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“Bilbo operated upon for mouth infec¬
tion.” This is the title of a short story
about a minor indisposition that has over¬
taken the notorious senator from Missis¬
sippi. The trouble is attributed to ”a
poorly fitting set of false teeth.’ We
suspect that the flood of vile things which
came out of his mouth was a predisposing
cause for the infection set up by such in¬
nocent things as false teeth.
WEST BROAD STREET
West Broad street between the Union
Station and Bolton street, a sort of loaf¬
ers’ haven, is an eye sore to all well wish¬
ers of our city, and is an area which gives
to visitors a bad first impression of our
city. It offers a definite challenge to the
churches on that street, and to all social
and civic organizations which have at heart
the welfare of Negroes in this city. At ad
times during the day this street, especially
on the west side of it, is crowded with
young people mostly, who mill in and out
of the places of business and block the
sidewalks with a sulleness and indifference
that timid, peaceful pedestrians hesitate to
encounter. These people, boys and gills,
men and women, who hang around the
liquor shops, particularly, and other busi¬
ness places, constitute a hazzard to public
order. They are loud, profane in language
and often obscene in their behavior, and
are a menace to pedestrians who may be
thoughtless enough to resent them. In the
afternoons and at night, especially on Sat¬
urday nights, the condition worsens and is
Sickening, disgusting, embarrassing and
discouraging to good citizens who would
have it otherwise. This description is not
an exaggeration. It is more likely an un¬
derstatement. While some business men in
this area deplore this condition, others, ii
they do not encourage it, are unwilling to
attempt to do anything about it because
they fear it will hurt their business. Of
course the condition does present a diffi¬
cult problem, because in the first place it
is a big job to assign the responsibility would for
its being, and in the second place it
require a huge task to get going an organ¬
ized movement to correct the condition.
Any plan to correct it would involve the
churches, the schools, the. police department,
and more fundamentally, the families which
contribute the subjects and victims of the
condition. Some years ago when the ques¬
tion of banning prohibition was debated,
the anti-saloon forces warned the saloon
people that the return of liquor placed up¬
on them the responsibility to abide by cer¬
tain requirements and implications of the
law regarding the running of their business:
keeping minors and young women out of
their places of business, and not selling in-
toxkating liquor to them, and maintaining
order, the intention being to rid Ga their tlipir nlncos places
of unobjectionable features thereby placat¬
ing public opinion against them. Recently
a movement on the part of liquor interests
has come into being to clean up and keep
clean establishments selling intoxicating
beverages. Probably, a movement on the
part of such establishments to exercise
some sort of control over the habitues of
their business might help to correct in some
measure the conditions complained of so
as to prevent action on the part of the
public which is becoming increasingly rest¬
less about them. A difficult feature about the
whole thing is reaching and influencing the
people who make this street a serious con¬
cern to people who want our city to be a
decent place in which to live, but somehow or
other it must be done.
It is time that this community should
JestU^ responsib *
Enlightened Whites Battle
Race Covenants In L.A.
LOS ANGELES Pacific Press
Syndicate t — Something new
,vas added to race relations
this week when it was learn¬
ed that white residents of a
vest side area in this city are
hedging to refrain from sign-
ng restrictive covenants now
ie:ng circulated franucally by
tightened real estate dealers.
The pledge points out the
lose connection between eove-
lants on the one hand and
^aching, race riots and fascism
the record of heinous crimes committed
here up to a point which places us in a
light which is by no means enviable. Sa¬
vannah moves into a position well up in the
rank of communities notorious for crime
commission. The commission of murder
by both white and Negro people is becoming
too common in our community, and good
citizens, both white and colored must get
together to do everything possible to aid
the law enforcement officers in checking it.
Purse snatchers, burglars and murderers
must be made to understand that an arous¬
ed public will give them no comfort nor
quarter whatever, but will run them down
and turn them over ttf the proper authori¬
ties, and insist upon adequate and final
punishment. The entire country is expe¬
riencing what appears to be a crime wave,
but our chief concern is what is happening
in Savannah. It is not easy to determine
the causes of crime. Social experts have
not been able to agree as to the causes of
crime, but they know that certain condi¬
tions seem to favor crime, such as, ignor¬
ance, poor family life, vicious environment,
lax law enforcement and biologic back¬
ground. It is fairly certain that if these
factors are remedied, a reduction in crime
will be effected. If the public can be
brought to realize the enormous cost of
crime as compared with what is spent for
social and educational agencies, including
welfare agencies, recreation and community
centers, and schools, it would probably be
willing to put more money into such agen¬
cies and be assured it would have to spend
less for jails, penitentiaries and houses of
correction. A few years ago it wa:i stated
that education in America cost only a bil¬
lion dollars, whereas the cost of crime was
five times as much—five billion dollars.
