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PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS MAJESTY OF THE LAW r ! hose who v.. n tiis:ippointod that Sheriff W. Parker of liertfoui c amt: convicted of .simple assault for Ine m ■' i'l’eatm; striking oi a Negro <-itiz«-n, " pumsff.-d only being taxed with iff* ••Oi-:!.'. of iho courts, have only themseive to ida’ .e Iht ro - no' wound to" ex po.: ffng li.: t. the law won Id penalize U--’ off:.:et of the 'aw b anything more than a si up on the wrist m return for jii« slap on he citizen's face. The really surpris ing thing is that he was found guilty in He-order’s Court of simple assault, and came up for sentence?. It should bo noted., moreover that, the "high sheriff" is not accepting the sentence, mild as it is, but Jut- noted appeal to Superior Four!. If you are a betting person (wo are not, bhu G the late election! it is a pretty good bet 'hat Superior Court will set aside the con Action. can while the man who wo.-, slapped by the sheriff was fined 325 and costs. Th s js in character, for it is, a much go- ter offense for a Negro to presume 10 "have the law ’ on a white man and on diicor of the law at that, than it i f- i. hat officer to strike the Negro. The -v line plus costs, as contrasted with the Jg sentence of court costs against tic T, should teach all Negroes as well a.-: c one directly involved, that it do n't pay to mess with the white folks' tu Is and law officers. The v should kv v that If they have a case against a w officer, a case can be made against ••ho:a- In this particular case it was tes tii’ :.i tht the offending Negro "cursed'’ tlu sheriff, and grabbed his necktie, be u.y. •: he was slapped. Maybe passing sen tence on the sheriff was delayed until a sa - affaetory counter charge could be dug up against his accuser. ‘Cursing’' is a yo. v broad term, and almost anything can be brought under it. "Sussing" an officer may be interpreted as cursing, and evert "impudence'' is so reprehensi ble as (o deserve: punishment under such cir uinstances. So what the sheriff did was worthy of chastisement .as long, as it was possible to punish the accuser oven more than th • acvused. It is too bad that some civil rights legis lation cannot be included in someone’s program which would take the courts, especially the lower courts, of the South out of their present status on proper oc casions -as part of the machinery for ke: ping Negroes in thou* place. It is un fortunate that there has been discovered no method of making officers of the law respect the persons and the rights of all citizens, regardless of color. When an officer charged with enforc ing the Saw is taxed with costs for ad mktedly manhandling a citizen accused of no crime, and when the citizen is fined in the same court 325 and c o st s on a countercharge of cursing, supported by testimony of a deputy sheriff and a po liceman, anyone not blind can see what is afoot. SLOW MOTION, BUT MOTION NONETHELESS It is not surprising that 69 per cent of the faculty members of 11 southern in...versities (North Carolina led with 88 p.r cent) polled by the Southern Confer ee, e Educational Fund favored the ad mission of Negroes into .now white msti tu: .ons for courses • >t offered in Negro in: titutions main!ait d bv the several so .them stales. Nw *ly every opportun ity given to faculty members and students ,oi southern universities and colleges to express their opinion - bar produced corn- THE CAROLINIAN put .ished by The Carolinian Publishing Co. ’i« Vlasi Har tretr St. Ft«lf iff n TW the Post Office at Raleigh. N. C.. under the Act oi March 3. 