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a HE LIGHTHOUSE AND INFORMER. COLUMBIA, a. . PAGE TWO — • — SATURDAY, MAR. 20, 1954 Seein The Stars Along The Road To Victory Twa weeks, two months or two years hence, the legal status of racial segrega tion in public schools will be interpreted by modern day jurists What the decision will be in the pending cases on the sub^ ect before the Supreme Court no layman •iow knows. But pro or con there will be further legal steps, we feel assured, and in another decade the issue resolved. Here in South Corolina, some 16 years ago, we sat sad—eyed and with a heavy heart because of the many opportunities needed by our folk. A vision appeared in our mind and much in the spirit of Paul on a doctrine which, with other support, was the Road to Damascus, we began to preach soon to find itself in the minds and souls franchise. And many were the questionss of teacher salaries; there was that of the on civil and judicial treatment of our peo of many citizens. There was the question of teacher salaries; there was that of the franchise And many were the questions on civil and judicial treatment of our peo* pie. We have lived to see the answers to these in many forms and also, see ourselves well on the road to victory over what was once a dense wall of uncertainty and dark ness. There is yet much to be done, as can always be said in any era and age, but when we look way back to how it was when we started and then around to it is today, we must mean it when we started and then around to it is today we must mea nit when we say. “March on Til Victory’s Won.” The Smaller Edition This Week Readers may at first wonder why the smaller paper this week, he answer is we are short of help and have so many mac bine troubles nowadays that even this edition was a heroic and lucky job. Mr. James E. Crawford, our head printer who performed so well for us so long, continues a patient in the Veterans Hospital. It was his great work and pactience which had been our life line for a long time. The rest of us pitched in. as last week, and did the best we could hut didn’t have enough to do more. It is difficult for small shops such as ours is to get and hold competent, reliable printers. They are in grat demand, and at salaries we cannot afford. So when an important one drops out, it is not easy to replace him We were in search of two additional printers when Mr. Crawford was stricken. Now we need The Board of Directors of tde newspaper - ill meet oh Friday of this week to co- sider the problem and what if anything can be done, to remedy it. And Don’t Forget To Register Registration books ar open over the state now for the June and subsequently scheduled primaries and general election. This year’s elections are important and many issues which will come before the new General Assembly are issues which v T determine our future for many years *o coma If we abstain from qualifying to vote that is, if we should fail to register, it is likely that a number of persons will sit in the new State Legislature who are anta gomstic to need reforms and changes, and patterns drawn more toward a more dis mal future and continuation of a dank past We urge registration for it is the whip to citizensihp and freer America and South Carolina. Our Colleges Need Help Today The Council for Financial Aid t Educa tion, which concerns itself with the wel fare of American universities and colleges, reports that half of our private colleges are operating in the red. This is no news to most who have re mained concerned about private colleges and it is quite prooaoxe that even more than half of those concerned with Negro education operate in the red. An alumni association, a few days ago in South Carolina, heard its main speaker challenge graduates of these to spend more time trying to improve support for their alma maters and less complaining against the resident and other administrative offi cers, they were told are expendable and replacable from time to time and as need or the occasion arises. Not so with the college itself. The college fills a need and service which continues with a stable value. And it can be added that most of our private colleges heads are pressed into soliciting funds on which to operate more than administering to the needs of the educational services. In our own state our private colleges struggle to do an Herculean job which would not be done otherwise. Not only are they faced with less revenue on steadily ris ing operational budgets, but must also now revamp, enlarge and bring up salaries facilities, etc. in order to meet newer and higher standards being imposed upon them. It is no wonder that they may often end the year in the red. The wonder is they manage to struggle through terms and keep their doors open trying to train peo pi who, too often, pounce upon them after getting the substance of the institution. Senator McCarthy fakes A Powder Senator Joseph McCarthy, the one man U.S. Senate, or government chasing be whiskered “Reds”, appears to have pre ferred a powder this week to getting over with an investigation of his own investiga tion machine. It seems that this whole wrangle with the Army has backfired and that he began provide a soft spot of a draftee who was investigating the Army after it declined to associated with McCarthy. Well, we think he might keep