The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-08-16
Rev. e. B. Reed, Reelected
Moderator of Baptist Assn.

MoueratOr or Baptist Assn
The 18th annual meeting of tn,
Northwest Coast Baptist Association
closed Saturday with the election O.
!. officers. The sessions during tn,
week were marked by lively discus
: SION OF religious topics by the dele
gates. The Young Peoples Division
4 meetings were presided over by Miss
Willie Mae Brooks of Seattle. Mrs
Clara Bonner of Seattle presided
over the WOmen's Convention. Beth
q lehem Baptist Church, Rev. Mack
n Stoval, pastor, splendidly entertained
: the % delegates and visitors.
A Among those who addressed the
meetings were Rev. John r. George,
Iexecutivo secretary Fasteru Washing
ton and North Idaho Baptist Conven-
ton; DR.. j. l.. CASTOR, pastor of Mt
Olivet Baptist Church, Portland,
Ore. and DIR. j. +. Watson, executive
secretary Western Washington Bap-
fist Association.
Officers elected are: Moderator,
Rev. f. B. Reed, Spokane; first vice
moderator, Rev. A. w. Williams,
Yakima; second vice-moderator, Rev.
| Chas. Graves, Tacoma; recording
secretary, Rev. Mack Stovall, Ia
coma; corresponding secretary, Rev.
j. Sterling Moore, Seattle; treasurer,
Rev. S. f. Franklin, Kennydale; sta
! tistician, Rev. w. +. Greene. Seattle;
auditor, S. Beatty, Seattle; executive
board members: G. Grubbs, M. |
Mayes, w. w. Casmon; president !
Women's Auxiliary, Mrs. Clara Bon-
ner; president Sunday School Con-
vention. S. f. Buxton; president B.
4: T, U. Convention, Miss Pauline
White. 4riiE III
,ilt,.lt = 81 al i
Mrs. Iettie Browns who was in
Jlred in ian automobile and street
car collision two weeks ago, has be-
gun to improve. Rev. c. H. Graves
has so far recovered from the eff
fects of the accident that he attend
ed the funeral of his wife, Mrs. Jes-
sic Graves, who was laid away to
rest last Thursday.
Mr.. j. A. G. Washington. presi-
dent of the State Republican Club
for Colored Men. is reported in the
Tacoma Ledger as having stated that
Al. Smith and Senator Dill will re-
ceive the bulk of the colored votes
this year. Mr.. Washington alleges,
according to The Ledger, that the
group is very much dissatisfied with
the attitude of the old line Repub-
lican party, both in the state and
nation. Much comment was heard
on the street among politicians con-
corning the prophesy of Mr.. Wash
ington, some of the white brethren
making sarcastic remarks about Ne
groes voting the Democratic ticket.
Some even went so far as to init
mate that the speaker was not. sim
cere. We shall see. The consensus
of opinion is that Mr.. WASHINGTON III
s merely Expressing warning to
he party in power in, the states that
it must cease to ignore its black
members or lose them. us g "a II
Mrs. Herbert Palm has returned
to the home of her parents
Mrs. E. c. Tumlin, daughter and |
granddaughter left Tuesday after
noon for Victoria and points in
British Columbia.
Mrs. jefferson Harrison, Mrs. G..
W. Bland and Mrs Ed. Miller enter
aimed with reception at the home
# Mrs. jefferson Harrison, 1715 So.
:. street, Monday evening i'm honor
If Mrs. Tate and daughters of At
anita, Ga. There were about IS
,uests present.
Mrs. S. d. Pierre gave pretty
,arty for the young people of the
Northwest Baptist Convention. last
week.
Homer T. Bone is so well known |
n this locality that il would seem
uperfluOus to ask colored people to
'ote for him, whatever ticket he
nay run on. He is a man who has
ways taken part in our affairs to
clip us and one who understands
etter than most white men what our
spirations really are. II is to be
oped that he gets a big vote for
congress.
Some of our aspiring politicians
cem to be losing their heads. We
re informed that certain of them
ave been so bold as to claim that
1ey have the colored vote in their
ockets; but what they are really af-
II is the chance TO dole out few =
ennies on commission basis to a =
w personal friends. There is no +
eed for Colored man in politics
place obstacles in the way of any
her colored man. We can get
ong without that. Our motto is to
lip the other fellow.
Attorney Aldrich will be out of
e city until Monday at Lacey, |