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PUBLIC SERVICE
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•JACKSON TEACHERS
SUE FOR EQUAL PAY
ASSN.'S pIGHT S U P- ■ >1I > j v irl rk Few Changes
PORTED i:j PERCENT ' V
BY MEMBERS In Local AME Pulpits
Ignored >
School Board DEATH CLAIMS CONFERENCE ENDED
Previous Petition E. H. PINKNEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
of Teachers DX
Jackscn, Tcnn. The Jack-
son Colored Teachers’ A "®' 1 r
tion, with IOC per cent of the
teacher' s'gnirr '5 e com rlc tat
has fi*eel sut in the faJera’
court lure nr.kinp' eoual srlo¬
ries w.th white teachers and
hack pay. Befeildents am
the City C mrni v sicn and C. B.
Ijams, superintendent of educa
tion. The suit is in the court
of United States District Judge
Marion S. Boyd
The teacher:; ihror.th their
tatorr.eys. clam that the poli¬
cy. custom, >r :upe h ,v which
Negro teachers of the same
qualifications and experi¬
ence, performing essentially
the sam c duties as white teach
ers, are paid a lower salary is a
violation of the 14th Amend¬
ment to the Constitution, the
Tennessee ’ Constitution and
state and federal laws.
The teachers are asking that
this custom be forverer out-
lawed and that a special mas-
ter be appointed “to ascertain
and report on the amount of
back salary due to plaintiffs.
or which plaintiffs would ham
been paid were it not-
the unconstitutional dis-
crimination herein cmoplained
of.
Thirty five teachers signed
the complaint alleging
were victims of discrimination;
“solely because of their racej
complaint
Seventy years of age, foster-
lather of 13 children and for
25 years president of the Sa-
lem National Farm Loan Asso
ciation, an all Negro farmers’
organization—that is just .a
small part of the record of Joe
E. Frierson, Sumter county Ne-
gro.
Frierson is a real farmer, a
philosopher and a man totally
respected by both whites and
Negroes. , He is the kind ol
farmer who never comes to
town u*nic 35 he he has ^something pbiloso-
to sc I find has a
phy of life that the harder a
row is ti^ hoe the harder the
REV. HOBBS CHARGES
FRAUB IN ELECTION OF
A: U. t. DEL EGATES
Rev. C. P. Hotbs contested
the election of. delegates to the
# 5®^ a :i'raj > ferenee conference which in was the Geor hvld
on We^,'day, v7:c • ground December of crianccus 1, 1913,
practice and fraud.
He charges two presiding
ders and cne high pastor of
being guilty of rewriting the
ballots of the under men who
had prepared them, according
to their own conviction and
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tmianuati frihiite.
Tlu Old Georgia AM3 con¬
ference which met at St. Phil¬
ip church came to a close Sun¬
day afternoon with the
ng of the ministerial appoint-
ments. as made by Bishop W.
A. Fountain who presided over
live sessions during the week.
There'were tut few changes
made in the appointments to
the local pulpits. As* read
the appointments were as fol-
low’s;
Savannah district ReV. J. L.
Butler, presiding elder; St. Phil
ip Monumental, Savannah, Rev
W. C. Davis; St. James Station,
Savannah, Fiev. C. K. Knight;
St. Luke station, Savannah,
Rev. H. b. Broomfield;
Chapel, Savannah, Rev. A. Par
ker; Halcyondale station, Rev .
j. l. Sibert; Mobley Pond
cuit, Milhaven, Rev. B. B. Swin
son; Clyo circuit, Rev. H. E.
Scott; Effingham circuit, Rev.
B. W. Ward; Rincon circuit,
Rev. G. H. Stokes; Brier Creek
circuit, Sylvania, Rev. R. F.
Millen; Guyton circuit, Rev. B.
J- Sherrod; Pooler Circuit, Rev
P- Mitchell; Mt. Zion Jerusa-
1cm Mission. Rev. J. S. Jenkins;
St. Mary Mission, East Savan-
nah, Rev. S. Simmons; Seaside
Mission, Rev. c.
