Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, April 05, 1952, Image 3

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. ' '.* ?i "Vn ' ? v'? .Y'' I 1 I -i - ',. ' * * ' -m Llarendoo Hail Stam fOhptain Mears I .Pusses Away Mi lid V * CHARLESTON "Ceptaifc Pebert Wearswt who for nearly . V* fe half century bossed the city's Rg**/ |^j*I o l in ,dnly all-colored firp fighting sta-i 111 * 1-JCTl-iCtI.hJ .. tion, has passed away, and was j f . Wd to reSt last week after aim- I eQlimnnial pie rites from the horn*, of his 0811111011101 son-in-law and dhughteR Mr.! n and Mrs. Peter Poinsett, 6 Jas- ' * WT*1"1* ^ per street. ' j LAKE ? .Many o Captain Mean lacked only Clarendon county went to coi four months from rounding cial segregation, the epirit ai out 50 years of service in the pending federal suit, and pla city fire department when ill in the movement were bared health forced him to retire in hundreds from several low 1950. He had held the rank of flowed little St. James AME captain for 37 of those years. pastor, the ReV. J .A. DeLain - The late public servant wa$.year by Bishop lTranR Madisc responsible for the Hook and background of the Clarendon Ladder company on Coining st. .. >? Which answered all alarms in 8 ^ nov wor Impo the city's business district, and t*nce, wa? outlined by.the prinall major alarms, from resident!- cipal speaker, Rev. E. E. Rich/ al areas. Under his command the burg, pastor of Liberty Hill company maintained a rating of AME Church in school district "exceUept" and was often prais-' 22 where, the suit originated, and ed by fine chief Norman G. Ql-j one of Clarendon county's NA? dim.;' i ACP leaders. . *'"/. MT. Mean became a sub- Rev. M*. Richburg. said he callman in 1900 .when heroin- , and his co-workers in the ed the department. H? was .[ county wer#. pleased todav that to railman five year*;. they were persecuted when later; In 1011 he became a ^h?y sort flnt to obtain betfireman and fn 1917 ft captain*, ter educational factttles. ReFltgg flew half mast ^last sentment against this persecu^the^tloit^ he ?"dd, is the real story I'M '' Teachers Fired r ^ " He named fourteen school ;. 1 teachers he said were fired be; ?Tt| ttcause officials suspcted they _L?y^ere in symPathy with apeti^ ^ Ther^s one ma nLn ('plum> tion drawn and submitted ttr the bia who Is really sad "about 1 board, or a committee of citiPrtesident Truman's decision zens working on the porject which not to be President again. /fy was headed by Rev. Mr. DeAsked Monday morning his Laine. "Those fired, h^ said were: reaction to the President's dm- "Rev. DoLnine, H<J$ry Ragin, raatie announcement . fltetjp- Mrs. Hally Mack, Mr-t. Rosa day night, the. citizen declar- Montgomery, Harry Briggs, ed: , i James Brown, William (Shukes "He just messed me and my (now deceased) Thomas Brown, ^polifl(#up. I was going to give i William Ragin, Rev. J. W. Seals, him my vote because his ad- Mrs. DeLaine, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. ministration gave it to me. , Oliver and Miss Oliver." ... T i i. 11 j . .... ' - _ i^uw, i want to use it ami uon t in addition, he charged, niknow who to vote for." i fieials circulated false rumors ? about persons involved in the ' : school case (this was long heHarlem "ope fnre the issuc r,'ached thc * i ! courts! Ull ttlujL klan dl^ Peddler Gets 1 tributed threatening circulars m _ r i on the doorsteps of those inlen Years^ ' 1 vowed, and to top it Off, Rev. i DeLaine found himself lnvolvNEW\^5TORK <CNJ-'y ? The rd in a libel suit because he ringleader and three- of what is accepted chairmanship of the reputed to be Harlm's biggest school committee, dope ring, were given mandn-' Lakc citv of c0:irs(. is in tory prison terras ranging JMfblorenoe county. The reason the five to ten years. l#eade*gi^^e testimonial was held ho re was t ree which id a . fattwtic, those sponsoring it wanted business in heroin" was * to be a'surpnse to tue honoree. old Louis Taylor. He- drew -Wg8|' than 300 persons traveled years, along with Sylvester >v . , ler. The other two?resident* in the auditrarlem?got hve years. All f^sldei;Uj5 ^?f c^?ra?": At -Beat ^. to the YMJCA Branc^^BBB^gj^BjSS^^ Authorit Cannpn street for the assailan years^thi* w^k v^n^Pmwff; ''l l.BjBtjijIlu of thTTHCanegt Effective April 1, the iw#i?h? nar+iallv aT 4.:^? 4 > 1 ~ ? A ?- ^ MWtMl T?V/*4 nlllLC r: vnm, wrt? irmierea w.o m*v. frrank, .^ tr? n ul *- ~p TTj.T .r.ir^,*. -* ??.- v._? ./ . one arm. He walks with 5 dhwetort 1 ?^6f Inconveniences to lex ? Hev. Lampkfn said be plans to; McClellan, who is en remain in Chat^eirton. He eon-( Hoflffe, Was ft ana 111 ted by it*-- ducts a radio program here, "In1 on the way home from The Garden, V over radio station Infirmary at Florence, re WPAL, whio?&ba* beeome quite1 We is son of Shaw J popular with CharlestcmiA*^. mechanic. ^ " : Si M I ' U-i-5 I County's 1 ? a / ^ - ? drool i I orrespondent) ?f the real reasons citizens in I irt in an all out attack on raid mind of those backing "the hJRW.PSTA. OFFICERS udits for the foremost leader a*"? th? new state officers here Sunday afternoon whtm era Association, elected dur ^untry counties quickly over- her? last week. Church in a testimonial to its They are, John R. Bow e, moved here this conference Allister of Kingstree and tttvReid. '. V.. They will serve a two year I Flounce counties.. .. j _ *.i.v?/.' T Given StoeabCe IW AJHlXaitder 1411108 ; ' In the end after speech-mak- pz I ing, more than *?M.OO in cash g^fe Leaders, ( was counted on the table as a ^ contribution to Rev. DeLaine, in_ i Cf f?irrtlt strucfed to use it for expenses OISIXC S F lgllt U> the general conference of his: . . . . .. GEORGETOWN ? Efforts c church .n Chicago next month.' ,, _ ,, , The ?um was contributed through Carolina's citizen.- to ob several churches of several de- 'a,n huma" rl?hls and sta,e, .. , ,. Ti * * foremost leaders in *hese of nominations, including: Baptists, ? , . , ,, Trinity.' Tau Cau, Elizabeth, 'orta w"e la"dcd h?a 1M?ndaAntioch, Shiloh St. Mark. Mt. Jjy t,he pr? " ? ^or I Zero, Macedonia. Briggs Chapel ^ard,'nf Sta'e Conference ?f N and Bethlehem; AMU Liberty;AACP branches. I Hill, St. Mark, Friendship, An-' Speaking before a large audi tioch, Zion Hill, Mt. Zign, Stance in Bethesda Baptist Church James, Tcinty Laurel Hill, Sp -i ' Kelly Mr ^Alexandc^ of Char Hill, Pine I N- c-> speaking tt a mem ! Rundav Schools of" several, Cf;Keifchlp rally of the Geoigetowi | these also added their sums. iNAA'CP branch, declared tha Tlie presentation was made 1 "What the people of South Car i? * ojh . ' olina have been able to do ha by Rev. Mr. Seals, who rose . . . .. m .. ....... ' . . ! been a warm inspiration to th i to heights in the county when i , ., " . ! . , - -, j 4 rest of us around the country, he resigned his job as vet: erans teacner tathfr than work ??Paused??? 