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THE CAROLINA TIMES PAM >—"TH« TItUTM UNBRIDLED" SAT^ DEC. 19, 19S9 STILL GUARDED BY THEIR DOCTRINJf OF HATE What Will Wheeler Say About South Africa! On Decrml>«- 20, John H. W'hccJcr. president of thfc Mechanics and Farmer:- Bank of Dur ham, will retwm to the L'nitcd States after a three weeks r.tay and tour in the I'nion i:f South Africa. Wheeler is believed to be tlie first American Negro to t .i r ;.tt foot on the soil of this Negro htatc-riddtii country. What he will have to say al>c>ut what lit- saw and heard while hi South Atrica wiH be awaited with unusual intcre^t liy N'cj^io. Icailrrs all ovct the world, as well ;;s in the I'nited Statc.i. liecanse of t!i*i iinj^oilly manner in vhich the white |h'ii]>1- of Sniiih .\irica are said t«* treat the native NVjj'ines. Wlieeler's rcjwrt «f eonditionj in that country will nu doubt'have a telling effect ujxi:! tiie attitude of other tlarker nations toward the South African country. The Union of South .-\frica probably had this in mind when it decided, through the Uliited States-South .Afrian Leader Ex change, to admit a select f’^roup of seven Atnericans and to include in the list a X'egro of this country. No doubt Wheeler will be able to tell of being wined and dined by some ' of the leading business and professional men of the Union of South Africa. They probably bent over backward in showing him ^he front ,r&om of their country without letting him get the slightest peep into the backroom or closet where their filthy linen of segregation is kept If Wheeler was smart enough to kn^T what the government of the Union of South Africa was up to and tells too much— and we believe he is—he will probably be the last American Negro to set foot in that coun try for many years to come. Negrots in the United 5^tates and other cotintries of the world will not be duped into btiitving that the Union of South Africa has had a change of heart simply because one lone .American Negro at two or thfr# S; them ha\'t been allowtd to fnter thb coMhtrV and observe sdcrted sixJts, What the Negro peo ple of the United States and the wbrl|i.,would like to know is. v. hat is the Union of, ^k)Uth .‘\frica going to do about the dastardly ex- |)loitation and practice of the lowest tyjx- of se;,'relation in that country? If the I'non of Viouth .Africa has harl a change,of heart an4 I'i ‘.iiicere about its efforts "ty foster closer relations between the pvople of the United Stales and Africa," it will not need todo the awful screening of Negroes who entfr that country as it did when it decided to admit Wheeler. We think that the leader.s of the African country are beginning to see the handwriting on the w'all of their damnable practice uf segregation. They may be beginning, to see through their ungodly e\'es the rising tide and restlessness of ydlow, brown and black peoples all over the world and are fearful that th'^y will eventj^ally be “weighed in the balances and found wanting.” They cannot, however, make amends for their foul deeds by acting in a way to make an impression oh one or two Negro leaders in this country. If the Union of South •Africa wishes to set its own house in otMer before it is too late, it can. begin by paying decent wajfes to its native Neg;roes, provid ing equal educatiorral opportunities for them and above all, abolishing ,fhe hellish practfce of segregation in that country. The CAROLINA TIMES welcomes John Wheeler back to his native land and back to his native state. Our readers all 9ver ihe United States will be waiting to hear and see what he has to say about a (Country .whose practice of segregation is said to outstrip any thing to be found in the most backward parts of Mississippi. Lynchburg Woman Celebrit«$; M Year In Same Residence Through her leadership ^\ Ne- LYNCHBURG, Va.