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--- Sate Library Cayton's Weekly PRICE FIVE CENTS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MAR. 23, 1918 VOL. 2, No. 41 CAYTON'S WEEKLY Published every Saturday at Seattle, Washington, U. S. A. In the interest of equal rights and equal justice to all men and for "all men up." A publication of general information, but in the main voicing the sentiments of the Colored Citizens. It is open to the towns and communities of the state of Washington to air their public grievances. Social and church notices are solicited for publication and will be handled according to the rules of journalism. Subscription $2 per year in advance. Special rates made to clubs and societies. HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON..Editor and Publisher TELEPHONE: BEACON 1910 CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME Who listens to L. D. Wishard, who is lecturing without cost or price, at least to his various congregations, tell of the horrors of the present world war as perpetrated by the German, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish soldiers upon helpless women and children, who happen to fall into their power, can but feel his blood run cold and then instantly bubble and boil like a sething pot, and whether young or old, themselves become demons in mind and temperaments, stand ready to grab a gun and rush pell-mell into the thickest of the fight in order to protect and save womanhood and infancy from the grasp of such fiery fiends. For nearly one hour Mr. Wishard depicted those horrors in such burning eloquence to a more than sympathetic colored audience in Seattle last Sunday evening until many of them sat in tears. Apparently humanity has really forgotten itself and the Christian veneer that has so long been used as the genuine article has slipped off and man is a savage again. Since the mind of man, in this country, runneth not to the contrary, the heart of the colored man has overflowed with the milk of human kindness for his fellowman and even in days of his cruel bondage he was as ready and willing to risk his life to save that of his master, who, perhaps, would flog him within an inch of his life on the slightest pretext a few hours thereafter, as he would have been to save a John Brown, a William Lloyd Garrison or an Abe Lincoln. So also is he today ready and willing to save the helpless Belgian women and children from German and Hungarian fiends incarnate, despite the fact they remember the brutal practices of the Belgians on the African natives. It seems almost miraculous that the heart of a human could in so short a time so soften as to go to the rescue of a people that killed, maimed and otherwise beastalized them but a few years prior. God surely works in mysterious ways His wonder to perform. Patriotism is to a manner born in the colored people of this country, and it is a great deal more difficult for them to be unpatriotic than it is for a very large percent of the white population to be patriotic. There is no question as to how the black man stands when the country's cause is in jeopardy. But is his patriotism appreciated by the dominant class of this republic? Is his bravery and self sacrifice appreciated the day after the god of war has been silenced? Who among the white population appreciates the fact that SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MAR. 23, 1918 Give yourself little or no concern as to where the black man will be found when Uncle Sam sounds his alarm for volunteers. The black man will fight for his country and fight like hell, but he wants a fighting man's chance. He will fly to the rescue of the abused Belgian woman, the horrors their fathers, brothers and husband imposed upon black men, women and children to the contrary notwithstanding, but he wants his women and children protected from the barbarity of the Huns of Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. He is ready and willing to sail for the battle fields of France and meet the Kaiser in battle array and say to him, "Lay on, McDuff, and to hell with him who cries enough," but he wants the Huns of the South to be stopped from burning at the stake black persons only suspicioned of crime. He is ready and willing to help President Wilson" make the world safe for democracy," but he wants that democracy to include the black man the same as the white man. Be ye not troubled. Mr. Wishard, about the course the black man will pursue when Old Glory leads on, but trouble yourself, we pray you, about the thousands of black women of our own southland who are being dailey outraged by the Huns of those states; about the thousands of black men and boys who are being shot, lynched and burned at the stake almost daily for offenses that would be considered but petty in any state of the north; about the president of the United States, who recently VOL.2, No.41 declared he had heard nothing of the burning at the state numbers of colored men on suspicion, about the governors of those states, in which those dastardly deeds have been committed, declaring in public they are powerless to prevent such horrors being perpetrated; about the labor unions all over this "land of the free and home of the brave" (?) leaguing together to prevent colored men and women from honest work