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OTIC TU RCA Wkrn ran nniau m tf lu of the fcaaovui uioa pl&M l". . t-cut -.t.tuit, lata nattce, hnJ him any U. 8 puma I cm alay, and II will h placed In tli hmida nr our aoldlen or aailora at th (runt. So wrap Inc. no address. W1L -Li V JilWlJ'wf NASHVILLE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY THE LEADING NEGRO JOURNAL IN TENNESSEE. VOLUME XIII. NBMJ3ER 27 NASHVILLE, TENN., FRIDAY. MAY 3, 1918. THE "GO FORWARD" IROSCOE CHUNG ION ILLE JUDGE HARRISON I HAL L ETY Y OKLA. INVADES CONGRESS OAIE DELIVERED AI JUNG PEOPLE IBERTY PATRIOTIC ADDRESS GREATEST OCCAS HV NEGRO nr iiTini i urimiiu UBEfi LOAN SIMMONS ATM BIJOU IAN NOW IN CLUB FRANCE ARKANSAS CHANGED SPIGFIELD OF VIRGINIA Columbia Has Banner Club of Tennesae. $1150.00 Has Been Subscribed. ORGANIZATION ONE WEEK OLD Splendid Patriotic Example. Should Be Impetus For Other Cities. IColumibia, Tenn., April 29 19is Chl n For" liberty Loan ' "the "Go Forward" I 11,.-.. Cub of Maury County, TneMoV." Grand Patriotic Meeting Of Knights of Pythias Will Be Held Sun day Afternoon. i W. Johnson ............. fc. 0. Johnson ' G. E. CooDer ' V '. 50 00 Cooner ...... 1 .... w u Ledfora :::::: zz a j. apb-i ..::.;";;;K6n0n? IM. Boyd ." W. H. Sherrod ' Merrill Bros. .. Nell c. Johnson Tftm T nnU.M H. Slaten .. D. W. Kennedy J. H lTr.1T,. Frank Buntw" ! 1 1 ! j 60.00 200.00 50.00 60.00 60.00 50.00 10.01) 50.00 WAS, SAVINGS STAMPS Colored Soldiers Comfort Committee To be Benefited Organization Formerly Known As Compang G Is Now A Part Of The 92nd Division. CAPT. C. 0. HADIEY COMMANDER Good Record Preceeds Company Complimented By Governor. $1,150 00 SPINGARN MEDAL AWARDED aw2? w.0Urth, Splngarn Medal awarj was made today at the viZ, CambrM., Mnley Braithwalte of distinguished , n. ""Jinij- crrac, whose worlr as literary critic to the Boston Pw thl 8 hls ntaame we known to the literary public. Mr Braithwit Leaves'. IJnce C k Fa",ng the "Antxnii".1.91.3. he has: edited Published h"S;zlne.vee. Col. Roscoe C onkling Simmons will be the stellar attraction' at the Bijou Theatre Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He comes under the au spices of the Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A. A., and A,, and will be under their sole direction - while In the city. . He brings a patriotic message that all should hear, and we opine the Bijou will be crowded to its dooru. Special Jubilee music under the di rection of Dr. S. S. Caruthers is be ing prepared and a rare treat is in store for those who attend. The meeting Is for the benefit of the Colored Soldiers Comfort Com. (Inc.).' A free will offering will be taken and each person is expected to give not less than 25 cents. Cot. Simmons is America's great est Negro orator. He Is a much traveled man, an eminent statesman and patriot. He has spoken before vast assemblages of both races all over the United States. Governors, Senators and Congrapsmen have con ceded that he is the king 'of the plat form. The committee in charge of the committee In charge of the meet ing Is composed of the following citizens: Dr. J. P. Crawford, J. C. Napier, A. N. Johnson, J. P. Porter, Dr. S. S. Caruthers, T. Clay Moore, and) A. W. Fite. Dr. J. P. Crawford, Grand Chancel lor of the State of Tennessee, will preside. Nashville Negro military organiza tion, formerly known as Company G (unattached) and which was muster ed into Federal service at the time all state guard troops were taken In, Is now in France. An official notice from Washington was received Tues day stating that the colored boys had arrived safely overseas. The company, including its cap- On Southern Tour for Liberty Bonds And Thrift Stamps. Citizens' Subscribe. VA., FLA., ALA., GA., LA., VISITED June 24th to 29lh Date of Meeting Aand Washington, D. C, the Place of Session. ALL URGED TO SEND DELEGATES Thirty-Nine Drafted Men Leave For Dr. W. S; Ellington Delivers A Camp Cheered by Hundreds Of Citizens. Madison And Ather Arkansas Cities Give Enthusiastic Audiences. Judge Harrison of Oklahoma, en route home, after a Llbery Bond and Thrift Stamp tour through Virginia, the Carolinas. Florida, Alabama. Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, stopped at Madison, Ark.. In response to urgent requests of the citizens of that town. Judge Harri son's itinerary ended in Alabama, but the people wanted his eloquent ap peals to the patriotism of his rare and were determined to hear him in Madison, The enconlums of the peo ple, black and white, show that mistake for this tain, two lieutenants, noncommls Biuueu uimao miu ncanjr cci cu-i rresiaeni Wilson made no listed man is a Nashville boy and the , "n selecting Mr. HarrlBon relative of every individual member are residents of this city. The com pany is now a part of the 9 2nd Divis ion.. The name of the Organization men or our race selected by Presi- Colored Race Will Present Claims To The CongTess Soon. Boston, Mass., April 29, 191S. (Sie ial). At a meeting oi' the Board of Managers of the National Colored Liberty Conference held at Executive Kea qiaiters, 34 Cornhill, last week, the dates, tor the National Colored Liberty Congress at Washington were changed to June 24 to 29, inclu sive, with June 23 as Liberty Sunday in the colored churches of the Dis trict of Columbia. The Congress proper will open Tuesday morning, June 25th, Monday, the 24th, to be givtn over to registration and meet ing of the Board Managers. The one purpose of this Colored GOOD PROGRAMME RENDERED Trying Period For The Race But Can Stand The Test. Burning Message At Newport News, Va. THE "PRODIGAL SON," SUBJECT Important duty. Right here it should Liberty Congress Is approaching the be said to the credit of Mr. Wilson that so far as the writer knows, the Published by Small Maynard a T Co 0:.. W MryBarradithwa -yvouae editor of the "Poetrv Rai;: "rh t , "zaDethar Verso" The Book of Georgian V ,e," and 25 e,Bo4Jt- of Restoration1' Verse" and is the general editor of "The Ss"6? American JweVesh0rtly t0 be,88Ued licatioBT,llvaife'8 most recent itanon is a volume entitled "Th, XeJr " lU Wh)ceegdatheTre together a series of articles whinh CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL. Erin, Tenn., April 28, 1918 The closing exercises of the Erin Public school took place in the St. James C. M. E. Church Thursday evnlnS8. ADrll 4, and 5th, 1918. The exercises were un der the management of the principal of our school, Mrs. N. L. Johnson Warfield and Erin was given a treat that will long remain in the hearts ui me peone. The church was fill ed to its greatest capacity with the citizens of the fown of both races, ana all expressed themselves- as highly pleased. A special feature of the program on the .second night was the gradu ation of Miss Grace Louise Williams kiww mmler of the class that held faithfully on to the end of the mo. rner subject was "Round by Round Wle Reach the Ton- And ASK PRESIDENT TO COUNTER MAND GEN. BALLOU'S JIM- CROW ORDER. (Special.) Boston, Mass., April 22, 1918. Re garding it as the most non-democratic action since the world - war be gan, the National Equal Rights League, which has branches in 22 siates and will hold Us 11th annual meeting in Chicago in August, pro tested to President Wilson by tele graph last night against the order of Major General Ballou, former com mander of the separate olticer trail ing school for Colored, which order is so insulting that it was torn down three times when posted up at Camp Upton, and which order Colored soldiers to surrender civil rights at tha behest of white race prejudice. Telegram Wants Order Countermanded. has also been changed to Company K, 387th Infantry. The Negro company went from Nashville to Memphis and did splen did service in that city guarding the big bridge across the river. Gov. Tom C. Rye and all of the state officials had watched the record which the colored boys had made as a military organization and were pleased to speak in complimentary terms of them upon various occas ions. When the Negro soldiers were or dered away upon duty their good ecord had proceeded them and where ever they have gone they have been well treated and became popular