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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
Insurance Week
Committee 10
Meet Nov. Il
Sessions To
Be Held In
Cincinnati

CINCINNATI. O.-(ANP)-Fall
meetings of the National Negro In
surance week committee will be
held here, Nov. 27-29, inclusive, ac-
cording to Cyrus Ca1npfield, new
ly elected chairman The commit
tee is composed Of all agency Of
flcers OF member companies OF the
National Negro Insurance associa-
ton.
All sessions will be held at the
West Ninth street YMCA and,
from the standpoint of interest
and enthusiasm, Mr.. Campfield
admits he believes the Cincinnati
meeting will De the most fruitful
ever held. John T. Betsch of Jack
sonvine, Fla, secretary of the
committee, reports warm responses
already.
A host of notables from all over
the country, not exclusively insur-
ance officials, will augment the
committee representatives in at
tendance.
In addition to making plans for
the 1912 observance Of National
Negro Insurance week and the ma
tional essay contest, the tfree-day
sessions will embrace a program
covering other fundamental and
far-reaching matters Of major i'm
portance TO the race as a whole.
President Asa T. Spaulding of
the Association will address the
committee on "Our National Pro-
gram while papers will be read
by Agency Director c.. w. Cox of
the N. G. Mutual Life Insurance
company, Agency Officer j. G..
Ish, Jr., of Supreme Liberty Life
Insurance company, Comptroller
Manager N. H. Martin Of Central
Life Insurace company, Agency Of
ficer J. T. Walker, of the Pilgrim
Life Insurance company, .Superyis-
Or of Sales Training Aaron Day,
Jr, Of the N. C. Mutual and Agen-
cy Officer c. w. Greene of Allan
ia Life.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

Those who have followed the
course of Negro action during
every crisis America has faced are
not surprised at this decision. De-
spite the injustices, the hardships,
the prosecutions he has undergone
at the hands of those Americans
who had not yet fully grasped the
spirit Of democracy, the black man
today, remains the most intensely
loyal citizen the nation has. He
has no divided allegiances; the
blood of a traitor has never flowed
through his veins.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
Rule Miss BIuford Will Have
To Wait For Journalism STUDY

requesting by the autumn term,
l941,' courses substantially equal
to those offered in the grade school
and school Of journalism at the
University of Missouri" The opin-
ion said that obviously it would
be impossible for the board (of
Linceln) to establish the new de-
partment.. in the short space of
less than two months between the
demand on July II and the COM
nencement of the semester on
September TO-"
In our opinion" the ruling said.
establishment and furnishing of
new department of Journalism
at Lincoln University for and dur
ing the term commencing on Feb
ruary l, 1942-less than seven
months after demand thereof
would be we'll within reasonable
time. 1t is not the duty of the
board to furnish said department
sooner I"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
Course Cannot Be Established
At Lincoln until Feb, 1912

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.-(SNS)
Miss Lucille Bluford, editor of
the Kansas City Call, who carried
a fight for entrance to the Uni
versitv of Missouri through state
and federal courts, cannot get adj
vaneed Journalism courses she has
sought for AZ least another seven
months
An opinion written by the attor-
ney generals Office holds that Lin
coin University for Negroes here
cannot be expected to establish the
course before February l, 1912.
The Missouri supreme court held
IN July that Miss Bluford would
have 70 be admitted to the univer-
sity of journalism school of Lin
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

Hampton; Virginia Foster, Ben
nett; Helen Howard, CCNY; Mary
Jamison, North Carolina state;
Muriel King, Virginia State; Will
liam j. King, Talladega; Beulah
Miller, INDIANA State; Charles s.
Mores, Kent college, Ohio; William
T. Patrick, Howard; Fern Roberts,
billiard; Frances Smith, University
of California; June Story. Spell
man; Dorothy Miller, University of
Illinois; Helen Todd, Spelman:
tWinona Turner'S Wilber6orc8
Vivalea Rodgers, Wisconsin; Eunice
Cisco, st. Frances de Sales, Virgin
la; Edward Sparrows, Fayetteville
Teachers college, N. c.; Ennis j.
Wilson, Howard Alma VALLEY,
Wherefore; Juanita Willis, Ala
bama State; Vera Wooden. Bethune
Goodman; Dorothy Whalen, Be-
thune Goodman; Ashton Robinson,
Howard; Warren Aston, Lincoln,
Pa, Drusilla Warren, Talladega:
Mary Norcun2, Fisk; Walter DAN
iels, johnson c. Smith, and Vera
Cummings, Bennett.
Funds for this project are raised
in various manners. some Through
the oratorical contests sponsored
by TIE Elks. But according TO the
deserving student upon application
TO the Commissioner is eligible
Tor assistance by the body.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

