Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Under his command the company maintained a rating of : and was often praised by fire chief Norman Q. Ql-1 frf't ], ' . *r. Mears became * . sub- * c&llman In 19W when be jeto^ ft - 1 10l 9 4 t||li . There's one ma" nth Cpltuni bla who ts really sad about President Truman's decision Asked Monday morning his reaction to t6e presidentjS^J-v "He just jessed me and my - . ^iiflcfup. I was going to give fcs'. him my vote because his administration gave it to me. Now, I want to use it and don't know who to vote for." ' .. ' v. -V2* Harlem Dope Peddler Gets Ten Years Ntt^ORK ringleader and thru* of what is reputed to fcgijjHm's biggest u<v? run*, given rag^M tory prison terras rangiij Era te-ten -jnffsrs. L,cadeiy# throe which did a business in heroin" waipPryestuf old Louis Taylor. He? drew 10 yfars along with Sylvester Hoffl r. The other Effective April 1. the ;ll ai4Hal^. ttaa,wa? tendered to Rev. Frank ? R> ??el, chairman of 4Ri bditd *MJ* plans tc J remain in Cha^etfton. He con I ducts a radio pfeoffram here, "Ir ffi'-- Hit* C^denAjtover radio statior WPAl, whi<iK*jbas become quiti E* V popular with Charlestoniaas. A f.r M:m '"'i i ~t is# maid In ' ' Rev. DeLainc l ' *?... r:1 ;.. * - . (7..-.j* v Testimonial i ' '. . ? (By Staff Con LAKE' ti?&? ? Manv of Clarendon county went to courl cial segregation, the spirit and pending'Cpderal suit; and plauc in the movement were bared h hundreds from several fow?<ui flowed little St. Tames AME CI paator, the Rev. J .A. DeLaine, year by Bishop/FranR MadtaoS Background of tfee Clarendon y suit, now oi worldwide Importance, was outlined by the principal speaker, Rev. E. E. Rich* 13 burg, pastor of Liberty Hill * ona Wdrandoo^"oiSnttff HA- ? ACP lewfers. TS Jwuity were pleased today that ? they , were persecute! wheat T ^h?y mrrt tost fe*?*** * 1 % resetters l ircd \ He named fourteen school teachers he said were fired be-! cease officials suspcted they . in sympathy with apetition drawn and submitted to the board, or a committee of citizens working on the porject whicji was headed bRev. Mir. DeXiine. ?Thoso fired, IwtBld were: "Rev. Del.aine, H^Jry Ragin, j TITtc . Uallv RflSfl ' ?-iaa?iteom?*y, Harry Brlggs, f James Brown, WiHtem (Stukes I (now deceased) Thomas Brown,! i William Ragin, Revc J. W. Seals,1 Mrs. DeLaine, Mt$> Martin, Mrs. , Oliver and MisIT'Oliver." | In addition, he charged,r fit- j. fid a Is circulated false rumors j about persons involved in the ! < f school case (this was long before U?e . issue reached the } courts) the ku klux klan disi tributed threatening ' circulars on the doorsteps of tho*e involved, and .to top U off, Rev. | DeLaine found himself involv- ; ed in a libel suit because he accepted chairmanship of the \ school committee. feL'Lake City, of course, is in ^Florence county. The reason the ji testimonial was held here was J that thosp sponsoring it wanted HMD^be' a surprise to the honoree. < v than 300 persons traveled ( 11 nt I r J>n1 the moanoHt parth3ty^ralyzed< since I II. xnie^agm. Ha Walke with other tnconvenienccR to loc McClellan, who ia em I W?mP WOO ngr.rv .-l?-^,i U,. , . ..? VI nt*o HOcmuiVQU \i J I i on the way home from w > Infirmary at Florence, re] , 'He is thfe son of Shaw N mechaniCj" ' >'? ' ' ' " ^ ' ' ' V',w" -*j af^M v^KI^^^V??> mF 'OT"' T5^. v;' &&S Ifcfc,, M^TTMlj ? I l^il'f. _il-k'' 4 jbS^V> .-fct -v ?V $ v f ' " ^i uW,-?*.,. -*.-: ^.^jKAa-JL. J ' ' ' : .^SKPSP?