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' * Los Ai _i_ Li , . Less Tha ! COLONEL " . . ^ ? - ~ r-? - 1 : -fc -? VOL. in?NO. 12. Nations gigantuT ^? 4NSTITUMC _ SignedJjontrsfct March 16th ^ Took Over Business of 7?^ > Stana*^- Ins. Co~ ADDS ANOTHER MILESTO _ - ' Li ? StandsAjs Monument to B ness Sa.'xacify of Pioneer Ir surance Men .? ? > ?r? .r - %. The signing oT the contract on ] Kith by which the National. Be Life Insurance Company, of Wasli ton., t>. C., took over the busines the Standard Life Insurance Com] stands as .another milestone in road of Negro progress and ,achi ment. In addition it stands as ar or monument to the business sa{ . ty and foresight of that pionee insurance men, Samuel Wilson" K erford, who. in. 1 Si)8 founded the ( pjiny to which he has given twe - eight ycn:s of-unin'.grrup'tcd sor *i be grnvTTh trf the "National B fit through this period lias been steady and sound, and the ins tioir has through its lifetime < niand.; d wide attention for its c bio and conservative, m ana gen There is little doubt that the j-?pes i tion Avhkdi?the- company oeeu j.. .even pvlmv to this the leadership and abiiit; ^ Mr. Umhcrfovd, who has Served a Secretary-General Manager since ?? date of its organization. During tlie. past decade we seen the beginnings of numerous 1 hess enterprises among Negroes, . fesneciallv has the number inrre in the field of insurance. There been a great deal of talk about , advantages of combination and soiidations, with their attendant noipies of operation, but it rema 101- ine wocionai isenent 10 pui i ?theories, into practice in a big' We have, noted in-recent years s of the greatest mergers bet\ banks, insurance cdYnpanies, and ei' euiiimoiiity?m-?u?Unvor. cost, Other -pr roll p. hiuI-wh h-ivn F.efov resulting reduction in operation c the ability to give the public a ter commodty at a lower cost, the assurances of greater perman in business. The National Be and the Standard Life 'are the two companies of unusual magni in their resources, operating an our people, to carry ;f or wardmodern v business idea to succo: conclusion?The joining of those "companies gives- to the rac<? i : ?tution with $75,000,000 worth of 1 ness in force, and makes the Natj Benefit the largest financial ins tion of our race. li is interesting to note and s thi! leaders and the forces which responsible for. the successful < bination of the resources and power f~ two institutions which made their impression unon the nomic development of the Negro The early history of the Stan Life as corporation organized in State of Georgia in 1913, is known to those who. have folk ' the course of Negro business. S r -ing from the very bottom it gre the point where in January there was -approximately fwont; y. millions of insurance in force 01 book, and with assets of nearly t million dollar, It represented largest fife insurance company o: race doing an exclusive ordinary business. At thfk"time the bus was taken bve^_ by. the "Sortthen suranee Company, a white institi of Nnshville, Tennessee. To se< company pass out of th? contr< Negroes was without a doubt a * to our racial pride.nmf the only of future coirtrnt and nwnershif in the idea that at some time ir future the Negroes might be ab exercise the option granted the ; "? - ? :?; lgeles F ROOSEVELT d Benefit NEGRO N g CLARENCE C NE OPENS MEMBER~SHIP DRIVI I- ' ' ~ . Churches Filled to Overflowing One 3,000, Other 5.000? Mar. Hundreds Turned Awav nefit . ?i : i. fnF n ^ryCESC& KUPSCRTPTTON; S of ? ? ? : itfny Mr. Harrow Declared. "Whit the People WantColored Peophrieve in America" ^ ioth japi- Now York, ""March 1R?Clare tic r of Harrow addressing the Washingto uth- !