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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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By J. H. DKVEAUX
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My cuontry is the world: my
men are all mankind.
-Wm. Lloyd Garrison
History does not show that democracy
has ever been attained by such methods as
we are using today to what we call making
a better world . .'. the thing for which we
should now be working is brotherhood.
People who do not practice brotherhood
will never live together in peace and will
never keep the peace with neighboring
nations.” —Associated Publishers, Inc.
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PRIVATE BUT PUBLIC
“Its ... ill n Wind . , that , blows ,, „ , ... flood-
tin- Ships self sad same east breezes and «hip» blow sail * Both ^ of
those quotations say the
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i a<l u u
the spirit actuating .. Georgias r • political j mc- :
tors (?), ' % and the events __’ we are witnessing '
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reorgias 1 os •
nor—they
to circumvent recent decisions of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, rendered
in the Texas and Primus King cases. It
was thought Negroes would have been
[ mitted to appear before their objections a legislative to com- the
n,it tee to express
passage of a law to deprive them of the
right to vote for those who govern them.
1 The thought of it. even, is a new thing, u
1 is an indication that there are some men
» in the legislature that have not been thor-
oughly sold on the Talmadge program to
disfranchise Negro citizens." In no small
, sense, it is an admission that there is doubt
about the wisdom of the plan to prohibit
j Negroes' voting. Indeed, some legislators
> have prediced that if the plan succeeds,
I * Negroes will have a better political
tunity. It will mean the creating of *
second party—a thing which
, and the Talmadge dynasty have no stomach
(1 for. Actually, some are thoughtlessly
i pressing the view that it will be better
i, the .state if the white primary law is
„ ed. While we agree that the state
0 a two-party system, we do not want the
n system to come about throijgh this means,
faking tlie vote from Negroes ihiplfcatimis will affect
it them very greatly, but its
h democracy and the freedoms inherent in it
w are far more important and serious. If
,, private club can be established to include
& white voters of a certain political persua-
ti sion and excluding others, it would not be
to long before Jews, Catholics and
si say those who are not in agreement with
o pirating and exploiting the government,
clwith taking over the government by
ti—would be disfranchised. We have had a
aisample of what, in all probability, will
aihappen when a group fired by racial or
viligious prejudice gets into power. It is
li this angle of the white primary matter
concerns or should concern the citizens
Gthe great state of Georgia.
tally then, the white primary issue is a
Istieal hazzard threatening the rights of all
^^uiireme — Georgians. The big question that
Court will be called upon to
tie is whether a private club,
%i ^an public duty, exercising a public
circumvent the decision of the
Ul _*ourt in the land.
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tic OUR HIGH SCHOOL
ke
ho The announcement of the intention
he Board of Education to erect an
S. -oom building on the present
Tpite of the high school has aroused
ntire Negro population.
v’ith the high school situation is very gen-
—ral. This dissatisfaction is justifiable,
review of the entire school system,
ar as buildings for Negroes are
se *hows that only two schools have been
tw< uilt in the city for Negroes during 72
— *ears: the Florence School and the Beach-
uyler school. All of the other buildings
ttu ere converted to use as school buildings,
Everybody knows how the boai*d came in-
i possession of the two ante-bellum
ences. the West Broad school and the
ast Broad Street school. These buildings
ive been used for 72 years. For a
me they were the only school
•ovided for Negro children. More re-
htly, the building now housing the Maple
hool was secured from the St. Paul C. M.
Church and converted .into use as a
hool. For a number of years, succeed-
g Grand Juries have made
ports on this building. The Paulsen St.
hool was once known as Mechanics Hall,
;iiect
chool is the last of the buildings secured
by the board, and not one of them can
meet present standard requirements for
fichools. Negro citizens have never been
satisfied with these provisions, but they
have always felt they had to accept them.
