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UNITED STATES SENATOR
The situation with regard to lynch
ing in the United States hardly justi
fies the time the Senate is giving to
the anti-lynching bill. However, as
it was brought forth primarily for
vote-gathering purposes in Northern |
and Eastern states, Southern Sena- j
tors have been forced to come to the 1
defense of law enforcement officers;
in their respective states. Nowhere |
in the country is there to be found i
more able and ' efficient men than j
those who enforce state, county andi
municipal laws in the South. A Fed-j
eral anti-lynch law would be a reflec-|
tion on these officers—and all possi-;
ble effort is being made to prevent it. j
Fortunately, the debate on the anti- j
lynching bill comes at a time when j
the Senate is awaiting a conference 1
report on the farm bill and action on j
other measures pending in the House. |
Thus, Southern Senators are carrying I
on their fight without, up to the pres
ent time, serious delay to much-need
ed and important legislation.
Perhaps never before has the Sen
ate given such time to the control of
a non-existent problem. Lynching is
no longer a real problem. Greater
progress has been made in control of
lynchings than in perhaps any other
form of crime. In 1901, there were
130 people lynched in the United
States. In 1936, there were nine.
North Carolina had none. What oth
er crime has been reduced so rapidly ?
Who reduced it? Not the Federal
Government, but vigilant law en
forcement officers in the Southern
states.
One feature of the proposed anti
lynch law would provide an indem
nity for the families of unfortunate
lynch victims. What abont funds
for the families of Federal officers
f: killed by gangsters? The govern-
L ment provides none. Yet, the legis-
I lative controsity known as the anti
| lynch law is being given attention as
if it were designed to control a na
tional problem, instead of to get
r votes for the sponsors.
This is being done at a time when
the South is the safest part of the
United States for law-abiding people
and in a section where law-abiding
N “Negroes have their greatest number
I of friends. What is really proposed
I is to “lynch” the Constitution and
V its guarantees of states’ rights solely
[ for vote-gathering purposes. Any
such idea is, of course, extremely
I distasteful to Southern members of
L Congress schooled in the traditions
| of the South.
During 1936 there were forty-four
I instances in which officers of the law
| prevented lynchings. Thirty-nine of
[ these were in Southern states. Here
is evidence of what officers in the
South are doing to prevent lynchings
at the risk of their lives. The Feder
al Government could not do the job
w better.
r Since the year 1862, there have
been 4,673 people lynched in the
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United States, according to available
records. While nine people were
lynched in 1936, nearly 40,000 were
killed in careless and negligent high
way accidents. This is a national
problem. Does the Federal Govern
ment propose to do something about
that? Certainly it is of more na
tional concern than the unfortunate
lynchings of nine persons for crimes
for which they would have, in most
instances, been executed by the state.
Congress in the anti-lynching bill
is endeavoring to make a legislative
mountain out of a local mole hill.
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Mrs. S. W. Glover and two chil
dren, of Mackeys, spent the week-end
with Mrs. J. S. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Parker, of Nor
folk, Va., spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bunch.
, Mrs. Otis Ellis is confined to her
j home with flu.
i Mrs. T. H. Byrum spent Monday
I night in North Edenton with her sib
j ter, Mrs. H. T. Layton, and aceor.i
panied her to Norfolk, Va., Tuesda,.
jto see their brother, Steve Leary,
- who is very ill at the General Hosp,
j tal.
I Peggy, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Turner, is improving.
! She has been very sick.
The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Lloya
j Bunch is very ill.
! Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Jones, <u
! Norfolk, Va., spent Sunday with
j Mrs. Ida Reed.
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Walston are
sick with colds.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodwin, oi
Greenhall, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. O.
Furry Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyce and Misi,
Myra Boyce visited Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Parker, at Sunbury, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Boyce, Sunday a\
ternoon.
Mrs. Herman Lane, who has been
quite ill, is better.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Smithson and
son, of Edenton, spent the week-end
witF Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Lane.
Mrs. W. H. Lane and H. E. Lane j
attended services at Belvidere Friends |
Church Sunday.
Mrs. Mattie N. Palin spent the
week-end with her sister, Mrs. V. C.
Lane, at Belvidere.
Mrs. Ida Reed is spending tht
week in Norfolk, Va., with Mr. ana
Mrs. Emmett Jones.
Mrs. W. N. Perry is visiting Mi.
and Mrs. H. C. Byrum.
Mrs. N. Bunch made a business
trip to Norfolk. Va., Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Boyce visa
ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Leary, Sr., in Rocky Hock, Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lindsey Evans and Mrs. F..
_ . Elliott, of Cross Roads, visiteu
Mrs. J. S. Turner, Mrs. J. N. Boyce
and Mrs. H. E. Lane Monday even
ing.
Mrs. W. N. Ward is confined tL
her home with diphtheria.
SHOWER FOR MRS. C. S. EVANS
Members of the Merry Hill Y. *,V.
A. entertained on Thursday evening
at a miscellaneous shower at the
home of Miss Louise Smithwick, at
Merry Hill, complimenting Mrs.
Spurgeon Evans, a recent bride.
About thirty guests were invited. I
Mrs. Evans received many ust._l j
gifts. A sweet course was served
by Misses Ethel Bowen and Louise :
Smithwick.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 20, 1938
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j Darhascus, in Syria, is
one of the oldest inhabited
cities in the world. Little is
known of its origin but
there is abundant evidence
of its antiquity. It is men
tioned in the Bible as exist
’ ing in 1913, B. C., and the
houses of judas and Ana- ,
nias arc still pointed out_
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Vew York Fair
To Honor Press
NEW YORK (Special)—To remind
millions of visitors to the New York
World’s Fair 1039 that freedom of the
press has helped preserve the democratic
form of our government, a statue dedi
cated to that constitutional liberty will
be erected on the $60,000,000 Central
Mall, Grover A. Whalen, president of the
Fair corporation, announces.
The statue will depict a partially nude
woman, representing “the unadorned
truth,” watching the passing show of
world events and recording history day
by-day. A tribute to the moral standard
! of the press as a whole is contained in
! the subordinate figure of a child reading
i a newspaper.
Freedom of religion, speech and assem
. bly will be combined with freedom of
j press to suggest that these four factors
are the cornerstone of democratic gov
ernment.
The failure to overcome our physi
| cal handicaps is only one of many
| indications that few of us ever dis-
I cover ourselves.
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