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LAST WEEK'S HOLOCAUST
bodies oi lour small
children were brought out of a shuck on
\\ est Gwinnett lane last Friday night
and sent to the city morgue it told a
/mute story of an unusually large number
of deaths resulting from fires which
have occurred here within the past ten
days. Added to the deaths of those tiny
tots were those of three adults. Four
of these deaths, it is thought, resulted
from the explosion of an oil heater with
a faulty wick while the other three oc¬
curred as the result of carelessness.
The deaths of a family of ten at nearby
Ellabel, completes the list of those
burned to death within less than two
weeks in the Savannah area.
Deaths in homes caused by faulty
heating stoves or through carelessness
on the part of someone can be expected
every winter but not in holocaust propor¬
tions in so short a time as was witness¬
ed here last week.
This terrible situation calls for dras¬
tic steps to be taken by the city author¬
ities to reduce these death dealing fires
to a minimum. Some means be
EMMETT J. SCOTT
DIES IN WASHINGTON
(Continued from Page One»
periodic intervals.
Dr. Scott's active career cov-
ered many fields, and his first
b;d for national prominence
was when he was made con¬
fidential secretary to Dr. Booker
T. Washington, founder and
president of Tuskegee Institute,
Ala., a post he held until the
famou s educator’s death in
1915.
Secretary of Business League
For 22 Years
In lyou, when Dr. Washing¬
ton founded the National Ne¬
gro Business League, his choice
for League secretary was Em¬
mett Scott, who helped direct
the activities of that business
organization until May, 1922,
when he resigned after being
unanimously reelected.
In 1909, President William
Howard Taft appointed Dr.
Scott a member oi the Amieri-
can Commission to Liberia, and
during World War I, he was
named Special Assistant
Newton D. Baker, secretary of
war, his job being to advise the
War Secretary on matters af¬
fecting Negro troops and civil¬
ians.
Gets Publicity Post With
GOP National Chairman
In July, 1939, John Hamilton,
chairman of the Republican
National Committee, in recog¬
nition of Scott’s great service
to the Party, appointed him
,
Assistant Publicity Director in
charge of GOP publicity in the
Negro Press. He also served as
adviser to Chairman Hamilton
on problems affecting the Ne-
career, Dr. Scott, then a na-
gro electorate.
At the peak of his active
tional figure, was appointed a
niember of the Board of Inde-
terminate Sentence and Parole
for the District of Columbia;
Secretary of the Southern Ed¬
ucation Foundation—a merger
of the Anna T. Jeanes Fund,
the John F. Slater Fund and
the Peabody Fund — with an
endowment of over 3-million
dollars.
Author of Several Books
An avid writer and author of
distinction, Emmett J. Scott
published as his first work
“Tuskegee and Its People.” His
other works included the ‘Bi¬
ography of Booker T. Washing¬
ton—Builder of a Civilization;”
“The American Negro in World
War I, and “Negro Migration
During the World War.”
Surviving Dr. Scott are two
sons, Emmett J. Scott, Jr., New
York, and Dr. Horace L. Scott,
Philadelphia, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Aaron H. Payne, Chi-
cago, and Mrs. Maurice Gar-
land, Atlantic City.
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iuunu io taboo wick burning heaters or
imu a way to give them periodical in-
bj.t-euons. it i» to tins source mat
most ol the deaths have been attributed.
Other contributing causes are said to be
the use of kerosene in open fires and in
woodstoves and overheated oil stoves.
There remains one big factor in this
ugly picture of lire deaths that we have
i ailed to mention and which occupied a
major place in the causes of frequent
lires that have occurred here. This' is
the wretched slum areas in which most
of these death dealing fires have occurred.
The horrible condition of many of these
houses makes them not only inviting
places for destructive fires, but they are
most conducive to juvenile delinquency
and. offer fine breeding places for disease
and crime.
The sooner the city frees itself of slum
areas and the quicker we learn to be more
careful in the use of all kinds of heating
stoves the nearer will we approach that
day when such dreadful happenings of
last week will be reduced to a minimum.
URGES TEXAS
MAACi* TO PROTECT
(Continued from Page Onei
rendering its lists of
and contributors. The
was enacted into law by a
vote margin early in
The Association: Mr.
reminded the Texas
leaders, “has declined to
public its membership list
any state because we
from experience that
names will toe used to
date and persecute our
often to the point of
and per: anal violence.”
The NAACP official rited
fusal of the Association to
render membership lists
render membership lists in
ma, Virginia and Arkansas.
