North Carolina Newspapers

Ctniie0 PUBLOHUD WEEKLY BY THE CABOUNA HMBB PUBLSPING GOlfPANY 117 &. PeaMy Stoaet Darliam, Nu C. PhOM N-7121 or J-7871 Entered «s second class matter »t the Post Office at Duitiam, N. C. under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. L. E. AUSTIN. WILLIAM A. TUCK. C. A, IRVIN, * 1- Business Manager Publisher .Managinir Editor SUBSCRIPTION S2.00 a Year RATES: $1.25 for Six Montbj the PLATFORM OF . . . • THE CAROLINA TIMES INCLUDES; ^ Ekiual salaries foi Neirro Teachers. Negro policemen where Neirroes are inrolved. Equal educational opportunities. Negro jurymen. — Higher wages for domestic sen^ants. Full i>articipation of Negroes in all branches of the National Defense. Abolishment of the double-standard wage scale in industry. Greater participation of af fairs. Negro representation in city, county, atate and national jrovemments.* ^fetter housing fox LlCEMEN we beg no sympathy, help or rescue. Hence we are agrain requesting that Durham city officials have the courage to try at least for a year the appointment of Negro policemen for the Hayti section. This move is rights it is expedient, it is just- WELCOME CAMP BUTNER The'Carolina T^mes, on behalf of the Ne gro citizens of Durham, is happy to wel come into our midst the officers and men of Camp Butner- We want each soldier station ed in the camp to consider every Negro citi zen in Durham a neighbor that is desirous of doing all he can to make his stay at the camp a happy one. As times goes on Durham Negroes of thought and intelligence shall endeavor to learn all they C2ui about how to be better neighbors to all the men at Camp Butner. If ’in this effort they do not always show readi ness, it will more^th^ likely be due to our liack of information and not to our unwill ingness t,o be good neighbors- Aove all the wanning of th^ war is our most important job now, and any kindness^ or help we can give toward naaking our sold iers happy and content, is considered by us an effort toward the end which every lover of freedom' is striving-^thd overthrow of Hitlerism- ' * Again we, welcome the officers and men of Camp Butner, and say to them that Durham ■is proud to have them as neighbors* We shall back you to the limit in the cause for which^ all of us are fighting. / . ir To combat the high crime rate, and delin- :^uency among the Negro^ in. Charlotte, far-seeing arid courageous, offieiftls of that city t(>ok the bull by the horn^, -^^^! appoints ed two Negro polixiemen for 12 months ks an ^experimfi^ to patrol Ihe^ection of the- city where crime is most prevalent and ho^- lums make life miserable for decent citi zens. Needless to say there were many ancient » minded and thoughtless whiite people who ^elt to clothe a Negro with the authority of ienfoifdng thae law would destroy “white premcy''—whatever that is--and bring a- ut a calmity to the south. Progress is al- SRrays painful to humans who al-e stagnant ininded and dumb- Instead of being a failure, as many had oped, it proved a decided success by help- ng to decrease the crime' rate, and the city fficials have decided to double the number f Negro policemen, which act now meets e approval of a majority of Charlotte hite citizens. iftere in Durham Negro hoodlums continue raise hell up and down Fayetteville and tettigrew Streets and other Negro sec- 'ons, to make life almost unbearable for de-i it Negro citi2Sens> while city officials con^ _ue to cling to the theory that Negro ‘oemen for Durham would violate the ly.of holies of south traditions- '‘few hours after this is read white patrol- ^nl'will be sent to Fayetteville and Petti- Streets, until the question of provi3h K^gro policemen for the sections ^ quieted* Then they will be removed heU in Hayti will rage on to the terror mt Negroes and the disregard of city appears that the placing of colored police in the Hayti section would it the placing of colored civilian 1 c e in the same locality. So far not fie soldier has gotten beyond control, one has been reported as acting disres- to others. Whether it is due to the jnce of the colored military policemen tlw fact remains, that the conduct of is far above that of civilians. C^roHna Times has alv^ays endeavor- ‘lout fear or favor, to tell the ^trulii dled"^ about interracial affairsu In this we have more o-ten been misunder- -^.cizaiized, forwhida MILLS OF THE GODS BY HENRY CLAY DAVIS ••I ■ BURIED TAtENJ; 'II Knqwing 949 Negroes do that We suiffefr first, most, and last from the effefcts of any unavor- ■sbte' "Pourfition existing’ in thi^ fountry, we should consider it far