—*osi; pcoiile citlaeh* of Ljmchtaiw Jiavo Wou)d Vq glad to kno’Cv that the participation in the Mardi gods hill slated them t« live 80 ' years and be able, hearty and active at the age. Gras, the first toy and sliow, the Red Cross, Boy and Girl Scouts, a nunery school and lb Lynchburg at 800 Harrison Christmas seal salis. Street Mrs. Virginia Cabell Ran dolph has lived in the. same house for 80 yfcars. She is a former school teacher and. tile present 10-t'9«m tiOVtSK In 'which she now Uwts originally c6n$isted of two t’oortis, one dowti- stairs and one stiirs. Reeently Mrs. Han(tolt>h hetd an open house for her fhends who viewed with amaaement many af yarlQUs artioies she has pns»rv«tl since her tamily first brought her to the house. In addition there are many ob jects, in aitd outaide at it, whWi she has made With her own handls and. through, her own liitgenuity. nWre is a rocking chair whk;)i Mrt. Raudol^ matle litto a chafRe lounge, a mirror she btdit into the head of h«r bed, a eartiei rile tionitriteted over the liitehen sihk. Just last sutnmer she put up an Iroa fence itl front of her hou^, uiing large and heavy stones to hold it in place white she buitt the brick pillars. iki fact Mrs. Randolph could be clMsed as a carpenter, brickmc- son, paper-hanger, book or clothes The Woman’a Oomnfiwnity Chib MRS. RANDOLPH SPIRITUAL INSfqilT tey REV. HAROLD ROLAND The Lack of College Presidential Material Young People Must Be Given Chance To Give Expression to Their Abilities HI It they have not already done so, the mem ber*, of the special committee appointed by the trustees of A&T College to find a succes sor lo Dr. Warmoth T. Gibbs, who is «ooii scheduled to retire as president of the school, hava by t bis time found out that top-rank ing niatenal to head an educational institu tion ithe size of .A&T is as scarce as the pro- verfcijal hen’s teeth. In the gigantic task set befq^e them the committee needs the pray ers 4nd the sympathy of every citizen of the stat^ who is interested in bettering the educa- tion4l opportunities of all the citizens of Nortli Carolina. Thf committee probably would not even consider our choice for the presidency of^A&T for reasons that are well-known to not only menfbers of the entire A&T Trustee Board, but other persons in the field of education as H'cll. Our suggestion for the presidency of tfaf schoU, therefore, in the end, will turn ottt.to bfc more of a “kiss o^ death” than a kiit qi life. was not until we started to survey the fiel^ of prospective candidates for the top position at A&T and several other Negro collkgti which are now in search of a head, that it dawned on us that when it comes to all arotind ^iialifications for a college president, tht atait would have to be gone over with a fine tooth comb to turn up more than one, not only in North Carolina, but in anv other state. Of Murse there are many persons more than qualified when it comes to academic training. \\ie think, however, that Negro col- le|fes haveVeached the stage when we Can no longer snatch a professor from behind a class- rocitj desk and drap a $10 or $15 million edu cational institution in his lap and tell him to run k. Already we are reaping the results of such'wishful thinking at several of our institu tion* of higher learning, not only in this state but in Virginia and South Carolina as well. While academic training is an important factor in a well rounded college president we think such a person also needs\o have ad ministrative ability, to know and^ke people at XTCIl as to know how to get «ong with Ih^ni. He should not be an intr^m^ or anti- DOciAl. He should be young enough to have *otne energy and old enough to have some every gaturday at Durham, N. O, kf IWtcd Put>lihers, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Pierideni ' E. HAKT, AaaUUot to the Publiaher M. E. JOilNSON, CoBtrolter I OMee l*eat«d at 436 E. Pettigrew 8t DorluM, Nor^h Carolina MMMi elui nutter at the Port Ofiee 4 IMmb. Nnrik Caroiioa, under the Act of . ; Mwdi «. im. MMCSiraON BATES: HOD PEB YEAK I «BOD«nOBO OFTICE TaL aa f-oooo common sense. To come directly to the point, after care fully scrutinizing, investigating, observing and e;:amining the records of several persons men tioned for the presidency of A&T College; we have reached the conclusion that John R. Lar kins of Raleigh, state consultant on Negro Welfare, would do a better job as president of the school than any other per.son we have heard mentioned tjius far for the position. Larkins has spent 15 years or more work ing in and among the state setup in North Carolina. He knows and is on good speaking terms with every hjgh state official in and out of the education (department of North Caro lina from the governor on down. In addition to being a graduate of Shaw University, At- lanta University School of