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4 THE CAROLINIAN n’ETK E?-:nmG -ATtTRDAY. AUGUST 23, 1958 Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP *'£ am innocent of the blood of this righteous man see ye to it.” (Matthew 27:24). When Pilate saw that his words proclaiming the inno.-enre of the Christ prevailed not. but isired a tumult, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude uttering the words of the text What did Pilate get out of proclaiming his innocence I* May be nothing, but the multi - tude was pushim: him to it Although guilty, we like the multitude wash our hands in in nocence It is the plea of “not guilty” made by power that allows wrong to be committed in its presence On the tvt of tha* - day, the Wash Bond dis appeared from, the Palace. No one know?; who took it. Some have accused Judas Iscariot of stealing it ; but that is plainly libel, since Ju das was honest enough to go and hang him self At any rate, ever since the time, of Pilate, the Wash. Bowl hs~ been abroad !n the Isn.d end has been carried by infernal hands whet- Adam Powell Does It Again! The well-tried Tammany Hall political me, chine probably the mist powerful in this country—failed in its attempt to roll to victory its hand-picked candidate. Earl Brown. New Verb councilman in the race against Adam Clayton Powell for the Democratic renoinma ticn for the United States Congress When Tammany Hall dropped Powell and denied him the support, of the Democratic Pm - ty. Powell also lost the support of the Amster dam Net vs largest weekly in the city, which had supported him in the past. The paper gave its support to Ear! Brown claiming that Pow ell, while highly vocal on civil rights, has never been ebie to push any legislation through Con gress, Realizing that he had become the tone wolf. PoweH “took the bull by the. bom?*' and strut ted into the political arena like heavyweight pugilist. He waded into his opponents with an explosive and dynamic type of oratory, and he did not hesitate to grapple with the issue', that confront the Negro and this country. He talked the language that flu Negro masses like to hear. 2nd hit wordwent right to hfisrt of the common man. His’ followers and hear- Shaw St Augustine’s Homecoming For year- and yeai", we have noticed the Homecoming Day activities of both Shaw Uni versity and St. Augustine's College, our local institutions of higher 'earning Th £§£• occasions have brought to Raleigh hundreds of alumni patron? and friends who experienced a spirit of cernarsdie and fellowship not seen at any other time. Perhaps with some planning and coopera tion, Shaw University and Saint Augustine's College might have a joint Homecoming Day and festivities. We fmpe that the edministra five and athletic officers of the two schools will turn this id*= a over in their minds. Certainly, a Shaw-St. Augustine's Home ■ comine game has wonderful possibilities. Its drawing power would exceed that envisioned in our dreams. All aspects of the extravaganza would be planned to make it not only “a thine of beauty' but a sound and prosperous money making event in which each institution would t-hare equally and alike To those who are somewhat dubious, the evident benefits to be accrued therefrom in clude (1) an impressive and longer parade, (2) a larger crowd in attendance at the game. Prices have “ kicked the traces” and have gone or? a spiraling spree The heavy odds point to the fact that the cost of living will be higher this fall than ever before Each year since World War 11, prices h»ve marched upward—as most of us already know —during recessions as well as periods of booms Presently, the prices of food take 78.7 cents of our dollar, the prices of services take 35.7 cents of cur spending dollar And what is more, the poor fellow is now worth about 48 cents. President Eisenhower, sounding a note of prosperity, says that business is on the up swing But even so, there will be a deepening resistance to price cuts on she food and neces sary services that we use. The poor head of the house is caught in an economic hailstorm. The insurance on his automobile is going up. hospital rates arc increasing ail over the nation. Railroad and bus fares are being raised. Repair bills have become increasingly costly because the average The Switchblade Outlawed A recent bill—-signed by President Eisen hower—has outlawed the drcarliul switchblade knife Such knives are prohibited by law for interstate commerce and transport. Violation will be punishable by maximum penalties of five years and a 52,000 fine With such rigid penalties, one would think that switchblade knives would disappear from there