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SATURDAY JAN. IB. 1»3
OUR WHITE FOLKS
It ia interesting to note tJie reaction of the whij^ preas to the
dec^ion hanti^d do>yn by tie mixed jury, composed of eleven white
men and one Negio, which tried ^wo Negrroes for rape on a white
woman. -w"*
That the white dailies of the south kiould consider the verdict
of ^Uty news, merely ibecause a Nej^ro sat on the jury and voted
^or the verdict is ridiculous and shows just how ignorant moat
w.Iiite people are about intelligent Negroes. The Associated Press
even went as far as to have a picture of tlie jury made with a
closeup of the lone Negro.
If the two Negroes tiied for the crim«' were gruiltjc of rape they
were guilty and no self respecting Negro is going: to condone rape
regardless of whether t£ic* victim is white or black. Under the law
the penalty for suol»';£*’crime in Ai'kansas is death and as a citizen
the Negro performed 'his duty as a juryman with the same regard
for the law as a white man. . i ' '
Neg:iees who are capable thinking, and white people too, Bnhy
•ee in the howl now beln^ raised because a Negro voted for the ver
dict of guilty against t^o of his own race, why Negroes are barred
from jury aervice in most places’ in the' aoiitii, and wtiy th« records
will show that a white, man is ri%ver ^bt to death for rapie on a
Negro woman. These white dailies must have t^oug'ht that the Ne
gro juryman, John Clay brook, would react towards sentencing two
Negroes to death for rape on a white woman tiie same as they
would react towards sentencing two wttite men to. death for rape
on a Nef^'o’woman. We judge others by ourselves and by ourselves
only.
Tlie Carolina Times has always contended that white people,
who are bitterly against Ne^oes l}aving an opportunity to serve
in places of responsibility, are eitker ignorant of t£ieir aMlity. or
they are afraid the Negro will discover just how often he has been
taken advantage of because he was on the outside trying to look
-te — .7
Our distinguished contemporary tihe Durham Morning Herak}
expresses our sentiments in the matter in its editorial of Sktnr*
day morning January 8 when it had the following to say in
an editorial entitled, “Arkansas Negro Juror.”
fiOHE of our race leader*,
safely ensc6ned on goo'd payrolls,
at times are woni to opine that
being coloted ia not so bad, in
fact that it hat no real disadvan
tages. Facetiously a few poinc^cost ^90.
tributed to the Nagro pr^,
3,600 nawa pkjtttrca in 1037.
When Joe Xoui waa crowiiad
heavyweight champion of tha
world, one paper mada a cut tlut
Fmr r«MOB» tliat reqnitto Uttle ex|ilainiBc and yet fail to
pr—tp consider^l* noise ^s being faad«| over the faet tlutt an
•Uerly Nitgro was Biiinbered among the juron who returned a
veMict in an Airkantas coiArt contliemnlBg tw* defendabt*
to die for rape. The Negro jaror, it i* carefally itocited aad em-
phaaiaed, voted,with 4ii« white aMociate* to convict the Negroe*
of j^ar^r, and «eeinincly the cl|^niclM*s of the ev«a^ are posi
tive thiai tomething uniicnal, if not eapecOed. ft is inc^rectly
sucgested that the Negro juror ougli^ to have and was expiected
to as«i his position on the jury to protect hie 'race fromj ithe law.
At 1ms%° that is the impiession conveyed by the applause that
has been showered upop the NjeQro jiMTcr hy his neighbors pad hy^
the puhlioity given his measurement of Justice.
But why, one might appropriately ask, should a to>4» be made
over. the fact that a Negro sitting in judgment on Il|egxoes
reached and expressed the conclusion the accused Negroes were
guiiity? That sort of thfaig goes on aH the) time outside of the
cou^rtroom, and inside the courtroom in some places. Lawahid-
ing Negroes firown upon lawbreakin;g fiegrefes no lesf tluui Inw-
abiding whites frown upon lawbreaking whites. And; on occa
sions we have come in contact with performaaices suggnsting
that law observing and law respe^^l^ing Negroes are m^re con
cerned about punisliing their offending brothers and ih Uphold
ing; law enforcement than are some of the wtiite men who have
charge of applying the law to Negreies and wtfutes a|ike.
