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POUR HJif fmmtmali 8Hhttif Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX IOL, C. JOHNSON Editor and Publisher ... J. H. Butler ----—. - Asso. Editor MISS W.TLLA M, AYE HS, Asst, to Pub. A Manager Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone. Dial 5338 Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ___________ $2 50 Six Months ---- —$1.50 Remittance must be made by Express, Post office Money Order or Registered Mail. "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, ■■ ■ » . ■' — . 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 . £. d , fV , ^es, of”:, i thenthe d t f_\ h?i nnintoe pointed ^° ya Arch h anri and 0 ier hlth h or ™ ~ ( 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.