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4 THE CAIOUNIAH WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JULY 4, 195# Editdrial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP "Who is my neighbor?’ From the Bible When a man approached Jesus and, among otner questions, wanted to know who was his neightxr, the Master told him the story of "the Good Samaritan." From this parable, we should get, a lesson today. Many of us have from time to time come in contact with our neighbors. By the term "neigh -001”, however, we do not mean altogether the person living next door to us. In this world, there are many individuals who have needs which can be met only by some sort of social action, or appropriate legislation. One of the great dangers facing us today is that of living a life so sheltered and busy that we never observe the person in need. Most of us tend to live out of sight of suffering people even in large cities where there is so much of It. Many times, we pride ourselves in living in a selected part of town —a restricted residential dis trict. Thus we move among “nice" people, be longing to pleasant church and never feel the pangs of misery so widespread among us. It is difficult to put ourselves m the piace of the man who must constantly live in the squalor of pov erty. Time To Curb Rape Upsurge The rampant upsurge of rape in particular sections of this country has become 0 matter of deep concern to the public, and more especially, to mothers of young girls. The most recent incident involving a 36- year-old white man and an 11-year-old col ored girl serves notice to young women who are m the habit of frequenting the streets at nights and opening their doors to strangers. It i* time that these young women begin to seriously safeguard themselves against vicious attacks by sex maniacs. Os course, any citizens, man and woman a - has the right to use the streets legitimate ly at any time and with the protection of the law. As for protection by the law, colored women ar- well aware of the complications and am biguities which are brought to bear on this matter. Up to recently the illusion prevailed that wnite women were the ones who needed the most protection against indecent assault by colored men. The most recent rape incidents have, however, presented a problem which de mands of the law equal protection for all con cerned. How effective law enforcement and United Giving - Another Side In the Apni 26 issue of the News and Observ er, there appeared an article calling attention to the rr -'v hands in the local citizen's pocket. “Out: .bed palm* seeking donations for worthy causes, are becoming a frightening phenomena on the American scene, according to many national and local observers, ‘ln Raleigh, citizens are cajoled into giving to about 20 different national causes a year— including the United Fund, set up so they would only have to give once.” To begin with, we are not opposed to united fivir® for worthy causes; in fact, we welcome thr rtunity. Those of us who are propo ne; the United Fund “way of giving” mu adapt our thinking as to see the. other person s, or agency’s point of view. Regardless of an agency’s reasons for re fusing to join the United Fund, we must re member that in America we must guard the principle of “freedom of choice.” And it may be a good thing for us all. that many organ izations approach us independently to do our Christian duty. Will The Church Find A Way? Recently, at the 175th annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese in Philadel phia. a sharp attack was made on racial seg regation not only in churches but in church related institutions. The convention called for immediate steps to end such restrictions. Os particular interest in this connection was a icport presented to the leccnt 41st annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of the Na tional Lutheran Council which noted that ■dance 1950 nearly 500 students from ten non %hite cultures and races have studied at Luth eran colleges and seminaries. In a survey made public in April. 80 of the 16? Lutheran churches in Greater New York If we judge the state of affairs by the num ber of articles appearing in the newspaper re garding the plastic bag, pretty soon it will go out of existence. Already in a previous edi torial, we stated our views on the matter; yet we cannot miss this opportunity to make fur ther comment on the question. There is a discussion as to whether to ban the use of plastic bags or not, because they have caused death. The ban has never been put on refrigerators, lawn mowers, guns, knives, detergents and cleaning fluids which have caused perhaps more deaths than plastic bags. Why ban one of these dangerous items and not the others? Banning the use of any of these items is not the answer to the problem. Plastic bags, for ex- That Plastic Bag Again Modern means of communication have made neighbors of all nations of the world. We can no longer isolate ourselves from the things going on about us. No greater task faces the present-day generation than to discover what it means to be s good neighbor on an international basis. You have read this parable spoken by Jesus. Suppose the Good Samaritan had arrived on the scene when the robbers were attacking the trav eler. What should he have done? Suppose efforts were being made to rid the road of robbers, what pert should he have taken? Can. love stop with relief , or must it go on to prevention? The great religious scholar. Dr. James I. Vance, once said: “A religion that says, Lord Lord with holy accents, but cares nothing for the pris oner in jail, for tire child in the factory, for the prostitute and the drunkard, for the underpaid and the underfed and the underclothed, has long since been branded as a base counterfeit The Christian who not only passes by on the other side, but who fails to lend himself to efforts to rid the world of such infamies and unjustices has not begun to follow the footsteps of his Mas ter." Who then is my neighbor? Answer this question for yourself protection will become on an equal basts is still dubious. In the circumstances, therefore, colored women and parents of young girls may take stock of the problem and do much to help curb this vicious criminal outbreak. They may do well to keep off the streets at night as much as possible. They should refrain from making provocative display of them selves in public places. They should seek strong and reliable escorts in the event: they have to be out at night. Colored women can prevent opinions of im morality held against them by members of the white community whose men have forced women of color to subjugate themselves to all kinds of base practices. The only way to prevent trouble is keep out of the way. And colored women can ex ercise more caution against being preyed upon by lustful men. These women should remember that the scale of justice has not yet been balanced and they stand the chance of losing their cases in court as well as their pride and dignity in the community. There is a growing tendency in this country to organize our various ways of life into big business with a president, board of directors, paid executive secretaries and business man agers, and so on. What should become per sona! and individualized stewardship dwindles into insignificance under the wings of a United Fund Good Samaritan. For a man to consider his humanitarian duty performed when he gives only once a year is to dwarf the imagination for helping human misery and suffering about us. Good Christian stewardship can be evaluated in terms of one’s annoyance at the many re quests to aid individuals in need. Os course, some may say that it is frustrating to be called upon to give to so many causes each year. But we must remember that every day we may be called upon to relieve suffering in a financial way. The constant pain of giv ing may be the Almighty’s way of making us good stewards. Is giving once enough? City reported that their congregations are in terracial. Fifty other churches said they were willing to be integrated but are not now be cause of their homogeneous neighborhoods. This year a series of human relations work shops to study ways of establishing an inter racial parish ministry is being held in eight of the 32 synods of the United Lutheran Church m America. The first was held in April at Springfield, Ohio, The efforts cn the part of these two church es to lift racial barriers within the church are. indeed worthy. Many other cuhrches become courageous in this respect. It is the will of God. ample, are very useful, not only tc laundries, factories, and grocery stores but to the house wife as well. To keep vegetables fresh, to pack age frozen foods, to protect out-of-season clothes from moths, dust and fading, the plas tic hag has been very useful. And we have mentioned only a few of the beneficial uses to the American family The public should be further educated, as it: is now in some respects, through daily news papers, television broadcasts, the radio and by word of mouth as to the dangers of plastic bags. The companies making these bags should stamp a label on them as “unsafe to use with children in any respect.” In this way, the pub lic can be taught to use them with safety. Embarrassed By The Stalling On Civil Rights Legislation BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP WIND AND WATER 1 Here are two of Nature's indispensable supplies . . . the Wind that touches the vaulted .skies . . . the Water that quen ches man’s craving thirst and cools ana refreshes his physi cal frame when all other things grow woise. 2. Yes. these marvelous bits of Heavenly charm were pieced here to help man, and not to harm . . . but man, when re sorting to his own biliou - minded thinking substitutes this pure elixer of life for in toxicating drink. 2. Other- characters, like the woman at Jacob's well, need al most to be overtaken by a pe culiar Spell, before realizing the invaluable worth of Water, especially to a weary sojourner., 4. Water to this dear woman was nothing new, . . . hear her ignorantly argue with Jesus, "art thou greater than our fa ther Jacob who gave us the well and drunk thereof himself, and Ms children, and his cat tle?” 5. This is the stupidity mor al and spiritual ignorance Jesus had to deal with in His day; but now. two thousand years later, let, us see what we have What Other Editors Say JUSTICE IN SOUTH UPHELD Conviction of four white youths for rape of a Negro co ed in Tallahassee is more than a vindication of justice in Flo rida. It sets a standard for the entire South and goes far to wards answering tine charge that oven application of the law cannot be attained in some areas of the South. The comment of Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida was straight, to the point: “The crime was reprehensible