part" in the near future But police offi cers have their doubts. The name "switchblade knife" calls up ell kinds of knives which have their specific pui pcsss. They include pen knife, jack knife. Boy Scout knife, linoleum knife, Bowie knife, but cher knife, bread knife Indian Jasper knife, skinning knife, table knifr. carving knife, cane knife, putty knife paper hanger's knife, oyster knife, chopping knife, felt knife, com knife, cane knifr. and hacking knife. While ail of these knives have special pur posts, they have been used in murder cases Needless to say. the switchblade is no excep tion C ur o» n fV'!;r«- Chief Tom Davis describes -•! hblade ?s the weapon of tih p hood iuTie • ■!vs that it i: a handy murder wea- I-*,-., t • -if fh* *1- fr* —»f l-U.-i Prices Are Kicking High ever yt. may he needed. Men **« eonetantiy mining the invisible choir tvhidh performs its imperceptible ablutions therein. We note the statesman who suppresses, prin ciples because he might: endanger the success of his party. We have the good eitiewr who will have nothing to do with political we oh serve the editor who seem * righteous cause mis represented, We see th* church deacon who knows that a clique is undermining the pas tor's position aqd dares not create a disturb ance. We can’t understand the preacher who ?ees Dives exploiting Lazarue and dare* not tell him to quit, because Dives contributes to ward hte salary. Then there hi the Sunday School superintendent who wee a devoted teacher punctured by fire pin pricks, of well bred jealousy and does not champion her cause. All of these a?« using Pilate’s Wash BowL Listen? Do you bear the upforefc of the water in the bowl near you? Ths Devf! tt pouting it Just remember that Christ » gofng to Cahrsry again. efanswered. "Amen?” When the smoke of the battle had cleared away, the final tabulation of the primary vote gave Mr. Powell 14.837 and Mr. Brown 4,935 In she wake of his smashing Democratic primary victory, Powell moved promptly to force s reshuffling of Harlem’s Democratic, leadership. At a pres? conference, he implied that such reorganization might be his price for support ing Governor Harriman and other Democratic state candidates in this fall's election. Governor Harriman and Mr. De Sapio New York City's unofficial Democratic leader, were quick to promise their support to Mr Powell whose nomination they had opposed. Powell’s victory was no surprise to us. be cause we had predicted he would win. His ene mies said that they opposed him because he did not push any legislation through Congress. We would like to add that if Powell can’t, then no other Negro will at this time. May Con gressional Powell continue to be vocal against !he evils of our democracy, and we hope b.< will continue to sear the consciences of men of high calling. (3) an intensified spirit of rivalry between the athletic contestants. (4) opportunity for en larged fellowship, and (5) g'gantrc financial returns for the athletic departments of th r : institutions. The Homecoming program might include a banquet and dance in expansive halls. The fee for attendance at these events should be high enough to realize significant profit? By special arrangements, the Homecoming management would operate concession stands from which a sizeable income might ’be realized. Not only would both colleges stand to bers* fit from the annual event, but Raleigh business firms would profit from the. venture, inns, cases and restaurants, and entertainment centers would fee! their pockets bulging at the seams, and they would b# encouraged to participate in a large way m the advertising schedule of the Homecoming project. Many institutions have ventured to launch ambitious programs, but the one undertaken for a Shaw-St. Augustine’s Homecoming game must be the most daring of them all. We be lieve God's blessing? will shine upon the experi ment and means by which athletic scholarship' and improved physical education facilities will become a reality. family owns so many additional appliances Landlords are making their houses smaller, while rents are heading higher. Personal care is costing more since hair dressing, dry clean ing. and laundry prices' are going up The price-index experts say that a man with a wife and two children who earned $3,000 in 1939 has to earn almost $7,200 today "just to stay even” This man would need a $12,000 income to maintain the standard a $5,000 in come provided in 1939. We pity the man with four to six children, and the Negro whose in come is always lower than anybody's else cer tainly needs our sympathy m this price squeeze. The outlook for the future is not encourag ing "We’H be