THE CAROLINIAN
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL If!, 195*
Editorial Viewpoint
The CAROLINIAN’S
WORDS OF WORSHIP
16, Then the eleven disciples went away
into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus had
appointed them,
17, And when they saw him, they worship
ped him: but some doubted.
IS. And Jesus came and spoke unto them
saying, All power is given unto me in heaven
and in earth.
19. Go ye therefore, and teach nil nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
Last week in our Easter editorial we paid
tribute to the risen Lord. But as we look back,
how did the resurrection affect Caiaphas the
High Priest, who had brought Jesus before
Pilate? Take note of this picture:
The dazzling light of the resurrection struck
fear in the hearts of the guards at the Tomb.
They fled through the Gennath Gate and
turned right and down the rich west side of
Jerusalem until they came to the house of
the High Priest. There they stood panting for
breath as they awaited the presence of Cai
aphas,
The High Priest, and his father-in-law, An
nas, bad been the leaders of the plot against
Jesus. They thought that the tall Galilean
had been persuading people away from the
Temple. They hnd taught a stern, unforgiving
God. But Jesus had taught the people they
should love God as He loved them.
Jesus had hurt Annas economically, too.
The old man owned the money changing busi
ness on the Temple grounds and he charged
four cents to change each coin into temple
shekels. Christ in anger, had driven the money
changers from the Temple;. Annas also con
trolled the Temple market where animals for
sacrifice were guaranteed to be without blem
ish. Jc-sus had loosed thes animals,
'' Caiaphas hurried out to meet the guards
who bowed in reverence. The guards said they
didn’t know what happened at the tomb:
there had been a flash of light, the earth quak
ed, arid Jesus had departed leaving only the
burial clothes.
Calaphms was grim He ordered the guards
to remain in the courtyard and to communi
cate with no one. Messengers werp sent out to
convene the Great Sanhedrin at once. This
was the high Jewish law body, the 71 men
Joy In Giving To Easter Seal
Too many people lock upon charity as an
undesirable expense and an unreasonable de
mand on their private income. Such people
do not enjoy helping others and they do not
have the spirit advocated by John Wesley
who urged, “Earn all you can and give all you
can ”
Those who have participated in char!tv
drives or who have sought to make appeals
from the speaking platform for a worthy cause
have learned that it is almost impossible to grt
into human hearts from the outside. The door
must be opened from within. The charitable
person is charitable in spirit and wants to help
his fellow men. He possesses a love for his
fellow men and a desire to be generous with
his means,
Op one occasion, Kansas editor and humani
tarian. William Allen White, donated some
land to his hometown soy use as a city par!:
When he turned the deeds to the land over to
the Mayor of Emporia, White said -
"Your honor, there are three kicks in a dol
lar. One kick comes at the earning of it. This
I have had and 1 very greatly enjoy it.
“The second kick comes upon just having it.
This 1 have inherited from my father. He was
a Scotchman. I have enjoyed having it.
“The third kick comes from giving it away
This I inherited from my mother who was
The Citizen’s Sin Os Omission
The long period of disfranchisement follow
ing the Civil War left the Negro in a state of
lethargy from which he has not sufficiently
recovered. The citizens of Raleigh and Wake
County are no exceptions.
Most of the irregularities which once served
ns stumbling blocks in the way of Negroes
who wanted to register and vote. have, been
removed. And yet we know that thousands of
citizens have been contented to remain in their
shells and ‘ let George do it for them.”
Every Wake County citizen has the unre
quited obligation to go to his precinct head
quarters and register on April 26. Failure to
assume this civic responsibility will innke each
Negro guilty of the “sin of omission.”
The consequence of this abstinence from
registering at the various precincts is far
reaching indeed. This negligence on the part
of citizens has made it easy for mighty politi
cal machines to “take over” the affairs of the
government.
Failure of Negroes to register and vote has
made it possible to elect to office men who are
seldom interested in the welfare of colored citi
zens.
By the electorate is meant all those Wake
County citizens who ore eligible to vote. To be
a part of the electorate is to be the recipient
of a great tradition, a precious. God-given
right.
