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rAOVTWO THl CASOLINA TlinS SATUBDAT, JAN. It, 1154 SFAm Iffi DEATH PENALTY FOK (APE IN NORTH CAROUNA-'FOII NEGROES ONir This editorial is being writ ten Friday, January 8 while four separate rape trials are before the courts of North Carolina. By the time it is read penalities in three of the cases in all probability will have been pronounced. What ever happens, we are not afarid to wager that if the death penalty is pronounced on any of the detendants, it will not be on any of the three white men. At Durham they are trying four Negroes for raping a white woman; in Warrenton a white man was scheduled to go on trial for raping a Negro wom^n, but the case was continued until the May term of court; in Dunn a white man is being tried for raping a white woman; and in New Bern a white Marine is being' tried for raping a white woman. While all these trials for rape are going on in the courts of North Caro lina a bigger trial is going on in the conscience of every de cent, law abiding citizen of this state, and that is the trial of North Carolina justice. We have said in these col umns before that the death GENERAL penalty for rape in North Carolina and the rest of the South is a Negro penalty. For as far back as penal history' is recorded—since 1909 to be more exact—no white man has ever paid the extreme penalty for raping a Negro woman in this state, and on ly five white men have paid tne death penalty for raping white women. It is going to be interesting for those concerned about equal justice for all men in North Carolina to watch the outcome of the four cases now before its courts. The contin uance of the case at War renton until May, in which the white man was to have been tried for raping a teen age Negro girl, makes us sus picious that the courts have already begun and attempt to hide the fact that it is utterly impossible to impose the ex treme penalty in North Caro lina on a white man for rap^ ing a Negro woman. We sus pect the legal machinery of uie state would much prefer to try the Warrenton cases when comparison of the dif ference in the penalties will not be so glaring. Apparently the ground is being set for the death penalty in the Dur ham case and an acquittal in the Warrenton case, or a penalty for less than death. Rapists are no better than other criminals who strike at the weakest and most unpro tected first, then at the mod erately strong, and finally no woman, white or black, is safe from their beastly lust. Some of our white leaders who once thought it smart to cov er up for a white man who rapes a Negro woman, now, belatedly see the crime as a growing menace to all citizens in this state. . Either North Carolina should abolish the death pen alty for rape or it should hew to the line in such cases and let the chips fall where they may. The idea that it is pos sible for the state courts to continue a crooked policy and maintain the respect of the people is stupid. U'rom all in dications rape among white people is on the increase in this state, and the reason may be traced;.directly to the fact that the death penalty for such cases in North Carolina is “FOR NEGROES ONLY.” M>0000000000€>€»00000€>00 CLUB HEHIiERS FORUM BY MARCUS H. BOVLWARE THE CHURCHES BECOMING TROUBLED ABOUT SEGREGATION It was late getting into some of the daily newspaj^rs of the state, and some of them did not publish it at all„ but an Associated Press article appeared in the Greemsboro Daily News of Friday, Jan^ uary 8 which stated that “con science-troubled churches to day are taking new steps to eliininate the segregation of Sunday morning.” The state ment follows only a few months after that most bitter indictment made last year against Christian churches in America, which said that the greatest hour of segregation in the United States is Sun day between 11 A. M. and 1:30 P. M., when its Chris tian people go to the house of God focjynMhip. ' £omfc of iis timid Christies don’t want to admit it, but it has been the sports and thea trical worlds that have thus far pointed the way to hu- nian brotherhood in America, instead of the church. It is a common occurrence to see mixed baseball, football and basketball games in America. Two men of different races can get in a prize ring and fnaul each other until one is helpless and shake hands like brothers after it is all over, but only in rare instances, especially in the South, is it possible for Negro and white Christians to worship God to gether, to say nothing about Christian ministers of op posite races exchanging pul pits. Here in Durham about the closest the white and Negro churches have come to prac ticing the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, which they preach' is the