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stubbornly rebelled. When they
found out that there were only 500
Negro pupils in the Denver schools,
against 10000 whites, they could
not be inveigled into the folly of
operating dual system at such
needless expense. The proposition
fell under the weight of its own alb
surdity. This is not a matters of
sentiment on the part OF the white
voter. but of the sane. economic
common-sense.
Although the Negroes attend the
common school, they derive there
from nothing but instruction. They
form no, part in the management
and control. Relatively of numbers
and the exactions of race prejudice
jointly lead to this exclusion. am
creditably informed that there is not
a single Negro teacher In the inter-
mountain States, except in purely
Negro settlements, like Deerfield.
Colo. and in Arizona, where the
schools are separate. 1t is hard to
trace in this region any connection
between socalled mixed schools and
the lessenlng of the exactions of
race prejudice. Those who advocate
mixed schools as solution of the
race problem will find that the ex-
perience of this section gives their
philosophy a serious jolt.
No matter how few Negroes one
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

finds in a given city, they form a
separate social entity all but as COM
plete as one sees in the South. It
is not infrequently that one finds
two or more Negro churches in
communities where there Is only a
handful of the race. These churches
are mainly social centers, where the
communal life of the isolated group
heads up. There is much of the
religious indifference which one
meets with in the East.
I | find that the A. M. e. Church
is by all odds the dominant denomi-
nation throughout the West. Bap-
lists, who are not sufficiently num-
erous and effective. form no serious
rivalry in the mountain region.
There are only two Baptist churches
in Montana and the same number
in Idaho. The wet denomination
grows up as a tender plant and as
a root out of dry ground. Perhaps
there is not enough water for its
aqueous needs.
The A. M. e. ministers are, almost
without exception, young men of in
telligence, energy and resource. One
hardly knows whether to attribute
this TO the wisdom of the presiding
bishops or to the fact that, unless
the minister is alert and wide-awake
he cannot maintain himself in this
exacting environment. The A. M E.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

Church and the Masonic order form
the social salvation Of these little
groups of Negroes isolated IN the
mountain businesses. The annual
and general conference, the vista
tion OF the presiding elder and oc-
casionally of the bishop. keep each
community in intimate and vital
touch with the general world. The
Masonic vjsitations have much OF
the same effect.
These little communities are too
small to maintain a Negro physician.
lawyer or dentist, although we find
the Negro doctor in several in
stances. He rarely ever has to de-
pend exclusively upon racial patron
age. He only needs to get a foot
hold and start among his own
race. The whites. especially for
eigners and Mexieans. will furnish
supplementary support. Here and
there one finds letter carrier or
post office employee in these little
groups.
The pathos, II not the tragedy,
OF these little mountain communi-
ties Is the lack of the Negro teacher,
physician, lawyer and higher type OF
workman above the level of manual
toll to head up the social and gen.
eral life and point it along the up
ward way.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

The Negro does not need anybody
in Russia to move him to become rad
zeal. Some three thousand Negro
men who have been lynched to. say
nothing about some 90-odd Negro
women are enough to move anybody,
and this is what has caused an unrest
in this country among the young col
lege-bred Negro. He is clamoring for
mans chance; he wants absolute
social equality without equivocating
or retreating a single inch.
This is no new note, for Frederick
Douglass, Denmark Vesey, Nat Tur-
ner, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tub
man and host of other black men
and women struck deadly blow at
slavery and in all aces there have
been some outstanding men and wom-
en- who would dare stand up for the
truth. The Negro in this country
wants full mans chance as other
men have, and he will not be satisfied
with less.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29
EDITORIALS

Mr.. Kelly Miller writes: "In poll
tics, in business, as we'll as in move
ments fer political and civic reforms,
the Negro ministers lead the way
The professor can step to the head of
the class, for he is right again: that
is, if he is explaining and recording
what has happened in the past. The
ministers are not leading the business
and political way today and they will
not lead it tomorrow because they do
net know where that way lies. They
have led us all right religiously and
spiritually, but they have us in a sad
predicament in the business and po-
litical way. We are at the crossroads
and we will be compelled to follow
the trail that has been beaten by the
dominant white man. He has not
been led in the secular world. His
ministers have had their hands full
otherwise. Our ministers now have
their hands full raising dollar money,
electing bishops and carrying the
message of God. A minister is enti-
tied to his opinion in business and
politics and if, by training and ex-
perience, he is qualified to lead in
these avenues, he will be followed,
but in most instances he is not equal
to the task. Business men should
lead in matters of business, politi-
clans in matters of politics and minis
tiers in the matters of religion and
spiritual advancement.
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Kelly Miller Says
Negro Population

