Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bf-g show whether or not Negroe^and whites " think alike on fundamental political issues, E and on the merits or demirits of the variP W ^he ward nine voting on candidates was r generally characteristic of the balloting L flfo the other 17 city wards. Two men nominatetf received most of the votes? differing in oi|e aspect where Mr. Rubin drew f a few more votes than did Mr. Dodson, -which may be understandable. Mr. Rubin, y however, also beat Mr. Dodson in wards p, five and -seven, not predominantly Negro K a4- ...... J n I i n waiuo, vtui^ii lucaiiD uiav anj %opvyi<u nrBp." terpretation <xf the jward nine majority for Mr. Rubin may be just so much specuOn the referendum, however, while ward ajr^ine voters .sustained the.present-1 city govjMient 466 toT72, the lf2 wa^the high| ylr. Carter May Be ItigHt B Editor Hodding Carter of the Delta Democrat, Greenville, Miss., thinks in an article in the current edition-of Look maga ip' * zir.e, that by 1960?Eight years?60 perh. cent of American Negroes, rather those now in the South, will hav efled the region. k'v Mr. Carter bases his prediction on if number of factors, many o rail of which g-w may contribute to migrations, but there rV~~ is one basic fact we think outweighs any By? * b. which drives the Negro from the South, which always leaves him empty until he is able to return. That is the factor of econoBr Ttiicar Several months ago, following trips into the northern and western states, we observed, and so reported, that there were more job savailable in the South, thous ands of our people now starving ly existing under higher living costs and job discriminations, very similar to those tKey left behind in the South, are ready ^ to come back, without _the Utoina they . . . | sought. Numerous people in Chicago and New York, for example, were willing?in l?'V fact eager?to come South again and c<nI dure the discriminations they once sought to escape if they could find suitable work. Hp?' This would indicate that more and more EZ\ the Negro is realizing that while on the |^r:- -surface opportunities and living conditions for him may appear to be better 'outside of the South, so long as his skin l^^Weve Been Saying It All T1 Jpc nsed and astounded persons ?"sept thf; cttpptrrgR" or catted our W^^uon to newspaper stories during the H&eek which related that campaigners for I. H^^npator Russell, that is to say tne Dixie jFratic followers who masquerade as Don ocrats, really wouldn't vote for anybody !' . 1 fJrtJrtilsIng ^ I^alr Deal,'a Square t>eal or any Dear which recognizes tfre~ Negro i *. and certain basic rights of all Americans. B- / This is no news to us. We've been ;mmwncing as much for many weeks and HL. months. Truth of the matter is that the >v q,,-c#Ned "gallant" champions of the White . -. 8outh (actually "white supremacy") don't ' hh*>C to win.- and know there is no chance of .winninjj. Their one hope is to thrive Mrons Worm of Vwe found PRt the jcity Wte council-manaMfe of the belated PBspute. Most of the involved were Negroes, were of the opinion that ^rneir dismissal was more because of the present form of government, which <>!' course is not true. I. ' This election, four, years after the first J primary balloting in 1948, unless one is for a councilman nomination and the opposition city-government vote, suggests that there is no basic difference between > the pattern and the intelligence of the col-* ored and white voter at the polls. They would seem to tvant the same thing from _1 i-J J 1.1 i - L. ) eiecteu uuicmis aim ineu government, mm* their government, and certainly belie the theory that the Negro is incompetent as a~ vo^er, the easy prey and pawn of political shepherds. If .?nybody will now speak disparagingly of the Negro as a voter, at least in the City of Columbia, he must also speak disparagingly of all other voters. tut? is black he has no relief but to dig in and fight. The Cairo, 