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A SHEDDING LIGHT ? : For A GROWING RACE SIXTEENTH YEAR, EDltlOiv [roving ii about o a' lin a ByHohn H. McCray, Editor 'y The Lighthouse and Informer P d / H?e**Suce Voted Wrong" h VALTERBORO: I'm not going,8 to say which way he did vote a-1 boift Marion Bennett in the governor's race in 1950 but mere; mention of that election makes R hint so mad that he jerks his hat h off .throws it on the ground and t! nearly stomps it before he gets s control of himself. His candidate1 c.r- . n,.?~ J" v.:? a oui - uoo oiuuuici ttiiuiiLU nun . . /(And Mrs. Margaret Hamilton 41 fell like spanking ole man ''BO", jv her husband, Sunday night. Just 4 as she fetched a chair and had al.most plopped in it, "Bo" offered;11 the seat to a friend of the fam-:n ily *Vho was standing. She was n shocked and blushing. He didn't C even crack a smile . . . Ran in- * to 24?. and Mrs. C. E. Mclver of ^ Summerville, and their two children who are almost as big as n papa,.and mama. "Mac", the for-Jc mer Alston high teacher, is still full uf civic interest. I ^ 1 k Dr. McMillan, We Walt J OKANGEBUHG: Dr. McMillan is holding a copy of his brand neW."^ook just off the press. We'll ?' pick it up by weekend. Hear it's e! a real good thing. A background of most oT~ the state's colleges 11 and fetter known schools . . .!' Paul R. Webber's T-Bones are ci V out of this world. Lucky us. A w big, juicy, tender, real hot one n Friday night, and on the house n from'i grand guy. I always knew Mr. Aft.-Had a great big heart. Now, ftaste it ?,. . Naw, Lady, it u ain't tiat we d<Wt know more C people around town heye than a we ir #*ion. It's that we dike ^ t? k*. i hem In a stew . . . Oopsli _ ? WhtS slip, wftre it read "my J . wife'Tlaat week it should have 1 M. . 1 J_M T.I ttlll reaa uy wne ... jonmiy wn- m. liams still looks good to us . . . Mr. MlcPherson, where are you hiding? ... There are plenty real nice folk around here. For example, we met Reginald . and Carmen Thomason early this week. A sweet couple . . . Bouquets to Dr. Parlei*,cooperating teachers and citizens on their sixth annual Community School. Gotta Meet This Guy Missing us on a visit here Sunday afternoon, Rev. George W. Nicholson of near Aiken called long distance Wednesday night just to speak in person. Wanted nothing else. Just had in mind' he had to talk to me and didn't give up. Gotta go over and meet a guy like him. ( E. C. Jones of Sumter drop? ? ped by? Monday, and what a yarn. His little daughter, Aurelia, cele- ) brated her third birthday a few , days back, but the next day ar[i gued that she was only two. To p her, t\ie third birthday was of q only a day's duration . . . Also h X. in town, Wednesday,, were attorney^ ..Sampson Greenville and Perry of Spartanburg who ? are both reallv r?n tho Knii :j" '? " V" . f Heading Our Mail k g Thanks to our weP wee little 'it >: :-niece named Pat down Mullins * way f6r the cute little Valeny??_ tine. Bless her heart and all her ? five or six years . . . Hey, Britt, will write you guys up theresoon. "Thanks for the dope and what's been put down. I'm home sick, so make room for me ... One very nice lady took time out to make and bake the pret tiest Valentine cake we've ever seen and mail it. Boy ,we are , v munching a bite now. This is really good racket when things - (ike that occur . . , To Bea, way up in Erie,r Pa., haven't gotten that certificate out yet but work- q ing Og it . .... Hew Reese, way*^ down Ridgeland way?look out, t _ we're getting ready to come your e way, * Penoifiilltlee We Meet v ? V" 7"1'*. "* "f | i' Wonder where was 'Blue' Ken- 0 nedy Satriay nite? Wonder who y Continued on page eight o V.;' p v ; / .. '' i \ ' . . i' i * . * i |k\ : +*r-y fjjjfy*-- :.y,s | ' T, ,' . . a f NUMBER 33 While Man I s CIuiu Atlanta, Ga. _(SNS>? A 72 ' ear old Augusta, Ga. write man 1 oscd as his oym chauffeur Tuesay night, got a room at a local , otel plus $2.00 and was caught etting his free night's lodging j nly after "the manager reflected'^ nd became suspicious. ij Cree J. Robinson, 72, was char-4.: ed with larceny-flim flam after e admitted using the ruse to ob-j] ain a room for the night, police aid. Robbery Detectives .jD. L. Adms and R. A. Boone said they iscovered the trick when they /ere called to Johnson Hotel at 56 Auburn Avenue, N. E. I' Mrs. Vera Johnson, of 640 Highmd Avenue, N. E., the hotel j lanager, was quoted as saying a, nan representing himself as "Mr. !. J. Whitley," a white man from 'lorida, called about 2 P. M. on!" 