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PAGE FOUR V % KVW IP 01 NT Negroes Are Now Competing F Frederick Morrow, presidential aide, speaking in a recent forum at North Carolina College said wihft the eem.u'.'i of more Integral ed patterns of living in the United States, Ne groes “are competing for a plac* in American life, and the places arc limited and coveted." Mr. Morrow said further, “And it is my per 50.'!. 3! belief that the greatest barrier to hurdle is that of breaking the shackles from the minds of oui people that they arc inferior because of the inflexible customs that have treated them n this manna for three endless cen turies.” From Mr. Morrow's speech has come fhoiu;ht gems of great magnitude. Whether vve want, to picture ourselves as competing for dir top spot iii Geneial Mol ol s. Sears-Ruc buck. Chase National Bank, Harvard Uni vc I'sitv, aui r;ai y mort categories including the higher! office or title of the land, tech nic-ally if it takes me hundred years to serio'us jv contend, we are definitely competitors. But to compete for these coveted places and positions now held by others our minds must bf rle a red of inferior thinking. For years we have been -made to believe that we could not manage large business responsibilities. Even now' there are m.-mv ir» the face of suc cessful management, by Negroes, of insurance companies worth one billion three hundred sixty-three million, seven hundred seventy thousand, one hundred and two dollars who would still have us believe that we cannot managf big business. There are Negroes man aging million dollar banks, colleges, depart ment stores, drug stores, big government jobs, newspapers, supply houses and innumerable categories of top-flight managerial positions too numerous to mention here. The younger generation needs to know this ... to know that it is being done now . , , that we are al Prejudice: A Two-Way Street The lady is so right who wrote the Rah igh Time- in last week’s Wednesday. Nov. 7. issue under “Letters to the Editor” saying the Caro mnian could use the daily editor’s talents. It is heartening to see a Southern white edi tor who would take a stand for right, that might he in behalf of the Negro. Editors who arc concerned wth presenting anything but truth and right to their public are unfit to write under the banner of freedom of the press. Anytime any newspaper editor stoops to the whims of a few at the expense of the ma jority in any realm of public ownership such g* the schools, he has gone off his “beam The editor of the Raleigh Time* is not just another editor His stature has been well estab lished in a few months in the Raleigh area Municipal Golf For Raleigh The CAROLINIAN does not have the an twers to how a municipal golf course could he. obtained in Raleigh, It does, however have a question for the Negro leadership and the city council. The question is: why can't Negroes request a municipal golf course? Not for Negroes only, but for the citizenry of Ra leigh. Raleigh is in a singular position among North Carolina cities and towns, in that there R no municipal golf course for anybody. The CAROLINIAN believes there should be one. Good Business To Be Good Host While Devereux Meadow sits idle two college teams are refused the right to use the facility purely because they are Negro institutions In fact the city's own high school team the “Lit tie Blues”, that has been outstanding year after year, winning many conference champ ionship, has never set foot on the city-owned, board-controlled park. Winning the champ lonship is the greatest honor the “Little Blues” *an bestow upon the City of Raleigh. But for s Negro Champion to be considered eligible to use Devereux Meadow apparently is not yet to be expected. Raleigh would bestow credit upon herself by discarding antiquated patterns, like the one shown in the discriminatory practice of Dev ®mix Meadow, by Inviting Shaw, St, Augus tinCs and Ligon to use this facility if they those to do so. Published by the Carolinian Publishing Company, 518 E. Martin Street, Raleigh, N. C. Entered as Second Class Matter, April 8, 1940, at the Post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina, under tha Act of March 1879. Additional Entry at Charlotte, N. C. | Subscription Hatesi Six Months $2.75 One Tea; $4.50 Payable in Advance—iAddre** all communications and mak© all checks and money or ders payable to THE CAROLINIAN. Interstate United Newspapers, Inc., 844 Fifth Aveoae, N. Y. IT, N. Y. National Advertising Repre sentative, I This newspaper is not responsible for the return of unsolicited news, pictures, or advertising copy j unless necessary postage accompanies the copy. P. H. fEEVAY, Publish®; Alexander Barnes Advertising & Promotion Ghas. Jones News & Circulation ; E. R. Swain Plant Superintendent L C. Washington Foreman, Mechanical Department ' Mrs. A. M. Hinton .Office Manager Opinions expressed in by-ceJamn# pebitahed in this netrspa.pi** are net necessarily thee# »f the p»A ’i Bestien. ..... _ L±S > .