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The South Limps Home Badly B
1. Shortly after this editorial' is on the ui
streets, South Carolina's delegates to the tin
democratic National Convention will limp tic
."home, smarting and red-faced, a badly and "we
4 sadly beaten lot, split individually among an.
| its membership though its majority con- in
trolled the votes of all others. tin
, They, and the few other white south-Siirferneis
who lined up with them in Chicago
a will be embarrassed and more angry?mad ,
f because while they plotted, .boasted .mil Ui
i??| schemed foF months to rule "the conven- '
| tion, get pampering and pats, or pack up
their bags and trot home,--they were un- ^
prepared for a move by the majority from ot
the rest of the country which, through a saN
loyalty pledge, ordered them to get out? 1 ow
before they had a Chance to shoot their no
A
own guns. It is one thing tb suffer a beat- aiu
ing, but quite another to be whipped with ()*
one's ow.n belt.
And the matter might have been other.
v he
wise had_South Carolina and the rest of
the SOUth chose to ho a hart nf thp novfv
? ?v ? r*" * v**v' r%%t t
to which it professes allegiance. Instead. <Jln
once again, its role was simply that of al- ^
ways "agin" and never "for" a proposal ^al
or person unless the whole country bows as
down and ressurects the dusty bones of fo1'
some catankerous, fossiled Confederate, ?r(]
who by everybody's history but the South, P?1
actually went to war because he was too the
lazy to do his own field work and had be- life
come accustomed to service and living from ^
^the hands of slaves. mit
J^'s been almost one hundred years since ?f
- the Civil War?for everybody but South- tio1
ern Democrats, generally. But, to them ocr
there is no issue today but that of 90 and ?
100 years ago and the chance to claim at
least a moral victory against damyankee, 1
in one form or another. While.the rest of *ry
the country concentrates on world peace, ^oe
on developing the United Nations, on meld- 'onj
ing its segmehts of population as a shining
example of how fine, men can live in
brotherhood, the southern politician slops
around jabbing the Negro, the?northern ^or
. er, offering nothing 'to the development, of b
country, holding itself aloof much in the has
attitude of the little selfish boy who do- the
manded that the game be played accord- we'
ing to his rules (to hos whims and fancy) dele
or. he'd take up his marbfc > and tr<?t home. the,
We Negroes are nroud of our st.-i.o ?ni! w
;?11 -of its ponplo. Wp atp prouder of Amcri- in j
y.
Charleston's Voting Issue Bounc
Last week we discussed here reports tioi
reaching us as to the behavior of some of* ers;
our leadership, at Charleston during the
July 8th primary. The reports weren't all '
contained in the letter from Rev. Frank R. iltei
Veal, the complete text of which appears ^ t?!
on page one of this edition. Since that e.-ti
time we have collected ndditrumi _
from persons in that eitv. reports which
'fit into a pattern hovering over that t it I
for several elections. ,1
However?4uring thin week, the issue of
Negro racial abortion at ih<>. Ch ' sb .
/polls drew the proverbial Iinuncv ti.^i ::ic. .
three Negro candidates when int ;-v: \\ ' j
by The Charleston News .and Courier, j
e'hich was prolong into the facts, behind
' our story and comments.
We u hdepstand, of con use, that these j-n i
candidates may have been a lot < ! r*H"
reluctant to state their real feeling. wo,
not liberal enough News and Courier; we Nej
can understand, t6o/ why they wouldn't ,
but we also know that the rank and file ?*?!<
voter, sincere and serious would welt on.e the
relief from apparent division during an (
v election.
Some of the same Negro leaders who sin
masquerade before these little people as wh
their champions, and who pop up on elec- one
. S: C. Saturday, July 2d, 1952
if ho use
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eaten Another Time
because America represents all our brots
Under the flag in all the communis.
Rut, deep as our love for our state is,
'd hesitate to try to hold it up as liner,\
it entitled to more, than any other state
the Union, However, we're not sore with
? xSouth Carolina whiti poltival leaders
o go abroad?such as did the deaYatio.. i
s week ill Chicago?and make hurting !
