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SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1943
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MINORITY GROUPS
Even though, because of the present crisis, there is an
ever increasing national unity, still there remain in this
country minority groups, who are minorities not through
any desire of their own, but because the majority so con
siders them.
But are we right to call this a failure of democracy?
No! Democracy is a slow but sure process of growth. “The
mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.”
Eventually Democracy will work out away of life which
will be fair to all. But remember —less than a hundred years
ago slavery seemed destined to endure forever. It takes
time to wipe out deep seated prejudices and misunderstand
ings. The only real solution to the problem is, as it is on
all questions, education.
The majority must be educated to see the minority as
individuals, to judge them as men, by their actions and ac
complishments. The majority must be educated to improve
its individual status, not to be touchy, nor to draw apart
into highly sensitive, clannish groups.
Justice, not charity, is what is wanted. Untinged) by the
condescension of charity, there should be justice, based on
absolute fairness to all, upon ,an equal sharing of the rights
and duties, upon a meeting ground of a common responsi
bility to work for the survival of the way of life we want to
maintain, away of life which in spite of its shortcomings
offers more to both majority and minority than any othei
form of government.
Discrimination and prejudice cannot be maintained by
physical force. Only as the minds of men are corrupted by
a false ideology can dictatorships be made to endure. The
totalitarian gangsters realize that this process must start
with the children. Shall we of the democracies be less wise?
Teach friendliness, kindness and forbearance to children
and you will have friendly adults.
We must begin with them, and then work individually
and collectively for justice and! good will among all racial
groups, at home and abroad. This is a task for all, not just
the majority. There is a very real duty of the minority to
understand and not to aggarvate prejudices. If we do this
now, sincerely and earnestly, when the end comes and vic
tory is assured we will find that we have achieved! another
victory, a new unity, and that the solution of an age old
problem is ne<ar at hand.
THE END IS NOT YET
By Ruth Taylor
Watch out! Dont slacken! Don’t let the dazzling rain
bow of victories won blind us to the fact that the storm
is not yet over, that the clouds are still darq above us.
The end is not yet. Now is not the time to let down our
efforts and start scrabbling for the prizes of peace. This
war is going to last a long time, no rpatter when the hos
tilities may end. War is not just the time of fighting, but
also the time it takes to struggle back to a normal way of
living.
The end is not yet. We cannot win the war by over
confidence. We cannot assume that the game is over, just
when the play begins to run our way. The decision. will
corr.e at the end of the game when the last play has been
made and the last battle fought. We cannot leave the
field until the final second of the game.
We cannot win by wishing. We have advanced this far
by sacrifices. How great a sacrifice we are learning as the
casualty lists pour in—the lists not of rich or poor work
ers or student, Black or White, Catholic, Protestant or
Jew—but simply of Americans who died for America.
The quickest way to win the war is the best way to
win it. To win the war we must all work. We must have
neither idle hours nor idle dollars. But money is not enough.
Production is not enough. Men are not enough. We must
pdd to these that extra effort, that all essential will to win.
We must not allow ourselves to be caught by Axis in
spired propaganda. We must not be tellers of tales or
spreaders of rumor. We must not be disseminators of hat
red toward any of our own people, regardless of class, race,
creed or colo. We must put aside selfish aims for the good
of all the people.
The end is not yet. We have set a goal for ourselves in
the Four Freedoms. We do not want anything from any
other nation. We want only for other people that same
freedom which we claim for ourselves—the freedom of
speech, expression and religion, the freedom from want
and fear. Until these are established for all the peoples
of the earth, the war is not over.
The end is not yet. The road still lies ahead. It will be
rough in many places. It will go through valleys of depres
sion, skirt dangerous precipices, descend perhaps into quag
mires of temporary defeat—but at the end it will lead, we
are confident, to victory and to ultimate peace for all the
peoples of the earth.
Maud Muller, on a summer’s day, grew tired of raking
the hay. She hung her rake on the rack and went away to
become a WAAC.
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GALATEA
By Lance Allen Lynch
No statue she, emerged at point of steel,
Nor goddess wandered from some pagan shrine,
But image rather, fixed in my design
a For living in a world extremely real, tv
My amorous heart notes well
And the hunger for her touch mine
Enthralls me, and she seems a thing diVine—
And all the more she answers my ideal.
