Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I - I' p I i J I . / . . L / i Egarafe ; jr ?. f. I?LIGHTHOUHK and INFOW V '" ? ?'r*? ?-??? ? Ministers Install Officers For Baptist Union CHARLESTON ? Rev. J. C. Dunbar, pastor for the last thirty 3 years at Morris Street Baptist 1 Church, installed Rev. C. A. < Cherry, president of the Bap- c tist Ministers* Union here last . week. < Other officers installed at the 1 ' same time are: * ? Rev. A. H. Clark, vice presto ~s ? dent; Rev. B. D. Lewis, secretary; Rev. R. P. Mack, assistant 1 secretary; Rev. J. T. Thomas, i Jtreasurer; Rev. W. D. Feaster, ] topic chairman; and Rev. H. J. i Francis7 chairman of devotiJnsr i 1 1 . Rev. F. Dawson acted as proxy | i for Pev. Mack^who was absent.1 ; Preceding the installation a pro- j { gram was rendered, With music furnished by the Central Bap- ; < tist Church choir, Central be- j j ing the host church. Philip Mag- j ; wood was chorister. I 1 v Among those on the program' 1 were: Reverends F. Dawson, A. &t; H. Clark, A. T. -Thomas, B. P.J Lewis and B. J. Whipper. Couple Wins ? ' ' '< . . v #. Midtown Home R"'** i In New York NEW YORK (CMS)?A Negro', couple, Mir. and Mrs. James ] Swanston, succeeded in getting! a lease from their landlord on1 < . an apartment, located at1107 West \ 84th Street, formerly rented j ..e nds Oi the Swanstons who { , *hem move after they left ? the city. The Swantsons s* ved c .on for several months bVfore. ( landlord, David Belsky tried to* f evict them. When the tenants' j hpliwj out tVia Cti??*V.?' t I..--.. ?-r ^ W -VM? MftW UTTOllObUlld, tliu( X .. landlord gave them a lease and i - withdrew action. i KNOW SOUTF 0- By GEORGE f 1H, i i i i i " CHIEF OF FUBIIC SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH, PLANNI1 KuHodga Collage, the oldest building on the Columbia, dates from M>e opertn - -r '*>-" RUTLEDOE C UNIVERSITY OF" SOUTH Ci /Rutledge College, the oldest build- w ing on the University of 9outh 'Carolina campus, was Used for the t< Opening of South Carolina College tl in 1806. During its eventful history, tl it has been wholly or partially re- C built several times, and is now used s< by the University of South Carolina S as the chapel for student assembly. w In 1813, only eight years after its w erection, the whole building under- 11< went repairs. In February. 1856. a y fire caught in the small cupola on o: ? top of the building.. Despite the li enthusiastic efforts of faculty, stu- N dents and volunteers, the mid- w section and east wing of the build- u ' Ing were totally ruined. The west wing was so damaged that it, too, tl required rebuilding. The College C _ . was rebuilt by October of 1858rbnt e two years later, reports show that tl the walls were ready to fall, and it Thtt It No. 1 6 in a tenet of article! to OCmx . PEARL'S SW For the best iif... Ice Cream, _ and Goodies -r Dri Adding A Complete 229 Marion St., Columbia (b< far.,, A a Vj U M ' ? .. - We are accepting enrol : ' ' Writ? or ATOMIC BARB 919 Washington 9t. Columbia, Soi lEmmmmmmmmmmmrnmm ; v.. f ? -'-mm* - .. t? . |?