Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, July 05, 1952, Image 5
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HUare keyed up as never before
ver the July 8 Democratic primary,
the reason being that
are tjhr6D race candidates j
offering for three of the ten ^eats J
the county has in the House of
T / Representatives' Rev. Frank R.
Veal, paaor of %l|toric Emanuel a
AME Church, J. Arthur Brown, |
real estate agent and Herbert
Fleldi|ng? an accountant. While
all race members here say they
generally- vote for this trio g1
first, they rnnrcrip the ^d^xi-Ln. 1bo ^
Mai number of votes to Mr. r
I HHnding, scion of the late Julius
P. Fielding, who pioneered the r
Hineral directing business here. ^
Ip Unofficial estimate* place regis. *
Beared Negroes at more than i
?jP?fipO in an overall total of some V
Jff.OOO or 28.000 persons. ' ?
Bjwy-DILLON: We've finally solved
\ solved the mystery &f Wm. n
(Rudy) Lytch, who has been; e
ML seen every Saturday <on the cor- jf
ner of Main sreet here by the: ?
If; Jay Bee drug store. Rudy, as he a
E] e is called, hangs out there to col-J J
lect from his customers holding 0
x insurance policies in the North j ^
iColinfr Mutual Life Insurance ?,
> like, you. We puiled in a-'
R' 2 Ay 'M. Sunday and Bro-i +
^^Bfcvis at the Hotel Gordon v
UP ? free room spa^e and
MAe .lis a spocjai guest over SftV
aitd whether he meant it
AUKiSSiSK
t couldn't get it . . To! ?
t)r. R. K. Gordon ot Dillon: Bet-j ?j
ter add another story to your( d
W. K; Smith, president of the i
businessmen's association here, *"
. told us he had a> letter from a rr
minister seeking information on rt
rthe beach, attributing the letKter
to information we published i<
Bpthe' week before. By the way, n
Kail the establishment; here are s
BitfdSIed over that issue ... We a
ran into our young nephew, Earl
H'e&nut) Doyle, wh.se eyes c
Buearly jumped out whBn he s
Booked around and spied us . |,
IrTKe haach (Was overrun with ^
Bltegionnaires Sunday, early arF
rivals for the state convention
of $\e American Legion, which *
K opened a Myrtle Beach, 14 miles
WES- eway, Sunday. Especially vi- ^
Hpp brant were: Attorney Lincoln C. j'
Jenkins and Hinton James, both ^
^ <f Columbia . . . We f und the' n
teason our favorite cabin No. 7 ^
Ek. at Smith's wasn't available was sj
{ that E C. Joni1-, .Jr. and the
madjiim'of Sumter beat us t > it.
Biopk back in Columbia would be I
Mftic^ied aiive to hear what Joej
G|wrJle> place and
" fy ?'ay' Jn ^
a few pictuirs h tc J
jpj^l^n the coast .If you want1
se^ a,dream in resort homes,
^manigJauri.' d^rgetJowA fun oral
^'director, naSMbuilt... It's ver-ree
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COLUMBIA: Rev. Wm._, MctiMr
' Bowman has another IT
a white^pointed job. He ?
Hf been boasting but vhtft af |j
ttfde actually to a race brflweehMg
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Of ISAAC
37 States IXenoi
Oklahoma CITY, okh
tates attending the 43rd coi
lltted th "OTgkrrtzation ~tb~al
acial segrgeation when the
In addition, the delegates
ights program adopted by
inference held last May in
riends to go down the line
rtiich has the backing also c
ro organizations.
Urge A More
Resolutions adopted hy
eed for "intelligent use of \
lections to attain the goals
;y of opportunity in educati
ice, and the general pursui
ction resolution further n(
21mo_Roper poll which indie
f Negro voters are influenc
ational issues. "This is a sa
o which the Association ple?
p to for the good not only o
tself."
While re-affirming th
olicy, the resolution said "t
olitieal responsibility and ot
hat segment of the populatk
anc^ment this organization
This is a crucial- electa
pt ^'because there are tho;
uy iKi lideland oil monev foi
uerade of st*i , or
eriyf^ govemm^^^'
aetijg' an outmoded and mu<
Iipt'he fight against set
d "upon Negroes to stop su
lent such *s theatres, conce:
rawial of financial support
egation is one of the most
t." The NAACP pledged ii
campaign to eliminate segr
lerican life, including publi<
lodation and especially publ
Other resolutions of the
*m, police brutality, loyalty
lent, social security; health
ervices and veterans* * affai
flairs; racial and religious '
The branches were war
mtribute to the National Ne;
upported only by the few C
/ Communist dominated, -an
worker?1 to support-the Com
W tx
narion uemocrais r
MULLINS? -The Marion Coun.
