North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAItOI,lNA TIMES ' TKUTH UNtKIDLlP" IK^AKCH 11, A GOOD PUCE POR A “NEW STARr, MR. PRESIDENT, CONVINCE THEM k BcM Qtizeo RetNs But Nok tOa lile /. ,.v triWt.e Hi W £aca S***k3f f>nrh((U» Ct>««ly a' S^pe* t*irf»I^^W«llarr J«>f ov« i^V ^ |tea Jhtj aat '4dMfe|j|^ ftaw Mr. St,a| *9 Sn«» isKtw i» ^ j^;gr«es «f IkN^kt cv«a^a«# r*y a{ tter- ^^lOMcbd «ritfc that lev hat? 4itt»r., as t«mic«tl, k* |»y |>l^ ^ HI }«£»9itM kre fiotry it*, t Mr, ddkx ,|jC, UtAse lairty. M anA a Wve bu, A? Ky as»d «l^ bale 3nd iMsan^i w«i ^ r*m «ti;*^s oJ the nmra^it.' ^yli)v ? Ncstw »n liK»' Sttifo IV4 r«> saPtiii*^ mta rfOdtrenfwnt. t*'c t»»at J love jW W»p«ct of. tiK ent'Wi’ ^'»TW mt^P> wHt* him fie ««'•»> *«* wlKt^^'K flK-in wo oj^’portf tl»»-fr.iel numlte-. The Carolina Times regrets that it is com pelled to retract the sentiment expressed in the above editorial which was written last week only a few hours after it was announ ced that Mr. Stanley would retire , as Super intendent of th«^ Durham County Welfare De partment. To do so is a sad and painful duty, one that must be performed in spite of the high esteem m whkh fhiihead of the County Welfare Department was previously held by the Negro citizens of Durham. That Mr. Stanley lui^ for 42 years run such an excellent race only to stumble and fall within a few feet or hours of his retirement goal is one of those sad turn of events in* th« dWitiny of men tlM shs^s our ends "riwg'h hew them h*w v«e majti" There i.s the prim possibility that within the HI years tl^at Mr. Stanely has .scrvecf-his post thnt time has caught up with IfilB and certain members of the Welfare Board amd'passed them by. The old era demanded that th« head of such a county or city post adhere closely to the lines of racial segregation and subdue either direct ly or indirectly the will of all employes under him who dared oppose such a ^licy or forfeit his job. That day is gone forever and those who stand mourning at its bier are merely wishful thinkers. ' We think the two young white women em ployes who participated in picketing in Chap el Hill or elsewhere during their off-duty hours were absolutely within their God given' rights. The suggestion by Mr. Stanlev. other members of the Durham County Welfare Board or fellow employes that they, have the right to interfere with or pry into a person’s lawful conduct of his affairs when off duty appears to us to border on the line of thought control or slavery. Such is more becoming to Soviet Russia than to this land of the free and home of thp brafve. We thi^ik t|le resohitlon adopted by the Board is not ohl^ vveak but stupid and asi nine. Certainly it is stupid and asinine for the members of tAe - &oard to admit in one breath that the Attorney General "has advised thlt County Welfare Depwtment employes have the right ti parrticipate in picketing of moving picture thftalsers in protest of segre gated audiences therein" and then deny them that rjght in the next breath. In other words the Durham County Welfare Board sets its will up as being supreme to that of a ruling of the Attorney General of North Carolina. That Mr. Stanley allowed himself to be come a part and parcel to such a lousy docu ment we think is a sign of weakness and a lark of true statesmanship on his part. His retirement as head of the Durham County Welfare Board’is without a doubt the great-’- est contributfon Ke is now in pbsition to ren-. Jer the citizens of this community. * _ r 4.*, "ft'* I / TAKING THI5 FREEt»H . ! business UTERi^LLV . f M •Mays SPlRrrUAl,^SIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROLAN0 WhenWeGiveOtinelvKlt)' rtw Word Will Prevail Tnitt lst)n Th| March ^ ^ aqlj in tiipe. desttr^ / step with timt^ f.