But just as citizens tend to neglect other
aspects of their inherited rights, so do they
tend to neglect their right to register and vote,
In short, Negro personages abuse the privilege
by neglecting it. '
A Disturbed Ca iaphas
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20. Teaching to observe all things whatso
ever I have commanded you: and, 10, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.—The Gospel according to St.
Matthew. The XXVIII, 16 to 20.
Here Christ is admonishing his disciples
(including you) to go into all the world and
preach his gospel to the whole creation. The
gospel He wanted preached was simply this:
One God, a good God, and a just God!
who interpreted the religious and the civil law
When tin: meeting was done, Caiaphas again
came out into the courtyard and tossed a
purse of money to each guard.
The High Priest was now friendly. “This
is what you must give out,” he said. His dis
ciples came, by and stole His body while we
were asleep.” The guards nodded and finger
ed the bags.
“And in case this is reported to the gover
nor, Pontius Pilate, we will satisfy him,” said
Caiaphas, “and see that you have nothing to
worry about.”
Outside the High Priest seemed calm and
unruffled, but deep inside, his conscience both
ered him. Even in death, he could not escape
Jesus who is called the Christ.
Like Caiaphas, many of us today have dis
turbed consciences. Southern school officials
are disturbed because the Supreme Court de
cision has commanded them to do what they
should have' done yrVtrs ago. To appease their
consciences they say, “We can’t integrate be
cause Negro pupils are academically inferior
to whites and to do so now would lower the
standards of the public schools." But their
consciences tell them how they have neglected
Negro schools in the past.
As the United States preaches freedom a
broad, she is disturbed and embarrased when
she is told that her treatment of her darker
citizens shows that she does not “practice
what she preaches.”
Many private citizens are disturbed, because
they have failed to take advantage of their
opportunities, because their lives have not
been above suspicion, because they have lock
ed out for Number One and no one else mat
tered. and because they have failed to give the
unfortunate a lift.
Irish. I will now indulge in that privilege.”
There are too many people who never get
full enjoyment from their money. They get
only one. or two kicks but seldom all three.
They enjoy earning the money or they may
enjoy holding and possessing it, but the full
satisfaction comes fi<- t from earning, next
from ‘possessing, and finally in using th ; s
money for a worthy and worth-while purpose.
Those who have a charitable and generous na
ture find this the greatest happiness in life.
This season marks the annual Easter Seal
Campaign which is conducted by the National
Soceity for Crippled Children and Adults to
gether with its state hnd local chapters.
The monies derifld from the sale of Easter
seal stamps will be used for rehabilitation of
handicapped children, the purchase of eye
glasses, hearing aids, crutches and braces, as
well as providing education for the mentally re
tarded. Monies will be spent for equipment for
helping children and people afflicted with han
dicaps.
You have earned the money, and you have
it. Why not get the third kick by sending your
donation to the North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children and Adults located in Cha
pel Hill, North Carolina?
Christ said. “It is more blessed to give than
to receive
Let us take the presidential election of 1900;
for example, we had 75 per cent of those who
were eligible to vote. But 44 years later, only
55 per cent voted. In 1946, only 30 per rent
made use of their ballot.
Our population is growing by leap? and
bounds, but each election year the trend of
those who register and east their votes is
downward. And it means that ten or fifteen
per cent of the population votes for candidates
who will govern the city, state, and national
government And if this 15 per cent governs
badly, then the citizens have only themselves
to blame for such a situation.
We have in Wake County approximately
6,500 registered voters. Where are the other
thousands?
Os course, a citizen has the right to com
plain and express his discontent. But griping
is not enough, for the things that count are
registration and voting. The election of an ef
ficient Negro candidate to the North Carolina
House of Representatives would place in of
fice a man best fitted to represent us.
Why not rgistcr on April 26 so that you
may be eligible to vote in the May election
for Nelson H. Harris? He is highly trained,
capable, and efficient,
Every colored citizen in Wake Countv must
register and vote. He must get his family,
friends, and neighbors to do likewise. When
railed upon to become a canvasser on regis
tration day to help turn out the vote, he must
not refuse this opportunity. This in his unre
quited obligation!
