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YEARS OF,
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
L XV
THEY CROSSED THE HOT SANDS—Novices who
eceived the 32nc! degree in the Scottish Kite and crossed
the hot sands in Mystic Shrine last week.
NAACP Youth Convention Elects
Rev* Robert Wilson as Chairman
NEW YCRK The 8th Annual
Convention of NAACP Youth
Branches parted n New Orleans
.with an outdoor mass meeting
'cl the spacious Dillard Uni-
w ! ity campus Sunday. Nov
£ u hundreds of delegates
.
anC spectators li$a<^VWo4jRj# listened to
bl'nded veteran wBulan’ir dranfe*
tell them, " I
what happened to me to hap-
Bat pen to unless anyone, we all black get or togethei white_
Sr jrjysr iooSkf i‘ £?• l JS TE
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP
special counsel, speaking for
hands - of terror • st • Tennessee -
State Highway patrolmen and
deputies. Also speaking was
Ol'ver public W Harr ngton c&l. NAACP NAACP
relations . I
Delegates to the annual con-
ference, which boasts 25.000
members in youth councils and
college chapters, all under the
age of 25. meeting meeting November November
20 to 24th. heard several na-
tionally prom nent speakers in
discussions cf problems affect-
xn.g Hegro young people in
America today. Justice Hubert
Delaney of the New York Court
of Domestic Relations, deliver-
Continued on page 3
75 Yr. Old Man Honored for
Trying to Rescue His Fnipftoyer
tempt ng to rescue h : s young,
white employer from death m
a flaming p't. 75-year old
Gardner, today a in Negro, public was program' honored)
here a
at the court house, the cere-.
mony being witnessed by a
crowd of whites and Negroes
who over-' an the court house
grounds. !
months 1
\ Several ago Gardner,
dived nto a flam ng butane,
‘ gas pit in an effort to save the
I'fe of his white employer.j
■William David Clarke. Card-1
died ner removed ; hospital. Clarke, who later j j
n a
mdh- bu’-ned stifl n *he fhlxVap' rescue
Gardner ordeal........j
effects of his
At the ceremony he was pre-j
committee and was rec
mded for the award for
ef the Carnegie Merno-
Fund.
A parish committee declared
that as long as he lives Gard¬
ner will be provided witn the
comforts of life
Gardner replied;
folks, i thank all !
Wh te you j
from the bottom of my heart,
I'm glad to live in such a t iwn.
such' a parish, such and fine such white a
country among
• colored friends.”
The H-Ub
JPiiUJlUl 1,3 n J fevflS
fill L'l / r TT)T
AJ
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Several months tigb. the Hub
f e jt ca ]jed upon to speak out
n a litical campf y gil . m the
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. f .. S?. N
™ T lie
city elecuon is
an opportunity for the Negro
to exercise n’s
according I " conscience” to the dictates of ou>-
0% own n conscience, We Fir„ we must mu. t vote vrte
^respective of party or person
11 is our cbli ^ at ' on as a citizen
to vote December 10, 1940.
In July the cit zens here vot-
ed three legislative candidates
into off cc and a slate of mem-
bers of the executive commit-
tee of the Chatham County
Democrat Derrrcrat'c c Party. Party. It It is is our
opiivon now that we can best
serve our interests by support-
in S these men and casting our
hallos foi the candidates of
the Citizens Progressive Lea-
?ue.
This is not meant as a poi't'i
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High School Leaders
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The fpllowmg were announc-i I
this week as the leading
in Beach high school!
the past sx weeks:
Beach High School
Mandy Quarterman, 1232,
92 per cent; John Black-
jja. 94: Lillian Bodisou.i
ha. 93: Cnr stine W liiams
j] '" a, viVnna'Thorn“flB"C2 SI; Willie Mae Polite 11B2 _
c 2
o’wynn. 1IB3. 91; Mar'e
Farley 10A. 90; Florance
liams - 10B2 C0; Raymond
Knight. 10S2 I : John
KB. 91: William Perry. 12B.