Social work and having done advanced study at Chicago and Columbia UhiversitiM, Larkins is the author of several important pUbhcations dealing with social and ecanomic problems of Ne^rries, Because of his unustijl ability to "^illk with kings and not lose tlie'common td'ueh,” to work with and for pettple of all classes, both as a recognized authority and consfUltant in racial matters, plus his familiarity with tbe entire state machihery, we are of the Opinion that any state school ^'ould t>e fortunate to secure him as its president, Certainly hfc could do no worse than some of those who are now heading up the fivfe Negro ■ state educational institutions of higher le^fr.ing. It probably is already too late for the spe^ cial committee appointed‘by the/\&T Trustee Board to give .serious consideration to the name of John. R. Larkins as president of the college. In addition, to thisi' we don’t even know if Larkins' would accept the position if offered it. We do' think, however, that with the presidency of one other state school soon to be considered that Larkins' fine record and service to the state at least wjarrants consid eration by members of its trustee board if not that of .A&T College. ' The N. C. Masons Grand Lodge ' The election of Clark Brown of Winston- Salem as Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina should add considtrably to the impor tance of the Masonic order as an impotent fac tor in the development of thfc ract ajong eco nomics, political and industrial linKS. ,VV)til*! the retiring Graitd Master vras highly HfSptefctfcd, loved and appreciated in yitaVs jpaat ns a leader of his peoj)le, he had reached tht age when it was through sympathy more than respect for his leadership that he was retained as the head of the organisation. Now that Mr. Brown is at the helm of the Masonic order'of this state we hist,he will see to-it that a vigorous program of reogani- ■Sec MASONS, page 6 "Piol wtnMd Thn«thy „—^ pally hhti ... and ha . • "Ael» 16;3. || Youngsters need our^|jlttur- agement for the development of their great potential o^rgies. Let us be alert to give en^rase- ment t,o the aspirations of our youth. Youth n^eds a chaw^Too many of us, even in the cnureh, are unwilling to give youth a ^anof ta develop or their, great Gorf-given gifts and^ltrients. L«t us not stifle our youth. Paul here in this story finds a strong man with great potential, and he gives him encouragement. He took young Timothy under his loving care and protection for he saw in h'.m untold posMibilities ' a leader ■ for the— Church. i, Youth needs a sense of be longing. Deny youth an oppor tunity of creative expression in things of a noble nature and they will turn to things of an unde sirable nature. Our youth need m6re opportunities and le^s cri ticism. Criiticism «s one ot the easiest things in the world to do. Put it calls for vision, a big- hearted graciousness to let youth share in the work of a noble na ture. When youth is made an under study in some position many of t|s won’t let youth have a chance. In envy we shut the door in the face of youth. This little, en vious spirit hinders the growth 'and development of oilr youth. In love and understanding Paul took Timothy in and made him a vi tal part of the young man was given a chance to de-, velop his talents to the glory of God. Youth must be trained and en couraged today for tomorrow it musf Take oveiFThe full TesponsF bility. Youth has vitality and gifts. ft)r God sake, let’s give youth a chance. At times let youth take over while you stand by in love and helpfulness. This is the way to train youth for re sponsibility. Let the young people act and you sit back. Too many of us want to do all LIFE AND TIME^ OF JOHN BROWN—II the acting and never give the young people a chance. You have had your big chaace. Now give youth a chance to develop their gifts and get ready to take over the job. You must move one day. Then help the youngsters get ready to lake your place. Wise leadership develops the great potenMal of youth for the cause. Failure wh^n post of leadcrsHp’’is'’TiO'TOmpll-^ • ment to you. The wise leaders prepare others that the work can go on without iiim. The wise leaders encourage .youth to use their gifts. A fundaments, prin cipal of education and training is that WE LEARN BY EK)ING. So let the youlh take over