The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS
AS Reported by the National negro
Business League.

are well stocked and on which they
i;,,a IN comfort and cOntentment, just
&C do their white neighbors. The op-
oortunities for the black man in farm
ING 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 of which Mar
shall, Texas, is the county seat
Moreover this county has the reputa-
ton of being one of the most fertile
in the State.
The Galveston News (white) re-
Gently mad this to say through its
correspondent at Brennan, Texas
miles Motley, a colored farmer who
owns a large Brazos River farm near
Chapel Hill, was in Brennan Thurs
day, and when asked how many acres
he had in cultivation, mOdestly re
piled, about six or seven hundred IN
corn and one thousand in cotton.
Miles is a frugal hardwOrkIng colored
man, and has made his success IN
life by hard work and strict attention
to business"
Mr.. Motley, besides owning several
thousand acres of land, controls. d
steam gin, store, etc, and otherwise
IS making good.
At Mansfield, La, DeSOto PaTlsh,
lives Mr.. J. T. Henderson, who not
only runs a large woodward and Is
a manufacturer of soft drinks, but
: also, is a farmer on an extensive
scale. owning over 600 acres OF fertile
land and is reputed to be worth at
least SI75,OOO.
Other colored farmers in the same
neiphbOrhood are Philip Wiggins,
who raises an abundance of corn, pO-
tatOes, cane and cotton on 300 acres,
and the Rev. Jack Fuller, who is the
fortunate pOssessOr OF over 1000 acres
of rich. bottom land bordering the
Red River.
Mr. Charles Duplantier, who re
siues at Buntville, La, is also very
large planter. He owns about $500
acres, on which he raises cane by the
ton, cotton by the hundred bales,
corn, potatoes and peas by the thou
sands of bushels He has seventy-five
head of stock, a hundred of hogs.
Last year he furnished the State farm
with meat at $500 per month.
His home place IS worth $4,000,
while his possessions elsewhere VIII
aggregate $4,000 or more.
DR.. B. R. B1uitt of Dallas, Texas,
owns one of the finest and most COM
plete sanitariums that any member
Of the race has in the country. 1t
cost over SI2oOO, and was establish
ed in June, 1905 Over four hundred
patients have received medical treat
ment therein. Some of the most skill
F,-1 t-v7orr-r, 3, fl1a
world have been performed in this in
stitution by Negro physicians.
1t IS the proud boast of the man
agement that ninety-eight per cent Of
all the operative cases treated there,
have recovered.
DR.. Bluitt has associated with him
some of the very best surgical Negro
talent in tn South
The appointment of Mr.. John NJ.
Wright to the position Of city treasu-
rer of Topeka, Kansas, is highly graf
flying to those who know him. There
is not a better qualified man for the
position in Shawnee County, having
served twenty years as deputy county
treasurer. Furthermore, Mr. Wright
is congenial and approaChable, and
enjoys the distinction of having as
many good and substantial friends
of both races as any other man in
the State Of Kansas.
Perhaps there is no other man con-
tributing more towards racial develop
ment and opportunity along indus
trial lines than Mr. R S, Holloway,
the general contractor and builder,
5S3 Harrison Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Mr.. Holloway has been a contractor
and a very successful one for many
years.
As monuments to his ability and
skill he can point to the handsome
new Grisham flats at 1924 Highland
Avenue. the splendid fits he built for
one, Mr. Frank Johnson, at Tenth
and Woodland, the Wheeler flats,
Sixth and Cherry Streets, the build
ings at sos and 583 Harrison, the
large store room at Sixth and Bales |
Avenue, an elegant residence on 3825
Main and many other similar build ,
ings elsewhere in the city.
Mr. Holloway employs 2 force OF |
about twenty men, consisting OF brick |
LAYERS, stone masOns, carpenters, hOd- |
carriers and common labOrers, max |
ing his weekly pay roll average about
$3.50.
Wichita, Kansas. has a large col (
ored population, who are seemingly in
well-to-do condition. Many are en-
gagged in the different kinds of bust
ness pursuits, and a very large num-
Der own their own homes, which in
many instances are quite beautiful.
Some of the prosperous members
OF the race here are Mr.. Thomas
Glover, Seventh and Market Streets, |
who is estimated to be worth about
S8,ooo Besides his home place, he
owns three other valuable residences |
and a $500 automobile. His son is |
head bookkeeper in the National
Bank: the Rev. J. H. Vanburen, who
not only has some valuable city prop
erty, but also owns two or three farms
worth about $4,000; Mr.. L. France.
who is said to own some OF the tnest
farm land in Sedgewick county, about
600 acres, valued at $4,000 per acre.
Then there is Mr.. w II. Jones, whose
holdings in city realty amount to at
1aaet So 600 while Can't n Clark |