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. „ JOBD ^ lt , 2 5 BISHOP REID SLATED AS FIRST NIGHT SPEAKER AT PEA CONFAB i he lit. Rev. trank Madison care children and youth develop Reid, presiding Bishop of the 8th Episcopal District, A. M. E. Church I N FORMER EVKNTEENTH YEAR, EDITION NUMBER 37 l ROVING ABOUT C A’LINA BENEDICT COLLEGE OBSERVES 84 YEAR OF TRAINING OF YOUTH COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1954 PRICE TEN CENTS By John H. McCray, Editor A capacity crowd of students, IF. Clyde Helms, Chairman of the | alumn iand churchmen filled the Board of Trustees; Reverend M. D. i Benedict College Antisdel Chanel j Bogan, President of the General I to pay honor to the founding of | Alumni Associa#bn; Reverend W. I I the 84 year old institution todays Wilson, Vice President of the Bap-1 I The late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen [ tist Convention of South Caroline; | I Benedict, founders of the institut- and Jasper Salmond. President of The Lighthouse and Informer j ; on we re paid homage in this tra-1 the Student Council. Music was j i r «t Cn City Council i ditional celebration. ; provided by the Benedict College i SELLERS—We have the tip but’ The principal address was de- : Choir under the direction of Em- . en'i able late Monday night to i livered by the Reverend Stephen ,e tt I. V\ roten. .ate South Carolina’s first mem- Campbell, minister of the Russell] Alumni and church groups from; • .. City Council in modern Street Baptist •hurch of Detroit, over the state and nation made ■"= ; V. . o’e told that Luke Ship-| Michigan, and an alumnus of Bene- college. The total sum was un- 1 ■ v oroiates a funeral home j diet College. Speaking from the disclosed. Latta but wh lives here, was j subject, “The Big Three,” Revern- ected to the StV-tra City Council I e d Campbell pointed out the in- 1 < to. There are | dividual and group associations members, we’re which were responsible for the for the record, I founding, buildiVig and expansion of state that at Lm- j Benedict College. He said that in ville, down in Charleston county the growth, development and since 1886, or thereabouts, all ■ achievement witnessed by Bene- officials are of the race, from j diet in the past years there has mayor on down. ; been evidenced faith. Courage and : Effort. Recalling the state of the freed- And Straightening The Record [men and the end of the Civil War, NEW CABINET MEMBER — J. Ernest W’Ukins, prominent Chi-* cago attorney who was recently appointed assistant Secretary of Labor by President Eisenhower, is shown with his family in their Windy City home. Wilkins is the first Negro appointed to a sub cabinet post in W ashington. FiwsgsU couple oi v., ree other cot Id . . . But o. we should Annual Revival At 2nd Nazareth col an th DILLON When we reported two i tbe speaker described him as one weeks ago that Harrison B. Black- | with “an emancipated body and an well of Little Rock, near here, was enslaved mind. Revemd (Camp- the first of the race in Dillon i bell extolled the merits of the mis- county to be elected a delegate to a sionaries who disdained the beliefs county Democratic Convention after j of those *ho termed the Negro he and his wife attended the Little [ incapable of learning and achieve- Rick precinct meeting ... We slip- ™ent. Braving the adversities of that period, Exploreres” these “Builders sought to give and the Rev. William McKinley Bowman, pastor of the Second Nazareth Church of Columbia, along with the Official Board announced that the fourth ANNUAL CITY WLDE REVIVAL will be held from the church beginning Easter Sunday April 18th and ending Sunday night May 2nd. The speaker will again be Rev. Carole B. Priester, nationally known Evangelist, who has con ducted the three other REVIVALS. Rev. Priester has just reurned fr*m a successful evangelistic tour will address the opening night audience at the 36th Annual Con vention of the Palmetto Education Association, 8 P.M., Thursday, April 1st at Township Auditorium, Columbia. Bishop Reid holds degrees from Wilberforce University in College and Theology while his elementary and secondary education was se cured in Louisville, Ky. He has [ done graduate study at the Uni versity of Chicago and Union Theo logical Seminary. In addition to freedmen an opportunity to prove j of the East where thousands tum- their abilities. They were sustained 1 ed out each night to hear her thru faith and courage, the speaker ! preach, said. Heard on the program were Dr. ; ped up on our memory . • • On May 3, 1948, and we wrote the story about it for national consumption, eight persons here, led by Miss Helen Manning, were elected dele- to the Dillon County Democratic convention by the E ast Dillon pre cinct. They were denied seats, how ever. The eight, including Miss i Manning, were: James Couser, Mrs. j Prince Whittington, Miss Mary Blue, William Lytch, Mr. and Mrs. 1 H. L. Perry and H. W. Crawford | . . Mr. H. B. ? First seated in a | Democratic Comity convention . . j Tfeh’ HeV Patrolman Floyd Davis,, i«»- S— -th p.yd.y n,.