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Nejfro Publishers
Fight Kates
WASHINGTON - (ANPi Ta
inii the position thj|t a thr.ra
* ? ' ?? i-q \ li(#' tit the No
|tn prtBM. lite Negro rNewvpapeV1
Publisher* au^iitiort JtfVned ot
hers elements flvf publtshinj
industry in voieing^ppbaitiott tj
pFT^niiivfl increase lit tlw raje ft>
Second clarm mailing. James II
Muri>hy ot the. Afro -Xfiirruai
ttewspafu rs represented the u
MmXlatioin when he.appeared las
Friday bfute the ftoiisv ^mnti
Itee (in Vnc Post TlffU'C and civi
service.
?Pwitlllil^tfX (iijul A1 ?
|)niiald?tin ham axhed ( u?irr? I
authorise 'Increase* In thf vJtr
tuu* tliMii ol nwlltiu whtrh, li
the rame ul newspapers; wouh
antoul. In mome Instance* to t
much a* 380 percent, lie eon
tend* that the publishing lnisin
ex* should pa> ItsJown wa>.
' The |xrcrdUi|#.'al. Ihchvet
<igi xda'il?'.* i in ulalhm' w hi?li. ujic.
H.v iruiii.t IIIIVIUM; Wnill' WU
nvirJKf Wfitkly vend* a mud
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icc<irKl-vlau riiirt, ?Murph> }u]i
th( i ;t>iti111*??- . "l'.irt)<iUl?r1\ i
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with' l.ii f.u i;at< ir? iYl*Tiiins7"
Murphi '* prepared sljlrmijtil
cited the Inability n| Negro ne;w
|W|ifr> to r,u*r thr prtcr of the!
putillcatlmt* any turthrr . or o
?hiltiti| much morr of (lie cot
I puhlithliiK tn adverhwrt. Th?
?m,*ll margin ot profit now real
licit, he uld, It not rnougli to at
uif li the mi reaves now content
i?*ljtnl Kn?ina nitlt on all stile
li.t \ r Inidr thr publishing o
\rgro paper* a difficult inatter
hr added. Thr proposed lcgi?U
Htm 'will- work a paralyaini
hardship ?m these papers even f<
a point where their actual e*ls
tence would be jeopardlied.
Murphy pointed out to the co
mmlttce that tin-, ufiwlttmnnnr
ul many large national advert 11
era to viae the Negri, |?rt .s h.i
made these paper* rely very hea
Vily. ui>on< circulation for a auti
xtnntial amount of their gr<>*
revenue Anything which tend
to curtail rjrrulation would in
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n t -1 nirrr- LLfJUn IH
business, ho contensbNj. Mall rat
inf-rtian'x f r this reason. >?? ion
t tinted an <>'inai*t"- i??
Whites Fined .
For Mingling
HA'I,TIMPfW '. ' ANP i !mu
wfnh |'n;i>'ins inrtudinu one v.
man-wcfc given suspended ?of!
IvrifOs h!n t* week Pit pronu?t..:j
interracial f?'nm> matches, Iri *
wiling last jurr.mcr.
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v+tu<t jiuriupiiiii^ to. Jh
tUfV) the pca#^, '"f''." lurstinri' <
tearry.it!at' h ^ 4
nt-'TroiTC* wrwv Wrt'tiW, in In.
..trial- i
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IN NAACP P
k RALEIGH (AtiSKW iy]
I Suulh Cirulinii NAACP orijamta-1
Jl??rt >tnh?t powerful itnong
i vouthrrrt 'date-. tjlluut (>KUt? >
rrl<-A*?-dherc durtjnjt tho 8Wlw
J rattem tc*1onal conference <>" tfjjj
^ munnixation Saturday and Sun
r tLv <fi*?loac*L ..". . ' ' .
