PAGE FOUR
EDITORIALS
ILL-TIMED, TO SAY THE LEAST
A short: time ago the News and Ob
server reprinted on its editorial page a
piece from the St. Louis Star-Times com
menting on the fact that Tusk ogee listed
only one lynching in the United States
during 1947, although six other instance's,
described as "borderline cases,” w ere
listed. The usual statement to the effect
that "one lynching is too many,” fol
lowed The real nub of the Star Times
editorial, however, was the following:
"Trial by snap judgment will linger so
long as any report such as this must in
clude the realistically cynical observe
tion: ‘During the year 44 persons were
under indictment as participants in
lynchings or attempted lynehings, and
14 were freed,' Until those who lynch or
try to lynch meet justice, the blood on
the nation’s hands may pale a little, or
grow less, but those hands will be bloody
sin.’ ”
.On the same day on which that editor
ial was reprinted in a Raleigh daily came
the announcement that the attorney gen
era! of North Carolina might submit to
a U. S. Senate committee a brief in op
position to proposed federal anti-I,ynch
tng legislation. A newspaper item report
ed t h at he would not be able to go to
Washington to testify before the Senate
sub-committee (at the invitation of Sen
ator Eastland, of Mississippi), but in a
letter to Senator Eastland the attorney
general of North Carolina is quoted :
"If ! can find it possible to do so 1 w ill
attempt to file a short brief in opposition
to it as S thnk it is well known that North
Carolina as well as all other Southern
states is very much opposed to any such
measure and feels it is entirely unneces
sary and will cause much more harm
than good."
The CAROLINIAN hopes that our at
torney general will not find time to file
the brief, or better, that he will decide
not to do so. In view of the glaring fact
North Carolinians are not numbered
among those 44 persons who in 1917 were
indicted in connection with lynching? or
attempted lynching? only because t w ■>
North Carolina juries refused to indict on
excellent evidence some would-be lynch
ers, we think our officials might w e 11
forego any statements to the effect that
federal legislation is so entirely unne
cessary, We do not concur in the opinion
that the doctrine of states’ rights should
include Ih e right of a state to decide
whether citizens of that state and of the
United States may or may not be lynched
with impunity to the lynchers, or that
lynching cannot be eliminated until all
the people of the state are in the mood
to give up the practice.
North Carolina has a good record as
to lynehings when compared with most
other southern states; but the Northamp
ton a flail is a blot on her record. We
hold that it ill becomes an official of
North Carolina at this time to register
a protest against federal legislation to
protect citizens against the outlawry of
lynching while the state through its regu
larly constituted legal machinmery is un
able tot do so, even when its highest offi
cials make an honest effort.
RALEIGH EXTENDS EAST OF
F AYETTEVILLE STRE ET
A local newspaper has congratulated
the city government, and especially that
pail of it which has to do with traffic reg
ulation, on its plan to control the move
ment of pedestrians in busy areas, to the
end that traffic in general may be im
proved and the safety of pedestrians en
hanced. That is well and good. Rut what
about places like the corner of Blount
and Hargett streets, where the poor pe
destrian does not, enjoy the advantage of
stop lights either to heed or ignore, and
where each pedestrian must be his own
THE CAROLINIAN
Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co,
Entered as second-class matter. April 6, 1940, at
the Post Office at Raleigh, N, C„ under the Act
of March 3. 1879.
P. R. SmVAt, Publisher
C. D. HALLIBURTON. Editorials
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Address all communications and make ati
checks payable to The Carolinian rather than to
individual 5 !. The Carolinian expressly repudiates
responsibility for return of unsolicited pictures,
manuscript, etc., unless stamps are sent.
113 East Hargett Si. Raleigh., M- C.
policeman, take his life boldly in his own
'hands, and direct, himself across the busy
and unregulated intersection ?
We sometimes think that Lite authori
ties are forgetful of the fact that all Ra
leigh does not lie west of Fayetteville
Street; that there are busy intersections
made by the crossing of streets that do
not intersect Hillsboro or Glen wood.
