The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 05, 1938, Image 1
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AMERICAN
EDUCATION
( WEEK ?-*
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VOL. XIII?NO. 45 ,
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Negro Insurance
Celebrates 40 th
As Leader in M
- * Fr
North Carolii*a Life Insurance ^
Company, founded in years of p,
great racial handicaps, has c(
forged to front through stead- t(
faat ideals of service; oporat- te
ing in nine states, is largest
concern?of its?kind?in tho m
world; . testifies to friendly. p:
spirit of coop?ration between ai
races. n<
a!
DuVham, N. C.?The largest Ne. ;e
* gro business institution of itR kind hi
in the world is observing its For- ct
ti^th Anniversary of sqrviee to tc
members of the race. Operating g
ifo nirc states, it_standB today as _a
a monument to the progress of th^ z<
Z^fgro race in the South, HancTals* "at
as a monument to the spirit of f(
cooperation that fexists between fc
the two races aa they work sid( w
by side for mutual interests. b;
The North Carolina Mutual Life ei
Insurance Company,?fitunded -)by P
John Merrick, a farsighted Negro e<
who forsook his barber's chair pi
for the insurance field iMi the then o1
small tobacco town of Durham, o1
haa grown to its present large
proportions through the steadfast tl
ideal-of service to the -race. o:
This enterprise was founded or f<
little financial support and almost o
insurmountable handicaps, but it n
termination of a small group ol ir
' m?>n who made stlepp?inK>stuti s
out of all obstacles. el
onices wore in a rented .'i
room at two dollars per motith, o n
dfSlc and typewriter as~~physical" ^
equipment. Today the compar*'' U
hag its-own^lar g-e hom^ ~offi ce. 2! *
ai? story structure in Durham E
assets of $5,329,827, and insurance P
t- , In force to the exterjt of $12,596 ei
477. C. C. Spaulding, wh<* started ?<
with the company a? an agent in i<
1899, is president. " *
North Carolina Mutual celebrat i
ed its 'fortieth birthday by Ooperv 4:
ofFices in the State of Penn- r
sylvania. Previously it was lie
ensed tQ do business in North 1
Carolina, South"Carolina. Georgia. _E
Virginia, Maryland, Tdinessee, >
Alabama and the District of Co J"
lumbia. In all of this territory A
it is represented by a carefully sc *
lected and thoroughly trained field h
tbrte, fell of WhOW mky be depend
*d upon for any statement they '<
make in, behalf of the company. -1
The Mutual has more than a thous 21
7 ' arid -rrnphjyee57-and "2fiO,1)00" poll 0
cyhcdders.
Gmtings ftnd felicitatron^ Trom "p
. .jjMfrity. business firms, both white
and oclored, were received on the J*
Fortieth Anniversary, which was
observed throughout the territory it
served by .the company. ^
The North Carolina Mutual en- P
tered the insurance field in a pe- :
riod when the Negro was greatly
- handicapped in any line of busi- b
ness. Public (education for tbe -i
race was them at a low obb. The ?
income of the race was equally t<
_.k>W. In?that day^ many members
of 'the race were forced to ask
1 Dr. E. H. McGill
1 L?
Guest Speaker t 0
In Brooklyn, N. Yt? ?
Dr. E. H. McGiil of Allen unlversity
was guest speaker in Holy i
Trinity baptist church, Brooklyn,
N. Y., last Sunday morning. He v,
went to New York by invitation '
, of the iRev. Thomas 8. Harten, g
minister in charge. ^
Rev. Dr. F. N. Fitzpatrick of s
Allen was also on program and v
address the New York meeting j.
Friday night. The New York y
church is planning to send a do- 0
nation to Allen university, it is ~
f .said. i _
ADULT EDUCATION CLASHES
TO BE OPENED TO _HALE_ 1
million more
Washington, D. C., Nov. 3? r
(ANP)?In a statement from 1
WPA headquarters last week Ad- '
ministrator Hary L. Hopkins said
that adult education classes will *
soon be opened to an additonal
600,000 all over the coujitry. Total
enrollment is expected ta reach f
2,000,000 before the end of the t
^ year. Maximum enrollment here- ;
bofore ha* beenj slightly above (
1,600,000 which was reached last \
AprttT 1
In discussing these plana, Mr. |
Hopkins said, "The experience of |
the last five yearg under the <
^ i
if-- ? *
t
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Bo!