Sq if there is the unitsual in the presence of an elderly Negro
oj the Arlmnsas jury lAlch convict^ Negroes of '«ape, and
ibipre is, it atta.^es more to tiie fact tha^t the Negro was accept
ed as a juror and not to the fact that fch* Negro voted for e«n-
viction.
— eOe--—■■
out that there are a few proba
ble advantages in being colored.
£)ut for tlw benefit of those in
the |2i,000 to $10',X)(U> a year
elasa, it mig^t not be.amitt to
remind them, now and then, that,
there are some real handicajM
that even,tAey are subject to. no
matter how nnueh cash on hand
they have with ^ich to pay
bills. It ia not a question
money, but of color; bat the
money question is found at the
bottom of the color question, for
it keeps the money class narrow
ed down to where it can be easily
controlled.
I C. A. Ervin, editor and pi’h-
lisher of The Post of Winston
Salem, N. C.. reproduces on hia
froiit page the following, which
he took from the Greensboro
Daily News; “The Theatre Own.
ers of North and South Carolina,
Incorporated, joined other south*
em states recently, in objecting
to what they termed appearance
of Negroes in movie scenes with
white, 0|t an equal social basis.
The movie men at their silveiT
jubilee convention, adopted a re
solution to this effect after an
address on the suibject bj^ Mont.-
gomery S. Hill, of Greensboro,
and a spirited discussioi;..
“Resolved: niat the>'‘•conven
tion goes on record in disapprov
ing the apearance of Negroes in
scenes with white people on an
equal social basis.
“The organisation is entirely
sympathtic wiijh the Negro and
4h» {Hwblem «r4 eertainly has no
Oibjection to the appearanc9 of
Negroes in white films when and
where their characterization fits
properly into the story,^but It is
our belief that the liberties that
have been taJcen Iby the producers
in recent pictures will not only
cause unnecessary resentment on
the part of patrons, Ibut will pn-
doubtedly create harsh ci^^-
ship in many of our towns.”
You may note that the white
movie men said that it is their
"Ikelief” that their patrons will
resent th# appearance of the Ne
gro in movies, and that this will
,‘undoubtedly” create harsh cen-
If ^ere_^i|ny doubt rfwut
the growth" of the Negro pres.i as
a whole, and that this growth is
based on solid aervie* to the, Ne
gro pablic, this doTibt is being
rapidly dispelled.
CIVIL SERVICE
Last ytaar Megroes' of the na-
tlon were thrilled when a fonner
texan was sworn In as ehief buy-
«r of drugs and chemicals for
the City of New York at a salary
of more than $4,000 per yaar.
All last year the National Urban
League called attention to jobs
in the civil service paying high
salaries, and this year the Lea
gue starts out by pointing to a
line-up of elvil service jobs that
is really attraetive. Fer instance,
in a release dated January 4, the
League lists nnder ‘^ezamina-
tions of particular interest to
Negroes'* the following; •
Principal consultant in Child
Welfare services. |6,600 a year;
Principal eensalitant |n Medical
Work for children, $5,900*; Se*
nior Mathematical Statistical
Analyst, $4,600.
In the (British) West Indies,
we hear, the civil service is the
most promising field of higher
income for Negroes. In t)ie U. 8.
it is the comintr field. But the
civil service requires earefnl
technical preparation. After pre
paration, of course, comts the
eolor fight, bat rapidly this re
sistance is iriving way. so that
Negroes may, tSianks to the New
Deal, prepare for better ineoaes
in the Federal service with snmu
asBuranice that they will get
work. '
WHAT TO DO
In the January issue of the
Interracialj Review, Miss Louisa
Byies writes of the hearings be
fore ttie New York State Com
mission on the Urban Colored
Population. Revie^ng .the whole
Miss Byles says: “The* writer !s
My Miller Says - -
^ NORTH CAROU|A COLLEGE
CO-ED llEPOIlTl ON STUDENT
1 CONVENTION
the RE!«UNCIA7Im DR.
W. E. B. DuBOIS
e^
PROTEST AGAINST COLOi'
BAR AT EASTMAN KODAIC
Pkrt II
iNirn back the pagea of race
history for ten years when 1
wrote an article in Curvent His-
to^ Magasine polntioy out thu
inevitaibility of s^regation as
the oatcome of race ’prejn^fee.