SENATOR EASTLAND MISTRUSTS
A news dispatch reports (hat Senator
Eastland of Mississippi as .saying that the
Ik S. Supreme l Court is “not judicially
honest,” He is further quoted as express
ing this opinion; “I don’t have any con
fidence in the Supreme Court, and I don't
think the bar of this country has.”
No doubl a good deal of the mistrust
of the Court fell by Mr, Eastland grows
out of the tendency of tin Supreme Court
in recent years to interpret more or less
literally certain parts of the Constitution
which in previous years have been widely
regarded as empty phrases. Among these
are:
"All persons born or naturalized in the
United States . . . are citizens of the Unit
ed States and of the State in which the.v
reside. . . No State shall abridge the pri
vileges or immunities of citizens of tho
United States; nor shall any Start; de
prive any person of life, liberty or pro
perty without due process of law; nor
deny to any person within its jurisdiction
Hie equal protection of the laws,
"The right of citizens of t he United
States to \ ate shall not bo denied or :
abridged by the United States or any ;
State on account of race, color, or pro- i
vious condition of servitude.”
THEY ARE OUT ON BAIL
When the solicitor of Harnett Count}
admitted, as he recently did. ih-at he fob
it would be worse than useless to seek a
first degree murder verdict in the cax<
of the (wo white men charged with kill
ing one Negro and serious].'. sounding
another, he put an official stamp on the
.of justice, at least, in that county if not:
allegation that there are two standards
all Over the state, lie acknowledged that
there is one standard of criminal justice
when the accused are white, and quite
another when the accused are colored.
As a matter of fact it is quite possible
that in certain types of crimes there aw
really four standards; one where the law
breaker and Ins victim are both black,
another where they are both white, a
third where the victim is black and the
culprit white, and a fourth (the severest
and most inflexible) "here the victim is *
white and the culprit is black.
The Harnett case, as brought into sharp
focus by Solicitor Hooks’ decision not to
try for a first degree murder conviction,
poses a question in criminal’ procedure,
southern style, a question which must be
viewed practically as well as theoretic
ally In this particular case that question
was this: Is it better to seek a first de
give verdict on the basis that the crime
was according to all evidences first de
gree murder, knowing the great proba
bility that a jury would not order t h e
death of white men for killing any Xe
gro under any circumstances, or is it bel
ter to seek conviction on a lesser charge,
but with greater possibility of obtaining
a guilty verdict, and some subsequent pun
ishment. ?
It is the same old question with which
Negroes are so often faced is half u
loaf better than no bread? Always?
Sometimes? When? It is part of the
American dilemma. It is associated v ifh
second class citizenship. If. as apologists
for North Carolina • .sometimes say, race
relations are entirely satisfactory in the
Tarheel State, is it not true only to the
extent that Negroes accept, second class
citizenship as the best they can get?
SUPREME COURT TELLS FIREMEN
The Supreme* Lour! has not waited for toe
passage of a Pair Employment Practices law. I:
has declared, on the basis of principles alrcad
embodied in our fundamental law that discrimi
nation against Negro locomotive Bremen in job
rights is illegal. That tho lily-white firemen':,
union and the southeastern railways have cor
la borated to prevent upgrading of colired fire
men is perfectly clear.. It is also known that
agreetrv-nts make it all but impossible for new
Negro locomotive firemen to be hired
The Court's position is th«t undo the lav
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen is bourn!
to honor and protect the rights of colored' fire
men even while barring them from mem hr r
ship.
When aii labor unions realize and accept
the fact A'bat their function is to protect workers
not ex pi oil some of the apparent advantage of
others, they will be serving their real purpose,
and will have greater public approval.
THE CAROL! NT AN
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“ARRESTED IN'* FREEDOM'S NAME"'
lEe yV l ' A j jij
lg§|| J'ecotiti riicughts |
? *** c ° iUki ' JUL&X}nT^R jjj
tut
I’ is said that n - v - : -
wholiy adult: but some vb.td
hood trait-, linger in the make
up of the most mature of us.
One of the traces of ben-hood
left in me a dear- for -nov
m winter time. U seems to ns
that no wind > ib- on com
plete that lets not supplied n
or two good oid-tasmouc a
snowfalls T ih;ee sn; rev
more, and at least one- of tin n
should make .1. appearance by
tho first week m mm ussy - -
the latest.
