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|P^ PAGE FOUR ~~ ' o ' ' _ . ,. V CTOBMElt & %' ' v Published weekly by The Lighthouse Publishing Company, . , 1507 Harriep-Ktrgp* rv.,1nmhin A gj : : LL}-,.4 : yj= '---t ? TELEPHONE 2 70T9? ? ~ ?" Entered, ^ second class matter in the Tost Office at Columbia, S. C./undei*nhe, Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABL^ IN "ADVANCE: One "vearT ^ $3.7fc; 6 mos., $2.50; 3 mos. $1.50: single copy 10c. . ADVERTISING rates furnished on reqUrst. Make checks payable. to the Lightlfous^PubHshihg Company and?uiH?to?individuals?v * representing it. V\ . . . John H. McCray T EDITOR . PUBLISHER N ATIONAL.?jjEjlliifi SENT ATI Vi li.ti i 1 M l lillrl l iSTti. ^i^'t'rrrr-^"?frwrrP^PFTTT" 'rwii=? ma rtrtH AVKNtrrr new yokk it. ? DEADLINE: NEWS AT NOON TUESDAY. ADVERTISING. I I.M., TUESDAYS. NO NEWS MEMS AtCEl'lED VVHHUU1 IME ltlC.WT IU EDIT K)lt VAI.UE, MEMBER ASSOCIATED NKmto yitESS. CALVIN NkU >r,nvii'i'i oontinion.-?r TAL, FEATURES ~~~. 7 . . .. . 1 - ??:?7 ?? 1?-? LOOKING HACK OVER TEN YEARS f) This issue of The Lighthouse and Informei4, its faults .1 r / " <v Old a 14, was printnrt~tn a plant <>\vnod by t he. new spa)tor. For V' ;" ' that fact, thisedition. has a special meaning to those of us k who, a little' over ton years ago. acted to make a dream " V:ome true and, who down through-the"years have stuck to ^ ? .hat vision though at &'---was djffo.ehU and t hreate.d,dt ~ ? a ith luomingaml menacing L"ids. ?_ . _ ? '' ' ,i . /?1 Ift addition to having labored tu.irut out a gmii'rnf new*. ' ' vaper-'-oiie unafraid 11> publish stoi'ie^jiiKi opinions outside o >f the secular and social field?we have^workeiL against.. ? " ?veekfy-sched tries we had to make in order to assemble the li material, and rush it to a plant outside of the state fpL._ )i,intilig theii--;week -al'fer week?>iI backhand wait'. and c< lope and pray that our papers came back on time and ir. >uch a condition as not to embarass us. Vet, we clung to our g . Iream. We worked and kept faith. Y Newspapers of the class of The Lighthouse and Informer are more or less souvenirs in. South Carolina's history, h - . There hasn't been another just like it and those before it d who strove to do some o'f the things it has 'done, lived but a , short tinie and are. this day forgotten in the maim In fact* . n SO heavy lU'a thu odds inrnin.it- iL LiinL unlj. mi. in .Yv. )i. i ? sons consulted before the first edition was printed believei Tt migftF.live. Ft has. . s ?- And it-has serted Suutfr Carolina well, though we say >< ourselves. IL has been the backbone -of.. every_ uiKleilaking.? among Negroes for better living conditions. It. by itself, launched the fight for equalization of teachers salaries: it. .. ... hy it self/-gave- birth, to LlurTdelT ot .the. Progressive I democrats and figured heavily in the sustained-fight for the right to vote which is abput won. In other spheres, but for f its constant alertness many incidents of injustices and . ' shameful pt'm< t.i>y?.x-J\vx>n 111 ii Hik ii.ii.?be buried aiuT un- '' as they had been before it-onmo on the seethe The - a iFVtTy 1 t.: i t. ?r ii ??r?i ?- i ? i ???tnu uiiimmg 01?i suae vvoonnrn, xnr line is. , land slaying, the prison farm brutalities, the-beating of Rev. * , , Archie Ware fti-o but n ton- nf Pi mimj .! u iimji 11 i lngs," alluru^ichhave~t)een;.3ubstantiated. At the same time, and without any thought of making muiies, ii has n given freely of its pages to thb organizations working to n ' make South Carolina a happier place for all citizens. With- s r-? . ^ out the newspaper's support the state .would not now be out v in front of the other Southern states in the battle for fir&t " ? claoD citizenship .'for "-all peuple. . . d ? - ?