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. “No mah is an island entirely unto it-
seli. Each is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main. If the hell tolls the
, knell of the rights of any man or any
group of men, never send to know for
whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.”
—Edwin R. Embree.
* PERISH THE THOUGHT
•f
A persistent rumor, an alarming one,
has it that a group of colored men is
holding secret meetings with a view to
placing an aldermanic ticket in the field
in the coming primary- It is difficult
at this time to conceive of such a thing.
We are mentioning it because we think
it should be “scotched” right now. and
because it is of a pattern of certain ill-
advised actions that occurred in the last
primary. While we do not believe any
considerable number of Negroes would
agree with such a step, yet, there is a
possibility that soma equally thought¬
less people might be taken in by it.
There is a strong suspicion that such
a step is inspired by some unscrupulous
politician whose design is positively sin¬
ister. We can not remain silent and
run the risk of having our people trapp¬
ed by such a foolish and dangerous pro¬
position. Neither Negroes nor Savannah
is ready for it. We are too undisci¬
plined, inexperienced, and unorganized.
The fact, that scarcely half of the 20,000
registered Negroes has voted in an elec¬
tion, is proof of this fact. And some
of those who did vote failed to mark
their ballots correctly.
It is true that Negroes were elected
to city councils in two Southern cities,
but in both cases Negroes have been
voting longer and have better organiza¬
tions than we have here in Savannah,,
also their political situation is quite dif¬
ferent from ours.
Let’s help this thing die aborning. The
dominant Negro political group which has
worked hard and honestly to reach our
present status, does not approve of it.
This is not the time to add argument to
those who are still looking for ways of
restricting our franchise. Let’s not add
fuel to flame.
UNIFORM OUR BAND
A sight to stimulate our pride was the
between—half ceremonies at the home¬
coming football game of the Georgia
State College at Grayson Stadium on
last Saturday. On the field were three
high school bands, the college band, and
a drum corps, each unit with its high
stepping drum majors and majorettes,
all except one unit, dressed in colorful
uniforms. The exception was our own
Beach-Cuyler band. The Wayeross band
wore red caps, red jackets and black
trousers; the Macon band wore black
uniforms, with orange trimmings; the
Simmons’ drum corps sported white uni¬
forms and capes, with red trimmings. Our
Beach-Cuyler band in white shirts and
black trousers made a neat appearance,
marched well, but naturally lacked the
color of the other aggregations.
The alignment on the field, done in
military style, and the accomplishment
of their intricate formations, delighted
the fans who greeted each unit with
generous applause. But one thing dent¬
ed our pride—the absence of uniforms on
Masonic-Eastern Star Notes Next meeting will be Nov. 20
| at the home of Soror Dingle
The Grand Master has grant¬
ed a dispensation to Pythogo-
ras Lodge to lay the corner¬
stone of the First Pilgrim Bap¬
tist church on West Hunting¬
don street, the afternoon of
November 25 The brothers
are urged to join the lodge in
the ceremony
From indications, the lodges
will be prompt in rendering
their annual report on Decem¬
ber 1.
Putnam Lodge No- 170 has
been located at Eatonton,
ZETAS TO PRESENT
FUN IN THE TOY SHOP
The regular semi-monthly
meeting of the Alpha Theta
Ze£a chapter of the Zeta Phi
Beta sorority was held at the
home of Scror Ellse Hooks. The
meeting was presided over by
the president, Soror Nancy-
Walker. ✓ ; nil
The topic of discussion was
the Zetas’ Xmas project v*hich
was given the name of “Fun in
the Toy Shop.” The general
feature of the project will be
the impersonation arjd char¬
acteristics of dolls by children
Entered as Second Class Matter at the
Office at Savannah, Oa. under the Act of
March 3, 1879
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Associated Publishers
562 Fifth Avenue
New York 19, New York
the Beach-Cuyler Band.
Judging by their response to the ap¬
peal of the announcer, the citizens seem¬
ed to agree that our band must be plac¬
ed in uniform as early as possible. The
time is ripe for initiating a movement
among the citizens to aid in securing
uniforms for our high school band. The
citizens of Macon and Wayeross did it
tor their bands. We can do it for ours.
