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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not
necessarily a reflection of the policy
of The Voice.—Pub.
~THANKFUL HEARTS
By Rev. John R. Harris
Quinn Chapel AME Church
“—May cause the thanksgiving
to abound unto the glory of God”
11 Cor. 4:
This American country of ours
should make every heart throb
with gratitude to almighty God.
Think of its natural resources.
Think of its vast plains, its fertile
valleys. Think of the vast crop
produced by the farmer.
I Thank God for the farmer: He
gives us our food. Some one has
well said “We are what we eat.”
He gives us our clothing. He fills
the deep-freeze with meat. Let the
farmer die and there would be a
' nation wide funeral. But he will
never die. He will* do something;
that is much harder. He is going
to live. AH honor to this unsung
hero.
II—We thank God for the home
makers. They shape the future forj
God and humanity. We dp not
underestimate the work of the
physician, the minister, the edu
cator, the bankers but we cannot
overestimate the importance of the
mother of men. One distinguished
writer puts it in these glorious
wprds: “No blocks of marble do
they round into statue. No can-1
vases do they adorn with glowing
colors; no books do they write;
with scholarly taste; no music do|
they compare with sweet strains;j
no platforms do they occupy with
persuasive speech. Yet they are
all these,.and more, because they
are God’s disciples of the unex
plored and the unexpressed. Sculp
tors, they chisel the veined marble
of flesh and blood into living,
breathing, human statues; artists,
they write the literature of godli
ness on the hearts of their sons;
musicians they sing the song of
chastity into the souls of their
daughters; orators their lives
\ speak so eloquently of the invis
ible things of God that they, being
dead, speak on high places of
eternity.”
Yes, while being thankful for
food, clothing, mother, and
friends let us nqt forget that God
is the giver of every good and
perfect gift. This leads us to the
final consideration. As we sit
under our own “vine and fig
tree” here in this city (Lincoln,
Nebraska) in this great country
of ours:
III—Let us thank God for the
church. "My church,” “Your
church,” God’s church!”—and the
gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.” There are two things
that I think Christian people
should do. (a) They must quit
apologizing for the gospel. A seat
companion on a recent journey by
train boasted of his golf and hunt
ing expeditions “every Sunday”
he said, “except once in awhile
my wife drags me off to church,
mind you, I don’t go often” with
apologies.” I answered, “hear a
lot of people are going these days.
I wonder why?” I am the minister
but he preached a better sermon
than I could preach on Why the
Christian church could more defi
nitely promote peace in the world
j than the United Nations or any
other organization or person.
Simply qualified to speak but
very timid, (b) They must stop
their projected programs of un
worthy competition with the
world.
The world will never be con
verted to Christ by adopting
worldly methods. eW like to think
ourselves modern and up-to-date
by endorsing worldly methods of
financing the budget, increasing
the membership and developing
the program. No, with all our
cleverness we are no match for the
world when we preach Jesus
Christ and Him crucified though;
he be a “stumbling block unto
Jews and foolishness unto Gen
tiles.”
No man is a good citizen, a good
father or a good patriot; no
woman is a good mother, a good
wife or a good neighbor who be
littles the Christian church. Let
us sing at Thanksgiving “Praise
God, >. from whom all blessings
flow, Praise Him all creatures
here below, Praise Him above Ye
heavenly hosts, Praise Father,
Son and Holy Ghost.
Notes of Interest
On Friday, November 28, 1952
the ftev. and Mrs. Melvin L.
Shakespeare will be honored at a
reception given by Miss Dorothy
Green and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
1 Adams. The reception will be in
the Urban League lounge..
Rev. John R. Harris will be
honored at a reception Monday,
December 1, 1952 given by the
church. Mrs. J. H. Dean is in
charge. The affair will be held at
Quinn Chapel church at 8 p.m.
Siloaru Choir to Appear
On CBS “Church of Air”
BROOKLYN— (ANP)— The Si
Jloam Presbyterian Church choir
| under the direction of Charles
[Higgins will appear on the C.B.S.
I Television “Church of the Air”
program, Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10
a.m.'EST.
| The choir will be accompanied
i by Carl Inniss. Dr. George Sweazy,
i Secretary of the Department of
j Evangelist Board of the National
■Board of Missions of the Presby
terian Churches will give the
message.
The program will be heard over
the national hookup.
