, THE CAROLINA TIMES
.A-4AT« AMtlL 1, 1M1 ‘nrHI TRUTH UNMIDI.ID*
Praise For Durim Police
At bt-s.1 the joh of being a policeman is
iiore oft^n a difficult one than it is fasv.
Quite frequently a iwlicc officer is called upon
to i>erftirm t&sks in the line of duty that are
entirely an|)leasant. As a result, policemen
are often criticised and seldom praised by
the average citiiten who is more prone to
take police work for granted, especially when
it is efficient or g«od. than he is to realize
the difficulties or risks involved. When visi
tors to a city take time out to pay tribute
to the cowrtesj’ and kind treatment accorded
them by its police we' think it is time to
make special mention of it.
Several days ago some visitors to DuHi.nm
from Lynchburg. Virginia, who had come
here on business inquired of tw’o officers seat
ed in a police car as to the location of a cer
tain street and number. Not only did the
officers politelj' inform the visitors as to the
location but led the wav by driviner in front
of the visitors who w'ere seated in another
car. When they had shown them the exact
street and location, they drove quickly away
without fanfare or even waiting to be thanked.
So impressed were the Lymrhbarg visitors
with the kind manner in which they were
treated that they are reported to have prom
ised to write city officials here praising the
Dnrham police department. ' »
The Carolina Times would like to add its
word of praise to that of the visitors from
LyTichburg. Generally speaking, the Durham
police department is composed of w'hat we
believe to be a fine group of men. In fact,
the iesprit de corps of the local police depart
ment is that of the highest type and one that
endeavors for the most part to pr.cvent trou
ble for citizcns rather than make trotAl^for
them. Certainly this cannot be said of matfy
cities we have visited where the police ap
pear to take delirht in makinfr it unpleasant
for visitors as well as local citizens.
The Negro Minister Has Com of Im
Elsewhere in this week’s issue of the Caro
lina Times, George Daniels points out in an
article captioned, "Negro Ministers Come of
Age In Revolt Against Jim Crow,” that in
Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh and other lead
ing cities of the South Negro ministers have
taken and are taking an active part in efforts
now being made bj' Negro studrnts and others
to implement democracy in this country. Al
though Durham was not mentioned in Mr
Daniel’s article it might not be out of plact
here for us to look back a few' months to de-
termine where the Negro ministers of thif
city stand on this most important questior
which now confronts our people.
It will and must be remembered that it
was only a few' months ago that the Rev
Douglas Moore, pastor of the Asbury Meth
odist Church of this city and the Rev. J. T.
Powell, pastor of the local Seventh Day Ad
ventist Church, W'ere most active in the role
Durham has played in the effort Negroes
have put forth for full citizenship. It was the
Rev. Moore who spearheaded the ice cream
parlor case. If was the Rev. Powell who
worked tirelessly in oreanizingf and keeping
alive the movement of Neirroes' in Durham
to forge ahead in their quest for all >of tWe
rights accorded other citizens. ''
Since the departure of Rev. Moore and
Powell from the city to takei up work else
where the cause has been kept alive and
before the people of Durham by Rev. Wm
Fuller, president of the local branch of the
NAACP and other ministers of th'e city, who
teive usef tlSir Influence inTehalf o! every
movement launclied here for the advancement
of the race.
We agree with Mr. Daniels that our min
isters have come of age. We are satisfied that
in the course of time they will become more
and more active in the struggle not only for
the advancement of Negroes but for the sur
vival of democracy in ja wqrld that is now
threatened with a most dangerous philo
sophy of governement or way of life. In the
months and years ahead this newspaper will
not be surprised to see Negro ministers of
Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte, Win
ston-Salem and other major cities of the state
and the South faking a more active part in
sit-in picketing and other movements launched
for the cause of their people.
History recorded that the pathway o? ad
vancement made by the Negroes of this coun
try has been one along which the >fegro min
ister has walked in the forefront. It is our
belief that he will continue to do so in the
years that are aheud and thait he will there
fore not only make a much needed contribu
tion toward the implementation of democracy
for his race but the nation as a whole.
