Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Saturday June 29, 1957 .. ?. ' Washington Wom< Murdered by trucl ORANGEBURG, S. C. ?T\ Washington Negro woman has charged three Orangeburg County white men ran over and killed her nephew last month "because of his race and color." But a highway patrolman who investigated denies the charges. Mrs. Queenie Gleaton of Washington i-i quoted in a remit rrl ition of the Afro-American as saying three white men in a pickup truck ran down her nephew, Wilton Gleaton, 29, on a paved road near Neeses on May 18. She asks the paper to help her contact the FBI or anybody who can help pet the State of South Carolina to make an arrest in ~ the killing. Cpl. J.F. Ready says his investigation shows Gleaton came to his death by injuries sustained either when he fell from the pickup truck in which he was riding I BIGBAl en a nv n IOn/\LFI fij 1 !)27 HEIDT ST. jaxutieiv K'A Palmetto yES- ^ -- _ - rpYour Pair :,.fi Onalitir SaLB |&>j 'You A No Jo Tickets Minutes of Lo Minutes of Conv Minutes of Asso Minutes of Socia School Catal School Bullel School Pap Graduation Annoi Church Prog Coin Envelo Orders PROMl WOR Mail Orders < " . -h in Claims Kin k In Orang eburg with f.vo white men or from other causes after he left the j Gleaton died in Orangeburg Regional Hospital early May 20. , the Coroner's report lists? the cause of death as brain concusi . <sion. Afro- American headlines* the see^s FBI Aid In Son's Death.'', j ! Eatelined Washington, the story quotes Mrs. Gleaton, a native South Garolinan now living in (Washington, a? saying one of the , passengers in the truck told her of the incident. She says she was ' fin South Carolina at the time to j attend Uie death of an uncle. The story gives both Mrs. Gleaton's statement and a statement from Cpi. Ready. According: to the story the dri, ver spotted Gieaton on the highway ar.d '"decided to run Wilton ^ . I Miss It I R-B-CUE I Y 4th 1 EST PARK I COI.l .MBIA. S. C. criof) H ^ ? ( mr-:r --j~' netto Leader Headc Printing At re Willing T b too Large or too! >dges ] entions H ciations Lc l1 Clubs S ogs Bus tins Sympj ers Wedding mcements Wedc rams ] pes C; > Accepted through >1, SATISFAC K GUARANT To Palmetto Printing: < _ - THE PALME down with the truck." He did it two or three time*," it ?ays, despite pleas of the other passengers. | But according to Cpl. Ready the man may have fallen from the I truck. He says he first learned ot [the death on May 21 after Sheriff 'Raul Gibson of Norway had investigated. He also investigated, I He" says. v | Two l?>-year-old hoys, Thurman ! Huffman and Olin Doltin of i Springf,udJ-^xuraL~aouUte>. tadd Gyl. [Ready they picked up (Beaton, [who was hichhiking on state 'Highway 38-132. With Gleaton riding on the bed of the truck j they said they drove one and a half miles and stopped where i Gleafon had told tjiem he was going. They told the corporal they I a f .mi' .... *" * I *? i vm i: 1^/11 ic 11 uo mini drove Cm. They presumed filcaton pot off there as he was not in i the truck when they reached a 1 store farther down the road. The hoys' fathers told Cpl 1 Ready that the next day when they heai-ii?of?t ilea ton's injuries they visited the Gleaton home took Wilton to Oranpeburp anc admitted him to the hospita where " he died early the next morninp. A coroner's jury from Sprinp field viewed the body and the cor or.er says ti e impiest prohuhh will he held next week. Nine billion checks totalinc iri.iion itr.a* s l_ zeros.) dollars vert- ereaic.i throii'/h the nation's 14000 ank- la.-u year. Company luarters o Pay i | /?!?-: y-*** ?.wr? & -J I Small Books Booklets and Bills 'tfpr TfpaH tationery iness Cards ithy Cards : Announcements ling Invitations Placards ar Cards Mail TORY EEDH?g?" Co. 1310 Assembly St. TTO LEADER Ministers Group j Adjourns For 'Summer Months The Inter-Denomirrational Mil isters Alliance met on the campi of Allen University in its regul* j niccTlTvg^'JuTie 1S, I5)oT7 Rev. V M. Bowman, President, presidinj After a very inspiring pre-vie of the Sunday School liKsnn 1, Rev. H.M. Taylor, the Ministei of the previous meeting was cal ed for and read by Rev: J. V j Rhodes. The various committi< made their reports which wei adopted. The president requested Rev. 1 H. Hughes to deliver the me sage for the,<final meeting of tli ?Alliance,?Tuesday" .June :2ffr TPo lui uiic summer seasion. i | The Alliance voted to have il I annual picnic at Fort .Jacks* . i July 5?t 1057. The ministers of tV i Alliance, their families and tl r . Ministers?Wtvos?AMtanm aTe f , vited to attend. J The ministers in a jrroup wi 1 leave the campus of Allen J'n I versit.v, escorted by members i the Police force at 11:A.M. Cherokcean Named Woman of Year' .