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/ AGE FOUR ,ELEPHONf 2-7079 “Sooth Carolina’g Wwkly* 1 aHE LIGHTHOUSE A1VD INFO^pR. COLUMBIA, S. C. MiliUnt, ProgroHdm DyaM® SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1954 ■>. % AND . . TELEPHONE :0U53C -7079 ' INFORnUfj Published by Xh e Lighthouse Publishing Co., Inc., at 1507 Harden St., Columbia, S. C. ^Vlojeska M. Simkins - Acting Editoi Subscription fotea, must be paid in advance: 1 y r , j ; >.75; 6 mss, | 2 .50; Tmos., $1-50 Price Per Copy—Ten Cents Advertising foies on request: Represented nationally b * Inter8 Ute United Newspap ers, Inc., 545 Fifth A venue * Jsew York City DEADLINES; News and stories by noonon Tuesay. P» s P la y ads, lo A.M. Tuesday Entered as 2nd class matter in the Post Office, Columbia, S. C. unde,. Act, Mar. 3,1879 Note: Checks, orders, etc. should be made payable to The Li ?hthouse Publishing Co, % I. Columbia All American Recreation Program 'ITie coveted ‘‘All-Anu'ican City" Award received by Columbia sometime ago, cause analytical thinkers to take inventory as they should on certain occasiohs. Just who processed the date on which this award was made? y the poeessing was done honestly, methodically, objectively how did Columbia ee t the award? Perhaps the term “All-American".means something very-different as whj go from mind to mind—from ideal to ideal. Just a fev ^^3 ago Columbia opened another “white” P ark in the Edge wood area. Although t!*e re ^ as IK " ver 11)6611 ade “ quate recreational facilities for Negroes, and the perennial tale is told that no space is now available in Columbia for re creational purposes, space always can be found and are always on the budget for that wiych the City Fathers actually want to provide. They find wavs to get done anything the really mean to do. The Charles R. Drew Memorial Park is tfye only “Negro recreational facility act ually bought and developed new from the ground. It took years of petitioning, beg ging and dipi om acy followed by close to a young Korean conflict to even make a dent in the thinking of City Couch. If the Wearing Decision had not given th^e ballot to Negroes there still would be no Drew Housing Ariu Ae Schools Since May 17, tha brilliant minds of cmagogue^ hftv* been seeking every method of clrcui hventing the unanimous tJ. 8. Supr eme Court decision against seg regation i J1 Public education facilities. Under major consideration, it seems is the plan 1° make moe neighborhoods into toally v. ; V te residential areas and to en tirely keep or make otners totally Negro. As a natural result the pupils attending the schools in the given areas would make them either definitely Negro or definite ly white schools. . Another plan will be the gerrymandering of school districts as voting district lines n some state and cities are twisted and curved to th e advantage of political mach ines. This brings us^to another important point. Repeated accounts of bombing and fir ing upon residences occupied by Negroes in so-called white areas happily are not duplicated by similar attacks of brutality and vandalism perpetrated upon white residents in thickly oppulated Negro Areas. So from one so-called Negro area to another j n Columbia and in hundreds of other Southern neighbors one finds whjte citizens in business there. Often their families reside there with them for years without neighborhood friction of any kind Tijere they gather their substance, live in dependently and at peace with all. | Sometimes these white families are South Carolina Again The award of the “Miss Universe bea uty title to Miss Miriam Stevenson of Winnsboro has raised South Caolina’s blood pressure to a height not reached since the atneletic prowess of J. C. Caro line on non-south football fields brought to mind the era of Red Grange. As with most valuable natural resource is it youth any other southern state, South Carolina’s exemplified by such young people as Miss Stevenson and Caroline. It is to them and their contemporaries that our state must look for its future. South Carolina must labor to hold these young people within its borders and to give them inspiration, a feeling of belonging and a desire to re main with us. Regrettably as of now, Negro boys and Without reproach, an asset to any commu nity, However, they often are persons of ^ repute who follow nefarious business klisiness practices without qualm because they are in Negro districts where even the “yaw” seldom bothers at all about whatever they do. On the other hand, Negro Americans who’ have moved into “reputable" white a r &a& are always the exceptions, far above any nile, usually above their white neigh bors