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EditoriaU fKJ Comments ChfCa SBiksf PUSLISHEO WKBKLY SY THE CAlinUNA TIMES PUBUSHIMG CO. MAIN OFFICg 117 E. PCAIOOY ST. DURHAM. N. & PHONES n ;isi. him L E. AUSTIN, PUBLISHES WILUAM A. TUCK. MumIm EMtar HERBERT R. TILLERY, BatiaM* Manager c:harlotte office 4M 1-2 EAST SECOND STREET SUBSCRIPTION RATES |2.00—y»»r, fl.26—6 muntijij 76«—S Ifontfas. M MCODd-ClM« BUtUt «t tb« poet ofilM ■« Doitui, N. C., ttndcr th« Act «f aUrcB _ . 4rd X%l%r THOUGHT ^ man, U(k or lew, riek mr poor, Uuglit or jaa* Hcaoar all mob; |ova aU aiO{ but foar noao. Spoak wkM Wmm aaeo«>t groat tnitka •troa.U, boUlr Wrnmm E. CkaMi... ^ I kMw tho wmj w« traad i* rou^b and lon», ^ ft to toil and bltad jtfn notbiiif loth, ; •k*** 1 Joumay lM>mewiird with • iong, to tka T«ry atnifgla Um my growth. Itaa^ tb*t iMit crccn hoateiry ' b«v« trar jret b««n turned Away M0 ttamtw wUl b* aouod wfaiafa ;^Mila on me, *bat l«Bc«r, n«w, divina To-dhy. iart mJv J«yl tot iov i« thara «nd hara— ••ly paaaal tbouffa daaparata my diatreu; i Stod B* imnmB ia tlM road bnt Fa^— Ta dpttbt ti XaUitra, and to dAra, aoccaaal Fradarle Lawroaca KaewU*. ROBERT R. MOTON 0* Or. Hobart B. Moton removes from American Ne- CM Ufa OM ot iU moct ouUtanding beloved chtwacteri. Hi* pas»- img wiU ba mourned by tbouaaiida of grtLduatna, former siudeuU mA Itiaiutv at Tuakagea Inatituta, ai well aj me^mben of bia family. Moion eana upon the «c«n« immediately after tfie »h^ueklea of «tov«7 bad baan atruck from tba limiba of his people. He grew up '* ^ partod of racooatruction aurrounded t>y » racial antag- m isicad him t« m^ura av#ry atap with caojtion. From ' ka laaroad the art of diplomaiey, sold it for tba at dollar and built aa induatrial admcjUtion institution that ~Ma aay of ita kind ioAmarica. ' aaoat Ncfro laadera of bia time, Dr. Moton was not in *ba bcUy-crawling, cringing and h>t-in-hand typa that many irraaponatblas of the race often accused him of being. The atand ha task acBuat placing a white personnel in the Veterans Hospital CTuakagaa ii taatimony of bia courage. During those hectic days Xacad aafUncbingly parades and threaU of the Ku Klux Klan, ••4 laiuaad to naat their demands which would) have m^Ant that Mlira fkyaicians would not have been placed in charge of the baatUaL n Affaia bia book “Wht* The Magro Thinks” is no cowarUy writ- • i«r««fol, straight from the shoulder axposition of what Magro tbinka about tba wrong he suffers. In tb« Book one find> *»• abaraetar of the man be poura out bia pent up feelings Ito i|ta4 fiiaa. Not only waa the contanita of the book a surprise faopal but ^liagroea aa wall. Dr, W. B. B. DuBoia who at Bot eurlad bia tail under him and run for shelter, in Btiog OB Dr, MoCon'a book, stated that . it was the beat . ImM had avar aoma out of Tuakagaa. worn now «a ara too close to tba Ufa of Dr. Molton to fully raaiisa tba cootributioBa ba made to the iimaa in which ha lived a>4 tba race ganaral. Future generations will speak of him aa p. asigta^ BMB among me.n, a sage and one who wrought well. It la appropriata that ba ahould pass during the commencement aea- aoa ao that wa migfalt think of him as gradluating into fk higher and richer Ufa. ^ BETWEEN THE LINES BY DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK I HARVEST TIME! The atorma of earthly damna tion ara raging furiously in Europe, «nd from sorrow akid aighing there is no surcease. How swiftly speed Uie yeara a- way; how turn tba tidea of time! Just 20 years ago Germany was sitting a begtqal' at the beauti ful gate of international charity arking alms, today ahe is bidd ing for world supreacy.m When 1 returned from Europe two yeraa ago dnd had time to think seriously on what I saw and heard and alt, I arrived at the conclusion,' and n^a bold ta assert that the only way to keep Germany from dominating Europe and the world, was for acme nation to reonquer the Germans j4nd partition the Ger man territory, I aaw at that tima no earhly