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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-08-29

When you talked with Vincent
first you found yourself reveal
ing your opinions, then your ex
periences, and finally your prob
lens. It was almost a routine Will
him.
He never failed to phone new
acquaintance the morning ate
they met.
If you told him you liked for
eign foods, he'd phone to say n
had Just located the most unique
little Italian place which he knew
you'd love and would you NEE
him there for lunch, say arount
two.
Had you mentioned that 20,
lived at hotel and were having
the blacklist luck trying to find :
fiat, the next mornings cal
brought news of a place he hac
discovered, a hole, of course, no
in the best neighobrhood; but a
least it was furnished and the
fire place looked interesting
Would you care to inspect it? but
how about lunch first, at his
place?
There were some people who
thought Vincent had motives
Kindness and consideration were
all right in their place but, they
said, Vincent carried things too
far. After all, wasn't he brok-
err? You know that proverb
about SHINING cats.
One afternoon, I ran into Vim
cent in a second hand bookshop,
1 glanced up at the counter
where my package was being
wrapped and saw him standing
beside me. We chatted a moment,
an dthen I asked what he had
purchased.
Its some obscure thing on
Dutch art" he said.
Il didn't know you were in
terested in art" I said.
Pm not, he said. ELLA Nor
gan is. We were out last night
and got started on the subject
She mentioned something about
this book and how she wasn't
able to find it. I spent all morn
ing hunting through bookshops
for it before I stumbled into this
Shanghai"
Then he suggested that he
drive me wherever I was going
On the way, we began to talk.
"'It was fine of you to hunt
Elias book, I said. you're al
ways doing such things for PEG.
pie. Why"
Why What?" he asked.
why do you spend so much
time doing these little things for
people?"
Hhe shrugged his shoulders
and grinned. 81 never thought OF
it that way" he said.
1--WE always felt it was a little
unusual for anyone to devote
himself so entirely to his friends
and Pm curious" ! confessed.
There's nothing unusual about
it," Vincent said. 81 suppose it all
depends on what you want from
life"
What do you want?" I asked
Friends" he said.
81 thought everyone hao
friends, I said.
"You mean everybody knows
lot of people," he corrected
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-08-29
Simpson-White
Engagement Told

MIR. and Mrs. James w. White
of Tampa, Fla, have announced
the engagement of their daugh'
ter, Miss Minnie Lou White, to
Lacy D. Simmons, son of Tom
Simmons of Whiteville.
Miss White is a native OF Tam
pa and attended the Hillsborough
High school. Mr.. Simmons, at
tended the Tabor City schools
and is a veteran of World War
II, having served five years with
the army, three of which ne
spent in the Pacific zone. He is
associated with the Reidsville
Tobacco company with headquar-
tiers in Tabor City presently.
The wedding will take place
late this month.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-08-29
Marine Zoo

The first marine 200, in which
sea animals could be studied in
their natural surroundings, was
established by the great natural
list, Louis AgaSSiZ. 1T BuZZard ;
Bay off the coast Of MaSsachu-
sets in 1878.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-08-29

ment. dlSapn,.
So he is dead how A.,
sorry Not only bec". And | -
his death someone bs ssI thror.:
ca o out OF a wonderful ffe s;aa ehess.
lam am sorry because ! l u,;a b.
n nnow now if Vinceat S Slll ners
found Ealr Iv whs yei 5c Of silence i!
And, And | often wondsr rom liz
anybody really does nov i
,,o a more rapid declin. :,
o uan Is expected in prj rice 'hsa liz.
commercial cor mere track crons Of nos
lor fresh maset this 'p U.s.. srOss
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