DaBoia was then st the head of
tlie brain trust under the auspi-
ef the HAA(»P. fWs milttint
orgmnisatk>n consolidated its in
genuity in formulating *the con
demnatory reply in the sama
issue of this msgaxine in which I
was branded as s compromiset,
trimmer and time server; but
Uiey in their Olympian superior
ity affected to serve etcmitr. But
what a change a decade has
brought forth! "
Mr, IBrojaadn Stolbprg, .whose
article in the Nation of October
Hi 1937, is the occasion of this
frank renunciation, accuses Dr.
DuBois of aiming to set up
around the corner. I had hoped
that he could continue to live in
his own mysterious realm "be
yond the veil” snA Eive to the
world a suft>lim« example of a Ne
gro idealist. {Human nature has
been enableil by the quest of the
absolute. I
Dr. DufBt^is’ converaion comes i
Mabel Cotten, Preaident of the
YWOA at North Carolina Col
lege For Negroes, relates below
some gf her reactions to her at- uflpn tiie refusal oompMy
tendance upon the recent conven-
ROCHBSTEH, N. Y.. Jan. 12
—A protMt has been lodged
with Frank W. Lovejey, presi
dent of the Eaatman Kixiak here.
too late in life to have any dy- ' oiganiaatioiui ot the National
namic value. We naturally doubt
thf genuineness of any conver
sion a^er six^. We admire and
extol the sudden concert who
like the apostle Paul shifta the
foandation of his faitii fron
k>wer to hi^er grounds when
he sees a new ti^ht. But a back
ward coBver^on is anatheQiatiz-
ed ^as apoaiaSy.' Posterity buiU«
frowns i^lberj; 'Of all tihingsl’,
retorts DuBtois; and so exclaim
we all. Dr. DuBois steps down
frdiji his lofty pedestral of hu
man rights and race equality jand
puts his reliance in a dubious
political • e'£onomit experiment
Kegro autarchy or polHical, in
dustrial, or eeenemie autonpmy
in the midst of an arrogant over
powering democracy ia not only
unfeasible but unthinlc^i2>Ie. St^l-
berg like others of his social per
suasion believes that Carl Marx
like John the Bhptist vras the
haH>inger of the coming of an
ideal social order. All those who
do accept his gospel are waved
aside with the left hand as being
heathen or unregenerate simple
tons. Dr. DuBois has now hecoma
an evangelist of the new doctrine
proclaiming to his race, “Repent
ye for the kingdom of ‘Lrfjor’ is
at hand.” ^fhat assurance have
we that Carl Marx and commun
ism can overcome race rejudice
where religion, education and
philanthropy have failed? Even
if we take for granted ' that the
destruction of capitalism is good
^r the' nation, what assurahce
^as DuBois or Stolberg that it
will be good for tiie ITegn^
I have always admired in ob
jectivity the magnificent obses
sion of Dr. DuBois and could
wish that he like William Monroe
Trotter might ha^ persisted to
the end in the delightful delusion
that justice, equality and human
rights for the Na^o were just
no monoments; the poet sitsf^ no
pteons to the memory oi the
apostate. Dr. JX^ois -ties fought
a good'fight and has'^aibout finis
hed his course; but, alas, he ha|
finally faltered in the f&ith. WJ
admire the heroes and martyrs
who pursue their ideal to the
* I end. Although they di»., witlK'-gt
' ‘ the sii^t, yet they endure .u
to employ Arthur Blake, of Ro
chester, in Its chemical labora
tories, allegedly because Mr
£(ake is colored.j
The protest, lodged by Edwin
L. piarke of'Wlater Pi»k, Fla.,
_a stockholder In the company.
Student Movement of Christian stated that a report had reMhsd
tion of the l^tional Sttfdent
Movement of .Christian Associa
tions. Miss Cotten, a senior, is
from New Bern, N. C.
To the many associationa and
seeing the invisible.
