OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM
(illustrated)
Sixteenth Convention
OF THE
NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, President
CONVENTION HALL
Corner St. Botolph and Garrison Streets, Boston
AUGUST 18th. 19TH. 20TH, 1915
With a Brief History of Negro Business and Professional Men of Boston
from 1846 to 1915, and other fadts of the Race
Published by the Boston Negro Business League No. I, 121 Kendall Street, Boston, Mass
PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM
(ILLUSTRATED)
Sixteenth Convention
OF THE
NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, President
CONVENTION HALL
Corner St. Botolph and Garrison Streets, Boston
AUGUST 18TH, 19TH, 20TH, 1915
With a Brief History of Negro Business and Professional Men of Boston
from 1846 to 1915, and other facSs of the Race
Published by the Boston Negro Business League No. I, 121 Kendall Street, Boston, Mass.
PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Copyright 1915, by
BOSTON NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE NO. 1
The Contents of this Book is fully protected by Copyright.
Any infringement thereof wiil be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law.
A. W. LAVALLE, Printer
973 Tremont Street
Boston, Mass.
DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
President National Negro Business League
EMMETT J. SCOTT
Secretary National Negro Business League
HON. J. C. NAPIER
Chairman Executive Committee N. N. B. L.
PHILIP J. ALLSTON
4th Vice President N. N. B. L.
DR. W. ALEXANDER JOHNSON
President of Boston League
JANES H. MADISON
Vice President Boston League
DR. W. ALEXANDER COX
Secretary Boston League
WILLIAM C. LOVETT
Treasurer Boston League
JACOB W. POWELL
Chairman Publicity Committee
DANIEL F. HALL
Chairman Pennant Committe
j. HENDERSON ALLSTON
Chairman Entertainment Committee
D. M. RIDDICK
Chairman Finance Committee
J. MILTON ARBUCKLE ^
Chairman Souvenir Program Committee
WILLIAM H. BRIGHT
Chairman Miusc Committee
JESSE H. HARRIS
Chairman Fraternal Organizations Committee
National Negro Business League
16th Annual Convention
BOSTON ATTRACTIONS
Wednesday, August 18
(Opening Session) Convention Hall, Garrison and St, Botolph Streets.
10 A. M. "WELCOME TO BOSTON," His Honor, James E. Curley, Mayor,
followed by Responses and GENERAL BUSINESS FEATURES (practical addresses and
discussion by live men and women on live topics.)
•8 P. M. SYMPHONY HALL, cor. Huntington and Mass. Avenues. "WELCOME
TO MASSACHUSETTS," His Excellency, David I. Walsh, Governor. ANNUAL ADDRESS
Of Booker T. Washington, President National Negro Business League. Chorus of
$ixty (60) Voices from Combined Church Choirs (J. Sherman Jones, Diredtor;
Mrs. Lida Thomas Bright, Organist). CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE S VIOLIN
QUARTETTE will render selections.
Thursday, August 19
10 A. M. Continued Business Addresses, Papers and Discussions.
2.30 P. M. TO 5. Trolley Trip to Historic Points in and about Boston
(including Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill).
5 TO 7 P. M. Reception by Citizens to Delegates and their ladies, at
the Unity Social Club, 228 West Canton Street.
8 P. M. Continued Business Session.
9.30 Reception by the Cambridge Negro Business League (B. H. Poucher,
President) at the State Armory in Cambridge, ju& across the Harvard Bridge.
Address of Welcome to Cambridge, by His Honor, Timothy Good, Mayor.
Friday, August 20
10 A. M. Closing Business Session. Reports of Committees, etc.
3 P. M. Tour through Filene's Great Department Store, cor. Washington
and Summer Streets.
8 P. M. TO 3 A. M. Mammoth Reception and Banquet in Convention
Hall, Garrison and St. Botolph Streets, tendered to Visiting Delegates and Friends
from far and near. Everybody Welcome. MUSIC, TOY'S ORCHESTRA. CATERER,
JAMES H. MADISON.
ftW The supreme climax and social demonstration of the National Negro
Business League Convention August 18, 19 and 20 in Boston, will be the'mammoth
.Reception and Banquet at Convention Hall, Friday Night, August 20, tendered
to the delegates and ladies by Boston Negro Business League No. 1.
As all roads led to Rome in the ancient time, so all other social and busi¬
ness features of the Sixteenth Annual Convention will simply lead up to Friday
Night's Reception and Banquet in Convention Hall, Boston. Everybody welcome.
Saturday, August 21
9.30 A. M. Delightful Trip down Bostons Famous Harbor on the palatial
steamer of the City of Boston.
The National Negro Business League
OBJECT:
TO PROMOTE THE COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
OFFICERS
Booker T. Washington, President
Carhles Banks, First Vice-President
J. E. Bush, Second Vice-President
John M. Wright, Third Vice-President
Philip J. Allrfton, Fourth Vice-President
Chas. H. Brooks, Fifth Vice-Pres:den
Emmett J. Scott, Secretary
Charles H. Anderson, Treasurer
F. H. Gilbert, Registrar
R. C. Houston, Assistant Registrar
William H. Davis, Official Stenographer
AND FINANCIAL
NEGRO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
J. C. Napier, Chairman
S. E. Courtney, M. D.
W. T. Andrews
J. R. Bell
J. C. Jackson
R. E. Jones
Scipio A. Jones
T. H. Hayes
George C. Hall, M. D.
W. C. Gordon
T. J. Elliott
A. B. Jackson, M. D.
S. G. Elbert, M. D.
Logan H. Stewart
Officers and Members
Boston Negro Business League No* I
Dr. W. Alexander Johnson, President James H.
Dr. W. Alexander Cox, Secretary William
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Philip J. All&on, Chairman William C.
James H. Madison
Dr. W. Alexander Johnson
Dr. Samuel A. Long
J. Milton Arbuckle
Leroy S. Barker
George S. Best
James A. Birch
William H. Bright
Mme. LidaT. Bright
George F. Brown
Mme. Janette E. Brown
James E. Carey
James R. Chase
Frank P. Chisholm
Carl E. Clark
Dr. Samuel E. Courtney
Thomas H. Cox
David E. Crawford
E, W. Davis
Prof. Theodore Drury
Mrs. H. Abbie Durbin
S. L. Edwards
Mrs. Annie Eichelburger
Dr. Cornelius N. Garland
Julius B. Goddard
George W. Gray
George W. Grany
James R. Hamm
Daniel F. Hall
Basil F. Hutchins
MEMBERS
William H. Hardy
Jesse H. Harris
George E. Heggie
Wm. A. Hemmingway
F. Gaston Hill
Percival O. Hinson
Dr. James A. C. Hinton
Stansbury M. Hoxter
Stewart E. Hoyt
Basil F. Hutchins
H. F. Jackson
Freeman M. Johnson
Mme. .Mary L. Johnson
Benjamin F. Jones
D. P. Jones
Royal Jones
Charles F. Lane
Arthur W. Lavalle
Dr. Samuel A. Long
John H. Lewis
Alexander Martin
Dr. T. E. A. McCurdy
John A. McLeod
Ernest M. Miller
Madison, Vice President
C. Lovett, Treasurer
Lovett, Secretary
Dr. W. Alexander Cox
J. Henderson Allston
Henry M. Harding
J. Ivory Moorehead
Charles A. Murray
J. Alexander Newell
M. C. Oglesby
Harvey T. Peggram
Freeman A. Perkins
Rev. Jacob W. Powell
Prof. John F. Ransom
Norman 1ST, Rayner
Charles L. Raysor
D. M. Riddick
Reddick J. Royster
R. Edwin Scott
Joshua E. A. Skinner
Dr. W. A. Smith
Sykes B. Taylor
Robert H. Trotter
Peter Walther
Rev. Cassius A. Ward
Lawrence L. Whaley
Lewis White
Dr. B. L. Whitehead
J. H. Whitfield
Alexander W. Wood
List of Convention Committees — Boston Negro Business League, 1915
STEERING
DR. W. A. JOHNSON
Philip J. Allston
Dr. W. Alexander Cox
James H. Madison
William C. Lovett
HAULS
DR. S. E, COURTNEY
James R. Ham
Leroy S. Barker
HOUSING
BENJAMIN F. JONES
Mrs. Mary Lee Jones
Mrs. A. H. Porter
Reddick J. Royster
James E. Carey
H. F. Jackson
Mrs. T. Brewington
George W. Gray
Alexander W. Wood
Mrs. Anna Barrow
Mrs. Thos. H. Cox
Miss E. C. Barrow
Mrs. M. Russell
PUBLICITY
JACOB W. POWELL
Dr. W. Alex. Johnson
Philip J. Allston
Dr. W. Alexander Cox
Jesse H. Harris
Arthur W. Lavalle
PENNANTS
DANIEL F. HALL
Dr. Jas. A. G. Hinton
R. Edwin Scott
FRATERNAL ORGANI¬
ZATIONS
JESSE H. HARRIS
Daniel F. Hall
Dr. W. Alexander Cox
CONCESSIONS
DR. W. A. JOHNSON
Henry M. Harding
R. Edwin Scott
MUSIC
WILLIAM H. BRIGHT
James A. Burch
Daniel F. Hall
Charles B. Moore
J. Milton Arbuckle
ENTERTAINMENTS
J. H. ALLSTON
Dr. Samuel E. Courtney
William C. Lovett
Norman N. Rayner
Mrs. Annie E. Johnson
Lawrence L. Whaley
James H. Madison
Mrs. William Walker
Mme. Mary L. Johnson
Dr. Samuel A. Long
Prof. John F. Ramsom
John H. Lewis
Mrs. Nellie J. Swain
Dr. William H. Smith
Mrs. Claudia R. Whaley
FINANCE
D. M. RIDDICK
Wm. C. Lovett
David E. Crawford
George B. Blacknall
Alexander Martin
SOUVENIRS
J. MILTON ARBUCKLE
Leroy S. Barker
David P. Jones
Isaac S. Mullen
R. Edwin Scott
INVITATIONS
BASIL F. HUTCHINS
Peter Walther
James R. Chase
PRESS
JACOB W. POWELL
Norman N. Rayner
Dr. W. A. Johnson
CITIZENS COMMITTEE.
