readers, starting this week, the column "The Hag "Walks will appear regularly. This week's "Ilag' may be found on the back page. NEW HOME MYSTERIOUl BY E. M. DEALI. Oxford, N. C.?A dynamite blast which shook a wide areai >f Southern Granville C?unty early today damaged a newlyj completed residence owned by oae Of the successful Negro farmers of tis oction. Friday night Sheriff's deputies, working with State Bureau o*f Investigation, after a day long ?fforf, w> re without information that might" reveal the identity * af the party who set off two charges of dynamite Thursday light undo the home of Sanford Molding, 55, ahd father of 11, children. The blast occurred in Brassfield,. N. C-, township near the Wake County line, and one mile from Orissom.3fr*.Holding -told1 sncrirr E. P. Davis that he hadj heard rumors that an attempt j wtMild be medio tP damatfe the: L v :%\+f . 4 er; P LUMBIA, SOUTH CAROL IN/ t Left to right arc shown, IMWhui^t. instructor C'oluml Majv Harriet Dawley, Nurse Officer, Third Army; Miss Fra Educational Director Columl: Capt. Adeline Boland, WAC State Baptist Leac Byrnes During Plaj The President of the United| States and the Governor oil South Carolina came in for aj bit of Criticism by members oft of. the executive boarded! thei State Baptist Convention, which met here Wednesday to make plans for te annual State Baptist Convention,which meets in Mu]iil*& in May. The religious leaders denounced the appot, atnvnt of General! Mark Clark as ambassador to th<? Vatican by President Harry S.Truman, and the^portion of .sembly in which he outlined| plana for continuing racial seg-! rogation in public schools. Two ^committee groups were named t? ... - .] Tobias' Son in-Law j Dies In What Is Believed Suicide | New York City ? William, Henry Dean. s^n-in-Iaw of Dr.! (.'banning Tobias, alternate dele-! gate to th0 UN General Assem-1 bly. was found dead Tue^iav morning, January 8tH in the gas filled kitchen of Dr. Tobias* apartment, 35 Wot 110th Stf:.ugr? ??Mr." Dustt.-was~TI year< old and was an executive of the United Nations until his death. His wife, Mary Dean and two children Channing 13 and Joyce . 12 survive. His father-in law, Dr. Tobias! and his family are in Paris where they went for th?*? UN, Genera 1 As-cniblv S'-ssjon. Pending investigation of Mr. Dean's d<<ath. police listed it as^ ' .'apparent ^uTThIcTT BLASTED BY S BOMBERS house. Sheriff Davis told reporters, that he knew of no racial differences {n th0 community where; ^thXexplosion occured, but Mr.f Holding said he had experienced trouble over the location of his' prperty line. Mr. Holding, a for-! mer resident of Wake County, * Irvert iY? tViic *. - r- --J -" > w.yiiuil.lj J"l| .17 *cl is ' thoi oj+^ne fnrnv The u^*3?L" liJ^,fr!V> was situa-|j ted on a Vlv 'C ji ^y'ly use<j[ by the Old HouV \T- th vlist Church formerly u?'ifis, a.meet-i lng place for w^*'- ^ethodist.I According to TwH *' "*) '.if, he; to* whom it had VBvertr-d yfterj purdhnsed the land gfrnm hoirs Its wa f*yr Church pUEposes"ond-' ?fjL sa'd that h* intended toj k<*rp the. -nroperfv under guard hereafter. ,/ < . - . ^ np ' / -IT".' 'iVtom : ' awns v? H Ihh r> INFORM i. SATNRDAY, JANUARY !$^W'?~gr'^sbM * * wv* yijIWuc ! "tMMMMMbR f > - . ^nSSSB^ J Mrs. Eunice Nurse I'rocui )iu hospital: olin;i! N lirspi Procurement Allison, Ada nces Burgess, cille Miller. F ?ia Hospital; Dawtey on th ! WAF and Army at the lers Hit Truman, lining Meet Here forward the organization's stand or> both matters, respectively, the President and Governor. Tire meeting was held in the -library-of Bonodict CollegeT T5e: votional services were conducted hy Ttev. W!, L. Wilson o Spartanburg, vice president of the Statt Convention. Rew, R. E. Boykir an J. J. Abney were elected members of the executive board filling vacancies caused by dh< deaths last year of Rev. J. W Boykirts of Camden and A. W Hill of Florence. _ _ _ * ^ PROGRAM PLANNED 1 As for the co.nventorv itself the" executives adopted "the fol lowing program: Devotional messages, by Dr Charles H. Brown of Columbia n n t e /-^t 1 * ~ _ XJl. LJ.LJ. Lit:wi> <>L V^nax iL'hl'JI nnd H. E. Hardin Of Morris Col CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Additions * Neicspape Editor John If. MoC'rs} liiis wit k:ann<>(J:TPi\s 'th'.