Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, January 19, 1952, Page 4, Image 6
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Honest EfforisTRcsf Tfciee TJ
|L A IhoughtfuLciGzen-at OrceiTviTTe^wTrs
kind enough to send us a brief two-year
summary of a general, but systematic interracial
efforts there to improve facilities foi
colored citizens, along with other improvements
for the comunity.
What Greenville has been attempting isn't
, exactly news^to us ; nor is it news to readers
of The Lighthouse and Informer. Since a
survey of that city about three years ago
by the Southern Regional Council, whose
findings and recommendations were made available
to the public at the time, studied
L. interest on the disposition of shortcomings
and efforts to correct faults uncovered have
kept many people aware of the city,
b; The "self-axamining" summary which has
come to us lists a great many projects thai
began in 1950 or after the SRC survey.
r>. Many of these have been advanced appreciably,
some just begun; some are yet in the
planning stage. Rut considering the overall
magnitude of the task Greenvile set out tc
, do, thus far it has had remarkable success
F and has done itself proud.
Full information as to what success the
city has had with its 'Big Idea"?we believe?may
be obtained from the Community
Council of Greenville County, P. O. Bo*
1085, Greenville, S. C. But a few of the
' ^ changes over the little over two year period
irifluae: ' Additional - facilities Kii^Negrogs
fm at >peneral Hospital, where Negro physici
aim 'min now practice; Capitalization ot the
BC word "Negro" bv the Greenville. daily. iiewa.
papers; a cleanup campaign in the Gowei
Street School area; in parks; YWCA paid
|*;7 worker; participation of Negroes in numerous
religious and civic meetings; a sluin
clearance program; restroom facilities in at
least two stores for Negroes, etc. These
are just a few of many things undertaken.
There is no attempt of the Community
h* Council to evaluate the wholesome effect
n"' . .
k this biracial, above board and honest, effort
has had on the beneficiaries. Rut we have
observed it; and have commented on it be
fore the issuance of the latest summary.
We think the happiest Negro communit\
in all South Carolina today is at Greenville
Last fall, following a visit there by this
writer, we commented upon the spirit of th<
It Will Provide Better Servit
As announced elsewhere in this edition
we undertake this week to provide for tin
readers a finer and better-serviced news
paper; if our additions and changes an
- successful, this means that South Carotin;
will move even farther out front in its pre
sent leadership of newspapers in our cate
gory. Today, The Lighthouse and In forme;
is the most?often quoted newspaper of it:
class and type throughout the South, whicl
makes us proud, and is a tribute tqfhosi
who have supported and helped it thesi
many years.
New March of Dimes Techr
About two years ago an Arkansas com
munity developed a rather unique method
which worked very well during a carnpaigi
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iri oenair 07 me annual March ol Dime
fund.
This new approach was simply an hou
long collection period in carefully organiz
ed sections of town in the early evening
Mothers and housewives were the center o
it. They were asked to leave a light on tin
front door during that hour if dime collectors'Were
welcomed to stop there. The re
suits were wonderful.
For the first time, we believe, the sann
*?method wttt be usect hero the night of Jan
? ? uary Slr between 7 a*d 8 p.m. Mothers mu
housewives are asked to get together wha
little funds the family can spare for th
block collectors who will work that hou
and leave a front light on so that the col
lector will know to Rtop. The use of th
light is to save time for the volunteer work
course the ntne of the home.
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Tues(Ui?+rr=^ftif\wtisiniz. .'I 1*. M.t Tuesday
Photographs, 10 A.M. Monday.
delations I onic
\ citizens, of the close cooperation betweei
the two races, of what appears to lie a solid
backing of the Negro comunitv by whit*
Greenvillians. We found no bitterness; \m
heard of none. All Greenville Negroes noo<
do ? it seems ? is to let it be known the?
wish a community fault corrected. - The en
tire-commonity evaluatcs~Tf and iT 7T7s ;
i valid complaint, with both races workinj
around the conference table, they explon
it with available resources. The white eiti
zens don't get angry and hunt out "ring
i leaders" among the Negroes. The net r?sul
has benefitted the community and today ;
Negro in Greenville will tell you quickly he:
prouder of his community than the whit
est white man.
