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PAGB BOUR TTIK rAROUmAJT- •WTT.K EN’PmC. SATTTirPAY. AtTCtTST t, 194r EDITORIALS OUT OF GEORGIA By his reppnt maifazliip articio whirh has attractfid nation-wide attention and will have far-reachinjr results. Governor Ellis Arnall of Geor^ria ranifes himseif squarely with that irrowinir «roup of in telligent sonthernei's who lielievc* that the destiny of the South depends on some thing more than keepinu the N’eirro in his place. Southern leadership, even in politics, is more or leas rapidly freeinjr itself from the obsession of race. Not from the eon- aciousneas of race, for that will not come for many, many years; hut at least from that preoccupation with race which is a curse to black and white alike. What is of extreme interest about Gov ernor Arnall is that he went farther and spoke more plainly on the subject of the i.’-llacies of common racial attitudes and practices than any holder of hi^h office in the deep South has ever done, in recent times at least. There are textbooks wiit- ten by sociologists and economists who have not spoken so boldly. Governor Arnall is no fool, nor is ho a political tyro. That he is willing to write the way he did in deprecation of foolish and costly racial intolerance, and in con demnation of the southern demagogues who promote i* and live liy it. .'^hows def initely that the Governor believes that the electorate is also hec-'iiiing enlight ened. The Governor is not the type who would deliberately commit political .sui cide. No one can gainsay the importance of economics in race relations. Governor Arnall implied that sufficient improve ment of economic status and economic opportunity for the black and white mass es alike would .solve the race problem. In Wiis he is probably wrong; but certainly there can be no real and solid improve ment of race relations, or of the state of the South, without a .sound and equit able economic structure. Therefore Mr. Arnall was eminently right when he said, *‘No plan to cure th South of its ills will succeed which does not make that in come differential Its first order of busi ness.” But the Govcnior declares al.so for all the Negro's constitutional rights. \yhen southern leaders in whom the people have confidence are willing to ex- I able economic structure, inereiore air. Arnall was eminently right when he .said, *‘No plan to cure the South of its ills will succeed which does not make that in come differential its first order of busi ness.” But the Governor declares also for all the Negro's constitutional rights. \yhen southern leaders in whom the people have confidence are willing to ex- pre^ boldly such sane .sentiments, the South must inevitably be on its way to better things. BRITISH DIPLOMACY — WITH A BIG STICK The British concern with keeping Medi terranean Sea under her control and main taining the sea lane to and through Suez has caused that nation to do some things entirely at vai*ianoe with her claim of leadership on the side of peace and jus tice among the nations, and liberty for all peoples. In a recent column the commen tator Drew i’earsnn avers: "Greece, the cradle of democracy, is now occupied by as many British troops as by Germans one year ago. Foreign troops are foreign troops, and Greek re action is that they didn't fight this war to be occupied by outsiders, no matter who they arc.” Pearson then goes on to show how the Churchill government has continued to try to force down the throats of the Greeks their unpopular king-in-exile. Per fidy and deception and strong-arm meth- eds used against both Greece and Egypt to establish and maintain regimes and conditions .satisfactory to the Brlti.sh, how- ever displeasing to the citizens of tho.se countries, are exposed in the same article There is little difference between British and Nazi or Soviet methods of dominance, THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Piiblishini; Co. Entered as second-class matter. April R. 1940. at the Post Office at Raieieh. N. C.. under the Art Of March 3. 