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PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS HISTORY MADE AND IN THE MAKING The spectacle of 30,000 Negroes in South Carolina voting in the Democratic primary was a very pleasing 1 one to a loti of people, though doubtless not so cheer ing to many others, including numerous big shots in Palmetto politics. But these latter will get used to it as time goes on. Another thing that is scheduled to hap pen with the passage o{ time is that the number of Negro Democrats who never had a chance to vote for Wade Hampton back in the 1870 s but who will vote for and against future candidates in the pri maries, .will grow. For the United States Senate nomina tion the colored voters had little choice as among the candidates this lime. They may take some satisfaction, however, in the tact that Mr. Dorn the congressman who proposed the impeachment of Judge Waring for "misbehavior” in office in ruling that Negroes have the same fran chise privilege as others, seems to have been defeated. Senator Maybank, cer tainly no bargain, but criticised by his op ponents in the campaign because he had endorsed Judge Waring originally sot ap pointment to the Federal bench, seems at :his writing to have been renominated, and certainly led all his opponents. All five candidates, incidentally, expressed disapproval of Judge Waring and his decision. But there is another side to the story. Or the radio the night before the elec tion the writer heard a candidate for the state legislature proclaim openly and in a (lear. firm voice that he proposed to ivpresent his constituents of both races, nos just one. The candidate was running in the northwestern section of the state— the section that accepted without ques tion Judge W a ring’s ruling and did not have to be coerced by an injunction; but the fact remains that a candidate for of fice in South Carolina proclaimed during his campaign that he would consider himself a representative of Negro as well as white citizens, Surely the ballot in the .hands of South Carolina Negroes is al ready bearing fruit. MAY HAVE GONE TOO FAR Ihe Republican senatorial leadership has indicated that it will introduce mea sures in the 81st Congress aimed at elim inating the filibuster. Southern senators have countered with a promise that if such measures are proposed the most magnificent filibuster of all time will be launched against the filibuster-limit ing proposals. A material change in the Senate rules which would actually scotch the undemo cratic and cowardly device of the fili buster would more than compensate for the failure to secure a vote on the anti poll tax bill in the recent special session. If non-Southern senators have finally be come so disgusted with the ease with which a small majority of Senate member* can obstruct the entire legislative pro gram of the United States Congress in the most irresponsible and debonair manner to the extent that it will revise the present rules making the filibuster not only pos sible, but easy and inevitable any time a measure comes up which might, raise the standards of Negro citizenship, then the special session of the 80th Congress was far from wasted. It may be that that was the time the fiiibusterers went a little too far with •their pious clowning and petty tyranny m the name of freedom of speech. Let us hope so. THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co. lift HhT'bW.J St.. Vto ii'isr'c W r Entered as second-class matte*:, April 0, 1940, at the Post Office at Raleigh, N. C„ under the Act of March 8, 1878. P, R. JKRV KI. Publisher C. B. HALLIBURTON. Editorials Eaten One Year, Six Months, $2.00 Address ail communications and make ill checks payable to The Carolinian rather than to individuals. The Carolinian ctepressiy repudiate* nespoMibißty Itnc i-sfam- <rf unaotioitfrd twettart*. wmmetipi, at*,, WUm sfainps sent, , SHADES OF THOMAS JEFFERSON Wo call to the attention of the advo cates hereabouts of Jeffersonian demo cracy a happening m ou** fair county which was reported in the public prints. It seems a young white man so stultified himself by sharing the shelter of his own homo for a few hours with Negro companions that lie f» It constrained to call upon the mayor to hold a meet ing of his fellow inhabitants of the vil age" (Morrisville) that he might explain and defend this heinous behavior. Now we submit that Thomas Jefferson would have maintained that a man’s house is his castle; that bringii j am de cent and Jawing abiding j ’sons he wishes to bring into it is his own business, up id that any attempt to interfere is en tirely out of place, to say the least. Those who speak so loudly of Jeffer sonian democracy, such as .