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^ ' * ^ ?? . . . ^ ? \jlare , . Charleston's IGfeptain Means' 1 I,, Passes Away ' * | I *. * . ' CHARLESTON -w "Captaih IrVe>bert Mears", who for nearly a half century bossed the- city's! ,only all-cojored firp fighting station, has passed a-\yay. an<jl was m ' ' 1 'laid to rest last week nftpr aSm-i pie lites from the home, of his j son-in-law and daughter, Mr.: and Mrs. Peter Poinsett, 8 Jas- . per street. ? Captain Mears lacked only ; C four months from rounding | q j out 50 years of service in the j pi city ^9re department when ill j ir health forced him to retire in ;h 1950. He had h'eld the rank of . f ] captain for 37 tff those years. p, : The late public servant was y responsible for the Hook and ' Ladder company on Coming st. Twhich answered all alarms in Sl file city's business district, and* ^ all major alarms, from resident!- ci areas. Under his command the i b company maintained a rating of! A "excellent" and was often prais-1 21 I- - ed by fire chief Norman G. Ql-| oi *' ! A Bit. Mears became a subi '} eallman in 1900 when he join- , ed the department. He was promoted to railman five years later; in 1911 he became * M fireman and in 1917 a captain, j , Fltgs flew half mast^lasti , of!##c . Them's one ma nln ^plum- t: bla who is really sad ' about j t President Truman's decision ,z( not to be President again. j v Asked Monday morning his it, reaction to the President's dra- j matic announcement * Sati#- 'i T day night, the citizen declar- ') 1 W ed: I . "He just messed me and my ( . polinofup. I was "going to give V him my vote because his ad- I\ ministration gave it to me. c Now, I want to use it and don't *. Jknow who to vote for." Harlem Dope Peddler Gets Ten Years ... i NEWMSfORK <CNHj ? The-' ringleader "and threr of what is reputed to be Ha rim's biggest dope ring, were given manda-, tory prison terms ranging five to ten years. Leader (ft "wfc \ three which did a "fkataatfcj* business in heroin" was Mi" year; : old Louis Taylor. He drew l&j years along with Sylvester ler. The other twb?residents of&j r-;. #iiCA Post At Charleston v ? CHARLESTON mett A. L. Lampkin. ft ^ , to the YMCA BrancjjaSfffl Oannpn street Tor ? huh^wjrfT Jk years, this week Effective April 1, the resigna | Rjt" lion, was tendered to Rev. Frank i ' R. Veal, ehafftnan" oT^+?e honrri . is:'- of directors. \ Rev. f^ampicin ?f??d he plnn?; to remain In Charleston. He con-t ducts a radio program here, "In1 The Garden,'jover radio station' WPAL, which has becom^ quite1 -t popular with Char!eston;a*s. * ^ " / f ?- ~ ? - ? - .. ndon /-I P : '' 'JJ ' Hail Stand * * Hold In Scl Rev. DeLaine "J' ' Testimonial A . (By Staff Corree -A / lltf 'niiTli " . * LAKE CTpSP ?,Many of th larendon county went to court ii al segregation, the spirit and nj ending federal suit, and plaudits 1 the movement were bared hen undreds f/om several low ?nunt: owed little St. James AME Chui astor. the Rev, J .A. DeLaine, m ear by Bishop iFrantt Madison R Background of t^e Clarendon p^r lit, now ?t worldwide impor-j met, was outlined by the prin- In pal speaker, Rev. E. E. Rich-1 ****?, urg, pastor of Liberty Hill( was ME Chtirch r*in school district | coht I where the suit? originated, and j s^ru no of Clarendon county's NA- *? 