North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS VOICE liN A'HL WILDERNESS The nea. vot thing to an end or,semen i bv a prominent white soulhoritur oi t> e Presidents civil rights proposal L» meet • ou) (>yes wan contained m a speech made 'recently by Jonathan Daniels. The editor ’of (he Raleigh News and Observer, ad dressing l h e lately reorganised Young Democrats at t h e Univt rsity of North Carolina, advised them to shun equally ‘The reactionaries and the ieftDts who jfjre today engaged in trying to tear apart The liberal Democratic Party which is the hope of the South and the world.*’ According to a report oi the addres y appearing in the News and Observer Mr. Daniels “expressing doubt as to the wis dom or necessity” ■' 00,0 ol the items 111 President Truman’s Im,'Native pro gram to insure e ii riglits. but he said .also ' AH the traditions of the Democratic Party in North Carolina, however, are in line with the goals the President seeks, in tile elimination of !; ”• binyr, the free dom oi the franchise and greaUn eco nomic opportunity for I. h e v < groes of the State.” It might be ; aui that Mr. Daniels statement count have been much more vigorous hi approval of the civil rights I(-g> dation, but it is eertamiy true that in this speech befoie the tudeats he has said more than any otner prominent North Carolinian has said for the record. Our two senators and our congressional delegation have not said anything to in dicate that they do not regard the whole program with unmitigated disfavor, and so far as we know no candidate i’-'r office within the state has raised his voice ex cept in opposition So far No + !i Caroline, lias been distinguDhed from other south ern stales on the civil rigid.s issue chiefly by a generally greater reluctance to split the party :uid ditch Mr, Truman over the issue. . The editor of the New and Observer is to be congratulated 00 his courageous noeral stand. DouPta .*>s ifei, at a many other white rth Carolinians who shave he views, but who have u ' had the op portunity or the otnas on to express i hems eh “s. Doubtless there are ab* ! th t i s who find discretion to be the betlei part of valor ir. this instance. FREEING OLEOMARGARIN£ I'hc various luxes end restrictions placed years ago on the sale of margarine re pres*-d one of the most flagrant cases of discrimination against one industry in favor of another err to be e.' ta Wished by law in this country. The iairy indus try . mid r the pretext of protecting th * public 1 rom the fraudulent sale of butter substitutv s masqu .wding as butter, was ■rally and obviously seeking to pro. T-elf from le cor-y- -* won of a product which could bo oii .'i't (1 tor do at a muen lower price than ' '"Nr when it pressed for and sue muled in ge : 0 the discrim inatory laws passed. Kven with the bur* d.msome taxes oleomargarine, ruled by dietary and medical experts as an en tirely satisfactory food w hen compared with butter, sold ala substar.i.-* low er price than the iatt <■*'<•. has therefore come itrt --atensive u«e, and during the war countless additional con sumers su iic,, d to it. Sew end bills were before the present session of c ongress to rep»...i burdens placed on margarine and >s users, not the least o which burdens is me ten per cent tax on margarine ‘-olorc-d before reach ing the consumer, (Although butter may be and oft» 0 it artificially colored with out any Sega' interference or penalty whatevei ) The sad fact i> that the 'house Agriculture Committee has voted to kill all the 18 bibs which would have changed the situation as to margarine in varying degrees. In an election year the Repub* THE CAROLINIAN Publisned by Tux C arolinian Publishing Co. Entered as second-class matter, April 6, 1940, at rhe Post Office ar Raleigh, N C . under the Act of March 3, 1879 P. R. JERVA? Publisher C I> HALLIBURTON, Editorials Subscription aat * One Year, $2. SO; Six Months, $5.75 Address all comn-unGstjons and make all checks payabl* m The Carolinian rather than *0 Indwhdual? The Oar;* in'an expressly repudiates responsibility for r< turn of unyo'Sdted pictures manuscript. ev unless stamps are sent, is. 118 East Hargett St„ Raleigh, N. C. -mnii-w —--ri-T--i-aitTW»BnrfwwwiTWTnmtWß»riyrwiTrr-ni —rr-yrm-i ■ —rr-rri - -nt— —• llican Congress, g i.sitive as till coiigrecaes are to the pressure ,of organized agricul tural interests has betrayed the interests and rights of the consumer and the mar gafine manufacturers. But. w( are told, the Ft.