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li r \ ID ItiK tilei [|“ J •iq nnil bin I .’j >iTioj It *1 I 27, «N8 luMlngllae^fD Foiln The fotusal of Wike F6tfest CaUfcge to iww^pt SteX’ttal ^Kegro «piil*W«ts ft>r ennftlmciit evokes no siirfWse fttjln this tK'trafOftK. W«ke FoWst is WIttniftg IMJe t0 In Itlnd b£ GlWstttihity'‘to -be bf a atffm!TirTm:e (Mnnot •stDdy'or wtm 3tod tsogtffther makes us WtnWtel^ If a mfljferity of'Ws' BTt Sincere abttut'thin'4hing’we iall bftrthirt^y love and GhriattaHity. 'In our lAail Wday We fteUttd a •trfinni^let found in the average scuthte^n ■fteligittur4d«- to tis fftim the'Notth ?«BWM«a G«^fer- «H«h)i4al bwdttutlon ifad the j#ehoo!>ftdmit- irtie ¥*gro it W«uld haixre «triiyed ir«m the -beaten gialh bf uHra^con- *t»3 often fOdnd In the ClWfetitin ^t is « aad indictment on Hhe kind of Chris- 'tateity 'toHie found in -the 'SOttth -that -ftere in this section of the tOUhtry the theatrical iftd *pbrts wOtMs have more to offer in ihe "Insrtter oT thte Broth'MiOod of man and ititer- racial goodwill than the ChllstlHn ehutch: As someone has said, the greatest hour o^isogre- gation *'ih’’ttle Wttlted States is between eleven-and one o’clock on Sundiay morning when-«o^«fttted ChrtMians are at worship. TlWHlien'of tHraetent raevs can get in a *^ri*e ^ftg, total ^eadi other into a pulp, ence C^kttpalgn' for Sttll9tteA'Higher Bduca- •tion. On ‘the very first ^iage wa^^'ftJuttd these WWfds; "/« ttur Christian (Mtesfe*—^W«’l»at)c the future te«efiefs-'«nd twIw* of our ■tfat^n —; the •profentimol^meHonvid • wovUsn of the etimiitg‘fljeitWfetbn-i^jfhe 'rtirtngr'fcapc of't>ur eoUtitTy, the ‘and'^e fwrld. '*In streiigthienimg and «jCfend(ng nhlem, 'therefore, we strengthen -ttwr "teWfd 'fn its miasimmies^^-ev^'yetod WfWse 'tn its future wgnenta end fitprettn- ■fbllves^^ll'the streams of infiuxnce^in 'tftcir fmindation nnd tfieir s^ree.” These are high sounding and beiUtifiii wWfds, but the Negro boy and jgirl, ytung shXk^'l^&iids kifter the fight is over and eon- -'man'iand young woman ttlied to'ifsk the tinue-fus'friends. On the focMball and base- question, “Doles this intrude‘IM6 or'Uni 1 on ball field'taencan-’ettgage in athletic con- the outside of the sbutheWiBr’s wbild of ’ tIM* Ail^el‘alditg*«Il tight. That Chrtstians Christianity?” llre'PearttHI^^ Vieious Insfiim^ •When uture historians sit down to write about this hectic era of racial strife in the 'BxWrthert Estates they will *be compelled to list North Carblina as the most vicious of Dixie States. The Pearsall Plan, under which this state has given token compliance •‘with the 'Supreme Court ruling of 1954, in •MW will'prove to be a dastardly instru- iWftnt designed to preserve segpeghtloiv rather than gradual abolishment of it as - coaie' wiwld have us believe. ‘The* ttt»n integration which, hss b^ten '^^IllbWM at Charlotte, Greensboro and Win- aton-£alem is not a trucL picture of Ndrth "Carolina’s determination to defy the highest bMit^in the land. Instead it is a true picture ^ « Af"^Wth Ca»t)lina’s'attempt to outsmart the ""federal powers that would give equal Wuca- tional-opportunities to Negro children of the South. If and when this state is ever taker Nifni'^he U. S. Sapfeme Court -for non- ^lilx4l|llHeie, -the 'tdke^tntein'ation in the liare*' Cities iuun^ above Will likfe Banqllo’s --{^ost-rtoe up to defeat whatever efforts are made to have this state answer for its mis deeds on theqU^tetion'of integriilion. Unlike Virginia, Atklarisas, MissiMip' ahd