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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX Vnvly I Iriomnlnvnmrif Polinf Pmcrrnm zavci C COSO 111 1V ow -v, rv *»z m.my>*. w^p. r , i^., <i a«. v.»c&, J. iv^iKKt EXPECT PRD&RM TO PROGRESS US TROOBLE REMEDIED JEEV YORK CITY Hec. 13 (By Ferol V ncent-Smout For Th'' ANP) —The violent protests of certain factions in Xett folk City have suddenly ended and a deadly calm has settled around tiw rebel situation which seems to spell de feat for the protester.-. The effort to wrest the control of the unem ploymen re'ef administration from the hands of the present Staff has proved a fadure T! f workers at the Harlem Emergency Relict Headquarters are those wk ■ were originally d< . ojnated by William 11. Matthew.-, white, chair man of the Emergent? Work Bu reau. What seemed to be a ersis in the situation was reached on the night of November 27 at a pro test meeting held at the Harlem Association of Trade and Com merce. At this meeting. George W. Harris, cd tor of the -New York News and former Alderman presided. However, he mad'- th" mistake of presenting a resolution which was so vitriolic and ob- V'ously unfair in its indictment of Miss Adaline Buffington white, who is directing the emergency relief work, that even those who Were fornu rly clamoring for a change : n leadership and for an entire Negro staff became disg'U. t ed and walked out of the meet ing. With this fiasco began th" apparent collapse of a movement which most Negroes in Harlem conceded had its good pohits, but which was doomed to failure from its beginning because of its undi gnified. narrow-minded and ;m -practical leadership. Work at Standstill eManwhile unemployment re lief. both emergency work and aid, has been at a stands! 11. Th" cumbersome machinery of the Emergency Aid Bureau ha.- boon turning less than a week and the shivering, starving and homeless are just now slowly receiving the a : d and comfort which they should have had week.- ago Miss Buf fington. in an interview which she readily granted, stated that with her staff of twenty-one works, > sixteen colored and fve white everything is being done tc rush cases through as speedily as po.-, sible. She had the highest prai. " for her staff which shy ..tales s handling approximate!?' one hun dred cases per day. It :- aimot imp ass ble to u c more workers as the building is small for the pur pose and the workers are crowded into an unbelievably -mall .-pace Each day from nine to five o’clock applicants for rel es may be seen crowding the reception room and halls and overflowing down the high tops onto tlr mi-walk. On December 3. the Harlem Workers Club hell a luncheon meeting at which -omo of the gravest problems were discu. a d and measures -uggested to cor-| rect sonic the unfortunate cond'-, tions whtich exist because the present relief plan-’ are failing in many ways to meet Harlem's needs. Mr. Jame- H. Hubert. Di-, rector of the New York Urban League and President of the club. pr< . ded at this meeting, which was of quite a different typo from most of those wh ' h have been conducted by interested citi zens- Both Races Members The membership of the club is composed of white and colored soc al workers in social agent icy, hospital -, ch'xd - and the ( rime Preventation Bureau Th" digni fied manner in which . ound and practical plan, were imne at th ~ meeting wa- in the nature of a re buke to anyone- who may have doubted the Ability of Harb in -o cia) workers to handly "iipable matters which have to do with their profess on. A committee was appointed from this body to confer with downtown executives in the cflort to have established a placement bureau in Harb m where appi cants f< r emergency employnwn may be sent directly to jobs. L n der the present system, applicant register in Harlem, but they ar placed in ahe order of their appli cation from one headquarter wh ch is situated i nthe metropoli tan district Thus, they must take heir turn with thousands. Place ment results in Harlem to date plainly show that thio .yr in is unfair. Rel es work in Harlem I far below the statistical standard which had been reached at this time last year. Many of th" churches which were conducting organized relief before Thank, g ving in 1930 have made no at tempt to administer organized re lief because of the .chaotic condi