to maintain their wives and children. Do these things, in the name of right justice, democracy and Christianity. Mr. Wishard, and, we repeat, the colored man will fight, and fight like hell to make the world safe for democracy. WHAT ABOUT JAPAN? The United States Government is still undecided as to the advisibility of giving the Japanese government a free hand in Siberia lest it be the beginning of the end of the assumed control of the Pacific ocean by the United States. With the Japanese government fully backed by the Chinese government and in complete control of the Siberian country, its like unto the fifteen block puzzle with the U. S. officials whether Japan would walk out of Siberia, bag and baggage, at the close of the present war, and assuming she would not, then the United States would face the much feared "yellow peril" in its most violent form, so argues many leading citizens of this country. But a few days ago Bolshiviek, the Russian ruler, declared that the Japanese and German governments thoroughly understood each other and that understanding meant the dividing of the Russian country between them. With Japan in league with China and in treaty with Germany, the world, it isargued, would be divided between the Teutons and the Asiatics, and the Anglosaxons would be doomed to mighty hard sledding. Look at it from any angle you will or may, Mars, the god of war, is still active among men and before he lies down to sleep every man able to do so will be under arms seeking to destroy all other men. Doubtless the Japanese has for almost a century looked forward to the day when they would absolutely control the waters of the Pacific as England once did the Atlantic and in this world mixup we would not be surprised to see her take advantage of the first opening that has that appearance and that too, irrespective of whether the Allies are helped or hurt. Agged on by the greed of gain, the nations of the world are far more interested in the commercial outcome of the present world war than in the Christian outcome. A new Christ will have to come to the earth and drive the trusts and traders out of the temples again before man will be more interested in the mental, moral and spirital growth of his fellowman than he is in his financial and commercial activity. Kind words and deeds often give down and out persons more real comfort than a round sum of money. The human heart needs the milk of kindness to make it pulsate and not the jingle of gold and silver. A cheerful good morning and exchange of greetings always make two souls with but a single thought and two hearts that beat as one. ve es eae eae BAK’ FL ea, Bic athe deen Pas de ea ie a ee aah NE ly | eibaTy ae ey eel ic: PT ee Cie eRe te tt ee ; ARE GETTING TOGETHER There seems to be a strong disposition for men and organizations to get together just now and quit splitting hairs over matters of minor importance. This is particularly noticeable among the pulpit and the press. The members of Protestant churches under different names who in the past have spent much of their energy denouncing each others’ creeds and denominations are now taking a common sense view of the relig- ious situation and are more anxious to push the cause of Christ than the denomination, and the different denominations in the same communities are uniting, each giving up its identity. Even Protestant and Catho- lie organizations are showing more signs of fraternity than ever before, and if the same spirit of fraternity continues to grow and expand the world will soon be well on the road to a great Christian Church and sectarianism will slink into oblivion. If Heaven is the objective point of all denomi- nations. why divide up on trivial matters? The press, too, is giving up much of its old time bickering and instead of two papers being published in small communities the two have united and the community is be- ing given one strong and serviceable paper, this is especially true of class and trade papers among the white citizens. The col- ored man, however, still seems inclined to go it alone, both in his church denomina tions and in his publications and periodi- cals. In almost every community: with a hundred colored families you will find two or more regularly organized church de- nominations, where one would be amply suf- ficient. Colored persons do not seem to have the happy faculty of giving and tak- ing, when it comes to dealing with each other. Slight differences among members of the same organization are permitted to grow and enlarge until they explode and a separate organization is the result, which weakens the entire community in that res- pect. In Seattle there should not be to ex- ceed two eolored church organizations and one would accomplish more, whereas, there are five and yet quite a sprinkling of the colored citizens are members of church or- ganizations controlled by white citizens. We long to see the day when the Jesus Christ religion will not be made up of ereeds and denominations, but of simon pure Christians, who preach the father- hood of God and the brotherhood of man, and the same be told about in a strong and well edited class paper. Apparently the P.