Who knows but what the Negro minister
may yet play an important role in shapingff^
the ■ iestiwy ^ mMkind|i'^W|io knows '.but .,
what^he hds ^6come of age at a time when
his voice is most needed in saving mankind
from itself? Certainly if son\e voice is not
raised in the world in which we now live to
c.ill the attention of mankind to the simple
truth that it is not by might and pbwer that
man may survive the atomic and hydrogen age
earth nearly 2,000 years ago and told us to
love one another civilisation is doomed.
WORL
OURT
HATRE
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
REV. HAROLD ROLAND
p Need More Christians To
The Gospel of Christ
"Paul njsolvfil in the spli4»
pass through . . "
AW T9:21
Paul was ever alert to the
areas that needed the htessed
mesia.ije of the Gospel o^yesus,
Christ. There ‘are alwa:^ indi
viduals and situations tfftt ar^
in need of this Gospel of God’s
Gospel of Jesus Christ. The
spread of the message of God’s
saving truth is an unending task
for us Christians. Then let us of
fer ourselves to meet the need
of a soul that knows not Christ
as Savior. You need to resolve
to move in the name of Christ
today to meet the spiritual need
of some soul in need of Christ as
iead some
iavior?
soul to Christ as
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selected to coach an American
AAU team, in«lttMng Ohio’s alt
.American Jerry Lucas, to tour
guscia in April.
"the NBA coacMtig offer and hi*
selection to coach the AAU team
were made as McLendon returned
from Kansap City this week where
his Cleveland Pipers team of the
National Industrial 'Basketball
League had just completed their
weep of all the amateur basket
ball championships.
The Pipers won the AAU tour
rirment championship by beating
he Denver Truckers, also of the
NIBL, 107-96, in Denver Saturday
night. They had previously won
he NIBL tournament champion
ihip by defeating Denver in a one
Tam^ play-off
Earlier, McLendon's cagers had
won the conference title finish
ing atop the NIBL at the close of
the regular season.
In addition to his team’s sue-
c^s, several of his players won
individual honors in the league.
Sea Warley, 6’7”, of Washington,
O. C., who played at Tennessee
State under McLendon, was named
rookie of the year.
Roger Taylor was \lted MiVt
Valuable Player of the Year. Jack
Adams (Easterh. Kentucky) was
voted Most Valuable Player of the
.AAU tournament. Dan Swartz
(Morehead Teachers) was elected
Most Valuable^ Player of the NIBL
tournament Ron Hamilton (Tenn.
Stafe) rounds out the Piper’s fist
five.
McLendon’s achievements in the
PfllBL has captured the attention
of sports fans and experts through
out the country. He entered the
league two years ago from a head
coaching job at Tennessee State.
His* .Tennessee team won the
NAIA tournament for three of the
We need more Christians to , . „ , u *i. .
we iiecu ... .1 last four years he was coach there,
redeemin,? love. We Bko have
this message must cafcry it t%, Savior.
the places of great Med. w4 ^et us move in the spirit to
know Christ as Savf# mO# bring souls to Christ Jesus. Do
share him with those who need you not hear the plaintive cry
him. The Gospel is a need that of lost and needy souls? Christ
^ne¥er^row»old«-E>verjwiiliere youj exfiects you who know Him to
4utti 4here^ a ^d^ln heed of iJMp rpcue ^ome perishing toul
th^ sp!rittaar blessings jF Jesus ^ay. T>aul heard fhe»^cry of the
lost in Macedonia. Do you hear
the cry of some lost, needy soul
spirittaaf blessings
Christ, ydur' Savior.
We\ who know Christ must see
that t’he needy soul and the Gos
pel should be broh"ht together.
Every day is a ■ time of groa!
need for some Iqst soul. Th»r(
should be no unemployel pro-
claimcrs of the Gospel of Gor!’s
' With" the" birtji
of each child there is another
opportunity or need for th«S
to lay? Sorhetimes we hear and
will not heed the cry of that
lost soul. Are you guilty of turn-
in®: a deaf ear to the cry of a
Irst soul? Remember, you the
redeemed soul, must become
-"a" part of Jesua* rescue team.