'uesday and asked for reservat3ns for his chauffeur for the ight. Ho told her to advance his j hauffeur $2.00 in cash and he Upartans Quizz 3ty Candidates Spartanburg?Progressive Dejn- i crats plan sending questionnair--^ i to candidates seeking positions n city council, it was disclosed! ere Sunday. p Points to be raised were dis-1 jssed and Julius E. Williams ^ 'as named chairman of a com-| littee which will study replies lade. ' Alphonso Savage gave a report f the state meetintr.helM in Cr?1_ ^ mbia January 11, during which 1 ongressman William L. Dawson 1 ddressed the body. >tate Record For basketball Game? i ' Charleston ? Miss Mildred Hare, forward for Immaculate Conception high school Lions, made what is believed here to [ be an all-time record against | the Burke high girls basketball team during the week. Miss Hare personally scored 62 of the 73 points ICS ran up to beat Burke 73-64. The best the rest of her team- | mates could do was to get 11 j points while the combined Burke team couldn't get but two more than she did for the game, played in County Hall. Sports lovers here are claiming that the score represents a record for the entire state. Rev. Robert JL-Wili To Pastor Jacksonv The Rev. Robert II. Wilson, : astor of the St. Paul Baptist hurch on upper Main street ere, has accepted a call to pasor Bethel Baptist Institutional : n--: ^ 1 I' Rev. Robert H. Wilson Jhurch at Jacksonville, Fla. and; Tans leaving (Columbia around he last of May, it was disclos-., d Monday. The invitation to the Jacksonrille church was extended after i is memoersmp voted unanim-; ojsly to seek the services of the outhful church leader the night ?f February 3. A letter over the 1? Kit i Posing but jailed ivould settle the bill at noon on ; Wednesday. About an hour later, Robinson' came to the hotel and said lie,1 was Mr. Whitley's chauffeur, the! man who called. Mrs.. Johnson1 Save him a room and advanced' tiim the $2.00. Later, she became' suspicious and called police. The man confessed the entire thing, police said. 1' 1 New Church Plant In W. Columbia Fills Needs : i Nearing completion is a new $50,000 edifice for the .Turner . Memorial (formerly Double Branch) AME Church, which is pastored by the youthful Rev. A. T. Fisher. When cohiplete, the new moder structure will house a Health Center, Nursing School, departmental offices and rooms, as well as an adequate auditorium for meetings of the congregation. Rev. Fisher said, he found himself plagued with many community needs the old church could not handle, discussed the aitua tion with Bishop Reid and then went to work on a new plant, lewer and broader type of serwhich will offer somewhat the . /ice the church now recommends j lo its pastors. Not all the services felt need- , 1 1C ;d will be rendered by the new building facilities, but, as Rev. Pisher puts it, "We have made-a 1 pretty big dent" in community . iepd?. . _ L ' '' m ' Memorial Services j For' Ed Owens Held At Mullins i* f CI Mullins?Memorial services for je Ed Owens, prominent businessman, late of Mullins, who died aj February 12, 1952, were held at! iT1 Norton's cemetery Sunday after- w noon. . ct The impressive ceremony was sa conducted by Rev. Harden, gas-! bi tor o? St. Paul's Baptist church, gi who recited the "Psalm of Life" te [tnd "Crossing the Bar." Several in hymns that were favorites of the! decesed were played on a record- 5^ er and prayer was offered by ,tr Rev. Harden. Many boautiful flowers were! at brought by friends who came!M to pay respects to the family and honor the deceased. 