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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Chorus Girl Refuses To Pass"
Finds Happiness Being Colored

with relatives in various towns in
Mississippi until she was nine years
old. Then deserting the South she
came to New York, where she has
made her home most Of the time
since.
Toward the close of the World
War, in 1917, she was married to
Reuben Brown, of the team Of Three
Brothers. Beginning her stage ca
reer, she worked in st. Louis at the
National and Falstaff cabarets.
Later she moved northward and tried
season at the Little Club, Chicago.
Last year, Juanita was one of the
entertainers at Barron Wilkins night
club in New York.
There is little daughter, Doro-
thy, who will be four years old in
September.
want my daughter to 90 on the
stage? No, don't. But we are not
always ordained to order the lives
of Others"
SO little Dorothy passes her ju-
venile life with relatives in New
York, while her mother dances be-
fore the glittering footlights. There
are, of course, brief periods when
the. mother stays at home with the
little girl, but those are not profit
able. times for the theatrical clan.
Three weeks ago, she related, an
opening was made for her to become
= student nurse at Harlem Hospital.
Final details had been made for en-
;ering training when she was asked
70 join another troupe for a short
tour.
Bangl went the gentle art of read
ing thermometers and filling lee
caps. The lure of the stage had won
again.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
5000 Negroes
Turn White
Every Year

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July 10
Five thousand Negroes of color so
light that they are able to pass
over" do so every year and be-
come ostensibly whites, Bishop j.
w. Martin of the American Metho-
dist Episcopal Zion Church, told
the Conference of the Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, last week.
He made the statement in the
course of plea for better treatment
of Negroes, saying that those who
pass" do so only because they are
forced to it If they wish to do the
kind of work they like best and for
which they are best fitted.
Il know the Mayor of certain
town" said Bishop Martin. "who is
a white man now but as boy was
as good a Negro as the community
had, and his brother is to this day
good colored preacher. We want
the doors of all professions and
trades, of all skilled and unskilled
labor opened to us, and we want
get In without having to pass.
All eQudl opportunity " SpeHu
and to be spent along with any and
all groups in this country is the de-
mand made In behalf of the Negro
by the N. A. A. c. p. We want
no special favors, no extraordinary
kindness, no granting of handicaps,
but just a chance to shoot from taw
and keep on shooting until the game
is ended
How we colored people live in
the United States of America de-
pends upon where and under what
conditions we are forced to live.
Restricted districts, prohibitive pur-
chase prices for houses, exorbitant
rents, threats and abuse are only
some of the means employed for
adding insult to our already sorely
injured group.
when it comes to public parks
and Fairgrounds, leisure and recrea-
ton, the Negro is often not even
thought of in connection with them.
What we are going to do about 1t
know not, but this ! do know, the
fight is on"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Georgia Ben Davis
Named In Barter
Of Federal Jobs

ATLANTA, Ca, July lO.-Testi-
mony tending to link the Republican
state organization with alleged bar
ter and sale of federal jobs in
Georgia was introduced before a
senate investigating committee to-
day by two former small town post
masters.
One of them, S. N. Thompson,
postmaster at East Point, Ga, from
l923-i925, said, in his opinion, mo
one can hold a federal office in
this state unless he keeps payments
up" He referred to contributions
to the party treasury.
The other, l.. l.. Spence, postmas-
ter at Background. Ga. until 1920,
said that his wife, postmistress
there from 1923-26, failed of reap
pointment because | refused to
make contribution for her of
$500"
The names of Ben j. Davis,
Negro, national committeeman, and
John w. Martin, state treasurer of
the Republican party, were men,
toned in the testimony which came
at the end of the second days
hearing.
Spence said Davis came to see
him when the matter of reappoint-
ment of his wife came up.
Davis talked around about that
there would have to be some money
If my wife was to be reappointed,"
Spence testified. "He told me to
see Martin about It."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Westvine, Fla,
Toughest Town
In Entire South