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ments of the last two decades have
greatly justified this forecast.
There are no Negroes on the farm
in this hard, dry, mountainous
country. Several farming colonies
have been inaugurated, but, so far
as can learn, they have all come
to grief. The failure has been due
either to lack of capital to bridge
over the temporary exactions of re-
deeming the parched desert or to
lack of the requisite of energy,
pluck and perseverance.
Does the Negro race possess the
initiative. the determination, the en-
durance and sustained endeavor such
as the white race has exhibited In
winning the West? Or must he for
ever dwell where the white race has
pitched his tent as a newer of wood
and drawer of water? A race that
cannot stand in the sun must abide
in the shade; people who abide in
the shade will become sickly and
puny. The race needs the hardi-
hood to battle with primary condi-
tions as the whites have done on
the American Continent. and especi-
ally in the great Rocky Mountain
empire.
Throughout all of these States
Negro children attend the common
schools on equal terms with the rest.
Mixed schools do not exist anywhere,
for you can have mixed schools only
where there is mixed public mind.
Where the public mind Is white. the
schools will be white, albeit few
Negro children will be permitted to
attend, Arizona is the only excep-
tton in the mountain States where
there is scholastic separation of the
race. This is due to the fact that
the arid State wishes to initiate the
South and because the handful of
Negroes desire it.
In Colorado, especially in Denver,
recent attempts have been made to
separate educational provision for
the two races. But the taxpayers
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Urban League
Report for June
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turn Of three foundries to full-time
work schedules provided employ
ment for more than 200 men in jobs
formerly occupied by them. Balti-
more witnessed the innovation In one
of the city's offices of two typists
and one other clerical opening was
reported. In Kansas City the pack
ing-houses and the American Radi-
ator Company hired more colored
men than at any time recently.
In st. Louis the shift from white
to colored workmen on street paw
ing jobs began when the tempera-
ture mounted to 80 degrees--a sys-
tenn practiced there for several
years. In Lexington, KY, Negro
brick-masons and plumbers are kept
busy on the largest jobs in the city
In New London, Conn, Negro wait
ers temporarily replaced white walt
ers when they disagreed with the
headwaiter until white walters from
New York could be brought in for
permanent employment. THE man
agement claimed that the patrons
objected to being served by colored
walters.
An idea of the occupational diver
sification of Cleveland Negroes was
obtained from the placement figures
Of the Negro Welfare Association
This Association found employment
In thirty-six different lines of work
for males and twenty for females.
Seventy-five different employers call
ed for male help and ninety for
female help. A new hotel which
opened in June employed colored
maids and elevator operators.
The Post Office Department ap-
pointed two colored men as foremen
in the New York district. A colored
woman has been made travelling in
structor for a novelty paper COM
pany. She will travel in the South.
Another New York Company is seek
ing colored statesmen to handle its
wares, policy 1t has been reluctant
to adopt.
When the management of the
atre in New York whose patronage
is 1870 colored, discovered the ra-
cial identity of its ticket seller she
was discharged. Some department
stores in Philadelphia substituted
white tea room girls for colored. In
Buffalo the Pullman shops, one of
the largest employers of Negro labor
in that city. laid off large num-
Der of men. Many workers have
left the city for railroad construc-
ton centers. Tampa, Fla, reported
continuous substitution of white
labor for Negro. This is true of
mental workers as well as Industrial
workers.
Organized Labor
Negroes encountered the antipathy
OF union labor in several instances
last month, notably in st. Louis
where union plasterers egged new
plastered walls done by non-union
workers. There were instances of
harmony as well, particularly in New
York City where colored motion pic
ture operators who recently Joined
the motion picture union were en-
ployed in Harlem theatre.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29
Can You Tell?


l. How the song, way Down
Upon the Suwanee River" orig.
mated?
z. Who was the author of the ia
nous song, Listen to the Mock
3. For what was Samuel coleridge.
Taylor famous?
a. Who was the author of "The
Baggage Coach Ahead?
B. Where did "jazz" music origin
ate in the United States?
9. Who is Nathaniel r. Dett?
7. What was the first negro news.
paper published in the United
States?
8. Who was the first Negro editor
in this country?
8. Who was Harriet Tubman?
10. Which is the oldest Negro pub
lication?
ANSWERS
i. 1t was sung by a slave woman
from Florida who had been sold
and brought to Alabama. Ste
phen Foster, credited with hav-
ing written the song, heard OF
it, searched for the woman and,
finding her in Florence, Ala,
got from her the words as well
as the plaintive tune.
z. The song was really the work
of Richard Milburn, a Philadel-
phia Negro, and was first pub
lished in 1855. In later years
q the publisher, Septemus Winner,
a white man, was generally cred
tied with having written the
song.
8. Samuel Coleridge Taylor, an
Englishman of color, was one of
the most distinguished and best
known modern musical compos-
ers. He died in London, where
he was born, September /, 1912.
q. Gussie l.. Davis. A few years
ago he was a prominent writer
of popular music at Cincinnati.
5. In the cafes of New Orleans. A
four-piece outfit, known as
Razz's Band, came into promi-
hence there. The name Razz
later became known as jazz.
6. Director of Music, Hampton In
stitute. Widely known as a
composer.
z. Freedmen's Journal, published
in New York City in 1927.
8. John Brown Russwurm.
8. A fugitive slave, who led over
300 slaves to freedom via the
Underground Railroad before the
Civil War.
10. The Christian Recorder, first
published in l848 at Philadel-
phia as The Christian Herald.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29
You Should Know
Are. National Bank Notes lie,


