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“When tho Greeks Mere a wild jteople,
the Egyptians had (great buildings, state
government, elaborate religion, writing,
mathematics, and surveying. When
the Greeks were carving statues and
writing great philosophies, the North
Europeans were living in caves.”
TOST MORTEM
Everybody knows now wfcy one par¬
ty lost and the other won in the primary
election. This mistake was made. This .
strategy was wrong. If this had been
done we would have had a larger ma¬
jority, or our side would have won.
The winners are jubilant, naturally,
and have been profuse in their expres¬
sions of gratitude to those who support¬
ed them. The losers too have shown
good sportsmanship. r i hey have con¬
gratulated the winners and pledged their
cooperation. When the charges and
counter-charges of a few days ago are
recalled, it is not difficult to suspect
that some of those expressions of grat-
titude and congratulations are merely
perfunctory. This is especially the feel¬
ing of the novice and the citizen who
all along has thought of politics as a
really dirty business. They can not un¬
derstand how men can make such charg¬
es as were made against each other
without being guilty of libel, or il they
are not thus guilty, then there is hardly
such a thing as decency in government.
That all things, trickery, scheming, false
statements, are fair in politics is defin¬
itely disillusioning to the novice. One
man can sell himself and his influence
for a sum of money and retain his re¬
spectability. He is a shrewd politician.
Big Business can subsidize an entire
partv; it can make a statesman, a de¬
fender of the rights and the liberties
of the people, out a candidate of easy
conscience. This happens in spite of
the law which limits the amount of
monev a candidate can spend in a cam¬
paign. The interests and record of
many a public servant ( ?) are determined
bv the wishes of Rig Business. The
“dear pee-pul” who yell themseives
hoarse and commit mayhem are whipped
into frenzies of allegiance by venal pol¬
iticians whose ears are tuned to metallic
sound and whose eyes see green. Quim-
by Melton, Jr., in Griffin Daily News,
has this to say. It fits in here:
“Where does the money come from?
That’s easy. The big corporations.and
selfish interests put it up. The candi¬
dates pose as the friends of the little
‘man but their palms are greased. The
ironic part of the whole affair is that
in Georgia politics several large corpora¬
tions often support two or more candi¬
dates for the same job. This is done bv
two executives of the same company
each supporting a separate candidate.
One of the candidates is bound to be
elected, so whichever it is the corpora¬
tion has a friend in the governor’s chair.
It’s as simple as that.
“The unfortunate thing about the dir¬
ty picture is that the people of Georgia
suffer. State finances suffer and the
people suffer because they never have
the type of leadership they deserve.”
This sort of thing reaches down into the
precinct and does comparable damage
on that level to the effort to secure de¬
cency in government.
Furthermore, there were the usual
double-crosses. According to reliable
informants, some of the so-called leaders
shook down first one faction and then
another. But this is politics, and so is
the sound truck, the newest nuisance,
which vended misinformation and oth¬
erwise offended public order. One truck
invited voters to support his party be¬
cause “it would bring back boledo. etc.”
Another engaged in the vicious past¬
time of jeering Negro policemen. These
instances are minor, perhaps, but they
also indicate what things happen in pol¬
itics.
TWO SIDES OF THE QUESTION
We note [two directly opposite reac¬
tions to election results of two of our
“esteemed contemporaries.” One, The
Herald, exults because of the support
Negro voters gave the CC’DC. and the
other. The Savannah Morning News, ex¬
presses itself thus: “It is notable that
the Negro voters in Chatham cast their
ballots as a bloc. They could have done
nothing more harmful to their own
group’s interest. Wednesday’s election re¬
sults ought to be a dramatic l»sson to them
that it is illogical and ill-advised “and,
yes, undemocratic, to vote in a bloc, un¬
der any circumstances. To put all one's
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political eggs in one basket is to place
the bloc voters entirely on the outside,
without any future voice u hatsoever in
governmental affairs save, that which
may be voluntarily given them by the
victors.” The Morning News may he
expressing the sentiments of the victo¬
rious party, but there is evidence that
no groups worked harder, at the cost of
friendships and what not, than the Ne¬
groes who espoused the cause of candi¬
dates of two parties, especially of the
CCD(V. Certainly their efforts were
sufficient to dispute the accusation that
Negroes voted in a bloc., and they de¬
serve no more to feel the vengeance of
the victors than others of the defeated
groups. The victors become the ser¬
vants and representatives of all the
people without regard to their political
affiliation. We believe the pledges of
the victorious party to be fair and just
to all people will be kept.
