North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS MOST HIGHWAY DEATHS % AVOIDABLE Recently there appeared in the Ral • Times a news article under Ihe cap t.Zn, “No Avoidable Accidents,'* The nr tide analyzed the causes or each of the ' /eight highway fatalities which have oc curred in Harnett County this year, and in substantiation of the proposition stat ed in the caption showed that in every case carelessness or the violation of traf fic rules or the laws of common sense brought about the fatal accident, it was a very convicning demonstration of the ' needlessness oi many highway deaths. Three persons were killed the first of the year as a result of an accident while pavve hxec9oAreig 21111' il HTTB ‘“SPEEDING honn alter a party.” An other died SPEEDING away from a pur suing patrolman. Two .others died when then car turned over while GOING TOO FAST on a dirt road. Another died in an intersection rash, and a child waa kill ed while crossing a thoroughfare. The last “might not have died >f his parents had warned him sufficiently about run ning across the road,” said Highway Pa Holman William O’Darnei, the man res ponsible for the statement, “There is no such thing as an unavoidable accident.'* Corporal O'DameTs dictum may re present some exaggeration for effect, hut it is certainly a fact that careful tfriving practices would have prevented most of Harnett's 19 48 deaths, and many more in North Carolina and throughout the country. Careless and silly behavior behind a steering wheel is one of North Carolina’s and the na tion’s leading causes of death. FIRST NAMES The two local daily newspapers both carried vigorous editorials on the out come of the court case involving the young man from Gastonia who assaulted a Negro woman hotel employee, causing a fractured jav, for the victim. Both ' newspapers were emphatic in condemn ing the behavior of the young man, both in connection with the incident and in reference to the trial. The Raleigh Times said as to the latter, “it is again dis turbing to note the light handling of a Raleigh City Court case which should have resulted in a serious penalty.” It is good to note the stand taken by our local dailies in favor ol justice and decency, though not at all surprising. Editorially their policies have long been definitely on the side of justice, fairness and decency. But one cannot forget that in the Times’ news story of the trial the victim of the assault was referred to throughout by her first name after her (introduction into the story by iiei full name.' ** * White married women, except notori ous and regular police court characters, are consistently given the courtesy title, - “Mrs.” in the news column of the Times. Mrs. Hunt, once identified by her full name, thereafter was “May,” though grown, married, and the mother of a number of children, some of whom have reached adulthood. She is not a ’ police character. She became material .for the news only because of how she was treated. The true attitude ol the Times toward the mistreatment of Mrs. Hunt was shown in its editorial columns. Yet the reference to her by her first name in ’ the news columns has some relation to what happened to her— a relation re mote from the intention of the newspap er, but nonetheless existent. For it re flects a difference in the public attitude toward women of different races which at. its best is simply annoying but which * THE CAROLINIAN Published by Tie Carolinian Publishing Co, lift Kant FUrflfttt St. RaieiKA. N. C the Post Office at Raleigh, N. C.. under the Art of March 3. 1879. P. R JKRVAY, Publisher C. B. HALLIBT TETOM. Editorials JSutscrixrtJan Ratos On* Year, $3 59; Six Months $2.00 Address aD communtcatiom and mako all ' check* payable to The Carolinian rather than to individual'; The Carolinian expressly repudiate wsapoxwibiilty tor return of unsolicited picture*, manuscript, etc, utile** alamos *r* sent. at its worst can result in the kind of thing that happened at the hotel. Very recently the Southern Regional Council, regarded nowhere as a “radi cal” organization, issued a statement on "Race in the News,” with some corn merits and suggestions concerning the treatment of Negroes in the columns of