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Wmm I ijft ^ '*. * ' ^ * K .y ' ?- '#f;' .T^JnEj < vjc*TV Hi ' 3-SSCiS ^Vfly I 1 * . " . j? .? >. >?? Li*|. ?l^v . CH2ARUCSTON' ? "fceptaiftl I I>toexi hfcajra* who for nearly), I V Half century bossed the- citg%> m7 aU-c^oned flrp fighting ata tlon, has passed away. antf, w? I ?' yl laid to^iest last week after jim ', " ^ |>le tltes from the hotm^ of hi? I Son-in-law Sand dtoughteiy . Mr. I and Mrs, f*eter Poinsett, 8 JasI per street. Mfeat* lacked only i I lev prom tonadlnf A I out SO years of sendee in the J I eity tie department when HI i m ^ u^MH f^ htm to wdlifc in i sAFtnmf lira* ^ i?e I8w puouc servant wt? j "\. gun " ? i 8"W?- ^ ^ f ^ mBbuui in 199# when he join "He Just massed me and my .nollAdPfcift. I was going to give T?Im my vote because his administration gave "it to mp. Now, I want to use It and don't know who to vote for." ii Harlem Dope - , Peddter Gets ( "t- ' "'*' .. k'j^l^nw|bc i v|u !tl^^w#ita |qt '^ill /?. . ^,1^ >!' ^ l'^sjfl jfifflSSiSl^i^^^mt a t%v i^lii; -, r a. , f af*fci^a wt im^jirc ... - mi - ^ ^hp? urvl^^bm y^lfg ^mll ??* i? q?'^Ton-sr;^. ducts * radio program herti, *In Owd.nAg?V r.dio ?rt?tlon wlUp^^^becotrie quite i WF m ' H ' ' m M H k'w /* r-J m ~Wk- *"'VvIwi fjt JB 'k/J cadse officials suspcted they Laine. *Fhose fired, h^sctlft were: ^ JUt. WLaine^^jfcy Ratfin, T**mi,C P i ^jir % Tim ail JC!4*i,t/'aa tfjunos jirowii, Wntrsxn psruices (fmw deceased) Thomas Brown, William Ragin, Rev. J. W. Seals, Mrs, DeLalne. Mft> Martin. Mrs. Oliver and m^liver." ;?Tn addition* lie charged, officials circulated false tumors about persons Involved in the school case (this was Ion* before the issue reached the courts) the ku klux klan distributed threatening circulars, on the doorstep* of those Involved, and to top It off. Rev. DeLatne found himself Involvaocepted ohalrmanshtp of the school committee. v^-Lake City, of course, is in rioteeice county. The reason the was held here was that sponsoring it wanted 1 surprise *o the honoree. ? ??*?; j>.( ^ M Vj Authori BKeof the iHeaneal Victim of a critical b4 ' McClellan, who is ex Home, was assaulted by on the way home from i Infirmary at Florence, n He is the son of Shaw j mechanic* . r .-' ", 1 -* I K ' ' w "' T*> ?Jrjfy^ r?y ' /,. '> ' ' .' \ >' ' ' J* $t ;.^-rv/+? * .-. ; ' , . ' ' t ' , \ _ , ? LJ fl| V ?H i ^ * , ; .-.-rt, .' ., ,:- -v.^ I r* vT^- > "7\^'"{j . V . ? - * ''. ' -'.' V''^ I a -M -M *mo ^K*. ' ?<$>' B -^H.', 1 J ':'V I " "W" -. >y v' M .. -.^'- "JL "i j J4 A .if i -ff ci 1 n 1SH Tsv ^ Ar JDg B ^ rj ML' ? M r "|M t' rn B M B m 'V M m m V b Bk 1 r!?^ *. ?y; > > i I Hnnorpd III I ^ ? 1 " " * B" " " I | -B- *.1 - . - -Tjf ' -S #-Wy 'H ^B3yiB' B. Jb-^CB I : ^b ^>|/^^ ^ *;?& ^.^H chufcgh "in ^Chicago ne*t month. ? The sum w*b contributed through ^ several churches of .^veral daninationa, including: Baptist*, Trinity,* Tau Cau, niuMk , Antioch, Shiloh, St. Mark; Mt* ^ Zero, Macedonia, Briggs Chapel and Bethlehem; AMEl ^Liberty HU1, St. Mark, Friendship, An - ? - ? LI. i-L __ __A reS* MW jca^ucu ms JUU MM ?W\4rim teacher rather than work H to breakup ttao Clarendon case an&lrao proirM to Hiw> by an, official. He detlarod thai wlien ??_ Clarendon's eltlxcu n* -?he J* unswerving faith and OMlnfe c ai of Roy, DeLalne ,w? got togather op we, too, oould carry of some of the Amid ear-spU^MMjneers and: CONTINUED OlyDE EIGHT ^ McCray Speaks Is For Mullins Mass Meeting is S 1 MULLINS ? A mass meeting < scheduled for 3:30 here Sunday afternoon, April 0, will be ad- ^T .