dther southern states, North CaWlin% has gained a reputiation of being the most liberal of the southern states when in realityi it is only the shrewdest in* hiding its hani^i on the>qaedtion of segregation. As probf this, no other southern state has come U With anything that even ‘approaches th^, Pearsall Plan in the prefiigrvktion>'bf>'dtg: gation. Let there be''no itifstalt6'*1ftb'dtit"lt,'^f and whi&n the Pearsall *Pla» is ever proved' Un constitutional it will be after long; ihard*atid bittep legal battles that'Will’pttt^aWy Jtot lie finally'decided ^hort of the U. S. S^feme Coilff itself. Instead of resting on tfteir oars or taking satisfaction* in this com- pliance With "the Sipcy^e Negrd tenders‘niay aS^'i^fl for battle and pfep^e^to laft#" fupMi ifettS more -funds to ■finance ^e'StfQggle; ■ 9«MM4M(k8t»lal cwiter to be fe*we«4dnft Dur- ' Hani'XrtM'be ttperf to all i^es should inct«tee im«Prtt Hhiong l^egro votbrs in voting for 4he boftd llBue here Tuiefeday. ’That it' iJ(Sll iMIW »^^^»*ifeur‘'lft»^lct'‘Bmohg a' ttiajetfity'fbf IvlMte vMns is dtHibtfUl.' Behind the sc^wes IliMMn'-does not possess the intenraetal Utat' it should have-in'view'bf'the 'WMMMiMtMt the Negro citizenry is making WW>liiil*he' economie and political'dfevelbp- «6WBt«*i'M|he eiMttinunity. ’Th^re is ftbt »fcn- '■Hllillr'MBtty 4n the S«tjuth where the l)ttf^t ^«Mii|tet>lMMiwss is owned and ope^hted by l6l8W»B. ‘4Slien it is realissed that in spite bf ■«re Without representation on ’41#|>drhato Chamber of Commerce, one can Tkid^y understand why we are doubtful 4hat industrial center bond i«nie will be white community With any '-tetge^toioant of enthusiasm. Ouncemerit that the industrial cen ter w^ be open to all races May'be«one ■that the^lnfomatibn is otit asto’its ♦awial policy the liberality of DiWhftm 'on the’-niStter ol segregation viill eertafhly be tftiftke irf Tues day’s Wection. The '•'the tenter WfU^be >ttjMBn'vto »»WBl«s ‘Mi«yiJJ»M^t Ithe majiSWty'bf'Mllte'' VtiUii sc arottsed as to bbn^ issue by Ndgtoes, - All inoall b«th ««iiwsv^il>i^e“ltl4ch at stake *in Tuesday’s elW!tioi tn %haf %ey will be deciding Whether ■ ttbt M gdi)^ to aillow to- Mip thrt»igly ittl 4hig«tii‘ttniip^r; tuHity' to 'promhte ‘its IfMflStirtiil ment. In view of this fact that the CA^P- LtNA TIMES Would 4^e to urge' Art)ters to go to th» pdlte f^MMay 'vdte for the 'bond-^ssue. If " it *^la’' tpV'^]Pi^j^ they' may rtfst a^!strrtd’that ?t3th6>r ‘^^’In North Carolina will very^ rca&ly opportunity and vote>in-favM!ol*loe4i|i^ center tin their i«6piCtiv« linist Qiilisf»Met«l ^(kninieiit^il’AeWd WHITE MEN RE5CM?T 9»rTH( RISHT JWyHEftNB COHHAND “A CHOSEN INSTRUMENT’ By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church “The Lord Jesns 'has s«»t the Lthkt Thou rfecetve •tty Bight..” Acts 9:l'i “ Oh, the kark tragedy of hu" inan blindness. Maybe we all Suffer from one form of blind-, ness or another. Thus we all heed O'ur eyes to be oi^eried'til onei-jrespect or another. Siiul id to the jjiclrts ’‘•bf' revelation 1^ What kind of jblttdntBss ■are'you suffering fr^-*splri- tual, moral, social, economic, political or educational? The scales of blindness must be re- *' moved from our eyes. We all in some respect ne^ to cry out with the blind mpn on the Wayride...*‘Lord That 11 '■Receive My Sight...’ We live so complacently in' our blind ness we do not realize we are blind. Saul in his blindness went oh a mad crusade of de- ■Strctetion. Then suddenly his eyes .were opened. And he ac- cet>ted the great truth reveal ed in Christ Jesus, the Savior. His eyes were opened to the vast riches of God’s truth. The New birth opened his eyes to the boundless resources of God's redeeming love in Christ. Are you blind to God’s spiritual riches offered you in Christ? Sin, pride, selfishness and prejudice can blind us to these boundless riches. Saul thus rode , on madly in his blindness. Then the scales of blindixep fall from his eyes. ~e SCM and accepts the ^ ii#itt!im i^lie*, iiT fchnst; *1%U3 life fakes bn a new iobk and a new world embracing mean ing. Many are blind to the fact that their lives are being wast ed. Awake from that steep of blindness. Shake bff the scutes of darkness. Get wise and stop WfiStlHg~*tJie'TJrecibup *gift of life. You have but one life. You pass this way but Onc6.- Will you go back to God with the precious stuff of life Wast ed?'Then hear and heed the call of Ciirist. Some home is crumbling or a life is being wasted because of blindness. Have your eyes opened to the riches of spiritual truth in Christ and'thus enjoy a fuller life. Blindness has been one of the great tragedies of men. Na tions have been rujned on'ac count bf the blindness of their rulers. Blind leaders have pro duced many violent and bloody revelations. China was lost a decade agO' because of blindness of a corrupt leader- ' ship. The. suffering of the Ci^l'War may be attributed to the blindness of the slave holders. Labor’s long ujlhill struggle was due to the blind ness of the captains of indus try. Saul in his blindness would t;-y to stay the surging tide of God’s redeeming love in the early Church. It is blindness tliat would, stein the tide of the onrushing forces of decency and 'dignity behind the integration struggle of our times. Saul failed, and the blind blockers of progress now must fail. , Let us, then, let God open our eyes that- we may get on the moving tide of God’s unfold ing plans in our times. Let each see his blindness and ask God to move it. By ROBERT SPIVACK ^ The* efffcctiveness of disfi-an- chlsment is suggested by • comparison of the number of registered Negro voters- in Louisiana in 1896 when there were 130,334 and in 1904 when there were 1,342/ Be- ' tween the tVvo dates, the lite racy, property and poll tax qua’ti >' lanions were adopted. A rccent compilation shows 510,000 Louisiana Negroes qualified, but only 161,000 voting. Other states follow. Eligibto Voting Miss. 4DV,000 18,060 Ala. eieiooo 53,000 Ark. 233,000 00,000 ■Va. 423,000 85,-060 ' S.C. 390,000 93,fK)0 Fla. 367,000 WP.WO Ga. 634,000 l'G3‘,'(K)0 N.C. 550,000 . 102i,0'00 Tcnn. 371,000 149,000 Tex. 551,000 20§,000 Area Went Jtm Crow Laws restricting Negroes in bther lines proceeded apace up to 1900. The only Jim Crow type of law adopted in a ma jority oi Southern States ap plied to passengers aboard trains, and even that did not apply in South Carolina until 1898 and in Virginia in WOO. Only three states up to 1899 had sep.irate waiting rooms in ,, railvffay stations, but from that tihie on the whole region when overboard on» restric tions. ^ A 1915 SouMi Carolina code prohibited persons of different color from working togetherii in the same room or using the sapie entrance, pay windows at the same time or the same lavatories, toilets, drinking buckets, pails, cup.’, dippers or glasses at any time. Excep tions were made only as to firemen, floor scrubbers and repairmen, Who were permit ted racial mixing on a strictly emergency