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PAC» TWO THE CABMJNA TIMES SATUBPAY. MABCH U, 19M A ciosE-UP VIEW or mm COPY COPY COPY A PREVIEW OF THE DECLARATION OF SEGREGATION When in the course of human events it become necessary to abolish the Nepo race, proper methods should be used. Among these are guns, bows and arrows, sling shots and knives. We hold these truths to b« self evident that all whites are created equal with cer tain rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of dead niggers. In every stage of the bus boycott we have been oppressed and degraded because of black, slimy, juicy, unbearably stinking niggers. The conduct should not be dwelt upon because behind them they have an ancestral background, head hunters and snot suckers. My friends, it is time we wised up to these black devils. I tell you they are a group of two legged agitators who persists walking up and down our streets protruding their black lips. If we don’t stop helping these African flesh eaters, we will soon wake up and find Rev. King in the White House. LET’S GET ON THE BALL WHITE CITIZENS The Book “Declaration of Segregation” will apear April, 1956. If this appeals to yon be sure to read the book. The above is an exact copy of >mnrthiH.«s circulated at a meeting of the White Citizens Council held in the State Coliseum of Montgomery^ Alabama on Monday night, Febniary 10. We think the copy of the handbills gives a true picture of what the souls of a major ity of Alabama white folks are like. That a civilized per son or persons could be the author of such a vicious piece of literature is an indictment upon the morals of the peo ple of the entire state of Ala bama that is if they have any to be indicted. The methods used by the Negro ■citizens of Alabama to obtain a measure of Democ racy and implement the Christianity which the white people of that state claim to possess afford quite a con trast. While the whites of Montgomery and Tuscalo^ were resorting to mob vio lence, circulating vicious lit erature and threatening mur der, Negroes, were pursuing a course of civil disobedience and holding prayer meetings. The impact of the contrast upon the small segment of de cent white people of the state must be shocking to their sen sibilities. Here they come face to face with the so-called su perior race resorting to the oasest methods possible to keep Negroes in a state of second class citizenship, which in Alabama is a little less than bondage. It must be remembered that in Montgomery Negroes did not ask for a non-segregated policy on the buses of that city; to which they were en titled according to every re cent federal court ruling. In stead they only asked for a policy of “first come, first serv^.” But the white peo ple of Montgomery did not want to rave them even this morsel of respectability. Ra ther than comply with the re quest they are asking for the extermination of Negroes. This is Facism at its worst. We quite well remember a simil^ situation that once prevailed against the Jews in Germany and Italy, headed by Hitler and Mussolini in their respective countries. The Jews, in spite of most inhu man treatment, as always, outlived their adversaries. It must also be remember ed that Autherine Lucy did not attempt to go to classes on the campus oi the Univer sity of Alabama until the highest court in the land said that she had the right to do- to. It must again be remem bered that on the bench of that court there sat a native son of Alabama. It must fur ther be remembered that ev ery member of that coiut was white. Thus within the frame work of Democracy and with in that framework only have Negroes sought to right tiieir wrongs. If in pursuing such a righteous and God given course some of us must per ish then we must perish.^ Somehow there is always a seed of destruction in every foul act and deed which if al lowed to grow will in time bring upon itself its own de struction. The good and de cent white people of Alabama would do well to halt, before it is too late, the movement against a people that have the courage to meet hatred with love, cursing with prayers and vicious Acts with Idndness. Says the Rev. Martin L. King, leader of the bus boy cott in Montgomery, “we don’t hate anyone, we are not marching on anyone or any place, we are simply going to walk wherever we go by one’s and two’s. The ghost of Mahatma Gandhi walks in Alabama. IHE LOCATION OF FIRE STATIONS Since last June 25, when we published an editorial de crying the act that some re sidents in the area of Fay etteville and Pekoe Streets opposed the location of the fire station in their im mediate neighborhood, we have endeavored to carefully weigh their contentions and