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PAGE FOUR The Carolinian SUBSCRIPTION RATES Six Months $2.00 One Year $3.50 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ——ADDRESS ALL COM. MUNI CAT IONS AND MAKE ALL CHECKS AMD MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO THE CAROLINIAN Interstate United Newspapers, Inc., 542 Fifth Avenue N. 7. 17, N. 7., National Advertising Representative. This newspaper Is not responsible for the return of unsolicited news, pictures, or advertising copy, unless, necessary postage accompanies the copy. (Published bv the Carolinian Publishing Company. 118 East Hargett Street, Raleigh, North Carolina— —Telephone: 9474) OUR PLATFORM : We Stand for Ful and Equal Constitutional Rights and Privileges and Civil Liberties of All People, Regard less of Race, Creed, or Color. Entered as Second Class Matter, April «, 1940, at the post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina, under Um Act at March, 1879. PAUL R. .TERVAY, Publish* I.JN HOLLOWAY, Managing Editor UJHKSRN’S BLUNDER QENATOR Everett lurkhttiu u1 ll nols regarded as a smooth artist and acclaimed as a spellbinder, cer tainly did not help the Taft cause by m* impulsive, uncalled-for and bitUr attack on Governor Dewey during the a.rugg e on the floor over the seating of the m. Georgia delegations. Senator was palpably putting on a show star ring himself as a great speaker an platform strategist. His voice was » - agenious and he was putting on his enunciation and inflectiofi whicn would have done credit to an accom plished sideshow barker. But he was do ing all right until his pique k ol th ° better of his judgment and he slashed out unfairly at Mr. Dewey. The Taft forces were already in bad because of their roughshod attempts to dominate the convention machinery through the pro-Taft national com mittee, and because of their previous “steals’' of delegates in Georgia, I exas and Louisiana. The unfairness of Sena tor Dirksen’s sudden dig at Governor Dewey further outraged the conven tion’s sense of spctsmanship. Dirksen was much better and more subdued in his speech putting faffs name before the convention, and he had even shed a lot of his affections. Re seemed a chastened man, and he should have been. But the damage was done. We sincerely believe his ungracious quip at Dewey helped to lose the nomi nation for his man Taft. Neither the use of General Mac Ar thur, an avowed Taft partisan, or the notorious Senator McCarthy, known for his wild charges of disloyalty against almor 4 " eTD'bodv. helped Taft gain a vote in the convention. Quite the con trary, The domination of the national committee and the convention and the pre_convention machinery by the Taft forces turned out to be more a handi cap than a help to Taft’s cause. Fur thermore Mac Arthur's keynote speech fell before expectations, and McCarthy’s harangue was just what was expected. Score, zero or less, DURHAM LIKES VOTING MACHINE fJURHAM ’S experience with voting machines was so successful that on»e may reasonably expect a widespread increase in the adoption of the time saving devices around the state in the future. , Vtoing machines not only record the vote but also total it. Returns are there fore available within a very short time after the polls close. When the machines are operating in good mechanical con dition, they are accurate and foolproof. The machines have the additional ad vantage of applying automatically a literacy test which is absolutely depend able. There will doubtless be objections to their adoption in some quarters just because they make it impossible for very difficult for the illiterate and 1 grossly unintelligent to take part in elections. On the other hand it is possi ble and logical to take the view that whoever cannot cast his ballot by the use of the voting machine offer ade quate instructions, really lias no right to vote. KIDS NOT WORRIED EVERYWHERE it. is tried, giving the Negro an even break practically as sures that lie will qualify. Even in a soap-box derby. The little news item about Negro brothers finishing one-two in the Durham soap-box derby was not a trifling one. Not only is it worth while ijo note that of three colored entrants, two took first and second places respec tively; probably more significant is (that, the contest was open to them. It has not been so long ago hat the con test would have refused Ngro en trants or else there would have been two contests, one for white and one for “cujjud.” Durham was also the scone recently of Hie national marbles tourney spon sored annually for youngsters by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Negro and white boys participated together in all the activities of the tournament, ami in the best spirit. COMPLACE NC Y I .ESSEN iN G OF THE most heartening siglT? on the inter-raeiai scene for a better future is the consistency with which church leaders and church bodies are (taking at least a verbal .stand more in harmony with the spirit of Christianity concerning race. In many instances the resolutions adopted by church conven tions and assemblies are about as effe_ .'live practically as the platforms of po litical parties; but none the less they do represent either a change in the ’ideologies of the groups 0 r a greater boldness in expressing convictions prev iously concealed. 