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THE CAROLINIAN
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JUNE 21, 1958
Editorial Viewpoint
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The CAROUNIMTS
WORDS OF W ORSHIP
1. Thus saith the Lord, Behold 1 will raise
up against Babylon, and against them that
dwell in the midst of them that rise up against
me, a destroying wind.
2. And will send unto Babylon fanners, that
shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for
in the day of trouble they shall be against her
round about.
3. Against him that bendeth let the archer
bend his bow and against him that lifteth
himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not
her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
4. Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the
Chtldean? and they that art thrust through in
her streets.
The sudden passing of Father George A.
Fisher in Philadelphia last week saddened this
community as nothing else has for a long time.
It brought to mind the. large outpouring of our
citizens last fall who gathered to pay honor to
% man who had consistently and steadfastly
stood up for the rights of the underdog and
the down-trodden
Those who had the foresight to sponsor that
testimonial gathering were more farsighted
than they knew because even though that
meeting was designed to pin some bouquets
of appreciation upon a living person, it. can
now also stand out as a testimonial to his
memory. We are glad that Father Fisher was
alive at that time, glad that he could see and
feel the esteem that, so many held for him. We
are glad that all the members of his family
weie present because such an occasion may
have softened somewhat the indiginities, suf
Will There Be Any Action
Dr. Nelson H. Harm has just recently con
cluded an unsuccessful campaign so, a scat
in the N. C. General Assembly. Although Dr,
Harris polled less than one half of the votes
needed for his election, we think he made a
very creditable showing after all the factors in
volved have been ccn .idem! The need for a
permanent citizens organization was one of
the important factors that needs serious con
sideration. It was proven during the Harris
campaign as well as other recent political
campaigns that it is virtually impossible to
whip an effective organization in line over
night.
But without a well organized, properly
functioning group in the background it is just
about impossible for any Negro to be elected
to any public office in this area. It is not only
impossible to get a Negro in office without
the support of an organized group, it is also
impossible for Negroes to achieve any of the
other aspirations they might cherish. Right
now a 6-million dollar general hospital is hast
ening to completion here in Raleigh. This hos
pital is being financed through federal and lo
Are We Defeating Our Purpose?
As we study the recent decision by Judge
Lemlcy in the Little Rock School matter,
pointed questions present themselves and
arouse us to immediate introspection. We
wonder if we are not defeating our own pur
pose by the way we have fanned the red
flag before the ‘‘Lion’s Cage”. Most of us
know what happens just before the “Lion
Fighter” goes in to fight the lion The man
known in circus parlance as the “barker"
tolls the crowd what is going to happen:
" The greet event of this show is about to
take place. A man is going to go into the
sage and fight a lion.” We know that such
an announcement is expressly made to ere
ate incentive in people to see the fight be
tween the king of beasts and a mere man.
Red meat and red flags provoke ferocity
in many animals, including bulls and lions:
and either of these two instigators are wav
ed to make a fight more exciting.
But red Hags and ferocity are not reserv
ed for lions and bulls only Red flag wav
ing occurs, not: only between man and beast,
but in many instances between man end his
kind. Is it that we have waved the red flag
of revenge, vindictiveness, and get-even-now
attitude before the enemies of fair play to
the extent that it has made it necessary for
them to vow to destroy every vestige of
school integration in Little Rock? Have we
not been exhibitionists and paraded those
nine innocent children before the tribunal
of hatememgers too much? Is it not true
that we have cried from the house top too
loudly about our achievement? These and
other relevant, questions are what the Ne
gro press, Negro leaders, sympathizers and
The proposed "Sugar Ray” Robinson-Floyd
Patterson title fight for the heavyweight
championship shaped up »s a promotion with
out too much judgement on the part of the
entire fighting business.
Floyd Patterson undoubtedly is a cansble
and representative heavyweight champ. How
ever. his manager seems to perfer 3 non-fight
ing champion. There are at least a half dozen
durable and worthy foes in the heavyweight
division, who should have consideration. To
bypass all the heavyweights on the scene and
drop down below the. lightheavyweight di
vision to the middleweights and pick up its
champ to promote a gate seems to be a 20th
Father Fisher
What Next?
