Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, May 31, 1952, Image 1
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^ftannounotd On the j
m they are withShe
of threat* from
BP*11* '
M^.s. & tHwkins
Bjpphesnes, close toll
^rblina lih>, An& A.'
H^who lives in the
^^BgL-a^ction .-JBoth _
Matters advising
^HBwididaci?s were
^BBire signtd **Ku 1
^Blatters were.
Kfwe'*'e m'n
Batten* o i ths I:
Strict No. 2.
^^Bgiven the fclan
Sreoh luling of a
SP lHCh.snee Monday
^KlmpSrial wizard j
spoke. Hum^TOSkYJtR,
Cok>.? America
work towards inteIffitdttioi/
of .'dfeHHttkracial compon.
family
Stony being
^Emxiist witch
^Hnfc, execu-j ]
hJOtnega Psi
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Hpred in* an
p -his audience
Una ate not
frShdjivfcip j ^ Sfa 1 '-?
rT>ll#lk d '?-fv J^- -1
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?nice and tn? I* w ?rsey,
State (jonf rence of NAACP. the
I City of 'Enjjlewoodj3p% Anally j
canceled Its ban on Mrs. Mary
M^Leoi Bsthune and Is making I
? . the facilities of its junior high <
- school auditorium available for J
IK an pddr ss bv the distinguished
i] '-Flor-'a' educator. ... *ii
Willinrr* J. Fitroatrtfk. prssi. ,
<fsnt <n the board of education,
I, said tftis week that obj<?ctions
to MH. Bethun 's appearanc?! .
had b#en withdrawn aftsr she]
wrote \ lettsr denying m: mW
bership in "subversive" organiI
zations.
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Father, Daughter
Perish In Blaze^
t| v CHAfcLEStON ? In the midst
E 6t oonrimaiieonient-. axercises on.
t^Janies Island last week, stark
svi utiv in CTurwmtmttmy
and took thelife of a father and
his two year old daughter and
two others to Ropter hosI
pital suffering from hysteria..
Dead in a- fire which destroy.
I ed their home on the Gramball
Rjpr-Ferd Wert Harold _ Smalls, ' 29,1
and hik two year old dfughtfcr,
I Shirley. Mrs. Mary Smalls, the
wife and moth*:, ina her Sister
Mrs. Qenevieve Lemon, neither
of whom was at hdthO al the
timp, were rushed to Roper Ho*1-?fMkal
at Charleston In a hyslesih
jfv.tal condition, treated and tils*
ii, missed, Tttie victims had been
1 unable to escape tfil home.
r' Countv Slrfhnrltiaa rna*nn tkai i
f Mr. Smalls had Inadvertently
W dropped off to sleep While smdTcr
I ing in bed. The litili fttfl urn
P alio believed sleeping at the
P LADIESI LAIH^ L A DIE 8!
I J turn and enter our Big VaML
d^ftdBcholarsfip- contest Read
p9j$fi advertisement on page two
edition and write for dells.
There'll be many prices and
everybody is a winner Scores of
t ladles Will enter this contest. Be
[ the contestant from your home.
town. Hurry! Just a short time
I left to enter. '
fcce For School
ux Klan Warns
..v. r ' - iton
assailed fcegroes and other
minority groups, the Fraternal
3ouncil of Chhrches In Christ, of
fcmericfc, *hd saH that an Adolph
Hitler was Irving tn do in Ger
many, was to maintain white
supremacy?-the program of the
Both Hawkins and Webster
are farmers. Mr. Webfcter alsb ?
