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HANG TOGETHER
During the events leading up to the
signing of the Declaration of Independence,
two of the leading characters taking part
in them, warned those opposing the decla¬
ration, in this classic expression: “We musl
hang together, or we shall hang separate¬
ly.” John Hancock and Benjamin Frank-
lin are credited with its authorship. There
were those who opposed taking a stand on
the question of independence upon which
the future of the nation then aborning j
depended. The warning given these op¬
ponents is appropriate now to their coun-
ter--part, a group of preachers, who ru¬
mor says are banding together to under [
mind and upset the leadership to which
we owe our present status in the civic and
political life of our city Naturally, those
whom the voters named to lead them have
deservedly gained some recognition, and
-this has fired the reverend gentlemen
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the trouble to register. sort of thing
ula.vu “tu the ham................ a„, •
designs lesigns on ou the the Negros Negro’s political political future |
which must influence his voting as long
as white men keep him anxious about iiis
franchise. It is an unpardonable sin
against a credulous and unsuspecting peo- j
pie to lead them against their best inter-
est. It II is .» worse to to do .to this ttm.limit;.- under the sign «*»
of the rrossa neon ct-oss. ha, fs-nceompn-
nied by a dirty five dollar bill.
,It should be recalled that forty or fifty
*yfars ago, some Negro preachers did for
* Negro voters the very thing some of our
present day preachers are suspected ot
doing now. The memory of those times
is malodorous. It is our admonition that
pur men shall so carry on that posterity
will “remember long what they do here
with blessings rather anathemas.
We must make no mistake about it. Di¬
vide and conquer is no new tactic. Long
ago wise men were warning that “united
we stand, divided we fall, 4 ' and separately.’ “we must j
hang together, or we shall hang
Our ministers have large influence
over our people. They touch more in¬
timately a larger number of them than
any other group of leaders. 1 hey are
therefore, charged with the tearful re¬
sponsibility of giving civic as well as
r p i r i t u al guidance. The i n ,i u r y
an uninformed, uncertain and opportunis¬
tic leadership can do to a lot ot credulous
and unthinking people, is tragically incal¬
culable. situation such
With the political as U
is in Chatham county, the voters’ sense of
DR. WRIGHT $ETED
ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Edythe Wright of 613
Cfcvk street, enttrlained Mon-
day night in honor of her son
Dr. Milton S. J. Wright of Wil-
berforce university, Who was
visiting his mother for ten days
The party took the form of a
stage and was tendered him as
a surprise on his birthday. R
A. Young served as master of
ceremonies at the short pro-
gram which was as follows:
8olo. "Because,” Robert Long;
solo. "Trees,” Starling Hunter;
“Happy Birthday,” group, Mr
Strider at the piano; remarks
Rev. R. M. Gilbert; response
Dr Wrigh,
The delightful repast was
prepared by the proud
and mother Mrs. Wright ^
sisted by Mrs Ruth Paulin
Mrs. Sadie Brown, Mrs.
Brown and Mrs. N. A Hamilton.
Mrs. Hamilton did the serving
Those present were Revs
R M- Gilbert, John Q
and C. S. Stripling; Dean W. K
Payne. Dr. H M. Collier. Dr I
D. Williams. Dr. J. W f . Wilson
Sidney Jones. O. H Williams
R. H Strider. Robert Young
william Lovett, W S. Scott, M
13 Greene. Ezra Johnson.
Brown, J. Clarence Brown. Rob-
ert Long Sr., Starling D Hun-
ter, Peter Seabrooks. E. J. Sim-
mons, and Oscar Greene.
\ values, will undergo both as severe to issue*}. td&b *pd{ vrafen cantluiak'^ ‘
a
time comes. This situation presents
challenge that self-seeking leadership can¬
not answer. We urge our people to stand
by the leadership which has led them
safely thus far. STAND BY IT ON THE
RECORD IT HAS MADE.
A DISAPPOINTED HOPE?
A lot of people in Georgia have hoped
that the campaign now beginning would
not make the race question a major issue.
