PAGE FOUR
EDITORIALS
| NO DISCRIMINATION?
If Raleigh Speller is guilty of th c
crime of vvn.jch he has been three times
convicted he should pay the penalty
decreed by iaw for it. Rape is a horrible
crime, and rapists are unfit to be mem
bers ot society. 'lf the evidence adduced
against Speller is true it was an especial
ly aggravated case of rape.
But since the crime is an enormous one
and since conviction of rape carries the
extreme penalty' conviction should occur
only on the basis of absolutely conclu
.give evidence afte? a trial in which the
accused has been ncc.ored every right
due the defendant.
The clock-like regularity with which
Negroes accuse cl of assaults on no h
women are found guilty and sentenced
‘o death in North Carolina and the South
gpnera 11 y would indicate t h a t Negro
defendants are at a distinct disadvan
tage when on trial in such cases. The
southern mind when it omes to sex cases
across race lines is not. likely to be dis
tinguished by lack of bias.
S.' when four commissioners of Vance
,County te*’'f : ed, concerning discrimina
tion on lie selection of a jury for Spel
>«:’ 3rd trial, that they had nexer known
aik racial discrimination In the selec
tion of juries in their county, while the
register of deeds testified that he had
never known a Negro to serve on a
Vance bounty .jury anyone could tell
1 r -O somebody was w’-oiig. 'V ct the pr>
aiding irige niios that he h-d heard
no information Gtovi ing purposeful dis
erfmination m jury sc :ec' '.on W itn f >t\ o
third of Vance Countv3 population col
ored, it is mathematically impossible
that ovei a period of years no Negro
would qualify for jury* except bv design.
merry-go round
The Washington Terrace merry-go
round continues : n full swing. V- goes
'round and round and it is getting Ra
leigh dizzy.
•N’uw the City Council has approved
The rental apartments proposal. Just be
fore that happened Mr. York had with
drawn his request for authorisation to
go ahead with the rental project, but
had signified his willingness, under eer
tifnu circumstances, to bu id detached
h,,,n* r. f()f gale. I ho embattled * csidenta
of Longview Park had said all along
that they did not object to the erection
of homes for sale, but when it appeared
that the promoter might possibb com
plete plans for such construction, they
oorrif. forward with not one but three
more exceptions, modifications and con
ditions qualifying that siaad.
' One was for rezoning the 30-acre
plot to reduce drastically the number of
houses permitted per acre under ff.>
present classification. A second, which
is highly illuminating as regards their
real feeling toward the prospect ,of Ne
gro neighbors, is a request that the city
insert a park between Washington Ter
race and Longview Park, evidently as
h geographical barrier. The third is an
other delaying tactic against, the origi
nal project *— * a legal technicality ad
mittedly dug up out of limbo an ordi
nance requiring the approval of the ma
terials and so forth that go into apart
ihent houses by the City Board of Ad
justment:?, and which requires at least
two weeks before an application can
foe acted on.
The CAROLINIAN m glad that, at
lesst tho prospect of some bruising de
velopment for Negrons at the proposed
site is'tiot yet lost. Ii -hopes that none of
THE CAROLINIAN *
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rtf? UtMt Ilaxvett St,. RulciaA N. C.
Pie Pi>st Office at Raleigh. N. C, under the Art
at March 3. tP?B.
P. H. JKRVA t, Publisher
C. IX HALLIBURTON. Sdikwteb
Rate*
One Year, $3.5d; Six Months SB.OO
Address aU .ccmmut..cations and maJke oil
checM payable to The Carolinian rather than to
jtndividua The Carolinian er grossly repudiates
responsibility for return ct unsolicited picture*
(manuscript, etc., ante** stamps Kent. „ . .
the various devices so far employed, and
none that may be brought forward, will
prevent the development of Washing
ton Terrace for the use of Negroes. All
Negro citizens, os: at least an overwhelm
ing majority of them, are united on that
wish, however they may have varied in
their opinions as to the most advanta
geous use of the plot as to type of hous
ing.
