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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Faster and Longer
A mos, interesting table from t

A most interesting table from the
u. S. census reports of health and
longevity of 1915 is published in an
other column of this issue.
1t gives the number of colored
persons over 100 years old by sex
and by states.
Everybody knows that, according
to government health records, Ne
groes die faster than whites. Few
people, however. know what this
table discloses; namely, that those
NEGROES who pass the critical infant
and adolescent stages outlive the
whites.
The figures show 3,679 colored
and only $50 whites, 100 years of
aoe and over in the United States.
The ratio is 4 to /. Considering,
however. that the whites outnumber
Negroes ten times, the real ratio is
therefore 40 to |.
According to the table. Georpis
leads in colored centenarians with
343. Mississippi is second with 1928
Alabama third with 312, Texas
fourth with 238. Louisiana next with
207. All of these states are in tht
lvnching i'm crow. separate school
and race-hating belt. States like
Nebraska one. New York sixteen
West Virginia thirteen. Wisconsin
two. Pennsylvania nineteen, Mich.
oan three. Iowa three, Maine none
Vermont none. Massachusetts none
have few modern Methuselahs on
none at all.
Strange it is that we live longer
in those states where life is not
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
BARRIERS Need Only 5 Year Old Intelligence
Mail Carriers Only 10 Years

crops, feed foot-power printing
press. to do knitting and factory
work.
At ten the average child has suffi-
cient intelligence to carry the mail,
become an assistant electrician. as
sistant plumber, assistant steam
filter, learn to play a cornet and
saxophone, do fancy cooking, fancy
laundry work and canning.
A child of IL or IL has intelli-
gence sufficient to keep store and
become a janitor, also to do en-
broidery, canning and learn the vio-
lin. cello, flute and clarinet
DR.. Beckham went especially deep
into the study of laundry employees
and found out that those rated good,
fair and poor, all had about the same
average mental age of seven years,
L months, and that those rated ex-
cellent had mental average age of
nine years.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Women's Affairs

The Rev. J. Il. Black, pastor of
the Zion ME-. Church, stirred Gin
cinnati last week with sermon In
which he protested against married
women's teaching. He urged that
welded females he ousted from
schoolrooms to make way for the
young damsels recently graduated
from college.
The Rev. Mr. BLACK must have
been out of touch with civilization
for the past ten years If he thinks
that girls. either single or married,
need any help from him to obtain
their detectives.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08

WASHINGTON, d. Cit re-
quires only an eight-year-old intelli-
gence to cut hair and shave, paint
the inside woodwork and to make
high grade domestic servant, ac-
cording to Professor Albert S. Beck
ham, of Howard University, writing
in the December issue of Person
mel Journal"
DIR. Beckham. who is on leave and
studying at Chicago University, is a
member of the Institute of Juve-
nile Research. His article concerns
thirty different occupations, and in
cludes all nationalities of both sexes.
DR.. Beckham found out that the
mental age of six is required to do
simple laundry work.
The mental age of seven is re-
quired for ploughing, hand-ironing
and repairing of shoes.
An average child of nine years old
has sufficient intelligence to harvest
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Brown Skinned
Dolls Are Best
XMAS SELLERS