Alabama case in which
NAACP was fined $100,000
rn w before the United
Supreme Court. Suit has
qied in the federal
court in Virginia
the constitutionality of
unti-NAAcp laws passed by
Virginia legislature. The
viction of Mrs. L. C. Bates
Tittle Rock has been
to a higher court.
Noting also that the
ciation is assisting the
ficers and members of
Longview, Texas NAACP
Mr. WUklnsi urged “our
branches not to become
ed over the bill passed by
legislature. We know that
branches will not
their membership lists and
expose their members to
secution. We believe
laws to be unconstitutional
we will seek to have them
declared by proper court
tion.”
The NAACP, he asserted,
not engaged in any criminal
subversive activity. The
bers of the NAACP have a
fect ri 8 ht to organize and
to secure their rights in
I "ou>s imd in the
chambers. In so doing,
are not breaking any law
the National office intends
assist all officers and
in protecting the
I lists from the publicity
I ed to wipe out the right of
izens to organize and
| for redress of grievances.”
DEATH OF AFRICAN
PRIEST REDUCES
(Continued from Page One)
j poor. In the pulpit.
Ramaresandratana. was a
e(J orator
The Diocesp of
j », as a catholic population
3g000. Madagascar is
French possession.
The death of Bishop
sadratana, meanwhile,
I the number of Negro
in the world to 23.
MANY ATTEND
GENERAL OF
(Continued from Page One)
in Laurel Grove cemetery.
Rakestraw Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Thornton was fatally
'burned Friday night of last
week at his residence, 527 W.
Duffy street, when he fell!
asleep while sitting in a chair
In his room and a lighted cig-
aret set his clothing afire.
A native of Augusta Mr.
Thornton was born April 14,
1877. Pioneering in the field
of insurance Mr. Thornton car¬
ried for many years the larg¬
est debit of any agent of the
Atlanta Life Insurance Co. In
his early days he was known
as the fastest writer in the en¬
tire system, having reached the
first 100 00 debit in history of
the company. At the time of
his retirement his debit had
reached $365.00. at that time
the largest debit of any Negro
agent in Savannah.
Dan, as he was affectionate¬
ly known, retired in 1947 after
Riving Atlanta Life more than
40 years of faithful, dependable
service. In 1954 he was hon¬
ored by Secretary E. M. Mar¬
tin, to make an address to the
annual session of the Georgia
Managers and Supervisors Con¬
ference of the company, which
met in Brunswick.. He was a
loyal member of St. Philip Mon¬
umental AME church for many
vears.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Margret Thornton; two
laughters, Mrs. O. K. Graham,
Savannah, Ga, and Mrs. Bea¬
trice K. Charleston, Jamaica, N.
Y: 1 one niece, Mrs. Arizona
Coachman; two nephews, Sp3c
Clayton Thornton of Ft. Jack-
ion, S. C., and A-lc Andrew
Thornton. Attus, okla; a grand
nephew, grand neice, and other
relatives.
Honor Graduate
(Continued from Page One)
eligible for this honor the
grades of Sergeant Caution had
to be above 91 percent and his
general conduct during his stay
at the school must be above re¬
proach.
Col. H. G. Lux, Commandant
of the U. S. Anmy Engineer
school in Europe, stated that
Sergeant Caution had demon¬
strated outstanding ability, dil¬
igence and attention to duty.
Sergeant Caution is the son of
Father Gustave H. Caution, rec-
tor of St. Matthew's Episcopal j
church.
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AH articles for publica¬
tion in The Tribune must
be typewritten or written in
ink and, should be in the
office by Tuesday noon.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
ELKS LEADERS ME ET IN
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Four |
offiers of the Grand Temple I
of Elks were In the island last
week leading discussions on
educational and social welfare
programs to be sponsored by
local members of the Order.
They were Mrs. Nettle Carter
Jackson, grand daughter ruler,
Mrs. Buena V. Kelly Berry,
grand daughter secretary; Mrs.
Bessie I. Smith, grand travel¬
ling deputy for the West Indies;
Mrs. Hattie I. James, executive
of the grand temple.
Last week the grand daugh¬
ters planted a temple at Fal¬
mouth. They made calls on His ,
Worship the Mayor, Balfour
Barnswell, the United States
Hilton Lodge
Elects Brown
Milton H. Brown was elected
worshipful master of Hilton
Dodge, No. 2, F. & A. M. Other
officers elected were James
Pheonix, senior warden, and
Blanton Black, junior warden.
Charles W. Washington was
reelected secretary and W. W.
Cannedy was reelected treas¬
urer.
