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IaHK LIGHTHOUSE AM) INFORMER, C /PAGE FOUR Saturday, Ap raxephonf > jji t . VL Wrl .. Published by The Lighthouse Publishing MRS. A. W. SIMKINS Subscription Rates, must be paid in pdvai I Piles Per Copy?Ten Cents H.. y Advertising Rates on request: Represent I era, Inc., 545 Fifth Avenue, New York Ci1 P .. 1?DEADLINES: News and stories by not Entered as 2nd class matter vn the Post Note: Checks, orders, etc. should be nu -?- . IN THEIR LITTLE BLACt jfV*' ' *" . ' L , I. . - " If .one is to judge by. the topic Klghea ion the agenda of the two most out*land . ing barkers in the biennial political side Jfc. ~T show now rumbling around South Care Ev lina, the fate of this commonwealth is i the palms of the little hands, the iittl . blackhands of 229,774 Negro school -chile ren. t - These children will decide the Govern or s race. Along with many county an local election outcomes,-they will sway th future of the State, of Souths Carolina. Th concern about seeing- that Negro childre continue to feel inferior, and that whit shall continue to flaunt themselves in th I face of Almighty God by thinking and act ing as though He gave them the divin right to be superior is quaking the nndei |*V.: " pinings of this State. - There are so many things that need dt tailed study and planning 11 South Cart -lina is to have a'respectable and profitab) >v . future. But the men?who--wrrntd~ch1i th signals for that, future are letting blac ?. children force tham to whistlo th graveyard. "7" , "'-S MR. TIMMERMAN JOINS i*,' * " I-1 1 thcil C?Uidl3 of pCC/piC CitVil Sj?li li j and summer who squint through knot holes and crack in ball park fences. The : see a gan?? oX people. They hoar IT lot o squalling. Hut they can never be sure a bout the panic until someone conies t'roi the inside to prive the knothoh r a ;jve. low down <>n the panic. I'ntil then. 'T M: Knothole!* knows i- ilea T>o winniHp* because somrhod-. ' fining a 1 h-ilii\ ? ]"t of V.vj'u-ri'i'.'*. iit niLit h ii,- >;i111o ...... !*.. . i; tunist-s. .\>j ir;in 1 i'ur (,u\?, j - ? . .< li 111111 <1' !l 1. i. i ili ! !, i S : v. : throuph knot Mule.-. ' o ... >.. ; , , ride. The said aspirant lia^ heard o ?. . -hoHertrtr rdtnin < jar " t . . ;'ac\ moSt- Soli! (. I : . r.ia!: they wold.' ioiv ..... T S. Sli I la ill* ! ' >i; f! f I.:! v r i i ; * dr? ide with the ( 'lap I:?! ' , ]>iiy. Ilia school rase is a f> n't i i na'. 'ad i* T?r?int in the envorner's pace. A nil t lien. Mis I in-ntcmraa :. briny* fnrt)i the Timmonrnu jd": *< 1 black, white, and brindled -ahon]-, a lata option school plan thai. won Id ad 1 T:,>o;.t A PLAGUE OA HOTII 101 I lit' t"\ f!' IJ l" ? i M ; ? .. ......mil ouuu rii> ,v j; \ \ 11?t I . 11 . ( 1111 ! 111 ( > U \ > )' | JI 11 > I ;,, t ^ ^. v; how ahold )l'. How i - (>:n ! >, make I,i!i , (ie< WJOll \\M> It 1 Iu- ( audihale. fuiV. : -r. So tat* that i ac U is ., ?<? li;t< i!? <. ( uait \ iiiro(jiutle as tu be unable 1 i > c\|i| liita I' < ' ; major i-sue.-* confronting . 14 i i i : lina and the Southland in tin- y i oat Pan trial rvw?lut ion imw taking- ? arc t<*i busy cnrryiiijr coat to NVu < . ' Maybe as lime ones ?.n. t he rot become disgusted with this matt hiny ,a iviLa on Iimw ho- -rtrsnbey The 7~<mrf.