1 The General Council of the CongTe gational-Christian Churches, meeting in California in June, was one of the latest bodies to adopt a ringing resolution. “Churches and church-related insti llations have been slow in changing their own discriminatory patterns and in helping to improve inter-group relations in their communities, and have lagged behind other major institutions in our society”, declared the resolution. If con tinued, expressing “the urgency of these problems, and called upon the Church do “re-examine the practices of its re. hpective bodies and institutions in the light of the Christian principle of non* segregated fellowship and t 0 take prac ticable steps to obviate discriminatory behavior at the earliest moment.” More and more there is discomfort and dissatisfaction within the Church over the fact, that the Christian Church, which obviously should be taking the had in promoting real and practice# brotherhood, should be “lagging behind etne-r major institutions” in eliminating facial discrimination. Dissatisfaction with the status quo is the first step toward reform, and in that fact lies the hope that the Church, more and more dissatisfied where it used to be complacent, is moving in the right ctf- Jrectiori. 17 POUNDER IS MIDGET jPHE LONDON physicians who wrote to substantiate the report that a son weighing 19 pounds had been born to .Mrs. Richard Heggins of China Grove, N. C,, must really have received a jolt. The story of the 19 pound baby was almost incredible in their opinion, the biggest one around their part 'of the world being an Irish lad or lassie who tipped the scales at a mere 17 pounds at birth. Imagine how their eyes popped when it was not only officially con firmed that young Larry Doby Heggins entered this world weighing in at nine fteen pounds plus, but that his sister, born in 1950, arrived weighing 21 and three quarter pounds. That majeea Larry, a phenomenal champion by puny British standards, not, much bet ter than an anemic, seeing a mere fe male outclassed him by well over two pounds, and his own sister at that. "KING FOR A DAY” r~- - : • - NF 1 * \\\\ 1 iJr • /:! ; v-. - Tarheella leads the world ! To us not even in the heavyweight class, much Tarheels a seventeen pound baby is less a heavyweight champion. C. D. Hdtib rim's I£L SECOND THOUGHTS A few weeks ago wc quoted some depressing figures from a study made in a South Caro lina county by the Alliane< for Guidance of Rural Youth. The fi-ures in the study dealt with .school attendance, and were de rived from statistics compiled by the Department of Educa tion of the State of South Ca lolina. The statistic; moved that in 1940 more than one third of the pop Tati cat of the state had not gone beyond the j fifth grade in school Tne per centage of drop-outs of v hite j pupils in the early grades v.as very high; it Is certain the. 1 cor responding figugres for Negroes are appreciably higher The fact U that mi vaunted system of free public schools is not reaching to anything like a proper extent tin children in the rural areas of South Caro lina .And we may be sure that v\hat is true of South Carolina is true of a good many olio ■ state-, and especially the sou” ern states. Most of these ('ate have compulsory school attendance laws, but In rural areas at leas', these law:, are more honored in the breach than m the obser vance. The people in the coun try and the small towns have not learned the importance of regular school attendance fur their children They seem to act on the principle that school is a leisure time activity, to h indulged in by their children when there is nothing mor» important to do. But the problem goes, deeper than that Especially for cer tain crops, like tobacco, cotton and truck, there is a tremen dous amount of hand labor to be performed, and the demand For work to be done if very exacting at certain seasons. Th* farmer’s own children represent the cheapest and the most n vailable source of such labor The temptation to take the kids out of school to work, at such times is almost irresistible; in deed in many eases there seem* to be no feasible alternative So the problem of school at tendance In rural areas is to a gr at extent a child labor