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PAGE FOUR viewpoint ORCHIDS TO CHATHAM COUNTY CO iZENS VIEWPOINT ORCHIDS TO CHATHAM COUNTY CO IZENS Chatham County's farmers, ham County Agricultural agents to teach them how. and farm wives are to be Fair is a dream. Today it When they learned that a congratulated on the oecas- is a reality. Seven years ago, place would be needed from ion of their third annual Ag-, modern farming techniques which these agents could rictlltura) Fair which is to! were virtually unknown in carry on their work, they be held September 15 thru Chatham. Now, with the built a place. 20 inclusive, j help of farm and home When Chatham’s farm The hard-working God-j demonstration agents, Thar populace saw that there tearing rural residents of ham boasts ever-increasing Was a nep d *’ or a doctor in Chatham County are not outstanding records brought ;e community, they sent only to be hailed as they about, bv the application of 201 one - h,ater when they approach the opening date! scientific farming tech - VRalizeci that they could help of one of their most widely-j niques, spread the gospel oi syste jcnown annual presentations, j Chatham County's color*,! ““uk, H,rough hut should be equally as. rural residents hav* become : couritv fv , V, f , v „ roundly applauded for other legend in North Carolina as one ' ' ’ oignihzed notable contributions they j -doers". When they were On the eve of. their third have in bettering situations to!d they could better health annua! fair, the CAR OLIN fhroug out the area m conditions in their county IAN joins North Carolinians h ! th «y I,ve arid work through use of modern everywhere in wishing the and worship, + ' method* of farming and liv farm to I k of Chatham Four year? ago, the Chat jng, they secured county County continued success. DEMOCRATS’ PROGRAM SHAPING UP That a group of Negro said, "We are now ready to son’s recent statement*, h leaders including Congress- back him to the limit. the one made hv Wfn* man A. Clayton Powell,; Air Stevenson's civil rights John Sparkman, the were able to come to a satis- stand, as recently clarified, .ratio vice-presidential ol factory agreement with and especially hus statements didate in which he prated Governor Stevenson on the on his attitude toward the the pronouncements of il l v. nghc «»ue and that fTibusf, have boosted hi? presidential candidate on candidate posit on m it is stock with Negroes, and civil rights, and spoke , - not strange Alter a talk certainly some change has provinglv of the bill draft w, Stevenson, Powell ex- taken place to cause such ami by Senator Humphrey s . pressed a radical revision <d • complete reversal of Ciav- well as the Democra c ,!aP h his view, stated soon alter ion Powell’s sentiments. A form plank on civil" rig f s • the Democratic national con- month ago he was calling it is too earlv to sai veT yention that the party had on Negro voters to boycott but it looks as if thdYw j sold the Negro down the the Demrratic party at the o-atic party will not river. After the recent hi?- polls m November. much of the Negro 4, I tone conterence between a good deal more surpri in November 1952 which V! ’ tevenson and the Ne- mg than Governor Steven- has enjoyed in the past four gro group the congressman presidential election® NEGRO VOTE SPREADING OUT The importance of the [each other that the Demo-] But the census figures Negro vote m several north- cratic civil rights plank is quoted by the columnist em- I ein Sva.es - ano that \ ote; really anti-civil rights. And! phasize how the Negro pop- I is overwhelmingly concen- j SO it. goes on merrily. j ulation has grown in the. trated in a few- big cities] But what, we started to cities of “key” states, and within those states, has come talk about was the really! with this growth of course in for a great deal of dis- phenomenal growth m the j the growth in the- number of cussion recently. One well- Negro’s potential voting j potential colored voter ,De known political columnist strength m certain northern j troil, for instance, had an say* this vote is a "problem localities. i increase of from roughly , . now giving the Democrats The and the nation ■ D’O.OOo to 300,000 Negroes particular concern.” Onej ha * become accustomed| between 1940 and 1950 - may be sure that it is giving, fi le steadiness of the re-1 a 100 percent increase from both parties particular con-] distribution of the Negro i a bas e of 100,000 You get: fern; the Democrats because j population that what hasi- ome idea of the significance they don't want to lose it-~ | happened in this line in the the Negro's numbers in they have had most of if; past decade has probably \ Detroit when you check and the past 20 years the \ made relatively little im that there are actually Republicans because they i pression on the average eiti-j more colored folk in that hope to get it back. “zen- There have been sevt- city today than the who!. Each party is engaged injral waves of big migration Population of the city the same egg-balancing] northward by Negroes, but amounted to in 1900! game of trying to woo both]the fact is that, the mow The Negro population of the southern eieetorial vqte j merit has been continuous bos Angeles increased 168 and the Negro northern citvj since belori the Civil War. !