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PAINE COLLEGE LIBRARY DEDICATED—Scenes from the sessions of the Commission on
Cooperation and Counsel between the Methodist and Colored Methodist Episcopal churches
held at Paine college, Augusta, September 4 and 5, precceding the dedication exercises of the
Warren A. Candler Memorial I ibrary.
1. (center), Warren A. Candler Memorial Library, dedicated September 5. 1947, at Paine
co'lege, Augusta, Ga. Continued on pag*
M-CME Churches Want
Better Interracial Program
AUGUSTA, Ga—An epoch-
making repoirt rendered by a
special committee from the
Commission on Cooperation and
Counsel between the Methodist
church and the Colored Meth¬
odist Episcopal church at the
* close of special sessions held at
■ the dedication of Warren A
\),\andler Memorial Library. Sep¬
tember 4 and 5, was approved
by the twelve bishops and thir¬
ty other high churchmen of the
CME and Methodist churches
who are members of the 27-
year old interracial body.
Channing H. Tobias of New
Continued on page 2
3000 VOTE IN TAMPA
Nurse Raped; Citizens
Demand Arrest of
HEADS SAINT.
AUGUSTINE’S fT ** U
Dr. Harold L. Trigg, distin¬
guished Negro educator, who
has been made President of
the Episcopal Church-sponsor¬
ed St. Augustine’s College, at
Raleigh, N. C. His last posi¬
tion before coming to Raleigh
was President of State Teach¬
ers’ College, Elizabeth _ City,
N. C.
CALLED OFF FOR KEEPS
The bathing beauty contest
which was to .have been staged
at Sportsman’s Park on
night was rained out. This is
the third time this affair
been interfered with by incle- .
ment weather- No further
tempt will be made to stage it.
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NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST
VISITS CITY
Luther P. Jackson, professor
st Virginia State College and
columnist for the Norfolk Jour-
■nal and Guide, was in the city
for a few days last week gath-
ering information on
and his political status
abouts.
auamtali Srihunr
SHRINERS CARNIVAL
NEXT WEEK
It'll be all fun and merry¬
making with the Shriners
their followers next week
Omar Temple No. 21,
a big open air’ show at
Field, east of the ACL railroad
and near the Paulsen
school.
The feature
will be presented by the
Van Dyke shows, with
rides and shows and many free
acts.
The carnival will be here for
Continued on Page Two
! LOS ANGELES (ANP)--Mrs.
Effie Martin, 29 -year old nurse,
the victim of an attacxk by
iiour rapists, described by he:
as being “either Mexican or
Caucasian,” here iust week
| Mrs. Martin was returning to
her heme in the westside dis¬
trict when the four men forced
her into their car. Driving her
to a lonely spot, aP assaulted
her and robbed her of a
num fountain pen, valued at
Continued on Page Two
Protest Against Catholics
Racial Dars
ST. LOUIS (NNPA)—A pro
test against the recent admis¬
sion of colored children to
archdiocesan high schools hera.
was voiced last week at a
ing attended by more than 569
persons who said they were
members of ten North
, Catholic parishes.
The meeting was held at
Hall, 5815 Easton
avenue under the co-chairman-
ship of John Barrett, 5717 La-
avenue, and William T.
[Rone, 5544 Terry avenue.
1 none of the parishoners
j wanted to _ colored child-
deny
any of the advantages of
j |lie the education. Catholic religion or
I “We ...___ are willing _______„ to pay for
itheir schooling and their
I portaticn, if need be, but we
not wanl; Negro children
a i ongS jQ e our children in the
^schools.” he said.
R on c said another meeting
would be held soon in a larger
accommodate the ovc
STATE COLLEGE TO HAVE
RECORD ENROLLMENT
W. Palm Bch.
Citizens Ask
For Colored
Policemen
By Miss Ellen Stevens
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla —
The Palm Beach County Vot¬
ers League, and the American
Legion, supported by 706 sig-
natures, ask employment of Ne¬
gro policemen. The West Palm
Beach Voters League, under the
able leadership of Dr. J. H. Ter¬
rell, petitioned City Commission
last Monday, and an authori¬
zation from Mayor E. T. Halter
to appoint a committee to con-
Continued on Pape Two
TAMPA (ANP)—More than
3,000 Negroes cast ballots in
Tampa’s mayoralty election here
last Tuesday, marking the first
time in history that colored
persons voted 'in a city pri¬
mary.
