The Washington bee., 1897-01-08
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WHAT THE COLORED PEOPLE
OF ANNAPOLIS, MD, ARE
DOING.

by w. c. o. lacqu, S. THE BEES Travelling
Artist
Annapolis is an old city of 600 in
habilantS on the Severn River, and the
capital of Maryland The colored
people are doing we'll here They
have four good churcheS-one Baptist
church, one A. Nj. E. Lhurch, and one
NJ. +. Church (the oldest colored
church in the city }, and the Episcopal
Church. The public schools are not
all they should be. The private school
taught py Rev. Ried IS the leading
school in the city, where many of the
uest young people are taking advan-
tage of an evening school. There we
have some Smait young people who
are making their mark in lie. l here
are several grocery stores owned by
colored men, OF which Mr.. w. II.
lates' stands at the head, and the
Union Oyster Packing Company. We
were pleased with what we saw our
people dong in the way of business.
REV. ). +. lice
is the able pastor of Mount Mcriah A.
" E. Church, anu Is doing d grea
work in til It city. Sin ce the orn. . Jk
the roof off the old church in Sci tenn
Der he has remodeled the old cl urch
at cost of $1,000, and it is now one of
the prett est churches IN the city He
is hi ghly respected by all his members.
He stands next 10 DIR. Nj. NJ Moore,
financial secretary of the great AM E.
Church, as financier. He is an able
orator and logical reasoner.
REV. b. I. PERKINS,
pastor of ASbury Nj. + church, is a
man of great power as churchman
and leader. He is highly respected Lyi
every class of cilizenS in tue city. He
enjoys the respect of his people, and
is one of the leading ministers of the
NJ. E. hurch He has his church at
the head OF the column.
REV. RIED
is the pastor of the First Baptist
church, and he is doing good work in
the cause of the Master. He is an able
minister and well educated, and a
greater educator. He has fine school
that he built in the rear of his church,
where he teaches day school. He is
doing much to lift up the children of
our people.
Mr. w. H. BATES
runs large wholesale and retail gro
Gerry store on Cathedral rect, and
keeps a full supply OF all kinds OF
groceries and has large patronage
from both races. He is a plain busl-
ness man, and commands the respect
of all who meet him. He has two COM
petent young men as Clerks, MIR. Ed
ward Williams and MIR. Isaac Kent.
Mr.. STEPHEN H. SMoTHERs
is proprietor of nice little grocery
sto.e on Cathedral street, and is doing
a good business. He is a man well
versed in bu mess.
AR. WIN. H. STEPNEY
is proprietor of an oyster house near
The Navy wharf, and employs about 10
oyster shuckers, and fills large orders
daily to Washington and Baltimore. He
S thorough-goin business man.
HALL Bros,
the leading undertakers of Annapolis,
are doing a good business. TEey are
we'll equipped in everything they need
i'm that line of business to aCcommo-
date any one.
Mr.. w. S. STEPNEY
runs the leading hotel in the city, con-
nected with a fine restaurant, board
ing by the day, week or month. He
keeps firSt-class place. He also has
a first-class barber shop adjoining the
hotel He has every convenience to
make you happy.
MIR. John w. CARROLL
runs nice grocery and confectionery
store on Main street, and is doing
very fair business, but will soon change
it.
Mr.. JOHN H. LAIN
has a first-class bootblaCk establish
ment on Main street, and is meeting
with success.
Mr.. H. HEBRON
is the president of the Union Oyster
Packing Co., and under his manage
ment the company is meeting with a
fine success. He is go d business
man, and works over IS oysteI shuck
ers, and supplies some of the largeSt
hotels in Washington with all their
oysters.
Mr.. CHAs. T. HARRIS
is proprietor of the Market Restaurant.
He is an old business man and is
highly respected by every one. that
knows him.
Mr.. RICHARD E. KING
is the leading attorney among our
ttople, and a fine lawyer of rare
a a5Ili,y, and has a good practice in all
The courts of the city, State and county.
A COLORED MAN IN THE CAB