DEATH STALKS HIGHWAYS
- The extent to which- we have failed
to control the dangerous features of that
generally beneficent device, the automo
bile, was reflected in the almost casual
and callous manner in which the nation's
press predicted (and accurately) a rec
ord-breaking death toll from motor ac
cidents over the holiday week end. It
was conceded beforehand that a cer
tain number, and a very large number,
of Americans, wer » j doomed to death
while pursuing business or more likely
pleasure during the Labor Day period.
If the newspapers could have named
names and therein warned the persons
destined to be victims, it would have
been wonderful.
The tragedy is that life on the high
ways ts so cheap. Except for the sur
\ivors of the accidents which proved
fatal to their traveling companions, and
the relatives and close friends of the
victims who died, too few will regard
the figure of over 300 deaths for the
week-end as. anything more than a sta
tistic. And the same kind of thing will
happen, on a somewhat smaller scale,
ever v day and every week-end, until
next- Fourth of July, when another "holi
day toll” will be compared on the front
page* of newspapers with those of pre
vious holidays.
Our own North Carolina ought to be
shocked by the fact that in only four
other states in the country did more
people d. e in traffic accident’-- dm - - -■
the Labor Day period this year. But is it?
Our legislature, spurred by the iiwis
tr-Tsre of many automobile owners, re
pealed this year a measure designed to
-reduce the hazards of the highway, be
cause the provisions of the lav wtue
Too irksome. Small fines for serious and
life-end angering violations of traffic
laws including drunken driving, * m?-
linue to be the prevailing pattern. Per
sons whose licenses have been i e\oke<.
for violations keep driving, and m some
cases get their licenses back. The right
To drive is one of the most indulgently
handled rights,
RALEIGH AND LOTT CAREY
Raleigh is proud ot the election ot tn
O. S. Bullock to the presidency of the
Lott Carey Foreign Missions l onvention
at the meeting of that, nationwide Bap
tNt society in Norfolk recently. The mug
and distinguished career of the local
pastor as a leader in the Baptist de
nomination locally, section a! iy and na
tionally- merits the honor tendered Dr.
Bullock. He belongs particularly to Ka
leigh' and North Carolina, having spent
his entire ministry in two charges within,
the state, and ?be great majority of his
ministerial years as pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Raleigh. Measured by
whatever yardstick, few have been more
successful laborers in the vineyard.
The Lott. Carey Society now finds it
self under good North Carolina and Ra
leigh influence, for not only is its presi
dency held by a Raleigh man: the exr
entire secretary is, and has been for a
number of years, the Rev. Dr. W.
Somerville, on whom Raleigh, has claim?
Anyone who has ever seen Dr. Sumer
vjlle at a Shaw football game will know
that in spirit he could never far outside
the city limits.
DEITY OATH OUTLAWED
Maryland lost its right to make public
officials swear to belief in God or Chris
tianity. A town councilman-elect, bar
flod from office as a Pantheist (one who
finds God in the universe as a whole),
(challenged the century-old iaw, won
when the courts hold the otah unconsti
tutioal,
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THE OAROLTN7AN aDir*s*>
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"And This Can Be True In Every Endeavor"
Jpi Jecond j!j
jjit iiicuttiH* f
BY C. D. HALLIBURTON
p / " ill _B{
m
S««mc months ago under tin
cispii-.-r.. ‘yuirriis.-io!; of Fraud,"
tin- Raleigh Nows and Observer
puhli.-ricf; an editorial comment
ing upon a statement, by Dr.
C!ycU A. Krwiti State Super
intend: at of Public Instruction
Di. Erwin had said that there
ir any high scnools : ?i
Nortu Carolina which needed to
he cut from the accredited list
“We're just tooling the children
-uid tiu- parents," he observed in
reference to such .-übstandard
schools.
TK editor mi writer went on
••Cl. t the saddest things
as.--nu! a n that a docs not
manently fool even the parents
o childrei Indeed one e>f toe
most tiv-gie things in this State
the arrival • f - student, load
ed vi nh good marks from a
North Carolina High Scho<>>,
at a North Carolina College
where he discovers that despite
his counterfeit As he is inade
quately trained for the work n ; ‘
iias to do.
