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i'WO THE FUTOit Telephone 5c Per Copy Entered as second-class mat office at Greensboro, North March 3, 1897 and publishec J. F. JOHNSON MRS. I Editor and Publisher New Address all comniunicat payable to the Future < Street, Greensboro, Nort A JURY'S There are many states ai do not allow Negroes to srve allowed to serve the attorney them. Heretofore, where ci committing a felony, the a excluded all Negroes from s of this was exhibited in a ct years ago when two white s npss psfflhliclirvionf onrl ? UiXU VV tl some of the customers ther saw an innocent man on a i and killed. When they were attorney excused all Negro j 12 white men who brought Guilford County Superior C Since that time Negroes for their rights in the court Young attorneys, both Neg fight for justice according t In many cases that are t verdict, many of the spectat cerned are dissatisfied with jury used partiality in its de abandoned, according to the The North Carolina Legis which a defendant is tried, that the legislature has aban for capital punishment. In several elements of law The , upon the evidence in making a first degree murder case tl it may bring in a verdict ol mercy, whereupon the defen first degree mui-der with a guilty of second degree mur acquitted. The judge further instrui judge of the case. It may beli part, or none. That means tl cretion in rendering a verdicl cording to the elements of t. The citizens of Greensbor diet rendered in the case of , , Cpl. Joe R. Massey, a 12-yes There were more than 80 ji bar to answer questions abo C. law in trying Herring befo Many of them did not belies 12 who were accepted pledgei tal punishment by law, but t this particular case they fou justify mercy, if they would Herring was given a $1.50 31 while driving a taxi. He volver, and came back to a se everyone near the service st the manager of the service st walked to the door of the se: sey was writing his report, a Massey's answering, Herring The defense did not call state's evidence. They arguec ant was deranged. They furt had never before committed mitted a few traffic violatic two jobs, and owned his horn present in the courtroom dui The defense attorney usi showing where many Biblicj such offenses as Herring, an Many of my acquaintanc jurists should have persuadei verdict of guijty without a Such a verdict would indicate terms of justice in the courtr or color. One of Herring's attorney court did a good job in pleadi client. When an attorney is a der service for a defendant, \ TK ? ? I & OUTLOOK BU 3-1758 $2.00 Per Year ter April 23, 1943, at the post Carolina, under the Act o 1 1 every Saturday 1 i 'EARL1NE O. THOMPSON s Reporter and Bookkeeper ions and make all checks j Outlook, 505 East Market h Carolina. . , VERDICT ; nd counties in the south which ' on juries, and where they are , s have the last say in selecting uses involved a white person ttorney for the white usually serving as jurors. An example ise which was tried about five ' ailors went into a Negro busi- , e involved in an affray with e. Upon their departure, they i learby street whom they shot i tried for this incident, their ! jurymen, which left a panel of in a verdict of 'not guilty' in ourt. have begun to put up a fight ;s, on jobs, and in the schools. : ro and white, have begun to ; o law. ried, when the jury renders a i ors and persons who are con- . the verdict. They say that the j cision. Certain laws have been jury's decision, slature passes upon the law by and I haven't read or heard ; idoned use of the gas chamber l most felony cases there are 1 judge charges a jury to decide s ; its decision. For example, in ' le judge charges the jury that , : first degree murder without s dant is executed, or guilty of i , recommendation for mercy, i der, or the defendant may be cts the jury that it is the sole i eve all that the witnesses say, J rat the jury uses its own dis- i t of 'guilty' or 'not guilty,' ac- 1 he case. 0 are disturbed about the ver- i Joseph D. Herring, who killed i ir veteran of the police force. 