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AN OLD OFFENDER
The report of recent arrests in Wood-
ville of two venders of boledo is no sur¬
prise to us. Rumor has been floating
around for a week or two that boledo
was coming back strong. While we
did not believe the promise of certain
political heelers to bring back boledo
had official sanction, we were sure from
comment v e heard that some Negroes,
those most impecunious and most easily
taken in, began to look forward to the
return of boledo from the day of elec¬
tion. We thought then as we think now
that no greater disservice could have
been rendered our community than that
of a sound truck going about the streets
solicit #ig the support of voters on the
promise that boledo would be returned.
The county police are commended for
having made the arrest referred to. It
reports are true that boledo is being sold
on the Eastside, we hope to be able to
commend our city policemen for their
alertness in running down our city ven¬
ders. and
Boledo has more than nine lives,
our courts will have to find a way to
make boledo people know that they mean
business. We believe right thinking
people in this city want the courts to
get as tough as is necessary to convince
boledo owners and runners that they are
not going to be permitted to operate
here. All who are interested in the
welfare of the people in this communi -
ty, who am too improvident to look out
for themselves, must do their utmost
through any proper means to advise them
to shun boledo as they would a sneak
thief.
THE JUVENILE FARM
We have been interested deeply in the
juvenile farm since the days oi Mrs. Ra¬
chel Moore, and Judge Charles Fiedelson-
We have contributed to the needs of the
boys for such things as were not provid¬
ed by the commissioners. We have been
concerned all the while as to the means
used to return the boys to society better
able to carry on normally than they
were before they were committed to the
farm. We have been concerned about
the kind of personnel in charge of the
boys at the farm; about their under¬
standing of what should be done at an
institution that .whs mot altogether, it
at all, p</aAl; about their concern lest
the boys develop vicious personal habits,
or anti-social attitudes:
We know that recently the matter of
providing professionally trained supervi¬
sion for the farm was called to the at-
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Miss Grace Owens, Miss Lil¬
lian E Smith and Prof. Leon¬
ardo Stribl ng, teachers in the
Dock Kemp high school of
Wrightsville,. were week end
guests of Miss Gertrude Fitch,
620 W. Park avenue.
Mrs. Almeta A. Waver of 216
E Waldburg street, returned
home last week after vacation¬
ing for a month in New York
city, the house guest Of Mrs.
Katie Owens and her cousin,
Mrs. Ella Green. WhTe there
she was widely entertained.
After spending two weeks at
Bluffton with her parents, Mr
and Mrs Mickey Riley, Mrs.
Abbie Riley Cross returned to
New York, spending two days
with her husband, a medical
student at Howard university.
Mrs. Sadie Capers, a promi¬
nent beautician, is leaving lor
New York to join her husband,
Earl Capers- Her stay in New
York will be indefinite as she
will visit her sons and daugh¬
ters, Mr. and Mrs. William Sel-
lows and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Gardner. For two weeks before
leaving the city, Mrs. Capers
was the guest of Mr. end Mrs
Smart Ford and Mr. and Mrs.
William Smith.
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Cocktail Party
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuller of
55 West 110th street, New York
city, entertained with a cock¬
tail party at the Lenox Lounge
in New York city, Friday, Oct
29, in honor of Mrs. Julia Hall
of Savannah. The lounge was
beautifully decorated for the
the occasion with cut flowers
and palms. Mrs. Hall was one
of the charming attendants of ,
“Miss Wilberforce College” at j
the Wilberforce - Tennessee,
gam* at Griffith stadium In
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tention of the chairman of the Chatham
County ( ommissioners. The necessity
for professional personnel at the juve¬
nile farm is accentuated by an incident
which is alleged to have occurred at the
farm last week. According to report
a murder was narrowly averted by the
calm disposition of the victim of the in¬
cident. It could have been one of
those “acted-in-defense-Vn-the-line-of-du-
ty affairs.”
Just two months ago we expressed
our faith in the integrity of the men un¬
der whose supervision the juvenile farm
comes. We believe they will look into
this matter and do the' necessary thing,
and we hope they will consider the wis¬
dom of providing professional supervi¬
sion at the farm as early as possible.
