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: . - ' - . ' v-. ,'T -T4- ' * '* : wpr. . . - ' i ; . Uv '* i " "r . . ' .T'^v > *,: : ? - ? -- - - ' ??' ?; j ~~ ' f * * " ' t ' . * ' 1 ^?? a---, Fubhuliec Weekly in the Simkins Building i?22* Washington dtroet ' Colombia 80, P. ;" Entered In tea Foot Office at Columbia, s. C.. ? second cin? natter under the Act of March 3. 1879 .^JllMttCKlWOK RAT?8. PAYABLE VN ADVANCE Omm Jr. W.7?;?ix Mos. f2.M, Three Moe. tl.50; Single Copy Me. Your expiration date is printed weekly on' subscriber s copy. . _ _ _ j?? *?? i a i i mi i i ! i , i hi i - * ADVERTISING ..HATES ON REQUEST Make checks and orders to The Lighthouse and Informer IOHN h. McCKAY. Editor Publisher; OSCEOLA E. McKATNE kasoctate Kditor; K. A, Parker. Wm. H. Simmons. St., Field Represen* awn. - ; ^ , " ; * i ' " " 1 1 _ ' ' ? ?News eoiry must reach offjcn of pnhiif?ftnn?hy?n?un Tues lay; advertising copy by 3 p. m. Tuesday.., VVe do nojt guarantee etthsr the use or return of unsolicited materials All 'matters a? 'opted for publication are subject to editing in accordance wtks or service nsttero V .. lnrlno AA/nrSno'c C/\imcl VVUI Ml\j if *fWUI|VI n^^/IUUWII Thoughvoices in opposition have already arisen against him, U. S. District bourtrdTirfge J. Waties Waring proposed .1 . _ a.step toward settling the race issue in this country in such fashion before the New York Lawyers Guild last week that it deserves more than passing reference..... ~T Judge Waring, whose several recent rulings have brought toSouth Carolina fa new order of inter-racmt?living, attet outlining the s\ v us ol thinking .and acting of native white . southerners, invited the northerners and other Americans outside of the South having keen and sincere interest in its welfare and that of the country as a whole, to come into the section and work "gently: but firmly" to liquidate racism. This* is a perfect about face. It is the opposite "to what southern white leader^ have advocated. Hut when the back" .. .ground liehind it is tiedin with the Waring proposal, it makes much sense ami tnayatso'hc'pie" "one answer ".long rtftoHed' ' ?. / . / ... Thin harkgrnimil, of whirh^.lmlgg AYaWnp-TtTtl not imeak. includes the previous ,,'>"minp!' "r ""ho' i ttt help the -South to develop and live industrially, educationally and politically. ? " ? ~ There is hardly a daily newspaper,- a corporation opera t ing a radio station, n furniture, department, clothing or grocery business, of .sizable volume and business reputation which is not financed partially or in full by northern or other than southern capital. In-the field of education, beginning at the end of the Civil War, many organizations poured millions of dollars in-? . to t he .South to educate Negroes and even to educate whites. Mfln v nf thpsp havo srinrn hnnn fUawdvort- \ ill npig rate. The -number o? Rosenwald Schools, Jeahes Teachers, the number pf institutions receiving funds frpm the Genemi Board of Education, from-wealthy northernefs stag^erfl the imagination. And had these not existed the back of the . . South would have been shattered .the dav- after the Civil ?" v/Hfcemi?d. r* < ' .? ? atjMMirpi ' has been a paradox to nptiELaouthemerfl whoemng^lt ? ap tor sectional independence ahd iri~the next breath hightailing it north to solicit fuhds, resources and means with which fo exists In-other wprds,..we of the South have conCehded for. a laisselatfafre^colics, on t hp "raca cpiestion^ . . aivd at^the ^ipe tinie'^court^d these same'courses for assistance Jn order to operate. ; v : If reasoning is to Be applied, then it ,4s obyious that just . as* the South has needed -outside help to educate, employ and develop Its citizens, it has rteeded-*but \vould not Codnternpnce-help op the race issue. It hasn't- gotten much help _j_ either and contipuesvto spend so much time wr&hgiing over if' Ctir> affowrl liftln f..