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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
WHITE WOMEN
POST BAIL FOR
BLACK MAGICIAN

HOUSTON. Texas, Sept. IA
100000 bond put up by white wo-
men patients freed "Dr. Charles" ar
rested last week for practicing medi-
cine Illegally.
Friends of "Dr. Charles" allege
it is only an effort on the part of
jealous white physicians of the
town who have lost much practice
recently, to get rid of him.
White patients in "Dr. Charles
office when the arrest was made ad-
mitted that they attended the clinic
because they found local white ply
sicians had been unable to help
them.
Charles calls himself an African
Hindu of Egyptian descent. Two
blocks from his clinic is located st.
Charles Baptist Temple Police there
found a book containing 500 names
Of patients, about half of them
white, and including city detectives,
city police, their wives, leading
white lawyers and a number OF
others.
One girl was treated for goiter,
while the investigators looked on. A
red band was applied to the girls
neck, then red powder, DR.. Charles
then dipped his fingers into water
rubbed them over the girls neck
and the treatment was ended.
The black magician admitted that
his favorite remedy was Holy
Water blessed by him over pink
candle.
An insanity treatment which he
recommended required the use OF
certain white powders which were
smelled by the patients. IL the pa
tient tainted. then the reddish pow
der and Holy Water from a to-
baseo sauce bottle was used to re-
vive the patient.
DR.. Charles can neither read nor
write and says HIS gift comes from
God for the benefit Of suffering hui
manlty ~ sr>v A. Ata1rseps
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
BISHOP PARKS
NAMES PASTORS
FOR new YEAR

PORTLAND. Ore, Sept. 12.-
Few changes were made in the
assignment of pastors to churches
in the Puget Sound Conference by
Bishop II. B. Parks, who read the
appointments Sunday night. marking
the close of the annual five day
session, held in Bethel A. NJ. f.
church, Rev. Y. c. Runyan, pastor.
The conference was a record
breaker, both in attendance and
work accomplished. One hundred
ministers and delegates were in at
tendance and $4,134.50 was raised
for conference claims. The recep-
tion and entertainment of the min
listers, delegates and visitors was the
very best and demonstrated the un-
excelled hospitality of the people of
Portland. The special features of
the conference were the sermons on
Sunday, by Bishop Parks, who is
now Senior Bishop of the A. M. f.
Church, and DIR. ]. II. Wilson, Pre-
siding Elder, of the Southern Cali
fornia Conference and also Grand
Master of Masons of California.
The missionary department, Mrs.
II. c. White. president, reported
$500 raised during the year Mrs.
II. b. Parks, wife of Bishop Parks.
and Mrs. ID. A. Graham. who recent
ly returned from Monrovia, Liberia.
where her husband, Rev. ID. A. Gra-
ham, is president of Monrovia Col
lege, attended the sessions of the
Missionary department and gave
timely addresses. Miss Evelena A.
Davis of Seattle, secretary of Phyl-
lis Wheatley Y. w. c, A. Branch, was
the principal speaker at the Chris
tian Endeavor meeting. The ap-
pointmeDts of pastors we're announc-
ed as follows: s. r. McGinnez. pre-
siding elder Seattle district; T. f.
Jones, temporary at Seattle; George
S. Allen. Yakima: ]. l.. Bell, Ev-
erett; X. G.. Runyon. Portland; A.
w. Johnson, Tacoma; c. b. Gle
ments. Spokane w. b. Williams
Ellensburg: ]. c. Grafton, Bremen
ton; F. l.. Donohoe, Billings; c..
w. Smith, Missoula; L. b. Stew
art. Butte; s. E. Bailey. Helena;
James Smith, Havre; w. j. Tolliver,
Pendleton; B. E. Edwards, Boise; T..
A. Patterson. Pocatello; H. G..
White, transferred to California;
U. S. Robinson, special evangelist
and social worker; A. c. Moore,
transferred to Chicago conference; I;
G. s. Allen and G. b. Clements were
chosen delegates TO the General
Conference. Spokane was named
for the meeting of the 1928 con-
ference.
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ELKS' ANNUAL
CONFAB COST
ORDER $4,000

