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•;‘*s£s nil CAROLINA t|iat| «ATU»»AT MAY, l& 1*»7 ", .1 1. I III J ^ Comments He Mina Tines IIT I. tmMj SU OnrtuB, Nortfc 6w«li»« MUlih«4 at Diirlua*, North OaroliM Bvsiy Satttrday by m mfBS FUBUSfliNG CO.. iM. ’ J-Tt71 L-a4ai - ; I. B. AUSTIN. EDITOR Itvtk Lr^«r«*Mr — Mukcfaig Editve Tmtmm A/dvartUfait Masagar SUfNCKIPnOtR BAT^ ItM Fct Yia ia AdYUiea; $1^ Par Six Montbs ta AidvaiiM; Me Par Thraa MoaUa ia Advanca; |S^: Othar OonaAriaa, |3.00 Bat«rad aa aaeond^Uaa mattar at the Daiban Paatofflea, aa4ar aiet of March SzOi 1B79. A4TfvtWait ]>apaitaiaot— Titaaa aaliirn isfonaattoo eonoaming aatianal a4vartlai«( rataa, addrau all eommvnicatioaa x» CAAOUHA lUiiS, Durham, N. C- SATURDAY MAY 18. 1937 THE EDUCATIONAi- RAPE OF NEGROES IN NCmTH CiU»OLINA Keiiej liiler Writes... Ia oar thia week th-cra came two lettera from two prominent friends of onra, one • member of the white ra«e, an4 the other a Bcnber of th* race irithi which we are identified. The letter from am- wfaita friend commended our editorial policy on certain isauea iavohriaf the two races in the south, while tJie letter from the friend identmed with our own group, condemned it We extend our thanka to both of thaae friends because we are aware of the fact that both lettera were expreaaiona of an i^bidinf interest in this newspaper and thoae connected with it Wa have already expreaaed our thanks to one of these gentlemen in a personal letter but we are taking this method of answering the (Hand of our gi^ov^, because wa know there are thousands of his race who have not carefulljr considered some vital matters which cbacem their own people. As much as we dislike to deal with’ fig- ate% ve are going to do ao la this editorial with a hope that Ne- fitoca in this atate and other states will tie able to open their eyes to the fart that they are being educationally raped. For what the fignrea we quote ahow about Nort h. Carolina's disgraceful robbery of its Negro population Uiey will diow the same of other southern "**l^*^th» fiscal year of 19S&-36 the latest figures available show ttmt t>m> great atate of North Carolina estimated the total valuation •f its fiv» whit* achools for hi|^ learning, at |26,062,3T0.48, while tt listed thfc tfotal valuation of ita five Negro schools for higher fearning at f3,40&.2tSS.14. In that same fiscal year this state ap propriated 91,«90,40L«2 for the education ofTta white youths in ftajRya inatitotiona for higher learning at the same time appropri ating the measly sum of $165,491.04 for the education of ita Negro youtha in the five Negro inatitutionB of hi|^ learning. Wa have been told that we should exhibit patience and tole rance toward the doable standard of education vrhich Northi Ca rolina l>ecause conditions are getting better, and that the dawn of a new day for t^e N«gro is sure to come quickly. Aa mochi as we would like to believe thia ahop worn faury( tale, ve ta lionbt its truthfulnesa when we consider the fact that the fiscal year 1918-14 showed there wai “« diffeienee—oi only f 14.84 in the average salary,paid white and Negro teachera of tfa« state whila in 1938-34, the latest figurea available show there was a diffeitence of 128.26 in the average aalary paid whiU and N^to teachen in tiiis state. ^ library statistics of North Carolina will ahow that there ia only aight'lenths of a ibook available for Negro children in our school libraries, wtiiie tfaiare are two and five^ighta hooka available for wfaita achool chUdMn ^ th« whlt« schiool libraries of the state. Bera in Durham Negro children for more than a decade have baen robbed by the local board of education of a year’s education by a system which gives white children tw^ve years of training wUle Negro dtOdren get only eleven. In every white achool :of importance in Duriiam there is a gymnasium and one of them even goea ao far aa to provide a awimming pool. Whaltever the Negro bighi achool chil4 haa been ^le to learn about physical education he haa had to do ao in the Miditoiium of t^e Neg»> high achooL Durham provides one senior high and three junior high) spools