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I PAGE EIGHT thet:arolina times Saturday, june 27,1953 -Cattiolics- (Continued from Page One) ^Icial organ of the dioceae. Repoirts to the TIMES this wr-ek from Fayetteville, Aslievilte, Winston-S a 1 e m, Greensboro, Raleigh and Dur ham were to the effect that re action to the letter was calm, and that, for the most part, without adverse comment. Gene ral comment on the letter was that it simply re-states the long standing policy of the church. The Bishop’s letter itself pointed out that segregation was never a p»olicy of the Raleigh diocese. "In North Carolina until a few years ago there were no special Catholic churches lor colored people, and all Catho lics worshipped together irre spective of race.” He went on to say that the establishment of special church es in Negro sections was merely to “give impetus to the mission ary work among colored people.'’ The Bishop’s letter was heart ening news to Negro Catholics In North Carolina, and to many protestants who hope that the order might give impetus to a similar move in their churches. One high official of a Presby terian Church in the State, on reading of the order, commented that “it is a good thing, Some thing long needed. I hope my church will soon foUow its lead.” The Bishop’s letter, printed in the North Carolina Catholic un der the title, “Pastoral Letter of His Excellency to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Raleigh,” was written under the date of June 12. It read in part: “The celebration of the great feast of the Sacred Heart, the Patronal Feast of Our Cathe dral, gives me occasion to write this letter to the clergy and laity of our Diocese. "In the Diocese of Raleigh, we fight only one enemy, the arch enemy of God...He knows wherein lies the strength of the Church. Whether in the entirec world, in a nation, in a Diocese or in a Parish, ‘Divide and Con quer’ has always been his plan. Divide...the Xpostle from Christ and from each other. Divide the faithful from the Apostles or from their priests. Divide the faithful from each other. ’Thus divide and separated in Faith and Communion they l>ecome an easy prey, individually or in groups, for all the other wiles of the enemy; confusion in faith and morals and eternal death is the outcome. Vance Edward Wilson, Jr., two-year-old son of Mr. and IWrii. Vance E, Wilson of Spring Lake, was first prixe winner of a recent fund-rais- ing campaign sponsored by Bethel A. M. E. Zion Church. Funds are being raised for a- church reereatlon building, which is now under construc tion. for the establishment of special churches and schools in some sections of the Diocese for them. Did this mean that the Church was abandoning her century old teachings of *one fold and one shepherd’, or that Negroes were thereby forbidden to worship in any Catholic Church in the Diocese except those for color ed? By no means. It meant that therte was no division except but merely that special attention was given to a few, and all Ca tholics still had the rights and priveleges of worshipping God together, as everywhere in the Catholic Church. “To be assured that this was understood entirely by all fca tholics and enforced by all pas tors, we wrote a letter clearly defining this teaching two years and a half ago on January 29, 1951...The same teaching has been reiterated in our letters of February 9 and May 18 of the present year.” “The arch enemy of the Church does not appear in per son. That would frighten those he wishes to deceive. He uses the ‘spirit of the world’, an in dependent spirit to deceive... “The enemy of God and the Church, and of mankind itself uses the ‘spirit of division’ to break...the unity of the Mystical Body of Christ. He uses tradi tional hatrieds of nations, of races, of classes, of minorities, of majorities, of localities, of material possessions or the need of them, to foment his divisions among men. This spirit is be hind all anti-semitism, all racial tensions, all capital-labor fric tion, all rural-urban disputes or any other religious hatreds which have been allowed to spring up and grow in the human heart. “The Catholic Church has been meeting and solving such problems as an attack upon itd bodily unity ever since the day of Pentecost when men from all nations first heard the word of God from the mouth of the Apostles. In that first Catholic crowd were more men of othei' nations than the few white ‘strangers from Rome.’ The The Church calls itaelf Catholic today because it is Catholic, still has more people of colored skin in its one communion than those who call themselves Cau casian. “Christ the Good Shepard taught ‘there shall be one fold and one shepherd.' (John: 10, 16) What do we mean one fold; one flock of sheep? Do we mean a few sheep here and a few scattered there, or do we mean all tmited in one body? Can there be division in the Church of God? Can we divide a living body and keep the parts living? No. Neither can we di vide the Mystical Pody of Christ, the Church. “In North Carolina until a few years ago there were no special Catholic Churches for uur colored people, and all Ca tholics wor^ipped God together irrespective of race. In order to give a special impetus to the missionary work among the colored people, former bishops of Raleigh contracted Vrith va rious religious communities of men and women for specialized work among these people and (The following paragraph of the letter was printed in large! bold type as it appeared in the North Carolina Catholic.) ‘Therefore, so that in the future there can be no misunder standing on the part of anyone, let me state here as emphatically as 1 can: There is no segregation of races to be tolerated in any Catholic Church in the Diocese of Raleigh. The pastors are char ged with the carrying out of this teaching and shall tolerate nothing to the contrary. Other- wisCj all special chiircl^s for Negroes will be abolished im mediately as lending weight to the false notion that the Catholic Church, The Mystical Body of Christ, is divided. Equal rights are accorded, therefore, to every race and nationality, as is proper in any Catholic Church, and within the Church building it self everyone is given the pri vilege to sit or kneel wherever he desires and to approach the Sacraments without any regard to race or nationality. This doc trine is to be fully explained to each convert who enters the church from henceforth in the Diocese of Raleigh. “I am not immindful, as a Southerner, of the force of this virus of prejudice among some persons in the South; as well as in the North. I know however, that there is a cure for this vi rus, and that is our Faith. Many southern boys facing death to gether in the trenches will bear me out. I revolt against our children being infected with this virus, when men and womeii of good-will everywhere can preserve them from it The virus will not die out of itself, it has to be killed by being exposed to the light of Faith. “The Church do^ not propose tolerance, which is negative but love, which is positive. U Christ said love your enemies, we certainly can love our friends. These are our friends and members of our own body, the Church. It is our duty aa Christians of the early days not only to love them but to serve them, to help them. We need to help them get better education al facilities, better opportunities for ciUture, better living con ditions, better jobs, better pay, better homes and families, bet ter civic representation and bet ter friendliness in the conunimi- ty, and all of this pre-supposes the right to worship God freely with us in the Church anywhere. “As pastor of your souls, I am happy to take the req^onsl- bility for any evil which might result from different races wor shipping God together, but would be unwilling to tiike Ute remwnsibiUty of those who re fuse to worship God with a per son of another race. “Now at least with more con fidence I shall be able to face the judgement spoken of in the Book at Wisdom, Chap. 6, v. 4-8. people, and that please your selves in a multitude of nations; 'Give car you that rule the For power is given to you by the Lord and strength by the Most High Who will examine your works and search out your thoughts; Because being minis ters of His Kingdom you have not judged rightly, nor kept tl)e law of justice, nor walked ac cording to the will of God Horribly and speedily will He appear before you; for a most severe judgement shall be for them that bear rule. For to him that is little mercy granted but the mighty shall be mjghtily tormented. For God will not ac cept any man’s person, neither will he stand in awe of any man’s greatness; For He made the little and the great and hath care of all.!” This letter was signed: “Sincerely in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of Raleigh.” (Continued from Page One) warrants in Municipal Court, charging her with larceny and embezzlement of $1,285 and $1,- 000 in association money. Both cases, the action sought by Mrs. Medford, and the one against her sought by Jones and Cathey, were scheduled for trial Tuesday. Jones was quoted as saying that Mrs. Medford’s action in seeking custody of the books and records of the organization “an attempt to get the books to cover up.” Early this week, he had not surrendered them. Mrs. Medford’s action, in ad dition to seeking custody of the association’s records, also seeks to restrain the defendants from hindering the association’s plans to obtain a lease on the Winston- Salem fair grounds for a fair this Fall. Mrs. Medford claims she is the majority stockholder of the or ganization and its president. Jones, on the other hand, denies that she is president. He admit ted that she is the major stock holder of the