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DR. M. D. BRYANT
The death of Dr. Melton Daniel Bryant
removes from the local scene a figure of
unusual ability. Dr. Bryant was not only
a capable physician and surgeon but a
conscientious and efficient administrator.
He served as superintendent of Charity
Hospital for eleven years along with his
wide private practice of medicine. He was
vice president of the Guaranty Life Insur¬
ance Company. He also served as a mem¬
ber of the Board of Directors of Mills
Memorial Home, Frank Callen Boys’ Club,
and Bethlehem Center. He was a devout
member of Asbury Methodist Church,
the chairman of the Board of Trus¬
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DOUBLE STANDARD OF SOUTHERN JUSTICE UPHELD ! .it ft I
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From The Carolina Times
In spite of all the pressure brought to
bear in the Florida rape case and the
preponderance of evidence against the
rapists, there still lingers in our minds
the feeling that had the principals been
reversed there would have been no mercy
recommendation by the jury, no refusal
by the prosecuting attorney to ask for
the death penalty and no waiting for two
weeks for the trial judge to pronounce
sentence.
Let there be no mistake about if.
white supremacy the kind that-'decrees
that no white man shall ever pay the su¬
preme penalty for raping a Negro woman,
still holds sway in the southland. In
recommending mercy for the rapists, the
jhry Of all white men in the case, there—
fore, held the line against the withering
attack of world opinion on the double
standard of southern justice.
The statement of the forem an of the
jury, th)at .the reason the death penalty
was decided against was due to the fact
that no brutality was used is damnable.
When a defenseless woman has a knife
THE SHRINERS SALUTE TO NEGRO BUSINESS
From The Carolina Times
the salute to Nejrro Business being
sponsored by Negro Shriners all over the
nation this week is an undertaking that
should receive the support of every Ne¬
gro citizen in the country as well as the
Shriners. Although the effort appears
to lack the amount of promotion that it
takes to launch such an undertaking we
think the idea is a grand one.
If the Shriners intend to make the
sahite to Negro business an annual af¬
fair we trust that more time and effort
will be put into promoting it in the fu¬
ture than was the case this year. People
just do not fall in line with a new move¬
.mem ment in the in« beginning xiegmn.ng unless umess the me pblflic
properly executed over a long period than
was resorted to in the Shriners salute to
Ntigro business this year.
In time the program could become a
worthwhile event and we urge the Shrin¬
ers to repeat it next year whatever the
outcome this year. The buildup for the
N. J. Elks’ Suit
Settled
(NEWARK, N. J.—(ANP)—The
suit by five Jersey Elk leadens,
which once threatened to blow
-the lid off Elkdom, was quietly
settled last week in Judge
Everett Sherer’s Superior court
in the city-county building, fol¬
lowing a day’s testimony by
plaintiffs.
Each of the plaintiffs—John
A. Whittaker, Newark; John N.
Jones, Linden; William Royster,
East Orange; Louis C. Spicer,
Bast Orange, and W. Hollis
Piin-ton, Westfield — was asked
toy the judge if he agreed to
(the withdrawal, and each re¬
plied in -the affirmative.
The count congratulated the
grand lodge and the plaintiffs
for being able to settle the
matter without tong, drawn-out
litigation.
Perry w. Howard, grand
lodge counsel and Robert S.
-Hartgrove, Jersey City counsel
for the plaintiffs said in a joint
statement:
The parties agreed to the
■settlement after several confer-
tees at the time of his death.
Success in his work did not remove
from Dr. Bryant that rare human virtue
so badly needed today—humility. Neither
did the rigors of criticism so unmerciful¬
ly heaped upon public servants cause him
to lose faith in his fellovvman.
Dr. Bryant will be greatly missed.
Thirty-five years of service to his devoted
profession have come to a'elbse. The in¬
spiration, the guidance, and the evidences
of his tangible contributions to humanity
will live in the hearts of those for whom
he gave his “last full measure of devo¬
tion.”
held at her throat, is threatened with a
shotgun in the hands of one of 'fmir men
and raped seven times by all of them,
pray tell us, what is more brutal? Does
one have to have his throat cut or his
head torn off Jby a shotgun blast to be¬
come a victim of brutality?
