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THE CAROLINIAN
WEEK. ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1958
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Editorial Viewpoint
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WORDS OF WORSHIP
Arise, take up thy bed. and -o unto
thine house.” Si Matthew 9:b.
Upon His return to Capcrmmir. Jesus on"
day was preaching in a house filled v;trh people.
Hearing of the marvelous healing •(•oner of Ji
a sick man persuaded four fr.ends (e carry him
to the house. Not being able to cuter throne h the
doors, the lour friends started io cairy me inviJU!
back to his house again.
But the sick man's win v ■ Pinnc even if his
body was weak. Rising on hn elbow, he pm-sund d
them to take him up th- ••irurnav >. . h out. ite
of the house and lower him thr»ui ;h il.e rocHi
friends protested, but rhe man wevid not give
It was his only chance for h".h n and hr- would
not give up until everyth : ' n: i r -> u -;i, 'i
while in the midst of a tvnci ' Übn ■ v. .•. in
terrupted dramatically a the . ? f t -
less at His feet.
Jesus bent, over him, laklnr, his llabbv hand
in His firm grasp; His face u.hr.ed v /.s • r,n
ful smile.
"Son, thy sins are forgiven thee ” He said,
“Rise, take up thy bed and walk
The invalid was stupefied “Wnlki” He ■ ‘C
expected to walk again. Didn't j.-sus und- - or ’d
that he had been bedridden for v-avs: Wn • t -
The Virginia Cook’s Plight
When the Alexandria School Board fired a
Negro cafeteria cook tocause -he s u-i t.c-.
board to have two of her e;y.!-;t children ad
mitted to a white school, it emphasized the
Negro’s present economic dependency upon
white people for his daily br ad.
School Supt. T. C. Williams said the Itong
had nothing to do with raw but rather with
employer-employee re! at P-'-.t va ar~
old enough not to be footed by •. ch ;v> nc
words. The Superintendent r-a:d b i O
Hundley gave the school sy; ;i a -Pap m tba
face” by bringing suit s-zainst i!v. 17 ’tom hr '' Jlfl
On this point we have o " donors, Everyone
has a right to his own opinion.
One Christian white woman—Mrs. Dan
Kerbel—a board member, moved that the N'-
gro woman be given her job back Howcy. r.
question was lost when none of the elmr s- a
members would second the rnobc-rs.
At the appeal session of me school board.
Otto L. Tucker. Mrs. Hundley's lawyer, to’ !
the board he could not argue h> r reinstate
ment on legal grounds. *T can only appeal to
justice,” he said.
Even the causal observer can see that by
upholding the firing, the Alexandria School
Board ia “punishing and re to toting’ aga'nu
the Negro cook for her school suit.
Very few Negroes in the employ of a- -h• >1
World Watches Reverend King
New events and southern prejudice have
again brought Dr. Martin Luther King into
international limelight Arrested on a charge
of loitering, Reverend King accused N-r- .v'r.;' r
gomery police of brutality. And mark our pre
diction, his words wd* be heard around the
World.
According to newspaper reports, Dr. rung
was jailed for fifteen minute , In- two IvTotU
gomery, Alabama, officers who -aid 'he min
ister refused to move when they ordered =>
crowd to disperse. The minister v.-as released
after singing s SIOO bond for appearance in
City Court last Friday.
Commenting on bis arrest at his Dexter Ave
nue Baptist Church office, King rid that the
officers “tried to break my arm, they grobbt d
my collar and tried to choK me, nr d v her,
they got me to the cel! they hick d me in.” "
When questioned regarding die incident,
Montgomery Police Commit. ur.ner Clyde St U
ars sharply, denied the complaint. saying Kin?
was “treated as anyone else would be and ar
rested as anyone else would ht ” But an • ■ : ?t
Negro can tell you a mouthful about vvh t
police officers and then* brutal treatment
when they hold a grudge against a man.
Reverend King had gone to the courthouse
to attend a hearing for a Negro accused' of at
tacking another integration leader, the Rev.
Ralph D Abernathy Since the courtroom was
filled, King waited on the sidewalk along with
other Negroes. He was arrested for loitering
on the sidewalk.
The thing to remember is that the p rice and
RJR $2,500,000 Law Suit
Three weeks ago a man who had smoked a
tin of tobacco and two packs of cigarettes a
day for 23 years sited the R. J. Reynolds To
bacco Company for $250,000 on the grounds
he got cancer from smoking.