for tta white citisena. Itj^wvidea one senior high school and mo Inolr high school tor its Negro citizens. In the white senior high •dwel only the 10th, 11th and 12 grades are taught, while in; ihe Winre kigh; school that ia supposed to be a aenior high school there •re £hre g^des taught, namely: the 7th, 8thj 9th, liOth and 11th. Wfc«B one compares jtbe chemistty and physics labaratories of the wkite high school with those of thie colored high aKbool ia a joke, and yet the colored high school |ias double "A'^ • same as the high school it or not-there mc Negro sdiool children within the jBttjr of Durham who go~'to achool in an old dilapidated shack whfre tl» eld faabion, big iron atove is provided. During tshe "winter months the poor condition of the building forces the teacher to have the stove heated jred hot to make it comfortaible in the rear the claaa rooms while children in one or two seats from the atove are fried and baked to a nice brovrn by the time school cloaes in the afternoon. ~ ^ Hese are some of the odsditions w^ich exist uilder the program of hatred of whkh the H^pro ia a i?ictim in Durham Nort^^ ^Carolina. llMre is only two attitudes for white school offfelals to •Moma—one of hatHed or one of love. There ia no middle grouhd ,lfce i^orable conditions mentioned above are product* of hate •ad not of love. Tliey abound wheire men and women are without tte proper regard for their fellowmen. They cannot obtain where Jnstiee, love, hope, ^jaith, sympatby and kindness are virtues. When • N^rro atanda before the courts of this nation he ‘b ^■■irid with the same yard stick with which his white brother is The law, rior the tax collator takes not into consideration exposed to an inferior educatioii to prepare himself «W*s and that many doors of opportunity to earn and make a 1Snlg%xt eloaed in his face. He must be familiar wltt the mw» he^maat intclligeat, he must pay hiataxes and must measure ^ *** *wi»>twment» of-Qtfaftvritizens. Justice is not tempered witfc meicy because he has been educationally raped. The law. the ♦« coUeetor and evesy agency exacta ita toll of him. *** *** '^hite race. *• **J”’*****t*tion in tiie law iwiiritig bodiea of Car^aa.l)n no board of education in the sUte is the Ne- rcpraaented. ^|b voice ia seldom hearii in the conferenTe . , fawortant affUra that are vital tb bim. He must await T **“*’ • “•■"we of what is right wUl be the out- ^ ^ presence to a^ for a morsel ' nmo* he is looked upon with suspicion and claseed as a «r aiMsarimiat have seen Negro men of importance, t9 face belching guiw of death in the World Ummrn and eriage when they neared the taak of appearing of powerful ao ntbem whitea We have seen ■hi4 telegrams, that ^were more of'ah apology tl^n * • «^_man'a own law which says ttiere must be ACCOMODATIONS be complied with. the Negro in North Carolina is no new" fer more thu TO years and will eon- elfb The electoral commission ap pointed to determine the Hayes- Tilden contest in 1877 was com posed of honorable and upright nltn, and yet their decisions split along the line of political clea vage—the eight Republicans upheld the claim of Butherford ,B. Hayes, this Republican candi date, while the seven Democrats, witK4il{^ sincerity, supported S, J. TiMen, their Democratic co-parti- zan. No one upbraid ed thir honor and integrity on either side. It was merely an illustration of tho judicial mind following -tire bent of its pre-conceived opinions. The Suprenie Court, from the Dred Scott to the Angelo Hern don decision, has split on the basis of stateb’ right and Federal Control. The judges'who believed that the controPof the ii^terest of'slavery sht)uld be left to the states voted to remand Dred Scott hack to the status of-slav ery; while the minority opinion was entertained by those who up» held strong central authority. Precisely the same line of cleavage is observed in the Angt- lo Hefndon case. The four con servative memlbers of the bencr, Van DeVater, McReynolds, jSouth- land and Butler, who joined in the minority opinion, would re turn Angelo Herndon to the ten der mercies fo the state of Ga. The liberal sentiment