The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-05-14
FACTORY
To Manufacture Church
|. Furniture at Nashville
Baptist Publishing House Adds An
other Feature to Its Progress
sive Business and Will
p. Make Pews, Desks,
Etc. For Churches
"" Filling Long
Felt Want.

(From Nashville, Tenn, Globe)
On Monday morning of this week
the l.. & N. Railways Company deliv-
cred to the Church Supply Depart
ment of the National Baptist. Pub
lishing Board, r, H. Boyd, secretary,
two carloads Of additional machine
ry. This adds value Of $4,000 to
the already enormous plant located
at corner Of Second avenue, North,
and Locust street.
DR.. Boyd stated 10 Globe repre-
sentative that this machinery was
contracted for last falI-in fact, be-
fore The National Baptist Convention
met in Washington, D. c., but the
shipment was delayed on account of
the recent financial panic. He had
never, entertained an idea Of aban-
doning bEIpging 1t to this city. It's
delay in: reaching here was due sole
| ly 70 9 desire stQ await the improve
q meas atSg OF -condit l9us., This nearly, com
IT. was learned that the machinery
| contracted for These two carloads
| are strictly church supply and wood
work machinery.
The Bapttsts are constantly adding
to their. plant, and will no doubt >be
In a position within the next few
months TO open one of the largest
cabinet and seating factories in the
South, in which will be made desks,
chairs cabinets, pulpit furniture,
peWs, and in fact everything in the
wood work line. 1t will employ
scores OF unemployed young men who
are skilled in this profession, as we'll
as open a school for those who want
an apprenticeship in this trade
The city of Nashville is therefore
blessed beyond measure with SUCH an
addition to its manufacturing record.
1t was learned taht the machinery
just received here constituted the en-
tire plant OF the Vergennes Seating
and Cabinet Company at Vergennes,
Vt. 1t Is known that DR.. Boyd went
to Vermont last May, and it is be-
lieved that his trip to the New Eng
land states was on this particular
mission. Last month he sent one of
mis- machtn1sts, Mr.. John Campbell,
to Vermont, and it was he who dis
| mantled, packed and Grated every
thing pertaining to the plant, put it
on the cars and shipped it to Nash
Vile. Tuesday 1t was unloaded and
temporarily placed in a warehouse
pending the selection of q site and
convenient place to install this new
plant.
The Negro Baptists throughout the
United States are already contribut-
ing thousands Of dollars to the
Church Supply Department by pur-
chasing pews, pulpits, pulpit chairs,
school desks, ETC., and it Is the in
tention Of DR.. Boyd to continue
spreading out along this line in or
der to give his people the benefit of
the closest possible price on all of
this furniture. His denomination
feels, as has often been stated, that
in him they have their Moses, while
the c1ttzens of Nashville acuuiesce in
the same as he has been instrn-
mental In the employment Of hum
dreds who would fail to find similar
skilled employment otherwise. Not
only will the Baptist Publishing
Board be the pioneers in many pub
ltcation lines, but they will be the
first Negroes in the world to open q
complete seating and cabinet fac
tory, and Nashville is fortunate in
securing the coveted plum.