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The first Sunday was regu¬
lar pastoral day at Thankfr
ivcw Jersey Baptist church,
jjev. M. Yopp is pastor.
The drama, “The Way of the
CtI>ss,” will be presented at the
FTS church April 21. Mrs. Nora
L. Tillman is director.
Sam Williams and his son,
Clarence Wili ams, DeWitt Mc¬
Leod motored to New York
city recently.
Sam Williams has returned
home after spending a few
days there. The others
I’emain during the summer.
Mrs. Inez Thompson is
and out again after her
illness.
Sunday.was quarterly con¬
ference day at St. James AME
church, Presiding Elder Robn-
son delivering the message.
Rev. S. M. Cooper is pastor.
Mrs. Mary Williams and
husband of Alma spent Mon¬
day with her sister, Mrs. Re¬
becca Burns.
The .faculty and students of
Baxley high school sponsored
a musical tea at the First A.
B church Sunday afternoon.
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SPRINGFIELD
By Mrs. E. H. Perry
The Sunday school, the
ior Choir, and BTU of St.
Baptist church are
an elaborate program for
ter Sunday night. The
choir sang at all services
day. Preparations are
jnade for the new edifice
•.will be ready in the near
ture. Rev. Murray preached
day and administered
communion. The Senior
will give an outing to Ace
Inn on Frida’y night, April
Cars leave West Broad
Gwinnett. Deacon Ervin
president.
The Springfield chorus
brated its first anniversary
Tuesday evening, April 16,
the home of Mrs. D.
103 Maple street. The
scheme was p'nk and green.
delightful program was
dered. Those ws 0 carried
the year were Mrs.
Walker, Mrs. Lena
Mrs. Evalina Powell, Mrs.
The Sallie Martin
Singers. Every night for
next two weeks at the
Services of the First
Baptist Church.
Dr. Benjamin H.
who has thrilled Savannah ev¬
ery April for the past six
will be the EvangeEst at
First African Baptist
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Four Precious Gifts To Have and Hold
1. Consciousness 2. Perception 3. Sympathy 4. Understanding Heart
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Stilmore
By Rev. F. L. George
On Sunday services were held
at the Wesley Chapel A. M. E.
chinch, Elder' preaching by Presid¬
ing C. H. Harris of Vi-
dal a. Rev. D. C. Grant is pas¬
tor.
The Golden Light Jubilee
Singers sang April 14 at the
Stillmore Junior high school.
Mrs. Lula Moore of Cobbcown
spent the afternoon with M ss
George.
BACONTON
By Mrs. Elouise Stevens
Sunday was pastoral day at
New Zion Baptist church.
Miss Estella Bacon and Mrs.
E. Stevens made a business
trip to Savannah.
There will be an Easter pro¬
gram rendered by the Bacon-
ton boys and girls Sunday at
New Zion Baptist church, af¬
ter which an Easter egg hunt
at New Zion play house, Ba-
conton, all sponsored by Mrs.
Stevens, Miss Bacon and Mrs.
Hart.
Miss E. Bacon, Mrs. Hart, J.
C. Jones, Frank Spencer and
R. Roberts were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Stevens.
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via Williams, Mrs. Jessie Lee
Holmes, Mrs. C. Beck Brown,
Mrs. Annie M. Coakley, Mrs. D.
Dantzler, Mrs. Willie M. Pierce,
Mrs. Beatrice Blake and Mrs.
E. M. Perry, director. A de¬
lightful menu was served and
gifts were presented.
Everyone is invited to come
j to the Easter program at Han
j nah Chapel plans on Easter Sunday.
Great are on for the new
edifice. Rev. Nelson is do'r^;
a big job. Mrs. Lucile Law is
chairlady of the building com¬
mittee.
The PTA of Springfield Ter¬
race school, Mrs. E. Walker,
president, sponsored a chicken
dinner for the school on Mon¬
day.
Mrs. Rosa Howard has been
indisposed for the past w r eek.
H. C. Huger, after a serious
attack. Is up and doing fine
The many friends of Friend-
! ship Sunday school will be glad
j to know that it is progressing
nicely. The Junior cho'r has
put on new life. Rev. Ponder.
pastor, is proud of the service
that is being rendered.
(the Mother Church), during
the Revival which opens this
coming Sunday morning.