/ Progressive Democrats organ.
:ed a club in the Zion-Smith
aro Community last Fri?la>
ight. The theme of the pro.
ram was "First Cla<< Citizen,
lip."
Officers ejected were. M. W
raves, Chairman; Clarcnci
Jrowns Read ('on
'-Mil u
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Kfev and Mrs. Charlea it
[any congratulatory letted
^.Brown's 26 th yekr of se
r>Q tin.l V> ?' n mth "->- " ~ ~ ? j
ji? vit jr cai nn |Ji
hrown was honored by tton
**t month with thi Doctor
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SATURDAY^ JULY 5, 1952, C(
3 an I
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Nummary !
Is I ^
P Meeting *
linr?> ^PirrPimlinn
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i.?The 750 delegates from .*57 C(
ivention of NAACP, had com- t
rf intensified drive to wipe""out n
session ended here Sunday. p
i stood pat on the 10-point civil j
the Civil Rights Leadership c
i Washington and asked their
with them on this document. b
>f 18 nationally prominerif~Ne-, a
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Vigorous Ballot I v
the convention asserted the j
;he ballot in national and local t
of full citizenship and equal-10
ion, employment, housing, jus- i p
t of happiness." The political n
>ted the findings of a recent'
ated that at least 15 per cent v
ed by the NAACP position on ! 0
cred trust." the resolution <air| ib
dge?f itself "to continue to live; a
f the Negro hut for democracy j
e Association's non-partisan
he NAACP has an inescapable j
ligation to our country and to ?
on of our country to whose ad- i
is dedicated." I *
an year, the resolution points'j
*c who under theguise of se-j*
the states, tyr under the mas- j
?,Kovepi|nent economy. .or. for-1 '
ilnlriKtlV' all of the Social trains.
list two' decades by resur- \ a
:h abused'political philosophy.'' t,
reflation, the Association callipporting
segregated entertain-1}]
rts and sports eents, The withfrom
the perpetuation of sog- j _
effective m&ans of combatting j E
riterisification this year of its i
egation from all phases of A-J.
i transportation, public accomic
education."
i convention dealt with terror- a
programs, labor -and .employ- c
, welfare and housing;_arnuxi 0
rs; international and colonial b
tensions; and felicitations,
ned "not to affiliate with or u
gro Labor council, because it is tl
Communist unions, is complete- w
(i is simply lxait to ?^et Negro (
munists indirectly." ' t?
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\>rm New Club
- Campbell, Vice Chairman; Frank s.
Smith. Sect'y; Lawrence Graves, a
Treasurer an>?"Clarence Johnson 11
Chaplain.
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J An effort is being tnado to 01- s
i ganiz; every precinct in the ];
. County and much progress has a
4 been made to date. n
gratulatory Messagt
^ Brown of Columbia are shown
and tilegrams they received or
rHce it\ the reli gious and educat
wtor of Second Oalvary Baptist
edict Cdllege. w here he is dean
of Divinity hon orary degree.
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5orter Nabbed As
?irebug Who Tell
)f Firing Brook'n
NEW YORK (CNS) ? A I
car old Porter. Irving Grc-i
onfessed this week that he h
he. - semsatkmaj?Brooklyn?ioj
lent flre in which seven perse
itifully lost their lives on Ju
8th. CTl>*<ne said he did it I
au-e "I like excitement." "
Ho also told police that he h
teen setting fires for years a
0 of them, in the last two yea
t was at his latest touch
'here he tarried too long whi
sd to his arrest.
Aft Detective Weldon explai
d it: "For some reason I s\
ectod him and I couldn't sha
ivself from that thought. Son
hing told me ho wn> the na
ve were looking for." Grec
onfe^ed in a few hours and v
looked on charges of homici
nd arson.
ol. Julian Plans
Yppeal From Big
federal Verdict
NEW YORK (Global) ? C
fubert F. Julian, theinimital
iS3 storied- Blatfc Jty gle. i\
indatfrt^ri tUW 'weetR follow 1
^hat fio-and h*? attorney call
tempd*Yry setback in a jc<>\
ction brought against Julian
tvo -men formerly ' nssocia'
zith him in a venture to d<
a War Surplus material
The. complainants, Jesse
>edmon. Jr< and Lloyd V
Maine, both of Washington, D.
harged that they join.e-J Juli
a March 1940, in a contract
urohase for resale certain si
lus jeep-, then in Europe.
result of the venture, th
laim Julian realized huge su:
f money .none of which Y
een given to them.