We congratulate the victors and pledge
our hearty cooperation in whatever
way we can be of service.
A REAL TEST
Three years ago under the impetus of
several factors—tho abolition of the
poll tax, U. S. Court decisions in the
Primus King case, and U. S. Supreme
Court decisions as to the white Pri¬
mary—Negro citizens increased their
registration to 19,900. This was an
outstanding achievement that brought
results of which many Savannahians are
proud. Our city received nation-wide
notice.
Dr. Luther Jackson pays tribute m
the following statement:
“For the efficiency and high moral
tone of its leadership for the num¬
ber of Negroes per capita qualified
to ‘vote, and for benefits received
from participation in elections, the
city of the South which leads all
others is not Richmond, Virginia,
or Nashville, Tennessee, but Savan¬
nah, Georgia. In this city of
southeast Georgia among a voting
population of 45,000 there are 20,000
qualified Negro voters, most of whom
have been qualified since 1944 . .
In 1946 an unusually large number
voted in the election, but in no election
since then have more than 50 per cent
of them voted. Probably a few more ThiR
voted tin the recent iprimary.
means that at least 50 per cent of those
who registered in 1946, have run the
risk of having to re-register, because
our Georgia law provides that “ failure
to vote in two general elections in a
row” means that one will have to re¬
register before he can vote again
We wonder if it is not a test of lead¬
ership to mobilize these indifferent vot¬
ers rather than to harangue them in
favor of the candidates of one or the
other party. Would it not be a better
test of interest in the “welfare of the
people?” Of course there wouldn’t be
any hand—out for such service, nobody
to shake down. last
A glance at the returns in the
election will reveal that perhaps a little
over 50 per cent of 20,000 Negroes
voted. This means that the leaders
can not become too complacent. It is
one thing to have a large number on
the books, but it is a different and more
serious thing that only ‘few of them
vote. At its peak scarcely more than
65 percent of the qualified voters go to
the polls in any election. To get a
sizeable number of voters to vote means
that every qualified person must be
placed on the registration lists. This
will in a measure make up for the in¬
different voter who is willing “to let
George do it.”
Where are the leaders who will ac¬
cept these jobs: getting out the vote
and further increasing the number on
the registration list? Will the leaders
of the little mushroom-like factions of
a few days ago put some of the same
zeal into these jobs as they put into as¬
sailing each other, waving red flags,
and confusing the people?
These, are the things which pose the
real test to leadership.
The burning of crosses, tho placing
of coffins on the porches of Negroes on
the eve of election, the assaulting of a
substantial Negro citizen at Calhoun, S.
C„ and the killing of a Negro voter near
Mt. Vernon, Georgia, are the ways in
which some “state’s righters” support
their argument that the states should
be left alone to handle the matter of
civil rights in their own way. * * f
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BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP
VACATION REFLECTIONS
Mv nene too re3tful vacation is ended
and so ends this vacation silence- It is fer¬
vently to be hoped that the patient readers
of this column have enjoyed a well-de¬
served respite, and are ready to resume with
me the tortuous trail of dramatic events.
