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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Kansas Race Riot

Once more unreasoning mob law
has claimed its victims. This time
It is in Kansas. Latest reports from
Coffeyville show at least 3S were
wounded in the recent riot. II is
also reported that the racial feeling
has died down. Such tragedies as
this remind us that We are as yet
a long way from the age of reason.
That citizens of a civilized commun-
fly should imagine that they can
cure some wrong by the wholesale
slaughter or attack on persons of
different color under the pretext
that what one OF their number was
supposed to have done should be
laid at the door of the entire race
is one OF the preposterous one-idead
manias of the mob spirit. Deep
seated race hatred. itself unreason-
ing. finds in the reported attack
by a man of color on a girl the
flame which unleashes slumbering
hate, and finding others with minds
centered on the same idea the first
impulse is to destroy This is the
universal diagnosis of all mob ac-
ton. Justification for such action
Is impossible. We have the law to
punish those guilty of breaches of
II. We have courts to try. There
should be even application Of justice
to every person. black, white or yell
low. The agressors in Kansas are
a disgrace to the American nation.
Instead OF Jolving the racial ques-
tion they are only breeding discords
that will go ringing down the CEN
turtles, for the trouble does not end
with today. II is question which
future generations have to solve.
Mob action is open Haunting OF the
law. Il is inhuman. un-American and
opposed to the spirit OF fair play.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Ignorance and Color

of our American situation as whole.
But it is not with Americanism
am dealing here; rather is it the
purpose of this argument to inquire
how far Negroes, even of the edu-
Gated class, are giving themselves to
a real study of the things which have
most to do with the understanding
of the American Negro situation. 1t
is we'll enough to know something of
the Negroes who's Who" But it
is vastly more important to know
the Negroes Whats What" and
why's Why"
1t is time the young American
Negro in particular was addressing
himself to the understanding of At
RIGA and the whole Negro story.
There is tremendous field for in
vestigation here. Africa is to play
a large part in the not very remote
program of the world that is coming
on. 1t has already played far more
important part than most persons
know. The Negro can no more trust
the white man to interpret that part
of the past than he can to direct
it altogether for the future.
So |, who am white man, and a
man of many years, am asking the
young Negroes who may read this
article not to rest content with a
surface knowledge of the Negro story
The fields of scholarship know no
color. World study as a whole
is in its infancy yet. Wells "Out-
lines of History" Van Looms and all
the other historical essays toward
world understanding leave much to
be desired. There is too much de-
tail in them and altogether too much
detail of secondary Importance.
There is nothing like enough of en-
phasis upon the real things of history
as against the pretty hero stories
and the political propaganda which
makes up our history-telling in the
main. The real story can be told
from many angles. In the telling of
it the Negro ought to have large
part. Let us have "the new history"
from the point of view of the ex-
perience of Africa and the Negro
race.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Riddles

Riddles were great favorites with
the ancient Egyptians. Just as ath-
letes keep in trim by exercise, and
constant practice, SO would the wise
men of Egypt sharpen their wits on
much the same kind of puzzlers our
readers are so fond of.
1. If you sat down suddenly on
a red hot stove, what famous authors
would you name?
2. What has an eye, but can't see?
3. Why is hen en- a fence like
a penny?
4. Which goes faster, cold or
heat?
5. What has a mouth, but can't
talk?
6. What has teeth, but can't eat
z. Why were Lytton and Dickens
the most industrious of authors?
8. Why is an empty match box
better than any other box?
9. On what side of donkey does
the most hair grow?
10. What is the difference be-
tween the Prince of Wales, a bald
headed man, an orphan child, and a
monkeys mother?
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Negro History
The Negro In Art