coin University did not establish a
course within a reasonable time"
DR.. Sherman D. Scruggs, Lin
coin University president, asked
the attorney generals Office wheth-
er February l., 1912, would be a
reasonable time"
DR.. Scruggs said Miss Bluford
on July II had demanded the
courses by the time the 1941 AZ
term started in September and
pointed out that a $4,000 appro-
priation to establish journalism
courses had been made available
only last month by the legisla-
ture.
The opinion quoted from letter
to DR.. Scruggs from Miss Bluford
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
Returns Fortune
To The Land From
Which He Made Il
WAyERLY HALL. Ga.-fANp,

WAVERLY HALL, Ga.-(ANP)
"A successful white lumber
business man who recently re-
tired, made gift of 100000 to
small colleges in small COM
munities, for the purpose Of pro-
viding better facilities for edu-
cationai purposes. w. /. II.
Pitts, the lumber man who made
quite fortune in the business,
explained his gift by saying,
The Lord has given me the
special gift of making money
and now want to return Some
Of my wealth to further tie
work of The Lord"
He also made provision fer an
annual gift If 500 to the local
Negro Methodist church in
recognition Of the part which
Negroes have played in his bus
mess in an endeavor to enlist
their aid in perpetuating his
wealth.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
What Makes This Laxative
So Popular?

Practically any drug dealer viii
tell you this laxative has been
standby in thousands of American
homes for years and years!
BLACK-DRAUGHTs long record
of popularity has been won by tn
gentle, satisfying way it usually
relieves constipation's bad breath
coated tongue and loginess when
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

simple directions are followed.
The principal reason for this IS:
BLACK DRAUGHT contains q
tonic laxative that helps to tone lazy
intestinal muscles. 1t is easy to
take, and you get Is to 40 doses for
only Csc. So look for the familiar
yellow box and get the genuine
BLACK -DRAUGHTl
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
NAACP Sec'y
kIHeard By
Young People
Findings Touch
On the Major
Social Problems

HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Va
GNS)--Walter White, secretary OF
the NAACP. in the closing address
of that organizations third an
nual co-racial Youth Conference
at Hampton Institute last Sunday
told the 125 youth delegates that
America must do some house.
cleaning here at home for in
ternal unity and to demonstrate
to Latin America and the world
that sTalmadge and the XII
Klux Khan are not representative
of the racial attitude of the
majority of the American people"
Coming from Is colleges and 80
organizations from 20 states, the
delegates adopted set Of resolu-
tons at the close Of the session
that showed an intense aware
ness of the many social problems
that confront both white and Ne
gro college students today.
The meeting brought a score of
nationally prominent educators
government officials and outstand-
ing men and women from many
walks Of life to the Hampton cam
puS.
RAP HITLERTSM
Resolutions touched upon most of
the social difficulties which offer
threats to a democratic way of
living: civil liberties, poll tax, the
white primary, cooperation with
otner monorities, -Semitism,
problems Of the sharecropper,
labor education, labor unions, Me-
gro youth and education, Negro
youth and defense, Negro youth as
consumer, postwar reconstruc-
tion, vocational guidance and
training.
In drawing up their statement of
purpose of the report. members of
the conference called attention to
the irony of their position as
American citizens to be compelled
to fight for the right for democ-
lacy" The purpose of the report,
essentially was to aid In the de-
velopment Of program of action
which will close the gap between
the existing theories and the
actual practices of democracy. :
This purpose. white and Negro
youth leaders pointed out was
necessitated because failure to ex-
tend democratic rights and privi-
leges to any group in the COM
munity either through indiffer-
ence or deliberate intent, opens
the wav to the destruction Of
democratic rights for ALL
WAR NO SOLUTION
In compiling their resolutions,
members of the conference were
aware of the new environment
forced upon them by the present
war crisis. They stated: 1--WE
recognize that the instrument of
war is no final solution to the
pressing problems facing the world
today, and pledge ourselves to work
AL tAAC HOAA0iAIS vi q uClilOCI dGlC
and secure world society in which
war as an institution has no place.
To realize this objective, we place
ourselves in the vanguard for the
winning Of such and economic
justice. not only for Negroes, but
for all uderprivileged groups and
ninorities.''
Striking the co-racial keynote
prevalent throughout the entire
conference, the resolutions COM
mattee report sought cooperation
among other minorities with a
view toward more intelligent UNI
derstanding of its problems as a
whole, and for unified attack upon
the denial of rights Of minorities
IN this country.
The report deplored .'the policy
Of the armed forces In spreading
to peoples from hitherto tolerant
parts of the, country, the discrimi-
mating practices peculiar to the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

