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4 THE CAKOLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1958 rn. mrnmmmmmmmmmmmmtmummmmmmvmnmwmnmmmmim l■>l■l^■wlww^^^^^Mwroli^^^m^^^^lllt>^w^^ l^»lawl^^^^l«l w^»^ mtmmm.tomrm snufrsuMiHwßHMMiM—ii* ii—'inwHmMpiHwnewHMiumMMMUJ Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, he that en tereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way. the same is a thief and a robber. But He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To Him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear His voice: and He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadrth them out. And when he putteth forth His own sheep, He geeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice. And a stranger will they not follow but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers. This parabie spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what tilings they were which He spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it Raleigh Leadership Should Take Stock Negro leadership in Raleigh should take stock. Whether leadership is operating a busi ness corporation or the civic, political, econom ic, religious and social guidance of a city, there is need for a periodic inventory and evalu ation. The Carolinian is of the opinion that the time is at hand for Negro leadership of Raleigh to take an inventory of its strengths and weaknesses and to evaluate itself. The Citizens Association of which the Rev. Mr. G eorge A. Fisher was president is inactive as far as The Carolinian knows. We cannot ig nore this overall steering body for Negroes in Raleigh if we would improve our economic, educational, civic and social status. Negroes must help to push themselves forward if they Dr. Nelson Harris Throws Hat In Ring Dr. Nelson H. Harris, director of teacher ed ucation at Shaw University, has filed with the Wake County Board of Elections for a seat in the North Carolina House of Representa tives from Wake County. Thus Dr. Harris will write a new leaf in po litical history, because he is the first Negro to run for a public state office from Wake Coun ty since a colored politician, James H. Young, began his second term as Representative from Wake County, the County of Granville sent William H. Crews, Jr., a Negro, to the Capi tol at Raleigh as a Representative. Coming to serve at the State Capitol when the Legislature convened in 1899, were four Negroes: Isaac Smith from Craven County, James Y. Eaton from Vance County, W. C. Common Law Marriages This editorial on common law marriages is the last of our series on the various as; *cts of the problem of children born out of wedlock. Common Jaw marriages have lingered on in the United States long after they have been eradicated in Europe. At presnt these informal unions have been abolished in sixteen states and in eight states they are not recognised al though no statute has been enacted abolishing them. In hventy-four states, common law mar riages are still valid, a situation that bears mute witness to the strength of custom and the inertia of lawmakers. Just think, one-half of the forty-eight states have failed to initiate reforms and permit “common-law marriages” in which the man March 16 tc 22 will be observed ns National Library Week for the purpose of promoting prestige for reading itself, of calling wider public attention to library services through mass media, and of increasing support for li braries from the highest levels of leadership in economic, proessional and cultural life of the nation. The observance of this week corner, at an apropos time, because the habit of the read ing public is not keeping pace with increased education, leisure time or high disposable in Since Sputnik roared into outer space and freewheeled into its orbit, this country has been running a “breath-taking” race to out-distance Russia’s nuclear leadership. The firing of Sput nik shocked us, but it was a good thing as we now have considerable regard for mathemati cal and scientific education. But we wonder what good will all of this scientific knowledge do for us, if we are unable to speak to and understand the nations of the world we hope to lead. Our United States Education, Health and Welfare Office states that this country is prob ably weaker in foreign language abilities than any other major nation. It made the state ment that 24 major languages are spoken by more than 20,000,000 individuals. Os the ma jor languages, the greatest group of Americans study only French and Spanish. This is only “a drop in the bucket” when facts reveal that 2.000.000,000 speak languages which are rare ly taught in our American schools'. Among the languages seldom taught in our National Library Week The Need Os The Hour more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shep herd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scat tereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hire ling. and careth not for the sheep. I am th good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know' I the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; theln also I must bring and they shall hear rny voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because 1 lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down and I have power- to take it again, This commandment have I received of my Father. —The Gospel according to St. John, 10th chapter, 1 through 18 verses. OUR WEEKLY WORDS: Our thought; Dex'cting ? portion of vour time and life each day to HlM—Think of ids sacrifice for you hope to keep pace with a fastly growing city. We need a plan for our present leadership as well as a blueprint for developing new lead ers. We need an organisation, composed of thousands of active citizens, which will adopt and carry out a plan of collective social ac tion. But for some reason or another, the citi zens of Raleigh prefer to dump their prob lems into the lap of one individual. Too long, our local citizens have waited for someone to say, “IH do it,” Several editorials will follow this article, and they will discuss various aspects of Ne gro leadership in Raleigh and how colored ci - tizens might move into the main stream of local civic life. Coates from Northhampton County, and J. H. Wright from Warren County. Thomas O. Fuller a Negro, entered the Sen ate at Raleigh on January 4, 1899, from the Eleventh District, Warren and Vance counties. The Negro has been absent from the North Carolina legislative scene almost 59 yc-ars. We believe that Dr. Hams has entered the political race for a Representative seat at the apropos time. He is well qualified, holding the M. A. and Ph. L>. degrees from the University of Michigan. He is well-known in the State and has many friends who want to see Negro representation in the state government. Negroes in Wake County will fail in their sacred trust if they refuse to register and vote for Dr, Nelson Harris who is a friend and ad vocate for the ' man farthest down.” and woman take each other for husband and wife without witnesses or written record. Fre quently, the newspapers publish stories of the appeals of “common-law widows” to courts to be awarded a portion of the estate of their deceased partners who had neglected to pro vide for them. Every woman should insist upon a legal marriage, preferably sanctioned by the church, because only in this way can she maintain her respectability and establish security for her self and her children in the eyes of the law. A woman has too much at stake to agree to a common-law marriage arrangement between herself and her mate. come. Sixty per cent of American adults uid not read a book, other than the Bible, during the past year. Half of the adults in this coun ty live within a mile of a public library, but only one-fifth of them visit it. When people discover what a good book can do for them, then and only then will they work up cn interest in reading for education and to become informed citizens so necessary for democratic government. Let us “Wake Up and Read.” schools are Arabic. Chinese, Hindu, Farsi, In donesian, and Swahili, Space will not permit us to name other languages. And just think, for example, some 509,000,000 people speak Chinese alone. If we want to run a c!os« race with Russia, we must begin to consider our language needs more objectively. It might be shocking to an nounce that 10,000,000 Russians are studying English,while only 8,000 Americans are study ing Russian. We would like for cur educa tional leaders to tell us, “Where do we go from here?” President Eisenhower Is aware of this sit uation, because be asked the U. S. Congress to help strengthen our program of foreign lang uage study. He suggested that the Office of Education set up foreign language institutes for teachers and develop centers for teaching languages seldom taught in this country. This is not a time for procrastination, and w« must act before it is too late! Breaking Their Grip With The Aid Os The Courts And Determination What Other Editors Sny WAKE DP AND READ As an exponent of the printed word, we join heartily in en dorsement of National Library Week which is being observed in Louisiana and over the na tion from March 18-22. Theme of the week is ‘Wake Up and Read,” and we believe it sage advice, The purpose of National Li brary Week is to focus atten tion on the importance of read ing for a better-informed Amer ica. Because these are compli cated and difficult times, it is increasingly important that, Americans be informed as to what goes on in the world. America can ill afford at this time to become a nation of lazy minds. Reading provides one means whereby Americans can inform themselves as to events in the world today. The written word is'essential to civilization and if we are to survive as a democracy, we must increase our knowledge ami understand ing. Unfortunately statistics show that many of us have never formed one habit of reading. Recent surveys show that adult Americans read very little. It is a situation that should be cor rected. Louisiana is fortunate in hav ing an excellent system of par ish libraries, s system that has v/on the state much acclaim. Through this system, 46 par SENTENCE SERMONS BY REV, FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY. Fog ANP ESCROW WITH GOO L The medium of Escrow i» perhaps one of man s most sat isfactory avenue* of trade, through which he can trust val uable, and not be afraid. 