1 CP leaders. ' v chui .Rev. Mr. Richburg. said he Th* and his co-workers In the i-sev* county were pleased today that -j noir they were persecuted when- lTrin they sort first to obtain bet- ' Ant ter educational faciltles. Re- i ^eri sentment against this persecu- anc; Uoif/ he said, is the real story ^dl "frehlnf t^e y story1'* *of how i tioc Cjii enr county "is '* ' Will 'kS&rr- ' | SUT '</ Teachers Fired ; the? He named fourteen school i eachers he said were fired be- j)y ause officials suspcted they to /ere in sympathy with apeti-i j,# ion-drawn and submitted to the: er. >oard, or a committee of citi?ns working on the porject which ^ vas headed by Rev." Mr., ,De.aine. Tho.-e fired, h^ said were: cf. "Rev. DoLaine, II<Jl^r>r Ragin.J urj Mrs. Hally Mack, Mr-. Rosa Cf Montgomery, Harry Briggs, Re Tame- Brown, William (Sfukes now deceased) Thomas Brown/ . Villiam Ragin. Rev. J. W. Seals, Irs. DeLaine, Mrs. Mai tin, Mrs. River and Miss Oliver." In addition, he charged, officials circulated false rumors M about persons involved in the school case (this was long foe- -T ( fore the issue reached the ** courts) the ku klux klan dls- at I trihuted threatening circulars on the doorsteps of those In- ' I 1 1 1- i ti ~tc T> .vth vtuveu, ami Ml vup ?v ivcv. DcLainc found himsflf InvoW- ^ G ro cd in a libel suit because he t accepted chairmanship of the f""1 school committee. r of Lake City, of course, is in j-jei rlorence county. The reason the j testimonial was held hero was fjle hat thpsp ^sponsoring it wanted %va. t |o be a surprise to the honoree. 0f vtort than 300 persons traveled Sp0 ilPife Clarendon county a- hv in the audi-; ] |tec?rywere residents of Clarun- AW Hfijpyilliam8lSU{|fc. SuhUcr bv Hunt Mean VWrtm of a critical beatiri partially paralyzed since birt one arm. He walks with a ] other inconveniences to iocwm McQollan, who is empkr Home, was assaulted by peri on the way home from work Infirmary at Florence, repor He is the son of Shaw McC mechanic. ^1 MaA^SeUTOCAHO, ' Tea " '":- '^> .>$& ' Lou * n , I . . . ' > Leaders tool Suit ? 1 :.?* ? ''jUgim ;y;v^ Honored Iii ' /, / .'.' t Lake City ipondent) 6 re&I reasons citizens j rt o ti nil AI?4- ? IA c%11 an vui rttiai n UII 4 1 dnd of those backing* tli i for the foremost leach i Sunday afternoon wht ry counties quickly ove *ch in a testimonial to il oved here this conferenc eid. ' ence counties. Given SiteaWe Purse i the end after speech-ma! more than $400.00 in ca: counted on the table as ribulion to Bev. DeLaine, i: cfed use it for expens he general conference of I ?;h in Chicago next mont sum was contributed throui ?ral churches of several d linations, including: Baptis ity, Tau Can, Elizabct ioch, Shiloh, St. Mark, \ Macedonia, Briggs Chap I Bethlehem; AMEi Liber , St. Mark, Friendship, A h, Zion Hill, Mt. Ziqn, i rcs,,JLrtnty Laurel 'Hiil, , 1. yj iday Schools of several !e also added thcip sums. i iku |ji ^ruiaunu mau Rev. Mr.* Seals, who ros heights in the county whe f resigned his job as vet ins teacher rather than wor breakup tf^e Clarendon ca> was pronged *o him by a filial. He declared that whe arendon'S citizens saw "th iswerving faith and courag Rev. DeLaine ,wp got ti ther so we, too. could cari ne of thc load." DeLaine Fotf^onds .mul ear-splittuiii 'chi ei a NTINUED ON f\AGF EIG1 cCray Speaks )r Mullins ass Meeting IULT.TNS - A mass meeti edulod for jo ro Sun--' rnnnn, April fi, will be ; >Sfd by John TT. McCray, e of the Lighthouse and Inf< r of Columbia., stale chairrr South (Carolina Progress mocrats. ulian L. Morgan, chairman arranging committ-j-e, <aid > a joint undo linking of Marion county and wncki! iptorrs4., Vicing sponsoi citizensjat-large. t will l>;- held at Ecc-ne IF, Church, wfeueh i- pastoi Rev. R. W. 