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i j flfni PfilTT __ *»U ROY AI L n NFIVS _ C O j f# (j Services By M&/R. F. Burr | were held at Bethie- hem on Sunday in absence of pastor. Rev. Bobian ol Srn - Bp Polite 1 .delivered is deacon the in sermon. charge m. Sunday services will be held at FAB Branch church Rev. Da- vis, pastor, M. Edwards and . Smith deacons in chaige. The Old Plantation singers ol Miley will sing at Union Bap¬ tist Sunday, October 24 at 4 o’clock. This is Deacons’ Union month, 5th Sunday at FAB church, C. D. Dawson, president; M Ed- wards, secretary. ' We were glad to have Pvt. Anderson Simmons of Camp Gordon Edgar for a short Garvin visit. of King | 1 Pfc. - mon, Arizona is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Garvin. Hardy Singleton of King- j Pfc. mon, Ariz., is visiting his wile and family. 1 EGYPT Lull j NEWS 1 By Mis- Mary L. Williams ] Sunday was a high day at Bethel AME Church at the op- ening of the new church which is just about to be completed.! Rev. B. M. Ward preached a soul stirring sermon to a large audience. Money raised in the public collection was $ 47 . 20 ; Money raised from the commit .1 tee $59 65 Money raised for taxation $67.25 on pastor’s sal-! ary $15.80. Dollar money $8.00.! Rev. Ward collected from white friends $ 6 00 ; total money rais¬ . ed in the first sermon $205.05. At 3 o’clock Elder J. L. Butler, Rev. W. the C. Davis pulpit from delivering Savannah a! j filled burning message and after that | sermon the amount raised was ( $25.13. The total amount ofi money raised during the con-' day $230 18. the meeting will tinue during the week. The in- at-l gram family from Savannah tended the meeting Sunday. j , SUNBURY NEWS By Mrs. Sadie Lowe ,^n-y ^tyte Baptist 77th anniversary church began of Sun- on Oct. 11 thiough the 17th' The Sunday School was held at the usual hour at Sunbury Baptist church. On Sunday Class 1 is still holding the banner taught by Dea. I. K. S Bmr S St £van Miss P» of nah were the Sunday evening g.est of John Lambert, also Dea Henry Lowe. Little Velma Lee Bowens was John Lambert. Miss Rosa Lee Polite who was in Brunswick spending soma time with her mother has re¬ turned home. Mrs. Nancy Jackson made a busness trip to Brunswick last week. TOWNSEND, GA. By Mrs. F. C. Dixon Sunday School at the Enter¬ prise Baptist Church was large' ly attended. On the 4th Sun day regular service will be held by the pastor, Rev. S. Sanders, Mrs. Amanda Armstrong her father Dea. James Jackson of Cannon Bluff spent the in savannah visiting relatives. Mrs. Florida B. Saddler and her sister, Mrs. Angie Bethea, spent Wednesday in Savannah, Williams Service Station NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Tires and Tubes are now available for all qualified per¬ sons at reasonable prices Price at Gwinnett St. Cars Washed 75c Washed and Greased $1.25 Expert Mechanic Ail work Guaranteed TELEPHONE 9650 Harry Williams, Prop. ■ ■fi* * Pvt. Elkins Pinkney of Augus- is home visiting hV father. | Mr. and Mrs. Wade Francis the guests of , his parents, and Mrs. Julius Francis. Mrs. Magnolia spent the week in Brunswick with ber moth Mrs. stel ] a girds. OLIVER. ..... GA. — ! i Sunday was regular pastoral j erusa i em AME church, j g Edgefield pastor. It the closing of the 08th meeting. At noon pastorj Rev j g. Edgefield a wonderful sermon at 3:30 Rev. W- D. Williams of M iiler Grove Baptist ; and members were pres- j He delivered a fine sermon; ~J ' was $13.50. Total lec Uon s64 21 Sunday was pastoral day at Grove Baptist church 1 . newly called pastor deliver¬ the sermon at noon and one add ed to the church. Col- $23.00. 