-dressedJ>y John H. McCray edi- Nj | tor of the Lighthouse and 'Infor; mer of Columbia1, state chairman r|^|i I nf Q^.i+Vv /"V>?111 T*-~- JSt ill ? . v^ui vuua rvvgrcssivc j l, Democrats. >v Julian I*. Morgan', chairman of l/f '.the arranging committee, said it was a joint undertaking of all J fa* Marion county .-tto? was of ft 1 special interest, being sponsored to by citizens-Wt-large. cbas It will be held at'Ebenezet *hrc '* AME Church, which is petotored P1^8 J by Rev. S. W. Fordh^m, he said. CP. mest Man S hr ^:" " v 'r #fifc \;g~1 # ! gto* -Cripple 5 lbs here^??tiatted Vhantiti? port it,' or asa&ilfcnts ,who prepe- ul i crinratot Saturday wting was Maxie McCfoUan, no, birth and able to iM^^Sut rftd a limp alsa, incUcSWdT FtThh? JuiT work. He {?> confined in the CP eportedly critically injured. the McClellan of New Town, a son, H i - - - --y?#y-. - ' *. , \ j * ,* *'*'* * i V ;??'?-? i-i"1 ' "~"A' <T I * ' ?. JZ jr .)? J (-r-7 7 'J.-' ? - . : ?'* 1) ' 1 I . ill m'" '* ' "" - ' ' V' " ^' " V" i' 1 ?v ,?-?iE*L' " ^>*L I w K'.llSBfc: ~~ r~" M the new state officers of elected durln John H. Bower BHIpp seree a two year t ixander Lauds ite Leaders, ite's Fight QORGETCl'^N ? Efforts of h Carolina's- citizens to obhuman rights and the state's nost leaders in these efwere lauded here Monday the president of the North lina State Conference of NP branches. eaking before a large audiin Bethesda Baptist Church, Tip "rally of the Georgetown ( lCP branch, declared that, at the peoptebftSouth Cari .have been able to d0. h? t a warm InapiratlonV-fh the of us artouitd Ihe country.", e praised the.'Viaring and lfish leadership of James M.' ton and John H. McCray."i HintOn is rtste NAACP pros- J t and Mr. McCray, state1 cman of South Carolina ProBive Democrats and editor he. Lighthouse and Informer, r. Alexander spoke from the' |ect 'Organization Within r People," touching upon the' I work of NAACP. The Rev. Wooten Accompanied the J th Carolinian hnd modie a' f addresses t mong other* .on. program were: ed Bessellieu,_ James E. Pri- j u, W. W. ManigaulJ and tir Porcher, local bnjpfrh presi-| 4ACP Defies 1 treats Of Suit * ? J* v - . t Homeowner j JAN ntAtelSCO?Defiance | tempts to force Wilbur Gary' move from his aewly-purted home In Rollingwooa ugh court action was exUO& this week 6y "the NAA litintf the decision woiv bj NAAOS^in the United States reme Court in 1948, making ten restrictive covenants un>fe*abfcfcy law. NAACP R^1 lal Director Franklin H. Wilts invited the threatened law and said that the Assoc lata of our state and CouSftry basic American nrtncipte"^~7 the courts will not and cor use their powers to maintain lalljr . neetoietfci# .jieighbon* Wllflajns #uch ii\ should be instltttfcd, the legal facilities of the NAAwould be made arpflahle to Gary family and to th* peri who aobd theih the proper'' ; sgy :*> * . * ^ ; A i u?: ?/ V " ^ ? ? * . * ; * - v-jf"; ' ,v p s . . ' < . - e. . - J ' n *> '* ' ' rr'-' v,'.V br?; / ? ' '*] lj jjj^ '-It /;y B| p Hgi|Hf!H ( * I 01 B * I A B M I cr I ir ( Pictured left to right above I I <h?? PnlmoH** Q<<??a ^?.U i w ? ?w ? WW MV?*W tvavir g the 1952 state convention ^ i of Sumter, James M. Meimes T. McCain of Midline, erm. Miami Holds ; NAACP Day With 5 Mayor's Boost , i ' .-cW.V.V ' MIAMI, Fl*. ? By proclamation of Maydr Chelsea J. Sener- f chia, the city of Miami celebTat- ' ed NAACP Day on March 23, in J honor of the forty-third anni- j versary of the NAACP. Malcolm Ross, editor of the Univeristy of Miami newspaper,was principal speaker at a mass a meeting held by the local NAA- * CP branch at St.