Just now it appears that they have hoped
in vain. The speech of Mr. Talmadge be¬
fore the convention in Macon has set the
pitch of the campaign. His bitter refer¬
ence to the reconstruction period indicates
as much. That indeed was an
period in American history, the worst in¬
cidents of which have been repeatedly ex-
aggerated, and the best rarely mentioned-
Rabble rousing and race baiting politicians
still use the worst events of reconstruction
as an excuse for villifying both Northern
and Southern liberals, and for keeping Ne¬
groes voteless and ignorant. Out of one
dde their mouths they orate eloquently
about democracy, and out of the other side
they vehemently proclaim against civil
rights to 16,000,000 of American citizens.
A philosophy w hich has served politicians
of Mr. Talmadge’s sort is traditional. It
has always been good campaign fodder to
drag into a campaign a review of the Re-
construction period. It arouses old ani-
mesities. It places all of its evils on the
shouldors of Negroes who were the vie-- j
tims and not the beneficiaries of the cor¬
ruption of the times which was by no
moans confined to the South. However
unfair and untrue it is, it serves the pur-
of politicians to blame Negroes, and so
serves to keep alive the groundless fear
that “white supremacy” is in danger. I
Therefore, while it is true that Negroes
tend to vote en bloc, what does Mr. Tal-
madge advise as the proper thing for Ne-!
K ro voters to do? What would he do i f I
were in the Negros position, .who is I
merely striving to win his place as a full- 1
tlodged citizen?
W e wonder if he would accept the
lenge, along with other candidates,
piviiii raws
n,,n.««. Would h,- cham-
pion a policy of. making all the citizens of
could betonu independent and intUUgent t
voters? I'his would be more just than ad
vocating “letting 80 or 90 percent of white
people and only 10 per cent of Negroes
vote?
It would lift any candidate to the rank
- statesmanship, as »» far ' as ■>* the race i„f ques- hti
Im .» to make ,t one rf
. >!ut 1 in in planks to <ul\ m tin. sitting up
right cvtl rlfht, tliinking Negroes and ..ppmi-'rp' whites, to
study to ease, or erase pou ts 0 .. cv t
,n race relations a i <,n ‘ v ^ an ' ia e ’ ' s tn
Liuue to hope that the race issue will not
je -tel into or made paramount in thel
ampaign.
The consecration, and ground-breaking
cremonies as a beginning of the construc-
ion of the new church of St. Matthew’s
Episcopal ...... Church was an historic event.
iis the further promise that the unity
between two congregations, St. Augustine
and St. Stephens, is complete. It sets an
example, and we hope it is prophetic, for
other congregations of the' same faith to
do likewise. It will be good business sense,
and will serve the best social and denom¬
inational interests of Negro churches to
consolidate. It is the consensus of disin¬
terested opinion that the advantages of
consolidation outweigh by far whatever
doubtful advantages may be claimed for
lhe*notorious division which marks certain
denominations in this city. The Tribune
congratulates St. Matthew’s Church-
BOY SCOOT TO
CAMP JULY 28
It has been announced that
dates for the annual camping
sess j on a t Camp O’Hara, camp
for Negro Boy Scouts of the
Coastal Empire Council tSa-
vannah) and surrounding area
will be held July 28-August 3. I
The regular two-week
ing session had been set for
June 28-July 11 but postponed
to a period of one week. June
28-July 4, and was recently
postponed to July 28-August 3 1
xhc fee for the week of camp-
j ng ha been set at $3.50.
Announced officials of the!
cam p are: Leon Dingle, for-
mer scoutmaster of Troop 48
anc j now assistant scoutmaster
of the troop, will be camp di-
rector. Lester B. Johnson, Jr
Savannah’s first Negro Eagle
Sconl Troo P and 47 , ol a foimer whlch S member L , Wmlc ox
-
^ lbe P resent scoutmaster
wlU be the cani P llfe euard. I
Dunn * tn f se f slon
the prospective held scout ex-!
ecutive will be presented to the
group.
With this extra time to pre-
pare for camp, a larger num-
ber of Scouts are expected
attend the camp than usual
All Scouts destring to attend
camp this summer are request-
ed to register at Boy Scour
headquarters. 599 Industrial
Building, before July 26
The July Court of Review
will take place Thursday, July
15, at 8 p. til , at the West
Broad Street YMCA. Joseph
Bowman, Chairman, will pre¬
REGIONAL WOODMEN
MEETING IN MOBILE
Region No. 2, The American
Woodmen, composed of the
of Alabama, Florida
North and South Carolina, Ten-
nessee, Georgia, Florida and
New Orleans, Louisiana, is
holding its ninth session at Mo-
bile, Ala., with Mobile Camp
No. 20, and Mobile Tent No. 4
District, Manager W- C. Patton
is in charge.
