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The CAROLINIAN’S
WORDS OF WORSHIP
2. And very early in the morning, the first
day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre
at the rising of the sun.
3. And they said among themselves. Who
shall roll us away the stone from the door of
the sepulchre?
‘l. And when they looked they saw that the
stone was rolled away: for it was very great,
5. And entering into the sepulchre, they
saw a young man sitting in the right side,
cified: he is risen: he is not here ; behold the
were affrighted.
6. And he saith unto th m. Be not affright
ed: ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was cru
cified: he is risen, he is not here; behold the
place where they laid him.
7. But go your way, tel! his disciples and
Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee:
there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8. And they went out quickly, and fled
from the sepulchre; for they trembled and
were amazed: neither said they anything to
any man: for they were afraid.
9. Now when Jesus was risen early the first
day of the week, he appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven dev -
ils.
10. And she went and told them that had
been with him, as they mourned and v. pt.
11. And they, when they bad heard that he
He Is Risen!
(Easter Sunday 1 )
As we celebrate this Easter season, we thin!
of the last week of Christ’s life. After all. it was
the final test of a man’s living.
How does he meet disappointment? How
does he die? For two years it seemed almost
certain that Jesus would prevail. He himself
was sure of it. If you have read the Gospels,
you watched the crowds flock about him in
the market-place and shores along the lakes
you heard the cheers that greeted his victories
over shrewd antagonists, and the murmured
awe when a man stood up and walked.
Reports of his triumph proceeded him every
where so that men competed for the honor of
being his host. There was a friendliness in his
audiences that made almost anything possible.
And why not? If. by accepting his message,
men could be lifted up. transformed into sons
of God, heirs of eternity, why should any man
be so stubborn or foolish as to opose? Sure
ly such truth, would conquer.
If you read the story of his life carefully,
you can see how his tone and manner grew in
confidence. He knew that he could lift the
hearts of men as no other had lifted them. The
knowledge thrilled him with ecstasy. He called
on friends to free themselves, to cast their bur
dens upon the Lord, to believe more, rejoice
more, and expert more of God.
Those who listened were profoundly im
pressed. Even the most callous yielded grudg
ing admiration. “Never a man so spake,” said
they. The enthusiam of the multitude would
brook no halfway measures. They would take
him by force and make him king.
Then came a change. His hometown turned
against him. Said the people. “Can any good
come out of Nazareth?” His brother deserted
him. His best friend, John the Baptist, died
doubting him. “Are you he, or should we look
The Melody Lingers On
W. C. Handy, 84, died last week, but the
melodies that he composed and created will
linger on. It is regrettable that his untimely
death prevented him from attending on April
7, the premiere of a movie based upon his life
and named “St. Louis Blues.”
In a book, “The Negro Genius”, the intro
duction carried a discussion of the artistic cre
ations of the Negro in America, Among the
four creations, the blues were included. Credit
for the creation of the blues has been given to
Handy, and he was named the “Father of the
Blues”.
As the spirituals and slave songs sprung up '
In the hearts of the people who had a longing
for freedom, so did the blues make their ap
pearance. But it took a musical genius like W.
C. Handy to express them in musical lang
uage so that our pianists and musical aggrega
tions could record them cm phonograph rec- <
ords for radio and TV audience the world over.
Registration - A Chailenge
For many years. Negroes have been critisr-
Ing local, state, and the national governments
for keeping them in a second-dasi citizen’s
place, for denying them the opportunity to
hold office, and for failure of municipal gov
ernments to give, them jobs in city halls. Capi
tol government offices, and so on.
We have purchased property, and we have
taken a greater interest in securing an educa
tion. No longer can we be referred to as an un
trained electorate, because our illiteracy rate
has been significantly reduced, But these
alone are not enough to give us status as first
class citizens.
We also must register and then go to the
polls and vote. And we have a greater oppor
tunity to do this in May when we will be call
ed upon to vote for local, county, and state
government officials. But the first important
thing we can do at the moment is to register on
or before April 26, On April 26, the registration
books will he open at the various precincts
throughout Raleigh and Wake County.