~-l t ?. .h ;?
: g o*
a-M
5 W
Concern
Year
utual Field
icnds for burial money when a
i.ember of the family died. Hatassing
for burial money was a
jmmoiD practice in thcrse days;
>day it is practically non-exis?nt.
'
The North Carolina Mutual has
ot only bien a member of thai
arade of progress; it has. be<n
> active participant. It has watessed
the development of the race
long all lines, and has been a
adcr in that .development. It
as always endeavored t<y erv>urage
a fueling of racial pride,
> develop the talents of the Nero,
to stimulate them to a feeling
f responsibility for better citianship.
Starting in the ineur:ice
tield vtithout experience, its
>under, John Merrick, aifd eo-,
mr.der, Dr. Aaron M. Moore,
ere encouraged in their efforts
y white business leaders and givn
practical advice on technical
:utives. However, for the most
art they struggled through their
tvn problems, working out their
wtii salvation.
Throughorut the y^ars however
ley never lost sight of the ideals
f.service to the race. Even beraced
the healj.li problems of thi
ace, the North Carolina Mutual
i_: _L. t* 1 1 j-j. u
i which any puncynoiuer couiu
sceive a thorough examinot'^ft
ae home office. Any policy hold
r could write the company on
ealth problems. Dr. Moore, him
iff ~a" physician,"fully appreciated
ae health problem of the race,
:jd worked for its Improvement.
Ivefi today, a hundred thousand
ieces of literature are sent out
ach year throughout the terri>ry
to policyholders, - to rural
:hools land other pdaces wherre
hey are calculated Jto do tine
lost go(xT Health rules and first
id suggestions are incorporated
1 this literature. Dr. Clyde Donell
ig vice-president and medical
irector on a full-time basis?' Dr.
ionnell doeR not engage in the
ractice of medicine, but. always
tai.ds in readiness to cooperate
rith the family doctor in lookinr
fter the interest, of the policyolder.
Hi addlllurt m mudidUl pul:y
of the institution, the North
arolina Mutual is eqcrally inter
stea in maxing good citizens ou'
f members of the race-by fo-sterig
'home ownership and home
, h&<- fianced more home3 and
lUifcbesstd of Negroes through
wHh.page^ loans than any otner
istitution.-. operated by Negroes.
l large proportion of the 'comany's
nlo:iey is being loaned evry
year ot encourage the-qwnerhip
and improvement of homes
y Negroes, while at. the same
ime reserving suffici^m inVesoient
in bonds and other securities
> remairh liquid.
-Also,- the eompoy maintains an
Continued on Page 5.
'ERA and the WPA has left no
oubt that the educational meeds
f adult citizens justify an exansion
of the program. Appliaticms
for enrollment h*rve, ijrv a
reat many instances," he added,
far exceeded tbq facilities for
caching.. ? ?
"The education program, im its
,'ork with adults and in nursery
chools, has bpen ore of the outtanding
achievenv/its of WPA.
lore than 1,000,000 illiterate perons
have been taught t0 read and
vrite. and this educational hbr.
zorig erf several million othera
iave been greatly extended. In
ur 1,500 nursery schools, health
ervice, nourishing food arxl su ervised
play have been provided
jinuaMy for tens of thousands of
mall children from needy famitrnr,?while
the teaehefs hftve
i^lped the parents of these childen
to improve ccmditions of livng
in their homes." _ This lat<
er is especially important to.Norroes
who are constantly striving
o improve fitandards lof living
md living conditions."
_To put the-new plans into cfr?
T TJ A Uii '
i'i. u .iv. rtiu'-riiiMn, airec
or c/f.the education division, ha:
ailed a conference of state WPd
;ducation directors to be held ii
iVashirgton c_flrly in November
Efforts will be made at that tim<
t0 assure the expainsion of th?
program in direction8 where th<
rreatest need exists.