'Mrs. Mr and John J. Benja- a! min announce the birth of 1Q pound boy. z named Curtis. W in b e remembered as Miss Thel i 0 bft on . 1 Miss Annie Mae Haris was the week end guest of her mother, j j Maggie Harris. 1 Pfc. Oscar, wife and baby are visiting his parents after spend- I tog months in service. ne is stationed in Needle Calif, Little Maggie and Georagia M. Allen spent the week with their father, Lawrence Tilly at Ogee- chee We regret very much to learn of the death of Mrs. J. W. II. Thomas wife of Rev. J. W. H. Thomas, Ba tist Association. moderator of She Pilgrim] was P vice president of the W. H. F. M. convention. Mrs. Annie Young is very ii at her home at Lee Field. LUD0WICI NEWS By Mrs. Ailer Johnson The Woman Mission Club of st - J am es Baptist Church , , < c ™ interesting meeting on Sun- da V ni § ht - Mrs - Rubye c - Bak ' e r president in charge. Sunday Sch ° o1 and BTU were also Iarge ly attended. Services at the Holiness Church were excellent through¬ out Sunday. Quite a crowd was present . E id er and Mrs. Willie Grant of South Carolina and other out of town visitors present. Elder J. F. Wilcox is pa stor. p oye spencer - —i. F ] a spe nt the week end here visiting relatives and friends. Mesdames Ailer Johnson and Carrie Johnson onnson spent spem, the me week wee* end at Cordele, visiting their ---------------. whTare dent nurses at Gillespie Hospi- tal. The Misses Johnson are 1 - work at Gillespie-Selden Insti- ltute ' They were alS0 guests ° f PrR u apd Mrs. L. S. Brown. T report an enjoyable trip. Little Frankie Johnson wa3 the week end guest of his sis ter, Miss Vernelle Johnson a Cordele, Gillespie Hospital. Miss Vernelle Deloach who "";?rwentan 0 p er »ttonf 0 rt 0 ZVry ZT “ Mrs. Essie Wilcox who was taken seriously ill a few ago is slowly improving. METTER By Mildred Boston The forty-fifth anniversary of St. Luke AME church was held October 3rd through the 10 with the following ministers livering special sermons: Dr. W. p gherman, Revs. J. Ii. Wil- am£ r. d. Pierce, E- D. Brooks , R p Cooper. Saturday 3 o'clock official board meet was held with the pastor pre ing. Sunday at 10 o clock Sunday School with J. C- Ward in charge. Class 1 was taught by Rev. J. W. N 0 2 by Mrs Mildred and No. 3 by Thelma At 11:45 the pastor filled the jpit and brought the morning message. The Lord’s Supper administered. At 4 p. m. g Toson of Pulaski deliv- d the anniversary sermon. At 0 ’ C ioclc Rev. H. J- Johnson following the evening message. ministers assisted n t,h uic e service: seiv^c. Revs. A. B. Pul R. D. Cooper H. W. Williams j Johnson, S. Toson, A. L. G. H .White. $158.22. Sunday School was held at two candidates -were baptized. sr were ordained deacons, Sunday School was held at Thankful Baptist Church with Dea. Tom Phillips in charge as sisted by the teachers. Mrs. Candicy Black Of Stilson, spent the week end at Metter visiting .... Mr. and -.-d Mrs Manson Mercer. Mrs. pearl Stuart was the week end guest in Augusta visiting her relatives Mrs. Deland Deckel spent week end at Metter. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Grover spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. rietta Williams. Mrs - Lena McClain spent Bun day afternoon visiting Mrs. ie Whitaker. Mrs. Ethel Boston is at Fort Benning. Miss Jesse Lee Grays of wick spent a few days in ter visiting her mother. Miss Lizzie Collins spent week dat , , Statesboro, , . . ... en her aunt Anderson Milo spent the end id at Metter visiting Mr. vMrs Whitaker. STATESBORO By Linton McBride Sunday was pastoral day Brannen M. E. Church. day Sc b 0 oi was held at the al hour. The pastor. Rev. ra =f tors were present the day. Sunday ^ School was held the the usual hour hour at Baptigt Church ^ 6upt Jo Sunday School was held ^ le usua j hour at Bethel A. s wlth Mrs - R - The N. F. A. chapter of boro High and Industrial held their first mee ti ng 0 f 1 ! new . school term of 1943-44 ithe president, James W. I n charge. Much business transacted and many plans ; nia.de. Linton McBride of spenttheweekendinBavaimab " h «* *T a ' Kl U ” Cle - 1 ““ Mra ^ MltCh '“- Miss Annie spent' Mae the^week Harris Statesboro in Oliver with her mother, Maggie Harris. Mrs. B. K. Belle of spent the week end in with her friends and relatives. The funeral of Mrs. Hills ivas held at Ba Ptist Church last Friday. Pvt. and Mrs. Wilborn ! announced the birth of a last week. Congratulations. The senior class of S. H. I. i was organized Friday, October 8 Officere elected were Simmons, president; Jackson vice president; beth McGirt, secretary;’ Mincy, Asst. secretary Jennie L. Moore Treas.; committee; Myra Chappel, Priscilla Riggs, Jennie L. Brooksie Jenkins, Josie and David Chance. | CALL US UP DON’T FORGET PHONE 2-0221 p auJ & 4ndv Starters — Magnetos — Gen¬ erators — Carburetors — Batteries —Fuel Pumps ON THE CORNER OF TH» SQUARE 309-311 W. OGLETHORPE DORCHESTER GA, E. J. Shellman is bpok Charity Hospital. ***'•• Mrs. Lena r F. - Smith maoe business tr$ to see hei husba in New York Rev. and Mrs. W. N. left for Florida where he will stationed. Every Federarcredit second Tuesday the Union at Dorchester Academy. On the sic.k list are Dix, Mrs. Lena F- Smith and,R. W. Bacon. RINCON GA. NEWS Sunday was a high day Gray’s Chapel A . M. E. Rpv ' G - H - § tokes pastor 1 pastor preached an ___ . , . . ., & ; baby colltest ended as 7 1 .IT 'bTome Johnsoin »2.40; Ida ' w re "l 55 7 7717 Samuel_ v^nn^ Young _ J - _ ,0Ullh quarterly conference -“S year; Both our churches < 1 ^Sunday *7! h ( ° will ii i be pastoral id day I Mrs. Anna E. Johnson and tle ., son ’ Wllllam TI Henry left , f , OHando Fla., to visit hei 1 band who is serving in the ed forces. Mrs. Johnson is eldest daughter of Rev. ,and I ' Pvt ' Baster ^ s ' Walcott of H ‘ a Stokes J? v } sitin B His sister, Mrs. : ' ' ■ HINESVILLE GA - | Bethel Sunday School conducted by Supt. C. C. Hc alsQ taught clasg No CoJ SUBURBAN NEWS' V By « M. E. r Morrell » Last Sunday was an ideal -for f FAB church h rally day, . which ... ^ r"*" ^ "T ! officers and members | their many fr lends ! 7 aliZC the ot $458.78 and quite a few ! n °t reported, therefore no lour goal may reach $500. also wish to make special tion of the Sunday School porting $30.27. Our pastor the roll call reporting friend when you come to * the special message by Rev ningham. He will also the revival meeting beach-cuylek p, t. a. HOLDS MEETING ; • Continued frjm Page 11 ' rickson, Mrs. Anita Johnson I Mrs. Rose Pinckney. Publicity; W. Donnelly, S. Reeves. Lunch room; Mrs. J. chairman, Mrs. O. Massey, Anetha Polite. Hospitality committee: Mrs. ! Lydia Brown, chairman; Mrs. : SaMe Freeman, Mrs. Cora (Hams, Mrs. Orr. Miss . 