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4 THE GABOUMAJI WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1359 Editorial Viewpoint PtMiiwMwwßßiß6BjPßE{!i>i»gß»>naicaßK<Msft!<Wirt»aaj—aiaßcai* «a»t*«HiJS6aaa«sswsesfSS«B The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP '•'And ye shall be my witnesses both m Jeru salem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth " —The Bible, The foregoing scripture epitomizes the story of ail irrepressible gospel. The religion of Jesus bursts all bounds, of geography, race or class The missionary imperative has its origin in Jesus, in his total message and impart upon the world. and in the nature of Christian living it self It was characteristic, of Jesus to share. “I am In the midst of you as he that, serveth." as quoted In St. Luke 22:27. Wherever he went, he gave of himself freely. And this spirit of sharing he im ported to his followers. They gave their very lives for his cause, Jesus desired that all should sharp in the abundant life. The final Judgment of man, as he pictured it. would be based on how those who had, shared with thoss who had not. The missionary imperative, therefore, is implicit in t.he nature of Christian living. Many have relied upon the command of Jesus, variously recorded in the various gospels and the Itook of Acts, for the justification of the mis sionary enterprise. They have deemed this to he 4e order which must, be obeyed. For many, thfs has been sufficient, It is the only imperative they' demand. Some students of historical criticism hold that, these statements, called the Great Commis sion. are not the actual words of Jesus hut that tfc*y represent- a later interpretation of his spirit sad purpose Ever should thus prove to be true it 4e«t not alter the fact that these expressions truly represent the purpose of Jesus' ministry. The soepel must be shared nith the whole world. Race Relations At Crossroads For four decades after the Cmi War, race feiateens passed through a senes of evolutionary steps— including Reconstruction, disfranchise ment and passing of segregation legislation, in ferior schools, the separate but equal doctrine, and no on, Then came the momentous Supreme Court decision rendered on May 1?, 1.954. At or,re certain border states began plans for integra tion a* the schools The NAAC.P became a symbol to be hated, and Southern reaction *fy forces opened up a first front against this organization through the establishments of a series of counter-organizations like the White citizen’s Councils. Arkansas’ Governor Faubus with lightning speed came in with a surprise attack and para lyzed the Little Rock public school system. Teachers were paid for doing nothing, while some of the instructors made plans for migrat ing to more peaceful surroundings In one county in Virginia, the death knell for education ha? been sounded by padlocking the public schools in September. 1950. Several months ago a “second front" was slowly opened up in a well-planned calculated 4rd clever effort to undermine and destroy Negro community confidence in the NAACF. Ernest Calloway, president of the Sf. Louis College Presidents’ Pay Raise Recently the Advisory Budget Commission increased the salaries of several state educa tsdftal, health and administrative officials. The hikes affect ten college presidents and the chancellors of the three branches of the Con solidated University of North Carolina. They ranged mostly between SI,OOO and $(, SOO but were as low as $364 and as high as $2,000. The presidents of the five state Negro insti tutions of higher learning were also the bene fieiane? of salary hikes Dr, Warmoth 7 Gibbs, president of AScT College. $11,500 to $13,000. Dr Alphonse Elder, president of North Car olina College at Durham $11,500 to $13,000: Dr Francis Atkins, president of Winston- Salem State Teachers College, $5,000 to $lO,- OftO. Bright Side Os Racial Relations In spite of the Negro’s struggle, against great ridds. he has made progress if the following statistical report has any meaning. Illiteracy among American Negroes w*s re duced from more than 97 per cent in 1860 to less than 10 per cent today; There are more Negroes (over 128,000) at tending college in the United States than there are Germans attending college in Germany; More Negroes own automobiles in the Unit ed States than are owned by all \he 216,000,- 000 or more Russian people; Since 1940 wages paid to Negroes have ris en 400 per cent, as against 250 per cent for the whites; About 200,000 Negroes own farms averag ing 7$ acres; With the many complexities of modern civi- Hzazticm and the world activities carried