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_ motoj '# hTrrmTjTilltif'
e keyed up as nevet before
r the July ft Democratic prithree
race candidates j
:; offering for&bree of the ten seats I
the -county has in the House of
Representative*; Rev. Frank R.
Veail, pasor of ^jhoric Emanuel a
AME Church, J. Arthur Brown, I
;tate agent an^ Herbert
^eldlfng^ an accountant. While
|||l raqe members here say they
^rill generally vote for this trio g,
r, they concede the edge in the ^
til ftumber of votes to Mr. p
BPRing, scion of the late Julius
? Fielding, who pioneered the p
heral directing business her<*.
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JBnofficial estimates place regis- ^
KoOO in an overall total' of some v
?^J6.000 or 28.000 persons. ?
DILLON: We've finally solved
solved the mystery of Wm. n
t seep every Saturday on the cor- f{
L, ner of Main greet here by the
| Jay Bee drug stqre. Rudy, as he a
feis called, hangs out there to col-j J
Bttect 4trom his 'customers holding 0
L insurance policies the North t n
BwEtelina Mtttual Life Insurance: +.
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'Smith, president of the it
businessmen's association here,1"
r tSH usTte had VIetter from a fr
I .minister seeking Information on r
beach, attributing the let-;
ter to information we published j<
r the week before. By the way, n
( all the establishments here are, S(
If tickled over that issue . . . We a]
ran into our young nepheW, Earl I
[Peanut) Doyle, wh-se eyeS c(
^nearly jumped out wh?n he 8,
Hooked around and spied us . . .'
InTOe beach iwas overrun with w
K&eglonnaires Sunday, early ar
I the state convention m
erican Legion, which ^
Cyrtle Beach, 14 miles
day. Especially vL ^
: Attorney Lincoln C. y/
1 Hinton Jamas, both'
a . . . We found the. ^
favorite cabin No. 7j
wasn't available was' sy
Jones, Jr. and the
Sumter beat us t-o"^.1 ^
BEACH: C. B. Hapt'j ~
a Columbia would Se 'l]
*e Jte .hear what Joe!
6e GUUnts, both here'
WixrK had to say aStfhdafc^
They were '
OtMirlWii V>U>^r?v": nwH
taking a few pictures here
KrTOfiHfcy.. afternoon? McKenzie
*~f*ort <m the coast ... If you want
B^O^-see a cfteam in resort homes,
^Kfern^Hult, X' gefrowft funeral t
| director, ha#*built. It's ver-ree .
' V COLUMBIA: Hev. Vfm.p, McJUflfey
' Bowman Aaa anCtfTer m
BMRni, a white painted job. He D
1 m*n boasting %
actually to a race b#p^eh %
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' OKLAHOMA CITY, OI
tates attending the 43rd c
k'il-J xi j? i
utteu me organization to
acial segrgeation when th?
In addition, the delegat
ights program adopted b
inference held last May
riends to go down the lin
rhich has the backing also
to organizations.
Urge A Mor<
Resolutions adopted h
eed for "intelligent use of
lections to attain the goa
;y of opportunity in educa
ice, and the general purs
ction resolution further i
llmo Roper poll which ind
f Negro voters are influer
ational issues. "This is a s
a which the Association pi
p to for the good not only
self."
While re-affirming t
olicy, the resolution said '
olitical responsibility and <
hat segment of the populal
ancement this organizatior
Thip is a crucial elecl
ut "because there are th
^?vMirvBi?iyuea unci mi
tYie {Lf?ht against sc
1 "upon Negroes to stop f
lent such *s theatres, cone
rawfcl of financial support
elation is one of the mos
." The NAACP'pledged
campaign to eliminate seg
tencan life, Including publ
todation and especially pul
Other resolutions of th
im, police brutality, loyalt
tent, social security; healt
jrvices and veterans* affr
fairs; racial and religious
The branches were ws
mtribute to the National N
ipported only by the few
r Communist dominated, a
orker* to support the Cor
larion Democrats
MULLINS?The Marion Cou
r Progressive Democrats orga
ed a ctub in the- Zion-Smit)
)ro Community last FricU
ght. The theme of the pr
am was "First Clas< Citizci
lip."