>. 0. Branch or the National-. Assc ?om- elation, for the Advancement .of Col nty- TYdd People at the opening of thei vrccv "Spring Membership Thrive filled tw enfc- hiiivhos:?Ttre^ieeting was hold a both FRe Metropolitan A. M. E. Chure titu- \vhich as jammed with o.OOt) peopl :om- and when 5,000 vainly struggled fo apa- admission and oi*erfllow_ meeting vvn lent, held at the John- Wesley wher high Charles Edward .Russel and Bisho rpied' E. D. W. Jonos addressed the crow until- Mr.'Diinw arrived at 11 P. /" of The Washington Post reports that a sits l>Mlv mmt-tngs--pttflgcg and - t'ontrl the butioris were "received in basketfuls . Ne?5T%. Thomas, President*of th have Washington Branch, of the N. A. A jusi- C. P.' introduced Mr. Barrow who dt and <1ared that ^cientist?r intelligent pet ased ftlo and antinto were friends pf -th has Negro "and that only Jhe morons c the the-worl'd were his enemies. + Mi eon- Harrow was given an ovation by th eco- crowd. i anea Mr Darrow in his - address on ih hose Ramparts of Civilization" declare way. that the real radial barrier was nc some color but the Negro's previous cor veen dition of servitude coupled- with th oth- Anglo-Saxon's "habitual moron cor -and?ceptinns." ' ?the-?- "The while people want colore ogts,' people in America," declared Mr. Dai bet- row. "-Somebody has to do- the wor and and the Nordics are not going to d ency it."- Mr. Darrow declared that "pur nefit j blood i - pure nonsense," saying thr first ancestry-, of all people was a ver tude mixed one. , -a? norig Mr. Darrow furthermore urged it this dependence in politics upon" 1-olove ssful pftcople, " : * 7" two ? ' naO-pM-MH. WAI.KKR MF.DAI. fiOKS. T bnshr1 ?ViRS. J. M. 3CQTT QF LOS lonai ANUELES * titu- , 1 he lime. C, J. Walker Meda tudy awarded annually for ^conspieiioi were service'to the ' race by "a member < com- and through the National Associatic man for the Advancement of Colored Pe< have pie, goes this year to Mrs. J. M. Seo eco- of Los Angeles who, in "the spring < rac.?- 192(1- conducted-- tli?,~moAt?suecessfi dard Baby Contest eiier held for-the N. / i the- A. C.- P. Forty-five babies entere well the Contest and' the receipts totatf owed over $4,000. Others, nominated t tart- worthy include: Mrs. Olivia Taylo w to Pi'omdont tn4wni?polin^Brunuh,_N-^ 1925, A. C. P.; Isadorc Martin,. Preside! y~s~tg[TTnLalh^phia -Brranch; PToT. Nevhl I n its! ThomdS, 'President .Washington, I hree , C. Branch, and Dr. II. Hudson, Pres the dent Los. Angeles Branch, f the ~ '.V ' - "*' 1 ~ life 4jie .