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LIGHTHOUSE and INFOR PAGE EIGHT? ?, Sa ? 1 ? Intergroup Choir PI Observance During Pvt. J. Benjamin Smith, contacted with the Chaplains Office < it Fort Jackson, will direct an t . -4% ntergroup choir which is to sing ; luring the Brotherhood Sunday' < observance to be held in the au- 1 iitorium of the YWCA. corner Bull and Blandin^ streets, Sunlay afternoon, February 22, at 4 o'clock, it has been announced. ' The program, under the direc'jo? of the Greater Columbia In. , '.ergroiop Council, George KenJaH, temporary chairman, will i toe one of the outstanding fea- i ;.ures of tlie Brotherhood Week k observance here, it was said. Private Smith, a native of Nash- , /ille, Tennessee, who * studied - ompositiOn at George PnnhnHy . College there under Roy Harris. , *oremost American composer, rerived the d"?ree of bachelor of , "*'v nusic from the University of . Kentucky. His wide experience / t 4 in choral work includes activities connected with several churches In various denominations, the di-' 5 paction of inter-denominational . choruses in annual observances ( - such ns Christmas, Raster, and ' ^ v Thanksgiving services; the direc- ( tfon of alt-campus sings at the . University of Kentucky, several . choral festivals, and the training^ and presentation of interracial choruses on WSM-TV in Nash-;, wile. Private Smith is most interest- ] ed in the possibilities of inter-J i group choral activities here and has offered his serviced instint-] ingly in that direction. The Intergrourp Council has extended en invitation to the public t? participate in this rare experience singing under the direction of one so well qualified ^ ROVING ! ABOUT CA 'LIN A V Continued from Page One else from dovyn Beaufort way panted to know, too? . . . L P. Cli L l_ iL . ^.r n a# i _ ortutuacK, inj in. u. muiuai DO S3 , here, ain't gonna ever git any sense. The guy's plum crazy . . . The boys are really pouring ic ci poor Roy Hardy. Even T. J. Sulli ^ ran," Jr. is swatting him all over , r.; the golf course . . . Hear that ^k Or. Henry C. Everett expects a call from Uncle Sam by summer A combination: C. B. Han- ; cock, a long stoogie, and his , Cadillac. I SEE KING PONTl 1947 DeSoto 4-Door. Extra 1950 Ford 4-Door. Black. < 1946 Pontiac. Club Coupe. 1947 Plymouth, 2-Door 1946 Buick Roadmaster Se 1951 Studebaker V-8 Comr Low mileage 11946 Oldsmobile 4-Door Hy INKING P I 1925 MAI> P ' PHONE I i^MOLr Mot01 I .UP5l Chrysler New Yorker w Club Coupe. Radio, | heater, low mileage. Ext.a clean. 1&61 Imperial 4-Door. Radio and heater, Fluid tor: 3Sve 52675 I 19&1 Plymouth Cranbrook 4* Door. Radio ' 1 QQ^I ; and heater V*""" ?1950 "Ponfiac "8" Catalina, Kydramatic, radio and hw,t- $1695 or ^ 1950 Dodge Coronet 4-Door. Gyromatic, radio and 1 - y. *,39r> OLIVER MC L - CHRYSLER "1. COR. MAIN A Kt.MWOOD *$ , iV?* . 'i i ^ 'jr ii . i 6^4' . ? ??a? . ?> MER, COLUMBIA, S. C. turday, February 14, 1953 tanned Here For as Private Smith. Members of :hurch choirs and other choral 'roups, and of college and. high jciiool student bodies are espe-ially invited to Join this cityAide chorus. The grpup- will meet at the YWCA at 2:30 February 22, to rehearse the hymns especially selected for that occasion. Ben Arnold Co. Fetes Package Stores Tn Party The "joynt was jurnpin' " attain ! at Hop'a-Sp:ir.ht tti liotue a fe'.v 'vc!tini!> since, when, the House rrf JTerl Arnold, Incorporated, j trescr.ted to local package store!J ' Icalors. their clerks, and guests, 1 eio Cameron C. ITaynrs, national; enresentat.ve <>f the Gallagher i ind Burton Distillers. The affable ('. C. Haynes, Gal-j aghoi* and Burton's field repre-l( ientative, one of three Negroes on'' he G&B's national staff, is now f >n a wide-flung tour to do pro-1* notion through special merchnniising. particularly ip Negroj' areas, where he will assist barsj ind retail liquor stores to better/ lis pose of their stocks. Haynes, host for the evening J at Hop^s pulle dthc' stops on one if the most scintillating cocktail parties of the era, and topped it off with a dazzling array of J