basis. One point as to which there never had been racial mixing jn the South up to recent times was the ele mentary schools, but up to some 60 years ago, there were hardly any facilities in that line for Negroes on any foot ing. Carl Williams Box 121 ' Newburyport, Mass. ‘NlM'llnie IriRic MfoiMs IfeiM Iw Mideffl Mgkww'HMiin t \K\ XJ bt .5 Ke ‘It is a Well-known fact among traffic statiMicians that only about one-third of a day^'nortiwl traffic volume is on the streets aMd lyghWrays during the hours of darkness. ’’•^Fet,' nearty every day of the year more '*Talid; adiidehts occur at night than lin the ^^tilae. This was called t(xour attentlon>again just •l%afl!lly* when the State of Massachusetts every 8atw>4ayiat Durham. If. C.' hg*thmkd PuhUthere, Ime. ■ L'MC.^XOartM, ^eitJnU felTV. JdltMOtr, Cb«trall«r j VMwtpal Oflfce located at 4l« E. P>amgwmi gti; " DflMiSia, Kortb Carolina *lam inmUer'^tht nm released is 1966 accid«it figures. In the hours of idayUght iltJidt)' AAM.'to 6:00 P. 'M.), persons liist thfeii* lives in ttaSic attcidents. Note "that th^e kours iiftlUde both, so-called, morning and evening “rtish hours” when many w6rtters W«nd 'th^ir iray to and from work. And yet we -ste that iiti:htsiiet!Mfi bel^en 6:00 P. 1V4. and eiOO A.-’M. atofrptehttws lost their llvtes—I'll mofe' fatalities '^than oc curred during daylight •andyet-u^nljpk about one-third ias much traffic flow was'^ the streets andtilghweys. To what can we IttAbiite* these'dii^roj^. tionate odds? To but «te^«ta)e»>«BcfeMr-^the inabHity-tO'Bee? . Since tmr human facultiM lirieak down wttfif-the coming-of'dittlmaee,* we • mast ‘took for a sohitian.' 'ftMwf '%e"tAust 'efeate--Mlpr rmHh e^oMw mnder -rne ^wU> u in a^i||hl,^i«baav»tt«faiuat 'Sherftian AdAns' Beneficiaries The petty acquisitiveness of Shferman-Adams, as represent ed b^ the vicuna coat and that $2,400 oriehtal rug “lent” to him by industrialist Bernard Goldflne, is ohly a small part of a Yhuch’ bigger story. For certain other people, Adams "Hid much more for iHuch less. Liberar* Pimofcrats ’in Con gress are noW treeing!! together ■the entire Adams sto'ty. They have begun a systeniatic sur-- vey of government > records. What they fljB^;j!aiiil#»ly trying to find 'out is 'what .^ams Aid fof the Jri'^te. e^tcic utility cohipaniesJ#u|^wo|^^ as the “I^b'w'St' '^^t . TnejRare pJir* tieUlSrly interested ft exartii- ning his role in shaping na- iional electric power' pblicy. By the time this column ap- ' pears in print, Adams may' or ■may not have resigned, as as- Bistant to the President. Whe ther he'does or doesn’t matters ■ little to those 'who are trying to assemble the Adams’ '' record. What’s done is done. ’ Either way, whether He -stays or fbes, Adahis is fobund 'to ' figure in the upcortiiag #^gp~ tlons. The UMnU Bemeci^ts ate determined that Adams ^jMmw »«%« jmpw*'aionVon tbr coat and the rug. They hope to tell the Adams story in its full dimensions. AVhat are these dimensions? Some informal, alinost casual inquiries, into Adaiiis’ role in power miatters has already been made by the Senate AHti-trust sbbcommittee head ed by EsteS Kefau'ver of Tenn. At IJie time they ■were made Adams’ role was touched on ohly trrlefly. But now two phases Of Atfams’ activities h%ve become subjects of ■ special ihterest. %e flrst'has to do'with Hells Canyon and the Idaho Power •' Co. Ttie secbnd'has to do with Gixon-Yates and TVA. Part of the evtdence Is ali^dy in the recbrd. Back in March bf this year the Keftauver anti-trust