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SOUTH CAROLINA NEMO
ENTERS RACE FOR CONGRESS
lur J. Clement who last
ySj^elt, became the first Ne¬
gro t-a offer for election in
a South Carolina Democra¬
tic primary.
COLUMBIA, S. C.— South Ca¬
rolina politicians were thrown
into a state of jitters last week
when a Negro strolled into the
state house here and filed appli¬
cation to enter the race for a
seat in the United States House
of Representatives from the
First South Carolina Congress¬
ional district in which Charles¬
ton is the principal seat.
Just a few minutes before
the deadline for filing applica¬
tions for admittance in the S.
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Oratorical, Music Festival
Big Events of Last WeeK
Ai Savannah State
Niece Awarded $54,000
From Aunt’s Estate
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—(ANP)
—Court ltigation over the estate
of the late Mm. Pauline Pratt
was endel here last week when
a Circuit court jury awarded
$54,000 to Mrs. Wilhelmina Pratt
Llzzmore, the dead woman’s
niece.
Mrs. Ljzzmore. who had orig¬
inally filed suit for the entire
Pratt estate, made her claims
on the basis of what she testi
fied was an oral agreement be¬
tween her and her unt. She re¬
duced her claims against the
estate when it was pointed out
that in Florida real estate can¬
not be transferred verbally.
STUDENTS GO HARBOR INSPFX’TING—Here is shown the 6A class of FInranee school on
board the tug boat Chatham, flagship of the A'antic Towing Company fleet, just before sfu
pulled off from her wharf Thursday of last Week, taking the children on a trip around the
harbor in order that they might become better acquainted with the various industries along the
river front which mean so much to Savannah’s progress.
The trip was made possible through the kind less of Commander Frank W. Spencer, general
manager and treasurer of the Atlantic Towing Company and a member of the Savannah board
of Education.
In addition to getting a view of the many important plants up and down the river, the stu¬
dents were given a demonstration of a boat fire drill and shown the workings of the pow¬
erful deisel engines which powr the vessel.
Along with the students on the trip went their teacher, .Mrs. Ayler Mae Lovette; .Mrs, Wil¬
lie G. Edwards, principal of the School; Miss J dia Joms, practice teacher; .Mrs. W illie George
Bush, Mrs. Lillie Mae Lovett and Miss Georgetta Green, supply teacher. Photo By Freeman
STATE I I \E1(AL DIRECTORS
MEET HERE NEXT WEEK
Nineteen to deceive
Certificates Tonight From
Vocational School
The largest class in the his¬
tory of the last developing
Cuyler Vocational school will
have its commencement Thurs¬
day night at 8 p. m. at St. Phil¬
ips AME church, Charles at
West Broad. There will be 19 per¬
sons to receive certificates from
the tailoring, dressmaking and
interior decoration departments.
The school has more than
three hundred students enrolled
in practical nursing, cosmotol-
ogy, tailoring, interior decora¬
tion. vocational mathematics
and in various needle trades and
crafts.
The lower auditorium of the
spacious church will feature the
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The Sixth Annual Oratorical
and Annual State-Wide Music
Festival sponsored by Savannah
State College was a great suc¬
cess. The two day confab at¬
tracted some 800 persons from
19 high schools from all over the
state. The contest was held May
4-5.
Increasingly large numbers
registered to participate in the
musical and recitational meets
which were staged simultani-
ously. The finals for both con¬
tests were held on May 5. The
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The Pratt estate was estimated
to be worth $250,000, but much
of it included real estate. Mrs.
Pratt was the widow of Lawton
L. Pratt who founded a success¬
ful undertaking business.
Mrs Lizzmore told the court
that she had worked for more
than 18 years as a key person
in the operation of the business.
She said Mrs. Pratt told her in
1944 that she would leave the
estate to her.
Chief witness for Mrs. Lizz¬
more was Mrs. E'.zadie Small
who substantiated the plaintiff’s
statement about the oral agree¬
ment.
White Fla. Students Help
Groveland Defense Fund
Kappas Set up
Chapt. Sav’h
State College
The Kappa Alpha Psi Frater¬
nity established a Chapter on
the campus of Savannah State
college Saturday, April 29.
