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tHB SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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I. H. BUTLER .................... Editor
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YOUR BALLOT
It probably makes no difference to Ne¬
groes whether voting is a right or a piiv-
iiege. They have been excluded from ex¬
ercising it either as a right or a privilege.
The important thing to them now is that
they use it. We agree that intelligence is
necessary qualification lor its propei
exercise, and we also agree that equally
applied there can be no objection to it. 01
course" it*all _____________ comes out right _ in the plana-
iilg of those who had a vision many years
ago- poor, inadequate educational provi
sion keeps Negroes heavily handicapped in
every area of living, and it is a sorry
mentary on American democracy.
just now the great concern of Negroes is
that they meet the challenge which a new
dav brings to them. It is being pointed
(Tut daily that the future of Negroes in pol-
itics will depend very largely u[ion how
well they use the opportunity of
paling in impending elections in this and
other states. Voting to Negroes in Geor¬
gia now has an imjior'tance that it has
never had before, not even in the explosive
days of Reconstruction. Locally and in
.state, unwise approach to the matter of
voting in the coming election can spoil all
e effort and pains we have put into get-
“ ready to exercise the right or privilege
of^voting Simply, we advise themselves, that Negroes
refrain from committing
permitting others to commit them to any
specific action as to their choice of candi-
dates. There are those who are anxious
to confuse us and vitiate the chance we
have to show ourselves able to vote in the
interest of good government, for example,
to Toe able to safy that Negroes are out to
get this or that official, would be fatal to
our real desires. The importance of keep-
ing our counsel has already been well stat-
ed. Except that we are anxious to get a
large number of voters ready to vote,
‘nfUm” should be the word. Otherwise we
shall elect before election, or before we cast
a single vote. A word to the wise is
ficient.
PRESSURE GROUPS
The Morning News in a recent editorial
says this:
“One of the worst mistakes the Negroes
can make in exercising their privilege o
the the franchise franchise is to ally themselves wi
any particular pressure group, but
ly/^he Spe believe C. I. O. ’ it is to define
necessary
what is meant by “pressure group. Might
it&t the major parties be called pressure
Do not those who adhere to them,
E^so because they see in them mediums
fhspugh fflKn which their interests are served.
Owl smaller groups within the parties
have some specific interest to further,
be called pressure groups. J 10 m
p#pt of view, we have parties a good example the in
the attitude of both on ques-
tion of abolishing the poll tax, land on the
jEEPC. It was necessary for smaller
groups to try to get the parties to live
[o their platforms on these questions. We
agree that Negroes must be cautious about
ill air alliances, but it must be remembered
ifiat it has been the practice to ignore or
forget Negroes, and so they are forced to
themselves with groups that will look
c/ut. for their interests. It is unfair to
ifewr, to brand them as seeking Red Alii-
or other unAmerican coalition, be-
JS^se they are receptive of assistance
Wm those who are trying to help them
l$£pme citizens indeed. Negroes
been baffled, and ignored, and
so long and so often in their own country
for which they have fought and died, and
to which they have been loyal always,
they turn readily to proffered help. The
South is to be blamed for the situation
which confronts it now. It has repeatedly
refused to remedy it. It resisted
Federal — government’s e —........... effort ...... to -- remedy -------. it.
Right now in our own state there are those
vvhd are seeking means to circumvent
decisions of the courts which have
Negroes the right to participate in
action we can not reconcile with
democratic government. If it were
for the reservations with which such
HAVE SENSE
FEELINGS
Savannah. Ga
April 11, 1946.
the Negroes of Savannah,
Ga.:
We, the colored people who
turned) oat to attend the
baseball
and have helped support
he Savannah teams in the
teMon jwttpi just to /ant the to Morning call your News- at-
on
nouncements are accompanied, we could.
accept with more or Icbs contentment the
last paragraph in the editorial we have
mentioned above:
“America for America, constitutional
justice, honesty and decency in govern¬
ment and men and measures that stand for
the best interests of all the people in the
land—these are the things with which
Georgians, Southerners and true Ameri¬
cans of whatever race or creed should ally
themselves and for which they should cast
their votes."