In poetry the Negro has won high
honors. Thew have been inspired by
the early efforts of Juan Latino of
Spain, Antar the Arabised African,
Pushkin the father of Russian poet
ry, Alexander Dumas, the noted
French dramatist of Puritanic moral
ity. Negroes of this country, there
fore, have given to the world a num-
Der of distinguished poets. Of those
who have exhibited the thought of
the Negro in verse, most honorable
mention belongs to Jupiter Ham,
mon Of Long Island, Phyllis Wheatley
of Boston, George M. Horton of
North Carolina, and Paul Laurence
Dunbar of Ohio.
On the stage the Negro has been
well represented by Ira Aldridge, the
Shakespearean actor; Robert Cole,
the comedian; Egbert Austin Will
liams in the same role, and Charles
s. Gilpin and Paul Robson of re-
cent fame. Many are now saying
that the Negro surpasses all other
races in histrionic ability.
In music, the Negro can point with
pride to the fact that his race has
produced the most popular music of
modern times. This is evidently the
only distinct contribution of Ameri-
ca to civilization.
With the inspiration of Samuel
Coleridge Taylor, there have appear
ed in the bright galaxy of Negro mu-
sicians Harry Burleigh, Will Marion
Cook, ]. Rosamond johnson, Hazel
Harrison and Nathaniel Dett. For
special aptitude in the Interpretation
of this beautiful music the world is
indebted to Elizabeth Taylor Green
field, Madam Marie Selika, Flora
Batson, Marian Anderson and Roland
Hayes. Great credit belongs also to
such instrumentalists as George Au-
gustus Polgreen Bridgewater, Thorn
as Green Bethune and John William
Boone.
In painting the Negro has produced
successful workers. There have APP
peared a number with gifts like those
of f. M. Bannister, William Edward
Scott and William A. Harper; but
from the ranks of the Negro has come
the most popular and the most dis
tinguished of all painters of Ameri-
ca, Henry o. Tanner. In sculpture,
the race has been decidedly encour-
aged by the efforts of Edmonia Lew
is, Meta Warrick Fuller, and May
Howard Jackson.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
New Found Truth

Meyer Landa, lecturing before the
Jewish Historical Society. declares
that shylock. the despised pound OF
flesh" villain. was not Jew, and
traces the character to early Eng
land. John w. Vandercook in his
latest book entitled TON Tom, y
also explodes a few of fables about
black people. Mr.. Vandercook goes
in the heart of darkest Africa and
energies with the startling declara-
ton that the native Africans are
least superstitious of all people
He pictures them as fearless, cour-
ageous and clever. He even admits
that the sub-conscious faculty OF the
native jungleman is extremely high
ly developed. Such clever thinkers
as Landa and Vandercook will give
the world something to ponder over.
The prevailing fallacies of today
will be exploded and decried by the
searchers and explorers OF truth.
The wide spread charity OF the pres
ent day Jews makes any attempt to
attribute shylockism to Jews as
racial trait foolish and despicable
and any attempt to present the black
people to the world as being the
acme of superstition and fear will
not be borne out by fair-minded stu
dents of fact.
1t is an excellent idea for the
black people themselves to make
closer analysis of themselves in the
great task of finding the submerged
truth. We should know the truth
for it will eventually set us free.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Poison Gas

Men in battle will tell you that
they did not mind going over the top
of trenches in the very jaws of death;
they did not mind shell fire and de-
cimating machine guns half so much
as poison gas. II always came like
a thief in the night, giving no man a
chance, but parching the throat-and
tearing out the internal fibres.
The poison gas of dame rumor,'
of whispered scandal when society
gathers; of the impending business
calamity of this man or that when
men gather; of immoral boasting of
female conquests when professional
groups gather; of college youth,
flushed with the glow of young man
hood which they do not understand,
trying to raise themselves in the
eyes of their fellows at the expense
of some poor unsuspecting young
woman, all this poison gas is many
times. more destructive than shot
and shell.
Down in South Carolina GEM
etery there is little mound under
which sleeps a young woman cut
down in the very bloom of life. For
many years a weary souled white
haired mother dropped a few tears
every now and then on that grave
with the secret of what carried her
daughter there eating always at her
heart strings.
1t was a story of poison gas
a careless sentence taken up by club
friends over card tables; nosy old
hays in church pews, insinuating Cos
sip in socalled welfare clubs and hol-
Ter than thou human shrimps from
whose nostrils puff the fumes of
deadly gossip as they smile into your
face.
They plunged the stilletto of inu-
endo into her heart with a more cruel
thrust than if they had sent cold steel
through her breast; for they robbed
her of the man she loved; of the
home she might have made and the
world of the children she might have
given it.
When ever you are tempted to
listen to unsubstantiated rumor I;
whenever at banquet board, over So
cial tea, in clubs or marts of trade,
you hear bombs of poison gas explod-
ing, lift your hand in protest as you
would protect an innocent fawn from
the midnight spring of a sneaking
hyena.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Practical Religion


