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Editorials Comments €ht€a PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CAJtOUHA TIMES FUBLtSHiNC CO. f MAIN OFFICE nr E. PEABODY ST. .... ^DURHAM, N. C. PHONES N-71*l. J-7871 trfi. PUBUtHKR WlLiJAM A. TUCK. BUSINESS MANif^OEII . PHILIP ELLIS, MANAGING EDITOR CHARLOTTE OFFICE 420 1.2 £AST SECOND STREET WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Manaciag Eaitor Entei:ed as tecond-claaa matter at the post offia* at Durham, N. C., under the Act of UaKcli 5rd 1879.” SATURDAY, »»» The Digest BY DORIS M. CALVIN CALVIN’S la YEAR OLD American Negrf po*t to hava IX4UGHTER WRITES , hit name in print, wai bom COLUMN BREEDS NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW The m«niN;r in winch the local Ke sulera Court has handldii tue aciion itrougfli again»4 .tue AucoCk cui« anu US' employes oreeuH iia ttfspect lor law and oraer hj Uuruaui touiiti', ,l>n tiie contrary tJr*^wr ttvclmvd w ^lua that, law is iiot^'tieyoiicf'""being Itxiid'* are compelled to be lautjrntng up tneir a»eeves at Itiose who contend that Justice is blind. Oh, y«s we are aware of th^ fact that there is n“ »*••/ against a case t>«Ang continued Sto times or even a». more. But there is also po law ag^nst formflng an opinion as to why, in this particular i^ig^nce, the court has been so al'ow in reaching a ▼erdict. , It is hard for us tieiieve that had the racial Identity of the characters in the case been reversed that the court would have permitted the case to have bee'h continued as many as five times, withoBt good and sound reasons being given. Twenty five such continuances are beyond questioi)’. iiai£.o uucb uut c.aan i-u ue liliKei uu 'nuui, or wag is ici^uiwtute lur me action li»c cuui*. m luAB case. j.rikewii>c iiew&papfcr uoes not ciaiiu im ue miuuntf wiui lutt rules tuai guv«:rn cuuit. proceaure. VVe oo Oc- ueve. However, tuai mere is suuicining w^ng sunujwher^, wnen H case invoiviu^ sucn serious charges as me utauoyiiig oi a hi'man i^mgs eye is permiitel to arag Jw ftUf aouii^ -tor six montns uuiin* ume u is coiuinuea lur po times. — ■II u^it«racy, law and^ order are lo •'urvive; if the sound princi ples upon wflicn tnis nation was founded are to continue, tnose eiKrusweu wilta tim xeaponsibility of preserving^ tnem nave got to Oiscnarge tne duty of their oiiice aoove the c&ouds of suspicioa. 'ihey have got I© close their eyes to race, color, creed anu tiass. Unty in tlus manner will this nation be ajole to preserve its pre sent form of government in me midst of tuose tnat cuange, I'ecay and crumble. \ A DIFFERENT PAINT ___Ou^distingiiished ^contemporary, the uraettsbiito - Daily. JS^ws*' *se«ms to {hmk little of the recent announcement of A. W. iJurtis, young chemist, working under L»r, iieorjre W asnington Cm vir ai Tuslcegee Institute, ihat a cheap ibut durable paint can be made from used motor oils and common clays. The Greenaboro paper bad the following.'to ..say in a I'ccent editorial: A home-mixed paint of used motor oils and common clays may be the answer to the &outb's thousands of unpainted homes, says Chemist A. W, Curtis, Jr. of Tuskegee^Ala. Curtis, laboratory assistant to Or. George Washington Carver, Tuskegee’s famed Negro scientist says that 12 samples of this paint exposed to the weather for five months have shown ao visi- ible changes. Five colors have been developed in and around Tuskegee—two reds, three yellows and a black. ^ * We hail cheerfully and gratefuliy the helpfulness of (Chemist Curtis. But, save for the fact that he uses motor oil in his mixing and applies the resultant mixture on the outside of farm ibuildings, we cannot grant him anything as a discoverer. Clay, mixed only with water, has Jbeen used for several genera tions on the inside of Southern*homes. Do you not recall th%'clay ing of hearths and fireplaces of the countryside along which you have lived? if you do not, then you were born -at or after the turn of the century and can hardly be expected to appreciate what ^ i.i tls is doing or your ancestors did for you. w« ^e well acquainted with the paintings of heartbs and ti.ai.es witK clay mixed with water back' in the old days, it we 1 