■ATOHDAY. JULY 3rd, 1943
THE CAROLINA TIMES
0^ Sooth Carolina
Inchers’ Pay Battle
tHARLKSTOX, s. C. lAXP)
Th« TOnrt Kiitti? to
forr* ^uHRatinii of South Curo-
lin t^acher^:* s«Urif« open«d ie a
—anil Sin-priiiinK ir.OT*
W«4»9Si)K;r when A!tty. H.nrol»f
E. BmIwm* of rotnnibia filed
«*pAs ttf • petition on bebaif
•t MinS ICatissa Thrre»e Smith
Um Hvttt* trhool fAeulty wi li
tfet CilMrlMton Srhonl board nnd
M^cHlitarfeat of schools, Biir-
Mtt
Hm vapjr to the school h>Rrd
«M MM to John T. Seignius,
•iMimaM.
Itr. Iloiilware Mtd the petition
4I mVt C0Bltitnt« thr suit it-
trlf, hmi *a* the preamble, thot
t rtMooable time — say
•kMt 90 dajrs.*’ if eqnalixatioii
not tnnted, court action
«o«U * Papers for ihe
m«H iMittle are about ready, he
Mia. fai «ou]d be filed prompt
ly, if M coBftideMtion is giveu
Thit MOT* came by surprise
to those close to the state NA
in* offiee. The equal pay move
snionfr Sumter conntv
«im1 it was expected that
tke 8«it wonld eome from that
eftjr. Boalwate said, howeyer,
tiHit otlier eises would be stJit-
cd shortly and (hat several
lei wre to be named defendant^.
Min Smith, a (n'sdnate of
Af*ry InSlitnte, attended Alitr
vBiTcrsilf for two years and
eempkted W college work at
BMth Carolina State Collejje,
Orangeburg. She UuRht history
st l^nrke school mil has
eotiipletMl her tliiAl yenf’s work
in the rharlcston svatem. S>he
left .l«ne t'* do work on ho-
tjiaster’s «lcgrfe at New York
nniversity.
Interviewed in the hom^ ot
her aunt AUmday, Miss Smith
said she was jrlad to lead the
nttnrk for freeilom of her pec-
(leopli*. “I believe firmly n
these words of Roiissenu,” she
said, “He who wonld be free,
must himself strike the first
blow,” Miss Smith explniiied
that she tau»rht her students to
seek the justify due them and
and had lonR felt that her teach
ings were not justified ao lony
as she herself smarted nnder
injustiers and dis«riinination?
liecause of her raee.
“How ran I tench the ^flJtu^^
citiiens to fiRht when I refrain
from fighting myselff’ she
asked.
Miss Smith hnd other tea*heTS
at Burk# school hare just em«--
cred frofa a battle over 1JI43 11
eontracts, she said. Althoujrh
the legislature granted 15 per
eent increases to all teacherf*
the Charleston board has refus
ed increases to the Negro tench*
ers and w^en asked to explHni
the matter to Burke teachei.?.
said in suhtanee, “Tou,’ll either
sipn or we HI close the dauin
school.”
“I’ve worked hard to be .n
uood teacher," Misa Smith S4^d,
“have done everything to make
A record and give gQOd service.
Why should we be treated like
TOLERANCE CARDS IN GARY BUSES
New Group Begins.
Good - Will Drive .
Ni:w YOHK, — Last Tuesday
the 1^) buses and e.i-eet cars
in Gary, northern Tnd stee
city, begini carryniK i fi»t
of the Colorful Tolerance ('avih
which the Association for To!-
crniice in America, 270 ronvent
Avenue, this city, is using to
“sell” the Negro to the masses
j»f iwhite (people. The card, ex
ecuted by Klton C. Fax, prom in-
conditioning hns nlso played a
AMEH FUNERAL HOME
AND
F L OR IS T
Wle Please The Living By The Service
We Render The Dead.
DIAL W971 .
News From The
930th Field Artillery
Battalion
BY SOT. JOHN V. HAMILTON
The week past and up to, in
cluding the present, has beeii a
busy one for the Battalion. Tiic
-ioldiera have been going through
intense training on the fif.ld.
Trainin'? in firing the HowI*.rera
ent Brooklyn Negro artist, in in [has been .ceascless and physicn)
red and black, sire 11 by 2?
ineh^, and shows the large hel-
meted head of a colored Ameri
can soldier. The simple t'-xt
reads, “500,000 of These tjdds
Are Fighting for you..Tjet Tiiem
and Their Share in Our Demo‘-
raey." They will appear for 90
days. ’
George S. Schuyler, director
of the group of 500 prominent
colored and white people spon
soring the campaign, says “ThiJ
is only the first step. Similo:
curds will .jippear all over. ihb
country as bus space is nirail-
able. We are also plannng to use
every medium generally to se
cure a mass market. W^e are ou‘
to change the mind of while
America about the Negl*o."
