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"He who does not guard his fellow’s se¬
curity is diligently engaged only in the
destruction of his own.”—Abraham Lincoln
“To perpetuate the principles of free
government, insure justice to all, preserve
peace, promote the interest and happiness
of the citizen, and transmit to posterity
the enjoyment of liberty, we, the people of
Georgia, relying upon the protection and
guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and
establish this Constitution.”—Preamble of
the Constitution of Georgia.
RACIAL SUICIDE
The spectacle of Negro partisans, with
Questionable zeal and without regard ioi
the issues at stake inveighing against
other Negro leaders, is.distressing and un¬
necessary. This sort of thing took phvc<
during the campaign of 1946, and it is <>ui
hope that there will be no repetition of it
in the present campaign. >!t would have
been bad enough even if there had been
Negro candidates running. Mr. ■) M.
Gaynor calls it mud-slinging in his letter to
the Morning News. It is that and more.
It is an eifort to discredit and destroy Ne¬
gro leadership. And why? What incen¬
tives could there be? What purpose does
it serve to kill off our leaders?
We are certain that the thing we aru
complaining about helped neither the pai l
in whose behalf the attacks upon our
leaders were made, nor did it increase tin
esteem in which the attackers were held.
It did leave an unpleasant memory in the
minds of many people who express regret
that some of our ministers were involved;
and who need little encouragement to take
no part in the coming primary. behavior does
We repeat, this sort of
two things; it lessens the respect other peo¬
ple have for us and our leaders, and it pro¬
motes ill will and indifference among the
rank and file of our citizens.
PLATFORM — CANDIDATE
These words have been used a great deal
during the past two months. 1 hey have 1
been over-worked, and we shall be hearing
them a plenty during the rest of this year.
Platform is a very common word, and
everybody knows what a platform is It
is a floor or surface above the adjacent
area. The floor consists of a number of
planks. The platform is a position or
stage from which individuals or candidates
announce the principles they believe in,
and by which they live and work. It is not
difficult to see how the platform, the ma¬
terial from which principles were principles announc¬
ed, came to be translated into the
themselves. The term or word is used to
designate the purposes and principles to
which individuals and parties pledge them¬
selves. The use of platform in this sense
was first used in 1848, and the use oi
"plank” to designate the various items or
elements which make up the platform also
dates from 1848. It is interesting to note
that platforms are employed not only to
make known what a party stands lor, but
also to conceal what it stands for. Too
often platforms have been mere promises
to attract supporters, which are not always
carried out after elections. As a standard
by which to measure a candidate, the plat¬
form has uncertain value.
The word candidate has an equally in¬
teresting history. It is derived from
'“candidatus,” a term applied to office seek¬
ers of ancient Rome, and denoted that a
person seeking office was of clean char¬
acter because he wore a white robe or toga,
and was therefore fit to hold office. The
meaning of the word has so far fallen from
its original signification that any office
seeker, however unfit, is a candidate, a wolf
in sheep’s clothing. We are hearing a
great deal about platforms and candidates,
and shall hear more, in these piping days
of campaigns, both local, and state, as well
as national.
“THE NEGRO: NORTH AND SOUTH”
The above is the title of an editorial
from the Newark Telegram, written by
Mr. Davis Lee. It occurs to us that a per¬
son by that name was a resident of Savan¬
nah some years ago, and was editor of
The Savannah Journal- Besides making it
very uncomfortable for a number of Savan¬
nah’s citizens, he was alleged to have fa¬
bricated a lynching story which The Tribune
6ort to verify but without success. Pretty
soon after this our Mr. Lee left for other
parts. We de not agree with much of
what Mr. Davis Lee of the Newark Tele¬
gram says in the article referred to above.
