Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, February 14, 1953, Image 4
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E-lobal)?We
Bis of outstari
V past. Histoi
^^^largolj^l B of tht' lives
I activities o^^Jroat men and
I men ol days gone by. T
whose records have stood
I test of time have earned. .1
I place m history. Those who 1
made contributions toward r
ing the world a better one
I . worthy of imitation. Such a
I son was Hariet Tubman.
Harriet Tubman was born
I the dark and stormy night
I human slavery. She- ha
slavery and did what she co
to free anyone held in hoi
I agC. Ill fact. <>he iearnefl?1
I place in history by working
the underground railroad.
is interesting'~(o note In passi
that history speaks favoral
only of those who rendei
great service to their fello
tan. Those who do only 1
themselves are little noted r
are they long remembered.
At ihe tender age of five. E
riet Tubman was introduced
slave labor. She states, "I '
seven when I was sent to t
care of a baby. I was so sma
had to sit on the floor and h
the baby put in my lap. And
baby was always in my lap
ccpt when the mother was fe
mg it or when it was aslee
She also remembered in her la
years how she had to eat i
asleep with the hogs for ?eve
1 days to avoid a beating. Si]
^Harriot was unruly by natt
'/ -mer every thought was conce
Bent
Tin- Mansion Tf>fit
acres contributed by the h
served many purposes for
pits, a striking1 contrast to
1,'hrary is now in the prove
building contains reading r
constructed under the admi
gro president of the instill
tress of the institufion.resi
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NFORMER, COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday, February 1 t,
GIVEN TO
TTUBWAN
ing freedom. However, she \
cele- '''n'y-n'He before she attair
he> freedom.
< to
lCj-n , Dure Harriet gained fro'
y is. (,oin s'u* was a terror to ti
and s,avt* holders. She was contii
wo. ually raiding plantations hel]
hose 'IIR ?thers fo freedom. Betwec
the am' made elevc
Lheir <r'l>s fr.om Canada to the Soul
Iviv io steal slaveys. Every trip si
nak 111 awas sitccessful. No fug
ire' *'vr was ov*'r eaptured wh
' had her for a leader.
per-.
The amazing thing about tl
." I woman is that she operated
I spile of three great handioaj
? .First, she was illiterate. I magi
j how difficult it would, be for
u ? I fugitive to make his way fro
a<i" j Canada to South Carolina wh<
ter o "iii j id iieiih.cr lead nor wril
i" | Enemies were all around. Tl
** .fugitive slave law was in oper
big Ttion. A Negro hud no righ
>Iy whites were bound to respei
ed They could'-show the fugitive ar
w- piece of paper with writing on
'or i md place him in an embarras
ior I ing position. One time Harriet
friends found her fast asleep ui
lar- der a poster that announced
' reward for her capture!
was! Another great handicap wi
ake 'UI 'ni|bility to determine direi
11 * tions. When >he left Canada '
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:,.+ > i / 111v m v t .> Mil' KIK'W SI
he v;i-s to 40 south, but there wet
ex*'*1" hosts. When she even'
ed-''K'"v f?und ' u' slaves she knc1
.p."'she was to ^o riorth, Injt nort
iter1 ua no' always easy to detei
|nd mine.
xal! Harriet's tHird great handinee
eap was a sleeping sickness,
ire,' There were times when sleep
rn-| overcame her and she could do
inwmwmmrmrmwm
?dict
LmY/i
U-orod h1m>v>' wm* ?hit*??-?+?ihr fir
onored benefactr ss. Mrs. |->aths
the small colleye community \vi
the Till*: .1. .1. ST A11 l\S unit
tss. of reoiyrani/a ion with nana
oonts, browsing ooms and lecti
nist ration of t he lat ? lb- ,J. J.
it ion. and whose widow, Mrs. .!
ded on the campus.
' - i; y ' * $
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THE A M E R
ho
a; ?
It
s That mk, I
1a
nothing but sleep. It doesn't
take much power of imaginaasi
tion to appreciate the trouble
L" a fugitive coujd get in with an
? ailment of that kind.
Vet, this unuinly, illiterate woi
- man who had no sense of diree^ 'ion
"and suffered continually
u f -om sleeping sickness, has made ;
r the pages of history. No encycloI
- .
' pedia would be complete without i
information on her .achievements.
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Cheraw?John H. M^Cray, odi- 111
tor of" The Lighthouse and In- tn
fornxr and state Progressive P'
Democratic rhairman .will be the ?,r
iiunn speaker in the Februaay
meeting of the Choraw NA.ACF* ti\
branch. ,, *<n
Scheduled for four o'clock in L'"
the afternoon <>n February 15,
the meeting will be held in the at
Presbyterian. Church oij Second so
street. Ji
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Fi' alter the close <
.('ollegi < '/beginning". I'll
been (! m1 us the date 1<
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*"'1?;??.}?^ . > ftiii'l
Js hum .v> ? . mim m eollej
tion to 11 ' ??!' ait i. (Virolii
diet is a -related i list it lit i
p<?rt i n.::, Itaptist <.rtr:imix;11 ioi
Friends. \ ivirular t"? :1111n* of tl
t ion is tin- Founder's 1 >ay Kally
of IIfiH diet (Jolleye are railed i
sisl allot to the enllej/v. 1 he Fol
only !ii ireiieral appealed lionet
mini-P i' 1 iut*i !.? > and friends
u?Co.- of the Ki<undfi"'s l>a\ e;
in a laive way t lie amount of ! t
fr??m i* i on.-t it ueney.
