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We are very much interested in the
bill introduced last week in the state leg-
i.slature which has as its objective the
stamping out of the boledo racket that
has several Georgia cities in its grip. The
measure, if given approval, would make
it mandatory that a jail sentence be im-
posed on am person found guilty a sec-
omi time of operating, or indulging in,
the numbers "
game.
Up to now monetary fines seem to
have no appreciable effect on those per-
sons brought before the courts for indul-
ging in this racket; they pay their fines
with a smile and then go on flounting
the law by plying Hair wares as if noth-
ing had happened.
However if stiff jail sentences were
impos -I on these law breakers the like-
lihood is that the smile they now show
in peeling off the money from their lush
bank rolls to pay fines would change to
a display of utter dismay and horror.
Boledo and its accompanying unlaw-
ful games do no community any good,
They simply sap hard earned money from
the gullible who persist in playing them,
m - v of them being almost impoverished
by the daily ammiiit of money they spend
in an effort to win against tremendous
odds.
Not only does the game ruthlessly
impair the pocket books of the players
but it vitally affects the economic con-
dition of the cities where it flourishes.
It takes away from legitimate businesses
money which should be spent with them
for the necessities of life.
1 las carefree attitude towaul couit
lines imposed against violators ol the
law is common alike to the promoters ol
tiie ,r game and the sellers, the tormpr
winking . at , a it 1.000 Hue ... and , the latter
taking h a $100 or $200 fine in stride, both
, being , t
auaic o ie ai ui it. ‘
casil.v iccoup l ten °ssts VV1 1111 a 1
Some idea as to how and when the
racket started here and the fantastic
heights which it reached in its heyday
A MOST SIGNIFICANT MONTH
The Carolina Times
N egro I list ory Week, Brotherhood
Week ami the birthdays of George Wash¬
ington, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick
Douglas all occur in the month of Febru¬
ary.
Each observance is separate, .vet sotne-
how they are all tied together in the
sense that all relate to the beginning and
to the preservation of our democracy.
George Woshimrton was the father of
our nation and was the first president of
a country founded on the principle that
“all men are created equal and are en¬
dowed with certain inalienable rights.’’
Washington led the armies which over¬
came the military forces of Great Britain
and which set this country free to develop
into an independent nation offering free¬
dom. liberty and justice for all. The be¬
loved general became the first president
and through the generations his birthday
has been a national holiday.
Abe Lincoln we honor because of the
PKat iut leadership great that he ivil provided during
e mu s ( war, the only
contlict we have ever had among the
s <t es since they banded together to form
a lu ’ lon - Lincoln s signing of the Emnn-
.
cip.i.mn i .amation which freed the
s .ivcs fir-, him in with Negro History
Frederick Douglas, the great ah-
o i inniri. js one of t he great figures in
.'Vio mst ory as well as one of the noted
men ci • s.
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Vet Appointed
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fice for the past four months,
he has been credited with mod¬ i
ernizing the department to
keep it abreast with current
police methods. |
An Identification Division hast
p%\\ing Stab s!Snec-ed f0r e r
printing suspected criminals rrim)n
and photographing crimes and
accidents, along'With a records
division.
Strokes Pistol Training j
The ex-Marine®* has stressed
nia . v lie gathered from the fact that in
its briskest year it approximately,grossed
$«b,U00 a week. At tnat time a»s*unu>er.s
were sold by about 60 runners, several
oi whom made daily sales of $200.
The game started in Savannah in
UJ28, being introduced here by a Mr. Bill,
a transient Cuban. He was assisted by a
Negro associate who also was from out
of town. Mr. Bill operated the game for
several months. When the police raided
his establishment he skipped town, never
to return. His associate also got cold feet
al1( l forsook the game, never to return to
but remaining in town up until today, i
When Mr. Bill went away the game
fell into hands of local promoters who
pushed it to its biggest year, a gross in-
come of 66 grand. At present the intake
per week is said to be less than one tenth
of that amount and the number of run-
ners is estimated at about 22.