NEW YORK. Sept. Besides
the $4,000 spent out by the Grand
Lodge of Elks to delegates for spe-
cial committee work while here.
$4,000 additional was appropriated
for other purposes as follows:
Five thousand dollars to the CON-
mission on health, $1,000 to the
New York committe to help defray
the expenses of the Grand Lodge
entertainment. $500 given to Mother
Zion Church, s200 to the pastor and
500 TO the sexton.
Two blind members of the Elks'
order were in front of the church
begging Grand Exalted Ruler Or
dered that they remove the signs,
Please Help thel Blind and that
all of the local lodges pay them $25
month and the grand lodge $3.50
a month for life.
Deficit of local lodges who enter
tanned the convention may reach
the $4,000 mark. Had the week
brought fair weather, there might
have been no deficit
other bills due or paid include
$500 to Perry w. Howard for
legal fees and expenses to Pope Bill
lups and Francis Rivers, attorneys.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
WALKER HEIRESS
ELOPES With
ARK. ATTORNEY

NEW YORK CITY, Sept. IA
A romantic courtship terminated
last Friday in the marriage of Mrs.
Mae Walker Jackson of Villa Le-
waro, Irvington, on-the-Hudson, to
Attorney Marion r. Perry, corpora
tion lawyer and assistant general
counsel to the Century Life Insur-
ance Company of Little Rock, Ark.
The nuptial took place at Green
wich, Conn. The news is a surprise
to the general public, and even the
close friends of the bride and groom
were unaware of their wedding plans.
Elopement Planned
The pair slipped away into Con-
necticut and were made man and
wife after little more than a months
acquaintance. Attorney Perry was
a summer student at the Columbia
University school of finance, which
was the cause of his being In New
York. Since taking the degrees of
A. B. and LII. b. at school he has
been part owner and secretary
manager OF Perry & Co, under
takers, Pine Bluff. Ark. He has
functioned with the Mosaic Temp
lars as major general, claim adjust
er and member of the national CON-
mittee from 1919 to this year. He
was admitted to the bar in Arkansas
in 1925 as assistant attorney and
director of the Guaranty Security
and Investment Company, but 1t is
understood that within the year he
will come East and begin the prac-
tice of law in Brooklyn. Mrs. Jack
son, the daughter of Mrs. A. Leila
Walker Kennedy and heir to the
Walker fortune. was divorced from
DR.. Gordon Jackson of Chicago last
year. He was given custody of their
son, Gordon, Jr.
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Explaining this declaration, DIR.
Sulyman said that the true Shrin-
er's oath must come from Mecca
or Aalpo, Arabia; that adoption OF
Moslemism, the Mohammedan faith.
Is necessary precedent. to be fol-
lowed by taking OF the oath on the
Koran, with a swearing by the
Beard OF the Prophet OF the Marrow
of Mecca.
Another distinguishing essential Is
that occidental masonry only covers
from the first to the thirty-third
true rites, carries its disciples to the
ninety-sixth degree.
American masonry. he said. de-
rives its being from the English
Grand Lodge. claiming that the ORR
ginal Prince Hall Lodge, copstitut-
ed In Boston, was set up under a
dispensation and charter from the
English body. But the origin Is In
doubt, AYERS DR.. Sulyman, since the
closest search of masonic history
fails to show a record OF this ac-
tion. Tradition brings down story
that in Boston some time about
17S3-1S90, there was set up the Az
rican Lodge, with membership
confined solely to military subjects.
No civilians were admitted to MEM
bership. But later II In believed
that this military organization was
responsible for the creation OF the
masonic body now known as the
Prince Hall Grand Lodge.
AS evidence of his contention
with regard to the status of the
masons in the United States. DIR.
Sulyman has a letter from the
grand secretary of the Grand Lodge
Of England, replying to q letter of
inquiry sent him by Or. Sulyman
and others Interested as to the re-
lationship existing between the col
ored masonic fraternity In this
country aand the English parent
body.
The letter, signed by G. Coliver
Smith, grand secretary, reads as
follows:
United Grand Lodge OF England
"Freemasons' Hall,
ct. Queen Street, London, w. O. 2
August 3, 1927.
Dear Sir:
"In reply to your letter OF May
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By CIeveIand q. Allen

