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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI
VIRGINIA ANTI-NAACP LAWS VOIDED
in Virginia were called upon to
rally once more to the
of the Association as a result of
the decision January 21 by a
three-judge Federal court that
three Virginia laws requiring the
filing of membership lists by
the NAACP are unconstitution¬
al.
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive
secretary, said the decision will
toe followed by a stepped-up
membership campaign. The 3
laws struck down by the court
in a 2-1 decision were passed by
a special session of the Virginia
General Assembly in September,
so directly at the NAACP that
1056. The laws were aimed
they became known throughout
the state as “NAACP laws.”
The Federal court refused to
pass on two other laws aimed
at the NAACP, saying that they
were too vague and ambiguous
and should first be interpreted
toy a state court.
“Now that this court has
upheld our belief that we should
not toe required to reveal the
names and addresses of NAACP
members,” said Mr. Wilkins,
“our supporters in Virginia can
have less fear of reprisals and
should rally to the cause.
“There is still a ruling of the
state supreme court which will
have to be dealt with, but we
believe the chances of winning
the final point are very good.
Our people in Virginia need not
Ibe afraid.”
The court ruled on the Vir.
ginia statutes in response to
suits filed last year by the Na-
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Number New Members
Added to YMCA Board
Many Attend Conference
Of PR Officers
Riles Held For
Festus S. Bailey,
Nonagenarian
> k
Festus S. Bailey, Sr., nona-
generian, died Friday, January
24, at the residence of his son-
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ACL EMPLOYEES HONOR FELLOW RETIRED WORKER
t to r _Lee Davis, Thomas Green, J. B. Massey William Clark, Joseph Walthour, Eddie Proctor
Henry Middleton and Ike Siders. Making presentation to Charlie Jones, retired worker, is Rev.
E. D. Smith—Photo by Fluellyn
The Brotherhood of Mainte- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Sunday afternoon, January 25,
nance of Way Employees of the held an important meeting (Continued on Page Seven)
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Chance Doctors Give Live Campanella Following A Anto Good Crash
To
GLEN COVE, N. Y,_After a
four hcur operation by a team
of doctors at Glen Cove Com¬
munity hospital, Roy Campa¬
nella, star catcher of the Los
Angeles Dodgers, was given a
good chance to live and, barring
complications, may again pur¬
sue a perfectly normal life.
However, his return to baseball
is problematical.
Campanella was injured early
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Public relations officers and
student recruiters must play
down the “country club” side
of college life- This was one
of the conclusions of the Pub¬
lic Relations Institute held at
Johnson C. Smtih University
last week. E. F. Corbett, Di¬
rector of Public Relations at A.
and T. College, Greensboro, N.
C., advised the group that em¬
phasizing the “country club”
idea of a football game every
other Saturday, a basketball
game twice a week, the numerous
dances of fraternities and sor¬
orities, handsome men and
beautiful girls, as an attraction
for a college career does not
psychologically prepare a pros¬
pective student for the strenu¬
ous academic load demanded by
our colleges.
The twenty-four representa¬
tives from fifteen colleges, in a
one-day institute, came to grips
with the problems of public re¬
lations officers in colleges serv.
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SEVERAL OFFICIALS UP6RADED BY
C. C. Spaulding, Jr.
Durham* N. C.—Last week
President W. J. Kennedy, Jr., of
the North Carolina Mutual \
Life Insurance Company
4 Whites Convicted of
South Carolina
The .following new members
were elected to the board of
management of the West Broad
Street YMCA for a term of 3
years: Dr. S. M. McDew, Jr.,
Malcolm G. Thomas, George
Sawyer, Jacob Lang, Mrs. Sara
Vanellison, Mrs. Mamie Hart,
Mrs. Eunice Clay, Mrs. Drucilla
Hargrett. Former board mem¬
bers who have previously served
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NEGRO HOMES B0MBE0 AT
TULSA AND CHATTANOOGA
UNCF CHOIRS
PROGRAM FOR FEB.
