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SATURDAY JUPTE 2«, 1*37
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-WHOSK IS TO BLAME?”
The f 'aralina Times certainly does not .place its approval on t^ie
action of a bunch of young hoodlums who lost their heads last Tues
day iiighA, unnounccd that ~Lwuia~^rad dgfegtg(t JgTfT6g
J'. Braddock foi- thi heavywtHght crown. These youngsters may think
their actions funny, but we think they actfd. like a bunch of fools
wko nted examining, by a mcntel expert. We find word inadequate
to express our.d’.sgust at the manner in which they tonducted them-
.'elves, and we condtann their actions most emphatically.
The police and I'iiemen of Durham need to be commended for the
^enUenmiily ntannur^ which they conducted themselves under what
*^ust have bt^n a''woi^t‘trying situation. Lilpewise we commend other
irespectable citizens who contributed^towards preventing the celetora-
of llie“TijfEt from-getting' beyohd control. No sensible citizen
i#^ proud of the att^'k'niade oa tht; firufl»*«->«f the city, but all are
proud of the fact Ljiat. there is within Durham enough people of both
races who ®r« «?n«ble enough to keSj> a level bead-. wJiatever hapitens,
and continue Diirham as a decent place in which to live.
Our distinguished contemporary, the Durham Sun, in an editor-
■ ial ‘"Primitive Passions" in its issue of Wednesday, June 23rd touches
on some very important and vital pointiS. The Sun had the following
to isay in part: _ V '
It is not difficult to understand the emotionalism behind the
dempn^'trations. The fact that-Louis defeated Braddock does not
indicate that all Negro blood, are the physical superiors of all of
Caucasian blood. Even the least of the demonstrators probably
understand that.'liuian inferiority complex born from the days of
slavery, inevitably arouses, among the untutored, a fierce exul-
tatt^lT'in the triumph of' a race representative.
Whose is the blame? ..,
Well, there you have a question. t
The whi^ man has endeavored, through emancipation, a
rather surprising eJ^tcnsive provision, when the pt#ij|idices of the
past in this section are considered, for education, and as broad a
measure of citi/.enship as has seemed commensurate with stabili
ty and security, to place the Negro in a ney statii.«, Y«»t,
yiey Wllw Writes...
WHO 18 A. IfJBGRQ?
The decUion of the ^tipreme
Court, of New York, upholding the
covenant fori>idding Nmgr^ fr«Rrftrtl6^ted
owning, renting or occupying
property bring* to. a fociu an la
sue which Is botod to figure in
future lo«ai, slate and nation,al
litigation.* •
The defend«ata in this case baSte
tbeir contention squarely on the
ground that although they con
ceded a medium of Negro blood,
yet they at«utly contended that
they were not Negroes according
to any established scientific or
legal definition,
^ ^The Court, side-«tepping the
h'ontal issue, accepted the work
ing definition in general practibe
and denied that the case in liti|;a-
tion violated any provisim of* the
Conatitution of the I/nitcd States
according to a decision of the Su
preme Court in a case of this
specific character.
Arthur ..Garfield Hays, the well
known mifitant attorney ;©f radi
cal causes declared his intention
in advance of appealing the case
to the Supreme Court ofT:he Unit
ed States'and force from that fi
nal tribunal a legal definition of
the term “Negro.**^
The fact that 4he National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored-.. People and the-ttvil lib
erties joined in the suit indicates
clearly that this issue will be forc
ed to final julical determination.
When Mr. Hys anaounced Ws
intention of appealing the case to
placed the latter ondar political
and civil dlsdbilitiaa.
“The Southern states have
k Workable dafUiition of
a '“Negro” or "colored person^
which roughly aniwers all ot ^heirv ,d with wrft bloom it would seem
practical purpoies. T)m usual deA
nition of a "Negro’* or a *coIored
person” la baaed upoei pro*
portion of Negro and wliite IHood,
but aiiice no scientific biood tester
has been discovered, tliese states
hav^ had to fall back upon fibser-
vatiblT'and common judgment.