'Fordham, he sa est Man Cripple h ore con tinned Tiu nting r assailants ,who prepetmes last. Saturday night, g was Mfixie McCfellan, h and able to use but limp als?, indicative of peri by firtfrrai t^XTndrnT sons not known to him . He is confined i-n the tedly critically injured, lellan of New Town, a AUA, h,u\+* , I i > - ^F -m tchers Lilly's ";-v L I I Bfi " I ^K3r" Vv^fc : *'"" ~ NEW PSTA OFFICERS?! ir ar? the new state officers of in ers Association, "elected durinj r- here last week, ts - They atfe, John R. llowen ie AJlister of KJngstree and Ja They will serve a two year tc Alexander Lauds 1 State Leaders, ^'State's Fight vis' * ? h ] GEORGETOWN ? Efforts of! , VI South Carolina's citizens to ob-j , J tain human rights and the state's [ ( ^ I foremost leaders in *hese -cf.'I forts were lauded here Monday*,, ^ j fay the president of the North: ,' Carolina State Conference of N-'i ,^yi AACP branches. I, n_J-' Speaking before a larR0 audi-,i once in Bethcsda Baptist C hurch, lotto, N. C.? speaking i*t a mom- . 0^ Hr:ship rally of tho Georgetown ' 1 NAACP branch, declared that i "What- th*> people of South Car-' [ojina have, been _able__tp do has , been a warm inspiration^ the; ^ re?*t of us around the country." k Hj praised the 'Vluring and , ^ unselfish leadership of dames M _ ; Hinton and John H. MoCray." } Air mm >n i- siaio in mm i- ;>i : >e ! Ld^nt and Mr MVCrav. to ,e'i chairman of Sou'h Carolina Progrossive Democrats and editor ,v of The- Lighthous; and Inforn or. ! Mr. Alexander spoke from the \ subject '"Organization Within j Your P oplc." touching upon th legal, work of NAACP. Th<> Ilev. Mr. Wooten Accompanied Cm , North Carolinian und ma* >. a brief audre--es also ' Among others appennng . the program wort Prod R.ssJ.heu. J,n,o, K. P: oleau. \V. W. Munigault and G. S. Porcher. local hrajieh pre ng , 4 dent. lay -t NAACP Defies orThreats Of Suit ..r On Homeowner ' " I all SAN FRANCISCO DrfiaiuMof 'd^at'empts ti> forcc Wilbur Gary cd to move from his newl.'-pui chased home in Hollingwo zer through court aCion \va- ex red pressed this week hy the NAA lid. | ^ Citing the decision won bj i the NAACP in the United States i Suprotne Court in 1948, making written rv-Unrtive covenants un-, enforceable by law, NAACP Hi-' I gional Director Franklin H. Wil-; j lianas invited the threatened law ! >urit and said that the As so lai tion would "welcome the op-'l j portunity To- reaffirm in; 'no' j courts of our state and country | the basic American principle . I that the courts will hot. and cornot use their powers to maintain ! racially restricted neighbor-: lioodv.* Mr. Williams said >> ?_if surf.| i a suit should be instituted, the* 'full legal facilities of the NAA-J j CP woujd h0 made available to j I the Gary family and to the per-1 j sons who sold them the proper-* * y. r;7": :'T?' - WTrire 6Rev* ? the 1952 state convention of Sumter, Jame? M. Mc- * mes T. McCain of Mullins. >rm. Miami Holds !' NAACP Day With i Mayor's Boost \ MIAMI, Fla. ? By proclama:ion of May6r Chelsea J. Sener- ^ 'hia, the city of Miami celebrated NAACP Dav on March 23, in } 1 honor of the forty-third anni- , /ersarv of the NAACP. Malcolm Ross, editor of the LXniveristy of Miami newspaper, a*as principal speaker at a mass , meeting held by the local NAA-'j CP branch aV St.*John's Baptist?Church. -The program was j ivveloped alV>u?rd the theme, < The Need to Vote." . In proclaiming, NAACP day. May- r ScncrchiaCcited the A.