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CHAftL&blTJN: Kaoe citizens'
^ Re keyed up as never before
Hfanr the July 8 .Democratic pril&ary.
the reaaon being that |
ere. are tjtiree race candidates
offering fotf&hree of the ten seats
|. t|l?4t?i]^'haa in the House of ^
r Representative*: Rev. Frank k.
Vea3, pasor of ^il It-oric Emanuel! .
AMfe Church, Arthur Brown, |
real estate agent and Herbert
Fielding, an accountant. While
all race members here say they
will generally vote for this trio g
they concede the edge In the r
i'liotal ftumber of votes to Mr. r
|R&icfcng, scion of the late Julius
Bfr Fielding, who pioneered the ^
kneral directing business here. ^
TJnofficial estimate? place regis- ^
tered Negroes at more than
^|8,0OO in an overall total of some
^Mrg0.OOO or 28.000 persons. J *
IE*" DILLON: We've finally solved
^ solved, the mystery of Wm.' ]
seen every Saturday on the cor-' \
Ev ner of Main sreet here by the ^
| Jay Bee drug store. Rudv. as he! ,
[jtla called, hangs out there to col-j
HBpct from his customers holding (
?. insurance policies in the North, :
BHB^fplina Mtortual Life Insurance <
p^^iewspaperman if the1 .
^^Butylce. you. We pulled in aHii'
9 A * C*.i_ J... j n I '
* ?>*,?. *?* ouuudv u'Jiu Di u- i
|h< Davis at the Jiofcel Gordon ,
up a free room sp^e and
Dr. H. K. Gordon of Dillon: Bet- 2
W. K; Smith, president of the
: businessmen's association here,
WL told us he had a letter from a l
V; minister seeking, information on
kthe beach, attributing the1 let-.
Rter to information we published
K.the week before. By the way, ;
Brail the establishments here arc
tickled over that issue ... We ,
W an in 11/ uuj' iic;ym-w, liUii
l|<Peanut) Doyle,. whose eyes (
Bftearly jumped out* \vhun lie
Rooked around and spie.i as . . .
TTWe baach Was overrun with
m r Legionnaires Sunday, early arP
rivals for the state convention
R* of .jhe American Legion, which
opened a Myrtle Beach, 14 miles
JjMBK.?away, Sunday.?Especially viM&f
brant were: Attorney Lincoln C.
1 '' Jenkins anil ILmton Jamos, bot h
oi Columbia . . . We f und th
reason our favorite cabin No. 7
? at Smith's wasn't available was
that E. C. Jone , Jr. and the
IlEACH: C. B. Han-j
Columbia would bej
b ?th here'
?sis at 4he Caai no^f
BEACH. Won r |
r charminf/. mother!
41 sons v/flS uca;. '
yniJon? McKenzh!'
ast . . . If you want*
m in report homes,
se the one W. W.
&or getx>wtfk funeral]
PtflJUn. It's
l: Rev. Wm:^ Mercian
has another
painted job; He
stin
to a race bAweeh
on Pmgn ?fh|% 1
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37 States I>enounc
^OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.itates
attending the 43rd conve
nitted the organization to an i:
acial segrgeation when the see
In addition, the delegates st
rights program adopted by tt
Conference held last May in V
?riends to go down the line wi
which has the backing also of
?ro organizations.
Urge A More Vis
Resolutions adopted by tl
need for "intelligent use of the
elections to attain the goals ol
ty of opportunity in education
tice, and the general pursuit <
aetion ^resolution further ncfei
Elmo Roper poll which indicate
)f Negro voters are influenced
national issues. "This is a sacre
to which the Association pledge
up to for the good not only of t
itself." - WJbfle
re-affirming . the
oolicy, the resolution said "the
Political responsibility and oblip
that segment of the population
vancement this organization is
This is a crucial election
out "because-* there are those
oil monev for tl
ierived from government in fin
recUng an outmoded and much
In the fight against segre,
ed "ufwn Negroes to stop supp
ment such as theatres, concerts
draw&l of financial support fr<
regation is one of the most efl
it." The NAACP 'pledged inte
"campaign to eliminate segreg;
merican life, including public t
mndflt.irm nnrl psnn.-nnllv rmhlir*
Other resolutions of the c
ism. police brutality, loyalty p
raent, social security; health, t
services and veterans* ^affairs
affairs; racial and religious ter
The branches were warfie
contribute to the National Negri
supported only by the few Cor
ly Communist dominated, and
workers' to support the Com mi
Marion Democrats Fo
MULLINS?The Marian Coun- C
ty Progressive Democrats organ- c
ized a club in the Zion-Sinith- *
baro Community last FrMay j
nighty The theme of the pro-J
gram was *First Cla-? Citizen-'
ship." IOfficers
elected were: M. W. (
Graves. Chairman; Clarence 1
Browns Read Cong
JKfjtfHE f ^'
^kvWflgk s
Rfev and Mrs! Charles ffy ]
Ihany congratulatory letters a
I>t. Brown's 26th yShr ?f stirt
Ijria, and his 18th year as pas
Brown 'was honored by fiener
last month with thi Doctor 01
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VTURDAY, JULY 5, 1952,
ian I
it F<
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3 Meeting
e Segregation
-The 750 delegates from 3
ntion of NAACP, had com
ntensified drive to wipe ou
QIAO 4**] U Afw Air
^iinuvi nci r ouiivth v ,
ood pat on the 10-point civ
le C^vTT Hig"hts Leadershi
ifashington and asked thei
Ith them on this doctihmr
18 nationally prominent Nt
goroua Ballot
le convention asserted th
ballot in national and locr
Lfull citizenship and equa
, employment, hoUsinrr. .iu?
