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4?LIGHTHOUSE and INFORMER, COLU
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v, Honest Efforts Best Race R
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- - v..uut-unui vlHtiVll liL 1 T I I'l-' 11 V HIP Wit S
t: kind enough to send us a brief two-year
summary of a general, but systematic interracial
efforts there to improve facilities for
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
interest on the disposition of shortcomings
and efforts to correct faults uncovered have
kept many people aware of the city.
sL The "self-axamining" summary which has
come to us lists a great many projects that
began in 1950 or after the SRC survev.
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Many of these have been advanced appreciably,
some just begun; some are yet in the
planning stage. But considering the overall
magnitude of the task Greenvile set out to
do, thus far it has had remarkable success
r " and Vias done itself proud.
Full information as to what , success the
city has had with its 'Rig Idea"?-we be^
.y lieve?may be obtained from the Communir,-;<
Council of Greenville County, P. O. Box
1085, Greenville; 'S.' C." But a few of the
-changes over the little over two year period
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include: Additional facilities for Negroes
at -General Hospital, wliiere Negro physiei-ans
can now practice ^ capitalization of" the
word ''Negro" by the Greenville daily news"
papers; a cleanup campaign in the Gower
" Street School area; in parks;'YWCA paid
worker; participation of Negroes in numerous
religious and civic meetings; a slum
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
Council to evaluate the wholesome effect
v this biracial, above board and honest effort
has had on the beneficiaries. But we have
observed it; and have commented on it before
the issuance of the latest summary.
We think the happiest Negro community
in all South Carolina today is at Greenville.
Last fall, following a visit there by this
writer, we commented lipon the spirit of the
It Will Provide Better Servic<
As announced elsewhere in this edition,
we undertake this week to provide for the
readers a finer and better-serviced news
paper; if our additions and changes are
v successful, this means that South Carolina
will move even farther out front in its present*
leadership of newspapers in our category.
Today, The Lighthouse and Informer
is the most?often quoted newspaper of its
class and type throughout the South, which
makes us proud, and is a tribute to those
? . who haye supported and helped?U?those
many years.,.
New March of Dimes Techni
About two years ago an Arkansas community
developed a rather unique method,
which worked^very wejl during a campaign
. in behalf of the annual March of Dimes
fund.
This new approach .was simply an hour
r-~'. - long collection period in carefully organic
ed sections of town in the early evening
Mothers and housewives were the center of
it. They were asked to leave a light on the
front door during that hour if dime collectors
were welcomed to stop there. The results
were wonderful. >.
For the first time, we believe, the same
? method will be used here the night of January
31, between 7 and 8 p.m. Mothers and
housewives are asked to tret, together what!
little funds the family can spare for the
block collectors who will work that hour
and leave a front light on so that the col'
lector will know to stop. The use of the
light is to save time for the volunteer workers.
and of course the time of the home.
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" PhoTngrspKs, TCPA.M. THohdayT
elations Tonic
?eitr/.rns, of?thg oIoko cooperation between
the two races, of whnt Mppn;ir^ to bo u :1 i 11 "backing
of the Negro .comunity by white
Qreenvillians. We found no bitterness; wo
heard of none.'All Greenville Negroes need
do ? it seems ? is to let it be known they
wish a community fault correctodT'Tho en
tire community evaluates it and it it is a
valid complaint, with both races working
around the conference table, they explore
it. with available resources. The white citizens
doh't get an pry and hunt out "ringleaders"
among the Negroes. The net result
has benefitted the community and today a
Negro in Greenville will tell you quickly he's
prouder of his. community, than the whitest
white man.
Overlooked in all this present day babbling
about Negro unrest and aggressiveness,
is the fact ? exemplified at Greenville
? that it doesn't take a whole lot to
make a Negro happy. He is growing, and
?roalizon that he still has many more years
of growth ahead of him. We have observed
in many communities and places the desire,
willingness on his part to work along witri
the resources of his community and grow
along with it. In nu instance where good
"* faith and honest efforts have been the resort
of the ruling folk has he not gone along
with the program. In other instances, where
?deceit, -hatHud, c (i n i 1 i v litg. dfsTionesty and
even ill-tempered contempt have been the
*?rebuff of his pleas he has turned elsewhere
for help ? and has gotten it.
Negroes, more so than any other people
we believe, want peace and neighborliness.
They"remember yet the privations and suf
ferings of a human being, considered not
exactly human ? just a pawn and a whim.
And just as they are satisfied with the efforts
in Greenville ?^ being a full part of
these efforts ? they can be satisfied in every
other community. And they will be just
as soon as some white leaders change their
thinking to the extent of saying "Gome on
in here ad let's work this thing out. It's
your community and state just as it is
mine," instead of taking nasty/ punitive
attitudes, usually starting bad relations before
the Negro finishes presenting his plea."
