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Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of
March 3, 1919.
“Education take*.-plate in many ways.
Our children can be educated to deceit
and chicanery, as well as they can be
educated to integrity and loyalty. This
education, of course, is not confined to the
school or homes. Tht se children learn
from everything' they see and hear.”
—Charles Travelstead.
DRAGON S TEETH
There was at one time very real concern
on the part of not <i few Georgians as to
the state’s progm of*' for abolishing our
public schools. Sonnj^state officials were
among those who f- it this concern to the
extent that they campaigned actively
against the passage "f the amendment to
authorize the private hool plan. There
was talk then of reprisal against such
officials. After nitich campaigning, ma¬
neuvering and legislation, and at no ill-
considerable expense, the machinery is ad
set, the crowning achievement being the
legislature’s passing an interposition
resolution. Other southern states have,
acted similarly. In <>nh one has violence
erupted. It remain. be seen what will
happen in two others in one of which the
courts have ordered the state university
to admit a Negro student who has waited
seven years, and in the other of which an
applicant’s case is pending.
I he violent reaction at the University
of Alabama, the a\ ^,1 intention of three
other deep southern Wales to prevent the
admission of Negro Bidents by means.of
doubtful trance requirements."give legality, sc (Jjng up promise unusual of en¬ ef¬
fects that will be reflected in the quality
of education southern youth will receive
in our schools, eoikwres and universities.
The dilemma prose nice! to teachers for in¬
stance is that of reconciling the facts
pledge noted of above allegiaucoTy'ilhe wit ^G u idealism flag: "1 of pledge the
allegiance America to the liagel tin* United States
of and the republic for which it
stands, one nation under God. indivisible
with liberty and Mist ice for all," an ideal¬
ism honored in the breach outside the
walls ot the school house. Might and au¬
thority may suppress;and circumvent the
morality involved ,m teaching falsehood,
the aims and purposes of education in a
democratic society,, .eloquently stated in
courses ot study and’ '‘curriculum frame¬
works ’ as selecting and giving direction
to learners’ experiences may be diluted or
by-passed, but thermcan be no doubt as to
who the sufferers y;|U he ultimately.
“If we choose to pluneuver and manipu¬
late in order to circumvent duly consti¬
tuted agencies of lay#, how will we explain
and justify this act icq to our children and
to our children's children? Can we on
Monday have respect fell them for i$,#gn'ncies ||jey the of law law and and
order, and then on iqyesthyv tell them they
don’t need to obey tth law. that it is right
to circumvent the ig$ . . 7 "
Another effect wipeh has received little
or 110 consideration l rum pre-segregation-
ists is tin* reaction of the tree democratic
world and the millions ot colored peoples,
who are more or less an uncertain factor
in the contest for the expansion of in¬
fluence between the Western democracies
and the United Stales and the Soviet Re¬
public. Southern politicians and dema¬
gogues know this, but they seem to pre¬
fer that Coimm snall gain the friend-
ship of 2 .‘5 of t w 'Gd's population than
to have Neer< no.shoe first class citi-
aens of t lie Ui ‘ ■ States, much as they
in veigh agaii ( ommunism. Only pro-
vincial and < .tion-bound thinking re¬
fuses to face in the fact that Aniovi-
ea’s practices democrac.v at home otit-
weighs its lii rv.ee and tours of good-
will ambassai
IT’S CETMtlG LATE
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May 5 seems to 11 the dead line for
registration in Geoj-£% What over is to
he done about c p. ■} . itio.iioii Negroes
registered in Geor i:> thousand’reg¬
istered, in Chatham' bS# ity. must be done
without delay. Just why we in Chatham
County are so indifferent and careless
about this important matter has been a
question difficult to answer. There is just
as much reason for Negroes of all faiths
and stations social, economic or political
in this county to booome active registered
voters as the Negroes ot any other county
in the state.
There are no restrictions against reg¬
istering and voting' in Chatham County.
