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'roving . a bout r > *y JOHN H. McORAY, Editor The LlfBthonae and Informei CHARLESTON: Pace citizens rfrere keyed up as never before | Oyer the July 8 Democratic pri. ^EEmary, the rfeason being that ' (xhere are three race candidates Poffering; fbr three of the ten seat? the <county has in the House oi Representatives^ Rev. Frank R Veal, pasor of \i8toric Emanuel AME Church, J. Arthur Brown real estate agent and Herherl Ifteldfeig, an accountant. While race members here say the> Will generally vote for this trie h first, they concede the edge in the If-- total number of votes to Mr H?-^*ieHing, Tcicm-of the late Juliu? . P. Fielding, who pioneered the Ppgneral directing business here k Unofficial estimates place regis. ^ Jjared Negroes at more thar 8,000 in an overall total of some g.^28.000 or 28.000 persons. j/ DILLON: We've finally solvec solved the mystery of Wm a. (Rudy) Lytchj who has beer L seen every Saturday on ;the cor. EL ner of Main sreet here by the ^"Jay^ee^rug^ store. Kudv, as h< By- Is railed, hangs out there to col. ?' lect from his customers holding w insurance policies in the Nortl Carolina' Mutual Life Insurance BEACH: It'-> gocd a Newspaperman if the Ke-likc you. We..puiled in aM. Sunday and Bro. His at the Hotel Gordor p 9 free room spa^e and a? special guest over, ci whether hfc meant il VIri Davis almost wepi pulled but' just r before idav. SUtijyK grid tmfr IfUn. dn uig loony after il in a space oi 36 rain, two of us counted 42 v p^tafepps who wanted hotel space and^Pist. couldn't get it . . . Tc Dr. R. K. Gordon of Dillon: Bet. tor add another >torv t<> youi hotel . . . So ndav morning BF^W.. K. Smith, pros id t m of the *' businessmen's association here i told us he had a letter from l f minister seeking information ou the beach, attributing the letK tor to information we published K xne wcck oeiore. liy the way K.all the establishments hsre arc tickled over that issue . . . Wc bran into our young nephc w, Earl ^(Peanut) Doyle, wh.se cvo< pearly jumped out wh-n he Btookrd aruind -and spiel-us- - TWe baach was overrun with ?' Legionnaires Sunday, early arrivals for the state c nventior gf of ,Jhe American Legi< n, which It opened a Myrtle Beach, 14 miles jjr?" away, Sunday. Especially vi. pyv' brant were: Attornev Lincoln C Jenkins and Ilmton James, both l>, -of .Columbia . . . We f und th jk" J Vl,'. A V ' ftason our favorite cabin No. 7 T.y / at Smith's wasn't available was C. Jone-, Jr. and the Hra madam of Sumter beat us t > it. S^S-MYRTLE BEACH C\ B. llanHcfeck back in Columbia would be tickled alive to hear what Joe H&uff and Joe Count-, b th here HK^^thJjbe^, wives, had t say aRjPfogfct Chorlic> place ^nd Hi 'there :.njtey be a picurc- publish. B Hbywai J Tfieross at the CnAmo, HLw&tf irt '.bed jho zing at three in cKENEIE BEACH Wonder F-vvho Wa# the charming mother Vrafvd two.- small sons wh c.. H .loifOlly glanced at- us whih. we taking a few pictures h re V"jjfIM i ' fcfiyrffl'w y . MpKmIV/W' Ig&ftt ach is about flic quiet"st re*port on the (roast If vim A.mr ^_t<y s6?T $ dream in resort homes, Hjjyou ougHT^ see the * one W. W. Mr Moniglrtult, Oe< rget' >wn funeral pr' F director, j ha J built. IPs ver-re jjret-tee! } COLUMBIA: Rev. Wm, McsL ' Bowman has another |j?<jjj}ac, a white painted job. He LXjjiMi been boasting 1 but wagi't a[jpree actually to a race between HK Coiitlimd on Pare Eight \ 1^^* *> * *" *%.' v si "ra-* 1 r ii i1 4* Mf FigIi j ?