THE REV. N. M. CLARKE
The whole city of Savannah mourns with
(he family, and congregation of Beth Eden
Baptist Church in the irreparable loss they
sustain in the passing of their late head
and pastor, the Rev. N. M. Clarke. Some¬
times we are inclined to feel that eulogists
tend to exaggerate the worth and character
of a greatly respected citizen, but it is dif¬
ficult to assess the value this Christian
gentleman has been to the city of Savan¬
nah. A calm and cool counsellor, a friend
of man, a preacher of fundamental religion,
a minister to the needs of the distressed,
an uncompromising champion of right¬
doing and living—a forthright citizen, and
a Christian gentleman has been taken from
us by an All wise Providence, whose in¬
scrutable will we dare not question. The
passing of this good man is a heavy bereave¬
ment to the entire community.
A LABOR DAY PRAYER
By Ruth Taylor
On this day consecrated to the workers
of the naCTon, we come before Thee, O Lord,
with humble hearts. We are all of us
workers in the Vineyard of the Lord. Give
us strength for service to our fellow men.
Let us not feel that our task is too heavy
for our abilities and weight down our hearts
and our spirits with self pity.
Let us not dodge the burden that is ours,
feeling that were it but the task of the oth¬
er man, it would be so much lighter. Let
us not make excuses as to why we have not
fulfilled our allotted work.
But rather let us lean upon Thy power
and Thy strength, relying on Thy promise
t o carry us through and realizing that our
ability cometh only from Thee—and is
therefore not limited by the task before us.
Help us to understand that the reward of
doing one duty is the power to do another.
Let us not, when we succeed as workers,
be overboasting about our work and our
accomplishments. Keep us from hypocrisy,
both personal and national.
to feel our responsibility toward
°»r brother worker, that he may live and
grow in the sunlight, unafraid and strong
in the right. Let us never look with scorn¬
ful eye upon our fellow worker because he
does not work, live or worship as we do.
Help us to work to clean our own house,
that wte may help our neighbors to clean
theirs. Keep us from all hatreds, preju¬
dices, resentment—all things that defile.
Help us, O Lord, to always do our best.
Our work is for Thee. Let us bless Thy
holy name, working and rejoicing as free
men not in the silence of the bondsman,
fearful of a master.
Through Thy omnipotent wisdom com¬
eth both the work and the power to work.
Let us stand firm where Thou hast placed us
Let us use our strength to honor Thee in
all things, and grant that we may finish
our course with the work well done, that
Thou may say at the end, “Well done,
Thou good and faithful servant.”
ln tlu ; ” ame f ? im W a° CaUed US t0 thC
vineyard, ■ we ask this. h Amen.
on the other.
Twenty-two of the first 24
persons approached affixed
their signatures to the pledge,
it was learned The area in¬
volved is bordered by West Ad-
ams on the north, 36'h street (
on the south, Ninth avenue on;
the east and Vineyard on the)
west. I
The community group against
covenants was formed when
some of the residents learned!
that certain backed individuals, by real be-j
Ueved to be
estate interests, were busy go¬
ing from door to door circu¬
lating restrictive contracts
which ban “non-Caucasians”
from use or occupancy of
property except as servants,
,A fee is being collected from
each signer,
WOMAN’S I).VY AT ASBURY
Woman’s day will be observ¬
ed at Asbury Methodist church.
Abercorn and Duffy streets;
Rev. L. S Allen, pastor, Sun-
day. Mrs. R. M. Gilbert, wife
of Rev. R. M. Gilbert of FAB
church, will be the guest speak-
er at the 11 o’clock worship
hour. An interesting program
has been arranged for
occasion.
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(-Attend Ufie SOUTHERN YOUTH LEGISLATURE
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.....OCTOBER 18,19,20,1946
Shown above is a condensed
reproduction of the cover of
the invitation to the Southern
Youth Legislature which is
being circulated in thousands
of copies throughout the South
from the national office of the
Southern Negro Youth Con¬
gress, 526 Masonic Temple
Building, B’rmingham 3, Ala¬
bama. The call summons .he
youth to mobilize—
To win the battle for the un¬
restricted right to vote . . .
Society Sketches
By Tommie Smalls
'
Cool weather of the past
week and the return oi many
fcuys and gals for opening oi
school, giving the illusion that
fall fa almost lierc, m September. spite oi |
all we know about |
LAUegros’ dance last Friday |
evening was truly reminiscent;
of the old days. For corrobo- j
ration of this statement,
B'arl Marks, Earl Ashton, Felix
Villarin, Helen Weldon and
John Sapp . . . Lucas Bryant,
drummer with Tiny Austin's
fine band, is far up in his
field as a skin pounder. Lucas
is the possessor of and beat,
impeccable technique .and
beautiful melodic idea . .
