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SATURDAY, | DECEMBER 4,

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SENTENCE SERMONS

By REV.. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY

This world is losing its sweetness because so many people are saying things that their neighbors have to take with a
pinch of salt.

This sad world needs less salt-peters and more sweet

psalmist to finally make of this earth a land-of-promise.

When the majority of the people go out to get the fat of

the land,, with so mich salt around, the best that can be expected is a lot of salt pork to be found.

On the other hand salt is indispensable to human and animal life, more especially livestock, the greatest benefit to mankind... while some human beings only grow fat and lazy and
give nothing away, not even salt to the needy.

Cows have to have salt, and though they do a lot of grazing
and chewing, nevertheless their milk is always forthcoming.

Christ said to some men one day ~Ye are the salt of the
earth,~ and they recognized Him as their Savior, for He alone
could tell them of their worthlessness should they carelessly
lose their savor.

He meant that salt is good just so long as it does not de- |~

teriorate, and that they would be good too if they would be
zealous to- obtain a high christian state.

Your job and mine then is to keep busy doing good, and
excell the cow, who for his salt pays with his milk although he
chews his cud.

Men and women should not chew the rag and let God's
_work lag and lay, but work and pray without delay, and earn
their salt for the day.

Another Christian charge you and | must keep is the proper balance of our salt content that here on this earth to which
we have been-sent, our noblest deeds for all mankind will be

~jJavishly spent. ~

Satan has a salt too for men who are striving toward a
crown~a subtle poison which he sprinkles, and calls it salting
victims down.

Humble men and women count it a blessing even to
know they are the ~Salt of the Earth,~ and with patience they

strive toward perfection, living anew from their Second Birth.

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MEDICAL DATA

Dr. J. A. Thornton
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The increased number of dia-|
betes has listed it as tenth ir
the causes of death, despite the
fact it is better understood and
controled by the physicians today. Diabetes is an inheritable,
_| constitutional disease of un| known cause, characterized by
~disturbed changes of,carborhy-: drates, protein and fats in the

By Leonard H. Bell

In this postwar world of action and atomic ideas the time
has come for Negro institutions
to revamp themselves and really get down to the all-important task of serving and benefitting the great masses of the
race,

The~ usual trek of
our people leaving the South
has begun and the majority of
those who leave will settle in
the lerge cities like Cnicago, St.
Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
New York, where many of
them will fall easy prey to unscrupplus employers, Sex purveyors, cheap con men, and all
of the other evils that lurk in
the city shadows to snare the
uninitate, The youth will take

postwar

the line of least resistance - and
swell the rarfks of the vast
army of juvenile delinquents

who even now are a problem
to the officials of the big cities.
And the many illiterate, poverty-ridden women who méet
with early disillusionment in
employment and living standards, safe in the knowledge that
~Nobody knows my ~ business
here,~ will revive the stigma
of racial immortality that hung
over uS like a cloud after World
War I.

THE TYPE OF SERVICE
NEEDED

No new organizations are
needed to handle these p:~ssing
problems. The old organizetiors
with experience and community
prestige are amply. qualified to
handle - the situetion, provided
that they revamp their set-ups
afd re-establish contact with
the Negro masses. To service the
steady stream of Southern migrants and see that they are
adequately housed and. given

complished by some of our national organizations, with local
chapters or.branches, This organization could work in close
cooperation with the railroads
and bus companies so _ they
would kné6w when a Southerr
migrant started to leave for a
eity. Representatives
could approach them to give
advice, to re-route them if their
chosen city is overcrowded and
to secure housing and ernployment for them wherever their
destination.

Another natiorral organization
could easily handle the housing
by buying up a few buildings
~rigging them up into reputable hotels or rooming houses
for men and for, women migrants. Still another, could harrdle the employment end; so that
the migrant might not only be
Satisfied in their new secured
job, hut able to make a living
at it

Of course, the success of this
program. would depend on

THE BELL TOLLS

TIME FOR ACTION

The church; which is the
main stay and guide of the Jewish people and was once considered the same for Negroes,
seems to be involved now in
bickerings for power and_selfwealth of its leaders. The same
is true of some fraterrral orders
~notably the Elks, an_ interrational organization of 500,000
members, with lodges in almost
every city and town. The ey are
both racial institutions. Will
they. heed~the pressing call for
actior revamp -and do
something for the race?~

BODY OF BOY, 8,
FOUND IN RIVER

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ Jack
Owens, eight-year-old son of
Willoe and Carrie May Owens,
(was found dead in the Ocmulgee

river near the fairgrounds last
week.