Ethiopian Clowns To
Meet J^ck Barons
TiOrTM’l'LLK, Ky. — Con-
fronting the Cincinnati Rthio-
piun Clowns is a schedule ihnt
will test their nettle for the «■-
eond-half Negro American Ivea-
gue pennant race, ns they mi’ul
the Birmingham Black Baions
nnder the lites at LouiSvilli*
this Friday nite, July 2nd; tnk‘)
on their deadly rivals, the f«3'
stepping Cleveland Buckeyes in
an afternoon double header Sin
day, July 4 at Indianpolis; and
again at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
on Monday afternoon, July 5,
very active part .n the daily rnu-
tined program. However it i-,meeting of the Clowns
he desire of the Coinmand.ng, Buckeyes sini>e last season.
Officer of this Battalion to hHv.'j, holiday do.ible
The 1043 meetings were cho*:-'
acterized by ten hours of class
I room religious education sti:d
in several courses under thv
direction of the Rever«nd Hora-
tions. Hill, ilireetoT, the Br.p-
tist Educational Center, New
York City; the Reverend W'illiaw
II. Borders, pastor of the Wheat
Street Baptist church, Atlanta,
Ou»; and Miss Eunice Jackson,
put their hearts and souls into
the work is proof enough that
the discipline and military bear
ing exemplified is not to be sur
passed.
Th« Battalion Players, bock-
grounded by the sweet music
of the Air Base Security Band,
entertained the soldiers of Camy-
Butner, at Service Club Numbe"
religious education instructor at 3. Specialities were offered by
headecs, the Cuicinnatti Clonna
and Clev(fland Bnckryes windup
their 5-game series at Red Bini
Stadium, Columbus under th
lites on Tuesday nite, JiU^ H'
And then the nntionall famous
Clowns plays the white Cin
cinnati Clocks at Municipal Sta-
dium^prlt\gfield, Ohio on Wed
nesday nite July 7. The Clocks,
composed of major and minor
league stars last week defeat.'d
tile Memphis lied Sox 4-3 in an
exhibition tilt-
Lloyd “Pepper" Bassett ha,s
finally returned to the Clowns
and is adding power and experi
ence to the infield, as well ««
scoring a hit with the fans who
are applauding his “Rockin’
Chair” stunt and style of re
ceiving behind the plate. The
additions of IjoRoy Moroney and
Henry Smith to th* infield lias
likewise done much to place the
Clowns bock on their current win
I streak.
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Miss W(M*3 Alien f«*urrent news, the, social status
I f t fi ® school girl and other
WedsPvL loneAUen
Thursday, June 17thj:;r;„r,M,n"C
month this group contributas to
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500 Detegates At
Sev^ Annua!
Minisisters’lnstitute
Held At Shaw “U.”
RALEIGH — Five hundren
delegates at the seventh anuual
minister’s institute, the aixfi
annual woman’s missionary eun-
ference and the first annual Sua-
day School and BTU training
conference which., held five daj'
joint sessions ' from June 14 to
June >18 passed unanimousiy t‘
resolution to seek to provide
more widespread teaehinf of the
Bible in secondary schCOOls. ^
The aiipouncement was made
by President Robert P. Daniel of
Shaw, who/ as director of the
Shaw ^University department of
religious promotion under whose
sponsorship the eombined con
ferences wtr« held, revealed als i
that-Qn the ba^is of member-) in
attendance ami expressed results
of the instruction classes the
c,onfere;ice was the most success
ful in the^: history of the orpani-
jtttiem ^
thlsf Why should we seln)c;
teAohers l>e forced to live on
substani^rd wages t I know 'of
students (girls' at
who are making: mar" on pirl
tlrfie ^eft»n*e'’work th' I mike
on*'f'wl tlilje teaching.’' ' ;
Miss Sinitb saw nothing un-
naiial or heroic in her action.
“It's .ius't"' a job somebody hi®
to do," gho 8aid>'“i am glad I
can do* it.”
She isn’t worried about the
fnture. “I have thouprht the
lAatter orer from all anglea”
he advised, “I am of age and
have made a decision which will
benefit me, my colleagues in
the teaching profession, and
my race. No price can be too
high for being able to render
this service.
