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THE CAROLINIAN WEEK KMiiNU SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1958 4 Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP The (allowing worth of the Gospel according to St. Matthew were taken from the sth chap ter, l>t through !Bf/i i erses. And seeing the »nultiluik s. lie went up into h mountain: and when He was set, His dis ciples came unto him: And He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed ate the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed arc they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed art: the merciful: for they shall ob tain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace makers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom t»f heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile Northampton County Experiment This is the third in a series of editorials pointing to a certain aspect of the problem of children born out of wedlock. In the first ar tide, we suggested that women should give the cold-shoulder treatment to men who do not think them worthy of marriage before sexual relations. A more practical approach, however, would be to set going a program of prevention of the problem, John R. Larkins, state consultant on work among Negroes, has taken the lead in this approach by selling the idea that it is up to a community to do something about the high rate of illegitimacy among our group, Northampton County was chosen because of the large percentage of Negroes in the to tal population and large percent of children born out of wedlock. On his first visit, the consultant discussed with leaders of the community the problem of illegitimacy. Leaders included librarians, farm and home agents, school principals, teachers, supervisors, and ministers. They or ganized a voluntary group, with membership representing all social-economic level and geo graphic areas. The consultant made a second visit and as sisted in organizing a county-wide volunteer group. Following the public meeting, Mrs. Fannie T. Newsome, chairman of the com mittee. appointed leaders from various com munities to serve as chairmen of sub-com roitte- A program of education for parents and youth was recommended by the consultant. The major emphasis was upon prevention of social disorganization through improvement oi home and family life. The consultant made a third visit to the county to confer with Chairman Newsome and hear various committee reports. It should be noted that prior to the consultant’s third vis it, the county sub-committees had studied ma terials presented by the consultant. The com mittees recommended the following organi zations to develop a program: 1. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS Through activities of home demonstration clubs, supervised recreation could be provided at least once a month invitations might be ex tended to citizens to discuss family life, and encouragement should be given to families to In unemployment an inevitable thing in our capitalistic system? This is the question tha* faces the nation as prosperity temporarily catches up with itself and the pendulum of aconomic security swing downward. Unemployment has raised up its head and Is rapidly becoming the nation’s number one domestic problem. Recent estimates place un employment at 5 million by the end of Feb ruary. We wonder about this situation, when we con sider the fact that defense production is sup posed to be stepped up, But for some reason the production of strategic materials is sag ging. The following examples should cause some concern: The Vetrol Aircraft Corporation of Penn sylvania lay off by March 2,000, or -12 per cent of its workers, and the pay of salaried employees will be cut 10 to 30 per cent. A Curtiss-Wright Corporation plant in Woodridge, N. J., will lay off 1,000 to 1.400 workers. This plan manufacturers engines tor airplanes. 820 were laid off at an Esso Standard Oil Company refinery in Louisiana. 3,000 have been laid off at U. S. Rubber Company plant in New Jersey, 500 are unemployed as the Peabody Coal Company in Illinois closed down. 1,000 Portland, Oregon, transportation work ers were let go when shipyard work fell off. More than 84,000 railroad worker's are un employed, a drop of 8.2 per cent in employ ment since November, 1956, If the same rate Those persons who braved the cold last Sat urday night to attend the 18th Annual Jab berwock “Calypso Carousel” starring the Massie Patterson Carib Singers were trans ported, as it were, on the wings of time and space to the Carribean Islands where shimmy boys, ladies, stick fighters, drummers. 800 800 Men, and guitarists made delightful music and dance. These masters of Jamaican Cha-Cha, Calypso, and song were a “Balm ir. Gilead," The Signs Os The Times Calypso Carib Singers you. and persecute you, and shall say all mari ner of evil against you fair, ly, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: foe great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salt ed? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under n bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men. that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Think not that 1 am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to de stroy, but to fulfill. For verily T say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. OUR WEEKLY WORDS: For thought during the week from the book of St. Matthew —He is the Light,—Where is your Love? set up good moral standards for their children in both the borne and community. 2. CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS OR GANIZATIONS. —■ Churches were urged to establish religious education programs that stressed the moral teachings of the Bible, to hold panel-diseusssions on the problem of children born out of wedlock, to supervise re citation for the youth of the church, and to urge each member to become a living example of the teachings of Christ. 3. COUNTY-WIDE AND LOCAL PTA’s.— It was suggested that the PTA organizations in the county help set in motion a program of sex education with thf approval of the parents. The study of sex education was to cover one year or nine months for the benefit of school pupils and parents. Now, just what did the people in the county accomplish? The PTA’s sponsored a program of family life with the assistance of the school, Emphasis was placed upon human reproduc tion and the dangers involved. The results have been gratifying. A supervised program of county-wide recrea tion has been set up and developed, Prior to this project, there was no supervised and or ganized recreation in Northampton County. Two Boy Scout Troops have been organiz ed. In December, 1956, a survey of housing con ditions among Negroes was made by the State Board of Public Welfare. The purpeses of the study were: (1) to gather data about Negro housing, (2) to provide a factual basis for pos sible programs of actions to improve housing, and (3) to evaluate the relationship between certain social problems and particular condi tions of housing. Realizing that little could be done with wo men who had repeatedly given birth to children born out of wedlock, efforts were spent on the youth enrolled in schools. Principals and teach ers, through special classes in Family Life, helped the children to become informed in this area. This has caused a reduction of the num ber of girls having to drop out of school because of pregnancy. It is believed that the over-all pattern of liv ing of,a large number of Negroes in Northamp ton County has been improved. of unemployment were applied to all Ameri can industries, there would be more than nine million workers unemployed. Unemployment in the state of Oregon in 1957 has been estimated at 5,8 per cent of the labor force. Depression in the lumber industry has been blamed for this situation, since out put was off 9 per cent. In the state of North Carolina, there cur rently are more than 62,782 persons drawing unemployment compensation, but. that tells only a part of the story. Other workers are on short work-weeks, and still more are not eligible for unemployment compensation. The cutback in available funds to be spent, has spread to the grocery store and the appliance distributors. The picture, we have just described, has been taken from the Bureau of Census and other government agencies. It also shows that the number of persons drawing compensation in North Carolina as of January 18 has in creased 21,483 since the same period one year ago. The percentage of unemployment in North Carolina is 7.3 higher than the national aver ageage and higher also that all the states sur round it other than Tennessee. In Tennessee, the percentage has reached 9.7. Now if we look at facts from another point of view, we find that there is 5 per cent increase in coach fares on 11 Eastern lines and a proposed freight rate boost will be charged to United States consumers. These are the facts. Now where do wr go from here? a sedative for irritated nerves, a stimulant that aroused the instinct and appreciation for the finest in the entertainment arts. Compared with Rock and Roll, the per formance was a relief from the wild gyrations of modern American song and dance. -The music was sweet and romantic in a foreign sort of way. In native costumes tantalizing females invoked thunderous applause and re sponsive “hand dapping”. They Stand For The Same Vicious Evil SFSFS What Other Editors Say ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER We'll have a word to say in .tehalf of bus drivers. Admitted that some of them are quite cranky, often unplea sant. Among these, of course, are some characters who are just born sourpusses who can’t stand their fellow men. You will find folk like that in all occupations. But, we believe the majority of our bus drivers are normal human beings, capable of normal behavior —but also capable, like other human be ings—of reacting to being mis treated by others. We have seen some of the most unreasonable, most abu sive bus-riders who harangue the drivers about the com pany’s servic •*. annoy them with imbecilic questions and refuse to obey the courteous requests of the drivers. Don’t treat bun drivers like ther are servants. Remember, they too have feelings and tem pers and , simply because they are hired to do a job for the public, they ought not to be required to be ridiculed, be- NGT BY SCIENCE ALONE For a long period of time, seemingly, we have been con scious of a