The Negro should endeavor to
make his religion more practical. He
is entirely too emotional On the
slightest provocation he gets too
happy at the church, to even hear
the advice given in real good SER
mon. He keeps up such a racket of
foot-patting, hand-clapping and hal
lowing amen" that he misses the
substance. Suppose we stop and
think over what is being said and
then get happy. This is true of the
mass. We are entirely too efferves-
cent. Our religion has too much
sodium bicarbonate in 1t. Like soda
water, It is nearly all foam. Christ
promises to be in use, well OF
water and not a tank of soda. Our
religion must be made practical.
Thinking noble thoughts, doing no.
BILE deeds,-they may be small, but
they are none the less noble-help-
ing our fellowman to do likewise.
telling the truth. paying our debts
and working to maintain ourselves
and those dependent upon us, loving
God with all our hearts, and loving
our neighbor too much TO do him
an injury. This is practical religion
and is the only kind that will insure
the advancement of the race. The
destructive element makes progress
slow. We must join the construc-
tive forces and build up. The reli-
gion that will not make you do this
is not the genuine article. Go back
TO the "mourners' bench" and get
the brand marked guaranteed to
make you live right. This is hea-
ven's brand and nine-tenths of the
people in our churches need IL.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
The u. S. Constitution in
Texas

The right Of Negroes to vote in
primary elections has been declared
in a United States Supreme Court
decision on an appeal of a case from
Texas. The court was unanimous
In the decision. But that does not
mean that Negroes will vote in the
Texas primaries. 1t is one thing to
have a right established as an alb
stract fact. II Is another to have
II exercised as a concrete reality.
Led by Governor Dan Moody. Texas
is already planning to nullify the
recent court decision. Thus 1t is
seen more important than the un-
animity of the supreme court deci-
sion is the solidarity of southern
white sentiment on this question.
The southern white sentiment
against the right of the Negro vote
is stronger than the law comforting
that privilege as a legal right in the
south. The fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments are regarded as fair
shooting in the southern dry states
and other parts of the country do
not make much trouble about 1t.
Even the grandfather clause which
kept Negroes from voting without
depriving illiterate whites of the
privilege. was declared unconstitu-
tional in 1914, but II the southern
states do not virtually declare them
selves out from under the constitu-
ton. they do about as they please.
They are permitted to shape their
political institutions, to conduct their
government affairs and order their
social lives with such restrictions
as may seem best to the people who
decide what is best. The Supreme
court maintains the theories. The
states control the practices. The
Supreme court says that Texas
Negro may be a Democrat. Cover
nor Dan Moody, very dry, says he
can't.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Push Up the Corners

Push up the corner Of your mouth,
Even though it pain them;
Push them up and make them stay,
If you have to chain them.
Turn up the corners of your mouth
You can't feel sad or surly,
If smiles are dimpling DER the lips
Crisp, and sweet, and curly.
A frown will kill the brightest laugh,
Make vinegar of honey;
A smile will kill the blacklist frown,
And make dark day sunny.
Turn up the corners of your mouth,
No matter how you're feeling;
And soon you'll feel the way you
look,
A heart of joy revealing.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Meaning Of G. P. c.
BY WILLIAM P1CKENS
(The American Aesop)

A very doubtful-looking candidate
appeared before the bishop to get a
license to preach. = How do you
know you are called?' asked the bis
hop.
IL know" said the enthusiastic
candidate, that ! am commanded to
Go Preach Christ, for in vision I
saw those three letters written on
the SKYE. p. c."
"Oh," said the bishop, with a sigh
Of relief, "you have simply misinter-
preted your first text: II means Co
Pick Cotton, and Go Plow Corn"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
CORRESPOND

Thousands of lonely men and
women are seeking mates. Many
are worth from $4,000 to $4,000.
All nationalities. No prejudice. Join
our club. Particulars for stamp.
Address Players Club, Box 1888, Sc
attic. Wash.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Attention Men!