Besides, they have always been easi¬
ly pacified by promises from one board or
superintendent which succeeding boards oi
superintendents have not felt bound to per
With the two exceptions noted, the
has never been able to find any
money w ith which to build school buildings
colored children, but has found money
which to build these schools: the
Barnard, Henry, Anderson, 38th, 37th,
Waters Avenue, 35th, 49th, the buildings
Bull, Oglethorpe and Hull and the new
Savannah High High School. School. It is reported
there are rooms in this building that
are no f yet in use. This building was
with money raised from a
for one million cellars from which
a single dollar was used for Negro
children. At a meeting called to
pacify Negro citizens, it developed that
about $5,000 could be found with which to
an annex to relieve the then crowded
at the high school, and a prom
ise was made that the next school to be
built would be built for Negro children.
same thing happened when the 35th
was built. It, too, was built with
money raised from a bond election out of
which Negroes received no benefit, though
plans were drawn during the campaign for
the bond election, or shortly afterward,
showing a building that was expected to be
built for colored children. It appeared
that the plans were a superintendent’s idea
jwhich did not commit the board. During
the early years of the last war when the
government needed many trained workers
war production, vocational defense
training schools were authorized by the
United States government wherever certain
c;)mnuniities were willing or able to meet
conditions Savannah met
those conditions through a bond election,
11 understood un cul ,.” ( at al the time tnat that Negroes Negroes
were to . K benefit from .. this project. The
Tribune was against the bond election,
remembered how convenient it had
"Tf’ *1 T ™ u ‘ d
^\ citizens aganist .* tin election. Die
on was held, the school set up. and
1 «•« vvere again left out of consulera-
lon - rhese experiences form the bases
1)11 «> ppomtion to the board s present
intention to use another makeshift adjust-
™ nt t() the deplorable condition under
^ hich . our children must get what they get
as a “ s ^ houl education.
‘■•onditions at Beach-Cuyler,
w edo ' u,t how tbe » ch ™ ] to
the state accreditment list Think of f
building j on Washington Avenue, ot
curriculum offerings—ot vocational
. and compare them with what is
ottered at the Negro school, and you go,
idea of how far our children are from
getting a decent high school education.
citizens do not wish to suggest.
oven, that white children should have any
, lin K less than they have. Heaven knows
need all the education they can get
uul !l bttk* more, but we think it time to
our dissatisfaction at the eoutm-
postponement ot doing tin* needtM
things for Negroes. We do not under-
stand the argument that the Board ot hd-
can not nW get government Linds
with which to build schools. A majontv
the schools built toi white children vveie
Liot built with government funds. Negio
jxchoolx were < rmvded years belore the war.
They were crowded during the years of
'be . l v A. and no way was found to
(build a school for Negroes. We may have
a <'cept (he S room building (or get noth-
vve shall not be satistied. Wo
"bub not teel that vve have been treated
i l '.*8ht. \\ e need a nevy high school suf-
to give Negro children as good and
as complete high school education as chil¬
get anywhere in the South.
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'( ben* was an old guy named Jerry
Rls ^*’ K ’ nds wt ' n< °'b to bury.
Oh, no, b.v Jove
m Laurel Grove.
' bat place has me a bit scary.
WHAT IS YOUR DUTY?
j By Ruth Taylor >
1 Duty is an old fashioned word—but all
(This the modern sophistries won’t wipe it out.
country grew up on copy book sayings
t a nd it reached its heights tinder men who
had had thoroughly dinned into them the
plain, homely virtues of loyalty, honesty
integrity, and the personal application
0 f these to their community life,
We have wandered far and have too of-
iten [go taken rights as privileges. We must
back to the Proverbs, to the simple
j statements of right and wrong.
(sin “Righteousness exalteth a nation; but
is a reproach to any people.”
i “He that justifieth the wicked and he
(are that condemeth the just, even they both
an abomination to the Lord.”
j “Train up a child in the way he should
and when he is old. he will not depart
from it.”
( “Buy the truth and sell it not: get wis-
and instruction and understanding.”