STEWART E. HOYT
Raymond L. Phillips
John B. Morehead
Robert H. Smith
Charles J. Shepherd
Samuel W. McCoy
Sykes B. Taylor
Dr. W. A. Smith
Miss Annie Barrow
John W. Douglass
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Cox
Samuel E. Griffin
James H. Hawkins
Wm. Worthy, M. D.
Alexander Newhall
Lucius Hicks, Esq.
Miss R. Etta Williams
Miss Carrie Dixon
Mrs. Philip J. Allston
William H. Smith
Marion Goolsby
Jordan P. Williams
Lawrence L. Whaley
William Walker
Rufus J. Paige
Samuel W. Washington
Aaron Smith
Wm. Young
Henry H. Cyril
jas. G. Fisher
Thomas O. Gee
Arthur F. Jones
Harold O. Bernard
Page L. Brooks
John T Counsel
D. P. Hurst
Joseph E. Jacobs
J. H. C. Marshall
G. Henry Powell
David P. Jones
W. T. Miller
John H. Taylor
Albert Marshall
Spencer R. Riley
A. A. Selden
John A. Vaughan
John H. Lewis
John H. Lewis, Jr.
Wm. H. Hardy
Powhattan Ruffin
Reginald H. Ruffin
Leon A. Smith
Daniel Ware
Richard Paige
I. L. Roberts, M. D.
W. L. Reed
Henry A. Kenswil
Ernest A. Kenswil
Geo. Tallion
John H. Taylor
Maj. Geo. W. Braxton
John W. Schenck
H. H. O. Burwell
Wm. Overton
Geo. W. Evans
Geo. Banks
D. H. Puryear
C. H. Lindsay
L. A. Eichelburger
Edward Taylor
Charles Crawley
Mrs. Mary L. Crawley
Miss Mattie E. Kimball
Alexander Tunstall
Mrs. Alex. Tunstall
Mrs. Mary _L. Donaldson
Miss Jessie Ellis
Jas. R. Jones
Sumner Mason
John E. Hines
George N. Rainey •
Bristol Talliou
Casper Gould
Wm. Terry
List of Convention Committees—Boston Negro Business League, 1915
CITIZENS COMMITTEE (CONTINUED)
Jefferson D. Sheldon
Joshua E. A. Skinner
Mrs. D. C. Smith
Mrs. Jessie Blakeney
Geo. W. Harvey
A. J. Foye
Miss L. L. E. Perry
D. C. Atkins
Jas O'Brien
C. W. M. Williams
A. W. Wood
E. A. Armistead
John Forsythe
Theo. Singleton
Milton Snowden
Timo G. Tynes
George Hall
Joseph Houston
Frank L.. Mitchell
Robert T. Frost
Mrs. M. Georgie Powell
Dr. James A. G. Hinton
Julius B. Goddard
Thomas H. Cox
Mrs. Agnes Adams
Mrs. A. M. Dixon
F. A. Perkins
Tickets (or Reception and Banquet on Sale at
Convention Headquarters 121 Kendall Street (Boston Negro Business League)
Johnson's School of Beauty Culture
James H. Madison, Caterer
Basil F. Hutchins, Undertaker
Bay State Pharmacy
Eureka Co-operative Bank
Geo. W. Gray, Barber
R. Edwin Scott
Dr. W. Alexander Cox
798 Tremont St., Boston. Mass.
946 Tremont St.
797 Tremont St.
840 Tremont St.
930 Tremont St.
131 Dartmouth St.
35 Westminster St.
586 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
DIRECTIONS. To reach Convention Hall take any Huntington Avenue car,
leave car corner Garrison St. and Huntington Ave. (opp. Mechanics Bldg). Then
follow the crowd a few steps to the corner of Garrison and St. Botolph Streets to
Convention Hall.
Send Ten Cents Now for Elegant Picture Poster
A 22" x 28" Picture Poster, elaborately gotten up, printed on high grade
plate paper and suitable for framing, contains pictures of Boston City Hall, the
Bulfinch Front State House, Old State House, Bunker Hill Monument, Con¬
vention Hall, Faneuil Hall, Crispus Attucks Monument, and perhaps greatest of
all, the rare Shaw Memorial, by St. Gaudens, showing the triumphant march of
the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment to the front in 1863; also there is an
8" x 4" picture of a large farm representing the 922,000 farms controlled by
Negroes; a picture of an elegant house, representing 541,000 Negro homes;
statistical tables, aiso a list of the officers of the Boston Negro Business League
and of the Chairmen of the various convention committees of said League.
Requests for Posters should be made to the Publicity Committee, (Jacob
W. Powell, Chairman) at 121 Kendall Street, Boston, Mass., enclosing ten (JO)
cents in stamps.
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS
Boy Scouts in khaki uniforms will assist the" Housing Committee and
Bostonians, in welcoming visitors at railroad depots and directing them to
Convention Headquarters and Bureau of Information at the Boston
Negro Business League, 121 Kendall Street, (fourth street west of North¬
ampton Street), Roxbury. All visitors are urged to Register at 121 Kendall
Street upon arrival in Boston, also to register at the convention hall besides.
To reach Kendall Street, take Tremont Street car, otherwise, when pay¬
ing fare, ask for a transfer for Tremont Street.
Free transfers are issued upon request when paying fare, to any point on
the Boston Elevated Railway. Save money by making frequent inquiries of
railroad employees, police officers, etc.
Approved Daily Rates—Lodging, 50 cents. Board (including lodging), $2.00
Warning.— Visitors who have engaged rooms will refuse all offers after
arrival in Boston, so that the reservations made for them by tlieir request may
be duly honored. If in any case a change is desired, it should be arranged
through the Housing Committee, to avoid misunderstanding or confusion.
Mme. Mary L. Johnson
Scientific Scalp Specialist
and Hair Cu.lturist
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 10.00 A. M.
The League Called to Order by Dr. W. Alexander Johnson
President of the Boston Negro Business League No. 1
JOHNSON S SCHOOL of BEAUTY CULTURE
OFFICERS C£l STUDENTS, CLASS OF 1914-1915
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Business League, Mr. Philip J. Allston, Fourth Vice-President
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Successor to Porter's Cafe Peter Gibson, Proprietor
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Program for Wednesday, Aug. 18th, 10 A. M.
Responses
Appointment of Committees
(a) Credentials
(b) Resolutions
(c) Auditing
(d) Nominating
Successful Farming
Julian Miller, East Leverett, Mass.
J. W. Matthews, Effingham, S. C.
Nick Hamilton, Bradentown, Fla.
James Hamilton, Seffner, Fla.
How I Manage and Control 5000 Acres of Farm Land
J. E. Thompson, Clearview, Okla.
Baldwin Farms—A Modern Farming Colony
A. G. Chandler, Baldwin Farms, Milstead, Ala.
Growing Citrus Fruits
J. W. Wright, Deland, Fla.
My Dreamland Ranch
Nathaniel Hawthorne Jeltz, Abbyville, Kan.
The Poultry Commission Business
W. P. Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
Raising Poultry for the Market
Fred Gleed, Lawrence, Kan.
Henry Lassiter, Washington, D. C.
Negro Town Building
D. J. Turner, Boley, Okla.
My Exclusive Drygoods, Millinery, Dressmaking and Furnishing
Store
T. L. Woods, Boley, Okla.
My Department Store
John L. Harrison, Jacksonville, Fla.
Interior Decorating and Upholstering
J. R. Barreau, New Bedford, Mass.
Wednesday Evening Session, Aug. 18th, 8 O'Clock.
At Symphony Hall, Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues.
The League Called To Order
By Dr. S. E. Courtney, Boston, Member of the Executive
Committee of the National Organization.
Prayer Rev. Walter D. McClain
Address of Welcome
On behalf of the State, His Excellency, Hon. David I.
Walsh, Governor.
President's Annual Address
The Negro and the New South
Dr. John E. White, of the Second Baptist Church, White
Atlanta, Ga.
My Steamer, "Starlight"—The River Excursion Business
Capt. G,eo. W. Brown, Baltimore, Md.
the: first time, in boston
Gr»and Rj>hode Island Clam Bake CBi Outing
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Readville, Mass.
Saturday
August 21, 1915
Lunch served from 1 to 2
Bake served at 4 P. M.
Tickets can be bought at
A. Eichelburger and Co's Cigar Stand in Convention Hall
Manufacturing and Merchandising White Goods
H. L. Sanders, Indianapolis, Ind.
Commercial Laundering
Miss A. McLeod, Boston, Mass.
Wholesale Merchandising
Berry O'Kelley, Method, N. C.
General Merchandizing
V. H. Tulane, Montgomery, Ala.
W. H. Eldridge, Uniontown, Ala.
W. H. Williams, Harrisonburg, Va.
James B. Cralle, Ivenbridge, Va.
R. O. Nizen, Elkton, Va.
J. P. DeCoursey, Jacksonville, Fla.
Thursday Morning Session, August 19th, 10 O'Clock.
Convention Hall, Garrison and St. Botolph Streets.
The League Called To Order
Prayer Rev. B. W. Swain
Music
How I Have Carried 011 the Ice Cream Manufacturing Business
Established by My Mother and Father
Miss Alice Hinton, Andover, Mass.
Anniversary Reports
Officers of the affiliated organizations of the National Busi¬
ness League have been requested to present resume state¬
ments, showing somewhat in detail the growth and progress
of the race in their various lines of activity.
THE BOSTON LEAGUE PENNANT
may be purchased at the
followed places :
LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS
121 Kendall Street
JOHNSON'S HAIR STORE
798 Tremont Street
JAMES H. MADISON
946 Tremont Street
BAY STATE PHARMACY
840 Tremont Street
EUREKA CO-OPERATIVE BANK
930 Tremont Street
GEORGE W. GRAY
13 I Dartmouth Street
JAMES E. CAREY
832 Ttemont Street
R. EDWIN SCOTT
35 Westminster Street
DR. W. ALEXANDER COX
586 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
BRUCE M. ANDERSON
806 Tremont St., Boston
Gains by the Race in Fifteen Years
In 1900, when the National Negro Business League was
organized, there were about 20,000 Negro business enter¬
prises; now there are 45,000.
