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CITIZEN COMMIT]
?IN YEAR LONG FI(
CHERAW?By unanimous ac- *
tion taken in a meeting attended by g
the 36 county trustees, Senator v
James E. Leppard, Jr., Represents- c
tives James A. SpruiJi, Jr., and
Paul Arant members of the s
Chesterfield board of education, ?
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superintendents from each school _
"area in the districts, and the ^
county superintendent of educa- \
tion, all Negro teachers in Chesterfield
county will rece've supple- v
ments equal to those of white n
teachers, ^SccWding to a report of t
a meeting held'on April 19.
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By agreement which came fol- r
lowing a three hour discussion on 1
how to spend the $84,000 sales tax ?
surplus available to Chesterfield
county, the money will be spent as s
follows: (1) to equalize the basic ^
supplement of the Negro teachers I
with that of the white teachers ^
within district dnrinir . t.hf> ?
1954-55 school session; (2) to di- t
^ , vide the remainder of the money li
. in each school district equally c
among all teachers, regardless of ii
(basic salary, this money to be dis- r
bursed to teachers in nine equal f
monthly payments during the 1954K&l'-.
56 school session. C
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Persistant action of almost a j
year, spearheaded by the Citizens (
Committee of Chesterfield county, t
. of which Van Buren Long is presi- j
-= dent, in protesting the inequality of
supplements in the Cheraw schools, j
brought about what education of- ^
ficials characterized as "one of the ^
most spirited debates to affect the ^
/ school system in many a day." j
While the supplements were un- j
equal in Districts had never been (
paid any supplements at all.
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Although' not generally known, i
the State Appropriation Bill pro- 1
.. rvides that $8.66 per pupil be re- <
fies the growing respect and regard J1
among Chesterfield county citizens. 1
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"Primitive Hunters" a piece oi
fessor Jack Jordan, director of
k University, vwon unanimously
mar during the 13th annual Atlanta
Negro art, recently held, it has
V The second award of $100.00
W Collins of Tallahassee, Florida
"Spring" by George Shivery oi
? received honorable mention.
Approximately 150 professio
peto ahniiallv in tv>o a
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Following" his Atlanta a war
his "David and Goliath" v*duec
five Torso" valued at $50.00 Vur
on Selection to be displayed in
Charleston. South Carolina, thr
His "Primitive Hunters" on
May 2, will be seen later on tele
Jordan, a graduate of T.ang
^ Oklahoma, received his master*
sitv of Iowa. He Is ai Mason, a
I NAACP, the Alpha Phi Alpha i
1 kmucIuUoii of unlverMty hrofei
V terized bv a primitive style.
I snirit, that he possesses.
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SEVENTEENTH YEAR. E 1
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PEE SUCCESSFUL
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urned to every school district it) I
he state, with the money to be j
petit as directed by the majority
ote of the county delegation, inludin^r
the senator.
Negro leaders expressed thenielv6s
as gratified with the result
f their labors and the justice done !
y school officials, which exempli- f
TH ANNUAL CAM!* LEADERS |
VORKSHOP HELD
The fourth annual camp leaders
workshop sponsored by the Pjalictto
Camping' Council at Mill
-reek Park was judged a great j
uccess -by more than 44 particK- j
ants. A well-rounded program of
ecreation and instruction in camp I
eadership highlighted the workTiop
which was held April 23-25. i
The cheif consultant for the work- |
hop -tvns Mrs. Mai-g-iric Johnson, a '
rroup work instructor at the At- t
anta University School of Social j
York. Mrs. Johnson was the first
segro consultant in the 4 year hisory
of the workshop, and proved _
lighly compentent. Mrs, Johnson
oncentrated on the values of camp- I
tig and camper-counselor relations,
miking use of the socio-drama |
orni of instruction.
Representatives from Benedict
ollege, Allen University, and J
itate A. and M. College, the Phylis
Wheatley Center of Greenville, ^
he Charleston District Girl Scouts,
he Bethle'.iem Center of Spartan- ,|
?urg, Mill Creek Orthopedic Camp, j
he Boy Scouts of South Caroina,
Girl Scouts of the physical
education departments of Booker j
Washington high school of Colum- t|
iia, and Wilson high school of ^
Florence, and the City of Columbia"
Recreation Department were in at:endance.