1 ^“IS'l K Ou™e Wil - M,, whitp , Mrs. F. Seabrooks, j os - eph Green, Mrs. Mention. Health: Miss Dorothy Ury, (chairman; Miss C. O. McDowell, ^ 1 Mrs. Queen Gamble, chair- ! man; Mrs ' A ' B ' Collier „ ’ Mrs ' M V Bryant „ Record Book: , Mrs. I. B. Gads den, chairman; Miss Lucille Stiles, Mrs. Johnnie Hardwick, Mrs. Freddie Martin Treasurer, H. Simmons. The following class mothers . to serve the first semester selected by the various classes : Class 12A, mother, Mrs. J. W. Baldwin; 12B1, Mrs. Galvester Orr; 12th B2, Mrs. Mildred Ful - ler; 11A. Mrs. Beatrice Hth Bl, Mrs. Sallie Freeman Hth B2, Mrs. Joretha Class 10th A, mother, Mrs. 1 Annie L. Walker; 10,th Bl, (Anna Robinson; 10th B2, i Carrie Blount; 10 B3. Mrs. Gus- 1 sie White. I Class 9th A, mother, Mrs. , Nether Polite; 9th A2 Mrs. Edna I Murry; 9th Bl, Mrs. Queene 1 Gamble; 9th B2, Mrs. Ruby My- ! ers 9th B3, Mrs. Willie Mae Mc- ! Donald. Class 8 th Al. mother, Essie Thomas; 8 th A2, Mrs. Lou ise Greene; 8A3, Mrs. Dorothy Mae Langston; 8 th Bl, Mrs. D. Walker; 8 th B2, Mrs. Nether Po’ite; 8 th B3, Mrs. Annie Walk er; 8 th B4, Mrs. Francis Brown; ' 8 th B5, Mrs. Mary Hagan;. I lection $ 2 . 21 . At the evening ser vices Prof. H. W. Tarver gave a [group met Monday afternoon at Baconton Junior school. Devotions were in charge of Mrs. E - Herbin. After preliminary re "* arks by Prof ' H - W ' f° Uowi " 8 L,° ff “!”._ wer f Mrs. Lizzie Carter, chairman; u Mrs. Ophelia Futch vice chair- man ’ Mrs - Ella M - Tarver, secre- tary and reporter; Mrs. Pearl Me Connell, treasurer; Prof. H. W. Tarver chaplain and Miss Annie E. Bacon, chairman of program and planning committee. Miss M. A. Turner, Jeanes supervisor 1 greeted the teachers and soiic- ited their cooperation for the ensuing year. A delicious repast of lemon pie and coffee with cream by the Baconton ”------------------------ school teachers. ~ Those — Present were Prof, and Mrs. H. w Taryer Mesdames Margaret Ophelia Futch, Elizabeth Herbin Lizzifi Lizzie Carter, Carter _ Mlssps Misses Annie Annie E. E VrSsIrf 1 ££ gtewart spoke at First calvary Rev. Scott Dinkins held re ~ “ , ar at gfc Thom church, Walthourville lpunda,y mornlng anrt evening . Hp de , I livered the mornina sermon ,,...7. Hev Ralph cheeves spoke .....„ at f the ev i ening services. Rev. and Mrs. Scott Dinkins and W. C. Dinkins motored to Savannah Monday. , Pvt. W. C. Dinkins of Camp— in Tampa, Fla., is visiting his mother. He visited friends in j Glynnville and relatives in Ash-i burn. Rev. Scott Dinkins, chaplain Hurley and others motored to Adel, to attend the South Geor-1 gia Annual conference. , The Baconton and Hinesvillej I | Sunday Monllay ni8ht will ' be home >» coming (f aa iav y tnr lor a11 oii our members of the I clty> send us a letter to b read t0 the church Conven-i ' 1 ience wi l 1 be ma de for all who 1 attend services October 24th please attend all the services ,and keep up with the A Halowe’n party will be riven for the Sunday School scholar ‘ 30th. Dea Geo Gibbs chairman of the board- ' Mrs r l. Palmer, clerk Miss S. Smith is *R visiting her J „*' 1 sister Mrs Sadie zr: m* Pfc. Frank Jackson returned j to camp in Arizona Friday after visiting “ his '^Ther/wT ’ ‘ ^ Carrie Jack and Class 7th Bl, mother, Mrs. B..s.sie Wright; 7B2, Mrs. Lucile Iaylor, 7B3, Mrs. Mary Reyn¬ olds; 7B4, Mrs. Albert Thweatt; 7B5, Mrs. Annie King; 7A1, Mrs. | Gladys Roberts; 7A2, Mrs. Lou I Futch; 7A3, Mrs Roosevelt Clark. BTLEIMORE WANTS INNOVATION MONTH (Continued from Page 1) 1 la“ RaSdiT'’ re-om- to the board that every Thursday night beginning Nov (ember 18, a “Citizenship school” be established in the NAACP .............