The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-14
CHURCH WILL FIGHT
NOT GOING TO GIVE IN TO con-
CERT HALL.
NO TURKISH CAFE THERE.
WEST SIDE MISSION SUNDAY
SCHOOL STANDS PAT.

superintendent Crittenden Says
That He Is Not a GUTTER and VIII
Fight the Greek, AIexander-Win
Not Move His Sunday school, for
Convert Hall Man Can Get an En-
trance to His Place ON Bryan
Street-As Place Is Now Situated
Performers Must Stay I'm Doors on
sundays.
The West Side Mission Sunday-school
has not retreated from the position it
has taken on the question of abandon
ing its location to make room for AL
exanders new vaudeville theater. Su-
perintendent H. c. Crittenden said
yesterday that Savannah will not have
a Turkish cafe just at present, if AL
exander expects to use the place now
occupied for religious purposes.
Alexander had said that the Sunday
school had agreed to move elsewhere,
and that he would at once open a Tur
kish cafe with an entrance on Bryan
street Mr.. Crittenden says that the
concert hall man has reckoned with
out his host, and if he opens the cafe
it will be after he has done some hard
fighting, and played some pretty warm
legal games. Mr.. Crittendon is evil
IDENTIFY in earnest and does not propose
to get out of the way of the vaude-
vile folks untiI he has taken advant-
age of every possible point.
The building used by Alexander is
on West Broad street, and extends
from Bryan street TO Bay lane. There
20 he v.lo
but the way Alexander has things
fixed there are three or four landings.
The large hall used by the Sunday
school is separated from the music
hall dressing rooms by board parti-
ton. In this manner Alexander is
shut off from an entrance on Bryan
street. and West Broad street is the
only means of getting in and out of
the building.
The bars-one for negroes and the
other for whites-are on either side of
the West Broad street entrance, and
Alexander realized that to open these
doors on Sundays would mean a Vio-
lation of the tipping house law. To
break through the partition separating
the Sunday school room on the second
floor would be another violation, and
Supt. Crittenden notified Alexander
that he would push the prosecution If
thS pAdNG HIS SCHOOl occupies SnOulO
tresspassed upon. This ultimatum
from the Sunday school people put 1t
up to Alexander in earnest, and he
realized that his performers would
either have to spend Sundays in bed
or sleep elsewhere.
The concert hall man, through a real
estate agent, began negotiations, look
ing TO the removal of the Sunday
school, A place at Bay and Ann streets
was offered, and a representative of
Supt. Crittenden looked II over. Alex
ander thought that everything had
been fixed, and announced that he
would open Turkish cafe in the Sun
day-school room. This statement
brought Supt. Crittenden to the front
again, and he at once decided that the
Bay and Ann street place would not
answer his purposes, and he intends to
remain where he is
Mr.. Crit-tenden says that he received
notice to get out by Dec. l. but he
does not intend to move until he is
compelled to. He insists that he will
not give way to the concert hall, and
that the usual Sunday services will be
held tomorrow afternoon. Services
were to have been held Thursday night,
but no light could be obtained. The
electric light switch is in the half of
the floor occupied by Alexander and
some one shut the current off. Mr..
Crittenden says he will have this mat
ter remedied by placing a switch in
the Sunday school room early next
week. No lights will be required for
the services tomorrow. Alexander told
Mr.. Crittenden that the switch had
been shut off by a plumber. and that
ii had not been done for the purpose
of preventing the holding of religious
services. The war between the Sun
day-school and the concert hall prom
Uses to be interesting.