lucky if we can hold the average price rise to 2 to 3 per cent a year ” one Gov ernment economist remarked recently. Something must be done to reverse our price spiraling trend*, or else in another SO years our dollar may be worth only 16 cents action faster by flicking the blade open ki a second thus locking it into place. A special kind of switchblade known as “the stiletto’* is highly dangerous because it trig gers point-first from the handle. This weapon poses a threat to law enforcement officers. We recognize that most of our knifings ar* done in the home with butcher knives, or on the street with the pocket knife as » result of heated arguments. But the switchblade i« more of a potential murder threat, since unsavory characters carry them. Upon the least prove*a tion. they thrust them into action. The teeth in the new law should make » per son think twice before using a switchblade in a iight. And person* who sell these knives will wonder whether H is woith the chance taken to sell them, since the new law forbids their manufacture for interstate transportation and commerce. Since the new Law went into effect, w r ran expect the rise of "switchblade” bootleggers into the state and ares They will operate in « similar fashion as do the bootleggers of white corn liquor Law enforcement officers must h* on their toes to stop the sale of these knives Unless The Arkansas School Decison Is Reversed SERRSO: "HALLOWED BE THY SAME" 1. NAMES have always held significance among men. and many families prize very highly the family name handed down to them. 2 Thu is as it should be, for names just do not happen . . • hey are usually built with pa- Pence, care and skill to main tain n high moral pattern. ■'l Bui. there is one great nam>- that excels them all that vi brates on land and sea, and elec trifles dead fibers in human souls of features like you and me. 4 It is a name carrying such mysterious power that it can make the wounded whole, and out of its dpeths of eternal spir it can heal the sin-sick soul, 5 This is the only ■ Hallowed. Name * in existence before cre ation. and will always remain a heavenly source of inexhausti ble revelation. What Other Editors Say TURNING THE CLOCK BACK The attempt begun sf Little Rock to kill school desegrega tion by unseemly delays came ■ its full flower in Virginia this ee’.-r when a federal judge or dereu desegregation stayed for seven years—until 196,’i' The order concerned schools in Prince Edward county and the suit in which the order wa rn abe is one of those that was before the Supreme Court in ’964 when it. declared segrega tion unconstitutional If the Virginia order is per mitted to stand a child who was ready to enter school in 1954 will have graduated before in tegration is even begun. It. is apparent, in retrospect that the Supreme Courts de rision to leave the timing of desegregation to the lower fed eral courts was a mistake; in riead of utilizing their powers to further integration some of the courts have apparently re solved Hi exert that power to bolster racial segregation. It was only s matter of two months between the Little Hock decision staying desegregation for two and a half year* to the Virginia order delaying inte gration for seven years. Some fudee in Mississippi or South Carolina will undoubtedly stretch the time. » little more, say for If years. And unless the trend is stopped some other Judge wii! decide that desegre gation need never take place The Supremo Court is going to have to plug up the loopholes it created, it would do woh to go back to its ruling in tit* grad uate md professions! cases that s constitutional right is pergon al and present end cannot be delayed or abridged in the name of expediency. —CALIFORNIA EAGLE THE GRAVY TRAIN It is just possible that the rea son Secretary Harry Shipiro of the 'Welfare Department doesn't have enough 'money for thr The switchblade is usually three inches in length, and often a bad hombr-e display* it to build up his reputation as * knife wielder. In this way he creates fear in the minds of his associates and enemies. When a person is caught car rying. or using a switchblade in a fight, he must be prosecut ed to the fullest extent of the new law We are sure that the police are aware of this next necessary step. BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP -6 It ia a mystery ?-■ en now in this late advanced day of atom ic energy and electronic? , . and while these are daily becoming clearly, known, man appears so stubborn and unwilling to com prehend heavenly phonetic.'