- headquai ters The ’ob of the school would be provide instruc tion for qualified perstns on the urgent need for erery Negro to not only register bur he a quali i fied voter and actually partici- pate in ca-stine n decisive bal- lot for honorable men who will deal fairly with rJ! men regard less of race crece -md color, on election day Secretory Tyus also recommendee 'hr< ( n mod- 1 el of a voting mochfr® be made! and placed in Urn N«*cp office I and that instructions on the 1 use of the voting machine be: ' the Citizens every Thursday school. The night execu at j S tivp board voted in favor of the proposal to an NAACP Citizenship! AWARDED ORDER OF PURPLE HEART ^Continued from Page One) acy and Sports”, alluded to a pamphlet by William H. Hastie award of the Purple Heart to Pvt. Lester L. Butler, 252 Fair street. West Savannah, the son of Rev. and Mrs. Butler and hus ( band of Mrs. Alice Butler. His j sister, Miss Ora Butler, attends Georgia State College and Eliz- abeth Butler is a student at j Woodville school. The award i was made at a special formation in New Guinea. Last year near Pearl Harbor, Pvt. Butler and 12 privates j jprs 0 j one (he two quartermaster trucking units, established motor transpor- tation service between Mt. and Birdum »*» Australia. transportation service if would handicap the therefore the Japs determined to prevent the activation of such a Through land mines and the convoy came through thirteen wounded privates, Butler among them. men were designated as the cipients 0 " the Order of pie Heart, a bravery awarded to soldiers wounded in action. The award was in general orders by Col. ce y Galaway, commanding D ’ somewhere in New Guinea The ceremony was witnessed the regimental commander, official staff and the unit. The colored division of «* — Service of vannah and several Army Air Base Units -..... honored the family Pvt. Butler at a banquet b, ' d in J beatre No. 2 Hunter Fleld ' The dance attended by the junior tesses of the S-SSS and of Georgia Stale- College. cnnl \ M 7' ? e “ K rgia Oordon ' : Program n ,-,,h director ol , the early ZfnlT ST I" ’ mission I Horberi ' nR relat{ ' the experiences <,r 1P mon New onin S ^ introduced . lence. eTce l Lieut l?”““ Curley, p in to ,hp the sence o1 ^ Major Seth T. ® pecial Rprvire Offi oer, v a sll ver loving cup to PP Bu,lpr - fc He wife and to ^ M Uy RuUor ' ’ men presented a beautiful quel of American Beauty First, Sergeant Armstrong Cpl. Wainwright of Army Air Base served as mpn of S™up at the 3 POLICEMEN BEATING "■'rinMr'iiert from naee 11 n °cturnal beating of young Willingham stated that d asked Jones what ed tha t night, and Jones him that “ Hal1 had a good pisto1 and we took il from him. He got smart went to the grand jury and ed a lawyer, so we arrested Jones was further quoted rv mm mm 4v% TP % AtlCK m :i firm h i IB EE#*' m The New York Beauticians Volunteer Corps works towards its $1,000,000 Third War Loan goal, with Harlem’s leading beauticians taking the lead in keep¬ ing the Drive at top pilch. Organized by Mrs. Maude Gadsen in August 1942, the organization was endorsed by Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia, and others. During the first and second Bond drives the Corps grossed over $300,000 in sales. The B, V. C. also maintain a canteen for servicemen at their head¬ quarters in Harlem. The sale ot bonds takes place Willingham as saying, “We put handcuffs on him and when he started to talking about bail we whipped him. We brought him back to the well and whip-• I ped him some more.” Willlngham said Jones told him that Hall had attempted to shoot the officers. The wit- ness said he had asked Jones how was it that Hall attempted, to shoot a gun if he were hand cuffed. Jones