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“Masses of men are on the march for
emancipation from ancient and long re-
pressitni.s . . . ‘Inferior’ races, subject
races, everywhere arise, and only the
white man seems still unaware that the
world is not while, and will never again
be white, unless by some Mendellian trick
of racial l'u -h»i everybody becomes white.
Yet. in a singular irony, the century and
a half which can be called the epoch of
emancipation . . . has conjured up the
monstrous spectre of an infra-human
slate . . . everywhere germinating, that
. . . seeks ‘the salvation of ail by the
assassination of each.’ ”
—William H. Nes
\ PYRRHIC VICTORY
Whateyer affects the social, political
and economic life of I he country, wheth¬
er domestic or foreign in origin, affects
the country’s Negro citizens. If they arc
farmers, they are affected by the soil
bank, and parity prices; if they are trades¬
men and laborers, they are affected by
labor lows. They are a part of the
country, they belong to it; they are con¬
es rued about its welfare. These, along
with many other things, make up the
issues of the present campaign. But the
thing that is more Important to Negroes,
North ,fis well as South, at the moment
is the matter of civil rights because it
is basfc to the enjoyment of all other
South rights.| fail If to the comprehend Negrb voters this outside fact and the.
fail to give overwhelming support to jie-
publiean candidates for national office,
they will contribute to a Democratic vic¬
tory that will be nothing short of suicide,
for such a victory in November — and
this must not be forgotten — will con¬
tinue 21 of the .”>1 most important com¬
mittees in Congress in the control of the
Democrats: for instance, Senator Mast-
laud olj Mississippi will remain at the head
of the most powerful Judiciary (’omniit-
t‘‘o, who makes no secret of his oppo¬
sition to civil rights legislation. Of all
times, this is the worst for a victory for
the national Democratic ticket.
Moreover, it is not inconceivable that
not only will a Democratic victory mean
the preventing of any new civil rights
legislation, but it may also mean an at¬
tempt will be made at repealing civil
rigid ; laws already on the books, the
M\ th Amendment for instance. The ex¬
pressed intention of some Deep South
legislators to introduce proposals to
amend the U S. Constitution so as to curb
the powers'of the U. S. Supreme Court,
and the Southern Manifesto signed by
loo solons from the South are promises
of what we may expect from a Demo¬
cratic Congress.
It is conceded that Negro voters in
seven or eight pivotal states hold in their
hands the difference between victory and
defeat for either party. Shortsightedness
and desertion of the concern common to
Negroes all over the coititry will give us
cause to lament (hat the Democratic vic¬
tory of 1956 has undone us.
RKGISI RATION AGAIN
It i - not inappropriate to mention once
again that we lack 6,000 of having 15,-
000 Negro voters eligible in Chatham
County. Mentioning it again just before
th« general election may serve the pur¬
pose of emphasizing the fact of our lack.
It may make us ashamed of our inabili¬
ty to share in having a part in saying
who shall be our president and who shall
be designated to represent us in the
state and national government. It is a
reflection oh ns ihat only 9.712 Negroes
are eligible to perform this important
duty of citizenship. It is a shame that
it has not been possible to get more than
this inconsequential number on the reg¬
istration list after much trying. Several
stories have come to light within the
last few days, which reveal one impor¬
tant reasyn why all efforts to increase
our registration have failed. Instead of
softening our chagrin in view of our clam¬
ouring for first-class citizenship, the
stories reveal a situation that increases
our embarrassment. In all campaigns it
ROCK CAUSES
MINISTER’S DEATH
(Continued from Page Ope)
charges in the incident.
Hill and Thompson were
ed separate trials. Court
ends to take said up the most trials of this are week. exacted
Charles Conley, driver of the
convertfble car in which Hill and
Thompson were riding, testified
Ui.it he was busy driving and
didn't notice whether any rocks
wer were thrswn.
