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100000
A charter for the Standard Life
Insurance Company was secured In
1909, and the company given until
January 2S, 1911, to make its de-
posit of 100000. The date of
January %, 1911, rolled around,
and only $4,000 of stock in the
company had been sold. At the
close of that day Heman E. Perry
faced the sad task of returning TO
every investor each dollar that had
check had been sent out for the
amount invested with per cent in
terest added. Mr.. Perry pocketed
his stock. But right here was where
he won; the return of that money
TO the thousands of small stockhold-
ers instilled into everyone a new
confidence in the man who had kept
every promise. Heman +. Perry
started anew, and on March 22,
1913, he secured from the Insur-
ance Commissioner of the State
of Georgia a certificate showing that
100000 in bonds had been deposit
ed by the Standard Life Insurance
Company.
Then, to insure the production of
business, Perry went into the field
and wrote and placed $3.50, 900
worth of insurance himself, for
which he refused to take commits
sion.
The Standard Life Insurance Com
QanY-nf- ATLANTA has sheen the In
You will find him in who's Who in
America He is a member OF the
British Royal Society of Arts, a dis
tinction enjoyed by not many Ameri-
cans.
Working in his laboratory at Tus-
kegee, this colored man has devel-
oped 165 by-products Of the peanut
and 115 by-products of the sweet
potato. Some of his sweet-potato
products include synthetic rubber;
black paint, and white flour. From
the clays of the Georgia hills this
black man has developed colors that
have been the despair of scientists
for centuries. Milk, buttermilk, but
ter, salad oils, cheese, face lotions,
inks, and dyes from peanuts; flour,
paint, sirups, a coffee substitute,
and ginger from sweet potatoes, and
everlasting colors from the clays OF
the hillsides-these are but a few
of the wonderful discoveries of this
black genius whose works have been
on two continents and
who is now in almost daily conference
with capitalists and investors seek
ing to make practical application OF
his discoveries.
And this George Washington Car
yer was born of pure Negro stock
on a Missouri plantation about the
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fected. In several cities there have
been requirements of colored by
white help. Chicago reports the
loss of 100 positions formerly filled
by colored girls in a pencil COM
pany who have been replaced by
foreign help.
The other side of this picture Is
reflected in St. Louis, where many
colored building tradesmen have
found employment in the tornado
zone. In Chicago the opening of
the Savoy Ball Room was the occa-
sion for the employment of nearly
100 men and women. In Baltimore
a cleaning and dyeing concern re-
emily hired colored workers for the
first time. A popular hotel in JEFF
ferson City. Mo-, has dismissed Its
colored help.
From many parts of the South re-
ports indicate that there is practical
ly no change from the quiet condi-
tions that existed at the beginning
of the fall.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
Supreme Judge M. A. Fullerton

In point of service Judge Fuller
ton is the oldest member of the Wash
ington supreme court bench, having
been elected in 1898. If he continues
in his present capacity until next
year he will have rendered to the
state of Washington 80 years of con-
scientious service.
Judge Fullerton came into promi-
nence in Whitman County, where ne
attracted the attention of the party
leaders. Nominated by party con-
vention in 1898, he has been con-
tinually reelected by the people since
the adoption of the direct primary.
Sturdy as the oak of the forest,
Judge Fullerton has a heart that
beats for the fellow lowest down on
life's ladder. 1t was he who wrote
the opinion declaring the workmen's
compensation act valid and the su-
preme court of the United States
sustained him. Judge Fullerton is
"all wool and yard wide"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
State Senator Paul ". Houser