-I. is correct and the rich men of the United States are putting up the cash to defray the expenses of the present war. It says John D. Rockefeller pays $38,000,000 income tax annually and other rich men likewise put up for the expenses of the war. It is reported that ordinary millionaires before the war have become highly bloated billionaires since the war, all because they have been able to sell the goods which their concerns con- trolled, at such enormous profits. Despite the fact that Rockefeller pays $38,000,000 income tax annually it is reported that he still has left a $32,000,000 annual income in the way of dividends from his holdings. Gasolines, oils and their bi-products have almost doubled in price since the war and yet the cost of production is but a small percentage higher than before the war. Under such circumstances the rich can pay their income tax and still be none the loser. While the working men pay no income tax, yet they have to pay for the increased cost of living and that inerease goes to the millionaires. which means that the working men pay all of the freight after all. Judging from the number of white men that are being acquitted of rioting in East St. Louis and the number of black men that are being found guilty of the above offense, we think it’s all a mistake and instead of the white folks mobing the black folks it was the black folks rioting among themselves that caused all the trouble, and the white folks were only trying to pre- vent the black folks from, like the Kilkenny eats, eating each other up instead of grub. It is ridiculous—yes, preposterous, to think that white men in East St. Louis would be guilty of such barbarous acts as were reported by the daily press at the time of the East St. Louis riots. WISE AND OTHERWISE Pay your debts when you can, even if you have to deprive yourself of necessities, but do not be afraid to meet your debts when you can not pay them. Money never makes the man, however much man may make the money. The man who has a corner on a majority of the money may be a chronie grouch and as free from happiness as was Dives. As one result of Bolshevik devotion to “the self-determination of nations,’? Turk- ish marauders are again massacring Ar- menians in regions where the Russian arms for a time meant mercy and safety—New York World. With means in your possession do not be too penurious to purchase such things as will render you comfortable, for you cannot take any of your pennies with you, when death calls you, though you may have hoarded up a million dollars during your career. re ALHAMBRA CASH GROCERY Fancy and Staple Groceries. Vegetables and Fruits Fancy son. Bakery in connection. Free delivery. iP *Stain 2928. 1086-40 Jackson Street. ce TUTT’S BARBER SHOP 7o%.7"tttencisss Tonsorial Work, 300 Main ‘Street, Seattle. Latest tace papers. Ail kinds of toilet supplies. THE THEORY OF CO-OPERATION (By James Peter Warhasse) RRS AME es okt a meee) eee oe Boe br aa Wiad oer’ profit. The man who owns a cow and pro- duces milk for his family consumption rep- resents the first purpose. The men who produce milk to sell to somebody else to sell to the consumer represent the second purpose. The great mass of business is based on this latter method. Things are produced and distributed, men go into business, factories and mines are oper- ated, and people are given employment, not for the useful purpose of serving hu- man needs, but for the purpose of making profits. There is one group of people who have deliberately set themselves to the task of taking for themselves all of this profit of trade and, thereby, ultimately eliminating it. This they are proceeding to do, not in the competitive sense of business, but through a movement so wide and demo- cratic that it invites all the people of the world to join it, irrespective of race, religion, occupation, or social standing. Profit making business desires monopoly. It does not want everybody going into bus- iness. It requires, on one hand, the ex- ploited worker who is paid less than the wealth he produces; and, on the other hand, the exploited consumer who gets less than he pays for. These are the funda- mental reuirements of competitive business. The co-operative movement does not de- mand an exploited class. It desires that all should join it. The more who join, the greater is the success. This is because its purpose is to substitute co-operation and mutual aid for competition and antag- onism. If we cast our eyes over the field of human interests we find one thing which is common to all human beings—-a neess- sity upon which their lives depend. They differ in religion, occupation, productivity and habits of life, but all are consumers. All things of use should have for their ul- timate destiny to be consumed—to go into the elements of society to nourish, sus- tain, develop, beautify. Food, housing, clothing, music, art creations, and learning are the great fundamental needs. The farmer, the carpenter, the shoemaker, the musician, the artist, the dramatist, the teacher, are all necessary proucers of things which the consumer needs. The mer- chant, the advertiser, the real estate agent, the broker, the jailer, the banker, most lawyers and courts, the idle rich, and all the horde of clerks and parasites which these employ are not needed in co-opera- tion. If those who are occupied in un- necessary functions were employed in use- ful service, the hours of labor of those who toil could be reduced one-half; and if