-ht is not o'er, Senator Fu! bright, of am ... uix. has prom ised t)iat ways will be Ito keep be fore ('om-ress measures d gned to free -..leonmrgariiie Iron’ " unjust and un warranted discrimination against it. IT WON'T 1 ORK If is possible that Sup u iov ( art Judge \Y, 11. S. Burgwyn found inn;. ■ 0i 1 placed ;n a rather embarras. .g position last week. In an address to the Harnett County grand jury he took occasion to express himself on the subject of the proposed civil right-' legislation. A short time be lore he had aired his views from the bench on the same sul T*et to the .John ston 1 ountj grand po . In Ulhngton the juri t, said, according to the News and Observei, that the “bill was written by people not familiar with ih ways and life of the South, but by well-meaning but misguided people led by enthusiasts.“ He also said that “the real danger confronting us today is the radical element, those who advocate radical change." A day or >o latei the two white men under indictment for the murder of a Negro um.c.r most aggravating circum stances ca mo up for trial in the Harnett Counts court presided o v e r by Judge ip.rgwyn. After many prospective jurors wore -. xcus- d or dismissed when they ad mitted racial pr<*Lidice, the special venire of 50 4 ailed i-mi townships other than, the on ■ in which Angier is located was exhausted lief ore a full jury was drawn. Judge B> • yvvyn deplored this evidence of prejudice nd openly expressed doubt the* the Me could get a Fair trial in Harnett ! oenty It was not a radical non o'nier or a well meaning but mis guided peixson vv no questioned the pro lia bility of a fair trial of white mm who were charged with killing a Negro, it was Judge b . vvii himself, the man pr< '.idiug over the trial. There is no doubt as to the sincerity of fudge Burgwyn's misgivings, or of his probity lie was truly grawed at this rank and i,pen evidence of prejudice, and as h : presentative of Dm is as vocal •over this attitude mn .justice impos sible a- he was about -w nndesirabilily. as lie sees it, of * legislation to protect citizens in their rights. But there is a deeper tragedy refected in the Angier situati . wnn -0 moved the judge. It is that on- car. . I expect that traditions of hiforinrit” may prevail in some areas of the think, g and be havior of a peop'e without being trans ferred to other areas, ar i that so many well-meaning southerners do not realize that fact, or refuse to acknowledge it. The superiority of whites and the in fer! >1 dy of Negroes not flourish as a pattern of thinking and conduct every where '=Ne and then be exclu.l froni the precincts of the courts of justice. Ne groes cannot, be second class citizens and persons in every other area of the life of the nation or the section and suddenly assume the v-Hture of first class citizens in court: cases. We wonder if the judge arid others similarly plated ever gave a thought to the fact that in the whole South it prob ably has in happened m years that any Negro citizen has ever sat on a jury try ing a white m a n for a serious offense against a Negro? Or that the machinery vN justice in many areas is in the hands of men eh os. n by an electorate from which Negroes a.re largely excluded, be cause to admit them to the ballot would involve, as ft e judge* says, “a mode of living contrary to the- customs and traditions of the people of the South "‘r Or that the courts are by tradition off . used, not necessarily with th -of t rige-s. to uphold the basic prin ciples of >• .Ate supremacy, us intorpt-.'