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67 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVII
2 Members Mallard Mob Identified, No
Warrant Issued Yet For Their Arrest
ST. MATTHEW’S CORNERSTONE LAYING
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Photo By Tolbert—Tribune Staff Photog.
By John H. Law, Jr.
The cornerstone laying of the
new church home of St. Mat¬
thew’s Episcopal Church, Ander¬
son and West Broad streets,
was held at 10 o’clock Thanks¬
giving morning. The impres¬
sive rite of the Episcopal church
for the laying of a cornerstone
was led by the Rev. J. W. Nich¬
olson, Ph D., Professor of Pas¬
toral Theology, Bishop Payne
Divinity School, Petersburg, Va.
The religious service was follow¬
ed by the .ancient Masonic rite,
conducted by Prince Hall Lodge
No. 28, Free and Accepted Ma¬
sons. The following past mas¬
ters took part in the service:
Caleb Bias, Duncan Pringle, A.
Sheppard, S. L. Gibbons, Geo-
Jones, R. W. Gadsden, George
L. Smith, Robert Smith, Ivery
Weaver, Henry Carrington, Sol
Police Brutally Beat
Ex-GI over Loss of Earring
Girl Scouts To Hold Out-
Door Classes
The training committee of
which Mrs. S. A. Jones is chair¬
man has scheduled an outdoor
training class for adult lead¬
ers and senior Scouts to be
held Saturday, Dec. 4, at Camp
O’Hara, local Boy Scout camp.
The Boy Scout camp will be
used on special occasions such
as the training of leaders and
troop camping only because
Log Cabin camp is too far away
for such short training, but
Log Cabin will still be used for
■established camping, regional
training and long-term train¬
ing.
j*.,’ outdoor activity class
wn?'“oegm at 8 a- m. and end
at lV 6 p m. with a campfire.
Leaders planning to attend will
be picked up at the West
Broad YMCA and from the
ATTENDING POLIO
CONFERENCE
j I
Alphonso E Fields, who left
onj Monday evening for Tuske- 1
gee, Ala., to attend a three-day
conference of the National
Polio Foundation as a repre¬
sentative of the Savannah unit
of the Georgia division. He
was accompanied by Mrs-
Reids. . .....
Hooks, Robert Black, Frank W.
Lawton and George Hayes,. A
large group from the lodges was
also present-
The Rev. Tollie Caution, D. D.
National Secretary for Negro
Work, Department of Missions
of the Protestant Episcopal
church, New York city, was the
principal speaker, and music
S. €. White Baptists
Denounce Bias and KKK
COLUMBIA, S. C. (ANP) —
White Baptists of South Caro¬
lina denounced race prejudice
and the Ku Klux Klan in res¬
olutions passed at its 128th an¬
nual meeting here last week.
Meeting at the First Bapt’st
church, the South Carolina
Recreation Center on, Ogeochee
load and 37th street. The class
will be free to all Girl Scout
leaders and volunteers. If you
plan to attend please call 3-9966
and leave your name with the
field director. This is impor¬
tant because food for cookouts
has to be purchased before¬
hand.
The course is designed to
acquaint the leaders with the
outdoor skills necessary for
successful living in. the out¬
doors. Some of these skills
will be: Making of different
kinds of fires, fire building in
the rain, cooking beans in a
hole, baking fish in a bag,
boiling an egg in an orange,
baking on a reflector oven and
how Jo use nature in your
Continued on Page Six
Bishop Makes Appointments
At Two Conferences
MONTICELLO, Ga., Nov. 29.
—Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., an¬
nounced the following ap¬
pointments and transfers for
t'he Atlanta, Georgia, AME con¬
ference at St. James AME
church at the closing session
here Sunday afternoon, Nov-
21. Rev. J. Roy Moore, host
pastor, and Rev. J. S. Downs,
host presiding elder, were re¬
turned for another year.
Transfers were: Rev. D. T.
Babcock, from Atlanta confer¬
ence to Georgia conference;
Rev. J. W. Worthy, to North
Georgia conference, St- John
and Wand circuit; Fcev. R. E
to Athens district,
North Georgia conference; Rev.
H. Jackson to Macon, Georgia,
conference; Rev. J. H. Hill to
North Ga conference, Etawa
circuit; Rev. A- G. Conyers, to
Macon, Georgia conference, St.
Mark, Sparta; Rev. E. J. John-
son to North Georgia confer-
ence, Greensboro; Rev. J. F.
Moses, to Rome, Georgia, At-
SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948
consisted of the hymns, “The
Church’s One Foundation,”
‘Ccme Ye Thankful People
Come,” and “Now Thank We
All Our God.”
Saint Matthew’s is the result
of an effective merger of Saint
(Stephen’s and Saint Augus-
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Baptist convention asked its
members to work to help Ne¬
groes, and warned them that
the Klan did not stand for
Christian principles.
