FIRST NEGRO U. S. SENATOR SINCE 1882 - Victorious
Mass. Attorney General Edward William Brooke, a Republi
. can, smiles behind a battery of microphones after his win over
Democratic nominee and former Mass. Gov. Endicott Prabody
Tuesday night in Boston. Brooke became the highest elect
ed Negro in the United States. Hiram Revels, a Negro Repub
lican from Mississippi, was elected in 1882 to serve as a
Senator from that state. (UPI PHOTO).
Post-Election Notes
On The Negro Ballot
The Tuesday elections, where
the Negro vote was concern
ed, in most cases, followed the
pattern in North Carolina. In
Raleigh, the predominantly Ne
gro precincts went down the
line with Harold Cooley. How
ever, there was a sign of bet
ter voting understanding due to
the fact that Vernon Clarkson
carried most Negro precincts
for the Board of Education.
Janies C. Gardner's election
as Congressman from the 4th
District generated much inter
est and there were those who
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EDITORIAL FEATURE
By Gordon B. Hancock
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Napoleon is regarded as one of the
most majestic military figures of his
tory. In military history he ranks with
Alexander Xerxes, and Hannibal. His
equal is nowhere to be found today in
all the world. What was the secret of his
glorious and phenomenal success? Ac
coming to military authorities Napole
on’s military greatness hinges about the
fact that he always knew what to do
next? If things go as planned, it takes
no genius to achieve. But when things
go awry and the unexpected happens, it
takes a genius to know what to do next.
The long expected civil rights move
ment is definitely on the way to con
summation. The most obstinate obsacles
are being gradually and surely removed.
Integration, however slow, is underway.
Our cry of “now” has toned down from
“now ” to “when”. Whenism” rather than
“Nowism” is a more common-sense slo
gan that is tied in with reality. It is a
sensiblbe middleground between the ex
tremism of white “Neverists” and the
Negro “Nowists.” Whenism makes
sense; and the hastening of the “when”’
is the task before the American Negro
in particular, and the world Negro in
general. Since he has his foot in the door
of full citizenship, full entry is only a
matter of time if the race can come up
with the requisite leadership that is im
aginative and comprehensive. The task
is comprehensive and calls for strategy
and imagination. Reading between the
white man’s lines, we clearly see outlined
the plan to henceforth drop the future
planning for the Negro into Negro
hands. When the Israelites reached Ca
naan, the manna ceased! God fed them
in the wilderness; but once their feet
struct Canaan, they had to hustle for
their daily bread, and this was as it
should have been. Paul said, “When I
became a man I put away childish
'things.” These critical and crucial times
are times for Negro leadership to grow
up. Growing up means knowing what
to do nextf At present, our leadershin is
almost silent. The ground-work of the
civil rights movement has been done,
and there is no use to keen on dicing
The superstructure is now calling for at
tention—urgent attention.
Dr. Martin Luther King, our oeerless
leader, is calling for a $4 OHO guaranteed
A Blunder Or A Biesssncy'?
A recent issue of the Hampton Insti
tute Alumni Bulletin carried an ad off
ering a job to a printer in what was once
its Printing Department. It is now used
■were fearful that there would
be repraisals due to the fact
Gardner did not get the Negro
vote and therefore would not
owe the Negro anything. There
were also rumors that Gard
ner’s relationship with the Ku
Klux Klan had not been defi
nitely spelled out.
The CAROLINIAN made a
desperate effort to locate Mr.
Gardner Wednesday morning
and left repeated calls at the
Velvet Cook Motel,, but up to
press time none of the calls
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not help our undone cases. The whites
can afford to do things Negroes cannot
afford to do. We must neither take our
cue nor our encouragement from the
lowestt whites. To urge upon Negroes
to fall in for hard work is beneath the
dignity of our pulpit and school-rooms.
Our leaders are wont to tell the people
of our pulpit and school-rooms. Our
leaders are won’t to tell the people what
they want to hear instead of telling
them what they need to hear. If the Ne
gro is not to be a pauper race some
body must urge upon him the grim ne
cessity of hard work, honest work.
