Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, May 31, 1952, Image 3
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^ rANBUHCi--'IVo Spar.
I^Yi&en who ljad filed as
^BBw Ihe JUly Dentu- Kmn&ty
for positions of
^HBvt county board
H^aoinounosd on the
Hfljkt they are withH|use
of threats 'from
Klan.
^P- -PBRj^5 S. T. Dawk ins
I whotfjsfcin ChcF no , close~trrCarolina
lin.^, and A.
win, ilivi i in thefci^Cherol|Bt>Springs
section. Both
bad rweived letters advising
? ifctt tfetir candidacies were
f unwisgjBlflKh were sign, id "Ku
B/ JUuxfl^Hfc The lott ers were
I typ d Jh I
I B?t|B HSBH- fwr'-T
I : seeking Utinns o board
B^^HHplstrirt No. 2.
ft, SignihciftftPWaB given the klan
WL I Mil
b, mmii diioKtne sen. Mining or a
y pclan rally-in Ch :snee Monday
^j^fhomas L. Hamilton ^pok . Hamm
Country Needs Inte
'Red' Assailing, A
B|kHSNVSR, Colo. ? America
H nea;l%iriore work towards integro'ion
of all ifa racial coniponents
into, one .-.-national family
CJ^HStoOOD. N_ ' After'1
0**r.s!&TUoin th*v rr*^~
tional office and thb H*w Jersey, 1
State (ionf-rence of NAACP. the
ft! City oi Englewood has finally (
ft canceled its ban on Mrs. Mary
McLeoj Bsthu-n? and is mak'ng I
the facilities of its junior high ft-:
school auditorium available for J
ft an addhss by the distinguished
ft" FlorMa1 educator. I,
William T Fitroatrick. pr?si. .
I dent of the board of education,
ft said this week that objections
ft to . MrV. Bethun 's appearance ;
5 had bej^n withdrawn aft.r she!
Hg~ wrote n lett:r denying m.mbership
in "subv:rsive" orguni
zaxions.
m Daughter ]
Perish In Blaze 1
On James Island
? * CHARLESTON ? In the midst
k of commencement exercises onj
K.' James Island last week, stark
> /tragedy struck in the community
i7fL^ and took thelife of a father and
his two year old daughter and
"""Bent two Others to Roper hos?^
pital suffering from hysteria.,
j?*' Dead in a fire which destroy,
ed their home on the Gramball
k Ford were Harold Smalls, 29,
and his two year old daughter,
' Shirley. Mrs. Mary Smalls, the
K' wife and mothe;, and her sister
I Mrs. Genevieve Lemon, neither
a of whom was at hohve at the
I time, were rushed to Roper Hos
pital at Charleston in a hysterlK'
cal condition, treated and disl~.
: missed. The victimslhad -been
H unable to escape the home.
County authorities reason that
Mr. Smalls had Inadvertently
dropped off tq^sleep while smdkBrv
ing in bed. The little girl was
mr also believed sleeping at the
LADIES! LADIES LADIES!
V Hurry and enter our Big VaRk
caion-Scholarship contest. Read
P4fe advertisement on page two
>s. of this edition and write for deK
' tails. There'll be many prizes and
B everybody is a winner. Scores of
Rladies Will enter this contest. Be 1
the contestant from your home.
B town, Huiry! Just a short time
left to enter.
lace For School
ux Klan Warns
ilton assailed Negroes and other
minority ghoups, th? Fraternal
Council of Churches-to Christ ot
America, and said that all Adolph
Hitler was trying to do in Germany,
was to maintain white
supremacy?the program of the
klan.
Both Hawkins and Webster
are farmers. Mr. Webster, also
w?n, n small country store. Letters
to the pair w. re r ceivert
Saturday, postmarked at Spartanburg,
and in-a plain envelope.
Each said in part:
"If you an.' sine rely interested
in our schools we beli v? that
you will voluntarily withdraw
your name from this race.
"Vast improvem nU hav. b?en
made in the color.d schools in
the past year, and w? b"li ve
'' ? - ? : (ontinue witliout your
ofTer.
