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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVII
GA. STATE TO Gilt AINU ATE
lAIiGEST CLASS NEXT WEEK
DR. ROBERT P. DANIEL
Baccalaureate Speaker
The largest graduating class
in the history of Georg a State
coll ge w’.it near L':\ Robert P.
Daniels, president, Shaw uni¬
versity, Raleigh, N. C., deliver
thci baccalaureate address on
Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock
on th ■ Meldrim lawn. One
hundred and eghty-eight reg¬
ular college and trade students
are candidates for degrees and
certificates, according to a
list of tentative candidates re¬
NAACP To Defend Trio
Held in Groveland Assault
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III ADS NATION S INSUR¬
ANCE MEN B ro. J. Olive of
Memj his, who was elected pres¬
ident oi the National Negro In¬
nual surance Asstoiation at its an¬
meeting n luiladelphia
A\t month, has organization a dynamic .pro- this
for the
ynw\ Olive, a crack sales lead-
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Shriners To Meet in Detrot
Next Week
DETROIT (ANP) —Addresses
by nationally known -.eac.ers in
the fields of education, health
and public affairs w'ill high¬
light the 48th Imperial Council
of the Anc ent, Egyptian Ara¬
bic Order Nobles of the Mys-
1 ic Shrine meeting here in the
Art Institute August 14-19, ac-
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American Beach Undergoing
Improvements
— -ww,
AMERICAN BEACH, Fla.—
Bordering several mi's on the
Atlantic Ocean is beautiful
American Beach, where smooth
driving is permissable daily
into the nearby city of Fernan-
dina, Florida, on the north and
to the fishing inlets and Nas¬
sau Sounds on the south.
The Florida State Highway
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DR CORNELIUS V. TROUP
O mmencenn nt Speaker
leased by T. C. M3yers, regis¬
trar, early this week.
Dr. Daniel came to Shaw
from V rginia Union university,
nis alma mater, where ne serv¬
ed on the faculty for 12 years,
nine of them as professor of
education and director of ex¬
tension, and chairman of the
divsion of education, psycholo¬
gy and phlosophy. Previously
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RATFORD, Fla., Aug. 3 .—As¬
sistant Special Counsel Frank-
in H. Williams of the Nat.on-
l Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People an¬
nounced today on his return
Torn an on-the-spot investiga-
ion of v olehoe and race riot¬
ing Irea, in the Groveland, Florida,
that the three young men
■harg d with attacking Mrs.
Willie Padgett of Groveland
ave retained the NAACP to
landle tlie r defense. Retainers
rave been signed by Samuel
Shepherd. Walt.r Lee Irving
xnd Charles Greenlee, the pris¬
oners; Henry Shepherd and
Charlie Mao Shepherd, parents
of Samuel, and Mrs. Delia Irv-
ng, Walter’s mother.
Citing evidence that has con¬
vinced him that the three
youths are “entirely innocent”
of the charges against them,
Mr. Williams charged that all
three were “brutally and in-
humanly” beaten by police and
civil ans in the jail at Tavares
before being transported to the
state penitentiary at Raiford.
Shepherd, 22, and GreenLe, 16,
j confessed orally only after be-
j i mg lashed and b with Uy. but a rubber Irving, hose, al¬
fists
though beaten into uncon-
.•'iousntss, has at no time said
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ODD-FELLOWS TO MEET
IN THOMASVILLE
District Grand Lodge No. 18-
G. U. O. of O. F„ and Grand
Household of Ruth No. 8, will
convene in the 69th annual ses¬
sion Monday, August 15-17, in
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Aunt Sinty Dies At
Age of 116 Years
DOUGLAS, Ga.—“Aunt Sin¬
ty” Hugh who was 32 years old
at the time of the Civil War.
died here this week after hav¬
ing lived to the ripe old age oi
116 years. She was Cofiee
county’s oldest citizen and be-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST, 11. 1949
Treacherous Swimming Beach
Waters Claim Another Victim;
This Time A 14-Yr.-0Id Girl
Caroline ‘‘Pee Wee” Kelly
Tragedy struck again at Sa-
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W Ya College Erases
Color Line
BUCKHANNON, West Vir¬
ginia (ANPt—The West Virg n-
:a Wesleyan College Board of
Trustees by an overwhelming
majority voted to admit Ne¬
groes to the college beginning
with th s year’s fall term. The
well known M-'thodist institu¬
tion thus becomes another
A DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Myers
of Detroit announce the birth
of a daughter, born July 28.
Mrs. Myers before her marri¬
age was M ss Alma Wright of
Savannah.
Mayor Herbert L. Woods and
the Board of Aldermen of
Thunderbolt received a sur¬
prise contribution iof $ip0.00
today from the colored citi¬
zens of the town and Georgia
State college. This donation
was given for the town’s fire
fighting equipment. Personal
sol.cifations among the color¬
ed citizens were made by a
committee composed of Mrs. E.
southern slhool to erase the
color line.