The youngster mysteriously
disappeared two weeks. ago.

Searches by police were fruitless.
Indications ~ were that he had
been killed accidentally or met
with foul play.

Gulls Open Clamy
Herring gulls open clams by drop.
ping them from a beight onto the
racks below

By David Bethe

What with the Coal Strike
~the ~+ Dim-outs over several
States. Look out you innocent

Doves who believe everybody
else is more honest than yourselves. Keep your hands clamped on the old money book. Plenty of those ~~Good for Nothingers~~ out looking for something.

Just in case
~Those fellows have their fingers touched up with a bit of
molasses or- glue, and my how
money, watches, and jewelry
stick to their hands when you
are not careful.

But a word to. these. same
nimble fingers (better known
as Pick Pockets). There are
more Policemen and Detectives
beating around the Street and
down the highways than before,
So don~t start any funny business. Just in case you are one
of these Good for Nothimgers
who are strolling about looking
for something.

Did you ever stop to think

~Only = alertness

close cooperation betweerr all 3
organizations

that there are only two classes
folk in the world? These looking for Nothing and those look.
ing for Something. And there
are a great many more of those
looking for something. They
are taking up some perfectly
good time here. I.suppose that
we might have a very difficult
time proving that the word
truth means right where
wrong is concerned. Especially
when the ~~pick pocket~~ gets
busy. A very charmirg young
woman mounted: a bus the other
day, and to her surprise she almost lost her coin purse out of
her pocketbook wher a dapper yougg man stepped up suavely and slipped his glued fingers down into her pocketbook.
of the young
woman: stopped the pick.

Be careful, my Dears, the
Halidays are right around the
corner and morey is not bouncing up and down as freely as it
was when all those War Plants
were in operation. Better keep
your eyes on ~that cute little
dainty purse semaine om your
shoulder.

Thanksgiving is over, and

you. don~t know

LIFE AT A GLANCE

joying the old and young GoOb
at a price within the reach of,
the average man; but just think
if something had not happened
those same birds would have
been flying so high it would
have taken an Anti-aircraft gun
to have brought one of them
down.

Remember a few months. back
I predicted ir this Column the
old heaters and burners might
suffer a bit this winter. There
is no Legislation enacted yet
which might prevent folk from
striking in the coal fields ~ or
the oil fields for that, matter.
I know you have read the papers everyday. The Strike is on.

I also ~predicted that your
next Congress would be a coalitior. of Republicans and Southern Democrats. You see what
happened in this last election.
Might hang out my sign for
foretelling. I~ shall make some
more predictions, so stay. tuned in for next week.

Oh, by the way ~ Thurgood
Marshall, NAACP Legal Advisor, told a group of young New
Orleaners to be careful rot to
act too militant in their fight
for better race relations. It's
so funny.and strange too, but |
I'm afraid Mr..Marshall does
not know his Youthbuilders.

Politics, strikes, youth, ~ churches, and everything else you
can merttion~ seem to be in the
Strife period. They throw out
politicians and even an idea
was advanced that the President resign, so we shouldn~t be
alarmed over what happened to

Bishop Simms. We live and
learn! through -efe- at a

Phy Delta ~
Kappers to

-* body. The sug-. ar in the body is
é not burned or: used

up, and

causes an over
flow in the urin.
The ofa saying,
~Once a diabet~ic alawys a diaTikecaton betic~~.is believ
Dr.
ed to be true. This disease can
~be controlled but the: patient
can never be truly ~cured. The
normal urin is never free. The

percentage in the urin ~and
blood should be the same,. ift
normal conditions, in abnormal
conditions (cases of diabetes)
the blood sugar level fails to
regulate, Therefore ovérflowes
into the urin. Analysis of the
urin is the test given, a deficiency of insulin is the determining factor. In later life this
disease is recognized by arterial changes.