T YOUR
>ker T. W
> pan
COLUMBIA, sou
Some Aspects of ^ 1]
Negro Newspapers ]
. By
Claude A. Barnett, Director
The Associated Negro Press
F
Editor's Note:?Due t0 popular,
request. We have* made reprints of
the address made by Mr. Barrett n
on "Wings Over Jordan" Sujiday, f
October 16. As you may know, c
aside from bein^ founder and di
rector of the Associated Negro .
- Props, Mr. Barrett i% a graduate 1
' of Tnslcegp.p institute and a m'.-m- J
ber of its Board of Trustees, as v
well as co-founder of the Chicago s
Tuskegce club. He is president of ^
Provident hospital's Trustee
Board, as well as a member of >
the Beard of Directors of the
Cour,cil of Social Agencies of Chi.- (
cago; a member of the Executiv
Committee of the Health Co-unoi'
of Social Agencies, aud a membei
- of the Board of Directors of the -
Chicago .^Recreation cormmissiorr, I..
There are tw0 forces in the de j
velopment of the economic, soc- f
ial ar.d spiritual life of the twelve
million Negroes living in the Unit
ad States. These are the Negro t
church and the Negro newspaper.
^Fhp ehurehj^y virtue-of-iti itxti
mate and direct aproach and its
?ng and effective service, stands
firsts Next^ i|i influence and importance
is the newspaper.
To those not familiar with our j
acial life, the extent and scope 3
of this- section of the country's f
-press, edited-and printed by -eol-~~p
ored people for colored people, ^
may be surprising: for it forms j
- -th^-largrst * -purely "glass** group - 7
rtf rvl t h 1 iv? n f inn _ Kf innp nrn/lnno/1 <
^ '"6 VJ J
" iny one racial minority in> Amer- k
ica. The Jewish group of soirti j
TO papers is inext. ]
Hhero -are?mor?-than 300-pubB?j
Continued on Pagj 2 c
Luther King, Distingui
At Benedict College, Nc
I
'Columbia, JS. C,?Luther King, "]
distinguished American^timur will- J
appear in rcte'tal at Benedict college,
Columbia, S. C., Monday evening,
November 7, at 8 o'clock ^
Thrs recital is the first of the q
recreational series to be given at s
the college this year. Mr. King is
making a second appearance at
Benedict having given ono of the
most artistic and delightful enter- *
[tflinmont* r.n hiw firef nppanronofl b
last session. t
Luther King has bccto acclaimed ^
the genius of song, Eminent cri- Jfc
tics and musicians as well as the ii
puhlic havo -^declared him to be ?
one of the fintiit singers of hrs ^
generation with a voice of great q
"Tegistev and in the piano passages.
Ha sings with ease and seemingly ?
without effort, is able to convey a
^ ^ ^ ^ I
' *'?*'"'^'>**
jayr '
-. i
I to his audience the spmt and mean
ing of each song. His specialty ra
the Negro spirituals which he says
ar?-the. only truly American folk
' songs. With them one critic says
"Luther King can bring out their!
r..ll :c.i . 1 .. !
iuii significance, tneip emotional; j
and spiritual power to whirh wery (
heart responds."
J. D. McGhee. 1
a 1
NOTICE! ]
; ' ' 1
i
Com'J and ride with the mem- 1
' bers of the Nina Mae , Literary 1
1 and Dramatic Club to CAMPI
1 MOORE, on Monday nite. Nov^7,'
1 19S8. will lootr. I
? Drug Store at 7:30. An enjoyable
" evening is promised to all.
! . i
Admission 25c Round Trip.
ashington
mffl*
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TH CAROLINA" SATURD4
? - . i.i?.,,
Natkmal Negro Achi<
November 6th Throuj
OMEGAS PRES
Local chapters of the Omega Pai
'hi Fraternity have completed
dims for_N ational Negio Achieve lent
Week. This is an annual af
air sponsored by brothers . o t
)megu throughout the country.
The themef selected for this ycat
s ."T^e Negro in Journalism".
rhrouehout the week, programs
vill be rendered in the various intitutions
in observance of Negrc
ichievement with emphasis on
ournalism.
