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THE CABOLINA TDIli^
SATURDAY, MAY 31«t, 1941
FUBUSHED WEEKLY BT THE
OAAOUNA TIMES fUBUSHlNC C6.
Iir E. PEABODY St. DURHAM. N. C.
PHONES N-71Z1 or J-7871
Bst«red m iiecond class mater at the Post Ofice at Durham, N. C.
' under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.
L. E. AUSnN.PUBliSHER
iWILIJAM A. TUCK, Manaxins: Editor
& U. WILUAMBON, New« Editor
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CHARLOTTE OFFICE
1-2 EAST SEfXJND STREET
SUBSCRIPTION RATESt «2.00—Year, fl.aS—« Montkt,
The Platform of .
THE CAROLINA TIMES
includes:
Equal salaries for Neffro Teachers.
Nerro policemen.
Nerre jarynen.
Equal odocational opportnnities.
Hiirlier wa^es for domestic servants.
Full participation of Neirroes in all branches of the
National defense.
Abolishment of the double-standard wasre scale
in industry.
Greater participation of Ne|[roes in political affaire.
Better housinsr for Negrroes.
Ne^ro representation in city, county, state and na-
timal Koremments.
A PROFITABLE LIFE
This week the Carolina Times pauses to pay tribute to Prof.
Charles Montgxjmery Eppes of Greenville, North Carolina, for
65 years of service in the educational system of the state. Be
cause we believe firmly in the doctrine of giving flowers to one
while he may yet smell their fragrance; because we believe
that a rose petal strewn in the path of a Mjeary traveler means
more than a floral profusion laid at his feet when his toes are
stiff and point straight upward, we ar£ glad Jo honor one
mrho has done the best he could.
Not tha^ P^of. Epp^ shows any ^go,^^hu^{ling off this
mortal coil”—for he is very much alive, activ* ahd hearty—do
we honor him with this week’s issue of The Carolina Times,
but because he has labored for se long a time and labored so
jwell, are wte glad to give this bow of honor to him.
The Carolina Times does not always agree with all the meth
ods usd by some of our race leaders, but we trust the time
inll never come when this newspaper will be so blind, so nar
row in its conception that it cannot see the good a man has
done and pay tribute to him for doing it.
One thing is certain, Prof. Eppes gets things done, and
that is important. He has been able to work out a philosophy
of life that at the 9ge of 83 years gives him “a peace that pass-
eth all understanding.'*
At this commencement time when thousands of young men
and women are being turned out of our schools and colleges it
might be well that they look toward Greenville, North Carolina,
where lives a man who has spent nearly a century in a vigor
ous and profitable''life, and ask the question—did he do
it?
Prof, Eppes went to Greenville when fev^ white people
believed in education for Negroes. His was a difficult task to
educate white people on the education of Negroes and at the
same time educate Negroes, Apparently the late Governor Jar-
ivis saw in him a diplomat and a wise ‘counselor of his race*
and sent him to do a most difficult task in a difficult tima.
How well Prof. Eppes has succeeded may seen in the many
testimonials appearing jn this week's issue o/ this newspaper.
So we join with others in felicitatins a grand old man who
lias done a frrand job. May he live many, many more years,
and continue to serve his race, state and nation. >
BRITISH RAGE HATRED
There is something more than significant in the report ap
pearing in the daily papers this week that the Bril^h empire
bas turned down an offer of the Jews of Jerusalem to organise
an army to help the British Aght the Germans.
Whether the action of the British comes from fear, pride„
or hatred of the Jews will not be discussed here in totQ. We are
only calling the attention of pur readers to the fact that even
thoBgh Great Britain is fit(htihg for her very life, from some
where has come the audaucity to refuse help froin a people for
no other appaf«nt reason than that they are Jews,
The report will create no increased sympathy for the Brit
ish among liepoM of the United States, who are already not
too enthuMslaiB «t the aid to Great Britan program, because
ber of Ji«r Negro colonials. American Negroes
kagm too liHit eaonot be confined to one race,; but
/jjwctttaUy' wpi jwflilf ;hen as well
do ^.»tfree thoce who aay that the Jem are
OTthlws IWM1 #’iilibCT «»1 must be kept in subjection to pre-
imos «wtro0iiifr tbe purse strings of the worl^ We
g9od «ul jaad Jews, good Heroes and
gipod Gflsl^es and bad Gentiles. To litigate a
tUlMfe race beems* some of its members are crooks is unfair
V4n4 wiUiotit ftMuiulatipn. j
. U ai^Mtan Hunk in spite of EngUnd'a a^ul predicament she
if Uw giotcit exponent of race hatred in ^he world today.
