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JfJM THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX SOL. C. JOHNSON........ Editor and Publisher J. H, BUTLER .................... Ass0 - Editor MI SS WILLA M. AYERS, Asst, to Pub. & Manager Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 ______ Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ....................$2.00 Six M onths .......................25 __ Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. Entered at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga. as Second Class Matter. ^ ANTI-POLL TAX ADVOCATE Thos. F. Gore, warden of the state pen- itentiary of Tennessee is a democratic, can didate for the governorship ol that state. He has a liberal political mind which shows, should he be elected there will be a new dav in Tennessee. He wants a civil service , and higher law enacted for the entire state pay for public school teachers. His most touching declaration is that he is in fa\oi of the repealing of the anti-poll tax law- He is in line with those who are truly American and against restricting those who are of legal age from casting a vote. Ten nessee is too much of a forward looking state to be tied to the other eight ern poll tax states. Those states are in a backward class by themselves. __ OLDEST KNOWN HOSPITAL * Our people should be ever mindful and lullv appreciative of the kindness and These manitarianism of our white friends. friends of more than a century ago and their successes are responsible for the es- tablishing and maintenance of the Georgia Infirmary Nor should that friend who gave the large tract of * , land, , , bordering X • Bull 11 street east, along Thirty-Seventh and east of East Broad street, within which the Georgia Infirmary was erected. Acres and acres of this land have been disposed of, which today would have been of untold value. The infirmary, under the manage- ment of the present board, has been made a modern one with equipment in keeping With the times. The longevity and body benefit of tour people, have benn greatly enhanced by these never-to-be-forgotten friends. . SAVANNAHIANS NOT GUILTY . We have often and do now repeat the as¬ sertion that no Savannahian is, guilty of the reported assaults and robbery, especially in connection with white women. Should this be true we would hang our heads in shame. In fact we do so anyhow, because some member of our race, matters not from where, are accused of this crime, that is so reflective on all of us. Those who are in- dined to commit crime should know that 1 hev will suffer the consequence and espe- dally their action reflect discreditably up- on the race. Pride and respect for law and order should always act as a preventative. __ __ LOYAL SET OF CHURCH WORKERS Consumed with the spirit of the pioneers of-the African Methodist Episcopal Church the members of St. Philip A. M. F Church. this city conceived the idea of expanding and purchased (he well built frame struc- turc on West Broad and Charles streets, The debt of this venture was soon met d'he enterprising congregation soon out- gi-ew the edifice. Under the leadership of the beloved and far-visioned & Rev R {] Sin^ton. of the present plans stately made edifice the The emtta met popular mnvo accord among the members and fiends of the church. The friends jteaally . rallied to the es- ton who dearly support of them’ Dr Single- thirty-five was beloved by About glad years ago the members n It songs entered the place of worship- required thousands of dollars to ---------- PASTO-R ADAMS' 25TH ANNIVERSARY J Mt. lion Baptist church, West Broad street, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary ol its pastor, Rev. John Q,| adams, last week. On r* - » ,V ■ the'spon-) Monday night sors were the Sunday school. BTU and the Progressive club. Mrs. Mary L. Buscl; acted as) mistress of ceremonies The pastor, officers and mem-! church hers of Jerusalem the Baptist | were guests and| were the hoonred guests' ed the sermon. | On Tuesday evening Senior^ th J sponsors were the Ush- n No. 160 r.rr Brother Marcus Bai-. ley acted as master of ceremo¬ nies and the Rev. A. J. Fluel-| len of First Friendship Bap- i list church delivered the ser- j j mon. On Wednesday night the Se- nior Choir, Junior choir and (Chorus sponsored the program j Mrs. Julia Austin acted as mis- tress of ceremonies. The pas! tor, officers and members of Ml. Hernion Baptist church! church vprr tli" honored and the Rev. J. H. Jones, preached the sermon. 