formation of an interracial Baptist Min isterial Alliance that prac tically meets in secrecy, ap- parentljtcfor fear some pow erful white layman may be come incensed at such and scream to low hell. We had an invitation to visit the thing once, and we came away feel ing as if we had stuck our head in a bucket of slime. If you have ever seen consci- ence-burdened white min isters trying to appease their consciences by acting bro therly toward Negro min isters, you can easily under stand what we are talking about. The recent move of the Catholic Church in^ North Carolina in the direction of treating all of its communi cants as members of one body as signified by the removal of wjmfe only pigns” from its ctorches has been the lone ray of light cast by the Church in an abysmally dark situation .with regard to Christian race relations. It is possible for the white church in the South to play an important role in advanc ing the cause of Christianity and Democracy in a world that is going to need them both to save mankind from itself in this atomic and hy drogen age. It can only do so by tearing ^own the jim crow sign off its front door and re placing it with one that will read, “Whosoever will let him come.” When that is done, men and women of all graces, creeds and colors will have the opportunity to know each other better and to learn the all important truth that hu man flesh and blood are the same the world over, regard less of what color the skin is that covers them. The article carried by the Daily News said further; Dr. Oscar Lee, head of the National Council of Churches Department of Racial and Cul tural Bclatlons, said a recent survey of 13,000 predomin antly white churches showed 9.8 per cent of them Included non-whites (In most cases, Negroes). Five years ago, a smlllar sur vey showed only 4.8 per cent included Negroes. “There's obviously a - good deal of progress,” Lee said. “It is going on in the South, too.” But the churches themselves generally admit they’re asham ed of the prevailing pattern— which exists despite their pro nounced ideals. Churches, rather than lead ing In eliminating segregation, “have often lagg^ • behind other major institutions in our society,” declared the last general council meeting of the Congregational Chris tian Churches. Meanwhile, In a mounting chorus. Catholic, Protestant and Jewish bodies have de clared their opposition to “white only” signs on the House of God. At the same time, most de nominations have made big strides recently in bringing Negro churchmen into top regional and national bodies.” 1 Confession is good for the soul of an individual. It is better for groups of indi viduals, especially when they constitute a body as import ant as the Christian church. When it confesses that it is ashamed of the pattern of segregation, you may rest as sured that you have heard the death-rattle of this most disgraceful custom. There are people now living beyond 50 years of age who will attend se^egation’s funeral. There will be no flowers. Questiqn; What are lome of the ways of amending a motion? Discuss some of the rules affec ting the amendment. ANSWER: There are three ways of amending a motion, namely: (1) By addition or in sertion, (2) by elimination or deletion, and (3) by substitu tion. Examples: Main Motion: I move that this club donate ten dollars to the Community Chest. Amendment by addition: I move that we amend the motion by adding after the word Chest” the words "with the re quest that the money be ear marked for the Negro Boys Club.” Main Motion: I move that the club send four male delegates to the Chicago Jamboree. Amendment by deletion: I move that we amend the motion by striking out (or deleting) the word “male.” Main Motion: I move that the club assess each member $25.00 for the annual banquet and dance. Amendment by substitution: I move to amend the motion by striking out the word “twenty- five dollars” and putting In its place the word “fifteen dollars.'” For my parliamentary law chart of motions, send 25 cents to cover tost of printing and handling. Write Dr. Marcus H. Boulware, 1611 Fayetteville St., Durham, N. C. I will discuss rules affecting the amendment next week. Straight | Ahead NEW YORK We were present at the de mise of another Negro show last Sunday night. It was the last performance of “Bom Yester day” at the President Theatre on West 48th Street, in which Ed na Mae Robinson starred, and the show was closing after a rousing run of exactly six days. The affair started oti drearily. The patrons, many of whom were there on “freebies”, the ticket-takers and the ushers wore long faces, and appeared to be there from a semip of du ty to the soon-to-be- departed production. The depressing at mosphere. was in keeping