Cuvier Junior Hich *
Helen Robinson. 7A3 91,
?0 3 LeVn "“R Jolfl:
nv Campbell 9B4. 99: Lorra ne
Glover SET ^2: Evolia
5B2 ..A 91: * Alzona Moses. 9B2. 90'
Matilda — Thompson. 3A3. --- 30.
Bettvr Wr'ght. 8A3. 93.
Levi Quattlebaum. ^ 7B3 92.
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Elks Hold Lodge of
Sunday
Weldon Lodge of Elks nret
Tuesday regular night at and the completed rest, .'nj
sess on.
plans which for ll the b? held lodge Sunday cf sorrow at j
w
the Elks' home at 3:30 p. m-
The ouhwv will be delivered by
K, ‘v F W, Bagby and the me-
adJ ' rBS by R "* " 1
woisey.
A distinguished ws tor at the
^a, the physical physical wno was condition condition neie to of nspe thel 1
u j j
lodge ,ofiop wU’-’h he he ,.„ rep ,eu n rted ite r fp as be¬
ing excellent.
Tuesday night the annual
election was held. Exalted Rul¬
er Edwin W Burke being!
S'vith uran mouslv re-elected along
. t b e followng other offi-
1 cers ■ B-owlev Brooker. esteem-
L K J mn Hah-
ersham , - esteemec PS teemed lecturing lecturing
(Continued on * page hi’ee;
Beatings Aired at
lVlllo |4 |||o iTJllIlini/d V'l l wt iCJ|
In Gun Duel
DETROIT i ANP i The
' : ° hn L bon Rou ' S ' past0r
Chr ’ staH Baptist church
vvas b °t to death in his
last Friday night by
Dale. 23-year-old escaped
fr an Jackson prison
the o2-year-old
ter owed him $2 003- Dale
a f t)lo V, m aMa anil!)
ne hl8 .. "ol'ver- 1
killed Rouis-
In 9 4 - Dale bad , been sen
tencea , to . serve two to 20 vear
on a charge of sunned
b "w ecaoec L a few da> a
and made his way . to n Detro Ptr t
where he ourchased a -38 cal
ber revolver-
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5. l!)hi
Assign AME
Bishops After
~ r.
I Umieitllte AllTP1*AHPP
I
LITTLE ROCK (ANP) The
Sims and G- ° r E- F Curry and rr tne
ol . ___ Bishop Monroe
suspens on
H. Divis has given rise toj
shift'ng of ass gnments of |
bishops.
H
have charge of r church affairs |
cts^ ol. Noith
bna Virgin a and Oklahoma I
He , has also been named pre
.
dent of the fi >iancial board
h headquarters at washing-
Contlnnwi Continued on on na&p page 3 3
1 SAVANNAHIAN NAMED
ft LL/iJJ A CC rlxthjIULli PPCQinFMT I i
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According to a recent issue
.of the Johnson C. Smith Un'-
i verity school paper, The Uni-
| versity Student, Raymond
i Washington, Beach h'gh school
graduate, was elected president
,Iv of the known senior Charlotte, class of N, this C, wide- in-! j
Ist'tutian.
•' This was a gnal honor con -1
erred upon young Mr. Wash-j
'.ngton for this year’s senior!
class one cf the largest and
most torv rf outstanding the nniversitv. in the It his- ‘s J
eon-posed of students from ev-
rrv sect on of the country, a;
great majority of whom arc
vr Mr. 7 P ra n W,V'hin '= if v'orld tm V- rhe 7 ar II of. j
r, s son
s/r r -. Annie W Brown of 1503
Reynolds street, this city. | !
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fJQTFn TENOR TO i
!
SING AT FAB CHURCH i
j
1 jll?
promises unsurpassed
a nee. The artist is to be
compan'ed bv Marc his
who s a great pianist in
own r'glit In all parts of (iie
country, audiences and critics
join in unan'mous agreement
that, he nossesses "a voice of
rare quality.”
Stage Set For
Primary Election
N. C. Teachers Association
Buys $55,000 Building !