I love North Vo! mm.:; end the
section of it in w;m:h 1 liv'*:
but in the 0. .1 three years i
have developed a colossal ;feev- -
against them on the ground of
thee niggardly allowance .>?
oiiou I an ee become an acute
student of tin-. winter weatrer
that this scutum of North Car
communist plot, or sorr-cfhiny,
to den rive rno one other ■ of or -
rightful aRo-.vane- of m, wfai:.
\\ cy havc i ■■ ;■ ; . con
clusion that R,i.i--!gh arid its «•-.!-
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. M. W. Williams
Sul- j. ■_, vi., p t . . ..... ~
Life of in,. Lord Jesus C
Hen .Li.), ip; Isa. V-r bf... Matt. >2l.
5:17: 20 2(5-28>.
Key V s.-a w X. .;-
which i'.-v. a.-.i.' iftiUu
As the iv.. lb a- ci y .am s ;! t
non-Chrc-mms ach die Bible
so» ii- 1 »u par. W
in the W”hi . u irti,,
interesting and bii-c.-'-c -e
given. K<nv ,f Sm Sri. . •;
teach; rs v. it find time e<'H-e„h
during th: ulnss j scried to <. ui
phasi/e «ij Pic ga. cn j-.-mls in ,in
out iirn-s.
!'t KPlr-f t
<iOl* Hi i T HI- PKOfVtsj _
in ru.nuitAi
Prom *he *a! m \aa:.. u!
through the Bible pi<anises iv.,-ic
-"tvtn sot n'-nn's •eoc-mriiu.ii 'i ,
law and the prop!:-.-:.- did ail m
then now ; to bring man fa u
si; f< of acceptjva I' 1 " Sciip
tu had i-a Jo oj a Child K-c-
Priest and a in- .-n,rn do
v.c.ci: He c.iino lit rAmsvlt a.iti.
Health For All
OMOANUSKO ,vn it h ON TP»
x*.;ic thr leodiiv
cause -'if death in tins country a:
the bcgifji'iiujr oft: century u.
the same lime, hen? whs deploi
able ignorance about the .tftsease.
This ignorance made it dilticul.
for the eomparvlivoj.i few inform
ed people to prtnucte effeß*iv..- ac
tion to oojvit>ai f-.> disease unc
proven! its spread.
In 1904, hot •.•ever a sv up of
doctors and lay people met in
Atlantic City. N -and organized
the National Tiin.; <s*Joa-i> A:-.v
ri alien so. the exprc«j pts ioa ■
conducting a csiviynj.; vhrouy.'uxn
the country agsh this commun
irablo disease The Association
x»sed to uu
ail its form*, to vend it b; m,.-
tiun about the disease and its
prevention -.r-d to encourage
■. : hlifi 1 o v >f>ryi
Spread Hi o ro: i-i-e: iyfuvi'natian
about tubercuiosi- meant «.bo
dear mg up nusapp; ehensionc.
about the disease. A. that time,
’tinny people be!: veil that tufa:- > •
entosis v, n... (nhiy-vym.-,: .. eouttl.
r.oi bo cured and there was lit so:
that could be don*', tjeotn tttbftr
vrons arc getting a row deal
,r. this respect? Wall here are
iht facts: As soon as it begins,
to get cloudy it also gets warm
{•■;. When it is cold enough to
sir v it is also sunny. I ha,'
investigated tm.- thing, readers.
Let’s take a typical situation.
One wakes up one morning
and go( - outside to see the sky
overcast. 'The thermometer
egi.sters abound 24 or 28. All
is set tor a seasonable snow -
fad. But soon the skies begin
to clear, it gets even caide:.
but obViously there can be no
Show out of a clear blue sky
Or take another typical situ
ation in those par;.-, It has been
cold tor some- lime, and now
it begins to be cloudv. Precip
itator is eicarii m order, Bui
dee-, a iemmn cold enough L
snow? No • Whatever lows have
■ us 24 hours w more lire tem
Persi an- ... ill shoot up to above
freezing bet ore anything star's
propping, so vhen the,dropping
starts, it's ju * plain old rain oi
V - kind you e in Noci-mbr
or Vi..; ' i'hcic- i.- plcntv oi
cold westhe,. but if is all clew.