Whatever the jury believed or failed to
believe, the world is now convinced that
the contention of the white south that
every mulatto bastard sired by a white
man front slavery until the present mo¬
ment was the result of some burly, strap-
fling Negro woman running hint down
and physically forcing him to submit to
her sexually is a monstrous lie.
The trial judge can take two weeks,
two months or two years to pronounce
sentence but. itiwill not lessen th*> millions
of eyes f hat are On him all oyer the'wbrhl.
Upon his shoulders rest'the responsibility
of convincing the millions of black,
brown and yellow pedple every Where on
~fli? "TAPP nf~the earth that the double
standard of justice in the South is not
upheld by the bench as well as .the jury
box.
event should take 60 to Oft days with well
organized publicity program for news¬
papers, radio and television.
It is our opinion that the support of
the churches should he sought with the
idea in mind of having the pastor of each
church use his influence in making the
Shriners salute to Negro Business a suc¬
cess.
We might add, however, that as noble
as the idea is it would be much greater
for the Shriners to promote Negro busi¬
ness 52 weeks a year than just for one
week. While the one week idea will
probably expose Njjjjro some Negro businesses'
cuitomcd to* many to .pat patr^us n>n!*in \vjh|) firms arc -not rf ac* 3
g Si
own race ifUs not 'enough to mi
permanent growth and' developmen
What all Negro businesses need is year
round support. If they could get this
for even one year we are satisfied it
would mean improvement in the kind of
service they render as- well as iiuirb’easB,
in the number of persons they onmrdv. employ. '
>v
ences. It is for the good of the
Order and now the plaintiffs
and defendants are as one
With Grand Exalted Ruler
Robert Johnson ill in Philadel-
phla, the grand lodge was rep¬
resented by Atty. Howard; Paul
M. Salsburg. Atlantic City, as-
slstant counsel; Robert Ellis,
Washington, D. C„ assistant
counsel; Hobson Reynolds. Phil¬
adelphia ; Judge W. C. Hueston
and John T. Freeman. Wash¬
ington, D. C.; Dr. L W. Wil¬
liams, Valdosta, Ga ; Charles P
MicClane Steel-ton, Pa., and Geo.
W. Leo, Memphis.
The court hearing was In a
small room and drew no crowd,
save Elk leaders. James H.
Fultz, Newark, a trustee, tho
also linked with the plaintiffs;
William Royster, state recording
secretary, and Atty. Howard,
were called to the stand by
plaintiffs.
The first two testified regard-
ing general operation of
Order and Royster testified to
reasons for the suit and
the plaintiffs considered it
action on behalf of all
Elk members. There were
quent clashes between
grove and Salsburg.
i The plaintiffs’ auditor,
Parker, Newark, testified to
audit of grand lodge books
the first day. Most of the
both side were together in
ference, w'tn rumors of
ment flying. The rumors
j true the next morning.
lawyers were called into
judge’s chambers, and the
cial announcement of the
reement was made later by
judge
Medic, Cleric Made
“Kentucky Colonels”
TOLEDO. Ohio—(ANPI —
Frank A. Brown, local
and the Rev. S. L. Taylor,
lton, Ohio were
recently as Kentucky
by Gov. A. B. (Happy)
ler of the Blue Grass State.
They received the
titles for their outstanding
compishments in civic affairs
Paris. Ky., where each
lived.
Ker+rcky colonelcies are
ly conferred upon Negroes.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
RACE INST.
AT FISK UNIVERSITY
JUNE
Nashville, Tenn.— Patrick Ma-
lin, Executive Director of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
will be one of the featured
speakers during the opening of
Fisk University’s 16t,h Annu¬
al Race Relations Institute, June
29 through July 11. Mr. Ma¬
lm will discuss, “Civil Liberties
Implications for the Civil Rights
Struggle.” /
i As director of the Civil Liber¬
ties Union, Mr. Malin has been
active in many cases m the
South where Negroes and civil
rights groups protesting dis¬
crimination were denied the
right to free assembly and free¬
dom of speech. The Union is
currently defending Asbury
Howard, a Bessemer, Ala., Ne¬
gro sentenced to the road
gang for preparation of a pos¬
ter found to “provoke a breach
of the peace.’” The poster
showed a Negro in chains with
“Hands that still can pray.”