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In our cpiest for an improved community,
is also a search for those services and things
which will also improve the Negro ? in all
of his phases of living. Thus faivas a group,
we have gone far in education and religion,
but we haven't gone quite far enough yet
in a consciousness of the importance o!
business. This aspect we hope to drive
home around South Carolina in the immediate
months to come.
Our enlarged staff will ho able to produce
more news of local and state interest.
" rtml provide wider eoverage for the benefit
of our readers.
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Wle think our |?tM>]?!?? in Columbia will res))ond
well; however, it shall be interesting
to tabulate the results.
The "Mothers' March" hour ? and that,
is it name ? is being handled by the .Tack
and .Jill club, itself composed of mothers.
An Example of How Youths Can Think
During the. week .students at a Culumlmt
high school (white) voted out smoking, do
ing this all by themselves, and without the
suggestion or influence of adults. The fact
must be shocking to many elders, who this
day like to hover protectively over tecn.
agern, thinking these not vet canahle. of iLu?
ing some sound thinking Of their own.
We think that this incident ought be a lesson
to parents. It ought say to them: "Give
i-ne youiiK people a chance. a responsibility
of their own where they* can think "and
evaluate practices."
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WEEKLY SEl
COURAGEOUS IS TllE WIFE
By Rev. Joseph Man ton
NOBODY EVER SERVED
Oxi long without courage!
We are not talking about
hendlinn figures, but about or.
dirnjLry people and the tragedies
and the courage in little lives.
Often "it .takes more courage
to m.ct disaster In your own
living r'"om than it does for
sfnnie national hero in h"B hours
of oris'is. Beiviu^e in yduf or- '
deal there is n!) dramatic setA
ting to r mind you that -every.one
is looking; no electric excitcjvumt
t 1 make you forget
duneer nnd hrfd' v*'U above v'ui.- "
^.self or-your family will ;vr
-know.
Wii'i h courageous? I will
tell '-a.' Courage*, us is the mo
thor w'm> I'.' cp'?her lirm^ g ^
ing denpitc?h?huihnn:]?tehm?rr~
_ a drunkard, and frT the harm
he does that home were aim M
b. tt t dead than drunk.
COURAGEOUS IS th(> man
who" on his fob silenMy swalImvc
in^iitfc ir>rl m Ki i. ?...
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cau he i - afraid of the boss.
hut bertitr-'? he n od< that .7rrTT
for his family.
C'turajjo us are those who
sincerely go on striving to
serve G"d, though they s<>imtime-,
fall. even though the
world hangs round their neck
the sign. "Hypocrite.'1
Gamma Xi Chapter
Toast Charleston's
Charleston ? Ganuna /Xi Ome-i
ga Chapter of Alpha Kappa -or-j
ority opened the YuLetide sea-|
son m Charleston, Dec. 21 at the
VMCA. Cannon St r
Twenty-four charming seniorsand
their escorts selected from
Avery, Bu'rWe and Itnmacu'Ibte j
Concept ion High School were in-!
traduced to society by Basik'usj
Septima Peir.sctt Clark. Ti'.cj
. snow- covered rostrum with ar
backdrop of heavenly blue from'
whoch shwn ashini ng silver star
made a fitting scene for the debutantes
to match their bow.
?Each was gowned?rrt white net"
over tafTeta of tiny ruffles with I
fitted bodices, net stole* over!
their ..shoulders and long -whitegloves.
Nosegays of white flow-!
erets dotted with red with'
streamers Of red ribbon enhane-!
ed their charm.
The personality and pobc, |
vivid throughout the evening
showed the results of thc Charm
School which was conducted by
So.ro r Kuby P. Corn well and h-r
committee. Among out-tanding
per?or.ag?s who addressed t e
"Debs" were Mr-, J Wn:t s
Waring. with of the noted judge
and Mr.*. Kyra Kuhar of the
Parnassu-. Book St >re wlv >h- w*
a growing interest in young
people, also Dr. On tacrine MeCottry
and Mr-. Lnufa Bu'hnnnn.
The escorts of the "Debs", .n
tails and whit, 'tie-, were coached
in manly qualities by Dr.
'John F. Potts principal f Avery
High Scho 1 and Michael Craves
a graduate <>f Fi-k Univ-TMtv
In the receivi%ii_lu\.. with the
officers of the chapter wore Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Faulkner >(
Nashville, Tenn. t e !v>us . gu>' t
of'Dr. and Mrs. J A Mi-Fall. Sr
The soror-> were garbed in i
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"Do Enjoy Vour Meal. But T I
To Eat It."