Accrding to Julian, and tl
l no* denial by the plaintil
he original venture flopp
dien the money ran out. TTo
vrr, the. plant iff claim 'hat ;
r the failur of the first ph
Lilian I'on'nui d to nnorntf
u* surplus commodity ficl
nv ulTrmatocfly" did buy a
11 <omc jeeps. They in-ist th
re en'itled to a. sharr?of t
lonev obtained therefrom. CH
nel Julian flatly denies tl
ny of his action ir. buying
I liny subsequent t<> tie c<
jp*o of the original deal h
nythin^ at all 4o do with t
utiul proposition
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i the recent celebration
;ional circles of South Cat
Church of Columbia. I
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1 Since Fighl
57-! Ono.,
Ok'I.AHniWi riTV a
vii i?nmer
ad; ter and more united" country
ie?program, President ^TnnnaTr~gg
>ns; ing- ^e 4'*rd annual conven
ne 1 closed here Sunday.
3e- The President assured the d
. program I sent to Congress in
ad program for the American peop
ncJ When he addressed t heirs-INAACP
convention in Wash-! <x
?,T ington five years ago, Mr. p]
Truman recalled, "it looked as, it
(though the wartime gains in ?
in- equal rights and equal op-! ai
i?-j port unities, were about to be; b<
ke wiped out in a wave of hatred ci
ie-i and violence similar to that n
an which swept over the country s<
n after the first world war.- I
as was determined thht this'
de should not happen again. I rc
was certain that the Presi-|e3
dent of the United States ti(
; must take the initiative in rc
developing an affirmative ei
civil rights program."
Only two it ins in his *.en-( *-a
point program have t>cexn en- S?
cd d into law, the President
lotrd. However, he predicted Cl
. j ; that the day the entire program'-^
, , , is- adopted "people will bdgln tot; hi
ra^!t,vorthei "/hat alJ/Ov-* iuwif
n.? )our it.
L?d' ^ <>n n-?^e iflat five
Qiib the executive ar>. tybyI ui
the courts, by statcafeml l<Kiai Jn
? f governments, and'by jnuvate m
. " ganizatlom. 1 y<
The advances which haveti
be n mader~M.r. Truman assert- z
an
4q! od. "Have taken place becauset st
jr this program ha- been held highj tt
."i before the American people. The| cs
i! NAACP c> uj
J OF THE HATI
^ NRW YORK?A resurgence
. out the country in 1951, "in ade
f progress made towards the atta
ln cietv in recent years." was not(
jn lion Tor rne Advancement ot (
ds report. "1051 The Year of th?
nd Oklahoma City today on the eve
oy Annual XAACP Convention,
he- "Benight edlTelem e "A <?rv- ?
"^"sortecTN . . to a new- instru- <*
iat ment of terror?the hate c
or bomb," the NAAC1' report
r>!- states, citing bomb explosions s<
ad in Birmingham. Dallas-, A*tle
lanta, Nashville, and in Cab- g
fornia and Florida. In Florida rc
whore the creates! numher of ui
bombii'tj mri.l?-nts occurred, cr
this reign of terror eulmin- ni
j ated in the Christmas right ol
' blast which iVsM'nvt 1 tlie tr
i home i ! IIa?i> T. Moore in S
Mims. killing the Florida n
N A A CP leader a n d his H
Oth"r f> rnts of violence \\ i e < '
typifi'd by the Cirercr Illinois, A
white ,hoo>.]lum> undorstrained by h
riots in July, when a ban*) of ti
.?. pot ire pnd tpwn official^,. d rove f 1
Mr. and Mrs. Harvev E. Clark, h
f Jr., and their children from a y
I now apartm nt thev nought t o
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Sumter To Get Two n
New Police Officers 4r
ssUmtkk ~"5uintcr'. fir t two"*7,
' colored police officers in modi
, frn days nree xpecteci to be hir_ S1
I ed here soon, city manager J. A.; _
t 1 ltaffi?44 ?vi4 Monday. r
"I Mr. RafFicld said the city's, 'e
] 1952-53 budget includes provi-|
sions for two an?1 that the city tc
' is now considerng several appli- 8'
ry, cations which have been submit- ^
ted for the positions.
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ica is a "stronger and betbecausr
of the Civil tMtrVifa
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itPiiT if TeTegr am of greettion
otf the NAACP which
lelegates that "the ten-point
1948 is still my civil rights
le."
mscience of the American peoLe
is a tremendous force when
is aroused. It has been awakled
by the civil rights program;
id out country is stronger andj
Jtter and more united because]
f it." I
arriman, Kefauver
Mid Greetings
In "sincere greetings" to thej
mventi n. W. Averili Harriman
cpressed his "personal convTc-1
on on ciiii-rights including the
isponsibility of the federal gov-l
rnment for affirmative action
irough the enactment of legi<
artef
linority^f^tizens oY America: Jft
aur battle for eqirality antl
t\- 'fc. our people your :xgani-*
ation has mad* wonderful
rides. I hope and tyftst thatj
le NAACP will eflptinue to (
Lrry on its very human work."