. ‘urk no! ?rtr.s ! am core.
nei-troy ii:c Jaw. or to prophet:-.: 1
am fu.-i conic \o d'.-irc.j, bur m
N'lf.l!." ■ Malt. 17) Thus: Chris
u.vrmy i.s ihc- tiß'.'iiJnuvu of ,;u
1n " '-'K' J -'arneni laug-.t,
Ilona B - 4
pj ftrosr: n
i-> | OK >SN
I- in a i him <i lc .
i in I a*. -of -i: - * <:iatc>: •!;.!
: 1 '• 1 "0.. mii
\i, ...
H.' yvi warm- an. aßut-B;-;,
Am ith.uhv’A 1:21 And .-nr
sh..H b: ing forth -. md
• !* call hi:- name .Jesus: foi ra
sh...! rave h.s pi-'inii- iioiVi ,heir
PI KPOSK !II
VN \ nn.PFK 5 \!>i
\!.l. f IRC PM ST\\< TS
Sum. -: Dries W: pu. >:• rviurn.! .
fi-cl that o»f jot is the- worst of
Hr rii'io niii .-'out :'Ora- : i ;fiv
pgi’abli'. :- u - Hi. U K si.-' -
Foi* '.vi .iov< i.'ot -.!> high pricsi
• which ca-i n<-! be .ouckcd w,u.
c'li'r.ir •■V-.-epi .Wee it.
Founders of the National Tu. -
crculosis Association knew that
tuberculosis wrv. not inlieritcu.
that it could he cured and that
mat.;, ’hums oiAbd ot don. i< ;
Piesvor.i its pir-ad. They believed
that a successful campaign again, t
tuberculosis must ov nation-wide
in scope but that she program it
must bo flexible, adaptable:
to the needs of the different tc
. lions or the country. From tie
1 very beginning, therefore, they
encouraged the formation of M,v
anrl local -lssocialions to direr:
ihe campaign within their ar*v.-.
Today there or; 3.000 assoelu
> iiiv s .4 ill La ted with 1 1':. Nation?-!
i Tu be iv>i l nr iAss oc ia i ion, Ev <•>.
v'Uit.y and the oteiricl of Colum
bia have iuberculosis associab.v
--: a;tii within the- states are assoc in ,
lions organised on county tu ,
>: immunity basis Tbs re are alaa
uii'i Hated ;:.l;0«s in Puei-’.f. ,
Rico, .Vlasßo Hawaii and the
Cana) Zone.
in cvopei Mian with ofiicusi
! health agencies, the as social iona
: waging ’.veil organised ram i
jjauoij. to eraditaic tuberculosis
v. • ■. A:- soon as :t gets
cloudy if gets warm, and as soon
a.- it gets -o'd it cleans.
The clowning insult to our
section, h st?* k?s oi
r.eteorologieal ran. deals ex
tending more than two veto.;
came last week x.c;
Memphis, Term., had 12 incaes
nl snow, and even Shreveport,
Louisiana, an- outlandish tropi
cal locality, had seven or eight..
\leanw hile wt had a mean rain
ail day and -11 night in a tens
perature that never went above
a 4
People ask me why 1 want it
to snow. 1 am stumped. I can
iind no sensible answer. One
friend, trying lo understand,
askr-ri me vvht tiler or not I - -vr
-- -- d. (Os - ours- I cU- not. -
I : now I looked forwaid to snow
iii wintei when I was a boy,
i still do. .so its my guess
I I 1 just haven’t grown up
in mat particular respect.
By the w.-\, it MAY have
r-tiov. ed before this gets in print
But 1 am willing to bet it will
not have happened. If it has,
you win. and I ddo, too.
’f'.e feeling of our infi, mi tieout
.s it) all joints tempted like a,-
we arc. yet without sin. Let u.-.
the'-of ore come boldly unto tlv
ihroiie of grace, 1 hot we may ob
tain mtrey. and fine! grace to
help in time of need."
