—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1965
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- Providing Better Race Relations in N. C.
The announcement last Saturday
that North Carolina's five most popu
lated counties, namely: Mecklenburg,
Guilford, Durham, Forsyth and Wake
would gain an additional House repre
sentative each, under the tentative
plan drafted by a legislative commit
tee, should raise high hopes among
the state's Negro leaders. With a deep
South state like Georgia already hav
ing elected two Negroes to its State
Senate and eight to its lower House,
we think it is high time that the more
than one million Negroes of "liberal"
North Carolina bestir themselves and
place candidates in the race for the
legislature in each of the above men
tioned counties.
We are of the opinion that there is
a large number of progressive white
voters of North Carolina who feel that
Negro representation in the State
legislature is not only fair but greatly
needed to provide a better line of com
munication between the races during
these stressful times. It is, therefore,
our feeling that if qualified Negro
candidates are entered into the cam-
Negro Employment in State and Counties
It is too early yet to determine
whether or not the ousting of Col.
Dave Lambert, as State Highway Pa
trol Commander, will mean any im
provement in the patrol's employ
ment policy as it regards Negro citi
zens of North Carolina. Of the 700
or more men now employed in the
department not one of them is a Ne
gro. This, we think, belies again the
reputation of liberality about which
people of this state so often boast.
It appears to us that the employ
ment of NegTO policemen in every
major city of the state, and even in a
majority of the smaller towns, that
the employment of Negroes in the
State Highway Patrol would come as
a natural development. We can'think
of no source of objection to such, un
less it is the Ku Klux Klan by which
we trust leaders of the state do not
intend being influenced.
If the reason for non-employment of
Negroes in the patrol is due to the
fact that none have applied we think
Caswell School Investigation Needed
The latest episode, in a series of up
heavals in Caswell County Negro
Schoos over the past ten years, in
which E. T. Artis, a highly respected
citizen and resident of this city, was
dismissed last week as principal of
the Stoney Creek Elementary School
is distressing. An account'of the in
cident is published elsewhere in this
issue of the Carolina Times and dis
closes that Mr. Artis was charged
with "padding" or instructing his
teafchers to report pupils present when
they were actually absent from school.
As usual the full blame for the
violation of the rule in such cases
most always falls on the principal,
when in all sincerity he may have
permitted sympathy for his teachers
get the better of his judgement. Thus
so often we find, under such circum
stances, that a good man becomes the
sole victim of his error.
With no intention, whatsoever of
trying to defend Mr. Artis for the
violation of a rule he must have known
was in existence, we do think there
are one or two unanswered questions
that need to be taken into careful con
sideration by all those concerned in
the Caswell County School case. First,
we would like to know where was
the administration or superintendent
when such obvious figures were being
Things You Should Know
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DIED LEAVING A LARGE FAMILY IN POVERTY.
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paign, in the counties mentioned
above, that they will receive great
support from the growing number of
forward thinking white voters as well
as from those of their own race.
If at least one Negro can be elected
to the legislature from the five coun
ties mentioned above, it will provide
the beginning of a fair and just recog
nition of, what has amounted to over
the past hundred years, as North Car
olina's forgotten citizens. Certainly
the state cannot hope to ever realize
the kind of race relations that is most
desirable, so long as qualified Ne
groes are not considered eligible for
the state legislature and employment
in other policy making positions of
state, city and county offices. If the
people of Georgia, a deep South State,
are progressive enough to take such
a forward step as to elect ten Negroes
to that state's legislature we feel that
"liberal" North Carolina can do like
wWe by electing at least one Negro
representative from each, of the state's
five most populated counties.
An announcement to the effect that
the department intends to hire persons
on the basis of qualifications rather
than race will result in Negroes ap
plying for the position. Certainly with
the continued annual increase of Ne
gro high school and college gradu
ates, finding employment for them is
certain to be eventually at a premium.
We think, therefore, that it is only
fair and just that qualified Negro citi
zens of the state be employed in not
only the Highway Patrol but all state
departments.
Likewise, we think the time has
come for Negro leaders to make a
determined bid for such employment.