If It Is To Maintain Its Purpose-
The Only Answer For South Africa.
nations
SENTENCE SERIW
‘ AND SATAN CAME ALSO
AMONG THEM" Job 1:8
1. Satan is always on the go,
and he has plenty of helpers
with in a stone's throw yes, a
lot of people with whom he is
familiar, who will help him car
ry out any kind of a caper.
2. Satan has the knack of lay
ing low, to watch the good peo
ple come and go. . . the bad
folks, he already has, and the
others, he is trying to win, with
bis fantastic jazz and two-faetd
grin.
3. All he wants, is to get in
dividual off balance and make
him feel he is a privileged cha
racter and a free lance. . . then
when he or she is off guard, he
moves in with his subtle dance;
he would have people to be
lieve he is omnipresent as God
is, but he only appears to bo
everywhere at once, because
countless individuals have been
lured by his fiendish stunts.
1. He proposes even to pay
fabulous wages, and beyond a
doubt does pay everyone he en
gages. but the pay has no se
curity, and is only offered as
the price for sinful indulgence
and impurity.
5. Anyone who is ensnared in
What Other Editors Say
DECISIONS BUILD
While everyone likesto meet
a child that is well-disciplined,
very often disciplining a child
to the extent that he is not giv
en a chance to make any de
cisions can be very harmful to
the proper development of the
child. It is very important that
parents and others, who ara
charged with training children,
allow young people an oppor
tunity to make decisions each
day.
Allowing a child an opportu
nity to select the clothes he
will wear cu certain occasions
often benefits the child al
though the mother may be a
little embarrassed at times. It
also pays dividends to give a
child some say as to which
chore he would prefer to do.
The psychology of deciding
whether he would prefer t*>
help with household chore. 11 ! or
clean up the front lawn, makes
the young member of the fam
ily feel that he is a co-worker
In a joint enterprise, rather
than a private in the rear
ranks just taking orders.
We have even heard about
the mother who kept two bais
of soap in the bathroom, so
that hi.r two-year old could
make a choice each day as to
whether to use the white or
the green soap. The young man
or woman who Is allowed to
make decisions at all stages in
life '.in line with their maturi
ty and judgment) will develop
into a responsive citizen less
likely to have a mental break
down than the individual whose
parents have sheltered him
from decisions. ATLANTA
DAILY WORLD.
"TURN BACKWARDS"
“How can a public school sys
tem, rated “second to none.”
send a 14-,vear-old schoolboy on
to Bth grade when he spells
turn “tern,” and reads at third
grade level?"
The above is the opening
sentence cf a news story in the
Amsterdam News, a New York
City newspaper.
This inability to spell on the
part of a group of teenage boss
in New York City was revealed
by a supervisor who was ask
ing questions based on the ar
my field manual.
Nine of every ten boys could
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANF
bis way will be obstructed and
hedged about, and his future be
set with tear and doubt
6. It was never intended for
man to make his own way, with
so many of Satan's Imps about
him to decoj' and betray; it is
only God who can defeat this
treachery at every turn, and for
His protecting care, every man
should earnestly yearn.
7. In day? of old. «s at this
present date, Satan has never
been known to turn up too late.
. . . he was in the Garden of
Eden, especially to deceive, and
had representatives at "THE
CROSS", but for do pains to re
lieve.
8. Demoralisation, Humilia
tion and Degradati on, are Sat
an’s Code Words with which ha
ensnares, and can move In al«
most unnoticed and sow his de
structive tares.
9. Trie Young, and the Old, are
inveigled by him, for he will
display any kind of a front io
order to win, and will go to any
expense to attract his prey, for
he knows in due reason he will
have things a!! his way.
10. Ha, seldom misses, for he
works from within, and knows
the heart of man cannot long
not spell two-rliable words
correctly. Said tire story—
“ Their answers made little or
no sense, their handwriting was
illegible, their exam books were
sloppy, and they showed no
knowledge of grammar rules."
These teenagers ware not
children "just from the South.”
They were not the children of
“slum dwellers.” They were na
tive New Yorkers, products of
a public school system rated
“second to none."