WESTVlLLE, Fla, July lie.
N. B.)-This town has the reputa-
ton of being one of the hardest
''cracker" towns in the entire South.
1t has a population of about 500;
and among this population one can
find the most prejudiced whites that
the South has. No Negro, no matter
how well behaved, is safe in the
town, especially after the sun sets.
1t is common for Negroes passing
through the town to be severely
beaten by the rough gangs of the
town. No Negro is permitted to
live or work in the town; and any
Negro is lucky If he passes through
the town without being molested in
some way. Only last week gang
Of rough ''red necks," as they are
commonly called in this section, set
upon a Negro and beat him nearly
to death.
Beating of Negroes used to be so
common in Westville that neither
whites nor blacks paid much atten-
tion to it. Officers of the law, of
course, never pay any attention to
the beating or flogging of Negroes.
All of the small towns of Florida
are under the control of the rough
"red neck" element.
Westville is on the direct line from
Tallahassee to Pensacola, being about
half way between them. 1t has al
ways been under the control of the
rougher elements of this district. 1t
is reported on good authority that
the town is becoming better due to
efforts of few liberal whites near
by to curb the lawless element in
that locality.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
REYNOLDS ELECTED GRAND MASTE R
Masons Elect
Phil Reynolds
80 Grand Master

Phil Reynolds of Portland. Ore
gon, was elected Grand Master of
the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons,
Washington and Jurisdiction, after
an all night session Thursday, July
IL, at the 25th Annual Grand lodge
session, which was held at the
Grand Lodge Temple, 21st Avenue
and East jefferson Street. The cleo
tion was unanimous. Other officers
elected were: w. H. Wilson. Seat
tie, Deputy Grand Master; L. w.
Sims, Spokane, Senior Grand War
den; Fred U. Harris. Tacoma, unani-
mously reelected Grand Secretary;
A. j. Braggs, Yakima, Grand Treas
urer; w. E. Cranshaw, Walla Walla,
unanimously reelected Grand Lee
turer; ]. E. Shepperson, Roslyn; ].
A. Hall, Yakima; o. H. Winston,
Seattle; H. ]. Asberry, Tacoma, and
n. Solomon, Everett, were elected
Grand Trustees. The members of the
Craft assembled at the First A. ME-.
church Sunday night where Rev. E.
Martin Lewis delivered the annual
sermon that was replete with whole
some advice. E. II. Holmes, Past
Grand Master, spoke on "the His
tory of the Order" A pleasing solo
was rendered by Mrs. Margaret Ma
lone.
There were 100 masters, past
masters and wardens in their places
when Grand Master Fl. d. Brown
called the Grand Lodge to order
Monday morning. Routine business
was transacted and reports received.
This was followed by the Grand
Masters address. In his annual
address Grand Master Brown told of
his efforts to promote the best in
terests of the craft and carry for
ward the work of Free Masonry to
the honor and glory of God and the
service of fellowmen. He took oc-
casion o.thank the brothers for the
cooperation they gave him in the
past year. Monday night a recep-
tion was held at Renton Hill Hall,
over which Past Grand Master ]. C.
Logan presided. Sessions were con-
tinued Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Tuesday night a recep-
tion and dance was given the dele
gates and visitors at Renton Hill
Hall.
Wednesday afternoon the dele !
gates, members of the Eastern Star,
and visitors attended a picnic at |
Woodland Park. This proved to be |
the biggest outdoor affair ever given |
Continued on, page ~
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
enterprise News Bureaul

Enterprise News Bureau)
NEW YORK.--If you were faced
with the alternative of living a life
fruitful with opportunity, or one in
which the struggle for existence was
a more strenuous art, which would
you choose? The former, of course.
But when Juanita Brown came to
this milestone in life, she chose the
latter. Juanita, you know, is one of
New York's favorites of the ladies
of the ensemble, having played here
repeatedly.
Refuses to Go White"
To Juanita nature gave the racial
the whites. But despite the fact that
her skin is fairer than many of the
vaunted Nordics and her bobbed hair
reveals none of her Afric strain,
Juanita chooses to cast her lot with
the folk she terms "my people," For
a while, she admits, she lived with
an aunt who is bona fide Cauca-
sian. but, as she explains, she was
happier with race people. ~
Perhaps her lineage had some-
thing to do with it, but nevertheless,
hers is a simple philosophy. With a
simple and unaffected outlook upon
life, and natural liking of dark
men, she prefers just "being col
ored.r
Her story? It goes back to New
Orleans, ns,-Amcrica's replica of Old
World quaintness and city of varie-
gated racial types. Well, it's the
old story. Her father was white and
her mother was colored. OF either
she knew but little, for they died
when she was three years old.
Reared by Relatives
An orphan, she was sent to live
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Doctor Kills Wife