Lt. Lawrence A. Oxley of the
Jnited States Department of La)or
will bo the guest speaker on
he culminating prqgram which
vill be held on?Sunday, Novem>er
13th at Allen UniversitjLaudrorium.
The hour will be anlounced
in" the nexE~tssulS.'
The public is cordially invited
o attend all of the activities^
LeRoy Scott, reporter.
rOMF. ROYS!
All out for Spartanburg cm the
1th of November, 1938, to see our
oldier boys onca more in a great
>arade in honor of our fallen heoes.
Come with me to Spartan'urg
to help commemorate our
oved opes. who died forpeanocacy
which no one has ever paid
oxc- :
Please come! let's go with
Mother Grifffn. This may be the
ast time for some one among us.
>ne, come all, November 11, 1938.
shed Tenor
>vember 7th
Vew Yorkers to be
tfosts-to Historians
New York, Nov. 3. (ANP)?
Jnder the chairmanship of Harourt
A. Tynes of New York City
upported by citizens interested in
tudying the past and present staus
of the Negro, a conference of
<- ?- ...J11 k- l,.U
lie 1UIC b iiibiuimua wm uc
utrn Nov 11-Iff rrv,;? a???mhV ~
he regular annual meeting o f
he Association for the Study of
ycgrro Life, and History now meet
ng in its 23rd annual session, the
/ork having beerffounded byGar^
er G. Woodson'in Chicago. Sept
. 1916.The
annuaL meeting will open
n Friday evening with a session
,t Riverside church, of which Dr.
layry Emerson Fosdick is the pas
or. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune
Continued on Page 8
RICHLAND COUNTY
SALE UNDER
Group Will Aim To Fi
According to a statement from
he offices of John P. Thomas, Jr.,
resident of the Richland Anti*
ruberculosis Association, Mrs. N.
K. Jenkins of Columbia has accepted
the county chairmanship of
he Christmas Seal "Sale among
^eff.roes. The office of the South
~ ~ l: _ ~ ..K-:- A
ytxi U1 Illtt I UUt'KUIUSia /VHaUClUtl^ri
vill cooperate with this new
jroup by lending the services of
Urs. Andrew Srmkins, director of
heir Negro program, to coach
he group in seal sale methods and
;o offer general suggestions durng
the sale.
Statistics show dire need of an
mlarged educational program and
;linic service in connection with
-y and the new auxiliary will make
ilans whereby an increase in funds
ihould be secured to broaden the
rounty tuberculosis program. At
least three-fourths of the tuberculosis
doaths in Richland counts
iach year are among Negroes
Nurses' records'show large numbers
of onses among this group
und tuberculin surveys prove thai
bhctre is widespread infection bj
tuberculosis.
One of the main objects of th<
program that wilt bo ?uggesiad~ t(
the workers will be that of educdt
rnfc the public to show tho nee<
of fighting this ever constant en
.? U..I1U V. 1
? / V* uvmvn nappiritvi,
-S ANY I
l High Scl
xca
3. N0VEMBEtT~5, 1938!
evement Week
rh 13th
5ENT PROGRAM
| Chicago Porter,
Winner of $75,000,
Won't Retire
Chicago, Nov. 2?ANP^?Royal
--&?flpuilavk, Pullman?purler bui
twocn Chioago~and?San?Francis
co for 27 years, returned here
1 Friday moimir.g richer by $75,000
i than he had ever hoped to be. His
horse won that amount for. him
by finishing: second in the Cesare
: witch stakes at Newmarket, Engirded.
i Northwestern station was the
1 scene of a royal welcome when
_ the winnpr Ffnt" nff Hypi-lam'
Limited arcrnnd"8:30 Friday mora
' injjft-- The entire familyt of the
. 59-year-old porter, lodge brothers
and friends, as well a,, reporters
I and photographers were present.
Later, he was guest of honor at
several ^et-togethers.
But his good fortune and sudden
riches will not cause him to
q'Vit his job. He wi\l coi^tiriue
giving service to Pullman guest's
for another three years. At that
time he can retire with a perfusion.
