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PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS !j EYNCHINGS GO UNPUNISHED I Several weeks ago a correspondent I wrote the editor of a southern daily pro 1 Hating against anti-lynching legiMatioi a by the I'. S. Cor gross. Hr argued tha'l lynching is simply a form of murder, and m as such should come entirely under tht | jurisdiction of the State, lie and other.- I have contended that lynching ha.- boeorn jg very rare: <hat other crimes of violence.j| such as murder r.d rape, an much morel prevalent than lynching- |j Th-ia correspondent added. “To make murder by lym-hmjr a Fed * rial offenso, while the undisputed record I tells us that this law has been mon* of. j fectiveiy enforced than any other i aw 1 against murder . . . throughout the South! would bo folish and unwarranted” Q The man who wrote H ■ letter wael thinking, of course, ol‘ the fact that thereU are not nearly as many tvnehings as them I used to hr twenty .years ago, Lynching! is not condoned by the general southern! public by any means to th*» extent tha’l it used to he. Disapproval of lynching h.v-0 been widespread , ,d outspoken in thejjj civilized South for a generation. Law of-! fivers as a whole take much more ser~! iously their obligation t.o protect prisoners! fre-tn mobs. But wh.d happens when, in spite of the? weight of generat public ©pinion against ■ Ijnehig. a mob does get. a victim ? Sap 1 pose the vi.-fim falls into the hands of the 1 mob before the. constituted law offio orsW have an opportunity to art to prevent it S Or suppose the mob is able to outwit nil foil the law officers, borons- of the at ml pidity or cowardice of the latter. A 1\ nch-I ing then does tab- place. i How doe,: the machierv ( >f (he law art ji to pmuab those who have perpetrated a lynching ? How doe.; it. work in lit l l .* .' Hen* did >t work hi Ib is and I *!7 I The l. r n ! icd Press presented rems fig me., in the course of its .-overage of the re ffit lynching in ftwinioo, Georgia, which ire highly pmtiuenf in this nico < A to the Stale of Georgia, IT report Iynrhings fcinc.*’ x 1030, nnd not tbv ic tion, Si o jO u t.l \arn 8t a to*-, s&. y s i P* '.'■plying on r* - ords of Tu regee I' V: t< ,fu*i the Southern Regional Cmmcd, “have had !Hi Ivnchinf in the last two deer 1- T?br\ have produced only four c«nvic tio nr. P ogress has been made, in r< ducing the number of Ivnchlngs. but granting a lynching does occur the members of the mob. whether a keg, or a small one. are about, as safe from punishment today a they ever v ••••(•. About the only ew fea ture .; that nowadays there may t»e some arrests. The processes oi me, tna; hero and there advance < von to the point of indictment and trial, as has happened :u Georgia, as web as k'orth Carolina and South Carolina, within the past three years. Bui the United Pros* figures for convictions tell the real • >vy. Nvtie for 25 is the score for Geoi kim Four Hr 116 in the whole South in twenty years. “The undisputed record’' certainly does not I ell us that, the law against lynching • seas been more effectively enforced than rpv other law ago: st murder through out the South” NOT NECESSARY ft is fa'.rlv easy to understand why a Negro in trouble in (he South would en gage h white lawyer to represent him in court. It would hardy be re a In-’a- »-• siv that juries always exclude considera tions of race from their deliberations, and there is evidence from time to time that even judges are not entirely color blind. THE CAROLINI AN .PuHisffMMJ by The Carolinian Fubliehina Cc*. 