|p;;; , :C *r ^BHr- OLUMBlA, S. C. ber The Ebony Magazine Of Johnston Fam CHICAGO, III.?Five years ? go the family of Dr. Albert C Johnston opened the jdoors c their spacious home in KCCTT Mew Hampshire and incited th nation t.x step in and listen t sne oLthe most amazing stork 5f the generation. Through the columns of "He? ler's Digest" and later in a besl if ller book and a penetratjn novie, the dramatic and Tearfi itoryof the Johnston family w? unfold tor the whole v. vrb With courage ?and determine Lion, Dr. Johnston, his wife an Pour children told the world i their secret: Wo arc Nogro< A'ho have been passing as white for the last 18 years. Now v. are becoming Negroes pnee ; Jain. Overnight, as millions read th Johnston story and saw the forca ful picture produced by nb Louis De Rochemont, the famil became popularly known as tl "Lost Boundaries" family. Since then everyone, includir the Jonhstons, wondered, "Wh will happen, now that their si crct is out and they have take up their lives as Negroes?" Today, in an equally dramat account, 'Ebony' magazine tel for the first-time in-its currei issue just what has happened the Johnstons in the five yea] since their little secret becarr known to the world. "Today Dr. and Mrs. J. hnsto still reside quietly in the pi< uresque New England town < Ceene," writes Miss Clovte Mui lock, associate editor of 'Ebony 'The physician's practice, rail t than diminishing, has incrcas tremendously. Three of th our ? Johnston children hnv frown up and moved away fror ?eene. The youngest child, Pau s away^at school. Two of th Johnston "Children. "Donald ah [ CAROLINA /UkNABB " " RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD 'llYti IV Trfi""' 1 University of SovtN Carolina campvi in 9 of the college in 1805. ollege WJOttNAr-COiUMBIA as repaired once again. ? The College is best known hisirically for the part it played in le War Between the States. When le war became Rerious, and the Confederate government took poejssion of the buildings of the outh Carolina College, Rutledge as turned into a hospital for ounded Confederate soldiers. Hair when Federal troops occupied 10 buildings in Mav of 1805. part f the building was used as quarters >r Colonel Green and his staff, lany of the rooms in the College ere used by Federal authorities ntil 1869. The House Of Representatives of lie General Assembly of South arolina held its meeting in the hflpwl nti Rutle<h>n Colleen during tie sessions liT I iilli anil fflfm lint our rradirI with South Corolla* rrt cuad MltMld 1 OlIV/1 , C?ndy, Cigarettes, Cigars nks of All Kinds Line Of Groceries etw'n Ca^awaha & Whely ) mmmmmmmmmammmmmmm CEMENT ? Iments, beginning August Classes -? Contact: iER COLLEGE Phone 5044 jth Carolina ) / Saturday, July 12, 1952 Reports Welfare ily, Now Negro .. i- Anne, married white mates, K 2. while the oldest boy, Albert, ? >f. married a Negro girl. All of the J e happy and have few problems ft ?o because of their race." ;sj Many wondered, after reading g | the story and seeing the movie & I- about the Johnston^' juSst how t- they were going to be accepted g by their neighbors now that they !| .ill ore taking up life again as Ne- If ^groes. . . ' .if d. "Nothing significant happeni cd," insists the doctor and his d wife. "Nothing, except that we jf. >fccrriinued to live as equals in a ; V town which wears its democracy i; js1 like n shining -hield."? r(<, The doctor, who is a radiolo-^ ; gist, says he has never encount- ^ ! cred race prejudice among pa-! I ic, tients referred to him. He and t j-j his wife have dropped out of all le! of the city's social clubs sin-a | J iy, admitting they were Negroes. | 1 10 Although they have admitted s | to the world that they are No-' i.g grocs, the Johnst n- still tiptoe |[ at across the color line- whenever j| L'-| the occasion demands ft, reports, a ;n Miss Murdoch. "When they go j south they always make the trip' r ic as 'white people' in order to a_| ls void discrimination." it Many. Americans wondered,I _ to' t,.o, whJat about .the children,! ' rs \vho have been brought up asj ?e