APCLOGY FOR A COURTESY
The governor of South Carolina ex¬
tended through a form letter an invita¬
tion to the governor of the Virigin Islands
to visit him when in South Carolina.
Governor Thurmond was chagrinned to
discover that through a lapse
»u the vigilance of his clerk, an
invitation had actually been sent to
judge Hastie, a Negro, whom President
Tmman had appointed to the governor¬
ship of the Virgin Islands , an “unpre¬
cedented action” in a bid to secure Ne¬
gro votes.
We do not see why Governor Thur¬
mond should have felt so greatly the
need for finding an excuse for inviting
a fellow governor to visit at the gover¬
nor’s house, especially when he used an
official list of governors, and when he
should have felt no doubt that Gover¬
nor Hastie would not accept his invita¬
tion.
Since he felt that an excuse was ne¬
cessary, Gov. Thurmond could have
stopped with placing the blame on his
clerk. He could not resist the temp¬
tation of giving out with this bit of
double talk:
“What the enlightened Negro of the
South is interested in is economic equal¬
ity, equal justice under the law' and im¬
proved eduteationri opportunities. Wle
in the States’ Rights Democratic move¬
ment stand for those things and we will
bring them about.” If we accept this
statement, including its implications, we
can see no reason for the States’ Rights
Party. To us it means a lot of time,
and money, and loss of goodwill, an in¬
crease in racial tension have been put
into a program which has resulted in
giving another shot in the arm of a slow¬
ly fatiguing system of social thinking.
D- C., Saturday,
23. Those who helped
make the evening pleasant
Mrs. Hall were Mrs. Victoria
Mr. and Mrs- Charles
11, Dr and Mrs. James Caz-
of Brooklyn, Colonel and
James Smith, Dr. and
Carmel Finch, Paul White
John Sneed.
Dinner Party
Mrs. Sadie Brooks entertain¬
on Wednesday evening
27, with a dinner party at
residence, 2010 Lewden St ,
honor of the combined birth¬
of her husband, Mr. and
virs. Arthur Williams and pre-
i rthrtay of Mrs Anne E. Joyce.
house was decorated with I
and ferns and the dining
table was decorated with I
beautiful lace cloth, in the !
of which was a beauti¬
cake, saying “Haapy Birth¬
to You All.” The honored
guests received many nice
The evening was spent
games. Those enjoying
evening were Mr. and Mrs
I nomas Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Ar¬
Williams, Mr. and Mrs
Jovce, Mr. and Mrs.
Smoak, Mr. and Mrs
Williams. Mr. and Mrs.
T. Brooks, Mrs. White. Mrs.
Mary Burns, Mrs. Mary C. Wil¬
liams, James E Smith, I. Coax-
ton, Theo. Fields, Arthur
and Fred Truell Mrs.
Burns, White and Mr. Smith
assisted Mrs. Brooks in serv¬
ing.
Smiling Melody Girls
The Smiling Melody Girls
was held last Thursday
at the home of Mrs Irene
The club will give a for-
est dance Friday night, Nov. 5,
at Lincoln Inn, music by Wal-
Langston and Tuty Austin’s
After the transaction of
a delightful repast was
Guests present were
Frances Smith and Mrs.
Bignon. Mrs. Janie
received first prize and
Annette Smith, second
of the club, and Mrs.
Smith, first,guest prize
Mrs. Bignon, second guest
Mrs. Delores Ingram won
booby prize. Next meeting
be Nov. 4 at the home of
Dorene Patterson.
Countess Social Club
The Countess Social club met
it the Ambassador Inn. Our
raffle came to an end Friday
night, October 29. The winner
of the case of beer was Ervin
Jackson of 580 W. York street
Mrs. Mildred Young, president;
Mrs. Mary Hawkins, vice pres-
d»nt: Mrs. Minnie Everett, ti-
nancial secretary; Mrs., Mamie
Jenkins, recording secretary;
Mrs. Inez Hall, treasurer; Mrs
T.ucile Jackson, chairlady; Mrs
Betty Ellis,, clerk of order; Mrs.