with the citizens, both white and colored. The company went to one of the Southern camps from Memphis, and from there they were sent to Newport News, Va., where they as sisted in guarding the water front. The Nashville colored company, long before leaving the city was known for its all-round efficiency, having been well drilled and disci plined and had won special praise for the orderly deportment of Its mem bers. The commanding officer . of the organization is Capt. Chas. O. Had ley, who was born and reared in Nashville. He was educated in the colored schools of Nashville and is a graduate of both Fisk University and Meharry Medical College. At the time war, was declared against Ger many, in addition to naving Deen Captain of Company G, he was one of the most successful practicing phy sicians of his race, as well as having been a valued member of the faculty of the Meharry Medical College. Tennessean and American. dent Wilson for public service have not been surpassed in real worth and ability, if equalled, by any presi dent of this country. William Harri son, Emmett J. Scott in civil life on down the line through almost 1,000 clean-limbed, clear-eyed commis sioned officers, backed by 100,000 black-Bkinned warriors in the ranks over there and going over there will help make a place in the sun for world democracy. Judge Harrison delivered addresses af Madison. Forrest City, Colt and Wynne. At each of these places the auditoriums were full to overflowing, more white people have attended these meetings than any that have tome under the writer's notice in this state, Further still, so fair, polite and forceful hnve been the eloquent expressions of. Judge Har rison that both races trust him and praise his appeals to patriotism. His address at Wynee on Sunday night was so well received that the white people wanted him to speak in the court house Tuesday. Thirty-ilin of .RWbertson County's Colored draftmien iwVe entertained by the Springfield Ladies' Relief Club, last night (Sunday), at Saint John's A. M. E. Church. A very ap propriate program was rendered. The program follows: Music, "America" High School Glee Club. Prayer Rev. Hill. Music, "Battle Hymn of the Re public." Address By Rev. I. T. Jefferson, D. D. Music "A'lnt Goner Study War No More" Glee Club. iRemarks iMr. N'eal Glenn. Music, "Rolling in ZIon" Glee Club. Announcements. Benediction By Rev. J. T. Ridley, B-. D. (Mrs. Hattie V. Nixon, president of Congress and Government of the U. S. for democracy, for colored Ameri cans while we are taking part in the war for world democracy, as adopted by vote of the National Conference .ml binding on the Convention is as "The Aim and Object of this Con- he La le Relle' Club;rdf3,,Hne gress of delegates from colored !trM? ! ferfm!! , J ' 1, churches and organizations is tolwordi i ,r0. TCfV nTh!!h press the just claim of the colored tor of Saint John s A. M. E. the sneaker of the hour. As tne share in the world demo"-cv ' speaker came forward a isilence like which they are subject to fight under ,,ie ''npss nf death came ver tnt! the tlag of the Republic ar.;i to ukb . houae and the aua,ence- whfte anJ nositlve mfnsnrPH to RPfuro fmm colored seemed bent on catching Government guarantee of the aboil-every word tion or disfranchisement and of nil 'I. Jenerson spoKe as ioiiows. caste discriminations, civil and po-' "Chairman, Brother Ministers, Fel 1'tical," ilnw-cltizens and Soldiers of the Unit- There will be a national headnuar-; ed States of America: iwn8 Pr?lA?n R' A Clny"1 We have been called here to do the Rord ' Mr h Mr,miin f -honor to thirty-nine of the greatest 227 w m l! m HT'wMat ln Robertson County. They are 5 W' ?.th s,treet- N4ew Yrk -y. , t becau,;e uncomplainingly and and a national execut ve headnuar- ? .o.h rnr N.ihn.1 (w..i .,,,; "eanesmy ipv "ve cu . In aMwei o thar country s call. The telegram reads as follows: Boston, Mass., April 21, 118: To the President, Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D. C: The National Equal Rights League calls upon you to countermand Gen. Ballou's Bulletin No. 35 