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THE SAVANNAH
Established 1171
By J. H DEVEAUX
•OL. C. JOHNSON........ Editor and
I. H. BUTLER .................... Asso.
M1BS W1LLA M. aY ERB, Asst, to Pub. & Manager
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— -Heconci CMa Matter,
Despite all the ugly and discouraging
incidents and spiritual inertieas which
seem generally prevalent, there is apparent
a stirring here and there which keeps
hope alive. In all the social ferment and
struggle and confusion, which causes even
stout hearts to fear, fundamental and tin-
dying principles manage to come to the
top and win s u P P o rt from unexpected
sources. The courageous advocacy of
Governor Ellis Arnall of standing bv ‘ the
decisions of courts in the Primus King
, . instance. . Another that ot
case is one is
iU the action ,. ot ,. the ,, vice YWCA i conterence , , recent- ,
).v held at Atlantic City, Present in this
conference were many Negro young women
who had participated in the deliberation;.
of f. policy making commissions of the organ-
ization, • and j - the c South.
many women irom
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>i-i J hese young x7 Negro women made jiii valuable
contributions to the conference c which , . - J pro-
posed . , a do point . , program for ~ the ., organiza- .
tion that became a model charter. The
Christian Century reports as follows:
“The charter describes the associa¬
tion as a fellowship without barriers
of race, one ‘in which all members
hqve full status and all persons equal
in honor and respect as children of one
Father.’ It declares that ‘wherever
there's injustice on the basis of race,
protest must be clear and our labor for
its removal vigorous and steady.’.”
Ttm hf charter received the vigorous sup¬
port most of the Southern delegates. It
is things'like these that keep us from
cynicism and despair.
WHAT NEXT?
What may be called a successful cam-
paign for registration, has been waged by
Hub. several Negh*> organizations, mainly the
The Campaign stimulated registra-
(ion among white and Negro citizens as no
other such campaign has ever done. As a
l rsim iKci’t* ,art rr|ore »• »v persons pv i ouim i registered i\««
as of this date than at any other time in
&JT »raT,™
rcgistej'ed by July f»th.
Jh'^lk’t^dlDhere (■ornt'rs of the ‘edunty, has risen leader's up from
the niui' who
are busy trying to organize clubs. They
sat ardin.d doing not the first thing to
sist in the registration drive, waiting to
mislead and exploit these new voters for
their own selfish use. Never has there
been so much talk of unity, so much con-
tern felt for our “dear fellow citizens”,
and, at the same time, so many advisers
who know how to keep “our people” out
of the hands of crooks whose aim is, in the
end, to look out foi themselves.
The plain hard truth is: there is need for
unity and the way not to get it is to organ-
ize a thousand clubs under leaders all ol
whom assume the right to go his own way,
and adopt his own plan of delivering a
vest pocket full of votes (that he controls)
to the highest bidder for his sole benefit.
whatever that is or may be. Another truth
is, that if Negroes in Chatham County al-
low themselves to be divided by these
east-side, west-side, south-side leaders, the
efforts of the past twelve months, and the
hope of the future for Negroes in Chatham,
".ill be wasted and Domed. However,
there is a way to test the sincerity of thes
so-called leaders. Unity and solidity of
the Negro vote is the hope and objective
of all unselfish and right thinking Negroes.
Do these little leaders have this aim? A
lot of little clubs can not achieve this
aim. If these leaders want to work foi
the best interests of the people, why don’t
they get into a central organization? An
unselfish leader will do this. If he doesn’t
do it, then the voters ought to put him in¬
to their vest pocket, or leave him with his
Minister Reveals Beatiiv
Bv Plain Clothes Men
Los Angeles ANP A new
outbreak of police brutality
noted , , . here , last , week , when ,
was
vealed , , a v c ous attack ,, , made .
the Rev. Freeman Coley
on him by two plain clothes
men last week.
