Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, July 05, 1952, Image 3
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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 \
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'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 .
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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 '
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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.-"
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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.
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COLUMBIA. SOUTH C AROL IN,
Jrges
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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'(,
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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^ ^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.
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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. / !
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find ttfts wltn^b86(i. tfiiiv
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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 ^ ]
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