NEGRO VETERANS
Veterans are finding difficult to get ad¬
justed to post-war conditions. There are
many causes for this lack of adjustment.
The veterans may be themselves respons¬
ible for some of it. It may be that the
circumstances—the quick transition from
war to peace-time conditions which caught
the government unready for it—play a
large part in making adjustment difficult.
Whatever the cause, the veterans are dis¬
satisfied and their dissatisfaction is becom¬
ing articulate. This is true particularly of
white veterans who find it less difficult to
make theif complaints vocal. Neverthe-
less, Negro veterans are none the less sat-
isfied. They have some interesting stories
to tell of how they are being denied jobs
are otherwise kept from the benfits of
the GI Bill of Rights. The veterans who
been attending the college, have been
that some of the courses have
been discontinued. It is difficult to under-
stand why this is so, at a college estab-
lished as an industrial school. What has
become of the facility it is supposed to
have had and used during the war to train
civilians for defense work? We naturally
recall the controversy over the location
and provision of a school for the training
of Negroes, which a bond election made
available in this county. We remember
the reports of the hearing by the Commit-
tee for lair Employment Pfactices, at
Birmingham. We have seen and are still
seeing the results of the representations
made at that meeting Our position on
matter at the time has been justified
what has happened, and what is happen-
mjf- What are the veterans going to do
now? There is something wrong at the
college.
doings Rumors tlft; rife College: flying thick and fast about
at the dissatisfaction of
he veteran*; the examiners, the letters,
the behaviol of some of the professors, who
are reported to be blaming each other for
the state of affairs which arte not getting any
better, despite the charge that certain “dis¬
gruntled” instructors were responsible for
the disharmony of past years. The rumors
are current can not be charged to “a
little clique” that wanted bo run things.
All of this, imd nobody listens to our plea
for an investigation.
4 By EASTER Ruth Taylor REVERIE
walked up the Mount a little space
peered through the shadows of His face
found him not in the pictured place
R enea th the olive trees;
turning toward Kedron in the night
T Haw m en on their wav to fight
In j ordan ’ s hell for a thing called Right
Nor hating their enemies
—And I knew that Christ was there
On this day of resurrection which we cel¬
ebrate this Easter 194G, these lines of
John Finley’s are particularly appropriate.
This Easter is the first peacetime one
we h av(? celebrated for manv years. But
[., t us not f 0VRet that we still have to fight,
not with arms> for the thinp ca j led Rj R ht,
that freedom of the conscience of man
w hich is the basis of our religion.
Only as we wipe out injustice, terror,
cruelty and set men free to live and act as
j men should, can we bring about the resur-
section of freedom, can we obtain first
class citizenship for all men everywhere.
The message of Easter is not for any one
nation, for any one people. It is for all
men the world over. It is a challenge to
j member men to stand that there up for the Right, and to re¬
are no rights for one,
unless there are rights for all.
i Easter is the day of promise to all mati-
kind of a world ito come. It is a day of
j hope to those strong in faith. It is a day
on which to throw open to the sun of be-
lief the windows of the soul. It is a day
the renewal of the spirit—for the re-
r birth of all the ideals which have uplifted
man.
The message of Easter is a message of
love, not hate. It is a message of help-
.fulness, not hurt. It is the message of the
j resurrection of men’s highest ideals trans-
la ted into action.
j Many are the homes today across which
the shadow of a grave on a foreign
It is is up to us to see that across
ami beyond the grave is the
of our deepest desire—the dream of peace
lor all men, fulfilled on earth at last.
We. the colored people of Sa¬
vannah. just want to let the
owners of the Savannah club
know that while they have ev¬
erything, we have feelings and
sense.
