The Washington bee., 1911-06-03

constructed. The situation of the or
gan, pulpit, and the arrangement of
the seats was perfect. This is the
church that the elder Duke made
gilt OF $1,000. In the center of the
structure IS large memorial window
OF the elder Duke. Mr.. Merrick is a
strong church man and liberal TO the
cause OF Christianity. He secured his
start IN lite when quite young, and to-
day l am told that he is the second or
richest colOred man in Durham The
contest tor the honor Is between him
and Fitzgerald The latter is the
manufacturer of bricks, and in speak
ing with representative of the Morn
ing Herald, of whom | shall speak
later on, | was informed by him that
the reason Fitzgerald's bricks are
more salable than the white mans
brick, IS they are better brick.
DR.. A. M. Moore, NJ. D., is the
secretary and treasurer of the North
Carolina Mutual Aid Provident Asso-
citation. Mr.. Moore is a matter of
fact kind of a man, and a thorough
race man. He is also interested in
the Durham Textile Mills, Inc, man
y :
speak later on. He is also a business
man and a Christian worker in the
church and Sabbath school. He be- !
lieves in the uplift of the Negro. He |
has two very accomplished daughters
who were graduated from Shaw Uni |
versity this month. Mrs. Moore is |
also good home woman and a ge-
NAL companion.
Mr.. c. c. Spaulding is vice-president |
and general manger of the North |
Carolina Mutual and Provident AssO-
citation Now if you want to see
brains and man of business, you
want to meet Mr.. Spaulding. What |
he doesn't know about insurance is |
not worth knowing. | called at his /
home office on Parrish Street Mon /
day morning, May 22. | found himI
opening his mail and distributing itI
to his several clerks in the several 1
departments for action. / was intro
duced to the employees of the office
and was shown the character of their
work. In this office there are II la
dies and six men, who are up to date
in business. Prof. J. A Dyer, an ex-
pert accountant is a graduate of Will
beTfOTCe and a man of ability
Mr.. ]. L. Wheeler is The assistant |
manager and a graduate of Kittsel
The official stenOgrapher of the |
is Miss S. V. Gitt. Her
work, says Manager Spaulding, is sat
isfactory.
Mr.. John Merrick, Jr., has returned |
from Howard, and he will succeed his
sister, Miss Mabel V. Merrick, who is |
TO marry DR.. w. H. Bruce, of Win |
ston, n. {. There is no insurance |
in the city that has a better
system of bookkeeping.
There are three branches of the |
to wit: 1t has $4,000 in |
vested in North Carolina; $4,000 cash !
bond in South Carolina; $4,000 in At |
lantic City bonds, Georgia, all of |
which branches are under the general |
of Mr. c. c. Spaulding |
This manager has a cool and level J
head who has made the North Caro- !
lima Mutual and Provident Associa- |
ton and its two branch companies, |
the greatest institutions conducted by |
COlored men in the United States. | |
am informed that the weekly income |
IS $5oo,642 per week 1t is by his |
wise and judiciOus management that |
has won the confidence and support
of the people. The recent ruling of
the Insurance Commission will ne
cessitate the company to sell all of !,
its real property and invest its funds |
for the protection of the policyhold- |
ers. | have sent under separate cover
the cuts of the principal offices of the
company, which will give the readers
of The Bee an idea of the character
Of men who are conducting the great
est insurance company in the United !
States. shall now leave this COM
pany for the present and divert my
readers attention for a short time to
The Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company, whose home
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