The chartered chapter is
composed of thirteen men and
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TWO RACE MEN SEEK
RICHMOND CITY
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1950
NEW YORK—(ANP)— Eight
students at Florida State Uni¬
versity have contributed $20 to
the defense of the Groveland.
Florida youths whose rape con¬
viction was appealed by NAACP
attorneys last week before the
Florida, youths whose rape con-
The money, submited by five
young women and three young
men, was received by the “Com¬
mittee of 100,” a fund-raising
group for the Legal Defense and
Educational Fund of the Nation¬
al Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People.
“As to the guilt or innocence
of these men. we are not con¬
cerned,” these white students
wrote. “But we are concerneo
with their right of a fair hearing
in their case, believing that they | j
should not be convicted solely
because of their color.”
“Believing that the denial of
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Cr. Fcrveille Returns
To The City
Dr. a. E ronvleiic, proprietor
of the Savannah Pharmacy, who
has been undergoing treatment
at a Chicago hospital for the
past month, returned home Sun¬
day. He is well on the road to
complete recovery and is now
back directing the activities of
the Savannah Pharmacy chain
of drug stores. He was accom¬
panied home by Mrs. Fonvielle
who was with him during his
treatment in Chicago.
RICHMOND—(ANPi— Two Of
the 23 candidates in the council -
manic election race for nine
Council seats are colored.
The line-up includes seven In¬
cumbents and 16 other aspirants
who seek the support of voters
on June 13. when Richmonders
go to the polls to elect their first
full-term Council under the city
manager form of government.
One of the incumbents is Ol¬
Many Attend The
Alfred E. Beach High
$30,000 FOR PARENTS
WHOSE CHILDREN WERE
BURNED TO DEATH
CHICAGO—(ANP)— A couple
who lost four children in a tragic
fire in 1947 this week was
awarded $30.0d0 damages by a
Superior court jury.
The parents were Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence White whose home at
3111 Cottage Grove Ave. was de¬
stroyed by fire Jan. 9, 1947. In
this blaze they lost their child¬
ren: Clarence Jr., 6, Magnolia.
5, Walter, 3. and fernolia, 2.
Defendants were Mrs. Sylvia
C. Wentworth, owner, a n rl
agents who handled the proper-
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The twenty-fifth annual con¬
vention of the Georgia Funeral
Directors ana j&moaimers A-so-
ciation will be held here next
week, the three day meeting
beginning Tuesday. President
Henry M. Ivey of Atlanta will
preside at the sessions.
The public session will be held
Tuesday night at St. Philip’s
AME church at which time the
following program will be rend¬
ered:
Lift Every Voice and Sing,
Congregation
Invocation, Rev. Jon Q. Ad¬
ams, Pastor Mt. Zion Baptist
church.
Scripture, Rev. W. W. Steph¬
ens, Pastor St. James AME ch
Musical Selection, St. Philips
AME choir.
Welcome on belalf, City of Sa¬
vannah, His Honor, Mayor Olin
F. Fulmer.
Welcome on behalf, St. Phil¬
ips AME church, Miss Metella
Maree, principal, Paulsen street
school.
Welcome on behalf, local mor-
Continued on Pagp Six
To Back Ne¬
gro For N. Y.
judgeship
NEW YORK—(ANP)— As a
bid for the huge Harlem bloc in
the coming election, the Ameri¬
can Labor party will back a Ne¬
gro for Judge of the Court o!
General Sessions.
Representative Vito Marcan-
tonio said the action was
prompted to expose the lily-
white policy of Tammany. He
said that Tammany had already
committed itself to back a non-
Negro slate.
A conference of persons of all
political faiths will be called
to start the movement to get
the Negro population in Man¬
hattan representation in the
court it is entitled to.
iver W. Hill, lawyer, who is the
first of his race to be elected to
the city legislative body since the
Reconstruction period. The other
Negro candidate is Grover C.
Grant, well-known civic leader
and business man.
Hill was the only candidate
among the 20 independents two
years ago who was able to break
into the winning column. He
The Rev. John S. Bryan, pas-
tor of St. Phillip’s AME church,
delivered the principal address
Sunday afternoon at tne dedi¬
catory exercises of the new
$800,090 Alfred E. Beach high
school which was first occupied
for class room activities several
months ago.