5 For Israel hath not been forsaken nor
Judah of his God of the Lord of hosts, though
their land was filled with sin against the Holy
One of Israel.
6. Flee out of the midst of Babylon and de
liver every man his soul; be not cut off in her
iniquity: for this is the time of the Lord’s ven
geance; he will render unto her a reeompencc.
7. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the
Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken:
the nations have drunken of her wine; there
fore the nations are mad.
8- Babylon is suddenly fal'en and destroy
ed howl for -her; take balm for her pain is so
be she may be healed.
fenng and humiliation heaped upon them be
cause of Father Fisher’s untiring efforts in
behalf of the underprivileged.
There were gifts and flowers for Father
Fisher at that testimonial, g : fts and flowers
that he could both see arid enjoy. All those
who were there must have felt the humble
pride and sensed the real appreciation shown
by Father Fisher as he arose to thank his
friends for remembering him so kindly. Look
ing back now' on that occasion in the light of
Father Fisher’s sudden passing in Philadel
phia, causes one thank God for the small part
he played on that occasion.
There were many who differed with Father
Fisher, many who disliked him but no one who
knew him could truthfully say that he was
not consistently true to his convictions and
ideals. May he receive eternal rest from the
God of all who doeth all things well,
cal tax funds. That means, of course, '•’hat your
dollars and ours are being used in its con
struction. which makes it our hospital as well
as the other man’s.
Now what will we get from this hospital?
Beds and service, of course, but, what type of
beds and service? And what about employment,
a very serious and acute problem with us? We
need to know about such things and we need
to know about them now. Individually we
can never do anything Collectively we can do
many things, A pretty fair start was made
during the Harris campaign toward the idea
of a group organization. Why can’t some act
ion be taken now to pin together the remnants
of that group and thereby achieve a workable,
permanent organization?
Who is to do this? The answer is YOU,
You have as much at stake as your neighbor,
so why wait for him to do it. If you are wait
ing for a “leader” you can remembc-r that lead
ers are made . so you can make yourself a
leader. Don’t be afraid that no one will follow
you, just lead off and you will be pleasantly
surprised at the number that will follow,
even well wishers could ponder in their
minds.
When one considers that Arkansas had
integration long before the Little Rock ca
tastrophe and that, paradoxical ss it may
seem, Governor Faubus’ son goes to school
with a Negro without fanfare, it then be
comes apparent that too much crowing
serves only as a red flag to incite injustice.
To our way of thinking, we, as Negroes,
had taken the Little Rock incident at an
other step in the march to establish that
justice of which Christ spoke, we could have
been a little more cautious and not waved
our achievement in the fat' of the Sion of
hate and the dispenser of ill-will.
Pressure i« a great weapon in the hand of
right thinking people, but its use can be
over emphasized to the point of defeating its
own purpose. We feel chat we can trace the
ill-fated decision to the fact that the peo
ple who hate right and justice in Little Rock
have vowed that they will destroy every sem
blance of democracy rather than yield to hero
worshipping and loud acclaims of victory.
President Eisenhower confidently assured
us and Little Rock that lawlessness would not
prevail and that he would use every source at
his command to ensure the protection of the
children. Os course, this assurance did not
end the fight on the part of many. In such «
ease, it seems that CAUTION could have been
our watchword. Ordinarily, we resent bragg
adocios and would like to “clip their wings”
sometimes. The same reaction is true of the
people in Little Rock. We ask again ARE
WE DEFEATING OUR PURPOSE?
century oddity, and there should be a ruling
against it.
Sugar Ray at 37 has had one. of the. most
successful and colorful careers in the history of
the prize-fighting ring. However, he like Pat
terson. has s good crop of middleweight* who
would give him a good fight and a pretty good
gate. Except for the lure of money no one
should consider such a match in line with good
sportsmanship even in boxing as a profession.
It. is our considered opinior that such a
fight proposal should be stopped before it ever
gains any momentum. Unevenly matched op
ponents in the same division is no good re
flection on the prize-fighting business.