Brown Chapel Mission, Rev. A.
z - Brown, Evangelist, Revs. w.
j Jackson, West F. Savannah Lanier,
District-
Rev. W. O. f. Sherman, presid
ling elder; St. Philip, Savanna.:
Rev. W. H. Murph; Bethel sta
| tion, Savannah, Rev. F w Bag
| by; Gaines Chapel station,
vannah, Rev. J. p Lampkin w'.
j Rocky Ford circuit Rev.
jer, iMincey; Mt. Zion circuit,
! Rev. J. s. Edgefield'
Circuit, Rev. J. w. White; Syi-
I vania circuit. Rev. J. F. Duhart
l Millen cirtuit, Rev. L. W Lane-
Portal circuit. Rev. E. J.
j Graymount circuit, Rev. E. J.
, n cyson vm „. Statesboro circuit, „ Rev
L a t nr: u : ,J. J!f Sl0n ■
J P r; P e n f V1S M ril S10n
'"totion MisS f !?nv H H p,!Sr ’m : T hr ?
!Fountain R P Ju T ia A
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11101 1 RtV J , '. W
I M 1 W ..... " n 7? , , C 1 Mission,
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ij\.' p o ° enc j Thunder-
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boU Ml ssion. . Rev. D. H.
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ton; Hunter’s Mission, Rev. W.
S. Jackson; Ferkins Mission
;
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iConMnuetl (i uii on Pace ruftc .»• 3i
f O. P.—C. f. give $100
TO ALTO T.B. CLUB
I The Cperative Plasterers and
j I cement Finishers, local No. 15.
enjoyed a delightful smoker
and interesting program program on
Thanksgiving day. A large
number was present and was
favored with an inspiring ad¬
I dress “ jTJ by Edwin W. Burke, ex-
alted ler 0 f Weldon lodge of
E | ks ’
| A number of encouraging
talks was made by several rep-
1 ntativ.v; cf the building
rese
traces unions,
response to an appeal
made by Financial Secretary
j B Hardrick in the mectm-’
of nc vernier 27 for a contribu-
tion’ t-> the Volunteer Tubercu
doi^/wfs
maiItd ihat ^tuution.
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Dr. E. H. Pinkney, dean of
Savannah physicians, was bur j
Saturday morning from the
chapel of Steele Undertakers.
r C v. N. M. Clarke, pastor of
Beth Eden Baptist church,
and the Rev. Dickson,
gclist, conducting the services.
Dr. Pinkney died November
30 a t his home, 544 East Hall
He had been in poor
health ever since he collapsed
on the street while viewing the
parade of the last paper car-
nival, but continued to prac-
at his office up until
‘
cently.
Dr. Finkney was a man
unusual refinement. He was
person doing the hoeing must
work.
jj e is a diversified
Cotton and , tobacco , i are hls
main cash crops but he raises
a little bit of almost every-
thing else. He boasts that he
something to sell
day in the year.
Mr. Fierson takes great pride
in the 13 children he adopted .
seme of these were relatives
and o.fnrs no Kin at all. He
*—o o-ven tiioin education and
three of the girls are now
teaching school. one boy is
m th- army.
SALMON C AN N ERS
BOAST "PACKED BY
WHITE LABOR ”
New York-A New York
housewife «ho purchased a
can of “Snow Cap Brand Puget
Sound Sockeye Salmon’’ from
GristcJc 3rcv., chain grocers
h;-.e, was startled to find
j label containing the
“vacuum packed by white la-
bcr." She told the grocer
would purchase no more sal-
m on with that abel, tore it off
■ and mailed it to the NAACP.
Protest was registered by
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1943
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1 Bureau of Public Relations, U. 8. War Department
r VAPIFS is the scene of this huge gathering of American troops and the edifice is the Cathedra!