CHARLESTON, w. Va.-Tha I
brown-skinned dolls are pushing THEN
more pink-faced associates off the
counters and have become the "best
sellers was revealed by one mer-
chant here last week.
Seeing profusicn of the brown
complexion toys displayed in the
most prominent place in local
store, a Southern white woman reg
istered complaint to the manager.
Business is business" the mana
ger replied. 1--WE have to sell what
the public is demanding"
He explained that since the "sun
tan" craze in this region large
number of the prominent white peo-
pie were buying these dolls for their
children who seemed to prize and
enjoy them more than they did the
white dolls. In fact, it was found
that manv of the children had made
the special request that Santa Claus
bring them one of the beautiful tan
skinned dolls, and some of them had
been rolling them proudly in their
baby carriages.
When told who had. been buying
these brown dolls, the Southern white
woman left an $11.50 order for one
of the best in the lot.
Many on Display
A survey of the shopping district
here shows that more pretty colored
dolls were on display for the Christ
mas buving than ever before in the
history of the city. Not only were
they sought by white children, but
almost every colored home where
there was little girl had one of the
"sun-tanned" variety.
Ane prominent white family in this
city has colored doll Sc years Of
age, which has been SO well preserved
that it seems now almost new. This
doll is 30 inches tall and has long,
black curls. 1t is a keepsake in men,
DRY of little colored girl who lived
in this family and died just after
Christmas. 1t occupies prominent
place in the parlor of the home.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08

Negroes compared with whites in
Southern states is also an important
factor in the situation. In South
Carolina for the years 1920-1926
whites were found guilty in only 31.7
per cent of the cases while Negroes
were convicted in 64.2 per cent of
the verdicts.
in this state, therefore," he
writes, Negroes charged with muir
der or manslaughter are twice as
liable to conviction as are the whites
SO charged. This difference is due,
doubtless, to such factors as race
prejudice by white Jurors and court
officials and the Negroes low eco
nomic status, which prevents him
from securing good criminal law
yers for his defense"
Also. Negro slayers are much more
likely to be executed than white.
Murder on Impulse
The Nero, furthermore. accord
ing to this study, is much less prone
to commit premeditated murder, his
Savings being done more on the i'm
pulse of the moment. In conclusion
the writer says:
Finally, there is the possibility
that the high homicide rate of the
Negro may be more apparent than
real. If careful study were made
of comparable groups of whites and
Negroes having the same economic,
educational and social status. APP
proximately the same rates for the
two races might, perhaps, be found
In that event, there would be no
strictly racial differences to explain
Such an investigation is greatly
needed"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Negroes Not Killers. Murders Almost
Unknown In ALL olored Towns OF Dixie

NEW YORK.-That the high ho-
compared with whites may be giving
an entirely erroneous picture Of the
facts is stated as possibility by H.
c. Brearley of Clemson College, writ
ing in Social Forces, a quarterly
magazine published at the University
CT North Carolina.
Mr.. Brearley, whose article is
summarized by the N. A. A. C. p,
points out that high homicide rate
occurs here Negroes are not pres
ent in large numbers, and that in
the all-Negro town of Mound Bayou,
Mississippi, there has been no muir
der in more than twenty years. Also.
st. Helena Island. off the coast of
South Carolina, inhabited almost ex.
clusivelv by Negroes. "has also been
remarkably free from crimes of vio-
lence'
Whites the Killers
Another factor which Mr.. Brearley
points out is the high Negro homi-
eide rates is that many of the colored
people are slain by whites. In Chi
cago, for example, in the years 1921
1922. of the Al Negro deaths by
homicide, only 33 were at the hands
of other Negroes. lnfanticide seems
also relatively much rarer among
Negroes, he reports, and the women
make up smaller proportion of the
Negro homicides than among whites.
Seldom Use Razors
Contrary to general belief says
the writer, Negroes seldom use ra-
zors as a means of committing muir
der"
The high rate of conviction of
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08

Over the protests of men in The
past decade. women have shortened
their skirts until, in the language OF
today. tits nobody's business.
They have now equal voting
rights and have clinched them by an
Amendment to the U. S. Constitu-
ton
They have made the whole coun-
try dry with their W.C.T.U., and
having tired of the experiment, have
made 1t fashionable to carry flask
on the hip or in the pocketbook.
Prostitution and free love used
to be equally condemned by men
hut now young girls talk of equal
sex rights and discuss birth control
Probably half of the girls in the
Rev. Mr.. Blacks church smoke eli
garettes although he doesn't know
1t. and wouldn't approve of 1t.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
3,679 Colored And $50 White Folk
In United States Over 100 Years Old