reason to believe such decline of Germany possible. What 1 |ftm seeing daily of the military proweaa of the Germana amply supports my prohecy of two years ago. I asserted in my release that the English were no matches for the Gern^is, neither were the French. The fact that these sat down and saw Germany rearm and • s- scrt herself, without taking ampla measurea for defense, more clearly ahows the decad ence of the to nations who will soon fall under the iron heel of Hitlerism. All indications point to some shocking consummations of affairs in Europe ^nd we can never tell where the lightning of human fury may strike next. For many months, I have been crying out against isolationism. America is being shocked., out of her letl^lrgy. Isolationists have scurried to their retreat and our own country is exposed in ways that are distressing. This country was busy watching Japan, aftd Germany the while was getting the lump on us and the world.. Aftar all, it may pay pay oUr~*statesmen to give some heed to another men^e. The tragedy of the European situa- tfon is the unpreparedness of Allies. Tlie British have always blundered through; but it is hard t> believe that aki unprepared nation can blunder though, on Germany. The Germans are now bluderers but are the coolest and most careful calcul^on this world has ever seen. It looks like curtains for the French and British empires, but they have no body to blame but tliemsalves. Tba lioa Was chain ed 80 years aftr aad they looaad him. It ia hardly probable that tlie same lion iwica in 20 yeara. With Hitler MIGHT IS RXGHTv but ao has it ever been among the nations of the earth. If might Wiis right for Britain in Ireland and India it must ba right with Britain and Germany. It makes no diiferenca that tiia might of Britain has shown over a) span of centuries and that German might baa baao' rampant only a fiiw short waaka. Tha principle ia the aama. Great Britain haa been aowtng a long long tima in Ireldndr aBd India, but it is harvest time now! When will the nations ever learn that nobody ia safe until everybody is safe? How much more blood and mourning muat it take to drive hone to the heart o^ mankind thn(t all of our destinies are ibound up together? Until the nations assume rea- ponaibility, each for all and all for each, there ia going to be greaK tribulation. Until white n^en realise that they must aare black men if they themselVM would be aaved, we are not going ta get very far along thia tedious road of progresa. This war shown one thng^that ia senti ment has its place but scicnc^ cannot be denied. The flash of France, however, couragaoua, atem the tide of ateel. If TVance beb been recreant to her rust the sacrifice of the youth France cannot atone. Somdbody has been'asleep at the switch. It haa come ^bout that -France tkid Britain have great empires titat they have failed to protect and he sceptre must p:hs to another. Germany, a poor nation, pre pared what little she had; Bri tain and France, had we^th un told bu did not prepare. It is quite possible to get too much to keep, ritain and France are the senimental redone trying to fellow in paths laid out by greats of other centuriea. Germana are modtemized in every way. Bri tain and France looked bebk to Napoleon and Nelson and are about to be lost. So nuny Americans are looking back to what Washington said about ' “entangling alliances.” Unleaa I ve wake up soon we shall IvVve I nothing to tangle. Thinga are ’ serious. HARVEST-TIMiE. O EraiQPIA, THY BlBTRAYOiRfi ARB SOREiLY D19TRESSIED! White, Negroes To Perform Lyiich Ballard THE NEGRO'S PLACE According to information obtained from a very relialble aource, tba poataaa^er of Cl^lotte haa gone to Washington for the ex- praaaad forpoae of getting a Negro railway mail clerk fired be- aasaa tba lattar baa beea consistently leading d fight to have a laeMled Nagro appointed as mail carrier in t)|at city. The Nigro auil elerfc is Treiivartt Anderson, well known f«id highly