The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-04

enth Annual Conference of Weights
which took place recently at the Ho-
tel Raleigh, Washington, d. G..
The Atlas Electric Company Of Mont
gomery, Alabama, enjoys a large pat
ronage from both white and colored
in the city. The firm is composed of
young men, George Cromwell, a re-
cent graduate of Tuskegee Institute,
Alphonso Johnson, ex-student of the
same school, and l.. A. Gilmer.
Another recent financial institution
added to the fifty odd banks already
in successful operation among the Ne
groes of this country is the Lincoln
State Savings Bank, corner of 31st
and State streets, Chicago, III. l.
flung open its doors for business the
morning of May 9Th under very favor
Perhaps the largest drug store own
ed by colored men in the United
States is the one in Chattanooga, Ten
nessee, the proprietors Of which are
Messrs. Allen and Wickliffe. They
are engaged in a wholesale as we'll as
retail business, operating upon
capital Of about 100000. The drug
store is located in The James Build
ing worth about ST., 900 and owned by
a colored man Of that name.
Mr.. Nj. G.. Bird emigrated to Law
renee, Kansas, from North Carolina
about twenty years ago. Being tan
ner by trade, he continued that call
ing in his adopted home. His bus
creased that he, perhaps, now is the
owner of the largest robe and rug tan
merry in the West. The establishment
and equipment are, worth fully $2O,-
900. Mr.. Bird does some of the finest
and coStliest work of the kind in his
line Of business.
Two young men born in Texas but
bred in California, have invented an
electric device for controlling traffic
in contested districts. The invention
looks like a four-sided semaphore. 1t
is electrically operated and obviates
the necessity of the crossing police
man standing in the middle of the
street. Instead, he may stand on any
one Of the corners and by pressing
button, sound signal and change the
signs. The inventors are c.. R. Bailey
and w. o. Warren.
G. w. Franklin, 610 Chestnut Street.
Chattanooga, president of the Nation
|al Funeral Directors Association, the
first Of the group to be affiliated with
the National Negro Business League,
is one of the most successful under
takers in the country. He has an am
pie outfit Of every equipment neces-
sary in his line. his hearses num-
bering three, landaus and other We
hicles fifteen, and ten or twelve head
of horses, etc, and is estimated to be
worth at least $4,000. In addition I'd
| his undertaking establishment, Mr.
| Franklin owns valuable city property
and two farms, aggregating 100000.
Henry Johnson, prosperous farm
or Of Carroll County, Tennessee, has
succe ssfully demonstrated what thrift
and constant attention to work will
do for any member of the race. He
is the proud owner Of LOO acres o.
fertile land, which he has divided intt
seventeen farms and cultivated by hi!
tenants whose chief crop is cotton. Mr.
johnson frequently has in operation
at one time thirty-four plows on hi
land. He has his own blacksmith
shop, hay-balers, feed-crushers AM
sorghum mills. Men of Mr. John
sons type are always in a position t.
command the respect and recognition
Of their ncighbors, both white and col
7 Orcd.
The Admission, Alabama, Buggy an
Whgon Company, proprietors Messrs