The Washington herald., 1915-08-28
Remarkable Progress Shown By :.
Colored Race IN Washington
Negroes Own Approximately $2O0O0O00 Worth Of Prop
ery in This City and Thousands Live in Their Own
Homes-Engage in Every Line of Business Banker
John W. Lewis Gives Some Interesting Information Re-
gardng the Prosperity of the Race.

I people of Washington own real estat,
that figure.
That's a fine showing for the race
financially, isn't it?'
Numerous Professional Men,
The number of colored men in the
various professions, and particularly
| lawyers. doctors, and dentists, has in
creased even more rapidly than the
! rumber of colored men engaged in
/ business" continued Mr.. Lewis. There
are between seventy-five and 100 doc
! tors twenty-five or thirty dentists. and
/ don't know how many lawyers"
Can you give me the names of some
of the leading men in these profess
sions?"
We'll. of course I couldn't think Of
them all of hand, but I'll name a few
anyway, and if overlook any it must
be understood that 1 mean no offense.
Some Of the more prominent physicians
are DR.. A. NJ. Curtis, DR.. Simson 1. Car
son, Dr. John H. Johnston, DR.. Tignor.
DIR. s. S. Thompson, DR.. Michel o. Du-
mas. DR.. Charles H Marshall. DR.. E. D.
Williston. DR.. Phillip Brooks. DR.. w.
A warfield, and many others of ca
pability. DR.. Carson is a surgeon OF
note; DR.. Williston is a specialist and
DR.. warfield is chief surgeon of Freed
mems Hospital The latter physician
is renowned for his skill in abdominal
surgery, and has the honor of having
conceived the plan and raised most Of
the funds for the construction Of Freed
mems Hospital, which cost 100000 and
has no superior in the world as a hos
pital devoted to the care of the col
ored race.
Among the dentists whom 1 per-
sonally know as high-class profession
al men are DR.. E. 6. Evans. DR.. Am
br ose E. Gaskin. DR.. Robert Peyton.
and DR.. John r. Francis. jr. who Is
at the head of the Howard Dental Par
lors.
From many colleges of law came
many talented colored lawyers In the
last twenty years. DR.. Thomas L. Jones
is rated as one of the finest criminal
lawyers we have. Among other brilliant
legal lights as attorneys were once
called in country papers. are A. w.
Scott, Fountain Peyton, E. NJ Hewlett.
W. Calvin Chase, E. P. Moore, and
score Of others. In the courts Of the
District the colored lawyers hold their
own and have distinguished themselves
in many important cases"
Fourth Estate Represented.
You must not forget your own pro-
fession-that of the fourth estate" Mr..
Lewis continued, for the colored peo-
pie in Washington have two excellent
papers managed and edited by colored
men who are clever and brilliant writers.
There is The Bee of which w. CAL
vim Chase is editor and publisher. and
The Washington Eagle the editor and
publisher of which is J. Finley Wilson
These papers thoroughly cover all the
and are widely read. Both are weekly
papers. and / wouldn't be surprised il
a daily paper devoted to the colored
race were to make its appearance some
time in the future"
How largely have the colored people
gone into business for themselves and
how many colored merchants cater to
their race alone?"
There are about twenty such mer-
chants, the majority Of whom are con-
nected with tine market Wares de-
partment store on Fourteenth street.
Hollands haberdashery on Seventh
street, and Fosters dye works on
Eleventh street, are among the largest