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If-one is to judge by the topic highest
Qn the agenda of the two most ouUtandj
ing barkers in the biennial political" side
r7' " (, show now rumbling around South Carolina,
the' fate of this commonwealth is in
H: . | the palms of the little hands,'the little
black hands of 229,774 Negro school children.
% . These children will decide the Uovernr
or's race. Along with many county and
" V . local election outcomes, they will sway the
future of the State of Souths Carolina. The
concern about seeing that Negro children
continue to feel inferior, and that white
shall continue to flaunt themselves in the
face of Almighty God by thinking and actf
ing as j though He gave them the divine
right to be superior is quaking the under^
pinings of this State.
' There are so many things that need de'
tailed study and planning if S9uth Carolina
is to have a respectable and profitable
' future. But the men who would call the
signals for th?t future ar^ letting black
children force them to whistle in the
%' ' graveyard. ' ,
MR. TIMMERMAN JOINS 1
1 fenny- thousands of people each spring
I . and summer wli/\ OAntMi i-t- i %
- ? ? w ftMv ov^uxui inrou^n
I V holes arid crack in ball park fences. They
see a gang of people. They hear a lot of
stpialling. But they can never be sure a1
- -bout the-game- until someone comes from
The inside to give the knot holer a free low|
: down on the game. "Until then, all Mr.
Knotholer knows is that somebody must
be winning because somebody in there is
v."' doing a helluva lot of hollering.
In much the same, way political opportunists,
Aspirant for Govcrsor tieorge lieii
Timmerman in this instaiue. ha\e pern eh
through knotholes to see what mule to
I ride. The said aspirant has heard a loi o?
hollering about school segregation and.
looking through a crack, has derided that
most South Carolinians are -- <> lawles-;
they would join a -conspiracy tieV.
S. Supreme Court if that tribunal should
denude with th<> nnwn.-i.... .1
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: lire school en so is a fortunate talkie
point, in fno Governor's race.
And then, Mr. Tim merman labors ami
brings forth the Timmorman plan for
black, white, and brindled school?, a local
option school plan that would add Timmer-A
PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUJ
Thu uv, r recurring question now is
' "What about the Governors raceV Yes
how about it? iiow is one to make rat Una!
decision when the candidates liave shown
so lar t hat eac h is so intellec t nail v m wi.
+ i HliUUt io ne unabTe to express hin,:bl,
\ y w" M,ajor lsslu>s fonfro^ting South Can,.
lina and the Southland in the great imlustrial
revolution; now taking ,dace. The\
are too busy carrying coal to NYu.a^lo
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r| '> Maybe ;us time j-'oeCon, the voters v.ill
r, _ J become disgusted with this mntt-bin* ?f
WiU "" hmv to disobey the courts, it' it
S3? "f the (juiiliiln|i.s for thenr to do so. Then
m oV.^,.01 i .
o.Mfum nwome necessary in the Ihinking
. the voters might try some point jdan by
y. which to e van late the would-be governors.
There are several ataiidards by which
' these candidates should be checked.
/ However, it would be interesting to
know upon which candidate the skads of
4 in-State and Out-of-State TWxiecrats mon
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HANDS
Ironically, this is not the first time that
Negroes have swuyed the futuiv. Since
the Dred Ccott decision, history has repeated
itself periodically, hi South Carolina
in 1944, with the infamous special
session of the state legislature; in 194S
with the organization of the Dixiecrats:
in 1950. with ?he defeat of J. Strom Thurmond,
in 1953?when H vines?rouhl?rrrrt
carry his state and county for Eisenhower.
Negroes have played a major role in calling
signals.
These are only the obvious situation*,
-In passive position in decades when they
could not even , vote, Tillman, the Bieases
Byrhes, May bank ,\ Johnston, "Cotton Ed'
Smith, and Thurmond rode into their olfices
on the black backs of Negroes, tc
whom tney have never expressed appreciation.
Now Black children are being used
to carry the ball.
"But whoso shall affend one of these
little ones which believe in me, it were
better that a millstone were hanged about
his neck, and that he were drow ned in the
depth of the sea." .
