Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-04

Four hundred colored persons in Seattle
subscribe and pay for Cayton's Weekly,
and, of course, four times that many more
read it. This is rather remarkable for one
years existence and we feel like patting
ourselves on the back This however, does
not give us the idea that 1--WE occupy an
exclusive field," but we have an idea that
in two years more if we continue to grow
as we have, every colored family in and
about Seattle will each week read Cayton's
Weekly.
A. Miles, who has resided in Seattle since
1900, coming here from Chicago, left the
city one day this week and is now looking
over some Eastern Washington towns with
a view Of finding a new location. He is
barber by trade and though three score and
ten years, in age, yet he is as active as a
man thirty years his junior. A. Miles is
man with history and a history that in
places links his life with that Of the late
James j. HILL Many years ago he and Mr..
Hill began their careers in Duluth at about
the same time and both had phenomenal
success. For number of years it was nip
and tuck, which one Of them would &C
cumulate the faster, with the odds in Miles,
favor. Hill however, finally outstripped
Miles, but they continued fast friends Re-
verses came to Mr.. Miles later in life after
he had accumulated a half million dollars
He took his misfortunes without a whimper
and to this day what he had had never
passes his lip and to talk with him you
would never be the WISER but that he had
been an ordinary barber all of his life.
Lets hope that something will happen that
will bring rest to him in the sunset of his
life that will make his last days his hap
piest ones
Rev. D. A. Graham will be leaving for
the Puget Sound annual conference within
a few weeks and word as to his work in
this city for the past twelve months would
not be amiss. It was a public secret that
the First A. M. g. church Of this city was
in most deplorable financial condition,
owing to the wrecklessness of his predeces-
sor, when he was assigned to the post, and
it took man Of much nerve to follow in
the wake of such a spendthrift In twelve
MONTHS however, he has managed to clear
up the most Of the scattering debts left by
the other pastor and made many payments
on the main debt and at the same time has
taken care of the interest and taxes It is
unfortunate that men of Mr.. Graham
ability have to devote so much of their
ministerial time to paying off debts, as
there are so many other things for them to
do Had not he been handicapped with a
lot Of nasty debts he could have accomp-
hshed a great deal more in the way of
uniting the people of this community.
Lets hope that he will be returned so that
he may continue the work so we'll begun.
Samuel H. Stone has an idea, which, if
carried out as he has it planned, will re-
suit in great good for the community. The
idea can be carried out, if the colored folks
of the city will forget their differences, and
rally to it's support. Mr.. Stone has sub
mitted his idea to number Of leading men
and women Of the Puget Sound country,
and is waiting their decision on the sub
ject before giving it out for publication.
1t can be said CT Mr. Stone that no man
that has ever come West has the good of