The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-12-05

NOTES ON NEGRO PROGRESS.
As Furnished by the National Negro
Business League.
Emmett ]. Scott, sec'y, Tuskegee, Ala.
Tim e. Owsley, proprietor Of the
Crown Garden Theatre at Indianapo-
lis. is doing q business which justifies
a weekly pay roll Of $500 for help and
talent.
Buckner and Brent, colored men,
conduct what is acknowledged to be
one of the very best grocery stores in
Hopkinsville, KY. and have large
white patronage.
L. s. Williams, one Of st. Louis
successful colored undertakers, has
recently branched out in the monu.
ment business and in addition to fur.
nishing funeral service can now sup
ply patrons with grave stones from
the simple kind to the costly marble
or granite monument, all made IN his
establishment.
One of the largest and most sue
cessful printing establishments con-
Quoted by a colored man is the one
owned and conducted by c. X. Rob
inson at st. Louis, Mo. g.. 80.
The Home Protective Association,
an insurance company with head
quarters in Hannibal, Mo-, organized
and operated by colored men, Is doing
an excellent business throughout the
entire state of Missouri.
"The Silver Grill' is the name OF a
large and finely equipped cafe re-
Gently established in st. Louis for
high-grade colored patronage. The
fact that its business Is excellent
shows that colored people appreciate
high-class service when given by a
J colored man.
Madam Walker Of Indianapolis, the
hair culturist, recently sailed for
Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti to intro
duce her hair preparation. Madam
Walker will spend the winter in these
countries.
Mitchell Fountain Ink Eraser Com
pany Is a new concern launched by
g. w. Mitchell, Negro of Chicago.
Mr.. Mitchell has invented a new fluid
which quickly grasses ink, and which
is used in fountain similar to the
ordinary fountain pen. Heretofore
ink erasing preparations consisted of
two fluids which had to be applied
separately. The Mitchell invention
revolutionizes erasing fluids. He has
capitalized his company at $4,000.
One big white firm offered him $685.
600 for his patent but he declined it.
The Acme Steam Laundry, col
ored enterprise at st. Louis, employs
forty men and women, all colored
The plant is equipped with all the
latest laundry machinery, and is do
ing fine business. In addition to
its colored patronage 1t enjoys large
white patronage.
w. G. Gordon, the pioneer under
taker at st. Louis, did a $4,000 bust.
ness last year, that is, his receipts
amounted to that much. His real es-
tate operations also netted him hand
somely. Mr. Gordon is rated the most
successful and wealthiest Negro in
st. Louis. Starting some seventeen
years ago with capital Of not more
than $500, by attention to his bust
ness and honest dealing, he has now
reached a point where the earnings
from HIS business and investments
amount to $4,000 per annum.
The fine three-story U. B. +. build.
ing at Hannibal, Mo-, has reduced its
Indebtedness down to $1,000. The
lower floor is occupied by a we'll
stocked grocery and an up-to-date
pharmacy, both colored enterprises.
Elias Ryan, colored tile contrac-
tor Of Lexington, KY, does the largest
volume Of business in his line in that
city, getting practically all the large
contracts both for laying tile and
setting cabinet mantels.
The National Jacket Company,
which manufactures white duck jack
cts, trousers, butchers frccks and
Mattresses aprons, is Negro enter
prise that Is doing a splendid bust
ness, employing number Of young
colored men and women. The COM
pany Is located at Indianapolis and
Martin Brothers are the proprietors.
Poro College. Of st. Louis, a school
for teaching hair culture and manu-
featuring hair preparations, occupies
a magnificent large stone building in
one of the most desirable parts OF
the city. An expert going over the
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