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RMONETTE " "
Courageous ure thoe>e who go
on praying when rio answer
ernes , back. and Vrveir prayers
aeeem to go into a dark empty
tunnd, and Heaven seems to
be a wall Of braiss; because in
G-od'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, and in --pite' of a apousk
who even 'aunts his wife to
tn?r"TaCe about another woman.
No matter where uch a wife
liveo, whether it is the slum*
Or Phy suburbs, me alacircsirl- "
Calvary, and Christ the King
recognizee the vinegar and the
gall, and thc kis- of Judas that
nv-cks and betrays.
" f uragcoua th^e -piple
?Wt! hiiv ecme to know h',^>
h. i \' ment.?can?empty??
heart of happiness overnight
like ar. cmty eup, but comfort
and resignation are slow to
trickle in, ? people who may
have lost a loved one in cruel
c. renin, da net ^ hut do n1 t thefCT"
fore It - e faith!
COURAGEOUS ARE those
people who have humbly
ot retched out their arms to embrace
the CrJ-s, and find th??t
their arms arc around t bo
Crucified Himself for from
Hi- wounds come V n troVisfusit.n
fh- our courage.
of AKA Women
Pretty Debutantes
gaily cob j red evening gowns
with c'>rgages of pink carnations
and forns tied with green ribbon.
The decorations of Christmas
holly, inns--, nicies giki red bolls
which with.the floor lamps made
the auditorium a fairs- land of
beautywas the work of Sorors ^
Lsabelle Coaxum, Pauline Hollo- ^
way, Sadie lb* ng, E-ta Manigault
and Cynthia McCottrv Smith.' Ll
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After the grand march, the '
sorority song was sung. Dancing n
until long after midnight was .11
enjoyed by all. Presiding at the
Punch Bowl were Sorors Hattio h.
Green and V-erdelle Green. The
souvenir programs were made ^
by Soror Jessica P. Brown. q
The debutante- were: Miriam
Bess, Frances Bogans, Dolly Bonncur,
Vermeil Bryan, Mary Bur- ^
gcss Edith Chisolm, Cyntnia
Marie Coulter. Elestinc Drayton,
Pauline Fludd. Suihe Fay Gar- u
fett, Ht len GofT, Susan- Greene, ?
Jeannette Hamilton, Shirlety ^
Hart, Bonded Keith, Ragina si
K lb, Je:u?rous Mack,- Margie n
MeFarland, L- Wane Nelson. <1
Ellen Pinekney, Shirley Richard- o
s n. . FelOeia ScUt, Marie Stag- "
gers and Thelma Williams. Their
r-M'ort-- Andn w Bland, Jr.. Isaac (
Blake, Charles Br \en, Benj. *
Broekington, Frederick Coaxum.
Win. Clement, Paul Edwards,
The* id1 re F'st> r, Raymond t
Clivi-n, Harry Hern,- Harvey 1
II Jinan, Th ma- Holm >, Jr. ''
Richard Jamison, Jacob MAulft
i . I.cr'1 y Nosbitt, R <bcrt Mill- '
( :. Frank Pooplcs, Ro scvelt '1
P-.u^ll, -.FY Richberg Carl Stent, n
Richard Turner. Roubi-. Wright, t
Ifa/cl Sander-- rfnd Wm. Wright. .
Charloton? Mrs. Albert Kieth,
mother of Mis- Amanda Kieth,
formerly Teen-age director at s
t'V Coming. St , YWCA passed |>
in^Krand Rapids, Mich
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t -dfcgL^^j'J The less tolerant and in
[ -^QUrfc 'of Negroes isn't worth the
m "A Negro doesn't apprecif
Negro will get you in bad
^t^PII y?u"> or? a? "somebody - cr,ac
_ / around fighting for him ar
There are lots of things wrong with NeA
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roes as a group to uuy , mcic <?i
een and always will. be. Nobody pretends
hat the Negro is any better or any worse
h.an any other group. And the tact thfit
iod made both hell and Heaven convinces
le that He never expected all of His crCatres
to wind up on the perfect side.
It fnllow.s, then, that the Negro is both
aiLand good: whether or not his bad faults
>day outweigh his good and are .... higher
lthin his group than within others, 4^ a.
uestion that cannot be answered today. On*
history can tell the truth. /'*
I grew up in a community which was conrolled
by Negroes. Down at Lincolnville?
till the state's only all?Negro governed
immunity, it was the Negro who took it
at on the few whites who lived in town. It
as taboo?a great social offense?to be
t'on conversing even with them. They were
ot permitted to vote in town elections. (I
on't think they have the vote yet). And if
no protested, he was told right quickly,
this is our town. If you don't like th<* way
e run it. get out"?the same thing the
'haiieston News and ( ourier is now saying
> southern Negroes complaining about the
onditions they live under.
