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By J. H DEVEAUX
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GRAND JUR^ AGRr.r>
in its presentation to the Judge of the bu _
**(uurt the recent grand jury reconi-
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lieu oi uie mahc sni
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mu jeais me
en u»y boaru oi r.aucaiiou, *
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ctssiiy oi a mgii sciiooi aiso a
sciiooi. t'M" coiiits mi g a ‘ l -
any uase octa *>«. *‘ < lue
proving wuai we •
menjuvis or uus oouy are among me
picuuutiil cui/.eas and cuuVei'ean anii tne
oi uie coumiuaiiy mtu i-ecommen-
aceas vicgat u.uaence ro
oai.ua annum aave .am
uie ouaiu to pay mis ocoi so
cause citizens.
a iayai Class ' oi
ana aoi-viy uue
UlttiAiNi/.AriU>\ "ini A l'URFOdU
in'iit t.ie vACCpt.oil or Uie dial cn amt up-
il'illtljiUi oi gaiiizauons, no otner
Sva.iai“g accomplished nmm
has aeiu up so well miu
ior uie mass oi me people man me
gouu Autaneenieni
.wumaai Association ‘ior me
r.oKiieu i eopie. us lights m Uie corn is
o. popuiaro
urn me civil iignis or tne race is
KliOWll anu saouid nu equally appreciated.
in cV’cry com in umiy mere siiould ue a liuii-
umi dietcv»t support. me urive ior mem-
oeis/np is *ilow on. it means mat pr v seni
ami ou memuers snould renew uieir mem¬
bership anu new ones snouiU join, me as-
soe lit lion is aiwajs on me aiert in looking
ai tei' me west’interest oi tne people. R\
eiy’‘encouragement must be given oy being
no oiien. oavanmm snouiU ne among the
ieauing places anu can be by loyal action.
PEONAGE BROUGHT HOME
The nonor.s ot peonage nave been suiiei-
ul by our people ior uniolil years since the
ones or actual servitude. Following the
nays ut emancipation, a certain class o)
jar Hi owners tailed to realize that it was not
legal to lorce any one to labor without con¬
sent or compensation, taking advantage ot
tne ignorance oi tne ireeumen and their
leuuRie.ss to follow the direction of the
\\ urte man, they were forced into servitude,
maiiv oi them believing that in the course
of Jjme they would be reimbursed tor their
lub«i. In bitter disappointment they awoke
to find that they were peons. Being unable
to fei'end themselves, thousands of them
oieS as untold slaves. A few of them
esdjjped this bondage and an untold number
die* in the attempt to do so. In a more or
les5 state tins lorni of servitude continues
evejj to the present. Gases have been pre¬
sented to tne courts in behalf of those wno
vew alleged to be held, but on account ol
primer continue evidence their the inhuman accused traffic. were Ever allowed
to so
oltfin reports* file have been made of existing
casts. influence of the ones accused
amt inability to procure proper evidence
ha\{£ all been in their favor. Surrounding
these accused are those who are able to as;
sistSn their conviction, but their little care
for-a fellow human being cause them to re¬
main .dormant. A modern case of peonage
presgnted itself in this section recently,
MASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES
Grghtl Master Tkibbs in writ-
mg mentioned the recent visit
to worshipful master whose
lodgij smali. is town. twelve It miles is deep from in any tht
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on v*Jth his small membership
He is a true Mason. Others
should catch his spirit.
MARRIED NOVEMBER 23
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Mr. tand Mrs. H. S. Bynes o'
Macorjjjiyho were married No-
Vembet 23rd. the Rr> o ; K , : -
he r t )M‘£forming the eerenmn"
Mrs* % Bynes was formerly,
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Miss Gantt of Philadelphia
P a., wjjJrc she aeh^-r-d nr"i< ‘
prominence in religious dra¬
matic j circles. She was the
time a white man was accused of hold-
iiijjr several white women in peonage. This
was in our adjoining county, in fact across
the Ogeechee river in Bryan county and on
the popular highway to the south. This
white man truly "reckoned without his
host.” He found out differently on the day
of his trial. Instead of the case being
brought in the state court where it is stated
that the accused had influence. Jurisdiction
was gained in the Federal ( ourt where the
FBI men had to do with it. Added inter*
‘‘st was given the case because the morals
of the white women were concerned. From
ev j^ ence they were forced to remain in
bondage not only to serve customers, but
to be contacted socially. Substantial evi-
dence was submitted. Jt was blushingly
received by those who are not used to life
on t he seamy side. After due season after
indictment the accused was tried in the
District Court of the Unjted States last
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where it is stated the accused has a
(jf dominan , € . he was c on;victed on sev¬
eral counts calling for five years each and
fine of five thousand dollars on each
For the accused, the irony of all is that a
colored man was a member of the jury y and
discharged his duty in a true and just man¬
ner. It is not out of the usual for this
court to call coiored men to service. It was
so under Judge Speer and contin¬
ue! by the present judge who is without peer
J USTICE—NOT VENGEANCE
By Ruth Taylor
Perhaps one of the most encouraging signs
for the future, for the world to come after
the peace, was seen, in the statement made
by Haile Selassie shortly after the surren¬
der of Italy.
