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THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1869 4 Thsre are many people who experience no •■; satisfaction in living. Everything they do be * comes a mere cog in the machinery of life, rfii T 6 counteract this very common loss of an bT identity sense, Jesus counseled that w@ must - < be what we ar© and serve with the power given to us and serve with the power, because it is . Editorial Viewpoint Give To The Annual United Fund Drive The United Fund concept is re latively new in some communities, but old in others. It means manag ing charity work and, like the gov ernment, it’s consolidation is a boon to local self-determination of goals in Christian stewardship. •• Contributions in the Raleigh area are used to support charitable work •for needy persons in this area. Local •contributions help to cure local ills. As consolidation of local govern ment creates a more efficient and jjeffective local governing body, the Fund enables Contributors •s? •- jjand charities to do their work more fably. jjt In this way the charitable dollar Some New Ideas Under The Microscope X As time passes on, men tend to examine old ideas in new ways. Not long ago two California senior citi zens filed suit for a “personal de pletion” allowance on taxes. They asked the Internal Revenue Service for a tax refund of 27.5 per cent on taxes they paid between 1965 and 1967. # While the suit was rejected by the IRS, the personal plea for a “personal depletion” allowance on taxes convinced & federal judge in San Francisco that the point or idea deserves further consideration. The husband, a 73-year-old law yer, from Carmel, California, and the wife, 68, argued that they were entitled for a “personal depletion” allowance since their “natural de posits (their lives and the improve ments thereon such as education and training ) will be gradually depleted and in a foreseeable time, in absence of a miracle, will undoubtedly whol ly disappear.” Then there is the ide*a of more Negroes going into business. We remember the winning student ora tor (in a junior-prize oratorial con- Cruelty To Animals Has Taken A Reverse Think of the good women who pioneered against cruelty to ani mals, They met many hardships in pushing toward their goals.' And, in a sense, today’s friendliness to animals seem to have vindicated their efforts of .humaneness to ani mals and brutes. Pets get the best of care, by and large. In an age when dogs w'ear fur coats and cats carry life insurance, it figures that the most expensive thing about owning an animal is man’s generosity. Paced by phenomenal growth in the-1960’5. America's pet industry is expected to gross $3 billion this year, triple the receipts of 1962 and -a growth 15 times greater than the increase in the number of pets. Trefflich’s, one of New York’s pargest pet stores, sells every thing from gorillas to guppies and reports and growing demand for all Elephant Muffs? Can't Hear Mouse Squeak An elephant’s keen sense ofhear ing may be an asset in the wilds and forests, but not always in a zoo—-like the Windsor Safari Park Zoo in London, Two young elephants were recent ly acquired by the London Zoo; but the first time they heard a roar ing jet, they stampeded through a park fence. Lest they hurt them selves, an ingenous zoo director solved* the problem by fitting the animals with ear muffs that masked out the noises of the jet. Face tiously. it was said they could not Bible Thought Os The Week our duty. It is the same doctrine which Aristotle propounded centuries ago as enteleehy or fulfillment. He held that within every living thing is a guiding force that makes for hap piness. What we do to fulfil! the endowments of our self gives Joy to us and permanent services to others. goes further and helps more people. Evidence of this increased effici ency and effectiveness is the fact that millions of. dollars in. United Fund goals go further despite in flation. Every effort is being made to stretch the dollar to do the most good. When the* United Fund worker ap proaches you, do not‘pass on the other side as did the individuals in the parable of the Good Samaritan. Let your contributions bind up the injured man’s wounds and carry him to an inn to be cared for. In this way, you can make your charity work overtime for the worthy causes they sponsor. test) who won first-place with the subject “A Program for Negro Busi ness,” Worthy as the idea was, can the entrace of Negroes into business be a worthy slogan today. It requires more know-how now than it did years ago. And suppose we had the train ing to run a business what, about the hoodlums who would burn the busi ness, steal the products or goods, and God knows what else? Third, there is the idea of “un required obligations, “walking the second undemanded mile, and do ing more that is required. This idea does not make an appeal to people as it should. How many will be honest in their business dealings, beg pardon when in error, give the un fortunate a Tift, prompt in keeping their promises? \Vhat about the doctrine of “turn the other cheek”? Where will it get you? Has not the Hegro tried this for centuries? Did it pay off? Old idea mupt be reexamined in light of the changing times and the hardened hearts of men and women. The Bible says, “What then shall be say to these things? types of nonpoisinous snakes. Maybe people like animal pets because they seldom realize what they are getting and never miss w'hat they are not getting. Animals are generally grateful. Apartment residents, who show an affinity for dogs. despite, the drudgery of a constant curbside vi gil, have come to rely on such serv ices as grooming, boarding and dog walking tp -give their animals re lief from unavoidable oppressions of urbanization. Animals hospitals, estimated to number 4,000 throughout the nation, are