“Of the 29 stat« iHiich have
enacted laws based on race dis
tinction, no 'bne of them has ui
ultimate or adequate definition of
"race.” Individuals of the two
races are forbidden to intermarry
upon superficial evidence, satis
factory to the clerk of the court.
Children are assigned to white or
coloreJ schools wholly 6n- super
ficial appearance. Eveiy train
and street car condttctor of the
South is set up as judge of the
abstruce science of anthropology
and ethnology.
“The nearest approach we have
to a Federal definition of “Negro"
or “colored person” was set up by
bunches or chisters of light,
Wigbt red fruit—feast* for boya
and birds and dessert for neigb
boM who eat with us from ou^
table.
And who has not heard of, and
In hi* mind’s eye seen, the grace
ful branches of dainty pink'cherry
blossoms of Washington at Cher-
ty Festival —trees so cover;
“When this question reaches the
Supreme Court, if it ever does, it
is eaey to predict i^i* learned
the United States^ Sup^me Court, ^
I was in the midst of preparing.definition, and will
that the Negro “was compelled to' American khores,
was relegated into his ptace in the American ecanamy and is stIH
severely handicapped, in many respects, fiven in the reaction of
his own people. .
Here is raised a momentous question. “Whose is to blame?”
To place one’s finger on the responsibility for the outbursts of these
primitive, passions is beyond the power of mortal man,
A football game is won in our city and in the twinkling of an eye
a (jiiiet, pious and sedate university senior becomes a raving maniac,
participating in a pajama parade down^ain street. The traffic is
jammed for several blocks,' and university students enter theaters,
jind hotels to destroy property of others amounting to hundreds and
thousands of dollars. Some of these students, mind you, come from
some of the finest and best homes. They have been exposed all their
lives to culture, training and education, but because a football game
is won, caution is thrown to the winds and' the police and decent
citizens of our city ai'fc put to a test to keep things half way UQder
oontroL “W'hose is to blanje?’’ Sl
You e,vin«t say there is a. malicious intent or an ulterior motive
on th^ part pf these \iniversity folks. Maybe it is a “primitive pas-
alon”, a passioji to throw off the veneer of culture, education -anci
^«iTiliaitlDtt. ^aybe it is a tiesire for freedom—real freedom. What
ever it is, those of us wha afc fortunate enough through some kind
tt accident to keep 'otrr head^mus^ ¥o so. _We must always, condenan
tliia tmdeacy of htmran beings to hark back to “primitive passion.”
whetlier it comas fpom a university student or an oppressed and igf-
jiorant Negro. "
Durfiam’s evening newspaper is kind and gracious to propose
that tlia action of those young Negro hoodlums maybe attributed to
“an iriferioVity complex, born in the days of slavery.” Intelligent
Negroes-are thankful for the symp^hetic attitude expressed by the
evening newspaper-when it aaya,. thlt\the Negro is still severely
handicapped, in many respects, evea.in the reaclioti of his own peo
ple. On this particular point we d^ not quite agree, because we have
seen these “primitive''passions” flare up in other races who have no
inferioriay complex .because of rewni slavery. We rather think that
the N^cro has hisIsaJS^ of lounge liaaards, loafers ^nd scaundrels, as
are found' in all . races, who are ignorant>. and destructive by nature,
’and who need no sympathy. - ‘ * »'
The Carolina Times suggests mojse recreational facilities, more
and better schools, more opportunities for development and self de
termination for Negroes-. Better pay for work done by the Negroes.
When some of these are obtainable we believe the i-ace as a whole
will be less susceptible to “primitive paissions”. *■ ,1
THE Al^TI-LYNCHING BILL
The judiejary committee of the senate has placed its staqip of
approval on the Wagher-Van Nuys ant;i-lyhching bill. The action of
the upper' house automatically brings the matter to the floor of the
senate for a vote which if favorable will make the bill a federal law.
- A most encouraging statement made this week by a democratic
senator says that southern memi)€i-s of the senate will not resort to
the filibuster tactics which have iefeated similar bills heretofore.