Appointed were, Recorder,
Jonathan Burke; Chaplain,
Richard Middleton; Senior
Dea-con, Raymond Pinkney;
Senior Steward, Thomas Scott;
Junior Steward, Eugene Daniel;
Marshal, Herbert Stevens, and
Tyler, Willie Greathart.
DELTAS GIVE
CHEER TO HOSPITAL
(Continued from Page One)
ward for which the Deltas
paid a total of more than
$ 1 , 000 .
Christmas Party At USPHII
On Wednesday evening De¬
cember 11 at 6 o’clock the lo¬
cal chapter of the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority gave its annual
Christmas party for )the pa¬
tients at the United States Pub¬
lic Health hospital.
Soror Mamie Haynes, chair¬
man of the Christmas Party
committee, Greene, Dorothy and Sorors Eldora j j
B. Taylor, J
Julia Bacon, Albert Thweatt,
Sadie Jasdn, Juanita Jackson !
and Hattie Scott were hostess-!
es. Misses La Vances Freeman, | j
Ann Marie Meyers and Marie
Glover assisted the Deltas in
making the party a success.
The Christmas spirit was car¬
ried out in the program which
included the singing of the
Christmas carols by all; re¬
marks by the president, Soror
Julia Bacon; a solo by Miss
Beatitine Jackson; an instru¬
mental solo by Miss Ann Marie
Meyers; a reading by Albert
Bacon, Jr.; a trumpet solo by
Samuel Gill, Sr.; and a read¬
ing by Miss Edith Faye Jason.
SEVENTEEN PERISH
IN LOCAL AREA FIRES
• Continued from Page Onei
either extinguish the flames
or save his belongings, but was
overcome and fell across the
bed where he perished in the
flames. The remains were taken
to the Sidney A. Jones Funeral
Home.
Another elderly man lost his
life also Friday night when his
clothes caught fire as he lay
smoking in bed. He was Dan
Thornton, age 80, of 527 West
Duffy street.
In a fire which was caused
b' - the explosion of a kerosene
„K»ve early Saturday night, four
children were burned to death.
They were Teresa Ann Farmer, i
11 months; Levaill, 2 years old;
Shirley Ann, 3, and Elizabeth,
4, who died Sunday morning at
Memorial Hospital. They were
the children of Mrs. Doris Far-
mer who had moved to Savan-
Consul and the Minister of
Home Affairs. The Minister,
Hon. Dr. Ivan Llyod, who is also
a member of the Order, had
informative talks with the vis¬
itors and a group representing
local lodges. They dealt with
methods of tackling juvenile
delinquency and the provision
of educational facilities for
c'nidren of primary school age.
A program to provide mate¬
rial assistance to needy chil¬
dren in Jamaica has been
worked out by the Grand
Daughters and one of the local
units. This plan is to be put
into action between the end of
this year and early 1953.
On Saturday night local Elks
Between The Lines
By Dean Gordon R. Hancock for ANP
,> ,
Later Than We Thought
When we had exploded our
atom bomb over hapless Hiro¬
shima and Nagasaki, and
brought an abrupt end to World
War II, our nation took on an
air of complacency that was
not dictated by wisdom. It was
not long before Russia had
exported an atom bomb.
We consoled ourselves with
thought that Russia some¬
how, by foul means, had come
into possession of our secret of
And then we ex¬
our hydrogen bomb; and
too soon Russia had also
a hydrogen bomb, and
was also talk of having
our nuclear secrets stolen.
More recently Russia had
a spatial satellite but
can hardly claim that Russ¬
stole our secrets of launch¬
a satellite for the reason
have not launched one. We
made the grave mistake
underrating Russia and its
and now we are
in a way that does not
a great nation such as
Panic among pygmies is
natural, but not among
We are beginning to take
the ability of the Rus¬
scientists; for it was later
we thought. Today we are
seeking to give sci¬
a more prominent place
our curricula but the great
we produce tomorrow
not help us today, and to¬
we are locked in mortal
with an unrelenting foe.
Again we still cling to the
that by spending large
of money we can get
the job that we want
It is the belief of this
that lavish spending of
billions and our current
on more scientific
will not guarantee the
of our nation as we
it.
The Russians not only spend
sums on the advance¬
of science and they not
emphasize the great place
science must necessarily
in the great tomorrow,
as it plays a great part in
great today, the strength of
lies in the fact that
believe in communism.
And until we believe in de-
as fervently and as
as the com¬
believe in communism,
are at a great disadvantage
this struggle for survival and
from a New Jersey city
a month ago, livipg at 512
Gwinnett lane. One other
Alfred, escaped. He had
the alarm to his mo¬
who was downstairs visit¬
when the stove exploded.