-- ? %oi iation as "an organization de- * voted to the tvelfave and civil i liberties of minorities through- J nut the Uni'c-1 States" and cred- i itetl the'NAACP with being "in J t!u- forefront of activities in *his community in behalf of the .Nt gr > citizens i f th<- Cjty of Miami." "I urge ali c idv's "and visitor as well," th, proclamation s.i.l, "to thoughtfully consider < tiicse id a!- promulgatvd by the NAACP and par*icipate in the ti\ities of, th NAACP on th* i!.. abovy <. ! a-i 1, as NAACP /" Dr. Bond Colls Dixircrats ;,, v, 1 .??? . i% - - j m <?.' r . u v cries V- '1 ' I" i ?: another pup1 ii maiine ' J j. string of ? out-of-,v '.i interests" to . im- .? . -: > f th-- PalIt : Slate T.'authofi- Associa' <>n i.T'.wnship Auditorium. 'I'he (.overnor was assailed hv Dr. Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University at ( hester, Pa., who delivered the main address for tht. approximately fi.OOO teachers wlu> attended the twodav meeting. Ur Bond charged that ino"t of 'he Sout.h's leaders today in the States Right* movement are "only puppets", financed 1' v ly by inV-re-ht a'.ion tv> a h: v South. He took exception t?. ' state's school program, det\ ing that* Ute -attituH"-toward first-class educati mi,.) and other opportunities for N' proe- wajc smvpiv continuation * of a tradition whereby the mas si -c "yro exploited by fanning" racial strife ana hatred Background for the whole HVRtom ol exploitation, he sold, was laid open by the noted historian 0. Vvnn Woodtvafd, w^ o found the hi?L>ty C? South Carolina i>oliilc^ before ; darinr and after the Rreou jnmeuon jxriofi wx*. dontfa Sfc,, * ' " a, :v - * " , M< * fo: - . - . JU PRICE TEN CENTS erJ d In] ^ In M ft n | (trc Progressive [? democrats To Wool Here )n April 23 u" The 1952 state convention of outh Carolina Progressive Dom.i rats will he held in Columbia, C oginning at noen, Wednesday,, ^ pril 23, state chairman John H. [rCray nnounced Monday. I An important national Demo utic Committee figure has been ivHed 4o address the conven-. jjj on, he said. The decision of President q Truman not to run again nat- I urally is regretted bv all of ' m?' us," he said, "but we'll have \ *or to get behind somebody and mo maybe by April 23rd we will pre know who that'll be." tjV( The Progressive Democrats are _ xpectod to declare support for i strong civil rights plank in the' <ei jartyV convent ion plsrtforrrTThls |~Hui rear, and also for candidates who ; T vill pledge to uphold tha,t plat- Gn orm. We Tlie chairman said* that while her he convention usually meets the vve ourth Tuesday in May, this | Joh /ear's meeting is a month ear-' ier "becausc the purpose of the' VTay d?*e was to meet after the m tate Democratic convenion had __ irrived at its platform and pror!^^, jram, which we could evaluate it out meeting and decide whe-j her or not to go along with it." ?1 There are an estimated 125,000} rVigretHUve Democrats dn the [ 4tate, operating in nearly all of he 46 counties. ' , 2,000,000 Voters % ,sr: In South Goal j su For 1952 Election NEV. YORK--Setting a goal f 2 <H)0 000, Walter White exc- J ' l)r. utive secretary of trc NAACP . , icd Mondav announced the launch- , \ V 1 ing of a non-partisan drive 4-0 j double t'he present number of Negro voters in the South be- jrr foiv th0 November .election sep According fro the best available estimates there arc now aContinued On I*a^e 1 c (,j)v. Byrnes, nets* hi Paten ..... ?... ated by