Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 KLAN ACT Reprinted From The CI HKNm Siaif Wrflier of Thfc Ch 'CAMDEN, S. C.?The Ku h South touay, and is resurgent There's- no single Ivlan Uut a* severa different large Klan or few small splinter K.lhns or gi Some incidents, of violence Irave I'mr" ih') "ni l HI' MM"1 fist* of thesf- Organizations \Ohichj while decrying violence, are recognized by law-enforcement agencies as creating an atmosphere for vio-> lenee. Of ail recent Klan type violence, however, the cpse or incident arousing the most indignation has not involved the Klan" itself hut a localized vigilante group. CuyIlutchins, Cannlen High School bandmaster and former director of the Charlotte; N. C. Sym phony Orchestra, was severely beaten? by. a small group of music who collared him fas he changed a flat tire on his car while returning home late at night from a tel1 e\ isioh concert in' Charlotte^ Distasteful Publicity No town rejishes being put under the glare of publicity as incidents such as this produce, and -from?the lut'ltl Viewpoint it is regarded as especially unfortunate? above and aside from social and le?ai implications? because Camden s a well known resort town. Ca idon. to all outward appearances. is the same as always, a ? ? .'li il.i.iglV pleasant town of some 7.000 population, 30 miles north east _af Columbia,- the "state capital, and situated on U. S., 1. It has a large winter colony and has long been known for its steeplechases and polo. It is also the center of an agricultural area and has some sizeable industries. TJ 1 1?-1 ? ' " ^ ivccpjjnsiuie peopio 01 tamuen have heen shocked, and made angry, by the .flogging and the unusual t Benedict-Allen riAT "w T "m TA T A s>* -rv ? B ^ULdJiVlKIA, Twenty-Eighth June 10 Throi 1'ourses in Teacher ' I Physical Education, Pre-Professional Tn A.B. and B.S. Decrre [SPECIAL WORKSH in Elementary I Education First Term: Ju Second Term: Ju For Informal 1 DR. FRANK R. VEA?/, f?r I AV. F. JOHNSON, Director IViTY 3TIF hristian ScienceJVumUw? "LESESNE ristian Science Monitor ilux Klan rides again in the nam- uie fcarotmrx to. l e xTts7 i usual the" pattern is one ol* ganizations, each striving for oups. _ _ , chain of subsequent development's^ At. the same" time* the series of events has-precipitated a rift and ideological or civi'l rij?hts_controversy itr "Camden. -and Kershaw County of which it i< the seat, that isn't easily being-dissipated. ' Six Accused of Attack , The flowing. to.ok place t h e night of last I)ee. lust subsequent developments have tended further to fan tin- flume o f controversy and aggravate a tense situation. The hooded men who flopped the musician' accused him of making a prointegration statement in a civic club speech, which Mr. Hutchins denies, insisting- his views always have been in favor of segregation. - The masked men nevertheless t;..a ?a?1 r"e and 1 i ill nrnr severely.. A week later, after state poliue entered tile investigation, six men were far rested and accused of* the attack. That, however, was only the beginning. The flogging of Mr. Hutchins rather than a Camden matter. It was,.. nevertheless, disheartening for Camden's Mayor Henry Savage, lawyer and author (He wrote tue itutMii uuumun Li) ujl' ixivers ui America series on the Santee i n South Carolina). lie has had bouts with the Klan heft ! A cross was burned if iis yard last summer after he p itdy criticized the hooded orde >r burning a cross in front o! church Summer Scl all UTH CAROLINA 1 1C7 I Ml | Annual Session K ugh August 16 I i Training, Business, | Library Science, and i lining- leading to the K es.._-- S fOP (fully apnroved) | education ? Health 5 - Reading ne 10 ? July 13 ily 15 ? August 16 tion, Write Tq evident Allen University jj t)lt Hencdict Col)ep? jj ; m *? ?9 TheTXTmetto leai LS SQUTH where- an- interracial group of youths had been meeting. Telephone ca'lls were made threatening -Mm?rf-he?didn't leave town a n d ?jiml handbill^ were circulated implying that he was a liated with the National Association for the -Advancement Ol' t olored l'eople. Vet that was but one, born of a dilemma. A group of the out-ofstate youths connected v; 11h the interracial church proup -signed a praUhdt too, ami tfttllt it- t<r~t h e Mavor. Mavor Savaire decided Cam den's small police force was insu