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PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS DEGREES OF MERIT < ! However commendable is the effort of ‘white citizens of Walton County to raise »$6,000 for replacing Negro churches burned in the community in which four i ‘Negroes were lynched not too long ago, lit does not wipe out the fact that the ‘lynchers were never punished were *ne\ or even officially identified. It will be '’remembered that the lynching was car tried out by a large band of unmasked men, before a witness who was a long | resident of the small community, and in ’daylight. That the identity of all of them should have remained a real mystery to J 'all in that section of Walton County is ’preposterous. More probable is it that it jwjas well known who was guilty, and that 'more than one contributor to the $6,000 ‘fund could name all .or most, of the mob festers. * -< it is ungracious to damn with faint praise a good deed. But it must be said t there that it is always safe for white peo ;pk* to contribute to a Negro church. Even ‘Ku Kluxers have done it .and ostentati tottxlv. To contribute toward the bringing do justice of murderers of innocent men . and women would have been far more meritorious and far more Christian. ’ LET’S SEE WHAT COMES NEXT > In view of the history of the Brother jhood of Locomotive Firemen in their ;dealings with Negro firemen it is difficult do believe that the recent demand of that 'organization that southern railways elim inate all discriminatory practices against such is all that it seems to be. The organ ization has called on the railways for a l revision of all union contract provisions ♦that make the Negro a different kind of worker from other firemen, including any ; which prohibit him from being eligible to become engineer. . It is true that the Brotherhood is act *mg pursuant to a decision of the Su •. preme Court, and if is also a fact that f the action was taken by the national body rather than by southern locals ui resctly afl eeted, but such a sweeping pro nouncement still seems more than a little Hurt of character. We hope, of course, that Jou r skepticism is unfounded, hut we shah ■icertainly watch to see what happens -next. < It may be worthy of consideration that Negroes are just not hired as firemen on northern railways, or very rarely. T h e problem of discrimination has been a southern problem because southern rail ways long ago to hire Negroes as firemen. We would say, therefore, that one test of the sincerity of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen would be that of wheth er Negroes begin to find employment, on roads above the Mason-Dixon line. An other would be whether or not. the union will open its membership to Negroes. SOURCE RELATIVELY UNTAPPED A recent news item indicates that su perior court officials in Wake County are having difficulty in getting sufficient qualified persons to serve on juries. Wo know that Negroes are not absolutely ex cluded from jury sendee service in North Carolina nor in Wake County, but it is also true that, they are utilized with far less frequency than they could or should be, in proportion to the numbers who qualify. So there is a source of jurymen which has hardly been tapped. Maybe the officials who have to do with making up jury rolls and panels will tak< the fact into proper consideration. While we are on the subject, we should like to know what is the utility in de signating Negro taxpayers as such in the ‘County records. Has it anything to do with the very small number of Negroes drawn for jury service? THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co. Entered as second-class matter, April 8. 1940, at tine Post Office at Raleigh. N C.. under the Act of March 3. 