The truthfulness of this statement remains yet to be seen. We can
not believe that the sentiment of such men as Josiah Bailey and oth
ers from the South has changed so quickly. It will be remembered
that Senator Bailey was,the leader in ^he filibuster that kilted the
last- anti-lynching bill introduced in the senate, and Senator Bailey
is still a' mi'mber j>f that ju^ust body. However if the biH gets
through the senate without a SBsti^ijied fight from the southern
member* it means that sentiment against lynching in the south has
r«»k;b^ the stage vrhere those fepresrating the states below the Ma-
*on-I>i3roiniiHii do' not have to feel they are traitol^s to the south if
tMey against a bill vrtiich will prohibit the south from
liaving 4'lr^ hand in mob violence.
Oa* thing that has always puzzled us is that most of the mem-
bn* of both housM ot tongre*# -will tell you post emphatically ' that
tlMar are oppoeed to all forms of mob violence^ and yet when a bill
tp Mich lawktssneaa is introduced tb«y always go into a rage
.sbOBt etitfe'e rigbt’s. It appeal's to- us that, if the several southerly
ContiauM ob page «igkt
preparing
an article for the May issue of
Opportunity on a suitable ‘ racial
designation for the sorcalled “Ne
gro” or “Colored” group'-,of the
tJnited Stat«fi^' • »i>- .
I then predicted the^outcome of
the pending stiit and prophesied
that both the local and Supreme
Court would side-step a - judicial
definition. Whatever I said there
was so pertinent to the' issue in
volved that 1 cannot do better
than repeat it h^re.
•IPrior to 1890 the Census Of
fice sought to- subdivide the Ne-
gro group into blln»ifi, miTUft/ipa,
quadroons and octoroons. Subse
quent to that date it found it im
possible to mak^ such sharp dds-
criminations, since these divisions-
fall back upon the resourcefulness
of observation and common sense.
“This august tribunal has pass-
edd on law^ excluding Japanese,
Chinese and Filippinos from be
coming citizens by natttraliz^tion.
In no instance did it set up a defi
nition of what cdsstitiites a Jap
anese, or a Chinese, or a Filippino,
but tdok'the definition for grant
ed.
“Should the, . Supreme Court un
dertake a technical definition of
“race” it must first define a
white ma
some fleecy pink clouds mu*t have
dropped down at *un*et!
■ |Who ha* not drunk of cheny
brandies and cordials made by hi*
m^her from the little, wild, black
cherry, or helped gather the bit
ter-sweet^ n^fple-black frtiit which
formed ^
fashioned hWnerWM^^^P^hat
tired feeliryf;” or made a cherry
extract so often found in doctor's
pre*criptions as a tonic?
Mysterious Whippoorwill
We farmers are always happy
when we see the crops coming
alonip, even though the price may
not be up to oui‘ high hopes. In
springtime our hopes renew again
and expectations burst out in song,
and often we have little tune, ^e
like to see the thunderclouds build
themselves up into k>mes of ala
baster antd lapis laxuli. Then 1
can sit on my porch without blink
ing an eye should a prince in a
chariot suddenly ride out from one
Natioftally Known
Leaders Attend First
Board Of Trade Meet
the Supreme Court of the DUteist ,®5, * PeMheron^ateed. It is now
of Columbia, where white and col
ored schools operate under the
laws of conir^ess. The judgv de^
cided thai a **eolored.
one who, by contact and associa
tion, abides in the racial stattis.
where, on aoeonnt of inter-mixture
of block!, the white man ends ami
the colored man begins. This
would require Inore wisdom than
ran imperceptibly one into the the “nine wise old men” possess,
other, and also sinCe there was no ^ The Supreme iCourt will, in all
definite discriminant or criterion
by which the one could be separat
ed from the other. .
There are 29 states in which
legal distinction exists on account
of race, such as separate citrs, sep
arate schools, and bans on inter
racial marriage. It would be seen,
therefore, how important it is that
there should be a Federal defi
nition of “race” if Taws are to be
based upon'^uch distinStion. Hit
ler will soon be confronted with
the necessity of a legal definition
of Aryan and Jew, »i|ice he has
likelihood, fall back upon the ex
isting definition, based upon hear
say and telltale evidence, as long
as it is woricable.”