1879. P. R. JERVAY. Publi-shor C. D. HALLIBURTON. Editorials CARL EASTERLING. Circulation Mananer Subscription Rates One Year. $2.00: Six Months. $1.25 Address all communications and make all checks payable to The Carolinian rather than to Individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates responsibility for return of unsolicited pictures manuscript, etc., unless stamps are sent. nil E.'LSt H;:rKett St.. Raleieh. N. C. ‘M7t both of which equally have been so roundly condemned by the British them selves. It is hoped that the now Labor Govern ment will find ways of hnne.stly pr«itec-ting the security and w(*ll-l)t*ing of Brit.iin without flim-flamming and bull-dozing other nations. THE RAILROAD SITUATION The raihva.vs of the I’nited States, prod ded liy or in collusion with those ''aristo crats of .Americ.ui lalior,” the whiU* rail road worker.s, are determined to kei-p .Ne- goes out of tin* bettiT railway jolis, wha»- ever the cost, and com*' wh.it may. l‘'ae- ed with the greatest tie-u)) of railway transportation in tlie history of the nation, the railways are trying niaii.v dexices to get (he men to keep the trains running. The uiipreci'dentod demand t-.uised b.c the return of the men from o\ersi‘:is and the redeployment of hundr»-d.s of thous ands to the I’ai-ific (’oast, is causing all concerned many headaches. lJut in tlieir search foi’ remedies there is one wliich those in authority in the railwav man agement. in the railway unions ;ind in 1 the government, are apparently me re;id,\’ I to try. That is Negro laolir. Nobody knows the size {»f the potential Negro railway lalior ri‘sj?i\oir. made ui> of those who have skill and experiem.f. j and those who could anl wiuild quii-kly aci|uire such skills; aiijiarimtly no one is j trying to fiiul out. ^'ou and 1 know t' i.-- considerable. Why can it not be drawt, on in this crisis? Who says no? .And is ilv'C'' no one with onougli courage and authority to insist? By the way. what became of tlic com- mis.^ion appointed long ago liy Pri'sident lloosevidt to study and report on the re lation of the railways and the raiir(»ad unions to Negr-o firemen? THE BRITISH ELECTION The defeat of Winston (’hurohill and his party in the British elections was not a repudiation of that doughty old lion’s war leadership. It cannot rightly be in terpreted as a personal rebuff at all. What it means is rather that the fhiglish pim ple want a new kind of post-war England. Churchill was not the prime minister be fore the war. As a waidime leader he was great, and the whole .Allied world as well as England, appreciates him as is his due. It «•;!« be hi« jiu’ii 'hsit th«» terpreted as a personal rebuff at all. What it means is rather that the English peo ple want a new kind of post-war England. Churchill was not the prime minister be fore the war. As a wartime leader he was great, and the whole Allied world as well as England, appreciates him as is liis due. It was by his own decision that the election was held when it was, and it is not the fault of the British pimple that he is retiring from leadership in the niids! of a Big Three conference which is try ing to settle some of the vital unfinished busine.ss that follows the war. The war and the exixniencos which it has gone through in it have left England more than ever a democracy. The British masses which have passed thru baptism of "blood, toil, sweat'and teal's” want a government which is willing to go not ju.st part of the way. Imt all the way, in seeing that the England which was saved by the courage and fortitude of the English people, the masses, will hereafter be the kind of England it ought to be. And they did not believe the Con servative Parly’s government would go all the way. The people of England are not un grateful to ‘Winnie.” They love, honor, and respect him. But they want the kiii'l of post-war England that Churchill i.'*' not ready for. So they respectfully, bui firmly, parted with him. What may be expected from tiie change? Certainly a more democratic and socially conscious domestic policy. Prob ably a more liberal and sympathetic colon ial policy. Possibly the beginning of a new type of world leadership for Britain. POISON LIQUOR One fact that emerges out of the sordio tragedy of the High Point poison liquor horror is that it happened in a “dry” county. Whatever may be said about the waste and misery occasioned by the legal liquor traffic, at least it does not bring sudden death to dozens at a time. /ecend Theuahts By C. L. HAULIBURTOM Dr .-Xrtliur Duvl^, mie of the best t•.)lunlnl^t•; t)ow piacticiiig in :he v.ec'kly iiie.ss, ncently aired tn the Journal and Guide some very togeiu r-marks on the sub ject of till Ne«ro pn's and certain race-buiters of the Bilbo-Eastland- Kank.n l.vpe. Tlie burden of his leinarks was that the Neero publicists take tiii.