Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, May 01, 1954, Image 1
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CITIZEN COMMITS
IN TEAR LONG FI(
~ CHERAW?By unanimous ac- *
tion taken in a meeting attended l>y
the 36 county trustees, Senator N
James E. Leppard, Jr., Represents- c
tives James A. Spruill, Jr., and
Paul Arant members of the s
Chesterfield board of education, tJ
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Buperintendehts from each school
area in the districts, aud the ^
county superintendent of educa- >
tion, all Negio teachers in Chester--field
county will receive supple- ^
ments equal to those of white r
teachers, according to a report of (
a meeting heli on April 19.
By agreement which came fob .
lowing a th-ec hour discussion on ]
how to spend the $84,000 sales tax s
surplus available to Chesterfield
county, the money will be spent as a
follows: (1) to equalize the "^hasic t
supplement of the Negro teachers 1
with that of the white teachers 1
within each district during the ?
1954-55 school session; (2) to di- t
vide the remainder of the money 1
in each school district equally c
among all teachers, regardless of i
basic salary, this money to be dis- r
? bursed to teachers in nine equal i f
mouthly payments during: the 195455
school session. t
V.
Persistant action of almost a j
year, spearheaded by the Citizens
Committee of Chesterfield county,
of which Van Buren Long is presi- j
dent, in protesting: the inequality of ^
supplements in the Cheraw schools, j
brought about what education officials
characterized as "one of the 1
moot spirited debates to affect the ^
school system in many a day." ^
While the supplements were un- j
equal in Districts had never been
paid any supplements at all.
Although not generally known, i
the State Appropriation Bill pro- 1
idea that $8.66 per pupil be re- (
fies the growing respect and regard 1
among Chesterfield county citizens. 1
"
("Primitive Hunters" a piece o1
lessor Jack Jordan, director of
University, won unanimously
during the Kith annual Atlanta
Negro art, recently held, it has
The second award of $ 100.00
Collins of Tallahassee, Florida,
"Spring" by Georgo Shivery ot
received honorable mention.
- Approximately 150 professior
pete annually in the Atlanta ex
Following his Atlanta awart
his "David and Goliath" valued
tive Torso" valued at $50.00 hav
on Selection to be displayed in
Charl^ton. South Carolina. thr<
His "Primitive Hunters" on
May 2, will be seen later on tele
Jordan, a graduate of Tangs
Oklahoma, received his master*!
_ ^sity of Towa. He Mason, a?
"\NA A CP,>the Alpha Phi Alpha f
- a^soctaHrrn rrf ?riii.r-.n
uuivciniiy proTOS
teri7e<1 hv a primitive at.via,
spirit that he possesses
SEVENTEENTH YEAR#
>ve F
rs Of
TEE SUCCESSFUI
SHI
ti rffrvT to -ivory scTuiidl district T
be state, with the money to b
pent us directed by the- majorit;
ote of the county delegation, in
ludinjr the senator.
Negro leaders expressed them
elves as gratified with the resul
if their labors and the justice don
>y school officials, which exempli
1TH ANNUAL CAMP LEADER:
VORKSHOP HELD
The fourth annual camp leader
vorkshop sponsored by the Pal
netto Camping Council at Mi
>eek Park was judged a grea
luccess by more than 44 partici
>ants. A well-rounded program o
n.ivauun ana instruction in cam
eadership highlighted the >vork
thop which was held April 23-25.
The cherf consultant for the work
ihop vrcs Mrs. Mat-*orie Johnson,
rroup work instructor at the At
anta University School of Socic
rVork. Mrs. Johnson was the firs
s'egro consultant in the 1 year his
ory of the workshop, and prove
lighly compentent. Mrs. Johnso
oncentrated on the values of camp
hg and camper-counselor relations
nuking use of the socio-dram;
orm of instruction.
Representatives from Benedic
College, Allen University, an
>tate A. and M. College, the Phyl
i? Wheatley Center of Greenville
he Cnnrleston District Girl Scouts
he Bethlehem Center of Spartan
>urg,. Mill Creek Orthopedic Camj
he Boy Scouts of South Care
ina, Girl Scouts of the physics
iducation departments of Booke
Washington high school of Colun
lia, and Wilson high school o
Florence, and the City of Columbi
Recreation Department were in al
.endance.