HE KNOTHOLERS
mill padncmcnlus to the Byrnes sanction
ed financially?>inexpedient conglomeration
of school sites, criss-crossing and duplicat
ed bus routes, and the constant duplicity
in the actual construction of many Necro
schools as they compare with the original
plans and specifications.
This writer wmii'd be the v.a;.- "...
belittle anyone's f i11i '*11 .>V '<? ,r
iivnviK.'ii'in.' 1 ' ' * : ' ' '
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ayree with anv s:n J. << _ ;.^T,..*
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citizen who would conspire to*di-ro",.*-< <.p
evade any state or federal daw.
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, Any law nbjdinr f"dbvn. our'icul.-.f'!iiii'y
.liiw_-malvii;p- .aut-hAuji y : fl . -r.
fe <ay that. "Wbero\ the T*. >. ... .
( ' 1 rt si.,'-?dc<.or* 1 pe < la . v,
< \"<-r <1 isar-rre'r,tip." ai 1 '''a ? .i . . >
cfsiori mav ho f-o rpo T ?% .,, * ... .
ah'do hv the law or the lard."
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aiii'finy and Jiroyressi\a .>ouln ' ,.t. urn;..'.' i'.c
that s T i 1111 i. | }; i < > i ?11 > 111 > i * <! * ,, ?. v ^
otherwise art- now a?.i es-uiries. ; ? j i- restart
iij a conspiiai y ayainst 'no I'nrttd
Stut-es. .
I{ HOUSES
e\ will la: laid, as it I lows in I t c >! 11 as tar
as tioni l lie Stall* ol i ox as. I in ultra
man should he sure to timl out \?? j:.t j? . aiiilulatc*
will liavi; at his dosposal tno railrohd
nioiicy, the cot ton nia:.iti! a< '.it ;
money, and tin' rr!i>in ?ol? hulivui TT ~77T
i o!li i t ive millionaires.
The little man should want to kv.
which candidate has the hlr.-Mii^S: < : . : a
State's most strongly entrenched politico:
rim:, and the Messing of trw yovenior who
with the public schools, the mainstay o*'
the poor, knowing that the wealthy imi
easily educate their children.
If tilings run true to form, as most u
snally they do politically. the biy nv'tn y is
jrninpr to support the candidate \\1h> does
not give thrccc whoops. in Hades rU.h*
masses of the people. Tlie masse* rnu^t
know* in which stable each horse K A - e<*
now*, the public can surely say, "A placue
on both your houses."
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There Is A Lad Here
by J. William Witherspoon, Sr.
loiter undesirable'
Ibis is the last el a series on [.laces. Let's ijot the bey. .lesu.? is NV 1
this subject. Despite caustic cnti- ;e-t\i?o- fei hint and his lunch.
cisms, it i- refreshing' that the .
' character ef vc.uth reflects the -we th.s youth a debt. He has not
kind, of kindpom for which .Jesus ^"l,iv thrown, may 1 say f
i i .v i I promiscuous! v. .into a whirlwind of
died on t a.vary, and arose. In a fur
; I .. j , , .? i > ,, slaughter, created hv people who
tie\ cr.opintr KindL'om, vouth has the ,iro
. |. ,i* j j ate NOT LADS Children don't
tt-souVccs t< i trod s L'lot \ , provided _ p,.f
i,. ... |?? ?? ?tcoi s. T i ulv n nnttnn must
we r.a rrrr faith ami ingenuity to j
. , II i maintain defense's m keeping with
approjuate Ju< virtues. He alone , ' unt
, ,i ,i i i" . i.at'onal ditrnitv. Vet, we calculate
can e.onte to irrilts with t lie dot vat- n,d
, , v , ,V , , -,i all wars would cease if the 1
ism which threatens us with it- , ?,ja
,,.i. , . p.-Mplc who create them were made '
sadistic meter.cry. , jpr
'"ipnt. In the confusion and car
Win/ee en we ii'.t in uiral, -N which we have wvoujrht,-the [
ill 'ait are.-u , there- is a ia?i ; :>.r i.-. \ ) if i'ur land, like 'lie lad of (;<.|
A lad, perhaj -. whom nuleotiv ha.- *.. :! j !i son. nnsw??red bravely vhe- \ (.j
:t l .< it:. . w 1;.'..- IP-art n \.a';!' to duty. 1L- .craw led and crept hut
tie f.t.oo tt '!> ef a . I. kiryiem * reo.aT.ce! in t rench' res
i .- m c -i... i _i 1 o i'.t\ heel?, tjoebrini; frtrm the the
- -a e' e- rs-? C! i.e i -a!.-;. T.iey v\ ro1 t V.e
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* I cull. -rn<l W'r'f! f-? m vhiHT < r?? not
that the prater., t'ars hi- Ixaut ... ... .