the labor saving devices which are possible were put into use, the hours of labor could be reduced to one-fourth of what they now are. The profit system imposes this un- necessary burden upon mankind. Co-operation is simple. It requires only loyalty and friendship toward one’s fel- lowmen. A group of people who are ca- pable of fidelity organize as a consumers’ society to supply for themselves their sim- plest wants. They buy at wholesale in common such things as eggs, butter, fruit, vegetables, coal, meat and coffee. They take for themselves the profit which had previously gone to the privtae merchant. Their society grows larger and presently they run their own store, and distribute to themselves all of their foodstuffs, cloth- ing and household goods. The basis of such an organization must be democratic. The necessary share-capi- tal must be raised, preferably by the one- member-one-share principle. One member, one vote; interest not above the current or lagal rata> and ratnrnsg ta mambarc hacod amount of purchases they are making is so great that they can unite in the organization of a wholesale society and thus take the next step and cut out the profit of the wholesaler. And when still more societies have grown up and the membership has become sufficiently great, the wholesale society, instead of buying from the importer and manufacturer, imports and manufactures for itself. When this last step has been taken the economic problem is solved; the gamut is run; the revolution is consummated. Securing commodities at the cost of production is the least of the purposes of the Co-operative Movement. It aims at more important things. It takes advantage of the organization of people who have common needs, and introduces insurance against sickness, death, unemployment, accidents, and old age. It provides pensions for motherhood; makes loans to members; carries families on credit in the event of strikes and lockouts; provides housing, recreations, clubhouses, medical and nursing care, hospitals and sanitariums. Still a greater benefit than these accrues to the co-operator. It is not alone that the things he needs are made more easily accessible to him; it is not alone that he is freed from the dangers and costs of diseased and adulterated food; it is not alone that he is spared exploitation; it is not alone that pensions, insurance, and housing are made possible for him; it is not alone that recreations, art and education are rendered accessible. Co-operation does a greater thing than all these. It develops in the soul of man a new spirit. It makes him a co-operator. It takes hold of the fundamental and primitive instincts—to help one's fellowman, to be kind, to be generous, to render mutual aid—and encourages him. It teaches people to work together for their mutual benefit, that the concern of one is the concern of all, and that no man can cheat or be cheated without his neighbor also suffering. All of this is not a theory nor an Utopian dream. It has all come to pass. In England in 1844 twenty-eight poor weavers, with no better destiny than the poorhouse before them, organized the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society, with a store with only four commodities, keeping open only in the evening. They had the vision and the philosophy. From that small beginning there has never been a recession. Year after year unfailing success has crowned the movement. Today the co-operative societies in Great Britain embrace one-third of the total population. For forty years the movement has been growing five times faster than the population has increased. During the war the increase has been ten times faster. Now what do we find? The co-operative societies of Great Britain distribute nearly $1,000,000,000 worth of commodities to their members annually. The "profit," or more properly speaking, the savings. to their members amounts to $100,000,000 a year. Of this amount $65,000,000 are returned in cash to the members in the form of "dividends." The British Wholesale Society supplies 12,000 societies. It owns its own steamships. It has thirteen great warehouses. It gave $100,000 toward the construction of the Manchester ship canal along which are its great flour mills. It is the largest purchaser of Canadian wheat. Its eight flour mills are the largest in Great Britain. These mills turn out thirty-five tons of flour every hour for the people who own the mills. The largest bakery in the world is owned by the co-operators of Glasgow. The British Co-operate wholesale has sixty-five factories. Their soap works make 500 tons of soap a week. They produce 3,000,000 pairs of boots annually. Their creameries and farm produce vast quantities of dairy products, fruit, and vegetables. They have recently purchased 10,000 acres of the best wheat lands in Canada. They own their own coal mines. Their last purchase was the Shil-bottle coal mine, bought only during the present year. They own great tea plantations in Ceylon and vineyards in Spain. In Africa they control vast tracts of land for the production of palm-olives from which oil for their soap factories is procured. These organizations of consumers springing from the little society of Rochdale—now bring their own currants from Greece to be made into plum puddings in their own great factories. The British cooperators