11ft R*s<t Hartfet! St.. R&kltfh. N. C the Post Office at Raleigh, W. C.. under the Act of March 3. 1879, p. H. JKRVAV, Publisher C. D. HAIJJBUftTON. Editorial* Rate* One Year. *3,50: Six Months $2.00 ; Address ail communications and make ail rfcedks payable to The Carolinian rather than to Individuals. Tbe Carolinian expressly repudiates responsibility for return of unsolicited pictures, manuscript, etc., unleaa nUutxpa are aesu. But it k to be hoped that Up lime Is not distant when Negroes can Hw-t their ca a: of counsel of i.heir own rare*. <0- at least find whito lawyers, if they mud have them, win.; will Heat Negroes ap pearing in court as they .should be treat ed. II is too bad that one mu” pay out good money to a lawyer who will not ad dress witnesses properly in court, even witnesses for (he defense. Tho counsel conducting Ilm ova mm.a lion of witnesses in the I TT of Hr. ,T. R. Davis made a point to address all 'he Me groes who took the stand, regardless of ago and sex, by their first names. The only exceptions were those who could be ad dressed by some professional title. The patronizing manner of such law years is highly distasteful, as well as in bad taste. In certain circumstances ore has to put up with some things. If ought not to be necessary, however, for one to have to pay for having one’s self or on* friends treated with offensive and unne cessary condescension. SETBACK FROM EISENHOWER General Eisenhower's statement in op position to the aid-to education bill wine!) has already passed Ihr .Senate is a real blow to the aspirations and ex pectations of those who have supported the IT:;. Included among those are not only President Truman, but. also Senator Taft, as well as hundreds of other prom inent and judicious p.-opT. Tim general's disapproval won id have groat weight • " -my from him Amin as a general, for the Auicoan people iioid him in imus nally high esteem; hut he spnk. also a . an educator, the president of one of the gi;oi: universities of fhi nation and (.he world one that fas contributed great ly. through its famous Teot-he . C.oMeg an-l o?herwioe, to American education. General Eisenhower dot ie>t eondemu outright. Federal aid to Use sf a (os for 11 >*. improvement of public schools; he . that he iavors a- I ping some ;dates, iait O!). v (hose which could not raise cuoup !•• money thein;;**!v«v. |<» aiumr.- adeun.it e< |a t o!Ui ifo >'di! i But no ‘f. <• f if, a bill which w-mld end Federal fund:, into some states, and none at ai) into •t•* nl . II ju 111 ?:)jI h’ i ’.■> (it ('> ji u rrs.s 1 1 null state;; as would receive no benefits at all would not. bo inclined, to support such a i d The -it as passed by IN- Senate and await?na action in the House already makes dille;enccc. am-mg the states on the basis of pvim e lie. i, huj ad sf at e-. would get a roi’i mm ■ <> aid. It nught be very ciifficuii in p:.»