RETORTS ON THE SOUTH
Despite the apparent conflict between
two recent reports on conditions in the
South as they affect Negroes, the fact
is, they are both more or less true. The
difference between them is a difference
in emphasis. Mr. Sprigle places empha¬
sis on the things that are wrong (and
the Lord knows there is a plenty that
is wrong). Every honest, open-minded
person knows that what Mr. Sprigle re¬
nnets about police brutality, the evils of
sharecropping, intimidation in registra¬
tion and voting, poor school houses, and
inadequate housing, is unfortunately
true. Mr. Sprigle may have made more
of the good things he saw, for he did
see some bright spots, even if they were
comparatively few and far apart.
Mr. Schuyler’s report places emphasis
on the good things he saw. There are,
as he reported, instances of Negroes liv¬
ing well, and apparently unhurt by the
iniquities of the South. His report so
far concerns such Negroes who are by
no means typical of Negroes in the
South: If they were, much of the
problem would disappear. Mr. Schuy¬
ler seeiys to have overlooked the fact
that prosperous Negroes do not always
make good witnesses as to the evils the
average Negro, lower down in the social
scale, experiences. The more prosperous
Negroes become, the. more individualis¬
tic they become. That is, they tend to
believe in the notion “every man for
himself.” They get along all right and
so are militantly concerned about + he
problems of the other fellow. They
are able to evade or escape these* evils
that beset him. The matter of equal
job opportunity does not worry them.
They are economically secure.
They get around the indignities of
Jim Crow. They travel in their own
automobiles. Poor school houses and
poorly prepared teachers are no worry
to them. They are able to send their
children to better schools out of the
community. The problem of inadequate
shelter causes them no anxiety- In
these circumstances, it is easy to feel
secure and unbothered by restrictions of
various sorts. The truth about the
South is the combined story of both re¬
ports. i
We can not agree that most of the
trouble with Negroes in the South is
their own fault. This attempt to shift
the blame to the shoulders of Negroes
is either an excuse for unwillingness to
face reality, or it is an attempt to com¬
fort the reactionary South. It in effect
encourages the acceptance of inferiority
on the part of Negroes.
We believe that an objective apprais¬
al of conditions in the South met with
an honest approach to dealing with
them constitute the only proper way of
correcting them.
for a number of years. It
reinstated recently by
Grand Master.
The ledges in Atlanta
tinue to make new
No reduced price is
ed
The standard of
must be maintained. This
be appreciated the more-
Those who act in a way
cheapen the order are
much to lower their
standard.
under the supervision of local
members-
The project will be held
December 10 at the Recreation
Center on the ogee cnee road
Soror A. Stripling was
ed chairman of Finer
hood wh’ch is celebrated
riually by the Zetas.
Soror R. Gibbs was
chairman of Founder’s Day,
be observed January 16
! Sorors present were: R.
! rin, F. Holliday, A.
F- Golden, E. Hooks, R. Gibbs
N. Coppage. Milledge, R
N. Walker, M. Maree and
s easiest to cure if found in its
early stage. Christmas Seals
help finance chest X-ray pro-
8 rams t0 find tuberculosis ear-
Iv
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
NOVEMBER 19. 1898
This is a week of fairs of the
churches. The Second Baptist
church fair is in its lecture
room.
St. Philip AME church in its
exchange on West Broad street-
Beth-Eden Baptist church in
its former chapel on St. Julian
street in The Tribune block-
St. Paul CME church in the
basement of its church, Maple
and Cuyler streets.
The FAB church, at Harris
street hall.
Parade of the Seventh Army
I lar Corps on Saturday was tlie
j « est ever held * this ci ty
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBtfNtl
S.Leace c L ncletstancling-itfl
-
George Matthew’ Adams
No one ever gains anything from bit¬
ter strife. This has been proved time
and time again, yet the lesson seems nev¬
er to he learned. You lose all along the
line when you fight, refuse to cooperate,
and will not listen to, reason.
So cruel and destructive are modern
wars that no one really wins. All lose!
What a blessing to the entire world if
only nations could get together, when
misunderstandings arise, and settle them
peacably around a conference table. No
matter what the losses there—even of
“face”—none could be so great as those
that a war entails.
People who work together happily,
whether it be in the home, the office,
the factory or on the farm, are the ones
who reap th£ richest rewards of life.
From the office boy to the president or
owner of a business, all are important.
And when they work together as a team,
the business prospers and all take an in¬
terest in whatever is their assigned work.
What a high price is paid for every
quarrel! No matter who enters into it,
it costs- And the bill has to be paid—
often involving those who had nothing
to do with the quarrel. As outstanding
examples—all wars!
