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“In Europe we have witnessed the im-
position of a purely mythological dogma, first
upon the Jews and then upon the Poles, a
dogma which deprives all those who are
not so-called “Aryans” of their civil rights
and of the right to earn a living.”
“LAY MY BURDEN DOWN”
This is the title of a book, A Folk His¬
tory of Slavery, written by B. A. Botkin.
It could be that the author got his inspira¬
tion uoo from iro... the un- old u,a spiritual s,,u,cu<u that L,»t our <uu fore-
fathers used to smg in the heavy moments
whei,i slavery »eeme( fastened I forever
on their souls and bodies, when the da
of freedom was only something to
dreamed about. “Gwine to Lay Down
sought escape ^«*/ and comfort in their belief
ttft:
have been that they look forward to
dom while they lived, Thp fPiv of no hard
work, or perhaps no work at all, would
and they would be free and happy. The
reviewer savs of the book- “the collective
arnTwonien SMSifiS tE E
cry of oppression, the dazed joy of liberation,
the despair of quick disillusion, but the ever¬
lasting hope of a better day. One of the voices
is reported as saying “We soon found that
freedom could make folks proud, but it didn’t
make ’em rich.” The disappointment
pressed here was natural to people
had witnessed the pomp and leisure of
their masters, which had been rung out
of the sweat of their bodies through 2">0
years of unrequited toil, ‘Does I ’mem-
her much about the slavery times? Well,
there’s no way for me to diremember un¬
less I die.” This is what another of the
voices says. And then the reviewer goes
on, “This is an imperishable part of our
American heritage—the Negro’s own
story of bondage and emancipation, told in
proud, bitter, and fervent words by over
two thousand former slaves.” Not many
Negroes now living had the experience of
the awful days of slavery. Very few know
anything about the experience of forever
looking forward to a day that it seemed
would never arrive. Very few of us today
know, “how it feels to belong to a master,
live in the slave quarter^ and labor in the
fields; the bewildering years of the War
Between the States, the Klan and beatings
and lynchings and progress.” While the
ment injustices, in civilian discriminations and military and life have mistreat-1 been
bitter pills, and the disappointments of
peacetime, make the future gloomy and nn
certain, yet these things do not begin
make things seem as hopeless as they a P*
peared to our foreparents. Still another j
of the voices says “I ask you, if there ain’t
a heaven, what’s colored folks got to look
furward to?” It is no wonder that out ,; i-
fhers sang, “I’m a Rollin’ Thro’ An rtn P u- ''
friepdly World.” and “Let Us ( ,, heer 1 he
Weary Traveller,” and “My Way’s ( loudy.
and “Gwine to Lay Down My Burden. Down
By The Riverside.” The description con-
eludes, “From its rich kaleidoscope of
themes, attitudes, tones, and styles emerges
the true character of the slave and his de-
sendants as human beings and partners in
America.”
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Athens and Clark County have demon-
strated 1hat Negroes and white people can
vote together without friction. What
Whites Back Negro Baptists
In Plan To Buv Catholic Schools
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Memphis. (ANP)—Negro bapt-
ists in this state will have the
backing of white baptist churches
in raising funds to purchase the
St. Agnes academy and Siena
college property here for $375,000
A sales contract was completed
last week between the Tennessee
,™„ who h,ve ,w„u„
the academy and college for 97
years, which stipulated that I
$50,000 down payment must be
made by Jan. 1, with the remain¬
ing $325,000 to he raised in a
campaign campaign backed backed by by white white Bap Bap-
tist churches in the summer 01
1940.
The convention has already
pledged $35,000 of the $50 000
down payment and the remainder!
the local Baptist churches, which
was launched about two weeks
ago Under and will continue until Dec. j '
terms of the purchase,
and Clark counties have done, other
i communities can do, if they only desire to
do so. More than a thousand Negroes par-
ticipated in the election and were given en-
couragement and assistance by the election
j managers and the Democratic Executive
Committee. We in Chatham County envy
;he citizens of Clarke County. We had
J hoped our county would have taken the
lead in this matted because we have always
! boasted that we live in a community
i matched for racial understanding, despite
the fact that, now and then, minor inci-
dents have tended to give a contrary im-
pression.
Now that Clarke County has shown the
way, we hope, we believe, other
follow. We don’t believe Clark
ty has a monopoly on the white citizens
believe in justice and democratic ideals.
