THE SYLVA HERALD I
SECTION TWO ;
FEATURES ;
September 9, 1948 >
The Negro: North and South
(Davis Lee, Negro publisher, in
The Newark, N. J., Telegram, a
weekly Negro Newspaper)
I have just returned from an ex
tensive tour of the South meeting
Loth Negroes and whites in the ur
ban and rural centers.
Because of these personal obser
vations. studies and contacts, I feel
that I can speak with some degree
of authority. I am certainly in a
better position to voice an opinion
than the Negro leader who occu
pies a suite in downtown New York"
and bases his opinion on the South
from the distorted stories he reads
in the Negro press and Daily Work
er.
The racial lines in the South are
so clearly drawn and defined there
can be no confusion. When I am in
Virginia or South Carolina I don't
winder if I will be served if I walk
into a white restaurant. I know the
score. However, I have walked into
several right in New Jersey where
we have a- civil rights law, and
have been refused service.
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The whites in the South stay with
the r own and the Negroes do like
wise. This one fact has been the
economic salvation of the Negro in
tne South. Atlanta compares favor
ably with Newark in size and popu
lation. Negroes there own and con
trol millions of dollars worth of
business. All the Negro business in
New Jersey will not amount to as
much as our race has in one city in
Georgia. This is also true in South
Carolina and Virginia.
New Jersey today boasts of more
civil rights legislation than any
other state in the union, and state
government itself practices more
discrimination than Virginia, South
Carolina and Georgia. New Jersey
employs on Negro in the motor ve
nicie uepartiaent. An ui tne states
above mentioned empioy plenty.
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No matter what a Negro wants
.o do, he can do it in the South.
In Spartanburg, S. C., Ernest Col
lins, a young Negro, operates- a
large tuneral home, a taxieab busi
.e.?s, a tilling station, grocery store,
.-.as several buses, runs a large
.'arm and a night club.
Collins conldn't do all that in
New Jer.-ey or New Ycrk. Tne only
bus lines operated by Negroes are
in ti:e South. The S.U'e Bus Co. in
.','insiar.-Salem, N. C., owns and
operates over a hundred.
Xe^i^es and whites get along
much better together in the South
?nan Northern agitators would have
you bolieve. Oi course I know that
there* are some sore spots down
there, and we have them up here
also. But it is not as bad as it it
painted. The trouble in the South
stems 1'rcm dumb, ignorant whites
and Negroes, not fiom the intelli
gent, better class element oi the
two races.
The attitude of the Southerners
toward our race is natural psychol
ogical reaction and aftermath of
the War Between the States. Ne
groes were the properties of these
people. They, were not the peers
and were not even considered hu
man in the true sense. The whole
economy of the South was built
N. G. CAN EXPECT LESS
POLIO NEXT 15 YEARS
i "Xo.-th Carolina probably will
have a 5-to- 15-year period of
gr?ce a;ter the present emergency
[ a? tar as another polio epidemic
U concerned, according ?.o Dr. Rob
ert H. Lawson, associate professor
j; pediatrics at Bowman Gray
School ul' Medicine.
Dr. Lawson said today that alter
an epidemic has run its course, it
kes lrom 5 to 15 years to ouile
up a new crop of children and per
around slavery.
Certainly you couldn't expect the
South to forget this in 75 or even
130 years. That feeling has p issed
irom one generation to another, but
i. is not one of hatred fcr the Ne
ar.). The South just doesn't believe
that the Negro has grown up. Nc
section of the country has made'
more progress in finding a work
able solution to the Negro problem
?:'.au the South.
The entire race problem in Amer
ica is wrong. Our approach i>
wrong. We expend all our tucr^ics.
I : n- spend millions of doll: rs try
?. y to convince white people that
I .ve ..re as good as they are, that
j we are an equal. J )e L.uis is 1 oi
1 ,o!:ed upon as a Negro but the
I ^.e. test lighter of all times, loved
and admired by whites in South j
Carolina as much as those in Mich
igan. He convinced the world, not
by propaganda, but by demonstra
tion.