taking powders on other investigations, such as that which maligned Mrs. Annie Mae Moss, whose reputation as a citizen he damaged a few wrecks ago. And we don’t begin to mention the many others who have also been maligned. TELEPHONF 2-7079 TELEPHONE 2-7079 Published by The Lighthouse Publishing Co., Inc., at 1507 Harden St., Columbia, S. C. JOHN H. McCRAY President—Editor Subscription Rates, must be paid in advan ee: 1 yr., $3.75; 6 mos., $2.50; 3 mos., $1.50 Price Per Copy—Ten Cents Advertising Rates on request: Represente d nationally by Interstate United Newspap ers, Inc., 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City DEADLINES: News and stories by noonon Tuesay. Display ads, 10 A.M. Tuesday Entered as 2nd class matter in the Post Office, Columbia, S. C. under Act, Mar. 3,1879 Note: Checks, orders, etc. should be made payable to The Lighthouse Publishing Co. — by John H. McCray '"■’'—"■"■-T* I II. .1 — — The Need For Changing This column first appeared in The Lighthouse and Informer under the caption “The Need For “Changing" in Marc hof 1940. It began as an instalment publication of an address we delivered during the annua. Health and Education turnout the late Seymour Carroll sponsored The meeting that year was at Brooksgre en Gardens, in Georgetown county and several of the ministers and oth er leaders present urged that we publish it. Among them, we recall ) were Dr. Jesse E- Beard and Residing Elder R. E Bro- gdon, both of the AME church Mr- Carrol] and Dr. R W Mance of Columbia W e had no intentions of a weekly column at the time but after the three instalments and a week’s return to other routines on the newspaper, ther e went up such a clamor for “more” like it that we be came stuck. During those 14 years we have written about 730 columns on various subjects here. We created our old philosopher- farmer “Jeff Davis” our read ers like- Letters to us as a re sult of our personal and home ly, som e plain old home spun philosophy^ probably have to taled 5,000 over th e years. We’ve made friends and pick ed up some followers here; w’eve lost friends and perhaps created some enemies i but happily, so f ar as we know, not many Always, we hav e prescribed “changes” in patterns and pro cedures where thes e pointed to an easier life. Now, this week we take - dose of our > cl own prescription about chang es and say goodbye from this page. We are scheduled, start ing next week, to begin work on a bigger- newspaper, in fact the biggest we have in the race, where w e feel the little things we’ve tried to say and d 0 here and with our own lit tle newspaper, will become more widely distributed and, at the same time, we will be relieved of the almost inhuman weekly taxations of writing, correcting, setting type, mak ing up pages, running the press • on occasions, addressing mail ing and hauling out the week ly edition- W e could perhaps stick a ittig longer but w e cannat get the production assistance we need and we se e no need con- tiniung to kill off our life when there’s s 0 much to live for. We want to b e abl e to live and en joy some of the things our lit tle paper helped to mak e pos sible. Of couts c th e decision comes with considerable pain and perhaps sentimential regret- We created The Lighthouse from our own mind- W e have been with it through every edi tion its every ordeal and cris is, its moments of glory. We have watched it grow from an journals about, and will al ways carry with us a paternal idea to one of more influential feeling for it — a sentimental one- Yet, it has already served th e basic purpose for existing. It is now in its glory There is no better moment than now to retire from it, leaving at a time when there is no compu lsion or force demanding that thi s be done, excepting of course a shortage of hands. W« shall remember, of cour se, all those who labored with us One thing especially we re member is that all th e folk who hav e worked with us th rough the years remain loyal to the newspaper and often write from distant places lit-, tie notes and words which make u s fee] that we are yet and will remain, one big proud family. But there is the need for changing, as we often preach. Now that it comes to us we mak e no bones about changing to what we think will be bet ter and best for circumstances as they ar e today. — by J. William Witherspoon, Sr. There Is A Lad Here Certain conditioans in our contem p 0 rary society have mativated me to discuss this topic. It will be expanded in this column in succeeding is sues. The Scriptural basis for the thought is John 6:8—9. It concerns a boy and his lunch among the multitude who followed Jesus. The topic is one of simple words — an explicit statement of fact. Yet, m this elementary expression, was the answer to all the restlessness of that waiting multitude. When Andrew made known the pre sence of this lad, and related the meager contents of his lunch, little did he know that he had discovered a reservoir which, could moot any omor- gency- In this one passage is the solution to society’s maladjust ment: a panacea for all the ills men suffer... Insecurity, emo- tionaj frustration, the anti-so. cial conflict, all vanish when any group has the courage to place the resources of its youth at the disposal of God- History confirms that wherever the energies of young people have been properly