INFRINGEMENT AT ST.
BARTHOLOMEW'S CATHO.
Lie SCHOOL
The Rev William Calvin, S.
T. L., Instructor at Catholic Hi
School will deliver the 6acca-
laureate sermon at St. Bar.
tholomew's Catholic Church,
18th and Marshall SITS. 800 a.
M, Sunday.
Commencement exercises to
begin at $3.50 p. M, Sunday,
at the School Auditorium. with
the Most Rev. Albert /. FIetch
err, D. D., Bishop of the Little
Rock Diocese, as guest speak
err.
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
Call For New Anti.
Lynch Law By NAACP

NEW YOR-Officials of the
National Association for the Ad.
vanccmeut of Colored People
stunned by the South Carolina &C
duittal of the defendants in the
lynching trial, this week issued
the following statement:
"The verdict in South Caro-.
lima lynching trial only adds to
the proof that state action can.
not be expected to punish the
crime of lynching Notice has
been served on Negroes in SO
Carolina and throughout the
south that they are now at the
mercy of mobs, and that the
law is powerless to defend them
or to punish their murderers. In
brief, the laws are for white
people, II one Is white. one Is
right, even though lyncher.
THE names Of the South Car.
olina lynchers are known. The
record Of their action wa 9
spread upon court records 30
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

Washington, D. c.-Atty. Dan
Williams, formerly OF Jackson,
Miss, shot and killed two white
men in the office Of the D. c.
Bar Association. The victims were
Ray Devendorf, a clerk in the ad-
mission office and policeman HUI
bert Estes. Two others were ser
iously wounded by Attorney Will
liams. Attorney Williams was
shot five times by Policeman
Estes before he collapsed. The
Jackson attorney will be charged
with murder should he survive
the bullet wounds. He was dis
barred from practice of law In
jackson. Miss. because a shady
divorce case" disrupted his Gu
reer, and had been denied admis.
sion to the bar here despite his
being sponsored by Attorney
Perry Howard. 1t is reported that
the white men In the office re-
fused to return the $4,000 fee
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

plainly that no one doubts their
guilt, despite the verdict.
Unless wee aan secure feder.
al legislation, II Is entirely pos.
sible that some Negroes. aband'
oncd to mobs by the law, may
be forced, in their desperation,
to devise some means of pro
tecting themselves. This would
be a lawless and futile gesture
but logical and understandable
In the circumstances
Following the Infamous quad
ripple lynching Of two men and
their wives near Monroe, Geor
gia, last year. the United States
Attorney Generals office. thru
Assistant Attorney General T.
l.. Caudle, called for federal leg
tslation to punish those guilty
of lynching. A new anti.lynch'
ing bill (II II. 3iSs) was intro
duced in the House, May 18th
by Rep. Clifford ?. Case tR., N
J) and the Congress should act
upon Il promptly"
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
''Lynchers Of Law
In S. C.. Lashed
By Walter White

WASHINGTON, y. c. Walter
White, executive secretary OF the
NAACP, speaking before a group
of distinguished Americans who
met in Washington last week at
the invitation of Attorney Gener.
al Tom Clark to lay plans for the
American Heritage, a program
designed to carry principles Of
the Bill of Rights and the Decla.
ration of Independence TO every
American community. was wide.
ly acclaimed for his fortnight
statement.
Mr.. White declared. ~ want to
localize the detectives Of this
campaign to sell American prin.
ciples. | want It to reach the IL
good men and true who last
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

week at nine o'clock acquitted %
selfconfessed lynchers who had
lynched not only an American cit
i2en but the law as well. ! am
not "a much disturbed by foreign
theology endangering America as
| am about our native totalltar-
ians I imagine that the frontpage
news from America today In
PRAvDA and lzvEsTlA Is the
story Of the acquittal of South
Carolina lynchers which makes
Americas protestations of Its de
mocracy hollow.
II pledge the support of II
million American Negroes to this
program because they want to
see democracy made a reality In
America"
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
By Ted Hollinsworth