_. 1 hp eeUn .. be , Yicdnes- ... .
m .® s 8 an _
day and , wi 1 end tomoir w
f Lawrence H. Lightner and u” his
staff are conducting a school of
instruction.
Past Commander J. S. Hill;
clerk Lillie G Mason, and Com-
mander J. M. Washington are
representing Camp No. 45 of Sa-
vannah.
Commander Washington ap¬
peared on the program Wed-
nesday to lead the discussion
-The Duties and
tie s of a Commander.
Sure Salvage
“Be sure,” says the U. S. De¬
partment of Agriculture, “that
your kitchen equipment includes
a fat salvage can. It’s the kitchen
J gadget that bclps_yut_cxish iu
jour i^cket.”
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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ALUMUS Ci THE YEAR
Eslermore a. Wclt'e (center*
president of the Jackson col-
, c]ub of Detro;t Mich ig a n-
being congratulated by Pres¬
ident Jacob L. Reddix of Jack¬
Ickes Tells How Hastie
Became Virgin Isl. Governor
PH IADELPIIIA i ANP i flow,
Wdliam II Hastie became the|
first Negro to become governor
any American jurisdiction is
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azine, is enUtled -My ^
With
political quesuoM^ we e ‘«e- ir^
quently ......... ...... _ r ,------ ,
meats of individuals as repre-
sentatives of the administnuion!
he said that President Roose- 1
veil was opposed to segregation I
and .tint that as ^ l7o* the Chicago NAACP
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.ill "as
^ serves
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I u be known that^he/^' th-it wi hpft
attainments would qualify Miss' him
to, be assistant solicitor.'
‘"u-.e.r
an honor graduate of Harvard
law school and a staff member
ot the Harvard Law Review |
Hastie was at the time on:tb e
Howard university law faculty*
and practicing his profession in
Washington. = I
Ickes was so impressed with j
Hast e that he recommended | j
him to Solicitor Nathan R
Margo'd who in turn was en-j
thusiastic about him- Hived
for Hastie did such a
TO CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY |
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In celebration ol its first" an-
mversary, Savannahs . . Masonic
Degree Team will sponsor, on
Frida’, night. July 9. a program
featuring the pastors choirs
and congregations of the ten
churches at which the members
der — ed programs. The program
Bethel Baptist church, South
Fahrn ............-............. street, the first chur-.h
to which the group was invited
to render a formal program.
The ladies of the Order of
the Eastern Star, who have ac-
companied the team on
son College, Jackson, Miss.,
being selected Alumus of the
year. Arnell Curtis, looking on
rceievod the $100 scholarship
offered annually by the Jack-
son College Club of Detroit.
good job that Ickes laid the
grounuwurk to have him pro-
to the job of U- S. judge
V.rg.-n Islands Before that
s
a
admitted . howev er, that
„ of ^ (' itlA the ^ .
“ m£in „ .A MAAA race fTrAIOl wer «
1 appein c , no e ‘r man
lhan Hdstie could be tound
: I
Tb e attorney general held up
the nomination for
months, but finally President
-« » •» ‘»e Senate, !
ere Sen. Millard — A- •» Tydlngsj
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the idea. Ickes told how he
defeated Tydings on this mat-
by sendin g a Negro
into Marylandi to contact
the senalor protMtmg ha ac-
and also wo or three deG
Hastie was confum-
as judge in March, 1937.
On Nov. 27. 1945, Ickes began
work of pushing Hastie for
governorship of the islands,
succeed Charles Harwood of i
New York, whom Ickes called
an “impossible battle with man." Harwood After |
quite a
and his friends in Congress ,
convinced President |
visits, will be represented and
the Eastern Star chorus under
^ ol Bros E R Ruf .