Victor was the incumbent,
Mayor Curtis L. Hixon, who
ibagged a total of 13,171 votes,
J I another assuring four him years. of reelection for
In Arcadia, Fla., a farming
section of the state, 421 Negroes
cast ballots in an election which
^ rQUght to the po iis 1,806 voters,
in the clty - s history. Of-
| fices filled were mayor, city re-
Continued on Page Three
MODERN KITCHEN
AT BOYS CLUB
—
» ... Hartridge, ope-
cial .consultant for the Savan-
Gas Company, announces
that through the cooperation
Frank Callen, director of the
Boys’ Club, 330 Price
street, a model kitchen will be
furnished and equipped with
modern gas appliances by
Savannah Gas Company at the
Boys Club.
This room will be similar to
the Wonder Flame room now
located on Barnard street, and
will be ready for use by Octo-
ic
Special cooking classes and
demonstrations will be held in
this room in the
with Mrs. Evelyn Stripling,
home economist for the Savan-
nah Gas Company, in charge
The boys will have free use of
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1947
Georgia State college will be¬
gin its 57th annual session with
an enrollment of approximately
1 000 students, the largest num¬
ber ever enrolled in a regular
session. Freshmen will assem¬
ble lor their orientation Tues¬
day, September 23, with regis¬
tration conducted on September
26, and classes beginning Mon¬
day, September 29 Both re¬
turning and new students will
be greeted by the following fac¬
ulty with William K
serving as dean:
Division of Agriculture—Ed¬
ward Harmond, BS, MS, assist¬
ant professor and director of
division; Frank Tharpe, BS, ad¬
ditional graduate study, assist¬
ant professor; J- B Wright, BS,
MS. assistant professor; L. S
Alexander, BS, assistant profes¬
sor.
Division of Arts and Sciences
—William H- Brown, AB, MA
candidate for PH- D-, director of
arts and sciences and associate
professor of education* Busi¬
ness Eunice Colley, AB, MA
additional graduate stud)* as¬
sistant professor, acting chair¬
man of department; Robert C.
Long, Sr-, AB. MA, aaditiona 1
graduate study, assistant pro¬
fessor; Lenore B. Bellinger, BS.
additional graduate study, in¬
structor.
The Natural Sciences and
Mathematics—W. V- Winters
BS, MS, coordinator of natural
sciences and associate professor
of physics. Biology, B T. Grif¬
fith, BS, MS. PH D, chairman
of the department; Joseph
Wortham, BS MS, additional
graduate study, assistant pro¬
fessor.
Chemistry—C. V. Clay, BS.
MS, associate professor and
chairman of department; W- E
Murray, AB. MA, assistant pro¬
fessor, Mathematics Martha
Wilson, BS, MS, assistant
fessor and acting chairman ol
department; Clarence L, Tur-
Continued on Page Two
Death Claims Prof. Dickerson
A NON
Mr. end Mrs. Jaimes H. Dais ^
of New York city, formerly of
Savannah, announce the birth
of a son, August 9. He will be
called James, Jr. Mrs. Dais
will be remembered as Miss Ida
M. Fleming of 619 1-2 W- An-
derson street.
PERSONAL MENTION
Danie! Monroe of
ton, D. C-, is in the city the
guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. J W W,
merson. Mr. Monroe is
mer Savannahian, but has not
been here for khirty years.
OUTSPOKEN CHAMPION
OF JUSTICE
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The Rt. Rev. Henry I. Louttit
Suffragan Bishop of the Epis¬
copal Diocese of South Florida,
is outspoken in his demand that
the country’s problem of race
relations be resolved, but aens
recent progress in the aoath V
White Minister Turns "Colored"
To Help Solve Race Pr oblem
MADISON. WIS., Sept. 15 —
A young white minister spent
his first day as a "colored man”
tiday alter turning his back on
today after turning his back on
white race so that he could
fight discrimination more ef¬
fectively.