2. Despite the fact that all parties involved are human be ings and liable to err, it come* next to being one of man's high est business arrangements in which he can feei assured of being treated both honest sad fair, 3. But as fine as this appears to be, it is not without fault, for economic conditions can in tervene, spreading uncertainty and default; for man is not in fallible, and by Satan easily caught. 4. His heart, says Jeremiah, “in deceitful above all tiling# and desperately wicked, who can know it” , . . and what is more, Satan lies in ambush, his richest treasures to exploit. 5. So as safe as things may seem where mars is in control, the future is never too safe when tie is left alone to play his uncertain Hole; for history has mode this one fact quite clear, that when quest of ma te, is! things, he then toward God, fails to draw near. 6. God alone, is the only ore whose Government is secure, and it embraces tbs Rich, the down-trodden and the poor, Rac<-.« of every skin and breed, juw so long as His name is in cluded In their Creed, 7. Thus, mankind can never go wrong who lean cn this Ever lasting Arm—Re is the Breast plate of Righteousness and Sword of the Spirit, and all of His Regenerated children theta power* inherit . R. In this Eternal Depository His children have the right, to ask what they will, Rnd receive it outright; only Angels stand watch to care for God’s ser vants. and give them every aid without any impedicents. 4. They can place in Escrow here, even their lives, and know that all is well ’till they reach the skies , . . for the voice of ishes in Louisiana now make it easy for their citizens to obtain books and reading material. Through the use of bookmo biles, books have oean made available to a large percentage of the population. This is as it should be. We hope that Louisiana citizens will join wholeheartedly In the cele bration of National Library Week and will truly ‘‘Wake Up and Read.” —SHREVEPORT SUN School * * * • Get The Facts': NORTHERN Race Trouble To Become Worse As The Reds Step Dp Their Agitation Frograra AS X SEE IT, th* NAACP leaders should get, and publish, the facts concerning the Increas ing race hatred that is rapidly spreading throughout the North and determine who is really be hind it. During the past three months, top Negro leaders from over the country have visited in Hous ton. Their mission seems to have been to tell Negroes how to get civil rights. Sizeable contribu tions have been made to carry on their "Crusade' 1 for freedom, with accent on conditions in the Southland. Ail of these speak ers describe conditions as they exist in the South, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and even Texas. For sn Illustration, Clarence every depositor i* known to their Eternal Banker, end how ever difficult the request, to Him it doesn’t matter. 10. No wonder the Saints of old put their lives on the dotted line, for they knew that no 111 could befall them as long a* they made Satan chalk the linet for they from previous experi ences actually saw hint put to flight, and vowed that they would never succumb to hi# trickery and blight. 11. What an extreme pleasure for s Christian to know that his very life and kind acta hers, he can place In eternal Escrow, where moth and rust doth not corrupt and where thieves do By a A. CHICK EARN, SAVE, GIVE! I I hope my many readers wld forgive me for the very per sonal nature (the *T»”) of my column for this week. Some re cent experiences of mine are prompting this article. Within the past several months I have been in the process of building a home. Almost immediately after it. was announced in the local newspaper that l was building a home, my telephone began to ring and people begun knocking on my door. The fore going has continued, to the present time. Who are they? White peo ple. What do they want? They want to sell me something. Some want to landscape my yard and set out srubbery; some want to finance the home for me; some want to sell me various types of property in surance: others want to air condition it for me. Those sell ing fuels want to know what kind of heat I plan to use. Many want to sell furniture and household appliances. The foregoing is ju#l a lew Mitchell, a lobbyst for the N A, A.C.P. at Washington, D. C, de clared in a recent speech here in Houston that "we don't like the manner in which the school board is handling integration. They will not get away with it." Congressman A, Clayton Pctw el lof New York spoke to one of the largest and most enthu sksastia audiences to assemble in Houston in many months, but never mentioned the deplorable conditions in existence in New York City In regards to race re lations, which is almost as shocking in a sense as Little Hock. This is due to the fact that New York and other Eastern states have been regarded as a "haven” for the, depressed mi grators who have left the South seeking freedom and civil rights. Sometime ago, tho press car ried a report that the Federal government was investigating charges of peonage in some sec tions of New York state. Tho Congressman failed to mention these and other deplorable con ditions affecting ihe Negro. AS 1 SEE TT, the race lead ers and other "do-gooder"” are attempting to cover up this de plorable condition by charging that the Southerners are respon sible through a nationwide raea hate campaign to cause North erners to turn to segregation for the salvation of the race. —NEGRO LABOR NEWS not break through and *te»h but throughout eternal ages en joy the glories of Heavenly Ap peal. 32. For such security and Heavenly Peace, where joy and Happiness are not known to cease; would you forfeit for Ibis, what Satan calls joy and cal's in his Imps to constantly an noy?