newspapers, One of the suggestions and ■recommendations was that courtesy titl es be used uniformly for members of both races. The newspapers have an obligation to be evenhanded m their treatment of per sonaiities in the news. They can exer cise leadership, if they will, in bringing about a healthier public attitude tow aid the Negro race by so doing, THAT’S “TELLING THEM IN FRONT" We believe that the vast majority of North Carolinians will applaud the stand of Stank Littlejohn, chief of police of Charlotte, in warning the !vu Klux. KUtn .that that organization is definitely un welcome in his citv. Governor Scot! has endorsed the statement, of Mi. Little john, and we hope and believe that the Governor was expressing not only his own view- but the official attitude of the State of North Carolina. The way to treat the Ku Klux Klan is mot to ignore it until it has got a foot hold. 'The only language it can under stand is the kind used by Chief Little Klan is recognized as highly undesirable jo bn, which makes it very clear that the and therefore something that will not be temporized with, Notoriously the Klan is presumptuous and arrogant, claiming for itself the virtues of Christ ian principles and living, good citizen ship and patriotism. In operation it al ways shows itself to be something quite contrary to these claims, indeed, its prin ciples are directly opposed to them. When those in authority in a place make it perfectly clear by their statements and actions that they are not taken in by the hypocritical or misguided evaluation of the Klan by its own officers and mem bers, a great deal has been accomplish e«.i toward heading off its growth in that place, The best, recent editorial on the hood ed order was reprinted in the News and Observer from the Dallas (T exas) Morn ing News a few days ago It us quoted below in its entirety: , “The head of the Ku Klux Klan has offered his assistance to the government, and if the government has any rocks it needs broken, it should take him up. ’ NEW TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL PLANNED The news that a 100 bed hospital for tubercular patients to be erected at tubercular patients is to be erected at time. It is especialh good, however, corning so soon after the news of the des titue deaf and dumb woman who died in a North Carolina county jail of tubercu losis. Aeordvng to the news storj the poor woman was ejected from the poor home of her relatives because they found her unmanageable. There was no bed avail able in any of the state’s hospitals for the tubercular, so she was given lodging in the jail where she died. Maybe the county authorities m con tact with the case did all they could un der the circumstances. Maybe the rela tives of the woman found the burden of her care too much for them. On these points we are not competent, to 1 judge in view of the sketchy information avail nbie concerning the case. B u t. we do ilniow that North Carolina should not permit its tubercular to die in jails, es pecially when guilty of no offense pun ishable by law. Yi e do not knem at this writing the i a tion of Negro to white hospital beds it. the state sanitoria, but we hope that in building new hospitals for tubercular pa tient* those in authority will take prop er cognizance of the much higher inci dence of tuberculosis among Negroes among whites, and apportion the facilities with these facts in mind. CAROLINE**? h / ; .. . .<aY C .. “They Are Ail Dangers To World Peace” t! Teccnd" Ij 1 hciiglit* § I BY C. D. HALLIBURTON jjjjj As an Episcopalian . t.d a male I admit that t urn disap pointed and rather embarrassed by the action taken by t'a Gen eral Convention m its session al San Francisco in tailing to give women the : •.< lay representation in the Conven tion. F.a.-h di;.cesf of the c'T.uvc'i sends four lay delegai. -• to me triennial convention the legy.- lafive V-ody ol the i.u.m.,! church. It seems to t to tins convention a small number of women were elected and sent by Cuet respective diocese: as delegate- Ol course .. ; - ;i: the of .eating them arose it was pointed out that the Olganic law of the chu: ch re ferred to Ui, lay delegate as "toymen A resolution was u traduced calling sot the eharg utg of t 1 i- trim, to "lay pec suns. thus vn.g women i be <h legate?. T h i Gt ra.