to all decent citi zens. The trial was prompt and, from ail reports I have receiv ed fair.” There is reason to believe that the governor has judged public opinion well. For though there is no general accord on the recommendation for mercy which would seem to eliminate ihe death penalty, there is wide nnproval of the conviction. It is as though the reputation of the state, having been put in danger, has been forthrightly upheld. ' There is a good deal of truth in the view of one Florida citi zen that there would not have been an arrest twenty years age in such a case. But on this occasion the law went into speedy operation without fear or favor when Deputy Sheriff W. W. Slappey, answering a call for help, rushed to the scene in time to handcuff two o* the offenders. The others were soon arrested, to confess. arid the road to a quick trial was not blocked. The question of color had no effect on the state's attorney in his vigorous prosecution of a capital case, and the court hewed strictly to the line. It is gratifying to hear from the jury foreman that the race question was never discussed behind the closed doors, for that means that the panel of jurors with Florida and Geor gia backgrounds was thinking strictly in terms of evidence. Already held in prison, thr offenders will hear their sen tence soon and it can be ac cepted that they will be ap propriately punished. That will be a milestone of progress a way from a double standard of justice which has prevailed too long —Nashville Tena@Bssß.ii to say; hei-e he is as an insane man trying to strike at the Moon, while right before his eyes here on earth are blighted areas, pioverty, stiffe, preju dice, ignorance and hate still inflicting, a tormenting wound. 0. No wonder this dear wom an after her conversion by Jes us, the dispenser of the eternal and only Living Water, ran up town frantically to tell every sin-sick brother, for He reveal ed to her sins, as could no oth er. 7. This Is what makes It so terrible for our war-torn world today . . . Christ, with His Liv ing Water is trying to come in to our heatrs to stay, but Sa tan with his scng-and-dance rooms to have the majority of men under a deep spell as if in a trance. 8. This storied away back in Nicodemus’ time and has fol lowed down in a-n unbroken line . . just think, a man like Ni codemus, a peer among men, erudite and profound, was ab solutely lost W'hen Jesus spoke about Wind and Sound—then when the Master told him “he must be born again", this truly was the beginning of the end. SOUTHERN JUSTICE IS LIFTED HIGHER Florida, justice has set an ex ample for other southern states in the sentencing of four white youths for the rape of a Negro college student. For Judge W. May Walker’s strict adherence to the law does indeed mark a long step to wards abolishing the double standard that has prevailed too long. The offenders in this case, though convicted with a recom mendation for mercy, could have been given light prison terms or let off on probation. But. the judge’s rule had been to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment in all cases, and saw no reason to depart from it. The youths were lucky to have escaped the electric chair, as he reminded. At the same time, in another part of Florida, a Negro was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape after pleading guilty. Thus the principle of equal Justice has been respected, and the result should go far to wards building greater strength foi legal processes among all elements of the people —Nashville Tennessean A PSYCAIARTIBT FOR FAUBUB Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkan sas seems to be more in need of psychiatric care than Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana. In his speech to members of the Mississippi Bar Association assembled at Biloxi last week, the hillbilly statesman (?> made a major break-through of the soundness barrier when he declared that “if that cause < continued school segregation and states rights.* is lost, then we are all lost, and it would be a good thing if Russians do destroy us with atom and hy drogen power rather than that we become a nation of crimi nals and indecent people.” Analyzing these remarks we see clear evidence of dangerous irrationality which has tens of thousands of Americans con fined to mental institutions. Thus, obedience to the law is’held to be national disaster and makes this “a nation of criminals and indecent, peo ple.” 9 Indeed, this is very true even in this very day. old Satan keeping men busily engaged with things of less importance like stubble and hay . . . yea, men of means and large affairs swerving about on swivel chairs . . but Satan keeping them in ignorance regarding their pri vileges as Heavenly Heirs. 