“He that hath no rule over his own spir-
jit twithout is like walls.” a city that is broken down and
[wicked, j “They but that such forsake keep the the law, law praise contend the
as
with them.”
Only by setting up a Bill of Duties
ourselves can we observe the spirit
j well as the letter of the Bill of Rights.
How jvdi - ——t, (■ — - i— wX—Cvm, v t—7i,,.;L*
SAVANNAH TKIBUNl
STILUON HIS' FIRST LESSON
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Courtesy Apiaeciale Ameiica. Inc.
liberties? Read it over carefully and turn
its clauses into inverse ratio. Free press
—free to speak the truth but not free to
make false statements. Free assembly, not
to be used to overthrow the government but j
for free and friendly discussion. Freedom
to worship, but not to keep anyone else
from worshiping. And so on. Each free¬
dom that is given carries with it its duty
or restriction, which affects each man’s
conduct toward his neighbor.
Only as vve carry out all the obligations
of our Bill of Duties are we entitled to the
privileges of our Bill of Rights.
PRINCE HALL LODGE
TO CELEBRATE ITS
63rd ANNIVERSARY
To Be A Gala
Masonic Affair
wih'celebrato 1 itsM^d
sary February 13 at 8 p. m
The lodge invites all qf the
Masonic lodges of Savannah
and surroundings, including
their worshipful masters and
officers and members,
lodge officers and past masters
to Join with them in
ing this very important
c occasion.
The oldest members living of
Prince Hall lodge, who have
brought her through the
ger are Past Master a W Cum-
mingB. now secretary;
Master George Smith,
treasurer, and Rev Tolbert, now
tyler.
The lodge is expecting
HtG^' citizens , e o ;7Vv Savannah.u n ! :?L cl 0l a Is
one of the oldest Masons .n
Georgia, Brother Buldrovv.
mer tyler of the lodge. Bro
The program to be
will be as follows:
Song, Men’s Chorus of Prince
Hall lodge; prayer, Rev Brad-
ley: song, Men’s Chorus of
Prince Hall lodge; scripture
lesson. Rev Bright; song. Men's
Chorus; history of Prince Hall
lodge. A W Cummings, secre-
tary of lodge; solo, A1
worshipful master of lodge;
fluence Prince Hall lodge
w elded upon the cjommunity
of Savannah through the years
up to the present time, George
Smith, treasurer; song, Men’s
Chorus of Prince Hall lodge:
remarks, three minutes. Rev
Tolbert, one [of the three
est members of the lodge;
troduction of the living’ past
T remarks in !* behalf of r the mas-
ters; expressions of faith in
lodge and the determination of
the younger members to
Prince Hall lodge onward,
ward and upward. Rev Bagby;
solo, Rev. F W. Bagby: re-
marks; Dbnald Thomas,
grand deputy of this area; re-
marks, Father Caution, "The
Church and Masonry;” intro
duction of worthy Grand Secre-
tary of the Most Worthy Grand '
U>dge of Masonry of Georgia;,
°L'" g remarks > Al Geinaan '
worshpful f master of Prince Hall j
Lodge; song. Mens Chorus, di-
reefed by Professor M O <
Haynes.
A delicious repast will
served after the program. i
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At Home 1
j Dr. and Mrs. H M Collier.
Jr., will be at home to their
patients and friends Sunday at|
February 9. 4 to 7 p m..
Shan-Gri-La on Mill B Lane (
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YOUTH COUNCIL 1
VOICES ITS
PROTEST
Mr. Ormond B- Strong, 3upt,
Chatham County Board of
Education,
Savannah, Ga-
February 4, 1947.
Sir:
The Savannah (Ga.)
Council, NAACP, vigorously
tests the dklay that has occur-
red in providing adequate pub-
lie schools for Negroes in this
This can only mean
that vou and your board are no f
greatly concerned in seeing
Negro youth receive every
possible opportunity for a use-
ful education.