Albert B, Hudson, a New Orleans resident,
charged, in his suit that smoking "caused, pre
cipitated, and aggravated the formation and
developurnent of cancer of the larnyx and the
vocal chords.”
The suit further charged that the tobacco
company was negligent in giving assurance of
safety in the sale, advertising and distribution
of Prince Albert tobacco and Camel cigarettes.
Before discussing the merits of the law suit,
we should note the effect of cancer of the la
rnyx in this case. Hudson was treated at a
liospital in Bogalusa, Louisiana, about a year
ago and later underwent surgery in New Or
leans.
During the surgery the men’s larynx fvoice
box) had to be removed, and his nasal cavity
sealed off from the windpipe An opening was
inserted in the neck to which the windpipe was
attached, and now he has to breathe through
the hole in his neck. Unless he buys an artifieri 1
larynx, or learns esophageal speech* he cannot
talk any more.
Hundred* of noa-smokus nave contracted
* _- t »
) some sort of cruel trick to make him the laugh
ing-stock of the crowd?
As rhe man started to protest, he looked up
into the calm assurance of those eyes, the supple
strength of those muscles, the ruddy skin that
*. ;fird to the rich rod blooc! beneath—and the
'•trilling occurred! It was as though health poured
out of that, strong body into the weak one like
e.octnc mu rent from a dynamo. The sick man
tot, the blood quicken in his palsied limbs; a faint
i iiush crept into his thin drawn checks; almost
involuntarily hr tried to rise and found to his
joy that he could.
‘Walk:" Da you suppose that s. weakling, ut
tering that syllable, would have produced, any
i -suits? Indeed, no. But the health of Jesus was
1.-iestible; and the man who had surrendered to
despair, rose and gathered up his bed and went
away. Like hundreds of other people in Galilee,
re was healed by the strength from an over
flowing fountain of strength.
Often, in order for men to receive the bless
ings of Jesus, they must be persistent like the man
discussed in this account. Too many of us give up
mo quickly before trying everything. There must
(Ad be a great faith on the part of the man of
> men who are seeking the blessings of Christ.
beard would have had the courage of Mrs.
Hundley. She had the right to demand bet
ter school opportunities for her children: but
to punish her the School Board has moved
“to starve her to death.”
Some Negro enterprise in the vicinity should
come forth and give the woman a job. But,
we are almost sure, she will get the “we-are
o'-rrv-for-you attitude” from her associates.
What Negroes need more than anything at
this time is economic independence. We ought
ro have factories employing hundreds of thous
ands of people and earning billions of dollars
in dividends. It doesn't matter whether a man
is black, brown, red or yellow, Americans
give rcspc-ct to the one who has the Almighty
Dollar.
School boards in the South employ thous
and:- of teachers, supervisors, principals, cus
todians, maintenance and cafeteria workers.
These individuals are buying expensive homes
and high-powered automobiles. If they de
mand desegregation of schools, their jobs will
be at stake.
One of the solutions to the racial problem is
an increasing economic independence of the
f , -gro group. The NAACP should spearhead
this movement through a program of educa
tion, training, and investment leadership.
other Montgomery officials have not forgot
the leadership of Dr. King in the battle against
■ trial barriers through the Montgomery Im
provement Association.
V T t wonder was it necessary for the law en
forcement agency of Montgomery to use its
rower to precipitate violence. In King’s own
words, “It is tragic indeed.” Tragedies like
this incident are happening all over the coun
try every day. and you can be sure the world
> ; watching the United States with appraising
eye.
Never you fear that King has been dismay
ed by th occurence. He says that he holds no
bitterness against the arresting officers. Like
Jesus he no doubt thought, “Father forgive,
for they know not what they do,”
W- admire the man’s courage when he
promises to continue his fight for racial equal
ity even at the cost of his life. “Greater love
hath no man than this, that he lay down his
life for his friends.”
While the spotlight was on King’s arrest,
something else in the story caught our interest.
One Negro integration leader was accused of
attacking another Negro leader, Rev, Aber
nathy, If true, this alarms us very miTch. In
unison there is strength, but divided the Mont
gomery leadership will fall. We can't afford to
k t this happen while the fame of the Mont
gomery Improvement Association is riding the
crest of the wave.