What greater joy can come to
you as a Christian than to help
join the fisherman’s club. Jesus
said to the apostels long time
ago: I have redeemed your souls
that you might become fishers
of men. I saved you for a pur
pose. I have saved you that you
might carry the message of God’s
redeeming love to lost souls. Do
we really need to seriously con
sider this business of soul sav
ing today in America? Yes, there
are some eighty million in our
laAd who. clainr not Christ ^s
•SawidK Thr harvest'^ fteat
te laborers are feW. Will you
offer yourself as a laborer in
this blessed harvest of soul sav
inp?
The greatest need in our world
today is that the teemng ma.!8es
of human kind lost ;in the dark
ness of sin should know Jesus
Christ the Savior of the world.
How are th ey to know him as
Savior? You, the saved must tell
them.
\
SdiiA Carolina, A National' DIsgtace
1
The Legend and Lore of the Easter Celebrations
According td United Press dispatches of
Tuesday, March 27, South Carolina has se^
ceded from tht U. S. Civil War Centennial
Con»missiori assembly to be held at the tj. S.
Naval Base, at Charleston. The action is taken
because thyre is a gi»up of citizens in that
stjli,^! ^9«hijjping the god of white
fiprenapyf and finiie when evCry
jnsible’ ‘ aijjS'' loyal American citizen is do-
g everything possible to outbid communism
and sell democracy to other nations of the
world, South Carolina, foaming at the mouth
with race hatred and bigotry, sticks a dag
ger in t1»e back of its own country to uphold
its hellish ideas over the race question.
Add to this the resolutions adopted by the
House of Representatives of the South Caro
lina legislature on Wednesday,/ condemning
persons who invited Dr. Frank P. Graham to
address the South Carolina High School Soci
ology' Forum and now you have a pretty
sizeable picture of the stupidity which pre
vails among a majority of citizens of this
state and the members oi the South Carolina
House of Representatives. That Dr. Graham,
a noted world figure, refused to dignify the
action of the South Carolina law making
body, con^tosed almost entirely of unknowns,
bv commenting on its action is in keeping
•wty at norri*i!i. u
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with his usual use of common sense in mat
ters of this kind.
That South Carolina has seceded from the
Centennial Commission assernbly celebration
to be held at^ the U. S. Naval Base and has
gone to the tp^u^I^ of setting up a separate
celebratfcSi ■ iri?: W> fej^e|fated hotel simply to
avoid coming iti co)itact with dne or two Ne
gro members of tlj^ Commission is not sur
prising. It just gofes to show how deep are
the roots of race hatred in the hearts of
some .southerners anrf to what depths they can
descend when they become victims of it.
As we see it, the Centenpial Commission,
should consider the secession of South Caro
lina as good riddance. These are no times to
tolerate narrowness and bigotry on the part
of leaders of this nation. The eyes of ^ the
world aic on the United States, and an indi-.
vidual or group of individuals which advoca6es
race hatred or any product of it should be
considered a menace to this country and to
world peace.
Both the South Carolina Centennial Com
mission and its legislature are a national dis
grace. Its leaders are possibly dreaming of
the past and have not yet tuned in on the
wave of freedom now in existence throughout
the world. The federal government Should
probably find some \?ay to send missionaries
into that state to' help civilize its leaders and
acquaint its' people with what is now going
on in world affairs.
UNCIVILIZED MISSISSIPPI
The news that Jackson, Miss., police used
dogs and clubs to disperese a peaceful throng
of Negroes waiting outside a Courthouse
where several of their number were being
tried on charges growing out of a sit-in is not
surprisingf. Civilization has not yet extended
that far.
Though Easter is a universal
holiday, it is c?lcbratcd in many
different ways. Easter festivities
in Mexico center, around the de
struction of Judas. Effigies of ,
Judas are hanged or burned on''
the day before Easter.
In Florence, Italy, a rite pre-
( Sprvel frprn the ^Idle an‘'v
yiially cSmrtj'liVi.oflSes Uie, pass-jJ
ing of Lent and serves as ani
omen for the coming year. As
thousands of natives and visitors
watch, four white oxen draw an
ornamented cart filled with ex
plosives which at the proper mo
ment are ignited. If the fire
works explode,, great rejoicing
follows, for this is believed to
foretell an excellent harvest!
