Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'4?LIGHTHOUSE and INFORMER, COLUMB I tptc ||| Published weekly by The'Lighthouse Pub ! tishing Company, Incorporated, at 1507 Harden Street, Columbia 4* South Carolina. TELEPHONE 2-7079 1 Entered as Second Class matter in the Posi 1 Office at Columbia, South Carolina, undei ^ the Act of March 3, 1879. John H. McCray . President-Editor Robert E. Howard Sports Editor Thotnasina Scott Society Editor i Julia G. Simkins Sec'y-Bookkeeper 1 r fc; 5 -What's Become Of The Slum ] Were it not for the regrettable fact that fi one person lost his life artd many others It? lost personal effects as well as the huge damage in property to citizens in no way involved, we would be tempted to say it was a "good riddance" which' led to the destruction of the old Arcade apartment r~ . huifding located in atv alley off I>ady street. Before moving into our present plant, . our offices were located directly behind this building, but we were on Washington I street. Occasionally, this writer would walk by that building, through the alley into Lady street, which was a short cut. Each such trip always left a feeling of regret, a r feeling which if it could have been put into p. I words, would have read something like this: "The end of the road for the morally and economically spent." In plain words, when one lopked at the squalor, the misery and the lack of sanitation which paraded itself* from every window on the ground floor ,arid at the inhabitants as they lounged around warm afternoons, there was the feelfng of regret that such a dwelling place was allowed to remain in ^ our city. And our impression wasn't the I It's Either The Law Or Cuddli jj A bit of irony goes along with a news l'eport of Ku Klux Klan imperial wizzerd r Thomas L.. Hamilton's appearance at Z??Whiteville, N. C. Monday and what fol. " lowed. Hamilton, indicted by a Columbus |L county grand jury for alleged involvement in numerous floggings in North Carolina, had been arrested Saturday in Florence a"d had gone to Whiteville to post an appearance bond for a court hearing early in June. The klansman sped from the North K?r-^arolina scene back into South Carolina K and into Spartanburg county and an imHL mediate return to his work of lashing Nora groes, the Jewish people, Catholics, the churches and anybody els<e whose name HL might arouse violence in the hearts of gul lible white people. This time, he even went further to praise Hitler for an attempt to nat aKlioVt tirU i' f ^ um-\K<\*vtnnir i C1 ^ m r vc uovauuan mine oujuciiiavj' ?'i vjrui 11inliy . The irony of this sudden rebuttal apWe Hate To Remind But... S^Hrnl "Hm xtyr~inTprfr?Bto^~to delegates from South Carolina to the General |? Conference of the AMK Church iaChica-? . go,which closed last week that if they wanted a Bishop named from among South Carolinians they should first get together and decide to give solid backing to one of the four men- offering from this state. i?r" conference is now history, and l^-rr?South Carolina WSs lucky even to have its presiding Bishop Frank Madison Reid returned. The state lost completely in the elections of bishops, and the reason, so reA , , , , . ? . . ... turning delegates informs us, is largely the : fact that our state delegation was hope^ lessly split, among other things. Some HA, S. C. Saturday, May SI, 1952 jKftouae 1 INrOKME? SUBSCRIPTIONS?Payable in advance?: 1 year, $3.75; 6 mos., $2.50; 3 mos., $1.50; per copy, 10 cents Make checks or orders payable to The Lighthouse Publishing Company, Inc., and not to persons representing it. ADVERTISING RATES furnished on appli cation. National Advertising Representative: Interstate United Newspapers, Inc., 545 Fifjh Avenue, New'York 17, New York. CLOSING SCHEDULES: News, 12 noon Tuesday; Advertising, 3 P. M., Tuesday; Photographs, 10 A. M. Monday. Bill? only one.' It was widespread, so much so that few of the acknowledged toughies which used to frequent the 1000 block of Washington street and its nearby blocks, always veered clear of mixing with the "Arcade" and its residents. Some years ago, a member of city council sent a draft of a proposed slum clearance for such ugly, spots about Columbia. It was never passed that we know of. We understood that landlords assailed and killed it. But if Columbia is going to keep progressing, something will have to be done to improve residences, or it might as well appropriate much more than the estimated $101,000 