Farmer rushed up the
stairs and into the
to bring out Levaill, but
forcibly restrained from
the room which was
then a sheet of flames. The
A. Jones Funeral Home
charge of the
Disaster struck again early
morning • when the 2-
shack occupied by George
on the ACL boulevard
consumed by fire of un¬
origin. According to
funeral home employee, the
department was summoned
did, put out the flames, which J
and returned to the
station. No sooner had they
than they were called
being told that a man
in the shack. The fire-
TREND
By TED YATES
feted the Grand Daughters
a dinner held at the Flamingo
Hotel. Among those who at¬
tended were His Worship the
Mayor, Councillor Balfour
Barnswell; Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Noonan of the U. S. Consulate;
Dr. Amos Foster, Dr. S. E.
Fisher, district deputy for Ja¬
maican Temples; D. A. Cooper,
exalted ruler, Pearl of the An¬
tilles lodge; Ken Jones, exalted
ruler, JAG Smith lodge; D.
Thompson, exalted ruler, Wm.
Burchell Knibb lodge; Dt. O.
Forrest, daughter ruler, Rose of
the Antilles Temple; and C. H.
Slak, P. E. R.
Dr. A. A. Phillips was the
toastmaster.
In Philadelphia recently during the pre-Broadwav run
of his play “Rude With Violin,” that playwright-actor Noel
Coward graciously received song stylist Faye Richmomde
nad autographed her latest album “For Men Only” on the
loe Davis label.
he stage * * * He and his sister. Pearl would have made a
tatural as a dancing-singing team. Nobody, but nobody
And speaking of successors: up
o now' has mentioned the fact that in the current musical
B’way hit “Jamaica” starring Lena Horne and Ricardo
Montabalan at the Imperial Theater here in New York city,
here’s a bit of nostalgia unfolded nightly. Playing a sup¬
porting role to Miss Horne is Adelaide Hall who back in
•he late 20’s and early 30’s the created late a Florence singing-style^all Mills. While her
own to become successor to
Lena Horne is and always has been my favorite performer,
giving theatregoers an entertainment menu to remember
o “Jamaica.” what I’d give to have seen her singing to¬
gether with Miss Hall.
I guess this is just one of those days when I like to
turn back the clock. Why doesn’t some recording com-
oany come up with an album of Miss Halls “Blackbirds
numbers? “Dickie. Dickie Doo-Doo” was one of them.
Man, that Adelaide Hall SANG!! ,
Letters to
the Editor 999
in our competition with com ¬
munism. It is hard to defeat a
fellow who believes in his
cause.
The time is at hand when we
must believe in democracy as
strongly as the emmunisits be¬
lieve in communism; when we
must not only make democracy
a platitude, but a way of life.
The dangers of communism
overwhelming our democracy
by and by, should cause the
Negro to especially appraise
the situation. We have made
great strides under democracy
and we will make greater
strides tomorrow. We have no¬
thing to gain if communism
takes the ascendancy in the
world.
Should communism prevail in
this country the Negro will
have most to lose for the South
will still have its segregation,
judging from the ability of the
South to have its way in the
matter of race relations.
Let no Negro be deceived. The
segregated South is represented
by albe statesmen and poli-
cians who generally get what
they go after. It has taken
nearly a hundred years for
public opinion to wring from
the South the advances made
by the Negro to date.
Some awful things have hap¬
pened to Negroes—are happen¬
ing now — since the amend¬
ments, enfranchising Negroes,
have been written. But the
South’s able representation at
Washington has staved off all
but a token redress.
In case of communism in this
country the South would have
the same able representations
and the Negroes would have
the same tribulations. The Ne-
gro’s hope therefore lies in the
perpetuation of our democracy;
for it is with us even as it
with the Israelites in Egypt, a
change in dynasties made little
or no change in the unhappy
lot of the Israelites, for Pha¬
raohs always arise who know
not Joseph.
But if democracy is to be
saved in this country there
must be generated a belief in
democracy, as strong as the
communists belief is in com¬
munism. This is our hope! So
it is not the great expenditures
of our billions for arms, nor
our great expenditures for sci-
entific education.
We must love and practice
the democracy we profess. It
was later than we thought.
men returned and made a
search of the ruins where they
found the victim’s charred re¬
mains. The body was turned
over to the Sidney A. Jones
Funeral Home.
