Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, April 17, 1954, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 5
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IN THEIR LITTLE BLACt
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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"
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MR. TIMMERMAN JOINS
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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
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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
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/ 1IOLUMBIA.
S. C.
iril 17, 11)54.
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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
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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.
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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."
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l ijoro Is A Lad Here
b> J. William Witherspoon, Sr.
> "Uth ha> no'thmy to do hut
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'*> Olive A. Adams
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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.
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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,
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* < 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
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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
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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
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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
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"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"