'ca > son Accepts Call f? ille, Fla. Church *> v - IW signature of I. .M. Argrett, assistant Bethel clerk, notified Rev. V( Wilson of the action. c( Rev. Wilson, a product of Zion Baptist church and Rev. J. P. C( Reedcr, its pastor, also serves as < ] president of the Interdenomina- u. tional Ministerial Alliance of'm Columbia, chaplain at the State Park Division of the State Hos-jy pital and the Industrial Sehool|.L of Youth Work for the National I I for Negro girls, and is Secretary * Baptist Convention of America ^ and is promotional secretary for| the observance of the 50th Jubi-i lee of the South Carolina State; i Baptist Convention. He's a grad-j p uate of Benedict College's School j of Theology and has done ad- ( vanced study. t Rev. Wilson said Monday thatj. \ while he hated leaving Colum- t bia, which is his home, and his pFesenr pastorate, he felt the call ? to Jacksonville imposed a great- t er challenge and wider field. The! | church is one of the largest inl' i the National Baptist Conven-j tion's circuit, he said, and add- I ed that St. Paul leaders were I agreeable to this promotion. ? Be said he would remain here i umtil a ninety day notice, to he 1 given St. Paul's members short- 1 ly, expires, which will be around i the last of May. I ?^ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY * Support to the Americ; side at Allen University last 1 project, the university's stu the day with a total of 124 p person anywhere in t'he'worl Standing at the far sid Miss Luena Richardson, Sun Gregg, Leesville; Miss Their William Spearman, Florence Green and Miss Matilda Cui Price 'Swamped' W Recording Of Rep. Walterboro?B. E. Price, Colton county, secretary of Pro essive Democrats, since a men-, :>n was made in The Lighthouse id Informer of his having it, as been "swamped" with reiests from several communities ir use of a tape recording he. ado of the address of Congress,an Wijiam L?. tyawson in Cblnbia on January 11. William (Bo) Hamilton, Colnton county Progressive Derooatic chairman, said to his knowdge, fifteen such requests came i Mr. Price within a few days ;ter The Lighthouse and Inforier reported that the rcording as available. Most of those rejived thus far, Mr. Hamilton iid, come from the lower state, at at Columbia the state Pro"essive Democratic headquarrs said it had received sveral quiries about the recording. The recording runs for about ! minutes and includes the moductory speech of Bishop rank Madison Reid and of the Alienee's singing of "Go Dowr. oses." Mr. Price himself said "We innot fill all the requests we ive received. I would be happy tr every Negro in South Caroto hear address. The relonse to the new spUpur's?nth? Hincment has been wonderful." He said the only charges in)lved would be expenses to >ver costs of operating his car' jtween the point where the reading is played and W<* erboro.' ' admit this is a meager sum; Jt I am more concerned about y people being exposed to this I? I rr. tiuncne lits Selfish Vorld Nations New Delhi, India ? Dr. Ralph tnnche, Director of the Dotted . Nations Trusteeship ' Division, aid in New Delhi that it was ssentinl to have a stronp inernational organization like he TTN. But today, he added, he I'N laeks proper authority. Dr. Bunche was speaking at a tymposium on "Approach to World I'nity," sponsored by [he Indian Association for One World tiovemment. Wa AVTxroreoJ ?!?... A\- - A I?v tA|?ir?xnu inr virw III ill if II international order was po^si- lie if nations discarded their self-interest and submitted to *n international authority. It was not possible to have narrow nationalism and world government at the same time, he declared. T ^ -L r l INFORM 14, 1953, COLUMBIA, SOUT1 * %k_v H an Red Cross Drive for blooc week, with each department pi dents and department official ints on the way to some soldi Id. e of the table, reading left to amerton; Miss Dorothy Seart na Washington, Charleston; T ; Frederick Mc Jimpsey, Spar iningham, Spartanburg. ith Requests For Dawson's Speech address, than I am about commercializing on it. It is one of the master pieces of the 20th century and we cannot fill the Mr. Price made the recording at his own expense but has offered to play it before clubs, or-, a!- ? Raiiuiiuuns, scnoOiS, C'Jlirges, CIC. H'. may be contacted at. _ Y u " ? <?