Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4?LIGHTHOUSE arid INFORMER, COLTT . - . . Published weekly by The Lighthouse Pub faking Company, Incorporated, at 1507 Harden Street, Columbia 4, South Carolina. TELEPHONE 2-7079 - Entered as Second- Class matter in the Pool Office at Columbia, South Carolina, undei the Act of March 3, 1879. John H. McCrav . Presidcnt-Editoi Robert E. Howard Sports Editoi Thomasina Scott Society Editoi m u - jalia it. simkins Scc'y-Bookkeepei ===== . . = ' ' ;fc'v -V, . ?V C*~_sm:v What's Become Of The Slun I Were it not for the regrettable fact that one person lost his life and many others 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 building located TnanaTTey orf Lady"street; Before moving into our present plant, our offices were located directly behind this building, but we were on Washington 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 feeling which if it could have been put into words, would have read something like this: "The end of the road for the moral| ly and economically spent." In plain words, when one looked at the squalor, the misVV ery and the lack of sanitation which pa^ . raded itself* from every window on the t ground floor ?a^ at the inhabitants as X they lounged around warm afternoons, fk there was the feeling of regret that such - J a dwelling place was allowed to remain in b ntl? Attir A ?* J ? ? ? * * * ' vih xtljiu out impression ,wasn't tne ? it"' . It's Either The Law Or Cu<k ? " A bit Of irony gues along"-w?th--?r-ncws report of Ku Klux Klan imperial wizzerd Thomas L. Hamilton's appearance at Whiteville, N. C. Monday and what?followed. Hamilton, indicted by a Columbus i; county grand jury for alleged involvement in numerous floggings in North Carolina, had been arrested Saturday in Florence and had gone to Whiteville to post an ap pearance bond for a court hearing early k in June. The klanstnan sped from the North [. Carolina scene back into South Carolina and into Spartanburg county and an i"1mediate return to his work of lashing Negroes, the Jewish people, Catholics, the p. churches and anybody else whose name Ik might arouse violence in the hearts of gulW lible white people. This time, he even went R further to praise Hitler for an attempt to establish white supremacy in Germany. The irony of this sudden rebuttal apI We Hate To Remind But... E;; Several weeks ago we suggested to dele g?, gates from South Carolina* to the General Conference of the AME Church in Chica|st4 go,which closed last week that if they wanted a Bishop named from among South Carolinians they should Jirst get together y* and decide-to give solid backing "to- one of the four men offering from this state. That conference is now history, and jL South Carolina was lucky even to have presiding Bishops Frank Madison Reid P- returned. The state lost completely in the j|; elections of bishops, and the reason, so reIku tumintr delsornfoH Infftrwo ,m ? n AM&UA AAVP UHj ID Ifll J^Cl^ tllC ff fact that our state delegation was hopelessly split, among other things. Some ; ' .*'*;% ' - V ' i ' , *' .? ' " ' . ? . v ' : h > > < . ; f " .'? _* ii-."4V?*.* ' * 7% v; 't *, v MBIA, S. C. Satnrday, May 31, It s : ' v .; > ', pthottse ^wroKNk? :* /' , ' .> * v' : ?>/?. \ ' . ^ SUBSCRIPTIONS?Payable in advance . 1 year, $3.75; 6 mos., $2.50; 3 mos., $1. per copy, 10 cents Make checks or orders payable to The Lis house Publishing Company, Inc., and not persons representing it, t ADVERTISING RATES furnished on ap cation. National Advertising Representative: Int state United Newspapers, Inc., 545 Fi E?Avenue, New York 17, New York; r CLOSING SCHEDULES: News, 12 n r Tuesday; Advertising, 3 P. M., Tuesd r Photographs, 10 A. M. Monday. i Bill? only one. Jt was widespread, so much i that few of the acknowledged tough ! which used to frequent the 1000 block Washington street and its nearby bloc always veered clear of mixing with .1 "Arcade" and its residents. Some years ago, a member of city, cot cil sent a draft of a proposed slum clej ance for such ugly spots about. Colqmb It was never passed that we know of. 1 understood that landlords assailed and k: ed it. But if Columbia is going to keep pi gressing, something will'have to be do to improve residences, or it might as w appropriate much more than the estinu ed $191,000 fire which is supposed to ha developed in the "Arcade." It must ready to spend much more than the life one citizen. Overcrowded, squalid, unsavory housi vicious slum dwelli/tos are not a "Neg problem." It