for 92nd Di vision, Camp Funston, Kansas, en joining officers and soldiers to refrain from going into public places where their 'presence is resented because of Color. His dictum that asking, public service is putting pleasure above the general good is not applied to white soldiers, destroys all civil rights, causes fresh, discriminations, fosters race prejudice, humiliates our race, degrades the army uniform. No order so vicious or undemocra tic his been issued In any armies fighting Germany. Protect American soldiers in democracy at home before sending them abroad in Democracy's War. Rev. Byron Gunner, N. Y Pres. Rev. M. F. Sydes, R. I., Executive Com. William Monroe Trotter, Mass., Cor. Sec'y. LOOK OUT FOR THE FRAUD. ITuskegee Institute, Ala., May 1. Information leaches us that a man posin.g as a representative of the "The Crying Need Of The Hour" Was Delivered Monday Evening. ters for National Organizer, Allen W. 5,,"" ",Mr' " '"m- .WW.. IS 0 n ..r lord., who tw xt . . .bav chal'en!ed the world with their ih' National Organizer appeals 1 threat of "force." Mid in the spirit to race-loyal colored citizens to form:of true Americanism we shall an- a Colored Liberty and EchUUrWJis ! aww.-by force Committee for the purpose of send-V . . v . in f i... i 7 seiuH "Soldiers, we came here to honor Rosenwald Rural School . Building also delegates b, ; churches lodges' vo"' berauae ym,r ,?pirlt f l'. Fund has been traveling through the an1 organizations rTnJttl ism has predominated the spirit of riiswt andi prejudice which is a part of every human being who has met iwith the impediment wnien you Communicate on his Cornhill, Bos- state of Arkansas and Maiming that with hi, progress and fTJeAy:fiVe(?l5) D0"ar8 18 looming to speak a?S34 Cor, v ...lit no vuu DCUUIC HI1 UJUUUIll ton T-ca .iv... vna nuocuntliu r mm IUI UU11U I ing school-houses. j , " This statement is a Warning to all ; AFRICAN METHODIST MINISTERS communities' and persons interested : PROTEST AGAINST "BIRTH OF A in building rural 'school-houses nation through the aid of the Rosenwald . ' ' , Fund, that any person who seeks pav-1 "e. A- M- E- Ministers' Alliance ment to Influence the Rosenwald con- ot , ci,y refii8tered their protest tribution Is a fraud, and should be t,"'a:lnst 'be production of the photo- instantly reported to the local police PEARL HIGH .SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. The Alumni Association ot Pearl iHlffh School t nntHnff fnrth fltrAMi. ho acquitted herself with no mean ous efforts to raise money with which ability, and was the reolnlnnr nf to assist in eoulnnlne the new iHleh nwnv tokens of esteem. Her claws School building. The following per- oniors were gold and purple. Motto: 180ns have paid their membership "Excelsior." Her dfnlmrm nr.'. ented by Rev. M. L. Smith, pastor of St. .Tames C. M". B. Church who de livered an addresq that carried with it much fome, and held the vast an dlence spell-bound for about thirty minutes, other speakers of note tV-, W' Washington, pastor' of St Lnke A. M. E. Church; Prof. P nher. nrlncfnal of the white school, we have had a successful school this year, the best we ihave had for M-erHI vws Our worthy princinal, Mrs. N. L. Johnson Warfield, has ben re-elected and we hone that she will retijin to n traNinl next school term. She went from here em nj notitsod- n idaoon oj K1?h School of Paris, Tenn. We hone for her much success In that ffle'd of lubor. and that she will not fail to come back to us next fall. TUSKEGEE GRADUATE BUYS $20,000 In LIBERTY BONDS. - Tuskegee, Alabama, April 27. -Wil liam V. Chambliss, a graduate of Tus kegee Institute, class of 1890, and now a successful farmer in this coun ty, has purchased $20,000 worth' of the Third Liberty Loan. Mrs.K W. H. Richardson of 1207 Phillips Street, who has been ill for some time Is now able to be around In her room. , r fee of fifty cents for the year Mrs. H. A. Boyd, Messrs. Eugene Taylor, Fred Randalls, E. L. Kinzer, Overton Carter, Russell Turner, Wilis Katie Boyd, Miss Lottie Haygood, Harris Moores, Dr W. B Davis, Mrs. A