, we're not ma dat them. We teel sorry
and liindermv u< t
them. We pray for the black malice., in |
>ir hearts.
rVe've fouglit and died alongside many
them lor our shite and country. \\Y\c
cii i he lives of many of thnu* wit^h our
n. But there's cheer and reward enough.
matter what our white neighbors say
1 do against us, when we note the words
Vice President Alben W. Barklejv whose
dnesday night address?a classic front paj
angles?was climaxed on the spirit and pai
irt of. un-undent ified Negro soldier who
near him eating his Thanksgiving Day (>vt
ner last year in Korea. a.
gat
Ve dare say that today Vice President gai
*kley's spirit of tolerance and attitude tlu
revealed in that single speech has won r'e
his ehdearinent from far more Ne- ' er
?es in South Carolina than a single state 0f
itical leader will ever hope to gain, Bu
Ugh he has lived nmnnrr tVinm oil VUq enr
, fro
ow
Vhether the white South , will ever ad;
it or not, the days of slavery are gone int
orever; and so are the days when sec- tin'
lalism and catering to race in the Dem- ^
atic party. There's nothing the South jj
do?even though it tries a third par ^
whose platform is race prejudice?but (}u,
grab hold of the America of today and Soi
to stand "for" something aside from 1S 1
all
ping Negroes subjected. There isn't any '
ver
ger the excuse that Negroes can and
! control the governments of the South, qui
m were they of the mind, that possi- ed
ty has disappeared as census figures ^,n
the 1050 count reveal.
[ isn't a happy sight to see our am An
sudors and agents return home with |n
ir hind pants whipped ofF. That's what ' 1
gre
11 see thi< weekend when the state's j'
'gates i ome home. Hut it is something \()
y bargained for and on\> has to feel sor- led'
for their very poor taste and stupidity S(,'(
udgment. od
fieri
es As Folk C heck It
, JO?.'
i ihiy to tell them that they (the lend- 'I
) didn't mean nil they had said about onl
kin# up for the race and that these litfolk
should turn their hacks on candid- s.|v
s of whom they are proud, some of poise
s; m - leaders have spent years "edu- nim
n^" tli -> ' spport them in'
iiiLL^s. professions. bee ??*>> * "I'm?M?-?L
> ?r ,
fon
f in '. i 1 . ii v is i n . i r. (? - Son
about the eonduct of Chalesi.ei's |<
-al loaders, nob<>d v outf-kt.^iu. sLuLu^L't-. * '
rrrr
11 \ . <i w, .1. "ii "... d 11. if ,i? In re them j;n<
. .1 . ,.n.?*s. I .I. Icndtiship ouyh t 1'
< the lend to restore the confidence <h'
ijt e i?'(i"1iv In I i cise nf hni. I, v
ic ' I iji 1 1< i' 1' ; i : i \ .
iiii 11 (lui kinir and i hanpiny teee- , (?
<y,r i.>(, i .? i? \-ivtinn Xiifi'k
??wn neon',., nuyf :?u^roos
turn to hdln white 1 )i\ioimiLs. iu km
f. ;. i, e to their own citizen-- v?} . !i ' '
f<7r th,. position?available, the mm k-?
1 . ;tiii
lout 'tnl the sold ' i- usually done by nf
leadership. wh
)f course, like every other community. ,,1U
Firestorms problem is not just one of a 1
prle phase. It is a collection of problems '
ich can he straightened out with experi- the
e, unity and honesty. ?n(
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flic Negro Voter Is Getting '
' irV . tor.^iilwfcfcVr''^
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? * John II. McCray
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i ?C Case Of The Shoek
9 > .
mS* * * ' With the big Democratic
>?? > v this week, it seems a little
^4%-* in South Carolina, and "Tal
f^jlBgt 1 /us paper accounts. In 1PM, at
NVe served as chairman of
1MT. these two meetings to raise
tion in the South Carolina unit of that
rty.
rhc color, excitement, maneuvering and
ihtsf of a national political convention
Ve a lasting memory and the decision anst
again accompanying a similar deletion
to the convention now in session was
? harder because of these indelible meinos.
The way was left open to send anothdelegation
this year when our ProgressDemocrats
met here in April
them still think we ought to have gone,
t, now and then, in this .fight of ours foiling
customs and practices .which stem
m race and color, "you have to al'-T
n tactics, switch courses and constantly
lirr>? Efnnrln.. ? ~e ...k; i r ,
\n ciiipi'iictcii wmcn mrnisn
erest for the people, and at the same
le keep the onposition off-guard.
iVV> felt a contesting group from South
rolina might be withheld for tin follow
reasons:
^irst. unlike in the 10 It and 10 IS vears.
o.iest ion of Negro part ieioalion io ;ia
ith Carolina 7'art of tin- national party
no loiiger an issue, which means lhat an
-Negro delegation to the tfatjonnl eonit
ion would he out of jdace' and without
(>oi 1 argument. Secondly, in lots and at
s'ate foment ion this'year.. \\e ?\ore-sthe
conviction tliat no Imcer <la?uld a
test ing delegation from this stale go to
_ national com e>p j<?n. until and unless' it
made up of eiti'/M < froin hoih rare . ' ril
we 'Acre jis-un- ! lha1 lib-Tel u ; 1
the sCite o-o 'y v ??'i! I < all a ?n".-tp- ,rd
f dclege t i's as w < - had done, and the two
>lips WollM y.'t 1 op'i t h - t 1. :"o ?*e Cavil'."