- f ll'?\vin* ...j.? ? .? >. - > tt-.tu . i v 111 iu_UIlU_CUiLLLg-Cjv '"1 Hit pors'nnel of Ti.-r Lighth-'U and Informer: K. M. DeAli general news edi. t' i, Mr. D Ali, a-native <>f Brit, ish East Africa, < >>nvert>d from Mohamme?jism to Christ inn it % by nn.-ssionari s is a veteran re. p?.rter and newsman who has worked "a numerous west-ern ""1?u'b> to?pope r 1. Robert E. Howard, sports editor JleasJ-telball c-aeU _?4 Wtk. inaon high sch ol in Orangeburg, Mr. Howard is a native of Georgetown and a veteran exp: rt and nrden'-h-ver of athletic events Mi-. Th ma-ina (Tommie) Air Chinese Dancing Girl At Nite Spot Too Nude?The Law FayettfVillo, N. C.,?When Ainy Fung. a Chinese dancing girl, failed to appear in Recorder's court Friday to answer t-? charts o/ lmmteral performance, her $100 Ixmd was ordered forfeited, She was arrested seveal days ago after giving n performance at the Town Pump, a Fayette vine night spot, in which police said she was insufficiently clothed. A FVug,' of aiding and abetting - ^munoral performance was lodged against >ne James I, Carpuchacl. master -of --eertTrrrrr ies of the show. TTo apjicarod in court Fridav. but the h*"r king ; was continued pending dVotion of F,orer. i c wot;:!! *." T 'M ;- . W ea] XOXX' CER 19, 1952 ..* ' | 1 V ': '"ik I "" ' . ty ement Officer For South Car* Mary Willa Crawford, Betty bofl Spence, Garnell -Mbrrfstm, Lu- j oHowing a talk Riven by Major j ^ le need for nurses in the U. S.! ?hl present time. the Second Arson Try ** In Week Listed V | At Augusta . hof '{ Augusta, Georgia^ just I According to police the second ' rasp of qr<?nn within w wkpU hitfl' | ' beent reported here by the city - ^ ' fire department. ?yo^ Barly Saturday m?>rning fire- ?oi t men answt-rcd a call to 1461 yoi I Brown Street, only to find oil yoi soaked rags stuffed under one G?< '} corner of the house. The fire was B? not serious. The house is owned of by the Lucky Real Estate com- es' panw, and /he records. sb?ws / thaf4 is was . occupied t>v thr5^ ' salt I women, Mrs. I>aisey Warren,I bf? [ Mrs. M.-vttie Bell and Miss. Mat- r?ai tie Mitchell. j the Bisted last week as an arson! Mi ,i case wa a fire in the home of "I* l Mb*. Will Barney Clark at 1532 h^ Fi wick Street, according to po- , got j lic_' no arrest ii<as b<. en made. ______ IM Made On j& r^s Staff j?. . Scot:, vivacious little school1 not i kacher ind community worker, wvr( ' ; j?. rTtrirty oli' r. T ?mmk- is a na-, r0! 1. live "f Horry county, is well " ( t known there, and generally for cut . lift p? rs nalitv and knack for ' i - . dW j keeping thing- going. , '^r 1! Rev. W. McK.inlCy Bowman, ^<mi ! j gues ; pastor Second Nazareth Baptist} Up 'i Church here, w> Uknown public j m0r( ' relations expert and radio mm. j ^ nvr.tator. rcljoto'^ } wj ! R v. Bowman ocoa??ionally wTites t i some 1 the' column "Meants_and Ccan_,^ur-i ments". I J i page i Adolph (Counts) Aikens, head j t inn, j of advertising department. Mr.' Ar A ikons, wh? comes to The Eight-! ate i Iv'ii.so fr- m Savannah, Gn. where lar^ I ho fault a roputa>.ion in business son soloN, has one of th<> kcenncst papianalyse* of the Negro market in thlnj fhc country. In Nine York City Oi sov. ral years ago h0 pioneered then the campaign of neighborhood roun spending where the racp was part recognized; since, he has handl- the ^ ed sales f r atitomobile com- then pnnie-5, a radio station and one ? ether newspaper. :M James E. Crawford, printing m ^hop fpreman, continuing a po. ||g sitron he's had sincft coming to the newspaper .last .year. Mr. Crawford got hi. printing train- ? ing with the late Charleston l9 Messenger and at Tuskegee Inst. O lb? has also worked en news. ; papers in Philadelphia and Gary, ! Tho add i tjoni_ ao?i- - rhanpc*, ? "Mr. MoOav said, nrc a part of ,n rovomnlncr and enlarging, of frl facilities pr"j:-ct of the newspa. i par. Other* am rxpcc'ed to be ? . rry>14*t Cb^th'. ' * N.C Vv: ' i * . . .. ' . mm r .... ^ .. ..