applying new medical techni ques and medications with greater efficiency then ever before. We realize some people carrypet care to a ridiculous extreme, but most of the money spent on pets goes for food, housing, and medical cai-e. hear a mouse squeak. Workers in noisy industry use ear stopples and ear ifcuffs for the protection of sensitive ears, but who would have'thought about ear muffs for animals. Just as noises are frightening and annoying to hu mans, so they are to animals. We congratulate the zoo director for his ingenuity in solving this noise problem. In time, however, the elephants’ ear will accomodate themselves to noises in the zoo area. Thereafter, there will be no need for the muffs. Only in America BY HARRY GOLDEN THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMIES The federal directives are Insistent. north Carolina must totally integrate its schools by next year. Interposition did not work, nullification did not work, even the closing, of the schools did not work. But there are Tar Heels who will not give up. In the past year, die-hard segrega tionists who are the parents of school-age children have financed the opening of almost 50 new "Christian acade mies” for the Instruction of white children. These are private schools whose purpose is to offer “quality education” so called, In reality, they are renovated barns, small frame houses, old quonSet huts, sometimes even a dilapidated school building long deserted by mice. Tuition runs from $250 to S7OO a year. The labor needed to paint the walls, refinish old desks, landscape the yard and con struct the playground is all contributed by the parents. At Twelve Oaks- Academy in Shelby, a one-year-old school not yet approved by the state, the headmaster teaches psychology, English, biology, and physical science, another chemistry, French, and history, and a third teach es all elementary grades 1 through 7.. Ramseur’s Faith Christian School has so far cost $250,000. and the Gaston Day School already has $600,000 in hand. Both schools still operate in the red. By law, these Christian academies must offer sub stantially the same subjects taught in the public school, and schedule as ‘many school hours for the students through the year as the Department of Public Instruction directs. Charlotte Observer reporters Jerry Adams and Sam Coving Jest For Fun BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE CAN YOU GUESS THE ANSWER? 1. The Devil catch the (Un dermost. 2. "Honesty is the best po ll cy. 3. A soft "answer turneth away wrath. 4. Be yourself! 5. Hide not your light in the valleys between the hills. 6. Let us then be up and doing. Lifter to the Editor DOING YOUR THING To The Editor:" I gu«?ss we will all admit that there are many phrases floating around us.these days such as “sock It to me,” “turn me on.” “do it your self,” but the one most com monly used now is “doing your ’own thing.” We can also substantiate the fact it is very much in evidence lay what we have been able to see lately. We have heard much talk of sex education being taught in our public schools. Frankly, I think it would be a ter rible misuse of funds to teach it in schools, that is. If you can afford the fare to some of our recent movies on sex you may obtain the best sex ed ucation available. Such pic tures as “The Midnight cow boy*” “The Graduate” and may more bring out all the sordid details. Os course, we can’t complain too much though because many of us flock to see these type pic tures- and, by our attendance, we show that we support the continued showing of these digustlng, filthy lewd pic tures as they are sometimes referred too, after veiwlng them, of course. The question remains now what about the youngsters un der sixteeen? How are their young minds and curiosities to be relieved? How can we pro tect them from the sordid de tails, and ever present sex orgies? I haven’t notice any padlocks on any of our local newsstands. Only recently, I observed some young boys between the. ages of six and THE CAROLINIAN "Covering The Caroliisas" Published by The Carolinian Pubiishin? Company SUB E. Marfln Street Raleigh, N. C. 27u0! Mailing Address: J» O Box 628 Raleigh, N. C. 27602 Second Class Postage Paid at Ra leigh. N. C. 27602 • SUBSCRIPTION PATES Six Months $3.25 Sales Tax . .19 TOTAL 3.35 One Tear 5.50 Sales Tax sa TOTAL sifiS Payable in advance Address all communications and make all checks ar.d monev orders payable *0 The CAROLINIAN. Amalgamated Publishers, Inc., Madison Avenue. New York 17. N. Y., National Advertising Rep resentaiive. Member of the Asso ciated Negro Press and the Unit vice* 8 * Internationa! Photo Ser- The Publisher is not responsible for the return of unsolicited news, pictures or advertising copv un less necessary postage accompan ies the copy. Opinions expressed by column- Ss s In this newspaper do not nee esenr v represent the policy of .'.‘s T>f>apr*r. ton fount! classes at these schools deserted by noon and the students impressed as carpenters, painters and la borers to ready the physical plant. In some cases' the re porters were chased from the grounds toy irate'faculty and parents when they took pic tures. There Is not one Negro register in any of these Chris tian academies. North Carolina moderates and informed educators are caught up in adilemma. These private schools are draining support from the public school system. Bond issues are eas ily defeated at the polls, bud getary requests are denied, and state funds appropriated on the basis of students’ en rollment are less than Boards of Education anticioated. An even worsedilemmafaces the older private schools; the parochial schools scattered throughout the state, some of the prestigious academies, the three Negro private schools which have operated since the 1800 s, and the 23 private schools operated by the Sev en Day Adventists. These schools have long complied with the requirements set down by the state for instruc tions. There is no one who seriously believes the new Christian academies can meet these standards. It is a worri some possibility that the pub lic will soon come to a lump all private schools together as inferior, the good and the bad. It is even sadder for the children attending these Christian academies. South ern colleges do not lower their standards no matter how par ents clamor for a show of their patriotism. The South al ready has 3,000,000 illi terates. The'Christian acad emies are bound to improve on this. 7. Will the best always come back to you. 8. The power of black pow er. 9. Turn the other cheek. 