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..He do not lose heart.”
■it —Galatians 6:11
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•Mi, THE ELECTION MEANS WHAT
or Tile outcome of the election does not
ft affect our position in any way. It rather
strengthens it. We maintain that the
. .■■yingle greatest need, politically speaking,
j Ob* Negroes in Ghat ham County is organ¬
isation. It is the only way to make pro¬
gress toward participation in polities. It
is the only way to silence the maneuvers
of emissaries from the camp of the cne-
11 my. It is naive to think that as yet there
“is any considerable sentiment in this
"‘community to support the political aspir-
"ations of Negroes. It is true that Negroes
have been successful in their bid for
office in some southern cities, but in
such cities Negroes have registered
large numbers under good leadership
and organization. Whether Negroes in
this county Can develop sense enough
’ and interest‘enough to really desire polit-
i., jieal participation is a question upon
, which our .political future in this county
depends apd which can not wait too much
longer for an answer, tor the delusions
as to the readiness of our community to
o <serve our political wishes to us on a silver
' platter are melting. The character of the
campaigning for the election did nothing
to answer the charge that, with respect
to progress toward achievement of the
; ideals of democracy, the South is decad¬
ent. The injection of the race issue in
the campaign was unfortunate: in hand
.bills handed only to white people, on the
!>•> radio ond television, and in newspapers.
If our leaders have ignored or misunder-
• stood our repeated appeal for organiza¬
tion, the ominous implications of the
.campaigning and the election can not he
{ignored or misunderstood There is a
"saying that “it’s an ill wind that blows
j nobody good." It is our ho|>e that the
import of this election will be sufficient
*,».to drive home to our Negro‘citizens the
V 'imperative importance of getting our
wj-ftipliliter cjsvote organized. We hope the leaders of
factions will see the wisdom of
.^Organization leading their followers into one effective
under intelligent and im-
.. .selfish leaders. If anybody knows of any-
nJM.hing better we shall be glad to go along
/ with it. A rather healthy nudging to the
wise ought to be sufficient.
A PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION
If our leaders want to organize.
■ />4 1here are several patterns to follow. The
,’Xone that suggests itself to us is the out-
' ray of political divisions used in our
county. All that needs to be done is to
i&u make use of them for organizational
purposes. This is a big all. id' course, bid
# people PC who are interested in their po¬
litical welfare should not balk at the size
of a job that enough sincere workers
can whittle down. There are eight militia
districts in Chatham County: four in the
‘ city and four in the area outside the city.
.Each district is divided into preedits.
Each precinct can be divided into as
many wards or blocks as may be felt
necessary, since some precincts cover
large areas. The organization could or
should proceed from the block, ward or
precinct level, and culminate at the dis¬
trict-and county level. This roughly sug¬
gests n plan or way to go atiout organiz¬
ing. It is by no means the only plan. Atlan¬
ta has a plan of organization that begins
at the ward level. Augusta has a similar
plan. Durham, N. C., has a plan which
in many respects is the best plan we know
of. Any plan, however, depends on the
of that directs it. Supine.
HAMPTON STUDENTS GET
ARMY COMMISSIONS
HAMPTON, Va. immediately«
following the 84th Annual
Commencement hed at Hampton
institute the following students
qualified for commissions as
Second Lieutenants in the
United States Army Reserve.
Students receiving 2nd Lt,
commissions were Wilmer An¬
drews. Jr.. Brooklyn. N. Y.,
Robert K Atkins. Red Oak. Va.;
George M. Barnwell. Beaufort,
S. C : Earl J. Batts. New York;
Stephen J. Bostic. St. Croix. V.I
Roland A Brown, Baltimore.
Warren C Brown. London, W.
Va.; Frederick D Burroughs.
Burlington, N. J.: Warren B
Coleman. Swar thin ore. Pa :
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visionless, or self-seeking leadership "id
ruin any plan. Everything. including the
circumstances leading up to the elect¬
ion, challenges the ability of Negroes in
this community to find or develop the
leadership our time requires.