~ Here's S Of ISA .'57 States Denoun 'OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.' states attending the 4.'lrd convt mitted the organization to an i * racial seirrir<?;iHon wh#*n th** TtTaddition. the delegates a' rights program adopted by tl ' Conference hold last May in A | friends to go down the line w which has the backing also of l pro organizations. Urge A More Vi l. Resolutions adopted by t , need for "intelligent use of the x. elections to attain the goals o * ity of opportunity in education - tice, and the general pursuit -, action resolution further note - Elmo Roper poll which indicate ; of Negro voters are influenced 1 national issues, "This is a sacn ? to which the Association pledg up to for the good not onlv.of 1 itself." While re-affirming the ' policy, the resolution said "the " political responsibility and obi if ' that segment of the population | van cement this organization is , . This is a crucial election out "because there are those cp,<'ng.iidolaod oil mojiev tor t -f cjuerade of state.'.-v r:v^ or ,g ther ve^ictipa>"of i dhngee our national derived from government in th< j rectiitfc an outmoded and much ,! tn the fight against segre , ed "upon Negroes to stop supp ment such us theatres, concerts drawtal of financial support fr< i regation is one of tho most ef 5'( it." The NAACP pledged intc .""campaign to eliminate segreg i merican life, including public 1 i?modation and especially public Other resolutions of the e I ism. police brutality, loyalty p . ment, social security; health, i services and veterans* affairs ! affairs; racial and religious tev The branches were warne ' contribute to the National Negn supported only by the few Con \y CoVi'munist dominated, and worker5 to support the Com mi Marion Democrats Foi ' MULLINS- The Marian Cuun-j (. ' ty Progressive Democrats ort;an-K. " i/TOft n cluTi in flu . - - i I b >ro Community last Krai ay night. The thcmo of the pro- ( gram was "First On-.* Citi/.nship.r' ^ Off lex-is elected wore: M. W. ( Graves. Chairman; Clarono' t: Browns Read Cong ^k Vttft V rcev and Mrs. Charles H. E many congratulatory letters ar , Dr. HrownjL25th y?&r of sertM lina, anft fiTsl 8 th year as past , Brown waR honored by Bened! last month with the Doctor of h ' V V V ' ; ' v\ ATURDAY, JULY 5, 1952, < ian I it Fo ummary ? Meelinq ce Segregation ?The 750 delegates IVont "?7 ' >ntion of NAACP. had cnniintensified drive to wipe out *sion ended here Suivda>v ?J Lood pat on the 10-poitYt c ivil he Civil Rights Leadership Washington and asked their ith them on this document^ 18 nationally prominent Neigorou* Ballot he convention asserted the > ballot in national and local f full citizenship and equalI, employment, housing, iusof happiness." The political d the findings of a recent ed that at least 15 per' < ?>. by the NAACP position on xl trust." the resolution <*>}d etf itself "to continue to live he Negro hut for demo'Ta. y Association's non-part isan NAACP has an inescapable mtion to our-count.rv and to of our country te-whose addedicated." year, the resolution points who under thepuise of sche st^rtes, or under the masover^inent economy, or^fmi-_ th?jM i prlfUl *ka "i i '* PRu&troy nil of the Social pain> e last two'decades by resurabused'political philosophy." Ration, the Association call ortinp seprepated cutertairland sports eents. The with>m the perpetuation of sepfective m?ans of combat timr msification this year of its ation from all phases of Aransportation. public aeromeducation.