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THE MISSISSIPPI BOYCOTT
Three southern states have resorted
lo extreme measures to defy the Supreme
Court's decision .on s treyation in public
schools. Louisiana and Alabama follow
closely on the hi Is of Mi Ossippi, South
Carolina and Cr corgi a in adopting proced¬
ures to evade or nullify that decision.
This is not unusual where the interest;
and welfare of ,\» groes are concern'd.
This is one of the I hinge that confuses
two-thirds of the world’s population: that
such a thing is conceivable and pnssibl ■
in a country that i spending billions of
dollars to convert them to the democratic
way of life; tiportion of fcb 'poieda-
tion should tie jicrmitted to circumvi n't or
repudiate laws tl at it helped to make;
that it should ete-di • to amend the t'.icli
tution so as to wipe ont ils ieitei a <!
spirit that give Vuaia;de< of ctily.eos'tio
to 16,000,000 of its eit:<ens becan ' I lie.,
are colored. c eared peou'es of He
world are, jwJtifieil in their n-picion ' it-
to the sincerity of America’s prot, Nation
of friendship and interest ;n giving them
material and financial aid. They are ju ,H
fied in feeling that one-third ol l In
United States could at any momenl al-
tempt at least to nullify any agreem uit
made by the government of the L; tiled
States. The colored poop' of the world
are well informed as to what goes on in
the United States and the\ are inform I
at once. They Wen* commenting in i In n
newspapers on the May 17 decision b f. n;
many Americans th msolvea knew abo il-
it. They know what our southern stai
arc doing to get around that decision. We
can be sure, they know about Mississippi's
boycott and ecp.ijpinic pressure plan. The
Citizens Councils have dedicated lhem-
selves to making it next to impossible for
many Negroes to vote, to pay off their
mortgages, to obtain credit for carrying on
their businesses or professions, if they ad¬
vocate obeying the Supreme Court’s de¬
cision. Nothing more vicious has ever
been visited upon Negroes since Recon¬
struction. The plan means the virtual
paralysis of Negro economy in certain
regions of this benighted state. But “it’s
an ill wind that blows nobody good " The
desperate situation has attracted the
sympathy and assistance of Negroes in
other states and they are sending money
to a bank in Memphis to be placed al (tie
disposal of Negroes in Mississippi who, if
they act in time, can save their projverty
and businesses It things turn out as they
did in another state where white real es¬
tate men and bankers refused 4<» build a
razed Negro section, relief will come soon.
In this instance hard-headed white busi¬
ness men soon realized the foolishness of
letting outside capital reap the benefits
involved in the thing and made haste lo
salvage some of what was left. The Misds
sippi plan is backfiring, too
Hovsm
It is gratifying that the state Senator
from our county and district has intro
duct'd a hill in the state 'ejiistatnre U>
earn' out the lemmas of an am aidmcnt
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VISITS AFRK \ Wh i
field, American tiaTf-nrler re
cently presented with the J:\.
E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy,
top award for U.S.A amateur
athletes, visited the Gold Coast
during a world tour under the
auspjees of the U SfcjMlufatiohel
BOOKER T. WASHING¬
TON BIRTHPLACE
TO BE SOLD
ROCKY MOUNT, \ a - -(ANP
—The Booker T Washington
Birthplace Memorial near here
National Adgtitising Representatives
Associated Publishers
31 West 46 Street
New York 19, New York
Whaley-Mikkelsen Company
6513 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Whaley-?iikkelsen Company
235 Montgomery street
San Francisco, California
which the voters approved in the recent
general election, having to <io with slum
clearance. We have been disturbed over
tii" delay in the construction of additional
bousing for Negroes, that we understood
bad had the approval oi the President,
f'hree-hundred thirty-seven units had
*‘ ; 'en planned for the castside which
would give some relief to the housing
• ituation for Negroes. Our concern is
‘‘asily understood when it is realized that
od ~ per cent of the substandard housing
in this city is occupied by Negroes. We
understand the reluctance of certain real
estate interests to give their endorse¬
ment to slum clearance and urban rede-
V'T’ument programs, but their refusal or
in |‘iabiiiiv which to most repair Negroes or rebuild live the houses
has forfeited
b e t hem the sympathy of the public, has
'■a h a ; ioro or less popular demand for a
pn<, . mi of slum clearance. Of course, in
t a i.hc of Savannah’s nigh tuberculosis
' do tad the alarming frequency of petty
d major crimes that most surely relate
t" slum conditions, opposition from almost
any source doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
We n pcat we are gratified that Mr. Owen
i r< nas introduced a bill in the legis¬
lature, the passage of which will, we un¬
derstand, dear the way for greatly need¬
ed relief in the matter of housing-
' r TEEN-THOUSAND BY ’56
r
’Out* readers know how we have pled
to, organization among civic-minded per-
ms in this community to the end that
o ry eligible voter in our county be made
. are ot his duty as a citizen to become
an intelligent participant in the affairs of
1 itv cwiVMhv ajid city, it is our hope that our
pica has reached every segment of our
population: laborer, housewife, business
man and woman, professional man and
woman, -property owner, non-property
owner, and residents of every section of
thc county—everybody. As much as a
newspaper can, we have tried to point out
that, as long as one citizen, the lowliest, is
unable to enjoy the rights and privileges
of citizenship, the rights and privileges of
all are insecure and subject to loss. Now,
we understand that an organization has
been formed to get by 19B6 at least 15,000
qualified voters ready and determined to
exercise their duty and privilege to vote,
whenever the opportunity presents itseif.