^c biethieii and their public pr inounceincnts too scrioii-sly. Or no.yhe they du not t.ike them loo seriously, but they u.se the wtong one in )«';)l\inn to their Jibes .Old crac;.' Davis hold.s that .i •.trai'ln answer to such stale- nvnt' a-- aie l.k- ly to he made at any time by these areh-racisU does imle g"od Whaievcr attack-* oC . .dtaeks as tire to be nude on them si’.juld be not by the direct methods tif n filiation. indienatK n and invectives, but by the mole >lr. teyic and theref.ire more .feci ve nirlhods of ridicule .and sarcasm. Then Is 111. more devastating \e.iy of cMishinu ii public fiaurc than by making him ridiculous. Dr Davis, anf the nart thing for tl>e Negro writers to d.j is to riddle these stuffed shirts with 1 rbs of wit and sarcasm. Theie is no doubt that Dr. Davis is right. Peop’e soon lose interest in the rran who is always fumlnfi, always indignant, however right he may be; but they do not gel tired of the fellow wh.i is clever en igh to laugh at the clown, while showing at the same lime how clowni-sh the clown is, and why he Is funny without intend ing to be so. There is a bond of sympathy between those who laugh iiigefher wliich Is very Strang. Another thought in this connec tion. Sometimes by merely keep ing quiet one can let a clowm. conscious or unconsciou.s, make himself so ridiculous that no com- rreiU of any kind is needed. '‘Give him enough rope,” the old .saying goes. St-nator Eastland, by his greUiitous attack on the Negro if.ldicr, may well h.ove overreach ed himself. Setting out to kill the FEPC. he jumped .n something else w’hich he might well have left alone, since it was entirely irrelevant; and he wound up look ing about as silly as anyone c >uld. He may have done himself far more injury than he did the regu- tation of Negro troops. And this regardless of any Negro’s effort to answer him. or .-et him or the record straight. When the Negro’s enemies re- a/rt to such rcckles.^ tactics as open tals;hiiod. patent slander, and fl.igrantly unsportsmanlike conduct, they expose themselves for the kind of creature they are. just as did Sentaor Bilbo when he addressed a Utter to an Italian- American woman. "Dear Dago.’ They forfeit even the benefit of the doubt when the donkey's ears or the wolf’s fang.s show so plain ly through the mask of race in tegrity. It comes to the point where they arc fooling only them selves and some others whose symp.tlhy and support arc not w-irth having. You don’t have to scrap yimr dignity just because the other fellow throws his away, or never had .iny. Lest We Lcreet. Bt W. L. GREENE Tmic for di cision in the* South IS appi'O.iching The ciccision must ue made for Inc region us u whulc and I r all t);c people in it. Many old time Ivaoeis, especially the proftssioiiiil southerners — liberal .md i.iherwi.f, want to decide for the whole region according to their own dosin.'- fi:r a social order Tiny w.mi a .social order based nn caste. Caste, they si^; c.in be pri-.-i rved wUh.iUl hurl in the .South, without ha.m to the region, provided other evils can be done away with New liberals, l;owcver. are calling for abolition of caste in .American .society and they have sorTi- able spokesmen The masses are yet inarticulate but some movements are under w’ay which promise t i give ex pression to a new mass sentiment. The r ccnl British election gives us a hint us to the p.jslble trend in ma.ss .sentiment in this coun try, if only the si Jlhcrn ma.sscs could, like the English masses, go to the polls and r> gistcr their convictions. Press releases indicate that over sixty per cent of the total p.jpula- tion of Great Britain voted in the election which elevated Attlee to the head of the House of Com mons. No candidate for public of fice in the south has ever hud such reprseentative election. Po- litica’ statistics arc n.tt indicative of the s^^ntiment of the South. The sentiment of our masses never gets expression except as it is built up around support of some individual or group intent on controlling the common people. The masses in the South need release from the shackles of the poll ti«x TECHNI QUE and from the restricllon im- rosed by TRICK LEGISLATION. The poll tax itself Is not a ser ious Isi.ue. The technique of dis franchisement built around the .\DMINlSTRATION of the poll tax is the issue, and this along With .suen trick laws us the S.'TIS- FACTION OF THE RLGI.STRAR clause in the constitution of North Carolina gives the Sjiilh a pattern of disgraceful conduct. By this pattern the ma.sscs are silenced and their spokesmen kept on the defensive. Legal sanction to open dishonesty is the older of political activity in a region which, under pretense of dcmociacy. restricts the votinc of the mas.ses and pre vents a true expression of “felt" public sentiment. Such expression as wc act. finally, in the &)uth Is largely DICTATED RATHER THAN SOLICITED. When a decision is finally forc ed In the South. Preece of Texas and Smith of Georgia will be as popular in poliliral discussions as Graves of Alabama. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rcfv. M. W. Williams YOU'LL NEVER KNOW The phrase from the current popular .song hit—You’ll Nev^r Know—deserves much consideration. First, we might consider the nixsitivencss of the phrase and what it attempts to make cry stal clear. Secondly, our curiosity is aroused we wonder what wo'H never know and the conditions, if any, we’ll have to over come to gain the much sought for knowledge. The phrase, if ac cepted in its original form, offers little hope for future achievement and wo .simply resign ourselves to whatever fate decrees. In the phrase r\g solace Ls offered to one who is concer.ied about the mysterries of the universe; it does not encourage or impell us to delve into matters and discover the causes of weaknesses and strengths. You’ll Never Know—What? Nothings You’ll Never Gnow—should not cause the imagination to be staggered or the mind to become the victim of some hypnotic spell. The fact is obvious that only through diligent and earnest endeavor will truths relative to any natural phenomena be re vealed to us. Nature doe.s not bless us abundantly with gifts and give us instructions as to how they are to be used. If that were true, man would have no need to possess the type of mi.,d that ask—why? Through logical deduction man is able to find out what usually puzzles him. So .vou need not let the phrase—You’ll Never Know—engulf your being with altitude of defeatism or despair. You’ll find out about the things which perplex you only through study and conscientious work. The truth will be revealed to those who earnestly seek. You’ll never know some things until you have had the pleas ure' to enjoy them. To one who has never loved or been loved the matter of love is a mere generality. It Ls stupid to expect, those who know nothing of love, to express appreciation for such a state. If the emotions are kindled by passionate affection, pure love emcrgc.'s and a harmonious relationship exist. Pure love is characterized by a sympathetic understanding and mutual respect. You’ll Never Know—is not applicable to those whose lives repre sent the well-spring of love and true affection. You’ll Never Know—unless you seek to find out what is be yond your immediate environs. Many years ago the mountains loomed as impenetrable barriers to the pioneers; they wondered what was beyond until their curiosity led them to find out. To stare wistf jUy in space does not cause what is beyond to be re flected fo*- our convcnk-ncc. We must endure the hardships, and with determined vigor press on until the goal sought becomes our prize. Nothing is unfolded to those who wait placidly upon the performance of some feat that requires the .skill of the super natural. You'll Never Know certainly applies to those who await day b.v da.v to receive something without putting forth some ef- The poverty .strickened will never know the truth about an abundant life until they have di-scarded the idea that their state is incvilbale. It was not decreed that the poor remain lira state of need all of their days. Your philosophy of life has a lot to do 'vith your successes and failures. So you had better change that philosophy of life and .stop taking things for granted when it iS at your conflnand to find out Ihe truth. The bling acceptance of any condition or state of affairs is not to be the course pursued by those who desire to know. You'll Never Know is a very mean- incfull phrase; it should arouse the curiosity and impell us to take a definite course of action in our attempt to solev our multiple prob^^.s.^ Never Know—What Ls it I’ll (you’ll) never know? I^e answer comes almo.st immediately—nothing unless dissatisfaction awakens us from our lethargy. Divine contentment with our rtate of affairs has cau.sed the development of arrogance and a false nothion of pride that ultimately causes our .downfall. We are not concerned about the welfare of others as we should be because wc lack information relative to their needs and desires. Wc"ll never know about the problems of others if there is desire to understand the language they speak. You’ll (meaning all of us) will never know the agony that wells up within others until we understand the circumstances under which they live, '^hore is a very grave danger that inescapable prejudices will coni- nlctelv enshroud us. if the scope of things which appeal to H not broadened to take on a more universal appeal. You 11 Never Know—if you take things for granted and accept your presen lot as a decree of destiny. Yes. You’ll Never Know how others feel toward.? vou unless some tan*>ble expression is made. Next week’s subject—Does The Church Fulfill Its Need? Subject. ]&'uic's Heritage. Gen. 22-2tf. Prim, d Text Genesis 24:10, 15-20; ;t4-:k>. 