- 7. How entrancing that tins • H AIJLOWED NAME repre sents God the Father and Jesus His only Begotten Son and t - Third Person of The God-Head, The Holy Ghost, being Three yet One, S. Yea. how- perfectly wonder ful that Jesus, the only begotten Son came to this earth to re veal to us what God His Father was like: but today there aie loss for. than against Him w-Hr, are carrying on a deceitful strike. 9. Think of this Holy Name the life sacrificed and the name defamed. . . and even tot Do transgressions as late ss now He is willing to forgive all who Mental Health program is be cause there are some 178 poeti cally sponsored lawyers draw ing down over a million dollars a year. What happened <o all the talk by George Leader and his co horts about economy in govern ment? Ls there any wonder taxes goes up and up? The drones must be paid to assure Gover nor Leader's election to the U. S. Senate this November —PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE MASTER OF ELOQUENCE In spite of the thousands of biographies, many of the be-1 subjects remain untouched One such has been discovered by Oli ber t Sherwin, the author of a life of Benedict Arnold He an nounces that an account of *h» life of Wendell Phillips will soon be published. Phillips, 9 wealthy Bostonian, died, in 1884. and is not widely remembered now. He is still ru ed by critics, however, a? our greatest American orator ex cepting perhaps Daniel Web siez. In days when bright school boys learned grid declaimed fn inou* or lit long, Phi Hi os’ master pieces were sure to b« m the program. The first half of his adult life was devoted to the anti-slavery cause. After William Lloyd Gar rison, ha was its best-known Advocate, and his eloquence did much. In advance the 'movement. After the sboltion of slavery fee turned to new fields, such as prohibition, woman .suffrage, the betterment of labor condi tion*, and the ’•efnrm of the evils of capitalism. He thereby learned the htw-v tiJity of his rich friends, They regarded him, to use a phrase coined later, as “'a traitor to his class.” Most would now adjudge him to have been ahead of his time —■THF INDEPENDENT Euquay Spring ALABAMA SLAPPED DOWN The Supifme Court curbed another attempt to hams.? and destroy the NAACF when it ■wiped out a contempt chare? and a ,5100,000 fine levied by the Alabama courts. The most important aspect, of the ruling was that the Associa tion need not furnish its mem bership lists to Alabama author ities. That, ruling probably dis poses of emiliar cases in Ar kansas and Louisiana and will be reassuring to prospective members all over the South sought NAAOP member?hip ’lst? was for oh» i— nt , will repent and humbly bow. 10. This is what makes His mime greater then all -others known, who was one. with His Father when on the Cross He did groan . . and now -n Heav en intercede? for whole fallen race, that wh ■ •<>' ej will can be saved ov gys.ee 1!, Thus those who aie r.- Saved v. ji begin to sing; 'Lome day this silver cord will break, and I no more as now shall see but oh the joy when I shall wafer within the Palace of my King " 11. But now while waiting for this glorious day when Heaven and Earth shall ring, the regen erated soul look?, up to His God and joyfully begins to sing; "The name of Jesus is so sweet, 1 love its music to repeat, it fills my soul full end complete, the pre cious nemo of JESUS'* ** HALLOWED BE THY NAME.” M-tno- euting and hounding those who haw mined the organisation, Alabama tried to justify its de mand for such membership on an old case, m which the Su preme Court, had held that the Klan could be forced to disclose who had joined it However, the Supreme Court took the sen sible view that there is a wide difference between the two or ganizations. The only way ve ran counter the southern offensive is to step up the md nod assistance we give to the Association. —CALIFORNIA EAGLE ft Happened Sn lew York By GLADYS P GRAHAM FOB ANP CRICKET TEAM 0! ELDER ATFJ& WEST INDIES FETED Thy Peopie-to-People Sports Committee Incorporated of which Edward P. F. Eagan is Chairman, gave a fabulous cock tail party at Toots Shoe's for the all-star Cricket Team from the Federated West Indies, which is currently visiting the U. S. at, the invitation of the Joint Cricket Leagues of New York and the People-to-Peopk- SportU Committee. The spoi ts editor of the Trinidad Guardian. Brunei Jones, is the playing manager of the viding team. Percy Bordo, director of Pearl Primus D»nce Studios heads a locai committee and was at In fer nsiinna! Airport with his aides >o meet the Cricketers who ,-j: {• act to was eloquent- m their partie'.il;:.i' sport at Ran dall? (if Id The Creole Foundation has giv en a giant of &MO.OOO to the In stitute ot International Educa tion to