FAGJI TWO
k CHALLENGE TO DURHAM
THE CAKOLIMA T1ME3 SATURDAY, SEPT. .10, 1950 ' "WILL KOREA OPEN THE DOOR?
The citm-uk ol Uuriiwii. the rit\ > uuiu-il. ti
Cit.v Mana^r aiid all dther uLviuies anJ mjp
porter* of law and otxlt-r, niUHt acrcpt tlio
l•baliell|^' Imrlitl in tlifir iM*c» last 8atunlav
night at which time two polifo cftici rs mi ic
wantoiUy aul aeriously woundod in thi liii' of
duty when thiy went to tlie moiic of otic oi thi
.'ity's week end brawls.
To meet the ehalli'ngr means that all ilcccnt
citizens must let it Ix- known that tiny will not
harbor criminals, or wilhhoUl fnuii poliic officers
information that tends to eontrihiiti* to crime in
this community. Tco often wlieu offii'cr.s ”o
to the st'Pne oi brawls and crinu'. citi/cnb who
.mpht to support tln-m by >rivin;j information
that would lead to the arrest of criminals
fuse to do so. either becausi' of tear or n lai'k of
interest in riddinp the city ot its i-rinie and
'riminala.
We wouhl ni.t attempt tu try the case a!:ainst
the weilder of the j»nn in last Saturday ni^lit'-.
shootinp befon the facts are aired in a e»mt of
aw. There is one an^le. howevi-r, that "ivcs us
ureat eoni*ern and that is the apparent lack of
re.si>ect for the police >'ar and its occupantu when
it arrived at the scene of the shootiufr.
Whatever arc the estenuatin}f cinunistanccs
leading up to and surrounding; the sliootinf.' of
the oflfieers, the arrival of the police ear nufjlit to
have been the sipnal that the law is now on the
ijeene and a citizen, however much in jeopardy
he might believe his life to be, should Ik' satisfied
that the occupants of the police ear are there for
his protection aiul are sworn to and will carry
nit their duty.
The CAROLINA TIMES looks ujion thi'
most unfortunatt* incident with ■'rave concern.
Ft again takes its stanl apainst all loafer®.
.niiiK.irds. ( its, iiiid weekend brawlers and
i-alls upon .ill deeciii eitis'cns of Durham to back
tii ■ hilt ,t ehiin|iiii^ down of our police de
(Ciitmiiit on thosi who delight in raisinu hell
on our streets and in ilie communities where
ihi-y live
All of the loafers, crooks, rats and -rimiual8
■iimbined are not wctrth .siicrificing the life or
limb of one police otbeer in tbi» *ity. We want
the lot made hard for thos* wlios*- way of life
would have no regitrd for the law or officers of
the law. If to do this means more police officer.s
then we know of no better investment the tax
payers can make than to employ them.
iMirliam ih blessed with one of the finest and
clcjinest police forces to be found anywhere. Its
r'cord l\>r fairness and deecncy will match that
to he I'ointd any where. The (’AROLINA TIMES
therefore, feds tlud it is its bounden duty to
stand behind the fine men in l>«th ra‘es of
which it is com])osed.
These men. howcvi-r, must have the support,
understandiiif' iind sympathy of all decent
■iti/.ens in the most difficult task which they are
-idled upon to perrorm in their effort.s to ])ro-
leet the lives and i)ro])erty of us all in this eity.
The\’ must be made to feel satisfied that every
M'lf respectin^r citizen, be he white or black, is
li(‘hind his efforts to make niirham a better
pifice in which to live.
The challenge for more /aw aTid order has
■ome to Dtirluim with grim reality. We trust
it will be met by ii more determined effort on
the pfirt of all concerned to lend support to a
u'cnerHl cleaning out of the dives and rat holes
that are hre«‘ding eritne and criminals in our
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INDU5rRY
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TO OUR BABIES NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
.Someday this editorial will be read by sonc
of you babies whos** j)icturcs appear in this issue
of the CAROLINA TLMES. When that hour
comes we trast you will know and appreciate
the full significance of why we took time out in
;he bu.sy rush of this disturbeil world to ])ublish
your pictures.
When it is finally read by you we hope you
will understand that even before you were old
enough to gra.sp the meaning of life tbat the
CAEOLINA TIJIES wa.s pulling for you. We
want you to grow up strong, courageous and
free, we want you to have the opportunity to
become useful citizens and live in a world where
men are so mindful of each others rights that,
they are willing to sacrifice their lives to pri*-
serve them.