However the pending case may
turn out, it is inevitable that
somewhere down jthe road the
Federal judMsry will have to face
an ultimate definition. ^
This nation must eith£i* ai>olish
all distinction and dscrlmination
based on blood composition ot es
tablish a scientifc and legal defi
nition of “race.”
Kelly Hiller.
DOWN ON THE FARIT
By Abe Crosby
Will the farm t(oys and girls 'of
today be the leaders of tomorrow?
Are, they getting "the education
which wilWnable them' to be lead-
ars ? How inany are studying the
science of' farming and modem
homemaking? Do those graduat
ing from our colleges with diplo
mas in these pi^fessibns have the
purpose, ambition, ideals, ,charac-
ter and ruggedness possessed by
their fathers, and mothers?
W'hen I was a student there
were too many boys on the cam
pus, and I contend that the larger
per cenf of,-these were--obt-'-from
the farm, #ho were - among the'
aimlessj unsuccessful or worthless
.^bunch, whose idle talk was about
“killing time,” A professor told
me'"oh'ce that he 3juM-predict a
boy’s later sUticess by hk stride
across the canqfpus. Professor Bos-
hart was almqst right.
The boys and girls who come to
this graduation^, life’s big^^est mo
ment, possessl^ an intagiiiation^
a kind of cultjj^that can.h^^uSed
to do, away with involuntary poy;
erty, - which .would jnwn. iiofng
away\)yith crime, y)ce and a gr.eat
deal of suffering .in' the..v^li for
getting that ijiey ever thought the
world owed them ' a living, can
'themselves (be the gr&iid ccillec
tors^ . ' , ■
The work I’d like to interest you
in most is tlut of htistling iip
your daily bread,' where the Mi
not .be purchased at the expense
of others. "
Out here you will not have to
buy every fragment of bread that
you put in the mouths of your
childraf4o-be ,hy the numberless
privations that may be nee«tsiry
to piroduce your abundance. Out
here you can ^ certain tAat the
bread you grow will belong to you,
yet you’ll grow enough that oth
ers jnay have a j^re, alid that no
one will starve whQe ^ou eat;
'Atop The Cherry Tree
That family is fortunate indeed
in which the mother is first to
see a joke and the father ^ will
climb with his boys up a cherry
ti^e. The appetite for living may
be coaxed giy>w by what it
feeds Upon, until the raotJiOT and
father, laden with responsibilities,
can linger in memories of their
chldhood trials and help their
children to get pleasure in fpllow-
ing their examples.. They would
first le*m,not to comi^in Jfstore
them of tiw things they were not
Mess^jwiwS^'
Most men presume to have In
sight into divitie thin^^, yet they
negleet, as unworthy e^notke, the
human relationship which can be
had best with thdr boys while
atop a cherry tree g:atherin|f that
“home fruit,” requiring more work
to harvest tSian any other fruit.
Our trees ace ornamental, with
their green, satiny ji>rown bark
when the whippoorwill’s cry from
the blackened ridges overwhelms
me with a flood of boyhood mem
ories.
It is in April when the weird,
whistling cry, oi this night bird is
heard in my boyhood communty
iHappy was ! to stand in my win
dow with its wooden shutter open
ed and hear them cry in the dis
tant woods. I found a nest once,
or two eggs, lying on the ground.
Upon going back to look for the
young, to my surprise, .jithe mother
bird carried them away os a moth
er does her kittens.
Since mankind has troubled it
self with "profound speculation
about the Creation,” I wish to of
fer them tlie true origin of the
whippoorwill. It is said that an
E^Sg was the I'esult, out of which
love was hatched; this Primitive-
Bird was the first-born of love and
Chaos;' the gods, the earth, and
all other creatures coming later.
'armi»r owe muah to the birds,-
and especially^ the whippoorwill,
from which we learn the time for
New Orleans,. iLa. June 24-—
(ANiP)—Closing one of the most
aigniitoant and interestii^ three-
day business in*titutes ever con-
lucted in this section of th% coun
try, lical' Negro MtSinesB men and
womqi ■’^■wtond a Soard of
Trade, ‘ W ■ »■ *the
National Negro Business Ijeague,
and immediate steps are being
taken to “further the commercial,
economic, social and civic inter
ests of participating members,’' as
stated in the purpose of the or
ganisation.