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is logical to look to those who are the
leaders ol’ the people to play tIn' role of
leaders. We acknowledge, without too
much enthusiasm, by and large, that the
leaders of Negro people are their preach¬
ers. While those who have promoted
registration drives have suspected that
some preachers showed little interest in
getting their members to register; they
would have resented the charge that any
preacher would advise his people againsl
registering and voting. Yet that is the
story that has come to us. It is vouched
for by a competent source. People who
allow themselves to be misled in a mat¬
ter so important as that of exercising so
elemental a civic duty as voting are as
guilty of appalling ignorance as their
leaders are. This sort of leadership is
as dangerous and as destructive of citi¬
zenship rights as are the efforts of white,
citizens councils that are planning to
throw inj .0 gear devices intended to keep
Negroes from registering and voting.
There are preachers in this community
to whom such leadership is reprehensi¬
ble. We believe it is their duty to nulli¬
fy such leadership by giving active sup¬
port to the; movement to increase Negro
registration to 15.0(H) or more. The Ne¬
gro ministers in one of our Georgia cities
have taken the lead in a registration
drive by seeing to it that every member
in their churches become registered. Four
hundred of them in New York City have
pledged themselves to get the registra¬
tion up to 300,000. There is no reason
why the same sort of work cannot be
done by our ministers. It is a shame
that only t),712 Negroes will he able to
show themselves worthy of American
citizenship by going to the polls Novem¬
ber 6 and casting their ballots for their
choice of the men who will administer
their government for the next four years.
We can begin now fo keep the same thing
front happening at the next election.
Are we noticing the “straws in the
wind’? A number of things happened
during the past week which, except that
they may be a little heavier than straws,
show the direction of the thinking of
people who are determined to circum¬
vent or repudiate the ideals upon which
democracy rests. The leaders from 10
Southern states have agreed, according to
a Mississippi report, on a four-point pro¬
gram to bring “a complete reversal of
the contrived trend toward a raceless,
classless society.”
Under an October 19 dateline from
Raton Rouge, La., comes the report that
“white citizens councils of that state 1
pushed a drive to reverse the upward
trend of Negro voting in Louisiana.” They
have noted that Negro registration
climbed from 10,000 to more than 100,-
000 in 10 years and they plan to work
on two fronts: “1) challenging Negro
voters over the state in an effort to trim
their names from registration rolls; 2) a
constitutional amendment designed to
throw a roadblock in front of a federal
court suit, trying to restore challenged
voters to the rolls.” “From a long-range
standpoint, our only hope in the segre¬
gation fight is to clear our rolls of all
illegally qualified voters,” said State Sen¬
ator Rainnach, the implication being that
Negro voters will be illegally qualified.
And we have a preacher in Savannah who
urges Negroes not to register and not
to vote.
Rep. David ('. Jones of Worth County,
Georgia, has drawn a bill to be intro¬
duced in the next Legislature by which
to provide $10.000,000 a year to finance
migration of Negroes, who desire to at¬
tend integrated schools, into states which
do not practice segregation.” The pro¬
posed bill has met the approval of sev¬
eral, prominent politicians. A year or so
ago it was against Georgia law for any¬
one to induce Negroes in mass to leave
the state. How things have changed.
Alert leadership will keep aware of
what is happening and so keep in a
position to give wise counsel to their
followers.
ATTY. GADSDEN
HEADS DIV. IV
'Continued from Page Ond
Midtown subdivision; Mrs. W
E Lampkin Southwest subdi-
vision: James Luton, county
j arc . Dr H M CoU i er , Jr., Big
Qlf '
I
; There are five additional
j agencies Included In the Sa-
j vannah area's combined appeal
1 this year, with a minimum goal
$120,000 above last year's $863,-
000 objective. This means
stantially increased giving must
be obtained if the united so¬
licitation plan is to continue to
be successful. Be a
Neighbor and do your part in
Providing a BIGGER PACKAGE
, for Savannah’s UCS agencies,
Division . , IV ... . is . headed ... by Atty. ...
E. H. Gadsden, one of Savan-
nah's most prominent citizens.