There are in Chatham County citizens who
i now Negro citizens have not been given a
just deal and who are willing to admit them
to participation in this primary governmen¬
tal function-giving their' consent through
the ballot to be governed. Upon this belief
we base our plea for TEN 'THOUSAND
names on the voters roll. We can accom-!
plish this if every Negro in this county who
has at heart the welfare of the county will
roll up his sleeves.and do just a little per¬
sonal contact work., There are signs that
()f every citizen will be needed to
this communitv a bett cr place to live
thick skin and sometimes, a
l •' atiencCf \ art , two items Negroes must -
P° 83es3 in . ord( * , to , , become ____ voter8 ‘
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]^ ari ™ n ^ ’ The experience of Dr. A. A.
Mason was T very valuable to the health au-
ihorities. formes. Much of , the u.« favorable reaction
0 ! 1 the part of the colored peopie of he
l ' ity an(1 count y- w ; as l l ue to l>r-. Maaon3
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efits of the survey was or is that it ban¬
ished entirely 1he shyness and hesitation
With which any mention of venereal dis¬
ease usually occasioned, and conquered ,- the
teal people a\« o ta ...... 1 ' , v
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examination reveal- Everybody de¬ i
may
ser ' a 's to >e ‘■°ngia u < u .
tyulendul to numbers, \o.un <u.\ made »«t by s. s r^pfeintbk
; SL0W ei rvw UP! ttpi
By Ruth Taylor laying
Do you remember the carpet ex¬
amples in your old arithmetic? You stum¬
bled and puzzled over them for a long time
until you finally learned that you had to
allow something for the stretch.
In solving the problem of living in these
days of strips and strain, you have to do
just th^t—allow for the stretch.
The tempo of existence is so fast, there
js so much to be done, that there is an ever¬
present danger of overcrowding our lives,
n f taking on too much, of cramming ou> -
l0urs too full. We make a fetish of being
i, U sy and are so continually haunted by
the hands of the clock that we do not do
j us tice to anything we tackle.
slow up. Plan your time so that there
u .j]j bp eno ugh stretch to your day to take
ttu> delays and unforseen emergencie-
ba t w j]{ ar ist\ Do what you can. See co
w h a tever you do, you do thoroughly,
. u) don’t try to do the things you can’t ( do.
m j don’t try to crowd everything into on<‘
,| a ‘ v by going at an
y ou ma ke haste best
evPn j )at . e> filling your time to the brim but
nQ j overflowing. Make time for your-
(d) - j living up some of the non-essentials,
not bv adding to an----------- already full schedule.
! eaVP tin , P t or living—for thinking—for .
rec h a rging the batteries of your spirit. You
nee() t() j” .strong in body, clear in cannot mind.
. m , courage ous in spirit. And you
j )0 these three if you run on nerve alone,
(coordinate yourself and conserve your en-
el .gies. working hard—but all times allow¬
ing for the stretch.
I)o the best you can and trust in the good-
ness of Divine Providence for the rest, re-
membering the words of the Prophet
Isaiah “He that believeth shall not make
haste.”
Sister Roberts of St. Agnes acad-
cmy said the property is to be
vacated in July, 1947 when new
quarters for the Catholic schools
will be completed.
The Baptists will use the
«a religious and industrial
school, said the Kev. b. A. Owen,
president of the Education con¬
..pon ,h« U.ok.o T.
1 a6kc ‘B ee l>Dn, couiscs
offered , domestic for
in science
butlers, cooks, maids and
feui e *From . s
“the cradle role to col .
,c X e »” academic, religious, manual
^ commmial training Wlj , bc
provided. The St. Agnes
en,y and Siena college property
'“eludes three main buildings and
acres of land. The academy ,
and while Hie college
budding is eq u ‘PP*d with a swim-
ming P ool > fjymnas uni, labora-
fory, class rooms and auditorium. •
By George Coleman Moore
Evanston, 111., (ANP) A lily-
white committee of public spirited
citizens is planning a new all-
Negro “community hospital for
Evanston.
,hc 15 year-old Community
pital here for Negroes.
Evanston's two other hospitals
bar Negro patients and no
of jiggling of space can accom-
modate persons needing hospitali-
zation say sponsors of the pro-
ject. “In such instances,” said
Clyde D. Foster, president of the
Community hospital board of
rectors, “these human beings are
doubly unfortunate for they have
literally no other medical
to turn to.’
efforts to crack the rigid color
bar at the St. Francis Catholic
, hospital . , and , the , Evanston .. ,
pital if such efforts exist.
However records reveal that*
recent months two Negroes have
dented the barriers at St.
cis hospital. Dr. Joseph Roberts,
well known physician here, died
at the Catholic center last week
and several months ago Louis
Jennings, a policy wheel operator,
,“j
to have gained him admittance
while Jenning’s connections at
According to present plans, the
Siena college building will house
the school of theology and rcligi-
on with a college department,
which will take the place of Howe
college.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ lauach .
ed , from Mt. ... Nebo ... Baptist ,, . . church, ,......