"The- danger of such a condi
tion is that if will not merely
cheat some of the sons and
da 'jjhier • °f ’--e State hut ill of
th . Ii will not be Grange •*
some parents and children in
s!:,- Uiat the phony certificates
ot preparation . be negotiants
i.r-t onl> for admittance to State
SENTENCE
SERMONS
BV MVV FRANK n ARt'rt.
I rnVRV FOR ivp
In order f°> - man mastfci
bin i-if hr nv.ist ?tm< ijt>«-n
1 on hi' false.pride shelf
He, the i must slowly ris r
above ceevy*. hire rreatt. ami
get so far up mat such tilings
cannot he seen
h is not a fast and overnight
process, but a constant pull and
t-.I niggle upwards toward suc
cess.
T • such a Iravetci it may look
like no will neve* - make it there;
but- even in a day like this, he
can succeed by being fair.
For after all, that, when
count-, is rot what men like to
• oe. Suit only that which G>p
,-Iwavs know-, - man or woman
to be
Those actmns then winch arc
a!way- sure to meet with God -
r.ppr ival, should - r >o daily ! o!~
lowed wbai ’or tin thee.if of
;- 'an s i- ” cling ii, 1 1'■
For the worthless
thi: gs that are now fU wing
swiftly by cannot even be com
! ..red with a home beyond the
s k y
The glare and dingle of im
trlal things have cost thousands
of ten who might have been
•worthwhile, the price of their
eternal wings.
Men also, for the want of hign
places, haw sold Chi Ist cheap,
rrdy to wake up t»,l In t C and
eternally have to weep.
But as the Springtime of
youth Ithai flower bo'celcL'd
Galilean shorn, where potential
men can meet a loving Savior
and His rich gift implore.
It is then the night seems as
cheery as the day. and heavenly
voices seem to say “move quick
ly up the King’s Highway -
make no delay."
Ii older folks mon time
would give to help youth climb
and really live, this old drab
earth would change Its color and
great joy would flow one to the
other
cull' ges They may insist with
: otr.c logic that college gurn
ards conform to the high scho.ii
training. 'Jba: would mean the
reduction i f the vulue also of
degrees from our colleges and
the quality of til, equipment
they give th« sons nno daugh
ters of N ’-rth Carolina.'
K'.i-ry thc-.igiUfi.il person co..
ih tod ” :t'l a ’ aa. .o r-i
--how much truth there is in the
above statements and observa
tions. The meaning of many
high school diplomas has become
dubious, and the danger that
college standards have been oi
fecti’d by the graduation of high
H'hoo! students ill-equipped to
continue their education in ct-i
--ie is real.
This situation is by no means
confined to X ,-rtn Carole
however Comparable cor.diti- its
exist everywhere, or nearly so,
if u r arc In iudivc the -ln
where 1 work with high school
states in the Union.
The following letur in
quiry which reached a North
Clarelina College by .- rounda
i-.out route some time ago is
fortunately not typical It dies
show, however what can hap
pen. The writer is a graduate ot
.-■n accredited N C high .-ch>- i
She was not applying for ad.ills
si'jn to a coll'ge and it is d ib--
fnl that any college in North
Carolina would have neeeptnt
lit: will.ngl.v. The fact remains
howenei vat -hi '.as .
(" 3i Miry, high seh >ol diploma
The letter was addressed to Uw
-I;.tv Hospital. Raletgl);
"Deai Sir
Do yen trains color girls in
the hospital with ! > month -a ;
arr 1 am " high school graduate
1 like to become -i nurse If you
know of a hospital that, train
color girls with monthly
ary will you send n,- ihc ad
dress please
Youi truly
THE POLIO nan
fn i!!t!)o problems liv'd by
Guerlean families in I'rtk, fevv
have eriiret-d core anxiety then
thS grim threat of infantile pa
ralysis. The bla< k'-sl polio yea l '
of tiiis generation lias, brought
tragedy into thousands of young
live- Many hove died Vans
more have been severely crippl
ed. And, throughout the country
epidemics continue -to '• k -
heavy toll.
During this emergency the
National Foundation tor Infan
tile Paralysis te faithfully car
rying out, its pledge of lead's
ship in the tight agains' polio.