- < PRICE TEN CENTS < ARE TO BE (POPULAR' iSTOR SAYSi ; Charleston ? "Men who < e to be unpopular lor J I's righteousness, w* o give f I r lives If necessary for un. j I ding right never die," ' * Reverend M_ E. Sharper ~ Columbia declared in his i n?n at Central Baptist _ irch Sunday mrolng. M Ic used the alternate sub- I t s, "Devotion to a Cause" j "Daring to be Unpopular." ev. Mr. Sharper, wh? Is alconnected with the facul- n at Morris College *n Sum- ^ , based his sermon on the t nb-death of Harry T. Monte _ ^ Mime. Fin., who died along r li his wife following the rst mas night destruction of t ir homo. j Mr. *Umm? the minister fl i d, "wa? hot generally a >wn. But since Ms death, -f haa become a world-wide , o in ttfee cause of , brother- \ ? begun to Uve?aad #111 j ie urged his congregation c d and mop, a* the reward." t cited numorotu examples -among' them lenfs Christ, ty pbidimr faith fhGod, ho 1, atiofirid .be the armOrput re undertaking unpopular i9cb. He ended 67 quoting last words attributed to Moore: I die, I was only trying to p my people; somebody has ill Gets 'Em ... uucr ism summer our! i Y about Mrs. W. Jack- y of Anderj^nj^ Sbft decided c enough people in her city _ > getting the Lighthouse arrd^i. rmer and something had to 1 lone al>out it. S>o sho went 2 one. day anki gathered in ; to 40 subscriptions, I tO had a vacation way up in h ruHtieut later on. Yep, youi sod it. She got on somt folk't there and 'in come some1 tl x subscriptions. a ^is" "ivvekT" fr0m re she is presently doing t; ( work in school haw c0nrie. il THTors, one as we close the ~ s with some more subscripid how much do we appreciJ it? It's worth a million dol_: to ufc to know Mrs. Jack-i likes so much the kind of r we try to publish, and the, ?s for which we stand, ir thanks go to her. Maybe ? are some other ladies a-i d who'd give one day, or a1 ;amp thing;-If so, wo invito ^ I i to write us. I I MARCH OFDIMlJ 4.oft to right: J. K. Dickson, Co nor Hall Masons of South Carolii ton, D C., Industry Rotations K? Labor; J. K. Drake. Normal, A tural and Mechanical College; K !., National Board N.A A CP ' T7* For i ?^?; Bloody Elec Victim Netti By ?. M. DeAU Savannah, Ga.? According to h<j -chief of homicide' here, a 18 year old m<m 4s said to have confessed killing his sister Friiay afternoon by Striking her hmr?the?head "several"?times .vith an electric iron and pawnf>g it for a bottle Of wlneTworth ibout $1.00 and Fifty cents in ash). 1 . ': T" Captain Leonard J. Hamilton, hief of the homicide squad, dcntifted the man as William H. 3reener the brother of , Mrs. ranie Williams, 54, and said that ds confession was made in thd >rfes( ncc of police Commissioner !nn#X>-4 J O jaui'MU JL>UUC1 ctllU. OUpt'XlVT Vew Flogging Of iVhiteville Man Fold In Report By E. M DeAH , . Whiteville, N. C.' ? Another *ob violence incident, coming n the wake of the sentencing of hree meu. to two years each or^Thre atoning to Klux a Nakita farmer, was reported Friday. Sheriff Hugh Nance'Identified he victim* as H. D. Best, an <?mdoyee of a local Automobile rm, who was seized at his home tear south Whiteville and tqgen or ar ide and flogged., The^. flogging is reported to rave taken place Tuesday night >ut the facti in the case not disdos^d until officers had com>letod a preliminary invftigaion oad Mi. Best imd feouverfd from tile shock oI the beat : 7~ ^ According td a frtepprt from the >fflce of Sheriff Nance, two men a%c to pest's dhor and inquired about how they could conact a; certain automobile dealer in WJilteyPle. Best is said to have replied hat he did not .know but would kfcjmpt V) help them locate naft by telephone. The TH ;tepped inside and seized him rfter he bad picked up the teleihone directory to look up the lumber. A third man is said to ilaced ? sack over his head. ?nu. - 1:11? jioc itvggMig was a icpeunuii rf other incidents which have *me to the attention of authorises since nifhtriders became ictlve several months ago. Best vas blindfolded and carried to I point two or three miles disance, forced to bend over a cai 'ender, and was beaten with a leavy belt. He was let out of the at about a mile from his home: ?? ? 