There are no restrictions in many other
counties. Many aspects of civic life and
welfare depend on politics, the simple and
elementary expression of which is intelli¬
gent voting for right and good men, and
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measures. The fact is some benefits of
citizenship are never going to be enjoyed
by Negroes until they learn the import¬
ance of voting and the important role vot¬
ing plays in influencing the decisions of
politicians. Some Georgia communities
have learned this. Chatham County Ne¬
groes have it to learn. Where they have
learned it, it is learned by all elements
of Negroes, men and women, the 400 as
well as those of the middle stratum, these
who keep watch on West Broad or Auburn
Avenue, or Gwinnett street. It is some-,
thing everybody must learn. It is every¬
body’s business, that is, if we have aspira¬
tions to participate in the government un¬
der which we live.
Is is difficult to understand that a man,
or woman, should live in a community and
not be interested in the kind of people who
are the councilmen, the judges, the police¬
men, the firemen, or what have you. If
these people are not disposed or qualified
tb give the, city or county good govern¬
ment, to protect all the citizens equally
and impartially, it is the voter who is the
final authority.
Much of the trouble or problem in get¬
ting a large registration is to be laid at
the doors of those who stand in positions
of leadership and their responsibility is
measured by the number of citizens who
are' subject to their leadership, the larger
ijbo number, the greater t he responsibility.
The thing we must get over is that every¬
body plist become interested in this mat¬
ter of,registration: You, your friend, your
nrij*h|)ojp, your fellow t lub member, church
member, lodge member, everybody.
LET US PRAY
The American way of life is founded on
the concept of democracy which was im¬
plicit in the instrument or set of guiding
principles drawn up on the Mayflower bg-
fore the Pilgrims disembarked at Ply¬
mouth. Every sixth grade pupil knows
who the Pilgrims were and why they
came to America. Students of the politcial
history of the United States know the
origin of town hall and town meeting. In
spite of thesg facts there are people in this
country who believe they can prostitute
ideals upon which it was founded and who
believe at the same time that they can
preserve them: who believe in a dual type
of citizenship: first class for some, sec¬
ond class for others, Negro, white; who
arc not yet convinced that this country
can not exist half free and half not free.
The record of those who are defying the
constituted authority of the United States
is piling up and those who are watching
the, spread of vicious attacks on the Su¬
preme Court of the United States, are not
willing to rest their trust in the law abid¬
ing sense of the South, They have been
recently the miscarriage of justice in at
least a half dozen cases in Mississippi,
which, by the way, leads the pack in the
number of Negroes lynched. They are un¬
sure of the outcome of the controversy
now raging over civil rights issue. They
have seen falsehood after falsehood pub¬
lished about an organization whose chief
fault is that it lias championed the cause
of liberty and has won in nearly every in¬
stance. It has won in the courts in ac¬
cordance with the laws which white men
established and ordained.
When the established way of seeking
redress for grievances is being assaulted
aiid defied, Negroes who know the futility
of violence have decided to appeal to the
authority that prejudiced whites can not
control. Speaking of God’s care about the
world, someone has said, “He often inter¬
cedes when the happenings ol‘ history get
too far out of hand.” The apparent break¬
down of the integrity of Southern states¬
men has caused Negro leadership to warn
its followers to refrain from violence and
has urged them to join with all people of
gbod-will in observing a day of prayer for
Divine Intercession in the affairs of men
in our country, in the South, in Mont¬
gomery, Ala., in our state.
Certainly diehard reactionaries in Geor¬
gia, in all the South, in the world will be
included in our prayers that patience,
truth, understanding, charity and fore-
bearanee surplant impatience, hatred,
falsehood, prejudice and misunderstand¬
ing. There can be no objection, perhaps, to
dramatizing the idea of country - wide
prayer by setting aside a particular day,
but doesn’t the seriousnes of the situation
we face warrant making it an object of
daily prayer? The leaders of the move¬
ment for a day of prayer must believe
in the admonition of a saint of old; “The
effecutal fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.” We believe it.