with the run down, gloomy theatre. Alive and kicking, however, was the patient, and when the curtain went up and the play got ■ underway, one might have thought, from the freshness and enthusiasm of the actors, that it was the second night’s perfor mance of a show that the cri' tics had predicted would run in definitely. It was a good one, but it was on its way. We began to wonder why. Could it btave been that the show did not have sufficient ad vance publicity? Could it havQ been that it didn’t go over be cause it was, after all, a re-hash of a play that had enjoyed a long run by the original company and then was made into a movie? Could it have been that the pub lic still can’t take a play in which Negroes are just ordinary people and are not involved in a race problem? Could it have been that the white pilbllc fStds it hard to accept a Negro in.a role in which he has a white stooge? It could be any one, or all of these reasons, plus a few more, and they all make up a riddle that Negro actors, publicity agents, and theatrical groups will have to solve. Obviously, the Negro should have come along far enough by now so that he shouldn’t have to rely on the musical comedy, or vaudeville- type show to keep Negro actors busy. "We have seen other Broadway plays acted by Ne gro actors, and they have been carried off as well as the origi- nal cast has done them. Notable among these plays was “Three’s A Family” in which Ruby Dee and Fred O’Neal gave such ster ling performances. The answer might be found in unearthing unusual material for production, or in developing writers of fresh material, or in the establishment of a circuit system for the presentation of Negro shows, and in gaining the proper support among Negroes for these productions. In any case, Negroes themselves will have to do much in solving the problem of the reaUy fine acting ability that has so far been wasting away from sheer disuse. Fanil Youth Mrns From European Trip WASHINGTON, D. C. Ulysses Foeman, 22-year-old former 4-H’er of Drew, Miss., who was the first Negro farm youth to participate in the Inter national Farm Youth Ebcchange, returned recently from a four- month stay in Nigeria and Eng- land» He was accompanied by Keith Brown, a white farm youth of Jonesville, Mich. Ulysses and Keith lived, wbr- ked, and shared experiences with farm families in Nigeria, West Africa, for about three ^Ipnths, ^nd then spent three Weeks mth farm families in England. They were among 117 Ameri can youths who were abroad last year imder the IFYE program which is sponsored by Coopera tive Extension Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, fho tState T.anH-rirnnt the National 4-H Foundation, the State Department, other government agencies and inte rested individuals and business organizations. Foeman, now a junior at Miss issippi Vocational College, Itta Bena, Miss., was awarded the (Continued on Page Seven) WASHINGTON AND SMALL BUSINESS YOURNEWSWPER V' SATURDAY JAN. 16, 1954 L. E. AUSTIN, PnblUher CLA^SAN M. ROSS, Editor M. E. JOHNSON, Business Manager B. i. HATNES, Advertising Manager mnry Saturday bjr tb« UNTTED nTBLMBBU. Ine*n»onted at ill I. fmgnw St. M'iaeiM daa mattar at tha femt Office ** Wmbam,' Martk'CaMaM oatfar tha A«t af MaKh s. ttf. Matianal A«v«rtWa( Ba»naa>tattm: Nawapan. Manfear, IflfFA. lataratata No tuarantaa of publication of unaoUdtad mata- rlal. LAttcra to tha aIltor for publication must be •Isncd and confined ta SCO wordi. Sub«cription Rataa: 10c par copy; Mix months, «tKW; One Year, fS.OO (Foreltn Countries, $4.00 If a new idea goes through. It probably cost U. S. taxpayers a few more mlUion dollars. « « « The moat intereiting fsot aboot the Item, however. Is an indi- oatlon of direction ot V. S. otB- otal thinking; how Intemational- lam creeps Into even moat tradi tional Amerl-. can branches I of government, * * * The Depart ment of Com-1 merce, long considered as concerned sole ly with Ameri can business, Is now encour aging Uie set- C.W. Harder ting up within its framework a U. S. Travel Commission. Rep. Jacob J. Javits says he will in troduce bill in forthcoming Congress to establish bureau. * * * Pnrpose ot C. S. Travel CSom- mlsslon will be to help foreign governments persuade Ameri cana with any money left after taxes for foreign aid to travel in Enrope. * • • All kinds at rationalization Is given for this effort. * a * It Is not enongh that more than |M billion have already been stripped from C. 8. taxpayers ^ for foreign aid. Now it will be come the duty of every wealthy American to toss a portion e( his tax free Income Into Europe. * • * Many feel ever Increasing offi cial U. S. concern with foreign nations is a greater threat to Republic than commimlnn. a a « Eagerness to set up a