replied, accord- ing to the witness, ' we did a good job.” j The government placed Her- tort L. Davis, FBI handwriting expert on the stand in an ef- fort to prove the warrant Slier- iff Screws used to effect Hall's arrest was forged by Sheriff | j I Screws himself justice and of was the not is- . ucd by the peace as the defense claimed. ! Uavis testified that a men of Sheriff Screws hand- writing obtained by FBI agent W. H Crawford and that on I the warrant were identical. ! took the stand in his ! Screws own defense Thursday morn- ing and reiterated his original contention that the attack and his fellow officers made on tion was in sell delense. Hall, plunged toward me with a shot i gun, gentlemen, he told the jury. I dodged it and we beat Him j The sheriff disputing a string I of witnesses called by the gov- ernment, denied tliat Hall handcuffed at the time he fell victim to murderous assault at i the hands of the officers, j Appealing to the jurors to free him, h? sought to justify his beating of Hall to death by i ! asserting, "You gentlemen know how biggety these darkies 'm^ 1 ’' ’^DanRls, Mrs. Mary Marv white, nurse at the Albany hospital,! read a hospital report which j stated that Hall’s skull had' been smashed in and that fric ! tion burns were on his body. j 1 Mrs. Mamie White recalled to , the stand told of a conversation she had with one of the defend- • | | ants, morning Special after Deputy the slaying. Kelly, the “I | remarked,” she said, “that it j ( was a shame for anyone to get ’. drunk and kill a Negro without 1 j cause.” I “Kelly told me I might be; talking too much and that I’d better keep quiet if I knew what was good for me.” , Hall’s father. Will Hall, his wife, Mrs. Annie Pearl Hall, were called by the government to describe how their son was abducted by the defendants at m,dnisM - " hat iater pto, ' d to be a fake warrant. in the various beauty shops, theatres, churches, schools, and other places. Shown (L. to R.) are: (1) Mrs. Maude Gadsen, founder and president; (2) Mrs. Gadsen giving last minute instruction to a few of the 250 members of the B. V. C. at the start of their Third War Loan drive; (3) Katherine Burton (in booth), top sales¬ woman of group, has sold so far in Third War Loan over $7,000 worth of bonds ... she is Corps ‘ Bond- ariier” . . . shown buying bonds are Mrs. Sarah Davis, widow of a merchant seaman, and Mrs. Evelyn Jack- son, second ranking saleswoman; (4) Young bond purchaser at theater. Motive for the staying, disclosed, hinged mound pistol which Hall had attempt to recover from Sheriff E. M. Ellis, Jr. whltj^, the Baker county grand ju- which had ordered the shefj to return the weapon taken Hall’s car, took the stand told of the belligerent at- displayed by the sheriff told to return the pistol. said that Screws informed that he not only meant to Hall’s pistol, but revealed intention to take any other found in the possession Negroes. A tty. Robert Cul- who had beer retained the slain man, testified that had written Screws about the of the pistol and that had received this letter the day before the fatal There were more than 100 wi Lncsses ca]led . The sheriff in court wearing dark glasses because of bullet wounds iece ived by him recently at the bands of a white farmer, Dil- lard white, also of Newton. Dist. Atty T. Hoyt Davis of Macon conducted the prosecu¬ bi 0 n witii G. Maynard Smith, of Cairo as special assistant. He was f Ur ter assisted by Special Agent M. B. Calhoun and W• H. 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