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EIGHTEENTfTYr 11 ’ EDITION NUMBER 1
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. SATUR day » JULY 31, 1954
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hev. Adolphus Carty iNAACP To Hold
liesigns As Rector ^ .
The Rev. Adolphus Carty, ^ ^1111131L, dectlll
Rector of St. Luke’s Protestant a call has been issued 0r a!
Episcopal Church since October meeting in Columbia on ifeusti
1951, resigned from hi s charge 4 0 f a committee t© plat the
at St. Luke’s Church. The eflec- nex t annual session of the^ ate
tive date of the resignation i* NAACP Conference to
September 1, 1954, on which m Spartanburg, October ]f an< ! I
date he will take over his new 17 Attending the mee1 .^|wm!
duties in the Dioce.se of Ken- ^ ^ e conference ex<y^ ve 1
tuck y- , , j committee, congressional 1 * s " 1
Along with St. Lukes Church, trict re p resen tatives and ;,uth
the Rev. Mr. Carry is Priest m coundl ofllciaX according » an!
Charge of St. Anne’s Church, announcement by J. ^ rf ton .'
West Columbia; St. Thomass Conference President F ton
Church, Eastover, South Caro- said that efforte are bcing jhadc
iina and St. Annans Church, Lib- to schedu)e Thurgood Mfhall
erty HJil, Columbia, S. C. ag ma - n S p ea k0 r f 0r ^ inual ‘
The Rev. Mr. Carty is mar- f j
ried with two children Jeffery j
and Joanne. Mrs. Carty was for- Hinton also said that p^ s t0
mally a School teacher in Nova organize all Negro l aw y<# in'
Scotia, Canada. | the State at a meeting t o b held !
The Rev. Adolphu s Carty was the second Saturday m S*>tem-
bom in Saint John, New Bruns- her will be discussed af this’
wich, Canada. After completing time, as well as the co£ ress -!
his high school studies in 1931, ional district mee»iiu fc - s sc jjdulde
he became Detai] Officer at the for Saturdays during NcH !mber
Boy’s Industrial Home, a reform 1 an d early December.
School for Boys, until he en-!
listed in the Royal Canadian ^ 0 f plaP for
Integration Will Permit Him ^ learn the true Story
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teaching
race HAr£
against
negroes!
Airforce in 1939.
He served in the Air
OUR AMERICAN
:EDUCATIONAt SYSTEM
Social Security Office HAILE SELASSIE
Lists Retirement ^ ^^ ^
Fibres requests audience
with NEGRO HISTORIAN
Per-
Here’s, a questio n to all
sons in Richland County.
How much covered empi 0 ,
ment or self-employment in
come will YOU need in order
Also, on the agenda
the consideration
_ the testimonial dinner *scP dule d
0rCe in Charleston on Novemt/ c for
The Honorable J. Waite War
ing. j
Bail For Claude
Lightfoot Redu^d
Bail for Claude Lighten. e xe
cutive secretary of th e (°nunu-
nist Party of Illinois wa / reduc
ed from $50,000 to $ 3 o/00 by
Judge Joseph Sam P err j in the
Federal District Court S'furday
July 17, it was annotuF ed by
the Civil Rights Cong r0 |S of m.
inois today. In re^ng the
bond, Judge Perry set if an Un
usual requirement jjking it
necessary for Mr. l^tfoot to
report to the U. s. (Marshall
., . , every Saturday morr Ur o
throughout the war in the Aero- .
^ , Mr. Lightfoot is Mwkf no- 1
. r . . . -1, iu/is ae * a hitherto unu^ci section of:
Lon department untii 1W45. . ,
In 1954 Mr. Carty entered Smith Act hfch attempt
Wycliffe College, Toronto Cana- to make membership in the Com
da, to study for the Ministry of muni3 t Party a crimi na l oifense
the Church of England. After ^ P art ol the Judge ’' 3 ProP al " |
graduation assumed the duties ed statement on the motion f
of the rector in a Parish in Auction of bail which he re ad
Beuton Harbor, Michigan. While at the ^° n (' USl0n 0 lJle ° ra 1
in Benton Harbor, the Rev. Mr. arguments by attorneys of both
Carty served on the committee 3ldM he a ‘! e ^ pted /
of the Board of Control of the blg ^ ° f f the fact , that ^ lr ' |
Twin City Area Safety Control Llghtf °° for the f St tbree :
Boy Scout Committee of Berrien ^ ars ba !^ ot hved^at hi s per-
NEtf YORK, (GLOBAL) .... to contact Hi S Majesty.