1 m iii* i , ' , id Cam Of t-U \t Charleston Charleston?Half of the twenV l ?.1: - * ^ .wvivutvais casts reporiea ere in November were colored. Dr. E. F. Parker, chairman of he medical affairs committee of hi0 County Tuberculosis Assocition disclosed that 20 new cases f mnvi Mjuadi'ig In highly co'njgi<>us stage, capable of passing ^-taotharsi CHECK YOUR DATE! Have you forgotten id renew your subscription to The Eighth?!?*? Cheek ^he date printed along with your name on the address tag. That is the date your subscription expires If Vrtll ni?? In ^? new now. Fall one to renew within ten days afte- fcxpiration date orv. your address tag means y&tlr |Vap*r will br Moron tinned. If the date is incorrect, please notify publisher. umbii, S.C., Grand SecwUry 1a; Lawrenee A, ?xley, Washjrcsmtative, U.S. Department la., President Alabama Ayrially M. Alexander* Charlotte, -a ..* ' raRHFv^l '** court yoportci: J?N|i Z^iH The report wua being heM lii city. hstfcSBS a charge of murder. lippS^^H liame, lived at 804 West'?ih^jjB According to . (Trftene appeared at the l^ked 9 front door of hi? ?v?m> -.'.!l ealiea out "to her once, end: went ||3 into spasms of grief 3g|)H|SKljs3 ? ? over. ^ ^ ^ . ' ^3 Detectives R. L. ney Barnes, Jr.,. Inspicto^a^tt^H z ? - - : ??^?" 1 wW%c I Land anwered the call j neighbors about 10:30 F> uraiilng, According lo these officers the sister was found lying . \ face down on the kitchen' floor, dead, as the result of several ' . v blows on the beck portion of he* head with the edge of tl^^ron. . ? The neighbors said although 4 Greene made convincing wauling sounds, they did not notice other ^igos of genuine'grief. -| Captain Hail, re-constructed the crime as follows: Mrs. Williams was ironing a .J dress, and had set the iron. 3 side to stretch another portion of the dress over the board surface; when she was struck fr^m behind with the iron.. She fell on srglass jug of heroecjie^ breaking it and causing -j. j several lacerations en her face. M I <SbrOner Smith said that deal came almost at ompe gram theB I dieoovejy of a pair of bloodstained overeflr befcmatnfrjgM iron, led police to nneit Qf lii I I gin. He m g ter questioning and git U*t. b*r *m ? job throughout tbtfJMltfj Greene's arrest given poUce lished that h?||Hl Captain Hallraan toM t988 en that Greenf toM police^! where to ?o to iWfrr the irenl^BB and thejr^eupd the pawn value had been a bottle of wide ajwM^WI 50 cents. The iron was reported to have been in gd&C anupe and of the type that ordinarily sells for *12,50, 7 ' $ J Aft^r *Vn> r>r^n/*v t""B called and his r?p?^(??pe*ived tlie iron was aOoii suspcted as > the murder weapon when it was , noticed to be missing from the familiar ironing day scene: a Capt. Hailman, Greene -the-kriiing"~resumed fr?TO a lengthy quarrel . between him ; fend -hie sister, about Greene's < separation from his wife. The polffce., however^ were Inclined to cHcount this. They believe that the re?l cause had to do ^ with money, perhaps a frustrated desire of Greene's to obtain a small ln?q\ from hU ?_ ' ?+ >' ft" i ??? i . . . . . s SliniW*rv Siionnni J wuopvvi Gets 18 Years For Series Of TheftsCharleston ? - Walter Deleston, slippery robbery suspect whom local police dubbed the "Wizard of Wappoo" after ha flipped right out M their arms with ~~ handcuffs dangling, pleaded guilty to 11 burglary counts in general sessions court here last week and draw 18 years at hard labbr,?* : ' ' .... : . ^jgj Presiding Judge James B. Pru- . itt accepted the plea with reccommendation for mercy. Ha warned the defendant that he could have received a tbtal of 55 years. "I can understand ^ might get Into a fight, but there Just'is, no excuse for stealing," i | Judge Prtritt declared. Deleston, n greem cutter at the ' * Municipal Golf Cbtwse, Had stol-. | tn m^re then $800 in small rob| berles Whit+i had terrified the^ f, ^urburban Wappno section. He eased out of a polic* car when first arrested while officers wer? ,-M mopping their brow after a ; . heated chas*. He was rHs^Uir* ^9 ed sevrraj hours h*er, h >wefil, T v1 I