The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 6, 1929 Page: 2 of 15
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PAGE TWOFIRST IN EDITORIALS
E HOUSTON INI
PLAN
GALA OCCASION
AT WINDY CITY
By K. C. FISHER
Chicago, 111.—Steadily progressive
plans for a crowning celebration in
Chicago by Masons of every degree।
from every section of the United
States have already developed into a
definite and fixed form.
Seventy-five thousand delegates
will assemble here during the week of
August 11 to 17, for the 30th annual
session of the Imperial Council An-
cient Egyptian Arbic Order Nobles of I
Mystic Shrine and the triennial ses-
sion, grand encampment Knights
Templar of the United States; Grand
Court, Daughters of Isis; International
Order of Eastern Star; Holy Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; the
national order. Heroines of Templars
Crusades and other appendant Ma-
sonic bodies.
Glorious Occasion Assured
Arrangements for the reception of
the Masonic family are in the hands
of a committee of 75 diligent workers
under the supervision of Wallace L.
Johnson and his staff of executives,
Fred Hardin, Elizabeth Graves, Al-
len H. Brantley, Grant F. Hayes,
James H. Walker, A. A. Neal and
George Fort, secretary. Their activ-
ities, which began a year ago, are
gaining momentum with the ap-
proaching national jubilee occasion.
The city of Chicago, through the
influence of Alderman Robert R.
Jackson, will place appropriate deco-
rations on the streets in honor of
these conventions. The committee on
conventions of the city council is co-
operating with the local committee in
charge of affairs to make complete
the welcome to be accorded the visi-
tors and delegates who will use the
WWindy City for a playground for a
full week in August.
The Imperial Council of Shriners
- ' will be the guest of Arabic Temple
No. 44, local nobles of the Mystic
Shrine of which A. A. Neal, grand
representative Knights Templar of
Illinois, is grand illustrious potentate.
The gayety of 10,000 desert sons in
whoopee colors and a bedlam of noise
will give the 30th annual session of
their order a real oriental aspect.
. Sessions of the imperial council,
scheduled to eclipse those of previous
years, will be held in the auditorium
of the million dollar Pythian Temple,
37th and State streets.
Imperial Potentate's Request
One of the most ambitious plans of
the Shrine convention has been pro-
posed by the imperial head of the
order, Caesar R. Blake, Jr., of Char-
lotte, N. C., who asks that every race
loving Shriner be in attendance at
the Chicago meeting and demonstrate
their appreciation of their rights to
use the emblems and insignia of the
order. The Shrine jesters, the or-
ganization which develops the comic
rites for the convention.will be a
“ spectacular attraction throughout the
/ jubilee week. They will sing and re-
“ joice and give praise to "Allah" with
harmonies of liberty, granted through
a United States Supreme Court deci-
sion.
The general headquarters in Chica-
go for the 30th annual session of the
. Imperial Council of Shriners are lo-
cated at 3529 Indiana Avenue, under
the personal direction of Wallace L.
Johnson, general chairman. George
Fort is the secretary. A local com-
mittee of the women’s auxiliary.
Daughters of Isis, with headquarters
at 4726 South Parkway, is working
jointly with the Shriners for the suc-
cess of the convention. Mrs. Anna
.... Powell is chairlady of the committee
of women. The Grand Court Daugh-
ters of Isis will be guests of Arabic
Court No. 21, local organization, Mrs.
Catherine Johnson, illustrious com-
mandress.
. Reduced Railroad Rates
Sandy W. Trice, imperial chair-
man of transportation, chief of the II-
. linois Central Railroad ushers at Chi-
cago, has secured railroad rates at
one and one-half fare for the round
trip on the certificate plan. The hous-
ing committee is perfecting arrange-
ments to accommodate all visitors, ac-
cording to information given this
— . writer who conferred with the general
committee Monday.