Martin Luther King is symbol of Negro
1 adership, and God grant, that he will con
tinue to have the courage to walk “the paths of
righteousness.”
cancer of the larynx and the lungs. Hence, it
will be difficult for the man to prove that to
bacco and cigarett'o were responsible. The
man hasn’t got a chance to win the case, be
cause similar law suits have been dismissed
Whether or not the man’s tobacco habit
caused his condition, we are not prepared to
say. But we do know that tobacco has certain
harmful effects upon the body in the long run.
Imagine a man smoking a tin of tobacco and
two packs of cigarettes each day for 23 years.
This is three times the amount of tobacco
smoked by the average man and woman.
We believe this man should take stock of
himself and his smoking habits. He certainly
was an excessive smoker and larked modera
tion. Any sensible man is aware of the hazards
of smoking even in moderation. He has only
himself to blame.
Many men and women indulge in harmful
habits which take their tolls in bodies in due
time. Gome people eat too much, while many
more dissipate extravagantly. Thousands use
too much dope and alcohol, but they pay for
it in the end.
Each mas is the custodian of his earthly
temple, and if he gives it the proper care, treat
ment, and rest, it will last a long time, Other
wise, tiitjt will be death and disaster.
Enforcement Os The Law Is A Good
Point To Start The Education
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BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP
‘AND FORGIVE US OUR
DEBTS. AS WE FORGIVE
OUR DEBTORS”
1. The Beatitudes, Ten Com
mandments and Lord’s Prayer
embrace about everything good,
to which a recreated soul falls
heir.
2. In the Divine wisdom of the
Blessed Savior, everything was
prearranged for man’s behavior.
. . for He knew if man was to
be content, he would have to es
chew evil and for its horrors
prevent.
3. So knowing the road down
from Eden that man would have
to travel. He set in motion va
rious rules to aid him from be
coming liable.
4. Man, it seems, has always
been of the non-forgifing kind,
who could frame excuses to clear
himself, but flaws in his neigh
bor find; so the Blessed Master,
to bridge this chasm, had to pre
scribe the following lesson.
5. “And forgipe us our debts,
as we forgipe our debtors” . . ,
What Other Editors Say
OUR PRESIDENT AND LITTLE
ROCK
, The man in the White House
has had freedom-loving Ameri
cans on a roller coaster of emo
tion within the past few days.
One day the President was
quoted as saying he would send
Federal troops back into Little
Rock if Governor Faubus and
his crowd resisted integration
laws.
The next day, the President
was quoted as having expressed
the fear that integration was
proceeding too fast. In replying
to questions about this, the
President said once again—as
he had said before—that he did
’ n’t think it his duty to express
opinions on Supreme Court de
cisions so long as he enforces
them.
There were two types of re
actions to this last statement of
the President.
Many Americans were furious
because they feel that Mr. Eisen
hower has absconded the high
moral leadership which is ex
pected of a President of the
United States with regard to big
issues. They believe that, at a
time when the world threatens
to burst into flames on several
fronts, Mr. Eisenhower should
re-inforce the home front mor
ally and psychologically by
shaking forthright words.
Other Americans felt that,
while it waa regrettable that the
President did not place himself
qunrelv on record verbally, ho
couid be counted upon to back
the high court edict with deeds
should Governor Faubus once
more stop out of lino.
Tiie reaction of the latter
group can be traced to a con
viction that what a man says
is not as important as what he
does.
V/e believe, with the latter
group, that what a man says is
not as vitally as what he does
There are too many Americans
who pay lip-service to the dem
ocratic cause and then chicken
out when the chips are down.
On the other hand, the Presi
dent of the United States is not
an ordinary or an average man.
If he is, he should not bo Presi
ded And it so happens that
every pronouncement issuing
from the lips of the most power
ful individual in the world is
potential',v as important on the
international and domestic scene,
- as an atomic blast. If for in
stance. the President refused to
commit himself on the issue of
world communism, there would
hs consternation from one cor-
an unpleasant bitter medicine
for those who have been
thoughtless, mean and careless
trespassers.
6. The Master knew that if
such persons were not constant
i ly admonished of the unfair
deeds, the world would fall far
> short of human grass and be
cluttered up with thorns and
weeds
> ?. So He took this means aa
His yardstick, to reveal to all
; men how evil deeds prick. . .
and whoever runs ahead to mls
i treat a brother will have to face
a similar debt some way or an
other.
