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-i THE PERFECT CHIME
The commission of a crime in which the
criminal covers up his tracks constitutes
the perfect crime. The Walton County
mip-derers have so far eluded detection
even by one of the world’s most famous
crime detecting agencies. The outbursts
jo£„ protests and horror, the confessed feel-
4ng of disgrace, the posting of unheard of
«.«tiwards for the apprehension of the crim-
Jps have to date been unavailing. We
fiin'e never felt too optimistic as to the
finding of the criminals, and we do not feel
any too optimistic that, when and if the
criminals are ever captured, they will be
convicted and punished with finality. We
have always felt that prosecution at the
hands of the Federal government cannot
counted upon. There is hardly a chance
'.jthat such a case would lie in a federal
Wurt. The record seems to be that it
never successfully prosecuted a case
Tike the Walton County murderers. We
thought, and we still feel that the various
demands and petitions that federal soldiers
be sent into the state to assist in the ap¬
^flremature prehension of the criminals, was at least
and juvenile, and served only to
clofce up possible avenues leading to clues
to the crime. It will be a very unfortunate
thing for Georgia and the South, if the
» Monroe murderers are never captured and
pO«ished. The head of the G. B. I. early
tin -*his investigations admitted the futility
his efforts to unravel the case, and em-
^tinsized the necessity The criminals for a federal anti- to
lynching law. well. appear They
haye covered their tracks, ap¬
pear to have baffled men who are experts
abwietecting criminals. There is a feeling
m some quarters that the criminals are
Rtfmvn, but for political reasons have not
been arrested. We doubt that this is true.
The next time words fail, millions of us
w all die, having discovered a second or
two beforehand, if at all, how extremely
advantageous it would have been had we
learned how to talk to other people and
Jpjw to listen to them. —-Phylon quoted
from People in Quanderies written by Wen
dell Johnson.
THE URBAN LEAGUE
Years ago Savannah boasted an Urban
League organization. During the few
years of its existence, it accomplished many
worthwhile things, among which was the
yearly contribution to needy families in
bur city, which consisted of food, clothing
and a little money where it seemed to be
the thing most needed. This organiza-
tion did not last, primarily for two reasons:
the promoters failed to comprehend the
league; and lack of cooperation among
the promoters. Whatever may have been
time now
jgjgP'JS NATIONAL TB STAFF
-Mrs Phoebe Harrison Golf,
Ottnerly assistant to the di-
"" jjlhicdgo ector, employment division,
Welfare admimstra-
Jon, recently became associat-
with the rehabilitation ser-
|ce of the National Tubercu-
tis Association. Her pnnci-
fel duties will be to observe
ltd report on rehabilitation
froblems of tuberculosis pati-
lits in minority groups.
|A Bibia graduate universities, of Fisk and Co-
Mrs. Goff
(S done graduate work at the
adversity of Minnesota and
e University of Chicago. She
a candidate for the degree
ji!8|ional g doctor of philosophy in vo-
rehabilitation at New
that tbe Urban League come again to Sa-
irannnVl vannah. TV>« The TMimABO purpose of the 4 VlO Tit*hall Urban League f
as stated by the Atlanta Branch of The
Urban League sums up briefly what the
organization aims to accomplish:
To encourage, assist and engage in
the improvement of economic, indus¬
trial, social and cultural conditions of
the Negro population.
To discover community needs af¬
fecting Negroes and to interest indi¬
viduals and groups in undertaking to
meet them.
To coordinate and cooperate with
existing agencies and organizations to
further its aims.
To promote the improvement of
race relations and to further coopera¬
tion of all groups in behalf of the com¬
mon welfare.
We are certain there is a need for such
an organization in our community, and we
believe there are in Savannah enough com¬
munity minded citizens to insure the suc¬
cess of a branch of the Urban League here.
It is gratifying to learn that some of our
leading citizens are exploring the possibil¬
ity of organizing a branch of the Urban
League. Wherever a branch has been
properly organized, it has been a valuable
influence for community betterment. It
is a cooperative community enterprise
which includes both races. The following
((notation from the first president of the
National Urban League expresses the
spirit and purpose of the league: ‘Let ns
work, not as colored people nor as white
people for the narrow benefit of any group
alone, but together, as American citizens,
for the common good of our common city—
our common country.”