^contract, .to'buy back . the.'bus iness ness during a ten year period, i In- - After TT ye ST" of operaiioh-by tT jtion Southern Insurance Company tl ; the business was sold to a group of whil of- capitalist!' of Arkansas, ulio orgiMlt! blow ed the Standard Life of Arkansas, c3 Sepe elusively?for ^he purpose of takin lay--over this'business. Tt lf-TPbrrTTT i the hands of this group that the entii le to organization passed into the hanf n in (Continued on Page 8) (ace Mai ml' Of. p.iilT COMMENTS ** - j. Columbia; s. c.,sa*tui f r ? titHns. EWSPAPE ? ? , " , ~ ARROW ADDf " PRESIDENT LOS |V ANGELES BRANCH. . National Association Of lice Re- < ' ceiyes Word of Recent Appointment-* " ' -? y4aXTOAORf)INAlly PBSFHONh? llTil. DnnV TTZTJUZZIZ , g i/i . nui^i/ii lidd ijvvu livaiica ; in j Fight Against Segregation of Any Form ' ' , . . \ < . ji ; ". . . * * c New York, March 18?The Nation-, n nl Association for the Advancement >f Colored-People, 60-Fifth Avenue, i b .receives word that Br: H. C. IFud- l r s'pn, President of the Los Angeles ? Branch, has been- appelated. to the*") ^ Board of Education - of the Y". ai. (J. " A (white) in that city.' The appointe merit is the more extraordinary in ] 'r ihat the L<>s Angeles N. A. A. C. P. ^ dltL. had to cprrh:tt entrenched -color e prejudice in tliat city and -Dr. Ilud- < P son'has been a leader in the fiffht a- i ^ gainst any fr.-m of ; rt-.? Jon. i lt CI. Alt FACE BAB BOW TO AD < ? ~DKKSS N. AT ArC. P. IN IX- . " . * ui.xaai:ui,is e ? r JRiuiis. Marsha!!, Whoso Brief Helped 1 Win Texas White? Primary Case 1 ? P-robahly?AVill Sneak Also 1 ^ ' . " . -m .f . [T ' X'ow, York,?Xaia"!i?, lft-?Clnrenep ' g liarraow has definitely accepted the . j invitation to address the 18th An- ' l0 nual Conference in Indianapolis of the j .Xational A' srn *i al ipn A'inLlhc .Advanccg mont of Cojored People this June, die . \v* 11 address the Sunday ntiis.-, meet e .ing of. the Conference for this pur-, p so C'adle Tabernacle. seating 10,000 . 'people hns been .obtained. ( The A.- A.-tVK-im; nl^O Mykt'd ^ 'r. the celebrated constilutiamd nuthori-; k , \y. Louis. Marshall,. whose masterly j 0 Unof was instrumental in winning e .'lie Texas White Primary. Paso, to de-i ^ liver' the keynote adifresss on the op-j v eniilg night of the Indianapolis Con-' jTerence; Mr. Marshall is eager to: 1. attend the X. A. A. C. P. Conference j . | engagements srt that lie may .at-jj lamri . ' - i . I q The Indianapolis Branch ^report s all ! ?i Committers appointed and . active -Ttrr j preparing a w'eleomo for. the Con-1 I ference. ' Mrsv .Olivia Taylor,. Presi-, P ! dent of the Indianapolis Branch reports that 'Messrs. Sislp and Blake .e ore donntmj? their services 7n it mid in - nip.ht shPW Jit TorrrHnson ITall March 0. 1G to aid the Branch in enlisting: the tt1 interest and rnoperatioa of all In-.f .lianapolis people. .Si V < I ? = aLi. _ d NATIONAL Iil'M ANE WEEK. . Ard" ?~?? ? ts~. ; ; r, ' :? . Si Aiiitn Hanninrss.. Ivor...Aflic? it , mals Arrives r ^ : >7 Celebrations In Many-Schools of This i- State?Much Literature Sent Boston. Mass., March Tft?-Yfith j in .