Sarah Washington, reporter:
us. Alberta Mack.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
NOVEMBER 5, 1898
Mr. P. A Glenn, an old citi¬
died on Sunday night He
deacon of the FAB church
and later of the Bolton Street
Baptist church.
Major John R. Lynch and his
clerk, Mr. M. Cary, arrived in
the city to paying off General
Fitzhugh Lee troops. Major
is the guest of Col. John
H Deveaux.
Hon C. H. J. Taylor, ex-Re-
corder of Deeds, was in the
this week.
TIIF. SAVANNAH TRIBTOS
HIS SPELL HAS BEEN SHAKEN AND THE DOORS ARE OPENING
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BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Go* don B. Hancock for ANP
Till*;
One of the cleverest cut political stands
offered to these United States for consid¬
eration in the presidential election was that
of the Slate R ghters represented by Thur¬
mond of Louth CaroJ.na. Truman may not
be decisive and clear ini, all his declarations,
Dewey may be vague and platitudinous,
Wallace may be enthusiastic and sincere, but
the State Rlghters have taken; a mountain-
top stand and that stand is against the full
citizenship of the Amer.can Negroes.
They leave no room for doubt or mis¬
conceptions They are not evasive and sub¬
tle in their appeals. They are out and out
against Truman because he refused to back
down on his civil rights stand. To the State
Righters, civil rights for Negroes is tied up
with white supremacy and to the perpetua¬
tion of white supremacy they will give their
all. State rights as defined by these State
Righters are irrevocably and unmistakiag-
ly anti-Negro in their implications.
is clearly defined in all that the State
Righters do and say.
State rights to them mean the right to
hold the Negro down. It is true Gov. Strom
Thurmond declared that this is n|jt a cam¬
paign of race hatred and prejudice, but if
it were, there would be little difference
the final results. There is a group
whites in the South who are determined that
in so far as power in them lies,
shall never come to full citizenship in th s
country. The State Righters are the
p.ons of this school of southerni
What Gov- Thurmond says may be
enough, but what he is doing is trying
forge more securely the chains of
econom c, moral and spiritual slavery
the southern Negroes.
The game of the State RighteVs
is to destroy a man like Truman who
to affront them with the idea that
rights include rights of Negroes-
rights as an issue, only refer to the
rights of Negroes, for they have never
an issue for the whites who have
enjoyed them.
Why the more advanced states of
Union make no lamentable cries
“state rights” while the more
Crack Racial Bar At
Eastern College
PHILADELPHIA lANPl—Af-
ter 94 years of operat’on, the I
exclusive school for girls Bea-
ver college, „ oDened , its .. doors .
to Us third Negro student re¬
cently when it admitted Mis."
Clonle Patricia Smith, 19, to
its pre-medical school.
Miss Smith will uttc id the
college partly on a $300 per
year four year scholarship.
Since tuition is more than SbOU
a year, she w.ll have to get the
remainder of her expenses j
f rom other sources- She plan,-
to take her medfical training at
Temple university.
Patricia, as everybody calls
[her, is the eighth of 11 child-
! ren of Mr. end Mrs Nelson G.
Smith of Huntington Valley. |
Pa. She earned her scholar-
ship to Beaver because of her
superior scholarship at Upper
Mortland high school-
Dr. Raymin Kistler, president
of Beaver, presented the award
to her at commencement exer-
cises. She will commute to the
school-
Last week Miss Smith receiv-
ed another honor. She was
elected director of the Inter-
Urban League, the youngest
person to ever hold that of-i
GAME
states of the south are weeping and gpash-
ing their teeth about “state rights” is a
st mulating question. What the State
Righters fear most is that their rights to
eternally subjugate and dommate the Negro
will be some how jeopardized if men like
Truman are not ham-strung and ruthlessly
destroyed and that is exactly what they are
out to do. Just as old Roman Cato cried,
“Carthage must be destroyed!”, so the State
Righters are crying “Truman must be po-
lit.cally destroyed” if the right to subjugate
and dominate and segregate and aggravate
the Negroes is to be preserved.