Its representatives <uv on tin
spot. iu every epidemic zoic.
convening March ot Dimes
funds into service tot,he stricken.
Thai service has taken many
forms • direct payment of pu
tiOßt.s medical e.*penses. tin ns
poriatioTi and payment of nut*
MK*Hn<l physical i.horapists, pro
e.urvjuc-n't of vital hospital sup
plies and equipment., and an ov
er-all plan of action that has
minimized to t> remarkable de
gree the n.vages of this crippl
ing deseas .
The cost has been tremendous
In hundreds of hard-hit eonimu-
Jiities, National Foundation
chapters have seen their t.reasr
i is« wiped out uiubu - the stag
goring burden of record - high
case loads They have bad to
rail upon ■ heir office for mill'
n;ii of dollars in emergency help
to s<-e them through the crisis
How long can these emergen
<o funds last.?
'I he answer has just come
from the National Foundation’s
home office. The total amount
that will be needed - $14.5000,-
000 i; more that National Head
■pturlers received from the 1 ft-* it
March of Dimes' In other words,
tin r> just isn't money to do a!!
Mm things that must be done
today.
TDK \TOM BOMD WO
JEW IMF NT DAY
BY WILLIAM HENRY Ht FF
FOR VN V
The atom bomb mi.y take the place
Os that long talked of Judgement
.1. ay,
So we. who're here may never face
That Judgment rosm reef ion way
We've heard about down through
the years.
The bornh may do the tittle trick
'VT;hunt teeih gnashing, groans or
tea fc
Before an old vval* clock can rfok
The Road To Health
' HI-ALTIII I I. START TO
•SCHOOL
BY O M WHTTTIFR, M. O .
Os San Antonio. Tex. for ASP
Six-year-old Jimmy Bradley
made a mistake when he tried
to ride his older brother’s big
two-wheel bicycle. When he feii
to the pavement he bruised and
scratched the skin on his face,
let's, arid arms. His mother hur
ried with him to my office be
cause she thought that his pain
ful! swollen nose was nroken.
Fortunately, Jimmy's nose
was badly bruised, rather than
■ •■•ken. 1 set to work treating
the tearful boy’s cuts otid bruises
to relieve his pain and prevent
infection.
■ Honestly, doctor, i.’s not. easy
raising boys," said Mu. Bradley
“Jimmy is supposed to sta.A
school in » few weeks and T
fumed if he was badly hurt we
would haev to postpone it.”
1 assured his mother that Jim
my's would he healed in con.
for school Mr; Bradley then
said it didn't seem possible that
Jimmy was old enough for
school and I agreed, i had ire i
o 1 Jimmy for minor illnesses
when be was smaller ..tit U oc- j
c-urred to me then mat I hadn't I
examined the child in over two
years
1 irked Mr-' BradK y if Jim
toy had had a pnv.-,.cal check-up
in recent, months. IV . t n she s aid
he hadn't I reminded tier that it
was important especially since
the child was planning to start
school Mr Bradley hadn't
though: of it. since Jimmy ap
peared to bo in go. b health, Lut
igreed that it m. a sound idea
The child and his mother came
back the following week .Tim
my's h; tghf and weight were'
satisfactory for his age and
build I could see he was getting
Hi foods he needed for health
and growth and the proper
amount if sleep arid ri st
Jimmy's vision was sound too.
But when 1 examined the boy s
. I tound an accumulation d
wax which could impair his
hearing and which had to bo
removed. Mrs. Bradley seemed
surprised at ihe newt and «aid
«he ti,'i f dways been careful 4c
keep her childrenV cars clenn.
i explained ‘hat the wax in the
outer ear is nature’s way of pro
tecting the delicate hearing ap
paratus against Injury and in
fection. But sometimes too much
wax. accumulate and should be
removed by the doctor to restore
h person’s hearing efficiency.