WILMINGTON, N. C, = DR.. Fos-
ter Burnett shot his wife four times
at their home, here, Monday.
She was formerly a Miss Gladys
Gordon, of Washington, N. C.
DR.. Barnett declared that after
continued nagging, his wife ran up
stairs with the threat that she would
kill him. He went to his bone to
get his gun to lock it up, he says,
but that as he passed the stairs she
stood at the head of the steps with
a gun lcveled at him. 81 just went
crazy. for the moment he says and
shot"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Jim Crow Schools In Philadelphia
Are Menace To Racial Progress

Burton reached him and said, "As
John stands here want to say this
about him: John has been this year
one of the best captains of our
Safety Patrol that we have had for
a long time r.
Johns home is in one of the
Carolinas.
The program was concluded, bou-
quets were distributed and congratu-
lations and a mother was heard re-
marking to her graduating daugh-
ter, Those boys played well, didn't
they?"
French. German, Negro, Irish,
Italian, Jew took part together, and
iost--for while--the idea OF sur
face differences in the identity OF
interest and mutual respect.
Three years ago another drama
was acted out in the State Legisla-
ture at Harrisburg. Leslie Pinckney
Hill awoke one morning with an
idea; he saw with his minds eye"
himself perehed upon throne at
Cheyney similar to that occupied In
the ideal Southland, where Negroes
do not mix with white "folxs" and
everything comes from the back
door. including educational funds
and programs. SO the Bill read:
BE il enacted .that..,... Cheyney
School for Teachers. shall cease
to be operated and administered as
a part of the Public School System,
and shall thereafter be operated and
administered for technical and W.
catiouai frnifiut there ii Hereby
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Women's Association to
Hold Annual Meeting

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The thir-
ty-second annual session of the Ma
tional Association of Colored Wom-
en-, which will be held in Washington,
d. c., July 27 to August /, will be
a jubilee celebration in honor of the
paying off of the mortgage and res
toration of the Frederick Douglass
Home at Anacostia, d. C..
Future generations will appreciate
more and more the work this organ
ization has done in preserving this
shrine of racial interest as it was in
the days of the illustrious Douglass.
5 When the late Mrs. Mary #. Tai
bert of Buffalo, then president of
the Association, succeeded in induc-
ing her co-workers to take over the
work of redeeming and restoring the
Frederick Douglass Home. there
were many who remarked that the
project YVES too big for them to han
die. $4,000 was needed but the
women got to work under Mrs. Tai
bert and her successor as president,
Mrs. Nettie L. Napier of Nashville,
Tenn, and raised fully $4,000 in
the twelve years they have been
winning OH the project.
The mortgage was burned in 1918
and the work of restoration of the
house and grounds was begun in Sep
tember 1921. The outside of the
house has been completely restored
as it wss in Douglass day and the
inside will be completed by the time
of the convention. A house is being
erected for caretaker on the
grounds.
Trustees of the Frederick Doug
lass Memorial and Historical Asso-
citation Inc, are: Mrs. Nettie L. Ma
pier, president; Mrs. Sallie w. Ste
wart, secretary; Miss Meta Pelham,
custodian of funds; Mrs. Mary Nc
Lead Bethune, Miss Halle @.
Brown, Miss Mamie Fl. Burroughs,
Miss Elizabeth C. Carter and Mrs.
Maggie l.. Walker.
An advisory board is composed of
the presidents of the various state
associations affiliated with the ma
tional organization.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
All the News
Terssly Told
Fight New Cemetery

