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age four THE SAV AN N AH T R l B U N E Established 1875 J H DKVEAUX fiOL C. JOHNSON........Editor and Publiahc.- J. H BUTLER-..................... Asso. Editor MISS WILLA M. AYERS, Asst, to Pub. & Manager Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROALi STREET Telephone. Dial 5338 Subscription Rate In Advance One Year _____________ 52.50 8lx Months _____________ $1,5 0__ _ Remittance must be made by Express, Po” Office Money Order or Registered Mall Bntered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Art o' March 3. '879 National Advertising Representative: Associated Publishers, Inc. 562 Fifth Avenue New York 19, New York 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 ScLt,,. z tFASTSTB? £ This *3? tS, ! 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 . ' § J | m ' ' §j[ 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 rr .« 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 « « . .ill "as ^ serves fc 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 | ( 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 ! 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 j 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 I 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 . 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. .- | Macc.i did itself proud in cn- i tertain such ng the Grand Chapter | ;n a fine way. 1 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: >-» !*■: 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. .- 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. ■ FIFTY YEARS AGO Files of The Savannah pi Tribune __ JULY 2, 1898 y -j 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.