Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, February 06, 1949, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 6
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This issue of The higntl
" lhat fact."this edition has a s
ovina a. little uvtu- tenyoars^
:ome true and, who down thr
/ YLth looming ami menacing o<
Th-adilil-ion to having. iabo
*npet?oltWhtreTraid Trf-pijhtis
>f the secular and social 1'ici
44 ?-A'ockly schedulc^ivo had to n
fiatorial, and mrsh it-to-a pia
minting tlVen?week after u
lope and pray that our pa}.',*!
~ * ' nich a condition as not to cinh,
Iroam. Wo worked and kept i
{ Xewspapers-of 1 he class, o
: or are'more or less . souvenirs
There hasn't been another ju:
who strove to do some of the t
short time iuul-are "this day ii
L so. heavy-were the-odds again?
1 sons consulted before the "firs!
? ? ? ??it migh14ive.-4t- has. *
And it has served South Ca
" ?. oui'seivesr?i-t -has been t lie-ha
y- among Wgrnos for hotter lb
launched' the fight for equaliz
_ by itself, gave birth to the4c
?erats and figured heavily in
; right to vote which is about >
~ . iIn constant nlei tuu.s.. -many
. . LhuillOl'lll' practices would-4t?=
v, known, as they had been bef<
Elko lynching, the blinding o
v / land slaying,"the prison farm 1
A rc hie- Wa re a re but a lew <
I trig*." aTTW hrmi
tinier and' without any* thouj.
* given freely of "its pages-to
make South Carolina a happi<
out the newspaper's support t
? in-fron^of the other-Smrthcri
./ ' -?-class citizenship for all people
i done. thinli more of the ;|)r
these yet with us.
It is our hope to increase
soon possible, putting out e<
rir.ally on a dailv basis. We i
-but-th^v ny
like The Lighthouse wheTV we
oil <nrrwi lfinrl-/'kf' r\f tVmii
~- ? -reused- iteetIs in many -fields
-have filled fTie bill ten years aj
taken tyive made the need ot
on a ""slate-wide basis, a desidi
And'-th is can be done. Th
in the stale, represent i'ng at ;
offfhe fmnnie^'wd!-. :i sdhsT:
subscribed, of one-fourth of
would be materialized . . SOr.NDS
HI
1 n them annhr ot the la ft
liam Morrison of'Charleston !
receiving a request JjauruJa+Hi
ACP conference.- a?fK7ng that s
is supported in part by public
? ?'taxpayers in September and "Ft
' . to Negroes, something
aside. \
?- Waxing anger, and probal
y of fh"e~*'white"men are t reat
' . Morrison retorted in effect.:.'
> herare we'll .-ulmit :i NJepi-n in
But before the clapping o
us look at the issue "itself:
raised ill the Wrighten, Me!v
cases. On these and other sim
~"'V hast ostabbFhcd -ttte- taw and
around ttio issue excepting <><n
cracks don't do any good; nor
proach- And Negroes .W411I?u.
that they have to ask for c?|ii
- - "white only" co.ntroLand-hone
Unless we haw mis-road \
an- certain that Xooto -dude
Ur>llt j i of Uh;u'tf'Ton ' ;ind ;u
there <**re not e^ua-l provisions
riShn ought to know
?^ irift to the college.front the cit
it entireJy. In either case No
will he the white -peophv
KTrmvingthat the NAM
court on the. item, aa Mr. Hi
be interesting to see what is 1
ArPfKem-.iym- wont h:i\ i' t>
?--??Hecwhiriff the words of <
_ voting isitfim nour no Imnrer ??
diet the outcofneT" Uotifrorit rrt
. for admittance into tlie'TJmK
j' man 4? reported as saying. "1'
let a single Negro in our pari
dead but where he went we ct
jg?V * .?? *- , ?i : - ?
" 1. The only Christ some
*" they see of Him in you and m
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. CALVIN NEWS SEKVICK. CONT'I >
mOL_X?^ ilLAHS
louse atni Informed. its" i;u.
owned hv thi' news-paper, j
pccial meaning to those of
ough the ycur.s haw -tuck
it was itil r u in' ;m.- ,V rZ\
Ids. . ; '
tyd h'-yrt-n;rt rr'genr-T
Fi sitrrir^ anrtwtfiiTiions rr;'^
Id?we liiivt* worked agaii
lake in order td assemhl.* *
ikr- outs-id c~of thi' state Ll
oek?sit hack and wait . a
s eame hack an lime andurass
us. Yet, \ve clung to o
faith.
f The Lighthouse and In for.