HORACE SMITH,
J. H. MILLS.
Gospel
j Singers. Every night for the
next two weeks at the Revival
j Services of the First African
Baptist Church.
paper of Saturday. April 6,
about the cancellation of the
Montreal baseball games here
on April 13 and 14.
The sole reason is said to be
because of the two colored
players w.th the Montreal
team, Jackie Robinson and
John Wr'ght.
We the colored people of Sa-
\ amiali, ought to think of that,
and if they don't let them come
here and play, w-e ought not to
1 turn out to the other games.
m UTuiii naim
.Oci&vUclll "Orjc^KQ 11 v/lUU
To Give Its
Side
Of Cancellation Of
Savannah-Montreal
Game
The story contained in last
week’s Issue of The Tribune as
regards the cancellation of the
baseball game between the
Montreal. Royals and Savannah
Indians does not state the
true facts of the case, accord¬
ing to officials of the Savan¬
Baseball club.
A complete and specific
statement of the facts will ap¬
pear in next week’s issue of
The Tr bune.
E. J. WHELAN. President,
Savannah Baseball Club.
yy W. II VETERANS
OBTAIN OFFICE
SPACE
The executiye committee of
the World War II Veterans’
Association announces that it
has secured office space in the
West Broad Street YMCA for
use by the organization. An
attendant will be on hand dai¬
ly to consult with veterans on
their problems, as well as re¬
ceive applications for member¬
from those eligible per¬
unable to attend regular
meetings on the first and third
Wednesday nights. All veter¬
ans are urged to make use of
these facilities.
Dodgers Sign
Negro Battery
Nashua. N. H. iANP> —The
Nashua fkrm club of the
Brooklyn Dodgers received a
new Negro battery last week,
it was announced. The players
pitcher Donald Newcombe.
22, of Elizabeth, N. J., and 25-
Roy Campanella, a
of Philadelphia.
Newcombe won 14 and lost
four games with the Newark
Eagles last season. The Nashua
club is a member of the New
England league, and is a mem¬
ber of the Dodger's farm sys¬
tem.
The s’gning of Newcombe and
Campanelka brings to four the
number of Negro baseball
players now under player con¬
tract to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
HODGE KINDERGART¬
EN OPEN HOUSE
The Hodge Memorial Kinder¬
garten held their open house
meeting in connection with
health week at the Yamacraw
center Friday, April 12, at 5:30
o’clock.
The program was as follows:
America, invocation. Rev. Da¬
vis; remarks, Mrs. Gertrude
Greene, Nurse Fletcher Mae
Glover, and Rev. Davis; instru¬
mental selection, James Wiley;
demonstration on dental hy¬
giene, Nurse Fletcher.
Mrs. Hodge was present and
commended the mothers for
their fine work. The program
was sponsored by the Mothers’
Club.
Blue ribbons were given to
all who were registered voters.
A report was made on the in¬
spection of the homes of the
children of the kindergarten
by a special committee. Prizes
were awarded to all taking a
part in the health week pro¬
gram.
Refreshments were served
and a very large attendance
was present. Those donating
prizes were as follows; Stokes
Shoe Shop, Allen Barber Shop.
Frank's Shoe Shop, Jefferson's
Barber Shop, Friedman's Art
r ms , .. . <s . ll ga L %
Sll0p ’ Wasnin ^ tons ? " Market A/r ,‘" ,
' '
Gus’ Package Shop. Bryant’s
Market. Uncle Sam’s Pawn
Shop. Paul's Boys’ Shop. Sid¬
ney A Jones. Toland Edwards.
Dr. S. Frazier. T. Southwood,
Chris Jackson. Mrs. Henry W
Hodge. Dunbar Theatre. Star
Theatre, Savannah Tribune
and the Aristocrats Social Club
Mrs. L. Robinson is president
and Mrs G I’oliic. reporter.
Struggle is the unhappy course
that always brings one thru
the worst.