and do -the ioh sometimes. Readjng luoks un leadership and hearing, lec tures on leadership is ndt enough. . Let the youngsters take over sometimes arid do the job. l^et us, then encourage our youth and develop their great potential by giving them oppor tunities for creative leadership. Youth wants a chance to grew. By VERNON JOHB designer. She has made her own of which Mrs. Randolph is the wearing apparel since she was founder was opened in 1933 at 812- eleven y?ars of age. 812 1/2 Eighth Street. The bulld- How old is she? Well thi.t’s for ing is composed of 12 rooms and you to guess, since she takes re- two baths, all furnished. Since it fuse when asked about her age, was purchased a recreation jQPin in the belief that there are no has been added to the rear. It is circumstances under which a worn- free of debt. ■ an is compelled to tell her age. There are classes jn many irafts. Besides attending to her home home-making, cooking etc, irhe duties Mrs. Randolph is one of building is also available for va- the most active women of the city ,jous community meetings, in social, religious, civic and busi- i„ the 30 .years that Mrs Ran- nes* affairs. She collects rent for joipi, has been the guiding light several selected property owners, oi the Club she has never charged and works at the Community ojjg penny for her services, except Ho}ise as its manager three days the fees she receives while on the a week. joi, jg a Notary Public. The Legion Takes a Stand The new commander of the American Legion has taken forth right action against the 40 a(id 8 society. Martin McKneally, head of tbe national organization of ^ veteran% -^|Ha (Vden^ ,.4he 40 anif‘6 to cease using the Americati Legion name or its em blem. The reason; the fun-loving 4A and 8 Society limits its mem bership to members of the white race. The American Legion conven tion last summer went on record opposing the racial restrictions lir‘40*imtf 8 membership and toW the auxiliary group to eliminate the “white only" clftuse from its ctiAilitution., si) fat-, the 40 and 8 has done tipthing about it. So the Legion has tut Its tifes with the group. This action by the national commander is to be commended. LeSionnaires, who fought In World War I to make the worid safe for democracy, cannot them selves afford to engage in un democratic practices. Several prdminent members of the Legion withdrew from the organization when no action was taken against the 40 and 8 last suipmer. One of them was Con gressman Charles C. Diggs of Michigan. Another was Wilbur Lind Holm, Minnesota Commis sioner. jiLJ^eleran Affairs. These men may now return to the Le gion fold with .pride because the Legion is divorcing itself from the 40 and 8 until that organi zation abolishes its racial restric tions. —KANSAS CITY CALL 1 HEAtIH HINTS 1^, John Brown Came Barely in Time ^ To Save Nation from Entrenched Evil In the eventful year, 1800, when the new American nation was reaching the age at which its male citizens were eligible to vote and the liberal party of Jefferson was wresting control • Of the National government from^ the Federalists, John Brown was born at Torrington, Cflnijleeticut. this was a more eventful thing for the nation “conceived in li berty” than the conjunction t)f two first magnitude stars. For the nation had been conceived in liberty in a land of slav^! This fact posed the ugliest contradic tion in the aging annals of man. The highest form of political li berty set up houskeeping with the lowest form of human sla very. The founding fathers saw this monstrosity clearly; faltered, Wiinked, inhibited their,'moral impulses and tried to proceed. Did proceed grandly, in fact, dragging silently along their body of death. The feather pen of Jefferson, with which he wrote the nation's , charter of liberties,' had s^rcely dried\before he wrote for his na tive 'wginia and the nation the ckrioil warning against their fa tal duplicity. No writing was more eloquent and earnest. No major prophesy was ever clearer, truer, more profound. “One day of African slavery is worse than a thousands years of that oppression against which we fought to l)e free. . . . Slavery destroys at once, the morality of the master and the amfer patriae of the slave destroys the natural basis on which all li berty must forever rest When the is.sue is finally drawn