\e to «’alifornia or Michigan Id the; -Tumid par faxes for the supp- ; I of public edwaHon some other sta’cs, when none of me mon ey at. nil would be returned to • here.. \nd no state in the nation has an edu* atimial system which could not use more funds < leneral Kiseiihowe”s argun -rd abou? greater centralization of ant;:- t.v in ilw Federal government loaves as cold. In the first place undue centralize’ •• is not verv likely under the bill nov. awaiting action by the House; hi the sw ond place, as sem(hern Negroes such a prospe t, if real, would not cause us any grief. General Eisenhower was a great gen era I. It remains to be seen whether he is a great university president and educator. I !;o two do not necessarily- go together. TOP MAN A rra < nt Sunday issue of ‘ho Now York Limes carried the -story, with an aceoir panying portrait, of a young Negro who this year won “the two top award- f , •academic excellence aw aided by Colum bia University’s .School of Dental and Ural Surgery.’* The young man. .tuiiu K. M Rich mond, from Georgetown. RriKh Guiana, "'.v graduated this >v?r. He was also elected to the O-nic.ron Kappa Upsilon, •honor dental stviefy. Dr. birhmonc's j.icture. indicate clear t -1 ' that his ancestrv is predominantly Ne gro, j! not exclusive'y so. He and others are daily giving the be v> the old dogma of Nordic superiority and N ego inferior- My Eouaiity of opportunity, when and vio.'ic it is available, as it was in Dr. Richmond's case, brings out the facts. THE CARO UNTAN • Mplli' If if ua---- ■■■■ ■■■ i "oMT... "t i Km L* ‘ ..... . f3 C i “ i 1 3 TvT * I SENTENCE SERMONS KV V FRANK (M./VIO S< I 5«.‘VyK’V n?K \NP i: J ♦ ■ . . J,.. ..... t , :. . 4 . , . , , f.,'t G‘ t•- i■ W .; f 1... '!,.•- :.., ;- . . ~. ! T v• • .t i). f t* • ,t ?»: * r.'L. i, >1 is f n,h' ”.V. G lili ii- HOI r OdG .) , :t •'H lJ: |jr , , . U'/ :.HT te.vruU f *.ir no: > tbu ”■' * • Ain ?> : itv i: a vvru t . iht: 5 ’ (ii<i I'i -Tv : ihun vhy run t v.*u FurrHKu to ';■ 'i r 11 ; 1:;ni now It'.f’.VT.'ilt *.*•*: ; . f mint ILP'I fhrruuu o;n • , ” Wf will Jd’VOj bo in .shvjOG' y to Trials • rvr-rptex;. ••• '*’• ‘ who srsukud Mit.liGt - to:* -hfi h.,mum- V y . Cc.n ”f his faUMvs wfli K ft ' v V. it ; jl 'uon \ ”‘r if , the Gxl / f 'ar Kntf l ifirt-s v,:l) tx ;i ’ '• : r ■ s -i: niaa-: o inquez 1 >i\- IN THIS OUR DAY By C. A. Chick, Sr. mob vioi.r v : wu tuk majority' (ifrorr f)n<\ it < i> i't ■ < Tie com pelted li >yn. t-ibise w'm anyone ‘' ; ~. t ' ■ ' r'. '".{ IT. v.';.y hv n mob And tspccinllj ees it '* rf - 'oei-TK rtpht.-ous ■ drynatiotr in ■ • r,r- -v;j ii vie 'i-W* vorm.ii rii:>i !■ ;r 7 p,m nr the of or n.tnrt it. c <iUi .-,p a«oe ;i that it is a go* 'do,so of swo.,i mo.iif.-ino- U-. tin- South non ii ir h ' , 0,.- ~ l-nv into i' i j i i ,> r> ..;: ■ white :-euplo in ohm words when th< rr- ; r trk ■ tto pc.c i'to. -inch aetif a likely i nvm-r hcne/icin; to Kc-f.ror.. ft is weU known how iruiit'- Oiont the lav/ ons.-. dm; officers /.!<- when iWgt '>o.; .-nolcncd by the mob oven to the extent n{ l-oinp. lynch.-ri Generally the nrncr. or t’. • mayo-, or the chief of police, or the snerl'f <■ r nukes a st vmont a'- ji follow,-. "A t l»i and co pi. to ;r_ vcstipaUori i.! be '■ ah 1 so that the perpetrators of such r, hein ous oiime may be i/rbaght, before the bar of Justice” But as fi rule that is the last ci ;t And if by chance a fwthfui officer < f th' law does investigate sulfieienlly to secure an indictment, the trial is generally a fare, to the nth degree OccHsJrttmily one read in LMMASK HIM. AMD HE WILL BE DOOMED. i\' - 4 f ~ >Jsr- l ■ m - m IgP m Wo o-rifi of w« iMox I iHi •< t.o - ,;- t vouch rcsoi’ch » l’ ; E» Jv K UU.X Ivi-Oi N u •'.:'■•* - Tted Al.