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"To all Southern people I would like
to say, ‘Let’s cease the guns of the Civil
War and be concerned with making the
world a butter place in which to live.
Whatever your ideas of segregation, don’t
discuss them in the presence of your
children and thus be guilty of teaching
them to hate.” Mrs. J. C. Bryson
a/uenowcat no. 4
November 2 the voters will face the
challenge, the opportunity and the respon¬
sibility to make a crucial decision, The
outlook is tragic. Whatever fate befalls
the amendment, a. great many people
most intimately .concerned with it have
no vote, or if they have, will not take
the troubl" to go to the polls to cast
their vote. We are loath to say it. but
a large proportion of these apathetic
people will be Negroes. It is our guess
that the majority of Negro school pa¬
trons will fail to vote. Therefore, it is
of the greatest importance that every
effort he made by everybody to get the
total Negro vote out to vote against
Amendment No. I which proposes to
"authorize the state, counties and cities
to make grants to private individuals for
educational purposes.” The “pass' 1 of
the amendment would hurt the children
and the teachers and give unlimited
power to the 1 'gishiture. and would pot
guarantee segregation whether constitu¬
tional or not. ” Two years ago the voters
of Georgia rose to the occasion when an
attempt was made to deprive the pepole
of Georgia of their basic ritdils by set¬
ting un a dynasty t>mt would have held
them in political bondage for many years
Thnv must rise *n the occasion now
again to remind politicians and those who
servo them that final authority is in the
hands of the people.
Of course our specific concern is that
Negro voters in Chatham Countv get.
out and vote November 2 against Amend¬
ment No. 4. Some one offers*^he sug¬
gestion that every person tell every other
voter to speak to five other voters who
will in turn sneak to five persons and
sov on. This plan, or a better one, will
not only got out a considerable number
of voters, but it wil> at the same time
become a sort of rally to step up inter¬
est in the important duty of voting.
There are 46 other amendments 1o be
voted on, some of which do not concern
ns in Chatham County. Amendment-- 1.
2. 3. 4. 6. 7 and 18 do concern us, l>ut
main concern is to defeat Amendment
No. 4. whatever else we do. Our clubs,
societies and cRmrhes could adont for
themselves no higher civic aim than to
get our total vote for November 2. This
shouhl he made a big day in Georgia po¬
litical history.
THE S*T IS FAUJNG
During the past three weeks, press dis¬
patches have carried accounts of reaction
against integration at Milford. Delaware,
Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, I>. el¬
and places in Ohio and West Yi^-inia.
Reaction in these communities were bal¬
looned to large proportions, and the fact
that in, some of these very phees- and in
others integration had proceeded with un¬
expected smoothness, was either not
mentioned or was given slight notice.
The picture was made to look so bad
that Gov. Byrnes issued a warning which
had the appearance of being an attempt
to influence rebellious southern states to
step up th c >ir defiance, and to suggest to
the Court that its decision was sure to
cause much more trouble in deep south¬
ern states if th" r action of border states
had nnv significance. Curiouslv eno-xrh
Gov. Talmadge cif-d a case where inte¬
gration was working smoothlv as a warn¬
ing as to what is to be expected when in¬
tegration comes. In one or two towns,
as a result of the action of picketing stu¬
dents. egged on by their parents and
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other adults, educational authorities
yielded to mob action and reversed their
orders for integration. Headlines in the
South began to hail events as signs of
victory for segregation. But as of to¬
day, headlines have disappeared and stu¬
dents have returned to classes resolved
to try to make integration work. Prompt
and sensible action on the part of edu¬
cational administrators appear to have
solved the incipient problems and the
chief agitator has been arrested and cited
to show- cause why he should not be
punished for his part in the undemocrat¬
ic demonstrations. And Chicken Little,
hit on the head by an acorn is wrong
again. The sky is not falling-
THE WHOLE TROTH
Our governor in an address to the
National Conference of Editors complain¬
ed that newspapers and books have not
always told the truth about the South
and urged them to avoid the error of
those who make it a point to speak dis¬
paragingly of the South. His.address
was devoted mainly to discussing uie
euucauonal, industrial and agricultural
progress of tne South. Of course, w
surmise mat no must have nuocu mat
such progress not omy involves an; me
cit^ens oi me South, nut that it nas a
direct relation to trie welfare oi me res t
oi tne nation. Editors, generally speak¬
ing, are intellectually honest men who
write objectively. Sometimes, perhaps
oi ten, editors slant their editorials to
coniorm to the wishes anhd sentiment
or men' readers, or advertisers, or what
have you, within the region of their m-
iiuence and circulation. As a rule editors
are very weil-inlormed or know where
to get the information they need, and so
are, or should be, qualified to tell the
whole truth about the South or any other
section, lor tnat matter. The whole
truth about Georgia, for instance, would
include the fact that there are between
125 and 150 Negro physicians in Georgia
to serve more than a million and a half
Negroes, and that not one of these phy¬
sicians was educated in the state support¬
ed college. The same thing is propor¬
tionately true, about dentists and lawyers.