"Ethiopia is less interested in
for the past than in justice for the future.”
In commenting upon this statement one
of the big metropolitan dailies concluded
with the line "Well spoken, Lion of Judah.”
11 we can all attain that state of mind, there
Will be little need to fear for the future,
On such a basis we would have an
peace—lor we would put justice before ven-
pea nee, affording to vanquished and victor
alike an opportunity to live and grow Strong
m a free world.
We must not make one group great
the expense of another. We must have
equal justice for all the peoples of all the
earth. He who enslaves becomes
a slave himsel f. He who is avan
cious is bound tightly to and by his
He who who hates hates his his neighbor neighbor arouse*'hatred arouses hatred
against himself. It is as inevitable as
laws of nature.
Our spirits are high as our troops forge
ahead in the invasion of the European
land. The last long relentless push is on.
But this time we will go on to the end and
finish the jdb. We are determined
this time there Will be no truce but that
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peace based on justice.
We must remember that justice is a uni-
versal right, applying to all men equally, re-
gardless of their station in life, their ........
or nationality, their religious
It it does apply equally, it ceases to be
justice and becomes privilege or prosecu-
t'on accordingly as its decisions Haile are made
If we, in the same spirit as
put justice before vengeance, we are on the
way to bring about that dream of a world
of which Cicero wrote saying: “And there
will not be one law* at Rome and another at
Athens, one law today and another tomor¬
row; but the same law everlasting and
changeable will-bind ail nations at all times-
and there Will be one common Master and
Ruler ol all. even God, the framer, the arbi-
t rat or, and the proposer of this kAv.
he who will not obey it will be an exile from
Here is another ‘‘spirit catch
er.” The Lodge of
bought a spftcious hall and sev-
eral lots. This property is
for. Cordele lodge is applauded.
Ul ° th S d °-“
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The brethren in Atlanta
forty candidates to raise.
part of the work was done Mon -
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■ -qinator of Gantt’s Drt"ns*-
■ s and played succossfu'lv in
’ennsylvania and New if
"he is a’so a gifted med.••••»*
T p\ £„/n<- i. pdito- of t’
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Sunday School Worker ■
.’resident cf the Deacons’ 8 ta>
baptist Convention of Georgiy
day night and the other
day night. ....... .! anU 1 .l tl ' yinS A
la ep up wi J h Savannah. .
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Qrand Master Dobbs will vis-
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^ ^ G ran( j Lodge of
pi IIe is jeaving Saturday and
will be accompanied by
ISSXfS r
cne in Dallas, Texas.
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m The . joint installation ..
was held Sunday afternoon.
was well attended and
The true Masonic accord
shown by botli the sisteis
brothers. This is what it
I to keep the orders going.
! By special dispensation Eu¬
reka Lodge layed, the corner¬
stone of the Macedonia Baptist
Church last Thursday. Past
Master D. Thomas acted
Grand Master and was given
the thanks of the brothers. Un-
selfish spirit is always the best.
Hilton Lodge will hold its elec-
tion next Wednesday night.
This lodge has twice as many
members as it had a year ago.
Past Master Hayes is a safe
leader.
The Grand Lodge or Pennsyl¬
vania meets this month.
Past Grand Matron M u
Ayers will set up an Eastern
Chapter in Sylvester on the
17th.
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TOGETHER AGAIN & fOfc« F.REEDQM U
THANKFUL TO ALL
'.
W. ‘'Fess’ Robison, Savan- j
nah’s fun scribbler, is is much
j pleased with the support the
, public has given him during
j the past year; it has enabled
him to carry on his News to
j Amuse Poems to a Successful
first year ending, and he
hopes that his future efforts
will justify your continued
tronage.