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9TH A FATEFUL
DAY FOR GEORGIA
On Wednesday, in Macon tremendously
important things will happen in Georgia’s
political scene. The state Democratic con¬
vention will proceed to carry out the wish¬
es of Governor-nominee Talmadge. It will
make the new rules that will govern the
party in the future, and will set up the
frame-work for making the Democratic
party in Georgia “a white voluntary par¬
ty association,” and “will call on the gen¬
eral assembly to repeal all laws relating
to running primaries ... to pass anti-fraud
measures aimed at preventing, vote-stem-
ing, vote buying and miscounting ...” The
convention “will say that the party asso¬
ciation must be limited to white persons,
and only those persons who belong to the
association will be eligible to vote in pri¬
maries.” All of this planning and machin¬
ery is set up by the dominant group, by
the group that has had superior opportun¬
ities in every field of endeavor, that boasts
of its superiority in everything, whose eco¬
nomic and social structure was built on
the sweating backs of poor whites and Ne¬
groes. One of the most tragic aspects of
what the convention will do, aside from
those mentioned by tbe Georgia League ot
Women Voters, is that this convention
composed of representatives of the highest
culture in Georgia, is willing to disfran¬
chise nearly two million of tbe state s
population who have a right under the dem¬
ocratic tradition to elect those who are to
govern them. The action of this conven¬
tion exhibits the spirit which made Hit¬
ler and the war he created, and which
makes the going of the American diplo¬
mats tough in the peace conference. Amer¬
ican soldiers died in battles scattered half
way round the world to secure the enjoyment
of basic human rights to all people every¬
where It is not beyond possibility that
if only members of the white association
can vote in 1947, in subsequent years, only
certain white people will be allowed to
vote. The action of the convention is a
departure from democratic ‘ " ideals. ’ Our
form of government in Georgia needs an
other name—another delimtion.
York university. (ANP)
ESSAY WINNER—Miss
Alyce Hinkle, a student at
isville Municipal College,
isville, Ky., whose essay,
berculosis as a Social
lem,” was awarded first
in the college division of a con¬
test sponsored by the National
Tuberculosis association.
Jackson received $50 in cash
and a gold medal, while
school was presented with a
silver plaque as a result of
achievement.—ANP)
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE IN
THE TRIBUNE
DR. DOLLARD TO BE
CHARTER DAY
SPEAKER
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct.
Charles Dollard, executive as¬
sociate of the Carnegie Corpor¬
ation, will deliver the convoca¬
tion address at the formal cel¬
ebration of Charter day at At¬
lanta University at 11 a. in
Wednesday, October 16, in Sis¬
ters Chapel. The event will be
open to students, alumni, fac¬
ulty and friends of the univer¬
sity. Climaxing the celebration
will be the Charter Day din¬
ner for the faculty and staff
to be held at 8 p. m. at the
university dormitories. On this
occasion special tribute will be
paid to John P. Whitaker who
has this year entered upon his
thirtieth year of service to At¬
lanta University. ,
Mr. Whittaker’s record of
long-time service is well known
to alumni who remember him
as high school teacher and
principal, dean, registrar and
director of the summer school.
On two occasions, he was se¬
lected to head alumni cam¬
paigns for raising funds total¬
ing $70,000. Aside from his
work at the university, Mr.
Whitaker is active as president
of the Atlanta Mutual Building
and Loan Association, as chair¬
man of the board of directors
of the Carrie Steele Pitts
tn utixiu wnm
MERIDIAN’S NEW HOTEL
MERIDIAN’S $100,000 HOTEL
—Hotel Young, recently built
by E F. Young, Jr., in Meridi¬
an, Miss., at a cost of $100,000,
is rated as one of the most
modern hotels in the country.
Remember, this Friday, Oct
is bargain day at the Mel¬
ody theatre. The management
making available to the the¬
atre-going public a double fea¬
ture picture with "Two O’clock
Courage” as No. 1; “El Diable
Rides,” as No. 2, and on the
same program beginning a new
serial, “The pnantom.”