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Members of the Palmetto Camping
Council who spearheaded the
vorkshop were: Thomas H. Martin, ^
D1 lie C. Dawson, Arabella Goodwin, j
Wendell P. Russell and Paul H. ^
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f sculpture exhibited by Prothe
art department of Allen
the top award of $250.00 |
i university art exhibition of t
been announced. ]
was won by Margaret S. 1
, for "Bust Of A Woman". 1
? Long Island. - New York,
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rial and amateur artists comihibition.
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d, Jordan was notified that- j
1 at $350.Oj) and his "Primi- ^
/e been accepted by th(> Jury J
the Oibbs Art Gallery in "
ough May 24. si
exhibit in Atlanta through
vision and newsreel services. Cl
ston university, T,angston, ^
s degree from the TTniver- tl
nd holds membership in the nr
ratornity, and the American 1 a
*sors. His sculpture, chnrac-fp
demonstrates fho creative i n
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KDITION NUMKER VI
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ChesterJ
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Mrs. Kllrt) C. Wat ? on. I
of the South Carolina F
met with the Planning Cor
lifort. S. C. at the home i
Kennedy, Hastess Federate
dent fod the 1954 State M<
Seate left to right are Mi
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^hild Dramatize
faster
baffled, disillusioned, almost unanted
little boy of eight years
iund a wellspring of kindliness in
r?e warm heart of a Columbia city
etective a few days, according t<.
>cal reports.
Appropriately, it was on Kastei
ay that something happened ir
his little boy's life that may givt
im a more rational conception oi
"aster, and also may become i
lost significant turning point ii
lis already checkered life.
Picked up for taking a quantitj
f candy Raster eggs from a home
*ity Detective J. L. Keefe, arrest
ng officer was so much in sym
>athy with the child that l\e gav<
lim a full Raster dinner, an outfi
>f wearing apparel, a beautify
-'aster basket with ample cand;
*ggs, and best of all the advice t
vv? .-.V.??v?v'i <41111 UUIiUUV ."JtUUUI.
The detective said that when h
old the child, "I want you to star
r?iin>r to .church and school," th
'ears n^o. he said, took the ide
Executive
Committee Of
Publicty of AME
Zion Meets
Publicity and Public Relation
>f the A. M. E Zion Church me
ast Thursday ?at the denomina
ionol office of the Bureau o
Public Relations in Mother A
vT E Zion Church, 151 Wcs
56th Street. New York.
Meeting with Bishop Willian
. Walls who is chairman, wer
lev. J W Find ley of New York
irho serves the bureau as direc
or, Rev. David Cecil Lynch o
ersey City, N. J, Rev J. B
idams of Johnstown. Pa? K.
. A Belton of Gaslonia, N C.
nd Mxs Cleo Tyner of William
ton, N C.
The business discussed was
oncerned with a far-flimtr nrn.
^ r? w
ram that included plans' foi
esearch, for representation if
fie news coverage of polic>
laking at the United Nationj
nd active participation in tht
roblomS in the Federal governlent
affecting the Nogto a V'i
ae A M. E Zion 'denomin itir n
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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROL
Medici
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>tate President s, Past State Pre
ecterated Clubs son. State Presi<
nmitttee in Bea -.'State Youth,
tof Mrs. Jennie State Legislative
3d Club Presi standing aare M
eeting May 7-8. tess. aad Progra
rs. Mamie Field J fort Club.
boy said, "I ain't never been there. . C
L 1 You will have to show me the way.
Investigation showed that the.
Six
'lock on the front door of the home
Om
had been broken with a small iron ?
i mg
bar. A woman who saw the boy ?
'enter and leave the house asked n ^
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i him if he. had gone in. Admitting on
1 i the removal of the eandy, the child ' ^
' said that he would return it. which Knt
' he did. stor
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*i The woman also found where the
Moi
I child lives and reported the hap- '
I "IS,
^ . pening to his grandmother who had uar
| whipped the child before the de-, <iist
II tective's arrival, anil sent word to nou
the occupants of the house that she ^
' : wanted to see them on their return
son
?! home. Detective Keofe said that the 0r?