New York,—The February
schedule of the United Negro
College Funda choirs on the
American Broadcasting Net¬
work’s weekly choral, series was
announced today by W. J.
Trent, (Jr., executive director
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1958
Aaron Day
nounced that the policyholders
in Annual Meeting elected At-
torney C. C. Spaulding, Jr., to
membership on the Company’s
GREENVILLE, S. C— (ANP)
Four of six white men charged
with fl ogg ing a Negro farmer
and deacon 6 months ago, were
convicted of the charge by an
all white jury here last week.
The jury returned “not guilty”
verdicts for the remaining two
Earlier the judge had dismissed
the charges against five others.
Found guilty were Andrew
M. Rochester, 30; Wade H.
Howard, 24; Jack Bently, 29,
and Robert E. Waldrop, 28.
They were charged with con¬
TULSA (ANP)—The equilibri¬
um of a Negro family of five, oc¬
cupants of a house in a pre¬
dominantly white neighbor¬
hood in North Tulsa for two
months, was upset here last
week when a crude bomb ex¬
ploded in their front yard.
Victims of the bombing were
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Gamble
and their three children, Peg¬
gy, 14; Larry ,12; and Patsy
Louise, 10. There were no in¬
juries. Patsy, however, was
treated at the hospital for hys¬
Robeson Accepts Bid
To Sing In England
LONDON, England (ANP)
Baritone singer Paul
.beset with pastport wooes
cause of his political
particularly concerning
munionism .last week
an invitation to make a
cert tour of Britain and
pear on commercial
there.
The announcement was
by Robeson's London agent,
old Davidson, who said
famed singer was confident
would be able to get a passport
in time for the_tour scheduled
in April.
Robeson, who has often
cized American r e 1 a t i o
with Soviet Russia, lost
passport seven years ago,
the U. S. State Department
ed it because of his
opinions.
Robeson recently filed a
appeal for a passport.
R. C. W. Perry
Board of Directors. Mr. Spauld¬
ing is the son of the late C. C.
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spiring to flog Claud Cruell, 58,
a Negro landowner and Bap-
tlst^deacon last July 21, while
he and his wife .Fannie, were
caring for a white neighbor’s
children In an emergency.
In addition, Rochester and
Howard were convicted of com¬
mitting assault and battery.
The former conviction carries
a maximum sentence of 10 years
in prison; the Latter ,a top of
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teria and later released.
That it was the work of ter¬
rorists was evident when sev¬
eral local radio stations report¬
ed that an unidentified person
had telephoned asking if there
had been any explosions. The
county sheriff’s office also re¬
ceived a call from the unknown
person, who said “there will be
more blasts.” However, no
others were reported.
The blast cracked the wall
and broke out most of the win¬
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The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Brotherhood, composed of 3,000 ministers in the
denomination, met simultaneously in Chicago last week. The
bishops accepted an invitation to meet with The Brotherhood.
Above is a section of the 500 ministers reported at the session.
Call Mississippi Posse
a
MERIDIAN, M i s s.,
slaying of 38-year old George
Love by a posse of some 25 men
and boys in Rulevllle, Miss., on
January 8 has been character¬
ized by the president of the
Mississippi State NAACP as a
“legal lynching.”
C. R. Darden of Meridian, the
NAACP state president, noted
that a report from Medgar Ev¬
ers of Jackson, NAACP field
secretary for Mississippi, stated
that the fatal bullets entered
Mr. Love's body from the rear.
For this reason, Mr. Darden
continued, a strong possibility
exists that Mr. Love did not
Town and Country To Do Fashion Show
Town and Country Women’s
Store, Bull and Perry Streets,
will furnish all the fashions to
be shown in Fashlonetta.
Kurt Appel, owner of Town &
Country, is cooperating fully
with Alpha Kppa Alpha soro¬
SSC Library Hosts Annual
News-Pictures Exhibit
The traveling exhibit of the
14th annual “News Pictures of
the Year” competition co-spon-
sored by the National Press
Photographers Association and
Encyclopaedia Britannica, will
be on display in the Savannah
State College Library until Jan¬
uary 31.