«„ I “ d pro 'r ional T? NAACP During the program an Invest- seniors and juniors, with special fother city officials have not “paid ure Ceremony was conducted by the consultation periods provided in the the kind of attention to the Trum- Foreign Students Guest Speakers Three foreign students will speak Senior Girl Scouts Hail Birthday SPARTANBURG—Senior Girl ! Scout Troop No. 50 presented a i program last Sunday evening at I Silver Hill Methodist Church in FAIRFIELD COUNTY HIGH HAS ANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAM WINNSBORO—The Career Da., program observed last Tuesday by the Fairfield County Traininr School met a highly satisfactory response. Brief devotions were conducted in the gymtorium from 9 until 9:15, at which Student Council President, James Lewis, presided. Invocation was offered by Wallace Ford of the Junior Class, and the address of welcome was delivered by a senior, Catherine Young. The Fairfield Quartet, under the direction of Mrs. I at a mass meetin ? on local hous- D. H. Manivault, Music Depart-, jug conditions held March 7. ment Directress, rendered two! T he meeting was sponsored by /numbers. U] » Chicago branch of the National Repueientativee of seve, al ewi- Association for the Advancement of leges and various areas of vocation- Colored People. Chicago Officials Scored For Laxity In Project Riots CHICAGO, 111., March 11.—City officials here were charged with laxity in dealing with violence at the Trumbull Park housing project eye of an amused desk sergeant j Monday night for a pack of cig- ^ , the Mitchell, pre-medical student at D. smokes. Sir. The students are Leonard w v.a . • 1 I Xf an ts from the machine m the | • 1 D0 li C e station We had heads and he i Benedict College. He hails from Xroop Leader, Mrs. Grace Walker thought it was tails. Thanx for the, Linstead, Jamaica. British V est, Phillips, at which time Scouts re- Indies. He has taught for six years | c £fved Senior pins and World Ser in Jamaica and hopes to become a j v ; ce pi ns Scouts Violet Nelson and medical missionary: Mr. OsujijLois Goodwin received also their Njoku, a science major at Benedict fi ve y ear Service Guards. College and comes to us from Ni- World Service pins were pi c sent- geria, West Africa, and Rev. Fred- ed to Mrg Pearl R ee ded and Mrs. erick Talbot, an E nglish-French J p w. Powell, Committee Members. Scouts appearing on the program ‘Uncle John Sure Will, Honey CONWAY—Pretty Little Miss “Pat” Morgan, seven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian L. Morgan of Mullins, ran into our rms here Sunday afternoon and we had a nice time strolling around holding hands and talking “our J business.” She finally turned her. major at Allen University. Mr. Talbot is a native of British Gui-I (joodwin. Scripture; ana, South America. He is aiso a ! Lessie High, Prayer; Jeanette Mit- 1 senior and hopes to do graduate I chel L Greetings and History of -ork in Theology. Scouting; Myrtle Williams, Pro- , ,. t —pi These students will give v ’ tal I £ rarn 0 f a Senior Scout; Violet beauty big brown eyes up at me | d interestln? information con- Ne]son> From Senior Service to an< sau ’ , ” L 6 . «,hole week | cernin S the cu *toms and mores I Vocations; Joan Reeder, Solo, My . c^e and apend^the whole w^kj^ various C0lmtries from which L Lo;s Goodwi History 0 f end with us, and I don t j they come . j Troop No . 