But no, citizen has to wait until April 26 to
But no, citizen has to wait until April 26 to
was alive, and had been seen of her, believed
not.
12, After that he appeared in another form
unto two of them, as they walked, and went
into the country.
13. And they went and told it unto the
residu; : neither believed they them.
11. After ward he appeard unto the eleven as
they .sat at meat, and upbi’aided them with their
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they
believed not them which had seen him after he
was risen.
!I. And he said unto them, Go ye into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every crea«
tore.
16. He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved tout he that believeth not shall be
damned.
19. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto
them, he was received up into heaven, and sat
on the right hand of God,
And they went forth, and preached every
where, the Lord working with them, and con
firming the word with signs following. Amen.—
The Gospel according to St. Mark. The XVI.
Chapter, Two through Twenty verses.
Our Weekly Words: Our Weekly Thought,
Believe That He will Come Again, And The
Saved Shall Rise, As He Rose—Happy Easier'
lor another?” said John. Finally the people 'de
serted him, and he had to face the -cross alone.
But the thing that impresses us greatly at
this time was the cowardly action of Pontius
Pilate who listened to and allowed himself to
he influenced by the mob that chose _ between
Christ and Barabbas, the crooked politician.
When Pilate died, he was not the last of tire
crooked politicians. There will always be a
new one in some form as long as the sun shines
and so long as men in office are willing to ac
cept favors. This seems to be the nature of
some office seekers and holders.
Pilate straddled the fence. No man can
straddle the fence forever. There is no middle
course in the struggle between right and wrong,
good end evil. We are on either the right side
or the wrong side We cannot wash our hand 3
clean of the matter.
Life also forces a decision upon us and
makes neutrality impossible. The weakkneed
Pilate chose between Christ and Barabbas. We,
too, have to take a stand in the strife between
right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good
and evil, humanity —? ? ? ■
Pilate turned Christ over to his enemies and
he was crucified between two robbers. Soon it
was over, and the crowd had sickened of its
revenge and scattered; his friends were hiding;
and soldiers cast lots for his garments. Surely
the victory of his enemies was complete; he
could-do no miracle hanging on a cross.
And yet one of the robbers said, “Jesus, re
member me, when thou comest into thy king
dom,”
There have been leaders who could call
forth enthusiasm when their fortunes ran high.
But Jesus, when his enemies had done their
worst, so bore himself that a crucified felon
looked into his dying eyes and saluted him as
KING.
And Jesus is risen as he
It is reported that Handy composed some
60 blue melodies during his lifetime including
the “Memphis Blues,” “Beale Street Blues,” the
latter named after the famous Negro Beale
Street in Memphis, Tennessee. He received
mere pittances on these two songs, but made
himself wealthy with the classic “St, Louis
Blues” which at the time of his death wa#
bringing him $25,000 annually in royalties.
Almost ironical It seems that the son of a
Methodist preacher was the one destined tc
give us the blues, but this only goes to show
that youths must be given the opportunity to
develop whatever talents they have. Had Han
dy followed the wishes of his parents, he
might have departed from this earth without
“leaving any footprints upon the sands of
time.”
May God add his blessings to the memory
of W. C. Handy whose music brought comfort
to souls troubled by the vicissitudes of life.
register for voting purposes, since he may reg
ister any time in the office of the Wake Coun
ty Board of Elections located in the basement
of Wake County Courthouse next door to the
main post: office building on Fayetteville St.
If this is inconvenient, a citizen may report
anytime to the office or home of the various
precinct registrars and become registered.
It might be interesting to note that it is es
timated by reliable sources that the total num
ber of registered Negro voters in Wake County
and Raleigh is 6,500. But to elect a representa
tive to the N. C. General Assembly from Wake
County in the 1956 election, it took some 27,
500 votes.
We now have a Dr. Nel
son Harris, who is running for one of the three
seats from Wake County. If we hope to elect
him, then we must turn out for registration in
large numbers.