The racket has had a run here of I
about thirty years with numerous periods
when it folded lor a time, due to pressure
from without, but at no period did its
failure to operate exceed six months,
At its zenith the numbers lacket op-
crated under organized houses^ with such
outlandish names as The Rodeo, ie
Greasy Pig, Square Deal, Strawberry,
Running Deer, Sure Thing and The Black
Diamond.
In addition to boledo, other numbers
racket games are Clearing House, based
on stock reports in the daily papers, and
Cuba, whose weekly winning number
comes out of Havana. And there are also
Independent boledo sellers who operate
on their own, not having any connection
with 1 lw Organized Houses. There are now
8a j ( | p, } )0 three organized groups.
Jhe of , the impending .. bill ...
passage
n 1)e 'oie fVl „ t , legislature imrisi-.tme piopos- m-m.ns
ing to , jail persons convicted ot a second
offense at indulging in boledo should
prove very effective if made into a law.
It is even conceivable that it would com-
pletely rid the city of this scourge if the |
law were strictly enforced. The city eer-
tainly needs relief from this menace.
The celebration of Brotherhood Week
and Negro History Week in the same
month is appropriate in that both set
out to accomplish some of the same pur¬
poses, one of which is general practice
in every-day life of the oft-expressed
principle that every man. regardless ol
race, creed or color, is entitled to treat¬
ment based upon his abilities and his con¬
duct as an individual.
Negro History Week seeks to instill
within the Negro himself, particularly
our youth, an interest in and pride for the
contributions which Negro people since
the beginning of America have made to
this country's development. It is pointed
out by the Association for the Study of ;
Negro Life and History, which sponsors
the observance of Negro History Week,
that there will be a need for Negro his¬
tory as long as it is necessary to men¬
tion the word, “Negro.”
The Association takes issue with those
who say that in this day of integration,
emphasis no longer should he placed up-
on the history of any one group. It.
argues that, on the contrarv, it is more
important than ever for Negroes—and
white persons—to know as much as pos-
slide about Negro history so that tlmv
can fight the stereotypes of race which
the segregationists use in an attempt to
knock down the gains which are being
made through the courts.
I Returning to his native city.
Flournoy joined the Palmyra
I Police Force or* July 17. 1950.
and was appointed a patrol-
j man.
j ..... 1! * au H
September e u he „° became * U _^ e a ! 1 r first f r !
sergeant, and during his years
on the force, he attended the
State Police Municipal School,
FBI combat pistol courses and
j °ther training schools.
Marr ied and the father of five
1 „ hilrir ^aren, .„ ranging . in . age from j
n * n€ *° including twins,;
Flournoy and his family are
i members of the Sacred Heart
Parish. j
Pistol training for all regular;
and special fficers and training
police procedure and working
Aecording to Chief Flournoy,
plans to further training!
methods in traffic problems,
and in the use of Judo, in which
he is an expert.
Born in Palmyra 36 years ago.
the ex-Marine was educated
in his city where he was a
track and football star.
Two years after Japan at-
iS the" the Marine Marine Coips and:
^ action both in the Pacific
anc * Korea, and following his;
he attended the New
York University School °f Edu-
cation for two years. ;
1UE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
Between The Lines
By Gordon Hancock (For Associated Negro Press)
PREJUDICE LIMITED
February 1, marked the be-
of school integration in
and, without incident.
From Norfolk and Arlington
the beginning was made,
most favorable reports
both white and Negro stu¬
demeaned themselves
finely. In spite of all the dis¬
and abuse and ma-
of the Supreme court,
defamation of Negroes and
subtle incitements of vio¬
by certain sectors of the
press, the beginning of
was “without inci¬
This goes to show that at
Virginia is democratic
decent and if left alone by
politicians will follow the
course. It is the politi¬
that make the situation
critical.
