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TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVIII U. S. Court Saves From Chair Board of Education Promises To Answer Plea (Jet Your Polio Shot Monday The third phase of the KO POIJO campaign being conduc¬ ted throughout Chatham County has been arranged for Monday, October 28, according to Dr. A. B. Kamine, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Public Health Committee. A supply cf Polio vaccine has already been received by the public health department and arrangements have been competed to have the shots administered in inoculation centers in the following Sa¬ vannah hospitals: Warren A. Candler Hospital, 116 East Huntingdon St.; Central of Ga. Railway Hospital, 3025 Bull St.; Memorial Hospital, Waters Avenue; Oglethorpe Sanatori¬ um, 905 East Duffy St.; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Taylor at Habersham St.; Telfair Hosp.. (Continued on Page 4) Meharry Woman Admitted To of NASHVILLE (ANP) — A Me¬ harry Medical college professor has become the first Negro wo¬ man surgeon admitted to mem¬ bership in the American college of Surgeons. She is Dr. Dor¬ othy Brown, an assistant pro¬ fessor of surgery. Six out of 10 Negroes recently inducted to ACS are Meharry (Qontinued on Page Seven) BETHLEHEM CENTER MEM¬ BERS—For the past two weeks children have been registering for activities at Bethlehem Community Center and enjoy¬ ing making new friends in | their interest groups. The first j person to become a member of the Center was Jacqueline Bos- ! ton, a first grader at East ADams 4-3432 NAACP SPEAKER — Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin, vice president of the Pittsburgh Courier, will address the NAACP Fall Mem- oership Rcund-Uip on Monday night, 8 o’clock, at the St. Paul C.M.E. church, Rev. J. L. Key, pastor. Mrs. Lampkin, a mem¬ ber of the NAACP board of directors, is serving as chair¬ man of the 1959 NAACP mem- iContinued on Page Eight* Three Sentenced in Husband Murder Plot WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. — (ANP i—A woman who tried to murder he rhusband and the two men who w*orked with her to carry out the deed, hare been given long prison terms. Broad Street School. She is shown in top picture receiving her membership card from Miss Miss Josephine Beckwith, di¬ rector of the Center. Last May Jackie graduated from the Bethlehem Center Day - Care program which she had atten¬ ded since she was eighteen (Continued on Page 4; Rev. Curtis J. Jackson “I am not on trial. I did not come to discuss the merits of the Supreme Court decision. I am here to inquire as to when that decision (of 1954) will be implemented.” Tnus did the Rev. Curtis J. Jackson, pastor of the First African Baptist church, take his stand for integration before the Chatham County Board of i Continued on page three j Participants in the plot were j Mary Roan, Ren Duckett and James W. King. The men testi- fied they planned to kill George Roan so his wife could $10,000 in Insurance. The plot came to light when Roan shot down Sept. 22, but did not die. According to testimony, Mrs. Roan agreed to uay Duckett $200 and take care of all King’s bills. King was then to leave town for six months, and then return to marry “the widow.” Mrs. Roan was sentenced live years for “felonious as- sault,” 10 years for conspiracy to commit murder, and 15 years for secret assault. Duckett re- ceived the same sentences. ■ King drew eight years for fe¬ lonious assault; 10 for oonapi- racy to commit murder, and 15 for secret assault. Conscience-Stricken Man Confesses Robbery REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (ANP) —A 29-year-old painter urged by his wife to attend church, followed her wishes and went one better when he confessed, during the service, that he had robbed a bank. G-awexskey Smith, seemingly overcome with remorse, whis¬ pered to another worshipper that he wanted to admit a bank robbery. Smith later told police that he had taken $2,694 February 3 frpm the Weber Falls State bank in Oklahoma. He said he used the money for medi¬ cal bills for his wife and two small children. He is being held for further questioning. Social Worker Threatened For tor Use of Beach GULFPORT, Miss. (ANP)—A worker, one of four Ne- ;roes who last week asked that Negroes be allowed to use part of the 26 miles of Gulf Coast beach, has been the ob¬ ject of telephone threats—and a cross was burned on his front lawn. Joseph N. Austin, in report- the threats to the sheriff's SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1959 By Alice A. Dunnigan For Associated Negro Press WASHINGTON. D. C. — The