5 0; Dorothy Hawkins, ever to go back to Columbia.” weekend, Honey, I promise. And Music I 01 mama is so wrong when she says \ furnished 1 e c 0 * r “Pat” is spoiled. How can you spoil | Arthurtov. U, ev - • lU m in, pa sugar ? . . . ’Twas good to see so ■ or - many old friends here at Cherry! Hill Baptist church for the sixth District Democrats. We had a real good time. Among them: Messrs. Dukes and July of Greeley ville; George Cummings, Effingham; John Floyd, Loris; Emp Hemming- way, Conway; G. P. and Mrs. Kelly, Marion; Grady Carmichael, Harvey Townsend, Mullins; William (Rudy) Lytch, Rev. B. J. Cooper and Mr. Blue of Dillon, plus hordes of others. By the way, chairman W. J. Hunter and his group have just about mastered political action. They’re way out in front. the occasion AH he Achievements and Services of Troop No. 50; Joan McJimpsey, President and Mistress of Cere mony, Presentation of Troop, Com mittee and Leaders; also Mrs. F. W T . Powell,, Committee Member, The Part of the Church, School, and Home in Promoting Scouting. At the close of the program Taps we’re sounded by William Lyles, following remarks by Rev. T. R. rierson. Pastor of Silver Hill Church. Flowers were presented to TV Is The Thing Right now SUMTER—That Ruth Brown tune, “TV Is The Thing This Year” is getting a trimming down to “This Week” around Lincoln high school. W. J. Nelson, Jr. walked off Friday night with a new TV set at a school affair and surprised his co-workers on the faculty, most o whom had bought a dollar ticket as rout ( ae and then forgot about it. Is he laying it on? On hand at the time we loaded the thing > n our old bus and helped him cart it home to Mrs. Nelson and Little Warren. The lady hadn’t gotten her speech when the two of us left un ceremoniously after depositing the loot without so much as an explan ation . . . Durn if that Miss Gwen dolyn White aint got us scared stiff. She actually knows more bout our likes, habits, associations ,etc. than anybody we’ve met. Sort of believe we’d better swim back a- Continued on Pa*e Four Eisenhower Gives Nod Ta NAACP Freedom Fight WASHINGTON,—The campaign of the NAACP to win complete freedom for Negro Americans by January 1, 1963. the 100th anniver sary of the Emancipation Proclam ation, has been formally launched with Presidential approbation. Addressing l.'lOO delegates from 36 states at the NAACP-sponsored Freedom Fulfilment Conference here on March 1®’ President Dwight D. Eisenhower, extended “good wishes for the P r osecution of their work.” Presented to the audience by Dr. Channing H. Tobias, chair-1 man of the N t AACP Board of Directors, and warmly received by the officers and members of the Association, the President reiter ated his pledge 10 do his “utmost, where ever the federal authority clearly extends, t0 bring into real ity the ideal of equality among all men who assum 6 the responsi bility.” In pursuit of goal, he said, “great progress b as been made” in , conference room of the library. The Counselor, with the assistance of Mrs. S. C. Ballard, librarian, had arranged a special section with pertinent educational informations. Colleges represented are as fol lows: Allen University, Reuben S Turner, Area Trade School, Den mark John C. Williams and C. H. Ford; Claflin, H. D. Smith and Arthur Rose; Friendship, R. H. Jackson; Harbison, N. L. Bush; Johnson C. Smith, J. A. Twitty and Charles Howell; State A. and M. College, Dean H. W. Crawford and R. R. Thomason; Morris College, Rev. H. P. Sharper and two Junior students. | Mrs. Marian B. Paul, State Supervisor of Home Economics, re presented the area indicated; Rev. Joseph Gaston, religious education j and the ministry; J. J. Manigault the field of Motuary Science, and Editor John H. McCray, Columbia.' the field of printing and journal ism. t Huey E. Charlton, Principal, un der whose administration the school has experienced unprecedented growth, accords generous praise to the Guidance Counselor and his bull Park rants.” situation that it war- Y-Teens, Coming St. Branch Note Religious Week CHARLESTON—During the week of March 21st-27th Y-Teens of the Coming Street Branch YWC A will have a Religious Emphasis Week with the theme, “Christ: A Design For Living.” Programs and services w ill be de voted to ways in which teen-age boys and girls can fit the teachings of Jesus in their school home and social life. Sunday, March 21st all Y-Teens will worship at Emanuel A. M. E. Church The pastor, Rev, B. 1.1 Glover, will deliver the sermon, “(Christ: A Design For Living.”' Friday, March 26th a panel “Whatj Is Religion Anyway” will be held at the Branch YWCA. Rev S. B. Mackey, Rev. B. D. Lewis, Rev. J. C. Dunbar, Rev. H. V. Manning and Rev. S. K. Rembert will be the par- ! ticipants on this panel. Gerald A. Anderson Bachelor and Master of Arts de grees he has been awarded honor ary degrees from several well known inisitutions. As Presiding Bishop of more than 100,000 African Methodist in the State of South Carolira since October, 1944, Bishop Reid has distinguished himseif as a leader of great