- Sometimii the earth itself is t6rn by Sometimes, there copies a itsMfi;-* something blind Sometimes an image that has stood so long , - It seems implanted as the polar stSr Is moved against an unfathomed force That MlJdfehTjr wltT iioTTiave il any more Call it mores, Call it God or fate Call it mansoul or economic law That force exists and moves. And whe^ it moves That force will employ a hand and actual stone To batter into bits an actual wall And change the scheme of things! From John Brown’* Body Stephen Vincent Benet We have said in these columns before, and irjepeati tJiat they are in ^ error who saj ife'lf "Tn*h on tl^'.scaf{oid ^ aqi? js {off Nil [>s dowa f^m flJisHicaf foldand»start toward the throne and woe-‘ betide him w^ gets in her path. ^ ATou read this we^lc that a group of leading ml^chai^S and Negro leaders of Atlanta, Gebrgia4 have Announced that Negroes will be allo|we4 tir'eat'^kt most department and drug s«oite Wnch counters in that city. The sits-ins of course will be discontinue after having won a victory that is equally as eooch making as many won with armies and navies. If yon are shocked at this turn of events in Georgia you may as well gird up, your loins for greater ones that are soon to come, not only in Geoi^a, but all over the deep South. These are great times in which we now live. Not times that “try men’s souTs” but times in which men’s souls are being freed in a great sweep of history. If you are fortunate to live an another decade voa will ritUMiM mtr% tMMrtajr ■! Owmuh. N. G. lltephMM: aaZ-ttU and 681-8612 Mr nakad PhUMmti. toe. 1* I. AOSmf,. Pri«rfMr naMv at tiie 1^ Ofllea •I DwkMb MMk QmMMK tmOtt Atf if ita* u wm. B S JWneoi^ C*bw*r ■IIWl'lllllMil BA3Bt; «Ut ISE YIAH A decade ago not eiiro the most optimistic fighter for hfumaA’ dq|a4ty would have pre- ,'dieted that 1961' s^ Niegroes eating at dejiartfflent Shd" dftig,. stof? Iwnch^ counters in the state o| p^orgik. tt is too late now for southern hate aiid worshippers of wliite supremacy"To'flatti. up Ihe oiT.rttsHirig waters of fteedom. Th« old scaflfold upon which truth was so often hanged has been destroyed by the Uhited State* Snpr^e Court and try as they may'fhe tirate' Woogera and apostles of white supreWacy wiff bfe Unable to erect, a new one. TRUTH IS, ON. THE MARCH ! l|iefiiN#Refiirns I CCoirtilliW# fr^ M l»c«) • Jlere, we ii a »i*ecBBs stbfy that MJt dpet by far aify tjiat Horatio Alger ever ■'wfiBte. atlL'foeiiCtI ^^lwl|^iitfr;{B^n|y}vania, the uiiversity aiiif a London law school, wHire hi rteejved his law degree, may fe^ th*.q|(|c^'w^ch African nations will takt Whfh' ladtd ckoosing between democracy aitd, com^ttiiipism. Th^ stoiT]e i4il§ lone African boy who came toh this cburti^ a littje over 30 years ago is one that Aiftell'Can Negro mothers and fathers ahouT^ read again and again. They will not>^rily nfeed ta read it, but after doing 'r. they sh«iuW-4ett it to their sons and daugh ters. . Give a biy or a girl successful or half-suc cessful patents, let him or her have the f.imily car to drive, a'few dbllars in hand and no respoasMlity of earmng a living, then let the narents send them la college and pay all the bills for their offspring and you are well on yoUT way to dumping on society a shift less. worthless and spineless creature who is more likfcly to bring disgrace to the family than honon You canft sharpen a knife on cotton. It can oniji; be ^iuirpieaied ou a hard stone or rocte. Lifttwi^e,. you can't sharpen a ;nind on a soft easy but on the hard rocks of adversfty. NkriAnsib, the fislv peddler on the streets of in 1928, returned to the Uhitetf States in 1961 as the head of Africa’s most a^aaced’ aAi^n to- be welcomed by 4;h’is nation’s president aii^ address the United Na tions is a “fiall stofy" that should be read carefully, an4 tlic^lltfully by all so-called iucctssful Negro parents of the United States. "Sp ths word of the’tiird grfcw and prevailed miohtMy*” 19:2C. 1621-. V When we give ourselves un conditionally to Christ, the word of the Lord will prev^ Her^^. we have the great stA of th^ who came Riving upEt^r ov^fe ways and the mateipl^dvant-* a^s derived therefrom. This is the secret of real spiritual pow er. The word will gr6W and pre vail if we give ourselves fully to' Christ Too many oIm«is come' ,I«V Wherf!! there are reservations,. we huve given ourselves wholly to Jesus. If the word of Christ is to pre vail, you must do this. The word prevailed in Enho- sus because there were tbo«> willing to' give themselvos fullv to Christ Jesns. The word grow now, if there, are tVins*> Wlre~WtTt" 8tVB"^em5Slvns WhrAn- heartertlv to Jesus. When the word fails to grow, its due to our reservations and lukewarm- nMS. In Revelations yeu- remom- her he told the lukewarm church he would spew them out of his mouth. Why7 They were neither hot nor cold. They were spiritual fence-straddlers. These people in that ancient city decided to let the world know where they were standing. This decision brought power ihtd their lives. The word grew and prevailed. “So the word of the Lord grew and prevailed.” Dedicated believers in Christ Jesus will cause the word of God to grow and prevail. It will take tiilke but the word will grew. There may be some opposition but the word will grow. There will be setbacks and discourage ments but the word will grow and prevail. Dedicated souls must f.'