tion of the work. This is deplm able and qu’te important since numerous cases of discriminatio by white private relief agem u have been reported .Hit Daily FRKK, FREB, >931 INSIDE DOPE »• make a HIT with Clearing Hou»e, Curg Stock Exchange, Bondt, Electric, Motor. Radio, JUcet and Nombera Itl BigMla, 200 W. 1330 St. New York BUSINESS,';' industry^ ' (As compiled by the Associated Negro Press with the Co-operation i o f The National Negro Business League, The Department of Com merce, and Other Reliable Agen- : cies. ’ I INANCTAL OUTLOOK By William Occomy i For The Associated Negro Press) Incomes Slashed Eleven Billions The first official report of the Treasury Department at Washing ton. D C. for 1930 show, some thing like 11 billions have been lost as a result of wage cuts dividend slashes and drastic re trenchments. Income of Individ uals shows a drop of 7 billion .while that for corporations shows a decrease of 4 1 . biilmi.s Th ; a 'one of the primary reasons why : Congress has been asked to find a I way to make the income ot the i United States more stable by hav ing a source of revenue which is ' 'more permanent in character than , the income tax Some have suggested higher in ^eritance taxes, while others have advocated a sales tax When ex amined closely, though. it : found that even this base is rather inde finite because of the numerous fluctuations in sales volume over a stated period. However, it is more permanent in character than the present form of income tax and wil probably find favorable recep tion among the members of the coming Congress. Auto Output Low Automobile output continues to register a low record according to reports coming from the city of Detroit "The months total is 31.68 per cent less than the total of 150.- 219 units reports during October 1930 and 17 81 per cent under the total of 124903 for September 1931." states R. L. Polk and Com pany compilers of official registra tions throughout the country. This means that the Negroes of Detroit are still in stringent cir cumstances because of that city's reliance of the automobile industry for its sunport. Indications are that with the restoration of con fidence and buying, Detroit will experience the thrill of c^cat'm a few more millionaires as it d ' in the last wave of nrospeHty. Holsey Still at It Mr Albon Holsey of the C. M. A. organization of New York City is still at it. hammering away at the idea of building our business en terprises The depression, though, has demons! r ated to the Negro more forcefully than any other event hi- sh"er weakness and eco nomie incapacity during a critical period The experience of adver sity should serve to teach him th< ■importance of organizing, of pool ing his resources. of operating ef ficiently. -o as to make him a pow c ■ financially. In this says Mr. H >l - lie; his economic salrv'ation. Si EK TO STIMULATE HARLEM BUSINESS Bv A. E. White New YorkJAH over the city, merchants are talking about the progress of the Harlem Business Men’s Club and what it means to them as individuals. An organized effort is being made to stimulate the business of the Negroes of the Community and the Business Men's Club is heading the move ment. There is a decided increase m the amount of business being transacted in Negro owned institu tions. according to various reports tmmod in at the regular meetings [of the organizations. Throush their own medium, the Harlem Home Journal and the Business Men's Informer, the busi ness men are striving for a goal, that is more employment for Negroes right in Harlem where th"y spend over ten millions of dollars per year for the necessities of life The majority of this m-mev is taken out of the com r: unity by non-residents which works a hardship on those resid ; ing in the section but not partici pating in the money they spend. Among the largest employers of Negro help in the community are the Negro owned and controlled industries, the Belstrat Laundry topping the list with sixty-five employes: the Little Gray Shops w: h almost as many; the Superb Laundry, the Monarch Mattress Company and one or two others. The movement gained impetus through the late depression wlrm th? Negroes of Harlem realized that they were being made the g ats in every possible manner in places where they were formerly employed They were the last to be hired and the first to be fired. This awakened them to the pen tentialities of their own community and through the assistance of the Harlem Business Men's Club, th.w are progressing along the right . li;;es. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT Washington — ’By the Associated Negro Press)—Dr. Julius Klein, in a .special report to the Associated N gro Press under date of Nov. 20. , ;•< mment on the general situation at follows: "Building contract awards show ed some improvement m the tmrd v. ek of November over the 1 w !-'eturns for the first half i f th - month. Average dailv awards, a. I reported by the F. W. Dodge C i; - t’< -ation. amounted to $7,637,000 for i th? third week against $6,377,000 in th’ first half of November and M >567000 f.>" th? full month of ■November, J 930 Colored people HARLEM . • \ SKETC»| BOOK Z la __L._l_* 11—Ll— 1 By THFOPHILu’s LEWIf ** School For Writers On SEVERAL OCCASIONS I have i xpressed my disagreement with those who asset t that the Neg ro pre?-; is dedicated to lofty ideals and that journalists are fired with holy zeal to serve the welfare of the race 1 hold that the best newspaper men. or at any rate the most interesting ones, are thrill nuiric ■ and clowns. This opinion, it goes without saying, is not re lished by journalists who r take,a romantic view of their profession and v. ho are usually to be found working on papers with falling cir- culation. To gentry of this type any criticism of the press is as of fensive as mayhem or arson or a -fink-bomb in a crowded subway car. Some time ago, when I wrote some plain facts about the news paper business. I narrowly escaped being lynched by outraged journal ists with Richard Davis complexes, and before the incident was squelched a local member of the craft threatened me with a libel suit and a Southern paper made me the subject of a lying editorial But I am not trying to pick a fresh quarrel or revive an old one. I state my disbelief in the altruism of the press at this time only be cause some may suspect that mak ing face. I now profess to see per fection in an institution which 1 formly declared to be full of human a sudden and suspiciot..; about frailties. There is ore field in which the colored pre. is performing an n: valuable .service for the race. I! is serving as a school in which young men and women (vith a flair for words can develop their talents. In the editorial room- of the half dozen leading newspapers you will find the twoscore or inure young people who. five or ten years from now. will be produeing the bulk iof Negro literature Today they : are feature writer reporters, play reviewers and sport.; columns its. .Tomorrow Ib"y will !>.- playwright" 'and novelist And I th nk they i will prodiwe literature more rep i resentative of the Negro mind. :as oe ilihi"r and more beautiful 'han any we have known up to now. Writers Must Be Born Again IT IS OFTEN SAID that writers । tire-born, not ir. ide. 1 rather agree I with Branrier Matthews that most of them arc made after they are born. The be t writers of all people । are men who make writing either j a fuU-t'ino job or a con-istent. avo leati'iii. Mow and then a genius, hik ■ It.iorly or Conrad, is capable of dex etoging himself, in-pirod by the i she r j'.-y of iiea'ing. But most writer... e\ n those who achieve tin ' fronk rank the Dreisers. Hechts, Thackerays and Sinelair. Lewises — are driven on Inward maturity by the lash, of some Simon Eegree or an editor who demands v. hat ho wants when h • wants it. not when you third; you i n hive it r riy If it is true ti. <t wrif -w; air noi-n it i.i no Ic. s fine that ’he b" ' ■ " arc born again under the pi < ,: n of beating the deni!". Like all artists, writers are - scntially showmen. Thee soon i," come aware of an invisible au dience w hich they strive to plc r e This keeps them up on their :■>'.