GREENVILLE, S. Grim sat
isfaction prevailed in nearby tex
tile communities today over the
mass acquittal OF % white men
accused Of lynching a South Caro-
Ina Negro but some Greenville
leaders said the trial. itself, was
progress
One public official, who declin.
ed to be quoted directly. said so.
berry: This was the first time
that South Carolina has brought
mass-murder charges against al
legged lynchers. The jury acquit-
ted them If there should be an.
other case. perhaps we may get
a mlstrial with a hung Jury Even
tually the south may return
convictions"
Degree Of Progress"
John Bramlett, prominent at.
torney. said: "The fact that a
local grand Jury returned 81 In
dictments and that the state was
enabled to try this case repre-
SCENTS a degree Of progress"
One well.known attorney, whose
firm refused to represent the de.
PENDANTS, said most people APP
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

Following Court Action
To Equa|ize Salaries

Negro teachers Of Birmingham.
Alabama. have been served dis
missal notices as the result Of
court action instituted by them
to equalize their salaries with
those of white teachers. The lead
err Mrs. Ruby Jackson Gamer,
who instituted the court action.
has been charged with insubordi-
nation and neglect of duty. Mrs.
Gamers hearing was scheduled
May 21st with decision rendered
on June Bird. Other teachers have
been notified OF dismissal but
have not yet been informed Of
any specific charges.
Mrs. Gamer, President OF the
Jefferson County Teachers Union,
United Public Workers of Amer
lea, c. I. o., Local No. 6S3. enter
ed contempt of court action a.
gainst County Superintendent, DR..
J. f. Bryan to require him to
comply with a two year old court
decision ordering salary equalisa-
ton for Negro teachers. Attor-
See ALA. TEAcHERs--pass =
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
Largest Summer
Enrolment At
State Expected

Pine 6Iuff-One of the largest
summer school enrollments in the
history of A. NJ. and n. College
is expected for the 1947 sessions
said Dean John l.. Wilson In an
announcement here last week,
Hundreds of teachers are return.
ing to school to prepare for a
better job in the schools of Ark.
ansas.
The college stands at the pres.
ent in position to meet the
needs of the students In housing
and classroom space. The compile
ton recently of prefabricated
dormitories and with additional
teachers for the summer session
the school will be able to render
service to those who will enroll,
Construction of an infirmary,
cafeteria. high school building
and shop building got under way
at the college last week. The
buildings will be placed on the
south side OF the campus and
should be ready for use when the
fall session opens in September,
Five workshops will be con.
Quoted at the college this sum.
mer for Arkansas teachers. Work.
See ENRoLLMENT-page four
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
Negroes Losing Gains In
Many Government Jobs

unsatisfactory service.
The third case mentioned by
the labor secretary involved a
veteran with service in the Air
Forces who was considered com.
petent enough to report on wea-
Their conditions for the Army but
was denied employment when he
responded to a call for service in
a Weather Bureau station in Ohio
He also had passed a civil ser.
vice examination
Cases like these are increasing
Mr.. Mitchell pointed out, a n d
while the NAACP is taking ac.
ton on behalf of the persons who
sent in the complaints, it Is OBJ
Slous that numerous other cases
which do not come to the Asso-
cations attention are rapidly
diminishing the wartime gains
OF colored workers in the gov
eminent service.
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
Ha2 III8H'

to the attorney. and the shooting
started. The Mississippi attorney
Is a former inmate Of the asylum
and spent some time recovering
from a breakdown in Mississippi
before coming to Washington.
Washington, D. Can old bat
tie of vast and deep reaching In
terest Is starting In the Senate
it's this:
Should the Federal Government
give the states money to help
them improve education In their
grammar and high schools?
At first glance a lot Of people
looking at the question might
say, why sure. But a lot Of
people arguing about 1t for years.
say NO.
This fight goes way back. So
far Congress has ignored or vot-
ed down suggestions that the
See HERE and THERE--pags =
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
CT Y
EDITION
ARKANSAS NEGRO
EMBALMERS MEET

t,nrulm,,nlnInur,uIllnIlIns1mIllnlnl,,lulllul.,l
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
H|T.RuN DRIVER
CAPTURED BY negro