°er cent, or from 03.000 to vote, whose interests are}There was a tremendous andl over 170,000. Cleveland's miles apart on certain im- j disturbing upsurge in thei bimpea from 85,000 to 184, nortant issue#, without log-! movement which took place i the same decade ing either by making tool about the time of World I’ iere are more Negroes m strong an anneal to thei War 1. That upsurge never 1 { leveia!if! hUO Cincinnati other- It is said that Efron- subsided to the previous! ® on * ,n t the J.°w.r i. wttin, more bold- toxM after the firs. *n>ai i eotered popZton L™ Lwv ,! i‘f VTVf ” :purt lh rt w “ a,,olhel ’ : Carolina, which is 42 per «>« bouth | upF.iiirpe dunnp World War, CCTI „ f , h>l sUte .„ total> , s ! ”rt V b 0 M h 1 D 4. m ”T'l I : ho rt v "' not I so, ' ,fctM “-|o B l.v about 70,000 hipher LCL- < '«*»* S-.'*r the W orld W« I »»• lhsß lhe Segro population gro Democrats are whoop- j swing, partly because the| of x«-w York Citv f d 7^ r ° p ; puation 01 many There are two wavs the Sparkman despite the lat* i favorite Negro havens was v-. -u , . K . ,L» , a Negro has become mcreas 7ers cimi rights record, already large, and conse- -.u- ... while leading white south-j quently the new influx was country"' in and ern. Democrats are trying to >A t. as visibe and eonspicu- one of these obviously is by convince themselves an d ous. migration about back seat drivers recently come^out" 'in r praKe• rul . es t 0 put drivng --- his attention of the" value rs *b i • mi the front driver:: has lapsed and his reactions f € , f *? e ’ 3 f ck Keep talking to the driver;] are too slow. Insult the that muc^ hIS answers are va R u « he] driver; if de doesn’t react man wmnr A l )V'v is getting exhausted and is j quickly with vocal resent ar* i . I’, fw y» unfit to drive- Misread a lent he is probably too tired - V an the roa,i if the driver; to drive safely, gard him a!V! PU doesn ' t correct you, get him One commentator ob- Th Tt qn lre ° (n awaj ’ i* rom the wheel be- serves as follows concern -11 WaS g,Ven a caupe he « not capable of ing the a bow-: THE CAROLINIAN (Published by the Carolinian Publishing Company, 118 East Hargett Street, Ra leigh, North Carolina—-—Telephone: 9474) Entered as Second Gkma Matter, April 6. 1940 at the Post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina, under the Act of March, 1579, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six Months SZOD One Year $3.50 PATAfcLB IN ADVANCE -ADDRESS ALL COM MCNICATIONg AND MAKE ALL CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO THE CAROLINIAN. '■ Interstate United Newspapers, Inc.., 542 Fifth Avenue Jg, V. 17, IV. V, National Advertising BeprtmenUt ti Wi. This newspaper is not resputtsible for the return of unsolicited news, pictures, or advertising ropy uk -1«9B. necessary postage accompanies the copy. Opinions expressed in by-ltned eolnmne publish(4 i» this ‘newspaper are, not necessarily those of the publication.. • PAUL R. JERVAY, Publisher LIN HOLLOWAY, Managing Editor Chatham County's farmers, and farm wives are to be congratulated on the occas ion of their third annual Ag ricultural Fair which is to! be held September 15 thru 20 inclusive, The hard-working God-! tearing rural residents of Chatham County are not only to be hailed as they approach the opening date! of one of their most widely- j known annual presentations, Hut should be equally as roundly applauded for other notable contributions they have in bettering situations throughout the area in which they live and work and worship. Four years ago, the Chat DEMOCRATS’ PROGRAM SHAPING UP That a group of Negro leaders, including Congress man A. Clayton Powell, were able to come to a satis- 1 factory agreement wi t h . Governor Stevenson on the < civil rights issue and that candidate’ posit’on in it is not strange After a talk . with Stevenson, Powell ex- i pressed a radical revision oT ■ his view, stated soon after 1 the Democratic national con- j vention, that the party had * "sold the Negro