The Rev. Kenneth L. Patton
announced in his sermon yes¬
terday that he was -throwing
In his lot with the people ol
Color.” He said he crossed the
color line with the ‘ 1(f) per
cent support” ol his wile.
The 26-year old pastor of the
First Unitarian Society said he
would consider himself "one of
the colored people” and would
sign questionnaires, “colored.
Patton said he got his idea
from Sinclair Lewis’ novel
“Kingsblood Royal.” In the
book Neil Kingsblood, a young
Minnesota banker, discovered
he had Negro blood.
Disgusted by a growing
movement against Negroes in
hjs home town, Kingsblood re¬
vealed he was part Negro.
Patton said he had searched
his own ancestry and found he
was “part Indian.” He said his
Indian blood was not more
than "one sixty-fourth.”
I am determined to fight
this silly and vicious discriml-,
nation, he said,
Paton also proposed that all
non-Caucasians band into a
united colored race of
woild. He said it would unite
Negroes, Orientals. Indians and
"aU the so-called white people
who are tired of being white
have decided to move in
with the colored.
The congregation took it in
Contlnueri on page v
VIDALIA, Ga., Sept,. 17,
j ames jX'Witt Dickerson 80, on<
0 j- t,he most outstanding of the
state’s Negro educators, died al
his home in Vidalla Tuesday,
^ad been connected with the
vtdalia school for Negro stu-
dents since 1905, when lie or-
ganized a one-room, one-teach-
er outfit which he built up to
a sclu >ol with 600 students, the
school being notable in South
Georgia for the manual train-
ing and voca ''ioual studies of-
iered t0 students -
The school has no other head
and for the 42 years conducted
by Prof. Dickerson, he was at
each opening and closing ses¬
sion until this week, when the
school opened without his pres¬
ence, his death taking place on
the opening day.
As a token of the esteem in
which he was held by citizens
Continued on Paso Seven
Council
Meets at
College
Home demonstration agents
county council
Burke, Camden,
Effingham, Liberty,
and Ware assembled at Geor-
gla State college Saturday, Sep-
13. for their annual re-
,1 meting under the super-
vision of Ml
state agent for Negro
work in charge ol home dem-
onstration work with Mrs. An-
»a B. Harris, president, Chat-
ham County Home
Uon Council presiding
The group was addu ;ed by
President James A. oiston. who
tri sed that, with the
kind of motivatiton and lead
Girl Scouts Planning
Many Activities For Year
25,000Witness
Bishop Grace
Parade In
Charlotte
CHARLOTTE:, N. C An esti¬
mated 24,Oto persons stood un¬
der a boiling sun lor two hours
Sunday to see a religious pa¬
rade led by Bishop C. M. (Dad¬
dy Grace.
Several hundred followers of
Bishop Grace lirom cities and
towns throughout the Carolinas
took part in the parade, which,
(Continued on Page Two
Children Strike Against J. C.
DETROIT (ANP) — A mass
walkout ol 2,000 Negro children
was reported last week as a
result. tj! segregated ' schools
started by the board of eduea-
tlon. Negro children were re¬
moved from an interracial
school, Post intermediate school
and were also barred from Htg-
gin botham school a school p-e-
viously all-Negro They were
then placed in the Biidhur.n
Recreational center lor’ which has
hen condemned 21 years as
Continued on
LEAVES SUNDAY FOR
WORLD SERIES
Garfield iTobinson, widely-
known West Broad street ton-
sorial artist anji one ol the
city’s most enthusiastic
ball iaris, will leave Sept. 27 lor
New York to witness tile Woild
Series. His tickets- for the first
four games were received
night.
