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One would think that the
the fair name of Dixie,
with all her Bilbos, East-
lands, O’Dar.icls, Coxes and
Rankins in 'me United
States Congress, already has
more than enough of shame
and reproach to bearwithout
having another Southern
Congressman join their-
company. Surely it is an
unkind providence that thus
saddles us with a dispro¬
portionate number of mem-
tally perverted representa¬
tives in the Inchest legislu
tive body of me 1 in the na¬
tion—a oody which onc<
was honored oy such South¬
ern giants as C ay Calhoun,
Hayne, or a dozen others of
Maybe we in me South are
unduly sensitive on the
point at least a few of us
may be, but no oth ?r section
of the country is represented
in Congress by so impos¬
ing a galaxy of intellectual- ,
ly bankrupt demagogues and
tub-thumpers.’
A 1
.
NEW DIRECTOR
Charles G. Gomillion just ap¬
pointed director of the school of
religion ai Tuskegee institute.
For many years he has been a
vital factor in the academic
program of that institution.
NAVY HOLDS GUAM
STORY SIX MONTHS
NEW YORK, N. Y— Formal
protest has been lodged with
the Navy department by the
Mew York Post and the NAACP
over the holding up by navy
censors of a story of the situa¬
tion in Guam where 45 Ni-gro
sailors recently were convicted
of rioting by a court martial.
Walter White, secretary of
the NAACP, was in Guam last
December and January. On
January 20, 1945, as a corres¬
pondent for the N.-w York Post
he wrote a story of the Guam
situation which Navy censors
held up for six months and
marked ‘for release* July H,
1945.” The Mew York Post re¬
turned the story to Mr. White
at the NAACP office last week.
The Post has protested to
the Navy department on the
insertions made by the censor
i nthe story, the setting of a re¬
lease date by the censor, as
well as the holding of the story
for six months;
In a letter to Navy Secretary
James V. Forrestal, Walter
wni!.-% 'so protested not only
the t yhg up of the story, but
the treatment of the Negro sail
ors on Guam, the failure to con
sider the long series of un-pro-
voked attacks upon thepm by
white marines and the sentence
of the court martial finding
the men guilty. The NAACP
intends to press the case before
Forrestal pe.sonally.
avmmh fnimne
.V.ss Narva Sncudy, “traveling
camipaigner” for the
bond selling campaign now
||70,000 Of $200,000 Fund To
Build Meharry
rest of the $ 2 c 0 , 0 %
GOAL HOPED TO BE
REACHED SOON
Dr. Anderson and Dr. Wal
ton Lead In Contri¬
butions
NASHVILLE, Trnn. (ANP)—
Meharry alumni members oil
over the country have subscrib¬
ed $70,000 toward the building
of a $200,000 students’ dormitory
o the college campus here.
The drive is being led by the
Chicago chapter of the alumni
which has contributed $11,000 of
its $50,000 goal toward the build
ing fund. A benefit baseball
game at the White Sox park in
Chicago will be promoted to
raise a part of the remaining
$39,000.
Contributions thus far reveal
that 50 Meharry graduates have
donated $500 or more to the
dormitory fund. One alumni
$2,100 and another $1„000. A
drive to enroll 250 in the $500
pen club is now underway-
Those who have contributed
$500 include Drs. F. P. Lytes,
Pine Bluff, Ark.,0. B. Whitebe-
comes and H. A. Powell of Ar-
zansas, J. F. Taylor, Mobile, Ala.,
G. H Starke, Sanford, Fla., L. C.
Starke, Deland, Fla., S. A. Red¬
dick, Columbus, Ga., L. Williams,
Valdosta, Ga.. Henry Goss, S. W.
Smith, T. N. Smith and J. L
Pratt, all of Chicago; P, A. Good
lee, East Chicago, Ind., A. L. Fra¬
zier, Danville, 111., H. H. Weath¬
ers, East St. Louis, 111., J. T. Lai-
Oonttnued on page eigm
Denies African Editor Arrested
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
JULIA M. WALKER
Atlanta—Impressive last rites,
marked by their simplicity, were
said Monday afternoon in Reed
Street Baptist church for Mrs.