i n intelligence and refinement. The skin co ior alone is their “curse.” Why is that whites can move without f ea r into Negro areas to livie and thrive and there be satisfied while whites would resent Negroes living or going into busi ness j,, tbjeir neighborhoods? The power and Majesty of the Almighty dollar which has done more thjan the fears of Almighty ipod to bring the southland to its Knees must be used to help imple ment the school segregation decision at this time. There should be a close check on all whites who seek to circumvent the decision. Where they are in business, boy cott should be used and consistently. Negroes have been trained and lead to work within the law to obtain their rights. Boycotts and protests will do for honorable law abiding citizens what the law breaker employs violence to obtain. A Pew more years and all this foolisly nes about schools and color will pass from the Pathetic to the ridiculous. In The Limelitfht girls must leave the State and even .he country to display their talent and prove their worth elswhere before they can feel that they may have, some quirk of circu mstance the opportunity to rove their value as an American citizen as shown by Martha Kiett, Mattiewilad Hobbs and scores of others. Caroline could have caused thy: 1953-54 ootball record of Carolina or Clem son College to spakle like a diadem for non e were here to compare with nim. On the other hand Miss Stevenson will or can re turn to us with absolutely no mis giving to highten our spirits with her charm, beauty and disposition. Congratulations to her! ‘But We Pro^ge More Harmc ny, From Now On/‘ ‘THE OUTLOOK” By B. A. ROBINSON Park, A listing ill other so-called “Negro” parks ^nd play grounds will show that they either were abtained by other than outrigjjt purchase and development, or they aI -e just make-on some property usea by agreement. There are no beautiful tree-shaded, ful ly equiPP ecl city parks and playgrounns open b.V loc al custom and practice to Ne groes that compare at all favorably witn the a t least twenty “white” receration areas. though thesie are all provided by Public fuf) ds demanded of all of Unpeo ple, th e same funds are always depleted or “just around the comer” when Neg ro” jU’eas have, been requested. giiice Columbia city officials have the and g a ^> to continue their subtertuge and afire 11 tory, wnich* means the nerve, brass predication while doing just what they Waft to do about recreation, and refusing without shame to do what they ought to do about each child, only one course is 0 p/n to Columbia Negroes, that is to use C njsting and nearest them. The use of such tli 6 respectable tax provided facilities now facilities, in the light of deliberate discri mination could be tested and won in the pederal Courts, 1 adll^ ducati0N with a in the case of theological philo- PURFti® „! S0 Phies. We are willing to con- m. irase “adult education” , Tl^e , sent to a scientific explanation „ r too many of us a sort . , ^ means ^ f . or to profit bv itc rpiult . j work for the unfortu- 6 Dy ns -result oi resc. nates irase “adult education” f too many of us a sort ’ofit by its results; but n . les ho missed adequate we 316 rarely fcred with any training 1 dieir youth. We for- wsire to know what science* it- J Vj -CiV/v get thr hose men and women ^ is - 1 who ,/unt to anything in this j world ; ver cease their educa- q at . tho average ci ' I” fi moment. SC1 f“ now * non u>r eral ru ies of conduct by . It is ‘markable how much we keep ourselves in h I anyone® 11 accomplish by the use television, or run our ir ■ habit c® tead y reading. There cars. If it i s lrue thal are ma' businessmen in Abler- when it ceases to be the neoJ \ isily be- of reason- SO^dS AWFU L f ■%\ Death I s ^ut The Of Life crumbled and fell. by Rev. i> r> Edlnond B (. n ar d sence of the« iust God. or in and armies, Catholic Univorsitv of America t,le state oi w 4iting and P uri:fi - Tne grandeur and might of pa- • cation, that pr^ ra tion for the ganism ica* todf’ who * m spite of . the tu red expression of a fact tlii they have only short worshipful soul, loo mtervd o£ leisure, have made comes a safe method themse? 