10. Let us run the race with patience. 11. Learn to labor and to wait. W'here do the fairies sleep at night 1 know --- I know. Boomstrings burst into morn ing light -- I know -1 know. twelve browsing through some of the ponorgraphic magazines ir. a local newstand and no one seemed to pay them any attention. The young only need the price of a .magazine. 1 often wondered if an age limit is required to buy these lewd obscene books. This is what we mean by “doing your own thing.” The general opinion of what is right and what is wrong boils down to the Individuals. What I do is my own business, and it concerns no one. The way I wear my hair my cloth es. If I want to go topless or bottomless in public, it’s my own thing. Smoking pot and taking the pills is just anther way some people go about “doing their thing.” We pride ourselves on our cultured society, yet in our determination to being real ism into our everyday lives through sex movies, riot real izing we are destroying our morals and degrading our country. It is time for the church to come to the fore front and bring these vices into the open. Christian people can no longer afford to continue living sheltered lives among the corruption and degrada tion that evolves around us. Governor Ronald Reagen recently made a statement condeming sex movies. He said they were destroying the film industry, I feel that he should have gone a little bit further to include destroying our country and the minds of old and young alike. We don’t have to worry about our morals anymore. We know now they are being washed down the drain. So if you are caught in public doing some thing unusual, there is a good possibility you could get by with just the comment that he or she is only “doing their thing,” Wilbert M. Sanders Raleigh, N. C. Other Editors Say ... GUARD RIOT AT PENDLE TON The pellet “fired onto the ground’’ to disperse a crowd of Inmates at the Indiana Re formatory had a miraculous sens® of direction.ln reconet lng, they showed a strong partiality for black flesh. When the last of the bounc ing bullets had spent itself, / / . ' r< PRESIDENT WHO IN HIS EFFORTS TO / ijUrJ/k PLEASE SOUTHERN CONSERVATIVES, 4 HAS REFRAINED FROM SPEAKING OUT ■ f fMfW ON THIS CRUCIAL ISSUE. “Consumer protection” has become a prime issue of our times. The phrase alone has irresistible political appeal when the impact of the declining value of the dollar makes itself felt in higher prices, poorer service and deteriorating product quality. A recent issue of U. S. News and World Report contains an interview with Mrs. Vir ginia H. Knauer, Special Assistant to Presi dent Nixon for Consumer Affairs. In the interview, Mrs. Knauer explains the manner in which her office responds to consumer complaints by seeking corrections from manu facturers, distributors or retailers on a vol untary basis. She has found that in many instances industry is anxious to cooperate knowing that failure to so so may lead to congressional action--more laws and more regulations. However, Mrs. Knauer and her activities as liaison between the President and-con sumers are but part of the consumer protec tion story. Consumers, as a group, are being wooed by politicians as never before. Each year for the past ten years, legislative pro posals to set up a Cabinet-level Department of Consumer Affairs have been submitted in Congress. Advocates of such a department argue that it is necessary to oversee and police the hundreds of consumer-related pro grams that currently are administered"by more than 30-federal agencies. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States has issued, an analysis of current legislation to establish a Department of Consumer Affairs. The proposed legislation now under con sideration would vest unprecedented powers in the hew Department. It would, in the words of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce release, “...go far beyond mere coordination or effi cient administration...lt would become a focal point in government for handling consumer complaints, a central agency which not only dealt with such complaints, but represented the ‘interests of consumers of the United States in proceedings before courts and reg ulatory agencies.’ ’’ Under its authority to The Negro-American lias always been prais ed for his suffering and patience. Whenever the daily disasters became too plentiful and he was knocked to the ground, the Negro-Ameri can would refused to stay down. With a noble effort, he would pull himself up again. The history of cruelities stemming from being a minority group member in America is some thing we all know something about. The Idea and Ideals of integration were de signed to ease the misery and ills faced by less fortunate Americans in our society. In many ways, life Is much better, and in many other ways, life is much the same or # worse. The concept of sharing in America’s* wealth and abundance is the dream.of every Ameri can, especially the Negro-American. And, this desire for full participation probably led to. the creation of the integration theory. The entire idea pushes for side by side participation in American life by citizens-- regardless of their skin color or