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“Let Us Pray: O thou who art the
unseen guardian of our days and nights,
the unseen guide of all our ways, make us
to know thy presence and be unafraid-
Illumine the dark places with thy bright¬
ness, strengthen us for the hard places,
and where thy way is easy suffer us
not to forget thee, and to the end of the
journey may we love and trust thee, in
' Lord.
the spirit of Jesus Christ our
Amen."—From “DHily Devotions.” by
Pilgrim Press.
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LICENSES NOT REVOKED
We have noted with little more than
passing interest, the action of council as
regards the revocation of licenses of two
so-failed social clubs. (And by the
way, we shall try to find out the differ¬
ence between a social club and any other
individual or group of individuals that
sell beverages and operate slot ma¬
chines.) At one of these clubs the po¬
lice captured slot machines and interrupt¬
ed the pleasures of 84 people, four of
whom w'ere members of the club. At
another club a murder was committed
by a boy who probably should not have
been permitted to enter the club.
Two fewer such clubs.might not make
a whole lot of difference, but we believe
there are enough such clubs and liquor
shops to more than meet the needs of
Negroes in this community.
The recordings of the police court re¬
veal that a number of people get into
trouble of one sort or another because
of the ease with which they can get
liquor. While we feel that drinking ,is
almost a matter of individual responsi¬
bility, there seems to be no doubt as to
its being a concern of the public when a
drunken driver takes possession of one
of our streets, or a drink crazed fool fires
into a crowd or creates disorder and
imposes discomfort his in children some neighborhood, the of or
upon care a
community. All the poor improvident
geese who play slot machines, and drink-
up their children’s security, get noth¬
ing out of the bargain. The owner be¬
hind the owner of the liquor business is
the one who lives on the fat of th«
land. i
We should like to see the fellow who
loses his license because of keeping a
disorderly place, or a place in violation
of the law-, forfeit his right to ever hold
a license again.
NEGROES AND THE G. 0. P.
What is going to happen to Negro
Republicans now that the party seems
almost certain to come back into con¬
trol of the federal government? Is
there likelihood that they may even re¬
turn days to the importance they had in the
of Henry Lincoln Johnson? Will
the party in the South be any the less
“lily-white?" What does the organiza¬
tion of Dewey-*Warren clubs in Geor¬
gia forebode for Negroes?
Devotion of Negroes to the Republican
party has been almost religious. It
was considered traitorous at one time
for , Negroes XT to think of becoming _
Dem-
TO HEALTH
By II. II. Johnson, M. I)-, Memphis, for ANP
tBy C. Austin Whilter, 31. II., President,
National Medical Association, Sam Antonio,
Texas, for ANP)
When it came to sports, there were very
few things that young Bill Barber couldn't
do. He had three trophies for high school
track meets, school letters and certificates
for football and basketball.
The very night that his father had hur¬
ried to my office to tell me Bill was very
sick, the boy had won a swimming contest.
When Mr. Barber told me that Bill seemed
to be in agony and that the pain was most
severe in the lower right side of his abdo¬
men, I rushed with the worried parent to
the Barber home.
I found that the young athlete was in¬
deed in misery, although he had only a very
slight fever. I was horrified to learn that
Mrs Barber had just given Bill a laxative
to relieve “what might be only a bad stom-
ache.” I suspected acute appendicitis and
knew that a laxative might prove very
harmful.
Examination and a blood test confirm¬
ed my suspicions Bill had acute appendi¬
citis and had to have an immediate opera¬
tion. We phoned for the ambulance and
got him to the nearest hospital as quickly
as possible. And it was almost too late
The appendix had burst just before the op¬
eration, spreading the infection through the
boy’s abdomen. This left Bill with an even
more serious illness, called peritonitis, and
his life was in danger.
But with penicillin and sulfa drugs, and
good medical care in the hospital following
the operation, Bill recovered completely
even was back at his sports a few weeks af¬
ter completing his convalescence.
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ocrats, and it is still hard for some of
the elders to accept what has become
very real.
