Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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bp?;* ,*"* ___ ?/- -v'i. ... p'^:" ?;-: . --?7 -" " ?; : ' - ' : * ' i . ' 4 ? LIGHTHOUSE and INFORMER, COLUM1 fhc m vS^;' V-' vJ rAND/8 Published weekly by The Lighthouse Publishing Company, Incorporated, at 1507 Har^ V' d?h Street, Columbia 4, South Carolina TELEPHONg 2-7079 f.-' ' f'T 1 ??? * ???-?-? Entered as Second Class matter "n the Post Office at ^Apimbia, South -Cnnrlimr~under the Act of March 3, 1879. JOHN H. McCRAY . ... EDITOR SUBSCRIPTIONS?Payable ,in advance?: 1 year, mna,, yor.nr^ . 8T my jr? per cepy, 10" cents , -?-. Yesterday, Today and \r " ^Occasionally, we hear today someone say something Itke thfe* "Th.^ 1 i^TifVin.mi, ? iiilmhier is a controversial, radical. agitating newspaper which keeps beating wardrums *on matters it might well leave be. It fhns passions and excites the people. It is a menace'^ . - , , Whethei or not there is truth in any of this, history and,time will prove. But it is a "viewpoint we note here, and now that attention be not diverted from the real goal and we. turn back while on the road marked . "straight ahead". ?We can-think of notJ*uer nor^ better way of ^ considering such a viewpoint-if it be-thau of looking back to yesterday, looking around today and envisioning tomorrow at the civic changes -which havp boon nrp Iming?I made and portend. Back in 1940, long before any changes be- ' gan, this newspaper began preaching its doctrine of the right of Negro school teachers to get equal salaries, for equal training ' and experience. It gave of its space, time, it even put its few pennies into travel costs, as 1 its staff took the word to teachers. When the matter was laid before fevleral courts, not < only did the courts agree, but the state it- 1 self adopted its first plan of equal salary 1 schedules. Wer? we wrong? If we were, how < could-so many others go along with us? . * And, at'about the same time, we told the citizens all had a right to join all political < parties and could not be siphoned off into 1 .T voteless groups by subterfuges and bigotry; < ?If we wcrti radical, if we wcie .piBaching a? ?? ?doctrine not good for South Carolina, then j>; V again the courts?-aH~of them in the land? i ? backed us up, an^i about South Carolina the white citizens too' agreed for thV^ elected Negroes to party places of honor, add have placed them on several state and loeal bod?-; . ies, and now that they see it, agree tha't the practice should have been adopted long be-ore. *."V . And over the years, time and again, . wo? K '; have reported instances^vhichfor Some reason, escaped daily newspapers, to have each report verified. Remember the Isaac Woodard incident? We told the story a month before anybody else. Remember t he Pinq, Island Atlanta's Tragedy Hold More than *30-persons were dea< 1 w ithin a - few days in Atlanta last week, all suppose victims of poisoned moonshine whiskey, and practically all- if not totally- colored Briefly: They got-it in liquor from their bootlegger, who was 'handed a~ mixture of * moonshine ,uul methanol. Am'^t* hnvr1 henri made but nothing can atone for the deaths and the others injured, some permanently, by the mixture. % ' & ' What happened in this instance in AtlanThe End of the Road For Many hearts were saddened Friday night? when Joe Louis suffered the greatest indignity of his boxing career, saddened because it was. the -end of the trail and he was notable to envision a comeback as he did to a^enge the beating given him thirteen years a^o by Max Schmelinp:. The great Joe Leu is, now an old rv.n as ; tar as prize fiffhting goes, is a lojyv. \ one - people like to remember and talk about.