8. While this is not in so many
words stated, it is inferred that
> the perpetrators of such acts are
. ill-fated; for this is just another
phase of the GOLDEN RULE,
and he who runs counter, him
self only will fool.
9. Some people try to make
life a one way track—take all
they can and give nothing hack:
and this is doubtless the reason
ner of this globe to the other.
The issue in Little Rock is
as dynamite-loaded and as dan
gerous as the deepest-dyed Rus
sian plot for the over-throw of
world democracy. For, in Little
Rock and in the South, a small
reckless and unprincipled group
gangster* are riding hell-bent
for the destruction of this na
tion from its insides out and for
the annihilation of the image of
American democracy around the
worid. This crowd know’* it can
not be working in defense of this
country because this is not a
crowd of stupid men—but of
men, endowed with trie cunning
of the homicidal maniac. This
crowd knows that the darker
horses of the world, which con
trol the destiny of the world, are
disturbed and upset about the
rotting, decaying Southern style
subversion which is eating at
America's vitals. This crowd
but it doesn’t care. They know
that if America is ever destroy
ed, it will be destroyed from
within America.
That is why w« wish Presi
dent Eisenhower had said in un
equivocal terms that the law is
the law and must be obeyed.
Oui disappointment notwith
standing, we are confident that,
if President Eisenhower does
not speak, that General. Eisen
hower will act if Private Faubus
once more attempts to march his
moteley crew of recruits away
from the orderly direction of de
mocracy. The New York Age.
MINISTER TAKE A STAND
The Baptist Ministers Union
got off on the right foot last
week when it announced its op
position to the mis-named
“Right to Work” bill that will
appear as Propostion 18 on the
November ballot
The ministers looked beyond
their immediate interest in this
instance and determined, quite
correctly, that the measure is a
threat to the welfare of tl eir
parishioners.
The ministers have their work
cut. out for them in their desire
to translate their opposition in
to votes against it in the Novem
ber election. «
The very phrase “right to
work” has a certain appeal to
Negroes whose right to work is
curtailed on every hand by dis
criminating employers in most,
instances and by a few blind,
and equally discriminating, un
ions on the other.
Supporters of Proposition IS
have been careful to spread the
story in Negro neighborhoods
that it is »ometh|pg of a fair
why in this part ot the “LORD'S
PRAYER”, this double check is
made, to caution people to do
lair.
10. The "Love of money bein’
the root of all evil”, has kept
our world in a constant upheav
al; on this account many nations’
are now far apart, and once
warm friends are becoming cold
at heart.
11. All of this ia the penalty
for misuse of this clause, and he
who is condemned should earn
estly pause. , . for success is not,
assure to those who slip by and
become uncouth, t'or retributive
justice will finally demand “an
eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth,’’
12. So why not he fair, and
happy in the end, with God close
at your side and your welfare
defend; having no ill-feeling
against your creditors, then joy
fully you can begin and close
the day with, "Forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debt
ors."
employment measure. Os course,
it is nothing of the kind. It does
not forbid racial or religious dis
crimination by anybody. The
truth of the matter is that it
would undercut existing union
contracts with employers which
do forbid discrimination.
Proposition 18 is the darling of
the very interests that; are the
most bitter opponents of FEPC
--the Chamber of Commerce, the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and kindred groups
They’re not out to help the Ne
gro worker: they’re getting set
to strip him of the union pro
tection he now has and needs.
Baptist ministers who reach
thousands of voters can do a
great deal, to help in the defeat
of this sly effort to turn back
the clock.
St Happened
in lew York
By GLADYS V. GRAHAM
FOR ANP
The struggle for integration is
called North is apparently net
free of the tinge of Jim-Crow.
A group of parents in Manhat
tan withheld their youngsters
from schools to which they had
been assigned charging that
their youngsters were placed in
Jim-Crow schools in Harlem
with the poorest facilities for ac
ademic progress. The two groups
of parents also maintained that
the school zoning system like
Virginia’s pupil placement law,
was biased.
More than 1,357,000 youngsters
with a staff of 42,999 teachers
and supervisors with the help
of 1,250 school crossing guards
supported by 500 extra patrol
men made school opening evi
dent in this town. Mayor Wag
ner and Charles N'. Silver, pres
ident of the Board of Education
greeted some 972.000 public
school students over the muni
cipal radio station WYNC.
