The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-16
AFRICAN AMERICANISMS.

This column will be devoted to
the interest of the colored race, and
is edited by representative of that
people.
Tomorrow will be good-tidings
day at Ezion, for which an interest
ing programme has been prepared.
The Bruce Association has added
another fine picture to their already
large collection, entitled "The Col
ored Chieftain.
Wright & Jones's Quartette will
give grand prize doncert at Sale m
on Wednesday night next, and at
Dover the following night.
The best element of the colored
citizens will vote the Temperance
Reform ticket the coming election
and thus help to free the whole
State from political slavery.
There will be a grand rally at
Bethel A. M. E. Church tomorrow.
The Rev. D. P. Seaton, of Baltimore,
will preach at 1870 a. M; the Rev.
j. w. Beckett, of Philadelphia, at
$3.50 p. M, and the Rev. r. +. Way
man, Of Baltimore, at 7.30 p. m.
/ went ON the excursion to
Charleston on Thursday evening at
Ezion M. Il. Church, and words are
inadequate to express my delight
thereat. The wonderfully realistic
scenes of the great earthquake were
exhibited by the Rev. H. A. Monroe,
and explained by Mr.. James H. Nor
gan. The new lime-light stereopti-
can was used for the second time,
and the views were so beautifully
magniiied on a large canvass that l
often imagined myself walking the
streets of the devastated city. l
can say without hesitation that it
was the finest exhibition of the kind
| ever attended.
James Harding, the merchant
tailor of No. SIG French street, is
one of Wilmngton's successful bust
ness men. He is native of this
city, having been born here July 10,
1929. He learned his trade with
Robert Graves, then at No. 233 Mar
ket street, when about 30 years of
age, succeeding his employer in
1870, attcrward moving to his pres
ent location in answer to the calls of
n growing business. His best GUS
toners are leading white citizens.
No colored man is more respected
among his people, nor does any
other more richly deserve the sue
cess that has followed his years of
toll. Affable manners and superior
nowledge of his business are among
the causes of his rise. l have no
doubt that there are many other
young men among us who can in the
same way become an honor to them
selves, their race, their city and their
country.
The facts are, the colored race
has been making enormous strides
in the way of money getting during
the past ten years. Why, in the
city of Washington to-day, city in
which the Emancipation Proclama-
ton Of twenty-three years ago found
less than dozen free blacks there
are l04 colored men who pay taxes
on above $4,000. The author of
the standard history of the African
race in America is worth $4,000.
Hon. Frederick Douglass has $780,
900. Boston has a colored merchant
tailor who clothes the Beacon Hill
aristocracy, and does business of
$3.50 900 u year. He was once a
slave and followed Sherman and his
troops ON their march to the sea.
When he reached Charleston his
worldly possessions were suit of
very ragged clothes and % cents.
The present tax collector of the
District of Columbia, himself II col
ored man, pays taxes on $250,000.
New York had colored druggist
who died recently, leaving $1,000
900, and son-in-law worth 100000.
The ex-United States Minister to
Hayti has $4,000. Less than 100
colored men in Pittsburg pay taxes
on a combined property valuation of
S2,500,000.
Cincinnati has colored furniture
dealer whose check is good any day
for 100000. Twenty-three years
ago he was Kentucky slave. The
late Robert Gordon owned more
than a score of four story residences
at the time of his death. One day
|. L. L