The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Own Nearly
All Country
IN WHICH MARSHALL, TEXAS IS
SITUATED DO HAItDNORK-
ING NEGROES
Racial Progress
In Evidence in Many Other Commn,-
mites Of the South, One Colorcd
Man IIaying. Over Sixteen Hun
drcd Acres Under Cultivation is
lscpoEt Of Business League.

In Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Ark
ansas and Kansas arc thousands of
| Negroes who own farms which are we'll
stocked and on which they live in COM
fort and cOntentment, just as do their
white neighbOrs. The opportunities
for the black man in farming are
more and better in the South than
anywhere else in, or outside Of this
country.
For instance: Negro farmers own
nearly all the county in which Mar
SHALL Texas, is the couty seat. More
over this county has the reputation Of
being one Of the' most fertile in the
State.
The Galveston News (white) recent
ly had this to say through it's cores
pOndent at Brenham, Texas: miles
| Motley, a colored farmer who owns
a large Brazos River farm near Chapel
| Hill, was ~ Brennan Thursday, and
when asked how many acres he had
in cultivation, modestly replied about
six or seven hundred in corn and one
| At
hardWorking' colored man, and has
made his success in life by hard work
and strict> attention to business"
1 Mr.. Motley besides owning several
/ thousand acres Of land, controls a
steam gin, store, etc, and otherwise
is making good.
AT Mansfield La, DeSoto Parish,
uybn ,,l,
runs a large woodward and is a man
ufacturer Of soft drinks, but also, is
a farmer Cn an extensive scale, own
ing over 900 acres Of fertile land and
is reputed to be worth SITS, 900. ....
, Other colored farmers in the same
neighborhood are Philip Virgins. who
raises an abundance OF corn, potatoes,
cane and cotton on 900 acres and the
Rev. Jack Fuller who is the fortunatG
pOSSessOr Of over 1000 acres Of rich,
bottom land bordering the Red River.
Charles Duplantier, who resides at
Buntville, La, is also very large
planter. He owns about 300 acres,
on which he raises cane by the ton,
cotton by the hundred bales, corn DO
|
bushels. He has scvcnty-five heads Of
stock. a hundred Of hogs Last year
> he furnished the State farm with
meat at $4OO per month.
His home place is worth $35 900
' while his possessions elsewhere will
aggregate $40, 1000, or more.
Df
owns one OF the finest and most COM
Dletc sanitariums that any member Of
the race has in the country 1t COST
over $1,000 and was established in
June, 1908. Over four hundred pa
ticnts have received medical treat
mcnt therein. Some of the most
- skillful operations known to the sur
gica world have been performed in
this. institution by Negro physicians.
1t is the proud boast Of the manage
, ment that ninety-cight per cent Of all
I the operative cases treated there
= have recovered.
DR.. Bluitt has associated with him
{ some Of the very best surgical Negro
- talent in the South
- The appointment Of John NJ. Wright
- to the position Of city treasurer Of To-
; peka, Kansas. is highly gratifying to
= those who know him. There is not a
= better qualified man for the position
in Shawnee county. having served
: twenty years as deputy treasurer.
y. furthermore, Mr. Wright is rongenial
/ and approachablc and enjoys the dis
tinrtion Of having as many good and
substantial friends Of both races as
G any other D,an in the state Of Kansas.
Perhaps there is no other man con-
tributng more towards racial develop
mGnt and opportunity along industrial
lines than X. $. Holloway, the gen
cral contractor and builder. 5S& lIalri-
son street. Kan-aH City. Mo. Mr.. ET0l-
lowaN has been contractor and -,
l worry successful one for many years.
As monuments TO his ability and
- skill. he can point to the handsome
new Graham flats at 172t Highland
? avenue. the splendid fats hc built for
l one. Frank Johnson, al Tenth und
$ Woodland, the Wheeler h"tn, Sixth
and Cherry streets. tho buildings, at
| 5GN and 49, HARRISON. the large store
. , room at Sixth and Bales avenue. an
| elegant residence on 1925 Main and
. many other smaller buildings elsewhere
| in the city,
e., Mr.. Holloway employs Il force Of
t. about twenty men, consisting Of brick.
In NGrG Ct0nG lnaCnnc ,.nr,,cpt,r,.