1873. P. K. .TERVAtf. Publisher C. D HALLIBURTON. Editorial* Subscription Rates One Year, §2.50; Six Months, $1.75 Address all communications and make all rtni’Ws* payable to Tlie Carolinian rather than to Individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates responsibility for return of unsolicited pictures, manuscript, etw. unless stamps art- sene 118 East Hargett Sk .Rateigig M. C, MUST BE FACED It would appear that Oklahoma plans to take advantage of the apparent con flict between her segregation laws a n d of the present segregated system the United States in the Squid case. In or dering the regents of the University of Oklahoma to provide legal education fm the young woman within the framework of the present segregated system of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma is seeking to take advantage of the fact that the U, S. high court has not declared separate schools illegal, but in the mean time is ignoring the other tact that the nation’s supreme court has ruled that the applicant must be given the opportunity to begin the stiuix of law as promptly as other applicants and under substantially equal conditions. in other words the Supreme Court, said that a Negro seeking educational facili ties supplied by the state to other citizens cannot be forced to wait indefinitely un til the state sees fit to create a Negro in stitution or department to meet the ob ligation created by the application of a qualified colored citizen for some type of training. The colored citizen is not to he required to wait until there are suf ficient other Negroes to wart'ant the es tablishment and development of a sep arate institution Nor is he required •»'<> accept palpably interim facilites. A.-, is. obvious the only wax to meet the man date of the i . S. Supreme Court in lelte” and spirit is to admit the applicant to existing faculties as soon after the appli cation as other similarly qualified ap plicants would be admitted. In this case Oklahoma may be able to take advantage in some xx ay of the tech nical delay created by the order of her own Supreme Court to the regents of the University of Oklahoma; but the unani mous ruling of the United States Supreme Uourl still stands, and sooner or later must be complied with, if not in tb ; s case in some other; if not in Oklahoma first, then in some different state. It. is obviously impossible for the states practicing segregation in education to sup ply for Negroes ‘sub;t antially equal” educational facilities on a separate basis in every graduate and professional branch in xvhich it supplies the facilities for whites. Yet that is the only way the mandate of the Supreme Goiirt of the L. S. may bo met, short of ••pening exisi pig facilities to Negroes Sooner or later, if not in the present Oklahoma cases, then in some other, this fact must and will be faced, and there xx ill follow the only sensible soution to the problem. THOMPSON SPEAKS UP Governor M. E. Thompson of Georgia is in the news again. This time it is for his really bold statement as to N e g r o participation in the primaries of his state. Stating that he would not "be a party to trickery and subterfuge or otherwise in any attempt to evade the spirit or let ter of the law.” he demanded that Geor gia "accept . . . the federal court deci sions and adjust its primary elections ac cordingly.’* Os course Governor Thompson wants the votes of Negroes in the next primary to help him defeat Herman Talmadge; but his statements are courageous a n d laudable nonetheless, since he stands to lose more, under the unit rule, than he could gain personally by coming out for right and justice in the matter of Negro suffrage. Commenting on Governor Thompson’s stand, the State, one of South Carolina’s best newspapers, said; "This appeals to us as a frank, even biunt statement and a particularly in dependent one for a Southern governor— though not unique . . . And he is voicing the approach of the inevitable and ac cepting it with good grace. Other gov ernors and Democratic party leaders might achieve the better part of valor by following his train of thought." Naturally these observations apply to the State’* own state, as well as to Mis sissippi, Alabama and others. So the State is due some congratulations too. L •x' Nfrt ■'• Tb*,',. ‘" v”-. . tv , ’ urn mu &. } • .-’V- ~. *.