Julia M. Walker, wife of Dr S.
I W. Walker, president of the Pil-
| grim Heaith and Life Insurance
j j company, who died Tuesday
her home, 781 Fraser street,
E. The services were •
by a large crowd, and the many
floral offerings attest?*, to
high e.teem in which the
ceased was held.
The eulogy was delivered
Continued on Page 8
ing used to raise funds in the
drive for $146,000 for a new de-
velopment program at the Tex-
as institution,
The bonds being sold are rep-.
State 4-H ^ Girls ^ To naVe Hnvp
Short Course ✓ i ZZ Next Week
Dr. Menafee
Taken By
Death
Voorhees School. Denmark, S.
C., July 22—Martin A Menafee,
former treasurer of the Voor-
htes N and I School died in the
Good Samaritan hospital in Co¬
lumbia on Wednesday, July 18.
He had been ill only two days.
His funeral was held here in the
school chapel this afternoon.,
the service being
in by Rev. J. M Miller of Wal
terboro, Rev. A. S. Coleman
Denmark, Rev. C. A. Ziegler
Bamberg and Prin. J. E. Blan¬
ton of Voorhees Junior
Interment was in the Voor¬
hees cemetery. His
was very largely attended-
Coming to Voorhees. in
Prof. Menafee started out as
business agent, later
treasurer. He served in this
pacity for over thirty years, re¬
tiring about ten years ago.
He was a graduate of
gee institute and was very
ful to Miss E. E. Wright,
founder of Vorhees, later
rying her.
He is survived by his
wife, the former .Mess N i •
of Columbia; a son, Marvin
Menafee, Jr.; two
Mrs. Mary M. Garven and Mrs.
Ruth H. Jordan.
AS RESULT OF STRIKE
OF NIGERIAN
LABORERS
Who Demand Sixty Cents
A Day Wage
NEW YORK, N. Y.-In response
to a cablegram or protest ad¬
dressed to Oliver Stanley of the
.Colonial Oifice in Londau the
British Information Service
New York city on July 13 in¬
formed the NAACP that Nuamdi
Azikiwe, prminent Nigerian ed¬
itor, had not been arrested in
connection with the strike of
Nigerian workers seeking a
wage of 60 cents a day.
Azikiwe, editor of the
African Pilot and the
Comet, who has become
as the chain newspaper lord
West Africa, was said to
been threatened by British
] thorities because lie was
ed of a( jvi s i n g the Inkers
j encoU ragmg them in their
tivities.
Azikiwe was educated in
j United glai/eSj and is a gra
ate of Lincoln uiversity,
j S yi van j a . His newspapers,
p ecia n y the Pilot, have
outspoken in their demands
Continued on page Eight
THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1945
iicas of negotiable notes and .‘ell
for $1 each. It s • 1 •! ai
>10,000 will be raised in this
fashion by MUs Snoddy as she
visits some la or 20 cities.
TO BE HELD AT
GIA STATE COLLEGE
BEGINNING SUNDAY
Industrial College, July24
The State 4-H club short course
for girls in Georgia will be held
on the campus of the Georgia
State college, July 29-August 4.
County champion teams of
girls and delegates to the girls’-
division of the State 4-H Coun¬
cil will come Horn Bibb, Bullock,
Burke. Camden, Cat toll Chath¬
am, Coumbia. Crisp, Decatur,
Dekalb, Dodge, Effingham, E-
manuel, Grady, Hancock, Jack-
son, Laurens, Liberty, McIntosh,
Meriweather, Mitchell, Newton,
Peach-Houston, Polk, Sumter,
Thomas, Ware and Washington
counties.
Already this summer county
4-H short courses have been held
in the above counties. where
representatives were selected to
next week's state meeting.