Charles Mention is now a smil¬
ing fellow since Theresa Finch
returned from New York . . •
Bobbye Whigham is back with
her crowd after spending a
brief vacation in beautiful East
Orange, N- J- • • William Alston
is getting ready for his trek
up to Morris Brojvn College.
A certain local native is won-
denng when Jowelle Colley
will return home. Sorry, can’t
hip him . . . The sensational
opening of Our Canteen is
slated for Monday night, Sept.
9, when the management will
present for your entertainment
two mad shows, which will
feature the voice of Sammie
Swinton and the driving rhy¬
thm of Tiny Austin’s band.
Our Canteen is located on 36th
street in the former USO an¬
nex.
People and Events j
By JAY GEE )
South Carolina State Col-
lege will get its quota of Sa¬
vannah coeds this fall . . .
Catherine and Dorothy Bogan
will return. Connie, their
youngest sister, will be a fresh¬
man this year. Corrie Capers
Amelia Mungin and Constance
Rivers will help the campus
seem “just like home.”
After spending two years at
South Carolina S:ate, Agatha
Curley has decided to enter
Morris Brown this fall. Al-
phonso Levy will attend Clark
College in Atlanta.
There has been a Spelman-
Fisk debate going on in the
J. M. Walker household for the
past few weeks. Fisk. Watson’s
school, finally won ou; over
Catherine’s alma mater, Spel-
man. Gloria plans to leave on
September 18.
j Since her greatest interest is
dramatics, Edwina Robinson
plans to desert S. C. State for
For federal anti-lynching
legislation and genuine civil
liber ies.
P’or the enactment of an
FEPC law guaranteeing the
right to work at all jobs.
For adequate and equal
housing, health and education¬
al facilities.
For an end to “whi.e su¬
premacy” customs and prac¬
tices which violate our hu¬
man dignity and rights . . .
Leola Jackson has returned
from New York, which, ihe
was great . . . The birth-
day party given in honor of
Brtutlne Williams. Oloria Al-
ston and Clifford Hardwick
was really a gala affair. Har-
Bennett is a cool fellow and
kinria sharp on top. . . The
club on* Hall street is a
grand lung. Spurred by the
need of decent places to go
in Savannah, three veter-
ans organizations jumped to
rescue of you and me and
put up a spot that will sur-
pass many other clubs. . . .:
lie Teenage Canteen has
taken over the maintenance
the SSSS. its fast becoming
the place for the younger set
fo go. Herb Hardwick is in:
there (OOing a gifeat job as
n 1-1 n 1 *• w» man O VI . . Mickey WL Ebbs Ln nn came w
, home Labor day , and . , brought . .
mo her a cute little package, I
in g J ^u- i. ing a 0t < U Ck ^ ^ P '^
great - Vfe 7_. Lovely , alluring
. .
Euris Smith with John Manzo
added much charm to the Law'-
son House last Sunday even-
ing. . . The bar in the Lawson
Houm‘ tap room reminds m e
ol the Ihst Word’ in Los
,
. Evelyn Lanier has
Vi, L ’ Uin Tt S ° limT'
renro-io ' 7 1 ' Qtatp miipw will he
than ever nn the erid i
iron this fall This I do hope.
And - that -....... is all she - wrote *......
anon.
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Tennessee S ate this la . H. .
there and further perfect her
Eleanor Eleanor Brv'mt Biyunt aiso Uso^plan plan ^to to
at.end Tennessee State. After
two years voars Evadne pvt dnp Priester Prlestpr will will
abandon Georgia State to join
Mem ■ !
We will welcome Pearl Win-
ston home soon. She has im-
proved greatly since she en-
tered Suffolk Community hos-
pital in Virginia. Her sister
Rosalie Williams, plans to mb-
tor up for her around the sec-
ond week in this month.
If television were sufficiently
perfected, we could see Mrs.
Leonard Taylor (Dorothy
Brown> reclining in a stately
nine-room house in Brok. Ger-
many, near Nuremberg, while
two German maids unpack
her luggage and Qn,l set thfl the place
in order. She docked on August
It concludes with the fol¬
lowing appeal: “Let us assem¬
ble by the hundreds in Colum
bia, S. k,. C., v,., October 18, W| 19 20.
Let he halls of the Southern
Youth Legislature ring with
our demands. Let us counsel
together and chart a
of action to defend our lives
and libert es from the assault
of the klan and the mobs and
to win for ourselves and our
people the primary badge of
citizenship—the ballot.”