down the ■ river." After the recent his- 1 tone conference between Mr. Stevenson and the Ne gro group, the congressman NEGRO VOTE SPREADING OUT The importance of the Negro vote in several north ern states - and that vote is overwhelmingly concen trated in a few big cities within those states, has come in for a great deal of dis cussion recently. One well known political columnist say* this vote is a "problem .. now giving the Democrats particular concert'.. One may be sure that it is giving both parties particular con cern; the Democrats because they don’t want to lose it — they have had most of it the past 20 years the Republicans because they hope to get it back. Each party is engaged in the same egg-balancing game of trying to woo both the southern eieetorial vqte and the Negro northern citv vote, whose interests are miles apart on certain im portant issues, without los ing either by making too strong an anneal to the other- It is said that Eicon hover is getting more bold ly civil riehtish as it appear? more certain that the Bouth will not bolt the Democrat ic party, and leading Ne gro Democrats are whoop ing it up for Stevenson and! Sparkman despite the tat-; ten's civil rights record, while leading white south ern Democrats are trying to convince themselves aa d ABOUT BACK SEAT DRIVERS Some safety evpert has' recently come out in praise of the value of the back seat driver, dec'aring that! that much maligned gentle*; jnan, or more often lady, is a real asset rather than the nuisance it is popular to re gard him, or more often her The B. S. D, was given a harn County Agricultural Fair is a dream. Today it G a reality. Seven years ago, ; modern farming techniques I were virtually unknown in Chatham. Now, with the help of farm and home i demonstration agents, Chat ham boasts ever-increasing outstanding records brought ; about by the application of ! scientific farmjng tech - ! niques. Chatham County's colored rural residents hav<a become legend in North Carolina as "doers’’ When they were fold they could better health conditions in their county through use of modern methods of farming and liv ing, they secured county said, "We are now ready to back him to the limit.' Mr Stevenson's civil rigid?, stand, as recently clarified, ami especially his statements on his attitude toward the filbustei, have boosted his stock with Negroes, and certainly some change has taken place to cause such a complete reversal of Clay ton Powell's sentiments. A month ago he was calling on Negro voters to boycott the Demrratic party at the polls in November, A good deal more surpris ing than Governor Steven* each other that the Demo ' j c-ratic civil rights plank is ‘jreally anti-civil rights. And •j so it. goes on merrily. ; I Bui what, we started to 1 talk about was the really • phenomenal growth in the Negro’s potential voting 1 strength m certain northern 1 localities. The Negro and the nation I jh a s be c o m«• > o arc ust<> me d Ito the steadiness of the re ■j distribution of the Negro ; population that what has j happened in this line in the past decade has probably ’made relatively little nrr | pression on tin average citi zen There have been sever ] rai waves of big migration '] northward by Negroes, but the fact i- that the mow ■ ] merit has been continuous "since before the Civil War. ■jThere was a tremendous and ] disturbing upsurge in the j movement which took place i i about the time of World AYar 1. That upsurge never; subsided to the previous! level after the first great! | spurt There was another ; j upspurge during World War; j 11. however, not so spectacu-j ] a> as the World War 1 up ! swing, partly because the! Negro popuation of many J favorite Negro havens was ! already large, and conse- : j qtiently the new influx was os visibe and conspicu ous. set of safety rules to put in, practice on the front driver :; Keep talking- to the driver;,' ;?f his answers are vague he 1 is getting exhausted and is j unfit to drive- Misread a road sign; if the driver doesn’t correct you, get him! away from the wheel be cause he is not capable of agents to teach them how. When they learned that a place would be needed from : which these agents could carry on their work, they built a place. When Chatham’s farm populace saw that there was a need for a doctor in the community, they sent for one. Later when they realized that they could help spread the gospel of syste matic farm and home tech niques through an annual county fair, they organized one- j On the eve of their third annua! fair, the CAROTIN IAN joins North Carolinians everywhere iri wishing the Ia rm folk of Chatham County continued success, son’s recent statements is Jhe one made by Senator •!ohn .Sparkman, the Demo < r;rtie vice-presidential can didate in which he praised the pronouncements of the presidential candidate on civil rights, and spoke ap provingly of the bill draft f-d by Senator Humphrey, as well as the Democratic plat form plank on civil rights. ' !