Yes, we consider it a gilt
heaven to be able to bring
this outstanding picture of
the year, for its first colored
showing „Uir in in Savannah, Crurnnnnh “Th "The O
Bells of St. Mary’s,” a picture
that brings you seven Academy
Award winners who contribut¬
ed in the making of this truly
great picture. Some of the
highlights of the picture, be¬
ginning with B.ng Crosby, who
walked off with the outstand¬
ing actor’s award in “Going
My Way;” Lngrid Bergman,
who got best performance of
an actress in that great pic¬
ture, “Gaslight;” Leo McCary,
producer-director of “The Bells
of St. Mary’s,” won last year's
director’s award with his mem¬
orable “Going My Way.” Geo.
Barnes, for his outstanding
|camera' work in "Rebecca/’
Dudley Nichols won his award
for his writing of the best
screenplay, with “The Inform¬
er.”
Finally, there are those two
accomplished song writers,
Johnnie Burke and Jimmie Van
Hueson, who won last year’s
award for the best song with
"Swinging on a Star,” and who
wrote that special number in
this picture for Bing Crosby
called "Aren’t You Glad You’re
You.” The Bing sings five songs
in this picture, among them
Home, as chairman of the dea¬
con's board of the Congrega¬
tional church, and as a mem¬
ber of the Mayor's Committee
for the Housing of Veterans.
For several years he served as
chairman of District 10, At-
_
lama area, Boy Scouts of
America,
120 YEAR OLD
EX-SLAVE DIES
YOUNGSTOWN. O. tANP)—
Death finally caught up with
ex-slave John Watson, who
died here last Tuesday night
at the age of 120. Watson,
born in Raleigh, N. C., was a
slave until the civil war.
First the property of a south¬
ern painter in the city of his
birth, he was' sold to a planter
named John Watson for $1,500
in cash when he was 10 years
old. He took his master's name.
When he received his free-
Each of its 30 rooms has a
private ba h, telephone, radio
and hot and cold water. Mr.
Young also owns the Young
Cosmetics Company and the
Young Beauty School.—(ANP.)
“Adeste Fideles.” In the Land
of Beginning Again,” “The
Belts of St. Mary’s.” To top
all of this off you will hear for
the first time Ingrid Bergman
singing on the screen with the
Bing, and will also hear the
famous St. Lukes Boys’ choir of
Long Beach, California.
The newsmen, ministers and
priests who were fortunate
enough to see the preview of
“The Bells of St. Mary’s” all
agree that regardless of your
age there is a part in this pic-
ture that , . you will • < . ■ keep in
your memory for years to
come.
Comments from those who
saw the prevue are: Rev. F.
W. Bagby, "The Bells of St.
Mary’s” is a clean, wholesome
picture of culture and rel.g-
ious bearing;” Rev. L. W.
Strickland, “an exceptional pic¬
ture;” Rev. Jerome Del Prno,
“it is a picture worthwhile
seeing;” Rev. N. E. Hoisey,
“The unity in bringing the fam
ily together is exceptional. A
very good picture;” Rev. J. C.
McMillan, “It brings out the
facts of cooperation, very in¬
teresting and understandable;”
Rev. Brown, “really an educa¬
tional picture.” John Q. Jeffer¬
son, “no other actor but Bing
Crosby could have made “The
Bells of St. Mary Is the best
p eture I have seen.”
The girl on the .door known
as Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, has
invited Mr. and Mrs. Bingley
Hannah as her guests of the
week Next week you will read
I in this column the winners of
the Melody essay contest and
their stories.
The mailing list is still grow¬
ing. Have you registered?
dom he worked for many years
on steamboats plying the Mis¬
sissippi and Ohio rivers. He
came to Ohio more than 20
years ago and came into the
public’s eye when in 1942 he
informed the police that he
was 106. He was being quest¬
ioned at the time about the
shooting of a man he asserted
trespassed on a scrap iron
yard where Watson was em¬
ployed as a workman. Prior to
his death. Watson often told of
shaking hands with President
Lincoln.
