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THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 19S0
COMMUNIST REPUDIATION
H«nry A. Wallm-e bus liftfil tlu lifatis iiiiil
bearU of all thosp loyal Anifricau eitizens? unU
nembeni of the Propraaive Party who bflievf
in hia leadership, by his repudiation of (’om-
Buniata within and without the party. Vith tht
Republican Party about as dead as an Egj j>tian
mummy, there i* a great need in this country
for a new politii-al ortrani/nlion if we nr«» f»
have a two-party system
An much as a new party is ueciU'd in this foun-
try loyal American oifizens are not jroinjf to ally
thenwelves with an urfranization that advocates
the o\TrtJjrow of the povernnienf by force. Once
they are convinced that the Propressive I'arty
is rid of communist leadership or control we be
lieve they will flock to if by leaps and bounds.
'I'lii' (‘iMistitiition of llif United State.s pro-
viih-^ fur the overthrow of the government, when
the people so de.sire, with ballots. Aliy lifizen
of the I'nited States who advocates its over
throw i)thenvis»* should be looked upon as a
traitor and treated aa such.
N'o one enn deny that Mr. Wallace is a great
AniTit an and that the ideals for which he stands
;nT nuicli needtd dnrin>? these times of great
indecisions and decisions. Because of this many
true and loyal citizens stuck with the Progressive
I’arty \^hen it was costly to do so. Now that the
J’arty h*adT has repudiated eomminii.sts with
in^' its ranks, the orranization ought to take on
new life.
MINISTERIAL LEADERSHIP
Klsewhcrc in this issue of the CAROLtlNA
TLMEiS is the story of the phenomenal rise of
the First Calvary Baptist Church, under the
leadership of Rev, H, il. Hart, to one of the
leading churches of the city. We trust all of our
readers will read the storj' and obsers'e the kind
of leadership and citizenship that is being
furnished Durham by one of its most energetic
ministers.
Not only has the First Calvary Baptist Church
•arpaased any achievement of other churches in
Durham in raising over $43,000 last year, but
it has alao done a remarkable job in adding near
ly 400 persons to its membership roster within
two years. This shows that the financial activity
of the church is not being overworked at the
sjvcrificc of influencing people into the church.
In atldition to being the spiritual and business
guide of First Calvary, Rev. Hart is active in
the civic life of the community. No movement
for the hettemieiit of his race is too small or
insi«;nificant for him to give financial and
tnoral support.
This is leadershij), the kind that Durham and
inotst communities need from their ministers. It
is not enough for ministers to be concerned only
about the spiritual life of the people. They
should also give them the benefit of their ex
perience and their moral and financial support
in other fields of endeavor.
THIS MONSTER MUST BE DESTROYED
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Wi- 0«OWN
, ^iOPhiS OF THE
HOSPITALS—"FOR WHITE ONLY"
The “For White Only” North Carolina Hos
pital for the treatment of Cerebral Palsy ac-
pceted its firet patient here last Monday morn
ing. The hospital was erected at a cost of $525,-
000 of all the taxpayers money in North Caro
lina which includes you, me arid every other
citizen of this State who has consumed any
food, clothing, shoes, coal, oil, shelter or other
necessities and luxuries. Its rightful owners are
the citizens of North Carolina of all races, creels
and colors.
Long before the hospital opened its doors it
was understood that it would adhere strictly to
the pattern of Southern jim crow and admit no
Negroes. So we have in the community of Dur
ham and the state of North Carolina another
flagrant example of what some people call de
mocracy and Christianity.
We don't believe the jim crow policy of the
Spastics hospital would hold up in the North
Carolina Supreme Court, to say nothing about
the United States Supreme Court.
Diseases have a way of exercising pure de
mocracy and Christianity and it does appear to
us that in the treatment of such the humane
thing to do is for mankind to do likewise.
