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PAGE EIGHT NEW JERSEY NEGRO PUBUSHER VISITS SOOTH FOR FIRST HAND INFORMATION Davis Lee, Publisher of Newark Telegram, Learns That Negroes and Whites Get Along Better Than Northern Agitators Picture Davis Lee, publisher of thr Newark, N. J., Telegram, a weekly Negro newspaper, recently returned from a trip in the South, and had the follow ing to say regarding his experience: “I have just returned from an in tensive tour of the South. In addi tion to meeting and talking with our agents and distributors who get our newspapers out to the more than 600,000 readers in the South, I met both Negroes and whites in the urban and rural centers. “Because of these personal observa tions, studies and contacts, I feel that I can speak with some degree of au thority. I am certainly in a better position to voice an opinion than the Negro leader who occupies a suite in downtown New York and bases his opinions on the South from the dis torted stories he reads in the Negro Press and Daily Worker. “The racial lines in thg South are so clearly drawn and defined there can be no confusion. When I am in Virginia or South Carolina I don’t wonder if I will be served if I walk into a white restaurant. I know the score. However, I have walked into several right here in New Jersey where we have a civil rights law, and have been refused service. “The whites in the South stay with their own and the Negroes do like wise. This one fact has been the eco nomic salvation of the Negro in the South. Atlanta, Georgia, compares favorably with Newark in size and population. Negroes there own and | control millions of dollars worth of business. All the Negro business in New Jersey will not amount to as much as our race has in one city in Georgia. This is also true in South Carolina and Virginia. “New Jersey today boasts of more; civil rights legislation than any other | State in the Union, and the State: government itself practflßs more dis crimination than Virginia, North Ca- j rolina, South Carolina or Georgia. l New Jersey employs one Negro in the. Motor Vehicle Department. All of | the States above mentioned employ j plenty. “No matter what a Negro wants to ! do, he can do it in the South. In Spartanburg, South Carolina, Ernest Collins, a young Negro, operates a large funeral home, a taxicab busi ness, a filling station, grocery store, has several buses, and runs a large farm and a night club. “Collins couldn’t do all that in New Jersey or New York. The only bus lines operated by Negroes are in the South. The Safe Bus Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, owns and operates over a hundred. If a Negro in New Jersey or New York had the money and attempted to ob tain a franchise to operate a line, he would not only be turned down, but he would be lucky if he didn’t get a bullet in the back. “Negroes and whites get along much better together in the South than Northern agitators would have you believe. Os course, I know that Special Built Watches For Out door Work 17-Jewel Shock-Proof High Grade We have them in stock and we guarantee each watch for two years of service. These watches are ideal for any person doing out side work because they are WATER-PROOF and DUST-PROOF GUARANTEED REPAIR WORK Forehand Jewelers Next Dow Mitehener’s Pharmacy EDENTON, N. C. , there are some sore spots down there, > and we have them up here also. But l it is not as bad as it is painted. The trouble in the South stems from dumb, ignorant whites and Negroes, • not from the intelligent, better class ■ element of the two races. “The attitude of the Southerners ■ toward our race is a natural psy i chological reaction and aftermath of t the War Between the States. Ne i groes were the properties of these people. Overnight the slaves became full-fledged American citizens enjoy . ing the same rights as their former . owners. . “Certainly you couldn’t expect the , South to forget this in 76 or even ( 150 years. That feeling has passed j from one generation to another, but ’ it is not one of hatred for the Negro. , No section of the country has made more progress in finding a workable solution to the Negro problem than ; the South. Naturally, Southerners are resentful when the North attempts ' to ram a civil rights program down ' their throats. “I have pointed out in dozens of ! editorials that the white people of \ this country are not only our friends, but they want to see us get ahead as a race. As a matter of fact, we are more prejudiced than those whom we accuse of being prejudiced. “The entire race problem in Amer ica is wrong. Our approach is wrong. We expend all our energies, and spend millions of dollars trying to .convince white people that we are as good as they are. Joe Louis is not looked upon as a Negro but the greatest fighter of all time, loved and admired by whites in South Carolina as much as by those in Michigan. He convinced the world, not by pro paganda and agitation, but by dern -1 onstration. t “Our fight for recognition, justice, 1 civil rights and equality should be 1 carried on within the race. Let us ; demonstrate to the world by our liv ing standards, our conduct, our abil ity and intelligence that we are the I equal of any man, and when we shall | have done this the entire world, in ! eluding the South, will accept us on our terms. Our present program of threats and agitation makes enemies out of our friends.” Miss Hos ler Honored At Buffet Supper Mrs. Alvin Byrum, Mrs. C. R. Vann and Miss Jessie Byrum were joint hos tesses at a buffet supper at the home of Mrs. Vann in Hertford in honor of their niece, Miss Marie Seigle Holler, at 6:30 P. M. August 25. The Vann home was decorated with arrangements of mixed summer flow ers. The dining room table was cov ered with imported linen cloth with a center arrangement of white gladioli and asters and lighted candles. Approximately forty guests attend i ed. The hostesses presented the guest ■ of honor a gift of crystal in her pat tem. ■' ‘IT , THE CHOWAN HEBA&D, EDENTON, N. G, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948. Growth Os Television Is Proving Amazing i Covering .Political Con ventions One of the Milestones Washington —Though television is still an expensive entertainment me dium for the producer, and though it is still some time away in small towns, its growth here is amazing. . As smaller cities (those of about 100,000 population) get television sta tions, listeners within 60 miles will benefit. Farmers within a 26-mile radius would have excellent chances of good reception. Those further away would experience various re sults. Here in Washington, some of the city’s residents can tune in Baltimore with comparative ease, and others can’t get either of two Baltimore sta tions. Television wprkmen say it all depends on the physical obstacles between your aerial and the station transmitter. In other words, if a | large building stands just across the 1 street from your receiver—in the di | rect path of the station transmitter — 1 you are in for trouble. Baltimore is between 40 and 50 miles from Wash ington. „ To give the newspaper reader some idea of the speed with which televi sion is growing, the statistics on sets sold will suffice. On January 1 less than 200,000 television sets were in the hands of private and commercial owners. Today the 400,000 mark has been exceeded and the half million figure will fall soon. By early in 1949, the million mark is expected to be passed. Stations are also multiplying rap idly. At the first of the year, 17 sta tions were operating—all in the east. Today 31 stations are in operation. A mid-West television network is ex pected to hook up with New York by October. The east and west coasts are scheduled to be joined by Christ mas. In other words, the Rose Bowl game may be televised next Janu ary Ist. One of 1 the great milestones for television was its coverage of the re cent political conventions. Already proven in sports, television coverage of the political conventions put the new medium over in the news report ing field. Here in Washington, where television is at its best because of Congress, Congressional hearings and other government functions, the sale of television sets is rapidly increas- ing. ■ Already tried and trtle in sports and news reporting, television is just beginning to prove itself in the field of plays, movies, radio-type shows, etc. Hollywood studios are now work ing on movies especially for television and English-made films have been made available to television stations. For months now, the refusal of Holly wood studios to lease first-run movies . for television shows has crippled the movie side of television. But the tele i vision industry is getting around this ' with foreign-made especially-produced films. ; Fred Allen recently made television • history when his radio show became the first to be regularly televised. ' Plays are televised two or three times a week in various cities and are re produced on television screens in a number of eastern cities—all on one chain hook-up. Television may be a long time off in the country’s small towns, but it’s not as far distant as some people think. When the million mark in sets sold is passed and when national net works are in operation, the expense of running a small station will de crease since elaborate shows can be piped to smaller stations along the network line. And since the field of science is ever-improving, television can be ex pected to improve as rapidly as radio ! did two decades ago, with new dis coveries in this new field. : * j Farmers Urged To Use Caution In Buying Seed Farmers should beware of buying seed claimed to be certified unless a properly signed certification tag is at tached to each bag of seed, Dr. R. P. Moore, director in charge of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Associa tion at State College, warned this week. “If a seller of seed wishes'to cap italize on