KINGS OF HARMONY TO SING HERE
The sensational Kings of
Harmony quartet of Birming¬
ham, Alabama, now located in
Newark, N. J.. will be heard in
a battle of songs with the well
known Four Female Gospel
Singers on Sunday afternoon,
April 28. at 4 o’clock, at Mid¬
way Presbyterian church, Mid¬
way, Ga., at the Church of
God and Christ, West Boundary
and Hull streets, Savannah,
Rev. W. H. Solomon, pastor, the
same night at 8:30 o’clock,
and at St. Philip Monumental
AME church, Hull street. Rev.
W. C. Davis, pastor, Monday
night. April 29.
F. A. B. SUNRISE
SERVICE TO BE AT
CITY AUDITORIUM
The First African Baptist
church will have its usual
mammoth sunrise prayer serv¬
ice on Easter Sunday morning
at 7 o’clock. Because of the
huge crowds which habitually
flock to this particular service
from year to year, the whole
project will be held :n the Mu-
nicipal Auditorium instead of
the church. The church has
never been able to accommo¬
date anything near the num¬
ber of people who wish to ob¬
serve the early morning of
Easter at this particular serv-
ice, and provision will thus be
made for those who
wouM be turned away. Even
then, admiss on will be by tick-
et. The tickets, however, are
free, and may be secured from
any member of the sponsoring
church, or from those parti¬
cipating in the service.
This year the feature of the
service will be the presentation
of the Resurrection Scene from
the Negro c passion play con¬
cept. entitled. “Passion and
Triumph.” by Ralph Mark
bert Dr. Gilbert is personal-
ly training the cast of
participants, which will —
supported by a chorus of ap-
prox'mately 150 voices,
ducted by Prof. Peter
minister of mus:c for
church , with Mrs. Ruth Wil-
hams Stripling at the piano.
It has been three years
sinee this particular scene
enacted, and it is expected that
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And Notes
Tbs Kfles,,ol;„}Ul'mo Wn ar«
know» throughputs the^ No^yi
and East Miere th£y have won
batties against the) Dixie Hum¬
ming Birds, the Coleman Bro¬
thers and many other out¬
standing singing groups.
This will be the Kings’ first
appearance here. They will al¬
so sing at Brunswick, Ga., on
May 3.
The advance admission tick¬
ets are 60 cents, at the door, 75
cents. For further informa¬
tion call 2-3615, Mrs. Vivian
Scott, 410 West Hall street, Sa¬
vannah.—, Adv. i
! all who saw it before will wish
| | to witness it this year, be-
cause of its appropriateness to
j the Easter season and theme.
There will be new features this
year, however, especially from
the standpoint of the musical
background. In the cast, the
role of Messiah will be depict¬
ed by Dr. Gilbert.
The entire public is invited
to attend this whole service.
J Tiaosc unable to secure tick-
e ^ s « n an y other way, may get
them from the church office,
at the corner of Montgomery
and St. Julian streets.
LOCAL
Mrs. Harold H. Thomas of
' Atlanta in the city last
was
attending the Georg.a-
| Carolina Convention of the
• Congregational and Christian
Churches. She was the guest
j at the regular meeting of the
Entre Nous Club which was
held at the home of Mrs. L. B.
Johnson on East Park avenue
last Sunday' evening,
nomas, National Urban League
OPENING OAKLAND PARK
Oakland Park will open for
the summer season on Monday,
j j April 22. There will be a bar will
becue all day and games
| ( be played. The public is in¬
i vited to attend. Dates may be
secured for picnics by tele-
j phoning 2-30o5. Oakland Park
j is located six road, miles turn out left on the at
] Cgerchcc
'Gray Moss camp, traveling_one
j land fourth road. of a Deacon mile down Johnnie Oak-
i
j Mines is proprietor.
TiTURSDAr, APRIL 18, r 1941
Columbus is moving nearer
to its former Masonic spirit.