The State Righters’ game is clear and
how well they are playmg it is current his¬
tory. Not only are the State Righters out
to destroy Harry Truman, but those of the
white south who voted for Dewey are just
as determined to attain the same results.
Lo far as the Negro is concerned there is
really no distinction to be made between
the loud-crying State Righters and the si¬
lent bolters who went Into the Dewey camp
The object in either case is the total de¬
struction of Truman for his civil rights
stand and his refusal to give a damn in the
premise. Not or^y, therefore, are the State
Righters playing the game of destroying
Truman, but the bolters who voted Repub¬
lican are play.ng the game for them.
This is just as true cf the supporters
of the Wallace ticket. They had no more
hope of land.-ig Wallace in the White House
than the State Righters had of landing
Strom Thurmond. The Wallaceites are also
playing the Statu R.ighters’ game for them
however inadverter; ly or unwitt.ngly. The
same is true of Negroes who voted the Re¬
publican ticket. There are through-and-
through Negro Republicans who are honest
and upright in their political dealings. They
must not be reproached for their political
choice; but they must also know they play¬
ed the State Righters’ game—the “kill”
Truman game.
Righters’ This winter forHnem. refuged; ip ’ plqy the State
game up or down with
Harry Truman, who did riot give his damn
for the Dixiecrats!
fice.
One other colored girl now at-
tmids Beaver She is Miss Em-
Gant of Ambler, Pa., ’ a jun-
ior . majoring . . in ... fine arts. She
commutes to the school.
One other Negro is reported
have gone to Beaver several
ago. She u'as tak ng up
work tlmre, it is
cur'IlDIXlf' u nil mJALlrlLU A I inert
TEACHERS
’
We cannot have good schools
good teachers, and we
beginning to realize that
cannot secure good teachers
paying fair salaries.
is a serious teacher
the schools out-
the commercial world?
is unlikely; but most of
must raise their bid, For-
young people are as
today as ever they
When they are shown
their desperate services a need as teachers, there is j
j
will enroll to take the
training. But—let not:
graduates meet with disil-i
B, T, W. Memorial Week
Nov. 14-nO
BOOKER WASHINGTON
BIRTHPLACE, Va. — The third
annaal Baoker T. Washington
Memorial week will be observ-.
ed November 14-20. Th» theme
will be ‘-Tolerance and Good-
will.” S, J Philhp 3 Washington) , president
of the Booker T. )
B rthplace Memorial, ar,noun-
ces tm ; a feature attraction of,
radio pres- ’
the week will be a
entahon of “The Burning
Bu li,” ’„ Monday, November 15, 8
p m E3T, on the Cavalcade
of America, sponsored This by will the be! j
Dupant Company. of
a dramatic presentat.cn j
Bocker T. Washington’s r.se
irom clave cabin to Hall of
Fame. The Dupont Company
s us ng an all-star Negro cast)
with Juaao Hernandez in
leadin' 1 rcle as Booker T Wa?h-
iT1 : on Mrs p 0 rtla Washing- child ] 1
ten P'ttman, only hv.ng
cf the noted -educator, will be
an honored guest- In this con- )
npc’isn, Mrs. Pittman states
3 Get Awards
For Work On
Human Rights
WASHINGTON (ANP) — Mis'
Norma E. Boyd, Congress man
Helen Gahagan Douglas, and
Senator Wayne L. Morse were
awarded ctations by the Amer¬
ican Council of Human R ght
at the inaugural dinner given
at the Willard hotel recently-
These awards were presented
by Mrs. Edna Over Gray, pres¬
ident of AKA, in recognition of
the splendid efforts made by
these people in the cause ot
c'vil rights. Miss Boyd and
Mrs. Douglas’ citations were
made in absentia, but Mrs.
Douglas sent a message which
was read by Mrs. Anna Arnoid
Hedgeman, director of the Ci¬
tizens committee for the reeloc-
tion of President Harry S. Tin ¬
man.
In accepting h's award, Sen.