Two white men in one half
ton truck bearing Arkansas IL
cense No 455-S36 1917. driving
east on Washington Avenue, No.
Little Rock, hit a Negro woman
and Immediately afterwar her
little son. and continued on their
way according to the testimony
of by-standers. After knocking
tho woman aside the truck struck
the little boy three times, first
hitting him and knocking him n
long, then hitting him and knock
Ing him further along finally hit
ting him the third time and run
ming over him, said an eyewit.
ness The on-looker showed the
STATE PRESS representative
pool of blood about is inches
long resulting from the boys in.
juries
After hitting the woman and
her son, the driver slowed down
and looked back, aud attempted
to pick up speed and proceed, IL
IL alleged II was then that
Gaines Turner, who was standing
nearby came into the story Mr..
Turner says that he thought of
his own little children, and inn
mediately sprang in pursuit of
the hit and run artist. Several
nihnr NeErOpa iDinnd In but
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

could not stand the pace The
truck, an old dilapidated vehic-
lie tied together in places with
wire, picked up speed slowly
Turner well-muscled man man
aged to overhaul it after it had
gone approximately a block and
a half. He sprang on the running
board, grabbed the driver by the
head and compelled him to halt,
il is said As the drivers compan
ion endeavored to escape by the
right hand door. Turner holding
on to his first captive. managed
to round the car and intercept
the second the STATE PRESS
representative was told, He then
compelled the two TO walk back
to the scene of the accident
whore they were picked up by
the police car.
The woman and boy were car
ried In an ambulance to the Uni
versity hospital The STATE
PRESS representative was unable
to elicit any Information from the
Hospital later over the telephone,
except that the two had been
treated IN the emergency room
and sent away. One on-looker
said that his wife knew the wo'
man and boy and they lived out
see HIT and RUN-page four
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30


evidence that the program of dis
elimination against eolored work
ers in government Is continuing
unchecked was revealed by the
NAACP's Labor Department this
week.
Citing the cases of fifteen vet
Grams who We're Disseminated a.
gainst in New Orleans by the p.
O. Department, former weather
observer in the L. S. Army Air
Forces who was denied employ
ment by the L. S. Weather Blu.
reau and an ex-Navy Machinist
who was fired from the Railway
Mail Service in Fort Worth. Tex
AS, Clarence NJ tehell, labor secre
tary. charged that numerous GOV
eminent officials are now almost
completely ignoring federal reg
ulations against discrimination be
cause of race.
In the Post Office cases, Mr..
Mitchell said, one of the veter-
ans. a former Marine. had an av-
erage of 1902 and all others
were in the high 30 and so brack.
cts on the examination. The men
had taken examinations to be
clerks.
The Association has, for the
second time, asked the President
to establish a temporary agency
to combat discrimination in gov
eminent employment pending the
creation of a Fair Employment
Practices Commission by Con.
gress. The NAACP's first request
was sent to the President on Apr.
81 1917.
In a letter to President Trum.
an. dated May Is. Roy Wilkins.
assistant secretary of the Asso.
citation. said of the cases invol-
wing the New Orleans veterans
Although 1t was established
that the Postmaster at New Or
leans passed over these persons
and appointed white individ-
uals who had lower grades. the
Tenth Regional Office of til
Civil Service Commission justi-
fled the action on the ground
that, after eligibles had receiv.
ed three opportunities for con.
sideration, It was no longer nee
essary for the Postmaster to
consider them at all"
In the Fort Worth case. the
veteran was honorably discharg.
ed after three years of service
in the Navy including twenty-one
months on Attu. Mentioning an ex
cerpt from a letter sent to the
veteran by Secretary Forrestal
which said. The nation which
you served at a time of crisis
will remember you with graft.
tude," Mr.. Mitchell pointed out
that the gratitude shown this
veteran was to assign him to a
laborers job on the Railway Mall
Service although he had passed
an examination and was suppos.
ed to be appointed as clerk
Not satisfied with this discrini.
nation against the veteran, Mr..
Mitchell said the Railway Mail
Service dismissed him on highly
questionable charges of examine
ton delinquencies and otherwise
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