-borc-i. But wc found tiuit tuc R;.hdch Tights on ,iimo ]5 pnno.G *'U uniiorj u whim ln or*'”;r hottof ••? b'H h suhjocis *c\ '{i?t- r.; ; ru doh'd hi? in Ihe l)ppn g'THil U; t. •* ci\ r f> | **»f> i unite;;?. Old: , i”; of ilvMd v«-'h M ' Thu cMiip inacr. tra?” Sup h ’dud «A\ ft i ’ toci (h o j.. -■; 1j» y}. -a icj r s »• jll v 1 ’ f i'U ‘•O'” ? . <■(' l’(\ >i | by "A pr”d joy in h win ton. >ff•, D- V J t r-t 1 ; Eh m »*■ • *.■ 's•*! jf?'? f:>ki . • N r, ‘r f > O.r grounds >f 'lt- iff;. Ml! The* •- A a *h!o of pnind ii 0 wijjvh to* ,:;h nos tier uoh and ii'.'- i-.* •:t myos 1 d Ivhf ?nnß> - ;, C ? ” V- x jT't'iilit r.iob *’t L I-OI.N p.'.T r.l\’o mental ”P --\j. *v; 1 ol lynch i ”'\ ; ’i r l I;; r »l ir ’!‘M - :■ i.•••h n spoiuibk- South arn y - u)-s ;>r.ri '.-.dividuals should s'- i; re* >rm -.• a !rv ’ > rc-edti- T , a v ... la va. r hia r-ncl <-- •1 • va.-uM ’J:-:." ir.uni! >’s aa-i i. ■ i'ii'w:-papers it an o/fu-er of tor persueord ~ mob bent on ■■:s n 1 r;■ .i • to permit trie ■■ ■■> Sake • --'trsc. • r that be task. l -•'.th Uu: moo while some* < the Negro a wav t.i an ■ toil. And for •, ,t.i: action the S m hern net.- tapers fjyhi’e) Jrul nun her ■ Bit* tv l note Intent ; ‘ a.eatnj.f the mob that trrvetoued vii ier.,v Nov it seems t ■ that .1 on officer t.uks with a tro. long t-'ionph to persuade it t.< .-hr its mind, or long v-noogh fm someone u temove t' ipias tier to another spot, he si ."id be abiv io ee. oymae, at, i .-' K-mc o; the members of ti'C iTOUp. But when the mob begins to r. v/biic. pr.tii'ae as U is cuc i ••ml" doing in the south, it is . different story Immediately >he righteous iriignat.ion of t.he whites South i.s aroused. Civic organiza tions become terribly disturbed • vr r such disregard for law and order. Public sentiment is very critical toward law enforcing 1 of ficers who are accused of not protecting people (white people) against mob violence. Let - h nc that some day be fore it r- toe late that the white South will realize than none of its uttzen. rich or poor, white or Mad have “ifci.. ■nd reeuvity of Xecond e li!!j BY C D. HALLIBURTON it 1 rfcics i. i v better r * content! : <t - 1C;- their efforts t-nv .. -j re ii..- g. .fieri rub lauier than r \- I-, n bug so niueh time and effort troverf'ial issue of trying to iibnlish ii,j Uf>r. ' Aa long os masked, or unmask the fv'iith in defiance of mi.-ib li>nod laws d commit outrages and lynching.-. with jmvuc.ity, toon S'Hjtheri.or:-: who art <J- cent - id ' “T T V- r- . * , , , t acnun v/\ y -stop tin? ■><? j tip v l . ritov *• >■ \f ,<i -t «\ p ; ex;. ; re»icd himscU u- o : 4'"' - ’hr : . l- , matter High-sounding -.< ;ut... >. • •>i.*|enmij'g lyneh»m*s inri {’-‘i i.'i-i of lavel• .sess are n 1 'ugh 1 ■ ; '.mi out that 1% ucii sigs m v-- fit ! isned in frc-vion*. v ■t. - ! ■ i<fi. lent. What is ri> * ift-ci i. ; : ’ . •irii-.hinent of lyncher* and •’thcr ninhsteris Ihe South ran in n tn t iwbreakers as iaw w. ,'keiv s ; "idd oo treated It •oi >"• :> respon.siUUtics i crely espre.g.ing disappmv rr.s (I)mim; men to ten i William Horn Hull fm \\|’ H may lie hard for you to .