* .. For Mullins Mass Meeting MULLINS :? A mass meetinj scheduled for 3:110 hero Sunday afternoon, April 6, will be ad dressed by John H. McCray; edi tor of the Lighthouse and Infor nrer of Columbia', state chairmai of South Carolina Progressivi Democrats. Julian L. Morgan, chairman, o the arranging committee, said i was a joint undcrtaking^.of ul of Marion countyohd was o special interest, being sponsoret by citizensJat-large. It will be held at Ebeheze AME Church, which nnsfcorpi by Rev. S. W. Ford-ham, he s6ld / J nest Man Cripple es hero continued hunting or assailants ,who preperrltrtAa 1a?i ftifotX&MSL night. iting was Maxie McCWUan, birth and able to use but A. limn oIba inHieatiwA a# amotion. ployed by Bethea Funeral persona not known to him ork. He is confined in the portedly critically injured., [cClellan of New Town, a citizens in, ; in an all out attack on *a-.l mind of those backinr-aftrttf lita for the foremost leader! ere 8undi)Mtffternooil whfen ntry counties auicklv ovarmrch in a testimonial to its moved here this conference Reid. lorence counties. In ifco end after speech-makngv more than $400.00 In cash tmm counted on the table as a contribution to Rev. DeLaine, intruded to use it for expenses & the general conference of his hurch in Chicago next month. *he sum was contributed through everal churches of several decojninations, including: Baptists, tinity, Tau Ca-u, Elizabeth, Latioch, Shiloh, St. Mark; Mt. 5ero, Macedonia, Briggs Chapel and Bethlehem; AMEt Liberty lill, St. Mark, Friendship, Anioch, Zion Hill, Mt. Zign, St. ^u^ay^chookj? of' severtJ erf . The presentcfltm' was made by Rev. far." Seals, who rose to heights in the county when ho resigned his Job < as veterans teacher rather than work to breakup tljg Clarendon case as iras proceed to him by an, official. He declared that when Clarendon's citizens saw 'The 'unswerving faith and courage of Rev. DeLaine ,w? got together sp we, too, could carry some pf the ,oad*'l*jK .; DeLaine Amid ear-split^jf^^Wieers and CONTINUED OAft^&GE EIGHT MfcCray Speaks V A," ' ; ~ i; ' fl H I ers Association, elected durinj They are, John H. Bowen AJHater of Kingstree and Ja aerre a- (wo year U Alexander Lauds l&ate Leaders, State's Fight rnnnTUiFfrpWM ? Efforts of South Carolina's- citizens to oh- , tain human rights and the state's , foremost leaders in these efforts were la tided here Monday by the president of the North' Carolina State Conference of NF AACP branches. > . Speaking before a large audi-J ence in Bethesda Baptist ChuTch,' Kelly. Alexander of Char-j. j&tte, N. C., speaking 5* a mem-; iSerfeMp rally of the Georgetown, NAACP branch, declared that "What the people of South Car-j olina have been able to do has' been a warm in9piratioffife the; rest of us around the country." ; He praised the faring and j unselfish leadership of James M. Hinton and John H. McCray."i Mr. Hintdn is state NAACP prcs- J jdent and Mr. MeCray, -tate chairman of South Carolina Pro-1 tfressive Democrats and editor ; of The Lighthouse and Informer., Mr. Alexander spoke from the J subject "Organization Within I Your People," touching upon the ,, legal work of NAACP. The Rev. ! Mr. Wooton Accompanied the , North Carolinian end madJe a , brief addresses aJJK>. / ! Among others appearing on I the program were: " ?- 4 Fred Bessellieu, James E. Pr>-: oleauT W. W. Manigaul$_ and (L i S, Porcher. local brifjftch presil den4- -F | | NAACP Defies ;i Threats Of Suit ( On Homeowner f ' ] [ SAN FRANCISCO?I>o fiance f of attempts to forcc Wilbur Gary j! to move from his newly-purJ chased homo In Rollingwooe. r! through court action wa? ex ^pressed this week by the NAAl.jCP. . Citing the decision won b> the NAACP in the United States Supreme Court in 1948, making written restrictive covenants unenforceable by law, NAACP Rqgional Director Franklin H. Williams invited the threatened law -urit and said that the Association word*?"welcome live ?