OtWer key speakers during
the first week of the two-week
| sessions include Dr. Kyle Has-
I olden, minister and author, Dr.
' Horace Mann Bond, Dean of the
School of Education, Atlanta
! University, apd. • Dr. Richard
SiapimiH*. Governmental Affairs i
Instltutein Washington, D. C.
Dr. Raseldcn will analyze,
“The Racial Problem in Chris¬
tian Perspective.” Dr. Bond is
scheduled for two addresses,
“Discovering and Developing
Talent in Minority Group
Youth” and "The Significance
of Africa in the Struggle for
Human Dignity.” “Population
Change. Policies and Civil
Rights” is the topic of Dr. Scam-
mon’s presentation.
The Institute of Race Rela¬
tions is held each year under
( the Upoilsorship of the Amerl-
j can Missionary Association of
(he Congregational Christian
Churches and Fisk University.
One hundred and twenty par¬
ticipants and twenty-five top
authorities 1ft the field of inter¬
group relations are expected to
attend this year’s meetings.
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Iletween The Lines
By Gordon Hancock (For Associated Negro Tress)
THE Oi l) SOUTH GIVES
COMFORT TO OUR ENEMIES
If Russia will just sit. tight.,
I | customed and play her shrewdness, game with the her Old ac- J
South with its Negrophobes will
deliver our nation to her on
a platter. A decisive hot war'
will be unnecessary when our
nation’s good name will have
been despoiled in the uttermost
parts of the earth. Old!
When Florida, in good con-!
South tradition, refuses to
clan to the eleelrie chair four
white men who are guftty of:
rcrrme^ln one ofytfie Wxtotol mqst revolting rape
thI|coun$r%t of cr.u*
in state is
tru'rt to a damnable tradition, into, j
It is also guilty of playing
toe hands’of the
Who arte seriously threatening
take over; and if they do not
^ hdic, ever. it will not be tne.
f fault 'Of 'tl the Negrophobes of the:
Old South.
Eastland and the Eastlandists
with their Eastlandism are
making it comparatively easy to'
crucify our great country on a I
cross of race prejudice. Rus-1
sia bombs—-all does not have has to fling atom to! |
she to do is
sit tight and the Negrophobes j
of the Old South will do her -
dirt work for her.
Now come reports that, since
the Supreme Court decision of
1954, there have been 530 kill¬
ings beatings, bomb and mob
action. Incidents listed by
the Associated Press: “Six
Negroes killed; 29 persons
11 of them white, shot and
i.wounded in racial incidents; 4*1
persons beaten, five stabbed;
one Negro emasculated, thirty
bombings of houses, 15 hous¬
es struck by gunfire and sev¬
en stoned.”
Also listed werp school bomb¬
ings in Nashville, Chattanoo¬
ga and Clinton, Tenn., and
Jacksonville, Fla., 7 churches
bombed; a church burned at
Memphis; Jewish buildings
bombed in Jacksonville. Miami,
Nashville and Atlanta; bombing
attempts on Jewish institutions
in Gastonia and Charlotte, N.
C and. Birmingham. Ain., dy¬
namiting in a YWCA building
in Chattanooga and an audioto.
rium in Knoxville, Tenn., and
two schools burned.”
The foregoing is a horrid and
horrible picture of law and or¬
der in the South. The disgrace
of Little Rock and Hoxie Ar¬
kansas, Clinton, Tennessee,
need not be recounted here.