Mipactad citigen of Charlotte and aometimes writer for the Associa- ad Mtgro Prtsa. The paatauster ia PjBuI Younta, highly respected asaasig wblta citixans of Charlotte and sometimes speaker before Hafra andioaces. la BB article wbich wfus pobliabed in the Charlotte Otiserver last Mt. ^darson appealed to the postmaater to risa above pr^Bdica, and do tba right thing by giving the Negro the Job ka is rigbtfoHy aatitled to. Mrr Younta spoke to ^ Negro audience M Aa aftarBiBOB and found himself in an embarrassing position tarams of Hba forcefnlness of Mr. Andaraon’a article. It was plain ly avidaat to those preaent th^ bia bearers were more interested iB-aaeiBg if tbt pastanaster wm going to announce the appoint- ■ipt af tba Negro maU carrier than they were is what ha bad to ^fMtlMrwise, ' IPMbt tbe General Mecklenburg column appearing in tha same ^ tba Obaarver it was agreed that the postmaster should tba ^appointment. It now appean ttiat Mr. Younta bas had •11 ha aaa stand, and 'will seek to gat rid of thia Negro that cop- 0—— to bound bis every step and make things unbeaigublo for him, kjr altar bia Job. Both Mr. Anderson’s article and the com- mpBta af GasenJ Meckleid>urg are republiabed on page aaven ai Mfevaara CABOUNA TIMEB. Wa bave atated in our editorial column before that ao long aa tha Mi«M daaa Bat asauBM the atatus of a competitor of tha white mam, or qaeatiea bia r^t to commit injustices againat him he ia a "faod njpgar." According to Uie belief of Mr. Younta thia Ne- WWddr or BO other Negro hab the right to queation bia even tboo^ it peatains to the fair and righteous hsti4»u. tim fade^ Joba. a parii^aa times when tbe fonndationa of all demo- i being sbakaa, it would ba a fine thing for federal ; ta blot out forerer tbe kind of spirit that makes the deeeir pMUMi ^ Mr. Yonnta possible. TfcllNkSe* awwt that ^e poitaiaster of Cbariotte be re- SH| ^|Mi Ida oMea. is too much like a^ing for revenge. howaver wf§ be be laade ^ t« 6nderatand by post tiia UoMed Stataa ia bo place for Hitlerism. NEW YORK (ANP) ~ The first performance of a unique choral composition, “And They Lynched Him on « Tree,” tbe joint creation of William Grant S>iill and Katehrine Garrison Chapin, whose poem the young compbser set to music, will be presented at Lewisbon Stadium lu;re June 24 with a white and a Negro chorus asymphony or- cliestra, a soloist and a narrator t£king part in the production. (Appraoching a state produc- tiun in ita scope, the ballad Was iriipired by the tragedy of mob famesanesa and tta particular racial expression in the United Slates. The poem was not intend ed as propaganda or as problem verse, Miss Chapin says. But rather, she declarea, it was written as a purely human docu ment inspirl(^by her conviction tl:at lynching o^s a “serioua flaw in the fabric of American demo cracy.” On, tbe same program, when Mr. Still’a most recent composi* tion bas its premiere, Paul Robeson, tha dirtinguished bari tone, will appear as soloist. He will aing tha "Ballard lor Ameri cftna,” for which he was widely praised after it was heard on the “Pursuit of Happiness” radio program. Earl Robinson and John Latouche compsed the music and^ taxt of tliis selection. “And They Lynched Him to a Tree” was brought to the atten tion of Mr. Still by Dr. Alain bovka of Howard uniersity. Thrilled by the idea^ the com posed immediately began to de- ttrmine themes for it, and after Miss Chain traveled to Los Angeles t6 discuas her poem with him, It muaical setting begun al' though theme after theme was diMarded before the compoaitlon the composition reached mater ialization. The atory ia gs followa: “It is night. In a clearing by the roadside among the turpen tine pln^, lit by the headlights from parked cars, a Negro has iiut been lynabed. The white crowd who hanged him, and tliose who watched, are breaking up now, going home. They aing together, get into their car* and drive away. Darkneas falls on the road and the wood*. Then slo^y the