sports sound films featuring [ thrilling exploits in skiing, bob sledding, stock car and maniature auto racing, and motorcycle hill climbing. . Haynes, a graduate of Harvard who has also studied in French universities, made his smiling appearance before American Legionnaires a few evenings later. And, left vet on tap for many Columbians is his courtesy honoring th0 local Elks on Saturday evening. , Burger Beer Places Race Salesman Here The Congaree Beer Company, local distributors for Burger beer, has taken the lead here by employing a Negro, George D. lowers, as. salesman for their , well-known product. I Beginning in this "first" posi- ' tion on January 2 of this year, lowers, a 195C graduate of Allen university is believed to be the , only Nogro beer slalesman in South Carolina. Formerly he was an employee of the South Carolina regional blood center. J AC FIRST! specal $595 Clean ...... $1195 Radio and heater .... $495 \ ... $695 1 i danette _ $395 nander. Clean. .. $1495 dramatic and heater, $595 ONTIAC J STREET GT* : 3-7011 * HHHBT r Co. 19?0 Ford CUilQlil _ Overdrive, r.uci-ic? and h?at- $1195 er 1949 Chevrolet Styleliny Deluxe 4-Door. $1059 Ileater .. ^ 1947 Ford Super Deluxe Club Coupe, Radio . . EL, ,,, $593 j 1947 Oldsmobile 4-Door. Hydramatie, radio and heat- ^795 er . . K 1941 Pontiar "ft" Club Coupe i >TOR CO. PLYMOUTH ? PHONE 2-4309 Goode Preaches At Stockade Wmnsboro ? Rev. Good, pastor of Blackjack Baptist Church,! told inmates - of the Fairfield Stockade that their sins will take j away civil freedom temporarily; but nothing, within the realm of luman hands can take away the ( rights and privileges to pray. Al-1 <o. he stated that-anytime is ripe for repentance and that each should repent and pledge him- ; self to .fulfill the debt he owes' ocictv so that he may re-enter lis freedom as a Christain. Blackjack choir and congrega- : tion accompanied their pastor to >y members from Macedonia tlic prison camp and was joined Baptist Church. Macedonia, beng so impressed with the first services, made a second trip voluntarily. Five Benedict Students Make Straight 'A' , Seven Benedict College students scored a straight "A" average in studies ovc-r the winter luarter, Doan T. J. Han berry s lonor roll revealed-Monday. They ivere among 44 students listed on t.ho college's honor roll. The "A" students are Bettye Jovner, Haskell Murray. Ktrulia Pressley, Thomas Smith, Lurlane Goggins, Juanita Jackson, and Vinctta Moss. ;< Others on the honor roll, withaverages of 2.4 but less than 3.0 are: .. j Ella Chisholm, Tva Mae De- > Witt. Mrs. Emma Lindsay, Ozio Lee Nixon, Mary M. Pearson. Selma Piekens, Ollie Mae Redish, Mildred Rivers, Myrna Rhcrard.j Florence Williams, Mrs. Sadye: T. Bailey, Annie Ruth Bennett. Bcmice Clowney, Sallie Lue Daniels, Jeanette G. Kearse, Blondell! Jackson Green, Janie Irby. Also, Beatrice Jones, Jasper Salmond, Bertha Mae Sims. Mary G. Carr, Charles Clark, Esther Collins. Stella Doctor, Norman Hare, Ada Bell HufT, Ruby Mansell, Mrs. Betty W. Smith, Mary Alice Worthy, David A. Brown, Bessie Hardin, Maurice Harrison, Ralph Lindsay, Ella Mae Thacker, Benjamin Brown, Charlsena Davis and Lucile Smith. 'Carmen' Jones, m i ? m c starring Muriel s Rahn, Here On Friday evening, February1' 27. in the Allen University Audi- * toriuni, members of Mu, Psi and Gamma Nu Omega chapters of ^ the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Will present "Carmen Jones." J starring Muriel Rahn. I Miss Rahn. a soprano, is fore- J most among the young Ameri:an artists S)f today. She was the original "Carmen" of "Carmen Jones," playing 134 performances * >n Broadway. She has sung the itle rolc^in "Aida" with San Car- 1 o. Salmaggi and National Negro 1 Opera companies. She has ap- t peared with, top-ranking Sym- L phony orchestras as soloist, and as recilalist in the leading concert halls of the nation with \ three New York Town Hall recitnD (hi her nn-rliL. During the 1950-51 season, she sang tnc leading roie in ine Barrier," a modern opera produced on Broadway, in which she was co-starred with the great A- ' merican baritone