Mammoth In Anniversary Campaign
MAMMOTH INSURANCE CO., LAUNCHES BIG ANNIVERSARY DRIVE Honors Woman Secretary Who Started At The Bottom And Worked Up The Mammoth Life Insurance Company, Kentucky's pioneer race business institution is announcing one of the biggest campaigns in its history.  A drive is now on for policy holders which has enthused every member of the official family from the president down to the newest agent recruit and which within a week is being felt in every nook and corner of the state.
The campaign is in honor of Mrs. [Jennie?] McDowell, known as the "Mother of the Mammoth" who is well known by all Louisville and beloved by all who know her.  Mrs. McDowell was the subject which adorned the 20,000 1931 calendars sent out by the Mammoth she woman who rose from the humblest of agents to the secretaryship of one of the biggest and most successful of Negro business organizations in the country.
Interest in the Mammoth campaign in honor of its secretary is not confined to the Mammoth family, but the general public as is borne out by the number of people who were [illegible] already members of the Mammoth who have joined since the campaign began.  Louisville agents and those from Lexington.  [Paducah?] and Indianapolis, Ind., had sent in record breaking reports as The Leader closed its forms for the press.
A policy in every home in Kentucky and other states where the Mammoth operates is the slogan of the Mammoth's campaign organization.
WORTH $100.00 TO KNOW ATTORNEY NED WILLIAMSON, SAYS WM. MILES Mr. Wm. Miles, the well known manager of the Empire Taxi Company, has the following to say in reply to the article in the Louisville News of last week in which a story of the result of the [illegible] brought against him by Attorney Ned Williamson was published:
In the last week's issue of the Louisville News, I note the publication of a suit won by one of Louisville's most prominent colored lawyers, in person, Atty. Ned Williamson, vs. Mr. Wm. Miles, the owner of the Empire Cab Company, for representing me [illegible] last year after I had shot Mr. [Leroy?] Henry, in self defense.
It seems as if the cheerful writer, not being thoroughly acquainted with the ease, has been disillusioned, and bestowed upon the Victor unmerited credit. It is true, that depression has caused a hundred dollar bill to magnify its face value three times its actual worth, but I do not think it should cause a well thinking attorney to stoop to conquer in such an illusive manner. I did not employ Atty. Williamson, nor did Atty. Williamson furnish a bondsman. However, the genial attorney offered his services to me. Being a club associate and supposedly friend, I allowed him to accompany me on both occasions to the coroner's jury and Police Court, thinking that this might lend the attorney prestige, for I had already employed an attorney and intended to compensate Attorney Williamson for his services.  But least did I expect the presentation of a bill for $250.00 for services rendered.
It seems as if the attorney has been greatly inspired by the life of "Jesse James," eliminating Jesse's faithful (Continued on page 2) 
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Boycott "Amos 'N' Andy" Radio Program and Dismiss Negro Servants
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NEGRO BRIBING OFFICERS ARRESTED According to a report made to The Leader office Wednesday Eddie Barnes, deputy constable of the First Magisterial District, working out of Rothenberger's Court, and Sid Foree, deputy game warden, were arrested Wednesday morning by Officers Scheffer and Cissell on bench warrants from the criminal court on two charges of bribery. Each was held to criminal court under bond of $10,000. It is reported that within the past few weeks Officers Barnes and Foree have arrested about 250 Negroes in a series of raids.
1930 WINNERS [Photo] MISS KATIE C. WASHINGTON [Photo] MRS. LAVELLE L. SMITH Miss Washington, Georgetown, and Mrs. Smith, Louisville, were winners of the Hudson Eight and Essex Super-Six in The Leader's 1930 subscription campaign. The same two cars will be given away this year, making 18, along with several hundred dollars in cash. The campaign begins April 8 and closes June 10. The plan is given on page 12.
Think Negroes Should Do Job
Leader Publisher Adds Four Pages
EXPANSION AND BIG ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED 12 Pages To Sell For 5 Cents; 16 Page Rotogravure Week 10 Cents; One Year $2.50 After June 10 When the news leaked out that The Leader would appear on the streets this week with four pages to its usual eight in a beautiful color, queries were started as to whether the Leader management planned to publixh twelve pages regularly. When the publisher was approached on the subject he was reluctant to answer in the affirmative as the bigness of the task and the present economic situation rushed to his mind. But a regular twelve page newspaper is just what is being attempted, and the Leader management is announcing that the twelve pages are to be sold by newsstands and agents in and out of the city at the same old 5 cents instead of 7 and 10 cents as is charged by other papers of 12 pages and more. The first week in every month, when the rotogravure section is issued, the readers and friends of The Leader will be asked to meet the liberality of the management part of the way and pay 10 cents for the sixteen pages. The Leader announces two big attractive propositions at the same time. The annual 1931 subscription campaign is announced to begin April 8 and close June 10. The Greater Hudson Eight and the new Essex Super Six, the same two cars given away in The Leader's 1930 campaign, will be given to the successful candidates this year. The 1931 models of both of these popular automobiles carry an improvement of the 1930 model and they should be even more easily won than those of last year. Three other cash prizes of $100.00, $50.00 and $25.00 all make a total of five prizes given away by the Leader to the persons reporting the largest number of votes represented by subscriptions to The Leader from the start of the campaign to its close. The subscription rate of $2.00 for one year will not be changed until after the close of the campaign June 10, at which time $2.50 per year will be asked for the 12 and 16 page Leader.
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES CONTINUE TO COME TO MUTUAL STANDARD BANK Messages of congratulation and expression of good will continue to come to the officers of the Mutual Standard Bank upon the successful opening and conduct of this big consolidated institution. The Leader has previously published telegrams and letters from such national characters as Congressman Oscar DePriest, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, and President R. R. Wright of the National Bankers Association, each of which praised the loyalty of the people of Louisville as well as the work of the bankers. Asked for bank news by The Leader, an officer of the bank produced two letters of local origin which indicated the interest of local business and civic leaders of the white race. The first from Mayor W. B. Harrison: City of Louisville Executive Department W. B. Harrison, Mayor Louisville, Ky. Gentlemen: My heartiest congratulations upon the reopening of the two institutions which were forced to close last November, greater than ever in their combined strength. This could have been accomplished only through some leadership backed by courage and vision on the part of your many depositors. The result should be an inspiration to other quarters of our city. I wish you the greatest of success. Sincerely yours, W. B. Harrison, Mayor. WBH-HT The head of a large business firm writes the following letter: Bensinger Outfitting Co. Mutual Standard Bank. Walnut, Bet. 6th and 7th, City. Gentlemen: I can sincerely say that when the Louisville banks closed last Novem- (Continued on page 2)
HEMPHILL AND MURPHY BUSY Hemphill and Murphy, two of Louisville's well known detectives, have been kept busy during the week pushing charges against counterfeiters and narcotic peddlers before Judge Charles I. Dawson in the Federal Court. These detectives are always on the job and are making good records.