Officers elected were: M. 4
raves, Chairman; Clarem
irownsRead Coi
na, and his 18th year a* j
rown was honored by tfo
St month with fchi Doctoi
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SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1952, (
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Summary
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ZP Meeting
iounce Segregation
r'lo T>U? ?7KA c .?rr I
Lie*.? x ?ic iuu i ruin i
onvention of NAACP, had coman
intensified drive to wipe out
y session ended here Sunday,
es stood pat on the 10-point civil
y the Civil Rights Leadership
in Washington and asked their
e with them on this document,
of 18 nationally prominent Ne- (
8 Vigorous Ballot
iy the convention asserted the j
the ballot in national and local
Is of full citizenship and equal-1
.tion, employment, housing, jus- (
lilt Of happiness." The political)
noted the findings of a recent!
icated that at least 45 per cent j
iced by the NAACP position on '
lacred trust," the resolution said I
edges* itself "to continue to live j
of the-Nogro but for democracy:
he Association's non-partisan j
'the NAACP has an inescapable j
obligation to our country and to
tion of our country to whose adl
is dedicated."
:i<m year, the resolution points j
We who under, theguise of sedf
the states, qy under the masach
abused'political philosophy."
*regatton, the Assoc fat ion callrapporting
segregated entertainerts
and sptfrtreents* The with;
from tfee perpetuation of segt
effective mlans of combatting
intensification this year of its
rregation from all phases of Aic
transportation, pfiblic accom)lic
education."
le convention dealt 'with terror
^ jjiuk'uius, moor ann employh,
welfare and housing; armed
lirs; international and colonial;
tensions; and felicitations,
irned "not to affiliate with or
egro Labor Council, because it is
Communist unions, is complete-n
H i a oi?v?>\L? 4 ^ * i VT^
>IU| in oiiiijrijr 1MII LCI ?>egr(>
nmunists indirectly."
Form New Club
n- Campbell, Vice Chairman; Frank
^ SrntTfir^SerTyrtarecrnrre -Grave*, r~
Treasurer and Clarence John-ori
iy . .
( haplain.
o- '
n- An effort is being made to or1
ganizc every precinct in the
V.' (bounty and much progress lias
ce been made to date.
agratulatory Messag
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r-andyiiiltgrftm8 they received <
rwce h^tiw reli gious and educi
>arttor of Second Gal vary Baptis
nt^ct College. where he is deai
of Divftiity- hon orary degree.
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COLUMBTAT30jUTH CAROL
Jrges
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Porter Nabbed As
Firebug Who Tells
Of Firing Brook'n
NEW YORK (CNS) ? A 27
year old Porter, Irving Gre.no
confessed this week that he ha<
the sarisational Brooklyn tene
men*, fire in which seven person
pitifully lost their lives on Jun<
18th. Greene said hp did tt hp
cause "I like excitement."
He also told police that he ha<
been setting fires for years an<
20 of them in the last two years
It was at his latest touchof
where he tarried too long whicl
led to his arrest. .
Aft Detective Weldon explain
ed it: "For some reason I sus
pected him and I couldn't shuk<
myself from that thought. Some
thing told me he was the mai
we were looking for." Green
confessed in a few hours and wa
booked on charges of homicidi
and arson.
Col. Julian Plans
Appeal From Big
Federal Verdict
NEW YORK (Global) ? Col
Hubert F. Julian, the "inimitabt
*n4 dried- pry
undeifr-t e'd 't^ weeV following
what and" b.ts attorney ealle<
a tempdHuy setback jn a pmtr
action bro,p?fit against Julinrl b:
two- men formerly associate*
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wun mm in a venture to dea
in War Surplus materia}
The. complainants, Jesse 0
Dedmon. Jr* and Lloyd 'Vor
Blaine, both of Washington, D. C.
charged that they joined Juliar
in March 1949, in a contract *<
purchase for resale certain sur,
plus jeeps, then in Europe. Aj
a result of the venture, they
claim Julian realized huge sum:
of money ,none of which ha:
been given to them.
Accrding to Julian, and this
is not denied by the plaintiffs
the original venture flopped
when the money ran out. Howl
ever, the plant iff- claim *hnt after
tiie failur of the first plan
Julian continued to operate iti
the surplus commodity fields
and ultimatcdly did buy and
sell some jeeps. They insist they
-ftre . ontitlod -to a sharp of the
money obtained therefrom. Col.
onel Julian flatly denies thai
any of his action in buying or
selling subsequent to the collapse
of the original deal had
anything at all to do With the
initial proposition
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)n the recent celebration of
itional circles of South Carot
Church of Columbia. Dr.
