North Carolina Newspapers

mrwo TttE CABOUNA TIMES SATOBPAY. JUNE Ttb, 1911 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT TUB ^ CAItOUNA TIMES PUBLISHING CO. |ir B. i^sABoor St. dukham. n. c niONN N-71« mt J-7S7I itetered M weond d»w m»t*7 «t the Post Ofica at Diurluun, N. C. asder the Act of M«rcli 3rd^ 1878. L. E. adsun.publisher mmiAM A. TOOK. MuaginK Editor 8. K, wnJlAMSON. Nmri mua CHARLOTTE OFFICE f>|. 420 1-2 EAST SEUOffD SIKEET SUBSCRIPTION RATES I $2.00—Ymt, $1 Montb*, Tbe Platform of . THE CAROLINA TIMES includes: E^bbI BalariM fw Nesro Teacken. Necro poSkxstmL Nefro hury*en. Equal educational opportuities. Hiflm' wBfCs f(» doDMitic lenraats. FuU pMtieipatioB of Nettoes in all branches of the National defense. AbirfiBhaait of the double-standard wage scale in industry. Greater, participation of N^roN in political affairs. Betto* hoasins for N^ives. Nerro repre^tation In citj, omnty. state and na- tiB^ ffovwnments. >WM>0000000m)OOB()BOB()o()o(^^ MARIAN ANDERSON-A PORTRAIT Beviawttd Iqr Warrw Brown XOeCXCXOOmMXCKMXCMXOomMKXCMXOeW ’"'HEY! TAKE YOUR HAND OFF! MABIiUI ABPESSOir. A For- bait l9 Sotii Vdianen, WUtt- lM07 fioBSf. N«w York and Xioadoa. M«r> 19^^ 1^: |Sm When a photc^apher takes a figure, he hag certain liberties that are to hia own liking. He can shade or blot out whatever features to him seem ugly. The portrait of Marian Andereon by her accompanist, Kosti .Yehaneni is such a oase of an frtist puttii^ into the finishing product hie own feelii^, admiration and ap preciation for the world famous singer. ' In this, potnit of Miss Ander- soQ| the writer gives a brush like sweep of tbe ftWjbions, social eti- quete and soeial tender of equn ties on the continent and in the Americas. IThroi^houtt Mies An derson is pat into the focus as iTi^ie rises from Ifae jK>aition of a curia to baoome the roeipient of honors by a Crown PrinieaB. King,aii4 Queen and ^*^identa. ■V^en tbe great artvt waUu across the concert ctsgOi ealmly •ftanding before audience*, tim realise pa the author what aU baa that e^formanee. Certainly, the glamour, thunderous applause, sileneoe balanced against telling hardships.^ Mr. Vebanen adhei^ing to his own artistie soul, doee not dwell at any length on the great edager's difflculti^ In stead, he simply passes by many problems as normal factors in the day’s woik. To the writer, the art and the rson, Harlan Andocnon, Are inseparable and the combination transcends all mundance factors. In truth, the subject of the por trait is not treated rery much in a purely hunianiste role, ^e .exception ia tbe story of tbebr mutual devotion, mother and daughter. A criticim that, Che writer failed to penetrate beyond the surface may ge freely lodg- ed. j| u:::::»»snmaninnaiuu»:; Calvin’s Digest iK»aun«»»itiin«nm»wB»niS3»uKsiimKK>K»ns COmKNCEMENX - 19ll His Excellency CJovemor J. Melville Broughton before a large audience at the Commencement exercise of the North €}arolina Collie for Jfegroes pointed with much pride to the tremendous strides made by the State of North Carolina in the matter of Negro education since the turn of the century. We listened with rraipect, yet with grave misgivings to the aoothing flow of these choice morsels of praise from this au« jgust pereonaife, who we believe spoke out of the depths of his convictions, but whose illnminating anecdotes or-“iDarky Tales” seemed to us s}mewhat out ,of order on such an occasion as this. '. In tha^ light the irony of dbvernor’S ass^ft!on that: *^Life has its ordeals, and agonies, but thank God life has its chal fengn^ also”, made us remember that one of the challenges fac ing the N^^ioes of North Carolina and the nation at large is that of maintaining our self-respect in the face of insult and flattery. His Elxc^ency further pointed to the need«»for trained or skilled workers in these turbulent days of urgent defense prep- aratioa, and again our memories began to play tricks on us nnd we began to count mentally the number of technical schools snpported by our great state for the benefit of one million of Kesto citizens, and to save our lives we could discover only (me, wjhich in our estimation does not do our worthy state bonor. ° Perhaps the Carolina Times is wrong, but we think that tiie