Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, July 19, 1952, Image 1
Candida
/ * SIXTEENTH YEAR, EDITION
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ABOUT
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j| By JOHN H. McCRAY, Editor
~ The .Lighthouse and Informer
: % CLEARWATER: To Mrs Lamback:
That turkey you put on
our plate at the church Sunday
jpf' was real gone, but so was-that
p V* barbecue the boss, Mr. Duke
v . Lamback, prepared. We cannot
v . ' say yet which wa-> better, but it
;V we could get another plate load
we might begin to get an idea.
> By the way, hope you have an
Bfc' enjoyable trip duvrn.iLo Srlwrfe'Springs,
Fla. . . . And this note
f.cr Garncll Hall back in Colum.
bia: Buddy, you done tole a big
Whopper. Your brother, Chaplain
(Capt ) Hniipki'-- H-iH
W ." ' Us you aren't married at ail, like
y?u told Us the other morning. I
hope tlie Leap Year gals' jviii
V now give you a lit. Wiggle, son.
. . Til at ncv. ual U.S. A . 1 between
Anken and Augusta is a
honey. Beautitu., smo^tn, .aunderful
for improving .traffic.
AIKEN: Each time, we drop m
?&'-On John: 011s Drugstore, -perate-J
x 'here by the Johnson bi others,
we think of how excellent a bu;"
~ : fness place our folk can run no
H^'JUatter where or when, li you*
have never seen it, next t*ime on
3 trip through Aiken, stop by to
7_ uupeci ii. its uj 1 .ruiji .-ivlijuv..
r . . ? Didn't know our old friend 1
f Dr. Lewis S. i'orter.' chin'p di.u,
bad'a shingle swinging out hero. |
K^'llfiven't laid eyes on him in a '
!?; dozen years, and that was back j
g*':' in Charleston, when he first had
f space on the same floor with Dr.1
P. . James Talmadge (Better change'
that J. T.) Massey, 436 King St.,
moving later up -to. 5Bct King mjthe
building housing the office of'
Dr. E. J. Cling. They tell me Dr.
W*'" Porter winters in this fine bust-|
. ung piace ana summers in new:
kMork . . . Learned that the famiiW.
>*iy of Dr. Leonard P. Lee down*
|S|[?t Lake City (He's a.Summerville
boy?that town's next to
w: Lincolnville, down state) is in
town; he started to transfer offices
here but demands back at
Lake City have forced a pqst|r
ponemqnt . . . Incidentally, this
town wants a promising young
s- physician to locate here. Any intere.sted
person can get details!
.by dropping us a line . . . Was
P good to see Dr.G.T. Cherry again.
fp-V Looks prosperous, healthy anci
just as alert . . . Sorry time did
r.ol allow a call on Bob Brooks,
but the go )d news is he's miJline
8&'. up from his recent illne>s ... it
g would be jAsVlike Council and
his wife Bill (Walton) Cherry to
be away on vacation somewhere.
They didn't miss our call at all. j
^ . . Saddest news was to learn of
the death of A. D. Smith, whoj
did and gave so much of himself I
for his race s betterment Died|
Jv-' in A r\r?i 1
DARLINGTON: Dropped into
K W .1 Hutev' Self Service Mar
P?f : ket on Main street Saturlas n 1
fn have to say a belated "Congratttlations"
to him "and the folk a-1
Er i roUnd who keep it going. Well
' stocked excellently operated and
doing-n ftne business-- . . Didn't!"?t
the chance to hail Dave Pugh
A Hard Allston (He was perips'on
the road, anyway) or
me others we thought about
ist about the time we thought
"other W. J. was al Ithrough, in
polled Brother Cooper Know
nat happened then?
DILLON: We regret, Mr. Win.
ludy) Lytch we are unable tp
eept you invitation to speak at
e meeting Sunday. Brother L
Wright has us hog-tied for a"""
peting at the same hr ur down
Denmark but what about ising
us a raincheck'
DRANGEBUHG-: Shoudda kept
y big mouth shut! Last week I'
pbbed a warning to Lamar
jontiniteo on page 4 i
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City
Worked F
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Eisenhower campaign. le;i
Wednesday morning taking a
inal plans for the drive to nc
Left to right: Alexander
>eka, Kans.; Dr. John F. .Mo
rinirman L. Dodson, W'ashin
>eka, Kans.; P. G. Porter, 01;
Sellout Chi
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Vote Lend
CHARLESTON ? Suggesting
that a headline reading "Negro
Leaders Block Election Of Race
Candidates" would best explain
the miserable defeat of the county's
first three race candidates
to offer seats in the state legislature
a- Democrats, one of the
trio, requesting that his name
be withheld, lashed out bitterly
against his county's political leaders
Thifi'vdaiy, hut praised the
apparent improvement >>f the
rank and file members on v ting
procedures and interest.