> trying to think up new ideas As the number of Ideas .any one n m can originate is limited wly geniuses like Bernard Shaw b । obi" to muster as many a I the fled.'Jing writer fii: t be < J t inualiy inventing new wavs i > | present bis old one ;. This r-, no means an easy task, especial,; j if his stmt calls for a measure o' I humor | Joke ; h ive a way of going on' |of style. N ,i Ji;. ; when the pi ■ . figure in budding operations. "Automobile registration: in Oct were approximately 103.000 units, or about 28 per cent higher than the production for the month, re sulting in a further reduction in stocks. "Business failures, although still numerous, have not been as fre quent in November as in the pre ceding month Average weekly failures for the elapsed 4 weeks of Nov. were 673. compared with 828 in the pr<>.eding four weeks. "Southern hardwood mills report a decrease of only 1 per cent in new business in the week ended November 21. compared with the sane week of last year. The cost of living has continued to decline i recent months and in O taker the index of the Nation al Industrial Conference Board , was at 84.9 per cent of the 1923 a\"iago. Tiie i.wiox for the month w.is 15 per cerj below the level if December 1929. During the same comparativ ■ period the com p< nent parts of , mdex declined as follows: food JJ rent. 12: cloth ing. 24: fuel. 52: luht 2.1; and sundries. 4. “Pine sawmills in th' Carolina' report the receipt of 16 per cent m ire orders in the week ended jN vemb. r 14. than in the week of 19'0 I "Payroll gains in sever;;! manu [fa turing lines were reported b' i th ■ Department of Labor in Octo Ibe • as compared with Sep'ember These include the paper and p: in'- ing. tobacco products agriculture’ lin piemen's, shipbuilding. stear 'it’ings. and hardware im!-j‘ ic Declines in other industries ’■ " ever, resulted in a drop of 3 3 ir eriplovment and of 3 1 per ci-nt in pivroll ? m the genet.d ind < f.,r lull reporting <■ talm.ilu i is. THE ATLANTA WORI.D, ATLANTA, GA. is forced to compete with the : tage. the talkies and the radio, fashions tn humor change almo: t overnight Only a few years ago sex appear ed to be a perennial s mrce of material for the sweating gai: art ist. The fellow who springs a joke today at once exposes hinnC a. either an old foe? or a l.i/. 1 ■.>m : The present trend is toward the Chic Salery. but in thw field the writer i- at an obvious disad am tage compared with the stage comedian, or even with the talkies. I haxe ;een Donald Ogden Stew art. in a talky short, open up a line that kept an audience roaring thne minutes. Devilish and dar ing as I am. 1 nevertheless b.esl i tate to introduce the same topic m[ this column for fear of getting ten days in jail If: not that I would mind the ten days’ free board, but in the meantime some bright young man might run awav with the Sketch Book. Eevery newspaper writer is con fronted with situations of this kind. Inventing ways and means to keep his stuff fresh in the course of time gives him an agility of mind that equips him for more arduous tasks. I cannot submit proof, but I imagine that, after a scribbler has invented thirty-three disguise, for the same joke, the technique of playwriting ought to be com paratively simple. What the Public Wants THE MOST VALUABLE EX PEIHENCE gained for newspaper work is the knowledge of what the public wants. The theory that the artist should ignore his ' porarieS" and write or paint fw posterity does x.ot stand up under examination. It may be all rwii: for the artist to be a step or two in advance of the mass led !h -should be. But if he is unable to J understand the feelings of the n -o : pie living in his own day and time! how can he tell what will he th" i feelings of people yet unbo-n ( Sophocb's wrote Oed.'pu; R< < for the Greeks of his own day and Shak"speare produced Hamlet for Elizabethan Englishmen. Nrwwr theie-;. both plays are ;.'ppri"iated by Twentieth century Slay, and Americans. The truth is. all great are is pro duced for a local of an Alabama, black it will also stir the soul of a Norwegian blond. Failure to con- I form to this principle > the rea son why most of what we call Neg ro literature is second rate at best. It was written to catch the eye of white people. A different brand ■ f writing will b? turned out by the young people who are now I humping typewriters in the officw of c dored paper" They are form ing the habit of write g black. The people who read teir accoun's o! sports and murders today wiil in the futue enjoy their no'.-Us and plays. Much of what the-.- wriio will cross the botmdari" . । ■ rac? and language. Perhaps; a ImJ , it will I e imi.w t:d. Seen and Heard Sunset Park was t’ae seen" of another night of hilarious ftri with I. N. Montgomery and hi; band furnishing the music, flaming co eds. and immaculately <! ■ sod young men and people of the busi ness world paid tribute t > Ihe Athletes of the colleges of m .