North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS * • THE VIRTURE OF PATIENCE KNOWS NO RACE! *, .Cicero, Illinois might well take a peek at Gatling and Pettigew Streets in Ral eigh on which corner a white family re cently rented a house. As all Raleigh knows, this is an all-Negro community. ' While there was no alarm when the white family moved in, the neighbor hood naturally was aware of the new family- Os course, when a white family moves into a Negro neighborhood as when a Negro family moves into a white neighborhood, the neighbors are at least curious. . , Many reasons can be presented why people live in different sctions of various cities, and it may be that this family had ‘ reasons other than that there was no • other place to be found. However, theie was no disturbance, and according to neighbors, there will * he none, for the family seems quiet ana of religious temperment In fact, a signi ficant occurance is that one of the neigh bors was invited to worship with this . white family in their church, a Primitive - / Baptist Church whose doctrine we un derstand does not include segregation. Raleigh may offer Cicero, Illinois this family and the neighbors to visit with them, taking along the members of the Primitive Baptist Church whose hearts must have faith in a God whose people do r.ot have to worhip Him with pig rr.entless faces. And in Cicero, Illinois and other like communities, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clark, in the manner as the white fam ily living at Raleigh’s Gatling and Petti grew Streets may have had other rea sons for selecting that particular loca tion. They too may have had Primitive Baptist connections where invitations to th tit neighbor? to join them in worship may have been extended if the neigh bors had been patient enough to know them. t - LIVED TOO LONG Nw that, old Marshal Retain is finally dead and gone, many feel that France was too harsh with the old fellow who late in life fell from the pinnacle of hon or to the fate of one adjudge a traitor to ' his country. The ''Hero of Verdum,” regarded as a savior to his country in World War I, except for the circumstances of an unusally long life might well have been enshrined forever as one of his nation’s greatest heroes instead died in exile af •t.£r a life spanning nearly a century. The course Petain took he probably Ahosfc in good faith, though mistakenly, in what he thought was the best inter est of France and her people. He was in very much the same position and chose the same way out as some of those de signated in our country and within our race as “Uncle Toms”. But he probably was honest, patriotic and conscientious in what he did, thinking it was the only r TH£ CAROLINIAN SUBSCRIPTION RATES Six. Months $2.00 . One Year $3.50 Payable in advance—address all com. MTJKICATIONS AND MAKE ALL CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO THE CAROLINIAN Intestate United Newspapers. Inc.. 542 Fi/fA A van?'* 2L Y 1?, .V, y., 'National. Advertising Representative. This Kffitripaper is not responsible for the return of ttftfojkitgd news, pictures, or advertising copy, unless. utitoi&if postage accompanies the copy. (Published by the Carolina Pub'-iahing Company. 11S East Hargett Street, Raleigh. Ndrfch Carolina Telephone: 9474) ©UR PLATFORM: W e Stand for Full and Constitutional Rights and Privileges s*\B Civil Liberties o.f All People, Regard l#£4i of Raice, Creed, or Color. as Second Class Matter, April 6, 194®. sfr tt>* Pott Office at Raleigh, North Carolina, under the Aft of March, li*79. LYNN HOIXOWAY, Managing- Editor PAUL R. JERVAY, Publishaf way out for France. SLOW RETREAT The admission of Miss Harrison of Kinston to the University of North Caro lina after a suit was filed against the University is another chapter in tha ’ discreditable story of the University and North Carolina’s fight against the rights of its Negro citizens to equal edurat.- innal opportunity. The story is rendered more discreditable in that the authori ties had previously announced m the name of the State, that the University was committed to a program providing graduate and professional educational facilities at the University when they were not provided at one of the State's institutions for Negroes, The University repudiated its previ ously announced policy and ? cfused Miss Harrison’s admission, on no plau sible ground whatever. The authorities did not allege that she lacked the quali fications for admission to the depart ment she sought to enter; they did not allege that the course she was seeking was being offered at N C- College 01 A. & T. They just said, “no,” hoping on ly- half hoping they could get away with it. The minute Miss Harrison brought suit they knew the jig was up so far as her case was concerned. i Present plans seem to call for the of fering of the doctor's degree and ad vance graduate work in education at North Carolina College, so as to be able to keep the great majority of the Ne groes who will seek work beyond the master’s degree out of Chapel Hill. 9o the struggle goes, a needless and bootless one. The University cannot be kept closed to Negroes. The only basic alternative ja the one proposed by Uni versity board member John Clark of Franklinville, which would in effect close down successivelp