To date, some $50 students have
benefited by the program and the
judge is proud of his former
charges, which include a YWCA
and a dean OF q mems college in
Texas.
Those now in schools include:
Vera Allen, Thaddine D. Allen, Ira
Allen, Michigan: Eloise Bailey,
New York university; Helen Bar
nett Spelman; Lester Brown, How
ard; Fannie Wooden, NYU; Sa-
mantha Chenault, Andrea Ellis,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
SEEKS TO RAISE. $4,000

MEMPHIS-(A N Pin the
new health and education build
ing campaign at LeMoyne college
here, leaders of the committee in
charge CT raising $4,000 for the
buildings erection decided last
week to set its goal at $4,000, to
be raised before the trustees
meeting, November 20, instead of
attempting to secure the entire
amount by that time as previously
announced.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
oOu ILL.,
MIXED ARMY ASKED

Declaring that the mixing Of
Negroes and whites in the armed
forces is am unparalleled oppor-
ttlnity for bringing Negro problems
to the fore" the report suggested
lies of action toward achieving that
goaY.
At its conclusion the report en-.
dorsed efforts of the Workers De-
Tense League, in cooperation with
the NAACP, the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and other or
CARNATIONS to save the life of
Odell Walker, young Negro share
cooper sentenced to die for the
self defense killing of his white
landlord in Gretna, Virginia.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
An Easy Choice

ONE OF THE most encouraging things this
writer has observed in the current conflict between
those who would follow the foreign policy this
ton is pursuing and those who would oppose 1t, is
the undisputabe fact that 991a per cent of all Ne
gro Americans long ego took their places in the
rank of those giving full support to the President
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
Elks Invest Large
Sum In Education
Nearly 40 Boys Girls
Helped By Organization

WASHINGTON (ANP)-Reporting an expenditure of
nearly half million dollars in its educational campaign
the IBPOE through the commissioner of education Judge
William c. Hueston said that nearly 40 boys and girls
being helped through white and coored schools through
the medium Of the fund
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

Very foolishly to this writer's way Of thinking
the America First Committee, best organized oppon-
ents of Americas foreign policy, has spent thou
sands of dollars trying to win Negro adherents to
their obvious program of throwing monkey wrench
II, the country's defense program.
I'M CROW UNIT DIES
It's ajim crow unit, the formation of which was
announced with so much fanfare, died before it had
hardly been launched One by one, those persons
whose names were listed in the original announce
nent have repudated their membership. One Of the
Two charmen. J. Finley Wilson, went further than
ust announcing his withdrawal. He has published
pamphlet in which he gives full support to the Pres
dents contention that Hitler must be defeated y
Another reason why the menu of treachery be-
ing brewed by the America Firsters fails to whet
the appettes of Negro Americans is the presence
within their ranks Of so many persons who well
known for their intense dislike of black people.
To name few, William Randolph Hearst, who
through his chain of newspapers has been one of
the nations biggest spreaders of antiNegro propa
ganda ex-Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who on
many occasions has shown utter contempt for any
man, whose face by accident Of birth chances not
to be white Senator Burton Wheeler, who has never
failed to vote against measures that he believed
might benefit Negroes: Colonel McCormick, whose
Chicago Tribune has long been known TOR its hds-
lie editorial attitude toward Negroes exPreddeht
Herbert Hoover, whose efforts to bild up the lily
white wing Of Replbl carifsm in the South en- not
50 quickly be forgotten ss-s4
4. .4ft-a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
". c. Mutual Found To
Be Wealthiest Company

