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I .2 ir jl mm can i A LAMBS HQ. UT MAIL QUARTET OF MARCHERS WHO OPPOSE CAPlTAUSll 4 1 Pilot's Biggest First Time He Tfcill Is Gets A MISS VNION OF 1932 1, v. VV fPnrnnoo'nn nnSfr nPm xn nn7 jui jy I iLJ VI 1 1 1 11 UUL lIU 17 J. I Ba assB By WILLIAM OCCOMT I CHICAGO, Dec. 15 So ef 'gently and masterly has the forth Carolina Mutual Life durance Company operated jd managed its ahairs that i caused favorable comment the part of a white dally the ortna Morniag Herald.

Oo Its janorlaJ pug" the paper pays Jwtby tribute to thta outstanding irporalion by stating that: i it inday Morning' Herald carnal aa interesting atory of oca of whams concerns iiui nas not wb bard hit by the depression refer to the North Carolina ual Ufa Insurance company, 0t of the greatest Nero Inatltu cgoi Id the world. The company moa national attention because I iu aound policies, and has often ed forth words of commenda by Insurance officials for the auioer In which It baa been conducted. Without proper guidance. I could not have attained the suc it has. At the beginning of i year, the management trim 'yd tut sails for the storm, but iand fair weather sailing, and rtu Iti preparations for adverse axxiltloa.

today find Itself (Bpylng an enviable position, with 'n increased business and proteoses over wnat it had last year, in tui ef a lots aa would ordinarily fcva come under prevailing eco mmle conditions. Durham la Just proud of this Insurance concern, id those who have been responsl tor its success. They have )nigbt to themselves and their act deserved attention and com iwdation." (Sljnlflanoe of Editorial Tbu editorial should be of ungual importance to the Negro yalnej man. the racial members i to the white press. The Negro man can obtain recognl 'son and prestige provided ne Ueratea Intelligently ar.d conserves assets wisely.

Members of the 'act should now realize that theii fertmust weapon to wage the bat in our western civilisation Is lit of economlo power and wealth ft white press can play an Important part In the economlo de ntopment of the Negro by taking jea incidents aa exemplified by 3t North Carolina Life Inaurance and writing both a fee tart article and an editorial about ihem. Intern CavUlsailow and Negro Business That the Negro business man (tough his financial ar raercan tt tntarprlaes should be the fore Bot agency through which the net will gain greater and speedier will and economic prestige, la Ir nfutable. Fundamentally ennaid tni our western clvllitlon Is oi. acterized by Intricate mechanic, ei'loua materialism and sc.en iic acliipvementa The machine Is but dangerously annlhllat a th necessity far either mental I physical labor. Our economic inum of price coatrols and com pttitlve egulators permits tons of Piln to be stored, rottenlng in the smtors.

while thousands are dy if fron starvation. labors and orkj of scientific men have made I possible for distance to become mlnatfd. energies and powers re eimg in the atom are' found to be inexhaustible and the re ms of the earth are discovered limitless. But In the world of physical Genera ana startling inventions, itrt Is another factor which pre tt'J man from fully mastering his tuition and that Is his generally intellectual development, fcore his Inability to prevent Kaicj to cerfect an eauitable sys j'aaof the economic distribution of and his general powerleaa jXei to obliterate from his mind 1 multifarious prejudices, crude ilefi and emotional fantasies. In.

clvillzatlona begin, mature i decline because their cotn taitlts and intricacies become too (wildly for the inhabitant to and eontroL nd In our tsnd America we can tie outpourings of these ilonal Inclinations of highly tjudieed and mechanical being squarely at the Negro's iwt. Sciat customs, castea and are the result of group jM and habits, rather than in senc or rationalism. Thus live largely In the past rath in the present, for he la oy precedent. The Negro )m In America a victim Precedent, custom, habit and i'W'neaa. He In a system he mus't and can ex himself.

although, many ways and aner have been, suggested, yet. 'economic plan should be given 1 blr trial. Th's has been dem j'evi to be the moat effective j'ewini? a race from the ceas of aoclai reistrlctlona and For thut reescn. The the House of HrithschUd" y'i he rnd by every Negro. It vtv'd language the crush oclil barriers placed In the of jfWs and yet.

through "ne'si Kn'pttlatlona. mi e'tvrw they MUlced such "'''nctions as barons and consul ncs vvtih their rise they ob teiai rlihU an 1 prlvUegea tie people. i the North Carolina Mu 'f Insurance Company. Fun jrruuv it an Instrument, prl eneagnd In gaining greater J'1 ana economlo recognition Prestige for the T'toriai may hve been written chicken stealing. er the good but today we find oaa be whites; Ed WilJianis and Frank Pike, two victims of Wilmington, DeL, police dubs; Jamea Bruno, Negro member of medical unit IP nn on vll7a im fi.eQB:agiiiig 1,326 Colored Rcttll Stores Luted In PennsylTania Total Anaual Payroll Vas $599,513.