traiMf of Negro education in the state of North Carolina is not its over-emphasis of ‘'liberal Arts” training for Negroes; nor Its lack of administrative talent, rather the failing of our Sreat state, so far as the Negro is concernied, is its utter dis regard of the age-old axiom “An unskilled group living in the midst of a skilled people is always listed on the liability side of the leds^r in balancing the boofai of state." We need teachers, 9«s; but we also are in dire need of proper facilities in our sep- nn^ jMshools for Che inching of some of the trades and crafts, isrfaleh our White brethren have found so lucrative. It is an encouraging sign for Negroes when an increasing num ber of public officials cxy aloud for a cleaning of our own back yard while this country defines demoncracy to other countri^ which have totalitarian ideas'. But it is living in a fool paradise to expect that such public statements are sufficient to restrain lynchii^ in' this eonntry. America has lynthed, two Ne groes within 30 days, and one of le voa^ ‘^e ]Q. S. Army uniform, of the two, the "double- mureder” of 22 year old A. C, Williams in Quincy, Fla., was the mo&t Erotal. This shame on Florida elearly indieaftes that ignorance such as the 100 men which eomposed the “omnster with many heads but no brains,” don’t give a damn for Hitler or Roosevelt. These pitiful, moronic soulss, who might other wise appear as normal human be ings, are afflicted with the identi cal race madness as Adolf Hit ler, and they compose the bulks throughout this country, in all classes of society, many of them holding Positions of positions of power and influence. Switly moving events ofoower as>sure us that we stand on the threshold of a tremendous up heaval which shall bring with its a golden opportunity ft^r oppress ed minorities, including the Ne gro in America. Those who mouth phrases about **0^ world hatreda’ have blass house complex, casting stones in the wrong dirc^tioni Only^'inshful thinken blind* partisans expect America to es cape her just purgiging ind re generation. * PM, that dynamic, ineonoclas- tie pro labor New Yoi^ aftmnoon daily that pins back tbe ears 4f pussyfooters and evil doers of every stripe, not only runs a Har lem office under tbe capable diree tion of Robert P. Braddicks, ex- Vice President pf the defunct Bimk,{bat aH^ ives a virile faft of youM N^oe» wi its Brooklyn ^ant. 'Imis oeparljment of clerks and mImeographeiB is headed by the up and comii^ Qeoi^e Fergu son PM is the only New York Daily paper that dares practice what it preaehls, in regard to employing Negroes. This is the first real “T>reak” that colored fellows ha^fe gotten on a New York aaily. Years ago the Daily News gave reporters' assignments to Edgar T. Rouz’eau, but would nev^r take him as a regular. Photographer Eddie Lewk got a ebance witii the Daily News and kept his job for ieveral years, but when he left he admitted that another Negro photog would never get a “break. SI r 5* i ^ m GREEN PASTURES BY HENRY CLAY DAVIS YOUR HEALTH.. WORTHY. OF SUPPORT, The eftfort on the part of the federal government to pro- side wipteacHne reci%ational centers for soldiers and sailors in various camps and naval bases of the government is a worthy undeitaking and should receive the support of all loyal S(Linerican citizens. Che United Service Organization, into whose haniis the ilazi of settini^ up the centerr has been placed, intends to make mA unit a place of education and service. Here the men who ijOBn inducted into service will be able to obtain information Sitt rrapert to a city^s wholesome “recreational resources, .Sflttsportation faelKti^:. and room registry, aid to relatives IBii Aiends in locating soldiera who do nqt correspond regular* ^le Ckroi^^.Tijm!^ trusts that Negroes throughout Ameri' will fnwrabUi in the effort to raise the ten million necessaix.