1 don't say that this was the proper atituilo.
Kut it was understandable among
eople who had such little roles elsewhere,
itid 1 don't say that all of the Negroes of
.incolnvillo then were upright and God?
earing, respectable citizens. I don't think I
eed say more to sustain my point here
han that my father, then chief of police
nd a God?fearing man, was killed by
ome Negroes who were paidfor the-joh~by
(Miit! wiiue men who nail oeen sponsoring
ootlegging and prostitution in the village.
lust What Is This?
Hy H. M. DeAIJ
We know that some of the old line sou turners
turned over in their graves, whe
rovernor Fuller Warren smashed southern
recodent I?y entertaining both white and
Jegcu Citi/ens at a luncheon in the Florida
Executive Mansion last Wednesday.?
The interracial group was in the capital
its' to confer with Governor Warren on the
hii.st.mas night, bombing in Mims, Fla., in
hich Harry T. Moore, outstanding leader,
nd his wife lost their lives.
Following the conference - the Governor
ivited the group of what was termed norhern
whites' and Negroes to lunch wit'1
im. They were conveyed from The ronfernce
setting to the Executive mansion in
r..wi o.?
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ersonal limousine.
The Governor lost no time in letting it be
imwn that this was the first time ill the
ixtory of the State, and the fust time since
lie Executive Mansion was built 46-years
go that there had been such a symbol of
ace relations; the group was served at
ard tables as is the custom at the mansion
hen large groups arf entertained. *
Knowing the custom of the so-called sunhine
state one is compelled to think back
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formed often says that defending the rights
time, and sacrifices required. They will say:" J
ite anything you do for him." They'll say, 44A I
with the white folk and run off and leave
kled the other night, "A Negro is hell. You go
id the first thing you know, he's fighting you*^ 1
Would it make sense to say that all Ne- H
groes are worthless because of what hap- I
pened to my father ? If it does, then who I
do you thing he was other than a Negro? H
And it would make no sense, too, to say that" r|
all white men are h^fleggers, and sponsors .
of prostitution and murder. I
I have lived long and extensively enough H
to form anmp kind nf nn npjninn r>n?what JM
my people's greatest within?
?is. It is one for which they cannot be H
blamed entirely; ratheir, it Is one which exists
also among other races, - many with in
much better opportunities for avoiding it, >M
than my people. I
It is the problem of understanding what
is going on around them, an dwhy it is goig
on, its dangers or good' points. I have
seen hundreds of Negroes since they^ve^BsagrJ
voting, struggle around on election day in 1
search of information. But, if I am to get. B
down on them. I have first tn art* nn *ln?
number of whites who telephone me for the I
same information, each election time. And
the whites have had over 50 years of it. We
have had less than five.
I have seen my people fumble through the 1
courts and numerous other procedures of a I
technical and complicated nature to them. I I
have seen white people go through the same ]
.and suffer as badly.
To me, the question is unanswerable, but -I
this doesn't necessarily mean that there is
some sort of a dilemma. It has been the same
for decades, and nobody has "gone to th(
dogs". Npbody will.
Think about that, you who are tempted
. to decry this God?created race. Think ik-M
bout and pray for the injustice and sin you
against it. The question you *
is one affecting the entire human race?not
just the Negro?one portion of it.
?tcr how weak it seem to he in the eyes
No, we cannot forget that Governor War-1 I
ren said that Walter White was a paid race I
monger from up north wh^ww sent to I
Florida for but one purpose, and that waa I
to point out its segregated Restaurants, I
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to the days ot Micanopy, wiien a mere con- I
stable was made Chief of police because he 1
knocked out the eye of a Negro soldier
whose crime was failing to say "yes sir*' toll
him.
We could appreciate this gesture in his
excellency the Governor if we could forget-?
?44%^-Lyn/'Vij 11 tr pf a Negro at Madison, F16ri- 1
da two years ago, when after a white wo-jj
man had called the sheriff's office and told I
him of a plot to lynch the prisoner; he said 9
he did not believe it. And accompanied by
the Jailer he went to a hamburger stand?
10 blocks away while the Negro prisoner I
was taken from the jail. An investigation I
showed that the jail door had not been foro- I
, <1, so ;?s (o iusf w hat tlit! happen leaves mrr
mind filled with question marks.
We appreciate this gesture of the Got- i
?rnor because after all every man most
make an attempt to defend himself and I
hose whom ho ia elected to .ipi v*' ?i?i imtfcs-m