-r-.vagrts'Taari-rtr--. ready competing ... that we must learn to compete further for even larger stakes in the total Amcvlcsa society. Somewhere, somebody must plant the seed in our minds that it isn't from whence we came or who we are but where we can go and whom we can become. The miserable plight of our economic lot here in North Carolina is not due to our in ability to do a job well, as many would have us believe, but to the refusal of those more fortunate to allow total economic freedom to exist for the Negro. State jobs beyond jani torial (and prison labor is absorbing these) ex cept for a few school or welfare “spots” have been kept from our reach Nonetheless, whe ther the other man wants us to have these and other better paying jobs in business and in dustry we must: continue to compete , . . com pete with knowledge, skill, the ballot and with all our minds and souls to the end of meeting any challenges and destroying present and future obstacles that are ruts in our develop ment toward full opportunity and responsi bility irs the American life. Mr. Morrow urged Negroes to throw away attitudes of inferiority” and asserted that the tea! job of teachers today is to convince (Ne gro) youth: “Given the right spirit and. atti tude, training and character, you will be able to completely measure up in this - new eta where the sole judge of a man’s worth will be what he can contribute to the welfare of the whole.” And like Mr. Morrow the CAROLINIAN urges youth (Negro) to look forward with high minds and reverent spirits to a tomorrow that does not crush a man’s soul and spirit because he has darker skin, but instead presents to him an awakening of an opportunity that knows no barrier other than the ability to compete. not to mention his position in the newspaper field before coming to Raleigh. Raleigh is in deed fortunate to have people of such high calibre come here to share their talents. We are sure as Miss or Mrs. Cotton said in her ‘letter to the editor’ that we of the Carolinian would gain much if it had the talent of so courageous and gifted an editor as the Time- is so fortunate to boast. We would hasten to recommend thai the lady stick with the offerings of the Times’ edi tor instead of cancelling her subscription. Prejudice seems to be a two-way street. Some times it is hard to tell which way some of us are traveling. However it wouldn’t hurt to look both ways. We may not have the right of way all the time. And as long as there seems to be ample pri vate facilities of this nature for white people it seems proper that Negroes should request the city to develop a public golf course. All of us know there should be such a pub lic facility in financial teach of everybody. White people would join with Negro leader ship in seeking this needed asset to Raleigh's health and recreation .facilities. Raleigh needs golf for everybody: let’s help her get. it. There are two games being played ar Chavis Park on the same day. St. Augustine’s plays Delaware State in a game at 2 P.M. that could decide the CIAA championship. Shaw plays Maryland State, last: year’s CIAA Champs, at the same field three hours later (5 P.M.) in a gala homecoming game. Few cities have the good fortune of so much football talent cram med in such a small space over so short a time as Raleigh will witness Saturday.- It seems to the CAROLINIAN that the business world of Raleigh could contribute much more to its cash registers if accommo dations were better for large gatherings here as the St. Augustne’s and Shaw football af fairs present this time and in the future. A good host city is certainly an enjoyable city to visit during football season and at other times . . , and it makes spending better. “Hope At last For The Victims Os Colonialism” —... Jlijj impi L— ... -. THE PULPIT VOICE THE PULPIT VOICE A dove and I met quite by accident one morning' not long ago. It. was in the bush and quiet of an early morning, as the sun slowly loosed its warmth and light upon thou sand.: of growing things in a secluded garden . 