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[—THE CABOUNA TIMES SAT., NOV. 27, 1965 PAGE 2 The Bombings A Warning iiai comment on the early morning bombing of four civil rights leaders and prominent citizens of Charlotte is being written only a few hours after the brave and courageous culprits had committed their dastardly and murderous acts under a cloak of darkness and sneaked back from whence they had come. That they did not have the courage or the manhood to make their attacks in broad day light is positive proof that the cause for which they attempted to murder the occupants of the four homes, is not sustained by a conviction. Men who have a conviction will face their adversaries, day or night, whatever the cost. They do not find it necessary to resort to such fiendish acts under cover of darkness to up hold the cause for which they have taken a stand. Such persons are, like wise, the kind who must disguise themselves with hoods, sheets and other paraphernalia in order to hide their identity. In spite of the fine editorial com ments of a majority of North Caro lina's daily press, its governor and many prominent citizens, decrying the dastardly bombing of the four Negro homes, we cannot exactly give Char lotte nor the state in general a clean bill of goods in the matter. We recall very vividly the bombing of the auto mobile of Dr. Reginald Hawkins in Charlotte last January which finally resulted in the arrest and convictions of the person responsible. We also re call that instead of full punishment * for the act that the defendant was given a suspended sentence, which in reality amounted to a mere tap on the wrist by the court. We charge that such action on the part of a law en forcement agency of this state merely sets the stage for such vile deeds as that which happened in Charlotte early Monday morning. George Daniel White, Jr. The untimely passing of George Daniel White, Jr. on Wednesday, No vember 17, removes from Durham one of its finest spirits and most noble young businessmen. Small in stature but possessing a heart that was al ways big enough to make room for just one more, however great or hum ble, however old or young, George never lost the common touch, nor was he ever out of step with the aged and the youth of his day and time. George White made no noise about his contribution to the youth of the community as a scoutmaster, nor to the religious, civic and other institu tions of Durham. Instead, he seemed ko take delight in serving wherever | IT'S AMAZING! __ ''' ' * @►4 H FACM 1K) PoUNTfAlh} TStJV 'WOAki« .S Akj (Xtu,, ■ I quck w,T. a "- - HEAP " , -Z>IR BALKANS, MILK \s USED IN THE AuTb ■_ COLORT JAA / -RTF \ . ICB..- *5 -*l§ N&U PUHPCO our „ or/kO«wrr..... PLACES IN -we* . pfir. cwttrrov I WWW*>r As much as the Negro ciitzens of the state appreciate the condemna tion of the Charlotte bombing of the four homes by the governor, the press and prominent citizens, in general, they would much prefer that those same sources of influence exhibit a few ounces of prevention instead of the so many pounds of cure which al ways come after but not before such vicious acts have been committed. Such a cure must include swift and sure punishment for those, who under the Ku Klux Klan, the White Citizens Councils and other such organizations, continue to peddle race hatred which in the end results in such as occurred in Charlotte last Monday night. Likewise, it must include an organ ized effort against such acts on the part of the white church. Too often the white church, while not participat ing per se in such vile acts, is guilty of winking at them or actually hold ing the coats of those involved. The Charlotte incident ought to b« a warning to other cities of North Carolina and the entire South, that so long as the KKK and other such organizations are smiled upon by the people of this state, the home, life and property of no citizen is safe. Now it is the Negro who is attacked. Soon er or later it will be any white citizen who dares raise his voice or hand against any organization of tyranny or terror, especially if it is in the defense of the Negro. We think the tims, has long since passed for the mealy piouthed meas ures taken against those who know only terror, murder and acts of vio lence as a means of achieving their ends. We think no stone should be left unturned to bring to justice those re sponsible for the bombings in Char lotte and when apprehended that they should be punished to the fullest ex tent of the law. he could without the beating of drums or the invitation to "come and see what I have done." He truly possess ed the spirit of quiet devotion and unselfishness that is seldom sieen in these days of the mad scramble to be seen and heard. We