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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Colored Citizens Of Harlem Are
Dressiest Persons In New York

NEW YORK, Oct. About the
drcssiest individuals of Greater New
York with its millions of inhabitants
are the colored citizens of Harlem.
Their dress was the subject of an ar
ticlc written by we'll known writer
which appeared in a leading publi-
cation recently. The descriptive
narrative, which is worthy Of reprint,
read as follows:
A sporty" negro strolled up Sew
enth Ave. with a large white English
bulldog struggling on leash Clad
in an orange and white sweater,
mauve colored golf knickers and
striped stockings to match the sweat
or, the negro-and his petLwere the
cynosure of ell eyes. Other negroes
lounging at the curb gazed admir-
ingly at the sight and shuffled ner-
vously away when the dog shifted at
their heels.
Seventh and Lenox Avenues vic
with each other in exploiting the
seasons styles. They are the gay
boulevards of the fashion promenad-
ers where dreams of haberdashers,
milliners and builders of 1Iiflady's
gowns find their widest expressions.
The negro has a weakness for bright
colors and exaggerated garments and
does not hesitate to appear in the
newest creations Of the tailor's art.
And the negro wears his clothes
surprisingly well. They fit him as
# they had been specially made for
him and give one the impression that
they are as much part Of him as an
arm or leg. He may be loudly or
vainly attired, but there is no sug-
gestion of clownishness In short, in
a swagger way, he is able to carry
off the effect successfully.
Indeed the stylish, "dressy" negfo
is much In evidence. Youths are seen
in all manner of athletic attire. There
are plenty of golfers in gray flan-
nels, fancy sweaters and stockings.
Tennis players in white from head to
foot pass by twirling their racquets
!. .nonchalantly and Just aching to get
2 whack at one of the champions.
The pugilisticgncgro IN sweater and
fnp puller rakishly over the brow
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saunters along confident of tho pow
er behind his strong arm and shoul-
der.
The proprietor of the dance hall
or cabaret is easily recognized in his
broad-brimmed panama hat and Nor
folk jacket. Occasionally when h.
expects to entertain prominent
guests he dons evening clothes, dia.
mond studs sparkle like stars from
his expansive and spotless shirt bos-
ON and a stone of great brilliancy
adorns his ring finger. He likes to
bask in the white light of the electric
sign above the portals of his palace
of pleasure and acknowledge the
salutations of acquaintances as they
pass.
Though bright colors predominant
on the avenues, they have their so
Der, subdued tones, too. Elderly,
dlgnificd negroes habitually dress in
black ana in contrast to those of
gayer plumage they appear like so
many crows among swans and doves.
These sober, melancholy, black gar
nlented negroes would feel uncom-
Portable in any other attire. The gar
ments are cut along conservative
lines. The wearers are particular in
other respects and cling tenAciously
to white cuffs, with gold links or
cuffs Of black surrounded by circle
of gold.
The prayer meeting type is every
where encountered He, too. dresses
preferably in black, but if he can af-
ford It he attires himself in long
frock coat, wears white bow tie and
patent leather shoes. He grcets you
with pleasant smile as you enter
the particular church at which he
worships and he conducts you to a
pew with such polite and courtly
air that he makes you feel that you
owe him vote of gratitude. If he
realizes YOU are a stranger in a
strange place he does not permit his
attentions to rest there, but he Is
apt to press prayer book or a
hymnal IN your hand. And on leav-
ing the church you feel you would
like to meet him again.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
COLORED ORDER
TAKEN OVER BY
WHITE COMPANY