The activities through which to accom¬
plish this big job' are in the planning
stage, but it needs and welcomes the ad¬
vice and participation of "very individual,
18 years of age and over, in the county.
The organization offers an opportunity to
all who have for one reason or another,
refused to register, or to vote, or to en¬
courage others to register and vote.
It offers an opportunity for all who
know what Negroes ought to do “about
this, that or the other" to come in and
loll the organization how to do it. It is a
big job, But the organization believes it
can he done if everybody, who ought to,
lends his head, heart and hands to the
doing of it; if everybody puts up his ham¬
mer and takes out his horn.
tn Accra.
capital of me hi- West \tri-
can colony, hr talks to
athletic rpup . - r I tools and
demonstrated tr c,-Uniques,
In the above ;>i< he is seen
toeing congratuh by Prime
Minister Kwami nuiudi of
the Gold Coax NF,
• and* all Its asset havo tu oii
dated lor publii tl. Feb 26.
Memorial founder s J. Phil-
bp-.; - aid the iaem<‘ i d i.. \* i.m
ington went into the red be¬
cause Negroes did not support
it. i
UWCF Alumni to Hold
Annual Meet at Benedict
■ ■ N Y Jan. 23
1 he Natipna! council of UNCF
Aluir n ! I'.-prc ;':rtmg more than
100 non .raduafces and former
students of the 31 member in-
stitutions of the United Negro
College Fund, will held its 91h
| annual em.f. rence February 12-
12 at Benedict college, Colum-
; na, S C.
Announcement of the forth-
coming conference was made by
i Victor L3bat, president of the
National Alumni Council, at a
meet :ng with Randal! L. Tyus,
(UNCF na.innal field director, at
Find headquarters he;e. Mr
Labat is profe. .or of Industrial
Art at Xavier university am’
form "fly held the po:; ! of pre •
dent of the New Crle.rn Inter-
Alumni Council.
Benedict college and the • n-
oral alumni association of Bene-
diet colie ', of hich Mis Lul-.i
; MASONS HELP CHURCH—-L ! .
Sunday ; Xerncon, January 22,
four grand masters of the
Prii e Hall Masonic group as-
sembXd at Lie Old North
Church in Boston, Mass , ac-
comp.inTed by a' number of
Prince Ilall Masons of Boston,
me’ made the presentation to
Rev. Charles Russell Peck, vicar
of the church. A contribution
! in excess of twelve hundred
i dollars was collected from the
j various grand lodges to assist
! in rebuilding the steeple of the
I church which was destroyed by
j a storm not long ago.
The presentation speech Was
made by Grand Master John
I Wesley Dobbs, jurisdiction of
Georgia, and the acceptance
and response was made by Rev.
I Peck.
i Prince Hall Masons of Ameri-
I ea have a spet.ial interest in
SCOUTS OBSERVE 45th BIRTHDAY
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B0V SCOUTS or AMiRICA
OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT WEEK POSTER
Phillips said $94,670 is owed
promotional firms which tried
to sell commemorative half-
at a dollar each. Debts
also include $35,000 owed on two
farms situated dn the 640-acre
site.
WHEN
When, and if. states seek to
circumvent the Supreme
Court rulings on school seg¬
regation, who will protect
the Negroes' rights?
N.A.AC.P. Legal Defense
and Educational Fund! Can
a good job be done?
Yes — if you lend support
with a needed contribution.
Send one note, please, to:
A A A.C P. Legal Defense and
Educational Fund. 107 W.
43rd Street, N.V.C. Don't
delay!