Electing Nelson H. Harris to the North Ca
rolina General Assembly is one of the greatest
challenges that Negro citizens of Raleigh and
Wake County have ever faced!
The Breeder Os Misunderstanding
SENTENCE SERMONS
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP
“WHEN”
1. Nearly everything depends
upon the answer to this little
word. A Landlord walking down
the street one day with a ten
ant who was in arrears with his
rent, asked “can you pay some
of that “back rent” now and
then?”—to which he replied, "1
can pay some then, but not
now”.
2. The necessity for such a
word sprang into existence m
Genesis 3:6 describing the pre
dicament into which Eve led
Adam, in the following man
ner “And “WHEN” the woman
saw that the tree was good ior
food, and that it was pleasant
to tile eyes, and a tree to
be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat, and gave also to
her husband with her; and he
did eat”; yes, and this is the
beginning of man’s countless
efforts, his God to defeat.
3. Since man lost his balance,
this term “WHEN” has gained
prominence down thru the
ages, and has reference to pe
riods of time when he can, if
he will, erase the dark spots
from his historical pages.
4. This dissatisfaction with
IK THIS OUR DAY
By C A- Chick, Sr-
NOT SO BAD!
This writer realizes that it
hardly makes sense to say thcr,
our present economic recession
Is not yet out of control. And,
most especially does he realize
that. It does not make good rea
soning to people unemployed
and to firms with large amounts
of finished goods on hand for
which there is no demand to
hear it said that the present re
cession is not yet beyond con
trol.
Despite the foregoing, this
writer is forced to the conclu
sion that our economy, by and
large, is still In good order.
There are several important
factors upon which the fore
going conclusion is based:
There are a large number of
people whose positions, train
ing, and experience qualify
them to speak on matters per
taining to economics and fi-
What Other Editors Say
WHY WORRY ABOUT
THE RECESSION
The major portion of the
nation is greatly concerned, if
not worried about the business
recession, which affects the
nation’s economy. But to those
millions of Americans, who
have lived years in the grips of
depression and recession, it
seems a matter of no unusual
concern.
What a gTeat many Ameri
cans apparently do not realize
is that poor people, who are
accustomed to doing without
many things, can easily tight
en their belts, and do without
numerous gadgets, which they
never had anyway, and many
more, who have washing ma
chines and TV sets, now may
wish they did not have them.
Moreover, what is the actual
advantages of having more lei
sure time, through the use o?
modern conveniences. If we
have not. learned how to use
that leisure time wisely, or
have on money even to use it
wisely, if we knew how to do
so?
To be sure, we are in the
grips of an economic System.
himself is so beautifully por
trayed by David in the Psalms
17:15 “As for me, I will behold
Thy face in righteousness: I
shall be satisfied, when I a
wake with thy likeness.”
5. To be sure, the deceitful
heart of man, alone, is not suf
ficient to bring him. happiness
and Peace; no, not until ha
puts his trust in God, will his
evil traits and habits forever
cease.
6. It Is only when men sce
f. yc-to eye with God, that they
rise above treaohe /, hate, pre
judice and fraud; no, this does
not come by careless gesture
. . one must in Heaven’s Stock
be a heavy investor.
7. When men lay aside ell
make-believe and help each
other sin-stains to relieve, then
powder and guns will spoil and
.rust, for the new world stan
dard then will be "In God We
Trust”.
8. When men resort to ex
pensive gun-fire just to appease
a fiendish desire, just to take
the spoils that War affords,
will never see the face of the
King-of-K.ings find Lord-of-
Lords; for this is granted only
nance say that the present re
cession Is not yet an uncon
trollable one.
Certainly there are those
whose positions, experience, and
training also qualify them to
speak on matters pertaining to
economics and finance say that
the recession has reached -a
serious point in our national
economy. But the point is that
as long as there is room for
difference of ' opinion among
those qualified to speak on
such matters then it, seems to
this writer that a layman may
safely conclude that the re
cession is not. wide-spread, nor
a general one.