-—this is unbelievable, and after spreading this, surely r.o thoughtful creature would throw himself into such a fix . . . when he can start now looking heaven ward putting bis spiritual effects in God's ES CROW where perfect security and added priceless gifts to him will eternally flow. examples of the various types of businesses who have either telephoned me or have sent representatives to see me since I have been in the process of building, Tfhe foregoing ha* starter! me thinking on tills problem of earning a living. Not a sin gle Negro has telephoned ma or has come to see me since I have been building trying to sell something. When we (Ne groes) telephone an Individual or knock on his door, we are generally simply visiting or begging lor some worthy cause. Most time when you see us coming wd want you to be a patron for thi3 or that worthy cause. Again and a# aim I have at tempted to point out in this column that one of the things that puKzles me is how diffi cult it is to get a group of us together to discuss how to earn money through some type of business. Call a meeting to dis cuss such a matter and you will not have a sufficient num ber to call a fire department, if the building should catch JUST FOR FUN BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE HEY NOW, ANNIE BELLE! Several young gents have fallen for Annie Belle. One of her admirers has become so en amored of her that she has re sisted his persistence. Annie Bello called me over the phone and Mid, "A droop has asked me to dinner and to the movies, and I don't think f ought to accept.” "Why not?” I asked. “Is he a criminal? Has he been in jail? Does ha mistreat his mother? Is he a gangster? Is he out of a job?” To those and a few more questions, the replies were all favorable “Then, what is wrong with him?” I inquired. Annie Belle answered, “He’s just not my speed!” and bla— bla—bia. I made n suggestion which ran something like tins. Why not try to make this young man’s evening as pleasant for him as you can, since you have nothing to lose. It should be easy for you to practice being a good companion. ‘■'But,” said Annie Belle, "I like to flirt with danger, rub shoulders with the flames with out being burned, and dramati cally elude the almost evident • consequences.” I started to protest but Annie Belle said, "It’s hard for a Square like you to understand. You should go somewhere and sit on a tack.” It was awful —Annie Belle hung up and left me holdtng the receiver in my hand. » * » * LORETTA IS REAL GONE There is something about Lo rettft that appeals to a man’s vanity, 1 have noticed that men at seem to want to be with her, and not a few other female* were jealous of her popularity with the male of the species whether young or old. Her voice vibrates with en thusiasm and works like mag i'*. She knows how to make a man enjoy smoking his pipe, how to make a male talk about himself and enjoy it, while she heraoif remain in the back-, ground with the appearance that. «be is enjoying the most boring chatter. One day I asked, “What is the Gordon R, Hancock f s BETWEEN the LINES SUPPRESSIONTSM IN THE SOUTH The rise and fall of ihe na tions is one of the tragic facts of history. When nations are struggling for survival they can ■evince survival qualities in most surprising ways,; but once they grow rich and effect those stern survival qualities display ed in the struggle upward seem to disappear among ihe nations a* national decay sets In. Every great nation once had its struggle for survival and history is replete v.-ith the re cords of nations that lost their struggle qualities in times of prosperity and high living. Ev ery t ellen nation had its beset ting sin which destroyed it in the end. The besetting sin of our great and mighty nation is race prejudice. Just as surely as imperialism destroyed Rome and the British Empire, just so surely is race prejudice threatening to destroy the United States of America and consign us to the scrap heap of fallen nations. The cur rent revolt against Jaw and or der as is being evidenced by the heckling and abuse of the Supreme Court is just a straw in the wind which warms of gloomy forebodings. The current rampage of. race prejudice cannot be identified by any section o! the country, Negro-hating whites have dis persed into the uttermost parts of the earth. Yet in the deep South can bo heard the voice of reason that would persuade the nation and the South tc substitute brotherhood for race prejudice. The current clamour to, suppress the Negroes arid the cause making for then* first class citizenship is by no mean* unanimous. There sue louder and more in on fired But lets reverse the situation and call a meeting (the ‘ kick off”, iha “i>er> meet ing') to start a “financial drive” for tills or that worthy cause, We shall most certainly he there