"We tru t that ;'-u hav the
ahi4it-y to t?onon ''pis quest.
,:Ku KIun Klan"
(gration And Less
loultrie Declares
Assailing present gov.rnment-.
al attacks u.i the Communists in
tili- count . Mr.. Moultrj.' sail,
"America is spending thousands
of dollars to compr s^ Communism
and in the sam.1 vein it is
playing our own democracy
:heap. Guil by as>ociation is the
rod by which this, suppression
is guag.-h 1'or example, if 1 am
- en talking to a Communist by
a bystander, immediately it is
assumed that I am a Communist.
and th'.1 bystand.r so accuses
inc. Why can't our democracy b
strong enough so that this bystander
would assum. that I
:ou!d convert the Communis "
Urges Race Relations Change
Continuing, Mr. Moultrie, who
^ails from Charleston, S. C\,
iverit on: "If America is to mainlaw'n
i*<}' volition of leadership it
must offer first-class citizenship
to all of th1-' citizens," H? saw
many changes - for good taking
place but urgod# "Comoiacency
vili retard the birth of the wprld
Cancer Deaths
Cut Family^
Earning Power
NEW i'ORK ? A new nsoc:t
of Cancer's cost is revealIn
an estimut? that deaths in <n?
year am.ong fathers and husbands
results in the los- of ala
half billion dollars.
The American Cane r Society
points out that this figure applies
to only part of the financial
toll resulting from cancer
deaths of 2 If),000 Americans of
all rac s annually.
Dr. Louis I. Dublin. Metropolitan
L:f Irr urance vice-president,
said, "As aivsult the1
deaths from cancer of male
heads of families in 1048 alone, 1
their dependent-, lost a pros nt
and future support who-c total
value is estimated to be ov'-t
$436,000,000."
The American Cancer Societypoints
out that this figure in ]
eludes only a part of the co-ts
of cancer.
The eminent I)r. Willarri E.
Gofclij), chairman of the Division
of Educational TAUniinslmtluii
and Community Development
(icorge. Pea body College for
Teachers, Nashville; Tenn. and
formerly the superintendent of
Pasadena (Cal.) public schools,
will be tho commencement speaker
at Talladega College (Ala.),
June 2. The baccalaureate sermon
on June 1 will be delivered by
P-estdent A. D. Beittel of Tallfl I
dega.
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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 4i
^OVlNG~~
i ABOUT
CAR'LIN A
Bv JOHN II. McCRAY, Editor
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The Lighthouse and Informer
OUR FIRST Mosquito bite this
year: Watching Lamar Dawkins
and his crew of workmen work
Jatj on a patio at liis place in
"OrTTTEr^tauTTr~rarhr-Morv:iHy v it-? int.
The bite? It was a whopper.
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WALKER'S Chapel Section of
G org.town county; L uders:
c are sad over the illness and
hospitalization of G. S Porch r
(at V- terans Hospital in Columbia).
They say he was the key
man in both the Progressive
Democrats and NAACP in ?.th
T
county. Funny how folk give you
.so little .support and >uch axhar
way to go and. then turn around
and praise you to Hsav.n when
you've worn yourself out for
them.
KINGSTREE: Hit towu* a f v.
minut.s after a iatal auto-big
truck collision on the Lak? City ,
highway Monday night. Dead wa-'
a Mrs. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins only
other person in the Jenkins
car, s '\oudy injurc-d. Amid the ,
crowd which had gathered at the
kcll.y hospital was One woman'
who sh.d tears unasham.dly. i
S ems that shehad just seen th _?j
victim, who with her husband
ad run into town for a brief visit! <i
before trie truck smashed her {
into Eternity. "You nev.r saw
onb but that the .other one was!
tber ealso. They were an inser-'
parable pair/' tire uniden^ifHd
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KINGSTREE, P. S.: Stoppeo |
by to hail th1? Lilllewoods but
house was dark and the Oldsmobile
wasn't home! Just as we
pulled away- a woman's voice /
called our nam1? in a passing car.
