The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-13
Bishop H. B. Parks
Makes Changes
In Annual List


SPOKANE, WASH, Sept. 10.-
Union of the Negro Metho list
churches and subordination of minor
differences was urged by Bishop II.
b. Parks, Oakland. Cal, presiding
over the Puget Sound conference of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church which ended four-day ses-
sion Sunday night at Bethel A. NJ. f,
Church.
The bishop declared, during dis
cussion of church union, that the
colored groups, especially of the
West, should "get together on the
real essentials of the work for
Christ" He asserted that "they
should get to know and understand
each other" Prohibition was lauded
and those who were trying to nullify
it were assailed by Bishop Parks.
"Today the great question con-
fronting us is: Shall prohibition live
or die?'" said the bishop. "Now
get out and be counted. There Is no
sin more pernicious and devitalizing
than the sin of neglect. No one
thing has done more to lift the nation
in the ewes of the governments OF
the world than prohibition. II is
enough to make us shudder when
they attempt to strike down the only
force TO protect the homes of boys
and girls and make them good citi-
| zens.
eve must be a proper example to
| the world in our religious life and
| civic life, even at the polls. Come
| out from amongst them, is the order
of the holy writ" declared the
| bishop.
| "The Negro vote Of the Western
states will GO. overwhelmingly Tor
Hoover" declared Bishop Parks.
Hoover will get 98 per cent OF the
Negro vote. particularly in the states
referred to as doubtful" he said.
1--WE want a man at the head of the
nation who will live up to the Con-
stitution and we want no change in
the 18th amendment"
Bishop Parks spoke to congrega-
tion Sunday morning that occupied
Bethel African church to its capa-
city. ''The year has been good in
membership and support has been
kept up," he said. eve are not try
ing to spread out over large areas
but to develop in the cities where our
people live.
"This year, we will put in the bud
get the Douglas hospital at Kansas
/ CITY, Kan, the only Negro hospital
in the United States, which this dis
trict has not supported before. II
has five buildings and training
school for nurses.
"This district supports school az
Tallahassee, Okla, where we own oV
acres on which there are four build.
ings. The school raises all the food
eaten except sugar and coffee. The
bows are taught farming as well as
general educational subjects anc
there is theological department
The girls are trained in domestic
science"
The bishop brought to the Pacific
: Coast the Western Christian Record
er and the book repository, accord
: ing to the editor, the Rev. j. H. Viii
son of Los Angeles. DR.. Wilson tolt
! of the work of starting this new re
: ligious paper for the denomination
declaring it was the only Negr'
J paper on the Pacific slope, set up
printed and mailed from its OWL
plant.
!, Bishop Parks announced the fol
Z lowing pastoral appointments for tn
coming year:
Seattle, the Rev. A. r. Dobbins
Portland, to be supplied; Tacoma
the Rev. A. w. Johnson; Yakima
the Rev. G.. S. Allen; Vancouver, 1
l c., the Rev. +. u. Churchill; Bremei
!. ton, the Rev. J. G. Grafton; Everett
> the Rev. J. L. Bell Ellensburg- Rc'
! lyn, the Rev. w. B. Williams; Pendls
J ton, the Rev. w. J. Toliver Spokane
: the Rev. C. b. Clements; Helena. I
!. be supplied Great Falls, the ke'
. Franklin Ladd; Billings, the KEY. (,
|. L. Donohoo; Butte, the Rev. Y.
: Stewart; Anaconda, to be supplies
y Pocatello, the Rev. I. A. Patterson
. Boise, the Rev. B. =. Edwards; MI
I soula, the Rev. Q. w. smith; havr
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