In all dire emergencies or catastro-
phies, no matter where they may occur,
hovi inspiring it is to see' how all na¬
tions and peoples contribute to such
worthy causes—impartially and gladly.
Why can’t we work together in
common Work of the day-by-day,
BETWEEN THE’ LINES
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP
TRUMAN, A MORAL HERCULES
Hail Harry Truman, President-elect of
these United States! The dramatic way in
which Mr. Truman put his foes to flight
and astounded his fr.ends will go down in
history as one cf the most triumphant ac¬
complishments of all time. Crit.cized and
abused and disparaged and persecuted, by
hs enemies and l.ghtly taken by'some sup¬
posed friends, counted out by the polls and
berated by hie greater part of the ration’s
press, Little Harry Truman from Missouri
surmounted every obstacle and won the
presidential elect.on fairly and squarely in
his own right.
His prodigmus achievement was start¬
ling ,n its impact upon the consciousness of
the nation that had discounted his chances
of even mak.ng a fine showing. His own
party only tolerated him at Philadelphia
when he w'as nominated over the protests oi
the political big wigs of power and influ-
his party colleagues merely went through
ence. Even after his nomination, many .
the motion cf supporting him and conceded
his defeat in the November elections. The
Republicans gloated over the political feasi
that was set before them in the deflection
of the Dixiecrats who miffed because Tru¬
man dared to stand up and be counted in
favor of civil r.ghts for Negroes-
From the beginning let us remember the
issue has never been one of civvil right but ci¬
vil rights for Negroes But Harry Truman
squared off for a finished fight and refused
to “give a damn” for the Dixiecrats and
the r sympathizers. This civil rights stand
was regarded as his political gullotine. Ob¬
sequies had been arranged, flowers for the
political funeral had been ordered, mourn¬
ers had been invited; but Harry Truman re¬
fused to play dead before what appeared to
be unsurmountable odds. Instead of cry-
babying and apologizing for his civil rights
stand, he came out fight’ng and he fought
like a tigress in her lair.
He whipped the entire field. He grappled
with, and slew, defeat sm in the Democratic
party; he felled as with a Davidic smooth
stone the Goliaths of weak-kneed loyalty on
the part of Dixiecratic sympathizers; with
one fell stroke he wrought consternation in
the Republican, ranks as he performed the
most stupendous task ever undertaken by a
More Seal Sale
Chairman Named j
|
According to an announce-
nent by William Gibson, chair-
lan of the Christmas Seal Sale
Campaign in Savannah and
Chatham county conducted by
the local tuberculosis associ-
ation, several additional chair- :
with the same spirit of good will and
good faith? Wl«y shouldn't .employer
and employee be the best of friends?
Both are essential to the prosperity and
happiness of each.
All industrial strikes are costly and
leave a bad memory behind. And most
of them could have been prevented had
a good spirit existed between both em¬
ployer and employee. I hope the time
will come when both small and big bus¬
iness will recognize the importance of
profit sharing—so that the humblest
worker may feel that he has a stake in
the over-all success of the business with
which he, or she, is connected.
We all have our own individual re¬
sponsibilities—but in a large sense we
have responsibilities that involve the
hopes and happiness of others. That is
why we can afford to be generous and
understanding when it comes to working
with others, in which the good of the
whole is uppermost.
How the spirit of an entire city is up¬
lifted w’hen there is an inspired organi¬
zation boosting its interests. We are
each of us a part of some vital unit in
this world, and it is to our credit when
we cooperate to the full in that unit.
The Creator must have intended thdt
all peoples, no matter what their color,
or language used, or location, should get
along happily together, else he would
have made them all alike all over the
globe, and made them think alike.
What a dull world that would have been.
man in the history of the nation. His great
right arm brought victory because his cause
was just; because he was threatened with
political destruction for no other crime than
that he dared to uphold that part of the
constitution that guaranteed civil rights for
Negroes.
The press of the country for the most
part was against him; the commentators of
radio fame were against him; the polls were
against him- The people were for him, and
he won one of the most signal moral victo¬
ries of history.
It is a very real truth that we cannot
fool all of the people all of the time. The
80th Congress showed what was on its mind
and the electorate of the i*aton repudiat¬
ed them and rebuked them openly before
the gazing eyes of current history. Since
the polsters and pressmen and commenta¬
tors all barked up the wrong tree, they are
trying to “explain” their miserable prog¬
nostication! But all of the “explanation”
leaves out the probable one, and that is, in
the world and in this country there is a
growing conviction that right is the only
might; hence a return to civic and social
righteousness is the only hope of saving this
world from destruction.