l>ast the time for us to begin ufsmg iiig the handling of .virgin tobacco and the manufactirre of cigarettes etc., which thinking, unse!ti#h l>nrhatn Negroes could cottrert into a source of production, em ployment, income if only they our heads for some'clear thinking poases.sed the necessai^ foresi'^ht sometimes instead of our voices for so much lamentation and so umny upprfitnble expression-; of resentment. In many instances we have with in easy grasp the very things m' their equivalent which w»* are are much too. freiut'iitly beggin? somebody to give up through char ity an,d if we will only just try »^o do a little less worrying over tl.i' disabilities which worrj' aloii" can neved adjust. We often ' eontenii>tnously com plain .that Negroes?, cannot or will not get together but sooner or later .all us will be colnpelled to realize ^at, In the unfortunate event or serious trouble l>eivi'een the races here, there will be no where for us to get but together rgeardless of how much we di.sUkc eaeh rther, and it might be made easier for us if we would do a little prai^tiSlng now if only for the sake of practise. Aliuoiit every couHuunity whore we live in larger numbers affords •poBsiUlities and opportunit’es which ■'Vs coald use , to a decider! advantage but for our stupidity in rei’Hslng to recognise true valu es for what they arew orth to us. and but for the purely asininii de- sir* of a few successful Negroes to be anything else in the world but J^egToee. , Many unemployed Negroes here in Durham ar^ idle bw«use ot lUJUibinery iDstallatk)n8 and suck anl they possess a wealth of in formation and experience concern- and daring. The (|uestion of the money rot being available should never even be raised. If we can raise money enough through popular subscrip tion and donation to build and pay for a fifty thousand dollar chureh in which we can and should do nothing but worship, we can also ral.se through the jjame medium enough money to establish a small tobacco concern which would be able to put an end to Some of ur unemplyment and put some wholesome food into many of our empty bellies. And there are other hone«t ways to makj the money available. It is a challenge to our resource fulness and business ability. It is the proverbial one talent which circnmatances have buried for us »iid whieh w© per.sisieittly Ijfftore l>ecau.se of our lack of faith. And it ij| also a God-set opportunity I'or us to achieve something worth- wbile for ourselves now and for our disid\^taged and hardpress- ed paJSte^Tty later. Too wanj' Negro i'aruiers raise ,tobacco, too many Negro busin>ss- es stdl it too many Negroea are adept saleftnen, aod, too many Ne- igro possess organizational ability for such a veiitui'e to l>ecome a failure and our chief hindrance w(mld be the mueh too wldeso'^ead lack of interest and coop#r.itlon in anything N*^oid. It remains, however, both an opportunity and a challenge. BETWEEN THE im By Dean Gordon R Hancock INDIANS FpRCE ISSI^ Some weeks ago I felt eallwl upon to write a series of artioles entitled “Forcing The Isaue.” There came from Now York a letter from an unknown wvitor, but. who wa£. seeking fight a£t.e>' % very seriomi mfttroer. - He raised the question of the IndiatUi were oi^anlzilig refli^tanee t.i England In this cris.iti and wanted to know just why the Negro should not do the same thing. Here, he thought, wa£ thi) golden oppor- if. tuxiity to bring this nation to self by going on a sitdown strike until ^1 our wrongs had been righted and all our grievances red resscd; Because tl^e, writer seemed more desiross qf^spMng- an intlilec- fu#l probtini tl^ mMely hecklitfg, “Brtween The Lines, ”I took time out and wrote him a long letter trying to clarify the prln ciples involved ia forcing the is- sae. The fact tha:t attention is being, focused on Gandhi and his recent" utterances' that threaten England’s stranglehold on India, we feel * it german to our high mission to divert the mind? of our readers to the Indian situa tion and juxtapose the Negro’.s. There are certain fundamental differences between the Indian and Negro situations which must be considered when we urge that Negroes follow the lead that the Indians are taking. In the firft place, Negroes in this country a’-e a minority group, whereas the I/i- dians are a majority group. For ce is possible where there is n minority, force has dangerous possibilities which few minori+y groups in history have utilizotl. If 400,000,000 Indians were ♦() rise up against England to the death, England would tire of kill ing millions and millions of nr.i