in large numbers, too. For what? Not to discuss plans of how to make .money through bush'ess but to lay very care ful plans on how to beg money. Now please do not misunder stand me. I am not opposed to our giving. As a matter of fact I feej very strongly that we should support worthy causes including church --a and charit able organisations. But it puz zles me as to how we always plan to give and so seldom plan to earn. And, moreover, those of us who call ourselves leaders and who are constant ly hammering on the masses of the people to give so seldom demonstrate an equal amount the people's earning something to give. Let's learn to earn money through the various types of businesses the Amreicar*. econ omy offers one. Then having earned some money, let’s save some of it Having earned and saved, then let’s give some money! I secret of this strange power you have over men?” And she laughed a laugh that tickles your spine. “I'm serious about it,” I add ed, Loretta said, "Every man likes to talk about himself, about the tilings he’s done, and the things he thinks. It’s his nature, and he is most himself when he is talking freely. Every smart wo man knows that.” “Oh—you are smart I see,” was my reply. She laughed and added, ’lt is just my nature to make them relax and enjoy a feeling of comfort. And it’s just a wom an’s nature, I imagine, to want to make a man comfortable. Do I make it clear?” Fellows, Loretta just makes you enjoy yourself in any gath ering. But mind you, she won t stand for your talking "trash and jive.” She can freeze the male’s spir it in a minute. • * • • A MISER IN HEAVEN A miserly businessman sought ■admission to the peariy gates of heaven. *TVho are you?” asked Saint Peter. “I am a businessman,” re sponded the lately deceased. "What do you want?” ‘‘l want to get, into heaver ” “What have you done that en titles you to admission?” “Well, T saw a decrepit wom an on the streets the other day and gave her a dime.” "Gabriel, ts that on the rec ords" St. Peter asked. "Yes, St. Peter, it,’* marked down to his credit." "What else have you don*?” Saint Peter asked. "Well, the other day I we* passing along the street and saw a newsboy half frozen to death and gave him a nickle,” "Gabriel, is that on the rec ords?” “Yes. St. Peter.” What else have you done?” "Well,” responded the busi nessman,” I eari’t recollect any thing els* just now.” Gabriel.” said St. Peter, “what do you think we ought to do with this fellow?” Gabriel replied, "Oh. give him bark his fifteen cents and tell him to go to hell.” sistent voices crying for the Ne gro’s deliverance. There are Southerners in Georgia who would let the Negro go before terrible moral plagues be loos ed upon unhappy Southland There is currently a great sup pressionl* movement afoot in the South, It is directed at the Ne groes who would throw off trie shackles of secondelass citizen ship. The Negro-phobes would mislead the country and the world into believing that a large segment of the Negro popula tion is perfectly satisfied with their sub-citizen statu* in the South. The Negroes of the present day South are no more satisfied with their segregated lot than were the slaves who longed and prayed for freedom. Router in his The American Race Prob lem points cut that there was a Negro rebellion among the slaves on the average of once every nine year. There is no truth in the as sertion of those who wouid make it appear that Negroes were happy in their slavery. Neither is there truth in ib# current claims of the Negro phobos that Negroes ere per fectly satisfied with the degra dations of segregation. Who would be satisfied in a society that degrade* one and despises one in one’s degradation? And so the current attempt to suppress the aspiring Ne groes has no approbation of Ne groes themselves. The Negro v.'ho pretends to tike second class citizenship is either simple or deceitful. The anti-NAACP legislation that claimed so much of the at tention of the legislature* of the South is a part of tho suppres sion movement currently sweep ing the Southern region. The unfounded claim that the NA. A.C.P. is communist has a large hearing. Why under high heavens the FBI has overlooked the subver sive activities of the NAACP and nothing of this subversion was heard until the Supreme Court’s decision that segrega tion in the public schools was illegal? If the Negio phobes have their way the NAACP will be killed arid buried beyond hopes of * resurrection: but as Hoy Wil kins has recently pointed out 1 th-it killing tho NAACP will not i stem the freedom movement It was Victor Hugo who said m that "nothing is so powerful as f; as an idea whose time has | come.” Tho idea of freedom is here to stay and no amount of i? suppression can destroy it. There is power in the idea that will outlast ruppressionism of ihe passing moment. Just as Negroes and tho NAACP are definite objects of the suppres sionists so is the labor unionist in the South. Tin? tragedy i« not what will happen to the Negroes and the NAACP and the labor unions, but what will happen to our na tion under the sway of the *up- 7 pressionists. Ts our democracy going by default?
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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