61-07. Key Ver.-f: ”1 have a guodly hiTitage. ” P.s, ll):6. The birth uf Isaac, thrity years .ifici Abraham left Haran (Gen. 2l;l-8i, the sending :iway of Hagur and Ishmacl, because of the slum- (urty. takes an intcr'^st in his son’s love affair. He sends his servant, Ellezcr to Mesopotomia on the Highly imp 'riant mis.-^ion of find ing a wife for Isaac. The servant prays for guidance and a sign which he received. It look» like both muster and servant betu ved In God Many ridicule the idea of this rrarraige 'Sarah is rica.ii spoke and moved cautiously. They asked her if she. Rebecca, would go with this man. She said. “I will go." (Gen. 24..58I. Her consent was not coerceed. These tender words of blessings .md this pro phetic expression: "Be thou the mother of thousands of millions SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON .M. W. Williamt Subject: Isaac’s Heritage. Gen. 22-26. Printed Text. Genesis 24:10, 15-20; 34-.’l6, 61-67. Key Ver.se: "I have a goodly heritage.” Ps. 16:6. The birth of Isaac, thrity years .ifier Abraham left Haran (Gen. 21:1-8'; the sending away of Hagar and I.shmael, because of the slum bering jeiiluusly of Surah 'Gen. 21:9-21); tlie covenant of Abra ham and Abimelcch, at Beersheba, (Gen. 21.22-.'14); the offering of Lsac for a burnt offering, at Mt. Mopiah, to test the faith of Abra ham. which IS a parabolic prophecy i.f the actual death of the Son of G'ld 'G-n. 22) and the death of Sarah .ind Die purchase of the, jield t.f Machpelah, 'Gen. 23> bring u-s t.j a study of today's les son 'Gen. 24) which Is the longe-st chapter In this book and to Abra ham’s h'.me in Hebron about 1827 B. C. This chapter is not only In- Icrt'iting leading, but give.? a pic ture of and the experiences of most homes then and now. Love, marriage, birth and death, all of wliich. if subjected to the will cf God will lead to earthly and heav enly peace, .md to a spiritual hcii- tage. ABRAHAM AS A MOIfF.L FATHER Abraham, now one hundred- forty years old and his son Isaac forty, takes an interest in his son’s love affair. He sends his servant, Eliezer to Mesopotomia on the highly imp.'rtant mission of find ing a wife for Isaac. The servant prays for guidance and a sign which he received. It looks like both master and servant believed In God. Many ridicule the idea of prayer for making love matches, but we are of the opinion that if more trust and common sense were exercised by father and son In selecting their wives, there would be less divorces. A question here — "Should fathers have any thing to do with their children's love affair?" Yea, all parents should have a sympa thetic long-view and deep seat ed concern for the future welfare of their children. This is dell- catr and should be gone about with divine guidance and a sympathe tic understanding of the son or daughter. I dm’t sec a great deal of tf'uble in the question of ra cial marriages If the proner train ing and environmental surround ings have been seen after in early years. It Is well to note that Be- ihuel, Rebekah’s mother and La- bon, her father considered their dauglher’s wishes even though they said; "The thing proceedeth from the Lord.’ 'Gen. 24;.50). Note further all three of the parents in this marraige (Sarah is dead) spoke a.nd moved cautiously. They asked her If she. Rebecca, would go with this man. She said. “I will go.” (Gen. 24..S8). Her consent was not coerceed. 'These tender words of blessings and this pro phetic 'expres.slon: "Be thou the mother of thousands of millions and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate then.” (Gen 24:60) shoula be poundered by alt young women. ISAAC MEETS REBECCA tssac, a young man going out to meditate. How many young men are Interested int quiet meditation — thinking prayerfully? Turning things over in your mind — think ing about your future? Its wortfi the while. While he was doing th|. his Liture bride was inquir ing about him. She slips down off the camel — throws the veil over her face (custom) meets Isaac. Of course both had been told about each other. She had beauty, kind- -r-s and love. He took her info Sarah's tent and she be came his wife. Here Is a case of love at first sight. But wc must keep in mind that God’s direction has been the guiding tight. He has hle.s.sings in.store for you and mo if we will let Him help in mak ing our choice. Forget not to show love unto strangers. Hcb. 13:2.