Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07
Negroes in the Professions Doing
Credit to Their Race.
CIEReYEN, LAWYERS, DOCTORS
Have Flourishing Churches, and Chill
dren Attend School Numerously.
NEGRO FARMERS ARE THRIvING
Not Many Of Them, but wOrk of the
Three score EnEaEed I'm AEriooaS
turnI Pursuits shows UD
Very EncOurAGinEIy.

The negro population Of Nebraska ac-
cording to the census oe 1900, was -, OK
when 3 per cent we're mulattoes- rhe
percentage OF negroes TO total population
was 0a At the same time Kansas had
negro pouIation Of 5000 OF a percentage
OF 25. Iowa had less. with the same per-
centags as Nebraska compared to total
population. AT the present time II ls 60
timated that this state has a negro popu-
lation In the neighborhood of sOoo. and thai
Omaha and Lincoln have % per cent oi
the total.
According to the census the lItsracy
among negroes was about seven times a.
great as among whites, the country svsr.
but in Nebraska and states close by Hitter
acy among the colored population was much
smaller than in other sections. For the
country at large. It waa figured that II tho
percentage Of nliteracy should fall In each
succeeding ten years by a. great an amount
as it did between 1890 and 100. II would
become zero about 1870 great many
colored men and women Of Nehraaka are
highly educated
The medium age Of the negro population
at that time was 194 years; that 10. half
the negroes IN the country were below that
age, which was years below the median
age OF the whites, IA years, differences
closely connected with a high birth rata
and a high death rate.
/ Breadwinners constituted s22 per cent
of all negroes at least 10 years OF age. a.
against percentage Of as among the
whites Of like age. This diffsrsnee held
good generally. north and south.
uIiteraey at Low EBb.
! Progress among the negroes Of Nehraska
is keeping pace with the best that In being
reported from other sections OF the country.
In the matter Of education, lowering of the
percentage OF illiteracy. the negroes OF this
| vicinity. and OF this state. are as far to the
| good those OF any section Of the union-
A good many among the adults h&va
achieved considerable success In the pro-
| feesions and In cAllings apart from common
labor: some have learned trades. otheNs ara
cleriing or engaged in business In a modest
way. and about three score are farmers
Leaders OF the race in Omaha estimate thai
one third OF the local negro population own
their homes or are buying them on the
| installment plan
There is one negro EpiscopaI Clergyman
In Omaha, Rev. John Albert Williama aaSe
sistant secretary OF the diocesan council
two Baptist ministers. Rev. ]. A BingAmaks
and Rev. g. W. Wright; Methodist
minister. Rev. William w. 8. Dyett. In
Lincoln there three colored congreGa-
tons. Baptist, Methodist and Campbelfte.
and Nebraska City has a small congrega-
ton OF coIored people, with a ministsg at
| tached.
! OF the practictng attorneys in Omaha four
are negroes-Fred L. Smith. Joseph Carr,
siIas Robbins and H. ]. Pinkett
In the medical profession Omaha boasts
five negro doctorS-J. II. Hutten. L. T.,
Bailer, A. G. Edwards, w. M. Gordon and
NJ A williams. One hospital in the stats
49, "a. -
stromsburg. whose patients are all Caa-
casians, and who is quite suceesstuI In his
work William W. PEBBLES 10 the only
coiored dentist IN Omaha or the stata At
Creighton university there three coll
ored students in the medical classes, 0ua
in thu dental school and one In the phar-
macy class.
Mix MerrfIy an Politics.
or politicians there are many among the
negroes OF every city: in fact. politics ID tina
. one game, where. when the sport is hot. tha
coIored man gets in on an equality without
much question, II he has the ability 20
deliver votes on election day.
The name OF Or. Orvills Ricketts, VIII
readily be recalled attaching 60 the
eIsverest negro political manipulator that
ever set foot IN Douglas county He served
two terms In the lower house Of tire lsEis-
Iature and was master hand ct sehsnnlng
along political lines. Bud" Lindsay 0f Lin
coin also takes high rank a. a praeticaI
political worker. or did before the couvsn-
ton system was abolished BUD was al
ways a prominent figure In rspublsoan
ranks In Lancaster county and has held
federal office with good deal Of Dignity
He ts now engaged In the hotel buaineas
and making a success OF H. TO name any
particular local negro a leader of the
. coIored phaIanx might create some Jealousy.
but John Grant Psgs and Henry ". Plum
: mer viii take high place IN such q list.
The former Is sealer OF weights and meas
: ures under Mayor DahIman. and the latter
is a clerk in the tax department. Of the
county clerks office.
There is here negro fire company. two
negro policemen and several negro IsttsF
carriers.
D. w Obee Is the name OF the one colorsd
undertaken IN Omaha. and ne has a negro
woman as assistant. who is a licensed am
baImsr.
A Newspaper, the Enterprise. Is pubIiahed
in the interest OF the negroes Of NebrHaka.
I with its office IN Omaha In the publfs
: schooIs there Is one colorsd teacher, Mas
= Eulalia r. Overall OF the trained nurses
r working in Omaha. three are coEorsd
women. who stand well among physicians
. and patients who have tried them.
> solomon Daniel GOodchiid Is a eoIored
4 man whose entsrpriss and condolences IN
: his own ability led him to establish in
:, Oamaha A Saratoga chip factory. and hs
. | is doing well The Misses Goodchild, his
sisters are hairdressers with a Largo
: clientele. VINO have invested quite hsaSily
in Omaha real estate. and this belief In
the solidity and wisdom Of such invest
. | nents is as Rev. JOnn Albert Williams
says CROWNS strong among the nexroeu