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PAG* TOO* THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE Established 1875 By J. H. DKVEAUX BOL. C. JOHNSON-......Editor and Publisher J H. BUTLER.....................Asso. Editor MISS WILLA M. AYERS, Asst, to Pub. A Manager Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ______________ $2.50 Six Months __________— $1.50 Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mall. *---” Second Class Matter at the I os Entered as Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act o March 3,1879 ___ /MCMIH \ucrr Iurkau 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. -—— 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 « .jl: i a<l u u the spirit actuating .. Georgias r • political j mc- : tors (?), ' % and the events __’ we are witnessing ' ■ , 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. to ‘ ___ 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. ~ ~~~ '( 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 . | 1 j j 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 j ! 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 ( a-.er—^ 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. . _ _ _ _ _ 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 111 P - 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. _„ 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 ____________________ ^ ‘ ___ 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 . “ 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 50 - 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 - 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 ~ ^ , . 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 |