1 i File program on Thursday’ plish thi.s gi-eat task. Vast sums had to be borrowed in order to do so. The members valiantly faced the obligation and made re¬ ductions from time to time. At the same time the current accounts were met. Suc¬ ceeding ministers did their very best, but it was left to the present youthful son of God to conceive the idea and planned for the burning of the main mortgage on the church. Last year a large sum was raised, but with a final heruulean effort. members “went to work in the greatest ral¬ ly ever undertaken by any church in the city. Last Sunday was the eventful time. With tenseness of purpose and a devine de- termination, the members and friends awaited the final effort last Sunday night- “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!’’ was the shout when it was found that the goal of ten thousand dollars was passed, but not only that more than thirteen thousand dollars | was the resu]t In the exuberance of an- _______ ______________ j predation j^ until the the members fifteen and thousand friends should dollar nw £ s j s reached. Now steps should be u a k en brighten up the edifice. The or- ,g an should be rebuilt, the ceiling and walls j^one over with, a cheerful hue and all ne- t . esS ary repairs made. This can be accorn- jpJishetl under the leadership of the Kev. Ji. Murph- He is the hero of the occasion. ^ £p e same time the officers and hard vvor king members should not be forgotten, especially those faithful ladies who were never tired working for their church, 7 ~ i 1 1 ‘ ^ Ruth w ! J lay m [ lor .UNI Ml> < Last Monday when 1 was going through ( .the great mass of papers that come to my- desk the first of each Week, 1 found, in Whiteside County News, a mast head slogan which impressed me greatly. It was j s o apt that I cut it out and stuck it upon my jdesk. I thought about it so often during the week that I’m passing it onto you. stating the purpose of Hus excellent paper, 1 it t read rl "To Wake-Up lit n 1 , TT rather nil 4 n,. 4 than - L. ., v-. Make-Up Till nl, rv I T A your mind!’’ If that isn’t the function of both a news¬ paper and a writer, then I don’t know what is! Not to tell you what to think, but to .stir up your thoughts! j One of the disadvantages of being a free | l )e °pb‘ > s that we have to think things out * or ourselves. Our thoughts do not come to us in cardboard containers .ready to he defrosted when we want to use them. Of course, thinking is hard work and we must be most cautious in the proper evaluation of what we hear and read- If this is too much work, we could get around it by shutting out the world and be¬ lieving what the loudest speaker tells us. It is sure to he dark if you shut your eyes —and quiet if you plug up your errs. You i notice how the people who now say, “Why - - - - - d,tJn , ,, ,, ne government . toll . „ of the danger us ?l°. vvere , ln ’ f r e ,he ver .v one who shut eyes the [ r e * rs to the forces raging . about , them, We Iu ‘ e< °. vva ke up our minds with set- 4 - We mg u ? exercises. need to look around US ‘ st *<L w| iat *s . real| y so —not what is < (old i , "" us. We need to look for +u the ...... purpose ■ back of hold, definite statements and we .’need to show courage enough to say_ P r °° f \ , ! (, oebbel. , Put the 1 s across most sue- c Vi pro P^gamla campaign in history 1 *bat on ' 6 ieor - v it you shut off all but one ° f !i e ws ? nd the n re P ea ted a lie often l ou » fl a * ld JoU( , l enough , it would be believ- ‘ U ! f ?f tunat< fy, for the } y orld, his eval- r ,on ' vorld s mentality correct, , was ,! !av(> s “ co ® eded in bis, the great- • all tons *' J '' a< -'y of time, had there not i’T!' th if lree countries a Jl- ee people ithil > ti heZf C 1 ** , ‘ ,w Pr00 t “” d to L,i,! er ® f Tv • ! de Ame ^b-governed—a , 1 l Ica believe thinking in the free- cit- enrv ^ re n! S n<) Jie€( * or fbe Gestapo I in \n n • Ca ’tw^ e as enli b r htened citizens 0, ° ? ur th "l k,ng - ’ orbing our prejudices *wJ,° our ton «-ues, because we believe in ,± v and , in the responsibility of free h niKht was sponsored by the Deaconess Board with Mrs, Ophelia Gardner as mistress of ceremonies. The pastor, of- Leers and members of Beth 1 Fden Baptist church wore our ® uest s and Dr. n. M. Clarke,! lhe pastor, delivered the mes- sage. ° n Friday night the Deacon! Board