All over this country, south as well as
north, there is a growing conviction that
holding the Negro down is a too-costly un¬
dertaking. The utter failure of the Dlxie-
crat movement is proof positive that the
erstwhile solid south—solid against the Ne¬
gro—is undergoing a tremendous change.
When the “state rights” appeal failed to
stampede the south into the folds of Dixie-
cracy, we have what is in all probability the
beginning of the end of political Negro-bait¬
ing- The south is fast finding other ways
to prove its greatness than by tryirij to de¬
feat Negroes in their lawful aspirat'ons to
full-fledged citizenship.
When Georgia fails to follow Thurmcnd,
something must be terribly wrong with
Thurmond in his attempts to put over his
state rights’ program which is no more than
a keep-the-Negro-down movement. Hail
Harry Truman, President of the United
States and fearless champion of civil rights
for Negroes also. The moral Hercules of
modern t.mes!
men have been named to head
committees in the drive for
funds to help in the fight to
eradicate tuberculosis,
These additional chairmen
include: B’g aift-s, Bowles C.
Boy Scouts, Thomas
Flanagan; doctors, Mrs Nancy
Collier; Yamacraw Village and
Fellwood Homes, Miss Mary F.
HOME EDUCATION
l ATHFR KNEW BEST I
Mabel Hiith Jackson
“The Child’s Fust Si iool Ls U«r
Family —Froebel
Issued by the National Kin¬
dergarten UV. IglU l* *» Association, *• 8 West. ■ ■
40.h street. New York city
These : rt cl •;> are appearing
weekly In our columns. I
It was Sunday afternoon, and
Mr. Merkle was reading
.ports section of the paper and
eeliny nicely relaxed and
fortable.
H.s wife was fonily watching
he r rmall sen, B-lly. who was
rying to bu'Sd a house with his
docks. His childish Lagers
,iad not yet Earned how to
carry out come of these new ,
wishes of hs, and every little
while the structure would turn-
ble down and he would have to *
begin all over again. (.
Mrs. Merkle tried to read, but.
her attention wandered to the
absorbed youthful architect,
and when his house toppled for ;
she '
.he fourth or fifth t me,
laid her book aside, a helpful j
? leum in her eyes, ar ( :l started
to rise. “Mother’ll show—” she
began .
Djn’t!” said her husband,
unexpectedly, looking over the
top of his paper.
“Don't what?” she asked un¬
certainly.
*Don’t do it fer him,” Mr.
Merkle answered with a quiz¬
zical smile.
“I was just going to show
him how,” his wife protested,
.’lushr.g.
“But he knows how- He
knpws he has to put one block
cn the top of another- All he
has to learn now is to balance
them properly so they’ll stay in
position J
Well__ can’t I show him
that?”
“He's learning how to do
something by himself, dear, and
that's very imoertant. He’ll suc¬
ceed, too. Maybe it won’t be a
n’ce straight house like you
Local Doctor Attends Inter
By I. Damon Williams, M. D-
CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Dr- I. D.
Williams traveled by plane to
Suffolk, Va., where he joined
his daughter. Dr. Margaret W.
Reid, and motored to Cleve¬
land to attend the Interna¬
tional Medical Assembly of the
Interstate Post-graduate Medi¬
cal Association of North Amer¬
ica, November 9-12.
In discussing peptic ulcer,
the speaker said that 29 per
cert, of patients in hospitals
have ulcerated stomachs and
that 40 per cent have perfer-
ations. Many gastric ulcers
develop cancers.
In patients having trouble
with their hearing were bene-
ritted by operations done to
-permanently expose bonje sur¬
face in front of ear after which
the person could hear better
than when h’s hearing was
considered normal.
It was stated that trichinea
or a florin are found on skel¬
etal muscles of pork and if
said pork is not well cooked,
it requires About oris year af¬
ter it is eaten for human be¬
ings to develop illness. Hogs
should be fed on cooked food
to prevent the development of
In exophthalmic goiter, there
seems to be new and spectacu¬
lar departure from the old me¬
thod of treatment radioiodine’
made at Oak Ridge, Tenn. It
will go on the market as 131-
130- It is administered in one
or two doses. On the platiorm,
when patient swallowed radio¬
active iodine and came neai
the radioactive machine when
it was turned on, there was
a very loud crackling sound or
or^ of extreme static with
sparks flying furiously in the
direction of the patient, but
apparently harmless.