1 irymen who stood before the ? ut their conception of the N. re a jury was finally selected. I 'e in capital punishmnet. The c 1 that they did believe in capihe defense further asked if in nd any elements which would j recommend mercy. j, i ticket by Cpl. Massey on May a later went home, got his re- c irvice station and waited until t ;ation was off the street and 1 ation was closing up. He then ? rvice station where Cpl. Masnd called his name. Upon Cpl. a shot him six times. g any witnesses to rebut the > 1 to the jury that the defend- 4 her stated that the defendant any crime; he had only com- ? ins. He was progressive, had . e. His wife and children were . ing every day of the trial, ed examples from the Bible, ? il characters had committed 1 d had been forgiven, es have said that the Negro 1 the other jurists to return a 1 recommendation for mercy. c that Negroes are thinking in r oom regardless of race, creed, r B /a who was appointed by the ing to preserve the life of his 1 .ppointed by the state to ren- J ne has no alternative but to | t \ E FUTURE OtlTLOi THIS WEEK' FRIENDLINESS FOR NEWCOMERS PURPOSE OF OUR STUDY To stress the fact that true eligion breaks the barriers of ace, nationality, and culture, ind to point out that all persons ire precious in the sight of God SCRIPTURE Read the lesson from your Bible: Ruth. You will find selected verses printed in the lesson. Memory Selection: He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ?Deuteronomy 10: 18-10 LESSON INTERPRETED In the Hebrew Bible the Book of Ruth appears among five rolls read in synagogues on festival occasions. The other four rolls include the Song of Songs, Ecclcsiastcs. Lamentations, and Esther. These books appear among the Writings, the last division ol' Hebrew Scripture. This fact indicates that they were written after the Babylonian Exile?probably around 400 B.C. In the Christian Bible the Book of Ruth appears between Judges and First Samuel. This arrangement corresponds to its historical setting, which portrays life late in Ihe period of the judges, immediately preceding he times ol Samuel and David. I'his setting would date the ;vents sometime around 1075 b.c. Vaomi Returns With a Stranger Naomi returned to Judah after i long life in Mor.b, where she tad gone with her husband. But tow her husband arcs her two ;ons were dead. Ofpah, one laughter-in-lav.', had chosen to ernain in Moab. But Ruth, tile vidow of the other son, was sincerely attached to her molhcrn-law. Therefore, she accomtanied her back to Judah. Ruth 1:19-21 19 So the two of them went on ir.til they came to, Bethlehem. Vnd when they came to Bethletem, the whole town was stirred tecause of them; and the women aid, "Is this Na'omi?" 20 She aid to them ,"Do not call me fa'omi, call me Mara, for the Umighty his dealt very bittery with me. 21 X went away fpll, ind the Lord has brought me >ack empty. Why call me Naomi vhen the Lord has afflicted me ind the Almighty has brought alamity upon me?" Bethlehem and Moab were not eparated by many miles. In fact tuth could have stood on the kill of Bethlehem and looked icross the Dead Sea to the plains if Moab without difficulty. But he two lands were separated by >arriers of bitter enmity. Beause of this fact a marriage beween a Jew and a Moabite ould legally make the descendints Jewish outcasts for ten lenerations or three hundred 'ears. (See Deuteronomy 23:3) Ruth was bound to Naomi by tror.g ties of affection. The naural hostility of Jews to Moa>ites would put many strains on | erve, and no one should critic s paid by the defendant or ap] lis duty to the best of his ab Neither should one pin al mderstand that when they w ibjective minds and discusse endered a verdict of guilty nercy recommendation. They ciences. All the jurists excep Cpl. Massey was slain. He ler only by the mercy of th< rudge Walter E. Crissman on erm in prison. PK S. S SUNDAY SCHO those- tics in the montiis ahead, however. Naomi herself returned under conditions especially sorrowful. Her name meant quite literally "My joy." Once?when her husband ar.d her sons were alive and ail went well with them ? this name had beer, appropriate. But now she was a widow, bereft of both husband and sons. Therefore, she indicated that "Mara" or "Bitterness" would be a better name for her. This does not mean that she was bitter but that a difficult lot had taller, upon her. The one mitigating fact in her situation was the loyalty and love of Ruth ? her foreign daughter-in-law. A Stranger in Boaz' Field Early in the story we begin to suspect that Naomi is moving by design. Because she does r.ot expect Ruth's loyalty to go unrewarded, she makes plans concerning a kinsman of her husband, a man both wealthy and generous. Ruth 1:22 through 2:2 22 So Na'omi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughj tcr-ir-lnw with her, who returnI ed from the country of Moab. And (hoi; nn-nn vuuiv VVF uuiUiUlCill ill ihc beginning of barley harvest. 1 Now Na'omi had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of wealth , of the family of Eiiin'eloch. whose name was Bo'n/.. 