Til hoath I amima > lustoi
st lrke it and . fiose before
iiings it ha> d oiv. lived h-..t
jrgotteu in, the main... lit fa
>1 it "TtlTTT "billy one in six m
r~erlition Wns-fuinte<IT>etie\
rolina well, though we say
v'ing eonditions. Jt. J>v ilst
:alion-of teachers salaries;,
tea T)f the .lh* ogressive T>Y?n
the sustained' fight "for t
,VOii. In other spheres, hut
hii-lil.(.{' Ullij-;. i-f- ;
this day btf burivu ? and <
lire it came on the- scene. 'J
f Isaac Woodard, the ;Pine
brutalities, the beating of K
)t' its n)>i'?y evi-ln<i\.> "ore
n imb.daniiaft d. .'AL .the
rht of. making' money, it 1
the organizations woi'Ltng;
L3i* place for all citizens. Wi
he state would j.ot now be <
ii stfivtes i(t "the < >;tt?t 1 e TOT fi
ny others, thu hard to <l> . ;
esent and the buture.-'vVe li;
the frequency of our p?q>or
lit ions first, twi.e a week. ;
anhut du en iter rlie. e n
TNngiT>osrTaT'"iTeTI. a' newspa]
rXtfst produced it. They ne
f own, ilut tcit vv.-iis hiiv.7"
and whereas it weekly -ma
jo,.fhe"rapid chamres. in evei
my things ha\e to lie uru
a daily newspaper, one! ii'
eraturn.
e!\* are some * 1 bono Xegr?
ieasi _2_(kM'HH' Xirr. iii? T:'~
infrrrr'ny i'," .. e-liaif of in
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M.'. ?LLLU (-1 >'? ^ - j '
(. HIT ....
or-day l >i.\i?vr;\tmayor
hit the eoilimf. SaUmlav m
rsdVtrTli 1 i 1 oI., <i: t.he state 2
hue the ('olli t'i' ot ('hai'Io-'
lumis, ?t bo opened to N>
rrrT my doles ih the aniont'f
frt\ el unala ompti wad. I.m
)!y appealing tot ho adh.
ed "superior" philosophv
Ws-.-jJr-.-lorr
to il..'.' ?
!' tlie iiifolerat N s>h; , !
It is- nothing shot-' tr
iu Alston, Stood oa Swt'i
lihrr cases t ho So* -. m - ('m.
1 tiei e?is no vv.v pf pottfi
lality of-opportunity. "Smai
do they perm . 1 a -Suit.- sil>le u
-.St'iusiltlo?ilppr --r't'h ~ I hjU -hi
illity holies '.- - onndatiorSty"
* ?
do volvino.' . >*?!i-i nilii.f
tits can h> admitted mtu t
iv other ins1 ol toil I'm u'h;
for Nopr- ?->. A+ul mayor ,\1<
atid pot iia|is dt>es.
; to cut off the $5<T.f)0 a'hnl
"y, or oven the closing ilown
uroo- will
'T > ;ill" roady trr move ii
ntmV^ U>tUo 4+H!W!+nh ft nh
[o happen. If we know the 1
) wait very long:
iiU) i-Vi?Hp?tnn rmiynr on }
tth n.i. we iim.i hi' 'alHh'trr-p
with the ro<mo.ft-+?ficratU'
Pfrl'hV, t ho late gent
d die,and to hell before
ty." NfegTtte.s have voted; h
in not say.
individual will see is wl
le. - '
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HhTTkK 1JK(
??' .Senator Kussoll of l.worgi
r ^eral government af>end billion
?Negroes out ofT and'northern '
av. the mcaips tvTsdlving the race"
Were it stipulated that a
mM>eHt*ving in "white sttpromr
S the Mason-Dixon for any reast
-from businesses beyond those
? itself, exclusively, we would :
ear- proposal and urge Negroes ai
<>t the mind, to leave the Sout
tjjje However-, we don't think
. should - pay the bills, beyond t
, ^ U iprgia klmiimei: and "win
?? 1. so a jdow boat to China.?
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;N(-:- SKNT i:\ri; S
Modern science. His feat
'1'N"?*?are ta-'only u;ies e ln> i an wet
3. l'heh if we betray our tn
'-?t dece:' and u lust.