The cure of cancer has not
yet been discovered and the
harmone treatment only gives
paileative relief in certain
stages- patients the
, In asthmatic
(new wrinkle is to dissect away
the vagus nerve and its branch¬
es supplying the lungs. There
were -nineteen cases that went
' with only one iail-
to surgery demonstrated
ure. Patients on
the stage thought that they
were cured of the dreaded dis¬
ease.
A new T method to me in treat¬
ing intense pain in head, neck
and neuralgis is to do a pre¬
frontal lobotony- The surgeon
uses an ice pick to make an
opening in the skull for his in-
ficott; Elks, Edwipj W. Burke:
city schools, Mrs. Rosemary C.
Jackson; shoemakers, Mrs
Bessie Adams; hotelmen, M. S-
Dil worthy beauticians, Mrs.
Gladys Bazemore; fraternities,
Wilson Hubert; night clubs, J.
Q. Jefferson; private nurse*,
Mrs. S. S- Kelson; street sales.
,Mrs. Thelma Stevens and
Mrs, V. N. Campbell-
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1<H*
build for him, but it’ll
his very own. Don’t you
R. luctantly, Mrs. Merkle set¬
back into her chair. “Well,
you're right,” she ccn
“but—”
“Take my word for it, Claire,
am right- Mother was 1 ke
, n Pke most mothers- She
to do th.ngs for me.
such help is all
but there are other times
a mother should keep her
**■ ou off and let her child
out things for himself,
“1 rememoer I was to make
paper kn fe in my Boy Scout
I was awkward at hand
and. after cutting a few
from a piece of wood, I
‘Shucks, I can't
this knife.'
" 'Let me see it.'Mother sa d-
a very short while she made
piece of wood lock like a
I cut at it a little more
handed it in.”
“What, was wrong with that?”
“Can't you see, Cla re?
see that Mother took away
initiative and denied me
satisfaction of accomplish
The knife itself ddn’t
It was the doing it
counted. That was the
of having me make it
Every time a
accomplishes something
himself, he has done a lit¬
to shape his character cor¬
make him mere able
.stand alone on his own two
Just then Billy gave a little
of delight, and his father
mother saw that he had
completed hs edifice—
shaky one to be sure, but it
Billy gazed at it grave-
and sighed with satisfac-
“See?” observed Mr. Merkle.
“I give in,” snrled his wife,
I’ll remember to keep iny
off.
strated claimed that they were
completely relieved of any pain.
An interesting treatment for
dental caries control was dis¬
cussed. It was brought out
that children that used a two
per cent flourine in water for
cleaning their teeth did not
suffer as badly from dental
caries as those who did not use
it. It should be used at least
twice a week. Tooth pastes
and powders were not recom¬
mended.
In pregnancy, wise worrten
consult their family doctors at
regular intervals to prevent at¬
tacks of eclampsia (convul¬
sions.) If eclampsia does de¬
velop the doctor is definitely
handicapped in that experts
admit the cause is unknown
and that the best drug to use
is morphine with restricted
fluids Why (1500 do orfly cc per Negroes 24 hours)- use lye «
four for house year old cleaning. male, white, A twenty- ap¬ I
parently in perfect health,
walked out on the platform and
chest drank a gl^ss bare of and waseiy^fts thP audi-
was
ence gazed in awe at the waves
the water made as each swal¬
low passed on down to the
stomach. The water seemed to
be passing barely beneath the
kit t for a distance of about
eight inches and then disap¬
peared into the stomach. Why?
This man when a baby drank
a solution of lye, and his
esophagus finally reached the
place where he was not able to
or swallow water. An op¬
eration was performed on this
young man. His esophagus was
cut away nea rthe mouth or
near the upper throat- It was
also cut and dissected away at
the upper end of the stomach
and tnrown away. The sur¬
geon then cut off the stomach
at its lower end. The part of
iil estine adjoining the lower
end of the stomach was also
cut off in a piece or section
about eight inches long and HHH
this section was sutured on up¬
per end of stomach and to the
lower end of the remainder oi
the esophagus so that food and
fluids could pass into the stom¬
ach. With that fin'shed, the
surgeon picked up the lower
end of the stomach and the
upper end of the intestine that
he had cut off and sutured
them together so that food and
fluids could flow on in their
natural way. This operation
required seven hours. This type