The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-03-25
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F. INTERESTTNG F1AUTag

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There are 612 Negro employees in
fthe Ghicago Post Qfaeo, drewing s.la-
Hnal salaries aggregatAms ia round
numbeEs 3400. 900 ~ ~, :,.;5:. !:
Insthe Houston Texas, Post Onies
there are ~ Negro entployeesswho
salaries aggregate &lA,g9N annuallss,,
;FortyrthFee Negroes fa2e employed
An the Jacksonville, Ella. Post Once,
and they are paid salaries aft1onnt~
ing to $4,000 annually. IA a. g.=..ff$
There are, 30 celpfedz employees In
the Montgomery labaInax Rost OF
nee who draw salaries aggFegating
bR 2zs geo annusI .f:s,s, :yssf arr =
Twelve Negroes enlployed lin the
tSt. Paul Mimi, Post Once are, paid
salaries amounting to $4,000 an
pually. l~ - WI. s,,,S' 49,, *
All OF the letter carriers lat, the
Muskogee, Oklahoma, Post once are
colcred: men. They, draw salaries
amounting to $1,000. annually, ;
+ There are l Negroes ID the Inter
nal Revenue Service at. Louisville,
KY, whose salaries. aggregate $1Sb
500 per year. ~ 81. H.. ...,... =
The ~ Negroes employed in the
Kansas City, Kansas, : Post, Office,
draw $4,000. In salaries ANNUALLY -. -
Fifteen Negro employees :. in + the
columbus, Ohio, Post Office are. paid
salaries aggregating ,$l3, 600eannual-
lily. ..... s.,., -. -. =: :.
The total force Of the Mobile, Ala.
Post Office .9onsists@ Of ga seleeka y i
Negroes and IT ;whites:a1Vbe 80 can
riers are all colored. ThesMegro efa2
ployees receive Annually ,$42,400.
s. Is. Williams, Esq, Special: a Is
gtstant District, Attorney ut Chieat-
Ego, has charge OF the naturalization
| cases. Mr.. williams 10 a. eolored
man ). !. &. ....,. :. -. u a.. II, tx rs
/ At the Galveston, ,. Texas, Post lot.
fee there are 13 coIpred fempioyeef
whose annual compensation amounts
to $4,000. ...,>.:,% H.. 49,. >.>.. "
i Mr.. II. H. Garner entered the DOS,
kal service at Little Rock ln 1885
when he was appointed letter carrier
! The force then consisted OF nine. car.
Mers. Mr.. Garner WAS recently made
j SUPERINTENDENT of Carriers. The
present force. consists of 46lregular
4 carriers, thifty~ons. being Negroes
tThere are a1sb eight substitutes four
tFhite and four colored. ~, ty,, Il
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iHOWA8sD UNIVERSITY IS l!@5,1, =,
T.. :I"|. " APPRoPsstATfON
4 Washington, D. C., March 8. =.
AYoward University SO III high spirits
lbecat,se OF the large appropriation Il
HAS been allowed By the governments
la few daygt aso GongsesE voted thai
fhe well-ka95@n instisat ion, receive ;af
! appropriation OF s1B2, doel. Which /.
~ great advance = over the sitfn ap.
4 af6priatsa ;t$o} yeafS ag5o which wa,
i347, roo. "'''.1. ~. - q. "f'>'- ia. 4
III; Miss Ruby X Bookss, a,ySung col
l0red wStkan 81 Bf6oRIyny nj Vi req
4 entity, entered tpto e ltSpswriti CON,
test giYeR by, the csfnnneretaJ aepart
4 1Osas OF fthe wv a. Z 4 kTos> BrooK
layn The ,eon test was to decide tlij
!; chaiap1ohship OF speed ADD .asovraej
and scores Of girls we're entered
Afn5ng them being three celoret
tgirls, one Of them which: ,w$s Mis-
Booker. although s1e was not thti
1 spsedisst, yet when che papers weti
lskarnined and orrsctedf tins next daJ
lMiss .Bobkerss time was not tar from
the foremost and her accuracy wei
beyond them All ,afltB G.ir& !
ItOtN1sfsD MTLADEstPHfA !;
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Il On Thursday, March II. the PEG