! child ha?l been attracted by the'of
j candy whicn lie could see as he vjc,
e passed the house. *
The child's mother was quoted as *
saying that the woman to whom *
' she had given him when he was lb *tm
months old had left here about ten ?n
days ago and the bo> was now *
.'living with his grandmother ^-s
^ ' ch i
e) lh< ease will !* handled h\ .
a I juvenile ant hm it io*. j,
j such as publu housing, employ'
tnent without discrimination, ed- 'l"i
ucation (the integration of pub- in<:
lie schools in tlie south as before
the Supreme Court) .social security
for worker < including the
present move to include mnuI
sters) social legislations and its
effect upon the well-being of
; th?r- Negro |
All these consxferations were
in addition to keening the de1
nomination members^ and the
J general public informed on the
~ work of the A M K Zion
^ J Church
n ! -f
t Hev. J \f Fin-dley, director of
the public relations bureau gave
a comprehensive report of the
n work accomplished by the Bure'
eau and its plans for expansion.
I particularly the plans for form
, ing regional committees to v. ork
f | in cooperation with the nationali
bureau staff in New York Citv
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"We must meet the needs of
. i our people ? the economic, soc
t inl ond political as well as ree
? ? ? f o i h/\on.?a
v? p .ntuniiv/i i il U 111^ W I I * * I t"
5 1 i^fioi-is needs Wo must follow
I we have members and must put
, I churches in those places where
jour members have relocate."
said Rishop Malls of Chicutfo as
ho summe<l up the work of the
public relations bureau of the
LA M E Ziori Church following
4 meeting of the executive,
1 uoard of the bureau, on which
he serves as chairman
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IN A, SATURDAY, May 1
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aicient; Mrs. Ellen C. Watient;
Miss Thelma Murra
Advior; and M?*8. Butler,
i Chairman. Second row
rs. Jennie Kennedy. HosI
m Committee of the Beau i
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AROLINA OMEGAS CITE
CATHOLIC BISHOP
WINSTON-SALF.M, N. C.-The
th District Conference of the
icga Psi Phi Fraternity hold,
its annual meeting here last
'k, April 1ft, 17 and 1ft.
'atliolic Bishop for his stand
Relegation in Ids church.
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t thc public meeting held in
Auditorium on the Winl-Salem
Teachers * College
ipus on Friday- evening. The
;t Reverend Vincent S WatBishop
of Raleigh, was a ded
a handsome plnque for
uveuished and historic ?vrr>- I
ncements in the cause of
istian brotherhood and socprogress"
Father Waters,
u? few months back, issued J
ei*s to abandon the- practice j
separate and segregated *er- !
under his supervision.
'ather Francis A. Gorman ol !
Benedict's Church of Wins !
-Salem received tin* plaqut
behalf of Bishop Waters
her Gorman explained that
hop Waters is bound b>
iroh lavs to remain in his
Media! <iuriiii, Hols Week
'ather Gorman lead a state
at of appreciation from Bis
j Waters. "Bah and .every
livulual is anotlier Christ",
bishop said ."Christ has
hditorial ?
Thank You, Su
The sensational \v
Lighthouse from tin
K ingst iv u hist lesto]
tieal eireus has Ins/or
arm for the tiewspap
of the April 2 I issue
t ed t>y people who \va
the waving and t
at?out.
Immediately uj>on
"endorsement" the'
at the degree of stuji
to possess in order t
is an endorsement -o
verv short quotes. A)
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me declarat ion othe
lack of intelligence t(
the printed word, or
vrarcl of 4he truth.
-Printed in Colunibi
pai>ninpr has beoti tl
years, the T.iydithous*
candidate, including ^
could and would say 1
rrFrrfrt~T?TV about mv o'
uualifv me to hp pove
new note in the ust
ronttnued o
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7T&54
AXE?
County
Citizens Committee
Urges Registration'
The Rev. J. P. Reeder, president
of the Citizens Committee of
Columbia and Richland county, issued
un urgent appeal this week
for all unregistered persons to be
sure to go to room 312, Ricbland
county courthouse on or before
May 8 to qualify for voting on
June 8 for U. S. Senator, gover,
congressman, solicitor, state sena- j
tor. members of the house of re-1
presentatives, and various local
officials.