The same could be said of five other
southern states. An interesting note on
this is that a few weeks ago Mississip¬
pi passed "the medical school bill to
correct a flaw in a new law.” This bill
will bar Negroes from its medical school.
In only one of the southern states has
there been anything that resembled
voluntary enrollment of Negro students.
Also, the truth about Georgia would tell
what devious means were used to keep
Horace Ward out of the law school of
the University of Georgia until the state
legislature could enact a law to cut off
state support from any state education¬
al institution that enrolled a Negro stu¬
dent. Again, in the field of hiirher edu¬
cation. Georgia has ” Negro colleges but
it has more than four times as many
for white .students. There are other
areas about which newspapers and books
could tell the whole truth, but we men¬
tion just another item which has been
given some currency, that reflects upon
Negro citizens of the South: the delib¬
erate attempt to make them appear sat¬
isfied with segregation. It is said fre¬
quently that a majority of Negroes in
the South desire to keep their schools
separate and segregated. Governor
White of Mississippi had the chance to
become disillusioned about this and ottm
governors who persist in saying this will
be also if they give Negro leaders an
opportunity to speak. Making allowance
for the pressures which might operat >
to make it unreliable, a poll would show
that Negroes are opposed to segregated
schools. We certainly agree that news-
paoers and books should tell the truth,
the whole truth about the South.
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j‘o ‘cries interpret and current the cultures, his-
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Jan. 7, 1955.
THE SAVANNAf! TR5BCNR
‘A CHAIN IS AS STRONG AS IT’S WEAKEST LINK.
L I'. Acomplishments
During Past Nine Months
I The Extension work in Eff-
j ingham County was centered
| around a program planned and
1 designed to help farm opera¬
tors, rural non-farm and urban
women in nutrition, health,
home improvement, clothing,
t I food preservation, family life,
/marketing, food production and
j heme industries.
I The following activities and
1 aeeomnlishments were carried
i on throughout the county, from
January, 1954, up to now.
} In January, a county-wide
'• outlook meeting was held. The
farmers and their wives came
] 'ricultural together and objectives discussed for the the ag-
year and made out the plans of
work for the year and set clef-
tnite coals.
Nine home demonstration
clubs with 399 members en-
'rolled. ' Projects carried out were
(food and nutrition, family ..... life,
| safety. clothing, home poultry, improvement, gardening,
j I food preservation and health.
) Two of our main projects
! this year were to improve home
laundry and our methods in
food preservation.
In March at our county-wide
Home Improvement Institute,
we were able to get Mr. Rust.
! manager of the May Tag Com-
joany, to send out
1 machines and operators to give
1 demonstrations on the use of
I
AN OPEN I F.TTFR
Texas College
Tyler, Texas
29 September 1954
Hon. Olin F. Fulmer, Mayor
Executive Office, city Hall
1 Savannah, Georgia
Dear Mavor:
Your letter under date of
September 22. 1954. in reply to .
mine informing you of my
respondence with Mr. Jenkins
concerning the need for *
junior college for Negroes
S'avannah was a distinct dis
appointment to me. I did not
think that a man elevated to
your high position in our city
j would so willingly join those
reactionary forces in our state
so violently and unwisely op-
nosed to compliance with the
unanimous decision of the high¬
est court of our land to the
general effect that segregation
as practiced in our
schools is plainly undemocratic
and consequently patently
constitutional.