( »s too early to say vet, but it looks as if th<» Bvno-J cratic party will not loseff much of the Negro sunpor S in November 1952 which k« has enjoyed in the past four presidential elections ■] But the census figures ! j quoted by the columnist enr j phasize how the Negro pop j ulation has grown in the, j cities of “key” states, and '! with this growth of course I the growth in the number of j potential colored voters. De i tro.it, for instance, had an j increase of from roughly j 150,900 to 300,000 Negroes i ■be twee i i 19 4 O aa d 19 50 ;a 100 percent increase from , a base of 100,000 You get: Nome idea of the significance ■ i the Negro's numbers in ; Detroit when you check and find that there are actually .! more colored folk in that city today than the whole population of the city ’amounted to in 1900! The Negro population of Los Angeles increased 168 1 oer cent, or from 63.000 to lover 170,000. Clevland’s lumped from 85,000 to 184, 1000 in the same decade There are more Negroes in Cleveland and Cincinnati I aone than in the whole state of Kentucky, and the j colored population of South Carolina, which is 42 per i cent of that state’s total, is | only about 7.0,000 higher than the Negro population ; of New York City- There are two ways the Negro has become increas ingly enfranchised in this country in recent years, and one of these obviously is by migration. ; safe drivng his attention | has lapsed and his reactions , are too slow. Insult the 'driver; if de doesn’t react i quickly with vocal resent fent he is probably too tired to drive safely. On e commentator ob serves as follows concern ing the above: "THESE SYMBOLS Os HATE, HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED J# "The safety expert rnav bad: seat driver does nnv such u way that will eri knovv what he’s talking of these things he suggests danger not ony traffic bn; about. Personally, if our we re sure weTi react w our marital statu- a welt" ■ 'XT'« gg I|| SECOND THOUGHTS O.tr joke anthologies ..nd folkloie are full of .stories about preachers and their preaching, A good many of the stories deal with the length of setmons It seems lhat nobody except the preachers then.-elvf ~ rei) t> lengthy -ermons Which remind.-: me that in rny student days at Lincoln ijmwirtty most of the stu dents J-iite-d the i..reamer at our Sunday set vices in excel lence in inverse ration to thi length of their crnion.- U ap pear- a.-: 1 look back that tin content the . ermon. v, as a very minor • .msideiation, the best prcaChct c...- the one v - /\iu delivered i ♦ :.ono.t sermon There were .seven oi eight elergymtn. mayor:- more, on thr. faculty of the seminary and the college, and they preached m rotation There woe oc casional visiting preachers, but not often The boys knew in timately lit resident divines and their habits. They wel comed the brief ones and Moaned when the time came for the longer-winded or.e to held forth One of the best stones about a long sermon and its ti;a -' ions result is told in the Bible itself. Paul according to ail ac counts was a zealous preacher, often carried away with the ardor oi his own message One time he was preaching in a place called froas, in that spirit, and as told in the 20th chapter of Acts, "continued his speech until midnight.” This address, was being given on the third floor of a building, and among those present was a young man, named Eutyohus. who did what so many others have, done under the influence of long sermons. He- went to sleep Mow Euiyehus was sitting In the window ‘arid as Paul was long in preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead/’ .Act; 2OA.j The story goes on to tell how St Paul restored the boy to life, which he certainly should have done, granting ht had. the powf- r to, in consideration of the fan that ihc- young In sult of Paul's overly long set low's death war the direct ve in on But the worst of it is that when the boy was revived, Paul went right back upstairs and picked up the sermon v here he had been interrupted by the accident. He hado;t learned a thing by the ex perience; Which shows how hard it is to discourage a long winded preacher. (1 hope the young man Eutychu.