The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-29

lefferSonville, Ind. Besides being an
expert in all iron and steel construc-
ton, Mr.. Robertson is the patentee Of
number of useful inventions that
have had large sale among house.
holders and manufacturers.
The colorcd fratcrnal organiza-
tons of Cleveland, Ohio, are plann-
lng the erection Of $4,000 build
ing.
The $4,000 home Of the Y. Nj. G..
a. at Washington is nearing compile
ton. President Taft will probably
assist at its dedication.
j. II. Grant, a Negro, the owner
of shoe store in Memphis, Tenn,
valued at $4,000, is said to be try
ing to establish a chain of stores in
various southern states
A fine building for the colorcd Y.
NJ. G. A. is projected for Jackson
Vile, Florida.
Meroney's Theater at Salibury, \.
c., which was used for the first time
for a meeting under the aspices of
Negroes on the occasion of the re-
cent visit Of the Booker T. WASH
lngton party, employs a colored Or
chestra throughout the regular sea-
son.
j. /. Sanders. q wealthy young
Negro of Charlotte, n. c., owns
drug store, newspaper, a barber
shop, hotel, sells real estate and
practices law, and has time besides
to take an active part in the religi-
Gus, educational fraternal and civic
activities of his community. Mem.
for the young ladies: MIR. Sanders
is unmarried
The Grand United Order of Odd
FELLOWS, according to Grand Master
w. l.. Houston, now number over a
half a million, and is the largest fra
ternal organization Of Negroes in the
world. In connection with taking
care of the sick and burying the
Dead the Odd Fellows purpose to
establish cooperative stores in the
South and to erect halls wherever
the strength Of the local lodges make
it possible.
Through the energy and public
spirit of DR.. H. Kennebrow, the
Home Sanitarium" has been estab-
ilshed at Jacksonville, Illinois.
In the seventeen months the instjtu-
1lon mas been at work, eighty-three
operations have been performed,
with loss of only three patients.
"A Colorado colored man has given
1870 acres Of land as site for a tu-
DerculoSis sanitarium. This is prac-
tlcal charity.
The editor Of the Baltimore Times
has inauguratcd "Getting Together
HOUR and has set apart an hour
each week when people may come
INTO the office and voice their COM |
plants, pay their compliments
ana subscription and tell Of the good !
thlngs the paper ought to do.
The North Carolina Mutual and |
ProVident Association with head Of
hces at Durham, N. c., is conceded |
10 De the strongest insurance cor
poratlon in the world carried on by |
colored men. 1t owns a number of !
valuable buildings and has thou
SANDS OF patrons on It's books. The |
Association is eleven years old, and |
its volume Of business has STEADILY
increased year by year. It's total |
business in 1899 was reported to be |
$S4O. In 1910, to date, the total |
has reached the astonishing amount |
of $22O,1OO.
The principal officers are John |
Mcrrick, founder and president; G.. |
=. Spauldihg, vice-president and |
manager; DR.. A. NJ. Moore, secre-
tary and treasurer. Columns
could be written about this remark |
able corporation without exhaust |
ing the subject.
1.-The School News" the organ of
the National Association Of Colored |
'Leachers, is breezy little sheet, |
issued from Tuskegee by President |
). X. Il. Lee, Of the Teachers Asso- |
citation, assisted by Edwin II. Lee. |
III should have a career Of useful |
ness.
Jesse {. Binga, Of Chicago, bank
er and promoter, has just leased a
valuable piece Of property, 4712-
4'o2 State street and the rentals de-
rived from it will amount to $4,000 |
per annum. The terms Of his lease
are $240,000, payable in install
ments Of $4,000 for the first year,
$4,000 for the second year. $1,000 !,
for the next two years, $4,000 per (
year for the next fifteen years, and |