-~i ?But these things, and many others, thevhaTiRTd d< are-vi pr. done. W|6 thinli moro of the present and the MR ore." \vV have t these yet with us. . ^ ^ is our hope to increase the-freouency of our paper as J, _____ __sppn as. possible,.putting put.editions first, twn^ mweek. and n finally om a daily basis. We cannot do either of these now ?. "irot they are"goals Reforms. Negroes headed'a newspaper a , hke The lag-ht house whan we first produced it. They noeu-~~ r ed some kind of voice of their own. Rut ten years have in- ? creased needs in many fields and whereas a weekly might- v have filled the bill ten_jvearsthe rapid eh:mg<>< jn *>vo'nf<~~rc and the speed .with which many things have to be undert taken h^ive made the need of-a daily newspaper, operated on a state-wide basis, a desideratum. And this can be done, '[hciv'iire some si 1.000 Negroes ; in. the state.- representing at. least 2-00.000 families.' If Va'ch of the families were a subscriber, or if one-halt of them ' ".subscribed.' or one-fourth *ol 'them, the. - daily newspaper ~~ would be materialized. SOUNDS BIG HI T . .. . * . rin thc manner uf the hitter-day Dlxiecrafs. mayorWilliam Morrison of "Charleston hit the ceiling Saturday upon receiving a reqTiest from James M. the stale N A ACH conference* asking that since J he Cottejre of.Chariest ois supported in part- by public funds, it he oftened to Xeciin September and that city doles in -thcaromtm ot ' $1,800 to Negroes, something yet unaccomplished, lu- p.,? .'t aside. I Waxing anger, and probably appealing to the ahli". - it of the "white men are created superior*' philosophy. Mr. Vl ?i ?Morrison retorte<t hr effect r ''We'll Hose?down", t.h' " ge u' before we'll admit a Negro into it." _ ^ ' Hilt before 1 he chipping i )w. h, t?.1, , >, I , -.n; )t,t?? ^ us look at the issue itself: It is nothing short of that d in tln> Wrigliten. Melvin Alston. Sitmel ai+4--Swoatt?H * cases. On these and other similar eases theJSiijyvim: umrt." " has established" the hiw ahd there is no way-'of getting ,f - - around the issue excepting equality of opportunity. "SfnarC w cracks don't do any good; nor do they permit u sensible a])- :(t: proach. And Negroes want a sensible approach. The fact 1 that they have to ask for -equalityM^elroyr th^-fmindat ion nf?? ."white only" control and honesty. - Unless we. have mis.read the volume.,.: qui if ruling.-,, .jap. *. are certain that Negro students can 1>. admitted into the r!r\1 lanrn /if ??iwl unit ol Ime mM it ni i/m f/?r \? - ? - P* ,,^1111 mi.l v/ lii\. I i | 1 i 11 U I H/ll 1WI I 1 IV. J l there a re. not equal provisions for Negroes. And mayor ;Mor- ,> , . 'rison ought-to know the fact, and perhaps-does. . - ti t~~ However,-the alternate is to rut off the $50,Of) annual g gift to the college from the city, or even.the closing down of F -? It entirely. In either case Necroes will .nor he afflicted. It e ' will .Iw, the wmte people. V ' >> =' ' - Knowing that the NAACf* is all ready to move into tl court on the item, as,Mr. Hindu's letter declared, it shall vs be interesting to see what is to happen.' If we know the NA p AdP, the mayor have to wait very long. - " ^ ?~7??' Iteialliiig1 Ih^^w^n'pf nno ChprtaateHL mayor on fho_.^ v*? vulrug Issue; now no Idnger with us, we may be able to pre ftict the outcome. Confronted .with the - request..oX.. Negroes. h v .. i?? iOILlQd'?iy>ahLU i'lpl ttu^'HemOc r at i c gttFty, the late gentleman is reported as sajofig, 'I'd die ancl.go'to fiejl before I'd a <_ ?let a .single Negro in our partyr" Nffegroes have voted; he\s c dead but where he went we cannot say. ? * H d . 1. The only Christ some individuals, will see is what d c.' ; they see of Him in you and me. ?' n PPv;,' ... . .. " ' ; . : ; : *? . ? ? ~ . . i' 1 ' , 9 V'T; . - ^ ^ ^ < BETTEIC1 Senator Russell of Gee oral government spend bill -NiUcroes_.out.,of, and northei the means to solving the n -Z \Ve>v it -stipulated jha or believing in ''white suuri the. Mason-Dixon for any n from Businesses beyond th< itself, exclusively, we wou -proposal and urge Negroe? of the mind, to leave the S Howevhr, we kfion't th s .ofthj-pnr the bills, bevon Georgia klansmen and take a stow Boat to China, 3. Modern science-. His f arc1 i: a (Wily ones u lio i an 3. Then if wo betray our f deceit and o lust. 4. lb' gives Ills follower." it'd t In ?; Id imitate I f U vnu 5. I> .1 false prophets ai ingdom hotrays' ami to His uuse His -relays. 