.-* and overcome many diffi culties but the word of the Lord •will prevail. Give God some true witnesses' and the word will pte- irri). M“n may Mode and- hinder but when there are dedicated souls the word must prevail. It took Wittemore the dedicated believer and preacher for the Continued from ftont page prssMen^ of Atlanta, Ga., and a member of Hie Association's national Board of Dlroctors, If Wasod, buf the* his "bias" is again** undiemo- cratie tr.-^tment o# ^/le^|ro«*. •■If lie were not,” Wilkins said, “then the Civil Bights Comnjis- sion post would well be filled by any Southern segregationist-^and remain as empty, in terms of exe- .cutiDg the task for which the body was created. “H the Russel-Talmadge formula should prevail) no Negro—South ern or Northern — except those p.-irroting the) views of their lily- white ventriloquists, would be named to any federal post." ieUd«ti4 Rifh leheol, i&d Sr, k. tt. Harris, NCTA tr»iiitter md Director of Education at Shaw University. In addition to the Interim Com mittee, a group bf consultants was named; L. M. Ifttton, principal of Carver School, Henderson, and N OTA budget director; !lames T. Taylor, past NCTA presid?'nt; Atty. -Spears Continued from front paOT Construction of a new bank building is expected to begin on or about May 1 and the branch should be in operation on or about December 1 of this yeor. Spears is a native of Cabarrus County and a graduate of A. and T. College at Greensboro. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, although he retired in 1955 after completing 40 years of service as a salesman and district manager for the Com pany. -NCTA word of God to grow in the Evan- gelissation of Korea. In. a lew years there were thirty thousand souls claiming Jesus as Savior. Give Christ a dedicated soul and the word will prevail. The word will grow in your home if you will give yourself to Jesus. Why are there so many homes broken in these times? Why are there so many homes iri the process of breaking? Would you say that they are homes where Christ and the word of God prevailed^ T^e would* be inclined to say that they ,are homes where the word of God is gptHering dust on some polished table. ’The soul guided by tJie word and given td Christ in love can usually. stand the raging storms of this troubled life. In homes^where we belong to Christ and the word is found, we will f4n4 ew fighting ihcough storma. to a haven of peace and calmi Where tlie word of God pre- vailit, W8 will fifid 0 power to camr us through to victory. Continued from front page gave unselfishly so much of their life and worth to this' cause of public and private education In this state." According to B. H. Toole, chair man of the anniversary program, the theme of the convention will emphasize the importance of past, present and the future of the NC TA Heading an imposing sched ule of nationalhr recognized leaders in education are Mrs. Buena Stolberg, president of the Dispartmonf of Classroom Teachers of tfie National Edu cation AsfMiatien and Dr. Jas. M. Nabrit, president of, Howard On|^r]^!y. Dr. Nabrit will a4; dress the public mMting in the Raleigh Municipal Auditorium ' March 24, at ■ p.m. Continued from front page lins are Lafayette Parker, vice president of NCTA and eDan of the College at Fayetteville State Teachers College; Mrs. Elizabeth Keonts, ppcsidont classroom teachers; C. J. Bar' I r, immediate past president of NCTA and priacipal of. the Garner Con The Negro Press Yesterday-Todai One hundred and thirty-four years ego, the first Negro news paper appeared in th^ United. States. In the year 1827, a group of Negro leatlers in New York City met to discuss the problems of the race and resolVt!a"to' publish tt'weekly jonmal to espouse lie cause of freedom and the citizeny ?hin sJatus of the free Negroes. Thus on March 1827, John Rusawurm, a fr«e Nijgro, pub lished the first issue of "Fre4 dom's Journal," in New York City, the first Negro' AmerlcsA newspaper. Assoeiatad with Mr. Russwurm wm thiS'. Reverend Snmiel Cornish, alj|t_4(f New York. Tho'se two pioneers of Negro .iournalism dedicated themselves to the cptise of their oppressed brothers in (he South and to the' advancement of the Neeroes who had escannd to the North.