"The p litical leaders among
~ i .4
mm i i. 111 11i i .ninr
candidates, SABOTAGED the
untiring and hard labor of the
three .Negro candidates," he
said, saying also that the untiring
work cf several minister*
and professional and organizational
leaders, honest in their
interest and effort-, also went by
Delegates . j tie
; FIRST I^GIONMAIK
?f'r?5ls anions N'p^ro vctera?
July 1. The first posts for t
way on District 16, both be
fice by fellow delegates. H
Negro Legionnaires rei
Many, accompanied by theii
are also several women's ai
tion for them next year, ar
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DAY, JULY 19, 1952 1952,
Prob
or 'Ike's* I
.ik'i's art' shown in the offices ii
last minute eh <>n Uepublic;
>minate (Jonoral Kisenhower.
, Karnes, I'rinee Ciedi ^es Count
reheat 1, Kock iIi)\ A. C.: 1\ M
urton, I). ,J. V>. Jones, Carlei
uthe. Kans.
arge Hits
ers A ga in
the wayskle in a landslide vc,
tory which swept back into office
seven white incumbent- and
three new faces for the ten seats
the county has in he house of
representatives.
,Vn unofficial tally of votes
? est in the July <?> Demorra'ic
primary listed the thr< i Negro
aspirants in 18th, 10th and 20th
po-itrns among the 20 candidates.
Candidate, J. Arthur Brown,
a real estate aegnt, topped voting
f r the trio with 3,480 voir-.
Accountant Herbert Fielding
polled 3,405 and Rev. Frank R
Veal, pa-dor of Panama! AMK
htuvh.?rrn?~?a; ;.r. vim
'otal of 3,139 V"Nv. The largest
vote went to incumbent Hep.
Hotlines, who polled 11.908; RepLegare
came second . .t 10,791.
foil wed hv Hep Cabell u :t
10,1109 and tine Hep. (iinnba'l.
CON'TINI'F!) ON PACiK KlfillT
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roNVKNTIoN'-'-showTT~"iT
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is, who niaenueu ineir First i.o^
;hia Dei>artment were establish
ling under the command of, I)r.
inton James of Oolumhia was
ported havinpr attended one or
- wives, found housing at'Mvrt
uxiliary posts ahoht the state ;
e underway.
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COLUMKIA, SOUTH CAROL
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i the Conrad Hiltun 11<.i i !a '
un dolujcatos in <>ni< v i
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iul, lopoka. kans.;
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McCray Speaks
At Denmark
DENMARK ? John H. MoCray.
editor of The Lighthouse
and Informer and state I'r gressivo
Democratic chairman,
wiM ho the guest speaker during
a mass meeting set for 2 p. m.
in t h e Honey Ford Baptist
Church here Sunday a.fter"'no:\
July 20
Lucius.. S. Wright. preTrdOnt <5>f
the Denmark NAACP chanter.
?a") the jiu'ehnu was being held
to invigorate civic atv! political
acti n m this county
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ujjljl: arc iouH* delegates
?ion convent ion, held at. Myrt
I last year .and are parts of ]
Harry K. Thomas of Seneca.
< !? <t < d head of District 15.
mmv sessions in the Ocean P'o
le Beach and Atlantic Beach, 1
md plans for increasing this r
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SR
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ithel
Council C
From Citi
Columbia City Council, fol
owiug presentation of a peti
ion . at its meeting Wednesda:
promised full and impartial ir
intA irone r\f
v.. ? vv ?- *?? gj\.o uj. itia
icious hqatimi Jiul-'?^*rrrt^Htt<'
L'l; j ?CH+n-?tl(fill'! ;ll 1 S 1
the police department, and tl
Jre Bethel case, which has kcj
tile 'ritv ill turmoil for the p:c
tm-day"s7^
M'iv r J Macfi.e Anderson ar
nouni <* oar- ,!** t.