Mr. Gadsden is one of Savan-
nah’s own sons. He is active in
religious and civic affairs of
the city.
THE SAVANNAH TEIBCNH
SEGREGAT10NISTS WILL FAIL IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SILENCE HER
We Have A Long Way
To G r a
Fred D. Gray, Alabama attor¬
ney. target of the Alabama
draft board and attorney for
the Montgomery bus boycott
movement, addressed an audi¬
ence of approximately two hun¬
dred persons at the meeting of
the Savannah Branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
held at First African Baptist
church, Franklin Square.
The 25 year old lawyer spoke
from the subject, “We Have
Come a Long Way. But We Have
a Long Way To Go.” Admitting
that the racial problem in the
South today is grave, the speak¬
er, nevertheless, expressed the
■onvietion that no problem Is
insoluble. Beginning with the
arrival of the first slaves in
UilO he reviewed the problems
;nd conditions existing during
such crises as the Drod Scott
decision of 1857, the Civil War
and Reconstruction of the
1860’.s the Plcssy vs. Ferguson
separate but equal case of 1896,
the Sweatt ease against the
University of Texas. In spite of
what degree of success may
have been attained, he warned
WINS NATIONAL
RECOGNITION
(Continued from Page One)
\merica. Miss Golden entered the
Council’s Carol Lane Safety
Yward Contest and won first prize.
She lias received a handsome gold
certificate in recognition of her
ent ry.
Being a very wide awake ob-
sorvant individual, Miss Golden
saw an announcement in our local
papers last spring, that the Carol
I ne Safety Award Contest of the
National Safety Council was open
to women only, who were inter¬
ested in safety. Immediately Miss
Golden saw an opportunity to
write up and enter the Safety
Project which she had initiated
and carried on with her children
anil faculty at DcKcnne School
for the past, three years.
The wealth of interesting and
beautifully arranged material sent
in could not help but win first
prize. This material clearly showed
that DoRonne’s Safely Program
not only reached her children, hut
also the emu 111 unity served l>y the
school. It also showed that it was
not a quickly gotten up affair, but
j was carefully planned and nvdent-
1 ly carried on for three years.
Miss Golden made a survey of
all accidents that had occurred at
DeRcnne over a period of three
years. She then wrote a skit en¬
titled “'Safety at Home, School,
i and in the Community,” woven
around the survey. This was not
| only given in the school’s audito¬
rium. hut was also televised.
In her account of the project,
Miss Golden included the Lady
1 Crossing Guard, the hazardous
school crossings, the school's con¬
crete walk-ways, playground safe¬
ty leaders, safety on school buses,
safety rules at school, classroom
safety programs, assembly and
j television programs, radio broad-
: easts, DeRenne’s affiliation with
the Safety Council of Chatham
! County, the P.-T. A.’s program for
safety, pedestrian safety, first aid
I courses given seventh graders, and
wo should not be over enthusi-
astie, adding that “we have a
rough road ahead and it’s a
tough job.”
Attorney Gray told his audi¬
ence that until we can break
down housing discrimination,
Jim Crow In intrastate travel
and the like, we can not claim
first class citizenship. He listed
the use of the ballot as the
Negro's most important weapon
and urged his hearers to put
forth every possible effort to
increase their voting strength,
He added that “It is not the
most important thing how far
we have come but how far we
have to go.”
The young attorney who was
introduced by President W. W
Law of the Savannah Branch,
received a round of applause at
the end of his 35 minute ad¬
dress.
At this meeting a nominating
committee was selected to bring
in a slate of officers for the
coming year and a report of
this committee is to be made
at the next meeting to be held
October 29.
B.lt. gnus and plul'ters. Many pic¬
tures of school safety projects and
news clippings were also sent. Miss
Golden concluded her project by
offering the slogan that safety is
just “Care, Courtesy, and Com¬
mon Sense.”