-.re But bro: >oj it is true The v.-rong that w u ha\ e don. h- r. i: . - k to you think i-K-.-ai.tse u may hr long !I v.-ii! : •;( he severe, Bui brother, where there is ,-i wrong The remedy is near. Yea, be who sows shad reap Ids fruit. Though bitter it may he, And he most rear.- much more '•> boot That is i fast decree PO'sort unless dl of p s citirens h »v'> ihat protection. Let us hope I.P-U ;he South will rc»'w before the hooded nand completely takes over, that the coward mob at tacks first what is regarded as the weakest clement in the pnpuia ti"n. ft.; that it it curves the I'unishiTtent of 1 v law for Mich ht up, it beer-met. dr.ir.k witn its it wrrs and apparent sucre > anti attacks vh never disnlcu-es it. ! do net mean to inyly the! the South is the in ly section of till Unit‘‘,-f States ri.ut safer; ii. u i violence But »hw article ■ con cerned only with the South Then, luu I iiunk it ran be truthfully aid that in the South mob vin lence has been directed more against one particular rate than it has in any other section of the country. Let us pray that the ; res. nt wave of public sentiment i t the South against moh violence will continue until the spirit of the mob is so completely broken that all people regardless of race, color, creed, and regardless of economic standing may really en joy a feeling of safety arid se curity for their lives as well as for their pr-ppertv WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, .ITT/Y 2, 1949 BETWL EM . fits!! ~mr : 7 «v n> *n nmiic'oas /m »up j It! I I V«S VI v t (tifO i 111 ItISIVJ When 1 ,ri i. cii -m ii : •-i Union s ran,:si ~;i y.'.u. ar>> thi l.’.n-tic'dar field ui which my -«i vice.' vvul.ld |i, utiij.'.ii vs- n I (I fn.it' . a.ui ijince I 1',,al bCPV ii.lined in both the field,, of I! .-u --logv and o > -1 1 . I vus a jrd i tueal e« lmmitor on: il I o, g.inizcH the departrneiii n |- socioloi. v ami eenn r mies winch idm was re garded sis tin- be:-! in the Nog, ■ Fci'.nols at ‘hat lime il.it while teaching both sociology and liit’o logy I tried t.» briny to the latter field a breadth of thinking that characterized the former. Consequently s teacher in Tie >- lOjty-. I invited ail shades of ;he legical thought for discussion and Mndy. I often recommended for coi!,iter- 1 readings tile most vic ious mhnstie wnlcrs, from hi rers U and Tom Paine on down to current times Some of the student* raved and file Riehr.mno Baptist ministry in general gave me "‘hail Columbia." hut i f»;lt then, as I few! now that sin elding young ministers from atheism them til. dot. nd tiiooio-jv h i:v can Maud mi . 100 in -st miserable 1 tvie. ; cure Ah . vouch and tumble" kind that can Sake in a knock u w-,-dr;m-om fieiit With d die -I IV. 11 to r-vC: . ilfi 1 v o.c In other ii- [ If; mb h. v-: Mfr.iiti of v,:m; -■ ill - short of ;,:f . Tile ff>n-i;o,nc set-, f•.etrnv tualiy My faith in dcir.-on ary PROGRESS OP FEPC Omii ;: :i;» hfe of this Exc; Ord.u mm riiv ; ;,-oiow n.-.de :■!! i-'-E- i ; .ms N- ricu'p'.' p:i c' uld refill a man a job si ft) differ, ni No per. .novi no . ' could ■ .i.