10. Elements like Water, Wind and Rain, to the average man are just a common and usual thing, until something quickly upsets our regular rou tine, and then we begin to sense what ail of these gifts of God mean . . . and while Nico dsmus like all men could not. see, but feel the wind, Christ by the same token came that men might have life, and be happy without and within 11. The human and Divine nature of Christ will always be a mystery to man, for though His face is unseen, He holds the whole world in His Hands, 12. The Winds and the Waves obey His will ... He rules Earth ana Heaven with a matchless skill . . . just be sure you are within the hollow' of His Hand, then it. matters not what hap pens in the land. Even though Governor Feu bus is an alumnus of Red Commonwealth College, form erly located at Mena, Ark , and presumably an admirer of So viet civilization, it will be noted that he wants the Russians to destroy us rather than conquer us (as an alternative to inte gration), because he probably feels that as conquerers they might favor integration, also. —Pittsburgh Courier RS' »R C. A. CHICK, SR “OF THEE f SING ’ Wr are approaching our Na tional Birthday—the Fourth of July. B.y and large, it is for the American people a day of joy ful and gayful celebration. It will be observed in many dif ferent manners by many dif ferent people according to their tastes and values. This strong advocate of taking all writer is most certainly not a the fun and frivolities out of life. In their proper places and proper prospectuses they serve a definite and needed purpose in life. However, in celebrating our National Birthday, we should pause in our actions and think ing to again re think the phi losophy that gave birth and early nurture to this great country of ours. “The land of the free and the home of the brave.” The one outstanding charac teristic of those who founded and nurtured this country of political and economic free dom was that they were de voutly and deeply religious. And, even though they hod placed in our Constitution the first, amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” the same cannot just ly and wisely be implied that they were not religious. Nor did JUST FOR FUN f Rearing Aid Fitting' Yesterday afternoon, I watched a technician fit« vet «an with a hearing aid using the double-room technique by means of about §15,000 worth of electronic equipment. The Bill Wilkerson Hearing and Speech Center has four such rooms for hearing aid fitting. One has to have a knowledge a* deafness, science of acous tics, physics of sound, some mathematics for working with for-mulae, and good common sense. I watched the technic ian spin the various dials, channeling sound to the two ears of the patient through two or three circuits. She gave r.peech tests with and without the trial hearing aid, then pre sented the patient with a trial a d to learn to wear. Finally, the disabled veteran was given instructions in how to use the hearing aid. extra batteries, extra cords. He sign ed a number of blanks and forms, the requirement of VA redtape. And finally, he was on his way. I could not help but soar away into a dream world. If we but only had such a center to serve the N< gro race that scarcely get the opportunities to use these services on a lo cal basis, amazing would be the Good Samaritan activities to people with cebrebal palsied speech, cieft padate speech, stuttering disorders and so on. I envision such an idea, but do not have funds to carry it out and put it into operation. THAT GRAMMAR Mr. Cornyard: “Why do you have mispeiled words and bad grammar on the signs in the window?’’ The Grocer: “So people will think I’m a fool and come in expecting fa get the best of me. Business is the best I've had in years.” 'Being an English Prof., I cant let the Mr Grocer get away with this. I insist that he use correct spelling.) Gordon B* Hancock's BETWEEN the LINES NEGRO PHILANTHROPY APPEARS The appearance of the Ne gro philanthropist on the Cur rent scene, even in a small way, is encouraging. Long the bene ficiary of the white man’s phi lanthropy, the Negro is exhibit ing the moral growth of the race by showing that Negroes are feeling those nobler im pulses which have, in so many ways, benefited the world in general and Negroes in parti cular, There is no finer chap ter in human history than that written by the Yankees of the North who came South and pioneered in Negro education. For instance, the American Baptist Home Mission society built a chain of schools which extended from Washington. D. C. to Marshall, Tex. There were Wayland college, Washington; Richmond Theological srnina iy, Richmond, Va., Shaw Ra leigh. N C., Benedict college, Columbia, S. C.. Atlanta Bap they mean for their actions to be interpreted that the gov ernment should noe encourage religious and good morals. It is rather unfortunate that some individuals, for selfish reasons, have attempted to use the fore going amendment to imply that, so to speak, government ana religion should have no thing to do with each other. The preamble to our Consti - tution says nothing about re ligion nor God. However, the Christian implications and brotherly love are there just the same. “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, es tablish justice, insure domestic tranquility provide for the com mon defense, promote the gen eral welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to our , elves and our prosperity, do ordain, and establish this Con stitution for the United States of America." Moreover, when the Constitutional Convention became confused with argu ments, Benjamin Franklin made a motion that the Convention open each morning with pray ed “For,” said he, “it is impos sible for an empire to rise without God’s aid. Even before the Constitution, the Declara tion of Independence makes a four-fold appeal to the Almigh ty God. An example of such an appeal is, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, lib erty, arid the pursuit of hap piness.” In his farewell address to the nation, George Washington said that of all dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and moral ity are indispensable supports. The foregoing is sufficient to indicate that this nation was founded by people who relied on God for aid and guidance. In celebrating its birthday, let’s not forget to thank God that wc are privileged citizens of this great nation. Let us thank God for our religious heritage. And, let us not forget that in asmuch as the founding fath ers needed God's aid so do you and I need it to carry on our personal affairs and we need it. to carry on as members of a great social organization—the United States of America! BY MARCUS BOULWARE WHAT KIND OF PIE? I am deeply disturbed about the fate of the plain, spread out, stacked up pie. 