of t^e he believed in equal justic* for all men, even including the "darkey”, but his reactionary^ at titude and. states’ rights obsMsion, illustrated by his vote in the Her- ndon caae makea thia statemant rather un|pnvincing. Roo8evelt'*s proposal tp add six new members to the Supreme Court may seem rather daring to the timid conservative mind, but the practical statement'nevr im putes idealistic perfection to frail humcn nature. Judges an? men, subject to like infirmities as other men. Donning the judi cial ermine does not change n judge's n>^ture. As long as judges are appointed by the Presidcni and confirmed by the Senate, their altitude on political and e- conomic ques^ons yill influence th«ir deciMons which the.nation has approved? In addition to this broad prin ciple the Negro ba^ his spcctal reason for suptx»^ting Roosevelt’s proposal. It squints in the direc tion of liberal Federal control a- gainst the doctrine of states’ rights which has been the rock upon which! the Negro’s political hopes have foundered from the days of John C. Calhoun until now. It is true that the main purpose in liberalizing the Court is to se cure a broader attitude upon cco- nation made the Negro, a citizen jinterests rather .than, hu- and conferred upon him the rights and privileges of citizen-, ship, and made these rights irre- vocable^by the states. The reac tionaries have constantly com- batted the spirit and purpose of the 14th and 15th amendments. The doctrine of states’ rights since the days of John C. Cal houn has been chiefly concemcd with preventing the Negro from enjoying the full status of an American ciitzen. Preisident Roosevelt’s proposal to liberalize the Supreme Court wotild icertianly tend to safeguard the rights of the Ne^o under the law. Every can4id and fair- mjnded citizen knows fully vrell that the,, rights and pvivjleges of tke Negro would be~ better man rights, But, aa the President has so distinctly said—the two are indissolubly joined together. Provincial siratheni sentiment is hide-bound in its advocacy of states’ rights in-so-far as the Ne gro is concerned; but strangely enough this section has furnished the chief supports in upholding the hand of Roosevelt and the New Deal on economic liberalism The same section which unani mously opposed the Gavagan anti-lynching hill will almost soli'^ dly vote to uphold the economic aspect of Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Herein con^sts the ano maly of our complex political sit uation. EDITORIAL OF TUIS WEEK From the Elisabeth City, fN. C.) Dally ladepandkat CONGRESS MUST ACT Any Southern Congressman who opposea Federal antl-lynch- ing legislation after Tuesday*^ sadistic orgy at Duck Hill, Miss, should hang hla head in *hame. Local and State authorities can not always cope with the lynchert. Often as not local authorities are afraid to resist the mob. Mobs votel The Alabama sheriff and two deputies who released two young Negroes to that Mississippi mob in broad daylight Tuesday assert that they did not recognize any mennber of the mob, “’because they were back to Ihem and didn't see them.” Obviously the confe.ssion of weakling^s and liars. That Mlsstssi|)ipl mob of white hellians brought a new instru*. ment of torture into play 'Tues day. After chaining their victims to trees they turned flaming blow torches on them, inflicting them with! horrible pain before riddling their bodies with bullets. Wild Indians of the western plains in the li9th century would not have practiced more barba ric or diabolical crulty. And we call ourselves a Chvis-* tian people. If Lynch Law is to be put down in America, the strong arm of the Federal government, -unafraid of cringing, cowardly, acquiescent local officials and their lousy con stituents, must see to it The fair name of America is besmirched on the front page of every nev/s- paper in Europe and Asa today. A Trip To The Republic Of Haiti fiy Ce Cf Spaulding The Federal take steps to abroad. government protect its must name But however these things may be, the Negron»6^¥ fof potttfc^ served by five liberal judges, viz., ^ivil equaliy before the Brandies, Hqghes, Stono, Cardo-jj^^^^ behind the law, rests now aa za and Roberts than by the four days of Dred Scott reactionaries w^ho joined in the — ^poff 13ie liberal and dissentii^ opinion in t1 e Herndon pjogreagive spirit and purpose of ■' the nation. ii.