The Washington bee., 1911-06-03
EDITOR AT DURHAM
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Office is located at 242 I-2 Main
Street
am now in the Office of the gen.
eral manager, Mr.. c. w. Powell This
company is the next largest in the
State, and Mr., Powell informs me
that when he moves into his new
building in Orange Street, near Par
ris, it will be the largest and the best
equipped office in the city. The
building will be "a by 80, two stories,
with nine rooms, with two store
rooms.
The general managers office, Mr..
Powell, the auditors room, cashier S
office, stenographers and general
clerical department, superintendent S
office of the Durham division, medical
directors and treasurer's office, will
be on the second floor. The building
will be equipped with electric lights.
The birthplace of the general man
ager, Mr.. Powell, is BOykin, Va. He
came to Durham, n. c., and took up
the insurance He is a very young
man and has a strict eye to business.
The office hours of the company are
from $3.50 a. m. to p. m. Every en-
plOyee must be on time. | would like
for a few Washington business men
to come to Durham, n C., and be
taught how to run a business. The
officers of the Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company are r. B. Fitz-
gerald, president. | am informed that
he is a man of fine business qualities
| P w. Dawkins, first vice-president;
II. A. Donson, secretary; S. l. War
ner, treasurer; G. w. Powell, general
manager; w. G. Pearson, auditor, and
c. H. Shepard, NJ. D., medical direc-
| tor. These men are among the lead
| ing busines men in Durham. | will
leave this company for a while and
step across the hall to the offices oi
| Dr. James T. Shepard. | find him
engaged in holy worship with the sec
retary of the Massachusetts, Christian
| Association. Ali good morning, Miss
Shivers! DR.. Shepard is engaged
Wont you come in my Office, he will
| Hattie Louise Shivers is the lady
name with whom | am now talking
/ She is from Detroit, Michigan, and an
accomplished musician, stenographer
and typewriter | informed Miss
Shivers that my principal commodity
was ice water and find everything
up to date here, but you are lacking
in ice water | was politely informed
that l could get all the ice water /
wanted, and grape juice thrown IN
| Nv thirst was soon quenChed, after
which DR.. Shepard made his appear
ance and invited me in his spacious
office in front
| was his guest, it IS true, but he
politely informed me that on account
| of the rush of business he could spare
| me five minutes. 1t made no differ
J ence what he said, | remained long
enough to examine everything in his
Office, thinking that / could find some
thing out of the ordinary. / was in
| formed that the State Legislature had
barred what he thought / was look
ing for. -,
| Now If you want prayer book
or a guide to keep you straight while
| in Durham, | will furnish you with
BOTH" said the religious educator
There are two stenographers in this
office, the other is Miss Emma L
Pendleton. She was sick.
There are all kinds of business en-
terprises here. 1t is not necessary
for anybody to be out of work The
Duke hosiery mills and tobacco places
keep the colored population busy. II
man or woman is idle it IS his or
her fault Children from six to IS
years old, and girls from IS to 20, and
men and women ranging to ages that
will enable them to work, may find
employment here, If there IS any
starvation it is because the idlers
don't care to work. I was informed
few days ago that the only time
that the population got uneasy is
when the mills close down for short
time, then the chicken cooPs are in
danger of invasion The Dukes have
hosiery mill for white and colored,
which demonstrated the greatness OF
their hearts. I was invited to the
Hosiery Mil,
managed by Charles c. Amey This
IS operated entirely by colored help
and owned by colored people. Thou
sands of dozens Of hose are turned
out weekly. Here is where you will
see colored American enterprise I