-;• V.' '-'TT- ’■ v ; .' • A STATE SENATOR-JOHN COLKW, OF VlCKStxffc j ; • V". . • • PF.CIARED IN THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE TH»HE j Li OBJECTED 70 A BILL REQUIRING THE. : * - TEACHING OF THE STATE'S CONSTITUTI® < . IN HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT MIGHT * • ' AatfMbri i: £AS,tP T 0 VQ?F I j “OBJ EC I ION ON ! V\ O FLO.'' TS Y Second Tlicuahts M s 7 c. d. I | m — ll m Histo’v vonoals itself, at least to some extent. W- we bv the public pnnts tme the .wevasLu ists are on the loose again. Just as in 1860 tv-any were ready to quit the Union beeao-y tocy were on the xvionu sun •">. a moral issue end couidii I 'ajv it so certain person. - high m toy councils of state aovei nment and part' managentent in Mismssu'-- pi and Alabama are threaten ing to withdraw from the !Vrt> erratic pane, and lor the same reason. I« is unfw lunate. and a .- d commentary >n the state u lairs or the Land of the I: ec that the governor of Mississippi' should take as: the text of '‘.is .; augurfd aodre v s the nocessw foi kneeing Sambo in his place as the chief business el the gov ernment of his state and of ad decent while people in the South But that is w-hal Clover nor Fielding W right did. He ' ctdied on the South to am v self for an ideological ratio rturtiTist live rest of the n«?iiion. arid perticul .:lv thr D«?rnoeratk’ party, o\'cr the issue of Negro slavery, lust as the tocsin was SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Byßev.M.w.wi iams Subject What Think Ye of Christ '■ J; ‘in fj:;t:i-4f); Col Key Verse: "Thoo „n Christ, the Soi of me living God. Malt. Out thinking ;r based or. infor mation. observation and exp,-, icn.e anoi oe ,u .ion- ere gertrr, ally the result ot our thinking Hence it t. rea-ioc.dvk that we h vo the right kind of infornta ij.jli ■..’ose-rr.,t iori ~ud oxperie a i ; \V(:* y.ir If i thUlk c:L(’ HCI fie, . In lesson Uni. > Whal 1 hi.. ye "f Ch v :st ' a-at just a pu.- zltng qusr-tion l ; ’.lit muitiLiue They had read pout Chris', hue. see? Him in .a non ntj h;,d ex oerienced Him isom< erf them to being made -.-file* • -*v Hi i i.’iaa. forward v-'iih <> pj-itfottn foi 'nan's v-teruil happiness arid makes tinx-.' three specific claims to diely. fill fißlAix XX X.TFK Or Mi l “1 am the wr.id oi life H' e ge; and thirst seem be the great eooeern of man the wm id Health For All INTI » » NZA %-Jg ii\ Julius < . She card, >l. r». St I Mis. Missouri "Doctor i .''ant to discuss soivk thing with you. car y .*>l spare mo fi f v minutes'."’ It '.vas WVilic Jordan ur? the* telopihcno. sound ing very businesslike for a 17- year old high school student. "WeII. Willie, it sounds irnr-o, tar.l enough to sps-e ;:!I the m;n tit-.?', you'll need." J air us’k . smiling at hi* serious tone. We made ah appointment and the next afternoon Willie evum into my office with a notebook tucked under his- arm. "I’m one of the reporters; in the Franklin Key. out school paper." he explained after we had exchanged pretings, "i.asi month Jerry White wrote a ’ story on colds for mu pa>*>)•. This mump the fallows asked me in write something on infauriza." "An excellent practice. Wiisie." i commended. "Ana you want ;r. to give you ; hand with the story, right?'’ ‘That's right, si!," tie answered. "Suppose J jufc: talk to you about inflcneuzn and ■> on stop me and ask any jjuesdons you wi»n Tim CAROLINIAN sounded iiourix '1 it years ag ; \ '• c ii.ii; i sieve---, tin: time, • : course, hut political and soci.d sci ftiuin and caste. Governor Wriaht charactei • iy.es the actions of the p.c-eni F'-d<: d adnie.i irati'-n in t V direction of implementing tne t '.ill;*tifulion, laws an a o* ir evatie ideals ii mo United Stati. as "anli -southern ' It ts a pit v that the governi.; -if a sovercu.. state cannot >e(- that they ui n. ■ ~>!ji t me 1 nat the•• ..... pro American, pm Christian a moxemeW toward r ar,e. iur-tiee. comn. >n lecene’ . :md n u.’iitmd nation. Meanwhile the S'.a’.e D« r.. et atie Execut •. v 'nm. .