bnreav ta enconrage Americans to travel in Enrope Is Jnst another Indloatlon becatue anytime govarmnent sets np new barean, taxpayers foot but, and presnmably tM» Is snppo^ to be the time whea expenses are ta b« iKnmed. ,jL2!2SiilSl22S.!L!22S522L2£5l!l By C. WILSON HARDER It is significant that Depart ment of Commerce has never felt it necessary to encourage Ameri cans to see America. a • A very small percentage of Americans have gaied on Bos ton Harbor where tea was dimip- ed protesting nnjnst taxation. * m * Few have viewed Concord, or Bunker Hill, where American freedom was bom in blood. * * a Still fewer have viewed Chal- mette Oaks battlefield near New Orleans where Andrew Jackson and few Americans decisively whipped a superior foreign army, a « a The same prevails for Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Mon- ticello, other shrines of American Iraedom. a • a In fact, government officials and Congreumen would prob ably do well to visit shrines themselves, beoanse there Is a lesson to be learned from them, a a a Never before have Americana paid tribute to preserve i>eace. Today, blUlons are spent in an intamatlonal blackmail scheme. * • a The foreign aid program alnoa early days ot European postwar r^ef has been on this basis ... “either we give them money, or they’ll start playing footsie with the Kremlin.” a * a Sven after billions spent. Sec retary of State DuUes Is having trouble getting so-called tree Europe to actua^ set up a joint army for their own protection, a • a Amerkian shrines teach a les son which is offlolally neglected. Noth^ good Is bnllt on a founda tion of paying tribute or black- maU. Bat It hsa been many gen erations since the halls of Cong ress rang with the ory ot tree men “UilUons for defense, but not oae-oent for tribute.’ Breeding World Distaste Of Our Leadership Spiritual Insight “A LITTLE WIND” BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND PASTOR, MT. GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH “A LITTLE WIND" "When he saw the loiTui was boisterous...he was ajraid..” Matt. 14:30 Too many of us are too easily frightened in this rugged and difficult business of living. Every little wind that blows makes us shaky aijd fearful. Why are we so easily frighten ed? It takes but a little wind of adversity to stir mighty doubts in our hearts and soul. We lack! faith in Christ. We are quick to doubt him...” O ye of little faith...” Just a little wind fright ened Peter and made him doubt th^ master, Peter suffered a paralysis of faith there on the water as a little wind arose. A little wind caused him to doubt and he began to sink. We should never doubt him. I like to hear the saints say; I WILL NEVE® DOUBT HIM!...‘‘0 Thou of litUe faith ■ wherefore didst thou doubt...” A little wina sHouia frighten those who claim faith in God. In Christ we belong to an unshakable Kingdom. Surely the winds of life will arise. And our faith in God ought steady and anchor us. Faith ought hold us until the wind has overblown. Faith in God ought help us to face and conquer these winds of life. The faithfiU should not be frightened by every little wind that blows our way. Amid the little winds the faitlif ul ought be able to say...“BE STILL MY SOUL...THE LORD IS ON THY SIDE...” Jesus ever speaks to ua amid the winds of life...“Be of good cheer...be not afraid...” A little wifid tests yoUr faith. How can you (uiow the power of faith uhless you endure some winds? The soul of the faithful grows stronger m the winds of life. He who has not been tried in the winds will not know the beauty and power of his faith...” •THESE TRIALS COME A- MONG YOU..TO PROVE YOU.” Paul is right...“EVERY MAN’S WORK WILL BE TRIED IN FIRE.,.** The wind separat*^ es the chaff from the wheat. So how will you know the chaff from the wheat unless there is a little wind? Faith is for the dark, and windy scenes of life. Your faith is for the little wfnds of adversity. Winds do rise to shake us. The soul grows stronger in the winds of tribu lation. We need to face and en dure some of the winds of life— sickness, pain, agony, loneliness, disappointment, misfortune, cri ticism, persecution and sorrow. True faith will keep you imtil the winds of sickness, heartache, and sorrow have passed over oui* souls and lives. Faith speaks andi says this little wind will sooni pass over: STAND STEADFAST AND UNMOVABLB. Who is cri- ' ticized and persecuted-idlers? NO! THOSE WHO DO THINGS! Faith will anchor and see you through life’s little windy scenes victoriously. Let us not become fearful amid the windy scenes of Ule. May our faith in God make us steadfast and unmovable as the) little ^winds of’Ufo or iso. Never doubt him! God will take care of you! Challenge To Negro Business Seen In