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pk aw room THE i n l, SAVANNAH j n TRIBUNE Established 1875 By J H D&VEAUX -- j SOL. C. JOHNSON-------Editor and Publisher J. H. BUTLER __ __________________A*so. Editor MISS WI1J-.A M. AYERS, Asst, to Pub. * Manager Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate in Advance One Year -------------- $2 50 Six Months _______________ $1.50 __ 1 Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act March 3. 1879 “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. J ___ 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 mo Dll man Dll V ,}t\S 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, , , '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 • 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. ____ 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 - ‘TIME PLACE AND THE GIRL ’ > ' 1 I { : ! : | ! I j I 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 j =. , 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 1 s R 1 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 . . 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 j —---------- The Shadow’s Voice.’ 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 " I ™ 28-30’at on * the B ' <ad Classes will , a . 6 P m. ° j for'new u , I1C , '' VLaders^any itaaers, any * . a refiesher course may 10U ’ 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 1 1 ' I1 11 t'M » l NOTES , | : j j j | ..,v «n Darryl F. Zartuck's production of * 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 I 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 ( 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 ■ 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. ________ ~ 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. ............ 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. HH I 1III >♦ ♦♦♦»♦»♦