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NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS
AS Reported By the National Negro
Business League.

M 1 ES Yin NA\1Ak ENSGNEOO
AS Reported By the National Negro
Business League.
Another evidence of racial progress
is the large investments that are made
in church property. An example of
this is what has recently been done
by the African Methodist Episcopal
denomination at Baltimore, where it
recently purchased the property of
the St. Peters Episcopal Church on
Druid Hill avenue and Lenvale street
at cost of 100000.
Announcement has just been made
that James K. Polk Taylor, an ex-
slave who now lives at Colorado
Springs. Colo, has just given 400
acres of land at Calhan, 40 miles east
of Colorado Springs, to the Charles
Sumner tuberculosis Association as a
site for a National tuberculosis SAM
tarium for colored people. Three hun
dred thousand dollars, it is under
stood, will be spent on the sanltarlum-
The African Methodist Episcopal
the education of the Negro. This
denomination is at present support
ing 20 schools, in whici. are 2OS
teachers and $3.50 pupils. The prop
erty of these schools is valued at
100000.
James L. Holloway is an enterpris-
ing jeweler at 55 Auburn avenue, At
lanta, Ga. He keeps a good stock OF
goods and has his store very tastefully
arranged. He recognizes the value
Of advertising through the colored
papers. In a recent issue of the At
lanta Independent he called attention
to his special line of Christmas goods.
He has just issued an up-to-date,
high-class catalog, describing his line
of goods.
The white people of the South arc
more and more recognizing the value
and the importance Of educating the
Negro. An example of this is the
fact that in the city of Birmingham
there has just been built a frst-class,
up-to-date high school for colored
children. The building which is of
brick is two stories high and contains
about 80 rooms.
The constant preaching to the farm
ers of the annual Tuskegee Negro
Conference that they should own
homes and raise their food stuff IS
beginning to produce excellent re-
suits. An example of this is S. ?.
Simmons, of Luverne, Crenshaw
County, Ala, who owns 80 acres of
land. He made this year $50 bushels
of potatoes, 600 bushels of corn, $500
bundles of fodder, and will kill 400
pounds of meat. He also raised 80
bushels of peanuts, 80 bushels of peas
and sold $50 worth of peaches and
apples. He has a garden full of tur
nipS, rutabagas, rape and cOllards. He
has made $40 on vegetables since Sep
tember. Mr.. Simmons is looking
ahead and is a great hustler.
Bethel A. NJ. E. Church, Atlanta
Ga, has opened on the corner of
Auburn avenue and Butler street an
information bureau and labor eX-
! change The object is to bring to-
gether those who are in need of help
of any kind and the better class of
cOlOred people who are out of en-
ployment Families who are in need
of servants, such as buffers, nurses,
cooks, maids, laundresses, seam
stresses and other labor are requested
to leave their names and addresses
free of charge. Persons out of en-
ployment are also requested TO leave
their names and addresses free Of
charge. Persons who produce work
at their own homes, such as sewing
knitting and embroidery will also
have an opportunity through sales to
dispose of their goods. 1t is also
planned to give a short course OF IN
struCtion in domestic science and ele-
mentary nursing.
The sound financial condition of
the Mechanics and Farmers Bank at
| Durham, n c., is shown by the last
quarterly report made Sept I. This
| bank is backed by such wealthy col
ored men as John Merriuk, R. B. Fitz-
gerald and DR.. A. NJ Moore.
The resources are as follows:
Loans and discounts, S3o,ooI.26; fur
niture and fixtures, SI.437.54; due
from bank and bankers, $2078-8I;
cash items, S4,425.2I; silver coin, in
cluding all minor coin currency,
| S2o7 So; National bank notes and 9TH
er United States notes, $1,000; total,
| iS3oI53.4o.
The liabilities are: Capital stock
paid in, $I5,ooo.oo; undivided profits,
/ less current expenses and taxes paid
S6sso5; time certificates Of deposit,
! $4,000 90; deposits subject to check,
| S2I.Io8.oI; cashiers checks outstand-
| ing. S38o.44; total, $30,I53.4O.
Tohn z. Nail and Henry c. Parker
are progressive real estate agents in
New York City. Their business has
grown to such an extent that they
have been able recently TO open a
} branch office at Montclair, n. j.
where they are selling valuable