Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Saturday', May; 4, 1957 Ns. "palmc Published weekly by1 the Pain 1JU0 Assembly Street ( Phone 4-0 | *******! Entered at Columbia, S..C. Po> ter by an Act of Congress ******* ^ 5 ZACK J. WESTON, Edil *******, WILLIAM McKINLEY BOW ******* " R. S. TURNER, Ci "7 |" - ******> W. R. BOWMAN. ******* SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Or .05 ' f^r\r\\r 1 E ~ , VV.)/V> X?J<J j **?***: NOTICE TO ALL SUBSCRIBI lyour subscriptiovvL st'imped'c .resswra ourad-1 < C tionisstan week. This i purose ( of the date ' scription Renuires IV Advance Paper will t. . inued aft . REMITTAL- V Checked Money Orders Li- uld be made Palmetto Lender I The Palmetto Leader Is not merit to carriers, dealers, or dj received at the office of public subscriptions should be made < or throu&hone ofour-dulyaut Communication intended for tl brief and should reach the edi Tuesday of each week. WE-GAMrH1^ A lawyer buddy of ours has his desk who bear an inscriptk Speak ne-evil." A minister friend has a slo reads: "Say nothing. Think n< ? In determining the PALM policy, we faced achoice betw We have some good intentioi dlo imitate the three monkeys. METTO LEADER ought to be quite meaningless publication, avoid what they call "touchy -i Then we have some friends * 1he minikster's study. They ai .'throughout South Carolina ar sented intelligently and writte already too much comrw*tif>? which fail to see, hear, and s>i> lives. We will go along with our fi and the slogan in the minister' 1 We have no hankering to b (or crusaders. I We do not splatter wild, una attacks on any person or issue We do thoughtful and well d< sons and1 things which interest We believe it is our duty to come our readers and advertise \ This policy seems to be payi I In our mail each day are care ers who are getting the PALI Imost consistent remark is: "Vi more each w^rk.*' . Praise, however, is a very d At the PALMETTO LEADE to keep from becoming corrupt ?4?We-know that there Is room going to keep on trying to imi xype of newspaper which they 1 This issue marks the debut i loid edition. We have added se j. hope will make our product m % public. * We are somewhat like the gi and we have sense enough to k ful unless we give service and I And like. th^Ljfrocer^ wenee 4 open. Our shop will deal only ii . there be any cut-rate quality 1 will become a regular custome i i , 7 : ttto HLeaierlj letto Printing Company. Inc. Columbia 20. South Carolina 109 ******* ' ' c ' it Office as Second Class mat> ****** 4c 'or and General Manager *** ***_' . MAN. Advertising Manager ******* ? , Ovulation Manager ******** Religious Editor ******* le ^ear?S3.50; Six Months? ******* t 3JRS: Date of expiration o t' n your address wrapper each i oursubscri iration of oYcDo,. 3l" .giving you constant notice ' expires. Postal Regulations j of All Subscriptions. Youim er expiration date. rafts and Postal or Express i payable to the order of The responsible for advance pay-1 ^tributors until the money si ' ation. Advance pavmpnts fnv 1 11rect to the Palmetto^ I.eader j ie current issue must be veryj torial desk not later -t h a n i i ^W&SEEIT _! a trio of cunning monkeys on, >n: "Hear no evil. See no_eviL.l gan on his study wall which )thing. Be Nothing." 1ETTO LEADER'S editorial een the two philosophies. lerLfriends who feet we ought Their idea is that the PALan attractive, inoffensive and They think w e should j subjects. who agree with the .sign in j rp pnnuitip^ XT umi i\t:groes e hungry for the truth pren boldjy. They think there is :n th- f^?*r.. of publications eak of evils in our every day riends in the second group ? s study. ecome race leaders, agitators instantiated or unresearched ? > ocumented stories on the per; our thousands of readers, the people nice anough to be-1 irs to call it as we see it. ing?off. Is and letters from well-wishVIETTO LEADER habit. The le enjoy the paper (more and iangerous thing R we are constantly striving * i ea Dy praise, i tor improvement and we are irove to give our readers the like best. of our 15 cent, 16-page tabveral new features which w? ore attractive to the general f ocer. We want to be successnovfl that we can't be successa good product. d your /support to keep shop j l fresh commodities. Nor will j in our wares. We hope you sr. ? ? THE PALMET . prxi_ r. < The Bible has been the Book that held together Civilization. Jt has V been the handbook of . /? V life to count/ess millions /. * j of men and women % < ' ft. " f ' -fft . .1/ sThc Bible-Ha 1NTHISC I?Y DR. C. A. Our Tax" Now that Ive have settled a Uncle Sam as well as with the All of us realize that in a ca where the various government in some form of taxes. Yet no -light out ol paytTTg iaxes Despite the fact Ilia I we niu'sf to,.n .??