DOAHAM N. C (ANP>
Lher first was sot up by
C >lored Teachers associat
building n Raleigh
to an amv.uncement by
r. Taylor, president of the
uciat on. build'ng,
The three Raleigh' story
-a c d at in the
2, 8 p
*utu
not b‘ ready for use
vT 'repwvs b *
• and
wh ch must be made.
On the second floor of
^ C SuTve secretary W-
SIT*,
room The ether wo
will be necup eel by offices
'h' YWCA N- C Congress
Parents and Teachers, and
educational
lounge rest
parking facilities will
for the
v ritinv teachers.
romn’etion of the
S mVde S 1n the Sfleff 5
Carolina Mutual
nr( N bv Taylor. H
of oold'hnro v ce
and the Rev. H B-
o-eford. Representing
wer" E R
and C- C.
Beach Stops
Stanton 14-G
As the result of a safe' y.
to two touchdowns
high school defeatec
High of Jacksonville.
last Thur day night ar
Stadium, 14 to 8
the game Beach
iaesst
lone touchdown in the
na | quarter- 'interesting between-the-
An
spectacle was staged by
pen souads of both schools.
the Stanton 40-piece corp^ boy
band and di*um
the show-
a crowd of several thousand
witnessed the game.
L, h ,. ndred f jacksonvilf’ , hPm bp > U a
t from from Jacksonvill- .
—
oroheitra .. .
Stantm
for the after-game dance
the s-aw S3SS nontcr center.
Investigation j j I
iacktci- m,Z ...
hear.ngs bcton ■<. -v naic
meet ng mvesl ga—
U g Senator Theo. G B lbo's
campaign tactics,
began here yesterday.'
1 Negro witnesses told of;
they suffered when
attempted to vote In the.
Two of them swore today they! that J
w'ere beaten because
to vote last July ’n a!
pr mary election in*
Senator Theo G- Bilbo!
of Miss'ssipp was i< imlnated 1
a th'rd term
Cue exhibited eta ned cloth-
as evidence. i
There were witnesses at a
conducted by a Senate
nvast "ating committee wh'ch
Is looking into charges that
campa'gn excreting tactics keut
Negroes from their
constitutional r gti to taKc
part in the party primar es. I
Varnad * R Collier Gulfport
Negro, testifiei that on juiv
when he and his vv fe entered
tire city hail to vote one of u
"roup of wh t * men in a con ¬
dor stuck out li s ann and
h '
consciousness f *r a moment,
and then threw h'm out on the
c'tv hall parch H s prote t ! ng
wife Collier said, was also
truck.
Another witness Rich am •
Daniel, sa d he was not ail >v-
ed to vote in Gulfnort. was
struck by two men who order-
FORMER GA.
PREACHER DIES
^ . m t I f I A r VP J A DC
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kiw*br. n j a.™
a s iavc on a Georgia planta-
l ' on n: ' >' car -* ; aL;u ln < ,une -
the Rev. Jesse James d ed here
Tuesday at thf h:me of his
daughter. Mrs. Celane Davis.
Uw .1 the C.v I
war lie took up he mm. fry
and preached on Sundays to
groupa 0 f Negroes from nearby
f arn)iS a nd worked on week-
J sharecropper. 11 Scon
after he moved to Jenkins, Ga.,
where he founded the Ebenezer
Baptist church. In 1928 he re-
( red from the ministry and'
wo years later came to New-
ark. where he lived in retire-.
ment until his death. j
Of 15 ch ldren, only tw i
daughter surv.ve, Mrs. Dav s
an( j Mrs E |j tt orange, of Jen-
t1k , [ , c are are a j so n j m ,
uandchildren and ten great-
randchildrtn.