0. J est - never used a stm uo.'uiid -U,- are tvro lhmgs .! ?," 1" : ? 7. The "im in1 we n r js ChristV v.si re te fulfill ( 8. Bluff""ami feat her- "T?t ie prefers pla n men and wor iJ. H-o carrdnkv tho htrmk infusion when stormy l?iii<->\\ 10. Yea. Christ's kingdom reat forces now without (.'hi I'S. 11. We are learning; eery jllUence and training who ? csiruetive fetter.- fi?r leaving 12'. < 1 >ut sooner- or ia.ter K-uiv to understand thai "./? jotirr proad from shore * shore '{ - ?? - i'Hl*rfvf> YD By (. .nl O. 1 ' ~ 7 , f \ n AN It was quite a shuck whx.iv Mrs. i >lan absulutehv refused to conider havma lohr-yenr-"1'1 Ti,v>lv u tpnai'lij removed. Jimmy htid n, ..older brother .and_a baby Wuvr. -Eat h tinm?I' had? ny one of thpm before, their lather hod been uiAiIUkuul and ooperative in her attitude. We were discussing the matter a my otrice snortly after Jinity had recovered from another eveie attack of tonsillitis. I now,.that the child's tonsils .ere badly diseased and should i' taken out, becaxhii-they wcrr angerous to his health 'and* tlw v -'ould cause additional future ainckft of tonsillitis. Mrs. Dolan told me that she hliMn't c t*r? ,,!inv it. w\/t rnneon" I/VA1 V?ll V k?VV t UOV/ll Di' the operation now that Jimiy" again hub aeovoi'ed " from is tunSIliti.si seemed per Sfetiy wcjl. Shi' nud * hoard, she i f *1. i'ilM 'he .. ^irr; f protection : the'throat and .onderod :: they should he l.einwit she "ad-dud. she 'oy_l<j w ri;v ahout s-> .small a oy as una under an pi-rat ; . !!. '. .n.-aL? may - rvo as a pro: '.Hi' against ;nv' henjlhey became en r : -hi ally in tec ted e.Miy'-s ;'.i> are ;u ' the I : . T n -t y then ho<nine -' * ! . i/vf<*cti'?n.> . .? n d " ":al ueriii.-- and -c:ui he tin e of the spread oT disease . poison ti.iourfhout the body. . 1,.n, ^u-o'iciwl ?k..? .iv. . wen <indanger:ng hi-;i!th and < von his life. I sympathized with tire mot ers?natural u m TV hoi uld's having an operation. But as.sUn-d Mrs. Dolan that the mova! of tonsils was a very vrnrnon and safe operation to ay, and, there- -was no iv.i >n hv J nil my's should not he. mtnietely successf ill. . \i talked, 1 could Mrs. (dan was gradually giving in drtie she realized it. she was dually llt'lpim.' rm?p-hm Jim visrH?to th?-?hospital ntv<4 as'concerned over sueh things : whether or -rmt Jimmy rould ring Ins favorite stuffed animal" Of course, not every sore throat '" every case of torisilliTls mends tIKKI AMI 1HKKH Negroes are becoming thurugni\ an used ovei rumors tnal lemrvii rights program m Gorvres? is to be "coniprbmisadr1 !ks ha\e'plann^d-a rousing ralt fui Kehru.'.rv ll-l'> m w.-ertT agton to train all guns on Capi>1 Hill. Call for action is uhder/ritten by some of the most imminent liberals in the CQlinry. Should bo quite a- conclave _" t, f Over in VA, Joe Albright baa fage~Tl veyvclear ta all conerned that he is the arch-foe oi ny,, effort to by-pass 'The agen y\ "Circular 33," the noniserimination in employment ireetiye (supplementing iPresient Truman's executive order 080V. Big Joe and VA's Fait ~ ~"ij- " J . L~ x. _ >> ' ' r- . .y" ; ;? __________ THE LIGHTHOtIS i'HOPOSAL ??r~ >rgia proposes that the fediuns of dollars to transport rn whites into, the South a?s ice issue. , ' * ' l all w iiile:;. imthig Xegi"Uea?_ >macy' /be forbidden to-cross? t ?"asont were this class cut off t ^se it could produce and run j: Id support Sejaator KussctTs a > and the- white ^southerners t outh.^" - -r??