ciu>.ju..cr correctly the paint oibtatBed in this manner could stand uu after applied and could even be swept off the hearth jH .tu M oroom. No one thought of exposing it to the side of a i.uuac rain and wind WQuld. have a chance at it. As to mix- .iig 11 with used motor oil, there was none because there were no’ tu>.i.ols. Hence we are unable to say whether the clay mixed with' motor oil would hi^ve made a paint capable of wi’thstanding the raiia and weather for five months or not. The Greenslboro paper is possessed with more , nerve than we > have when it comes to doubting anything that ' has been touched toy Tuskegee’s George Washington Carver. This’-humble looking Negro had too nvuch for members of the United States Senate to shove him off with what started off to be a few minutes appearance before them. The few minutes, at the request of the senators, lasted! more than two hours according to a good old Ajnerican clock.“ The Daily News may rest assured that the pamt which Curtis turns out under the masterfu'l direction of Dr. Carver will be ® —■ - — ' ^ different paint from that which every farm boy and gu?l mixed aniS used hack in the good_old days. Editor’s Note: Mr. Calvin’s birthday falling on Thursday, July 13, he was given vaca tion from writing his column by lifs 12 year ofdaufhter, M4sa Dolores Maxine Galvin, talent.* cd ptanist-composer and student of The Senior High, School of Music and Art New York City. Liltlfi_ Miss Calvin spent t h « greater part of Wednesday afternoon, July 12| virriting the column. Sh« had studied her subject, which was of her own choosing, prior to writing the column. * “TO MAKE A POET BLACK" BY J. S. REDDING, U. OF ' N. C. PRESS The author here brings to gether factual^ material and critical opinion on' Negro litera ture in a history of Negro thought in America. He points out particularly the dilemma of the Negro au thor whose arl Is dominated by the necessity-of pleasing ' two audiences, the black and -the white. His literature has been literature of purpose or necess ity and this fact has greatly in fluenced all Negro writers from the earliest writer to the latest one. What results are obtained from a study of this situation, I it is the purpose of this .books Indicate. •C Mr. Redding points out the fact that many ot^ the' early poets died in poverty and ofb- gcurity after a full life of devo tion to the cauSe of freedom. Although their work was great, resembling Phillis Wheatley’s, they died likewise, deserted H^ter such a ioyuus. beautiful life. Most,of the early poets were •tava bsrn'^ and sometimes thefr owners recognized their genius" and gave them a chance, in the world. Unfortunately, some were not noticed. Those hoped the time would soon come when they could purchase their ftee- dom which most were forbidd en. Jupiter Hammon, the first about 1720 tiie date is uncer- tain), wrote a po«m to^hfllis Wheatley, a, .young Mass poet. Both were extremely religious and preferred slavery in . Amer ica to freedom In Africa. 'Their works, a^mccialiy Mils 'Whtat- ley's, were centered on tnank- inS* Coff’MWr bringing them out of the dark, gloomy sa^ageness of Africa, and placing them amoga c#ltured, civilised and beautiful people. Almost d'd Miss Whaatley ex press Hnmmon’s exact thougjits when she wrote this “To the University of Cambrige”: "Twaa not long sln«« I left my native shore, The iBfiJ of «Tors and Egy ptian gloom; Pathfer of mercy! It was thy piacious hand Brought in *af#ty from those dark aiboies. | The author is sympathetic to-, ward the purposes ;of ^e me^ and women of whom he writes but he is objective In his criti cal analysis of the results of flcrick Douglass and Gsoygf Horton, pushed onward despite the hardships- George Horton wrote; “Alas! and am I born ;for this, To wear this slavish chain? Deprived of all created blifs, Threagh hardship, toil, a n d. pain?” 