sponsored the program! and Deacon Simon Bussey act-' ed as m aster of ceremonies.' T b2rs he pastor, of the officers First Bryan and mem- Bap-' j Ust church were our honored guests - Dr, N. E. Holsey, pas- * ;or ’ delivered the anniversary! Dinkins,I sermon and Dr. R, J. pa ; tor Tremont Temple, of- an ” v f r “ ry > ,rayt ' r n, tn , / d 0 ! seph j. welcome Greetings were brought on 1 various nights by the following : Persons: Grand Chief Greene of the Good Samaritans. Mr 1 Sidu °y A- Jones, Principal M. G Haynes of Beaeh-Cuyler bigh school, Mrs. E. E.Quarter- 111311 and Col. j. G. Lemon, MUiSlcal «eta*lons were rm-| dered by the following: Mrs. A M. Joyce and Mr, )■’. p. Dm 0 gal. Mrs. Lula Ferguson. Dca. M. ,, S. c Benmngs. o The Roval _ Quartet, Mrs. Lu Ethel Tim¬ mons, Sidney A. Jones Funeral Choir, Mrs. Bessie Mae Sellers, Cuyler Junior high school, Beach Senior high school, Miss Eleanor Williams, Mrs. A. J. An drews, the visiting church choirs and the choir of Mt. Zi¬ on church. The presentations were as follows: Sunday school, BTU and Progressive club, $ 40 06 ; . Usher Board and Boy Scout Troup, $54.00; Senior Choir, Junior Choir and Chorus, 00 ; Deaconess Board, *75.oo: Intermediate class of the day school, sio.00; Deacon Board, $113.00. The total sum was invested in a .$500.00 war bond and pre¬ sented to the pastor as an an¬ niversary gift. Rev. Adams was called to the pastorate of this well known West Broad street congregation 0 n March 3, 1919, and has served success¬ fully lor twenty five years. In his early years a $4,000 mort¬ gage was burned. Since then the church has been much improved and a- $1,400 Ham mond organ installed. At present the church is debt free and has on hand a good bal¬ ance in the bank. tpd.) Tin MVAJfWAH T*»n» , *z#*~*r V.yL . V * W z ■ ‘ ' ■-- v (h 4AI10* FORTY YEAtti XfrO, j&j, M «v£*nt fiaWT YEAR 016 BILL LCW f09H* AN AIR HMD WAk*tM<, JO* TOO c v<l jrp TAMt FOR A MAH of y-F\ HK YEARS,*© HI J0INI0 THE MERCHANT MARINE! , A f < "THEY MY4ELF WANTED MEN, MAN, A] I CALL A l SO HERE l AM/HE 4MP. wwyyi&ca do Lew IRe LEW FAMILY. WELL A NOTED TON,AND KNOWN IN WASHINGTON, BOSTON .CHARLES¬ iHH MUtICIAH WM4ELF. boasts at least one of its GRANDFATHER,WITH GREAT,GREAT MEMBERS IN EVERY WAR. BUS A BAND COMPOSED OF COUNTRY HAS EVER FOUGHT- HK OWN CHILDREN, BOTH OF RtS GREAT, GREAT, PLAYED AT GEORGE GRANDFATHERS WERE AT WASHINGTON IUAUGURATIONV BUNKER HILL Vfr CALLED TO FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH The Rev. J. H. „ t “ anj 0 Waynesboro, who has been called to the pastorate ui Friendship Baptist church, Gil W'cst Duffy street. Seraices Sunday at Friend- „ki ginning 3 were laieelv attended b°- with Sunday school the usual hour, Supt. D. Speed in charge. The ing service was inspiring and at communion the Rev. King #J /\1 limnn/J 4 - Ia r\ Jm of rtrt /l will b- 1 . held April 10-21, inciu sive, with Pastor Evans charge. SPECIAL TO SERVICEMEN Rev. L. L. Scott, pastor of Second Baptist church, dent and Houston streets, preach a special sermon ! Released by U. S. War department. Boreau of Public Relation* BERLIN-BOUND “BLOCK BUSTERS”—In the midst of a driv¬ ing snow storm a crane crew of the Eighth Air Force “somewhere in England” headed by Sergeant Antonio Johnson, of San Antonio, Texas (left) maneuvers a 2,000-pound “block buster” into the last truck of a large convoy being loaded. Others pictured at work are Corporal Clarence Baxter, of Chicago, Illinois; Corporal Horace Hines, of Birmingham, Alabama; Private Rome McGee, of Collins, Georgia; Private Arthur Franklin, of Detroit, Michigan; Corporal Marvin Thomas, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Private Jesse Eagle, of New Rochelle, New .York. .(Photo by U. S. Army Air Forces.). - - i. . ■ " ■ Tiswnr SAVANNAH DISTRICT PARENT—TEACHERS MEET The spring conference of Savannah District of Colored Parent-Teachers will he held! ! this Saturday, April 1, at the; { j West Broad St. USO, begin- j ning at 11 a. m Representa- tives from all associations in, the district are urged to at¬ tend. The following counties compose the district, Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty and Long, will! "Juvenile Delinquency be the subjest, presented by Mrs. Mamie George Williams who will be the main speaker Mrs, Josephine A. Brinson i? president of the district, but! having been indisposed for | <l uit e seme time, meeting will i be presided over by