In 1900 there were two Negro banks; now there are 51.
In 1900 Negroes were running 250 drug stores; now they
have 695.
In 1900 there were 450 undertaking businesses operated by
Negroes ; now there are about iooo.
In 1900 there were 149 Negro merchants engaged in whole¬
sale business; now there are 240.
In 1900, fifteen years ago, there were 10,000 Negro retail
merchants; now there are 25,000.
Further Economic Progress
In the fifteen years since the National Negro Business
League was organized, farm property owned by Negroes
has made a remarkable increase. From 1900 to 1910, the
value of domestic animals owned by Negro farmers in¬
creased from $85,216,337 to $177,273,785, or 107 percent;
poultry from $3,788,792 to $5,113,756, or 36 percent; imple¬
ments and machinery from $18,586,225 to $36,861,418, or
98 percent ; land and buildings from $69,636,420 to $273,-
501,665, or 293 percent. In ten years the total value of farm
property owned by Negroes increased from $177,404,688 to
$492,892,218, or 177 percent.
R. EDWIN SCOTT
Member of Boston League and Designer
of our Pennant
Telephone Roxbury 1958-M
SINGLETON & CO.
Groceries & Provisions
All kinds of Native Dressed Poultry
TERMS CASH
726 Shawmut Ave. Boston
Phone 129 Roxbury
B. H. HANKINSON
Ladies & Gents Tailor
Hutchins Chambers
Corner Camden and Tremont Streets
Boston - - Mass.
If you want
pish
—go to
HAYWARDS
978 Tremont Street
near Hammond
Boston - - Mass.
Isaiah Crawford, Prop.
BAY STATE POOL PARLOR
All the Leading Brands of Cigars
Cigarettes and Tobacco
587 Shawmut Ave. Boston
These Reports Will Be Submitted:
On behalf of the National Negro Undertakers' Association, by
G. W. Franklin, President, Chattanooga, Tenn.
On behalf of the National Negro Bankers' Association, by R. L.
Smith, President, Waco, Texas.
On behalf of the National Negro Press Association, by Henry
Allen Boyd, Secretary, Nashville, Tenn.
On behalf of the National Negro< Bar Association, by P. W.
Howard, President, Jackson, Miss.
On behalf of the National Negro Insurance Association, W. P.
Burrell, Secretary, East Orange, N. J.
On behalf of the National Negro Retail Merchants' Association,
E. W. D. Welch, Dallas, Texas.
Negro Insurance Companies; Their Value and Benefit
C. C. Spaulding, Durham, N. C.
Industrial Insurance
A. L. Lewis, Jacksonville, Florida.
Words of Encouragement
Major Henry L. Higginson, of Lee, Higginson & Co., Bank¬
ers, Boston, Mass.
F. W. Spicer, Vice-President, "The Fourth Estate," New
York, N. Y.
A. EICHELBURGER & CO.
Manufacturer of the Famous
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON clear i"AYANA
ill Souvenir Box of 13 and 12 at our Stand in CONVENTION HALL
The Real Estate Business
Frank Howard, Providence, R. I.; Henry E. Beckett. Provi¬
dence, R. I.; James E. Kefiford, Pawtucket, R. I.: John W.
Lewis, Morrisville, Pa.; Win. II. Olden, Nashville, lenn.:
Mrs. John II. Hutspeth, East Orange, N. J.: A. J. Prince,
Tampa, Elorida.
How I Have Combined Merchant Tailoring With Farming and
Real Estate
G. I). Rogers, Bradentown, Fla.
A Colored American Community—Gouldtown and Its Industries
William Steward, Bridgetown, N. J.
The Dyeing and Cleaning Business
P. W. Anderson, P>rockton, Mass.
Railroad Building
E. 10. McDaniel, McAlester, Oklahoma.
Thursday Evening Session, 8 O'Clock.
Convention Mall, Garrison and St. Botolph Streets.
Nationalizing the Negro ()rganization Societv Movement
R. R. Moton, Hampton Institute, \ a.
The Appearance of the Store and Team a Drawing Card
Miss Nannie !!. Burroughs, Lincoln Heights Washing¬
ton, D. C.
Business and Brotherhood
Dr. J. IT. DiHard, President, Anna T. Jeanes Foundation,
Charlottesville, Va.
IDIEILjIEGr.iL.TIES ATT lEESTTIOHSTl
ANNUAL OUTING 6? FIELD DAY
PIOc^EERj) LODGE OF ELKS
READVILLE DRIVING CLUB PARK, Readville, Mass.
Thursday August 19, 1915 10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Championship Baseball Game Athletic Meet Seven Events Prizes
DANCING Refreshments and Lunch for Sale
Admission 50 Cents Children under 12 years 25 Cents
Directions. Take Readville car at Forest Hills Station direcJt to Park. Take
Readville train at South Station or Back Bay
Second Largest Colored Grocery and Provision Store
in Boston known n ~
THE TROPICAL STORE
592 Shawmut Avenue Near Lenox Street, Boston
Free Delivery Free Legal Stamps Satisfaction Guaranteed
NEWELL - NEILSON CO.
Tel. Rox. 107
The Negro Business Man in 1900 and in 1915-—A Resume State¬
ment
Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, Atlanta, Ga.
The Only Negro State Guaranteed Bank in Mississippi
Dr. J. E. Walker, Indianola, Miss.
Sand Selling for Profit
Jordan Morgan, Morristown, N. J.
Manufacturing and Selling Tool Handles
E. Harold Hopper, Patterson, N. J.
My Success As a dealer in Railroad Ties, Telegraph Poles, Pilings,
Etc.
Warren H. Davis, Great Barrington, Mass.
What Will the Colored Grocer Do To Meet the New Form of
Competition in the Shape of Chain Stores
H. W. Scott, Dallas, Tex.
The Livery Business
Henry Butler, Evans-ton, 111.
Selling Printing Machinery and Material
J. Henderson Allston, Boston, Mass.
Pickle Manufacturing
S. G. Willis, Fredericksburg, Va.
Making the Restaurant Business Pay
Miss Florence Franklin, Cambridge, Mass.
The Fish and Oyster Business
Henry Black, Jacksonville, Fla.
F. J. Acosta, Jacksonville, Fla.
Compliments of
CHRIS BRANUM
Confectionery, Stationery
Toys, Cigars, etc.
Open Evenings
912 Tremont Street Boston
Boston
Cor. Kendall Street
65 7 Shawmut Ave.
Laundry Agency Cigars & Cigarettes for Sale Telephone 3507-M Roxbury
5 Chairs / No Waiting
Owens and Richardson
TONSORIAL PARLOR
C. F. BROWN & SONS
Groceries and Provisions
109 Hammond St., Roxbury 25 Warwick St. Boston, Mass.
Wholesale Jobbing in Tobacco
W. H. Bullock, Boston, Mass.
Photography As a Business
Daniel Freeman, Washington, D. C.
The Growth of Business Enterprises Among the Negro People of
Savannah, Ga.
A. B. Singfield, Savannah, Ga.
Friday Morning, August 20th, 10 O'Clock.
Convention Hall, Garrison and St. Botolph Streets.
Prayer Rev. T. A. Auten
Managing a Negro Theatre
C. H. Douglass, Macon, Ga.
L. A. Walton, New York City.
The Jersey City Committee of One Hundred and Its Work
A. R. Mayo, Jersey City, N. J.
Modern Advertising in Connection With a Modern Dry Cleaning
Establishment
James E. Atus, Brockton, Mass.
How the Local League May Be Used As a Force To Combat
Hard Times
W. F. Watkins, President Montgomery Business League,
Montgomery, Ala.
Contracting and Building
George B. Blacknall, Cambridge, Mass.
Modern Undertaking
C. W. Allen, Mobile, Ala.
Telephone Wakefiield Office 302-2
A. C. BRAXTON
CORSETIERE
NuBone Corsets
Representative of NuBone Corset and
Accessories. Will call by appointment,
at homes of prospective customers.
OFFICE ADDRESS:
437 Main St., Room 1
Wakefield - - Mass.
PHONE 302-2
MISS L.C. BRAXTON
Public Stenographer
437 Main St., Wakefield, Mass.
ff^lTOTICE^)
DR. W. H. N. SPRINGER
has removed his office from 40 Hammond Street to
33 WARWICK STREET, ROXBURY
with all Modern Improvements for Turkish
Hot Air and Vapor Baths, Manipulation
for Acute and Chronic Diseases.
Tel. 4599-W Office hours: 9-12 a. m., 2-4 p. m., 7-9 p. m.
How I Have Succeeded in the Millinery Business
Mrs. Odessa Warren Grey, New York City.
Mrs. Arthur P. Holmes, Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. J. E. Hammie, New Haven, Conn.
The Business Opportunities Offered Colored Women in the Florist
Business
Mrs. F. J. Weaver, Kansas City, Mo.
The Beauty Parlor Business
Mrs. P. H. Owens, Philadelphia, Pa.
Madam Mary. L. Johnson, Boston, Mass.
'Madam J. R. Barreau, New Bedford, Mass.
How Our Social Service Work Helps Business
Mrs. M. E. Burrell, East Orange, N. J.
The Soap Manufacturing- Business
Mrs. Margaret W. Johnson, Cambridge, Mass.
My Experiences As a Manufacturing Chemist
Peter C. Lane, Sr., Hartford, Conn.
The Broom Manufacturing Business
C. C. Amey, Burham, N. C.
The Drug Business
Miss Anna Louise James, Hartford, Conn.
Dr. William A. Smith, Boston, Mass.
The Cigar Manufacturing Business
Mrs. Annie Eichelburger, Boston, Mass.
Efficiency Printing
Arthur W. Lavalle, Boston, Mass.
Report of Committees
Adjournment
"God Be With You Till We Meet Again."
Benediction
1904 1915
HARRIET TUBMAN
HOUSE
25 Holyoke Street
Boston - " Mass.
A HOME FOR GIRLS
Organized and Managed by our own
Women of the W. C. T. U. The
House is open to visitors. It is safe
and homelike to any lady coming to
Terms Reasonable
Julia O. Henson, Pres.