Plank five entitled “Race
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CLEVELAND (ANP) — Ernest
Rowe, 26-yc'ar-old parcel post
messenger and ex-GI, had a
hectic two and a half days here
last week, in which he was a
victim of police brutaity, and
found himself in jail for 55
hours—all because of the loss
of an earring. Also f'guring in
the chain of events which
brought about the arrest of
two other men, was a loaded
automatic pistol which had fa 1 -
len out of one of the men's
pockets.
Rowe, an unmarried ex-ser¬
geant and holder of five bat¬
tle stars, went to a restaurant
vith two friends, Otho D. Bat¬
tle, 26, and Harold Lane, 27. A
woman in the restaurant drop¬
ped her earring, and Rowe and
his friends got down on their
hands and knees to look for it.
At that moment, Patrolman
Lewis D. Todd walked in. No¬
ticing that the officer had a
flashlight, Rowe asked hhn to
Continued on Page Six
lanta conference, West Atlanta
district; Rev. T. R. Reed to
North Georgia conference,
Washington district; Rev. W.
W. Stephens to North Georgia
conference, First church, Ath¬
ens: Rev. G. S. Hardeman, to
North Ga. conference, Marietta
Atlanta district, Dr. S. H
Rome, presiding elder; Dr. D.
V- Kyle, Big Bethel church;
Rev. D. S. Sanders, Turner
Monumental; Rev. o. F. Mad¬
dox, St. Philip; Rev. B. C. Cars¬
well, Antioch: Rev. M D. Mc¬
Clendon, St. Peter; Rev. C. C.
(Continued on page Six)
PAPER SHORTAGE
STRIKES TRIBUNE
Because of a shortage of news¬
print The Tribune was forced
to reduce its size this week
from 12 to 8 pages. It is ex-
that this shortage will
be remedied before next week’s
when the 12 page paper i
will be resumed.
Although two members of the
mob which murdered Robert
Mallard from ambush on Sat¬
urday night, Nc.vemoer 20, near
his home at Lyons, Ga, have
been positively identified and
the car of another mob mem¬
ber identified, no warrants
have been issued for the arrest
of any member of the mob.
The identification was made
by Mrs. Amy James Mallard,
the wife, who with two other
adults was in ,‘he Mallard oar
when the well known salesman
was slain.
However, a warrant was is¬
sued for Mrs. Mallard charging
her with the murder, but this
charge was dropped after she
was carried back to Lyons Sat¬
urday and questioned about
(he killing. Mrs. Mallard left
Lyons the day after the mur¬
der of her husband and it is
said that the warrant issued
for her arrest was made in, or¬
der to get her out of hiding for
questioning.
Mrs. Mallard was arrested in
Savannah by the GBI immedi¬
ately after the funeral services
over her husband which were
held at the Steele Undertaking
establishment last Saturday
afternoon.
The story of the mob murder
of the 37-year-old salesman of
the Duval Casket cqmpahy of
Jacksonville, Fla., as related by
one of the members of the
Mallard family, is as follows.
20, On Saturday, the night Mr. of of Mallard, November^ November his
wife, two cousins, and the Mai-
lards’ two-year-old son weie
returning to their home in
their automobile from a box
party at the school at Lyons
where Mrs. Mallard is a teach¬
er. Mr. Mallard was driving
and Mrs. Mallard was sitting
on the fron(t seat with him.
When the party turned off
main road on to the dirt
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GEN CARL R. GRAY, JR..
VA administrator, visits the
Tuskegee VA hospital. Above
he is shown making inspection
of a surgical ward.
VETERANS ADMINIS¬
TRATION VISITS
TUSKEGEE
TUSKEGEE. Ala—Here for
an official inspection of the
Tuskegee Veterans hospital,
General Carl R. Gray, Jr,, com-
pie ted his day’s busy program
with a bjief visit to Tuskegee
institute.
Greeted upon his arrival at
the Veterans hospital by Dr. T.
Tilden, hospital manager,
the administrator spent seven
hours in close inspection of
buildings and wards and a
review of activities.
General Gray and his party
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Reading from left to right
(above i are Dr. T. T. Tilden
hospital manager; Dr. Asa
Yancey, chief, surgical services;
Omegas To Hold Fondave
In Columbus, Ohio
| COLUMBUS, Ohio.—The
annual ?ra nd conclave of the
■ omega Psi Phi fraternity will
convene here on the morning
0 f Monday, December 27, and
j (late will wind up activities in the
afternoonof Tnursday, De-
cember 30, according to an an-
i nouncement released by the
(grand basileus of the fraternity
Dr Harry T Penn of Roanoke
Va.
Approximately six hundred
° me £ a men representing one
and ninety-five chap-
across the nation and
Request Closing of
Rowdy Night Club
MIAMI (ANP)— 1 The Laundry
Workers Union Local 222 is
1 pearheading the movement to
close Cafe Society, a local
night club here where four
people have met violent deaths
In less than two months.