With the winter season, just
beginning, it would seem per¬
tinent to caution the general
public to be especially careful
of the use of fire, particularly
where children are involved,
Every year fire takes an in-
creasing toll of lives, many of
thm lost b y just
EIGHTEEN COLLEGES
ACCEPTED AS FULL
(Continued from Page One)
Following the report from Dr.
Agnes, it was voted that the
eighteen would take up active
membership in the Southern As-
sociation immediately, but would
also continue support of the
smaller group until such time as
all the Negro schools qualify and
December 16, 1957
The Savannah Tribune
Savannah, Georgia
Dear Editor;
You hold a tremendous
amount of power with the
public opinion in our ccunmun-
j ity. You are aware of the re-
I cent destruction of lives by fire
in the Savannah area. Know¬
ing you as I do, I am sure you
will take stops to counter this
trend toward carelessness among
our people. Still I feel that it
is my Christian duty to remind
you that the destruction of one
life is pvthetic. The wholesale
destruction of the lives of help-
!e c s children demand a voice
from the public and its means
of communication.
Please help us save our chil¬
dren.
| Sincerely yours,
I Andrew J. Hargrett
College Minister
I Savannah State College
join the Southern Association,
Dr. John E. Codwell, principal,
Philis Wheatley High school,
Houston, Texas succeeded Dr. B.
r. Brareal. dean, Morehouse Col¬
lege of Atlanta, Ga., as presi¬
dent of the Association. The
Association will meet in New
Orleans in December 1958.
Other officers installed were
Dr. James A. Colston, president
of Knoxville College, Tenn., first
vice president; W. E. Combs, Fla.
State Department of Education,
j second vice president; D. L. S.
gozart, president, Barfoer-Scotia
| j college, Concord, N. C., secretary-
treasurer,
j T he more than two hundred
j delegates to the meeting were
guests of Virginia Union at a
Tuesday night reception and
were hosted toy the Richmond
j Inter-Fraternity knowing'night, Council the
Dr. Mordecai Johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University,
dressing the (banquet session,
ched America s plight in the face
of Russia’s recent advancements
and called upon colleges and un¬
iversities to tackle the “immense
responsibility” renting upon
them to help the United States
regain world leadership.
R e blamed the “scientific and
j technical the U. S. today poverty” dessertion suffered by of
on
the principles of Thomas Jeffer¬
son enunciated in the Declara-
tion of Independence, charging
our present day leaders with a
lack of “convictions based on
morality.”
The famous educator further
scored America on the gradual
disappearance of religious prin¬
cipals from our universities and
declared “the whole western
world is not optimistic about
what comes out of our universi¬
ties. For the past twenty years
we have had an awareness of
grave deficiencies . . . Education
SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 1957
Bailey? He was just about set to
succeed the late Bill (“Bojangles”)
Robinson as the nation's top tap
dancer, when he announced publicly
that he was becoming a preacher—
and then, “in the twinkling of an
eye” he left the pulpit to return to
Savannah, Ga.
December 17, 1957
Dear Mrs. Johnson,
This is the expression of our
Ministers Union, to you for the
very fine and intelligent work
which you have done for us as
a body.
As we - are approaching the
Yuletide season may the very
best and the most bluings of
Our Heavenly Father^'e greates^ upon
you, and the success
in the future in alfyour un¬
dertakings.
Again we wish to express our
thanks ar,d consideration for
yours a most successful year in
your undertakings.
Sincerely yours,
The Savannah B^btist
Ministers Alliance vf! '’"
Rev. J. C. McMillan, President
Rev. G. W. Carter, Secretary
in our colleges has been pro¬
foundly one-sided and inade¬
quate,” he siad.
Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, presi¬
dent of City College of New York,
told the group in his keynote
address that “none of the basic
issues of American race relations
can be satisfactorily solved with¬
out a profound alteration in the
pattern of community accepta¬
bility in housing.”
If one is of the same race and
religion and does not have
tastes similar to those of other
people, he is denied acceptance
in a community, he asserted.
“He who rejects his neighbor
j neighbor because siskin he doesn’t cojor^ like also the re-
j J ec Ls the Father of his neig
k° we r U-” ' ^'^ 10 * s own as
| Referring southern in his speech states that to
several
have threatened to close public
schools rather than accept ra-
[ ciftl integration, Dr. William F.
Quillanj jr., president, Ran¬
qoiph-Macon Woman’s College
at Lynchburg) V a„ declared any
such 'move “would result ip
more serious setbacks to its
educational institutions, and to
the whole life of that state.”
In 1956 13,830 exceeding the
speed limit killed 13,830 per¬
sons; driving on wrong side of
the road killed 5,310.
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