e and. in t Oiieayo. w o'ihl 11,rli\ t ;a ' !':<
such' meet ing was i ailed. to our knowy
l it. 1 I . W . r - \ . ( >(
t ;.<. ! me'. 1 \\i' h ?>ers a white group a
,-.h .,1 i d.v < t...t'..>. 1 n. . ...o ,
this ?ani<: tmi latc fo pot TvTaTy Ti>i' a ~
it, in.ikinir tlif norossary arranponiort0
and in ( "hit am> t?> insmv- a iva-mmd
t' StlriOSa.
diinllv. wo roa.-onod T li.it smut th?? j .]it iprnj/ross
in this stat. i< iu-1 a< iiniinrt
t<? tho whito. ;is tn the Vi.lr.r.at (iti/on-.
sbnilld O'lVO tho wliiti t -\}, .
t hoy think and f. * ] as v. d.. ' h.- ?
11 ii i i 1 \ to nfTor nin'v than an : <. n a'
a snoot h, to step forward in tl< :r <-x'"
lit.'
WuL pu I ^ l 1 . 111 a' I L_ IP 1 .jO-I- 1- h rt- t?I 1' '
all nf tiio-o. we'd like- t<> sen a showdown
this I d'xiooral -! rnfm rat siioalih' i'
ith Carolina, and an alipnniont of sido
1 positions. For tin- last . o hi \on>s. Ih/rn
has stood m.' a.s tin major 1 >onio?nr
at ion a?? ? +4-?P-h-?said?_
oirdi of this won!1 apaii. allow political
-sifirat rofi"i>r fTit NY ro'/as was done \\ h? n
ltcjaiilili an i ar'*, don 'alod the stalot
rr'-'T - cn-rjiy/fOMP
ood Home Lite I>asis Of Civili
in. IK>MK IS !hi' h.i .;s of tit stabili/ati"n i
il. .t i. i. It i'ii' it. k t y' fie world is the
i uu.-U _J_Lx: rClnd rcigiu.
i r ts. \\ : . ' \wi iil.'' t Those who i',m
hornO. vrr-.Ti i pl.hi . -;o It f\ tll pnnpi^c and r
1 brioi* * bf ioiiiicl iti ii ,.0 worthwhile \*
civilization. and the place nore the author
ere all ro'oi m to be effective ()(?ny Him His p
st begin ses of human act
T)o home which will, render ucation, society
greatest contributi ri to the and in the home
ral and spiritual welfare of I CALL UJ't
individual, to the prosperity e< untrymen of a
1 happiness of the natron, and tants. Jews, <"n
^^?I!
1-lif
Si 3 -** ** au
..! i. 7?*^^ >&VX1jg,3ar
M
;ss Dixiecrats 7,
National Convention going on in Chicag( p,
s Iran ire to be writing this column at home! dl
\ing In" the convention bv radio and news-! _
Chicago, and again in 1918, at Philadelphia, rc
contesting delegations our people sent to
and light the issue of full Negro partici-. al
I SU
and this wouldn't be a good thing for the tr.
state. But, no one yet knows4what the neo-J ^
liberals among white citizens, the real lib-! ag
erals, and the take it as they find it whites1 th
would do if they found that the white lead-' hc
ership had thrown them into the mess they'd;
certainly be in were political leaders to
break completely with the Democratic par-'
ty, or so conduct themselves that they got ^
thrown out. W.e think there'd be general re-j ;
hellion against thl> present leadership, and'
since nobody could point to the 125,000 re- .
gistered Negroes and say "They inspired1
it." the chances of an effective working re- ^
lationship between the sober-white people ev
and our*people would be excellent. ,
There were other reasons which figured m.
in the decision to let the 1952 convention; sp
proceed without our role in it. One of these ?0]
was the advange advice that the party itself .
would fight bitterly?to the end?for a an
strong, workable, honest civil rights posi- ^
tion and a complete spanking and straight-!
ening up of the Dixie rebels who have rat- pL
ed and cavorted .open the race question f<>i nu
so many conventions. We understood that the
Pcng'crats. nationally. would closo down thi- wf
week with a program and platform com- en
mil ted to "America for All Americans," ra- pii
tln-c than "America for southern whites."