Observing her compliant with my will,
Yet idol born of mere fictitious bliss,
I’d fain forego an earthly love affair,
To embrace her only once and madly thrill
As did Pygmalion when he stooped to kiss
The luscious lips of her, his ivory fair.
IMMORTAL PRAYER
Amid this war, most vicious of all time,
Whose shadow darqens almost every life,
Whose terror sears the earth in every clime,
The Prince of Peace reechoes, “Cease all strife!
“For ye are gods in essence, who thus rave
Like beasts in mad contagion of combat.
Stop all your wars; return to peace; and save,
Not waste, the priceless heritages that
“Our Father has provived for your care!
His plenty far exceeds all reckoning;
Upon His bounty everyone may fare
Most fully, if all heed M ybeckoning.
“As for your foes, they’re also God’s Children;
Treat them as you’d have them, in turn, treat you!
My prayer of agony concerns all men—
‘Forgive them, for they know not what they do.’
* * ♦
“Who kills his foe, qills God, himself, and Me,
For we are one in spirit, all who live.
All men have erred; forget the Past, and see
The Future splendors earned when all forgive.”
—Reid Davies Stone, December 8, 1942.
If labor continues to pursue its present aggressive pol
icy it will soon be demanding that Congress be made a
closed shop.
A professor says a girl begins to find! herself between
the ages of 16 to 18, and that’s about the time the boys
begin to find her.
He thought a small sum from the cash drawer wouldn’t
do any harm. Now if you want to see him you’ll find him
down on the prison farm.
Overheard: “She was a fool when she married him.”
“Yes, but he didn’t know it then.”
The literature that most of us enjoy most is a compli
mentary write-up of ourselves in the newspapers.
People are disposed to sin just as they have always
done but it isn’t by interfering with the tree of knowledge.
Men are just boys grown up and stiff in the joints.
THE SOUTHERN NEWS
Improved II SUNDAY
International || SCHOOL
LESSON-:
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Os The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for July 11
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
GOD CALLS A LEADER
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 3:1-12.
GOLDEN TEXT—Come now therefore,
and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that
thou mayest bring forth my people the
children of Israel out of Egypt.—Exodus
3:10.
God calls men, commissions, and
uses them to carry out His plans
and purposes in the earth. What a
great truth that is, and how it glori
fies . the destiny of man to know
that it is divinely appointed.
As Joseph Parker effectively
points out, the experience of Moses
in Midian was a direct dealing with
God, whereas we who may not be
able to ‘'see the fountain” must "be
content to drink at the stream,” but
should always remember that the
stream flows from that same foun
tain.
“Every man should put to himself
the questions. What is my destiny?
What does God mean me to be and
to do in the world? ... It is a
most pitiable thing that a man
should read of Moses being divinely
called ... to a special work" and
fail to realize "that God has a spe
cial work for every man to do.” Let
us be careful that we do not “so
pervert and misinterpret circum
stances as to press them into a
justification of self-will,” rather than
recognize them as “destiny which
is beckoning us to duty.”
For our instruction and guidance
we consider, then, the story of the
call of this outstanding leader of
Israel. It presents him as a true
servant of God, one who was—
I. Personally Equipped.
While it is a blessed truth that
God will use any man who surren
ders himself to His control and guid
ance, no matter how limited that
man’s ability and training may be.
It is also true that, other things be
ing equal, the man with the best
equipment will be the most useful
servant.
God gave Moses a unique prepara
tion. He was first of all a Hebrew,
born among the people that he was
to lead. He knew the luxury and all
the cultural advantages of the Egyp
tian court (Acts 7:22), with the safe
guard of training by his own mother
as his nurse.
He observed at first hand the op
pression of his people, and made a
self-willed and impulsive effort to
deal with the problem. The result
was that he had a "postgraduate”
course of instruction and discipline
in the wilderness, where he spent
forty years in the school of experi
ence.
We have learaed anew from our
DEATHS |<
Mrs. Cheny White of 55 Cath
olic Avenue died June 7. She was
funeralized at Ray’s Funeral
Home. Interment was in the Violet
Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Lily Epps of\3 Max Street
died June 7. She was funeralized
at Cappadocia Church. Interment
was in the Violet Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Rebecca Anderson of 131
Valley Street died June 10. She
was funeralized at Ray's Funeral
Home. Interment was in the Vio
let Hill Cemetery.