sub committee issued a report. It attracted little attention at liie time. Il'dealt'With Idaho Pow er’* ieflorts to-'get* a 'Cast tax ■write-oiff on its power pro jects.''Ftbm jts 'tieleWh'Ces to A’dams,’ it would &eem he in sisted on being ke^ Itilly in- farntfed of all ftegbti'atlons With th^i^Wet C'omt>ahy. On ^rU It), 1#S7, lb's report , said, VOtWMi dray, Ui^'ctor of the ^ce bf Defense'Mbbili* ■^atibn, ' eobftnitHl VWth the ODM tefU-in'tAitfigviar tux amortization certification. The VbtfAg H*id Civil 'Rl»*its President' Eifeerthower in his recognition of voting equality aa the-'epefliag edge of the es tablishment of all civil rights is bolstered by a study made in 1955 which showed this finding: that legaliited separa tion of the races scarcely be gan until the date' 1890, ahd then l>ecause of feSr of 'rising vote combination of Negroes and poor whites. The strange career ol Jim Crow shows that from the end of the Re construction pertod in 1877 Negroes 1n the South lor two decades voted and otherwise carried on legally like white people. During that period, Negroes and upper ':«lass Whites ■got along with hardly a Hpple'of conflict “but with continuing antagonism be tween Negroes and poor whites”. T%m Wateoa CrWWllted Then came the Pbpullst Party with its leaders in the Souti^, especially Tom Watson, tJ.S. Senator 'ahd i*ept'e36nta- tlve from Georgia, utifing that if poor folics, white and coloreW, Would 'just get toge ther,' they could 'take over everything. Scared to death by that movement, established Democratic politician* ^nd property owners throughbut the SbUth decided ttiteir feest way out-was to fan the fires of racial hatred. In pursuance of that theory, they enacted Within the span of a very few years every law they could think of to separate and to degrade the Negro race. Mississippi very early set up literacy, property and poll- tax requirements- for voting, designed to bar Negroes, but these wei-e not copied in-South Carolina until 1895, Louisiana in 1898, Nbrth CartlHha in 1900, Alabama, WOlj Virginia 1902, Georgia in 1905 and Oklahoma in 1910. The popu lar primary final election throughout the South, barring Negroes, was adopted first in South Carolina in 1896, Ar kansas followed in 1897, Geor gia in 1898, Florida and Tenn. In 1901, Alabama and Miss, in 1902, Kentucky and Texas in 1903, Louisiana in 1906, Vir ginia in 1913, and North Caro lina'not .until 1915. .1 —^ — - — ^ Mewiobk^ttempts To Explain ReasenMnd Youth Gang Wars Race prejudice is not the main reason for street fighting between Nei^o and white gangs, says Harrison Salisbury, PuHtzer-Prtge Winning reporter. This eonclw4tm is- rcoched in Salisbury’s nfew book, “THE SHOOK-UP GENERATION,” published (out October 15) by Harper & Brothers. Mr. Salisbury, iXrhose book is an account of juvenile de- lineju^nty around the country, believes that white boys fight Negro boys sihiply because ohe group may. live in a housing w^t theHaTi^^^Boys- Ciub. the outside, or Uiey» quarrel over some real o. imaginary boundary line. To gather material for “The ti»em, and tries to bring tn^ Shook-Up Generation” Salis- back into the good graces of the bury spent many- weeks with community. Juvenile delinquents, including “Not all the young men who thc^ notorious all Negro Bed- work for the New York Youth ford-Stuyve'sant gangs of Brook- Board are as humane and under- lyn. He talked With the young- standing and able as Mr. Taylor, sters in their hangouts and inter- But many