Now and then it has become an ob¬
session with some Republicean leaders
to believe that the solid So’.th can be
broken. With the serious break in the
Democratic party, and with the hope of
southerners for establishing a two-party
system in the South, wo need have no
doubt that Republican politicians will
cash in on the opportunity to win the
South even without the benefit of the
Ne^ro vote.
The few signs of the times seem to
make it apropos to recall a little of the
history of Ihe Republican party in the
South. The decline of the party and
the Negro’s political welfare began when
in 1870, a Republican administration, as
a result of the log rolling that took place
withdrew federal troops from the South.
This left white Republicans and Negroes
at the mercy of the Klan which terro¬
rizes! them at the polls. The little rep¬
resentation the party retained in the
South received the coup de grace when
throughout the South state legislatures
passed laws disfranchising Negroes
in the*period 1890—1910.
Rv 1920 the Republican party had
practically abandonded placing candi¬
dates in the primaries and even in the
general elections, and in 1940 a rule was
adopted denying delegates to congres¬
sional districts with fewer than 1,000
votes in the previous election.
With rnarty ^strength steadily declin¬
ing, white Republicans split away from
Negroes thus dissociating themselves
from them, and escaping the epithets
“nigger lovers” and “scalawags.” This
movement was encouraged by both Taft
and Hoover. *
In 1888 in Texas, where the split as¬
sumed a violent pattern, N. W-; Cuney,
a Negro Republican leader, called the de¬
serting white Republicans, “lily-whiles"
and the name stuck.
Holding Republican meetings in ho¬
tels is an effective tactic for dissocia¬
ting whites from the Negro Republicans
What has become of the Republicans
from Georgia who took such an active
part in the convention at Philadelphia?
We hope they are alert to what is go- on.
It is possible to defeat, to some extent,
the purpose of the school survey now
being made by a professional agency, if
our teachers Hail to answer truthfully
the questions submitted to them, or if
they withhold information to be obtain¬
ed otherwise.
A report in the newspapers last week
would seem to indicate that teachers felt
something would happen to them ;if
they answered Certain questions. Pro¬
bably impression they did not intend to convey the
that they were under pres-
sure not to answer them, or not to an¬
swer them truthfully, but whatever can
be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
We hope our teachers will cooperate ful-
ly with the purpose of the survey. '
The appendix, as far as we know, is a
useless organ cf the body, but it can cause
a great deal of trouble when it becomes in¬
flamed. It is about four inches long and
is normally about, the width of a pencil. The
appendix is attached to the beginning of
the large intestine and easily becomes in¬
fected with germs.
A person may suffer from repeated at¬
tacks of what is known as “chronic appen¬
dicitis,” when pains in the region of the
lower right abdomen comes and goes. Such
a person should be under the doctor’s ob¬
servation and he will decide if and when an
operationl is necessary.
But in Bill’s case', it was acute appendi¬
citis, and it is likely that the laxative which
his mother innocently gave him increased
the severe pressure on the boy’s infected
appendix, causing it to burst and spread it#
infection. That is why it is dangerous to
give a sick person/ a laxative or an enema
when there is a possibility ofappendicltis.
Although not every pain in the region of
the abdomen or right side means an in¬
flamed appendix, when such a pain devel¬
ops. the person should lie down and the doc¬
tor should be called at once. If the pain
should be acute appendicitis, delay in call¬
ing the doctor or the use of home remedies
may be serious or even fatal.
An appendectomy is a common and or¬
dinarily simple operation, but if there has
been delay it may be a very difficult pro¬
cedure with uncertain outcome.
• This article is co-sponsored by the Na¬
tional Medical Association and the National
Tuberculosis Association and released tfmi
the Associated Negro Press in the interest of
better health of the people).
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
IN A LAND OF DEMOCRACY IT’S THE ONLY WAY
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BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK FOR ANP
THE NEGRO’S FREE RIDE IS OVER
Our emancipation from American slav¬
ery was largely through the white man’s
efforts, although we had a few Negro abol¬
itionists and a fairly heavy military con¬
tingent in the Union armies. But the bur¬
den of emancipation fell largely on the
Christian) whites of this country.