every depart ment of the University to which Negroes would legally have to be admitted, and it would appear that few in North Caro lina think that lily-whiteness is worth more to the state than the existence of the University of North Carolina. HOT’ DO YOU FIGURE THIS? No one has yet come forward with an explanation of the reasoning of some members of Congress who seem to have concluded that since the controls in ef fect had not prevented price increases, the thing to do was to weaken price con trols It would seem elementary that a tighter set of price control regulations, ■rather than relaxation of those existing, was indicated. But common sense is hardly less common in Congress than anywhere else. J CHURCH MEMBERSHIP INCREASES It may be bad news to the cynics that church membership in the United States in 1950 had reached the highest absolute number and the highest per centage of the total population in the history of the country. Os course we all know that church membership is not synonymous with re ligion, and that it is not possible to measure the amount of real Christian ity in existence. But where membership is by free choice it would stand to rea son, that, other things being equal, a gain in membership in the Christian churches should indicate a growth of religion. Those who are sure that America is constantly becoming more pagan and less religious year after year, should at lease be brought to a pause when they learn that 55.9 per rent of the nation’s population wore church members in 19- 50, as compared to 84.7 per cent fifty years ago. THE CAROLINIAN Artlifl “AN UNA MERIC AN ALLIANCE” secone j|| THOUGHTS l! has been some rears since T have reported in this column on the problems and hazards of eating faced by the sojour ner away fiom home These re ports began during the war years, when sugar was sta, it. and other abnormal conditions prevailed, and had to do large with the difficulty of getting a decent euo of coffee in com mercial eating places This dif ficulty was increased by the fact 'that the alleged coffee was fcweetened according to the *»s te of the dispenser rather than that of the drinkes / a'ii sorry to iav that i** quality o' the not tee an of iqsl ;y no better than it «•>.** in 1942 An. a 'natter nf iart. for name »i t/f terioun rertsou, the vricp of roffe.e i„> h'ljhei ■!ow than it •••«* . the. war years id th the «?f that there i? even '.reatr r tr o> nfutiun to eort-e ave ,i novni} of Java go for the now than there , r on then The only improve ment. I ■entity report, is that tf.r ‘.'year boat j , (J! ’liiqlae to the cuntomcr What has Impressed me mere of late is the relative dis appearance of the old-fashion ed restaurant which served a robust meal to any and all comers at practically any time of day There used to be lots of them in every city But todav it difficult for a stranger, even in a big city, to find a place where he can get. tvhat ttsed to he described as a ' re gular dinner." You iust have to know where such places, the few in town, are. There e,'r plenty 0 f pbire* vh'—e yon ottn get a snnfl vi'-h. oi a "light inrieli "■ ii f cowriHpt^^C .■V. -Tr L: '"L ~ -r t -r e * X T‘trr W ”*7rrr \ “DON’T BE A MOCHER. IF YOU HAVE MADE IT A HABIT OF SMOKING, MAKE IT A HABIT TO HAVE YOUR OWN.” Throe institution? tr" nery;n US . ti in, tc l ar?, whirl serve ns . t ' . pic'-f tie resistance the hot ring o>- the hamburger, or the hotel Os chili, are I ~-a r,r three to the hloch. Drug stores have their lun ch counters, where breakfasts of toast and coffee, and even an agg if demanded may he had, and where lunch i« built around the staples of a lettuce leaf and 3 slice of tomato, ac companied by one of thoes soda fountain concoctions favored by high school students and fe male office workess. none of which answer the needs of a man brought up under the ham and-two-eggs with grits break fast tradition, and for whom there is no such thing as a din ner without a good hunk of meat with at least ’wo veget ables (one starchv). with good hones' bread and none 04 Vi 'ur fhiu id.aehfne-.rnadr toast, an<l sying h ear tv dEssuut Ilk*? a sluer of hegvv piu instead of so*n a god a win 1 thing caliud a frap pe. ’Th rre are n foie places Jr ft chore a wan get a square weal \n most citi es. J suppo -V e , hits one h<j .<? so know or be shown or told II beep fn find then, ; Otli er >r is e be trill find h. i m self feed in a standing up a* vnru-k bars, or sitting on f? stool in sovie emporium )/■ here the s-tofde article is fj In ft s r> f ivir e r/ 11 d yhe re fond, in small quant i ties sad von rpC'fitinq of variety is only av ad hint ir icorfit o f all, eating a series; i)f left nee, baron e/nd t f ni<ato sanihv tehee i/» a drug si ore. a man a the pills, trusses and [fa rho d. SENTENCE SERMON BY REV FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY FOR ANP THE IRON CURTAIN - 1. Fixture of many kinds throughout the years, hare been employed as curtains . . .the old sash blinds, lace adornments and drapes of various assort ments and designs; and no 1 *: venitian Winds 2. But now we hear of a people in a far away latid. whose landers are trying to gain power, but hiding their hand, and for their secrecy to be made most certain, they have invented an iron curtain. .1 All of these things are no thing now, for when Adam and E v e sinned they tried to aide behind a curtain, too 4. In fact, their posterity to date have a populiar faculty for evading the Father In Heaven, and trv to fool their security behind their own improvised curtain 5 To 6c a«r«. they can even take folks like them stives behind th is parti tion: bus to ep'oy the pre sence of God. they must step out >■ front ansi sign His petition 6. This iwplie* n closer walk ici ti God, unhindered hy Satan's obstructive screen, c'erir and out i>: the open n;i*h nothing between 7. Curtains, hy countries are not ytiHed os by house vibes, to shed ivy and re gulate light: but *0 aggra vate and perturb all out side countries and keep things hidden from sight. 