Overlooked in all this present day bab
bling- about Negro unrest and aggressive
ness, is the fact ? exemplified at Green
ville ? that it doesn't take a whole lot t<
1 make a Negro happy. He is growing, an<
realizen that ho rtill bnn miniv iinin1 year
of growth ahead of him. We have observe<
i in many, communities and places the desire
willingness on his part to work along witi
the resources .of his community and grov
along with it. In no instance where goo<
i faith and honest efforts have been the resor
1 of the ruling folk has he not ghne alonj
^th^Th^ tTrogram. Tn other instances, wher
deceit, hatiled. conniving, dishnriPsK' nm
1 even ill-temperW contempt have, been- thi
?J. nebuff of h iff pleas he has turned elsewhe.r
for help ? and has gotten it.
' Negroes, more so than any other poopl
we believe, want peace and neighborliness
1 They remember yet the privations and suf
: ferings of a fiuman being, considered no
! exactly human ? just a pawn and a whin
And just as they are satisfied with the ef
forts in Greenville ? being a full part o
these efforts ? they can be satisfied in eve
ry other community. And they will be jus
; as soon as some white leaders change thei
thinking to the extent of saying "Come o
.in here ad let's work this thing out. It'
your community and state just as it i
mine." instead of taking nasty, punitiv
* attitudes, usually starting bad relations hi
i fore the Negro finishes presenting his pie;
:e
In our quest for an improved comnvunit
> is also a search for those services and tiling
nsTiTcTi will .,lro improve the Negro---- in ,r
of his phases of living. Thus far, as a groin
we have gone far in education and religior
1 but we haven't gone quite far enough v?
in it consciousness 01 tne importance ?
business. This aspect we hope to driv
i* home around South Carolina in the immet
* iate months to come.
i Our enlarged stall' will he able to pr<
LI (luce more nown of I?n a 1 and slate im? i-?
& and provjde wider coverage for the bond
of our readers.
lique To Be Tested
We think our people in Columbia will r<
spond \<h'll ; however, it shall be interest
1 inpr to tabulate the results.
The "Mothers' March" hour ? and t.lui
r is it name ? is beinjr handled by the Jae
and rlill club, itself composed of mothers.
1 An Example of How Youths Can Think
c?
During the week students at a Columhi
high school (white) voted out smoking, dc
in# this all by themselves,, and without th
L. suggestion or influence of adults. The fat
= ?must he shocking to manybidet's; wTrn Th;
T? day like_to hover protectively over teen
t agers, thinking these not yet capable of d<
e ing some sound thinking Pf their own.
r We think that this incident ought he a le:
. son to parents. It ought say to them: "Gi\
the young people a Chance, a responsibilit
of their own where they can think an
evaluate practices." I
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WEEKLY SEP
^COURAGEOUS IS THE WIFE
By Rev. Joseph Man ton
NOBODY EVER SERVED
G'xl long without courage!
We arc n->t talking ahout
s headline figures, but about or;
dinary people and the tragedies
and the courage in little lives.
Often it takes more courage
0 to m-et disaster in your own
living r'om than it doevs for
sonic* iuvtiona4 *h>er<> in his hours
of crisis. Because in your or'
deal there is n"' dramatic setting
to r.mimi von that *?ypp.-^
<mc is looking; i.v> electric excitement
t 1 make you forget
danger and lift you abo\o yourself
or your family will ever
know.
y.'h"?i [ 1:1:.I,".L-on-.? 1?w+U?
?toil ?-t+?( t il.1 aui us??tiic?mo- ^
??^--lher wii ' k~e^her hmnp?g--^
ing despite a husband who is
a drunkard, and f< r the harm
ho docs that hom. were aim vt
h>tt''r < 1 Oiitt than drunk,
i> COURAGEOUS IS thv man
, who 011 his job silen'ly swnlJ"ws
in.vu'ts and abu-e. n't b >.
k' can-" h(' i - afraid of the boss.