T tam»-
, K Thoinpson *. &
sisters 1,an - v ’ relU and ' es "“ Weldon t ? < , lh A. ? ^ th f .. C
President of Tennessee Realty and
11 "' lnul1 J < " ,, P Sn -'> icpu i"tc
Negro Bapt.sts «n the
ncgotlaUons ’
k o d
chance to pick the wrong fnui.
but now some of their great
grand children are resorting to
picking pockets.
TUX SAVANNAH TWWJXI
SANTA KEEPS BOOKS
I DONT JUDGE
Br CREED OP.
COLOR
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Courtesy Appreciate America. lac.
Plans New Jimcrow Hospital !
For Evanston ]
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city hall are reported to have
secured his bed. Such cases are
unusua ] j sa y 0 ld time residents
w ho have long complained un¬
availingly abo*ut Evanston’s hps-
pital racial policies. •
Meanwhile plans for the new
sponsoring
tee which has al , eady raised ?3 0,-
of a ^ , of $200 , 0() 0 for the
b grounds . Tentative
. , th institution has
se ' i ected j the 5th War on the
jde where most of Evan
Negro * population F is re .
y iall prohibitive pl0niDltlve
j residential , , , covenants. .
The 1930 census listed the
ag 63jl20 of which 4> _
9J8 Negroes about t 4.5 . _
were or
percent ot the , population. , . By _
"" ’"Tlu ”
‘ U tOI ‘ eS|> ,IU nK
increase of Negroes. * Then
’ “ N g reside n ts 01
,0Ug , , , lu oa .
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"ho simply goes along in
j an ordinary groove, just
a * on F> but soonei or later
\ to himself that lie doesn t seem
I t0 move '
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j j REGISTER NOW WHEN
YOU FAY YOUR TAXES
NAVY CORPSMEN BASED AT AiEA H US HOSPITAL, ORHU, T. H.
Negro corpsmen arc used m
virtually every type of work
from actual nursing to admin-
istrativc work at the Aiea
Reights hospital at Oahui m
the Hawaiian islands. Some
of the men on duty in the
the Hawaiian islaudsa.clN ]
the departments of the
navy hospital outside the con-1
tincntal United States are
shown at their respective tasks,
Picture 1. The corpsmen at
! work on the patients health
records arc, left to right,
Wilkes, pharmacist’s mate, ]
third Class, of: Washington, D.
C.; Edward T. Snowden, hospi-
tal apprentice, first class, of
plhiadc.phia; Robert. Lee Pauli,
pharmacist's mate, third class.]
of Alameda, Calif.; Donald Di-
~i r . hot ^i'al apprent first;
o.aus, ol bpr.ngDtTd, Ma -.
Aaron B. Johnson, pnati '•a- ,
cista mate, second class, spi
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Wash., and John
hospital apprentice,
class, of New York city,
Picture 2. One of the corps-
on duty in the vital hospi-
post office is. second from
Clarence L. Epps, pharma-
mate, third class, USNR,
Philadelphia,
Picture 3. The efficiency of
hospital is measured by
number of vital personnel
to active duty each
Maurice Palmer, pharma
mate, third class, of
is shown with a clip
in his hand checking
records, orders and gear
patients released from the
Picture 4. When patients die
are evacuated to the main-
the': effect', ar 1 * listed
...q packed for shipping.
in tiic bar room is Thom
W. Williams, hospital ap-
Capitol
Spotlight
By LOUIS LAUTIEK
J For the NI*A News Service
! Prizefighting and politics are
similar in one respect. Two
boxers will come to the center of
the ring, get their instructions
from the referee, shake hands,
go back to their corners, and,
when the gong sounds, come out
swinging. They will try their
daintiest to knock each other out.
Hue alter the decision is an¬
nounced, the loser will rush over
to the winner and congratulate
him. That is good sportsman¬
ship.
The same tiling usually hap¬
pens between two candidates for
office. During a campaign they
will say all manner of evil about
each other. But when the verdict
of the voters is in, the loser
usually sends a message of con¬
gratulations to the winner.
But this rule of conduct has
been observed by Bob Church,
of Chicago, and Herbert E.
Brownell, Jr., of New York, chair-
man of the Republican national
committee. True, the situation
between them was different. They
started out on /the same side,
but wound up antagonists.