5. Individual in like manner inflict personal and wde-spread injury who shut God out; for He is the only strength and life-giver who can bring mir aculous changes about 9 Men with God, do not have to close themselves in, to-keep stn out; God's Almighty pow er and dominion takes cave of everything, bevond a doubt. tfi God can take care of His own in e. fiery furnace, a lion’s fion or a raging stem; none in Hi® rare need have the slight test misgivings or fear of harm, 11. it is only when man take* his eyes off of God, and allows cunning Satan to deciev* and defraud, that he mistakes the counterfeit for the Everlasting arm and exposes himself to ®- ternal harm. 12. Let us all then in common accord, serve notice on Satan that his schemes are ignored; ‘and that God performs all thir.es out in the open, with plipolntelv no place for an IRON CURTAIN. POETICS THANKS Bv WILLIAM HENRY STUFF FOB ANT He {hanks you for that fragrant rose. How sw<\t of you to bring it; A thousand thanks to you he owes Your praise—he’ll ever sing it; He thanks you for those words of cheer, How kind of you to speak them; Such helpful words he loves to hear He thanks you for that smile you brought, You'd make a dungeon sunny And take this as an after thought You’re sweeter far than honey. T'jiroT "*ti' fiv OF AN B HAHCOCtY rat) ANP DEAN GORDON R. HANCOCK FOR ANP WHAT PRICE HARMONY A few days ago the country > v as startled to note the racial outbreak at Cjsero, 111., Such, outbreaks in the north always elicit enthused reporting in the southern press. In subtle ways these out breaks are always played up as a kind of Justifica tion of the unjust treat ment the Negroes receive in the south. They are al ways used to show that the north is no bed of roses for the Negro. Nobody ever faintly supposed it was such a bed of roses ;but it must ever be borne in tnind that these outbreaks are pat terned after the southern mores and are most cer tainly the south’s contri bution to the nation’s pat tern of lawlessness. If a* the late H. G. Wells asserted race prejudice is the worst thing in the life of mankind todav, the south may he credited with doing more than any other part of the world to perpetuate and propagate this moral scourage. Fortunately for the old south, a new south ts in the offing, and there ts abundant reason for hope The south is the nation’s west of tomorrow, and bles sed are they who get in on the ground floor- It does not take riots In the north to prove to the Negro that ♦he north is no bed of loses !♦ does not take lawlessness in The north to ‘prove that paradise does not begin at the Mason Dixon line These riots only prove that ♦eh lynch spirit of the south travels north tut is more firmly dealt with and therefore not as dangerous. Riots and lynch mgs are due to the same basic cause and motivations. In either sse they are a shame and dis grace to the communities where in they occur, and they repre sent a reversion to a primitive ness in human behavior that we must speedily outgrow. The southerners of divicratie persuasion were quick to cal! attention to the Ciecro riots A Virginian running for office used the riots as justification of segregation. He said that seg regation is more conducive to harmcm- between the races The tragic thing about this er roneous assumption is. some body might believe it. even the candidate- 'ho make the asser IN THIS OUR DAY BY C. A. CHICK The rumor of an armistice with Northern Korea and China had hardly begun before the American people, true to their tradition began to show- signs of belnfe ini patent with econo mic control? If the Congress is to he taken as an index of the public pulse in the matter. 1? is very apparent that the minute sist on returning to “economic the American people wilt in ,* u cease-Urc order is given, (normalcy"- a minimum of gov ermentai regulations of econo mic activities. Even before an. armistice is signed, the two dif ferent Defense Production Acts passed by the two Houses of the Congress each has far less eco nomic than the Defene Produc tion Act lhai will expire July 31. You see the trouble with the American people is that qV of them vent economic controls, but none of them want their particular busi ness contracted. Koch one wants economic controls for the Other fellow but loissrz faireism for himself, finch a policy as flic foregoing, of course, lends to n stale mate, economy, and politic ,ai confusion. Can we blame the Congress tor the apparent lack of a strong Defense Production Act. giving the Government, at least as much economic control a? it already has' 1 t. for