Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published weekly by The Lighthouse Pub SI inking Company, Incorporated, at 1507 Har- 1 . den Street, Columbia 4, South Carolina, TELEPHONE 2-7079 M ? * , ' - n-it?"rw^~' i , ... . "* Entered as Second Class matter in the Post ,H Office at Columbia, South Carolina, undei A the Act of jtarch 3, 1879, John H, ^IcCray President?LdUor ' Robert E. IJoward Sports Euilor ^-JThomasina Scott t<*o<MPty Krfitor .. Julia G. Simkins _ Sec'y-Bookkeept'4 I' Ne wFaces But... The Old Lii Thfe leading: spokesmen for the extrfeme ii rightists in both the Republican and Pern- v y'; ocratic parties are Senator Robert A. Taft s and Senator Richard Russell, respectively, both candidates for nomination in successive national conventions being held in Chi- 1 oago this month. i * Op tftll1* the fnr~WTf last week, Sen- ^ ~*tor ftussell gave what is his best atti- ( . tude on the civil rights issue, actually the r proposal to extend equal rights to all citizens. The Dixiecratic frontman declared * things were too serious abroad, demand- 1 ing too much unity at home, to make * pedient an extension of additional home- t fii tfront liberty at this time. \ Senator Taft, on the same iisue, has re- < peatedly expressed agreement with those 1 advocating equal rights status but con- * tends this is a question for, the individual states, and not one the federal government ought handle. We think that General Dwight Eisenhower, also a Republi- * can nominee hopeful, shares Thft's point 1 of view, and that Senator Kerr ef Okla- * / homa. a Democratic presidential hopeful, r \ ' thinks somewhat like Senator Russell. t v But when the two vie#?*are laid out, 1 ' * "7^*' . ^ one notes, perhaps significantly, that although . they lare advanced now by new|4? - tongues and faces, they are quite ancient.-v^ Senator Russell, for example, is simply saying what was so loudly said during _ ___ World War II when Negro leaders began l td demand with force equfel civil status j , for their^8oia t*bo. were dying on foreign c shores for the preservation of this coun- 1 try, but did hot enjoy. And the Republican ] theory is something taken out of the Dix: t Along With Rights Goes A Du On Tuesday, July 8th, South Carolinians will nominate to ensuing terms pub- i lie officers ' in the Democratic primary, \ Which thus far is the principal election of c the state, although it is tT#vgt?aeral elec- 1 tion in November whiehra"@ttually deter- < mines the next officeholrii^f A primary * in South Carolina today iA ar crv from l what it was before federaWjsorts and Ne- 1 gro complainants acted aiijjSr ^ ' an end ' to statutory "wp^^fesupremacy" 1 T tactics at the voting plaC^3 For example 50 years, prior to 1948. alWi'iecessary to ' vote in a-South Carolina-primary was to have a white skin. The voter didn't have j to be an elector, nor even able to (|ualifv. j Primary v-oting then was strictly by race, i and now and then the weakness in such a- 1 system emphasized itself in the general 1 election?which is the real election. Here ( in Columbia, for example, in 1942 and [ 1944, just 100 persons voting against Dem- ( ocratic nominees in the general election r would have erased the nominees. Sf ni [ ? where around tin* s.nnu 1 inn1 I h< i'<L-'PN'''' of Blaeksburg (Cherokee county), afUr a heater) primary for mayor, learned at the ? close of voting in a subsequent general I election, that they had not elected a niavor. r ' though one had been nominated in a pri- 1 - mary. The fact was: Nobody voted in the "1 general election, for a very good reason 3 i nobody was qualified to vote and then Gov- i - cial registration period for the commun- t ity, which presumably got them out of a e dilemma. c more people may continue to vote in pri maries than wil lyote in general elertimm v Tor" some time, all those who vote i npri- ' OKLAHOMA CITY?Not trnJ Wnight, surgical -j,.