North Carolina Newspapers

Fi€E TWO CAROLINA Bf E 8 ChrCan 1111^0 WEEKLY BY IHE CAROUNA TIMES PL*BIJS3ING COMPANY 117 E. Peabody Street Durham, N. C. Phones N-7121 or J-7871 Entered as second class matter at the Post Of^icc at Durham, N. C. under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.* L. E. AUSTIN, ^ Publisher WILLIAM A. TUCK, —Manasrinir Editor S. R WILLUMSON.. News Editor CHARLOTTE OFFICE A20H E^t Second Street between tttE LINES OVER-EMPHASIS ON THIS MODERN AGE SEX By Dean Gordon Han^k r SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 a Year RATES: $L25 for Six Months THE PLATFORM OF . . . » # THE CAROLINA TIMES INCLUDES: > Equal salaries for Negrro Teachers. v Ntjgrro policemen where Negrroes are involved. Equal educational opix>rtunities. Negro jurymen. Higher wages for domestic servants. Full participation of Negroes in all branches of the National Defense. "v Abolishment of the double-standard wage scale in industry. Greater i«rticii^tion of Negroes in political af fairs. Better housing for Negroes. Negro representation in city, county, state and national governments. •a WANT TO FIGHT HONEST” This is being written a few^ hours before Joe Louis heavy weight champion of the world, will place his crown on the board for the 19th time, since he took it from James J. Braddock sev eral years ago. Whether he wins the fight or loses it, the sporting world will have to admit that he has made one of the greatest champions in history. We think Joe’s honesty, sjjortsmanship in the ring and clean living" have placed him at the top of the heap, and that as time goes by the world will jycclaim him the greatest champion of all times and a befittng example for contenders in all branches of sports to emulate. Last week Time magazine carried a picture of the champion pn the front page with a quotation from Joe in which he said, “I want to fight honest so that the next colored boy can get the same kinda break I got." Here is a summary of the great success of the champion, in which is enough heritage to enrich the world. Here is a message to young and old alike, which should apply to those in all walks of life as wfcll as sports.. Joe has risen to his place in the pugulistic word because behind those two dynamite ladden fists of his, is an honest heart. He has risen to his-place because he left the south where prejudice, narrowness, bigotry, and discrimination - would have robbed him of the opfKirtunity of ever becoming the champion, and demonstrating his honesty to the world. When you look at the list of Nfegroes in all walks of life w^o have risen to the toj) of the heap, most of tlS^rj are south ern bred and born, but most of them had to lea^e the south before they could get an opi)ortunity to rise. In addition to giving us Joe Louis, Alabama has furnished the last two Negro Congressmen—DePriest and Mitchell. All of these men might still be treading the cotton fields of their native state had they remained in the south where the pigment of skin is more important than character. 0 this Alabama boy who went north utters a simple, force- '.essage that will thunder down the corridors of pugulistic > -y as long as men shall don the leather mittens and burst u»c.. othens beak. In it is enough philosophy, enough love, eaough righteousness and enough good, to cure a war-torn wtorld of what ails it, and rid Joe’s native southland of the ever pres- si>ectre of race hatred that stalks it. It is. the hardest ih he has ever delivered and knocks the socks off the chin of who deny his race an opportunity. “I want to fight honest t^Mt the next colored boy can get the same kinda break I From time to time the coun try is shocked by horrible crimes committed some lex-mahiac. There are evidence* that Buch crimes are on the inctease ahd the contemplation of this fact is dis(iuieting to say the least. But the Bible tells us if we sow to the wind we shall reap the whirl wind. Without doubt we are sow ing in this country the wind of sex-mania and if we reap a whirlwind of sex-maniacs and their crimes we should not be greatly surprised. ^ We are living in sexy times. Our modem dances are sexy dances and our popiilar son^ are too often sexy. Our screens are filled daily with sexy pic tures and our theatres too often, carry sexy plays. The prize nov el of 1940 was a sex novel entitl ed “Native