now produce almost every commodity; watches, furniture, tinware, machinery, clothing, tobacco, chemicals, leather goods, corsets and brushes. Their total products are five times greater than those of the private manufacturers in the Manufacturers' Association. They provide concerts, entertainments, acrobats and jugglers. Their welfare-work embraces most every branch of human service. They conduct life saving stations on the coast and administer large funds for the relief of sufferers from famine and unemployment. Their banking department is next to the Bank of England in importance. One-half of the industrial life and accident insurance done in Great Britain is done by the co-operative society. Their life insurance business is carried on at one twenty-fifth of the cost which the profit-making companies pay. The British Wholesale Society did a business of $217.000.000 in 1914; in 1917 it will exceed $300 000 000. The Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Socitey is a federation of 264 consumers' societies. In 1916 it did a business of $75 000 000, manufactured $24.000.000 worth of goods, and carried a reserve and insurance fund of nearly $5.000 000. The British Society employs about 200.000 people. All of this vast business is carried on by people who are producing and distributing for themselves—practically all from the laboring class. As great as the British movement is, the continental movement is still greater. Germany. France and Italy have more societies and more membership than England, Scotland and Ireland. Russia before the war was weak in co-operative societies, but with the growth of the revolutionary movement the societies increased until the Russian movement now has become the greatest in the world. In 1917 there were in Russia 45,000 co-operative societies, with 15,000,000 members. Upon the basis of the head of a household representing five people, this means 75. 000000. which is nearly one-half of the population. The People's Co-operative Bank in Moscow does a business of $1,000, 000 yearly. The Co-operative Movement in Belgium is peculiar. The surplus savings are not returnable to the member in the form of cash, but are used for social welfare purposes. This money is used for doing for the members of the co-operative societies what the socialized state does for the people in Germany. Old age pension, life insurance, insurance against sickness and unemployment, maternity benefits and medical and nursing care are provided. Those beautiful buildings in Belgium called "the houses of the people" are owned by the co-operative societies. They are community centers, used for meetings, dramatic presentations, schools and recreations. About some of them are parks where fine music is rendered, mothers sew, fathers talk and children play. This movement of the people in many European countries has been developing so rapidly that it has seemed as though the time were drawing near when the cooperation societies could say that government, as represented in the state, is no longer needed. The time seems approaching when the people in their co-operative societies would do everything for themselves. They would need no state. The only things the state would have that the co-operators would not have are aristocracy, soldiers and jails. Co-operation is a great international movement. The International Co-operative Alliance at its last meeting, the year before the war began, had delegates from twenty-four countries. More than twenty countries had wholesale co-operative sociehave 40,000,000 members, representing sented. These were the representatives of 75,000,000 consumers. It is now estimated that if the International Alliance holds its next Congress in 1918, the movement will have 40,000,000 memfers, representing 200,000,000 people. The International Bulletin continues to be published even during the war and monthly contains articles by Englishmen, Germans, Frenchmen, Italians, Austrians and Russians. During the war the movement, even in the belligerent countries, has made greater progress than ever before. It has not only served the co-operators, but in Europe it has been the greatest of all forces, standing between the people and profit-making business. It has kept down prices, and prevented profiteering, by establishing standards in the costs of production and distribution. Co-operation is peculiarly practical. It succeeds. When societies begin to produce for themselves, they are not producing for a problematical market; they know definitely what they want. Production is undertaken to supply a know need. There is no over-production nor under-production. No salesmanship, advertising, short weights nor adulterated goods play a figure in cooperation. Wherever co-operation springs up it is attacked by the forces which thrive by robbing the people. Predatory business big and little—and every agency which is organized to wring profits out of the unorganized consumers are the enemies of cooperation. Every European country has witnessed battles between the co-operators and the trusts; and the co-operators have always won. The great governments of the world have always been more or less antagonistic to co-operation; it has interfered with the privilege of profit-making. In the United States co-operation is taking root. About 1,000 societies