Cornelia R. Robinson, Supt-
SPECIAL
MEALS SERVED DURING CONVENTION
Telephone Roxbury 3074-M
Mrs. Estelle Ancrum Forster
Recital Organist
Teacher of Piano and Organ
Studio: 108 Hammond St.
Boston, Mass.
The 15th year begins Monday, Sept. 20, '15
Compliments of
DUNSON-BLACKWELL
REAL ESTATE TRUST
Of Boston, Mass.
Organized March 23, 1909
Office:
302 Dudley Street
Telephone Roxbury 3074-M
Charles W. Forster
Eastern Distributing Agent for
Mme. C. J. Walker s
Wonderful Hair Grower
1 08 Hammond St. Boston, Mass.
Phone Back Bay 7435-J
SPARROW & CO.
ELITE TAILORS & FURNISHERS
Dress Suits and Tuxedos for Hire
Work called for and Delivered
422 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
Race Books furnished Book Collectors
YOUNGS BOOK EXCHANGE
(GEORGE YOUNG)
135 W. 135th Street, N. Y. C.
Novel Souvenir Post Cards
Colored Authors and Books on Race Problems a Specialty
Telephone B. B. 7099-J
JEANETTE E. BROWN
Maker of Artistic Gowns ...
LADIES' TAILORING
Street and Evening Gowns
519 Columbus Avenue - - Boston, Mass.
COKNEK OF THE CAMBKIDGE DENTAL PARLOH8
The Largest in Cambridge and the Largest in Operation by Colored People in the East
DR. W. ALEXANDER COX DR. SAMUEL A. LONG
586 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE :: :: CAMBRIDGE. MASS.
Visit the Office of the...
BOSTON RELIANCE
Official Organ of the
VOCATIONAL KEG%0 BUSINESS
LEAGUE CONVENTION
Ji.circling, (Box an^ ^/^Lartin
REAL ESTATE SYNDICATE
J21 Kendall Street - ' Boston, iftCass.
Compliments of...
Qoteraine (2liib
I & 3 WESTF1ELD ST.
&OSTCMC MASS.
Bosfoi)'sL,Largest Tonsorial Parlor
131 Dartmouth Street Boston, Mass.
HOME OF MR.
PHILIP J. ALLSTON
7 Shawmut Street
ALEXANDER MARTIN
Manufacturer of
Garniture Furniture Polish
Polishing and Re-staining of Fur¬
niture and Woodwork, also Re¬
pairing. Work Guaranteed.
Telephone Registered Label
Boston, Mass.
TELEPHONE. ROXBURY 1045-M
ARTHUR W. LAVALLE
..Fine Book A. Job Printer..
973 TREMONT ST. BOSTON, MASS.
Attention! J^ouvenir program (ommittees
We secured and arranged all the advertisements
in this book for the Sonvenir Program Committee
of the Boston Negro Business League, No. 1.
Let us submit you prices for handling your next
programmes or other printed matters ^
H. H. ROSS ADVERTISING COMPANY
973 Tremont Street - - Boston, Mass.
Third Annual Picnic
St. Augustine (giT3 St. cTVIai^tin's Church
CALEDONIAN GROVE, West Roxbury
Saturday, August 21, 1915 From 10 to 8 o'clock
ADMISSION 35 CENTS
CHOP SUEY
HAVE YOUR MEALS AT
THE SOUTHERN DINING ROOM
THOMAS E. LUCAS, Proprietor
Good Food and Prompt, Attentive Service have made this a most
desirable dining place for discriminating people. Cool, Clean, Commodious
894 Tremont Street - - Boston, Mass.
DAVIS' KING of FLUIDS
Dispenses with much labor and is ab¬
solutely harmless. It enables the
housewife to do her wash in half the
usual linn
Manufactured by
E. W. DAVIS
36 Cunard Street Boston, Mass.
Telephone Connection
BENJAMIN BRjOS.
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of Strictly pure
Ice Cream and Home Made Candies
Catering to Parties & Balls a specialty
792 Tremont Street
Corner Northampton Street
Boston - " Mass.
JOHN W. DOUGLASS
First Class Caterer
Prices Moderate
I 54 Brookline St.
Cambridge - - Mass.
Tel. 1309-R Cambridge
Costa, ^Martin (grift Carter"
Custom Shoemakers
Shoe Repairing, Laces, Polishes, etc.
Newspapers Agents for
C. P. Cummings' Laundry
956 Tremont St. Boston, Mass.
A Piano at a
YOU NEED
/ | ^ \
/ • —v .'
Reasonable Price
Are you looking for a good
piano at a reasonable price?
Small payment Mown and
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
It will protedt you against money
loss ; chance and the doctor's bill
wmmk &
free delivery. Pianos for
as a result of accident.
all occasions. Address or
or Phone Oxford 4546.
SEE
Cooper L. Saunders
J. M. ARBUCKLE
Grand Pianos
Player - Pianos
Upright Pianos
146 Boylston St.
Boston
888 Main St. Cambridge, Mass.
T.
J.
JONES
G. A. SEWELL R
H. SMITH
Manufacturer of the Famous
FIRST CLASS
Lusterine
Hair Re-newer
AMERICAN & CHINESE FOOD
Dealer in Druggist Sundries and High Grade
Human Hair Goods
We Aim to Please
MANUFACTURING HOUSE
Cor. Windsor & Westminster Sts.
989 Tremont St. Boston, Mass.
Roxbury
Mass.
Telephone Main 1196
D. M. RIDDICK
Real Estate and Insurance
Mortgages
Neg'otiatecf
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
7 Water Street
Boston, Mass.
JOHN A.
VAUGHAN
WITH
HICKS & HODGES CO.
Receivers and Wholesale Dealers in
POULTRY, BEEF,
LAMB AND PORK
62 North Market Street
Boston
, Mass.
WELCOME! N. N. B. L. TC?
BOSTON'S NEWEST HAIR DRESSING PARLORS
AND UP-TO-DATE NOTIONS SHOP.
730 Shawmut Avenue - - - Boston, Mass.
Shampooing, Scientific Scalp Treatment, Facial and Scalp Massage High Grade Hair Work
Manicuring. Johnson's Hair Preparations. Choice line of Toilet Articles.
Sanitary conditions the be£t. Lowest Prices, Quality considered. Courteous Treatment
Work done by appointment. Mail Orders promptly filled.
MRS. K. A. CLARK
Residence: 742 Shawmut Avenue - Boston, Mass.
Phone Cambridge 3629-R
JOHN BLACK
Contractor for
Concrete Walks, Cellars Steps, Drains, etc.
Estimares Given General Jobbing
2 Inman Place - - Cambridge, Mass.
Mr§. A. C. Braxton Mi*s L. C. Braxton
Corsetiere Public Stenographer
WAKEFIELD, MASS.
THE DURBIN MILLINERY SCHOOL
Boston - - Mass.
WHITE'S LUNCH
Our Specialty is Lunches put up to take out. Salads
Sandwiches anid Coffee served to Srr*all Parties
Strictly Home Cooking.
WM. H. WHITE
154 W. Lenox Street
147 Northampton Streei 1 & 2 Westfield Street
INTERIOR VIEW OF EUREKA CO-OPERATIVE BANK
930 Tremont Street Boston, Mass.
The only Bank in the East owned and operated by Colored people. For
particulars, pamphlets may be had at Convention Hall or at the Bank
DAVID E. CRAWFORD, Treasurer
CASTLE BUILDING, 456 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Rooms for Fraternal Organizations. Terms reasonable. Apply to Superintendent on premises
or to DAVID E. CRAWFORD, Owner, 930 Tremont Street, Boston. Mass.
THF I ATFST MARVFI madam e. taylor'S new discovery for the
INl LA I LJ I I Inn V LL cultivation of the hair
Nothing like it anywhere. For particulars write or call at
136 st. botolph street boston, mass.
Full treatment in three Scientific Preparations, viz.:- Eureka Hair Vigor
AGENTS WANTED Eureka Hair Lustre Eureka Shampoo
KEYSTONE BILLIARD HALL
KEYSTONE ANNEX BARBER SHOP
JOSEPH R. KEEBLE
PROPRIETOR
830-832 Tremont St. Boston, Mast.
Telephone 2203-M Roxbury
j^eystone J^tudio
Photographs
I
JAMES & DOTTIN
830 Tremont St.
Opp. Hotel Melbourne
Boston
Mass.
We are not a new untried firm, but have been in business for eighteen years in Boston.
Our reputation has been made by the high quality of Photographs we make at moderate
prices. Your patronage is r«sp&cftfully solicited When you are ready for your sitting
we will send our automobile for you free.
$1.50 DEPOSIT AT TIME OF SITTING
PRICE. LIST
Azo. Finish $1.50 per doz. and up Aristo Finish $2.50 per doz. and up
Platinum Finish $3.50 per doz. and up Theatrical size. Platinum Finish $8.00 and up
You are invited to view our exhibit at Convention Hall. JAMES & DOTTIN, Official Photographers
for the National Negro Business League, two studios, JAMES: 830 Tremont Street, opp. Hotel Mel¬
bourne. DOTTIN: 804 Tremont Street, opp. Chickering Piano Co. Sitting, Day and Evening.
Flashlight taken of Banquets, Receptions and Special Parties, etc. Prices reasonable.
Dress Suits to Let
L. J. LYNCH
Ladies' TAILOR Gents'
T"
Cleaning and Repairing
147 Lenox St. - Boston, Mass.
MASSACHUSETTS BONDING AND
INSURANCE COMPANY
77 to 85 State St., Boston, Mass.
HEALTH AND ACCIDENT
Officers of Lodges Bonded
Capital $2,000,000
...Represented by...
WILLIAM H. BRIGHT
795 Tremont St. Boston, Mass.
Compliments of
MELBOURNE DUET
ENTERTAINERS
Miss Bertha Beeman
Mr. Joseph Burrell
MME. LIDA THOMAS BRIGHT
Graduate N. E. Conservatory of Music, I904t
...TEACHER OF...
