Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-08-10

Miss Carrie Hall is still favorite
at the Exchange Theatre, Jackson
vile, Fla.
Miss Rosetta Preston Is young col
cred woman who hollis a position as
stenographer in the Worlds Bible
House, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. Robert Miller, of Indianapolis,
Ind, was the only colorei graduate
in the mechanical department OF the
institute for the blind of the CITY.
The first hospital under the charge
of colored surgeons in the state of
Missouri is the Peoples Auxiliary
Hospital and Training school at st.
Lous. DR.. w. R B. Arthur has
charge.
The Afro-American Press asspois-
ton will meet in Indianapolis imme-
diately after the adjournment OF the
Afro American Council. Great Is In
dIanapolis and greatly to be praised.
Six young colored girls were recently
received into the Orrer Of the Holy
Family Catholic Orleans, and
bad conferred upon them the white
ell of the order.
All the negro institutions IN North
Carolina, such as the asylums for the
blind, and the deaf mutes, and the nor
NAL schools, will hereafter be manag-
ed exclusively by negroes.
1t is said that Booker T. Washington
has been making . careful study Of
the condition of the negroes of New
York with a view of formulating
plan OF improvement.
1t is gratifying to know that the
prospects CT successful conference Of
our business men at Boston, August
%, and "a are encouraging. Our bus-
mess men ell over the country should
be interested in this conference.
The Washington Post. which mas
been cursing Afro Americans because
they are black, has begun to curse
TIE because some Of them want to be
white. Some people will not let you
please them.
The Indianapolis World Is putting
I'D hot sheet nowadays, and Is talk
ing independence almost 10 the point
of s8uciness. Editor A. g Manning
is giving some of the older journalists
a great example on how q newspaper
ought to be run
The q. III E. church is rejoicing.
Rev. Fl. Bullock, business manager.
and DR. G. II. Phillis, the editor
have paid the last note Oh its publ
cation house ct jackson, Tenn, and
the Christian Index, the official or
gan, is selfsutaining.
Rev. John Harmon, of Thomaston,
Ga, wants to BIZ the next editor of
our esteemed contemporary the Odd
Fellows Journal, but he will have
to reckon with the present editor,
Mr.. JIG. Asbury, who mas cut all
Of his journalistic eye teeth.
The two leading white dailles of
Florida in her two leading cities,
Tampa and Jacksonville. have negro
editors and business managers, and
an entire page In prominent place
of the paper given to the dolngs of
the colored race. This is the kind of
opportunity and cooperation that will
solve tae race problem.
It is reported that syndicate is 60
| ing to undertake to supplant Chinese
and Japanese labor In Hawaii with
Afro-Amerioan labor, and that 1t will
| give such laborers $50 month. II
the movement is undertaken in good
faith 1t should result in great good
to Afro-Americaa laborers.
Prof. W. II Diamond, G. E., for
merry professor Of mathematics at
Paul Quinn College and later occupy
ing the same position at Wilberforce,
mas resigned to accept the lucrative
and honorable position OF Assistant
Engineer In the Michigan Central
Railroad Central Office. No similar
position is held ny any other colored
man in the United States.
W. G. Matthews, of Montgomery,
Ala, WAS elected captain Of the Phil
lips Andover college base ball team
He has been short stop tor the team
three years, and is the rest all round
player in the academy. He is also end
rush Of the football team. Matthews
is 90 years Of age, Is popular with both
the students and townspeople of An
dover. and the choice is regarded with
great favor.
There is a colored man working al
bootblack in Pittsburg who is grad
uate from the highest college in the
land, the Propaganda at Rome; who
reads and writes thirteen languages
speaking nine fuently; who stood thirc
in a class of 500 and who ranked as