Paragraphics Current News and Opinion (By X. Mabie Wright) Dividends. Divorces. Murder. Japan. Dividends. Folks like to receive them. Naturally. Investments flow toward the organizations whose dividends are sure, large, and frequent. Herein lies the magnetic power of the Standard Oil stock, the Louisville Gas and Electric, the Woolworth, and others. Fortunately race corporations are getting into this class of sure-shot dividend payers. Investment-wise people send their dollars where the dollars can work for them; and the thrifty among us are becoming investment-wise. Divorces. Divorces - divorces - divorces. Enough to shame our day and generation. Every edition of the newspaper presents to the all-knowing youth of today a new batch of divorces. It certainly does not strike one as uplifting reading. If to "flaming youth" this ever-present divorce news acts as admonition, amen. We have eugenics, birth control, little mother clubs and the like. Why not classes in how to stay together after marriages? We have specialists who show youth how to choose a vocation; why not experts to instruct young folks how to select their life mates? Something must be done or the soil will be prepared for the free love agitators. Murder Murder is a part of the daily menu of the American public. The press serves it, and then newsboy hawks it for breakfast, dinner and supper. Not so is Old England. And undoubtedly that is one of the reasons why her crime list is so much shorter than America's. Reading matter, whatever it is, is mental food. What a nation reads comes out in its character. Crime is almost apotheosized in this country. Criminals are given so much publicity that certain youths adopt them as heroes. Of course murder is a part of the news, but it can be made (Continued on page 4)
Law Against Inter-Marriage Is Opposed
FEELING INTENSE AT ANNUAL MEETING OF DOMESTIC STOCKHOLDERS Davidson, Perkins, Witherspoon, Russell and Meyzeek Put Off Board Defeated Men Wanted Dividends Paid People And Not Second Increase In Salaries, Is Report The Domestic Life Insurance Company held its annual meeting of stockholders last Wednesday, Jan. 19, for the usual purpose of reporting the businesses of the year and the election of directors. Feeling was intense in the discussion of the reports and in the election of directors. More than ever before the absent voter was the supreme influence through the proxy system, which enables one who gets the most proxies to control the election. Consequently, G. P. Hughes placed upon the table 6,200 voting shares of absent stockholders gathered throughout the state. Therefore in balloting for twenty-one directors, the following well known men were defeated: John S. Davidson, Providence, Ky.; Junius Perkins, H. C. Russell, A. E. Meyzeek, and Dr. W. H. Witherspoon. The Leader is informed that a clear majority of the assembled group of stockholders favorel these men: they did not even know the real cause of voting proxies for the first time. Neither did the absent voters know how their votes would be cast. It is alleged that the cause of the war waged against these men were: Differences of opinion held by the defeated group and the administration group and lack of understanding each other. Too much stress laid on rumors and suspicions instead of real facts by the administration. It is said that the defeated men insisted upon an examination of the books and stock sales of the company by a public accountant. This was taken by the administration as a reflection upon their honest and integrity. The defeated men insisted upon regular and increased dividends to stockholders, instead of increase in salaries to officers. The Leader is informed that the defeated directors were not fully aware of the strong campaign the administration was making and started their defense action too late. They were not in possession of a list of stockholders until within a week before the election. Where this will end no one knows, but those who lost are said to have long memories.
Mrs. Darrow Eats With Bishops; Darrow Asked Questions
Mr. J.R. Ray of the First StandardBank, who has been ill during the week, is able to be up. Mrs. Katie Lewis Florida of 2912 W. Walnut street, is able to be up in her home after several months' illness. Rev. C.L. Knox, pastor of the Chestnut St. C.M.E. Church, has been confined to his bed during the week from illness. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kraft of 1729 W. Oak street, a baby girl. The mother and daughter are doing fine. Miss Frances Warren, Girls' Reserve Secretary of Y.W.C.A., is able to be at her duties after being ill for a few days.