fin-mo a three-year pro gram to help improve Vene zuela’s elementary rural school system. The netv project, is aim ed at wiving rhe country'. - , num ber one educational problem: the rudimentary state of teach er training, curricula and leach ing materials in schools attend" ed by nearly one-third of Vene zuelan children 'IFF. r Institute of International Education, hss recently announced applications for 1.000 scholarship? for study in any cf the 13 fnreisa coun tries acceptable until first Ot JUST FOR FUN CAMP MEETING On he fourth Sunday in this month, the annual ramp meet ing is held in South Carolina. Camp Welfare--as it is railed— is located approximately seven or ten miles from Great Falls, South Carolina Should any at you want to vi«- it this religious spectacle, you may proceed to Chariots, I\'. ( through Chester or Rock Hill S, C . onward to Grey) Falls. S C and from there anybody can tell you how to reach the camp This religions get-together is an occasion for meeting old n lends and relatives who once lived m South Carolina hut now reside in far away places like New Jersey, New York, and so on DURING FORMER YEARS, or, rny father once told me, peo ple rode to the camp in wagons and buggies, on horse back, and «>nmc even walked. Most families brought with them food and sleeping equipment Meetings begin on Wednes day night and ran through the following Sunday at midnight when the farewell march took place A day's religious fare con sisted of morning, afternoon, and night sermone* Interspersed with prayer meetings. The preacher who delivered shouted, said. Amen and had to be b “Big Wheel For God “ Usually he was a man of sonsid erabld influence. On these grounds, people shouted, said Amen sbd md rny mysterfou? Con vers lons BUT MIND VCU. while ..the Men of God preached "bat! and damnation unless one repented . the DEVIL was wasting no time at all. For white the sermons were at, their highest fervor, tlnrsty men were slipping down into the. woods to buy good corn likkr-r. An the County's Sherrif’s Do • pariorent did a thriving business arresting violators and bootleg go rs V/h; n I told Cmnyarel about this, he became intrigued. Yes, I think heall st-i to so this month. Gordon B. Hancock's BETWEEN the LINES TWO HINDRANCES TO INTEGRATION A few days ago the write! hoarded a down-town bus in Richmond. A few blocks farther down there came aboard tvn young Negro men in their early twenties’ Sorry to say, they were two of the di.rtie.ri. nastiest, the most uncouth and unkept young Negroes f ever saw. The/ brought with them a stifling body cam that was sickening to smell. NEED ADVICE Tire fact was. these two young Negroes were unfit to ride, with decent people in decent dre s s. They of course made for ffc* rear of the bus from sheer hab it but <hev were pitiful These young fellows did not need criti cism and seem and lons scholar ly dissertations on the whys and hows they got like that They needed help They needed some friendly advice on how to ap pear in public among decent people Somewhere along their path cf life they missed something and whose fault it i» be«ide the question to discuss here. Dis cussing how they .of, like that *is not nearly so important now as discussing ways and means of rescuing them from lives of worthlessness that wilt event» ate into futures of crime a«d dissolution SHOULD BE TAUGHT Cl EANUNESS Those boys are no! tntmfcfiKU?- ly In need of formal education, they need to be taught the ele mental lessons of body and per sonal cleanliness. They need price In themselves and their race and community. Those two young fellows are two more hin drances to integration. WHOSE JOB? Whose is the responsibility to bring to their attention the dam age they are doing their race and the cause of race relations by their slovenly appearance? Os course we cannot in reason, expect the whites to do It, how ever desirous they may be of do ing so. We would resent an edi torial in * white newspaper touching on the necessity of cleanliness on the part of Ne groes who ride' the common car riers. We have- been bandied af ter such a fashion that we of timcs resent sound arid neces sary admonitions. Negroes are well qualified to advise their* own people on ways and moans of making a decent appearance in public. We drive our own fine cars and boast of great progress and live in our palatial homes: we there fore must assume responsibility for teaching our own people the cardinal lessons of ctearili rtess and sobriety and above all how to appear to advantage in public OUR RESPONSIBILITY This is our responsibility Os course we usually turn to the church and point nut its respon sibility in the