Integration Is The Answer To Such
UnAmerican Teaching
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SENTENCE SERMONS
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP
COSTUME JEWELRY
1 Truiy we are living in a
flashy age, when things quick
and snappy are all the rage, and
things that 'look just as good 1 '
gain the front of the stage,
2. Costume jewelry is most
pleasant to look upon, though so
title in value : t would not be ac
cepted as a pawn. . . but to the
wearer seems to bring content
ment. and entranced charm.
3. Expensive jewels are natur
ally admired, though some per
sons in a day like this, care not
to run the risk of being so attir
ed, and substitute less costly
adornments to satisfy their aes
thetic temperaments.
4. Do not some individuals
treat life quite the same, giving
more attention to things materi
al and exterior, to the neglect of
building character and a. good
name?
5. Character building is ex
What Other Editors Say
NAACP LEADERS DID NOT
HELP ITS CAUSE BY
TURNING FROM” ADAM
CLAYTON POWELL!
AS I SEE IT. the leaders of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
committed the unforgivable sin
of ingratitude when they pub
licly blasted Congressman A.
Clayton Powell last week after
he had been dropped by the
“Tammany Hall” bunch and was
indicted for income tax evasion
Although this writer was
often critical of some of th*»
Congressmans methods in han
dling the race problem in and
out of Congress, I always felt
that he was a friend to the NA
ACP in is struggle fer equal ci
tizenship rights.
He defended the NAACP and
urged Negroes and other citi
zens to take out membership in
the organization. He did just
that right here in Houston be
fore an audience of over 2.000
people at the Music Hall in Feb
ruary.
As I See It, Negroes, and es
pecially the NAACP should not
throw Powell to the wolves be
cause he bolted the Democratic
party to support President Eis
enhower. Congressman Powell
gave as his reason for support
ing President Eisenhower his in
terest in integration. He often
Raid he sew no hope for success
ful integration in the Democra
tic Party in the immediate fu
ture. This was a more militant
stand than any of the NAACP
leaders took.
The Congressman was most
out s poteen in Congress during
the Li tie Rock incident. He ask
ed for a Congressional investi
gation at Little Rock.
Since the NAACP was leading
the fight In integration in Little
Rock, and elsewhere they should
have been the last to turn, on
Powell.
As 1 See It. the NAACP, in
its “turn-coat” action on Powell
is in keeping with its practice in
the part of using militant end
outstanding personalities to nd
vance their cause and dropping
them when their usefulness is
apparently at an end
For an illustration, Herman
Swe&tt local mail carrier was
used successfully in breaking
down the racial barriers at the
University of Texas. Sweatt not
only became the “forgotten
man" of the NAACP. but when
the going got rough and he had
to leave school due to pressure,
illness, family troubles, etc., the
NAACP committee with held the
money that the public had con
tributed and converted it to
pensive and call* far the very
best, and. those seeking its high
est attainments regard outward
adornments too trivial in which
to invest.
8 Thus life becomes truly
what one makes it. , , about this,
there can be r.o mistakes if nr
tificial arrangements are sub
stituted, life's end will meet
with ill-fate.
7. All that shines is not gold,
. . , this in childhood we were
told, but most men by Satan's
guile seem never to rise above
the mind of a child, and tow
and God remain cold cold, even
when they grow old.
8. Substitutes for things real
seem to hold with unbelievable
appeal, and down thru all the
changes of life, some men seem
never able to conquer sin and
strife
9. Satan inveigled our first
parents and threw them off bal
som* other use.
The militant former postal
employee hero of the hour had
to start life all over with no job
and was forced to live in pov
erty while striving to gain a de
gree in social work.
As I Sea It, what became of
the sensational Miss Lucy who
was the plaintiff in the Alabama
integration test case.
We will not be surprised if
the Negro voter* in New York
will not repudiate the NAACP
at the polls, and give Powell a
majority in his bid for reelect
ion in November on an Inde
pendent ticket.
The Republican committee
voted to place him on the tick®*
which is permissible in the slate
of New York.
NEGRO LABOR NEWS
A BASIC REALISTIC
program
Tn this highly industrialized,
scientific American civilization,
the Negro is incapable of tak
ing advantage of the admittedly
limited opportunities available
to him to play anywhere near
his proportional role.
