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Established 1875 SOL C. JOHNSON
By J. H. DEVEAUX 1889—1954
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March 3, 1013
THF. MARC y OF DlMl tS
There are throe- liip rejiKona win tin
polio fight jn IPao j,. a bipevr jnh, p, r
haj)s, than it ha i> n in pp: 1 years. Tic e.
are now 50 million .'outh under 18 year,
of age, 1 he group nr st vulnerable !<» jn•!i>*
A large liiimber of Ihese .vunngsleiv. is-
likely to be al tacked In the di m >• i,i
Hfm e of the L ! that we look forward
with great hone thal the trial vaccine will
bg provide jfound help to be for t f...vtive tin 1 his spring. people who To
■ 1 voum
mh> be stricken reason nuniher one Iju-
a Successful March of Dimes this mouth
There are 70,900 polio patients from
previous year, who look to tin* Nat ■ nal
Foundation for help to their engagin ■ in
useful and productive • activity. This
means the continuant, ■ of the fncililicv.
that make cure, pm ■ntion and rehabili-
tation possi ble, Thos \vho have
familiar through the years with the hos-
pitals maintained by the National Foun-
t dation, where rentment is Riven patients,
know' that the a 1 ■» al for generous giving
is justified.
The National i oundtdion lias ki p! up
its program of Iraii iinI»• skilled prolcsrioa-
al workers, ami n I'areh in the improve-
ment of preventive techniques and pal; ;il
care. Scholarships ■ ire awarded regularly
for this purpose. 'I bis requir ‘S '-nepMi
support of the March of Dimes. \\ e lire
ot^r readers to join . it!i thousands of
liberal givers who recognize Unit iud -<l
the job this y ar i bigger and needs ;h<
hand of everybody.
A RESERVED SALUTE
The promoters of the K’mancipntiftn
Day celebration deserve thi* congratilla¬
tions of our citteens for giving them a
program such as was observed .lanwry
1st, this year. One did not have t ’ a
• iiessimist to have felt, one year aco hint
leadership in Chaiham County had
reached a new low, that is, wild respect
to achieving unity as to the Fmnncipuiion
celebration, for a year ago two pun. T
forts in this direction presented proclaim a abroad un-
spectacle that seemed to
that Negroes in f’lialliam ( ouidy arc nn
able to get together Oil a malbT a h;
nificant to them as celebration of Uic
event of the eruincipation of then 1 lath' . .
Preeminently worth while front any pond
of view was the bringing of a man <*i
national stature to this community
stimulate anew t hr hope lor the tutu re
and to encourage taith in the ultimate
triumph of right and justice in America.
This was the dream of the
Fathers; this was the burden of the
ending prayets ol 1 millions ot our ances¬
tors. appeal
Dr. Johnson's addre: ■ had
;U1 segments of the Negro population thal
availed themselves oi the opportunity
hear him. Judging by the past we sic
significant implications of his
eluded many of those who
most vociferously. It is nothing new Ilia!
this is so. The tact is a large pact ol ill
advice given in Emancipation Day addle.
;scs for 90 years has been as water on
-duck’s hack, else 90 years of
progress would record many more
groes as home owners, as business
\ and women, as registered voters,
" in'ofessional men, lawyers and
more of ail of these’actively interested
the total welfare of Negroes whom
BANQUET PRINTIP
J. Forio, left. vi<v
Thc Ccoa-Cola r i. At
liftlfa. Ga . ami \ Ray
muiui Pace AW-
of the Philadelphia Conn
cll. -will have pi "i< . oJ(\s
dinner scliedued fur iaiy
by The phiiadelplu i : ‘ -CoJ
Bottling r.- >»•- n
duciion 'd cluT-mp! icr Coiuk
who was iiireti rc.'.uU,
National Advertising Representatives
Associated Publishers
31 West 40 Street
New York 19, New York
Whaiey-MikKclsen Company
0513 Hollywood BoideVard
Los Angeles, California
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Whaley-M'-kkclsen Company
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CalUpmia
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eiivunmtances have made helpless and
voic less. One suggestion of incalculable
value in the preparation Negroes must,
have to continue their drive for full citi-
z.ojiship has tremendous implications for
groiips whose programs include providing
scholarships to deserving .students, ll was
not difficult for Dr. Johnson to drive
home reasons why every community wiiji
a d'ceahlc number of Negroes should have
several bright and well prepared Negro
lawyers. Dr. Johnson’s suggestion was in
line with proposals we have made in this
column. He thinks that from here on
further progress toward full citizenship
will depend to a large extent upon having
brilliant young Negro lawyers who by
training and character will be able to
give to Negro people the legal advice and
prog lion they will need. The Emancipa¬
tion Association did this community a
real service in bringing Dr. Mordecai
Johnson to Savannah. We salute the as-
sociat ion.