After all there is no discredit
in pursuing the unattainable, the
ideal posited in the Declaration
of Independence that all men
are endowed with the inalienable
rights of life, liberty and the
pnj'sutt of ImpplAess ^ should
never be abandoned though like
the asymptote in mathematics
it constantly approaches l>ot
never ^aches its limit. Tl;cse
, tnfths are sel?-evident and',
therefore, everlasting, and al
though race prejudice may deny
tSie Negro \the exercise therof, it
cannrt take away from him the
right thereto. T had (been dispos
ed to classify Dr. DuBois araon;?
the choice human spirits who
would not be swerved from his
ultimate goal by tilings present
or thin^ to come, heights or
depths, powers or j^rincipalitics,
or any other creature. f
»\B\it the real tragedy of Dr.
DuBois’ sudden conversion wiD
be its "^reflex upon those of
the Talented Tenth who looked
to him for light and leading with
the devotion of discipleship.
"Howl fir tree for the cedar has
TillenT"
KELLY MILLER
WHITE MAN CONVICTED FOR
ATTACiC IN FLORIDA
Associations tame the invitatfon
from Miami University and Wes
tern College in Oxford, Ohio; to
meet there from Dece«A>cr 26,
1^37 to January 1. .1938, foe a
national assembly. The invitation
was accepted, and there > at Wes
tern College, the Assemibly coii'
vened |er the r^.tl^inking and
strengthening of cemmon pur
poses and program underlying
our Christian oi^nisatieps. TSiis
consideration is ofte wKich is ba
sic, and is to continue for the
next biennium. It is a, two-year
process invoking largely already
known fundamental principles.
The Amen^ily incl\ui^ dele
gates from the'Uftit^d States,
Bolivia, Canada, China, France,
Germany, Hawaii, India, Japan,
Korea, The J^Ulipines. Scotland,
Uruguay, and Mexico. Outstand
ing among the speakers of the
occasion were Howard Thurman,
Frank Wilson. Russell Ames
Cook, T. Koo, Sam Franklin, II.
Van Dusen, John C. Bennett.
Winifred Wygal, and Harrison
'Elliott.
The Assembled delegation, re
presenting as it did many varied
types of 'interest, found itself
working and thinking as a homo
geneous group, irrespective of
race or creed or political belief.
The Assembly set out to realise
these aims;
1. To rethink our strategy aad
program in light «f pmeat-
day proUoms and needs.
2. To share our best experience*
of others in effectivo program
techDiqnaa.
3. To do aoate hs^. fre^ think
ing on e«r central Chrietien
faith and purpose.
'n>rougf.iouti |he pro«n^m,
which included fellowship, wor
ship, hard work togfoth-
I
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— (C)
—^Benjamin Green,. whi^, was
convicted by a jury ip Duval
error were recommitted it would
»w the side of justice and
protection of
more than ever oftAxinced of . .. j - ..
nettsstty fttr a widei- interest and ^
unde«tanding of the many prob-
lems and discrimina^ns con
fronting the Negro. Indeed, it is
li^e mortil duty of erery eitiien
of our land to contribate to the
solution--of our interracial prob-
s^rship. Meanwhile a beautiful
and talented actress like Ettii
Moten is. k^t off the screen, fa'e- lemi*'
cause she is too Ibeautiful to play That ia the point: "Duty «f
a ‘mammy’ part. That hurts Ne- every citizen to contribute to the
groes North and South, for the solution of our interracial prob-
movie producers don’t^ake one I lem.” And how can ^is be
set of filihs for the llorth and [ hn>ugj}t labotit? By piAliaty, and
THE VOICfJ OF YOUTH
* i^om A. & T. and Ib'ennett Co^efires we hear a new voice crying
~ii^ wilderness. The student Comihittees of both these schools
have come out openly for £ boycott on the theatres of Greensboro
on account of the resolutions passed by the Theatre . Owners of
North and South Carolina which, declared itself "aj^jnst .Neg^o
and white actors appearing on an “equal social basiiii.’*
The step taken by the students In the two N’egro schools in
Greensboro shows more courage on the part of Negro youth than
we have any record of anywhere else in the south. Ihe action
of the students in A. & T. and Bennett Colleges bespealks a new
day, and will doubtless be_followed by students in other schools of
the state, if not in the entire south. ~
Hie studeBte ef tiieee-two schools, ■ --itr iheir”e!lfixrt8 to arotiBe a
bit of self respect in. their race, may expect ta encounter much
bMicfiring and even intimidation from their «^ders. ,TJie students
another for the South. How can
“economically Stecure” Negroes
escape this?
