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160 THE CRISIS ADVERTISER [[boxed]] North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. Home Office, DURHAM, N. CAROLINA Strongest Old Line negro Life Insurance Company in the World Insurance in Force-$16,096,722.00 [[boxed]] Assets nearly One-Half Million dollars. owns $160,000.00 in Liberty Bonds. The following Editorial appeared in the "Durham (Daily) Herald," May 10, 1918: A SUBSTANTIAL ENTERPRISE (Editorial) The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association, a business enterprise owned, controlled and actively managed by colored men in Durham, has developed into an important asset of the city during its nineteen years of existence. It is no idle to boast nor advertising motto that this company is the "largest and strongest Negro insurance company in the world." It is just that and more. It is managed along the most modern lines and is a business which not only the colored people may be proud of, but one which also deserves a high place among the new insurance companies of the southern states. [[/boxed]] Income 1918 - $819,771.09 Amount Paid in Claims Since Organization $2,082,887.61 Your Chance to Buy Stable Life Insurance from $500 to $5,000. POLICIES WITH ALL MODERN PROVISIONS, INCLUDING A PERMANENT DISABILITY CLAUSE. John Merrick, President A. M. Moore, M.D., Sec'y and Treas. C. C. Spaulding, Vice-President and General Manager J. M. Avery, Assistant Gen'l Manager E. R. Merrick, Ass't Sec'y. [[/boxed]] Atlanta University Studies of the Negro Problems 20 Monographs Sold Separately Address ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY-ATLANTA, GA. [[boxed]] THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN HISTORY Contains 296 Pages, 35 Chapters. Historical and Biographical, 17 Full Page Illustrations Printed on Fine Antique Book, Bound in Full Green Extra Cloth, Gold Title on Front Cover and Shelf Back. Price, net $1.26. Postage Prepaid $1.40. Order through any bookseller or direct from the author. Address JOHN W. CROMWELL 1439 Swann St. Washington, D. C. [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] BUSTS OF Booker T. Washington, Fred Douglass, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Bishop Richard Allen. $1.50 each. The 4 busts for $5.00 Agents wanted. Send at once. The Isaac Hathaway Art Company 718 S. HICKORY STREET PINE BLUFF, ARK. [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] History of the American Negro in the Great World War His splendid record in the battle zones of Europe, including a summary of his services to his country in all of America's former wars, by Hon. W. Allison Sweeney, contributing editor of the Chicago Defender. A remarkable book that keeps you interested from start to finish; over one hundred beautiful illustrations, six hundred pages of good reading, includes an introduction by the author. Thousands will be sold. Silk finish cloth binding, stamped elaborately with gold and three colors of ink and foil. Retail price $2.75. Six books by mail, ten dollars. We will help you make big profits selling this book. Write for your copy and make good money. OTIS H. GADSDEN 63 Park Row New York City [[/boxed]] $10.00 to $15.00 per day can be made selling these War Histories and Pictures. "History of the American Negro in the Great World War," by Hon. W. Allison Sweeney. Price (cloth), $2.75. (Keratol leather), $3.75. "The Negro in the World War," by Prof. Kelly Miller. Price (cloth), $2.50. (Morocco bound), $3.25. Agents write for particulars. JONES & CURTIS, 73 Sumpter St., BROOKLYN, N. Y. Mention THE CRISIS THE CRISIS ADVERTISER 161 [[boxed]] WANTED-1000 AGENTS [[image]] [[caption]] Emmett J. Scott, A.M., L.L.D. [[/caption]] To handle Scott's History of "The American Negro's Part in the World War,"-prepared by Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War, and collaborating agencies that assure authenticity and full detail, including the organization and training of Negro military units, and a complete record of their service in Camps and on Battlefields; the work of civic auxiliaries, etc., etc. No scissors and paste pot "inserts," but a History freshly written from first to last page. Dr. Scott has had the co-operation of the following collaborators: CARTER G. WOODSON, Director of Research Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Incorporated; RALPH W. TYLER, Accredited Representative of the Committee on Public Information, who accompanied the Colored troops to the War Fronts in France; WILLIAM ANTHONY AERY, Publication Secretary, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute; MONROE N. WORK, Director, Division of Records and Research, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; MRS. ALICE DUNBAR NELSON (formerly Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar), a leader in mobilizing the colored women of the Country for War Work under the auspices of the Women's Committee, Council of National Defense; MISS EVA D. BOWLES, Executive Secretary in charge of the Colored work of the Young Women's Christian Association; LIEUT. T. T. THOMPSON, Historian, who accompanied the famous 92d Division, U. S. A., to France. Thousands of Dollars will be made handling this History-600 pages, including 150 illustrations, enormous sales; $8.00 to $10.00 a day being earned. Send 25c for Prospectus and full information to THE NEGRO HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY P. O. DRAWER 1821, WASHINGTON, D. C. [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] Inform yourself as to THE EXODUS OF THE NEGROES By reading Dr. Carter G. Woodson's A CENTURY OF NEGRO MIGRATION 220 Pages Price $1.10 This book is unique in that it is the first and only scientific treatise in this field. It undertakes to explain why the Negroes have migrated, where they have gone and what they have done. Agents wanted everywhere. Send all orders to the author 1216 You Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] KELLY MILLER'S Race Statesmanship Exhibited in Two Great Pamphlets 1. "The Negro in the New Reconstruction." Considered the most powerful plea has yet come from the author's pen. 10 cents. 2. "The Disgrace of Democracy." Pronounced in Europe and America as one of the most striking literary documents produced by the World War. 10 cents. Agents wanted everywhere. Rates to agents 5 cents a copy. Add 10% to bill to cover postage. Address KELLY MILLER Howard University Washington, D. C. [[/boxed]] Mention THE CRISIS