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iTicuiucis m mc rauneito uamf
np: "Council who spearheaded th
workshop were: ThomasYl. Martii
Dllie C. Dawson, Arabella Goodwit
Wendell P. Russell and Paul I:
iVebber.
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? sculptur? exhibited by Frc
the art department of A He;
the top award of $250.01
i university art exhibition o
been announced,
was won by Margaret S
for "Bust Of A Woman"
> Long Island.- New York
ial and amateur artists com
hibition.
1, Jordan was notified thai
1 at $350.00 and his "Primi
re been accepted hv the Jury
the Gibbs Art Gallery ir
nugh May 24.
exhibit in Atlanta through
Vision nnd nnnro? f
_ ? ?.... >ivf>oi ixi nei VICPS,
ston nnivorsity, Tanprston,
=< doprrr** from t.hp TTnivor*4
mamharahip itv the
ratomity, and tTio Amoriran
aors. His sculpture. rharacdemonstrates
tho ereattve
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E EDITION NUMBER 42
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p " Mrs. Fllon ( . Watson, St
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of the South Carolina Fe<
- I met with the Planning Com
a j ufort. S. C. at the home uc
kl j Kennedy; Hastess Federatec
t dent fod the 1954 State Me<
* Seate left to right are Mrs
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" A Detective And A
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0 Child Dramatize
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* Easter
baffled, disillusioned, almost un- 1
wanted little boy of eight years;
found a wellspring of kindliness in
the warm heart of a Columbia city ,
detective a few days, according to
local reports.
Appropriately, it was on Easter
T Day that something happened in j
l" this little boy's life that may give I
him a more rational conception of
a Easter, and also may become a'
k" most significant turning point in
* J his already checkered life.
Picked up for taking a quantity i
e of candy Easter ej^s from a home,
' City Detective J. L. Keefe, arrest- j
1' inj? officer was so much in sym- !
pathy with the child that he f?ave ;
him a full Easter dinner, an outfit
of wearing apparel, a beautiful j
Easter basket with ample candy
ejfjfs, ur.d best of all the advice to
KO to school and Sunday school.
The detective said that when he
? -told the child, "i-want you to-start;
proing1 -to church and school," the i
I years ago, he said, tool< the idea
Executive
Committee Of
, Pnhlipfv nf AMP
m A JL 11 jL A. XI A
Zion Meets
>r)
i Publicity arid Public Relalio?ns
of the A. M. E Zion Church met l
^ last Thursday -at the denomina-1
f tional office of the Bureau of
Public Relations in Mother A. I
M E Zion Church, 151 Westl
, 136th Street, New York. I
. Meeting with Bishop William)
J. Walls who is chairman, were j
Rev. J W Find ley of New York,
who serves the bureau as director,
Rev. David Cecil Lynch of
t Jersey City, N. J, Rev J. B
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. Adams of Johnstown. Pa,. R
J. A. Belton of Gastonia, N C.,
and Mrs. Cleo Tvner of William- !
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I >ton, N C.
The business discussed was
concerned with a far-flung program
that included plans foi
1 research, for representation it 1
the news coverage of |>olie> 1
! j and active participation in thf
problems tn the Fed em 1 govern -1
ment rvffecfiTVg the Negro and*
the M 7.ion denomination '
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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAR
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ate President s, Past State 1
derated Clubs son. State Pr<
mitttee in Bea , State Youl
>f Mrs. Jennie State Legislal
1 Club Presi standing aare
?tintf "May 7-8. tes's, aad Pro*
t. Mamie Field fort Club.
hoy said, "I ain't never been there.
"You will have to show me the wav. i
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Investigation showed that the
'lock on the front door of the home
-had been -broken with a small iron j
bar. A woman who saw the boy ,
enter and 'leave tin- house asked i
him if lie had gone in. Admitting <
the removal of the candy, the chiid
said that he would return it, which ]
he did. !
The woman also found where the I ,
child lives and reported the hap- (
penin^ to his grandmother who hail ,
whipped the child before the de- , <
teetive's arrival, and sent word to . 1
the occupants of the house that she j
wanted to see them on their return '
home. Detective Keefe said that the
child hat! been attracted by the 1 (
candv which he rniiM v.... v.,.
passed the house.