1879. P. R. JERVAY. Publisher C. D HALLIBURTON. Editorials Subscription Rates One Year, $3.50; Six Months $2.00 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, cvismiscript, etc., unless stamps are sent. parable results. The policies of universities are con trolled, however, not by faculty and stu dents but by officoff : levs in the staff governments— In i rustees and regents and other officials, add ultimately by the •state legislatures. Such persons don’t lead ■public opinion; they follow what they think i the popular will, and they be llow tlii< ; the masses of the white people a:■ viol, nliy opp'j.v d to the admission of Ni'> r- •■■ into graduate and prciession u ■ • d oxe’usiN, r white . 1 u<nw, g as they * 'dim ■ that is th*. situation they will work foi no change in tio? paik-rn, however sensible and economical and abstractly just such a change would be. They will go only so far as the Federal courts com pel them, oral courts compel them, and they will and they will continue to look for ways to circumvent the plain implications of tlu? < laines decision, vision. They will do so despite the examples furnished by the experience of Arkansas and Maryland Oklahoma, finally admit ting a Negro to the graduate school of tlu* University, continues so far to treat him as though he were afflicted with a foul infectious disease, in defiance oi. ail the dictate.-, of human dignity and com mon sense. Kentucky adds lour new members to the staff’ of iff- law school fc-,o that a lone Negro may be taught m expensive exclusiveness. 1 w-kegto en- U'lr.'-es, against its will (Dr. Patter-on says) an individinus plan worked out under the regional racial plan oi edu cation. But though we move slowly, we move. P ff the way of democracies, in which li v-e in charge of the functioning of gov ernment do not move until they are con vinced that the people are already ahead ;i. -n: -to V I S -w i’ess ! 1;<• change is inevitable. Whliin 10 years Ne groes will *>e enrolled ui tm giaduao -:nd professional schools of most xoutff-m state universities, if not ail. and in sev eral different schools and departments of tin? same. It will have happened without any untoward disturbances. Iff- change xviii ff r. dsted, then accepted tentative ly and reluctan. t!> .then taken as a mat* ter of course. Finally it will be. all but forgotten that it. was « nr aiv diflerent. EVERY MAN TO IDS OWN NOTION Some Durham members of a snake handling religious emit have appealed to the StaU Supreme Court to lest the valid ity of the Durham city ordinance under which they were convicted for playing with the rattlesnakes in one oi their ser vices. The appelant - are within their rights in seeking a ruling by the Supreme Court, and it would serve them right and be no reflection on the Pity of Durham if Un high court should uphold them in their privilege of worshipping as they please, even to the extent, of getting bitten to death.- Durham was trying to protect the lives of the fanatics, but some people cannot be protected from their own tolly. The only alternative is to let them have enough rope -or enough snakes, until they learn the hard way. "ONI WORLD IN GOD" Most of the editorial below is made up of direct quotations from a news story appearing in the News and Observer of November 22. There is a brief comment; on the news story at the end "Raleigh’s first hymn festival drew a capacity audience . . . yesterday after noon for two hours of listening to and joining in the singing of church music "The festival, a sort of religious com munity sing, drew some 600 choir mem bers to the church for a program which included hymns of nine nations. "The festival brought together junior and adult choir members from 26 local churches, three churches at Goldsboro, Pittsboro and Wake Forest and Meredith, Peace and St. Mary’s colleges. "The program had as its theme ‘One World in God . . ” No local Negro church or college choir was represented. It wasn’t that kind of God, or that kind of one world, one or the .other, ,i. ... 