-He has done more for boxing, ahd excellent reV '' " lations in athletics than any other champion ' of all time. He's been blean and a good fel " loV, tn and out of the ring. That's why the citizens like him. That's why their hearts ''were saddened. Whore before they had as, suranee of his success, they sat hoping for v.. too much?for the miracle?they knew was IPrj i '' - * ' " t ? %. beyond reach. Louis has reached the end of ?the trattr~" b Joe Louis, they say, went back to boxing ? trv clear a tav inrtnhtoilni'ww the g?V* eminent. He was toe ohMhen. Now that he has about spent himself, and it appears the government Will consider a compromise, h< should quit. He's proved himself the K^eat est champion by the number" of defense of " " ; ' Y, *' ' ' *' aL?* ,.i;..: ii^... .' . v- '3M -- - ' ' ' . - . .. . ... v BIA, S. C. Saturday, November 3, 1951 lit house" < INfORME? ADV KKTIS1NG KA'iTSS rurntslUMl on application Make cheeks or orders payable to The L ght house Publishing Company, Inc., and not ti persons representing It. . . . National Advertising Representative- Toterstate United Newspapers, Inc.. 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, New York. CLOSING SCHEDULES: New, 12 noon Tuesday;. Advertising. T P. M-- Tuesday: Photographs. 19 A.M. Monday. tomorrow rapg-slaying? The Wa'^e beat ing'nf IfhLSJ 11 n e^ o r u ta 1 whip ping s on state farms?still going on? Nobody has disputed the facts. Nobody does so now.'Who is there to say it is no tiipe nor place to talk-about living and its problems? Why has God given us life?^ Today, there is discussion as to racial Hdtrporritl inn Wn nnnnan nnntinnnUnn ! ? I V upj/vov V.*/HLimitlVlUU Ul It, for it is a luxury, a stigma, a menace to our conurmnity and blackguards our state. And of course those 'disagreeing are horrified, as they were when we spoke for equal salaries and the ballot. Are they right and we all in Standing with the newspaper's views or. the subject are the 120,000 members of the AME Church, the 350,000 Negro Baptists in South Carolina, the thousands others in the AME Zion, Methodist, Colored Methodist churches, the 6,000 Negro teachers, the Masonic and Eik lodges, the state federation of women's clubs, not to mention the various and sundry groups of white citizens, who have all combined behind this same viewpoint. Are we to be told that this newspaper's opinion on the subject then is singular, an that of a madman, all on a limb by himself stirring the citizens to revolt? The people can and do think for themselves This fact political rulers would disallow and stop. It isn't pleasant?-oy any means?to discuss the bigotry one man displays to-a?oHr= er fellow being,_A newspaper such as ours could find it so much easier doing something rise. But who's going to take ujp these issues, it we don/t 7 The daily press, grounded"in hig business, a hddom mated generally by th ^r who created tho situation, haven't done so, and woTt't gvenj'esnect anv opinion <Bff?rinp from their own,1 built upon race and Civil War, rather than contemporar society. Christ was put to death for preaching that all men are brothers, and should be so considered. lie offended those smug and sleek mid satisfied- in their sin. Two thousand ' I AT " .T 4 I' ..I I . 11 ? . . 4 /-. i U .s 4 ... 