Could there be a more consoling
and inspiring •'thought than to
Ivnow that in Him i man can
t:h< highest eo, I" Arc you
discouraged' 1 Have you tried and
’.died.' You have a heipoi in
Christ?
PURI’OSI IV
**rs iii i is worth - * or
i urr.ATiON
'VI i y oJ us havtg hoard the ol:i
adage: 'The proof of the pudding
: s the eating thereof," The work
of Christians in the world is to
help in whatever capacity ihey
e;.n humble service After all
we arc workers together with
Gand His Soy hie given us
tin example. Even ;;s the Son of
tTi;<ri came not to be minis!freti
unto, but to minister, to give bis
life ;t ransome for many." <Mau.
20:28.1.
Croat progress has: been mad- !;•
:ne fight against tubesculosis ’jTsis
b revealed ire the 80 per cent de
cline .<! the tube, eiilosi}-. tb... ■ ~.tc
>n the past 40 years. Ye: muc;i
work remains to be done becaust
tuberculosis still kills inoiv- than
50.000 persons a year and itau-e.s
liuiu deaths among people from
15 t« 44 years of ege than any
.•titer disease
The National Tuberculosis A.
sedation and its affiliates one. a
year apepal to the people of Am -i
‘•can communities to give finan
vial uppb t to their anti-tube 1
cuiosis campaign by buying a .id
using Christmas Seals.
He suits of experiments in civon ■
. al drying of seed '.train, using cal
cium chloride as .the drying agent,
coo ducted this lasi yea: justify
wilier investigations el this mew •
net. aco.-rding to the USD A.
Ret-iting your garden spot is Jus;
»y "<>od a practice as rotating Gel •
craps.
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY fit, 1918
METiwemiz j
TOE j ’
BY OFAN B HANCOCK FOR ANP j
ATHLETICS VERSUS ACADEMICS
For bettc-i -vor-i-. c.illi-gi athletic.-: is bidding lot the driver
seat iii .a,. l-i- da - -h- n- -if . mu. K oeeialiy is luolbaU
threatening to -uke over. As big business, football is fast de
veloping. and i.mn an-d mure, it is being called upon to pay the
way us the v a aihlm a-... In the larger unw dailies, large sur
plusses arc ‘icing anei'-se.l an l football is enjoying it-•hey day
But il is not veil ~n the lootball I--mi because ominous
whispering-., are ever and amm in tin- wind. There are few brave
souls 1 est. who feel that the r a! business of a college or univer
sify is ih- ids K-a cm of to yout ! -it hoi than glorified athletics.
Mere mid mm - mr - i -iuti- an becoming training grounds
so) the professional athk’cs it. was mod .salutary a few years
ago tna! tin- .'.i.'-ojisic-.- -d flu University of Chicago had the Lire•
sight p> .et is. ti w. loading. 'idciigo slipped out.
and left t-n- I’m, Too ' ii>,-icad -id b- so doing tills mighty univer
city wo- r-' iclc-'ns the 0.-.iise. ot oriucaMon in ibis country a mighty
■civic.. (! .sis .-vttlm an '.•••.ample that is surely needed today.
VV< are r* i: !y w ilnos..ing lie. sad piionum- ■> n of the football
tail wagging c- •■---- -i- -, And tin- cud is not m sight. The pi - -
fesdon.ili •’. cs •; cob- l -c-i • :!! . gniag on a pat e with only
here and there 1 muhled protest ,
Tics -.mite i iii- ti:; i-i • dent stu U-nt.':- and follower
of atiiietic- and ports a . 1 branches. Ho is not an old grouch
who wants h* see >- is.ig ;plo i n a! out and sing old time revival
songs tine- spending then voutH as cldc::-;. Hr does no! believe
in Ion;; faced roiigtoit v. oh a • egattvi righte.jusnv ss. He want,-;
to sec youth fiv<- to c,\ . , cmiris.w they arc laboring under
the burden of coat r-.rp-i v.ibilitier But this is no; the conclusion
that !“< - - n.’ j-: ■i- mi.. ■::■ in c->ilege alii lot; y. is the best vv, v *’
ot opttiinir-c -imu--c-nf-nt end rccroa;ion foi iu- youths.