2 Anu Ru'h the Monbitess said to Na'omi, "Let me go to the field, and glean among the cars of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter." The right to glean was a humanitarian provision made by Jewish law for the benefit of widows, orphans, and others who were poor. (See Deuteronomy 24: 19-21.) Gathering grain in in the wake of the harvesters in this manner was, of course, hard work. It meant long hours of backbreaking labor -with little to show at the end of the day. But for an attractive, unattended young woman it could also mean indignities ? especially when that young woman was a foreigner. From .our reading of the complete Book of Ruth we know that Boaz took a special interest in the Moabitess from the beginning and that he made sure that she would not be insulted or molested. Naomi's estimate of his character had been correct. He was generous, indeed. The bitterness that existed between Moabites and Jews is xasiuyaiauit: lu me moaern nostiiity between Arabs and Jews. Some months ago an Arab guide said to me, "There is not a single Jew living in the Kingdom of Jordan; if one were found, he would be killed instantly." Friendship between Arabs and Jews in such a setting would be rare indeed. Brutality ar.d maltreatment would be the rule. Boaz was an exceptional Israelite with broad sympathies. Love and Marriags The story moves like any satisfying love story. Boaz falls in love with Ruth and marries her. :ize the attorney, whether he pointed by the state for doing ility. I the blame upon the jury. I rent into the jury room with d the case pro and con, and in the first degree with a ' went home with clear cont one reside in High Point, rring escaped the gas cham} jury. Ht was sentenced by i July 9, ^959, to serve a life A.TURDAY, JULY 18, 1959 OL LESSON Ruth 4:13-17 13 So Bo'az tuok Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to iter, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14 Then the women said to Na'omi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next of kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! 14 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher t j of your old age; lor your daughler-ir.-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him." 16 Then Na' uim luuk, uig cniiiu aim laid mm \ in hor bosom, and became his nurse. 17 And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Na'omi." They named him Obed; he was the father of Jesse, the father of David. There was one obstacle to the marriage. This was the lcvirate law of Deuteronomy 25: 'j 5-6, which provided that a deceased Jew's next of kin should marry his widow. Another Israelite stood ahead of Boaz. In Ruth 4:1-10 we learn how Boaz met this situation by using for his benefit an ancient custom. In this account we get the \ distinct impression that though Boaz was doing his duty his motivation was considerably deeper and more tender than uty. lie was in love with Ruth , ' ; and was clearing the barriers < to their marriage. To get the lull impact of this marriage of a Jew to a foreigner?and a hated Moabilc foreign- * er at that?we must read the law by Ezra and Nchcmiah in the period after the Exile. (See Ezra 9 and 10 and Nchcmiah t 13.) If we assume that the Book -i of Ruth was written right at the time when Ezra and Nchcmiah were actually breaking up families created by Moabite and Jewish marriages, we get something of the impact of the book. The jolt comes when wo read the ending. This is the whole point of tlx; book. The son who was born to this marriage was the grandfather of King David, the ideal Israelite. If the strict view of Deuteronomy 23:3-4 and of Ezra and Nehemiah had been applied, not ever. King David could be called a true Israelite. In the light of this fact the law was an absurdity. The Book of Ruth is one of two or three dissenting voices lifted in a time of narrow, nationalistic particularism. The other voices were those of the authors of the Book of Jonah and of Isaiah 56:1-7. Here was a voice advocating a wider, more merciful, more open-hearted point of view. It did not prevail at the time, but later the Christian Church would break the barriers between Jew and Gentile and would unite both of them in the Church. (See Acts 10:34-35 and Galatians 3:28). The Book of Ruth gives us two love stories: that of Ruth and Naomi, which represents a sublime friendship, and that of Ruth and Boaz, a romance beautiful mainly because of its simplicity. Both friendship and romance broke the barriers of ancient prejudice. LESSON PRAYER O God, let us never forget that most of us in America are descended from foreigners. May we never be cruel or thoughtless toward any stranger; and help us deal with all persons in a spirit of good will. Make us ambasadors of thy I love and mercy. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
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