•• • .if Alabama r.dk ..c from the national IVov-ej-ati,. partv. id opting unarmv’iisly i resolution t > die effv 1 that t'a state part', “will xot and ea ;- not vi< id one men upon a mat ter so vitrff" :u segrogation. The Alabama Ur nton*at,., ot I'.sper i aliv .-x. ; , , tht Civil Rig-ds t',.."in 11 ..• reruirl r• i.l arc- afraid the pa tv migiit in elude xur.eihn.g in it.- p’aMorm this yem advocating a somewhat over these days p lequiivs about all the avi rage man can make to feed and clothe his family in America and in tee n<hei part o i the- world food ...od c! thing a:c noi obtainable scaretiy at anv p ee Why? Trad-. manipulaUen. strikes cotTidrin;* the market all she results of not th. ?,- me Cf Christ as the lev-ad of Men hoard ’-.av. r.ot accopt ed Him Christ says, lie lhat crime th to me shall not fe.ij-._v and hr that believes in me mah now • t>;•;i s He cu. ms to b, as i m portard to r.rn sj-.i rttua 11 y as breed is to no 0 ph.vstcaHy Wilf n Chr.--i is oocejneo ;,s the- broad of life, biot'ie: hoo<! vill prevail and iov will demand oi us to prac- Ti.'t tho golden tulc. t ITTU- 1 K! t i »V! > \M> T’KOTf <-T > K1 PI.N 1 \NI soil' pi; silt is! s mux X! i im: This .-.iioi.ild be one of the most eo’.'solini; verses in the Bible •V. However ueep in s.n a nw; ii i don’t make a point cle..: to you. 1 said. “Fitst o.t oil. Willie. I i.hmk you sat .ilq emphasize the fact that in fluenza is a. highly infectious ai.- case. Ihe germs ,-p.s ad. quick!, > from .me y.! son ;u another That, why there is always ine 0.-ager oi in, epidemic Alien "flu i a round. "Vow arc too young to remc-rr. hoi the flue’ epidemic jn D#l3- it kilied a lot of p; .pie and creased quilt a panic m he country We doctors hope i here will never ot another epidemic like that. A new vaccine wn> developed in lv4i; which served as ~ measure of nu muruty. at least for a short per loci of time. "This vaccine was developer by injecting itifhiOti/.w virus, till germ which caus."- the 'flu, into an egg' cvnioinire an jutfboui chick The vnccen; .s effective only if taken before exposure i: influenza. It does not provide pi • manent. immunity, but >1 is effec tive for at least six months to ■> year.' "Does if cure influenza, too.' Willie asked "No it docs not cure influenza. elosci’ app* each to citiwnship rights lor /jjnonctins vvno nap pen tot be black. “Perish the thought ’" ay the embattled Alabamians. ‘ C •: Mari or. T Rusbtoh. Deu.- , t national committeeman Aloha* . opined Shat Ix i ]j\ I*; ai 0 :M \S thi. O. ■ gl'< 1 IS :un • a cable of governing him self. ,;nti ib.-: until iiOiin. “we to r propose that He shall ins tuu t in governing us.” VV s. t unir the foregoing is a d f<>j. fc; r. istranghisesnent of Nt ur.ws or, a whoVsuii basis. ■ rid bv who.me f uisjfa.! nl. -u,;0,-.vi • Ala bama Denna rats. presume also that thi- nnplfc&ftm is that except in “relatively eases :i white poisons are capable of governing themselves. ar= : i: > fort a ■ eligible ts take part in governing • '.A. "b, •• cist', and especially in Seeping Samb--. propc: i\ squelc»d Tlu! piob.c r- {he p Wk state ment in sU tin talk Ala >«m;> aid Mississippi 5® other nnt o! Col.mol R®hton's. He savs th i the Civi® Right.-.; Commit! a' s report 1® '‘re viver'' the race problcrß lias sunk whi n in- G<>■.! through Christ he will vJßbe cast out. He say; that I cart’.eßr.to I,: world to do the will cif Bod and it is Hi- will that noncßitill b>. lost He will protect forever ai: who trust Him. The thirßspcc-iiic claim of our Lord to di.fi is hi claims of c-tern:-i life. bfl| raisin., up every one who• beiievfi on him at the las. day. tverse fi -iTU. 'j .! ihn 10:28: 17:12: 18:91. % ni tns co(M ' In Coloss ians 1:3-20 i ul, an poslk- give- \vondc7fl prtjon tntiop of iie Hn-;y ox out ,o>u m ! hr shows his i\-l jonship o: God. his relations! ip o crea : ion and his rolationshr to the c-iiurch. We should e: serial ij note verses ft and Jo i wh;: Paul earnestly pr-y. • i it the OluisPans will live- w< thy of tiltli he: Page By St. In ig th ■ -.ill not only say in word bu’ by 1 heir live Thou Art til Chris,, the Son of the living Gni ■ ' ■» it is only a prevents ;. rqeasm .' I replied. 