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-THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JUNB IT. IWT
Editorial Phophecy
In our editorial of November 26,
1966, we predicted that the 17. S.
Supreme Court would someday strike
down Virginia's law against interra
cial marriages and those of other
states. This week our prediction was
fulfilled when the nation's highest
tribunal dealt its death-dealing blow
against the laws of any and all states
banning interracial marriages includ
ing the marriage of white and Negro
persons.
It is therefore, with a degree of
apology but pardonable pride that we
re-publish below our editorial of No
vember 26 entitled, "They will Be
Found Wanting," which we think is
most appropriate for any comment we
might attempt to make at the moment
on the memorable decision handed
down this week by the United States
Supreme Court on the question of
interracial marriages.
' THEY WILL BE FOUND
WANTING
Noveml>er 26, 1966
The effort of the State of Virginia
to encroach upon the private. and
sacred domain of a duly and law
full) married couple, one of which
happens to be white and the other
a Negro, is the most asinine, the
most damnable and the most ungodly
act that could possibly be committed
by a so-called sovereign state of this
nation. That the State of Virginia is
joined by 16 other states that have
similar laws, adds no right to this
blatant wrong that has existed, as it
has been pointed out, for over two
hundred years.
We hold that the right of two hu
man l>eings to enter the sacred do
main of matrimony, however their
race, creed or color, is theirs and
theirs alone and cannot, should not
and must not l>e violated' by any
person, group of persons, state or na
tional government. To engage in such
The Truth About the Negro Press
In a recent address delivered to
the Republican National Committee's
seminar on public relations by Junius
Griffin, public relations director of
Minorities Division of the COP Na
tional Committee said in part: "Be
yond a doubt, and despite reports to
the contrary, the most influential
opßhon rrtouldenPSrii the
niunity ,afe a handful] pf \|TllfrJJaid.
under-rated, often abused and more
often misunderstood, men and women
who work for some 172 owned news
papers and magazines."
Said Griffin further: "These Negro
oriented publications have a com
bined circulation of twenty-three and
one half million and are mainly cir
culated within the Negro community.
They are read by more than seven
million people each week. This tre
mendous growth has been achieved
in the face of the recent trend in
American journalism generally to
ward treating the Negro as a worth
while subject rather than a chattel.
We also must consider this growth
not only because it was made in di
rect competition but also while the
Negro press was relentlessly cham
pioning the cause of human decency."
The significance and the-truth, of
both of the above statements of Mr.
Griffin, we trust will be given
thoughtful consideration by the read
ers of this newspaper and other Ne
gro publications throughout the na
tion. It is not until a representative
of the Negro press cbqies face to face
with one of these "white—is right,"
monstrosities of the Negro commu
nity does he fully realize just exactly
Things You Should Know
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CAROLINA / BECAME ONE OF THE NATION^
RICHEST NEGROES—A SE LF-EDUCATEO
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THE ILLINOIS BLACK LAWS,(—A NEGRO
COULD NOT VOTEYOR TESTIFY IN COURTHKF
A FRIEND OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND JOHN BROWN,HE WAS
TWICE. ELECTED COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER—/ fTWASHE
WHO HELPED SECURE THE LEGISLATION WHICH ENDED LOCAL
SCHOOL SEGREGATION./
a violation or to deny such persons
the peaceful pursuit of their lives,
solely on the grounds that they are
of different races is not only ungodly
but tyranny of the basest sort.
Over one hundred years ago, Rich
mond, the capital of Virginia, became
the capital of the Confederacy and
the futile efforts which it undertook
to keep the Negro in bondage. Vir
ginia was wrong then in its ungodly
efforts to perpetuate slavery and it is
wrong now in its ungodly efforts to
perpetuate the law against interracial
marriage. We predict that its present
ungodly efforts will meet the same
fate as that which it underook about
slavery over 100 years ago.
Originally the law against inter
marriage was enacted to prevent the
hundreds of thousands of mulatto
offsprings of white men's sexual pro
miscuity with Negro slave women,
from bearing his name and inherit
ing his property. As' chaste and
pious as he pretended to be, and
as violently opposed as he was to ra
cial mixing, then as now, history re
cords not one instance in over 300
years of slavery in which a Negro
woman was ever accused of raping
or even attempting to rape a white
man. It must be presumed then that
just the exact opposite was the case.
This is attested to by the hundreds of
thousands of mulattoes who walked
the earth as living testimony to the
fact in Virginia and other slave states.