out ol state "capital ^ speaking through "local stoo- 1( ges," Both the poor whites who ~ < wrr(> deceived, and the1 Negro buffered. Dr. Bond declared. nt Lauding the fiyht on racial va Segrogntion in education, being ar in.r 1 in South Carolina, Dr. R\. ft >rv! chc'-red the teachers for Br t!:? *.r support, urge. rh ;m to continue on a*, it and as-urcd them soi tiia' victory would certainly on . onto in the end. . be It's DeLain "T ? Merchants 1VM M KKTON fSpecTajj Carolina's throe percent sales this week. Opponents tn the tax a for improving the state's p ^1- i i- ? * * " " dusiv laneion it the "jlmcr Byrnes^ tax. This Week re: least one local merchant ( he's sorry they are havir tax." Delaine is the Reverenr with Spearheading the anti-j tv school suit. One resident said the i he ((DeLaine) hadn't been so hftvp to be bothered with it n * < 44( P Qp nk! v ^ Rivers As V *?*' *' r*. . S& *.v NEW^OHK ? Tlw NAAC esident Harry S. Truman Fric >n was "deeply disturbed at r* end el Fivers of Charleston is 1 r the judgeship vacated Fobrw dge J. Waties Waring, in Son al district. T, Sent by NAACP secretary 4. Uter White,, the message said ... / * en tfcer: "It it ear sinoere hope that ? ?ports are vfttwnt found*-, (j on and that daiw?ih a*- ^ ibuted to Mc^lthron follow- Oi ? a conference with you on n Earth 5 are not an accurate F ( flection *Of? your attitude. Congreierrian Hi vera has-been' ; of th most vindicative/op-j ne* ^len ts oj constitutional rights j minorities, and particularly! { fifteen million American Ne-j'~*> >es. He has persistently andi American Negroes but little: tanfly advocated treatment j P4"' ferent. from that of the doysj?1 slavery. ) pre "We could conceive no per- [ AA n less than he to administer : spe ran.hanAa/1 vm JU3UVC <U1U Ml V hold obedience to the fed- ' vie* al constitution/' whi 'he NAACP message con-j to ted: "We do not believe you j ule rild ever, consider nomination; by r/tffe' Sig rk Cop-Visitor j IHARLESTON ? The "white, "d n" and "white women" com- re t station signs about the cit nument in Marion Square, ft ved quite irksome to a na- j the p Charlestonian, now a re-j the id New York City police offi- j cite ' and a valiant battler for Jng nan "rights. OontlpiriQn fa \irn ?- o? " " A, ?en of 132 Gordon avenue, j st Babj'lon, N. Y. who visiWl j e with his wife for three j oks, guests of Mrs. Mamie m< inson, 316 President street. gr Of the Marion Square signs, > said they join with the onument to commemorate f0 A , - - w ore >even Last n* lords' Sung S, tmday MS^it | The annual re/cital jo{ "The j rrn La<t Words of Chl'lst" by mu eodort* Dubois will be ited. for the twelfth year here nday night April 6, by the ^ ni'-r Choir of Bethel AME^aj arch. Thar program begins at 0. in Bethel -Church. , ("ijm rh(. 30-voice choir, directed by F J R. W. Mance and accompan-| by Mrs. Margaret Thornton,tj?| 11 feature as soloists: tf.r<. Katherine Ruff, Misa \fl artha Cunningham, sopranos; A ' ank Graham, tenor, and Jo- j h Wilson, baritone. vthe itv Schools ot , a ive Festival n April 4 J 4-|j The Columbia City Element- th< r Schools are presenting, q j jsical Festival ."Nations Join cui IT'!- " Mnn<!nv <iiorV\t A 1 T * 7 Iipjn i, ivu Vclock a* the Township Audi- <Ja rium. All Elementary schools in the!?^ y will 'ake part in the Festi- [ j,0 il. Nations bring represented c- United States, Sweden,'jas is-ia, Japan, Italy, France, jn, itisl. I - !'cs, and Mexico. ' ^ The program will consist of J ags and dances from the van-! is countries ,and promises to! pU very good. at] ?