The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-08
LITTLE STORIES OF SUCCESS.
NO. ROBERTS THE BAKER

Have you ever been to Boley? II
you have not, you have of course
heard of this prosperous town out in
Oklahoma. 1t has some three thou
sand inhabitants, all Negroes. This
IS an up-tO-date town; it has banks,
nrst-class dry goods stores, drug
stores, groceries, cotton gins, steam
laundries, bottling works, paved side
walks, electric lights and a telephine
system. 1t is on the main line of a
railroad. The ticket agent, telegraph
operator and other persons connected
with the business of the railroad in
Boley are colored.
1t has often been said that no
considerable number of Negroes could
live together without disorder, strife
and lawlessneSs. Boley is the refu-
tation of this SANDER 1t is the uni
Versal testimony of the white travel
ing statesmen that Boley is one of
the most orderly towns in Oklahoma.
, In fact the constable and police Off
GERS of the town are almost needless.
One of the reasons why Boley is
such an orderly, prosperous town is
: because of the high character Of the
) people who have settled there.
Caughey W. Roberts, the subject of
this sketch, is a fine example of the
class of people who are making Boley
famous and demonstrating to the
q world that Negroes can build up
prosperous and orderly community.
Roberts runs the leading bakery in
. the town. He is up to date in the
conducting of his business and is one
; of the most progressive business men
in that progressive town. The net
j. profits from his business amount to
from $1,000 to $1,000 annually. In
D addition to doing what he can to
r make his business a success he is also
actively engaged in church and Sun
. day-school work and in other acti-
vities which make for the moral up
3 lift of the community.
y Roberts attributes mucn or his sue
:. cess to the hustling spirit OF work
d and of thoroughness which he &C
I quired while a student at Tuskege
" Institute. In doing what we can for
II the general improvement of the COM
~ munity he says he Is only carrying
a out the "Tuskegee Idea" His home
n was OIlSlHdlly III NdluOSld3 Ou, Du'
- after his graduation in 1906, he fol
;, lowed Horace Greeley's advice, and
y went West to grow up with the coun
= try.
A. Although he has been In business
but a few years he has accumulated
10 considerable property in Boley, Taft
Clearview and other Oklahoma towns
IS The success of Roberts in the bakery
business is an example of what car
ct be done along this line in all part
st of the South. In this field Negroe
er have an opportunity much create
than that they had in the field o
Ia catering twenty to fifty years ago II
n. Northern cities. AS long as Their
k. are people in the world just so lon
III must they be fed There will Away
ct be a demand for bakeries. In tn
or South in the next few years there
or going to be a greater demand tina
n ever for them. Here is the oppol
tunity for him who will take advaI
cd tage of it.
ks Caughey W. Roberts success /
m the bakery business also demonstrate
ire the value of learning one of the man
or trades which are taught at Tuskege
ha Institute. If he had not learned
trade he might now, instead OF ha'
ing business netting $1,000 to $3.50
~ per year, be a day laborer, earnin
M only three or four hundred dollars
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