Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-21

the Others What moves one man should
move another, and it does not appear that
on general principles the colored man diff
fers very materially from other men.
But while the cOlOred man is not making
much OF business showing in Seattle
it can not be truthfully said that he is
completely asleep at the switch, as very
heavy percentage Of them own valuable
homes, splendidly furnished with attractive
and inviting surroundings, and still
smaller percentage Of them own speculative
tracts and parcels Of valuable real estate,
which they are holding for future in
crease. 1t is almost impossible to give the
lumber Of colored persons owning homes
and other real estate in this city, but coun.
ty officials, who have given the subject some
thought, are of the opinion that more than
a thousand are so Fortunate which, if true,
would mean that the 5000 colored citizens
of Seattle own real estate and appurtenances
thereunto belonging valued at two million
dollars The situation could be worse. It
may be bit inconsistent yet in this con-
nection, it might be added that the colored
citizens OF Seattle own holt million dol.
lars worth Of automobiles.
''The many good things the Rev. w. D.
Carter said about County Commissioner
Claude Z. Ramsay met my hearty approx
al,''. said John Green, one of the charter
members Of the King County Colored Re.
publican Club. eff ever politician gave
his colored constituents a square deal Mr..
Ramsay is one. About the court house he
IS looked upon as the prince OF good fel.
lows and l trust he will be unanimously
reelected and, he will be, if 1 have my
say"
When preacher and publisher get
their heads together, there are things doing
or at least that seems to Le the general i'm
preston among the people, l think, how
over, it would be drawing on one IS ina ina-
ton to say that the lower order Of the ami.
NAL kingdom share in a like opinion, and
yet one day the past week the Rev. W. u.
Carter and myself were ont on a drive and
IN passing a farm house the chickens took
sudden fright and scattered hither and
thlther as though we had made an effort to
corral them, all of which might have hap.
pened had the moon, instead of the sun,
been shining, but we were driving inno-
Gently along attending to our own business.
The Rev. Carter, observing the commotion
among the chicks, finally said, ''In your
opinion are those fowls excited on account
of our color or do they realize a preacher
anu puUllSHcI are among Cnem duu gen.
orally speaking from a chicken s standpoint,
that it means death in the pot to them?'
My thoughts were at that time absorbed in
the directing Of my car and left his ques-
ton unanswered, but what think you?
Last Sunday was a great day for the
First A. M. b. Church Of this city and it
was a busy one almost from day light until
midnight. 1t was the closing Sunday Of
the past conference year and the pastor
was winding up his work and Bishop Foun.
tain was paying his first visit to the church,
and taking it all in all, it was a strenu-
GUS day. In theological grandiloquence
l hardly think Bishop Fountain measures up
to the most Of the other Bishops Of that
church who have visited here, but in prac-
teal common sense and hard headed bust
ness foresight [ think he leads them all.
l learned many years ago that B1sop
was just man-no more nor no less than
Jim johnson or Bill Brown, and if it were
his make up to talk sense, that he talked,
hnt bo oil no