shortage of scien tists, and especially in the areas of physics and mathe matics, in the United States. But it apepars that the mai ler was not taken too seriously. Our schools and school systems continued on their way •'devel oping personalities,”, “training the whole child”, making each child feel that he “belonged’ “developing attitudes”, and what have you? And, with the exception of a few voices cry ing in the wilderness, the gen eral public as well as educators seemed to have been perfectly content with the end results of our schools. But when Russia sent up her first Sputnik about four months ago, almost overnight our entire educational system came in for serious question ing and destructive criticisms. And, of course those who have been the leaders in. teaching so many frills that such subjects as physics and mathematics were almost dropped from our courses of study are now jump ing on the popular “band wag on” yelling for more science and mathematics in our schools. Now it certainly is not the purpose of this writer to speak or write slightly of any sub jects we need to teach in our schools that our program of National Defense may be fur ther enhanced. Certainly let's do everything possible to the end that our schools train suf ficient scientists that we shall be forever able to hold our own in the area of Internationa i relations. Moreover, let us not forget that we need scientists to enable us to keep abreast of other nations in the fields of nroduction, commerce, and finance. As important as the physical sciences may be to us at the moment, let us not forget that a nation cannot live by the physical sciences alone. It is well for us to remember that in this Air Age, or Scientific Age, or whatever one may wish to cal! it, in order for a nation to be strong, prosperous, and happy, its citizens must have a well-balanced educational system which train them in broad cultural areas as well as in specialized fields. This writ er agrees most heartily with Kossuth when he says "It. is in tne sound education of the rated or sworn at. Remember even though you axe paying the fare, it also pays to be fair. -—New’ York Age CONGRATULATION* TO PAINE COLLEGE Over at Augusta, a neighborly cay and an educational cen ter In her own right, Paine College, founded by the Meth odist and CME Churches—will stage the week of January 24 her 75th Anniversary, Early in her history, Paine shone high in the educational elements as a prophesy and a challenge in the intellectual world. During her history she has adhered to high standards and among her graduates will be found the proof of this educa v tional venture. In the first place, Paine fill ed a long felt need on that end of the state where both Geor gia and the Carolinas could serve as feeders to a program of liberal education. This prox imity enabled many young men and women to prepare for pro- IN THIS OUR DAY By C A. Chick. Sr. people that the security of a nation rests.” Not so many years back the Germans were more highly trained in the physical sciences than any other people, yet they permitted Hitler to make him self dictator of their great na tion. The results of his dic tatorship are too, well-known to Gordon B. Hancock $ THE BATTLE OF LITTLE ROCK Tire battle of Little Rock goes doggedly on, and it will doubtless go down in history l as one of the decisive battle® of ell times. It will doubtless taka its place with the battles of Sa~ Jam i n and Arbela and Waterloo and Gettysburg and the Marne. Even while this Is being writ ten the attorney for the White Citizens Council of Little Rock is addressing the Virginia leg islature on “Sensational infor mation which haa heretofore been withheld from the public about the Little Rock school in tegration crisis”. The samo speaker is sched uled to appear elsewhere in Virginia. It is becoming more and more apparent Hint vigor ous measures are U> be taken to stave off the moment when democracy will be the practice in the realms of public educa tion. At present we see the Old South arrayed against the na tion. Nobody can predict with certainty what the end will be. Although Fort Bumter has not been fired on, the issues are quite as clearly defined. The War of Rebellion was fought openly on the battlefield; the current war Is being fought guerilla fashion and by attri tion. The United States is be ing openly defied and its Sup reme Court is being abused and heckled. This is a dangerous preced ent. If the United States can be defied and heckled in one instance, it can in others. When the time comee in this country when race prejudice takes pre cedence of law and order, we BETWEEN the LINES fessional training of high cr ier. Secondly, Paine is the t\ pression of friendly whites and rugged initiative of pioneers of our group in the early stage of Negro education, who not only was Instrumental in the placing of Paine weil in its orbit, but helped on another hand brave spirits like Bishop Holscy and his associates in the founding of a branch of the Methodist. Church. Paine especially personifies in many of its aspects, anoxh.n champion of human justice arid a fine spirit m public re lations in his time, Bishop At- Ileus Green Haywood, whose volume. “Our Brothers Black" has not only been an inspira tion to