We do not agree with what his attitude ap¬
pears to be. One of his peaves seems to
be “the Negro -leader in downtown New
York . . . and the Negro Press.” If he
knows anything about the South, he knows
that very few stories about the South oc-
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post
Office at Savannah, Ga. under the Act
March 3, 1879
National Advertising Representative:
Associated Publishers
562 Fifth Avenue
New York 19, New York
curring in Negro Newspapers, outside oi
Newark, are not distorted. Localise “the
racial lines in the bouth are clearly drawn
and defined,” and because he has been de¬
nied service in several places in New Jersey
“where they have a civil rights law,” are
not justification for advising Negroes, by
implication, to be satisfied with anything
short of lull citizenship. We believe we
know “the attitude of the Southerners to¬
ward our race” better than Mr. Lee does,
and we consider his defense of their atti¬
tude gratuitous. This article could not
have- come, at a more opportune tiipe for
the DixiecraL In fact, the similarity of
his language to theirs is marked. The fol¬
lowing sentence is typical; “No section of
the country has made more progress in
finding a workable solution to the Negro
problem than the South.” We think Mr.
Lie should have been specific and should
have pointed out what the workable solu¬
tion is.
“1 have pointed out in dozens this of edito-j
rials that the white people of country
an- not only our friends, but they want to
Bee us get ahead as a race.” How does
he reconcile with this statement, his com¬
plaint against New Jersey and New York?
How does he reconcile with it the efforts
to purge Negro voters, inequalities in edu¬
cation, and numerous injustices and indig¬
nities Negroes suffer in the South?
Unless things have changed greatly in
one year, Negroes have become members
of boards of education, assistant district
attorneys, freeholders, city policemen, and
Negro children attend some high schools
in New Jersey. We live in the South and
v>e know its weaknesses. We know what
changes are other taking changes place, and will we know why.) We
We believe come.
believe other changes will come. We are
proud of the fact that we have the oppor¬
tunity to help the South make the progress
Mr. jJ ;e can only talk about from a dis-
;:tnce. We'do not want to see anything
rammed down the throat of the South, and j
we propose a way to prevent it: abolish
the poll tax in states where it exists; en¬
act anti-lynch laws with' teeth in them;
end remove differentials in wages and sal¬
aries of people who do the same work.
We know’ that some of the changes and
progress made in the South did not come 1
Negroes) ,
voluntarily. They came because
resorted to the U. S. Supreme Court and i
other Federal courts to secure them. This-
has been true especially in instances where j
the white primary and equal salaries were
involved. 1
We are satisfied to remain in the South
und potentialities help it achieve which the lie fulfillment in its human of and the |
natural and evidently Mr. Lee is j I
resources,
satisfied to remain in New Jersey where
opportunities for Negroes to succeed are
so definitely limited.
WHIC If REMINDS US
Negro Policemen’s Work
In Atlanta Is Lauded
Editor, The Journal: I wish to call
your attention to the fine work being
done by the Negro policemen here.
They are doing a magnificent job in
decreasing crime and loitering in their
districts.
The people of Atlanta and Georgia
should be very proud of this new addi¬
tion to the police force of the citv.
JOHN W. GIBBS
Atlanta
The above excerpt taken from The Atlan-
ta Journal’s Lottos to the Editor, reminds
us that wo here have several Negro oft i-
tirs on the police force, to be exact doz-
tn of them, and after reading the praise-
worthy comment of this Atlanta citizen it
has put Us to wondering whether or not
we have not been remiss in failing to com-
mend our men for the excellent way they
have deported themselves since they’ve
been wearing their police uniforms. Nine
of them have now been on the force for
fifteen months and the other three have
seen service a little more than three months,
They broke the ice in Georgia for they
were the first Negro police officers to
serve in this state since the turn of the
century. In their pioneering work they
have taken their work in stride and have
done a most commendable job. They
have gone about their tasks without osten-
t 5 .q., n t, LX h? ,, £ judgment • j ,
I L1HH a 111 * 11 ledu ll0n
*
ot crime n their districts- ,. And , to then-
superiors in the police department we want
o gne a woru ot piaise. lne\ have hand-
ltd then nev charges with consideration,
tact ar.d a kindly understanding. Without
a kindlv attitude trom the men above, these
patrolmen could never have attained the
degree of efficiency which they have reach-
ed.
