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FORMER Demands V' V ^ ' VOL. HI?NO. 4'J, ? qnirrnr DURHAM BONDING CO. Llt'KNSKD Masonic Grand Lodge indorses " -Movement and Gives (>m- ? pany Its Business AGENCIES IN *5 'CITIES^ Attorney N. J: Freih?ricl\ ~Jrnd ?G. Lee Katliff WiHContiol . ' Columbia Agency ? Dec. IT- The must. signiWiii?development irr tlit. promothm of XegrG business in South Ctiruljna was noted on Tuesday of this wyyV "wln-n ~~~th<* Commissioner of Insurance, llunorable John iL il " license . permiUing. a general 'lYdeIify~J ""and casualty business- to: the Sbnthern Fidelity and Surety Company of Durham, N. C., the only Negro, bond-J ing company in thc-Uurld. The pro- --^ ; cess ol admittance has been noeotiut ed by Attorney N. J. Frederick of. this city and wtis-executed -in record-] . time. l . 1. The"enti?in<ie of thy Durham or- , ganization was most appropriate for , the annual session of the 'Masons, t which convened 'in Columbia on the same date. Attorney It. McCants Ah- ( drews of Durham, by special request, , % was extended the. courtesy of addressing the Masonic Fraternity aiid' def ' ~T. Iivered a pointed address.in behalf of __the-promotion of Negro business and j scientific management of fraternal so- j( cieties.. The address,was enthusiastically received and lr.uuy delegates, in reply, stated that the- protection and 1 ?-surv.ioLjnirtM'I'd by the frnuthortr-frtS = . delity and Surety Company was greatly- needed . by- all organizations and insttiutions in South Carolina. . V . t ? At, the Wednesday morning session j - of the Grand Lodge, u resolutiornvi'nT , offered by a committee composed of Mocorc PUo - A I O T l.V:.a.... .. vuoto vncio. n, uanauir, o. L~ t I My ^ , . R. J, Boulwarc -ami *J.- J?*3larrison, , * ~ which "\va^unaniino^Ty" a7IT7]7tc'(^vrnr , great enthusiasm. The resolution said , ":T IBTpart": : "Resolved: That this Grand Lodge * ' now in session hereby approves iof th.-J ? ?-? coming ~<dT .the jtoul S6utherifl;'idei"ify.,- < and Surety Company into"th? xtnt.-' 1 of South Carolina and recommends ( that all.secretaries and treasurers of j local lodges be bonded; and olV:ei*ii< of j ..this Gr.and Lodge required under oin i bonded in said Southern Fidelity and ' j Surety Company, and be iu further j t "Resolved: That said Grand Lodge-' hereby recommends to all 'other Ne- 4 a ? gro organizations and institutions rc*^; -?quiring or needing bonding service, j to secure the' protection ottered by i said Southern 'Fidelity and Surety s "Company." If It was largely trough the courte- ( . sy and- business ability of the Mbst t Worshipful Grand Master, Dr., C. C. t Johnson of Aiken, that this measure < >- was brought to the attention of the ' > delegates in session;, Dr. Johnson' < having expressed himself as genuine- j f ly in favor of the protection ottered <. by the Company in safe-guarding the j funds of the fraternity by bonding' ( _11 il -? 