The Twin City star., 1914-03-06
NOTES ON NEGRO PROGRESS
Furnished by the National Negro
Business League.

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At the recent annual meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Prudential
Savings Bank, at Birmingham, Ala.
DR.. q. g. Mason was elected president
and w. w. Hadnot cashier. The ii.
nancial condition Of the bank was 80
excellent that large block Of unsold
stock was quickly taken. The Pruden.
tial is one of the most conservatiyely
conducted Negro banks in the country
There Is a big revival Of interest In
the Kansas City Local League, and
seventy-five new members is the re-
suit. F.J.Weaver, the president. large
ly attribute the increased membership
and increased interest to the recent
visit of the National Organizer.
A new colored theatre has been
opened in Washington, D. c., It being
the Majestic, at the corner Of Ninth
and Pennsylvania Avenue. It Is under
the management Of Frank Brown, a
colored man. This gives Washington
two large modern vaudeville theatres
operated by and for colored people.
Vernon, Oklahoma, is the latest ex
clusively colored town In Oklahoma
It has population Of more than three
hundred, and is growing rapidly. The
town is named after DR.. w. T. Vernon
former Register Of the Treasury, but
now president Of Campbell College at
Jackson, Mississippi.
One Of the most successful groceries
in Canton, Mississippi, whether con,
Quoted by white or colored, is the
Anderson grocery, conducted by col,
ored man, and located In the very
heart of the business district of the
town.
w. 8. Madden conducts one Of the
most up-to-date merchant tailoring
establishments to be found in Boley,
Oklahoma, and w. E. Clarke, at Little
Rock, Ark, has also demonstrated that
colored man can be successful in the
tailoring business when he gives serv-
ice, style and quality.
r. d. Taborn conducts the only dry
goods and notion store in Tulsa. Okla,
owned by a colored man. Mr.. Taborn
is former Tuskegee student, and has
introduced the Tuskegee spirit in Tul-
sa.
G. Gage Young, colored mechanical
engineer, is in charge Of the intricate
and extensive electrical plant of the
Fort Smith, Ark, post office. He is
also custodian Of the building.
The Metropolitan Mutual Benefit
Association at Newark, N. j., Of which
H. w. Barrett is president and general
manager, is doing a very excellent
business, and paying claims promptly.
One of the largest garages In Tulsa,
Okla, is the East End Garage, owned
and conducted by J. w. Williams, a
colored man. Mr.. Williams wife con-
ducts large and successful delicates-
SAINT and fruit stand, and from the
profits she has made out Of the bust
ness she has erected a three-story
brick business block, which is yielding
her fine revenue. Mrs. Williams is
regarded as one Of the most progress
sive colored business women in the
Southwest.
J. Finley Wilson, formerly connect
ed with The Baltimore, Nd, Times
as managing editor, is now in charge
of the advertising department of The
Advocate-Verdict at Harrisburg, Pa.
Rochelle I. Smith wro recently eI-
gagged in the transfer, packing anli
storing business at Louisville, KY, il,
making such great success that he
has, in a short time, outgrown his
quarters. Prior to engaging in the
business for himself, he was a member
Of the firm Of Guy w. Smith and Sons.
Freeman L. Martin, Of Tulsa, Okla,
president of the Oklahoma State Col
ored Bar Association, is taking steps
to make the meeting of the National
Bar Association In Muskogee, at the
time of the meeting. Of the .ational
Negro Business League q very great
success.
A colored school teacher, Mr.. John-
son, of near Guthrie, Okla, recently
refused an offer of 100000 for a piece
Of land that did not cost him one-tenth
Of that amount. An oil we'll has been
sunk on his land which yields him q
royalty Of $50 per day.
Mrs. Ida A. Walker, president of
the Missouri State Federation of Col
ored Women's Clubs, is just as active
In fostering the commercial interest
Of her race in st. Joseph, her home,
as she is in expanding the zone OF
usefulness of the Federation.
p. G. Copelain, a colored man. is the
leading character in vicksburg, Mis-
sissippi. The Copelain Cafe, of which
he is proprietor, is one of the most
successful businesses Of its kind In thS
city made famous by Grants seige. Y
w. M. Douglass, colored man, has