whites. Miss Murdoch says the | strongest repercussions from n publications of "Lost Bounda- j ries" were felt by the' Johnston >f children. r" The most affected, -ays the writer, was Albert, now 26 years old, married to a colored girl and living and working in Los^ P e(" Angeles. His job was one that. c only a white man could handle' n, and if he had been asked his race, says Albert, he would, have e said he was white for "I was. -Lk I taught to answer that way a- a Sp little kid and I've never answ- ja ? ered any other way." dt Albert i- outspoken on the of issue of white-Negr > relations,' of and_ is writing a book, "an ex- A plosive, controversial" book on' .0 his experiences. "? | Ci I _ Dr. Johnston's decision to dis-gc clo e his secret many have morej of repercussions later on among rii his children, perhaps his grand- f : children. This Ls indicated in' Miss Murdoek's -t ry of what's To happened to Donald, another of ]Ui the sons, now 22 years old. Don-'he aid married a white girl. Thov Ca are n .\v livign in Greenfield. Co Mass. Thov have a little girl. fat born this year. On the birth cer| tificate the child is registered a- tor . white. Donald says the baby will c0| 1 eventually be told of her Neg*o rjP ) blood,"but we don't know how r-or when yet." Donald is accept- fpu ' ed as Negro at the furnace compnny he represents as a :ales- wj man. hut in the apartment -?jild- j10 ' ing where he livesho and his j0] family are regarded as white "be" , I cfiuso he discovered the other ^ tenants didn't like Negroes Anne, the only girl in the fam- wj ily, bridged the abyss between races with ease.. "Being color- ^ ed d-idn't change my life at all," ,m she says. She is married to a -_^33ung man of French.Irish do- u( scentT n i Irmldny -'yced'":"-* They quip about therace^TiTrrs--1?_ tion. Her husband -ays, "The ^ onlv trouble we have is deeidsis ing which race should wash trie ^ i dishes." , * ? The youngest Johnston child, Paul, sAill can't make up his mind on the color Mlllii1. ami?L*rr-?i rir t having a .difficult time .adimt- j ' ing to the reality of being a . Negro,'" says Misv Muniock. j j While hen-> longer finds pass- pe ! ing to bo the social necessity it j once was, Dr. Johnston admits c.( i that it is often advantageous to * *?lu ml I ilu n for white Ho mms j up his philosophy? ~?? j . 1 "I am a man. I intend to be' j recognized as a rna-n and treat-' l ed with respect. If I must It! 1 . ; nr ! white on occasion to get respect, -|-I will be white, h*r nobody shall!^ I ever dictate to me how 1 shalli.liv(v, or where my place in life ^ I- ~sh?nT T>e7 T, alone, wlTT determine " , that." ^ I)ohy IMakcs First a C2 I Ioieai \/i otasun ^ th ST. IX>IUS ?(CNS)? Larry fl] Doby come up with hL first successful steal of the season irv the eighth inning against the jj St. Louis Browns. This wa->! Larry's fir>t attempt to steal this' year! cd Highlights of 5th R > V V tillon News ' BY II. \V. CRAWFOIU) ( DILLON - * Mr rim-V' M rs? Ar 4 iir Ond-dr- al l\Lw _YoxxU_C: ient la -1 week hero visi"tin.i> ro. tives and friends Mr-. CL.b-^" >n is the former Luetic Nirhob this city and is the d'r.iyh! " 1 Mrs. Lillian Nichols of Si\th ^ venue drs.. Isabella IJrei den f W t tlh^ur. street had a hous icsts Itist weekend Mr-. Canny".s Savannah. Ga. and Mrs. 71o- : ie .Wilson of. St. Mafhow?. b rmcrly of this city. 1 Miss Lucile Bother. c?! New wn left the city to atbxb ubia University to work on * r Master's degree.' Mis- Bethis a graduate of S. C. State h illego and i- a member of the c. ulty at the Gordon high here it James Arthur Bethea of