4 \ Kill s litter, lilt' >N ill 111 HlUl IKHIL'IS lllill UCl It has learned that lie was right. We've been right thus far. At least so lonjj as the courts and such a large segment of tin citi&gns agree with us. we are satisfied. i Lesson For Others ta could also happen a^. d isaM neasily in every other community where at illegal whiskey traffic exists. And moonshiiK flows freer and more abundantly among tlu lower income groups. It is sold cheaper thai store-bought stuff for_quick sales the l>er-not noting that it is also Quicker and i cheaper way to death. The drinker ought to remember this as .... i:^ A .. i _. i i r l. .. i i *i luunmng iragouy. jio snoiuu resuive. now i< drink only legal whiskey?thai screened- fo: his protection. Joe Louis the crown In nine wnv. he has not bee able to set a new record of coming back. Rev. DeLaine's Role There seems some doubt as to what par the Rev. J. A. Delaiino, formerly of Sum merton. ha<l in the Cl.uendon?fouhfy suit Rev. Mr. Del.nine moved off after hear hp James M. Hinton. state JvAACI1 president promise support to communities working ot equalizing school facilities during summoi school here frvifM7. Returning home, hi took the matter up with fellow ministers and ere long found himself chairman of ; committee, which last year formally pel it ion school officials a second time for equndi zation. We believe be was president of tie LJarendou county "branch, which was to re place an Curlier one at Manning. The original case filed, Kmi cv^ Avrnc rro an attack on segregation. It sought equali zation of facilities. Rev. Mr. DeLaine helpe< sell plaintiffs his idea, and did such a fin job that he found himself issued, by the prtn ninnl /af iifrrifT' livonoU vi/l- 1M CUIVIJ OVIIV/V/I | >TIIU I t (TiTrinpr parent demands for impf'oN ermnts. * ^ * ' __i1?? ? i ' WEEKLY SE OPERATOR, GIVE ME GOD Uy Chaplain George A. Rosso (Captain. V. S. Navy) So mew hire in Keren, a Marine, Corporal Robert L. Mills, approuchor Hal Cianev. -tali rrpnrUM.u-.for tlx* Boston. Trove for, and yard: "Look, would yu do .something for me?- Wou'd you xS ncT a message to my kid, Cris? He'- only three years old. i and he's gut himself all mixed up. I want uT straighten him out". . "Okav', said Clancy, ''You ' dictate you.r message to Cri*". Tlv Marine squared his shoulders, and began: 'f.)eav Cris. I hear "you tried to tele-. ; 1* iijc God the other day No. h _ tlui-t'x. wrong. WV have to start over. I'll tell you what happened. and then we'll start ove Okay"? "Sure" I'm reporter uud. "Well", Mills cxp .li'V). ''My. kid, Cris, is prett ..smart f ?r three years old. When he get-, troubh s he never bothers' with small fry. He goes straight to the top. He picks up the telephone and calls God. It's ju<t his special way of praying, I guess. He doesn't mess around. "Strictly a tig time operator"-, Clancy admitted. "Strictly". Malls agreed. "Well, her'-'s what?hnppc nedT~T~ g t a" letter from my wife. She tells me Cris didn't like the idea of my going; back into service so suddenly. So be asked God ? Letty M. Shaw Despondency Is Not only the world revolves on its axis, but life is a cycle that spins our actuality. Several days past, 1 met a tniddle-aged lady who was lamenting the fart fViaf 1 tuous possession.* are now destroyed. She had accumulated a great deal, Witiuud^ destructive burning lpft nnly smoldering embers. S'i?. felt lur life of little v.due, herause , she was forced to .-.tart anew. Do you feel somewhat simi lar? If so,, weep no more {- > what is passed; rather, lift your head; rejoice, knowing that the opportunity to rebuild confronts ! you. There is no such thing as verP turing up the ladder and rei mnining atop eternally. All through .lite we hav culnima5 ions and downfalls. A.-, an infant you might win a boautv, contest- later find y?u:>eif i" maining in the fir-t grade t*. 1 years; still later, g.unit . m n time losing personality; aftvr a Inp-e of duration, holding !' Theater Guild Note Attendancce Alter i BALTIMORE Wait lot The .ite r Guild :rciTibe-:? who nv. t t < i:..\ !v?-l -p. t o <!< i'.n - :pj . ! i' niatx* si'o'.'A a. W il* an : v U 1 > this v.'Cuh that th?- :nan... n.