Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, April 05, 1952, Image 4
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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.
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Hail Stand
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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.
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MaA^SeUTOCAHO,
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Tea
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Lou
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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
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I Bfi
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^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
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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-*
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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
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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
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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>
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%, '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- .*?
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