These are not straws in the
wind, they are easily solemn
reminders that our beloved na.
tion is threatened from within
^ *ts . Old South Negrophobes
l ust as surely as it is threaten- I
ed fr °m without by communism, j
° ur vaunted democracy is be-
in * Grayed in the house of
its friends '
The tragedy of the sUuation
resides not only in what is tak-
place, but in the ugly fact
little or nothing is being
done about it. When it comes
to matters pertaining o the de-
fenseless Negroes, the old Sourn
has its own way. Too often a
certain sector of the press of
the South makes much of the
things that happen to Negroes
In the North and elsewhere
nd seem to gloat over the fact
that the South Is not the only
place where unhappy things are
happening to Negroes. They
studiously avoid the fact that
outside of the South something
is done about injustices and vi-
olence visited upon the Negro, j
There is a world of differ-1
cnee between the unhappy sit-1
uation surrounding Negroes i
whose wrongs in one instance j
have in another redress instance in the courts taken and J j
are
for way granted of life. as There the Old is a tradi- South j j
tion in Florida that no white i
man ing was Negro ever executed and for in rap- the j
a woman j
current dealing with four white
rapists. Florida is proposing to
hold inviolate its tradition, the
demands of justice to the con¬
trary notwithstanding.
This double standard of legal
justice is hastening our ruin as
a nation. It is encouraging
whites to commit crimes against
Negroes and whites and com¬
mitting the younger generation
of whites to the erroneous con¬
clusion that there is really only
Dr. Herman 11. Ixing, Director
of the Institute, will deliver the
keynote address, “Process and
Promise in Human Relations."
Dr. Long heads the R.ace Rela¬
tions Department of the Amer¬ !
ican Missionary Association, j
During the second week,
Thurgood Marshall, Chief Legal
Council for the National Asso¬
ciation for Advancement of!
Colored People, is to give a pub¬
lic lecture, “Next Steps in the
ship.” Legal Struggle for Full Citizen- j
The Institute staff that ]
week will also include Dr. Ken- !
neth Clark, Professor of Psy- j
rhology, City College of New
York and Dr. Albert R. Vogeler
of the National Manpowei
Council, Columbia University
Both Dr. Clark and Dr. Vogelei
are slated for major addresses
Paul Rilling, executive direc-
tor of the Virginia Council on
Human Relations will report on
“The Collapse of Massive Re¬
sistance in Virginia.”
Other speakers and consult¬
ants scheduled for the confer¬
ence are Joseph Monserratt, Di¬
rector, Puerto Rican Migration
Service; Helen Peterson, Exe-
cutive Director, National Con¬
gress of American Indians; and
Arthur Levin, Southeast Region¬
al Director, Anti-Defamation
League of B’nai B’rith.
The 1959 Institute will be
eentered around the theme,
“Process and Promise in Human 1
Relations.” For two weeks par¬
ticipants will deliberate issues
and strategy in problems affect¬
ing the nation’s minority, groups.
Discriminatory treatment of
Peurto Ricans, American Indians
and Spanish-speaking people of
the Southwest will be discussed,
plong with problems of the
American Negro.
Community leaders and civil j
rights experts have gathered at
Fisk Institute -annually singe
1.943!. The Institute was organ¬
ized as a leadership training
program by the late Dr. Charles
S. Johnson.
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Hill Serves As
U. N. Consultant
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Herbert
Hill, labor secretary of the Na¬
tional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People, is
serving as consultant at an
international conference in Ge¬
neva, Switzerland, June 22-26.
The conference, being held un¬
der auspices of the United Na¬
tions, and attended by repre-
sentatives of 97 organizations
will discuss means of eliminat¬
ing racial prejudice and dis¬
crimination.
It seeks, throng a cooperation
of the UN and its specialized
agencies, specific techniques
and programs to combat bias. In
addition, it seeks to foster gen¬
eral social development allow¬
ing for individual growth.
The delegates will gather at
Palais des Nations. The con¬
ference is uortcr chairmanship
of Duncan. Wood, Geneva rep
resentative of t h e Friends
World Committee for Consulta¬
tion. .f!
DEATH CLAIMS
DR. BRYANT
MU
(Continued from Page One)
bers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra¬
ternity, the Mutual Benevolent
Society, Joseph Butler, S. L.
White, D. D. Young. Herbert
Hardwick. Othello D. Heath. Dr.
C. L. Kiah, Walter S. Scott, C.
Bernard Nichols, Storling D.