I J t>ffinal figure* ii:?ill Ihf Pal'I
I nu'ttif State with 14.SM member*
m iji-fvl itamlum aa of DwftnbfT
I I 3.1, 10411. about !VoO more than Ala
b?in? ikith.13,737 lliwi'ver, S C
1 lra<ic r - *?ul thcJi|Urc? amounted
"i lo' cnn>*drjablp rrair* by their roeL
??i\t* *nid quetUoDed thr accuracy
j v.T^irrr .vTnrTai rnrom mr * r,
offu udv reasoned that if <!>? home
? I'Ttifi- haute* w? u? com-eUy U?t
I .It, tJ: bi ftinTn" l^ni- In cn
g slow ;r\ getting ijitt ?vt iv?* New York
7^ >?f(( .Tbrlt tuthptrtc rniimbctrhtp
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A- j*"bo.-had l,"00 .ii imiod nun/bef J.-.
ta-i-tnnt raided with) w'O f i South
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? load arriving later from the D?rr
branch '
t Hrpionenllng th<- M>l confert
?:?? ? were Janm* M Hintt.?n anil
r Kuk?nr A .'.Montgomery. prrudhtl
- j jtnl 1 xei atiye secretary.. reupcet
?j ?vely Air* l)?>r<rfhy HotMjfv.xi of
lYndJtdon't bri/tu h viun placet
r| tin The tinir- and plan- committee.
F ! .t^ NV th.r.ctrv . T T' > .11 ! ?
- , tiona committee
J nil- HI:?u r 1 1 .?1.?1 i.t < tin*: v. d
? 7? held Uf Knukvil|ft;.~ Tritfl .
Thi-mc of the cungreaa wa? on
ivtl right* and political action.
I Wf.l#? \OUU- -*
? iikc wrarcMiH] xiu?.
3- w-Mii.n ia meeting, dint
itling the rgcrnt-neoaJU> filibui_
'rr irenmst civil rmnt? lmmla
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iMan Collects On
Injury In Wreck
'* CHICAGO (ANPI-Djimk
, i unirmMlnf? to Wcfe i ()[
lcfled by IIcurd from
tbe Akron UuUihutinij vmniMnv..
"WTr.'.nT U , id ?m out tif iuui 1 m'C
i Vlcment, it was disclosed, here
f last week; by Sidney A Jones.
Chicago lawyei. The settlement
{'tffeiv out of un accident on Mar1
1 *1 ~2r> 1l>41t ' * hen rt company'
'4 ruck ran through a funeral pro
'OMtion just. outside the city liny'
i'i. injuring H'e^rd and killing
* Mi wife, Margueirte, along with
11 two other people Several were
1 o)u red - "
' C"? al attornevi have watrhe.f
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-p va~ ,<L*> .itnV ,in|:
'<i{.t.cvv: f retained, tv ?u*2
{TVt Ah^-i Tf'rVr firm *> only
Ljj "ne to %'iti a <w^MU'|nc'??t 'Aa. At
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J ti'fi' <?<''ri<i?vnt. The cave -Nya* < .?!! I
Ted to trial < :??{<: J#-t wendi before
t*S '' T*t-1 k Ml'Had !g<*.
> i Xj?4*-u ;i * cHar^od kilttni
a 'hroihjr
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ri -nj have.'. wrvM in tifrptty lye al
l> JiKds here in .t-he past
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[N..C. Mutual V
! Report Shows
Great Growth f ?,
DURHAM NO. Many yarn
i\go. when John Merrick, the
toumfec of North ..C?f?Jtfta Mat
j u;?J voided hi* conviction that
the coinplahy WouKt live aik! e?nlihuc
Ui-RTmv with mil ? ?- ?