4., il gives His .followers tl
nts iL.tui t.leo. imitate th- \o:co.
t-itt p.- i~> . i .*ti-=e -m*rt|>het s an?l us
.kingdom "trays ami tu Ills
-lit b. J es i. \ i r ;i ,r?: :r< ,i, <
-mi?hi Hi. am! 11. are t v. t.mi.,l > lb
t da. _ :
"C",- it. 1 lie i.?; <rr7^?i?c':"
me rr r^tdvnsrN to-fid fill iiiu;
S. I* 1 n11 ' i !oat !Ve( - oitlv .
Me lit- praters |?r; ailil woman
IllL. H" c.-ii the humbles
c< n:u<i<?n wluf- Murmy- biih>\v> i
1". Yea. Cmmi's kintrdom do
tir yivat tureas no' v.itlion; (tiri-t
l '!">
ill - . 1.1. W.L1 are 1?..: 11:11 a \ r\ <la
I li l' I . Vt - - Jtftrf- it IV
it ilia' i\'r !\*11ft laa\i'r.t:, < '
a rj./.htit spota ?: in'ey niai
i-{, n .v .e.a. imde-rsta:.'' t hat " 11 <it.
>r_ .
i'T jouna ' V
' i win sluij'c ' -ia?ra 't i!i
IHli. i t:, i n i Y i l S
it, Hv ( ari (?. KoIm
to- vm AXP'.F
. h't it v.qu:ti.- a shock when Mrs.
t(?r U.'itaa absolutely rel.used t > e+>n[TjTi
si-aa rmvrn~^ tour-ycar-oh: ,hmu~n
./;!> 1 ? Q~i' -t !!v*'" tvi.-l
j. , an older bcothef arid a baby rsister.
Each tunc 1 had treated
any one?them before, their
x-^ rnbthec hod been intelligent ami.
UK- (.uupuraliVP in her attitude!
me tV e wcje discussing the m;iV.vr
las i" my office shortly after J:m?my
had recovered from, another
severe attack of tonsillitis. I
but know that ?t-htr child's " tonsils
^ be taken out. beeaust they- were.
dangovou- 'o nh; "leal'i. uVi t'.-v
il'O would au.se additional ti tore ati\
e .taehs- of tnnstfhtis. '
Mrs. Dolan told r.iu tnat she
couldn't see . "any g ><?<". reason"
a> for the ODerati'ui now that Jim
llHi vj;V auuin h?? : iwivd from
lvii ii
l^trf??\vr!i. ? :t.:. .1 1 ?-rrr
exi- .>a:d. that -thr - -r. uls- vvrr .1 kind
V- !)' ' . .^-v4
J"4"rt v UlUlL-i'Cd?LL. HU.Uf.l ;jl IVn,^
::-MVuri. -h~ ad-jed. >i.vj
!??tr ? ..'Min Tn~it! a" r
. > >y .i ' *v 'V ituu : an
* - , i v.- p: .
u.I.:... ' ' wii-t ::4
r-j-j-?-?? . ': > * .?1? i x 'i. .1:: ii - r-?? ?
.. .. a!iy ,-ed -[ .JJ
; ' 1 ? "' - i?~~
")i puiiUi. t , ..a,n: U*'
S \ my s 1 riii- .. . diseased *? ??
. n.'lnhfc' 1 : n J, r.\
- ? 1?a-y11 ../< !>?-u-rtn?trrr? ?
r's- nr.: u ; '.?! w:vi*r> .,vt-r !.? :
Illici t an opt ration. !va"
l. I M I". ?
^ unii'Viii < >i 1 a i-?i l ; -a.i< <! v?t\
! . rr.ofi and sale__ojp?'r;i'.u?i; l<<'
. a,?v fhrn v. as n?. ..
? : ;
u .11 inniv < -xii hiil:! 1 >1.
' FTTFrv fTTT .-.iu'i:. t lii ' " ~~
lrt A . I talkt ct. I mull . Mr
'tit I > ?1 tr"? was gradually giving in
ifct ^,! no sin. tvali/oi! slu- was
irt i<Tu:illy ht -lping^ im plan* J:m
ffrr *t*y ?* v-lstf- t?> iilo lipTpitnl nrri
j"? f.vrifr concnvnrrt* oV'T such thin/is
.1 whether i.i' rffit Jimmy could
hnng his fav^ite stuffed .ihnrtal .
Of rj)urse, not'ovcrvTjTr>r v~thrunt HT
'"! every case of tonsillitis mean*;
> . iiukk \\n iiiiki 1^.