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•TATI HISTORICAL SOCIBTT
Buffalo County (10)
Though not organized until
1870, Buffalo County on the over
land trail was the scene of much
activity in territorial days and
even earlier. The old Mormon
Trail ran through Buffalo County,
and from 1847 on each summer'
saw long lines of covered wagons
wending their way west through
the county. Fort Kearny, estab
lished in 1848 just south of the
river, became the nucleus of white
activity in the region.
The earliest settlers in the
county were Mormons who made
a settlement on Wood River in
1858. Among their number was
Joseph E. Johnson, founder of
the Omaha Arrow, the first paper
published in Omah?, who settled
on the present town site of Shel
ton and started a paper the
Huntsman’s Echo. We have a
few issues of that paper in the li
brary of the State Historical So
ciety, and a lively, vigorous sheet
it was. It well lived up to the slo
gan on its masthead, ‘‘Independent
in Everything; Neutral in Noth
ing.”
Though Johnson pictured the
country in glowing terms in his
papers — most of each issue of
which circulated among the trad
ers and travellers—and set out
one of the finest flower gardens
in the West, he wearied in a few
years and went on to Utah.
As late as 1870, settlement in
the county was confined to the
tew farmers living along Wood
River. Nevertheless, they pur
suaded Gov. David Butler to issue
a proclamation formally organiz
ing Buffalo County—hitherto it
had existed only on paper and had
been attached to Hall County for
judicial and revenue purposes.
At first, Buffalo County had
no permanent county seat. Each
officer kept the records pertain
ing to his office at his home, and
the commissioners met at first one
place and then another. As was
true in most Nebraska counties
there was considerable difficulty
in locating the county seat. Gib
Ibon was first selected as the per
manent county seat, but when the
B. & M. railroad joined with the
i Union Pacific at Kearney (then
U.S. Department of Labor Reports
On Laws Banning Employment Bias
WASHINGTON— (ANP) — The
U.S. department of labor here
last week in its monthly Labor
Information Bulletin on state laws
banning discrimination in em
ployment announced that the fair
employment practices acts of two
states were amended in 1952.
A New York amendment now
makes it unlawful to discriminate
on account of race,creed, color orj
national origin in any place of
public accommodation, resort, or
amusement.
A Rhode Island amendment
changes the name of the “State
Fair Employment Practice Com
mission” to “Rhode Island Com
mission Against Discrimination”
and authorizes the commission to
enforce certain laws prohibiting
discrimination in public places in
the same manner as it enforces
the fair employment practice act.
Similar amendments had already
been adopted by Connecticut and
New Jersey in 1949 and by Mas
sachusetts in 1950.
Eight states (Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode
Island, and Washington) have
mandator? fair employment prac
called Kearney Junction) settle
ment began to develop rapidly at
that point and soon it was the
largest town in the county. A
movement got underway to move
the county seat. The people of
Gibbon resisted it for a while,
but in 1874 the efforts of Kear
ney Junction weres uccessful.
Kearney was for many years
a free and easy town. A railroad
junction in the midst of a great
cattle county, it became a rendez
vous for cowboys. It retained this
character until the country began
to settle up with farmers, and
then it began to quiet down.
An important early group of
farmers in the county consisted
of a group known as the Free
Homestead Colony. They arrived
at Gibbon in 1871, and their story
has been ably told by C. S. Bas
sett.
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tice laws applying to private em
ployment. Laws against dis
crimination have also been en
acted in Colorado, Indiana and
Wisconsin; these provide, how
ever, for voluntary rather than
mandatory compliance.
With the exception of Connecti
cut and Washington, the state
laws provide that employers and
employment agencies may not
print advertisements or publish
any expression of discriminatory
preference unless it is based on a
bona-fide occupational qualifica
tion.
Independent commissions have
been created to enforce the acts
in Oregon where the administra
tive agency is the bureau of labor,
and in New Jersey, where it is a
division of the department of
education. All of the acts provide
for advisory committees to make
studies and _ recommendations or
for using voluntary services of- ’
fered by private individuals or or
ganizations.
Anti-discrimination laws which
rely on educational measures to
obtain compliance were passed by
Indiana and Wisconsin in 1945
and by Colorado in 1951. The
agencies administering these laws
may investigate complaints, make
recommendations to the parties,
and in Colorado and Wisconsin
may publicize the findings regard
ing complaints. Each act requires
the governor to appoint an ad
visory committee to assist in
making studies and planning
educational programs.
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