We have uncounted thousands
of bachelors of art, masters of
social science, doctors of edu
cation, and the like: but we have
a great paucity of chemists, en
gineers, architects, metallurgists
and so forth.
So when doors are opened, we
ere too frequently unable to en
ter, either through vocational
misdirection ignorance or lack
of interest
The United Negro College
Fund has done a major job in
obtaining financial suport for
the privately owned colleges in
Bf m C. A. CHICK, SR.
FINANCIAL PREPARATION
FOR OLD AGE
As I read current financial
periodicals, such *s the Wall
Street Journal. I am more and
roam impressed with such state
mania or announcement* as fol
lows: "*49,000,600 State of New
York 4 per cent; 3 per cent: 2.
0 per cent and 2 per cent Hou
sing (Serial) Bonds; Interest
Exempt from Present Federal
and New York State Income
Taxes” or "$17,800,000 City of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2 1-2 end
2.60 per cent Bonds, interest Ex
empt in Opinion of Counsel
From Federal Income Tax,” or
‘‘Mountain Fuel Supply's sl6,
anee, and ever since mankind
has looked at God askance, ac
cepting Satan's tinsel for the
real thing, and rejecting an heir
ship as a child of The King.
10. Yea, drunk with Satan's
wine, their posterity is qui’e
confused, and Satan today must
he much amused, for everything
seems to be going his way and
the world being run on counter
feits and foul play.
11. If man would only adhere
to the prof mind words of his
Master, “I am come that men
might have life, and that more
abundantly,” all mankind would
live in peace, and high above
all uncertainty,
12. For the things that last
eternally must be pure. . . no
costume jewelry of Satan's
kingdom can endure: RIGHT
and not MIGHT will surely
win, and you and T will be eter
nally safe if now? we exclude
all manner of sin.
the South that most U. S. Negro
youths attend; but they need
more guidance and direction to
prepare themselves for the fields
of endeavor most important in
this technological society.
Thus, the recently announced
program of the National Urban
Le-auge to campaign in .100 com
munities in September to en
courage Negro students to seek
careers in science is basic, real
istic, long overdue, and/ cer
tainly welcome.
In each city, local leagues and
associated groups seek out the
brightest youngsters, beginning
with the seventh grade and help
them to fulfill their intellectual
potential by organizing career
dubs and providing expert lec
turers and sound counseling.
Lester B. Granger, the leag
ue's nationally known executive
director, believes much Negro
talent is wasted through ignor
ance (parents and pupils i of
available opportunities. and
pupils) of available opportuni
ties, and achievements of other
Negroes in scientific field*: and
thinks 1,000 placements can be
made yearly for the next dec
ade.
The National Urban League
plans to spend SIOO,OOO yearly on
this fundamental program, and
perhaps more
This program should have the
full support of all thinking pfo
pla currently agitated over ra
cial integration; because before
you can integrate in any civili
zation, you have to have some
thing with which to integrate
Whoever thought up this prog
ram deserves the thanks of us
all. -- PITTSBURGH COURIER
000,000 Debentures Expected to
Bell Quickly”; or “Washington
Water Power Company will of
fer a $2,000,000-Share Common
Stock Issue and a *15,000,000
First Mortgage Bond Issue Un
der a Negotiated Public Offer
ing Probably before July.”
In other words the foregoing
is simply a few of the many ex
amples of either a state, a local
government, or the Federal gov
ernment borrowing millions of
dollars from the general public
on long terms Also the forego
ing is one of the .many examples
of private Industry (corpora
tions) raising money either by
selling s common stocks (equi-
JUST FOR FUN
BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE
CORNYARD IN OLE “MISS”
Well, Cornyard and I have
been in "Ole Miss.” tor about a
week and we have just about,
learned the place We have vis
ited the farm, dairy, laundry,
various buildings, and—Oh, I
was about to forget the dining
hall.
Breakfast is served at 6:15 a,
hi., dinner at 11:15 a. m., and
supper at 4:30 p. m, Needless to
say—and I mean it too— Corn
yard and I are regular and punc
tual customers.
The thing that fascinates
Cornyard is the milk dispenser.