achievement in various ave nues, notably: He has been militant as it concerns the voting rights of his race, organizing throughout the State. He has from platform, pulpit and press aroused the Negro to go to the polls and vote. Under his leadership Allen University has come from no accreditation to an “A” rating, the highest accreditat ion given by the Southern Associat ion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The physical plant of Allen University has expanded in its value from something over $400, 000 to the appraised evaluation of more than one million dollars. His concern for Christian Education and Character building has in spired the erection of Religious E ducational building with special ment by some seven or eight churches in different sections of South Carolina while the State it self has erected a $100,000 A. M. E. Center in Charleston, S. C., known as the Reid House of Christ ian Service. The Program Committee con siders itself fortunate in sesuring of this gentleman, Christian Leader and Educator to speak from the theme, “Moral and Spiritual Education.” ..Other Speakers Many speakers of national re pute will also address the general sessions and Departmental Meet ings. Our newly organized Council of Higher Education will feature Dr. W. N. Smith, State A & M College, Miss Mary Eva Hite, Supervisor of Teacher Education, State Department of Education and Dr. N. A. Ford, Professor of English, Morgan State College. Dr. Ford will also serve as consultant for the English Group on Friday morning. The second gneral session will feature PEA President, John R. Bowen and Dr. Jesse T. Anderson, State Superintendent of Education, •avid S. Stoney, Director for S. C., and the newly elected president of the South Carolina Education As sociation. TO REPRESENT ATA Gerard A. Anderson, President of American Teacher Association, will represent that organization in his ddress to this convention. This Na tive of Allendale, S. C., nationally known for his interest in Teacher Organizations, was elected Presi dent of ATA at its 50th Convent ion in Orangeburg, July, 1963. Mr. Anderson concludes his year of ser vice at ATA’s 51st Convention at Nashville, Tenn., July 24-28, 1964. J. D. MARSHALL, Jr. AT ROCK HILL MISS McCROWEY IS MARRIED TO Mrs. E. W. Brown Passes Away Troop No. 50. by Boy Scout Troop J committee for the best Career Day No. 192 | in the school’s history. The stud-1 Other Committee Members of en ts Involved, as a result of this Troop No. 50 are Mrs. Effie Bleck-1 experience, have shown increased ley. Miss Corrie McGee and Miss ) interest in courses of study and Millie Rivers. Mrs. Ada Foster is careers. District Chairman and Miss Vi Craig js Piedmont Council Ex ecutive. John Black, Willie Campbell, Joe Patton, Jr., John Dawkins, James Reeder, Jr. served as Ushers and Stewards. Programs were printed by Mary Pearl Stewart. Jasper Group Attends Meet A group of eight persons, all from Jasper county, attended the “official” State Republican con vention here Monday, as a spokes man said, more or less for ex ploratory purposes. Led by Rev. P. B. Jaudon, new two areas—the allied forces and progressive Democratic chairman. the District of Columbia. “With respect to these, "he went on. “I expressed certain convictions and determinations. I n not all cases have the full results been achieved, but we are sitll trying.” and Mrs. Inez Smythe, secretary, the group consisted of: Rev. R. M. Youmans, B. H. Mall ory. A. L. McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Or--. William Stome and Joe Stoney had eight children Orr. are still in the army- The Committee was composed of J. William Witherspoon, Guidance Director, R. L. Chatman, Mesdanies E. M. Jones and D. R. Martin, and Miss K. V. Young, under whose supervision the menu for the lunch eon was prepared. Editor McCray gave an inspiring address at the lunch hour. Army Sergeant Declared Dead CHARLESTON—SgL Oliver Stoney i Jr. son of Mrs. Vivian B- Stoney, 16 Line St. has been declared dead by the US Dept. CHARLESTON — Mrs. Eu genia W. Brown of Midland Park, former principal of Bee hune Graded School and a tea cher in Charleston county for more than 30 years died at Ro per Hospital March 8. She was recently a teacher at Six M^. school She is survived by her nusband, Ephrain Bro wn, two daughters Mrs. Anna bel Wlest/, and Mrs. Myrtle Moses, both teahers- One son Dr- James E. Brown, a dentist. Funeral services were held at St. Paul AME Church Midland Park Says Huosing Riot Shows Fight Need