J. A- Rogers, author and lec- However, the Emperor asked
turer #ho S e many volumes on Mr . Rogers to visit him in his
Negro history have uncovered S uit e at the Waldorf Astoria,
to be eligible for social security little kl>Own facts on the con- explaining. “I sent for you be-
benefits when you reach 65? v j tributio» a of the Negro to world cause j like your book -Great
TT history,'vas summoned by Em- Men of color’ and I think vou
According to W. H. Nixon, peror H a 'le Selassie last week are do i ng a splendid work”
manager of the Columbia social for an interview and discussion
manager of the ^ 0n Mr. Mgers’ works. The Emperor b ht 128
security office, there is netter
than an even chance that your Mr. R°gers said he visited copies (Mr. Rog ers ’ remaining
answer if y° u have one—will Ethiopia m 1930 and 1936 and supply) of the book and gave
be wrong Why? Mr. Nixon ex- met the Emperor. However, Mr. Rogers a gold coin of the
plains it this way: Since thou- since Hoi' e Selassie was on a Coronation. These coin<; were
sands of older workers have al- sta te visit to thi s country and limited in production. Only 1000
readv Qualified for benefits with Sltlc ® there were extensive de- of them were str Uck and the
vear and one-half ^ he> Em P eror ’ s timc - Em P eror directs ^eir presenta-
as little as a y he b ad derided not to attempt tion only to those mcKt ...nr+hv
of covered earnings, many peo- — . —
pie have assumed that any per
son can do the same. Actually
that is true only where the in- rpp. \ ’TTPXTTN
dividual attained that age before | \J Ail till D
July 1, 1954.
Anyone reaching 65 after June
30th of this year will need two
more quarters of covered era-
S.c. 4-H’ERS
REG. CAMP
STATE YWa
plans rally
The Baptist Yo ung Womem , s
Auxiliary has for mu , ated p]aM
for a state-wide
;uu*
mm
IAAC
?NK
HA\
ORANGEBlJBG -_ The seventh a state-me Harvest d
p.y Mn . or ^p.OTO„, (W ^°" a ' ‘"“lb Camp BeUThansag, ring Pag 6aM "
every .dtiiUOha! ye„ up .he BaeZu „L ” l ”” <i a ' ^ Thatths-
« ime - ^ » 5 5 ^ — »■ Ev " , ' ovem ^
son who will be 65 three yeart ther outstan^g 4-H boys and Each church “ a sked to send
from now will need 6 more gjrig from
..... . „ - - - f Ve nteen Southern a queen to compete in it.,-
quarters i„ addtBon to the «, and Border State, „ho have „e.t Contest The
atoady reqtuyd, or a total of been selected beeause ot their , “ ' IUeen repOT ‘
12. The maximum coverage re- achievement f 4-H club work 1 e g anioun f a hov
quirement is 40 quarter* and The theme of the camp this 1 ($50 00) fifty dol lars, will »
the minimum is 6. year is "Worlng together for ' crowned ‘‘Queen of the Ham-
The Columbia socia] security world Understpding”. 1 and " i,! ride on th e YWA fl
manager stated that a pamphlet South Caroba has always’ Morrls College Ho
explaining fully the eligibility been represent}, and this year Da y mg Parade ° n Thanksgivii
requirements and other social will be repres(4|?d by the foil-;
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security questions i s available owing:
upon request at any social secu- ,
rit>^ office. .Reaueft fpr Pamph- V' “
let number 35 shoSd be Bevmce
addressed to the Social Securi- John A. Floyrl,
ty Administlation, 1420 Lady Frances Mungta
Street, Columbia, South Caro- Charles Bensoi
lina. Persons approaching 65 Mary A. Williams
who have any doubt about their Arthur Cauthen
ability to meet the employment LaVeme Bing
requirements are urged to ob- Charles Grave s
The
COUNTS ’I
l ' ‘ ,;,r y
Horry from various
tain a copy.
County, the Department of Chi-
which has been the c aSa of hun
dreds ’
leaders.
Committee nt dreds of other working class
stain Social Relations of the foot explamed was don ® in or-
Diocese of Western Michigan, der t0 f OU;ct his f ^ ll y aad
The Ministeral Councilmg Gro- a5S0CUa from bara ssment
up to the Juvenile Court, and
the Boys Work Committee 0 f
the Twin City Y M. c - A -
While in Columbia, he served 6 vi ' si0USIieSs i ° f ! ,
on the Standing Committee 0 f f tate j^, j^ f the i udg * * ^
Upper South Carolina, an d ot
her Committees. The Rev. Mr.
Carty is also on the Board of . . . . .
Trustees of Voorhee’s High chairman of the ClV1] Right
manent address. This Mr. Light- NAACP CONVENTION - GOERS enjoy free “Cokes” at their recent Texas meet.
his decision one must conclude
that impartiality was lacking, ’
stated Mr. John T. Bernard,
College
in
School asd Junior
Denmark. >
On Sunday morning August 1,
the Rev. Mr. Carty Will give
his farewell sermon in st.
Luke’s Church at 9:00 A. M
Congress of Illinois.
