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SOCIAL TID BITS

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The Boosters are giving a very unique party bearing the
title ~Heaven and Hell~ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,

413 Masten, Saturday, Nov. 23.

This is a newly organized

_ group and they plan many social events for the Winter season.

Mr. David Wright Jr. is president, Mrs. Johnson, secretary and

Mrs. J. Peeler, treasurer.
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Mrs. O. H. Allen, 80 Northland and

Mrs. Laura Holland wiil be co-hostesses

fin, who has been ill for some time. His
sister, Mrs. Mary Young, preceded him
and his nephew, James McMichael, plans: to join him there. |
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HOME BUREAU LECTURES, LUNCHEON
AND TOUR OF THE GOOD WILL Las
The Jefferson Humboldt Unit. will tour~ the Good Will,

Thursday, Nov. 21. Make reservations with either Mrs, Kressen, Gr. 5298 or Mrs. Henry W. Albing, Ga. 1394. It will
be interesting to learn how they carry on their work.. Time

set for meeting 12 noon, 153 N. Division Street.
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TALK ON SOCIAL DISEASE

For a better society, health agents urge you to study wey
learn the facts underlying the problem of every day living.
Mrs. Ona M. Clark of the Syphillis Contrel Board.will speak
Nov. 25 at 8 p.m., North Filmore Unit, ~Delta penntert MEF:
602 E. Utica Street.

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Mrs. Andreas Lindsay Brown of Rete York City, wife of
the late Bishop Brown, a member of Beta Phi Beta Sorority,
was. the guest of her sorority sister and friend, Mrs. I. L.
Scruggs. Mrs. Brown is an accomplished pianist. She accompanied Mr: Hickman, the guest tenor who gave a recital at
the bac ree San Avenue Baptist Sburoh,

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The Suiiurlday Nite Bridge Club met~ ~with: Mrs. Dorothy

McGtifé: ~443 ~féfferson.~ - There~ were~ three: guests present:

' Mrs:-Helena Jackson;>Mrs: Laura?Hollaind~ and Mrs.:Cora..P..

mylopey- The first prize for a memberswas won by Mrs... Ruth
ruggs, second member prize by Mrs. Mattie Ritchie, consolation member prize, Mrs. Florence Holland. First guest prize,
Mrs. Laura Holland; consolation guest prize,. Mrs. Helena
Jackson. A very delicious repast was served.
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Home Bureau Queen for a Day radio program was a
huge success and well attended. Mrs. Townsend won a gorgeous pen and pencil set with a 15-year guarantee. | Many

members participated.
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Mr. and*Mrs. ieieyit. Hammond,

the proud parents of a baby girl.
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The Prosperity Club of Michigan Avenue Baptist Church
presents Mr. Henry Allston, tenor singer, Friday, Nov.:21 at

1012 Northland, are

_the YMCA. Mrs. John Harris is chairman.

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WOMEN OF UN ASSEMBLY

India~s delegation at the United Nations general assembly is thé only one to be headed by a woman. She is Mrs.
Vijaya Lakshmi Paudit, sister of Hindu leader, Pandit Nehru.
There are four other women in the general assembly... Two
of these are from the United States. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is one of our delegates and representatives. Helen Gahagan Douglass of California is an alternate. The two other women are Miss Minerva Barnardino, delegate of the Dominican
Republic, and Mrs. Agnes McIntosh, delegates from New Zealand.