Meanwhile Political opponents
Governor Hai-rlarnun and Nelson
A. fteckfeller along with Gov
ernor Luis Marin of Puerto Rico
opened the new home of the
Puerto Rican Labor Department
at 322 West 45th Street at the
tenth anniversary celebration,
Joseph Monsorrat is director of
the New York office here in
Manhattan. Mr, Rockfeller<ls the
Republican candidate for Gov
ernor and Gov. Hardman the
Democratic candidate.
JUST FOR FUN
By mBCUS IT. ROULWAKE
LOOKING BACK
I believe Nat King Cole has
made a popular recording nam
ed ' Looking Back.” Upon read
ing the September issue of the
Butcher Workman. I came a
cross an article entitled, "75
Years of Progress.” It made me
look hack to the year 1045. i
This month Oscar Mayer and
Company with main headquar
ters in Chicago is celebrating its
75th anniversary. Its modern op
erational techniques and inno
vations spell progress not only
for the company but the entire
.meat industry as well.
My mind takes flight back to
tho year 1944 in the fall while
working at the copy desk of the
Afro-American newspapers in
Baltimore, Maryland. I left Bal
timore early in January (1945)
for Madison, Wisconsin, where 1
planned to enroll in the Univer
sity of Wisconsin to work for
the Ph. D. degree in speech re
habilitation.
On January Kith, I began to
work at the Oscar Mayer Com
pany’s meat packing plant in
Madison, Wisconsin, whore the
University was located. At the
same time, it employed about
4,200 people. I began in the in
edible department which was
not at all inviting as a place to
work. (Cornyard would call it
tho scum of all the jobs in the
plant.)
Regardless of what Cornyard
would say, it was through Os
car Mayer’s employing ms that
I was able to earn my degree.
On the average, I was able to
earn from S7O to SBS per week,
support a family, and remain in
school.
I worked in many departments
Including Calf and Sheep Kill.
Hog Kill. Hog Cut. Boiled Ham.
etc.
To ho sure, what I earned was
far more than I received at
Alabama State Teachers College
from which I resigned eight
months before. My teaching sal
ary was $135 a month, while my
unskilled wage in the meat
packing plant averaged $320 a
month
At. the unskilled job, T had no
uap?rc to correct at night nor
Gordon B. Hancock's
BETWEEN the LINES
nit OLD SOUTH'S
I'RUMI’ CARD
Our nation and the world have
come upon times that are dark
and dangerous and desperate.
The scales of fortune are so be-
Ready poised that one cannot
predict what a day will bring
forth. With the threat of war on
the one hand and with a threat
of internal rebellion on the- other
our great country Is seriously
beset with problems that are dif
ficult of solution. Our democra
cy is being tried for its life.
The fight of human rights
goes on in this country and on
tho outcome of that fight rests
tho future of democracy in the
world, for communism goes
marching on, as reluctant as we
are to admit such ugly fact.
World tensions are tightening
and war clouds are lowering
and threatening. The fight for
full integration of Negroes in
the educational scheme ot things
in the country is being pressed
with a vigor that is only equal
ed ny the opposition.
The Old South is firmly resolv
ed that it will not abide by the
Supreme Court’s decision on the
matter and there is an open
conflict between the authority nf
the nation and the authority of
the state. The conflict is joined
and from it may stem another
rebellion or attempt there at.
that may have serious • conse
quences for the nation in gen
eral and the Negro in particu
lar.
One of the encouraging aspects
of the situation resides in the
fact that the current crisis is not
over the chattel slavery of Ne
groes but over their first-cb; <
citizenship. The current conflict
stems from the fact that the Ne
gro is knocking at the doors of
the Promised Land of full citi
zenship. It is a long way from
Egypt to the gates of A! and
Jericho. The Negro is currently
battling before the walls of
Jericho.
But we may as well gird our
selves for the tremendous strug
gle that lies ahead for the Old
South is fighting stubbornly
and their leaders are determined
and resourceful. The program
of the Old South consist? of
propaganda, legislation and vio
lence T'or many months this
writer has been considerably
concerned over the Old South’s
efforts to propagandize the na
tion and the world. Organiza
tions hnva been formed and are
being termed to get over to the
nation and the world the
"South’s Point of View.
, The iron is hot for propagan
da and whoever captures the in
struments of propaganda has
gone a long way in the attain
ment of his objectives. Russia is
winning the cold war because
her instruments of propaganda
are effective.