?? ..-*1- it >
t+i Lp > . rrrr i, . ..mmg?'h.'ir-?
i>r- '?. y>ed <?vt ; rum ^ thai (,t
the civir rights piogran^ m Conil
a I gross I.-. to L}(.- '"'Vomprumisecir' '
ol Elks have planned a lousing ral- >'
1?frrt*?kt'iu uiify?11 1 W m?Wa?h.
uuiiuu I- triun all guns on Capi1-4
H-ill. Call for -mdem ts-under-.
kT] writlpji by some o'f the most .y,
yT \ prominent liberals in the coun,
* try. Should be quite a conclave. ?r
>? ' '' '
1 u"'- Over in VA, Joe Albright has i1(,
"^" Iuade .tt vnrv- ctoar' to nil ron- v,;
cerned th;iT"Tie" Ts ITW flH'ti fbt- hf 'w|
* any effort to by-pass the agen- <a
'? * cy^t 'TTTrculHr S3." the nondiscrimination
in employment
directive (supplementing Presitftt
dent Truman's executive order p,
0,030 ?-Xoe?and VA's Fair .
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THE LTGHTHOU
Jl'OSAL - ^
a proposes that the fed
s ol' dollars to transport
whites into, the South as iSvSiKL
:
ll whites hating .Negroes
icy" be forbidden to cross
)ti, were this class cut off
it could produce and run
support Senator Kusstfl's
ud the white southerners
the federal government
providing means by which
KHMONS
ures cannot trace; you and
ir His futae?=?;??
listi We make of- Him a God
le right ol "choice and deputy
e r t rt nt I ttf f-rrt"*'--He*
|.?ur|M)sos and progress will
' s>Ti'i)H <?i >>ii.yaRt?>TT?rI.aTTv?
' mI'e-nV- 'Aaiit his follow*, i ill
won; anu deed lie' jyreaie\ery
need.
Retract. li'oiii His Majesty
i of love and purity.
t so'ii and brine jov out oj
-oil.
es not depend on numb'w-;
are making terrible bluild
y ai?<mi nicii oj fXpoririK
lif inu, liMiin.] 1>\- t h.'ir nv,
hri?t out or tlu.'ir plannn
iikind every lu-iv shall t
- sllall _XilUrn w}HMVVrt,-k'r
s its sue
runFlis kinjrt'Fom sr.- 1
niiMiii shall want' no niniy1',
ttll\ XTTT^l ~
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a l> u iuut-iiau?iu. very
IrttHty 1 ashion. Imni( ;,'.ally,
'inn' Hollar:.] VA Uai.v n reiM/ntatlve.
an J A i h i i ^ h l' .<li.
>n V.Y Honi'l ot "Hi'va w for
Ls;^i.uuru An busy >viil_ - rrvtm
a Uu> end of"- the -nTaTod
r Foi i r fii'iil Reason AK to
iilii, lull integration of N?'
ot's in all branches. Happy
Tri?t*?tH?rhrr?Alhrit'tTi?teftn
r~rrp,t-'?[ !nt? rrr-.tir>rrv>TH^Tf
bor'amr tho first No^ro in AF
st'(?ry'"TA' ^TrTfvrr~ trrnim? tn ntt
hito prrs'nnnrl bark in 1f)44.
ind wow's on. ton i
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And hv tbo -wftv. Air Form,
ns this moan that Col Ron
?vis is^fn bo a hricndior conor?l
Wfl?ho no'l?
; SE
AND INFORMER, COLUI
A VOICE IN
By Robert Durf
Justice?whJ?Brotherhood ?
It ^"important In this perilous
time that our leaders be nssurec
that justi$6 and brotherhood wiL
prevail, and that our thinkint
and efforts be directed positive
ly instead of negatively to tha
irrefutable fact. And thab'wrtl
our thinking be coupled to sus
tained efforts in our small waj
whereyi' we a.re to make thi
a reality in our time. It can bt
done In our time i-? we contrive
.tii?i??our iiimhl-ln persuade
people to want to do what, the?
an as individuals ~to establish
justici .ind brotherhood.
We can have justice anc
brotherhood if we want ^t, anc
.f we are willing to pay th<
price Less than justice anc
0; e'l.n hood is?cost in ?frrr?more
in '-e can pay.. There is st
n uen to be done in this area .anc
L'tle time to not what ough
_L-o dene that none can profitab
attitude. There is a cross for you
??rt Hrf- -rnu 'and e'v< T'vh~hf> ?
. is a i i 77 for me. 71
??T-r-T?upon .t umc-n. iamolli
' 'mjII team U"iit to a distan
town to" engage another team u
grid iron classic which season
d>iv brought iiDuord of a quai
r minimi tans out to engage ir
good time by all.
rho boys were shown '-then
deeping ijua! t e!'s for the nigh'
bolore ri c h:g game'. In tin
meantime *hc coach had steppcc
"Ot t.o?s.c f-Lg?th the rival lean
>ach.