> iEn I m aim ! Moreover, if thO South's economic and odiK'Mtinnip -piv>. ' hlOms mnat 1m jxiimi.im M/f-prrTTTTrrhT^Hp "f the country, the race proDiem is also tnat of America, The two inseparable, that Itf the people and their ..community. .The people constitute the wmnyanityja.resources and wealth and 'wtrrn / thesehavQ short-comings, as' has had the Sbuth's-the i>cot)Je ,. are the T,rtntr of ff ,: ''?-? - . ?~~ -l-y. ?-: " ^ -T ' Lee Draws Mississippi Ire I)y way of The Jackson "(Miss.) Advocate, and-its yifiN , lynt editor Percy .Greene," we note that editor 'Davis Tee of - The Newark, N. J.. Teihgram, whose July writf~ngsAvero.so.de licious t,o.,candidates .L- Strom Thuumond and Fielding ? L. Wright, wasn't "a-tall" welcomed in .Jackson last week. : Editor Green, by way of welcome, alluded to the gentleT man as being an "accommodating Negro,!' which; in plain; words means "being a stooge fpr the. White interests.' .The Noonday Luncheon Club in .JacksOn called a special meeting and invited Mr. Leer to be. present but Mr, Lee'declined, just as he has declined an invitation to meet with Negroes in Columbia and other places since his sudden projection into the" minds of white' southerners. Instead,. The Adyoeate said,. he. "headed f.or, the. big house,presumably the abode of "boss" Fielding Wright And fr&Hl here, w-4#i?h?jp? Mint GdWrhol' Wright keep htm in his abode. There;, it is ftafer to his person and Negroes and honest-minded whites are ?nf/ r ,iW tfre fprtrdecency "and fair hlav in the South--??? y- Truman's Civit Rights. Record "" ~While his opponents are asserting before the mis-informed that his civil rights stand is a political?expedient the written record of Preshlent Trnmarr on" the Ts.sue is iliumi nating. In 1920. as nnprotont inio; campaigner in Missmrd" ftnrt hflfnen hn iMmO 1.7Dm IT M he vMltt'"d almost ?Single-tejdedjy jiipiiUHI 11 le Ku KfuxKlan, was brickbaltedT tomato and egg splashed and drew numerous warnings, from the hooded order and its supporters. ' In the_ senate, he voted for cloture on an anttdyTrchtnjr ?-?oill in liJSHr VOted for ctvH fTbrrtirs in TiJTO, voted for clo fn?? a. P?" tfix bni and against a poll tax for servicemen in 1942; in 1043, he voted against abolishment of the NYA ?^TO O T B A L L! : / _ STATE ft-M - - -? ? : '; ' . " - ????*-r *?*?~TT" 7T" . v *.,,nr., .:.. ^r t'~??" '... " rnjwrs?f5?*??* i f~y :??' -- - .-' t* " * ' " -' ' i - and in 1944 voted for FEPC an " poll tfuTbifi. These things took place b< - muiided over henry A. Wallat the Chicago convention of 1944 - bited presidential ambilitma - In being consistent, he fin ed. But his r^^^euggeflts a&i - ^taod is fai deeper than that genuine-and sincere. ^ THE NEED FOR "~V JOHN . 1 i . , ?-?*? DO WHITE PEOPLE KNOW? ^-|?