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YMCA Committee
Members Named
The following committees were
| appointed by Dr. H. M. Collier,
| Jr., at the recent meeting of the
j | Board of Managers of the West
Broad Street Branch YMCA: Fi-
j I nance and Budget, C. Wimberly,
chairman; Conidr, Frank W. Speri-
I cer, W. V. Winters, L. I). Law,
Mrs. Nancy T. Collier, S. J. Brown,
! Sidney A. Jones, Lawrence Perry,
| S. R. Jones; House and Property,
! S, L. White, chairman; Jack F.
| Rabey, George Robeson, C. Wim¬
berly, Floyd Adams, Mrs. Alto-
| mese Dowse, A tty. Eugene Gads-
| den, Dr. Richard M. Moore, Kerry
[Johnson; Membership Committee,
' Mrs. Ayler Mae Lovett, chairman;
! Sidney A. Jbnes, Rev. Peter
! Holmes, Samuel A. Jones, A. T.
Pope, W. V. Winters, Dr. J. W.
W'ilson, Mrs. Glayds Bazemore,
Theodore Roberts, Mrs. Altomese
Dowse, Mrs. Carrie Cargo; World
J Service, E. A. Bertrand, chairman;
1 Mrs. Mary Mi-Dew, James E.
Luten, Jr., W. G. Dixon, John H.
Law, Jr., Alphonso McClain, Mrs.
! Dorothy Adams, Mrs. Luretha
I Prince, Charles Hall; Youth Pro-
| gram, Miss Frankie Golden, Nor-
j man B. Elmore, Maleom Thomas,
Mrs. Eunice Clay, Rev. J. H. Tag-
| gart, Mrs. Dorothy Adams, John
j H. Law, Jr., Alphonso McClain,
! James Thomas.
! Personnel, Mrs. Nancy T. Col-
| Her, chairman; Charles Gordon, JA.
j Col, T. J. Hopkins, Mrs. Dorothy
I Taylor, "Floyd Adams, Conidr.
j Frank W. Spencer, W. O. Johns¬
ton; Adult Program, Dr. Galvin L.
j Kiah, chairman; Wilton C. Scott,
Mrs. Mildred Hutchins, Clifford
R.vals, B. J. James, Mrs. Dorothy
; B. Taylor, Paul S. Duntnore, Dr.
R. Grann Lloyd, Wilson P. Hubert.
Religious Emphasis, M. W. Wash¬
ington, chairman; George E. Jen-
I kins, the Rev. C. E. Richardson,
the Rev. J. (’. McMillan, tlie Rev.
P. A. Patterson, the Rev. J. H.
Taggart, the Rev. William L.
Brown, the Rev. F. D. Jaudon;
! Public relations, Wilton C, Scott,
chairman; William H. Bowens,
Mrs. Laura Webb, Miss Catherine
Hunt, Miss Ethel Terrell, Mrs. R.
: A, Bryant, Jr., Mrs. Ayler Mae
Lovett. Mrs. Albert Thweatt, Mrs.
Mary Me Dew, Dr. R. Grann Lloyd,
Mrs. Willn A. Johnson; Nominat¬
ing Committee, Samuel A. Jones,
Mrs. Nancy T. Collier, C. O. Ryals,
Robert A. Young, M. J. Jackson;
Executive Committee. Dr. H. M.
Collier. Jr., chairman; S. L, White,
Mrs. Esther E. Warrick, Tellis S.
| Ramsey, Mrs. Bessie Adams,
Conidr. Frank W. Spencer, Mrs.
Nancy T. Collier, Mrs. Dorothy
B. Taylor, C. Wimberly.
The Staff and Board of Man¬
agers breakfast will be held Tues¬
day. April 3rd, !> a. 111 . at the Y.
Reservations are now being ac¬
cepted at the Y for this occasion.
M. W. Washington, chairman of
the Religious Emphasis Commit¬
tee plans an enjoyable get-togeth¬
er on the above date. All members
1 of the Committee of Management
are urged to make reservations
soon.
David Livingstone, missionary
to Africa, was born March 19,
1813: Henrik Ibsen, dramatist,
[Was born March 20. 1828; Beni¬
to Juarez of Mexico was born
iMarch 21, 1806: the University
of California was authorized
March 23, 1868: Ponce de Leon
discovered Florida, Mar. 27, 1513.
Rev. King,
First of
(Continued from Fage One)
since a very few Negroes have
ridden the buses since the pro¬
test was inaugurated.
The boycott was set off when
a Negro woman refused to move
from her seat after being told
to do so by a bus driver. She
was arrested and a fine was
levied against her in police
court.