|h»:qsaJ^hmen1t of the units in the var- c&i9s locatM ixwr «amps and naval basa. The task is a rme, inid will tuMd the support of every American citi- • World War number one soldiers and sailors while on iteaeep were exposed to erery kind of vice imaginable, yc^g mea vrere preyed upon by tricksters, pros- kinds of destrucive influences. These enemies, filUli^'nal or not, ten4 to weaken our National de- be guarded an^unst the same as spies or other l^ftCftflvlmists. mnst not be ma^ during tl» national now Uem. We must plan wis^y everr bnrrkr that would ten«J jo wm msn in our annr and na\^. Without eonitkiite^ t|i« i^n in its armed forc^ no nation, howev»’, well equipp^, of modem war. The United Ser- ot support. In the national fight against Syphilis, the foillowing twenty- two states bave passed law re quiring premarital blood testing of ,male and femal#-~CaUfornia, Coloiedo, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michi gan, New Hampfihire, New Jersey New York, North Carolina, North Dakoita, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Uland, South Dakota, Tenn., Virginia, West Viiginia, and Wisconsin. States requirii^ premarital testing of the male alone are; Alabama, Tenn, and Wyoming. , 1 For the benefit of the many who may not understandr%e National MeHical’' Association sending to all races' papers a some wh^ comprehensive explanation of this legislation. The law,? are practically the eame in all statee and will soon be adopted through out the nation. There is no clasB, exemption or distinction. They aflfect alike ©very one who con templates marriage, requiring each one to have a blood test to detect a possib^ syphilK After taking the blood, the ■rti^ieian of your choice sendb it to an ap^oved laboraitory w'here tlhe teat !b m(ide and a report sent back to the physician. If the blood is negative for both male and female, |t is reported upon special blankii to the proper au thority and a license to marry is granted. This marriage must take place within fifteen, twenty, or thirty or forty days afteir th« laboratory reports the teiit— states differing in thia time re quirement. If the marriage is not consumated within the state re quired time, the T(rhol| proeeednre of blood testing must be repeal ed. If either or both parties seek ing marriage are found jjositive tbe permit is withheld and ano ther test is made. The physician is required to make a most care- In this season of each year when so many of our young peo> gjie ai§ / emerging^i from various institutions ei l^atidag with de grees and with the ardent hope of being able to enter" and sere nely abide in the green psstore of lucrative employment, luxiury, and immunity from diseonif»r- ture of any kind, their tragic dis illusionment upon discovering that no such Utopia exists for them is sad to note. Since each succeeding year paints the same picture witn the same brush on the saone canvas, it is logically assumed that tH>me body has failed in the duty of acquainting these youngsters with what ^'is cruel and unsympatheic excute for civilization really has in store for them. This country we live in is truly a green pasture, teeming with golden opportunities and full to superfluity with awe-inspiring possibilities but not for us be cause we are Negroes and good things were not oreated for our eonvenMbce. The knowedge of sad fionditi(m should have long »go'' imposed upon us the imperative necesaty of striving to careate for ourselves a physical green pasture as diligently as we assure ourselves of a spiritual one over Jordan. • Our youth must fibd somewhere a fertile field—a green pasture for the practical and remunera tive of their training. Our con tinued existence depends upon it and if none is to be found we must pool our r^ources and cul tivate one. , Too many of us feel that the wares of the Negro retailer, the efficiency of the Negro doctor, and the wisdom of the Negro law yer are all necessarily inferior to corre«|>onding qualities in other groups but we fail to realize that the retailer bays from the same manufacturer as other groups, that the doctor and law yer, being trained fiom the same text books as other groups, have also to^ qualify before tbe same examining boards as other groups and that the pasture in which we must graze to exist will forever remain arid and unproductive unless we take steps to insure its proper cultivation. There is no better way to pow productive seed in our pasture by beginning now to spend every cent we can with same Negro in business as tbe expansion of such businesses will automatically pro vide more employment for us. We do not have