of the Metro- ' 1 politan Opera, Lawrence Tibbott. Allen University Contnued from Page One crs Day Season. Much interest is to be manifested in the next big event of the Founders Day celebration to be given on Friday night Febru ary 20t-h in the auditorium of Allen University. The seventy musical Extravaganza. A large crowd is expected as tribute to th-c music departments' achieve ments in behalf of Allen Univer sity. Name It Contest Alben Restaurant mv? Hardrn Street Columbia, S. C. I would call your boautifu Nut (1 My Name Street or Box , , ,. City CAUGHT IN A ! I ^ ^ ^kpfEz^f Funeral Services He Religious, Fraternal Charleston ? Funeral Services r< or Mrs. Rosanna Ward, national fr JPWDM and head of the Rosana c rents-Order No. 18, a veteran re- p igious and fraternal leader, were n onducted fram Morris Street fj Baptist church here last week. The body had lain in state in the tj hurch where she was, at the imp nf hpr r?n<icir>cr tVm nlHoct ^ " e>? v'^vuv ^ female member. *i Hundreds of friends, fellow pj rhurch and organization met".- i jers joined relatives in a itnal't! ribute to the deceased, who had tl gained national prominence as ? :>oth an organizer and leader in raternal and secret organiza- n ions. At her death, she was an pj jfficer in six local oragnizations. Hov h n -Lewi? wus muster ^f >f ceremonies during the services ^ ind Rev. J. C. Dunbar, pastor p )f the Morris Street Baptist j Church, delivered the eulogy. ^ Others on the program were T.~ Chapman, Mrs. L. B. Lewis, Per ival Green, Miss Marie Roper ind Mrs. J. E. Moore. (1 Active pallbearers were Dca- i ons: T. Lockwood, T. Brown, O. ' single-ton, E. Greene, G. Smalls ]l ind T. Chapman. Honorary Pallbearers -were: VTossrs. Matthew and Gussie T Jrant, both nephews of the de- d [Charleston NAACP" Installs Many Vew Officers^ \ Ch:irlcsJ(in Tohn H Mi-frnv . 'ditor of The Lighthouse and In- C( oriner, wa,s guest speaker here )T ast Tuesday eve/ving as newly deeted officers and appointed' committee heads of the Char'.c . on NAACP branch were install- ^ >d- : ?'77 The meeting was held in Mm-i is Brown AME Church, and was , ^resided over by A. J. Clement. ,p ir., president, who was re-elect < d to office. I ?rrr "TTT WTTt TTTT 111 Ml I'M ' M( . '? Dther officers installed by Rev { Peter Met/ were: Rev. B. J. Glover and Mrs. S P. Clark, first and second vice 1 F presidents, respectively; Mis> Essie T. Harper, secretary and Mrs. Alic(. Bourne, assistant sen retary; J Arthur Brown, treasur-1 ?d. Committee chairmen include: .1 B. Ellison, finance; T L Eraser,! i ... ? . % r \ /r rr? r> i j iiifinDcrsiup, ivirs. :vi. rv rn'iQS,1 rommunitv coordination; Mrs K. M. Parker, publicity: Rev. it. T I.onion, legal redress; John Fleming. legislation: K. Nelson and Thad Duval, labor and industry,' Joh-P?L~-flbisnlm on t. w t :i i;. ) n : t Henry Hutchinson, Youth Work; ,T. Irvin Shecutt, housing; Albert W" Hunt, veterans. Elijah Pom sett. F. Jenkins and Herbert U. Fielding, church work. Date Number (Don't Write Here) il new f>arty-dining room: .... " " " * nber jon i w nto More) , SJate. . . . I t RISING TIDE f r ^ ij , . . /WA< KCMlt ? ? - ,, 1 II iji r?.. \f?X v iu roi veteran ,J I Group Leader ,?ast?d; and Messrs. Joosiah ( awvrd. Arthur Crawford, Rob' ; I ! .* raw ford. Jame> Crawford, Hen a; y Crawford and Marvin Pinckoy, all grand nephews of the (ceased. so Mrs. Ward was affiliated with v\i following organizations Royal Degree Chamber No. 13, , hand United Order of Tents of jj itv J. K. Giddings and Jollifoe jj rnion. She. was Queen Sister; ,eader Of Tent 18, member of (j to Dorcus Society, member of ae Deborah Court No. 262 o? the: rc feroines of Jericho, Free and' iceepted Ancient York Masons,. .A. lembers of the Household of ,, uth No. 2906 GUO Of. r She is survived by two dough.- H t's, Mrs. Kleanor N.