- * K ??. Price, P v;. f*">x f Wa'tcrboro, S. C. Allen University CI Singers Bombardin Guest Soloist to be George Bossard of Washington At Vespers Sunday February 22nd. The stage is all set for one of the most unusual Founders Day seasons in the history of Allen University. Inspirational gather-; ings have been arranged under the auspices of the Palmetto and! South Carolina Conferences of. the A ME Church in Charleston; February 15 when members, of the Churches in and around Charleston together with Allen University alumni will pour into Ebenezer Church, pastored by Dr. B. J. Hutchinson, representing the churches of the Palmetto Conference, while at the same time four o'clock Sunday afternoon,' members and. friends fhom PYe"" churches of the South Carolina Conference will gather at Emanuel Chiirch, pastored by " Dr Frank^Peal. More than 100 young people who make up the singing; groups from Allen University will be divided up between thei two churches. Thc famous choir, led on by Prof. John W. Hunter with John W. Lawhorne- at the piano, will sing a half hour each place while the equally famous Albus of Faith Singers, directed and accompanied by Robert J. Price will exchange in the half hour appearances at Emanuel and Ebene/.er churches " 7;Tflch Trnrrer.-iry nt the cross- * toads for Freedom and Democracy" the theme for the Founders Day will he the background of these inspirntiona pre-Founders Day mass meetings in which the challenge will be meLJay liic In.-^ fluence of each Conference and each chirrch in the area as to attendance. Thh PreMdmft fctders- and pas-f tors of the Charleston area are I working herd to have banner at-' tendance from tho members and! friends of their churches and districts. The question on every side! is "What Church has the most. Influence0" or "What Conference1 has tho most Influence?" The answer will he the attendance ? ?I / toto ER H CAROLNA * bCt *; . ^RtolS ^B NOSf fl BB' > ifl ' V ^B Mpf' & mm a w>-izs^'-' wB^^^mm m<jt 4K I pushed everything: else atching in. Entirely a school ) were proud at the close of er in Korea or seriously ill r right clockwise above are: s, Abbeville; Miss Mildred . B. Nelson of the faculty; tanburg; Dean Arthur D. ?(Alt-Lee Photo) Rev. Cooper On Dillon's WDSC Dillon ? Inaugurating a new type of service here, Rev. B. J. Cooper, pastor of St. Stephen's Methodist Church in Dillon, conducted devotional services over radio station WDSC Saturday morning. Citizens were pleased with the "feature and hail it as another step in the direction of progress. inir A nr] FoitK IV1& 1UIU 1 U1U1 g Charleston Folk record Sunday afternoon at Ebenezer and Emmanuel Churches at four o'clock. Bishop Frank Madison Reid will make his appearance at each church seeking inspiration for the onward march toward a great Day and a successful Endowment drive during the year. Brief greetings will be given by President S. R. Higgins and. the bishop. The President has expressed the hope that this PreFounders Day period in the great city of Charleston will set a high standard for the entire FoundContinued on page eight P?? v .%i$A JjjgS? t- * ^ T '^^r 3^-''. $( 's^ jgBBi * rjA, v ' j$ j jSKSS ^| ior majoring in biological sclent motif of the season of hearts Ja Day comes on Saturday (Feb. One of the popular coeds * t ^a a a aa a * naiiTf or unrnun, n. t., amy High School there. The daught< Hillside Avenue, Miss Dunn la a can Chemical Society and expe technician. She warn "Miss Co-1 i ? f ? ..%* ' ' " ' ?-r""""-1 j^ftpf^Hr H[ ? V t NAACP Maps Drivi Members During 1! - t i New York?A membership j announced Moday by Judge He the committee en branches an< Judge Delany's announcement committee here on February 4 for an intensive national camp* represents an approximate inci membership. ~ i The committee set goals for the various states, approved new posters and literature for the i eampainr and arranged for the the assignment of field workers under the supervision of Gloster El. Current, director of branches. Among state quotas set were: i New York, 21,000; Pennsylvania. 20,000; Texas, 20,000; New Jersey, 14,000; Louisiana,- 12,000; Illinois, 10,000; Maryland, 10,000; Indiana, 8,000; Missouri, 8,000; Oklahoma, 6,200; Connecticut and Massachusetts, 5,000 each; Kansas, 3,800; Kentucky, 2,200 and Iowa, 2,100. In a letter to the branches setting forth the goals, Miss Lucille Black, membership secretary, urged to strive "to reach the maximum, enrollment possible" in their respective communities. "This js an era of great prosperity," she wrote. "Our people particularly are enjoying the fruits of the NAACP*s efforts to secure better job opportunities, better training for skilled occupations, better housing and better education for our children. We must call upon* them to give in greater numbers than ever before, in order that the gains we have made may be maintained." in addition to Judge Delany, members of the committee