NEW YORK.-The third annual
convention of the Federated Color
ed Catholics of America closed here
Tuesday.
The convention brought here del
egates from 10 different states.
Pope Sends Greetings
Pope Plus XII from Rome sent the
following message:
Holy Father sends to the con-
yention Of Federation of Colored
Catholics good wishes and fraternal
benediction.
The principal feature OF the con
vention on Monday morning was
the annual address Of the President.
DR.. Thomas w. Turner He said
that the aim Of the federation was
to spread Catholicity among Me-
groes. He told of the work that
the laymen Of the church were rem
dering In making conversions, and
said that laymen should be given a
larger part in the work of the
church. Speaking Of the education
provided by the Catholic Church for
Negroes DR.. Turner said: "we must
put forth greater effort in the Cath
olic church for the education of the
Negroes. We have just one school
of college grade with only a stu
dent body of So. The educational
work of the church has made very
little progress. We have net a sin
gle educated man who was educated
in Catholic college,
Interior Commission
He said that the church had not
kept pace with other churches in
their educational program of the
Negro. He advocated the appoint
ment of an interracial commission
that would work out program that
would remedy the evils now con-
fronting the church. He said that
as rule he had found that the
economic status OF the Negro Cath
olics was lower than among Negroes
In other churches. He made plea
for support OF the Cardinal Gibbons
Institute. The address OF DIR. Tur-
ner was followed by the annual re-
port of William Il. Prater, field
agent Of the federation in the work
OF the Cardinal Institute. Father
Kaine said that there were so
schools conducted In the south by
the Josephite for Negroes, 10 OF
them being high schools He said
that there were SO colored teachers.
and that a school to be conducted
by colored sisters would ''open in
Washington this month.
Church's Need OF Priests
An address on the "Value Of Ma
tive Clergy" was made by c. II.
Clarke Of Philadelphia, He told Of
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When delivered originally conser-
vative pastors of the denopination
declared that Bishop Gaines had
gone too far from the old-time ten
cts of the church.
The great majority of the minis
ters, however. applauded the sermon
declaring it in line with what the
present day Christian is thinking.
Controversy
According to Bishop Gaines, the
entire history of the church is in
volved in controversy and the pres
ent day minister of the gospel must
be prepared to meet the issues in
volyed christian controversy to-
day.
The bishop recalled that the Old
Testament prophets were controver-
salists and there was a perpetual
conflict between Jehovah and the
pagan religion.
Books of Bible
Jesus Christ himself, and Paul
were referred to as controyerSalists
The Nicene Creed, said the bishop,
came into existence out of contro-
versy. The New Testament Cannon
CdH Ouly Ue dtCepltu dlltT LluCH
controversy. Some of the books in
the New Testament barely escape
condemnation Others failed by a
narrow margin to become a part
of the cannon.
Fundamental issues Of today.
Bishop Gaines said, are concerned
with questions coming not only from
atheists and infidels, but those who
are within the fold of the church.
These people are asking. Does
etfe Eihle pfstebd 60 DE a Book of
science - SIS the story of the Gre
alton as recorded in Genesis to be
accepted?'' was Jesus born of a
Virgin?" Had Jesus an earthly
father"
Virgin Birth
Questioning of the Virgin birth
of Christ is another result of scien-
tific study of the Bible.
81 wonder IL any OF you ever stop
to think that there is no reference
to the Virgin birth anywhere in the
Old Testament? There is no refer
ence to the Virgin birth in all jew
ish literature?--that the Jews never
expected their Messiah to be born
of a Virgin?
when | say l wonder IL any of
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Sermon Shocks Church
Pullman Porters' Union
Observe Anniversary

NEW Y0RK.-All over the coun-
try, in every district where Pullman
porters work, the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters staged and
celebrated its second anniversary.
The members and friends of the or
ganization participated in splendid
programs, after which they enjoyed
dancing and refreshments.
Following the anniversary celebra-
ton A. Philip Randolph and A. l..
Totten will proceed on a nationwide
tour with a view to the execution of
a program to carry the brotherhood
case to the emergency board as pro-
yided under the Railway Labor act.
This tour will take them from coast
to coast.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
Brownskin Girl Leads
Gang in $4,000 Holdup

FLINT, Mich.-One of the boldest
robberies that has occurred here in
some time took place last Tuesday
when three colored bandits, the lead
er of whom was bobbed haired
flapper, held up the Mercantile Loan
Company. The trio escaped with
nearly $4,000 in loot.
Dashing into the store located in
the business section just after it had
opened, with drawn pistols the three
led by brownskin girl about 10
years of age ordered the proprietor
to throw up his hands. They then
placed a wire around his neck and
choked him into insensibility.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
'Housemaid Proves to
Be l6-Year- Old Youth