JOLIET, 111,,—The sporadic neighborhood riots of the last few months against Negro families moving into a public housing pro ject in Chicago show clearly the need for the Fight for Freedom campaign of the NAACP, it was asserted here by Roy Wilkins, NAACP administrator, in a speech at CIO hall, March 4. "Anyone who sits back in a com fortable home or a fine automobile, ot lulls himself to sleep reading books about how much progress has been made in race relations needs to take a look at the vicious Chicago housing events. They prove that we still need a chusade for full I reedom and that if we are to rid the nation of second class citizen ship we will have to conduct an all-out crusade,” Mr. Wilkins declared. Legionnaires ' Open New Hut The Louis Simmons Post of the American Legion, Post No. 215, has opened a new hut, Post Com mander Oliver C. Hopkins an nounced this week. The building is located on Highway 21 (north) seven miles from the Columbia city limits. _ jpy ROCK HILL — Misc Clemen tine McCrowey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs*. Scott Me Crowey, was united in the marriage with A/2c John D- Marshall, Jr- son of Mr. and Mrs J. D. Marshall of Camden in the of Defense after being missing ceremony ever held at in Korea for more than a year. The Defense Department sent his mother a telegram that Sgt Stoney died as a prisoner of tl^ Communist in 1951- Up to this time she had a faint hope because the Heath had not been verified- St Mary' s Catholic Church in Rock Hill, February 27th. The ceretmony was perform ed by the Reverend Father Henry Telvin, Pcs tor of St. Mary’ s . Th e bride was given in mar- Post 215 is the younger of two' legion posts operating in the Col umbia area. For* their new hut members of the Post have pur chased a six room building where they conduct legion business as well operate the portion of the hut that is open to the public. Mr. Hopkins emphasized in his announcement that all persons are invited to share the facilities of the hut daily, except Sundays, from 7 P.M. to 1 A.M. Veterans of over-seas services wishing to join the organization may make application to Mr. Hop kins at the hut, or contact him at his home, 201 Gabriel Street, The meeting was called to order Greenview. by the chaplain, Mrs. Hollingworth, allowed by a brief devotional ser vice. Mrs. Adell Lord, president, presided. Minutes of the last meet ing were read by Mrs. Lucy Robin son. The Club agreed to have a Bingo Party, March 26, at the Saxon ORANGEBURG—Dean F. Mar- Homes. j cellus Staley and J. B. Epps of the The hostess served delicious re-1 School of Agriculture, State A. and Friendly Social Holds Meeting The Friendly W’ork Social Club met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Arline Hollingworth, 1323 Henderson Street, with all twenty- seven members in attendance. Staley, Epps At Ft. Valley Show Hill was matron of honor. The j f le shments. Ushers wer e James Dixon and The next meeting will be at t.u Rock Hill- home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hop- William Lowery of Attendants were Jean Sterling of Philadelphia and Carri e Mc- kins. Mrs. Adell Lord, president; Mrs. (Christine Johnson, secretary; Mrs. 40$ To See Ezz Rocky Fight Chester of Camden. Each at-, tendants wor e blue nylon gown j^y Hokms, reorter. with al] white accessories and a white orchad corsage. Mrs- Eddye Marshall, mot her of the groom, wor € a laven der street length dress with black and white accessories and. set a $40 white orchid corsage. Charles tij- t 0 ., , . ,. , ever paid for one ham. „ . , Guests were greeted by Mrs- the heavyweight crown from P . Hayi President of the Bank Mrs. ri a §e by her father Samuel Marian Leacfc. Serving were present holder- Rock Marciano, two;Watson of Camden was best:Mrs. Sohnnie Maxwell and Millie Gate expected for the June nsrn . man and Myrtle Reid of Rock Gist. 17th bout is $500000. ham. NEW YORK- top M. College, have just returned from Ft. Valley State College, Ft. Valley, Georgia, where they attend ed the 39th Annual Ham and Egg Show. The representatives of the local state institution reported that the show was exceedingly educational. | Over 2,000 hams were placed on ex- : hibit. Seventeen year old Lemuel ■ Horton, Peach County 4-H Club member, was awarded the first - (CNS) —1BC • prize ham weighing 16 pounds. The to ste Ezzard ham was sold for the price of try again win back S9 ' 10 P er P ound > the highest price ers Health and Life Insurance Corn- purchased the prize winning