NEWS PICTURES
The writer checked pictures in
colored newspapers for Christ-
wild which to say the least is not
only anconsHitatktnal but menac-
ig to organized government
It appears to iis that Senator
Storah is one of those strange
characters who prefer to be con
sistent rather than right. Not
withstanding his threat to inject
the constitutionar question in^
the proposed legislation against
lynching, the best public opinion
of. the southern states, as well as
other sections of the country,
goes steadily on in condemi^ing
cooperative effort for reform.
Every agency should be aroused
to do its share in making the pu- .....
blic conscioas oif the imperfect- ‘J** lynching and prote^
ions'!tt-«e present Whil system. continuance in the
It is our ibelief that many
mas week and found that twenty I Americans, though prejndiced,' "triking instance of the stu-
one earried twenty or more liews. will overcome their dents at the largest white college
pictures, that of these, the'higV | discriminatioM and nnequat op- ’Dexas 4ast week in which a
est paper carried 96 pictures, and i portunities are put squarely up
that the total pictures catried by to them.- It is the Job of those
all w^s 933- 'ITiinik' of it, “see" who ^re socially minded to per-
the news as well as rrad it. I suade 'Uie. pc^ie to act>^ and te
A* New York news service dis- act intelligently.
loseMai
pi
Last Weeks Ttto B#st
Editorials
RUNNING TRUE TO FORM
tained throag^oat the- ysata, it ia
not rarprising that be is taking
this method of .rrende^ng'^the an-
Senator Storah Hm assumed . " '
tie I burden of ^^^iting the impotent measure
anttilynching bill if possMe and prai*^ efficacy for Ae
-II j *1. t -1. ' ' ^ ^4 cannot be defeated outright, " »0 b murders,
wui iind that they will not ^ly meet objectkma from the. opposite Aen he hopes bo to emc^ulate wirpriwd ns in eonnce-
hiif
group, but will have certain spinless creatures within the^ own
race to combat. May God help them to stand steadfast and immov
able. The cause is a noble one and the action of these aggressive
Mudenta should be commended. * ,
* W90, we ex|»ect to see aH the old “Uncle Toms” of, the'race
scamper |or tover. TTae good white folks will be tuMiy them ihat
they do aM eadotse ^ action of these Negyn upstarts, and that
the sfaidects are a bunch of young fools. Watch out students the
big bad wolves will get you and they won’t be whit* wolves either.
Here is hope—hope that a new Negro is about to come on the
««ne. The theater owners in Greeniboro and elsewhere in the
ity"{|wt they^e^^ get along withont fee aid of Kegro pa-
irmmge, but one thintg t£eie students have decreed, is that they
will not get on with it Unless we are sadly ‘ mistiiken wheni youth
' la once aroused and has once set ite faee towards a gfalj it will
^ never ttim tack. It Jpay be deterred. it.jmjiy be sidetracked*., but it
win always woilc towards a sueeesafM end. More power to the i
It as 'to midce' it a feeble ^ mea>- Senator Borah is he
, sure absMutely devoid of teeth. ***
In his snrandment the senator, a
stauoeh Republican fro in idaltd,
proposes to st^e jout the entire
'OccTtvn tf Qv W
nerVan Nays bill, "Now Section
S is the very heart of the hill,
providing for damages of from
f2,0(M) to |li0,/000 to be recover-
constitutional lawyer. jEven if
we grant thal "^Se does know
something aboat the Cemstituiion
yet tiiera ata other^owstitationy
lawyer* of reputation w?io few
that the antl-lynchinff bill is en
tirely eonstitutionid. .