those in favor of it. Try as we may to reach a conclusion otherwise, we have again come to the point where we are more persuaded than ever that those who oppose the location of the fire station at the comer of Fayetteville and Pekoe Streets are “weigh ed in the balances and found wanting.” We mink a bit of childish tantrums, selfish motives, in dividualism, downright stub- bomess and a desire to ino- pose the will of the few on the many have taken over the entire intent and purpose of the opposing forces. Those who wish to raise objections to placing the fire station in thir own conununity, while at the same time minting out other residential sections in which it could be located and in which the people are, as far as this newsspaper is con cerned, just as important, ap pear rather selfish aiul child ish to us. One of the arguments pre sented by the opposition to the location of the Fire Sta tion at the comer of Fayette ville and Pekoe Streets is that it is within the vicinity of North Carolina College and Hillside High School and, therefore, the lives of the stu dents of thdse two schools would be endangered. We do not think this would hold up under even a casual investiga tion of Iwo other fire station sites in Durham. In West Durham the E. K. Powe School is right across the street from Fire Station No. 2. We talked with persons living next door to this parti cular station and they in formed us that at night when the trucks go out they very seldom even know about it or are awakened by them. In East Durham where the Y. E. Smith Elementary School is located. Fire Station No. 3 is on the adjacent lot to th6 school. Only three tenths of a mile away is the East Durham Junio;: High School. It ^ippears to us that Negro high school and college stu dents ought to be as able to take care of themselves, so far as fire trucks are concern ed as well as students in ele mentary and junior high schools. We think that city officials ought to take condemnation proceedings and go ahead and locate the fire station where those best qualified say it should be located. Wherever it is locate there may be ex pected to arise some objec tions. The one objective should be to locate it in a sec tion of the city where it can best serve the most people or the best purpose. DURHAM WILL MEET THE CHALLENGE Life Is ,Like That By H. ALBERT SltOTB A WORD OF EXPLANATION Some lew weeks ago, I made a statement that, like chickens coming home to roost, has come back to me. The rtatemejit read: ■"Ask some ol the soldiers who fought in the last two world wars what they were fighting for and you will be surprised to leam how many do not.” A man living out of the state sent mo a letter with a clipping ol the words quoted; and, following a friendly salutatiun, wrote, “I hope you do.” The “you” was underscored. Gave Me Data Evidently, he had some doubt as to whether I know why the last two wars were fought because he presented in his letter data, concerning the causes ol those global conflicts, which our newspapers never mention. And, it seems, he was careful to put these data into my hands in order to correct any false notion I might have as to those causes. One Beason One of the reasons I am writ ing this article is to explain what I meant bv the statement quoted above. It was not to con vey the idea that I had know ledge of which certain of Uncle Sam’s fighting men were entire ly ignorant, whether they fall into the class of those who had no idea as to why they fought, or into the class of those who had very definite reasons, even if those reasons had no rootage at all in fact. To tell the truth, the only thing I know, along with the general public, is what the history books say. Belief Not Shared But there is one thing I can assure you. I don’t share the be lief some professed to hold that the one war was fought to "Make the World Safe for De mocracy” and the other to guarantee to mankind, the “Four Freedoms.” Not Easy For, after all, it is not easy to conceive of a Elation spilling on foreign battle fields and on the high seas the blood of its youth- the cream of its man/iood-for an ideal it had never practiced at home before declaring war; neither bothered to practice al ter the wars were over. Profit Motive In fact, it seems to me that wars have been a thing profits^ ble to certain vested interests in the various countries of the world (or conceived as profita ble), and were fought for the benefit ol those interests rather than to bring freedom to the enslaved and exploited masses of men. Would Hardly Believe Certainly, a Negro, and es pecially one who slept in trench and foxhole, suffered the expos ure of cold and heat, snow and rain, saw comrades die in dreadful agony