One simply takes his glass to the
dispenser ( there are two of
them in the dining hall) and
presses down on a knob and out
comes that cold white liquid.
Needless to say, Cornyard gets
many refills
Cornyard says, "DOC, let them
say what they will about Miss
issippi—but it’s all right with
me. Thai milk dispenser is tops.”
Hh-sh-sb-h-h-b, folks I won't
tell you how many trips I make
to the milk dispenser, It's a se
cret;
PRIZED NEWMAN BULL: We
visited the famous Newman
farm not so far away, Cornyard
was carried away at the sight
of the prized bull—“ Gold King”,
This bull is s “Goldmine” ani
mal who can trace his ancestry
back to the first Hereford im
ported to this country from
Great Britain.
On the way back to Alcorn A
and M College, Cornyard no
ticed several lakes and water
holes. We hear that they are
stocked with brim and bass. As
soon as we can 'hitch-hike” a
ride to Port Gibson (18 miles
away), Cornyard and I plan to
purchase some fishing poles and
fisherman's gear.
Whenever we catch that three
foot bass, we plan to photo
graph if so yon won't think we
are telling a fib. And we are
going to catch one if it’s the
last thing we do, •
Folks, T aim to make my hep
ends- meet by the end of summer
school; but it s mighty hard to
do. Just when I had resolved
only to eat a dish of salad for
the r-oon meal—guess what. My
nostrils were tempted with two
fried pork chops, rice, snap
beans cooked in ham hocks,
peach pie (cobbler too), cream
ed potatoes.
"What did 1 do'”' Well, you
Gordon B. Hancock's
A BAD SIGN OF THE TIMES
Luckless France is currently
at the brink of civil war and na
ionai disaster. And what is hap
pening in, and to France is a
matter that most seriously in
volves the future of democracy
as we know it. Therefore we
must have genuine concern for
the outcome of current events
in France.
Outstanding among the things
currently taking place, is a re
version id dictatorship, with De
gaulle hurtled into power, in a
desperate attempt to stem the
tide of national distress Once a
dictator is in, nobody can tell
when he will be out again! But
a temporary dictatorship is the
price that hapless France is will
ing to pay to maintain a sem
blance of democracy.
From ancient days, nations and .
peoples have turned to the dic
tator in times of war, which are
times of crisis, we cloth our
presidents with dictatorial pow
ers in our strenuous efforts to
survive. Fortunately we have
always succeeded in restoring
the dictatorial powers to the
people once the crisis is past.
But as a serious student of ev
y financing) or by selling bonds,
‘borrowing money) from the
general public. And, both of the
foregoing are illustrations of the
confidence the people have in
the American system of govern
ments as veil as the American
economy.
This writer has again and
again been impressed by an
nouncements in financial peri
odicals that the general public
wanted to buy more bonds or
stocks that governments or cor
porations offered for sale ai any
one time. This the American
people did, or does over and
over again, despite the fart, we
are said to be in the midst of
an economic recession.
How much have you, my read
er invested in the future
growth of the United States
your county? Let this writer
point out again as he has en
deavored to do in the past, that
those people who invest iri the
future growth of he economy
of the United States arc: the peo
ple who will control (he future
United States, politically *ftd
economically.
And. T. for one, am convinced
that that is as it should he.
Moreover, the people who in
vest in the future of our econo
my are those who in a fevz years
will be living on "East Street”.
They ere the people who wiU
live on a high economic level
during their old age. An invest
ment in the common stocks of a
good corporator,* coon brings in
a return of six, eight, and tor.
and twelve per cent on the orig
inal investment.
How much confidence have
you in the future of your coun
try Kow much faith have you
in the stability and continuity
of your country's government.
If you hove faith in the govern
ment ad economy of your coun
try. have you demons) rated the
same by purchasing governmen*'
and corporate securities
know the answer an well ss I
do. Rut I promise, it won't hsp
pen again.
The thing that makes it bad is
the cafeteria waitress says
"There's plenty more if yoi
care for a second serving "
Upon second thought, may be
I oughta let the belt ends stay
where they are. "Who cares a
bout the belt ends meeting?’