DonnANl' n. C-lANP)-The Supreme Liberty Life
aHce company OF Chicago has the force
the North Carolina Mutual company is the wealth
ies according to complied by the C. Mutual Of old
me legal reserves companies for 1890 week
The shows during 1914.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
| FIGHT ON BOTH SIDES

Free Negroes and slaves fought
on both sides in the Revolutionary
war, serving in all branches of the
patrlots army and in the same
outfits with white soldiers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
NOT A DIFFICULT CHOICE

That is why the choice between the America
rlst ana the Fight for Freedom groups is not diff
cult for Negroes to make They recognize that the
battle being waged by the Fight for Freedom com
nitee is analogous with their own desires and aims
They also see just as clearly that the path down
to inevitablH disaster to all nainortes For as Mr.
Randolph SO correctly points out Only within the
framework Of the democratic order of society
can the Negro who is yet TO win the full stature of
constitutional citizenship fight for equality of OPP
portunity and: his rightful place in the sun"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
CONGRATUIAIEs LAGUAeD1A

NEW YORK - Congratulating
Mayor Fioreilo LaGuardia in
again winning the mavGrality
race here. Walter White, NAACP
executive secretary, said that it
was a victory for good govern
ment and praised the Mayor for
having integrated Negroes into
every phase of the municipal gov
eminent of Americas largest city
as well as making personal ap-
pointmerts of Negroes to public
office
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

INVENTED FENCE RAILING
The zig-zag rail fence, commonly
used by farmers throughout the
South, was introduced into this
country by Africans brought here
as slaves.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15
The Globe TrOtter
Bv cliff Maekay
SILENT ON NEGRO ISSUE

j All of these are the bone and sinew of tn
America First movement We have repeatedly hear
them the radio raising their voices in loud pro
test against all sorts of evils" They have taker
issue with the movies, the Jews, the radio, the Brit
Ish the Russians, and those who support the Pres
dent; But not single member of the Americs
First Committee during all of the millions of words
they have Embossed OH American ears has taken
| stand on the question of Negro rights here.
To man they have given full support to Her
bert HoOvers plea to feed the millions in Europe
made hungry by Htlers aggressions, but they are
strangely silent such pertinent issues facing the
American people job discrimination, extension
of democratic rights, Observation-Disclosures and Peon
age
In direct contrast has been the attitude of the
Fight for Freedom Committee which has come "al
out for the Presidents foreign policy
They have very definitely concluded that il
democracy is to survive the present crisis it means
that it must not be democratic liberties for . re.
stricted group has been the case in the past but
It's privileges must be extended to all of the people
FIGHTING OUR BATTLE
The Fight for Freedom committee states if bet
ter They contend: The fight against Nazism bv its
very nature becomes fight for the rights of every
supprssseo fengaous racial and national group If
we remain Indifferent to discrimination against Ne
eroes IN defense industries, or if we denv NEGROES
decent health and educational facilities we are I'M
consciously playing the Nazi game"
The leaders of Fight for Freedom - Herbert
gar. Uric Bell, Bishop Robinson-are fullv aware
that the fight against fascsm must 90 on in America
at the same time that they urge full military meas
ures against Nazis and their QuizngsY
How similar are these words to those spoken
y A. Philip Randolph in Oakland California the
o 'sl gay Mr. Randolph puts it this way: NE
groes must grid to fight for democracy ON two
fronts They must fight to win and preserve de-
nocracy in America and fight to helm save der,oc
racy in the world today"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-11-15

OLD LINE TotsI
.E1AL RESERVE Income
Airo-Am. Life ms. Co. $1,422, log
A'ian'a Lie ms. Go. 2,934,038
Dom. Life and Accid ms. Co. 461.256
Dunbar Mutual ms. Soc. 68,796
Excelsior Life ms. Co. 27213e
Golden State Nut. Life ms. Co. 4Oo,395
Guaranty Life ms Co. 254,445
y. T. Mutual Life ms. Co. 3,O64.z24
FL. Health and Life ms. Co. 1,1O5,253
Rich. Beneficial Life ms. Co. .557
So. Aid Society Of Va. 56S,142
supreme Lib. Life ms Co. .1A15,661
United Nut. Ben. Assn 1885
UNIVERSAL Life ms. Co. 1905
Victory Nut. Life Ins. Co. 29ls4e9
Watohtower Lie ms Co.
Western Mutt. Life ms. Co. l2l,14e
winston MINT. Lie Ius. Go. zz7,sss
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