association, having inherited a majority of the stock from the estate of a previous husband, C. H. Jones, who had served as the association presi dent prior to his death. But secretary Jones insisted that Mrs. Medford is not an of ficer of the association or was ever named to that position Since the former president’s death, the position has been va cant, he stated. He and Cathey, he is reported as saying, have been “personally responsible'^ to the Winston-Sa- lem foundation for the lease on the fairgrounds for annual as sociation fairs in recent years. According to Jones, Mrs. Med ford attempted several weeks ago to effect a lease for the ast sociation and was refused “un less it was cleared with us.” The warrants issued by Jones and Cathey against Mrs. Med ford charge her with taking |I,- 285 directly from association funds Octot>er 18 and that she received $1,000 more from carni val concessionaires which she re fused to turn over to the spon soring fair group. It was not made clear whether the present secretary of the as sociation, W. A. Jones, co plaintiff in the embezzlement warrants against Mrs. Medford, was related to the association’s late president, C. H. Jones, who is a former husband* of Mrs. rolled In universities in nine Southern states and litigation over the admission of Negroes pending in five others. He said' the NAACP will seek to try to increase the number of Negro voters in the southern and bord er states. “The myth of white spremacy is crumbling, but has not been crushed,” White said. “Unless America can now show its good faith toward the j Negro,” he continued, “the coun-1 try stands to lose support from the dark-skinned countries of the world. People in these countries are skeptical because what they have heard about treatment of Negroes.” In revealing to newsmen that housing will be the object of the NAACP’s anti-segregation drive next year, Marshall s^id, “We consider segregated housing as the nub of the whole Iproblem, because unless people are allowed to live to gether, there’s ne use being concerned . with the other problems.” The drive will also include four other fields, Marshall re vealed. These are education, transportation, employment and public accommodations. He said that the NAACP WOULD EN TER Interstate Commerce Com mission proceedings within a month against Southern rail roads and southern railroad stations which employ segrega tion in railway cars and waiting rooms. lorongl months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Scarborough of 308 West Enterprise Street of Durham, was adjuded win ner in a baby contest held at Mount Vernon Baptist Church recently. ’The parents wer(S elated at having their daugh ter named winner in the con test.—Staff Photo by STAN- BACK. -Jobs- Medford. -NAACP- (Continued from Page One) this new, total Integration ap proach in its struggle to gain equality for America’s minori ties. Most visible proof that this approach is not exactly new can be seen In the school suits now in the hands of the Supreme Court. ’The NAACP has argued, not for the estab lishment of equal schools for Negroes In these cases, but fw the abolition of segregation in public education. Housing, public and private, will be the next year’s objects of the NAACP drive to eliminate segregation. Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel for the NAACP and noted civils rights lawyer, told newsmen that the organization will emphasize elimination of segregation in public and private housing in its 1953-54 campaign on the local level. Nearly one thousand delegates from branches all over the coim- try were expected to be on hand for the convention, scheduled to have opened on Tuesday. In its first against segregation in education. White reported that there are 2,000 Negroes en- (Continued from Page One) jobs by the economy moves of the new administration. There is a popular ditty mak ing the- rounds in Washington among Negro government work ers who have lost or stand to loose their jobs. Part of it goes, “have you t>een caught by the FBI, FBI meaning in this case ‘Fired By Ike.” There has been an open movement in this city since the first few days of the new Republican administration on the part of government work ers to seek out new employ ment. Some keptlcs predict that the city stands to lose an apprpzimated 25,000 Negroes when the Job “pruning” is completed. In the latest disclosure that the new administration may be ousting federal job holders, it is estimated that some 134,000 jobs will be affected. Young told newsmen this week that 66,000 of these jobs are in the United States and the reipaining 68,000 are overseas. He added that he had no idea of how many might eventually be removed of the 134,000 but estimated that possibly 8,000 may be let out soon. It is believed that industry and the other services may absorb quickly a large portion of the whites