' THE CAROLINA TIMES
IWITH UKIMLIS" «fT. MK. U, M|»
, ANOTBEH MILESTONE FOR N, C. MOTUilL
afinotir.ccncnt last week that the
^txihiut Mutual Lite insurance Com
pany iK-t-n approved tor memberfhip in
thr ?itatrs Cham'irr of CCniiiiPrre v. ill
he TWviitui i>.v frirndt uolicvl.uidrr; vf
thr r^mfi^nv wi«h a frrftt U-al of ^^ti--(artH))i
nil o#er the roition as v.rll ss in Durham. The
X. C.' Miitual is nurham’s tarfrfst hoinr ownrd
finrnrial institution and its contributions to
thf dpvelo|>m**nt ot nuihani are v.cli-knovn
hy a majority of citirenK uf th.s cily, it aat
rfco^ijn! by its Icadinp; bu^inc'S men and
rrernher* nf the local C haiiibtt of ( nuuiu-rce.
*lhe iicfiy of the rntnpniiyV an t [jtrmcf :i> n
’•ntmbrr ot thi* L'. S. I li.unbi r i.i ( mnim'm’
is that it H'»t mi.ilil'y t'cir lui uiiw r-.liip i/i
the 0Ufll.tm .'hLiml>t-i' of t tMnrntTci-. \\'h-ii it
is conailered th.it  . Mutual has as ,ets of
r:)proxi»i*at«l». S/  inilH-in and ha-? tinaiirn!
raillioii* cf dollars worth oi ch^rch»^. ;rh¥)lH,
busiwsa* institutions and homes in the city
cf Durham its worth to the city's economy
CONGRATULATIONS
THE CAROLINA TIMES is happy to con-
je^ulate A&T College that it has now been
accTcditcd by th* Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools. The fact that
the school has been admitted into full nitm-
bcrship in the Association oujht to bring a
great amount of satisfaction to A&T's entire
faculty and student bod>-., Certainly those stu
dents who are awarded their degrees this
year will receive the same recognition as
those graduating from other first-class
schools.
Although the CAROLI'\'.\ I'IMES appreci-
ctek the few words of praise and thaiilm that
have come our way since the announcement of
the accreditation of A&T. we are not iuterest-
in who is or who is not responsible for the
achievement that has come to the school.
Through ttie years this ne\vspai>c«- has been
in tht forefront of every major advaoccment
the racc has made in this state in the fields
of education, politics, employment and other-
wi»e. We have never taken time out to argue
about who or what is responsible for an
achievement. There is too much left to be
accomplished and time ia too short to spend
it arguing about such.
We assumed this attitude wlien our fi,"ht
to stcure Xegro policemen in Charlotte ended
in vjctory, we assn.ned it in the matter of
THESE CBSTRUCTIONIST MUST NOT PREVAIL
cannot easily be overestimated.
That the X, C. Mutual has no repr#:«*ntfition
in the Durham Chambef of Commefre appears
to Us to !)»“ more of a '•'‘flection ni the latter
than on th« former. We are satisfied that
withio the home office staff of X. C. Mutual
there are a doxeft of mute jtetsons who cotiVd
well qualify for itiemhershi^) in the local
onjaniaation. Their only troiUjle it thfy werr
l)orn on the wron® 8i«le pi the railroad track.
We consrratiilate X. C. Mnlitat Wfe In
surance Company for the singular Ixmor ^hat
has come to it, W'c ate satisfied that it. Ulfi-
lials will ni:ike the niosl of il^ ntt-tnberslifp in
llif r. S. (■hanibcr'tif Ctdnujerce and thi«t all
of Durham \vill bectjute the heit^ficlarifs ■ of
its membership in such art outstandiitg 6tgani-
zation. It is with priije tl^t Ihr C'\ROI,lNV'\
Tl.MKS point's 1o X. C. Mutual's achi*v«me»t
of another mitestdne in it»mo.re tkap Aydars
of development ahd growth.
