■THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1*)0
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AnAgreeable Appointment Of Gov. Scoff
Thtere will probably be little if any
objections to Governor Scott's ap
pointment of a thirty-year-old lawyer
of> Greenville to fill out the unexpired
term, of ludge George Ragsdale of
Rajeigh as a member of the N. C.
Superior Court. The appointee is
widely known in legal circles.
We'are also happy to add that even
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among the state's black lawyers we
have, been unable to find only the
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highest possible tributes that can be
paid an appointment or an appointee.
This, we join in adding our words of
praise to the governor and the new
member of the Superior Court of the
stMe and trust that his term in office
win be a most pleasant as well as a
successful one. It is with great humili
ty* however, tliat we again call the
attention of the present holder
of the office of governor of N. C. to
the fact had it not been for
the unswerving and devotion
of black vot«W to the Democratic
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Party that he would never have been
named governor of North Carolina in
the 1968 election. It appears, there
fore, that the time has arrived for
Governor Scott and other high offi
cials of the state's Democratic Party
to begin liquidating some of the debt
now owed |fie black democratic voters
of this state! y. } ,
May we also remind the governor,
high officisdV of the N. C. Democratic
Party, and those of other southern
states, that blacks are getting tired of
always being the recipients of only the
crumbs that are swfept from the
Democratic political table. The record
The Negro
JteLhite folic' they began it; He knocked the murderer to the
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But before it could close floor.
The Negroes had to be in it. He struck his nose-the blood did flow;
He held him fast and all nearby saw
At the battle of San Juan Hill, When for the right, the Negro was in it.
The Rough Riders, they began it;
But before victory could be won, J. B. Parker, was his name,
The Negroes had to be in it. He, from the State of Georgia came.
He worked in Buffalo for his bread
The Negroes shot the Spaniards from And there he saw McKinley dead,
the trees
And never did regret it They bought his clothes for a civilian
The Rough Riders would have been And may they ever tell it,
dead today That when the president was shot
Had the Negroes not been in it A brave Negro was in it.
To Buffalo, McKinley went to wel- He saved him from the third ball
cOme people in it, That would have taken life with it
The prayers prayed, the speeches He held the foreigner fast and tight,
irtade, Yes, the Negro truly was in it.
And the Negroes, they got in it.
You may try to shut the Negroes out
September, sixain the music hall, The Courts, they have began it,
With thousands ind thousands in it, But if you go to heaven or hell,
McKinley, felled by the assassin's You'll find some Negroes in it.
j Author Unknown
And the Negro! he got in it. Suggested by Earl T. Arils
Things You S Know
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** I 'T*. 3ORN IN PITTSBURGH, PA. r SON OF AN
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* CALLED "GREATEST AMERICAN PAINTER"Of THi
OAY ! AFTER TEACHING AT CLARK UNIVERSITY
HE WENT TO LIVE IN PARIS, FREE FROM RAC
IAL PREJUDICE . HIS BIBLICAL PAINTINGS
HP UNITED STATES AND EUROPE)
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reveals that in a majority of cases the
few and very few appointments that
are made to black democrats in this
state are usually one of vice this,
vice that, or assistant to an assistant,
who in a majority of cases is always
wliitc, 6r holder of some position of
insignificance and of little or no
authority.
We call upon black citizens of this
state to speak out and to stand up and
be counted on the side of those who
demand absolute equality NOW in all
segments of the nation's social order.
We, likewise, call upon those who
oppose such action to let it be known
by standing up and being counted on
the side of black cowards who for the
past 100 years have been grinning,
while black citizens of this and other
states of the South,, paid with their
energy, their ability and their lives, to
help build the future and the founda
tion of this nation.
Let it be said again that from the
Revolutionary War, in which a black
man was the first to shed his blood
for the freedom of this nation from
the bonds of the British Empire, down
to the present war in Viet Nam, the
black citizen has always played his
part in helping to preserve the free
dom and rights of American citizens.
Below we publish a poem from the
pen of a black and unknown author
which relates to some extent the
proud history the black man has
played in helping to preserve those
rights which we think are worthy of
serious consideration.