problem .and one for which there appears to be no easy Immediate solution Nor is it exclusively a southern problem. It is found in an acute state in California and along the West Coast, for example, where fruits and vegetables ar.e har vested In season largely by mi gratory labor. The solution of this problem probably will be found in the extension of mechanized farm ing. intensive campaigns to teach the people the impor tance of regular school atten dance, and only secondarily in more pressure for the enforce ment of compulsory school at tendance laws. The campaign to educate the people to an awareness of the fact that both regular attendance of their chil dren while they are in school and the extension of their school careres in years of at- „ tendance are to Use direct, ad vantage of the children them selves. should be waged every where, in season and out of season. Such a campaign can be started any time, anywhere, and pushed continually, by the schools themselves and by all public spirited people interested in the welfare of the commun ity. THE CAROLINIAN HFwmaiiriiiWTnwtarw,>u#»- -r /-..-.li . Cordon B. Hancock ’s BETWEEN fgiß THE LINES wlSm. 1 - : .fi SENATOR TAFT A POiJXiCAL TRAGEM Calculating in lighter vein it may be said that Sen, Bob Taft was the political "goat" (if the Republican national Convention which met in Otii t.. ii would bt more iii keep ing with the pathos of the - iliiation 10 :.j> that Sen Taft ct the ,u;se - frar; cdy us thr occasion. It rnay oe m v« ry truth be ..nd that Sen. 'i alt was a po litical suit-;dr. Hr stabbed sim st-if with the two-edged dag ger of obstructionism and re actionism. When his political chickens came home to roost it was simply too sad for Mr. Taft. For 20 yea it he has teen an arch obstructionist in the con gress of the United Stales. His stubborn opposition to every worthwhile measure pul forth by tnr pregnant Democratic pa. tv franuect him as a super obstructionist and fore-doomed him to failure in his a'pira tiuii to pe President of the United States. When his rear tionism and his obstructionism caught up with him he was a doomed aspirant. Taft is a man of great intel lectual ability and political in tegrity so far as Republicanism is concerned; but there were times when he might nave im mortalized himself had he had the breadth of outlook to have looked beyond party lines at the larger horizon of national welfare. But he was so intent on embarrassing the Democra tic administration that he lost the supreme opportunity to be President of the United States. Had Mr. Taft exercised ordin ary political discretion, tonight, instead of sitting in the twilight of a great political career, ids political sun would just be ris ing. Tonight he is a has-been arid will never be the great political titian he might have been had he been just a little broader in his political sympa thies. The difference between Harry Flood Byrd and Robert Taft is, Byrd knows when he has been beaten and Taft does not. Byrd’s record of reactionism and obstructionism disqualify him for even the aspiration to the presidency. Byrd has the sagacity to stay his distance from the candidacy to the pre sidency. Taft allowed himself to be fooled into a venture for . which iris reactionism and his obstructionism had. forever dis qualified him. He got just what he deserved, the by-pass of a more enlightened Republican party, During the 20 years of demo cratic rule, there were many mighty measures for the public weal passed over Taft's oppo sition. Even the hard-headed Republican gwetjr learned t last that o man can be too re actionary. Even the Republi can Party refused the Republi candidacy to “Mr. Republican” as Taft is wont to be known. The task of the Democrats has been immeasurably com plicated by Mr Taft's failure to -.ill uu nor,dilution. This write)' whose sympathies ur cUiTciuly vs a a the D-nuXTat who art expected to come out v irn a bona fide civil right: plank, has always been pulling jor Robert Taft because he v/ould have been an easy can didate to lick, come November. But with Eisenhower it will be considerably different, ike is going to be- a hard man to beat; but he can be beaten by a straight shooting Democrat who has the moral courage to espouse a civil rights plank in his platform The same country that gave Truman a civil rights mandate four years ago is still await ing the fulfillment of that man date. the reactionary dixieora lie south to the contrary not withstanding. The Democrats' defeat is far from a foregone conclusion. The bellicose- dixiecratic south may bolt, and vote Repub lican; but just as certainly will -onit- of the north and east and west go Democratic. The reac tionary Republican.; just by passed labor ana the Negro vote and the said Negro vote and labor vote