Increased Awareness Of Nation To Huge Negro Market NEW YORK (GLOBAL) The South has become aware of the Negro market. For the first time in their lives, south ern business men are beginning to woo Negroes as consumers of their products. This once ig nored market has suddenly ta ken on importance as it has be come more and more apparent that the ^onomic status of the Negro family has improved and that a once impoverished group now has a buying'{)^wer)ij;t>at is to be reckoned with. The Wall Street Journal re ports on the changes wrought byi this new awareness in South Carolina. The report quotes Law Epps, national sales manager of radio station WCOS in Column bia. Mr. Epps says, according to the report, “The potential is tremendous. Until five years ago, the Negro market in the South wasn’t recognized as a( separate entity. Radio was the first to explore the possibilities. Several independent stations de vote their programming and ad vertising time to Negro listeners, and many more stations are starting to cash in the' same way.” Many of the manifestations of this new interest in the Negro market in the south are altoge ther wholesome—good for both sides. For instance, the Miseren-' dino Motor Company, a Pack-\ ard and Wlllys dealer, hired a Negro salesman. They report that the first 15 days he was on the Job, he sold a new Packard, a new Willys and three used cars. In the same period a mon- th before, the entire sales staff had sold four used cars to Ne-> groes. An investment firm notes that Negroes have ;ome to theni( for stock market Information, and there has been notable Im-I provement in Ne^o homes. But these signs of integration on the economic level also sound a warning to Negro business peopile whose businesses have come into being principally be cause of a necessity for supply ing the Negro market with goods and services that Negroes in the South could not otherwise obtain. The National Negro Business League, meeting in At lanta, Georgia last November in its 53rd annual convention, dis played a consciousness of the chEtnging business scene.' Origi nally organized by Booker T. Washington in 1900 for the pur pose of forming a national eco nomic program for Negroes, the group has for the past 53 years ad(fressed Itself to the task of bulling Negro business from the ground up in an effort to create an economic foundation from which an effective fight cquld be waged for further re cognition in educational, politi cal^ ioientific, • and business fields^ The group, in Its recent con vention, expressed satisfaction with the manner in which Ne gro business had developed dur ing those years, but set about to chart a new course and a new program which would be flexi ble and sufficiently far-sighted to meet the challenge of the changing economic picture. Said Horace Sudduth, President of the League, “The expanded pro gram of the National Negro Bus iness League emphasizes self- help through educational pro cesses, formal and informal training, guidance, direction and services. It will direct us to higher grounds, slowly but sure ly, to a larger economy, and finally to integration Into the full busine^ life of this coun- try.” ^ An interesting sidelight in the report of the new attitude of business men in the South, is the advice offered by marketing specialists to manufacturers and retailers who want to “sell" the Negro buyer. They offer the fol lowing hints: “Call him ‘Mr.’ or by his first name, according to local custom; treat him as an in dividual; be friendly; talk on a level with him; be fair in your business practices; sell him only the quantity and quality he needs. Treat him as an important individual. Don’t pigeon-hole him Into any class, or use Negro Darky or any synonomous terms in referring to him; don’t pa tronize him or be over aggres sive; don’t talk dowh to him; avoid overselling and loading) don’t talw advantage of him be- cause of inexperience or friend ship and don’t ask him to do un- reasoftable things for you. Above all, don’t ignore him.” 'Geech' Glover Fatally Stricken CHARLESTON, S. C. Julius Glover, known around North Carolina College and Dur ham as “Geech*’, died imexpec- tedly at his home, 164 C. Ashley Avenue, Charleston, S. C. Sat. December 26, 1953. Glover was very active around the college during his four years. He worked In the college post office under the late Dr. Shepard, and was active as a cheer leader and In other ac tivities around the campus. “Geech” was sent to N. C. Col lege by two former graduates, Moses W. Freeman and "Pop" Long both of Charleston, S. C. “Geech” was well liked by all who knew him. He was known for his happy hello and broad smile. We all regret the passing of “Geech”.
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