“Fess" desires to show his
appreciation in a more direct
| way by offering his services to
I an y organization, group 0 y
Person by doin ghis bit in ren _
dering dering a reading to help nut
over y° ur Program for
! worthy cause and says do"
hesitate to call upon him
whenever his service can be or
help t0 you '
News to Amuse is offering th’
following new poems for
your holiday fun and they will
P rove to P s - If y° u don,t lau ^ h
;;end J or your doctor and h a \*“
llim the sMr ,
come on run: “
Brown Has Parson Cox Fuil
Dinnah,” “a Country Black-
out,” the INew Year poem,
"Another Year.” ' '
; These poems and other fun
akers be obtained at
Bavaanah Btoad street Pharmacy,^719 See acf in anoth
er page of this paper.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
! SUSPENDED FOR CHARITY
At a recent meeting of the
Mutual Benevolent Society,
this y ear old organization
voted unanimously to make a
donation of $150 to be divided
equally among three very wor¬
thy movements being conduct-
od among the Negroes of our
community. Fifty dollars of
this is to be given to the USO-
YMCA on West Broad street;
fifty dollars to the colored tu-
berculosis werkers drive spon-
, sored by 7 the ''T colored nn“ under-
H fifty dol-
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, nr . tn _ . .
“tLSM ly acquired camp site.
The Mutuals have suspended
for the duration, its very popu-
.lav program of social functions' ;;
(hat havc b , en the pride of its
frion(Js for so many ycars and
j. devoting its efforts towards
« BsS8tlngi to the extent of its
ability, the worthy movements
being conducted for the bene-
fi T of the people of our com¬
munity. In addition to this,
i any individual members have
contributed liberally to have
very worthy causes. Th~
present officers of tlr organi-
zation are Frank Callcn pres-
c i rn t : Lester B. Johnson sec-
rotary and Samuel J. Brown,
treasurer,
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( 1 “SON 3 YEARS WITH
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington. Dec. 1 ANP 1
Truman „ „ K. Gibson, Jr., acting
civilian aide to the secretary qf
war. rounds out three years of
service with the war depart¬
ment this Wednesday. He join-
ed the department when the
formed aide. William H Hastie,
was called in. Upon the resig-
nation of Dean Hastie in Febru-
adv. Gibson carried on as act-
ing aide. i
The following poem was writ
ten by Staff Sergeant Daniel
A. Winston, the oldest son of
Mrs. Susie L. Harris of 629 E.
Anderson street who is serving
with the .U S. forces overseas.
Twelxe million black voices are
calling out
For a chance in democracy,!
they all shout
Give us the right to vote they
say |
We are citizens, we are here!
to stay.
privileges, „„
rights,
fight
The abroad enemy at home, the enemy j
And conqucr thc cnemy with'
freedom ' lor all.
Each man must do his bit,
Bach man must make a hit; j
Put your shoulder to the wheel !
All puli together, don’t stop to i
squeal.
You have the signal go ahead,
Do your duty, cion t be i.ua M
Hit the enemy, hit him hard.
Bury him ’neath tiie desert
sod.
when victory is won and you
come home -
Back to loved ones you left t
ream, 4
Let not your heart be bittqn,
lest
*\est lo''e all faith in victory’s
ch your children right from !
wrong
they may be righteous
and strong
live a clean and noble life,
refrain from evil, sin and
strife.
BEACH-CUYLER PTA
MEETS WEB. NIGHT
The Beach-oayler F T. A.
will meet Wednesday night,
December 8 at 7:30 o’clock at
USO building, West Broad St.
A short program depicting
the birth of Chiist w.n be pic-
sented after the opening meet
m S by pupils lrom the schools
choral der th and direction dramatic of clubs P. un J. -1
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Smalls, Miss Jane Parker and
Mrs - E - p - Law - i
1 B. B. Johnson, piesident
of the PTA, is extending a spe-
ial invitation to as many
e rs as can possibly attend
meeting to be present. M. G.
! Haynes is principal of the
schools.
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This is a srS.icn of the spun former six dents oi Georgia
did >:h bit c.t Leg Cabin Cen- State College for the meeting
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ter prepared oy graduates and of leaders held there.
Broadcast for Christmas Seal Sale
mjj
Southerniiires (above) take part in transcribed broadcast of Christ
mas carols dedicated to the tuberculosis Christmas Seal, Lett to right:
William Edmonson (base), Ray Yeates (tenor), Jay Stone Toney (barr
tone), Lowell Peters (tenor), Spencer Odom (accompanist and arranger).
AN ADDITION TO
SAVANNAH
Y.'c, as a group of colored pea
pio here in Savannah, have
been wonderfully 'blessed with
a leader ih ail fields. ' This
person is referred to Us Rev
R. M. G lbc-rt, pastor of F. A.B
church here. Besides being
pastor of one of our leading.
churches, he is working with
numerous activities fo rthe ad-
vancement of our group.
