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PAG£ TWO THE CABOLWA TlMliS SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 19S7 PUBUC FUNDS FOe PRIVAIE DEFENSE It is ironical that the county of Northamp ton is threatening to use public funds, a part of which comes out of the pockets of Negro taxpayers, to defend a registrar who is charged with denying qualified Negroes the right to vote. As ironical as it is, it raises no surprise to this newspaper since We are well aware that any person in eastern North Caro lina who assumes an anti'Negro attitude is looked upon as a hero or heroine. If ever there existed a section of the state that needs to have missionaries sent to it, it is eastern North Carolina. Not omy wiU Northampton county officials use pubuc tunds to detend a registrar who, by nooil or crook, keeps Negroes from regis tering but, should federal or state laws pro hibit such, they will raise the money from private donations as they have so emphatical ly promised by Kussell Johnson, chairman of ttie county commissioners. We would not be surprised if many citizens of the county even go to the extent of mortgaging their homes or farms to see to it that the iron heel gf white supremacy is kept on the necks of the Negroes of that section. There is nothing as important to a white person living in eastern North Carolina as having the right to kick Negroes around or to have someone to look down upon. It inflates their ego or gives them a feeling of superiority which their mentality has thus far failed to do. While we are on this subject, we would like to call our readers' attention to the fact that wherever you find such an attitude existing toward Negroes, you will find the most sordid conditions. In most of these counties and cities, Negroes are provided with the poorest schools, the lowest wages for their labor. Here, they find it harder to register, to vote or to borrow money to invest in a home, farm, business or any project that would lift them above the level of poverty. Blinded by prejudice and conscience-sickened at the way they have robbed and cheated Ncigtoes out of ^heir labor, schools, the ballot and other vital necessities, the whites see red when they have to face up to a Negro of equal wealth, education or intelligence, especially when he dares expose their dirty linen. '1 he most am&zing thing about wiiite peo ple in eastern North Calrolina is that with all of their smartness they have failed to see the invincible truth in the statement made by the late Booker T. Washington, that you cannot hold another fellow in the ditcb un- less you stay in there with him. They can not see that poverty-strickened, ignorant and voteless citizens, whether white or black, who camiot shoulder their part of the tax burden, are a menace to the health of others and cannot help in providing good govern ment. Let there be no mistake about it, the white people of Northampton county will extend themselves to the limit to defend the registrar who, in denying Negro citizens the right to vote, is upholding white supremacy which they know can ohly survive and fatten in an atmosphere of prejudice, viciousness, hatied, meaness and crooked procedures. Here is a concrete case of using public funds for pri vate defense. A. H. GORDON'S Dr. Gordon APPRECIATION FOR OUR BANK Announcement last week that the Me chanics and Farmers Bank of this city and Kaleigh had gained 231 places in rank among the 15,000 banks in the nation is indeed most pleasant news to the Negro citizens of Dur ham, if not the entire state and nation. Be cause of its continuous growth and service to the people of this area, the Mechanics and Farmers Bank has gained somewhat of a na tional reputation as a banking institution, in that it can claim customers in practically every state in which Negroes live in large numbers. Many of these persons, having, previdusly lived in Durham or visited here, have been so impressed with the soimdness and service offered by local Negro business institutions that they have continued their relationship by usii^ tbs “bmk by mail” which th* Ua^MBoica and .Farman r fcal statofiMU which de clares that “A prophet is not without honor, save in hia own country and in his own house.” We think this truth often applies to institutions as well as individuals. When we are so very close to them the tendency is to accept both individuals and institutions as a matter of routine. In Durham where Ne groes have the advantage of their own bank, insurance company and other large enter prises, there will be foimd a greater percents age of Negro homeowners and small busi nesses being operated than in any other city we know of equal size. Here, other banks ex tend credit to Ne^oes as a matter of routine. while in cities where no Negro bank or other gigantic Negro business institution exists members of the race either are not extended credit at ail or are forced to undergo the most rigid test before they can qualify for even the smallest amoimt of credit. Because the Mechanics and Farmers Bank is so close to Negroes of Durham, many of them have little or no appreciation of its value to their economic welfare. Whether they are willing to admit it or not, many Ne gro citizens of Durham who are not its cus tomers, and do nothing to