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Oct. T.
tPNS) race lost another bust.
ness enterprise when the knights
and Daughters of Tabor was taken
over, lock, stock and barrel by the
Standard Life Insurance Company
of Eureka Springs, Ark. This deal
was kept secret by the officials of
the knights and Daughters of Tabor
from the public and it was not un-
til Monday, when the information
concerning the deal became known,
although the papers in the matter
had been approved by the Insurance
Department of Arkansas on Sept.
7th.
The consideration was not made
public but nevertheless as far as
is able to be determined by the
delegates who attended the Grand
Session at Pine Bluff, the matter
had never been authorized by the
Grand Session. When the Grand
Session met in regular convention
in Pine Bluff on July goth, no
mention was made of the fact, but
the order was in such a rocky"
condition that it would be necessary
to sell the orders insurance depart
ment and buildings to some other
concern the following week. AL
though there was current rumor
about the state that the order was
insolvent and owed more than $685.
600 worth of death claims, the Off
GERS denied this, stating that a real
estate loan on the building at Ninth
tot L., L.
ian Hall, for $4,000 would put the
order in very good shape.
Negotiations have been under
way, for several weeks between the
officials of the Standard Life In
snrance Company and the Knights
and Daughters of Tabor The Stand
ard Life Insurance Company is an
Arkansas company organized by
white men. The Knights and
Daughters of Tabor until about five
years ago was considered one of the
strongest colored fraterna, sociotics
in Arkansas. II has been operating
its insurance department for about
twenty-eight years and has u mem
bership of 14,250 members. The
department records at the state
house show that the Tabors was the
first colored society to begin the
insurance business in Arkansas.
The written agreement transfers
the Taborian Hall at Ninth and
State Streets and 11S acres of
country property, owned by the
Knights of Tabor, to the Standard
Life. The property listed has an
estimated vaIua of SI05 OO0 with an
cncumbrance of $4,000.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
TACOMA GIRL
AWARDED ELK
SCHOLARSHIP

GARY. Ind, Oct. 7.-CANP)-
The board OF education of the I'm
proved, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the World, in ac-
cordance with its announced pur-
pose through its Commissioner OF
Education. Judge W. c. Houston of
Gary, has granted the following
named persons scholarships for the
school year ending not later than
July J. 1927. The amount of the
awards ranging from S125 to $3.50.
each in accordance with the needs
of the various students as investiga-
tions disclosed:
Peter d. Johnson, Washington
.. c.; James Leaie- atlanta, Ga;
Hazel Hayes. Washington, Pa. /;
Woodley Lawrence. Norfolk Va. /;
Mary w. Billups. ST. Paul, MINI. !;
Evelyn Battles. Omaha, Nebr: Inez
Battles, Omaha. Nebr.; Brantley Fl.
smith Chapel Hill, n. c.; Thomas
Griffin, Greenwood. S. c.: Gladys
Purcell. Bluefield, w. Va: Eutha
M. Gwynn. Lake Providence, La. !;
Beverly l.. Hendricks, Roanoke.
va "yIlie oCOlt, 1eHnlnB, 2nn. I,
Carrie B. Kendrick. Lakeland, Fla. /;
Edgar A. Hawley. Peoria. ILL.,; Theo-
dore r. Walker. Hamilton, Ohio
Lawrence F. Hayes, Youngstown,
Ohio: Robert Macon, Chester, s. c.. !;
Andrew r. Miller, Richmond, KY. I:
Shelton Langley, Henderson. KY;
j. Clarence Chambers, Baltimore,
Nd; John w. Saunderson, Trenton.
N j., Vivian Williams. New York
N. Y; Myrtle X Washington, Ia
coma, Wash: Paul r. King, Evans
Vile, Ind; Edward S. Muse, Wash
mgton. ID. c.; Wilford Holmes,
Pittsburgh. Pa; and William T.
Johnson, Erie, Pa.
Those students will attend schools
located in various sections of the
country. Most of the scholarships
granted at this time with few ex-
ccptions, were to persons who in
response to the question: What IS
your lifes' purpose?", answered thai
they intended to engage themselves
as school teachers Since Il is the
purpose of the Elks to devote itself
primarily to the spread of educa-
ton. the board of education at this
time favored those, who committed
themselves to this line OF endeavor.
Other awards are to be made later,
SO announced by the commissioner.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
TWENTY HAZERS
ARE SUSPENDED
FROM LINCOLN j.

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa, Oct.
49, (AAN) N)-Twenty members of
the sophomore class were fired from
Lincoln University by the Students
Council, Sunday for hazing.
This action took place following
an annual class fight Friday night
in which S5 sophomores barri-
caded themselves on the fourth
floor of Lincoln and Ashmon halls
and held at bay l10 members of the
freshmen class until they were res
cued by members of the Student
Council.
Terms OF the suspension of the
sophomores vary from one week to
the school year.
The longest suspension was meted
out to James Still, OF Chicago, who
was mistakenly thought to be one
of the ring leaders of the affair
Later ii was learned that the facul-
ty ha d previous black marks
against Still. Terms of all the
other sophomores was one or two
weeks.
There is no specific rule against
hazing at Lincoln University, ac-
cording to the students. II is per-
mitted as long as there is no one
hurt and no damage done to the
buildings
Every year, however, there is
someone hurt and some of the stu
dents sent away.
In the fracas Friday night three
were injured, Earl Martin, fresh
man, of Baltimore, struck in the
stomach and two other freshmen
had scalp and shoulder injuries as
sophomores on the fourth floot
hurled down plates, cups, saucers
and any other movable object upon
the freshmen, who were attacking.
them by way of the front and rear
stairways and the fire escapes
Buckets OF water we're poured
down on the defenders in the two
hours fight.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
COLORED HELP
STRIKE TO END
RACE INSULT