In the first place my vacation was spent in
the poorest cf poor ways to spend a vaca¬
tion, that is, running around. In early Aug¬
ust I Hit Richmond for New York city, de¬
termined to see the far-famed Jackie Rob¬
inson in action- Arrived in New York at
eight in the morning and at eight fn the
evening I was seated comfortably in a ring¬
side seat in Ebbets field, Brooklyn,
Jackie obliged me with a home run in
his second appearance at bat. In a moment
I lived through fifty years as I saw 33,000
rabid fans cheer Jackie to the echo. It was
indeed inspiring to see a Negro playing to
perfection a white man’s game, a game many
said he could not, and never would play. In
the game I saw Jackie make one of the
most difficult plays in baseball, running
with back to plate and catching over his
shoulder what everybody had labeled a sure
hit, a Texas leaguer. The next afternoon I
betook myself 'to the Polo grounds and saw-
the Giants and Pirates tussle over one ol
the critical games of the afterrpen. Thera
was a great crowd but no. color- The game
lacked the color that only a Negro player
can give. Negroes are adding more to the
game than the mere persons of Negro play¬
ers- There is something stirring about see¬
ing a Negro play big league baseball- Even
the mounting gate receipts do not tell the
whole story. around
When I saw Jackie hustling sec¬
ond bass and saw Campanella generaling
the team from behind the plate, I saw more
than baseball. I saw the rising of a race
against dreadful odds into the sphere of lull
citizenship. The world cannot be much long¬
foolPtl into believing that a Negro can. be
er gridiron and
a hero on ihe diamond and
cinder path but a goat when the shouting
is over Such reasoning cannot much long¬
sense to an intelligent world- If
THE |
MANY ATTEND
HARRIS MEMORIAL
SERVICES
Memorial services to Dr- Wil¬
liam A Harris, who died July
21, wt re largely at termed on
Thursday, September 9, 5:30 p.
m., at Charity hospital. Dr.
Harris had served as supeUn-
tondent at the hospital up to
the time of his death-
The audience was composed
of the Board of Trustees, hos¬
pital staff. Hospital Auxiliary
and Charity Hospital Execu¬
tive .Board and many friends.
Those present representing
the executive board were Mrs.
Julian Hartridge. Mr and Mrs
Allen Crawford, and of the
consulting staff was Dr. L. B.
Dunn} follows:
The program was as
Invocation, Rev. E. N. Bunn
Selection. Charity Hospital
chorus' ot
Dr Harris as a Trustee
Charity Hospital, E. C. Black-
shear. ‘
Dr. Harris as a Citizen, J. S.
Delaware. Hospital
Selection. Charity
Chorus-
Dr. Harris as a Physician, Dr.
E. J- Smith.
Resolutions, Miss C. Emma
Lewis.
Benediction, Rev A C Curt-
right. tele¬
Messages, letters and
grams from Dr. J. K. Train, Dr.
we can go on producing scholars and busi-
ness men and professionals with a whole¬
some number of Jackies, Joes, Satchels,
Dobeys, and Buddy Youngs, et al, the doors
cf full fledged citizenship will surely swing
back upon their hinges-
After New York I sped to Detroit an/d
moved about town incognito. Let us not be
fooled, there is more in Detroit, and to De¬
troit, than riot potentials. The State Right-
ers and their defenders make much of the
great interracial tensions to be found in
Detroit. They speak but shortly before they
hark back to the Detroit riots They make
no mention, however, of the economic in¬
tegration of the Negro that is taking place,
however slowly it may appear.
These Dlxieerats tell us nothing about
the Negro bus and trolley drivers who by
hundreds are carrying on the finest trans-
portational traditions. Detroit Negroes are
going places and memories of the riot must
iyit blind us to this stubborn fact- From
Detroit back to Richmond aqd to Columbia,
S. C., to spend a few days with Dr. J. G
Stuart.-a kinsman, at his beautiful country
home, “The Pines,” on the western outskirts
of Columbia- Under the aegis of Mrs. Stuart,
an accomplished hostess, life in '“The Pines”
is a dream come true.