Rev. Bryan’s address struck a
most responsive chord from the
audience which interrupted his
discourse on numerous occasion-
by thunderous applause.
The program opened with the
invocation by the Rev. Ralph
Mark Gilbert, D. D., and the
benediction was given by the
Rev. P A. Patterson. Dr. H. M
Collier, Jr., introduced the
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ON Till: STAGE AT SCHOOL DEDICATION—Here are shown (seated on the stage) some of Ihe
dignitaries who attended the dedicatory exerc'ses of the Alfred E. Beach high school Sunday after¬
noon. Behind them is the mixed chorus of th ■ school which rendered several selections on
the program which was featured by an address by the Reverend J. S. Bryan, pastor of Saint
Philip’s A. M. E. Church.
Seated, left to right, Rev. J. I“. Lampkin, pastor of Townsiev Chapel AME Cliur:h; C. V.
Troup, president. Fort Valley State College; W- K. Payn, president. Savannah State College;
Rev. R. M. Gilbert, pastor, F. A. B. Church; O. L. Douglas, principal. Beach high school; Rev.
i S. Bryan, pastor, St. Philips AME crurch; Dr. H. M. Collier, Jr„ Jack J. Cook, president,
Board of Education; Alfred T. Vick, superintendnt of schools, and Frank C. Underwood, Jr.,
menilber, board of education.
Beach high school was teem¬
ing with excitement last week,
.tt was (Dedication Week”-—
Monday through Sunday, May 7.
On Monday night, the Dra¬
matic Department scored a real
triumph in presenting the 3-act
Many Attend New Home-
makes of America Convention
Held at Johnson
The Fifth Annual State Con-
tion of the New Homemakers
of America convened at Camp
John Hope, near Fort Valley,
May 5-7, bringing together more
than 500 students and advisers
form all sections of the state.
The sessions were very interes¬
ting and showed the remarkable
growth and development which
have characterized the organi¬
zation since its beginning.
“Better Living Through Bet¬
ter Relationship” was the motto
for this annual session. Taking
a prominent part In the delib¬
erations were the delegates
from the local high schools. Miss
Mildred Williams, district 2
president, presided over th or¬
ganization in its business sess¬
ion on Saturday morning. She
is a student at Beach high
school. Mrs. Marguerite Law is
chapter advisor and little Miss
Rose Marie Manlgault of the
Woodville school was elected
state reporter* of the organiza¬
tion.
Among the highlights of the
convention were the addreses
by Miss Susie Elliott, dean of
women at Howard University,
and Mrs. Elia M. Epting, direct-
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IN
had the solid support of the
powerful Richmond Civic Coun¬
cil and received some wite votes
in all precincts of the city.
There were two Negro candi¬
dates in the campaign in 1948
Hill, who barely missed being
elected to the Virginia House of
Delegates in 1947, came out 9tt
in the Council contest two years
ago.
SHOOT DICE,
ARREST i AFTER
GAME TJlIiV!
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—(ANP
—Two Vice Squad officers shot
dice for an hour and a half Sat¬
urday night in order to mak»
gambling charges stick against
Har"pv McCoy of 57 St. neai
Ludlow. k * T *1 '
The officers. Patrolmen Isaac
Smart and Charles Braxton
were admitted to the home o)
Mrs. Corabell Holmes, 41, of 57-
OS Ludlow St. where they pur¬
chased liquor, according to theii
own statement*.
With sufficient evidence t r
arrest Mrs. Holmes for the ille-
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comedy. “You’re Young Only
Twice.” The setting for this de¬
lightful production was at a
Sorority House at “State Univ¬
ersity” and it provided the
audience with laughs from be¬
ginning to end. The entire pro¬
Montgomery C. H. To
Observe First Anniversary
■COMMUNITY HOUSE ANNIV.
The Montgomery Colored
Community House, which was
erected from public funds val¬
uing approximately $15,000 and
was dedicated a year ago Sun¬
day May 14, will observe its first
anniversary.
The program will be as foll¬
ows: Holy, Holy, Holy, audience:
Scripture reading, Rev. W. §■
Beadshaw, pastor Montgomery
Presbyterian church; invoca¬
tion, Rev. Freddie Bond, pastor,
Beaulie Bapt. church; selections.