support it, are its beneficiaries, either directly or indirectly. One will only have to move to any city in North Carolina where there is no Negro bank or other sizeable financial institution to dis cover the truth of the above statement. In thusn oiMe* wmy honest ai>d u^paictht Negr«r dtleens are denied fii^ciiil aMistaLo« in the purchnse of a home, the operation of a busi ness solely on account of their race. In many other instances if they are provided cr^t they are limited to a small amoimt predictited on the basis that Negroes must not be en couraged to erect homes^eyohd mediocre standards, however financially able they may be. So, we salute the Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham and Raleigh this week as the hub around which Durham’s business insti tutions revolve. It is our sincere hope that next year’s report will find it even higher in rank among the other banks of the nation. Facing The Issue Irresponsible Leadership CANCER DETECTION NOW AVAILABLE Whether Negro citizens of Durham and vicinity are aware of it or not, our own Lin coln Hospital is now. operating free of charge on every Monday morning at 8:00‘ o’clock and eveiy Thursday evening at 7:30 a Cancer Detection Clinic. Any and all per- s^ps, whiether they are suspected of having cancer or not, may go to these clinics for examination. Persons who do not desire to be examined at a clinic owe it to their families and friends to have a pieribdic examination for this most treacherous disease by their private phy sician. Here is where a stitch in time may not only save nine but a life. According to experts in the field of cancer, fifty per cent of the cases can be cured if detected in time. Only a physician, how ever, is in position to detect cancer in its ear ly stages, and all persons, whether they sus pect the disease or not, should avail them selves of the detection clinics being operated by various cities and counties of the state un der the auspices of the State Board of Health in cooperation with local medipal societies. In Winston-Salem, which has not yet pro vided a cancer detection clinic for its citizens, persons may go«to the nearest available one ia^uilford County and Wilkes County. Per sons who do not seek this method of cancer detection should consult their family phy sician. Any other course is dangerous and may be fatal, especially if one is a cancer sus pect. “Quack” cures, sunlamps, salves, cath artics, injections and vaccines are of no avail in the treatment of cancer. Neither is there any hope to be placed in persons claiming to possess power sufficient to spirit the disease away. Only the use of surgery. X-ray, radium or a combination of such in the hands of a trained physician have been known at the present time to be effective in the treat ment of cancer. This newspaper urges all of its readers to avail themselves of the opportunity now pro- videdi in the various cancer clinics over the state or consult your physician for periodic check-ups against the disease. THE CAROLINA TIMES MAIN OFFICE — 436 EAST PETTIGREW STREET Phones 5-0671 and 2-2913 — Durham, North Carolina Published At Durham', North Carolina Every Saturday By THE UNITED PUBLISHERS, Inc. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina un der the Act of March 3, 1879. ^ g >1UST/W, Publisher CLATHAN ROSS, Editor JESSE GRAY, AdverOting Mgr. M. E. JOHNSON, Controller WINSTON-SALEM OFFICE — 304 N. CHURCH ST. - MRS. VELMA HOPKINS, Manager PHONE 5-08«t fi; $3.«0 . «2.d0 SUBSCRIPTION RATES .. One Year Ten Cents Sfaigle Copy Six Months $4.30 — Foreign Conntf^es. It was reported in. the news papers and over the radios last week that President Eisenhower greatly exceeded the speed limits in making a trip from Washington, D. C. to his farm In Pennsylvania. While at the last report we heard before this writing the White House lias not admitted that the car ut which the President was riding actually did travel as much as seventy miles per hour in school zones and at other places mark ed much lower than that, many of the newsmen following his car have verified the statement of the patrolmen who halted them that they had to travel as much as ninety miles per hour to keep up with the presidential car This may seem a small mat ter but is really a very seri ous charge to be brought against the President. It is serious be-' cause it shows that our Presi dent is an irresponsible'nian. It indicates that he is willing to endanger the lives of other mo torists, men, women and child ren, through disobedience to the laws of the land. If this were the only thing that indicates that Eisenhower is irresponsibl^ it might be passed over. Thera are many other actions of our Chief Executive which indicate his attitude of irresponsibility. Another indication of Eisen hower ,s irresponsibility is shown, in his flagrant refusal to make any effort to enforce the dese gregation mandate of the U. S. Supreme court. In his arrogant refusal to use any pressure 'tq t»kig tivci. South In line wluOnesuprahae law of the land Eisenhower again demonstrates his irrespon sibility, to the law abiding peo ple of this country. He shows that he fails to recognize that ours is a government of laws a«Ml not of men. A ebief-e tive in this country is obligated to the people, and he is