think the example set by this fine young man of our day is worthy of being copied by those who are al ways selling their souls for the sake of having the spotlight turned on them for only a few moments. That he was cut dowi) in the flower of his life is to be regretted. We think though that those who knew George White will agree that Durham, the state and the nation have been made better because he passed this way. II - i I' . « "SfAV HPWNT THE OTHERS* 1 OUW UV\MG -am6 ~ft> HSCPIPE " FEAR IS SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV - HAROLD RO LAN *> To Know Christ is to Be Freed WgM From the Shackles of Mortality To bo frood from tho ahocklos of mortality" —Rom. 1:21 Man's mortality is dramatiz ed in his inevitable appoint ment with death. Humanity— all men are subject to the ter minating act of life called death. Death is the dominant mark of things created. All life—plant and animal—is sub ject to what is called death. Man fearful of the event does not like to become preoccupied with the idea of death. In this attempt to escape the reality of it we would call it by other names—deceased, departed, de mised. Yes, men would attempt to escape the grim reality of death. But Alas! There is no escaping the fact. It is ever with us. Daily we see the signs and reminders. The signals of death are flashing in our bod ies. Christians, in Christ, are freed from the shackles of death. Truly to know Christ is to be freed from the shackles of mortality. Christians should be free from an acute fear of this ter minal experience we call death. Jut few have achieved this rare spirtual maturity. With a true faith and trust in Christ we should be free from the fearsome foe of death. Christ -Blast Continued from front page The most damage was done at the homes of the Alexanders located next door to each oth er. Fred and his wife were alone in their home at the time. Damage to the homes of the brothers was estimated at several thousand dollars. At the hom«. of Chambers ■where he and hfs wife were sleeping in a back bedroom, the blast went off under a front bedroom window. In the Hawkins home the blast tore a one foot hole in the backyard. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and their three children were asleep «t the time. Local daily newspapers al ready have begun the forma tion of an "Antiterrorism Fund ,v to which the Charlotte Observer has made an intial contribution of S3OO as a re ward for iaformation to the arrest and conviction of the bombers. Ma/dr Dan Brookshire of Charlotte has announced a drive- called "Opexatfioo Re building" for the purpose of raising funds to repair the damaged homes and to "the good name of our city." The drive was endorsed by the City Council in special ses sion Monday afternoon. -Panels Continued from front page recption on November 10. The Planning Session waa presided over by A. Philip Randolph, Honorary Chairman for the Conference, and Co- Chairmen Morris Abrajn and William T. Coleman, Jr. has made two great conquests for us mortals—in obedience to God be bas conquered sin and death. Christ has subdued death the last of foes. Thus every Christian should join In the joyous shout with Paul In the message to the saints at Corinth. Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through Christ. In Christ we sUnd joy ously and triumphantly in the company of the one who has given us the victory pver death the last foes. Ultimately, then, in Christ we should rise above the fear of death. Faith in Christ frees us from the shackles of death! We are freed because Christ has robbed death of its domin ion and power over us. Before we were saved from sin we were indeed in the shackles of sin and death. But now as Christians we can say thanks be to God who giveth us the victory in Jesus. The victory men had lorged for, the great hope of the ages, has come to us in that act of regeneration or the new birth. Thank God we are free from the shackles of mortality. In Christ we tri umph over the mortal by be coming immortal. In Christ the heavenly has won the victory over the earthly. The slaves -Book Continued from front page God, one family created in the image of God, one nation under divine discipline. Charles Rivers Frazer, Sr., educator, author, and business man, was born in Alabama in 1879. He received his A.B. de gree in 1900 from Shaw Uni versity, Raleigh, North Caro lina; took a two-year course in foreign languages at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1901-02, and received a second degree from the Uni versity of Chicago in 1907. He has served as a member and leader of many civic, educa tional and business organiza tions, Phi Peta Sigma, Knights of Pythias, and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He