-" - , onvention dealt with terrorroprams, labor and employvelfare and housinp; arm. 1 : international and colonial tsions: and felicitat ions. (1 "not to affiliate witli or ) Labor Council, because it is nmunisl unions, is completers simply l.viit to jret NVpro jnists indirectly." rm New Club .'anipbell, Vice Chairman. Fram. Wnith. Sei t y; Lawn ma- Crave--, "r. ;i-uro' an*' Clarence John on 'haplain An ( IToi t iPeru; made in <?;. ;ani/ every precinct in the 'ountv arid much proyr h teen made to date. ratulatory Messaj] Irown of Columbia are show id telegrams they received ce it\ the reli gious and educ or of Second (Olivary Baptis let College, w here he is dea Divinity hon orarv degree. ' . ' .1 1? ___ ^ ^ INFORM] COLUMBIA. SOUTH C AROL IN, Jrges >r *(a\ i Porter Nabbefl As ^ ! Firebug Who Tells | Of Firing Brook'n ^ NEW YORK (CNS) ? A 27j year oM Port r. Irving Ore.no. confessed this week that he had t( j the sartsational Brooklyn tene- pi | men* fire in which seven persons jn j pittfutry tost -thctr^rtV'. s on Juno c| 18tft. Gre-po said he did it be[ cau-e "I like excitement." p] , He also tol?l police that he had pi t-boen settmg-firt s for years and-20 of them in the last two years. ( It - was at his latest touchoiT jt where he tarried too long which 'p , led to his arrest. ' ; \ \ i Ajx EKteetivc Weldon explain- ot irl it: "For some reason I p( peeled him and I courTVff sTfakr \V myself from that though*. Sonnv ai * thing told me m- wia the -man?W we were looking for." Gre n nl : confe-sed in a few hours and wa.i \\ i booked on charges of homicide si Miiu .11 i. ^ Vol. Julian Plans !] A')j)cal From Big Federal Verdict NEW YORK (Global) ? Col. .Hubert F. J?4ien, tbe?mrrtitrrbl?, ~ arc:' storied* Blac]c ,Ehgle, .\va<- ," undriff T- rt tfclfr w rl? foMowtTTT 'what 5i0-ard h!* attorney railed i a tempdWry setback in a court action brought again.<t Julia* by ; two men formerly ns'-oci.Vad with, him in a venture to deal "* 'in War Surplus mat m1 ^ | Vt The complainants. Jes- *,0 Dedmon. Jr. and Lloyd Von Blaine, both of Wa-ning'on, I). C\, , charged that they joined Julian in Marti. 1910, in a contract to purchase for resale certain surplu jeep-, then in Europe. As; >C a result of the venture, th- y claim Julian realized huge sums of twnev ,m>nv of which has been give.- tr> them. J Aecrding to Julian, and this " is no4 deiia*! by the plaint'T-. the original ve-i'uro fioppeL . tt wit : t nt" niitf.i'V I .,n out IIow. . i r. e j '.mtdT claim 'hat aft. : t!u tai'ur >>: the first plan. Jul?-?n . e?;4?*u d to operat'-*in tiie <iirp!u- i ommodite fit Ids '* a.tv ultimatedlv did bi.v .Tltd 01 si! -bme jeeps. They in- Nt t h* v A an- <n*;tUnl to a shat. of 'ho money obtained ther-from Co 1- <<(nnol Julian flatly d< nic^ M at p-j any of hit? action in buyinc or {,, 11f < qu( :it to t< <?1- tqf !ap-< of the original dra; nf'd jj anything at all 'a ~ with tin.' |;l initial proposition * j'(, u I. f! 1 ^- ^ ^ wmmmm: IfrWhwateiAlJ.j?AA^fciri m . Ay^^^XTian rt Jm n above readinpr sonic of the *' on the recent celebration of Jg ational circles of South Carb-\j( rt. Church of Columbia. Dr. js n of the School of The??lojry, t v f iOV CR \ Kaci il I{ Says Com Since Fig] OKLAHOMA CITY?A ?r and more united" coun rogram, President Trumar ig to the 4'*rd annua! cor osed here S unci ay. . The President assured t rogram I sent to Congress ogram for the American j When he addressed t h AACP convention in Wash igton five years ago, Mi rurmtff recalled, "it looked a tough the wartime gains^T HiaT" V*igVits*"" alkP "eliual of >rtunities were about to b iped out in a wavPof hat re id violence similar to tha hich s-u e|if ovei tin1 counti' fter the first world war. as determined thnt tlii hould not happen again. certain that the Pros ?nt. of the I'nited State r.;st take the initiative i e\ eloping an alTirmutiv \il lights or-urram." ii.ily two it mis in his 4t r program hav b?vn en : ,i intr> law, th'' Pre-ider jt.d. Haw ever, lie predicts iu4. the day the entire prograt i d?