(s f mnu WASHINGTON CARVER
This week the memory of George
We liington Carver is being honored, a
man who was born in slavery, who experi-
c!ii' d some of the tragedy of the system,
who became a symbol of American oppor¬
tunity, an example of persistence and
simplicity to American Negro hoys and
girls, whose life contained many times
magnified a paradox of American life.
The story of his life shadows that of the
ordinary “rags-to-riches” theme made
fabulous by Horatio Alger. Here was a
man confronted with a handicap such as
no Alga r hero encountered: he was black,
a fact that tended to hound him even
until he received his first formal recog¬
nition as a scientist, which came from the
Royal Society of England in 1916 when
lie whs elected to a fellowship in it. The
story of his benefactions lo the South are
too well known to need repeating. But his
levelut inns as to the peanut, the sweet
potato, and clay, and the meaning of it
all find little or no effect upon the South¬
ern mind which was committed to “keep¬
ing (he Negro down,” as it is today, even
a man like Carver.
Just as the South passed up the op¬
portunity to profit by the contributions
of ^udi Negroes as Jackie Robinson, Wil¬
lie Mays, as the country has bean niggard¬
ly in its recognition of its obligation to
its Negro citizens, Carver during his life¬
time did not receive the recognition from
the American people, especially from the
South, they would have given a genius of
paler skin. Because George W ashington
Carver lived and labored, Negro boys and
girls need have no fear as to their ability
to do uncommon things and white boys
and girls can find a reason for abolishing
their fear that the presence of Negroes in
classes with'them will reduce or hamper
the quality of instruction and learning
offered to them.
George Washington Carver’s “genius,
patient and pure, ranked him with the
•went men of the century, men who rec¬
ognized his kinship with them and admit¬
ted him to their friendship: Edison, Ford,
Wallace . (he) never stopped studying,
. . profound
never ceased learning. His
knowledge of botany, agriculture, and
soil economy enabled him to devise ways
of helping better the economically of living.” ^submerged
South to ways
Phil iph drink firm tc
lu»jit! l(» pul)!* • rt'la Lions and
1 promotions in he. Negv<
Iljris t
mar) ,, i t ol th:;t city.
M r Korn;, wiio oiron; i tin
rent ions art ml io s for
-
i n*- < i ir.i t 'ol » Coni pany, , will
i rfofjvf s r 1 ho i" 1 i i jn p j' ; oUh r. *s fo-
tin* 1 >:j|iiii/i’ 1 '•) tap h (-1H - i 1 Mr -
A f ,ii« Mr Alexander
serve lustmaster.
From Hotels
In Bermuda
A secret, code word
um” is used by Bermuda
; and U. S. travel agents to
American Negroes from
j hotels on the , so-called
tion paradise."
This charge was made
in Confidential magazine
sale Jan. 4thi and backed
by a hither-to unpublished
ament showing how the
da bigotry plot works.
Tae document is a letter
by the Bermuda Tourist
to American travel
Marked “Confidential
lion to Travel Agents" the
j states: “Some hotels are
strieted. We suggest
he use of the following
"unlc. particularly m
In denote racial origin
Gentile—Oleander ;
"Jewish—Hibiscus”; ; ,
THF KAVAWNAI1 TRIHUH*
“DID THEY VOTE TO SECEDE AGAIN?”
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Sick Veteran Refused
HOUSTON. Tex -(ANPt — A
j 34-year-old twice Negro denied veteran, admit- re-
portedly
tance to the Veterans hospital
here, was critically ill at the
Joffer • n Davis hospital last
week.