ON THE TURF

By DADDY

SIx WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU |
1~Smile..
2~Become interested in what the other person has to say.
3~Mention his name occasionally, as his name to him is
the sweetest sound in the English language.
4~Be a good listener.
5~Encourage other people to talk about themselves.
6~Make the other person feel important; talk about. things the other person is interested in.
From the letters received most people seem to be interested in business, and the basic knowledge needed to _partici
Wanting to be liked, [ shall endeavor to. answer. the letters}
in genaral.
Business~ greatest need for success is MERCHANDISING.
Merchandising is the basic factor in successful retailing.
Good: merchandising involves the proper ~selection of
goods, effective bargaining in buying, profit making management of the capital invested, aggressive sales promotions, and
a development of satisfactory public service... Merchandising
means, maintaing that which the customer wants, when they
want it, at prices they are willing to pay but still a profit to the
store. Evervthing hinges upon the effects of merchandising,
that is, the success of the business, regardless of ineffective delivery, or a poor accounting system, or other poorly managed
departments. BUT the opposite is DISASTROUS. No mat-ter how good or efficient other departments may be, if merchandising isn~t good, the business is doomed to FAILURE.
Merchandising abilities are so essential to retailing, that
all department heads, and, in fact, all employees need them.
BUYING is the first step in merchandising. Certain principles and practices have been accepted by efficient retailers
as best suited for profitable purchasing. In buying the store
owner should always keep in mind that he is obtaining goods

to resell to the public.

~It is to his advantage to purchase merchandise that will
sell rapidly then to obtain an additional discount on slower

moving goods.

If a merchant expects to obtain goods that will appeal to
his buying public, he imust, first of all, find éut what the ~public
wants. ta ~ fiad been in operation for some time and

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for the Book Lovers Club on Nov. 22).
The book io be reviewed is ~The Egg
and I.~ Mrs. E. Lewis is the reviewer.
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~Mr. Louie Grifffin of Northland
Avenue, left Sunday for Little Rock,
Ark., to visit his mother, Mrs. Susie Grif
So The Story Goes...

By JUNE WILLIAMS
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SSSOCHSOSSESSHHEAOLESOEONG(

Each week, the situation of racial intolerance grows more!
pronounced. Now, in the capital of these United States (Wash- |
ington, D.C.), Negroes are barred from seeing Miss cai
Bergman portray the role of ~Joan of Lorraine.~ This is not a
new situation in Washington, but one would think that after the
global war to insure tolerance, |
that it would be practiced at
m home. The Nazis didn~t have
a thing on the Washingtonians
and even though universal
peace is supposed to be here,
it hasn't arrived there as yet...
Instead of conditions ree
ing here in the United States,
they, if anything, are getting
worse.

It is, indged 5 a mockery,
for Negro youths to have relinsuished their lives, fought our
wars,, to encounter such rank
discrimination as this. It is no
credit to our country to have
such blemishes on our records,
when we are attempting to create universal peace. We as a
7 race were good enough to give

our lives but we are not good
enough to sit in a theater with
our great white brethren. And

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this: is a democracy!

We must give credit to Miss Bergman, a foreigner, for she
disapproved of the condition, but she was handicapped. In
few paces in the world, is segregation so rampant as it is in our
United States. How much longer are we expected to tolerate
such abominable treatment?

ere are over thirteen million of us in the country and
banded together we are a force to be reckoned with, nor need
we allow such actions to continue. United, we can remedy
many conditions that to date, we abide.
NOTES ON THE CUFF

Ella Fitzgerald, backed by Dizzy Gillispie and his orches:
tra, entertained the general public when they played for a
dance Friday night at the Memorial Auditorium., The Jeading lady of song really swung out with her renditions of ~Stone Cold Dead in the Market~ and other tunes

that she has made. so popular.

~Another dance that proved~ interesting was that of Earl

(Fatha) Hines held Sunday night and the ~joint jumped~ as the
saying goes. It was held at the Elks Frontier Hall.

Getting down to = little gossip for a change, we wonder
what Julious Preston~s story is, over at the Amvets? Not that
we are particularily nosey but attribute it to a woman's curiosity. Whose telephone number is Wa. 6977. Or are we asking
too many questions.

Anita Wilson, the shake dancer at the Club Marigold, teal.
ly has a nice act.. As far as that type of terpsichore goes, she~s
good.

After the panning I gave Ginger and Javoil, the dance
team at the Club Moonglo, I have to admit that they really
are good sports. They took the criticism in the way that it was
presented and, personally I admire their spunk. As individuals,
r they're tops.

Dame Rumor has it prevalent that the beauticians are
going to have to take the State Board~ Examinattfon instead of a
local one; so you'd better start brushing up on your technology
and other subjects.