Twenty million star-gazing Negroes is
not the answer. In lieu of leaders to
speak, plainly we call upon the Negro
press to tell us where we go from here.
Our leaders are clearly frustrated. There
is no program in this critical hour. The
Negro Press is our only hope only
hope!
yearly income, and this is fine But iust
what are the reauirements of such guQr
antee? Unless the Negro can earn this
income it becomes a curse instead of a
blessing. This writer is unalterablv nn
posed to anybodv earing who is not will
ing to work—if able. The unemnlovab’e
and the aged need heln of the hand-out
kind. But the man or woman who is
not willing to work or willing to nreoare
himself to work does not deserve to eat!
We have iust left A. Clavton Powell’s
Harlem. In 142nd Street, between Sev
enth Avenue and Lenox Avenue, which
to all intents and purooses is a Negro
ghetto, they are tearing uo the streets
preparatory to improving them. A dozen
Italians are hard at wok holding down
their humble jobs. Not a Negro is in
sight at work. Negroes are standing a
round with shoes run-down at the heel,
with clothes which seem a stranger to
the cleaners; standing dirty and listless,
against the door’s facade, and badly
needing a shave and a hair-cut. A job in
front of his door calling for men, and
the Negro gropes about unheeding! A
lady told me that there was one Negro
"yesterday,” but he is not back today.
The dangers of rape artd robbery are
so great as to make after-sundown street
travel exceedingly dangerous. Purse
snatching, mugging, burglary, robbery
and rape are common occurences, and
too often Negroes are implicated. To
say that whites do the same things does
to print its own jobs and literature.
The paradox of this advertisement is
that Hampton Institute was known
(Set BtRSSINC. OH Bt .TINDERS. P. ?.)
She Lands In Jaii
ATTEMPTS TO WALK ON WATER
Pm Negro Vote: A State Analysis
' North 'carolina’t Leaeling- Weekly
VOL 25, NO. 51
For Viol Norn Sorvico
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Catholics And Protestants
To Tackle’ Mixed Marriages
Two Groups
Reveal Plans
NEW YORK--Roman Catho
lics and representatives of six
Presbyterian and Reformed
churches engaged in dialogue
have agreed to tackle one of
the thorniest issues dividing the
two falths--rnixed marriages.
Under that general heading,
the group in April, 1967 will
consider problems Involving
pre-nuptial promises, the cele
(See MARRIAGES, P. 2)
RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1966
ALONE, BUT WINNING - This unidentified “Gardner Girl” is shown on the main highway
leading to Precinct 20, located at Lucille Hunter School, 1018 E. Davie Street. She waits to hand
out literature on her candidate, James C. (Jim) Gardner, who won over incumbent Fourth District
Congressman Harold D. Cooley, in Tuesday’s election. Gardner, at last count, had garnered a
15,000-vote lead over the Congressman, who had spent 32 years in the House of Representa
tives.
Sanders Allowed New Bid On IS Smoky
Hollow Lets r Southside Contract Here
An auction bid by Sanders
Motor Company of $449,500 for
15 sites in the Smoky Hollow
urban renewal area was denied
by the five-member Raleigh Re
development commission at a
meeting Monday afternoon.
However, William M. Sand
ers, who heads the mammoth
auto company, was given per
mission to submit another bid
for the land, which will be sold
ar public auction on Thursday,
Dec. 15.
The smoky Hollow Project
was launched some eight years
ago in the section bounded by
Peace St., W. Johnson, Down
town Boulevard, and Glenwood
Avenue, near the Seaboard Rail
road Station.
Some 300 Negro families and
a small amount of white fami
lies were forced to sell their
property and find dwelling else
where as the Redevelopment get
underway.
Another section, soon to be
razed, is the Fourth Ward
neighborhood, bounded by Fay
etteville, S. Saunders, Cuba and
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TORNADO WRECKS TEE OFF CLUB’S PICNIC AREA - This is the result of a tornado which
tipped various parts of the southern area, near Raleigh and Garner last Wednesday. This photo
was made at the Tee Off Golf Club, located off the Rock Quarry Rd„ one and five-tenths miles
east of the Raleigh City limits. Tnis pavillion was formerly used for picnicking and dancing.