__ but becao-o h" n eds that j"b
: for his fatnilv.
C'>urage lu> are those who
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sincerely go on striving to
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serve" G??d. though they so'm- /
time- fall, even though. 4he
world hangs round their nock
the sign. "Hvp<erite.*'
Gamma Xi Chapter
Toast Charleston's
Charleston ? Ganuiui Xi Onic-t g
gu Chapter of Alpha Kappa -or- v
rity opened the YuLetide sea- a
^ son in Charleston, Dee. 21 at the' I
1 YMCA, Cannon St. h
s 'l'wenty-lour charming seniors v
1 and their escorts selected fr?-m t
, Avery, BurWe and Immacuvat'-h b
Conception High School were in-1 is
trodueed to society bv Basileust \\
v o * ->- 1
bcptima xAruiM'll wiutk. i :ie a
3 snow covered ro-trum with, a:
* backdrop t,j heavenly blue from's*
whoch shwn ashini ng silver star" u
e made a fitting ye-ne for the dc- j c
^ butantca to match their bow. P
t, Each was gowned in white net C
pver taffeta <>f tinv ruffles with I s
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fitted bodices, net stolen ovpTj b
their shoulders and long white
0 gloves. Nosegays of white flow- 1.
erets dotted with red with n
streamers Of red ribbon enhanc-'g
t their charm. ~ :N
( The personality and pobe.'i
vivid throughout the evening r
showed the results of thc Charm J
^ Scho?l which was conducted by ]
Sor<>r Huby P. Cornwell and h< r 1t
committee. Among outstanding >
y per?or.agas who addressed t o j.
U "Debs" were Mr . J Wat-s c,
Waring. wih of the noted judge g
and' Mrs. Kvra Kuhar of the
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Parnassus Ii<>ok St irt who >h ws {
1 a growing interest in young f
people, als > Dr. Catherine Me- \
b Cottry and Mr-. I,aufa. Buchan- '
nn. . . C
The escorts o? the "Debs", ,n j
tails and white tie-, were e?'?r.ch- f
ed in manly qualities by D:. t
Jo.hn F. U^prhru:pni f
T,~" a-graduate 1 V: k l::n?vvty -f
h In the receiving hn wit}-, the I
1, oftio-rs the chapter wore Mr..
t d'inJ Mrs. r K.uilkii'T "f r
(l Nashvillo, Tenn. t t h us-, gue-ts f
of Dr. and Mrs J. A. MeFali. Sr t
The soror- wore garbed in it
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"Do Enjoy Your ileal. But Th
To Eat It."
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lMONETTE
Courageous are those who go
on praying when no answer
tines back and their prayers
seeem to go into a dark empty
turvnl, and Heaven seems to
be a Wall of brad's; because in
G?>d's own way, in God's own
day, the answer will come.
COURAGEOUS IS the wife
who enters marriage as a virgin
and remains with her husband
for the sake of her little
ones, arid in -pite of a -pousi
who even taunts his wifc to
Iut fart nbout an-nh^r woman. ?
No matter wh-re uch a wife
lives. * whether, it is ' the slumor
the -uburbs, the address is
Calvary, and Christ the King
r cognizes the vinegar and the <
gall, (ifef't'-n?kis1 of Judas (lint
i k1- ami. bJtmys.
~ C uragciu- are those people
who have come to know hqjfib
reav? meat can empty the
heart of happiness overnight
like an cmty cup, but comfort
and resignation are slow to
trickle m ? people who may
hav Inst :i lovrrl nnn in # r 11 r.l
circumstance* but do n?'t therefore.
L_>iC_taiih!