MEMPHIS, Tim. - Whites, have
come forth heresin opposition to the
establishment ofsa new colored Gem.
etery. Petitiont for the establish
ment of the burial grounds near
frayser Station, four miles north of
the city limits, was opposed by more
than 100 white families living in the
vicinity of the proposed plot.
After argument on both sides was
heard at the county court, motion
to refer the matter to the cemetery
committee for hearing and report
was adopted. The cemetery commit
tee was named by chairman Z. f.
Jeter. An injunction to restrain the
opening of the cemetery was filed in
chancery court.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Colored Women Form
Democratic Club

CLEVELAND, Ohio = (NP.) -
Stating as their object to "study the
principles of the Democratic party,
to take more active part in the po-
litical life of Cleveland and to broad
en- our knowledge of politics in gen
eral," five hundred women of this
city have formed the Jeffersonian
Democratic Club, here. Mrs. Bernice
Pike, white, President of the Wom-
ems Cuyahoga County Club. well
coined this bunch of women as a part
of the Democratic organization.
The officers are: Mrs., Arliece G..
Hendricks, president; Mrs. Hattie
Henry, vice-president, and Mrs. A.
|. Robertson, secretary.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
(Entcrprise News Bureaul

Enterprise News Bureau
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July IL
(By L.. X. McMillan) am writing
this article in Philadelphia, where
witnessed two commencements in
the city's public schools. The one
was in a school that is attended only
by Negro pupils and taught exclus-
lively by Negro teachers, the other
was in school attended by colored
and white children, but taught ex-
clusively by white personnel
In the former some stiff necked,
proud-stepping, woman orator put
a group OF fine innocent children to
sleep and wore out patient audi
ence discussing race PRIDE and
"our group.
"The National Negro Anthem"
was sung, and around midnight,
several hundred people went to their
homes all the worse off for having
gone to Jim Grow school, listened
to a Jim Grow program. and having
seen a Jim Crow future for their
children the whole affair was
tragedy.
AT the other commencement the
program lasted little more than
an hour Four simple s6ngs we're
rendered. two OF which were the
school and class songs. OF the TWO
Instrumental numbers one was play
ed by white girl and the other,
violin and piano solo, was played
BY two colored boys. They received
the only encore given by the audi
ence
Three speeches were made by
students, one OF whom was a Negro
In awarding the certificates the
paused when tall John
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Poro College Wins

BOSTON. - Poro College, after
8 days in Suffolk Superior Court,
won the right to compel the resigna-
tion of Mrs. J. Ellen Lewis, former
ly district manager of the branch
office at 400 Massachusetts, avenue,
here.
Mrs. Lewis had sued the college
for an alleged breach of contract in
discharging her several months ago.
In the testimony it was brought
out that Poro College has $4,000
agents and branches throughout the
world.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Candidate for Elector

COLUMBUS, %. = Negro adhe-
rents Of the Republican Party in
Ohio are rejoicing this week over
having had for the first time in the
history of Ohio politics one of their
number selected to run as candi-
date for Presidential Elector on the
Republican Ticket in November. This
high honor was bestowed on Council
man Thomas w. Fleming of Cleve-
land, by the Republican State Con-
vention meeting here this week.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Mattresses Pay $40
to SIS Week for Job

NEW YORK. - That mattresses
must pay $40 weekly for their jobs
instead of receiving pay from the
Alice Foote McDougall Coffee Shops
was testified here, last week, i'm
court by Miss Mary Baker.
Employed by the firm for seven
months, Miss Baker quit the job, she
testified, and demanded her pay. Up
on refusal she took the case into
court, where she was told the law
had no jurisdiction in the matter.
Mattresses in the chain shops earn
from $40 to SIS a day, according to
the former workers statement. The
owner of the coffee shops, Mrs. Nc
Dougall. white, was forced to pay
damages some time ago to the late
William c. Matthews for refusing to
serve Inn.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Elevator Boy Saves
IS Girls From Death