eient to preserve the peace in the lace of the feeling engendered J?y rhe interracial meeting ami i- e quested the interracial group, in the iyterest of harmony and peace to, find another meeting place. Jury Reduces Charge Of the she men arrested i n connection with the -bundmasaer's flogging one was a retired lumberman, another a carpenter, another a mechanic, and the rest were textile workers. The country grand jury d'd not indict two of the six nvho were charged with consniratv to vioiip" h ? state's civil rights statute. At the same time, the guand jury reduced the charges against the other four men from assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature?which carries a maximum of up to 10 years' "imprisonment?to one of simple assault. . ... . Under the lesser charge they l 1 I - ? mani. wouiu lie irit-u mime ? strata and, i?_ convicted, could be punished by a fine of $100 or 30 days in jail. Then came another development. By order of a circuit court judge in Charleston, defense lawyers got the case transferred before a magistrate here. Then that magistrate transferred the case for trial before another magistrate out iu the county who was a brother of one of the defense attorneys. Next the district solicitor (prosecutor) in ^Columbia got an older from the State Supreme Court directing the magistrate at Kershaw not to try the 'case. The solicitod, T. Pou Taylor, said he would try again before the June grand jury in Camden to obtain -indictments on the, more serious charge. ''Either the men are guilty as charged or they are innocent,"" he said. Tnai Pattern Shifts If. however, the cases are tried in tire original magistrate's (,-ourt before the new bills of indictriient are acted upon, there will be no iother trial. As of the present, the 'case is still under jurisdiction o f ! the supreme court and the bills of indictment have not been returned j to the magistrate's court here.. I Meanwhile, a Camden man who j| posted bonds for the six men in the !j flogging oase announced that be''tween b.nOO and " 7.000 citizens of Kershaw County had signed a petition commending the grand jury j which acted on the case at the Feb1 ruarv term of court. However, an ' ' ? T f other petition according to locally I published accounts, was signed by i hundreds of Camden's citizens call jing for a better administration of Justice" in the flogging case, i The Camden Junior Chamber of ! 'Commerce adopted a resolutior I branding the yrand juryactipn as | j A "flagrant miscarriage of justice/ | As for Mr: "HntcirTnar he recently 11announced that", he has accepted t 5 .high-paying job jn another citv > and has resigned. affective at tin ^ close jy?;,tl-ve current school year. V/ )ER W.C. Handy is Bli But Still Vigorous : ? NEW YORK--You know the "St. Blues"?nearly everybody does. 'It's the national anthem of jazz. William C. Hmwiv ii-,.. ' "St. Louis Blues'' in 11' /lien he was over fo^-ty Vear.s t. d ^houU'ht himself a failure. :torwar*Ts~ he wrote other hit Lujtes?"Meale Street Bides." "At?n''Phis Itliu'i" ~tnat nave become classics of popular music. Now' 'The Father of ' the jBlues'* isr."Tin l>an Alley's Grand Old Man.". His life of sua.I .... .-uu.-iiihv i> nun ny i .ill r?. (Wall in tic May Reader's lJiges.t. Handy i> blind and S-l years old i lodiTV, yet . igorous and cheerful., jyet vigorous ana cheerful, still ehj tertaini-ng people with his goldcti |trumpet and philosophy. His father told him, "Wear-life like a loose .garment." Handy says he r.emem|!>ered that counsel when he was first stricken, blind, from over I work and worry, in the 1020's. 'That was just a few years after j"St. Louis Hlues" swept t h e Icoanlry^-aod-made biiri h In"1 cess over night." I Handy changed his ways in order to follow his father's 'advice. He recovered his health and. after an operation, recovered hi.sv eyesight too*. Handy rebuilt his shattered business^-and sh?'ed t:l1'entlxhd good fortune. I _ The more he Interested himself in others, the more his business picked up. For example, a. song he ihad written, year's" before,-?'