11?? to breakup Clarendon case ?un.elfish leadership of James M as was pror-'sed to him by an j Hinton and John official. H0 declared that when J Mr Hmton <> state NAACP pi ? i Clarendon's citizens saw '*the ; i'-"*'011* a,;d Mr. Mi Cray. -.1 L* unswerving faith and courage ! chairman of Sou'h Carolina Pro ; - of Rev. DeLaine ,wc got to- gressive Democrats and edito .. . " ,. of The Lighthouse anil Informei gether so we, too, could carry >?.inc * some of the load." * j hlr. Alexander spoke fiom ih DeLaine reffiwds -subject "Organization Withi , ' u^jjtrlVTr . Your People," touching upon th ZL "lSF- legal work of NAACP. The Uet CONTINUED ON *AGE EIGHT ^ ^ ^ompanied th North Carolinian und ma-''. McCray Speaks -b,ki< *?'*'** *te> n Hit 11' - 1 Amo.-s, others apweociiva. For Mllllins ! the program were: I "** n M" a* Fit'd R.ss.lheu. Jamcs K. I'"' jMaSS Meeting . ^plcau, W. W. Man^auU and t ' s Porch or. Uu ai branch pros ! MULL INS ? A mass meeting Jen4 ! scheduled for 3:30 hero Sunday afternoon, Anril 6, will be ad- * 4/ii> i\ r? dressed by John H. McCray, cdi-- UGllOS 4or of the Lighthouse and Infqrnver of Columbia, state chairman Threats Of Suit of South Gjarolma Progressive Julian L. Morgan, chairman of On Homeowner the arranging committee, said it, 4 t *t' * 11 SAN FRANCISCO - Defir.ne was a joint undertaking of atl, o/mn xiv.m of M^uion county and was of attempts b> foit'c Wilbui Gar special interest, being sponsored lo rn*>ve from bis ncwly-pui by citi/ens-Jat-large. ' chased home in Rollingwo " i It will bo held at Ebcnezer' through, court action wa? ex AME Church, which is pasvorcd pressed this week by .he "NAA by Rev. S. W. Ford ham, ho said., CP. i Citing the decision won b -m yy Tthe NAACP in the United State wm o Suprerrie Court in 1948, makin I 1 JldJI I. i written restrictive covenants un i enforceable by law, NAACP Ro # J gional Director Franklin H. Wd l^i I j linms invited the threatened lav VJI.J. JLIJLrlt? i .-irit und said that the Assort a Ji. M- : tion would Welcome the op ies here continued hunting I to reaffirm in t. or assailants .who prepe- cout* ?f ?"r "tal0 "\d co"n,r crimps last Saturday night. | the bade Ajneric?n l>rlnc,pl" ?i? ? . i77? 11 mat tttm courts wtH not and cor atinf? was Maxie McClellan, ?^ 4 4. . . 4 . ui*+Z j ui 4 i_ I no- use their powers to maintan birth and able to use but T ^. u. ? . racially restricted neighbor a limp als?, indicative of hood*/ iomotlon. ' ~ Mr. Williams sAl<T tfaifdfr sue! iployed by Bethoa k Unocal a sin* should be instituted, th PBtbotrt not known to him full Icjral facilities of the NAA *ork. He is Confined i-n the CP kould br made available t critically injured. | thr Gary family and to the per acClellan Of Now Town, a j aons who sold them the proper ' *y. > I B * F Br 'yj> I I" I B^ ^ i | ^ ' *?* ^p'.* P^-^-- %>^" PRICE TEN CENTS 1 Fired In ' ?V\: . ?" < .- ' . . . ' '.y/ '; "-; ;* *" * . . .. -;w-i ^Revenge' B South Carolina Progressive DomJH I oerats will he held in Columbia, s JfUfc j beginning at noon, Wednesday, ) Hi April 23, state chairman John H. m MeCray anounced Monday. -J. An important national Democratie Committee figure has been ( invited to address the conven-, ^ & 1" ? tion, he said. ?Pictured left to right'above 1 Utf decision of President? Of the Palmetto State ^Teach- 1 Truman not to run again nat- j ing the 1952 state convention ' urally Is regretted by all of , , us." he said, "but we'll have [ en of Sumter, James M. Mc- j to set behind somebody and j James T. McCain of Mullins. 