Incidentally, the poems that appear in this column are my
own original stuff, and my pen name is ~Jay Vanleer.~~ No
one else writes them, so that is the elimination of that rumor.

Well, this about winds this column up for the week but
next week look for an exposition of tremendous importance.
Let the chips fall where they may. |

METHODIST
INFORMATION

Orangeburg, South Carolina~
Ministers and members of the
South Carolina Conference raised and paid $50,000 for Claflin

the ministers who will be special guests of the College. Thru
the ministers $45,000 members
are also invited to join_in the
celebration. Highlighting the
day will be a football game
between Clafiin College and
Morris College of Sumter, at
2. p.m.

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STUDY NATIONAL EDUCATION NEEDS Mrs. Estelle
Massry Riddle, National Council of Negro Women; John W.

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Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner
of Education and Rev. J. L. Horace, National Fraternal Council
of, Negro Churches, conferred at

the
eral Committee on Education in
Washington,
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meeting of the Citizens~ Fed
D. C., recently~

College during the Corfference
year just closed. November 16
has been designated South Carolina Day according to an announcement made this week by

The Christmas present drive
for $30,000 which was launched
by President Seabrook at the
recent Reunion banquet is now

under way and is scheduled to
close DeCembér 16th. A generous friend of Claflin College
is giving one dollar for every
two dollars raised by alumni and
friends by December 16th.

J. J. Seabrook president of
Claflin College. Events of the
day will be dedicated to the
South Carolina Corfference.
An invitation has been sent to

daily records have been kept in sufficient detail ~ will give
some indication what the public wants. If a store hasn't been
in operation long, and you haven't any sales records, I advise
you to begin them immediately for they give you a clear and
distinct picture of what has been happening. Ome can use
the want slip method, that is, a slip on which is written the
things the customers want and you do not have or handle.
One also needs to consider, very seriously, the character of
merchandise his competitor carries. Read the trade journals in
your field, also the literature the manufacturers publish on
merchandise sold in your store. All this information secured
should not be without consideration in the light of the financial ability of customers to buy. If the community is prosperous and money plentiful, customers may buy freely of all classes
of merchandise; but if the econome condition are unfavorable,
buying will be confined to, more or less, necessary articles.
Buying is also influenced by the seasons of the year, the weather, and popular interest. After you have conceived an estimate of these factors as careful as is practicable, you can give
consideration to some buying plan, that will allow you to buy
over a period of time~usually 90 days to six months. This,
my dear, Turfsters, is your main consideration. If you can or
have some one who can do the above then I! say invest and
worry ye not, for success is surely yours.

Quite a few of the turf~s sportsmen failed to show at the
basketball game Saturday night. what's worng, too much rain?

The boys and girls are off on their subscription drive so
you turfsters be on the lookout and get your. pring wir as

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Southern Publisher Says South |

Can Solve Its Racial Problems;
Accuses North of Bungling Things

GREENVILLE, Miss. ~ ANP
~Ir an article appearing in the
November 2 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, under the
title of ~Chip on Our Shoulder
Down South," Hodding Carter,
white publisher of the DeltaTimes, declared that the meddling of the north into the affairs of the south has created
a ~persercution complex~ among
southerners; that if the north
would allow the south to work
out its own problems, there
would be no need for interven
tion in the~ ~so-called cause Of

equality.~

Carter,who won this year~s
Pultizer prize for his editorial
stand against racial intolerance,
pointed out that. many otherwise rational southerners believe
the north is conducting a plarrned -campaign in behalf of miscegenation, because of the apparent regularity with which
they inflate tendentious racial
plays and give pictorial prom
inence to interracial social fa-| Against the impetus of the
miliarity. drive, the humanitarian imnuis
Coupled wih ~h~s toubscr: ss o~ some northerners,.. ard
practice~ of the north such as: ~orticu! larly of some ~as'*rrers,
statemei that ~in tho south: vy pve way to tho imstinct of
the principa: 4 alliuSe- 5_jc-prescrvation. ~fais is a new}

ments are lynching ~Negroes and
drinking Coca-Colas,~ and the
believed literary amd journalistic conspiracy. against the
South, southern demagoueés_ like
Bilbo, Rankin and others hold
sway in the south by playing up

the persecution angle toward
themselves as well as_ the
south.