-ra 1 Go.n vep.t.on V.llich r t" ■Situ: extent modeled after the U 8. <‘ ■ tgress t • >j, - s.:t- of two iIGU.Sse, Ulr Ho,, of Bishops anti the House of Depu ties the latter made up of cle: - t'vn.en and lavn.en. But m tiie House of Deputies, in turn, the vote on at least sunn issues is divided by order:; tht cleigi and laity voting separately, a majority vote of both order* USED CARS '4S: Bnick Conv*-! *'.tsie '4'; Ford Super 2-dr. ■46 Ford Club Coupe ; Pi > mou,h r,Bb (:< ’"^ 4* fVut Super Pot dor * l F 1,5 ! lrd ° l ■46 Fo.d Super Tudor ’ u 01asuiobi! * Ford<jr 4$ a! v ivury Ciub Coupe j New Car Show Room ’47 *v,m Supe, Tch op-'-u I. rsrii 9 P \i 4V Mercury Club Coupe 3023 Hillsboro Si. HARMON MOTOR COMPANY 515 Fayetteville St. Dial 3-5454 Hunt-Jackson Laundromat ANNOUNCES A Door-To-Door Pickup and Delivery Service Personal Supervision of W. ML CREWS HOME PHONF. 3-0564 i PLANT 7983 DAMP or DRY WASH SERVICE j ' 25c Ist 9 lbs. 15c. 2nd 9 lbs, 5c each additional Hunt-Jackson Laundromat 413 S. BLOOD WORTH ST. c • r:j. v. ; i■- f,u action. Belli the clei gy and the laity vote'.! at ...nst t:r ■ ,ution which would have enabled women :■ be lay delve,;H ;or deputies, and the laity voted mo--.- strongly ugaui.-t it tl; - : , tin ministr did. 1 Sill a-h ,' ij II: e Bpj.-aa - ra! Oh in • it. most othei churches. vc nen d*> a great ci:-l „f hi, i, T;., Woman'? Auxiliary or tie Episcopal Church rain. a tremendous anmi of m. .... ahirti they in' il'Owttd I . (he non to con * Uibute tow-nil I!,e work of the church They carry on r, largf prog! atti of activity on their own. in addition to this dm deputy, Who till; tl mind. , . r? in f.,, f reSOhltiln ",'i wc i-siifi : w omen to finance M they should h.M.e the privil ege and ie. | oiisibility of i t-pi mentation It they tire e .mmuni cants they should have the light to rep)e.senlata n " That is ■ tain!y the wav a lot of rneu think, including the writer f this column flic opposite vn-w vva set forth as follows by another sp; risibility Men and women have different functions in the church" My answer to that would Le that we have already and fur many years let a good deal of “our” responsibility in the eh a. ilt t ii on tin' w vnrn, and as to the diffe • .n * ..f turn • tiotis, why should not b.• mg a delegate be one ui the function-: concerning which Uu-re she; be no deference? Excluding w .men loom bilily to be df legal. - is » but prejudice, na; cd i ■. i lion. The iradition •• u hoi Kui and others of . u t l.n. n fathers, v/h- regard' i worn* n spiritual inferiors, b 1 wh>; • ertheli sr like *;i pi l t ; church leaders utilized *l© •■i:* - ;ry a d devote.:! o; women K; th< advance'., ent u veij'ar*- of the church. Discriminate 1 against tfromen i. oin. u :irhih:-» * arid nnjt.sljfiabie, ar the United .States f-:,,i:;; t o.iceJeo :n acl . . ing thi iti til Ann nd.-nt lit, Tt pi acta e .renm ilu.liuil ,-Ti.ti. the Cf ai'l'i t- not U< ana !il d t) SI t-able U> pia-Jildna- V, tj,. a it be r.a . pi ejUde'C . ■ .- :.. < 3u<J icC o. pi t j Vid i 0 ti ‘4 tO : 11; otht-'i kind. PICTHER CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. WETCR ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1919 k W rsm Z. BETWEEBIZ — BiMMSB THE : :t.:'UMESzrzzzn £iy DEAN B HANCOCK fON ANt» THE MGKO IN THE NEWS Tin- Soulhei n regional C<Uifi ■l witlaia! i,.;.t ana lan fare •s Making a gallant stunu agiii a t dreadful odds and its e .iiti ibidion to the cause of in te: racial under-study is im measurable it would be diffi cult is overestimate tne south. Its voice has been loudest ana most in.-..stent in the matter : -t I : r ang upon tin- South tin- nt:c 1 ‘ ity f having Negro police men; us one possible answer to tin- poi.ct brutality which at turn la achr- alarming p'ropov t x o n Jt Wljf-r* vei Nt'.'r.i policemen ii.:!'.. b»c.