Mrs. L. B 1 Johnson. Any one interested j n we jfar e of children is > in uigea .o„ri t to n anenu. attend I NURSES' AIDES TO HELP ^ RED C ROSS DKI\ E The colal ed Nurses ’ Coi P s of th h e American Red Cross met on Thursday even- March 16 “ at'the NCOS USO, west 36th street, which has been decided upon as a re g U lar meeting place" for this i ' gr0U O A p j the various theatres in full form, beginning Thursday of this week. Plans were also made for a) unic l ue entertainment for serv l ice men at the USO club’s j nexx on April 15. | j The Nurses’ Aides have ! a very creditable showing in j the quality of their work and ; have volunteered many hours to show to the Red Cross and community their appreciation I for their training, j It is nbw pissible for the aids I to work for salaries, which is being done by several of our group. The aides have served in the Marine Hospital, Central of Georgia hospital. Georgia in firmary, the City Health Clin- ic, Charity Hospital, the Baby ' Stations and Mothers Confer- ences. WWWHWWWWWVkVV . Files of The Savannah Tribune FIFTY YEARS AGO ■ MARCH 31, 1894 Dr. Robert Tyler purchased Parlor Drug Store. Officers of the Workingmen Loan and Building Association elected Wednesday night. Citizens residing in the city limits protesting against pay¬ ing toll to the Vernon Shell Road Company. Prof. L. B. Morse taking mu- \ sic lessons in Boston, Mass. ^ First Congregational anmver-! church I to celebrate its 19th sary in April. i — T The , ram . , last Sunday , diaap- pointed many of the young people. It ws Easter. Senator A. H Colquitt, rx- governor of Georgia, died in Washington last Sunday. ^^SSi%S%X\%S%%XXXSS%X3(SS3HX day morning from the “Remember Pearl Harbor.’’ A special invitation is extend- ed to soldiers, war workers and persons with relatives in the armed services. S0LD1ERS OVERSEAS SEND NAACF $866 New York—From somewhere in Italy the NAACP received this week s30b contributed by men in ra enginee regiment. 1st. Sgt.. McCdnico Thomas, in his letter of transmittal says, “We, the members of this com- pany, are highly interested in the principles of such a worthy organization as the NAACP and are impressed by the fine work that has been done.’’ A few days later a contribu- ; tion of $245 came to the NAA- CP — from - an engineer g ou tp pacific with a ter saylng . - The members of this company request that accept the sum of $246 to F 011 in y° ur magnificent in order that our dreams of new day will become a reali- Ly.” Almost in the same mail a contribution of s321 from ...... accompanying the contribu- t}olv was written k„ Oren Riley. These contributions raised Lhe total received by the CP from persons in the armed services to more than $6,500 in the past fifteen months. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1«<« MASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES We always have critics in our rank* . Their criticisms should be well intended and constructive. ^ ^ All should join in putting our organization on the high- est plane. Fault finders are the worst enemy within any rank. No lodg > has a more set of members that Pythagor- as. Leadership is the cause of it . . „ A few afternoons ago a joint meeting of sisters from the lo¬ cal Eastern Star Chapters was called. Before the hour of meeting 98 per cent of them were present. About three stragglers came in after. This reflects upon them. The oth¬ ers are to be proud of. Did those sisters look good? We proud of them and the Chap¬ ters they represent. The fine local Eastern Star chapters extended an invita- tion to the Grand Mrs. P. B. Eichilberger, in It will be an event. CONFIDENTIALLY All there months overseas . spend > Sleeping on the ground in little pup tent. At night when it’s clear, A told, That it’s safer to sleep in a hole. Wh en th ’ e Germans they . . _ . J . re all . high strung, But ^ when they leave damned near hung. And old Hiro Hito, son of rising sun, Even our vers ion of him with . ton. When Jerry flies back dead than alive, They know that Uncle Sam has started his jive, They tell their people that _____ they hold the high card, But they forget to that it's in the grave yard °“ j „ . . , 5 , burst a roar of rage, ^'Trum^hi 3 ca^T' Ung ^ He told his people Americans were beaten, M „ . WaS , ymg . cause ian\ ™ iadn t eaten. So keep on working and watch Uie dividends pay, CaUl>e lhe encl 01 our march is just down the way. Cpl. Donald