Sou”. Jazz and swin" music are sexy in their motivations and conception and our dress today smacks of sex iness with the ideal of exposing as much of the body as possible, The woman who tries to be mod est in her dress is hailed as a prude and back number. The art of the times is sexy and in the name of art some very base ap peals are made to human sex natures. Ni'^ism is but the sexiness of the ag^'fo its logical conclusion. While very few today are will ing to embrace nudism in its en tirety, there are many who fav or semi-nudism and modern fash ion motifs emphasize this most throughly. There are evidences tJiat hudism will be as popular to.'uprrow as semi-nudism is to day. Art thdt is sexy becomes the enU"'ring wedge to split the hard timbC'i^s of tradition which made such of'.'nqdesty. With mil lions of childreif fitting daily in our theatres wat'bing sexy dances, we are fast beeOWng a nation of sex-maniacs. It may be argued that sex Is’ beautiful and God-given and should be lifted from the level of the base and nasty where it has been bo long. This is true where the level of intelligence has been lifted. England can stand much more of this modern sexiness than America because England is older and inore sta ble morally. Here we have a melting pot with divers races classes who have not “melted” and thus have not arrived at people has come of age morally they might be able to with>tand the impact o/ the sexual kCcent- ttation we find modem life; but where a people like that of the tame iMuic rules, and the Uiilted StAtes is mottally ado- l^ent, tbb thtiiifih jMtinois a- mounts to sex-mania and the i6ex-maniac is the logical pi^6- duct. The commercialization of the sex ibstineta is one of the baseht sins of this age. Sex is always interesting and that which is in teresting has great eommerlcal value; hence jve have an orgy of sexiness forced' upon the nation by designing enterprisprp who sugar-coat sexiness with a claim to being artistic, and the publle gulps it down. But we are going to pay and are paying now with sex maniat;s cropping up here and there as^ super-criminals. We need npt be snrprlsed, then, when, the newspapers headline the crime of a Negro sex-maniac who confesses to 10 horrible and {revolting crimes. Already there is in Sing Sing awaiting execution a white man confessng to ,34 such crimes. There will bj Others; for we are living in sex times that produce the semania which produces the sex maniacs. One of the strongest points that may be raised for Hitlerism is its attempt to drive sexiness from the front seat of German life. If we could get the same slant here without Hitlerism, we should serve the coming gene rations nobly. We can make ex cuses for it if we will,, we can “explain it scientifically” if we must, but the fact remains things are too sexy for the good of the youth of today. Too much sex appeal without an enlightened clientele breeds sex-niahiacs. It is quit eeasy for us to lift our hands in holy horror when the sex-maniacs reveal themselves by their savage cnmes} :t is not so easy for us to see our respon sibility in the premise. When that Avhich is too sexy comes in to contact with that which is too if*'norant and animal, we are go ing to have trouble. It is not enough to become horrified, we must be informed on the causes and the cure. We need some revision in our ideals and notions of what constitnte art. We need a crusade against the bold-faced sexin«!s that is parading our highwaj’s and by- ivays to seduce the youth of the land. AVe need to know that ex cessive sexiness begets sex man- their moral majority. Whefe a ia and this begets sex maniacs BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY By George F. McCray forAKP judge the worth or fitness of things on the basis of whether they contribute to the general effort to expand opportunities tor the Negro worker in Ameri BUSINESS iJ^(D INDUSTRY THE MOST lMi'^3?AifT NEGRO Pat This Country Needs Today i What this nation sorely needs today is ore men who can find things to be done ijl^Ut the help of a manager and three as- limts; men who get to work on time and rer imperil the lives bf others trying to *%e ftt^ out when the day is enided; men ai^ neat, who do not sulk, who listen when spoken to, who ask only questions to insure the accurace car- out of iiistructions, who move quickly