PEASANT OPTIMtSM
The tradition of risitog with
the sun on Eastern morn derives
from an ancient pcaA'At’ belief
that those who witness¥d sun-up
on a certain day in Spring’would
be blessed with good fortune,
good health, fajr crops ai»4;» gen
eral freedom from ap|>ps| and
bunions during the whol^ year.
Farm animals were cut iH' on this,
too, and cows, i>igs hens
roused early and rushe'dj out to
see the sun, thus presumably in
suring lots of cream, fat" bacon,
and ^cde-A eggs fori/the next
year. c.iin
The present Version;ttdf this
rural fete is, of course^itlK hold
ing of countless early services on
Easter morning. The gi*nt dawn
service at Holloywood: iB6wl is
the best-known of these, and
there is no recori.thus > far that
anyone has ever brought a cow
or chicken along to it,j, *
THE DANCING SU^
The ancients also credited the
sun with the ability to tHp the
light fantastic. The belief was
that the sun when rising on
Easter mom dances in the hea-
-WaKer
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University ^.) has resigned and
when Llvingstotw. College and
Norfolk State are applying for
membership. Applications have
been temporarily deferred. CIAArf
schools have befen encouraged to
schedule these two teams for one
year.
Walker will also have the re
sponsibility of uwsrading the work
of the Statisth!lans’ office'and co
ordinating it with the confej^ence
News Service. ' ,
One of his'maior tasks, however,
will be cooperating with the Coun
cil of CIAA Presidents in nsminj
Commissioner of All Sports. .
This officer would replace several
present positions and coordinate
the work of the conference in one
office.
Walker is expected also (o as
sume leadership pa the cbnfer-
ence’s Executive Committed in
planning for the lobp’s Golden
Anniversary it Hampton Institute
in March, 19^.
The new CIAA president saw
the conference sustain his ruling
Statistician that the 1961 jDIAA
basketball championship shoi^d go
to Va. Union University. The con
ference overruled the prot^t of
Winston-Salem Goach Clarenpe E.
(Bighouse) Gainia 'wjio profestod
Walker’s interpretation of the
Dickinson system.
Former President Hendersofi has
become secretary of the C^ncil
of CIAA Presidents. CIAA Honor
ary President Harry A, JeR^rson
presented Henderson with a hand
some leather combination brief
case and overnight bag at a spe
cial luncheon heU' -at the Hotel J
Raleigh, last Friday.
-State
Before going to Tennessee in 1952
he was head basketball coach at
North Carolina College, where his
tesfm either won the conference
or tournament championship al
most every year.
His lifetime coaching record is
second only to that of Adolph
(the Baron) Rupp, of Kentucky.
■'Ushers
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nish the recently purchased prop
erty at pranklinton to be used as
a home for un\#ed mothers.
The State organization has
launched a drive to raise $SO,0(X)
for the project.
Clark said the Ushers hoped to
pick up an additional .$5,000 of
this amount at the Mid-Year ses
sion.
The Rev. R. L. Speaks, pastor of
Durham, will be the main speaker
for 'the one-day- convention.
Continued from front page
were arrested when they present
ed themselves for luncheon in be
tween sessions of the medical
meeting.
“We cannot imagine a mo« dis
astrous blow to the" image ol the
United States which your Secre
taryship is aeeking to project in
the present world situation," Mr.
Wilkins wrote, “than an address
by the Secret^ of S:ate hinself
to a professional society mwting
wkhin tlltftJiKte^ States in ftFhich^
the participants are separated in
seating according to race and
color.”
vens. It was only natural for the
heathtos at these festivals to fol
low tlre^4ionored sun’s lead and
join him in the dancing.
Until the 4th century, Easter
was less a religious holiday than
a continuation of ancient rites
in h«Bior of the coming of Spring.
Once you recognize most of our
Easter customs as carry-overs of
these rituals, it isn’t too hard
to figure out the meaning of
Easter .^eggs. Eggs are a sim{de
symbol tot. new life and the giv
ing and receiving of colored eggs
signifies a wish for the bright
est of ne wthinp in the year to
come.