Title n??; Tn the Hltum- n^Urr- mstitution.
he piohahlv could not
have anticipated the extent to
which PTTi pi edicuon would t>c
ftjlWid;
It l? a l*r er> from (lie day
uhmi the founder* ol the tnvtitiilion
had nothing to oiler to a
more or le** poverty stricken
l>eople but aii jb*lr*rt Idcwback
ed up by faith, Industry, determination
and Integrity! to this
lay which Itndy iixy^jnwirrrte
entity, an institution iTuh iil6.M4
policy holders carrying Insurance
coverage to rhf extent ol lllM.Kii
K.XSa.tMi. with admitted amis oi
H3.0IM2, i.l which tTT.HHi.'iVI
HO l?i to secure ila obligations to
Its policyholder* alone; with loans
to tioyrrnmrnt, policy holders, -Ij'i
duxlry. home owner*, and on hus
iness, larni. rliurch and other
properties to the extent of 920 t
I3.M.6 21; providing dignified em
*pl oiment for II64 men and women
aof our group; and pouring
tot- 'o..n..mlt
payments lo policyholder*, em
ployees, and In support of < ioy rritnyiu
and industry over *?**
O.OOO.M annually.
Item-fit* paid policyholder*
arid their benef jciarie* during
pad year amounted to $2,27U,036.
62 bringing the total, of such Ixui!
eft* payment* rganltation
I to At the close of
j I94ft there were dividend* yet to
(m- paid to policyholder*, Including
relnaindcr for the 194R dividend
year ending .March 31. 1949.
of $131,381'. All. dividend* left
with the company* to accumulate
I at interest and interest thereon
amount of )!t),902,437 tt> provide
ftrt?apportionment?uf dlvidendu
tr> ;?.Vu yTioTdT-rs f<u the dividend
| year In-ginning April 1, 1949, $3
I 60 (KM) has been act aside, making
' a total - for . dividends to policyhotdrrV-of
$613^69 12. ?:?r-*?
On this, the fiolden Anniversary
of thr company, employees,
policyholder* and friend* alike
ran look back upon a half-century
of service that haa fully
JlUUfled thr hopes. anticipations
4iul de*ire? ol thr founder*. TruI).
North Carolina Mutual h.w
1 proved ll*ell to be a great cooperative
enterprise - an enterprise
that is the pjapgrly_af__Ulc
policyholder* themselve*. Ever*'
pp| holders is :.r(or.lln;;r
owner of this ire.it, eiHiperaoti'
enterprise . ,<n cnterpris^^lhere
( uh member Joins With
Jit* fellow members and*17nris his
support- in the establishment of
.a reservoir of security that operates
for the common financial
wrttbrtnf of all. -- --"
A !''i' 111.Atitni o> enter* upon
it f> ond half ;< -ntury of cohtin<>u?
nperatiOh. it does fco staffed
with a tni-'l and-prowd per?annct
This fa't, plus the re-?~-Tr*r
e.MiiiiOwd during iftc first
fifty years, is <*> suronce that the
future -giuawth and financial pus
IWon of the institution i? (inured
More Education
Seen As Secret
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YORK (ANPnnr M.r
ry W. Chuo, chancellor of Neu
York university. declared her<
last week that "the vyhole aecrel
nf the smith i hafhwkfrtnrst lit"
'in the inferior quality of ite echooUni."
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Speaking at a luncheon seadona
of the 22nd annual convention
at the Commercial Education
aaaoclatlon at Near York and
vicinity in the Waldorf-Astoria,
the educator said:
"There is nothing inherently
'wrong with southern people, because
they cMitt from fine slock.
He added that if the quality of
education' in the south is improved.
it would become easy to
"southern demagogues
from congress " He -Suggested
thst federal a?d would improve
southern education but warned
of the danger that federal control
might be imposed.
' Dr. Chase was president of the
University of North Carolina
frofn 1B19-1930
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$10,000 Suit Filed
By House Wife
Said Struck
A $10,000.'suit, seeking actual . ?-?il
4tHi punitive damages wm tiled ; .*/ V )
'in federal court her? Monday
against >?n insurance company, an
inch! of^whom la alleged to have v
struck afiousew ifeduring a dia- - ;*]
pule over preiniuma In January,
i The actiqn filed by attorney
Harold H tloulware. Is hi hehalt ' ' r
of Mrt. Luta Thomas of. Gregg |
street, who alleges that" on Janu yi
atv 24. jkfant I'uUl B. CrUmpler
" -nf?ttre?i-hrrhum -Llfp Insurance . Tj
company, did strike; abuse, maul
<?nd hit Ivor "inamallctous. mean, : contemptible,
vthfutt imd- won- 1
v$hfi allege, thatTTfie Incident
took place rft 4 30 p. m . on her
hjurt porch, und was witnessed ? .1
by several neighbors.