The most important step in
the control of diabetes is the
education of. the patient as it
devolves upon him to see that
he does not go off his diet, insulin: etc. This is the main factor in the control of the life
and health of a diabetic. There
are several forms of diabetes
that may be brought on. by
any number of. other diseases
or causes, as the disease clears
up so does the diabetes. Shock
is one cause, it may result from
injury, exposure, or severe emotional. disturbances. In some
families this disease is hereditary and appears in two or
more in each generation. Syphi
lers, Fortunately they ail sold | toms may appear loss of weight,

lis plays no important role. A; great variety of nervous symp
dimness of vision, excessive
thirst and.appetite, frequerfcy
of -urination, itching of the
skin, muscular pains, gangrene,

plexion noticeable mostly ir the
palm of the hands. The onset
of coma~s may be immediately
after a person knows he has
diabetes. He should be warned
to ~ook for such, and recognize
the - feelings, so he iis in no
damger, Like driving a car he
should keep a lump of sugar
on his person if he feel this
coma coming on he can offset
it by eating sugar. A diabetic
does better if he is ~kept undernourished. In cases of a operation needed your physician should krfow of your condition and the control of it. The
object of treatment is to maintain lifa and reduce disability
to a minimum. The patient must
maintain a diet that provides
the esserttials for physical
health.:

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LABOR VIEW

By GEORGE F. McCRAY '

BILBO AND JOHN L. LEWIS
IN VERY HOT WATER

There are absolutely no similarities between John L.
~Lewis. president of the United Mine Workers of America, and
Sen. Bilbo of Mississippi except the fact that both are white ~
-and are having trouble with the federal government. [

Jokn Lewis has far more to worry about. For the first.
time in his hectic career he is facing the full and unchecked
wrath of newspapers, radio commentators, business interests,
and the nation~s politicians. Only a favorable decision of the~
U.S., Supreme Court will save Lewis and the miners~ union from~
complete bankruptcy. The union which raised the wages of a
half million. Negro and white workers to the. highest in the
county is in serious danger of destruction. Mr. Truman turhed
~out to be a really ~~tough~~ little man.

But that senatorial committee investigating charges that
Sen. Bilbo inspired attacks against Negro voters last Spring is

-| doing nothing but amusing the advocates of white supremacy in

Mississippi. In the first place there is the great difficylty if not
impossibility of proving that the man who beat, slugged, and

intimidated Negroes on registration day were acting on orders
r.. Bilbo. Direct orders were not necessary and Sen. Bilbo
~ei it. And though he might escape senatorial punishment

for inciting violence against Negro voters, the moral responsibility must rest heavily. upon his conscience.. What? Of
course he has a conscience. Every gentleman of the Old South

has.

There is really only one surprising thing about the Bilbo
investigation. Nobody expected 0 many Negroes to stand up
and try to expose Bilboism in Mississippi. They are either
people who have decided to give their all in the name of polit~cal democracy or~they are poor fools who think the federal
government can in some way protect them from ~lynchings and
beatings anywhere in the United States.

lf these Negroes were in Russia, China, Firancd England
or Timbuctoo, Mr. Truman could send the navy or the air
force, or a protest back up with the threat of force. But against
the State of Mississippi and its dealings with citizens of the.
United States, the federal government is practically helpless.

Moreover it is extremely unlikely that the Republican dominated senate will vote against seating Mr. Bilbo. The South
and all the advocates of white supremacy, whatever that is, are
solidly behind the man from Mississippi.
come in the United States when the South will permit a native
son to be thrown out of the senate on the issue of white supremacy, No, Suh! To prevent such a blow to the prestige
of their glorified nonsense, southern senators would utilize
their last ounce of influence in congress... and they still have ~
plenty.

The-Republicans cannot afford to and will not try to offend, or in any way displease the Southern Democrats. If the
GOP legislative program against labor is to succeed agamst a
Truman veto, the South must be kept sweet and friendly. So

that the world will learn:there:are~many Negroes in. the country.
who will risk all for democracy even in Mississippi.

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DULL DAYS
What is dull more than this
Something of delight to miss
Walking lone on street along
Blind to beauty, deaf to somg
Wrapped in self and passing by
Splendors with a downcast eye
Round about us all must be
Much to charm we fail to see
Who would catch from every
day
All that lies along his way
Miracle and mystery near
Must be quick of eye and ear
Dull the day that canmot be
Dull the eye that fails to see
Dull the ear that fails to hear
Song and laughter when they
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Never, never dull the day.

Meet Dec. 27-30

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~Training Tomorrow's Adults
for Tomorrow's Peace,~ the 23
annual conclave of Phi Delta
~Kappa sorority will get underway in Mt. Zion AME church

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