Hunter, Connie Wimberly, Earl
A. Ashton and Arthur Givens. J 1
Dr. Bryant, a native Savan-
na, bi | an. attended the old Haven
Home School (Methodist) and
graduated from Knoxville Col¬
lege in Knoxville, Tenn. He re¬
ceived the M.D. degree from
Me harry Medical College in
Nashville, Tenn., and Interned
at Andrews Memorial Hospital
in Tuskegee, Ala.
He had practiced medicine
in Savannah for the past thirty-
five years and was a highly
respected physician and citizen.
He was scheduled to receive a
special award from the National
Medical Association at its Na¬
tional Convention to be held in
Detroit in August. This award
was for extensive work done in
the medical field.
Dr. Buy-amt was superintend¬
ent of Ohariity Hospital and was
a member of its Board of Di¬
rectors. He also served as vice
president and medical examiner
of Guaranty Life Insurance Co.
He was chairman of the Trus¬
tee Board of Asbury Methodist
Church and was a member of
the Miutml Benevolent Society
the Hub, Y|VICA, the Kappa Al¬
pha Psi Fraternity, and the
South Atlantic Medical Society.
For m-any years Dr. Bryant
was a member of the boaru of
of Mills Memorial
Home, Frank Callen Boys’ Club,
and Bethlehem Center.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. J.
Bryant; brother, Merrill Bry-
ant; sister-in-law, Mrs. Nancy
W. Bryant; several nephews in¬
Dr. Edward Bryant of
Chicago, Indiana; niecos
cousins.
Named “Probationer
Of The Year”
TOLEDO, Ohio — (ANP i —
E. Doneghy, veteran
.pourt worker in Tole¬
do, was vfjted Probationer of
the Year this week by the
Lucas Cp.gr.ty Association of
Probation and Correctional
Workers.
Doneg'hj;,. only the second
person to., win the award, will
become inlqke supervisor of the
Washington, D. O., Juvenile
Court, beginning July 1.
great crime of which a
may be guilty -the crime
c f being .a Negro,
Florida is true to the tradi-
of the Old South, but in
current leniency to four
rapists who violated a
Negro co-ed. she breaks
the tradition of democra-
and justice and brings down
our country the condem-
of a decent world,
our great nation deserves a
picture in the eyes of the
Double standards of
justice mean not alone a
handicap to the hapless
but it means eventual¬
the undoing of our great
Somewhere down the
there is awful tribulation
a country guilty of such
sin!
If Russia will only sit tight.
Negrophobes of the Old
will do the rest!
510 E. Jones Street
Savannah, Georgia
June 17, 1959
Dear Editor: ,
This public school system
that we have, is one of the best
characteristics of democracy
here in America. And I feel that
a little more emphasis .should be
placed on the importance of the
child’s taking advantage of this
“free” education.
After all, this education is
merely an investment of the
taxpayers. The people invest
the money for the child's edu¬
cation and the child repays by
growing up and becoming a
good citizen in the community.
On the other hand, if the child
does not take advantage of this
golden opportunity and is net
educated properly then he is
not properly equipped to face
the needs of this technical age.
All of the fault for the child
not attending school cannot
be placed on the agency ap¬
pointed to enforce the compul¬
sory law. Most of the blame
should be placed on the child's
■parents, for it is their respon¬
sibility to see that itfye child
attends school.
This is alto a great factor
which contributes to the ever
increasing population of juve¬
nile delinquents. lit should be
the concern of the taxpayers to
Nixon Calls Civil Rights
Issue Moral Rather Than
Five Employes of Agriculture
Receive Superior Service
Five Negro employes of the j
U. S. Department of Agriculture;
received Superior Service Awards
from Secretary Ezra Taft Ben-
son last Tuesday in ceremonies j
before 4,000 on the Washington .
Monument Grounds. They were
among Soven 137 other so honored. employes of the |
Department were presented Dis-1
tinguished Service Awards and i
and 30 were cited for 40 years
more of service. Two of
the latter are colored.
The five honorees are: Sher.