Bf b'ytd> o aint j uarius These warriors of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army have pushes
an th* Mri tom. (Photo by D. S. tom
1
Cornsl.
Army Plays Florida
Here Saturday
AT THE MUNICIPAL
STADIUM
Big Crowd Expected
At Game
SPONSORED BY THE j
COSMOPOLITES
The strong Fort Benning
Rockets football team will m-
vade cdy p ' ay tbc bl "
■ liant Florida Lions Saturday,
> Dec ’ ember at Grayson Mu '
nicipal stadium.
Both teams have good lines
and fast backfield men ’ The
Fort Benning team has stars
; representng most of the out-
standing Negro colleges in the
country> incIuding Wilberforce,
clark ’ Soutb Carolina, Moie-
• house - Morris Brown and Talla
dega '
These two t3ams are , being
brought to the Clty f0r th *. en '
tertainment of Savannahians
and surroundin B community.
by the Cosmopolites Civic and
Social club. The kick-off
(Will 1 be at 3:30 p. m.
1 The Rockets come to , Savan
nah fresh from a victory over
|the Tusk-egee Tigers in Colum-
bu s with a score of 19 to 12 .
Prior to thi s g an *e the Tuske-
team boasted of a record
- f fix straight wins over some
Q
1 0 j t j le na tion’s best teams.
Tho game with F loriJa wit
be the second between these
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'CoiiMnued on Page .1 ■
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Kelly ^ Racial ^ C ^ ommittee 0 . .
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Names Jones A Director
1
Sidney A. Jones. Jr., prc:...-
nent Scu.hside atttrno”. w*
chosen Wednesday as director
(of Mayor b .ward J. Keuys
Race P latic-ns co mmittce, it
'wa (
s learned by the Chicago Dc
fender.
i The choice is as yet unoffi-
jcial and must be approved by
Mayor Kelly on his return to
,
the city from Florida where he
is vacationing.
Jones was unanimously ap¬
proved for the $5,000 a year
post by the ten-mar* commi-
Two More Savannahians
Die In Italian
FREDERICK ALFRED , Jr.
and ROBT. BRYANT
Private Rsbt. L. Bryant
cently According received to information here irom the re- j
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War Department, two more faa- j
vannahians have died in the
Italian invasion by American j
forces. They were Private 1
Robert L- Bryant and Private
-rc-cierick Alfred, Jr.
Word cf Private Bryant’s
ieath was received during the
latter part of November. He
tee whose chairman is Edwin
’
B. Embree, , president . of .. the .. Ju
lius Rosenwald fund.
The new director is at pres-
ent an attorney for the U. S.
Department oi imbor, wage
and hour division. Previously
he practiced law in
state and county courts since
hls graduation s an honor
't from N rthwestern
] rT „ - - 1 . :i» was
th T ,: -oi Bor As
n IT”. T T p was
Hi., and
t AMar Tniversi-
-utstand-
Notice To
Soldiers Relatives !
If you wish llie picture ef
your Min, brother or other rel¬
ative in the U. S. Armed for¬
ces published in The TTibune,
send in his picture plus
($1.50) to cover the cost of
cut. Photographs larger than
tisxbla inches not accepted.
Savannah Tribune
7
ELKS 10 HOLD LODGE
o0 Idler beaten
By Whites
FOR REFUSING TAKE
OFF UNIFORM
Given 3 * Years In
Mississippi Prison
Washington, D C. The case
of Pvt. Rieves Bell, who was
beaten oy four white men in
i Starksviile,’ Mississippi, because
i he would not take off his um-
j form, and who was sentenced
; to 3 1-2 years in the state pen-.