1 maybe by April 23rd we will term. i know who that'll be." T 1' The Progressive Democrats are I Miami HnlHc j expected to declare support for a strong civil rights plank in the( Ni APP flsiV With party's convention platform this; mJiXj tt Hit year, and also for candidates who I Mayor's Boost ' 7.Ip,ed'e 10 upho!d ,hat p,at" I xitta ajtt iti? t> , Tb-e chairman said that while i MIAMI, Ha. ? Bv proclama- . ... ,f! .. -v- ^ ,, , ? , " . _ _ the convention usually meets the 1 tiorr ot Maybr Chelsea J. Sener- . .. . ... ; J ., .. .... . .... fourth Tuesday in Mav this! i chlfl tnn cifv r\f *- 1 s'vri ?r-i> in "* """"" i year's meeting is a month .ar.i ?,od NAACP Day on March 23, ln;]i?r ?bec the of t>, -j honor of the forty.rtnrd anm-M weas t0 met.t afler .hti M versary of the NAACP. | ^ Domocrati. convcnion had l> Malcolm Ross, ed.tor of the a;.r,ved a( platform and pr0., ", Univerisly of Miami newspaper.; which" wq could evaluate! I was principal speaker at a mass a, 0UT mee.ing and decide wbe.l. meeting held by the local NAA-I |her or not to along with it."I I,, CP branch at St. John's Bap-, Tharo are an eslima.ed 125,0001 t list Church. -The piogruin was, ftogf^vT15wi5its , -in th< ! -1 developed aiound the theme, state, operating "iii ?early all of, a "The Need to Vote " - ;-,he 49 coun.ie9, i In proclaiming. NAACP daw, * [ Mayor SencrchiaC cited the A - o AlUWhUt Vfttoi-U * s sorietion as "an organization de- ^jUUUjl/UU Ulivlo e; voted to the welfare and civil t cj ii 1 liberties of minorities through- JLll oOlllil \j0cll '1 out the Unite*.! States" and orcd- fx -j flEfO LM ^ M i ! itod thc'NAACP -with being "in T Of 1952 hileCllOn " the forefront of activities in this YonK..^,.uing a goai * comniunttv m behalf of tno No,n "f 2,000 000, Walter White ?\xeo gr > citizens of the City of Mi- 1 ? . ?T a ? __ ... I'UtiVo v-N'folnrv nf tr r> MA Arm ami. r "I urge nli ie?idep4.s and visi- Monday announced the launch-. ' tor well,' the proclamation o non-partisan drivo to c s.r.d. '"to thoughtfully consider double t'he present number of n these id ah promulgated by the Negro voters in the South beN \ACP "and p.ir4ioi'pato in the for.- thc November election '. a( -t:\ities of th MAACT on the According hi the best avail ie d.,\- r,hov0 et a-idc as NAACP h!o estimates 'there ar0 now aa H y" _ Continued On I/age 4. Dr. floml (.nils Dixiecruts 'Puppet Pit .:<?v i r.oj- Jam.- F. Byrnes a ted l?y out of state capital pu tin i>d a another pup- speaking through "local stoo- , ? i L_dl'.hiiImK en liu; string of ges." Both the poor whites whs J : .-out-of-s'ati interests" to wer% deceived, >and th?* NefV 1il - - i-i*l . if tV>.. Dftl ? - ? - i ai- i;rt? suuerra, ur. Hond declar:. Tt i Slu'.o Teaaherls Associa- cd. ..on Ivor,, Township Au-'itori- ,.au,,,n(! thJ, flgM ,)n rnciul i u,n' . , Segregation in education, being Tin* (.overnor was assailed . ,,, c ,, .. m ?South Cwroima;Dr. hv Dr. Horaci Mann Hond, r, ? , . . . . Vf , . . , .. M >n-. ehened the teachers for i, president of Lincoln I niver,, , .. . in<'ir support, urge them to con >itv at Chester, Fa., who de- .. .. , ... ,. ,. ... , tmue 011 at it and assured them ' livered the main address for , ... ? , a % ' ,1iat victory would certainly th? approximately 6,000 teach- . * L , . /. , com, in the end. , ers who attended the twodav meeting. } ; Dr. Bond charged that .most ~M m 5 W~\ "M~ s of *tTF Youth's lenders today m- 8 ueLau & the States Rights movement are "only puppets", financed larg,: i-1 ly by interests alien tv> a fun ~M M 1 M -!*?