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Established 1875
By J H D&VEAUX
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“There is no defense or security for
h an y 0 f us except in the highest uud fullest
i development of all of us.’’ H. T.
iugton.
Perhaps it is not too early to say that
The Hul) has established a reputation for
ai doing constructive community work. Its
accomplishments include!: (support of the
drive for registration, its attempt to di-
reel the huge Negro vote, its promotion of
a good behavior campaign, its support in
‘the Primus King case, its assistance to
; the registrars in purging the voters’ roll,
'( its activi participation in the Red
—•campaign and its more recent activity with
regards to the proposed annexation to
Mcach-Cuyler High School. We are in-
farmed it now proposes to conduct a stir-
vry of Negro* businesses in this commim-
Vand itv with a view of helping both consum-
business. This is a big job but it
i- an important and necessary - one. I hi*
••disinterested work of this organization
Lhould commend it to all citizens who are
interested in the progress of our city. It
Wtainlv has our congratulations.
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ONE MILLION DOLLAR HONI) ISSUE
, The proposal of a bond election to raise
i million dollars for the improvement oi
/Schools meets with our approval and
fives us hope that our educational system
.fill step into the company of other cities
which are planning schod improvement,
are informed that Columbus, Geor-
fia, is planning extensive improvements
il the Negro schools alone in the sum of
me million dollars. Their plans include
y Junior College. The Hoard of Educa-
non has already' purchased 27 acres upon
Much will he built a school with every
King a modern school should have, indud-
ng a stadium.
Chatham Cdt.ntv’s plan to.raise a mil-
ion dollars can include considerable im-
rovement. tint . . implied . ,. . ■ the ,, ( .. ouiitv ,,,
as is m
■ommijsioim-s , • • . than 4 , that ... » • ,!
<■ neoded to l.nnjt Savannah up to a stmt-
ard commensurate with its rank among
(her thei nroir'essive piogiessiv cities unis of ol its its size size in in the
Aintrv. It is out' sincere hope that
ill be made possible for the wishes of
egro citizens to be heard before the final 1,'
ans are made as to the way “in in ' other' which the
wnev will he expended, time.
.is has not been done, and
g has been the result. Our recollection
■ past elections are by no means pleasant,
Negro citizens have come to look on
IUnd elections with more or less suspicion.
the last three bond elections here in
fvannah. , they have , come out , with ...
*t|y nothing. ... ' ,n . * ,* , !' .• ■" ’
yen and . it ... it is called, , to be , overyvhelming-
successful because we need the
"Mf , 'U ln ; m ' -i v Sl ’
- plead for an Ul de. stand,hf , the In- ,
™.a E in order that Ihe entire
te call get behind it.
THE COLLEGE PRESIDENCY
According to report, the woods are full
candidates for the presidency of the
llege. Some of them indicate that a
lege presidency requires little executive
HEADED FOR ACTION
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ihou lee ting Trouble Head-On. Victory Mature and Henry Fon-
bxTt e al j out t0 , : , C h a none-too-aimable understanding ns to
• who around Tombstone. Arizona in John Ford's "My Dar-
lieU'.-. . 1 he • 20th :"nr- Cealury eziar: Fox Fox fito lihr. presented fre^snted by
ccvuMd Z ifth-K and opening Sunday. Monday, ruesdg a f
■A«P«Cher.tre Fonda is seen as Wyatt Earp. famed gun-fighting
tal ot the 1880 s, while Mature appears as the fabled "Doc'
ty whose outia. exploits are celebrated m many a ballad.
experience and no particular abilities. Some' j
of them could do very little toward im-
proving on thej conditions which have ex-
isted at the college, and about which com*
plaints have been made. The college is 57
years old and is passed the experimental
,s( a ge, therefore a novice in college admin-
jgtration, lacking in broad professional ed-
ucation will not fit into a situation that
will need considerable reorganization. If
Georgia State College is to become a tech-
college comparable to Georgia Tech,
we must, have the very best prepared man,
from experience and training that it is
possible to get. While we have no candi-
to be perfectly candid, we shall not
agree with the selection of any man whose
reputation brands him as unable to appre¬
ciate the great responsibility which inheres
j n report Jg valuable and should be
nCJ | appreciate the importance of example,
(both on and off the campus, and in and out
!of the classroom, in the instruction of our
youth.
