The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
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Record OF Social
Uphl II and b Economics
{Fhsotli tho October Crisis.)

i. - {F1ptiii the October Crisis.)
! An Invention which promises to
revise the signal system on various
railroads OF the land has Just been
patented hy Percy Clay AMI George
Washington, two :colored men Of New
,Orleansi : =. ~ .-. ',.. =
/ ;tAmop9 the guards On John D.
Rockefeller1s estate are. eighteen
armed colored men ~.
=! A permit has been Issued in Jack
sonyille, Fla, for the erection Of a
fye+story masonic building at the
corner of Broad and DIVA, streets.
! Che bull ding...Will:@ cost $4,000 and
wifi contain a bank, business off,
ces and ledge rooms. -, !, r..
In Providence, r. L., coo 'colored
women. sold tags throughout the lay
in order to pay an indebtedness OF
$4,000 on the Watchman industrial
School =, There was a station In
each OF the departing nt stores and
tbs young women also worked on the
streets. 49, .'.
-, -. Plans for a 100000 Y. M. G. 4
to be- erected in: Atlanta, Z, Ga .,,~ are
well On athe 'wRS hsxPhereawYl4( be Ne
.eeption rooms, lecture rooms, kitch-
EN- and dining rooms, baths and
sWimn ing pool; two floors will be
used FOR doraltories: separate boys
: departments will be mania ned
The building will: be seven st,cics
high. l>". T.. :
Is" Strenuous effort IS being n,aue in
st: louis by both colored aud white
r :.sn TO Essen the friction between
the races due to the expanding Ne.
gro population and the demand for
Lei ter u H. es = The emrsit.}fees fft,r
,oeial se:rNice' among colored r..,pla,
!; organized in 1910, devotes itself on.
.Hreiy 70 social and industrial probss
ems affecting colored people, the
''periai object being to remove dig
arilniaatiot 8 on acconntnns Gonr In
the work Of ptf6lf:, and nrivatt ag ~
cifs Tor s*'cial bettermIM.. The
'"M:r; J:re 'is in no way 5 ,toT"ag 20
tBor+.a y ~ en- for the ""atc prov
lGm, ;otasr't an by securing for col
Rreda, 'eople, abe same folea for re-
Az I"Inp!HfmGnt, medical, care. re
reaH6p. ;fhsCHtton etc, as exist far
the rest Of tie. community.
III -,,ns the last year It's c,.a nit
tee has been !nst:ucting inirty-nine
'a:oDic in methods Of so"ial' service.
Jas secured admission os colorcd or.
ganizati ons to the new delegate body,
the Central Council Of Social Agen-
cies, has arranged general confer
ence to- discuss the social problems
Of colorod people. State provision
for. the care OF deliquent colored
Girls has been advocated. ara a start
I com g. s ed; s. 7;
both white and Negro members from,
the social seryice conference and the
committee for social service among
Negroes t'as been formed to study the
question. OF housiag Negroes in. st.
ltoris. - -. -.
The fret step will be the construc.
ton Of = map showing the location
Of the Negro population and = the
movement of population in the last
ten years. An inquiry will be in
stituted into housing conditions, in
comparison OF rents and
locations. .
At the same time the committee
will make o countrywide investfga-
ton Of aggregation and friction be-
tween the. races, particularly in the
border-line cities, including Wash
ington, Baltimore, Louisville, Pitts ,
burgh, indianapolis, New York, |
Chicago and Kansas city. This will
form the basis for g. statement Of
the facts for and against segregation, !
which Will be published by the COM
nittse. 7.'''
The "2mmittee will act as board
OF arbitration in specific cases of
friction and attempt to prevent fraud
and mfsusa Of Negroes and whites in
teal-estat,, transactions.
A modern hospital for colored
people IL being planned in Knox
Vile, Tom,