religious tendencies. It takes for granted the fact that the reformatory’s recreation area was strewn with dead and wounded - all-of whom were black. Blhck, too, was the 20- year-old Garj youth killed in the confrontation between the race-crazy guards and the Negro inmate. The reformatory has been a ghastly farce from its very inception more than a century ago. It was intended to reform its wards through education and training for various crafts. Instead, it quickly de generated into a maximum se curity prison where brutaliz ed inmates became not less but more defiant of law, not less but more contemptous of the minimal educational opportunities available to them and not less but more in sensitive to the promise of life. Not without reason is the reformatory at Pendleton cha racterized as “the college” by its inmates. No less a personage than John Dilling er received his education there and remains its most illustrious graduate. Let it foe noted in passing that Mr. HOW NOT TO ENFORCE THE LAW I iconomic Higliliglvfs BY GORDON B. HANCOCK Integration Dillinger was not a Negro. We have the word of re formatory Superintendent George Phend that the fracas ■was “a racial Incident’* and that “it tiad been brewing for some time.” World from other sources suggests that for some time also the guards have been itching to turn the reformatory into a shooting gallery with the Negro In mates as the sitting ducks- err ably dead ducks when the shooting subsided. Statement by Pbend and Cloid Shuler, state correction department director for staff training, since the disorder serve to bring at least a meas ure of validity to the protests of the Negro inmates who charge racism in the direc tion oi the reformatory. Not in so many words but quite explicitly they blame Negro dissent outside of the institution for the demonstra tion inside. “The inmates know what*s happening on the outside,” says Phend pointedly, charg ing that the “outside in fluence*' of Negro militants disseminate information, the Department would conduct annually “a National Consum ers conference to be attended by experts on 1 consumer education and by representatives of organizations engaged in fostering and pro tecting the interests of consumers.” Busi nessmen fear these national conferences would become merely a sounding board for anti business sentiments. They fear even more the virtually unlimited authority that would be placed in the Department of Consumer Af fairs under present proposals to conduct in vestigations and surveys of the performance .of individual companies; the findings of which would be published by the Department. Supporters of the Consumer Affairs De partment would expect it to play a part in lowering transportation, utility and commu nications rates and to exercise supervisory power over television advertising, program ming and to-actually control advertising. In spite of its political appeal, opposition to the creation of such a Department in the federal government is formidable. A high Budget Bureau official has pointed out that, “Under 'existing law, all federal agencies are respon sible for protecting the public interest, not the particular interests of special groups... The general welfare of the people Os the United States... must be considered by all federal agencies in performing their statutory responsibilities.” To many, the idea of set ting up a department of government to plead the case for a special group is repugnant and is alien to the concept of the public in terest. A Department of Consumer Affairs through its officially published judgements and eval uations, backed by the prestige of govern ment, could regulate and control business, substituting its views for the natural forces of consumer choice and free competition in the fnarketplace. “In fact,” the U. S. Chamber concludes, “many people believe a Department of Consumer Affairs would have ’ available .the technique and tools to go far in undermining the ...economy.” same members of society will integrate more quickly than others. Yet, It ts this same area of integration which poses one of the biggest • stumbling blocks tp Negro-American advance ment. Slowly* we are hearing less and less of the “first” Negro-American in this area or that profession. Th» harriers are falling down at an Increasing rate. As the qualifications are met, we are able to get a foot in the door. So, we gradually begin to see “a face in the place,” Our ranks of highly trained and tutored Ne gro-American lack depth. When we send a man of the Hon.-Thurgood Marshall’s statue to the bench of America’s highest court, we are with out a replacement "for the slot recently vacated by Justice Marshall. And, his Honor is no long er around the neighborhood to lend a personal hand to advancement of the race. It is the this personal assistance which is most clearly felt in providing guidance and confidence to the aspiring young and old alike. was responsible for the trou ble. He has been unable to produce supporting evidence when pressed for it. “We’ll solve it inside when we solve It in the streets,*’ declared Shuler ominously. By what methods, Mr.Shul ’ er? By doing what your guards did last Friday at the refor matory? By shooting down dis sidents a“hd by murdering them? "Mayor Richard G. Hatcher merits commendation for his demand for an investigation of the butchery. His efforts in ttiis matter must have the widest, public support if be is to prevail. For his quest will confront an abysmally stupid and ar- < rojant governor who lacks ft a sense of justice and who, by his own confession, is pre pared to debase our most vital state' Institutions for political advantage. And, by the way, why the silence over the Pendleton blood bath? Where are those voices raised in outrage over the piracy of the Armory pies? -The GAP.Y CPUS ALEP.'
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