J. McGaugh 4134th QM Service Co APO 782 ’ us Ar my ’ ’ i -----— BABY CONTEST A SUCCESS AT BETH EDEN As a fitting culmination to the winter financial ojf Beth Eden Baptist J ,e V- N M ' Clarke, pastor, baby . contest , w&s held in eight babies competed. contest closed with a concert under the general di- rection of Miss Florida son. The program was fed in a very entertaining and pers pmusing were manner. follows: The win- a s A1 (first prize, *5 in War Stamps; j3nna Louise Alston, second, pn War Stamps; Mary L. Gill- ian, third, $2 in War Stamps dditional awards of $1 j n War 'stamps were presented to the other contestants who were Joseph Golden, Robert E. Hun¬ ter, Rosalyn Belser, Juanita Jones and Earl Hodge. The awards were made at a beauti¬ ful tea whir«h tendered , the sponsors and parents Barents nf of the babies on Tuesday mg in the lecture room of church. The Sisterhood and Deacon- esses are very grateful to ail A stirring revival began on Sunday ^ m orning following a wce * i ru^age prayer bigs and campaigning for the unsaved. The general is mviied to come out to the nightly services which will ex- tend through Good Friday, win be held on Eas- ter Sunday morning. A hear- ty . welcome . , awaits you. Grand Senior Warden Geo. \y, smith, 32d, was in the city a few days ag0 No one i3 more popular than this beloved brother and leader in the Eas- tern star work. » * ^ There will be a meeting ot candidates and Mystic for Shrine the Sunday Consistory ai- ( ternoon at 5 o'clock. All ot them and prospective ones are asked to meet on time. • * ■* The divan of Omar Temple and the executive officers of Ezra Consistory will meet Sun¬ day at 4 o’clock. Such a call should not be thought of light¬ ly- In June the Grand Lodge meets. Only a short time for the lodges to make a record show in membership. This means much to the brothers in Savannah and Atlanta, es¬ pecially. * * • The frequent orders for ap- plication blanks for the Eas- Star, show that some one is doing good work. . KED CKOSS FUND j AMOUNTS Continued TO irom $1,717.20 One page workers at a supper Monday night at the SSSS center at winch plans were made to end ihe drive with favorable re¬ j sults. The drive is being made un-„ the supervision . of Presi-'-s uent B. F. Hubert of the Geor- gia state college as director. Reports as received at ivion day night’s meeting were as follows: Labor unions carpenters, H. B. Hannah, captain, slOO; cement finishers and plaster¬ ers, M. B. Gamble, captain, 1 $130.25. Professional workers, Dr. S. M. McDew, Jr., Misses GertrutJe j Larke aad Rosalie Williams; co " captains ’ ’* 65: Geor 8 ia State 1 i colle S e students, Miss C. Ad- | ams, captain, sl77; faculty and 1 workers, Mrs. J. A. Lockett, ea„ j tain, $30.11; total $241.61. school, Mrs. M. B. Payne, cap- | tain, S 30 . 0 , total, $341.61. Business, big gifts, Mi’s. Geq. IS. Williams, captain, $241.60;, i small gifts, Miss Frankie j I den, Srteet captain, contacts, s69; Misses total, C. J captains, Campbell S265.67. and Dorothy Ury, co- | Churches, Mrs. M. L. Ayers, Home demonstration and 4 ? T**’ Adams MfS c °-captains, ' S ' A f Jones $36. and B ' > Zone 48 gr0U P> Frank Grant captain, $8. j Public schools, Miss E. Quin- ne y> capatin, S'200.00,. i __ PROTEST JIM CROW BUS 4 ’ 1 * BILLBURN SCHOOL - (Continued from page One) ----—-— -- ■ . ........- does not take white pupils When the pupils leave school separate by race and the w hite pupils go into one bus and th e Negro pupils in anoth !er - When one bus only is in j operation, must wait the Negro pupils unUi the white pu- | are taken home before they will be taken home by the ! bus. ‘ The petitioners show that this policy or usage is a viola¬ tion of the constitution and laws of the state of New YorK. 'Wherefore, petitioners urge the school board; 'T. To abolish the policy and usage of segregating the white and Negro pupils by race in the bus service to and from school school; if if t-hi* this relief is not granted, 2 ' To srant your petition- 613 a public hearing at the next meeting of the board.” BOY SCOUT CAMP TO BE ^ aJ L 20 x 80 ft., with a concrete n ° or - Camp sites have been c ^ eaied away by various troops i and U has been used c°mstant- ly for summer cam ov^ht P s - W week end camps and hikes. During the past year nine hundred and sixty persons * iavc * iad !4ic usc ol this camp. al ° UB With ScoUtS and Scouters are invited to the dedicatory exercises.