*i tried the results have 1 - * 1 l is rl salutary, and the movement i- still in its infancy but Pi lull swing. Tile Southern IT gioiiu; council is easily the driving force which explains the accelerated endeavors to have Negro policemen appointed hi ov< vy si iith.crn city and eom inuiiit' Again the sell-survey uppri .urn 1 . Cl .1, uiunity Lott* i merit s: polisored by the conn • . he generally commanded :i * It and lre .Ihciison-. ille study I ... become a revelation and a lerheng that Jacksonville has 'n't '.h coinage and intelli gent.;. .net it serves as a classic example ••! interracial com lw in ity cooperation One good move m one iity often opens currents of com munity in jp and betterment that t,* Colin' ~ contagion tor good in . thei etc Richmond. Va., is tv.... being an mterraciai p.-i disc but a »elf-survey set off i seiie' of community in uor , ei.; iu!with the result that .diet m-.u i> 2li years this staid old .- tv i: Hill on the move to .••aid * bettn u'cte so r,y the full ps.iti .pallor, of Negioe i.i ail . thi.i ..1 tile community i. V. .mi ..vey was .set m : .. Ic 1 \ i.eminent Aithui i ' • dhiuit directo: 1 *■ o . ~: y chest .I.rsisteu ill', id wi IV, Mr:-. J inn f d iin , wo broad-guageu 1 ; wd to be bl< -mgs : v and the Negr i r.v h- i- i survey npproacu program that is stiff ■e ii . seen ted with most otiiv results. '■ tin when the Southt-tii i.a f t'ouiii.'i! set’s it oil to thr Negro-foi * i., •. rn* . nt it uas >, ing ‘ ■ a a e: ' e question • eti'-siii vey possib litiet *. < led promises ta. prole I't-rs ui the au- No overtime pay for Mother! There’s no 8-hour day for Mother, no vacation, holidays, or overtime pay. Because running a family u a full time job. That’s why electricity is just like an other pair of hands tor the homemaker. Around the clock and around the calendar, electric service is working hard to make life easier for Mother healthier and more comfortable for the entire family. Yet electricity costs so little! Matter of fact, it’s the only worker that gets paid less for overtime. That may sound strange, hut it’s true. The more you use electricity, the less it costs for every task it doe -for you. There’s no othei item in vour family budget that gives you so much real living value—for so little cult. • Hots Husks »MM in thr F.H< t*IP 1 Hunt Hioj )!*r *v*r» Sun Jay, (. H.\ 9 P.M., tST. * ■ "f / I vanccr,....nt of the South and the Negro. More recently, the couti eii has brought out a brochure ..ui The Negro In The News This stud yis easily a classic in its field and should be read Lv every citizen of this nation. Too long has the Negro been made a journalistic arch-villain scape-goat and do-funny. It was revealing to note laht the Rich mond Tiines-Dispatch and' th~ ChsUanooga times were cbm iiit iid' d for their almost com - phte break with southern tradi tion in tkeii treatment of news u- it pertains to Negroes, Much liar been .vritu-n on the shame and disgrace of lynching in the South but little direct attack lias ever been seriously directed against the lynching!* that have taken place on the editorial desks of the south Now comes the Southern Re gional council wan something constructive in this sphere nt race relatione The tragic prac tices of the southern press are gailently portrayed with inval uable suggestions for improved pi art,Cl . The Richmond papers leave iitte to i.t lieshed when it comes to portraying news relating to Negroes Only last week a fine wrtie up occur- with Dr. Percy Jul*an os subject Dr. JulianV scientific achievements weie give,! full publicity with fine picture accompanying. The Times - Dispatch called him “great Negro scientist’’ the rea son being of course that ne showed the contribution a Ne gro was making and was destin - ed to make in the word of aits and sciences 1* would have been unfortunate to nave ai t -rnpted to bcUr race in the .-■i .. * and }ii- ‘ cali tun, a -c i e I' 1 .. - 1. There is a school of Negroes who are uvim u discard the racial designation in the news as means oi overcoming cer tain distcriminataui.;.. But when meaning is given to the Negio designation such, as Dr. Julian. Jackie Robinson, Don Nevv conibe, and Doby are bringing to it. the term is not a reflection hut a mark of honor arid dis tinction. Long live the Southern Region cl rounul with its con structive tai tics so ably evi -.'enafa In Tne Negro In Tm A ',vi vvrite Sotutiern Regional C* upcil 63 Auburn Avenue, in Atlanta. Ga . tor a copy and sup fly v'-in local editor with 2 ci.pvs th-s is a must, obliguifon.