< >K AX'c KFCpc ? Vi < " Havsl?s ? f Cherokee ' ?uniy P?.u?h Carolina's ' A t n of t Ye .; " in \e,vro home '"oust rr S'oe .1;,. .. -.ii. ;.i fail hani.-U after haxinu been, nam* > Woman of the Year, for Cherok ' Covriv and later the 1'iednw r district. Mrs. Harris competed ajrait | district winners from the Sava ; nan \ alley- and I'eo Pee distrii and .club women from Oranpebu i and Sumter Counties for the st:i i title. Contestants were judped i home demonstration ebth I plishments durinp 1956-lSioT, pra , tica! aspects of these accompiis ments, seivice rendered to ti , . - v County nome demonstration pv pram and community cooperatio This was the first year a co testant of this nature has bee i hold, honoring the outstandir home demonstration club wom< in the thirty-three counties I which Negro clubs pre organize | OPEN I FARROW 1 One of the State's | STONE OR BRICK g PANELED KITCHENS g KNOTTY PINE CABINETS | CERAMIC TILE BATHS ? 3 BED ROOMS g DISAPEARINfc STAIRS ? CARPORTS?PORCHES i F*H.A. And V Ii*o ijut r arrow kd. past wards State Park. Watch OPEN FOR INSPECtK TURNER Fxaisi 4043 Main St. P Page 3 lexington news ;n?w bethel a.ale. church r Rev. Carl C. Black, Raster Sunday School vopened at tha usual hour -w ith a' la'rge attend'ance. The lesson was beautifully reviewed by the Supt. after which Rev. B! u k mounted the Rostrum Js reading for his scripture lesson ir | St. J oil II, 14 th Chapt. His text ' was found in St. Matt. 2 Chap. 13th verse. Subject; "Detour Aw jlong1 Life's Highway." Ministers <y tvrrc F/ldpus David Wire frem Co-. s lumbia ynd Rev. W.E. Lee. 1- i Little Bernice Marcell Boughnight, daughter of Mr. ynd Mrs. Allen Koughnight of Dutch Folk, '0 was baptised. Rev. and Mrs. Black had as their r. guests Monday, Rev. Blask's Mos ther and father Mi-, and Mrs. W. ie R. Black. Carl Black Jr. returned 7,?to Smokes with his-grand parents for a visit. Little Charlotte Black ts is spending some time with her >n grand-parents Mr. and Mrs. David ie Haruin of I.anes, S.C. Both are the son^and daughter of Rev. ar.d n- . Mi's. Black. _ Mrs. Kddie Taylor and Mrs. C. II W. Ra\vl< ^'ave a program Suni day afternoon at Bethel ' for the :)f Trustees. Rev and Mrs. C'.C. Black were the dinner quests of Mr. and Mrs. dames T.W. Wise and Mr. Joha ' F. Wise 0:1 last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Biaek had as their dinner guests Rev. A.B. 'a Bailey from St. Paul Baptist is> ,c hurch. Also present wvre - Mr. ne and Mrs. Henry Drcher, Mrs. >t- Kdward Wi-e ar.d cithers. Mrs. Sara B. ''^rley 'and Mi.>3 ;1!' Beatrice (r. coin' are attending summer school State College t't> in Orange!.arg. S. C. Mr. Wayne nt Hauls is spending the summer ltx New York City. ISt Tho t a r-r,u ..c .? i.v, a . i-*. ^ i k.4 . ' Jill.-- etc L.m n" home of Mr. and Mis. David ts Jones. Next moo i n: v i" bo held ly at home of Mrs. Sara K- N!e\ lte \isimr.- in chiu'eh Sr.nday wera Mr-i. Amy Voykin of Kdrr.ound,S. (". Mr-. Minnie Boy kin from ?San A..".. texas; Mrs~Jes?in? c" , Voting and sister. R. R. Summers j1' all of of Columbia. Mrs. Bell 'ie Rawls is on the sick list. 1 Xadine Harris, Reportei - I n- 1 ?n VACATIONING IN FLORIDA ' i^r Mrs. Klla Mae Owens is vacat?n ioninj? in Jacksonville, Tampa, Mi-? in ami and other points im Florida? J -? d. 1 HOUSE . I TERRACE | Finest hub-Divisions gj PAVED STREETS ijj! C ITY WATER ii; RL'S SERVICE J; SHOPPING CENTEh jj: NEAR SCHOOLS jj; ; FIRE PROTECTION \ RESTRICTIONS ? j ; A. APPROVED | Greenview and Fairwold to- S; ; for Our Sierns on the Left. )N EVERY DAY and SUN. ;?j - JACKSON I | \E A(. ENTS 5 ! hones 6-4901?3-1248?3-1195 ... ?1