on in homes, especially where there is a growing ftff,ily« the need for homes for the aged is scute. Because of added length of years and be cause of better living conditions snd medical care there are more aged (to be cared for, more and more facilities for their living have be come a necessity. We are speaking of homes where they car. feel at home. The stigma that once was attached to insti • tubrins for the sged has been moved by in telligent thinking and understanding, Also the censure rif children who have parents in homes for the aged has in a large part been removed, because of the better understanding of both the agsd and the homes they live in. Most especially are we "speaking of the homes §pon % tie church, «&icc they tft nm act to Homes For The Aged To do less is to be untrue to the essential charac ter of Christian living, The fascinating story in the Bogs of Acts describes the irresistible gospel &s it moved from its narrow Palestinian setting into the heart of the Roman world. Construed at first as meant, only for the Jews, it overcame every resistance and became a religion for all. The enlarging vision of Peter, the aggressive and liberal spirit of the Grecian Jews, and the passionate out reach of Paul set the religion of Jesus Christ in universal terms. American civilization is far from being Chris tian. In places it. i* "pagan. Its worship of mam mon is contrary to the spirit of Christ. Its drive for commercial advantage is often ruthless. Fre quently. profits are demanded at the expense of human values. Our race conflicts and class friction are a violation of the principle of brother hood. Kingdom values are too often made secon dary in American life. No religion is entirely wrong. All represent the human struggle to find God and to have fel lowship with the divine. Many of them teach no ble ethical ideals. They have spiritually fed count less thousands. They have arisen out of human need. An appreciation of all the good in them is the only attitude thp Christian should take. Many people now realize that the missionary enterprise should be conducted on a basis of mutu ality. of giving and receiving. This principle re cognize* the possibility of a contribution from the people to whom missionaries are sent. It mean? that- visitors from these lands may be sent to the West. Branch NAACP, says that "this new devious and concerted attack against the NAACP is not from the South with its crude provincial approach, but rather it has a decided northern Madison Avenue flavor with wall-to-wall car peting. Tt has very httle to do with race hate and preiudice. This second front is more con cerned with the cold problems of investments markets, stock quotations, new industrial sites, the national political climate and fiscal poli cies of the national government.” This second front operates on the well-con sidered assumption that if the NAACP is suc cessful in its drive to eliminate the many deep social and political bars againts Negroes in the South, it will in Hie long haul undermine the oldest and most political power coalition in A merican history—the North-South axis of po litical conservatism and economic concentra tion. Abroad, our foreign policy is becoming less convincing to colored people all over the world, because we do not practice at home the de mocracy that we preach overseas. The racial and integration issue has brought us, to the crossroads of apparent indecision. The solution of this problem will depend upon the road we take in the future America is at the crossroads where do we go from here? Dr. Walter Ridley, president of Elizabeth City State Teachers College, $8,750 tc SIO,OO, and Dr Walter Jones, president of Fayetteville State Teachers College, $8,750 to SIO,OOO, We are glad that the Advisory Budget Com mission recognized the need for an upgrading of the salaries of these presidents in the face of the continuing inflation spiral. These men deserved this recognition. The State, however, cannot overlook the college professors. We hope, if it is not already been done, that a corresponding increase in salaries mill be given our college instructors Their seems to be s losing fight against th* continual rise in the cost of living. The armed forces have been completely in tegrated ; Negroes sit in. Congress, state legislatures and city councils; Some 1,250,000 Negroes are members of lab or unions, and Ninety-three tax-supported city commiss ions end 345 semi-official agencies in the Unit ed States are working to improve racial re lations. We cannot let our progress previously out lined stimulate us “to stop like hare in the turtle race and take a