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Friday, February 14, 1947
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IN FLORIDA
(Continued from Page One)
table’’ organization which is “op-
Lsed to violence”. However, one
! f the three incorporators of the
Ku Klux Klan of Florida, which
aS chartered in the Orlando area
on September 7th, 1944 in a move
to dodge the Federal tax lien
•gainst the Klan, is A. F. Gillam
0 f Clarcona. Stetson “Southern
Exposure” Kennedy reports that
this individual is none other than
Arlie F. Gillam, who was indicted
for second degree murder in the
death of Joseph Shoemaker in
Tampa in 1935.
Shoemaker, who had organized
a Modern Democratic Party in
an effort to break the strangle
hold of a corrupt city political
machine, was arrested and re
leased when no charges could be
sustained, only to be kidnapped
in front of the police station by
a band of Klan-Kops who pro
ceeded to flog and castrate him
and forced him to sit in a bucket
of hot tar. Shoemaker died after
nine days of agony.
Gillam was arrested on Decem
ber 22nd, 1935, at his home near
Apopka, where he was a citrus
grove tender, on a warrant
charging that he “from premedi
tated design . . . did commit an as
sault upon Joseph Shoemaker, in
flicting mortal wounds from
which the said Joseph Shoemaker
did languish and on the 9th day
of December, did die.”
At the time of his arrest, it
was reported that Gillam and
another man in Orlando were car
rying Klan cards. According to
arresting Sheriff McLeod, “The
two men arrested at Orlando are
members of the Ku Klux Klan, and
Gillam told me he was a former
state officer in the Klan.”
According to the Tampa Trib
une: “Gillam and Spivey were
among the hundreds of men re
cruited throughout south Florida,
hauled into Tampa and armed
with shotguns, pistols, hoe han
dles and other weapons for the
city election ... he said it was
made known in August that men
were wanted here on election day,
and seven or eight automobile
loads of them met at the Orlando
railroad station and arrived here
about 7 o’clock. He and Gillam
rode all day in a police car, an
swering radio calls, he added, and
that night each was paid $lO at
the police station.”
This, then, is one of the three
incorporators of the self-styled
“fraternal, benevolent, charitable”
Ku Klux Klan of Florida. The
Klan’s record of violence and ter
rorism in Florida is too notorious
to require recounting.
COLORED PROPERTY
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DR. EDGAR MAYER
Chairman of the National Medical
Advisory Board of the National
Jewish Hospital at Denver.
LETTER BOX
The Jewish Publication Society
222 N. Fifteenth St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
February 3, 1947
Mr. Isadore Moscovitz
The Southern Jewish Weekly
P. O. Box 903
Jacksonville 1, Fla.
Dear Mr. Moscovitz:
We deeply appreciate your co
operation in getting us new mem
bers for The Jewish Publication
Society, whether $5 or $lO mem
berships.
For each membership secured
through the cooperation of our
friends in Jacksonville, a free book
will be given to the Jewish Center
or Temple as designated.
With kindest personal regards,
I am
Cordially yours,
Maurice Jacobs
Executive Vice-Pres.
Presbyterian Minister
Represents Jewish
Community
(Continued from Page One)
The Rev. Gilbert stressed the fact
that this was the third time in 17
years that he had left his pulpit
for out-of-town business. The JDA
Conference, he felt, was so import
ant that he could not refuse tne
request when he was asked to rep
resent the Jews of Freemont. In
joining with my Jewish brethren
in this event, I am only doing my
duty as an American and as a
Christian,” he said.
After the Rev. Gilbert’s return
to Freemont, he was tendered a
testimonial dinner. Reporting that
he was highly impressed with the
work of the JDA, and that the
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ, of which his church is a
member, is working with the JDA
to combat intolerance and spread
interfaith understanding, he de
clared.
“The responsibility of combat
ting anti-Semitism is a responsibil
ity of all Americans, regardless of
religion. With economic decline
will come a resurgence of the evil
idea which did not-die with Hitler.
Anti-Semitism is like a rattle
snake, which must be killed while
it is small.”
FALSE TEETH
That Loosen
Need Not Embaras?
Many wearers of false teeth have
suffered real embarrassment be
cause their plate dropped, slipped
or wabbled at just the wrong time.
Do not live in fear of this happen
ing to you. Just sprinkle a little
FASTEETH, the alkaline .(non
acid) powder, on your plates.
Holds teeth more firmly, so they
feel more comfortable. Does not
sour. Checks “plate odor” (denture
breath. Get FASTEETH at any
drug store.
THE SOUTHERN JEWISH WEEKLY
MUSINGS .. .
By Mrs. Isadore Moscovitz
If a persevering intelligent, pro
fessional person in the Jewish field
arrives in Jacksonville for any
length of time you can rest assur
ed that just as he has his Jewish
duties started he will become en
grossed in launching his Jewish
brethren on a crusade for negro
rights . . . Remember Rabbi
Panitz? . . . Hershel Auerbach?
. . . Carl Alpert? . . . and others
who were here for short or long
stays . . .
Many of us have been sympa
thetic and understanding of their
stands and most of us have agreed
wholeheartedly . . . Yet, I for one,
have often wondered what these
liberal-minded people hope to ac
complish by the methods they em
ployed by preaching to Jewish
audiences what should be done to
elevate the colored people , , , Be
hind the fine addresses is the in
sinuation that Southern Jewry
must raise itself above the inherent
prejudices of the Southland . . .
This has never failed to amaze me
inasmuch as approximately 70%
of “Southern” Jewry consists of
Northern Jews transplanted. . . Os
course this doesn’t excuse any
thing—prejudice North or South
should be combatted . . . but I do
not believe that the amount of
accusations cast at Southern
Jewry is in proportion to the
facts . . .
