Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-09-29
THE PASSING THRONG

Abraham Lincoln's emancipation act was
remembered by the colOred citizens of Sc
attic last Sunday evening in the shape Of
goodly number coming out to listen to adj
dresses made by some Of our well known
citizens. The exercises were held at the
First A. NJ. E. church, which was tastefully
decorated with flowers and flags giving the
spacious auditorium most pleasing ap-
pearance The selections rendered by the
choir of the church were very sweet and
well worthy of a packed house had there
been nothing else on the program. Owing
to the absence Of the pastor and no one to
fill his pulpit on that occasion it was the
concensus Of opinion that, the emancipation
speeches in conjunction with the sacred
concert given by the choir, the house would
be packed from pit to dome but it was
not, and the only reason that this paper can
give for it not having been so, was that
somebody had tried to have a public meet
ing III the interest Of the colored folk Of
the city and they did not appreciate any
one trying to in any way connect them with
the people emancipated by Lincoln in 1862.
On the whole, however, the meeting was
quite success and Mr.. Stone and his COM
mittee are to be congratulated
The Post-lntelllgencer condescended to
mention the Emancipation meeting last
Sunday morning and in the future a ma
jority Of the colored citizens of this section
would much prefer that, it not waste it's
valuable space in publishing news notes as
to other coming events. The notice as
written, was like all such notices that have
appeared in the Pr. under it's present edi-
tor1al management, an apology for it's ap-
pcarance IN its columns. It's too bad that
the editorial management of the Pr. does
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speeches made by colored men and women
on some such occasions and it would hear
just as choice language and just as classi-
cal music delivered and rendered as could
be heard among the whites, and further, if
the editor himself was curtained off so he
could not see the complexion of those par
tlclpating he would not be able to honestly
tell whether what he heard was said bv
white or colored men and women. The
colored citizens have learned that there is
nothing too good for colored people in the
way of culture and intelligence and those
selected to speak or sing on such occasions
full y prepare themselves and they would
feel no more embarrassed to appear before
an all white audience than before an all
colored audience. But the editor of the
P.-l is just born that way and perhaps
ne has been unable to overcome his an
tpathy for the colored man, which is char
acterlstic of any former Knight of the
Golden Circle
Sampson Valley whose former home was
IN LeXa, Arkansas, is recent arrival in
the city and holds u S. Government GER
tilicate as meat Inspector and for the pres
ent will be stationed at Barton & Com
pany's slaughter house Valley is pro-
bationer, but if he makes good in at the
expiration of his probationary period he
will be regularly employed. He is STOP
ping at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
"A. Wright and Mr.. Wright is rendering him
all the assistance posbisle to get off right.
This class of work is new field for colored
men in the West and it is the hope of
knowing of the efforts Of Mr. Valley that
he will make good
Clarence R. Anderson gave much owl
dence last Sunday evening in his mastery