5 -Profoundly learned, ing for the spiritually indolent, often 1 rather large areas, then it is truer that science, if Their F et is to 1156 regularly tile scientific spirit is left out, the brf 68 ^ at-ease periods. If converts the world into an en- they f ve ten minutes, they ormouns toy. Or, more seriously read; j| otliy five, they still into a fearful juggernaut, which read’ -tf-man who assumes that we can start, and to some ex- somediM wil l have plenty of tent direct, but which wc can't time tiimprove his mind will stop. What most of us need is probabl g0 unimproved to the the companionship of great 1- grave deals such as those J up in rsrr—- ho,y „ hich: person > not content to accept balance without'aduiry whatever philo sophy i; curre nt at the moment, When people feel the need of he wan1 t0 Understand it f° r more profound resources in or- himself. der t0 live meaningfully the The or the Protes- rich years before them, they tant or b c Jew, whose piety can fulfill this yearning with keeps hf 1 faithful to his re T' i ess difficulty than most of us gious tr^iii° n > 0U ght to have suppose. A wealth of comfort enough J^Tcctual curiosity to and purpose may be found thr- find out^t that tradition is. ough a systematic study of the No aspec of i s more discou- Bible. The highest education is raging th 11 disposition of that imparted by Him with many go<® People who devote whom is wisdom and strength,” themselW to noble causes, but out of whose mouth “cometh who mak 1 113 connection bet- knowledge and understanding.” ween th<f 'Wotion and their The Bible brings together aU the principles which are needed cation, that preparation lor the ganism paled before Christ’s auhst Feature Service, happiness of h^^ called pur- teaching on the immortality of WASHINGTON, 17, D. C’..--"- gatory. the human soul. ily that mL\ S ^ Irtal. “ The SOUl is Wortal.” Each A MAN WHO FULLY realizes But how oft S<JU i LS Jmrn pally us JS destined jjve for all the meaning of his own soul’s think what ° W f Lean’’ ete rnity- The day s 0 f our dfe immortality can never live as minds. , Do we Jr eZ e we be relatively lonfi or short, the pagans once lived, just for 1 Today, Vould suppose, the either for this Me or the life to look upon ! r ° nt ! r he datively joyous or sad- What- a moment, just for the day, with dominant J^hasis is on the come. What education can be mav be w i '"^'Jiior ever they ^ 0Ur days on earth no thought of eternity to come.: scientific. ^ ut here we come on higher than this. What can e- S/soui^ "of neopie 5re Iike the ot 3 Cl ° Ud In a]1 hi s thoughts and actions, the same Curbing tendency as qual it in value? pass us in the street We sit that vanishes with the wind’s he acts Christian, as one who — — — —- • — will never J ' ’ - ’ day, enjoy with God. die, but eternal will, one happiness! street. .. , >v. • - next to thgm on trains an d ssin ^* streetcars, in theatres and b ase " TO REALIZE ou r soU l’s im- ball parks. Many of then 1 we mortality, then, is to rea lize the have never seen before. M an .V true scale of values, to realize • * • of them we will never see ag ail k the overpowering truth of Chri- “The future of freedom rests They touch our Jives dleft^st’s words, “Hot; is- amor- ret- fh r ~m; ! 1 minority ot man- and then pass by and are for- ter for jt, if he gainfthe whole kind. That is why it is mdispen- . rrtll<t gotten. But not one of them world at the cost of losing his sable that the people of our Re- wl ioW *he 0 ^ day, vig ^ will ever di e . They are imm or _ oivn soui?" pubiic, for their part, should Iy P ushj ag n r year- tal. “ ' ‘ " FAiviiL.Y ROUND TABLE By Elgiva Ball NEW YOK>- (GLOBAL) TZKn-r 1 TVtin^ t'-'V ... _ I watched another "from my jean hardly be gained later. There are times when parents pushing her year -old son should reason with their child- HISTORIES) TELL US about been, “Eat, drink a nd be merry, the millions who have liveij for tomorrow v/e die.” Then lv pushing her " puroue; ior meir pan, snuuiu / . n-^iipr mn k . The ol d pagan rule of life had holfl fast to the feith of our fa .t back for b n hls sttoller. ren but never argue, with them. Tiers. Just as freedom is conta- I while a rguj n g with her eight- Parents teach their children year-old boy, who stood just be- respect best by showing respect. fore us. Today these figures are Christ came, and added, “But ous One of the best ways to ‘ yond y „ l her ’ ^ ’ . J Spirit of the 1101116 18 not a shapeless mass of after death the judgement”.... keep our faith strong is t0 re . pai’enUy his way about reflected- ln a child’s behavior. tics. Every man and judgement on man’s immortal ca]1 the faith of our forefathers 'A>n*d hin S- T he mot her threat- A w -reg u i ated home where who ever lived is living stil i : soul. Under the ^Pact of that and to keep fresh in our minds ened ' Caj0,ed ' . a " ,° V ™ chased parens tee] secu! . e> means that either in the glory of he avcn tremendous teaching, the pagan the great deeds the near mira- him ’ J Shouting back, he went childien Will feel likewise, with their loving God, or in the power, throned throughout the c les which they’ wrought throu- on