Shaw University; Miss MaryjTechnical Sergeant Murvin
Ayscne, associate. Baptist Book
Store, Raleigh; Dean Johp L.,
Tilley, Dean school of Religion,
Shaw University; the Reverend
J. F. Wertz, director of religious
educatioijl; and Mrs. J. E.
Qrier, supervisor, Junior depart
ment
H.
Bohannan, Corporal Louis V.
Day, Privates Bill Durvin and
Leon Ragsdale, and Corporal
Betha Brown. Corporal R«tha
Betha Brown. Good refreshing
drinks were served from the
cafeteria and an enjoyable time
waa bad by all. -
Mrs. Florence Best
Leaves For Plrilly
Mrs. Florence Beat, maniger
of the Old Star Cafe, left
City Tuesday, June.22 f®r PhiJ-
adelpbia wHere eh* will spend
two weeks witli her friend, M'S
Claude Joses in the Ci^. *f
Brotherly Love.
In a quiet but impressive crre-
•mony the wedding of Miss Nora
Allen, daughter of Mrs. Dolia
Edwards and Pvt. lone Allen w.is
held at the home of the bi'ide,
1018 Kent «trr«t, at eight o’clock
on Juiia Vt ia presence oC a
fe4r frieitdi ahd her mother.
The bride it Well . known in
Diirham, h*vin# been employed
as' a barber at the Palace Barber
Shop on Msngum Street nr i
long namber of years. Her hus
band i8 a former resident of
I>«lla8, Texai, and pfior to be
ing indujcted into the army wan
barber ih D»llaS. He is the sou
of ^r. and Mrs. John Allen
that city.
The ceremony Was conducted
by the Rev. C. is. McLeSter, pas
tor of the Seeond Baptist church
of Durham.
the war effort by making rtf'*!
Cross bandages at the Stanford
L. Warren Library. ' _ ‘J,
On Vacation
Clarence Pancette Wr., Is af*
companying his sister, Mrs. J.
W. Curtie to W^ingtoQ, Ohi6
From there he win go to ChicagoJ
where he will spend ten day*.
INTERRAaAL-
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tural friendliness and insist
of tence of fair play, thoie tv.-)
officers have won the respci»|
of their men and the adiniratSoa
of local civilians. j
Besides these men Eili^ ■
stated that several commu)i^y
orgaidleatiotiS had ittSSOB)^ r«%-
Gayladies Club HoUr»r^."r
said -that mot* than .170 pfl-
sons give freely of their tiuM io
see thot the floldiers are ne»|r
lonely. ; 1
„ , .Some of the organirationil
M t^thW w..kly ■.-.tin, oC ^ ^,.4,
flub of .b-at flftm.
Weddy Meeting,
Friday, June 25th
senior high achool girls
aspiraUons beam toward
'^‘’"’“'BfNa! Sisterhood, th#
• 4. rk”*^«nd the ' Porahontss'^ Cltib -and
greater h^^ht. of society. D.r- M,th6dist ehnrek.i -
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ST. JOSEPH A.M.E. CHURCH
REV. J, A. VALENTINE, Minister
Sunday School 9:30 A. M., Preaching 11:00 A. M. and
7:00 P. M.

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ARE YOU DISCOURAGED, DEJ^ED, HEART-
BROKEJN? If you are—St. Joseph A. M. E. Church Ex'
tends to you without price an invitation to join its mem
bers and friends in the renewal of your hope and faith.
A Hearty Wefcome Awaits You
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Act 844
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T*S a weird'looking contraption, I’ll ad
mit But when you think what aviation
gasoline and synthetic rubber mean right
now, it begins to look pretty wonderful!
a plant for a new*type process for
making aidation gas and synthetic rubber
material from petroleum. It makes more gal*
Ions of better gas than any process ever did
before. It makes both the gas and the
synthetic rubber material at once,
which is mighty important right now!
“It’s a fluid catalytic cracking unit; Onr'
Esso research workers who developed it call
it a ‘cat cracker.’ But we did that long before
the war, back in the, 1930’s—an4 that’s I
call it a statue of libcirty. / ■ » ^ t
“It’s a working moBumient to the power o|
American freedom and. progress, t
*‘It*^8 ano^er of those. Vieyii * to • vitaL Jiraf ■
production ■ that got discovered' in tfae
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regulilr peacetime hjiiiit for better |^M>ds
for Amcrica.** . , ^
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Whmrm America geU ihm tcorUFs-
foremoat petroleum research ^ ^
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TH-E FIRST "E” AWARDED TO 'PETROLBVM RESEARCH WORKERa
STJ^DARD OIL
COMPANY
OF NEW JERSEY
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