PRIDE IN OUR CULTURE
Dr. Charles Allen, writing in the
Atlanta Constitution, says: ,
“If 1 were a Negro I would today •
U lioth proud and afraid ... 1 would
be proud because 1 would remember
that 1 am part of the finest and oldest
cultures the world has ever known,
in pre-hist,oric times we find that
the Negro race in Africa had devel¬
oped an organized and civilized life
. . . Thousands of years ago they
created an orderly economic' life, de¬
veloped the arts and enjoyed a fine
civilization.”
There is a large body ot information
on the deeply rooted and tine culture of
Negroes that is increasing in size, im¬
portance and recognition due in part to
recent researches at the seat of ancient
civilizations and in part to the studies
of Negro scholars who are bringing
to light a great deal that other writers,
in the main, either through careless
scholarship or deliberate intention, ne¬
glected to reveal about the Negro’s con¬
tribution to world culture and history.
We have been carrying short stories
of Negro characters who have contribut¬
ed something to our recent culture. Stim¬
ulated by Dr. Allen’s comment, we make
a brief venture into a more distant back¬
ground. Speaking of the fact that Ne¬
groes developed the arts long ago, there
are evidences that Negroes engaged in
smelting in Central Africa as long ago
as 10.000 H. (*. It is well known that they
were workers in metals long before
England was civilized. Not a few of the
Pharaohs were Negroes. Queen Nefertiri,
the consort of the great Amenhotep IN.
lived ip the IHth dynasty of Egypt that
has been proclaimed one of the most
Negroid of all Egyptian dynasties. One
of the most remarkable of the Pharaohs,
Amenophis IV, who reigned about 1350
B. is alleged to have preached peace
at a time when war was the fashion and
is said to have been the first (?) to
enunciate the doctrine of one God. He is
said to have lived 300 years before King
David and wrote psalms that sounded
like those written by David. He showed
Negro strain.
Seti, The Great Amen, at one time
ruled over Palestine, conquered much of
Asia Minor and brought back many
captives. Some writers ascribe the Jew¬
ish and Christian, Amen, to Seti. The
Great Amen. He reigned about 1206 B.C.
Uah-Abra, governor of the Western
Nile, about 660 R. C., was the nephew-of
the great conqueror of Syria, Piankhi.
Piankhi was a Negro. Then comes Cleo-
imtru, claimed to be pure Greek, was the
last of the dynasties of the Ptolemies.
H'he dynasty was founded by Ptolemv 1.
a general in the armv of Alexander, The
Great. Ptolemy XI sometimes called
Ptolemy XIIT. the father of Cleopatra,
was the son of a female slave and clearly
showed Negro blood. We agree with Dr.
Allen that we have a lot to be proud of.
That we are proud is precisely the reason
why we resent segregation with its
attendant evils and injustices. Negroes
do not seek amalgamation any more
than other races have (if any ever sought
it) and are not so sure that time will
deal more devastatingly with pure racial
strains in the forseeable future than it
has in thousands of years of the past.
E Collins Smlthfied,
'h C Coleman H.
W Va.
William A DeShields, Wil*
m j n gt 0 n. Del Anderson L
.Cincinnati. Ohio; Robt
F. Dunn. Kinston. N C.; Wil¬
liam E Evens.
Conn.; Julius I. Fuller.
N. C.: Charles G
Baltimore. Md ; Leslie W.
dy. Baltimore: Thomas A
uamme. Oxford. N. C
M. Haygood. Raleigh N C.
John L Henderson.
Ohio Joseph P Keene.
delphia; Hammond M
Newport News. Va.; Edward
Marshall. Baltimore. Wm P
Middleton. Hackensack
R Moore, Gastonia. N.