< ' of Ford*- theater ?he on?pi? ki t * 0?I?!?fk-r?. ~"T"' I 1 ho 'Ba it;tm>i e hiam li ??t t'aA'A ' A<"P Fc urged t i iI;m imtinuo t. g i g;ia n j><'I i y Alhiu Ku lr ii termini- <>t tl'r 1 _ Palmetto A ME CONTINl'FI) FRO** PAGh I older. Groat St Luke Stat*?p. J. P. Jennings; Francis Biu\vn Station, W^_ TL Banus; St. PeOers? Sta tion. W. P.. Richardson; Jehovah, f D. _W. Washington; Andrews# S , M. TTughes; St Stephen's. A. R. 1 German; Gourdinc (.'ireud. C. t' T...I < ..... .. n; ii# htm J. > U I , 1 I MI I tl I I I ' ' \ \ IJ, vv A > . > V 1 1 -?limns;?I;?>ke City. .} A. DtTvnin"; King-tree, P. S. .1. Moll tte, Beu' lab, J. T. William.-; Jerusalem 1 Station. G. L. Baylor; Bethlehem. * F. Kinloch; Bonueau. ('. A - Grant; St. Paul, 1-. L). Gamble; i? Groat Pleasant. W H. Settbs; St. Malt hews M ssi< p. Tn>ina> Mr Clary; Boal Oak Missmn, .T. ?A. MiddToton Compel. W. . L. Lewallen; St. John. Chapel, J. | II. Turner; Joiinson Chapull, I. c S. death, rs; Shiloh. Uly-ees ^ f^nrk;'~f?Sfpway d(T~bo supplied ); rl Grceloyvdle, II E. Spnnn; Lanes Chapel. Robot t Green. T ' ? _ RMONETTE ?? -feu ^ by telephone ? to please keep an eye on me and send me home. Only you know what happened? Cris turns to his mother and says, 'Nobody answers! God isn't in'! -r^-inertly? ? irpset kid not to get hi*eaik through .l:d?like frj?write something that would clear up . this he- him. But I just don't know how to put it ".". It was a?big problem. A Marine rifleman, who had been- listening, said: ''Well, jook at it this way. Where v/eva wo when (ho kid made his plv ih> call"? . Mj'ils figured s j)it. "Inchon. ?I?guOss"^-Tie said. "A real hot place", the rifleman said. "P m< mber the beach, so -n\oky with shellfire fun fnuUn't 73 1 . u. VUHHI I nvi:. iwuiuiiioer how thJey wore up "on the -hill throwing everything "but tho trees down on us; ' remember thy seawall we had to climb"? "It was a ; ot place. It was the end of the line for some uuys". There were a few seconds of si'icnce. And-then the rifleman asked: "How do you feel. Bob"? <'Me2- .Eluel Why- slnHikln'-tI? Nothing happened to me", "That", said the riflefnan, "is what I was thinking". Mills nodded slowly .and grinned. lie look* d at the reporter. "You ready"? Hal Clancy said he was. Mills dictated: "Dear Cri<, You got through* just fine. Thanks"! But Temporary stc-adfast to all the attributes of life's victory J only to lose the same at-the bat of an eyei; JIM* It is this radical conversionof events that -fashions and" ketps life beautiful and free of - tho monotony of all accomplishments 01?tto ? accmpU*?h?men l. There may be many (I am ?certain of one) who will read "" .his article and say "You axe definitely erroneous. ?-nc t.n reach the top "Bnd there remain". I beg to differ with you. Your thoughts are .illusory; however, i say to you. a- did Mark Twain to inanv, "Don't part with your illusions. When they ait' gone you may exist. but. you have ceased to live." Even illusory concept, have a role wiiici mu>t be recognized. In time you will discern wfth t v - | v: -1 o. At pr- ,-ent, you conceive that the rose of a -ii 1T? :a nt >pei ic? th..in the lily, but > ou can not debet the fragrance id either. ;s Drop In Gate Lonsi Boycotting? cast of the P?ti4*rr prwe-wltiuiuft play. "I>nrknrsN at Noon," seorvd the segregation policy because ot ' ideologic.i| .aoiwddvr .li ?us" and al-?' h ' ;fnse it drastically reduces the number of theatorquers__.and is therelore had business. I)r. Bryliion Fa&tin, director of the Johns llopkin- University , that 1 number ot students r : I !.c .< < i utn experimental theater '"jm>4 last year no ;iu-r they would n"t cross \h? LnAAUF picket line in front of F id' . A re-o!ution proposed by D; l\.ii:n. 