(;.jigiit M S)|)Mis Gets Urmt The Voymgf ' I boarded fhe Steamship Co lombia pf the Colooibiah Line at New York City, Apr. 1, togeth er with Major Wright, of Phila.; Elder L. Michaux, Washington. D. C.; S. D. McGill an| A. L. Lewis of Jacksonville, Florida and W. H. C. Brown of Washing ton, D. C., and sailed for Port-au- Princ^i, Haiti, Touriato familiar with this route south around Cape Hatteras always expect to meet up with hungry fish and suffice it to say that we did not disap point them. We yielded to th’ir request and gave tbiem 'abundant food from the ^at side. After a few hours it was all over. Our group organized and de cided to go to this Republic with Open minds and unselfish am bitions with a purpose in view of getting the facts, and if possible, throw up a highway so that there WK>uld be a better understanding between the black Republic of Haiti and the American Negroes. Earley Monday morning, April 4th, while we were still asleep the ship left the Caribbean Sea and entered the heartrshaped gulf of Gonave to drop anchor and dock at the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. To port the sun comes swiftly (in the tropics dawn is always awift) changing tVe black mountains that rise be hind the city to purple then vivid green. In the foreground are the twin spires of a faun-colored Ca thedral. Primitive little reed huts sprawl along the sandy beach through the native quartet with its thatched huts and curious, na- thetic little markets, along a pav- 'ed street to Champ de Mara. Champ de Mars |s the principal square of Port-au-Prince anl is dominated by a massive iron statute of Dessalines. Dessalini^s Henri Christoiphe, he helped to free the Island from t^* French and hated white men becauM they treated him so crully. hia heyday as King he kept twenty beautiful mistresses and eh; everyone into dungeons who so much aa kioked unpleasant Hero, too, is a dazzling white, palaeo. It is the home of the President of Haiti. The Plaza in front of the Palace is bare as Mother Hub bard’s cupboard, not an atom of aity sort of vegetation grows close at hand. Tlis probably is because in days long ago the Presidents of volatile Haiti fear ed assassins, and they had all the thick undergrpwthi, the palms and the breadfruit trees dug up so no one could hide nearby. Then we drove by^th® be^i^jiul Cathedra! tliat we saw from the harbor. It is pale gold in the sunlight and faces an enormous plaza. On mar ket dtfys this is crowded with thousands of natives, gossippiog, gargainink, laughing, quarrelin't buying and selling in thie tumul« tuous, colorful, market Nearoy you will also see the old Cfith**- drial that is loved only J>y the old women Haiti. When they MRS. MAMir HOLMES HONOR. ED AT BRIDGE On Thursday night Min F. B. Rosser entertained at Bridge" for Mr*. Mamie Holmes, of Atlanta, Georgia. The evening was spent in playing- Bridge and Binim Mrs. Hazel Knox, winner of high score, in Bridge was pre sented an attractive prize. The guest of honor, Mrs. Holmes was given a lovely compact and Mrs. Duckworthi of Huntington, West Virginia also a gueat was present- ed lovely hankerchiefs. The boo by went to Mrs. Ida McCoy. Strawberry short cake, mints and nuts were served following the games. ^lowing guests were pre- Mrs. Gow Bush, Mrs. Duck worth, Mrs. Lil Daivs, Mrs. Louise Elder, Mrs. Plassie Harris, Mrt. Ethel Hill, Mrs. Mamie. Holmes, Mrs. Nell Hunter, Miss, Geneva Mebane, Mrs. Hazel Knox, Mrs. Emma Leathers, Mrs. Maud Lo gan, Mrs. Ida McCoy, Mrs. Josie Rich, Mrs. Bessie Whitted, Mrs. Al. Thompson, Mrs. Mary Shepard and Mias Janie Moor^. ATLANTA GIRL WINS TALLA- DECA SCHOLARSHIP TAULADEGA, Ala, —(C)— Dean James T. Carter of Talla dega college has announced that Miss Harriet Anna Salter, who ia to be a June graduate of the Atlanta University Labruatory high school, has won the first an nual four-year scholarship