The Rev. Coley, conductor oi
weekly prayer services at the
Itev. Clayton D Russell’s Inde¬
pendent Church of Christ, told
of the incident from li s hotel
bed as he lay swathed in ban
dages which covered the
wounds he said he received
when A Matthews and It. Mad
u beat him with blackjack;-
ffi' The f sts and kicked 1. in
two men came into li;
vest pocket.
i A boledo party. Son, that's a joke.
j THE V. M. (’. A.
After much waiting, the West Broad
YMCA is now ready to begin opera-
j { j ons executive secretary is Mr. J.
IT. Kilerbe, originally from North Carolina,
j Mr. Kilerbe rose to the rank of lieutenant
J in the Army successful and after director his discharge of be-
came a very USO. Me
i comes to Savannah highly recommended by
j I SO and the National YMCA as being par-
I ■iS’suss 1
loca| cornmittet . is vei y fortunate in se
| curing him. We congratulate the com-
j rnittee upon its success in getting this
; greatly needed character building agency
started. The opportunities for building
a *' successful YMCA to serve this communi-
v are many, and we call upon our citizens
to give the needed support to the institu¬
tion. We believe they will. \V r e welcome
Mr. Ellerbe to Savannah.
i
; We wonder why
anybody should ever
^ have suggested noV placing at* the' a chicken entrance' house, of'I a
he
Negit) section of Kaurcl Grove cemetery.
The entrance was unlovely ^ enough before
these new decorations were added. We
Know that the care-taker , , is . entitled .... . to
. ■ , ... haV ....
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n ?
' ,'' "V' ,M ' '' (l .’ u ,0 " .!' "V 1 '”!" h:m
* u ^
T sympathize with his
desire to have x them but thev shon e be
'
somewhere else. , > ,, We hope u the
proper 1 K. au-
tnomies will find another place 1 . lor + he
caretakers ducks , , and , chickens , . , and , what ,
( Tn Vai^arcihand'much nf 4U _......... neetled^radin.r I
oration b
of the entrance .
The bungling of veterans’ affairs at the
Georgia Slate College follows the old p-d-
tern, and is no surprise to us. The in-
structor, one of the erstwhile “disgruntled
instructors.” knew what he was talking
about when he attidbuted the trouble a 1
the college to entrenched “intellectual in-
competence .
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WILL
STAND
By Ruth Taylor
‘In vain we call old notions fudge
<UI *' hsi ience to our dealing,
, indinents will
. ", £ ' n oniMI, not budget
‘ 111 s!,MII “ U1 continue stealing.
James Russell Bowel 1
v " m ‘* .* 1 , ! "" u<> ma v ' h«-dge and beat
'
around the .
'”i. bush UU ‘ SI 1 on 011 all al ,! so| ' ,s of current
" ' , 1 M |( ie is . one tact we all do know
.
an< oll< lst ’ u< ‘ "e cant dodge—we know
J'. , s
j; 1 1 ')*' 11,1 a 'Hip oi ,t nation.
, , hhi
I r “" ’ a thelt by sayinig the per-
. stolen
“ so11 vvas from also stole. There is
Pj 0 ‘dibi in^ that in our system of jurispru-
ce :, 0 n,aM or nation has a right to
lal,,t , , law into his hands.”
‘ own As in-
I ,n nlnaC and as groups we have struggled
Mmards that ideal for centuries.
''Auessei, it in his great line: “No man is
^ 0<)( enough to govern another man with-
ou * 1 lal ,db< ' r s consent.”
• ome o( the modern theorists try to
1 at lonali/e away the creeds by which we
"ere brought up—but no one has ever yet
• sum 'eded in wiping out the Ten Command-
uunts and they still make the best yard-
s 'fm' individual or community life,
'her' is no problem of statecraft today
‘ lal Ginnot be held up fo them for jude-
!V en *'. ^hts ^ 0 and can uiake our own decision on
‘ u ‘ ri wrongs of any case without
ret - (,urse 1° ;m v outsider,
.