_
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
THE LABOR VIEW
BY GEORGE F. AfcCR/ 7 FOR ANP
Insofar as Negro rights are concerned it
will net matter much whether Wallace,
Dewey or Truman wins the presidential
election in November. The Progressives, the
Republicans, and the Democrats are strong¬
ly in favor of fuller recognition of American
Negro citizenship. Only the Dixiecrats are
fighting for segregation and white suprem¬
acy, and their candidate, Gov. Thurmond of
South Carolina, has publicly stated he is net
only interested in fuller citizenship rights
lor Negroes, but that he is not particularly
interested in white supremacy. Yes, it real¬
ly is hard 10 believe. It seems we have al¬
ready won the election now that Mr. Tru¬
man has taken steps to outlaw discrimination
in government employment and in the arm¬
ed services.
There are several reasons why we are
doing so well in politics in 1948. The crecf.t
is largely due to the mass foresight of the
Negro worker . . . And not to our timid com¬
promising politicians.
For over 30 years w e have been moving
steadily into northern industrial areas where
we have fought and won a place for our¬
selves in highly competitive and individual¬
istic industry.
Secondly, we have overcome our fear of
the trade union movement and support the
CIO and the AFL openly and heartily- Tins
single move has brought to our side as com¬
rades in arms literally millions of white
workers whose leaders back up our demands
— --------——,
THE ROAD TO HEALTH
(B John B HalK Sr-> M
Boston, for AN!*)
“You probably think I am
to call you in,” Mrs. An-
apologized, "but now
that it’s summer, im
of infantile paralysis. When
June said her neck felt stiff, I
lost no time in phoning you."
“On the contrary, Mrs
derson, you did the right thing,”
1 told her. “The child has
nothing seriou.s but a stiff neck
is a frequent sympton in
fantile paralysis- We'll relieve
that neck and don’t worry
about it.”
I could understand how Mrs.
,elt whe "
ed her f ores f g ht in’sending for
J pro mpUv ?Jtile when she
pect d in paralysis
ca n e( i poliomyelitis, or just
simlpy “polio.”. Like all moth-
Prs , she dreaded the thought
that her child might have this
disease and be left a cripple,
Although we still have
known specific cure for polio,
prompt treatment under medi-
cal advice can prevent or make
less serious the crippling that
polio sometimes causes.
Man y P e op!e think that po-
lio means th e person who gets
if wiU a l wa >’ s be crippled, but
thatls not £0 More than halt
those attacked b ? the disease
nev resuffer weakened muscles
or paralysis. And among those
whose muscles are paralyzed,
more than half recover wlthout
serious cripP iing.
June’s mother wanted to
know June couldn’t be given
some shots to keep her from
getting polio I told her no
but that while we do not have
a vaccine against polio like we
do against smallpox, diptheria
Several million of us live in northern in¬
dustrial areas like Chicago, New York, Phil¬
adelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland. Our
votes in these areas would mean far less if
it were not for the fact that we are among
the most independent groups of voters in the
country. That fact will surprise many peo¬
ple, but expert opinion examiners have
shown that the Negro vote will shirt from
party to party depending upen men and is¬
sues. Of late we have been threatening to
take a walk with Henry Wallace unless the
Republicans and the Democrats gave real
evidence of a willingness to do something
about civil rights.
But we might as well face the fact that
we have stirred up a hornet’s nest of trou¬
bles. For our victories against restrictive
covenants, segregation in interstate trans¬
portation, white primaries, discriminatory
State schools, armed forces segregation, dis¬
crimination in federal employment, and fi¬
nally, our victory over the south on the civil
rights Issue in the National Democratic con¬
vention—-for all of these things we shall pay
a very dear price.
We shall be the victims of more massa¬
cres, shootings, beatings and other forms of
brutality. Our people to a far greater ex
tent will be terrorized by cowardly hooded
mobs and the weak amongst us might won-
der if we have been wise in demanding full
recognition of our citizenship and of
contribution to the development of America-
But come what may, we shall stand against
the storm.
whooping cough, there are
a few precautions parents can
lake for a child's, motection in
a community where cases are
occurring.
children who have
so hard they are all
j tired out are more form likely to get
the paralyzed of the dis-
ease than those who have not
been allowed to get exhausted
I and have plenty of rest- We
also know that sudden chili
weakens a person’s resistance
the disease: So it is unwise
to stay in cold water too long
| to plunge into icy water
[after or
| being in the hot sun.