-. . . . , t til segregation ia eliminated Tier.em Hospital ii - from American life can the Ne- City and chairman gno lpojc forward to a life exJ CP board of directi pectancy equal to that of th? gates attending the | frrhlt? person,- Dr. Louis T. 43rd annual con\ v ' ? . '. r.N'V "%' rA, S. C. v . SaturdayT^uiy^ 5, 1952 <? ? ^ r */. ' ' ' * JBSCR1PTI0NS?Payable tn advance?: year, $3.75; 6 mos., $2.50; 3 mos., $1.50; per copy, 10 cents ake checks or orders payable to The Light>use Publishing Company, Inc., and hot to csons representing it. DV^IiTISING HATES furnished on appli cation. -auiiuila! Advertising Representative: Interfile United Newspapers, Inc., 515 Fifth venue, New York 17, New York. LOSING SCHEDULES: News, 12 noon iR'siko ; AdM'iti?ing, 3 P. M., Tuesday; holographs, 10 A. M. Monday, ne ecratic manual: Let the states decide rhether or not Negroes should hold equal , tatus. / -i The absurdity, the futility in both view)oints becomes evident when taken seri>usly and efforts are made to follow .hrough (m-4hemr-For-oxamT7te, irfter World" War II, those advocating the present stand >f Rpssell?and this was before the Korean War developed to fhe shooting stage 1..^4-. l,.. 1 ? ? i. ? ?VJUlllVI,y lrt|J8UU J11 Li' tUC UIIIICHI I UU leed more education" retreat and ducked f" iround and improved status. Then, if at- | empt is made to follow the Taft plan, that of leaving1 it up to the states, (and we j~ >ught to say that it is southern states in- p: solved), there is the same retreating to p he "need of more education" to Negroes. Rut try to get th$ education both sides say is needed?and this need is fa?* more actional than real?and you run -into the ul :ore of the matter. You find poor and few rn acilities for Negro training, which are ]?r fcl lot resolved through conferences and pe- nf itions. They fall only before court orders, ac md these orders in recent years have come r o meairTCn end to racial segregation, the c0 itronghold of the policital exploiter and Sc r?n<a r?nnHiHofp nf tVi? mninr nar^-ioa PI ( >*w w?v V Lt 1 iv?*\4M vv. v/*. vti^; 11 ?i?j v/? I '141 HVHi *i?w" /? ' ' . And the Negro~today is much wiser and ' - ei setter informed than yesteryear. He can hs eason and see through the veil dropped w before the real intent of these office seek- on j. ;rs arid what is actually possible. He knows H the old tunes and theories, an dis unim- m pressed by thefact that new mouths herald m; hem. fc vc ity - ro maries today must be quaified electors. ^ :hat is to say, they must be registered alters, which is as it should be. And Tueslay's voting will establish something of a m' CO 1 . _ A 1 1 A 1 _ 1. 1_ i 1 v ecoru- in regisieren voters, inouKn uy tne lose of it there will probably be many housands who shall have failed to take i p&rt in it, either because they have not ^ jualified to vote, or they won't take a monent off and cast ballots. In either case, thev will have failed to perform a dutv : is ivhich goes along with having the right o vote. ji. Another aspect of Tuesday's voting. a" general election voting this year, will be :s :he fact that no longer can the poll tax he |y i determining influence for so many men as sti n the ]>ast.. After years of bickering, the do >oll tax is removed from voting in South Carolina, though the little revenue it (irings is still collectible. It would be inter- st, sting to count the number of men voting ze ruesday and this year as comparison with U( he number which voted in 19 1C> and 10 IS. ^ , ? ea wen 1050. Votimr?which -is nothing more thai. .... , pr iart icipat ion m, or an expression on. tre nachinery of government?as we have already said, is a duty, and ironically, lr - ni reen the' 1'nst rumenl PTrrp+oyed by- cli<nio>., - .\l\ i i t ? ntolerants and morally mendicants t<? laminate our state. Rut it is also the pro- ^ o develop the kind of community and govirnment they wish. Voting, then, is their luty and obligation, both to themselves. likI to nosterity. rei So, no matter for whom you wish To mr ote, plan now to let your marked ballot >e your first job on Tuesday. July 8. 1052 tj(. ( director ofl -ndod hero Survlay. j;ir ^ Now York! Th ^ Negr's present high rate vil f f the NAA-|of mortality, tho eminent stir. dti ars,- told dole- croon charged, "is the r -ult <>f Bo Association's the natt'rn cf racial sogrogation in rontion which in this counry. 