fire whichrts supposed to" have developed in the "Arcade." It must be ready to spend much more than the life of one citizen. Overcrowded, squalid, unsavory houses, vicious slum dwellings are not a "Negro problem." It is ^bltrfnbia's problem, one inflicted by landlords who exact every penny possible-?more than they should in such places?and fight unitedly against civic efforts to compel them to give fair and safe returns. ng pearance in the face of North Carolina efforts to flush the klan out of its bounds, is in the obvious weakness or the- cuddling of the klan by South Carolina law. While admittedly a bit better than what existed before, the new anti-klan law of South Carolina has not enough teeth with which to flush out the hooded order, as has the old North Carolina law. And since it is presumed that the same federa Haw which resulted in convictions of klansmon at Wilmington, N. C, several days ago are also effective in South Carolina ,one wonders why this hasn't yet been brought into effect. Here proud, flambouyant South Carolina now, whether it acknowledges the truth or not is providing asylum for the ku klux klan and North Carolina, in the meanwhile has the nerve, the ambition and dptnrminfltinn tr? fVwhirl onrh u wvr 1 xn >/i\4 OUV II (4 X i; 1 within its borders. ] t backed one candidate; some favored another from the state. The result, was nU dost Tn their aspirations, which of course means that there isn't another chance for four Ion# and turbulent years. We do not wish to declare ourselves in the position of reprimaTTrttTVtf. But we cannot close_our eyes to the fart that wlrnt we predicted has happened and it happen ed largely becausq, the various delegates couldn't place the interest of all the church's members in this state above that of one or two aspirants for bishopric honors. That this would be the case with a divided delegation was very evident. "Better Harmony - Accept Th( /$* if* John H.. McCray ||vb Some Views On ()i Ever since I can rememb IsSSMrl tics. My father and his friei about this and that candid: A' J| went about it as though th< anc* sa^ would make a diffe For the past five weeks I munities in the interest of "politics"; that is, to the extent of encouraging greater registration and voting this year. In each of these I have learned much and heard a lot. Our people still discuss the merits and demerits of candidates with as much fervor Q?" Xrno o o 1XII4- T finrl OIOA 4 V* 4 A?? on uui ? iiiiu oinu nidi til*zy ai v doing some deep and serious thinking and acting as though the election results mean life or death to them, which is a good sign. Following our meeting in Marion Sunday Afternooh we had a long talk with several leaders from Darlington bounty, in the sixth district. These gentlemen were very much concerned with a matter which has.plagued . us from the outset of the Progressive Democrats and our advent into South Carolina politics. A check of their district .they say, discloses insufficient organization of the people on the precinct and W^rd level. More? over, they point out, few of the Negro leaders in the political action program, actually know the number and boundaries of the , wards and? ,f>reemrts' 'they a r e working. Consequently, there are only a few counties in which organization has been made at the precinct or beginning level and this failure on the part of the leaders explains why so few counties had Negroes in the state Democratic convention ami such relatively small numbers in county conventions. Some of our people, didn't attend precinct or , club meetings because they didn't understand the significance of these; nor did they know when and where these were being held. "I wish you will soon find the space and time in your newspaper to get everybody straight on this matter," one of them said. And I hasten to back him up. You who lead counties and precincts should know first of all, that the success or failure of your ef? npilvin'js hv L. HAVNA (For ( alvin J by li. Baynard Whitney ,... Rntinvl in v;ni (For Calvin News Service) rial adjustment. KUVCATE 'FM Meanwhile One of the. greatest problems "education" al of the Colored Am rican is ? 1 u-1 other method eating 4he white American on! ccllerated. (.'it th*.u?. stiun: AtrhdugTT KothT constantly dcfc races hav? made great progress sti" helieve < in understanding each other, and ain't ripe." Th integration is definitely ' on 4he rioe. inorca'se, a chasm still exists he-; Th NVgt<, d tween them. , j self-adv rtismg To the maioritv nf white Am-I nionif he- fello clTcans, their id: a of & N .gxu-re-[ bring th^m tip mains a serotype which no long-T soni sugg Mior er exists On the other han<L- J- Swwi- ?