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OKLAHOMA CITY?Ar
i I ter and more united^ count
-j piuKXttm, i resid^nt Truman
s ing to the 43rq annual con
5 i closed here Sunday. The
President assured tl
i program I sent to Congress
* program for the American p
31- When he addressed th<
j NAACP convention in Wash
r ington five years ago, Mr
1 Truman recalled, "it looked aj
I though the wartime gains ir
equal rights and equal op
portunities were about to b<
b, wiped out in a wave of hatrec
violence similar to thai
it which swept over the countrj
| after the first world war. 1
sj was determined thfcit this
e should pot happen again,
was certain that the Presi
dent of the United State;
must take the initiative ir
developing an affirmative
civil rights program."
Only two items in his ten
point program have boeti en.
1 p'Mi-d into law, the Presiden
j ^oted.. However, he predictec
i J that;; the d^y the entire program
is aid^^ |^In^U
b-cn Tnade in the- ^eari
i>f- the executive brtyiek. and'^bj
' the courts, by statqKeml loca
| governments, and'by private or
" ganizntions. . s r
1 Tho nHtra'nrn.: x*rY<?r.Vi V. 2 ,? .?
'' bo n made. Mr. Truman assert
! ed, ' Have taken place becaust
this program has. been held high
I before the American people. Th?
NAACP CAL1
OF THE HA1
[ NEW YORK?A resume
out the country in 1951. Mln.
progress made towards the s
ciety in recent years/' was r
i tion for the Advancement 01
i report. "1951 The Year of
I.Oklahoma r^it.y today on the
- Annual NAACP Convention.
' "Benighted elements resorted"
7 . to a Tiew instrtt:
ment of terror?the hate
' bomb/' the NAACP report
states, citing bomb explosions
1 in Birmingham, Dallas, A*
' lanta, Nashville, and in California
and Florida. In Florida
where the greatest number of
bombii'i: fficrdonts occurred,
this reipn of terror culminated
in the Christmas i *??ht
blast which .destroyed the
home * l Hairy T. Moore ir
Mims. -killing the ' Florida
N A A CP leader and hb
school-Teacher wife.
Otlwrr<>rms ol vHMuihu- w i?
, typified by the Cicero, ILlinois
white hoodlums imderst rained b.,
rio*s in July, when a band ol
police ancf town officials, drovt
Mr. and Mrs. Harvev E. ClArk
Jr.. and their children from s\
new apartment they sought tr
-Sumter To Cet Two
! SUMTER - Sumter'^ fir-t twc
| colored police officers in mod.
em days aree xpected to be hir.
od here soon, city manager J. A
RafTield said Monday.
Mr. RafTield said the city's
1052-53 budget includes provi|
sions for two and that the city
! is now considerng several applications
which have been submit,
ted lor the positions.
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nerica is a "stronger and bet- B|l
ry because of the civil rights
said in a telegram of greet- BjB
vention otf the NAACP which
le delegates that "the ten-point iBi
in 1948 is still my civil rights
eople."
cosiscience of the American peo.
pie is a tremendous force when '^^B
J it is'aroused. It has been awak- I
l ened by the civil rights program I
- and out country is stronger and I
f: better and more united because I
^ Ilarriman, Kefauver
|( Send Greetings
?j In "sincere greetings" to the!
j convention. W. Averill Harrimanj fl
j expressed his "jSersonal cofnflfc-j- I I
J .tion on civil rights including thai B
I responsibility of the federal gov- B
,! ernment for affirmative action
through the enactment of legist. I
J lation of adequate and effective
sanction to ensure fair emplosM^H
t ment prances, the pers^UM ^
II dfef ijt t ionSr^pfilH'%
I your battle for equality anti
?j tic f . our people your rgani-j fm**
. zation ha* mad* wonderful
? strides. I hope and trust that _ "
i the NAACP will c#Uinue to ber8r
i carry on its very human work."
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LS1951 YEAR
FE BOMBINGS N
nee of racial violence through- i
adesperate attempt to. halt^the; _ _
ittainment of a demochatic so-1 11
loted by the National Associa-'j yf
f Colored People in its annual '
the Hate Bomb." released in j q
eve of the opening of the 43rd 1
- - i uon c
"" 1 Colurc
. I tion'a
occupy in.thcformerlyJHy-white, rrflfq
Chicago subur^ and destroy el j "w;]i
the Clarks' belongings. ers "
Setbacks for Discrimination i _ ' .