Another point that refutes
those who say the recession 5s
wide spread is that the Nation
al Income for 1957 was one of
the best in our national his
tory, about. 437 billion dollars.
Moreover, the vast majority of
which demands that we have
jobs, earn good wages, and
spend the money for things we
want and think wo need, m
order to maintain prosperity.
But the fact is that many peo
ple, if not. most people, are
not happier because if prosper
ity: v/e just imagine we are.
The simple truth is that
things which money can buy
are not the things that contri
bute to genuine happiness.
Many of us know from cruel
experience that prosperity is
far more dangerous than pov
erty, although we are often as
hamed to admit the fact.
Years ago, when we toyed
with elementary economics we
learned something alxmt the
law of supply and demand,
which we accepted, because we
thought the man who wrote
the book knew what he was
saying was true. But we have
lived to see tilings all cut of
Joint, and we have had to
scrape our economics for some
thing else, because of experts,
who know more and more a
bout less and lew, whom we
call specialists.
S o, again we askt Why. wor-
to God’s elect, who pay Him
tribute and highest respect.
9. Luke answer the “WHEN”
inquirers then and now in
Luke 21:7, “And they asked
Him (Jesus), saying Master,
but when shall these things br -
and what sign will there be
when these things shall come
to pass? “Then said He unto
them, Nation shall rise against
Nation and Kingdom against
Kingdom’’.
10. Have we not now this
prophetic picture that makes
the present outlook so Very
plain? . . . are not men in Roy
al Apparel almost acting in
sane? is not .Society losing its
conscience for passing things
material. . and are we not by
passing God, for things frivi
lous and wholly unspiritual?
11. “WHEN?” will men
change? that is an Individual
matter. . . but to keep from be
ing lost, Christ must be found
sooner or later; but waiting
could end in terrible misfor
tune, if too late one ia assign
ed to everlasting torment,
when it could have been a Pa
lace Royal with eternal joy and
contentment.
corporations with stock listed
on the New York Stock Ex
change paid as much dividend
in 1857 as they did in 1956.
Some even paid more.
The leading financial period
icals and newspapers, such us
Business, The Wall Street Jour
nal, the Financial Sheet of the
New York Times, articles on
economics In the United Stat's
News and World Report, and
The Times Magazine do not
paint a general gloomy picture
of our economy.
For, example, the United
States News and World Reports
for March 14, 1958, quotes Mr.
Murray Shields, consultant to
many of America's largest cor
porations as saying—"We can
have another decade of pros
perity if we plan it that wav,”
Thus, this writer says to his
many re&dtus 'Fear not. Wuks
up and invest in your country’s
ry about the recession? Some
of us have never known any
thing else, hence it is a per
fectly normal existence. What
the country needs ts somebody
v.'ho really knows what it is all
about.—
Star of Zion
SPACE TALK
How can men of the planet
Earth hope to conquer Space
when they have not. solved the
problems of their own world,
□bother planets in the universe
sire inhabited by intelligent be
ings, their existence is in grave
danger now that earthlings
are on the threshhoid of invad
ing outer apace.
I say this t«c&use so many
of the enrthmen are war
minded power-crazed beings
like Germany’s Hitler; Italy's
Mussolini; Argentina's Peron;
and of course there- are other
dictator-type governments at
this oresent time who are a po
tential threat, not only to their
own world, but to other worlds
in the far reaches of the uni
verse.
JUST FOR FUN
RY MARCUS EL BOULWARE
CORN YARD AND NCTA
Yea indeed, Cornyard turned
erudite and “highbrow” last
weekend and attended several
sessions of the NCTA However
the thing that worried Corn
yard a little was the term “lo
cal and visiting dignitaries.”
DOCt. what does dignitaries
mean?” asked Cornyard at one
of the general sessions,
“Well, let me see” said I.
“Webster says that the word
dignitaries mean “persons of
exalted rank and high office!”
