Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, February 14, 1953, Image 1
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SHEDDING LIGHT
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For A
GROWING RACE
SIXTEENTH YEAR, EDltlOiv
[roving ii
about
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ByHohn H. McCray, Editor 'y
The Lighthouse and Informer P
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/ 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 ^
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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
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Heading Our Mail
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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
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Wonder where was 'Blue' Ken- 0
nedy Satriay nite? Wonder who y
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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.
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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
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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 :
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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
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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.
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New Church Plant
In W. Columbia
Fills Needs
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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- ,
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;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 .
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For' Ed Owens
Held At Mullins i*
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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
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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
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
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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
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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.
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14, 1953, COLUMBIA, SOUT1
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an Red Cross Drive for blooc
week, with each department pi
dents and department official
ints on the way to some soldi
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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. _
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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
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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.
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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
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ior majoring in biological sclent
motif of the season of hearts Ja
Day comes on Saturday (Feb.
One of the popular coeds
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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
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NAACP Maps Drivi
Members During 1!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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#? ? *
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froria one to four charges each in .
connection with the bootleg traffic.
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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
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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^
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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.
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