pi ernise. The i hurch is limited in its teach ing possibilities because only a lessei pecrentage of Negroes at tend church. Beside-- the Negro church of today is overburden ed with community problems Applicants tinder 35 are pre ferred and persons may secure further information by writing from the regional offices in Chi cago Washington, Texas. Colo rado. ban Francisco and New B MARCUS K BOIXWABE CORN YARD WENT INTO a novelty shop last, weak and bought a card defining a kiss, and he has been chuckling ail this week. It reads: “The kiss is considered by au thorities at. a peculiar position. Os absolutely no use to one. yet absolute bliss for two The small boy gets it for nothing, and the young man has to ask for it The old man has to pay for it. It is the baby's right,, the lover’s pri vilege, and the hypocrite's mask To a young girl, it is faith, to h married woman, it is heps and to an oid maid, it is chanty " So says the foreign correspondent. You guessed right.. Corn yard is showing the card to every body he meets My friend Corny ard ne'-ded to have his car repaired and ap proached Jabe Wright, the bar ber. tor a small loan Jabe hand ed Cornyard an advertisemrn* nf bis barber shop On +h» Via-v of the card were these word/: “1 nad a friend I loaned him ten. I haven't seen My friend since the i Another friend, He borrowed five. 1 doubt if he te riil! alive. For one more, friend ! signed a note He disappeared And got my sm:‘ Now Urn convinced That, in the end. A feller can't trust His own best friend 'Twas enough said Ner-d’es? !.*» say Cornyard thanked him and moved' on I was reading CHUCKLE is > newspaper and it. mad A. traf fic light Is a device used to get pedestrians half-way across the street safely ” You know on' thing that * the truth. I've, had to trot across the street, when the green light flicked is l reached mid-fitree* Never atari, walking across when you first walk up ft you do, the green light will get you Wait until red comes on and goes nf Then speed across when the green light pops on again. are being left in the lap of the cburcher which ars, rallying braveiy to meet IMr obliga tion 5 The two young Negroes m quest ion will never be reached by tne church for the simple reason they do not attend the church The Negro churches are financially inadequate to meet effectively but few of the pr-ss ire needs of the cctnmunri - Even the more adequately fi nanced white churches ar* abl* only to touch the surface cf *'.•* great community needs 0:r schools are likewise hardpressed by overcrowding and overwork forced upon the struggling N-- gro teacher Our teachers art not prepared to leave their school-rooms and go out ir.te the community to exhort the in dividuals and individual ?•- • dies on. habits of personal lines s NEGRO PRESS MUST CARRY BALL The schools Uks the chum • '• are limited m the numbers reach One of the redeeming fea tures of the two deplorable young Negroes under discussion is that one of them had a Negro newspaper under his arm And this drove home to the writer the growing influence cf the Negro newspaper in the life of the Negro race It also drove home the conviction that the Negro newspaper is the medium through which the worst cle ment of the Negro race must be reached. Where the church and school fail the Negro newspaper must succeed More and mono our newspapers must assume re sponsibility to get over to that Jowly element of the race the necessity of personal cleanliness as a factor in community rasa relations The dirty uncouth Negro is a hindrance to integra tion! Letter Te The Editor THE DOOR 18 NOW OPEN Tc The Editor; The door is now open let's walk in and take a seat. This is a statement I would like to make relative to an experience I had st. the Seaboard Railway Sis (inn r-«veral weeks ago I found myself the only Negro m th*w genets! waiting room I lust wondered as 1 noted tire num ber of passengers milling around in the segregated waiting room, if they knew that interstate tea • veiing had opened another doer or do ve prefer now to segre- ~*» gate ourselves? It v, my belief that w* are nr* fully aware of the opportunities we now* have and T would like to appeal to (he minister*, teach ers end leader* of today to take time out to tell our people of the break down in interstate traveling as well as other areas that are vital to us The fight for sealing In inter state traveling has been a long and bitter struggle and now that tne victory ha* been wen. let us take- our place. We need not fear where there is nothing to fear, we need not stand bark when no sign direct? us to stand back, we need not doub* when doubt has been removed , Rev O L sVipri if 5