I t appears to us that a great
ed from a county in riifch a lyn.. 1^ fhidtef oirfnion,-for we-sJiall
chin* occurs, i^yable to the sur- liimself at variance with the ' ‘ ' ‘ ^
vdving kin of jhe victim of the views of others in a matter whirii
niob, and suit ’for the recovery affects the. life and liberty of the
A^ and^sedJBenoettCiPli.e»!Mu
of damages may be._ brought In citizens,'could ease his
the federal court ? i ence by granting to his
Considering the record of Se-^ents U)e benefita of m *nee of an inlftiriat^ auh.
iiau>r BoPttH'wmer-he.haa maiirU^rfeT7»rihi ehJ ^ ”
consci
oppon-
fiout«d. ^liticians .who advo-'
cate,'oondohe and wink at lyneb-
laWjShotUd be driven ttom the
seat of power by the forces of
er have a free country, safe for
the best civil^satioB until .. it Is
ru’ed by men who believe in law,
orderly ' administered, rathet
than in the unreasoning
nal when we urge that t^ie law
be made supreme, but a plea is
rather made for. an enliglitenad
civiliation.
Lynch law must go.
—Newport News Star
LYNCHINGS AND NEAR.
LYNCH INGS
county Circuit court last week
for rape of Alvera Graha-'. 18-
year-old colored school girl. The
prosecutor asked death, but the
iury recommended life imprison
ment! Green enticed the girl inta
his car on pretense of ticking her
to a job. It was discovered that
Green had been convicted of
rape in Georgia and declared
insane,
him fSat Mr. Blales would hfcve
been employed had be* been a
white man and also th*t the ee.
had a definite policy of refus-
ing to employ N^sgroea in skilled
occu|Mtions. lUake has a taas-
ter’s kegree from the Utaiversity
of RMshster and is said to be a
qualified cbemist
The protest to Presideat Love-
joy pointed out ttat Negroes
were large usen of cameras aad
phot^raphlc supplies and that
they were bacomlag Inereaslagly
sensitive to discrimiaations of
membeni of tiie race la the field
of employijient It was saggssted
anyj purely as a matter of go«»d
hu8ine»f out lo employ qualified
persons with regard td^race or
color and make 4 their policy
known.
EUNICE CARTER GETS
RAISE
NEW YOWC— (O— Mrs. E.
Hun ton Carter, 87, named to the
staff of District Attorney Tbomas
E. Dewey, in charge of the Wo
men’s Court and the Abandon
ment Bureau, and with special
work in Special Sessions, was
•give na salary of $5,600 per
year, being $2,000 more than she
received as a mmeber of DewesTs
staff whe he was Special Prosecu
tor, Mrs. Carter, daughter of the
late W. A- Hanton, YMCA work
er, and Mrs. Addie W. Hanlon,
lives at 103 W. 141st street in
Hlarlem.
er, fun. and Involved contacts
with the great teachers aad
thinkers of the day, the Assem
bly realised it aims. The major
question now is; How well ^dll
the ideas work in a world tom
with war, hatred, confoakm and
strife, and in whi* those who
most need th« SliiSiSiS 6f |na|^>
ration some of as had at Ox^-
ford, resist such w%rk and eoi>-
sider it pare folly. No assembly
can answer this; no “lab” eaa
offer the full solution. Here ts
rightly where the work of tha
Association begins and ia to ba
found trying to make real
aims of Christ tn’" Baildlnc a
world brotherhood.
OERtXiN southern white
editors aie-4ittemting to“’ make
eaptial out of the fact that,
while there were only eight pei.’-
sons lynched in li937 (the same
number as 1936)i in 56 instance*)
mobs were prevented from com
mitting a Ijmching. These childish
editor* would have us believe
that therein ' lies a good reason
for not passi^ the Federal Anti.^
Lynching law. They are but
drowning men catchinig at the
proverbial, straw. Whether one
person is lynched in a year or a
year or a thousand. the'~fact re-
mins that in a large sectkin of
our country, where the Negro is
concerned, there is a tendency
on the* part of numerous lawless
wbitet; to'o^ganize, themselves
into mobiT and vent their hatred
on iPJne defenseless black 'man,
without first finding oufc if he is
really guilty of the crime. The
matter is further aggravated
when it^ is .realized that in mast
of the lynchings thb law dees
not prescribe death as the psnai- j
ty for the crime charged. {
That £6. persons wm tave'l
fram mobs is a fortunate acci-1
dent—^foiiunate -|Hat the parti-)
cular law officers kt the time
were men with a sente of duty
and not muirdereiJir in- uniform.