-.tit .. fno- mviiv?rrr TT , le Rowley, President of the American ; Le Humane -Education Society, stated i here This nv nunc tlip .national j U humane week. Apvll they'd thruuyh?: Pf SHh wonld be flourished willyguccoss. , ic From TnT parts of the country, requests , *e for literature and humane, week sup- j Is plies have been received and with') i another week, will see "the openings i i n On V i:p WrulrPv , &0 k HON RECET> ' I. . I DAY. ^IAR. 2G, 1927 RS TQ (ESSES D. C. WHITES RULE JSINE TENTHS OF LAM) [)vef Billion People in \Vorld. Onlv Six Hundred Million White. ' : jirirarksr'-m\^HyORlTy. [?r6wTfs~and Yellows Constitute Major Portion of World's V Peoples"^? : ) Cess than one-third of the world's population is white, according to i PC till re delivered by II. Williams be'ore the Clcnrraphirul - .Society of Manchester,, Iihv.,hiiid^^md--quoted in i clipping received by the Xntiomtl Association, for, the Silvnnpennnt 01 Colored People," CO "Ti ft h .-Vvcnae Xew York. Mr. Williams said . there were 1,900,000,000 in the world ^of- wlmtr six hundred million -were whites- seven hundred million yellow,- four hunmillion black. ?Ir. WTlMams nnih'tbi out-that. the whites dominated. about a(' ]'.!. of ibe earth's land srrr face. "W ??? if Humane Sunday with, public exercise.Si in. many places,. Yh<ynsands of ministers in the load-inc elmivho^ :iv< !>i*e?t'-hiH'r- ri 1::-ndjicss^ .iustiqe,. mercy md lovu for every living Creature. Many of the leading "colleges, public schools, Sunday schools, e.hurehos purl' 'in "nai^pnal "13^.. Kjiil to Animals Week" colebratiim year. President Coolidge fn a s'tf.C inc ut out in;:-'"loo w-e-k-, -calied upo i the nation to celebrate the \yeek,"issue:! a personal slatemt>"t. fy.o:n tin Wlliil" 11' IS'l'i !'; hi:- t il I'c-i 1' .\vyi by most every governor in '.lie States; Mayors* hi rtiuny of the larger, cities men and-women itr every wmrk of life have some kind feeling' for the creature of God that cannot speak for themselves, and the society has trice to reach every thinking' person to join?*in the nation-wide program of justice and kindness .foC all. ,_.^ey.mour Carrel, Columbia,, S. C,: Mrs. Katharine- We-.ithersbec, Allanta, Ua.; .tames I), liurton, Hhyirrrrm 1'er.n.; P. Ri w r.-a Kanm. ell. Furl ^U* 'l'..... ... t, l.V. T ? ..I. tt vn ui, i >> . 14.1; mini, Al h Va.; Miss Blanche Finloy, Richmond V'a.', are the oijitbal members "of the staff of Southern? fiOUi secretaries : a:ii ;ir?- >' -iy ..m t,;~- hvHi-i-tt-the in. < ere.it of tlie. >eh.-fy- aovivilto? in the South alone. Their team wbrk is the result of the wide response given ir the South to the society for iiie.pr.eventioirof cruelty to animals. In a last minute statement. Guv Richard. ?>n, executive scan taVy of ti t society said among other here today ih~Voiiiment on"Tt~m'dTV'~By Dr. Ciulmun of Ih'ooitTy n/.-adt: 1 Eevfery minister iii tlie land shbuld receive n c^pyof .the cxcHh-nt *crmon on kindness to animals, preached by pv. s. Far! .of fadntan Ik1.fort' On Bedford Branch, Y. M. C. A., Broklyn NT. Y.? and w.d dy"broadcast throughout the country. This address very ncaiTyi .in full, htU-been" publi.-hTd by the American Humaub"Education Sotribuiton in tonnea ion with Humane Sunday, April 3. It makes four pages 5x9 inches, and contains more ttmn 2,000 words. Copies will be mailed anywhere,, at csot as. follows: one two conU-g twelve, eight, cents; f;ffJ sr more, to one address, one half cent LaLii. in quantities 01 ;>uu or more Lo one address, the price will be at fhe rate of $4.00 per thousand, net. A 1 Vhite 'V TIP TV T s A Jk M - IN. A? A.y. ' or C _ t '* ' 7* *.V' NY*A. A. C. P. ASiONli FiKST ' ,. TO COMMITS'1 , 4 Was a Groat Victory"says C nlnr.el Roosevelt?other Comments . * tTr\' >i X PRES.