So the effort of Virginia, or any
state, to deny human beings because
of difference in racial identity, the
peaceful pursuit of married life in
the land of their birth, is wrong and
will come to naught. Time, the high
sheriff of eternity, sooner or later
will weigh Virginia?- and all other
states that follow such a course, in
the balances and find them want
ing.
what he is up against in attempting
to convince such a person that the
Negro press has anything whatso
ever to offer in the way of news
coverage or moulding public opin
ion.
More than once within the past
25 years the Carolina Times has re
peatedly stated that Negro publish
ers, editors and writers are delibe
rately digging their journalistic graves
with their own pens. Once one of
these self-appointed or white ap
pointed Negro leaders gets his pic
ture or a line or two in the white
press it is the end of the row for his
former source of informing the pub
lic or, as Mr. Griffin puts it, the "un
derpaid, underated often abused and
more often misunderstood men and
women who work for Negro owned
newspapers and magazines."
This newspaper knows too well
what it means to face the vicious
sneers and utter contempt that oozes
from the countenance of such so
called Negro leaders when he con
descends to give audience to a rep
resentative of the Negro press—the
Negro press that only a few years
ago was his sole source of informing
those of his own race as well as oth
ers of his achievements.
So, we agree with Junius Griffins
address to the GOP seminar on pub
lic relations. We would add, how
ever, that when it comes to looking
out for their own welfare, represen
tatives of the Negro press are about
the most stupid segment of the Ne
gro community to be found anywhere
within the entire United States.
Forces Of Hate ...On The Offensive Again
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT BY REV. HAROLD ROLAND
RWe Need a Rededication In Loving
Concern For the Lost Souls
"My dMln and prayer to God
is for their salvation."
Rom. 10:1
Have you as a Christian ever
had a burning desire for the
salvation of a special or a
particular person? Your domi
nant desire or prayer was for
the salvation of that person.
It could have been a friend
or a loved one. If not, you need
to focus your loving concern
as a Christian upon some such
person. Those of us who have
not had this focus of love for
another person have really
missed something that is vital
and for our live*.
Presently I have two such per;
sons as the focus of my con
cern. The one is an alcoholic
and the other is a man who has
lived many years and has not
yet made a decision for Christ
the Savior. I am still working
and praying but the persons as
of now have not found salva
tion.
It will be a great day of re
joicing when either one is
saved. You may make your ap
proach clothed in the win
someness of love. You may
come in the very essence of
WHEN PRAYER IS
WORTHLESS
Editor
Carolina Times
Just why thousands of sheep
and cattle should die for a
lack of rain no one could de
termine. Was God cruel? The
worst drought we had ever
seen had struck Cape Colony,
South Africa. This is the home
of wealthy Caucasions and is
far more "up-to-date" than
many places in America; but
now their pride was laid low.
Goversment officials and scien
tists were at their wit's end.
Prayer was made by thousands
but apparently to no avail.
Finally Prime Minister Hert
zog, who had a keener percep
tiis thas masy rulers, recog
nized this drought as a call of
God to repentance. He pro
claimed a day (not of prayer
alone) but a day of "Humilia
tion than many rulers, recog
that as far as possible all
places of business should be
closed and all churches opened
for prayer on that day from
noon until three o'clock, p.m.
This plan worked beautifully
Business and professional men
and women went to church and
humbly asked pardon for their
sins of commission and omis
sion. Cod answered in a hurry.
The rain came in great tor
rents and the country was
saved.
On a recent early morning I
was in earnest prayer for Viet»
Nam. ' The Heavenly Father
drew graciously near until 1
realized that I was in the im
mediate presence of God. With
my soul's vision I sensed His
beautiful smile as He told me
that with the greatest ease
and alacrity He could relieve
America of all of her troubles
if she would only repent.
Grace. But the decision ulti
whom you have focused your
loving concern. You must re
spect the freedom and dignity
of the person. The decision
must come from within. Tie
salvation of a soul does not
not come by automation. Most
certainly it is not a push but
ton affair. Christ knocks at the
door of the soul but the indi
vidual must decide to let the
Savior in. The Savior stands
in love pleading but He does
not force his way in. But it is
a great experience to have this
deep desire and prayer for the
salvation of the soul of an
other hjiman being. J} > \
There are some ninety mil
lion souls in this our nation
who know not the Christ as
Savior. Church membership
will possibly run some one
hundred six million. And there
are some six million alcoholics
—those who have lost control
of their drinking. The unsaved
ones need saving. The alco
holics need restoration or re
habilitation. We Christians thus
have our work cut out for us.
It is our responsibility to bring
to bear God'rf redeeming love
Letter to the Editor
"Behold the Lord's hand is
—not shortened that it cannot
save, neither His ear heavy
that it cannot hear: but your
iniquities have separated be
tween you and your God, and
your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not
hear." lsaiah 59:1, 2.