-tod bv ; ur ' OP'- s are likely to be called io> ijry sc, vice? . here can be m guarantee of justice in the 1 v.... v- ben inequality outside Ihe courts is ’‘ *ked upon * normal and pi ntx-i There qan ! -e no guarantee oi justice when first class citi zens and second class citizens are involved in the same situation. There are some who ealizc this, and they- are not misguided, whether they happen tn liv-* north or whether they live son*)-, of the Vo. .Dixon line: whether they a... white or whether j.hev arc black Until I hat realization comes to be widespread, there is no occasion for surprise that such thug's as have occ d in connection with the Harriett Count*.' incident from its beginning up to new should have happened. THE CAROLTNIAH THE SABOL’TEURS!” ieccnd lh€uahts ®? W- L, rtAiO-ÜBUftTOai m The newspapers claim uuu Gove.noi r.iuupsnn .»i Geoigm fccureu a po.ni. agj.insi M-n/.ai anti .y.*n nuip legislation vvneii in: oracrea a vvmie Kuier r>. lurneu wntivaut extra guard l the county m w n1 c n he uuu conrmiUea Uie muruer. Citizens 01 tilt* iocality ’l* liu n irus -uv C; IN UriU com liu'TDtt wort* stj arous.'d U.uil tnr mill UITOI il3'i Oc t’D lliOv O J i-’iSk** wlure fOS sail keep mg 1 o >lh.v-* lit a: tne: ..as no uturgei i,; iynehing, Uc.vuio:' lauiupsoi* commanoed that u* pnsonct be returned in brona uaylight to the county having jurLsaic uon, to be placed in tn*.- county jail. Tlie tin,: and rouit oi the trip were announced in ad vance, an or.unary guard for-..' v. « • civil' 1 y•*••*!, and the man v-a.- trav.stci re'..- v- ithout nnsivap. Loecrnor ’J'.'iompson de.vt-i ves coi... • * dot ion foi his insistence Hun U.. gia pa.:.-; iavv.- lo curl l!*e Ku Liu: Kian. (A lu-rv cross $ muiy had recently been held in * tit- county scat to a iui-:'. tile nr.: i i.ie ci -a a re turned.) iiis s;and in iavoi ol o: iei line.ss. and against mtimid at ion is i|pv. Rut his demunsu j tion that an anti-iyching iavy is 1. -t needid fad. fiat as a domonstrtau.:i. lot th: Soliovv ing reasons: ir. iht first i.-'.u-i the prisoner SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. M.W. William. S'ihjrt-1- Eternal she • tti.-to: ki -on i .!;.bn Cl) •5 - l*i 1 Mlo; • sians 3-1-4.12-17: I Js'.n 5:15. it. Kev Vernt T* ; • is en*.- i.-.-l hl< lh .1 they know tn. tne ■•■..., .-•ic Giid . nd .1.- fi'. is: . ■ ■ is iu l-.as! sent John i?:3 R S V The mi'*-.--age of Christ’s res mu - turn tells hu.c.atuiy how she ,-.;n *... « new life is mad. ava - able. Has atoning deutb is* ven di. a.i'd. A.- Lord .ri Siivuir He imparts to us the blessing ol ternul lift The* Church can look on Eostci as God’s Hallelujah yea as a never ending Hallelu jah The prediction.- of Moses i- ti'ih and the prophets are Un filled as- “Tht: Lord •- risen' re sounded throughout thi world May wo ask: Has Christ risen within your soul? HOW TO OBTAIN ETERNAL LIFE You will notice in Uk first m tenoe ol our lesson that, the resur rection of Christ make, a new hlo available that is salvation is poss ible.. But only tcose who ac } ADVISORY COLUMN i MCG - I am running a small beauty -hop here in tins town and T need someone to help me. Can you send someone down here to work in my shop'. 1 surely will appre ciate it. An-. Get in touch with the Beau ty Culture College m tm» city nt-c.i est -."'in and ask their assist;*,nrv. Write* to them explaining your re quirements -mlary you wish to pay arid etc. Yon will probably have to board the open* lor tem porn il ly or find !u- 1 desnable living quarters. B- sm- to mention th.-s in your letter. * * * T...C.J. J !i ve been reading Problem- of Humanity for a l-*,-r>- •imi' and i-.ov J present roy pi y !em for v t i, - help. M•• will seems to love m very much. She act*, Lkx is not satisfied unless I’m was . white man. it aa. been a lung time since any wni.t- per son nas ueen lyncnc-U in ueor gia, ana lyncnmgs 01 wnno pci sons any vvnt-j t- in 1n . bouui nave always oeon rare, tnc Kian may administer a lew neaungs. and so on to whiles who incur me displeasure ol me g;eat and e> organiz ation, but the UVes Ol white mt-n arc not taKeti by mobs t ;,ai activny is reseivea hu* Uk (*'.'i 1 icalion .... iNogioes. - JSecoiiaiy, i;u. prisoner was returned n> tru county in whicn ieonng had run high several days alter t.ie ii’irne nad been eomriiHteed. ii was sale to send him back parliy because fee J - mgs, had cooled down in the io rant;. A Defer demonstiatkm rrugni l.ave been elft-cted had the pi isoner been left m the jail where he belonged in tb .