thousands, but, lias Kin dled the fires of faith and giv en fine relation material to writers all over the world. Paine is hereby saluted for her enviable place. May site go on and upward in the grand glory of the great emphasis of character with which she i. divinely imbued. —Atlanta Daily Wort reiterate them here. Certainly, let's have people trained m the physical sciences, but It* us not forget that we need och er specialized fields as well. And, moreover we shall still have need for other specialized fields as well. And. moreover we shall still have need of a citizenry with a broad general education. are heading for the dissolution of the Union. This great na tion must be headed up some where, and where, if not in Washington? It is high time that we face the facts squarely that the outcome of the Battle of Little Rock win determine the future of the nation. If the United States as a government is vanquished at Little Rock, we are approach ing the end; if the United States is victorious then there is still hope that tills will al ways be the land of the free and the home of the brave. The situation before the na tion today is quite as critical as that of the latter part of the Nineteenth Century. The Bat tle of Little Rock is a battle for states rights as opposed to civil rights. States rights is another v/ay of expressing the determi nation of the Old South to hold the Negro down. In fact states rights mean little aside from giving the South absolute control of the interracial situation. Os course it cannot be denied that great strides have been made by Ne groes under the stresses and strains of segregation; but it is also a fact that from time to time the South had to be prod ded by the United States gov ernment. It took government interfer ence to enfranchise the Negro and allow him to participate in the primaries it took govern ment interference to give the Negro full accomodations on the common carriers; it took government interference t o even wring from the Old South the separate but. equal decision in which the South glorifies but which the South JUST FOR FUN BY MARCUS H. BOULWARL Cornyard At Barber Shop You have often heard me talk about Proggin Bottom, lo cated upon a small hill at a point where 2 broad highways run paradel southward over looking the heart of town be low’, Usually everything is calm, is calm, except for an occas ional flashing of knives, the rapid succession of pistol shots, the blast of a police whistle, or the scre&m. of a woman, On tins particular late af ternoon, Cornyard and 1 de cided to stop at "Jabe” Wright's Barber shop for haircuts. When we arrived both barbers were busy--so we took our seats. In a few minutes, one custom er stepped down from the chair ar.d immediately Corn yard stepped forward. As Cornyard put his foot on the footrest of the chair, some one pulled him back urgently “My turn. little shorty.” Cornyard turned, recognized Big Dirty Bed, the man who had chased him out of Jetters viile on the night of the Max ton KICK demonstration, an enemy of three wee's stand ing. “My turn,” disagreed Corn yard evenly. “Yo* mistake - ’ Big Dirty Fed corrected, and moved to brush Cornyard aside. The move was unsuccessful, Cornyard exhibited something of tbe stability of a fire plug which one attempts to boot off the sidewalk. Big Dirty Red didn't expect such firm footing and sud denly recoiled, careening off toward the mirrored wall with its implement-laden ledge. Os the two barbers, one stop ped pushing his clippers while the other halted with his raz or in midair. From my chair, T. gazed in amazement. Dirty Red’s fingers found a barber’s razor, and he immedi ately thought it would he en tertaining to run Cornyard out of the shop. “Aiming to shave yo’sclf. Dirty Red?” sand Jabe Wright. “None yo’ dam’ business,'* snapped Big Red, still eyeing Cornyard. "No.” said Jabe. “Tain’* none of my business. But it's SENTENCE SERMONS BY REV. FRANK C. LOWERY RrAP! NG— NOT W KEf'iNG 1. The time reaping represents well spent effort in a fruitful direction, that brings forth flouted when she “equal ’ as pects came up for considera tion. It took government interfer ence to help the Negro on the long and tedious way up from slavery. The Battle of Little Rock is a battle between segregation and brotherhood. If the Old South wins at Little. Rock it means that the cause of hu man brotherhood will be in definitely hindered, for a great segment of the South is deter mined not to accept the Negro as a brother, but only as an in ferior. This is against the laws of God and against the teach ings of Jesus Christ. If the United States surren ders at Little Rock it means the ultimate dissolution of the Union, and all that It implies. It means that the forces cf communism are in command; and our great democracy will go by default. The Battle of Little Rock is decisive. The fortunes of a great nation are weighted in the balance. Letter To The Editor TO THE EDITOR Raleigh is designated a ■‘Tar get City” by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Civil Defcn.v' Survival Plans assume that the probable size of an enemy bomb strike now means an evacuation of at least 20 miles from the center of the city. It is important that people understand the two riren