We further protest protest the
shameful desire on the part of
the board to provide anything
less than a new, well-planned
completely equipped high
school. Beach-Cuyler High is
obviously ... an old. * • worn-out ' plant ’
that has already had too many “
T neXe We ’. theref ° r !’ d « " 0t
favoi « the pieung-up of the
high school with another eight
room stone building.
Any such attempt could not
gardless to their race or color-
is strange indeed that
matter how urgent the needs
of Negro youth in education,
you and your board can only
find why it cannot be done.
We need not remind you that
about one-thrd of the students
Beach-Cuyler High are for-
to be on the grounds at all
during the day and that
many students have only two
or three classes a day.
Condit'ons at this high school,
horrible as they are. can not be
found existing in another school
serving children of another
race- Beach Cuyler s present
state is evidence of gross d'.s-
crimination against Negro cit-
izens by the local Board of Ed-
“ Ca We ““7 demand unprejudiced fa-
action and that can
only mean a new high school
of a city with over 45,-
Negroes,
Respectiully,
W. W Law. president-
CLASSES AC >crr FOR nsin BOARD jnn
EDUCATI0N
FlnrUJILto r^ni nVCCC *
classes spongored by the c _
Workm Education service and
the local Ulbor Assemblv be .,
Local lull. Board of of FnllPatiOTl' Education 3 °\ f | ’
Employees.
Courses are offered in parlia-
mentary law and public speak-
ing. Classes are held Thursday:
evening from 7 to 9 o’clock and
will continue for six weeks.
members of organized labor
may attend these classes which
are a part of a nation-wide ed -1
ueaBonal program --- William J. * 1
Day —.. is — the — ---------- instructor of the
courses. .
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of Georgia
Chatham County.
the superior court op
SAID COUNTY
The petition of T J Hopkins,
James B Pinkney, Arthur
Dwight, Eulie W. Bellinger, Dan
Davis, Robert B Howard. Paul
J. Steele, William A Hag.n,
George E Collier Hercules W
Leake, William McNeil, Ezekiel
M Campbell, of aforementioned
State and County, respectfully
show's:
1st. Tnat they desire tor
themselves, their associates and
successors to be incorporated
and made a body politic and social as a
cooperative, patriot c
organization under the name
and style of WILLIAM P JOR¬
DAN, POST No. 500, AMERI¬
CAN LEGION for a term of
Thirty years, w.th privilege ol of
renewal at the expiration
thut period.
2nd Sa.d corporation has no
capital stock and is not orga-
nized for pecuniary gain, out
solely for tne promotion of the
objects and purposes herein¬
after set forth.
3rd- The principal office of
said corporation shall be iocat
and’ C &£y 'SEEK.
Slate
but it is desired that said
poration shall become an inte-
grai part of The American
r.ght for said corporation t-o
4th Petitioners desire . the
assume such obligations and
transact such business as may
become necessary to the proper
development and successful
conduct of its affairs, and in
pursuance of the objects for
which said corporation is cre-
ated-
5- The principal objects oi
.said corporation are those which
are set forth and declared by
The American Legion organizec
throughout the United States,
the same contained in the pre¬
amble to the Constitution of
The American Legion, and
which are made a part hereof.
6th- Said corporation de¬
sires the right to receive and
expend gifts, subscriptions
donations and to have all
powers usually granted to
eleemosynary corporation
der the laws of this State, and
to have power to purchase and
hold real estate sufficient
the actual occupation and
cessary use of the said
tion. and to convey or encum¬
ber said real estate when ne¬
SfS^So^rtT^aiSy or cessary, devise, and property to receive of any by kind gifts
ard to carry on such
‘ “Sd
that end rece j ve
anc i gifts, and to expend
distribute the same as it
from time to time,
to do.
7th. It is tne purpose of pe-
titioners to have said
tion become affiliated
similar organizations
j nte ,, ial I)a rt of the
to become recognized as
organization of The
Legion, ana to such extent
mid^ompfv^with the
ets of the latl e r> in so far
neither ■ ’ -----
same are
with, nor repugnant to,
niirrvwp^ merefore! hprptn 1 PetittoftJrt sei forth
tQ be ; ncorporated under
name and style aforesaid,
the powers, privileges and im
munities herein set forth,
W- H- HOPKINS.