1 "Whitt are the .-tympfen, •fiu ?" he asked S* "Influenza usualiy star* with a headache, moderate -jeverif general pains all < vei 'fit body aM mars eci prostration The vietlfn raa; also ha\ -a sore throat Hind an irritating cough. 11 is sOteietim-i, further complicated by p.u:u rnonia. plurisy or bronchitis ‘ II sounds pretty se-iious " Willi, commended. ■lt it serious." i answered. 'Tie .patient should be isolated im mediately so that, be does n-- spread it to others Other people and children are especially so. - ceptible to influenza. ‘‘The course of htflubiuw •> hriel but eoni-aleswr.ce'4lakes ••• long tims- weeks .-md evejfi month.- in si me cases Tht patient sh:,in« be kept in bed for some .-time al ter his fever has disappeared in order to discouiage a >( j relaps.- wnich might bring with it. mo«c serious complications. "Since emotional depression is apt to follow an attack of influ enza, the patient • .should con valesce m pleasant surrounding.- WEEK'ENDING, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7. WU BFTWHETf jj||l|H zziißfezzz: BY MAN B. HANCOCK FOfi ANP "SPEAK NOW OR ELSE HEREAFTER" “Sneak now or else horetiftor forever hold vour peace hits been solemnly uttered by many a solemn minister before the as sembled wedding guests. The injunction holds an ominous mean ing for -.outborn Negro educators before the studied attempt of the southern governors to lend upon the south and the Negroes thereof a regional university for higher education of Negroes. The success of this now attempt to evade the spirit of the United States constitution will prove one of the great iniquities of the century Social structures have away of remaining after social functions have changed. This means, race relational!}' speaking, that when segregation in the south has died a natural death and when the old south can no longer stern the tide of a higher civilization, the highly financed instruments of segregation will be stumbling blocks in the way of the new order of things whereby the brntherization of mankind will become a fact and not merely a theory. One of the more depressive aspects of the impending situation has been the silence ot the Negro educators c,f the south. The time to speak is; now and the matter in question is the matter of this proposed segregated regional university whereby segrega tion will be unnecessarily prolonged in the south and nation, ft ,s ho rent wish ot this column that Negro.-.; of the south will not the swallow the regional university idea as they swallowed L.diian Smith s Strange” Fruit. ' The south is growing and grow rapidlv and it would be a major calamity if the regional univer sity were Omist in the way of this steady grew 'h. Segregation cannot be bam.died by coddling segregation; it must tie opposed. llUl •“ 1 0 *°r the Negros advantage then for the white man's pride and sell respect. i Oui .Negi -• college pn sklents are the logical spokesmen in -a. piemisc. Altanta is the logical center of the sentiment that shoue.l be opposed to the purported educational departure. Sai ’.ation mean.- being not only saved to .something, but to be saved ..'■m sotiietning. The future salvation of the south will necessitate beic.e saved Irani enough things beside a regional universitv anti the vagaries thereof. Vie ale witnessing one ot the most shameful! episodes a American instory when the most clever minds o! the south ate being engaged in ways and means of evading the cardinal doc " ! '■> i >«• l n.i' u States constitution Sent item tradition is oemg 'daunted in the taeeo t the constitution, in the face of the hhio. and in ‘..-to lan ot democracy: in fact, it is being flaunted “ ■ 1 ‘ v • ,R ' < ‘ Gi-'i. u God is opposed to segregation then a sector .the south is opposed to Him. 1 m- nation is fast being hurtled into one of the most critical situ,.Lores ever a face a regnant nation. Britain quailed before -.he challenge and is fast passing from the scene of action. Brit - ■cm's day ere numbered. Unless we are willing to face God’s tvu!! ~* ‘ !,KI I; ' liv “• wc too ere a doomed nation. Great armies and navies and even atomic bombs cannot save the nation that Comes to cross-purposes with God. Re.