ivil^Kmt noise or fluster, who lc5k you' lit in the eye and tell the truth' every who ^ not pity, themselves because Uudoubtely the most impo^-Mfan indnStiy. tant Negro in the United States today is the Negro worker sweat ing in the mines, mills and fact ories of the nation or languish ing on relief rolls while seeking a job. This worker and his prob lems; his training and his ex- perence, has difAcuities with white employers and some labor jinions, has bcome the center of gravity for most of the collective, soc5al, or govermental action on behaff. of Negroes today. This new concern over the economic' problems of the Negro worker is only reflected in the cmventions and activities of such organizations as the Urban league, the N. A. A. C. P., and the dozens of defense employ ment committes springing up all over the United States, but also in the activities of various gov- ermental bodies. Moreover, the labor unions themselves, A. F. L. as well as C. I. O., are expecting a most encouraging in terest in the problems of their darker bro thers FOUNDATION OF I^EGRO COMMUNITY Anjl the Inspiration for this general activity on behalf of th^ Negro worker, a ^750 pei* yea^ man, who is, poorly ieditcaled, generally disfrarfchised attd with out much 'r^Upewto,*- is not fst to seek. He is t'He’wiiij%ttfiS of the Negro cominuriitj^; ilf mM al ways been; is now; and f^ort a’ long time to come will be the' test of democracy in the United States. We are last cosung to The' movement which for so many ye"tolerated the Neg ro worker at the\’*'O^V® a supremely Importan* the breaking down of socia*, poliitical and economic barriers against Negroes. Note these re cent developments. The Illinois State Fed/eration of Labor and A. F. L. affiliate reports that at the close of the 1941 legislative session the states of Nebraska and Kansas enacted legislation intendinj^ to curb dis crimination against Negroes by emploj^ers or unions. Similar action was taken in Indiana and Illinois. The numbers of A. P. L. of- ficals who are following Bill Green’s example In condemning discrimination against Negroes are increasing. The mo^t recent recurit Is Thomas J. Lyons, presi dent of the powerful New York State Federation of Ijabor. Mr. Green, as official spokesman for the A. F. L., is busily gathering evidence to disprove, as best he can, the charge that A. F. L. unions generally discriminate a- gttjnSt Negroes. . In A. P. L. unions Negroes have made their greatest gains }n the construction industry Where C. I. 0. competition acted as an additional ■ Inducement. With, few exceptions, the C. I. 0. iievfer misses ah opi>ortunity break down social, political . ^ [ * ecraomio barriers against Negrof^l’lV^Wous C. I. O. coun- cilSj particularly in the wddl^ v^ira have TO BLAST BEFORE CfiiN build! m LUent SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4. !«! ^ west, make a point of hiring Neg ro office help, jiist to keep the boys accustomed to close contact with Negroes. Reentlj' Ted F. Silvey, secretary-treasurer, Ohio C. I. O. council, sent a 2,000 word letter to the Negro press and various unions cxplaning that the same hotel accommoda tions for white delegates at the Hotel Ohio In Youngston diiring the state convention would be available to Negroes on pain of boycott of the whole Albert Pick chain of hotels doing a very large business with C. I. O. In Buffalo, N. Y., during the recent convention of the hard fighting United Automobile Workers of the C. I. O. who taught Mr. Henery Ford the art of collective bargaining, 500 del egates had to threaten to walk out of Hotel Buffalo to force the management to find accommoda tions for five Negro delegates and to ser\'e Negros In th dining room. Ix^ this connection one is reminded of the generous sura which the New Orleans Labor council, an ,A, F. L. affiliate, offered A. P. Randolph to pro vide separate entertainment for Negroes at the 1940 convention of the American Federation of Labor. You guessed wrong; Ran dolph refused the offer. SO WHAT Not many Negro workers* 4wy the general fact il lustrated 21* -i^ese random ex amples. Most of them are worri ed about what to' dp to make the most of- their new-found im portance. Should the,V play role of retiring Clindereftlla stak ing for little and waiting to be sought after; or should they em ulate the virtuous but none-the- less