0,.., ...... -W V*. .. THE CAROLINIAN jcT •' ’ blip l , - •£&#. f*‘44)Bitl 1 llOtlglll* f\| •' ■■ w?- j B* C. I>. HJUiiBORTOtt -■»-.. -|I ■ wVI.. ■,. '.,r . ... .. . ...... . ! , . ....... ..... ... . .... I T Fed. : - -I ... . : !M, now. piincr.-: whose ..--Uitoria! :Wd :• l .-ill :y a?;-.- . iv-d d: jiy, w ••*•■* ir.oio man a utUe sympa thetic with thv cl th, Dix ietv.Us. U never declared :,,r Thurmond and Wright, bill in in editorials l-hi r'e appeared strong !r.'iuin« i -.v. d I’v. Dixic-crrit platform, oi at least mat was : -til J : . i -f \l l V*‘ D nil*. r-YM' n-tl ' • ( AH .-- tie . :,vi the 'i . : : .- e<ir,..» ... - -,v> • m :- tuv m.v, :d Tj-,;-- ;. and indd-au I that t!i <■ Pu-dciM.V tvouij have ibid, nev.d-pape:'. r port. Hut ;l meintainoM its ir xegriff, bv r. -t Pulrm on >t.- face, at, : bv ;k :unmy w tin pOiit.icnl losaC'V.'.v vifio opp-*'.•••' * d Tva noff:•.. 1 • an, .:• Ji'AStjie to liffs i ifftN-oi:, and tnon [v t, u . staff. Rights \j-. ■>■ >■ many'people heiiv vri mat they then that p: irscuffe »x entu'dv unaffected bv whether i' : " - : - Truman vv ?n or lost. It ;- the pi mcl pie That the yeverai states should resuiat, r,-* mu-:h v» C’CM-le* 4\\ (( i'.s***} f tj’/ff 8v• ’ ’ HERE AND THERE 1 OR AMO The r.amv al horuvl ; t the N. A. A. C P. has lei it be kr.v,en i ? tl‘:e ovrarlzaticn does r.e: propor to it-’. •Miiitair. Negroes in F<;ri<v;.t service i.oconve the turj'.-t. mi just ”i!; r wm-hhurV : tG work. NAACP; that's th..- -.tuff -• gotui vv; n 1 , * » * Nomination fm . ■ tnv. a-d ji; • as Anic-ricar. as ever sal a beiu'h. Judey .! Wa—. W«ims <-’f the Fed end district bench in S,,uih Car - his.i. N-.- .rovs ouitht to ): • up and sing this ivuin's name w:h paoi • .•! hit . 1 j,r.i!- J--n- ? <?) ’ A ■ ‘1 V ckL 0 ■Zi f i G:: )f;b! ;.i-. i. pa FT icu i 131) y iff : in' S- uti:- 4 in;t.*o-rauied ffda tioffN.” So -tcod the Times; and • ; it was an honcit stand. V\ i■ an vox: alt t. r a ‘.vi)y w:th ih• * ? I hnu.s. But there is hai iih any don Si that (;U. ch finltions of *\l anestio affair,--/* wmi'a be al sariamv. Many things that the T . nthv iri white tv pit illy insists are dom<*st‘• an c-n toe euntrai’v ,;N - ff.;' -A,. . :!ie ; i;di;D ;N,:.; . that the ivpwfi] whitv? .south-term e; • *;lit in f:n ;>.• the mana^. men! of tin., •wo Genesis’ IV:. ’>v fc n-tosL What ha- l «• • if.' rt.re”. ij’ement. of n. : - Negroes are chtizons of the .. ? : . t. \vhi”D t . Bv arei or ruituraliy.ed, citizens of the unit ocl ota ff?a no bu Lff-. mid unvnduph nu inc. rportitcil eitiot and tvvon." ere only cm: - "if Negroes, 1 ven those qunli When Secrcwrv r.f hw Trensmy John S’-ncic-r booted ’.hat Alafcan*.:; .menial revutue collectc-r out hr faihi x- to compiv with Ex< : cv.tiv« Order 9930 -Fair Employrr.i m in Federal , ."-.nries. ■ "Frrse, - r.avt* proof that he wasn't kid din/ chm-. Jjjr, Kv..r,.s. tilde to Off.cc of Na ?! c ;i) n f-. n- * .rr Air 1- i.i cr- r sun; ii, do its stull n. provtdinH opf.-oi'Ui;'.ilH:s ? i quaiified \i--.ro. in all braut-l-j-:? of the service. If • - tie, I : Vantiei:- 1 With whites in the operation of ern localities, on a .purely racial <; tu: in many eh then:. I.- that the kirni o‘ Plate and local auto - nomy that Thin mend and WrU'.ht and the ir folk; wot were VV huU-vt-r the p hi! oso pi ti ca! pa.-hr of the States’ Rh;;U creed. :.!,r a. in too ol.jtii 11!,'JH til ‘ h ins the i lines indicate.-: on a high plane but nonetheless inch a* ao d , parueuh.!- > rnohaai •• bn the dosirabildtv of the regu i i i' of Pulaski County. Alumna, • takinsr* 4 in * government accA'd dnt; to the U S, Constitution, Cl the < restitution ft late;.? Do the people of Brum e-ant N*.' What they want I i;\ maintain m wnito control or ■ : j '(••y Hi '1 '' ' n '-j >*• | > white sup? emaey. guaranteed £>v tilt; arbitrary control of the non white citizenry, Now Mr. Turman, how about Hastio i'o Urn Siunvrne Co >rt. 