County teams of girls will com
pete in the state congests in
breadmaking, yeast bread, bis¬
cuits and corn meal muffins;
buttermaking, taCle .setting,
health, dressmaking, hatmak¬
ing, public speaking, singing,
ana egg grading ana egg mark¬
eting. The judges for these
contests will be specialists from
the state 'extension service and
teachers from Georgia State col-
Continued. on page Eight
Pfc. Sanders Promoted
With The Air Service Com¬
mand in Italy-The promotion
from private first class to tech¬
nician, fifth class, has recently
been awarded to William c.
Sanders. Corporal Sanders is
the son of Mrs. Leovia C. San¬
ders of 549 East Park avenue,
proprietor of the shoe repair
shop at West Broad and Hun-
tingdon streets, and husband of
Mrs. Gladys L. Sanders of
same address.
Entering the service in Oc¬
tober, 1943, at Fort Benning, Ga.
Corporal Sanders received his
basic training at Greensboro. N.
C., and later joined his present
unit in Romulus, tv Y. He ha 1 *
been overseas since April, 1944,
landing in Naples, Ita*y.
' since being in the European
theatre of war he has visited
many cities of that continent
an d during the conflict there
he saw much excitement. He
has a ho seen service in Africa,
Corsica and Italy and is author-
j zec } to wear the EAME ribbon
with three (3i battle participa-
j tion stars to his credit.
;
--
Even crooked men want some
on( , U por. whom they can
pend w hen there is somethm|
of their own they want to
fend..
Local High School Student
Wins-Elks Regional Contest
Dr. Seabrook Elected Pres,
ot ? Claflin /..I -»• j | • ..
university
BALTIMORE, MD.. July 17—
It was announced last week that
the trustees of Claflin college
and the board of education of
the Methodist Episcopal church
had elected Dr. John J. Sea-
brook? teacher of philosophy
and biology of Morgan Christian
Center, to the presidency of
Claflin college, Orangeburg, S.
C„ his alma mater
Dr Seabrook is the fifth pres¬
ident of Claflin which was
founded in I860. His predeces¬
sors were Dr. Alonzo Webster,
1869-74; Rev. Edward Cooke.
1874-84; Rev. L. M. Dun ton,
1884-1922; Dr. J. B. Randolph,
1922-45.
The new president will report
for duty sometime in August.
He will be returning home as he
was born in Orangeburg and ns
family home is the ,- e.
The training and experie t ’e
of President Seabrook fit him
for the tasks and responsibili¬
ties he will assume In addition
to tne diploma he holds from
Claflin, he received the A. B
degree from Clark university,
the B. D. and D. D. degrees
from Gammon Theological sem¬
inary, LL. B. degree from How¬
ard university and the LL. M.
degree from Boston university.
Further study on the gradu¬
ate level was pursued at Garrett
Biblical institute, Boston uni¬
versity and Northwestern uni¬
versity.
He. served as pastor of Metho¬
dist churches in A.ianta, Ga;
Gary, Inc!.; Columbus. Ohio, and
Baltimore, Md. He was a teach
Continued on Page Eight
TALLADEGA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
M
MISS ALICE FREEMAN - .EPHRAIM WILLIAMS
Above are two rece.i graduaates of Beach high school who
were winners of a $75.00 scholarship each in the competitive
tests given by Talladega college which were taken by one hun¬
dred and ninety six students from 13 states
MISS ALICE FREEMAN
Most Outstanding Girl in the
City
The activities of Miss Alice
Freeman valedictorian of the
Beach high school June 1,945
class, read like a page in Who’s
Who She has received a gold
cup .given by the Y. A. C. B., for
being the m^st outstanding girl
in the city.