As the story goes, a group of
colored Republicans were dissatis¬
fied with the progress of Dew¬
ey’s campaign against Roosevelt
imong colored voters. They ask¬
ed Dewey for an audience. Dew¬
ey’s secretary replied that the
f d ° It C8 “ pa, * n J™
1 ^ » nd asked , them * see Rus ‘
M ’ Republican na-
“° nal committeeman for New
Y °'
Sprague was alarmed at the
a small delegation told him
^ made an appointment for the
dile « atlon to talk w,lh Browne11 -
This delegation mapped out a
campaign strategy which would
have made the treatment of color-
ed personnel i-n the armed forties
the , chief . . . lsshe . . in the fight ;i far^tlie: .. !
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e< * f° r a budget of
a week for the remaining sev-
. ,. ht weeks , of . the ..
n or el ^ cam '
paign, which was a modest figure.
When the delegation evas leav-
ing, Brownell asked Church to re¬
raa j n . He wanted to know of
church whether the delegation
wou ] d allow Ellis Rivers to sit
; n and p are the. budget dowp,
Rivers being a judge, , Btiowjmll
suggested that he might not wjwit
talk with the delegation and
asked Church to talk with Rivers.
J
prentice, first class, of Nash¬
ville, Tenn., securing the sea
bag of ah evacuated patient.
Picture 5- There are four
Negro electricians on duty at
the hospital, one of these is
shown 'making a test on an
electric motor. William Ls-
Roy Jenkins, electrician’s mate,
first class, of-San Francisco, is
shown.
Picture 6. Leslie Wallace;,
hospital apprentice, first class,
of Denver, Colo., is shown at
work Picture in the 7- laundry, In charge room. Of j
Negro personnel at the hospital j
is able and efficient Fred T.
Green, pharmacist’s mate,
ond class, of Washington, D.
C. He is shown checking a list
.-if transfer? with 1 fellow
maslcr-at-arms in the MAA
shack.— i.Oliiclal U- S. Navy j
photo/ |
THTRSDAY DECEMBER 8, 1943
Masonic - Eastern Star Notes
The Grand Ledge of Mississ- f
ippi is being held at Ciarksdaie
Miss., this week. Grand Mas¬
ter J. W. Dobbs is in attend¬
ance.
* * * .*
Nab'oor Temple of Atlanta
cieared about 01,200.00 from its
recent Thanksgiving entertain¬
ment. Omar Temple should
fo.lc-w suit so as to have a
snug sum on hand to be used
for charitable purposes.
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We regret to announce the
death of Miss Bessie E. Foster,
wh.ch occcurred possibly Mon- 1
day morning last. The funer¬
al took place Thursday lrom
First Bryan Baptist church.
She was an auditor of
Grand Chapter for a number of
years. j
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Pr.r.ce Hall was the first .o- j
cal lodge to hold its e.ection.
it'set a fine example by elect,
ing all of its officers unani¬
mously. This shows that com-
p.ete harmony existing in the
lodge.
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The Savannah lodges will in¬
stall their officers on St. John
day, Dec. 27th, by naving a
joint installation. A banquet
will be served afterward.
* * * *
Omar Temple will join Wel-
Church told him he
Ik with his conferees or
at all. Rivers did so,
paign committee could not go into
whole program that had been out¬
lined, but that the services of
five men, representing the lai'ger
group, were indispensible and
committee would compensate
for giving their full time to the
campaign. j
Nothing came of the campaign |
plan. But Church got Grace
Evans Wilson, of Terre Haute,
Indiana, *200 on the week,Mad Repuhlican^Ta^-
a Finley
search.” Church stayed in New
York and began to lambaste
Brownell for strategic errors in
the Dewey campaign. He told
Dewey, Sprague and everybody
else that Brownell was
petent.
Ai'ter the election and Roose-
velt’s victory, Brownell called a
meeting of the Repu'blicitii nArfiJn-i
al committee in
Church got out a letter to mem-
hers of the committee; in" which
tle renewed his attacks on
Brownell and charged him with
straddling on vital questions af-
fecting colored people.
The Church letter offended
Brownell. Colored politicians
went to Brownell and told him he
not pay any attention to
Church. He himself put Church
as a radical and impudent
Negro. He has since refused to
anything to do with Church,
1 even to grant him an audience.
That is the situation which ex- i
j ists as the Republican national
committee prepares to meet in
Chicago on December 7-8. Church
! is ready to continue his fight,
Brownell refuses to treat with
I him. But if Brownell is a good
sportsman, he will invite Church
in for a conference, settle their
differences man to man, ccmdiict and "is shake j
hands. Any other sab-
' otage to the Republican party.
* * * *
The benefit fashion show, which
the Young Women’s League gave
at Club Bali last Sunday after-
noon, was highlighted by the
worn by the audience as
as the fashions modelled.