'fhlg inspired other unknown slave poets to push upward*. Mr. ReddRig spoke on Dun bar’s poems. He. said that the dialect in them was no^ a jmat- tcr of overlooking correct Eng lish but a matter of distinguish ing his poems f r o-m others.' There should always be a differ ence in style in every post. He goes ,pn tp^^elj about DuBois’ poems and anils jacith j a m e V Weldon Johnson. y Mr. Redding has told an un familiar story i n. .interesting fashion. The. hook fills a need and should reach a wide audi ence. The book fills a need and rMch a wide audience. Kelly MiJier Writes Threatens Federal Action; Klan Interferes Wiih Voiers •CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY" PROPOSED memorial to THE AUTHOR The July issue of Etude, pub lished in Philadelphia, the most v^dely eireulated musical jour nal in the world, carries what 1* considered the most complet* ■toy extanl of the life and cart er of Jtftiilt A, Bland, the Negro author of this world renowned ballad. The writer of this story was compelled to make exhaus tive research of source material in order to give a conWected aceount of James A. Bland, tliffe author. Like most of the mill ions throughout^ the world who have heard and sun^ this fam ous iballad, I confess that for more than fifty years, I labor ed under the impression thst it was one of Stephen Fosisr’s creations. By some good chance ^*ifunitleid upon-the informa tion that' young Bland ^pcnt his childh'oiii} and school dav^ s in Washington and finsihed his schooling at Howard University. This fact of course heightened . a . my interest in the story. I was the«, je.ffttrts. ■; . i . Many Of the slaves, like Fr.- concern^ in restoring for Spring publication. The chief purpose of *h * re lease I* W^afl attention to the n^glectcd burial spot which con tauii the of tWr-ront*^ ^fvrl ijtfaerties vnit «# 4h«^atatuU and ia auhject to to th# Negro race its just c’alm to this child- of genius and of according to Howard University, my Alma. Mater, credit for the education of her gifted son. The Etude captions the story under the head of “The Negro Stephen Foster.” Mr*~taa«rs who ha interested in fur ther details jnoy—^ohsult the paratively unknown Negio com poser whose songs, ■ are ^l?!sj.ter known thanr the singer. “Carry Me Ba«k To Old Virginny” ifi scarcely more popular or wMt«ly sung than other productions of his pen notably “In the Morn ing By The Bright Light,” ‘‘In the Evening By the Moonlight” afid “O dem tjulden Slip^eri"," James Francis Cooke, Editor of Etude, was greatly impressed by neglect of the spot which contains the song writer’s re mains. Of his own initlativl, he had photographed this neglected ' wpfk, and has wqAnsiwd hi. ^ Tote is a T»irht terest by having Mmself photo- in* a democracy. graphed in the crtif-r of the i„ f^e SoUtH ttiis“i‘ight has fre- picture. As a further suwes- que^tly /been violated. We are tion of . suitable memor il "^r. »orry to . see this un-American Co^ke had inserted In this Etude article the picture of memorial to QREjfiNVILLE, S. C—An nouncing that they had notified Henry Schweinhaut, director of department of Justice of a cam paign being conducted' by the Ku Klux Klan .here to incite mdbc^ji action against Negroes aeeking to register as voters, David L. Clendcnin of N e ,w York City, secretary treasurer of the Workers Defense league, and Frank MeCallister of St. Petersburg, Fla. southern secre tary, issued the following siate ment. Mr. Clendenin ^nd Mr. MeCallister were in Greenville investigating reports of the Klan campaign. Their statement follows in the magnificient Stephen Foster, in Pittsburgh. The two pictures miiket an elo- quent appeal contrast;'’ Admir er of “Carry Me Ba^k lo Old Virginny” already have propos ed to make this famous tallad the state song of the “‘0 1 d Dominion” *nd also have sug gested the erection of a memor ial in honor of the little known author of well known aonij? Since my story appeared in Etude, already nation wide in terest has been arottsed -ili. a sorry to. see this undemocr^c attitude manifest- ;>ed by ^is determined to main- individual* taking action again st a citizen exercising his civil right Jto v^e la violating a fed- taitrspecinl privilege aven at the* cost of the reputation of the community in the nation. '“Furthermore, any groujf 'of ^^ federal prosecution and piiriiab- mprisonment. The Worker* Defense L^agijie has called Jhis prosecution and probably im prisonment. The Workers De fense League has . called this matter to the attention