In a series of mass meetings
the harsh treatment accorded
Mrs. Rosa Parks, a seamstress,
and other indignities suffered
by Negroes on the buses were
protested and. in resentment,
the boycott was decided on the
movement being led by the Rev.
King ancl 26 other; Negro min¬
isters. *
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Various ways were devised to
provide free private transpor¬
tation for Negroes who had to
ride, but most of them walked
1 to and from their work.
From subscriptions a pool
j was organized to buy gasoline
for those citizens who used their
private cars to help transport
those who had to have trans-
- portation. The aggregation of
citizens who formed this trans¬
portation combine was headed
j by the Rev. King, whose home
by the way, was bombed several
weeks ago.
It is estimated that approxi¬
mately $30,000 was contributed
I to the combine to provide free
transportation and other ne-
I cessities for the cars used.
Every known kind of pressure
| was brought to bear to break
the boycott and when these
failed an old Alabama law was
dug up and used against pro-
i testants. The law, which, need-
; less to say, but few persons
! can recall ever having been
used, prohibits a conspiracy or
any other agreement to hinder
| the operation of a lawful busi¬
ness unless there is "just cause
or legal excuse” for the agree¬
ment.
It was under the provision of
this antiquated law ninety Ne¬
groes were arrested two weeks
ago, accusing them of conspir¬
ing to enforce an economic boy¬
cott.
At their trial Monday in
which they were to be tried
en masse, they Remanded that
they be tried individually, thus
Rev. King’s trial was set for the
first hearing.
Rev King and the other two
witnesses heard admitted the
organization of the Montgom¬
ery Improvement Association.
The Rev. A. w. Wilson, ano¬
ther Baptist minister, testified
that the Association was formed
"to improve the general status"
of the Negroes of the city and
to “see better treatment for
them.”
The secretary of the Asso¬
ciation, Mrs. E. A. Dungee, tes¬
tified that the organization
used the money raised to buy
gasoline, pay for the wear and
tear on the cars used and pay
the drivers. She said funds for
the Association were raised by
collections taken at the
mass meetings and
and from free contributions.
Key witnesses for the
cution were Mayor W. A.
and two bus drivers.
The Mayor said that after
Negroes persisted in
the boycott following their
reasonable demands he
a “get tough” policy
the boycotters.
One of the two veteran
drivers whose routes
through predominantly
sections, testified that his
was once shot at and the
said a brick was once
through the rear glass of
bus.
Negroes are contending for
first come, first served
rangement permitting
riders to seat from the
forward and whites from
front to the rear.
The present law says
only occupy seats from
rear up to a certain point
the bus.
Another request of the
citizens is that Negro
be used on buses serving
Negro sections of the city.
The case is being tried in
Circuit Court with Judge
Carter presiding. It is
heard without a jury. The
ecution is being handled
Solicitor Win. F. Bedford
his assistant, Frank
The defense attorney is
Shores.
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DR. I*. S. WILKINSON,
ent San Antonio, Tex.,
leader and champion of
rights, was honored recently
the local NAACP at a
dinner in the Government
Club at East Kelly Air Force
Dr. Wilkinson received a
plaque from the
(Associated Negro Press).
Workdays,
Washdays,
Heydays,
or Holidays
The need for blood continues
IF-YOU CAN DONATE
CALL RED CROSS TOOAr
The local blood donor opera¬
tion is held at the Red Cross
chapter house, Jones and Aber-
eorn Sts., every Monday and
Tuesday evening front 6 to 9
p.m. and each Friday from 9 30
a.m. to 6 p. m.
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Here And There
By Will a
I FIND the great thing in this
world is not so much where we
stand, as in what direction we
are moving. — Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
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A GAMBLER should never use
the names of the late Presi¬
dent Abraham Lincoln and ex-
Governor Herman Talmadge in
the same breath. That is, if he
wants to win 011 the principles
of Mr. Lincoln.
* * * *
MRS. HARVEY VAN BUREN
and daughter of Statesboro are
in Nashville, Tennessee, this
week to attend the senior piano
recital of their son and broth¬
er, respectively, who is attend¬
ing Fisk University. Harvey is
well known in Savannah as a
former piano pupil of Mrs. Ca¬
milla Wells.
