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Welcome Baptist H&FM Convention All good citizens of Durham join hands this week in rolling out the red carpet for the 85th annual ses sion of the Woman's Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Convention now meeting in our city. It is the hope of all good Durham citizens that the convention will be a great suc cess or best of all the greatest in its history. Already two of Durham's leading ministers, Rev. E. T. Browne, pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Oiurch; Rev. L. A. Miller, pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church and their congre gations; have demonstrated the kind of interdenominational goodwill and spirit that exist in Durham by join ing hands in the use of the facilities of both churches for entertaining The Off-year Election of 1970 The Carolina Times does not think it too early for the Negro citizens of North Carolina to begin making plans or preparation for participa tions in the off-year election which will take place in 1970. In addition to the congressmen who will be up for re-election there will be District and Superior Court judges, members of the General Assembly, magis trates and several other offices that will be at stake in many counties of the state where Negroes outnumber whites but hold no state, county or local office, either elective or ap pointive Add to the above the fact that a visit to the many state offices in Raleigh will reveal practically no Ne gro faces, and you will then not have to wonder why it is necessary for Negro citizens of this state to begin now to prepare for the off-year The Right Course to Pursue The course pursued by the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People in the case involving the refusal of the Elm wood Cemetery of Birmingham, Ala bama to sell a gravesight to a Negro dead Vietnam veteran because of his race must be accepted by all good men as right and proper. Therefore, the Negro citizens of Birdingham are to be commended for not resort ing to a more violent course in re taliation for the vile treatment re ceived by one of their race who had given his life in defense of his coun try. Let it be said by all that not only have the Negroes of Alabama been forced to swallow a hard and bitter dose by the action of the Elmwood Cemetery owners of Birmingham but I FACTS a t°h£ NEGRO •*55) i lilil WM >•« Wl- . jjlgifll \ 1 »M THE PUNCH COLONIES. DURING A HEATED DEBATE WITH HIS CHIEF OPPONENT, BARNAVE, WHITS, COZALES SHOUTED JSI ***** THIEVES. BARNAVE CHALLENGED THE N-GRO DEPUTY TO A DUAL. GONZALES WAS WOUNDED. >//„,•. the convention. It is our hope that, along with the same type of interdenominational co operation now being exhibited by White Rock Baptist and St. Joseph's A.M.E. congregations during the construction of the former's new edi fice, that the officers, delegates and visitors to the convention will catch the spirit of interdenominational goodwill that has helped to make the four churches mentioned above among the leading of the state as well as this city. So again on behalf of all of the citizens of Durham we salue the of ficers. delegates and visitors to the 85th annual session of the Woman's Baptist Home and Foreign Mission ary Convention of North Carolina. election of 1969 by putting on an in tensive register and vote campaign that will double the number of Negro voters in this state. In the several eastern counties of the state where Negroes outnumber the whites, but are denied jobs as sheriff, deputy sheriffs, (Stenogra phers in county offices and other positions, the conditions can be changed if Negroes will only register and vote in accordance with the size of their population. Unless such is achieved they may as well resolve themselves to forever remain "hew ers of wood and drawers of water." Thus we again urge Negro minis ters, teachers and others of the race to use their influence in organizing and conducting a continuous register and vote campaign from now until the off-year election of 1970. every member of the race in Ameri ca. That the cemetery has not been dynamited or attacked otherwise is a tribute to the non-violent approach assumed by Negroes of this country in incidents involving such matters In spite of the fact that the body of the Negro soldier of Vietnam has already been buried in a Negro ceme tery it is our hope that the decent people of this country will never rest until a verdict has been rendered by the courts that will demand that the body be exhumed and buried in the Elmwood Cemetery. This is our hope because we are satisfied that future generations of Negroes will not sub mit to such inhumane treatment which if allowed to continue will finally result in the sacrifice of many lives of both races. A Problem Of American Cities ■ I? m -Schools (Continued from front page) black and white, in one school system. Therefore all Negroes are strongly urged not to attend the Warren City Schools or the Littleton-Gaston Schools. No sane black citizen would help create a racist school district which would deny his fellow black brothers the right to at. tend, unless he had $75.00. No sane black citizen would dare help finance a white racist school district. If you have paid, get your money back. Let all Negroes of Warren County be united in this effort and attend only the County Schools. If all the whites run to the city schools, let them. We'll make the county schools quality and responsive to the needs of its students. We strongly recommend to all Negroes living within these new school districts, to trans fer to the County Schools. You still have time to do th!i. If you