The three-day Institute, spon
sored by the YBCCA School of
Commerce on the campus of Dil
lard University, brought to New
Orleans some of the nation’s best
known business leaders. Included
among those who were active par.
ticipants on the prograip were C.
C. Spauldii^, president of the
North Camina Mutual life In-
wiranee Cdimpalfy ahdf president oif
the Merchants’ and Farmers’iBank
of Durham, N. C.; J. B. Blayton,
C. P, A., professor of business ad
ministration, Atlanta University,
and vice-prelldent of the €Sti»e«s
Trust Company of Atlanta $ Asa
Spaulding, actuaty for the North
Carolina MuttMl lAte Insurance
Company, Durham, N. C.; James
A. Jackson, Special Representa
tive, Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey; Albon L. Holsey,
Field Officer, United Stotes De
partment of Agriculture, and exe
cutive secretary of the National
Negro Business League, and Ar
nett Lindsey, formerly of ’Ihe Peo
ples Finance Oorporati^-
Louis, who is iHomotion swretary
of the Atlanta Chamber of Com-
mercev Other business leaden
were present from Georgia and
Florida.
The pirbfram, whleii eom prised
all-day meetings* on Friday and
Saturday, and a public meettng
on Sunday, consisted of seminars
for grocers, g»rmfe and service
station men, undertakers, insur
ance men, and two genlral ses
sions. Hundreds attended.
of Trade took pla^ at the con
clusion of the institute, with W.
H. Mitchell, Jr., exMutixe secre
tary of the TMCAi arta Director
of the YMCA School of Com-
meree, elacted pr^ident. Mr.
Georce MdDemmond, iiCi retary of
the hospitilization plan at Flint
Goodtidge Hospital, wns named
executive secretary.
The local group has -
formed a. awamittM - OA ( ;
The oi^anisation of the Boardj^^Ta hewing,
■-Ml
Here’S that
WAY TO STOP
QUICK
A COLD
B*y«r Aipirin
Drink full «lM* if wAw.
R«pMt tMetmmt In 2
hourt.
If thratf b cnab MM)
Mmelv a Baytr Aapirin
in a hair giaa of
waur and ftrgh accont-
in« t* dinctioM In bm.
planting, shearing and the com
ing of spring.
This evming I listened again
to:
‘'Where d^p and misty shadows
float in forest’s depths is heard
curity of your family and all your'against the ovaX dark - green
amusements and pleasures, wiHleaves, dotted here and there with
Make
tny note like a lost spltit, earth-
bou^d still, art thou, mysterious
whip-poor-will.”
Their
Secure
Almost Instant Relief in lliis Way
The simple method pictured above
is the way doctrfs throughout th«
world now tret' colds.
It is reoogniz«:d as the QUICK
EST. safest, surest way lo treat
« cold. For jit will checji jua ordi
nary cold almost as fast as you
^ught H. "
Ask your doctor. about this.
-And when you buy, see that you
get the real BAYJ% Aspirin
Tablets. They dissrfw aMost
inmtantlv. And thua work alnaosL-
instantly w%en you take them
And for . a a«si«> Genuine
BAYER Aspirin Tablets dissolve
so completdly Uvy leave no irri
tating particM. Get a box of 12
t^l^ts or Jl bottle of 24 or 100 at
any drug stM«.
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Building .&
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OUR 67th SERIES OPENS
JULY 1st
WHETHER IT IS A, HOME XCM NEED., OK A SYSTEMA.
Tie PLAN OF SAVING, WE ARfi PREPARED TO SERVE
YOU. MUTUAL B.UHLPJNQ AND LOAN HAS HELTED
HUNDjREDS OF OTHERS TO REAUZE THEIR LIFE’S- AM-
b11(IONS. you owe IT TO YOUR LOVED ONES TO SE
CURE THEM AGAINST POVERTY AND A DESTITUTE
FUTURE. COME IN_A^D LET US^^EXPLi^lN HOW YOU
CAN DO IT.-- _!
Mutual Building & loan Association
F. L. MeCOY, CHAUUMAN OP THE BOAltD
t. C. SPAULDING, f RES
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