1 i ? I uit tnuse persons mio wnose nanus tne t monies of the Order m?y coim>' from 1 | time to time. \ ; The- Southern Fidelity and Suivty; j Companw.is chartered to write fidelity j and^Woty bonds, covering all officials, * agents employees ef fraternal t " " ami insurarK^ companTes "antf^othcr < business institutions, and nlso^'arpt? .dent, health, burglary, plate glass, t travel and allied line of insurance. The 1 ' company also' furnishes a Complete j "^L"' l'ne of court bonds for administrators, t \ executors, guardians and. criminal 1 bonds. ' \ The following tentative agencies ? have been recommended, with probaa n fi iT"? I a T ^ A . u.s. sen; dismiss; . = :? _ . T ;? ERES1DEI Marcus ( . __:.i ? : ' according to > ?r insHoplcANsow DctliircS rJ h-t{ No'jro Today Mi? Ik'vcs Differently to Frederick Douglass 1 *j- . "A\ F \Kr> ON OI K WAY" rrHtj.<; (?ar\ ov Has Made Ar tlcnfi'fe (he 11 ea it Th robs ... Of H!ack. Folk Universal Cliicarv. .!)?? . ir? - (ANT) "Mar ?fl:iri r y?is Tin-?rii'.rht;i.'st pro; ho "ho has appeared among- lis hi nf'j t ears/' di -l:urutl-.-U4...thip . Revvrdy jG M?: ;)? t the "A. M K. ('Iiurc 1 r i/.dn^ing large audiene.* !r u Tue." 'ay t-i'-ni -j ;.( the Metn-p dual ' ^111 UimitV ("Jlllloll miller lVl?. ni:ciil.,?? -. _ %. -- ? v?iw nuoj'iv vy i; he C-mhrian .(il.e0 Club. ' . At'U r tte-chlrmg that the Negro ili( H)'. lielitAo -today as Douglass did tha 'the Republican JV.vty is the ship ill ' Io is; the 'sea*'; that the Negri uxeptud liooker" Washington's idet n industrial, training* for the masse' ai ma political .clVaeement,. t: ' m rare "acknowledge the 1\>reL. ani power of the scathing denunciation! >f political aud social injustice pro la jjiied l.y lliiltois hilt refuses to-4on tini by fighting with his weapons ii i Campaign (hat mn only inflame oui iimres.-ors". th. Rishnn nomtrwl on hat M-ip-ii-t < - iI'v.'Y p;;s A.ti' iUl* Jibuti- thr? i) 14-ajui-..-a^p: eata-n; f r>J;u'k".f*?lU eVerywhere." ' .. * . |mui*!?.mm!s for tht; unity an: '?:"S<T;jiTQ.> of. thy black popply. thr'ii vomiih liiu .t( ?;]> 1 ;iiul-x>r-&*r-n?4t> the; iti .. l!?a ' t'ja,' lli'aUfU'l, pioj';v>i?.ii;il a. ti-Ui 'liial r sources of'Tb eat .re .race in: u-i' ;ji'> power to j v/tf-tpnti*; ii t?and dcvc:T:ir ; i ho i n!i'.-\fii'.?rrf?A !'i u a.''?rout intus di. hup -Uun.'.rm.?"As a pruhpot 1Ur jarvey has run true. tu form by ineot t:tr the a^e-long, rewards of a pro diet he has been 'stoned, he has seen imprisoned and now he has beer inni died.?1hit trut h, nspiiniiqns, am (h ais c an-neither he imprisoned n'oi lyported." ' . . In showing that as a race, ' AVe arc >11 i 11 T- way", bishop Hansom said rPoliiicatty, ue have oi ton been com lolled t().'stand still and nnrk time Hit while so engaged we- have con ;o!idatod"<S>ur position m prejmratioi or renew iT offypsi ve and advance. Ir "duration w? have been forced to do our through piany circuitous roadi o learning, but always pressing oncard to the great national- highwaj .vhere brain and culture set thc high cnowledge, Economically our re;ourceiJiaye been meagevybub ong inured to poverty, wg havc learn d to- march on-on short rations anc lius keep on our way. We have nevei ost heart \v(* have never tnrnaflj hart f >r a single <\.