Newspaper Page Text
YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
1XV1
Death Claims
Dr. Harris
Savannah, in general, was
gre atly gi :eved yesterday
morning when it learned of the
unexpected death of Dr. Wil¬
liam A. Harris which occurred
early in the day at his resi¬
dence, 520 East Henry street.
While he had been in ill health
for the past few months yet it
was not felt that he was in a
critical condition as he was
out and around the day before
his deatih and expressed no es- 1
pecial discomfort before retir-'
ing Tuesday night.
Dr. Harris was one of th e
best knpwn and most highly!
respected physicians in this,
section of Georgia. He was a !
native of Madison, Georgia j
where he was born 70 years!
ago. He was a graduate of
Georgia State College, class of
1895. Later he graduated frond
vania, Lincoln and University, then received Pennsyl- his j
if. from the College (
D. degree (
of Physicians and Surgeons of I
Continued on Page Two
Now Totals $39,933
s; 100 Youth To Attend
GEORGE JONES
A U A I\f Ulj'AriC IlEtrii/KJ
ATtfl wirtj FF/JLlA/W I /A11TO
The Odd Fellows and Ruth-
ites held their session at Bruns¬
wick, July 12-14.
Monday, July 12, at 8 p. m
the opening session was held
at the First Bryan Baptist
church, F. St., Rev. J. F. Mann,
pastor; Rev. Mann, D D. G
M , master of ceremonies The
local committee had a very in¬
teresting program, with wel-
Contlnued on Page 5
Photo By Tolbert—Tribune Stall Photos-
RETIRED AFTER 58 YEARS SERVICE James A. Walker.
79, who was retired last week after servin'^: fifty-eight years as
waiter at the Hotel De Soto. On the occasion of his leaving
the service of the hotel last Thursday, Mr. Walker, in the pres¬
ence of the colored employees and hotel officials, was given a
farewell send off.
At this time a number of gifts was presented to the veteran
fi,/aiter who has been with the hotel waiter since its opening on New
V Year’s Eve. 1890, serving as head for many years.
Charles E. Day, vice president and general manager of the
Hotel DeSoto acted as chairman of the goodbye get-to-gether and
after paying the aged employee a deserved compliment for his
long and valuable service stated that a monthly check would
be sent him for the rest of his life.
Mr. Walker who is probably the most widely known waiter
in this part of the state, is here shown relaxing in his home at
908 Wheaton street, where he resides wdth his wife and three of
his 11 children.
hr fanamtati SHtraf.
. C. VOTERS OATH
MUST BE ABANDONED
CHARLESTON, S- C„ July 20-
—The South Carolina Demo¬
cratic party’s voters’ oath must
be abolished, according to a
ruling yesterday by United
States Judge J. Waites War mg.
Yesterday’s ruling was the
outcome of a case heard Friday
when Judge Waring granted a
preliminary injunction forcing
the South Carolina Deim. vatic
parti' to allow Negroes to loin
and to open the enrollment
books and keep them open un¬
til July 31.
The voter's oath acted upon
yesterday by the judge requir¬
ed that voters in the Democrat¬
ic primaries swear their belief
in the principles of the State
Democratic party, swear then
support of social and education¬
al separation of the races
swear their belief in the prin¬
ciples of states’ rights an>
swear opposition to the propos¬
ed FfSPC law.
The order restrains and en
joins the party:
“From requiring of prospec¬
tive voters in Democratic pri¬
maries of South Carolina any
oath other than the prospective
voter meets the qualifications
as an elector as set out in the
Constitution of South Carolina,
and is a Democrat and will sup¬
port the election of the nomi¬
nees of the Democratic party
in the ensuing general election ”
Judge Waring stressed that
the order was to be complied
with ‘in letter and spirit.”