VOU'K Ol I’ROPHEUY
TO CELEBRATE
In connnem nation of 25 years
of unbroken ruuio evangelism,
the Voice of Prophecy radio
program will celebrate the ob¬
servance on Sunday, Feo. 6, over
the ABC and .Mutual networks.
Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6 to
marking the 45th anniversary
the Boy Scouts of America, will
be observed throughout the
i- u, T 4i vjn •> ccn Ann i\nv<
n, ;o than «.-,<op,000 bo>s and
men have been members.
“Bu-.',d\ng for a Better Tomor-
i - i, tlir hoihdrf.-. F.idi'C
Mctnbti.- if 95,000 Unit.-, tin bush
Pet v * trations and exhibit . will
dramatize thc purpose of Scout-
Tlir SAVANWAfl TRIBU1VB
J. Gambrell is executive secre-
(ary, will be host to the visiting
Council delegates during the
1 wo-c' iy meeting, which will be
held on the college campus. Mr.
Labat stated that more than
100 delegates, including presi-
dents of the General Alumni As-
sociationsf UNCF Inter-Alumni
Councils, Alumni Secretaries and
Student Representatives, are
expeter'- to attend,
The theme of the f‘955 confer-
ence will be “Th^ UNCF’s Alum-
ni Role in the Development of
j Mtegrated Education.” Among
the speakers who will address
;the conference sessions are: Dr.
F D. Patterson, president qf
tre UNCF; Dr. James Colston,
president of Knoxville college- direct
W J Trent. Jr., executive
or of the UNCF; Dr. Hollis F.
Price, director of the UNCF’s
fund raising division; James E.
the church in that Prince Hall,
the first Negro Mason, is buried
in Copps Burial Ground, just a
short distance from the church.
It is said that Prince Hall and
members-of the first Negro Mas-
onic lodge in America walked
on St. John’s day to this church
for the celebration of their
feasts,
Shown abo •: are, front row:
Grand Master John W. Dobbs,
Georgia; Rev. Peck, vicar of
Old North "hurch; Grand Mas¬
ter James R. Lesueur, Massa-
chusetts; Grand Master Haskell
B. Holman, Connecticut; back
left to right, Grand Master
Albert Ford. Rhode Island;
Master David D. Nicholas,
Jersey^ Deputy Grand Mas-
ter W. S. Bailey Mass.; Deputy
Master Oliver, Rhode Is-
Past Grand Master w. D.
Mass.
and thc rich heritage it has
in this country,
j Boy Scout Week marks *
of the fiist >ear of the
Nstionsl Conservation Good Turn
1 ^ owcr ynits which have quali-
fi cd w i!l receive National Con-
nervation Good Turn Certificates
m Unit awarded jointly by the
Secretaries of Agriculture and the
Interior, Ezra Taft Benson and
i Douglas McKay, respectively. :
THE MARCH OF DIMES ,
Campaign was a success asj
announced by J. E. Jackson,
ehairman. A full report will be
published in next week’s issue of
the Tribune. THANKS” te *»
the SCHOOL full PRINCIPALS who j
gave cooperation. The
amounts reported varied from
S<;8 to S200. j
JOHN RESIGN said many
years ago that, “It’s unwise to j
pay too much, but it’s worse to i
pay too little. When you pay too
much, you lose a little money,
that is all. But when you pay
too little, you sometimes lose
everything, because the thing
you bought was incapable of
doing the thing it was bought
to do. The common law of busi-
ness balance prohibits paying 1
a
little and getting lot. It can’t !
a
be done! If you deal with the i
lowest bidder it is well to add
some for the risk you run.”
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT !
RANSOM McKAy of Chicago
and their four children, Rob¬
ert. Jr., Cheryl Wilma and
Alfred, are in the city visiting
Mr. McKay’s father,- Ransom j
McKay, in Woodville. Mr. Me -1
Kay is employed in the stereo- |
Defender. type department His late of mother. the Chicago Mrs. }
Ehza Sengstacke McKay, used j
o be a regular agent for the
Tribune in Woodville. The ^
,
Sengstackes are related to the >
late Robert S. Abbot, founder
of the Chicago Defender.
MRS. J. B. BURNEY and her \
two children, Reginald and
Burnice. returned Monday of |
! last week after motoring to the' Ft. j
Pierce. Florida. They were
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s i
ter. Jessie. They had a wonder- .
ful trip.
[ GEORGE the Brunswick W. SMITH, office mana- of
K er of
the Atlanta Life. Insurance Co.,
was in the city last week to at¬
tend a special meeting of insur¬
ance officials Mr. Smith
worthy grand patron of the :
O.E.S. of Georgia.
