The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-02
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During the week ssotS the, Colorsd
State Fair, held at Batesburg, s. c.,
temporary organization %of pross
pective State, Negro Business League
was effected, BY slsotins HON b.; ] !;
Sawyer. of Bennettsville, president !;
Mr., Joseph H. Garner, Columbia,
secretary; DIT. John H. Goodw win,
Weston, treasurer. @$s%
Mr.. Sawyer Is. not only success,
Jul business man, but also one OF the;
largest land owners and most pros
- porous farmers In the state. -. =, g.
Progress is the watchword from
now on with the Local Business de-
velopment League, of Montgomery,
Alabama. Having recently fitted UP
nice comfortable quarters \, for the
winter over DR.. Deans drug store,
the, members meet monthly to dis
cuss questions vital to the welfare
Of the business community. Lunch
con Is occasionally served at these
meetings. The officers Of the Local
League are N. H. Alexander, presi-
dent; j. H.. Fagain, vice. president;
DR.. u. S. Dean, secretary; " : H..
Tulane, chairman. executive commit
tee. - .%.... .. tES.t AZ, ~ -
A few Of the, men here who have
done we'll in the commercial world
are H. A. Loveless, who. owns the.
leading funeral establishment In the,
city for colored people, In ,connec7.
ton with which he runs; q livery
business. He also owns a gravel pit
outside the corporate limits, from
which a half dozen teams are kept
busy hauling gravel to different
parts Of the town. Mr.. Loveless
has the name Of being a hustler In
business and gives employment to
more persons than any other color
ed man in the place, He Is probably
worth between $4,000 and $25, 900,
G.. E. Newstell Is not only a pros
porous merchant but successful
dealer in real estate. Hts holdings
in the, latter business would likely
amount to something over $2O,00o
a year II. -. +" <-.-..
John Brown and William Hill
conduct profitable business as
truck farmers, separately. They
supply not only the home market
but outside, the year round with
their garden products. They are
also fortunate possessors Of valuable:
realty. Each one Of them is rated 10
be worth. about $4,000. l.;,
Elijah Cooke is a retired business
man. He has. the reputation or be-
ing a pioneer in the undertaking bus
mess in the state Of Alabama, For
tMenty-flye years ne managesa.
his business so wisely and assidlousc
~ that. when he; recently refined ne
had accumulated a fortune that
amounts to, nearly $50, 900.
There; Is, a score Of other, 1ndiVld-
uals in Montgomery, whose business
transactions will average anywhere
from 81 900 to $4,000 annually.
John l.. Thomas Of Union. Springs
Alabama, who several years ago ran
a hotel for white patrons only tcall-
ed the Commercial Hotel,) then al
forwards a restaurant, and grocery
through which enterprises, he says
he has done as high as $4,000 worth
of business a year, is now making
profitable investments in real estate
only, having relinquished the other
business entirely. .ar~>
Within the corporate limits or mis-
home town. he owns 376, lots IN one
tract of "a acres, which he sells 10
parties wishing to build, or he Will
build a house for them and give the
purchaser time TO pay for his home
At Midway, between Montgomery and
sW1Gufaula, he owns II, building lots
in the town.; also, several business
lots in Dothan, and a few small
farms for sale.
He, together, with his wife ano
unmarried children, lives in a hand
some residence, that and the site
worth not less than $4,000. MT
Thomas Is the president Of the Home
stead Land Company. Altogether
Mr.. Thomas has accumulated some
where between 100000 and 81 {, 600.