(From The Courier's Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Dec 15 The recently released figures for Retail Distribution, according to the U. S. Census of Distribution for the State of Pennsylvania show that there are 1,326 colored retail stores in Pennsylvania. The bulletin as issued by the Bureau of the Census shows that these stores employ CGO persons as full time employes and that Ing writUn about astute business men who have 4t6od calm and firm In a terrific storm when other financial craft were sent adrift on the shoals ef bankrupcy. Soma may say that the editorial la Insignificant, but those who understand the conditions In Dixie 'will proclaim Its remaxkablllty and uniqueness.

This should then serve as an Important lesson to the Negro business man for if he operates efficiently and profitably be will sooner or later gain recognition. The better he operates and the more wealth he accumulates and command, the greater will be his social prestige In our western civilization, the main features of which have been described. Although, this may tvet be the beat method or the most Intelligent coutm to pUMin from a sociological standpoint, yet. It appeara to bfl the most practicable In an environment which la highly mechanical, ecieatlao, biased, emotional and ethically static. Blembara of Lha Baca This, incident too.

should a valuable lesson to the members of the race. We have learned of the necessity of building and operating profitable and powerful business eaterprisea. Neat It must be clearly understood that these enterprise can only sustained and advanced by members of the race, at least In this stage of the busl tesk development of the Negro. Cvery dollar which goes to a white business when It could nave gone to a colored concern serves to check our growth, narrow our operations and restrict our earnings. On the other hand this act of patronizing white concerns, when colored ones are available to give the same service, tends to enhance the value of the white concern, add to its resources and make it a more powerful force In retarding the commercial development of the group.

With all of its skillful man agement, resources and operating etficlency. the maintenance and sustenance of the North Carolina Mutual Life lasuranca Company defends on the dollars of the raasaas of Negteae. Divert tnis now of income for any length of time to other channels and the North Carolina Life would vanish. The masses ot Negroes can play a prominent part In the development ot commerce among the race by becoming better Informed about business principles and operation. 1'ho Rothschild seemea not oniy to have had a high degree of intelli gence, but ail members of the syn dicate poasesoea an accurate ana complete knowledge of interna tional finance gained from contact with the dealinga of their father.

Fifteen or twenty minutes a day spent in reading the financial pages of the I metropolitan dalllea and talka with those 1n business, will acquaint many with some of the happenings and lntrlcaciea of the commercial world. If the masses of the Negroes remain Ignorant or the elementary prlnclplea and oper ations governing these, enterprise, the road to the economlo develop ment and independence of the race will be strewn with thorns and catastrophes. On the other nana if the masses have some Knowledge of Duslnes and take an Interest In its development within the group, the dawn of a new day win be In evidence. White Press rn addition to this editorial being of profound significance to the Ne gro business man ana 10 iaa rmcc In general. It should be of importance to the white press concerned the lynching abomination, or the faithful service of an aged Negro, or the perpetuation of white au premacy.

But this editorial marks the uahanng la of a new era when this press will prats the raea for unusual attainments In financial undertakings. They give credit and commendation for the enterprising and ooirageous spirit of the race promoters for Insuring the Uvea of those who had bean previously rejected by the white companies. Further commendation comes forth when the companlea wtih this type of risk were able, through skillful control to endure during this Industrial upheaval when other companies with greater resources and advantage hit the rooks of dla SLStar. JVaaa tha waits Reading from" left to right: Truck from Harlem, New York, bearing delegation of Negroes UU1UU OuBlO eui total payroll ot tneae stores in cluding part time help for 1930 was $509.51. Stocks oo hand at the end of the year 1930.

at coat. amounted to S6M.710. Net sales for the year 1839 for th4st colored retail stores amounted to 9.865. Retail stores in the food group led with 418 of the total number of stores and bad 23 64 of the total sales. Those stores that dealt with general merchandise numbered five and had .89 of the total sale.

There were 74 stores In the auto motive group operated by Negroes with 30.81 of the total salea Oth era were wearing apparel store 48 with 8 60 of the total sales: furniture and household stores. 23 with 1.52 of the total sales. Restaurants, cafeterias and other eating places numbered SSI and had 17.49 of the 'total salea Those stores In the lumber and building group amounted to eight and bad .48 of the sales of the entire num bar of retail dlstribuUng agencies. Other retail stores numbered 359 and had 29 97 aa their percentage of the total sale. The bulletin further disclose thatt here are 1.403 proprietor and firm members not on the payroll of the stores.