Attorney for Petitioners-
chatNAM superior* ^COUNTY
ln the Court of
County
Whereas, T. J-
James B P.nkney Aithui
Dam'^Robert 'Howard^Pauf A-' 3 ] 1
steele, William Hagins
George £. Collier, Hercules W-
Leake. Willie M. McNeil,
^ Campbell, of said State
Clerk ol Lie Superior
court of said County their
tition praying for the grant
a charter for the corporation
lechon. with no capital stock
and for the purposes therein
described and have complied
with the laws in such
ing f U n y satisfied that said pe-
tition is within the purview and
intention of the laws of Geor-
applicable thereto, and that
said laws have been fully
plied with in every particular.
it is hereby ordered,
ed and decreed that the
ers of said petitioners are here-
by granted and
therein, their successors and
assigns, are hereby incorporate
0°? SSM,™i,iS d pS
NO 500, AMERICAN
for and during the period
Thirty _______ (30) „ years, ______ with __________ the
privilege of renewal at the ex-
piraLon of that tune according
the law s of Georgia; and
tllafc P etiti oners and their
successors cnnppccnrc uro are horohv hereby TfoclnH vested
with and granted all the rights,
powers and privileges mention-
ed . . said etltK)n
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THIS CHARTER. however.
§ rants no right to the corpora-
l a g e ‘Vthe°sale or'treffVof
intoxicating liquors, or to
pte any gambling device
game. All the powers granted
J^ltrfctlv'Within '^r * v '“" ’ 1 the K “ term
of or the tne law law- . For the the violation violation of of
$he provision of uns
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6. 1947
................. aptCTS^otes _ T
Lodges And Ch
m i nor ■»■
At the cozy home of Grand
Matron Mary L. Ayers, she en¬
tertained the Worthy Matrons,
Associate Matrons, Patrons and
other officers of the five local
chapters of the Order of the
Eastern Star. The guests made
an attractive sight. Games
heightened the introductoij
part of the evening after wh ch
the Grand Matron in her usu¬
al pleasing manner caused all
to be at home. She then ex¬
plained the purpose of the ga¬
thering, being the first of its
kind in the state, but will be
continued in other forms as the
occasion permits in variou;
parts of the state- v.ands weie
served, after which remark?
were made by various ones-
All joined in giving praise tc
the Grand Matron and pledged
I their realty to the adminietra-
tion.
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j The charity ball of omai
Temple y will be given Friday
evening, February 14. It will
the charter will be forfeited-
m open court this 31st day of
January, 1947-
A true copy: Clerk,,
JOHN R. S FAWCETT^Dep. C i
D S ATKINSON, Superior)
Judge. Chatham
Court, Eastern Judicial Circuit
of Georgia.
FT. VALLEY BUSINESS
MAJORS GET
EXPERIENCE
Seniors in the business edu¬
cation department of the Fort
Valley State College are meet¬
ing the requirements of occu¬
pational and teaching experi¬
ence this quarter.
Students meeting the occupa¬
tional experience requirements
^
Alexander Company,
! tine McKinney, Atlanta Uni-
versity; Willie Boyd McNeil, At-
lanta Life Insurance
and Josephine Smith, Citizens
Trust Co
Students meeting the prac-
tice teaching requirements are
working in the Henry A
1!gh school, Port Vai ey. They
are Ethel Dillard, Emily Jones
anci Anna Lauta Adams.
CREDIT UNION
I ANNU AL MEETING
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Wednesday night. . , January _ 29,
the village community house
1 the Yamacraw Village Credit
untoll “T T , had its lirst anoua
e ini 1 ,
of di-
showed
^ .
ness a ° is
Tbe main s P eaker of the
n - n g was Rev- A. C- Curtright,
pastor of the F.rst Congrega-
tional church- Rev.