to all be farmers, to know that seed sown in fertile soil will reproduce abundantly in its kind. Our seed is our resour ces and our good will toward each other. Our fertile soil is our btftd- nesses and their potentialities. Mix together the two and roth- ing can hinder the early cultiva tion of our own green pastiure. GoveriKM; fooughton Proclaimed Week Of June 2 - 8 as “Forest Protctim iWeek” WHEREAS, the people of our entire sftate have been deeply , concerned over the consequences ful^ysiealexammation and must ^his year’s almost unpreced- explam fully th© danger of ^P- ' hilis, the poseibiKty of hereditary transmission and the terrible eon sequences of Congenital Syp^ hilis. A marriage license will be gran ted, but in accordance with the Btatee laws, treatments moat be taken, seeking the prevention of its spread and later consequences These laws hav© crated, some confusion and a great deal of complaint. Why am I compelled to have a blood testf I am well, look alright, feel alright. What’b the whole thing about anyhow? The answer is Syphilis may be inherited. The mother may trans mit this to* her child. ThB silent enemy may yearly kill 25,000 babies before birth or within the first year after birth and infect 60,000 babies born alivi^ ^Hie child may beoome blind or ag^t impaired, hearing may he defec tive, mentality may be lessened, or physical parts, deformed. We ■ean never tell where the disaster may fall and may extwd itself a future generation. The state must protect the individual, home, and society premarital' testing of blood for syphilis is rtquired. It is no di^ace, but a matter of tpreeaution and prevention^! ented droi^ht and are impressed with the need of cooperative thodght and effort to meet, inso far as is humanly possible, the situation-thus created; and WHEREAS, the taremendous loss^es caused by forest firee dur ing this period have be^ such as to cause grave concern on the part of our people and those par ticularly concerned with the pre servation of our forest resour ces; and « WHEREAS, it is deemed im portant at this time that the at tention of tbe people of the state be called to the fact that about Per cent pf our State’s pri vately-owned forest land is bene- fitted by a measure of organized forest fire control under super- vifdon of the State. On this area alone fires, since the first of the year, havp buriied over some 470, 000 acres of woodland with dam- «ge estimated at some $800,000. The siti^^n on these areas with out oi;g8nii}ed protection ejuaUy acatet aa# many thou- *hat these laws have been pass ed. A. N, Vaugh, M. D., President D. W. Byrd, M. D., Chairman sandsi of dollars in additional damage. By way of oemparison, it is estimated that forest tires in the entire State during the whole of 1940 burned over bout 426,000 acres| and caused a dam age of some $725,000. In 1938 North Carolina ranked first amoi^ all the sitates in the number of operati^ saw mils and fourth in total lumber pro duction. The forest produrts industries, according to cen^ and other re ports, rank ^ third in importance among the industries of our state, being exceeded only by textiles and tobacco. And only the textile industry provided more employ ment in 1939 for North Carolina workers than the forest products industry. Forest landf represents about 59 per cent of our state’s in, the Union have a larger total forest area which should have organiz ed forest fire protection by the State than docs North Carolina. Only about 1 per cent of this the general publiC; state’s forest fires aare caused by ‘ . ^ • lightning, the other 99 per cent r^ulting from -the acts of man; and WHEREAS, the forest is one of the most important of our resour ces and its preservation is especi ally timeSy in this period of a na tional defensje program; and that E. D. Burke, M. D., Secretary in view of the emergency of the problem > created by the tremend ous losses through forest fires, a conference was held in the office of the Qovernor of North Caro- lin on May 28th, 1941, for the purpose of considering ways and meanji of meeting emergency ^ which conference was atteneded by members of the Boad of Con servation and Development,^ re presentatives of the State uniyer tities and its forest produete