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Men of the Month AN EDITOR. MR. W. E. KING, founder and editor of the Dallas, Texas, 'Express', was born in Macon, Noxubee Country, Miss., June 7, 1866. He was educated at Macon Academy and taught school at various places in Mississippi from 1882 to 1888. In 1888 Mr. King began his career as a journalist at Helena, Ark., working for the 'Peoples' Friend'. He established 'Fair Play' at Meridian, Miss., in February, 1889, and in 1892 he moved to Texas and established the Dallas 'Express' one year later. In race matters Mr. King stands for all of the manhood rights of the Negro as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and he has fearlessly championed this belief in the columns of his paper since its establishment. Mr. King has been a delegate to every Republican State Convention in Texas since 1892. He is a lodge man, being a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Knight of Tabor, and United Brother of Friendship. He stands high in the councils of each of these fraternal orders and has assisted in shaping their policies for the good of the race. He is at present State Organizer of the Texas Negro Business League. Two years ago Mr. King called to his assistance a few of the Negro business and professional men of Dallas, Texas, and organized the Dallas Express Publishing Company, chartering the organization with a paid up capital of $5,000. This company has installed new and modern type-setting machines and presses and has contracted for further equipment. The company is planning to have the best equipped publishing plant owned by Negroes south of Nashville, Tenn. "Then," says Mr. King, "will be realized my dream of many years." A CATERER. MR. ELLSWORTH W. PRYOR was born in Washington, D.C., April 3, 1862, the son of Charles and Angeline Pryor. He was educated in the public schools of Washington, D.C., at Howard University and at Oberlin College. After leaving Oberlin he taught for a few years in the public schools of Alexandria, Va. In 1884 he was married to Miss Louise M. Braxton, of Washington, and shortly thereafter with his bride he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he obtained employment as assistant steward at the Omaha Club. His ability was soon recognized and he was given the stewardship of this club. He held this position for nineteen years. In 1905 he went to the Commercial Club, where he has established an enviable reputation. Mr. Pryor has has the honor of serving banquets for six Presidents of the United States: Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, three of whom have personally complimented him for his skill as a caterer. AN INVENTOR MR. H. C. WEBB is the inventor of the Webb Palmetto Grubbing Machine. He has a thirty-horsepower engine to pull the machine and plow. It grubs between five and ten acres a day and in the worst of palmettos it does in one day the work that it would take ten men to do in ten days. Mr. Webb has also invented a barrel stave machine and a self-force drill press, but he lost these inventions because he did not have the means to secure patents. They are, however, on the market, patented. Mr. Webb was born in Columbus County, North Carolina, March 25, 1864. He spent the first sixteen years of his life on a farm. Later he engaged in a blacksmith, sawmill and rice cleaning business for himself at Parish, Fla., and is now located in Bradentown, Fla. A MINISTER THE REVEREND JAMES LUTHER PINN was recently installed minister of the First Baptist Church, West Washington, D.C. Mr. Pinn was born in Washington D.C., May 12, 1877. He is a ggraduate of the Washington High School, the Washington Norman School and Howard University. He was ordained to the ministry in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1901. 186 MEN OF THE MONTH 187 [[3 images of individuals]] W.E. KING. MRS. R.N. DETT. J.L.PINN. [[image]] MR. WEBB'S GRUBBING MACHINE. [[3 images of individuals]] H.C. WEBB. W.J. ANDREWS. E.W. PRYOR.