harnessed, and their impulses adequately dir ected, they have becom e a de finite part Of the vital force by which the Eterna] works His will. The miracl e of our Scrip ture is a record of that truth. Even now, one might visua lize that enormous crowd: some that enormous crowd: some coming from nearby Tiberias, and others from distances re mote. .. It was a medley mass of humanity — a seething th rong, impoverished and con vulsed: a human panoramo, beautifu] in its confusion, and confused in its beauty. Some were ther e motivated only by curiosity; others by the feats of miracle. Many were impres sed with the magnetic person ality of this Galilean Jew- A few came because Jesus alone offered that hope on which languishing humanity might hang its future. However, they all came, groping and stumbl ing, with a soul-hunger-a sort of complex neurosis - beyond th e analysis, and afflicted with infirmities which only a God could heal- In their eagerness the crowd followed Messiah across the sea of Galilee. But despite their enthusiasm they were blind to fundamentals, in that not one adult provisioned him self for the enevitable exigen ces of the journey. There were 5,000 men, beside womeft and children. A total, perhaps, of som e 10,000 persons. Out Of that host, this lad alone had provided for a crisis And when the crisis came, he will ingly shared, that others might benefit from his thrift , and in dustry- Thus, his resourceful ness became a blessing and th e peopl e —. fainting as they were - survived the rigors of the hour. So, as w e walk his tory’s highway, we find youth in like passion - behaving themselves- My desire is that w e might gain a quickened sense of the goodness and potential streng th of young people. That they are not creatures to b e ex ploited, but personalities to be concerned about and encouxag ed- We proceed on thg philos ophy that we can build the kind of world God wants to morrow only with th e child ren we hav e today I am aware that young people are not an gels dropped down from hea ven. I am equally convinced ^ f adults have no monopoly on God In the march of pro gress vre need them both - the slow tread of old age, and the quick step of childhood. with DOLORES CALVIN NEW YORK CITY—(CNS)—It was fun watching an old picture on TV called “Vogues,” starring the late Warner Baxter and Joan Ben nett, made at least 20 years ago . . in it is a scene where the two stars visit the old Cotton Club and we see excerpts from the show with the biege beauties, gowned in en ormous white fur capes, parade around the stage a la Josephine Baker . . The girls, though doing simple dance steps, carried the show in a fast moving pace. . . A pianist on the style of Maurice Rocco was spotlighted and four dancers whose work resembled the Four Step Brothers were also in the act . .. Sarah Lou Harris, who called herself a “New York model and mommie” on Arthur Godfrey’s TV program, was quite a picture, even to Godfrey who commented that he’d have to get a copy when told she was a current cover girl . . When the whistles had died down, Sarah expressed her admiration of Godfrey and told him her small daughter, Robin, is an avid fan calling him “Arfa Godfrey” . . Sarah’s husband, she announced, is Buddy Bowser (comedian who was formerly teamed as Howell & Bowser) - he’s now a disc jockey with a radio show on the same time as Godfrey’s morning spot. . God frey took the time to say that he didn’t take to heart the harsh cri ticisms of the press and people as he’d only get worried when they stopped talking about him. . He said FDR taught him that. . Sarah agreed that “FDR was a great teacher.” ... Sarah had brought “The Larks” as her talent dis covery. . After their singing of “The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise” in a most unusual ar rangement, they won first prize Sarah remarked she felt like a Cin derella girl - - appearing on God frey’s program and flying to Washington to sell the first ticket to Vice Pres. Nixon for Nat King Cole’s birthday party at the Y in the same week! They did a nation-wide re-issue of “Home Of The Brave” which gave James Edwards initial suc cess, and coupled it with another punch picture from the same di rector, “Champion” . . . School teacher Alice Browning, widow of dynamic Charles P. Browning of Chicago, is publishing a newsletter called “The Browning Letter” with herself and daughter Barbara as editors .. There’s a picture of Mrs. Lionel Hampton on their current cover. . . Leslie “Uggams” Crayne was adorable singing “You're So Tall and I’m So Small” with Billy Williams and Quartet on the “Show of Shows” the other eve. It was a unique idea to couple the two and most entertaining Benny Carter, whose band is solidly hooked, returns from a European tour shortly.. Louis Arm strong cashes in on publicity from his appearance in “The Glena Miller Story” by playing his first Broadway date in five years at the newly enlarged Basin Street club.... According to a daily columnist, Duke Ellington, “who is such a piece of royalty as to be almost de graded by the title of Duke,” is the greatest.. He says “There are quite musicians still rich from the lar ceny of Ellington’s old ideas.. The Ellington band remains what it will always be, the finest there is, im peccably precise and clean of limb, because Ellington still flys the old high standard.” __ The