United States Supreme Court, Monday, overturned the murder conviction of a Negro because members of his race had been ■systematically excluded 1 ’ from the Mississippi jury which con¬ victed him. The ease involved Robert Lee Goldsby convicted in 1955 for the slaying of a white woman near Vaiden, Miss. Leighton, Chicago* Lawyer, Enters Case After the Mississippi Sup¬ reme Court, on appeal, had affirmed Goldsby’s conviction. George N. Leighton, prominent Chicago Negro lawyer, as counsel for the condemned man, petitioned the U. S. Sup¬ reme Court for a review of the case. This was denied by the High Co-urt. Then, in 1955, Atty. Leighton, for the first time in Mississip¬ pi’s history filed a petition for writ of error in the State Supreme Court, charging that in Goldsby’s trial, Negroes had Tax Appraiser Caught In CHICAGO (AND —Lawrence | C. Woods, 43, an appraiser in ’he office of the county asses- or, was arrested last Monday when planted policemen caught | him with marked bills, a payoff ie’d received minutes before j from a would be bribery vic- j tim. Woods who earned $390 a month as an employe of the as- essor’s office, a Democratic precinct captain, has 'been . charged with malfeasance and bribery. He was trapped when he col¬ lected a payment of $200 from an electric shop piioprietor, | William Hall. The money paid to Woods was marked, and two (state’s attorney’s policemen - ' ' j I j j 1 | !. { ; ‘ j j! j j ] Arna Bontcmps ON LIBRARY BOARD—Fisk Un¬ iversity Librarian Arna Bon- temps has been named to the Nashvilie, (Term.) Public Libra¬ ry Board. The board admin- : ;ters ah public libraries in the city system which consists of the main library and three branches. Two new branches and several in the county are ,aon to be built. The Nash¬ vilie public library has been in¬ tegrated for several years. Woman to Rebuild House Razed by Arsonists BRADENTON, Fla. (ANP) — If arsonists who .Set fire to her; half-completed home here ex- pected to terrorize Mrs. Mar- ‘ Continued on Page Eight) I office, said: “They have been calling me all sorts of names. They seem to think that I’m interested in integration, but I am not. All I m interested in is getting a place for us to swim. We nev¬ er used to have trouble like this before all this integration stuff.’ Austin pointed out that he is the only one who signed been systematically excluded from serving on the jury. Then, last January, the Uni¬ ted States Circuit Court in New Orleans ordered a retrial on the grounds that Negroes were excluded from jury service in Carroll County where Goldsby was convicted, and sentenced to death in the electric chair. “Re-Try Him, Or Free Him." The Circuit Court said that if Mississippi did not retry Goldsby within eight months before a jury from which Ne¬ groes had not been excluded, it would consider freeing him on a writ of habeas corpus. Then, as a last resort, on a writ of certiorari, Joe T. Pat¬ terson, Attorney General of Mississippi, appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the ;ruling of the Circuit Court. When the high court this week refused to review tine case it left standing the order of the U. S. Circuit Court, that Golds¬ by be re-tried within eight months. The usual requirement for a ■Continued on Pago Four* seized him when he stepped out of the shop with the money in his pocket. Hall told the police this sto¬ ry: Woods reportedly came to his shop and said he would have to increase taxes on Hall’s home by ”300" per cent because the house contained three bath* and should be reclassified as commercial instead of residen¬ tial. Hall said Woods said he would “forget about it” and Hall would save over $1,000 over the next three years if he (Hall) would give him $200 cash in¬ stead. ■ Hall agreed to pay Woods, set up a date for the payoff and then notified the police. Mrs. Aline Smith Knight REUNITED WITH FATHER _ Mrs. Aline Smith Knight of 943 West 41st Street, the wife of Julius B. Knight, has been reunited with her father, James Smith, of Detroit, Michigan, after being separated since childhood. It was an exciting and joy¬ ous occasion when father and daughter saw each other after so many years. Accompanying Mrs. Knight to Detroit was Mrs. Audrey Jackson Sanders, her cousin, of West Victory Drive. Separated from her father after the death of her mother when only three years old, Mrs. Knight was reared by her ma¬ ternal grandmother, the late Mrs. Matilda McMillan. Through (Continued on Page Eight) oetition that has been threat¬ ened. He commented: “I can’t understand why I have been singled out for the threats. None of the others have been bothered.” Austin