>p*- d -' potiple wiU b4gtn t '.ndw what a'i the d whv . it Jwasrdl# doa ner " Th.n ijp rfaii^. "it v<& 1 takr n' 1' iuSt 10 many anvund*< |hat fev - n ode hi th ? :flst five yoot th* o\. u'ive brknejfc ar.d' b u ? carts. by statj^iftci loo; Yei v nr' nts. and by ymivate 1 Tin e> which hav in m'idc, Mr. Truman ass r1 i. "Have taken place becaus is program ha- boon held big fore the American people. Th M AACP CAL DF THF HAr NT1W YORK?a resurtn it the country in 1951, "in opress mode townrds-44ve ftv in recent years." was r>n for tbo Advancement r port "1951 The Year of klah"ina City today on the nniub NAACP Convention. "Meniffhted elements re irted . . . to a. new instru ent of terror -the )iat nib.'' the NAACP rep<>r ates, citing bomb explosion i Rinninrbam. Pallas. A nta. Nashville, and in. Cab rnia and Florida. In Florid here t he re: 1 rs? nuniber o hmbi mi i<!< id H' tiriv< lis reiyn of terror oulmin ed in the ('brist mas ; '*di a<; ' ' 1' r-'" . 1 th i%r ..l . ;a. i I . ?>I??<uv i 1m killine 'he Florid A AC!' leader a n d Id how! \ f.a her v ife Otir-r t ?'?; .!it'.cn i a , >ifi t l\v . t h c ero. I it ir. i-i't1 h'toihim- ;mdnr^tTiir.ed h i>s i r ,111,','. w ru'M a nan- ? nice and town offi.ial ?i: ov r. and Mi Hnrvrv K ('!;<:! and th? ; ( h ldr ^ frvm -V, ?? 11 If ??4?dvv?-'Minht?* uinter To (Jet Two lew Police Officers Sl'INTTKK Sumter'- fir t I ,v dored polaa officers in mon days nreo xpooted t be hii 1 h?*n> soon, lity manager .IT / iffi. Id said Monday. Mr RnfTirld said the city 152-53 b tad got jnolud--. provi ons for two and that the fit now oonsiderng several appli tif>ns winch have been submit d for the positions. l&C PRICE TEN CENTS e To! ights'I itry Better / lit Started r merica is a "stronger and bet- j ! try because of the civil, rights j J Qfli/l in o f ' . 111 cx LucKjnni ui greet- : ivention otf the NAACP which I L " he delegates that "the ten-point j j in 1948 is still my civil rights \ >eople." ?"r~ e1 , - - i conscience of 'he American peor. pie is a tremendous force when j S :t 13 ar 'Uacd. It has been awak-j iv-med by the civil rights program! )- and out country is stronger andj 0 better ar.-' more united because: d of it." llarrirtan, Kefauvwr y Send Greetings In "sincere greetings'' to the 1 ronventi n. W. Averill Harriman : expressed his "personal eonvic-; ,s; tion on civil rights including the n responsibility f the federal gov-1 " (, eminent f r affirmative action through the enactment of legisu latiofr of adequate and effectived sanction to ensure fair employ#^ j} di, t of origin." W ^ 1 yrftgnet-r' Estea*' KtfaAfc* h3iedj U the - NAA^Nhfcb v unity, ^^opgth and^e^reveraifeeHi ll J&rfT dthiypgd advaw-os minority citizen* of AmeVioa. your battle for equality and e tii f our people your rgani-f j U zation ha* ma?!c wonderful ;e, strides. I hope and tmst that' c h; the NAACP. will, continue to' " ej carry on its very human work."' LS 1951 YEARi rE BOMBINGS ence of racial violence throughadesporate attempt to hak the att-ainment of a democratic-? noted hv the National Associa>f Colored People in its annua! the Hate Bomb." released in eve of the opening of the lllrd C< t i< . occupy in *h formerly lily-white , Chicago subur^ and d strove! .. y tiii- Clark-' belonging < Setbacks for Discrimination ? Ri Tit . 111!. thi> ntvi i/intt pnetir - g. iui' of violence, the NAACT' a "reports .?i>nu noteworthy tri- I* f umph* m the fight against (lis., (it I. t rimina'ion du"ing the year. A- nl i- mong thes- wore the acquittal in t <-f four < f th- six me- being re. ar e in fo murder in th 'Trenton n S;\ i ;im the federal indictment- n{ ;i r turned against seven ofTis < ia 1. i-f (.'leero, 111. < re tilting, in n( "j.l in : -ur convictions); the (.