Someday when you, who are now babies, will
read this editorial, look at your baby picture
with smiling interest in the then yellow, time
worn pages of this issue of the (WKOLIN.v
TIMES which has been preserved for you be
tween the pages of books, in trunks, and other
places by your mother, dad or some other per
son who loves you dearly, you will then under
stand why we worked so hard to publisli your
picture and information about the care of babies.
V.ou will then know that we, together with your
ma and pa, were decjily intere.sted in your
|)hysical and mental development and W'elfare.
Long before you were born and thereafter,
these old sacred columns you now hold in your
hands constituted a battleground across which
were fought battle after battle for your right
10 freedom and human dignity. What you now
, enjoy in good schools and eqtial rights was
bought with great sacrifice, anxiety and struggle
of the (’ARf)LIXA TBIES together with a few
faitliftd men !uul women of your race who
wanted you to share in the whole scheme of
ilemoeratic goveriniient rather than an alloted
portion of it.
i*’or tiiis we ask no words of commendation
aj)pi-eciation nor memorial, we only ask that if
the victory is not Fully won by the time you
read this you take up the struggle and so con
duct your lives that those who are then babies
will have a higher and nobler life when they
reach your age.
THE GREAT LIBERAL STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Well, a Negro student has finally been enrolled
at the University of Virginia for the study of
law. To the dismay of those who made a pre
diction to the contrary no race riot has ensued,
no calamity has befallen the South, no earth
quake has occurred and the heavens have not
fallen.
Probably Virginia white folks are made or
sterner stuff than those in North Carolina where
Attorney-General Harry McMtillan predicts
that if Negroes are admitted to the Cniversity of
North Carolina it will uiulo 85 years of .south
“rn traditions in this State.
Well, Virginia never laid claim to being a
great liberal state like North Carolina, It never
produced such a laige crop of Negro I’ncle Toms
and appeasers as this State. In Virginia Ne
groes have been bringing action in courts for
years to obtain their rights, while so-called Ne
gro leaders sat on the sidelines fattened their
bellies, buttocks and pockets at the expen.se of
the masses.
Here in North Carolina so-called Negro lead
ers have written, paraded aiul bragged all over
tiic nation about \\hat a great liberal state we
have. Here we have boatsed about our peace
ful relationshii) while underneath intolerance
and racial hatred, akin to that in Missis-sippi,
(ieorgia and Alabama .smouldered in all its in
tensity.
The recent Demoeratifc primary with its Willis
Smith was a concrete example of what North
('iirolina in reality is like. In that campaign
all the stops were i)ulled out, stops that many
of the good citizens of both races of the state
(lid not know existed, and North Carolina race
relations stood naked before tiie eyes of the
world ill all its shame.
In ^■i^ginia the Attorney-Ueneral submitted
with grace to the will of the United States
Supreme Court in the matter of admitting Ne-
irro(*s to the State I'niversity. In North Carolina
lie Attorney-Oeneral, leading lawyers, defiant
ly fight on to ])revent what they in their heart
tf hearts know is right and w'hat must ulti
mately triumph.
Ck Car§i|a Clmes
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Spiritual Insight
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
PASTOR, MOUNT GILEAD BAPTI^ CHURCH
SMALL BUSINESS ’
By C. WILSON HARDER
Here's a fact about the recent
cigarette price boost that 1* re
ceiving congreislonal attention.
• • * It
The Mar»hall Plan h»« just
riven 1,050 metric toiw of tobac
co valued at 11,600,000 to France:
4,640 toiM valued »t $6,674,000 to
Ireland, according to ECA Bulle
tin No. 1696. Tobacco gift*
Marshall Plan expenditure of
billion now total »M9,500,000.
Many Congressmen privately
■ay, if they had known American
tax dollars would be used to give
luxuries such as tobacco and
swank hotels to Europe, instead
of the necessities to prevent
starvation, they would have never
voted lor the Marshall Plan.
• • •
Hie gift of tobacco to Ireland
seems to especially rankle. Many
Congressinen share Winston
CbnrcUU’s viewpoint that Ire
land’s r^usal to let the Allies use
her ports caused a great loss ot
life and cargoes in World War II.
« « «
Congressional decision to do
nothing in an election year to re
vise corporation taxes upwards
to meet defense needs apparently
dooms all chance of cuts in the
wartime excise taxes. Therefore,
the iO% tax on baby powder;
baby oils, wiU continue.