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-(ANP)-
Only the unity OF 200 mattresses
and the colored cooks at the Alice
Foote McDougaI Coffee Shops, 6
West 47th street. prevented one of
the Mattresses, Miss Petis, from be-
ing fired when she ignored an order
from the headwaitress to discrim-
mate in the service given a colored
patron last week.
Hon. William II. Lewis of Boston.
former Assistant United States At
torney General at Washington, was
in New York last week attending
the trial OF former Attorney General
Daugherty.
He was invited to lunch by sew
eral white friends and they went to
the McDougall Coffee Shop TO eat,
When they took seats, the head
waitress recognized Mr. Lewis as a
colored man and told Miss Petis,
who waited on their table, not to
give him the same service she gave
the others, as the company did not
want to encourage colored people
using the Coffee Shop. Miss Petis
ignored her order and gave Mr..
Lewis her best services as waitress.
After the guests had gone, she
was told her services would no lon
ger be required. The other colored
Mattresses and male cooks were told
OF the incident and they all struck
until Miss Petis was permitted to
continue to work. The whole group
walked out Friday afternoon and
returned TO work Saturday morning
only after the management had
promised that there would be no
more discrimination against patrons
because OF their. color. The cooks
were led by Henry j. Brockington
of 10 West 14lst street.
The McDougail Company operates
several large lunch rooms in the
business district, and employ nearly
500 colored people.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Alice Back From Europe
To Fight Kip's Appeal

NEW YORK. = Mrs. Alice
Beatrice Jones Rhinelsnder re-
.arnsd to this country Tuesday,
after a seven-week tour Of Eu-
rope, to be present when 'hS
appeal Of Leonard Kip Rhine
lander, her husband, for snnul-
ment, comes up, Wednesday.
Immediately after the appeal
has been argued before the sp-
pe.late division of the supreme
court. in Brooklyn, Mrs. Rhine
lander will institute proceedings
for separation from her husband.
If she wins, she will demand
from Rhinelsnder an inerease in
her presen2 allowance of $500 a
month.
Showing ncw-found conf
dcree that amazed her inter-
viewers, Alice said: IL have
been trying TO FORGET about the
court case. had entirely for
gotten for several glorious
weeks.
"a can never forget, housh,
'h1t am Leonard's wifc--but
I don't want to talk abotu him."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
AUTO CRASHES
THROUGH FENCE
INTO THE SOUND

\ Crashing through row of wood
en- crates and a light rail fence at
the foot of Bay Street at Railroad
Avenue a Hudson Sedan driven by
Shakespeare Gillispie Franklin, well
known colored resident of Seattle.
plunged into 80 feet of water in
Elliott Bay late Tuesday night and
Franklin was drowned. His body
was recovered one hour after the
crash by the Harbor Patrol and
turned over to the coroner Frank
lin was identified by cards and
business papers found in his clothes.
The scene of the accident is at the
sharp turn of Railroad Avenue into
Elliott Avenue at Pier 1S, Union Oil
Company dock. Mr.. Franklin left
his home early Tuesday evening to
make several business calls and il
is supposed he was on his way home
when the crash occurred Watch
men employed at the Union Oil
Company dock say Franklin must
have been driving his car at rapid
rate for they heard the roar OF his
machine and the next moment the
crash into the bay. When the Har-
the scene of the accident the car
was floating half submerged in the
water.
An attempt was made to raise the
car. but the ropes broke and the
auto fell back into the bay Frank
Inns body rolled out of the machine
and floated half mile down the
beach before IL was recovered.
According to the harbor diver
he saw a woman's arm with wrist
watch on hanging out OF Franklin's
car. A woman's glove was also
found floating In the water. AL
though the bottom Of the bay has
been carefully searched for three
days by divers the woman's body
has not been discovered.
A. G.. Pickering, attendant at a
Union Oil station a half block from
the scene of the accident, said that
Wednesday evening a man had ask
ed him If woman's body had been
recovered from the wreck.
The man. Pickering said, declar-
ed that a woman friend of his was
missing This woman, he added.
was friend Of Franklin.
Private funeral services for
Franklin will be held this Friday
afternoon at the Watson
mortuary. Franklin was 81 years
old and born in Albuquerque. New
Mexico. He came to Seattle six
years ago from Minneapolis He
was employed as dining car waiter
for the Northern Pacific. During
his lay off days he engaged in the
real estate and loan business. In
this he was successful and he con-
templated quitting the railroad serv-
ice. Recently Franklin bought an
apartment building on East John
Street, which he remodelled and re-
furnished extensively
Franklin resided with his wife,
Mrs. Mamie l.. Franklin. daughter
Miss Grace Franklin and mother.
Mrs. e. N. Reynolds at his own
home. 1911 33rd Avenue.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Average Wage Of Negro Workers
Is Only $40 Per Week