South Carolina Law Sr Stool
Will Open This Week
CRANGEBURG, S. C.—Plans
for the opening of the new law
school at South Carolina State
A. and M. College and the an¬
nouncement of the faculty were
made this week by Dean Ben¬
ner C. Turner
From applications by fifteen
candidates for positions 011 the
j, faculty ol the law school, the
following have beep selected
| and their appointments con-
i firmed by the Board of Trus-
itees■
| Attorney Kansas, Leo L. has Kcrford been ap-j of j
professor of law. He;
college at the Univer-
sity of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
where he majored in political
science, receiving the degree oil
bachelor of arts from that in-
ition in 1939. Attor
Kcrford served in the armed
forces or five years, achieving
the rank of fir: 1 lieutenant be-
fore hi honorable discharge.
He is a graduate ol the law
chool ol K„r.»a„ university,
and is married. Dean F. J.
Moreau of the law school of
Kansas unlversi of
him, "He po 1 esses a vcr V
Continued on page 2
MEMBER
4UDIT
gUREAU
CIRCULATIONS
Savannah’s 300
girls, tanned and healthy
u summer spent outdoors
at the Girl Scout camp, are re¬
suming weekly troop meetings
and planning a busy Girl scout
winter
According to Mrs. w. K
Payne, chairman of the Negro
division, the past summer has
been a record camping season
Forty girls spent two weeks at
Log Cabin camp. ,
Getting together again
troop members, Girl
over the city are working
a list ol projects which will
keep them on the go all
ter.
Special emphasis will be glv-
Continned on Page Two
Woman With 3-mos. Old
Babv Put In Dunveon
W. S. SCOTT, JR. TO
HEAD DRIVE
The annual membership
campaign ol the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People will be held
from September 28 through Oe-
tober 10. Dr. Ralph Mark Gil-
bert, president of the loe„
branch and the Georgia Stutt
Conference, announced that
Walter S. Scott, Jr., will be
chairman of the drive for
year.
In accepting the charge,
Scotl made the following
meat: "The work of the
lias become u basic part of our
fight for the democratic way
A membership in
NAACP is a way in which
can all c ontrib ute to this work
a nationwide scale. The
Continued on cage Seven
CHOSEN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
*_______
JACKIE KOIIENSUN, ifoiMMSON Brooklyn's *V Freshman fini
baseman who has been chosen IHh KUtmi** * *
YEAR- The award was made this week by The Sport in
News, baseball's trade paper, whose editor, J. G. lay!
‘ ' ’ '**
"
• -.y fmJ
-Robinson , 1 s rated and , «u«IKd • . v « , ■> ™
man player m the big leagues—on the bar is of hi& hittm
his running, his defensive play, his team value. 1 be s
c j 0 j 0g j ca i experiment that Robinson represented, the trij
blazinir he did. the barriers he broke down did not enij
Sinto the decision.
NUMBER 1
Bar Assn. To
Meet In
Iir.^ tlSllllljs^LOll —.
WASHINGTON (NNl’A)—The
National Bar Association wili
' meet here November 28-30, Roy
Garvin, chairman of the pub¬
licity committee of the associ-
! at ion, announced last week.
Headquarters will be set up
Carver hall, where the ses-
will be held. A dinner
1 in downtown hotel is plan-
a
at which Chief Justice Fred
M. Vinson of the United States
Supreme Court will be the prin-
Continue^ on page t.woi
RICHMOND. Va. (NNPAi In
a suit filed in the United States
District Court here last 4 Tues¬
day, Mrs. Ora Carter, 23, seeks
damages o: ¥75,006 from Police
Court, Justice Carleton E. Jew¬
ett.
She charges that Judge Jow-
Fir $75,000
Jett 1 dilution deprived al rights her of by her ordering consti-
(her "forcefully taken to a
(“dungeon” baby. with her 3-month*
The suit was brought hi fed-
j eraj court after a companion
uit for damages of $50,000, fil-
in City Court in behalf of
child, wr% recently dismiss-
led on a demurrer, yL. d * naUr '
admits the facts, but denns
a cause of action e.tl*uU
Howard Carwile. attorney-tor *ap-
Mrs. Carter, said he would
the ruling of Ulr City
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