{n?r and p c M cMoore, will
Tender selections ’
^ churches and
. tJ have bee n invited
If „ arHr srk ., natp S this CP iebra-
Monumental AME Rev aid W C
S el ?V »nd
« Chris, R Z V
Deans: Mt. Hermon Baptist
Rev. J H. Jones: St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Rev. Gustave H Cau-
tion: First Congregational. Rev
a. C. Curtnght; St- Philip AME,
Roosevelt and Truman that
Judge Hastie was the man to
appoint governor of the Virgin
islands. He sent the papers to
White House where Truman
juggled with them for quite
i some time. Hastie was roi
confirmed to the post until at-
| ter Ickes resigned from office
It was on February 12, 1946,
that he received word
had been made governor.
rFC. GRADY REBURIED
Mrs. Avery Brilinger attend¬
ed the reburial Friday of her
nephew, Pfc- Lonn'.e Grady
who was killed in the 1945 as¬
sault on Iwo Jima island in the
Pacific. The body of Pfc
Grady was recently returned
from its temporary resting
place and buried in the family
plot at Halcyondale.
YOUNG SAVANNAHIAN
RETURNS
ersh'f conference
Mastq: William H. Collins.
Jr, the son of Mr. and Mrs-
W. H. Collins, Sr., and a stu-!
dent of Beach-Cuyler high-
sc hool has just returned
an enjoyable summer at the j
Youth Leadership Training j
school held at Paine college.
Master Collins was over the
music department of the youth
conference. He was selected as
the corresponding secretary for
he conference in 1949.
a * Hospital
May Close j
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mt amt lAWPi_Thp threaten-1 finan-:
cial chaos which has \
ed to close the doors of Provi-
dent
Lauderdale, is no nearer a so¬
lution at present than it was
To” ESS|
tCiian ce of the hospital, the
. institution ... would , • , have 1 to shut 1 1.
down.
Last Wednesday, a spec al
committee was appointed by
to make an over-all sur-
vey of the hospital's needs and
t „ s „e study to ,h, facilities j
required for the hospitalization i
«. Ne B ro patleute. Meet
interested in the study is the
coundl 0 f representatives of
e me dlcal profession, hospi-
U1 boards, community chest
r„t.?ir go,em -
Addressing the group
pleading for immediate finan- i
cial aid was Dr. Mizell, who!
said that the hospital could not i
‘(continue operating under the
present setup.” He noted that j
the appropriations received
f rom the city and county and
collections of fees from pat-i- u/
en t s were no t sufficient
cover operation expenses. At
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Continued on Page 5
Rev H. W’• M ur Pju^ Palen Meth-
odist, Rev. J. Del Pino. Ever-
green Baptist, Rev. E. A. Capers;
First Mt. Bethel Baptist, Dea
M. Washington, chairman, board
of deacons; Order of the East-
ern Star Mrs. M. L. Ayers
grand worthy mason; Past Mas-
r'Sr.
sonr y- ® ro - E- C. Blackshear
111 Commander-in-Chief; Omar
Tempir. Nobi.s « the Mystic
shrine Rober, famith, HI. -0
dentate.
Bro S D Bisard, vice chair-
man of the team, will serve as
master of ceremonies.
THURSDAY, JUL'T 8, 1948
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Masonic-Eastern Star Notes
Last week was a glorious one
in Macon for the Eastern
Stars. They were there froir
all parts of the state, and ir
a large number- The demon-
strations were inspiring. The
realization of the same was not
appreciated until time was giv-
en to reflect.
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Macc.i did itself proud in cn- i
tertain such ng the Grand Chapter |
;n a fine way.
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Those who heart! Grand
Master J. W. Dobbs in Macor
last week were thrilled a’.tei
the demonstration of the Queen
of the South. Would that ev :
ery Eastern Star and Mason
could have heard him or seen
the manner in which the Sa¬
vannah sisters performed. They
shou , d bG all 0l)1 . „, uu ,,
Family —-.------, oi 15 — Exists r1 . J
On $400 A Year
MITHFIt-LD, N. C. (ANP—
one more straw will break
the camel's back, what will
three more do? Clinton Ford
36-year-old tenant farmer oi
near Wilson’s Mills, faces that
sort of a problem.
Head of a household of 12
Ford became the proud father
of triplets on June 11, but their
coming posed a big problem—
how io support his now 15
member family on an annua!
net cash income of about $400
B. sides Ford and the triplets,
there is his wife, Mattie
Ford; his wife,s mother,
Sara h McNair, and nine chilci-,
ren - R° bert Earl, 14 months:
*ma Shirley, 2 1-2 years: Daisy
Minnie Bell, 10; Leamon Hen- j
ry, 11 1-2; James Ernest, 13 j
and Clinton Joseph, 15 1-2.