aggressive coquette who' knows wliat she wants and how to get it. ■ , NAACP ISSUES CALL TO THIRD ANNUAL STUDENT MEET TO BE HELD AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE JPlay The Game By Ruth Taylor Prize Hen Eggs North some* CE^leigh, September— Carolina hens will have thing to cackle over this year— their eggs will be on display for the first time at the State Fair to be held at Raleigh, October 14-18. ' Dr. J. S. Dorton, manager of the fair, today, announced the Bgg Department” as new di vision of the fair, expressing the hope that the exhibits will stim- tikte greater Interest in promot ing »W,prdi^ of ‘ ‘ more eggs for n'aiioB'al a^fferise ’ ’. The “egg show” will be In charge of C.*W. Shef^j^d, mar keting specialist of the fe&te De- par£ment of Agriculture; Dr, Roy S. Dearstyne, head of the poli^trj departxaent, State 6ol-. t f The greatest danger to Ameri ca today Is not the enemy with out, but the kind of American who has lost his nerve — who won’t wait for the final score, but who is willing to chalk up defeat before the game as half played. He never .seems to learn that a lot can happen before the end of tfie final Inning — that trite as It is, life and sport have same terminology can apply to most problems. For instance, there Is much arguing In many Avords about convoys. But what is this but sacrifice play”, giving our fel low democracy a chance to win? What is the United Service Organizations to which we are so gladly contributing to the ex tent of our ability, but the * ‘ dug- out jockey” who keeps the ac tive players pepped up and ready to go oiit and do their best to win — .the pei-son who talks to effect and not to affect. We have too many “grand stand playei-s, ’ who are so gladly contributing to the extent of our ability, but the “dugout jockey” who keeps the active players pepped up and ready to go out and do their best to win-the per son who talks to effect and not to affect We have too' many ‘'grand stand players,” who are out to get all the publicity they can for tliemselves and who play for the fl^algtion of the mob, ’rather than Mttla down to R good study game and effort Is make the team win. , But the principal lesson we can get out of the games this summer is the need for better team play. Many a team has lost one of the players wanted to do all the wot-k and »U- thp starring Every fan knows that a ieaUy good team is one composed of players who will work together for the team as a M’hole rather than for themselves as indivi duals, An^he really good cap^ tain the^spries thisi kind of cooSla^^jteam play. /There is anowrei^^^joj^to take to heart— that' is, no tj win^ajll the games, but thaH; New York—With thi’ce full days of activity planned for de legates, the youth division of the NAACP has just Issued its call to the third student conference of the As.sociation to be held this year at Hampton Institute,^ Va., October 31, and November 1 and 2. Principal speakers Eduard C. I see why it has not benn handlen NOBODY’S BUSIfiSS MRSl'. IT WAS TOO JDRY; THEPt Pr WAS TOO WET the wither bureau, waahjnirton,d« c, deer aiwi what is wrong* with, yor« partment? why can't you l»k after the weather? to begisuv^h our section enjoyed a 76-^y drot^h and that almost mint us, but lo and behold, as soon aa the drowth was- broke by a rain which last^ a ^^eek with* l^et-up, everyboddy coth- menced to grumble about too much wetness, it cleared 2 days and then started rkining again an'd it has benn raining ever since. • the grass is so tall ih our field that we have to stand up on a day now: the moon will change tomorrow unless something' ia us on direct relief, as it;i]4pks will have to ask that the partment of agger-culture in crease our parrity e^ecks or put stump to see our cotton, in otb> er wosds, the grass has out* growed the cotton by about 75 per cent, it's too w%t tp |)oe or plow, that is—at this i^til^, l^t it mought cImt ofl done about too much rain, you now, ^e flat rock community,, on’t make enough lint cotton to treat a case oi earache. tbe recent rise in the price of cotton hasn't hope us farmers anny. in the first placi^^!i,we sold our cotton last fall fer clO A lb. > and in the ne^nt place, what we mortgaged to the govern ment 2 years ago was took over last july. and in the third place, c20 cotton wont help the favm* ers unless they have some