:unsfIf SrnfiJT^eountry store.- Let-?-1'ers
to the pair w^re received
Saturday, postmarked at Spar- 1
tanburg and in a plain envelope. J
Each said in part:"If
jrou ane sincerely interest-,
ed in bur schools we believe that
you will voluntarily withdraw
your name from this race. ^
"Vast improvem nts hav? been
nad^ in the colorid schools in 1
the past year, and we believe
Wfj continue without-your
offer. ; yeai
"We tru't that you have the anc*
ability to art upon this request. at"
"Ku Kiux Klan" ?rai
~ ..... j ing.
gration And Less w
T ' ' ' - , G-o
louitrie Declares ,
. 1 hosj
Assailing present government-] C<at
al attacks on the Communists in' umt
thi* coui^:,1, Mr. Moultrie said, mai
'America is spending thousands D.n
of dollars to compr ess Commun-j coui
i9m and in the sam2 vein it is so 1
playing our own democracy; way
:heap. Guilt by association is th^
'Od by nvtriclr this suppression .vou'
s guag.'j. for example, if I am ther
*.en talking to a Communist by.^
a bystaivder, immediately it is K
assumed that I am a Commun-I min
st, and th'c bystandsr so accuses true
ne. Why can't our democracy bv ^igti
itrong enough so that this by- a M
itan-der would assum. that I ly c
OUld" convert the Communis "'!'
Urges Race Relations Change cro.v
Continuing, Mr. Moultrie, who
iails from . Charleston, S. C., who
*rent on: "if Arrferica is to main- S.ei
a n its 'otitic 1 of leadership it
must offer first-class citizenship a,,i r
to . all of th -' citizens." H? saw
nany changes'for good taking *nt0
place but urged, "Complacency fjg
vill retard tha. birth of the wprld tl^r
Cancer deaths ' H*
Cut Fanulyvs
Earning Power ^
N[EW TORK A new asDc:t
of Cancer's cost is reveal ?d In *0
an estimate that deaths in n?
year among fathers and hus- j* t
bands results in the loss of ai- t^a1
a half billion dollars, !
The American Cancer Society ter
points out that this figure ap- pja]
plies to only part of the flnan- <3^
cial toll resulting from cancer tae]
deaths of 215,000 Americans of
all races annually. ~~ " l~ jy
Dr. Louis I. Dublin. Metropo- J on
litan Lif? Insurance vice-presldent,
said, "As aresult of the trBl
deaths from cancer of male
heads of families in 1948 alone,
their dependents lost a present p j
and future support whose' total
value Is estimated to be over yyy
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The American Cancer Society e<j
points out that this figure in- <pc
eludes only a part of the costs t0 ,
b! cancer. j . con
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the eminent Dr. lViltard E. h?i
tjobllj, thafirm an ol Um Division dot
of ; Educatldnal A dm institution
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and Ceihmunitg Development, cht
Oeurie?Peabwfo College?#o?
Teieficn, Naabvilla, Tenn. and Re
formerly the superintendent of
Pasadena (Cal.) public schools, j
will be tho commencement speak- we
er at Talladega College (Ala.). pn<
June g. The baccalaureate tor mop wa
on June 1 will be delivered by ly
P -esident A. D. Beittel of Talla at
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VOLUME 15, NUMBER
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ABOUT
AR'LINA
JOHN II. McCRAY, Editor
The Lighthouse and Infornte.
UR FIRST Mjosquito bite thi
': Watching Lamar Dawkin
his crew of workmen wori
on a patio at his place ii
The bite? It was a whopper
"ALKER'S Chapel Section o
rg^town county; Leader
; are sad over the illness an<
jitalization of G. S. Porchs
Veterans Hospitad in Col
>ia). They say he was the ke;
1 in both the Progr?e9siv
vocrats arid NAACP in ^th
ity. Funny how folk give yoi
ittle support and such adiar
to go and then turn aroun<
praise you to K-eav^n whei
ve worn yourself out fo
n.
