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YEARS OF,
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
TEDO GETS JITTERY - - - RUNS TO COYER
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^ Scenes Irotn the street pa-
rade pf the Elks Sunday after¬
noon on the occasion of their
stat- convention which was
Alph Phi Alphas To Sponsor
Mass Meeting Sunday Afternoon
On Sunday afternoon at 4
O'clock at St. Philip A. M. E.
church, Charles and West
Broad streets, Dr. W. H. Gray,
president of Florida A. and M.
College, will be the speaker. An
attractive program has been
planned as follows: Bro. W. G.
Dixon, master of ceremonies:
National Negro Hymn, invo¬
cation, Rev. H. W. Murph; se-
1 Wit km, Beach High String En¬
semble; H story of Alphas’
movement, Bro. Wilson P. Hu-
beft; select on. Cuyler Junior
Hi£h Glee club; Why Vote,
Bro. Ralph M. Gilbert; the Ne-
gr$ and Registration in Sa-
vahnah. J. W. McGlockton;
selection, Beach High Sextette;
introduction of speaker; ad¬
dress. Dr. W. H. Gray; frater-
n ty and sorority airs. Miss
Jafte J. Parker; Alpha Phi Al¬
pha hymn; selection, Beach
High Band; benediction. Bro.
John Q. Adams.
George Washington Carver
struggled close to mother earth
until his matchless discoveries
marked him a genius of noble
bifth.
Beach-Cuyler School Spring
Recital To Be Given May 15
LI ’The annual spring musica
®ieb' tal of Beach-Cuyler high
sc bo.! will be presented Wed-
i, JfZ evening. May 15, at 8
o'clock in tiie main auditor.um
of' the First African Baptist
church. fol¬
fhe program will be as
lows; Opening song, Negro Na-
tiqjiai Anthem, accompanied
by Beach High Band; nvoca-
tion. Will e Mae Polite: God o:
All Nature Andante, 5th Sym¬
phony*, Tschaikowsky, Com-
blied Jr. and Sr. Hi. Girls’ en¬
semble. (Remicki; I Got Shoes.
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avaunah (tribune;
attended by Bills and Daught
er Elks from ail sections of
state. At top, a portion of
one of the marching clubs of
Youth Week Program Will Come
To An End On Monday
j
MISS RUBY HURLEY
New York
Negro Youth Week is now-
being celebrated by Youth
Councils all over the country
and in Savannah. The local
program for the week is being
carried out as follows: Wed-
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SIGMA GAMMA RHOS
GIVE $100 TO THE
NURSERY
The Associate Committee for
Negro Nurseries announces the
receipt of *100 from the Alpha
Iota chapter of the Sigma
Gamma Rho sorority for the
Fellwood Nursery. The dona-
ion came in response to a spe-
• al appeal made by B C. Ford,
chairman, at the March meet-
ng of the sorority. This chap¬
ter. with Mrs. Marguerite K
Law as basileus, consists of
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Elite Temple, local unit; mid
die, the Joe Bruen band lead lead¬
ing the parade, and bottom,
members of Weldon Lodge
marching club.
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IN C. Mutual Completes 35
Yrs. In State Of Georgia
In .1911 the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance com¬
pany entered the State ol
Georgia. Ed Merr'ck, the pres¬
ent treasurer, was traveling
representative for the company
and was assigned to open the
state. Mr. Merrick reached At¬
lanta in June, 1911. W. B.
Matthews was named the first
manager of the Atlanta d s-
trict and served the company
in this capacity for about one
year. After Mr. Matthews was
placed in charge of the Atlan¬
ta office, Mr. Merrick proced-
ed to other points in the state
and opened other branches.
In 1912 J. L. Wheeler was
sent from the home office to
relieve Mr. Merrick of his ac¬
tivities in the state; Mr. Matt¬
hews resigned and Mr. Wheeler
became manager of the Atlan¬
ta district and state agent.
Mr. Wheeier served n this dual
capac ty until 1926, at which
time he was succeeded by S.
S. Abrams as manager of the
Atlanta district. About this
t'me the company’s business^ in
Georgia was districted, form¬
ing f ve districts, Augusta. Al-
; bany, Atlanta. Mac on and Sa¬
vannah, with Mr. Wheeler as
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The Hub To State Its Policv
The regular meeting of the
Hub was held yesterday at the
West Broa 1 Street YMCA. Pro¬
gress reports were heard from
the various district registra¬
tion committees. It was stat¬
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MAY 2, US4G
Jesse Griffin Elected '
President State Elks Assn.
Jesse M. Griffin of Atlanta
as elected Monday to the
residency of the Georgia State
ssociation of Elks which met
ere Sunday and Monday in
leir annual meeting.
The meeting was very large-
attended by Elks from every
:ction of the state and the
jssiori was one of the most
iccessful held in years.