Some of the honors which
Miss Freeman has received are:
Selected by the NAACP to
( we i come Walter White to the
c ^y w hen he appeared as guest
speaker at a mass meeting of
the NAACP;
Winning third prize in the
Juvenile Delinquency essay con¬
test, sponsored by the YACB;
Winning second place in the
Elks' State oratorical contest in
1944;
Winning the State Essay con-
\ tes -. p r i 2e 0 f $75.00, offered by
i the parent-Teacher Association
] of G eorg i a on the subject of
Hygiene, in 1945:
Taking second place in
State Oratorical contest,
sored by the Georgia State col¬
lege, in which over thirty
schools participated;
Winning the local Negro
paper essay contest, first
sponsored by the Savanah
bune and endorsed by the
tional Negro Publishers Associa
tion, and recently
Winning a $75.00
college scholarship.
Advise N A.
C.P.Have Ser¬
vice Inst,
NEW YORK, Expels in
the field of labor, politics, hous¬
ing, police work, publicity, lob¬
bying and legislation, were a-
mong the speakers last week
before a picked group of NAA¬
CP paid executive secretaries
and key workers from branch* s
in seventeen states
Newbold Morris, president oi
the New York City council, told
the group that city govern¬
ments had a responsibility in
seeing that there was no segre¬
gation or discrimination be¬
tween citizens on the basis
of color, race or religion.
Edward L. Befnays, one of
the highest paid public relat-
tions men in the nation, advis¬
ed the assembly on methods oi
securing cooperation for their
projects and getting publicity
and support for them.
Dr. Frank S. Horne and Dr.
B T. McGraw, together
with Clarence Johnson, advised
on housing problems. Anoth¬
er housing speake rwas Charles
Abrams, director of the Nation¬
al Public Housing conference.
Spottswood Robinson, III, talk¬
ed on restrictive covenants.
G. Jamss Fleming, regional
director of FEPC lor Philadel¬
phia; Miss Malda Springer o f
Continued on Page 8
EPHRAIM WILLIAMS
Most Outstanding Boy in the
City
Ephraim Williams is the re¬
cipient of the gold cup for being
the most outstanding boy in the
city, presented by the N. A. C. B.
Mr. Williams was selected as
poet laureate of the June, 1945,
graduating class of Beach high
school because of his gift in po¬
etry. Some of his best poems are
‘“The Little Blossoming Quince, ’
“The Dear Mother,” ‘A Lone
Traveler on a Winter’s Eve,”
Beach High, We Love Thee,”
the class poem, and “On, the
Death of Our Pr .-silent..
Among his many achievement*
are;
Winning third prize in the
Elks Oratorical contest for three
years in succession;
Winning third prize in 1945 in
the local T. B. essay contest;
Placing third in the oratorical
and fourth in the spelling con
tests sponsored by the
State college in which over
high schools participated,
recently
Winning a $75.00
college competitive
test.
Young Williams’ ambition
become a doctor of medicine
He is at present financial
retary of the Youth
for Community Betterment.
second savannahias
TO GET AWARD
Will Compete Next
Month For
NATIONALHONORSAND
CASH PRIZE
Miss Eurls Smith, a recent
graduate of Beach high school,
won the Elks Regional Orator-
cal contest which was held m
Durham, N. O., last Tties. mglit
Miss Smith won this contest
which was participated in by
state winners from Alabama,
Florida. North and South Caro¬
lina and the Bahama islands,
represent Georgia in the Nation¬
al contest when the scholarship
will be awarded.
This is tjie second time a local
high school student has won this
contest which was establish¬
ed about twenty years ago oy
the educational department of
the Independent, Benevolent,
Protective Order of Elks of the
World, the turmer whiner hav-
l ng been Miss Christola Williams,
also of Beach high school, now
of New York state, who won it
about 18 years ago.
The oratorical contest pro¬
gram was. started by the Elks
at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1926.
Since its inauguration 120 re¬
gional contests have been held,
120 scholarships awarded, mak-
Continued on page Eight
Week of Ma¬
sonic Ceremo¬
nial / /
32nd DEGREE AND MYS¬
TIC SHRINE TO HOLD
FORTH
More than fifty candidates
will be advanced to the thirty-
second degree of Scottish Rite
Masonry this week. At its
termination Omar Temple,
No. 21. A. E. A. O. N. M. will
carry the same class across the
hot and of (lie desert. Most
of them are from local lodges
with a few from the lodges in
Brunswick and elsewhere.