to the college, in competition with 100 students in twenty^ne cities of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Ga., come down fjrom the hillf on mar-' Louisiana, North Carolina, South ket days they go in to . worahip Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia and back into the shore to welcome natives, laughing chattering ceaselessly. At Port-An-Priace, Haiti We were met by representa tives of President Stenio Vincent —the American Ministeir, Assis tant to the American Minister and other'high officials, for the trip ashore. The President’s car was in waiting, at the docks and took us%o ttur kMel,,- We made a round of the city. and burn bougies before a port- hills, and on , . _ . , , . you are jollyf ’^“* Jacques le Maieur, and sfaiging- a young and dashing cavalier cn a prancing mare. You will also probably see the peasant women naking bou(^es, tiny candles f birthday ca)^ size, and urchins scampering about i^ ragiged tat ters, or without a stitch on? And speaking of vf«s aud patches, I hav«» never seen a more -?^gged group if urchins; patches on top of patches; ^d their coaltblack little bodies glisten_in the ebrigrht The award pays a year, cov ering board, room, tuition, and fees. Miss Salter is the daughter of a railway postal cleirk. fiery-turbaned heads, or jogging along on denfceys, their ffcet Ure except for an occasional dilapid'^" ted slipper, dangling from th*lr toes. These never fall off, but please, don’t ask why. Nobody knows. After our trip thru country, we were-taken back y»‘ the beautiful SPiLENDID HOTEIx continued Justice McReynolds, in an ex tra judicial utterance, stated that KESLLY MILLER Thousands Of N o11 h For Old Age Pensloo RALEIGH, May 13—There are ! tliTOMndft of Nortt^ Carolinains who will be eligible for aid under provisions of the Old- Age Assi- stanfee Act passed by the 1937 General Assembly, and there are nuany more who will not be able to meet the requirements for various reasons. The State Board of Charities ai^ Publio Welfare, anxious to ma^>‘cleitr provisions of the Old ARssistance plan, jurhich he* comes effective on July I of this year, has issued a statement tending to clarify the Act. One of the first requirements is thiat applicants for aid under the plan shall be «citizens of the United States, either native-born or naturalized. Another ^ential ii that applicants shall be 65 yi's. of age or even over, and shall ^.ot have sufficient income, or other resoursec, to pravide a reason able subsistance compatible with decency and healthl, Sfany persons reaching the age of 65 have not been able, frequently through no fault of thteir own, to savesufficient money ^o care for themselve? in the declining yearti of the their lives; others, beoause of age or disabilities, are unable to earn a comfortable livelihood, while still others are not so situated that they can care for them selves. ' Applicants for assistance under the Act are not supposed to be inmates of any pttblie institu'e at the time of -filing of applica tion.. Htowever, they‘ may apply for aid which, if allowed, will not begin until they have. ceased to inmates of public institutions. In order to pt event possible fraudulent applications for tance under the Old Age plan, the law specifically prohibits the a»- signment' or transfer of property during the two years prior to the filing of applications. Another requirement which will be rigidly adhered to is that all applicants must bav4 been re sidents of North Carloina for at least five of the nine years pre ceding the filing of the applica tions, and for one year immeiiUa'^ telj^ precedi^ the filing. .