We turned :inri fallowed the car _
to wh'.re it had stopped down
th,x str.et to inquir? who was .
it that could so recognize us at
that hour. The voice r. plied: "I'm j.
Rev. (W. J.) Robinson's dough- j;
ter. W'.* live next door to your
plant. I'm working her.'. Tell
ciauuy ana mama 1 mign". -ee
them this w.'-k ind."
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MARION: A nice aucli me was
on hand Sunday afternoon for
, ?.h_* mi' ting Op voting and r gistration,
held in St. John AME ^
Church, pastured by the very
able, afTabl and tireless Dr. E. 1
F. G. Dent. On the program wa->
Rev. S. W. Fordham of Eben-/er 1
AME Church at Mulhns, who "
confess-d that he was so thr'.ll1
ed over the addr-s-, U--S. Judge
(Retired) J. Watrs Waring ninde
to delegates at the general AME
conference two weeks a;j in
Chicago that lie forgot to make
report on major other doings to 1
his membership "I just t' Iked
abut Mr. Waring," he said.
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DARLINGTON: An old squabble
of some two year standing '
o tw in the loeai and state leadership
of Progr-sive D mocra's >r
-has btr.n resoive.l ^oiALumd^liulk.-i
sides agree it was all ovr a mis- '
understanding. Both were work- '
Trig" on" "TftF :saTTT~ -thing- aiL uiluiig,.
and would have not heeiV at odds
had th?y a* th- ouset trie-! to '
1 get toff ther as they did Sunday. 1
j Now, on June 8, both will launch
: a big meeting, jointly sponsored
Hn?Macedonia?Rnptisj Church
! h' re. Darlington, by the way, has
| don1-- an excellent ^ob on regis
| chairman, pushed by such men
as Dave Pugh and Prof. Cooper,
, Rev. Long.
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AIKEN: A report here on the
weekend was that undcrtak r ^
and prominent Robert A. Brooas ,
was a hospital pati' nt .serious- .
ly ill. Bob Brooks used to teach (
~at C. Mbltr C'ollotfM. Jlrin. tr?
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I|vT CONVENTION?Several
llurnbf a
I Columbiana attended the
Ih annual convention of the
111), Carolina Funrr:.I THror.
s and F.mhalmers Associa- j
11 \i hich met at Anderson |
t week.
I'ittured, left (o right. a
vv .i re: f Moll \\ llnmk,hrr
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isi uit manager. Manigault's I
ner.il Hoiii% ( laude M< lluin.
:4PM^tnt manager,
It Says Would iiiie
Race Man
Secretarvshin
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11* I! 1. i?r\. .1. It. Shaw of
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r niinislrrs ctovateill to llir?
:opry hy Hit* A.Mr /ion
rch during its qinulrvitni it
11-r?* net* in Hrnoklvn. V V.
i month. Itishop Shaw is re(I
to Presiding elder and Mrs.
tes?VV*-r? <>? iw of (olumhja.
is well known throughout
denomination's southern dis
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k er and Funeral Dlic^t^^lnd
V. P. Williams, manager, Wil- '
lianu Funeral Home and public
relations director Iot the
association. Absent from the
group when picture was taken
Kirkkgul Leevy, pianaper
?Funeral Home.
(Khf'ft frii.,1 r'nli.ml.:- "*
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In ml included, A. Wilson Sim- j
Luii, business man. John II.
McCrav, cAAor Lighthouse
and Informer, Nathaniel Nes- I
hitt. MSs. A. r. Williams,
Mrs. K ilk land Leevy and
daiight' r. Miss Alice Hiller.
John Fleming of Charleston,
former C. S. 'District "Court
crier, was also in attendance..
entertaining the convention
were: C. I.ee Davis, Fred W.
Jackson,Wilson I ureton,. .Mrs.
.Mary ltroun. Waller jonnson, '
\V. I. reek, Miss Willi Mae
Alexander. l.dward K. Woolridge,
and 'A illiam Jackson.