• « •
Says one solon, **my colleagues
feel Irritated babies may cry, but
they iran’t vote for at least 20
years, while we must avoid irri
tating big campaign contributors
Whose donations are needed now.”
• • •
Many independent newspaper
publishers, squeezed by mount
ing newsprint prices and protest
ing the Marshall Plan gift of
$1,297,000 to Natronzellstaff-und,
Papierfabrik Aktiengesellschaft
at Frantschach, Austria, for mod
ern machinery.
* • •
This company is the only paper
mill in Austria . . . therefore, »
monopoly. Lack of t-apital over
the years eliminated Independent
American paper producers;
eliminated competitive newR-
prlnt prices. Hence the protests
over this latest ECA action by in
dependent American publishers.
* • •
From California reports are
pouring into Washington of al
leged proiiteering that may set
in motion a full scale investiga
tion of the California oil indus
try, which is closely held and
controlled by a few large com
bines to the virtual exclusion of
independent concerns.
• * I",
While the Department of De
fense, since the start of the Ko
rean War, Is paying 8% more for
needed supplies, on the West
Coast, the government is paying
54.5% more for fuel oil, IZ.4%
more for (rasoline, than paid In^
April... this means independent
business must assume a still
greater tax burden.
• * •
At the same time, a leading
California broker siJectalizing in
oil stocks, released a report stat
ing prior to Korea the California
oil industry was plagued with a
surplus of heavy fuel oil.
« * *
Now, the report states, the
average daily reHning of crudc
has jumped from 8!)2 thousand
barrels to 915 thousand barrels;
crude oil Inventories in California
have dropped 2 million barrels.
• • •
Next week, we will give you a
factual authentic report on inde
pendent businessmen’s opinion
on price controls.
ONaUmal VWcratkm ot Independent Btulncii
POWER FOR TIME OF TROUBLE"
“They chose Stephen a man
full of faith and the Holy
Ghost.”—Acts 6:5.
Christ callQtl men from u
world of ease aiul comfort to
take a yoke, a cross and endure
tribulation, lie promised true
freedom through hardship. We
are called to lay aside the chains
of bondage and take up the em
powering burden of spiritual
)ileli|\vranec. ^Vhat stranga
ideas! How can a yoke be easy
and a burden light,’ How can
I face tribulation and suffer
ing with good cheer ? The an
swer is found in the Hiystei'ious
drama of the Cross. It is foolish
ness to the world. This is the
way Qoil gives power to us
mi.serable creatures. God gives
power and promises to see you
through. God gave Steplieii
power for a time of trouble. It
was power born of faith and the
Holy Ghost. This power held
Stephen in the dark hour of
trouble. It will s’^istain you in
time of trouble.
Every follower of Christ
nuust have his day of trouble.
He has warned every one who
enrolled in his army: “In the
world ye shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer for I have
overcome the world.” Stephen
and the Church had prepared
for their hour of trouble on
the day of Pentecost. If yon
don’t have a Pentecost, you
can’t face your hour. Pentecost
is a day to be filled with
heavenly power. Tt is a time
to make ready for the hour of
trouble. His faith had pre
pared him for this hour. The
Holy .spirit had sanctified and
fortified him for the raging
storm of persecution. The hour
eomes — without the gates of
Jerusalem — but Heaven’s Holy
Plame is burning in his soul.
When your hour strikes, you
will need power. The world will
never let you forget that this is
the way of the cross. The world
placed a Cross on the sinless
shoulders of the Bon of God.
How can we escape? Stephen
stands in the midst of an angry,
howling mob; but he stands
with calmness and courage.
WhyHe has Divine power
for his time of trouble. Anchor
ed by faith and the Holy Spir
it, you, too, can stand with an
untroubled heart in the time of
trouble.
This power comes to those who
surrender to Christ. Call the
roll of powerpacked souls and
you will find those who have
surrendered to (lod. The roll is
graced and dignified by those
who took God at his word. They
were not afraid to stand on his
promises. They took him at his
word and . . .“Forsook all and
followed him ...” For them the
gift of Christ’s redeeming love
was the most precious thing in
all the world. If we lack power
Avhen our hour comes, w'e are too
fearful. This power is born of
obedience to God and his word.
He has surrendered all. When
the hour strikes he could say:
arrest me. beat me but I cling
to my faith. Take my life but
I keep my faith. This power—
unshakeable Faith in God—will
keep you amid all of life’s ad
versities.