-omo of the Dixieerat tie!egat es at the Phi lade Iph ia convention and the drafters of the Dixie "erat platform at Birmingham, seem to forget that the very genius of Jefferson’s philosophy was that "all men are created free and equal.” What he believed in was individual liberty, not the right of some to project their prejudices into the lives of others. I here were those of a century ago who defended human slavery in the- name of ' the God of ( hrist. Those who today call Thomas Jefferson to witness in defense of their narrowness and bigotry are just as much in error, HANDLING OUR OWN AFFAIRS Jhe News and Observer, in comment ing on the fact that the suit recently brought in Lumbmon is the first North Carolina suit brought in the Federal courts “to require a local community to provide equal facilities for the two races,” points out that "occasion for such a suit should never have arisen.” The local daily, in addition to recogniz ing squabbles of local authorities as be ing responsibe so; the delay in furnish ing Negro LumU rton with decent public school facilities mentions that "a suit ' was instituted in the State courts a year ago and has dragged through technical ity after technicality without reaching a decision on its merits.” Negroes were no doubt criticized for resorting to the Federal courts. Every one knows that the states and localities should be allowed to work out "their own peculiar problems” to their own satisfac tion! Meanwhile Negro’, citizens of Lum berton, who are a iso citizens of North Carolina and the United States, are given the runaround by local authorities and by the state courts. North Carolina has proudly boasted its record of taking care of its own affairs. W hat has happened in Luraberton is something in which the state can take no pride. Resort to the Fed eral courts was clearly indicated, and the Lumbermen Negroes waited long and pa tiently enough for local and state ma chinery to do something about the co lossal “separate but equal” fraud. How Negroes love states’ rights and local autonomy ! WELCOME TO DR. POTEAT , i The number of residents of Raleigh who will heartily welcome the return of the Rev. K. McNeill Potest to the pastorate of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church of this > city far exceeds the membership of that church. The distinguished religious lead er, who haj most recently been head of the Colgate-Koche.ster Theological Sem inary, has had an illustrious career as a 1 Christian minister. He has distinguished , himself as a preacher, foreign missionary, * ' « and educator, but in addition he is known < and loved for his true and courageous devotion to Christianity as away of life. Any city would be fortunate in having : „ * a man like Dr. Poteat ns a resident and ■ a pastor of one of its leading churches, { Raleigh is doubly blessed in that Dr. Po~ 1 teat has been here before and is coming j back home. f ... & *IU. *—M V. fca ... TITE CAROLINIAN , " •; . - •’ ,J» «~- ; _ j ' -' -- j2l % I SOOTH i' ' ' - T S| fecencl lii€tiglits J I a, aD. maimmat roa ilji ft Anyone familiar with ibis col umn will know without beirv.- lold that it i: heartily in favor of bringing the National Guard com pletely undo Federal control, a: was recomr.it aided unanimously r,y a sproal com.mttee appointed to study out national defense p> licit - The practical argument' m favor of such a policy in th< atomic see are incontrovertible and only rent intent and tradition are on too tic* of continuing, the present policy, in which the Fed eral government pay? the t; it and the Nationfd Gourd in i.uii slate is largely under the control of state official:; except after the Congress has declared a national emergency One uC the m..-l loll ing argument- m fcsvi t c,f ro.ihy nationalising the Un rd is that iit these days the emergency might hav-’ re-uUt-d in w.'ional disaster befo *-■ Congress; could e\on Ciri*ti ib il. Os c ui;e the proposal will bt fee. .and nut only by the south ern stater, a: another ihivul. c.ed invasion .f stalaes" rigl.is But vchat is more important, the theo ry .. ; c: .it i igids i.r tiie , ‘ ac SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Acts 3:36 42 Memory Seieclion —As ye have den© it unit one of the least of these my brethren ye have done il unto me. —Matthew 25:40. The account of Paul's conver sion and the story of Dorcas ere recorded in the 9th chaplei of Act,:. Paul, a man who was changed from wrong to right by the power of God. The same God put into the heart of a woman, Dorcas, sister love and compassion for the poor. This week our lesson centers around Dorcas, a woman wh > served her