Briscoe, an information
of the Office of In¬
Robert E. Jones,
agent of the North Car¬
Extension Service; Mbs
C. Lawrence, an .agricul¬
aide of Agricultural Mar¬
keting Service; P. H. Stone, as¬
sistant to the Assistant Admin¬
istrator of Federal Extension
and Daniel P. Winston,
in charge of the mail unit in
the office of the Administrator,
Commodity Stabilization Sqr-
Mr. Briscoe, a writer, was cit¬
ed for his publications and re¬
which have made “an
important contribution toward
standards of living
for a substantial segment of
He was born in Brunswick,
and is a graduate of
Southern University, Baton
La., and American Un¬
Washington, D. C. Be¬
joining the Department 18
ago, he was news editor
the Chicago Defender.
Mr. Jones was honored “for
in developing and
North Carolina extern
work among Negro farm
to a high point of effi¬
. thus making the pro¬
there one of the strong¬
in the nation.”
The awardee is a native of
N. C., and holds de-
from A. & T. College, of ‘
Letters to
the Editor 999
NEW YORK. N. Y. — Vice
President Nixon raid today he
strongly feels that- civil rights
“is primarily a moral rather
than a legal question.”
-In an article in the new iss-
ue of Look Maaaz’re, the Vice
President coni-ended that it is
“unrealistic to assume that
pacsing a -aw or handing down
a count decision will solve th-S
problem.
"Where human relations/ are
concerned,” Nixon declared, “a
law isn't worth paper it is writ-
SATURDAY, JUNE 2?, 1959
see that their money is put to
good use.
I am not criticizing the agen¬
cy whose job it is no see that
the child attends school, but I
say that a little more enforce¬
ment -should be carried out by
this agency to put an end to
the hundreds of children of
school a-ge wno roam the streets
when they should be in school.
I know that the number of
children not attending school
before .this agency came into
being has dropped considerably.
The agency tends to work with
the bulk of delinquent cases,
therefore not reaching a great
number. This is the reason I
say that the taxpayers should
take more interest in the child¬
ren not attending school and
submit their names to the
agency for investigation.
This is the age of atomic en¬
ergy and missiles and it re¬
quires o-f the young person to
educate .himself to meet 1 the
needs.
Since the people do so much
griping about paying taxes,
they should be more interested
and concern themselves more,
with how their money is being
spent.
Yours truly,
Leford Tobias, Jr.
Savannah, Ga.
ten on, unless it ha th? moral
support of the majority of the
people.”
Commenting on the school
desegregation issue, Nixon said
in the article:
“The moderate approaches
which have been put into
effect in Nashville and Louis-
ville arc very cop-; tractive. They
are reasonable and sensible and
provide a -possible formula
which might spread all over
the So-uth in a way that would
workable and A-alistic.”
Greensboro, and Cornell Uni-
versity. He joined Extension
in 1932 and became Slate agent
li years later
Mrs. Lawrence received her
the Nation’s Negro farm popu-
award “for a high degree of dil-
an d good judgment in analyz.
hay” for samples used in
inspection and grading work,
The honoree was born in Cat-
onsville, Md., and received her
education at Howard Universi¬
ty where she majored in botany.
She taught school before enter-
ing the Department 15 years
ago.
Mr. Stone was cited “for lead¬
ership and service which has
inspired and assisted Negro
families to adopt better farm¬
ing and home living practices,
resu.ting in higher standards
of living and greater econom¬
ic security.”
The veteran agriculturist is a
native of Rocky Mount. Va.,
and received his education at
Hampton Institute and the Un¬
iversity of Connecticut. He
came to Washington four years
ago after 36 years with the
Georgia Extension Service.
Mr. Stone also received a 40-
year Length of Service Award
during the ceremonies. He
plans to retire on June 30.
The other Negro 40-year
awardee is Raymond H. Jones,
an animal caretaker at the
Agricultural Research Center,
Beltsville, Md.
Mr. Winston was honored
“for exceptional initiative, re¬
sourcefulness and absolute re¬
liability in the faithful execu¬
tion of his work. . . ”
He was born in Baltimore and
was educated in Washington.
Except for war-time service with
the Marines during World War
II, he has been with the De¬
partment since 1942.
All the honorees received cer¬
tificates and silver medals and
lapel emblems.