I i You ste te ^ letter ...... that
y° ur
j in youi humble , opinion, in e-
jgration of the races cannot
1 take place *: m Georgia.
„ the integration . ,. of , all ,, races .
classes has already taken place
in the vast majority of the
i communities of the United
States, you are really saying
that the people of Georgia
(especially the white people >
are so inferior in their courage
and understanding of current
social evolution that they
not, or will not. practice true
Americanism.. You are saying
that Georgians prefer Hitler-
ism. Without offering any
proof, you further state: ‘‘in-
tlw different machines.
Mr. Williams gave a demon-
stration on the different typos
of freezer lockers.
Thc club ladies worked on
better lighting for the homes
this year. There were approxi-
mately 150 table lamps made for
the homes.
In May, a county-wide one day
cooking school was held. We
were able to get the gas com-
pany to send out three stoves
for that dqy. Demonstrations
were given on cake
meat cookery and a one dish
meal.
In June, a county-wide picnic
was held. Five school buses,
'transported club families
J 4 -n club of the members county to the from picnic all
- areas
, T grounds,
' Improvements were made
around the homes by adding
asbestos siding, remodeling and
repairing houses, painting in-
I side and outside and installing
I bathrooms and televisions.
| Poultry: one of the club ladies
j that is carrying a result dem-
Jonstration in poultry, is mark¬ each
eting 75 dozen of eggs
| wepk
j The ladies arc working hard
toward the county fair which
be held October 11-16.
Mrs. Reatha Mae Shaw
Home Demonstration Agent
tegrat.ion would not work to
"' "nest interest of either
the
group” and that you “do not
believe that a majority of the ,
thinking Negroes desire such a
stem” You are mistaken in
jboth these views.
I would obviously
Integration
.benefit the Negroes in that it
^ the only way in which they
| immediately attcnd the
my Qf the better schools
( thp clty . F or example, under
, segregationf Neg ro pupils on
the junior high school level are
compelled to attend that an-
cient, stinking, rat-trap, fire-
hazard called the Cuyler Junior
; | High School. Our children.. in
■ constantly
large numbers, are
risking their lives and abusing
their aesthetic sense there.
Your statement that the ma-
1 jority of “thinking” Negroes likewise do j
j want integration
shows profound misunderstand- j
ing of the colored people of this
| community. The fact is. the only j
I Negroes who approve arc either
Qr knaves __ eithpr suffcr .
from such an inferiority
* tllev don - t desire
' the best, or self-serving ,, . "uncle
Toms who , wish ... to profit ... per-
sonallv by their betrayal of
their people.
Your • remarks about the
1 availability cf Savannah State
College for Negroes in this,
j J community are not pertinent to
the issue hero raised. I agree
that it is a :0 >d state senaol.
not a municipal college.
j Respectfully and sincerely
j 1 yours, a”h.'
Gordon
i Dr. A. H. Gordon. 1
; ACTIVITIES AT Y
Mrs. Anita stripling, Execu¬
tive Chairman of the Chatham
| County Gra-\1 Council, an¬
nounces that the Gra-Y clubs ir
| the various elementary school:
will be responsible for two radio
programs each month on “Youth
Speaks” beginning with Nov¬
ember and running until the
end of the school year. The
schedule through January 22 is
as follows: West Savannah,
November 13; Woodville, Nov¬
ember 20; West Broad, Decem-
i her 11; All clubs, December 25;
Paulsen, January 15, Harris St..
January 22.
| She announced also that a
I one-day camping trip for mem-
1 'hers of the council will be held.
Thi ■ will lead to the council
members working up the regu¬
lar summer day camping pro¬
gram. She states that the aim*
■of the council are as follows
(1 1 Children become acquaint¬
ed with other children; (2
i T earn to sing common songs;
' 3 > Learn to preside over a
| large group. It was suggested
that leaders of all Gra-Y clubs
Lak" a pnurse in leather craft
j end finally teach it to’all mem¬
bers of the Gra-Y clubs.