columnist was a bit perturbed when, catching a recent Ellington show at the Apollo, found the Duke doing work he thought degrading - - that of playing accompaniment to a balloon dancer. However, “Ellington is the most courtly of men,” he observed, “and brought her on as if she were Audrey Hepburn; but he forebore to watch her.” Picturing The Post Segregation World By June L’Rhue NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)—One enchanted morning we shall wake up in the kind of world we all now dream of—a world in which all men will be treated fair and equal. This new world will be one in which all men will get equal pay for equal work; where all people can travel freely in any area; where all church doors will open to whatever race desires to enter; where a child may go to whatever school is near his home;^where a man may sit anywhere on any bus or train he may be riding; where any store in any town will let any one try on ther merchandise; where food in restaurants and clubs will be served to anyone with the money to pay; where everyone is equal be fore the law; where homes may be bought and lived in by any decent family who has the right size purse; where terms like “second- class citizenship” only appear in books of history and fiction; where ail talent is talent for a’ that, on any stage; where square meals will be the privilege of all people; where every man may cast a ballot; where all people will live for the good they can do; where love will reign supreme; where character and ability will determine superior ity. While all good people are now a-building on that kind of world, it is well to cease hammering long enough for a run-down on the promises of its blueprint. The pause should prove delgihtful and enable us to accelerate our building procedures, expend delays and greatly expedite time. A world so totally just and peaceful so healthy, so happy, so prosperous surley does not need to take so long to build anyway. Sl’ORT CLOSE-UPS By Fritz Pollard NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)—It seems to us that one of the biggest of all sports thrills can be found in the Golden Gloves bouts. Somehow or other, once a fighter gets on the strictly professional circuit, he’s test becomes an exhibition of box ing skill with not too many ups and downs on the way, except in rare cases. But Golden Gloves? That’s some thing else again. The kids are fighting with everything they’ve got, and the thril comes in watch ing their almost frantic efforts in the ring. They give you action and excitement with almost no let-up, each one fighting almost desper ately for his big chance. The fans seem to feel this, too, because the Golden Gloves contests draw better than most professional bouts, even some of the champion ship meets. When Bob Satterfield and Ezzard Charles fought in Chicago, they drew roughly 5,000 people; Jed Black and Chico Vejar brought out only about 2,500; and the Jimmy Carter-paddy DeMarco go at Madison Square Garden drew only 5,700. But the Golden Gloves bouts draw many thousands more. The Stadium in Chicago has been seat ing, on the average, around, 18,000 spectators for these bouts, and Madison Square Garden looks for ward to seeing many more than that at the New York vs Chicago, Inter-city Golden Gloves bouts March 22. And why not? It’s a real show. WISDOM By Dr. Thomas R- Gaines NEW YORK, (GLOBAL) — The realities Of life are too much for many of us ( but be yond these stark realities is a promise: “When God is for you who can b e against you?” Life is not just an empty bubble, it is a seed of potentiality holding pattern of a great future- As we work toward progressive ends, we becom e like the uni verse which always functions that way- There are various methods of knowing more a- bout life- Knowledge comes from research. experiment, learning, revel atfi*on Develop ment improves our outer and in- velopment we ar e often prone to forget our inner world needs. DILLON NEWS DILLON—Mrs. Abraham Stew art of the Gordon High School Faculty is confined in The Florence Infimary very ill, others on the sick list are Mrs. Oscar Bethea, Mrs. Minnie Sharpie, Mrs. Pearl Williams, Mrs. Mae Alford, and in the Pine Hill Community are Mrs. Ida McGirt and A. W. Williams the latter on the critical side., and Sam McRae of Dargan Street and Mrs. Roy Rivers of Jackson Street. Russel Johnson and family had as weekend visitors; Mr. Johnson’s sister Mrs. Annie Bell Muir and her husband, Mrs. Fthel Owens, Miss Irine Johnson, Arthur Lesly, and Carl Johnson, all visitors were from Baltimore, Md. Former Teacher Dies Mrs. Jean Price Dudley former teacher of Dillon County was ye jjaaw fsu] uo pazipusunj Mark Baptist Church and interred in the church cemetery. The Rev. Weir, pastor, delivered the eulogy. One of the largest crouds seen here in many years were present at the final rituals. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bane Price. She had been ill for many months and her death was not un-expected. WMSC To Carry Press Program Commentator William McKinley Bowman of Radio station WMSC announced that the statoon will carry a special program celebrating National Negro Newspaper week Saturday Night March 20 from 0:45 to 7 P.M. The program will feat ure the top Russworm award win ners and an address by Dowda H. Davis, general manager of the Kansas City Call.