18 at Bremenhaven Germany,
after a rather uneventful voy-
age. There were three
Negro passengers aboard her
ship amidst swarms of
erners, many hailing from
“deah old Gawga.” '
Lder we heat'd from Margie Alex-
thal other day, Her head-
garters are at Springfield,
adelphia, her new home.
is now visiting “Alec” in
burgt where ile is working at
pres ent.
Dr . Fairfax Brown,
el Howard University, and Dr.
gjrkland. hofne economics sup
prvisor in the Schools of Wash-
nigton, D. Cl. were ‘guests of
the William Hopkins and S.
l. Williams recently.
For the first time in 27 years
Andrew Williams returned to
Savannah for his vacation. He
j S the brother of Simmie Wil-
tarns. They spent last week
en d in Jacksonville visiting
their mother. Andrew plans
to i re urn to his post with
New York Times on Sept. 5.
T j iere was so muC h excite-
ment at Fellwood Nursery last
when Shelia Kelly
Best Kelly . g daughter ) return-
ed from California after a
year ’ s absence. She is to stay
b ere wi.h her grandmother
a wb ii e- Ethel is fine, likes
sunny California, and is doing
social work at ^ An gei es
General Hospital.
SPEAKING OF books-
“ This Side of Innocence”
Ta y lor Cald well is a
500 «« »«**'
to an end. With 800,000 copies
in print, you can’t aford to be
one who has not read it .'. .
Every now and then a truly
good book comes through.
Frank Yerby’s “Foxes of Har-
‘Q’* 1 * one such book—a
ing _______,.f._ story of a rogue whn h P I
q fJlm u SOcn Yprby ^ a
y° lin 8 Negro trom Augusta. Ga.
Among the outstanding “ wed- ----
dmgs .. of . the early fal1 Wll l be
that Qf Rita Frazier daughter
Qf Dr and Mrg g p Frazjeri |
to I,uther Thompson of Pitts-
burgh. Pa. It will be held at
Butler Presbyterian church at
6:30 p. m., September 10. im-
mediately followed by a wed-1
ding reception at the Frazier
residence on Fast Park avenue.
Members of the bridal party
will begin arriving Wednesday
from points far and near. Miss ]
Nora Potter of Brooklyn. N. y.,
will arrive from the Veterans'
Hospital at Tuskegee. where
she is now working. Miss Lois i
Hillman of Washington, D. C .
will come from Chicago, where
she ot"> P is lc enrolled in the school
social work at the Universi-
..................................
Lodges And Chapters Notes
who attended the na-
tional gatherings in Philadel-
phia the week of August 18 ,
returned full of
Such it should be. Georgia
should be aroused in order co
maintain its standing and
keep abreast with the other
states. This is alluded espec¬
to work of the auxiliaries.
We want the Eas.ern Stars
and the Isis to bestir them-
selves.
The order in every state is
shocked on account of the
death of Grand Master John
L. Webb of the Jurisdiction of
Mississippi. It occurred last
Friday after an operation at
one of the national clinics. The
funeral will take place in Hot
Springs, Ark., beginning with
midnight service by the An¬
cient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry, on Sun-
ty of Chicago. Mrs. Marjorie
Hinton Mayo will also come
from Chicago. Miss Helen
Thompson, sis:er of the groom,
will come from Pittsburgh. Pa-
jtricia McIntosh of this city will
be a bridesmaid. Wahwee,
Rita’s youngest sister, will be
maid of honor, while Mrs.
Murial Eneas, an older sister,
will also take P art in tiie wed 'l
j ding vaca.ion ceremony. with Wahwee Murial is now! and
on
her husband, Dr. Cleve Eneas, j
his home in Nassau,
'mas. They expect to
7° Savannah by September 5.
j Groomsmen for the wedding
will be S. M. McDew, Jr., Earl
Fonvielle, Jr , Leon Grant,
Cleve Eneas, Edward Nelson
James Cobham. The best
man wi q Dr. James Schell
j of Jacksonville, Fla.
Rita comple ted her courseJn
dental hygiene at Meharry
Medical Co ii e ge in June and
bas sei; up offices in Birming-
7 Workine in con-
M Monties r w th ronntv ffve health
j she has clin-
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Foll °wi»S their , . marriage
they plan 0 e a mor 77 S
j lvneymoon m Chicago, , v after
wh ! ch he ,^ iU return }° sch ° o1
and she t will continue her work
in Birmingham.