• he apologists who trv to explain
ai '* of auav
s aggression or tyranny, under the
Kuise of economic necessity, strategic se-
eurity. or fear of encirclement, are begging
’he issue. Their explanations that the
have reasons for fear are shown
in their proper light when held up against
the yardstick of the Ten Commandments
the answer to the question of what is
1 c-Mt is plain and not subject to compro-
lT1 ise.
\v ,ls a nation and as individuals,
take our stand must
vur principles. We on principle and abide bv
must not be swaved bv
[personality or prejudice, but bv a eleir
sense ol w hat is right and what is wrong.
As a yardstick by which to the
len Commandments still measure,
eariv oh the evenin Apr;
lbe m ' n '- s e r said, and when
he asked a reason for their
1
ipre ence. struck him in the
t mouth , for , having the temerltv
to quest on them.
I "They never told me t
were off cers." ho stated.
neither showed any badge;;
thought they were st'ekup n
Car of the men struck me sev¬
eral times, with his fists, then
they loaded me into their car:
ani took me to the old city'
ia.il."
Upon reaching the jaU. thc
l i.etcc’ives blackjacked inn and
cursed hm. and kicked h'm In 1
the stomach several times Rev ;
Coley satd.
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se , one of them said;
.’ouTe another one of
jlack so-and-sos who’ve
>ut here and need to be
» lesson,’’■ Rev. Coley
The minister was booked
lottery at L’ncoln
>tat on, and after his
wore dressed he was
->n Slid bail. was learned
in the mouth.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
T <> MEET
The Charity Hospital Aux;l-
ai'.v w 11 hold its next meet me
7 hursdaj afternoon. May Hi.
5:.?t o’eiock at the hosp tai.
All members are requested o
present as tins will be tin
tm* mtuiai rmmtm
THE FIRST] LESSON
Couitesy Appreciate America, Inc.
Nc , ™ c ■ - to Democrats To Meet
s v-fi d^V O ir I ill n OrUIlSWlCK FvY*ll nCU/ipL r
Alant; M; mbers oi
Get A " atlon of C t-
1 . f> i utii- clubs wifi
Rp’.r.:,\vick, Sat-
1! jt v,s announced
tin <■. i<" of President A
W; * 11 : siat;> body w 11 j
’ 1 the the Brunswick I
‘ m0( ' ! ui ub and wil1 hold
ts ' ( ’ Ui in the Boiler Mak-
,Jlli , uU!
- i
0n the nda for consider-
on j be action toward
1 0,i on o: the completed con-
! 1 r ' 1 th? conduct |
Kill Another Atlantan
The 23rd
x - '• V : . ■ slay ns in At-
a "Id Lw
° Hl: . vict m of police bul-
lets.
Gant, ch ; of four child-
ren, ,w by
v ji h. who reportedly
n !■■ " ■ cn liis sun
jr Nep. ir. li s long
»**••*«“
; itv p> *!ic« force
Nas!l l"ld a famil ar, yet
dot; tire slay ng.
gj , va that in-
f 0riT h : r. ached them
tint c.-n h ,i ncn.t-.vAH ‘
, , j. t ,
.,, ui p, ,. .... , ‘ ,,°
m v i . , Gant ( reportedly .
t eachers Officers To Be
Installed At Meeting May 24
m
Osill Ley"
; Ostia#
if the
N'eyro Teachers’
a ’'" ocift t.) b- held Fr day.
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I May 2 ;t tlie West Broad
Afreet U'A the off cers for
i J 916-47 : ; installed by
) John 1 pr. > dent of the i
1 tf-hatha: G'un y White Teach-
ers As ' The officers
1 ,0 bp ! ■ d are as follows:
^ B- L umeHy. pres-
’dent, ■ cine Hannar. j
v ‘ ce p id it: Miss Lott e
Oddtellows s-'k h ?ii
Thanks^ivi V
Order of
Odd House Holds
he r annual |
Sunday .