Repud
-Despite the discouraging resur.j_. -_
g-nee of yio^ence, the NAACP,
, reports sonve noteworthy tri- pender
umphs in the fight against idis- detorrr
, crimination during the year. A-'m st u
mong these were the acquittal jn~ 2tC
of four of the six men being re^ aJKj
trie*:! for murder in th 'Trenton; 0f
[ Six ease: the federal rfniretments n0rthe
i r< turned against seven cPy ofTi- jn the
i cials of Cicero, 111. (resulting, in no^ a,
lfif>2 in four convictions); the' c'ontini
. .ntitjnn <>f segregation in the easnv
Army in Korea; and the con- fact. '
tinning breakdown of segvega- ?'
r. tion in publicly financed insti- m a _
nu* i ~h<ToT higher Teaming in, [fj[
, the. South.
1 Education Focus Shifts . At
jPerhaps the most significant
! development ofv the year, the'
NAACP report states was the (-rav
launching of full-scale legal at- j >n() ?
* tack* against segregation in puft-1 man 0
> lie elementary and secondary jve
1"seftoorcthu; shffting the emphnsis
on the fight against Jim Crow ^y
from th" graduate and profess.; w. w.i.
; uc iivr
I ional levels to the grade school chuTCi
;|Jevcl . hlghwi
. . Suits wer* filed seeking an ^ndt
j to segregation in Atlanta, Gpr-j begin i
gia^ Clarendon County, presich
, Wilmington, Dataware. By the' branch
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otes^WfiW Declares
KLAHOMA CITY?Closing the 4$rd annual convenf
the National Association for the Advancement of
d here Sunday, Walter WlAt, Uie A&ftoclaexecutive
secretary warned Republicans and Demo- y''M
im ^ ?
aiiKe tnat repudiation or the civil ijghts program
bringdown the wrath of" mfllkmsof independent votlation
of civil rl^htll to coal Illinois and California decided
jrtant among these inde-| WW presidental election."
its, he declared and "more The NAACP leadtf decried
lin^d on this*" issue than quadrennial GOP pursuit of "the
? the Negro vote now near- elusive will o' the wisp of cap* '-'1
100,000 strong in the South tunnfc *be South." With few ei>lding
thepotential balance; cePthn*. s"<* ** the late WWfe ,fl
ver in no less than 17; del1 Wl"kie. "Republicans have
rn states with 281 v t. J ***" unable \o uhdbr. .. >.<?
electoral college. Isay this sta]Pd that the only coalition the *
? a threat," Mr. White'1 reactionary South will enter Is
jed, -"only as a simpl | one in which Republicans star.Verifiable
statement of| rendci completely the party's
rhe Negro "vote in Ohio,' traditional position on lft?
-u. ? j Tights issue," Mr. White charged.
? 1 rm |to ;?To Dixieerata who threaten te '*
f jTCfY M flIKS I bolt the Damdcratic party if a ,V
strong civil rights plgnk is a- v i
t ** Ln #/%/. dopted next week at Chicago, hi
ljflhS \^lly repeated the NAACP admOHition
of 1948: "Let 'cm Wdfct
IE CTTY ~ JFohn. H "Mc. Wher# can hey go? Nowhere esceditor
of The Lighthotap, cept to political oblivion. It is aw J
nformer and state chair- bout - tinu? for MorthPT-n trttfi,
f "South Carolina Progress- ciafm *rT?W,
tmocrats. will be the main, boots whenever a D!xiacratj^^fl^
r at ? maps Meeting 8ue* acroams TWjgt" "Whatever iSm* B
ternoon, July 6? wH*eh will southern politicians may be v-;?
1 in the New Zion Baptist. arereolistic about pottlfcat pat.
1 on the Johnsonvllle|ranafa and the lucrative rewards
meeting is scheduled to ity party. Whatever hip>Ml|
at 4 p. m. Walter Scctt isj P-lical realists liice Russell of ^
ant of tha local NAACP Georgia, Kerr of Oklahoma, tod
. which is sponsoring the Lister Hill of Ata&rrfta are not i \
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