has authored two books of poetry and has established his own business «s a real estate broker. He and his wife Daisy Christian live In East St. Louis, Illinois. -Poll Tax Continued from front page state, staffed by a coordinator, a secretary and various tele phone callers. In counties where the NAA C P presently has no branches, special groups have been assigned. Sunday, Jan. 9, 1900, has been established as "Poll Tax Sunday" in the three states, when the Association hopes to enlist the churches and vari ous organizations in the cam paign. In Alabama, it is estimated that 92,000 persons have not yet paid their poll taxes. In conjunction with the continu ing voter registration cam- have been freed—we the slaves of death and mortality have been emancipated and we thank God for this gift of free dom in Christ Jesus. We mor tals dying creatures—may now be clothed in the glory of the immortal. Let us then as believers in Christ Jesus be done with un necessary, acute fears. In Christ there is no basis for the fears. The things you fear —death, has been overcome. In Christ we have and we shall over come. In Christ we have snatched the victory from death. Death lost its dominion to Jesus. Early that morning three days beyond dark cal vary we see Jesus standing above the grave with the keys the symbol of his victory over death the last of. And we hear Jesus saying victoriously. I was dead but I am alive forever more and I have the keys of hell and death. Believers in Christ now have no need to fear death. Christ freed us from the fearsome shackles of death on the first Easter morning when he conquered death and the grave. paign, the NAACP will devote its energies in the next two months to making these per sons eligible to register. Birmingham has been desig nated as state headquarters for the Alabama campaign. Ap proximately 1,800 volunteer workers will be involved in the drive. The NAACP presently has paid workers in four Alt. counties where Federal regis trars are now working. While the NAACP voter reg istration campaign has placed thousands of new voters on the registration lists, several Ala bama counties are still using various tactics to slow down and prevent registration. The Association has urged TJ. S. Attorney General Nicholas deß. Katzenbach to send Fed eral examiners to these coun ties. -Birthday Continued from front page She says she $»» to. because she makes her cwn clothes. Born In Virginia, a slave, to slave parents, Mrs. Haroons re members being sold to a fam ily in Alabama while she wai a young girl. She later gave birth to 12 children, tlx of whom still live. The family Bible substanti ates Mrs .HamoU* claim to her age, since birth certificates were unknown when she was born—at least for slaves. The Bible also lists her old est child as being 96 yean old and still living in Quincy, Fia. Perry Lee Thomas, 84, a son. lives in New York, and another son, Lee Hamons, also resides in York. One daughter, Mrs. Ever Ho gans, resides In Cottonwood, and another, Mrs. Carrie Bell Walker, lives in New York. OwCangfe®*® Published every Saturday at Durham, N. by United Publishers, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher Second tiass Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION BATES $5.00 per year plus (19c tax in F- c - (*■*- where in the VS., and Canada and to service men Overseas; Foreign, fT3O per year, Sin gle copy 15c Principal Offiee Located at 436 E. Pettigrew Street, Durham, North Carolina 27702 To Be Equal By WHJTNKX M. IOUNQ J*. Power Of The Ballot A CURSORY glance at the results of the otf-year elec tions held in recent weeks throughout the country brings into locus one salient fact: the Negro who la emerging as a most powerful factor In big city politics. Indeed, there is much evidence supporting the belief that the political persuasion of the Negro voters In major urban centers of the nation will eventually help to the destiny of both major parties The most convincing testimony to that, perhaps, to the marvelous showing made by a young and popular Ohia " legislator named Carl B. Stokes in i™w»g a photo-finish race to incumbent Mayor Ralph ' S. Locher In the Cleveland mayoralty ele«- ' Opposing the Mayor and two other con testants, the handsome and well-spoken 38- year-old Negro attorney, the first of his v i race elected to the Ohio Legislature, re ceived 85,375 votes as compared to the win ncr's total of 87,933. In other words, a margin of only one percent of the aggra- Kate 236,977 votes cast prevented Stoke* from recording what would have been an in credible upset in the face of overwhelming odcto. Stokes is the second Negro to run for mayor in Cleve land during the past decade. Alexander H. Martin, Ilk* Stokes, an independent