The accumulated wax in Jim
my's ears was removed. If his
ears had been neglected, his
hearing would become impaired,
and serious ear trouble might
have developed
Timmy did get his clean bill
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1343
EWjM : BETWEIM Z~ 3
BV MAN & HANCOCK fOfi Am
OIIU IXHBLI 01,AMITY
I'wo dreadlul calamities are
Icing currently visited upon the
Negro race in particular and
the country in general. As tt"
late William Shakespeare so
truly averred, troubles nevei
come singly but in batullwns
Paul Robeson end Waltei White
erstwhile Negro idols are bring
ing to the Negro race some un
wanted publicity and to the
country a measure of unwhole
some excitement. However un
reasonable it may bt- the coun
try and world do not think of
Negroes in terms ot individuals
but m terms of net.
H is still true howevei tragic
ft may be that whenever a Negro
does something worthwhile it is.
accepted as the accomplishment
of a Negro indlivdual; but when
he does something criminal, it is
' gardecl as the T-ed of a race,
Our heroes arc so many individ
uals. our criminals arc the rep
rcprcscntative;-' of the race. This
will not always be true, even
here in America; but the time
for the broader way of thinking
is in the distance future
Fortunately or unfortunately,
as the case may be .this country
is allergic to Communism and he
who embraces Communism mti.R
be prepared to pay the price and
that such person is a Paul Rob* -
son makes no difference. Robe
son's great popularity as a
singer cannot save him from dm
faamtiens which conic to him
as a. Communist.
Jt is. true 'he right to be a
Communist » one .-1 inheres
in ntr democracy: but it is also
the right of any one so inclined
to spurn Communists and Com
munism. Robeson .ha;- been
caught in a current of unpopu
larity and ho must be prepared
to pay the price.
Mr. Robeson’s predicament is
an unhappy one indeed and is
becoming seriously embarras
sing to the Negro race. And >o
the average American will con
clude that it is not worthwhile
to iifi a Negro to the giddy
heights of fame and fortune fen
it means ultimately that he will
turn with ingratitude against the
nation that lifted him.
The charge that one is un
grateful is qne <:f the most ser
ious that can be lain to one. The
> xtent That Robeson's turning
communist jeopardizes the Ne
gro's good name as a loyal pat
riot in there United States and
the world, is the extent to which
his current unfavorable publi-
of health to bet£in hi; school
days. But there are many chil
dren who ai ■ not so fortunate
Because their regular physical
examinations are neglected, chil
dren all over the country stall
school with poor eyesight, im
paired hearing, undernourished
bodies, nervous disorders or oth
er physical handicaps.
Most children who have ha;
dicaps were either born with
them or developed them within
the first five years of their lives
The age immediately precedin'
school, therefore, is an importar
one. ATI parents should see to it
that their children have ■
ough medical check-ups i-> t• ■: -
they enter school. It a handicap
doe* exist, it can be helped or
cleared up completely before the
child goes out on his own and
meet tile new experiences of
school life.
This article u> co-sponsor
ed by tire National Medical
Ass nation a.'d the Nation
al Tuberculosis Association
it, -he Imprest of bette
health ’ ' 'he people
1 THIS 01 11 DM
RA <. \. i IH* K
BACK TO WORK
time- sit all cvf r and whethei
we like it or not, w return to
our jobs. Yes. r gardless of how
UTiMkoaltU*. tiresomc oi mono
lonous our jo!- niaj be, we mus*
return to them. Well we me
<-on sole rmm'hvs by aiming !lit*
old adage around and a ; np.
r- «w«- -t* f
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IN VA.‘ROBERT HARLAN ' I
KNEW LITTLE O*' SLAVERY- MT »i. |
HE WAS EDUCATED AND Wf JMfe
TAKEN TO KENTUCKY BY WS J JWmM
FAMJLSHTVER
"■ PROFIT* HEEDINfr t« a &
RUSH, HE WENT TO CALIF- .ff"' ,ht y
AND’RETURNER EAST WITH fe \ ■*My A
• 4KCNDO ' ' '•'•‘'J V
MR. HARLAN HELPED , J X&fe
SEWPi THE FIRST SCHOOL
FDR NEGROES IN CINCINNATI, /jf , -
■ O- AND LATER 3ECAME A pMf j
TRUSTEE OF AU COLORED fit, rTJ \ {
SCHOOLS IN THAT CITY- / /
HE TRAVELED ABROAD. \
PoIIScS-AT D 7o' HE WAS -f $ it
V- • 9UStt*eS9*MH AMP
j AOItTKAL I*AOC» OFOPtM
' ‘ m CL»nrfeu-i>t«l F< >.•«««* 'J
city's a calamity it will serve as
a shot, in ihe arm to decadent
ku kluxisrn in the south
It must make men like Rat.
