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R ORN IN CHATTANOOGA,TENN y T HERE M&
is i >ttue known or her early childhood,
-LAT PR SHE WAS CARER FOR DY THE OTHF 0 f,. f f> Ms
GREAT SLUES SINGER, M A RAINEY / SHE 9E- -|'!' i ;|U
CAME A WELL- PAID STAR OF NEGRO VAUOE ■ jj!' \\ \ \\\; (H t \jM
VILLE--HER FIRST RECORD SOLD OVER TWq j I
MiLUON COPIES / AFTER AN AUTOMOBILE
CRASH IN MISS!PPL SHE KAO TO RE TAKEN w ~”’
all the way to Memphis, tenn in search r~ -.mu d^ow^hocpstaL/
“ SHE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE DELAY.
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20th Year
Marked By
NC Welfare
Twenty years ago this month
North Caroiina pid- into ofterr the
cublir. assistance program provided
for >n the Federal Social Security
Art ,
The financial aid given _ under
this program, begun m 1637, was
madY gv-sliable to needy old people
a;d to dependent children (ADC.. 1
and to dependent children through
aid to dependen tchildren (ADO
,y s later time, m 1951. the pro
-vans of Sid to the permanently and
totally disabled f AF-TDi was add- ,
rd The three programs provide ,
help to persons too old to work, •
■r - young to work, or too cy■ -' ,
bled to work j
7he Stale Board of Futebc wel- ;
fsj-p is the agency responsible un- i
ri- ■ North Carolina law for the r-u
--pr. vision of these, prog urns, thru
ihe cooperation, administration.
a r.d services of county welfare de
oartmwit* Dr. Ellen Winston. Com
missioner of the State Board, states
Ihat approximately throe - fourths
of hte current cost of public as
r’ftance scants is paid by the Fed
f-r-al M y»mment. over one-eighth
bv the State, and one-tenth by the
counties
Amendments in 1956 to the .so
cial Security Act have given em- j
phasis of non-financial *?”•»<:«
and to research and training in
the public welfare field- Both of ,
these emphases have been a •
strong part of the North
program for several ym i _ Tk '
non - financial services rendere
financial w.vices rendered public
;ssistative cases help in many in- |
tanc.es to keep the payment Lower
*han they would othrwis need to
b Since the State la" did not be
come effective until July 1. (
th efirst full calendar yearof opfr* ,
wo n was that of W3B In 1038 j
there were approximately
needy pesona 6-5 years of age or
older receiving old age assistant
• OAA> Aoout 20(1 prsons in 1.000
■ { that, age segment were receiving
..id The "number of old persons
m the State was estimated to have
ben 148,00 m that year.
The number of persons receiv
ing OAA over this 20 year period
has fluctuated from year to year
for a. variety of reasons. At the pe~
tent time the number of recipients
•s remaining remarkably constant
despite the fact that, the number of
older persons in North Caroiina is
being increased by some 8.000 per
sear The beginning benefit? of the j
old-age and survivors insurance
program (OASJi has been a major
factor in stabilizing the number of
recipient; o' old age assistance de
spite the. rapid increase in persons
ever 65 years of age
The high point of the two de
cades in the number of recipients j
ct old ac assistance was reaehd
in 1350 when 63.000 persons were
receiving; airi
In Apr:! c.f this vear the number '
of recipients was 51.700, who were j
receiving an average payment of ;
535 per month, or 85 per cent of
minimum need The rate of reei
n.'c-nt- in ’he population of older ■
rerpi- jva ? dropped from a high
of 273 per 1.000 in 1950 to 187 per !
thousand so 1957 The population
of oldn people in the Slate ha?
risen in tl -■ 20 year period to al
most double what it was. ir. 1937. 1
The population of persons 65 years
if age or older is now estimated to
be 245 non
There were nearly 13.000 needy
children receiving aid to depend
ent children (ADC) 20 years ago
when that program was first be
gun in this State A number of
imendmenis to the Social Security
Act over the years have broadened
the program to provide essential
food clo'hinsj. and shelter for nep
cy children. In 1953 an amendment
added a responsible adult to rare
tor the children in each home re
ceiving ADC
In April of 1:737 there were 64.
children receiving ADC and ;
the monthly grant war, sl7 3,8,
which actually provided for only
3 per cent of minimum need An !
cverar- of only thirty feu- child
ten per 1000 currently receive
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Dr. IV. E. B. Dubois’
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Reflections and Predictions
B.V HOWARD JACKSON
NEW YORK > ANP> - In the
historic Heights section of Brook
lyn, opposite the towering Twenti
eth Century monuments to finance
in lower Manhattan lives an equal
ly historic figure, Dr. William Ed
ward Burghordt Dubois. A rn.nve
of. Great Barrington, Mass, the
lean of American Negro educator?
and historians finds solace in this
tranquil area of » busy < "/ .and
can look back on a iift- o f many
accomplishments.