have trouble with the transfer, get in contact at once without NAACP president or contact our legal council, Clay ton and Ballance Law Firm. -Dr. Dawson (Continued from front page) ful initiation of the fund-rais ing drive a complete reorgani zation of area chapters, and more alumni commitment to the Board of Management," Dawsoif ,a graduate of Clark University in Atlanta, Is a na tive of Rock 7 Mount. A 1943 alumnus of the Me harry School of Medicine, Dr. Dawson before assuming his present position as medical di rector of Lincoln Hospital in Durham, was chief of ophthal mology and otolarynyology at Lincoln Hospital. He is a fellow of the Ameri can College of Surgeons, a di plomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, fellow, Acad emy of Ophthalmology and Oto laryngology and is a member of the American Association of Ophthalmology, the AMA, NMA and the Chi Delta Mu Scientific Fraternity. Dawson is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, the regional surgical director of the Eye Bank Association of America, Inc., past prerident of the Old North State Medical Society and chairman of the Board of Director# of the Lin coln Private Diagnostic Clinic. He and his wife the former Miss Julia Davis have four chil dren, Dianne Elizabeth, Janice Elaine, Robert Edward and Melanie Loraine. --Baptist (Continued from front page) most trying and difficult finan cing crisis. Under the excellent leadership of Dr. Cheek, Shaw became a modern miracle." The President asked the Convention for its continuing support of the Central Orphan age at Oxford, expressing and commending the excellent di rection of Superintendent Bryant. The Assembly Site, a new objective of the Convention, was cited as having made grati fying progress under the build ing committee chairmanship of Dr. T. A. Watkins. (The As- sembly Site is under develop ment on a 50 acre tract do nated by Dr. and Mrs. J. J. I Johnson of Fairmont. Plans in clude the construction and , development of a camp area, 1 worship center, auditorium; » and etc.) • Emphasizing the Conven ' tion's theme: "The Relevance f of Jesus in This Present Age," , Mrs. Slade said, "The Church i has a major part to play." s "We are in peril because of t man's inhumanity to man." ! "Men are divided by prejudice, suspicion, fear, hate, and lust | for power. The Church of ) Jesus Christ must not hesitate to tell men that there is no place in God's world for hate, i racial discrimination, mob vio i lence, war, and oppression." In stating the role of women, she ' asked that mothers do not , neglect the religious and spiri tual needs of the young. In 1 placing the burden of respon sibility on the adults, Mrs. Slade quoted the Green philo sopher Socrates as he spoke to the citizens of Athens: "Why do you turn and scrape every stone together for wealth, and take so little care of your children, to whom one day you must give up all?" She con tinued, "God wishes to save the world from evil forces that are trying hard to destroy it. His only way is through us. Let us all unite together and play our role, working for God giving our best services." The afternoon session of the Convention featured an address to the young people by the president of The Junior- Young People's department, Miss Hortense Merritt of Dur ham. A youth choir of more than 75 voices under the direc tion of J. Robert Bradley, rendered the selections for the afternoon session. The Convention is hosted by Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and St. Mark AME Zion Church and will conclude the present session on Friday morning. First Negro Nominated For Position RICHMOND The Rev. Henry B. Mitchell, vicar of Trinity Church of Charlottes ville, will be nominated along with seven other ministers for the rank of suffragan bishop when a special council of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia meets to make a selection in Charlottesville Sept. 16. It marked the first time that a Negro's name has b«en placed in nomination for the position. Rev. Mr. Mitchell and the other nominees were chosen by a diocesan norm Qu Carolina © me* fTi r nitiWßT Published every Saturday at Durnam, N. C. by United Publishers, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher CLARENCE F. BONNETTE Business Manager J. ELWOOD CARTER Advertising Manager Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 15.00 per year plus (15c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., and Canada and to servicemen Overseas; Foreign, $7.50 per year, Single copy 20c. PRINCIPAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 436 E. PETOCREW SHUT, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27702 One hundred and twenty seven years ago (1842) on Monday of this week one of the most brilliant members to serve in the House of Representatives was born. He was Robert Brown El liott, who represented South Carolina. He was skillful in debate and proved himself superior to white opponents who dared to engage him in discussions on the race prob lem. Mr. Elliott died Aug. 9, 1884. Other events of historical interest this week are as follows: AUGUST 18 The Home of Frederick Douglass was dedicated as a race shrine In 1922. AUGUST IS Anti-aboli tion riots began in Philadel phia in 1834 lasting three nights. Philadelphia was one of the strongholds in the North of white leaders who bitterly opposed the abolitionist movement. AUGUST 14 Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941), one of the greatest scientists in his field, born. He did most of his scientific work while professor at Howard Univer stiv. The Battle of Deep Bot tom, one of the major en gagements of the Civil War, was fought in 1864. AUGUST 15 George Washington (1812-1905), Ne gro pioneer, humanitarian and founder of Centralia, Washing., born. Monroe N. Work (1866- 1945), editor, bibliographer and the first editor of the Negro Year Book, died. Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912), one of the great est composers of his day, born. AUGUST 16 Peter Sa lem, heroic Bunker Hill soldier antt Minute Man, died in 1816. AUGUST 17 , John S. Leary, a leader of great ability and civil rights sup porter, born. nating committee. A NEW suffragan is to be chosen as successor to Bishop Samuel B. Chilton, who will retire Dec. 31. His duty will be to assist the diocesan bishop. The other nominees include five Virginia ministers: the Revs. John A. Baden of Win chester; Richard R. Baker 111 of Richmond; H. Colemaa McGehee Jr. of Alexandria;- Embry C. Rucker of Reston and Phillip A. Smith of Alexandria. WHITNEY M. YOUNG Crime And Punishment rrfHiE Administration'! plan for preventive detention of JL persons accused of some crimes is a threat to the civil liberties of all, and can only be seen as a very dangerous threat to minority groups. Briefly, the idea is that before an accused is released on bail, he'd have to go before a judge who would then decide whether he "probably" is guilty or migut commit another crim e while out on bail. The judge can then have the prisoner locked up for at least 2 months without bail. Because crime is such a very real problem, especially to black people living in urban slums, some people might se e this proposal a s being quite reasonable. It's not. In fact, it's a strange way to dispense justice. Many ideas look good on paper, but when they're carried out Ijhey prove totally unfair and unworkable. Black people, especially, have never really had a fair deal from the courts. Study after study has shown that black people charged with the same crimes as whites are convicted more often and get tougher sentences. A Way To Lock Up Blacks Many people are afraid that this preventive detention plan would just work out to be a way to lock up black people accused of crimes, and that it even might be the first step of a series of repressive measures that could lead to racial concentration camps. It's easy to say "it can't happen here," but in fact it did. During World War II Japanese-Americans who were accused of nothing more than of being of Japanese ancestry were thrown into concentration camps. Who can say, with any certitude, that if racial tensions reached the boiling point at som e time in the future, such camps wouldn't be used again? But whatever the latent dangers of such infringements of liberties, preventive detention places an unfair burden on people accused of crimes and on the judges themselves. How can anyone, especially a judge, whose career and life-style doesn't equip him to understand the problems of the poor and the black, determine who "might" commit a crime at some future date? The District of Columbia Crime Commission made a survey of people who came before the District Court There were about 2,700 people and a mere 124 were accused of crimes that would qualify them for preventive detention. And let's not forget they were accused, not convicted. How could anyone predict who among those 124 would commit another crime? How can a busy judge, already under a staggering backlog of cases, make a fair determination Do we want judges or fortune tellers in our courts? Leads Only To Disaster But proposals that open the door to unfair jailing of innocents, especially, as i s likely to happen, unfair jailing of black people, can only lead to disaster. The first casualty of any preventive detention law would be the Constitution. A person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. To jail a man because a harried Judge has a hunch that he might go out and oommit a crime is to open the doors to an era of repression and the death of civil liberties. The aim of the is to keep hardened criminals off the streets. The best way to achieve that goal is to im prove police work and the court system so that more crim inals would be caught and brought quickly to trial. Crime is a serious problem. The real preventive mea-, # cures needed are better jab opportunities, an end to poverty and discrii»-.nation, and better' schools. You can't separate crime from the social environment that creates it. Repressive laws and panicky attacks on civil liberties can only reinforce the despair and the anger that lead peqpla into anti-social like crime. iQj YES, WE jmjr ALL TALK j JHj Marcus H. Boulwore, Ph.D. The Ideal Voice QUESTION: People say my voice is awful; what would you say makes a good voice? Please discuss as soon as possible.—Mrs. C. L. ANSWER: One's voice is often a barometer of his personality and whatever he is. The ideal voice should have these characteristics: 1. It must be adequately loud. 2. It must be clear in tone. 3. The pitch must be suit able for one's age and sex. 4. There must be a slight vibrato. 5. There should be a grace ful inflection appropriate Do's And Dorits Don t Be Obnoxious! for the thought being ex pressed. THE resonating cavities (mouth, nose, and throat) function as a natural loud speaker in order to give the voice beauty, quality, and carrying power. I would rec ommend an extended use of nasal resonance to prevent a tendency to the flat voice. REAIDERS: "Ho w to Make the Consonants" (di recting children) is avail able free if you send two stamps and a long, self addressed business envelope to M. H. Boulware, Florid® A&M University, Box 310-A, Tallahassee, Florida—323o7.
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