Instead of doing what an ag
ed professor of education and
some of his former students did
in Philadelphia this week—
praised a system which is ob
viously not working—educator*
ought to try to recapture some
of the things that were good in
the past. There must have been
something worthwhile tn what
was done in public schools 50
or more years ago that is
worthy of being used today.
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
BUT THEY WERE WHITE!
A story by Mrs. Mark Eth
ridge, wife of the publisher of
the Louisville Courier-Journal,
told of how she and her distin
guished husband had been
“mugged” and robbed by five
boys in Washington. Her ac
count appeared in This Week
magazine.
That was enough to set tie
anti-Negro magazine. V S.
News and World Report, off on
a race baiting binge. It printed
n hoixor story implying that
the Ethridge attackers were
Negroes—“ Peer in the Streets
of the Nation’s Capitol” was
tire headline for its lurid story.
When the Ethridges got
home they received a sheaf of
letters with many of the writ
ers joining in bewailing the
fact that the publisher and his
wife had been set upon by what
they supposed wev» young Ne
gro thugs.
The joker in the deck is that,
the five young hoodlums were
white. All white—and all sou
therners!
Three of them were from
North Carolina, one from
South Carolina and the other
from Maryland. All of them,
as Ethridge points out. “were
products of good old segregat
ed Southern white schools.”
We don't think for a mom
his deceptive net. will be en
angled beyond a mere upset, for
resist sin. . . and with money,
vice, avarice and greed he fee’s
confident that these ingredi
ents with satisfy » sinner’s
needs.
11. Satun even had the tem
erity to come beroire God, as :a
suited in the following lines of
Job, "Nov/ there was a any
when the sons of Cod canto to
present themselves before the
Lord, and Satan came also ;x
--mong them”; if he was bold
enough to do this, you with
your frail life better not run
the slightest risk,
12, Just think what the hu
man race is up against, having
to face this Master Spoiler, who
goes ail out for Defense. . . who
can thwart his diabolical tac
tics either In a cold or shoot
ing war? ~ . and who is so fool
ish as to think he woo id pre
fer aims and blessings from his
door? . . No. it is a dangerous
to come that near to him, and
eternal death to continue- in his
sin; but ah, what joy unspeak
able is the rich heritage o? a
sen or daughter of God, who
throughout the ceaseless cycles
will forever be with their Lord.
cnt that this attack on a sou
thern editor by five southern
white boys proves that all whits
boys from North Carolina,
South Carolina and Maryland
are thugs or hoodlums.
Tha reaction of the maga
zine and the indignation voic
ed by the Ethridge friends who
supposed that the hoys weie
Negroes does prove how Am
erican racism twists and dis
torts the American mind, and
how easy it is for segregation
ists to pounce on fact or fic
tion to whip up racial preju
dices.
CALIFORNIA EAGLE
ii i js|p
OUR DAY
By DR. C. A CHICK, hit.
Ekcster—The Hope Os The
Christian World
Without the story of tne
crucifixion mid resaurrection
of our Lord and Savior,, Jesus
Christ aged people of all people
would be most miserable. You
see after reaching a certain
age in this present life, there is
nothing much left, so far as
this world is concerned, for
which to look forward. It one
has not accomplished hi s
worldly goal by the time he
reaches a certain age, one Just
as well might give up.
And, sadly enough no one
wants aged people. When an
individual can no longer keep
pace with this fast-moving and
industrialized world he is re
tired, placed on the dump pile,
and given a pitiful pension for
life. One is reminded of the
words of John Alden to Pri
cilla regarding the flowers he
gave her: “Soon will they
wither and be thrown away
and forgotten, as will be the
giver.”
Jlut fortunately for the aged
Christians, they have the story
of Easter, Hia suffering for
our attonement. An awful mys-
JUST FOR FUN
THAT MAN IS IN TOWN
“Coniy&rd,” uaid I, "have you
heard about that man in
town?”
"What man, DOC?” replied
Cornyard with intense interest.
To keep Cornyard worried a
little, I sort of "beat, around
the bush.” But I ended with
the statement, "Prophet J. J.