1 0 rrher ?. ommittee had do.
iirr.cntod three specific cases, ir
... ? t?y; P.ythed . and :
If rh" *".."eel th'+ IV the' had ?'-C0
"heater into niite.i. :! T-1 v ".'ft
trnrv ':v * - T a : .?. tinner
if Both: !. cr f.v<? f-,"? cants
' >h- < I naficr.-, declare
tlu -mselvo una. ill ire.: to necoi
: statement "of any physicio
*.i *' t!i? . noi- ar
invr-stinatior. which tended 1
minimize the Bethel .beating.
, It prefaced t'ni. Ii< thai sectir
with sonic dot i oi the allcgi
abuse of a Mrs. i- ranee* Brow
in February of 1051. who it sail
suffered a miscarriage as a n
suit of p lice abuse. The oomn
ittee also, cited the experience <
MP Sergeant Melvin Phillip
rrt io. it said, was so badly han?
led at police headquarter seve
al months ago that he suffered
ruptured bladder.
Meanwhile, a Citizens' Con
jiuiu'fs own prone into the Be
hel ease continued. An effort
being made to sift the facts froi
ficti n.
Members of the pet it ion ir
uinmiltce include
A. P. Williams, chairman Mr
An ir<'w W Sinxkins. secretary
Mr-. H. Charles Wilson, Sumte
Nixon. J. W Whitf. P. J. Herrii
Moses RufT, the Reverends J I
R?x%der, W J. Robinson. W I
Bowman, F. .1 Johns n S. .
Ib-nry and A .1* Redd
A nine-person standing > on
mittee on law enforcement prai
ti ?'s, with particular emphaupon
the treatment of prisonei
in Richland county, was name
here Monday evening, in a ma
meeting at Zion Baptist Churel
called* to begin an investigatin
into the alleged vicious heal
ing of Jl year old Joe Bethe
being held now on a charge c
cnnvmat assault of a white wi
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from TTT AThonrun Legion
lo Poach June Ji) through
District 15. Work is imd?-i
who whs oanoMl t<> the ofreM
hotel at Myrtle P.<*ach.
t mile* to the north. There
mmher and state eonvon?
( E. C. .Tones Photo)
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PRICE TEN CENTS j
Case
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izens Here
I- man, and attempted criminal att
tack upon a teenage white girl,!
r,j both alleged to have occured '
i- during a series of h u ebreak1
ings police said they believed
" TScthcl was Jnvolyed in. ?
The mow? to ai t on the Bethel
'0 Itt ?-v i U t.? ? ? 1. A
*v c*o JV?1IUV IJ v IIJC
^ NAAt'P and the local _Citi/en& _
-* Cunimutee. It followed the wake
of city-wide reports, rumors and
t- express! it of indignati n after
.a renort of Bethel's beat.rid
was circulated. Thc.^, near w< eki
on?5, had rwe-hed the stage of
wild - with nf
Bcth'T death aid of his oyer
n having heo'n gouged out Jurin;:
i- a po!i'e .ha-h-'ee. Xom of t* 1
a* .va true, however.
Th' Monday meeting ve'.dp- j
(i ed several H'ttor donunciati n.s j
" of p liey beatings ih the past -j
and Bethel cu*c. Mrs.- A. W. Sun
kin , state NAACP secretary,
"! sounded the' key.u!'.- of the 500
>f or more present* wifrn she re
irt marked that hot! police chief
iy L. J. Campbell .and his assistant
LO Shop Griffith were pretty fair
men and had gone on record as
,n opposed to vicious beatings. How-.,
(i ever, she saidK there tire some
n officers under these two* who
if appear not to share their opin-j
ion. Her point of view was echoed
by several fJthers.
of Members of _ the committee, ?s,
which reports in?about?two! -
i- weeks, are: .
r" Rev. S. J. Henry, P. J. Herrin,
0 J. Nix n, Rev. W. R. Bowman.
J. W. White, Moses RufT, ' Mrs.'
i- Ethel Wilson, Rev. Mr. Johnson
t- and Rev. W. J. Robinson,
is Meanwhile, other quarters-said
"n their preliminary' study ofMhe
Rethel ea-e indicated that he^
had been beaten at headquarters,
but wenen't suto that he "*
s was mistreated in order to coniyt
pel him to ?ign a confession 1
>r which was the main evidence '
-j, ust*' to charge him v. ith the
=>. rape charges. Nothing has been
t said yet hv either NACP or any
J. other group as to whether or not
legal a-sistanee will he allowed |
i- him
Neither Chief CmnpheH nor
Assistant chief Griffith was at ^
"s tne meeting. Both ha'"' neon in- V
cl vited Mr. Campbell had asked
-s that s mo roproicntativos of the 'J
[ ), citizens' body moot wih him
n Monday afternoon in the office ?