t0 , ^ started Sonle C ' 6en are wiser than eternal separation from the j> re . world and supP orte d by Beets gh faith.” j ohn Fost er Dulles t0 d °' 1 c °u ld 110 help wonder- their parents realize. They real- j n g about v ariou-s other aspects ly do not want all parenta] aut- I 0 f the family’' 5 b'fe, and how hority re l in quished, but they thoS e c hi]dr en wdl grow up. often will te s t a parent and Maybe I a m all wrong, but I take the cue fro m there. I think this prother has the wrong If this boy’s mother does not I appn° ac b. Do y° u agree. handle him with firmness and WiUip-^Philadelphia, p a . _ ! understanding, h e will g row Up : Dear Wil lie; being an argu mentat i V e, selfish, From the P icture you paint, determined person who cannot j thi g .mother is truly creating get along without having his problemg for herself, and for own way. Here i s a case wher« her boy s ]a ter in life. Although the father could help. 'D us boy it might be advisable for him is probably only having mte- to explain his position, a young- rests and reactions that are n 0 r- s ter sho U ] d not get away with mal for his age, but which big arguing with his mother as you mother neither understands, n 0 r describe it, or doing as he has the time or energy for AME Youth. Lav Loaders and Ministerial Institute I n (iala Meet At Allen University begin CONSTRUCTION of" $200,000 PLANT AT CAM»e N CAMDEN — Construction has started here on a new $200,000 COLUMBIA — High churchmen Priscilla Waring j( Secretary, and laymen of the African Meth wil] preside during the laymens odist Episcopal Church wjli pe session. heard at the annual sessions of Dr. H. B- Butler, Bethel chur- State Congress of Youth an d ch, Georgetown, and State Di- Laymen’s League of the Seventh re ctor of Religious Education. Episc-opai District Juty 27 -3- at asssisted by Professor John Ha- manufacturing plant which will Allen University, Coulumbia. rris, Charleston, State Superin- employ 300 persons, L- W. Bis- Bishop Frank Madison R ( l d, ten dent of Sunday Schools, will bop, director of the State Deve- who presides over the Seventh direct thc religious educational lopment Board, announced to- Episcopai District said the meet ing will be the most co’,. occasion held since the fji-st meeting i nSouth Carolina ten years ago. Bishop D- Ward Nichols, New York, and Bishop Fred D. Jor dan, South Africa, will address the sessions and bring greetings from the bench of bishops of tho AME church. Dr. S. R. Higgins, president of Allen University, an d Dr. Henderson S. Davis. Dean of Dickerson Theological Seminary activities. A program ' t rranged under the guidance oi Dr. Butler and Professor Harris vbll be guided by the Deans 1° Instruction, Mrs. Ma Belle Coan and Prof essor J. T. W. Mims. The pro gram for the religious education a l activities will include instru ction on “Teaching Met hods”. day. ffe said Al R. Landunan, nee- sident, has notified him the Tic Tac Company, fnc., manMactu- rers of children’s wear, expects to begin operation i n about three months, on a site on Di cey’s Ford Road northeast of Camden. The building will be 33,000 professor Olin Smith; “Daily square feet in area, of compiete- wilj be 1 - hosts for the sessions to be held at Allen University, Dr. Robert Mance, Columbia, ranking laytman and recently e- lec-ted Financial Secretary’ of the AME church and Arthur Fund. Brooklyn, N. Y., president of the First District Laymen’s Or ganization. have accepted spec Vacation Bible School”, Mm. Le ila Bradby; “The Church Pro gram for Youth”, Henry Webb er. Other Subjects will be tau ght by Miss Ruth Quarles, Miss .tm bn, Mrs. Henrietta Felder, Miss Ella W. Jennings, J. E. Smith, Mrs. Ruth Diknins and Miss Louise Rogers. ly modem one-story design and with refrigerated alp-condition ing throughout. Mr. Landsman said his '”om- pany, which is affliated wjth the Skyline Manufacturing Co. of Kingston, New York, has in vestigated many other states before deciding on South Caro lina. ( “In South Carolina,” he added! Do’s And Don’ts 'n ?< Vx ‘we have found a friendly peo- Leroy Nesbitt, State president Youth Cognress and elected re- iaj invitations as guest speak- preF-entative of the AME church | le, a helpful and sound state ers for the Laymen League ses- irvthe World Conference of government, a •sound tax struc- sions. Professor J. E. Smith. Y0ith to be held this summer, time, and many other factors Georgetown, .State president of -vAcl preside over the sessionns necessary for a successful man- the Laymen League and Mrs. of 'he Youth Congress ufacturing plant.” \ Mi cWi. ■eouriH&HTA*' A ‘ “They’re Darlings, But Don’t Block The Sidewalk-