This would be a happier and
more promising earth, if par¬
ents before marriage would
receive of Christ, the “New
Birth.”
The head of this troublesome
old world is sick b.ecause the
heart of man toward God will
not stick, and is in constant
conflict.
TO SING AT BETHEL
Monday evening, October 14,
8:30 o’cblock, Bethel A. M.
church, through
Board No. 2, will present to the
music loving congregation
Savannah, the lovely Mrs. Susie
Durham in recital. Mrs. Dur¬
is a singer of rare ability.
She is the possessor of a very
beautiful lyric soprano voice.
Mrs. Durham is a product of
Paine College. Augusta, where
she studied four years in voice
culture. She had four years of
training at the Musical
Conservatory, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Durham will sing many
of the finer classics, Negro
spirituals and folk songs. She
appeared in many recitals
in the East and various sec-
ons of the South, pleasing her
audiences everywhere. The
pub’ic is invited to come out
Monday evening to hear this
great artist.
THE REDEEMERS
The Redeemers sporting
Club held their regular meet¬
ing Sunday, October 6, at the
home of Samuel Sams on
Jackson street. Meeting was
called to order by the presi¬
dent. Much business was trans¬
acted concerning our dance at
L ncoln Inn, October 18. Those
present were Isaac Heyward,
Leroy McBride. Frank Robe,
Samuel Sams, Edw. Jenkins,
Edw. Lewis, Isaac Grimble,
Samuel Shellman, and
Smalls. A delightful repast was
served after the meeting by Mr.
Sams. Next meeting will be on
October 16, at the home of
Samuel Shellman.
DEATH CLAIMS
REV. ADAMS OF
BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN, N. Y.—The Rev.
James B. Adams, pastor of the
Concord Baptist church, died
on Saturday, September 28, in
the Long Island College hos¬
pital as the result of compli¬
cations ensuing from the re¬
moval of a brain tumor ten
days previously. Funeral ser¬
vices were held October 2, .and
the body was carried to
Montezuma, Ga., for
where he was born on Decem¬
ber 2, 1892, the son of Rev.
Darnel and Adeline Adams.
Rev. Adams was a
of Morehouse College. He
ordained a minister of
gospel in Baltimore, after which
he became a chaplain in the
U. S. Army in World War I.
At the close of the war he
came to Brooklyn to assist the
ailing pastor, William M. Moss,
of Concord church. At the
death of Rev. Moss, Rey. Ad¬
ams was elected pastor, serv-
for 25 years.
Rev. Adams is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Leah Penn Adams;
two grown children.
Kate and James B.. Jr.; a
ter, Mrs. Pauline Adams John¬
son of Montezuma. Ga.: a bro¬
ther. Jesse Adams, of Monte¬
zuma; three nieces, Mrs. Car¬
rie Louise Smith of Brooklyn;
Mrs. Jamie Gardner and Mrs.
Marion Crowder of Columbps,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940
Lodges And Chapters Notes
An unusual even: took place
at the communication of Eure¬
ka Lodge. Several candidates
were entered. The work was
done by the brothers wno were
trained in the Masonic school,
Right well did they conduct
ihemseives. Senior Warden
Dobbins of Eureka Lodge
pres ded The cand dates were
well informed. Worshipful
Master Ulysses Stewart of the, be!
lodge and his off cers are to
commended to give these young
brothers a chance to develop Some! ;
their Masonic knowledge.
of the Candida es were made
for Hilton Lodge.
Saturday, November 23, Ezra
Consistory will confer the Scot¬
tish R te degrees on several
candidates. The following day
they will be carried over the
hot sands in Omar Temple,
Applicants must see the Past!
Potentate in charge of
RECENT WEDS—One of the striking social events of th£
season was the marriage at St. Paul CME church, Chicago,
Miss Katyalycc Evans, daughter cf the Rev. and Mrs. H.
Evans of Chicago, and Ephriam Alplionzia Grier, Jr., the son
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Grier of Locust Grove, Ga. The bride ii
a senior at Roosevelt College, Chicago, and the bridegroom if
a senior at Meharry Medical College, Nashville. Following
the ceremony, the newlyweds left by plane for New York and
Boston to spend their honeymoon.— (ANP).
