the changing south ? Barriers to Negro's j Voting Slowly Topple AP Newsfeatures COLUMBIA. S. C.t ? The Ne 4ro in the south has his feet plant ed firmly on the political road from second to first class citizenship, i Sometimes he takes a broad step, | but mostly he just, inches along. That he moves at all is a trib ? ute not only to his own efforts, but to the changing at it tide of many " white southerners who feel the Ne- j gro should receive the ballot as a matte* of simple justice. One by one, artificial barriers to enfranchisement are toppling. One is the discriminatory Boswell amendment in Alabama which sought to bar the Negro from the polls by leaving it to the discretion ! ot white registrars as to whether 1 he could interpret the constitution. | Likewise, alter a long bitter bat tle. he won in federal court the' right to participate in South Car olina's real election, the Democratic primary. Still S?me Opposition He has advanced to the point where in every southern state I Except Mississippi, he \otes in the tens of thousands, though there are rear - guard actions against his mass participation. To the surprise of a great many "traditional" southerners there is a Negro alderman in Winston Salem, N. C. Richmond, Va., has a Negro city councilman and a Ne gro state representative. I^ven here, headquarters for the SEVEN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER I "Good For What Ails Yon" Freeman Brothers, Morehead City Local Distributor J DRESSED & DELIVERED Call on us today if you want information on fish ing boats for charter or an order of diessed fish. Phones 6-4020 OTTIS* FISH MARKET 8lh and Evans Sis. Norehead City ? ~ I ' / ? John McCray i States Rights Democrats, a Ne gro undertaker is in the race for city council. Another is running for the council in Chattanooga. Two reportedly may enter the race in Nashville. A Weekly Editor's Views Here, too. is to be found an ag gressive ^negro political movement similar to those found in other large southern cities. This one is sparked by editor John McCray of the weekly newspaper. The Light house & Informer. To the broad question "What has the soth done for the Negro?" McCray replied, "Nothing. Nothing they didn't have to do. Anything that has been done has been done by the Negro mostly, through the federal courts, the threat of fed eral court action or fear of action by Congress." Implicit in the Negro movement is the belief that politicians lis ten only to voters and that only by voting can they obtain the ser vices of their government. In an interview McCray expres sed the belief that "this next elec tion will be the last in South Carolina in which race will be much of an issue. The reason, said McCray, will be the emergence of the Negro as a major political factor. Out to Kreak Kecord He pointed out that after the fed eral courts opened the state Demo cratic primary to Negroes in 1948 about 30,000 voted. "This time," he added, "we are out to get 200.000." The young Negro editor, a native of Charleston, said the political awakening of his people began with the New Deal. "When the New Deal took the Negro, chopping cotton at 75 cents an acre, but of the field and gave LET F. R. BELL BE YOUR DRUGGIST QUALITY^ fc=Z?l I FOOD STORES] iFOOOSTOMSi SATURDAY NIGHT is "FAMILY NIGHT Open 'Til 8:30 P. M. Every Saturday! Molher's Fresh, Pure Pint Jar Mayonnaise - - 39c Patltrr's l abel Red Ripe No. 2 Can Tomatoes - - 2 lor 27c I.ibhy, llole, or Del Monte Sliced No. 2 Can Pineapple - - - 32c Hi-C Refreshing 46-Ox. Can Orangeade - - - 31c Corn Flakes 8-Oz. Pkg. Kellogg's - - - 14c Silver l.abel U l b. Pkg. tt-Lb. Pkg. Tea 27c 51c Dole Fanry Fruit Cocktail - - Soap Powder New Rinso - Soap That Prevents "B.O." 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Miss Kathleen Bragg, Mrs. Travis Williams and daughter spent sev eral days in Beaufort last week. Mrs. Gray Bragg and granddaugh ter, Bernice Forbes, spent last week in Washington, N. C. Carleton Kelly left Monday for him something, he began asking, What can I do to help this* man Roosevelt?" In those days there wer* six branches of the National Associa tian for the Advancement of Col ored People in the state. Now, he reported there are 86 with a mem bership of J4.000, largest in the south. McCray said the goal for South j Carolina was to register not fess than 50 per cent of the entire adult negro population. "We didn't want to see the j races divided in politics," he con- : tinued, " and we went to the whites to see what could be done. We got various reactions, but the majority said it just couldn't be done." Another great awakening to the potentialities of the ballot came in the municipal elections at Con way, S.C., in 1944, McCray declared. There, he reported, a White fac tion known as the "Reform" group set out to oust the incumbent. "They actually met in barber shops and church basements at | night seeking the Negro vote. | When the election came the in- j cumbent got 413 votes and the Re form Negro group got 417 ? and the Negroes provided the margin of victory." What benefits did the Negroes i obtain? "Well," McCray added, "they" got a new high school, two Negro policemen, extended garbage service and the undesirable spots cleaned up." This pattern,* he continues, has been duplicated in half a dozen South Carolina cities and will be in more. Schools Are a Cioal He pointed out that hand in hand with the emergence of the Negro as a voter in Columbia went con- ? struction of a new $500,000 high school and a $200,000 swimming pool. One of the Negroe's chief aims in South Carolina, McCray con cluded is the improvement of South Carolina's schools for Ne groes. Petitions, usually the forerunner of federal court suits, are being circulated asking equal educational facilities. The magnitude of this task for South Carolina is measured by the fact that a 1947 survey showed 1,398 White schools with a plant valuation of $55,000,000 and 2,096 Negro schools valued at $9,000,000. A measure of what is taking place on the local level is the boast by the Truman Democrats "that the two races can work together with out friction in the Democratic par ty." , (Next: The TV A Story) several days' visit with relatives in Norfolk. Mrs. Minnie Farrow returned to j Baltimore this past week, alter a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence | Scarborough. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Williams is | visiting her mother, Mrs. Dave Wil- 1 liams. Miss Isabella O'Neal arrived | home Sunday tor a two weeks' va- i cation from Eastern Carolina ' Teachers College. She will continue I her college work there when the ! fall term opens in September. 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