Before ordering a new suit call
II the Wardrobe Valet and see Shelf
field and Taylor's new line of nobby
Spring and Summer fabrics.
You'll be delighted with the va
riety of patterns and moderate
prices.
Have your clothes tailored to in
dividual measures. They wear bet
ter, look better and fit better.
Wen be delighted TO have you
call.
WARDROBE VALET, Custom Tail
ors, 23OS r. Madison St., phone
East 1898.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Look and Learn

WHO was the ablest British gen.
eral in command during the Rev.
dictionary War?
2-What seas surface is lower than
that of any water known?
3-What animal was especially sac
red among the Egyptians?
Who is the author of "Evange-
line?
5-What island was the birthplace
of Napoleon Bonaparte?
ANSWERS
Charles CORVALLIS.
dead Sea.
3-The bull.
4-Henry WadswOrth Longfellow.
Corsica.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Rooming House in Hoquiam
for Rent

Will rent cheap, 12-room house
In Hoquiam, partly furnished. Fine
for transients. Just two blocks
from Union Station and one block
from shopping district. A money
maker for right party. Mrs. Lii
liam Taylor, sos Ninth St., Ho-
quiam, Wash. Phone 1887.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
ANSWERS

l.. Dickens! Hewitt Burnsl 2. A
needle. 8. Head on one side, tail on
the other 4. Heat. You can catch
Geld. s. A river. 6. A comb. Z.
Lytton wrote Morning and Night"
and Dickens wrote "All the Year
Round" 8. II is matchless. 8. On
the outside. 10. The Prince of
Wales is heir-apparent; a bald-headed
man has no hair apparent; the or
phan child has ne'er a parent; the
monkeys mother is hairy parent.
All Standard Hair Preparations
can be had at Tut & Robinson's
Drug Store.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
EQUITY for Sale

Will sell $437 equity in 1926
Hudson coach for $125. Car is like
new. B. H. Barrow, phone Pros
pect O065.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
WORD STUDY

Use a word three times and it is
yours. Let us increase our vocabu-
larry by mastering one word each
week.
DISPARITY: difference. "The
disparity in their ages prevented
compatibility
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25

Essential, paramount, primary, Vi
tai, chief, principal, foremost, lead
ing. tl
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
For Sale
Household Furniture

Leaving town, will sell very rea-
sonable, new dining room table,
buffet. beds and other furniture.
Call evenings. Mrs. e. r. Ward,
2323 Il. Madison. phone East 4545.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
SYNONYMS

Word Often Misspelled
Vacuum. Note the two "u's."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Board and Room For
Children

WANTED-SmalI children to board
and room; mothers care. Rea-
sonable rates. Mrs. s. A. DECKER
son, 1891 23rd Ave. Phone East
1448.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Lessons in English
Word Often Misused

Modest. Don't use modest if you
mean bashful. One may be modest
without being timid or shy.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Chill Parlor for Sale or
Lease

Strictly modern Chill Parlor. do
ing good business, for sale or lease
on reasonable terms.-- See owner OF
1.-THE Hill Top" 316 12th Ave. ).
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-03-25
Word Often Mis-

Word Often Mispronounced
Lamentable. Accent the I'm" and
not the an"
The Washington times., 1927-02-05

into the burning building and car
ried the occupants out, saving the
lives of the three survivors. The
post commandment, in ordering a
board of inquiry, today highly COM
mended the work of those engaged
In the rescue.
Was In Aviation Branch
Lieutenant Holderby, 80 years d
age, was appointed to the Marine
Corps from Richmond in 1917 and
has served continually since. He
was doing duty with the aviation
branch of the corps. His father,
who resides at Buffalo Litbia
Springs, Va, has been notified and
Is on his way to Quantico. as are
the parents Of the Griffin sisters.
The MissesN Griffin were born in
this city. Eleanor Is graduate OF
st. Patrick's Academy, while Caro-,
line attended Western High School.
Although a frame structure. the
building was not burned down. The
fire in itself was short lived and
the money damage will be slight.
The Washington times., 1927-02-05
CHECK|NDORSER
SELLS HOME

