THREE CHARMING CAROLINA "SCHOOL MARMS" [Photo] Three of Charlotte, N. C.'s most prominent young women, socially, were recent delegates to the A. K. A. Boule in New York. Left to right they are Sorors Mildred Phillips, basileus of Alpha Lambda Omega chapter; Myrtle Brodie, former basileus and Helen Brodie, charter member of Alpha Chi chapter. All are teachers in Charotte's public school system.
Buys Bank Business
SECURITIES OFFICIALS READY TO TAKE OVER BANK BUSINESS Will Open Quarters In Old Building As Soon As Purchase Of Assets Is Confirmed Confirmation of the sale of the assets of the Mutual Standard Bank was expected to be made by Judge Churchill Humphrey in the circuit court Friday morning, and in a statement to the Leader, officials of the Mutual Standard Securities Company who bought the assets of the closed bank through their attorney, Allen P. Dodd, a few days ago, they plan to open as soon as possible, headquarters in the Mutual Standard Bank Building at 614 W. Walnut Street, where the liquidating business of the bank was done before Gates F. Young, the white liquidating agent, took the business over to the Bankers Trust Building at 5th and Market Streets. The assets of the bank, including real estate, furniture, notes, stocks, bonds, etc., were sold to the Mutual Standard Securities Company, a colored organization, through their attorney for $15,000, as the highest bid made at the public sale of the bank pursuant to the order of Judge Churchill Humphrey.
Congressman Mitchell Busy First Week; Confers With Leaders
COMMENDS LOCAL COLORED SCHOOLS Five elementary schools received Certificates of Commendation for Participation in the National Negro Health Week Poster Contest according to an announcement made by Superintendent Archer. The five schools thus honored are. Paul Dunbar, Lincoln, Georgia G. Moore, Mary B. Talbert, and Booker T. Washington. The certificates are signed by Roscoe C. Brown, M. D., Chairman of the National Negro Health Week Committee. "It is gratifying to know the Louisville schools receive this recognition," said Mr. Archer. "Our schools are doing excellent work in health and safety education, not only during the one week designated Negro Health Week, but throughout the year. Our schools, cooperating with the local committees in the special observance, use the time as an opportunity to summarize the work accomplished. The posters are made in odd periods under the direction of Miss Lena Hillerich."
Hughlett Speaks Out On Race Matters
HUGHLETT SPEAKS PLAIN IN ARTICLE TO LEADER Commends Militant Leaders Interested In Race And Community Welfare Of the several letters or articles received by the Leader during the last few days, one comes from Daniel J. Hughlett, executive secretary of the Jefferson County Sunday School Association, who asks that it be published as written. Any one not agreeing with anything Mr. Hughlett has to say in his article is at liberty to reply in any succeeding issue of the Leader. Mr. Hughlett's opinion follows: "The reading public has had the privilege of reading in three of the weekly papers for the past two weeks a deal about the 'famous or infamous' Cotton Club, as determined in the opinion of the reader. It is hardly necessary for a public spirited citizen to enter the argument, but for fear silence may be misunderstood to mean that we are not interested in the kind of amusement and amusement places run for the benefit of our people, we feel called upon to make an open statement. In the news report in two weeklies it was ours to have read of the raid and arrest of the major owner of the Cotton Club, a damnable institution that should have no place in the life of intelligent decent people. It would be bad if it was owned and operated by Negroes for Negroes, but since it is just the opposite, it is just too bad. There should be [no?] amount of mud slinging sufficient to close the mouths of our leaders who are supposed to speak out in the best interest of our people. It makes no difference what is being done in other cities to degrade and drag down the members of our race, whether it be by Greek Letter fraternities or those of the lowest strata of life. We are not to ape them and follow in their paths. We (Continued on page 4)
"Lock Me Up, Will You, Guy?" Requested To CLear Conscience
DePriest Broke, Says Lawyer
SIGMAS PLAN BETT'R BUSINESS PROGRAM In an interesting and enthusiastic meeting of the Epsilon Beta Sigma chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity last Friday night among the important things taken up for the good of the local chapter and national organization, was the annual "Better Business Week" observance of the national organization. And plans were suggested and adopted which should arouse the whole colored citizenry of Louisville to the idea of buiding more business and giving the whole hearted support to the race business already in the community. The chapter pledged full support to the "Better Business Week" plan of the national organization which is to be observed the first week in April, and also pledged its cooperation to the Pan Hellenic program of the organized Greek Letter fraternities of the city. L. D. Reddick, teacher at the Kentucky State College and editor of the Crescent, official organ of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, attended the meeting and gave a splen  did resume of the national meeting at Washington where Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell re- (Continued on page 8)
SOCIAL PIONEER [Photo] MRS. GERTRUDE BROWN Head resident of the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, Minneapolis. The $100,000 structure has been erected since Miss Brown took charge of the work ten years ago. Community work of the highest order is conducted there. Scenes from various activities of the Settlement House will be carried in succeeding issues of the Leader.