Piano, Organ
and Solfeggio
New England Conservatory Method
Studio: 795 Tremont St., Boston
^Reception H to 9 B tit Z
Jiupper 11.30 p. ttu ®tckets $l~fltf
iHettu
Rockeford Canteloupe with Benedictine
Queen Olives Boston Gelery
Roast Vermont Turkey Cranberry Sauce
Roast Ham Virginia Style
Delmonico P otatoes
Roman Punch
Peach Fritters Brandy Sauce
Oyster Patties a la Creme
SALADS
Chicken and Lobster Salads, Mayonnaise Dressing
ICES
Orange and Raspberry Sherbert
Vanilla and Strawberry Ice Cream
Frozen Pudding
CAKE
Lady Fingers, Angel Cake, Fruit and Pound Cake, Macaroons
Rolls, Butter and Coffee
TOY'S ORCHESTRA James H. Madison, Caterer
WELCOME N. N. B. L.
Dr. W- Alexander Johnson and Mme. Mary L. Johnson, Man¬
agers of Johnson's School of Beauty Culture and Johnson Manufactur¬
ing Co., extend to the members of the N. N. B. L., a cordial invitation
to inspect their Beauty School and Parlor at 798 Tremont Street,
near the corner of Northampton Sreet.
We offer for your inspection one of the best equipped places
of the kind in this country, where sanitary, scientific and competent
operations are placed above financial gain.
Work done by hand or electricity and satisfaction guarranteed
or we want no money.
Our business career of fifteen years of honest dealing in this
city must commend us to right-thinking persons.
Manicuring, ladies 25 cents ; gentlemen 35cents.
Shampooing, 50 and 75 cents; Facial Massage, 50 cents.
Scalp Massage, 50 cents; Hairdressing 50 cents.
Scalp Treatment, 50 cents.
$3.00 Hand-made Transformation, for all around the head, this
week only $2.00.
Don't leave Boston without taking with you a 25 cent or a
50 cent box of our famous Johnson's Hair Food, the most scientific
pomade yet discovered for growing, beautifying and softening the
hair. Made in Boston for 15 years and sold all over this country.
Goods shipped by parcel post or express to any part of the world-
In Boston at Parlor, 798 Tremont Street
Bay State Pharmacy, 840 Tremont Street-
Mrs. K. A. Clark, 730 Shawmut Avenue.
Terms for taking up the Course in Beauty Culture made known
upon application. Catalogue free.
Seventeen young ladies were graduated and recieved their di¬
plomas from this school last year. All are engaged in their profession
and doing well.
DR. W. ALEXANDER JOHNSON
Mme. MARY L. JOHNSON
Scientific Scalp Specislists,
798 Tremont Street, Boston.
Telephone Back Bay 8374.
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
BOSTON MASSACREi—The site of the riot between a mob of townspeople
and the British guard, March 5, 1770, is in State street, corner of Ex¬
change street, near the Old State House. It is marked by a circle in
the stone paving and by a tablet on building on west corner of Ex¬
change street. At this time Crispus Attucks fell, shedding first blood
of the Revolution. He was of Negro and Indian parentage. (See
Crispus Attucks Monument.)
BOSTON STONE—-A round stone embedded in wall of building in Public
Alley 102, near corner of Marshall street, off Hanover street, North
End. Inscribed "1737." Originally a paint muller imported from Eng¬
land, 1700.
"BOSTON TEA PARTY"—Dec. 16, 1773. Griffin's Wharf, Atlantic avenue
and Pearl street. Site marked by tablet in wall of building on land
side.
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT—Monument square, Charlestown, a granite
obelisk, 221 feet high, on Breed's Hill, within the lines of the American
redoubt, which was the centre of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17,
1775. Revolutionary relics. Winding stairway of 294 steps to top. 8
to 5.30. Fee, 25 cents. (Elevated to Thompson square.)
CITY HALL—School street. Latin School established in 1635 on this site.
Here stood the County Court House, erected in 1810, occupied as a
City Hall 1841-1862. Present building dedicated in 1865.
CHRIST CHURCH—(Old North Church), Salem street, foot of Hull street.
Dedicated 1723. From its steeple were displayed Paul Revere's signal
lanterns, April 18, 1775. Open free on application to sexton. Guide
book with admission to steeple, 50 cents.
CHRIST CHURCH—Garden street, Cambridge. Built 1750-1761. Here
Washington held services New Year's Eve, 1775. Its lead organ pipes
were melted into bullets during sieges of Boston, it being Tory
property.
CONSTITUTION WHARF—409 Commercial street. Here Old Ironsides was
built by Edmund Hartt, 1794-97.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS MONUMENT—On Tremont street mall, between
Boylston and Winter streets, facing Tremont street, Boston Common.
(See Boston Massacre.)
FANEUIL HALL—*Merchants row and Faneuil Hall square. "Cradle of
Liberty." Built 1742, by Peter Faneuil and given to Boston as a town
hall. Burned 1761, rebuilt 1763. Focus of Revolutionary movement in
Boston and the colonies. Used by British as a playhouse during siege
of Boston. Enlarged, 1805, from Charles Bulfinch's plans. Market be¬
low, public hall above, and armory of the Ancient and Honorable Ar¬
tillery Company- (chartered 1638) over all. Hall has many historical
paintings and portraits. Armory has Military Museum and Library.
Hall open week days, 9 to 5; Saturdays, 9 to 12.
FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON—Corner of Berkeley and Marlboro street.
Contains tablets and statues to Winthrop, Cotton, Dudley, Johnson and
many of the founders of Massachusetts Bay Colony, together with va¬
rious memorials to people of more recent prominence in the Common¬
wealth. Open daily from 10 to 12, and from 3 to 4. (Park Street sub¬
way. Any Boylston street car to Berkeley street.)
FRANKLIN'S BIRTHPLACE—Site covered by building, 17 Milk street.
GREEN DRAGON TAVERN—80-86 Union street. Used as a tavern and
lodge rooms by St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons, where meetings
of the patriots were held previous to the Revolution. Site marked by
tablet.
JOHN HANCOCK HOUSE—Beacon street, just west of State House Built
in 1737; removed in 1863. Site marked by tablet.
JOSEPH WARREN HOUSE—Hanover street. Site now occupied by the
American House. Marked by tablet.
KING'S CHAPEL—Tremont and School streets. First chapel built in 1686,
present one in 1749. Old English architecture. First Episcopal church
in Boston. Here British officers worshipped during siege. Became first
Unitarian church in United States, 1785. Open daily, 9 to 12.
LEXINGTON—Among points of interest are The Common, Boulder Line
of the Minute Men, Battle and Minute Man Monuments, Historical
Houses and Tablets. (10 miles from Boston.)
LIBERTY TREE—Washington street, opposite Boylston street. Tablet on
building marks site of the famous old Liberty Tree, planted in 1646 and
cut down by the British in 1775. Stamp Act meetings were held here
and Tory leaders hung in effigy.
NAVY YARD—Chelsea street, Charlestown. Dating from 1789, 110 acres.
Collection, relics, rare paintings, models, etc. Frigate Constitution, 9
to 4. Free.
OLD COURT HOUSE—Court street. Built 1833 on the site of the old
prison of 1635. Here occurred the anti-slavery riots of 1851-54. Build¬
ing torn down in 1911. City Hall Annex on site.
OLD STATE HOUSE—Washington street, head of State street. Here tfie
first Town House was built, 1657, in the earliest market-place of Bos¬
ton. Burned in 1711, it was rebuilt in 1712. Again burned in 1747, the
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
BOSTON MASSACRE)—The site of the riot between a mob of townspeople
and the British guard, March 5, 1770, is in State street, corner of Ex¬
change street, near the Old State House. It is marked by a circle in
the stone paving and by a tablet on building on west corner of Ex¬
change street. At this time Crispus Attucks fell, shedding first blood
of the Revolution. He was of Negro and Indian parentage. (See
Crispus Attucks Monument.)
BOSTON STONE—A round stone embedded in wall of building in Public
Alley 102, near corner of Marshall street, off Hanover street, North
End. Inscribed "1737." Originally a paint muller imported from Eng¬
land, 1700.
"BOSTON TEA PARTY"—Dec. 16, 1773. Griffin's Wharf, Atlantic avenue
and Pearl street. Site marked by tablet in wall of building on land
side.
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT—Monument square, Charlestown, a granite
obelisk, 221 feet high, on Breed's Hill, within the lines of the American
redoubt, which was the centre of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17,
1775. Revolutionary relics. Winding stairway of 294 steps to top. 8
to 5.30. Fee, 25 cents. (Elevated to Thompson square.)
CITY HALL—School street. Latin School established in 1635 on this site.
Here stood the County Court House, erected in 1810, occupied as a
City Hall 1841-1862. Present building dedicated in 1865.
CHRIST CHURCH—(Old North Church), Salem street, foot of Hull street.
Dedicated 1723. From its steeple were displayed Paul Revere's signal
lanterns, April 18, 1775. Open free on application to sexton. Guide
book with admission to steeple, 50 cents.
CHRIST CHURCH—Garden street, Cambridge. Built 1750-1761. Here
Washington held services New Year's Eve, 1775. Its lead organ pipes
were melted into bullets during sieges of Boston, it being Tory
property.
CONSTITUTION WHARF—409 Commercial street. Here Old Ironsides was
built by Edmund Hartt, 1794-97.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS MONUMENT—On T-remont street mall, between
Boylston and Winter streets, facing Tremont street, Boston Common.
(See Boston Massacre.)
E AiNTEUIL HALL—*Merchants row and Faneuil Hall square. "Cradle of
Liberty." Built 1742, by Peter Faneuil and given to Boston as a town
hall. Burned 1761, rebuilt 1763. Focus of Revolutionary movement in
Boston and the colonies. Used by British as a playhouse during siege
of Boston. Enlarged, 1805, from Charles Bulfinch's plans. Market be¬
low, public hall above, and armory of the Ancient and Honorable Ar¬
tillery Company, (chartered 1638) over all. Hall has many historical
paintings and portraits. Armory has Military Museum and Library.
Hall open week days, 9 to 5; Saturdays, 9 to 12.
FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON—Corner of Berkeley and Marlboro street.