>f happiness." The politic;
T~fhe findings of a recer
ni that at least 45 per cot
by the NAACP position o
d trust." the resolution sni
itself "to continue to Ti\
he Negro but for democrat
Association's non-part isa
NAACP has an inescapab
ration to our country and 1
of our country to whose a<
dedicated."
year, the resolution poiiP
who under thegnise of s<
he states, oy under the ma
overynent ^copomy. .or, fu^
** thhE cial gair
b tat twcr' decades by rcsu
abused'political philosophy
nation, the Association cal
orting segregated entertaii
and sports eents. The witl
>m the perpetuation of se
fective m?ans of combattir
msification this .roar of i
ation from all phases of J
ransportation, public accor
education."
onvention dealt with terro
roprams, labor and emplo;
welfare and housing: urnn
; international and coloni
isions; and felicitations,
d "not to affiliate with <
3 Labor Council, because it
nmunist unions, is complet
is simply bait tojret Nopi
jnists indirectly."
rm New Club
^ampbell, Vice Chairman; Fra:
smith. ' Sect'y; Lawrence Grav
treasurer ?n?t Clarence JohnCg
.'hflplain.
An effo'rt is being made to (
janizv every precinct in t
bounty and much progress 1;
seen made to date.
ratulatory Mess;
Brown of Columbia are ah
_^a A>n - .. . it
na xategrams mey receive
tee ir\ the reli Rious and e<
tor of Second Oalvary Ba
fict College, w here he is i
f Divinity' hon orary deprre
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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROL IN.
Urges
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Porter Nabbed As
Firebug Who Tells
r Of Firing Brook'n J
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NEW YORK (CNS) ? A S?7_!
year oM Porter. Irving Ore.no, T~
' confessed this week that he had: t
l" the seinsational Brooklyn tene- j>
^ ment fire in which seven persons. 0
lost'lheir lives on June c
ill 1 oir* ' ; i i- - J? J *i ? -
- | io'.u., urenne saia ne aia u oeP
I cau^e UI like excitement." p
1 j Ho also told police that he had p
j been setting fires for years and (
'1.! 20 of them m the last two years. >
; It was at his latest touchofT j]
I where he tarried too long Which 7
e j led to his arrest. I t
1 EKtective Weldon explain- e
]? 1 e*d it: "For ajome reason ?p
1 pected him and I couldn't shake v
,1 myself from that thought. Some- a
it : thing told fne^he was* the man v
p we were looking- for." Green j a
n ! confessed in a few hours and was \
,i 1 booked on charges of homicide s
. and arson. \
Col. Julian Plans !
n
Appeal From Big
Federal Verdict
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BJ NEW YORK (Global) ? Col.'1
s . Hubert F. Julian, the;inhnitabk.,,,1
J. and storied* BlaeV ,we^ !
w-eV -fottoWtttST^
[what 5ib* and h*? attorney called,
IS4 . 1
| a tempdhrry setback in a pourt
action broygfit againSt Julia^ by \
' j twov men formerly a3socia*^d
! with him i?i n Yrr>ntnrf> tr? '
' in War Surplus material
| The. complainants, Jesse O.1 ^
Dedmon. Jr^ . and Lloyd Von ;
Blaine, both of Washington, D. C.,
' ! charged that they joine-J Julian "
in March 1940, in a contract to C
,1_ purchase for resale* certain sur- 1
plus jeeps, then in Europe. Asi
1 ~ a result of the venture, they'
~ claim Julian realized huge sums1
of money .none of which has'
been given *(j them.
Acceding to Julian, and this
}1* is not denic-i by the plaintiffs
the original verdure flopped-;
when the money ran out. How<\i
r. the plantiff claim 'hat af- ^
ter the failur of the tirst plan.