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INGSTREE: Hit town a Tcv
uV-S after a fatal auto-bij
k "collision on the Lake Cit;
iway Monday night, Dfead wa
xs. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins on
)th?r person in the Jenkin:
rriously injured. Amid thi
vd which h?i gathered at th
hospital was one "wOmai
shsd tears unashamedly
ns that shehad just seen th'
an, who with her husbanc
un into, town for a brief visi
ttw truck atoashetf- hei
Eternity. "You never sav
but that th^oth^ tig
INGSTREE, P. S.: Stoppe
to hail the Lilllewoods bi
se was dark And the Olds
>ile wasn't home. Just as w
led away a woman's voic
ed our name in a passing ca
turned and followed the ca
where it had stopped dow
street to inquire who wa
hat could so recognize us t
t hour. The voice replied: "I'j
'. (W. J.) Robinson's da ugh
Wb live next door to you
at. I'm working here. Te
dy and mama I might se
ai this we'?k end."
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rARION: A nive audience wj
hand Sunday afternoon ft
riae ting on voting and r.gi:
:ion, held In St. John AM
lrch, pasjored by the ver
i,. affable and tireless Dr. 1
j. Den4.. On the program wi
W. Fordham of Eben-z*
IE Church at Mullins, wY
frsrsd that he was so thril
over the address U. S. Judj.
'tired) J. Wati*;s Waring mild
delegates at the general AM
fertnce two w^eks aio i
cago that he forgot to mol*
oft on major other doings 1
membership. "I just talk*
it Mj. Waring," he said,
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>ARLINGTON: An old squa<
of some t^Vo year standir
ween the local and state lea*
hiD of Proerssive Dsmocra
: to-n reived now anri ho
es agree it was all ov^r a mi
ierstanding. Both Were wor
on the sam? thing all aloi
I wourld have no1, been at or 1i
i they a* thi ouset tried
together as they did Sunda
w, on J uhe "8, hdth wiIt ia tH*
)ig meeting, jointly sponsori
Macedonia Baptist Chun
e. Darlington, by w.he way, h
an excellent job on regl
(ion. W. J. Hunter is *1
lirman, pushed by such m
Dave- Pugh and- ProI_Coupi
v. Long.
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MKEN: A report here on t
ekend was that undertak
1 prominent Robert A. Broo
s a hospital patient .serioti
ill. Bob Brooks used to tea*
S. C, State College. Prior
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^uiiiiLai uuscivc; u.iu I n CI 11 IS
bsr of the New York Stat? 1 gi~11
lature told a press conference
11 last wvtk that the Negro Sou'h
lacks political organization an i
ir adiquate leadership, hut is me ting
the challenge "with cour:.g
!e and conviction."
Criticizes NAACF
At the same time, he sharplv
IS"
criticized th* National A^s<hmo>r....
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:ion ior ' c Advancement of C ols
j, or d People for building up ;
1951 voting power "with no place
E to go."
ls Ass mblyma.i Elijah I,. Crump
>r 12th A.I), JXrnrrat, wa report1Q
ing on hi- (ight-stato southern
survey during winch h. talk'. ci
,c with and to "Negro IK man rats
I Under th.? au-pices of th n? wly
xj form d Southsi-le Association u!
n N gro Democrats, he visit d Vir
ginin. North Carolina, South ("a.
rblina, "Florida, Georgian Mi s
^ issippi, Alabama and Louisiana
In his r port 1ft? made thes:
1 five gen ral observations on po
litieal conditions n the area
ho touvhed:
. 1. The votng haht among N
?s grocs is growing in spite of con
tinued a't nmt- by whits t<
, curb it, but Negroes in the r
t ; mote ar.Jas of /h. .South 4 or
Showing defiance!
j_; 2. Negroes in poll tax sta'e -'ar
to paying the tax at great sqeri
. flee in order to vdt .. States o
pV' f-doral legislation eliminntinj
k(j the t;ix will r.suTt TfY~a~~sTiarjTTiT
. I crease in voting.
3. Although nianv groups an
st , .
urging Negroes to register an
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vote, tlx re* is an abs.-nce of co
he
ordination among them .lie ereu
en,i4.ed the' NAAC'P with doing ,
^*1 crartttfim*- job: ??4.
Efforts to er at. a politica
, structure have been weak ai>
i y IJtil }) 'J IlUIf'U I II
| the "ph'. noihenon" of N'ogr
ks mass voting in th:1 South itsel
lS" relatively new ^nrt -that th
building of political machinery t
t0 make it 'cflfctive twill take tim
" an dcxperit nee.