NEW Y0RK.-Charles Barnes, 16,
1S47 Dean St., Brooklyn, posed for
four months as a girl securing EN-
ployment as a maid in various homes.
When repeated reports of petty pill
ferings came from homes in which
the maid" had been employed
reached the police, 'her" room in
the boarding house of Max Bauss,
Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, was
searched and a number of missing
articles found.
S The officers also found a safety
razor and this aroused their suspi-
cions. As they were about to take
Barnes TO st. Joseph's Hospital for
examination he confessed his sex.
He is being held on a charge of
grand larceny.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
Pastor Urges Support
OF Garvey Movement

CLARKSBURG, w. Va. = The
country is awake to the need of edu-
cation, but is sound asleep on the
proposition of creating business and
opening up places of employment,
declared the Rev. T. II. Seals before
the local division of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association here
recently.
Strong support of the Garvey
movement was advocated as one me-
thod of bringing back our own work.
ers from the white mans back door.
The Rev. +. ID. Crawford is presi-
dent of the association and Mrs. E.
B. Lovelace is clerk.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
A. J, Roberts Il
Dies in Mexico

Los ANGELES, Gala. J. Rob-
erts, a resident of Los Angeles 40
years and an outstanding figure in
church, civic and fraternal life, died
at Mexico City last week, where he
had gone with Mrs. Roberts for a
vacation. Mr.. Roberts was the pio-
neer colored undertaken of the west,
founder and president of Roberts
Undertaking Company of Los An
geles.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at Second Baptist Church, the
Rev. ]. D. Gordon Officiating.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
200 Rocky Doctors for
60 Intern Places

NEW YORK.-The law says that
a doctor must serve an interneship
in an accredited hospital before he
practices medicine. While there are
some 200 medical graduates every
year there are only about 60 places
available as internes in hospitals, the
National Association of Hospitals has
been informed.
Race hospitals are old-fashioned
and inadequate, according to the re-
port, and, because of a lack of stand
ardization, nurses graduated with a
degree r. N. in Tennessee are not
recognized elsewhere.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
Colored Student Arrives In Seattle
From Three Month Trip To Russia

America has lot to learn from
Russia, although that country has
at present only $4,000 automobiles
and a Ford costs $1,000, declared
Richard Hurst Hill, senior student
at Lincoln University. Baltimore,
Md. who arrived in Seattle last
week from three months trip to
the Soviet country. Mr.. Hill left
Seattle Sunday enroute to his home
in Baltimore. He left the United
States May 2Sth on board the
steamer "Berengaria' for a tour OF
Russia and returned by way of Se-
attic. He is member of the cele-
brated Lincoln debating team which
defeated Oxford University debating
team in an international debate in
Baltimore last winter The trip to
Russia was the result Of a scholar
ship award from the Student Coun-
Gil of New York Committee of Stu
dent Delegation to Russia.
Most of the automobiles in Rus
sia are Cadillacs, Packards and Lin
coins. There are only few Fords,
declared Mr.. HILL The latter costs
1000 rupees, about $500.
All Education Free
Citing the fields in which SOCIAL
ed Red Communists of Russia are
far ahead of America, Mr.. Hill de-
clared that all education is free, in
cluding education in colleges, pro-
fessional schools. medical schools
and such high technical schools
Not only is the tuition free, but
the board and lodging and other
expenses of the students are paid
by the government while the STU
dents are in school, M
Compulsory education laws are
enforced in some places and even
the workers in factories manage to
spend two or three hours a day In
school.
Farmers Intelligent
THE lowest peasant on Russian
farms is better informed about the
economic condition Of this country
and Of other countries than the
average American.
Standing for a few hours on an
isolated Russian farm, a peasant
asked me: Are they still mistreat-
ing and lynching colored people in
the southern part Of the United
.Statcs?
"All industry is owned by the
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
Only Eight Negro Priests In Catholic
Church In The Past SKty-FNe Years