-? T ink the federal government c d providing means by which 1 white supremacists" might ; " " ' . . ' . ' ' ? : ? ??-t futures cannot trace; you"ahtI~j wear iiis face. ? ? trUst, we make of Him a Uod t ' f i x the right of choice and dep.u- t c. ? - - :? -7 : ? ^ id spiritual ventriloquists His 1 purposes and progress will } oke screen or engaged in ball\> f - Htf ddesrrs want his' thlli is a " : ?~ , rv in Word and dei <[ tile yrif..; - *r >ur ev ery need.? Tty detract -from His MTrrrv-iy t uen of love and jiurily. dest~soul..and bring fov out <?f s roll." ' ' lines Mi d 1 11 > M1 ?) 1 * I / k 1 1 1111 t i< >ie * v?x'v ??v-i MV |'VUV? V'il liyiHI^'M ist are making terrible bluifd day about ihen of experieni <* ire beiny bound by their owi ; < brist out of their plannine. rnanRind everywhere shall by ^us shall reiirn wherever t ? . : teU11?doe*; ltfj jyUei'l'S v i > .?e ley r.un:- His, kingdom she. '* ill moon shall vanejio nmn Tiymx\:m toberts. M. D. ?-? > P Feature i ' ' ^ ? ? ? ' i . A$ /'! Tin: Ab'TfiOH-: - Dr. Carl G > Hi : 1- - :... ;, I I. Oil. .U'.i; fgu.il a'1 is a diplomat ol the Amencan Board of Surgery. Ciilaw.uf. .rv.oi'uMti College if surgeon. * past piijivioi! of the .Nation- .'.. j! Mednil Ass.x uitvon. editor 'his week's eoluiiin T*sV'"I 'b>i>:Ts that nui;'! be V< ] v i i ' i* ' . run ' a! xatr.i-at **r -h?- ff^rrr " : ' Thi-y v: cm; D_".U:.- .l.j iiol advice tor.-b :_f-a'; at ' b<? ; i 1' rnv it the rhf t tii.il t: .< ; '. it i? fi'-ni ti1Such * f i> r:>t ion at that. tmv might ' i * !! i 4 .L'%!) " ? Tt U A.* a :nf.? -is ?n to >n:<.rd ' other !' T|:vr.?Ti<} th.A Mu pern'. ' he pf: ' not- i at"'< ; the h; > n :,ath - !: n.p1;' km I am _ A- - nould iii.-/.if '( i j; i ,u be e V ;r. ! LLLX?ea of .1?. limber .>i r;,.u.- 'ii.i.iM such .t ? urlet lever or ' dintla. : a. a* . if. i :i> ;!!*';are; doe , u. i .'j o.-oi-. 1 i t i 1 v by ' ho "MfitInTVFft MedlCfd A""OCl8- *" *fen nrrrt The JVriT:-.rrrrt Tuh<: ivulnAssoeiat ion in the inteia-st of better health ot the people ?iMnployntonl?ol ftrer.- .IrieK-t'i mv- ? " r, r fut i ! t.eL TFT vety friendly fashion. Incidentally, " tlein i-1 11111 hind. VA?hftwin?re? - pJLi^vlLUiUvia and Albrighthp aide, . ' Juts on VA's Hoard of Review for f , * ' l.o'kbnin Airbase will soon see the end of the segregated Air force field. Reason AV to ? fu11 integration of Ne groes in all branches. Ilaj>py 1 about it all: Joa Albright. who J el a pntU'ni of Intcgra'tinn when 1 k be-bvi ,11111' the lil'sl'TToKro yi AF ' history to ^lelrver lectures to aH H white personnel back in 1944. I ' 'And wow's on, too.) 1 , , |i 1 And hv the \\ta\'. Air Force. < ' does this mean that Col Ron Davis is to ho a brigadier general. 'Wo hone^ 1 i ' ' ' V ~ A VOICE IN irv Robert Durr nsticc and Brotherhood li is .important in this perilous, lme tHaT diTf leaders be assured hat'justice and brotherhood will irevail, ?nd that our thinking nd efforts be directed positive* v Instead of negatively to thaT rrrfutahic fact. "And that, with ?ur thinking, "be eoupled. to'-susained efforts in our' small way wherever we are to make this i reality in our time. It can be lio.u? in :uur time if we contrive vifh all our might to persuade >eople to Want .to do wliat^they iLLCL.iii, indivkluah? to establish and brotherhood. Wy L'iirL. ..have j ust joe and" >r other hood if we want it, and f wo are willing to pay the >nrr. Less than justice and iff if luihood is costing. far more nan we tan pay. There is so nuch to be done in this area and o LtJle time to get what ought >e done that none can profitab -ttHnpt the "Let Georg e do it" H tude. TKi i(; "is" a cross" for you. and , > >u iinil tivcimae-rr" TTTTFo^ is a .cross for inc. _liiu:o. upun a?Ume a - frimouslofball team went to a, distant i>v. n to engage another team- in grid iron classic which sea sonhlv brought upward of a quarer million fans out to engage in g<?od time by all. The boys were shown their leeping quarters for the night lefore the big game. In the lea-ntime. 