Negroes come out fi;p;n hiding to find the body oif their friend.” “Among them is the mother of the man who was hanged. In darkneaa they grope for the tree; when they find it, tfie mother sings her Hrge. The Negro chorus joins her arid they retell the sto^ of the man's life and rehearat Kibe tis^edy. She is humble and broken, but, aa they all aing together, white voices Joining the Negroes,' the song becomes afarong in ita impartial . |>rote8t This ia'~a human document sung n rhythmic expreaaion of paatry tfarongb mrnic and tiience to the he(rts of people. Miss Chapin says. “It is the heart, the intelligenee, t^at overcomes and eliminaitea intolerance and the blow of intolerance apon the land,” ahe co;neludes. Coadactod bjr ALBERT LOUIS HYPPS BDITOiR'S NOTE: The author of this feature column, is the director oi the Negro Business Institute, a non-profit organisa tion, devoted to the progreaa of Better Negro ibusinesa. He has held cUtaea in saleemanahip and advertising in New York City and Washington, D. C. and has been engaged in advertising and promotion for more than 12 yean. ReaMvrs desiring further advertising and business promo tion information are invited to write to the Negro Business In stitute, 1903 Seventh Street, N. W., Washington, D. C? En close stamped, addressed enve lope for free reply, WHY BUSINESS MEN ADVERTISE There are many re^ons why progressive business men adver tise, but the 20 reason* listed in this article will serve to show the advantages business men find In using advertising. 1 To increase allies. 2 To establish leadership. 8 To keep the name of the business before the public. 4 To keep the business they al ready have. ...j 6 To keep customers informed special aervicea. 6 To attract desirable personnel 7 To strengthen the financial rating of their business. 8 To sell new services. 9 To attract prospective cus> tomers. 10 To establish a trade mio-k or atora name. 11 To tell their story as they want it told. 12 To help decrease operating expenses. ^ To overcome seasonal slumps. 14 To did in maintaining prices. 15 To teach the value of ser vice rendered. K’’ To stress the special features of the business. 17 To srtesa tlie individuality of the business 18 To get and keep closer to the customer. 19 To reach the people they do not know. . .. £0 To sell goods to many at the sam^mme, the way personal salesme^^^ goods to people individually. Next week, I will mention some of he certainties of adver- tisi .... Tells Of First Negro Singer At Carnegie Hall House Divided! CkM« ia N«w Y«(k ftait.t^ IM* DOWN ON THEFlin POULTRY f-'LOCK NEEDS SPECIAL CARE IN JUNE BY EITA MOTEN CHICAGO, (ANP) — “Tho plaice—Carnegie hall, the singer —Sisseretta Jones, the time— well, long before you and I were born,” Afabia Mitchell was living again the story she hoard as the girl wife of Will Marion Cook. “Yes,” she continued, ‘Mr. Cook was a ve^y young msli at the time. He had lost returned from E^urope as a brilliant vio- Ii/:iat. He played on the program on this memorable night in New York’s Carnegie hffll. The house was packed to hear the first Ne gro woman singer who had ever appeared on the stage of that ball. Her name was Sisseretta Jones. When she had finished her performance, the elder Corne lius Vanderbilt rose from his siat and cried out: “1 dub you Black Pafati (Adelina Patti was the reigning singer of tiie da^) and present ed bar with a for $5,000 for further voice cultivation.” In answer to the question as whether Black Patti was the first Negro prima donna, Mias Mit chell mentioned Mfidnm Selika, but reminded us that Madam S>lika went to Europe and be- r«me European, actually leaving the field to Sisseret^^ Jones who came somewhat later. “In like manner do we think of the Negro theater” said the plump little singer-acrtress,. with eyes sparkling and shapely h^ds moving expressively, warming to her subject. “On thinks first of the Pekin theatre group or the Ptkin slock company as the first Negro theatre