-. wont home.) Now here is the most re markable circumstance. I have been to church thousands of times For nearly twenty-five years I have been employed in church schools. where the Bible is read daily as a matter of course at every service, i have been told that the calen dar of scripture lessons in the Episcopal Church schedules the reading of the entire New Testa inenf at morning and evening service twice through during j; year. But 1 have never heard the story oi Eutychus read m church, and of course I have never heard a sermon on. the THE CAROLINIAN text. It stems evident that the ch'jg.v haw made an open or tacit compact of silence never to mention this: instance of .someone-literally having been pm?-.**** •* • •• .. w%«***w*»v. • • - V.-, •<. , v> vwwuMflt *t k ■ .. s|rri :% * I BETWEEN MB 1 THE LINES ||p! C. C SFAI LIHNfi: A MORAI. GIANT Tut versatile writer.- of to morrow may well say, in re ferring to our times, "Titty., ■were giants in those days" They may well include C C Spa s-ilding wag one of them The passing of C C Spauld hi a mark a the end of an era He was easily one of tin most picturesque moral figure- of out limes. He was the able>t exponent of the theories and doctrines of the late Booker T. Washington, lie represented Booker T. Washingtonism at it:* test. Outside of Booker T. Washington himself C C Spaulding more truly titan any other represented tit.- essential philosophy of our great Ameri can teacher. Washington has been abused and gainsaid The wrath of lesser souls have been pound out upon him. Craven souls have . even sought to cast blasphemies upon his sacred tnemoty but Booker T. Washingon stands out in hold relief, as a peak of the towering Alps, snow-capped and majestic Degrees were not as pop ular in those days as now, the accent in education was not on learning but on character and ability. Those idealistic Yankees had just come south ami infused in to the emancipated Negroes the unadulterated spirit of Jesus Christ Himself. Those missionary Yankees repre sented the finest flower of Christian knighthood, and they were easily the finest exponents of the living Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the tragedies of today h pathetic Jack of such mighty men. and. women Character formation was the burden of their labors. Today, character has been made a side issue in the great process and program of education. Moral frustration is the tragic result An educated man without character is like- a candle with-, out a lighted taper. like* a steaming locomotive on the tracks with a hand to pull t-he throttle, like a singer with out a song! No one can at present appraise the moral damage done by this over-em phasis on degrees and the cur s rent under-emphasis on eharae - ter preached to death They have t)i>d to make ii a trade secret, to be hidden from the know* leck-e of ail laymen. It i. too .:o<<d a piece i.t propaganda •ay ain st lour ‘^rnion~. kike iht baffled fishermen on Gallic, we art toiling all night but we taking nothing. We ait failing in spite of our supremest efforts. We run hith er and yon crying "peace peace; but there i- no peace* Nor will there eve, be peace ■ while oui educational system lii&jut.'i m degree.-; and minors in character. When C C Spaul ding laid his armour down, a moral giant was retiring from tht lift’s flaming Flander’s Fields. He was retiring as one u£ the great moral heroes oi this generation When all the fine and com mendatory word;, had been said, the naif had not been told. The name C C. Spaulding -had beerr written large on Fame’s im mortal scroll. The greatest thine aboil C. C Spaulding was not his degrees and his honors, but his fine character and his well-wrought abilities. The North Carolina Mutual stands today as a mighty monp ment and testimonial to his constructive genius. The world is just a little bit better be cause C C Spaulding -has lived and wrought in his day. - The point of this release is to pause and speak an humble word of praise lor one of the greatest men of his times and the chu t test disciple of the lamented, but not un honored Booker T. Washington. who saw 50 year; ago as we all see today, that learning without economic support is hollow and frustrating. Spaulding saw thi t Washing ton's philosophy in no way cir cumscribed the aspirations of the Negro race; that it was no device to perpetuate their eco nomic and social subjugation; that industrial education did not preclude higher education. U has come to pass that the very Dean of Negro business was a simple soul of simple letters; but his character and common sense were abundant. Spaulding's; common sense was coliossal. and his character was forceful and exemplary. If somehow the Negro race and the nation could exchange some of our degrees for, some of Spaulding’s species of common sense and character, it would amount to a profitable ex change, C. C Spaulding’s life and labours not only represent the potency of ' this writer’s T JAMES A. SHEPARDS ~W* HIS and THA I r ■ 1 i i Darin;; the past few months we have aeon getting around to quite a .lumber of religious gathering!. The purpose of ti'U'st viats was of course to give tbofc y.toupf the news paper rove rap c jfiu publicity they deserve. The CAROLIN- I/'.H, like -o many other pub lic organs, dedicated tu public service feels that the hope lor peace and world brotherhood, lies primarily with. the church of God. Thi newspaper wel comes the opportunity to serve as n moothpieci for thf a.