In Mi ,i,i?each?lujj,?u-i'i < i r OS " l n i
hrrtd-rrmnrr"Trr h^d~TB~tfT5tructcd
1 uch .11 ?LLTidrc.'.^eU on, hi*, .huni
-saving next to rjpthmg. seem
" '> waiting for the: pther t<
-e>,kc ? certain "n>ove..
JSnnn The _tuach?u^U+wvod? ark
.vithoUt saying a word, undress
'(). It U pray beside hL
bunk. A- he did so. each sym
photwpusjy ' did likewise anc
crawled to bed.
Throughout their framing pe
i".'1 *i?l'"1. -?" 1 i been tMTii'.'h1
mac ruiThL . before . iv
? e ' -dv' ianr iKcI" led llien
as i\n h in own way prayec
for ' stri'iigth .and guidance a;
/
" 7 v i $li ?? E ft
' tif.r i t 1'. !1 uncock
( oii>p'.? uutis Hour
~rc.-. e.. ;h .. '.heaw? hues?~art
?~c"?r rrrr: ? ~ 1 um.m i;
:.y ?v-yn -- a* i'resident ??1
: . -n in stunned amazement
P a ri- arc. a :h< "Qsanu reason:
v. i:y T: .:mar. -u.ul.i not ' b?
' 1 r?* .s .iiiiy .phv
';: .' ~~ T : ..* *: > n i'uuiHl 1
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"77-T? "TTtkxiu-t
' ; t l, . t.i 1 u:a ; not. be
> !> "bav.: . 1 a p.jpulai
? ?-??-r????S?rr-r-?btrr
^1?.? ??T?
;:i UMV.-tafiiv;
li- a- };: ;? towards the
' .h i! w o-i !.} affords
:i v ! he L'nitec
u.-'f he cs
."- U-'-t?i- i.-rp'-puhir. out TUsflj
: . ' . \ L II hlH'rSfl
' i bi - v a t .ami t ht K_nefi
a :i;an without ;
? ' " : v:; nw and ii
> '; f iii i r. i' .1 ' ( ??rm
u.ativ Hud
I'ditJ ' in in'ual majesty. Ir
1 ?i' l- a cinptty when
:mu 'j .: . i it -, > line a. mama
n. M ism all i iuirp the crust o
;> 'I ui'ti;t> st without ;
: a!Id :n this nation's history
" &A.S Y I -H A"4H M ?
? i> mi.mi iienry iltMI
I .. ulv>ni sit in i iisy i hairs II
"'Ml i h \ 'I". m.ikf' mi' la/v7
! 'T?tt* nThfTs 'sit iff1 thriis
Ev'n Though they call me cra*>
I sift on puncheon benches.
Sometimes 'mid blood and brin;
tears
As boys had in the trehchffa.
ADVERTISE IN THE
lilOHTHCH'SE and TNFORMEI
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HBIA, S. C. . , J :
THE SOUTH
they went forth to play or vie
tory: to the end thnt tneu seho<:
- hold? forth n
| only good football players,, bu
good men. They had been taugh
to follow as they were Jed *i
? prayer, but not having bee
^ taught to lead in prayer the
1 initiative in leading their cojr
fades in prayer. If anyone c
^ them had done, what the coac
^ did upon hei?eeturn, the7 othei
* would have followed suit. 7
In this busim^s_of_Jacililaia
~~ the prevailing of ^justice an
brotherhood, leadership is oe
* great need. The world waits t
j-l'oilow, ????*?- ? ?
j I recall hearing a man say one
that atone time during the dar
: days of the depression in Chic*
there were dqse. on to fiv
hundred thousand men- who wer
f?rrnrtr?fo march uport that eib
forcibly break into ware house:
stores and what have you, in a
" effort to take the clothes, fW>
and medu-ihc they nnd thci
Xaiuilitis-- >o-sorely- needed""" "
A++v- /'valm?mii; ht ?have?rfsc
;mb .said "follow iw. t wilt
^ you in doing what you withoi
discipline want ' to do," but th
men <hd not march, pJundei
murder, all because no one vol
1 Justice and brotherhood wil
^ prevail when l^adeix ark^e wh
' as ill lead men to pray and wor
to be guided by God as the
: fearlessly stand and work fa
- justice and brotherhood.