ISuu'mttsville rNA
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Campaign (Joal
DisNNKTTSVIM.F. The
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. < i ' . a t it need
t i ditiv 1 > in- ?*. nu'iulx t's ti
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1; i:i!.. a:-! liny 1 1' that at th. I
iu. uf tiu' pi sent campaign, the
cpi"ta \\ <iuhI i>e exr.- ded. Thei
la'.in. !i mi !s c:u h Tli.ni Sun ;
Jiir.'is T K nuci'iy i; pre id n'
of 111. i,s.,n.hnTTOrTrtttnrk-m..Ii.
vice ]ues.df-at; Mr;. Luejh I
T. Washington, err tary an 1
t:, \i \t.n..i- tr ?
Cha.i nrri of standing com '1
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iMiip, Mi . 1). P. Brislow;
. II. K Covington
(\-"oo'::iity C"Q r d i n a t i on.
Mi I'; Mil n. o Mi Collum; Cress
and Pul)li< it\, Harold T. Blackmail;
I.e.j al R drcs-, Br. Q.
Ad:.ins; Education, Rev. S. M.
Miller; Entertainment, Miss V.
Einees. Cooke; Youth Work, Mrs.
W. .J"~ M? N'.ith; V tmns. Euust
Robinson and Church Work, Rov.
A. J. Wright,
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TEN CENTS
Jloctor Buzzard'
-Oiarnw Judge For??
Suspended Fine' *' 1
kDr. Buzzard', but christened
M:?n i?nn IT.-11 R" ? J *?
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i bowed b'fore Recorder John I.
i Rie;? here Tuesday for a suspended
sentence of $15.50 or 15 days
j on a charge of disorderly con'
duct.
Th; complaint said ?Poe"
ru-s-d her nut whin?*h? tried
to get back the $20 she claimed
she paid hiny to make her husband
com.' back to her. The d
slendr "root man" denied.. however,.
that he was abusive. He
said he had given her two dollars
of tho money and would'
have r turned all ol it, bill Ujft ?
didn't have it.
Mor over, he argu;d, he had
don1: what he promis3d. He made
the husband come draek ?home,
but she just couldn't hold him."
. Obviously -im impressed with
such mystic power. Judge Rice
wanted to know by what power
ould the "Doc" h?lp anybody,
anyway. At the request of hi<
attorn, y, the mystic 'man fished
out what .h.e.4_t?ld the court was
a dragon's tooth, which he said \ ^
was is secret, which could very
well start a rush of the root business
around h'-re if the word '
g ts around. (Actually, police . *
-aid, the thing looked mor.> like ?';>?*
.i loom irom a numan Being)?
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Dowdy Awarded
Doctorate Degree
ln, ASdculture
in Georgi T. Dowiy, of Tnske?ee
,a* the Ohio State University.
Coiumhtyf* Ohio.
Dr, Etewdy' received hi* 8?c
ndary education at Altai XNcdDR.
ODOM
rsity, Columbia, and the bach
Tor of TcTenoj cleg rlr? fron.
>outh Carolina State College ii.
v)rangeburg, in 1937. The mas
er of. science degree was earn
(1 at Ohio Stat? University i947,
and since that time be has
>--.n employed as instructor an
.* .id of the Division of Agricu
; a] Economics at Tuskegee h. . .j
stitu'te.
In September, 1949, Dr. Dowd
:tn a f llowship from the Go
: al. Education* Board, which" W:
-ul>s quently renewed, and b<
gan work toward the . Ph.D. dc
tree at Ohio State with a maj
n agricultural economics an
oal <" !"]ogy with a minor (
ceonmics. ~ * ??
Prior to coming to Tuskeg
In dilute, Dr. Dowdy was for :
y ar- a farm extension worker .
Sou'h Carolina. Hte also serv ' s
-lit in..fTth i in the IT S Armv ah
saw service, in Europe duin
WnrM War II. He is a meml?
"f 'he Am rican Farm Eton
fnic Assoeihtion, the ^ Southe: ?? ?*
Eeonomic Association, a 32 t,.
gr.e Mason and a Shriner.
VISIT CHARLESTON
I The Rnn?oy?1f MrCrays^ a'
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Lee vis 1
j ed in Oharledon last Sunday.
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