14 Seek ('up Posts
At,Spartanburg y . t
Sl'AUTANLlUH(? (ANSi four
t icen Negroes took examtnatiutta Jr....
Ml. I. * j . t i Tit' wcrvh o CO- ''ffiji
m mission last week for positions
mi the potn'e force, andetty coun t
cil has under .i.ivt?emer\t u pia* . IHB
i inim nrKro miniHier* 10 employ . '~-%M
i i- Who qualify. f
Uloif was dellvvrwi by -Jjy
i .i A (tO. Burthey/ pMtot. of Wtt 1
< r Uenibfikl CMI rhuch. Mod* . *
day, who wan fwjuwtid by may'TTi
pTirtrm f'harb w A Holland-- .... MA
1 r..?.,rn aft?r rcaulU of
. anamination arc known.
Latter* E?d All
Eurtht-y. at Holland's request, ,
riid letter* from tim e South
I Caroline town* now union col- J 'J
ored officers, Clover, Conway i f 4
and Summer ton, which LaubA - ^ . W"j
1 -aw- . - -o.? I
II WM ?? V WW Vlll'nl' IM 7.
r rendered "
The pantor aaked that V % J
offtcerz are hired, that 1 > > *1j
tin n<liit 11 hi of city Negro pt^von
bo made -a requirement of any
> applicant. <* I
r .?>.... ha. h??n ft|too- -
> *or?Hj hy the iucal NAACP bran- '? -. r
l 1I1 wlin h hai enlisted tho *upa
?.?oiinipria| union. -jLz
Severs^ meeting* have been held
on the matter and the branch <1- f .
cided to let the miniaters handle
the matter for the organization.
Porter Jailed
For Branding 1
Son 24 Times c. I
cHw?ao a
?U. arrested l?,? .1
upon his return from a run ? - , .? because
he.toi tdrud his son "fur "
hi* own goqd . - gjj
Sylvester Wallace Sr., 37( wilt
be charged with assault, child no j
gleet, and disorderly conduct for
burnmi; 24 tun.-, with a |H
Ired-lvot:* clothea hanger becapsfe ' . H
the -iUd ^ot: perform hU duties at
hom< ' ori'" tly * H
11.. -on. S> : .< >t< r W tIlac-6 Jr..
15. oft.nr tVoirijt miam-d ?>-.* iirtrbori,
whs diKOVered. on Kb* b?d - ** ' - ,
with a scarred Ijiv k lr?>m llto nu- . ^ . 'J
WtfoUt br*ndi. . He, 1a?iww -in? .-;I
r ""CJfGnTy hospital.
The boy helped - maintain the Wi*
building owned by the father.
. Tie dld~iOeh Job? gs ftre th* iur*.?
ance arid other such duties. He
said hi* father would puni.sh him
when he did not perform hit ' " ~
tank* by pressing him with tho
red. hot hangers.
The father commented, "I did- .fl
* n't. know the hot hangers would . \j? J
r hurt him to bad. I meant no . i#,".
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1 His ca& is scheduled to come ?\
L up April 29?If ha la rnnirirtort 1 ? J
ffO thff nbrv*r 1 i HtliU M
serve up to a year in prison end
pay up to $900 in fines.
Alabama Has W i
1.100 Births
Illegimately
BIRMINGHAM. ALA. ? (All- ...
P)?A total of 1.190 Illegitimate
births among Negroes in Jefter- V
son county in 1948 was reported
here last weak by Mrs. Alice
the'children's Aid society.'' K
She reoprlad at need tor mora
adoptions of. Negro children. .
Thorn were only 1?7 white lUag-.^
itlmate births reported tor 1949,
Mrs. Sharp# said. K
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