Electric City and Sons of
King Solomon Lodges were re¬
instated. The gc/ojd w'ork of
Bro. J. R. Gunn was shown in
these efforts. He was also in-
itrumental in organizing the
Mystic Shrine. It is regretted
that he is to reside in Dayton,
Ohio. The leadership of Bro.
Gunn is sorely needed,. Others
should catch his spirit. Lewis
Hayden and Mt. Pisgah are
also prosperous. Somebody
must have been keeping Co¬
lumbus back. Hope that the
Eastern Star Chapters be on
the stir.
Freedom day was celebrated
in Crawfordville April 9. The
address was delivered by Grand
Master Dobbs. L ght of Craw¬
fordville Lodge will soon be re¬
instated there.
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Compass Lodge at Sparta
TEACHERS TO GIVE
SPRING SOIREE
Local teachers and their
friends are already planning
to make the ‘‘spring soiree"
sponsored by the Chatham
County Teachers’ Association
on Friday night, April 26, at
the Coconut Grove, a „ great _
success
Final preparations for a gala
affair are in the hands of Mrs.
Ayler Mae Lovett as chairman.
and a committee composed of
Mesdames Eunice Clay, Lorene
Pressley, Margaret Rhaney,
Janette Hayes, Nona Hopkins,
V. N. Campbell, Frankie Gol-
den, A. R. Sheppard. Thelma
Stevens, Eunice Jones-Brown.
C. E. Gaston; Misses
Pettie and Veronica Taylor,
and Prof. Peter Smalls.
Aside from Walter Langston's
best music, the holder of the
lucky number ticket will re¬
ceive a -S‘25 Victory bond.
W. Dickerson Donnelly is
president of the association.
A GALA BIRTHDAY PARTY
A birthday party was given
at Lincoln Inn April 12 in hon¬
or of James Wiley. Many val¬
uable gifts were received by
Mr. Wiley from his friends.
Those attending the party were
the Redeemers Club, Miss Jes¬
sie Hill, Nelson Brown, Vincent
Mordecai, Miss Mamie Lee
Bradley, Robert Harmon, Ar¬
chie Wiley, Mrs. Berne'da
Jones, Mrs, Carrie West, Miss
Dorothy Fraser Paul _ , rerebee _ .
W me Bell, Johnnie Tolbert
and onrl P Clarence oronoo Teague. Tna (tup Delicious TVnI leinnc
refreshments were served by
the hostess, Miss Jessie Hill.
TAGS ENTERTAIN
GLAMOUR BOY
The Tags, a social club com-
posed of a group of popular
members of the fairer sex
gave a dance last Friday
at the SSSS in honor of Mi¬
chael ‘Margie”
‘‘Georgia’s Glamor Boy.”
Nearly three hundred former
classmates and friends of the
glamour boy attended. The
dance proved to be, a gala af¬
fair with music by Raleigh
Randolph and his orchestra.
Michael Graham, who is
making his home in Washing¬
ton, D. C., was born here and
attended Beach-Cuyler and
Georgia State College. After
leaving the Merchant Marine
in li943, he produced “Fun For
Fighters Camp Shows” and has
done over 300 voluntary shows
for service men and women.
He has appeared along with
Count Basie, Louis Jordan,
King Cole, Buddy Johnson and
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Re¬
cently he was the show stopper
at New Orleans Mardi Gras
with Wynonie “Mr. Blue” Har¬
ris’ revue. He is making his
first home appearance in three
years at the Melody Theatre
wdth Raleigh Randolph and his
orchestra.
Critics throughout the South
have rated his as “America’s
greatest comic novelists.” He
has an act that is different
and in it. he displays rare tal¬
ent.
Child, it's the talk of the
town! You just can’t miss this!