And now that we know how
to win in Vietnam without fir
ing a gun or losing a life, let
us go to our knees and numbly
confess our failures and short
comings to Him who has said,
"If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness." I John
1:9. That's simple. No harm
done, and we will be better off
in this life and in the next
by so doing.
Mrs. E. E. Shelhamer
Winona Lake, Ind.
Editor
The Carolina Times
"Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!"
Black men of America, we are
on a wrong revolution, a revo
lution that within itself is not
worth a damn. Yes, we are go
ing to war this summer over
'Freedom,' but the price of
victory will be ashes In our
mouths. Although I am just a
young lad, I have never seen
war prove but one thing, and,
that being who is the stronger
between two or more contend
ing forces. I have never seen
, war prove who was right or
who was wrong, just who is
the stronger.
If I argue that we are on a
wrong revolution, then it be
comes my categorical, impera
tive duty to choose a revolution
and fight for its understanding.
Thusly, come, let us reason to
gether. Is it not a fact that
the basic worth of a people
I
as revealed in Christ to save
mately must come from the one
and reclaim these people. The
Savior died for their redemp
tion. We, in love, must move
out to reclaim these people.
Too long have we neglected
our Christian duty. Are we
becoming too smug, satisfied
and complacent in the Church
to reach out to save and re
claim these people?
We need a rededication in
loving concern for the lost
souls around us. We pass these
people blindly on our way to
church and Sunday School.
Maybe for oaf Sunday out of
each month f«r *. yew. w*>
should stop Morning Worship
and Sunday School and go to
these people in the humble
spirit of Christ's redeeming
love. Remember we have been
called to rescue the perishing
and care for the dying. How
long will we exclude these
needy souls from our loving
concern?
Maybe we all need to say
with that beautiful hymn of
consecration 'Take my life
and let it be consecrated Lord
to Thee."
or a civilization is always meas
ured by its technological ad
vancement? If this is the case,
is it improper reasoning to as
sume that the only true path
way to 'Freedom' is 'Know
ledge!" For once man learns, is
he not in a much better posi
tion to learn, and as he learns,
does he not raise himself and
the total lot of the community
along with hjpn? Therefore, in
concluding, I beg of you, if
we must go to war, let us fight
ignorance, crime, alcoholism,
etc., and all things shall be
added unto us.
Moses Williams, Pres.
Monmouth County, N. J.
Progressive Society
Yes, We
All Talk
By MARCUS BOULWARE
UNITED NATIONS
PROCEDURE
Those who have watched the
recent proceeding of the Secu
rity Council of the United Na
tions should be impressed with
the display of good parliamen
tary procedure, as well as the
the courtesy of the delegates.
For instance, "Mr. President,
I yield the floor to the distin
guis he d representative of
Israel."
This should serve to en
courage club members to study
parliamentary procedure and
practice it correctly. And for
goodness sakes, members ought
to study the requirement of the
substitute motion. Under its
name, the greatest amount of
confusion can be created.
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Frauds In The
r'S TOUGH enough to be poor and discriminated against, but th«
poor in the ghetto also pay a "color tax" in the form of higher
costs for food, housing, credit, and inadequate services due to
discrimination. And they are also the victims of out-right fraud.
Consumer frauds and cheating cost the nation many billions of
dollars per year, a cost paid mainly by the poor who are victimized by
these practices. Another loser is the legitimate businessman who loses
sales to the crooked outfits and who often is tagged with the distrust
caused by the crooks who prey on the poor.
Not that all of them are crooks in the eyes of the law. The law
doesn't cover many sharp practices and the poor, who are likely to be
KX ■ —'ifciifirrWi ' ess educated, fall for many a dodge which may
| be legal, but is dishonest and unfair. A fraud by
. any other name is a fraud.
PS One of the ways poor consumers are victimized
is through excessive credit charges. Since poor
I don't always have the cash to buy the things they
need, and since they can't get the credit they need
KISBvMi from banks which consider them poor risks, they
Mwfi buy on time. Even legitimate businesses rarely tell
■PNHKif a customer how much real interest he is paying.
For example a monthly interest charge of IVi
VIH percent a month could figure out to 18 percent
MR. YOUNG a year.
Example Of Common Frauds
A New York 1 housewife who brought a freezer unit offers an
example of the frauds which are so common. She called a company
which advertised a plan on television and the salesman said she would
save so much on food that the freezer would be free. She signed a con
tract for a freezer priced at $995 and two months of meat and frozen
food at $lB9. With three years of credit and other charges, the bill
came to $1,454 without the food.