* first place. In lh*. third place Governor Thompson's demonstration d’.o not show vv it it 1 Geot gia is leaov to do in the way ol punishing persons woo have already pcs - pet is. ted :j lynching. Oi courst ii 1.-; a far tv-.tei ihinv to pro nt lynching than to punish iynehe-rs afte. the- fact. Bat u remains true that the most shameful pha; e o! iyncuing :u :l r.-’iau-.-: to -latt and 'ii re* sponsibilitv the- h.-ilur< ccpt ore saved. The < lenial iue if in His Son and ' ere o. n< :e; -.*.:.> -..xccp! furough Hl.l. who as e ! unified benod, ros*. port: the- (lead nnri ov.-eiicled into he ivh?: "V. ’: ■ ih moi t man f" j, V ; .'i un'o. n"ht<>< osness and v.-iih the mouth coofe-sion is made unto salvation ’to' that ban t),c- V ir, hath ’he hfe: He U,,i. .■Ih:!. hi.: t lh..' SOI! Ot G'->d lUiUI lldl *rt£; iiftN ( HAK.\( TEHISTK S ETERNAL LIFE In eolossian*- -i: 1 -4. our union with Christ is taugn’ vv<* died v it , Hiri: was buru d with Hun, rose with Christ- ascended with Him and is now seated at the ; Kill hand of the Father We can least look at two outstanding characteristics of eternal lift heavenly and the hue of Chris' • Set vottr affeetior on thing.- above’ The believe*! in Chris tl,m’.: on things which are worth whiie. Paul admonishes: “Whi.i soever things are of -mod repoi i think on these tli'ngs.” It is a pretty good index! of i i rt her sight. Does she really love me nr just .'ding like that to mast me do belter? Ans: It’s true love she idol •Z( : you. in fact You re a very lucky guy. * * * LAP, I have in mind to open r.,\ I*: i, • car*, for old people and crippled children Do you than? J v, ill be successful’ Ans: Yes. 1 do. You are already cosuin'.d then at home all of the time nursing you.* sisic-r who i, fit) invalid and you eon Id wry easily manage to care for om or tv. o more dependents. Don’t i.hu too <n ":.v . ouk- to -arc fm urhers you plan to have sonic help. F.F ; have beer, jiving w-ith thi.- muii 2i years and he keeps on telling me that w** will get m&xriad put we i»eve< do. He i: real me. ti punish those who have taker, part in lynching In iecent years Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina all have dem onstrated their unwillingness or inability to oring lynchers to justice. The lynching problem is not solved as long as tne situ ation is such that members of lynching mobs are immune to punishment, no matter how vigorous and conscientious, tat efforts to prevent lynching*. The situation m general seems at present to be that state anti local officials are active and alert !o prevent lynching*: but the fact remains that lyntneis do not always announce their intentions, and lynch ings can still occur. Any plan for the con trol of !ycitings therefore must obviously include the legal pur: ishment of lynchers. And until the states can demonstrate that they can handle that also, ne demonstration such as that staged by Georgia’s governor' is a sufficient refutation of the argument that Federal legisla tion is needed. When the South becomes more concerned with what is right and less concerned with proving to the rest of the coun try that everything is all rich’, when it is. obviously not, mm.- progress will oe made. m.-ivs char actei by his general c? s:vcr;«at.ion “As a Mar: think*. -.J ,o is he " The Christian tile ; {,rt'anic rehiiionsnip, in which I!:'. V V : \ llii‘ ot Christ is ITUiIU- !■.; in on! mortal bodies. These virtues are obtained v hru the aid i the Holy Sprit and by study - mg the scriptures all this »> made possible by the ressurrt-e lion. MKT 5 t:s EXHIBITED Tiie people ot God exhibit cer urn virtues vvhien .ill the worla— c\. n the vilest sinner will acknowledge kindness, meek ness, lowliness, tore, sufienrig, compassion and low. W> are ex pressing today too much temper. u> many name-calling, net enough compassion but plenty ..I ego and very little trust in one another. As we- celebrate fh,y. Kinder, will any erf tnese sin.