Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-12-27

are always of humiliating nature. You
never hear of him telling a story of how
cOlOred persons in Georgia have Outstrip-
ped the poor white trash of that state des-
plte the fact that the white people almost
weekly lynch some cOlOred man, woman or
child for greater excuse than because
they try to act like white folks. You never
hear of Mr.. King quoting from some learn
eel colOred divine, who is the mental equal
OF DR.. Mathews and the mental superior to
himself, but that may be due to the fact
that, Mr.. King is himself too dense to
quote from such a personage.-'Where ig
norance is bliss it's folly to be wise''
Some time ago this same Henry R. King
was invited to speak in the assembly hall
of the Broadway High School and instead
Of speaking to the edification of the stu
dents thereof he told vulgar stories about
Negroes of the South, and colored boys
and girls were compelled to listen to the
rot and become the cynosure of all of the
white boys and girls present. Within the
next few days thereafter the principal re-
ceived number Of sharp letters from
colored parents to which he kindly and
gentlemanly responded and apologized for
the insult and promised it would never hap
pen again. Recently this same Henry R.
King has been elected member Of the
school board Of Seattle and the head of our
educational system thus black guards
part Of the patrons of the schools, whom h.,
was elected to uplift. If Mr.. King himself
spoke other than in southern jargon his
jokes about the southern Negro might be
a bit more amusing-But, what fools we
mOrtas be.
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es gave an account of the lynching of a
cOlored man down in Georgia-an ex-ser-
vice man-Who fought in France to make
the world safe for democracy, and he was
lynched because he was suspected of be-
ing implicated in the killing of white
man, but that is nothing new FOR Georgia,
it will be remembered, is the breeding
ground for sabotage committed on color
ed folks by white folks. It was in Georgia
where a colored woman was hung up by
her feet and then disemboWled and the
fetus that fell from her stomache was
stamped to pieces by Christian white men.
1t is in Georgia that the lynching record
leads all the other states in this union 1t
was in Georgia that Henry R. King first
saw the light of day and it was in Geor-
gia that he grew into the habit of hui
initiating colored folks because public SEN
timent in that state favored such a modus
procedure In all human probability if you
would ask Henry R. King, why the above
Negro was lynched he would reply in his
broken English because he outraged e
white woman. In Seattle Mr. King runs
chain Of stores for men and [ am told
he has large colored trade. They doubt
less are not aware of the fact that the
owner OF those stores is one and the same
man who humiliates them every time he
gets an opportunity"
AS 1919 passes into history it can be
said Of the coored citizens of Seattle that
they acquired more real estate during
it's existence than they had in all the
years past. It's next to impossible to speak
with eXactness of the amount Of real estate
they purchased last year or the value there
Of but the amount is not only in the hum
dreds of thousands Of dollars, but even
more, and the craze to grab more is still
on and unless there come an unaynacte ed