31951 YEAR:
: BOMBINGS
( of racial violence throughsperate
attempt to hak the
linment of a democratic so'd
hv the National Associablored
People in its annua!
? Hate Bomb," released in
; of the opening of the 43rd
cupy in 'ho lormerlv lily-white
hicago suburjp and destroys .1
lo Clarks" belonging-.
tbacks for Discrimination
iiic uiw uraging rt'sur.
nee of yio^bnee, the NAACP
'ports <on.ie noteworthy tMmph
in the fight against^disimination
during the year. A,ong
those were the acquittal
' four of the six men being rei
' for murder in th 'Trenton
ix cast tiie federal indictmentturned
against seven ci*y ofTiTils
of Cicero, 111, (re-ulting, in
>52. m four convictions); the
iiolition of. segregation in the
rmy in Korea; and the connuing
breakdown of segregaon
in publicly financed instii*i
ns of higher learning in
v: Smith: ~
duration Focus Shifts
Perhaps the most significant
eveiopm^nt of Pre year, the
AACP report spates, wa? the
lunching of full-scale legal at(
elrmrrit.il y?rmrl?secondary
hools tilu vhift inff *hr?
s on the fight against Jim Crow
xim th-- graduate and proffcssniul
kvel- to the grade school
vol.
?>uits were filed seeking an, end
> segregation in Atlanta, Gora;
Clarendon County, South
/"ilmington, Debawane. By -the
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IN A NUTSHELL
No Civil Ri
Votes. Whi
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tion (Tf the National Associi
k^olore4 Peef>Ve here- Sunday
tion's executive secretary ~w
crats alike that repudiation
"will bring down the wrath
ers."
Repudiation of civil rights to co
Important among these inde
[indents, he declared and "mori
determined on this issue thai
m st is th? Negro vote now near
ing'2,000,000 strong in the Soutl
and holding thepotential balanc
' of power. in no less than 1
northern states with 281 v t.*
in the electoral college. Isay thi
- not a- a -tbr-oaW" Mf,?Whit
continued, ""only as a simpl
eastty verifiable statement o
fact. The Negro vcte in Ohic
MrCrav In Iks
At Lake City
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LA KK CITY ? John H Mr
Cray, editor f The Lighthou*
and Informer .aM_ state chair
man of South CaTOllria Progress
?ivg- Deroncrats, will bo the mail
speaker at a mass meeting Sun
day afternoon, July fl, which wil
' be held in the New Zion Baptls
| Church on the JohnsonvHl
highway. ' .
The meeting is scheduled t
I begin a*. 4 p. m. Walter ScCtt i
j president of the local NAAC1
branch; which i9 sponsoring tfr
meeting. /
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3sing the lUfcrd annual convenation
for the Advancement of ^
, Walter White, the Aosocia- 1
arried Republicans and Demo
i of the civil ifchts program^ ?
of millions of independent vot- vj?
s Illinois and California decRlhd
_ the 1948 presidental election."
e The NAACP leadtfr decried the^^
i! quadrennial QOP pursuit of "the
J elusive will o* the wisp of cap* m
j turing the South." With few ex-'
11^, sucn as ine laie tvcn^ O
dell Willkie, "fiepublicans Iwtfe ' ,3
been totally unable to uriJJer>tand
that the only coalition the
pt reactionary South will enter is
( one in which Republicans sur- t*
render c( mpletely the party'! - }
} ! tra?:htional position on the civil ,
rights i>su Mr. White charged. &
To Dixicctats who threaten to < r
I bolt the Democratic party II a
strong civil righta plank la adoptcd
next week at Chicago* |*e
repeated the NAACP admOtol_
_tioA of 'ant WdMtl _ , .
- Where can hey go? IInmlmiHl <| . if
i cept to political oblhrtatt, It is *-timf
for Northern pniiti. JL
r| Hans 4o stop shlveri^r Im ghat**
^ fr?ota whruevt'i > a ' ftlxltCl'al 'A1^
1| southern politicians m4y be tWy ^t
arereolistic about pottUcSi pat- '
e, ranafe and thtlllTljhl, rlWWfd* ?
I which go with bting'the major,
o lty party. What*** happ-NV
s, p~lical realists Wcs Russell Off ^
5 Georgia, Kerr of Oklahoma, and >3
t Lister Hill of Alabama are not <
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