The Chatham County Teachers
Association is indeed proud of the
recognition given Miss Golden by
the National Safety Council and
wishes to point out that projects
such as the one carried on by Miss
Golden in her school’s community
can certainly accomplish a vast
amount of good in promoting hot¬
ter school-community relations.
Publicity Committee of the
Chatham County Teachers
Association, Janette B.
Mayes, chairman.
BAPTISTS GIVE
$40,000 TO
(Continued irom Lapp one)
volition. It was noted that Dr.
lackson, who recommended the
investment at the last annual ses¬
sion of the convention, also asked
that resources from the Baptist
Hath House at Hot Springs, Ark.,
he put on the ledger of the re¬
tirement fund. Thus, enough cap¬
ital was assured to put the re¬
tirement program into operation.
Meanwhile, the convention is
continuing its policy of giving
scholarships to deserving young¬
sters. Last year three were is-
j sued to Miss Annette Brown, Cin-
| cinnati, Ohio; Miss Lillian Miles,
j Los Angeles, Calif., and Calvin
Blanton, Richmond. Calif.
PRES. LISTON OF J. C.
SMITH DIES
(Continued from Page One)
ters. Mrs. Estelle Muse of Aiken,
S. C., Mrs. Margaret Spurlock
of Chicago, and Miss Aurelia
Liston of Charlotte and his
mother. Mrs. Maggie Liston of
Charlotte.
SPEAKERS BUREAU
GETS RECOGNITION
(Continued rrom Page One)
have been made with additional
personnel for this fall.
The committee’s work has
received greater support through
the present Grand Jury's en¬
dorsement of the “Keep Beau¬
tiful Savannah Clean Commit¬
tee.” This gave greater impor¬
tance to the efforts of the
entire movement, since it be¬
comes a misdeameanor for
throwing trash or garbage on
city streets, lanes and high¬
j ways. City ordinance against
such practices will be enforced,
according to Chief Sidney A.
Barnes, chief of police.
The committee is calling
special attention to falling
leaves, dying flowers and plants
■and tall grass throughout the
city. It is urging all residents
to sec that they have the leaves
raked uo, dying plants cut
down, all tall grass cut—for
j both beauty and health pur¬
i poses.
| The following letter received
j from I. A. Metz, executive di¬
rector of Savannah Chamber of
Commerce, expresses the senti¬
ments of various groups
throughout the city;
September 13, 195( !
Dr. Mary E. Williams
2006 Harden Street
Savannah, Georgia
Dear Dr. Williams:
The dispatch of this letter of
uooreciation has been delayed
only because of unfortunate
circumstances over which we
had no control.
Mrs. Stovall, Chairman of the
Chamber’s Keep Beautiful Sa¬
vannah Clean Committee, re¬
cently told me of the wonderful
assistance you provided in con¬
nection with their activities.
| 1 For this we are extremely
grateful and want you to know
how much we appreciate your
cooperative aid. Your influence
which resulted in speakers ap¬
pearing before numerous church
congregations h a d a direct,
bearing on the success of this
important community program
Please express to all who as¬
sisted you In this project our
thanks for a job well done.
Sincerely,
I. A. Metz, Jr.
Executive Director
FIFTEEN COEDS
(Continued from Page One»
in biology af Alabama A. & M.
College; Lovio Nall Jackson of
Chicago, junior in languages at
the University of Chicago.
Second Row: Helen Ferguson of
Phoenix. Ariz., senior in business
administration at Arizona State
College; Barbara Daniels of New
York City, junior in pharmacy at
Columbia University; Gloria Mat¬
thews, of Miami. F'!a„ graduate
student in dramatics at Yale Uni¬
versity; Shirley Jones of Touga-
loo, Miss., graduate student in
speech therapy at Hunter College;
Henrietta S. Matthews of Okla¬
homa City, Okla., graduate stu¬
dent in social work at the Univer¬
sity of Oklahoma.