The political atmosphere in and about
Columbia is so thick that it can be cut with
a knife, figuratively speaking. South Caro¬
lyn is the place where recently more than
30,000 Negroes voted in the primaries that
for 50 years or more have been closed to
Negroes. When these Negroes voted, nothing
happened, of course, but the opening of the
political eyes of both whites and Negroes.
In a state where Negro voting was supposed
to be the spark that would set off a con¬
flagration of murder and bloodshed and riot¬
ing between whites and Negroes, only one
case of intimidation and violence was re¬
ported- Even South Carolina is not as bad
as Governor Strom Thurmond’s Dixiecrat
presidential pretensions would suggest- The
train of progress in the south is moving off
whether or i^ot the Dix’ecrats care to get
aboard is a matter that will not- in the fu¬
,
ture become momentous.
J. R Broderick, E- A Dutton,
chairman, executive board, and
Dr. C. A. Henderson, health of-
ficer, were read during the ser-
v i ces I
SPECIAL MEETING
There will be a special meet-
ing of the William P Jordan
Post No. 500. American Legion,
Sunday afternoon at 3:30, at
the Recreation Center, 37th
street and the Ogeechee read
All members are urg' d to be
present-
-
.......
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The Savannah ,
Tribune
:
SEPTEMBER 17, 1898
Mrs. E. P- Deveaux resigned
as t acher in the public schools,
She taught at West Broad street
school. “Law and order” pre-
, , . ■» , « ra3c j “ w „ “ ob . -
servoa by tho* under her.
Nicolsonboro Baptist church,
at White Bluff observed its an-
niversary last Sunday. Rev. Al-
cixander Harris, pastor.
Dr. T James Davis and Pi
C. Blackman performed an
intricate operation at McKane McKane
hospital during the week- It
was successful.
;
MASONS, 0. E. S.
HONOR BIRTHDAY
OF PRINCE HALL
Last Sunday art moon at the
Masonic Temple the live Ma¬
sonic Lodges and Chapters of
the Eastern Star of Savannah
observed a ceremony in honor
of Prince Hall, the first Negro
Mason in Anvriea !
Prmce Hall was born tree 1
September 12, 1748, at Bridge¬
town, Barbados, British West
IrHies. He carfle to America at
the age of 17 years and settled
in Bostoni Mass., March, 1765
He served in the Revolutionary
under General George Wash-
ington. Hall
On March 6, 1775, Prince
and 14 other fme colored men
j ,vere made Masons by an Army
j Lodge at Boston. T. B. of BaU the
was Worshipful Master
Army Lodge.
Prince Hall and associates
petitioned the Grand Lodge of
England for a charter, which
was granted September 29, 1784
The charter was Issued to Af-
1 rican Lodge No. 459, F & A. M.,
at Boston, Mass-, and was de¬
livered by Captain Scott April
29, 1787. This original charter
is' still in possession of the
Masons at Boston, Mass., where
it is kept in a safety deposit
box.
June 24, 1791, African Lodge
No- 459, acting as Mother
Lodge, organized the African
Gran,! Lodge, F. & A. M, with
Prince Hall as the first Grand
Master. Lodges were set up
in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
a’j.d New York, whore Grand
Lodges wore later organized
Prince Hall died December
7, 1807, and was buried in Bos¬
ton, Mass., where the Grand
IjCdg" erected a Masonic Brok¬
Friday night Grand Master
Dobbs will leave for Detroit,
where on Sunday he will be the
Men’s Day speaker at the
Metropolitan. Baptist church,
Rev. A- C. Williams, pastor. He
is a popular speaker in that
section. Returning, he will
organize a new lodge arsd re¬
instate another.
* * *
:Early Tuesday morning
Grand Matron Ayers left for
Tifton where she will set up an
Eastern Star chapter. Wed¬
nesday she will be at Lumber
City, where the- old chapter will
be reinstated. She has engage¬
ments at several places On
Friday she will be at Bartow
and with the chapUr near
Fort Valley on Sunday.