COURAGEOUS ARE those
people \vuo have humbly
streVhc el . ,ut their arms to cm.
brace the Cr'^s, and find that
their ;u*ms are around the
Crucified Himself for from
Hi- -wounds come V e trans.
fir<i<m f?r our courage.
of AKA Women
Pretty Debutantes
ally eolored evening gowns-oth
corsages of pink carnations
nd ferns tied with green ribbon,
'he decorations of Christmas
oily, mos-. icicles and red hclU
.hich with the floor lamps made
hie auditorium a fairy land of
gr
ieautvwas the work of Sorors .
t)
;abelle Coaxum, Pauline Hollo- ^
^ay, Sadie Long, E-ta Manigault
nd Cynthia MeCottry Smith. 1 1
After the grand march, the
oority song was sung. Dancing
ntil Lung? after midnight was?m
njoyed by all. Presiding at the
unch Bowl were Sirors Hnitin?
Irecn and Vorde>lle Green. The to
ouvenir programs were made W1
v Sbror Jessica P. Br%n.
Tl^e debutantes were: Miriam jv
h'ss, Frances Bogans, "Dolly Boneur,
Vermeil Bryan, Mary Buress,
E<Rth Chisolm, Cynthia
larie Coulter. Elestine Drayton, __
>auline Fludd, Susie Fay Gat- l'?
ett. H?len GofT, Sui>an Greene, oU
foai nette Hamilton, ShirleK- w<
lart, Bondell Keith, Ragina se
C lb, Jerwrous Mack, Margie n<
-lcFarland, L?\'drne Nod-on, dt
lllen Pinckncy, Shirley Richard- or
n. Felecia Scott, Marie Stagand
Th-elma Williams. Their vv
scort Ar.dr. w Bland, Jr.. Isaac /-?]
Hake, Charles Hr-wn, Benj. *
Irockington, Frederick Coaxunt. #<
Vm. Clement, Paul Edwards,
rhe??d"re F ?st-r. Raymond
I Iman. Th i j 1 a - Holm's, Jr. '->t
lnhard JnmiCm, .T:u-iO> Vfoul,
" ' ep-m?Nr^nitt.^ K >t)rrt Mill- ^J
' well, J?i Richberg. Carl Stent, nt
t '''tirird?Tm vr.?H?ti*>; " ?Wi'tv "t,?ft
la/el Sander- and Wm. Wright. ...
Chnrleton? Mrs. Albert Kieth,
rrnttrrr- rrf??Amanda Kleth,?M"
urnuyrly Teen-age director at S(
Ce Coming, St., YWCA passed b(
i Clrand Rapids, Mich.
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John II. McCray
' ?3? This Question Has
>- .' ?KJ^flf The less tolerant and inf<
^y^^iepv of Negroes isn't worth the
^BSrm "A Negro doesn't appreciat
W ^eRro w'^ Ret you in bad v
gftj| you", or, as somebody crack
-41 ound fighting for him fine
mi 1 a. f u i rt /^n xiff*A^inr Ul t Vl P
i nere are iocs ui imiigo mv?6 *
oes as a group to day; there always, has
ten and always will be. Nobody pretends
at the Negro is any better or any worse
an any other group. And the - fact that
~>d made both hell and Heaven convinces
e that He never expected all of His create
vs tn wind up on the perfect side.
It follows, then, that the* Negro is TjotTT
(1 ;ir. T good whether or not his had faults
nay outweigh his good and are higher
ithin his group than Within others, ,is a
lestion that cannot be answered today. Onhistory
can tell the truth.
I grew up in a community which was conolled
by Negroes. Down at Lincolnville?
ill the state's , only all?Negro governed
mmirnity, it was tnc Negro who took it
it on the few whites who lived in town. It
us taboo?a great social offense?to be
en conversing even with them. They were
>t permitted to vote in town elections. (I
)iiXthink they havo theAote yet). And if
ie protested, he was told righi quickly,
his is our town. If you don't like ih<* way
e run it. get out"?the same thing the
harleston News and Courier is now saying
southern Negroes complaining about the
unlit ions they live under.
I don't say that this was the proper attiule.
Hut it was understandable among
>ople who had such little roles elsewhere.
nd I don't say that all of the Negroes of
iiuolnville then were upright and God?
ar ng. respectable citizens. I don't think I
hm! say more to sustain my point here
inn thnr my?rather, ?then chief of police
ul a God-?fearing man, was killed by
nne Negroes who wore paid for the job by
>me white men who had been sponsoring
>otlegging and prostitution in the village.