>r> porfumiy t#?reaffirm - in the courts of our stale and couMry the basic American principle . . = that thr rmirtq will not and cor not use their powers tolSuuntatiT racially restricted neighborMr. Williams said that It such a suit should be instituted, the full legal facilities of the NAACP would be made available (a the Gary family and to the persons who sold them the proper-' #Kyr - - ^ , - Hf; w *HRH ^ "^C * T ??B~j^~4-Jk--^^yL-j^ : \ - ?I? I Pictured left to right above the Palmetto State Teach ' < the 1952 state convention { i of Sumter, James M. Mcmes T. McCain of Mulliits. srm. Miami Holds !; NAACP Day With jj Mavor's Rnnst ! ^ I J .. . . . MIAMI. Fla. ? By proclama- . tion of Maydr Chelsea X Sener-j ^ chia, the city of Miami oelebrat-J , ed NAACP Day on March 23, in; j honor of the forty-third anni-1 ^ versary of the NAACP. Malcolm Ross, editor of the; Univeristy of Miami newspaper,: was principal speaker at a mass , meeting held by the local NAA-! ( CP branch at St. * John's Bap-' tist Church. <The program wasj developed around the theme,1! "The Need to Vote.'* In proclaiming. NAACP da?y,t Mayor Senerchia? cited the As~j< soctation as "an organization de- < voted to the welfare and' civil liberties of minorities thrnmrh-! out the United States" and credited the'NAACP with being "in the forefront of activities in this j community in behalf of the Negro citizens of the City of Mi-. ami." I "I urge alt residents and visltoN as well," the proclamation said, "to thoughtfully consider i these ideals promulgated by thet N.AACP and participate in the, activities of the NAACP on the day abovG ret a-ide as NAACP Day." t Dr. Hon (I Dixiecrats 'Pur i Governor Ja*mes F. Byrnes i was pictured as '"another puppot dangling on .'ho string of groat-out-of-state interests" to ; '.h(> closing session of the Pal-' i m.tto State Teadheds Associa>- j , tlon ivere in Township AuSTTtori-; j um. The Governor was assailed j by Dr. Horace Mann Bond, i 1 president of I<incoln University at Chester, Pa., who de-" livereil the main address for i the approximately 6,000 teach- I j ers who attended the - twoj day meeting. Dr. Bond charged that most , of the South's leaders today in | the States P'rhts movement are j "only puppet* ', financed largc ly^-hy intert *ts alien to a fine, j South. j He took exception to ' state's school program, decv ^ toward first-class educational and other opporlunifteff *for Negroes was sipapfty continuation of a tradition whereby-.the massed "liitf e? pi oiled by fan ning" racial strife and .hatred. . Background for the whole system of exploitation, hnnalfl^ 4wt9f and after tk+ *?? i. #MOtk)Q period, was domla~ "? /; J j , ^ , < 1 v> r . j, v?w SPji - ? i ? f* raicErsNa^re - " '* . *' v&KU \' ": T *' v iAjf-i tJPis '"a?,','3': i - ~'" SB ? Progressive * Democrats To Meet Here )n April 23 The 1952 state convention of outh Carolina Progressive Dom- I 'rats will be held in Columbia, eginning at noon, Wednesday,; pril 23, state chairman John H. j [cCray enounced Monday. An important national Demo- j * atic Committee figure has been) ivited to address the conven-i ion, he said. me decision of President 1 Truman not to run again nat- I urally is regretted by all of | us," he said, "but we'll have to get behind somebody and maybe by April 23rd we will know who . that'll