111. rioting, the jimcrow schools in Kansas, Illinois and New Jersey for examples, all recent news items, relate situations no different from those in Mississippi or South Carolina, or what .. have you. If a Negro, then, has to be booted because of his complexion, he is beginning to realize that he should pay the least amount in cash for it. He certainly shouldn't have to pay it at prevailing rental and food rates outside of the South. We cannot see any general exodus, within eight years, or eighty, as docs Mr. Carter. Conditions in the South are getting better, and proportionately the Negro is taking more pride in his section. Here in Columbia, for example, where there is certainly much to do yet, Negroes do more bragging about their town nowadays than do whites. Imagine any of these proud persons packing up and riding oft to Cairo. 111. or some other such community. It just doesn't make sense.? We think that so long as there, is a South, the Negro is going to he more in it than any other section of the United States, unless there should be a sudden collapse of progress and the area retreats to slave territory. But the South is warmer, kinder and we believe finer. That's the kind of weather.our great, great, great. great, groat grandfathers used to say is "like it. is back homo." le Time and fatten out of the pockets of the "suck ers" who step frrrttr promptly in Hie- South-t<> pay the fare of any racial rabble rousor' 4bey say is brave (the word should be "fool") enough to continue to lower the dignity of the South?a land which belongs to all the,people God haR-ahowed upon it. . The way to beat the Dixiecrats, the way to insure a square, fair and honest deal is --to go voting and get others to do the same. Waiting letters* to newspapers can do but so much. The real job is an indi viouni marrer. And we are crazy enough to believe now tha ttho Dixfecrats of South Carolina may be"Tn for some surprises this year. I ' ' > ' \ I ; ? ? )v WM | HL ^MM^.^B ^yS8E51S^BHBfl^^8E$l^l ^M^John H. McCray Two Men Who I ^ - Mg m j. Somehow, l hate to see ventifrn this year, or rati respect or reflection on i , State Teachers' Associatioi . that there has \ es the life and lift Presid the Orangeburg- school, has given the as sociation. Dr. Parler (privately, I call him "J.C."] has been a refreshing, copl, level-headec leader for the teachers, who at times hac to make quick decisions on matters whicT could have put him in dutch with some pub lie officials, and, or, in hot spot with hi; own people. There were many, pven withii PSTA, who when he took over two year ago, thought he would be a soft touch, pli able and a little wishy-washyr It wasn't Tha he was that way; rather, while he is pret ty well known in his field, he was steppini in behind the aggressive John P. P6tts, aft not enough people knew Dr. Parler, or hi abilities. But today they know him. More of his c< workers in education today are lauding hin -than to my way of thinking have ever si honored a predecessor. On my desk at th moment are three well-groomed high clas reports, one the 1052 "Call to Duty" for th convention, a second a final report to th House of Delegates, ruling body of the as sociation. and a summation of the ammmin of travel the president has done in inter est of the organization, which totals 16,7-1 miles, .'18 counties of the 16, 56 speeches an< 1 '? conferences, many of the latter stretch ing as far off as San Francisco. Hal. There are many things that could'he san trr explain the Dr.-Parler of today. (By (h way, the "Doctor" honorarium was confer red on him last year by Allen University. Hut in a nutshell, his rise on the South Car olina sr one is largely through the work in: program he has given his fellow teacherHe has reorganized and streamlined the a soeiation, putting to work-t Ive-7.000 teacii ers, giving them a program. Indication, > the success of his program is in the far ' wm:?