Are you going? Surely, you’ve
Heard! , Why, to the Mammoth
Easter Sunrise Prayer Service
at the Municipal Auditorium,
c(f course. See the “Resurrec-
t’on Scene” from the Negro
| Passion Play.
Quicken my CONSCIOUSNESS, Lord,
That I may know
The truth of thy vast universe.
Above, below.
Grant me PERCEPTION, Lord,
That I may see,
In all of life’s vicissitudes,
The lessons meant for me.
Give me SYMPATHY, Lord,
That I may try
A friend to be to those
Vess fortunate than I.
Added to these, one other gift
I pray do thou Impart:
Greater than all; Dear Lord, I crave
An UNDERSTANDING HEART.
ATTENDANTS AT CONGftEGA-
iTIONAL - CHRISTIAN
cmR< nEs convention
Continued from page 1
white friends of the American
Missionary Association who
have given their lives unsel¬
fishly to the cause of educa¬
tion for Negroes. Music was
rendered by the choir of the
First Congregational church.
Besides the business session
on Thursday, discussion groups
were held including the follow¬
ing topics and leaders: The
Superintendents’ hour, Rev. J.
Stanley Taylor; American Mls-
j sionary Association in Educa- ■
tion. Rev. A. C. Curtright;
American Missionary Associa¬
tion and Race Relations, Rev.
J. Taylor Stanley: American
Missionary Association and
| Our Churches, Rev. C. S. Led¬
better, Charleston, S. C. The
morning devotions were led by
Rev. Lewis H. Mounts, pastor,
First Congregational church,
Macon, and the afternoon de¬
votions were conducted by Rev.
J. L. Jackson, pastor of Rush
Memorial Congregational
church, Atlanta.
Thursday evening, the annu¬
al convocation of the Women’s
Missionary Societies was held
with the state president, Mrs.
A. H. Simmons of Savannah,
presiding. A dedication serv¬
ice of the Women’s Special
Gift (pennies saved during the
vear amounting . to $31) was
held, followed by remarks from
Supt. Stanley. Later the new¬
ly elected officers of the con-
vention were installed and the
celebration of the holy com¬
munion followed.
The convention closed with a
mass meeting sponsored by the
Young People’s Department.
The program included repre¬
sentatives from various denom-
inat'ons in the city, as well as
visiting Congregational chucrh-
es. The meeting was high¬
lighted by an address from Miss
Olivia A. Turrentine, extension
[ worker. Southeast district,
f^ensboro, dlelight service. followed by a can-
Officers elected for the en¬
suing year were: Moderator,
Rev. A. C. Curtright, Savannah;
Vice Moderator, Harold II.
Thomas, Atlanta; Scribe, Mrs.
Myrtle Mickens, Atlanta; Reg¬
istrar, Mrs. Birdie Gaither, At¬
lanta; Treasurer, Rev. L. H.
Mounts; Supt., Rev. J. T. Stan¬
ley, Greensboro, N. C.; Presi¬
dent of Women’s Missionary
Societ'es, Mrs. A. H. Simmons,
Savannah; Vice President, Mrs.
Owens, Atlanta; Secretary, Mrs.
D. J. Frost, Charleston, S. C.;
Treasurer. Mrs. M. C. Flipper.
Thomasville; President of
Young People’s Department,
M'ss Earline Simmons, Savan¬
nah; Vice President, Harold
Green, Charleston, S. C.; Sec¬
retary-Treasurer, Mrs. Miriam
O Sanders, Savannah.
The forty-odd delegates were
taken for a motorcade to points
of interest in the city on Fri-
: c, ‘ l afternoon. Free dinner
was served the delegates daily
mem bers of I the host
I ( ' 1 11 TVest Broad St.
YMCA.
vi CAMARA DE¬
CRIES DISFRANCHISEMENT
THE NEGRO
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this obligation and
become interested in its ful-
fillment only as a means to
defeat others as they seek to
exercise this^ right.
“Let us not forget as St.
Paul renv'nds us n his epistle
to the Romans that to resist
authority is to re-
the ordinance of God and i
purchase for one’s self eter-
nal damnation. Let us not
that a people frustrated
the exerc se of well-estab-
lished rights is a people sorely
and unjustly tried.”