sworn to use his utmost influence and power to see that the Constitu tion is carried out to the letter. Again, Eisenhower has shown his irresponsibility by submit ting the unreasonable and un- necessary seventy two billion dollar budget to congress and insisting arrogantly that it can not be reduced without endan-t gering the safety of this country. Any person with common sense knows that our expendi- lures for foreign military bases and a large draft here at home can easily be reduced by ten or fifteen billion dollars by elimi nating these unnecessary and evil demonstrations of militar ism. There is also a great deal of unnecessary expense in con nection with veterans. Still another indication of ir responsibility of the President! is shown by the fact that in stead of firing Secretary Dulles he still keeps him monkeying around on “the brink of war” all over the world. If the Presi dent felt a proper sense of re sponsibility he would get a Sec retary of State who really knows how to work for peace. If the President ever reads the Bible he knows as do the rest of us that this book tells us that he who “lives by the sword wiU perish by the sword”. In mod ern terminology that means that he who tries to bluff other nations with H. Bombs will eventually have his bluff call ed and all will preish by H. Bombs. For a president to keep a man as secretary of State who doesn’t have sense enough to see that elemental fact is a plain sign of arrogant irresponsibility. Finally Eisenho)wer continues to show his Irresponsibility to fifteen or sixteen million Negro citizens of this country by show ing by his deeds (not words) that he doesn’t give a hoot whether they get their civil rights or not. He is unwilling to make one enemy among the Rebel Senators of the South In order to force them to do some thing in behalf of these “second class citizens” who live below the Mason-Oixon Line. For these and many other reasons we have not space here to mention, we hold that Eisen hower is one of the most irre sponsible Presidents to ever re side in our White House. "And Why Doesn't He Lend The Same Helping Hand To Our Southern States?" ■ / Spiritual Insight ‘There Will Be Some Changes Made’ By REVBBINl) HAKOL4> ROLAND Psator, MeuHt CUlMid Baptkt Cluizch “Behold some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last,” Luke 13:35. saw the Divine Plan working out in a dark hour of exile. He looked up from the darkness and saw God at work and took The wheel of life turns. And I courage. Why did he take such courage in a dark hour. Well, folks, he knew...“There Will Be Some Changes Made...” Will you just listen to what he says in that dark hour. “Comfort ye my people saith your. God... Every valley shall be exalted, every mountain and hill shaU be made low, the st>oked shaU be liiade straight, and the rough places' plain.” ’Truly he looked up out of the darkness and saw God at work and took hope. All noble believing souls en^ gaged in the ever-present struggle or crusade for righte ousness saw God at work and in its turning there will be some changes made. God’s leveling process is at work among the affairs of men. Who can stay the wheel of time in its unfolding pattern? Men, races and nations have tried and they all, alas, have failed. God’s eternal ■ moral designs will see that the tyheel of Hie will com plete its cycles. As we stand amid injustices,* indignities, and difficulties, the wheel seems to be turning slow. Yes, the wheel seems slow. But thank God it will continue to turn as God’s corrective process on the stage stay this Divine Design. “Be hold some are last who will be first...” ■The word of God tells us that it will .work out all right. I believe the word of God. Isaiah human history. cannot 4eete eourager They were stained by the strong faith or conviction “There Will Be Some Cl^ges Made...” And Tubman, Truth, Douglas, Trot ter, Garrison, Phillips, and Du bois saw this tiling at work on the American scene and took courage. They all knew from, history, human experience and the word of God THAT THERE WOULD BE CHANGES MADE. Tills thing has and always will work out according to God’s E^rnal Plan. In these times we can hear God saying THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES MADE. God is at work in this hour. And thank God there are gohig to be some changes made. Look and you can see some changes t>eing made. Old patterns are dying. And new patterns are emerging which are more in keeping with God’s just designs. The old is dying. The new is being bom... “Behold Some Are Last Who Will Be First...” B- the wheel is not turning fast enough for you, remember God’s just plans will be worked out and that you cannot.... “DRIFT BEYOND GOD’S LOVE AND CARE....” By Robert Spivtick Watch on the Potomac Spivack Postscripts To A Press Conference President Eisenhower is clianged man. Gone is the care free, smiling Ike, charmer, mol- lifier, pacifier. A new, grim- visaged easily-irritated figure emerges, annoyed with ques tioners, doubters and critics. The newspapers headlined the President’s flash of anger when a Chicago Daily News re porter asked if he should not set an example of ecohomy lor the nation by dispensing with two helicopters. Weeks belore, the White House said, the ‘copters might be used to carry him