Yesterday’s hearing while
Continued on Page Two
NEW YORK, July 15.—$551.04
was contributed to the Ingram
Defense Fund this week, bring¬
ing the total of money donated
to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People for the defense of the
Georgia Ingram family to $39,-
933.72
$27,498.54 of this has been
contributed by NAACP branen-
es; $1,538 has come from indi¬
viduals; churches have donat¬
ed $1,621 74; and organizations
have given $9,027.01. The Al¬
pha Kappa Alpha sorority in
Louisville, Ky., sent in a con¬
tribution of $208.50 this week
and the 332nd Staton Medical
Group in Columbus, O., donat¬
ed $39.00.
Electa’s
Golden
Anniversary
July 18, 1898, Electa Chapter
No. 1, Order of the Eastern
Star, was organized with a
large membership. Its golden
anniveisary was celebrated, be¬
ginning on July 20, with divine
service. It was formally ob¬
served Tuesday night at Ma¬
sonic Temple. The spacious
lodge room.was crowded, neces¬
sitating extra seats to be pro¬
vided. The program was well!
arranged and conducted by
Mrs. Lucille Edwards as mis¬
tress of ceremony, who was in¬
troduced by Worthy Patron
William Dobbins, followed by
the welcome address by the
Continued’on Page Two
1 'H Club camp, August 24-31
at Southern university, Baton
Rouble, La., according to an-
louncement made this week by
acting Extension Service Di¬
rector Walter H. Conway.
Encampment delegates, who
will represent the 300,000 col¬
ored 4-H club boys and girls in
the nation, have been select¬
ed from clubs in each of the
17 Southern States. Each state
is ending six delegates—three
boys and three girls, who have
done outstanding 4-H club
work¬
plans for the event are be-
Continued on Page 5
College Band-Choir in Open
Air Concert Sunday
On Sunday, July 25, at 5 p
m., Thunderbolt will have its
first annual open-air concert
when the Georgia State Col¬
lege band and choir will be pre¬
sented in a program In front
of the Town Hall.
The committee which plan¬
ned the concert consisted of
Rev Philip L. Wahlberg, pastor
of St. Luke’s Lutheran church,
Thunderbolt; Rev. Ernest W.
NA AtP "l.cl ’Em Walk” Ail
Stimulated Action
Kentucky Plans New
Scheme to Evade Ct. Action
FRANKFORT, Ky (ANP) —
Kentucky educators came up
with a new scheme last week
designed to get around the U
i. Supreme Court decisions
that states must provide equal
educational facilities for all oi
their citizens.
Under the Kentucky plan
segregation will be maintained
and professors at the Univer¬
sity of Kentucky will act as
“tutors” to Negro students who
desire graduate courses or sub
jects not taught at the jim
crow Kentucky State college.
Colored students will use the
University of Kentucky labora
tories at special times of the
day so that they will not come
in contact with the white stu¬
dents. Students graduating
under this system will receive
a joint U. K-K S C. degree
Continued on Page 5
To Honor Bishop
Bowen Thursday Night
Methodists of the city and
the Savannah Conference will
do honor to Bishop J. W. E
Bowen on Thursday night
July 29, at 8 p. m., when a pro¬
gram and reception will be giv¬
en and lie will make the main
address.
Dr- Bowen was elected by the
zecenl Central Jurisdictional
conference, and comes to his
task well equipped by tempera¬
ment and experience.
A son of the late Dr. John
Enter Suit For Use of
Richmond Parks
RICHMOND (ANP)—A suit Martin and Robinson.
was filed in federal dstrict
court here July 9 seeking an
injunction to compel Virginia
to permit Negroes either full
se of “similar and equal” park
facilities as are now enjoyed
by white citizens.
The suit was filed on behalf
of M Conrad Martin, Negro
bank official and resident ol
Danville, Va. Named as defen¬
dants in the petition are the
Division of Parks of the State
Department of Conservation
and Development, and Ran¬
dolph Odell, commissioner oi
the division of parks.
Mr. Martin is represented by
the Richmond law firm of Hill
! Seckinger, pastor of Wesley
Oak Methodist church, Thund-
jebolt; Rev. Willie Williams, of
I Thunderbolt; A. M Haynes,
, Randolph Fisher and Wilton C.
| Scott of the college office of
[public relations.