In spite of the machinations
prejudiced Negrophobes, Vir¬
stood up erect and four¬
square to the world where Ar¬
kansas faltered and fell. The
between an honor¬
Virginia and a disgraced
Arkansas is a difference in lead-
the difference between
a poor white man from
mountains and Gov. Almond,
set himself .against violence
no uncertain terms. When
Almond found that the
of the land with its decisive
dangerous clutches, he play-
the part of a good citizen
made way for the law;
Faubus, the poor white
man out of the Ozarks, ordered
out troops and invited the vio¬
lence that disgracefully follow¬
ed.
For many years, this writer
has said that there is enough
will and common decency
the South to save the situ¬
ation if we have sufficient
men and women with moral
courage to Implement it. The
Durham conference
eventuated into what is now
Southern Regional council, was
predioated on the
that there was this undercur¬
rent of good will between the
races. Of course the white
South for the greater part, re-
lused to go along with us, but
what is happening goes to show
their lack of insight into a sit-
ation if we have sufficient
them. .
Race prejudice is a pernicious
and “ dangerous al,sc ‘ UU5 thing, lmng but but 11 it is D
’
to f ?ry,y;,s J
t
Frank Callen
Boys Club
(Continued from Page One.
State have been exceptionally
good to the Boys Clubbers. So
that the boys could get a prac¬
tice in, Ted would Lv them
c rimmage against his Tigers
or even take his team off the
court and let the boys have it,
and he only had one gym then.
Vow he really needs two courts
’or hit. Tigers, such is the depth
of the Tiger squad. Ted even
got them season's tickets in
past seasons too.
While no Frank Callen Boy-
Club basketball player had
made Ted’s varsity, one, Julius
Smith, has tried, Bobby Rob¬
bins of the Wilmington, N. C„
Community Boys Club, is in
his second year of outstanding
play. A group of Boys Club
alumni, paced by Jip Chisholm,
Norman Pitts. Abe Stroman
Sam Thompson, Slim Walls,
Willie Morris and Calvn Rob¬
erts are in their second un-
beaten season in the very fast
intramural league at Savannah
State.
Six ex-Boys Clubbers are see¬
ing plenty of action with' the
four local high school squads.
These are Bo Hudson, holding
the pivot spot for Tompkins
Wolverines. ----------—, Pedro Greene. Jas.
Holmes and Sam Brown are
Playing prominent roles on
Beach , s already crowned city
c p am p St Dickie Jones is firing
in for St. Pius and
is Sol C. Johnsons big gun.
With the increased — _ ,, enroll- _ _ — — —
- _
ment and the ever growing de*
m “ d fo r th * use of their
c ill ties , by their own people.
lesg and less time has
all 0 tt e ci to the Boys Clubbers
an d they are almost solely de-
pendent on St. Pius for prac-
tice sessions and occassional
nated, may do yet great harm
to the cause of race relations
and the greater cause of world
peace. But race prejudice is
.strictly limited by a world opin¬
ion that will not be denied.
If. after the fires of preju-
dice had been fanned by the
segregationists with a fanatical
zeal for four years, a peaceful
integration could not be
staved off, it goes to show
that the forces of race preju¬
dice and segregation have set
themselves against a tide of de-
mocracy and Christianity and
decency that will not
stemmed.
And who are the heroes and
heroines of these criaical days?
They are the young Negroes
whom fate has chosen to spear-
head the vanguard of the cause
of the larger liberties of man¬
kind. The bearing of the
young Negroes in Arkansas and
now in Virginia has been enough
to stir the admiration of a
wondering world.
Sight must not be lost of the
decent whites who, throughout
the struggle, have sought to
foil the nefarious efforts of
__
the segregationists. The back
°f the opposition was broken
when Norfolk City demanded
that thej r schools be re-opened,
I integrated or not. The decent
whites are there, waiting for
the necessary opportunity to as¬
sert themselves , a nd their inher¬
ent decency.