>- *>* 4 > N ' How ma 11 Under The Shad* inrroasvd was caiLsin? it.. I conx lud dress, but was I surprised when the ai nouncer said: "You have .just heard a syn phony played by the. NHC orchestra cm diluted by Auturo Toscaninl. It immediatt lv struck me as to what was happening t our minds in America. \\Y no longer thin th^f applause is given for things worth while. We think applause must only be gi\ en -for sport*-events or--for- s+?mo-h-yt?oerit' cal politician making some false promise t a crowd of people.. Things of \alue receive such little prais now that I am guilty of thinking as I di when 1 heard the applause on this red* program. A groat symphony, a tuu-ihwhil project, an ideal for better men of the n; tion needs to he applauded. We often hea (criticisms of the Church, and J sometime ai Howard II. Prpvv nta trufh _ ~ '"?7 11i in Tomesti In N. C. Address ,vr<' \ recent v fHJRHAM. N: C. ?Dr. Murdc- Johnson _p r c-h? W. Johnson. president' of peaceful soli Howard University .urged Am- lems of rac erieans to "follow |he exp^ri- which had ] i ?5^ are spl ^I mPSmI JI CM 1 tl grnndil "I Kennel ^KKV^EJh^98 ijjfl Mr si tral bI Mrsl was hi j cilia J lave Served The People Well :MS3 thc South Carolina's school teachers hold a con- nvethl ler, elect new officers. I don't intend any dis- st. b! inybody else holding office in the Palmetto \&i tl i. who has held or will hold one, but I doubt LewiJ vill be for a long time, anybody who match- LoraiJ ent James C. Purler, supervising principal of of ch that today the association has the largest, membership in its history, and a member-: of m i ship is much higher than before 1 group Dr. Parler, of course, couldn't do the job ( Robin ? by himself, and credit for it perhaps doesn't belong exclusively to him; but he h;-s pres sented programs and his fellow officials t , havp liked thpm w? Uia^^A?dSC 4 - * * v vv ^VV HID 1^/KI" KJjl^ s ership of the association removed now, b it Ps the time has come for thfe change, and h mpZ ^ -ought to be made, as men come and go like ripples on the stream. We believe that be cause of his far reaching and progressive a - leadership PSTA will for a long time keep Tn ^ s moving forward. j* j ^ Also in education, but an enthusiast in Hinto ( atheltics is another friend, John W. Mar-j gatio: n tin (Dig Johnny Martin?tg most folk), of your r) Book9r T. Washington high school. He is but J commissioner of the South Carolina Ath- defei ^ letic Conference among high schools, which and * two or three weeks ago held its annual bus-: have kethall tournament here. Vinso Johnny Martin founded SCAC and labor- give ' t ed with it same 17 years, pushing it up in: ho d to top j)lace within this state. Few of the back. 1 people, even coaches .take time out to think Jus j .?n "who dunnit" as they walk into games Dr. 1 and tournaments today, hut for SCAC, it latino was Big Jaw n, the genial guy everybody pictui ,1 likes, but who stays in the background. They ?> wanting only, a finer opportunity for the rican: youngsters, nothing for himself. By the race ) way. he has two girls, now young ladies, chnnc and one often wonders what he might have own j d'?nt? had he a boy also. you 1 This week, to I>r. J. ('. Parlor and John to go W. Martin. I-dofT my insignificant hut hum- i moth h 1 y shorn hat Both have served the people archi f well. 'Somebody oupht to pive .them a little tors, t bouquet while they can yet smell. and ( they in A man >w Of The Cross Hj ence Saturday nipht, I went to thy ear, startal custom: J turned.* on the radio. Tn a moment fl eeted my ear. The crescendo of the applause for more than two minutes. Tuning in as 1 did . 