* \VftlTE$^". i Cofiffre-snian Dyer Sends Coni "" ?ivuPi'atio:ts and Praises Association C'-."Letters stnd telegrams of commeni lalion ,i.^- Icon coniin? to the'Na tioiial A'.ociatipn for the AdvancemVlit of .'C(:l )l-('rl Pfifiulp Oftftimonil'nn i hj vi :y before thO'-U. S. Supreme I 'tf.rr.V- in *h< Texas . White Primary : , ;v.: the first' to comment r hri;Y? I hepoiprc TTcoscvoix. VvKr P*yr-tc:.""'iTut was a great y artery.' PW:w.other comments ./rereived by r r?' ... a. a. ('. -t\ 1n?hr?Jl>v.r nowsp p:v or- editorials, arc the following X. II. Young, Piv>icier.: <>f i.i; I r';i-V,;n.\r .Li.-?. :io. I T .'and iiV v'-.e - 'u c -T J'-mr' A'.1": . whuiun'ur. <ycre 1 thi? >v. rnjrrg bra cnusi' of the so, yep in*1 tf-A'i ma ui ;i,i ? I'liiled. State; Sufiyrtc C ui't-against he white, primaries." a l)r, *\V. G/'Alexander,- Chairman on ' .National Program... .National "Mbdip!_rai-A rJ"The wondfcrfui-rVte= tory wi.i.h Vm -. lyron reeerrtly "an-1 ' -vi '..g nth iri the X. > . A. C. p.i a-? at)'als lately essen~ THTT TT-tl . .T.'.rt.'' r 1. i?trrrbyath enL-.l n h. !; l' r J"i as a .small conh_; ! j' ; v.:,-rtX.; J.' Work of oui . '.'t o.j anivrntion. \ C--.ii.jvc-man L. C. Dyer: "Please .iceejvi my con:*t*i.Uiation in the yie. ? t.oi.y achieved in the..'Supreme Court 1 1 i" I, itiirnrv--vtT'-rrr^-m-^rT-TT , Victories of thaTkind are all of great , benefit all along the line." , "A-l'.iOn I..'" IToTseyj Scerelary to Prin - ipi 1. Tuskeget* Institute: "The Xa^ tiohal Association in -my cpi'nior I reached t^ie highest 'water mark" o1 ? its service to the race in the success ful outcome of the Te.vaf Primary i. e. I have hover seen such Worn lemil reactions as has lieen among the Southern papers." X/ -h Frederick, attorney for the r in South Carolina. - "I tvret to congratulate the X. A. A. C. P , on its splendid victory iij, the Wlp'A primary case. It, in my opinion, is pursuing the only, teal and eti'eeuvt ^-taattt'se in ( talili. hmg?tht' r>ght.^ oi the colored American citizens." The; ICxuctuivo Committee ? f tlu Huston life .< h vpted uuhnimen.:,!.y tc :.o:ul t Ivc ,Xat nami jtltHec cuagruutla jiW. the Texas *0Fjatoh. accordt a letter, fr.un ICuier 11. Wil.d.n Pre. id. I of th. Ilci ui P-ranch. Telegrams and LJi'.orials ~ The Xv A. :Y. C. P."'has received e.'a tc-"< 1 r.. tii TT < :r;:ir at an1 fjv.n the 1\ r it .1 C ItitnbkU S. C ' it;TT':T-!. rich h-tvi" iu'lv' l;y?M1:1.. Walker, i're. i.Vnt of the Detroit --P.rhrw'h .'-.mE- M. r-T.hil.trn*. Prcsidturl , and K. W. Jackson, "Secretary of the (VUiminn- Br.tm-b.?A number oi quotations from newspaper editorials ' fnttmv: . ' 'i: V ( Xe ; grccs_<?> Am erica ottc to the X. A i A.I\ n (i l l which can repay only i i>;; ! e.o:,\n.: iv.em! er_. <>r a part o1 ' '' i? \ : .:i. n li i a i Winds only (ni I j..?t.ce an-! ri .hi." ' ! in i\.;, jticii'i.'ian. Independent r_ " i irrtrthat ViF doubtle?have far-reaching effect ir protecting the puffrjajre of colder,! ciRome, Georgia, ^Enterprise: "This * Board u k ' Wl >il ? J' i . . r* P. VICTORY ? . 