The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-25
GREAT WORK OF
NEGRO RACE
ADVANCEMENT IN EVERY FIELD
OF BUSINESS INDICATED BY
LOUISVILLE CONVENTION.
Chimes Was Once Sleeping
Car Porter.
BLYING COTTON IN THE SOUTH.

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Negro Business league. an organiza-
ton founded by Booker T. Washing
ton, has closed its tenth annual
meeting in this city. The session
was a testimonial of the success of
the organization and of the advance
ment of the negro in practically
every line of business. and 1t was
clearly demonstrated that the negro
as a business man is a reality.
The organization was welcomed TO
Louisville by Governor A. 4. Will
son of Kentucky and Mayor James
+. Grinstead of this city. Among
the other speakers was f. c. Nune-
macher. president of the Louisville
board of trade.
Representative of twenty-four
negro banks attended the gathering.
At the time of the organization of
the league ten years ago there were
only two banks in the country con
Quoted by negroes. and since that
time the number has increased to
forty-seven.
All sorts of business enterprises
were represented. There were repre-
sentatives of groceries. drug stores,
hotels, real estate agencies. farmers,
merchants. bankers, insurance COM
panies. harness manufacturers. pub
fishers. building and loan agencies,
grist mills. shoe manufacturers. sew
er contractors and truck farmers.
One of the largest enterprises repre-
sented was the Lincoln Memorial
building. which is to be erected in
Washington.
Try 20 Raise 100000.
This is to be an office building for
negroes. and an effort is being made
to raise 100000 throughout the
United States to complete II. Plans
we're drawn by w. Sidney Pittman.
who is a graduate of the Normal and
Industrial Institute at Tuskegee and
of Drexel Institute at Philadelphia.
He is the architect OF the negro
building at the jamestown exposition
and OF the new $4,000 Y. u. G. A.
building in Washington. The most
unique enterprise represented was
the Douglass Calendar company.
which gets out illustrated calendars
with negro subjects and negro faces
for the illustrations.
One thing which tended TO indicate
the growth OF negroes as business
men has been the disposition OF its
members to organize into sections.
according TO the different business
enterprises represented. Two years
ago the National Negro Bankers as
sociation was formed. This organiza-
ton carries on It's work independent
OF the national association. but Is
affiliated with II and meets at the
same time. Last year the undertake
ers organized national association.
This year the newspaper men organ
lied a similar association for the
purpose OF discussing the business
side of the negro newspaper. At the
same time arrangements were made
to organize negro manufacturers
One Of the leading ne
gro manufacturers is A. c. Howard
of New York City, who was once
a Pullman car porter. but who has
succeeded in the manufacture OF a
new and valuable shoe polish. He
had been in business for the last
eight years and now sells his shoe
polish in all parts of the United
States and in several European coun-
tries.
Negroes Buying Cotton.
The work of the Business league.
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