This power turns misfortune
and defeat into victory. In a
world of de.spair, defeat, dis
couragement, fear and suffer
ing, we need such a power. Our
loved one are endangered, cut
off in tile prime of life; our
hopes, aspirations and ambitious
are unrealized, then we need
such a power. When we lose our
health and our homes are shat
tered and broken, we need such
a power. This power brings
light out of darkness, hope out
of discouragement and despair.
This power holds us steady un
til a brighter tomorrow’ dawns.
In & world of defeat, we need
a power that can change defeat
into victory.
How marvelous are the works
pd ways of our God. God fash
ioned the death of Stephen into
a spark to inflame the latent
and potential missionary zeal of
the early Church. The church
now is beginning to suffer a
baptism of fire and maybe God
will use it to rekindle the life-
giving power of the Church
throughout the world. With the
fall of Rome darkness and ruin
settled upon the world but the
Church rose triumphantly^ a--
hove the ruins and the darkness
to take her rightful place in the
world. Who knows but that our
God will bring the Kingdom
just a little nearer out of the
carnage of this troubled hour.
God moves in a mysterious way.
The fire of Pentecost was burn
ing low and the infant Church
w'as being lulled to sleep by a
dying Judaism. And then,
then, Stephen was stoned to
death and died with the beauty
of Holiness beaming from his
countenance and this Divine fire
leauped from his countenance
and set the Church on fire with
sense of her Divine Mission,
God gives power for the times
trouble.
Walter White Protests
Ban On Michael Scott
New York — W’’alter White,
executive secretary of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement' of Colored People,
today asked for the “personal
intercjpssion” of Secretarj’ oi
State Dean Acheson to enable
Rev. ^Tichael Scott of South
Africa to get a visa to attend
the General Assembly of the
United Nations as “a repre
sentative and spokesman for the
otherw’ise voiceless native
population of the T’^nion of
South Africa.”.
Mr. Scott, an Anglican clergy
man, was granted vinaa in 194S
and 1949. Last year h«* ap|>ear-
ed biefore the T i ie**Hhip
Council as spok* .hhiu. :or the
Herero tribe of thi mandated
territory of South W.-«t Africa
to present their petition against
the anexation of that territory
by the Union of South Africa.'
Now in London, he has been
denied a visa by the United
States consulate and informed
that relief could be obtained
only from Washington. The In
ternational League for the
Rights of Man has designated
the Rev. Mr. Seott as a con
sultant for this season of the
Assembly and has sought to
gain entry for that purpose.
In reply to a previous wire re
questing admission of the South
African, the State Department,
through H. J. L. Heureur, chief
of the visa division, asserted
that Mr. Scott “in order to at
tend the General Assembly as
representative of native popula
tions of the Union of South
Africa” -w'ould have to be in
vited by the United Nations and
that the Department had not
received any notification of
such an invitation. “As a repre
sentative of the International
Leai^e,” Mr. Heureux added,
“he is entitled to consult with
ECSOSCO but no ECOSOC
meetings are scheduled until
February, 1951.”
In his letter to Secretary
Acheson, Mr. White said that
“the gravity of the situation
created by the intransigent at
titude of the Union of South
Africa so far as human rights
for the native population and
cooperation with the U. N. are
concerned is such that we con
tend that no legalistic reasons
should be permitted to deny
Rev. Scott the right to speak
for those who are otherwise
voiceless.”
Charging that “the present
apartheid (segregation) policy
of the Union of South Africa
is in some respects worse than
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The Liberal
Men
By DON WEST
Pity not the poor.
The hungry mass
Who fight for bread
Midst human tears;
But pity thoae,
The liberal class.
Once brave with words,
Now cowered by fears.
Oh pity those,
The liberal men
Whose words were brave
When times were fair;
But now their lips
And tight and thin—
We cannot hear them any-
■where I
Capping Exercises
Held At Monrovia
Monrovia, Liberia — ilisses
Princess King and Esther Niin
ley of the Government hospital,
and Misses Rachel Askie Rose
David, and Anna Graham of
the Baptist hospital were cap
ped at a solemn and colorful
ceremony held at Cox Hall of
the College of West Africa ou
Monday evening ^t eight o’clock,
and thus became the Class of
1952.
Graduate and Student Nurs>s
of both hospitals formed the
long line of procession which
marched into the hall under the
strains of soft music played by
Mrs. Viola Gray. Dr. .1. D. K.