Hjr fpfgr ^ B «^in the divine plan of God to rid once
of this most destructive force. Germany
mm may i)oth vrhip other until both are so
wd iMWietn race iistavd.
lUREENVlLLE CITY SCHOOLS
Junius H. Rose* Superintendent
Greenville, North Carolina
May 26. 1941
Mr. C. A. Irvin,
Public Relations Director,
The Carolina Times.
Durham. N9ith Carolina..
Doar Sn
I am glad to know that you
are dedicating one issue of your
paper to ■‘.Professor C. M. Eppes
of this city.
When I came to Greenville as
principal of the high school in
1919, Professor Eppes was in
charge of the Negro school. The
following year, 1920, 1 became
Superintendent, and during
these past twenty-one years of
my superintendency it has been
my pleasure to recommend to
the Board of Trustees of the
Greenville City Schools each
year the re-election of C. M.
Eppes as supervising principal
of the Negro schools in Green
ville.
His work has been character
ized by loyalty and efficiency—
loyalty to the white race and
loyalty to the Negro race, loyal
ty to the School Board and Su
perintendent and loyalty to the
Negro boys and girls.
When the Greenville schools
started their building program
in 1924, the first building built
was the Fleming Street School.
That modern sohool building for
Negroes was built before a sin
gle new school for whites was
built. I am quite sure that the
faith of the School Board and
the citizenship in Professor C,
M. Eppes made such a thing
possible.
Professor Eppes has always
fought for the rights of Ne
groes, but he has fought in
such a fine manner that he has
not made enemies among the
white race in so doing, and to
day numbers tbipjcs
wliich he foitght for year ago,
are now being incorporated into
the State school program for
Negroes.
Sincerely yours,
NEGRO ENEMIES
BY HENRY CLAY DAVIS
Among the many VICIOUS en-.
ties incurred by American Ne
groes since Emancipation, the
most relentlemly distructive is
our flagrafit Isck of confidence
snd interest in each other. Each
day of our lives we feed this in
satiable monBter with conceit, du
plicity, and greed on the one hand
and rancor and yesentment on the
other, and each time we subscribe
to such a hellish indulgence we
are all drawn inexorably cloeer
to an ultimate doom from which
only merciful death can serve as
a welcoe deliverance.
No race so dkgustingly divided
as we are has yet been known to
Negroes, which means that Ne
groes in high estate and Negroes
in low estate are all just Negro
es. And many of uat who lay claim
to intelligenee are stupid enough
to deny this verymanifest tnjith.
The time has long sinee passed
for us to realize that, according
to America's tacit decree, the
highest among ua is no higher
than the least among us and that
tie salvation of the entire race
depends entirely upon oud will-
ingnss and ability to elevate the
lowest among us to the same level
as that claimed by the so-called
highest among us for himself.
There are tHos* among as
master the rigors of survival and throughout the country who have
freedom and there is nothing at
all inculcate in us the hope of
ever being able to do so. With
all the evidence before us of what
inner racial treachery and selfii?^
ambitions have done to races far
more independent than we, we
continue with ai^alling and de
plorable apathy to jeopardize our
heritage And hasten bur own end
through our worst than inhuman
treatment of each other.
For many' years America has
sat in severe judgment over us,
definitely establishing our politi
cal, economic, and social status
ap beingunalterably inferior to
that of all other Amtericans, and
decreeing that what is ascribed
to one Negro is applicable to all
been either remarkably successful
fortunate and who by very tokens
have come to imagine themselvea
greatly sujjerior to our general
potent factor in the American
way of life.
If American industrialists and
manufacturers are closing the
doors of opportunity in our faces
today when there ia such an ur-
gSQt demand for increased pro-
ductioD, how much worse will
thit^ be for us when the occasion
for such _a demand no longer ex-
! Who Ipan be expected to be
concerned over what happens to
us when we, ourselves, do not
epem to caret
The Negro in high estate who
is great in only his own estima
tion and who essays to compel
deference and belief in hLsi im
portance from subordinates is an
enemy of the race and a definite
menace to the safety of our in*-
stitutioos and the preservation of
our morals. Insincerity, dishonee^y
immorality, and degeneracy, are
average in spite of white Amer-.jjjQj.jjjj enemies because they have
ica’s decree. Such over-worked
and under-cultured imaginations
are unquestionably one of the
chief contributors to our unenvi
able predicament.