Then we paraphrased the
program. Platform Guests:
‘‘Members of Executive Com
mittee, Presidents of Local As
sociations. Local and Visiting
persons of exalted rank and
high office.”
“Simple, isn’t it?” T remark
ed, and we both guffawed so
loud that we attracted unfavor
able attention to ourselves.
HONORABLE E. MORROW:
Cornyard was simply deligh! -
ed with the manner in which
the Honorable El. Frederick
Morrow “slaved us teachers.”
The words which struck
Cornyard’s fancy were:
“It will bo difficult for those
fteachers) who have been get
ting by for years on a glib ton
gue to accept the fact that
there is no longer a place for
them in the highly competitive
system of modern education
(Cornyard looked over at me
glowingly).
Mr, Morrow then added:
'‘Tliis would be a good time for
misfits to get out of the teach
ing professions,” (Cornyard
looked at me and chuckled,
heh- - heh- - heh!)
As Mr. Morrow continued, he
emphasized that schools “must
demand from their students the
mastery of their mother tongue
and the hearers clapped thun
derously. (I looked at Corn
vard and clapped vigorously.
These words were a short jab
to Comyard's rib section of
poor English, and the smile
faded from his face.)
I ASKED CORNYARD what
did he think about a certain
“topflight” keynote speaker.
Cornyard said he felt she was
“beating around the bush” and
stalling for time.
As an auditor, I never could
Letter To The Editor
'To The Editor:
We the members of the J. E.
Baxter P. E. R. Council 127 ore
members and proud of it; Be
ing a member of a P. E. it.
Council place* a tucui, respon
sibility on this group of people.
Webster says that the meaning
of the word COUNCIL is to ad
vise by a person or a group of
pe; ions: To act with adminis
trative authority and I think
that ail Fast-Exalted Rulers
should feel honored to have
the pleasure and privilege of
being identified with this aug
ust body of people: Let us then
thoroughly consider and appre
ciate the recognition shown us
by our local lodges and the
grand body that has approved
our appointment or of having
won the same by service ren
dered.
In reviewing E’LKDOM and
its condition from 30 years
back up to the present date I
realize quite a difference in the
last ten (10) years between the
sincerity of yester-year and
now, and I l’eel that a greater
part of this is due to the fact
that the members have not
been taught properly the fun
damentals of the organization.
The majority of the members
seem to think that, the most
important thing is to get lus
card and then see how much,
milk he can drink,
1 am sure to bring the order
in line for needed information.
It would be for the order if
each Exalted Ruler would put
on a drive and start teaching
the members the fundamentals
of Elkdom. Teach them how to
protect themselves and the or
der. After they have been
taught they will then realize
the true value of the organi
zation and their obligation to
the same.
Thees are some of the things
that, I am preesnting to you for
your earnest consideration.
At the State Association
meeting in North Carolina, and
he was wondering just what the
reason for tills was.” I can an-
You sk*», these earth people
are not quite civilized yet. that
is, not thoroughly so. If they
were peace would reign
throughout the four corners of
their little world.
If and when earthlings start
visiting other planets, it is
quite possible that some earth
country's crack-pot command
er in chief might get the idea
not only to conquer space, but
gain control of some of the
other worlds revolving around
in it.
.Nov.- the big question is; "Will
they be allowed to do this”? I
can’t help being amused at the
idea that there just might be
some' super intelligent space
race waiting patiently to stop
the over ambitious earthman
in his rocket tracks.
OJd 7C£*n>£/&*
"Good health is the thing
that makes you feel that now
is the best time of the year I”
quite relax with confidence that
the speaker was master of the
situation. If the speaker had
somehow rolled Into “high
gear”, 1 would have been more
at ease.
Cornyard as id that he had
the feeling that the keynoter
didn’t quite know what W'as best
to say next.
OUR CONVERSATION THEN
backed to Mr. Morrow. We were
both, glad that we had waited
almost an hour an a half to
hear him. Boy, how he “free
wheeled” into cruising speed. I
had the feeling that he was
definitely in the driver’s scat.
Cornyard agreed with me, too.