TO A&T COLLIE
the etpializatton of teachers' Aae-ties in
Carolina; we assumed it in the oi
Xegroes to the* gradiM|l« and un.d*tffr«litste
schools at the University of j!)|ofth C%foUna:
we assumed it in the matter of Nejgfoei regis
tering’ and voting freely ill tfcis state aha in
other achievements. We ^ll' not take time
out to brag or hoa«t abi^ t|i>e *job wt are
endeavoring to do tor thf race and its unbotti
generations. We have the full satisfaction of
.knowing in our heart of hearts that we itave
done our be.st with a httle, at great sacrifice
am! more often without ^veti a,\vord of thanks
from those who have benefjtted most from
our efforts. This we know the lot/of the
crusader and it is the way we have chu,seii. We
are glad to suffer for the cause. |
l’'rankly we do not fe#l tlvit *ny on« por-
son or group of persoft* is fesponsililf for
the accreditation of A&T hy. the Southern
Association of Colleges ar»d Sfefcpiidarj.Schools,
We rather think the achievetment is th re
sult of many factors each working in its own
way, for the same objective. \Vhoevef or
whatever i.s the cause or ffasciu is imrhaterial.
What is important i» t)rWt A&T College now
ha> full membership irt the SQitthern Assfltia-
tion of Colleges and Sifcondafv Sfkool*
that achievement we an^ain tptipratUlaJ.i* the
president, the faculty .aad the’student bady.
Persecytion o( a School
Most Ameticami k»ok hack up-
ot> . Te9oew«c’s, fananlis S«ope.s
tnVi in 1B29 with either shame
of a sense of Incredulity. Jrthn
T. Scope.s was fined flOO for
Mte!ating a slate Uw ar^ainst
tUc teaching of evolution. 'I'hc
law and the lliutiiigs oi gUiWy
reilieutc awl imUjSiui-
tins down l^ooeswe.
Now local aHlliorllic.'?, egCd
oil l)y' the slate’, seem uliout to
presetit' a similar drama. The
ilighlander Folk Sphsol t3 hcin;;
liarassel by the sta^ and local
autkofiUea ap4 au effort is he-
ln! raaje to ,tvdEC it* elnarte.-.
. The M.itool, localfld at Mont-
tagle, ,.has been harried In aia*.iy
of its 27 y^frt. Members of all
races have Kollfc to It for short
'pefioUs ta joih adult aducutloii
(Uacusaion Elfotips, til jitudy, to
fiiul |Uidanee in thr^ work.
Highlander has a. traded men,
and women from ovkr the world
-r teac|iCrs, poetg, mu, clans,
^hlloaophers. It his an hiterna-
tlonal reputation and has h^en
viaited by,Qutstaiiding leaders In
miny fields.
But Hlshlandtr has violated
the code of the south—it is a
eotuve of Heb and solace for
mafiy N’a^roes as wall as whiles,
For this “'crime” TenneifSej
authorities have rnade Highland-
er.’s Ufe difficult. The legislattire
haa investigated it. It has bec;n
charged with heins Communiat.
It has been called a- den/of vice.
But 00 charges could be proved
—fcecause they weren’t true. M».
jpt state new.spap^rs 4i«ve de
fended the "Chool.
I.ast July state froop,i *nd
sheriff’s (hputies raidtd Ihe
stkMMil tmd scarelMe4l >1. They at-
rested personnel, inclHdtiu;
Beiitiina Clark, directse>|.
ucatlon and oi>e of the cojwiti-y's
oulstaading Mafiro wom»m^ an
liquor and drunkenness to re^
.sisting officers. The charges wire
all trumped up.
Thi.'. was, slrtwn when , thh
state—to the eovinly appi^opri-
|tly iiu>»ed Grundy ■*“ hrou^fct
action to revvke tl^
charter. The court would send
to the jury only one charge —-
lliat Myles Horton. th« schools
president and founder, ran (he
institution for his own private
gain. The jury su.staineil the
charge. This in spite ot the fact
that for years Horton drew no
salary and even now gets only
$9,000 a year, a salary that prom
inent educators te.stified was far
below what the po.5t should pay.
Now it is up to the court to de
cide whether Highlander’s char
ter should be revoked on such
flimsy grouttda. But iMhady
footed by the case or the finding
Tiiere is only one thins at issue,
and everyone knows it:
Highlander serves Negro and
white students together on an
integrated and equal basis. That
is the "crime”. It is for th«t that
Highlander is being persecuted,
cuted.