) The committee on arrange¬
ments consists of William H.
Leonard, chief of police, Thun-
jderbolt; G. L. Harris, Harris
-Radio company; Felix Alexis,
GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948
Wesley Edward Bowen, who
served for forty years as a pro¬
fessor in Gammon- Theolqgical
Seminary, Atlanta, the new
bishop was born in 1889 at Bal¬
timore, Md. He received his
training at Philip Exeter Acad¬
emy, Wesleyan university and
Harvard university. He received
a doctorate of philosophy lrorn
Harvard. He has an honorary
doctorate in divinity from
Continued on Page 5
In his suit Mr. Martin asks
the federal court to;
*. Enter an order declaring
that the defendants, by firovid
inig a park and recreational
system for white residents with
out establishing and maintain¬
ing an “equal and comparable”
system for Negroes, are violat¬
ing the law and constitution oi
the United States.”
2. “. . . Permanently enjoin
and restrain the defendants . .
from denying plaintiff, or any
other Negro citizen of this com
monwealth, “on account of hi:
race and color,’ use and enjoy-
! Continued on Page 5
[GSC superintendent of build¬
ings and grounds; J. J. Ballou
GSC director of music, and Al¬
bert Rotureau’, acting mayor of
Thunderbolt.
The committee on publicity
!bee includes Chairman A. D. Ogles-
and G. L- Harris.
The public is invited to at¬
tend, thus helping to establish
i this as a worthwhile annual
j concert.
PHILADELPHIA, July 15-
Considerable comment and ap ¬
probation was provoked in po¬
litical circles here by an ad¬
vertisement, sponsored by the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple in collaboration with twen¬
ty other national Negro orga¬
nizations, which appeared in
the July 13 edition of the Phil¬
adelphia Bulletin.
Entitled “Lei’Em Walk.” the
NAACP ad urged the Democrat-
is convention to take a firm
stand on civil rights in tire
Democratic platform. ‘There
may be times for compromise
for concessions that do not sac¬
rifice moral integrity or endan¬
ger the great end objective,”
the NAACP admitted. “But
there is no room in Philadel 1
phia in July, 1948. for compro¬
mise on human rights in the
Democratic party platform.”
If the Southern delegates re¬
fused to agree to such basic
tenents of American democra¬
cy as civil rights, the six-col¬
umn advertisement advised the
Continued on page Five)
Ohio (My Opens Pool to All
WARREN, O (ANP I — The
city of Warren was ordered to
Allow Negroes the right to use
the city’s swimming pool in a
court decision last week by Ap¬
pellate Judge Joy Seth Hurd of
Cleveland on assignment with
the Cuyahoga County Appellate
court of Trumbull county.
The case originally arose in
1946 when, after some white
citizens complained of swim¬
ming with Negroes, the city
asked Negroes through the Ur¬
ban League and the NAACP to
accept segregated use of the
pool one day a week. The Ne¬
groes refused, and in 1947 the
city rented the pool to a pri¬
vate group.
The group, Veterans Swirr
club, allowed members only to-
use the pool- Although many
Negroes applied for member¬
ship, none was admitted. James
Culver and a group of Negroes
filed suit against the city for
Continued on Page 5
ATTENDANTS AT WASHINGTON COUNTY WORKSHOP
'4
A summer school workshop
for in-service teachers of Wash¬
ington and neibhboring coun¬
ties is being sponsored from
Jpnc 14 through August 21 at
the T. J. Elder high school,
Sartdersville, by Georgia State
college. Enrollment for the
first session reached 102.
Placing special emphasis on
the importance of better pre¬
pared teachers in the schools
of Georgia, the workshop has
as its purposes to provide tea-
j chers with information relative
| to their individual help
1 needs and with in
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
—Croxton Williams, assistant U.