^ere is ai .i^diflotiBt tion, in view of the fact that the lOO*- counties of the State are participating in thie financial as pects of the Act, that applicants must have been residents of the county in which thie applications are filed for at least one year. This, however, in cases where county residence has been of shorter duration^ has been eared for by a clause in the larw which provides tl\^t approved applicants shall -receive full benefits with the difference which would have been absorbed by the county co ming from the Sti^te appropria' Etadorsment of North Caroli na’s syphilis control plan by or ganized medicine is interpreted by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State Health Officer, as a forward step that will aid materially in helping to carry the fight agautst what he terms “the king of kill ers’*" to far-flung battle line, reaching many outposts. The plan was presented to the doctors in session in Winston-Sal em, just prior to the conjoint meeting of the State Board of I Health and the Northi Carolina Medical Society, as provided for by law, Dr. Reynolds expressed himself as being highly pleased at tb^ reception given by the tnedical men and their endorse ment, ^¥ithout a word of dissent, of what he conceives to be a plan-of battle which', carried .n vigorously, as it will be, is to play an important part in control work now being undertaken in North Carolina. “Times moves on, and we must keep pace and in step,” tht State Health Officer told his col leagues in the medical profession! I “Changesare constantly being made. We must know the past to ^p(prti».intrff present and to prepare intelligently for tl* fu ture.” . With the aid of the black slava, Progressive Stores, Inc. DURHAM SOS N. Gr*g»oii Stre*t 1108 Broad Street—ip6 S. Guthrie Ave. ■ ' 712 Fayetteville Streat -1013 Chapel Hni Street—760 »lh Street "NORTH CAROLINA STORES FOR NQRTH CAROLINA PE O P L E” NORTH CAROUNA DURHAM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE HAVINXi QUAMFIED as ad ministrator of the estate of Bessie Holland, deceiased, late of Dur ham County, North Carolina that is to notify all persoris having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 114 W. iParrish Street, Durham, N. C., on or be fore the 13th day of May, 1938, iHuiK 'xrwm appropria- , . .n i i j j j.. tion. Instances of this character will :be passed upon by the State board. I of their Recovery. All persons in debted td'said estate will please make immediate payment. Dated this 13th day of May, 1937. Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Amounts to be paid applicants will foe determined upon indivi dual conditions, and will not ex- ctre-d per month; or 1^60 per ' Administrator, year. Of this amount, th|»:counties , Bessie Rollafidi Deceased will pay practically one-fourth,, M. H. Thompson, Attorney and 1^.« State pne-fourth. ST. MARK AME ZION GHURCH «. » A contest to determine “Miss St Mark” is being sponsored by the Usher IBoard of St Mark Church. Ibe contestant)! are Mii- •es Amanda Black, Rosa Williams «4d Mattia B. MpCray. The children receiving certifi cates from Damascus School on Friday evening May 14 are Misr ses Marie Rig:£:abee, Marie Harr- riston, Atberlene Watson, Plassie Lee DeGrif finried, Katherlene Farrington; Messrs. James _ H. P*Griffinried, and-JPaul Smith. SPECIALS;F0R FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 12 AHD. 15 Cheese PURE 1 inn ' pound I9c! LARD 50/6. stand $6.75 Iff SUNNY SOUTH FLOUR 24 lb. sack, 48 lb. sack lb, sack 89c V4fl,79 ^8-49 MORTON HOUSE. DATE PUDDING, can. lOc KELLOGGS CORN FLAKES, 2 pkgt. ISc DROMEDARY GRAPEFRUIT, No. 2 ean €RiSCO, a |M»uad xa»-~ ~ —«Qc MAYFIELD CORN, No. 2 can 9« OCTAGON SOAP, ip cake* — — — 28« OCTAGON POWDERS, 10 package* 2*,c PALMOLIVE SOAP, 4 cake* 2Sc C^mpbelb « TOMATO JUICE, 14 ok. can, 2 for 18« Early Maid. APPLE SAUCE, 3 No. 2 can* — Ubby'* Ho*te»* PEACHES, 2 large can* — — — Sunthine Sliced , . PEACHES, No. 1 can — — tOa OXYDOL, package — — another packag«,for — — both for -r- — — —ft* lArgo Bartlett ' |Pears, 2No. Scans 25e or Royal A«t«r^ SHORTENING 8 Lb. Carton ^.OS CAMAY SOAP, 3 e^e* ■— -t- —18c RED SObR PITTED CHERRIES, No. 2 can iSe EVAP0RAT£:D apples, pouni •— 1B« EVAPORATED PEACHES — 12 l-2c PHIiXIPS TOMATO SOUP, 4 can* 19c CORNED HERRING, do>. — 10c Fruits and Vegetables GRAPE JUICE PINT BOTTLE ^ART BOTTI^ NEW BLISS POTATOES. 3 pound* lOe GREEN STRINGLESS BEANS. lb. 8 1-Sc CELERY, large crivp italk — — Y l-te BANANAS, Fancy Ripe, pound LEMONS, large •ixe, do*. — —. ^ WINESAP .IIPPLES. — FRESH TOMATOES, lb. —
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