1 del ? They want to know aboutC^ ^ f - /t0S^ ./^PvvBLfl /^ d John H, McCray j^M Governor! Ho1 What seems to !>e a populf \r says something smartish-like origin, nor the first time or i tfs wee^ ?f remarks attributed t Jfew while attending the Governor impelled to remark myself: The papers say that Mr. Byrnes, in specating on what the southern politicians ight do should the Democrats nominate a esidential candidate, or adopt a platform voroble to the civil rights proposals, an>unced that if the Democrats don't do extly as he demands, the southerners might alk out of the convention, hold another id nominate an anti-civil righter. and of iurse a - Negro-baiter, or they might, as >uth Carolina could veryl weTI do, vote Re-" iblican in November. When he talks like this, th? Governor is ther doing some wishful thinking, or we ive misunderstood human beings and the ay politics work. In the first place, the ily vote in South Carolina Mr. Byrnes can > as he darn well pleases about is his own. e may, by accident, sound the note for the isgu'ided and deceived whites, whose inds are yet muddled over the race issue, it he certainly does not, and cannot, speak ir all the white citizens who' have yet t<> >te. and I am certain thnt v..%?v ?.V; vuiiiimi o|/v:?i\ r the Negro voters, who now number aund 130,000 over the state and who. when ined with the sober and sensible white wizens give the state a sizeable majority. What the Governor appeared to have in ind was a political "steal" in the electoral liege. The electors, though chosen as imocrats, might sellout the voters* in Member by giving their votes to tip. Repiiban party. This is .legal though it is not e moral thing to do. Hut what good would this kind of elec,...1 -,...11 - : i [<u uun^r 111?iiit it\ ermp (1(( ii \||? i;\ rnt's just bitterly apainst civil riphts'.' It is rtain that the Republic ans w ill, as they J- in 1 h 1 1 au<4 IH4H, adopt?a eivil?riphts uk. Their's has la-en .thus Jar, stronger an any adopted by the Democrats. What the purpose in voting against th?. weakadvocate of civil riphts, and tor the ntijr advocate, if civil riphts is what you n't want? However, it is a pood thinp that the dislputshed chief magistrate of the Iodine ate let this cat out of the bay. .Ml tit ilis have to do is draft a slate of loyal imoerats, pet the necessary siynatei. t. e petition which the Secretary of S\n i citify and ui'iler prlhbd. II wo~, terestinp to see how those approved b i\ Ryrnes would fari: apainst tlu>>e apoved by the more tolerant cili/etis. The (lovernor, as find In r proof that lu list have been only kiddinp, must have erlooked tin; fact that were Republicans vv in Tii TsbvemVier,"Tltt rrf? ttrr?kry pst? i/rri/i v crnMAMi ?V LILrs.L I OCIViVlWIlI Jo You Discriminate Against CI 'EVERYONE LOVES child, b. come nuUanc l." hut too ma?v love mon v hould the pare nsuming pa-sio'n, blinding re*:- have doctors s V p^rvorting aTT -ense.of in - < ciders leading e. - ad iVit.v? suppo-ed to he ('r.ristinii, wiiue lANBLOHDS idlords fall porf etlv into the : d.ilfs .in ; -h< lian ro]e all Christians eon- rhildr n cv ar inn, repeating the age-old n?ns than dog* ( thlehem reception: "No room ing on floors al: the inn." ' partment. But tl jure, children mtoihi and i rv;stand elul- ren's r?Vt- wallpaper, and at times {day are the n '4 m ?*" ? hc^f0^. t &-&&Z~: w You Sound? ir rem ark nowadays whenever somebody is, "How You Sound"? I don't know its dace 1 heard it, but after reading this o Governor Byrnes- of South Carolina s' Con Terence lit Houston. Texas. I feel Governor! How You Sound"? tions held by southerners in congress no would be lost, and most of the favors th South gets would be gone. The matter c patronage in this state, for example, woul no longer belong to the Democratic party leaders, and they arc the overwhelming mi jority. If the Governor hasn't yet thougl along this line, we bet those in congre* now from South Carolina have. And the aren't going to cut their own throats. State Rights issue or not.