—Milwaukee Journal
SPIBITUAL INSIGHT
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
HEALTH HINTS
like Barnabas, We Must Be
Rfady to Offer Second Cliance
IS THE /WWEBlfM^ IfXJION CLEANUP HtiVSpT
* ■ ■ ■' ■’ nil American soldiers. Hi *ars fmighl to pr»-
serve our way of life, kttjevv ,no fa^f or color.
When the Legion in any part of t|w United
.Elates pennits q'policy of Jlscrim*iiation it
is practical!)' committing an act of treason.
Tie announcement ^"^last \veel:* that the
American Legion had expelled the -10 and 8,
fun-loving affiliate, because of its discrimina-
"'ry policy of barring non-white members,
although coming belatedly, is certainly as it
should be. The American Legion is supposed
to Inc an organization composed gf ex-seryice-
m^and any portion or part of it that bars an
cX-soldipr op account of his color or race is
about as un-American as it is passible to be.
What is surprising lo thi-> newspaper is
that the 'Legion let the 40 and 8 get away
with its discriminatory practice as loiig as it
did. fspecially in northern and western states
where, in mojt instances, there are laws pro
hibiting discrimination on account oi race*.
Now. If the..organization will clean up its
sotithern wing and stop forcing Xegro ex-
set’vicemtn to maintain a separate branch of
thi organization we w'ill he glad to add our
voice to inviting the Legion to join the Union.
Cttteinly the bullets and hardships faced by
On several occasiona have called the at
tention af our readers to the fact that during
itit annital convantiona the Nxitth Caioliua
branch of the Americatj Legion discrimmates
against Xegro ex-.s«rvicemen hy ftucing them"^
to become ineml)iPr.i of a segregated imit. Al
though the Negto unit l.^ jiefmitted to hold
its annual sessions in the' satne city and at the
same time, its memhers are required to hold
their meetings in a different building. If the
American Legiort has deddetj to clean hoine
it should not stop with the 40 $nl 8. but it
should expel its soiitherh witig fot ifs jim
crow policy. To expIt} onJ^ wit-hout .the othet
/ is like sweefing.,dirt undir fhfe rug and fle-
claring the house clean therpaftef.
"Barnab** taok Mark with Him
. . Ac* »S!3».
Mark had let Paul,an(} Bai^^
bas down when they needed nfm
ofi an important mission. But Bar-
itatias out of his big-hear(ed, Jgra-
(flaus Christian spirit wa.s rladW
and! WtlUiig to five him aamhea
chance. Paul, however, was un-
wIIAm to truat Mark and givp'
hinf anMher chance. Thi)s| Paul
choee SMas for the next, impor
tant wisslonarj- journey.
Barnahas’ attitude of rpdiness.
to feWe a second chapcp to tho
one that had failed hiln came
D^ajer lo the true raesping of
the Christian spirit. The' true
genius of the Christian religion
,is that God in Christ fhe Savior
has 'SsveR us sinners ■a' second
chance.'
our failures God has giv’eni
us all a secind chance. Without
thali second chance we aJI would
be lost. God in the abundance
of liii love hblds out to us in our
unworthiness and weakness a
lecood ehince. So Barnabas here
reveals the Wondrous lieavity of
the (;hristian spirit. Mark had
let them down when they nesdei
him in the strugsle oT tlic {;reat
Christian mission. And yet, Bar
nabas, in love and understand
ing, was ready to give llie yoan.-;'
inun a second chance.
Let us not be too iiasty to
close the door ot opportunity in
the’ face of one wlio has made
one i failure. The love of God
gives faltcrifig, failing and blun
dering sinhers a .oecond’ chance.
Ofie failure is not Siuffic.ent
grounds foi' Ihe denial of a soc-
und chance to imperfect and sin
ful human bfiags. A true Chris
tian should hs ever ready to offer
that sccond chance to human- be-
ufltl Kin. Who amons the mo.it
sainily have not failed Christ .in
some rciipect? We all “Have
sinniid and fallen .short of the
glbry of God . . . ”‘t1uis, let us
guaW again*t being too hasty in
the denial of a second chance to
oiie who has failed in some re
spect.