Are. National Bank Notes Legal
Tender? Yes; to the government and
between banks, but not to an indi-
vidual Ordinarily it. would be poor
business to refuse them). If the
amount one owes is in dispute, how
ever, and he wishes to pay what he
thinks is due, he should be very care
full, for if he should offer money
that is not legal tender and the other
party should refuse it and after
ward sue, the court would be COM
PEELED to hold that no tender of pay
ment had been made.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29
Lessons in English
Word Often Mi.u.ed

Word Often Misused
Don't say leach man and woman
were requested to sueak." Say twas. "
Word Often Mispronouneed
Ghoul. Pronounce the "ou" as gu"
in "rule."
Word Often Misspelled
Rheumatism.
Synonyms
Hinder, impede, prevent, retard,
slacken, check, debar.
Word Study
Use word three times and it is
yours. Let us increase our vocabu-
larry by mastering one word each
week.
Obsolete: gone out of use; dis
carded. New words are being COIN
ed; others are becoming obsolete"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

An earthquake with disaster and
death recently struck Jerusalem,
the holy city, rich in bible lore. The
wailing places of the present day
orthodox Jews were reported to be
wrecked and many of the ancient
places of worship were RACED to the
ground. A fanatic has been heard
to say that it was Gods punishment
to the Jews because they refused
Christ. When the flood struck the
Mississippi valley other fanatics
cried that God was Furnishing the
south. In fact whenever calamity
overtakes our enemies many of us
devoutly believe and firmly declare
that it was the work of God. Yet
man himself causes most of those
calamities through ignorance and
lack of foresight.
As to earthquakes we have heard
of no preventives but eventually
high explosives will someday be able
to combat with tremors of the earth
and science already understands geo.
synclinal and geo-anticlinal move
ments. Some of us are blaming God
for everything when we have closed
our eyes to his manifold gifts. Sun
light, the great physicians now ad.
nit, has superlative and unsurpassed
curative powers. We are just now
beginning to appreciate it. Deatf
has taken many that Gods sunlight
might have saved. 1t seems that the
great Divinity intends for us to make
use of nature. Don't blame God fol-
your own shortcomings.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29
Look and Learn

/. What is the area of the District
of Columbia?
2. Who was queen of England for
only nine days?
8. What was the last battle of the
Revolutionary War?
4.What month was named after q
great Roman general?
5. Which is the. highest of the
Great Lakes?
Answers
l. Sixty-nine square miles.
2. Lady Jane Grey.
8. Yorktown.
4, July, after Julius Caesar.
5. Lake Superior.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29
History
Second Session 32nd Congress.

In the Senate 1862, April II.
Senate considered bill to remove
all disqualification of color in car
rying the mail of the United States
1t directed that after the passage
of the act no person by reason of
color shall be disqualified for en-
ployment of carrying the mail and all
acts and parts of acts establishing
such disqualifications, including es.
specially the seventh section of the
acts of March 8, 1925, are hereby re-
pealed.
The vote in the Senate was the
ayes, "a; the nays, IL.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

Now that President Coolidge has
named white man FOR register of
the United States Treasury, what ex-
cuse can the Republican administra-
ton offer for not doing something
for the other 9,999,999 of us? De-
duct one more, for the president has
named Negro minister to Liberia.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

big Copper interests have fought property courts
Tor years and we just recently obtained clear title
we nave only successful mining directing
Our General Manager Mr. Theodore Torbenson Seattle
mey president Of mlon-dolar bank We you
j. Erickson of Montana f. sh vicepresident
National Bank Fargo North Dakota A. Newman president of
the First National Bank Henger North Dakota
son. Superintendent of Banks Helena Montana regarding
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

Few women are interested in the
study of prehistoric man. Their
speciality is for the man of today.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