-The finest and most sincere white people often do some di the slmp test anrt dumbest things in their as'soclatlons with' Negroes. And often, knowing how honesf these people ! are you sit and wonder if they actually know or care about the big J boners they often pull. This particular matter comes to mind as we continue to hear, around Columbia of - Indignation among some of the Negroes who were ; among hundreds who had pushed [ through rain, and mud to be on . ! hand for the special dedicatorial ) program at Old Howard Center in . J Hampton -Street last Monday night Present was a number of school (Teachers, community lenders, par*_ ^ exits, colored playground workers j and little chllldren, ?plus of course ! several white members in the re-' ; crea.tionnl corps. ; i With everybody in u holiday j mood, the building decorated and j sumptiously, und fittingly prepared | with the teachers happily prepar-j 1 hiu rpfreshnwntK nnrl -/wilH-pv?H ; youngsters roving nrouwcf joyfully, 1 ! the assemblage went into itfc pro-1 grnnv---and---afterwards?the spirit! tit. appointing and depressive. 7 I * | Xu XlUing?porn m. ?i|inr> people, buying to accepted modes 1 of addressing Negroes, "Johnned." I "sallyed" and "maryed" everybody 1- who hadi helped to make the pro "gram and occasion possible, jn other, i -4 words; - here publicly, They addressed Negroes by their first names. f i -The seriousness of this faux pax j lies in the fact that teachers, prln- < I cipals an dplayground workers pre- ' (sent are addressed with titles by the children also present, by their i co-worlters'and the community at 1 larger This was a ripecting lor Ne-1 (grees and was aimed, among othci i ^Ihlngv m building grr/itrr -nmaa nfty support for the center. Now. many, little boys and girls must', wonder whether It's proper to say' /'Mies Blank' 'or "Mr. Blankr When; lddressing their teachers and play-' Tround workers. And the-?elders, j 'mowing something of thp hark-. ' Trouha, are wondering if evier they i can re-direct their yougsters into ' being civil, decent and respectful of these public servants. It is stark-folly and the utmost in ridiculousness to visualize white r^HSSsaasssaa ATLANTIC ( INSfJPANrF THE GOLDEN RL '-v> , DISTRICT I BEAUFORT, South Carolina < FLORENCE, South Caro)|nft *ORANGEBUKO, South Carolina I OREENVItLE. South Carolina J CLAIMS PAID Wll HOME OFFICE: SMITH A WEN! AT GAME TIME, THE TAYL . * i ; i p:;j.vV i li;; - ' B i I: : ANNU/ ^ Our Cons? -'I ' ' ' r ^ ?o? J SUP I Spare Ribs II ? =_ I Cup Sausage I S. C? Freth ? f EGG j 77. I PURE LARD I -bananas I TAYLOR STREE1 1 FOODSTORE MM FOOT B ' r COLLEI ' " - ' 'r* * v *. ? " w VS. r 1 iWnPWpJK^ - ?La? _ * * ' ' v . r.\* '-'y*"'A:' , ' '. .. .* V- " ;*. * Z " * > IE tIGHTHOUSf AND INFORMER, ( M i . r id for cloture on another anti- f afore Mr. Truman was da- 1. je by southern Democrats in I i, and before he had any ex hi * * " ids himself also being1 cr^cift ongly that his civil rights of political expediency. It is CIMMlitNG McCRAY " ' fts not. to realize that they cannot ] hope Lu receive respectr fron\ Ne-' groes or anybody else when '.they don't cncotirage and practice it themselves. Negro teachers don't want to volunteer in such causes to be publicly Insured and ridiculed before thee chilareii they have to work with dally. - So is the case . with playground workers. This Is and has been; a rvulei and cruel practice ' white people j attending Negro gatherings ought to toss into discard. But Negroes themselves can do j much to let the ^white-people knpwi they resent being 'tagged by their first names in such gatherings.j Thev can ?makeprotcsts ? strong ones?to the mayor and the city playground department, asking for discontinuance of the practice i in thlo i>off 1 4 ' " ... 