The Washington bee., 1911-03-11

/ l.. A. WlLES, President.
JAMES H. JONES, Secretary.
CHARLES c. CURTIS,
National Organizer.
NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS
AS Reported by the National Negro
Business League.
The Central Regalia Company, 9Th
| and Plum streets, Cincinnati, Ohio,
established in 1902 by Mr.. JOS. l..
Jones, has grown to be the largest
concern of the kind in America. They
manufacture every sort of regalia now
in use. They also design and create
original styles Twenty persons are
Regularly employed in the factory.
The company has branch offices IN
| Columbia, S. G., New Orleans, La,
and Selma, Ala.
Captain David J. Gilmer, who serv-
ed in the Spanish-American war and
for eight years in the Philippines as
scout in the regular army, returned to
Greensboro. N. C., his home, last fall
and launched out into the real estate
and grocery business.
At the present his stock of procer-
les is valued at from 81, 500 to $4,000
Hhis business is increasing every
month and the results are very graft
flying.
! Sherman, Texas, directory of color
ed men III business comprises, in part,
the following persons groceries:
Messrs. Sherman, Holdmers and
Brown; funeral establishments: Sher-
man; cafe: Messrs CASTOR and Tay-
lor: hotel: c. w. Hume & Son; shoe
maker ]. P. Hamilton; tailoring com
pany: J. K Chime; barber shop and
baths: f. J. Williams and VIM. Mann
contractor cement sidewalk; James
Parker; contractor and builder: G. C..
Taylor and D. Franklin; real estate:
Wade and Sykes.
| Within a few weeks of each other
in the month of August, there will be
two great gatherings in Little Rock,
Ark, each one representing two sep
arate and distinct races; viz, the Con
federate Reunion and the National
Negro business League.
! The two races in Little Rock be-
lieve that the material interests and
welfare of both are mutual and inde-
: pendent, therefore, the Negroes are
contributing TO the entertainment fund
for the Confederate Reunion, and the
white folks are doing likewise for
the entertainment of the National Bus
mess League. Verify, there is some
thing new under the sun.
: The Armstrong Association in Phil
: adelphia is an organization which has
p for its object the aiding of colOred
/ mechanics 10 secure work in the city
= and at the same time encourage them
: to save money and build up a sound
: business of some kind.
= This movement was started because
I out of the $4,000 colored population
- in Philadelphia, there are only a few
- skilled mechanics, relatively speaking
the great majority of laborers are un
skilled.
The promoters Of the association
reasoned wisely that such an unsatis
factory condition presented very un
sound basis. upon which there is lit
tie hope of building a real an
Il Hence this organization.
?, The members pay a small fee 70
d the privileges and advantages he SO
= Ciety guarantees. As an evidence O
= the benefit the Armstrong AssOCia
e ton Is to its members, according t
E its second annual report. the amour
5 of work obtained from new customer
Y by the men through this agency, frOr
a. November IS. 1000 to October I;
n 1910, was: number of jobs, 4O2, aggre
IS eating S2o.8I3.25.
IS The headquarters are 1903 LOmbaT
ID street. B. F Lee, Jr., manager.
S A movement IS on foot to form
m similar association for the women
B. the city.
e, One of the most progressive an
le wideawake Local Negro Rusines
a Leagues in the country IS the one
y Bristol. Tenn.-Va.. of which Robel
Y. T. CLAW is president. This league
m one of the few that has kept in vie
e the object for which it came into bt
u mo viz. the financial and materi;
st advancement of Our people in til
Mt community where such a league
IN formed. Since its origin, the Brist'
st league has very largely stimulate
IT the colored people to build home
IN establish business enterprises of VI
Ill rious kinds. and accumulate prOpert
g. OF whatever description.
Every year the local league has
lcelebration. which tends to increase
Influence and usefulness. At this al
,niversary some of the white as we
las coIored men of prominence are il
a. a vited to be present and speak. Amor
.o the principal speakers at the recei
~ celebration last month were the Re
VIC. H. Johnson, pastor of Lee Sire
q: Baptist Church, and Major
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