-uv This dance, sponsored b;. I.ucm., •Jones was a big hit of the pra xit social season Some of the “so rial breds” caught in the s; .:. kluw illumination of the flood light were Misses Ruth Simpkin Julia Belle Fountain. Mar?' McAfe Wil ।he Kate Taylor. Rosa E'hgan Hattye Wimbish. Danye W'l mw Al.ce Dickerson. Fann-' A: '.ld. Annie Craddock, Tryhonou. And erson. Mao Porter. Al ;< : no" M-. Coy. Henrietta Smith. Lam a Pane Emma Brooks. Hubv Stindfiold. Jaunita Ellison, Alice Pearson. Minnie Calloway, Annie Wilkinson Gladys Jones. Ethel Mae Moore. Messrs. TTcrbert Roland Joel Washburn. A. C. Simmons. Joe Sampson, Russel! Simmon.:, Jerom" Chapman. Oliver Holme WilF "n McMaster. Sam Willis. Robert Mc- Farland. Joe Battle. Jesse Arnette John Mebane. Henry Pirm.ve’l. “Shag" Jones. Emmett Spm !o-h “Spects" Bright. Ralph Perry. Bon Patton. Jesse Burney. Donald Reeves. Robert Stout. Wa" ■ Prof Monroe Sarreals. Nick-;, and Smith. Leroy McNeil. Doug Rob inson. Charlie Thomas, James Pinkney, Beau Caison. A’ .■ Spicer. Grady Brook< . ’- ■ Stokes. Willie’ Battle. Ric p >b Jeffries. McLaurin. Mite!'"!’ M, til. William Jackson. “Km-l-j p ; ersom and a host of ot!i;>: I know you haven’t forgot th ,t beg nning with tom " ro',< . T Royal Theatre is going t > . ■ , part of the proceeds to th E:: : mer.t Fund of Moreho r ■ Co "The Spirit of Notre D.m ■.“ be th" feature picture T!.. : is being sponsored by ?di T"J ■■ । Grant. You won t have a n '-onb'e finding comfr ■’ Theatre or finding it hard to r, ir ns the Royal boasts of having est aeeoustics in the cit?- Buy From Advertisers HAMMER SLAYER NOT TO LET OONO I BHI AI\GH AM All., Dee I.’’, | 111 w 1! imiU bo: '>> await his I prelimm " ■ hearm m connection I with th. u.-mh of M • Ola M"Her ■ rin lio'i T after !.? had pierced I her skull wuh a "dge hammer iSimd:; m.Mi’ Mm I Hoard. 2608 [Sixth Av iiie i in ti"- county ja.l wh' " h" w. tr.i'i ferr."l after his [arre t Tuesd.a? morning by Offi (e-s Fid'-’ un and Shaw. According to first reports at the polie-' -‘.ation. the name of the woman was gi\en as Mrs. Ola Me Herrin and it was stated that the > fata! blow came at the end of a [ fu.-s between the two who had i b"en living together for sometime I The death certificate, issued at the [ it?' hall showed Friuay that :!,■ wi : known is Mr.- Ola Meilerrin Hoard. The preliminary hearing of the wife slayer will be held next week. Mrs. Hoard died Mondn.v at noon at the Hillman hospital. Stall worth and Johnson are in charge JGY JBOUNOS K PAY PROMISED MTEACHERS I BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dee. U - Saturda.v was a happy da.v lor more than two hundred racy teach ers in the Jefferson Count?' School .system who received notification Friday that their October pay [ checks would be ready for them ion Saturda.v. Members of the staff i work, d hard Thursda-' night get iting the welcome ne\T in the mad. In the meantime. J D Moore president of the B rd of Educa tion of Jafferson County has issued an appeal to the tax payers of the count?' stating that tl..' board has already borrowed from the banks to the limit of v.h .t it considers safe and sound business. Re re minds the public that tb.e board has not been able to pay the teacliers their November salaries and that the teacliers ate depend ent on their salaries, for living ex pct’scs and that the schools cannot be expected to remain upon unless the salaries are paid. The plea '.states in part: / ‘‘lt would be a serious catamitv to haxe to close the school; and we full sure you would not hke to see such a situ.mon <l"ve!<;|i. '.'our taxes must be paid by January Ist. when, if not paid, they become de linquent. It will not be a gre-'t sacrifice for you to pay them at once. Your board of education cal's attention as to how you can heli, uhhou' any great smoufice on ■■• our po ! those who have ca"ti "I 'heir -ilar:".; by faithful and <f ficient . i\:v '. Tli"rel'orc. we ap peal to t > come to th" help oi ll:e school.; and to the relief of the 'eaehers who are in financial dis tress because of the fact that liar", wl'.'h have already been [ earned have not been paid “ It is understood that the stat.; will not be in a postion to aid the county materia'l ■ and much fear is felt that schools of the county outside the city system, will