Wanted: An Educated South is the title
of the March issue of the publication of
the Southern Regional Council, Inc. 1 he
.council publishes quarterly the results oi j
its research in matters related to the
South’s economic, educational and political i
! welfare. The present issue deals with
certain educational facts: the proportion
of school children in the South and the
nation, enrollment, dollars spent |>6r pupil,
value of school property, salaries of rural
and urban teachers. To show how tar.
the South lags behind the rest of the,
United States the following instances are I
cited: "(1) between May and September
11)41, more than six out of every 100 (6.5
cent) Southern hoys who
for the draft could not write their
names and had to sign their card with “x".
During the same period less than one m
ten (0.2 per cent) of young men outside the
South could not sign their names . . . Ot ,
the total number ot ,>4i.(l38 dialt tegis-
trants in this period who could not sign
their names, nine out ol the ten t.il.l p< i
centt were Southerners; (2) The 1940 ceu-
sus shows that nearly six out of every 100
Southerners (5.7 per cent) m this group
I (people aged 25 or oven had never been :
to school, compared with three (.LI per
cent) for the rest of the United States; . .1
more than 18 out of every 100 adults (18.1
j Wr cen t) j M the South, according to 1940 1
(t11SUHi dropped out of school before thev j
rett( hed the fifth grade; but in the rest of,
the nation, less than leaving 7 out out of the 100 13 (6.0 Southern percent) J j
states,
had dropped out of school before thev
mK -hed the fifth grade. The record for
the high school is even worse. The 1940
census shows that only about one out of
ten adults (10.6 per cent) in the South
had completed (four years of high school;
j n the rest of the Nation, 15.3 per cent of
adults had been to high school for four
years. In college education, too, the South
, lags behind the vest of the Nation: 3.8 per
of the South’s adult population in
hldl ^our years or more
college training, comnared with 4.8 percent
for ,, the rest , of „ the ,, United .. . ,,, States Ot
. . . .
ln , h( . who in 'Mil
!ia , „ alm08t r ,„„.
out of ten (37.9 „ per cent) ., were „ c ,,,, ..
onIy thm . out of ten Americans
pr <ent ) vert Southerners. ,
; l> * this sit-
; The South is inclined to excuse
j nation bv pointing ^ (ht to fac the < th large ^ Negro pon-
1 ?^ ot eduvat,on drags ; the South save, eg
p^"«th l^- has , 1 h been ! s very negligent of ^ its Ne¬
gro citizens. Ihe answer to this conten¬
I tion is that “more than 12 out of every too
i white Southerners (12.2 per cent) stopped
school . , . before .. reaching , . the .. fifth grade, ,
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'compared to only seven ....... oyt of 1AA 100 <<5A (6.0 per
cent' for the rest of the nation; and only
jn , ;verv whitt . Southern adults
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had finished . . lour . ,. , h'pti • ,
or more veals oi
'vho.il, iu".Minliiifr to the 1940 ee»w»"
deals with similar eompm isons
,, r „ r tW va | ue of prop-
! ertv. the number enrolled in school, and
the salaries paid to rural and urban teach¬
ers, white and Negro, and the “teacher-
: pupil ratio.” I he information contained
ling to hold the hatreds out. For mutual un-
lead and studied by everybody interested
in the progress of the South.
LOCAL DELEGATES TO AT¬
TEND ELKS CONVENTION
The Daughters of Elite
pie observed their
Sunday before a large
ence. Mrs. R. M- Gilbert
livered a most excellent
dress Daughter Ruler
i-myd presided winner
Phoebe Robinson,
the local oratorical contest
spoke, to the delight. of
audience She will make
trip to Atlanta to
with the state winners.
Jacobs, teacher of elocution
Beach high school and
er of Miss Robitvon will
company her to Atlanta.
Those making the trip
the state meeting wil! be
L. Bryant. Joseph W
E W. Burke Byron
S. H. Booker, Raymond
mond. Frank B- Walker. J S-
Delaware, E. E Green,
senting the lodge, and Di
die Burke, Dt. Hazel Dt
Ruler Lottie Floyd. Dt
and Dt Williams,
the temple.
ir rot* vou COME cc.'.ir once OKIE. you Yf>l
COXTINI'E It> ATTLND
1‘HROLGHOUT THE
AT THE. FIRST AFRICAN
BAPTIST CHURCH.