Guest of Local Shriners
In order to become thoroughly fa-
miliar with the arrangements being
made for the reception of Shriners for
the 1929 convention, it became neces-
sary for this writer, as imperial pub-
" 2 the order, to visit in Chicago
and survey the situation. Through
the courtesies of Imperial Chairman
of Transportation Sandy W. Trice,
and the illustrious potentate of Arabic
Temple of Shriners, A. A. Neal, we
were able to make immediate contact
with executives of the 1929 general
committee. George Fort, local secre-
tary, Steward C. Jefferson and Ches-
ter A. Wilkins were a committee de-
X tailed to give us personal attention
for the purpose of securing conven-I
tion copy for publication.
Shrine activities here include jubi-
lee day ceremonies, this Sunday, con-
ducted by Arabic Temple No. 44, when
like their brethem throughout the
United States, they will rejoice and
be happy because of their restoration
. to citizenship rights.
FLORDIA BLACKS
TO TOUR EUROPE
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White Drug Stores
Featuring Colored
Druggist’s Physic
tory to Los Angeles. A breach office
will be retained here.
AND LODGES
Los Angeles, Cal.—(ANP)—As an
outstanding example of the Negro's
opportunity as a bidder for world
trade local white and colored business
men are interestedly watching the
rapid rise of Alonzo Adams, young
druggist. Only ten months ago, he
was registered pharmacist for Broce’s
Pharmacy, a white firm at 12th and
CentraL Now just across the street
from it he conducts one of the best
equipped, busiest, and most popular
drug stores in the whole city.
Mr. Adams has become famous by
his Adams “Bandits,” a physic, the
formula, of which he worked out by
long experimenting in off hours from
his employment. After testing out
a hundred different forms he put the
present one on the market, realizing
as he said, the need for a better class
of this particular medicine especially
in Southern California’s semi-tropical
climate. Both the name originated
by him, and the excellence of the
medicine, caught the public, and so
many demands came to the downtown
stores that they insisted on him sup-
plying them. Now over four hun-
dred white stores through Southern
California alone are featuring bis
“Bandits” as well as his other reme-
dies and his laboratory in charge of
Lopez Mack, graduate chemist of
Oxford, is taxed to supply the increas-
ing demand.
Following plans as laid down by the
Associated Negro Prem better busi-
ness movement he uses the very lat-
est methods of advertising and man-
aging his store. Smith’s drug store
which he bought out, did a $65 per
day business. Adams averages $135.51
or $4,095 a month, and has fire em-
ployes on a shift at all times. Among
his methods of advertising was use
of the raido, colored newspapers,
movies, and men in the streets giv-
ing away thousand of samples of
“Bandits.” He also supplies famous
athletes white and colored, with his
products. Adams Knocks a-Cold,
Adams - Pepto-Tonic-Vim, Adams
Stomach Remedy are but a few of the
dozen or more remedies which this
young manufacturer, not yet, out of
his twenties, is daily willing out on
the market.
COMMERCIAL NEWS ITEMS
Birmingham.—In order to meet the
keen competition of white chain store
systems, colored grocers of this city
have formed the Colored Merchants
Association and combined for the pur-
pose of collective purchasing and col-
lective advertising. This method has
added considerably to their profits
and encouraged the merchants of oth-
er cities to form similar associations.
Winston-Salem, N. C., and Montgom-
ery, Alabama, now have such organi-
zations.
Philadelphia.—The Citizens and
Southern Bank of this city of which
Major R. R. Wright is president, re-
cently issued the statement that it
now has more than 6,000 depositors.
St. Louis.—The announcement was
made recently by C. B. King, presi-
dent of the Mid-West Life Insurance
Company, that the company has se-
cured certificates of authority to
transact business in the states of Ten-
nessee and Arkansas. Branch offices
will be opened in Memphis, Chatta-
nooga, Nashville, and Jackson at an
early date.
Chicago.—A wage increase amount-
ing to $5 per month was granted to
all Pullman porters at a wage con-
ference of the Pullman Company un-
ion held here May 20. This amounts
to an increase of $840,000 yearly for
the colored employees of the company.