Football to- a- played and financed is a costly propo-ilion,
i -r ■-. n tv - hint -c,- that can afford i! With
1 ''-d .d, c m -v -d -wing sola: vs in excess o y
that oi toe lu-i - imp - tc- in.-tuutions an-.i in\ ariably more than
‘hat .o’ the most r.vn 1 p- . ... ivo food for thought
that it 's, !,»eei».'liny .ikrca.anc d dbivult to mentally digest. Be
sides. ’uothall a no \ pi --- -t - \. i; v costly a a me. in energy, in
money ami in genera! morality.
tJambichevna a fa 1 ‘ dav wtnlo -m. ’ n young lads
arc being hruc-0.l v;d - . dvc so. the delight o: the semi-savage
•’nods, that v iit 1- he..; s-a d- -op ~ i. K makes little dif
foren-v to the n v-. cob when - : >ur.g football stalwart; is
brought from the held wit!) blood dlearning ftnm his face or
wit!; hmbs distorted and broken. A ‘substitute'’ is rushed in and
the piav goes or;' la -' -d -t becomes -f th; wounded is but of
little consequence once be is. out ot sight.
Tv- whole f---skoall : inn. non - niev'd at n-csenf on mil
ci.-i!i- g-■ gridiron ; ■id bonsai amphitheatre and the Spanish
null light rolk- i into om- Ot r-mu tiio. who line it -defend it on
the :VUP.d- T . i \ c .111. -i \ aui'h to n- xl ahviirt men. But
d is not as simple .. that. Ti e fact is, we an- making <Hir college
not-bc-tis of .-Id -.-dc pro!-ssionciivrs cc.i the so -n-ci it is realized
-iccjj-d ; -. b-c-i- ;; ,d! do 'he - v-c oi cducadon. Such
untoward cures-- : . H,d enough - the vr-aii supported white
Schools cat d -■ t i; . : -a far ii-.w- -.truggling Nr-gjo schools who
ae dovne.-i .- a .-ni harr: ,i-nroulh-existence
This writer I -- - ad ;...■.,■ cg-itiv liv- pass-hilities of course- in
physical educate r: a iii . alniost all sturo nfs can profit. He
ir onh "airing an .. ; .-;*-i-tmu voice against the- inroads that athletic
proiev.ionahdi cs Ims in -oui c.iil-ger Tile money involved
ana the stra; - 1 the • hue ;le - • « ven as nothing beside the greater
t< inpt-.diuii to *.a n "si a-i v" idel;.-- to land tdic bt-sl athlete regal'd
ics-i ~1 hi---, .nicllc-u.;.' p..-.-sihilitic-s. \hletics vyv-ms. academics is
4'
Don’t S ; W'ith That Umbrella Be^-Consideratt
Before They Retaliate.
ImurnS ' Il
A NATIVE Os mrF&i-H
COUK<YN-V-C9OnN l*«t»
JOSEPHINE mom vatk*
mm*:... received he« EDUCATioh at
PHILADEt-PNUh, Wt-AhO ISt.T'
s&S&ixsSßt-k* d AT -20 SHE WAS CHtAQUATED
Jt* FfiOM THE ftHOOE
i % normal school and beean
an unintereopted io vear
xdESBR‘ V: -k.~«. jHb4 TEACHINfi* CAREER •
i if: SBh*’ JOSEPHINE SU.ONE MARRIED,
MSS m AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME
JP 5’ active and prominent in
W > *• -:e civic clubs of her
COMMUNITY” WRITING-, MEaW
-1 WHILE, PDRTHE NEWSPAPERS-
L Y*- SHE WAS QUICKLY ELECTED
,-M%. the. 3WD PREQIDEMTOr THE
NATICK At. ASSOCIATION OP
’gllllZ COLORED WOMEN
in 1902 MRG YATES (w.Yk
. a master* degree prom the
, «- OP lOWAti RESUMED HER
' teach ss caseer and con -
TBP TiNUED WITH IT ECft KVeARS 0
"HARM,INTELLIGENCE AND A
I DNITV CHARACTERIZE MRS *
mueArem .
*tUT£R AKt> CMC lEAPBh 4s; |j