A number of the nobles and
princes from out of town will
join in the ceremonial. Most
Worshipful Grand Master John
Wesley Dobbs who is iliustri
ous deputy for Georgia, will be
present and direct the conferr¬
ing of the work.
The consistory work will ter¬
minate early Saturday night.
On Sunday the Mystic Shrine
will put on its works. In the
afternoon group pictures of
novice • and the nobles will be
taken a,, the temple.
Preparation is being made
erve nearly two hundred of
participants at the end of
work.
Prayer is a code message
only God can decipher
ed. He is thoroughly
ed and pleased with the
To talk to and with God
is high and holy, one must
humble, meek and lowly.
WASHINGTON, D. C~I
(NNPA) — Senator Claude
Pepper of Florida has re-
donned his mar.tle of pro-
pi ogic salve-liberalism, dis¬
carded during the FEPC ap¬
propriation fight, and has
accepted leadership of the
coalition which will fight for
abolition of the poll tax in
tne Senate.
The coalition, is a powerful
bi-partisan line-up, includ¬
ing Senators Homer Fergu¬
son iRi of Michigan, James
Mead iDi of New York, Ar¬
thur Capper <R» of Kansas,
Harley M. Kilgore (D) of W.
Virginia and Warren G.
Magnuuson <D) of Washing¬
ton.
According to Mrs. Kath¬
erine Shryver, the executive
secretary of the Nation¬
al committee to Abolish the
Poll Tax, “Thoughful senate
leaders of both parties have
been dismayed by the com¬
plete irresponsibility demon¬
strated in the recent filibus¬
ter against vital war agen¬
cies, and we believe that
most senators who believe in
democracy now realize that
such irresponsibility is made-,
possible by poll tax dis¬
franchisement. She was re¬
ferring to Bilbo’s and East-
land’s filibuster against the
FEPC appropriation.
“I believe,” she continued,
“ the poll tax bill were
called up tomorrow and fili¬
buster developed the senate
would vo‘e fci flotu/e im-
midiately. ’
State Wild
Life Camp At
Dorchester
The State Wildlife camp for
Negro 4 -h Club members will
be held at Dorchester academy
in Liberty county August 14-17.
Specialists in wildlife conser¬
vation will assist with tho
activities of the camp, and out¬
standing wildlife members from
various sections of Georgia will
attend.
The camp is conducted by the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, the State Wildlife De¬
partment and the Federal Cart¬
ridge Company of Minneapolis,
Minn., cooperating.
A CWA RAISE $3000
FOR URBAN LEAGUE
NEW YORK, JULY 23 — ' The
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America, CIO, presented $5000
to the United Urban League 6er
■dee fund this week. The a-
rnount was raised by a five cent
assessment of each ACWA mem
ber in the Greater New York
area, marking t,*e lirst time in
ACWA history that such an ss-
sfssnwn*. nas bei; made for an
cruan’/ation.
Jacob S. Pototsky, ACWA’s
general secretary-treasurer, who
presented the check to League
Fund Chairman Elmo Roper,
praised Urban League efforts on
behalf of community welfare,
the eradication of discrimina¬
tion and intolerance, and de¬
scribed the league movement as
“one of the most effective ex¬
pressions of Negro life in Ihis
country.”
New York ACWA locals have
thousands of Negro members
and a number serving in offi¬
cial capacities, among them
Fred Lark, business agent, Lo¬
cal 239; Misss Charlotte Adel-
mond, the only woman business
agent in the Laundry Workers
joint Board;; Roy Sodon, Joint
Board Assistant manager, and
Miss Doliie Lowther. ACWA as¬
sistant educational director.
Noah C. A. Walter, a member ef
the Na ti 0 nal Urban League Na-
tio nal committee and the New
y 0 rk State Industrial Commis-
sion, was formerly co-manager
of the Laundry Workers Jomt
Board.
This is the third year the
union has contributed to the
league work. ■*