PAUL W. HOUSER, who has been
twice elected state senator from
King County, plans at this time to
file for the Republican nomination
for lieutenant governor, and from
now until after the primary cleo
ton will bend his every energy for
the success of his aspirations, and
earnestly solicits the aid of his many
friends in King County, who have
stood by him in the past, as well as
the new friends throughout the state
whom he has made on account of his
legislative activities. He is a strong
party advocate and believes in the
primary election settling all party
misunderstanding. His legislative
activities have always been above re-
proach and he has enjoyed the high
est esteem Of his fellow members
as well as the various state officials.
Though staunch friend of the Gov.
Hartley faction of the party, yet his
friends among the other faction are
simply legion and he will be openly
supported for this nomination by
many party leaders and workers, who
will bitterly oppose the denomination
of Gov. Hartley. Mr.. Houser has
been resident of Seattle and King
County for almost a quarter century
and enc of the most popular as well
as successful attorneys of the city.
His experience in the Senate will
serve him well as presiding officer
thereof and his knowledge Of state
craft will make Of him valuable
adjunct to the governor of the state
and that too whether the governor
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR

JOSEPH L. GREENWELL, who
will seek the mayoralty of Seattle,
is no stranger to the general public
of this community and will therefore
enter the contest with a host of ar
dent supporters, striking hard for his
success.
He is a successful business man of
the city and among his supporters
will be found many of the city's
leading business men working shout
der to shoulder with the wage earn
er.
81, too, want bigger and better
payrolls for Seattle" said he, "but
why sit down and wait for outsiders
to come to us? l want to see our
business men get together and ini-
tiate something themselves which
might be an inducement for outsid-
ers to come running. Outside bust
ness will come with the proper en-
couragement extended and !, there
fore, am in favor of turning over
some of these tracts of lands which
the county and city have taken for
nonpayment of taxes for factory
sites and then, as a further induce
ment for factory to move here, ex-
empt them from taxation for five
or ten years. Give to such institu-
tions cheap light and water rates and
do other things to make it worth
while for them to locate here. In this
way Seattle can materially increase
its payroll.
Seattle has all necessary environ
ments and even a sufficient number
of men and women to take care of a
large number of manufacturing con-
Germs. If the proper teamwork is
executed these things can be started
within the next twelve months.
"Should | be elected mayor / will
try to surround my administra-
ton with persons we'll versed in the
line he or she will be called upon to
look after and such appointee will
be held to strict accountability for
the affairs of that department, but
in case of complaints all sides will
be, given fair and impartial hear
ing before decision is reached"
The foregoing are some of the
things Mr.. Greenwich outlined before
a, large and enthusiastic audience
under the auspices of the King
County Colored Republican Club and
which were well received by all pres
ont
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

NTTsEa9- y ~ q. !. .. ~ .
II have no pledges or promises"
he concluded, ITO make to any one
as to what l will do as mayor Of Sc
attic, save my duty, my whole duty
and nothing but my duty, which
means every person in the city will
receive square deal from every
department of the city or will
know the reason why"
Mr.. ,Greenwell has been resident
Of Seattle the last rs years and his
record as business man speaks for
him as a city official.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

more or less acquainted with Mr..
Savage and, owing to his. well known
friendliness for things in which they
are interested, will not overlook
him when he again seeks the suf-
frage of his fellow citizens of the
state of Washington for his present
position.
Always working for the uplift of
humanity without regard to race,
color or creed made of him potent
factor for good in the community in
which he has resided the most of his
long and useful life. From wilder
ness he has seen what is now the
most magnificent state of the great
Northwest and following fast in the
footsteps of California develop day
by day and in every way. Those will
dernesses became fields and those
trails through the timber have be-
come great paved highways over
which half million Washington
owned automobiles hourly rush.
That he has developed as has the
state and kept pace with her every
step Of progress his friends forcibly
believe and in the coming campaign
they will give to him a vote of con-
fidence and send him again on his
way rejoicing.
Clark Savage sends you a heart
felt greeting and hope for better
treatment at the hands of the com
ing powers that be.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
Jim CROW IS GROWING up IN
VARIOUS FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR

time of the Civil War. The boy
Carver spent most of his day roam
ing the woods and interesting him
self in every kind of vegetable and
insect life.
At the age of ten he was admit
ted to little one-room schoolhouse.
At the age of twelve he got an OPP
portunity to go to Fort Scott, Kan,
with a family and there he worked
and went to school until he had
secured high-school education. Az
ter more years of work he got into
a small college in Iowa. Later he
went to the Iowa State College, at
Ames, where he pursued agricultural
work and took the degrees of mas
ter and bachelor of arts. After TAX
ing his degrees he was elected a
member of the faculty and given
charge of the greenhouse, bacerio-
logical laboratory, and the labora-
tory work in systematic botany.
During all those years he paid his
way as he went, usually as laun-
dryman.
About thirty years ago DIR. Boo
ker T. Washington recognized in
him the man he needed at Tuskegee
To Tuskegee DR.. Carver went. and
there you will find him today. With
a great love for all mankind and a
sublime faith in the Creator of all
things, this black man, in whom
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has not been found wanting. Girls
pus Attacks was the first American
to fall in the Boston massacre of
March 5, 1910. Peter Salem and Sa-
lem Poor won distinction at the Bat
tie of Bunker Hill. All told. there
were some 5000 Negro soldiers in
the American Revolutionary armies.
In the War of 1912 Negroes fought
calamity with Commodore Perry at
the Battle of Lake Erie and with
General jackson at New Orleans. In
the Spanish-American War Negro
troops distinguished themselves at
Guasimas III Caney and San Juan
Hill. Two hundred thousand Negro
troops went overseas in the World
War and two Negroes of the 369th
Infantry were the first American SOL
diers decorated for valor. The Croix
de Guerre was awarded to four en-
tire Negro regiments.
In education the Negroes progress
has been phenomenal. Ninety per
cent illiterate in 1865, they are now
only 20 per cent illiterate. More
than 10000 members of the race
have graduated from college, many
of them with honor. Eagerness for
education and heroic struggle to at
tain it have been among the finest
characteristics of the race. Out of
their meager means they are raising
100000 year for the support of
private schools.
The religious history, of the Negro
" ,5o0;bvy rp ritsa llifssfofie qiRnaise . in
1t is facts like these which led
Ambassador James Bryce to assert
that in an equal length of time no
other race had ever made such prog
ress. The record is creditable to both
races, being due alike to the gener-
Gus opportunities for progress pro-
vided by the white man and the Ne
gro's eagerness and ability to profit
by them. 1t should therefore be to
both groups source of pride and of
mutual appreciation and goodwill.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

general relief station of that nov
historic underground rail road, which
took thousands of unfortunate col.
ored persons to British soil and free.
dom, and the part played by the ia
Their and mother became family
pride in after years, and its remem-
-brance was 50 often told and retold
p6rtdfIry 5resenrvtl 'ItseII. . srISs :
Their confuting any race prejudice
motives Mr.. French is of strong
Quaker stock, and unless he widely
differs from the religious ritual they
so stoutly maintained, when Negro
rights were uppermost in the minds
of the white citizens, he could not
be otherwise than of a most friendly
disposition toward the colored citiz-
ems of this day and date, and with
out fear of successful contradiction,
it is fact that he has put into ex-
ecution those things his religious
ancestors preached.
In the last gubernatorial primary
election Mr.. French was a strong
contender for the Republican nomi-
nation and it is an undeniable fact
that he would have been nominated
had he have previously had an I'M
derstanding with the colored voters
of this state, he being beaten by Ro-
land H. Hartley by only LOO votes,
and it being fact that those of the
ten thousand colored voters of the
state, who voted in the primary cleo
ton, almost unanimously voted for
Hartley. As matters now stand
should Mr.. French make similar
campaign this year, and he probably
will, he stands a mighty good chance
of being most favorably considered
by the colored voters in the coming
gubernatorial primary election, and
The Enterprise will use its best eff
forts to harmonic all past differ
ences between them.
Mr.. French has expressed desire
to meet representative bodies and
clubs of the colored citizens and talk
matters over with them and they will
be pleased to have him do so, and if
he does, it is here predicted, the po-
litical Ratchet will be buried, and
instead of unanimously opposing his
political aspirations as in the past
many of the rank and file as well as
the leaders of the colored citizens
will advocate his nomination and
election.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