And as \vL? write now the first indication an
that t he-party means business is seen in the bo
rmtvfiit ion-adopted rule which requires. jdL Ar
teleVatrs sitiimr in the convention?aimed
orii'i. i;mllv' at the sout herners who masqueraded
as I >ein?? rat < in Id IS. -at in the con- ,\<
nti<>n and wlien they couldn't dominate it.
returned home and set up a third partv
which was fielded against. V?ttt with the rc>
and membershio of. t Deniocrati ;,u
party. eu
This oledee "t loyalty, of course catcher klI1
the element by surprise; it was whispered , r
about before the convention got underwav.
ft "ll.'l- l he effect?of taking away th" wnlli
ing and third party shoes of the Dixiecrats.
and puts them on a real hot seat, tf thev
remain in the convention, tnoy are hound
morally to work for and support Democrats,
nominees. If they walk out. they'll have to do c
it at th,. beginning and will find themselves
outside without having first cotton off their . >
chests thr.t hot air they've built up just for |
this meeting durimr the last four years. The" H
would mill it difficult to come hack home 'A
i onoilaiuino if they didn't sD'k around un*1' d
tile -tile work^ ^ A iwl whnt -ff 'Thrr tftrD " *
walkout'.' The* partv leaders think it's time.;
for settling dow n all of its units and weed out :
the Dixiecrats from Demo-mats. A-* ni"1
??* ' | i-.l.f a., i-e.bsbatV ?\ the f)PTtl- i ^
ocrats who want to vote and work for the
I I I '' L. -1 I! H '' ' ? ' V ' ' ' " 1 ! ] "h f * ! \ ) ' i IM I ] ' I i;i, I ,
P'o ' 1N* y'.-M-fs! ,.< fho J V-oirv rr,f 10 "JtHv t<>
throw bricks .if the rest of if " ji'.iv!>ers i /
rTTr l>> K^v. John A. O'Brien, Ph.D. r*
I'niversity of Notre Dame
zat ion a'' ^<:'w,vr'rs ,n a Supreme Heine\
to -tan-7 shoulder to shoiddor in j
>f the piN'icc of the vitally important task of
homo in which huildini* homes in which Clod
roiif-rny-?"old m which His law i * i
dr the d.M ice tho code of the individual andj
tati ivi can TThTrr social rfmdurt "-T its menihers.
rorld if the T]u> home is the first and the
ity of Cob and most imp rtant school. Tho mo '
lac o in all pha ther has boon constituted bv Godt \
ivitv . \ . in ed- as first and most effective!
.economic life, teacher.
?. Like soft wax the mind of a
ON my fellow child receives impressions with
LI faiths^ Prote ease. It is these first imoresS-|
tholics, inviting ions which sink the deepest and'
'"5a
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HERBERT WILLIAMS
HEMINGWAY ? Funeral ,ser-;s
ces for Herbert Williams, son ^
Mrs. Lottie William^ .were^
Id at Jerusalem AME Church/
inday. Mr. Williams died in the i
hnson Memorial Hospital last ^
ednesday after a short illness.
? was a native of Georgetown
unty. Rev. Win. Wright deliv- ^
ed the eulogy.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. j t
>ttie Williams; two sisters, Mrs.
arie Hughes and Mrs. Jess'e
ae Mitchell of Charleston; four
others, Bishop Williams, Rich- '
d Williams of Andrews, Joe
illiams and James Williams of
fmingwayr"
iVILLEY NEVERS
DILLON ? Swilley Nevers, 1
ho resided in Newtown, passed (
\/ay here at St.* Eugene Hos- i
tal after an extended illness,.'
aring the week.
Interment is scheduled to be
ade at Darlington, his~native
immunity. . *
Mr. Nepers for many years y
id been faithful in the employ f
Ihe Barns and Hyman faml-|
?s.~ Ho and Mrs. Nevers, who .
xviues, wore very ^ell known'
id well-liked around Dillon. i
RS. JOSEPHINE VIOLLMAN ! (
r >
DILLON Mrs; Josephine'*
all man of Srnoaks was funeral-' r
c: last Wednesday from the' x
^thol Moh'dist Church. She had.
issed after an illness of longj?i
iration.
main the longest. ' ^
THAT IS WHY n > profession-)*
teacher can ever be a proper,^
ibstitute for the home as a ^
* j "I
lining school for the young. The J
ost that the*4e persons and s
encies can do is to supplement1 v
e work of the mother in her
me. 1
If the training is neglected by ?