^ if i 4-he ( amliilnles ]'(,)' them to do so. The! should become necessary in the Ihinkim the voters miyrTit try some pointyflan dr. ^ ? " 'which trs CvrlnTafe the would-be governors Tiler*1 are several standards bv whirl these candidates should be checked However, it would he (interestiny \< know upon whieh candidate the ^kad- o in-State and Out-of-Stato Hixierrat^ men , l / 1IOLUMBIA. S. C. iril 17, 11)54. i . ? h?m ? ?_ SWitif- TELEPHOl OTu0XtSl> 2-7079 iNroRNkV \ Co., Inc., at 1507 Harden St., Columbia, S. r _ Acting Edit a ce: 1 yrM $3.75; 6 mos., $2,50; 3 mos., $1. Led nationally by Interstate United Newspa >y rmm Tuesay. Display ads, TO A.M. Tuesday Office, Columbia, S. C. under Act, Mar. 3,1 S ide payable to The. Lighthouse Publishing ( iHANDS 4- * \ 11 A 1 A 'A . t* * J ^ * it lronxany, una is 1101 vne nrsi time \ L- Negroes have swayed the futui\. Si !. the I b ed Ccoit derision, history has >- peated itself periodically, lai South C; n lina in 1914, with the infamous so-'* c session of the state ,legislature.^in \' (. with -the organization of the T'Mxieer: in 1950 with the defeat of J. Strom Th mond, in 1952 when Byrnes could (j carry his state and county for Risenbov ^ Negroes have played a major role, in ing signals. n These are only the obvious situate e in passive position m ?decades when n e could not even vote, Tillman, the Idea t- Byrnes, Maybank, Johnston, "Cotton i e Smith, and Thurmond rode into their fices oil the black backs ol Negroes . whom they have never expressed appiv !- tion. Now Black children are being t to carry the ball. e "But whoso shall affend one of th e little ones which believe in me. it "v h better that a millstone were hanged ah e his neck, and that he were drowned in deptn of the sea." THE KNOTHOLERS ... t ... ... . O. 1 > .? .. . fiiia!icially-iiK'\]K(iic:it conj.ri = -!.:. rii 1 y ol' school silos, oriss-crt?ssinpr ;i ! dupl >t' .(<1 bus routes. and the *. onM :?r?t :oph< ; r. \? ;u I'la! < ? Msi r;a t if?i; . >N t v. schools as "they <. r?ni|>are wi'.-h *ht r v:. plans and specifications. ? y | ;' a', , oV . r ' ?Vr: ' t \ \ 1 . *\ . lr v f r ' ' V 1." _ - - - . ; ; ;.vrain.r* ' ? ^ ::1 IK 1101 SKS a ; i on. i nv Mat" wi I? N,u"isi..ii >ri11 u! i :,l 11'' ' * ' '1 'v' . u< i.il i' 11' *v''1 '' : n a-1 riV-ncy. tii? " , oi:. ctr> > I'm i: 111?' 111?< 11 ': 1' ... I; i-;; 11 l.'i- 1 " Stale's iv.' - ! .-ti?vr' ' r' 1 ; i ,-iu . aval tli" ?'!<ro'HW 1 ! " 1 Lbu?poor.?knowing that?I he u . : 11 ?"T? '' easily educate their ( hildn n. If tilings run true to huur^ ^ suaTTy t hey do polit irally. the bir n. w \ ye nip i(, support the candidate \\ 1 - d i nut pive three whoops in TTades abr masses of the people 'Pic nia^s- u 1 know in which stable <\U( h hew i - ' now. the t>i11 iltc can surely cnv. " \ j \ on both vriiir hcu'-u1." i e \ \ ( Will Be Straightened-frr A F.E.I y im. ipi || || .pt *SsM ' n?, a^yMiiii!^ -.t.^ l ijoro Is A Lad Here b> J. William Witherspoon, Sr. > "Uth ha> no'thmy to do hut .... *' ; ;ii .J ! itor i:i undiMiahh ~ ' ;l 'V !* : > I) I iiirrv. I.i-.l', t;vt .ni,.. |?,y. .Il'Sll. i- ,U ' Kwe " I)? >-; ;to ?aia..-!?. <im- .- v- '. f,.r hu>, and his lunch. ' "!! *. .? n-11 . K.tr : t . M< vrv U . ,.f v lviu.vlii thl. v> ' 1 ' ' hi - > outii .J.-I t. He' ha- I1(1 out '' - ! ? 11 :< i 0' /: i t < > I w 11 i i i i .I.-ii lit'. I! 111 > \\ 11. 111 ;i' I -a \ 1 '< :. t :n ,i i. '? u?.ii?! v.-anu- a w hir lw ind ..f t tit- ' 1 * . . . , '/! Kit m. youth ha> th. - 'uirht. t. > rvao-.i hy j.wh<? i ' i ' > i i"i \ . |>i > \ i.a-i; " ' ^ ' I . I. A I IS I hildf/ r. don't '''' v . . . : i t n and in. in at. " ' w . : -. 