Julian con'inu-d to operate in ^
the surplus commodity fields- 1
an-.: ultimatcdly did buy and C
11 some-jeeps. They in-ist they i
es, are en'it led to a share- of the
OM money obtained therefrom. Col. ?
onel Julian flatly denies that j
any of his action in buying or J
--- w?try* \.\ ui 111 u? iii- ?s
he lap-c of the original deal hod
ais anything at nH 4a -lo with the ]
initial proposition I
af?es
m - T" rm?- ;
n above reading1 some of the
id on the recent celebration of;
jucational circles of South Caroptist
Church of Columbia. Dr.
dean of the School of Theology,
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OKLAHOMA CITY?Americ
er and more united" country I
rogram, President* Trumaa sal
Vg t^-the ~HTrnuaI_convent
losed here Sunday.
The President assured the de
rogram I sent to Congress in 1
rogram for the American peoplt
When he addressed the1 ?
JAACP convention in Wash-, coj
ngton five years ago, Mr. ~ple
Vuman recalled, "it looked as it
hough the wartime gains in en*
qual rights and equal- op- an<
ortunities were about to be' bei
/iped out in a wave of hatred of
nd violence similar -to that
-hich swept over the country SftJ
ftor the first world war. I
vas determined that this ]
ihould not happen again.' I < or
vas certain that the Presi- ?fx
lent of the' United " State.s
mist take the initiative in res
ie\ eloping an affirmative er
ivil rights program." th:
Only two it. ms in His ten- la*
ynnt program have been en- sai
.et *d into law, the President m<
loted. However, he predicted cn
hat the day the entire program-^
<? ndondcW "mv?r?W> will lohby
vontfci v;h?t all tlyy
x>ut' a-fvd- w.hv i^-'Wa8?.!(? dodStl*
o .iKv:: Thixtr h* 'Jfafcra minM
w tt?krn< foipffa^d ^U*t .lffijfcMj
he rhnny a< Tvunif*< |ha* hbvfTfce
> ? n mode in th? iaat "five jtearsl th~
W the executive brkne^ and*,bv' un
hi; , courts, by stat j^i nil local Jnl
[ovornments, and1 by jmivate r?r- mi
fanizati' n-. ] yo
The advances which have! tic
>o n made. Mr. Truman assert- za
d, "Have taken place because| sti
his program hn> been held highi th
>cfore the America a people. The] ca
NAACP C> Hi
OF THE HATE
NT^W YORK?A resurgence
>ut the country in 1951, Min adei
progress made towards the atta
iety in recent years." was note
ion for the Advancement of C<
eport. "1951 The Year of the
Oklahoma City today on the eve
Annual NAACP Convention.
"Benighted elements reported
... to a new instru- oc
nent of terror?the hate CI
)omb," the NAACP report
itates, citinp bomb explosions
in Birmingham. Dallas, A*anta,
Nashville, and in Cab- g>
"ornia and Florida. In Florida re
.vhore th ? ere;.test number of ur
bombii'i' rhcidenty occurred, cr
this re?>rn of terror culmin- m
itcd i i the Christmas 1 ijrht ?>f
dast which ',? rovijl the tr
home i : lfa.i,\ T. Mooiv in Si
Mints, killing 1 lie Florida r
NAACP leader a n <1 his <-i
school-teacher wife.
Oth?r f < i 11. s of violence.. \\ ie
typifi- d by. the Cicero, Ilfino:.*, A
\vhiV hoodlum* imd erst rained by t'
rio's in July, whop a ban'! of li
police and town officials drove P
Mrr and" Mrs." Harvev F Clark. P
Jr., and the.r children from a .<
nmv npai tin nt they nought tj
Sumter To Get Two n
New Police Officers
SUMTER ? Sumter'.^ fuM two, U'
( Ulbl'ed police officers in molern
Havs aroo xpected to bo hir. sl
fnl here soon, rity manager J. A.t
Raffiold said Monday.
Mr. RafField said the city's, c
1952-53 budget include*; provi-'
sions for two and that the city. t(
is now considcrng several appli- 8'
cati&ns which have been submit- ^
ted for the positions.
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ghts'
ry Better
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Started
;a is a "stronger and betjecause
of the civil rights
rt in o fr 1
n jit o_wcic*xaaii?OA?
ion otf the NAACP which
'legates that "the ten-point
948 is still my civil rights
5,'?
iscience of the American peo-|
i is a tremendous force whenj
is aroused. It has been awak-j
?d by the civil rights program j
d out c< untry is stronger andj
Iter and more united because]
rriman, Kefauver
ad Greeting*
[n "sincere .greetings" to the'
lvention. W. Averill Harriman;
pressed hi* "personal conv?c-j
n on civil rights including the:
>ponsifeHity of the federal gov-j
nment for affirmative action]
rough the enactment of lbgis-]
ion of adequate and effective!
action to ensure fair erqgloyj#
nt practices, the Pcr^U0M
ritv of <?ll'nltiMns atud^l
^"dchi|^d adv^u^^^S
inority^itizen?-of America Jtt
ur battle for equality and )\xtJ
v fc. our people your'crganW
i tion has rhad>e wonderful
"ides. I hope and Jtffcst that
e NAACP will continue to
rrv on its very human work."