NATION SHOULD DEMAND
ANTi.LYNCH LAW

Holding Carter, editor Of the
Greenville, Miss, Delta Democrat
Times, stated to The New Orleans
Round Table OF the National Con.
ference Of Christian ANS: 1.-THE
rest Of the nation has every right
TO demand a Federal Anti.Lynoh
Law until the day a southern Jury
finds the members Of lynch
mob guilty.
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30

JUNE 3rd and 4th
The Arkansas EmbaImers
Association will hold its an.
nual meeting June 3rd and 4th
at the Ruffin and Jarrett Fun
eral Home, 420 {. 14th St.,
North Little Rock.
The President, N. G. Brans-
comb is asking all the Funeral
Directors to be present. The
Association plans to organize
the funeral directors and then
they can Get national affilia-
ton.
Arkansas State press., 1947-05-30
Mass Lynch Trial Seen
As Progress In So. Car

peared to feel satisfaction with
the verdict. But, he added.
there are a number Of us who
feel profound shame"
Along the textile beltline, in
Judson, Woodside, Riverside
and American Spinning Mil com.
munities, the reaction was: 80
what? SO they turned them loose
II was right. by law and Justice. Z"
Slashed. Beaten and Shot"
II referred to last weeks blank
eft acquittal of all defendants who
were charged with responsibility
for the tortureslaying of Willie
Earle The 23year-old Negro was
taken by a mob from Pickens
county Jail last February II. and
was slashed beaten and shot to
death for alleged fatal stabblng
Of white taxi driver.
The jury of eight textile work.
ers, 2 statesmen, a mechanic and
farmer delberated five hours
and fifteen minutes and returned
flat acquttal The state had bas.
ed it's case largely on the un.
sworn statement of 26 self
acknowledged members of the
mob.
Indifference Shown
Greenville, generally. displayed
Indifference. While students at
Wofford College, In nerby Spart-
anburg, paraded In protest of the
acauittals, reaction in Greenville
was largely relief that the ma
tons greatest lynch trial was o.
yer.
There was one note Of reprlsal.
U. G.. (Hog) Fowler, a states wit
ness who testified against three
See LYNCH TRIAL-paee four
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
M0AKOPRAVNoST

DO. Eden Cd njih, mali sivobra.
di pur1nan s susliavim glasom
mu je rekel: "Nocoj spet ka1
sami? stormerjev nj BE nazaj?'
Lehman je poskusal odgovoriti
a nekaj mu je stisnilo grlo; mo-
gel je sanao odkimati.
.tSaj SO imeli ,vodnika, ne?'
je rekel "angleski purman."
Zdaj Sc je Lennanu posreci-
10, tda je sprawl il grla: "Da,
sir"
"Stormer, &c Sc ne motim, ,je
spreten turist!" - in okrenivsi
sc proti .dami, XII so 10 "purma-
nj" aagovarjali z ''Madre", .je
dodal:
''Mene je hribolastvo cd mex
daj mikalo, zlasti ker te osvo-
bodi cd ljudi, :ker te osami."
Matt mladih '.purmanov" je
pogledala Lennana z napol "a
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29