- -f majority of N groos ^*i 11 rarrvj and'or a niagazi a load of lumbjr on their -houl-! friend (or- strani der in resentment against con t r). It's a fact di'.ions which no longer obtain, ly few white or are in process of rapi-llv ' there is such a being adjusted. In fine, the in-- ea as th Negro terracial probl m is a transi-, tend to work a *.ion period preceding a pro-J few dollars for found climax. In the "final" so- magazine sub-< lution, both races will lo>e much'white p- rson u i ( e Rights Of Colored People." | ur Politics ier I -have heard seasonal talk about poliids used to discuss the good and bad points ate offering oir an election year; and they By had a vote then and what they thought; trence in the election's outcome, have visited more than 20 counties and com-! forts is tied up with your success or failure in getting your county and precinct started on the. precinct and" ward level. Pretty : speeches sound nice hut they do little to at-_ tain our ultimate goal. The gentlemen from Darlington county have attained a m^" j of success in this area and what-they say is gospel truth. . Then, up at York last Wednesday night, a gentleman stumped us when he said he would Support senator Russell for the presidency this year, and then gave his reasons He figures that "the southern Negro hasn't gotten any more from northern politicje^0 than the southern whites were aggreable to. Further, he figures that so long as southern Negroes oppose a southern white man just because he's from the South, the Negrn rpf iitnw -tnJ mpndiMt rs-trrs own fight gainst those who dote on race and groups He goes even further to say that experience already has shown that southern white office seekers who have won with Negro support Have become converts to our way of thinking. He feels that until the Negro outnumbers the southern whites and has the advantages of southern whites- tlv Negro's best attack is through collaboration'as far as possible although he reserve the right to switch to somebody or something else if the occasion allows him to do so. Both of these views, as I have. already said, were stated to me. I cannot say that I -agree or disagree with either of both of them. I am reserving my personal thinking. But they are indicative of a people which is thinning: and reasoning, aim innmiug mm reasoning for the tfood ?f their group. How many others of us do the same? ; Digest It!) WHITNKY Sews Service) mis arras of so- Niym lifr. 2. Wlr n you read or hoar of the process of anyone doing something right ong w?th every . nust bo ac- a ne m l)oha,f of Justice and cii.. Glance* w goodwill. wrr.tr ating those who Ph?ne ?r *'ir" a not'? ofethanks that "the time anrl appreciation. When_ a Nolo time is over gro s^unds off and wrong," contact him and help him fly i i right, inuld put on a campaign a- I 3 Jo'n sorr> civic organiza ?,-r4 tifirr \x/M r l/"i hn* t-irmnftt?rvf ty /\ii i ti\ *"P ,w* v ^v. f"o date. Here are minorities.* Make yourself better is: acquaint >(j with the problems of h-KT-rr ' newspaper J' wsr, Filipinos^ West Indians, ne to some white Japanese. Chinese, Latin Amende r, for that mat- cans; help "educate" th m, too... that comparative- 4 Strive to overcome racial Americans know chauvinism, an-1 allcnv your best force in Am?ii- s ntim nt?. to embrace other Pr;ns If you in- races as well as your own. Thts t this rJea, spend will lower the barriyr in your a n wspapep or 'own mind, and oprn your conniption to som? sciousness to receive the ibest nacquaitned with from others, the Negro t , Scores Byrnes' Plai Of South To Defe Scores Byrnes Plan for Bloc MONTGOMERY, Ala. ? The call issued by Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina for the formation of p bloc of southern white people to fight the civil rights program was scored here Sunday by Roy Wilkins, NAACP administrator, as "an announcement of. a white-black war." Speaking to a state-wide meeting of NAACP branches called to st:p up the campaign for registration of 100,000 Negro voters in Alabama, Mr. Wilkins said: "Negroes are not making war oh anyone. They are fighting for their rights as American citizens. The civil rights program merely demands what the Constitution says all Americans are entitled to have. The