'u.I! n^ up.' :i Ford's I management t 1 drop the segre I if at ion wa- passed by oral vote j Or. F. 141m 1nd1c.1t d that Ins reso i jlution would, be. .pub mtu- writing : I'M f >mtill arlopt inr, by the Halti, rn >re The;d< r Guild w .thin the i . r i :. \i ; i .. :.i \ ^. In the meantI'Mic, the Haiti more NAACP. wliie lias fought i'' ' 'itU- sis ami tirelessly t,> on 1 J.in Crow policy, circulated a now htdlrt appealing to Ha!t> 'm leans to lx>y< ott the theatei.. ,'The leaflet quote* comments by The _Xvnnrtl?<-4? Aetoi1'.*?Kqnitv Association. Irving Berlin, Parma Noway. tTta TTagen, Todd Dun . an, Muriel Ralin# r^ngst/in Mushes, Basal Hathhone, and numorou- other individuals and groups, condemning Ford's for ts segregation. i ; r- . I " ..." ? . : ^they Can't L ii ^ Rnj fl K'v.:.>,- |HWB|P|fSl f ,*?*ln H. McCray r??: The Rest Of >: <m': That a prophet is without ' almost as civilization, but it the thoughts we formulated night, where we addressed a seaP01*t city. Since, we've b< basis of what we find, perha handwork. On the other hand, perhaps it is bettel* that we haven't had time-or chance to do for then, the story wouULhe different, one richer in words than in deeds. Much like Charleston in its terrain and in its constant stream of visitors usually about seaport cities, Savannah, at the same time, is unlik<T Charleston. It has about the same population, but while there is a fierce pride among Charlestonians, * "Savannah ians are more listless. There isn't a Viola Louise Duvaly or a John R. Wright en 1r> Savannah Thprg ign'i a business man with the civic interest and ambitions of A. J.Xlement, ^h*r-Ttrere~lsrrr a coteric-of ministers voeal yet oil the feat tissues of the day. who openly support the ...\ .^- i ?j ^i\-iiinove with unir t.v. At least this is our impression. We talked with several citizens here and there, in search or an action program, or a intent one. and the best we could liberalize was the possibility-of one if more of the people become interested, and petty groupings dissolve for- common good. Specifically, we think that the Savannah people are not yet conscious of what should and can be done. Nobody has given them yet the shock treatment they neod. Their two newspapers, even have bothered to whip up their spirits and open their eyes, ' < )n the tlier hand, we think they are very n.licit interested, judging from the number which lauded South Carolina. "Now, take South Carolina, for instance. You people are doing ?>vr there", more than one declared. They were doing nothing jn Savannah, and to too mfleh even in Georgia. Savannah. Tor j>ne tiling,?ha* w l<m much hotel facility in memory to uecenti.v when 1 had to visit Montgomethat 1 might obtain one of the guest rooms at Alabama State College. To my amazement. m\ friend asked me if I would like to stop at "the new hotel". The morning after'that call to Montgomery 1 was seated in the restaurant of that city's new Hotel Ren Moore. I had already parked my luggage in a clean room, had the morning shower and shave?now a wholesome breakfast was before me. If von have travelled south of the "line", you will appreciate how I felt that morning. 1 have been in too many dumps which carry the niimi- "huLul"^ You know the kind. First you are afraid to get int" thr* bg<l?if you rail that thing a bed. Then, you pi ay have to walk a mile to the facilities?there it is a "standing-up" proposition, all the way. Usually, the water is cold. If there is hot water* it might b? a bit warm late and very early. But most of the t :l"": it's just QQ* of ordor - At the Ben M ooro, I found 'everything that 1 desire in a hotel, and for your information, Montgomery is in Alabama--?deep, deep in the heart of Dixie. There are a hundred other southern communities that could stand such a hotel facility. ' r This is not to say that there are not some g(W)d hotels for you and me in the Southsida, USA. I can name a number, ancf T will likely J \ ; . ..'