Swimming in dirty or polluted
is always danserous.
munity. doctors advise
tonsil and adenoid opera-
because children may be
more susceptible to a serious
form of polio infection at the
[time ’ these of operations. and for a During while after such
i an epidemic, it is also sensible
keep children out of crowds
land away from any sick child
jeven has “only if it is cold.” thought the child
a
j Personal clearness and
clean homes are always impor-
tant. All food should be pro-
i tected from fliec. Garbage
(should be kept covered both in
the home or in the yard or
street ------ before ------- it - is collected
.Washing the hands before eat-
mg means that there is less
chance that germs will be car-
ned into the mouth
Any parent who has the
slightest suspicion of polio in
sick child should call the doc-
tor at once. Among the first
symptoms are headache, fever.
upset stomach or a cold. The
child should be put in bed in a
room by himself and be kept as
qu;et as possible The most
thing, however, is
consult the doctor without de-
If you want more information
cn infantile paralysis, 1 ask youi
Y or get in touch
'
with your i oca i chapter of the
National Foundation for Infan-
tile paralysis or wr..e the na¬
tional office of the founda-ion,
120 Broadway, New York 5, N
Y -
(This article is co-sponsored
by the National Medical Asso¬
ciation and the National Tu¬
berculosis Association in the
interest of better health of the
people.)
I -
! LUL rt\r< t IVIeet nil
10
fa York StK Hall
The Citizens Democratic club,
precinct No. 1, will meet Fri-
street hall in West Savannah,
AH citizens and the public are
to »«end. from 8 to 9
m. J. Jackson is
] and Mrs. Lillian Hill,
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
JULY 9, 1898
AUGUST 6. 1898
j Eighteenth annual session nf
the Grand United Order of O
j F. to be held in this city Aug
9, 1898
i^^; ^ nckl ® a ^ Treet dTl jdker formed 10 a
Brvan Sty
Dr. M E- resigned as
of St Augustine church
London Echo inserted
Maxwell^formeriw
pas tor of First Concregatinnal
church, this city. Rev. Max-
was visiting London,
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Masonic-Eastern Star Notes
---------------L",----- -----
The 47th annual session of
the Imperial Council, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine will be
held in St. Louis, Mo., begin¬
ning August 14. The divan will
convene Saturday- Memorial
services Sunday night at 8
o’clock in charge of Imperial
, r i, p r i ps t a nri Prophet Charles
E. Stewart with special mus.e
Marracci Persion and Bishop
Plummers, cnanters. The fea-
ture of the evening will be the
guest soloist. Miss Mattiwilda j
Dobbs, of Atlanta. The public
exercises will be Monday night;
other features during the week,
The Daughters of Isis will be in
session also.
The International session oi >
will hold forth. 1
Eastern stars '
Grand Mary L, Ayers
Petition For Incorporation r
GEORGIA '
STATE OF
COUNTY OF CHATHAM
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF >-AiD COUNTY AND TO
THE HONORABLE DAVID S-
ATKINSON, JUDGE OF SAID
COURT.
The application of DR. H. M
COLLJER JR-, DR. EDWARC
J. SMITH, DR. M. P. SESSOMS,
DR. S. M. McDEW, JR., DR. S
M. MCDEW. SR., DR N. H. CJL
LIE t. CARL KEMP, ULY SE'
ELLEBY PROFESSOR JAMEt
A. COLSTON, and DR. J E
FONVIELLE respectfully shows:
1. Petitioners desire to
themselves, their associates
successors, and assigns, to be
incorporated under the laws oi
the State of Georgia, under the
name and style of “DOCOCELT
CCRPCRAT-ON” for a term
thirty-five (35) years, with the
or.v.lege of renewal at the ex
piration of said term as provid-
-ci by law.