] iaa j iad an abundance of expe-
‘ rience with credit unions and
j much was able sound to advice give the
ana encour-
agement. He stated that there
js f ru i y a definite need for
| creciit ulli ons among our
Music was rendered by the
Misses Irene Redfield and Bes-
sie siber t- both ol whom
accompanied by P. J. Smalls,
music, director at Beach high
school-
The following officers were
^ted tor »
J- C. Williams, president; E-
HI. Gadsden, vice president;
j Mrs. Gustena Lundy, treasurer,
d r. Weslev Youtw clerk
I - The of Leers and board of ch¬
rectors invite all residents of
Yamacraw village to join this
credit union .
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FISK JUBILEE
SINCERS TO HONOR
pDFC HCJ. JUrinljUN inUM emi
__
NEW' YORK. Jan. 30-—Carol
Brice, the great young oontral-!
to; Roland Hayes, the legendary
tenor. and the famous Fisk Ju- j
bilee Singers will join together
in New York city on February
14 at the Georgian Room of the
Hotel Pennsylvania, to do
special program in honor of newly! Dr. I
charies S. Johnson, the
elected and first Negro presi- i
of Fisk university. This
^times 1)r r l g ra m will ' mark it has“ one b^en of Ore
that pos-.
siW e lo get two outstanding
wj appear ijCvUit
the social event of the sea¬
son.
Prince Hall Lodge. No. 28,
will observe its anniversary
next Thursday night.
Pythagoras Lodge, No. 11, has
applied for a dispensation. This
means that the lodge expects
to add much timber to the
building and of proper material.
In its communication last
night. Eureka, the mother lodge,
perfected arrangements for , the
observance of its 81st anniver¬
sary- Other than the church it
is the oldest organization in
the state.
It behooves every brother to
strictly obey a summon. It is
a m0st ser : 0 us offense not to do
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Electa Chapter, the mother
Eastern Star chapter, has in
mind the celebration of its gol-
den anniversary.
program-
The program will be broad-
cast over the Mutual Network’s
WOR, at 7:15 p. m-, on
February 14, and will
be re-broadcast at a later time
that evening (exact time will
b e announced).
T'-......i
m
GRANDSON OF FAMOUS AF¬
RICAN SCHOLAR ENROLLS AT
LINCOLN With the arrival in
New York trom Liberia of Ed-
ward W. Blyden, grandson of
the famous African scholar of
the same name, L ncoln univer¬
sity will enroll a descendant of
a man who received, seventy-
fice years ago, an honorary de-
gree from the university.
The younger Blvden is .‘. a
graauate nr „ ri „ nll , of . the Fourah n Bay
College at Lagos and studied
in England.
^ ^ ^
educated in English universi-
ties, achieved world fame for
his scholarship and for his
infant African republic through
The troubled waters of interna-
tional intrigue during the past
century. At one time he arous-
e d a storm of controversy by
pointing out that in many ways
the Mohammedan religion was
more suitable for Africans than
Christianity as practiced by
certain missionaries; for, he
said, the Mohammedans invari-
able preach and practice the
principles of rac'al equality,
could not always be said
of their Christian fellows in
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ADVERTISE IN
THE TRIBUNE
FIFTY YEARS AGO
riles of The Scvannah
Trtbnne
FEBRUARY 13, 1X07
B.shcp w. J. Gaines was in
city last week. He spoke on
Lincoln at the college.
J Caesar Thomas died sud¬
denly Sunday night after at¬
tending church service.
The jU! ' r in Smalls
aSe rendered a verdict oi guil-
ty wlthout an ^ recommenda-
U
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, . ary M , E church tak
n S
f epS J'° erect a ediflce
new -
e ' H ' T ‘ avis pastor-
'
The 23d anniversary of the
F. B Baptist church. West
Broad street, Rev. Alexander
Har r ‘ s ’ to be celebrated
011 f lL ourth Sunday.
fit ' ! It > t |