or sustain per manently crippling wounds, and who, by the grace of God, lived through it all to come back to a land of Jim-crowism and segre gation—certainly, such a Ne- All of Durham will join enthusiastically in the effort to raise the $1,200 needed to send Lee Calhoun to Calif ornia to participate in the Olympic eliminations. Re sidents of the cily will take as much pride in Calhoun’s ef forts to become one of the athletes, representing the United Stat^ in the world games in Australia, as mem bers of the North Carolina College and student body. They are well aware of the renown that will come to Durliam as well as North Carolina College if Calhoun is fortunate enough to win out in one or more ra the races. The Carolina Times would like to urge local residents and business firms to throw their financial and moral sup port behind the efforts to raise the amount necessary to assure Calhoun’s stay in California a month for the elimination contests. If those at the college responsible for raising the amount have not alreacfy done so, they should appoint representatives of the city on tne committee and let them get to work now. Durham has met ^ greater challenges than a mere $1,200 for less worthy causes; and, we are satisfi^ that, when the proper campugn is put on, the amount will be forth coming in a short while. SATVRDAY L. E. AUSTIN CLATHAN M. ROSS €l«CaiS3a€hw0 march io,i9S6 Publisher Editor H. ALBERT SMITH M. E. JOHNSON JESSE COFIELD Business Manager Circulation Manager Managing Editor W. A. HENNESSEE Advertising Published Every Saturday hy the UNITED PUBLISHERS. Inc. at 4M E. Pettifrew St. Entered as second .class matter at the Post Othee at Durham, North Carolina under the Act of March S, 187B. National Advertising Representative: Inter state United Newspapers. No guarantee of publication ol unsolicited material. Letters to the editor for publication must be signed and confined to SO0 words. Subscription Rates: 10c per copy; Six months, $2.00; One Year, $3.00 (Foreign Countries, $4.00 per year.) gro would find it difficult to be lieve that he had fought to make the world safe for Democracy. Another Side There is another side of that statement: “Ask some soldiers who fought in the last two wars what they were fighting for and you will be surprised to leam how many there are who still don't know.” What I meant is that some of those men had no idea as to what it was all about. They were completely in the dark without benefit of the possible illusion of knowledge some had Not Without Motive Now, the group who had reason that did not square with facts were probably just as ig norant as those who liad no rea son. But my point did not cen ter about the ignorance of mis conception, propaganda or false reasoning. It simply called at tention to that total ignorance that acts without even the faintest notion as to why it acts Opportunity Given 1 am glad my friend from out of the state wrote me and ask ed: “Do you know? "-because it has prompted an explanation of the statement eliciting his ques tion and, as well, affords me opportunity to disclaim l>eing wise t)eyond many of my brethren. This is especially true with regard to the govern ment which, at times, works in mysterious ways its “wonders” to perform. Sent Statement All of which reminds me ol a statement my out-of-state friend, whom I have never met, sent me. The statement was made by a person he describes as “a thoughtful, though illite rate, mountain man.” The Man Speaks “They (the people) have long tooken it for granted that the government is a thing mad».and owned by God Almighty. And the rich and booky ones like ♦••Dulles” (he names a few other of the big shots in the government, using some de scriptive terms far from com' plinientary) “is God’s trustees and got the right to steal, start a war, raise the taxes or anything they want. I know it ain’t so, and you know it ain’t so, but all the preachers and most of us mountain shabs think hit’s so. I Am Glad Well, I may not know why we 'went to'^ war, but somehow, as long as we did. I am glad that Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito did not win. In fact, I am glad that we did, because I believe that the world would be in far worse shape had those dictators won, especially black people. andWB eCoyrlehi IfH. ^Science pCdtures. Electronic Tests Confirm Worth Qf Drug For Shaking Palsy Among {he sights of aging are nerve deterioration and muscle atrophy. ' ' An especially serious form of nerve deterioration is the disorder c^led shaking palay, which doctors call Parkinsonism. Parkinsonism occurs most frequently among persons at or past middle age. The disease is feared not Mcause H is rapidly fatal, for victims