close after the Christmas vacation A. M. E Church will open th" program with devotional cx<-ci ;*; after which Miss McCarroll will play an organ prelude. The Chris'- mas story is to be read by Miss Mildred Bell. Follow,m> this reading, an organ solo b,v M' -s Mar.v A Clark will be presented after which Mi . Mary A. Davi.; will sm" a vocal solo A special reading will be given by Miss Eloise Stewart That well known c"b'J f Mrs Lillian Douglas:, has been secured to play a solo on her instrument after which M r . Vernon Newsome, connected with the music depart ment of Talladega college. ■. Jl ap pear in a vocal rendition. A read ing by M s Minn e Scott will be followed by an organ solo bv Miss Mabel Barker. An unique feature of the fea ture of the affair will bo a whist ling > >h> by Me. Effie McCaw A eroup of vocal selections by Mi."-: Ed.th !l ivfield. popular vocalist, will i ■' '< ed the oi ,;;m postlude by M." McCarroll that will bring th pe'Jeß of restful music. ro mmi.ient of Cb.ristmas. to a close. BRADFORD M’JSIC HIM PROMISES ENTEBTiMENT BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dee- 13— An hour of delightful music is ■ romised Magic City music lovers when a pre-Christmas musical is i esented this afternoon at three il fy at the Bradford’s funeral a .me on Seventh Avenue under i:e direction of Miss Alyce McCar .ll and Miss Mabel Barker. The public is invited to attend this ev । J which is given bv Mr B'ad ! nd. popular undertaF’er. for the ’ ■ neflt bf tfflWP Wffl IW"music. Community Xmas Tree S p o n s o r e d By Young Matrons A Community Xmas tree will be sponsored by the Young Matron Circle of Wheat St Clvin h Wed nesday. Dee 23 1931 800 1' M At the Wheat St. Parson.ice. 2 1 'i'. ; St. This group es yo:m v imen we e .organized fixe nioptb.; x;o for the purpose of doing i li . .'.Me work among the need? <4 th -■ community. This project w,.s launched for the purpose of bring ing cheer and happiness to some of the less fortunate at the "Yule tide Season.” Baskets of food and clothing will be distributed by this group A committee has been appointed to contact the merchants of th" cit? and friend.; to ask their full cooperation in helping to put ox -r this project. This committee is headed up b?’ Mrs. Bobbie Wright. Other eemmittees are as follows: Music Com. Mrs. J. Raymond Henderson. Finance Com. Mrs. Ophe’ia Brooks. Transportation Com. Mrs. Rubie Banks This community Xmas tree spon sored by (his - group of young wo men is the first to be given for the colored people of Atlanta. Let everybod?’ join hands and make it a success. ’ Mrs. Etta Boone. President, Mrs. R. P. King. Ch. of Pub licity. GHLIRCHES TODAY SEEK M ESS UNIS FUNO BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dee 13— Merry Christmas! Do you know that if von do not do something to help others ha . < a merry Christmas that y; i will really not be carrying out th" "pirit of the day? H.t o you stopped to think that, despite the depression tint your curtailed Christmas may be a hundred times better than that of some of your neighbors and fel low citizens" These are some of the questions that members of our group must answer and similar message:: are being brought to members of the various churches throughout the city today in an effort to make c.irmingham Coinmunity ennseimr and willing to do its bit to see that no one will haxe a sad Christmas S > far. the greater part of the work done along financial lines, to make the first Colored Communit? Cb.ristmas a success has come from the members of the other race The building for the use of the '■ommittoc and the toy shop wore donated bv Mc.ys and Engi I. i.’alto:.:. the ll'rmiar.hain E:<"!rr' Company has given the free use of "irri ot and electric lights, the Bir mingham Water Company has in s‘;dhd xvater and the nece::";.’?