*John's Bap * ne neca xo vote." ^ In proclaiming. NAACP day, .Mayor Senerchia* cited the As- g soctation as "an organisation de- ^ voted to the welfare and * civil liberties of minorities through- J olit the United States" ami' cred-? v ited the^NAACP with being "in -I the forefront of activities in thisj community In behalf of the Ne-^ gro citizens hi the City of Ml- c ami." ?.- c "I urge all residents and visl- * toK as well," the proclamation, ' said, "to thoughtfully consider i c these ideals promulgated by the<l NAACP and participate in thel i activities of the NAACP on the' J * - ^ 1 * u?y aoove sot aside as NAACP > 1 Day." I; Dn~Bond Calls. Drxircrats 'Pup ' '** *" : Governor James F. Byrnes I was pictured as "another pup; pot dangling on the string olj great-out-of-state interests" to [ *.he. closing session of the Pal-' I irwtto fitate TeSdheifs Associae j itiort tore in Township AmditoriI um." j The Governor was assailed , i by Dr. Horace Mann Bend, president of IJncoln Univer| sity at Chester, Pa., whe de- 1 livered the main address for , the approximately 6,000 teachI ers "who attended iha two-__ | day meeting. n- n.w< *a. ?--A I . . J./VHU VllOi^CM Vital. UIU3V I of the South'* leaders today in the States Rights movement ate "onLr puppets'^ financed large-, ly^by interests alien to a finer South. j?\ He took exception . to tfi&J state's school program, deci. 4^ ing that the Governor's attitude*, toward m*T=cla** -educational; and other opportunities for Ncgroes era* simpfiyT continuation ft ~epa?tion whereby ;jjjp raeese* "are exploited by,4ftotarth c"m?natl'^.1Hta^hTf..r? Mrta, ?nd ?ft?r tfc. MM- I - JF* J.fHvFn | PRICE TEN CENII^f )emocrats To leet Here )n April 23 The 1952 state convention of >uth Carolina Progressive Demrats will be held in Columbia, { 'ginning at noon* Wednesday, ] m.mn rn+ * -' .. - . ?? I K*?? cv, a<?vv ciuujrman jonn Jtl. cCray enounced Monday. An important national Demo- * atic Committee figure has been tvited to address the convenon, he said.'' i The .decision of President I Truman not to run again naturally Is regretted by all of 1 us," he said, "but we'll have to get behind somebody and i maybe fcj April 23rd we will know who that'll be." The Progressive Democrats are 1 x pec tied to declare support for strong civil rights plank in the arty's convention platform this ear, and also for candidates who .rill pledge to uphold that plat- < orm. . The chairman sakP fcut while $ tie convention usually meets the ourth . X0mr May, . this , ear's fbe^ting is a month ear. ler "because the purpofe of the fay dure was to meet after the tate Democrat!" convenion had . arrived at it* platform and pro- J ram, which wa could evaluate t our meeting and decide who- ; her or not to go along with it." he 40, xro unties/ 1,000,000 Voters * [n South Goal for 1952 Election NEW YORK?Setting a goal >f 2,000,000, Walter White exeutive secretary of the NAACP Monday announced the launchng of a non-partisan drive 44 louble the present number of ^egTo voters in the South be'ore the November election. According to the best available estimates there are now a>Continued On Plage 4 ???