In so doing it will be far more im
pressive than the established policy of
one or two of them accepting a few
political crumbs, for which others of
the race are required to pay by keep
ing their mouths shut about the gen
eral lack of employment of Negroes
in state, county and city offices.
submitted to him in the monthly re
ports of the school? A second ques
tion that remains unanswered is : Why
were the teachers totally excused for
the party they played in the infrac
tion of the rule against padding? In
stead, one of those involved was pro
moted.
A review of simlar incidents in the
operation of the Negro schools of
Caswell County reveals that they
were all handled in the same inept
manner. There appears to be a pat
tern and it is one that evades the rec
ognized line of authority, -until some
thing happens. In the case of Mr.
Artis, as in all previous cases of the
Caswell County Negro schools, when
the explosion takes place, the super
intendent is always found hiding in
the barn, the backhouse or some oth
er safe place from which he emerges
with upraised hands, disclaimining any
prior knoweldge of the situation.
We think the time has come, and
this latest incident demands, a full
investigation of every aspect of the
Negro schools in Caswell County,
along with practices of the superin
tendent, and other high school offi
cials. Until this is done we would
warn qualified persons of principal
caliber to beware of accepting employ
ment as principal of any Negro school
in Caswell County.
Mrs. VIOLA^LIUZZO
WILLIE -jr
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
R "Everything Works for Good
For Those Who Love God"
—Roman 8:28
Oh what a blessed, heart
warming promise we have
from the God of all power. The
God who has created and sus
tains all things has made this
promise. The promise is that
everything will come out all
right for those who are striv
ing diligently to live for God.
And this great promise should
sustain and comfort us at all
times. Some of the great re
deemed souls have lived and
died by this promise. This
promise sustained that man of
God who preached for seven
long weary years in a strange
land for Jesus before one soul
was converted. And those num
berless souls who gave their
lives for the cause of Christ
lived by and anchored their
hopfs in this glorious promise.
Everything will come out all
right for those who take God
at his word. Oh what a change
would be wrought if every re
deemed soul would live by this
promise. Everything, yes it says
everything will come out all
right for those who will dare
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A RUDE AWAKENING!
to live by God's word. Why do
we doubt God? Why do we
fail to take our God a£ his
word? In failing to take God
at his word we find ourselves
living at this poor dying
rate. The job you are doing
for God will come out *ll right
in spite of all the evil plans
and schemes of men arrayed
against it. They will scheme
against you. They will talk
about you. And with evil intent
they will block you on every
hand. But in the midst of all
that evil men may do just re
member, everything will come
out all right for those who
take God at his word.
Just keep on fighting in the
name of Jesus and the way will
be cleared for you. God has
promised and He will open the
way for you. When God gets
ready for men in their blind
ness to move and let his work
go on, they must move. I have
seen God at work clearing the
way for His children. When
God says gangway evil, men
must move. Fight on for God
will clear the way for you?
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Have you ever seen God move
men who kept the cause from
moving? God moves some in
death and then he moves some
in sickness. "Everything works
for good for those who love
God." Don't be unduly weary
nor discouraged in those bat
tles for God: Everything comes
out all right!"
In everything that may hap
pen to you in your labor for
God remember this too will
pass away. Time has a way of
moving all things. Thus we
must never give up in the face
of evil. The great message of
Book of Revelation as revealed
to John on Patmos in a dark
and trying hour was God in
his omnipotent power would
overcome all evil. At this point
all believers in God must an
chor their hopes. Fight on
dear child of God for what you
face today will be no more on
some tomorrow.
In God the believer will
stand at last in the joyous hour
of victory over every hinder
ing cause
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To Be Equal
By WHITNEY M. YOUNG J*.
To Fulfill Th
THE PRESIDENTS recent conference "To Fulfill 11MM
Rights" has already come in for some widespread
criticism and projected skepticism. One columnist ha*
said it "failed . . . dismally." Such evaluations have emerged
despite the fact thait the conference's three top leaders asked
that news releases be handled by them or those designated
to speak for them.