'Those of you who like “good eatins should be concerned about thi; blue-chip eatment which is fasi disappearing from the Ameri can scene. One lady suggested that we organize a Rave -the - Horse - an d - Buggy Days Type of Pie So ciety. If we can get such a club organized, we will expect her and people like her to serve a,* officers in the upper echelon. Old fashioned stacked-up pies must be saved at all cost. Whs L can be more delightful to the* teste than the old sweet potato cobbler, or the apple and peach cobbler? (Cornyard can hardly bear tc hear me talk about this rare delicacy). Shucks, too many housewives are running to commercial bakeries. I don’t care what they do m those bakeries, they can never concoct a cobbler that grandmother could make. One can hardly imagine a force of more extended powers of stabilization for a world gone wild in so many latitudes than the storied pie laid upon a foundation of generous propor tions, say 12 inches wide and 26 inches long, whether of ap ple. blackberry, peach, or sweet potato. Our modem cooks are con cerned more with the looks of the cup than the strength of the coffee, and more with the looks of the tablecloth than the side meat in the beans. I rue the day when women commenced to feel that a pie. longer than one foot and high er than two stories bordered on the vulgar, or something ™ inelegant and uncouth. This h2.s led io the smaller pie and a gradual lowering and with drawing in broad areas of the land. The cook who cen organize end launch forays calculated to bring people once again to commune with their gumption is the light of the world And may this light shine. list college now Morehouse Atlanta; Roger Williams uni versity, Nashville; Selma uni versity. Selma, Ala.; Jackson college, Jackson, Miss.; Leiand university. New Orleans and Bishop college, Marshall, Tex. To say the least, it was an ambitious Christian undertak ing, but it bad paid moral di vidends which began enumera tion and description What th - Baptiste did was pa ralleled by the Congregational lsts and Methodist. The found ing of these schools and the manning of the same by white Christians with the missionary zeal is easily the finest mani festation of Christianity thi; nation has ever known It is all the more fitting that we should take serious note of the current inclination of wealthy Negroes to fc-el the fires of philanthropy 4 burning in the soul of the Negro race. It. is just one more illustration o; the Negro’s worth as a citi zen oi this country, Down at Bennedict college my first alma mater, there has just been completed a fine building named for one of her sons a physician who left a sizeable fortune to the school There is in process of erection, at Virginia Union, a fine bun ding to be named for a grateful alumna who has made a sub stantia! gift with the added as surance that the residue of her sizeable estate will be left to the university. There are no doubt other fine philanthropic gestures being made by Negroes here and there about the country. These, ges tures are as the moving finger, marking out the way along which the Negro's heart is tra veling. These are fertile sug gestions for other Negroes who have accumulated sizeable for tunes. It is encouraging to see Negroes inclining to do today what these great Christian Yankees did yesterday. When I was a boy studying at Benedict college, I was do miciled in a room which had over its door this inscription: “This room was furnished by the First Baptist church of Kirksville, New York” I would often lie in bed on cold morn ings, preferring io stay abed to going for breakfasts—consisting too often of light bread and tea one morning and. tea and light bread the next. But my eyes of ten rested on the inscription and I imagined that the First Baptist church of Kirksville was in a great city and that the church itself was a large steepled cathedral on one of the main streets. I imagined that its members were wealthy and lived in mansions. When 1 was, in after years, a student in Colgate university. I received an invitation to come to the First Baptist church of Kirksville and speak. They had heard that a Negro from one of the schools they had helped to maintain was studying at Colgate and wanted to see one of the recipients of their phi lanthropy. My host met me at a flag station and took me to his crude rural home for the night. I just knew' that Sunday morning we would drive into Kirteville city. Instead he took me to the intersection of two rural high ways where a little frame post office stood in one corner and a, little frame church in the other. That amounted to Kirfc ville, N- Y. and its First Bap list church.
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