- equipment to be used at the hom! quarter;', and toy shop. Coal was donated by the Red Star Coal com pany while the wood for the mak ing of the huge 'w k table and the rows of shelves is the donation Wood Lumber Company. A large group of fifty eight dolls was s"nt ‘ ■ the headquarters Friday m un i ig bv the Birnrngham News and Age Hera'd. I I' to e. s time, the contribu tions necessary to make it pos: ihle to give Christmas dinners to th"! reediest families h a s totalled I thirty-four dollars, thirty of whirl: has be< n sent in l y whi'" fiivio. Jr Engler, manager of th" Km’ on and Champion Theatri ■■ ; j mg in a check for twenty so r <i ,' la ; while Miss Catherine Ho'.l also white, has gent in her <!,. k for five dollars. Decorations for the headquarters were given by white merchants. There is much work to do and. at a meeting of the executive com mittec Thursday night at th" headquarters at 320 Seventeenth Street, N.. final plans were made for the execution of all de':'i!:: an 1 an appeal sent out for vo' inl xvorkers to work at th" shop i; well as car owne-s to deliv:"' toys and candies and make calls for the same Everybody n Bit tmnghi.m can do some little part to make C ’innmnity Cliris'inas. Assistant Superintendent of schoo's E C Brunks was present to give a few h"lpf il remarks. Attorney E. A. Brown, presid'd Ph" shelves of the toy shop are beginning to resemble Merry (. hristma; for ;ome youm: tm ; and f hairman C W Hayes reports that the school children are hard at wotk repairinj, and making tovs at the various school buildings Principal C. N. Wood of the Coun eTl School. Ensley, has already sent in four hundred toys of var ious kin is from his school. Thou wmds of toys wiii be needed to help make the poor youngsters happy and its not to late to send in a toy. new o old. for the good cause. Principal A. H Pai ker and Mr.;. A M. Brown are appealing to al! rw’h in a cash contribution, be it little or small to the finance com mittee in order that dinners may gix’en to all who would otherwise do without. Contributions maybe sent to th.- Industrial High School all oi this cumin'’ wook and up to Uhl Umas t.me GUt ; of food and Digesting The News By Clifford C. Mitchell Merging the weak with the strong!, It has been a hobby of mine for years to follow the recording of :ome significant event with a rys- i !< i.itic catalogued chronicle of re- ' a.t.i.m.. lomotimti; with the idea; merely to confi'tn certain conviet io:e. that 1 may have arrived at and at other times merely to study an economic racial condition in a more thorough manner. When certain disclosures, in one of our largest insurance compan ies, were made, a few months ago, I become greatly alarmed over th.’ possible effect it might have on other companies. Like most every thing else, thought has become na tionalized and mechanized, ami when trouble sprouts out in one part of the country we can begin to look for it elsewhere. Sensing these things, or so I be lieve. our leading insurance exe cutives took stock of their own situations, secretly corrected some of their weak pom!:; and publicly proclaimed their strong ones. Fin ancial statements, compiled from every conceivable angle, and news reports xvere broadcasted widely through our press. All of these had their effect, the people lost their anxiousness and the crisis was successfully met. These things I duly recorded but kept an even closer watch on the activities of other departments. Gradually, here and there, the insurance department of several individual s'a'e governments took cognizance of affairs ami did some checking on their own account. In- Needy Column Family Welfare Society 239 Auburn Ave. N. E., Room 429 Telephone Wa. 6685 No. I Mother and child have no heat at home Forced to go to neigh bors on cold days. A heater or stove for their one room would bo ap pre."iat< d No. 2. Roy has been barefooted for weeks, has severe cold Child'.; shoos, size 13. would be a g'eat re lief No. 3. Family of four 'man. wit';' boy 19. girl 9> forced to sleep tn one bed. Bed, matress and bed cl ithing needed. No. 4. Woman needs winter cloth ing..shoes, coat, dresses, underwear. She wears s.ife 40. No. 5 A small bed needed for ! vear-i'ld child who is sleeping on die floor. N-> li A little mother who xvork hard dail.v to feed her children i. not ab’e to bu?' clothing. Sho won l '! appreciate any help. Has two littl" g: Is. 3 years old and 1 vear old If you vil! share what you have with your 1 ss fortunate fellows let us know. ID' - At'anta Neighborhood Club Met Monday at t'i< home of Bro. S. W. V/r'ght December 7. at 871 B. H ibson street. We heard talk.; from different members of the club. One \'isito>' was present. Next meet 'ng will be ;t the home of Bro Kelsey. 927 Welch street. Decembe ' 21 R. C Cam. pres; W M. IP I mon, S. W. Wright rep. Th” Royal Aeadians Were enti ilainod by Mis Ell! i Green. 