The “For White Only” sign hung over the door
of a State hospital that was erected out of all
the people’s money and is to be maintained in
the same manner appears to us to be out of line
with common decency to say nothing about fair
ness.
The 8pa.stics hospital is a sample of what is to
be expected at the I'niversity of North (’arolina
Medical school now under construction in Chapel
Hill at a cost of s«>veral million dollars of all
the taxpayers money. In the face of all this, to
Hualify for approval by certain white ]ieople in
North Carolina, a Negro must jump up, clap his
hands and his heels together and ileclare that
there is no race problem in this State.
We don’t like this idea of nailing a “For
White Only” sign over State in.stitiitions. We
belicv'c that the only democratic and Chri.stian
way is to declare the doors open to all ({(kI’s
children alike. Until that is done, we expect tt>
remain on the firing line against the destructive
evil of segregation whenever and wherever we
find it.
REOPENING KITTRELL COLLEGE
The proposal of leadership of the Second
Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Church to
rt-open Kittrell College is a tragedy and a
trave.sty. Needless to say the Bishop, members
of th** Trustee Board, nor the president of the
the Trustee Board, nor the president of the col
lege, consulted the general membership about
dumping this unnces-sary burden on their should
ers.
There was a time when any kind of school w'as
better than no school, but that time is no more.
It will be hard to find a state now that does
not provide a better school for Negroes than
Kittrell College will be, with its limited money
and facilities that are now and will be available
within the next ten years.
rnfortunafelv the trustee board of Kittrell
College is composed almost entirely of Ministers,
most of whom know very little about business.
No practical businessman would recommend the
reopening of the school under its ])resent cir
cumstances.
Even to open the school as a theological
seminary is unwist‘, since similar schools of the
A. M. E. Church and other denominations are
providing sufficient training ground for all
ministers who want that kind of education.
We think the most sen.sible thing to do is to
k1os»' the school, sell the property and concentrate
all efforts toward Allen University in South
Carolina or Morris Brown in Georgia. In addi
tion there are other already established schools
within the State such tis Livingstone College,
yiiaw and J. C. Smith Universities that are,
sufficient.
Spiritual Insight . .
"THIS WAY BUT ONCE"
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
“So teach us to number
our days that we may ap-
,ply our hearts unto wis
dom”—Psa. 90:12.
There is a solenni finality a-
bout this business of hunian ex
istence — this brief span calletl
I i f e. Every
nioi'tai crea-
lurc pa.sses this
way t)Ut once.
1 lu‘ writer of
Allk'tictll ili-
visioM of 'the
i'salnis pauses
1 11 icv(.‘rcnt
ii.cititatiou otn
t h e (lcei)cr
meaning of liu-
\v e all need to
tiiiics on ttie
Us nature aiul
Rev. Roland
man existence,
tliink deeply at
meaning oi life -
purpose. It s proDleins sliould
claim t.ur atteuuon. \\ c slioiikl
poniler its aim or destiny. \\ liat
about the mysterious beginnuig
of life. Is* tlic meaning of life
.set only in the framework of
time or is it a brief interlude
b*tween two eternities,’
The .ludaic-Christian inter
pretation says that life came
from (jod. In (leiiesis thei’e is no
doubt or uiicertainity; it is
clear-cut and emphatic . . . “In
the beghining God ...” God is
the fountainliead and source of
life; life ineoinplete, impossible
without Ij0(1 its source. I'ife,
then, without true purpose is
meaningless, until it is reclaim
ed. and redeenieil by Gotl
Whence came man.' Wither goe-
th man.’ Thost' who accept, live
by aiul tlie by the faith can say
\Mtli the poet as the curtain
falls . . - am going home.”
ticganllcss of the meaning, pur-
l»ose and significance of human
life, the solemn fact is that we
pass this way but once. There is
a’.solemn finality about life. It’s
moments, seconds, minutes,
hours, days, weeks and months,
yea, the years all iiass in solemn
succession. Not a one can be
eras‘d or recalled. You may
have many wives, many degrees,
many houses and make many
I'lioices; but you have hut one
life. We are reminded of the
fiiiJilitf of life': We ]»ass this
wa\' hilt once!