Two gentlemen sitting in
front of me said of Mr. Mor
row, “He’s my speed and can
he go! He knew what he want
ed to say—said it —and set
down.” His sentmate remarked, a
“That was all right with me
too, Gates!”
EXCEPTIONAL CHIL
DREN’S SECTION; In this
sectional meeting, Dr, John
Magill. associate director of the
menially retarded. Division of
Special Education, made as
fine an informal talk as I have,
heard. But Cornyard was move
interested in the voice ol the
female chairman.
Cornyard asked me to de
scribe the voice, but I must ad- .
init words faded me. (I wanted
to decline, but Cornyard said.
“You’re a speech teacher, aren't
you?”)
Cornyard said I, “It's sooth
ing, conversational, beautiful,
resonant, and has the'dynamics
of appeal and persuasion,” My
friend looked puzzled, but he
quickly agreed.
“DOC, a woman’s voice is one
of her most valuable assets,
isn’t it?” Cornyard spoke up.
Immediately, I agreed.
(When ever I teach courses
in “Fundamentals of Speech”
I include in the first lecture
the slogan; “She was the Belle
of the Ball until she opened her
mouth” to talk.)
ON MID-TERM ENGLISH
exam. I asked my students to
identify “the desert of life’s ad
justment.” One student wrote:
“the dessert of life means or
anges. pie. ice cream, etc.” I
launghcd until I cried.
swer that by saying, OVER
TAXATION. North Carolina
had. at that time, (Quo.c, ivs
Lodges, unquote”) “but had
only 27 delegates representing
Thu, condition does not o-.i 1
exist in North Carolina, but V
is all over (according to re
ports). Members are kept aw v
by over taxation. For instance:
there are commissioned offi
cers elected and appointed m !
re-taxed from $2.00 to $50.00
and these members are giving
their time and money for the
support of the organization. *
There is another thing, tire
powers that we have put on a
mandatory tax of from $15.00
to $25 00 on all lodges tailing to
send a delegate to the conven
tion and this tax is in access
to the Per-Capita tax sent
otherwise. These extra laws are
formulated in committee rooms
and presented to a few people
for radification and they are
■passed before average members
have a chance to give It a thor
ough consideration, therefor*
the rank and file of the mem
bers of the States pay tax on
laws enacted by committees and
not by members throughout the
Stai.es.
They say that the delegate*
should meet the venous com
mittees and put in your vote
there, but how can that be
done vvhen you cannot get into
the committee meeting, if the
committee feels that you are
not in accord with their prog
ram or some of the things that
are given them for considera
tion? They also charge visiting
members an unreasonable fee
to attend, the meetings. I know
because they charged me $2.00
in Kinston, as a registration
fee and I wns only a visitor and *
a past State Officer.
I feel that something should
be done for the benefit of the
masses and notd irectly the
classes.
I recommend that this body
insist that the method of ma
king laws fee reverted to the
previous ways of adopting and
revising laws, by a committee
on laws and revision of laws.
The duty of this committee
wouid be: to require before
there are any changes in our
laws that are now in force or
before any new proposals shall
become law. these changes
should be s»nt to this commit
tee and these laws or proposals i
should be put into the form of <
a questionaire and a copy be I
sent to each lodge in the juris- i
diction for the purpose of oh- I
taming the views or votes on
whatever the contents of the 9
questionaire may be. When f
these questionalree have been ,
acted upon by the various .
lodges and returned to the j
committee in time enough for ,*
the committee to have time to j
compile the results and make f
its recommendations at the ,
convening of the convention. !
When these things are dene /
the various lodges can instruct,,
their Delegates how to vote and '
what to fight for.
The lodges of the State work
to a disadvantage because they
do not have any worthwhile in
formation, therefore, they can
not instruct a Delegate just
what to do, which bears out
my contention that to send a
Delegate means nothing but
giving the brother a few days
vacation with part paid ex
penses.
L. S. Wilcox. C. A. Baxter, F. M *
R. C.No. 127.