Third Row: Grace O. Lyttle of
Chelsea. Mass., student in physi¬
cal therapy at Boston University;
SATURDAY, OCTOHI* 2T; 191* V |rT»* ,
OVER 2,150,000 WHITE, NEGRO 4-H’m TO
BE HONORED ON ACHIEVEMENT DAY
WASHINGTON (ANP) — Over
2 150,000 white and colored 4-H
Club hoys and girls will be hon¬
ored on National 4-H Achieve¬
ment Day—November 10 — for
their accomplishments in leadet-
ship and in farm and home proj¬
ect work.
Sharing the 4-H’crs recognition
will be 357,000 men and women
and young people who serve as
volunteer local leaders of the 89,-
000 clubs throughout the coun¬
try. in
The day will he observed
thousands of local communities
with banquets, luncheons, school
programs and other activities.
Among the honorees are 353,-
000 rural colored youth who live
PASTOR RESIGNS AS CHURCH
BID
PHILADELPHIA (ANP) — A
Raptist minister resigned his pas-
toratc here last week after his
congregation turned down his re-
quest to admit Negroes to mem¬
bership.
The Rev. David E. Gregory,
pastor of the New Kereau Bap¬
tist Church, read a letter of res¬
ignation at last Sunday's regular
service, after losing out in what
was described by a pro-segrega¬
tionist member as a “family quar¬
rel.”
However, statements by the 40-
year-old Rev. Gregory regarding
the controversy indicate it was
far more than a congregational
riff. He indicated that a battle
had been waged to defeat his re¬
quest. He said the issue of in¬
tegration was put to members in
i questionnaire and that they ap¬
proved it, 56 to 53. But he ad-
Evelyn Cain, of Tyler, Tex., senior
in home economics at Texas Col-
'ege; Shirley Davis of Roanoke,
Va., junior in biology at Talladega
College; Carolyn Fowler of Los
\ngeles, sophomore in languages
ind political science at University
>f California at Los Angeles; and
tosalyn Wilcox of Dayton, Ohio,
ophomore in nursing at Ohio
Mate University. (Associated Nc-
;.ro Prgss).
REV. McCOLLOM TO
ADDRESS LOCAL NAACP
'Continued from Fase One>
ng at ft o’clock on Monday
light at the Mt. pTabor Baptist
.•hunch, Henry and East Hroad
streets.
Mr. McCollom is pastor of the
Trinity Methodist church in
Irangeburg and president of
ho local NAACP branch there,
ie also teaches at Claflin col-
egc.
He has given leadership dur-
ng the tense months of the
>ast year and helped to rcha-
nlitatc victims of economic
nessure in the school integra-
ion fight. He is a fearless
eader and spokesman on civil
ights.
He is a graduate of Mather
icadeiny, Claflin college and
Tammon Theological seminary.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this meeting.
Miss Rhomania Contest
Gets Underway
(continued from I>ge cnei
uul a member of the 10-4 class of
.Vonilville High School. Her affili-
itions are many as she is a mem-
■er of the Flags (Library Club of
Woodvillc), New Home Makers of
Vnierica, .Secretary of the Tri-Hi-
Y, and a member of the Girl
scouts. Her hobby is reading.
Miss Jo Ann Mitchell is the
irautiful and talented daughter of
Mrs. Geneva Mitchell of West 44th
.treet, and is a member of the
1 2A class of Beach High School,
(lie is a communicant of St. Mat¬
hews Episcopal Church, a mem-
»er of tlie Junior Debs, the Tri-
li-Y, the Beacon Staff, and is a
•heer leader of her school. Her in-
.<Tests are reading and dancing.
These many and varied activ-
ties provide these young ladies
with a full schedule at all times,
.’ct they say they are enjoying
the contest, and each hopes to win.
The winner of the contest will
be crowned Miss Rhomania of
1950, when Sigma Gamma Rho So¬
rority, the sponsor of the contest,
presents its annual play, “Murder
Without Men,” at Beach High
School, Nov. 27th, at 8 o’clock.
POWELL’S SECRETARY
FINED $2000 AND
(Continuea from Page One)
deal a man ever got.”