G. Price. Dr. iFiaher, Mr. Thomas Marshall, lira. Patlenre . McGavock; Mrs. A. G. Price, Miss Ada Nesblt, Grace Harrison, IMrs. C. H. Johnson, Mrs. Pearl Watson Clark, Miss Hat- tie Butcher, Mrs. Sallle Thompson, Mrs. Lillian Allen Darden, Mrs. Cath erine Halley WSlson, Mrs. Blanche Harris Moo'es. Mr. W. B. Davis, Mlrs. Tenny Hughes Gregory. Mrs. Edwfna Smith Johnson, and Miss Fushsla B, Miller, making a total of $14.00 col lected for membership fee. $53.40 was the net proceeds of the Alumni Association concert given re eemt'. $10400, ,the lallotment from the entertainment given by the Fly ing Squadron of the Public Welfare Leatnie, making a total in treasury of $77.40. SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN. Columbus, Ohio, April 30 The Spring Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. completed a successful campaign for 500 members, which was the goal set, but was exceeded by 145, making 645 in all. John W. Jackson, cap tain of team No. 2, captured the covented prize of a ring indicative of his faithful work, which was pre sented by Dr. W. A. Method, Chair man of the Board of Managers. John J. Bowles' team was defeated by Mr. Jackson by only three points. Other members worked nobly to make the grand success, that was made. This gives the Spring Street Branch a total of 730 members, the greatest in its history. The people of Columbus responded nobly to the cause, realizing the great need of the kind of work done by the Spring Street "Y". Dr, W. j. Woodlln, one of Colum bus' best physicians regardless of color, was chairman of the Campaign Committee. He showed the same far sightedness and ability In this cam paign as was evidenced in his past works with the Spring Street Y. M. C. A. He organized his workers Into ten teams each having a captain in charge, each team rivaling its near est competitor in a friendly but drastic manner. Hearty co-operation was shown by all reflecting the spirit of brotherhood. Enthusiasm burned In the breast of every worker. Several speakers from the Central Y. M. C. A. (white) were present at several of the meetings, who spoke with keen sincerity and interest con cerning the real meaning of the work done In the Campaign. Nlmrod B. Allen, Executive Secre tary of the Spring Street Y", is be ing laurelled with honors, for the personality and punch he has in jected in the work since taking charge about two years ago. It is due to his untiring and zealous efforts that he is able to command and or ganize as he has. "The Columbus "Y" is a real fac tor and is handling contemporary problems manfully. The Spring Street Branch "Y" is doing and' has done more than any organization in Columbus to advance the colored people, these were the testimonies of the white speakers at one of the Campaign meetings. The new $115,000 building now under construction will be ready for occupancy by September. It will of fer every advantage of a modern Y M. C. A. authorities and a report sent to Tus kegee Institute. The State Super visors of rural school work among the colored people are as follows: Mr. James L. Sibley, Montgomery, Ala.; Mr. J. A. Presson, Little Rock, Ark.; Mr. George D. Godard, Mllner, Ga.; Mr. Leo M. Favrot, Baton Rouge, La.; Mr. Bura Hilbun, Jack son, Miss.; Mr. F. C. Button, Frank fort, Ky.; Mr. J. Walter Huffington, Md.; Mr. N. C. Newbold, Raleigh, N. C; Mr. J. H. Brannon, Columbia, S. Mr. S. L. Smith, Nashville, Tenn., and Mr. Arthur D. Wright, Richmond, Va. Any person operating the above named states in the interest of the Rosenwald Fund should be dulv au thorized either from Tuskegee Insti tute or by one of the supervisors named whose aid and co-operation should be sought whenever communi ties seek the Rosenwald aid. It is hoped that every effort will be made through co-operation to prevent such swindles being inflicted on the public. R. R. MOTON, Principal, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE TO TRAIN NEGRO SOLDIERS IN TRADES. Tuskegee, Ala., April 27. Dr. Robt. R. Moton, Principal, announced today that Tuskegee Institute has been se lected by the War Department as a training school ' for Negro technic ians. About 400 colored men, in cluding officers, will be selected from the various training camps and sent to Tuskegee on May 15th, and for two months these men will do most Intensive work in such trades as auto mechanics, carpentry, black- smithing, tc. This group , will be followed by another group until, dur Ing the six months following, an- proximately 1,200 men will have been trained. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY. The Commencement Exercises of Roger Williams University began Sunday, April 28, when pr. Van Ness iwnitej or Nashville pteached the sermon to the graduating class of the Teacher's Training Course of the Sunday School Department. un Sunday, May 5th, the com mencement sermon will be preached by Rev. Arthur M. Townsend, Presi dent of Roger Williams University and pastor of the great Metropolitan Baptist Church ot Memphis, Tenn President Townsend will deliver a special sermon on this occasion doing so only by the request o4 friends and students that he preacH his own Commencement sermon ilor the first time during his most successful ad ministration of five yeari President Townsend has been a glorious suc cess since his earlv boyhood and reached the apex of It In his master ly presiding as a College President. On Wednesday, May 8th, the Com mencement address will lie delivered bv Dr. J. A. Thomas, D. D., of Chi cago. The following is a schedule ot Roger's Commencement Exercises: Sunday, May 5th at 3 o'clock, Bac calaureate Sermon. Monday night, 8 o'clock, Graduat ing Exercises of Academic Depart ment. Wednesday, May 8th, Commence ment Exercises of College Department. plaV, "The Birth of a Nation," last iiiMtiay morning at their regular weekly meeting by passing a resolu tion condemning the play and ap pointing a committee to draw up a statement and appeal to the city Authorities, requesting that the exhi bition be suppressed', and not allowed to be shown in Nashville. It Is claimed bv these niJnisters that a large number of colored peo nle usually attend the shows given at the Vpndome where the "Birth of a Natioji is ndvertised to be shown, and that it lm impossible to put this strife producing play on the. screen before a mixed audience of white and colored people In the south, without stirring up feelings of bitterness on notn sides. Speaking of the play, Dr. J. A. Jones, chairman of the com mittee said: "I have witnessed the may nwself. It carries one back to Reconstruction days, when racial an- nnntnv m the south was at Its height. 'The picture is overdrawn like alt the writings of Tom Dixon's are. Tom Dixon as a writer of fic tion, seemed to have had two obiects in view, namely; to humiliate the Ne- ero pnd emphasize Anglo-Saxon su neriority, andi to make monev. If anv Nrro with the sliehtest degree of seir reppect or the least bit of race have met with, and in answer to the cnll of this American government of which you are a part, you have said: Here am I, send me, send ie. We "ra now entering upon the most try ing hour of our race life an hour when the severest tents will bo ap- iliod, and I am glad that wq a? a -:iro can tand the test. "I thank God that the Negro has 'pd his miv'on has waged, and we will ho :o less patriotic in this tlvi great est rvipi" the world has ever known. Y ui are oir reiresentii lives in this war of wars. You iri going forth to f'srh' ft-' battles, and to in ' -it .i' o a great as was the English ho?l nn lor VelMngto'T whnn returning from tin- little of Waterl "In sending you forth to the camps and to the battle line in France we would hnve you know we are reposing all and our uttermost confidence in yon. We belive you are the force which will bring the Kaiser to his knees, and plant the "Stars and Stripes" upon the admin istration building in Berlin. Lest you forget I want to remind you that vou are a, part of a fighting race that has always been fierce and strong in battle, a race that has nev er faltered nor quailed in the time of this country's distress. We there fore ask that you honor and reflect credit upon