1 was there seeking the re freshment which comes to the human spirit when the day is so bright end young. The dove evidently was there because in a world like this there is more safety among trees, flowers and the little of the wilderness that is left than among the clutter ed, busy streets of men. Then too, the dove found food there, and nourished itself with what nature had provid ed: as Jesus said about the fowls of the air, “Yet your Heavenly Father foodest them". We came together along a path, and a friend and I who •walked together were startled as we saw directly before us a dove —its smooth coat of feath ers a bluish grey, its legs arid feet of coral red and eyes of pink but with the brilliance and sparkle of rubies. It did not fly away even as we came near. It continued Its picking, but intermittently it eyed us, but without fright. My friend and I came to a reverent, halt, and silently but with ex cited hearts watched the dove, so bold, in a garden, in the quiet of an early morning hour. Her kingdom was the wilder ness away from, the restless ness of men, but of us she showed no fear. 1 Inwardly knew that we were the intruders and not. she. So silently we watched her there in the spotlight of the sun which shone in spiraled rays through the trees. But then it, was that the besetting sin of man arose in me, and 1 ven tured closer, as to examine more closely. My friend reached out his hand at arms length as though iie would bend down and touch. It was then that with a flip of her powerful wings, the bird of peace, the mournful dove flew away and left us there saddened at her departure. My friend and I broke our awesome silence, almost simui taneously asking the same question of each other. Why could not we have been con tent with watching the un frightened dove on the terms which she so graciously per mitted? Why did man the ag gressor, the possessor arise in 11s that we drove away in fright a dove which had remained before us just to be herself and about her daily way? We pursued this thought in a far away garden in the quiet and still of the morning, but dimming the lustre of the mo ment was the consdousnesness that the drive in man to domi nate, had lost us something fine, something innocent, an intimidation from God in a dove, a high privilege. This was the drama of the garden of Eden. It was Adam's aggressiveness, to be like God, to see all he could see, to know good and evil . . . “and the tree was to be desired to make one wise”. It was this which de stroyed the paradise of human existence. There is a desire within man to know and to understand which sometimes causes us to lose the beauty and presence of some of life’s most precious eiffs. My companion and I eould THE CAROLINIAN only wonder, how much more rise dove. *f we had not ven we might have learned from lured too cvvHj IN THIS OUR DAY By C A. Chick, Sr- *Tn. Everything Clive I hanks'’ Thanksgiving Day 1s an an nual fall festival in the United States. It is celebrated with church services and family gatherings as one of the yreal, American feast days. The first Thanksgiving proclamation in America was issued, by Gover nor Bradford of the Plymouth colony in the autumn of 1621 in gratitude for the first har vest in the New World. The Pilgrims came to Ameri ca that they may worship God as they pleased. They experi mented a few years in com munal living. The experiment was a failure. Thus, the local government gave up its plan of communal living and gave the property to the people. This writer feels that it is well in order to review a few word-, from the Mayflower Compact —-America's first written con stitution: “In ye name of God. Amen. We whose names are underwritten . . . having under taken for ye glone of God, and advancement of ye Christian faith ... a. voyage to plant the first colonie in ye Northern? parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutual ly in ye' presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together in to a civil body politick for our better ordering, preservation and furtherance of ye ends aforesaid . , . Thus, the first settlement in 1620 was undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith. And. a long with the advancement of the Christian faith, there soon developed the idea of demo cracy in government and in the matter of the individual and property ownership. We might, well be grateful to God that the Pilgrim’s early ex experlence in communal living was a failure. Perhaps this experience in comunal living helped them to build our na tion on the foundation of per sonal liberty. And so coming on down through the years we have, by and large celebrated Thanks giving Day in an atmosphere of Christian worship and thanks to our Creator for His blessings towards us. Some have adulterated the Day with worldly pleasures alone. But the Day for the rank and file of American people retains its original Christian flavor. And, as we approach Thanks giving Day for 1956, there are many things over which we are thankful: We are thankful for the political, economic, and re ligious freedom each individual has in this country. No, we have not reached the ideal in any of the foregoing but one has only