M a thc Beth-
h urn. Park |
av. ler .street. Rev. j
S
E ’. ■>r
j.-.ut to he present. The
organization of clubs over
state, plans and proce-
res to be followed in the ap-
p oarhing primary elections;
and more complete rep-
of all democratic
over the state and the
nation of existing clubs
some defnite polit-ca'
for effective service to
in the.r several com-
a large delegation from the
Democratic club will
the meeting.
opened the door for them and
preceded them into his room.
Patrolman Nash said that as
he went .over to look in the ice
box. Gant walked toward h : m
with an :cc pick In his hand,
Nash said he fired twici, hit-
ting Gant once in the chest
and in the arm. The officer
cla med Gant continued to ad-
Nash shot again,
striking Gant in the head, and
Gant fell dead, the officer said.
There was no action against
Nash, as his partner corrobo-
rated his statement. Nobody
C . t, e „ “ , 4K ^ ^ , ®? ing
'
.
1 ‘ a pin ' ° ”°“‘
. . ound
‘ lxtt w 8 ej were n
Gant , s room, the . pol ce said.
Cromartie, recording secretary:
Mss Mettela Maree, financial
secretary; Herman D. Simmons,
treasurer; Mrs. Viola C. Hol-
I brooks, reporter; committees,
' speakers’ bureau,
Miss Frankie
Golden; health. Miss Dorothy
Ury; Reflector, Mrs. Ola D n-
g!e: spring soiree, Mrs. Ayler
M Lovett; program. Phillip W.
Cooper.
I At this meeting the award
,0 Hie school having the
• larRest attendance at meet ngs
durillg the sch001 year wilfbe
• g'ven. and the charter from
ihe National Education Asso-
ciat on of the United States
with which the local associa¬
tion is an affiliate member,
will be shown the members.
Reports will be heard from
the follow ng committees: The
spring soiree, president’s an-
mial address, treasurer, Re-
flector and state salary in-
crease.
Slice this is the last meeting
of the school year, the time of
the meeting has been changed
from 7 o'clock to 8 o’clock A
social will follow the regular
meeting. Miss Ruby K’ng is
chairman of the entertainment
readings and musical selections
will be heard.
WOMEN NTO ASSIST
IN REGISTRATION
A group of women met. at thc
West Broad Street YMCA to
formulate plans ,! 0r d.“ S “"!
in the registration drive. Thc
temporary officers are; Mrs. M.
d Bryant, chairman; Mrs.
Syerah ieuller, secretary; Mrs.
r. c. Douglas, reporter.
All women are invited to at-
end thc next meeting Mon- 1
By Louis Lautier for NN'PA
The importance of the Su-
preme Court fight for race
equality is not to be minimiz¬
ed. Its position has been stra¬
tegic ever since Chief Justice
Roger B. Taney delivered the
opinion in the Dred Scott case
declaring that a Negro had no
rights that a wh.te man was
bound to respect.
That decision was reversed
on the battlefields of the Civil
War, and since then the court
itself has moved a long way in
protecting the rights and llb-
ert es of colored people under
the Thirteenth Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the
Federal Constitut or
The chief justice of the
court, like the associate justice,
has only one vote on any case
before it. He is its chief ad-
ministrat ve officer. It is as
much to the interest of colored
people to exert their efforts
toward the appointment of a
fair and impartial chief jus-
t'ce as it is for them to exert
themselves toward hav ng lib-
era! associate justices.