The Masonic Building Asso¬
contracted for a
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION
GEORGIA ___
STATE OF
CHATHAM COUNTY COURT ^ TTT ,„
TO THE SUPERIOR TO
CF SAID COUNTY and
THE HONORABLE DAVlp S.
ATKINSON, JUDGE.
The petition of Charlie Stone,
Walkfcr Williams, Lillie Mae
Griffin, Moussouri Brown, Jes¬
sie Mae Stone, Lewis Palmer
Marion Marlon Ralph, Ralph, Willie Adams
and Mabel Lewis of Chatham
County, Georgia, respect luliy
shows:
1. That petitioners desire^ ipT
themselves, their associate;?
and successors, to be incorpor¬
ated undef ih<* mame and style
of “INDEiP'ENENT ORDER
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
AMERICA. INC.” for a
of thirty 1 30> years, with the
privilege of renewal.
2. The principal office ot
said corporation snail be in Sa¬
vannah, Georgia, but petition-
1 ers desire for said
1 to establish branches and
transact transact business uusmesa elsewhere
this or any other State
the United states.
3. Said icorporation is
orgasized for pecuniary
and has no capital stock.
4 The object and
of said corporation are: <R»
To promote the general
ligence, character and
of OX its members and anu to tu aid aiVA
in becoming more skilled
efficient workers in their
spectful occupations. <B>
regulate hours, wages and
dltions of labor of its
and to protect them in
individual and collective
relative to their trade or
(C) To raise funds for the
efit of Its sick, disabled
unemployed members and
other lawful purposes.
5. The affairs of said
oration shall be
by a board of directors,
shall elect their successors,
all vacancies and may
time to time increase or
ish its number or change
personnel by a two-thirds
jority vote of the board-
titioners shall constitute
first board of directors of
corporation. desire for
6. Petitioners
corporation the rights to:
and be sued, plead and
receive donations and
administer trust, have and
a seal, make bylaws and
for the government of its
bers- buy or otherwise
property, both real and
ional, borrow money and
ENTERTAINS GSOs
Gamma Sigma Omega of Al-
pha Kappa Alpha held its ini-
tial meeting for the year, ’48-
’■!§ ... on — Thursday ----- evening, Sept.
at the home of Soror Louise
Lautier. Greetings were ex-
changed between the members
after a pleasant vacation, holi-
day. The presence of all visit-
ing sorors was acknowledged
by Basileus Mattie Payne. The
following sorors were welcom-
ed: Sorors Dorothy Bogan, E-l-
eanor Bryant, Willie Davis,
Alice Freeman, Pearl Lavender,
Martin, Jean Warrick
and Eleanor Williams - Sorors
Davis and Lavender, -who ex¬
pect to reside in Savartnah per¬
manently, will becoome affili-
ated with the chapter.
All old business was cleared
up and a *
activities outlined for the en-
su ' Hg year - A SI \ ‘
tee was appointed for: the . <te-
tailed “ planning of these activi-
” with Soror Marv Williams
rman and „ wi „ r .
sorors Catherine Bogan, Doro-
thy Jamerson, Lula Lafayette,
Mary McDew, Mattie Payne and
Eugenia Scott.
Much success is wished for
Soror Gautier, who will study
^ ygar &t New York univer¬
sity. Soror Lautier served a
very delectable repast at the
close of the meeting.
i wu
THIJRsD SEPTEMBER 16 l f »4S
In 1808 the Grand Iouge of
Massachusetts changed its
name Irani African Grand
Ledge, F A A M.. to the Most
Worsn.pful Prince Hall Grand
Lodge, F. & A. M in memory ot
,
the first Negro Masonic l add¬
in America- Grand
Today there are 38
Lodges in the United States and
one in Canada, all descended
from th- Grand Lodge of Mas-
saehus:tts. Of these 38 Grand
Lodges, 25 have become legal, ’
icorporated under the name.