\y and the marvel oi all i : this. desertions have befn sc OW. ?? m ii ' ' 1 ih? adU.ithmS'ti, follow: (1) Sumter 4?V-GoiurTTlTi"n~" m .Oraftfeehnf^XXJI ''harTi^frm^^V-Jk'aufoGeorge own, (?) Florence, (8) IS ffinettsvillc 0) Darlington, (10) Greenwood, (11) Vnderson. (12) Grnpiivillo, (1.1) Spar, anburg, (11) Union, (15) Chester rhesc agencies, as presently outlined nil cover 45 eounties. The Columbia Agency will be con (Continued on lYige Eight) ? c ' \ , ; f ?^ .a- - _ 1 A W .WXi ?ft O*0R FREl _ * . _. f " Jaime .. ' V v . COLUMBIA, S. Si NT PRAIS j'arvey b " SCHEDULED FOR [ - AN ADDRESS Senator Would Hear Quartettes -Froit^ Benedict And Allen Sin^ ~ WINTER- frs.Tr . (lOVernor, Mayor and Chamber of Commerce's President E\ peeled to Join in Welcome . . ' * , ttice Hope, S. Dec. 10?At his .iM'iiiit ifnl home uf 0000 ai n1;. of rice ~ ? lands, whore thousands of wild ducks --and other game live here in Berk- ' ! ley County on the Cooper river, form- j . .or U. S.'. Sen. Frolinghausea, Ilepu'b-! . lican of New Jersey, today talked with | f Sey'motir Carroll of Columbia, Soerbjtary of the American-.Humane EducaI tiou So'oiety of Bost.on at., his homet hcr<?,! Mr. Carroll invited Senator Frej liugVuusc-n and his..guest to - Coi lumbia, where he will be scheduled for s an address to the people-of this'slate. . At his winter home heTe are .-several 1 prominent peofrle of.' the' East who i1 arc Spending the winter at'the Senator's home. When. J he visit is made i to Columbia, come o^ the in are ex- ; ) ported to accompany him. t'j But Mr, Hudson, who is a- winter' t guest, wants the qjuartette tr?mV* Allien University and Benedict .College * t io"x'uiill! n?' KTOO-Mope and sing :rt"the ("Country Club'^on the Senator's > | large';'plantation.. | Mr. CarruH made no comments cun, corning his visit. he rt~TonTghtT details" j he said would havt. to he'worked out '-with etmimktep-at Goltmtbki-uml V-Htents Antisdel and Sims of the two | j colleges. I) senator fc reline^nuisen is a great frii-ud of Uegubliian leaders' In the'' East. Last year Fred It. Moore, editor of the New York Age, and Rev. Dr. Byrd, also of Xwv York,, were I house guests of th? Senator here at 1 t # j I his winter home for three days. r Governor -John G. Richards, Mayor L. Ii. Owens, President of the Chamber . of CommerCn Roddy will" he asked to I and his party upon his visit to to-" I lumbia. The date of which has; not . ben settled upon, said Mr. Carroll here jjtOttifrht. ~ " I c ' > J NEW METHOD OF \I ARKf-NO- IN1 CITY SCHOOLS f Honor Roll bwcti. for Second 6 > ? aC Booker AVashington~High " ? . -t ' I The city schools have discontinued the old percentage method of mark-' ;! ihg with numbers. This year they ar0 f using letters, A. B. C. and F.. A is ? made.Jby a pupil who does exceptional _ or excellent work; B in made Hy n =-H>upil who does good work, and C nrf the grade given ?i pnpll Who does passr able-work,?F. stands for failure. It > r is hcTped Tbat^paTrons will cooperate . by studying 'the report -cards. Coni , duct marks are high, low, satisfac ..I tory. ? The following is the-honor roll for , thc secondare weeks. A pupil is eligible. for the honor roll when he makes a 'majority of A's, provided he has no F's. He must have High in conduct, \. c - * ... . -51 > ; P . LINGHAU5 ??i i / * 1 *jf r^ 1?Cross nding Conf< VTURiTAY, DEC. 17, 1927. * * . ' * fTFTVCCTS Mightiest SEGREGATES ~T .RACHVli'TiwColored Advjsory U'-'hubiid ii "n?