hi." ; Ki nw. l\i bavr not < ?'
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STRAIGHT AHI
^sjfJiy Olive A. Adams
-*V^vfel XKW *YQKKf (GLOBAL)?J
* V, t>; ^ f* \^VjTg have just made a startling dis
*' i't*--** iVtfurJ eovery. 1 came up in a town of Ju
I * /c>? v '.' v-v 'r y rjt j veiule delinquents und ran with t
crowd of vandals ? and me think
r . ' 11'wS ' "lg all the time,that 1 was rearet
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'm 1 res*:yc l'ttle midweater."
"* Mtomfk' Of course, nobody railed* tht
kids in our town by such disgust
I names as hoodlums,' gansten
yM j and such, .But many youngsteri
& have had such tags pinned on then
1 these days for similar activities
f So lend an ear while 1 reveal som<
Ei i i in of the dark and sinister goings or
QP Jj \jfitj my youth.
JKy ffP tW41?do?1?reineniher the?appU
rtnrj. hcrr^' picking- ?rtrret?s all?tht
\jr^ kids in the neighborhood took pari
W tJfflSPWL ' his v us an adventure embark'
I SHHV 'eil urx'ti only after dark when th(
* 'BaE^BaiRUT'ip^T "oi'ighboi 1H?*UJ t ><0old meet lint
deckle whose berry patch or anplc
i tree would get the going over, am
irVjy? then stealthily set to work filling
?*5pr y J gunny sacks and basket# witl
J j y*\ fruit, right under the very nose ol
jf -,-r y. ' *t an 7 What happened to the loot ^
* " TM i//'; . >re' I Most of it was throve away, o]
"t I' ^ ?,% ^ ; course. After all, who wanted it"!
-nflr ??* ? f" J'/* " !" "!TV kl<! hue! a berry patch and ai
\M * ? ' y 'apple tree in his own hack yard
I-.-5 i'v'* In fact, his inight be the next ork
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< r? # r,/' v to .t,v rai(i,'d'
i /It fume Hallowe'en ami the towr
X yC*'1j|i<' ? was wide open. In fact, the prankWm)?J3iaf)uJ!5tCelAifkiT&J
: sters became s<> active at one poinl
?^ ? that the City., Manager called t
meeting of the town's merchants
arid after that Main Street was
turned into a carnival ground or
Hallowe'en nights, "with parades
contests, prizes and the whole
( i lunged. *
,.K CHRIST THE LIYI
> Week of Passion we saw the
ster prostrate in (lpth?eniano, "Juhn 20.24-29; 21; 115-17.
,cath the gnarled and twisting (By J. E. Briggs.V"
ves. We see on His fnee the 1 Thomas, the Doubter,
mmy heads of His sweat. Cal- There ire twp kinds of doubt:
y haunts us in all of its hide-| one is honest, the other is maness:
the milling crowd, the iron Micious. Thomas was an honest
u-s, the rasp and clatter o? iron (,oubter He wanted more facts. He
eels. The people, a mob without j waS d^irous of first-hand rather
elligenre, is shrieking for than-* second-hand information bessiah's
blood... Rut our lad is "for* he wa* to believe that
of the crowd. i Jesus Christ had risen from the
dead. All honest doubters have my
Dnid the bedlam is a stooping respect. It is a man's right and
ure bearing on His back the privilege to doubt, It is no crime to
ad instrument ot His death. We doubt; it is a crime to refuse to
u,14 that-Cross, and ugly thing -accept eonvirtcing proof,
s. under which Jesus struggles 2. The Confession of Thomas,
ip it is erected in the fifth and ] Some writer said, "Thomas
lution of the City Dump. Finej doubted that we might believe."