hcerke $ svezim obrazom, .po-
sebnim mornarskim ,klobuckom
IL crnega platna in z :. .dolgimi
trakovi, z zametnim zivotkonl
in cisto naravnim vedenjem
Ali ker je gledal male, sre-
brnkasto-sive krave, kako silijo
S svojimi sirokimi, crnimi gobci
dekletu v roko? Kaj mu je od-
vzelo yes nemir, da je bill sre-
cen in zadovoljen? .. Nj We
del, da mlado, poskakujoce see
ne vedno mika, kar je najbolj
novo .. .Po obedu je dolgo Sc
del in poskusal risati kravice,
opazoval je sonce ma lieu stiste
lepe deklice in Sc trudil govori-
ii Z MO po nemsko. In ko je ma
posled dejal: "Adieu!" in je ona
zamrmrala. ,Kuss die Hand,
Adieu!" Sc n1u je kar nekoliko
srce stisnilo Cudno in zago-
netno je mosko srce Ko sc
je blizal hotelu, je kljub vsemu
temu hitel, dokler nj nazadnje
kar tekel. Zakaj je ostal tako
dolgo zgoraj? Ona Sc je goto-
vo ze vrnila - pricakovala je,
da ga bo videla; in namestu
NIGGA bo najbrze ia priskutni
goslac Z MO! Prisel je v hotel
bas, da je skocil gori, Sc pre-
oblekel in pritekel doll k obedu.
All! Utrujeni so, kajpak - po-
civajo v svojih sobah. Obed je
odsedel kar Sc mu je dalo mir
no; vstal je Sc pred desertom
in zletel po stopnicah. Minute
je stal neodlocen; ma katera
vrata bi potrkal? Nato je pla-
no pobobnal po njenih. Mic od-
govora! Potrkal je krepko ma
profesorja. Mic odgovora! To-
rel ju Sc nj nazaj. Nj ju nazaj?
Kaj maj to pomeni? Ali morda
oba spita? Sc enkrat je potrkal
ori Mi; nato je obupom obr-
nil rocaj in vrgel sobo nagel
pogled. Prazno, pospravljeno,
nedotaknjeno! Nj jih Sc! Obr-
nil Sc je in stekel po stopnicah
nazaj. Vsi gostje so vreli IL
obednice, in zapletel Sc je v po-
govor S skupino "angleskih pur-
XII so resetali neko tu-
ristovsko nezgodo, XII Sc je pri-
petila v Svici. Poslusal je, in
kar nenadoma mu je prislo sla-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-05-29
(Nddaljevdmje)

Zdaj pa je prisel grozen uda.
rec. 'Po neki plezalni turf z nem-
skimi izletniki sc je iznenada
pojavil njegovega varuha starr
vodnik. v Stormerju je hotel
odriniti proti tej in tel koci in
drugi dan prvem svitu spleza-
tt ma ia in ia vrh. Lehman pa ne
sme iti. Zakaj ne? Zaradi sinoc-
ME omedlevice; in, vraga, ker
nj TAX gumpec, da bi zasluzil
ime "strokovnjak". Kakor da
je - ! .Kamer more ona, more
tudi on! Sal delajo Z MIN ka-
kor paglavcem. Seveda bi lah-
ko prisel ma to preklicano goro:
Samo, da sje Mi deveta briga,
ali gre on ali ne! Misli, da me
nj dovolj moza! Ali res misli,
da ne hi zmogel pleze, XII .jo
zmore on - njen MOI? In ako
je nevarno, ne bi smela iti ona
in NIGGA pustiti tn - to je ma
ravnost okrutno! Ona pa sc je
samo smehljala, in on je planil
cd ME, ne da bi bill opazil, da
jo VISA ia njegova zalost samo
veseli.
In popoldan so odrinili brez
Mega. ,Kako' temne misli so ta-
krat rile po MEM! Kako strast-
no je sovrazil svojo mladost!
Kaksne naklepe je koval, da bi
Sc ona vrnila in MEGA ne nasla,
ker je tacas re izginil ma kako
Sc nevarnejso in napornejso 60
70! Ako mu tt ljudje ne priso-
dijo, da bi mogel plezati Z mimi,
DO plezal sam! To DO pac vsak
primal, da je nevarno. In kriva
DO ona. Potem il DO zal. Sc pred
vidom hoce vstati in kreniti ma
pot; pripravil je svoje stvari in