GOING TO AUGUSTA
VOTE REGISTRATION
Continued from page 1
the petition to force the tax
collector to have his books
open for public inspection was
set for April 18, in the United
States District Court in Savan¬
nah. Both cases were post¬
poned by Judge Frank M. Scar¬
lett and set for hearing in Au-
gusta on May 2.
Attorney Aaron Kravitch is
handling the case for the peti¬
tioners.
Among those who will go to
Augusta for the case are Dr.
J. W. Jamerson, Jr., John W.
McGlockton, J. Q. Jefferson,
Dr. H. M. Collier, Jr., Rev. A. C.
Curtright, Florine Foreman,
Johnnie Roberts, C. R Alex¬
ander, Lorenzo Elleby, Robert
Mungln, Thomas Davis, Freddie
Hill, Crawford Smith, Louise
Green, J. G. Lemon.
Nancy Heidt, Cyrus Cohen,
Jesse Hopkins, Sr., J. e. Arnold,
S. L. Williams, Mrs. A. W.
Brown, Cornelia Graham, Wil¬
liam F. Julian, Jr., James Win-
tery, Eddie Green, James F.
White, Bertha Sheppard, Rob¬
ert Coleman Clever Sheffield,
Richard Perry, Sylvester J.
Bryan, Julia P. Johnson, Wil¬
liam Hutson, Willie Robinson
and Lizzie Fields.
Cleophas Screven, Maude Al¬
len, Pearl Oliver, Samuel A.
Roberts, Charlie Moore. Janie
Green, Mrs. Elizabeth Tatum,
J. W. Habersham, Alberta Mc¬
Lendon, John Peterson, Rebec¬
ca Polite, Joe Jackson, Frank
Maynor, Ralph Jenkins, Harris
J. Cobb and James H. Rivers.
In addition to the above, any
person who has been forced
by the tax collector’s offee to
pay his personal property taxes
before he was allowed to reg¬
ister to vote, is asked to make
the tr p to August a so as to
present his case in testimony
before the court. Free auto¬
mobile transportation will be
provided them to and from
Augusta. The group will leave
here for Augusta 7 o’clock the
morning of May 2.
Ail the above witnesses will
confer with Attorney Kravitch
Thursday night, April 25, at
his office in the Commercial
building.
In the meantime, Negro reg¬
istration at the court house is
going on at a surprisingly rap¬
id rate. For the past three days
a continuous line of applicants
extending at times from the
regiistration window through
the hallway back to Drayton
street, has atracted much at¬
tention. it is estimated that
the daily average for the past
four days exceeds 200.
This unusual spurt in regis¬
tration is attributed partially
to a spirited address made
night at a mass meeting
St. Phillip Monumental
church by Grand Master
Wesley Dobbs of Atlan¬
who stressed in a most
and impressive 45-
appeal the necessity
every Negro of voting age
Chatham county becoming
to use his right of
Mr. Dobbs’ address was often
by voe ferous ap-
as he admonished h’.s
to let nothing stand
the way of them becoming
voters.
At the close of Mr. Dobbs'
Commander Frank W.
made a short talk en¬
whole-hearted reg
First African Baptist Church
you to Fellowship and
during their Big
starting Easter Sunday
and going thru Fri¬
May 5th.
istraiion. John V/. McGlock-
ton, chairman of the political
actions committee of the Hub.
the organisation under whose
auspices the meeting was held,
presided.
ATLANTA LIFE HONORS
veteran SALESMEN
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Continued From Pago One
uous 1 serv.ee in its employ,
th Company President
Herndon represented by Senior
Assistant Agency I).rector Cy-
rus Campfieid, and the entire
Savannah agency force, head¬
ed by District Manager H. C
Thomas and Assistant Distr.ct
Manager Hudson Banks/ the
celebration got off to a pleas¬
ing start with a sumptuous
dinner, complete with all the
tr’mmings. During the course
of the dinner, impromptu talks
were made by Miss Celeste G.
Hatcher, Mrs. Edward B. Law,
Mr Banks and E. W. Bellinger.
Introduced by Agents H. I.
Moseley and Eari Parks, Hon- ,
orees Chisholm and Thornton
spoke convincingly and com-}
pellingly to younger members i
of the local agency force, trac¬
ing the progress of the Savan
nab district from the time of
their initiial connection to the
present, and advising the
young men of many obstacles
to be avoided in the exacting
field of life insurance sales¬
manship.