( of oSty manager Thomas Max1,
well This invitation was deellned
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JBeaver
Lodge
In St. John's Dav
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The Beaver Ixidge No. 7 A. F.!
A \fi 17 If rv If o / x r>^'
tw m i v 1T1. i.JV \>l H.">l I XVI i*lrt um J
of Columbia will hold their An
nual St. John'- Day, Sunday,
.Fn'.v 20 at the First Calvary Bap- y
tist Church at 4:00 P. M.
A gala parade is scheduled to
fiegin at 3:30 P. M fr< rrt tlhe |
corner of TTeidt and Gervais Sts. (J
The public is cordially invited ,,
to attend. I
J. S. Anderson, Worshipful |
Master; F. I- Ellison, 'Secretary;
?FTrftNTTTTRS WITH ,
28th. INFANTRY DIVISION
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WITH THE 28TH iNp^NfRV-x
"DU 1SH J fa m GEH.V!AW:"Pf"
Jamts Flanders, son of Mr. and i
Mrs Allen Jones, 5440 Cambrid- (1
ge street, Columbia, S. C., now :
is serving with the 28th Infajv v
trt Division in Germany. 1:
Flanders, who entered the Ar-if
my in October 1050, was assign- t
ed to the 28th as a field wireman
on June 15 of this year e
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Mrs. Jimmie
Prior to her marriage a
Wesley Methodist Episcopal
Williams was Miss Bettye A.
ter of the late Mr. and Mr?
bounty and is now the adopt
ona Rosemond of 901 Pine 5
Armed Forces Find
Colored, 37.18 Wh
"itizens Urged
Fo Sign Rank
,oan Raners
Officials or thr- Vict rr?flav-~
tiis Rank. working to reorgan i
the bank urged this week
fiat depositor- willing to allow
reorganization^ indicate this
i!fineness as quickly as possiile
Tire depositor mts several me- '
ia hv which this may be done:
le an ->gt: ne of the auth >riution
form- available at the
>rmkT mail Tri a postal car! or
rtter, .call the bank by telebone
or advise his pastor or a
>. nk official. The plan to rc.gani/e
the bank depends upon
letting enough depositors holdw
-thirds of all deposits on
innd to agree in writing to discount
for the time being ten.
>orcent of their deposits. This
OWt4K -they- TVOnTd expect immediately
secured ninety perent
of a!! themoney they had
>n deposit as of May 31 when a
wHtr tn-tr nVer^TTiZrSankl&I
: ioi after the discovery of
shortage o.f approximately $85,-i
ififl 00 Officials, offering theirs
to- k .is -ecurity and funds
yhieh can be recovered fr?">m a
ending c mpany and seizcdi
property, have pledged to make
he discounted ten per cent good
cju' k!y ;s possible after reirgnnization
.is completed.
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t 7 A. M., June 16, in the
Church of Columbia, Mrs. '
Wilsoir. She is the daughL
Oneal Wilson of Calhoun
ed daughter of Miss Fran-"
Street, Columbia.
89.90 Percent
lite Ignorant
i* ' v
military services found
R9.90 per cent of the colored registrants,
and 37.18 per cent of the
white registrants examined between
July 1, 1951 and June 30,
1952, unfit for duty because of
"mental and physical" reasons. ?
figures released during the week
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indicate
The Cclumbia Armed Forces
Examining Station reported it
had examined 7,847 white and
9,854 colored registrant, over
that period. 2,918 of the whiteregistrants,
or 37.18 per cent,
were rejected because, of mental
or physical deficiencies, below
the A FES standards. Of this.
2,918 number of rejectees, 1,942,
or 66.55 percent, were turned
down because of mental inadequacies.
976, or 33.45 per cent,
were rejected because of physical
handicaps.
AFES turned cK>wn 8.268 colored
registrants of its 9,854 total.
or 83.90 per cent-ior mental
and phyirnl short rnminga.^7i<Bfl ?"
of the 8.268 were by-passed for
mental reasons ond 833, or 10.07
percent because of physical defl ciencie*.
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?An?APRS* spokesman said'thill
"mental" failures meant primar-"
lly shortcomings in education or?> '
in pltfin words, illiteracy.
AFES examined a total of 1,7, ' >,
70l registrants and rejected 11,- <
188 of theee for a state experi- ,
ence over the past year. Negroes ,.
represented 723.9 per cent of the
rejected total and whites 26.1 per
cent.
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