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Weekly Sunday Lesson
For August 16, 1970
YOUR BIBLE IS YOUR MAJOR TEXTBOOK: STUDY IT
PRIDE AND ARItOGANCE
Scripture: 11:1-9; Devotional
Reading: Isaiah 14:3-15
Memory Selection: Pride goes
before destruction, and a
haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18.
1. And the whole earth was of
one language, and of one speech.
2. And it came to pass, as
they journeyed from the east,
that they found a plain in the
land of Shinar; and they dwelt
there.
3. And they said one to an
other, Go to, let us make brick,
and burn them thoroughly. And
they had brick for stone, and
slime had they for morter.
4. And they said, Go to, let us
build us a city and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heav
en; and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered broad upqn
the face of the earth.
5. And the LORD came down
to see the city and the tower,
which the children of men
builded.
6. And the LORD said, Be
hold, the people is one, and they
have all one language; and this
they begin to do: and now noth
ing will be restrained from them,
which they have imagined to do.
7. Go to, let us go down, and
there confound their language,
that they may not understand
one another's speech
8. So the LORD scattered them
abroad from thence upon the
face of all the earth: and they
left off to build the city.
9. Therefore is the name of it
called Babel, because the LORD
did there confound the language
of all the earth: and from thence
did the LORD scatter them
abroad upon the face of all the
earth.
FOREWORD: Unholy ambition
and inordinate pride and vain-
glory seem to govern the enter
prise of the tower-builders. They
were desirous of achieving fame.
or "a name for themselves."
Whether in this there was a cov-
ert sneer at the exaltation prom
ised to the Shemites, or simply
a display of that lust of glory
which natively resides within
the fallen heart, it was essential
ly a guilty purpose by which
they were impelled. Every work
of man shall be judged at the
bar of God's judgment.
In only one direction is ambi
tion perfectly legitimate, and that
is in the direction of moral
and spiritual goodness, as distin
guished from temporal and ma
terial greatness. Only then may
the passion for glory be exhuber
antly gratified, when its object
is the living God instead of puny
and unworthy self Jer. 9:23-24;
I Cor. 1:29-31).
LESSON OUTLINED: I. The
Plans of Men. Vss. 1-4. 11. Evil
Imagination. Vss. 5-7. 111. Divine
Control. Vss. 8-9.
CENTRAL THOUGHT: Even
now, God is minutely acquainted
with the thoughts, and words
and works of men and nations;
all things shall be revealed Matt.
10:26).
COMMENTS ON LESSON:
I. The Plans of Mem The
•magnitude of the builders of the
tower was wonderfully conceiv
ed. Hie city was to ward off in
vasion from without, and to coun
teract disruption from witfftn
Gathering men of a common ton
gue into a common residence, en
gaging them in common pur
suits, and providing them with
common interests was the sure
way to make them strong. The
tower was to touch the skies. Un
scientific perhaps, but not alto-
gcther irrational. This was not
an "undertaking of savages, but
of men possessed with the idea
of somehow getting above na
ture." They were certainly to as
pire for such supremacy over
nature in the spirit of a godless
science which recognized no pow
er or authority superior to itself.
This self-glorifying pride was the
sin of the Babelites. Still, noth
ing more convincingly attests the
essential greatness of man than
the ever-widening control which
sceince is enabling him to assert,
over the forces of matter.
11. Evil Imagination: Ruthless
pride and uncontrolled ambition
will drive a divisive wedge be
tween man and man, and, also,
between man and God. These
things will lead to rebellion and
downfall. Man cannot go forward
to success when he sets his face
against God. "Pride still goes
.'before a fall."
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The men of Babel, setting the
head of its tower among the
clouds, "exalting its throne above
the stars," it was designed to be
an act of insolent defiance to the
will of Heaven. The city and the
tower of Babel had their origin
in deliberate, determined, en
thusiastic, exulting hostility to
the Divine purpose, that they
should spread themselves abroad
over the face of the whole earth.