JACK STILES’ appearance on
Station WTOC-TV. Channel 11,
recently, was a great boost to
the PoUo Campaign of , 1955. in T | ,
fact, Jack is Savannahs N<l 1
Polio Campaigner is spite of his
crutches . . and . , braces. ^ i
N. HENDER¬ )
MISS ROBERTA
SON of New York City is visit- i
ing in Detroit, Michigan, and I
Canada. )
TIIE ANNUAL OMEGA MARDI
that even a Southern colora¬
ture threat can evoke a spiri¬
tual as it should be, the audi¬
ence was only sufficiently sat¬
isfied after her unaccompanied
emotional interpretation of thc
Negro Spiritual: “I’m a Poor,
Wayfarin' Stranger.
.One aspect of the vast au¬
dience was the present of so
many Negro singers who had
likewise arrived in their re¬
spective fields. Paul Bcrl as¬
sisted in the many difficult ac¬
companiments.
Stamps of Chicago; and Ran-
dall L. Tyus, director of Aluni-
ni Activities for the UNCF..
The program of the National
Council of the UNCF Alumni is
devoted to encouraging young
men and women to take fullest
advantage of higher educa¬
tional opportunities, stimulat¬
ing interest in their individual
colleges, and enlisting alumni
support of the United Negro
College Fund campaigns.
In addition to Victor, Labat,
National Council officers in-
j elude Mrs. L. J. Wiliams, 1st
fee presidnt; Walter Wash-
ington. 2nd vice president;;
Mrs. Bernice S. Moore, 3rd vice
I presldent; John H Dickerson,
.
4th , vice-president; , , Mrs. „ „ B. C.
Singleton, secretary; Fred. E.
Lewis assistant secretary; and
Dr. R.T. Billings treasurer
Woman Dies At 104
PHILADELPHIA — (ANPi
Miss Laura Robinson, 104-year-
old Civil War slave, died here
in St. Luke’s and Children's
Medical Center.
Clutched in her hand was her
only possession, a Bibic which
had a written note to the effect
that Miss Robinson was born
in Maryland in 1851.
The deceased lived for the
last nine years with Mrs. Cora
H. Rhone of this city. Close rel¬
atives are being sought by in¬
vestigators who said she man¬
aged- to keep most of her back¬
ground secret.
MISS DOBBS THRILLS
TOWN HALL THRONG
By Calrl Diton for ANP
NEW YORK 'ANPI—Wlthln
recent years America has pro-
diced somewhat of a wealth of
Negro singers, and to such an
extent as to necessitate placing
them in categories.
In the coloratura soprano
division, Mattiwilda Dobbs, as
evidenced by her performance
last week before a thrilled
Town Hall audience, stands su¬
premely alone.
One significant characteristic
of the program was that, it was
almost completely unhackneyed
an d was therefore educational
as well as aesthetic in experi¬
ence. There was an introduc¬
tory Spanish grouyp by Joach¬
im Rodrige: Conque la laavare,
v’es me matesteis, De donde
venis, amore? and De los ala¬
mos venge, Madre, —all under
the head of Cuatro Madrigales
Amateries.
As though to raise the status :
of the rank and file colorature
singers; Miss Dobbs passed im¬
mediately into the realm of
German lieder, greatly affect¬
ing her most euthusiastic audi¬
ence with a Schubert group:
Heidenroeslein, Die Entzueck-
ung an Laura. La Pasterella,
Nacht and Traeume, and Lieb-
haber in allen Gestalten, fol¬
lowing which came an oppor¬
tunity for a lavish, technical
display: Werner Egk’s Varia-
tionen ueber ein altes Strpo-
henlied.
After the traditional rest
period .the singer flung into a
far too infrequently heard
Richard Strauss group: An die
Nacht, Saeusle, liebe Myrtle,
Als mir dei nLied erklang, and
Amor. And to display her
French, she chose Albert Rous¬
sel’s Trois Chanson sChinoises:
Response d'une Epouse sage,
Les Amoureuy separes, and A
un jeune Gentilhomme; con-
eluding a most strenuous pro-
gram with Darius Milhaud's
Quatre Chansons de Ronsard:
A une Fontaine. A Cupidon
Tais-toi Babillard, and Dieu |
vous gard.
The concert was nothing 1
short of a tour de force. She
approached exceedingly rapid j
passages, whether staccato or I
legate .diatonic or chromatic,
pianissimo or forte with the i
same .calm and security that j
characterized her entrance on
the stage. Her lovely voice,
though relatively small, has
great carrying power, and
warms quickly. She has gifted
text insight, entering the mood
of a phrase with immediacy.
imbuing it with atmosphere and
sincerity. As to diction, the
audience seemed to favor thc
order of Spanish, German,
French.