'by v. :.'" of While 1! use job, that is* ? If Congresman Dawson doesn't j* ; !. a chairmanship :r» the House ' Expenditures committee, maybe ) Ih-. -e will be some damned unhap- Neeuies in lib: country. 'ln cluding us.?. Seldom. if ever, has .1 Negro bun so deserving of poii liti'd reward f Pst’ he bet let ; d it. too.) ft -ft 't Maybe other m. wsmen were fool ed, but not. the members of the Cnptial Pres.-. Club. The Negro nows and public relations biggies *;. Washington m a secret poll on the Tu. day befou: t-Kciion. voted 14 mi. nf 20 bv Truman Yes, sirce. Notice to Mr Royal}, Secretary feu the Armv: Any comment you make about the abolition of dis crimination will be hdd suspect until y-.nr army chan re- its policy. Action, Mr. Royal!, not talk. Don't bo tooled with the Ijowls o! the Dixiecrats and what not. The ; i irk t c nth i- that the south is moving' up ir> Mracial relations :-i ■ v'r> ■ T.n- n t i dan i : the Ni'-gi'i; lender;; who Have ve-'ted interests in si greyrition and the status quo. and who are do ing as much to hold the line as the n.-.-t rabid Ncgrophobite. • Okay, buddy, lot's expose them.) *■ * * Hanging on the wall behind Joe Albright's iVA aide' desk i& a placard which reads, “Compromise if possible on procedure, but never or principle ' Take notice, big -•hut.''i li'ickier.i !ly : Albright had a vets’ audience in Atlanta howl ing with ;ij>r. enrent the other night • - i-e:t ' ! -f /o’ told tiicm, “Ail ••'•■i.-u-i.-kinri merit-• oar respect, but t hal t- ‘iiect rpir-t begin with our o7.t* Hire; NftSj’ro women!” * t * A < aut ion that casmot bo repeat ed too frequently: Citizenship means rot-pun ibiiits • tu bo free, we must first deserve freedom. Slop, being Mop roes and be Amer icans. \WKK TENDING SATURDAY. DEC !. JS>4 ||f ‘ "t* TIdBETffiEEKZ: THE jifaw r ——.mars mSWjKU BV DrANB uncock for urn WHITE LEADERSHIP IN THE SOUTH Many weeks prior to the election this column averred that the November election would in many way? he a national poll on the* color question in this country. T.,, issue were clear eat and the stage was set for one of tin nation's most definite decisions m matters of rave. Harry Truman from Missouri, acting President by the accident of Cm at Roosevelt's death, chon j to make an uncquovocai stand for a civil rights program that included No grace this being the fits: tnm> a time; of that <■■ -id had eves nap pc-ned .in this land of the free and home el the brave. Moreover, Truman took his stand sufficiently early for the* nation to know just wtht-re he at jod. His decision was not an over-night haunch. It was not merely an election ‘platfofm’ to coton votes on the wing. Truman tool: his stand months previous to the Democratic National convenion. He thus, not only took the most unpopular stand a President over look, but lie took it m. time to let the hecklers and holligans got in their deadliest blow.*:. • Thu back-number southern leadership went, to the Philadelphia convenion prepared for the slaughter with little Harry Truman the lamb and party of the first part. The onward surge of liberalism swept the opposition, aside and Harry Truman was nominated uvt: .the protest ot the made.:- T southern leadership. But this was just the beginning of one of the uglicat political fights eve* waged in this country in gen eral and the south hi particular. It gave occasion for the rise of Dixie; : whe p rw dto b* men :y .uixiued t«vw TiHnian iam, Bilboism. Cole Bleasism. Vardamonism, eu-, O' course tiie Dixiecral? counted on a :•:(umperte of while southerners. Wen- there not 13 