The am1 si ak part in Ameri
. ra's armour :> its lack 01?
spiritual leaders fQr a time lik
t his -leaders- upon wbom Go
has laid his hands and wh
, recognize that the* < - enemies c
justice and brotherhood are sir
1 tieis before God ant^ can mak
. ihum understand the old fksh
i juried truth that there is no e.:
. < aping??kv-e must reap what w
j sow. '
Hooker Waslun^|gJir:c?iaid: "Th
ehams" of endless justice bind
;? ?tt?'ppi'cy-- :?.nth 'tiii'.'i^ipi essei
. .itui?a*-clo>o-as sirr "and sufferin
\ iojiie I. they "m a r eh to fat
r A . > tii- 11" >n it ...a?w.?cuu
t * ? -o i V w .1 V . - \ LS iJw-L i kJ Ul-V'a K/ y V_UI
; v;n News Service.*)
m-tm-?It
i> true, Lincoln went froi
h.'s rail-splitting to the pres
. dency; it is.also true that Bookc
i T. Washington went irVma a Slav
. ? ohin tu the: Hall f F-rtSfv Tti
f these two greats h^ed id a" da
. when learning Was ao*. sa wor
shipped as today. They lived be
. ford our nation asked "about th
wiegrees l.rsf and character nex
Truman Is no sensation as a
: -o.w^?
' dim idei 1 ant^edhnt. Tru
, man is just a v-yeti fellow and_
~-.t" >].)]( v ;n in. ;mj as su< h he ha
nr-Hich! to this nation ??ne of i!
ispicuou.- ivuirs Trt
, ..., , tm. , tartly
I r.:< i'e.ii vmcn to i1
I;. U .r.g pi.eMiient -of all th
need e>
! :t> h'.-pe < and dreams t
1- ' , lom.m for th
vft-rjT- hberal elc-mdnts; but
=??"'- r "n??that?fr
P"e: dead Hi^ roa
. 't \ : It a J 1 ? U111 a
' :. I- the prayers of a natioi
. '1' - are lying in v. a
1Hi?'MMiii.il urnT i . > ,,1.-4 vi'-M'tif
1 if:-: are eagerly mvaitinfe th
i ' '>*" v };? > can join th
"Av ;,v \V:th "Crt
" *: f\ TTinT*" ~
u -?iviv i rtie jungl
---e n. e ; h-gnu re for-th
ii'.ud of their pi t y than a eertai
' ?!' i the .at;. ;n hungry fc
dt-triK'; n of Trunin
. T Trutunnism If hi~ prngrni
r> . .t temporary sot-bat;
not \voi\". u? "planned,
' niw<t n<?t grow too itr
patient?-and ton quickly Tri
' man has shown where )'iis lioa'
m; and v.?. must not'- play int
' the hands r?f the Dixiecrats' wh
f - . Janibor-ng fo'r his th stria
Tnitn.m ha.rpfr.Y?r"htpwlf TT
:i t Knight ever to ehampfu:
v ^ ;ni in.led TiummiiV
i y..tn.n . t.. t)i.i }>( ?rs?rrr
i of the most irrefutable test
l* menial* democrat y will ev<
, flaunt to the world. He maty
t j? tilr*"" n nation's conspieuoi
f ,h? ur' -<-( Distributed, by the A
i srwiated Negro Press,.)
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Here And There
One of the _best fiwws fv<
made by the NAACP: ereatir
the office- of ohnreh?secretary
* * m
And this column says it aga'
~ at'THENI!' MgTnry MAKs rj\?r
Negro in your home for ye
V children, to read. The gre
-* *o-orks of J A. Rogers, Carti
Wbodson. etc., are the fine
. reading vnu coTild provide fi
."v vour children. Let them learn
* he proud' of their heritage.
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THE MEED EOI
By John H. 1
n Bowfl ??t Charleston theer'is a so]
[? dtstingaignca frhite I arrm i
it whose?family ttce?dates way?gr
!t back, . who definitely belong to Sc
it the "first" families in, any coun- mi
n try, which this day greatly dis- ha
illusitmed and troubled. . th
In r e c a n t gr
r_-months the hus-? in\
band and wife "* - . an
have given de
^ more than pass- pb
-?mg?atteutiun Jo ~
?-the?race ques- ?'
? Hon. They dis- - . / ,V,
d covered, t h t te;
tr facts before the - ot
the tacts wore '-Tfc
e and hot as they lit
It jiad been reared to believe in tj*
k. overlooking facts in : sympathy uU
e with Negroes*. that they thorne
selves had been missing the c
privileges" ~of doing some good ^
s> for the community and the an
n dowry trodden qq,
d Alter talkmc it. over the fam- i,..
T fly headA--decidelL JiiiiX lj.ke_ too sITi
-- nva-ny ?other white- people, they pi-?didn't?-tea
1 ly know? Negroes.