^ As to walking out and setting up a thir party, why this would be the best way 1 settle the argument forever .If the Sout Carolina whites storm out of the convei tion at Chicago, they can bet their bottoi pennies they'll catch the devil getting bac in again. After their 1948 trick they ha to get o ntheir knees and beg forgiveness Is this what they want to do each foi years? Fact is, they aren't yet in the coi vent ion and it'could very well be that the not get in?if a successful contest is mad against them. And if other southern whit< from other states wish to tamp their fe? out onto the streets, then they can go, to The Democrats don't need the white Sout so long as they can hold onto key pivoti states wnere according to researcher Elrr Roper, the Negro voter actually contro the election. We think that the Governor hasn't yi grasped the thinking of the average whit citizen. He's been hobnobbing too muc with the politician-rascal, lie might loo elsewhere because we're sure there are great many white people who don't agrt with him. Not only do they remember ho1 little there was for them before the Denu crats came into control, but many of the? - ha ve--bd4- us- -p>-r*oTv.dlv thnt before the cut their own throats on some of the pri posals before them, they'd vote outright i end racial segregation. This is their st.nid on the Byrnes pr< posal to rloso p 11Idir schools it the suprem court outlaws jinurowism. They want pui lie schools for their children .anil cannot a ford private ones. Therefore, they sa, .1 oats scamper- SUPPOSE TiiE landlord >ove flats or a- who make "blanket rules'* autc lio-v w ho can't matically .barring ji 11 young pec Tautfhte- arid p'.o who want and crav? a fann eurotics fit dor ly mad? the laws of the lane Wf Dickson closed Its gate) H&ors for th-J 1952 Campini Htjh|st ^tiday. As tf*e seasot PRp%s~4ttri ScouH looked in. ^P^tfr? "CTMtet fcaTT and recalle' Rome cfrmp studies, games* hikes arsV nblles, etc. * Suppose wc also gaze into th( ball and see what went on * round Camp Dickson. Each day an assembly pro gram was presenter! by campers from a ^different unit. The firs program was presented by th Senior Patrois, who rendered , creative dance, "Summertime"' and a quizz, "What Part of Th Human Body"? with Louise Sim and Not-nVi Brown, respectively All the programs were gene pally centered around songs poems and dances. Really out standing wfr? two skits present ed by the Brownies: "The Thro Bears" and "Cinderella". Thi Brownies created these skits ii their Dramatics class with thi * guidance of Mrs. Griffin and o Miss Daniels. On Friday, the last day o " camp, the Scouls presented t< f inc puonc a general assembly 11 which all Scouts participated ? The theme of the progrm wa ^ "International Friendship Amon; Girl Scouts". Songs, dances poems and skits were presentei j to represent countries all over \h' ' world. At the close of the Gene ral Assembly, * Mr?. Blossor Jones, Camp Director, gave a wands to the outstanding camp ors and souvenirs to the variou teachers. All Senior Patrol were presented beautiful gift by the Camp staff. On behalf o - the entire Camp and as a "boi - voyage", Mrs. Jones, presente a gift to Miss Mary Jones, wh w is leaving to spend the summe vacation in Europe. ie ^ At open house and al?o th ^ General Assembly there wer . many guests. To mention a feu ' there were: Mrs. P. W. Manc< . Mrs. L. Palmer Chappelle, Mr C. H. Dannelly, Mrs. Mae I Walker, Mrs. Carrie Noah, Mr: ?v * Sarah Brown. Mrs. Mamie Rai ford, Mrs. Deanre Fair and MrCr-F. Rrandyburg. _ 'ei We pull our hats off and giv jq thanks to ourr staff workers ani Senior Patrols. To Mc?dame " Blossom Jones, Carrie Tayloi 1 Rachel Griffin, Margaret Smith 11 Elizabeth Richardson, . Cora O' k' % Neil and Misses Norma Brown d Vivian Chappelle, Lucille Dan iels, Jamescina Johnson, Lucil r Daniels, Bettye Brown, Arabell l- Goodwin, Mary Jones, Louis (V Sims, Florence Simkins and E 'L No child live in a decent horn . and babies would be restricte at to slum districts. 0. u : In all this we write nothin they r not >r<?in>. * t<> wipe out tin* publi school system.and wreck havoc with then i :\rs just to hold the Neirro down or sal:. L.?. ' i- u i.im??uf apolitical?leadep. Further proof that the Governor was ot ly k nltlin^ is the fart that he deliberat v hv \\'\< statameiit, harrowed the Kussr i ampaiyn t?