W. South Streets. Approximate
ly 450 Negro families reside in
this area, the majority of whom
are home owners.
Presiding at the lengthy ses
sion was W. G. Enloe, chair
man of the Commission and a
former Raleigh mayor. After
Mr. Sanders made his previous
bids at the meeting, he was in
formed by Enloe that he did not
have to disclose the amount he
was willing to spend for the
property, so the amount of his
new bid was not publicized.
State Treasurer E. Gill
Ponders Race Progress
"In the fields of science,
transportation and communica
tion, we have brought the w’orld
closer together. But are we
sure that we have made pro
gress in the regions of the
mind and of the heart?” The
Honorable Edwin Gill, State
Treasurer posed this and other
PRICE 15 CENTS
Clarence Adams, a realtor,
requested that he be heard in
the land disposition case, and
informed the Commission that
since it was formed, it had sold
25 lots. Adams said the build
ing permits issued by the city
total only $933,250, and declar
ed all but four of the 25 lots
have been improved.
Speaking in behalf of Mr.
Sanders, Adams stated, “We
now estimate to spend $1,085,
399 on 15 lots.” He offer
ed, “This amount, divided by
(See SMOKY, P. 2)
questions on Friday, November
4, when the Second Annual No
table Benefit Banquet of the
Hammocks Beach Corporation,
Inc., was held at Shaw Uni
versity.
Mr. Gill was guest speaker
for the occasion.
(See NC‘B GIUU P. 2)
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NEW POSTMASTER - New
York: John R, Strachan, (shown
in his office Nov. 3) was sworn
in as the new acting postmas
ter of New York Nov. 4. Stra
chan, the first Negro to head
the largest postal installation in
the country, is a career em
ployee with 25 years service,
a native New Yorker, and an
alumnus of New York Univer
sity. (UPI PHOTO).
Three fm
NCC Prexf
DURHAM--According to
H.W. Alexander, director of
public relations at North Car
olina College, the following ed
ucators have been named as
candidates for the presidency
of NC College: Dr. Vivian
W. Henderson, president of
Clark College, Atlanta,Ga.;Dr.
Hugh V. Gloster, dean of the
School of Education, Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Va.jandDr.
Albert Whiting, dean of facul
ty, Morgan State College,
Baltimore, Md.
Home Os
Soldier Is
Dynamited
' CiQCAGO (NPI) - When it
comes to postponing travel to
Viet Nam to fight for demo
cracy, Pfc Howard Holmes, 18,
had a reason that puts anti
draft, and conscientious ob
jectors’ excuses hi the shade.
The day before he was sche
duled to leave, the home of his
parents, located in an all-white
block on the West side, was
bombed. And his family had
only occupied the home since
Oct. 15.
The explosion, caused by
sticks of dynamite, shattered
the windows of the two-story
frame building and knocked
plaster from the walls.
Two of Holmes' sister, Lin
da, 10, and Carolyn, 5, suffer
ed minor injuries from flying
glass. They were the only
casualties in the Homles’ fam
ily. Four next door neighbors
also sustained Injuries as a re
sult.
(See GI’S HOME, P. 2)
' Black Power ”
Condemned By
Ten Million
CHICAGO - Negro religious
leaders representing some 10
million American Negroes a
cross the United States last
Thursday adopted a manifesto
condemning the term “black
power” and calling for a more
active participation by Negro
church leaders in the struggle
for civil rights.
Attending a Summit Confer
ence of Negro Religious Lead
ers on the Present Crisis in
the Civil Rights Struggle, in
Chicago, the 250 representa
tives unanimously adopted the
manifesto outlining several
steps which must be taken if,
in their terms, “the civil rights
struggle is to succeed in the
future.”