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SAVANNAH TRIBtTNS
WILL ATTEND DAUGHTER ELKS STATE MEETING
Mrs Lottie P Fmyd,
daughter ruler oi E ite
pie, and Mrs Ruth Boyd, past
daughter ruler, who will
tend the 21st annua*
of Eiks and Daugh-
j^r E.ks which will be held
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‘TIME PLACE AND THE GIRL ’
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Romance and the samba flourish on “A Rainy Night In
Rio,” judging from the happy smiles on the faces of Jack Cav¬
son, Janis Paige, Martha Vickers and Dennis Morgan i above
m the production number which introduces that popular song
hit in Warners’ new Technicolor musical hit, "The Time, The
place Anri The Girl,” now at the Dunbar Theatre, Sunday, Mon-
day, Tuesday, April 20, 21, 22.
‘MR ACE” AT EAST SIDE
George ^ Raft and j Sylvia Mdney cisnM forget fnrot.) affairs affTivE of nf state Etoto fnr for at at-
fairs of the heart in this scene from "Mr. Ace." showing at the
I East Side Theatre. Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, April 20, 21, 22.
through United Artists release.
THE SHADOW S VOICE
By JEB
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Ht i friends
1 T 1( . shadow’s Voice is
.. . , tell vou mc ,-e of
j * Seniors
ne , vs Tne
fJanpr was lt a!ly on .he ball
1 Rainstorm sleet or snow never
,.‘ seniors. M tdeline
J( n McIntosh looked verj
^av ni p ir hP1 - black and
night, also T Murry. .
j araes cantv, ‘ who was the
youn „ i adv ? James Yates and
Led a Jackson were there hav-
nt , m uch fun. Moses Walker,
i why were you so late getting
there”
Willie Johnson, who’s
j lucky girl? Mary Palmer and
; Aaron Thompson, we think vou
a. ; hi -h pL.-gs.
d^- 1 - ’ uuk it's time to
'• ciOT ‘ Margaret
Bachelor, please tell us who he
Delores Jefferson and
April 20-22 in Atlanta. Daugh-
f t rs Atnieta A Waver. Georgia
Williams. Bridie Burke, Hazel
Jones and Janie Hearse are
other members ol Elite Tern-
pie who will attend the con- ■
ventlon.
Smalls, don’t you know you
are juniors and will be seniors
soon? Dorotlyy DeViJavrs, we
can easily see that vou have
the situation well in hand with
Joe Bennett I wonder if a cer-
Joe Bennett
Dorothy Mclver. we heard
about you and that certain guy-
Looks as if Velma told hand-
some Warstein Zeigler All or
nothing at all " Henry Tay-
lor. seems as if you are meant
lor that one and only senior*
Irene Redfield.
j Johnny Polite, all the
to be screaming ‘‘tall
dark and handsome ” . . Thus-
Hardwick is really a line guy
F. i Mitchell what i--
Vt t ”’i of it?
Unui Gamble, we are glad to
>ee
of ‘
someone your own? Freddie
RECELECTEDCHAIRMAN
reelected
RICHARD WRIGHT, senior
ma ] e member of St- Philip
Monumental church. Savan-
nah, , who re-elected , . , chair¬ , .
wa;
man of the AME Laymen’s
Electoral , College, old Georgia
which met
Waycross on Wednesday of last
week.
MISS KING WINS
P.-T. A. CONTEST
The teachers’ popularity
contest sponsored by the
uorci Pi A was won by Miss
nuoye L- King. Miss King,
one of the energetic second
grade teachers, ana her ciass
sold the largest amount of
votes. It is not an unusuai
uting for Miss King to be the
winner in a contest ot this
sort- Miss K.ng is a hard
woncer who is willing to help
at all times. She is one of the
teachers who has the respect
and aiiection of the chnaren,
teachers and parents-
Mrs. Pauline P Hagins, an-
other second grade teacher,
and her class, was the next
highest winner- Thira place
was won by Mrs. Eldora S
Greene and her fifth
class.