-, dr. and remain in the g ave- and only •hose tltingr which Christ brout... with t lie resurrection remain i These virtues are ours. They aw made available through the Son’s resurrection. Have you accepted them? f me Please give me some advice. Ans Stay on with your mat... T; ke the initiative and coax y'»ui \ mate to go with you ,o the Court House arid apply for a license and v make your marriage .legal on your r coming anniversary He will co h operate if you put a little pressure *. us and act real sweet. You are loci <- happy and have accumulated too „ much during the past 21 years to iliink of separating. * v * V "Dear Abbe’: My letter is to . thank you ] received your kind letter the other week and highly u appreciate the information you q gave me concerning my problem, c Tin Guide is a great help to me and I have found new courage and a great.;! determination to live right and to get ahead since it ad- v inc, it Signed B H. WEEK ENDIKG SATURDAY, MARCH 27. 194# ~r"Tansgsr' ~~r aV DEANB HANCOCK FOR ANP ~ TRUMAN ISM WILL TRIUMPH The governors of a few of the southern states would crucify President Truman for no other offense than that of advocating civil rights for all the citizens who have shared the responsibility for making tins country what it is. It is mote than passing strange that the it latest meeting brought out only seven of the lit governors of the southern states Maryland did not string along and neither did Ketucky. North Carolina was absent as was Louisiana. The list or the absent gov ernors is significant and their very absence is an augury of good .fortune for the cause of righteousness. Wedged between lamentable Virginia and belligerent South Carolina. North Carolina stands upon its own hind legs and faces the signs of the times. Reconstruction lias been over in North Carolina tor .some time due in large part to th- fearless leadership of able end far-sighted men who could look over the shoulders of their times. We had hoped that Virginia was facing front also but tlie latest developments led by Gov Tuck make proud Vir ginians; hang their heads in dismay. Virginia hailing North Caro lina moraily as she trails them athletically! There was some excuse tor Cartel Glass out precious little for Sen Byrd and Gov. Tuck. They should know better than to try to urn the tide of righteousness that slowly rising in the world The\ should use their poweis to better advantage than that i living the old, old scheme that has failed a hundred tunes — holding me Negro down. With communism battering at the gates of the nations and with bankruptcy facing civilization, these men honored with high positions by a state with honorable traditions oi to.'.a men are facing the west, not the east with its sun-rise. Truman n- guilty with honor, ot trying to intimidate nun with the,.- threats of repi isals which are in the lost analysis mean ingless. The a is absolutely nothing that those governors can do to T. umaii that will not hurt themselves and the south more. Trumanism will triumph at the last God and Time and Right are tin the side ot Truman and i rumanism, it saould bo borne in i ml that while only a few Trumanisis will stand up and be counted there arc thousands who are mustering up courage that v, d! vi! at the ballot box 1. set von! ly to b. hoped that m th- not too distant future every Trumanist will stand up ana be counted for they are not a fe-a. Only God knows who wit! be the nex President of the United States, but makes but little difference so far as the moral stature of Truman is concerned. He will go down in history as a moral giant of towering proportions. This writer was one of the ver\ first to impute to his commissions on civil rights and education political motives. Be that as it may he has shown himself worthv of the respect nt democratic and Christian men ev.rywhere His defiance ol the .southern governors and thei' threats ot retaliation marks him as a great man. That horn Mi> -mr; and the "wTh is more than passing stiange Con any good thing come out <<i Nazaioth' See Tiuman and hi- courageous: stand on the iv ; i rights pronouncements. T: unionism -.vill triumph even though the Neyro may be- called upon to suff< : m the process ol that t-iumph. Negroes must no! he dismayed but must stand their ground and wait and work and ,tti until their changes come. Hei od, •.vho .