BALTIMORE, Md.-James Coop
er, elevator boy in the Summit Coat
and Dress Company factory here, is
being hailed as a real hero as a result
of his bringing Is white girls to safe
ty from the fifth floor Of the build
ing when the structure caught fire
Monday.
The girls were cut off from escape
by stairway and they were held in
the box packing room by smoke and
flames. The elevator shaft was fill
led with smoke, but Cooper went up
with the car and brought down the
girls. He. was almost suffocated,
but returned to get q foreman who
was caught on the third floor.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Wins Typing Contest

NEW ORLEANS, La. - (ANP)
Miss Amy d. Estues of Kansas
City, Kans., won the colored New Or
leans typewriting championship at
the Y. M. c. A., school with an av-
erage of So Ia words a minute, OF
5,f46 strokes in fifteen minutes. The
contest YVES on a typewriter with
blank keys and Miss Estues made
only nine errors.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Lynchers Trial Postponed

HOUSTON, Tex. - The trial of
six white men indicted for murder
in connection with the lynching of
Robert Powell, "a years old, has
been set back to the fall term of
court. The men held are John Kent,
27; Charlie Oldham, %; F. T. Shuck,
81; I. l.. Reese, 25; A. NJ. Kent,
3Oi and H. M. Mnton, 28.
Powell was removed from a hos
pital cot and hanged by a mob. He
was thought to have shot city de-
tective causing his death, but there
was no absolute proof as to his iden-
tity.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Both Races Offer Blood

COLUMBIA, S. C. - (ANP.) =
Race prejudice was forgotten here
Monday when it was announced by
the authorities of the Columbia Hos
pital that blood TRANSMISSION was me-
cessary to save the life of Mrs. Rena
Cornish, and volunteers were re-
quested. Members of both races
gathered at the hospital offering the
necessary blood.
Blood of Miss Helen Ford was ac-
cepted.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Another Exclusive District

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Lincoln
Park, a new subdivision restricted
the colored people, has been opened
in .Sidiell within city limits. As us
nal lots are sold on the installment
plan, $500 down, and $1.00 a week.
This is the fifth exclusive colored
settlement opened in and around
New Orleans in the past year.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Broadway to See Him

NEW YoRK-After seeing James
B. Lowe starring at Central Theatre
for half year in "Uncle Toms Cab
in" Broadway will greet him early
next season in a stage drama, "Goin'
Home" written by a University of
Southern California; professor. Lowe
is to return soon from London.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Sanitarium Protested

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ANP)-
Vigorous protests were made to the
State Hospital Board, here Tuesday
by the white residents of the Alex
ander township, against the erection
of the proposed tuberculosis sanitar-
ium for Negro patients near that
town.
The tract is owned by the state.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
New Chestnut Novel

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-Announce
ment was made last week by Charles
w. Chestnut, novelist and recent
winner of the Spingarn Medal, that
he would publish soon a new novel
dealing with modern Negro life. Mr..
Chestnut's last book was published
20 years ago.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Outside Pastor for Bethel

CHICAGO. = Bishop A. ]. Carey
has promised to name an out of state
pastor to Bethel A. M. E. Church
and to make, arrangements for a
greater Bethel as soon as possible.
DIR. H. Y. Tookes, who resigned re-
Gently, it was declared, was drawing
a salary of $500.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
U. s.. May Not Leave Haiti

NEW YoRK.--General John H.
Russell, American High Commits
sioner to Haiti, who arrived here this
week, said that he could not predict
whether or not the United States
would be, able to evacuate Haiti in
1886 when the present treaty ex-
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
3 Years for Marrying White

AMHERST, va.-Moot Wood.
one-fourth colored, was given two
years in the State penitentiary for
violating the State laws in marrying
Mary Hall, white.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Smith Club In Richmond

RICHMOND. va.-A large group
of professional and business men
here have organized to form Smith
For-President Democratic club.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-26
Take Heed

Wherefore take heed of being paint
ed fire, wherein is no warmth; and
painted flowers, which retain no smell |;
and of being painted trees, wherein is
no fruit: "Whoso boasteth himself Of
a false gift, is like clouds and wind
without rain."-John Bunyan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-26
God Will Aid Us

AS long as we work on Go6i's line,
he will aid us. When we ahtempt to
work on our own lines, HGs rebukes us
with failure.