President Asked to Stop Lynching President Coolidge Is Urged To Stop Lynching and Mob Violence Promises To Submit "Something" To Attorney General Sargent
TO RAISE $80,000 FOR SIMMONS UNIV. Four Dollars for One Dollar for Simmons University. Is offered by our Advisory Board, headed by Dr. E.Y. Mullins, representing our white friends; in other words they propose to raise $80,000 if we will raise $20,000. This is indeed the most liberal offer ever made to Simmons University Read the following letter and act at once: open letter to the Baptists of Kentucky and friends of Simmons University, Greetings: We thank you for the cordial support you have given Simmons University, especially in recent years for the support of the Greater Simmons University which has improved by leaps and bounds. The Joint Board made up of the trustees and our advisors, a most careful survey was made of the financial conditions and the work accomplished. Our white friends, headed by Dr. Mullins, was so pleased with the worthwhileness of our great Institution, offered to raise four dollars for every dollar we raised. If the colored people in Kentucky raised $20,000, they will raise $80,000, thus clearing our institution of all indebtedness. This is indeed glorious news. The generous offer has been heartily approved and a campaign is being launched on the 27th of March to the 11th of April. Our goal is $20,000. (Continued on page 5) 
Hayes Makes National Insurance Report
BISHOP W. J. WALLS MAKES GREAT APPEAL FOR NEGRO NEWSPAPERS - In his emancipation address at Charlotte, N. C., and within the next few days at Washington, D. C., Bishop W. J. .Walls, eloquent A. M. E. Zion prelate, made a great appeal for the Negro newspaper. He said as he came to the close of his able address: "My last appeal is for the race press. The newspapers and magazines occupy a place that makes the race press the most potent of all agencies in reaching the public consience and inspiring the whole race. If you could strike the Negro press and its work from us it would be like blasting Gibraltas away from Constantinople, or taking the altar out of religion or blowing the stars out of the skies of the night.
I do not note that a few of us are awake in the sacrificial and indispensable work being done by our growing but retarded press. Not a single race magazine has a hundred thousand subscribers and only the Chicago Defender of race papers claims to have 100,000 subscribers. We expect to advertise our churches and organizations in these columns free and force most of these papers to use salacious news and questionable advertisements for their support.
Friends, you are not a true and tried Negro if you do not have Negro newspapers and literature coming to your home in every weekly mail. They plead our cause before the world, fight our battles, hold up our ideals, articulate race spirit and enterprise, keep the fires of religion burning on our altars of art and sci-(Continued on page 8)

Meyzeek Begins Unfolding Enigma Surrounding Domestic Life FORMER TREASURER AND ONE OF FIVE DEPOSED DIRECTORS BEGINS TO TELL ALL Says He And Russell Paved Way; Meyzeek Home Put Up Officers Wanted Salaries Increased To High Figures With An Outstanding Indebtedness Of $30,000, And No Dividends For several months mystery has surrounded the trouble among officials, the organizers and promoters of the Domestic Life Insurance Company. The eternal strife came to a head at the stockholders meeting last Wednesday evening, but the public, including hundreds of stockholders over the state, still did not know what it was all about. During the week a Leader representative interviewed Mr. A. E. Meyzeek, once of the founders of the company, who from its organization up to last Wednesday, was its treasurer; a principal in the family fight, and one of the five well known men [photo] MR. A. E. MEYZEEK who helped organize and build the company who were deposed as directors last Wednesday, gave out the story below as the first of a series of articles which will for the first time let the people know what they ought to know about their company. What Mr. Meyzeek has to say follows: "The Domestic Life Insurance Company has made progress, having had the cooperation of its directors and stockholders and the support of the people else there would have been no progress. "In the recent election of directors five of its loyal backers were defeated by the president and his group through the use of proxies industriously collected throughout the state by our paid agents who ought to have been selling insurance. 'This should have brought elation and satisfaction, and life Gen. Gram after his famous victory, should have exclaimed: "Now let us have peace." But short sighted as he is, in a Don Quixotic manner, he publishes statemen in which he indulges in ungrateful and insulting flings at his erst while friends as follows: "The hardest knockers and the nastiest naggers and the crossest ingrates are numbered among its chief beneficiaries, and we do not propose to allow a half dozen politicians and self-seekers to jeopardize the interest of a thousand people;" then referring to himself and company, exclaims, "All hell can't stop it." That is very true, but if things are not right, heaven alone can stop it. I am sorry our president should fall into a fretful mood and cruelly and unneccessarily stir up feeling, causing things to be mentioned in reply that should remain in the background. Since the president mentioned a half (Continued on page 8)
Dr. Stout Opens New Offices [photo] Dr. L. S. Stout. Dr. L. S. Stout, one of Louisville's best known physicians, announces the opening of his new offices, 507 South Tenth street, Tuesday Feb. 1. Dr. Stout invites his friends and patients to visit his new offices on and after that date. Dr. Stout, who is an honor graduate of the famous Meharry medical School has practiced medicine in Louisville for six years and has more than made good.