> ? Coir. FtyrneSi pets? In Pawn aiea oy out of atat* feapttaf speaking through "local stooges," Both the poor white# who were deceived, mud th?i NegTo suffered, Dr. Bond 'declared. Lauding the fight on racial Segregation in education, being made in South Carolina,. Dr. Bond cheered the teachers for their support, urge them to cotvtinoff on at It and assured tftem that victory would certainly come in the end. It's DeLaii Merchants k SUMMERTON (Spec* Carolina's three percent M \\ V (Opponents to the tag m wnprovmf m* fiWW 'oualy labeled it the "Jha Byrnea" tax. HnS . ' * >' v" '*'* 'r- ' ' .' . !v:'t - }S eral^diatrict ^ | groes. He has persistently and of American Negroo# but little 1 blatantly advocated treatment * different from that of the dajr*$ Df slavery. "We could eoneetva no pd9 8 son leas than ha ta siliiiliitatm 1 even-handed jnatlee and ta J uphold obedience to tha fed- v eral constitution." v The_ NAACP message con- t eluded: "We do not believe you t voukf ever consider nomination b * . ' " White9 Signs Aii Irk Cop-Visitor CHARLESTON ? The "white men" and "white women" comfort station signs about the monument in Marion Square proved quite irksome to a na- t tive Charlestonian, now a re- t) tired New York City police offl- c car and! a valiant battler for fa human rights. The gentleman is Edward Green of 132 Gordon avenue, West Babylon, N. Y. who visited here with his wiftL_Jtor three weeks, guests of ICR. Mfiftitft a Johnson, 816 President street. ^* led by Mrs. Margaret Thornton. will feature as soloists: Mrs. Katherine Ruff, Mist 1 Martha CurtninghMn, sopranos; J Crank Graham, tenor, and Joseph Wilson, baritone. . City Schools \ Give Festival ' On Aytil 4 -? The Columbia City Element- 1 ary Schools" ate' pS^ntffig^nRh Musical Festival /'Nations loin .1 Hands " Monday night, April 7,'] 8 o'clock art the Township Audi- * torium. All Elementary schools in the , city will take part in the Festi- i val. Nations being represented i are: United States. Sweden, Russia, Japan, Italy, France, 1K>Ul.k T., 1u. ..J 1 VA'WOII HIW, ?uiu ouauco. 1; The program will consist of i songs and dances from the various countries ,and promises to be very good. r J tie's Tax, Declare ,r V , il)?A new name for South v dq? tax was uncovered here n^wRt raising revenue h -peWic schools have vari lcrow" or "(Gov.) Jimmy Xisidenta reported that at : (white) tells his customivinff to nav "that n<iI.oin<? fend J. DeLalne, credited ti-jimcrow Clarendon coune merchant explained, MIf so radical none of us would t now," x. j . . . ?? t^r . - . , V? '' ' ' * '' , ? : : ' ' ' "v VM+*SM . . hat of Mc^ Bivacs lor the ftT itu 1 jtiqiiiiiT11 |v,; I VWMCBVOTWI JW^VIwi 1V4 ' ' -i^A -J Anttiiri- 1 lew pMro Ol Mia liii#Wtv^rl1^ Hdm>ital Will be ^?7jt jl ' _l ^iw jm <fiin "Wfiij ' "4 Biabop Tranlt Madison Kefci, PCSkttL : y June. 1. .^ggSfl * ? ? -- i - ? 0 1" > '*iii < i ii _? ? ' ? ? ^d^SCffttilUltiOB l^t~ * polii^ Wroe in 1M0. He ?w ited for bravery four times dur- | And i& A liAAflAbof of flM i^fT '.'3^^ tmwTotod " *,... .. WfflH)<f Ox TO oourn uBtoiina * :. .i,| tfftftffl fT llliiyfl the G-men have not arrested one <aspect in thj* hornb-murder <* h Barry T Moore and his wtto, M Roy Wllkins, aritolnlatertng gp, . T5 the NAACP, this week called parffgar ilainwi^ hy the public Wi Attorney Sonera! J. Mow Wfirsih fei action in the FloriV>| _ Principal speaker at a ral^H sponsored-by the Sunset Neigh JR borhood Group and the BergenXB County NAACP, Mr. WI2kin>i^H| lashed out at tbe-wave of lwin^<Wl infs apd pother vfcdenco 'v v^s^?_ je^DjEXsOHp AHvK CnBfjpCd ?P^. hoodlums wore being encoura# ed by the failure to arrest Elk's Oratorical ^ Contest Set f 1 BKAUTORT ? The Wl 6ntw*5gHcdBf?t hold hw In Iht fUkwt-J^^B high school Friday lUghC JWf 1 lh? it was annmiiwsd *B|H| Th? high school band PwMHB giwa* ooaoert ?i 6:>fr saiil jfcg jwji, tsst proper will sUrtJFVRjH The aiwaual npnili malBH-jBliMM *est sponsored by ttw & jipMpHB Lodge of Shs. Ho. J. 8. Blocker is ??K|M and James T^rhir1?(itfinitl>i|fS ry. ???? *. *1 v? ' j