Among her encores were Men-
riclsxohn's Gruss and Hahn's
well-known Si mes vers avaient
des ai’.es.
GIRLS—WOMEN
Hero is an opportunity to work
in New York and suburbs. Many
“sleep-in" domestic posit ions avail-
phi*, r^ood salary, ”ood home. «ood
food. Wonderful opportunity to sec
New York. * Transportation ad¬
vanced to applicants with satisfac¬
tory references Employment
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1953
Here And There
By WiUa
GRAS will be presented in Wil-
cox Gymnasium at Savannah
State College or Saturday, Feb-
f uary 5, from 3 to 11 pm.
MRS GERTRUDE ANDER-
80N has retU n,ed to the city
after a peasant visit in New
York clty with relatives and
frlends whiIe there, Miss Elsie
Mae yyjiiii ains honored her with
a party at her home, 135 West
136 Street. Those invited were
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Mr-,
Mrs. Tom Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lawton, Mrs. Do¬
rothea Bryant, Mrs. Hannah
Dennis, Miss Ella Hurt, Miss
Hattie Hawkins, Willie Grant
and Clarence Johnson. Other
friends who ■ made her stay
pleasant were Mr. and Mrs.
George Lawton Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Allen - Mrs - Irene Warren,
Mrs. Marie Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Bell, Mr. and Mrs. James
Gould, Mrs. Bertha Miller, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Sheppard,
j u ii us Lloyd, Mrs. Marie Best,
and Mrs. Catherine Ford.
MRS. A. C. CURTRIGHT is a
patient at Charity Hospital.
, I(G „ SCHOOL STUDENTS
should make inquiry now about
thc Coopera ti V e Intercollegiate
Examinations being offered
them for scholarships in col-
eges a ,j over the country. The
ex a mi na ti 0n will be given at
A]fred E Beach High School on
March 3, at 9 o’clock. Ask Prof.
O. L. Douglas, principal, for
more information. Tnis is an
unusual opportunity for high
students.
HAVE YOU „ EAn the ads in
thls issue? There are many new
advertiscrs who wiU appreciate
h ' ™ta„e n«d-
By reading the ads, we
learncd that Savan nah has : a
Neon Service and Sign Shop
owned by a col« r ed man. Frank¬
ly, we did not snow this. Look
the Polite Sign and Neon
ad in this issue. The
is located at 2804 Mont-
Street.
VIS j X G ENE’S MARKET, 1120
Broad Street., that will be
formally open.te tomorrow by
proprietor, E G. Baldwin. <
for VALENTINES and other
. card silva .,. Book
ng „ >
is thc pIace to It is
lcoated , , at 115 Whitaker
HAVE YOU HEARD of the
Book Store, 152 Barnard
Read their ad in this
C. C. S. Club
Tre regular meeting of the
c. S club met at the home
Mrs. E. Blue, 517 W. Henry
and was highlighted by
election of thc following
President, Francis
Vice President, Ethel
Chaplain. Dora Hall;
Secty., A. L. Graves; Rec.
I. Wooden Asst., A. Caffa;
E. Blue: Com., R. wise,
McCrane, Estoll London and
i-ira. O. B. Cerrard.
COLOR COMB BRUSH
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jam M,N * N ° womin
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SOLD absolutely doliahtod.
MEDAL HAIR PRODUCTS, Inc.
Dept. S, Brooklyn 35, N. Y.
A DOCTOR’S
PRESCRIPTION
FOR THE SCALP
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The hair roots are in your scalp. The ttyv
dition of your hair does often depend hca% ily
<>n the natural health of your scalp Year*
»*o. Doctor Carnot invented a medicated tar
formula called Carbonoel w hich is mixed with
Sulphur. Resorcin an«l Baham of Peru, (jar*
OOnoel is stub a strong, powerful antiseptic
and docs such fine work in helping an itchy,
humpy rnd externally irritated scalp, that
many doctors reicard *t highly and prescribe
it for many scalp troubles. If your scalp need*
n double strength tar formula you can get a
Mr of i.arhonoel Ointment for your
*ialp alt mixed and ready to use if you ask
* druggist lor CAR-BO -NOEL Scalp Oint-
< osts only one dollar or less anywhere.
‘ Nio Pretiription is needed. It is all mixed
bnd ready to use. If he does not have it, he
tan have his pharmacist mix it and make it
JJiOel RX you liquid wait as every drugstore has Car bo-
in thc prescription dept.—
varbonoel »» m every prescription dept —
Carbonoel is one of the oldest Triple Tar
FormuUs prescribed by doctors for almost
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