in dustries and railroads, and at such meeting it was the consen sus of opinion that as a part of the announced plan of action in this connection the Governor of the state shall iepoe a proclama tion designed to bring the atten- ion of the people of NcPth Caro lina to the above condition, call ing upon them for their efforts and cooperation in responding to the program designed to meet the aforesaid emei^ncy; NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. Mel ville Broughton, Qovernor of North Carolina, do hereby design ate and prclaim the week of June 2-8, 1941, as« I'orest Protection Week. I call upon all public offi cials, agencies of the press and radiorthe State’s various law- enforcement agencies, schools, an upon the American Legion, the women’a clubs and all other organized groups whose objectives are a better state and abetter com munity, to lend your utmost ef- orta, not only during this de^ signated week but throughout this and ^cceeding years, to the end theil North Carolina may KEEP HER GREEN WOODS * 70BT0DAT • * Sbif and rtjois^ O * * daofhtar of Sen; f«r, * * lo. 1 osBM, and I wm * * dwsU In the midst of * * the#, saith the l/mo. * * —ZIOB. SdO. ■ -a OOeOMKXOBOeOo(WMi Sennonctte MXOeOgOB(MMM)«o(MW Text: “This thy brother was dsod and ia aUvs again; *114 lost, and is found.”—Luke 16:S2. Cl A miracle is related in the three words—^“dead and alive” Only God Can raise the dead. It is the story of the Prodigal Son, And many a son leaves hw father’s house,, cpends his money, and goes to the hogs—or tbe dogs. But praise Ood, through graee, some of those wayward ones w«n der wearily home again to arms of love and eonditiens of com fort. -1.M J In a spiritual sense thi^ story is told in Ephesians 2:1-10, »e- ginning with, “And ym b^;«ll he q^uickened, who wer*, dead in trsspsflses and sins.’' 1. Death means separation. Physical death is the separa tion of the soul from the body; spiritual death is the separation of the £pul from God. The “dead” described in Ephraian^ 2:2,3 are said to “walk accord ing to the coui^e of this world, according to the prince of the power in the air—in the lusis of the flesh.” This mean^ that the mfluencea which separate sinn ers from the Satsionr are the world, the devil, and the flesh. God’s creation was marred by sin. “Every roep has its thorn,” Both beast* and men destroy. Sin kills beyond the tomb. “Is tfeis vile world ^ friend to grace to help us on to Godf” is answer with a No. m » T^fin thtre 1st a peinsoaai deVil, who par*dsa ai an angei M ligftii He is the arch deceiver. His vic tims are legicm. And how pc^erful is the lust of the, flesh 1 Many a poor sinn er feeU powerless to go as and where he would. He is urged on to ruin by his inward desires. 3. Alive means respoasive. When the Prodigal said, “I will arise and go to my father,” he showed hinie^lf to be aUve to his father’s love. How gracious is God to give us life from above. He made us aUve with Christ when He raised Him from the dead. “By grace are ye saved througfi faith.” And what a lofty life He givesi. “He hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” This we could never do in our strength. Salvation ia “not of works, lest any man should boast.” “For we are his work manship, created in Ourist Jesus unto goofl works.” Taotfol SalemMt, *' Shoe Saleman: “Whal^ size do you wear, madam t” V Customer: “Wdl, it bought eize four last time.” The elerk looked puzzled. “Y^, madam, I remember, but you’re buying this pair for your self aren’t yout 0HEBB7 TS EB •r- ] Hm It «• • .Ii •■'•pi Oh, delicate the hand of spring- That fashions now this lovely things The cherry tree that stood alone Bloeisomfii beside the oity stone. Each lifted bough proelalms in rose. In pink and white, what my heart knows--« ‘ , After the winter there will be The promise of the cherry tree. GREEN. Let us fact this fo^t fire probiem with couragw, and * with fiAi purpose—a fire that is prevoattHl irom starting is a fire thut (It)c not have to be fought I Dnm- nt our Capital City of ihis day of May, in tJjc- y.-itr -.’f mir Lord one thou- iid nine hundred and fortyone on*. :it!d tJio nne hundred and sixty-1 itth yonr of our American Indepcii(l(>iji *. J. MELVILLE BBOV0E70K Governor S.f». 4^