pf Henry Schweinhaut, director of t h • Civil Liberties Unit of the U. S. Department of Justice and stands ready to cooperate with any group, including the Nation til Association for the Advance ment of Cojore^^ Pe'ople, In pro; tecting the right pf these aiti*- zens to vote, “We_ expect such persecution as this in the dietator^ipa of Europe, but .it always comes as a shock' to decent Americans o find that we have^groups in our midst who think and act more like Nasis or fascists than they do democrats. All beHevers In- democracy will help In this pre sent test of our ability to make democracy function for all groups in this country.” CHARlIt SPEARS ’EM UP TO KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE current isspe Etude which proper Bland memorial. The can be found In 8nyt-^« Uta?ary, • appeal of this enterprise is Iby lish institution o^ancie.nt gin and was introduced in The story will doubtless appeal to the music lovers white- and back^ throughout world. I The magasiife article is illustra ted ly a likeness of the author and also his burying pl^'e and a picture of ♦he memorial to no means limited t> the Negro race but interest music lovers the world over without ^regaid ' to race distinction. Prof. Arthur Huff Fauset, the well known Philadelphia school principal and author, has IN OUR CORNER' " _ ^Another championship fight in history, and Joe Louis is still monarch of all he surveys, and hi* right there is 'none to dis pute. It took him four rounds to put away this fellow Galento who was not so fcad after ail. I was might glad to see Joe Louis floored. That is ‘ood for Joe and good for the game, and good for the Negro race. Ppo many Negroes' believe that ji^st .because Joe is a Negro, he can beat anyfbody in the world. This is bad for the Negro, and for race relations. Just as Schmeling’s ■ Jcnock- Out„ ’'roved a. blessing to' Joe and the game, the knock dCTwn by Galento is going to do worlds of good, and it is going to make Joe a '^etCfer . fighter. Moreover there is sAmewTiere in this countryJt some white man who is going not' only to knock" Joe down but who is going to knock him out for Keeps. This will also hjB good for the game and for the Negro 'race. “Sure things” in sports are the worst things for sports, even though those “sure things” are Negro es—and they are Just is bad for the whites. After all, Joe is sod maintenance prortJlems, and coftiBaJlnity ftctiylties. There will human, and Uiings ham«n can be field work in projects being managed by the USHA and In lociil^^tan3 onTy so much, ■ ahir then kottsiiiir authority projects. they decline. Joe decline, but not until he 1ia» lifted the boxing profession to one of the highest planes it has kltown. He will eventually get knocked out or win give way to sorfe white heavyv^!^h. WASHIMtCTON,—Three Negroes are among the nineteen hous ing experts, headed by Nathan Str^u^, Administrator of the Unit ed States Housing Authority who will lecture at the Housing Management J[rait^g^Jnstitute at New York University July 24- (August 18. — The course will consist of a series of lectures on the history °f ptMic housing, management problems, tenant selection*-service THE LINES BY DEAN G. B. HANCOCK AND IHHM! -ABE MA'NY who talk so much that tiSMfom tiMir words into deeds. they cannot pBDPlC WHO DON’T TRY to keep themselves up are sure to mdAdOWB. WHY WeONG wins IT^TUHT giti RUul- It do utjrtb^ but nrmr. AlfP .MONEY bring better result* when pot >&to 'The Negro race and the spoi't Ing world as wel gf race relations will be for ever in the debt of this ycung Negro from the cotton fields of Alabama. When w« are ad miring and idolizing Joe Louli possible: BlacKburn, Black and Roxborough are common sense b roklTsr^ a of whieft this worldd has not '^Known. Joe.Js the right without Blackbjirn “in the corner,” perhaps would not be so hot. But with Black burn in the corner, he beccmes » “tan terror.” If, as the bistor- iansu say, the battle of Water loo was won on the athletic fields of Eton, then “^he Louis- Galento fight was-, won in Louis’ corner where Jack Blackburn was presiding. Whipn Louis ran into one of . Galento’s deadly lefts, things looked bad for a while, and