Contains tablets and statues to Winthrop, Cotton, Dudley, Johnson and
many of the founders of Massachusetts Bay Colony, together with va¬
rious memorials to people of more recent prominence in the Common¬
wealth. Open daily from 10 to 12, and from 3 to 4. (Park Street sub¬
way. Any Boylston street car to Berkeley street.)
FRANKLIN'S BIRTHPLACE—Site covered by building, 17 Milk street.
GREEN DRAGON TAVERN—80-86 Union street. Used as a tavern and
lodge rooms by St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons, where meetings
of the patriots were held previous to the Revolution. Site marked by
tablet.
JOHN HANCOCK HOUSE—Beacon street, just west of State House Built
in 1737; removed in 1863. Site marked by tablet.
JOSEPH WARREN HOUSE—Hanover street. Site now occupied by the
American House. Marked by tablet.
KING'S CHAPEL—Tremont and School streets. First chapel built in 1686,
present one in 1749. Old English architecture. First Episcopal church
in Boston. Here British officers worshipped during siege. Became first
Unitarian church in United States, 1785. Open daily, 9 to 12.
LEXINGTON—Among points of interest are The Common, Boulder Line
of the Minute Men, Battle and Minute Man Monuments, Historical
Houses and Tablets. (10 miles from Boston.)
LIBERTY TREE—Washington street, opposite Boylston street. Tablet on
building marks site of the famous old Liberty Tree, planted in 1646 and
cut down by the British in 1775. Stamp Act meetings were held here
and Tory leaders hung in effigy.
NAVY YARD—Chelsea street, Charlestown. Dating from 1789, 110 acres.
Collection, relics, rare paintings, models, etc. Frigate Constitution, 9
to 4. Free-
OLD COURT HOUSE—Court street. Built 1833 on the site of the old
prison of 1635. Here occurred the anti-slavery riots of 1851-54. Build¬
ing torn down in 1911. City Hall Annex on site.
OLD STATE HOUSE—Washington street, head of State street. Here trie
first Town House was built, 1657, in the earliest market-place of Bos¬
ton. Burned in 1711, it was rebuilt in 1712. Again burned in 1747, the
present structure was built in 1748, the walls of the former building
being utilized. Here met Colonial courts and legislatures, the town and
city governments and the General Court of the Commonwealth. John
Hancock was here inaugurated first governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in 1780. In front of it occurred the burning of stamp
clearances and the Boston Massacre. Here were the whipping-post and
the stock. Used as City Hall, 1830 to 1840. Building restored in 1882.
Bostonian Society collection of relics. (May 1 to Nov. 1), 9 to 4.30.
(Nov. 1 to May 1) 9 to 4. Saturdays (June 1 to Oct. 1), 9 to 1. Free
PAUL REVERE HOUSE—19 and 21 North square. Built 1660. Remodeled
1908. Home of Paul Revere, 1770-1800. Open week days from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m. Fee, 25 cents.
STATE HOUSE—Beacon, head of Park street. Hill on which State House
stands was originally called Treamount, later changed to Sentry Hill
when used as a lookout, and after the erection of the Beacon in 1635
received the name of Beacon Hill. Cornerstone of Bulfinch front laid
July 4, 1795. Extension built 1889 at a cost of about $4,000,000. Con¬
struction of East and West wings begun in June, 1914. Statuary, his¬
torical paintings, battle flags, war relics. House of Representatives
contains celebrated Codfish emblem. Gilded dome, lighted at night by
498 electric lights; accessible to public whenever building is open, ex¬
cept during sessions of the Senate, 9 to 5. Saturdays, 9 to 12. Free.
SHAW MONUMENT—On Beacon street mall, opposite State House, stands
the Shaw Monument, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a memorial to
Colonel Robert G. Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment.
WASHINGTON ELM—Garden street, Cambridge. Under this tree Wash¬
ington took command of the American Army, July 3, 1775.
WENDELL PHILLIPS HOUSE—Corner Essex street and Harrison avenue
extension. Site of his home for forty years. Marked by tablet.
CEMETERIES—OLD AND NEW.
CENTRAL BURYING GROUND—Boston Common, near Boylston street.
Established 1756. Graves of British soldiers killed at Bunker Hill.
Stuart, portrait painter, lies here.
KING'S CHAPEL BURYING GROUND—Tremont street, adjoining King's
Chapel. First burying place in Boston; interments as early as 1630.
Here lie Governor John Winthrop, Lady Andros, wife of Governor An-
dros, John Cotton, Governor Shirley, Davenport, Oxenbridge and other
early personages including Major Thomas Savage of King Philip's war
fame. Few burials here since 1796. Admission 9 to 12 daily.
PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
BARNUM MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY—Tufts College. Elephant
Jumbo and other mounted rare animals; fossils and minerals; 9 to 12
and 2 to 5 except Sundays and holidays, 1 to 5. Free.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY—Copley square. Most important public li¬
brary in the world. Abbey, Sargent and Puvis de Chavannes mural
paintings. Bronze entrance doors by French. Statuary by Bela L.
Pratt, Frederick Macmonnies, Augustus and Louis Saint-Gaudens. 9
a. m. to 10 p. m. Sundays, 12 to 10. (June 15 to Sept. 15, 9 to 9. Sun¬
days, 12 to 9.) Park Street subway. Any Boylston street or Hunting¬
ton avenue car.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—Milk, Indian and Central streets.
COURT HOUSE—Pemberton square. Built 1885, at a cost of $4,000,000.
CUSTOM HOUSE—State and India streets.
FRANKLIN UNION—Berkeley and Appleton streets. Evening and Satur¬
day afternoon classes for men already employed, in fifty industrial
and technical subjects; complete laboratory equipment; technical read¬
ing room, free to the public; mural paintings of the life of Benjamin
Franklin; public hall for lectures and concerts; open daily; visitors
welcome.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY—Harvard square, Cambridge.
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC—Huntington avenue and
Gainsboro street.
PAINE MEMORIAL HALL—Given in memory of Thomas Paine. Appleton,
near Tremont street.
POST OFFICE—Federal building, Post Office square, Milk, Devonshire and
Water streets. Tablet on corner of Milk and Devonshire streets marks
spot where great fire of Nov. 9-10, 1872, was stopped. Sixty acres
burned over with a property loss of over sixty million dollars.
SYMPHONY HALL—Huntington and Massachusetts avenues. (Park street
subway. Any Huntington avenue car.)
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST—Located in a triangle
formed by Falmouth, Norway and St. Paul streets; was completed in
June, 1906. Open to visitors from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m. on Wednes¬
days and Fridays. The Christian Science Publishing Society's build¬
ing just across St. Paul street is also open to visitors. (Any Hunting¬
ton avenue car.)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEGRO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN
OF BOSTON FROM 1846 TO 1915, AND OTHER FACTS OF
THE RACE.
By Isaac S. Mullen.
The association of men for mutual improvement is as ancient as hu¬
man society. When nature was in its early infancy and people were few,
they banded together in union for instruction, safety, protection and profit, i
Hence in this early agie cities arose guarded with walls for their defence,
arms were forged to repel invasion and to give success to ever^ improve¬
ment, and therefore humanity was united by the imperative law of union.
In this epoch of the world's history and in this stage of civilization, in¬
struction, safety, protection and profit should be the paramount idea for
success in all that the race may undertake; and to promote the advance¬
ment of intelligence and education, it is meet and proper that in all
branches of industry v/e should advance on these lines. The Negro Busi¬
ness League is one source through which this can be successfully accom¬
plished.
Every race has its history. The Negro who has been a factor in mak¬
ing this great nation from its inception, by his labor, and as a defender,
has not been given that place in history which his services deserve.
That Massachusetts, the home of Garrison, Phillips, Sumner, Wilson
and Andrew, champions of liberty and justice, has no history of Negro
industry is somewhat to be deplored.
In 1846, sixty-nine years ago, there were in Boston twenty-two differ¬
ent vocations consisting of one (blacksmith, Joel W. Lewis; one teamster,
Amos P. Clark; one stevedore, Robert Roberts; one whitewashes Amos
F. Clark; one fancy goods merchant, Eli Ceaser; one milliner, D. S. Cart-
eaux; two cifgar makers, John Bell, John Thompson; one jeweller, J. S.
Jackson; one cordwainer, James Scott; two grocers, James Turner, Henry
Randolph; two furniture upholsterers, Isaac Messick, Charles H. Roberts;
two restaurant keepers, Wm. Junier, C. G. Gisseau; one chimney-sweep,
Joseph Scarlett; one clerk, Robert Morris; four boot-blacks, Henry L. W.
Thacker, Orcardo Minot, John Charles, Oato Freeman; one house-wright,
S. R. Alexander; seven barbers, Charles Grant, Richard A. Hector, Charles
Rose, Henry Freeman, Joseph Clash, C. W. Green, Augustus Henderson;
twenty-two hairdressers, Peter Avery, John Brown, Benj. R. Bassett,
Lemuel Burr, Geo. C. Cleary, Thos. Cole, John B. Gray, John T. Hilton, C.
F. Howard, Peter M. Howard, R. H, Lay ton, Richard Leighton, Andreas
Lewis, Geo. Makkers, J. Lockley Marshall, John B. Pero, William Perry,
George Putnam, A. F. Clark, John D. Ravellion, Wm. F. Shiloh, John J.
Smith, James West, Brazilla Williams, Chas. Williams, W. H. Cassell, War-
ren Freeman; twenty-two clothes cleaners, Jas. R. Brown, Henry Carpen¬
ter, Jonas Clark, Henry Hall, John P. Coburn, Wm, El. Gray, Wm. Lawson,
Simpson H. Lewis, Coggin Pitts, Wm. Riley, John Robinson, John Rogers,
Alex Simpson, Reuben Simpson, J. B. Smith, Peyton Stewart, Henry Tay¬
lor, Samuel Wilson, John Wright, Geo. Washington, Solomon Griess; two
tailors, Henry Weeden, Wm. Dunkins; one handcart pedler, John Logan;
one musician, Peter Howard; one boarding house proprietor, James Aikens.
The Negro population in 1846 was about eight hundred, and those em¬
ployed in the various occupations were between one hundred seventy and
two hundred. There were no doctors, lawyers, nor dentists, mariners and
laborers were quite numerous and these were principally located in the
North End.