Baker led in devotion. Music
was( furnished bj' the Glee Club
composed of Nur.ses, and under
the direction of Airs. Annabel
W’alker of Hall-Johnson fame.
The welcome from the student
body to the class was made by
Student Nui’se Priscilla John
son, and responded to by Mis?j
Princess King.
Mrs. Ellen Scarbrough, Asst.
Secretary of Public Instruction,
introduced Mrs. Maude Morris
as Guest Speaker. She paid tri
bute to the great work of Mrs.
Morris as an educator and jiii-
triot. Many persons in high
station today are products of
her tuition, and she has been a
driving force in the Commun
ity. Mrs. Scarbrough mentioned
that in her usual patriotic zeal,
Mrs. Slorris was building a
school in Paynesville where less
fortunates might have the ad
vantage of an education, and
despite her many duties, Mrs.
Morris would also teach at said
school.
Mrs. Morris who possesses a
command of the English lan
guage recounted virtues of
Florence Nightingale, and ad
monished the Nurses to always
possess an understanding hi art.
“A smile to a patient and a
quick respond to the tap of the
stined to bo a leader of his )>eo-
pie,” said the speaker; nhe
hoped that all Fjibcrian nurses
would always honor their
obligation, and do all within
their power to uphold true
wonianhood,
•Major Mary L. ’Mills, Di
rector of Nursing of the
USPIOIIL, presented the Cia.ss.
She also read greetings from
Presidmt and Airs. Tubman,
iind -histice Wilinot Dennis
who is a patient at the (Jovi rn-
inent hospital. In addition to
her onerous dutie,s. Major Mills
has for the past two years taught
and prepared nurses of ^lie
Tubman National Instituti' of
Medical Arts School of Nursing.
Her charming dis])ositiou has
won for her friends thruout the
entire cotmtry where she has
made visits in the interest of
her work, and also to get high
school graduates to take up
•\ursing. Miss Hargett is here
now to relieve her from the
school, and -within a few months,
Alajor Mills — that angel of
mercy will be taking a \\ell
bell might save who is destined
Mrs. Janet Buckle, Acting
Superintendent of Nurses of
the Govcriuneni, Hospital con
ferred the Caps, whilst Student
Nurse Anna Cooper of the l’>ap-
tist Hospital conducted the
Candle Light Ceremony,
OflRcials of government,
diplomats, business men, clergy
and the common man and 'vo-
man crowded the hall to show
api)reciation to those pers(ms
who an> making the sacrifice in
preparing our girls for this
great work of ministering to the
sick.
Gloster B. Current South
Carolina NAACP Speaker
Spartanburg, S. C. — Gloster
B. Ciirrent, New York City, Di
rector of Branches of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
will deliver the keynote address
during the 10th Annual Meet
ing of the South Carolina Con
ference, NAACP, to be held in
Spartanburg, October 14-15.
Current, who will speak dur
ing the final mass meeting Sun
day, October 15th, did his un
dergraduate work at West Vir
ginia State College: he is a
graduate student of Wayne Uni
versity and a Voelker Fellow in
Public Administration.
A native of Indianapolis, In
diana, he first became connect
ed with NACCP in 1946. At
present he directs the activities
of 1600 branches, youth coun
cils and college chapters, and
is head of the Department of
Branches in the National Office.
Previously he had worked with
NAACP Youth- Councils in De
troit beginning in 1936 and was
chairman of tiie Central Youth
Council Commtttee 1936-1939.
In 1939 he became vice chair
man of National College Chap
ters remaining in the capacity
until being appointed execQtive
secretary of the Detroit Branch,
NAACP.
A member of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity he is a well-
known magazine and newspii|>er
columnist writer. He servel as
delegate to the World Youth
Congress in Ijondon 1945.
Other features of the two
day meeting will be panels on
legal redress and political ac^
tion. On the legal redress })anel
seven attorneys will di.sciiss
seven different legal quest ions
affecting NAACP work in
South Caroliim. One the
political action panel veteran
precinct, county and state or-
ganizers will present to the del
egates Avays and means of or-
gaui^.ing more effcfcfcively for
local advancement.
In addition to Current other
meeting speakers will be Dr.
Samuel R. Higgins, President,
Allen University, Columbia. S.
C., and A. J. Clement, Jr., Al;m-
ager, Charleston District, North
Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company and the first Ne
gro in South Carolina to luii
for Congress since Reconstruc
tion. Conference are expecting
500 delegates.
(