Morse said these citations
should go to those unsung he¬
roes in the field of huihah
rights who have taken it upon
themselves to test the laws on
civil rights by taking their cases
into court, in spite of the un¬
favorable publicity.
Delivering the major address
of the evening the Oregon sen¬
ator declared that the problem
of civil rights is an ind vidual
problem which can'not be solv¬
ed in any political party- The
Masonic-Eastern Star Notes
This season should induce ev-
ery brother to do that which
will cause every one to do
his best in building up the or¬
der.
Boosters never knock and
knockers never boost. I do not
know that boosters chase away
gloom and' knockers kill all the
j [don’t joy for believe the it, moment. try a hand If you at
'boosting from now unt 1 you
endeavor to do so.
'do Each lodge and chapter must
the very best in boosting at-'
!tendance at the recital render-
! ed by Miss Mattiewilda Dobbs
at the FAB church November
CARVER FELLOWS The
above graduate students at
xuskegee institute have been
awarded research fellowships
b the Geor Wash . . . on _ a ,
y S e g
ver foundation. They are,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1548
cjthou&o her father hu b-en
dead thirty-three yeais tu,
program of industry ed.i.at
and racial uiGerstanding 1,
s-ii makmg a large conL -u
t.on to the American way
Lie.
C.hcr of U- . week
features
will include broaden..t t e-m>
with outstanding network pro-
grams; a presentation tn
From Slave Cabin to Ha-1 of
Fame” by a cast of 590 m Roa-
njxe, Va-; and school aul .
church, programs over the na-
lion. According to Mr. Pn l-
lips, these annual obscr.antes
oi B;cker 1 Wa.'-i.ngton Me-
mor al week have helped to fo-
cus the attention of the r.at on
on the life and achievements
Bsoker T. Washington to
the extent that there is new a
strong national appreciation for
the establishment of a merno-
rial at the birthplace of Biok-
er T. Washington in FraufcLn
cour y, Va-
•v' * >* of civil rights wJl be
solved, he said, when the Amer¬
ican citizens begin to realize
in their hearts and minds that
uiey sia.net only on equality
with people of other races and
other creeds.
‘•We are a pecple just profes¬
sing a bill of rights and a con¬
stitution,” he continued, “but
ire barely putting it into prac¬
tice.”
, ne American Council on
Human Rights is an outgrowth
of the AKA National non-parti¬
san; council on public aifairs
founded :'n 1938 by M.ss Norma
E. Boyd and supported inde¬
pendently by that sorority. In
1947 formal authorization w’as
given by the governing bodies
of six Greek letter societies to
combine their strength to ex¬
pand and enlarge the program
initiated by AKA. This idea
materialized in March, 1948,
when an organization meeting
was held in Washington and a
director was appointed.
This council wh'ch npyi has
Elmer W Henderson as its di¬
rector, is composed of the Al¬
pha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi
Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi
Beta £ gma, S'gma Gamma Rho
and Zeta Fhi Beta, all joined
together on an equal basis.
The purpose of such organi¬ i
zation is “to secure the exten¬ ) t i
fundamental human vrf„’
sion of
rights and civil rights to all ci¬
tizens within the United States
and to contribute to the promo¬
tion of these rights for ail peo¬
ple throughout the world.”
It must be the event of the
season,
It has only been recently
that certair, ones ’have created
feeling among many.
They should endeavor to caus:
good feeling among all.
The Grand Secretary has
sent out report blanks to all of
the lodges.
. The chapters have been in¬
duced to send out report blanks
to render election* .notice as
soon as this is held in Decem-
ber.
Dec. 1, every lodge should
in report with fee.
left to right: Miss Irene Ed¬
wards, Tuskegee Institute, Via
graduate of Tuskegee; Wiley W
Tolson, Langston, Okla., grad¬
uate of Wiley college; Clarence
R. Wade, Charlotte, N. C,
graduate of Johnson C. S-'th
university; Leonard Seraiie. of
Orleans, D.llard universi¬
ty, and Miss Annette E. Stew¬
ard, Charles Town, W. Va., of
Storer college.—(ANP).