-?M( e's jax, ir' Declare c ?A new name for South i t tax was uncovered here | ? . ;. , !ht tmcd at raising revenue j hi ublic schools have vAri- j H ow" or "(GqvtV Jimmr [ ddenta reported that at gi white) tolls his custom- Pe to pay "that DeLaine Tt I J. A. Del>aine, credited 4c imcrow Clarendon conn- sp \y merchant explained, "If j j. radical none of us would An ow." r> ; ; . . ' 1 %, 'V " - ' US Judge P dispatched a telegram to --- lay reporting the organise(ports that congressman L. being seriously considered" iary 15 by retired V. 8. ith Carolina's eastern f*da man with a record like it of Mr. Rivers for the fed- :\vtd judiciary." SW Dedicatorial ?rvices Set [>r April 23rd Dedicatorial services for the v plant of the Good Saxnatii-Waverly Hospital Will be ?1 d Wednesday afteronon, ril 23, starting at 5:13, Mrs. iria-n 11 Paul, treasurer of" [ board of directors of the basal said Monday. Jishop Prank Mfidison Held, late of the. South Carolina EE Church, will be guest ^ aker. >ne big feature of th? ser?s will be open house, during |nV\ r?AV?iA^ ivii ivu ij^uco ,0 wiu i/c UMIWT inspect the new plant, schedd to be ready for occupancy . June !- . JMonument it Charleston Jj iscrimination and race hat- ^3 d, is a shame to tax paying, izens who do not fight It.** j It. Green left Charleston at ***y agc of 13. He retired from police force in 1939. He was d for bravery four times durhis service on the force. He has been an active NA- , ,*aJ DP member to- SO years, In a member of the Honor sgton of the police departrnt and la a member of the J and Jury association. He Is J iw president of the CiVTc Alciation Wyndanch, in Sufik county. (r. Green was the fourth cob . M d police officer appointed in 1 w York City. In 1917 he- got ^ leave of absence and served months with the famed 92nd ision in World War I, gaining before him, also a native of irleston, fought with the Union ny, enlisting in 1865 and was stered out with an honorable charge at Louisville, Ifcy. Yol- ing this service he became a mber of _the South Carolina "d| tional Guard. , " * BI Snares "t| obbers But Not [pore Killers | 1NGLEWOOD, N. J?Pointing that in ]fc,s* than two weeks FBI managed to catch a gang thieves suspected of robbing multimillionaire Nevada man $1,500,000, but in three months ; G-men have not arrested one }pev.t in the bomb-murder of h irry T. Moore and his wife* >y Wilkins, administrator of 5 NAACP, this weeK called \ n-ew demands by the -public Attorney General J. Howard <3ri!h for action in the Floricase. tf ? t it - ' Principal speaker at a ral r M J 1 XI ^ A. juauttru ny ine ounsei in? ^ lhood Group and tho Be" .en unty NAACP, Mr. Wilkms -.J* ;hed out at the wave of Lo? sb "* "* ?s and other violence tfvar e ' nation, and charged thnt odiums were being cncouro^ by the failure to arrest and v,'j nish prepetratora of the Mo- tie f rocity. A resolution on the lore case was unanimously ptj.*-dfo~rtransmittal to Washt'on. llk's Oratorical n ontest Set ?' BEAUFORT ? The annual Ik's oratorical contest will bo ?M here in the Robert Smalls . gh school Friday night, April ~ 1, it was announced Monday. ! Thc "high school band W^l han a concert at 6:30 and the const proper will start ft S:30. c annual speech-making CCtast among high schoolers tl._ __ onsored by the S. J. Bamfteld >dge of Elks No. 5&4? of which S. Blocker iR exalted ndor ^4, d James Richardsoih aecrett- .*? ' 3d M . 1 r *i7" j : ^ - r'-n