people well. This woman lived at Joppa. She was. full, of good works and alms deeds which she did. The time came when she look sick, and died, which was not an unit.:- ual occurence. After her death her irie.no' washed her, and laid her in an upper chamber The disciples had heard that B.C M. J have become engag ed to it gjrl whom I love but she doer n't act like she cares for me. i am completely unhappy about the whole setup. Her ways are not at all like mine She doesn’t smile, sing, joke, dance, who tie or listen to music. She ip always sarcastic J am about to decide against pet ting married Anr.: Marriage- between two pc pie as different as you two can de velop into sad experience. The fact that you seem to love the girl is not sufficient if you have abso lutely nothin?' in common. She is riecidely scrioirs and frown:- upon the light existence you seem to enjoy Therefore, face the tacts and cell the tram.; off until you ears at least feel sine of yourself, * * * SA I read everything that you write every week 1 followed your advice and now my husband nnd I have a little store and we ore doing fine. He alii holds, his job ar.d helps me during his spare hours. He says that he should hold the- job at least another year until we cun get more money ahead. I fee! like hs could quit now and start in at the store. What shouti fee do? ticality of national safety? No enemy of the United States is go ing to respect the rights of any state v, itliin th< U S A fro back as tlre Civil War it became evident that the state iud.ua was of little value in a national emergency. If the Na tional Guard u ! > be effective m v.-.ir time or in time of national danger its organic unity with the standing army should fee com plete ;. T alt tiii, —s’ ,ho state, whl ju: t have to organize their own local force; for the maintenance i, domestic order In wartime the Guard would be a’.bay anyhow and a permanent state force would be required, net only in j. but more especially under the condition!, of modern far fa re We have an addite nal ground for favoring the committee'- pro posal, .md it is a very simple ;.nd natural one. No N>iroes ai pre sent bi-Jor. to the National Guard Whatever advantages, have been derived from membership in it anywhere • nuth of Mmylami havi been denied ,11 southern Ne groes as, well as. many northern one Colored men ready and Peter wav m Lydda which was not far front Joppa. They sent, two men to him desiring him to come to them at once. Peter did ;-s they desired. They took him mtn the uppe: chamber. There Pet* ■ found the people weeping over Dorcas. Peter sent all of them from the room, then kneeiing down, and prayed and turning him to the body, said, Tabitha arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive, and it was known throughout til Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. This is a beautiful account 01-o 1- a beautiful woman who spent, he: life in service for her neigh bor.-- Her n< ighbors wept at her death. They went because they felt the lost of a kind friend. Every Christian s.nould live a ADVISORY COLUMN Ans. He; right his job pays > too well for him to give it up right t now Get the business established * and netting a good income before i encouraging; him to give up his , job You can get extra help thorn i in bit neighborhood if you ri-wi . it to help out during rush hours. * * * M.L.M. —1 nave been married - but my husband and 1 have been separated sixteen years. I have • been with this friend for six years. I He hasn’t been able to decide . about getting married so recently . I met another man who says ho i will many me. What should 1 do.’ Ans: Get a divorce if you do not l. intend to live with your husband . again. You can't yiarry anyone right now a: you do not have your legal freedom. The rnrm you are with is providing for you as a wife you should not encourage other fellows as long as you accept hi'j support. * » f* A.M.C —1 want to know why do people come by to rent my . oom and then they never m t-urn Ic there enythlnp wrong? Ans; Make your room more at tractive. It esn be Hone with ou* im tnuefe expanse. And you will' willing to serve their country as guardsmen have had no oppor tunity to do so in any stale in the South It is to be expected that it the Guard were nationalized in reality this situation would be changed, as it should be This column recently called at tention to the fact that not one Negro subject to the impending peacetime draft, ir. the Southern states had the opportunity of sub stituting duty in the National Guard, with the attendant chance of continuing his education or -trying on his job. in place of draft liability. No Negro in any . !