We fail God miserably. God
holds the door open for our re
turn to. the fold for a second
chancc. The parsble of the Prodi
gal Son beautifully tells how
God in love^and mercy wails for
us in our failures to give us an-
o.her cliance.
The l-ov^ of God overlooks our
failures «md is emt r^eady to-'glVe
uj a isccond chance. God's love
•overlooks our failures. Gol’s
lovo forgets about our unlovelir.
ness. Divine love overlooks our
{’revious sins, faults and failures;
and it stands ready to give tis a
second chance. Barnabas’ beaut,I-
ful spirit of the 'second chance
v/as jusiified. It was this same
M.nrh nf the second chance that
wrote the Otfspel record which
besi's his name. Then let us not
be too hasty to deny a sinful
human being a setind chance.
Always remember that God
loved US and sent Hi* Son to
save us that we might hitve a
second chance.
Ey ELDEi L. BROWN, O.C.
Ovarwaiaht
Lopsided diets, which are high
io calories derived from starches,
svgare, and fats, but deficient in
eisential vitamins, produce over
weight bodies which are actually
undernourished. This is the great
American dietary error. We think
In terms qf mashed potatoes
with bread and butter on the
side, buttered corn, and sweet
rolls.
The balanced diet for proper
nutrition includes green, leafy
vegetables, the yellow roots, such
as carrots, the rich vitamin con
tent in fruits, especially citrus.
These provide ascorbic acid (vita
min C) and other vitamins which
provide calories without adding
much weight.*The palcium the
body needs is provided in lAflk,
. ckeese, and eggs.
Those who can enjoy raw veg
etables — cabbage, carrots, let
tuce, peppers, and onions get
more vitamins to' the ounce.
These {onds also discourage con
stipation. (Jalorie needs vary ac
cording to age, sex, body size,
and extent of activity.
Nature of work and personality
are also factors. Inlenst* nervous
personalities require as many
calories doing sedentary work as
a laborer.
Cheating the boily of the vi(al
protective vitamin.s. 'and ignor
ing the need for balanced diet,
is the dietary delinquency of
many people. It isn’t overeating
that’s bad, but overeating the
wrong foods. This country eats
more sweets per capita than any
other. If this overcharge of
sugars and fats were stopped,
and the money spent on fresh
fruit and vegetables, many peo
ple vvould be healthier, slimmer
and happier.
Free Wlieeling
Ufe and Tlitieji of John Brown—I
THEY MARCH FOR FREEDO;^JN SOUTH CAROUNA
The plans of the Ministerial Alliance oi
Gretnville, South Carolina, and the Commit
tee On Racil Ejuality. CORF., cf that city,
to march on thf Greenville Airpoit, January
1. 1960, in the form of a “Praye.'-Pilgrimage,''
to protMt the airport’f segregated policy
should «eceive the unqualified support of
evtrj' reipectable citizen in South Carolina,
both Negro and white. Because the airport
is located in a state where white supremacy
•s worshipped more than God Almighty does
not mean that the federal government, w'hich
furnishes most of the financial support for sill
:he airports in this country, has a right to sur
render to the gods of w'hite supremacy and
spend all the peoples money the way the wnt-
(hippers of such an idol want it sjient.
According to a j:ory published in last
week’s issue of th^- CAKOLIXA TIMES,
tk
yi*U*ed every
time0
urday at Durham, N. D.
bf United PuMiahera, Inc.
• I- E. AUSTIN, Preri^nt
AlfKfn B. HAST, Aaaiatant to the Publiabar
{ IL B. MHN60N, Controller
JIMM Mkc located at 4M E. Pettigrew St
N«r*ii Caralioa
. claat nutler at the Poit Oflka
C^oliaa. upd«r *Jia Act of
a. 187«.
iJtmVSAM.
OinCB
TL BR §4909
Jackie Robinson anl other prominent iifficjals
of the Xational Association for the Advabre-
ment of Colored Pi^ople, w^rri asktd to use
the “Colored" watting room when Robinson
flev.' to Greenville to attend'a mffting h^ld
held there by tht local bf3(ic% of the l^AACP.