‘. <u- - ' to a. ui,ii. ; • his name nad . peculiar on M"n were ea-od for thri: afa , net fen the,r r* Jigion. l.icc ■ r or. •offer to- va- -o-ig 'ii ' ecutive Order 12 wu, kiaei w C ; gee. :■ Sum. >1 om .Scuyv , and Rcpri-sentativrs felt that de iv. o r. at the hiring gate ”■ to,, . •<><! for sonic i>eOjj,e a, t read right aid <-f the book Fortum a .'y thus did ii“t cad a fight for Fair Fhr-ni yment Prac- S’.rc I egisiafurex took up the :: ;hI '.' here the Federal ffnv eminent left off New Y-.vk was fivyt in hi fa. Ti.cn Massaciiuse'is. *Ci ,11 nee tic: it, and New Jersey followed, who Rhode Island, Washington New Mexico, d Oregon pa sin;, t E. P. C Laws this yea’. Tremendous progress has been muds ir, the pas* .s;phi years.. I; ;M’ v iv.iys N- \v York inn proved that discrimination ~c !) !t?'i i nit! <\i Hr'’akin: ri'-w*- thr> ; n ien ■ f discrimination is <mp.p of the problems oi iTHEYLLNEVERDII Wl 00RN 79 V £ *6O. a JOSt'Pk I.AWREXCE JONtl . .VlWMift was o prom azotes '< 'm M»&b SCHOOL • FOR A SMCRT j /.' jpgaSp- -v» TIME ME WAS A TEACMt'R !| ‘‘lp Ij AND LATEB A CIVIL j i\ ll®' ***» ®ii FINALLY. IN •oo?..wsrw I Ms* .W M IMAGINATION.COORAfrfc AND 1 irnWM" m A I. ‘ TTIE CAPITAL, HE FOUND* . '• W. TP THE CENTRA! REGAM A wi. ■ f CO- m CINCINNATI 1C YEARS 1 ; \i " . '/ WORLO^'tAR&ESTibOLOW- !i A ■■■»*? / LD ESTABLISHMENT ENGAGE#! / IN THE MANUFACTURE' OF 11 A "-v, J' 3EOS?FTAND FRATFWNAI it hn*&«■/■ -fc. At D PANNE fit© .* | iHsr s&£'-. MR-JONE? PLANT •W" i.IMmLN ' SttAOllY EMPLOYED F/F' W\ V WOM lOTO 34 Otk-ar# \ ly* ACCORDING. TOSEATOo J | I MAMomermm of ft; cmctMNArt, o- r L-', / f-N.- , »,/ dK \ j Cew* , ifHi««. < t*l fWtww, |F free nrfss I! k.'id • f democracy that. T in licvc in ir, rolv.i i and rti ntg • did v-'Uile a.-. N • i.-m. Ti'i writ - or belie*. •-s In. the titlin'.,if e tri uiiiph ot dcioocrisiy iioi bra use ri rc-i i'mc', ' :I,i• Ided fi'o’o the .11 ■ r.K>\va that t'-.c commttn l, wc; d 1 delivering, rut by ••rondirg up f< C. m nt.ii'.-.n! with a v. ,i\ : I fe ml r- suj.> >'ic,i ''f'T'o coverntTu-nt of the people by tin people and for the people' which | .in.'nil. prayed should tot pc ,'h ii -ri toe cart!'. can -d dug n govcrmr.er.t te few by the few and for the few. oliran hy e;-n never measure :-tn iudh vviti dt'moi racy m.iu ius( vvey we become rictoricvrl in c> nsidcring this is more tiian this voile; ran ttndci.t.md Why are wr. net more sure of ourselves is .< oil sim:' .piC'iioii ■ i one ilia', dcuiends immediate ationt on. A few days ago enrol,’-' from Clave 'an dt-- fii.'. h i. 1 chanced to bump into an architect of the lat ter city. He evidently was a man Os .treat W--He ;>•’lilted Old bridge* that he ronctived anti trurted cud bridge.' coat m. mi; 1 r-; -,s. I';: is man talked r.itir,,’ a.--- .vhat . great counti v •vc hc.d and hew wc got it Me ( \ii; a:id dt olaj <.d iH. ! if W' a.;id ne \Ur uiin iN. .iciwav ii; this c • •• u rii r > b <-r • -1 : . •: r - Jtt: •'(;: 2 nt V y \v :• ■ • • • Tf*.i I • • FHI -\sd nur «r» .F id*!',; • 'OOP'-Tlbr-r •<» i-S •- v' ' Vv ■'(. itr-■■ : il r. '• •; n YVOti:.! V - *iVi o•: S'.. iv.a|.'rj..-ibi ■. Hi; t f jI v ,-) v { y ' ,1 OV j* y; ... r.i. .t : iur’ c ’ ■ A n Pin?; ; ,/•;,• j ; j) . V&PC 1 ,ck• r *ii;hot !i\\r c*'t" p} r.'VTv; pr-i-.-UCr.s j)i / ■?f I;? 'ri ,-}ti;*f*riship i'H-rf 9 Jttj VfaxqhhcftA a By Bn > Pai'i.sow AOi , j . 1 U ’ ' ' ■ 1 v ... • VV, P ! :r' ‘‘So much chaff Mowin' about in flation *hat we oti <»yc: took the > vsi cause • •. Inct; of go-td*. it*’ j««t haren't heen pitehin* hard enough "
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