* Some Observations By r.FOBGf; F KING JounMlU ONE or THE LATE DR. CEO. W. CARVER'S IMPRESSIONS Know-7r7oi tSkrihinBS lor eranU^ and accopt Tour lot as a decrop of drstinv. Yea. Yno'll Never Know how others feel ''’”N«."wVktrobie'?tL'SCS'’ThfS^^^ Need- Some Observations By GEORGE F. KING RuraJ JooRiaUk GREEN FINGERS — By Ruth Taylor The fox was the fii’st important com mercial fur-bearinjf animal to be raised ill captivity in (^an:i(ia. Happy indft-d are those fortunate peupk' who live close to the land where they can watch and tend growing things. And doubly fortun ate are lh.fSO with "green fingers" who have a kinship with elements of nature, those at whose touch the earth bl.issom.? forth. My gr.nndmother was im»* of these. Give her a poll of ground no big ger than a pocket handkerchief and she sUirtt^ a garden .It w’as a hiiphuzard soft of affair, for flowers bordered the vegetables and whore- pver there was -spare inch of earth, ;ha slart'-d something growing. She was a spi*ndthrift of time and hos- pil..lity but a miser when it name to buying anything she could grow Her garden was also her Jov and her c.;mfort for she u-^ed to say If you had a '{uick temper and an im patient disposition, there was no cure like a garden — you could watch all of life in it and you learn* ■ d to wait patiently for the fruit of your handiwork. Thi« year we are again urijed to go back to the land, to plant and tend and harvest from our own soil the fruit of the earth so that we may all be wril fed. They did not call th'.’m Victory gardens in pion eer days, nor in our grandparents’ times. They were just part of the family task of earning a living back in tlu' days when people lived as families, each member, adult or child, contributing his or her share to the common welfare. All we are being asked tn d| r.ow is jujt what those before us did as a matter of course We niiist (end oiir gardens care fully this year. But in our gardens, both of the soil and of life, we must take care to plant the right seeds. We must watch over them, water ing with care, not washing out the young plants with floods of cmotiei nor letting them damp out under thi dank child of Indifference. We must weed the false growth, the tarsc that choke, the hated smothering things that suck the nourishment from the growing foods. In our gardens tot u.? study the immutable laws of nature fuIHlIing the destiny of life itself. Let us weed out our unreasoning hatreds and prejudices and throw them on the compost heap or burn them up. Lei us grow only those plants which nourish or give beauty — and let us border our gardens with the bright pinks of friendliness, the fragrant mignonette of understand ing, the purple pansies of thought fulness. And let us remember that a gar den blooms not for one alone, but for all. As Henry Van Dyke said, let us make a garden for our kind feelings with the gate ever open to those who pass by. The White Christian And His Conscience BY LILLIAN SMITH In this recent article by Lillian Smith, author of the best-seller "Strange Prnit." an attempt Is made to analyze the white man's :ibusc uf the Negro and probe to the source uf ms pnibUnu. so often miscalled the “Negro Problem.” The seat of the problem, wrote the distinguished Southern advo cate of human Justice, is in the aching conscience of the white man. his painful sense of guilt arising from failure to live up to his Christian concept of love and broth erhood. Miss Smith suggests that Christianity, democracy and sani ty. all three, center in love and brotherhood, in a sharing of a com mon humanity, in making room on this earth for all to live on it in human dignity and wih self-esteem; in making room in our'hearts for understanding, and love, and sim ple decency. She points out that the white man seeks to avoid the torture of this inner conflict by denying its existence and turning his attention, istead, to the "Negro Problem.” Upon the Negro he sets the mark of guilt which is rightfully his own. Science seces no problem, no basic psychological differences in the Negro. Hence those who "study the Negro problem” are merely avoid ing studying their own. Tracing this inner conflict to its source, we di.scover that it arose from learn ing allegiance to the conflicting tho- eies of brotherly love and racial superiority, This latter belief is the result of compensation for a sense of insecurity. leading the group to worship itself and consequently its distinctive mark, the white skin. Here Miss Smith tellingly observ-es that “There are church members today who worshin their skin color *nurt* di‘v.il.