Hilward Lavan, father of four
children and a former army
signal corpsman during World
War II, has a spinal ailment
I called “subarachnoid,” accord-
| ing to physicians at Jefferson
: Davis hospital.
Lavan’s brother, Wilber, 23,
| and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Lavan, charged that
; Hilward was denied admittance
j at the VA hospital after exam-
i inations in which doctors said
FIVE DIF WHEN HOME FOR
NSW ORLEANS—(ANP)—Fire
j of an undetermined origin
burned down a nursing home
! for aged persons here and five
I of the aged inmates were
burned to death before they
I could be rescued.
The victims were confined to
; barracks apartments in the
rear of the building used by the
"Negro—udranium”;
“Asiatic—Poinciana."
; Bruce Cory, staff writer for
I Confidential magazine spent
weeks on the story in Bermuda
I and around travel agencies. His
! exposure of this discimination
| directed at American tourists
who spent $ 20 . 0 . 00,000 annually
in the British vacation spa is
published for the first time.
And these Americans never
know that they are "branded”
with those code words when
they apply for their hotel res¬
ervation. The travel agent
cables the reservation — adding
the appropriate code.
CHiffiPoan Gets Exclusive
1 Ctatho'ie Honor
j ' year-old CHICAGO Negro insurance i ANP i — A sales- 57-
I man here was recently selected
; for membership in the
(of Honor of the Catholic
of Foresters.
Ernest B. Yarbrough of
j southside, high was and honored Illinois by
■ court
(court {order, <of te Catholic
{members which has some
throughout the United
[states and Canada, the
i Yarbrough is one of
; Negroes ever to gain member-
(ship in the exclusive Legion of
! Honor " whioh has only about 100
members.
j He vas cited for his work in
i selling insurance and for his
j counselling activities with Chi¬
cago youth. In 1943. he organ¬
ized St Anselem’s court of the
Order of Foresters. He served as
chief ranger and fit-id repre
scuta five for five years,
1 Yarbrough was a vice-presi
dent of Holy Name society, St.
they found nothing wrong,
Hospital officials’ versions of
| what happened differs sorae-
what, however, from that told
| by the Lavan Vickerstaff, family. acting hos-
Hugh
pital manager, said a thorough
j investigation of the charges will
be made this week when he has
j an opportunity to talk with
physicians involved in the case.
Wilbert Lavan said Hilward
first went to the VA hospital on
Nov. 30, and again on Dec. 7. In
both instances, he said, Hilward
was told nothing was wrong
with him.
And on the last occasion, the
1 brother said, Hilward waited
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. before
Lola Nursing Home. Fire mar-
shals said the place did not
come up to fire requirements.
j The home had promised to meet
requirements this month,
I An investigation is under way
{to i determine the cause of the
fire.
The dead include George Kyle,
Zene Campbell, Louis Bailey,
L/ * * •? w - - y -.-
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Captain ANTHONY J • -L
, < F.[XPQ£W IN'' t . ,
BPOOQHT THE
RENOWNED SPiNDLETOt
WELL, WH/CH OPENED UP
THE GULF COAST AREA
AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF
O/Li
U(?IRST SG
EFFORTS TO DRILL S, \
0k, IN THE BI6 SALT
DOME NEAR BEAUMONT,,
TEXAS, BOSGED DOWN i
IN QUICKSAND.
LUCAS’ FIRST TRY,
WITH HEAVIER EQUIP¬
MENT RAN OUT OF
FUNDS AT 575 FEET.!
J
But the Austrian-born l
U S CRUDE OIL RESERVES MINING ENGINEER REFUSED .