Miles Seldom Macon. who styles
himself Judge Macon and who
likewise says he is a former pro.
fossor of law at the University OF
Virginia, is in the District Jail
facing charges involving violation
OF the bad check law.
The Judge who is rather tall
and we'll proportioned with erect
carriage and a jaunty stride. is in
curance vile following his arrest
Yesterday and failure to make bond
Of $4,000.
He is charged with having gained
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The Washington times., 1927-02-05
HOW WIDOW HATTIE MADE
COFFEY A BIGAMIST

This is the last of series of
three articles by William N. Cot
fey, bignmist, and confessed mnr-
derer of his "bride," Mrs. Hattie
HGIes, obtained By International
NeaOs Service, through the cour-
tesy Of Sheriff Lydlt Wright, of
MGuston, Juneau county, WIS.
"C0ffey's story" Sheriff Wright
says, "is one of the most amazing
documents ever published. 1t is
Gn object lesson, aUritten in letters
of blood, for all men--particM-
larly middle-6ged Uonen-in tUkont
such men as C0ffey find their
most promising rictims. Ed
The Washington times., 1927-02-05

The Washington girls. daughters
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Griffin, eft
here late yesterday afternoon to
attend dance at the officers club
In Quantico and spend the weekend
there az the guests Of Lieut.. and
Mrs. Holderby.
Sentry Sees Smoke
The fire was discovered at $50
this morning by a sentry. who saw
smoke pouring from the second
story window. He gave the alarm
and the troops were turned out.
The upper story burst into flames
a few minutes later.
i: Is believed that the fire, what.
ever its origin, smoldered for a few
hours throwing off the smoke that
suffocated the victims before the
flames burst forth.
As soon as the troops assembled
at the scene. several officers ran
The Washington times., 1927-02-05
WHILE
RESCLIERS
PONDER

Whether or not delay on the
part Of the park and harbor
precinct police was responsible
for the death Of Thomas A.
Jones, of Rosemont, Va, who
was pulled from the chill
waters Of the Potomac, it is
impossible to say, DIR. E. j.
Ball, of Emergency Hospital,
said today.
Adrenalin Used
DR.. Ball expressed doubt that
Jones' life could have been saved
by the use of a pulmotor at the
time he was taken from the water
of Hams Point late yesterday.
Although his heart was made to
beat by the use of adrenalin, DR..
Ball said, he was so full of water
that it is doubtful whether he
could have been revived through
prompt resuscitatiye measures.
Retired u. s. Clerk
Relatives of the dead man said
today that he was a retired Cow
eminent employee. 1t IL thought
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1927-02-05
By MILDRED HARRIS

GnUETIo LuhpIIn-8 First WIG
Copyright. 1929. by Mildred Harris.
Reproduction In whole or part
prohibited.
INSTALLMENT NO. 6
Icannot say that Charlie Chaplin
The Washington times., 1927-02-05
BY WILLIAM N. CoFFEY
,CopniEht. 1921 by international
News Seryicel

News seryicel
She Mrs. Hales) sat at a
desk in a department storea
desk with huge card over it,
upon which were printed in
red letters the words, " Ask
Me. "
/ don't recall just what |
said to her-the casual con
versation that precedes a
" pickup, | suppose. But |
remember plainly that, from
the first, she greatly attracted
me.
Walked Home With Her
walked home with her from
the store that evening. When she
bade me good-by | looked into her
eyes and their expression told me
Hattie Hales, too, would be q will
ing victim.
My wife and / had drifted
apart. In Mrs. Hales | discovered
great many of the things that /
had thought to find at home. Per-
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DAUGHTER, 6,
ANDG|RE GUEST
AR VICTIMS

Three persons are dead three others are suffering one
critical condition in the post hospital the Marine
Barracks Quantco Va the result of fire that swept the
second floor of the quarters of First Lieut. Andrew Holder
by, shortly before dawn this morning f4
Lieutenant Holderby, his sixyearod daughter Glotlde
and Miss Eleanor Griffin, 81 of 57o9 Thirtyhrd St n W.
this city, dead.
Miss Caroline Griffin g. Eleanors sister, is in critical
condition She has yet reganed consciousness Lieu
tenant Hoderby wife and sevenyearod daughter Meredith
suffering from shock