for the drama. The Shdkesperean theatre group antedated by many years, of ccurse, but that was too long ago,” she laughingly observed. ‘ Abhie Mitchell is remembered as the petite soubrette or in-^ gcrue with the beautiful voice who qdng, “Red', Red Rose” and made many of the famous Will Marion Cook numbers the hHB that they were. Asked To Erase Prejudice For Nation’s Good CLEVEIiANI), (AM*) — Un- American atandards, long practic rd, long -practiced, but never as seriously menancing to the coun try’s welfare as they are todcty, were -brought to the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt this week in a pointed com munication sent by the Future Outlook league, an organizfttion composed of some 11,000 Ohio citizens with headquarters here. Equal opportunity for Negroes in the new defense program as well as in departments of govern- mentia vit# at thia time, the letter said, and asked the incor poration of Negroea into all phases of the American pro gram. Depicting his background in America since the time of Cris- put Attucka, the Negro vQCte shown never to waver in'his loyal ty to the country, despite increas irg Justification. ^ ...; “But now, with the machina tions of fifth columns and other traitor groups, the unemployed Negro Mctor of America may prove il fertile field,” the letter eontinaed, "if the Negro ia not recognized and included in pro- giama of work and defense. “It is true that under your wisli and good leadership the Negro haa received recognition a« a citizen in many departsienta before denied him,” Mr. Roose velt was told. Conditions abroad, however, demand that Americana all ijdces work together as one nation in order to defend the country as a harmonious group, tho letter declared. Negroes’ enlistment into every branch of the Army and Navy as well its the Aviation corps was urgedurged together with noi>- sep'egated training for these fields. ,. ».... “Since we all must die alilce, if necessary, we should kll train alike (smd together,” the lett^ concluded. . The Future Outlook league, organized in 1986, is composed of a citizen membership, an affiliated Employes’ union and a tenants’ union with blanches in the principal cities of Ohio. Many placements of Negroes in jobs before denied them hn.'? been 'accomplished through in fluence of the gioup. Woolworth and Atlantic and Pae’iflc chain stores l^ive hired Negro clerk«! since thei^ program began, two white theatres in. Negro neigh- borhooda have changed from which to Negro ushers and cash- ii>r», and Negro drivera have placed with seve^ companies, tlie group points out. John 0. Holly is president. The period when the poultry flock will oilier return a good profit, or be a drain on the fomily fintlnces is just ahead, says C. F» Parriah, poultry Exten sion specialist of N, C. State College. Egg& will be scarce in June, as hot weather cuts pro duction In the overage flock, but the wise poultry raiser keep hi) flock’s production up ai^d nrofit from higher eggs prices, Parrish atated. "As the summer heat during the long June days becomes in tense, the flock is apt to drop oP sharply in fee dconsumption” the specialist said. “At the first signs of slump in food con sumption, and the resultant de cline in egg production, it i» ad- vi.sBible to start ibuck feeding a wet mash at noon, made up with cool waiter or cool sour milk. TJiis practice, along with close culling of broody hens will help a great deal in holding a high egg production during hot weather. As soon as the comb of a hen loaea its bright red color and be gins to shrink, or when she shows signs of beginning to molt, tlylt iii» the time to put that bird on the market.” Parrish also sugge.