() o' t'op. i.* segregation in the t... Korea; and th * con- fa ,y f: ruing breakdfHvn of segrega,j tion in puhliclv financed insti , ttf re. of :: igher learning in /| ^ -"'th Sent h. Education .locus Shifts / ... 4-VMVr+fw - ^igrnttraTTt'" (lev lopmrnt of the year, the NAACT report .<5* ate-, wa- the .. launching of full.-rale legal at ? t.?> ks against s- gregation in publie el? mentnrv and" secondary 1' 1 v , schools thn -hitting the emphasis on tlie tig lit against Jim CI row An r? fntill til* r> I" .U i111 a f e n 1i rT nrnfnc o V. " ^c ion;.! I; vol- 4o the grade school 's. ]vVv] hi Suits wei\ filed socking an > nd< v to segregation in Atlanta, Gor- ^ i. gia; Clarendon County, South ?_ Wilmington. Dobawaiv. By th Continued on Pace Eight m ) : ? 1 V . * 'V '* LOVELY COr.tlMn '"jgr. W~. aj- :^*WF * ".J - _!l^l I .<$? f^. ',,,w' ; I ^ ^roungffluple iTill iTjyjTi <on ofcfrlr. and MtlW JfodWj| fits a pr a create of jjie t>OT ind has been in sergeant Woods ha^fbe^ii ton at Columbia to ^o^JDjH itationed. *4 t A NUTSHELL No Civil Ri: 4 Votes, Whf OKLAHOMA CITY?Clos >n M the National Associat ilored People here Sunday, >n's executive secretary wa ats alike that repudiation vill bring down the wrath 01 I ppinliation of civil rights to cos, Important among these indeJ ndcnl", he declare! and "more termin-d on thi> issue than' st is the Negro vote now nearer 2.0(10,000 strong in the Southf id holding the potential balance power m no leSs than h7 irthc-rn st;m*s--with" "281 V tithe electoral college. Isay tlu;s >t a< 'a threat." Mr. White ntinued, "only as a simp! isily verifiable statement of icl. The Negro veto in Ohio. IrC.rav Talks it. Lake v I.AKK CITY ? John H Mr. ray. editor f The Lighthouse! ad Informer and state chalrrj e Democrats. will be the main 'oakfp -at h Stm-; tv afU-rn <mr July 6, wlm h H ill: heM in the New Zion Bap'ist lurch on the Johnsonville' ghway. . J The meeting is scheduled to gin at 4 p. m. Walter Sf-ctt isj esident of the local NAACP anch. which is sponsoring the ceting. / ! I ' " ' 1 j i . r .T* I flHL fl a i Wjk|ijg: y^'y -r'.**fl . 9 /i':/k. ': 'i .'. /- -.tf;~- . H i '? I ,; ' ' j5 B I I \ ?Pr & ' m * % ' *$$& ' ' :"?H m&> " S>' I |Hh ' ^1 ' jf it v ^llPrlB ^Gll ^ y'WSt 1 j " ?"? - I cHf find ttfts wltn^b86(i. tfiiiv |jw wfl :? pits, 'No ' *'^1 L Declares ting the 43rd annual conven:ion for the Advancement -of? Walter White, the Associarned Republicans and Demoof the civil rights program - r minions or independent vot- i Illinois and California decided the 1948 pres^ental election." The NAACP lpadtr decried the ' JN quadrennial GOP pursuit of elusive will o' the wisp of cap* W" tunng the South." With fe?w ex- \ ceptt n , such as the late WeSG, .*?e| dell Willkie, "Republicans h&ve been totally unable to uncf?r-tand that the only coalition the reacttdnary South will enter is A * *> one in which Republicans sur- < render completely the?partjrjf - '.Wjj tra-.+itional position on the civil ,/<*V rights issu >" Mr. White charged. To Dixkvrats. who threaten to bolt the Democratic party if a strong civil rights plank ia a- j dopftd next week at Chicago* h* * ^ ^repeated the NAACP^ jrdmddt^ tion of 1948: "Let tm WdHc! Where can hey go? Nowhere eat- V cept to political oblivion. It if a?' ^Bout' time for Northern aflMtL *? rhmr stop shlVerUig tat Ihehr h ots whenever a Dixieerat screams "bolt,"" Whatever alaa southern politicians may b#'l|njp.~ V'""?> arereolistic about political pat- ; ;*'1 ronag? ana tne lucrative r awards which go with belhg the majority parfy. Whatever happen* P-lical realists like Russell * Georgia, Kerr of Oklahoma, and ^ bister H\ll of Alabama are not ^ ] CONTINUED ON PAGE t ; . . I -i -M