215 Howell tie'. Next meet ing will be with Mrs. Um ile Hunt. 57 Boulevard at 8 p m Deccmb" 31. All members are asked to b • present. Mis. I. Rollins, pres: Mis. A. Alston, reporter. elollrng ar" a! o a< "''p'"ble ( oo nnmity Chi i-Imas wii bo wh'i' •; n •>];" i! Do you'' bit. Tm’ "I •. ' e ening i.; th" last da'" th.if men ". " children who might need toys f" Chi'stmas and other wise b" "om polled to do without, maybe ("it in to Mrs. E. R. Johnson, chairman of the registration committee a! Hu' colored library. —■—— - - . R 0 B E li T M. KAY WORLD’S GREATEST NUMBER WIZARD । Now opens service company for confidential number [ information on— RACE TRACK REPORT, TOTAL STOCK SALES, BI TTER AND EGG REPORT, AND THE COTTON MARKET, BOND REPORT, CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON BANK CLEARING ’rdekuaph five dollars ($5.00) for service and membership and 1 will wire you absolutely free to i morrow’s number for vour citv. POSITIVELY NO LETTERS ANSWERED Telegraph All Money To ROBERT M. KAY All communications must be made by telegraph or long | distance telephone. Your dail?' number will be sent by telegraph and you are to donate fifty ($5O 00) dollars from the next day’s winnings. | Not over three winner, a wee!: will be sent to any one member. NOTICE In telgraphmg for advance numbers, use the initials of the system you are now playing, for example: R. T for Race Track Report; T. S. for Total Stock Sales; B. E. for Butter xnd Egg Report; C. M for Cotton Market; S. E. for Stock Exchange; C. H. for Chicago; W. II for Washington Clearing md B. R for Bond Report. Office: 626 Farnsworth St. Detroit, Michigan Telephone, Columbia 2936 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1931 to the press, now and then, seeped the information that certaMA licenses had been revoked. Hui J ried consultations were made bv other insurance executives with a view of strengthening their own organizations and increasing their own business. Feisonncl changes were made and recorded. The policy and mode of business, of some companies, ( hanged for the better. In some in st.inces even the corporate name has been slightly changed and a reorganization effected. And re gularly during the past fexv weeks mergers have been effected in all parts of the country. In making these merger:; it does n< 1 necessaiily imply that any of t h e companies were seriously weak but it is significant that in each instance the merged com panies have become substantially stronger and as the directors and stockholders will gain through an efi'icient and centralized organ ization control so will the policy holders enjoy the benefit and as surance of a service that only the strong concern, in these times, is best able to render. As the benefit and success ofS these mergers are proven it will not be long befdre the same prin •iple will be extended to many other lines of racial endeavor and just in proportion to the number >f our individuals, groups and or ganizations that combine to over come a wasteful economic condi tion so will our economic prestige, as a race, enhance. W IM LIFE SENTENCES IN MURDEHESSES BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dee. 13 - Two men were given life sent "lives on charges of first degree murder Uiis week al the Jeflcrson County Court Houi'’ as capital’ week came to an end. Will Bedford, who xwi ; a’ resterkj in Columbu ; Con "'a August 2^ this year by Dclecti'.o Homer C. Jono:;, xva ; found : i !l s Thursday afternoon in Judge Heflin’.' court of murder hi the fq-yf deipee by a iury of which W C. Fo’-eestw v.as so em;m and sentenced to life im prisomn—if. Be dford shot a n d killed J‘> Bartley. 403 Avenue D. about so- f f; ve on 1110 njf , ht of Nowm be- ig ]929 At the shoot :ag, w’lich f.„4; ; ,t 1501 Air- "lie !! a 1, -Other. Will It r tl”y was hot in f'v' h " Th" v.mttnrh'd men were taken to 'he Hillman ho: pit,al by Echols ''nd Strom; and. upon arrival, it w.'is discovered that .Tim. who was hot. in the left side of the fa.m '".is d’ .i ; After haxang hi;, wound;; d:e;.‘od Will was dismissed from di" ho.mtal Redford, .also known as Duncan Redford, escaped and was captured in the Georgia city this past summer He is appealing his <as. ..w .rding to th c latest in l’'eana! ion reaching the World of fice Joseph F. Fielder Watchmaker & Jeweler 370 Peters Street, S. W. Cor. McDaniel St.