.'»iiiee ^ve puss tiiis way but
oiice, we oiignt tjring tlie har-
»('si of a wise Jicart. Lhciv is a
iieeting brevity about our al
lotment of life. Truly wc neetl
to e(>uiit the days. Watch life,
for It pa.s.ses swiftly, (.iod gave
you a life. The day of account
ability comes. What returns will
have to show I How did you u«c
your gifts and talents — one,
two or five.’ Every normal man
has a gift he can use. You ought
take out some eternal securities,
l>ay up some imperishable trea
sures. Time, moth, rust destroy
all earthly securities. By faith,
we lay hold of eternal and im-
perisliable securities. This gilt-
'etlged security is good for time
and eternity.
j You ought to hasten to do your
acts of loving kindness today. It
may be later than you think.
Share the burden of love today;
j tomorrow may be too late. What
, (‘ver go(xl you may plan to do
it must be done while you pass
this way; you pass this way but
once. You must tio your act of
kindness today ; lift that burden
today; wipe away that tear to
day ; speak your w ord of en-
courjigement totlay. No act of
love can be performed in the
yesterilay that is past and gone.
Even, tomorrow is not yours;
tomorrow belongs to God. Today
is yours. God apportions time
by passing seconds. Yesterday
can be lived only in the sweet or
regretful realm of remembrance.
Count tilt' passing moments and
act toda\’. Tomorrow never
comes. It is locked in God’s
eternal mysteries. Vestenlay is
beyoiul yonr reach. Tomorrow is
beyond your grasp. Today yon
must hear his pleading voice and
be washed and cleanst'd fri'in
ycnir sins. Do your act of love
today. -Maki‘ some one near you
happy. Tomorrow may be too
late. You pass this way but
once .so . . _ “Number \dnr
days *ipi>ly your hearts to
wi.sdom ”.
All too soon the curtain falls.
Our little feverish activity is
over. We are born; we laugh;
we slied a tear ami then the cur
tain call. Before you learn how
to live its time to die. Life is in
deed like a watch in the night,
the gras.s, in the morning it
flourishes; at (>ven tide it is cut
down and we fly away. Twenty,
thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seveii;
ty or eighty years — fleeting,
its not long. God calls, ready nr
not, we lay aside thest' earthly
})lay toys and go to our Eternal
Home.
What Other Editors Say
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ONE MORE CHANCE
it looks as though the nation
is going to be given one more
ehaiiec to coiye clean Congress
will have one more opportunity
to prove to the country’s voters
and to the world that campaign
promises are not just empty
words thrown deceitfully into
the hungry vaciuim of political
convenience.
Tile whole (|uestion of civil
rights, and FE1*(’ in particular,
has probably ri'ceired more dis-
eu.ssion and less action than any
other important issue of our
time. 'I’he sum total of all of this
ilodging and hedging has been
to put the theory of democracy
as a way of life in the position
of seeming unable to sustain it
self through inner strength and
structural soundness.
The (|iiestion of civil right has
brought out tilt* |)laintive cry of
the fain in heart who can’t bear
to st'e fill* status (pio changed in
an^- way. It Inis stirred the
frantic blu.ster of hatemongens
and professional South(“rners. It
has summoned the appeasers,
the compromis('rs, the rabble-
rousers. It has been the object
of countless efforts to conhise
the is.sue with that of social
equality which does not enter
the picture at all. It has been
spineless surrender on the part
of the Senate to the filibuster
ing of the South. It has produc
ed the di.sgraceful spectacle of a
nation more willing to concedc
to its prejudices than,to contend
for its principles.
.Most vocal and vitriolic, of
cour,s(‘, are the Dixie politicians.