And herein lies the essence of all
impiety: whatever thought, coun
sel, word or work derives its in
spiration, be it only in an infin
itesimal degree, from antagon
ism to the mind of God is sin.
Holiness is another name for ob
edience. And all disobedience
shall receive punishment.
Va i n imaginings, commonly
spring from misused blessings.
A united people, with a common
language, and enjoying a meas
ure of success in their buildings,
the Babelites became vain in
their imaginnings. So do wicked
men generally misinterpret the
Divine beneficence and leniency
which permits them to proceed
unobserved by him against whom
they are directed 'Deut. 31: 21;
I Chron. 28:9),
111. Divine Control: As a judg
ment on the persons of the build
ers, it was unexpected in its
coming, as are all God's judg
ments, like the Flood and like
the coming of the Son of Man.
Caught, as it were, in the very
act of insubordination, guilty of
nothing short of treason against
the King of heaven, they were
visited with summary and con
dign chastisemen.t So are all
God's punishments richly mer
ited by those on whom they fall.
The control of God of the affairs
of men is eternal and immov
able.
The dispersion of the builders
of the tower was deserved by
the and appropriate in
its character. It was fitting that
they who had abused their one-
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ncss of speech, which was de
signed for their good, to keep
them- in the fold of God, should
be punished with variety of
tongues. The evil designs of men
often fail; God's high purposes
and plans, never fail.
FOR MEDITATION
SIDELIGHTS ON LESBON:
Wicked Schemes Shall Fall
The plans of the builders of the
tower of Babel, were hopefully
begun. The builders had every
thing presumably in their favor.
They were united in tongue and
purpose. The place was conven
ient for the proposed erection.
The most complete preparations
were made for the structure.
The work was commenced with
determination and amid univer
sal enthusiasm. It had all the
conditions of success, humanly
speaking one mind, one heart,
one hand.
Suddenly, to the surprise of
even the underlings, the plans
were abandoned. "They left off
to build the city." So the most
prosperous undertakings often
terminate in miserable failure.
The mighty enterpries was mys
teriously frustrated. So too, have
all such wicked combinations in
times past been overthrown. Wit
ness the great world empires of
Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome.
The great mystery of iniquity on
the part of men and schemes,
will end, of which that early
Babel was the first type.
However, let us know, for sure,
that God's kingdom is not really
hindered by man's rebellion. He
suffers the Babel structure to be
reared, but by his judgments
scatters both the men and their
projects, making the rebellious
conspiracy against himself pre
pare the way for his ultimate
universal triumph.
So it has been all through the
history of the world, and espe
cially immediately before the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The confusion of tongues was a
judgment, and at the same time
a mercy. Those that are filled
with such ambitions and build
upon such foundations are not
fit to dwell together in one place.
It is better they should be divid
ed. Learned investigators have
pointed out that, grammar and
the genius and genesis of human
language point to some primi
tive seat of the earliest form of
speech in the neighborhood in
dicated.
It is remarkable that in the
beginning of the kingdom of
Christ, the true city of God
which shall overspread the
world, the spirit bestowed the
gift of tongues, as if to signify
that the Babel of man's lying
ambitions was to cease, and in
the truth of the gospel, men
would be united as one family.
'Baptiste)
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i WHITNEY M. YOUNG 0
A Domestic Marshall Plan e
THE National Urban League is preparing a detailed plan
for a new, updated Domestic Marshall Plan. It will sub
mit this plan to key S'enate leaders that asked for it and who,
hopefully, will act upon it.
The original Marshall Plan was devised back in the years
after World War 11. The Nazis had been defeated, the U S.
Army was withdrawing, and all over Western Europe, misery
reigned.
The war had devastated its cities and economy. The
threat of Communism was in the air. While the war had been
won, it looked like the peace would be lost.
So American planners came up with a Marshall Plan,
named after George C. Marshall, the Secretary of State.
Under the Plan, we poured billions of dollars into Western
Europe Cities were rebuilt, new factories put into operation,
and trade revived. The Marshall Plan was responsible for the
post-war prosperity Western Europe.