ce to carry the best Man in The disciple confessed that
usalcm! Jesus had risen from the dead when
(he received convincing proof of
h.vvever, after Gethsemane and(that fact
vary comes Faster. Easter, with _ physical' proof. bPut your finger
dant meadows. singing birds, Eoro. and r.?o my (hands; put out
Wing brooks. Faster with its your hand, and place it in my side,"
urjienw of Hope - Hope which , sufficed for Thomas.-That is eviyoung
heart ciaves. The denee on a-lower plane; Jesus did
' ' think, oould have a? ?i<put His stamp of approval upon
the Pad the Rosurrcfr- . jt. "Have you belieVed because you
! A e> He Would have, it have ?;v,e " P,<*-sol are those
ssfe-ie.; in hi p":it:es who iu r M.on, an.J yet bc:
"i 1 d em. : urogram.- li>-ve. The highest and noblest.
Pa" (.oh t*, - ? i ..
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11iJ?. . ; ".'v l.wr :i: > i. ,.f i i!5 < ! uprift faith*
it;; ;. < "!': t h w k< ta no*~*?f tli:nsrs
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!. i In- I i -? an?l ??f Potcr.
i r.' , ;> vt:? -t aKuit the
f m .men'u?iu;
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-i < i : i ' - jt ;< i '.{ > : . ave-*, vainly
' ' '!". > ' i/a 11 'i.u ? ii ! i a i.i'iv".
I?> 'i.i Mi! < > ;La* . \ ;; ]
\... . s; S.. ir i?? i i pair-fn! inch la
I N.I 'lull . 'I ..I V >1 l)?H l|
. f i ll :Ii!n-n \ . Sun- i
^' ''1' Sunday til that , I hin ! ,, thtcTip'n i nn.h* and m1
1 '> >;ni-iay then* aftei I. *makinc,,
-thl. toil ' , send ihcni '
i i.' i" i .1,11 aiu'M.! Willi iiuun ! i'ilii.1, lluutliiiM in, ihe;
hi;.;.; faith m our < I ildrei main. .. .
: < n i\ ? our own.
Apd rut hy oa-tcTv. jVindow< < nlyrj
VVI* 1 *' 7 s'' h To 1 u 11 a to a \\ h?'ii daylivrht e?,nus, comes in'
Li. N\ iUlU ^ wU alw die .end ttr ~hr " | Jf Jl T i ?"
i finery. and suddenly look , , , I
in fiord the sun eiimhs. slow, how
i* at your' feet., can vou rais< , . ,
' slowly!
r head as proudly attain, he j
i yum feet looked veil cared ^llt westward, look, the land is
and \*iie shod in well kept hrijfht!
? Arthur Hufrh Olouprh (
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Jyoung mind* from the evil busipeai . h
of tipping -over out-hou*?? remo* . ;Jjj|
ving gates from fences, soaping ': 4
windows and ?11 that sort of carry- i
ing on. The carnival idea worked, m
I too, except that there were still
those handed criminals who could jfl
sneak away from the celebration' "
and pursue their lawless, wanton
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ways ail the more uninhibted bej
cause few people were home. ^ . : -iB
' . All this and much mpre went on >H
. year after year, but the worda
hoodlum apd vandal were never
' heard?These activities were t*ferred
to as mischief. After all, H
! one doesn't- think of a child, as a 'I
delinquent when one has gone to , JB
' school v. ith thaf child's mi>tW~n7~B
' i played football with his father. No-' jH
body i ver accused these . kids of I I
j i being criminals, because everybody
j : knew- perfcetly well that they^FTtrffJ
nothing of the kind. And so, theyfl I
j {.were not driven off with threat^H
and epithets and made to feel lik^J
outcasts, if these children had, hafl I
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such accusations hurled at ^thenfl
~ whrnlcrrows but" what some of the!