may live to great age, * but l>efause its symptoms annoy, ' embirrass, and handicap the per son who has it. An estimated lilillion Americans have Parkinsonism. A degenera tive disease of the eentral nervous system, it does not affect the mind, although severe depression occurs in many patients. The symptoms include shaking, muscle ri^dity, a shuffling, tottering gait, sntrrM speech, bent posture, a blank ex prescion, fixed stare, and drooling. Trembling or twitching, often of only One hand, is usually a symptom, as is some degrree of rigidity—particularly in the arms, which are bent and held forward. In some cases, the hands may shake so severely the patient can- inot hold a booK or newspaper, ’raise a cup to his lips withont sjpilling, or manage the buttons of his clothes. Fortunately, a number of drugs help to control the symptoms of iParkinsonism. One, recently de- , veloped, ,is Parsidol. A group of ‘scientists at Columbia University [College Of Physicians and Snr- jreons. New York City—after test* 'ing it in 147 serious cases— described Parsidol as "aa out standing addition to the chemo therapy of the disease.” A novel aspect of this research was the use of electronic devicw to measure effects af tba draf. The machines produced graphs, somewhat like the electrocardio grams that record heart perform ance. One instrument measured rigidity, by re^rding the force needed to rotata the forearm about the axla of the dl>ow; the second measured tremor, by recording the influence of hand twitches on. an electrical dreojlt. TiMse machine tasts showed im provement in tremor in 69 per cent 4 the patients riven Parsidol, and fa|Bpron|ment in rigidity in 6S per eent. pm seerings made by tte pbysidaBs. independentiy of the macidne kotw, ware as foU lowsi taPXOTinent Im tnmor, «8 per etot) iawvrement te rl^ltar, e«ti impiovtMBSM la gi^ aM imslHW Hr ^ "But They Stand In Defiance Of Democracy" iGHETTOes i Spiritual Insight "REMOVE THrS CUP" By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church "Father, if possible let this cup pass from me, nevertheleu, not as 1 will, but as thou toilt.” Matt. 26:,39. Faced with the bitter cup of agony, the Savior prays for the removal of the cup. Amid the anguish and tears of that night, the Savior longs for a way ol escape. The cup was a litting symbol of all that he had to suffer in the path that led to Calvary. Here we see the Christ in the final critical struggle of his soul that night under the very shadow ol the Cross. The Sinless Son ol God naturally re coiled from the tragic ugliness of sin. That night, beyond the fellowship ol the upper Room, we see him in the loneliness ol agonizing prayer. Listen as he speaks to the disciples that night...“My soul is very sorrow ful, even unto death, remain here, and watch with me...” That night of darknras and anguish, he prays for the re moval of the cup. We all, with the master, must drink some bitter cup. To live is to face and drink a bitter cup. Have you ever had to drink a bitter cup? Did you ever desire that the bitter cup be removed? Be honest, we long for escape whe^ we face our bitter cups. We want the bitter cups of unjust criticism removed. We pray for the removal of the cups of trouble and tribulation. We yearn to have the cups of mis understanding removed in the home, on the job and in the community. Who has not prayed in the darkness of some night with the master...“PATHER LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME..” ^t was a bitter cup confront ing the Savior that dark night in the Garden. Let’s look in the bitter cup. What do we see in the cup? He sees his friends for saking him. They leave him in the hands ol his cruel enemies. In ttuit cup he sees the betrayal of a friend. He sees insults. He sees the denial of a friend. He sees heartless men bearing false witness against him. He sees the cringing cowardice of a Pilate. He sees scornful men spitting on him. He sees himself mocked and scourged. He sees the mur derous intents of men steeped in hatred and prejudice. He 'U sees the warped sense of values ol those who ask for Barrabas and says ol the Christ...“LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED...” He linaUy drank his cup. Some ol us are drinking bitter cups in this critical hour ol so cial change. May God give us the £race as we face our bitter cups to say with the Christ... “Not as I will, but as thou wilt.” In prayer the Christ fes^ved the inner agony of his soul that dark night long time ago. May we find and use tiiis resource as we face and drink our bitter cups in this hour. The struggle ends in ^e darkne^ of that night. The tearful agony ends! And there steals over his soul a quietness, confidence, calmness and p^ce. m this matchless peace, tie now goes forth to drink the bitter cup saying.... “FATHER, THY WILL BE DONE...” I Letters To The Editor . . . The Editor Carolina Times Durham, N. C. Dear Sir: I see your editorial containing the reproduction of the adver tisement inserted in the North Carolina Standard of Raleigh, under date of July 18, 1838, by one Micajah Ricks, of Nash County. “Mister” Ricks says in the ad, “I TRIED TO BURN HER WITH A HOT IRON ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE; I TRIED TO MAICE THE LETTER ‘M’. To what depths had the insti tution of slavery brought possi ble consciousness of the people of the South, to make possible such a thing! First of all, it must have been legal, for other wise no responsible property owner would have so publicly declared that he had done it on purpose. How degraded must the whole body politic have be come to allow such a thing to be done, to be published, without offending anyone. This ad was run apparently as a matter of course by the paper, without any editorial comment even, as we know would be elicited to day. Furthermore, an examina tion of the following week’s paper contains no show of righteous indignation on the part of the reading public. Evidently the advertiser was attempting to put the "brand of C$in” on this helpless young mother of two small boys. He tried to make an “M” for the Micajah, but did not get around to making the “R” for Ricks. The interesting thing about this ad to me is that it was in dicative of the fruits of slavery as practiasd in the Southern States, inserted as it was a year before Pope Gregory XVI of the Roman Catholic Church issued an encyclical in which he ap parently condemned slavery al together. However, as this ency clical came to the knowledge of the slaveholders of the Diocese of Bishop John England of Charleston, S. C., there arose a great public clamor against the church as being Abolitionist and Anti-Slavery. Whereupon, the said bishop, to free his church of such a charge, wrote a series of letters to John Forsythe, Se cretary of State, in which he sought to clarify the position ol the church on the matter, and declared that only the “Slave Trade”, or the capturing and original sale ol slaves was con demned, but not “domestic sla very” as practiced in the South ern States. Very truly yours, J. J.^Walsh The Carolina Times Durham, N. C. Dear Sir: Please allow me to express—es pecially since I have been call ed to be a witness—a few re marks concerning the House Committee on Un-American Ac tivities. A couple weeks ago I received a “command” to appear as a witness for the committee when it holds its hearings in Char lotte next week. As a white per son who has lived in the South for the last 20 years and who has fought stoutly for civil rights, harrassment is not new. The committee will come to North Carolina with its stable of informers to smear and slan der people of good reputation and believers in rights for all Americans. I do not deny that 1 have worked for more demo cracy in the South and with the strength of God will continue to do so. J The committee will want to know what organizations I be long to and what people 1 as sociate with. As an American I shall not tell them as I feel they have no legitimate right to ask such questions. An American has a right to belong to any or ganization he chooses. This is part of our freedom granted by the United States Constitution to assemble and speak. In the dixiecrat states they are trying to make NAACP membership a crime, they are clearing their librarlM of books that might even in the slightest way sug gest that integration is a good thing. Where and when will thin McCarthyism end? Let us remember that Chair man of the Committee, Rep. Walter is co-author of the Wal- ter-Mc-Carran Immigration Act, a law which allows more so- called Anglo-Saxons in our country than other groups be cause they are “better” citizens. America was made great by many people and the idea that the white Anglo-Saxons alone built our greatness is a slander ous lie to ourselves and to our fathers and mothers. Another present member of the committee is Rep. Edwin Willis from Louisiana, where many thousands of Negro citi zens do not have that bfisic American right to cast their bal lot. Yet he is on a committee that would have the nerve to pass on who is an "American" and who is “un-American." The committee has come here at this time to create an atmos phere ol hysteria. It would paint with a red brush all those or ganizations and persons who work for progress. It would try to halt the drive for full citizen ship rlghta of the Negro people. It would try to stop the forth- (Please turn to Page Four)