Interesting also Is the fact that there were 84 second band store and that they furn Laired but 1 80 of the total aalea. The Census of Retail Distribution Is tha first census of Its kind ever taken. It does not. include wholly service businesses, such aa laundries, dry cleaners, barber shops and the I ke. Some seml tervic businesses, such as garages, which sell a substantial amount of merchandise In addition to service are Included.

Dealers in Jun. of whlci there are quite a number In Pennsylvania are also excluded. Types of stores In which their were no colored retailers. Include department stores, and book shops Negroes being engaged; In almost every oth retail business. Tha figures as shown show an encouraging progress as far as Negroes In the State of Pennsylvania are concerned economically.

Negro retail businesses are largely handicapped by their Inability to secure credit expansion and opportunity for buying In commodity lots absoluteley essential to a retailer Most of the money spent with retail dealers by colored people goes Into the hands of Jews who because of various soclatlona re able to secure credt expansion and buy at prices far under that which a colored retailer rould be eonelld to pay. The figures for other States also how that Negroes are aw ikenlrg to the understanding that at least 80 per cent of th retail business done by colored people ought to be spent with colored people so that the race can benefit economically rather than spend where they In eree the notentlsllty for discrimination and sesrreimtlon by Increasing the economic Independence of opposite group. so far as to record and commend this, then it can be asserted that a brl hter era la here for the Negro. Being as we are. packed full of Mirttirtsur sam and tZi Man's Health Bad; Commits Suicide HENDERSON.

N. Dec. (ANP) Brooding over ill health. Frank Henderson. 48.

kil'ed himself Tuesday morning with a shot through the heart from a shotgun. 1. Y. RECTOfl BACKS DR1UE Oil NURSE BIAS NEW YORK, Dec. 15 H.

King, rector of St. Mark's M. Church. Is backing up the National Association, for the Advancement of Colored People In the fight being made against the discrimina tion being practised against colored purses under the administration of J. Green commissioner oi nos pitale.

Rev. King has written to Commissioner Creeff urging that when aliens are displaced from employment In that service. American citizens of color be given opportunity to fill the Jobs made avail able. "A considerable number of deserving citizen displaced In your department by alien labor are of the Negro group. writes Rev.

King "Such a displacement works upon this eroup very substantial economic hardship. The considerable number of Negro nurses, orderlies, and others now unemployed, would have an opportunity as native citi sens to qualify for placement in these vacancies and just consideration be given to their claims for employment." They say a Pullman car and an ocean Jner are about the safest places on earth. Stay at home at your own risk. predilections, and prejudices, and being amenable to suggestion, the daily press exerts a tremendous in fluence on our daily activities, movements and mides of thinking. Imagine what favorable impression will be gained when thousands of white people read such article and commentaries.

Conclusions Then this event is of profound significance to the Negro business man because largely through him and his endeavors will the race (Tain speedy social recognition and prestige. The masses of the race since they will be the recipients of most of the prestige gained should support these enterprises and learn eomethlngs about their operations. If even in an elementary form. In addition to thla. however, the editorial marks a days when the white press recognizes snd commends the business activities of colored people.

May this serve as an Iran' ration and Impetus to other of our colored concerns to "put their house in order" so that they will receive the same favorable comments from the leading dallies In their vicinities. May It be an Inspiration to ourjrouth to enter the portals of commerce and there labor and toll for the economic and social advancement of the race. May this give renewed sre and hone to the Innumerable Negroes who are tolling under adverse circumstances wretched conditions, to behold the doors of recognition being gradually opened by the marshalled resources and the galvanlzrd spiritual forces of this racial group. Chance To Fly Solo First Crow Country Flier Tells of Hazards In Learning Of First Crackup Tells of Finally Con quering Air and Gaining Confidence. By J.

HERMAN BANNING It has often been said truth is stranger than fiction. From an aeronautical standpoint, the above assertion ceases to be a mere saying and becomes an indisputable fact Perchance, the aeronautical pursuits of our birdmen, as recounted by them, contain much more fiction than fact, but that as it may, I shall give yow. without departing from the pathways of truth, a resume of some of my earlier flying expert en5" I ine one wg moment in a end I did not hav half the life Is the day he is allowed to solo. He remembers this event until his dying day. and in rare cases this has been known to be one and the umt day.