to scan the pages of history to realize the improve ments that, have been made in such matters. .Just recently we had state and national elec tions -so to speak a political revolution. Yet, not a gun was fired to keep order. No one was arrested for in ferf erring with the election process. As a matter of fact, from the .Mandpoint of busi ness and general social activi ties. it \\ ;is just another day. There are not many country s m which such could have hap pened so quietly. We might well be thankful that we have more young people in the pub lic schools and higher educa tion than ever before. Certain ly we warn to be thankful that we work fewer hours but at the same time have more commo dities and services than at any other period of our national history. Thanks to medical science our days upon this land have been tremendously increased. So on this Thanksgiving Day 1956 let u.s thank God for all the material gains produced by our faith. Let us be thankful that we have sufficient relig ious vitality to turn to God in the days of abundance as well as during the days of advers ity. We thank God that we are not involved in overt war. We thank God that from the land ing of the Pilgrims down to the present* time we have been blessed with a large number of leaders in all phases of our national culture who have been deeply God-fearing men and women. POET'S CORNER POUT'S CORNER TAKE VOI R < IHi.OKI N TO SUNDAY SCHOOL Rv Airs. Annie Z. Hinton Take your children to Sunday School Take your children to church Reform and be good parents And God will see you through. Take your neighbors to Sunday School Take your neighbors to church Reform, and be good neighbor And God will see you through. Call the sinner to Sunday School Call the sinner to Church Reform and be good Christians Arid God will see you through. My Neighbors jvwTOttlscwm S | - “My husband said to veto for our pockctbook but I don’t it listed here!” WEfSK ENttTNCi SATURDAY, NOVEMBER !?. m*> Gc rdon Honeock ’$ f or ANP r post ej v fvnoN REFLECTIONS The IP 58 president:''’ elect;* t. is history, v irh Eisefihow,. r win ning in the proverbial ‘ in.nd slidrt." .lust as is sometimes sj.-u that possession is seven points in the law, incumbency -; s seven points of the election. It is dir iicuit to dislodge the fellow ~i-roady roady in office. Stevenson';-,''trr . was too great for his strength Eisenhower has in;,.it- a ■ president and with the ihn . of war hanging over the world, nothing in more natural tin i that the United States wan Is man of war in the White Hon.’. In Eisenhower they have one. Os course thin column went out for Kisenho .> ; bur our going ... I to, t.S I, ' ■ n would . . . ■ made no difference. This was an ohmo r year and the st..rs wore fighting as it were- for him against Stevenson. Ti.is writer is inclined to a pree with those who *joy thrt Stevenson lost something be tween and. !E»e(i. in 1 u was fresh and engaging in his speech and manner. The map seemed inspired, perhaps with ih* idea that hr might win. in 19K8 he seemed listless and on able to get started. He won id nor put forth his program bet insisted on a program of roe. criticism and cash ution of the Hi sen ho wit administration. Pci - haps he knew til" been ■ ning that lie '.could be beab-n and could not do his best. Again. Stevenson used the word "mod eration'’ in connection with tim Supreme Court’s decision on the mailer of desegregation o’ fho schools. It was word that was patently designed to catch the vole of the Old South and it was resented b,v Jfcgm-s. Ho Stevenson i? today a badly bt ,si gn man, for hettoi or for won r An outstanding observation of the election is the rot urn "f file Negroes to the Roonblif.m Party But this fact loses n significance with a .p.rral -w m... toward the Republican Parly in general Although fir' Nemo swung heavily towards Tierah licanism. ?! ip difficult 1< Ih.il Ih<* Negro vote v/ns nr ■■ sive. Moreover' it roust he ob served that the swing to tim Republican Party was not Ice able only on the Pm.> level; but so far ns Conym-s By REV. FRANK C I,OWRY tor ANT BEER, Cif.Yf KI PS i AX CHEESE 1. Quite odd is this <mb|eei, ly in matters of. life relating m food and taste: but this is net wholly troe, they a-r of vital their Jives distort. t 2. As to food qualities any t one of those could stand a fsu - ly nigh test, but under advc.i so ; com.‘lions, these three could rob 5 a man or woman of ail they here possess. .1 One man in quest of crack l ers to »at wish his breakfast beer was standing behind clos ed cates at ;> Railroad Crossing real, pear, and when the tram going north had passed, he started across in a mad dash ■i Tins was hi:- last . . for s train going south which lie did not see bind the sates still down 1 , hurled him instantly ir.