Misery loves company, but not any
more than happiness does.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van
zetti, who are condemned to die for
alleged guilt in the murder of pay
strike. They claim that they are be-
ing "railroaded" to death by the state
of Massachusetts. They contend that
if the committee appointed by Gov
ernor Fuller is to do free and effec-
tive work it should not be closeted
in star chamber.
This, indeed, is a strange case.
These men were convicted seven
years ago. They haven't died yet.
From every part of the world have
come protests. They have come alike
from the high and low, the rich and
poor. 1t seems to have been pretty
generally charged that Judge Thayer,
who presided at the trial, openly dis
played the most bitter sort of pre-
judice. 1t is said that this prejudice
arose because Sacco and Vanzetti
were so-called radicals" and that
this had more to do with their con-
viction than the evidence in the case.
If this state of affairs be a fact
then it is sad commentary on JUS
'tice in the state of Crispus Attacks
and Daniel Webster. Race, creed,
color nor politics have any place in
the ministration of the courts of the
land. There is sufficient evidence to
make most thinking people believe
that Mr.. Thayer, presiding jurist, did
boast that he would teach those pro-
fanely despised radicals" a lesson.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

A colored man named DIR. Samuel
kojo Pearce has been indicted in St.
Louis on a charge of victimizing col
ored people by selling them voodoo
charms by mail.
Pearce is said to- have done a thriv-
ing business in the name of the West
African Remedy company and the
African-American Instit ute of
Science. According to the indict-
ment, he sold tie 'em-down pow
ders" guaranteed to keep husbands
at home, at the rate of $25 for rs
powders; "bring-back powders" to
use when the tying down failed,
more potent and therefore most cost
ly, selling at $50 for rs; "lucky tur-
rarie," to keep evil spirits away from
the home; "black cats wishbone,"
warranted to bring luck in business
or love, horse-racing or crap games;
King Solomon's wisdom ston e,
Charged with invisible life."
1t all sounds attractive, if your
mind runs to such things. We may
smile at such primitive magic, and
yet good many of US still cherish
lurking belief in the efficacy of a
rabbits foot, lucky coin and the
touching of wood or some other SUBJ
stance of magical virtue. And even
the most emancipated find it hard
to disabuse their minds entirely of a
fear of Friday or the number 10.
As for remedies, how many Ameri-
cans who will laugh. at the African
witch doctor" stuff take "Indian
rempdipeo with Uraat sarinuSnorc
Primitive superstitions die hard.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

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MAKE A FORTUNE IN MINING!

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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-07-29

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
LeUine to
Fly Back
Oue1~ Sea

BH United Press
PARIS, July 6.-Charles A. Levine,
speaking at an Anglo American
newspaper luncheon today, an
nounced definitely that he would fly
back to New York this month with
a French pilot.
Levine said he had requested
Chamberlin to pilot his plane on the
return trip, but Chamberlin had de-
clined, explaining that he previous
ly had accepted contracts in the
United States.
Levine said he had chosen pilot
from among five French applicants,
and would announce his name as
soon as ia contract was actually
signed.
my route will be from LIE Bourget
flying field to New York." he added.
"I am certain my Be,lanca plane
will be perfectly fit after few parts
have been replaced.
st already have cabled for the
parts which 'Chamberlin told me
would be necessary.
1--WE are all anxious to see q
F'renchman make the first westward
flight. But am sure both FrarSa
and America would be happy if it
were a Franco-American one"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
TEN DRAWN AS
GRAND JURORS
Business Men and Farmers
Are on List.

Prominent business men and sew
eral farmers were on the list of ten
names of prospective grand jurors
drawn today by Marion County jury
commissioners.
From the ten, three men will be
selected to make up the July grand
jury with three chosen by Criminal
Judge James A.. Collins several days
ago.
The ten will report to Collins
Saturday morning.
Those drawn today:
j. Fl. Hooker, president Sinker-
Davis Company. 230 S. Missouri st.
,szsF1. M. Woollen, president SAneri-
can Central Life Insurance Com
papy. e.
William j. Mooney, Mooney -Muel-
ler-Ward Company, wholesale drug
gists.
John e. Messick, Foster & Mes
sick, insurance and guaranty bonds,
400 Fletcher Savings and Trust
Company.
w. o. Thiele, president. L. c.
Thiele Company, furnace man
ufacturers, 107 S. Meridian st.
Oliver Voorhis, Lawrence.
Charles Bernloeher, r. r. T., Box
1877.
John A. Waddy, r. r. J2.
" & RrakaW r. r. F.. Box 291
James Sanders, Bridgeport.
Members of the jury now are John
j. Madden, Harry Wangelin and
Ross S. Hill Jr.
The new body will continue the
probe of alleged political corruption.