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. people
100 Years old in the U. S. outnum-
Der the whites d to /.
The actual figures of the 1915
health and longevity census show
1868 Negroes and $50 whites over
100 years old, total of 4.554.
Between the ages of 80 and 80
years, the census figures show 1850
colored females and Bali colored
males, making total of 1921 nom
agenarians.
Georgia First
The state of Georgia ranked first
with the largest number of centen-
arians, both male and female; Miss
issippi ranked second with the larg-
est number of females. while Ala
bama ranked second with the larg-
est number of males.
In the thrty-five states including
the District of Columbia reporting
Negro centenarians,. there were / ,0O4
males and 2,675 females.
Negro centenarians reported by
the census of the United States
1915, number i'm each state:
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08

WASHINGTON. : A mother of
eight children, Mrs. Susie Anderson,
SCI Twenty-sixth street, must spend
three years in the penitentiary for
manslaughter in sentence imposed
Saturday by Justice Peyton Gordon
in the criminal court.
Mrs. Anderson had been recently
convicted of manslaughter in the
shooting of Mary Brown Pruitt on
April /. She pleaded self-defense.
According to testimony at the
trial. Mrs. Pruitt went to the home
of Mrs. Anderson and leased her
about losing her husbands affec-
tions. The convicted woman pleaded
that she thought she was about to be
attacked by the other, and fired in
fear of violence.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08

When the Pope can condemn
short skirts and thin clothes without
the women paying much attention
to him. the Protestant clergy might
learn valuable lesson. and initiate
the man who had the trained dog
that he would order to stand on his
hind legs only when he felt sure
that the dog was in the mood to do
it.
OF course. we know that the pub
lie schools belong to the public and
men have say and vote, but If
the men are wise they'll change the
subject every time single girl
brings IL up.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Garage Washers Organize

BROOKLYN, N. y fANP)-
George Scalise, yice-president of the
Garage Washers & Polishers. Union
Local 272, of Greater New York, and
head of the organization in Brook
Ign, states that this union has estab-
lished free employment bureau for
its members in good standing. This
came as result of the high prices
charged for ] b S. by employment
agencies, that secured jobs for auto
mobile washers, in New York and
Brooklyn. One hundred and fifty
men have already been employed by
the Kings County Garage Owners
Benevolent Association, consisting
of Sd garages, through this union
employment agency.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
The A. M. E. Church in Ga.

ATLANTA, Ga.-(CNS)-The A.
M. Il. Church in Georgia claims ac-
cording to one of their statisticians
$4,000 members; 1,187 ministers !;
10000 Sunday school pupils and
$4,000 A Hen Christian Endeavor
members. In eighteen specified dis
tricts. including the United States.
South America and the islands of
the seas, this denomination claims
l 100000 members.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Our Common Cause


The Negro in America, regardless
OF his station in life, must be thor
oughly convinced that the economic,
political and religious advancement
OF his people is essentially the same.
The Negro leader who has been ia
vored with education and position
must understand that the progress
OF his race demands that he make
sacrifice and give of his talents for
the common cause of Negro man.
hood.
Unfortunately the Negro preacher
has given little thought to where
the money comes from which
reached his collection basket on Sun
day. The doctor made no plans
which would help his patti en- S
strengthen their economic status.
The lawyer collected his fees with
out concern and never considered
ways and means which make it pos
sIDie for his clients to secure add
tlonal wealth. The business man
takes the money over the counter
without understanding the basic
principles of economics-that unless
MS patrons have the means of earn
ing living they cannot spend.
New that collection baskets are
empty, and it is becoming more diff
ficut to collect fees and bills. this
individual exclusiveness has struck
rock bottom and the interdependence
OF man has been brought home to
NEGROES with powerful certainty.
The preacher cannot raise money
to pay off the mortgage unless his
parisiiioners are gainfully employed
The doctor will starve unless his
pstients have money with which to
pay their bills. The lawyer must
collect his fees or get out of bust
ness. The so-called leaders are alb
solutely dependent upon the worker,
ANY group of leaders which over
looks this fact will awaken with a
terrible crash. And this is the thing
to which Negroes have paid least
attention in the years gone by.
Looking toward 1881 Negroes
must seek jobs. This must be their
ma Tor concern.
The present business depression
should teach the Negro preacher, the
Negro doctor, the Negro lawyer, the
Negro business man, the Negro ev-
erything. that in order for him to
succeed it is necessary for his race
to have employment 1t follows,
therefore. that the intelligent lead
ers of Negro thought will conce.,-
trate upon jobs for Negroes. They
will mobilize their resources and
use their tremendous buying power
in making opportunities for their
group. The very revelation of this
new power will do more than any,
thing else to make him fit into the
forward march--toward his eco
nomic salvation in 1881!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Kansas Women's Clubs