51951 YEAR
: BOMBINGS
of racial violence through operate
attempt to hak the
inment of a democratic sod
by the National Associaolored
People in its annua!
Hate B6mb," released in
of the opening of the 43nl
eupy in 4h formerly lily-white
lieaeo suburb and destrove*!.
e Clark-' belonging-.
.hacks for Discrimination
Despite the discouraging resur.
nce of violence, the NAACP
ports ioniv noteworthy trinph
in the fight against disimination
during the year. Aong
these were the acquittal
four of the six men being re!< '
for murder in th 'Trenton
x case: the federal indictmenttinned
against seven ci*y ofTials
of Cicero, 111. (re-ulting, in
'Cl2 m four convictions); the
.ohtion of segregation, in the
rmy in. Korea; and the connuing
breakdown of segregaon
in publicly financed instii'j
ns . of higher learning ~in
if- South.
duration Focus Shifts
Per imps-most?significant
evrlopmcnt of the year, the
AACP report -Tate-, was the
icks against segregation fn putoc
elementary and secondary
noois thu- -biffing the emphas
on the fight against Jim Crow
uni th" graduate and professmal
It vol- to the pra*.!e school
vel.
Suits were filed seeking an dnd
? segregation in Atlanta, Goria;
Clarendon County, South
iftl .A a t-V . .
vnmingron, uoinware. uy tne
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IN A NUTBHELL
No Civil Ri:
VotesrWhi!
OKLAHOMA CITY?Olos
tion m the National Asaociat
-fotored Peoid^Tiere Sunday,
tion's executive secretary wai
crats alike that repudiation
"will bring down the wrath of
ers."
Repudiation of civil rights to cos
Important among T. tese indel>ondent-,
he declared and "more
determined ' on this issue thanj
m st in the Negro vote now near-j
ing 2,000,000 strong in the South)
and holding thepotential balance,
of power in no less than 171
northern states with 281 v t.j->
in the electoral college. Isav this
not 3s a"Jhreat," Mr. White
continued, "only ax a simp]
easily verifiable 'statement of^
fact. Tlie Negro vote ip Ohio,'
Mrirav 7 a Iks
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4_ LA KB CITY ^ John
Cray. editor <f The Lighthmiifj
and Informer and state chair-j
man of South Carolina Proyess?nre~DeTTKkTMs,
"wffl he the main1
speaker at a mass meeting Sunday
afternoon, July 6, which will j
be held In the New-Zion Baptist
Church on the Johnsonville'
highway.
The meeting is scheduled r to
i begin at 4 p. m. Walter Scctt is]
president of the liocal NAACP
branch, which is sponsoring the
rneeting. / ' ?
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(J Declares
ing the 43rd annual conven- 1
irm for.Aha Advancement of
Walter White, the Associated
Republicans and Demo- j
of the eivil rjsrhts progrram -'A
' millions of independent votIllinois
and California decicled^
the 194a presidental election." / V'W
The NAACP leadfrr decried thfrj'^l
quadrennial GOP pursuit of "thifv . J
elusive will o* the wtap of ca|)h*
Uinng the South." With few ex- 3|
ceptt n-., such as the late WM6. a
dell Willkie, "Republicans bgve
been totally unable to uncffeYvtand
that the only coalition this .
reactionary South will enter is T^;
one in which Republicans sur- t '
render completely the party's
traditional position on the civil .*-1
rights, issue,'* Mr. White charged. \j
T^d^fxtrcrnt^ WTto threaten to
bolt the Democratic party if a hLt*
strong civil rights plank is
dopted next wesk at Chicagcyhe
repeated the NAACP ijftttil'?wtion
'of 1948: "Let 'em jWjSkl _
Where can hey go? Nowhere OX
political rraiivion, Ails ??
bout' time for NmUmm yotlffc
boots whenever -a Dixiecrat
screams ."bolt." Whatever else
xouthern politicians may be Aey v
arereollstic . about potttteal iput- o ^
renage and the lucrative tlirtrti
which go with being the majoritjt
party. Whatever h>yn>wg
prliral realists" lifie Russell of
Georgia, Kerr of Oklahoma; audi \
Lister Hill of Alabama are not
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