southern states and with the-e Dix iecratie. Truman would be politically destroyed root and branch. \y. -a Truman stubbornly , r Pier - p *. ,* bucK down, oa his civil right;, ■land, the?” Southern Dixieeiai-- would hand over the presidency to Dewev as a rebuke to any man who would evc-r utter dare uj Include Negroes in anything that resembled a bill of right::. With all of the ; -r political ammunition, with all oftheii ap peals to pn-ju'licc:-., wit.ii all of their vsn;l 1 ■ upt-macy (red ray mu). pjtiru; i'.li Tourm-ond • miM e.irry ■ ”•■ ••■.utu-rn ts v - ■ < Alabama not to be included fur tin n- pno way to prove that Truman would not have ..an led it had hir, name been placed on tJ-.o uiix-.s i' Cteevgi.a •;■ u:;I go ! iumon. under p.e 1 lrcumitances Alabama rrr.Tht ’ ave d'ane like y>n Win n ai 1 Use votes were count'd 1* ... voi ked. out that Tinman riot nily .■■■wept Hie nation hut the erstwhile solid couth Tiic mam issue m me pus' c;.uny;ugn. so t election v u civil rights. Foreign policy came in. for emphasis and inflation nad it.- place in the minds of vot,> easting Americans, but the real issue of the campaign was civil rights for Negroes. The nation cast its vote m fuv.r of luller eitmonsnip ..i the Negroes who have; s.icd their blood and sweat end suffered Hi make this nation the great nation that it v. It is 1 rue then ore many southerners of tin IPx.C: ,i : : !1 a -e■Pa ■ig ■■ a;CSy . Righteousne- •am justice are on the* march; and ad the Strom Thurmonds a Suuth Ca -olina and Tucks of Virginia cannot stem the tide of liberalism that. is rising, a me that is b;-und to sweep •he Ncgr.i am, fail iiedata a.- ha> pu-p is ah-:- aa ted Statu of cur?. Airie- :ca a- osi the march, a thing 1 have said 0 have been trying to say for many yea.s. The white south ,s not as rumdiy piy; N ■ : - -- -1 paintixi -: v :i Rcmxin.-. ai'.l Biioa.- tt .A tloi ta.-.a ■ ; : ];a.: th- . .lunia declrasd timt the ■ ut.u ner is a angle : i t pvt si ntiition than the current leadership oi tiie white south '■ Iwris. Tis-a so.kiu-rn jyeonle ,uu- ■ ■ y for tin- P,;' 0 .■. 1 move.] ad vance. but the ;('actionary leadership ,s, committed to tin.' (.denial iratmn .1 tiu subpigatam and demination of Negroes. Tile election proved that the white ptess and pulpit and rostrum must move up if they would keep abreast, ot the enlight* * nod ma a. of tin .s sap . Th< n tp-D;xi*a-rata south deterv.-.-i u hand' i ins St.mth > mggast i/: ; a 1;■;a '.-I not tin.; :Ngio but. its out Sentence Sermons BY REV, FRANK CLARENCE LOWHV (FOR AN Pi Lite is a day-to-day process that writes, its own bark, and its author t ...n t prevent anyone mom taxing a go ; d took. The thing.-, you don’s care to have appear, yeti had belt o', not do, for they are sure to smear. Sir.ce no one is responsible for what you do out ot sight, then there is no cm but you to blame when your dark spots come to light, Life is l;k,- an indelible pencil it has a smooth finish, but to erase a mistake, there .remains a blemish. A typewriter has no intelligence bet a Jot of key:?; tike your life it only reflects what you strike, at your ease. Good intentions alone, neve:-' w; ought any invent!or;• nor brought a man or woman any nearer to God's throne. One's thought, by tin- world rnot. realized until place.• ifi motion and materialized. Thought can make or break any man. but wholesome deeds 1 do the most damage in our land.. After uni has done his talking. Ihe folks begin to look around t.o see ui what direction ho r. walking. He who thinks that lie is only --ating and sleeping, getting and not giivftg, is only helping hi? adversary m arrange hi.-, imal t.-.i ni'toing. l| ~ | V"y|| o. ATWOQD j L UMMP MERCHANT • CtmtJn#s»taj JPonttire* * "
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