Lennon was convicted on
charges of evading $1,800 in in¬
come taxes over a four-year
period beginning with 1949.
Ju$ge Archie O. Dawson de-
in
tension Service of the U. S.- De¬
partment V1ULIIV of Agriculture ■ -o..... says * the
1 -h’ers have a record to lie proud
of.
For example,'during boys and the year, girls
colored 4 -H Club
owned and cared for 91,000 head
of livestock, nearly two million
chickens, turkeys, gef^.aml ducks,
and over 100,000 acYefc of field
crops. Other projects included
preparing meals improving their
homes, preserving food? and mak¬
ing and repairing clothing. Al¬
together 4-H Club girls canned, , .A
preserved or froze over a million
and a half quarts of food, and
made 438,000 articles and gar¬
ments last year.
mitted that those opposed to it
said they would leave the church f
if Negroes joined. This was i:i
taken to mean that the threat-
ened walkout influence the con¬ ' K
gregation in defeating the move.
One segregationist, Thomas W. ;
Cox of suburban Upper Darby,
acting chairman of the board of
deacons and a mmeber of the
church for 48 years, declared:
“There is no reason for us to
integrate. There is not. a Bap¬ .
tist church in Philadelphia that >5
is integrated. Negroes are wel¬ V
come to attehd our services — and r*
do so. But we do members.'” not feel they 5
be actual
* *
A Southerner, Rev. Gregory is 1 •*;
a native of Fredericksburg, Ya.
He had been at the Bercan church
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the ministry since 11)40.
scribed himself as “shocked” by A
Powell’s statement. f.
Powell, a Democratic leader
in Harlem, recently announced
he favored the re-election ot
President Elsenhower.
Asst. U. S. Attorney Thomas
( A. Bolan insisted Lennon re¬
1 ce ivcd fair treatment, a fair
trial and fair consideration
from the jury,”
Bolan charged that either (I tl
Powell or Paul Klein, a prose-
c u t i o n witness, deliberately, .
lied” in testifying about are b
$3,000 check that figured in thtU-
government's case. Initios
Lennon faced a maximum
penalty of 20 years in prison 11
and a $10,000 fine. He was ac- 1
cused on four counts.
Another secretary of Powell’s,
Mrs. Hattie Freeman Dodson, 47,
who was convicted of a $7,000
.
income tax evasion and S'err-’"”;
fenced on July 16 to sevcfi
months imprisonment, was rh- , ,
leased from jail Wednesday oC. ;
last week, her time of service
being reduced for good be¬
havior.
A third Powell aide, Williain
I. Hampton, is yet to come up
for trial for income tax evas-
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j 400-500 NEGRO _ / , n _
JEACHERS UUT OF
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gration.
Spokesmen for Negro teachers
are deeply concerned at the in¬
creasing amount of teachers being
ousted rather than integrated into
school situations.
At the end of the spring term,
about 250 teachers had lost their
jobs. The number doubled with
the advent of the fall term.
Some states have been able to
proceed with their desegregation
programs without dismissing any
of the teachers at all. No Mary¬
land teacher, for example, has
been fired because of integration.
As more communities begin to
integrate, the number of Negro
teachers out of work is expected
to increase.
A committee consisting of rep¬
resentatives of the American
Teachers Association (the Negro
teachers’ organization) and the
National Education Association
met in Washington last Monday
and Tuesday.
Dr. II. Council Trenheln, presi¬
dent of Alabama State (.'“liege
at Montgonvery, presented t he
plight of the fired Negro teacher
to the joint committee. Dr. Trcn-
heln was sympathetic to this
problem.
A subcommittee is to tie ap-
pointed within the next few weeks
to seek ways to solve the prob¬
lem and an attempt will he made
to place the ousted teachers in
other positions.
The Statue of Liberty was
dedicated by President Cleve¬
land. October 28, 1886 . — Joseph
Pulitzer of the New York World
and St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
died October 29, 1911.