> the South (which every fo< oven knew all alonj?) and drew confessior of embarrassment from some of his assoc ides. ll/.itr Vmi !sm)H|L^ |"|W |<p I By Rev. M. Brisette ? hropitals?and *-'annt"r'"rns. tlildren? Children are a- normal 1 ' rrntnrnt hrfr as the mr we breath as. But what f0g ^at rolls in from tf > f t h < 1 r (hildr n. which is all a part "of nature. \V to he and arm .. . . , , If certain types of people can stand childr n. landlords shoul AHE not bom |Kir mrm rather than cater t m!fl know tltat the select few who are st:rih ift m.'ikr more old of ii.vt' iinnnlnral I aoout justice ?r principles c | Christianity. We say nothing s js bout our American herilag' "freedom" and "the land of op portunity." All \ye are trying t >t convey is this: that ehildre ... should n 't be discriminated a h gainst. k OF COURSE, the real fur.da a mental reasonng behind the ?ig >t? "no children allowed" is th u thirty pieces shining before th i- eyes of a gasping Juda*. betray 11 ing his God . . . the Englisl V pounds presented to a Bcncdic Arnold to betray his country. <> ' Citizens, and soldiers have I sacrifice for country. Landlord too must do their share. )- . J wHONT be Noaey. YoiT n i. about you?" } MS T wo .Weeks Of < esFor 1952 Year dith -Thompson, the Scouts siyjE J Mrs. Jones and staff, at v'eu l Chmpe ro, would like tR thank ^ . Mrs^rah Brown? to* L & | ||Lecvy 'and Mrs., tSoodWin MfwB I giving \he eamfk balls and bats, y. 1 ' shovel 'Jtid chairs and sugar. AL- ) so ditto to D. W. Walker wh*|| }' gave mo gey to buy athletic e- s quipmeni and Mrs. J. E. DteksetlSI who gave popsicles on very hot 9 e Woodmen Of " America Will Have * More Than 500 fl v DENVER. Colo. ? More than five nundred delegates from six Southern and Southeastern states " ? will meet in Dothan, Alabama. j , rscxt Wednesday (July 9) for '^|j 'm the twelfth Regional Session of vjffl9 ~ The American Woodmen. Del*. PmI ; gates to the three-day meeting, j July 9. 10 and 11, will represent American "Woodmen Camps and Tents located in Alabama, Plori- ' ^ da, Georgia, North Carolina, I Soptb Carolina and Tenntf?ee. -J 1 Outstanding features of The American Woodmen meeting- ^ 5 will be the Parade on WeJne*- 3:8 I day evening, July 9, and the !? Regional American Woodmen ; -I 31 Junior Oratorical Contest tn he iJfl e held Thursday night, July 10. j|fl - Prizes will he given for out- Jj n standing floats in the parade, j - Prizes for the Oratorical contest: - are college scholarships. s Among the national officers <& t: s The American Woodmen who s will play loading roles in tfte" { meeting are'^upreme Oorrimaivet- " r n er Lawrence H. Lightner of Dend ver, Colorado, and Supreme ?i Watchman Oscar Maxwelt of* rl Americus, Georgia. Official host for the meeting e will b?- Woodmen District Mianae ger W. C. Patton of Birmingham, J| Alabama, together with Detftan .JB ?, officers of the Woodmen includs. ing Commander G. Marion Hawk, vj ). Clerk Bobbie B. West and .Wor5. thy Guardian Bertha A. Gibson., .-n 1. A Southwestern regional meet. ?. ing was h*ld later this nionth in Gary; Indiana. ' e The American Woodman, t>0& jj d in its 5Jst year, was a pioneer s in th^ field of legal reserve fra- . < tern a 1 life insurance associations. lt The organization numbers a- . I round 60,000 members in 23 , states and the District of Col. 'M I umbia. : 4 Quotations | j Rev. and Mrs. John Williams yjfo g Lee aire the proud parents of a I baby boy bom, Saturday; June liifl i- 28, 1952, in Roxborough, Mass. vJj Rev. Lee is the grandson of Mr. J| >-i and Mrs. Kike Epps and* the o nephew of Mrs. L. Palmer Chap-" o pelle. Hie is a graduate of AlTeh - University. Mrs. Lee is the for. I mer Miss Harriett^ Holland of _ Kinoxville, Tonn. ; Weekly Thought 9 -J It is important to learn ear. ?? ly to rely upon yourself; for ( little has been~done in the * j; j jworld by those- who are II- ""IB o ways looking out for someone to help them. ?Everett I Ep 'i tight hear MtAeont talking