This Is the day on which, for the first time, tha novice soars up and Into the blue aky all alone sole commander of hi craft. The day of day. Tha moment toward which all of hi weary hours of training have been pointed. This Is the time when the student pUot conclusively proves to the world at targe that be has both nerve and ability. To himself be proves that ha Is nothing but a scared, witless fool who hasn't had half enough flying lesson.

But permit me to tell my own story. In the little town of Ames, la. during the winter of 1924. I decided that motorcycles and automobile were too slow and uninteresting so I became alr mlnded. and between those wintry blizzard and those blowing snow storms I would Journey to Fisher Flying Field st Des Moines 30 miles away to learn to fly.

There I would shiver and shake through a half hour's dual instruction. The cold weath er gave my natural shivering In stlnct quite an outlet. I need not mention the added "severability" provided by the shaking, trembling, dilapidated old plana In which we trained. Suffice It to say that after 3 ioura and 45 minutes of training, and this stretched over a period of five months' time. I approached that stage of the game wherein the Instructor permits the student to glide toward the landing field If he can find It and attempt a landing Every movement, of course.

Is closely supervised by the instructor This particular day the pilot complimented me on my progress up to that date, and five minutes Ister he took a new student up In the same ship and was killed In a Lieutenant Fisher was a very good pilot, but made the fatal mUtake of allowing a rank novice to attempt to fly the ship at too low an altitude. This was a sad blow to me. and my friends Insisted that it should mark my exit from aviation. I thought differently, however, and vowed to myself that I would carry, on and profit by his mistake. The airpl ine was a total wreck, but careful Investigation disclosed that the Curtis motor was.

only slightly damaged. I bought It for a paltry sum and had it moved to my auto repair ahop at Ames. This was during the period when the War Department was dumping hundreds of old war surplus planes on the market at ridiculously low prices. watfhed tha advertisements and finally secured an old place fuselage or body and a aet of wings To my Inexperienced eyes they appeared to be In fair condition. Everyone called me a fool, so, to keep down argument admitted that such was the case and kept working unUl at last one spring day .1 was sble to tow the repaired parts to a little nearby cow pasture and start assembly of my first alrpane.

With the assistance of several white mechaneally incllned friends and the aid of an instruction book, purchased from Curtis Aeroplane Company. I was able to set up tha ship In every detalL The motor was perfect, the ship complete but there It stood for three weeks. New airplanes are given their first test flight by experienced pilots before anyone else can fly them and any necessary changes In control or balance are then made so that the plane will have normal flying qualities. In my particular ease I had never even KNOWLEDGE ao a teated pUne alone, mucn les one which no one had evei usual flying training. I decided to use common sense, or rather rare Judgment, which evei you may call it, so I called on LC Miller, a well known pilot, to test tha ship for ma.

He agreed ovei the long distance phone that he would do this for $50. When he arrived in Ames he looked over my ship and emphatically said. "Nothing doing." I tried other pilots and they all seemed to know that I vat using the same motor behind which Fisher was killed, and they all re fused to fly tha ship. Each day I would go to my port if I may call my cow pasture such. It cost the whole sum of 35 per month.

I would start tha motor, elimb In tha aeat and taxi or slowly roll along the ground. 1 would only partially open the throttle, thereby gaining very little speed. Finally this became the town Joke Banning and his ground plane. Oae Saturday afternoon made my usual airport Jaunt warmed up tha motor, taxied to the far end of the field, turned around into the wind with business like pre clslon and cocked my throttle wide open. 1 fully intended to let the snip leave the ground for a few feet cut my throttle and allow tha ship to come to a stop before reaching the far and of the field I certainly bad no intention of actually flying, but to my great surprise and Intense discomfiture the full power blast of the motor car ried me down the field far taster than I had expected and there was a very auoatantlai fence dead ahead.

InstincUvely I yanked backward on the stick and there I was In the air alone forced by a mere accident to solo In a ship which had never been flown before. To my genuine astonishment I found myself calm and collected. I immediately became self reliant. I felt as only one who file can feel that here, at last. 1 have conquered a new world, have moved into a new sphere.

had sprouted wings, a rhapsody In air. but the stark realization came to me that I had yet a landing to makef Maybe this waan going to be so hot after all. Well, the ship flew level and straight almost of its own accord; perfect Job of rigging. I cr iled the field three times, headed Into the wind, closed tha throttle, opened my mouth and eyes and started down In ah" erratic glide. I fixed my eyes on a certain point on the field and waited for whatever was to be.