The with’the* triolets in th-’ ordc
««n 4 weghts are:
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uei Winston, 5 1-2, and Samuel
Wells, W P11S. If. 5.
Born at Fremont in Wayne
county, Ford has been a ten¬
ant on the farm of J. E- Wilson
for seven years. He raises 1;
acres of eotton, S 1-2 acres o
tobaceo, 15 acres of corn
some watermelons. The fami- i
ly ,ive s an o. five-room children house
and as many as six
sleep in one room. The new
arrivals are bedded in the same
room with their mother and
grandmother. Last year, after
paying all his bills, Ford had
than $400 cash net income,
Ford has been able to pro-
vide for his family without
any outside help by having a
a garden, a few hogs and
chickens. But with the triplets
added, he dees not know hov;
will be able to manage.
The couple love their child-
ren and seek earnestly to pro-
vide for them a decent living
Ford believes he can still securt
enough food for the familj
from their small garden, but he ]
is wondering where he will be j
able to get money to clothe the
children and to provide such
necessities which the farm does
not produce.
His wife and the children’s
grandmother make all of the
clothes. There is no such thing
as a hand-down of clothing
for each person wears out hi
completely. Shoes are bough
on a rotation system, and each
"hild must wear his shoes un¬
til his turn comes arounc
again.
The young cow which tin.
Fords own does not producr
enough milk |for the family
Burma is one of the world’s newest re¬
publics but not one of its newest nations.
Under British influence since about 1612,
it was administered as part of British
India from 1826, becoming independent in
January 1948. Burma saw some of the
heaviest fighting in the last war. Much of
the country's 262.000 square miles are heavily forested and her ma¬
jor products are teakwood. rice, cotton, minerals and oil. About 70%
of her 17.000.000 people work in agriculture. Its capital is Rangoon
and its representative to the U.N. is U So Nyun, Ambassador to
the U.S.A. Her flag is red with five small white stars surround¬
ing g Urge white one on. a blue canton in the upper left corner.
to enjoy it.
St. John’s Day was well cele¬
brated. The attendance was
large and the prograjn well
carried out. Those The inBbjg sisfers ■arge
deserve credit. lister; of
the Eastern Star showed their
loyalty to the Masons by being
out in large numbers.
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Friday night the Degree
Team will celebrate its , first
anniversary at Mt. Bethel Bap¬
tist church. The team has
shown encouragement to the
churches as well as helped the
sevqral lodges.
The Grand Lodge and Grand
Chapter are over. Both should
unjte in building for the com¬
ing year. Suitable timber must
be secured for the building.
There are two mules on which
Ford is still paying. The five
oldest children attend schbol in
Leamon. James and Clinton
help their father with the
farming-
The triplets were delivered at
the tenant, s nouse-by Dr. B. F.
Yulcs. Mrs. lord lost a lot of
blood and was taken to Duke
hospital in Durhm for seven
transfusions. she has r.tuni-
ed nome, out the grandmother
must lock after the triplets and
uj most oi me house work until
i 0 completely well again,
The new trips sle-p together
. The
;u a large crio. house is
always beside the bao.es ,dow¬
ov - r . to keep the fiies away
wh.on niva^ab.y ccnu m wne.i
Lhe dor is opened by vistors or
other children
rord l5 , ull of praisc Wr hls
IanrlWH landlord. He said cairf w.uGA Wil&M was
one of the best men I have
ever worked for. When the
inplets were born, Mr. and Mrs.
Alice Johnson (daughter and
son-in-law ofWlsom, brought
» Icebos full of Ice andJome
bab, clothes.-
ncij. .. He H miik . a,s0 . . sa company . “L . lhal ... •JHfe*. was making
arrangements to furnish ^ nuik
for the triplets for one year.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The Savannah pi
Tribune
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JULY 2, 1898 y
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28th Annual Communication
of the Masonic Grand £odge
met last week at Americus
Cornerstone of the WidowS and
Orphans Home laid by fraud
Master W E. Terry. Grand
Tyi er and Grand Secretary only
ones surviving.
Mrs. L. B. Maxwell and little
Louise, May, and Leigh,4 left
Tuesday night for Decatu#,’ Ga.
their future home.
Commencement exercises of
McKane Training School for
Nurses took place at St. Philip
AME church, Charles street,
took place Monday afternoon
Addresses by Mayor Mffldrim
ind Dr. T. Jas. Davis.