' might have tired to live up to tfl I
, part by becoming . full-fled|fl
_ weapon toting gnngstiu s! Irr~gJ
. of the annoyance mvolved-^l I
| being the victim of youn^r pr^|
sters,- trimo.how small town ffl
seemed to look upon such tlfl
as growing pains_^which_* I
7 shared and shared alike. H
I just recently heard tnatfl
these criminals has becomH
Manager in the old home *
haven't heard how he cojfl H
young'pranksters these dafl H
I hope his memory is good-^B
occupation, or it might hafl
did Peter love his Lord sfl
did tKe other disciples. Itfl
| that was put to Peter an^| I
j ed the test with a good ffl I
The mission had a twjH
| pect, "Feed my lambsM
sheep." It is the miaafl
preacher an^ the chtrrchl H
a shepherd's care oveifl
, youn^r and the old believfl
"Christ the Living Lordfl
Too many church leadfl I
; much time in ministerfl I
adults and too little
fort to the child and
jthe church. Many of wfl I
saving and serving thfl
{the youth is much moifl I
) job than winning thfl I
Jesus and the church.
J of fact, very f tw J>erso^H I
a confession of faith kxH
[of ttveny-five years. I
"Remenifter also
the days of thy youth,
evil days come, nn'd the H
nigh, when thou shalt sajH H
no pleasure in them," Edfl
Sentence sermon to be refl H
ed "The cross was miH
'humanity to man; the resuH H
VY. T. tlriffiths.
The Wayside thitptt I
converts our suns^J H
y tomb is the H H
of Christianity. H
i. : nfallilile
the dehd.
. ( ction of 1
' hi -'. - tin pledge of nl
I'oi:>i or Tifi: wkw J I
corner I have a fifl H
no
Yet 'lays jiro i>y, and weeks rush
\: before I know it a- year H H
gone,, ~~ "
1 , err"n mv old frio*?H
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! 4 " ,'t I "i "ir. :r.d Stllool ( \>K
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' i?!< ri.-r. .i State's. With .... t . ^
4 ' " enevn ;t ': ? 77-?. vtT falleth.
? We J it!. >f>- lit A art;!!
a :ni!>.<:. '.h't-js !;ubeen they
Mtfils. \. !:< : V. M : f i-i| \\ U!i;i" 11 ri.
',!!. I :o:::iUie character, 1hi<
,t\ ' >t i ? ; i ?!:? Stat< ('f '! h - veie . ni t-", t'.uis may he
\ ..i i. .1 . .(.at. liaj -;
U" i . ; 111! nr . nai'l.vl H vay :i. y< n :<rn?>ke Oun :.?
::nr.i!\ t. < .<( u il.-tw -1> ? aiV
t ! ?? i!: t M it!-.'
t:?I . I. I \ .. m! ? : :n> n'. \ :. !, < \t ' <; ?ussi'> the .filth).
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a swift ami territfl I
IK* knows 1 like him just as welH
A s in the days when I rarijf hifl
ne. We were younfl H
<r th? n.
".! ' 1 " . 1111 !.n 1"iM' hrrrrf-rrrrrre-W
Tired with playing a foolish gnmH H
with trying to niiykf a naml H
"1 ;r-,orr? w," 1 say, "I will call
hat I'm thinking <fl H
hint.*
B i iw comes - and t^moiW H
Ami the distance between n? yrows^ '/J-;-:
??ami uumu:?" ~~1 ^
Around the corner! - yet miles
a way .....
Here's a Iclcjrt am, sir ..7. ** "
. - ".Tim f*iTfl
And that's what we Rvt, and de- 1
serve in the end; *
Around the corner, a vanished .
friend.
Charl es Hanson Towne I
"Arpwnd the Comer'*
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