will be the real determinants come November. Not only- have the Democrats a good chance to win; but this writer will vouchsafe tne opin ion, they have a bright chance. Reactionism and obstructionism were the mill-stones that sank Taft upon the abject political sea. It will also sink the Re publican pa "ty in November! BRIEFLY STATED TALLAHASSEE The college church at Florida A, and M. Col lege is an organized institutional service without denominational af filiations. The College chaplain ac ting' in the capacity of church Doc tor. has immediate direction of all religious services. The religi ous program of the institution in cludes a variety of events sche duled throughout the school year affording the slide.’# body a full complement of religious experi ences. TALLAHASSEE - M 1905 Flo rida A. and M. College ceased be ing directed managed by the State Board of Education and. came un der the direct management of the Board of Control as one of the institutions of higher learning. ‘WEEKENDING SATURDAY JULY 20, 1052 T JAMES A. SHEPARD'S™ *lff HISandTHA Sentence Sermons stot THE MUSIC 1. The inventor: of tins grand feature designed to udvtru. e certain mere! -r idise, create : goodwill, and through it.-: libera; benefactions, h# i»t lo many a lasting thrill. 2. The promiscuous pick ot per-ons from the city of broad cast. both far and near, is one of the fme feature* that prove the plan most tail' and square. 2 U indeed lend: a t’orio.: feeling when among life's ad ventures where ail mankind are involved, to find as in this uni que project, no tinge of decep tion, prejudice nor fraud. 4. This is truly a fair exam ole of the AMERICAN WAV OF LIFT, established by the noble fathers . . and every where this spirit lights, it leaves no darkening shadows. 5. But to my sorrow l have, learned the American people know not the religious scote; hut regarding, every popular ditty, their knowledge i* not to poor. 6. Ye . they gue ■/ at once a jig. a dance and a love-song; but when it came to the IVIj ; itry Selection —■ a song of rny Sunday School day: . . they ■ eem to have fit and spasm.*, and named it in a bnod-cU dif <i rent wrong ways. 7. This is a terrible indict ment against the religious training of youth in an earlier age . . when today it is quite obvious that their Sunday School training wa and lesser things given th« front of the .--tage. 8. It is really hard, to believe that here in America, in Val ley, Hill and Dale, where une would i Xpert such simple knowledge to prevail; now til ndw tJuly 6-52# have named the ivlystery Sunday School song, which i have known long. 9 Can it be true that while proud America can worthily toad oi he-i aehievemtnt., so cial standing and staggering wealth, that is now evident that site ha* long teen iu spiritual iil-health. IC. To guarantee our peace and sorority, this kind of prat tler must not prevail for while tin- mawkish melody of com - piaceny is entrancing ns. the enemy may assail, 11.' -STOP THE MUSIC should then hoid sot all of us very significant meaning, it should call a halt on al! fool ish pride, and set in motion very cartful mental screening. 12 “STOP THE MUSIC" should start men to thinking who like gay pleasures alon* . . and never stop to consider the one givat thought that “mar# cannot live b> bread a lone ” in) VOII UI.AV i i 1. Man, above all otner of Gud.* created dog if the on ly one that cast talk, but tfc>.- gift he seems to value far less than his ability to walk. 2. The power of expression should provoke man’s highest appreciation . . . but sadly he has too often misused it to his utter degradation. 3. His wellspring, the sou!, when neglected for things of .# lower order, leaves the mouth only to reveal the earmarks of a distorted character. 4. Society so long ha*' been exposed io this unhealthy at mosphere that men toward each other are losing heas*t and entertaining misgivings and fear. 5. The mouth is, the servant of man’s inner parts, and over him cannot have full sway un less the miasma of sin's awful sttain superinduces disorders of decay. * 6. Evidences of this downward drift are becom ing quilte obvious from day' u> day .when in reply to carries.'. lips emit, the. doubtful hparer is heard to say "* oyou mean it?” 7. Indeed this is a terri ble indictment against man who has misused this God given means of expression in an a tempt to convey an appearance of perfection. 8. With his month he ev en makes confession to his God, then like the Frodi gal Bon, when from under hi# father’s guidance he rushes off try to prove his self - confidence. 9. Bid his mouth, breathing the influence of his mis-guided soul almost led him to the very end of Satan's entrancing role; when suddenly he ran to ward his father's house, yhere his joys would abound without fear or remorse. 