A special fund was present-
ed to Mrs. Ernestine Williams,
WA president, by Mrs. Ger-
truae D Thomas and her first
giade class as a gift for the
PI A
Mrs. Williams thanked and
pra sed the other teacher-con-
testants and their classes tor
their cooperative and untiring
efforts.
Mrs. E Williams, president,
represented the association at
the Gpirgia State I-1A con¬
vention at Fort Valley
A pril" bl^at ^p. m * All harems
ana friends are expectea to be
present.
Mae Maynor, we think you are
lUpc. Alter an, Bunny said so.
congratulations to Mae Oia
Hui, a charming young iauy
Vviui a p.easmg personality, for
winning first piaee in the 'Miss
JabberwotK" contest, ane will
oe crowned "Miss
b ricay night, April to, at 9
o eiocK at tile ivieiody tneatre-
01 * UnU y0U LtU1 get <l
seat
nattie Hayes and Mickey are
getting aiong tine. Q. Baiuwm,
what a the matter with you
ana Nathaniel Johnson?
Willie Jane Dartiedge and Wil-
lie Miner are doing O K
Johnnie Mae Harris, are you in
the know with Willie Fried-
man? . . . Gloria Butler
Ha S, a, S S m S" , £S
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are seen very o.ten in the East-
side theatre. . . Vera Mae Jack-
-on and William Holsey
getting along fine. . .
The Cougars’ silver tea
day afternoon was really
and enjoyable .
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Stevens, when will the GI
home? Claude Wnite
Essie Mae Osborne were
| lor each other. Jimmie
j B'b.ey and Ruth Olivia
l to b(S two charming young
dies Jessie Brishand,
is everything? You
things very cool
Well, folks, I’ll be seing
next week when I'll have
? 10ilsense and fun. My
, ls -Buy your own paper”
stop borrowing one
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LEADERSHIP
COLLEGE
The Girl Scout
announces the dates of
spring training course
ior ail new leaders and
committee members- The
will be for a six-hour
starting Monday, April 28, a.
Wednesday. April ,20. Ail
i e ? de J S- potential
members ot troop
are asked to register with
local °f ilce - cal1 3-9966.
lea y, e ,;“ ui ' llame alld
the ,L ielci direct 01 \
1Stei , 01 Urse ^ t ^ lv
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I ™ 28-30’at on * the
B ' <ad Classes will
, a . 6 P m.
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j for'new u , I1C , '' VLaders^any itaaers, any
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a refiesher course may
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HEAR DP BENJAMIN H
UHITING. of I'aaliiiigtoii. D
(. Preaching every night at
the Revival Services of First
African Baif.ist Church.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947
Lodjres And Chapters XT JNotes ,
A meeting of the novices lor
' ceremonial will be
'held he Shriners*
on the fourth Sunday In
,mi ,,reparation tor the cere-
1 moniai Past Potentate Donald
Thomas Thomas is is in charge of the
The international Conference
of Grand Masters, etc . at Tulsa,
rkla W as the biggest ever
held Twenty-one jurisdictions others
were ly represented and
letters and reports- Grand
mmm. ister ,s n. Hall reelect O' Riel of aVACAO Massachusetts, >UV**v»uiu.»-u, _
presidents Grand Mast e r
Dobbs, the life of the organi
Sir hULA'S s glo-
Master Smith will have a
rious report for us in June.
I Grand Matron Mary L Ayers
spent the week with the chap-
ters in Atlanta. The reception
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* W SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S
Produced by DARRYL F ZANUCK
Directed b, EDMUND GOULDING
Screen Play by LAMAR TROTTI
Prom th* Novel by W Somerset Maugham CINTUtY-POX
Triumph!
RAZOR’S EDGE Tyronne
Power, Gene Tierney, Johr
Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifto
Webb and Herbert Marshall-
all combine in one great pic¬
ture to prove that between
love and hatred there is a line
as sharp as a Razor’s Edge-
Razor’s Edge opens Sunday
at the Melody Theatre. It is a
moving tale of a veteran of the
----- first World ------ War — who —
over half te world to find
secrot of the worthwhile in
dfe Acclaimed one of the most
daring and tenpely dramatic
stories ever brought to screen
life, it is said to closely parallel
the i ove s, the problems and
thoughts "" r of millions of veter-
ans toda y-
i It tells two of the most un-
(usual love stories that have
, SAV’H AC AIN HEADS
! GA. PTA CONGRESS
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The annual meeting ot
I Georgia Congress of Colored
pr.renls-Teaehers was-held
Fort Valley, April 8-10, sessions
being held at Usher’s Temple
CME church. Trinity Baptist
i church and Fort Valley State
j college.