1 ;.!\ a nut t; ? ma-' r. \:riv-n |{. a!.-v. U-n-c- ,i. k.-.-pit.tr with ' . I ;. . . . - .. ! c; ; i . ; t-- \i. i; (i r ( n. . i i -1 i ;. 1 * ' ' '' 1' ' I ' t \ . N . t , \v i t 11!.' U11111 II 1 11'' v. u r- w* -l.il i .i : * III. 1 i 'a 1 ji' > i In ;n \ ri'f !n;i?I it 1. - t s : i . - .I,, J'' ' 11 1 '. ' t '.i- i - !.l u- 1.W! .ill 1:11 V. ' . . . * \ t.ll'.i A !'l 'lU'ht , "t 111 [it'll ( V. - J ! ; iv at '< , . i; I > * v : 1 ?. ?i* !' ii aw i? at.-i <.'?)* i ; ' M, -111 tw I*,)!tii !Vi \ )i;r \ outh t ' 11 ' I i ! . : .. . i r . * w, * ' CHARM ' Hv I u.j I ? I r " ' ' ' , . . r; ! i), 1 > 1 ; > , ; , ' A 'A " '' V" ' ' ' " " ' , a '' ' 1" ' i (.;. \ t > ( t ' : \ 'I' a" " I MtL-BJ - STR AIGHT AilJ '*> Olive A. Adams o NKvV VOKK, (GLOBAL) ? > r;^>.Sl':>Tv V tW^S haVt' ju.?t made a -?turtlititf dit ' *% "j* ' '' , ^ A * "i ^ 4 * i * . _ _ ' -^>V "? i ; , _ VYivJ ii.'\riy, ] <.air:<; .ji Jn it- UjWII of .' L 2 ? ' <v>,^'> ^'ry- ^'.V XA ' "'J'.' !* ! tia|u<. t.'-s am-) ton with - *f t , ,t A2>.'l i??wd \ai;?:ai<. . and me thin) : ^ ^ , ' 'i.-*| all ih' l ina tiial 1 wa.i leure i y'4 <f #' M> -t of it \v;t thr<. * away, < " -i y' ? ',? ' fi ,i . . \ii? ! ai!, wh*. wanted it f I j'y' t'\. i ! r" |ii(tcli ami a ; ^ / J > 1 ' t'V I'nhowo ? an-; tin tow '%_yr*- V * ' $ V_? * v.:.; -a ilr i.iicn. I r: fact, t hi prartr *? i luraiiii- - - a-tiv. at ne poir - that .the <"ity Manager called .' M'tii.y - ? the tuwiiV merchant iid after that Main Street wa ' . i < i inin.a carnival ground o ! ia!!"\M'Vr. niphts. with parade: ci rac--ts. prize? and the who] CHRIST THE LTV Week i'.r-.-li'ii we saw th? v-wr pt' -tiate in (ret'hseinane, John 20:21-29: 21: a.atl' th? irimrlcd and twistinp' (^v ? BriKKs.) ^ )( < n Hi, f;u.e thc 1- Thomas, the Doubter. i r it, o?,mi < There fir<- two kinds -if doubt iinn?\ i'< ad- i'I Ills sw ( ai ' in . . . ,.i , r ., . a,a,, cine is honest, the other is ma rv haunts us m an <>! it- nun- _ . .. fv,.. Iicious. I noma- was an hones sness: tlu milnnp crowed, the n on , , ,, f doubter He w anted more facts. H I K-.-, tin- rasp and clattel ? ! lroi. .... , . was Mi urou'- of fir-t hand rathe n-t-H. i he-prnp|c,-a m?>n without i l.;. , f,ur than second-hand information he :e]]iuence. ?.? -hi lekinp for ' * ...i i i, . i?,i a. fore he was ready to believe tha s.-iah - blood... Hut our lad is . . , . - .lesus < hi ist had risen from th i ot the crowd. * . . - ... . lead. All In nest doubters have m Arni.il tin bedlam a stm-pmi' n- sp? et. It is a man's right an 'lire bearing on His back the . privilege to-doubt. It is no crime t ad instrument of His death. We doid t; it is a crime to refuse t hold that I'l-nss, and ugly thing accept convincing proof. w.' under which .lesus struggles - I he C onfession of. Thomas. . . . i . i. i .1 V. .. ?*? in it i.- i hth'w in me liim itiiu >Miii'r sum, I noma ui' tin' City Ihnnp. Fine douhted that we. mij.:ht helieve." i, , !m i:i i i y the o>.-t Man in ? ho disciple confessed tha r-i-ali in' stj> had risen from the dead whe ho ! < ?. hed- i ,.n\itu iiy.e proof c i!i .'.i .? )', afl-M (iet hsemnne and Last.!, l.a-tel. v. ith {'hv-jcal proof, }' your finjre '1 "1.t niea .o sin/iny. hud>. },i i, . and .ye my thand**; put ou l ' ' 111 h.a>'e>- with ii- y(it:; hand, and pine, i* in my side, f ! - !! !"' , : f?, To, ?:; Tea 'is cvj i- y.-unr i eait .