- Accnrrlin^ to historians, Mr.' Ruswiirm’s career in journalism* was brief atirl h" was captured bv the Cnlnnization Society and s°nt to Afrira. His newsnaper was suspended, but other Negro edi- tf'rs spranfj up and be*»an pub lishing nowsnapers td light the path of freedom. ^ The names of early Negro newsnan"rs indicate the purposes fn wViirh thev were dedicated. In additiop to Freedom's Journal, thpro were such designations as Rit|h\-! of All. Mirrow 'of Libet^,' Plevator. Clorion, Gisnius of Proe- done and North Star. Today there are upward of two himdred Necro publications in the United States. These publica tions have a total per issue cir culation of ppproximately two million conies, which are read by an estimated nine million members of the race. • Every movement for the ad vancement of Negroes, includ ing the abolition of slavery, has been championed through Negro newspapers. • Negro newspapers en^ploy thousands of trained workers in the, Visited states. ' , • ^ousamljs if |obt jk ptUk considered’closed ^o I^gro^-. hpve been opened to the youth of the race, through the incessant fighting of the Negro Press. • The mechanical and editor ial standards of leading Negro newspapers are steadily improv ing. • The total value of printing equipment and buildings owned Negro newspapers in the U S. is conservatively estimated at not less than fifteen million doi- lars. • The Negro newspaper re mains a vehicle for the unbiased dissemination of news for and about Negroes of the United States. I Althbugh various advertising media have sprung up over the notion in competition for news paper advertising, the Negro newspaper still remains the most popular and effective medium foi| reaching the Negro buying pub- Uc. This is because the Negro peo ple still look to their own news papers to champion the interests of the race at all times, as they could not always expect sucta protection to be rendered by others. The Negw-owns and operates his own newspapers and they ap peal to him in a peculiar way tha't no cfther publication at aiverMring media can. BiR't Segr^ted Sctiools CORY OF AN OPiN LETTIR TO AOAM CLAYTON POWiLL: Hon. Adam Clayton Powell, Cljr.lrraan, Labor and Education Cbmmittee, House of Reps., Wa^ington, D. C. Qt^.Sir: " . • The New York Times of Feb- ruiwy 21 reported that you con template offering an anti-segre gation rider to the Administra tion’s plan for Federal aid to public eduiation. As a native white from the ,S|outh I urge you to use all your power to prevent the spending of ANY Federal funds for the sup port of segregated schools or colleges. I was bom, bred and* educated in the Siflith (North - ferolina), . and still have strong family ties there. I feel certain that the big majority of the white citi zens of the South would sup port a forthright enforcement of the Supreme Court decision of 1954. The hesitation, equivocation ^nd the timidity of the Federal Government with regard to the Court’s decision has encouraged the most reactionary elements in 'the South' to fomant rebellion against the Federal enforcement of any law which they do not like. In this year ol the brasen cele bration of the birth of the Con federacy the’ Southerners need to be told that they lost the war at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 19H5; a nd that, as a re sult, the 13th, 14di and the 15th amendentents were added to the United States Constitution. They need to be told that these amend- auflts fave tiie Mefroes Ameri can cithienship. As, a loyal southern white I strongly advocate a forthright enforcement of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, including the use bf Federel troops, if secessaty; and including the en forcement of the,penalties pro vided for in the amendme|»ts of the states that refuse to corh" ply with the Constitution. The t inauguration of such bold