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Local Democratic Club •8 Gets Going In S A Hectic Start Continued from page 1 JOHN W. McQLOCKTON, President such a way as to obviate any further trouble. committee, hoaded by the Rev. Murph. was sent out to craft rule; for the proper pro- cedure of the meeting and up- on the'r adoption the body proceeded to elect its perman- ent officers. Dr. G, lb<*rt declined to allow h h name to be presented as president, due to the urgency of other business, thei'efore, tho race lay between the three nominees T. J. Hopkins, John W McGlockton and John Q. Jefferson. Mr. McGlockton won by a comfortable margin. | For the office of first vice president, Dr. Gilbert did not decl'ne the nomination and he was elected without opposition. Mrs. Ophelia Lee Mclver was eiected second vice president and T. J. Hopkins was elected to the third vice presidency, John Q. Jefferson was named flpancial secretary, Sdney A, Jones, recording secretary, and Dr, E. J. Smith was made treas- urer. The organization wdl meet on Friday night, May 34. at Bt. Philip AME church, where plans will be made to further increase the number of Negro registrants. Other matters of limoiiiHinii The Opening I dlti OF MOON’S SEA MARKET 009 East 34th Street Featuring All Fish In Season Operated By DIAL 7974 iiW FREE DELIVERY . Jim and Maxine Success to This New Business \ entur* MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET From DR. and MRS. R. M. GILBERT Gil West 36th Street Phone 3-6045 ‘ SEAFOOD MARKET MOON’S Equitable Credit Corporation Savannah's Finest Finance Service Best Wishes for Much Success To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET HOME FURNISHING CO. 10 West Bay and 12 West Broad Streets Compliments and Best Wishes To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET BIG LITTLE and NEPTUNE CAFES West Broad and East Broad Streets Congratulations ami Best Wishes To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET MR. and MRS. CALEB BIAS vital 'mportance will also be' discussed. I Candidates Must Be Carefully Evaluated | Continued lrom page 1 address by James V. Carmich¬ ael, gubernatorial candidate, in which lie based his platform on "good „nd honest government.” ( The liberal stand which the a piscVon * ... K,,ii Mar C «tta te ex- the QU«ton was ■ loudly applauded by the 1 assemblage. j ’I ie meeting was attended by icnre cnlat'ves from many sec¬ tions of tlie state and was liighLgh.od by the annual ad¬ dress of Pros dent A. T Walden of At anta n addition to the formulation of concrete plans for increased registration Mr. Walden told of <h« wide setvities of the organteafon •’ during its f rst twelve-months period, in which he mentioned tile Rooseveit ten-dollar-per- plate dinner wh'ch was held last January in Atlanta at Clark university; the appo'nt ment by Governor A mall of h rnself and C. A. Scott, also of Atlanta, as representatives. from Georgia to the Freedom Day celebration in Philadel- phia; the part the Atlanta Ne- 1 groes played n the Fulton county elections of February 12. when for the first t me in Georgia, or the south, s nee Reconstruction days, Negroes were placed in complete charge of an election precinct and in which the'r votes proved the deciding factor in the election k of Congresswoman how the association Helen Man-J n; par- ticipat°d in the Augusta elec-' Uon of last month :n which' Roy Harris, rab'd Negro bater, [ was defeated in his effort to return to the state legislature; j and how invaluable a d was, i and is being, given to the va-1 rious assoc’ate Democratic' clubs throughout the state in He increasing also told Negro how the registration. ] assoc a- tion assisted Thurgood Mar-; shall and Judge William H. Has tie *n preparing brief ami- cus curl in the Primus King primary case, not only the lower court, but to and extend that ruling include all local privileges the Appeals court did. In lay ng plans for increased titration between new and deadline on July 5. it was to conduct an campaign with a director each of the congress onal County leaders will under each d rector and county committee under each The congressional district appointed arc as fol¬ First district, T J. Hop- Savannah; second ds- Dr. J. H. Or ffln, Bain- third district, j. w. Eastman; fourth L. R Lyons, Barnesville; district, C. A Scott, At- sixth d strict, Lucius Dublin, and L. hall, Macon; seventh district few Negroes for d rector; h district, Dr, M. A. Cas¬ ’ Brunswck; ninth distr ct, K E Butler, Gainesville, tenth district, Dr W H Athens. A f, iU time, paid general reg- on organ zer was decid- upon for the next two and half months. An appropri- of $1 50<; was made avail- for his salary at *350 ' r month and expenses, - II. Wilburn of Augusta known ‘nsuranee exeeu- ve was chosen for this posi¬ It w II be his duty to ravel throughout the state af ;‘ - st ,hf “ various cominu- in lh s registration