^ Commission I rgcs Removal Of Red Cross Head ?NEW York wom v\ . H \ Described. as '.Being;. Aioue- Rom-. t3 bon Than Native Southern.. ers, With No Sympathy Tiiskejroi1.institute, Ala. I > .< .. le (AX1M 1 'eela'rln.d i.ue t:: V: conditions'cxisLing "a* ^ 1 ii-1 ,?frttr;?^ where tl]c'jr invesrigutui s reported die- N, Criniinations and neglect of \V ;r., V. flood sufferers*; the ryhuvd .Aiyit'- ry V? rehabilitation eoinrus.-ioji, ftp-vi, i r.g"T: heie-AVednesday, wired Sei;re'.ary*l.ier-V Tl bert Iloovet, urging the removal of hi Miss Cordelia Townsend ih"oh:Q'ge of <1 Red Cross Work there.1,.,* Miss Townxend, who is a' New Y<nk |.-ti wqman, is said to h:iy,x refused to per- ra mil flood workers authorised to assist in relief work to fun(Miui> in Me!- * ' ville and to ,have quote built, repair-' w-< ed ond furnished, hundreds of while "Trnennlo's 'homo.. u Uil,, . ST....1. - provide ^garter a for colored victinjs .tu who wtjin In ihe in:om-:v -I; - described as beinj? ''.More bourbon* i'< than the native Southerners" and as "V; Nrjrro sufferers." ^The -telopHwn -w I) k-h MHw--s+?,'m-4.-;hy <? Doctor Robert R. Moton. Chainv.ir of /* the Commission, follows: " - I h "It is the unanimous reebhuuo; d : - ^ o f tirr^Cntoi'M LP!'-o"A" tion Commission in >e hm.a; T:id.vggu. Hurt MTaa-CdixLHu. Jluv^i_nd in.Jli charge of Red Cross act > 'a: Melville, Louisiana;* be removed a one;* Il'oin tha WlxrJl hoeuum?oll.d. tion and m ,:hi . h .. . d i sufferers." " , and'must not he absent n.oiv Vha.i tv. o iv days durum llie.s:.\?n rohM" 1 7 - .. - First Grade?Luciie Mli-ndy, 1: : rice Middle*.on. I>inah V\';!!' : : j 1 ' . Advance "First * <ira !e< F.iirak ;!j . Ferrers. Annie Mae .\<iaiu-. i n .Yd- :t. ams, LHliam a&umtfr. Iloi>ry p,.n--..u. \V i n't h i( i p \V i m a If i . (';, j , j ., * i\ 11,if\. 7 " Second Guidc-v-Ruth Kcnn >'y. (,?<. t-1(:l: tie-Brown, Syivester"C}?H?Kvirt, '11 "n .1 * 1 Brown, Sarah Dftnlup,. Wjlhert Sinyley, Eugene Lew is, Eli*a- Friday, Wijlie Payne, Celia lMieJps* Geneva Whnley."" '~~~~'"'"""T~ i ^'L' Third (Irade-T?LueVla Tayhi)-, <'}<*nientTnt. Allen, PeMrline CoLonan, th, Loatyd Craig, Wilhelmen:?T .TuTm-on. .-ei Fifth*1 Grade- Mary Jan,, Sander.'eh: Sixth Grade,?Alit\. Lata.-, Carrie ?W Lewis? Annie Counts,- -Christina AYi!-' pa son. .... _ ,. .. . ' VI Seventh Grade?Eartlm-Cauyhman; m< Myyttene AUQuarUrs, -Thmna* P. Gat- ial on. . ... . lljiprht h tirade -l-.li/a! J h Hurl- y, , ITattie Counts, Amanda James, Maud (>p or, Edna Murphy, W ill is' Flarkfon, im Priscilla Veal. nP Ninth Grade?-fcugene Htudley. E<d- h.' lin Green, Murguerite Avers. Dorothy tlL Nance". _ i n . va Tenth Grdae-?R7iynu?ml BuiTuyT AIphons0 Bradley, Frankie Btitlev. ni Eleventh.Gnulc- 11. li. Rutherford. gr Joel WaHaie/ Beverly Roberts. . - - ? rr** 5EN TO Vi . , ' r' * , , . .. :ad In Flc - i v? * ? -? ' - . " Prophet :'A( K11'UOtJRKSS T, N'O ? f. (.'onfcvfiiVy dfyrn With I President .fame's Iv.. Shop- . I itni <>!' N. i>V.HU 200 l\\KTH TKVNTS " nnf?