1..10 |J||I ULUIIIIir VUSt* UUl IUilOW a similar procedure in other instances. he it state or local in na-.uire. > ? - _ ^ Or. secondly, they can Ret lip and ' walk out on_every speaker who so insults one of their-oWn, taking, their children niong wpn mem ?Of t'OULse! and this should be, I'd Tli'fe are1 ^iot * a hy *'"more^guilt y"7 than white?paopie?have been on? numerous occasions.- Our concern.! therefore, AS not so much for Co- ; imnbta as for everywhere such happenings is' tini rrrr~ example. But it emphasim, now? wrohgly well-meaning white people can be in their dealings with Ne- j. gro'es and continue to insult and; inflame Negroes without being at* all aware of the fact. ? .1 J Letters To Editor j tlo iilc LiihUhon^^T^^foiMncr: j An article In your Sept. 26 iseftp was brought to my attention ;tn dcT the caption; "The Need Ft'!. Changing." in which someone mi?- j informed you regarding the annual address of Mr. L. L. Butler, presi- j ?of the Borhtrrrrm sunuay | School and B. T. U? Convention,; which met with the Mc?une ^B\p i t-lst Church at Lodge, S. C. The address in question I heard, j us i nave eacn year ior tne past years; and I must say. the one this :OAST LIFE COMPANY ILE COMPANY DFFICES: COLUMBIA, South Carolina iKOBOETOWN, SuutlT Carolina^ ^ 1ART8VIM..F, Smith f!arnllni> >PARTATSKl>?r., "H rHIN 24 HOURS 'WORTH STS., Charleston, S. C. I ^ OR STREET FOO PROUDLY SALl'TKS MLEN UNI VERS ?AND? ENEDICT COLLE ON THEIR a FOOTBALL CLAS ratulations To The Wii i Are Sure 1 u Win With ER WEEK-END SPEC lb- 49c^ Red D< ' Large Size lb. 59c Oranges . aoz. 69crFresh Gra t < hr. T". ......" r Afternoon Deli very Service ALU FOO Kick-Off : \ / T* - . - - ^ ^ CQ1UMB1A, SOUTH CAlitOUW*~~?'~" year from the Negro's point of view, et where he was URGINO them to W vote, was the most informative and it fearless 1 hav<r beard from him. I was one of many who highly tt commended the address on the floor of the convention. The convention to unanimously adopted the message as ai needed information and also order- of ed it printed in pamphlet form and gi distributed ""as a vindication. 'I do M not have a copy of the addresa be- so fore mp: and it would hardly ttli cu expected that I should remember all k that was said, but I am sure it would have remembered the part referred to had it been there, m th had it been mentioned. Lt I do not know who your inform- id ant is, but I feel a great injustice fr has been done Mr.'Butler, the man th whom we have chosen to head our 40 Convention these-2I years- ?? Please get me straight T upholding any subversive actions or Pr utterances on the part of anyone, of "our race", or any "Uncle Toms" j Hi when it comes to using the privl- | m leges we and our friends have: fought for so long. I am sure you I knov, me well enough to know that. I would condemn them as readily as j ^ anyone. I do wish so.much a state \ ment from Mr. Butler could have i cr been had- We can ill aford to bo- gg smirch each other before giving opportunity for defense. Those things j hurt whether we think so or not, j m -1 wish you w.ould publiih this may | th be someone eise who is in the know j will offer somelight on lt ? . . -j-Wi iDr.) D. J. TJixsor. | te Barnwell,.S. C.. ? " ~Tof 1 ar APPROVE EDITORIAL 20 To The IJghthouae and fn former: My sincere thanks are hereby ex- j _ pressed for your gracious observa- 2 lions in the editorial (discussing p (?