cam- ai t’ n while Atlanta, of course, rc- the largest number of voters, 25,000, and the scientific method of se- reg'strations, yet Ma- n in proportion to its pop- made the best showing, jth 11.000 Negro voters Sa- reported approximately ijn view of the need of get- ng as many as possible of the potential Negro voters the state registered, the as- w‘ll hold a special in Albany Wednesday, T unr 12. association maintains Compliments To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET MR. and MRS. H. D. SIMMONS Best Wishes or Much Success — MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET RUBY'S TAVERN Congratulations To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET Afro-American Life Insurance Co. Mr. S. L. Williams. Manager Much Success To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET CRYSTAL CLEANERS 1714 Habersham Street Much Success To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET YATES EXTERMINATING CO. 1 ‘.*07 East Broad Street twkitjh headquarter , n the Herndon build ng, Atlanta, and its off cers are A. T. Walden, presi¬ dent, Atlanta; Charles A. Moore, first vice president, Brunswick; E. J. Cranberry second viee president, Albany State College. Albaqy; E. M Calhoun, third v ce pres'dent, j Macon; V. W. Hodges, secre- ’ Atlanta; Jones, tary, L. J. as¬ sistant secretary, Moultre; J ! M. Atkinson, treasurer, Bruns- ivdek; Rev J F Carter, chap- lain, Albany. 1 Urge Youth Be r »_ Second i Electrocution” -- - Continued from page 1 subject him aga n to the terror , of ihe eleetr c chair would be j cru# , and inhumun punish . inent _ Mfircy shown by you i and thfl the state State of of Lou Lo” siana would create country commendation.” ! ' ........ ....... SU, I* "*><..»> Orleans''""'""Attorney.', Execution” Jo-1 New seph Thorn.on and A. P. reaud, repreaeoting the Nat on- j al Association for the Advance- | ment of Colored People, con- t imed with their efforts to se- j ' cure a commu ation of sentence for w. Hie Francis, 17-year-o.d ] Louisiana youth, whose nation-] freak, ‘execu'lon” started a vide demand for clemency. The | ondemned youth is assured of j >f at least a stay of execution not exceeding 30 days. The NAACP has f'led writs, me for habeas corpus, with a ! ower court which was denied May 8, and application for higher for j •ertiorad plea court review of the lower court’s denial of the first writ). There has been n 0 de- I c'sion on the laiter plea The pleas were made on local branches of the assoc a- tion in Louisiana have been urged to ask their members to send telegrams and letters to ' ,he B0V ™ 0r l,relnfi 1 C “ tat'on the youth’s sentence. Cop r Shoots Youth Because He . Smiled _ .. , Continued From Page One rest A "white youth was kind enough to rush him to Me- Danough and ambulance and carried him irom tiiere to Atlanta. When the officers got John to jail they shoved hi m ins d«; and started beating h m. Learn- ing about the shooting and ( jaiiing of his sons. James Sims, ‘ proceeded to go ‘he lather, aid get John out of Jail. Ac-j ortiing to reports, as Mr. S ms j ipproached the staton he was ( >tflcer Patrick, who nau his oistol drawn, Mr. Sims ex- iluined that he didn’t eome to ause further troubie, but j narely wanted to see if he could get K his son out of ja*l. The off cers not only ed to let the father see the toblo. m head .‘‘.Ired" off, peoplT and drove all the away from the The following day, \n-. Rims got his son out un- der *500 bond John is slated to be tried in July on a charge 0 f assault with intent to mur- der. He was honorably d's- charged from the army about f 0ur months ago, after serving three years and fix months in the European Theatre of Op- crations. S4 nee release fi-om tbe armed services he has b een farming. ------— 1 monKY MATTERS AGAIN ; p d j<K BISHOP SEVIS ' - Continued from Page 1 -—--—- 1 last week ip Camden, N, J., during the 74th annual session of the N. J. AME conference, He charged the men with mak- to sent the sentiment nor the ac- tion o 3 the d x loyal annual conferences in the first episco- pal d strict.” h ljLt7Zm- charged to f naneial report on the Success To This New Business— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET YOURS AND MINE GRILL 712 West Broad Street Phone 9442 Our Compliments To— MOON'S SEAFOOD MARKET MR. and MRS. THOMAS Compliments and Best Wishes To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET MR. and MRS. HOWARD RAKESTRAW Congratulations To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET and REV. MRS. DANIELS Best Wishes For Much Success— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET REV. and MRS. E. 0. S. CLEVEL AND ~ «SN - ......" .......... entruste- to u m uy t.ie AME conferences. An charge is made that wealth of Bishop Sims, the owner of 30 houses here two properties in Hunting- L. L, cannot be based on $5,000-a-year salary. Jn a similar sut against i shop Sims last year, based; upon his connection in Paradise Lake Foundation j h‘s accusers werej Revs. D. Ormonde Walker! J. A. Portloek. The land "s said to have netted promoters around' .