The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, December 17, 1927, Image 1
FORMER
Demands
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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. .
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? 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' (
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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;
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ERES1DEI
Marcus (
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according to >
?r insHoplcANsow
DctliircS rJ h-t{ No'jro Today Mi?
Ik'vcs Differently to
Frederick Douglass
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"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
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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) ?
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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
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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
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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. ~
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J NEW METHOD OF \I ARKf-NO- IN1
CITY SCHOOLS
f Honor Roll bwcti. for Second 6
> ? aC Booker AVashington~High "
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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,
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LINGHAU5
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1?Cross
nding Conf<
VTURiTAY, DEC. 17, 1927.
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fTFTVCCTS
Mightiest
SEGREGATES ~T
.RACHVli'TiwColored
Advjsory U'-'hubiid ii "n?^
Commission I rgcs Removal
Of Red Cross Head
?NEW York wom v\ .
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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.""
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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".
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Tenth Grdae-?R7iynu?ml BuiTuyT AIphons0
Bradley, Frankie Btitlev. ni
Eleventh.Gnulc- 11. li. Rutherford. gr
Joel WaHaie/ Beverly Roberts.
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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'* .
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.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 "
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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
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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
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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
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>od Area at
Success
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NEGRO
iX"MKSSAGK "
TO CONGRESS
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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
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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,
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