USieriy Couilly Schools Hold
Anniial Harvest Fcsth r il-i
ZETAS CHRISTMAS
MUSICAL SUNDAY
Alpha Theta Zeta Chapter lmld! of
Zeta Phi Bhu sorer ty will
If. Sundav annual afternoon. Christmas December musical j
Phnik 8,
at 3 to o’clock at St ‘ cu Philjnl I
AME church, West Broad 8t j
Hits event serves to present ish“ |
loca tL school talent and J
„L n l e chrftnms i? ? b season f'°l' Th I
eft it . s in ,i h i, htere P ol t th ■ |
soronty s eyeglass project |
|
Seven types of Nat onal Ser-
vip( , Ufc Insurance are avail- I
able I
j ,, 1U | heaten ins*-nslble bv a
offeer he named e
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Continued on page three
mi
Inst tute are Down here, left
ton Kv. president, White
n 1 ,, n !.* I* .■ 1;
(■*' of A- W ft : Mattie
, S. Agn ia Turner, junior
McDonald, sophomore,
hall; Essie Bush, junior,
Time Political Analysts
Predict A Close Finish
KENNEDY LEWIS FORCEt SEEM TO
HOLD A PRE-ELECTION ADVANTAGE
JOHN G- KENNEDY
P. E- Mayoralty Candidate
The curtain will close Tue.-t-
of next week when the ad-
of the C tizens Pro-
,sive League and those ol
Gl-Peopic.s Party go to the
n tne city pr nurry elec
after the most bitterly
campaign Savannah
seen since Paul Seabro )ks
as an n lependent
Murray Stewart
a
BRYANT HARDEN
T hanks y vi n g Nuptials
Mis. Edward G. Bryant, Hr.
to announce the mai
"" 1 M? hte r
I L. 1,1 Ml ‘ c 01C .;,,. u. H *' “ 1_ .
' '
“' Ihe 1 *-*'* vows ,uws were ® eu , ' spoken
double ring .
a ceremony
v.ng morning, at
arsonaKe ° r Asbury Method
- Rev L. S. Allen of i
Mrs. Nelson H. Stringer serv-
<'d as her sister's matron >i
wnite Mr. Carl Harden
as his brother's best
The bride was uven n
marr age by her uncle, Dr
Bryant. The ceremony was
by immediate
bers of the families
Mr and Mrs, Harden are re-
dljug at 1094 West, 40th streei
A lapsed policy of National
I He Insurance mav be
reinstated , , will l.U.le red tape
or cost.
: 4TS Officers oi A^spciated
r ght: Ada Harris
: Dorothy Jett, senior, histh.u
u. Ft.,nw. w lli'-vo* voiiiK.-mr'i
.-omor. commercial dietet'es
ec morales. Laudersboro. Ala
management. Chattanoog
New York city, chairman o
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COL. RICHARD H. iM/uEIt
G. I-P Mayoralty Candidate
century ago.
No stones have been left un¬
turned by either party in the
last three weeks of this turb ;
lent campa'gn which, today,
looks as if it is going to end m
a close finish.
Both partes, ot course, a re¬
claiming that their t'ckets are
sure winners, but the observa¬
tion of many unbiased, oll-
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RICEBCRO, Ga.. Nov. 22-
j tension The thirteen service .schools held their and an- ex¬
j nual harvest festival here to ¬
day at the Liberty County
h'gh school. Exhibits were dis-
played by both schools and
home demonstrat’on clubs. On
a whole, exhibits were quite an
improvement over former
years Due to uncertain wea-
conditiions. however, the
number attend ng the festival
| was reduced in comparison to
other years. Exh bits were cen-
; tered nr0 und the theme: Farm
and Home Production and
Conservation to Control Intia-
tion .
The different schools dis-
played exhibti on the follow-
inu ph.ves of the theme;
The Uses and Conservation
'of th P Natural Resources ot
Liberty County. L'berfy County
on*ii school. McIntosh elemen-
tury school, Holme,stown ele¬
mentary school.
Home Production and Bud-
«*t inHlneshaw Jr High-
P'-pouct, on and Conservation
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iContinued on page three)
Women Students of
physical education, Lo\ kn
ttonal managemeiiv. pto\ i----e
* education ' ••*; - "“ i '' l ! ;L
Birmingham, pre'dtnt A. T
.
secretary' of A- ’■* ■ ' : “T
a. Tenn., prasideur of Dcugia^
f the senate. - ANr-j