*60,000. COUNTY HOLD DAY Continued From Page One _________ ng; luncheon was served Prof. Thomas Miller presid¬ at the outdoor activities. Meeks won first prize the sack race; Parris Wh te- first in the pot^'ti . . pr ze both of Pierce County school Joe Allen of Street High won first prize ihe runn'ng broad jump. A popularity contest was ndu f ted con J unctlon w th le affa,r ‘ hav ‘ nK a r f pre ^f" from each school. fruin netted *119.00. lue will be converted into hrar J h ‘ >oks for p eree Coun- School. Miss Mayola Lott won first and was crowned “Miss County of 1946” by Miss L. Eaddy. The cere- took place around the agpole which was beautifully very attractively decorat¬ for the occasion. The queen was lovely in her jersey evening gown. Her was of pink and white M'sses Narris Currency of ee Street H'gh and Mary R’ue roses. Exhibits were judged by Tru- Rigg ns, superintendent Patterson high school, and Smith, vocational cuHur* teacher County Tra'ning Much Success To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET Independent Insurance Company 12 East Bay Street Best Wishes To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET REBECCA’S BEAUTY CHEST Compliments and Best W'ishes To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET MR. JOSEPH MOON & FAMILY Compliments To— MOON’S SEAFOOD MARKET i MR. H. IV. SMITH, of Home Furnishing Co. Best Wishes To- MOON’S SEAFOOD THE SIMMONS SINGERS vco.» fust p..*.e, Mcrsnon school, second, and Lee \ High, third pr ze in the ex- hiibits. Biackshear defeated Patter-] j son, 17 to 13, in a softball game, -. j Returns Home For * O’* y ear Utd lYlan Riot Trial Continued from page of Columbia. When he return-! ed and tred to provide bad | for other Negroes arrested dur- I ing the raid, he was jailed. An NNAACP sponsored tour on behalf of the Tennessee! vict'ms nated last of week mob when terror the culmi- 75-; j vear-old Blair arrived here. A ’ > itness to most of the terror which began the week of Feb ruary 26 he heard the sn n t« wh ch felled the two imprison¬ ed Negroes During his tour he described the shambles which the mob, state patrolmen and guardsmen made of the Negro sect'on of Columbia. The disastrous disorders in the Tennessee town stemmed from an ins'gnifcant incident a disagreement between two two men. However, one of the men happened 1 to be a Negro. Hfs arrest followed, and he be- ecm e a potential lynch v’etim Qnly new note i21 the en- tlr€ p j cture was that this tim ‘he vict m escaped before the mraged mob reached the jail The mob spirit whipped up ■Tiry then was directed at Min 1 Slide. Homes were f red on terrorizing occupants who were ibliged to I'e flat on th" floor t.o escape death. Before the ‘error period was over state oatrolmen and guardsmen armed with machine guns anr other weapons, had smashed through the entire Negio sec- tion A physic'an reports that hv‘ medical equipment was dam¬ aged beyond repair, and 'ha "urg'ca’i instruments, drug" and valuable clinical apoava tus were destroyed or stolen Records of the Atlanta I fe Cmmm •*"**«• lessly destroyed, and some one THURSDAY, W\Y 16, 1946 — — . ■ ivrvK . a coffin cover in one of the on’s undertak ng estab- t Nagro Slaying of the two by jail guards oc- because one of thphi “siezed a r'fle presumably attempt an escape.” v'Mh Recalling life in Columbia the “pogrom’’ dm\ng his own drug store said ^je jKs Blair # of 12 COO or 15.000, of about 3,000 are Negroes, 1 “too bad.” In an in- • he observed: ^ “7 gue;s there must be some white people in Colum¬ who don’t like what hap¬ Some of them go out ^ the'r way to stop me on the streets, shake my hand, and tell me they are with' me. But they don’t want thp'g- names mentioned. They’re afraid of their jobs and whflt the'r neighbors are going to think, I suppose. , “One white man told my son, Saul, ‘I’ll be glad to help you ‘ecretiy,’ but Saul replied, ‘If you can’t help me out in the open, I’d just as soon not have t. Thanks” Blair said Columbia Negro citizens have been voting right along, and that the poll tax of *2 each was pa‘d through a voters’ organization. “Often it’s our Vote which sw ngs an election ” he asserted. Wh'te tenants who occupy two of his houses in Tennes¬ see wanted to knew if he would compel them to move, he re¬ vealed. “7 told them, no, you haven’t done anything to me,” he stated. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt • is heading the Committee for _ Just ce in Tennessee, which has allied w'th the NAACP to seek aid for riot victims. Con- tr'butions, small or large, are needed for execution of' this emergency problem. Checks ■hould be made payable to the NAACP Legal Defense and Ed¬ ucational Fund, Inc., or to Mary White Ovington, treas- irer, 20 West 40th street. New York 18 N. Y.