Representing District Manag¬
er Thomas, Agent Edward B.
Law presented checks Mrs" for $5 00
each to Agents C C. Cul-
ver and Rev. J. II. Edwards,
awarded for showing the larg¬
est increase of any agent on
the local district for the first
quarter.
Mr. Campfieid, appearing at
this time as representative of
the president of the company,
was the feature speaker of the
evening. He declared that
from iis humble beginning with
admitted assets of $140.00
Atlanta Life now has assets of
*12,000 000, and has more in¬
surance in force than any
gro insurance company J in the
world.
Mr. Campfieid revealed that
A. L. C. plans tfie
of *4,500 on celebrations
ilar to the one held here Sat-
urday night, honoring the men
and women who have made the
rap'd growth of the company
possible., throughout the nine
states in which it pres-
ently operates. The Savannah
celebration was the first In
this series.
A „ ' L r '.. C „ Sy ‘! 4 tem 0t
awarding citations .. and gold , J or
silver pms to employes
as ™ aS te " year f servIce
was also revealed. , S.lver pins
are given for ten years’ serv-
ice anci an additional pin for
each additional five years of
service. When a total of 25
years have been completed, a
gold pin is awarded', additional
gold pins being given for each
additional five years’ service.
In addition to Messrs Chisholm
and Thornton, who were given
citations and gold p'ns,
mat c of over 35 years of serv-
ice, the following were
citations and silver pins, years
of service as Indicated: Earl
Parks, 19 years; Miss R B.
' >bb, 14 years; H. C. Thomas,
10 years. These awards were
made by Mr. Campfieid, who
took this occasion to have his
own 25-year gold pin put on.
Also made public for the first
time was the Atlanta Life
ployes’ welfare plan. It was
stated that every employe of
the company who began
ployment at or under 50 years j
of age. is eligible for a pension
at the age of 65 Besides, any
employe disabled before reach-
llear Dr. Benjamin II. Whit-
rig of Washington, D. C., great
gospel preacher, at the Revival
Services, which will be held at
the First African Baptist
(the Mother Church)
this coming Mon-
d a X night,
DRY CLEANING
OVERCOATS — HATS
SUITS — DRESSES
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LAMAS BROS.
Cot. Drayton and
Broughton Sts. j
PHONE 890#
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ing 65 may be pensioned, pro¬
vided certain conditions are
mot. The amount of pension
is based on earnings for each
year of service. In addition,
the welfare plan offers a group
insurance plan, based on an¬
nual earnings of the employe,
with death benefits ranging
from *600 to $2,000 and health
and accident benefits from
$7 00 to *40.00 weekly. It was j
emphasized that the entire
cost of the welfare plan la
borne by the company.
RIOT VICTIM’S WIFE
TELLS EXPERIENCES
Continued from page I
trol rushed in with machine
guns and ransacked the place,
driving several young boys,
members of her family, out of
bed, and ordering them to line
up against the wall. The lead¬
er then said, “If you bat an
eye, I’ll blow your d heads
off.” Mr. Morton was accused
f ring lpader of an
outlaw band ftnd dragged off
tQ with other Negroes .
It was Mrs. Morton wso put
through a call to the Nashville
branch of the NAACP where
she was promised immediate
assistance. Just as she com¬
pleted her call, a highway pa¬
trolman rushed into her room,
and leveling a tommy gun at
her head', ordered her away
from the telephone. Mrs. Mor¬
ton also related how she
bundled up her children and
s i ) r ted them to a safer part
of the city, while police and
state troopers smashed through
her home and her husband's
funeral parlor, destroying all
furnishings and leaving a
great KKK scrawled across a
ffmashed coffin.
In Introducing Dr. Tobias,
Judge William H. Hustle, gov¬
ernor-elect of the V rgtn Is¬
lands and vice president of the
D. C. branch of the NAACP,
told of the fight being waged
by the NAACP to free the in¬
nocent persons who were ar-
. . t . f
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1PK e anc
tenses. He revealed . , that , the ..
association has organized a
nation wide committee to pub-
licize the true facts of the Co-
hymbia affair and to raise ne-
ces,sary funds,
DAMAGE
COLUMBIA NEARLY $50,000
.
Continued from page 1
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fire.”