EASnEK BONMITS
1%e wearing of Easter bonnets
and new clothes was begun in
the early celebratlsns honoring
Eastre or Ostara, the German, or
Teutonic, goddess of Spring,
whose name we havie given to
the holiday. The Germans grafted
their heathen rites' and custom
onto the festival of the Resurrec
tion. Since Christ’s Rising and
rebirth of Spring both symbo
lized the triumph of life over
death, the meanings and customs
of the two events intermingled
Just as glad-rags were woiv at
Spring Festivals as a token that
everyone was sharing in a brand-
neW life-year, so nowadays the
ladies deck themselves out in
Easter finery in that universal
holiday feeling of casting the
old aside and putting on the
new.
TIUTON$ BROUGHT RABBIT
We can also thank the Teutons
for the Easter rabbit, they be
lieved that a bunny always turn
ed up to make the goddess Eas
tre a present of a brand-new
egg. If we h^pity-hop ahead to
modem times, we find that the
practice of sending Easter Seals
was bom with.one man’s inspired
efforts to help life triumph ov^
de'ath—when Edgar Allen saw
celebrating the birth of S{nflinjg lus son dip and many ofher pef-
"S. Carolina
Continued from front page
cit Marion Hotel In Charleston.
May’s announcement followed
action by the Federal Civil War
Centennial Commission moVing the
scene of the celebration from the
Francis Marion hotel to the U. S.
Naval Base.
The move was prompt«d by
protests from the New Jersey
delljatfon over the #*«t {-hat
a Negro member of its commis
sion could not get a hotel room
at the segregated Francis Mar
ion hotel, original site of the
celebration.
Other northern and Western
states joined in the protest, and,
finally President John F. Keni|edy
told the federal commission offi
cials that it could not be a party
to the celebration under segregat
ed practices.
"We will held our luncheon at •
the Francis Marion as originally
planned," S. C. Chairman May
announced.
The two celebrations—one .un-
segrated at the naval base and
the other segregated at the Fran
cis Marion—should “please every
one,” May added.
He announced that U. S. Sena
tor Willis A. Robertson (D. -Va.)
will address the evening banquet
at the Francis Marion. He is sched
uled to be bitroduced by Sen.
Strom Thurmond (D,-S.C.)
Speakers for puncheon were not
announced.
May said the S. C. celebration
would not attempt to condu«A
business sessions. He said dele
gates would go to the haval base
to attend business session.
The affair will be held In May.
"Elks
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immediately announced that an
extensive program wili be outlin
ed at the forthcoming annual
meeting, which will be held ^ here.
The Civil Liberties program is
slated to be presented at the First
Baptist Church at 4 p.m., Sunday,
May 14. It will feature many of
the young people who have taken
part in the sit-in, walk-in, pray-in
and employ-in demonstrations.
The plan 'ealls for the partici
pation of the drder in' all facets
of citizenship whwe Negroes are
being denied equal opportunities.
The poor wages paid cafeteria
workers will be one of the objecfa
of the program. , '
' soi^ killed or maiiped in an ac
cident 40 years ago.
"Homemakers
Continued from front j^ge
Featherweight and Ap^tntice
Homemakisg. According tt Mrs.
Moffitt, twelve persons haljfe^ been
approved for 1960-61 degMes.
They include; Cordia Davis,
Juanita Graham, Martha Jones,
Barbara Miller, Sylvia Sharpe,
Maggie White, Nancy Brown, Ber
tha Byers, Mary Hicks, May Red-
mon, Hester Scales, Peggy Smyne.
All are reflBesentatives of local
NHA chapters.
Continued fi'om front page
acceptable to Negro customers.
Others, he said, did not have
sufficent Ne^o trade to warrant
investigatior.
Picketing of the five remaining
stores on the boycott list is ex
pected to resume full-scale this
weekend.
Continued from front page
program. ' 4
‘‘The North Carolina Teachers
Association, representing more
than 10,000 principals, supervisors
and teachers . . . endorses the tax
program suggested by Governor
Sanford.”