The manifesto, read by Bi
shop Joseph Gomez, presiding
bishop of the Fourth Episco
pal District, AME Church, Cle
- ISee SPOKESMEN. P. 2)
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From Raleigh's Official Police Files
THE CRIME BEAT
■ 11 BY CHARLES R. JONES
Swings At Wife,
Slashes Her Coat
Mrs. Pat tie Jeffries, of
303 1/2 N. State Street, re
ported to “the law” at 12:30
a.m. Sunday, that she and her
husband, Robert Jeffries, 24,
same address, had a “fuss,”'
and he swung at her with a
pocket knife, which slashed her
coat.
The woman came to head
quarters and signed a warrant
against her mate, charging as
sault with a deadly weapon,
and he was “hauled off” to
Wake County Jail.
"Spirits”
Blamed By
Female,26
NEW ORLEAN S--(NPI)- -
They say a man named Peter
did it In olden days and in
New Orleans--home of voodoo
and mysticism--a woman tried
the same trick.
She was not as successful
as Peter. She bobbed up and
down in the river and was fin
ally rescued by police.
June Millet, 26, said the
spirits told hermit was time
for her to die and that she
could walk on the water be
fore she died if she desired
to do so. She landed In jail
Instead of in heaven.
The river separates New
Orleans from Algiers where the
Seven Sisters have long been
reputed to be residents.
They were able to give any
body good luck. In the city,
the tomb of famous voodoo
queen, Marie Leveau, Is still
the mecca of tourists and the
curious.
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ieachers
Os Disl.
To F. S. C.
The Southeastern District of
the North Carolina Teachers
Association will meet on Fri
day, November 18, at Fayette
ville State College, Fayetteville.
Registration will begin at 8:00
A.M. Sectional meetings will
begin at 9:00 A.M. The Di
vision of Classroom Teachers
and Administrators will meet
from 10:30 to 12:00 noon.
Dr. Lewis C, Dowdy, presi
dent the Agricultural and Tech
nical College of North Caro
lina, Greensboro, will deliver
the keynote address at 4;30
p.m. in Seabrook Auditorium.
Dr. Dowdy has made numer
ous contributions to pro
fessional publications, some of
which have been articles appea
ring in the Education News,
the official organ of the Pal
metto Teachers Association;
articles for Improving College
(See DIBT. TUTORS, P 2)
Lady Wins
$45 Cash In
Sweepstakes
A young mother of five chil
dren was the sole winner of a
Sweepstakes prize last week.'
Mrs. Esther Taylor Watson,
of 106 Battery Drive, came into
the offices of The CAROLINI
AN with number 100, a ticket
which sne picked up at the
Piggly-Wiggly Store, New Bern
Ave. The number corresponded
with our second prize number
and she recieved a check .for
$45.
Tickets valuable at this time
are green in color, and dated
Nov. 5, 1966.
First prize number is: 1056,
worth SSO; 800, Is second prize,
and is valued at sls; while num
ber 11765, third prize, will bring
its holder S2O.
CAROLINIAN readers are
urged to patronize Sweepstakes
stores and to pick up your
tickets. No purchase Is neces
sary. Kindly patronize all ad
vertisers in The CAROLINIAN.
Mrs. Watson is a member of
the Martin Street Baptist
Church, where the Rev. Dr.
Paul H. Johnson is minister.
The housewife’s children range
in age from 8 to three years.
(See SWEEPSTAKES, P. »)
■umuiHiwi
Temperature* for the next
five day*, Thursday through
Monday, will average 8 or
more degrees above normal.
Normal high and low tem
peratures for the area should
be S 3 and 38 degrees. MUd
weather will prevail at the be
ginning of the period, but It
will turn cooler about mid
way, then mild again near the
end of the period. Precipita
tion will total one-fou'th of an
Inch or more, occurring as
showers, early In the period
and again about Monday.
Struck In Eye,
Tummy’ Bitten
Wavey Murle Poole, 25, of
724 S. Saunders Street, told
two cops at 3:17 p.m. Sunday,
that while he was visiting a
house in the 700 block of his
street, he was beaten by two
colored males.
Mr. Poole, who was unable
to describe either of his at
tackers, suffered a bruised left
eye and was bitten in the
stomach.
No other action was listed
on the report,
(Be* CRIME BEAT, P. S)