After emancipation there was starring
the Negro in the face the matter of edu¬
cation, without which even his emancipa¬
tion could not avail effectively, The same
abolitionist spirit that was so instrumental
in emancipating the Negro reasserted itself
anti saw that schools were established for
the education of the Negro- These schools
have been bulkwarks of strength for the
Negro and have benefitted the South no
less than the Negro. The fountains of
philanthrophy flowed full and freely until
the educational foundation of tfie race had
been, laid.
But ihe flow of philanthrophy is con¬
siderably slowed down and is moi;e and more
becoming a mere trickle with complete ces¬
sation a not too distant possibility. Should
the fountains of philanthropy fail before
the South is financially able and willjng to
take over or before the Negro feels respon¬
sible for his own educational institutions,
the outlook is not very promising. We may
as well face the fact now as later, Negroes
cannot talk big talk and drive big cars and
wear fine clothes and play the numbers
md bear their share of the $ 8 , 000 , 000,000
this cou.ntry spends for alcoholic drinks
annually, and expect the white man to pay
their way in the essentials qf progress.
The late Kelly Miller used to say that)
the Negro was at his best buying what he
wanted and begging for what he needed.
The immortal Kelly had something. Moie
and more Negroes must rely upon their own
efforts for their own advancement,
This release is inspired by the appeal
that the Truman forces are making for
funds to finance the Truman) campaign.
With the Democratic forces of the South
split wide open and financial support being
withheld, and with some northern Demo¬
crats and Republicans “ganging up” on'
President Truman, the matter of financing
his campaign is a pressing matter. Truman
has persistently defied the Dixiecrats! He
LABOR VIEWS
By George F. McCray for ANP
SOCIAL EQUALITY AND
One of the surest indications that we
are winning our fight for equal considera¬
tion with other American citizens is seen in
the changing attitude of the sales managers
of big business organizations. In the past
business groups have either avoided the Ne¬
gro market or regarded it as a dumping
ground for cheap and shoddy goods. This
situation helped to stigmatize Negroes as
being of low standards and more oi - less ir¬
responsible-
This attitude toward us is reflected in
various attempts at segregation and dis¬
crimination not only in social matters but
even more so when it comes to doing busi¬
ness with us or to employing us as workers.
Unfortunately the traditionally low in¬
comes and the low cultural tastes of most of
us in the past have caused us to seek what
we thought to be the cheapest merchandise,
entertainment, and other services we could
find. However, in each city or towm there
were literally hundreds and thousands of us
who were dissatisfied with the shoddvness
of the housing, the entertainment and the
low quality of much of the merchandise
found in Negro communities. Segregation
both real and imagined prevented our doing
anything about the situation*.
has put his neck out and has stubbornly re¬
fused to take it in. In the press he is tak¬
ing a terrible beating and tirades of dispar¬
agement have no end. And why? Be¬
cause he championed civil rights for Ne¬
groes, and the emphatic phrase is “for Ne¬
groes” without which his sailing would be
smooth and his campaign a walkaway
It is true the Dixiecrats have been.' po¬
lite in the matter by calling it “states’
rights” campaign; but the fact remains the
South is not the only part of the
nation mat bslie w es in , states’ rights-
Is the other part oi the country too stupid
to contend for states’ rights? Is the states’
rights concept clearer in the South than in
the East, and North and West? Why is it
that only the South is enraged over the
states’ rights issues? The answer is, the
Negroes’ civil rights is the explanation of
the terrible beating the Dixiecrats are de‘-
termined to give courageous Harry Truman.
This column has been all out for Truman
for many months. It is for him on both
particular and general principles. The par¬
ticular principle is his stubborn determina¬
tion to stand by his civil rights recommen¬
dations. The general principles hinge
about those who oppose him- Richmond
once had a mayor who was so generally op¬
posed to Negro advancement that I learn¬
ed to vote in elections which involved him
on general principles. Whatever he favored,
I opposed, and whatever he opposed, I fa¬
vored.