From clothes cleaning! Joshua B. Smith entered in to the catering
business in 1848 or 1850, and continued until his death in 1882. He was
perhaps the most noted caterer in the country. His fame spread far and
wide. No man of his race was better knowfr among the notable men of
the nation. He began the catering business in a small shop in a base¬
ment on Brattle street. In the early sixties he became the owner of an
elegant building on Bulfinch street, which was purchased from him by the
city and is now the quarters of several pieces of fire apparatus of the Bos¬
ton Fire Department. He was at one time a member of the Legislature,
serving with credit his constituents of Cambridge by whom he was elected.
He was a close friend of Charles Sumner, Garrison, Phillips, Gov. Andrew
and Henry Wilson. He Was ambitious, progressive and tactful. At his
death he left property and a considerable sum to his family.
Peyton Stewart, who was also in the clothes cleaning business on or
about 1850, opened a gymnasium on the corner of Boylston and Washing¬
ton streets over the Old Boylston Market. His patronage was of the white
race. He was assisted by his daughter in giving athletic instructions. He
was quite prosperous and continued in business until his death about 1870.
In 1846 there were three colored churches: African Methodist Episco¬
pal Zion; May Street, (Revere Street), now Fourth Methodist Episcopal;
the Independent Baptist church located on Smith Court off of then Belknap
street (now Joy street) made famous as the place where Wendell Phillips
took refuge from the mob in 1859, was protected by the Colored people and
taken to a place of safety.
The late May Street church is now located on Shawmut avenue. The Zion,
which was on West Centre street, now Anderson, is located on the cor¬
ner of Columbus avenue and Northampton street. The Independent Bap¬
tist church, now a Jewish Synagogue, has its place of worship on Cam¬
den street, known as the People's Baptist church.
Beginning aibout 1850 it will be interesting to note some of the pro¬
gress made. In the Directory of 1846, there were no Negro Doctors or
Lawyers. During the interval coming to the fifties there were two doctors
of note, Drs. DeGrasse and Rock. Up to that time the population had
somewhat increased and there appeared a necessity for men of that pro¬
fession. They were prosperous to a great degree.
There were two Lawyers, Robert Morris and Mr. Bradley. Morris
practieed in the Courts of Boston. He was astute, witty, intelligent, could
grasp a situation equal to any at the bar, and plead cases in the highest
courts. He was respected by the judiciary, honest in all dealings with his
clients, and no words of reproach were ever heard against him.
The number of barbers had increased. Charles Rose, on Hanover
street, near Court street, had seven chairs. His patrons were white. Ben¬
jamin Dutton, on Cambridge street, had patrons of both races. Steenburg,
on Washington street, near Summer, was reported to have the largest
barber shop in Massachusetts, with sixteen chairs.
One merchant, Nathaniel Springfield, sold straw by the bundle, and by
thrift, economy and ambition accumulated property to the value of many
thousand dollars.
Additional barbers were the Ruffins, among them George L., who be¬
came a member of the Massachusetts Legislature and Judge of one of the
courts.
Two chimney sweeps, Joseph Scarlett and John Gilmore. Scarlett's
father taught him the business of sweeping chimneys. He had for many
years the monopoly in that line, derived from it several thousand dollars
and was the owner of considerable property.
Of musicians there were two, Henry Williams and Frank Howard. Wil¬
liams was considered unexcelled in his day. His compositions were used
by various bands and orchestras.
Howard was a violinist, a very few excelling him. He was also noted
for his compositions, his patronage was quite extensive and he was well
known.
There were two blacksmiths, James Davis and Joel Lewis, both ;being
masters of their trade.
Dry Goods and Tailoring—Lewis Hayden, corner Cambridge and Rus¬
sell streets, West End, kept a dry goods and tailoring establishment for a
number of years. Lewis Hayden was born in Lexington, Ky., December,
1816; came to Boston in 1848. He was a slave of Adam Rankin, a Pres¬
byterian minister, and was sold to Elijah Warner for a pair of horses
at the age of 10 years. He lectured for the Anti-Slavery Society and con¬
ducted meetings throughout New England and New York. He was indict¬
ed and tried in February, 1851, for taking part in the rescue of Shadrach
Sims, the first slave captured in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law.
He helped Sims into a cab which took him out of the city. Hayden was
acquitted. He was also connected With the attempt to rescue Anthony
Burns in May, 1854. His house was the haven of escaped slaves. He was
at one time a member of the Mass. Legislature and for 30 years messen¬
ger to the Secretary of State. He helped to equip the 54th and 55th Colored
Regiments in 1863. His son, Joseph, was with Farragut at New Orleans
and died in the service. Lewis Hayden was a man of courage, determined
in every particular and a friend to humanity. Among his friends were John
Brown, Phillips, Garrison, Douglass, Sumner, Wilson and Gov. Andrew.
Mark R. DeMortie was engaged in the hoot and shoe business. He
was one of the underground railroad agents and succeeded in having many
slaves sent to Canada. He was active in recruiting for the 54th Massa¬
chusetts Colored Regiment. He 'became sutler of the regiment and re¬
mained with it until its final discharge.
There were four boarding houses kept by Weaver, Mulligan, Cassicry
and Foreman, situated in the North End. These houses were known as
"sailor boarding houses," and there could be found men of various nations
mingling with one another, but on account of their language it was hard
to understand them.
There was but one real estate office, kept by Wm. Nutter.
Of caterers, J. B. Staiith, before mentioned, and Howard and Gregory,
whose business flourished for a time; on account of reverses they went
out of business. Smith survived them many years.
historian Wm. C. Nell, a writer of many interesting books, a person
of vigor, and ambitious with a propensity to go ahead in every undertaking,
alert in matters pertaining to the race. He was active in having a law
passed in 1850 whereby there should ibe no separate schools among the
white and colored children, and he lived to see its successful termination.
He also suggested that there be a monument erected to Cryspus Attucks.
He was highly respected in the community by all who knew him.
Printer Benjamin Roberts, who did a most prosperous business, was
one of the foremost in advocating the rights of his race and among those
who advocated that Colored children should attend white schools.
Portrait Painter, Edward Bannister, whose reputation was broadcast and
whose patrons were or the white race, did a lucrative business and after
a while went abroad.
One jeweller, John Wright, for many years was well known.
It is interesting to note that in the fifties there was formed a Dramatic
association by the name of the Ira Aldrich Theatrical Organization, names'
after the great Colored tragedian whose fame spread far and wide in Europe.
They appeared in many of Shakespeare's plays and in various comedies
I They prospered for a time and were patronized by the white race. There
| are two surviving members, one the writer of this article, and Mi;s. Mary
Jane Price of Winchester.
It will also be interesting to know that there were two military com¬
panies, the Massasoit Guards and the Liberty Guards, but they were not
attached to the Militia of the State as Governor Banks was opposed at
that time to there toeing any Colored men belonging to the State Militia.
The Massasoit Guards existed for a short time. The Liberty Guards be¬
came the Shaw Guards and later Company "L" now of 6th Regiment
M. V. M. The old Sixth was the regiment that passed through Baltimore,
April 19, 1861, in whose ranks the first blood of the Civil War was shed.
Of organizations, there were the Prince Hall Lodge of Masons, Bay
State Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which John A. Long is a charter member,
previous to the fifties, and later on the Young Men's Friendship Associa¬
tion. Previous to the Civil War there seemed to be no incentive among
our people for the formation of any associations, and not until later was
there any movement in that direction.
In the City Directory of the forties the names of Colored people and
their vocations were placed in the back part separated from those of the
white people. As time passed on, this distinction was discontinued.
The breaking out of the Civil War caused many to go out of business.
When peace was declared and the Colored population began to increase,
new efforts were made and there was an advance along the lines of various
industries. People seemed to put on new zeal and have the idea of com¬
petition with those of the white race.
Since 1865 there have been about twenty-six doctors of various kinds:
James G. Still, John B. Hall, C. N. Garland, B. R. Robinson, C. W. Harri¬
son, S. E. Courtney, J. A. Sutherland, T. EL A. McCurdy, H. G. McKerrow,
Walter O. Taylor, J. A. Braithwaite, B. L. Whitehead, E. D. Osiborne, U. N.
Murray, John J. Stnith, J. D. Gibson, F. R. Coursey, Herndon White, Isaac
L. Roberts, L. M. Holmes, J. A. Sliepard, Thos. W. Patrick, M. A. N. Shaw,
A. B. Lattimore, D. J. Prichett, G. Williams, W. Alexander Johnson, the
only Dermatologist of color known to the writer, and James A. G. Hinton,
Christian Science Practitioner.
Among the dentists are: A. C. Dunning, A. S. Nairne, W. B. Jones, W.
Alexander .Cox, A. F. Cheeks, Samuel A. Long, Don J. Pinheiro, Chas. W.
Kerr, G. F. Grant, H. W. Ross, C. G. Steward, A. P. Russel^, Jr.
Lawyers are: Wm. II, Reed, W. C. Mathews, L. C. Hicks, J. W.
Schenks, E. E. Brown, Curtis J. Wright, Chas L. Raysor, C. M. Williams,
John Burrill, Butler R. Wilson, Edgar P. Benjamin, J. W. Ramsey, Clifford
Plummer, Wm. Williams, C. G. Morgan, W. Alexander Cox, David E.
Crawford, Joshua Crawford, Wolff Bros., W. J. Foster, William Peyton,
George Lattimer, J. P. Williams.
Barbers have increased over those in the forties, having all the fur¬
nishings of modern times. Among the up-to-date shops may be mentioned
J. B. Stokes, Robert Reardon, W. R. Cogbill, El E. C'asneau, Nathan Walton,
James Allen, F. E. Allston, Stephens Brothers, J. O. Johnson, W. H. Jones,
G. W. Gray, who is the proprietor of two establishments equal to any in
the city, Owens & Richardson, S. R. Riley, J. R. Keeble, T. R. Montgomery.
In the forties, hairdressers were more numerous than barbers and there
has been no marked increase in that line but rather a falling off.
Sixty-five years ago there were no Colored painters, carpenters, ma¬
sons, undertakers, manicurists, music teachers, piano teachers, beauty
schools, coal and wood dealers, nor banks.