Our fight for recognition, justice
civil rights and equality, should be
carried on within the race. Let us
demonstrate to the world by our
living standards, our conduct, our
ability and intelligence that we are
:he equal of any man. and when we;
shall have done this the entire j
world, including the South, will ac
cept us on our terms. Our present!
program cf threats and agitation1
makes enemies out of our friends.;
WE ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME
THE MEMBERS OF
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECOTIVES
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TO SYLVA AND JACKSON COUNTY FOR YOUR
Annual State Convention. We hope that you will find your stay
here so pleasant that you will want to return often.
THE FARMERS FEDERATION
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serving the Farmers of Western North Carolina as a market for
tfeeir produce and an economical profit-sharing shopping center . . .
?Groceries) Seeds, Teed, Fertilizer, Hardware?
FRED CAPE, Manager, Svlva Store
ons who will be susceptible to the
isease.
He added that every day some
dy calls in a suggestion concern
's; a source of the disease. In'
\..;.ng suggestions, he said, peo-1
e cite one reason why a cert..m
nciitio.i might cause polio wuh
ut recognizing a great marv uUkt
casons why it could not.
The public still is not aware of
u)W much the medical profession!
aiows about poliomyelitis, Dr .!
L.awson declared., "We have
mown the cause of the disease lor
23 years, and hase amassed a
great many facts through research.
"Yet. he continued, "every day
* 'me one pioiuee* a new .-u^e
turn about the source of poj ?. Ev
ery suggestion has been none m*
Pev p.e tenant j pick uut a little
tiling as a pj>sTbaiity without trae.
l'.-i t ie re; sons! w hy that thnva
cuuid not cause t\e d.se;..-e."
The peduttriciii^r lifted the S'rtcs
showing tne highest incidence dur
ing the pa>t 22 years. During the
22 year period, he s..id, 20 S ate
nave been represented as either
first or second in polio incidence.
He added that, since 1915, the
State* showing the greatest inci
Hiia1 are Connecticut, Massa
chusetts, California, Minnesota
M. -fan. . and Vermont.
I3ur*::g tne epidemic year of
!i)44. waen North Carolina had ^
1; ?ve number o: cases, Virginia is
iv,j i ted as having nail a still
'..i.jcr number.
.i lis'ing oi the two lead.ng pv>liu
a:?. a* - >t; rting with 1944 snows:
1^4-t?New York and Delaware;
1J4? Ut.*h and New Jersey; 1946!
?Minnesota and North Dakota
1947?Idaho and Delaware. North
Carolina and Texas will lead this
year's list of offenders, present
i'ltfurea indicate. The statistic in
dicate that the disease strikes
simultaneously at areas which are
far apart.
"Tae disease," Dr. Lawson as
serted. "will hit every St: te soon
er or later.*'
Tne South., he added, has been
relatively free of the disease in
comparison with the rest of the
country.
WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNTY TO EXTEND A HEARTY WELCOME TO
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECOTIVES
MEETING IN SYLVA SEPTEMBER 12. 13, 14. 1948
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1898 ? 1948
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50 Years of Successful Merchandising
Since 1898 we have strivcd to serve the people of this trade area.
It is with pride that is rare, and a great satisfaction that we look
through the past 50 years of our successful merchandising, which has
been molded into the history of the beautiful "Land of the Sky."
We have seen this section grow from undeveloped mountain
slopes and valleys to a grand and glorious land in the heart of the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park area, which is now attracting
people from every corner of the earth.
It has been our ambition to beat the tide of progress in our busi
ness methods by a safe margin. This has enabled us to round out
fifty years with an enviable record.
We are pinning our faith to the future of this great expanse of
fertile mountain slopes and valleys, which we confidently believe
will bring us even more success through the years to come.
Sylva Supply Company
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