Clarence R Phillips. Brooklyn,
| W imot T Powell, Charleston,
L(<m,u<. W CiiuinnaU,
' U 1 '
Fla.; Ear! Uylon Madison. p, Ha.,
0neS ay ° r ' i.tn.ipo i>. . i,
drew Thomas. St. Louis, Mo,
Donald Twittv. Buena Vista, Va.;
O. Walker. Gary, lad.: John H.
Woodard. Winter Park. Fla.;
Ernest C. Yuile. Atlantic City,
Commissions in the regular
army of the United States were
awarded with rank of Second
Lieutenant to Joseph P Keene,
Finance Corps; Rcber* F. Dunn.
Chemical Corps: Janies W.
Poarch. Quartermaster Corps:
Leonard W. Sloan. Quartermas-
Iter Corps; Robert A Jones,
Transportation Corps.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBtTW*
‘‘1NTEGRAT10NA WILL MAKE SUCH MISUNDERSTANDINGS, A THING OF
THE PAST.”
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BETWEEN THE _ LINES _
By Dean Gordon Hancock
The much-heralded Governors' Confer¬
ence has ended here in Richmond. And
although Byrnes and Talmadge were in at¬
tendance, the atomic explosion that did
not take place, did not jeopardize the .safe¬
ty of this erstwhile Capitol of the Confed¬
eracy. Nor ,vfcis anything publicly said
about an impending succession.
What was conceived by some of the gov¬
ernors as a council of desperation turnea
out to be a council of moderation. The
high success of the meeting hinged about
the natural division of the delegates with
Maryland. West Virginia and Kentucky in¬
dicating their willingness to abide by the re¬
cent Supreme (Court decision; with South
Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi strong'
for their cherished segregation, and with
Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkan¬
sas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida some¬
where between. Oklahoma sided with the
tirst group.
Since the meeting was closed to the
puolic it doth not appear what Byrnes and
Talmadge had to say; but it was doubtless
a mouthful judging from their previous
statements. But the South is too strong¬
ly divided for even a demagogue to whip
up sufficient enthusiasm for anything that
savors of considerable rebellion, such as
the governors of Soutli Carolina and Geor¬
gia had suggested. And herein lies the
hope of the situation.
3 ne determination to forever segregate
the Negro citizens is by no means unani¬
mous in the erstwhile "Solid South.” The
moral growth of the Sohth is far beyond
the machinations of ifs Talmadges and
Byrneses. The South of Ben Tillman and
Blease and Turn w*utson and Vardanian and
Heflin and Bilbo and Hoke Smith is gone
to come no more. Another South is on the
scene; another South is bidding for the at¬
tention of the Twemicfn Century world
and is currently serving notice on the na¬
tion and world that it will yet be heard from.
Just as fairness demands that there be
discriminations in the social levels of Ne-
Licts tliat .would make lumping unwise
and dangerous; so care should be taken not
to lump the South without discriminating
between Byrnes and Talmadge types and
the Ralph McGill and Jonathan Daniels types.
But the most hopeful sign in the whole
situation somehow hinges about the restrain¬
ed way the better South is approaching the
task of integration.
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Cub Scouts, 183. met June
at St. Matthew's parish house.
Our assistant Cub master met
i with us. present we are
• working on model planes. Our
next objects will be bird
and carving boats. Other act¬
ivities that we will
j n be sott ball, puzzles and
other games, swimming and
Ramping. P°'"‘ at Each tl Cub meetings is asked what to
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good deed that was done durinig
the week. Our meetings are
h{ ,] d the second and fourth
Mondays at 4 30 p.m. The
Cub Scouts are still open to
new members. For information
j 2-3385. contact or Theodore Mrs. M. Lawe. B. Rosser phone
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| phone 2-1008. Next meeting
j wil! be held at St. Matthews
parish house Monday. 4 3f p.m.
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| Progressive Club
j [
The Progressive club held its
' regular meeting Monday night,
i May 17. at Mt. Zion Baptist
1 church. The next meeting was
or-angel;* enough the Richmond-Tmus
Dispatch of thc morning after the confer¬
ence Captioned its account of thc meet
thus: "Fifteen States Agree to Chart Own
Integration Course." The emphasis was/
not on segregation as might have been ex¬
pected. but on integration. Herein lies the
hope of a bigger and better South tomor¬
row.