sig nals and the evacuation plan. A WAILING sound Os A minutes duration, repeated at l minute intervals, means TAKE COVER—Attack is im minent. On either signal turn your home or car AM r adio to 640, the Conclrad position for au thentic Civil Defense informa tion. Conelrad is used only for attack warnings. ONLY CON ELRAD stations will operate during an air alert, On the TAKE COVER sig nal, at home; Get Into your home shelter immediately, if you have none, shut all out side doors and windows and take cover in the basement or an interior room. —The Atlanta Daily World Out doors: Seek the best available shelter. If there is none, lie face down. COVER EYES! On the EVACUATION signal, pull electric switch, cut off gas and water. Put family evacua tion plan into action. Move out as instructed. If school is in session, children will be evacu ated according to the sch nil plan. Once the evacuation sig nal is sounded MAJOR HIGH WAYS CANNOT BE CROSS ED. IXI NOT USE PIIONE—O BEY INSTRUCTIONS. Sirens are tested each month on the first Wednesday at 11:55 am. Either signal sounded only my razor.” As Dirty Red moved toward. Cornyard, he said he was goin’ to turn his (Comyard's) dam per down. Cornyard spoke, “Don't burn yo’ fingers. Big Boy ” Big Dirty Red advanced an other step, knees bent with his razor poised. But Cornyard held his ground. Cornyard made me proud when he taunted Big Dirty with “Don't burn yo’ lingers ” He watched Big Dirty advance to arm's length without budft ing. Big Dirty Red snapped, “Ought to make you jump with a swipe of this razor just to make you scared , As a fiame flares just be fore it goes out, so the tension heightened, then dropped, when all eyes discovered that the figure which had darkened the door was only that of LO RETTA, She was a striking woman, however, who at once took the center of the stage. “ My—my!” Loretta breath ed. “Just made it. Hi, Jabe. Hello Cornyard and Doc. A quarter of five and the head barber waiting for me! Some service, I must confess.” Then she climbed into the vacant chair and effervesced direc tions that she was in a hurry as she planned to attend the Delta Jabberwock that even ing. The waiting customers and myself first ogled, then guf fawed. It struck us that two men were on the verge of shed ding blood over a mere turn and neither of them got i!. But Loretta never dreamed of the tension that preceded her arrival. Big Dirty Red shuffled off toward the door, and as he passed by he paused a moment and said, “Lady, it was my turn, but you kin have it.” With dignity, Loretta beamed her personality on him, and he broadened his thick lips a gainst his teeth, tipped his hat and went out cf the doors NEXT WEEK I'LL TELL YOU ABO U T CORNY ARD RETT'A. ANNIE BELLE. AND MYSELF AT THE DELT\ JABBERWOCK. (For Associated Ncjro P. - l greatest joy and deepest sat isfaction. 2. There is nothin" no doubt more heartenin'; ti a Farmer; than a profitable har vest all ready to garner . . and the one thing perhaps most important to him, is the market price awaiting when all is safely in the bin. 3. Then comes the rejoicing, over a job well done, and even the barnyard children sense this season for fun, for truly in their family circle prosper ity again has begun. 4. Life in general is much on t-lie same plane . . . where there is no sacrifice, there cannot be any obvious gain houses axe uot built by just * thought , , , plans must be dra w n an d workmanship wrought—Just a, dream will come to naught. 5. God by the same token has put us here, to plan and labor, and His name revere; He has given us every advantage and every means with which to work, and certainly does not intend for any able bodied, ra tional individual to loaf nor shirk. fs It took Him six days to create this beautiful earth and surely no finite being can estimate Us full worth once is simply the regular me chanical test. Either signal given twice indicates a Civil Defense Exercise. Either signal constantly repeated at one minute intervals means THIS IS IT* If Evacuation is ordered: The Northwest area,, Ward en District iprecinctsi 30, 29. 11. 3. 4. 5,1. 10. go out High way No. 50 north to Highway No. 33. thence east to Wake Forest and north to Vance and Warren Counties. The Northeast area. Warden Districts 12, 13, 14. 15. 18. 19, 20, 28, go north and cast over Highways No. 1 and No. 64 ft Vance, Nash, and Franklin counties. The Southeast area. Warden Districts 22, 24. 25. 26. 27. 32, 33. 34, en south out Highways No. 70. No. 401 and No. 50 info Johnston county. The Southwest area. Warden Districts 31, 23. 21, 17. 6. 7.8, 1, and 2, go out Highways No. 1 and No. 64 west to Highway No. 55, thence south on No. 55 to Benson. Arrangements are being made for the reception of evac uees in nearby towns in each direction. Evacuation maps and Civil Defei'se information are avail able in the rack in the down town Post Office, as well as at the Civil Defense office in the Memorial Auditorium. CIVIL DEFENSE IS EVERY BODY'S BUSINESS! Be pre pared, not scared. Clip these instructions and past them in your phone book for reference. MRS. ROBERT SCHMIDT, Director, Raleig«i Civil De fense Service Civil Defense Organization for Raleigh and Wake County
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