News accounts have it that
now in Norfolk when the Ne¬
groes were seated, in no case
were two Negroes seated togeth
-
er, but each Negro was given a
white seat-mate. And best
all there was “no incident.’’
Of course the full measure of
f he Negro’s wrath has been un
leased upon Gov. Almond dur¬
ing the critical days because
he appeared rather raw in
attitudes and sentiments “ ex
| pressed as a puliUc
'J .2 ,' OS, ' hLS P 01:lt - h, ‘
T,a |
have no h , tho “
lncllned t0 When he
said bluntly that he would tol¬
erate violence, he spoke with
authority; as a statesman and
not the politician that can b--
so disastrous to the cause of
civic righteousness.
'Race prejudice is the meat of
the politician. Race prejudice
can be decisively limited by the
votes of decent people.
i bc Lc opinion and votes are
,or - *»-
home games. When asked how
the team has consistently won
with such limited practice and
playing mostly away from home,
"49” said it was due to the
boys’ fierce determination to
win. ■•Nine”, after thinking a
moment, added that for those
teams that haven’t been able
to lick his Bovs Clubbers in the
past, 97 won, and 19 defeats,
and his Jets, 72 won, 2 defeats,
winners of the last 42 consecu-
time' games, next year may be
too late.
Boys Club Plans Eighth
Invitational Tournament
The Jets, the Boys Club alum¬
ni. are busily plan’.'mg their
annual invitational tournament.
The only thing settl ed so far is
date, March 7th and 8th.
Expected to participate are St.
Pius, Sol C. Johnson and Beach
Bees. Several out of town are
seeking invitations also.
Local Units
i Celebrate
i
I (Continued from Pace t<ne)
past chairman of the Chatham
Division of the local Boy Scout
Council.
Presiding at the worship was
Booker T. Newsome, Jr., of
Troop 271. Other participants
were Leroy Anderson. Pack 24T
Herbert Dixon, Jr., Troop 255,
and William H. Mobley, Jr..
Troop ____ _ 250. ____
A Boy Scout choir under the
direction of Mrs. Vivian B Cas-
tain, rendered several selections
! during — ,—, the . _ service. - Members v - - - r of v A
the choir were Lucius Over-
street - Thomas Baker. Charles
Bush, Walter B Bordus, Chas
Brown. Jackie Bush, Eddie
Keitt, James Barnes, Jackie
1 Famble. Fred Lark. Leroy
Earl Bryant. Melvin Johnson,
Edward Stevens. Johnnie Sad-
1959 NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DENTAL HEALTH
WEEK
February 8 through 14 is the
11th annual National Child¬
ren’s Dental Health Week,
which this year coincides with
opening of the
Anierican Dental Association's
centennial year. As part of the
observance, the Savannah Trib-
une, in cooperation with the
Chatham Dental Auxiliary, this
week P re5ents a « article on
recent developments in dentist-
ry affecting your child.
Dental disease is as old as
man. Tooth decay is still the
mo:.t widespread disease in this
country, affecting perhaps 97
Percent of Americans at some
' me during their lives.
But modern scientfic research
may scon change this picture.
More and more research is
being done on the causes of
tooth decay and other dental
diseases. At the present time
research projects in dentistrv
are being conducted in near.y
every dental school in the
SSSL“ “ to otter
siuuuons.
As a result of research, water
fluoridation is helping -o pre-
vent decay in the teeth of
thousands of American child
ren. New scientific advances,
new technics, new
are in progress.* Various types
nt of high hio-h speed cnepd riit.tine- cutting instru- instru-
merits for treating dental cav-
ities are being developed. New
BUNKER HILL
Bv Gerard N. Lews For ANP
If you would like to get a thrill.
Jurt take a trip to BUNKER HILL,
This monument of great renown,
Is located in little old Charlestown.
j Pack in the year, Seventeen Seventy-five
There is not row a man of that time alive.
The British tried to take this hill.
; Put of shot and shell, thev cot their fill.
On June 17th. the day broke bright.