Mrs. Frazier, Rita’s mother,
has had a very busy, but ex¬
j tremely pleasant summer. Be-
sides making arrangements for
the wedding, she attended the
National Medical
■ convention at Louisville,
with her husband. She, along
with other doctors’ wives,
highly pi.able entertained of Louisville. by the hos- The' j
hosts
day spent at the famous Calu-
Farms, where she saw Man
of War and another ta m
race horse, War Admiral, will 1
be unforgettable. Besides tour-
jing the Blue Grass State, the
1 Fraz’ers visiced Washington,
Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, O.
Home folks are delighted to
see Andrew Erwin Robinson
here for a visit. He is the
Mrs. Florence Robinson of!
Price street and the late An-;
drew ua *’ mg c - t R° rom bins Talladega °n- Before College grad-j
and ® erv;n 8 in the armed for-1
“gi “is
degree in languages at Mid-
dleborough, Vermont, after
which he hopes to go abroad to
continue his study.
Mrs. Amanda Carter and her
grandson, jTheodore Neal, of
E** aie visiting
hcre for a short time. Theo-
dore’s mother,
week Theodore will return to
Histitute in Denmark.
S ' C ” I° r hls seni o f year.
t tuenmal r jp . nn i„i convention of
1,116 E P lsc °P al churches of
America will be held in Phila-
del P hia September 7-20. Rev.
® us (' ave H. Caution. M:ss Ada
s P ei Sfr : and Mrs - Geneva Gads-
den °I this city will attend,
Eollowig the convention, Missj
Speight plans to visit her bro-j
tller ln New York,
Br and Mrs. Albert Boone
and their young sons, Bernard I
and B° u i s > have been visiting;
and Mrs - Rudolph Boone.;
Dr Boone is associate profes-
sor of psychology and guidance
at Virginia State College. Pet-
Va. They were dinner
guests of Captain and Mrs.
John John Star,* Starr (In on Saturday Slatiir/tow andj onW
honored with a Labor
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1946
day. By special request. Grand
Master John Wesley Dobbs will
1 conduct the ceremonies. The
funeral will take place Monday
j morning from the Roanoke
Baptist church, of which he
was a loyal member president and of dtj|r <tne
con. He was
Baptist Laymen organization. Baptisf
Not only Masons, but
from the country over will be
in Hot Springs to pay him
tribute. Grand Mas.er Webb
was closely allied to Georgia.
His illness caused him to miss
the Savannah Grand Lodge in
June, the first in many years.
Omar Temple No. 21 meeta
Sunday afternoon. A large
gathering of the nobles is ex¬
pected.
Just abou, three more
months before the ending of
the Masonic year.
party by the Rudolph Boones.
Haven Home School will have
two add tions to its faculty
this term—Mrs. Annie Griffin
of Thunderbolt, who has taught
in the city system for a num-
ber of years, and Mrs. Mildred
Johnson of East Andei.ym St.
Mrs. Johnson received her B
S. degree, from Georgia State
College in 1939 and has taught
in Lberty county tor two
years . . . Mrs. charlo " c '
ledge wi re um ‘
sc oo a ei ay c . L
Taking advantage of
the Cr I- Bi o 1 k\ s - '
Gadsden has leave of absence
to continue her study. . . Miss
May Sales will not be at West
Broad street school this term.
In her place will be Mrs. Edith
M. Moore, who has been teacli-
ing al Woodville school.
There have been some
changes in the Beach-Cuyler
faculty ihis term. Arthur
Dwight will replace Henry
Smith, who js planning to
study; Mrs. J. T. Ellerbe will
replace Mrs. Evelyn Ebbs May,
who is on leave, and M ss Mir¬
iam Grant will replace Philip
Cooper, who also plans to
study.
TRIBUNE COMMENDED
Savannah, Georgia
August 29. 1946.
Mr. Sol. C. Johnson, Editor,
The Savannah Tribune,
Savannah, Georgia.
Dear Sir;
The local Youth Council,
wishes to express its
for your leader-
exemplified during the re-
cen t election. The numerous
editorials appearing ** ® in your “
newspaper during the months
leading to the election did
in instructing and en-
c0U raging the Negroes in one
of their most sacred obliga¬
tions. While others were faulty
in their efforts to guide the
Negro, you, along with the hon¬
est leadership of our commu¬
nity, remained true to the best
interest ____ of ^ our people.
There must be no compro-
mise with evil of the rights of
every human being. Negro
th ask for courageous lead-
ers hip that will not compro-
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We hope that we can ever
find you crying out against
prejudice, discrimination and
inequality.
Very truly yours,
Savannah Youth Council,
NAACP
It is far wiser to have “good
times” with God In old age
than to have so-called good-
times in youxh in a mad rage.
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