Now that there seems to be no "deep, dark secrets"
left, an overall impression of the two days of workshop#
seems appropriate. Hopefully, over the long, cold winter,
wholesome dialogue wil lflow as a pre
hide to a productive conference In the
The conference held some disappoint- wil
ments but it also held high hopes. There
were some militants who exhibited an im
patience as unharnessable as a Watts. But,
f such a conference was to truly reflect the | V|
Negro mood—these spokesmen, an integral |? -
and vital part of thai mood, should have
been present.
The greatest mistake of those who partici
pated in the.November sessions was in the Ml* YOUNG
expectation that they were to solve the problems in thoM
two days rather than provide a frank exchange of points ot
view, thus, weaving the format for the spring conference.
The 'Middle Men' Were There
Present were the "middle-men"—the middle-class Ne
gro, representative of public and private agencies, research
ers and authorities, in excess, on Negro pathology. Missing
were business, labor, private interests in housing those
with the authority to effect change, and the people for -whom
those changes will provide the greatest promise.
Present were continuous reminders that the Tederal
government, by edict and law, had taken a strong posture
an race and equality. Missing was a feeling that these law*
and edicts were truly a pert of national policy to be under
stood and honored by every American citizen—including
many at that conference.
Consequently, there was generally much discussion of
the malaise of the Negro and "his" community; but a gloss
in gover his strength and of the pathologies of the society
which caused these conditions In the first place.
The bell signalling direct confrontation cm the race
question has rung. Whether thin confrontation shall continue
at the conference table or return again to the streets will
depend on how well the idea has taken, that Negroei can
talk back to white people in serious dialogue, all remember
ing that criticism without positive planning is empty and
planning without implementation Ja a waste of time.
One hundred and thirty
six years ago (1828) on
Tuesday ot this week the
only U. S. Negro congress
man from Virginia was
born. He was John Mercer
Langstod who died in 1497.
Other events of historical
interest to be recalled this
week are as follows:
DECEMBER 13— Negro
•ervicewomen were sworn
into the WAVES for the
first time In 1944.
DECEMBER IS —Negro
troops fought In the Battle
of Nashville in 1864.
DECEMBER 16—Shirley
Graham was awarded the
Julian Messner Prize In
1943 for the best book.
DECEMBER 17 —Henry
Adams (1802-M72), noted
MEDICAL CORNER
Cancer Is More Easily
Cured If Caught Early
By EARL B. SMITH, M.D.
Many persons could defeat cancer if these lesions were
discovered early and corrective therapy instituted promptly.
Today, our exact knowledge concerning the cause and many
other aspects of malignancy is limited or Incomplete, but
we are convinced that patients with cancer, regardless ot
the type, can be rehabilitated to a worthwhile and useful life.
Ir. order to defeat this "crab-like" lesion, all people
should realize that there should not be a. waiting and
watching period"; there should not
be a "I don't have pain period," "I
am afraid" or "I can't be cured."
At the first danger sign, your phy- ABBA
sician or surgeon should be con
tacted for a complete evaluation
which includes history and physi- uIBM
cal examination, urine and blood
studies. X-rays and other indioa- MKI
tive diagnostic prosedures. These BMH V
are decisions which must be made DTV
by a competent physician and not
relegated to lay persons, incom
petent personnel, commonly called
medical quacks, and many others.
One of the moat significant^•
questions la the clinical approach to earner is: Why M
the patient delay In seeking competent medical attention?
We are aware that in a Urn instances, in spite of a so-caned
early dlagnoala based on minimal or few symptoms, the
cancer la beyond ear*. However, in mors than 96 purui—i
of 'Cases, early diagnosis and treatment indicate control
Many studies Indicate that patients and physicians alike
are responsible for the delay In diagnosis. Therefore, sach
component should be well-informed and work for the copy
mon goal of health and security for sach Individual patien£
teacher and Baptist minis
ter, was born.
DECEMBER ll—George
H. White, United States
representative from North
Carolina, was born in 1832.
The 13 th Amendment to
the Constitution of the
United States was ratified
in 1865. It made involun
tary servitude illegal ex
cept for ttie punishment of
crime In which case the
citizen must be convicted
of violating the law.
DECEMBER 19— Carter
G. Woodson (1875-1950),
historian and founder of
the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and
History, w*s born. He was
born near New Canton in
Buckingham county, Va.