The embattled farmers knew, they had to fight,
N-’t onlv f->r their lives to make a stand.
Put. for their home and friends and native land.
Thev cleaned their guns ’til they looked l’ke new
Feld barrels to the sun. and look them through.
Then behind th°ir breastworks stood,
Krowing that work done, it had been good,
vm breezes stirred, the gir stood still.
Thev stood there, looking down the hill.
Fed coalted TTpccjnrm ]p d the parade,
A' un the hill, the charge was made,
With sh-iHir-r fife and beating drum,
""he Priti=h charged un on the run,
The farmers withheld their musket fire.
A s th° v watched the enemy climb higher and
higher.
At last came command, “Shoot to Kill”
mbe vollev crashed, the ranks stood still,
Put cnlv ’til their ranks reformed.
Then once more, thev came on and on.
Moinr Pitcairn, sword in hand,
f ed the charge, staved in the van,
T T r>til Peter Salem, of dusky hue.
Shot him down, with aim most true,
T onderless then, the British reconciled
Once more thev found their plans were foiled.
To keen thjs in cur meniory still,
Was built this monument on Bunker Hill.
Hung on its walls, with old hay wire,
Ts that pun, which stopped the fire,
Ot Hessian trooos. advancing still.
To reach the crest of Bunker Hill.
Per path the earn, an inscription ran.
Owned bv Peter Salem, a colored man.
Who killed ?laior Pitcairn, on that dav.
Caused British trooos to break, and run away.
Thus visitors coming from everywhere,
T corn at first bant an d become aware
That as these embattled farmers foueht,
Negroes too. were there to improve their lot.
To make this country in realitv.
The home of the brave, and Liberty.
(The Author, a retired postal employe, was
born in the "Old Low House,” Lowell, Mass.,
which at one time was a station of the famed
LTnderground Railroad of slavery days. He
numbers among his ancestors two male rela¬
tives who were among the embattled farmers
fighting at the battles of Lexington, Concord
and Bunker Hill.)
j dler, Roger Saddler, Eddie Wig¬
gins, Joseph Wingster and
Ronald Young. The worship
service was planned and coordi¬
nated by Westley W. Law.
FAMU Credit
Unit Assets j
j I
(Continued from Base One> !
j
loans totaling §191,436.12 were
made. Since its organization,
3.758 loans have been made in
the amount of $1,040,286.76. !
The greatest period of growth
has occured during the past;
ten years. For example, in 1949
the organization had a mem-
bership of 150. shares in the
amount , 010 A ona i*Ui rr OO (a-SSc S
V O , ■ , L
totaling $21,082.05. and made
loans totaling M3.763.48. Five
years later the membership had -
grown .....- tc 534. share holdings ;
had increased to §69.115.24. _ ______
loans totaling S97.029.56 were
made, and the assets reached
$77,803.85
methods of treating teeth that
have been accidentally injured
have been devised. Technics
are being adapted so that the
handicapped and the chronic-
ally ill can have the dental
care they were sometimes de-
i nied in the past.
i Emphasis is on prevention,
j It is probable that within the
next few years, researchers w.U
discover remineralizing agen s
that can be used to strengthen
weakened enamel before cav-
ities can start. They hope
find an effective antienzynve
agent to prevent tooth decay,
New filling materials will give
j longer-lasting protection to
paired teeth. For young adults,
new approaches to checking
diseases of the gums will make
it possible to cut down sharply
the high toll of teeth lost
from such conditions as pyor-
rhea and gingivitis.
Tne relationship of dental
disease to general te;a^;; disease is
s
; j trying to learn more about
nutrition as it is related
j dental problems
.
Today's experiments are
pected to become tomorrow’s
realities. A child born this
may eventually have a life ex-
j pectancy neatanev teeth, of of 100 100 years—and vears—and so
. will his
: Next Week: New Equipment
Singer’s
Among
(Continued tram Page Onei
port she confiedd to a
Mrs. Minnie Burroughs,
she "was happier than she
been at any other time in
life.” She offered no
for the statement, before
boarded the turbe-prop liner
8 p. m. Planning to
Thursday .she didn’t take
luggage.