nap.” Negroes while their companions sleep must forever keep toil ing upward in the night. make money but primarily to care fer the aged. Many aged persons now live in such homes because they prefer it. There everything is tim ed and prepared for their comfort. They are with people of their own generation. They have parties and teas, and they write letters and receive them. Many are able to attend church services, and church homes are located near or adjoining the churches. Aged people are not “animals” who sre con tent just with food, shelter, and sleep, but ra ther thinking human beings, who still have a capacity’ for enjoying culture and entertain ment. With growing understanding and Christian ity put into practice, hemes for the aged especially church-sponsored home# - are be coming more and more desirable. This, we predict, will fee the new trend in th* yssazt ahead. Must Be Destroyed Or Democracy Is Dead, And There Can Be No Peace SENTENCE SERMONS BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP THE TWO WOMEN 1 Our world got, off to a pretty bad beginning, with the very first.pair resorting to sin ning. by disregarding God ? commands and taking matter? into their own hands 2. Adam proved a fairly good master, until Eve flew in with her cloud of disaster and began to sprinkle an imported incense, which soon left the one and oniy Adam without any defense. 3. It was then that Eve blam ed the Serpent, then Adam blamed Eve . . . and from there on, we hardly know who to be lieve, for now it seems that nearly every creature has some thing up his sleeve. 4. This is that regime from Adam and Eve. to Moses, of which many writers by inspira tion give vivid synopsis, it seems too sad that mankind toe, long has drifted along with the happy-go-luck.v throng 5 But even when it was fore told and did come to pass, man from that, time has not trav elled sc fast, for now under a new dispensation, man is still What Other Editors Say NORTH CAROLINA OUTDOES US Thf recent elections in NOrt'n Carolina should make Negroes in Missouri get busy—especially ly those in Kansas City. A southern state should not be. stopping out so far ahead of a so-called northern one, political ly. In three North Carolina towns, Negro citizens were e lecuid to the city council In another, a Negro was elected to the school board St. Louis has a fairly good record on the election of Ne groes to public office but. Kan sas City is far behind. We have never yet elected a Negro to our city council or to our school board. The reasons we give are varied, but the fact remains that Negroes in Kan sas City have not made them selves felt politically. In order to gain political pow er. Negroes must learn to be in dependent voters. Throughout the political .history of Kansas City, the Negro ha# voted ac cording to somebody rise's die tation. rather than in accor dance. with his own welfare When. Negroes begin to vote on issues and men and discard meaningless loyalties, we will begin to climb economically as well as politically. But not un til then. In the recent North Carolina election, Negroes were elected to the city councils in Kinston, Greensboro and Southern Pines. In Chapel Hill, a Negro minister was elected to the school board. Durham and Ra leigh also have Negroes on the school board. And Winston- Salem has a city council mem ber. North Carolina also has a Negro on the State Board of Education, a Negro on the State; Prisons board, on the Re creation Commission and an the State Conservation Com mission At Luniberton, N. C., an election commissioner re cently was appointed and at Gastonia, a Negro has served as city treasurer and city coun cilman This its an outstanding re cord for a state that is not far from the deep South. Its record surpass*" by far that me/de in the relatively free state of Mis souri. In the Show-Me state, we have several alderman, a school board member and & circuit Judge in*St Lbuis, a fomer city mmctlmm in a xma’tom of toe stumbling along in sin and de gradation. 6. God looking down saw his terrible end. ar.d to defeat the peril and devastating on slaught. sent His oniy begotten Son. through another woman, man * soul to defend 7. This woman was Mari', the humble deputized human vessel through whom Jesus was to come, and He. to be the only Savior of man no other, but Him alone. H From there on, in the lan guage of John, found In John 3:30: "He must increase, but I must decrease." . . . He alone came to show the- Father, and to dwell among us; flesh and blood must stand aside for He alone, came here as "God with us." to abide. 