This exhibit will feature all
of the top prize winners and
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DAV TO PRESENT
EXPOSE OF TALENT
The Disabled American Vet¬
erans are commanding wide¬
spread interest in their presen¬
tation of the “1958 EXPOSE
OF TALENTS” on February 23
at Butler Presbyterian church
at 4 00 p. m.
The most talented artists in
Eastern Georgia , will be , presen-
ted in a benefit program, na-
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation*
Price 10c
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fire on the posse, as was stated
in at least one press report.
“He might have been running
from the mob or else he was
forced to turn his back while
shot down,” Mr. Darden point¬
ed out.
The NAACP state president
also called attention to the
fact that the posse included
boys 16 and 18 years old armed
with guns, according to Mr.
Evcr's report.
“We hold that this was a le¬
galized lynching and that Love
should have had his day in
court,” Mr. Durden concluded.
rity by placing at their disjoosal
his entire stock from which
only the newest and best will
be chosen for the fashion show.
Fashlonetta will be held Fri¬
day, Feb. 7, at the Flamingo
Ball room. Show time will be
“Jackie Robinson Day” To
Be Observed by Fla. NAACP
TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida
State NAACP will observe “Jack¬
ie Robinson Day” on February
23, it was announced today toy
the Rev. A. Lowry of Tampa,
NAACP state president.
Mr. Lowry said that Mr. Rob¬
inson will speak at a church
here on the afternoon of “Jack¬
ie Robinson Day.”
Noting that Mr. Robinson’s
appearance will toe in the na¬
ture of a fund-raising event,
Mr. Lowry said all NAACP
branches in Florida have been
asked to raise funds to be
turned in at the Robinson
meeting. In addition, he con¬
tinued, fraternal, social, civic
and religious organizations have
been asked to contribute funds.
Mr. Robinson will be honored
on Feruary 23 as “one of base¬
ball’s greatest and the first Ne¬
gro to crash the barriers of
racial discrimination in the
game,”Mr. Mr. Lowery aded.
The linotype keyboard con.
.tains 90 keys, divided into black,
Wue and whfte> BIack lor lower
case, blue for figures and punc¬
tuation, while for capitals.
The first row shows from left to right: R. Elwin Lamb, secretary;
Bishops Carey Gibbs, Joseph Gomez, George W. Baber, Frank M.
Reid, President H. Ralph Jackson, Senior Bishop Sherman L.
Green, I. H. Bonner, e. C. Hatcher and David H. Sims—(Associated
Negro Press Photo),
NUMBER 17
Real Estate
Board Elects
Officers
The monthly meeting of the
Forest, City real estate board
was held on Monday, Jan. 20.
The Public Relations Commit¬
tee introduced Its plans for the
public relations program which
is to be sponsored by the board.
The public relations program
has as its objective, thc'enlight-
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Exle Jennings, night marshal
of Rulevllle, had said that Love
shot at him four times when he
tried to arrest him about fire-
scorched money he was spend¬
ing. Mr. Jennings expressed
the opinion that the scorched
money came from the home of
an aged aunt and uncle of Mr.
Love who was burned to death
at their home a few days be-
before Mr. Love was slain. ,
Rulevllle Police Chief G. W.
Wachter said Mr. Love opened
fire when the posse closed In
on him the morning after the
reported shooting at Night Mar¬
shal Jennings.
at 9 p. m. Tickets may be pur-
chased from any member of the
sorority or from contestants.
In 1945 there were 247 Ne¬
gro chaplains in the armed for¬
ces of the United States.
Last Rites Held Tuesday
Afternoon For Mrs.
Marion Johnston
Mrs. Susan P. Johnston,
native Savannahian, died at
her residence, 522 East Henry
Street, on Saturday, January 25.
Although Mm. Johnston had
been in 111 health for the past
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