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HiHiE in UKJD; Ji 11 ii 1 uiw: OUTL VOL. XXIII. NO. G JANUARY 21, 1920 PRICE 10 CENTS .1nf HI v. , A SOUTHERN EACE-PEOBLEM WHAT ABOUT IT Recognizing that the negro is a per manent and increasingly important fac tor in the development of our national life, The Southern Sociological Congress considers the solution ,of the problem of race relations as the most delicate and difficult single task for American Demo cracy. No enduring basis of good-will between the white and colored peoples of this country can be developed except on the fundamental principles of jus tice, cooperation, and racial integrity. The obligations of this generation to posterity demand that we exert our ut most endeavor to preserve the purity of our democratic ideals expressed in the American Constitution as well as the purity of the blood of both races. With this belief the Southern Socio logical Congress has walked out the following program for the improvement of race relations. This we submit, hav ing in mind particularly the recent lynching in Franklin County, which aroused Governor Bickett and brought forth a fierv denunciation from him. a 3- i ' t ... ' V I --. Sr. X THE PROGRAM 1. The Negro should be liberated from the blighting fear of injustice and mob violence. To this end it is imper atively urgent that lynching be pre vented. (1) By the enlistment of Negroes themselves in preventing crimes that provoke mob violence. (2) By the prompt trial and speedy execution of persons guilty of heinous crimes. (3) By legislation that will make it unnecessary for a woman who has been assumed to appear in court to testify publicly. f4) By legislation that. will give the governor authority to dismiss a sheriff for failure to protect a prisoner in his charge. 2. The citizenship rights of the Negro should be safeguarded, particularly (1) By securing proper traveling ac commodations. (2) By providing better housing con ditions and preventing extortionate rents. (3) By providing adequate educa tional and recreational facilities. 3. Closer cooperation between white and colored citizens should be promoted, without encouraging any violation of race integrity. (1) By organizing local committees, both white and colored, in as many com munities as possible for the considera tion of inter-racial problems. (2) By the employment of Negro physicians, nurses, and policemen as far as practicable in work for sanitation, public health, and law enforcement among their own people. (3) By enlisting all agencies possible hi fostering justice, good-will and kind liness in all individual dealings of the members of one race with members of the other. (4) By the appointment of a stand ing committee by the governor of each state for the purpose of making a care ful study of the causes underlying race friction with the view of recom mending proper means for their removal. Have you tried your hand at the Mon day Morning Bridge Parties al The Carolina? Every afternoon at 4:30, except Sun days, there is dancing at The Country Club. Wiley Pope Swift and his jazz boys dispense syncopation. And if you don't dance it's a nice place to gossip with your friends over the spiritless and flaccid foam of a vanilla soda. Our 250,000 disabled soldiers! Our 800,000 drafted men who were pronounced unfit for service? The 200,000 people who die annually in America of tuberculosis. The 25,000 pronounced cases of tuberculosis in North Carolina. The 300,000 children under five years of age in America who die year by year of preventable diseases? And the 10, 000 in North Carolina. The twelve million school children who suffer from various physical ail ments, most of them curable. The accidents that kill 100,000 and disable 500,,000 people every year. ii this country ? The one adult in every seven who is known to be in need of medical atten tion? The 500,000 who are doomed to death in the next wave of Spanish influenza f And the 10,000 in North Carolina? The need for wholesome home train ing in bed-side nursing and sick room dietetics? The need for free municipal and county hospitals in every county? Coun ty health departments? And county public health nurses? What about it? The Pinehurst Outlook is published weekly from November to May by The Outlook Publishing Co., Pinehurst, N. C. Editor HERBERT W. SUGDEN Subscription Price, $2.00. Ten cents a copy. ( Subscriptions will be continued on expiration unless the editor receives notice to the contrary. m Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Pinehurst, N. C. Cheer up! It doesn't rain all the time. When it does, the" Village Library in the General Office Building affords you a pleasant place to read. It Is open daily except Sunday, from 2:30 to 5:30, and provides a careful selection of books and magazines. At the Race Track Pinehurst has the best equipped plant of its kind in the South. Open to visitors during the day. Make it a point to see the fast horses quartered there, and get free tips on the races. i
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