Citing an example, which he
held was the cause for Bilbo~s
reelection to the serfate in the
Missisipp1 primary, Carter told
of a resolution jssued by the
National Negro congress. demanding that federal troops be
sent to Mississippi.
ganization had been 100 percent behind Sen. Bilbo, it could

~If that or
not have hit upon a more effective way to imsure his reelection than to take such an
appeal to the government for
action against a state where
memories of federal bayonets
are long.~

Fear of muscegenation forms
the basis of southern antagonism to federal or outside interference with anything from education and public health to the
question of Negro sufferage,
Carter declared. He held that
the FEPC, poll tax abolishing,
ands anti-lynching, ~ measures
were also defeated by the south
for the same purpose. Pride,
resentment against operations
by northern unions to organize
the south, and resentment
outside pressure are the things
which are the stumblirng blocks.
in the way of equality in the
south.

~The big story in the south
today is that we are driving toward a higher living standard.

civil way,this struggle between
the economically surging south
and an entrenched north.
~Before the south can conquer its bigotry, its people must
be better educated, clothed, fed
and paid. Before these thimgs
can come, the north must rid itself of the north~s financial held
upon. capital, by patent mono
polies, by tariff penalties and;
the rest of the enchainirg re-_
Strictions.

~The south and west contain
half the nation~s population.
This population | still lives in
economic subservience to a
handful of eastern states. Byt
this is changing, and with it
the south will change.~

Democracy~s Greatest Defense

CANTON, Ohio~ (APNS)~

During the recent global war
there was much talk about democracy. We were told that democracy was under attack, and
all American citizens, regardless
of race, creed, or color. were
asked to defend democracy. The
thirteen million Negroes of the
United States, being victims of
marty undemocratic practices, offered themselves for service in
the armed forces of the country. Now the guns: have ceased
to fire, our fighting men of the
armed forces have returned,
and democracy is still under attack.

1. It is attacked by some who
honestly believe that it will not
work, that it is a false principle for the ordering of human
affairs.

2. It is attacked by those who
realize that any reasorable application of the idea would
threaten powers and principles
which they especially enjoy.

3. It is attacked by those who
desire it for themselves ind
their group, but not for all.

We believe that liberty is
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reason people demand for themselves or their special. group,
privileges that in fact are not
accorded to all.

' Democracy must be political,
economical and social. Poverty
and other handicaps limit personal liberty and set up social
barriers. We believe that society
Operates to its best good, both
in group and individual terms
when it so conducts its affairs
that all men are accorded equal
opportunity.

We believe that if we are to
realize our democratic ideal,
the subtle intluences and antidemocratic doctrines. and movements within our own borders
must be effectively dealt with.

Now it all boils down to this;
what can I do to further democracy in my day by day activity and human relations? I
can strive to do a better job
thar~ the man next to me. I can
behave with better decorum on
the job, in public places everywhere. I can make friends. I
can become more active in organized labor, CIO, AF of L,
~and. NAACP, ~and. above: all I

hy!

~cad Be 4 loyal ~supporter of the!

MISS ALICE SMITH, teacher
of Union High School, Galletin,

Tenn., who won: first place in
the judged selection of Miss
Middle Tennessee for 1946.~

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ELMIRA
PERSONALS

GLADYS GREENE
417 1-2 Madison Ave.

Ce etme
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the 1943 campaign were presented to Todi Duncan~, famous
Negro baritone who Sang in
Elmira Nov. 7. Appearing as a
substitute for Cnristopher Lynch, scheduled eri'st. who was
ill, Mr. Duncan cla'n: 1 the entire audience as his own in his
first presentaiion. His accompanist, William Allen, also drew
much applaus:. Both Negro artists were simmoned again and
again for enco:_.s which they
generously gave. The final
scheduled number on the program was the famous ~I Got

and Bess by George Gershwin.
Mr. Duncan created the role
of Porgy in the c~iginal Theater Guild production in 1935
and toured with the ccmpany
for two ycars, appearing in 70
Cities.