«its that the windows and ventilators in the bikk of the laying house be open ed to make the poultry quarters cooler. It is al.so important, he saye, to prevent lice infestation at this season of the year. Check on some of the birds oc- cafiionally for .. lice infestation and treat the birds or the roost pcles for lice, if they are found. $oak the roost poles and roost pole supports about once a mon th with osed motor oil to hold down red mile infestation,” he recommends. Finally, P(#rrish said that in fertile eggs should be produced the summer, 'because they keep better. To do this, a flock owner should dispose of, or pen (he male birds. ent pactore graaaea which d^ptlly get short dnd tough around tb* middle oi July, Arey 'M]» fltat Sudan gnm or Paari millet iwed ed ibroadcaat in a wril pritpwtd fertile soil dit the rata oi to 30 pounds per acre will give splendid temporary gracinc with in six to eight week after aeed- ing- Therefore, if it ia aeaded now, it will ibe ready when the permanent paatarea dry ai^ ii^. hot weather. ... A ahall trench ^so can ba dug nt little colt. Dirtctloni for conatmcting such a ailo ara co»' tained in Extenaion Circular Ho. 20’1, which ia available frea ap- 01 request to the Agricultan|l Editor, N. C. State Collage, Raleigh. In concluaioa Arey atatad “North Carolina co wteatiBg re cords show feed coat of produdtiion on good paatora to be only about onehalf that of winter production on good pah- tur«^ te be only about ona half that of winter prodnction when the cows are fed i^ the bara. EACH FARM COW NEEDS THREE TONS OF SILAGE John A. Arey, Extension dairy specialist of Ni C. Staite College, gives two reasons why cows should have itn adequate supply of grass, hay and silage. “In the first place,” he says,- ‘the dairy cow is by nature )d roughage- conkuming animal; and in the second place, economical milk production is dependent on a sufficiency of home-grown rough a?e.” .... The specialisib recommends at least one half acre of good paa- ture for each cow in the aummer months, and (U least three tons of silage and two tons of hay per cow for winter feeding. Legume hay and com silage may substituted. However, Arey says tt^K com to be used for silage must be. planted within the week if seri ous damage from corn ear worms ia to -he avoided, Sorghum can be safely planted a little later in June. Good IpMid will produce 8 to 10 tons of silage per acre. i^ndan grass has two purposes It can be cut for hay, ^d it is a valuahla lupplemant to p«n»an FORESTER URGES EARLY ORDERS FOR SEEDLINGS During the past plantiBf Ma- son, 244 farmers in 68 eoBSUea ordered forest teaa saadliBCi from the Stf.te nunarie% but were unable to obtain them ba* cause of a depleted supply. fl« R. W. Graeber, Extanaion foras- ter of N. C. State Collepe who handlea ordera placed through county farm dgente, aay« tlwt requests for three seedling* lor tbo 1940-41 planting aeaaan should be made early. The nurseriea hava planted In^ oased amoonta of aMd. fba supply will be gradlter; but ao will the demand. LandowB«V|''iB Rowan, Scotland, and Wai^n Counties have already filad ^ plications for 2160,000 treea for delivery in January, IMl. X would urge farmers to file Aair applications e^ly/’ Graetiar said. .. .. The price list for 8tata forast nursery trees, as announced by the Department of Confarvatlaa and Development which opaipitae the nurseries, located Bear Rtileigh and in Henderson Cobb* ty, is as followt Black loeoat, yellow poplar, cypraes, white pfeh red cedar, and loblolly, loni^iaaf shortleaf and slash pina, fSjM per thdusand delivered find per thousand P. O. B tha ^vr- sories; two year old whita piBea $3.00 delivered and f9.7f flOV; two and three year old whlta pine transplants, |4.00 daUvarad pind |3j50 FOiB; and black wal nuts, 110.00 per thousand da> livered and $8.60 i^^OB. No order for less thaa MO seedlings of any one ype^lea will be filled, except that ordera far 100 black walnut seedlings wiU be i^ccepted. Stock ma^ be aed only for forest planting, eroaioB control, and windbrealos. tt cas- pnt be used for omamaatal plant ing, dnd may not ba raaold. Grai^er suggetta that faflHUi inrmediately pUce orders their county farm will advise ^o«^ apacia* dafir- abla and tha eon^ nwlhoda plantinr tha