Divided into three parts, the
show stressed morning, afternoon
and matinee, and evening and
formal dress.
The audio qca was entertained
between scenes by the Bill Tay¬
lor Trio, Stuff Smith anr. his
violin, dances by Ada Fisher
Jones and Raymond Glasco and
the Grayson Dancers; songs by
Robert Lucas and the Rhythm-
neers, and Larry (Good Deal)
Steele and the Club Bali orches¬
tra.
The models were: Grace Bailey,
Placid Bundero, Erlena Chisolm,
Harryette Dixon, Margaret Farns¬
worth, Winifred Hamilton, La
Vergne Johnson, Alberta Lock¬
hart, Audrienne Maddox, Ann
Mane Harley, Gertie Miller, Viv-
ian Miller. Doris C. Mundy, Eliza-
Perkins. Phyllis Quisenberry
Geraldine Reed, Evelyn Ross,
Dorothy Thomas, Marjorie Tracey,
Tucker, Lunette Walker,
Watts, Doris West, Ethel
Wilkinson, Marie B. Williams,
Jewell \V >nd and Natalie T.
Bcurlock.
The fashion show was given to
raise funds to buy a portable iu-
dorr lodge in its memori al, yfr -
vice on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4
o’clock. All of the nobles have
been invited out for this ,pur¬
pose with fez.
>• 4* Files 4 oi The Savannah (J"
Tribune \
FIFTY YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 7, 1895
Miss Geor-gia A. Fow’er qnade
her musical debut at the Spc-
ond Baptist church last Mon¬
day night.
During the past year,, ttye
Congregat.onal church
was erecting its new cdTicc.
The services were held at
Beach chapel. Sunday rnorn-
j n g service will be held in the
new edifice, Taylor and Hab¬
ershaim streets.
The G. E. C. club celebrated
its eighth anniversary on
Thanksgiving night.
Mr. Nelson A. Cuyler dipd
Wednesday afternoon at His
residence, Chariton street, and
was buried from St. Benedict’s,
Thursday afternoon.
cubator for Freedman’s Hospital.
It was conceived by Marie B.
member of the fashion
show committee. Chairman of the
fashion show committee was
Edith Lacey; the narrator—Vash-
ti Chandler. Ruth Shelidn is
chairman of the Young Women’s
League.
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BOYS TOWN NEGRO
fQOTBALL TEAM MEM -
BERS JIMCROW ED
jimerowed when they visited
Washington where they are to play
a game against a Catholic Higfi
school Friday.
Father Flannagan ran into J4\c
situation •x last , . year when ..., #e
visited the capital, but said noth-
Lyg, agouti it. At that time, there
was only one Negro player on the
jjetdk.IAlid^ivetB this year is anj-
and the leader of the
group of boys says he witl
K ^ re uiV n \o Washington and sub¬
ject his boys to jim crow. He say);
he has let the colored boys down,
fhe white lads were domicile^
in a local hotel, but the Negro boys
stopped with a private family, j
This is not the first setback thh
team had here. George Preston
Marshall, laundryman owner op
the Washington Redskins, refused
permission for the game to be play-
ed at Griffith stadium where it
was formerly played. In a towp
with a big .Catholic population as
this city. 25,000 persons would
have gone to Griffith to see thf
game. But when it was removed
to Maryland university Stadiur
out on the Baltimore pike, not onl|
was the capacity cut but the game
Was S0 far re " 10Ved !t WlU bc ,iif i
f lcu , 1 to a ^ en
'
The teams play on a 50-50 basil
wilh « u h team sharing alike after
expenses are paid. This usually
brings a tidy sum to both schools'.
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SAVES 4 WHITE
CHILDREN FROM
BURNING TO DEATH
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Anniston, Ala., (ANP)
white children were saved'Mm'v)
burning to death in their feme
here Monday night by T-5 Jo* D.
Benson, 29, of Water Valley, Miss.,
and Pvt. Booker T. Tibblett, 21,
stationed at Ft. McClellan.
The two soldiers happeivett to
see the fire as they were going
back to camp.
Benson knocked on the door,
arousing Doris Haywood who
broke out a glass in the froutj*
door and then went into a bed¬
room and returned with a sleeping
baby which she banded through thp
opening to Benson. Then Bensoh
battered the door and went
search of the other sleepers. (
Parents of the children, Mrs.
Hazel Haywood and T-Sgt. and
Mrs. J.> D. Johnson, were away
from home at the time of the fire
which destroyed their four-room
home.
The two rescue heroes were
handed a $100 purse by city em-,
ployes and friends and commend!
ed to their commanding officer at
Fort McClellan.