Montgomery Community chorus;
greetings, Robert A. Young, se-
lectons, Savannah State college
chorus; history of Montgomery
Community House, Miss Anna
Bell Jaudon; recognition of
auxiliaries, clubs and committ¬
ees; selections, Williams and
Williams choir; echoes, Dr. L
Soldier Escapes Death .3
Times, Killed in
CAMP MACKAI L, N. C. < AN
Pi Young Sgt. Edward C
Thomas, of the 505bh Faratroo;
Regiment, who e home is lr
Philadelphia, was killed when
his parachute failed to open ir
time during a maneuver jum;
here. >
Many times before he had
braved death and suffered in¬
jury, but each accident found
him ready and willing to keep
on playing his game with ‘Lady
Luck.’
Observers said that apparent¬
ly his arm had caught in the
static line as he prepared to
lump from the troop-carrying
plane. His lines snarled. He
fought with his ’chute as he
ASSO. TB BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
The Associate Board of the
Chatham-Savannah Tuberculo¬
sis and Health Association met
at Stewart's Cafe on Monday
with Miss Olise L. Campbeii, tin-
president, presiding.
Mrs. Ida J. Gadsen, who wa-
introduced by Mrs. Lucille S
Johnson gave a very interesting
demonstration on health edu¬
cation. Members present were
Mrs. Gladys Bazemore, Rev. J
S. Bryan, Mrs. Alma Porter
Braynt, Miss Olise Campbell
Rev. A. C. Curtright, Mrs. Alto-
mese Dowse. Mrs. Gertrude
W. Holmes, Mrs. Lucille John¬
son, Mrs. S. M. McDew, Jr., Mrs.
Antonio Orsort. Miss Madeline
Shivery. Mrs. Mamie G Will¬
iams, Miss Charlotte William-.
Mrs. Margaret Y. Rhodes and
Miss Maxine Haith, assistant of
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NUMBER 30
Photo By Freeman
gram was excellent, and it is
regrettable that more people
were not present. Mrs. E. P. Law
was director for this perform¬
ance.
On Tuesday night, the Phy-
ConMnued on Page s.x
Newell Turner, Mrs. Henry W-
Hodge and David McKever; vo¬
cal solo, Ave Marie (Schubert)
Mrs. M. G. Young, introduction
of speaker, Robert A. Young;
address, Father Gustave H
Caution, rector, at. Matthews
Episcopal church; response, o
H Williams; tribute, Mrs. Char¬
lotte Barney (oldest citizen);
presentations, Mrs, Grace Young
and Isaac Ruffin; instrumental
solo, Prelude in C sharp minor,
Lewis Scott; offerings, an-
nuoncements, benediction, Rev
J. M. Brown,
On Modnay night, May 15. at
8 p. m. a community banquet
will be held in the community
house dining room and auditor¬
ium. Mrs. Countess Y. Cox will
deliver the address. Mrs. Lillian
Grant Is chairman and Mrs.
Sophie Anderson, co-chairman
olummeted to the ground. His
emergency 'chute opened, but it
was too late. He died after he
hit the ground.
He served In the war with the
784th Tank Battalion at the age
of 21. An excellent soldier, he
became a top sergeant while
overseas. In combat he was
wounded in the stomach by
shrapnel. When the war ended
he had been decorated with the
Purple Heart, the French Croix
de Guerre and several other
medals.
When he re-enlisted in the
82nd Airborne Division the
young soldier said, “That’s where
the tough men are and that’s
where I belong.”
non-organized vets
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tion appealing to non-organized
veterans is operating in support
of veterans welfare programs,
on a national level. Its member¬
ship appeal is especially to vet¬
erans who for any reason have
not affiliated themselves with
any organized group. Veterans
of the armed forces of the Unit¬
ed States, who have served hon¬
orably at any time, are eligible.
The Veterans of America, Inc.,
does not charter local units. All
its members are members-at-
large having direct contact with
national headquarters. All com¬
munications are by direct mail.
There are no regularly scheduled
annual convention-, no salaried
officers, and service rank does
not appear on the membership
roll. The purpose of the organi-
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