The broad ax., 1922-07-29

the tar heef'' state and think this
i due to the fact that the people here
either have tar heels or tar on Their
heels. 1t matters not which It IS the
result is the same, but let me tell you
nv people are doing some real bust
ness in this state, and before / am
through with this letter you will find
II out.
want to tell you few things that
have made my religion feel good to
me and to thank God that belong to
this great history making race, and !
am seeing the men and women who
are making the history. You find me
writing to YOU from Durham, which
very name Indicates progress, and II
;s the PLACE for aggressive men and
women from all parts of the world.
want to tell you about some OF the
enterprises here. Have you heard OF
the Bankers Fire Insurance Com
pany? Have you heard OF the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com
panv? If not / want 10 give you an
introduction to them this week and
when 1 am through you will know
almost as much as / do.
This Bankers Fire Insurance Com
panv was organized, and charter re-
eeived July, 1920, and they started IN
the business writing in February, 1921,
and on December 81, 1921 they were
ooerating in North Carolina, Maryland
and District of Columbia, but now
honey they have gone into Tennessee
and Georgia and it doth not yet appear
-uh.+ :, shall be or where they shall
% for they are looking for our
oeople and our people are looking
for them.
The people have bought up the
stock. amounting to $4,000, and they
have written three million dollars
worth of business and they continue
70 write every day. This closes out
the question of insurance Tor our
people, for there are many companies
that will not insure our property ana
household goods, and we are dong
# now. I take of my hat to the COM
nanv They are going to tell you
something soon.
The officers of the company are
w. G. Pearson, president; c Z
Spaulding, first vice-president; A. M.
Moore. second vice-president; w.
Gomez, secretary; J. NJ. Avery, treas
urer: NJ. A. Coins, assistant secretary.
Put these together and add A. j.
Strong. E. R. Merrick and R. L. Nc
Dougald, and you have the executive
committee. Now 1 am sure you want
to know who are the directors? Since
You want to know / will have to tell
Won that they are W. G. Pearson, {.
c. Spaulding, A. NJ. Moore, J. NJ
Avery, E. w. Smith, J. S. Thompson,
]. A. Tinsley, w. Gomez, E. R Mer-
rick, Ira T. Bryant, R L. McDougald,
A. ]. Strong, G. A. Edwards, w. NJ
Rich, J. c. Scarborough, J G. Banton,
NJ. A Coins, J. H. Ridley, NJ. c.
Clark.
l had the pleasure Of going in the
Office, of seeing the Directors in ses-
sion and meeting one more business
man of our race and that is that fell
low Gomez. / think he came into
this world via New York, and got his
foundation right there which was head
culture and business sense. Some
years ago he came down to this city
TO get into the North Carolina Mutual,
and when this company was organized,
they decided that he was just the man
to put things over and he has been
doing II ever since,
They had a great meeting here, and
there were some brainy men, some
men of wealth. Doc, RS, lawyers,
college presidents, bankers and other
kind of business men are connected
with this company, and am proud
that had the pleasure of finding this
great institution among our people.
Some of us don't know what the
others are doing, and there are many
agencies at work to give US good
places IN this world, and we must do
our own part.
When took my pen IN hand to
write to you last week, I had just
Witnessed the passing ont of the grand
chancellor of Georgia, Prof. 6. R.
Hutto of Brunswick, and then 1 got
busy and got out of that town /
was not running from death, but /
just felt better away.
rode and rode until got to Hen
derson, N. c, got off there made IT
to Durham, back &c KttreI, and then
Sunday morning President G. A Ed
wards, got together his automobile
car carriage and rode me back to
Durham, where we made some few
remarks, and started back. / have
heard of them horses getting unruly
and getting out Of reach, but never
experienced it before We were Just
riding along, making curves which
were just ike snakes, when this old