one. sav we cannot blame the Congress. The masses o* us seldom think in terms of the Government and our elected representatives un til near election time. And then a large per centage of us who register and vote do so on ly because some candidate for election arranges to get us to Facts Briefly Stated World trade in sugar increased suit of war fears brought about sharply in 1950, largely as a rt by the hostilities in Korea, A. began stockpiles, and consumers generally Increased their purchas anumber of importing countries es. except in a few countries rat ioning sugar. •Setter fameproof cotton fabrics fire the goal of a new chemical research program started recently by the tJ, S. Department of Agri culture at the request of the Army Ouariermaster Corps. Cook’s Imperial champagne has won a number of gold medals for its quality. But two most prized by its makers are those won in 1867 end 1899--at the Paris inter national expositions. Modern man's hand ip so highly WEEK ENDING AUGUST 4, 1921 tion me assumption is, in the. south there is segregation there are fewer and less severe riots, 'that is true, but it is not due to any harmony between the races. The reason there are few er riots in the south is because the Negro is overpowered. In other words riots are signs that the Negro is being emancipated whereas the absence of such riots show a more complete subjugation of the Negroes If they want to cal! this harmony very well, but it must be borne, in mind that the hamony tha exists under segregation is the harmony that exists between the master and the slave, be tween the prisoner and his guard and between the orphan and his heartless oppressor The harmony therefore that exists under segregation is not a compliment but a reflection on the south. The sooner tins fact is realized the better. The. high cost of such harmony makes it dangerous indeed As a native born southerner, this writer knows of some as fin* interracial relations in the south as are to be found in all the world. There are some genuine friendships and displays of Christian brotherhood He knows that the pattern of seg regation is just as repulsive to some southern whites as it is to the Negroes. He further knows that many of the southern whites who abhor seg regation are afraid to speak their minds This Is the reason that for the last ten years this writer has stubbornly em phasized the role «f moral courage in the interracial drama daily unfolding in the south. The whole south is not segregationist at heart by a long sight; f«* more and more the better south is realizing haw im possible it is, and will ‘..fr to pertpetuate the snhjuga tion. of the Negroes. They know the moral virus that will destroy the Negro will destroy the south itself They are therefore covertly com mitted to nonsegregation. Bur these same valiant souls know the danger of supposing that the harmony that, prevails under segregation is desirable as a solution of the race problem Far better disharmony among equals than harmony among uh equals. The harmony of segre gation is no substitute for thA harmony of brotherhood. \Thai price harmony? the polls in a 'Buiilt' idd i!W treats u s to a barbecue sand wich and a 'coca cola. The voters of coufsS have uc re&i interest in government or gets in office. Proof of the fore ,Soins: statement can rad Ur b* seen in the fact that w* ! ia ms, after the election, and stay there so far as government is concerned. We do not stay in touch with our elected re presentatives letting them know how we feel regarding grave public issues. But while ths masses of the American people go home and go to steep atter the election is over, the expert lobbyist bestir themselves a fresh. Regardless of whom is elected, the lobbyists begin to high pressure them for legis lation favorable to their (the lobbyist’s! clients. Moreover. ,f should ?■* pointed nut to the. Ameri can people that aside troin oil ergen-y economic- con trols, the United gto-tds t* no longer primarily an ag ricultural. village. and a -mail-scale business coun try. But that it is primari ly an industrial, urban and lame-scaled business coun try. And the foregoing means that in the future ire must be prepared to aece.pt more and more e (‘on.om.ic control; by 0K r Government .4» urban anri large-scale business socie ty needs more government controls than d'-es a rural and small-scue business so ciety. Therefore, in the fto ryre, hack t.o ■•normalcy'' trill not mean relatively free from governmental coni role. developed and intricately construct, ed that to properly reconstruct it after injury or infection reyuiSMt the highest skill on part of ortho pedic, plastic and nerve specialists, it is revealed u the July sue of the Journal of the National Medi cal Association. The big problem for the physi cian with the midi*.aged patient) with heart disease is treating the patient, not the heart. The patient; stubbornly refuses to accept the fact that be is older and has to slow down and take things easier, it is revealed in the July issue of the Journal of the National Medi cal Association. Negro mmHcol students number ed 661 in 1950.51, it is revealed in the July issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association. Howard University bad 574. ATehav ry Medical Poilegp 244. 4hd other schools 143.