the fathers by doing your Juty, and in obedience to your commander, go forward; never re treat. "You go forth to fight for your country; you go forth to fight for the protection of our women and chil- Newport News, Va., April 22, 1918.. To the Nashville Globe: We write just this line to speak of what we re gard and what those who have lived in Newport News, Va., longer than we have, regard as the greatest ot all occasions among the church-going people of this city. We refer to the recent visit of Dr. W. S. Ellington, -pastor of the' First KaptiBt Church, East Nashville and Editorial Secre tary ot the National Baptist Publish ing Board, located In that city. Dr. Ellington had been Invited to come to Newport News, the great ' ship building city, to participate In the anniversary -exercises of the Rev; C. D. Henderson, pastor ot the First Baptist Church. It is well to say that when this dis tinguished divine arrived in this city he faced a program that was sufficient to keep him busy during his stay here. ' After a brief word with the Sab bath school, touching on one's repu tation, Dr. Ellington was escorted to the main auditorium of the church, where he was introduced by Secre tary A. F. Williams to an audience of more than twelve hundred persons anxiously wailing to get a glimpse ot the man who had written their Sun day school literature for the past sixteen years. By request he studied with his audience the "Prodigal Son." With so much force did he tell the story and In puch clear terms, and so prac tical did he make the lesson that at this eleven o'clock service sixteen men arose, walked down the aisle of the church and took a stand for Christ. That is, sixteen men were converted. Dr. Ellington preached again at 8 o'clock to more than 1,500 nennle and standing room was at a premium. At this service he studied with his audience the "Temptation of Christ." And there were three men converted. The people of this city regarded it as the greatest day ever witnessed and two of the ablest Bermons ever preached in this city. iMr. Puryear, formerly of Nashville, and 7lr. James East, a leading busi ness man of this city, put their big car at the disposal of Dr. S. A. Thomas and Secretary Williams that Dr. Ellington might reach Camp Hill and see other points of interest on the peninsula". So on Monday after diiviny around the city to see some of the churches, he was taken to the First Baptist Church, where he ad dressed the Baptist Ministers' Con ference. From here a party ot ilti.cns acromuanU;;! the Doctor to pride, ' can witness the "Birth of a Nation" without feeling deenlv hu-1 f ran art A In rltlmv an rsit ttvnaf rrv mlliated and at the same Urn excep- to forget the differences here at tinnaiiy Indignant, he Is indeed a home. David told his servant there saint. I think the 'Birth of a Na-' was no time to fieht mosonitos when tion should be driven off the Amerl- ti jersi and (Nona awaited. Wb are cm fliuge or playhouse, and that. ! going out to get bigger game. We speedilv. This l no time for stirring nre going to capture a maddened uy os among me citizens . Hon which has been turned alooae Camn Hill, just north of the city, p renrpsentative in pverv wir ; where more than l-'.uuu coiorea sol diers are stationed. Special orders had been issued by the Colonel at the request of Secretary Williams that all companies assemble from 3 to 4 o'clock to hear the speaker. It was a beautiful afternoon and thou sands of men In Uncle Sam's unl lorm greeted him and were inspired by the eloquent and forceful manner in which he admonished them. From here the party wns driven to Hamp ton, Va., where the guest was shown through the Hampton Institute grounds and the Old Soldiers' Home grounds. 