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ee "tWe only want to make them better citizens,' he told this reporter on the island last night. ‘The main thing is to teach them voting. We want them to understand how to vote intelligently. We teach them what they ought to know so that when they go down there to register there won't be any embarrassment, ! "The robust Negro leader spoke as he sat in the rear seat of an automobile in front of Wesley AME Church about nine mies northwest of Charleston on River Road, "Strangely, not a single white person, including the county school superintendent or even officials of the Islands' Citizens Councils, had any direct knowledge the Negro adult classes were being held. "Jenkins, an honor member of the National Assn, for the Advancement of Colored People, said he long had been interested in the Negro people of John's Island, where he grew up. "He said he heard about the Highlander and its operation sometime before the classes - up v Up. xu hool re se c wer "In 1955, two white girl students of the Tennessee school came to Charleston. They sat with Negroes to observe court procedure, They were admitted integrationists. “Jenkins recalled they visited his John's Island home while here. He said also that Myles Horton, founder and director of Highlander Folk School, “had visited in Charleston County. Horton last was here about a year ago, Jenkins said. "Jenkins said he approached Highlander on setting up adult classes here, "Highlander personnel, according to reports, came here and set up the school and then left them to local leadership. Jenkins said the W- 3