10. Thus by the same token, should our mouths ever be rais ed in exhaustion and praise to the One only supreme and adored. and thus save our world, from unrest and discord. 11. The question then should, never have to toe asked "Do you mean it? with man in po tentiality like God, and clip ped with every means and convenience to express it. 12. Man's mouth then should always flow like a clear placid stream, with nothing emitting harsh, nor mean, but. reflecting the very spirit of God, adding joy to ail above the sod. Til* hospital question, high lighted last week by the ap pear.: nee of J. c. B. Ehringhaus Jr.. Si. Agnes board member end attorney for that board, be fore a representative audience of citizens in a meeting arran ged by; the Raleigh Citizens As sociation, has not been resolved and will nut be for some ti.n#.. So ut : are right back with tne same old gripe. Mr. Ehiinghuu ■: had the an swer to every question except questions dealing with race represeution, race employment justkv ami fair play. When those mattery were pres# nisa lor discussion, lie became t 'ft sive, contradictory, patron# .irtfl ana stupid. (Continued «n page 61 M REVIVAL MEETINGS Revival meetings, or pro tracted meetings, or camp meet ings or more generally known ts "Big meetings ' are annual affair of no 'mail importance tor many of oat Negro eharehc# •ltd most especially with our village and rural churches. Ku -1a! and village people look for ward with a great deal of anxiety to the annual meetings. Many of th<m who nave left tiieir old home communities to Jivt elsewhere definitely plan their vacations at a time that they may yo back home for Use annual revival. It is difficult for one to over-estimate the social and spiritual values to the indi viduals who participate iu such meetings as well a# to the entire community tie rein. As a mattei of fact the vast majority of the people who are members of our rural am! village churches accepted Chrlvl ("came through", were ''con veiled") at a revival meet ing. The vast majority of the people in such com munities who are up-rjght, God-fearing and civic winded <1 i i # e n s, can definitely point it# a #e vivaJ meeting as a lung ing point in tiieir lives- for the better. There are tho.se of u* who criticize tie old-fashioned re viva) meetings. We have qe come so "modern” so well tso miscducated) "educated" we feel and say. ibai the oid fashioned revival is out of date. We criticize the "moaner's bench” the “coming through” and in general we criticize •motions, the yelling and shout ing connected with the revival#, i, for one do in# share the forthcoming opinions regard ing our revivals. Anyone who listened over the radio, or attended in person to tin- proceedings of the Na tional Republican Convention recently held in Chicago, was compelled to conclude that our revivals in the matter of emo tionalism and noise making are not a "drop in the bucket." as compared with that connection Moreover, it shold be pointed out that those who shout, yell, and cry in our revivals, be lieve they are doing so to One Who can save them when the "sun,' moon, and stars melt away.’ In contrast, those who shouted and yelled in the re cent Chicago Convention, were doin ; so for one who like them* solve., i* a human being, one who in a real crisis in their lives, could do them but little, if any good. But aside from the religious •motions in our revivals, the a shrewd and keen observant revivalist can, and should, use. such occasions to develop a feeling of civic and economic consciousness on the part of those who attend and partici pate in such meetings. Let those who are emotional with their religion express their emotions. But, before, or after the shooting and yelling, the wise revivalist could arid should appeal to the peopie to have civic pride including such im portant matters as registering and voting. He should appeal to them to do such things as screening their homes and in general to make their home surroundings sanitary. He houid urge them to see their eye doctor, dental doctor, and medical doctor at least once per year, and not to wait until they an ill to see such doc tors, He- should point out _to those who are not farmers to purchase themselves homes and loose who are farmers to pur chase a farm. In other words, he .should urge them to ac quire a home in this world as well as in that "world be yond”. All in the world I am trying to point out to tM# article is ibai our revivals are very valuable institutions and that they have great potentialities for *ooU. They have been jrreat factors in developing our group. In addition to what they hvae aceuanpllsfaesi to the past, Jet* make them accomplish even more la Abe future.
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