Delegates to the Lay Leaders
j | seminar held workshop St. which Florida will be
m Augustine,
j October 8 . 9, lo arc as follows; West
| c Wimberly, treasurer,
Broad street Branch YMCA.
r.v nber of the Finance Com¬
mittee; Norman B. Elmore,
World Service Committee; Clar¬
ence Lofton, President Savan¬
nah State College YMCA, Pub-
britv Committee of West Broad
Street “Y;” Leonard D. Law,
Finance and Program Commit¬
tee: Donald Kennedv, President
Della Chapter Ili-fl club, Al¬
fred E. Beach high school,
member of the Physical Edu¬
cation and Youth Service Com-
' j mittees.
Sessions will begin 6:30 p.m.
Friday evening on the campus
; of Florida''Normal College,
‘ The “Y” has become the
headquarters for all youth act-
ivities in the community. With
j (and the heln of Officer E. B. Lewis
other policemen, the “Y”
has become a place where par-
j I ents their are not folk. afraid The to "Y” send
young per-
onnel is always present to help
^hanerone all young people who
; attend.
j j Immediately after the Beach
Turner game, a dance will
I he given at (he Y. Music, will be
! furnished by Joe Bristow’s
(Tenderly Band.
1 Dance;; for tlie month are as
j j follows: November 14, after
Wopdville-Risley game; Nov-
ember 15, Gardenia Social Club.
November 21 after Woodville-
jOarver Monarch game, social club; November November 22,
|
2 ®’ Cavaliers Social Club; Nov
I ember 28, after Woodville-
j Turner game,
' The B ev - : ‘nd Mrs. C. J. Rich-
’ ardson took out memberships
I ' 11 YMCA this week. Rev.
I Richardson is the very energet-
' c Pastor of Bolton Street Bap-
Church,
j The delegates to the Seminar
workshop for YMCA Laymen
j reported a successful meeting
in st . Augustine, Florida,
j The following reports
i were
made at the Committee of Man-
1 agement meeting Wednesday
night: “Partners in Service”
and Public Relations, Clarence
Lofton; “Membership and Fin-
I ance,” C. Wimberly; “Report on
j the Address of Dr. Mozelle Hill
of Atlanta University,” Norman
B. Elmore; “Christian Purpose
of the ‘Y’ Program,” Leonard D.
Law, Sr.
“Youth Speaks” will present
a group from Alfred E. Beach
high school this week. This
weekly program is coordinated
by John Law, Jr., and assisted
by Thomas Johnson and John
F. McKinney. The time of the
program is Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Dances this week at the “Y”
are as follow’s: Thursday after
Woodville vs Risley game; Fri¬
day. Gardenia social club. All
^ung people f e lnv * ed to at ‘
tend these social events.
The regular USO party will
bo given Saturday night 8:30
p hi All sei'vicemeti and host¬
esses are invited to attend. Mrs.
F'raneis J. Ashe, USO Staff
Aide, will be in charge.
from the bank, she lost the
money and didn’t discover it
until she was blocks away,
Mrs. Habershaw. in tears over
the incident, said the money
was in a brown envelope in a
dress pocket.
important Schedule
Changes
Effective 12:01 AM October 17,
, train No. 1 will leave Suv-
,„nah AM instead of TOO
PM, arrive Macon 2:00 PM in-
stearl of 5:35 PM arrive A tlan-
ta fl: 10 PM instead 8:15 PM.
Train No. 3 will leave Savannah
10; 10 PM inr ,tead 11:00 PM.
arrive Macon 2:50 AM instead
3;5h AM, arrive Atlanta 6:00 AM
instead 7:00 AM. Train No. 2
will leave Atlanta 9:00 AM as
at preent, leave Macon 12:45
P M instead 12:15 PM, arrive
5 30 PM instead 5:00
P m. Train 107, NANCY HANKS
will leave Savannah 7:30 AM
as at present, arrive Macon
11:15 AM instead 11:20 AM,
Macon IT 20 AM instead
11:25 AM, arrive Atlanta T30
PM as at present. Correspond-
in a changes intermediate sta-
tions -
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
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LONDON TRYING 10
IDO lKUN I UU OUT I I? KALlAL Arm
PROBLEMS
LONDON-(ANP)- in an
fort to ease tensions between
the native population and the
influx of some 10,000 Jamaicans
into the suburb of Lambeth, a
mecting was held in the court-
room of Town Hall recently and
presided over by Mayor Alder-
man Herbert White.
White blamed the recent ten-
sion on ignorance on the part
ol' English and said that he
was sure that if the English
did not have the distorted
ideas about Negroes gleaned
from movies and other unreli-
able sources, there would be
harmony between the natives
and the new immigrants.