Ga; two nephews, George Ad-
ams of Brooklyn, and W.lliam
Adams of Miami, Fla., and a
other relatives.
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STATEMENT Of OWNERSHIP
Statement of the ownership,'
management, circulation, etc.,!
required by the acts of Con-
gress of August 24, 1912, and
March 3, 1933, of the Savannah j
Tribune, published weekly at
Savannah, Georgia, for October
1, 1946:
State of Georgia
County of Chatham.
Before me, a notary public
in and for the State and,
county aforesaid. personally
appeared So, c. Johnson, who.
having been duly sworn ac- !
cording to law, deposes and
says that he is the editor, pub-
iisherand owner of the
nah Tribune, and that the
following is, to the best of h i
knowledge and belief, a true
statement of the ownership,
management, etc., of the afore¬
said publication for the date
shown in the above caption,
required by the Act of August
24, 1912, as amended by the
Act of March 3 , 1933, embodi¬
ed in section 537, Postal Laws
and Regulations, printed on
the reverse of this form ,to
wit:
1. That the names and ad¬
dresses of the publisher, editor,
managing editor and business
managers are:
Publisher. Sol C. Johnson,
Savannah, Ga.
Editor, Sol C. Johnson, Sa¬
vannah, Ga.
Associate Editor, J. H. Butler,
Savannah, Ga.
Assistant to publisher and
• manager, willa M. Ayers, Sa-
i vannah, Ga.
* 2. That the owner is Sof C.
Johnson.
3. That the known bondhold- 1
ers. mortgages, and other se-i
curity holders nw.uvig owning wi or hold-1 UUIU” ;
ing l per cent or mon* of total J
amount of bonds, mortgages, or.
ottier securities are: none.
work, who may be found a? The
Tribune office, at once.
the The recent commit d.strict :ee in meeting charjH^ met of
last Sunday and passed oh the
reports of the affair. After
a successful and en-
joyable meeting, a liberal su*i
was returned to each lodge aifll
The members of ttfe
committee under the leader-
sai P °* District Deputy D.
Thomas, are to be commended
f° r the success in every way.
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Grand Masier Dobbs will
in the city November 23 and
24. The brethren will be proud
to greet him.
Last n ; ght the Fellow Craft
degree was conferred in Hilton
Lodge. Past Master Hayes, wor-
shipful master.
There should be no innova-
in Masonry.
4. That the average nura-
ber of cop.es of each issue j)f
this publication sold or d«-
through the mails or
otherwise, to paid subscribers
during the twelve months pre-
ceding the date shown aboye
; s 5 , 047 .
gop, c. JOHNSON,
Sworn to and subscribed be-
fore me this 30tli day of Sep-
tem'ber. 1946.
(s ea i)
WILLA MAE AYERS
< (My commission expires
March 17, 1047.-
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETS WEDNESDAY
William P. Jordan Post No.
500, American Legion, o^nexTwet will hold
at the SS9S, 37th street and
lie Ogeechee road. All mem-
bers and Prospective members
^ , begufpronSfy Tt^S
o’clock.
Hits of i tie s<. vannaa
Tribune
tIt TY YEARS AGO.
OCTOBER 10, 1896
The state emotion toox place
Wetmesuay. Gov. Atk.nsori was
rejected vv.tn a large majori¬
ty. Tne Negro voters support¬
ed h.m largely, 'mis was caus¬
ed oy tiie iairness of the Gov¬
ernor toward tnem.
Henry W. Hueston of Hart-
-iage street, died Friday. Fu¬
neral irom Second Baptist
church.
A. N. Thomas elected first
lieutenant of the Chatham
Light Infantry.
Through Rev. L. B. Maxwell,
the members of Ezra Presbyte¬
rian church were invited to
Congregational hold the;r services church at the Fir|t
on ac-
count of the destruction cf
their edifice by storm.
•-.
Members UA of St. KJV. 1 Philip UU1JJ UiHU AME
church worshipping at Dufty
st,reet kn¬
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