The union is circulating a
petition urging the closing of
Ihe spot and police are study¬
ing reports on the shootings
and knife brawls that have
Young Couple and White Friend
Jailed on Disorderly Charge
Dismissed in Police Court
Finding evidence insufficient
conv j ct them on a disorderly
conduct charge, the young cou-
pj e anc j their white friend ar-
res t e d Sunday night ai the
former - s -amacraw Village
home were dismissed the next
coming in oolice court by
Jmtgg Emanuel Lewis
mg case took on a number
unusual aspects which
ar0U sed the indignation of sev-
citizens who interested
themselves in the arrest of the
younh people, chief among
( i a j ctl wcre the searching of the
couple’s home without a war¬
rant and the frisking of the
young woman at the barracks
by the police in, a manner
which was very objectionable
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taken plaoe there. The latest
incident to focus attention was
the death of Lawrence Rolle,
bouncer of the club. He was
shot when he attempted to re¬
move a drunk.
Besides the deaths some four
other persons have been
wounded in brawls. It is be¬
lieved that awakened public
sentiment can persuade the
police to close up the place, a
sore spot in the community.
Leading Pupils Weeks at Beach-Cuyler
For Last Six
Released this week was the
honor roll of Beach-Cuyler
high school for the second six
veeks. It is as follows:
Senior FJ g a
Ernestine Toomer, 94 ner
cent; Thomas Evans, 92; Julia
Hendrix, 92; Annie White, 91;
all of 10B2 class; Lu James
Collins, 10B4, 94; Barbara
Paige, 11A2, 90; William Pierce
92; Vivian Gamble, 93:
Rethel Gould, 91, both of 11A1;
Continued on Page Six
Miss Olivette Mason, chief
nurse; General Gray, and Dr
G. C- Branehe, chief, profes¬
sional services.
Can'ada will be on hand
the conclave which promises to
: * 3e one 0i lhe lar S e - st in a t-
tendance and most important ■
ever heId in the history of the
fraternity. ;
Leonard L. Holland, grand
marshal and .In charge of local j
arrangements, reports that the j
I°ta Psi chapter at Ohio State I
university, ter, joint and hosts Mu to Iota the chap-j con-
clave, have completed provis-
ions for the affair.
Conclave sessions will be held ■
at the Capitol building annex I
midtown Columbus.
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
ROBERT E. MALLARD, traveli ng salesman, who was lynched
November 20 by Toombs County mob.
Sheriff, Deputy Arrested
For Violating Civil Rights
MOBILE, Ala. (ANP) — a
sheriff and his deputy who
beat nine Negroes and held
them in jail against their will
were arrested by the U. S. gov¬
ernment for violation of the
Negroes’ civil rights- They are
being accused under a 78 year
old civil rights law-
Sheriff Jenkins Angus Hill
of Clark county and his dep¬
uty, Willie Ray Harrell, were
indicted by a federal grand
jury on three different indict¬
ments, one joint aiftl one each
against Hill and Harrell. They
have been released on $5,000
bond. The trial is expected to
be scheduled for some time in
January.
Their victims are reported to
be George Dickinson, Robert
Gordon, Ed Finch, Moses Nich¬
olson, Leo Williams, John Al¬
len, Jr., Johnnie J. Mitchell,
Mattie Lee Poe and Edward
Lloyd Buck.
The two lawmen were charg¬
ed with acting under “color of
their office” and had commit-
MISS DOBBS THRILLS SAVANNAH AUDIENCE
Photo by Tolbert—Tribune Staff Phot op.
Miss Mattiwilda Dobbs as she appeared at her recital af¬
ter the presentation of two lar ge baskets of flowers by Walter
Bogan in behalf of the Masonic lodges and Shriners-
s.nging before an apprecia-
Pn( . e on Tuesday even-
ing, November 23, in (h the main
of the First African
Baptist church, Mattiwilda
Dobbs, twenty-three year-old
soprano, thrilled her listeners
with a program of classical and
operatic numbers which were
rendered with the poise and ar-
of a more mature person
The interesting feature of the
was that although the
numbers were all unfamiliar
NUMBER 71
ted “illegal assault, beatings,
whippings and other cruel mal¬
treatment and physical abuse
for the purpose of imposing
’llegal punishment.”
Hill faced four counts and
Harrell one count in thefr in¬
dividual indictments, and both
men faced four counts in the
joint indictment. They arc
subject to a one year prison
term and a fine of $1,000 max¬
imum on each count.
According to U. S District
Attorney Perry Fountain, com-
pliants from people living in
Grove Hill, Clarke county seat,
led to the indictments- Many
reported that colored persons
often were beaten “in jail,
along the highways and in
wooded areas.”
Fountain added that some of
the victims had not been ar¬
rested. Many were beaten a;
an attempt to force a confes¬
sion.
Sheriff Hill was elected to
office in May to serve a four-
year term.
to the majority of the audi-
every cne max-veiled at
ease and beauty with
which the artist performed the
numerous difficult ryumbers.
Miss Dobbs is now studying at,
the opera department of the
Mannes School of Music in New
York city.
The program was as follows:
Recitative ____ ___ and Aria from Can-
tata No s (B ach); Ana from
Cantata, No. 32 (Bach); Nun
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