2. The object of said corpor
ation shall be pecuniary gain
and profit to its stockholders
3. The general nature oi the
business to be engaged in by
said corporation shall be:
(a) to purchase or other¬
wise acquire, own, hold, con¬
vey, subdivide, improve, devel¬
op. sell, assign, transfer, lease
mortgage, pledge, exchange, or
otherwise dispose of and deal
I in real estate and persona)
property of every kind and de¬
scription both within and
vithout the State of Georgia
and to do all things ordinarily
done by real estate and or de¬
velopment companies without
i mitation of the general pow¬
ers vested in corporations un of
rier the laws of the State
Georgia.
(b) to do a general con¬
tracting business and to deal in
building supplies of every kinc
and character.
(c) to own and operate
conduct and manage, either as
principal or agent, and wheth¬
er or not owned by the corpor¬
ation, every and all kinds of
stores, both retail and whole
i sale, and lawful every business kind and ai'
1 kinds of mer
antile or commercial establish
ment, endeavor, or enterprise,
(di to take security deeds o:
,
j real
| esiflte or personal property
anc j to do all things ineidenta
nr pertinent to the building
j j ^“2 handling of, and dealing bu?- in
| er or seller of real estate.
j (c) to carry on a general in¬
surance agency business, '
eluding the writing of tire, tor-
nado, or any other kind of in-
-.urance as agent for insurance
companies, and to do all acts
and things which may be ne-
■pv.. a rv nr incidental to a gen¬
eral insurance business agen-
to lend money on real
estate or personal property and
mi other forms of security
taking notes, bonds, or othe
obligations therefor, with
without endorsement, and se-
cured by mortgage, bill of sale,
bill of sale to secure debt,
curity deed, endorsement, or
Ihe right to sell or transfer any
other form of security, with
or all of said security held or
received bv it, with or without
endorsement or guaranty; to
engage in the real estate loan
business, either as principal or
agent, and to do a general real
estate, insurance, and loan
business, or needful and neces-
rary in developing real estate
owned by it or for others.
(g) to borrow money and to
secure the payment or the same
j deeds wise; to to "secure issue notes, debt, bonds, or other de-
; 0 ”oth^evWenL^oi
indebtedness, and to secure the
same by Mortgages, Deeds to
Secure Debt, Deed of Trust, or
otherwise, or by pledge of per-
srwqi property or chooses-in-
action-
ih> to enter into contracts
of guaranty or surety or part¬
nership with any person, firm
or corporation.
(il to have full power tc
conduct and carry on said bus¬
inesses and to have all of the
powers and enjoy all of the
nrivilee-es enumerated in Sec¬
tion 22-1827 and Section 22-
1870 of the Code of Georgia
and all of the other
and privileges enumerated in
Chapters 2218 and 2219 of said
Code, and all of tne powers and
privileges enumerated
are made a part hereof by ref-
er'ence thereto.
4. This corporation will
gin business witn a capita’
of S10.000 00 fully paid in. and
f he stock of the corporation
shall consist of lhOO shares o f
common stock of the par value
of $10 00 each.
That said corporation be au
thonzed from time to tune by
majority vote of its stockhold-
THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1948
and a number of ladiqs repre-
seating Georgia will be pres-
t
Mrs. Jennie Wright will rep¬
resent Omar Court, Daughters
of Isis. Several of the daugh¬
ters from Savannah jwm be
present. f \
Illustrious Potentate Robert
11 d U h * 1
toa y a "“ a
* & P“ ial j al car from saturcilv Gpor „.
* 1 1 ^ Atlanta Atla a at
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Grand Master John Wesley
Dobbs will lead Georgia, es-
pecially as Imperial Deputy of
the- state._
10 increase its La P ital «*«*
to any amount not exceed n;
$50,000, and similarly to reduce
its capital stock, not, however
That below the said original $10,000.00.’
par value of any ad¬
ditional stock shall be $1J00
per share, such additional
>-ock may be common or pre¬
ferred, or both, any preferred
stock to have such rights, vot¬
ing power, dividend rate, and
juier privileges ana restrictions
as shall be defined in the res¬
olutions of the stockholders
authorizing the same.