-'t-n --t ies of Christianity. Toe visit? v,( have made to the diffi i >it conventions, as r<v,a*i*.ns, home comings and confers,'nr.- have done much to strengthen our convictions and renew cur faith. In addition, they -.urn brought to memory, r* collections of days long' past when as a youht, we. traveled during the summer month'; many nub. and covered many sections of this state as ad vance agent for the Winston- Salem Orphan Band. This band v, as the result of an idea of our uncle, the Reverend Rob ert (Bob) Shepard, who was at that time superintendent of the VV ins ton• Sa 1 pji > Orphanage. it was'our job to go along ahead ot hit- band and make contacts for the band and ui range accomodation-. for its housing and eating. Knowing that Uncle “Bob' wa- a hearty eater, y/e would always (by to arrange for him to be put up in a home that looked slightly prosperous. We seldom traveled but one Jump an ad ut the band be ta use '.I were supposed to double sack where the band was appearing so we could a.-~ .vi-t in raising the collection, 'help to -jet t.ne boys and girl , member.-, of the band at the place of appearance arid serve in a general utility capacity Uncle ‘'Bobs" sons, Room who is now a successful undertaker in Henderson and Oxford and Marshall, former Recorder of Deeds in Washington, D. C and now treasurer of the city of Philadelphia and a lone time pastor ot Mt GHvi Baptist Church there, were our assis tants 01 it may have been that wp were their assistants. We re member serving as drummer on sever®! occasions it seems that the boy, who was the regular drummer for the band, could always manage It so that he had route three or four invitationr to dinner, inviations, he always succeeded in filling even though ii meant a stomachache later on end his confinement to bed when he should havt been best ing the drums What ever the occasion, con vention, homecomhrtg church picnic or a three day associa tion meeting Uncle "Bob; we.- always given a chance to ex hort the assembly for funds fc-i the "poor underprivileged little oi phan boys and girl. ". Wt have never known one man who •had. what we considered, a largei mouth than Uncle "Bob' 1 and he was another Uncle, th> Reverend A;>.tstut' Shepard bel ter known a:-' Uncle ”Gus‘ We Will give you a little story on him in u minute. Anyway, Uncle "Bob", with a full chicken dinner under his waist coat. could always be depended upon to bring tears of sorrow for his needy orphans to the eyes ot ail tne women present and dollar bill.- from t-be pock els of the men. While we were most Instru mental in setting up the ma chinery for the gathering in of the offerings. Uncle "Bob" never needed any help in the further handling or the distribution of the money collected. He wa? generous, however, and we usually were able to get most of tiie- things w t - wanted. Not. then being given to the vices which demanded a large amount of money if we could go around with fifty cents or even some firm::' a dollar in our pockets we felt that we were doing al right and indeed we -v, efe ■ Wc have never been much of a ‘ ladies man”, being shy by nature and also fixed with the idea that we had nothing to offer to the fair sex, however T our cc-u.-ins, Robert and Mar shal), had no such afflictions. Both of them were rather hand some young men, remember we said, they were handsome, which of course is past tense, and all of this happened many year.