The child's mother was quoted as
saying that the woman to whom
she had given him when he was 19
months old had left here about ten '
days ago and the bo\ was now
living with?his gr undmulhur.
The ease will l>e handled by
juvenile authorities.
I such as public housing, employment
without discrimination, education
(the integration of pub' hc-schools
m the "south before ^
the Supreme Court) social security
for worker (including the
, present move to include miniIstersi
social legislations and its
1 affect upon the well-being of
the Negro.
All these considerations were
; in addition to keening the deI
nomination'" members and the
general public informed on the
work of the A M K /ion 1
Church
Rev. J. M. Find ley. director of
the public relations bureau gave
a comprehensive report of the
work accomplished by the Bureau
and its plans for expansion,
particularly the plans for form-,
ing regional committees to work
in cooperation with the national'
bureau staff in New York Citv '
*"Wc must meet the needs of
out poopie irio economic, social
ond political as \vell as re- '
up situations in housing where
ligious needs We must follow
we have meml)ers and must put
churches in those places u here
our members have relocated,"
saixi Bishop Malls of Chicago as
h r> Slimmo/"! im ? ' ?1
n hi n ill IIH'
public relations bureau of .the
A M E 7,ion Church following
i mooting of the executive .
ao.irrl of the bureau. on whiv.h
h" serves as eh umum
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LI N FOR Ml
OLINA, SATURDAY, May 1
illC T
Equal
I'r.> 1 I < 11' Mr I 1 m W: i1
esident; Miss Thelma Murra
th Advior; and Mrs. Butler,
tive Chairman. Second row
Mrs. Jennie Kennedy. Hosrram
Committee of the Beau ,
CAROLINA OMEGAS CITE , j
CATHOLIC BISHOP
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.-The
Sixth District Conference, of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hold
in? its annual meeting here last
iveck. April 16, 17 and 18. cited
a Catholic Bishop for his stand
:>n segregation ip liis church
At tht. public meeting held in
Pries Auditorium on the Winston-Salem
Teachers College
campus on Friday evening. The
Most Reverend Vincent S. Waters,
^Bishop of Raleigh, was awarded
a handsome plaque for
distinguished and historic pronouncements
in the cause of
Christian brotherhood and social
progress" Father Waters,
some few months back, issued
orders to abandon thc practice
of separate and segregated services
under his supervision.
Father Francis A. Gorman ol
St. Benedict's Chufch of Wins
ton-Salem received the plaque j
pn behalf of Bishop Waters !
Father Gorman explained that !
Bi till up Watiiii is. pouno?by-jchurch
law to remain ui his 1
cathedral during Holy Week ^
Father Gorman read a state :
1
merit of appreciation from Bis !
hop Waters. "Bach and every'
individual is another Christ",'
-44++- bishop- said." """Christ has
Kditorial ?
Thank You, Su
The sensational wa
Lighthouse from the
Kintfstive v. hist lestop
tieal eiivus has becon
arm for the newspape
of the April 21 issue
ted by people who wai
the waving and tl
about.
Immediately upon t
"endorsement" the'
at the decree of stupi
to possess in ord?r t<
is an etidorsement of
very short quotes. An
t he deal a ration othei
laek of int el lie-on 4^
tho printed word, or
jrard <>f tho truth.
Printed in Columbia
paiprninjr has boon th>
voars. tho T.iyhthouso
candidate, including M
_.X(>hld and, wo.nld. say tl
could sav about my oy
Qualify mo to hp yovor
now nof-o in tho 11*01
Continued on
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County
Citizens Committee if
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Urges Registration
The Rev. J. P. Reeder, president v
of the Citizens Committee of b
Columbia and Richland county, is-It
sued an urgent appeal this week
for all unregistered persons to be t
sure to go to room 312, Richland j<
county courthouse on or before n
May K to qualify for voting on g
June 8 for- V; S. Senator, gover, h
congressman, solicitor, state sena- u
tor, members of the house of re- |
preservatives, and various local L
officials. j "I
Dr. Reeder emphasized that the ' J
permission has been given now for !