-ought the life of the Christ child, died and Joseph was caleld out ot Egypt. So in due time these who seek to forever subjugate and humiliate and seg regate the Negro citizens will die. Just is Ta bu ad g< and Bilbo died, death 1 1 end the career o-i oovonc opposed to civil rights to those wh. fight and die to -.iicvuard loose rights. The blood of the thousands of Negroes n in th..- countiVs wars crier for vengeance before the judg ment seat of God. Trumanism though crushed to earth will rise again, like truth the eternal years of God are hers. It is really hum liiat ine that the nation can Virginia s ooiiticsl club toot. The role Virginia is playing in this drama is pathetic. ‘ SEPIA GI FABLES | THE PARABLE OF THE GREEDY PRIVATE By JOSEPH F, ALBRIGHT FOR AMP In .1 certain army outfit man. up o! tie brethren, there was once a private with GREEDY INSTINCTS whose chief concern in life was depriving sundry other Gls of their FILTHY LUCRE This .Inc could think up mon DEVIOUS DEVICES with which to t-ecomplish ties SEPARATION SCHEME than there arc ways to use the soy bear,. On payday he would patiently wait in ambush for the bovs, with ail the pleasant ; nticipation felt by a famished f.ger upon \ iewing the INNOCENT APPROACH of a flock of oversized Jamby-lambies Why the CONVIVIAL VICTIMS never seemed to get hep defied ;,|] the laws i.f :r;-n:n But 'twas su Everybody admitted his luck, but no one questioned ms honesty, whim whs, a most UN FOR TUNATE BELIEF because in reality the guy was so crooked that bv comparison a black marketeer was a HALLO W Ei) SAiN i. So he went right on. playing his ARTFUL STRATEGEMS. while his rostei us chumps sweated ;t out from payday to payday. Ho, hum. He could mess around with a deck of cards and make it unload Use best hand (for him, that is) whenever the FOLDING MONEY in the larger quantities turned up in the pot' and when the dice were in action, he carne up with some kind of an Aladdin r lamp routine. Regardless of the color or size of the bones, he produced pass.-., with an EFFORTLESS PERSISTENCY wh.ch soon had the SIMPLE SIMONS in the game so broke that if the entire An Force had been on the block for an INFLATED YEN they collectively couldn't have bought the whirr of a propeller. Whereupon, having picked his prey as clean as a new billiard ball, he would tenderly voice his. usual remarks of commiseration, count, the swag, get his p, , :Sf a nd head for town and Bacchanalian joints oi the more RIOTOUS CHARACTER. In these bistros oi UNRESTRAINED WHOPEE. he and hit GENEROUS LOOT were tendered a fond welcome such as a St Bernard dog with a keg ot juice would get from i freezing wayfarer But as Honest Abe oncf said you can’t fooJ ’em a!! forever. Which apt statement was definitely proved tc he the GOSPEL TRUTH one night during a hot game of draw poker, when a per verse sergeant from Missouri, whose NATIVE SKEPTICISM had not been calmed any by the fact that his JOY INDUCING pat ace high straight had been neatly topped by oui subject's successful two card draw to fill a house—on his own deal. too. mind you— suddenly ordered everybody’s hands placed on the table while he, the surge, cased the deck. You could have sliced the atmosphere of PAINED SURPRISE wch a knife when 1 was discovi ,- ed that th> joker employed to help aces, straights and flushes, was AWOL! Br< You can let your ton gination run wild to picture what happened when a vigonrotH AKFPOWN of the nlavors themselves disclosed that the DECK. STRAINER all the while had been neatly concealed up the sleeve ■ V our now thoroughly EMBARRASSED MAGICIAN Upon Gnvine the hospital he assumed the status of a disabled veteran who had undergone a great MORAL REFORMATION. MORAL. BOTTOM DEALERS BECOME BOTTOM FEELERS