I etentlary by a Mississippi
court, lias been placed before
! Secreatry of War Stimson by
the Washington Bureau of the
; NAACP.
| Pvt. Bell, who was attached
to a quartermaster battalion at
Fort Myles Blandish, Massa¬
chusetts, was on furlough and
was visiting his parents in i
Starksviile. 1
The record shows that on his
first evening in town he was
standing on the street corner'
chatting witli two colored
igirls when four white men ’
passed by. One of them push \
j ed Pvt. Bell, but Bell said noth
ing. A second push was given
him and he was asked, “Where
did you get that uniforii?"
Bell replied that Uncle Sam
had given him the uniform,
whereupon he was told, “Take
off that soldier suit." Natur¬
ally Bell refused and a scuffle
ensued in which one of the
white boys clkinis to have been
cut by the soldier.
, Bell was arrested and jailed, j j
i MiUtary b° lic e entered into the
case but did aot take Qel1 into
,
I ™ st ° dy - leaving him to the
tender mercies ol the Starks-
i j Vll 1 ' e vL auGl Bt ^ u itles ' “dmg I
' ' s ( ' (l ‘u» la ol- . '
was connected with a motor
outfit and was killed in a ve¬
hicular accident in Italy on
October 31. We was the son
of Mrs. Katie Bryant of G 66
Yamacraw Village and had
been in the army about eight
months. He was 22 years old.
Private Alfred's death was
reported last week, the mes¬
sage received here simply stat¬
ing that in**Italy. he was ’ 7le"wa7 __ killed _____ in _ ac ^
tion the son
of Fred Alfred, Sr.,
postman and stepson of Mrs.
Mabel Robinson Alfred,
pal of the Harris street school,
I who reside at 627 West aath
! street. He was 23 years old.
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SAVANNAH AREA MEN SERVING IN U. S. ARMED FORCES
n.. -
A; |
i Garrob Btith, who was
discharged from
army ^ ^ Sgt.
Stith was inducted last Octo-
, ber and was st , ationed at Camp
Maxie, Texas. He is expected
dur i n g the early part of
next wee k
Private Aliha L. Joshua who
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| Many friends are making
I pleasant for her while she is
home on furlough visiting her
®
mother, _ .. Mrs. Sarah Bacon of
3201 Steven street.
AT ^LL PEOPLE'S NEW
CENTURY ( futhw BAP. bap rut CHURCH mm
C kristopher Rivers The
! Principal Speaker
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Christopb . ^ r ™ vers
Weldon , Lodge of Elks and
Elite Temple, daughters of
Elks, will hold their annual
memorial services Sunday
afternoon 3:30 o'clock at All
Peoples New Century Baptist
church, Harmon and Joe Sts.,
Rev. E. N. Bunn, Ph. D., pas¬
tor.
The program which will be¬
gin at eight o’clock will have
as its principal speaker Chris¬
topher Rivers. The following
is the program; - »
Opening ceremonies, leg by
Exalted Ruler Edwin W. Burke;
introduction of master of cer¬
emonies, a. W. Cummings; re-
marks, B. B. Goins, master- of
ceremonies; solo, Mrs. A. B. Ed
mondson; recitation, Thana-
topsis, Earl Parks; duet, Mrs.
Birdie Burk e and Mrs. Earnes-
tine Taylor; eulogy, Ed.
Green; s election, choir, All
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Sgt. John W. Allen, Jr who
May 3, 1941, and
a German spy while
at 1 Camp Hood, Texas. He is
at Fort H uachuca, Ariz.
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Allen, Sr. of 1911
avenue,
wuiui x* iunrung, ine
and hi: .band it of Mrs Beauiah
1 teming 235 Last Boundary
. t who is with the „ tr U. S. „
in the South Pacific bat
area.
NUMBER 8
A-ic. uames vvuuams, son of
Mrs. Martha Polite of Thun-
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derbolt ’ Ga - wbo ^ statkmed
at Columbia, S. C„ and says he
is well plesed with army life
and is getting along fine.
pfc. John H. Wright, who u
•“ cam P Cialboine,
Louisiana, where he reports
that he is doing line and get¬
ting along nicely. He is the
sen of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wright of Thunderbolt, £ta.