WICHITA, Kans.-The 30th an
nual session of the Kansas Fedora
ton of Colored Women's Clubs open
ed at the Calvary Baptist Church
with more than $50 delegates in at
tendance.
An inter-racial program was begun
in which many of the leading citi-
zens of both races participated.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08
Montgomery-Ward Co.
Joins Negro League

NEW YORK (ANP)-The first or
ganization to enroll with the Nation
al Negro Business League under the
new membership basis adopted at
the last annual convention in Detroit
was Montgomery-War and Com
pany, mail order house of Chicago.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-01-08

Ii you want the Patronage OF
Colored People who buy first
class things and lots of 'em, Ad-
vertise in The Northwest Enter
prise.
La gaceta., 1931-03-05

llega ysted a modificar los SUI
yos, vera qsaed que yo va he
modificadq ios mfosf listed re-
nunciara la Mon hrqufa, yo
he renuJkiado a ID Repdblica
radically
Els D. listed,
MarcelinO Domingo
M&trid, 4 de Feb. de 1881.
La gaceta., 1931-03-05

jetas a sus respectivos Parla-
mentos. En- toda la america, y
en- gran parte de Europa, la Re-
pdblica ha demostrado ser la
1nica forma de Gobierno que
puede hacer la autoridad compa
6ble con la libertad, la disciple
ma compatible con Ell pragreso.
Buscar nuevos Reyes, puevas
Monarqufas, significa perpe-
tuar las condolences anomalies
" provocar una revoluci6n.
A juzgar por informes que
me han llegado, temo mucho
que esta sea la actitud por US
ted adoptada. Por ESQ lie escri-
BIO a listed esta carta, para que
sirva como una apelaci6n a su
exaltado espfritu. Proplamen-
tie dicho, listed es una figura
historical. Pudo listed haber
permanecido en- silencio, pero
ha .optado por hablar. Pudien
do haberse comprometido, sc
rebel6 listed. Pudiendo haber
vivido en- paz, ha preferido US
ted un destierro espartano.
Jamas ha habido para noso-
tros I'm momento mas prenado
que ell que vivimos, no, nj a1n
en- los dfas de Canovas y Prim.
Hoy Europa pide mas, Espana
misma pide mas. Debe listed
meditar las posibilidades. MI
apelaci6n a listed es una invi-
taci6n. va hemos concentrate
nuestras esperanZas en- listed.
listed debe convertirlas en- de-
beres. Sea listed no un Cron-
we'll, ell 1ltimo sirviente de una
Monarquia, va definitivamen.
La gaceta., 1931-03-05