So far as is known, no col¬
ored students have yet applied.
Colored Citizens Donate $100 for
Thunderbolt Fire
ST. PHILIP’S DEDICATES $10,000 ORGAN
Upper photo shows combined choirs of St. Phillip’s A. M.
E. Church who furnished the music during the dedicatory ser¬
vice of the new Austin Pipe Organ.
.Middle photo was iaken during the formal dedication ser¬
vice of the Pipe Organ. Rev. H. VV. Murph at extreme
right reads while the trustees look on. >lr. Donald Thomas,
head layman, holds book at extreme right.
Bottom photo: Prof. Peter Smalls, the church organist,
sits at the console of the organ with William Levy, the as¬
sistant organist at his left; Dr. H. W. Murph. the pastor,
(Pnset) Photo by Freeman
A capacity congregation wor-
ih'pped at St. Philip AME
ihurch, Charles and West
Broad streets, last Sunday
norning at which time the new
HO.OCO Austin Pipe Organ with
him s was dedicated.
Rev. H. W. Murph, the pastor
vho has served this church for
he past eight years announced
hat the organ was installed on
i cash basis through tlje ef-
orts of the loyal members ana
friends.
Prof. Peter Smalls, the or¬
ganist, played variations of fa¬
RECEIVING BLOOD TYPES
—Above are some members of
the William P. Jordan Post No.
500, American Legion, being
blood typed by Mrs e J. Smith,
technician at th? Charity hos¬
T. Graham, chairman; James j
Butler, Jr., Oscar W. Greene
Wm. J. Holloway, dean of men,
Georgia State college; B. J.
James and Clarence Wright.
Mayor Woods said he was
surprised but deeply gratified,
because the town belongs to
the people and he was glad to
see everyone sharing in mak-
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miliar hymns during the fif¬
teen minutes before the service
started. A forty voce choir
led the congregation in the
singing of several of the tra¬
ditional Methodist hymns ac¬
companied by Mr. Smalls and
his assistant, W-lliam Levy, at
the organ.
Rev. Murph’s subject for the
dedicatory sermon was "Find¬
ing God in Unexpected Places ”
The trustees participated in
the formal dedicat on service
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
pital. for the blood bank spon¬
sored by the post. The blood
bank is maintained for the use
of members of the post and
their immediate families, in
the picture (above), reading
HEADS DENTISTS WIVES—
Mrs. J. ,E. Carter og Augusta,
president of the Auxiliary of
the Nat.onal Dental association
Red Cross Starts Intense
Water Safety Campaign*
In a statement released to¬
day, J. T. Ellerbe, cha'rman,
safety service, Negro Auxiliary,
American Red Cross, issued the
following message:
The needless loss of life by
drowning has reached a seri¬
ous state. Of the s x drownings
in Chatham county this year,
all were Negroes. Three were
boating accidents and three
swimming accidents. Every one
of these victims could be at
home w.th their loved ones
nd family now if only each
had been half-way careful.
Carelessness and ignorance are
responsible for all six of these
deaths.
In an effort to keep the
drowning rate low, the Savan¬
nah Chapter, American Red
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White Youth Fined $58
Because He Insisted Breaking
Birmingham Racial Law
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ANP)—
William Robert Campbell. 19-
year-old wmte youth, found
his ride on an Edgewood trol-
ley bus a costly one here Tues-
day night. Campbell had to
fork over $56 in addition to his
dime fare—the *56 represented
fines and court costs for buck-
ing the city’s segregation laws,
Campbell boarded a
bus about 11:20 p. m. and sat
down in the section reserved
for Negroes. He was told by
the bus driver to move. He
went back to the seat again
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left to right, are: Mrs. Smith;
post members, Clarence John¬
son, Harmon V. LaVendor (re¬
ceiving the pin), and George
H. Morrell, Jr.; and Miss Alice
Middleton, practical nurse.
which had a most construc¬
tive program during Its annual
session August 8-12, In Kailas
City, Mo.—(ANP).
NAPE To
Meet In
Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ANP)—
The National Alliance of Pos¬
tal Employees will hold ■" its
biennial convention Aug. 14-19
In Kansas City.
The leading topic of discus¬
sion will be the president’*
loyalty board and its act ; ons
which the NAPE claims is be¬
ing used to discharge members
of minority groups working for
the post off.ee department.
Mrs. Anne Arnold Hedgeman.
administrative assistant to the
federal security administrator,
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FREES MAN BECAUSE
H £ W AS ILL-TREATED
CHICAGO, Aug. 6—A local
udge freed a Negro man be-
cause of the violent and preju-
dicla! treatment the prsonsr
h» suffered in Florida,
maker, was charged with strid¬
ing a Florida policeman. He
fled the state, came to Chicago
and appeared before Judge
j ame s J. McDermott to face
extradition,
Baker told the jurist that he
s t r uck the policeman in self-
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