'he coach had stopped ui m comer wuij ute rival team oarh. Instead of each boy undressing -n'd going to bed as" instructed,~ nch . at?unthv.-mcd . tin?hix bunk -saying next to nothing, seemn -'y, waiting for the other to' u.iKo a certain move. Soon the""coach returned and nthrout.' saying a' word,'undress-, d. ' knelt to pray beside ^his unic. he did .so: each svmilioniously did- likewise and raw-led to bed. ' Throughout their training?period. mese boys hail been taught ?pi ay ) ,'iei",?night?-bofui e?retiring rMho enac-h had led- thern_ ; ::i L ; iw:i ^ -'y p'-"--"'n ?a-ie-i?--grrnTanec as" ?h=-/< * . .! (iovh. i H. Hancock . ( ouspieuous Hour - r.vcn v.-re < Tjj^.n ' lim<L=tnT~ K '' 'g ? ?I u p^rre^r-.- T.'UmJimt^ - ing : virn a.-- President <?f e.,.ie,i states The World teks in stunned .amazement, " ore are a thousand reasons i.,iiv Truman, shuuM- not be ?iw:. 1. -Jut there "is only 'oiif, a>- .oily von*, why he should be, ' -.a'.: >:i found in mn !Tu i\pi t-.-s.on >>( something is l.t.n: t <_?*1 ilua-Wr ; a : t . :t t ' " n is i appe.i; . i ...;; {he seeno . : y as < nr.dniate lor the aunty, he eas;!v bet itine the i'v '; -iinicri! or a nation's ropes, -poke the iangwugi .-that a'.si.ed '..lie righteou^ninbltjoili en .P. 'pit . T: uhin;t iKiiv t " .y p. .i'r U oil ty r<?le in. the ' ' An : ;? hr. .irahnu. ahi he -i t.T- tie part of the r-. :-r ,1-5-'::* rrnrTt.-jsr^k-s u*?th > vitoL'r a 11J 1 r.ti .nt ht-ti plutyv He daiv.i to be a Uttlb > .1 v 1 1^ and a; rayed limy-elf ' id t i?o. a. . at CI i .at it of a j i\ iI> lilian re'iMbpubl.e.,!! ' pnrv and In. fi'liou tin giant and -^'Trtr?trtt" thn: -V ' 'T :p~ ;'' ^Sf= . Pie. baghtiest s* niggle.- j( his [ : citiui.'i- w 'r. ' becuij.se he imposing of stature; not be..u.-'e h<- champion t. a popular ' : " f?a.v?T?'a .is hur11 1 t.o.i dourer s: not au > pionrtious meunvstances . >,-if Part ling lurn towards the >-! 1 il'n O . this" w(irld affords, p: o. .di :t( > ot the United O ' 1."1. I O I I 11 .1 ouiocL an 'unpopular.* but justly UiiL ar.d la_Li<Lvml* - iu himsell rnd his i;kim ,-nd the hencfi htv of a rust' (bid.. _:r7TnT, i. ,i httle man" winiouT~a '.to,., in'ah age and in ' 'Willi.'," A liM.tl ? lll'tll'IH,,. 1 .in PI" 'I ??muni tmrts ' ring in moral majesty. In beer words in a country where r v ishi ha * heroine it" hi a n nr. 1 unrlogreed hutnble white man foin Missouri ndos' the erect nt '?p"I>uIiiI it'y almost without a lata!lei m this nation's history. NO EASY CHAIR FOR ME Williom II...,*.. U.^f in j as up 1 [ ~ 111f*111 .111 in-ciu y chnim pin icai" liicy'11 niukc me lazy. F I ' the III IMPire E* 'n though they call me efafcy, 1 had no such in rnr^y year?,' ! sat on, puncheon benches, Sometimes 'mid blood and briny tears / i\s boys had in the trenches. ADVERTISE IN THlJ: ,r_ Mr.nTH(M'SE and INFORMER i I r... " ' ' K.': BIA' S C' ^ ^ THE SOUTH rr they went forth to play ?or victory; to the end -that then school? uight boldly hold itself fttrfh. a* , -a-'leador?in-the building-of?not oi\ly- good?foothall ptayersr but good meny They had been taught to follow as they were led in prayer, but not having been taught-ln?lead in prayer?they cuuld not as individuals take the initiative in pleading their comrades in prayer. If anyone of them had done what thtriroach" did upon his return, theTbthsrs. -would have fallowed suit/ In this business of facilitating tjxe-- prevailing' of justice jiltF" brotherhood, leadership is our' great need. The world waits to follow : IE = -? I recall hearing a man say on ?e that at one time during the dark days of the depression in Chici g > there were close on to fivn hundred thousand men who were ready to march upon that city, forcibly break into ware houses, stores and what have, you, in an effort to take Jthe clothes, food and^medicine they and their Any- zealot might have risen unci said "follow me, I will