The features of the two-day
invention were the street pa-
.de Sunday afternoon and the
igh school oratorical contest
onday night.
The parade was participated
by Weldon Lodge and Elite
:mple marching clubs of Sa-
mnah, Garden City Lodge of
igusta and small fragments
om other out-of-town-lodges.
was led by the Joe Bruen
and while the band from the
louse of Prayer led the parti-
pants who were conveyed in
ars. Beginning at West
road and Pine streets, the pa-
ade came south on West
Toad, east on Park avenue to
ast Broad, north to President
pd then to the Second Bap-
8t church, where the welcome
n behalf of the city was de-
vered by Solicitor Ryan. The
response was by Sidney A.
Jones.
The contest Monday night at
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Gislo DOCTORATE — Fan¬
nin S. Belcher, Jr., who has
just received h.’s Ph, D. :n dra¬
ma from Yale univers ty
where he studied for two years
on a Julius Rosenwald fellow¬
ship. As -director of drama a'
West Virginia State College
Dr. Belcher became noted for
his work thioughout that sec¬
tion. He is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. F. S. Belcher of Savannah
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ed by J. W. McGlockton that
the registration drive was be¬
ing pushed into every nook and
corner of Chatham county.
The steering ^committee re-
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Negro Democratic Club To Be
Reorganized Friday Night
Announce Winners In T. B.
Scrap Book Contest
The Tuberculosis Scrapbook
Judging Committee composed
of Mrs. A. R. Carter, chairman,
Mrs. M. D Bryant and Miss
Charlotte Williams, awarded
honors to the following:
In the upper grades First
place fourth grade, West Sa¬
vannah school, Mrs. Alma
Sheppard, teacher; second
place, sixth grade, Haven Home
school, Miss Margaret Gadsden.
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Several Thousand Attend The
Funeral Of Rev. It. J. Dinkins
Mississippi Schools To Get Million
Dollars For Building Improvements
Leaders Invited To Diseuss
Important Political Matters
A number of leading citizens
have been invited by Aaron
to a conference at
his office Thursday night to
Issues of paramount
importance relative to the com¬
municipal election.
Mr. Kravitch, who is attor¬
Scenes from the Rev. Dinkins'
funeral. Top, the casket being
carried from the church; bot¬
tom, the crowd surrounding
the church >,just before the
casket was brought out.
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LocalStudents
Win State
Recognition
In the Hubunks-Bond Dis¬
trict Federation which met at
Dickerson County Training
school, Vidalia, April 24, the
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ney 4for the Hub which lias
been leading the fight to in¬
sure the registration of Negro
citizens of Savannah, is of the
opinion that if the Negro vote
in Chatham county is to have
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A representative meeting
will be held Friday afternoon,
May 10. at 6 o'clock at St.
Philip AME church, Charles
West Broad streets, for tiie
purpose of reorganizing the
Democratic club.
The pastors of all churches
and the heads of all organiza¬
tions, professional, business,
civic and social are urgently
to attend this meet¬
or delegate someone from
group to represent them.
club will not conflict with
other organization. It is
political for the en¬
of Negro voters.
Jackson, Miss. 1 ANP 1 — Mis¬
sissippi state legislative action
affecting Negro schools, made
public here recently, reveals a
million dollar program for im¬
provement of educational in¬
stitutions and areas surround¬
ing them. Jackson College for
Negro teachers and Alcorn A.
& M. College will benefit from
the grants, and a new voca¬
tional school willl be built at
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NUMBER 23
After an uninterrupleT! rim
of eleven days, Boledo, the in¬
sidious numbers- gambling
game, folded up "Wednesday,
night, at least for the present.
The game was revived hero
on Saturday, April 20, and v as
going fairly well for several
days until its resurrection was
exposed by the press. Fearing
a revival of the avalanche of
public criticism which forced
it to cover seven months ago
when its weekly intake had
reached the astounding figure
.vOO.OOO, tiie operators be¬
came jittery immediately after
public exposure last week
insisted on all sellers of
the numbers exercising more
precaution in making the r
At, the close of business Wed¬
night, orders are said
have come down from
for the immedi¬
cessation of all sales, and
runners were told to turn
ail thair working para¬
The folding up of the game
consternation among
runners, many of whom
given up good paying jobs
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Large crowds lined the
streets through which the fu¬
neral procession of the Rev. R. 1
J. Dinkins passed last Friday
afternoon, en route to Laurel
Grove cemetery, and several
thousands congregated around
church, the First African Baptist 0
where the funeral ser¬
vices were held, being unable to
get into the church.
The services at the church
were very impressive and the
principal eulogy to the deceas¬
ed was delivered by the Rev,
L. W. Westbrook of Augusta.
The. Rev. Dinkins was pastor
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