Hatton, a spiritual divine heal
er who hails from the dark
jungle of East Asia.”
Cornyard lighted up and
said. "Oh- - Boy - - Oh -
Boy!”
At Comyard’s request, 1 at
tempted to tell more about this
ordained spiritualist who does
not practice medicine but
through faith he says he can
solve ones problems.
THEN I HANDED my friend,
Cornyard, a card which fasci
nated him to no small degree
It read:
"LISTEN! Do you want your
husband back. Do you want
your wife back? Do you want
to be lucky? (Cornyard inter
rupted by saying. Os course, 1
do!”) If you are crossed, if you
are sick or in trouble, if your
business is bad, ONLY ONE
VISIT TO ME and your
troubles are over."
With excitement, Cornyard
yelled, "Look Doc. see what he
has got to sell!”
"What Is it, Cornyard?" I
asked.
“Mother Mollie’s Holy Oil No.
1: Aunt Sallie’s Black Cal Pus
sy Foot Oil; Uncle Bud’s Con
trolling Power (never known
to fail).”
Cornyard said. “DOC, what Is
the Black Cat Pussy Foot Oil
used for?”
"Well, as far as I can learn
one drop of this oil in the
palm of your hand will male
you dream what number to
play,” T responded,
"But I’m afraid he won't get
any sales on this product, be
cause nobody plays numbers in
Cordon B* Hancock's
BETWEEN the LINES
MODERN BAAL-WORSHIP
The temptation for whites to
lump Negroes and for Negroes
to lump whites, is a very real
one. The current outbreak
against Negroes in the South
in retaliation lor the Supr< mu
Couii a uerusinn i ■ T-. T.,, -eg
regatlon in its most hideous
forms, is caioaluted to rnaka
Negroes think that all of the
white South, is against them.
Nothing could be further from
tile troth.
in the great ocean of race pre
judice, are islands of challeng
ing Christianity and brojh-riy
love. The clamour to eternalize
the subjugation of Negroes is by
no means unanimous.
It Is true the Negrophobos are
loud and clamorous; but below
the clamor of the prejudiced
multitudes can be heard the
murmuring* of those who want
to see justice and brotherhood
prevail. For sheer encourage
ment the besieged Negroes must
not forget the spirit and quiet
activities of these modern abo-
MORF ON FIFTEEN - Lvtcll
lltionists in the white South.
And in the last analysis the
increase of their numbers will,
largely determine hew long we
are to wear the shackles that
race prejudice has forged-is
forging now. The current resort
to dynamite to frighten the Ne
groes into perfect submission, is
tery surrounds all dc-ath, in
cluding the death o,t our Lot d.
Rut His death was a saving
and sanctified death. And, so
because of His death and resur
rection, the aged Christians
hove hope. As Abraham, the
Patriarch, in the days of old
looked for a city “which hr.in
maker is God”, so present-day
foundations whose builder and
Christians, because of His
death and ressurection are
looking for a city which hath
foundations whose bolder is
Goa ... Or as John on tne
Trie of Patrons they can look
for “a new heaven and a new
earth in which flows a. pure
river of water of life clear as
crystal proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the
Lamb. Or they, as it were, nv.y
reach back across the ages and
shake hands with the Apostle
Paul and repeat his glorious
words “ . . . for we know that
if our earthly house of t.r.s
tabernacle were dissolved we
house not made with hands,
have a building of God, a
eternal in the heavens. - ’
sirength
Search me, O God, and
know my heart; try me, end
know my thoughts.—(Psalm
139, 53.)
Witen we truly surrender
our lives completely to Our
Heavenly Father, through
His Son Jesus Christ, we
will not try to hold onto or
hide even the emaHest evii
thoughts. They cannot be hid
den from Him —hut He will
forgive us when we are really
repentant, when we really
love Him,
BY MARCUS II BOULWAUE
Raleigh,” said Cornyard lac r
iously, (I chuckled and had a
smirk on my mouth.
UNCLE BUD’S: Our conver
sation drifted over a wide
range of these mysterious pro
ducts. but we came to a stop
(period) as well talked about
Uncle Bud's Controlling “Pow
er”, (Powder).