be Roland H. Hartley or some one
else. The writer hereof knows that
Paul Houser made an honest to God
effort to get political recognition for
the colored voters of this state under
the present administration, and
though he failed, yet he showed what
he would do if differently situated.
Through the columns of The Enter
prise Paul w. Houser sends greetings
to its numerous readers and only
hopes for tair and unbiased con-
sideration when making up your bal
lot for next September primary cleo
ton.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

and here is hoping that Representa-
tive Miller will again be Johnny-on-
the-job if again an anti-lynching bill
is up for passage the present session.
In a general way here are some of
the things Representative Miller has
gosten for his constituents: anti
narcotics law, Ezra Meeker's memo
rial coins, airplanes on battleships,
Sand Point airfield, Bremerton's APP
preparations for airplane contracts.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
State Land Commissioner Clark Y. Savage

CLARK ". SAVAGE, for theslast
80 years has been a commanding
figure in the affairs of his fellow
men of the state of Washington in
general and the city of Olympia in
particular and, during all that time,
has been pointed out as an ideal
citizen. Some 20 years ago he was
elected state land commissioner and
has been repeatedly reelected to the
position of trust and honor and at
each election materially added to his
personal popularity.
Not only active in national and
state governmental affairs, he also
has been equally active in religious
and civic affairs, and among each of
these movements he has held promi-
nent positions and has done much in
the Northwest toward bringing them
to the high state of perfection they
now enjoy.
The duties of his office as state
land commissioner have beer ardu-
Gus and at times even strenuous, but
under all circumstances he has shown
himself more than equal to the occa-
sion and his administration has been
splendid success from start to fin
ish. The first to reach his office and
the last to leave each day has won
for him the exemplary official of the
state capitol. Aside from being state
land commissioner he is a member of
the capitol commission and the APP
proximate completion of that gigan-
tic undertaking viii perpetuate his
name in the archives of the state as
long as this government exists and
doubtless afterward.
Four years ago Mr.. Savage was
importuned by his numerous friends
throughout the length and breadth of
the state to seek the Republican nom-
nation for governor, but feeling he
yet had plenty of time to seek such
honors if his fellow citizens contin-
ued on like attitude toward him, he
declined the good efforts of his
friends and sought denomination,
which was given him, and that too
without opposition.
Believing he has served his con-
stituents well in the past, he will
again seek to succeed himself in the
coming state primary election, which
in all probability, will be as gracious
ly and generously given him this year
as in times past when for the most
part he was without opposition either
in the primaries or the general cleo
tions. The readers of The Enterprise
and especially those Of the state are
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
Chief Justice Kenneth Macintosh