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5. There is a ijiortage-of poll-'
"tic-iil leadership but no -hortage
of lead: hip material ?or "tour-'
age to lead in '.his fear-riddeni
section of tin- country." j
Crge Conducting Clinics i r
Crump recomnnrv'ed !r.d'. a;
s.ries or political clinics b- con- "]
duct d in tin South .11 \vh:' !i l.uv,
rudim: an of political organiza-.
lion and tin* :o. of leadership,,
may be lcarw-1. 11: Iriiid-dth
NA.-^CP for re-.-ent insti'ut !
1 in Atlanta and urcol thn* r?tu_ i
i i s I) - h 'Id, if possible. on a -tate- '
'wide basis. !
Th - legislator expre-scd a p ? '
f r:mr, hfincvi-r, for pai'y.
jpons.irc i climes. He asserted
that the poiicio- ?>f the asso iation
do not p roof TT lo rngagr
in p: rtisai p<jli ies.
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"I'arly-spensor; d clnic-,
Crump declared, "can tench tlv.
ory and, at the same tim? and
without a br.nk, provide the a
rena for applying tho e lessons
i.hnot immediately. No bridge
or transition from theory to prais
tuv is needy.!."
Finally. Crump stressed the
importance of political organiza-"
, tion and lead r-hip. Through
organization, h . said, political
. vleniands are formuiat d and expressed
and it is to such .organization..
that Candida'..s for publie
ofTii* come for support. 11
i- noted that In th South white
g carv 'idates arc, to an iruo eas.rot
i o itlio^ (11i t'oti'v fur
N nro votes.
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iv i ( rump's criticism of the NA-(
- tioning by reporters. lie obsorv-'
I- cd that in' fin official station nt
a the association luid said tha' to
?ftt avmvcd candidate' --foe
I the presidency?Democrat- and
' Republicans?are to be regarded
it as unacceptable by Neftro-' s for
o voting purposes. He said also
If that 'heir sole test has he n their
e stand on the -"limited isf-uc" of
o civil rights, and he added:
e "I cannot under-state the imC'ONTINIWI)
ON I'AGF KtGM-T
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VitOIJN A. SATl iiUAV, MA
South Carolina Funeral directors
and Embalniurs Association
which met at Anderson
last week.
Pictured, left to'; rifht. above
are: Odell W. Ifumphri^s,
assistant manager, Manigault's
Funeral Hom^.Claude McCollum,
manager,
Fatt Says Would
Same Race Man
To Secretaryship
CLF.VKLAND, O. ? .Should
vnator Roh rt A. Tuft, CiOP
jv -1 d pir^ut. he cle:'t !
:h" next pr s;dent of the Uiit'd
States, he would "appoint a col?r
i man as one of tha secre[ari
s at the White House."
Mr. Taft's plan of the ap[oidment
vas made in a 1 tt r
tn John (r. F;tij \ a Cleveland Vtorney,
who is on of the s nator'.i
back, rs in the race for OOl'
nomination. ~~
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BISHOP SHAW
The HI. itev. J. B. Shaw ol
Salisbury, N. <\ who Is one o
bmr miniwUuTK olovaled lo llie
bishopry* by the AMF, Zior
church during its quadrennia
conference in Brooklyn, N. Y
this month. Bishop Shaw is re
lated to Presiding cider and Mrs
James W. Shaw of Columbia
and is well known througjioul
the denomination's southern dis
trieis,
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Funeral Home and pub-'
lie relations director for the ;
association. Absent from the
group when picture was taken-Kirkiand
Leevy, manager
Levy's Funeral-' Home.
Others from Columbia on
hind included. A. Wllsan Sim
| kins, business man. John H.