The "two months" of food ran out in five weeks, and when she
realized she Had been gypped, the housewife turned to the Legal Aid
Society for help. They got her out of the contract, but the real moral
of the story is found in the fact that a comparable freezer in a reputable
store sold for s4s9—about SI,OOO less than the shady deal she was
trapped into.
If you are victimized by frauds, complain to the state and local
authorities whose business it is to stop consumer frauds and to the
Better Business Bureau. Door-to-door salesmen with furniture, books,
and other goodies, should be checked out carefully before anything
is signed. They may be perfectly legitimate, but too many people hava
signed contracts and ended up regretting that they did.
A common practice is for outfits to sell goods on the installment
plan and then sell the contract to a credit company or a bank which
then collects the installments from the customer. If something is wrong
with the merchandise, the original company can't be found and the
credit company is free from any responsibility.
Senate Unit Probes Shady Deals
The Senate Bahking Committee recently heard 'Some testimony from
people who had been victimized by these credits sharks. One Jersey
City man bought a $124 television set to be paid by monthly install
ments of $17.50 adding up to a 229 percent interest rata—morSUlan
***** alone -
-Union
Continued from front page
Daye, Fred Suitt. The Credit
Committee elected Cozart as
Chairman.
The office of the UOCI Fed
eral Credit Union will be at
213Vfe W. Main Street at the
United Organization For Com
munity Improvement office.
The winner and runner-up of
the UOCI Emblem Contest was
announced at the meeting Sat
urday. L. D. Medlin, the runn
er-up, was presented an award
and a prize for his drawing.
Burnice Parker's drawing
was selected to be used as the
official United Organization for
Community Improvement Em
blem.
Parker is a ninth grade stu
dent at Whitted Junior High
School.
-Winners
ing ribbons were Miss Marion cers '
Anderson, the Y-Teens, Mrs.
Fannie T. Newsome, Mrs. Viola i i ■« ""
Bishop and the Adult Club
Scrapbook from Rich Square. I IvUlvJ
-Masons
Continued from front page
new automobile will be given
away to the person holding the
lucky ticket.
The Most Excellent Chapter
of Holy Royal Arch Masons,
State of North Carolina is the
Official Host and the arrange
ments are under the supervi
sion of E. C. Turner, Grand
High Priest, and a resident of
Durham. According to Turner,
everything is in readiness for
the grand setting and all roads
lead to Durham's Jack Tar Ho
tel, June 24-28.
-Prof
Continued from front page
study on "Carcinogenic Sub
stances in Tobacco Smoke." He
served with the Canada De
partment of Agriculture on re
search work with pesticides
for eight years prior to coming
to A. and T.
He is married to the former
Miss Santosh Dhenda and the
couple has four children.
a long .self-addressed business
envelope to M. H. Boulware,
Florida A. and M. University,
Box 3)0-A, Tallahassee, Florida
32307.
--WSRC
Continued from front page
its policies, plans and objec
tives."
Persons involved in or affect
ed by Redevelopment Commis
sion activities will appear on
the program. A person may
write or call the Redevelop
ment Commission and have a
specific question answered on
the air.
-King
Continued from front page
turn its attention to the break
down of law in the South."
When the schools opened,
mobs of white men attacked
Negro children on the way to
and from John Rundle High
School and Lizzie Horn Ele
mentary School. Much of the
brutality took place in full
view of law-enforcement offi-
Continued from front page
duced Drs. J. E. Campbell of
Durham and F. W. Harris of
Asheville, presidents of the
dental and pharmaceutical divi
sions, respectively.
The guest speaker was Rob
ert M. Nash, Chief, Office of
Equal Health Opportunity,
Washington, D. whose
subject was "Anp&ica's White
Problem," equafed the racial
prejudices-in this country with
that of a grave and highly com
municable disease which con
t i n u o us 1 y and increasingly
threatens our whole society.
Stating that the disease of
prejudice has reached "epi
demic proportions" and being
directed primarily upon the
Negro, Nash emphasized the
immediate need for a gigantic
attack by the Federal Govern
ment in an all-out national ef
fort iWfcias* tiie cause crt ra
cial prejudices, an attack com
parable to the "eradication of
small pox a generation ago, p?-
ralitic poliomyelitis a decade
ago, or measles more recent
ly."
Following the address by
Nash, Dr. Lionel F. Swan of
Detroit, President-elect, Na
tional Medical Association, in
stalled . the new officers. They
are Dr. S. J. Cochran, Weldon,
president-elect, and Dr. J. P.
Green, Henderson, president.