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ust What is This:
liv E. M. DeAl.l
We know that some of the old line sontliners
turned over in their graves, who
ovcrnor Fuller Warren smashed southern
( cedent by entertaining both white and
egro Citizens at a luncheon in the Florida
xecjit ivu?Mansion?U*+4?Wednesday. ?
The interracial group was in the capital
1y to confer with Governor Warren on the
hristnias night bombing in Mims, Fla./ in
hich Harry T. Moore, outstanding leader,
id his wife lost their lives.
Following the conference the Governor
ivited the group of What was termed norlern
whites and Negroes to lunch wit1
im. They were conveyed from the conferice
setting-to the Executive mansion in
icrhwav natrol <avs fur' the Governor's
jrsonal limousine.
The Governor lost no time in letting it bo
iowti that this was the first time in the
istory of the State, and the first time since
le Executive Mansion was built 46-years
ro that there had been such a symbol of
teerelations; the* .group ,was served at
ird tables as is the custom at the mansion
hen large groups are entertained.
Knowing the custom of the so-called sunline
state one is compelled to think back
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; No Answer - . armed
often says that defending the rights
time and sacrifices required. They will say: ;e
anything you do for him." They'll say, 44 A
vith the white folk and run off and leave
led the other night, "A Negro is hell. You go
1 the first thing you know, ne s fighting you".^
Would it make sense to say that all Negroes
are worthless because of what happened
to my father? If it does, then who
do you. thing he was other than a Negro?
And it would make no sense, too, to say thar.w
all white men are bootleggers, aiid sponsors .
?of prostitution and murder.
to form "some kind oflinopinionon what ~]j
mv people's greatest prohlpm?from within
?is. It is one for which they cannot wji
blamed entirely ; rather, it is one which exists
also among other races, many with 1
much better opportunities for avoiding it, 1
than my people.
It is the problem of understanding what
is going on around them, an dwhy it is go- *
ig on, its dangers or-good points. I have?
seen hundreds of Negroes since they've been
voting, struggle around .on election day in
search of information. But; if I am to get
down on them, I have first to get on the,
number of whites who telephone me for the
same information, each election time. And
the whites have had over 50 years of it. We
have had less than five.
l have seen my people fumble through the
courts and numerous other procedures of a I
technical and complicated nature to them. I .I
have seen white people go through the same fl
kand suffer as badly.
To me. the question is unanswerable, but fl
--th4^--dooslVt necessarily mean that thc-ve B
some sort of a dilemma. It has l*ee? the same B
for decades, and nobody has "gone to thc^j
dogs". Npbody will. ' B
-=- Think about ffiatr yott -?vho are tempted .fl
to decry this God^-created race. Think a- fl
bout and pray for the jpjiiatiro and ?in yon B
commit against it. The question you
is one affecting the entire human race?not
just the Negro?one portion of it.
to the days of Micanopy. when a mere con- I
stable was made Chief of police because he 1
knocked out the eye of a Negro. soldier
whose crime was failintr to sav "ves sir" to I
him.
We- could appreciate this gesture in his I
excellency the ^m-m-unr if wo could fuigel J
the lynching'of a Negro at Madison, Flori- I
da two years ago, when after a whi,te wo- I
man had called the sheriff's office and told J
him of a pjot to lynch the prisoner; he said 1
he did not believe it. And accompanied by
the Jailer he went to a hamburger stand I
10 blocks away while the... Negro prisoner I
was taken from the Jail. ^Aii ["Investigation I
showed that the jail door had not been fore- I
ed, so as to just what did happen leaves our I
mind filled with question marks. H
We appreciate this gesture of the Gow? I
<rnor becaiuse after all' every man must I
hh attempt to defend himsellljaniL I
hose whom he is elected to serve nn met. I
tpr how weaTIT seem to be in the eyed of I
others. , .
No, we cannot forget that Governor War- H
ren said that Walter White was a paid race I
monger from up north who wi*s sent to I
Florida for but one purpose, and that waa H
to point out its segregated Restaurants, H