9 This was Mary’s contribu tion to all creation, but it war arid is, Jesus alone who is the author and finisher of Salva tion , . , whoever else would attempt to usurp these ever lasting. eternal. Holy and God given Heavenly rights are sub ject to perdition and Eternity's State Board of Education and a, municipal judge in Kansas City That is about it. We have got to move fast to get ahead of North Carolina. —KANSAS CITY CALL * * * * IRE IS MAKING A MISTAKE Wheii Abraham Lincoln came into office in iB6O he became the first president to recognize. Haiti, which had been an in dependent country since 1804 and Liberia which had been in dependent since 1847. In those days the Republican party claimed credit for ac knowledging the independent of these two colored countries which the Democrats had spurned. Since 1870, In an unbroken line, there have been 27 colored American minister residents, consuls general, or ambassa dors to Liberia. THE OTHER DAY. on toe recommendation of Vice Presi dent Nixon and Secretary of State Herter. announcement was made that a white ambas sador will be sent to Liberia Isn't President. Eisenhower making a mistake? What kind of argument can he make for changing a tradi tion which has lasted through administrations. Democra > tc and Republican, for the past 88 years? In addition to the tradition, colored people have a tremen dous interest in Africa, the continent from which their an cestors came to America Africa is one oi two conti nents rich in materia! and hu man resources, which is climb ing with increased crescendo to independence and a plae* of importance among world powers. In our judgment,, this is no time for (.he President, either for political or any other rea son tc change this ambassa dorial post, from colored to white We have a different situa tion in Haiti to which this country has sent eight colored ministers between tor years 1889 arid 1913. On the other half of the Is land. known as San Domingo, five colored charge d’ Affairs were sent from 3 893 to 1905 Once the United States sup planted its colored ministers to Haiti and Sta Domingo, these posts have bean filled by white persons. Ths was made by saddest, plights 1C Mary fulfilled her course and veil could she rejoice that out of her bosom was released, no? a modern tape recording, hut the voice of Him who spoke, the following words from eter nity: "I am the resurrection and the life, he that believeth in me. though he were dead, yet, shall hr kvr; and he that, iiveth and believeth shall never die." 11 Five, we will say unknow ingly ushered in an age very incomplete . . . but Mary for tunately was the sacred Cradle that rocked Him who wa* the Eternal Mercy Seat, with every Divine arrangement perfectly mile ip 12. We. T am sure, if allowed a choice would choose this la* - ter part, . . . but, who hut. God can understand the secrets of heavenly art? ... it could have meant, eternal loss in us bear ing the Adamic stain but Mary's Ron the only begotten of God prepared re live and die for us. even before the world began. presidents who were Democrats, and Republicans never revers ed them If president Eisenhower wanted to express his faith and ’ms confidence m colored peo ple he would not only ret,urn colored ministers -to Liberia but send them also to Haiti and San Domingo —AFRO:. AMERICAN * * * • “ A Fir, IS A PIG With Stephen Foster s Old Black Joe practically banned to obscurity and the black rab bit of The Rabbits' Wedding" m trouble in Alabama, the black member of The Three Little Pigs" is now in hot water in Florida A Miami segregation leader claims that clever integration ists have gotten hold of the old folk tale and are trying to brainwash American youngs ters with a version picturing a black pig as superior to a white pig, ■While this situation might constitute a. clear, and present danger to American youngs ters, we would like to point out. that black pigs arp superioi to white pics rn several respects, including: 1. They present a tidier ap pearance. not showing the p f feels of mud-wallowing so readily as white porkers; 2. They are easier to find m the snow; and 3. They are not, as suceptible to sunburn. Aside from all of that- a pig is a pic is a pig —-CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY BY DR. C. A. CHICK, SR. Doing Big Business With A Small Amount Os Capita! Reliable sources of informa tion indicate that we are rapid ly becoming a nation of stock holders. Our capitalistic sys tem is rapidly developing into a- "People’s Capitalism, in real ity as well as in name In 1852. 