Democrat, polled 10,930 votes, about eight percent of the total, and finished fourth in a five-man race in 1955. Still Wondering About Stokes Political observers are still wondering how Stoke* wm able to severely t?st the strength of such a formidable op ponent as Mayor Locher who boasted the strong backing ot two Cleveland daily newspapers, a powerful Democratic ma chine, organized labor and almost 10,000 city employees. Stokes, with a 15-year career in public service behind him, staged a vigorous campaign in aU sections ot the na tion's eight largest city. However, he was reportedly victimized by a vtdou* whispering campaign. "Vote for Locher," they warned each other in ttte whit* areas, "or you'll get Stokes." Consequently, he got virtually no support in those ar*M where the apprehensive thought of having a Negro as mayor caused a sharp reaction against him. Of course, this damaged Stokes' chances immeasurably. Many of his supporters, on the other hand, expected him to gain from an avalanche of Negro votea which, they hoped, would approach or perhaps equal the >8 percent given LBJ a year ago in the Presidential election. But things didn't turn out quite that well. There are approximately 1 IS,OOO Negroes among the 337,800 registered voters in Cleveland, and it's reasonable to assume that as many as 10 percent of that number backed the traditional Republican ticket. Maybe another 10 to IS percent went for Locher. Elsewhere in tihe nation, other Negro achieved noteworthy political advances in major state Mid municipal elections. Woodmere, a Cuyahoga County suburb ot Cleveland, voted Attorney Samuel S. Perry in as its first Negro mayor, and Dayton's Don Crawford was re-elected to his Commissioner's post. Cincinnati Elects Myron Bush MyTon Bush was elected to the Cincinnati City Coun cil, and Robert C. Henry won a seat on the City Com mission In Springfield, Ohio. Voters in Chester, Pa., the scene of racial conflict last Spring, elected Leo S. Holmes, a math teacher, as the first Negro City Councilman. Hutchings F. Inge, a 65-year-old Democrat in Newark, became the first Negro elected to the New Jersey State San ate. And in Detroit, the Rev. Nicholas A. Hood succeeded as the second Negro elected to the City Council, while Charles S. Farmer emerged as a judge in Wayna Circuit Court. The last election showed: 1. That increasingly, intelligent and enlightened whits citizens are portraying a greater concern about the qualifica tion of the candidate than his color. 2. That the Negro is now more concerned about the ideas, the principles, and the platform of the candidate rath er than his party label. Both Lincoln and Roosevelt remain his heroes in history, but they are not current candidate*. The Negro in America is moving ahead In many areas, but it Is imperative that he assert himself even more In the political arena and nuke the ballot a weapon for wagintf war on bigotry and poverty. -Fraud Continued from front page of 3 Negro delegates and 8 alternates were elected, while 19 white delegates and a score of white alternates were elect ed (therefore, Negroes, who represent 82% of the popula tion in that county, won only 20% of the positions for ASCS county convention delegates). In Greene County (which Is 82% Negro) all returns are that county feel that the gen eral ASCS election pattern not yet in, however workers In will follow there too. During the counting of ballots in that county, only one person was originally allowed to watch the procedure. SNCC staffer, John Llutkas, tried to lodge a com plaint about the sltustlon with federal representatives Ray Fittgerald, Deputy Adminis trator of State and County Af fairs; and Victory Phillips, ASCS Civil Rights Assistant, but was told by their secreta ries that It would be impossi Mrs. Daliy Ward, 81, reside! with the 125-year-old Mrs. H»- mons. b!e to reach either of them. Finally, in desperation, John called D. L. Collins, state di rector of ASCS and eventually the county committee allowed 4 Negro fanners to witness the counting. The county chair man tried to block John's en trance at the door but was pressured into allowing him In. All Negro witnesses were mad* to sit against the wall apart from the counting and weM therefore unable to see the actual proceedings. Ironworkers building a garage in Pittsburgh took one look at the sculpture In the nearby Three Rivers Arts Festival and then welded together a birdlike figure of steel reinforcing rods, washers and a drift pin on their lunch hour. They smuggled it into the art show and it was promptly sold. Steeple on the new church of the Sola Air Base near Stfevan ger, Norway, is simply made from the wing of an F-84 jet fighter.
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