There can never be much con
viction in our contention that
other American groups are our
enemies and 'oppressors so long
as we oppress and malign each
other with impunity and without
a vestige of compunction but
there could be but for our lack of
collaboration in solidarity among
us which could easily become a
verty, ignorance, and diasase are
our enemies bsoauae they are
tnao's natural enemies and be
cause the conditions under which
We have to live render us mors
groups.
The det&sion that we have made
exceptional progress! in the eighty
years of our so-callcd freedom is
our enemy because it is so un
necessarily misleading. The !>»>-
grem we have actually made is
analogous only to the forced pro
gress made^ by ordinary objects
caught in the path of a toniado.
They just couldn't resist being
swept along.
There is an imperative nee;l for
us to ciuhdue and silence these
enemies NOW if we would sur
vive the hardships just around the
corner. The task does not belong
to one Negro or one groop of Ne
groes, but rather to all Negroes
everywhere. America haia decreed
that all Negj-oes are just Negro
es and that fact alone is a founda
|Hod upon which we can build a
mighty race if we Avill. It is an
inescapable challange to all of us
who are are not ashamed to be
N^oee.
Women ftiily Bent
Men As
Pedestrians
That ever-recnrring point of
domettie poQtentio;} about
ther men or women are iSfer
drivers may never be settled, but
old man s|atiftics ba|i> sroved in
no uncertain figurei that the fair
sex certainly are safer walkers.
The National Conservation Bu-
r|lau, accident pi^eTention divis
ion of the Aasociation of Casua
lty and Surety Executives, an
nounces that official analyses of
accident records and their causes
agree unanimously that three out
of every four pedestrians killed
by automobiles are men.
already destroyed many of our
great institutions and because
they wield too great an influence
over the present generation. Po-
German base
area is reported
Byrd.
in Antatctic
by Admiral
A fireplace ma^ prove almost
useless if poorly built, or an in-
adequaie ekimnej draft may cause
unsatisfactory operation. Ths
houss may be “windy,” the heat
ing temperamental and costly in
fuel consumption, and water
supply may be inadequate. All of
these ills may be traceable to
poor eonstrucCion or installation.
The necessity for continuous re
pairs may make maintenance
costs excessive, and inefficient
equipment may result in- hig^
operating costs.
IN APPREQATION
.av]
ElMS
wU;^ an ofDurham is welcoming to this
Oenew)lent and Protective Or-
’■hope thMt flicee day* stay here will
If itod to act a« boat to persons and or-
J4i0ifalff be the devatioa of the race. Thus all
to a hearty welcome to the
J; H. Rose,
J|1^R:LD Superintendent.
The President '
Office Of
EAST OAROtUNA TEACHERS
OOLLEGE
)Greenville» N. C.
May 26. 1941
Mr. C. A. Irvin,
Public Relations Directoru
The Carolina Times,
Durham, North Carolina.
Dtear Sir;
The people of Greenville are
delighted to know that you ex
pect to dedicate the May issue
of the Carolina Times to Pro
fessor C. M. Eppes of Green
ville. I have known Professor
, Eppes for more than a quarter
of a century and have found
' him to be outstanding among
his race, and also a leader of
marked ability. You probably
could not choose one of his race
more deserving of this honor.
Very truly yours,
LEON R. MEADOWS, President,
LRM:B
m- ■
Human beings include two
classes: (1) those who want to
see their names in print,' and
(ajt'^^hose who must see it on
the society page. ^
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Britain promotes younger
generals to important commands
generals to important commands
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Bronx woman strangles two
daughters, attacks son, tries
suicide.
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Admiral Byrd envisions de
fense base in Antartic.
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The people of this country
will soon give up the worship
of wealth, either through tl>e
grace of God or the power of
Herr Hitler..
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GOOD CITIZEN
I
Mr, Cw A. Irvin,
Public Relations Director,
The Carolina Timjes,
Durham, N. C.
DeaIr Sir:
I'have had occasion to observe the fine work being done by Professor
C. M. Eppes for the past fifteen years and I know of no one whose work has
brought about a more harmonious a^d enduring relation between his and our
race.
Professor Eppes has not only been a most valuable citizen to the town
of Greenville bttt to the State and Nation as a whole and particularly to bis
IL
Very truly yours,
CWH:.
C. W. HOWARD..
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