That said corporation be au¬
thorized to accept in payment
for its capital stock, both th:
original and any subsequent
issues, money, services, or prop¬
erty, real and personal, at such
valuation as the Board of Di¬
rectors shall approve.
5. That the time for which
aid corporation shall have ex¬
istence shall be thirty-tivs
(35) years.
6. That the principal office
of said corporation shall be in
Jhatham County, Georgia.
7. That the name and pos;,
office address of each of the
applicants for the charter are:
H. M. Collier, Jr , M D., 705
West Broad St., Savannah
Georgia. B
Edwa. ,
d J. Smith, M. D., 723
West - Broad St., Savannah.
Georgia.
M. P. Sessoms, M. D., 54f, East
Gwinnett, Savannah, Georgia.
S. M. McDew, Jr., M-D . 719
West Broad Street, Savannah
Georgia.
Carl Kemp, 407 West Hall St.,
Savannah, Georgia.
S. M. McDew, M. D, 719 West
B rr, ad Ft Snvann r >h, Georgia
Ulysses Elleby, 907 1-2 West
Broad St , Savannah, Georgia.
J. E. Fonvielle, Phar. D, 719
West Broad Street, St, Savan¬
nah, Georgia.
N. H. Collier, D. D. S., 705
West Broad Street, Savannah
Georgia. James Colston, State ^
A. Prof,.
College Branch, Savannah
Georgia.
8 That said corporation be
authorized to have, enjoy, use
ind employ any and ell of the
powers incident to corporations
of this class prescribed by the
laws of Georgia now in lores
and as may hereafter be
macted
9. Petitioners present here¬
with a certificate from the
Secretary of State for the State
of Georgia declaring that the
name of this proposed corpor-
11 inn is not the name of any
other existing corporation reg¬
istered in the records of the
said Secretary of State. .
WHERE FORE, petitioners
Dray that they, their associ¬
ates, successors and assigns be
incorporated as aforesaid with
the name, for the purposes, tor
the term and with the caoitai rights,
powers, privileges and
stock hereinabove set forth or
referred to and that this Hon¬
orable Court grant an order
declaring this application grant-
ed.
JOSEPH M- OLIVER
EMANUEL JAVETZ
Attorneys for Petitioners
IN RE- Annlication for
Incorporation
of
“DOCOCELT CORPORATION ’
The foregoing apnlication of
DR. h. M. COLLIER, JR., DR.
EDWARD J. SMITH, DR. M. P
SESSOMS, DR. S. M McDFAV.
JR., DR. S. M. Mr.DEW, SR,
DR. N. H. COLLIER CART,
KEMP, ULYSSES ELLEBY
PROFESSOR JAMES A. COL¬
STON anc DR. J. E. FON-
VTFLLE. to be incorporated
under the name and stvle of
“DOCOCELT CORPORATION”
having been read and consid¬
ered, and it appearing that the
said application is legitimately
within thp purview and inten¬
tion of the laws of Georgia
applicable thereto, and that all
of the said laws have b°en
complied with, including the
presentation of a certificate
f rnm the Secretary of State of
Georgia. hereby
It is considered, or¬
dered adjudged, and decreed
that the said application be.
and the same is hereby grant¬
ed, and that petitioners, their
associates, successors and as¬
signs be, and they are hereby
incorporated as a body politic
under the laws of the State of
term, Georgia for with the the purpose, name, and for with. the^
[all of the rights, powers, privi-
e<res md capital stock set forth
or referred to in said applica-
.tion.
Done and ordered in Open
e’nnrt this 22nd day of July,
11948.
j d S. ATKINSON.
JUDGE. SUPERTOR COURT,
E. J. C. OF GEORGIA
A true copy of the original ap-
plication and order of the
court thereon filed in this
j office on July 22. 1948.
JOHN R. FAWCETT
£>e P clerk of the Superior
i court oi Chatham County,
I Georgia.