Joanna Johnson of 121 S. Grove
Street died June 1. She was fun
eralized at Berry Temple Church,
and cremated at Baptist Hospital ,
in Winston-Salem.
Will Dixon of 19 Sorrell Street
died June 3.
Presly Barksdale of 469 1-2 S.
French Broad Avenue died June
1. He was funeralized at Mt. Olive
Church. Interment was in the Vio
let Hill Cemetery.
Benjamin Myers of 247 College
Street died June 15. Interment
was in Craggy, N. C.
Fred Copeny of 146 Eagle St.
died June 20. He was funeralized
at St. John’s Church in Arden. In
terment was in the St. John's
Cemetery in Arden.
Mrs. lona Romes of 51 Morrow
Street died June 9. She was fun
eralized at Mt. Olive Church. In
terment was in the Sunset Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Wells of 48 Gud
ger Street died June 1. She was
funeralized at Sycamore Church.
Interment wa sin the Sunset
Cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Henry of Shiloh
died June 25. She was funeralized
at Rock Hill Church. Interment
was in the Rock Hill Cemetery.
Leander Fields of Swannanoa
died June 20. His body was ship
ped to Alabama for burial.
Mrs. Maretta Finley died in De
troit, Mich., on June 12. Her fun
eral was on June 17 in Laurens,
S. C.
Lloyd Grififn died June 23 in
the North Carolina Sanatorium.
Interment was in Alexandria, N. C.
Mrs. Nell Riddle of 26 Oakdale
died June 22. Her funeral was in
Bonwell, S. C.
Leonard Logan died June 24 in
the Mission Hospital. He was fun
eralized at South Asheville Church.
Interment was in the Sunset Cem
etery.
Mrs. Alice Cato died June 24 in
New York iCty. She was funeral
ized June 28 in Hopkins Chapel.
war experience that training for
service is essential. If that is true
in military matters and in secular
life, it is doubly true in the service
-of Christ. He does graciously use
even the humble and untrained
worker, but no one who has a vision
of service will be content to remain
unprepared.
11. Spiritually Qualified.
Moses was a man who knew God.
Had he been a worldly man he
would only have been curious re
garding the phenomenon of the burn
ing bush. But note how alert and
reverent he was and how immedi
ately responsive to the instructions
and the call of God.
Here God’s future leader was
' made conscious of the infinite maj
esty and holiness of God, the need
of reverence and godly fear, the pur
, pose of the Eternal One to deliver
His people, and the assurance that
He would be with His servant. Such
a spiritual experience made effec
-1 tive the excellent preparation which
| he already had for service.
All the training and preparation
in the world is worse than useless in
God’s service apart from that spir
itual qualification that comes from
' true regeneration and dedication to
Him.
There is no more pathetic sight
than a spiritually powerless church
worker going through the motions of
service for Christ. If we are in
that condition we may be sure that
, we deceive no one but ourselves.
111. Divinely Called.
Moses was called (v. 4), commis
sioned (vv. 6-10), and clad with di
vine authority (vv. 11, 12) for his
great task.
God calls His servants to different
responsibilities and in different
ways, but the important thing is that
we should know that we are in His
will and that we are answering His
j call.
No one has any right to choose
full-time Christian service simply as
a desirable vocation. In any calling
, of life man needs God’s guidance
' in order to make a proper choice,
but in the ministry or missionary
service it is an absolute essential.
If we were more careful to seek
His will for every individual there
would ba less unhappiness in the
world. But in the case of the one
who goes out to speak for God there
' is not only the danger of distress,
but of real disaster for himself and
those to whom he tries to minister.
Prepared, qualified, and called,
Moses is now ready to meet God
before he goes on to his life of holy
exploits for Him.
Thy—rd n .lamp MO*, my l—t, .ligin Bota—y
W®
I CorintliiaiLs, 9th Chapter, 14th
Verse: Even so hath the Lord
ordained that they which preach
the Gospel should live by the
Gospel.