is director of Negro recreation for the city. He told police that one caller warn¬ ed that “a mob is coming to get, you.” The mob never ap- however. H».AUik SCHOOL GRABS —- I he aoove picture snows the graduates ol the Myers School of Beauty Culture following their graduation program Sun¬ day morning, Oct. 18 , at tiie Butler Presbyterian church. First row, left to right) Mrs. Ola B. Dingle, Madam E. B. Myers, owner of school; Rev. P. UCS Kick-Off Meeting Will Be Held at YMCA New Hope for Race Relations in the South NEW YORK (ANP)—“The | greatest hope for changing the status quo in raee relations lies in the South.” This state¬ ment, made by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., appears in the cur¬ rent issue of Esquire magazine now on sale. Powell, now serving his 8th consocutive term in Congress, continues, “More and more I’m coming to realize that the North- liberal is increasingly hypo- critical and the Southern liber- is increasingly honest. “Negroes know this: Negroes accept this. I have great hopes tor something daring to hap-I pen in the South. The day a white stands up in the South has enough stature and the truth, you’ll see (Continued on Page Five) Pearl Lee Smith School Will Dedicate New Annex Sunday Afternoon mfmJf m m m Rev. Frederick D. Jaudon, pastor of Saint Phillip Monu¬ mental A.Mi.E. church, will bi the dedicatory speaker at the Pearl Lee Smith Elementary School, Sunday afternoon, Oc tober 25, at 4:00 o’clock. The new annex will be dedicated. Rev. Jaudon is a product of the Screven County Schools and Morris Brown College. He has pastored many A. M. E. churches throughout Georgia including four in Savannah. He is active in various civic and religious organizations of the city and has traveled ex¬ tensively throughout the Uni¬ ted States. The program will be as fol¬ lows, Mrs. Naomi Major, P.T.A. president, presiding: Prelude, Miss Bernita Darby; Price 10c ADami 4-3433 A. Pauerson. Second row, left to right: Vuiane Brogeuton, Minnie P. Bryant, Carolyn Pierce, Kve- *erla Nunnally, Grace B. Jonn- son, Rutna Mae Sinclair, Alma J. Crooms, Julia Mungm, Mary Edna McGuire, Ruby B. Pryor, Ethel Jackson, Luberta Load- holt, Idelia Holland. G«l. Voters to Hold Annual Meeting Oct. 31 MACON, Ga. (ANP)—Qualified voters from all parts of Geor¬ gia will meet in Steward Chap¬ el AME church O.ctober 31 for the annual conclave of the Georgia Voters league, accord¬ ing to an announcement by John Wesley Dobbs, Atlanta, president, and Prince Hall Ma¬ sonic grand master. The Rev. J. H. Lenson is pastor of Stew¬ ard Chapel. Election of officers will be the main business of the delegates and there will reports on registration and trig activities at the local level. League secretary, J. H. houn and the registration by Dobbs—will (Continued on Page 8> presentation of Colors, William P. Jordan Post 500; National Anthem; Scripture, Rev. Willie Gwyn; invocation, Rev. J. W. Green; selection, “Give Us Day," girls ensemble; introduc- tion of speaker, Mrs. Eugenia Durden Glover; dedicatory ad¬ dress, Rev. F. D. Jaudon; selec¬ tion, “Praise Be Thine,” Pearl Lee Smith chorus; introduction of Mrs. Pearl Lee Smith, Mrs. | Mildred Hutchins; dedicatory ! greetings, Mrs. Pearl Lee Smith; j j dedication ritual, Mrs. Irma i Fields, Mrs. Naomi Major; ded- ! ! icatory prayer, Deacon E. J. j 1 Simmons; unveiling ceremony, 1 | ! Samuel Eugene Powers; accep- J ance, Edna Green; selection,! ; "The Vesper Hymn,” Pear! I.ee Continued ou Page Four; I NUMBER 3 I’uud row, leit to right: Eva Mae Brack, Elease H. Tate, Barbara Ami Davis, Dorothy Hunt, Maggie L. Sanders, Marie S. Rivers, Augusta R. Martin, Liiiie Mae Lewis, Rose Mae Jenkins Mikel. Not shown on picture are Annie Mae Barnett, Shirley S. Way. Dr. Phillip W. Cooper, prom¬ inent dentist, has accepted Hie chairmanship of Division 4, United Community Appeal. He ;wiil be assisted by Mrs. Mildred Hutchins as vice-chairman. The division's klek-olf dinner meeting will be held at the West Broad Street YMCA, Mon¬ day, Oct. 28, 7.30 p. m. Two- outstanding features of this meeting will be the introduc¬ tion of Mrs. Lucinda Williams Adams, a graduate ol Tompkins High School and a recent win¬ ner in the Olympic and Pan- American games, who is pre¬ sently working toward her master’s degree at Tennessee State University; and an in¬ spirational address by Rev. Larmon S. Sherwood, a visiting minister, jt is expected that there will be a report of the “Big Gifts” committee at this meeting so as to give the campaign a head start. Members of the Big Gifts solicitation group are; Mrs. .Continued on Page Severn ______n Rev. F. D. Jaudon Speaker