/vcncy i ry-sltrti/.t's A ifns' of''. .Yll-ol' qui* Oruani/fd < . Hod it'* . ' *; ' " '' ' '!, .N. ivc. J.; J \ \|'-,. j tirfmi, tn ;a!v< stocK ninl'tabulation 1 ' rict' i.i|i;> Uu- 'Stjltlls of " he ' .Vt'o y. illtJi'-oif devrrco of < xactlu?s.< ' a i orflVri fr? at-HnWu-rrsi wus. at--''* ml - ! iituf ]:< <! .sutvo/s that ft" - 51 J ;..-VaT. anil 'pun'y.ia.' '< < !!!. '' <v '-a:->v'H!liiairf ??f nn/ro tViah .twin 1' <1 active piti'.ti?.*if?ants- representa cr'o'ysi c.tinn'. of th4.. mfyu virile.,1' 1 ax'tfressivo characters in .overv a ia ' *? 4itj race pT.'ut.ess. It w?is ;i -cu-',' Ktous 'number v. ho.sought ami f?c- 11 facts with tho in.-t-in^ts yi' the '' aw! pood lrusjno.-s jitc'n nn.il ' jiv.vii' that they were. Each of-the nUyi'av.u- a pvi'- i'n'af. iKV^.ha] con<|iionVe in -.>t):c phase of rac\. chI- M! rc. " J1 i IiiU.t i.j' th.. St">-E T.uEitv'.- HtE41 a t-Eindihir <V>?YPojv?hv~ w as lV?ni ^ ;lp I'r. - iiiiT.i James K. Sh'epard of -~ri u?,X itrili?t'arnliiia (MHcge- far . "> ' ai J_ i;ax: Eii.--Luv.'fmi'.inri imilci1"^' -pltrns ?Irri.i?tkm.iv %hfv? 'tnhiit; t c t pon which wcj\. M.c.tw. V i IJiiisj J* v., AY. it..' -am! J:..Air'1 \V, C?. IVafciuix lift I E M " ... ifv.ric- * '' in'y " lY-.nn almost every-n'.at V'of H: <\ur.t rv are : < .,?>,-2l ;< no - thai has-.established i: >o.f as ' initial ]-yini ot* u" ra w i pyVit inTTTTTcrrr ? ?li i i .1 iI','r' J' hi i r ;' j' : <'rvrani:ut'ion's; *:hi; i.;dh:?<! t.li- aims .of ali our or- a nbsd bodies; ilft'ni;o?y 'de^ernwubd. T <!' n'u-Mts that v -r., lai-kiitc} as- hi ' . . * rtairred tlie lie !ds that remained uftoV--aitijth oHat dy??4i-? f o hoj a foTihita!ion for more ir oh is a measurement M' .our yiovth. d'i 1'u; ijio the Ni ;vr,, of b day under t, m., r ,.-o> ;,c .handled l>y exports. in. .tii p fields of'basiiihss, education, Jab- ...in . i-j-iif ioii ah-J sociifi hpitf.tfc'the efv-*' ?-i ' fookcil liim ovc.r,.. (lis- tt sod his \Ji3u'6s and bis defect's with 11 !il. aifnk'tic-aK vet wiiVjoK-v-hoiofvi. v - " >.* r - > utic gaze, what whs found was set*, a: l IJi in plain tomVs in -order tharthfl It annuls of thr future progress might . jr ~lvrdporTy> clia'ffctT I " tt Ex peri, emeu business nton harod si ears of 1 lit'tor pioneering. . Exact ii :\rts. Research specialists reported s\ :<n; _ ;,! i, iTs; and threL> different do- m rt meat's of th^ United States gov-.' thicnt were represented while hne- n I'tidnafly a group of compilers tabu- tl e.l :uul iuile\e.<l*j'niMs. ' ' . w Some of the facts were-woefully un- si Jasant t aa'omctw piutc; others were" 1 liiuist it .illy' plcMsau'. .Blight. dp-?I' Iitnhn In?iivth<* nMMiiwv<"bo^t I ivermties. prcirdded disclosordg and '/ cned philosophy from aged bust- . ? im'ir.?TMe intuitive Chanel evh-; Tl ^_of hvpad guagt. womei? Helped the. p oeyss along to-, a considerable ad-> , a hi ago. ^ . !.j> Btir^iness practices and policies piedbi prominent place on the pro- e ajji. -The contributor*, to^this phasr ! the ^cerRrprtTSi'Titcd" such SuTfter7tjC| [SIT CITY . * --- . v.. >od Area at Success r:-7g :r7.