S. Attorney for the Virgin Is
lands, is in the city visiting his
mother. Mrs. Lucy A. Williams,
and his sister, Mrs. Mary Jones
of 1018 W. 48th street.
Mr Wtlllams who was ap¬
pointed to his present post in
1,945 by the late President Roose¬
velt, Is a product of North Car¬
olina A. and T. College and
Columbia University law school.
Prior to Ills present position
he was employed in the Coop¬
eratives Council’s Office, Ne»
York city.
Phbto By Tolbert— Tribune Stall
Photos-
CoU/tge Women Drop
Racial Bar
MINNEAPOLIS (ANP) —The
Minneapolis College Women's
club accepted its first Negro
member last week when mem¬
bers voted 588 to 129 to accept
Mrs. Nell Dodson Russell into
the group.
LOCAL
SUPPORTERS
ORGANIZE
The Savannah committee ol\
the People's Progjesbive Parry
of Georgia was organized Fit
Jday j sembly evening, hall July of the 16, Mine, in the Mill as-
j and Smelter Union. James Ed¬
wards, president of the MMSU
local, was elected chairman;
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, secretary
and Norman Gadson, treasur-
Tlie new organization start-
jed the a People’s local petition Progressive drive to Party place j
on the ballot for the November
election. According to a peeu
liar state law, the new party
must obtain the signatures of
live per cent of all registered
voters so that the names oi
Henry Wallace and Glenn Tay¬
lor, candidates for the presi¬
dency and vice presidency; and
the party’s local nominees
James Barfoot, candidate for
governor, and Larkin Marshall
editor of the Macon World, and
candidate for senator, will be
placed on the general election
ballot. •
Henry Ward, who was select¬
ed to spark plug the petition
drive in Savannah, estimatec
that his group would obtain
Continued on Page Two
NAACP Hails Democrats
NEW YORK, July 15.—De¬
scribing the civil rights plank
adopted on July 14 In the plat¬
form of the Democratic Party
as an example of “real Amer¬
icanism,” Walter White, secre¬
tary of the National Associa¬
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People, today express¬
ed the appreciation of the half
million NAACP members tor
this action.
Mr. White declared the
NAACP delighted at the speci¬
fic inclusion of remedial legis¬
lation and other action against
long-standing abuses like
lynching, the poll tax, Job dis¬
crimination and segregation in
the democratic platform. “We
believe," Mr. White stated
“the victory of decency a'
Philadelphia marks the great¬
est turning point lor the South
Continued on Page Five
EVERETT TO SING
AT COLLEGE
Charles Everett, nationally-
known dramatic tenor from
New York city, will be present¬
ed in concert Tuesday, July 27,
at 8 p. m., in Meldrim audito¬
rium, Georgia State college.
This is the second of a series
of artists appearing during the
summer term, announced John
J. Ballou, director of music.
Mr. Everett Is recognized as
a brilliant tenor and has re¬
ceived excellent press notices in
such papers as the New York
Herald-Tribune. Chicago Sun,
and the New York Sun.
This concert Is open to the
public and a small admission
charge will be made. Students
will be admitted upon presen¬
tation cf their activity card.
workshop for elementary tea¬
chers. Along with the subject!
matter courses, the teachers
are given experiences in meth¬
ods and community projects
Fifty-nine participants are
studying in the area of com¬
munication skills. Experiences
and activities shared in this
area hinge on developing skills
In speaking, writing, listening
reading and creative arts. Me¬
thods and techniques used are
being simplified so that teach¬
ers may provide similar activi-
Contlnued on Page a
long-term plans for meeting
some of these needs; to provide
informations and skills which
teachers might use in improv¬
ing learning and teaching in
the schools; and to enable the
teachers to earn undergradu¬
ate credit which would be ac¬
cepted by the State Department
of Certification and result in
higher certificates for teach-
| ers,
j The areas being developed
] in connection with these pur-
j poses reading, are communication studies, skills
and social ma-
thematics, physical science and
MEMBER
AUDIT ,
BUREAU
CIRCULATIONS
NUMBER 40