-iily lh:iii they worship .fesus." ONE OF THE LATE DR. GEO. W. CARVER'S IMPRESSIONS During the years the writer of this column was agricultural editor at Tuskegee Institute his association with the late Dr. George W, Carver impressed upo.i this writer that this is a scientific age and many of the men who consistently used their scientific talents were j'jstified in their opinions. Dr. Carver impressed up on most of us at Tuskegee that the planting of seeds ordinary task and that such actions were almort sacred. The many years, with much research by Dr. Carver in his laboratory revai- ed that the farmer must prepare a mellow soil bed with ample con fidence- that the sun and rain in due course will abundantly bring forth the hap'cst. ... ^ One well remembers Dr. Carver emphasizing that through the centuries the husbandman has toiled in the faith that as a ma nsows so shall he reap.” Then when scientific angle was se.- forth by the statement that when the good earth is reedy, wwm, moist and in good tilth — that is the time to sow seed that have been tested for germination power and the ability to resist dis eases. Each month we released infoi-mafion relative to these phases ^Isach year Negro farmers from every state in the ^uth would attend the Annual Farmer.? Conference at Tuskegee, Th^e were great days for preparing Negro ruraliste for better living for thern on farms. During the year Tuskegee InsUtute wo'Jld sponsor Iwai Farmers Conference in various Southern states. At these confer ences Dr Carver would help the farmers with some of the prob lems' that confronted every farmer. At these events it was discern ed that-another factor, in the planting of seed, was essentia. accordiift to the way many farmers tried to make Imown toelr ancient belief about wheri to plant seed. Quite a number of thwe farmers would religiously consult their Farmers Almanack and w.,dld not plant a seed until the "mTOn was right. Here is the reason for such attitudes of the part of mMy farmers of the early agriculaurtl era of country: the geneartions has been handed the belief that toe crops which mature below the surface should be planted m the dark of the moon or during the period of the waning of the moon: crops which fruit above should be planted while the moon ^xes ^ to full" The writer once invited a number of farmers over to nis garden and one of them during a conversation about when to plant laid-’‘I am a Moon man." This brother and many of his kind didn’t agree with toe announcement by the. Depart^nt of J^r-* culture a long time ago. that "moon farming had no scientiiic ^^^^Many farm, home agents and vcyatioijal teachers of agric^ ture wiU attest to the fact that many farmers believe if fh® m0(m can control the tides of the ^ean it can the soil ’■ Dr. Carver and other scientist and factors m toe semination of wholesome information for realized that there is stUl much to be learned about toe of plant growth, and perhaps in years to come semethmg will W discovered that relates to seed germination tn connection with the phasM^o^toe farmers are ultra-conservative because of their inclinations and traditions. /bis is the re^n why to many of them, the.waxtng and the waning of the moon hw oeen ™ good and dependable Buide.” Yet. science is dally unfoldmB the' mysteries ol the soil and the thinBs it produces, so wc must be Buided by men of traininfi and experience who are daily mak- ing researches for the best interest of the farmer. x,oi« Every countryman should use in every possible, way toe help of science and should work with accredited agencies toat are •triving to put over essential programs for the obtaining of a bet ter Jiving for farm people. Urban and city folk, curing toe days cf scarcity of food and high prices, should also remember that the farmer is the backbone of their existence. In the days of the California Gold R'Jsh. freight charges were extremely high, and often more than the cost of toe goods in some eastern city. • • • • • Years after Buffalo Bill’s time, the buffalo bones were gathered .md sold to make fertilizer, buttons, chicken feed, knives and other tools. It is said that more than $2,000,000 worth of these bones was taki-u out uf Kanstui iri Id y«‘ars.
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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