citizens in Columbia and Eau Claire j 1
as well as in all other parts of the '
must he greatly increased registra- |
tion in order to give full support at
the ballot boxes for the commttee's
candidates, Albert A. Kennedy, (
Columbia attorney, for membership ^
on the Columbia city school board; t
and Dr. H. D. Montieth, Columbia t
physician and hanker, candidate v
for the legislature from Riehlnnrl I ~
"" ? ?X,
county. s
It was also pointed out that per*
sons now holding certificates dated , n
January 1, 11*48, or later, are quali- r
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Mrs. Simkins To ,
Address Florence 1
NAACP ' iv
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FLORKNCK?Mrs. Andrew W.
Simkins, state secretary of NAACP ' ^
f
and acting editor-manager of the | ^
Lighthouse and Informer, will ad- ^
dress the local I ranch of NAACP *'
in CumlM'rland Methodist church, w
Sunday afternoon, May 23, it has 15
been announced. - ,n
The important role that women j ^
can piay in civic and political ac- iw
ti<?n programs, with special relation
to NAACP activities will be ^
emphasized, it was said. '
The officers of the branch hope. S(
to have a large increase in mem- ;
bership during their campaign now1''
about to get under way. :a
ii
taught how?to treat om?tv!- ' l"
lowinwr We must treat every ?
man as if he ..were Christ him- (
self."
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Dr A. O. Stce-lg, - professor of
, * #1*1 ft
religious education and dean of
chapel at """Johnson C. Smith ^
University .^t Charlotte, presented
the plaque.
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h! !l
ving of the humble i("
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rostrum (luring the
n
> of this year's poli- ,,
le a real shot in the h
;r. An extra printing
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is practically exhausted
to see just what a
ie raving were all ili
reading- tho reported : y
people were amazed
idity one would have
a claim the editorial . I
anything save two
ivone who interprets
"wise either shows tt
clearly comprehend
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a Convenient disre- w
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where clean cam- |B<
I ' Vi
e custom for many
maintains that any jut
fr. Timmerman. who jrn
hat^-"Nothing thai. I??? +Ft
ponent would hotter
w I
nor." is sounding a ro
al state ca monies ,
i Psre Four
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"price ten cents
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Supple
ied to vote until 1958.
Thoro was also the request tha
41?ministers?arm!?fanflSfs oT al
ther organizatiojoa, and .group
.'ork intiringly to get the mem
ers of their organizations regis
ered 100 per cent.
Mrs. G. F. Nelson, president o
he Columbia women's counci
oined the citizens committee ii
naking this announcement by ur
ing that each member contact re
Fitives and friends at once with th
rgent appeal to register at once
Daughters Of Elks
[n Rockhill Meet
CHARLESTON .(SPECIAL)?
TheGrand Exalted Ruler, th
irand Daughter Ruler, and th
irand Directress of Education o
he Improved Benevolent Protec
ive Order of Elks of the Work
.ill appear on the program of.th
louth Carolina Daughter Elks *as
ociation to be held in Rock Hill
lay 0-11, according to an an
ouncement hy Mrs. Mabel L
Ireen of this city, president of th
rganization.
Grand Exalted Ruler Robert H
ohnson of Philadelphia, sucesso
o the late lamented J. Finley Wil
on, who has rendered salient ser
ice during his two years in office
rill be making his first officia
isit to this Satte.
Also here for the first time wil
e Grand Daughter Ruler Netti<
arter Jackson of Statan Island
lew York, leader of the larges
raternal organization of Negr<
omen in the world. Mrs. Jacksoi
? a dynamic, tireless worker ii
mny far flung organizations em
racing a wide field of actlvitip
hich include director of the Statei
dand NAACP, past matron of th<
rder of Eastern Star, Prince Hal
filiation: member of the famil)
L*rvice board of the Staten Islam
alvation Army, rehabilitatior
nairman of the Armfield-Kittre
uxiliarv of the American I^egior
1 Staten Island, and recipient ir
L>r> 1 of tin Itod Feather certificate
riiterTF for service rendered in th<
'ommunity ("heat drive.