\\unt jHagav's Blues," suddendly became a hit. Even ag he paid off his own debts, Handy advanced grocery I money to impoverished song I writers, paid hospital hills foi j musicians out of work, contributed to scores of private charities. NATION'S NE(;U() ,M V <111 1 \ 1 'L<I\ U/ I |\ n VI. "Pt'BLIC" AT AREA* ! CONTENTION 1 WASHINGTON? The nation's Negro "community" was described as a vital "public" for managements awareness and programming {during the discussion of "Public i Relations and Special Markets at the Pith Annual National Conference of the American Public Relations Association held at the Warwick Hotel. Philadelphia, April 21 26. ; The panel discussion., which was attended by industrial and organ izatio'iial public iVlations executive*. treated special markets thro'ugh "The Practical Three R's." Bernard P. Strange, Philadelphia APR A member and a vice presi. dent of the Joseph \V. Baker Associates public relations firm, served ,ias chairman for the-rpt>eting. George Schermer, executive di!'rector of Philadelphia's Commissi , ion on Human Relations eoverer . the first "R," "Recognition ol I Need." He expressed the practica m aspects of public relations activitj jthat affects the success, the profi or loss, and the acceptance of anj ( business* or organization. l The " Responsibility of Manage r meMt."1 as visualized by manage r ment itself and employees, \va: graphically preen ted by LeBaroi R. Foster, i'iye president of t b < ^ CVpfnion.^ R^sjearph, CorppriUipYi Pi ihceto'n', X. Foster slfciYperhf thy focus -on opinion review by rin ial-- mnnrgernem si He-aTS pnojL *s)tnod Ofi yo o.io.ts >/jv* pu 1 " I'acre 5 nd and $4 ; : _Ji i I ?and Cheerful One - o\ cnin f* liundy i? iently tu a \U aii<i Vi. Tin* man : :\i a 'V0v<-'1 i'-lcu?and file inotiyy \ j ' lUCK ITUjl. j Illl'lt- - j> i-.r-f in Carnegie Hall* in Ne'.v V < .'ity. to tile, evolution of Nd* gro music.? \ I lie concert was a t rvuiii^4?'? r-3uegcTrr'Ol1i(. 1 j like 'it ""Toll va .. i" : Paul \Y hiternah and oilier Tine <-hestras made symphonic arrangements' ?f Handy's music. Hoyai:.v> punted in from record sales a:.; Handy was freed forever from aru-al woiry. His music is a:, important part of the mainstiea.u .of modern culture, and Handy, ha- a secure place in the gallery 'of -g-.eav Americans. . . Tiiis recognition, and strength >f spirit, sustained him when Handy was stricken hlind permanently i:t lfcJ'J. He continued working vigor* * ously and cheerfully. He does T.oXv, traveling the country 011 the iiti*:ness of music and of a foundation fo rthe .hlind that he established. ' -Hm-sntF-tvenr,- lifi. lil;c a lu , nieni." To that advice from his father, lie'has added wisdom that e.cryone can observe to advantage. T'r.-i' 'Father- of the Hlues' SilVS *. hat , -Life's a loj like playing t- h o trumpet;?>uli jjut?tu blow s.02r.e? thins into it to jret something, vac _ of it. . I CROSSRO A D A ME CHL R( II 1 Rev. .1. S. Reld, Pastor "1 ' . Sunday School on time with tht? I Sunt, and teachers at their post of duty. TK?- lesson was nicely. taught by Bro. Glasoo and reviewed'by the pastor. .i Suhiect of the lesson?G-od'j Greatest Creation, Genesis 2:-l-a: 15:22. ' t Prayer service conducted ty tliS officers. The pastor came forward ahd delivered a great we.ssa.ua fiom the subject: Anywhere Will Do. Sundav night we had a very r.toa time. The Twelves Tribes of Israel. and we raised $85.50.> j ui :j r* aco I* Wo lie? h? n ' 4 nu.-tt l " Declining mortality fronij)(Tii)er? culosis since 1900 lias had it$ great; est impact among young adults '(apes 15-44> in the peak^v^m-) anil ehiidbearing years, a priding to Health Information Fou^il^tioru The highest mortality jfrpnj^jthi* disease now occurs in tla?v^fipep age grades among those ov^&Go. vOIKV * yoil pointed out that Negroes ^feacfc more'strongly than other^froups for or against a. company's produets or services dependaj^tQppoa that company's known or imagined ' policies concerning the group. I !ir. A. Look hart, sales manage? : for Interstate United -Newspapers, ' an advertising representatave-"firm. ' for 8t? Negro publications, substit tuted for W. Beverly Carter, J.. ' publisher of the. Pittsburgh Cour'it'L Ncwspa|icrsr in descrifrfcrar tfia ? v"BAii.-iLi.i i . n. o ? ? w.-'imc nppi^y^cties.' Lockhnrt grave" a number ''for s instance" cases in which ^m^agrei meats' public relations aj^r^achB, e to this segmertt have resulted i n U the (UMred acceptance of products, iT service-^ulcas. He-assured-"the - audiercf b:.r TPgtu^ t, O o the _hoFe?t pub; A' vela lions ef: uu v arc r.e.c'.'.fT.'-.r.