CHICAGO, Oct. 7. (ANP)-
Schools and colleges are blamed for
the low standards Of living prevail
ing today imam article entitled, "Ne-
gro Education and Low Living Stand
ards" by G.. l.. Cools, high school
teacher of Chicago, in the current
issue of the Educational Review.
Mr.. Cools declares that the big
schools are rushing all their pupils
into the professional colleges and
are giving none of them preparation
for the skilled trades. The result,
he declares, Is the professional CON-
plex among colored people and the
deification of the doctor as the big
gest man in the community.
$40 Week
According to Mr.. Cools the aver
age wage Of the black working man
is $40 a week. The lowness Of this
average Is due to the fact that more
than .95 per cent Of Negro worlunen
are unskilled. His average wage Is
low because of his average skill as a
wealth producer Is low His average
skill is low because his educational
agencies are directing their energies
and efforts into channels which do
not endure a high WAGE scale.
The schools, he declares, are all
concentrating their efforts in pro-
duction of professional men, Of
whom there Is at present sufficient
number, he says, to attend to the
needs of the group.
The Doctors
Mr.. Cools declares there is reason
for the constant selection of the
course by the black
youth. II isn't a question Of income,
for large number Of doctors after
having received their professional
degrees have 10 seek work on the
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
WALKER BABY
FAILS TO UNITE
RICH COUPLE:

CHICAGO. Oct. 7.-(ANP)-Dr
Gordon II. Jackson and his wife
Mrs. May Walker-Jackson. have
come to the parting OF the ways
according to admissions on both
sides which were made here this
week
The doctor is reported TO have
moved from the palatial apartment
in exclusive Michigan boulevard
which he and Mrs. Jackson recent
ly occupied and to have hired lodg-
ing in local hotel. A divorce. by
mutual consent of both parties, i.
contemplated
Thus comes the first definite
break in the famous "million-dollar
wedding" of Mary Walker, tho
adopted daughter of the former
Leila Lalker. who Inherited the
fortune of her mother, Madame
Walker, the millionaire manufae-
turcr of preparations for the hair
and skin. The marriage was con-
summated in New York and was
much commented on by the society
press OF the country, colored and
white. Nine thousand guests are
said to have been invited.
Rumors of separation have spread
before when Mrs. Jackson took oc
casional trips from the chy, but il
was thought that whatever differ
ences that might have arisen would
be healed with the birth, few
months ago, of son, Gordon, jun
ior. But that hope" which the
poet says a child may bring seems
TO have been foredoomed forelorn.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
S. C. FRANKLIN BROWNS TN ELLIOTT bay
Knights ana Daughters of Tabor, SoIo
u. N. /. A. College Has
Official Opening

cLAREMoNT, Va. i Several
thousand members and friends
of the U. N. I. A. gathered here
Saturday for the official open
ing of Liberty University, the
official school of the Assoeia-
tion.
The University was formerly
The Smallwood Corey Institute
and was used as an industrial
school, The plant is beautifully
situated on high hill overlook
ing the James River. ~
There are several modern
brick buildings constructed with
class rooms, electric plants,
teachers dormitories, boys and
girls quarters and a campus
comprising several acres.
The U. N. I. A. plans to erect
a number of buildings and fur
ther improve the school.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Called Judge Liar
Man Gets Thirty Days

DETROIT, Mich. - Lincoln
Garfield Roach, convicted De-
troit bootlegger, who Tuesday
twice called Judge ,. H. Collins
a liar, while the Judge was on
the bench, Wednesday was sem
fenced to 80 days in the county
Jail for contempt Of court.
When he finishes this sentence
he will be sentenced on the 9TH
er charge.
Roach called the court a liar
when Judge Collins referred to
Roach as moral and mental
coward, in sentencing John r.
Peterson of Detroit to Jail for
transporting liquor. Roach was
awaiting sentence on the liquor
charge.
Officers say he was drunk at
the time. Peterson had sworn to
an alibi for Roach and the court
told him that Roach was too
much Of n coward TO take the
stand himself.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
White and Colored ore
Choirs to Compete