A minute later the machine aetUed on tha ground with the gracefulness of a bird, rolling only a few feet before stopping. I bad made itf I breathed a long sigh of reli elf land clambered from the' ship to tSe' ground and. Immediately, presto change, a great transformation occurred. My head erect, eye to the front, shoulder squared. I was a different man.

A full fledged pilot. Something apart from the common clay. At least. I thought so until I attempted my next flight A rude awakening. Indeed, but ah.

my dear friend. hat Is another atory. Happy landing, old dear! FILES FOR DIVORCE WASHINGTON. Dec 15 Mrs. Bernlc B.

Davis, through Attorney John H. Wilson, filed suit In the Supreme Court las4 Mon for a limited Jlorce zrom Raymond T. Davis. IS POWER! rW i 3 EsT" 1 iSFir votft Rttarri suhhi bpvmv 6000 rtuowToH JUST fAWUKQ Mr V0U KNOW WHATS THE AVATTtR f) I ASK B0UCH ixfSU JUST tOOKOVtHTHCW H0uSE.xO fC2 WITH PWfC THtSE PAY WM QUtSTlONS.THJtOKTOmC SMAH.WW I5I1E fay? 7 Uf7iislCMVA I SHARTY.WE AIN7 KWtNc IS ASK QUKT AU fl 00IHG? A CO0O WAY Lr JJi UPWITHTMEWRLO.WC Ut KlMOS OF QUESTIONS. I iflO OUT IS TO ASKyfl at AWH.IOO 1 i vf iv.

1 v''" SYLVIA MEANS Crowned 'Miss Virginia Union" and queen of re cent holiday grid game after an interesting Varsity Club popularity contest. Miss Means is an A. K. A. girl and popular on the campus of the Richmond institution.

r. NEW YORK, Dec. 15 Argument on the appeal filed by Major Divine who was Indicted for maintaining a publio nuisance in Sayville, Long was beard be re the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Second department In Brooklyn, on December ft. The bench vas comprised of Presiding Justice Laza risky, and four associate Justices: Young, Carswell, Soud der and Tompkins. Father Divine's counsel, James rhomas.

former assistant United States attorney, of 11 Park place, this city, who represented him on the trial below, presented the grouns upon which he asked for a dismissal of tha Indictment Alexander Blue, district attorney for Suffolk county, opposed theappeal The court reserved declsionTy Majo Divine, colored, tte'wlll be recalled, was charged by the county of Suffolk that be claimed to be the Messiah returned to earth and conducted so called religious services at his premises ''in Sayville. where large numbers of people. Including white and colored, congregated and exhorted In loud tones of voice, to the annoyance of the neighbors in the vicinity of Divine's Divine moved for a change of venue of the case from the county In which he lived to a county In which could get a air trial, but be clalmj he was given a r'tange to a county Just as prejudiced and biased as the one from which he had come. He was forced to trial In Nassau county, convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalty of a year In prison and a fine of $500, and one day In jail for each dollar of fhe fine that remained unpaid. Much speculation exists as to the source oi Divine's Income.

It being stated In the local press that he spends at least S50.CO0 a year for food and charitable purposes, although no one aeems to know where he gets his money from. aass ssvary Pol Iti ttoat Wee tUO rae owuner. TStttlBi) tsoy .1:. A 4 DAILY NEWSPAPER i EMPLOYE DIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (CWS Harry O.

Simms, colored, ft ma chlnlst's helper In the composing; room of The Evening Star 37 years, dieu at Galllnger hospital Friday. Simms was born In Georgetown and haQ lie in the Capital all bis life. He Is survived by his widow. Mrs; Mamie Simms. He is now conducting his eerv Ices in the city of New 'York an4 environs, and it Is said that at bis New York meetings over 10.000 congregate and participate in Ibis services, which he holds several times a week.

At his trial testimony was give of miraculous cures obtained by be Ilef in his teachings. One witness testified as to what transpired at bis premises as follows: "Usually the order of procedura was go ahead leisurely with th meal that was set fore us by Father Divine, and tha course of that meal different aspects of truth and discussions about the Bible would come up and Father Divine would elucidate those things and those points which mada.lt of tre endous interest to those wfcb were Interested In the philosophy of his teaching, comparing It wftfi the philosophy or other teachings. That Is why a great many people have come, like myself, not only from New York City, but Australia and London and California, because we came there having heard of this defendant's most unusual teaching. Then testimonies would, be giveajf benefits derived, comparisons wita other each Ing. and occasionally there would be a remarkable beaming take place that had no neoe sary connection with what was t4 3T sa A decision of the court la srwatt ed with a great deal of Interest j.

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