Mrs. Wm. M Henry presi-
dent, of the National
0 f PTA, Dover. Del.: Mrs An-
nie L Davis. Children’s
reau. Washington, D. C-; Dr.
| C . v. Troup. Fort Boyd Valley State
College; Dr Wm. and Dr
R. Q, Johnson of Morris Brown
College were the outstanding
at this meeting.
Georgia leads all states in
membership, it was reported by
j Mrs. Ethel Knight of LaGrange
state president
The Savannah district led
a otnei districts in
in membership, reporting 2,528
members. Each of the eight
counties in this district was
reported membership, and
])^ all schools and PTA’s in Chat-
1 county reported save two.
1 Mls E theI Kn ’f ht !s ' tate
President ., t and , Mrs. joaeptyne T
B _ . President . . . , the
is i . o»
-avannah district,
j CITIZENS DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Th meet i n g 0 f the Citizens
Democratic Club executive
board will be held Wednesday
night, April 23. at Zion Star
Baptist church. 818 East Hall
streel - beginning at 8 o’clock
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WEST SAVANNAH
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
West Savannah Democratic
Club, District. No- 1, will hold
its regular monthly meeting
Friday night. April 18. at
Wood's Monumental church on
i accorded her befitted an F.ari-
ern Star. She was able to give
them information never before
received. Other chapters wi’f
be visited in North Georg’a
next week bordering the Ten-
ness ee line After these visits
she will have a couple or more
to make, and the organizing ot
a new chapter before the meet-
ing of the Grand Chapter,
Past Senior Warden Wm.
Duff mrjmi in wM /*f^of the
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exemplifying the degrees
Cornerstone Lodge No. 8 will
will be honored as the oldest
Mason in ueorgia, which he
justly deserves. Giand Mastei
Dobbs will be pie^ent to greet
him^ as such.
ever been told, some of the
best sophisticated wit in years,
a murder and an idealism that
will stir people to the depths
of heir feelings- It's a word of
one man’s dramatic regenera¬
tion in his search to satisfy
the hunger that lies in every
book must know. "The Razor’s
human heart.
As all who have read the
j Edge” is the powerful and
, deeply - - * probing ~ story -----* of one
passionate search for
true peace and inner content-
j ment, a search that tore him
i from all love and sent him
| plunging into strange places
hail way across the world And.
too, it is the story of the wo-
man who loved him, and of
t. ! her _ desperate , , and ruthless
plot to save him from himself
and for herself,
Love street, in West Savannah
at 8 o’clock. All members art:
j portartt urged to be present, as im-
i matters are to be dis-
mussed. . M. J. Jackson is
’ clnair-
man and Mrs. Lillian Hill, scc-
j retary.
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1 ol c<)>11 (>MI ,. v " YOU
WILL . CONTINUE TO ATTEND
THROUGHOUT THE REVIVAL
YT THE FIRST URIC \N
r»pti<st lmlk rm prn ch.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
Flics of The Savannah
Tribune
APRIL 17, 1897
I The Lone Star Cadets, Co- E-
0 f the First Battalion, Infan¬
try, Georgia Volunteers, cele¬
brated its 21st , anniversary
Tuesday afternoon. The com¬
pany paraded under command
°t Capt. L A. Washington- A
military ....... hop was W<K> given „ at a ,
l night at the Duffy street hall
of the officers present at the
time only the adjutant of the
battalion survives.
The silver anniversary of Mr
and Mrs M. Hail was celebrat¬
ed Monday evening. Mrs. Ha l
was the organizer of the old
folks home.
Rev Geo C. Rowe, pastor of
the Plymouth Congregational
church of Charleston, was in
t de <3ty last week. He preach¬
ed the ordination sermon of
Dea. Robert C. Spencer at the
Congregational Church
Rev J. B Gordon elected
pastor of the F A- B. cnurch,
West Broad street.
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