- 1.0 etf-riviv. 5. When his wife was inform ed of his tragic end she re plied "it is an awful price for what hr went out to spend: he 1 always liked crackers with his break fas!, beer, arid that is whet he was bent on buying at a star near here. 6. My' wfnt a pi ice for a thing so cheap . . . but for such, many arc known to make a sim ilar mod leap, all for a mo mentary trivial pleasure th.-.f rob'- the soul of a. oi.oiT.aJ trea sure 7. .Another man, taking a long Sea voyage, hov:h i a first class ticket for his passage, and took along a large supply of crack ers and cheese, to satisfy his t ; TO THE EDITOR: Please accept my belated congratulations to you and vour, staff for the fine Fifteen* ; th Anniversary Edition of your paper. It was done well and I am sure your many readers and friends enjoyed it Over the years, your paper bar had r significant role in the life of our city, county and state. It has been a frier.a to and a supporter of education!, private and public. We at Shaw University appreciate the cov erage which you give us and your helpfulness generally. As you enter upon another five year cycle of publication, it is my hope that you will achieve still greater heights in publishing and in service. With commendation for a job done. well. I am Cordially votirs, Foster P. Payne, Dean of the College, Shaw University. concerned, the ejection is a toss-up It must not be toi-;, a bn that it is in Congress where Hr difference in party counu. Ussiess v/e can somehow chai.gr. tiic complexion of the Congu;.- •: from Democrat to Republican, then: is but little encouragt- for Negroes. President.; by Hu i v elves cannot do hut -o much to greatly alter the yc . . „v > Civil biivi ,v.;,e i-’Kiiis are concerned. Unless ,n some way the chairmanship of the various congressional eo.r uttees can bo changed so as ,o di.- lodge the. deeply entrench vd T> mocrats of the Old South P-'Tsuasion the Negro's gain is ■■slight. Then. *oo, H< rtn.au Talmadge goes to the Senate. That means trouble for the Negroes, In T»l --. wore ■ e ha ~■ ; no!!r lime Negrophobe to cont nd ■ it'-.. Tin hyp. ii ;!,■: so ’tailor, resides in thr far" that T«i niadgc is an educated man and . ii viiiu ii"d man e .nr.ol oe be:. so bad. Whereas his father was a Ncgrophobe at heart, young Taimadge is only a Ncgrophobe by profession and it is to be hoped that hr* will be less dead ly. accordingly. fn reading a southern ne .v> - pan. r's vu ws on the election ii was disclosed there was under ly.rig the South’s support of Eisenhower the ,-übtte hrli ■' and hope that Eisenhower is silently committed to a states’ rights policy that conforms gen erally in the patterfi Idopted b" the (Aid South This has been ’ phase of the South's rallying lo Eisenhower that has not be. < clear ) hope these procviotici tors or, not richl Here we lun •• the South rallying to Eisen hower because they feel tlA.it he will he an advantage to the devotees of states rights, and ;>'. ii; v. N<.arm’s rallying to !>:• standard in trie hope that e.e v , •'■?].; so, i * wakening, Inasmuch as !h T’cesuicn! ivas support'd iri tin i ■ *' program and policies. But us mueb as hr had the overwiu ko ine siipporf ■>f N'e :,,tin v ion , .i c. a right to r o, ci 1 - s', e ti’i.*,; to bt’ done about 0-0 ’ Oi t n< lv < Jett d P ■ id Hail to Kiser,howei" wpj'i'i i?i, • h .f-j )i* fji'j - ; r»}ft ni s fivv i. pf *o;* \j j! j-oi - [hi < ■ fragment shviy .-md hid lbn^ <■>: -i '■.!:• ! ‘ I- 0 i r-p,j,i! T i ■ Oh- bin;: lb w du 1 f 10, How true this is of men who defraud, who >Tu:at the - selvas weli a> God. and sly... eveny second exposed to Go:;- all-seeint; . ye. to see straight- and stop he me upon ilv.-n'iselves God's d: pleasure and dl-tate: some men is if really He , mr.o! sem when .Satan entices them to so on ,i v. ild spree. 12. Thi; actually i; starv.-iimn in the soul. while the Master stand.': pleach;::;, "Be thou whole" off.' ring heavenly warmth and matchless riches to all wh>. will not evade His coniine; ">; earnest call M ! h- ■ ■■ dm T tr. measures wili strike bash . Joseph's broibers fried to tiG this faulty track, until in a fam ine sow their cheese and cra.-r ors wet’p no more, and (be -•> rem i-incd but only one open door. : T! . i ri " a Pi i , > of hpypt where Joseph: bn ' -- M hud : I go U> supplie A behold they had to bow in hu polity to their brother .Tos'-pli, who earlier they had victimiz ed. 1 can do aii things through Christ, which strengtheneth me.— (PhiHppians 4, 1.1.) “All things are possible only believe.” Too often too many of us give up in despair, turning away from the band that always is extended to help us the hand which holds all the power of the Almighty: the hand of Jesus, Saviour, through which wc reach God.