kin giggle with glee a? they
point out Robeson as represent
ing who* Negroes will do if giv
en a real opportunity in this
country And how many Dixie
cratic ‘Amens" he will receive
whet h<- makes bold to tints de
cline himself.
Equally calamitio'is is "he
marriage of Walter White to her
of Anglo-Saxon antecedents
Walter White has as much right
to marry whom he wiU as Robe
son as to be what he will, ideo
logically But White's fellow*
and admirers have equal right to
appraise, his actions.
Walter White's departure hay
two dangerous implications
This write! was the first to take
violent, issues with Lillian
Smith's Strange Fruit, for it im
plied that the highest ambition
of the educated Negro woman
was to become a concubine of
a poor dissolute white man. Cer
tain sectors of American thought i
could us easily conclude thin
Walter White' decision in mar
t v bey nd the pale cat l ies with,
it the implication that Negro
leaders are just, looking for a
good chance to marry whit*.
The calamitous thing abeut
this conclusion is that it e
false Os course White anti od.i
iv, mey be bucking the fide of
public opinion when they crow
over: hut they must be willing
to take such opprobrium and
calumny as the world ,r,<tv ere
fit to cast ulna, the-in
.vin. is willing to pay ihe price
If Mi. White, like Mr Ro'cT
• f an unpopular action they ver
well; and it can not be doubted
that the price in both of tiler'
cases is the forfeiture of leader
ship in a place of such imp"
lance as the one he has veu .uea
with ,:uch consumate d.ignii
and effectiveness these many
y ears.
Moreover. White leaves a tee
and a nation deeply in his deb*
for one of the most conspicuun
illustrations of leadership to be
found in the Twentieth Century
•world. As Mi White's mar
riage nv*y give a false impres
sion as the martial iaciirta
non of ho Negro race, so it
might imbue Negro youth with
the nation >h;u n <rry i»g white
is one .if the vtighUer consum
mations of Nigro leadership
Robeson's Owrtfmiftirm and
White’s inter; atoal marriage un
easily rt donhic calamity
The -,>,»<l 4, R! days vacation
All play and no work makes
Johnnie a dull hoy
Even though all of us return
ed from our vacations übs-lnT
-I.V penniless or in many case
was tile case with met, 1 still
feel that vacations are some
thing very worth while.
1 feel thatthey are beneficial
to the bur.vim race from many
angles, such a.- 11'> affording
on- an opportunity t.o simply
rest recuperate ■ physical;-',
ue-nf ally. ,vl spiritually. f'2>
giving mm ae oportunity to if
now one’s contacts with re*r
tives, friend-' and acqutintancfis,
and. 1 3 i making it possible' to
make new Kvquftiotaac-.w anti
friend:-. And it should bo point
ed out that » wist- person strives,
to field on to his old friends and
acquaintance and at the same
time si e/e - vc;-v possible ip
pnrttmity ;<i enlarge Ills circle
of acquaintance-, and frivtui,
By and Urg- Am r. .• a cations
ere worth ak'k in »he A>- ri
can scheme of thing For. ir
addition to the advantages of
vacations frated above no ,u
--turns from a vacation with a;:
enlarged horizon and an increas
ed vigor physically, thontaliy
ittid spiritually'.
All the foregoing summed up
mean that one who has had a
vacs'ion Mould tv- a retro etft
cienf worker and a more effl
men* citizen a rvl3 as fl tnor®
1 1 •-•siruble '--tizen of the home
ihe church, the school. and the
community ar large.
F- ( un she -fandpoiru of sound.
. onomles the foregoing >:■ one
us :ho reasons many employers
hare developed ihe policy of giv
ing their employees vacations
with pay