6,480,000 individuals owned shares of stock in our many corporate forms of business. By JUST FOR FUN BY MARCUS F BOTJLWARE PLAYING WITH RATTLERS Read that beck Sr a remote seciton of the hills southeast of Manchester Kentucky, a Holiness Church meeting was held The article showed James Estep demonstrates his faith by handling four rattlesnakes without fear. The meeting was held in the home of Forester Asher at. a community called 'Blue Hole on the Clay and Leslie County line. This meeting would not he for me, for what, would hap pen if those rattlers got loose in the crowd? YOUTH NOT GOING TO DOGS AH youth is not going to the dogs, because we .are learning with certain adolescents that brains pay off. A case to illustrate this point is that of Tuily M. Friedman, one of the 40 outstanding high , chool students picked to at tend an e;;pcrmiental program at. the University of California at Los Aneles. For .10 years or morp none of the scholars at UCLA had thought to question the in scription under a mosaic at, the library. The words were attri buted to Virgil, but young Tui ly Freeman thought Cicero ought, to get the credit. The UCLA librarian looked it up. and sure enough the author was Cicero. If this is a sample then there's no telling what our bright boys and girls—now be ing uven recognition after years of bping sloughed off as oddballs—will turn up once we start listening to them HEH NOW. DOC just, read an amusing arti cle on "Tell Your Doctor Every thing." I learned that some patients do just, that.. "They tell you everything. You have to hear all about what happened to a woman's fur coat, or the illness of her poodle or how trying life is v. ,th the kind of maid one can hire today." Doc sighed: then went, on: "And of course your patients, Gordon B* Hancock’s BETWEEN the LINES TRF LATE H G WELLS WAS RIGHT The late H, G Wells, emi nent. British historian, said that race prejudice is the worst thing in the life of mankind today. He .spoke deliberately, with full knowledge of war and its horrors, of disease in a thou sand forms, and of economic exploitation that has been prac ticed in the uttermost parts of the earth. He knew of the ravages of poverty and crime, but in hie calculation, hr saw m race pre judice the greatest threat to the well-being of mankind Today, we see race prejudice rising like a tide in the world and threatening the peace and happiness of millions It is set ting race against race, group against group, organization a gair.st organization. brother a gainst, brother, home against home, parents against children and kinsmen against kinsmen Today, our great, United States of America is threatened with disruption because of rampant race prejudice. We have just finished celebrating the Fourth of July as a memo rial of the founding of the na tion. Those courageous men who met, in Fanuel Hail in Philadelphia and derided to be a free nation were heroes, they IT 5 ,* the number had increased to 8.630.000. and by 1959 the number bad jumped to 12,490.- 000 Indeed, the United States is increasingly being owned by “Us the People " And, contrary to popular «■- hes a large number of those owning stocks, in corporations is not the extremely rich More specifically speaking about, nail of them do not, have above f,7 000 household annual in come About 1.106,000 have an ann > household income of j ess than $5,000 No longer is ownership m our large-scale business a rich man’s game alone , , , This writer feel? very Keenly that it. is one's Christian dutv as well as patriotic obligation to become part, owner of tne United States economy by pur chasing shares of stocks in the business corporations in the United States. If our economy is going to extend and thereby producing more goods and services as well as offeiing mou job opportunities, some one mart, supply venture or i isk capital. Some one must, be wn- Uru to take economic risks as wr',l as to postpone the desne for present consummer goods for the future expansion of our economy. Moreover, when an Individ U ai invests in common stocks, he, by so doing, enters large iical? business with a world wide market. When an individ ual becomes an owner of snai ■ .