e mother, then no human agen- ^
1 is capable of repairing the ^
;s. It is final and irreparable, o
THE HOME is the ideal train- c
? school also because example | J
a more powerful teacher than; k
ecept. The example of the par-, F
its the child drinks in withjv
erv breath. It is this example F
tiich influences he child and v
ikes him responsive or unre- (
onsive to the ideal of living s
r God and country. c
To the educatorg, statesmen, (a
d social planner^ who are' c
l TU
irching for an answer to the
s that beset our Hand, we sayr"
it God into the homes of A-J j
To the fathers and mothers l
10 are gr ping for the path to I
dure peace and Dv? and hap-'
a ess, we say:
"PUT GOD into your home 1<
d keep Him there?and all will
well with you and with 1
norica.," _... _i x
)awkins
Contnued from Page One | C
a Mis R. K. Bellinger. Orange-j ^
:g; Jesse Daw kin-, Orange- *
. . ? . , r
rq; ncrmun 5>augntor .Larnsic *(1
Mrs. Jane* Dawkins (moth- ^
>. Uni n county. [ *
Weekly Thought
u
To err is humane; ' 1
To forgive is divine. ' E
v tsfy; t &C4ir
i / ft#*
"DON'T Wear your fttocking
home um."
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^cws Fr jni^?
Spartanburg^ |
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By , Lilia M. Williams
SPARTANBURG ? Rev. B. tM I
icars and family, also Miss
nie Helen WiJli^n* - of ftfl
Thompson Street Baptist ChurclvJ
Lttended the State SundayTHHHjfl
ind Baptist Training Ufiion cOn- . ;J|I
mention la^t week at Benedict "1
College in-Columbia.
The poster and choir of the
rhunipsun street Baptist
Aill worship at Greater Trinity
\ME Church Sunday, July 27* at
?:30 p.m. Rev. P. H. Carmichael '5
is Greater'Trinity pastbr.
Malinda Jones, daughter of j
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jones of CoU ^4|
umbia, is visiting her cousin* $1
Barbare Ann Sears^ on Wofford
5treef7~ ' , J|a? ;?|
A erouD from th* Mefhorliie-1
?outh Fellowship of Silver Hill
Church left by train last Sunday
to attend the Summer YcUtfc^jflH
Assembly of the MethodJWr|l
Church, which is being held this .raj
week at Claflin College at ~
Trangeburg. Attending the As- Jga
;u-mbly Sarah Campbell*
r an Roeder, Callie Weave*,,
lerie Rumley, Myrtle Williams*
iValter Brown, Preston Gist, Jim.ny
Rcoder and Elwillie WeavtiQ^H
Rev. T R. Frierson, minister vjj
?t Silymi Hill Methodist-Churchy ; J
attended the Summer Youth . '-M
\ssembly at Claflin College in
Drangeburg last Thursday. He
vas accompanied by Mrs. Frier- :>*i
;on and an additional gorup of. '
nembers of the MYF of the
fer Hill Church.
The Highland Sympathy Club
i e 1 d its annual reception !
ast Thursday at Bethlehem
Center. This group is composed
>f about 75 ladies and they are?
loing a fine community work. A 1
trogram was rendered, at which
ulius E, Williams was guest T *
peaker. Miss Edna M. Caldwell KyJ
vas .mistress of ceremonies. * ,?Mh
Noble Booker T. Alexander,
.mpferial Promotional Director^
f Detroit, Mich., visited Tamin
'emple No. 155 AEAONMS last ''1
Thursday and Friday .Daughters v>3fi|
f Tamin Court 122, Daughters .
if Isis joined the Nobles in a ^4
Social Hour Thursday night,
lonoring Noble Alexander. On
riday night, the public was in- ~M
lie dto a lecture and movie ?fg
resented by Noble Alexander, I
'hich showed the Temple and
Courts doing work to aid reearch
in the tuberculosis and I
:ancer fields. Also shown was :
picture of activities of the 1991
onvention, which was held in
few York City. *
Daughter Elka e
fnslah (>jjicers?jj
SUMMERVILLE ? The fol- j
swing officers of Azalea- chap- ^r^j
tor of the Daughter of Elks,
BPOE, were- installed' during Jfl
ituals here Jast_Mbnday. night,?
ay District Deputy Green of >
Charleston:
Daughter Ruler Rachel R. McCray;
Vice Daughter Ruler, Eth1
JJames; Assistant Daughter -jjfl
luler, Magnolia Thomas; Gate
deeper, Mamie Grunt; Escort
lertha Grant, Door Keeper, Rosa
tavenell and Chaplain, Bertha
farcus. These officers are filled
ach six months.
. Also m^nvd. the qffirpT he- ng
filled fmtt-rr year, were Eve-? 7
yn Knight, treasurer a nd . ^
hnilv A ston, secretary.
hf i ^ i
< h^^|^9k.l j2ax **- j
cap in the ntreet. It im for