# * * *
MRS. VARNETTA FRAZIER.
dietitian at SSC, returned to
the city Saturday after attend¬
ing the food show of the Nation¬
al Culinary Association which
was held at Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama. She was one of the
! prize winners.
MRS. SUSIE B. BROWN of
I Amityville, L. I., New York, for¬
merly of Savannah, renewed
her subscription to the Tribune
| this week, with best wishes to
all of her friends.
* * *
MRS. RUBY P. MYERS, Home
Economist for the Savannah
, Gas Company, won three prizes
for culinary art at the food
show held recently at Tuskegee.
* * # *
MRS. ALMA JONES, dietitian
for the Pirate House, returned
to the city Saturday with a
prize for her food display at
Tuskegee during the
of the National Culinary Asso¬
ciation. .
* * * *
RIDING on the N A N C Y
HANKS last Saturday to and
from Atlanta was most re¬
freshing and relaxing. It was
a trip worth repeating. Much
credit for our comfort goes to
Mrs. Beatrice Life who is a vet-
| eran hostess on this train,
j Tribune .readers should try this
round ti ! ip’,' often. The Central
of Georgia Railway has adver¬
tised in the Tribune for more
| than twenty years.
* * *
MRS. CATHERINE \V. WIL¬
LIAMS of West 39th Street was
| seen on the Nancy Hanks last
! Saturday. She was making a
routine trip in connection with
her studies at Atlanta Univer-
j sity. However, she had to use
some of her teaching techniques
to keep a little four year old
passenger entertained on the
return trip. This little girl who
was traveling with her grand¬
mother, wandered across the
; aisle of the coach to sit by Mrs.
Williams. Soon both were look¬
ing at pictures in a magazine,
etc. The grandmother who was
holding a younger grandchild
in her arms seemed happy that
Mrs. Williams showed an inter¬
est in the older child.
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EVELYN DELOIMS CHANEY,
! age 14 years, is an honor stu¬
dent in the ninth grade at
Cuyler Junior High School and
1 resides at Grcenbriar Children's
| Center. She has written the fol¬
lowing poem of which Mrs.
| Doris Roberts, the executive
] director of Grcenbriar, is justly
proud:
j George Washington Carver
was a Negro E'ducator, you
know.
He was born of slave parents
in 1864,
He was stolen from his
, home and carried away.
And was taken to a new
home but he didn't stay.
"When he left the slave
market his heart was in
pain,
He never even heard of his
mother again.
He was a very smart boy'
and he dearly loved
plants,
He liked to watch the pretty
birds, the bees and tl»e \
ants.
"There's a lot more to say
in this poem that I would
[ like to tell,
How he made paper front
the humble peanut shells '
How he made paints from
the Alabama clays,
And painted beautiful pic¬
tures in so many different.
; 'ways.
"As you sec my poem is
broken into many short
parts.
But it also tells of his mem->
bership in "The Royal So¬
ciety of Arts."
In 1935 he was made an
outstanding collaborator,
Because of his achievement
in developing the potato.”
* * * *
MRS. FARNESE LUMPKIN,
Instructor at SSC, spent the
weekend in Atlanta.
* * *
MISS JETTIE MAE ADAMS,
student teacher at DeRenne
Elementary school, is a senior
at Savannah State College. She
is, a member of the Future
Teachers of America and the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. An
account of her summary pro¬
gram at DeRenne will be found
in the school news of this issue
if the Tribune.
* * * *
MRS. DEBORAH ORR re¬
turned home Saturday after a
month’s visit w r ith relatives in
\tlanta.
* * * *
MR. & MRS. EZRA JOHNSON
visited relatives in Atlanta last
■Saturday. Among them were
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sellers, Mr.
.4nd Mrs. J. W. Sellers and their
■three daughters and grandson,
,-Mf. and Mrs. Cleveland Lybhs,
fcnd J. H. Sellers. This family
Sgroup has operated the Sellers
Bros. Funeral Home in Atlanta
since 1939. The Johnsons also
visited the office of the Atlanta
Daily World where C. A. Scott
Is editor and manager of one
daily and five weekly news¬
papers. There are more than
fifty employees on his staff.