The Lockheed airliner
cost two million dollars and
equipped with every safety
tor. crashed at 11:44 p. m.,
tllan ,, „ n seconds before . , it ..
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L a lUaa ia aiI
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Wilson, the only
_________ member of the Quartet, now
a tour ... in Europe, _________ was _____
duled to return home in
after an absence of two
SATURDAY, ILIKILARY 11,1219
1. HEALTH and DISEASE
By James L. Sykes, M. D.
j
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l/lofcAdLd „ „„„ Int DACT A31
•
! In this day anc * age man y
us have forgotten the danger-
-
; ous anc * deadly diseases of the
past. Some of these diseases are
| within the memory of some of
us, others of them are of the
past,
The control of these deadly
diseases has been due to the
discovery, of the cause of the
disease and the complete co-
operation of the public health
i officials, the doctors and the
j population in general.
When many of the diseases
below struck^ cities or towns
j the death rate was very high,
i Often the areas were aban-
doned, with the population
fleeing to the hills. The flight
: uf the population, while not
Waited by fear served to help
I stop the spread cf the disease
because contact with diseased
j p ersons or infected persons was
plague or black dealh
| was known long before Christ
and it struck again during
the Middle Ages. The horror of
this con be imagined from the
j writing of the ancients and the
wood cuts. It was not until
1 1904 that the cause was dis-
' covered and in 1205 the carrier
; was found. The flea is the
; carrier.
In our section a short while
I ago murine ty'jius swas a pro-
blem. By reducing the rat pop-
j ulation and thereby at the
; same time reducing the fleas
i this disease has been controlled.
Malaria fever was also a
'< -xourge cf our section. Rigid
! mosquito control has controlled
I this.
Small pox, a dread disease for
I centuries, has been controlled
cy vaccination. But just a few
, short years ago a few cases of
swoll were found in New Yoifc
( y. Mass vaccination con-
; trolled this.
Typhoid fever Was quite com¬
mon a few years ago. Today
many younger doctors have
never -.an a? casa A thoHHjdBMK
i ago there-was an outbreak in
Ne w Jersey. The source was
I readily found. A contaminaifd .
: water supply is almost invari-
j lily the cause of this disease.-i
Many of us who are ov^r
; forty years of, age can well re-
j ;aT per one who had draining
I sores around the neck, , This
j was called scrofula. It was
! r e a 1 1 y tuberculosis cf ,the
gland$.
It is well to remember that
any breakdown in the controls
erected by the public health
officials can easily result in a
reappearance on a large scale
of these dread diseases. Tney
have not disappeared. They are
merely lurking and waiting for
the ideal time and place to ap¬
pear. Only strict attention to
the laws as laid down by the
health officers can protect us.
Citizenship
Clinic Friday,
(Continued from Page One)
1 top instructor. Leroy Wilson is,
! chairman of the program com-
1 mittee. There will be two or
j hree musical numbers rend¬
ered. Every county in the First
Congressional District will be
represented. The public is in¬
vited to attend this meeting.
!EDITOR head' MARTIN TO
press project
(Continued from Page One>
second largest region in Ni¬
j geria, an area with some 8.000-
j 000 people.
John H. Sengstacke in an¬
nouncing Martin’s leave from
the Chicago Defender said "he
hoped he would establish a base
for the foreign service of that
paper.
Martin who will work under
the direction of Patrick Dolan'
and Co., a white public rela-
tions firm in London, retained
j by Premier Awolowe, said his
assignment will extend to 1960
I , when , Nigeria will become ^ inde
i
| P Paa elAL -
In dition to his newspaper
activities. Martin is vice presi-
dent of the Guaranty Life In¬
surance Co. of Georgia, and a
director _____________________ of the Service Federal
F.yvings and Loan Assn., of
I Chicago.