Tren- c< >. N. J. spent several days re- b T-tlv with his cousin, Mrs. Ma Rogers of W. Dargin street. Mi-s D rothea Miles of New wn. who has been residing m >\v York City the pa t voir th relatives, spent last week re. She is the daughter of DanMiles. David Jackson of Dillon end a two week's stay before re-! rning to Washington, I) C. lore he has been ompl yed for veral year Mr. Jackson's fa- <| er, Nathan, known a- "Doot". P torod Kick to Washington th him Sunday morning foj a xrk's vacntiOT). Visiting relativo.s on l ist week we7-- Mi ^?Ka(ti11h n and Rosa 'p. from Now Jersey?"T!h\\ :up? iters of Mrs. Howard Pago of uth Fourth Avenue. Mr. and Mrs Ilowapi Getirite d Naman Robinson of Dargm pet, vaoationc;d in Florida flu. ig last week. Mrs Mary Anna" Beflu-aT"wife" Dock Bethea, is on a two >ek's vacation in Philadelphia, nnsylvania. Mr. and Mrs Walter Fllisnr. of uth Fourth Avenue had Ai? use guest for the F urth, their usin, George Bethea of Greens Mr. and Mr TferTnTt ( niw rd had as gue-ts Sunday after ion, Sgt. and Mrs.- Rudolph a el and their infant daughter, Try. -? Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Blue f h Ave, arc happy to have then tn-in-law, Sgt. MrPae visiting ith them Sgt. McRae re<ent!v >pnt twrt years in Korea and f veteran of World W.u II Mr. and Mrs A. C William!-Hampton-St-wilt snne, -n".:rnt e ending of their son Walter's irlough .Walter i now a mem pr of the U. R. Army. Mrs. Mat tie Manning and Miss ennie Godl>olt have impr wed ftor spending a week in St Fu-i ene Hospital, both have return I to their respective r'e^ideni es. A ' * egional 4-11 Meeting -r ; ; ,/ .. . . . / nr j c^i -1 .,? i union sergeant ty iraduates From Mlcers' School MUNICH. Germany Sijt. f'? ?:>:ih il; den of f>')l Gary st., Mint n. S. re; < ntly grndu- a hod from 11?? Seventh Army's ^ * ion-ConiiiHv ionud Officers Acnlemv at Munich. Germany. an The six-week course empha- . zxi\i the use of weapons, Army. to] idmin it ration, tactic-, supply, hysical fitness and organr/.a- r _ ion. Students were oarefuuv elected by their organization ommandors Ijf tr?:?? attending the j ho !- . an Sergeant Hhoden, who ha .\; een awarded the1 Arm;, of O-? W* upation Hih)>oft for his service Gh i Germany, is n w serving as Ali quad leader in the 371-t Air- ar orne Infantry Battalion's Com- inp tni a n< Vn 11 Mc "~ J~ m Rev. Alonzo Nichols. A 15.. ^ " B.D.. graduate of Allen I'niP versify, is the first outstanding " minister of Marion County to |) he elected chairman of a pre ' cinct. Rev. Nichols was elected chairman at a meeting held j < In at Sinfcletary in the Cedar , da; (irove precinct, last week. \ in Other officers elected were. , Co Melvin CflMlholt. vice.chair- M; man; M. ('. Davis, Jr. .secre fni tary; Mrs. I.ulu Israel, treasurer; and I.iston Fowvorth, i \ ll.i |n.iiii ' 7"?'7-- i-oi Mrs. Annie M.te Brian1. and J<> til'*. fc-Uvui - Si..uf>-id . havlL: ? uUi-L^J. irnvr' and will soon enter ho )itals m Washington, II C. lit Capital City Sa HOME OF FT? ? ? Open "2JHorn | We specialize i Special break Seafoods ? Chicken OZZIE JACTKS | 1R07 Harden Street v <( Eil JJt >V . . tc. A delegation of 124 rural boys d girls from 17 Southern states ok part in the fifth annual ?gional 4-H camp last week at iskcgee In-titute. These clubr-, who were accompanied by -adult 4- eadcrs, represented e Natr'-nV B30;f>00?4-H't?rs. - A-v. ore pictured some of the ih'lights of the encampment, p left, arc the four clubbers v> received a total f $1400 in aolarship awards from the ticag"> Defender. Left to right Field Agents T. M. Camp11 and John