Most Worshipful Prince Hall
Gra: 1 Lodge. largely at¬
The ceremony was
tended and the following pro¬
gram was rendered:
Invocation.
Selection, Eastern Star Cho¬
rus.
Eulogy, E. C- Blackshear
Remarks were made by tha
following; Mrs. Mary L. Ayers,
Worthy Grand Matron, O E. S :
E.'Thomas. Grand Marshal; R-
W. (Gadsden, chairman, Com¬
mittee oil Foreign Correspond¬
ence; Sol C.. Johnson, Grand
Secretary: and Mrs. Minnie De-
Vaughn. Past Grand Matron.
Selection, Eastern Star Cho¬
rus.
Benediction, Rev- Ollie Taylor-
EXPLANATION
As an explanation to several
letters from Savannahians
asking about the wedding ot
Dr. Thomas J. Davis, Jr-, we,
the family, wish to make the
following explanation: of
Due to th- fact that none
the members of the family
were in Savannah at the time,
we deemed it best not to send
any invitations, hoping our
frirnds would understand.
Signed; JR
DR. THOMAS J. DAVIS,
MRS L- H. DAVIS.
new roof on the Masonic Tem¬
ple, and will plan for renova¬
tion of the interior.
* * *
The Informer published by
the Jurisdiction of Indiana, has
b?en received- It announced
the reelection of Grand Master
C. R. Richardson.
* * *
The Masons are planning to
help some worthy students in
college during the present
term.
* * •
Past High Priest D. Pringl%
is urging a large attendance
at the meeting on Sunday in
interest of th- Royal Arch
Chapter
* * *
Omar Temple paid the' last
j tribute of respect to* Noble Jesse
: Brooks Wednesday afternoon.
of existing liens under laws of
the State of Georgia, amend its
charter according to law and, to
do any other legitimate thing
according to law and necessary
to for successful conduct of its
business, and enjoy all other
rights, powers, privileges and
immunities incident to like cor¬
porations or permissible under
the laws of the State of Geor¬
j B petitioners pray
where f 0 re,
I to be incorporated under the
i ijcwnu name an aim- d-style ovjiv aforesaid, -------- with ~
thfe right to exercise any or all
of the powers and privileges such
herein enumerated and
other as or now or fnay herein¬
after be allowed corporations the
of similar character under
laws of Georgia. HOPKINS,
W. H
Attorney for Petitioners
GEORGIA, CHATHAM
COUNTY:
IN RE: Application for Incor¬
poration, ORDER OF
“INDEPENDENT i
BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF
AMERICA ,,,h-TiTm INC.” twt rw »*
The foregoing application of
Charles Stone. Walker Williams,
Lillie Mae Griffin, Moussouri
Brown, Jessie Mae Stone. Lewis
Palmer, Marion Ralph, Willie
Adams and Mabel Lewis to be
incorporated under the name
and aim aiyie style aforesaid, aiui c-fam, having
been read and considered, and
it appearing that the said ap-
plication is legitimately within
the perviews and laws of Geor-
< gia, applicable thereto, and
that all laws have been corn-
plied with, including a presen-
tation of a certificate from the
, Secretary of State, it is hereby
coiisidered, ordered and ad-
I judged and also decreed and
the same is hereby granted, and
that petitioners and their as¬
sociates and assigns be and are
hereby incorporated a body
politic under the laws of the
State of Georgia with the name
setforth and term setforth in
petition Done and ordered this
11th day of August, 1948. k
D. u. S- ATKINSON^*
Judge Superior Court,
E. J. C. of Georgia,
A true copy of the original
application and order of the
court thereon filed in this of-
fice on the 11th dav of August,
1948
| JOHN R , FAWCETT,
Dep. Clerk of the Superior
Court of Chatham Co., Ga.
a TRUE COPY:
‘JOHN R. FAWCETT,
Dep. Clerk, s. C. C. C. C , Ga.