Dr. Reeder emphasized that the
permission has been given now for
citizens in Columbia and Eau Claire
as well as in all other parts of the
must he greatly increased registra- |
tion in order to give full support at j
the ballot boxes for the commttee'a
candidates, Albert A. Kennedy,!
Columbia attorney, for membership I
on the Columbia city school board; j
and I)r. H. I). Montieth, Columbia j
physician and banker, candidate I
for the legislature from Richland I
county. ~ I
It was also pointed out that persons
now holding certificates dated i
| January 1, lt>48, or later, are qualiMrs.
Simkins To
Address Florence
NAACP
FLORENCE?Mr? w
Simkins, state secretary of NAACP j
and acting editor-manager of the 1
Lighthouse and Informer, will address
the local branch of NAACP
in Cumberland Methodist church,
Sunday afternoon, May 2'.i, it has
been announced.
The important role that women j
can play in civic and political ac- I
fion programs, with special rela- !
turn to NAACP activities will be!
emphasized, it was said.
The officers of the branch hope j
to have a large increase in mem- '
bership during their eampa-ign now <
about tii get under way.
taught us how to treat our fel- '
low men We must treat every
man .is it he were Christ him1
self."
; L)r A. O. Steele, professor of
'( religious education and (lean of
i chapel at Johnson C. Smith
1 University ^t Charlotte, presented
the plaque.
ih!
wing of tiie humble
* rostrum during the
) of this year's politic
a real shot in the
nr. An extra printing
is practically oxhausnted
to see just what
he raving were all
reading the reported
people were n mm/ml
>idity one would have
o claim the editorial
f anything save two
nyone who interprets
rw ise either show s
> clearly comprehend
V .
ft convenient disreia,
where clean cam- ,
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io custom for many
? maintains that any
>Tr. Timmorman. who
'hat. "Nothing that I [
pnoncnt would hotter
rpor.M is soundinir a
inl state cam pa i cm
n Pneo Four ,
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HpRICE TEN CENTS
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O.y f v ^
Suppler
ficd to yd*" ??m
There was also the request that
nil ministers and leaders of all'
other organizations and groups j
work intiringly to get the mem- j
bers of their organizations registered
100 per cent.
M?.o n c ?'
-..o. vj. rj. rxeison, president of1 j
the Columbia women's council j
joine<l the citizens committee in (
making this announcement by ur- j
ging that each member contact re- j
latives and friends at .once with the i
urgent appeal to register at once. .
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Daughters Of Elks !
In Rockhill Meet \
CHARLESTON (SPECIAL)? ^
TheGrand Exalted Ruler, the 1
Grand Daughter Ruler, and the 1
Grand Directress of Education of 1
the Improved Benevolent Protec- i
tive Order of Elks of the World j
will appear on the program of the (
South Carolina Daughter Elks as- <
sociation to be held in Rock Hill, i
May 0-11, according to an an- \
nouncement by Mrs. Mabel L. 1 ]
Green of this city, president of the
organization. 1
Grand Exalted Ruler Robert "H. 1
Johnson of Philadelphia, sucessor ,
to the lamei^ed J. Finley Wilson,
jvhfl has rendered salient sir- ,
?in- uui inK nis iwo years in oixice, |
will be making his first official
visit to this Satte.
Also here for the first time will
be Grand Daughter Ruler Nettie '
Carter Jackson of Staten Island,
New York, leader of the largest 1
fraternal organization of Negro
women in the world. Mrs. Jackson ^
is a dynamic, tireless worker in 1
many far flung organizations em- 1
bracing a wide field of activities '
which include director of the Staten
Island NAACP, past matron of the
Order of Kastern Star, Prince Hall i
Affiliation: member of the family
service board of the Staten Island 1
Salvation Army, rehabilitation
chairman of the Armfield-Kittrel .
auxiliary 01 ine .American I>egion j
in Staten Islaml, and recipient in'
1 OS 1 of,the Red Feather certificate j
i>t' merit for service rendered in the
Community Chest drive.
