The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Tacoma, Wash.
G. b. ALDRICH, Editor-Manager
03S1s Pacific Ave. Phone Main 254a


the day generally.
Mr.. Afue Mcdowell, attorney-at-
law of Los Angeles, writes that his
mother, the former Mrs. Frances
Nicholson, is on her way toward Ia
coma and st. Paul. Mrs. Nicholson
will be remembered here by many
friends she made while living in the
city. Mr.. Mcdowell says that there
are twenty-one colored attorneys in
Los Angeles, all doig business, but
that the color line down there is
immense. He says he cannot believe
that in Tacoma colored folks can
buy anywhere they wish if they have
the money as in Los Angeles it is
hard to get property in a desirable
locality.
Mr.. Wesley Lloyd, representing A.
G. Hoskins, proprietor Of 'The Mec-
ca" restaurant, seems to think the
case of T. F. Lander VS.. A. G. Hos
kins for damages for refusing him
and his family meal, to be a great
joke. Mr.. Lloyd drew up his plead
ings in a "facetious vein," saying
that Landers and his party were of
very colored persuasion" and that
Landers ought to have known that he
was colored, as everyone else knew
it, or words to that effect. At one
of the arguments Lloyd sat grinning
and laughing as the pleading was
read as though it was a great thing
to make sport of refusing a mans
legal rights on the ground of color.
Such men will be compelled to take
NpOroac sariouclxy eo,,,o To-, - -
for comic. Mr.. Lloyd is lawyer
who has won a few cases recently
and made some good fees, but that
should not cause him to get stuck
up.
We have found that quite a few
whites in Tacoma are readers of our
literature. Some read "The Crisis"
Others read the Messenger the Chi
cago Defender, the Pittsburgh Cour-
Ter and our own Enterprise" Ia
coma is judged by the newspaper
space it occupies. Since we are not
publishing a Tacoma paper of our
own, we should do the next best
| thing, have a whole page in the EN-
terprise." Will we do it?
Mr.. Ernest Du Pree, Tacoma's
young medical student at Northwest
ern University, has gone to Ohio for
a short trip with one of the profess
sors. Ernest is reported to be max
ing great progress. Ernest is one
of st. Leo's boys.
Mrs. Nettie P. Asberry has return
ed from her trip south as delegate
to the 18th bienniel session of the
National Association of Colored Wo-
men, at Oakland, Cal, July 31st to
August 9Th. Mrs. Asberry spent
some time in other cities visiting
friends. She is glad to be home
again.
We have as fine a set of young
boys from is to IS as any city car
show except that they are few in
numbers. But our older men have
not learned to take an interest in
our boys. A boy means nothing in
our colored mems lives, unless it is
my boy" and then only for short
time. We must learn to train ou1
boys while they are young; we neg.
lect them when they most need US;
then we boiler our heads off when
some painted white woman grabs
them off for an evil life.
The boy is father to the man
our western colored boys have few
enough advantages and we Older
ones ought to foregather with these
boys and get them interested in small
business ventures. To be sure there
will be some failures, but that ought
not to stop us. Some of the boy.
will be hard to handle, that shouldn't
stop us. Let's call the boys togethe
and see what we can do to interest
them in making good.
Mr. William T. Rudd, who died anc
was buried here lately, was the ne
phew of Dan A. Rudd, one of the
brilliant men of the Catholic Church
in the state of Ohio. The family wa.
very prominent in church circle.
along about 1890 and 1900, and Mr.
Dan A. Rudd enjoyed quite a host
of friends among the Catholic priest
hood. He was the cause of three
congresses being assembled at Bal
timore, Mr., to advance the interests
of the Catholic Church among the
Negroes of America. Catholic Ne
gro work was previously under the
jurisdiction of the English Catholic
Church, and Mr.. Joseph Griffin, who
died in Everett a few years ago, was
sent to Mill Hill, England, to study
for the priesthood. After he wa.
transferred to American schools anC
the work was divided, the American
Negroes being transferred to an
American Catholic society. MIR. Oar
A. Rudd will be long remembered
for the prominent part he took in
that matter.
S. p. De Bow and Edward PitteI
of Seattle, were visitors last week
in the interest of their book OF
who's Who" they are getting out
Mr.. De Pow thinks of starting "The
Searchlight" again. We hope so fol
this paper was the pioneer here.
Rev. c. B. Clements, Methodist
minister, was in the city on Tuesday
last.
Z. r. James, who has been cook
aboard the City of Tacoma, between
Tacoma and Seattle. has been trans.
ferred to Seattle to run from that
place. Mr.. James just returned from
a trip to Yakima.
O'Neil Lander has ulite n nifty