On the basis of the record,
elevation by President Truman
cn Justice Robert H. Jackson to
be ch ef justice is to be pre-
*rred over J U5 t:e, WU.am O
Just ce Douglas wrote the
opinion in the Screws case,
versing the conviction of three
Georgia law enforcement offl-
cers for beat ng to death ______ a „
colored lad. The officers were
charged with violation of
section of the federal civil
rights law, which originated in
the so-called Ku Klux act, and
wh'ch punishes anyone, acting
life without due process of
Ju-stlce Douglas concluded
that, the statute had to be set
aside for vagueness. Justices
Onen J. Roberts, Felix Frank- ,
furter irier and ana Jackson Jackson dissented, dissented. | j
Justice Jackson wrote the
op'nion in the Pollock peonage,
case, declaring unconstitution-
al Q 1 O a It Florida 1 ! Afid r\ ntn statute 1 11 tft writ which InL made
it a misdemeanor to induce
advances of money with intent
to defraud by a promise to per- I
f ° rm lab ° r - and which mad e
fa hire to perform labor for
which money had been obtain- '
ed prima facie evidence of in-
tent to defraud. j
From the stand point of
colored people, the vacancy on
the Supreme Court bench
could not be better filled than
the selection of Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson
Judge Patterson has not been
solely responsible for the ad¬
vances made by colored per¬
sonnel in the army, but he
shares the credit for those ad¬
vances with the former Secre-
tary of War and the selection
of B11 Haste to be the
civilian aide. In those days,
the army had a rigid policy of
segregation. colored combat
units were unarmed, and a be-
lief prevailed within the army
that colored men could be used
effect vely only in service units.
Hast'e testified that while
Patterson did not always agree
with him, he was always sym¬
pathetic.
When Senator James o.
Fastland and other demagog¬
ues were charging the conduct
and performance of colored
troops in the European theatre
of operations were disgraceful,
Mr. Patterson, then the Under
Secretary of War. was told at
a press conference that a sen¬
ator had stated on the Senate
floor that "high ranking gen¬
erals had told h'm on a recent
trip that Negro troops
neither work nor fight’ ”.
and was asked whether these
statements were true.
"No.” replied Patterson. “XT
TL have pol tical aanbitions officers
serve.
Judge John J. i
,v « wui Ml UUiiAu l,ir- j
Court of Api*cais. also bm I
mentioned for the
if UimM
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Lodges And Chapters Not$s
Worshipful Master Geo. H.
Hayes of Hilton Lodge is chair¬
man of the St. John’s Day
He is calling a
mee « ng committee to
meet jointly . with that of the
Eastern Star to arrange for the
observance. The meeting will
be held Tuesday night at 7:30.
The Grand Lodge Committee
met last Sunday. Its p cture
was taken to be used in the
Grand Lodge program which
is being prepared. Dut’es of
the several committees were
explained and the chairman of
each urged to plan and per¬
form their duties.
Through a specdal dispensa¬
tion Prince Hall Lodge inflat¬
ed nine candidates. The mem¬
bers were out in force. Wor¬
shipful Master Al. German with
loyal officers are carrying this
Lodge forward.
8000 Ga. W. Veterans To. TT1
Take Farm Training Soon
| TO GET UN ON
An estimated sotgia
foat r -
veterans of Wo%l n may
isoon be taking advantage of
the Veterans Administrat'on
f arm training program.
| william G. Cann. manager of
the Savannah sub-regional of-
• „
c e. Veteran., Admin,,,ration
Savannah, pointed out to-
day that a bac k to thb farm”
m ^ion ol veterans should
develop f 101X1 f nanc al aid eje-
tended b y ,he VA through self
em P 1 °y ment ' a nd training
lowances under the GI bill.
The a " ricultural farm
in§ proffram - whicb 15 sfll in
!ts infancy ’ n OeorgUi.
of insti tutionaI and on-the-job
training - AJready.
,
wl11 bc offered as ‘fapidiy-as
,be state veterans service office
abi< \ ’° a PP rove farms and
in -ATut ons for trapiing pur-
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P° scs -
•'
Veterans Veterans taking4^lWia
class fled as insftutional im' tarm
training must "be situated ,a
farm, over whch they hav^
complete ------- « _ l control, , L' and . ^ 1
spe,
the.r entire time at work Un-
der this type of training an
agr'cultural instructor will of-
fer the veteran a m nimum of
four hours in organized class-
room instruction and' two
hours on farm instruction each
week.