* Merchants V\ He took exception b. ? .state's school program, decv ~!ing that the Governor's attitude SUMMKRTON (Speci? cj toward first-class educational ^ nrolinji s three pej*cent- so /, and other apportunlfies fui -Nr? ?this- week,? ? ! groe-v was simpfty continuation) (Opponents to the tax - Of a trwdiDon vrh*?ehx ~ for improving the state's , | --- ? -.>1.. f-C-I ? - ? uix- uxpiouco oy lan- wu.xiy laoeien it tne "Jin ning" racial strife and hatred Byrnes" tax. Thia week Background for the whole least one IocaI merchant aystem of exploitation, tie 5*W, efd he'a awry thoy are he e| was laid open by the noted ta*." Dolaine ia the Revert " j hhtofiin 0.' V'Wt Wwdiftfilr-| With apourIfwii 1 i h j* the ant ->1 Who found the hWl.>t? VO~ ty school tutt. -I South Carolina politics btfofi t One resident said tin daring and after the Reeon- j he ((DeLafne) hadn't been Mtructioo period, wnn domin - have to be frother<*d with il 'y' * i . ; " , . I I .? " i I ~ 1-1 r=-r * ' ' '' - * M. V nfe; " * NAAUP Opposes Rivers As US Judge NEW /ORK ? ThA NAACP dispatched a telegrmmto President Harry S. Truman Friday reporting the organisation was "deeply disturbed at repdrts that congressman L, Mendel Rivers of Charleston is being seriously considered** for the judgeship vacated February 15 by retired U. S. Judge J. Waties Waring in South Carolina's eastern federal district. * ^ . ..rt Smt by NAACP wentm SL -fJl ^ mparts m ?tth?at f^nda- GSW Dedicatorial tlon and that statement, a*- Qa . ? . tributed to Mc^tifan follow- oeFVlCGS SGt la? a conferenoe with you on w m a _ ? March 5 are mot an accurate rOT April ZOTO ! ry~Z^ J> vZTh?'b<*n ? <""* one of th* moat vfe?tcativo t>p? ponents of constitutional rights t^'Whesgf Hosp ! for minorities, and particularly **ggS^# fiST^E* 1 of fifteen million American Ne- ^J>ri.1 23'T#sta?teft j groes. He has persistent* and J***-*} ; of American Negroeg, but Ilttlei M . ' blatantly advocated treatment' P1**1 *Aid Monday. different from that of the days Bishop. Frank Madison Kek), 1 of slavery. prelate of the South Carolina hWa ? -?? ? ' '** """ : v uuiu conceive no per- j aauo v;nurcn, win Oe guest son less than he to administer j speaker. ^ even-handed Justice and to i .One big feature of the ser~ uphold obedience to the fed- | vices will be Open house, during eral constitution." which period guests will be able The NAACP message con- to inspect the new plant, schedeluded: "We do not believe you uled to be ready for occupancy would ever consider nomination; by June 1. 1 .Igjjpj iWhite^ Signs At Monument .;r Irk Cop-Visitor At CJiarlestmfcm CHARLESTON^" The "white, "discrimination and race hat-? . men" and "white women" com-j red, is a shame to tax paying . ^ fort' station signs about the citizens who do not fight it.* monument in Marion Square, Mr. Green ieft Charleston at proved quite irksome to a na- the age of 13. He retired from tive Charlestonian, now a re- t'ne police force in 1939. He was tired New York City police offi- cited for bravery four times dur<r iii cer and' a valiant battler for jng his service on the force. human rights. _ Ho has been an active NA- , Jjj The gentleman is Edward Acp member fo? j0 yeara, te* Aj Green of 132 Gordon avenue, member ^ ^ Honor ftjH West Babvlon, N. Y. who visited here with his wife for three <* P?"?? ??P?rt- J weeks guests of Mrs. Mamie1 *ae?t and Is a" mfmbfrr of. m gj Johnson. 316 President street. ^ He is , .. __ . ? . now president of the Civic As- r ji Of the Marion Square signs, mvioHnn wvndaiu^i ?