Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, April 05, 1952, Image 1
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?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?
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" ^ |>le tltes from the hotm^ of hi?
I Son-in-law Sand dtoughteiy . Mr.
I and Mrs, f*eter Poinsett, 8 JasI
per street.
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I out SO years of sendee in the J
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i?e I8w puouc servant wt? j
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^ 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."
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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.
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BKeof the iHeaneal
Victim of a critical b4
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Home, was assaulted by
on the way home from i
Infirmary at Florence, n
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mechanic*
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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
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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
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CONTINUED OlyDE EIGHT ^
McCray Speaks Is
For Mullins
Mass Meeting is
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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
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-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,
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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
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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''
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g the 1952 state convention ^
i of Sumter, James M. Meimes
T. McCain of Midline,
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Miami Holds ;
NAACP Day With 5
Mayor's Boost , i
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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
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"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'
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u?y aoove sot aside as NAACP > 1
Day." I;
Dn~Bond Calls.
Drxircrats 'Pup
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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.
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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
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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, ]
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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
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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
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SUMMERTON (Spec*
Carolina's three percent M
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(Opponents to the tag
m wnprovmf m* fiWW
'oualy labeled it the "Jha
Byrnea" tax.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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liii#Wtv^rl1^ Hdm>ital Will be
^?7jt jl ' _l ^iw jm <fiin "Wfiij ' "4
Biabop Tranlt Madison Kefci,
PCSkttL :
y June. 1. .^ggSfl
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^d^SCffttilUltiOB l^t~
* polii^ Wroe in 1M0. He ?w
ited for bravery four times dur- |
And i& A liAAflAbof of flM
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WfflH)<f Ox TO oourn uBtoiina *
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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.
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