who lose their jobs this way, but it was pointed out that it will be very difficult for the displaced Negro government em ployees to find places for them selves in industry. Survey Slated Of "Y" Service ASHEVILLE Representatives of the Central and branch YW and YWCA’s, the United Fund, the pity gov ernment and the community-at- large, both Negro and white, met last week to consider a survey to made of the needs of the Market Street Branch YMCA and the Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA. Also at the meeting was George Bottomley of the Na tional YMCA staff who will assist in the survey of the two agencies. Although the survey is in the Everybody was welcome at open house observed by the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company last Tues day as baby Boyd, (center): shown gestiuclating at photo grapher, show. These women were enjoying some of the favors the company offered as it showed off new addition to its home office in Durham. Shown above al%, laft to right, Mrs. Mary Saunders, Mrs. I. R. Spaulding, Mrs. Pearl Spearman, young Edward Roy al Boyd, his mother, Mrs. Ruth Annette Boyd, and Miss Cleo Russell. preliminary stage, it is. known that it will give consideration to the possibility of . erecting a joint YW-YMCA. The city has tentatively offered the old Ash land Avenue School property as a site should the survey prove it suitable. The survey is expected to be completed in about two months. Such a study was first pro posed last year in a budget con ference of the United Fund with the Market Street Branch YMCA. Because of the condition and location of the Market Street Branch Y facility, the United Fund postponed granting the full amount of the Y’s re quest pending-a survey. Since that time, the possibility of a new branch PWCA in another location came into the picture as a result of the YW’s property. In its report preceding the first United Appeal Campaign, the United Fund described the present facilities of the Mar ket Street T as being in a “de plorable condition” and ex pressed "great doubts if the Market Street location is at all suitable for the work of -Mom-Son- / (Continued from Page One) Harris tried to serve the war rants at the Glenn residence, he was knocked unconscious and his pistol taken from his holster. -Undertakers- (Continued from Page One) Ridge Mountains. The state association voted to hold its 1954 meeting in Wil mington. NNPA- (Continued from Page One) services that are currently in demand, make changes In'step with changes about us, we shall soon outlive our useful ness and wind up as monu ments of a past period, glori ous perhaps, but long gone.” Other officers elected ai the meeting, in addition to Murphy, COLLEGE VIEW DRIVE-IN Apex Road Adm.-50c 2 mmS AT 8 & 10 TUESDAY, JUNE 30 Greatest Religious Drama Ever Filmed Samson & Delilah ... STMRING . . .' * VICTOR MATURE *HEDY LAMARR * GEORGE SANDERS Sponsored By The Religious Organization Of Mount Vernon Baptist Church were Carter Wesley, Houston In former,- vice-president; William O. Walker, Cleveland Call and Post, secretary; and Mrs. Nannie Mitchell Turner, Saint Louis Argus, treasurer. Named to the executive botrd along with Wilmincton'* Jer- vay, were John H. bengstaoke, Chicago Defender, and Mrs. Robert Vann, Pittsburgh Cour ier. NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM COUNTY IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Mechanics and Farmers Bknk, Administrator of Fletcher Har ris, deceased. Petitioner -vs- NOTICE Jessie Thomas Harris and wife, Rebecca Harris, Hattie Harris White and husband, David White, Laroy Harris and wife, Clara Harris, Mary Emma Har ris Bailey and husband, Qennie Bailey and Issac Harris, Single, Defendants, ■ and all other un known persons in esse or not esse who are or maybe heirs at law and next of kin of Fletcher Harris, deceased, having an in terest of said land. THE defendants,- Hattie Harris White and husband, ’Da vid White, Leroy Harris and wife, Clara Harris, Mary Emma Harris Bailey and husband, Ben nie Bailey, Isaac Harris, single, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Durham County, North Caro lina, to sell the lands of Fletcher Harris deceased, for a*fet5; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are re quired to appear at the Office of thd Clerk of the Superior Court of said County in the Courthouse in Durham, North Carolina, on or before ten days after the 27 day of Jtily, 1958, and answer or demtu: to the pe tition in said action, or the pe titioner will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said petition. This 27 day of June, 1988. Signed; Jas R. Stone ' Asst. Clerk of Su perior Court, Dur ham County, North Carolina June 27, July 4, 11, 18 - SPECIAL- GARBAGE CANS D Galkr - Wllli lid $2.88 PUBLIC HARDWARE COMPANY 111-E. PARRISH ST. 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