That will mean a steady.
monthly income for the rest of,
Iris life. , ^ |
Actually.-Mt: Spurlark will""cot
lect- for his personal use about
$52,087.50 of the $75 000 The federal
government will take JR3,000
as mormal income tax amlX$19,
910 a,, stancax. Of course, the
pnet of VtlQ flVbnt ^9 RA Mnll
v.viwv, y-"w, rrui nave j
to be deducted, and he has until
clo Samj.
But my re.sidu?_will mean con-^
sideri&ble comfort to several; people.
The Spurlark family" "has
been living for 17 yfars In Quarters
at the home of Mrs. Glover
Comptctn. Included in hi, family
ire Royal Spurlark Jr., 21, who
Law school through earnings as a
cyl cap and wilh his father's
help; Mr,-and Mrs. James McKain
cousirs, And Mrs. Henrietta Tay- j
lor, the porter',, 80-year-old aunt, i
When ne left Chicago on his 1
regular run, Mr. Spurlark knew j
he was "in the money", but^he
had no idea how much. His ticket
was coupled w^th DuTxym *?t, j
second prize winner, in the draw- '
ing a week agb 'Friday. He had
offers from one. source of $7,500
tives at Belvidere, Ill.^>his home,'
he" tohh them he""had^gtscT been
offered $40,000 by a syndicate but
turaed It down. i
If he follows his avowed inten- i
tion of working until he reaches
the retirement age, Mr. Spurlarlc
plans to devote the rest of his
life to fraternal work. He is prom
inent in Masonic ranks and is a
grand lecturer for the lodge. He
was th& only Chicagoan to win i
a major prize in thi? year's Irish
sweepstakes.
^CHRISTMAS SEAL !
"NEGRO AUXILIARY
nance Broader Program,
News In And Around
New York
I
'By Julia Braxton Clark
New York City, Oct. 31.?Hello
Everybody! Fall is truly hero with
the falling of the leaves and the
Halloween season just over. Everyone
is beginning to think what
have we done during the summer
to prepare for the winter coal?
Tsafah GaiRard In Recital
I Isaiah Gaillcvrd, Baritone ?supI
ported by Allen University Club
of New York City plesed his audience
by the thunderous applause
received during his recital given
1 at the YMCA Little Theatre SunI
day evening, October 30.
i Mr. Gaillard is the soloist of
( tha Imperial Singers, who has gain
ed" famc~here as well as in the
1 South and West during their many
' tours. iHe has studied under Prof
> Eldama Jackson and Herbcut Allen.
Hrs program was well filled
with selections from the matscr
composers as he sang using Ital'
ian as well as English and Ameri.
can. William Mundl<?, pianist a.
bly accompanied Mr.- Gaillard. Mr.
, Mundle iB_a nephew of Mrs, Hat.
tie Belle Fladger who is the business
agent if The Imperial Singers
r During the evening Ricardo
Proctor, dramatist assisted Mr.
Gaillard with readings from Ser>
vice and Kipling.
r ThT AITen Univctrsity Club was
. well represented. The beautifully
I gowned ushers crtmed an atmosphere
for the occasion. They were
' as follows: Mesdaraes Fannfo CatOmtlnosd
on Pais I
\
loot 11 ..
iter
'PRICE: 1
Dr. W. S. Thompson,
Candidate For Congr*
District of South Car<
Dr. Thompson is a n&tive of Co
lumbia, S. C., and a graduate o
Allen university with an A.B. de
gree, also a graduate of Meharrj
Dental College, Nashville, Te^n.
class of llJ22. Dt\ Thompson wai
also reporter of the Ewell Nei
Dental Society of Meharrv. He al
so had the plea^u a of rcptesent
ing the Denial Department of Me
harry on Dental (Jay.
Served 12 years as chairman o:
the Dental section of the Progran
eonimittpp of tV>o PotmoOA ivf.r.,4!
cal association of South 'Carolina
Was appointed June 12, 1931 bj
the"Vcterans Administration United
Statcti Boterans Bureau, Was!
ington, D. C.. as Designated Dentist,
Georgetown, S. C.