Members of the Ministerial ,\Uioi»ce and
CORE feel that the tirne has come to give
' some expressioit of their opposition to the >im
crow policy of Ihe airport and they have se
lected a “Prayer Pilgrimage” as a means of
doing so. Their efforts to have 5.000 persom»
march on the airport, go inside, read a reso
lution after prayer and then leave, we trust,
will receive the full support of the lover* xif
human dignity Jn South Carahna to the ex
tent that the nntnbcr desired for the march
will not fall short.
It is a most encouraging sign when the
'lergy of the rjce takes the lead in efforts
to advance the cause of tlie freedom of their,
people as well at their .\piritilal life. Both are
so closely allied until it is hardly possible to
have one succeisfully without the other. It
is our firm belief thtkt one who feels he has
the respect of his feltowmen can worship
God better than 6ne tvho doei fiot. The march
on the Greenville Airport should mean as
much to the tvhite people of that city as it
does to the Xegro citizens, in that it will focus
their attention on th» fad that they are in-
dutgitig in the sin of white supremacy or the
i^a thM GocThaa ot>e heifiy |food
enough to insult anothtt becausa of hi$ racc
or color.
The Old Martyr Was Aware of the Meaning That
His Sacrifice Had For the Institution of Slavery
^By VfRIION JOHN*,»
.The centennial of John BroWh’,s
execution in Virginia oit Deeem-
btr. 2 came ,and wa'nt unwept,
tratwmored antt' unsun’g by the
riat majority nf his colored
b^neficlariqs.
On tha evening of the third,
Me. hundred years ago, the body
oi the old martyr lo the cause
of hTsIrd freedom reached Phila-
delpliia and thl> Honorable Ma^or
Mr. Oavls refused to lat it stop
tor necessary attention frog;i, a
aaortleUM. ' *
On this same evening one bun-
(kedi y«ar* later, we attended the
C4lebr*tioin of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the oldest Negto
news^aiKr. It was a tremen^a
occasion. A Itu-ge auditorium was
unahle tq accommodate the pVo-
We and the program was tuperb.
But not by advance arrangement
c«tuM we get a mere memorial
announceioent that old Brewn
was here h century ago tonight.
’The mention of him was as
unimportant ta the Negro cel*-
hr«tio«—DMewber 8,
the bold hero’s corpse was offen
sive to the while mayor af Phila-
deltXila December 3, IMO.
(t did not oecur to' the cele-
hnjnto that tlMir fine newsfia^
caoWfi^w thfe -
iQu^l of a free people in*lB84
txsifi for iQim irowQ’i mU
S8cr,ificial death in 1859.'
When John Hi-own wa? hanged
, the heaven damned, 'hell sus
tained insHlullen of Negro slav
ery was two hundred and forty
years’old. It was the wor.'jt form
of human slavery ever known
within the period of history. Un
der the slave systems of Greece
and Rome for instance, a slave
might be a scholar, a philoso
pher. Epictetus was a slave. Un
der the American .system, a slave
on pain of death had to accept
the status of complete personal
degradation. A Negro father who
_ rc.ised his hand to prevent the
murder or rape of h.'s cliild by
a white man, committed a capi
tal pffcnse. A Negro girl who
, meredy ran to preserve her vir
tue, would be set upon by a pack
of blood haunds and torn to
shreds amid the sport and hila
rity of her captors. What should
a Negro girl want with virtue
A White' colonel who fought at
the first battle of Bull Run
whipped his adolescent colored
daughter to death immediately
before leaving home because she
refused to assuage his lust.
When Brown was hanged, slav
ery was not only ' 240 years old
but was ge.^ting worse. Was that
^^rfiVly jpp.wible? Only in exteod-
^BiHtrtTfcnchlHg itB^ - A*
dUeaaed infamy could not wor-
for Uto«e ajready afflicted,
but it was reaching out for pe^
petyity in time and universality
in extent.
A Senate committee adopted a
resolution for an ameailmant
which ^auld make any future
legi.slation to end sjavery Im
possible. (hush your mouth!) John
Calhoun had boasted that one
day he would call the roll of his
‘ ulaves at the foot of the Bunker
Hill monument.