is ^thlmbia's problem, one i flicted by landlords who exact every pc ny possible?more than they should such places?and fight unitedly agair civic efforts to compel them to give fi and safe returns. lling nnnl i.i r ./ v? i? ^ ?ncc 111 mg incc oi iNortn uaroima ( forts to flush the klan out of its bounds, in the obvious weakness or the cuddlii of the klan by South Carolina law. Wh admittedly a bit better than what exist before, the new antbklan law of South C rolina has rot enough teeth with which flush out the hooded order, as has the c North Carolina law. And since it is pi sumed that the same federa Haw whi< resulted in convictions of klansmen at W mington, N. C. several days ago are al effective in South Carolina ,one wonde why this hasn't yet been brought into e "^fecC V Here proud, flambouyant South Car Una now, whether it acknowledges ~tl truth or not is providing asylum for ti ku klux klan and North Carolina, in tl meanwhile has the nerve, the ambiti< and determination to forbid such a refuj within its borders. backed one candidate; some favored i other from the state. ^Phe result was lost in their aspirations, which of coui means that there isn't another chance 1 four long and turbulent years. We do not wish to declare ourselves the position of reprimanding. But we ci not close our eyes to the fact that wl we predicted has happened and it happ< ed largely because the various delega couldn't place the interest of all I church's members in this state above tl of On A Af flltn " *??? ?L ~ r 1 ' * ? w. i'rrv, txa^uaiilH lor D18nopriC MC ors. That thift' would be the case with a vided delegation was very evident. . * ' i . i . ... ^ r 7s-* vm : . - - ' >^*vr^%Vv. .< .. r . . *, v.'-; : *^ 1?? Ai ioiL-"' *vV.? 1 ' ' " . ' ? *# VV^'-" , ,a M-i . i ? A w*\ /r:*VV" ? ' ? "Better Harmony - Accept in- ' - ? -; : ' ir" HHP John H. McCray v<' ?ll Some Views On Ever since I can rerr ne [about this and that ca went about it as thougl anc* sa^ would make a it- , r. /,.. >' For the past five wee! ve munities in the interest of "politics"; th 5e is, to the extent of encouraging greater i gistration and voting this year. In each ?* these I have learned much ^and heard a 1 Our people still discuss the merits and c merits of candidates'with as much fer\ BS? as years ago, but I .find also that they s ;ro doing some deep and serious thinking a acting as though the election results me life qr death, to them,-which is a-good sig m" Following our meeting in Marion Sund in Aftemoofi had a. long talk with sevei ist leaders from Darlington bounty, in the six district. These gentlemen were very mu concerned with a matter which has.plagu us from the outset of" the Progressive Dei ocrats and our advent into South Caroli politics. A check of their district .they sc discloses insufficient organization of t people on the pre?inct*and ward4rvel. Moi over, they point out, few of the Negro le? - ers in the political action program, actual know the number and boundaries" of t 18 wards > and precincts they are wor nff inor PfineAnnontlw thorn orn nnl>r n f< o ?I<5? V?WUUV\|MV?IVIJ I V* U1 V/ UIU J Ci 11 ilp counties in which organization has be e(j made at the precinct or beginning level a this failure on the part of the leaders t a~ plains why so few counties had Negroes the state Democratic convention and sii >ld relatively small numbers in county c.o e^ ventions. Some of our people didn't atte precinct or club7 meetings because tti .. didn't understand the significance of the.1nor did they know when and where the so were being held. irs ; "I wish you wilL soon find the space a ;f_ time in your newspaper to get everyboi straight on this matter," one of them sa And I hasten to back him up. You who le counties and precincts should know first *?- all, that the success or failure of your c he he 1 fl n I in Wfe hc VjUI 1 111 m h> L. BAY (For Calv by* L. Haynard Whitney ground in (For Calvin News Service)""'' rial adjustrr EDUCATE 'EM Meanwhi One of the greatest problems "education of the Colored American is c-Ju- other me eating the white American on cellerated. all the race question, Although both constantly races have made great progress st"' beliei 8 in understanding each other, and ain't ripe.' for integration is definitely on the rioe. increase, a chasm still exists be- Th" Negi tween them. self-advertif Txi the majority.of yyhito Am- mong his : in ericans, their idea of a> Negro re- bring them in- roains a Serotype which no long- some sugge cc exists. On the other hand, th? 