_ c .? "1 he said they Join with the sockd,on Wyndanch, Suf- | monument to commemorate . folk <*>"* J Mr. Green was the fourth col f . ^ ored police officer appointed in j S^ven Last N?v York city, t* i?i7 be got i a leave of absence and served ^q ' Q |i fl f ** months with the famed 92nd ?*V C?? Division in World-War I, gaining o -V ftff* 1' tW ^ank of lle*.?tenant. His Suiluay rNlli'llt ?* before him, .also a native of - _ . *r\ 'Charleston, fought with the Union The annual r*:ital )of "The enlisting in 1885 and was Seven La^t Woxds ni Christ" by mustered out with an honorable . Fteodore Dubois v-ill be pre-1 <Hscharge at Louisville, Ky.,Tolsented for the twelfth year here lowing this service be became a Sunday night April 6, by the! member of the South Carolina Junior Choir of Bethel AMEj National Guard. , Church. TNe program begins at; 8:30, in Bethel -Church. ' "ITt'U'l" QJ Th(. 50-voice choir, directed by! 1/ J5X olldTBS Dr. R. W. Mance and aecompan- ..v ''{ v- ''V'^a! ied by Mi's. Margaret Thornton, KODDCrS Bllt Not will feature as soloists: ' j y \\ " ' Mrs. Katherine Ruff, Miss1 Killnra 1 Martha Cunningham, sopranos; c IvlilCl ? Frank Graham, tenor, and Jo- ENGL.KWQ.QD, N, -Pointing ? seph Wilson, baritone. >* out 'that in 1&? than two weeks the FBI man Jed to catch a gang / I * m - ' -rw -r fSMI UjJy J^("f|()OlS ?' ^'eves suspected of robbbl^J " ? a multimillionaire Nevada man *58 ir"'* r_ pViefiv^l |of $1,500,000, but in three months ^ VjIV" . * "ollY?*I the G-men have not arrested one X* a ?| - j suspect in the bomb-murder of ~jf< (Jn April 4 ' Harry T. Moore* and his wife, '' ** | Rov Wilkina. administrator OfThe Columbia City Element-. the TtAACP, this week PUllttd ry Schools are presenting $for new demands by the public '-v\ Musical festival ,"Nations Join Attorney General J. Howani -.-2 Har'is," Monday night, April 7. MeGrdh for action in the Flori-_ . 8 o'clock a* the Township Audi- da case. ! Principal speaker at a ral !r All Elementary schools in the 8ponsored by the Sunset Ne!iIri city will take part in the Festi- f mOnoA Group and tho Be, ,en M val. Nations being representedCounty NAACP, Mr. Wilkins aro;^ United^ States^ Sweden,^lflshpd ^ at the wave of tear*.'-**? -ftur-ilT. Japan, Italy, France, ings and other violence tfv-r ' British Mes, and Mexico. the nation, and charged that The program will consist of hoodlums were being encoura^ songs and dances from the vari- ^ by the failure to arres4 a: d ni 1 Q i-nnn fri or A ? * - ? vi"wo H*"w??tsea l'J| punish prepct+dtora of the-Mooi be very gopd. atrocity/ A~ resolution- on the */ ? " "" Moore rase was Unanimously Jk- .< * rw j dopte dfo rtransmittal to Washrie s lax, , ?-f-m f Elk's Oratorical 1 Declare contest set il)?A new name for South BEAUFORT ? The annual ^8 lea tax was uncovered here Elk's oratorical contest wiU ^ . r 4_hfiM_i>ere in the Robert Sm?ll v. _ aimed at raiftinc revenue I hiffh school PHrinv A?11 public SClmeTfl have van- u" It wan Announced Monday, f^flj icfGW" or t^?ov.) Jimmy Thc high school bund will b? residents reported that at gin a concert at 6:30 and the con- ' 4 (white) t^lls his custom- rest proper will start ?t t:30. vinj? to pay "that DeLaine The nnnual speech-ma king con- ^ md J. A. Delaine, credited test among high schoolers If i-jimcrow Clarendon conn- ? sponsored by the S. J. Bamflel4 .1 J Lodge of Elk<, No. 584? of which ? merchant explained, "If I J; S. Blocker is exalted so radical none of us would and James Richardson, secretft now." _ Hy ' r r ' . -13 fr.. &*:?