But we all should be poorly advised .1
we assumed that the South of the Talmadges
and Byrnes persuasion will take the decision
lying down; The die-hard South will yet
be heard from, and the demagogue Will
yet have his field day. There may even
be great tr filiations tor hapless Negroes
caught between the upper and nether mill¬
stones of sectional and group animosities.
In the last analysis the weight of the
•mpending transition will be ,«elt most
keenly by Negroes themselves. The Nc-.
groes or the whites who attempt to mini¬
mize the hazards of the transitional period
are in for some disillusionment, but better
those than the perpetuation of the second-
rate citizenship of the Negro citizens of this
country. This country is growing spiritu¬
ally and if there must be growing pains,
let them be!
As this serious student of human affairs
ponders the current situation, he discerns
a superhuman element which defies the
full comprehension of man. It reveals the
hand of God in human affairs even as it
was manifest in the deliverance of Israel
from Egypt or thc return from Babylonian
captivity. Israel was delivered in one of
God’s mysterious ways, his wonders to per¬
form; and so were the Israelitish captives
returned from Babylon.
Others ‘/nay minimize the working of
God in human affairs but Negroes must nev¬
er forget; for our deliverance from American
bondage of slavery has never been explain¬
ed merely, upon the basis of what humanu
did in that time of crisis. There is al¬
ways the super-human element and we err
greviously when we minimize this aspect of
our advance.
The Governors’ Conference recently held
in Richmond was saved by the division of
circumstances and interests so clearly man¬
ifested by the several groups. A unanim¬
ity in that august group, sparked by Tal¬
madge and Byrnes, would have been disas¬
trous. Ine divisions in southern coun¬
sels are God-made
held at the church on
I night. June 21. Mrs. Annie
Moody is president: Mrs.
Harley, vice president;
Ann Joyce, secretary, and Mrs.
j j Sally Kanci son. Asst sccutaiy.
Mr. and Mrs. Mines
; Back From Convention
Deacon and Mrs. John
h aV e returned home from
twenty-eighth annual
of the Deac ons State
j ] Baptist Convention of Georgia
which w held at Bryan B
churc.hr in Brunswick. Rev.
F. Mann, pastor.
The officers elected were
follows . Mrs w Doggett. presi-
dent, Atlanta: Mrs.
Ba ^ er v j ce president. Atlanta:
Mrg John Mines, treasurer. Sav-
anna y, ; Mrs Emma
chaplain: Mrs. Daisy
Held Agent. Savannah: Mrs
Ella Shanks, chairman execu-
tive board. Atlanta, and Mrs.
Sadie Life, secretary. St.
on’s Isiand.
.AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS i *
CHATHAM COUNTY 4 K 1 Afjt *
OF
It is with grateful humility
that I express my sincere ap¬
preciation to all of you for the
very fine manner in which you
supported me in the race for
Tax Receiver of Chatham
county.
We should not be discouraged
but should be ever mindful of
- full responsibility * 1 ? i as n ^citi-
zens. , (
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1 OUT 4 CHILDLESS COUPLES
HAVE BABIES AFTER TREATMENT
NEW YORK One out of four
,’hildcss couples who arc treat-
cd at infertility clinics have
babes. Dr. Mary Steichen Cal-
derone. medical director of the
Planned Parenthood Federation,
disclosed at a panel discussion
on Help for Ihe childless”
the federation’s annual meeting
at, the Waldorf-Astoria recent-
ly. Tier figures were based on
a nation-wide survey of infer-
yiity clinics.
Another speaker. Dr. Kenneth ,,
Kcllev. associate professor in
psychiatry at Columbia univer-
sity. discussed psychosomatic
aspects of infertility and asserted
that deep-seated emotional
neultips may be frequently the
achieve pregnancy.
No Intentional Dis¬
crimination, Says Steam- !
shin Line
NEW YORK, June 17—Apolo- !
l*'l flu Slgtl^Alion Of ..
in the dining ^
Negro passenger
room of thc S.B. Queen of Ber-
! mudft. J. J. Walsh, local director
of Furness. Withy \ Co., owners
of thc liner, has assured the
, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored 1’eoplc
that "there was no intention of
discrimination.'’