this massacre and the self-sacrific-
ing spirit shown in the fiery ordeal,
history would know nothing of
Enoch Brown, the martyred school
master and no monument would
perpetuate his memory Eleanor
Pawling, a member of the school
was providentially detained from
school that day. She became the
wife of DR.. Robert Johnson a dis
tinguished surgeon of the Revolu-
tionary Army, friend and host of
General Washington. Samuel Fish
er played hockey" that day from
the school. Three other boys, Jun
kins, Andrews and Chambers, are
also known to have been providen-
TALLY saved that day from the
scalping knife of the savage fiends,
for reasons OF being absent. In
those days all conditions considered,
school attendance no doubt was
more or less spasmodical.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

victims is located. The spring
nearby is kept in good condition and
visitors to this historical spot may
quench their thirst as did the
teacher and pupils III years ago
tomorrow.
A traditional story of the massa-
Gre is that the Indians sneaked up
to the school house backward and
retreated that way, to cover their
tracks. The location discloses the
fact that surprise was a very
easy matter. Behind the place
where the old school house stood
is deep ravine. The spot is back
from any main thoroughfare today
and at the time of the massacre
must have been in very secluded
spot. Access today is easy from
Route II or directly from Greencas,
tie
At the unwilling and dedication
in 1885, five thousand people were
present among them the late Rev.
DR.. J. S. Kieffer, this city, who was
one of the honored vice presidents
of the event.
An historian in writing of the
bloody event, says: providence
overruled the massacre, we believe,
to secure from the Provincial Gov
eminent for General Bouquet the
reinforcements for which he vainly
pleaded the year before and but for
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25
HORSE AND BUGGY
DAYS j..
By the Old Lamp Lighter

knocked in the head with a maui
and then scalped.
Parkman, in his Conspiracy of
Pontiac" says: I'm the center lay
the schOolmaster, scalped and life
less, with a Bible clasped in his
hand, while around the room were
strewn the bodies of his pupils,
though one of them still retained
spark of life. The savage fiends
made good their escape and the
settlers buried the master and ten
children in a large box, placing
heads and feet, alternately, in op-
posite directions, in common
grave, few rods from the scene.
Seventy-nine years later - Aug.
4, 1843 the traditional account
of the burial of the schoolmaster
and pupils was verified by excava-
tons by about 20 citizens of An
trim Township, including George
W. Ziegler, DR.. James K. Dawson
and General David DIETRICH
At the spring near the school
house, preserved today, Mccullough
was found, according to tradition,
soon after the massacre, trying to
wash the clotted blood from his
face and scalped head.
Eleanor Cochran and another
girl who boarded at the Cochran
home in the neighborhood, remain
ed at the Cochran home that day
to care for smaller children, on &C.
count of the fact that neighbor-
hood affair, such as was held in
those days in a cooperative manner
was being conducted. This was, it
is said, a flax combing, in which
neighbors were helping. These
girls, therefore, escaped the mas
sacre or worse, of probably being
carried away by the Indians. They
became ancestors Of prominent
and distinguished families in that
part of Pennsylvania. 1t is said
that man named Mccullough, a
direct descendant of the boy who
escaped in the massacre, is living
today in Mercersburg.
Eight years before to the very
day, John Mccullough, s, and his
little brother had been carried
raway captive by five Delaware In
dams and a Frenchman from the
the home of the boys a few miles
southwest of the school house. John
lived as an adopted son among the
| Delawares.
The plot of ground in which
Enoch Brown and his pupils were
buried is today enclosed by neat
iron fence This small burial ground
is a short distance west of the
place where the old log school
house stood and where the monu-
ment in honor of the massacred
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

Patriotic citizens of the Wiscon-
sin Federation of German-American
Societies, composed of 60 groups Of
members have pledged themselves
ito fight with every means at our
disposal the totalitarian form of
government and everything it
stands for"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

Sentenced to a year in prison
for burglary George Tyatt, Of
Minneapolis, pleaded with the judge
for a two-year sentence so he
could study and prepare for a
trade.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

An Indiana man, arrested for dis
tilling corn liquor, told the judge
that bootleggers, because of heavy
competition, had been forced to di.
lutte their liquor half and half with
vinegar.