* v v wiAio, uui cuuiury s growing tax problems Reserve the thoughtful attention of all cith zens. As was agreed in the foregoing, taxes are needed to pay foi the various services that your governments render. y Tlpis, expenditures of governments, and the resulting taxes, have to he examined from the standpoint of whether or not governments are doing only what is really wapte^l and needed b; the people and are they doing those things at the lowest cost to alll concerned. Enlightened citizens, of course cVxMlll/1 Vi O \rn llnnol olnlo ?? IIMT V UVVU1, OKllC, <111V1 I1C& tional governments do everything they want done, within two important guiding principles: In our free economy governments should , try to limit their activities t o what cannot be done as well and as cheaply as by individual citizens or private groups. . This is not only in keeping with tour national tradition, it is also economically sensible since private groups under the spur of competition tend to do the ne^ess*vy work more efficiently and with less waste than is oft.pn true of governmental activities. Moreover," those projects which governments do undertake should be kept responsive to the public'* real needs. The vast majority of the Unite'' States citizens do not really understand the purpose and functions of our various taxes. All many of them know is that it is a tax. .? And. to the siogan gees "Two thir.gs everybody must dc namely! pay taxes and die./* But apparently most people ir loies I grudgingly. They .v^no to feei that just that muoJTnaa been ta-1 1 TO LEAJOER * .... ? .... - i p? * - r - T> - < ? - |j( V." " '< / _ . ' !, > ' ^taXe^n/ZK' I nc - 0 }?e ndbook of Life Z no ? ' mi )UR DAY I THICK, fir. " ._. <le Kurden n? )ur debt <April 15^ with our th( several states, lets t-dk takes. nu pitallistic economy like ours stl ;s' man sources of income are ne of us really gets much de- }nc I - : -k : > pi' im >f ?ome covornment. . ftn But curiously enough we will- Isay that taxes should be reduced ?r and with the next breath we will y{ .'say that taxes should be reduced J jj and with the next breath should ren^ei"- | We apparently forget, or do C(j -not?realize;?that?even when fa government renders a service i; Ldc must be paid for, whicha down to I ithe final analysis means "us, the ~ people" rn^st pay for it. . .. ~7[ This writer feels that ma:? of our organizations, such as schools ^.^u-.onui meetings,, parent tea-I ihers associatlbns, secret orders,j .at religious bodies, would d o j .veil to ponduct "workshops" on L-Sl -he problems of taxes pertaining HI to all levels'of our governments. I \V> Hinton Speaks 28 Su At Greensboro f Of NAACP Meet James M. Hinton, Columbia in- for surance executive, minister and ' president of the South Carolina "oi Chapter of the NAACP, to a Go Greensboro, N. C., audience Sun- er day night that it should forget wh fearg of joining the NAACP. 'tor boro and they'll get you just a s ho quick #is they'll~get your leaders," ~h< he said. an; Hinton added: "The Negro has mJ got to do three things before he can ever hope to win his fight r sin "We have got to improve our thi public cnduct. We have got t o have a different slant on values ant ?stop spending more money on fiR whiskey and fine cars than we do at home And let's give the dri White mam hell for htg"diabolical Chi sins, but let's be broadminded a ] ten from them t>y <he authority |bo; enough to iBve the Negro Ml Page 13 . : t A READER ~ Wc ITES . )XNEK IS THE MAS >U SOI HI CAROLINA Surely it is fas.einafinjr aiv fitrbinjr in real eestncy to so. a trood Bishop. on his arrawi noli through the "Old Palmetto ? ate." ' One buy '<-on fere nee. i n eh of the .six conference arealiina: tV.e TJwfiirot to the noonle oachimr in stations, circuits an- . . . . . ssiqns weekly wit hout hon mium willi love and kindness. .. s caused the laymen,, pastors - * . Psidiiijr--i.4ders, back - - J n-dc in pet tlu'S1 itllnt nw?r^t sinu- ??? ???? . i, the "Oul Flair Shall N'eveq ? tub The (i round!" South t'arolina i^^e.-on.l with -- ?j. e allotment allocated to. her ii e ajrjrreaate; .! at, pereentatrese she is first. BisMopi \V. K. Wilkes from,t h e iipirc" .State visited his Coli}?ue and classmate in Alle:. liversity last week, -arrd?iiuiMnp 7 7 * ?i? many outstanding' and up- <' * puling things he said about V?ui' shop and I quote: "Bishop Bonj is reliable, honest and dendable." Unquote!" Bishop Bonr is law-abiding, no hi{r stick, pressure, but with love, kindss, fair play to all, is rapidly rial latum inim-el I' mThi1 tlrl'hk is of the masses. . ' The pood Bishop said in?--Athe - ?:eeutive. Board meeting after ' ;? tening to the report of Pr6si- ) . nt v Fraitl/ I? \'oul cq irl on/I' T oter-j'Alim -University is1' in e best .condition from any angle-? . 7. ?asure? by anybody's yardck around the clock of any urch related college i n the ronetion." Unquote. - > Bishop Bonner was loud in hi> : ~~ aise of the work done by I his imediate predecessor and BishS. R. Higgins. Allen University led on by that eat young Riant President K' K. ?al and chancellor, Rt. ReV. I Bonner, is flying with her own ngs. . The masterful address deliverin Allen University, to the " I'ulty, student body, Executive iard and Alumni by that proessive dynamic oratorical Editof the Southwestern Recorder. 11 never be forgoten. i ?J. K. Thomas, Secretary ofj Trustee Board, Allen >: . { * Umversitv rrt? ;i) AN-ETHIOPIAN EADS PLEDGE TO ORK TOGETHER ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April ?Premier Abdullah Khalil> of dan and Emperor Haile Selapsie Ethiopia are pledged to work tether to maintain in Central $ tast Ainca. his. * "* 'If the White Christian chi rch. lid see the toal picture of the spel which is inclusive r rththan exclusive then- Ithis ole thing would be over with norrow. 'I havp^ nevpr heen ?hl?^ fo ***__. * w a White minister can preach f i fatherhood of God and not say ything about the brotherhood of in. I rhe onething I do know fee th? spirit of God is in this ^ ng, there are enough Negro m and women left with guts i backbone to stand up and * 7"* :ht until equality comes." Hinton gave the. principal ad?sa at a meeting of the local aptfef' 6f the NAACP~ at which plea was made for Negroes to ycott Greensboro theaters. '* ?