tie perdida, sino en- Aers, ell
Primer Magistrate 9He una Re-
pdblica nueva,V
Espana, oM ha pasado sin
grandes dfsturbios de la Die
tadura al Gebierno actual, po-
ORA pasar sin dificultad de la
Monarqufa a la Repdblica.
Los espanoles Sc han encon-
trade; han aprendido la disci-
pima, Y su escuela fortaAce-
ra a un Gobierno basado en- la
confianza y la collaboration de
las masas.
. Yo, radical como soy, no phi
do una Rep1blica radical, PRO
minentes lfderes de la izquieA
da comparten esta opinion q ]
migo. Lo que deseamos pQa
rriba de TODD es una Esq
"salvada." I'm Estado az 10
puede ser monarquic1E on
Ell regimen actuaLm la
Constitution de 1875.
Els por este que me- lilo a
listed pidiendo que h Austed
possible un regimen 9 bestau-
re ell. orden jurfdicQ 1spana
y una al pueblo COZ 1obier-
no. No pido una RI lica in
mediata con todas influen-
cias dignificantes y estabiliza-
doras, sino una Republica flu
tura, tai como la preparada
por Gambetta para ell advent
miento de Theirs. Pensad en-
una Repdblica como inminen-
tie en- Espana. Ell pueblo la ext
ge, este pueblo que lleva ST.
CLOS de sufrir bajo ell yunque
monarquico.
81 tiene listed ideales con :
trarios a los mics, por 10 me-
nos, contemplate los mics. S:
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
I (lMoNIos

W. M Lowe, %, e Hill
RAJ mus 81, y Rose
MontS 4 Elias Goodwin,
Sd, Y BS tler. %; B. B.
Johnson, 90, Spell, 80.
Otis Miller, Vlorence
Julia Hanger. IT; James Carl
ton Sellers, 33, y Agnes Hogg
Walker, %; James Claude
Young, 81, y Susie Beatrice
Browning, 20.
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
Ihubiese deseado, estas cosas no
lutheran ocurrido.

lhubleSe deSeado, estaS cosaS no
lutheran ocurrido.
No puede cabef duda de que
ell Gobierno designado para SUI
ceder a la Dictadura no esta ca
pacitado para restaurar los po-
deres civileS, restablecer los de-
rechos de ciudadania, pacifi-
car la mente del p1blicc, exigir
Responsibilities, del Rey has
ia ell 1ltimo Juez que ejecut6 las
Leyes inconstitucionales, del &c
neral hasta ell ultimo teniente
lque puso SUI uniforme a la con-
veniencia del Dictator, del mis-
mo Dictator hasta ell collector
de impuestos Y multas ilegales,
del Banco de EsnaRaA ell
banquero nFodest0 que abrISsus
cajas de ahorros para esl@ecular
~ lamar prestamos sin garan-
ltfas.
Ell actual Gobierno fue desig-
nado por ell Rey como I'm expe-
diente para preservar su Trono,
para ell mismo objeto que 10 i'm
puls6 cuando concibi6 ell golpe
de Estado del 10 de S~eptiembre
lde 1923, ell cual lie di6 ell podet
Dictatorial y lie permiti6 alejar
la opinion publica de las res
'ponsabilidades que. las Cortes Sc
|preparaban a exigirle. De la mis-
ma manera ahora Sc dispone a
alejar la atenci6n publica de las
responsibilities que la Dicta-
dura acumul6 en- mas de seis a.
nos de Gobierno unconstitutional
nal.
Este problema es en- la actua-
lidad de importancia transcen-
dental; Ipuede uno que ha SER
vido ash a su naci6n ocupar el
puesto exaltado?
En- 1881 hay pocas monar-
qufas, Y las que existen, son SUI
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
AL LONG
NO LIE EXTRANA Ell IN
FORME

Baton Rouge, La, Mario 5.
-Comentando ell gobernador
Huey P. Long ell informe Vic
kardsham sobre las condicio-
ms viciosas existentes en- New
Orleans, dijo: 70 trate de pa
rar ell juego en- esa ciudad y
ellos trataron de expulsarme
del puesto, acusandome."
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
ESPANA QUTERE Ny
REPUBLICA
DE MARCHING DOMINGO
A JOSE C GUERRA