Cornyard was interested, b
cause it has never been known
to fail. After thinking a mom
ent, my friend said to mo,
"Doc, do you think these pow
ders are any good?”
“Os course, Cornyard,” 1 an
swered, "Uncle Bud’s Control
ling Power (Powder) has never
been known to fail.” Our con
versation ended at this point,
because enough had been said:
(PERIOD) J
CORNYARD READ TO him
self the rest of the card an
nouncement, He saw these
words:
"If you are in trouble or
have some relative in trouble
let me call in the spirit of re
leased, if you hav'j been sick
a long time and don’t know
your trouble, (I suggest that
you go to a physician.) I will
call the spirit that von can see
see your own ailment and
know the cause for yourself, no
matter what your trouble may
be.
“If you suffer from high
blood pressure, asthma, a stroke,
blindness, -tumor, swelling of
legs or feet, spells, drinking:,
ovary and female trouble, come
that I may heal in His Name.
(Who’s name?),
THE PLACARD THAT Corn
yard and I found had no ad
dress, and so we don’t know
where me might find him. If
any body knows the where
abouts of this Divine Healer,
please inform us
T would like to get inform/*
tion for a news feature storvr
and (SH- - SH- - SH- -> 1
-think Cornyard wants a pack
age of Uncle Bud’s.
ore of the ominous factors in an
ugly situation that could become
Uglier before it gets better.
Before rne lies a daily payer
announcing that a young rtcvn‘
of one of Virginia's fine parishes
has just resigned. It seems that
the rector with the consent of
his bishop was planning a youth
conference for the near future
and that the said conference was
to be interracial in its make up.
The vestry would have none of
the interarcial youth conference
end so raised their objections.
The young rector promptly re
signed. He would do Christian'
work the Christian way, oi not
at all. He refused to be party to
making a mockery' of the Chris
tian profession and so walked
out. Os course the chances are
that bis resignation will be ac
cepted; bill the fact; being here
emphasized is that '.here aie
members of his vestry that
would have things otherwise.
While there are many that will
hold their peace and string a
iong with the crowd, there are
some who simply w ill not fall
downwind worship the Baal of
race prejudice. However unhap
py we are to admit it, the Baal
of race prejudice is being wor
shipped before the God oi Abia
ham, Isaac and Jacob.
The prophets of Baal in the
South presently outnumber the
prophets of the God of creation.
The very first commandment
that God gave Moses on the
mti ky summit Sinai was that
"Thou shah have no other god*
before me.”
So a great segment n? th«
white race is fiving squarely m
to the face of God and the first
commandment when they put
color prejudice before the teach-
L"'i " ■ - is r dhcL • d(
it is dangerous! History was not
produced a nation that could
live long at coph purposes with
God. Such nations as spurned
the teachings of the God of Hea
ver, have come to grief or hav<*
been wiped from the face of tha
earth
it remains to be seen just how
long our color-struck nation can
survive, in full defiance of the
first commandment which Kays
Thou rhalt have no otker gods
before me.
There are millions in the
south and elsewhere who "have
not hesitated to put the god or
race prejudice before the God
whom, they profess to fear and
serve. So race prejudice and its
concomitants pose a serious pro- 4
blc-m of survival.
Just how 1 eng a nation with
race prejudices as its god ran
survive, is a question that cur
rently vexes (lie careful observ
er. Upon the heights of Mt. Ca -
mel Elijah came to grips with
the four hundred prophets of
Baa) and urged upon (he pro- *
phot;; and the people that if God
be God serve Him and if Baal
be God serve him.
Elijah would have the people
serve that God that could an
swer by fire. On that decisive
day the God of Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob was vindi
cated and ir, that end He will
be vindicated still in the South
and the nation and the world.
But this vindication may not
come until the worshippers of
the Baal of race prejudice have
destroyed the nation. The mod
ern Baal is none other than our
current rampaging race r vejr..
dice.
Tt holds the greatest threat •„
our national survival. The re*
signing young rector is Gods *
modern Elijah defying the pro
pbets of Baal. Hail him!