Next to them, and almost as vo
cal if not as virtriolic, are those
who advocate letting things take
their cours' without too much
urging or interference. These
are the i)eoj)le who say “given
time, ihese things will work
themselves out.” it is here that
a grave danger to our nation
and to the caust* of true democ
racy lies. We’ve already u.sed up
all of the time that was granted
us by gracious Fate and for
tunate circumstance. And we
now face the immediate necessity
of providing the example to
ourselves and to the rest of the
world that democracy offers
basic opportunities, securities'
and rewards to all of its adher-
‘iits no matter race, color or
ndigion. Failure to provide that
example will leave us trying to
cover the nakednes.s of our deceit
by clutching about us the .shame
ful rags of bigotry and coward
ice. I,^t us not be deceived a.s to
whether the rest of the civilized
world will line up to look. And
let us likewise not be deceived
as to what they will see
Nor will these glaring weak
nesses in our interpretation of
democracy “work themselves
out.” Problems do not “work
themselves out.” They are work
ed out by mt‘11 who have the
courage and wisdom to see what
needs to be done and tli(‘ strength
of i)urpose to do it. Today the
nation has the eluince to prove
that it has that wisdom and
strength of jnirpose.
The (uitcry against a com
pulsory FEPC does not come
from the rank and file of A-
merican citizens. It comes from
the comparative few who see in
it tlu' threat of inconvenience or
a job at tiu‘ sore spot of their
prejudices. We h(>ar no ])uhli(‘
objection when (|uaraiifine is
imposed against a contagious
disea.se that expos‘s the i)0])ula-
tion to pos.sible infecti(m. Is it
less important that quarantine
be applied against the virus of
religious bias? Certainly the
latter disea.si* is mon* dangerous
than many maladies against!
which the necessity for protec
tion is simj)ly taken for granted.
Wt> can no longer hide from
the truth of the damage being
done our American system by
condoning prejudice and the
free exereisc thereof. It may not
be pos.sible to legislate tolerance
into the hearts of people. But it
is possible to create an environ
ment in which tolerance may
exist and grow as the vital, in
dispensable ingredient of A-
merican democracy. — KAN
SAS CITY CALL.'
Browsing ^ Brower
BY FRANK BROWER
(DURHAM’S WINDOW ON THE WORLD)
“THE FRIENDLY CITY”
It hasn’t got the hansome in the park.
It hasn't got the skyline after dark.
But Durham’s my home,
Yes Durham’s my home sweet home.
—FROZEN FEET
TELL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN — If you want
anything done, tell the women and children
because the mind of the men are too clutter
ed up with facts. If you have a “must see”
list, put “Intruder In The Du.st” at the
top Walter Winchell and the Moral
Women’s li(‘ague an* unfair to “Strom-
boli.” Ingrid Bergman sinner and she has
paid for it both in the pictun* and in pri
vate life, so why not let her bt*. C’riticism
is doing no more than making more curious
peoj)h* rais* the take at the ticket box.
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS — The
question of the week in London is “-Should labor walk softly
in the face of its hairbreadth escape from defeat last week’s
election, or should it militantly carry on for more socialism?”
Well the world is like a fruit-cake, its no good without a few
nuts in it — Well, now what do you think of your Congress
man in the Capitol on the FEPC question. Senator Graham
is a smart politician to voice his desire for a voluntary FEPC,
in face of the coming election. Being outspoken took the Vice-
prexy post from Hank Wallace a few years ago — As to social
ism in England, the bohbys say it chopped the pound to
ounces.