Principal speaker at the
meeting held to raise funds for
f of Negr oes held on the
^ Wf , aver de _
the NAACP would lend
every cooperation to federal
authorities in presenting evi¬
dence showing denial of civil
rights to the Negroes indicted.
HUBBARD DAY
Continued from page 1
w ll be held at the Fort Valley
Thursday, May 9.
'p bese exercises commemorate
(hp and work of thc late
William Marfda Hubbard, who
in 1902 founded the former
State Teachers and Agricultu-
th , s j ns t;tution was merged
ral College of Forsyth. 7a 193a
with the Fort Valley Normal
and Industrial Institute to
form the Fort Valley State Col-
After the merger Mr.
Hubbard served as director of
M , e remlom n , the Fort
„ R>atfl CoJlpge untn the
Q{ h , s pasgtng .
Thp address for
o«. cas , 0 n was delivered by
R. J. Marbn, principal of the
Ballard h'gh school, Macon.
TEACHERS TO MEET AT
N. C. COLLEGE
Continued From Page One
at Richmond in J943 and at
Greensboro in 1045 Advantage
is being taken of the central
location of Durham for ths
regular convention of this
summer.
It is expected that the Nat¬
ional Congress of Colored Par-
ents and Teachers of which
Mrs. W iliam E. Henry of Dover.
Del., is the national president.
will hold its annual convention
at the same place during the
same week with its sessions be-
ginning on Monday, July 22,
ahead of the meeti ng of the
Waiter N. Ridley, chairman
of the department of psycholo¬
gy of Virginia State College,
and on leave this year for ad¬
vanced graduate study at the
University of Minnesota, is the
president of the ATA. Dr. H.
Council Trenholm of Alabama
State Teachers College, Mont¬
gomery, is the executive secre¬
tary.
GOV. ARNALL PROMISES
FIGHT AGAINST PRIMARY
Continued From Page One
override his veto.
Gross, a candidate for lieu¬
tenant governor, said he would
never agree to abolishing the
county unit system or to re¬
pealing the criminal statutes
regarding elections. “We must
meet the issue honestly and
intelligently,” he said.
The Atlanta Council of
Church women last week gave
unqualified support to Gov.
Arnall on the voting issue by
passing a resolution "recogniz-
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opment
Rev. D. V. Jemison,
D. D„ Selma, Ala.
Pres, of National
Baptist Convent’n
U. 8. A., Inc.
Endorsed by the largest religious and fraternal organizations,
some of which are:
National Baptist Convention of America, Incorporated*
B. T. U. and Sunday School Congress;
Grand Lodge of the Elks, as well as many nutstandin| nation¬
al leaders.
Not only have the heads of the above organizations visited
Mizpah personally but they have secured homesites for them¬
selves, also have sent delegations to inspect the grounds which
they have secured for National Homes.
Leaders advise not to miss this great opportunity.
The Special Reduced Prices from—
$250.00 TO $125X0
$150.00 TO $75X9
on Terms as low as $2.00 down on each lot and $2.00 per month
on each building lot will pleasantly surprise you
This Offer Is Made For A Limited: Time Only
Print name and address plainly when requesting free booklet
containing full information showing homes and name;:. uL
outstanding leaders
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mg ;he responsiDility of^au) a
members to function as Chris¬
tian citizens in a democracy
and believing in, educational
rather than racial qualifica¬
tions for voting.” The resolu¬
tion read In part:
“We, the Atlanta Counr ! of
Church Women, hereby go oj
as indorsing GOY.iAr-
nail's stand in accepting th •
Negro’s right to vote.”
State Agricultural Comjrli?.
sioner Tom Linder, who I'nckt
former Gov. Talmftdge ic.up-
ho’ding the wh te primary, ob¬
served :
“Lf you believe in the Negro’s
right to vote, it necessanly
follows that you believe in his
right to hold public office.”
L’nder stressed that Nr*
groes outnumber whites i
many counties in Georg f a. and
said that white supremacy will
be the most important issue in
this summer’s political cam¬
paigns. It will have to be, be¬
cause it is a fight for survi¬
val, he said.
J. Finley Wilson
Washington, D. C.
Grand Exalted
Ruler of the Elks
PAC.E r.lWEN
Rev. W. H.JJf^a-
g in^.
Washington, D. C.
?res. of B. TJ. U.
Sunday School