|iail>4on county primary) an- r poarlng in the edition -of October 17. | Q . A. J. Clement. Jr, 2 i Charleston. 3. C. ma or. TniKki. (.(m? ' ~r5 Ft* The Lighthouse :utd Informer: r pp I truly th^'ik you lor the many 1 R, good things . m said in your edl- i tii ttirial iOcL IT* about me. It made Bj rm^Ieel good to know that yrntr n?wjr+in: paper was thinking about _me and i fo the work i ha\e tried to do for tlie good 61 mv roee' in the past. se ,.C( I apree with you In-'deelaring'that. TJ we certainly had an excellent an-! 85 nual meetlnk of 8. C. NAACP, "f branches last week-^nd at Orange- H bur?. -?; : 1 ~ . jp Levi Ci. Byrd ! m Charleston, 3. C. . rr - -arr_._ ? ^ 12 Prisoners >2 Confined After I N. G. "Riot" I 1 CO STATE8VILLE. N. C. ? <ANP>? j j0 Because of their (nking part in a r< prison "riot" in winch no one was?Ql mr?-r. T2~ prisoners in* tlie all Negro ta prison camp, Camp. Iredell, were: "F placed in solitary confinement last , c WCPlC. ' , During the period of trouble the ; irisoner.; lield two guards captive A rescue group of 120 highway pnroliuen, tlie sheriff and some de< /\ i V^n no tta r\ t r\ (JUi iva vvrif v?micu iu mi tmnj/ w rescue the guards. XI ic disturbance- wati not an at tempt til ptisan arena, Sup!. C W. Knox of the camp .said * AccPrding to Knox, the trot* 1 started when one prisoner Jumped an another with a knife at the dln!W -table Arrtmnrmrd Runrd, Ever- t 0 STORE l? IT Y G E iSIC . - . - I iner!! e? These jlicious Apples -. . dor. 40c ! pes lb. 15c 4 pounds $1.15 2 pounds 27c 2U2? TAVI.OR M'KK'KT s= PHONK 9320 TBAltt FC LABAMA A: 15 O'Clcsl . -k . I V 1 t kI hen A up. fjA id looil The prA reiuiuA iOvlivl Morrow h orj^whadA nere, but tlM era. Knox atlH err. . vv'S^B Knox said he A ey let him s<l iter the 20 outH lt came in an^J am the prison/A e convicts' teiB vo themselves ui^A They hav** hem lson and placed in so^H lenient, jiccordlng to^H jgh Wilson. Their version^H cident had not been told. ^A PRISONERS Search of the prisoner* revealed i at . they were armed c^y with * lives, blackjacks and various I ude weapons. Camp Iredell had j 6 colored prisoners. ?r. Leaders of the uprising, accord- ' g to_jjrisDtt inspector' Kyle MM- f ews, were two "trouble-makers.", /'Vi rt gd BZftttAl > 3 ??1?*?1?? .v.xou ntmiiciiipw.iii ana JU^f | art, Jr., "21.-WiHiet-.spobn wuk sen- | need in January, 1-941 to terms js '"0-7 years unci 6-10 y??Ts for mod robbery, nnd Hnrt m 1945 to -25 years for robbery nnd assault, j 4th infantry Units rovicfe Security j , 'uard At Kobe Base 85 WITH THE EIGHTH awmv yr~ QBE. Janarx-^?T11 ?~~r ir s1T~hTiU H(m, 24th Infantry?Regiment, * immanrderi by Lieutenant Colonel j obert J, McDanlels of St. Augus- > ae, Ptorida; relieved the Third j F attalloii, 24th Infantry as -security ' lard for ICobe Base, supply point e-sottfhem Japan, last month. First Battalion "units -providing j i cnrity guard are: Headquarters | ' smpany, commanded by Captain | tiurston E. Jamison, 2252 Eust, th St., Cleveland. Ohio; Company] 4 l.** commanded by Captain Thos. , . Wright, 823 Clifton Drive,' Day-J n, Ohio; Company j'B," bom-1 nnded by First Lieutdnant__Jk*?= K, Iftdd. 'JOQ Ttnbkweii Terrace,. __ aideri^k. Maryland. and CofhpnnjT: ?," commanded by Captain John i . Ward. 4ia High St., Rhineland- ! , Wisconsin. - * .1 . 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