- Radford, th few York City, Mrs. Laura T. Icese. Valejo, Cal., grandsons i<? ouis A. I.itkett ;^1ttd James Lit- 11 ett. New York City and a host f other relatives and friends. )i!Ion Teachers S \ wnooiuf inn A lrlo F -xr\ TieilWIl HIFlUn * ifonfWv MeetingDillon.? The Dillon County C. r s Association mot at Oor- an oil hit*h school Friday after- re ?on, presided over hv D C. Mc- PI uffie of Little Rock. its prosi-' in nt. eri The principal address was made v Mrs. Helen lb Flad^er. Jennvho urged that teachers take Hi :ock of their services and not tr ast> to improve upon any fail-; igs until these were corrected. C Mrs. Fladgor is to attend the *)l invention of the national assoation in Louisiana, and said she ( opes to net her first glimjiso of ib MaixTI Gfas in Mew Orleans Music was furnished by the horal club of the Dillon Countv raining School at I.atta D aniw A Mill.-r leard In Dillon Dillon?James A. MiLler, ppn- C< lpal of the Kolmes School at it 'lorence, addressed the Dillon af N " A "f\v -m 'iy(live him mi Oh I Fashion) t< k lay:; JSUHEN. .. .the best-tastii whiskey in age iltHOlO WHISMT 16 PI 0 01 *S% tlAlflJlftftl arm Bureau For I larlboro County ormeo In Clio UiT.iU'lt>ville~-A Faiin Bureau e' i' Marlboro county was organ- ? d lu>t wck at a meeting held C!.o. This was the thud in a ^ i a.s of meetings held among mi'u farmers ahout the count arlier ones having been held ' P" Blenheim and MeC'oll. b; Colin McLaurin, secretary of a Int.' K;n in Bureau, and Ne- < !c Bennett of Ch<>, field crops t ivnuttet'fuan of the National '* ;':u Bureau, were. present and 1 'ed m formation of the new * i: eaU. .. c (BI i?-er % -ted \vrrr: i Fijajji.-'. Anderson, Blenheim,- t 'en?; Jonas T. Kennedy,, 1 \ ur' I \ J.. .Jordan, ' ! ' " t >! "I'rl^r. . W. y, Blenheim, rn ,l !, D .e.s. C] o: Abraham at MIV ft Dixon. Blett- ta Wi.ww's ;n.d l!ussoil sc ( - n ; nr? .jr.hn Smith of u n ! ytia I < iartlra ivitt, / 1 mogene coca tenelit Stars Now V11: r. Karthn Kitt, the \ n..a.i .-<?:rg .-tyiist. who has | eateci Ti ' it ion with her up-, ? aranee in the Broadway revue, i sew F;iee>," and in night club, ; ipe.ii ances in New York, and, i ,n j.; ne Coca. versatile', televis-! i n star, will noth appeal at thej ; . eiVvl annual NAACP's Greati ight benefit show at Madison ^ juare Garden on March 23, it,^" as announced Monday by Lena1 nine and Oscar liammerstein,by. . co-chairmen of the event.* i q T)ick Campbell, who was pro-1 ^ iter and director of last year'si^ nefit, will again assume these. 'spon si hili ties. S Among other top-name stars, p ho will be featured on the pro- g -am are Juanita Ha 11, Muriel a aim, the Nicholas Brothers, Bill s< aves Camilla Williams, Boroy SarnofF, and Delores Martin, vt Serving as master of cererr.on- P( s will 1^. Ed Sullivan, John c enrv Faulk, and Willie Bryantr V. C. Deas Wins !* pirit Medal |u 1 rum i>avv |s Cheraw?News received here jn iring the week relates that W. ^ Deas. S. R., the son of Mr. cf id Mrs. Thomas Deas. who Is a cent graduate of the College of; el larrhaov at Xavier Universityj j .New Orleans'. La. has complet- _ I basic training with the U. S. L, ivy at San Diego. Cal. I__ The young pharmacist \v<ts a-j_ TTded the "American Spirit; _ anor Mvdal" ;it the end of his j aining. J He has been assigned to the S Naval Hospital at Bainldge, Maryland. # ARIVOF THANKS [_ ? - A We thank the many friends r kindnes< Hnrir?<* M ~ w . * I ? f-, UIU Jf Mr Dandy Griffin while con- c led in hospitals at Florence and .\ illon recently. May God keep ? I of you peacefully. ?MiAU HT,s^wnTnTyr ,w^ Mrs. Lessie Lane, sister 21 ounty Teachers Association in > monthly mooting here Friday ^ ternoon. .j c ? ^ C i <J Valentine with I LEY 1] r *t VTIIITS. UHfNllY 01ST K IMC . N Y V I ' T 4 State Offers Wea Appeal From Mac] Raleigh, N. C.?The state offer-] J a weak argument in support f the six-month suspended sen-' -nce imposed on Mack Ingram,1 le share cropper convicted of assault by leering" at a white irm girl, in answer to the ap- j eal taken to the Supreme Court y NAACP attorneys. The appeal to the North Carolina State Supreme Court ;o have Ingram's conviction set Aside came up for argument Thursday. The state Attorney | jencral's office admitted, when 1 juestioned by the court .that t had no constructive evidence hat the convicted man had ommitted a crime. ? Ingram w^s'convicted in Novnbcr-arf?1952 ?m?1 given six onths for 'assault by leering" : the young woman from a disince of 75 feet. The 6-rnonth's ntcnee was suspended, but he as put on a 5-vear probation u! was o:\1ered to report to the Urt every November and proace tiiree character witnesses to mbstantiate his good behavior." Immediately following the 'onvietion, NAACP attorneys filed an appeal with the State Supreme Court on the grounds that the conviction violated both the state and federal condilutions. The systematic exnliicinn t\f V <'1 4 1\ h ? w.