we couldi sympathize with the fellow , who dro’^ped dead after Louis‘ had heen floor ed; but canny Old Jack ,oon had Joe straight again, and ex perts (declare that the finest ring strategy ever shown was manifest when Joe elected to away from Tony nntil hiS-: wits could once again l^e^Igather ed. He did not grow I’esperate after he was struck, he took his time and how wise was the counsel history .now knows. The fight was won in Joe’s corner by the skill of Jack Black'burn coupled with the, ti^p Rammer fists- of Joe. It is true the:^ is need of strength is, the trip hammer f^ts of Joe, It Is true there is need of strength in the ring but .there must 4>e strategy “in the corner;” I often think that not enough is made of these three colored men who handle Joe. At * commencement time, thousands of young gradu ates strut across the platforms rofces and gowiia ,Jo receive their degrees. At a matter fact, the deeiening applause PImm tnni t« paf* 5 Stephea Poster, his white proto- . volunteered to.' head^ the meve- type lis lyric portrayer of the' ihSnt in Philadelphia, his burial of Negro'* ' place, which of course win Torm the center of Interest. President secrets Innermost soul. This magazine article, in th^ nature of the case is but frag mentary and incomplete. It may be interesting to music lovers to note that Mr?.^^ Irene Bland Jurix, youngest sister of Jamea| A. Bland, and myself h*v« en gaged to prepare a book size biography of her famous brother which It I* hoped, will be ready Carrington Davis of tbe Ameri ca Teachers Associatio.i will bring t}ie matter to the a,tten- tion of that foody at the annual meeting in Atlantic City July 21, 1939. The Susicians Guild and variotu musical orgnniza- tions will doubtless be Interested in this enterprise. KELLY MILLER Citil Senice Explains ‘Pliotograpli Hiile' For Ideitttljiiig C«i)ditfirs WASHINGTON BUREXU ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS ed. “T> accomplish this purpose, various plans of identification were -used. However, numerous attempts at impersonation and other forms of frauJT aiuT decep tion were discovered. From the beginning of the ex»mina- tioni for the Philippine and Panama Canal services, « a c h competitor was required to pre sent to the examiner * at the time >■{>? examination, a photo graph of himself taken within suibmission of a photograph in two years, as a means of identi connection with governmental fication. ~ ' civil service examinations. It Is “This, of course. Is a positive a ru^ which the Civil Service identificjation of the competi- mmissioners set np themselv- tor. The requirement was later es. The 'Commissioners .«iet ijip- extended to. other services. By requesT^rd set forth in writing action of May 27 1912 the use WAiSHJNGTON D. C.—In re sponse to several questions stib- mitted by The Associated Ne gro Press 4urini|^ a recent call upon thfe U. S. Civil Sei'vice Commission .that • body this week issued a statement relative to the subject matter embodied in ANP queries. It had been discovered that there was no law compelling THE GRAND JUR^ is Eng- ori- this country 'by the early colonists. A full panel consists ■ of 23 men sammofieil iiom all carts of the county to determine whe ther sufficient evidence exists, against persons charged with crime within the county to put them on trial. Twelve-1 must concuf f in op- der that a verdict *miy be ren dered, and as a fiile atMenst 16 must sit in a case, however this number may vary ‘ in different jurisdictions.^ If you are ever been notified appear summ5rfed to testify a witness 'before a gran-l Jury, you gOj see? Because they have authority to examine witnesses [and any persons who refuse to [make an appearance and testify are punishable by the court for conttmpt.' ^ THE ACCUSED HAS KO RIGHT TO BE PRESENT, so you see, there is a marked dis tinction (between 5 a grand jury and a petit Jury, A petit jur^ must base its verdict upon the evidence in the case, while a grand .jury may find an indict ment on its own perwnal know ledge. The fact ihat a grand Juror is rel(it«d Ho the injured party, and thr fact that 'he has a personal Interest' in the pro* secution, and the fact that he has formed