W. Mitchell. Ex-i rjsion Dir/ocor M. L-.Wilson,' arles P; Browning ,of the Deader, and 4-H winners Vir:ia Quails, Spring City, Tenn en Sanders. Quincy Fla.; Ro-j it Dixon, Milkdgevillc. Ga.;[ 1 Harold Warren, Moult n, i. Top center, Wilma Watkins,' .nne, Ark.; Rusfell Banks of oetaw County, Ala., and Mary ce Frasier of Prattville. Ala., in the Carver Museum l~ok: into a glass case which conns come of Dr. George Wash;t> n Carver's peanut products. ittlo Rork Npws JTTLE ROCK ? Mrs. Carnc Collum of New York in planig to return homo, after spend; one month with tier brother i sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B Blaekwoll. V! . Carrie Bel! Brown of enton, N. J., has returned me after visiting her father 1 m ther. Mr and Mrs. S V Lean. rhe Bennettsvillc Di-triet ^an('TtPf writ -ro?v^u>-in.Di lint] nt St. Stephen M. E. Church July 17 and 18. Lev. B J. oper. pastor: AIGE GETS AY OFF ?T LOUIS, Mo (CNS> -Sat. ?1 Paige didn't show up the c after he'pitched 11 innings relief against the Indians, mm rilled .Manager M a rt jy; irion, "He may not he ar und three or four days " ny C. Before entering the Army in iptunjier l!)4R, he attended hnson C. Smith "University rrf infinite, N. C. His wife, Ollieni, lives at ,r>828 uilow st., Philadelphia u'ia Vi Cli Vl TTlVil i j?!Uy ? <JF FOODS Per-cfay 7 n fine foods fcust menu ? Chops ? Steaks SON, Prop. Phone 9162 % * * ' v ' ..." / .J :' v *?. ?; .JH I1S1P"I B B - -j j^- * ^jfl Hp- ';mtfrM I "'iHFwx i-yjfp ' T>BB <\?V|f?\:;- . j^J \ B IBl<fl|BRB^MB^^^III Top right, four clubbers ar studying at statue of Dr. Carve in front of the museum. Left t right are: Elmer Stafford, .Leba n o n, Tenn.; Gladys Pringl< Burk?ville, Ala,; J. J, Rhode Florence, Ala.; and Martha An 'SI'res; Wnycros^, Ga. Middle tow left; Eunell Boone, Jacksor Tenn.; William Nash, Hillsbor: Ala., and Elizabeth Hayder Yanfley, Ala., view a replica ii the museum of the Booker T Washingt n birthplace. Cente picture shows- a group gathere< around the Booker T. Washing ton monument on the Tu.skaga< campus. Ixdt 1 o* right are: Cal lie Ruth Wuv , Shannon, Miss. J : try-Gibson. Fort Valley, Ga. J anno Dickerson, Chareston, W Va.; Elmaar Bakken, nationa director of rural scouting; Mrs Madhav Gore of New Delhi, In dia; Bunyon Blalock. Decatur Mi<s.; Dr. Flemmie P. Kittrell o1 Howard university; Madhaw Gor< T~f India:?Miss?Emmie?Nelson field representative of National Boys and Girls clubwork; and Jessie Lee Norman. Winfall, N C. Bottom, left shows a group ol 4-TTVrs and leaders at site where Booker T. Washington opened sch ol at Tuskegee in shanty or July 4, 1881. Bottom, center, R H. Brown, retired county agenl of the Shelby County. Tcnn.: T J. Jordan, retired a-shtant state leader f Louisiana, and Mr>\ M L. Toom.r, retired horn, agenl of Peach and Houston cx>untics (two" spot] ! DRIVE IN ] GOOD EATS ' You Name It, We Have It | Mrs. V. Herbert, Mgr. ( 2328 Read Street | ~~ Plimift 9392 - Make new york your nunit der city of the world. A for accommodatlonsTiere?the to a distinguished clientele. S nnH Himn* rivm ail vhU<v erjui Fnjoy superb service ?- superl i%\ |l.tflt un.l ft r/% ntAA^ At uAtii 111 "vi' m T* " U-l IV* fTTT7|?TT7vrt III JvWl welcome. Write today for parti ' iSESSSJI William' H. Ba Seventh Avenue, 124-125th UPTOWN. N I A * I V I S. I I ^9?$ f .; .. _&?>' Og- y> ' ^^^ T,^. ' 'r^H V*' ^M^'9 -& 'r I JH Big^^SS^ST^ ^ ||^yWBiWB||!^^^i^J[> -* B ' 'i" ' ^^^PWJBBS ''-*^^1 - r ^Wg^W^K^^^ISBfc1 JBay VmS^Sm^m I H Hfl If ^ l 5 LINCOLN ifl 5 THEATRE ? 2 No Side Entrance! g ? 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