^1 11UIII I lie 4 jury and the vagueness of the statute under which Mack Ingram was convicted were also attacked by the NAACP lawlumterHappenings Sumter-j-The regulari monthly ?onthly meowing of hte Sumter oun'ty Teachers Association was eld at Lincoln hign school Monay afternoon. The theme, "Fduation for the Development of piritual and Moral Values" was resented. Mrs. O. R. Reuben was u-est speaker, speaking on basic nd spiritual values. W. Wu.Nelm sang a solo. Doctors S. J. McDonald, "3 .T. Williams and J. Bellamy attendd the annual Medical Clinic at 'ommunity Hospital in Union. Samuel J. Thomas, grandson of fr. and Mrs. S. J. McDonald, Sr., isited in the city recently. He r a student at Virginia Union niversity, Richmond, Va. Dr. Arville Wheeler, Reading pecialist, George Washington eabody College, visited schools i Districts 2 and 17 on February and held clinics and group mferences with teachers and ipervisors. s\ general confer nee was held in the auditorium ? Lincoln high school Saturday lorning where tire educator lec-| jfed various phases of speed in ?ading. Classifi FOR RENT . 5 ROOM upstairs apartment. Also, 4 room basement apartlent. Furnished or unfurinshed. all after 5 p. m. 2440 Millwood venue. Phone 3-8935. DRESSMAKING OATS, SUITS, Children clothes 230 Taylor Street Phone 4-8842 WANTED . Share Cropper with large famy to work 50 to 100 acres of o 11 o n On 50-50 basis. I will arnish a 2-row tractor to cultiate same. References required. . real home for a real good man. / rite: C. A. Jackson, Horatio, . C. FOR SALE APITAL CITY REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE CO. has a umber of new brick homes for ile. Large lots, convenient to ifli small' dowrt payment, alt odern conveniences, utomobile Liability & Fire Insurance. APITAL CITY REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Co. 1109Va Washington Street PHONE S 9644 IVISI CITY AIT 41G G?m Cokn! (Better I "TSSf Satbfmettoa . . ' I k Argument In 1 k Ingram Verdict 1 1 ycrs. .'til Jan. 28, the itate Attorney ^1 General's office filed a joint brief :<:1 with the NAACP asking that the is* State Supreme Court scrutinize the case. While it did not question the evidence or the verdtet? the brief did admit that Ingram ; 1 was denied his constitutional * right in that Negroes were ex- - eluded from the jury and that cS tin* jury list had been selected from the registration books of qualified voters, which was in violation of the North Carolina Taw.' Th<. only qualifications for jury service in the state's requirements are the payment of taxes, good character * and Suffi- / .erit intelligence. In ' his argument before the high coui*t, the prosecuting -attorney dirj not argue too strong- I iy against an yof the points raised by the NAACP lawyers He did say he thought there might be sufficient evidence f?r the I couit to examine. However, he told the court the I decision was left entirely up to the state's high judiciary. onouia me court nand down . j a decision on the conviction, it is H felt that the lower' court's deci* H sionwill be reversed and the case H thrown out. But should the rul- *-fl ing be made only on the jury issue,- then there might be a new H trial ordered. H However; it is believed, that H even if a new trial is ordered, I the lower court might see fit not to try the case again. The appeal was argued for In- I grajji by NAACP attorneys MartiJT A. Martin of Richmond and .a E. F. Upchurch of High Point, fl "Get Mother's Care For ! | I The Things Yon Wear* ! j. jM H. T. 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