.y. 1-1 - ' . ? ? > WW -raa " vt " ' " 'yf.; * ''_ [- ' . . . - ' . ' . ;' * & w nm i Wv , ,i'J- ',' '2r vdfX^W' f ^kol B I /mjBH B ~ 1 " Bi ft 1 -V J-*., "% '' ' .? ^5 DEBr^ * \ H \ ia ^ ^r 'J| ' .|k9 : . /;-'.V ..." .; "" ?x':'x ' .' ' ' .'. - ?-* --Mr1. 11 ' ' ? -,?.-eViVr -J i' ??; ~~ ' wfwi \ * . T^H the South Looks To Us honor in his own country is a saying ad old /, can also be the reverse, and that was one of ' after our visit. in_Savannah, Ga. last Friday t political action unrC of the NAACP in that ?en com-paring southern states, and on the ps we've been too busy to evaluate our own - "s. -J by way of diversibn. You find a night club in almost every block, and my Host told me tS tliey do a flourishing business. So, who is going to take time out to sweat and fret o- |H ver so obnoxious a thing as the race issue when he can go half a block and drown it fill ^Jg in a few gulps? . _ Savannahians vote, and at first did \&y well; then, factionalism develop and they relate that the last election wasn't so good. l am told that, what is true of that^ctty is ?-j perhaps; worse in tne state as you move up northward. President Wesley W.Xaw of the j NAACP dnft?' bifl boat, hut hn ian't y?? flH> 1 to count on enoughp^pteworking with htBT ^ and the result reflects against everybody. The Savannahians and some of the others we talked with, think that South Carolina today is the hope of southern Negroes. Dae gentleman pointed out that although Georgia has more than a million Negroes, it doc not have but about 15 chapters of the NAACP, less than one "sixth of the chapters now operating in South Carolina. These cannot or do not match the organizational power of > ; South Carolina. And wejfind also that nowhere do the Ne- " groes in the Deep South have the numbers knittecftogcther, nor the support we have in our * state, which seems terribly significant when one notes,-how little the rest of this a- rea has, and that it. is the area of operation for the white supremacists. . ' rroiiM. or not, we must work harder now and with great speed, lest we lose not only the in'ghts_welA^?-won, but all the hopes and I ambition of the rest of the South." - ; ; ; i^'s New Hotel-A Memorial If you are going to be in or near Montgome= r [)om, I ca i recommend you to a"hotel-?thanks nan-farmer, who has constructed a modern, his slave born father. ;'? ?mi.'.s some go(Hl ohes 111 wnich I have lived. * In Charlotte, N. C., there is the Alexander. . ! It's "A?1". The Summers in Jackson, Miss, isn't-bad. Neither the Little Page in Oklahoma City, nor the Nylon in Columbia, S. C. could be considered sub-standard operations. ' The Crystal White in Houston, stands very high on my list. Then there are ones in Nashville, New 7.. Orleans, I kittle Rock, Memphis, Kansas Ci-' ty and Miami, in which you can rest, your-'* self in with pleasure. Miami, With the new Lord Calvert and the well-known Mary Elizabeth. has the best hotel facilities in (he n . a % ??>ouin. s - 77- ~ If this were intended to be ? tribute, it would pro to the mild-manered, maybe some* what shy, owner of the Hotel Ben Moore M. F. Moore. If it were a challenge, I hope it ts, it wonlct be directed to this pruys -v j and gala who operate-^vou?knew?those ~~ holes"called hotels. Mr. Moore's .story, his buildinpp-a decent hotel, would not be a story, if the many other members of his race were giving the tra- j',. % veiling public, of my race^lhe hbtd^ccomodations we are able to buy and do buy through first-class fares far fourth class facilities. TTa p?1Ki { a ** va? .J fllmre born father! profeTtacaH It a Hvin* monument. ? " . ; , ";u3 >>V ;* KJ- -M'