It is even so with the Dixiecrats, I am
for whomever they oppose and I oppose
whomever they .support. They are bitterly
against Harry Truman and I am out and out
for him. If there were not something good
in him for Negroes, they would certainly not
so bitterly oppose him. There is something
about the man and his program that prom¬
ises ultimate good to Negroes and this it is
that enrages the Dixiecrats.
Negroes are under a bounded obligation
to financially support the Truman cam¬
paign. Our free ride is over. We must pay
our way—even our way for the Truman
campaign of 1948- There has never been
a greater financial challenge to American
Negroes. Our free ride is over!
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NEGRO BUYING POWER
According to the August issue of Man¬
agement Review, the organ of the American
Management association, business, even the
producers of quality goods, in some cases ex¬
clusive lines, are discovering the true quality
of the Negro market.
In dollars and cents the Negro market
is larger than the whole export trade of
the United States and tops the national in¬
come of Canada. The Negro market thru
out the country has an estimated buying
power of from 8 to 10 billion dollars. And
this enormous sum is expended for the same
variety of goods and quality of merchandise
as appeals to the average middle class Amer¬
ican. As a result of this increasing interest
in the Negro market many firms are not
only advertising in the Negro press, avoid¬
ing the use of advertising material which
offends Negroes, but are using Negro sales 1
people. circulated widely
The article which
among American managers of industry
states that illiteracy among Negroes has
dropped sharply; some 78.000 Negroes are
enrolled in colleges, that w’e operate farms
valued at $1,200,000X00: that one-third ot
us own our own homes; and that the non-
Continued on Page Six
CHLRsBAY, OCTOBER 7, 1948
of the Ownt. ship,
Management, Circulation etc.
Riqu iud by the Act of
gress of August 24, 1912, as
Amended by the Acts of
Mazih 3, 1933, and July 2,
1946 .
__
Of The Savannah Tribune,
weekly at Savannah,
" for October 1, 1948.
of Georgia
of Chatham:
E fere me, a notary .public
and for the State and coun-
aforesaid, personally appear-
Sol C. Johnson, who, having
duly sworn according to
lawn deposes and says that he
is the owner of The Savannah
and that the following
to the best of his knowledge
and belief, a true statement of
ownership, management
(and if a daily, weekly, semi-
or tri-weekly newspaper
the circulation* etc., of the
publication for the
date shown in the above cap-
required by the act of Au-
24, 1912, as amended by
the acts of March 3, 1933, and
2, 1946, (section 537, Pos-
tal Laws and Regulations)
printed on the reverse side of
this form, to wit:
1. That the names of the
editor, managing
and business managers
are:
Publisher, Sol- C. Johnson,
Sa.vannah, Ga-
Editor, Sol. C. Johnson, Sa¬
Ga,
Associate Editor, J. H. Butler,
Savannah, Ga.
Assistant to Publisher and
Willa Mae Ayejs, Sa-
Ga.
2 That the owner is: (If
by a corporation, its
and address must be stat¬
and also immediately there¬
the names and addresses
the stockholders owning or
one percent or more of
amount of stock- If not
by a corporation, the
and addresses of the in¬
owners must be given,
f owned by a firm, company or
unincorporated concern
Masonic-Eastern Star Notes
TJhe' Southern Jurisdiction of
Scottish Rite of
will convene in St. Louis,
October. We have sev¬
Consistories in Georgia,
them Ezra Consisiory
27, at Savannah. Bro. J.
Dobbs. 33° is the ranking
in Georgia being an
council member.
October 13th the Grand Mas¬
will sit up a lodge at Louis¬
and on the 14th one at
Several others will
in the making during the
weeks.
Let us imitate the good qual¬
of others, especially their
and words.
Eureka, the mother lodge,
Home Ec Attend:
State Meeting
Teachers of
from all parts of the
assembled at Camp John
Fort Valley, to attend
first annual planning and
cojj/jBiLbce- The
was a most inspiring
stimulating event and
largely attended. Of the
teachers, 126 were in at¬
The conference was sponsor¬
by the State Department of
and was designed to
the group plan the year’s
of work and to ac¬
them with policies of
vocational department.
lectures and
were used to
over newer trends and
Un'que was a skit
by district II entitled
Class of Ninth Graders and
home projects.”