or expressed an opinion of the guilt of the ac cused do.es nP^ disqualify him. - .Naturally, of couru, there are other modes of {(ccusations which we shall discuss at an early date. Recorder Of Deeds Off ice Slated To Go WASHINGTON, D. C.w sent by Dr. Thompkins, former- = =6tiq»pi»g^»vee=4L=£a*t one, Presi-' ly of Kansas City, .who was a dent Roosevelt will wash away strong Roosevelt man in the the last remaining Negro office I early campaigns. its view of the piiotogra’ih re quirement and its au'thoMty for not directing that the person receiving the highest mark in an examination bp given the first appointment. U. C. Civil Service Cjmmis- sioners are the following:— Harry B. Mitchell, president, Lucille Foster McMillin and SaiHiiei 'H., Ordway, Jr. Lawson A. Moyer is executive director aifd chief examiner. The Com mission’s statement to ANP, over signature of William C. Hull, executive assistant and explaining the ‘photograph rule’ declares: ‘In order to protect the Government against fraud e-rights of all competitors, it is necessary that any person about tn be appointed shall be identified at the pmoQ who was aMsiin* of photographs for identifica tion of competitors was extend ed to all examinations." Thu was donp after the question had been submitted to all depart ments and independept offices and had received their qualified and unanimous approval. The reason advanced, «tt . that time have made It seem advisable to onntiniifl t.ha practice of requir ing photographs from competi tors.” Concerning the appointment of those making the highest average in examinations, e statement said: “There has been no rule, temporary or otherwise, in con- nef.tion with examinations fof the competitive classified ser-* vice requiring the aeceptaooe of the highest man er woman on th« lilt of pariont wh* hay* in the government if his plai\ for reorganization is accepted by congress. The recorder of deeds’ office long recognized as the most valualble appointment Negro could receive, ia now slated for abolition, its func tions to be taken over by n new artment of revenue. Sent to congress on Thurs- lay, it waa stated that Mr. Roosevelt considered this ‘must’ legislation, meaning he wanted it passed Jbcfore congress ad journs. ^ Eveh the mo6h discussed Griffenhagen plan for twe re organization of the District of ealumbia affairs refused t o touch the recorder’s office, tut this new plan completely eLmin ates the office, '' "Employing &5 regular em ployes from the- civil service list, both white and colored, the office is administered at pre (AiLL OUR LIFE WE’VE been hearing that the world is just on the xerge of falling to pieces, and every morning~we get up and look out the win dow, and there it is.—^From the Omaha Worjd-iHerald. successfully passed a give 1 ex amination. So far as it is re called, the present members of the Commiasioh have , never Three WPA projects arf altff' housed in.^ this building with a total pay roll of 3®(J workers. All of these > »woiild go if the plan to eT^minatey the office ia upheld. The ,4i£st Negro to hold this office was F^ec^erick Douglass who was appointed in May 17, 1S17. Illustrious names have followeS through the years is an unbroken l^e, save lor the time Woodrow Wilson nominat-^ ed a-Negro* fot- the Job, but his senate refused confirm the nominee. This is the only time since Douglas’ 4ay that a' Negro has not held this office. Paying' $0,400 yearly, ft is regarded as the political plum in the States for Negroes. riAmong the Negroes who hive held this office sinqe Douglass are William Monroe 'Trotter; Blanche K. Bruce; C.* tl. Tay lor; John C. Dancey; Henry Lincoln Johnson; Jefferson Coage; Arthur C. Free and at present. Dr. William j.^Them pklns. aSlDGE lASSOCIATION— Continued from 3 tion, host for the nationals thl^ years’ championships' a gala success. Special , care is being taken so that out of town play ers receive suitable / homing a?»oi«nHatinn», formally, expressed their opln- ion regarding suth « rul« and L„„,^d large delegations from their viewpoint on the matter Chicago. Detroit. Cleveland is not of official record.^* - »Washington j A^ant.
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