-' V t k?;? ' r ' - f * ? A . *? > ~ ^ ' ' ' .J ' r be ACOfY NEGRO iX"MKSSAGK " TO CONGRESS ' . " Every. t'rinviplv of Order,-XJaiw _ And l/iherty is Opposed to ; . '\ Lynching." $i&ys Pres. ' U ? ISIS US KEG EE HOSTT, 'rdihpts Congress to Enact Any . ' 1 !< I IV 1 idle I'rwH'h t 6rt stifution to Stop Lynching -?-:?? y Nvvtr Uf< r(. -irt'thc history of our . ! ?'< <](,m has. a tVyMfrent bten bo outpokon iji <if the Rade. TRe President's \nnual Message to ' **. ' ingress has 1 hi- fuljo.wing to say " ?'n?* the. Negro; ' j., ' . 1 i i.cip.y, d?">i-s 0<ii any Where record-'., tun li jjiygress made in the same Jigt.li ef time "as that which has been r* coniplished by the Negro race in V l .niiud Sts^es. j.inceL.the~Emancifition Proclamation. They have come Rom" slavery to be prominent in Juea;ion. tli'i*professions, art, science, :i ii ulture. 1 .inking- and' commerce. : i.- e>*iin ated that 500,000 of them the government pay rolls, draw;?' nr 'tfho'ut $30,000,0Q0 each year.. They ave heen tht. recipients of presidenal appointments nad their - professnal ability has arisen to a sufficiently 7? itrh plane so that they have been liril-sted with entire control of the . wtrgan,sv hospital at. Tuskegec, " here' their .conduct has taken high> ?;" ink; N They have shown that they have yn p'-M-'hy Z? all the encouragement hich-.the; have -received^.-Neve rthe? ? -i?.ss, they; are too often subjected to ?* roitghtless and inconsiderate -treat-?; iettf, imwortixy arlike Of:tho .white and They have especially been made the ive-.V ,.f tKn r,\?i ,.e 1 us? .y X. W %.? V ity vi iiav Ui jiriisi voral years fResft,'"acts" of un-- - - :. iwfu.l violence had been diminishing. * -t-Hr?la-", year they have.shown au *rK"''ea - ' . - " K\ery ..principle of order and la\y tnl liberty is opposed to'this crime, he congress should enact any legis-, T ition.it x-an " under the constitution 'v eprovydo for its tdimiriation! , ifofnm-ion that their respective adre<scs may h0 accepted as authorittivosurveys of their respective Ms. Tlrv i- especially true of "Savius, < i .?lit: and Insurance" by C.'C. ' ' : line ol" thg \orth Carolina Mil, j ial "T.ii'e Insurance Company; "Tho . >2 istory of Firtt Underwriting Among ctrroos" prepared'by L. W. Wilhoite el II, N, Harris. 0f the Bankers Fire i rrurance CnTn.pany; "Banks and Savigs ,In.-iitijtio'n&" by W. G. Pearson; tul "Frifternal Insurance" by the >mt. compiler. These all bristle with tbuIat'Cf) facts and scheduled inform- - . Lixm. that are the results of careful-?-??? irveys of the different fields coverThe Service of; the Bureau of Do lesuc tununercq 1?.it is available to " 1 ie h?i^ine?s interest of the"country as; explained by special agent and as- _j| stant business specialist JamPs A. " iieksorr. who at the same time reVniiMwefw?<?*gawi j it ions of the ''Negro. ' t)f. Movdeeai Jbhnson,1 president oT [owani I'nivorsity besides contributtid its relation to our every^ enterrise, v?Vs perhaps, the most active , tJ halysist in every feature of confer- -4 nee consideration present. l>r. George T. Haynel and Dr. Ghan, (Continued 'on Page .JSIgbty ' ~r