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PAGE POUR Established 1875 By J. K. DEVEAUX 50L. C. JOHNSON _ Editor and I. H. Butler ... Assn. »4ISS WILLA M. AYERS, Asst, to Pub. & Manager Published Every Thursday f 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ______________ $2 50 Six Months _ —. --$150 Remittance must be made by Express, Post Jffice Money Order or Registered Mail. “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. - i « |ti 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. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga. under the Act of March 3, 1879 * . - ..... _.. .. National Advertising Representative: Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Avenue New York 19, New York 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 it ;4 : f'j f, v (if • < > mm tmwWm'r i ■ ^ 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! I 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.