At the meeting of the Nannie Burroughs Club cf the Y.
M. C. A. Mrs. George Bragg
was reelected.. president.
officers elected are: Mrs. Morrcur Burrows; vice president;
M'ss 18:22 Das; 4 cretarytreasurer, program c $imittee,
Mrs. James Gibson, Mrs. John
Campbell, Mrs. _ Burrows
Mrs. Gladys Greene.

Baued Ajpics

For baked anriles.
fruit. Wash, core and sover with
a mixture of sugar and water to satisty individual~s taste. Bake until
only one-fourth done, then place in
No. 2 Re-enameled cans to within
one-half inch of top. Cover with the

utes in boiling hot water bath. Cool

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quickly, dry and label.

LEADERS ASKED TO UPROOT
SEEDS OF HATE GROUPS

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ Asst.
Atty. Gen. Dan Duke last week
as? ealled on ~our intelligent

| toa vs~ to rectify conditions
j whi. have ~allowed to -breed
ta Kluxism and Columbianism.~;

His ~dowrr-to-bedrock~ state
ment was as follows:
Christian Church.
Democracy: cannot thrive
an unchristian atmosphere.
idea of human brotherhood
derived directly from Christanity. It teaches men to treat
each other as if they were cildren of one common father. With~out Christ there is no hope of
Democracy.

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Let us as Negroes not forget
that our best friend ir America
is still the Christian Church,
and our greatest hope is the
| Gospel of Jesus Christ. But for
the atmosphere that it - creates,
we, as a minority have little
hope. Note the Jews im Gérmany. in the midst of an uhChristian atmosphere.

Every Negro should belong to
a church, to help America create good will to all people in
order that our country may be
a safe place to live in. It has
been the Negro~s trust in God
that has kept us over these years
in America. When forces of all
kids have crushed our spirits,
we have looked urtto the hills
from whence cometh our help.

He has been our shelter in
the time of storm, our strong
tower and might fortress. Our
mothers and fathers learned in
the generations ago to Steal
away to Jesus.

May I call upon you of this
generation not to iorget God?
Of course we call uporm you to

~educate your children, organize

your labor, save your money,
devefop your business, vote
every time there is opportunity,
but above all don~t forget the
God of your fathers.

We firmly believe that Democracy~s greatest defense is the
Christian Church.

' William H. Cotton,

S!do something to

~In those border areas where
Negroes and white live close together, we have a_ potentiol
powder keg that could break

forth any day in_ bloodshed.
The klan and the Columbians
have intensified the race ten
sions growing out of our lack
of intelligent planning..

' ~We cannot begin to maké an

effective f:ght on hate and in- -

tolerance until we first look
the facts in the face, and then
remove the
causes that create these conditions.

~We have a way of life here
that will not be changed so
then let our intelligent leaders
begin making and putting into
effect plans which will provide
for the proper expansion and
growth of Negro housing developments which will avoid coming in conflicts with white housing. We will then avoid the
tensions that grow out of having Negroes moving into the
midst of white areas..

~The klan and the Columbians are irresponsible and they
only exploit the fact that we
have rot properly devoted our
minds to the making of proper
plans in this respect. The real
estate cOmpanies can do much
to alleviate this deplorable condition.

~Here, where I am, I see both
sides of this picture, I have had
hundreds of good, intelligent
citizens come to this office and
tell me of their desire to see
the klar and the
dispersed, but. they - recognize
and I recognize that we do have
a bad condition that would
break forth any day in bloodshed.

~Let us all be calm and sensible, and let us call upon the
proper authorities to make intelligent plans and put them

into effect honestly and fairly.,

No~ one wartts bloodshed and
the people of Georgia would/je ~
ashamed if suddenly ~

Mrs. G2orge Bragg, 412 DeVitt~ Ave. ard Mrs.. Dudley
Re'>, 502 Part: ies St., spent a
week in New York City.

> Srst Chr'stmas Séals of

Plenty of Nuttin~ from Porgy:

Other -

and

select sound

sweetened juice to fill cau. Segl immediately and process for 25 min- ~

Columbians.

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