They’re going to enact "The
Resurrection Scene'’ from the
Negro Passion Play in the Big
Easter Sunrise Prayer Service
at the Municipal Auditorium
S unda y morning at 7 a. m.
has been one of the strongest mgest
lodges in northeast Geor :opm
This lodge will soon be re hi-
stated.
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Shiloh Lodge of Washington
is applying for reinstateme St4r
It means that the Eastern Btfhr
Chapters wili take on new l life ie.
Sunday meetings shouldVbe ld\b
frowned upon. Efforts rtfust rtros
be made to discontinue these
meetings only in cases of ne¬
cessity. This should be consid¬
ered by all well-thinking bro¬ ]
thers.
Grand Master Dobbs has is¬
sued cation the call for Grand the commynjj- Lodge
of the in
! Savannah
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•f
The call for the meeting Chapi¬
the Prince Hall Grand
ter is in the hands of tb«
printers. It wall be held June
11-12, in Atlanta.
EVANGELICAL MIN¬
ISTERS UNION
Rev. H. Jackson, B. D„ pas¬
tor of Turner Monumental A.
M. E. church, Atlanta, was the
guest speaker at the BvangeJi-
cal Ministers Union at.-Jlie
| weekly session held Tuesday.
I He extended warm Ministers greettags
I from the Atlanta
| Union and was made welcome
• ^ ^ ev ’ H '
; dent ' Deacon John Minis
in behalf of registration. |
1 Rev. C.,S. Stripling gave ,k
strong message as the orddr
of the day, text, Hebrew 10:21,
theme, holding fast.
I c w Pr j
I Next Tu esda y ^ - - <J-
| thro wid rea d a paper froip
the sub i ect - The Minister m
| Tllis AtomiC A S e -
I Rev. J. L. Butler, presidir'
elder, announced that he wou
visit the Delaware conferer
at Dover, Del., April 25.
union was invited to attcrnl
the Brunswick and Waycr
district conferences on Aj
24 and 25, at Allenhurst ar
i Pearson, Rev. C. P. Hobbs arid
Rev. D. W. Stephens, presiding
elders.
Rev. J. W. Maxwell gaw
echoes from the Dublin district
conference held on the lOfh
at Helena.
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Members in attendance fweie
Revs. H. W. Murph. F. W. Ba^- Bag-
by, L. C. Jones, C. W. Prothr irw,
L. W. Strickland, C. S. Strip¬
ling, C. K. Knight, D. W. Steph-
ens, J. L. Butler, C. P. Hbbte,
H Jacltson> w c . Davig> } ^
Maxwelli Marcus Washlng ^ h
and W. O. P. Sherman. Ben¬
ediction was by Rev, Strip¬
i ling. - re *
I --<
j who Dr. has Benjamin thrilled Savannah H. Whiting,
i e*-
|cry Apri , for the t ^ ^
wiu bc thc Evan list at lht
First African Ba|Hist churoh
(the Molher Church)>
the Revival which opens thjs
coming Sunday morning. ’
| Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
APRIL 11, 18%
The convention of the Re¬
publicans of the First Congres¬
sional District was a hcal4d
one. Capt. M. J. Doyle arid
Prof. S. B. Morse were elected
to and the Major National McKinley Convention
was en¬
dorsed for the presidency.
Mr. S. S. McFall was renfov^d
as keeper of Laurel Grove cenj-
etery. Mr. R. Barnes was elect¬
ed as his successor. He ap¬
pointed Mr. H. D. Davis as Ifis
assistant.
• * • * *
Miss Martha Gross and
riClk
Thursday evening in thc par¬
lor of the Haven Industrifti
School by Rev. P. H. Travis. J
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Col. J. H. Deveaux received
the commission of J. C. Wil¬
liams of c. F. as second lieu¬
tenant. * • • i
Masonic * Grand * Lodge * called i
to meet in Columbus, Wednes¬
day, June 24.
* * *
Lawyers West and Ravenjel
successful in securing a nefw
trial for Abe Smalls from the
State Supreme Court.
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