“WatchOn Theßhine”
To Be Final Offering
Os Summer Theatre
ATLANTA, Ga„ July 3—Special
—“Watch On The Rhine,” the
famed Lillian Hellman play which
recently played before packed
houses on Broadway, will open
in Howe Memorial Hall, Spelman
College, on July 8, as the final
offering of the seaosn at the At
lanta University Summer Theatre,
■The play will be repeated on Fri
day and Saturday evenings, July
9 and 10. At all performances,
curtain time Is at eight.
"Watch On The Rhine," des
cribed by one critic as a "vital,
eloquent and compassionate play
about an American family," de
picts the struggle of men for lib
erty and a decent way of life. It
is the story of an anti-Nazi agent
who has been in and out of Ger
many since 1933, fighting for
what he sees as the cause of the
Fatherland.
Abbie Mitchell, well known pro
fessional actress, who is closing
her second season with the sum
mer theatre, will be starred in the
role of Fannie Farrelly, which on
the legitimate stage was created
by Lucille Watson. Thomas Paw
ley of Jefferson City, Mo., will
pity Kurt Mueller; and Bettylu
Cespedes, also of Jefferson City,
will portray Sara Mueller. In oth
er important roles are Gloria Har
ris of Athens, Ga., who will be
seen as the Roumanian countess,
Marthe De Brancovis; Ira De A.
\ Reid of Atlanta, who has the role
of her husband, Teck De Bran
covis; and Baldwin W. Burroughs,
who plays the son of the family,
Davldl Farrelly.
Completing the cast are Clar
/ iece Pierson of Marshall, Tex.,
who will be Anise; Nathaniel Till
man of Atlanta, who makes his
debut with the summer theatre, as
Joseph; Thad Toomer, also of At
lanta, who win play the role of
Bodo Mueller; and Dorothy Phelps
\ of Statesville, N. C., who has been
cast as Babette Mueller.
Baldwin W. Burroughs is also
the director of the play, and Edna
1 Graves of Greenville, N. C., is
stage manager. The set is by L.
H. Smith and Alma Vaughn, and
lighting is by Nina Cha’lton. Wy
nona Moore is handling properties
and Julia Brown is business man
ager.
(From the Detroit Free Press,
June 4, 1943)
WELCOME TO THE NAACP
“The conference of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People now in
session here at Detroit has for its
theme ’The States of the Negro
in the War for Freedom,’
“There is evidence on many
fror,.s that the status of thees
good Americans 13,000,000 of
them—is far from what it should
be in our equalitarian democracy.
Blind prejudice and bigotry is the
root of most of the trouble and it
cannot be eradicated by passive
tolerance alone.
“Problems must be met that
may arise and settled fairly on
their own merits without rancor.
To evade issues only aggravates
them. Getting along is not only
a matter of governmental policy.
Perhaps even more, inter-racial
harmony depends upon the atti
tude of groups, and groups, ulti
mately are nothing more than col
lections of individuals. Education
and community harmony must be
gin, and continue strongest, indi
, vidual of whatever the race, re
ligion or background.
“The Free Press welcomes the
NAACP to Detroit and expresses
, the hope that this deliberation
will bring forth material contri
-1 buttons to the task of making a
better, and w'orthier and a more
democratic America."
Interment was in the Riverside
Cemetery.
' Mrs. Willie Lake Looper died
June 26. Her funeral was held on
'■ July 1 in Newberry. S. C,
In loving memory of my dear
’ wife and our Mother, Mamie Gay,
Who departed from us June 16,
' 1936.
1 So dearly loved: so sadly missed,
i Years have gone, how long it
! seems,
i You’re In our thought and in our
dreams,
When days are dark and friends
are few.
Dear Mother, how I long for you.
’ Those of you who have a mother,
1 Treasure her with care.
1 For you never know how much
you’ll miss her,
1 Till you see her vacant chair.
I Insetred by her husband, chil
dren and son-in-law:
Lucille and Arthur Watts, Essie
I Andrew, Iwal Lee Green, Elneta
, Pettgrew, Lillie Mae Gerrick. An
nie B. Gerrick, Rosa Lee Jackson,
Mamie Lee Gay, Dortha Mae Gay,
Father, 85 1-2 Michael Street.
Asheville, N, C.