include Alfred Baker Lewi?, GreenName It| Win $10! of aurant want it name for their beautiful party-dining room, and have > invited readers of The Lighthouse and Informer and their own happy customers to select a name for them. The winning name will be selected hy an impartial panel of judges on and after March 15, 1953. Ten dollars in cash will be paid the winner. Each gestions as desired. All necessary is that he or she uses either the official coupon on page I eight of this edition or a similar one available to customers at the Alhen Restaurant. The entries should he mailed to Name It Contest, Alben Restaurant, 1667 Harden Street, i Columbia, S. O. ,?, ,?, ,? ,?I, ^? | [ : '1 ,!' ' - " '" ' ' ' ' " ":'; ' .' ' ' '. Wr ' ' - ' I H Mlag Nirian Laabe Dun, t nn* ces ?t A & T College, poMm In m st as a reminder that Valeatine's 14) of this week, on the A A T campus, sh? Is a tuff ffraduated from the Hillside ir of Mrs. Mai re Dunn of lit W. n saw elate member of the Amerlcts to follow a career as medical 5dH In her freshman year. VOW THE It | >AKE YOU ?mmmm^m~mmmm"""t PRICE^^CENTS _ _ . ' ' .. 1 , , , '. I'M e For 300,000 New , )53 Campaign Try ?oal of 300,000 for" 1953 was irbert T. Delany, chairman of i youth work of the NAACP followed a meeting of the at which plans were mapped wgnvto reach this goal, which ease of 50,000 over the 1952 wich, Conn.; Mrs. Grace Fencerson, Newark; Mrs. Lillie M. Jackson, Baltimore; Dr. J. M. Tinsley, Richmond, Va.; Theodore Spaurlding Philadelphia; Dr. U. S. Wig uamuun, in. J.; Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, Pittsburgh; Dr. Allen F. Jackson, Hartford; John Hammond, New York; Dr. Joseph A. Berry, Tuskegee, Ala.; and Dr. Benjamin Mays, Atlanta. r Race Agents Help Crack Bootlegging At Rocky Mount Rocky Mount, N. C.?The flow of bootleg whiskey came to a temporary halt here last week when 37 residents were convicted on charges of possession and sale of tax-paid and non tax-paid liquor. The record number of defendants on a single charge crowded Nash County's courthouse last week as they came up for trbfL Some of th#? ? * _ ?*v*cuuaaii8 received froria one to four charges each in . connection with the bootleg traffic. \ Cases against the 37 were brought by two Negro undercover agents of the Nash Comity ABC staff. They had been conducting investigations tor the past two months In the area. Their identities remained undisclosed to all bat loeal police officers. ;'i Included amon^ the defendants, was Ernest Davis, owner of the ; ?>4 Club Poindana, one of the finest eateries in the city. Davis was tried on four counts of selling tax-paid whiskey, sentenced to 12 months, suspended on payment of $24.00 on two of the counts; 12 months suspended on payment of $124.00 on a third and nol pros leave was taken on a fourth charge. Most of the other 36 defendants received suspended senten- . ces and fines ranging from $24.00 to $124.00 on ^Viarff^c rtf pofaoctt ion-of illeKar~saTe~of~tax paid and non tax-paid liquor. Lake City Hears n ' * ?' joouiware Talk About Rights ' Lake City ? A jammed St. James A ME Church heard Attorney Harold R. Boulware of Columbia, celebrated NAACP counsel, support a statewide effort aimed at building maximum vnf iiig ulitiiglli Hfti6ng kegroee here Sunday afternoon. Speaking on political action as the present great .need for full fredom, Mr. Boulvar, one of the attorneys who f handled several voting cases in federal court, which broke open the white primary, said he was in full support of a proposal given the state's Progressive Democrats last month by this body's chairman, John H. McOray, under which a fulltime field secretary could be employed by a one dollar membership from citizens. Mr. Boulware also reviewed progress in legal civil rights cases in this state but waniKJ that full utilization of the victories is a matter the individual^ U a- * * Has 10 determine. \ Willis D. Bristow Buried This Week Bennettsville ? Willis D. Bristow, poultryman and farmer, died Thursday xu#hU funeral services ~ were held Monday afternoon in the Synmra Methodist church. If yonr subscription Is U arrears, that Is, if the date en your adoress label Is earlier I than Feb. 14, your copy of the 4 ' I paper will be dteoontinued , promptly. Flease renew ' ou time. i.' 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