Miss Kthol Charleston, Grand
directress .of Education, will be
making her second visit. Each year
the (irand Lodge of Elks gives j
: four-year scholarships to seven |
young people entering college, with 1
the present number of scholarships
! being approximately 57. Just re-1
cently a scholarship was made j
available at the Rethune-Cookman
college at Daytona Reach.
Mrs. Green appealed for a large j
attendance' at the Roek- Hill meet-]
ing for which she said local mem- j
hers are making exhaustive plans.
Other state officials of the
Daughter Elks include Miss Edna
I,. Rutler of Columbia, secretary;
and Mrs. Nesby Armstrong of Mullms.
treasurer.
Williston Branch
Of NAACP Meets
The regular monthly meeting of
the Williston Rranch of NAACP
was held in Fair Mount Raptist
church last Sunday afternoon, at
which time the annual niemheruKin
campaign was launched with Latin !
Berry chairman of the member- '
ship committee.
The branch president, Mr. I^ewis,
urged each member to bring in as
many new members as possible.
Fourteen new jfiembers
rturing Sunday's meeting, during | I
which The* "aurjionee heard inspiring ! i
remarks from the Reverends Smith.; |
Rouse, and Bush. n
Mary Ann Frank?Reporter j
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HAY 8th |
iteith
nents
Candidate For
Legislature
Decries Taxation
Doctor H. D. Monteith, candidate
ror the house of representatives
rom Richland county, speaking
during the county campaign meetng
at Lower Richland high school
ast Saturday, urged a careful study
and readjustment of the state tax
structure by professional tax experts,
to prevent the duplicatioa
if tax levies or* their overlapping.
Monteith also said that expert government
plannng and careful government
spending would reeult In
lower taxes as well as more benefit
from every tax dollar.
While revision and relief from,
taxes wre emphasized mora or leas
i>y almost every aspirant for the #
legislature, Monteith alone called
for relief through the removal of
sales tax from foods and medicines,
saying that the sales tax on a ten
lollar weekly grocery purchase
would buy a large loaf of bread or .
a quart of milk and help lessen the
threat of malnutrition in many
hundreds of families.
Monteith said that he also bases
his contention on sales tax remoral
an these two items on the fact that
the income from sales taxes is beyond
that expected, so that the resuiting
surplus from this snirca ,
would be evened oc by giving the
benefit to the people from whom it
came.
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Sixteen persons in addition to
Monteith are running for the eight
house seats in Richland county.
Monteith, a native Columbian, a
physician, and president of the
Victory Savings Bank is making
lis bid for political office as a drafted
candidate of the Citizens Committee
of Columbia and Richland
county.
Albert A. Kennedy, another drafted
candidate of that organization
is seeking membership on the
Columbia city school board.
Hinton Refutes
iiuiiiiciiiiaii 5
NAACP Charge
President James M. Hintofi of
South Carolina Conference of the
National Assn. for Advancement of
Colored Peope, reiterated today
that the NAACP is not supporting
any candidate for governor.
~ He said a claim by Lt. Gov.
George Bell Tjmraerman Jr. that
NAACP support is "misleading
and untrue."
Tim merman made the statement
this week on the county-to-county
campaign he and Bates are waging
in their two-way race for tha
governorshp.
Hinton said: "It is deplorable
lb at the race issue should b-.,
brought into the mmnsitrn K?
candidate for any office."
"South Carolina has many important
issues that candidates
should discuss," he said "and
leave race and color out.
"The segregation school case is
before the U. S. Supreme Court
and no person . . . can say what
will be done, no mattor which way
the courts decide,-, . ?
"Negroes will 'vote as they have
always done, as they think and
feel about candidates, and nothing
Lt. Gov. Timmerman will amy, or . '
any other candidate, will change
that picture. ' i
NAACP To Meet
At Dillon
DILLON (SPECIAL) .. -~The
junior ana senior organisations of
the NAACP will hold a special
joint TTiwling^Suhday \afternoon at
the St. Stephen Methodic
lit 4:00 o'clock. t>. C. "McDufRe,
principal of the Little Rock scihooJ
will l>e the spraker of the occasion.
Herbert Crawford?Reporting
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