Detroit.—The Supreme Liberty Life
Insurance Company officially started
business here. Monday, June 17. with
the Wayne County agency sales force
presenting to President Harry Hr
Pace $35,000 worth of new business
written the previous week.
Oakland.—The Jordan Mat Manu-
facturing Company which has former-
ly directed all activities from this city
has moved its main office and fac-
Los Angeles.—A group of red caps
in this city have been the need for
more retail outlets owned by members
of the race and accordingly opened
Street and Central Avenue. The own-
ers are J. A. Gray, Robert Lindsey,
Edward Harris, Earnest Dixon and
Virgil Williams. The business is be-
ing conducted as a partnership
Cincinnati—Plans have been com-
pleted for the
pleted for the launching of a state
bank here with a capitalization of
$100,000; 1,000 shares of stock are
to be sold at $135 a share of which
$100 will supply the capital, $20 the
surplus, and $15 the necessary ex-
penses of incorporation and organi-
zation. Already $45,000 of the $135,
000 stock issue has been subscribed
spirit behind this new enterprise and
will serve as president of the insti-
tution.
in Ec
Richmond, Ind.—(ANP)—Though a
small city of 35,000 population and
with but 3,000 colored residents, Rich-
mond beasts of several unique busi-
ness enterprises. The leading clean-
er and dyer of the city, doing the larg-
est volume of business and admitted-
ly the finest grade of work in the city,
is Charles Tate. Owning a building
on the main street which houses the
business as well as other downtown
property he is an example of his
axiom, that “if you know year busi-
ness and give service, there need be
no color line in your patronage.” Re-
cently with his brother-in-law, Mr.
Tate has prepared for market a pa-
tent window ventilator which his
friends are expecting to bring him
large returns.
L. A. Hyatt operates what is per-
haps the most interesting and suc-
cessful so-called “equal rights” bar-
her shop in the country, la his nine-
chair, modernly equipped shop, Mr.
Hyatt serves the best white trade of
Richmond and colored trade as well.
Approximately thirty per cent of his
business is colored. No questions are
asked, no comment is made; in fact,
no one seems to notice the mingling.
A white banker is ns apt to take a
chair vacated by a colored waiter as
not. Mr. Hyatt, too, attributes the
success which gives him the city’s
largest barber shop to “service of a
high order.” It is said that entered
residents are careful not te enter the
Hyatt shop dirty, or unkempt. The
laborers and men whose appearance
because of the character of their work
would not justify it, patronize shops
which specialize in colored trade. He
has conducted this shop for 30 years.
Govell Bundy, colored and head of
the detective force of Richmond, is
about to retire after 25 years of serv-
ice. Several times during his career
he was offered the position of chief
of police but refused it.
Boston Dethridge has entire charge
of the maintenance of the Reed Me-
morial Hospital given to the city by
Daniel Reed, the late “tin plate king.”
Cornelius Richardson, prominent at-
torney, twice has been named special
county judge to sit as an arbiter in
cases where white lawyers have dis-
agreed.
Paul Quinn Masonic Lodge which is
to act as hosts to the state grand
lodge. August 19-21, owns its own
building in the downtown district,
purchased through a building and loan
association which it organized, selling
shares to its own members. It main-
tains a luxurious club room fitted
with an expensive radio, billiard and
card tables, rest rooms, and every ac-
coutrement of a first-class club. It
has done all this on what its 100
members term “business manage-
ment.” The Elks Lodge is buying a
home across the street from Paul
Quinn Lodge. -
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Jacksonville, Fla.—(ANP)—Two
prominent men of this city left Mon-
day night for New York City, from
which point they go abroad.
Dr. I. L. Williams, prominent prac-
titioner, is one of twenty physicians
from various parts of the world, who
goes to the Nation. Hospital for dis- ,
eases of the heart, in London, for stu- :
dy. From the hospital Dr. Williams
will go to Paris and Vienna and con- ‘
tinue to apply himsef to study. He ,
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Richardson, Clifton F. The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 6, 1929, newspaper, July 6, 1929; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1637667/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.