The Twin City star., 1914-03-06

boro he Is considering establishing a
chain Of drug stores, buying his stock
In carload lots, and thus be in posi-.
tion to meet any competition in selling
prices.
The ,Afro-American Investment and
Employment Company, Of Kansas City
Missouri, is one Of the really big bust
ness institutions in that city. F. J.
Weaver is manager, and the dominant
factor in it. The company has a paid
up capital Of $4,000. and is doing q
splendid business. Mr.. Weaver is re-
garded as one Of the most progressive
men Of his race In the West.
J. e. Earle & Company, a boot and
shoe repairing establishment doing
business at 202 North Illinois Street.
and 201 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis
is business managed and controlled
by colored men that is doing a fine
business. In addition to repairing
shoes, the firm also manufactures and
repairs harness. ... ...-. .-,..
M. G. Whitlor, colored man in St
Louis, has demonstrated that one OF
his race can make good in the pack
ing, expressing and storage business
He Is conducting large and paying
business at $500 North Taylor Avenue
st. Louis.
Washington, D. c., Is an inviting
place for some colored shoemaker and
repairer to establish a quick shoe re-
pairing shop equipped with the latest
shoe repairing machinery. An exper.
fenced man In this business will reap
harvest there. Italians now control
the work among colored people there.
The Pythian Temple, at Evansville,
Indiana, has been completed, and is
not only a credit to the order and to
I the race, but 1t is a credit to the city
in which 1t Is located. The building,
a three-story one, is located in the
heart Of the city, is substantially built
and finely appointed and equipped.
The Piedmont Cafe at Meridian,
Mississippi, is one Of the largest, If
not the very largest, restaurants in
Meridian. 1t is owned and operated
by John s. Beale, a colorad man. The
cafe is a two-story, up-to-date estab-
lishment, the proprietor owning both
the business and the building in which
it is located.
The last statement issued by the
Beneficial Life Insurance Company, of
Indianola, Mississippi, of which DR.. w.
A. Attaway is president, shows that it
is in most nourishing condition. The
assets Of the company amount to $751;
939.52 divided as follows: First Mort
gage Loans on Real Estate, $35,S50. 90;
Cash in bank and Home Office, $18,-
71097; Premium Notes and Loans,
$3,37S.55.
The Woodman Of Union, fraternal
Insurance society in Mississippi, Of
which L. J. Winston Is Supreme Presi-
dent, and w. N. Cox Is Supreme
Treasurer, according to the State In
surance Commissioner of that States
last published statement, has 6,S74
policies in force, amounting to $685.
$4,000. The society has paid out, in
beneficiaries in endowment alone,
$121, ,86105. The order is but nine
years old.
At the close of the days business,
December 18th, last, the Delta Penny
Savings Bank at Indianola, Missis-
sippi, had in resources $155,250.45,
divided as follows: Loans, Discounts,
etc., $S9,9S3.36; Overdrafts secured,
$3,690.81; Banking House, $4,000;
Furniture and Fixtures, $3,35O.0O;
Sight Exchange, $43,927.75; Other
Real Estate, $1,000. And this great
showing by colored bank is made in
town where President Roosevelt
closed up post office for two years
because its patrons refused to accept
mail from colored postmistress, and
the husband of that postmistress, W.
N. Cox, is the cashier and largest
stockholder in the bank, and the man
most largely responsible for it's sue.
cess. This is but one Of the few evi.
dences of Negro successes in Missis-
sippi and the change for better con.
ditions. Many of the large white bust
ness houses are depositors in this
bank.
Anderson Tucker & Co., Bankers, is
the style Of new business, capital
lied and manned by colored men,
ushered In with the new year at Jack
sonville, Florida. Charles H. Ander-
son, treasurer of the National Negro
Business League, and Benjamin e.
Tucker are the leading spirits in the
new colored banking firm. The new
bank Is located at 402 Broad Street,
Jacksonville, in the Masonic Temple.
The bank begins business under the
most auspicious circumstances, and
those connected with It are men Of
splendid financial standing and who
have the confidence Of their race, and
the white business people as well.