between freedom and slavery, the Almighty has no attribute which can be used on our side There is nothing more truly writ ten in the laws of fate than that these people are to be free . . . I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just and that his justice will not forever be de ferred.” Jefferson, not only talked and wrote concerning, the dire evil of slavery, he exerted himself ti the utmost within the framework of law. When he had fathered so much legislation in his native state that tbe Virginia statutes wnrt called the Jeffersonian Code, he introduced a bill to emancipate slaves and educate them at the public expense. When this attempt failed mis erably, he introduced a measure in the national congress to re strict slavery to the EUistern sea board with the hope that as the nation grew the evil of slavery would be choked out. This m^r sure failed by two votes. Lincoln would say half a centurv later that in his opposition to slavery he was only .standing \^here Thomas Jefterson had stood. Approximately one-fourth of George Wa.shington’s Farewell Address was devoted to a warn ing against the “sectionaHsm" which was firmly rooted in slav- very. By the time John Brown ap peared as the fanatical adyocata of freedom, the anti-sUvery movement, with Garrison. Love- joy, Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass and company as cham pions, had becoMe vocal and vociferous. All this time the ten tacles of slavery fastenedT ttem- selves more firmly in the nation al life and the lot of the felavt wai harder, and appeared more I f ^ By ELDBI L. BROWN D.C. V LAST WOROil: ' “I have^ never been fick a dat^ id my life.’* Two days after he made that boast John Doe made th^ obituary columns. People like John Doe are often a greater health risk thap the sickly ones. A person who suffers a physical defici«ncy and learns to conserve his strength and cur tail his actiivitles will frequently outlive his contemporaries who, on the surface at least enjoy more robust health. The John Doe, on the oth^ hand, may be inclined to abuse his body. Lulled into complacen cy by his apparent good condi tion, he works and plays as hard at 40 or SO as he did at 20. Then one day—curtains- ^ Conservation of health should he a paramount objective of ev eryone with a zest for life. How ever, lack of symptoms shpvM ^ not be accepted as prooU^tfaat the heart, lungs, liver and other organs arc just as sound and strong as they ever were. Once good health is lost, it may take long, tortuous years tO'regain it. Or it may be too late.| 4 You have never bee^ ifck a day in your life? You’r? very lucky. But take a lesson from the experience of the late John Doe. Your doctor of chiropractic stig- gests you not be complacent about health, particulafty • after 40. hopeless. The decline in the Negro’s out look could be measured by the repeal of the Miissouri Compro mise, the Dred Scott decision, the Fugitive Slave Law and such companion progress in the bold program of the slaves. Calhoun’s boast that he would one day call, the roll of his slaves at the foot of the Bunker Hill Mohunient was not huch an idle threat since by the 1860's the biggest states man at the North reitet'ated the View that he did not care whether slavery was “voted up or down" and tHe Rev. Edwar'd Rverett of Boston voiced certain "peculiar rights” of the slavers for which he would be willing to "shouMbr his musket!” During, the. trial af John Brown, the Mayor df 74ew York wrote the OoTOmari of Virginia that th«(y was no ^utb^n manc^ to whom the basic contentions of the South were dearer than to himself: His only objection to the hanging of Brown was ^t the strangling would damage Southern interests by making the felon a martyr. The U.S, Senate committee a"bout about the time of John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry pj|se0 a resolution for an amendment to the constitution which ^otifd make .it unconstitutional t^ abo lish slavery at ahy titwe In tie future! ■ But the blow dealt slavery by the Harper’s Ferry inci dent and the hasty execution of northern men which followed, it is 4tighly probable that the South would have fixed slav«ry upon the, nation for a thousif>d years. Ftorever, if it could. (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
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