be." The Progressive Democrats are jxpected to declare support for i strong civil rights plank in the party's convention platform this rear, and also for candidates who vill pledge to uphold that platform. The chairman said that while :he convention usualiy meets the fourth TjiMshiy?m?May,?thia gear's meeting is a month earlier "because the purpose of the May date was to meet after the; state Democrati" convenion had arrived at its platform and pro-! gram, which w$ could evaluate at our meeting and decide whether or not to go along with it." Them a ire an estimated 125,000 Progr?ii^!V?*er?(t** State, operating '(h ^nearly all ol the 46 .counties. - - '' ' ' ' -Vj >?.. 1 9 Ann AAA Va4A? * T UICIC5 In South Goal For 1952 Election NEW YORK?Setting a goal of 2,000,000, Walter White executive secretary of the NAACP Monday announced the launching of a non-partisan drive to double the present number of Negro voters in the South before thc November election. According to the best available estimates there arc now aContinued On Pajje 4 "" t 1 * 1 " Cjor. By, rpets' In Pawn ated by out of state Capital speaking through "local stooges/* Both the poor whites who were deceived, and th<l Negro suffered, Dr. .Bond declfHt? ?d. , " . Lauding the fight on racia Segregation in education, beinj made in South Carolina, Dr Bond cheered the teachers fo; their support, urge them to con' tinue on at it and assured thenr | ttiat victory would certainly come in the end. It's DeLai Merchant* . /, _ _ SUMMERTON (Spec Carolina's three percent t thin week. v>'. Opponents to the ta for improving the state ously labeled it the U.V11IUU Liix. 'Una least one local mercha* era ^ 'ffiP?' ; ~ '?? 'VUfrT ML ",-> ' "sife fc* a < r :* J*.??- * ' ifcr i tion waa "dvjply disturbed, irt Mendel Rivors of Charleston i for the judgeship vacated Judge J. Wattes Waring in fi erai district. Walter White*. the rnemil j3? further: y "it h w ah^ ^iMge ng Uen^^that rteteaecnto at , 5^7^^ :] reflection of jrour attitude. "Congressman Rivera has been one of th most v^hcative* op- 1 r"**"1' "t Hartal ?jgh** I groes. He has persistently and of American Negroes hut little I blatantly advocated treatment 1 I different from that Of the days I of slavery. 1 "We could eoneetve no pee?:> I son less than he to admlntolie i even-handed Justice and tS : uphold obedience to the fed- i eral constitution." ' ' 1 The NAACP message con- 1 eluded: "We do not believe you i wouW ever consider nomination 1 (W kite9Signs A Irk Cop-Visitor CHARLESTON ?"The "white men" and "white women" com- . fort station signs about the monument in Marion Square proved quite irksome to a na- 1 tive Charlestonlan, now a re- t tired New York City police 'offi- < cer and'-a valiant battler for j human rights. The gentleman fs Edward Green of 132 Gordon avenue. West Babylon, N. Y. who visited here with his wife for three weeks, guests of Mrs. Mamie Johnson, 318 President street;?- Of the Marion Square signs, he said they Joht with the monument to commemorate fSeven Last STBTT W .gg-juy [' The annual )r#cital Jof "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by iSeodore Dubois will be presenator the twelfth year bare Sunday night April 6, by the j Junior Choir of Bethel AME i Church, Digram begins at I 8:30, in fteth?KOuirch. I The 50-voice chbir, directed; by : Dr. R. W. Mance and accompanied by Mrs. Margaret Thornton, will feature as soloists: ' \ " Mrs. Katherine Ruff, Miss } Martha Cunningham, sopranos; I Frank Graham, tenor, end Jo1 seph Wilson, btfritoo* ife* ~ i City Schools Give Festival j . 