__
Tint. Mgr. Goodwin To
A Idress A. W. Camn
The current month being ob-
served by the National Insur-
ance Association, Inc., as
“Special Fetaure” month, co¬
incidentally pairs itself with the
monthly program of Camp No.
45, American Woodmen. Our
delegates to the recent Supreme
Camp Session held at Denver,
Colorado, reported a very suc-
eessful session.
On Monday night, 8 o'clock,
members will assemble at
the Good Samaritan Hall. 509
Maple Street, for a special pro¬
gram presenting as guest speak-
0 r District Manager B. W. Good-
win . Jr „ of S t. Louis, Missouri.
John McIntosh is commander
Camp 45 and Mrs. Lillie G.
Mason, clerk, . ,,
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COUPLE LOSES
LIFE SAVINGS
PHILADELPHIA (ANPi
After saving carefully for a
... irnibpr rears” to buy a
)1PW honm. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Tp , hort ., inw found their dream
shattered in one swift move.
Mrs. Habershaw went Ki the
bank last week to withdraw
$1,900. the couple's “life sav-
ings," to make settlement on a
new ,home. While walking home
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1954
PRIVATE VS PUBLIC
SCHOOLS?
By M. V. Hannar
It is vain to say that educa-
ion is a private matter and that
t is the duty of every parent to
provide for the education of his
own children. There are some
vho can not and there are more
vho will not make provision.
And the question, then is, shall
the state suffer from individual
inability or individual neglect?
When the child who has not
oeen trained up in the way in
jvhich he ought to go, commits
1 crime against the state, the
aw with iron hand, comes in
oetween the parent and his
offspring and takes charge of
the offender. And shall there be
arovision to punish only and
rone to prevent?
The American public school,
upported by general taxation,
Tee from the pauper-school
aint, free and equally open to
ill, under the direction of rep-
•esentatives of the people, free
Tom sectarian control, is a real
lemocratic, educational system
vhich ■econeile will diverse unify points the citizens, of view, (
et ideals for the people, and
‘rain leaders for the service of
the state and the nation.
DGRCHFSTER fcu
wkfpvf 5 CRFDI.T
I UNIT DAY
| Tn keeping with the world-
i wide observance of Tr.ternation-
j al Credit Union Day on Thurs¬
day, October 21. the Dorchester
I Federal Credit Union plans a
' program to be ^recorded pt the
Dorchester Cooperative Center
at 8:00 that evening.
A debate will be given on that
evening—the participants- being
members from Liberty County
vs members from Long County,
The Dorchester Federal Credit
Union has a membership of 336
with assets totaling over $ 21 , 000 .
Toe rsrrlar me mb' ~meeting
is held the second Tuesday of
each month.
WcJf»n T> «ef ’ •> All-Out
Wonrhe-'D-q-'i Drr ■">
j “Got r ff.r ■ ■ That’s the
'slogan for local American Lcg-
: onnaires to sTn an five mem-
| bore durimr the 1955 drive
starting October • 20 and con¬
tinuing through November 11,
1C54.
Post Co mmander Ben Lewis
and membership chairman Sen¬
ior Vice Commander Clarence
Johnson will head im the all out
effort for early 19 1 member¬
ship enrollment. The committee
met on October 4 to map a
door-to-door campaign.
“Ail eligible honorably dis¬
charged veterans of World War
1, World War II, and the Korean
Conflict arc invited to join the
American Legion,” Commander
Johnson said. The campaign
will be climaxed bv a victory
dinner honoring tire top group
of membership-- alters in this
immediate area of District
“A.” r
Some ol the I . rionnaires t
be ni berslilp?
teams include: A—David A 1
Johnson; Walter W. Hughes; B
—Ben F. Lewis, M. B.Williams;
C—R. Coleman, Willie McNeil,
Isaac Dowse; D—Lewis McLen¬
don, s. K. Matthews;
E—G. Calloway, Clarence
Johnson; F—James Williams,
Clarence Green; and Buddies
Loadholt, Mack, Hagan and
Waters.
Soothe;
chafed ^t
skin /
Simple, safe, soothing
^FIRST-AID I 0 T"^