- in General Rotors, or Ford, oi General Electric or United States Steel simply a few of cur many business corporations, he has really be come a. partner m " game of big business. And. U cannot. be over-emphasized that this he has achieved with a. relatively small amount m money. Moreover, it should oe observed that the rate of re turns on money invested ir. tho common stocks of good cor • wwatHSW is greater than -he rate of income from any other source in which he may invest a sms,ll amount sf money. men as well as women, talk on forever about their symptoms; usually symptoms any layman would recognize as not physi cal at. all, but mental—symp toms that result for an srti fin. alway of living, from being possessed bv possessions, from an ingrowing interest in noth ing but self." I am sure the physician would appreciate it, very much if we would let, him ask the ques tion?. ADVEVRTISING PAYS "I don't, mind men who kiSM. and tell.” the girl said. At. nvjf age ] need all the advertising I can get." 1 Corn yard guffawed at this one. told by Speedbail Eddie). NUMEROLOGY The Negro newspapers, - sold by some agents here' come highly - colored mimeopraphed leaflets on numerology 'just plain numbers^. Materials read rtov amusement only of course to steer clear of the law) Hot. Tips. Daddy Bill says, Ihe chickens, specials. Red Hot. Over Due Now, etc. Thirty six numbers are listed in red col or. FACETIOUS NAME We have often heard of a law firm being named Ketchum and Cheatum. and of a dentist named Payne, but did. you •-# know that Straight Stret. is on? of the crookedest, -streets in the world? Straight Stret is an an cient and famous thorough- | fares that extends east, and west, for nearly a mile in Da mascus. Syria. It is exceedingly tortuous and winding at the present time, but it. may ong inally have been a broad straight avenue According to the Book of Acts in the Bibß the house of Judas, where Paul war. visited bv Ananias, was. sit uated on this st.re°t St Luke us careful not to commit himself, he does ftbt say,it is the street which is straight but the street, which is called Straight. It is a fine piece of ironv. if is the only facetious remark' in s he Bible. I believe. piedef-d their lives end prop erty , and' sacred honor to n preposition that these colon.'- weie and of a right, ought 1 be free. That. Fanuel Hall meetm if easily one of the high poin' r, f history, with the winter cf 1777 and Valley Forge 1 ; just ahead History tells us t s during that, awful winter, C ■ lonial soldiers lived i'oi most, part, on a diet of r toes; that the Colonial u ware poorly dad, with on a " form between two While one had on the unu at, the battle's front the o was sitting by the camps.; s keeping warm as b°st he cou 1 But not an American err'd "lav off" and not. a patriot whimpered A great nation 11 ft conceived and brought, forth to bless tjie world. Today, this nation is threat ened by race prejudice There are those vho would sell it down the river, if thereby seg regation. according to color, could be eternally maintained. The late H G Wells further concluded that, only by the de struction of race prejudice could mankind hope for peace in the world. With millions for propaganda purposes, the Old South is determined that prej udice shall not only Ime m the Old South, but that it shall spread in the uttermost parts of the earth Battle after battle is being won here and there about the world by the shrewd manipula tions of pronaganda. designed to sell to The world the Old South's way of life—segrega tion The church is raising a feeble voice of protest at the machinations of race prejudice There is a sector of whites which we may call the New South girding for the fray In our fevei ish fight for full citizenship, wp must not, forget those new abolitionists who are fighting gallantly to save the Negro, for it must be clear to them —even as it is clear to even a casual observer— that this nation must, save its Negro citizen?, or itself be lost So determined was the writer to rivet, it upon the minds of many college generations at Virginia Union University that in his class in race relations— the first, course as such ever offered by a Negro college that, he wrote on the bias', - board what, he hoped would ts the epitaph on his tombstone ‘ Praeiudicium generis del ;: um es." which interpret" . means "Race Prejudice must t.» destroyed." We further found that Ur - is only one moral inyrc:...'i. that will destroy race preju and that is personal vcc Prejudice falls before hr. ' _i worth as frost, vanishes be •• ' the rising sun. The bad? of man worth is to b? fount ‘ t Christian character C character is the only thing can break the backbone of . prejudice. It seems ratehr far-fet.ck"! for a serious student of r"~ relations to emphasise Chr t.ian character in the fac~ cf the bitterness and hatred being currently engendered by the struggle, between the forces of integration and those of seg regation. But. even today, with ail our fine beginnings in every field of human endeavor and with all our scholars and their scholarships, the Christian re ligion offers the most effsctve antidote against the destrue* IS*S»ft6S of race pfejarii.es-
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