- ago, Anyway Robert and Marshall wooed the ladies in . many of the one hundred coun lies of North Carolina, while we would stand off in the back ground, wondering why we v*ere ever born, We do remem b-'J making a small impression on one of the girls of the band who performed on the bass horn. Now. in retrospect, we wonder, it her condescension of us ware not motivated by a de sire to have someone carry her si own doctrine of the Double Duty Dollar about which he spoke so often. If we were called upon to point out exhibit "A” of the doctrine of the Double- Duty-Dollar we would have to point to the North Caro lina Mutual f ife Insurance company at Durham. When •> Double - Duty - Dollars are handled as they were handl ed by C. C. Spaulding and t3»e. North Carolina Motu&b they bee-tune battering ram* agalmt the walls of pros cription that would binder the Negro’s offward march. Peace to the memory of C, C Spaulding, a morai hero and ftaatt . *„ WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER If?, 1932 horn for heir which we fre quentiy did. All in all, those were wonder ful days, days wc would be q litr happy to live over again. Our father and mother were ><U T' vontent to nave ut travel yuki Uncle "Bob”, knowing that in his _ keeping we would be under the supervision of a true mail of God. His creed, was the Golden Rule, not to much talked , about, b-il exercised in daily living and his love was so ex pansive, it. included every Uv .k g soul. In all the very inti inaif association we had with him, down through the year: we never heard him say any unkind word to any one ot against any one and we never knew a person who knew Uncle "Bob" that met not lov• him. Wc said v.e would tell you u little story about the one per son we believe had a bi u r moutti than Uncle "Bob ', Uncie "Gus” wat a veritable power house as a preacher. He had the Shepard affliction of over weight, brought on of course by over eating the good thing: people always killing preachers with When Uncle "Gus” preached it seemed that he was putting every ounce of his two hundred and seventy - five pounds into his sermon and the. lips of hi:, very large mouth would move up and down with the rapidity of steam pistons We remembered that, one; while he was pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church of Durham, he came to ftaleigfc one Sunday to preach at the first Baptist Church here As was his want whenever he war in Raleigh, he made our home in Oberlin his headquarters. In those days, we always felt like attending church, our fat Imi controlled our feelings in that respect On this particular Sun day morning, it seemed to u» as we sat and watched Uncie Gus'’ preach, that the lips of his mouth were moving so fast, that they must have beet} powered b.y some mechanical force, At the conclusion of the. service Uncle ‘‘Gus" gave us a dollar bill, saying he was -living it to us because we had keen so attentive during hip sermon and that the was so much impressed by our interest in things religious. Well, w* confess we have always been interested in raligour activities, but we could not tell Unci* 'Gus” that it was vhe machine like movements of his very large lips that was holding my rapt attention and not what he was saying Lucky for us, .he did not ask us to tell him what hIS t€>rt WaS Poets" Corner JIM TROW DOCTORATE (NORTH CAROLINA COL LEGE FIRST IN DIXIE i Create a new a Jim • Crow Sherne, Give it splendor. tusk* it gleam * Crown the hens with dollars of gold, Trusted seers watt as ot old., Mature judgment inscribes skill::, of modern science, Vouchsafed »n an ante-bellum conscience. Kings arid princes repave the road of segregation Fancifully built on the pattern of negation, Smooth as oil that flows in its course, The ‘Brain Trysts of Dixie orated hoarse. Light had broken through a ’black Cloud’. Tiie lambast was ferocious, sar castic. and loud The humble had entered th** gate of the noble W’hat a catastrophe! The urchin rises indestructible. To- arms, every sage, -plot' to stop that ’light’! Cohderrtnt By aversion, see not —think not—that’s right’. Hold that line, here come the millions, Answering hordes echo th* billions. The chief of ’loves’ will stamp out the Light. Camouflage Democracy M hatred reign let it foe "night Without hesitation decree the price of "Birth-right ”; Make it beautiful, aJJuring, and air tight. Perchance Freedom is bought without fight. The unlearned is pacified in potential might. Where stand the Immortals of fame" Boston. Harvard, and Yale tm t ..trosaad jo k>adsa.t,. tpes) ox ply honor by name. Drain, brawn, and character tell the worth of man, •second-hand’ Universities should be inter national in scope, Not universal with seme - tie others with 'rope*. If the U. S. A. !s to give free dom to the world, Then let Democracy and Free dom's banner be unfurled. That all may enjoy knowledge’ blessings, Let condemnation of race be a non-molesting. Let worth opinions strengthen our Brotherhood, Anri tne Way of The Christ lead La Father/,,, ed. Composed by: Rev. J. Wesley Groves, Jr, m Aug. im. ' j,,
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1952, edition 1
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