MILES MARK FISHER TO UNITED NATIONS quiz at
Hillside. He won the “quiz down” contest held in the auditorium
last week with nine other specialist of the school. It was sponsored
by the Durham lA’aguc of Women Voters (this department ex-
j)cct.s to start one, “tell the women and children). Joe Becton was
runner up in the interesting session that disclosed that your kids
know more than you about the UN—A vicious circle recently dis
closed all over the nation is that the teachers are scared of the
principal, tht* principal is scared of the suppy, the suppy is
afraitl of the School Jioard, the School Board is scared of the
parents, and the parents are scared of the children,
TO THE INDIES, THE ANDES, OF YOUR DIES — If
you don’t register and vote, this might happen to you. The
North Carolina motto is “To be rather than to seem.” If you
are not interested enough to do research, then we will give you
some dope you should know about your State. There are 48
Democrats and 2 Republicans (almost spelled the latter with
a small letter, but don’t C9unt them out). There are 109 Don-
kej's and 9 Elephants in the House, so you can imagine it
doesn’t smell as bad as the Barn (if you please) in Wash
ington where the manure mixture of both animals can be
“smelt” all the way here when the wind is wrong.
THIS IS THE REASON ~ You might .say you are not in
terested in politics, but it^
the wrong attitude. Oiu* candi
date recently resigned from
tilt* House rat'c because he
eoiiltl hetti*r s*rve the present
aiitl future of kids like ‘Pugy’
(see pic.) by political work
that h(* would bt; ineligible
for if lit' stayed in the race.
‘I’ujjry’ is the bouncing boy
of .Mr. fliitl Mrs. Benny Book
er - Kecess is over. Clas.s come to order; How much docs Kerr
Scott get annually / Well, it’s $15,00 plus $5,GUO for travel and
exiiense for this (State nicknamed “Tarheel,” and with a flower
eallcd Dogwood. The population is three and three quarter milliou.
H. P. Taylor, the Lt. Goveruor gets $2,100 per year and $700 per
session of the Legislatuix*, and the members of the Geueral As
sembly get $000, about $50 a week. Secretary Thad Eure draws
i>7,500; Auditor Henry L. Bridges, $7,500; and Treasurer Braud-
ou P. Hodges, $7,500.
POPULAR VOTE TO SOON ELECT PREXY — It seems
that soon, the popular vote instead of the Election College
will determine our future United States prexies, and you
know what that means. In North Carolina in the last election,
Thurman polled over 1-2 hundred thousand votes from the
hundred counties with eleven and a half thousand coming
from Durham County. Dewey received two and a half
hundred thousand with Thurman following with 69 1-2 thou
sand and Wallace nearly four thousand. None for Socialist
Thomas and National Prohibitionist Watson. The total vote
being nearly 800,000.
VOTING QUALIFICATIONS - You must be in the State
one year, in the county four months, and no time is specified for
residency in the precinct. There are thirty-two in Durham Coun
ty. You must be twenty-one, a citizen, MOt a convict, able to read
or write, BUT important of all is that you must be registered in
the precinct where you live and vote — Election Keturns past
election for State head was 571 thousand votes for Kerr Scott,
200 thousanil for Pritchard, and 3 and one third thousand for
Mary Price who was a recent victim of a reckless auto driver while
crossing the street in D. C.
COLOR IN LEGISLATIVE RACE — Senate Election Re
turns for Washington manpower sent Broughton with 540 1-2
thousand votes, and when he died March 6, 1949, Kerr Scott
appointed Frank Graham to fulfill the unexpired term, and
he is again a candidate. Wilkerson, Republican drew down
200 and a third thousand and and Rev. Brown three and a
half thousand on the Progressive ticket. As to color in the
Legislative race, Walter Goins is still there.
SEPIA SINGSATION IS LITTLE JESSE OWNES (see
pic). He can’t run as fast as
big Jesse, the Olympic star,
but that fast sprinting cleai
baritone is as Atomic ,'is the
radio waves. Akron, Ohio can
fully be proud of its citizens,
beige and pink. It was a white
boy from there who won the
Soapbox D«>rby, and Jes.s(* is
the scconil Akronite to be
champ on the Horace Heidt
Show. Jesse just graduated
from High School with honors
and is already a radio singsation at 18 — Dr. James M. Hubbard,
Sr., prominent local dentist, is the new secretary of the North
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