Received appointment June 18
1931 through Regional Manage!
Vetterans Adnfinrstr^tion, Columbia,
S. C., as Dental Examiner for
ex-soldiers at Georgetown, S. C
Dr. Thompson is also a veteran ol
the World War.
An officer in the Masonic Lodge
^Maceo Lodge Nc\. 60,. A.F.A.M.,
j Georgetown, S. C. Past Exalted
RUler of Seaport Lodge No. 616,
11. B. P. O. E., of the Wjorld, George
l town, S. C. ' n
j Delivered the commencement ad
Ldcess_ aL Sandy Island . school -in
193?j Georgetown county.
-Joe I^o?4s-attd-John Hi
-Slated-Te^Pa?g4e hr^l
I JOE
I New York, Nov. 3.?Promoter
Mike Jacobs has matched Champion
Joe Louis for a heavyweight
title defense against John Henrj
Lewis, Irght-heavy king at Madi"son
Square-Garden on~Jan. 27.
The two principals will sign foi
the 15-round fight at the Hippo(
drome to-day.
' The first all-Negro heavyweight
title tilt in history will launch
Louis' 1939 campaign and mark
his initial return to the ring sinc<
he knocked out Ma? Schmeling or
June 22.
The negotiations were completed
at a conference among Promo
| trr Jacobs, Louis, Lcuis, manager
John Roxbotough, and Gus Green
lee, pilot of Lewis, from Arizona
Lewis' last bout was Friday
[ night at New Haven, Conn,, when
he retained his light-heavy crowr
against A1 Gainer, before a surpiisingly
small crowd of less thar
that he would prefer to campaign
in the heavy rarrk<r beenusg~ of tlu
difficulty in paring down to the
175-pound limit, and because o i
no opponents in the light-heavji
divrsion who could draw money.
Just before this heavyweight
bout was arranged, Promoter Jacobs
- upeimd negotiations for e
middleweight title "brawl betweer
the new champion, Solly Kreigei
of Brooklyn, and the No. 1 chal.
lcngar at the Garden on Jan. 13.
BEAUTY ASSOCIATION
HOLr>S MEET
Springfield, 111., Nov. 2?AN!
v V
NOVEMCLR
? - 6th TO
13th
f
.. j
?IVE CENTS PER COPY
Georgetown, S. GY
ess, Six Congressional
[>lina
-i Dr. Thompson >vas nominated
f | by the Republican convention that?
J met in Columbia, S. C., September
22, 1938 as candidaj^Lfor Con11
7 7 -;.""TY" ~ J "> ~~
~ DR. WTS. THOMPSON
pressman of the sixth district of
South Carolina...?i
!~i^^r't.d'o!:Ujrs)SOn a8k3^t^at qURl
ballot box on November 8th.
nrryLewis ~
anuary
LOUIS
; ty School Owners' land Teachers'
i association, the Inner-State and
. j the Illinois Intra-S\tate Beauf.y
I Guitarists isscxjiation met hea-^
last week in a joint meeting with
u the Department of Education and
Registration, sixteen recognized
colored schools w<?re represented.
,| This is the first joint meeting
. held by the white and colored
, schools since tho colored schools
( were-excluded from the white association
in 10.%, and was looked
upon as indicative of a better re- .
_ j latiodship between the Illinois
,i schools. An executive committee
! was formed from the three organ
ilzatior.s.
Mrs. Marjorio .Stewart Joyner...
i was one of?three pprsonSj?two?
(\vhite and one colored, who were
j appointed to represent the IlliI
nois sehco?!s association to the
j Department of Education and Reg
i istiation. Mrs. Joyner is sgperj
visor of Mme. C. J. Walker c<?L
legf s.
This association also selected
Miss Florence Harris as executive
( secretary. Mrs. Anna Malone. pres
ident of Porfr eollegr, acted on the
curriculum committee in order to
safeguard th? _interest-of the__col
1 ored group in the bpauty culture
1 profession. -**
Wm. Pickens Protests
Conditions in Negro
.Waiting Rooms
> ^ Waynesboro, Va., Nov. 3?ANP
^ ?In a letter sent last week to of