While a young student at Fisk
University more than 50 years ago.
one is sure he. did not -eHizc that
in time his pursuits woo'd hike
liiitt to four cont.ncnt- w;n bou
: innumerable distinctions and caus<-
him to wrjt, more than fifo-en
books containing over three and
me half million words And t i?
these pursuit! that he has stead
fastly followed and that have guid
ed him roost of his life—namely,
the stud’- and analysis of s he Am
ertean Tenth Man’ and his effect
j upon a changing country in a
■•honctne world.
PORTRAIT OF A SCHO? (R
On mcpfins 1?r On Tims, fine
is. imiuessed bv his gmtllitv
and erudition. TVithoiit reser
rat-ion. he speaks of ids im
prrsr.tve end larte library,
which cent,'ins books on nu
merous subjects from the. nre
fivil War T/ndergrouttf! Rad*
,oad <o the History of the Rr
■poiution in Hungary
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THE CAROLINIAN
I Holding an M A. and a Ph. D
| from Harvard, he stressed the need
lor higher education among the
Negro population, in his words
'•Education busts suits one to know
what Is going on around hmi and,
thus, the wisest course to lake"
This ;s no new belief of bis. Dat
ing back as far as his difference
with Dr. Booker T Washington,
who stressed technical training for
the Noam Dr. Dußois rather ad
vocated academic education, ar
guing ’bat the colored man had to
bo taught by some of his own, ev
en in thr- field of technical skills.
No doubt (he more than 600 Negro
Ph.D's and 17.000 B. A.s in the
United States today have strength
ened the laiei eonleption
The distinguished sociologist first
won recognition as a writer at
Harvard for h»s doctoral treatise.
"The Dupur-: -ion rs the Ameri
can Slave Trade ■the United
States. • 'Later he sewed on the fa
culties of Wilber force and Atlan
ta Umversitie? and the University
. of Pennsylvania
Determined t« show that,
no for proper munition* and
with proper opportunity, the
Anrcrf. un Negro could iHain
as much as his paler brother,
he oinaoU- d numerous bodies
<o study this theory, includ
ing the Atlantic ( (inference, a
renter of aocioloniral research
comprised of many influential
Eastern Schools.
f ecturo? snd interest in people
| guided him to many world center'. 1
j including the Farr- Exposition and j
I the Races Congress in London in j
! 10! 1. Undoubtedly an inspiration |
; and symbol to other educators of
his country. Or Dußois also made
several world tours for peace.
ON NATIONAL AFP AUK
As to the recent Supreme Court
decision, which declares segregat
ed public .schools illegal, the elderly
intellectual feels that it was
the only course to Implement ours i
tic a Democratic form of govern• I
nrsont. "Separate but equal" is to 1
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Di. Dußoia 'segregation within i -
self and un-Constitutional —a
myth.'*
The joint founder of the Nation
al Association tor the Advances nt
of Colored People and founder of
the ‘Crisis" spoke highly r.t Rev
r Tc>rtin .Luther King "Hone:!.
'*l aight-fm-wsrd. well-trained, arid
knowing the limit?." said the Doc
tor of the Montgomery. Ala. civil
rights crusader
"The economic weapon’' is what
Dr Dußois refers to in regards to
the tact'es of the participants in
the recent victorious bus boy.
entt. The rower of the consumer
when applied hurts those on both
sides, he emphasised.
Speaking of the rich: 1 > voir,
the veteran writer points nut that
during Reconstruction up until 18-
PAGE FIFTEEN
;IS me os the progress la the
j couth D*nelittte>g both races was
j largely made possible by the Neg
-Ivo vet' (including mixed schools
.nd belter jobs through dividing
I lari' plantations* He maintains
ik- 5 th>- N> ..-i right to -cote should
i net only h- guaranteed now, but
hr acccmoar.ifed by Federal means
it necessary
"ff'civ. -• is ei=ential in the pro
! dtif.tion D Lvi oilers.
Thl? ye.tr’s supper rate for
whea’ ;>i North Carolina « <2.21
i pci bushel
The smai; amount of time end
effort to take a soil sample may
save hundreds of dollars in lime
and fertilizer as well a3 in crop
! yields.