-, picjudioe and -egregatioft and the spirit that prompt* 1,11 n: :u cross -purposes with God Almighty: and if our nation it;.-, i-.is. ! is unit ,1 mailer oi time and our decline is sure. W' r.ccrj some great Jeremiah to sit at the upper window and weep over th; 1 rag so ii,inspirations that are m the offing. lne:e i- mistaken idea that when we are working for justice a.nd righteousness among men, we are working specifically for .V- ::-o advantage-. This has long since ceased to be the case. The v -uc man ha:, as much it not indeed more to gain from a spiritual h.infuse,;-, 1.,: this nation, than the distressed, oppressed repressed and supressed Net; roes The world is crying for the bread of democracy at the hands ot our great country; we are offering the stones of segregation discrimination and race prejudice. Let our N-p , : educators speak God and Time and. Right and on their side. Simple Rule- t Hiidt* Nfj»ro-White Relations M W tOltK 'ANI* There is no discrimination because »>i race nr color in Seattle. Wash , according to l)r Leslie It. Mail man, professor of neoropsychta try. Duke t'niversity School of .Medicine gather, there >'s the puii I line and convmition that "all American citizen 1 - have i right to a chance m life." Writing in the 1-bruary is sue of the I.allies' Home Jour nal. under a subject of "Coinr Harmony in Seattle." |*r. Iloh man revealed that s attic riti czns have evolved sis simple rules to guide their relation ships with members of other races and colors, The rules at * : Judge your neighbors by their deeds, not by their colot. "Reieft had rumors about neighbors unless you have veri fied bad (acts. The worst mistake tli patient ear, niokc is to return In work .<»■> soon.” "It sounds like a k-t of trouij - 1 -hirik 111 get v zcci r Bled tig.'i. .-1 the disease." Wilke said 1 con cluded “That's anothei pi hit you can bi-in:* out. Willie Your doctoi wn : oil you whetbe- o« no: yt-u ouid hrve the ir-fitr n/.o vaccine [THEfLL WEVER OIE 3C-KIN IN MISSISSiPP. ON THE EVE ' OFTHE CIVIL WAR, FREDERICK 2*/% 'I i. 'X ! Mc&H£E RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION r T. V m ’'jT I m TEN*. AW> IUJNOIS- AT.2» HE (/ 'T % A j SET UP HIS tAW PRACTICE IN \f .W STFAU., MINNESOTA AND, AS t ' .Wg Tim WENT BY. BECAME ONE OF •■ s?¥ THE &REATCRIMINAL LAWIS9& I' 'if' . J OF THE NORTHWEST.' V mr mc&hee was also a \ & |k STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF THE 0M- •# E ; «ai>AUFIEt» PRACTICE OF - DEMOCRATIC PRINOPtES. / ;Hi#" J§F? i HE STOOD LIVE G-.BKrAi.7A TSaßSgg /. W . '*-*** ! A6AINST THE ENCROACHMENT (A (M ! ! OF COLOR CASTE IK THE. RE&IOr “sßffivy? JW J i OF THE NORTHWEST U-fe-A- '* \ ) HIS STROMS- CHUPCM AFFIkIA wf \ |i/7 ! TION AND MIS St)SS£CUt s Nr JkW/ j FRIENDSHIP WITH ITS LEADERS \ I y / ' VfESE MOST HELPFUL I H HIS ' ' COURAGEOUS BATTgE f=m L J* HUMAN JUSTICE/ I murmr tAwvm of - Mtmmsom ' Ctwtinwituf IW*. I>o not resent any American < imens' opportunity to mo\ e into deeent housing. Thpir chil dren. especially, have a right to it, 'Teaeh voting children need ing teaching, and you forge! their color or race, "Judge your neighbors ano people on ill sides, and let thr good a a well as the had infill cnee your judgment.' !>r Hohtnan repot! erl that citizens oS all races and colors go about their sepal ate ways, but following elose',y the un wrilten paitrrn of these rule--. In housing, they live suit by side. Their children play t«- grfher, study and learn in the same school without dishar mony. A because ne knew.- your genet«’ physical makeup and susceptibili ty to ci-va-ie." -This information is going .*> an interestin'.', article, doc! th;■ i.k:i ‘ATliit said, prepc-.r iiag t•» I, av-- -It'ij nmlte -m iraormative a .'ti cks. W ilic, and I'm sure every one who reads ii will appreciate ii ” I answered.
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