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The Antisdel ('hapei pietuia
<>1 the campus and is the center <
millpli^_i'im- hill Id I Hip-used U
ajul Vesper serviee>. u eek Iy pr:
semblies and cultural programs
administration of the late Dr.
makes a striking view as it fac
mipds the public of the sacred <
t ion.
Dr. Boyd To Speak j
Meeting In Birmin
Birmingham. Ala. The NAA'I'
Program in tin- field of eduatiori
will he the subject of the.
eynote address to he delivered
v D: W. M lined of Atlanta
'diversity here on Kebi uary 20.
Dr. lined, w ho is a professor i <
, the Atlanta University Depart-]
lent of Political Science, has!
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reii prominent in NAACP < irles
for a number of years,
les for a nurnbei of years. As
resident of the Georgia State]
AACI' Conference. he led the'
lit for the admiss'on ef Mor-1
( T Ward into the University
f Geoj'itia. This case is now j
ending in the Federal Court. I It j
well known also as a radio,
M'nmentator and political ana
i
st.
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Delegates to the -1st Annual]
A ACT Si;. it-Ill- -ti : hi l.aill.l'l .
radei ship Training Conference,
ill meet in the opening bu.-i-,
ss session at the Eighteenth i
.reel Branch VMC'A beginning j
f ) I.-*..b IS 1. .. - :
? . I ? I wv rv r l liu .1 <l< U'l IK.KII1, I
irbni.tiy 20. The meetin-g t ^?]
hie- i <r. Bo>xl willfc*?peak Willi
h ! t the Union Bethel In- ;
pen Methodist Church, 12th
teet 6th Avenue, South,
v. T. ' ane, Pastor, .at 7 20
it I'Vl'll ' . |
On Saturday. February 21. dis-1
issions will center around endg
segregation and discrimina
3n "I housinR, transportation,'
aces of public accommodation'
id recreation; increasing the grn
vote in the region and no/atim,
branches. youth councils'
id college chapters to a greater'
oct i venoss.
Kept'"tentative- from branches
ivi voutli groups in u'ie seven
u!hea>te~: ti -tatos a ill he ,n it
r
ndara e.
il ww yi
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braie F<,
1' 1 lie ( i \ i 1 War. I tolled iit
e si.M cent li < >1 Mai eh has
i observe ihe founding oi
honor its 1 on ndor. Mrs.
h ?'i, lUHitji' Island. .11
lCi- has math its cni. no ila
and tot lie nat ion ;>
on whirh ? > it > > ipis.
Alumni. St inii-nt s ami
n IS?nikKt's 1 hiy < "olt-lira.
At this lirno support.-!-rs
upon to It-in I linamial a>imh
r s 1 hi v a ppoa 1 i> t n>*
!it t o !!op< i < t !;? alumni.
of t Mo i o!?of( . 11fia o. '.!
uupai! v. ill" ?ii ! ft mini- ia i
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>1' the spirit u;i! lil'e nt' t he |
^ --Sunday < humli st'liooj
iver ser\ lies, weekly as.
('mist met ed 11nTTef TFie" |T
J. .1 Starks, the edifice d
es Taylor Street and re- )i
dedication of the institu tl
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My Mrs. .V I,. Walker <>' i'xk.
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i iu' m'lfiii < Hall pn/Tuivd abovr, i
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rri-ty-M?m Htt^ building., anil for t ho |
iici'n haw* boon lart'.vin^r on a rosean t
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THF SITF of the I)ormitory-I)iing
foTi'Tt will pn)vi<To TamilyltyIe food hot
ininp room and living-accommodations
as been vailed an "Adventure of Faith'
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Of the Boy Scout move I JM
on Sunday by avoiding
Monthly Lookigf
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Mr s. Bertha Walker is why^T'ST*' b0th#'"" n?m?"
why look older, worn out, jittery for X
or and the public is in- ?r S ?*?h month? Why let everybody
know your time ' in here? Thouaanda of
smart (firta and women take a little Cardui
each day to help build uvw ^nrrgy and *
iv*Stance. They look, act, ile<*p Utter, fed
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i> a niuderji. well-equipped building1 with fiw
-? ^';>' ' ?1 iir "atiiral and |i)'iy^c'al sciences ar> iist
year members of the Division of Natural $cii
|>r<ijeet tor the Federal Security Agency.
Hall is j>ir hired below. This building. W'heiLjCPrn.Tice
for approximately 100 students; a teachers*
for over 100 students*. TJiia proposed buildng
by President J. A. Racoats. The eomnlettrm of
the the success of the Founder's Day Celebrai
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