to and from the Burning Tree golf course but were mainly to transport him to the airport. But this is not the only evi dence reporters have seen ol the "new” Eisenhower. The stories of Ike’s llare-up over the helicopter question by-passed another instance ol Presidential Irritation at liis re cent news conference. There was this exchange; REPORTER: “Bfc. President, several weeks ago you indicat ed that you would study the question ol whether manage ment organizations should es tablish the same type ol codes ol ethical conduct such as have been drawn up by the AFL- CIO. “Have you tiad a chance to study that question, and do- yoU have any opinion on that now?” THE PRESIDENT: (icUy) “No, I don’t think I could give you one this minute. I have be«i very preoccupied with other matters lor a while, and I would have to ask lor a Uttla more time.” REPORTER: “Sir, will we be able to have an opinion a little later on?” THE PRESIDENT: (with em phasis) “I am not sure.” STANDBY, STASSEN—’The President lives in Pennsylvania, where he maintains a voting residence at Gettysburg. He is no longer a New Yorker, but every chance he gets Mr. Eisen hower puts in a good ^ord lor ex-GOP National Cliairman Len Hall as candidate lor governor ol the Empire State. A reporter reminded him of this the other day and noted “there are reports that Mr. (Harold) Stassen plans to run for governor ol Pennsylvania. Are you supporting him.” The President took about 150 words to say lie must have made an “unwise remark” and had no intention ol getting into 48 diHerent state elections. He had not one word to say about hap less Harold. OLD GAME, NEW TRICK— Dixie segregationists are try ing desperately to prevent adop tion ol the lour-point Civil Rights program being pushed jointly by Northern Democrata and Eisenhower Republicans. They now want to tack an amendment to the bill providing a “trlal-by-jurjr’l lor anyone tried in violation ol the pro posed civil ri^ts law. They know, ol course, that no Jury in Mississippi, for example, would ever convict under such a sta tute. It’s a smart maneuver and a pretty ellective one until you look at the record. Clarence MltcheU, Washington dfarector of the NAACP, has taken such a look. Said Mitchell: “No member of the Southern bloc in Confess has raised his (continued on page 7) Novels Tak/\ Subjects From 18th Century La Salle and the French ex plorations of the Mississippi and Great Lakes region are the subject of a new novel “The Gilded Torch” by lola Fuller, which Putnam will publish on April 19. The heroes of “The Gilded Torch” are twin brothers of the French nobility who de sert the grandeur of the French court of Louis XIV to accom-i pany La Salle on the explora tion that led to his discovery ol the mouth of the Mississippi. Miss Fuller, who lives in Santt^ Fe, is the author of two previ ous bestselling novels, "Loon Feather,” a literary Guild selec tion and winner of the Avery Hopwood Award for fiction in 1940, and “The Shining Trail,” which was published in 1943., • **« Iti “Shaka Zulu,” E. A. Ritter tells the story of Shaka, the illegitimate son of a minor Zulu chieftain who in the late 1700’s gathered around him-in an area no nonger than one-tenth the size of Rhode Island—a nucleus of some five hundred untrained tribesmen and built them into an army of sldilled and discip lined warriors who in twelve years were able to conquer and pacify a vast part of Africa. E. A. Ritter was born in Na tal, where his father was a ma gistrate. He grew up among the Zulus, knowing their language and customs. Tlirough his per sonal associations with a num ber of royal Zulus,, he learned the story of their great leader Shalca, which has been passed along from generation to gene ration by word of mouth. “Sha ka Zulu” win be published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons on 4prU 19. Advent Of Spring Noted By Baha'is All over the world, m small groups and large meetings, Ba hais celebrated their New Year on the first day of Spring. In Durham, the > group observed the event at the home of the Van Sombeek’s on Wednesdajr night at 7 o’clock, March 20, with a buffet dinner. On Wednesday, the Van Som- beek living room was decorated with spring flowers. After thei religious program there was musie and sengs by two Au stralian artists and an hour of games. Tlie advent of Spring and the changes effected in the universe a result play an important part in Baliai theology. According to Bahai scrip tures, “the center of illumiiui- tion is the sun itself. Through the will of God, this central lu minary is the one source of the existence and development t>t all phenomenal things. Just as the phenomenal spiritual or proplietic Sun confers illumina tion upon the hiunan world o£ thought and intelligence, and unless it rose upon the horizon of human existence, man' woidd l>ecome dark and extinguished. “The vernal spring is for the Bahai’s the symbol of light, color, and happiness, of life and growth, of unity in diversity, ol the beginning of a new cycle in the life ol mankind, the birth (continued on page 7) INVITING THE UNDERTAKER- fs 0 NY S v1 Whtn yo^ have the traffic witw around the cocmp-oM ■falrJuSt ^tslrian^ whodlso U^t witk them. Cswiasy Mlet* -.imiMpie
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