1- Send lttL majority of Negroes still carry and/or a me a load of lumber on their *houb friend Xor si ?pa der in ivsentment against con- t:r). It's a f ditions which no longer obtain, ly few wh '"e or are in process of rapidly there is sue !Ht beintf adjusted. In flne,~~the~ In- ca as the N< terracial problem is a transi- tend to wor tion period preceding a pro- few dollars found climax. In the "final" so- magazine s lution, both races will lose much white prrso ; : ' ' V-* > w. ' V>\. ; ' * v ; 5^' . v" \ . V'' 1{ ... *. . ; . . . * ** The Rights Of Colored Peopl ! K. Jr/? Jl^ >^B3P^II9flB^^9i> # ? i Our Politics lember I have heard seasonal talk about i ndidate offering on an election year;* and i they had a vote then and what they thoi difference in the election's outcome, ks I have visited more than 20 counties and < iat forts is tied up with your success or fai re" in getting your county and precinct s1 ? ed on the.,precinct. and ward level. Pr , speeches sound nice but thev do little tr 16- ' " 7" ' rQr tain our ultimate goal. The gentlemen f Darlington county have attained a me* j of success in this area and what they sa gospel truth." . an pi. Then, up at York last Wednesday ni ay a gentleman stumped us when he said ?al would Support senator Russell for the pi th dency this year, and then gave his reas ch He figures that the southern Negro ha ed gotten any more from northern politic m-_ than the southern whites were aggre na to. Further, he figures that so long as so {yt ern Negroes oppose a southern white I he just because he's from the South, the -e_ gro refutes and repudiates his own figh gainst those who dote on race and gro |Jy He goes even further to say that experit ft-pr?~-?ilnnnHu h-ia sihnn'n thnt southern ..ivhite |<_ fice seekers who have won. with Negro i\v port have become converts to our waj en thinking. J He feels that until the Negro outnum the southern whites and has the adva 'n ges of southern whites the Negro's besl ( 1 tack is through collaboration as far as 1 " sible although he reserve the right to sw " to somebody or something else if the - casion allows him to do so. <e; se Both of these views, as I have aire said, were stated to me. I cannot say th nd agree or disagree with either or botl rly them. I am reserving my personal think id. But they are indicative of a people whic ad thinking and reasoning, and thinking of reasoning for the good of their group. 1 ^f- many others of us do the same? ,'s Digest N A HI) WHITNEY 9 in News service) various arctrs of so- Negro life. 10nt- 2. When you read" or he lie the process of an/one doing something " along with every . . thod must h? ac- and rmf bohalf ?' )ustlc< Circumstances are 8 dw,ll intrrracally, v defeating those who >,h"nl! or a note ?( ? /e that "the time and appreciation. When a 1 The time is over Sro sounds ofT "loud and wr contact him and help hirr U .J a ri?ht-hould put On a ling campaign a- 3. Join som? civic orga fellow Americans to lion working for the benel up to date. Here are minorities". Malte" ybuTs.elf t stions: '? acquainted >vith the probler a Negro newspaper J vvs, Filipinos, West Inc igazine to some white Japanese, Chinese, Latin A: tranger. for that mat- cans; help "educate" th:m. act that comparative- 4. Strive to overcome i ite Americans know chauvinism, and allow your h a force in Am?ri- sentim nts to embrace egro Press. If you in- races as well as your own. k at this idea," spend will lower the barrier in for a newspaper or own mind, and opcn your iub'scription to some sciousnoss to receive the n unacquaitned with from others. liaily, the F . 'V-' *** :,].. ik e." j Scores Byrnes' Pla Of South To Deft Scores Byrnes Plan for Bloe MONTGOMERY, Ala. ? The call issued by Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina for the formation of a bloc of southern rights program was scored hereSunday by Roy WilkinsT NAACP W administrator, as "an announce, ment of a white-black war," Speaking to a state-wide meeting of NAACP branches called ; to step up the campaign for voters in Alabama, Mr. Wilkins said: "Negroes are not making war on anyone. They are fighting for their rights as American? citizens. The civil rights program merely demands what the Constitution sgys all Americans are entitled to have. The aonfest between Negro 1 Americans and those forces which would deny them e between blacks and whites, or these rights is not a contest Foeiween nanncrners anu southerners. It Is a contest between right and wrong. ] |fc\ "Gov. Byrnes and other professional politicians are now out fej in tho open, announcing a white-black war. By this declar-' My ation they have said that their H? main objective is to keep the Two Million De IN 1951 For J '' ' " * HARTFORD, Conn. (Special) poli- Nearly *wo million casualties, they toH *n the nation's history, were jght recorded in 1951, according to figures released today by The [tom- Travelers Insurance Companies. Last year's traffic deaths totalilu re g.