resisting folk. The heart w'».ild grow sick and death and blood and sorrow. And in the end by sheer numbers the Indians stnnd the better chance of iiurviving. If the few thousand Englishmen in India were poor and restricted, they would not have a ghost of a show in a general uprising. The point here is, the technique and tactics of minority groups is fin- different from those employed by majority groups. Physical force has vast possibilities in a nn.ior ity group, but scarcely any in minority group. . The second reason why Negro es well might hesitate before ud- dopting the problem of the Ijidi.Tiis resides in the fact, that the In dians are racially homoge.ieous whereas the Negroes are nelcro- genous as a r^icial unit. The ijrent diversity of color in the N'=p;ro race makes it almost-imposfli hie to unite the race on any robust program of racial redemption. The various colom within the Nui?ro race makes not much difference makes not mueh difference in what Negroes think of one ano- lher_ In a color struck worll it. would be one of the gi“eatest of m.iracles were it otherwise. If the 13,000,006 Negroes of Uie United States were of one blfKjd and color it would be mueh easier fop U8 fo advance oitr e^use again st the dreadful odds that eouEi.ont us. W« have in this regard a pro- blem hat does not afflict the^ In dians. Much of the intra-ruclul jealousy ihat serve.s too often as a millstone about the neck of the race hajs its inception \fl the color diversity; of tl^e jNcjg^o race. How- efei? ^^rabJli,I ais jaijjfact, tli^t i4ay be,'we i^when sv^ qjga that Segedes-fplfoi^the In dians who threaten England in one of her critical hours. ■» There is a third r^son- Tha In- dian0 are indigenotu to India in a CAROLINA TIMES READERS SPEAK r BY CUFFORD JENMNS QUESTION: "‘Should Negroes discontinue for the duration their fight to obtain equal rights in the United States? P- a ASKSiOUAL OIWRTUNITV for race Miss Anna B. Morrow, beauti cian, 410 E. Pettigrew Street: — “Yes, if they don’t fight now, what are we going to reply upon after the war. If we don’t strve for our rights now, we have no Tature, ' A Mrs. Margaret Jeffers, beauti cian, ,')10 Dowd Street: “We should fight for our rights, but it seems that we are pushed back and I hope God will arrange things so that we can have • ur freedom, every man should have equal rights and should not be pushed around. Mrs. Jessie ^loore, supervisor H_ H. S. Cafeteria, 510 Price St. “Through the years we have pain- el little by litjtle, and through this present war we have ga'ned more (ex. Navy), and I think iVat if we wait until after the wa-, no doubt we will worth more than we are now. pm* ' Nokomis Carter, occ. pantryman 814 Colfax Street: “I think the Negro should continue to fight for his equal rights. Kvon during the war and afterwards. By hard fighting and protesting, gr»»at achievements can be obtained. Mrs. li, C. (\)lenian, beautician, 410 E. Pettigrew Street: “Yes, we should fight until the end, be cause onr race is-behind, and is a whole our race need more fai ili- tips than the opposite, ex. equality in education facilities particularly and not social equality. Mrrs. M M. Fishei', housewife, wa.y he Negro is not indigenous to America. Anthropology cannot cannot think India without the Indians but it can think Americfi without the Negroes. The Nef,'ro race is a transplanted race w’hile the Indians are indigenous. Tie world therfore woidd bestow ujj- on the Indians a synrpanthr—it would never accord the Negroes, if they wept on a sit down stnke or instituted a noii-rcsistance pro-> gram as a means of attaining their end. Because ot its millions and its ouity of bloot and color and its indigenous claims upon its people, the risk that Indians run in de livering tTieir land to a foreign conqueror is much less thiin that the Negroes would run in a simi lar situaJItn^. The Indians can overwhelm the invading Ger mans but Negroes cannot over whelm the Germans ' across {hi! sea nor their sympathizers hcie at home. The final reason we cannot follow the lead of fthe Indians Is we have no Black Gandhi to lend us! Otir Negro leaders, are too long on big talk and too short on sacrifice. Where can we find a Negro leader who will niiss even one square ' meal for his race? Where can we find even one who prefers the loin cloth to broad cloth _Ye stall-fed “leaders" an- «wer me!l 1219 Fayetteville Street: “No The country needs their loyalty and support in its all out effort for victory, and at the same time,color, to share in f^hicago, (ANP) _ Another growing list of white publipa^ioiis (•lamormg for justice for the Ne gro when the weekly national ad vert i.s^mg newspaper, “Adve.t:«- 1%' Age,” in its July 27 i«8.,e J. editorial entitled: Ihe Future of the Neirro.” Said the editorial: ‘‘Current discussion of the mar ket represented by Negroes in thq United States parallels increasing attention to the problem of jur relations with the browii, bl.ick and yellow races which haye beon regarded by most Caucasians, at least in this country, as inferior. The objectives of this war, n Spread the four freedoms to the ami prosperous America. Yet it mand, our^ best thinkers agree, »a^ change in our attitude not only toward the Chinese, the Filipicos and the East Indians, but also to ward the dark-skinned citizeu* of our own America. “The Negro has made remark able progress in tfhis country dur ing the past generation. Better facilities for education and ?i’ea.t- er oppoHunities for economic advancement have given'the colo red population both the aspiration and the means to satisfy in part at least, the benefits of our free and prMperousA jnerica. Ye: it remain bue that the comlition ol the Negi’o, from the standpoint ot literacy, health, crime and income, is still not what it should be, if he is to realize the hopes and am bitions of the leaders of his race, and incidentally become the in»- portant maj-ket for adv^ti.sed goi|s^ which these millions of jjotr entity , important consumers mifent well be. '*■ "NS one could read ^esthroot Pegler’s recent burning editorial on the subjipet -of the^ Negr^ Itoy who risks his life for his countr.v in the armed forces of the United States, but returns to find the doors of opportunity closed to him without being forced to ad mit that we have neglected one o? our greetest human and economic resources. This is true not mere ly of the south, but of the who]; country. Eace prejudice is not the exclusive possession of any one section or group. • “It is exceedingly difficult to wipe out old barriers, but if V'C;-. tory in this war establishes de mocratic ideals anS institutions all over the world, as the result of the sacrifices' of American boys, white and black, then it would be ii’onic indeed if we fail ed to realize them fully in our own country. This does not m?«n social equality in the carpetbagg er sense, but rather the chance for every American regardless of the unlimited the Negro rights need to be res }>ected. When we rend of the many insults which come to our boys in the uniform, we should be mo red to fight with increased energy fox Ihe things that rightfully should be ours. Mrs. S. A. Johnsoi^_ beautijian lOlGl-2 Fayetteville Street “We should fight still hartler, bccause I find that the white people are being less courteous to NegioeH in some ways, such as laundrvmen and insurance men not knowing how to remove their hats when entering your home or place of business. Joseph Bell, disabled veteran, GIG Dunbar Street: “I do think that in a time Uke this Negroes have too much pressure on one side, when things come different we have nothing to protect onr- selves. “Ye that humbleth Itim- self shall be exalted and ye that exalteth himself shall be abased.” There ae three characters “hum bleness, obedicncei and meekness” which will get us where we want to be. ” Mrs. Luia Cassidy;, beautician, 1802 Faetteville Street, “Y«s, we should fight for our eqi^at rights liecauee this is our country,;, and I think they should fight, now s the time, better than ever, no\7 or Mvar. opportunities for personal and economic advancement which the richest country in the world shiuLl offer to all of its citizen.” “The south has been accused of holding back the developir.ent of troeh Neg m t ar hwe eT ... ^f the N(>gro_ Yet slum conditions prevail in the great cities of the industrial north occupied by iJc- gro families, just aa they do in the south. Southern leaders have encouraged their Negro neigh bors to advance along education al and industrialJines because of enlighteiied self-interest wuich realizes that educated, pro.ipt-r- ous Negroes make better neigh bors, better tenants and be^cr customei'S. The same reasonin'^ should apply to every section, “We have the problem. Its successful 8olut^)u will interest every American, but particalarlv those who realize that the Negro improved ability to produce, to earn and to consume will make sounder and a stronger nation.’ ’ Mrs ^stella Freeland, beauti cian, 616 George Street: “I think \r.f should fight for our eiunl rig^lts'since ire have made sach great accomplishments n the p.*lst and I think that we can accon\- plish more by figthingf’’