Locally, in the last few months
Jacksonville Jewish merchants
have done some fine things for the
colored citizenry ... In answer to
the charge that Jewish merchants
in the negro shopping centers 00
not employ colored help may I say
that the Jewish owned Daylight
Groceries have opened one of the
largest and most modern food
markets in the South at Eighth
and Davis streets and it is entirely
staffed by colored personnel . . .
Neither is this an isolated case . . .
There are other colored salesmen
and helpers employed by Jewish
firms . . .
The new Wolfson block complete
with its clean, up-to-the-minute
stores and its new theatre has done
a great deal for colored morale
issue ... I maintain that the
that this is inconsequential in the
face of the negro fight in the
South for the right to vote, may I
add that the prospect of a weekly
fashion show conducted by colored
models in the lovely new Roosevelt
Theatre in the “block” is an up-lift
for domestics living in hovels . 1 .
There are other cases which can
be cited . . . but stating example
for example can often cloud the
issue ... I maaintain that the
problem is neither wholely a Sou
thern one nor can Southern Jewry
be set aside by itself and accused
of silently bearing witness to a
bad condition.
The problems of the negroes is
a national one and can be aided
by supporting such measures as
the FEPC . . . This business of de
manding that one minority come
to the assistance of another sim
ply doesn’t work . . . There are toe
many purposes of cross currents
... In this exhibition of brotherly
love what are we to do with anti-
Semitic negroes who do not want
our good will? ...
BROTHERHOOD WEEK GREETINGS
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THOS. C. IMESON, Commissioner In Charge
3 JAYS RESTAURANT
EDGEWOOD AND POST PHONE 2-9232
10th STREET AND MAIN
Congress Lawyer
Wins Merit Award
| it; 3 wj
Mies Pauli Murray, • member if the
legal staff es the Cemmisettn on Law
and Social Action of the American
Jewish Congress, won tin 1946 Made-,
moiaelle Merit Awarff. for lijML
achievement in l*w> A graduate of
Howard University law school and re
cipient of a Reeenwald Fellowship,
Miss Murray was temporary Deputy
Attorney General for the State of Cali
fornia before joining the staff of the
American Jewish Congress to aid in its
campaign against racial dhcrinunatien,
Drive For $15,000,000
University Os Judaism
New York, (JTA) —A 1947 drive
for $1,560,000 in the metropolitan
area toward the development of a
University of Judaism at the Jew
ish Theological Seminary has been
launched here. Sixty-one congre
gations and communities in this
region will participate in the cam
paign, it was announced.
Judge Emanuel Greenberg of the
New York State Court of Claims,
who has been named chairman of
the drive in the New York area,
said at a press conference that the
effort here was part of a national
three-year campaign to raise sls,
000,000 toward the creation of the
University, which would provide
facilities for study, research and
training in every aspect of Jewish
life. The national quota for 1947
is $5,000,000.
It is planned to develop a
School of Jewish Social Work, a
School of Advanced Jewish Stud
ies, a Center of Jewish Music, Arts
and Letters and other units at
the University. The drive is being
conducted in cooperation with the
United Synagogue, national organ
ization of Conservative Jewish
congregations, and the Rabbinical
Assembly, national body of the
Conservative rabbinate.
THE SOUTHSIDE’S
EXCUSIVE MEN’S SHOP
The Stag Shop
Inc.
“On the Square”
1967 SAN MARCO SQUARE
Geo. Vetter. Mgr. Jacksonville
SAN JQSE
BEAUTY CENTER
A Distinctive Beauty Service
1959 San Marco Blvd.
Phone 9-3740 or 9-6631
CLOSE-OUT
SPECIALS
ON
NURSERY
STOCK
To balance our stocks and, wind
up the fruit tree planting sea
son, we are offering our cus
tomer-friends some real values
in the following good quality
nursery stock for Florida plant
ing. Practically all prices are
reduced 25% from our earlier
list price on the seme fine qual
ity stock. NOW IS THE TIME
TO PLANT—CASH IN ON
THESE EXCELLENT
VALUES!
THOMAS GRAPE
A purple grape of the scupper
nong type. Bears sweet, juicy
grapes in August and Septem-
Reg. 80c 60C
PINEAPPLE PEAR
Blight-resistant. Large vp
fruit. Reg. SI.OO /DC
TANE-NASHI
PERSIMMON
The favorite large pointed-fruit,
Japanese persimmon
Reg. SI.OO /DC
CELESTE FIG
The small sugar fig. vp
Reg. SI.OO /DC
JEWEL PEACH
Adapted variety for Florida.
Free stone; bears well when
young. QP
Reg. $1.25 YDC
EXCELSIOR PLUM
Wine-red; favorite plum origin
ated for Florida by Glen St.
Mary Nurseries. as
Reg. $1.25 YDC
BURBANK PLUM
Lives up tp the reputation of its
illustrious originator. QC#»
Reg. $1.25 wX
MEYER LEMON
The hardiest lemon. Large
fruit. <M TC
Reg. $2.25
Mixed DARWIN
TULIP BULBS
75c Dozen
Mail Orders Postpaid
Schley, Moneymaker
Success Pecans
All fine varieties of paper
shell nut
4 to 5 Feet. M CA
Regular $4.50
A few smaller sizes and other
varieties available
Mail orders—Add 10c per tree,
packing charge, on orders up to
3 trees, 5c each for additional
trees in order.
E. A. Martin
Seed Co.
202 E. Bay St. Phone 5-8481
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