&v outside the South not hav- N• rib unit of tilc- National Guaid could do so either. Vet the. alternative was open to white youths. So from every angle we favor ::.i' proposal to bring the Nation.,i Guard completely undei Federal control, though we doubt that Congress will sanction it The* -dates are probably too jealous to make such a concession until it is forced on them by the couise of i Vents life of service. This service should be rendered in such a way that men and women w.il appreciate us while we are alive and also after death has taken us. Dorcas’ neighbors sent for Peter. I don't know whethei they expected him to perform a miracle: or not, but he did. Dorcas was restored to life. This act caused many people to be lieve on Christ. Peter prayer to Christ, for it- was Christ who performed the miracle through Peter. Dorcas was a woman disciple. She was fulfilled through and through with good works. She did not look for honour, bu t honour always comes to those who serve well. May we dedi cate our lives to the service of God through service to our fel low' man. be able to get a tenant. The see sun will open up in your section this fall and if you do a little dec orating you can keep it rented * W * M E.M. -- I need help today. 1 live here in this city with some people and 1 don't have any rent to pay I am a dressmaker by trade and have made good in the past but now I can’t seem to get any thing to do. 1 am terribly depress ed I will be most grateful for any thing you can do. Ans: You have too much time on your hands and you are brooding because you do not have any in come. Get a job. even though it isn't the type of work s>ou want to do just take some job until you can get on your feet and ao better. Then arrange to get a ma chine and solicit sewing again. Let dl of your friends know that you are an expert dressmaker and you will get work to do. Meanwhile, snap out of that depressed feeling Send a quarter for Happier Living Lesson Mo. 3, The Way To Happi ness-. 4t wi! open your eyes, •WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY. AUGUST 21 391 H BISHOP' Lg| MEDFORD | 1 attended . ur Florida Annual Conference at Pensacola Oct. 1946. It was out first time in that cit > We haven’t seen statistics rclatlm- to the population, but in the matter of race, it seems that lie city of seventy thousand is about forty per cent Negro, who live in almost every section of the metropolis. In a number ot plat cs, Negro residence- are seen in the same block with whites On Belmont Street where the writer domiciled, Negroes own the nice well-kept cottage residences, on one side of the street and on the opposite side are what is usually called "shot-gun” ten ant's-houses in the South. They are rented and occupied by white families. What was move striking we were told that some year.) ago the same ‘'shot-gun-houses” wore rented and occupied bv colored ilamilier. The Negro*':; nad moved out. and white had moved in. We know of no condition and happening like that else where in the country In most ol the North, white families are no longer happy and contended, once one or more Negro families move into a block. The “for sale 1 ' sign usually soon goes up on the other houses in that block; and once a residence is rented to and occupied by Negroes it is from that tune on never considered bv whites fit for them to occupy We found strange residential contrasts in Pensacola When asked about race relations in that city, The Rev. J E. McCall, pastor of Talbert AME Zion Church, and the Presid ing Elder Rev C. Hunter, each declared them to be the best they have known in any city where they had served. Our so-called inter-racial meeting held in many sections of the South and elsewhere usually become too near losing the “inter- part and turn out to be racial. They are usually composed of about three Negroes to one white. Such meetings are usually made up e! those who least need the “inter” feeling. The whites and Negreos who do attend are usually those who already under stand the race problem and feel kindly toward each other. The Negroes and whites who need to contact, in k. and understand each other better rarely get to the*- meetings White people who know less about the Negro, only come in contact with their cook, the yard man or washer-woman. They unfortunately judge the whole race by the servants on or around their premises. The Bilbo Rankin, Talmadge and Johnson type ot whites and others of their spirit, but less known, are the ones win: need inter*racial contact. Now and then a bitter spirited Negro needs the contact also. White and Negro preachers, school teachers and co’iegi- professors rarely need being informed or tempered