the lack of encouragement given by
the Catholic Church to Negroes who
wanted to enter the Priesthood. He
said that the Catholic church Is los
ing Negro members because of this
indifference. He cited an instance
where the Catholic church lost 30,-
600 Negroes In Louisiana. He said
that in Philadelphia there were only
1000 Negro Catholics.
He said that in IS years there
had been only eight Negro priests In
the Catholic church; that the col
leges Of the Catholic churches train
ing for the Priesthood did not en-
courage Negroes to enter, and that
as the result Negroes were pre-
vented from being trained for lead
ership among Negroes in the Cath
olic church. He said that the Me-
groes Of the Catholic church are
now demanding their own Priests.
Jim Crow
In the afternoon among the issues
raised was discrimination practiced
in many of the white Catholic
churches against Negroes. wash
ington. ID. c., was cited as an exam
pie where in many OF the white
Catholic churches Negroes must
take seats in back of the church,
or In the gallery.
Before the convention adjourned
1t went on record as being opposed
to discrimination against the Negro
In churches, advocated Negro priests
made a plea for a broader educa-
tional policy on the part of the
church, urged that Negro Catholics
be more vigilant In spreading the
program and policy of the church,
advocated a wider reading Of Cath
olic literature, and recommended the
appointment of an interracial COM
mission that would work out a pro-
gram making for the mutual ad-
yancement of the church Of both the
white and colored adherents.
Officers Elected
The officers elected were: DR..
Thomas w. Turner, Hampton. presi-
dent; W. J. Reid, 1st vice presi-
dent, Columbus, Ohio; Elmo M. An
derson, And vice president. New
York; Joseph q. Wilkinson. 3rG
vice president. St. Louis, Mo-: Frank
Mitchell, 4th vice president, Boston,
Mass; Secretary, H. M. smith.
washington, -. c.: Mrs. Francis
Grocc, rec Sec. Philadelphia; Miss
Genevievc Burke, asst. sec., WASH
ington; Miss Caroline Cooke, treas.
Baltimore; william g .Prater. or
ganizer and field agent, Washington,
and Chas. Montague. sergt.-at-arn1s.
The convention viii meet In 1898
in Cincinnati on invitation from
Father Miller.
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wILBERFoRcE, Ohio. - Three
hundred four thousand, eight hun
dred twenty-seven dollars have been
paid on Shorter Hall, according to
an itemized report of Bishop j. II.
Jones Of the A. M. +. Church, issued
in printed form this week.
OF the total amount subscribed
only $3014.23 was refunded on ac-
counted Of protested checks.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
Heads Manufacturing
Concern

JEANETTE, Pa. = George M,
Johnson, native of Roanoke, Va,
and who for the last 10 years has
resided in Pennsylvania, is the head
ofa concern employing dozen me-
chanics manufacturing coal mining
safety devices. Mr.. Johnson has ta-
ken out more than score of patents
on his various safety devices and
mine appliances. The manufacturing
plant is located at Jeanette, Pa.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-09-16
Defy PeaceabIe Mob

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-A mob of
Sc peaceable whites who rang the
bell of number of residents on
Brooklyn Ave. and told them to move
from white district were told by the
residents that they would use every
means at their disposal to protect
themselves from violence.
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Matthews Improved

WASHINGTON, d. c. William
c. Matthews, special assistant to the
attorney general, is recovering from
an operation at the Curtis Private
Surgical Sanitarium. Doctors say
his condition is good. He was oper-
ated on by DIR. A. L. Curtis and DR..
Eli Taylor August 20.
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MIDDLETON, N. Mrs. James
Dirickson, 30, is the United States
youngest grandmother. She was mar
ried at IA.
Her mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother are living and her
husband Is one of 23 children, Of
whom there are 16 twins.
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Soviet government except conces-
sions to foreigners which revert to
the government In time. The result
is that the poor people of Russia
long oppressed under the Czar are
living peaceful and happy lives for
the first time in history. Their pay
is fixed by the government. Work.
ers live in government owned
houses The standard of pay is
not far below what we have in
America.
Special insurance provides for
the worker and his family IL for
any reason he is i'll or incapacitated
for work.
"The average Russian is not only
more intelligent than the average
American, but he is more enthusi-
astic about what he terms our gov
ernment.' He is more interested in
its success and he works more ar
IDENTIFY to bring IL about.
Church Interest
only the older people go to
church. The young people use their
Sundays in forums, in discussions
and reading The Catholics and
Greek Orthodox churches there are
bare of any furniture and the priests
are ridiculed by the children on the
streets.
Efforts to bring the American
Protestant and Evangelical churches
into Russia have failed Russians
have said. We want nothing of the
Christianity, especially the American
brand. Look what it has done for
America where Jews and Negroes
are hated and mistreated.'
Fake bodies of the saints repos-
ing and ,foreheads OF the saints ex-
posed In the churches were exposed
during the revolution. Portions of
the hands in the coffins which thou
sands OF persons visited daily, turn
ed out to be only parched leather,
imitation hands and foreheads.
Dead Lenin
"The body of Lenin. the father Of
the present system of government.
lies in state in glass case In Lenin-
grad and Is visited by thousands Of
persons every day.
Sex Equality
There is no such thing as sex
equality In Russia. We found In
one medical school," Mr. Hill said.
more women than men"