Counseling Teacher Daisy
of the State Department
Education, and Teacher-
Ella M. Epting cf the
Valley Department of
Economics, .were in
of the cprtference. C. V.
president of Fort Val¬
college. exten?|d a welcome
the group- Fraternal greet¬
were extended by Benja¬
S. Anderson. teacher-
at Fort Valley college.
Plans for sponsoring New
of America, a club
girls, were presented, and
from the national con¬
held in Baltimore ear¬
in June were given. NHA
will be held at all
It is an purpose organization
for its finer
and better home
Named at the Balti¬
meeting to serve in Geor¬
is Daisy Lewis, state ad-
its name and address, as well
j as those of each individual
member, must be given* Sol.,
j C. Johnson, Savai Rah, Ga.
I 3. That the known bonci-
j holders, mortagees, and ether
j security holders owning or
j holding 1 per cent or more of
| total amount of bonds,, rnert-
gages or other securities arM
<If there are none, so state* .,
None.
4. That the two paragraphs.^
next above giving the names-of
j security the owners^ holders, stockholders, if any contain ?J)d
j not only the list of slockl^qtd-
1 rs and security holders as
they appear on the books of
the company, but also, in cases
where the stockholders or r c-
curlty holder appear upon tble
books of the company as t¥tis-
tees or in any other liclucidiy
relation) the name of the per-
son or corporation for whom
such trustee is acting, is giver*:
also that the said two ixira-
graphs contain statements mo¬
brac.ng affiants full knowledge
and belief as to the cireum-
stances and conditions under
which stockholders and security
holders who do not appear upon
the books of the company as
trustees, hold stock and seeuri-
! ties in a capacity other than,
that of a bona fide owner; and
that this affiant has no rea¬
son to believe that any other
person, association or corpora¬
tion has a nr/ interest direct or
indirect in the said stock, bonds,
or other securities than as so
stated by him.
5. That the average number
of copies of each issue of this
publication sold or distributed
through the mails or otherwise
to paid subscri bers durirfg the
twelve months preceding Ihe
date shown above is 3,964.
SOL C. JOHNSON,
Editor and Publsher.
Sworn to and subscribed to
before me this 30th day of
September, 1S48.
(Seal)
WILLA MAE. AYERS
l^ptary Public.
(My commission expires Jan.
; 26, 1951).
held an ideal communication
on Wednesday night.
that every worshipful master
and officer , were present to
note the conducting of the
proceeding. Especially the
opening and the closing. There
was an avoiding' of fault find¬
ing, but rather the fine spirit
of brotherly love was in evi¬
dence.
This is the season when plans
must be made for the year’s
work.
^ The officers of every Chap J
ter should follow the wake J IJf
the Grand Matron in building
| up the chapter and increasing?
I the membership.
(
of the state are Velma Lempn,
McDonough; Johnnie Price,
Madison: Gladys Rice, Sand-
ersville; Emile Whatley, Met-
ter; Ruby Watts, Forsyth, and
Dorothy R. Lampkin, Savan¬
nah.
Attending the conference
from the local schools were
Mesdames Janie Blake and
Dorothy R. Lampkin of Beach
Senior High; Jessie Moody of
Cuyler Junior High; Pearl Lav-
jpndar, of Woodville, and Mil¬
dred Milledge of Haven Home.
A DAUGHTER
A daughter was born Sept.
21 to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Bennett of Springfield Ter¬
race. The child will be named
Ora Lee.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
OCTOBER 8, 1898
Saturday night another storm
struck the city. The std
from the north east forced the
salt water to the city, overflow¬
ing at Springfield, Hutchinson'
Island and lower part of the
east section.
Monday night reception was
tendered Rev. J. W. Whittaker,
the new pastor of the First
Congregational Church.
F. M- Cohen returned home
from 'Hawkinsville after mar¬
rying Miss Mahala Whitfield
one of the county public school
teachers.