Roosevelt B'Day Funds For Camps
CENTRAL P. T. A. HONORS FATHERS By Wm. H. Ferris The Central P. T. A. gave a banquet in honor of the fathers of students of the school at the Cenral High School last Tuesday night, and it was one of the finest and most enthusiastic affairs that has ever been our pleasure to witness. A large number of men were gathered around the tables prepared for them by the committee composed of B. H. Larke, chairman; Thomas M. Bond, Lyman Johnson, Misses Atholene Peyton and Margaret Givens, with the splendid cooperation of Mrs. A. P. Evans, president of the Parent-Teacher Association and her committee of women, and the several men members of the faculty who willingly cooperated and remained with the fathers and committee of women until the most excellent was ended. Mr. Larke, well known insurance man, served as master of ceremonies (Continued on page 4) 
MOURN DEATH OF MRS. CHERRY DROWNED WITH TWO WOMEN FRIENDS WHEN CAR SKIDDED Former Louisville Girl Was Bride Of Two Months And Beloved By The Citizens And The Children She Taught Louisvillians who knew Mrs. Ella Stout Cherry of Tulsa, Okla., as Miss Naomi E. Stout, daughter of the late Dr. R. Stout, general officer of the C. M. E. Church, who lived at 817 West Chestnut Street, were shocked to learn of her untimely death a few days ago. Mrs. Cherry was the sister of Rufus S. Stout, Jr., teacher in the Jackson Street Junior High School and who had just arrived in New York for the meeting of the fraternities and sororities when the message of the death of his sister was wired him. Mrs. Cherry was a bride of James Cherry, a prominent Tulsa real estate man, of only a little more than two months. Mrs. Cherry was driving her new Ford V8 sedan when the car crashed through a bridge into a creek eight miles from Texarkana, Texas. In the car with her were two friends, Mrs. Lula Burford and Mrs. Nina Sherman, both of Sulphur Springs, Texas, and Harold McTheen, a 12 year old boy. The two women and Mrs. Cherry were instantly killed and the boy, who was asleep when the accident occurred, escaped death. According to a news report from Tulsa, the car was being driven toward Texarkana when the accident occurred. Tracks on the pavement showed that it started skidding several yards beyond the creek, filled to overflowing by hard rains of the past few days. The car crashed into the end of the bridge and then catapulted into the stream, overturning several times as it rolled down the bank. It lighted on its wheels in the water, with only about a foot of the top protruding. Mrs. Cherry and the other two wo- (Continued on page 4)
WHAT THE COMMUNITY CHEST DOES FOR COLORED PEOPLE ENUMERATED By Wm. H. Ferris The leaders of the Colored Division of the Community Chest Campaign held a very spirited meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Friday afternoon. Rev. Jas. M. Williams who presided, stated that it was a meeting preparatory to the drive which would begin Friday, January 18 and close Monday, January 28. The Community Chest drive sets $719,090.19 as the goal for 1935. 77.7 per cent is for relief services and 22.3 percent for organizations for the guidance of our youth and community welfare. Of the 77.7 per cent for relief services 56.9 per cent is expended on families and individuals; 11.2 per cent for nursing, medical and health care; 9.6 per cent for institutional care for dependents. What the Colored People Receive Of all the remedial measures and relief agencies that are functioning during the depression, the Community Chest is perhaps the only agency which gives the Negro, per capita, more than it does the white man. The Negro forms 15 per cent of the total population of Louisville, but yet received in 1934, 30 per cent of the budget for the Family Service and 30 per cent of the budget for the Public Health Nursing Association. The Family Service expended approximately $47,000 upon the colored people of Louisville in 1934, taking care of 600 families, or approximately 3,000 colored people, and it employed four colored case workers. The Public Health Nursing Association took care of 3,000 families, and employed colored nurses. The Travelers' Aid, Legal Aid Society and Children's Agency, which (Continued on page 8) 
Ford, Negroes' Best Friend
Get Tickets For Roland Hayes Recital Early Those who plan hearing Roland Hayes, the noted Negro tenor, who appears at the Louisville Memorial Auditorium Sunday afternoon at 3:30, are urged to get their tickets at once. Tickets are on sale at the Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church, on Chestnut between Eighth and Ninth. By waiting later than Saturday night it may be hard to get a good seat.
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