The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-03-18
i s s ! 0E 9! y e. ON RACIAL fRoGREss. !.
A. -: Reported " tho National Negro Z q
'trt%.;;s:, ~. - Business Leagut,., :. ~. y

pfesideIt OF the " Local Il ,eae,,a 'ha'
sides Being the only colored, funerai
! diretto In the, place With s. 40 b0n
stock In hand zig also the rcaf estate
agent }of g he Tennessee Coal ana
f,aianuaaet uFfng Company, eomposed
i'cnledy~ Of Northern white capital
lists with head quarters Hi Nashville.
Tenn. He looks after the; rsntaI FL
about 200 houses belonging to the
company: = ): f.: -. -.
! William l.: Gray also of shef-
|'ield, owns and operates, a plant for
the Manufacture of different kinds
of sore: drinks. ~ The equipment ia
Waited l11 mt = 3.Q00.t His PATRONAGE is
mostly from white merchants in the
cities Tuscunbia, Sheffield and Flor
eRce. Ala Y : ~. - :, - p.
Or. w.. E. ,sterrs, president of the
Decatur, Alabama, League, Is onefSof,
the solid business and professional
men of the. place. He is the fortdG-
nate owner of two-story :. brick
building in the main street; worth.
at feastE$ $4,000. On. the :ftrst door
ne has a weli-stocked drug store
He also is the proprietor of g. ,prt-i
Yate tntirmary, furnished with the
latest tappoihtments and facilities
for operation. treatment and COM
fort of Its; inmates. :. Moreover. he
;psssseaea other valuable realty, ...r
g. 81 :, =: ". g. e..
IN. ~ Sykes, the first *aiee s,,reesi.
dehts OF Negro Is Business
| League of {. A1abasha, and his. broth
er: Solomon, 9th esatnr, are = owners
Of two bloc #go-st6 brick
buildings on the ma in street, worth
not :lees than $40 900: 81 In I one oif
these builatngs;sJ. u Sykes runs "a "a
hgee 90 fac tors, for. the products. of
1 :@htchf heT has "a & ready sale < from
I among the. merehants OF both races
in the city and surrounding country.
| = Solomon Sykes is mot. the, only
.colored undertaken IN .thiis city. OF
80 900 tnha bitants. 4, more ;or less,
ba9t4before all that is mortal OF. q
! Negro has been deposited : beneath
the surface Of the enrth, he; mir,
sykee)5 he's TO be rejoined with, for
Big iatthe sole owner of the only, spot
IN Decatur j: where any member: OF
! the, raeefe.;in that com munity, NAV
hopeftio. find a final resting place, do
liar, as this world Is concerned. (; 4;
49, =. t&!
IN Chattanooga, Tom, the Negro
bnsiness man is somewhat sconspic-
uo9B: For instance, the largest drug
store owfted. and managed by color
ed men in this country, Is probably
here. = The proprtetors are: Messrs:
Allen and :Wicklifre, who also lave
/ a. branch store, we'll, stocked. ~ The
two stores, With their equipment
and goods, are worth, about $4,000.
l.'lG' re- .~s-i :, ~, ~ g., r
Other, sbusihess blocks, owned by
members Of the race here are the
Hale building, ar! w. 18th street,
valued ,at $4,000 (Mr Hale is t,rfn.
capa1 OF one of 3 the city graded
schoolsl the Henry Harrison build
Ing, -S04 Whitesfde street, $4,000;
J. II" Ware building; 216 Harrison
laReHae, "a 0,000;; the lG w TURNER
1lHNtbut3SS, y Lff'f,CUWHTC'. street, T. 81 q -
0O0Y George Washingtom Franklin,
I theH president Of the local, leagde,
and Also president OF the National
! FAalefel directors Association, / has
pore or tn most complete funeral
establishments anywhere in! 7 this
ffountry, the estimated cost of which
is probably $40, 900. .y.,.,..,.s.z =: s.,l i.
! At Cleveland, C. IT: Hardwi6k
owns on the main street q three.
'stdry pressed brick building, worth
| $4,000, On the ground flsor is 8
/ FIRST ciass cafe, under his PERSONAL
Encouragement On the second floor
1 ars%athe headquarters of "a social
/ clpb, 2 composed OF the leading white
I 'susinesB men Of the place, where
not drop OF liquor is allowed to he
DISPENSED. . according to the ruler
ana regulations governing the mem.
! heTs.of the club. ja/: =. #%~... ...
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