cb%wn to sell. . our complaint is about the weather and you reppcrsent it. if you could let tts ha'ro rain about ever 7 or 8 days from now dn, the government could turn Us a-loose. it is always one thing or an other, wedges and prices have gone up in our midst and it has ketched the farmar with noth ing to sell but grass, and as ev- erboddy has plenty of grass of their own, it won’t fetch anny- thlng, unless a change in the elements, happens verry soon, this section will have to graze their crops down with their cows, everything else has been reggerlated by the government except the weather, and we can't can J; BaiTi Lindeman, noted member of the faculty of the New York School of Social W^ork; Malcolm S. MacLean president of Ilamffton Imtitute; Walter AVhite, execu tive secretary of the NAACP and Dr. Flemmie P. KIttrell, dean of women at Hampton, will develope the general conference theme, “Currnt Problems in A- merica for Negro Youth.’ The subject for Dr. Linde man’s keynote address is “Hu man Welfare in a JEconomy.,, Discussion topics will deal with civil liberties, labor unions, consumer problems, national de fense and education. Among dis cussion leaders are 'William H. Hastie, civilian aide to the secre tary of W'^ar; W. Robert Ming, Jr., member of the faculty of Howard University law school; R. O’Hara lianier, dean of in struction at Hampton; Dr. Charles H. Thompson, editor, Journal of Negro Education; Dr. Charles L. Franklin of the U. S. Social Security Bo^rd; Peter B. Schroeder, i)rofessor of history, Hampton; Samuel A. Rosenberg, division of business,’ Hampton; L. F. Palmer, execu tive secr^tarj^ Virginia State Teachers Association; and Mfss Ella Baker, assistant field seure- tary, NAA^P. On )>iaturday, November 1, de legates will see the Lincoln Uni versity Hampton football game in the afternoon and a presen tation of the living newspaper drama “Place: America” in the evening, followed by a conferen ce dance. The will clo»p on Sun day, November 2, with business reports, church service, dinner and a closing assembly. The con ference will be under the direct ion‘&f;J*'Madison S. Jones, Jr., XT A A YM* piaj^lng fair all > titne and coming back after a Ic^ing fight to go in. and/ play j u ,s t wholeheartedly and cou^o- nome. oe it will win in tTie en} is one bsljr gs ever, It th« last 'g^pe fc®Ia>andi mindful of dllth’“ fightsyjist as hard in the gum9 t|it is played that determines the mnJof benn Quoting soml^ .•* 1—*1,- —„ u Bhall go. boddy. it loses'as in the-ones it wins, ♦ as per usual, rite or foam when a change will take place. •The Moores Have Return ed From Their 'Vacation —mr. and mesdames holsum moore have returned back from their vacation to the ocean bech where they had a grand time as far as they went, their trip was broke off vecy>»)iort onner count of mr. moore losing his pocket wallet and it contained his monney, at least—that is the report of maddam roomer. —the moore's expected to spend a week with mrs. moore's mar ried sister who lives at the beach. She married a husband that is doing verry well for the fix he’s in and they had 3 spare rooms for the moores and their 7 children, imagine their disap pointment when they arrived at the ocean beach, mrs. moore’s sister and husband had took their vacation and were spend ing it in the blue ridge moun- ings of n. c. " —it worked a hardship on the moores to have to go to a pri vate home and pay board and i;oom rent for sleeping, this was so unexpected that it took mr. moore’s breath right out of his mouth, he got thru tho first day and night o. k. but the land lady made him pay his lodging* in advance, he lost his wallet le next morning and that's why they had to hurry on back home, he was lucky to find his wife with 2.75$ this was used for gaa for his broth«it’s car which he borried to vacate in. —^tho moores went in a-washing one time in the ocean but they were careful not to wade out in to the watter in further than waist deep. They carried their under suits and bathing snits to swim in and the men let the whole drove go in for 35c. They all enjoyed the waves and tha breakers and jbhe undertow, the waiter j vas > .yqriy; cold, to na., motfre; he*ha'4'notyh^n tasedfi> hawing much of it^Ahia hgdHy Mrs. moore says to ^ny- sponctent on her return'!tb ck;i *'after all, there aih't.‘i»o -like home, be it ever’ HH