lead you in doing wlrat you without discipline want to do," but themen'did not march, plunder, murder, all because no on/volunteered to be their leader. Justice and brotherhood will prevail when leaders arise who will lead men to pray and work to be guided by God as they fearlessly stand and work for justice and brotherhood. The one: weak part in America's armour is its lack of great -rptnTual leaders tor a time like noon whom God has laid his hands anjl who jceognue that the enemies ofjustice -and brother.hooct-arc s?v^= ners before God and can. make them understand the old fash-' ioned truth that there is no esi aping?we must feap what' we ' sow.-. -r ' : ; . ------' Booker Washington snfri: "The -chains1 of cmdTess justice binds the oppressor with the oppressed, ami as close as sin artu sunermg lojned, they m arc h to fate " abica-d " ?by Cahvitv News Service.) , THE LINES It is true, Lincoln ,went from his rail-Splittihg to the presidency; it is also true that Booker w^hingtarp-weni from a slaveJ cabim-la?the- Hall Rut these two greats lived in a day when learning was not su worshipped as .today. They lived be- ' fore our nation asked about the _ degrees first and character next. Truman is no sensation as ap .orator; he .makes no claims to a i.Jue-bLiodcd. antecedent. Truman is just a. swell fellow and a people's man, and as such he" hasbrought to'this nation one of its c.-.hspicuous hours. Trunin-. has redeemed the faith of m.il: >1 his. fellowmen to its .'"undat ions. In being president of all the peuple no one _gr< >up ne.od ex cS V all is hopes and dreams to materialize in short order. It is a-1 he ?!. spokesman for the. naSon's liberal elements; but it must r..>? be forgotten that, his h'Prsdio.n is nut dead. His road a'ill be rv rocky otto and Truman needs the prayers of a nation. The D.xu.'erats are lying in wait to ambush iiitn The old reactin ir.es are eagerly awaiting the ir when thei can. . join the ' - 'd "-Awae With Him1.. "Gru. . Him1 bhi\i.ts eolvbs of the jungle . re never more hungry for the bi<>od of their prey than a certain m. tor' oT the south in hungry for Vie utter destruction of Truman and Ti 'umaitbin. IT ho program" airfare n lemporary set-back V ! does not work as "planned," / ! <? . mn.->?fwf trmv CWi rmpatlent?and too quwWy. Truman has* shown where his heart TEH *<Ud.V. h. must nut piur?rrrtntho hands of the Dixieerats who *"" t-drtrn birr trig for hts destruction. Truman has.proved himself the hotel est kniqht ever to champion '.u cause of civil rights for a\l? ?\'em * - irn.'lir tcdi-Trjnv'oV^ >.ToT ~TTTTT7rn To the presidency is one of the most irrefutable testimonials democracy will ever "TTaunt to the world. He makes possible a nation's conspicuous hiiun! hOiM 1 United by the Associated Negro Press.) ! 1 ; L Here And There One of the_best moves ever ^masi?_^hy?the NAACP: creating the office of church secretary*. ' --1 " And this column says it again to Negt-o parents: Get - some AtTTHENIC history books an the Negro in your home for yourchildreh to read. The great "'orks of J. r A. Rogers, Carter Woodson, etc., are. the finest reading vou could provide for vour children. Lot them leiirn to be proud of their heritage. i f tr? THE NEED f 'By John ~J3uwu At Charleston theer is i -diotingmshe'll Willie f 5 m I 1 y wTTmsP fawilv t?