^ 37100, an increase of 1600 :art- over the 1950 mark. The injury etty count soared to 1,962,600, more ) at- than 160,000 over 1950, the Hart*! 'rom ford firm reported, c- I The death and injury totals ty jg are highlight statistics from "Lucky You," eighteenth in the annual aeries of traffic^ accident ght, data booklets published tb/ Thft ~ I he Travelers. The company collects resi- and analyzes' accident statistics ona. from each1 state, isn't More than 13,000 persons were 1*"? killed and 570,000 injured last able year by drivers who were ex- 1 uth- ceeding the speed limit, accordman ing to the report. Excessive speed Ne- was "far and away the most"* t a- dangerous mistake in drivng" in ups. 1951." . [ E?nCc More than 11,000 drivers under of- 25 years old were involved'in ^ ^ cries for "equality" and "inte' gration" yet continues generally to isolate himself. Become inbera trrested in the other fellow's inta- problems, ideas and ambitions. I at- He'll follow you as well as lead pos- you ... itch 5. THINK WELL OF YOURoc SELVES and erase labeling things as good or bad because they are "white" or "colored." Never criticise others on the ba. sis of race and remember that \ 0 one's vices or virtues are hu!nk* man element not racial. l*| 6. Marriage between different races is increasing and if love low _ BB^| con" t (best jegro "Letting Junior be cute, can pr i jjnflt -> ' - a A* / '>.y;'l|H E SKeE^,.? iL ^j.*4>5 a< - -/35HB n For Bloc Vote sat C^vil Rights |S Negro down as a second-class ^j citizen. They are not fighting for cltan government, or decentrat- '? ized government, or tor a kind of foreign policy. They are flghujl ing the wegio. We Thellev*e thh. nation will recognize this call to aims for what it is, and we be- i lieve tHre axe many white 1 southerners who will repudiate I the Byrnes plan.'' W. C. Patton, state president 1 .of Jthe_NAACP, rj&eiyed.lrigttEte. 3M from local branches and county "'< representatives indicating that registration work is going forward in all counties except three^ A full?time?organiBafft~rdaWHnr? ?i Lee Smith, is working throughout the state. Also working on registration in the state i* Kmory Jackson of Birmingham. Tiftr McCray At Rion : RION ? Guest speaker for the Rion NAACb Branch Stmday, June 1, will be John H; McCray, editor of The Lighthouse and Informer and chairman of South Carolina Progressive Democrats, Jesse Byrd, branch president, >said Monday. * Scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., the meeting will be held in New rtope amjl enure ft, ~ ,Ll'!uZ?+-J L . ?? 'Oths rtcd merica fatal accidents and 416,000 more in personal injury accidents, the figures reveaLL-j|MI. Pedes train exp^anfliiJ|| 1951 ... is termed "an island -Sf ,?n- jy8| couragement in last., yepr**..'ocean pf accidents." A comparison of 1951 with 1950 shows that pedestrain deaths were "held in check" while #ere-reduced by nearly VJOflflKy* Other fact^ from "Lucky You": Saturday was the most,, dang- a erous day 6f the week. drive. 1 More persons lost their lives I during the hour froga sir to .J seven p. m. than in ai^r 0?VtT hour. Injuries hit their peak, two hours earli .r? Irpm four to five ? p. m. Ninety per cent ot drivers involved in 1951 accidents were least one year of experience be hind ,h. wheel. Thirty-eight per cent of last 'year's fatal accidents occurred on the open highway. There were 92 tfer c*nt more fatal accidents on icy roads last year than in 1950. and opportunity should ustrike" you, the right of choice ia yours. Act courageously and you will find more acceptance and under- >v more acceptance and understanding than you anticipated The things we fear seldom happen. Lov* tnansscends race (and everythingf else.) Also, welcome . j the Negro GI's bride from abroad whether white or Japa- , nese and he tolerant as well of the male or female whits American who t^kes a Negro mate. THINK more universally. Become a citizen of thfe world. ? I rvA-ne. rirl. ^ , hv|I . r,I I ttBJK C dra&l --j'y^Vi ? f m It. BV^KI ove very annoying to others* j * <M 3 .. .1 i ....... i JM