On-the-job training includes
some specialized objective such
as manager of a farm, poultry-
man, herdsman This type
Ira ning. it was pointed out, is
available on the best organiz¬
ed farms, Experiment./ .jhcludbig the Geor¬
gia Station at
Griffih, the. Coasfgk pia’n Ex-
periment Station jfft/jttf t L6ix or
oil some .ot^the better organ
ed pMvgfely-owned farms in
the statf y
Veterans traini™ „! 6 in tRe ° n -
‘
the-iob farm mecU^Th^ 151 SC
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j ec t a s‘te Vetorans^Mu’
val of the State
cat on Council he explained’ bl
Eligible veterans must ap
provpd by the County Agricul¬
tural Advisory Committee.
The institutional farm train¬
ing program is a four year
course, but veterans not en¬
titled to this much training
time will only be able to draw
the subsistence allowance for
the length of time to Which they
are entitled. The length of the
on-the-job training course will
vary with the type of course
ta
Jm Veteran* ? ? . . . 8 Itstltut ional
f to?ull?ubsVcn , Wil1 ^
entltled
CO lull subsstence as provided
by law, both under Public Law
16 and Public Law 346. Sub-
taldnc on-the-job ^ farm VeterarLS train- j ,
j
ton was rejected after or *
and orgamged .ahor
Since then, Judge Parker has
a S°°d record respecting
,
.
jdIfJ L_,^ Cretary
the National ......, Association . (
Bro. C. Allen Wigg ns is
lng commended for the imp
sive manner in which he "(far-
ried through the passing •of* k of
cand ! dates. ^
* * * * *
Illustrious Potentate Dbriaid
Thomas is urging every hoble
to attend the sess on of Omar
Temple Sunday. Important
business will be attended fb.
< i ay.
The Grand Lecturer of^ the
Eastern Star, Mrs. P. b. EfcbH-
berger. will visit Macon, wli^re
she will direct the initiatldii of
several eand'dates in Central
City Chapter.
About a month from now the
Grand Lodge will meet in Sa¬
vannah. Lodges should !h4iot
only send in credentials tv.ion
time, but get in touch, with
Bro. D. Thomas about home?.
lng TT individually
w 11 be ^.
mined, depending on tnMee sp_.- .
facts appPcable to the
The? maximum of $100 in i>ols
and equipment w.li be pj#id-
ed by the VA for each nee
where such ‘terns arc need
w}tjt his iratfi mil
*
' odmal supervision w 11
a representative
of . the VA • and > detenu nati n
be made as t 0 the progrijss
trainees arc making in tin ir
training course. Where t ie
. veteran is ^ipt making sat’sfa j-
progim> ( v
lory ‘n the program
the training will be interrupt id
/ it.
farm trapping program may <|b-
j Vnformatlon frjm
tain d'rect
thse VA - office at the Blun buifg-t
ing. Congress t and Bull strefl 1
N IBaVannihi A *A
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W/)CT T/l A#, A M t. c
cm CONFERENCE
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! REv F «EI)ERICK D. JOL-
DA N P rogr ^sive young pAstir t
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of F ' rsl AIv ® chUnl >£
^ Angeles ^ beeb
' h^* diSt l n ! ct ' on ofs «* h
St ' PaSt ° r ^ thc
C ° nferenCe f " th " entir ^ d
nomination when 'it
next. Plans arc already
way in for the greatest gath^ru g
the history of the Church
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Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO •
MAH’ 9, 189«
Mr 'S. Georgia A. Fowler d
vided honors with “Black Patt -
n Mood y Tabernacle. Atlant i,
last week.
Last Sunday. Rev. M. W. Gi
bert °f the FA B. churc|,
West Broad street was presen
-
ed with a handsome silver sc
Thc P resenla Mon was made tv
=t
Rev. E. D. Smith of Atianti
assist'ng in revival at. !•’. A li
companions from Sd-
vamxab left for HawkinsvlUe 1J
1 Royal Arch Chaj -