and vigorous policy by the Kennedy Admiwstration would have the strong support of the Negro citizens of the South and of the rest of the country; and would have the support of the big majorityi I believe, of the honest ahd^Be white citizens of the South. The Civil Rights' Congress has pointed out the contradiction in the use of Federal funds to sup port segregated schools and col leges. Your Committee has the opportunity and the obligation boldly to put the issue square ly to the people. Secretary Ribicoff’s suggestion that desegregation of the schools is a side-issue, and should not be allovimd to block Federal aid tb the schools' is only a part of the intolerable^ timid equivoca tion whi^ has produced the pres- ent dilemma. Such timidt obstnra- tion should be swept away. The Dixieerate and theijr alliea say that pablic education is itself only a side-issue to the segte^a- tioa of 'the schools. i Such arro gant defiance should be crushed, YoOfs truly, Charles J. Hendley Bronx, -Freed Continued frbm front page Robert McCullough speaking for Ihe Friendship students said that “Segregation is evil. J cannot co operate with it. If it is necessary, I and my fellow CORE members V^ill reurn to the picket line snd to the road gang to continue the struggle." Continued from front page Bynum Weaver, who with Wil liam McCauley, answered the am bulance call to the scene, describ ed the scene as shocking. Weaver said the Miss Trice and her son were in one bed in the front room of the house-aftd^Miss Trice’s father was lying ticross the bed in the back room. “The boy was lying with his back to his mother. She was lying on her back, perfectly still. She must have been killed instantly from the blow, because she hadn’t even moved her hands. “We could see that she was dead, so we looked at the boy and the father. The boy appeared in wcFse shape, and took him first to the hospital. Deputy Maddrey said the father was semi-conscious and babbling incorherently when polioi officers arrived on the scene, about 3 p.m. ^ Maddrey said all three had been hit with the pole (bluitt end) of the axe. He said Cottqil hit Miss Trice first, then the boy who was lying beside his mother, and walked into the back reom where he struck Miss Trice’s father. ' All were struck in the forehead. 'hie hole made in the woman's head by the blow exposed her brain tissue, Maddrey said. Cotton was stirred into the murderous rampage by jealous anger, the depu); explained. Di^ Cbntlhued from front page ion, chairman B. S. Wemble, of Winston-Salem, said this board had been considering the issue of admitting Ne^o students for the past several months. f Indications were that the^ first Negro to be accepted wouM be in the Divinity School. The puke school has one application now pending. Divinity School D e a n Robert E. Cushman, who praised the board's action, said'it would be received and processed as any other. Cushman expressed “personal gratification” over the trustee's action in . changing the admission policy. But Duke Graduate School Dean, Dr. Allen M. Carter, declined to. comment. There was no word; from the Law and Medical school offi- 1 cials. Duke also has a graduate school in Forestry and Nuning. Killed Continued frofn front page Alston avenue tM- accident took place. He died of'a skull frac ture and nvanfiKSui t^mil in juries. * 3 1 Scott was bcoke^ Ml^v^tiga- tion and released' uiiw ^,000 bond; . v ^ Funeral services for Graves were held on Monday It Mt. Calvary HolineeS Church. He is survived by his parents, parents, Mr. and Mrs. |il. F. Graves, of 529 S. Briggs avenue, fouE." sisters, twtK brothers and a grandmoher. Geerge Bond, 81, of 114 Bond St., was killed Tuesday night when he was struclt by two automobiles on S. Roxborp street. Bond was hit by a car ’driven by Barbara DeLois McDouglad, 27, of 105' Umstead street, knocked to he pavement and struck by a oar driven by the Rev. * John Treadwell, who was following the McDougald car. Treadwell’s car had to be jacked up tor Hatris’ body to be removed No chacgfW.iKrere brought against either drivA Funeral services for Harris were scheduled for Saturday at Bbene- at Methodist Churph )h Chatham County. His body will lie in state at Burthey’s Funeral Home until shortly before the funeral when it will be removed to the church.