'N S* ' % * V \ , , 5c A COPY rr ?: ?? ft _ Business BR ATION oNE HUNDRED' YF VT?'" OEI * i i rsl I'ublkation Edited* bjp^fer -??? grocs in United States .March 16, 1827 . ."TIFp FREEDOMS JOURNAL - j-3t1 itvcl ^ii JMrsTTvy John ft.Russ \vurm; Afterward by Samuel , Cornish, Name Changes ? r. * Now York, (Special)?One hundred ' years lhave passed since the first publication Edited: by Negroes in the U.. hitrcd States appeared from the press. , . It was March 16. 1827 when John R. < Russwurm brought out the first edi? 'ion. The Freedoms Journal. Such !. is the subject and text ~of~aTT especif!- ' ; ly prepared article appearing in the : Amsterdam News, this city, written h '<y William N.Kelley, its editor, on "he one hundredth anniversary of the . Negro Newspaper. /. lie was .discusr> Ti r the' nmtTer"wllh'Tt!7''"^ecre.iary .of : -he-National Negro^ress Association, i li.i ry Alien Boyd, who was in New ; Vbrk Saturday; the lllth, just four - ":iv oeTo' e the tine hundred"h " versary of the Negro Newspaper. ' '1 ':e r:u i,. .is I'M !fed - by Air'. Kel ley, dnd as are well' known from rejsearch in the archives-o/ Negro Hisi tory, will , be treasured by. members' of the fourth estate', deit'ors and quill, ?pusher^ of rAmcTTra. -ThbAlata iffsutp stance and in a 'concrete* form, as put . Freedoms Journal was the first Ne; gro Newspaper established in Amgri- f *^3. It AVAR hnrn ir? VavL ~"n March 16, 1827; it. was brought , 4" into existence or being, it was fashion-. " od and shaped, it was conceived bV 4 ! John 13. Russwurm, Its first editor, Wami^cr and guiding hand. This edi- .? . tor, this mlfn'of many parts, was born *; rvin J.trTvdc.-iy Jt, u , i., in,the year of ? : 179U." lie had associated with him ;ts publb-hcr, one Samuel Cornish. The two worked, as has often been said, hand in -hand, "side by side. It de- ' t veloped that Mr. Russwurm also was ? the first Negro. graduate from any American College, he fiinishirig in '_iihe year 1828, just one year fater he - ventured upon his journalistic career.. ;...After spcndin&^some time ni America, and Some hard[ work on the Journal. 1 Mr. Russwurm. went to Lfhei-br, Wo -__ t l.t he was inli'i ested" in coloniv~ . ziition movement,, and in the estab? lishment of a Government or a Re> public Liberia. After Mr. Russwurm i- left America. Mr. Cornish continued : ar publisher, hut saw lit to changr the. name of the paper from that <.f i 'i f F.-eedo'ms Journal to thlit of the > Rights of All. Mr. "Russwurin then ' 1 IwM^we-^sUior of the Liberia Herald, ;>uT ii'.-hevi lit Monrovia! Liberia.' He . wntinuccl to be afTivc, 'and at the tint? of his death, he^Syas governor1 . ' of the Province Monrovia in Liberia. I he National Negro Press-Air.sociai t on has been much interested in the . It's orV ard da'te'thufe presented. * :? i i mi i in in ??? ; i^ another bright' star in the crown of r the X'.n onnl A-^odA.flo^ f.,r the Ad- ~ 1 vancemont of Colored. People which had the"case in charge/'. Omaha. Nebraska, Monitor: "There __ii one outstanding?military organi- . .zat;on that is waging an upretr.it^?Ling?and?uncompromising?fight n gainst discrimination and .denial of opportunity and for the maintenance '?of iv.s consLiiUtiOTllll rights ot which ? ~ the Negro is Jargcly deprived. That r organization is the N. X A. C. P. [ RicKTffond.Va.. Tlanet: "No act of i the National Association, for the-Ad jvancement of Colored People has j tended to emphasize the necessity for T~ ij ~ (Continued on Page 8)7 r' , . . .