Miss Ethel- Charleston, Grant
ires'tress of Education, will b<
rnking her second visit. Each yea
he (Irand Ix>dge of Elks give;
our-year scholarships -to sevei
oung people entering college, witl
he present number of scholarship
eing approximately 57. Just re
ently a scholarship was mad
vailable at the Bcthune-Oookmai
ol'lege at Davtona Beach.
i
Mrs. Green appealed for a la.rg
ttendance at the Rock Hill meet
ng for which she said local mem
ers are making exhaustive plans
Other state officials of th<
aughter Elks include Miss Edni
Butler of Columbia, secretary
nd Mrs. Neshy Armstrong of Mul
ns, treasurer.
iVilliston Branch
)f NAACP Meets
The regular monthly meeting ol
ie Williston Branch of NAACF
as held in Fair Mount Raptist
uirch last Sunday afternoon, at
hich time the annual membership
nnpaign was launched with Latin
prry as chairman of the memberlip
committee.
The branch president, Mr. I^ewis,
ged each member to bring in as
any new members as possible.
mrtoon new members loineJ
iring Sunday's meeting, , during
btrh the anttttTicc beard inspiring
marks from the Reverends Smith.
iusc, and Rush. ,
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rs. Mary Ann Frank?Reporter
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merits /Candidate
For
y Legislature
Decries Taxation
Doctor H. D. Monteith, candidate
f for the house of representatives
'1 from Richland county, speaking
n during the county campaign meet
ing at Lower Richland high school
last Saturday, urged a careful study
e and readjustment of the state tax
> stri cture by professional tax experts,
to prevent the duplication
of tax levies or their overlapping.
^ Monteith also said that expert go*
vernment plannng and careful government
spending would result in
lower taxes as well as more benefit
from every tax doDar.
While revision and relief from
taxes wTe emphasized more or lees \
e by almost every aspirant for the
e legislature, Monteith alone called
f for relief through the removal of
- sales tax from foods and medicines,
d saying that the sales tax on a ten
e dollar weekly grocery purchase
- would buy a large loaf of bread or
I, a quart of milk and help lessen the
- threat of malnutrition in many
i. hundreds of families.
e i Monteith said that he also bases
his contention on sales tax removal
on these two items on the fact that
the income from sales taxes is beyond
that expected, so that the resulting
surplus from this source
would be evened oc by giving the
j benefit to the people from whom it
came.
Sixteen persons in addition to
1 Monteith are running for the eight
e house seats in Richland county,
i, Monteith, a native Columbian, a
t physician, and president of the
3 Victory Savings Bank is making
y his biu for political office as a drafi
ted candidate of the Citisena Com
. mittee of Columbia and Richland
county.
Albert A. Kennedy, another drafted
candidate of that organization
is seeking membership on tha
| Columbia city school uoaid.
Hinton Refutes
Timmerman's
r NAACP Charged
s t President James M. Hintoa of _
i South Carolina Conference of the
1 ] National Assn. for Advancement of
e | Colored Peope, reiterated today .
r j that the NAACP is not supporting
s 1 any candidate for governor,
n | Tie said a claim by Lt. Gov.
h George Bell Timmerman Jr. that
s N'AACP support is "misleading
- and untrue."
e Timmerman made the statement
n this week on the county-to-county
campaign he and Bates are wage
ing in their two-way race for the
-1 governorshp.
Hinton said: "It is deplorabla
l. | that the race issue should ha
e brought into the campaign by any
% candidate for any office."
; "South Carolina has many Ira
- portnnt issues that candidates
should discuss," he said "and
leave race and color out.
"The segregation1 school case Is
before the U. S. Supreme Court
and no person . . . can say what
will be done, no matter which way
the courts decide. . .
"Negroes will vote as they hare
always done, as they think and
' feel about candidates, and nothing
' Lt. Gov. Timmerman will say, or r-?;
: any other candidate, will changa
that picture.
NAACP To Meet *
At Dillon
DILLON ( (SPECIAL) ?The
junior and senior organizations of
the NAACP will hold a special
.joint meeting Sunday aftamoow at?-?
the St. Stephen Methodist chutch* ?
at 4d)0 o'clock. D. C. McDuflle, "
principal of the Little Rock school
' will he the spraker of the -occasion.
Herbert Crawford?Reporting
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