Mr. Lightfoot was ably repre
sented by Miss Pearl Hart, well ,
known Chicago lawyer and Mr
Nelson Wilii s , past president °f;
the Cook County Bar Associa- j
tjon, former head of the chic- j
ago Branch o£ the NAACP and
past chairman of the Civil Lib- .
erties Committee of the tBPOE
A LITTLE INJUN’ — Velma
Gibson, a pretty mile junior
at A & T College, drew above
ordinary glances in h er In
dian makeup for the annual
Blue Ribbon
Matrons Club
The BRMc held its meeting
at the home of Mrs. Arot> Jen
kins Jr- Mis James Greehe act
ed as Assistant Hostess. The
meeting was opened with pray
er, after which business w as re
ported on the Blue Ribbon Taxi
we’ve learned that they ar e do
ing some excellent work.
They have donated $200 00 for
the Little League Baseball team
this year and on last year $200 -
00. Mr. C. W. Madden is in
charge of that team and we
learned that he has done Wond-
Young People To
Meet At JBenedicI
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MAKE HONOR
AT J.C. SMITH
S Choii
parts 6f the state
Hampton | are being invited to participate.
Spartanburg
Beaufort Eacb YWA i s urged to cooper-
Lancaster ate wafh these efforts. If your
Allendale church does not have a YWA,
Marion y 0 „ may enter the contest by
Miss Sara Aiken, Asst. State cpr^;,,., ...
t ^ ! ame - vour na me and address
Mome Agent, and Waymon John t M „
- Ivlrs Sharper, Morris
College, Sumter, or Mrs. Mag
nolia A. Lewis, Horatio, S. C.
son, Asst. State Supervisor of
Negro Extension Work, will ac
company this 4-H number.
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The fifth annua session of the
1 Young People’s Christian As-
isembyq of South Carolina will
i be held on the campus of Bene-
1 diet College August 2-6. The
following courses will be offer- ! “B’ or above,
ed: Bible Study, Principles of
Religious Education,
CHARLOTTE, N. C. —The ho
nor orll at Johnson C. Smith
University for the second seme-:
ster of the past school term
shows that ninety-three studentp
in the College o f Liberal Aits
earned a scholastic average of
fmt
Sm
Omega Fsi I’hi .Vlardi Gras ers and is an excellent coach-
held on the campus recently. We are proud 0 f our children
A Greensboro native, she ma who have done so well ° n the LOVES THE WATER — Ellaworth Kirby, Wilson, N. C., ^
jors in elementary education : team, so lets help i n every wayj rising senior at A & T College, has adopted swimming p e0 pi e spend 0 ne wee« m study,
and hopes t° become a class- we can, small or large. P’ease as 'her favorite activity. The attractive major in elemen-1 recrea ncn and inspirational
room teacher upon gradua- read y 0 ur Lighthouse and In- tary education is perched on the diving board of the new j
tion. ! former college pool, .. programs
Bruce Chandler, a Junior m
Christian, college of Liberal art from |
Doctrine, Christian Stewardship, I char]ott . e mainfaine d a straight
Church School Intermediate average ; n 0 f his eours-i
and j un ior Methods, Cuhrch' s for bQth the first and second ;
School - Beginner Methods, Chr
istian Citizenship, Daily Vaca
tion Bible School Methods. B. T.
U. Adminstration, Missionary
Methods, and Friendship and
Marriage. Recreational features
wil] be hiking, swimming, soft
j ball, etc. There will be inspira-
| tional messages each evening.
Thursday evening will be talent
night and Friday at noon certi
ficates will be awarded. The
faculty is interracial. The
Young People’s Christian As
sembly is sponsored by Benedict
College and gy the Baptist W.
M. U. of South Carolina. The
bly provies a wonderful stimu-
Young People’s Christian Assem
lating experience in Christian
fellowship where the young
semesters.
The following South Caroli-
ins were among those receiving:
honors:
SENIORS:—
Gwendolyn L. Currency. Clover, j
Thornell K. Page. Dillon; and
Kenneth M. Williams Columb
ia.
JUNIORH:—
Videffa S. Blageney. Rock Hill, j
and Laura J. Tyson. Cheraw
SOPHOMORES:—
Doris A. Frasaer, Walterboro j
and Wilhelmina G. Page, Dillon.
. FRESHMAN:— _
Fjoyd L Davis, Georgetown;
Leonard Greene, Columbia; Sa- Margaret Bell, Jackson,
ndra A. Medford. Lancaster;
Louise C. and Joan P. Page, Di-
Pen-
llon and Rebecca L. Vance,
t
dleton.
EASY! BARBED WIRE. — a barbed wire fence on the
college farm. A farm girl
rising soph more at A & T herself. Margaret knows the
College, observes extreme ’ danger. She is majoring iv
caution as she goes tnrough physical education.