Washington state has no nobler
native or adopted son than Judge
Kenneth Macintosh, whose portrait
is shown. Yea, noble not only in the
eyes of his innumerable personal
friends and admirers, who have
known him either by association or
by public and political acquaintance
ship since his life work began to the
present time, but likewise by the
great rank and file of the citizens of
the Northwest in general and the
state of Washington in particular.
From the latter he carries their
unanimous certifica-I, of approval
from the office of prosecuting at
torney to the exalted position of
chief justice of the State Supreme
Court, and here and everywhere in
this state he is overwhelmingly vot-
ed one of Gods noblemen by her
men, women and children.
Born in Seattle, where he attend
ed the public schools until he was
ready to matriculate into a higher
institution Of learning, where he fin
ished his chosen curriculum and re-
ceived his degree, thence returning
to his native heath, he began the
practice of his chosen profession and
he VIZ . ss success almost from
chosan y almost unanin,on.i..
sseh prosecuting attorna,' ,nousiy
superior court judges of King Coun-
ty. While serving his second term as
superior court judge he was called
to the supreme court bench of the
state, to which position he has been
repeatedly reelected each time with
an increased majority, his last cleo
ton being almost unanimous, from
which it can be said, and that too
without fear of successful contra
diction so far as the citizens of Wash
ington are concerned, he is an ideal
American and a public idol.
His career in every particular has
been above&reproach and to every
position he has been chosen he has
accepted it as a public trust and act
ed accordingly, which has gained for
him the confidence of the people by
and large, and he therefore is as
popular in the remotest rural district
of the state as he is in the heart of
Seattle, his home town. In whatever
he has undertaken either of private
or public character he always has
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done his duty, his whole duty and
nothing but his duty and even in his
present exalted position he has the
reputation of being one of the most
untiring workers on the bench.
-. - AiaAlsietash has. oge pleas
-4--r y II is that of under all circum.
to him. He is still greeted in Seattle
among his old friends as Kenney.
They forget for the moment his ex-
allied station in life and they then
and there meet and greet each other
as they used to do. In other words
he is always approachable and is
ever ready with word of advice and
cheer for "Auld Lang Syne" in a
way that makes your heart feel good.
Judge Macintosh is now being
mentioned in connection with the
next United States senatorial cleo
ton and so general is the mention
being made that in case he shows any
sign of being willing to accept the
support of his admirers for the sena-
torial nomination on the Republican
ticket he will find himself almost
without opposition in the Republican
primaries and, if so, nomination will
be equal to election.
| Judge Macintosh is married and
with his wife lives at Olympia, the
state capital city.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
State Senator E. |. French


New Years Greeting to The En-
terprise and likewise to its readers
from Z. L. French, who is one of the
foremost citizens of the Northwest in
general and the state of Washington
in particular, being a resident of
Vancouver, is herewith acknowl-
edged, which greetings establish
better understanding and a more
friendly relationship between Mr..
French and the colored citizens of
this state and break down a political
difference of long standing.
While a member of the legislature
Mr. French introduced a bill in that
body, the passage of which would
have made it penal offense for the
intermarrying of members, of the
white race with members of the col
ored races, none of whom were citi-
zens of the United States, save the
Negro, to which the colored citizens
took indignant exceptions and have
ever since maintained a hostile atti-
tude toward the political aspirations
of Mr.. French. There are, however,
always two sides to every question
and controversy and some times the
other fellows side is equally as plaus-
IDLE as yours and worthy of Just as
much consideration.
For many yearsYR Mr.. French
yT oa.s the -riffraff of the under
- a' make Of Vancouver, his home
eye of SO doing. He observed as did |
others that the young colored men
were the sufferers from such unholy |
unions and believing he would be
rendering the colored population a
real service, moved him to introduce
the bill, the motives for which were
without malice, race hatred or color
and thinking it would meet
the approval of the colored citizens
all over the state. After hearing
their side of the proposed measure
Mr.. French now realizes that had he
talked the matter over with some
of the leading colored citizens of the
state, and especially those not living
in Vancouver, il might have obviated
an unpleasant misunderstanding,
but that not having been done a
chronic political sore was developed,
which frequently became inflamed,
and especially when it could be made
to serve a political purpose, as in
the last gubernatorial primary cleo
ton.
The Enterprise now knows, as do
many representative colored citizens
of this state, that the motives which
moved Mr.. French to take the leg
islative step, were far different than
did the colored citizens believe them
to be, and to which they took right
eous exceptions, not knowing of the
Vancouver situation. Perhaps after
all both sides were more or less mis-
taken, and now that the whole situa-
ton has been gone over and thor
oughly understood, there is no reason
why more amicable relations, politi-
cally and otherwise could not exist
between the colored citizens and the |
Hon. +. l.. French.
A biographical sketch of Z. l..
French declares him to be the son of |
pioneer Indiana farmer, who de-
voted the greater part of his life to
assisting colored men and women to
escape the tortures of slavery in the |
United States by fleeing to Canada.
While the son saw but little of those
heart rending scenes, yet it is fact |
that his home was the stronghold and