'The next visit was to Fortress Monroe, where the, Doctor got a Bplendld view of several big battleships as they were steaming into port for the drill ground with their observation baloons (lying many hundred feet above them. The NaBhvllllan spoke on Monday night In the First Baptist Church to a full house on "The Crying Need of the Hour," and on Tuesday morning visited the city public school and the great ship yard, where fully fifty per cent of the eight thousand men at work are colored men. The peo ple of this city were honored in his presence. He expressed himself as being well pleased with the trip here. The Doctor left Tuesday at 12:05 for Nashville, Tenn. of America The committee appointed to wait i"on the citv authorities were: Drs. T. A. Jones. G. W. Allen. J H. Grant, T. H Smith, A. L. Pinlwton, and W. A. Anderson. NEGRO CHURCHES RALLY. Sunday iSchool Chief on Whirlwind Auto Trip. . After talking in twenty-seven Ne gro Sunday schools which he visited Sunday morning iin an j automobile, Oi leans, La. the Rev. Henry Allen Boyd, Nash ville, Tenn., Secretary of the Negro Sunday School Congress and general superintendent of their forces in the United States, spoke in the afternoon before delegations for seventy Sun d'3y schools at the First African Bap tist Church, Third street, near Frank- inn. His subject was, "Front Line Sunday schools and How to Build J hem" The Rev. Boyd told the Negroes that he believed the war would be wen 'by young men trained in mili tary discipline and inspired by the religious spirit they gained in the Sunday school. He advocated the Boy Cadet movement and Bchools which combined mili'tary discipline with eliglouis training. Rev. J. A. Granderson presided The meeting was held under the au spices of the ' Ministers' Alliance. Leading organizers of the meeting fro Rev. E. W. White, Rev. X, Knobs, J. L. Burrill and J. W. Wil lird. The Times Picayune, New LEADING COLORED CITIZENS GA THER AT THE MEMPHIS CHAM BER OF COMMERCE AND DIS CUSS PLANS AND WAYS AND MEANS OF HELPING THEIR COUNTRY WIN THE WAR. There was quite an enthusiastic gathering of Memphis' most repre sentative Negroes In the Chamber of Commerce on laBt Tuesday to hear a message on war conditions and to de vise ways and means to reach the masses of our people, that they rar be thoroughly aroused to the war and its needs. The meetin.g was called at the in stance of Miss Charl Williams, coun ty superintendent, and attended by all the supervisors of the Negro schools and business men. Speeches were made by 1r. B. iM. Roddy and Rev. W. T. Vernon, and also Mr. H. M. Cottrel and a committee was ap pointed which consisted of the fol lowing persons: Rev. M. T. Cooper, S. W. Broome, T. O. Fuller, J. W. Ribbons, Dr. M. V. Link, Rev. J. Q. Johnson, W. L. Petty, T. Y. Young, J. J. Totten, J. C. Campbell, P. W. Davis, R. B. Roberts, B. J. Perkins, Miss Iola Ellis, Helen Casey, Cora P. Taylcr. Rev. H. S. Peterson, J. B. Simmons, W. M. Jones and James E. on civilization, a lion crazed by hiia hist for power, dominion and gold. You are going to fight not to fight for the iwhite Jnmn's country, but for your own country. I do not be lieve in a half way citizenship. This is your country, this Is my country. I wns born here and you were born here. And since we were born here and have lived here we have no oth er country to fight for or to die for. In the same language and in the same sense that Paul i?aid, "I am a Roman," I say, I am. an American citizen. 'America is mv country it is ours. We gave the first blood for the independence of this country, and there isn't anything that can wipe out this truth. Historians cannot write of the American Revolution without telling how Crlspus Attucks bared his bronze bread to British bullets on Boston Commons, nor can they write of the brilliant achieve ments of Grant. Sherman, Sheridan, Buel', Hallark, Lee or Jackson with out tolling of the heroic stand of the "blnirk nrMa(nx" W iTVTilltean Bend. Waconer and Fort Plllnw Thnv cannot epeak of the rtee and fall of Washington, to map out plana of co- Mngdoms and nations without tell-1 operation to meet the war needs, ing how H'annlbil crossed the Alps! -i to carry the war Into Italy, or Ton-' Dr. and Mrs. Matthews rad a hur- salnt L'Overture, iwho forged a thun derbolt out of the sable son of Haytl (Continued on page 4.) ried call to Bell Town on account of the death of Mrs. Matthews' nelce, Mns. W- 'Jf. Thompson. . J -. i i ,