are,” writes Harris6n viewed social workers, police, Salisbury. “There is^ however, and teachers. one real fau^t to be charged One of his sources of ihforma- against these street club work- tion was Abe Taylor, social wor- ers. It is simply put. There are ker from J^orth Carolina, who not enough of them;" , Formal Opening DfKittrellls Set For Del. 1 KITTRELL Bishbp Frank Madison Reid* Chairman of the Board of Trus tees, and members; have au thorized the President, R. W. Wisnerj of Kittrell Junior Col lege- to announce that the' Dis trict Official opening of the In stitution will be held Wednes day, October 1, 1968. Dr. R. W. Mance," Sociietary of Finance of the African Mtetho- ;dist Episcopal Church Will be the guest speaker for’*this 'cele bration. Dr. Mance is ’ a Well- known lay member, of the church with a rich ba|t:k ground of. experience in Education, Re ligion and the Science of Medi*, ctae. The Kittrell - College Choir, under the direction of Charles Alston, Jr., will furnish musid for the program. / * Bishop Reid announces ■ that the Trustee Board, together with ! tobre ta the,. Presiding Elders, pastors, give- im^bers and. friends, {are called nHMted tom4fct”lbP oificlal dpening of man’s name was Jacob B. Wy- ckoff. Gray told Wyckoff that he had decided to grant Idaho Power’s request for a tax write-off. The report does not make any estimate of how much this was worth, but' Sen. Morse (D. Ore.) has figured, it tb be in excess of $31,000,tM)0. ■“ THE BIG pVE The report contained these comments: “As Mr. Gray talked, Mr. Wyckoff took notes on a mi- mlographed stiaff paper circu lated within ODM in justifica tion of the granting of the pro jects. He had attached a copy of this two days earlier to a note addressed to Mr. Oray’s secretary, calling attention to the Supreme Cburt’S dedslbn, which he felt removed the last legal obstacle to cfertlflcatKin (of the private dams). Mr. Wyckoffs pencilled jottings were on Page / of the staff paper. ^ "Mr. Wyckoff 'wrote doWn f|ve names at the top of the page: ‘Adams’, Elmer Ben nett’, ‘Governor 'Pttw^ir, ‘Jferry Morgan’, ‘Pertbns’..." In the committee hbarihgs these men w^re identified tii SMrmaB Adiima, Cten.'^ltto etNyi 'bbvietiw »l4%>lved 'BJIWiaiu; W8^^*isttint;«tor- a vleina aid P. Morgan, the President'i coat or an oriental rug. counsel and Etaier ‘'Bennett, then confidential assistant to the Secretary of the Interior. The “Governor Powell” turn ed out to be ex-'Arizona Gov. Howard Pyle, * another White House aide. The subcommittee was not satisfied With Gray’s explana tion of the notations. The names Gray said, were\there only so he could let . them know about a press release be ing prepared- bn his decision. He 'went to The White House, however, to notify AWams ahttUt the decision in person. When askfed jUSt what he and Adams talked ^bout. Gray ple'aded“executive privilege”. Adams’ rble In the Dixon- ■yates ■ deal was spelled out in even more detail in another anti-trust committee Wport. At the time Congress was con sidering handing over '$9,500,- 000 to the Dliton-Yates firms to cbnstruct a transmission line, Adams personally con- tactied the head bfthe securi ties' ahd ’ Eiehange Commls- sibn. He asked that hearings On Mme Dlxon-Y^tes flnan- cihg ‘ be postponed" Isecausc he ■reared the ‘tiStihiohy might tn the'IHbtiSeHaebate. Th^e'U a'|teat deal Aibre ta bblh 'attfrlfeB.' iBUf lfe«i give- ffur Rittf^r CeiftjNi a.m. at 10:00
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