With a different set of officers
that 56 may have been lynched
DENTAL 0Ivi$i6n
NORTH CAROL'NA> STATE
or HEAyng^
N. Dental ^iety EndorjiM Moutli |
Hea^h Teochinir
By L. M. BDWARDS. D.D.S.
Presidsat. NjA tb Carolina Dental Beolely
two-thirds vote of the students
went on record as opposed to
lynching fpr any ptr6tense provo
cation or alleged cause whatever.
The students of .this wblte insd-
tetoin are not condoners of
erime, do not encouraere attacks
apen women of either race, are
strictly in'favor of the rigid en
forcement of the criminal laws,
but they are a ^ng;^jump ah|ad
of Senator Borah in tbeir iudEe-
ment of what Ais eonntry wfll be
ifUt adheres to law, order and
constituted authoHty. ^
One e^ dinnot be endicated
bx aaoihef evil. Two WMMgs.
however grossed over, can^ioi,
make qne right Punirfiing men
and women accused of erime by
the commis^en ,62. .crimes great
er thim those committed by the
accused wifl not nialce for jui en
lightened country. The. Iaw mtisC
^|th«r-be supreme or anarchy
wn follow.. Savagery and barai.-i,_,
risiir-jSust prrvar if the lawlis “ *!5_ ^
4 Antc-LyneKin« law wtil render
state, county and city law ofTiciirs
fearful of their necks and of
their pocketbooks. They will re
bard lynchers as people who
mean them no good and so r^pel
them.
Xist ns hope ^hat tiie Anti-lyn-
chinsr Bill in its intiretv will bp
, the law ef our land before w**
vengc-. issue of the papcl-.
—SaVanBaii ieurnal
one interested in the need
and value of dental health
education in this State, it gives
me pleasure to say that the north
Carolina Deuta! SocielJ’ has
given its approval and support
to the North Carolina State
Hoard of Health in its mouth
health educatitfft work in the
schools of North Carolina since,
tlic inception of the activity
iiiidci the direction of Dr. O. M-=
Cooper, i physiciain couneet^i
with ths Ctate Board of Health,
who directed the program in the
schools, for a period of about
eight years. Dr. Cooper laid a
firm foundation for this work
nnd ii har not been nece.^.%arv to
change the structure of the pro-
gum during these years.
^he purpose of the progruin is
one of month health education
and this'is what the Stat-j* Board
df Health ta» been doing. I*
atimnlate^ail^ int^rett ia dsntii-
try on tt«Jpnrt of lie laity that
c m not have been done other
wise. A natural iequenee tor'this
demonstration is that more pedple
an havi^ nMessaiy dental work
done than ^y have heretofore.
The good derived from this edu
cational prt^iim is that th^ub-
lio health is improved,^ but
grMter still is'{he preventrve^sTre
of the work. Thbusands and
thousands of children are being
t^ght to eat pro^r foods, to
k^ thi^ isotifhi clean, and to
visit their deiiti|rit for inspection
rather than for correction.. This
being true, we are having more
children coiue to the i^es of
dentists who do not laqaire dental
attenti^ _than ever been
kupwiiVt-Ho.weverj ws
in this good State of ours (b»ri
arj' still more than half »Ue 1
DR. Xk U. RDWARDS
dren eurolled ia our sehobis hu
have yet to visit die dentist fur
their first tiiac.
Wijh this kaewledge i in-nrl.
we realize that the ’\’t>rk of
month bsslth «^neatioM whirh is
being so xr*il dous by the State
Bof.rJ uf Health is stilt in its
i»fatiey„sud we. «« (|e«»i»ls, are
^S(T to offei' fUwn t^Y^‘ry eneour
agemeutj- msistanoet aud aid i|i^
lorwshling thin ^urk and
we bid tlian Uols|^.l ii ibe
UndsrtaSTug. If., wq asm bsv*
thit educatiousl WArk iuniiinifd
by tbe.StiJie **f Flfsl'!',
and ths will (-(I'in rtce
with esfth ol)4«f Mild ihi* >n
solving our tl»*m«l nn'' ’
thefo will be r>> i iiiiel'
W stftfe deitTJtfj,