The colored American., 1902-08-16

deserved.
1t is not the intention of this arti-
Gle to write the details of Mr.. Bailey's
life-his birth his early struggles with
poverty. This community knows them
and esteem him most high
ly that he has been able to conquer.
It is to his persistence in all good
works, because they were good, thaI
we desire to direct attention. His fear-
Iessness for the right, his commanding
honesty, his genial manners, MS Droad
Catholic sympathies, his consistent |
Christian character, his Ideal nome |
life, the perfect happiness of his 30
mestic relations have given him SUCH
a standing that he is not yet a Iollo"-
er of any man.
He is both eminent and versatile as
an inventor, having patented many
useful MANY technical and many Ia
bOr-saying devices. Let us enumerate
some of them. His most conspicuous
. invention is the we'll known Bailey
truss. We have just beer advised that
the Postoffice Department has recently
! adODted his patented device for detect
ing errors in the distribution OF mail
matter In a very few days the I'M
Dression of this device will be seen on
mail matter emanating from the WASH
ington pOstOfIice.
He has lust obtained from the
Tinted States Electric Lighting Com
many of this city their consent Tor tne
installation of his design for an OIL
burner, which experts in such matters
saw is destined to surpass all otner
similar inventions and to reVOluuohlze
tho system of generating steam by the
use of oil. -,
In a short time an experiment WIFI
: he made on the tracks of one OF our
large railroads of an electric device
which Mr.. Bailey is promoting ana
which is believed to be an abSolute
; nreventitiye for railroad wrecks. II
: this merely industry or even VerSaIll II
= tv. or is it not absolute genius!
, He has received the highest 35d
degree of Masonry, he was one OF TIE
founders and he continues 10 De one
> of the principal officers OF the Befedl
Baptist Church, he was the oriSIh 1I
: and first president of the Capital SaV
L ines Rank. He is it's present Treas
urer he can at any time be reelected
| ire nresident and he is that lnStltu
= toms main financial stay whenever
' ostanoDaStuOus seas arise to threaten u
engulf her"
There is one splendid fact in Nh
RaiIey's career which deserves TN
r, greatest commendation. We kno"
u how serious is the plaint that the OF
j nortunities of honorable employment
/ for Young people are so few and seen
TO be ever narrowing, and yet now Ie'
II of Our successful men have given
d. thought to their obligations to IN
y youth of the race in this matter!
Il Such a criticism cannot be made Q
. Mr.. Bailey, for in each of the nal
i dozen business places under his contr'
IS he EMPLOYS from four to six persons
III each one of them representing a famll
~ of from four to six individuals so tht
Il if will be seen that here is battaIlo
,h of no fewer than one hundred and
Is tv souls-and all Negroes-Who dlrec
o. Iv or indirectly are the benetclares
en Mr.. BaiIey's business instincts and
te his appreciation of his duty to his pc
1T nIe Have we another Bailey In II
II community?
% Young men and young women OF u
On race. study this career. Mark, leal
&c and inwardly digest!"
ed To our white fellow citizens we 81
lt' YOU cannot surpass him-can- "
IT. equal him?
an Our race should be gratitied that '
have such a man to presenttO the II
ia martial Judgment of the community.
rnTrCATTON IN PORTO RICO.