aoniest between Negro Americans and those forces which would deny them between blacks and whites, or these rights is not a contest between nartherners and southerners. It is a contest between right and wrong. "Gov. Byrnes and other professional politicians are now out in the open, announcing a white-black war. By this dcclar-, ation they have said that their main objective is to ke-tp the^ Two Million De IN 1951 For. Ai HARTFORD, Conn. (Special)? Nearly two million casualties, the worst automobile accident toll in the nation's history, were recorded in 1951, according to figures released today by The Travelers In-urance Companies. Last year's traffic deaths totaled 37,100, an increase of 1600 over the 1950 mark. The injury count soared to 1,962,600, more than 160,000 over 1950, the Hart-s ford firm reported. The death and injury totals are highlight statistics from "T.nr-kv Vmi " pichtippnth in the annual series of traffic accident data booklets published by The Travelers. The company collects and analyzes accident statistics from each state. More than 13,000 persons were killed and 570,000 injured last year by drivers who were ex-1 cecding the speed limit, according to the reP0i"t. Excessive speed was "far and away the most* dangerous mistake in drivng" in 1951. Morg than 11,000 drivers under 25 years old were involved in i I cries for "equality" and "inteI gration" yet continues gencrali ly to isolate himself. Become interested in the other fellow's i problems, ideas and ambitions. He'll follow you as well as lead you . . . 5. THINK WELL OF YOURSELVES and erase labeling j things as* good or bad because j th^y ore "white" or "colored." Never criticise others on the baf sis "of^ race and remember that one's vices or virtues are hu man clelhent not racial. 6. Marriage between different < . .: leasing and f 1 o v "Letting Junior be cute, can \ I \ n For Bloc Vote 3 'at Civil Rights Negro down as a second-class citizen. They are not fighting for el'tan government, or decentratized government, or for a kind ^3 of foreign policy. They are fighting the Negro. We believe the 3 nation will recognize tlfis call to 1 arms for what it is, andrw* believe tH~re? ere many white 3 southerners who will repudiate the Byrnes plan." '; W. C. Patton, stat? president _ B of the NAACP, received report# from locaT branches and county representatives indicating that registration work is going lor- *??ward in all counties except three. A full time organizer, James Lee Smith, is working through out the state. Also working On registration in th? state Is Emory Jackson of Birmingham; McCray At Rion RION ? Guest speaker for the Rion NAACP Branch Sunday, June 1, will bo John H. McCray, editor of The Lighthouse and Informer and chairman of South Carolina Progressive Democrats, Jess? Byrd, branch president, said Monday. . Scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., the meeting will be held in New ' . Hope AME church. r?/- ---- * ;* X ;; "*' r 11' 1 taths Reported ineriea f .v.fatal accidents and 416,000 more in personal injury accidents, the j 'Ltm ngures reveai. Pedestrain experience in 1951 is termed "an islandr^^^encouragement in last* year's Ocean of accidents." A comparison of 1951 with 1950 shows that'pfedestrain deaths were- "he*H in check" while injuries were reduced by nearly 9,000.*-&'- O - Other facta from "Lucior You": Saturday was the .most, dangerous day of the week. to. drive. More persons lost their- lives . ^ during the hour > from t. si^c to seven p. m. than in any other hour, injuries rut tneir pes* xwo houTS earli.r, from four to Ave p. m. ' \ Ninety per cent of drivgrs involved in 1951 accidents- were least one year of experience be-" hind the wheel. ^ C Thirty-eight per c?nt of last year's ffffnl /WMirraa *on the open highway. ! There were 92 per ccnt more fatal accidents orr icy roads "TaSt year than in 1950. and opportunity should "strike" you, the right of choice is yours. Act courageously and you will find more acceptance and undermore acceptance and understanding than you anticipated The things we fear seldom happtn. Love transscends race (and I everything, else.) Also, welcofhe I the Negro GI's bride from abroad whether whits or "Japa- ( i *ksc and he- tolerant-as well of the male or female whit? American who takes a Negro mate. THINK more universallv come a citizen of the World. % k/> i /^nfi JL \ ^ ^^^ 1 Hip^ 1 >rove very annoying to others." + . ^ ; ~ -t"-*'? i ^ : ^ ' .- wM