The morning after Brown was
hanged a social prophet in Mas
sachusetts entered in his journal,
"The emancipation of the slave
is nearer by a hundred years.”
Victor Hugo in exile wrote, “They
hanged African slavery with John
lirown. llis death will tear the
North and South apart.”
In less than two years the
northern armies were in the
south and as they marched^hcy
sang, “John Brown’s body
a’molding in the day. Ilia s4ul
is marching on.” in six years
after his execution all alaves
were free!
John Brown also saw this de
nouncement. Listening to a com
mittee thql came to arrange a
jail delivery he said when th^y
were through, “I would not leave
this prison if the doors were
left wide open and ung]ji|rded. 1
-*m tnore g*»d W caus* by
han(',ing now than an^r otlw
way.”
•y BtLt CKOWll.tr--
OLDIES ... To many young
drivers today the idea of a
world without cars is something
fantastic. Yet there are plenty
of adults who remember, and
well, Ihe early clattering, smok
ing “horseless carriages” that
meandered down Main Street,
frightening children and horses
as they Weiit. Motoring then was
a fad and actively disliked hjf
citizens just before the turn of
the century.
Auto.s had ta sell Ihemselves;
they actually had to he pushed
into the homes of millions of
American people and only a
handful of thii hundreds of early
car builders have survived.
Pioneers like Henry Ford, Ran-
lom Olds, David D. Buick, the
Stiidebaker and the Dodge hcoth-
«rs, James Ward Packard, Wa^
ler Chrysler,, (Charles Nash, Louis
and Gallon Chevrolet made the
grade, but for every one that
succeeded a hundred failed.
Within the past few years even
Nash and Packard have disapear
ed.
In the salad days of the auto
Industry there was no such thing
as in.stallmant buying, ^he pros
pective customer^ wds forced to
send in a heavy down payment
with his order. When the car
was ship^d, it was accompanied
by a sight draft against the bill
qf lading, and the balance hod
to he paid on delivery. Tltat ar
rangement served several impor
tant purposes. It provided work
ing capital fw struSgVng manu
facturers, it gave aasurance that
the car woiuld atay sold, it cut
selling costs and eliminated bad
For those who aucceedei. auto
building came t« mean contin
uous experimenting. 4evelopino,
devising—and risk.
. Such a man was James Ward
Packard, in IMQ h« apfiroached
auto maker AlcxaMtot Winton
with a complaint. Packard had
pureba.'tt‘d“one of fhe first Wih-
ton-built automobile and oo the
way home it had broken down,
lie made several .suggestions as
te ho'iv the machines could be am-
proved, whereupon Winton ir
ritably snapped back, “If you're
so smart. Mr. Packard, why don’t
you make a car for yourself?”
Packard replied, “I think I
will.” And he went home and
made one.
The first Packard auto rolled
nut in 1809. It developed 12
horse power and had three for
ward speeds and one reverse,
which was considered a great
innovation at that time.
It was Packard who also nwd«
au unconscious contribution ta
his company’s sales premotioQ
efforts. A letter came one day
requesting some .sales literature.
Since none existed, Packard in-
itructert his elerk to “Tell him
lie'll have to ask the man. that
«Wn one.”
SUDDEN THAWT. . . When a
driver’s “feeling his oafs, “it’a
darn sure he’ll show no horia
lense.
COST. . . .The playing area of
a football field measures 300 feet
by 160 feet. United States cur
rency measures about ’ 2-5/8
Inches by 0-1/B inches. ,
So visualize a football field
completely covered with a layer
of one dollars bills and then in
succcssion layers of two dollar
bills, fives, tens„ tweivtys.' fiftya
and hundreds—with an extra 30
one hundred hill scattered along
the sidliif^s. Now on tqp Oif these
seven layers of currency and
scattered bills, dump 1705 tons
uf silver dollars. What you have
is the economic loss from traffic..
accidents suffered in North Caro
lina during 19S8. And this year’s
total will be oven hi’gher!
THANX .. Jiggs Powefs, ad- '
itor of the Whil«ville Naws-Be-
porter reports State Highway P«
trel public relations hilUag on
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remanded to sUve^7 ip the |V^
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