Los ANGELES, Calf fBy A.
N. Pas an outgrowth of the
famous Colored Choir Contest held
in Hollywood Bowl on July 12. a
great contest will be held soon, in
which q number Of white choirs will
compete with a number Of coIored
choirs, the whites to sing classics,
the Negroes. spirituals. The illness
Of Mr.. Squire Coop, eminent figure
in music circles, has prevented the
setting Of an actual date. Great in
terest has already been aroused as
there has never been a similar con-
test held,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Atlantans Mob Motorman

ATLANTA. Ga. - S. R. Collier,
white, riovorman Of the street rail-
way coinpan: was injured IN the
colored secritn Friday night. whom
re refi'sed to allow pretty Miss An.
ic Eubanls to leave the strcat car
by the front door.
He seid the conpany's rifles re-
CURED all colored people to ieave by
the rear door. Police rescued the
badly hurt man with difficulty.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Slayer Of Mrs. Dudley
Improves; to Face Trial

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Charged
with the murder Of Desdeinona Dud-
ley, wife Of the famous theater mag
net, 1916 U ST.. northwest, Police
man George S. Davis, SO years old,
635 Fairmont Street, northwest, Is
recovering at Freedman's Hospital
from a bullet wound in his temple,
self-inflicted after the murder.
An inquest has been postponed
until Davis is able to attend. A
coroner's Jury was sworn in Satur-
day afternoon. Davis has Improved
considerably hospital authorities
said.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Jazz to Resound
In YiIdiz Palace
CoNSTANTINoPLE.

CoNSTANTINoPLE. = A
real American negro jazz band
is one Of the features promised
for the big gambling resort on
the Bosphorus, into which an
italian syndieste has converted
Yildiz palace, home of the last
sultan of Turkey.
One of the most elaborately
decorated buildings in the pal.
ace grounds is Mcrsssim Kiosk,
which Sultan Abdul Hamid had
built especially for the German
kaiser.
In its efforts to raise revenue
the Turkish government has de-
eided to sell all the former impe.
rial palaces with the exception
of Dolma Batehe, Top Capou
and Beyierbcy.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
Says Klan Has Decreased
Number of Lynchings

WILLIAMSBURG. Va. Il 1inper-
ial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, ex-
allied hesd Of the Ku Klux Klan, re-
Gently said here. in the course of the
presentation Of a flag to William and
Mary College, more Negroes have
been killed in two race riots in the
North than in, all the lvnchings In
the South. They kill them by the
hundreds up there, while the South
only kills them one at a time. lynch
'ings have decreased by one-third
since the establishment of the Ku
Klux Klan."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1926-10-08
SIS Per Month for
Teaching go Pupils

COLUMBIA, s. C.-(By "A. N.
PO.-Many transfers are being made
here as a result of the crowded con-
dition of the Negro schools. Every
available room in the colored public
schools Is In service. Twelve grade
teachers are handling two sections a
day. In some rooms there arc as
many as go pupils. The teachers get
twenty-five and thirty dollars a
month.
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road or in the postoffice to keep
from starving. Back there at home
whence he came the only person of
consequence among this group are
the professional ones The doctor is
usually the biggest man in the COM
munity and that holds true no mat
ter how mediocre he may be-.
The preacher, lawyer, pharmacist,
he is also a doctor, and the profess
sor occupy their places In social
esteem second only to the doctor.
They represent tho, acme of success.
Mothers point to them with pride as
personages worthy to be emminated
by their children.
Teachers Inspire Children
The same condition prevails in the
school. Teachers tell their school
children they must become as great
as the community doctor. Through
direct and indirect suggestions the
child is taught to regard the profess
sion as the highest goal which he
may strive to attain.
1t is quite natural, therefore, that
the youth should select the profess
sion to any opportunity that is given
him.
This blind worship Of the profes-
sion by the people of color has Gre
ated among them professional COM
plex which is a viftakl religion. It
is their philosophy Of life at least.
II has no basic reason. It is eco
nomically unsound.
intelligence Lacking.
The group has the right to expect
a more intelligent point of view from
the institutions Of learning. They
should know what becomes Of 80 per
cent Of the students who fall out Of
the ranks. If they investigate they
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