The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 26, 1927, Image 1
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VOL. in?NO. 12.
Nations
gigantuT
^? 4NSTITUMC
_ SignedJjontrsfct March 16th
^ Took Over Business of
7?^ > Stana*^- Ins. Co~
ADDS ANOTHER MILESTO
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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
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lgeles F
ROOSEVELT
d Benefit
NEGRO N
g CLARENCE C
NE OPENS MEMBER~SHIP
DRIVI
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. 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
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COMMENTS
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EWSPAPE
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ARROW ADDf
" PRESIDENT LOS
|V ANGELES BRANCH.
. National Association Of lice Re- <
' ceiyes Word of Recent Appointment-*
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y4aXTOAORf)INAlly PBSFHONh?
llTil. DnnV TTZTJUZZIZ ,
g i/i . nui^i/ii lidd ijvvu livaiica ; in j
Fight Against Segregation
of Any Form
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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- . "
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JRiuiis. Marsha!!, Whoso Brief Helped 1
Win Texas White? Primary Case 1
? P-robahly?AVill Sneak Also 1
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[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 <
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d NATIONAL Iil'M ANE WEEK. . Ard"
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ts~. ; ;
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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
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HON RECET>
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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 $4.00 per thousand, net.
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M - IN. A? A.y.
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NY*A. A. C. P.
ASiONli FiKST
' ,. TO COMMITS'1
, 4 Was a Groat Victory"says
C nlnr.el Roosevelt?other
Comments . *
tTr\' >i X PRES.* \VftlTE$^".
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
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P. VICTORY
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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'
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