Now let's jump ahead in time to the 1960'5. A black
World War II veteran could go to West Germany, the nation
he fought. He would find no slums, no unemployment, no
housing shortage. ' •
Europe Prospers; Slums At Home
After viewing the great accomplishments bought partly
with his tax dollars, he could go home to Harlem or Chicago's
South Side and what would he find? Terrible slums, rising
unemployment, discrimination, inadequate health services—
all the problems that fftce black Americans and other minori
ties. The widows and mothers of fallen soldiers are crammed
into rotting slums, while the scenes of the great battle enjoy
ed prosperity.
That's why, In 1963, the Urban League called for a
Domestic Marshall Plan to do for the poor and the black
people of America what was willingly done for our Allies
and former enemies after the War.
Everybody said it was » good idea. But nothing happen
ed. Lots of smiles and kind words but no action.
Then the riots came. They were followed by student un
rest, demands for reperations from churches, and similar
events. Now people are coming back and saying: "What about
that Marshall Plan? We're interested now."
What a pity they weren't interested back In 1963. For if
a Domestic Marshall Plan had been adopted then, a massive
commitment with a definite timetable, there would have been
no riots, no unrest, and no disruptions. There might even
have been no Vietnam War, since foreign adventures would
not be the national priority they later became. A country de
voted to domestic transformation has little time, energy, or
resources to waste in jungle battlefields.
With a five or a seven-year Plan, we would now be an
Open SY>ciety, free from poverty, racism and want, Without
It, the present chaos must continue indefinitely.
Country Has Second Chance
Now the country has a second chance. About two dozen
Senators have Indicated to me their willingness to consider
submitting bills based on a Domestic Marshall Plan.
They seem to understand that the current crisis demands
drastic measures, and that if this country could act so bene
volently towards foreign countries, it can do no less for its
minorities and its F»ooi at home.
I'll discuss the details of the Plan later when it is
submitted for the Senators consideration. But the basic ele
ments of the Plan are obvious-
First, Its basis is that we must concentrate immense re
sources on key targets, like employment, education, health
care, and jobs.
Second, there must be a timetable for results. This will
be no pie-in-the-sky proposal. There has to be a commitment
to create so many jobs by 1871, so many more by 19*72, etc.,
until the Plan ii complete. i -on
And all this means is a total reordering of national
priorities. First things must come first. We've got to decide
that the resolution of problems of proverty and urban decay
come first, and pour our resources into solving them. Then,
whatever i s left over can go into space flights, new planes,
and all the other secondary items that drain our resources
and energies today.
Wan
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'Backlash' ..'F
-Now Comes 'Kidlash'
By RAYMOND LAHR
WASHBNGTON The term "kidlash" is creeping
into the language of politics and joining "white backlash"
and "frontlash" to explain the motive* of voters.
Frontlash and white backlash have been used to describe
the feelings of those who like or dislike what they see in the
area of race relations. Kidlash is the word for reaction
against student demonstrators and young activists in political
campaigns
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., told a Democratic
party reform commission that a study of New Jersey con
gressional primaries, where students were active, showed
that "initial claims of a 'kiddielash,' against the students are
largely myth."
Richard M. Scammon. former Census Bureau director
and a student of election results, reminded the same com
mission that Congress had passed and President Nixon had
signed a bill to lower the voting age to 18 in all elections, be
ginning in 1971.
Scammon believed that this action in Washington might
reduce what he called "kidlash" opposition to proposals on
the ballots of IS states Nov. 3 to lower the voting age.
Although the president signed the bill extending the
1965 voting Rights Act, he questioned the constitutionality
of the provision to lower the voting age by law. He surfeited
that a constitutional amendment was needed.
The U.S. Supreme Court eventually must decide whether
the minimum voting age can bet set by federal law.
Sen. George S- McGovern, D-S.D., chairman of the re
form commission, said it was his guess that the voting by
states this year would "at least influence the court in some
fashion."
Five states will vote Nov. 3 on proposals to lower the
voting age to 18, nine to set it at il9 and ene to fix it at 28.