It is true that here in Savan
nah we, have a NAACP, an or-
ganizat on of which Negroes
might fight for equal oppor
tumUes and equal , rights. ^
With a leader wel lequipped as
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should , tack him , . up. He „ not
! only works in his church, goon' but:
he works for the common |
of every one
Orchids to Rev. Gilbert and
as one of his co-workers bid
him God-speed and best wish-
for his continued success.
Johnnn e Mines
FIRST A. B. CHURCH
TO CANCEL DEBT
Great rejoicing will take'
place in the old First African j
Baptist church on this coming
Sunday, when an old debt of j
over fifteen years standing!
will be wiped out officially,
the burning of the mortgage j
' which hung like a pall over
' this church for the period
em¬
bracing the depression years.!
This mortgage will be burned j
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 2, 1893
As a matter of history the
following from The
of the above date is publish-
ed: Meeting of the Emanci-
patjon Association held at
The Tribune office Wednes¬
day afternoon. Following of¬
ficers tlected: Rev. J. J. Dur¬
ham, president; Capt. L. M.
Pleasant, vice president; Sol.
C. Johnson, secretary; Rev. T.
N, M. Smith, treasurer; Ex¬
ecutive committee: Revs. Al¬
exander Ellis, R. R. Downs, L.
B. Maxwell, Dr. H. Porter, G.
W. Griffin, C. McKane, M. D;
Capt. J. c. Simmons, Prof. W.
I. Lewis, Rev. J. F. Gillins,
Maj. W. H. Royal, Dr. E. K.
Love. Rev. C. R. Buffington,
Bishop H. M. Turner accepted
the invitation to deliver the
address Emancipation Day.
Bishop C, K. Nelson pub-
lished letter showing need of •
colored Episcopation in Gear-
gia.
Mr. William H. Wallace
and Mrs. Catherine Gem-
deau married at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Houston
Tuesday evening by Ray.
Euvid Waters. Many white
friends were present.
Plan arranged for public
installation of Masonic Lodge
officers at the hall, Bay and
Lincoln streets.
Sergt: p. y. Giles elected
second lieutenant of the For¬
est City Light Infantry on
Tuesday night, over Sergt. M.
B. Branham by three votes,
at the communion service, at
4 p. m. Sunday. The entire
public is invited to attend and
witness this celebration.
a* the same time the church
is looking forward now to re-
pairing .and beautifying the
edifice, a task which they were
unable to do any more than
contemplate, so long as 'the
load of debt was upon them.
This task of repair and beauti-
has become the object-
year, 1944. The
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charch , P^s to do this , work ,
without becoming involved in
an y debt ’ on the pay aS
you plan ’
JUNIOR GIRLS AUXILIARY
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The Junior Girls Auxiliary
Corps was organized Oct. 4 ,
1943, Gen. Louise Cummings
and Gen - Rebecca Johnson are
responsible for the organizing
the group.
During the Thanksgiving
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Tribune Job Printing Depart¬
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Dec. 1—Great 4 Female Gospel Singers at
Bethlehem Baptist church sponsored by Dea.
Albert Jackson. Admission 25 Cents.
Dec. 5 —King and Queen Contest at Green
Baptist Church. Reynolds and 31st streets,
church. Adinisison 25c.
Dec. 6 — J; c. The Magician at South Valley
Bapl'st Church. Admission 29c and 25c.
p‘ . 6 —Grand Cor.ce; 1 at Fremont Temple
■ j Kami t Church by the Mayflower Girls and the
' Gospel Light Jubilee Singers. Admission 35c.
Dee. 8 —Contest at Tremont Temple Baptist
Church between thc Four Great Gospel Singers
the I • . .
and Dixie Quartet Admission 35 Cents
Dec. 13—Royal Quartet at Union Baptist
Church, Charles street, Admission 35e.
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Dee. 15—Pre-Christmas Hop at Masonic Tent -
pie by the Manhattan Sercnadcrs Girls, Ad-
mission 40 cents.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 19**
season we gave bundles to dif-
charitable institutes,
Q enera j Rebecca Johnson and
Lt Erown dld , the ,, attributing .......
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about town. General Cummings
and Major Collins were sent
to Camp Stewart. A beautiful
decorated cake was given to the
846th AAA (AWi Bn. of Camp
Stewart for the swell coopera-
tion in the Pen Pals Club form-
ed by the officers of the J. G.
A. C. Congratulation to U.
Cook _ , for . , having the „ best re-
sponse to letters from the girls
or this Lt ’ Cook was awarclfcd
a cart ° on of Came J s ’ We hav e
many cards ot f congra f -
ulations from soldiers over seas
and. also soldiers in the states.
thanking us and congratulating
us for the fine work we are
doing. We are hoping to do
bigger and better things in the
future. Wc offer many thanks
to capt. Adams for the swell ad-
vice he gave us.