Upon complaint of Mrs. M.
| Josephine Wooten. New York
> school teacher, Mr. White wrote
to the steamship company. On
a trip to Bermuda last summer,
Mrs. Wooten charges that she
was set apart from other pas-
sengers and assigned to a tabic
alone in the dining room.
Mr. Walsh assured the NA-
ACF executive that "it is not
our policy to discriminate
against anyone due to race,
color or creed." Employees of
the company are, he said, "in¬
structed to be as tactful as
possible but it might appear
that in this instance there was
a slipup and we are sorry that
the party in question was dis¬
pleased.”
Town Hires Two
Negro Policemen
CLINTON, N. C. — (ANTi-
This North Carolina city last
week named two Negro offeiers
to its police department.
The offeiers. James Lee Faison
and Zack William Landis, thc
first members of their race to
serve on thc Clinton police
| force, will begin iheir new
[duties on July 1, Police Chief
Crummie said.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Duller In The City
! Mr. and Mrs. Emmett H
j Butler of New York city, recent-
| ly married, are in the city
! spending their honeymoon
j They were married June 12 in
New Mark city at the Church
j of the Master, the Rev. Jamef
i H. Robinson performing the
ceremony.'
* The bride, the former Mist
June Anne Sills, is a junior
bacteriologist in the New York
City Health Department while
the groom, the son of Mrs.
Iona Butler Pukuis of 610 W.
41st street, this city, was re¬
cently appointed an agent in
the Internal Revenue depart¬
ment in New York ciUy.
The maid of honor was Miss
Carolyn Greene; bridesmaid.
Mrs. Irene Coleman Notice and
"he flower girls were Hope and
Sandra, daughters of Mrs. Not¬
ice.
Fred D. Coleman, Jr., cousin
af thc groom, was best man and
George Nagle served as usher.
The bride was given away by
her godfather. Leigh Whipper.
stage, screen and TV star.
Among those attending the
wedding were Charlie Gardner,
formerly of Savannah, an agent
>n the Internal Revenue de¬
partment.
While in the city Mr. and
Mrs. Butler are the guests of
the former's uncle. Robert But¬
ler, Sr., of 609 W. 39th street.
Social Club
The Carnation social club
j held its regular meeting June
10 at the home of Mrs. Louise
J , Wallace. After business the
hostess served a do iicious re-
! past. The club Is giving ' a
moonlight hoat ride on July 26.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Lee France
Jenkins, 135 Yjaniacraw Village.
Vivettes Social Club
The Vivettes social club met
at the home of Miss Doris
Singleton. All members weri
present. We congratuate Mist
Dandy Polite, one of our mem-
' bers. who married
was to Henry
j j Taylor on June 16. We have
several new members, Misse.<
Mildred Cook. Josephine Dray-
ton. Poarlie Mae Haynes anc
Bernice Westley We will have
a yard plrty Saturday night at
619 W. 36t.h St., at 8 p.m. Anr
Daniels is reporter
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r rm^tsDAr, juke u, 1954
We sincerely urge those of
you who have not become reg¬
istered voters to do so at once.
This should be a "must” for you.
Again I wish to thank all of
you for your support.
('S^tgm'd'
Edward B.'Law,
'* 'Candidate for .'£ax«B«ceiver
, in recent election
hidden cause of Inability to
Dr. Calevone pointed out
that the number of infertility
clinics in the country has more
than doubled in the last five
years, increasing from 67 in
j 1?49 to 151 al present. Out of
13,051 patients treated fn the
j clinics, 3,026 pregnancies (Ic¬
veloped.she pointed out.
j “The „ Thp significance of these
figures,” Dr. Calderone conclud-
j , cd "lies in tlw fact that they
cxeinplify thc very broad base
! which Planned Parenthood
on
is functioning today. It, is only
j unjnformed outsider who
^ are primarily
; concerned with family imnta- .,
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