-t- rTT^g1 back, 'who definitely he long t< the "first" families in any coun try, Which this day greatly dis illusioned and troubled. In r e g a n t months the husband and wifehave given -more than pas? ing attention to "... the..?race- quns- : tion.. They dis- " y " "J*.. > M facts befpre the two of them as (g the facts were |jgj[ . , -* and not as they had been reared to believe ir overlooking facts in .sympathy w:th Negroes, that they them: selves had been missing ~th< privileges of doing some ' gooc for the community and Tthc down-trodden, - ?After talking it^over the fam tly irt-ards decided - that. Hke tot many father wl'fp p^rtpje, thoj dKtnt really., know Negroes Their knowledge of the race wa: prejudiced and synthetic. "'"1Sc t hr>v miivn/l ti?? tiig-"Tho\ scanned-the city's roster, picket about half a dozen from amonj Negroes listed as "finest" in the community, -and the wife invitee these, all ladies, into tea". Having spent most q( my life in and around Charleston""/1 car testify that Charleston Teas art you are invited to one they makt sure that you know how to bal ance a cup and sau,cer on you] knee, and that now of the brew vputc mm T-.iii-.i4yg fine iugs. Tin lest/and teas in Charleston art white. " There" wasn't anything super ficial about the invitations. Th< and- ?ace?fu'r above level and considered the affai; an asses to themselves. This' tes would, in relaxed atmosphere i. iKii.de them to got bettor, aequ and." moreover, could also movi on into other white homes. Yov . ice. these twiito Chariestonians natives and proudly bred and born down there, after reading Ni*gn?-iruwspapei*s and follow ing Negro (battles in courts ant rrmunrt the luunlrv. dun't "Br leive any, longer ?in s?-grngi>BrH and difference between jaces. The invitations went "'out am The Labor View IJy George F. McCray Murder and Free Enterprise Because" he was a thdughtfu ahd enterp'ising*-< itizert, Ro?er Mallard, a successful farmer anc businessman, lies rotting in th< red earth of the cracker state o: 'Georgia. Hi's murder is a crime com mitted by the white people of i -sertes^of crimes against its Ne gro citizens. The hooded coward; who shot dpwn this iespectabh and harmless citizen did so be cause their "small souls could no i'ijrb the Mvace if?alnu?tv iirvf Hate aroused by the sight of < .successful Negro. This kind of murder for gene rations has denied the South th< benefit of much of its best brain and as a consequence is a .mail cause of the backwardness o the whole area. ? .... As wa$ indicated bv the con duct of the trial and the jubila tion (if the degenerates whi packed the court room, th< hooded murderers were actihj as. the executioners of the whiti comiu'unitv. It IS per-i^gary The matter so bluntly ii order rto ' understand it in it true light." ' ' - In Killing a Negro, who hai outstripped his white neighbor in spite of hi 1 * handicaps "thi white ciimmiinitv Vwirl ajvv. v upon?hini. Die muraorcrs kncv they would have the support o .majority.. _o1?whites^ Jiy-_rv means all white citizens, bu certainly a majority who see ii the success of a "Negro a re flCCTlon on Uieir own -ability. The murder of Mallard ia pat ticularly shocking, but the uglj cancerous, and cowardly fea .reveled by?his- killer^-i* ew more so.' Apparently, the pcopl wf Cicnt/jia do not believe in fre < r:n i pnsc nor in the basic idea of American Democracy. The certainly do noj believe tha every American is entitled t all the rewards which the might?hUIUiihtbJy antl " tlpcetitl win in competition with their 4e\ olws. They fear they can't com pete with Negro brain and mus cle. Surely muraer is not the wa the "master race" intend* t meet thc^cQjnpetitum of th "disadvantaged" Negro. If Southern. \yhjtfm pot-slal?? th?tf extreme hostility to?th "slow but steady forward rrterc of Negroes, the^ will only uk cee<J In convincing the worl that they are a stupid and brut? people. To hold back the Negr they must hold back and destro America. ? (Distributee" by th ; Associated Negro Press.) ?. ' READ THE UOHTHOtTSE IT LEADS THE STATE \ v "H : ""VjjftV ... . -'/v . ETNDAV. PBBURARr 6. 1919 OR CHANGING H. McCray ^ ? somehow, news of them traveled -~4i the. ^Jegro underground and r^rape-vlne, , Then,lt happehed. J j Somebody on the colored side < -mardhed" straight to this white 1 - household' and informed then? J that they were committing * .^reat ain; . that they were invit-, 1 . ing the wrong type ^af people ? J, and considerably other ? purely j de.spicable bosh intelligent peo?pl?