Cuando 1ltimamente Don Jo-
sc Sanchez Guerra sc ~disponia a
,formar gobierno, ell lider de los
republicanos radicales, Marco
limo Domingo exigio en- la pre-
sente carta la convocatRria a
Cortes CONSTITUENCIES con ell OBJ
jeto de establecer una Republi-
ca y proponiendo a Sanchez Cue
ira la presidential republican,.
La carta esta dividida en- dos
parties; una destinada a culpar
al Rey por la dictadura de Pri-
mo de Rivera y al gobierno de
Berenguer. La otra es una ex-
hortaci6n a Sanchez Guerra pa
ra que sacrifique sus ideales de
una monarqufa democratica y
optic por la Republica espano-
la.
La carta dice ash:
Don Jose Sanchez Guerra:
Queremos las Cortes Consti-
tuyentes electas por ell pueblo y
con I'm solo prop6sito: la Rep1-
|blica. No puede haber compro-
misc en- los principios funda-
mentales. Cuando las circuns-
|tancias exijen ell resurgimiento
de la moralidad n%acional, TODD
espanol debe abandonar su in
diferencia egoista y experiment
tar las emociones, ell vertigo y
las emociones, ell vertigo y las
responsibilities de la vida p1-
blica. Espana puede alcanzar
la normalidad juridica solo me-
dante un Estado republicano.
No es un secreto que ell Rey
ha tenido extravagancias cons
titucionales aun anteriormente
al golpe de Estado. BESIDE su
succession al trono ha recurrido a
los gobiernos de Coroneles para
mantener I'm poder absolute. Ell
golpe de Estado fu6 dado por 81
despues de que ell Comite que
investig6 la debacle de Marrue-
cos Sc habia preparado a hacer-
10 responsible.
La dictadura coaccion6 a los
politicos y los trat6 con ell mas
alto ~desprecio, creyendo que tai
era ell deseo regio, disolvi6 las
Cortes porque asi 10 dese6 ell
Monarch, anulo la Constitution
porque asi 10 dese6 Ell, y Sc en-
trometi6 en- TODD porque tai fue
su voluntad soberana. ST no las
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
TEMPORAL EN- UNA ISLA
INGLESA

Capetown, Mario 5.-Un
telegrama recibido de Port
Luis, en- la isla Mauritarius, di
ce que un temporal esta azo :
tando a la isla desde aver por
la tarde. Las perdidas mate
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
tDEFUNCIONES

salleci0 aver en- su domici-
Nlpa. avenida 1917, Francis
rrteu1ta, de so ans. Deja su
ga, Maria Ferlita, y Gin
l. hijos, Steve, Tony, John,
gelo y Joe.
Hoy por la tarde ell cadaver
RI libra sepultura en- ell cemen
teko de la Unione Italiana.
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
ELECTO JEFF DE
LA o G LOS ELKS Il

Sin oposici6n fue anoche e.
lecto jefe de la Logia Elks de
esta ciudad, ell Sr. Dan P. Gal
vim, que sucede en- ell alto car
go a L. B. Sparkman.
Para los otros puestos fue-
ron electos w. Roger Watkins,
Paul Fusillo Y John w. Pace.
Fueron reelectos secretario
y tesorero, respectivamente, j.
H. Mclaughlin y James ]. Fer
nandez.
La gaceta., 1931-03-05
SECTION DE DAMAS DE
~ROTECCION Y AUXILIO

Manana por la noche, a las
$3.50, Sc reunira en- ell Centre Els
panel de Ybor, la Secci6n de
Damas de Protection y Auxilio.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19

H. A. Pryde, United States Fish cries warden, and Mrs. Pryde left on the Admiral Watson for Yaku- tat, where MT. Pryde makes his summer headquarters.
 o-
 Tennessee horticulturists urge bet ter yields of cabbage on reduced acreage for more profits.