the word ‘Certified’ he should be requested to deliver the evidence of certification in the form of a certification tag on which a sign ed agreement may be found,” Dr. Moore asserted. Some dealers, he continued, engage in practices which often lead to mis understanding and the purchase of seed which under no circumstances would meet certification requirements. “Agencies advertising certified seed, but stating or inferring that cer tification tags will be furnished only when requested, might sell only seed which is eligible for certification and again they may not,” the Crop Im provement director explained. “Pros- . pective buyers of certified seed should look with suspicion, however, upon seed offered by dealers of this type.” Early purchases of certified seed should be booked subject to the con dition that certification requirements will be met, Dr. Moore said. WHO KNOWS J * die name? 2. What outstanding war event ■ took place on August 14, 1946? 3. What is the population of the United States? 4. What four nations signed the “Charter of Quito?” > 6. Name the capital of Ecuador. 6. Who is Governor-General of 1 j Canada? j 7. What is the population of South , . Dakota ? 8. The senior member of the U. S. [ Senate in point of service Tetired re > cently.’ Wbo is he, , i 9. Americans smoked how many • cigarettes in the fiscal year 1947-48? 10. A presidential candidate must be how old to qualify? [ s THE ANSWERS 1. Clark. I i. Japan capitulated to the Allies, s 3. A recent census sets it at i 143,414,000. 1 4. Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela ! and Panama. 6. Quito. . 6. Viscount Alexander of Tunis, . formerly Gen. H. R. L. G. Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the ( Mediterranean Theatre. 7. 678,000, a drop of 10.2 per cent ( since 1940. i 8. Senator Arthur Capper of i Kansas. * 9. 346,000,000,000. 10. Thirty-five years old. HMHMnn Gordons LONDON DRY I Gin 04.4 PROOF j '.C O% Neutral Spirits Distilled from Grain | StMON'S PUT SIN CO- IIHIEH, kl. Super Sole! Soper Wear Tfco Useevery es the century... CAT-TIX super-soles outwear loath* or by fsrt CAT-TIX we* developed by the tenons maker* es Cat's Peer quality product*! Per reel *evtap* ee Ore** shoe repairs for el the •eerily—see e* today ter CAT-TIXI CAT* TEX SOLE outwear* leather Ward’s Shoe Shop Wert Eden ten Street EDENTON, N. C. Spires Urgesßeports Before Court Opens Administrators, Execu tors and Guardians Are Affected With the fall term of Chowan County Superior Court scheduled to convene Monday, September 13, Clerk of Court E. W. Spires urges all ad ministrators and executors of estates, as well as guardians, to make their reports to him as provided by law. The law requires an. annual ac count to be made each year and an in ventory to be filed within 90 days af ~~ “"■v— [Notice To Our Customers This hurts us as much as you, but we cannot possibly operate by selling milk under cost. The rise in price for us was effec tive August 16, 1948. Effective August 20, 1948, our prices will . be as follows: QUARTS HOMOGENIZED VD 29c QUARTS CREAM BUTTERMILK 29c QUARTS GRADE “A” PASTEURIZED 28c QUARTS REGULAR BUTTERMILK 21c PINTS GRADE “A” PASTEURIZED HALF PINTS GRADE “A” PASTEURIZED J2c PINTS CHOCOLATE MILK 16c We know that milk prices are getting high, but we also know that labor, gasoline, tires, trucks and other necessities in milk delivery are high. Then look at the prices of other foods. The following table gives you a comparison in food value and price: IN ENERGY VALUE ONE QUART OF MILK CONTAINS 776 CALORIES 1 qt. milk (in calories) equals approximately 2% lbs. chicken at 60c lb. 1 qt. milk (in calories) equals approximately V 2 lb. -steak at 90c lb. 1 qt. milk (in calories) equals approximately % lb. pork chops at 75c lb. 1 qt. milk (in calories) equals approximately 10 eggs at 66c per dozen. 1 qt. milk (in calories) equals approximately 7 lbs. tomatoes at 20c lb. We are sorry to have to raise our price of milk. We know that milk is a necessary food, but if it costs us it has to cost you. We hope to have you bear with us through these days of high* prices. We thank you very much for your patronage. Albemarle Dairy PHONE 217-W EDENTON, N. C. J V LIVEIMOH Cine Ceads PiCKERS and AUTOMATIC FEEDERS ' • | •' - iLJ \j' L- - ■ ■ •••••—“ If You Need a New Picker This Season, See Us Today. We Will Have Two For Delivery Within the Next Few Days. 1 v * j Let Us Repair Your Old Picker Don’t wait until you need your Picker to repair it. We are trying to carry a complete line of parts for all ’ models, and if you will let us have your Picker now, we will have it in first class condition in time for your needs. * • s.• w -V • . * Hobbs Implement Co. GUY C. HOBBS, Prop. EDENTON, N. C. *. 1 * ter qualifying. ! Clerk Spires is required to report so the Grand Jury all delinquents, *so that he urges all who are affected to make reports before court convenes. rii-Ho, Mister! 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