Their knowledge of the race w-ag m<
? prej uchced and synthetic. So U'i
they moved to correct this. .They 0f
e scanned the city's roster, picked hu
r, about half a dozen from among <eI
i 4 *c: ;.4?? : ? 4 u ~
I- HMVU Ui ilUt'M III lilt!
11 these, all ladies, into tea.. - j^i
o Having spent most of.piy. life thi
k in .and around Charleston, I cad sm
y testify that Charleston Teas.s.are th
'r you are invited to one they make wl
sure that you know how to bal- inj
ance a cup and saucer on yorp: an
l~- :uiii -lh:it niwf nt tdo Kr'ew- nrd?>piUi,
Kii' milady's fine rugs. The?ete
test, and_ teas in Charleston are siu
d?white^-1 : ?: be
0 There wasn't anything super- *h<
>f ficial about the invitations. The 1
u ilost and hostess, are far above
e ley el and . considered the affair pt]
[I an. asses "to themsetvesT" "This Tualli^
would, in relaxed atmosphere, an
enable them to get better acau-~~P^
and, moreocer, could also move fbi
en into other white homes.'You Tif
e see,. these white Charlestonians, Th<
is natves and proudly bred and tht
i. i?dnv.'n.''jihej'e, after?reading?mi
]y Negro newspapers and follow- Pit
^ mg Nou"h baUfthf. ih 'courts and
1 . around t? e j^SuiH^l don't be- 1?1
. loive any longer-m segregation
and differet, between races. . pu
The" invitai ons went out and
The Labor View K
n I
i->r Hy George F. MiCray _U
e / r 1 - r
Murder?and Free Enterprtre L
y .-Because lie, was a thoughtful
afcd entet prising * ?iz,en, Rojaet'
Mallard, _a successful farmer and "
e businessman, lies rotting in the
t rctTTJarrh of the cracker state of fh*
_ Georgia. -* ; .C*V
a""" His; murder is a crime com- ^
l_ to:tted hv the white" pehpTe nif Tn A.
a state which is guilty of a long
ls 'SeVfes rf crimes . against iTs Net
gro citizens., The hooded cowards
. who shot down this-respectable C]1;
rf h.:r i citi.^ did- ho ho Ti-i
, c,?u>e their small souls could not as
> urb -4+itr "Savage iealouslv and
ie ''aroused by. the . sight.. of . a ^u.
: m i-os,ful Negro- P1'
n Th.;.. ii'.iu; A>f murdefvdor gene- cor
:' it i> 'Hs has denied the South the 'a'
|t> benefit of much if its best brains ?
,T ami u.i u tun,si\;Ur!iu' 4?n?main ?
f-." 'hiUVriZZZi-tl?0.4...?wa-tst-Cw*** ?of--"
Vj do- wh.de area ~
iv s '?ndilated by the eon^
(In ' of the trial aruj the .iubiiahin
of the degenerates who
, packed the court room, the .
^ hooded muv.(lr!'ei .1 w-erk- i?fting : r
0 as the exeVutionors .if the white t0"
o inuiun.lv. It., -is necessary to ^c'
>Trite thly matter so bluntly in ^
older to understand it in its
? true light. .
trr- rrrnng a Negro." who "had
outstripped his white neighbors
r m spite of all handicaps the .?
? wiot?-'?I'umntumty had? hgaped?
-?m'*""?hno.' t iv-?ivniyderm y?knew
? they would have the support ol
a majority of whites. Iiv.no
means all white > citizens, but t
" certainly a majority who see in tu
the success of a N e g r ir. a refleetibn
on thoif own 'atstfity.The
murder of Mallard is particularly
shocking, but the ugly, ;
v-Tmce rails, __tthcL cowardly fear r '
revealed by his killer is even
>n more so. -Apparently, 4he people
no not believe in free
^ ' " "'Tprl -f nor 40,1110?basic icieas- --'.
of .American -T>emocjacy. They ha
.certainly do not- believe * that
L"r every American is entitled to
LS- the rewards which. _. theytT.:
IS might honorably and decently
s~ win in competition with their fel- .!
ol'tvs. They fear they can't rom0?^e
with Negro brain and mus- j
^ pfe ; " in?
Purely murder is not the way mi
the "master race" mtends 4o ho
m theet the competition of the frc
ig "disadvantaged'' Negro". jui
? : Lf?Southern?whites?persist?m
their extreme hostilitv to the
In slow hut STtoicty forward march m(
J^circie&. lhcy will only ?w- ^ ,
thatthey are a stupid and brutal ^ri
people. To hold back the Negro
they must hold back and destroy
'r America, r? (Distributed by the >
"t Associated Negro Pre?$.) ' Le
'f . ~r ?? ' Od
to READ THE LIGHTHOUSE *,
IT LEAPS THE STATE.