* ought, not ever mention. The host and hostess were " ?dunned, confused 'And lilt * floundering. Naturally, the y. h?didn't dare gothrough with the MRF3T"""/\na as things nave a way |Of doing, the shock wore off and | they did. some further thinking. | Thev wonder now if Nggrow ha- ",3* licve in equality; if so, why do i they try to down one of thelT r own and make attempts to keep . the whole race in the proverbial I "crab basket.".. 7 7 ~ ~ Then, they checked further. They, were shocked to find that ! among Charleston county's?60, , - mm-Ncgrocs, lwa than 2,OOO be- :: - longed to the NAACP. They rea soh- tliat at -Charleston, nf an / ill: 1111vor l '^hrlnetnn tirKnrn iVti* ' ' - righteous'and mighty Judge War t# s ing presides, a Charlestonian 1 whose fair ruling in the ^behalf J <>f. < Negroes the past five years * have written a brand new chapi ter m the Negro struggle, th&tso ' few' Negroes Support the organ t izaticfn which promoted the Issue laid before' Mr. Waring. And i they .wonder, in light of the i small NA^,CP membership and i the pressure and persecution _r 1 whites have laid on .fudge War ing; ;f it is worth the while for b any white people to sticks their ' hecks out for Nrgrof^: if urhltn ? 2 people, on their own, ought to 2 slash as segregation barriers and j begin to treat Negroes as though. .-they were somebody. 2 Of course what is. the case ? htrtt* -is ah?o"thrr case ill t06 1?any~J~ r other Charlestons.".; Too many .-VI j Negroes just don't think rightly, ^ and in their quest *or smiles, and ?perhaps?eycn?teas, from?white?? 2 folks they nip ;in the bud many i fine opportuniti^ qf hnrmfff to i, the whole race, the two races, ^ [ the South and countty, and more Hj? I importantly, io themselves, as a . j - part; pf the whole. 5 . . *u| t lot of Negro^iust-jhess"mr^wiiere tt-timy -uiijtht to sh?; and keep ~ quiet. : Rockefeller Heads I'M'FJiMfl - ^ * i Itampaign ^ . ? 7- A. ' 1 NEW YORK CITY?John D, . 2 Rockefeller, Jr. will serve ps f chairman of the National Couacil of <the United~Negro College . Fund for its 1949 appeql,/Thomaa - ""tj a A Morgan,' chairman of the ^ Fund's board. aiyioimrifrl Mum 1 '? * J-.. . uay. ' o*' -> 5 Mr. Rockefeller also served ?S' ; chairman in 1948, when the . National Council was established t as a continuing committee, and r ^ \ made a permanent-^ar I of the " "t j Fund's organization. Guided by * this committee, citizens iii sixty, comraunities t h r o ughout the? 3 ountry raised $1,145,896 in 1948 ~ o help cooperating colleges and ' r ' universities meet current opf crating expenses, and improve educational facilities- for their fudents. --- . :: Winthrop > W. 1 Aldrich, ' chair- JaL3 man of the board of the ChaM^HHj s National Bank, who was national , treasurer in 1948, has also agreed to fill the same post for this year's ar>neaL fn*:? April. Mr. Morgan.said. I Toothache Adds iJiYuc.Iu Ben. Da vis I " "1 f i / . T .r -V' Ay*? "f o HW Yt)RK CITY ? Usually t .iappi-r Ron Davis, Jr., one of the n twelve leading Commumats on ? : r.ai IL.'i; nmopiraty atrainat the l i .ted States^ hangup the heavily guarded session with a double ^ potion of misery, n iJaA:eity?cotmcrtman Wnn v e Manhattan, had an infected tooth. ';$! i> S>> at ten Imir h<n?? ' '' s during the morning stis ion, he jj y had to ot off from the afternoqiit.^18 it one. * * ' > ? life v.a eexousod to see a ' I. 100,000 Negroes attended * the inauguration of President Truy man. And no'W that . all n hffonla is over, whrr- dn ua_sr 't jr- tron? here? (That's up to us, Tlunior, "P V* HH ftmtlK?? B? ; ; t * ' WPgrn ftthletM &ttertding tra*fc ~ .. in w^htn^ u by daily newspapers) WtfNf JliRtl rrowed in hottU, (Lnrd. 'Wri, 0 Kow long!) : ' "*. y . ie Joined the NAACP and Urban League yet? We can't^win .w<it|rilB out intelligent fighting ^(the ; Amerk-an way), ind we . cant ' . . fight without -money.