We are not as skilled in the ’art
of propaganda as the Russians
hence our retreat in the cold
war.
Just yesterday T was reading
that an organization of the
South was sending out literature
throughout tho nation in an at
tempt to prove that the Supreme
Court ruling of 1954 was uncon
stitutional and this is just the
beginnn’g and what is more,
people I 'n all parts, of the coun
try are falling for the Southern
Jim*
any school plays to direct.
Nothing interested Cornyard
more than the yarn I told about
working in the boiled ham de
partment at night one summer.
My job was to pick up the
mechanisms holding the cooked
boiled hams and hand them to a
30-year-old woman who placed
them stacked on a 4-wheel truck.
We unloaded 8,000 hams each
night.
That woman was a foreigner
and could she work. By the next
morning, my tongue was hang
ing out and I was dead tired.
(Cornyard laughed, “Ha-he-he
ho-ho-”.) His look said, “Wsd
da matter wid ya, DOC?”
SUGGESTION BOX: During
my several years of employment
at the Plant, I put suggestions in
the oox that won a total of $125.
As I looked at Cornyard. the
smile faded from his face. ("Go
hard, go hard” uttered ‘Corn
yard, "You're all right wid me,
friend.”)
The Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workman'*
Union says this about the Os
car Mayer Company
"Wove had contracts with
them foe 25 years, but never a
strike since we've been the un
ion f n their plants. There's fair
play on both sides.” G belong to
Local 523, Madison, Wisconsin.)
Near the end of my doctoral
program, this company two sum
mers found a job for me when it
had none. WHY? Because dur
ing the late war years. I was a
punctual worker and on time
T wa? one of the few who re
ported for work on Saturday af
ter pavday Friday night.
Some of my relatives and
friends failed me when I need
ed n:d. but Oscar Mayer Com
pany. Rs night plant superinten
dent never failed me. Words of
encouragement pushed me on
when . wanted to give up.
For these reasons, pray for th<*
success of an industrial enter
prise which is making it possi
ble for young Wisconsin Univer
sity students to earn the. rnonev
Tor their education.
YES f AM LOOKING BACK
The whole thing seems like a
dream.
Writers like David Lawrence
have gone over in a big way
and die rebellious South has no
better friend at court than iiv>
self same David Lawrence, syrt
dicated writer of no mean influ
ence. There is grave danger that
through propagrnda the South
can educate this nation in such
fashion that the Supreme Court
decision will be reversed. This
is one of the objectives of the
propaganda organization.
The several legislatures of the
South have gone seriously a
bout the matter of enacting leg
islation to sustain their point of
view and it seems to make no
difference that much of this leg
islation is in open conflict with
the Constitution of the United
States.
The legislation has been de
fiant and deftly conceived and
interposes the powers of the
state against those of the na
tion. The past few months have
found the legislature of several
Southern states in defiant mood.
With their legislature grind
ing out measure after measure
of laws designed to deny the
Negro his Consti itional rights
and with the propaganda hop
per filled for grinding, the Old
South fights madly. Then there
is the threat of violence always
in the background.
They would accomplish their
purpose# by propaganda and leg
islatjon if possible; by violence
if necessary, violence is the
trump card!
Letter To The '
Editor
To The Editor:
The school that was burned
recently in the Wadesboro area
is believed to have happened be
cause of racial unrest.
t was there for one hour and
thirty five minutes. The super
intendent of schools told me that
there were whites who didn't
approve of Negroes attending
ttic school, and there were Ne
groes that didn’t want to attend
tho school for fear that some
thing would happen. If this be
true, I cannot -see how any Ne
gro would chance burning the
building if he were afraid of ob
taining it for school use,
I Joel that someone should
pay a penalty for such an act,
one thut has damaged tax pay
ers' property. I trust that we will
see that whoever it was will an
swer to the charges before it is j
over.
Sheriff H. E. R&yfteld said an
attempt was made to ignite the
school before. Knowing that, I
wonder why someone wasn't left,
to watch the building. About 1-2
mile from where the building
was burned, I wish the public
could ride by and see some of
the buildings in which our chil
dren are having to study now. I
dwon't see why any children
could be expected to go to any
buildings like that today. Tt. is
impossible for teachers to teach
our children to study in a buil
ding like that. The building is
called the Mason Building at the
Deep Creek Baptist Church. 1
hope the public can go by to see
it. f
Rev. .T. H. Bryant,
Badin, N. C