down on. rate matters. The nation is being swept by a wave of juvenile crime thesa days. Many are seeking to know the reason. Many of our radio programs and moving picture shows populaiire crime in the minds of the children today. A youth cat} hardly spend an hour at a movie or still less time listening to the radio without seeing a hold-up murder committed 01 hearing such gangsterism drama tized. Who has not seen toy gangster, tr, action among seven to twelve year old boy on the street? They did not get these ideas ficm then patents.. They at* practicing what they have seen at the movies or heard on the radio. Tlio.se who manu facture toy pistols and guns and those who sell them, and parents who buy or allow their children to practice gangsterism with them, should all hang their heads in shame when they read of teen-age hold-ups, robberies and murders. What can be done? Let the authorities- give more strict censorship of what goes on the screen and tin.' an waves. -Vlosnv/iide let parents and guardians take heed Mr. Thurmond of South Carolina, Presidential Candidate for So-called “State: Rights Democrats,” said hi his acceptance speech ;,1 Houston, Texas last week that when: there are laws against segregation, Negroes and others segregated themselves. He said that if it were not true, there would be no Harlem in New Ycik u Chinatown in San Francisco, etc. He is about correct as to tiic races naturally grouping together socially and residentially. It Mr. Thurmond believes what he says, why does not he, and ali his segregation ilk insist on passing segregation laws in their sveral states. The evident of race mixing so tar as blood is con cerned, is just as pronounced in Governor Thurmond’s state as it. is in Rhode Island or Massachusetts. Dinwiddie Institute at Dinwiddie, Virginia, near U. S. High way 1, fom teen mules south o? Petersburg, Virginia, which for more than twenty-five years did high school work under the principalship «,f W. E. Woodyard will be reorganized and set up as “Dinwiddie AME Zion School of Religion,” here after. Young preachers, prospective preacher:; and the laity de vice, can be trained there. A new standardized County High siring to enter Foreign Mission and other fields of Christian Sei- Schoo! is conducted near the campus The boarding department of the former institute will be re-opened and lodging made avail able for any youth from other localities from whom it may be found best or necessary to send there to finish at the county hign school. The writer is chairman of the board of trustees. Industrial Looking Glass By ALLAN W. POWELL For NIPS 1* is unfortunate that the complete picture of the extent to which Negroes have been integrated into our industrial economy is not available to th*s extent that the over-all progress might b* clearly outlined. While it is generally recognized that more than ever before the avenues of employment open to the Negro worker have become more varied, it now appears evident that just, what has been accomplished is Mill comparatively vague. It is comparatively easy to appraise the skilled levels which the Brown American has attained in the large industrial organiz ations who have at the:.- command si! the facilities of exploitation that make public awareness, of any significant appointments a simple matter. Through the medium ot the press, radio and other media of advertisement much of this advance is public knowledge within a short period. There are, however, a number of industrial units who operate in small communities, with no national outlets for publicizing any significant policy changes such as are involved in the taking on or up-grading ot a Negro employee to a responsible post For this reason, the eeonmic statisticians are unable to effectively compile that data which would allow for the greatest accuracy. Strangely enough there are those large industrial units which do not see fit to make any special notice of a promotion or transfer that ir, its opinion would be of no news value One major railroad recently appointed a Negro to supervisory status, the first job of ir.-, kind in the 100 year history of the system. Yet. there was no attempt, to publicize the matter at all, Occasionally, the local Negro press is advised of changes made by those companies who have a Negro market or who seek to solicit Negbo trade, and there are infrequent surveys made on <& ■ scattered basis in certain utilities which give approximate date on progress. Much work remains to be done, however, if any con crete assessment is to be made of the extent to which .-integratica is becoming ** pyttu .-re„ ;v -.j -v
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