1 [ PRODUCTION 2.3 TO QUIT. BORROWING FORFEITING TO f
THE H/LTAND
YEAR 1400 1153 MOST OF HIS OWN INTERESTS
| PROVED I IN THE PROCESS, HE DRILLED
£ 2A reserves* OR AND ON. DEEPER JANUARY/ol AND DEE PERI
(BILLION BARRELS) J At 1.020 FEET, on WITH
2 IBOI, HIS WELL CAME IN
28-7 A SHATTERING ROAR,IN
AS THE OIL UNDREAMED-OF ABUNDANCE
LONG AND THE REST IS HISTORY! \
Industry attracts men
LINE LUCAS WHO ARE NOT
AFRAID OF THE LONS CHANCE,
WE NEED NEVER FEAR FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE
Anselm’s parish and a Big
ther chairman in the society
20 years. He also served as pres¬
ident of St. Vincent dePaul
ciety.
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Metrepolitan Bapt. Church
Metropolitan Baptist church.
Lumber lane and Walki r St..
Rev. L, O Gibbs, 'pastor. Sun¬
day school met at its usual hour
with Supt Jordan in charge.
At ll l.m. the welfare of the
he was examined at all. It is
upon this point that most of
the disagreement centers.
Vickerstaff says records show
that Lavan was examined ^’hen
he first entered the hospital’s
emergency room, but had to
wait until 3 p.m. for the arrival
j j Q j a consulting doctor called in
Qn thc case
The manager said records
show the patient volunteered
no information to the examin¬
ing doctor and appeared to re¬
sent questions asked of him.
Wilbert Levan said the reas¬
on Hilward had difficulty an¬
swering was that he was not en¬
tirely rational at the time.
Frank Jackson and Edward
Brown.
All similar institutions and
many private schools, pai'ticu-
larly schools where little child¬
ren are kept for the day while
their mothers are at work, are
to be investigated and if fire
hazards are found, it is under¬
stood that they will be forced
to shut down.
church was discussed Rev.
Williams and at night he
preached on • Tney Both Went
Down in the Water.” At the
watch night service the pastor
was in charge. On Sunday
night, Jan. 23, all members are
asked to bring a present for
their deacon to show their ap¬
preciation toward their work
for thc past 12 months. A pro¬
gram will be rendered on that
night.
Thursday, January g, 1335
Here And There
By VVilla ----------------—
JACK STILES, FOLIO PAT¬
IENT, volunteered and has
completed the job of stapling a
picture of a colored polio pat¬
ient on 159 coin collectors which
will be found in Negro stores
and business places during the
1955 March of Dimes Cam- ;
paign, January 1-31. Jack be- j
lieves in himself. In spite of his
braces and crutches, his dream
now is to have a chicken farm
f 1,000 baby chicks) with a ce-
ment floor and a cage for each
chicken. Using a wheel chair he
is positive that he can raise
these chickens to laying hens.
If the hens don’t lay then his
idea is to place the tender fowls
I in a freezer to be sold to lucky
customers.
PLEASE KEEP READING Jack
Stiles was offered 60 days treat¬
ment in the Institute of Physi¬
cal Medicine and Rehabilitation
at New York University. The
rost was $1,000 a month. He
tried it for a week and found
that life there was too luxuri¬
ous, including two television
sets in his room. Jack says that
he can rehabilitate himself if
given the chicken farm. Sounds
like a good case for “Strike It
Rich.”
LET’S CONTRIBUTE GENER¬
OUSLY TO THE MARCH OF
DIMES campaign. We or our
children may be stricken at a
moment’s notice.
DR. MORDECAI JOHNSON,
president ol Howard University,
stated in his Emancipation Day
address that “EVIL IS INCAP¬
ABLE of perfect organization."
BAPTIST and METHODIST
ministers and laymen of Sav-
annah united for the first time
in ...________________- a FREEDOM DAY CELEBRA-
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i’iON on January 1 which was
outstanding. On January 3rd al!
bills were paid and the spon-
sors had the satisfaction of
having completed a job worth¬
while to the community. Dr.
Johnson stated that the Irish
still celebrate St. Patrick’s day;
the Jews still go to the syna-
gogues to give thanks for their
deliveranct, etc., then what’s
wrong with the Negro
ing tne day that the late Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln signed
the Emancipation Proclamation.
MRS. THELMA CUTTINO and
Alva Marion, Jr. and his two
sons all of Newark, N.J., were
the house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Marion, Sr„ of Sand-
fly during the holidays.
MRS. MARY E. BROOKING-
TON is ill at her home, 3515
Stevens Street.