-raves The ... . . t .i,.<Us Ui, Hi - a.a ; - f a: i ! oval upoi ' ! : : ' ' : ' " ' . .V. y \< , p J* ' - 4'1 J I POETS ( . , , i'i \ N 1 I iO ; t p , i>i'\ < <H N I ^ in ' 1 *' M iO-.'.i 4 ? . - -S. \,1; .. ' ' :?W . ^ !: i\ \ ; > . ??-? - -? ; ?? ??? ? ?? . - .:' . ' I : : ' ( : i>u 11 1 | \W,tI; -a; ; ,-m . . : .m.s , V> ' '!? .. J 1 Jit1 * 1 . 'in ! cticfdorilv ! , . I_in liuUt Lia s,.r. tt|ov> ?>??v r" -i. >;?n > !. ta.si I , s 1. u j y ' s |,, , 1.1 j' v a ti a u . I t * < i'? i t -t.k>'vi ail! , art t! | a \v ai <i. loot, the land i a; ! u. ... I n! ... , k j t ' *" ithl' . Arthur lluph Oonpl E^AD?-?-?- ? works. This wan designed to divert j younfc minds from the* e*vil business ' t tipping over out-houses remo- i \ inn Midi's from fences, soaping ".\i:ui a >. ;i i?i ali that sort of carry- .^k um ",o. I n?* carnival ideu worked, j too, except that there were still 11,(< i' handed criminals who Could ^B from the celebiatioH "S and pursue their lawless, wanton ^B ^ ways all - li?- more uninhihted b<?1iau.->? few peoj-le wire home. l^B AJi this and 'much more went on ^B ..year after \vear, but the words y.-.^B hoodlum una vandal were never heard. There activities were re- / fenvd t-. ns mischief. After all, H one doi'.-n t think of a child as a. deliinnn''i.t?when?one hU3 ghtti - school -v. .th that child's muther or. fH ' played thall with his father. Noaccused these kids of I hcinpr ri.nitia)-, because everybody ^B | _ _ * r ?? | knew perleciiy well that they werefl j.' iml iittitf'?tin1 kind. ApdTn~thgyM " woo i?'>t driven off with threats^B and opiih. t- and made to feel lik^f outcast-. If. those children had, hft^B . ucl: .-ations hurled at thcn^| r, who la "W . i.ut w hat some of the! j. might have tired to live up to t^B ,, | [>art by l?oconring full-fledj? ^ j weap-'h-totinp- gangsters! In sfl j of 'rv - annoyance ' involved Jjhii'.v t < victim of youn^r prifl small town ifl H cf p ( i to look upon such tlfl " t i_- i. , as growing pains which | shared and shared alike. I I .iust recently heard tnatfl hu m. c i,::i i.iihis nas itewn* homo ,b 5 aven't heard how ho coj^J 'young pranksters those da^B o occupation, or it might hafl did I'otor love his Lord lifl did the other disciples. Itfl that was put to Peter anfl .- ed the tost with a pood ffl t The r;ission had a tw^B o poet, "Feed my lambsjfl H r sheep." It is the missfl - preacher and the ehurchS t a shejjherd's care over? H o younu and the old believ^J y "Christ the Living Lordfl d Too many church lead^J o much time in ministerfl H o adults and too little tifl fort to the child and s saving and serving thfl the youth is much moil t job than winning thH n Jesus and the church. I f .of fact, vf-tw fewjiersou^B a confession of faith fciS t "Ilinn mU'r also thj^^B the days of thy youth, iM - J! '.'ay- i me, and the d nigh, when thou shalt s&jH n in them," Gol s.-rinhn to l?e rc^B rcs'v? m a 11 p i t SUti V I I .! r I ? ??? rm?-f?H 1 i i NN l'.WK I :ir . n .-wift a?ti torritH him ??js{ as v. hrn I ia: hil We wiTc uht^J ihis\ tired men: H ; a\ u.^r a foolish ^amfl i1;' t(?? make a rfamfl ' i will VaU <fl !hn thinking ?A1 i '' ?v-'imoo hetweew II'I IH-OWJM h f'i' L"' < -W > . A i r.J ' 1 < < ! tu\r- - yet miles "! I < r <. *?i ? :.t '< rraru .sir "dim died today." \rd u hat wo pot, and <te- I v , *rrv<> in the end; A '?> nd t.h<' cutnor. a vanished s friend. Charles Hanson Town? "Around the Corner"