3a,ys my stomach.
Then my conscience replies.
'Man does not live by bread a
lone.” What else is there to dc
but oow my head in shame. But
I'm praying for stamina to re
sist eating those epicurean de- *
lights.
SOUTHERN COOKING: Who
was it that said, "Most Southern
cooking is bad. A good meal is
hard to find; you always get the
other kind.”
Somebody got things wrong?
Os course, I’ll agree that much
of it is "the starchy, monoton
ous porcine, heavy and over
done motif in the cooking, done
to-death tried chicken, hominy
grits with a small pool of gravy
cupped in it.”
One epicure has described the
Southern barbecue scene in this
manner.
“The scene of he barbecue is
an onk grove on a hill; the stage
properties are a big iron pot in
which the brunswick stew is
simmering and a pit in which
the pig is being roasted (My - - -
My) over embers.
"The dramatis personnae are
a score of men. The time is sun
sot. Not s soul can be seen. The
reason is that everybody is at
(he spring which is below the
brow of the hill where corn ’tik -
kcr’ or bourbon is chased down
by spring water.”
Time will not permit me <©
describe the pig spread-eagled
over chicken wire over a pu
where those delicate and en
trancing odors rise fragrantly
into the air. *
Wit' the hot barbecue gees
white bread and corn bread to
absorb the sharpness of the
vinegar in the sauce, and water
■or a soda pop) and cold slaw
to mitigate the red pepper.
Little wooden spoons and forks
are frequently provided, but I'm
here to tell you that barbecue
taste-, best when eaten with the
fingers.
What's that? No. I don't eat to
live—f live to eat. And that?
the Gawd’s truth
ents, this writei has always I- r
ed chat under great nation i
stress, these dictatorial powt ■
once bestowed upon our pr>
dent, would not be restored t •
the people, and this mean* thu*
out of every national crisis the..
is liable to come the permanent
dictatorship that we so much
fear.
So long as these temporary
dictatorships are tied in with
national crises, there is always
the danger that every national
crises carries with It the seeds of
permanent dictatorship such as
have afflicted many nations.
The dynamic nature of mod
em society with its swift and
sudden changes makes the emer
gence of crises an almost daily
possibility; and to this extent it
makes dictatorship an abiding
possibility. There is nothing in
the social process that tends to
counter his seeming tragic pos
sibiliy. "Are we eventually hea
ding for a dictatorship?” 3* «
question that should provoke
serious thought from thoughtful
observers of the situation. If
dictatorship stems from the 8*
tic.nal crisis and the national
crisis is tied in with the rapid
changes of a dynamic society.
tb*n. our national leader must
cone with a situation that calls
for a higher morality and dip
lomatic acumen. Most certainly a
nation grappling with the graafc
issues growing out of a national
division, such as stems from the
current contest between segre
gation and integration. Is not.
prepared to beat back the
threats of permanent dictator
ship in this country.
tn other words, a nation where
a large sector of its population
is committed to massive resis
tance to the law of the land and
hence to the Constitution that
has made our nation great and
our civilization splendid, is not
prepared to save our nation
from dictatorship that Is daily
threatening us. The recurrence
of these recessions and depress
ions and the outspoken defi
ance of the laws of the land by
those sworn to uphold such laws 'A
are so many subtle bids for dic
tatorship, or so many opening?
for the. same.
While this is being written
news of the execution of th«
Hungarian patriots is being
broadcast and the fate of these
unsuccessful revolutionists is be
ing deplored everywhere. Say))
Sen. Sparkman of Alabama
"These executions will be resent
ed net only in Hungary, but by
freedom-hungry people every
where behind the iron curtain.”
What happens behind the Iron
Curtain shows the way of dic
tatorship*, but it is fervently to
be hoped that Sen. Sparkman
will not close his eyes and bis
mind to the contribution he and
his associates in the cause of
massive resistance are making
toward advancing the cause of
dictatorship in this country. And
we further hope that Senator
Spa:liman's sympathy for free
dom-hungry people behind the
Iron Curtain will not blind hire*
in the aches and urges of free
riom-hungry people on this sidty
of. the lien Curt am.