In the early seventies, a grocery store was opened under the name of
the Southern Grocery Store on Cambridge street; for a while it was pros-
perous, but on account of financial depression went out of business. At
the present time there are Goode, Dunson & Henry Company, R. Edwin
Scott, E. C. Glover, Wm. H. Moye and Church of God Grocery Store.
Among the increasing tailors, John H. Lewis, became one of the fore¬
most, beginning in a small way, and his establishment was equal to any in
the city. Calvin, W. S. Sparrow, Ridley, Bruce Anderson, A. J. Moore, Wm.
E. Mcllvaine, L. J. Lynch, F. G. Hill, B. H. Hankinson, J. H. Lewis, Jr., and
others, are engaged in the same line.
Gilbert C. Harris, Wig Maker, is said to be one of the best in that
line. Others are Mme. Mary L. Johnson, Mme. L. C. Parrish and Mrs. Wm.
Wilkerson.
There are three hotels, Pitt, Carelton and Melbourne. The Melbourne,
situated on Tremont street, is elegantly furnished with all up-to-date Im¬
provements under the management of Reddick J. Royster.
There are three undertakers: Basil F. Hutchins, Benjamin F. Jones,
and Clarence H. Adams. The establishment of Hutchins has few equals,
situated on Tremont street in a large and elegant building, having a chapel
and all modern conveniences. Jones' establishment also contains a cnapei,
and he pleases all who patronize him. Mr. Adams' place is also worthy of
mention.
Of caterers there are James H. Madison, R. S. Spencer, John W.
Douglass, Geo. W. Ross, Lloyd Marshall, all of whom endeavor to give
satisfaction to their patrons.
Periodicals. In this line there are James H. Hamm, Chris Branum, J.
W. White, D. P. Richardson and others.
Real Estate and Insurance. Charles Shepard, H. F. Jackson, G. M.
Brown, Harding, Cox & Martin Syndicate and many others.
Another vocation is that of Chemist, which did not exist among our
race in previous years. We find at least two, Philip J. Allston and Dr.
Thomas W. Patrick, whose foresight, energy and ambition have placed
the former in a responsible position and the latter at the head of a suc¬
cessful school of pharmacy.
Printers. Arthur W. Lavalle, Still & Still and William Grandison.
Music Teachers. John F. Ransom, Fred P. White, Theodore Drury,
Roland W. Hayes, Clarence C. White, Mrs. Maud Cuney Hare, J. Shelton
Pollen and Ernest G. O'Banyoun, are among the foremost.
There, is one hospital, under the supervision of Dr. C. N. Garland, with
accommodations for a number of patients, and a staff of competent nurses.
The hospital is equipped with all modern improvements.
There are two Homes for Women: Old Ladies' Home and St. Monica's.
Newspapers. A few years ago there were three weekly papers pub¬
lished, The Boston Leader, (Howard L. Smith); The Boston, (John D.
Powell); The Republican, Advocate and Courant, (George W. Forbes.) At
the present time there are four: The Guardian, The Reliance, Thh Chron¬
icle and Advocate, all weekly. All have a healthy circulation.
One drug store, Bay State Pharmacy, is conducted by W. A. Smith,
Manager.
On the police force of Boston there have been six: Butler, Horton,
Atus, Jenkins, Belt and Homer (the first Colored man receiving an ap¬
pointment.) The latter has been in the position some thirty years or more,
and is at present doing duty at Police Headquarters.
Bank. Eureka Co-operative Bank, founder David E. Crawford, is con¬
ducted on business principles and doubtless will become more extensively
patronized.
The Umbrella Factory, Charles W. Woodest, Proprietor, has been in
the business several years.
Bands. Some twenty years ago there was George W. Sharper's Bos¬
ton Brass Band; since that time came the Commonwealth, the Boston and at
the present time there exists what is known as the band of Company "L."
Hackmen. In that business there are four. The introduction of automo¬
biles for carrying passengers has lessened the employment of hacks.
Fraternal Organizations. Sixty years ago in Boston proper there were
but three. Now there are 43: Masonic lodge, (Chapters and Comman-
deries), Odd Fellow Lodges, P. G. M. Councils, Patriarchies, Household of
Ruths, one Foresters, K. of P.'s, Calanthe K. of P.'s, one D. of Sphinx, St.
Lukes, D. of Samaritans, four Tents of Moses, E. L. and D. of S., Eastern
Star Rites, Daughters of Tabor, Gallenian Fishermen, Temples of Elks,
one Camp Spanish War Veterans, one Auxiliary to Spanish War Vets., one
W. R. C., Auxiliary to the G. A. R., one Post of the G. A. R.—Robert A.
Bell, No. 134, Edward A. Ditmus, Commander, having held the position for
ten years, Isaac S. Mullen, Adjutant for sixteen years.
When we take into consideration that the United States Census in
1910 gave Bioston 13,564 Colored people, it is surprising to note the number
of organizations that have been formed. The total number of the race in
the State in 1910 was 38,055. The figures of the census taken this year
are not available as they have not yet been compiled. But it is safe to say
that there are at least 15,000 Colored people in Boston.
Churches. A. M. E. Zion, Rev. B. W. Swain; New Twelfth Baptist,
Rev. M. A. N. Shaw; People's Baptist, Rev. A. W. Puller; Ebenezer Bap¬
tist, Rev. C. A. Ward; St. Mark's Congregational, Rev. S. A. Brown; the
former Revere Street church, Charles Street, A. M. E. church, Rev. M. W.
Thornton; Fourth M. E. Church, Rev. W. J. King; St. Cyprian P. E., Rev.
J. M. Mathias. |/
It will be of interest to know how many of the race have represented
Boston in the Massachusetts Legislature and in the City Council. Elected
to the Legislature were Charles L. Mitchell, John J. Smith, Edwin J. Walk¬
er, Lewis Hayden, George L. Ruffin, George W. Lowther, J. C. Chappelle
(four years), Andrew B. Lattimore, Charles E. Harris, Robert Temoah, Wm.
B. Armstrong, Wm. L. Read, J. B. Smith and Wm. H. Lewis from Cam-
bridge, twelve from Boston, two from Cambridge.
Elected to the Common Council, sixteen: John J. Smith, Paul
Brooks, James W. Pope, Geo. L. Ruffin, Edward Armstead, Nelson Gaskins,
Wm. O. Armstrong!, A. B. Lattimore, Chas. E. Harris, Wm. H. Sims,
Waldron Banks, Stanley Ruffin, Chas. E. Hall, J. Henderson Allston, Chas.
W. M. Williams, Isaac L. Roberts.
At one time there was one of the best sign painters in Boston, who dis¬
continued the business and became a preacher in the Zion connection,
where he now is, namely Rev. E. Geo. Biddle.
Among the firms manufacturing remedies for the scalp and hair may be
found Johnson Manufacturing Company, L. C. Parrish Company, and T. J. Jones.
The two former concerns run, in connection with their business, a beauty school.
To the members of the Negro Business League, to you and your pros-
terity, the duty of maintaining and preservingi the principles of union
devolves. Such an important trust cannot be lightly assumed. Resolve
then to dedicate yourselves with renewed energy to the task of steadily
advancing this principle, until you shall be known by the value of your
worth and not iby the color of your skin.
"Make use of time, for the hour that is lost might be the lucilest pro¬
vided it is converted to account."
Difficulties in the prosecution of your work you may and do meet, bar¬
riers may oppose your march in the way of duty, the intelligent may
frown, and the ignorant may sneer; but all these complicated obstacles, in¬
stead of dampening your ardor, serve only to nerve your arms and inspire
your hearts with a still loftier and nobler zeal in the performance of the
great work before you.
Let the superstructure of the Negro Business League "be so builded
that it will not crumble in .the dust, nor sink into utter oblivion, nor be¬
come a ceaseless fabric of a vision."
"Stand like the anvil when 'tis smitten
With the full vigor of the smith's right arm,
Stand like the heavens upholden
By an Invisible yet almighty hand.
He, whomsoever justice doth embolden,
j Unawed, unseduced shall stand;
Stand, like the rock that looks defiant
Far out on the raging sea that lash its foam.
Be determined, consistent, self-reliant,
Be masters of yourself and rule the storm."
PROGRESS
BY REV J. H. MATTHIAS
To the Tune—"In the Gloaming"
Dedicated to the National Negro Bnsiness League, August 18, 1915.
After years of cruel oppression
Years for us of hopeless toil,
See our race has made progression,
See us cultivate the soil.
We are working, we are planning)
For uplifting of mankind ;
Sparks of love, not hate, we're fanning
And that proves a master-mind.
We ask not for special favors
From the other races now.
Justice crowns the one that labors
Using both the pen and plough
God, our Father watch thou o'er us,
Help to make our worth appear,
And we'll make the land that bore us
Proud of every Negro here.
BASEBALL
The greatest Athletic event for the entertainment
of delegates and visitors to the
CONVENTION of the NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS
MEN'S LEAGUE
at the
OLD SOUTH END GROUNDS
Columbus Avenue
Weduesday, August 18,1915 at 3.30 p.m.
BOSTON TIGERS, Champions of Boston
VS
ST. J OHNS, Champions of Cambridge
Second game in the series for the Championship of New England and a prize of
$50 in gold Dr. Booker T. Washington, the great Negro Educator
will start this contest by throwing out the first ball.
Delegates, visitors all are invited to watch two of the greatest teams Jm New
England battle for the supremacy.
COME ROOT FOR YOUR FAVORITES
Box Seats 50c. Grand Stand 25c. Bleachers 15c
BAY STATE PHARMACY
SMITH & BLUE, Proprietor*
840 Tremont Street Boston, Mass.
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BASIL F. HUTCHINS
FUNERAL UNDERTAKER
Office, Warerooms and Residence
797 & 799 TREMONT ST. cor. Camden St. BOSTON, MASS.
In case of death anywhere call upon us to arrange your affairs
Chapel, Show Room, Morgue, and every Modern Covenience
INTERIOR OF TREMONT SODA SPA
J. H. MADISON, Cater kr
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Phone Rox 1901-J 946 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.