MRS. RUBY B. COGSWELL.
the wife of Abraham Cogswell,
1015 West Victory Drive, died
at a local hospital, Friday, De-
cember 31. Funeral services
were held Tuesday at the chap-
Want State
Delegation
Bi-Racial
new YORK, Dec. 29-Gover¬
nor Thomas E. Dewey was asked
by the NAACP this week to re¬
vise the constituency of a state
delegation to the white House
Conference on Education to in¬
clude at least one Negro mem¬
ber.
A telegram sent to Governor
Dewey by NAACP Executive
Secretary Walter White assert¬
ed that "inclusion of at least
one qualified Negro in the New
York delegation would have
been of inestimable value” and
urged that "some means of
correction be devised.”
"In view of the fact that
Congress in authorizing the
Conference directed the group
to ‘consider r.nd report to the
(President on significant and
pressing problems in the field
of education. ” the message
pointed out, "and m further
view of the fact that the most
pressing problem in education
today is implementation of the
U.S. Supreme Court's May 17
decision outlawing racial seg¬
regation in tax supported edu¬
cation,” New York State's dele¬
gation should be a bi-racial one.
The New York State commit¬
tee which will participate in
i lie White House Conference on
Education, to be held in the
autumn of 1955, is composed ol
21 members. The names of the
of Monroe Funeral Directors.
MRS. MINNIE DeVAUGHN is
convalescing at her home,. 919
Paulsen Street, after a recent
JOHN W. McGLOl’KTON, local
businessman, is recovering from
an operation at the Charity
Hospital.
LOUIS BENNETT of New York
City spent a few days visiting
his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Mclver of East Ander¬
son Street.
MRS. AGNES GADSON of
Philadelphia spent the holidays
- n the c j ty as the guest of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Julius B. Knight of
25C9 Florence street and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kyler
Knight. She has returned home,
accompanied by her sister-in-
law who intends to make an-ex¬
tended tour of the north.
MISS LILLIAN ANDERSON
and Miss Rosalee Williams of
West 36 Street have returned to
the city after spending thc
Christmas holidays in Miami,
Florida.
MR. X MRS. CLYDE JOHN¬
SON and their infant daughter
of West 45 Street are visiting
Mr. Johnson’s parents in West
Virginia.
C. II. MEDLOCK, 1901 Haber¬
sham Street, is interested in
locating the workman at the
City Market who found the old
25 cent piece of money dated
1870. Mr. Medlock is willing to
give $5 or $15 for this quarter,
according to the mint marks.
REV. S. T, SAPP of San Bor¬
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nardino. California, is visiting
R i s son-in-law and daughter,
|Rev and Mrs. Nathaniel Keitt,
a (; their residence 1101 East
Bolton Street
PROMPT ELECTRIC SER¬
VICE CO., INC., has moved to
the c °r ner of West Broad unci
Waldburg Streets. Have you
j seen thc new Neon sign?
- MAYOi;-r,.xu LEE MINGLK-
| ooRFF, JR., will address the
South Atlantic Medical Society
1 tonight, Thursday, at the West
Broad street Y.M.C.A. Dr. Carl
Jordan, president of the So-
ciety ' sa - vs valuable information
w ' b b e discussed,
MRS. BLANCHE S. SMITH
has returned to Atlanta after-
accomanying her sister, Mrs.
m l. Ayers, to the city last
j Friday -
THANKS for all the beautiful
Christmas cards that the Trib¬
une readers sent to Willa. We
appreciate your “handwriting.”
I The musical instruments were
,
especially a PPealmg.
REMEMBER the March of
Dimes. “You Are There.”
i members of the delegation were
s announced on, December 26.
( The NAACP telegram was dis-
j patched on December 27.
Brownsville Bapt, Church
The annual watch night ser-
i ices were observed at Browns-
; ville Baptist church, following
j devotions. A sermon was de¬
livered by Pastor Willie Gwyn,
and an applicant seeking mem¬
bership to the church was re¬
ceived. On Monday night, Jan¬
uary 10 , a five night series of
meetings will begin marking the
celebration of the pastor’s anni¬
versary.
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