1 " 'v ^-V a - V ?a* ' jUn April 4 The Columbia City Elementj pry Schools are presenting g | Musical Festival /'Nations Join j Hands/' Monday night, April 7, 8 o'clock a^ the Township Audli torium. | - . [ ? All EleWntary schools in the ; city will take part in the Festl1 val. Nations being represented !| arc: United - States, Sweden, Russia, Japan, Italy, France, r British Isks, and Mexico. The program will consist of i: songs and dances from the vari7 j ous countries ,and promises to be very good. lie's I n i 5 ueciare Jail?A new name for South gdes tax was uncovered here pc aimed at raising revenue 's public schools have varithcrow" or "(Gov.) Jimmy rtwldents reported that at it (white) tells his customaving to pay "that Del?aine rend J. A, Pel>aine, credited nti-jimcrow Clarendon counhe merchant explained, "If n so radical none of us would it now." i ' , j / . * i " . '' . A * \ aA\ . % m xs- V-i^ ilfflllnHn Is * a W \JP KJ \>w an? ,y ... _ 1 m * I T r? ' pp jitj-f^_l U^J A , ._ GSW Dedkatorial Dedicatdrial tervioes for the new plant of 4b* Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital Will be Marie* It Paul, treasurer \ pf ^:. kbe board of directors of the hospital said Monday. Bishop; Frank Madison Raid, prelate of the South Carolina AMD Oun^jrill be gvmt j^One bif feature of th* sar- J rfce? will be open house, during which period guests will be ?bk? to inspect the itew plant, scheduled to be reedy for occupancy ' ..... t Monument At Charleston "discrimination and race hatfed; Isa shame to tax paying citizens who do net fight it/' Mr. Green left Charleston at * the age of 13. He retired from the police force in 1930. He was pited lor bravery four times dur- 4 tag his service on the force. He has been an active NA- 0 ACP smhsi fr SO years, Is* la a member of the Bww> ; ' ' ^ Iflffea of is' a mmttt of Ctas - - - '9 now president of the Civic As- 1 spcUtton^WyntfmMh, ^ BufMr. Often was the fourth colNew York City, fc 1917 ? leave of absence end served 15 months with the lamed 92nd p h irl^ ft ton .lou^ht urith tKft Union \*1JP1 icatv/ll, lUU^pit WiW* M?? WM?VM a^^lifl^gjnl8to^and^s lowing this service he became a membd^ of the South CjjkfylUi !1 National Guard. rmT n FBI Snares Bobbers But Not Moore Killers KNGLEWJOOD, N. Pointing out that in Jhan two weeks the FBI managed to catch a gang of thieves suspected of robbing a multimillionaire Nevada- man & of $1,500.060, hut in three tr^ontha > the G-men have not arrested one suspect in the bomb-murder of Harry T, Moore and his wife, Roy Wilkins, *?n*nisirator ?#the NAACP, this week called for new demands by the public : qua Attorney General i. Howard VLeGrath for action in the Flowda case.' ?JHBH Principal sp^kerart a ral ^gi sponsored by the Sunset Neig'tvq^H borhood Group and the Bergen!^ County NAACP, Mr. Wilkin*' fflj lashed out at the wave of bok?b ings and other violence dvtr the" nation, and charged thfil hoodlums were being enooureA Vji ed by the failure to arrest ani |J punish prepetfatora of the Mo tit atrocity. A resolution on tflie Moore case wks unanimously jk* dopte dfo rtransmittal to Wash- J lnglon. Elk's Oratorical > !'"ji Contest Set BEAUFORT ? The animal Elk's oratorical contest vria held here in the Robert Smalls high school Friday nighty April 18, it was announced hfpnday The schodl band will begiwa concert at 8:30 and^pon test proper will start ,l(t The annual speeeh-makl 'est among high echpoUrs H _ sponsored toy tha S. J, BunfliM Lodge of Elks, No. 584* of ?WA I J. 8, Blocker ia exited rdh*. ^ , and James Richardson* ?4crf48| ry.