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INDUSTRY dealer, r e c e n t l y s o l d a t $25,000 e a c h , e i g h t

THE h i g h e s t p a i d colored c i t y era­
ployee a t C l e v e l a n d , O h i o , is D r . J .
T . S y k e s w h o receives $3,300 p e r y e a r as
D i s t r i c t P h y s i c i a n ; there are inspectors i n
the garbage department, bookkeepers,
weight masters, bathhouse superintendents,
street f o r e m e n a n d 27 m e n on the police
force a t s a l a r i e s of $2,000 p e r y e a r ; 30 m e n
a n d w o m e n f o r e m e n a n d c l e r k s at $1,500
p e r y e a r ; a n d 200 g a r b a g e c a r t d r i v e r s at
$5.50 p e r d a y .
G The Ideal Progressive Laundry
Corporation has been chartered as a $100,000 col­
ored e n t e r p r i s e at P i t t s b u r g h , P a . , to do a
general laundry, cleaning and pressing busi­
ness. The promoters are C. E . Thomas,
president; M a r k K i n g , secretary; and D r .
J . F . Jackson, treasurer.
C B o b L i n d s e y , a N e g r o , has r e a l i z e d on
$15,000 w o r t h of cotton a t G a d s d e n , A l a .
G At Superior, Wis., Mrs. Hallie R.
Salters, colored, is manager of the Western
U n i o n T e l e g r a p h Office; she w a s p r e v i o u s l y
a telephone o p e r a t o r a t M i n n e a p o l i s . M r .
G o i n s , a N e g r o at S t . P a u l , i s a n o p e r a t o r
i n the P o s t a l T e l e g r a p h C a b l e Office.
C The W a g e E a r n e r s ' Savings B a n k at
S a v a n n a h , G a . , h a s resources o f $1,036,000.
G H a r r y M . Legg, a Negro, f o r m e r l y of
B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . , is o p e r a t i n g a w h o l e s a l e
and r e t a i l grocery business at Seattle.
W a s h . , v a l u e d at $65,000. H e e m p l o y s 27
c l e r k s , w i t h W . H . B a n k s , also f o r m e r l y
of B i r m i n g h a m , as m a n a g e r .
G H i n t o n D . A l e x a n d e r , a colored m a i l c a r ­
r i e r at C h a t t a n o o g a , T e n n . , has been r e ­
t i r e d a f t e r 38 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e .
G The Parris Import and Export
Corporation, capitalized at $200,000, has been es­
tablished at N e w p o r t N e w s , V a . , b y Negroes
f o r the i m p o r t o f t r o p i c a l p r o d u c t s p r i n c i ­
pally from Africa and the export of
American products. Mr. O. Z. Parris is presi­
ELIJAH McCOY T H E L A T E E D W A R D SEABROOK dent of the c o m p a n y .
T H E L A T E SENATOR DUNBAR CT F i t z h e r b e r t H o w e l l , a colored r e a l estate
THE L A T E R. W. THOMPSON T H E L A T E DR. SHEPPERD
five-story houses i n W e s t 1 3 5 t h S t r e e t , N e w
Y o r k C i t y , to c o l o r e d b u y e r s .
G T w o h u n d r e d c o l o r e d c l e r k s w e r e ap­
pointed recently in the Bureau of the
Census at Washington. The salary is $960 per
y e a r p l u s $240 b o n u s .
C The T h r i f t C o m m e r c i a l C o m p a n y has
been o r g a n i z e d a t W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , to
conduct a c h a i n g r o c e r y b u s i n e s s . Negroes
i n the D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a s p e n d $18,250,­
000 a n n u a l l y , or $50,000 p e r d a y , f o r g r o c e r ­
ies, etc.
G R. W . W e s t b u r y , a colored cotton dealer
at C o l u m b i a , S. C , h a s p r o f i t s o f $100 p e r
d a y ; J . C . S a w y e r h a s a n i n c o m e f r o m cot­
t o n a v e r a g i n g $40,000 p e r y e a r .
G A t the W e b s t e r W i t t e r F a r m , B e e v i l l e ,
T e x . , a c o l o r e d w o m a n 60 y e a r s o f age,
N o u m a n n b y n a m e , p i c k s 430 p o u n d s of cot­
t o n d a i l y , or o n e - t h i r d of a b a l e . A t the
r a t e o f $1.50 p e r h u n d r e d p o u n d s , h e r w a g e
is $6.50 p e r d a y .
d Albemarle Bank has been opened by
Negroes at Elizabeth City, N. C, with a paid
in c a p i t a l o f $25,000. D r . E . L . Boffler i s
president.
C D r . L e o n i d a s C r o g m a n of A t l a n t a , G a . ,
has s a i l e d f o r B r a z i l , w i t h o t h e r c o l o r e d m e n
f r o m the S o u t h , f o r the p u r p o s e o f estab­
lishing business relations with South
America.
G T e n N e g r o businesses w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s
i n A t l a n t a a r e i n c o r p o r a t e d u n d e r the l a w s
of G e o r g i a , w i t h c a p i t a l s t o c k a n d assets
of at l e a s t $100,000 e a c h ; w i t h s m a l l e r c o r ­
p o r a t i o n s o p e r a t i n g o u t o f A t l a n t a , t h e to­
t a l c a p i t a l i z a t i o n is n e a r l y $3,000,000.
C The Delsarte F i l m Corporation, capital­
ized a t $100,000, h a s been o r g a n i z e d b y
Negroes i n N e w Y o r k , w i t h F . H a r r i s o n
Hough, president; J o h n S. B r o w n , J r . ,
secretary-treasurer; and Clarence E . Muse,
director-general. A m o n g the p l a y e r s a r e
Inez C l o u g h , S u s i e S u t t o n - B r o w n a n d S p a h r
Dickey. A p a r t y of 12 p l a y e r s w i l l s a i l

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