1 immediately bepan to speculate as to what ed that some politician had finished an ad- ' M guilty of criticizing- tlie church. In fact, it's i-. easy to criticize so much but to help build. i- (live me a group of boys and some hammers- * and a few crowbars and in a little while L*4p we'll tear down the most expensive building K V _m_-yctur city; but give-me that same pro up BSI* i of hoys, the blueprint and the necessary figLl tools and' we will not he able to rebuild the e- Im-rkHne t hat we tcu'e <lown. So- it in with * o critics, we can aways find what's wrong without looking very hard, but very fe\v of i v us applaud. encourage, or attempt to l>uild y (I mi what is good. o trct~ trs rrwarrt what is -right.; encourage *o ' thrrt~wtrTrh" is gom!, dmtf-a- hand to a great !? i- cause, and in doing so we will "weed out". >' a lot of wrong. n T7et"T*s Watch. Klght. and I'ray. >1 Mahn'ma Gand- 3,000 yea-s. i' ard international " Dr. Johnson urged r* 11 Am?rl- j In t we k cans, Northerners and South-1 * isitor to India, l)r. erners, Negroes and whites, a-( * a Isr (I Gandhi's like "to experiment with reli- ' ition to the proF-^lfiorT~~"ttr md the- racial ill* that ? ial discrimination injure Unite-1 States pre-tige "Ah plagued India for hroughout the worM. ending somWH s, Mr. and Mrs. Blak^T^SI -nother, Mrs. Saures, 41 h< dy St. ol Hermine Parker. 23 Lar- 1> i.? was hostess to the Cen- di aptist Sunday School Coun- hi ar. 13. . n . Daisy Frost 190. Smith St. S ostess to the Modern Pris- tl dub. * 1ERSHIP COMMITTEE Membership Commitee of t WCA held -the "Kick OfP' ig Mar. 17 at the Coming P anch. Rev. J. T. Enwright, * hie devotions, Mr?. B. D. , chairman, presided. Miss ae Moultrie, called the roll t urches and representatives e ed their work kits. Mrs. 8. a irk. Chairman of the Board * anagement, addressed the fc and assisted by Mrs. M. R. a .st mrrr,N?; heads? \ Pie Editor: ^ ave just recently read Mr. . n's statement about segre- ] n in schools. Still butting heads against stone walls, j [ do hope that afte ryourt j its in Virginia, Tennessee j i South Carolina you" will; , luck in Washington, it old j n don't (sic) decide to' Thurgo/>d the runaround as t id* (in) sending (the) case t wrote spme days ago to iiggins. of Allen congratuI hi mon hU and others re in the News and Courier, . were all full blooded Af- . ;; no mixed breeds. Your . is certainly losing a great e to be somebody in your; race. As Booker T. advised , _ lave the men in your race J i back to Africa and build er irreat nation. You have" tects engineers, contrac-, ! all that have know how, ? >od has given them talents 1 wilt never be abl? *o use ! .merioa because the white gets all .the chances over ? |H| ^ 1 n Spring. And the window (hat Radio.** ' Central Baptist Chu^^ 1. Mrs. Arthur J. ClementTjt^^^^ jughter-in-law of ' the Ivostess id Miss Gloria Campbell, grand- 1 eice, assisted. A program of 1 pring Reading v^as opened by le president, Mrs. N. Baxter. Irs. H. Parker, secretary. J ,vV V i. T. Walker, TOC Track Head, | s Speaker^ DURHAM, N. C. ? Leroy T. ! Vatlkjer, profMor of pfayefttoai J ducation and head track coach t North Carolina College, re urned to Distnm recently at or paxucipamng m me umt en- _ j iiial College Conference of Virginia. ? . s. .. ' - lere, because we are in majorty. . (You) could borrow ftve bil- _ Lions from us white sucker* ust as easy as England dH, to (tart building capitoLa. schools ind roads. And you could clear ip farms JUfc our white. did vhe nthey came to ^America. You *iH never have an FEFC bill put through in the Southland. rher? will always be a South- ^ land and a .segregated South-- ." * and, fegiilated by' white people, flow much good has Johnson [sic) don^ your race? Thurman [sic) did lots more for you in suildlng the school (trade) on {round that Voorhees gave hem. Just think; but, you cant expect sheep voters to accompish anything. - , - ^ P. D. Buie ; States Rights Voter and A Lover of the Southland . ? Denmark * . ;/.$J ^.S. See by the papers they are laving some race rouble in Af"ica. YOL" all must he hard tn ~ ' .. . A >lca?e. BREAKFAST DANCE Beta Beta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is sponsoring a Leap Year Breakrast Dance, Friday, March 28, 'or the benefit of tKo Good~5I^ maritan-Waverly Hospital. 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