MeCray, . editor1. Lighthouse
and Informer. Nathaniel Nesbifct,
IVTns. A. r. Williams,
Mrs. Kirkland Leevy and
daughter, P.Iiss Alice Hiller.
t John Fleming of Charleston,
former 11. S. District Court
crier, was also in attendance.
Entertaining the convention
were: C. Lee Davis, Fred W.
Jarkson.Wilson Cureton. Mrs.
Mary Brown, Walter Johnson,
W. I. Peek, IVIiss Willa Mae
Alexander, Edward R. Woolridgc,
and William Jackson.
Bennetts vitle
NAACP Nears ,
Campaign Goal
BENNETTSVILLE ? The i,
B-nncttssvillo NAACP branch i
reported this-w k that it need
ed only 13 more members ti J
tieach its quota for 1952, but officials
sari they fclt that at the ..
end of the present campaign, the
quota would .be exceeded. ^The
branch me.ts each Thin,! Sun ;
da v. ; j j
I Jonas T. Kennedy is president
' of th.- branch: Harold T. Black
mnn vifn prr-sidimt; Mrs T.nrllp J
T. Washington, ^eer.tary aiv.l
Kev. S.* M. Miller, tivasurecr.
I Chairmen oi standing, cum- ..
j mi'tees arc: . .
' Membership, Mr^. D. P. Bris
f, tow; Finance, H. E. Covington,
. "Sr.: Conmiunity Coordination. _
i Mrs. Prudence McCollutn; Press
1 and Publicity, Harold T. Blarkman
J Legal RrdTess, Dr. Q.
-1 Adams; Education. Rev. S. M.
. Miller; Entertainment, Miss V.
, Emees^ Cooke;-Youth Work, Mrs.
t W. J. Mk Math;'Veterans. Ernest
. Robinson and Church Work, Rev.
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Doctor Buzzard' |j
Alarms Judge For
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auspeiiueu nup
'Dr.~ Buzzard*; but christened
Madison 4 Fell, ?6, graciousfy
lowed brfore Riecorder John I. *
lie3 here Tuesday for a suspend- iflH
;d sentence- of $15.50 or 15 days ^
in a charge of disorderly contact.
Th" complaint said "Doc"
Fussed her out when ah# tried
o get back the $20 shfe claimed
he paid him to make her hus- r
lan-J come -back to her. " The
ilepd^r "root man" denied, howler,
that he was abusive. He - . --^j
aid he had given her two dol- -j
ars of the money and would J
?ave returned all of it. but u}ft }
lidn't^ve it.
Morrover, he argu;d, he had
Ion1: what he promised. He made
;he husband come back home,
>ut she just couldn't hold him." |
Obviously unimpressed with
mystic power, Judge Rica
vantid to^know by what power J
ould tfie*"*?)ioc'* help anybody. *8
inyway. At the request of hi-- ^
ittorwey, the mystic * man fished
pit the court was
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vrsity, Columbia, and the bach
south Carolina State Allege in
Orangeburg, in 1937. The mas
er of science degree was earnd
at Ohio State University i* '
947, and sir^ce that &me ha has
j^en employed.as instructor an
^ ad of t)&e Division of Agricu
wral Economics at Tuskegee In
In September, 1949, Dr. Dowd>
a on a fellowship from the Ge;
?ral Education BoaTd, which w.'
<ubs:quently renewed, and be *
gan wprk toward the Ph.D. dc
greft at Ohio Stafa. with a maj jl
in agricultural; economics an ' aB
rural sociology with a minor i '
5conn>ica. _ * i
Prior to coming, to Tuskeg 7
Institute, .Dr. Dowdy was for i
years a farm extension worker i "
South Carolina. He also serv '
za monins in me u.s. Army an ;
$nw service in Europe during ^ ^ ;.#
WorM War II. He i? ? memb -
of the Ainiiiuan Perm, Roon? ^
mic As ^iation, the Southern
Economic Association, a 32 ji'?. ? *j
une Mason and a Shriner.
VlSlt CHARLESTON
The Roosevelt McCrays ar*
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Lee vis
ed in Charleston last Sunday. "