)AY, FEBURARY 6, 1010
a O M ? ii imia
I CHANfilHC
HcCray
mehuw, news ufthem traveled ' .
o Negro underground and
ape vine. Then, It .happened,
unebody yn the colored side
arched straight to .this white
usehold and informed them
at * they .< were committing ^a
eat "sini that theyr were invitS?
the wrongtypeof peopjjf \ ?-vs
d considerably other purely
spicable bostr-dntelligent peol*
ought not ever mention.,
The host and hostess were /
jhned,_ confu^d__and iett '%
-Lull?i;uv mo through with the
a. And as things have a way
doing, th^ shoek wore off and
ey did some further thinking.
icy wonder now if Negroes be? . ~
ve in equality; if sp, why do
ey try to down one of their "r
,n and make attempts to keep
q w hole race in the proverbial '' rab
basket." . / '.--"iT" .
Then, they?checked?further. 7
ley were shocked to find that
long Charleston county's 50,
0 Negroes, less than 2,000 be- ..
igod to the NAACP: Thev rea .
lljthat 1 at Charleston. of alj r..
ices, at Charleston where tne
dueous and mtghTv Judke War
lose fair ruling in the behalf
Negroes the'past five years
ve written a brand new chap
in the Negro struggle, that so, . '
v. Negroes Support the organition'
which promoted the issue '
d oefore Mr, Waring.?And
L*y wonder, in light of the
tall NAACP membership and
e pressure and persecution
ntes hav?.Jaid on .|Udge Wari,
if it is worth the while for
y white people to stick their^U,^
cks out for Negroes; if white ?
ople, on their uwu, uught to?;?
ish as segregation barriers and ?^
L?y were somebody.
Of course what is . the case,
re is also the case in Too many
ier "Charlestons." < Too many
justr^ionT think rightly, C
d in their quest for smiles, and
rtaaps- r\'en teas,?from white.?
.ks they nip in the bud many ~
ie opportunities .of benefit to >J
e whole race, the two races, ^
; South and country, and more v.
porUntly,?to themselves as a^
ft ol the whole. .. .
rr; "i utriTTiii aiTT< Tanuage, u ?
I of Negro just mws up where
ey ought to shut up and keep I
net.
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ocKeieiier Jtieaas |
NCF1949
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vEW YORK CITY?John D:
ckefeller, Jr. will serve as
.irman of the National Couao
" the United Negro. College_
nd tor its 1949 appeal, Thomas '
Morgan, chairman of th? y"^
nd's board, announced Mon- .
r - . m
Vlr. Rockefeller also' served as
lirman in 1948, when the
:._x Cuuiic-j, wa^ established
a continuing \a)mmittee, aHd
de a permanent part of the
nd's organization. Guided by
s committee, citizens in sixty
immunities throughout the
jntry raised $1,145,896 hv 1948
help cooperating college^ and
LieL'^itics meet -current?
iting expenses, and uhpfoVF??
jcational facilities for thetr
dents. H
rVinthrop W. Aldrieh, ^hair-'^g'
n.of the board of the Chas^-wi
tional Bank, who was nationat^W
a.s'urer in 1948, has also agreed
TTTTThe sa nre post for?this -?7ar's
appeal,_ scheduled for -g
rrl Mr. Morean said. ?
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T ? *
oothache Adds
. . "If
00 To Ben Davis ~
1 A YORK CITY? Usually
P-^LX-iien- Davis," Jr.,- one of the ?t
ejv? loadinp Communists .on
::t-rri -States; treepan the "heavily 7
ar.')t*vi session with a double -
t-rrsTT r.f misery. " - . . -r?, <.j
Davis, a city councilman Wrn '
uihattan, had an inflicted tooth." "1
- "'jg
after uf wyjiruglifrg
Hop the nvirniriK-' shs'-ion, he *T
d to e? off from the aftelfhibit--.^
" ' -SJf
lie was <'excused to see a den~ ? ^
" M
1110,000 Negro^ .tuiU^ .k.
iupuration of President TrU?,
in. ^nd now Unit ill that
opla is over/ where do we
>m here? (That's up tt> us,*
yor, that's up to us, Amen).
tidily nfwfinanrrn) lwrrn tlm., . ..
)\yed in hotels. (Lord, Lo^d,
w long!) '-i
*
Joined the NAACP and Urban
;ague yet? We cart*t win with* ?X.
t intelligent fighting (the
nerican way), and -we can't ? ?j