are now in operation. When these societies unite into a confederation the success of the movement in this country will be guaranteed. The more societies there are the greater will be their success. The best results are secured by groups of people who already have some ties to bind them, such as labor organizations, racial affiliations, or society membership. The Finnish people in America are phenomenally successful. This is the great opportunity for the Negro. The fact that he is the most exploited of all people, that the government discriminates against him, and that he pays more for what he buys than does the white citizen should open his eyes to the possibility of co-operation. He has shown his ability to co-operate as an agricultural producer; he shows it as a consumer. The Co-operative Movement is bringing the message of hope to the working classes. When one grasps its significance and its possibilities he becomes filled with a holy zeal for its promotion.—The Crisis. The desire for Friendship is strong in every human heart. We crave the companionship of those who can understand. The nostalgia of life presses, we sigh for "home" and long for the presence of one who sympathizes with our hopes and is able to partake of our joys. A thought is not our own until we impart it to another, and the confessional seems a crying need to every human soul. One can bear grief, but it takes two to be glad. We reach the divine through some one, and by dividing our joy with this one we double it, and come in touch with the Universal. The sky is never so blue, the birds never sing so blithly, our acquaintances are never so gracious as when we are filled with love for some one.—Elbert Hubbard. Job work in the latest and newest styles turned out in this office. Cayton's Weekly publishes legal notices at current rates. Main 24. --- --- This image contains no text. "GRANNY GROSE" IS DEAD No more touching and pathetic funeral ceremonies have ever been held over the remains of a departed soul than those held over Mrs. Sarah Grose last Sunday afternoon. She was about eighty-three years of age at the time of her death, which occurred last Friday night, and a majority of the years of her life had been spent in Seattle, and she therefore was truly a pioneer. To pay their last respects to her memory white and black mingled together and judges, lawyers, doctors, and merchants were present and looked long and sorrowfully on her remains. Mrs. Grose, Aunt Sarah, Granny Grose and Granny had been one and the same to not only all present, but to every one else she had been thrown in contact with since she came to Seattle—an administering angel. She had fed the hungry, clothed the poor, cared for the sick and did not overlook the down and outer—white, black, red, yellow, brown or any color, if in human garb, were one and alike to her. About the bier of this aged black mother strong and influential men and women, white and black, hung sorrowfully because they realized "Mother" had gone to never return. She was not a woman of great educational accomplishments, which caused the elite of the city to turn out to pay homage to her memory; she was not a woman that enriched the world with her musical productions and performances that had brought forth that great throng of fellowmen to pay their last respects to her memory; she was not a woman that had great wealth and had generously distributed the most of it to individuals and institutions and those present had come to make pretense at appreciation; in fact she was a woman of no specific accomplishments that might bring so great a cosmopolitan crowd of men and women to see her for the last time, but she was a woman,—bless her memory—that had sweetened the bitter cups and morsels of human life of those, who, either by misfortune or accident, were compelled to partake of them. Frederick Douglas was great in the minds of men because he was a soul inspiring orator and Booker T. Washington was great because he was an educator and a benefactor, but Granny Grose was great in the minds of those who, for the past half century, have met her in Seattle, because every man was her son and every woman was her daughter and she never said no to any of them, who appealed to her for help, or whom she observed to be in need of help. Let the life and the deeds of this sainted mother remind each and every one of us of "the good we all may do, while the days are passing by." Her blood relations have no more cause to mourn her death than all manner of man with whom she had met from time to time while she yet lived. The glowing tributes of Rev. D. A. Graham, Rev. S. J. Collins, Rev. W. D. Carter and Judge J. T. Ronald, the sweet strains of music and the costly floral offerings were as chaff against the wind in comparison to the genuine heart sorrow of the most of those present as they looked upon the dead face of her that had so often extended the hand of mercy in life. May perhaps "Granny Grose" had never read in the Bible the golden rule that teaches us to do unto others as we would have them do to us, but she lived it by day and by night; nor did she ever grow tired because her kindness was not always, if ever, reciprocated and often seemingly not appreciated. Though she gave away her worldly fortune, yet she inherited eternal life by so doing, and using the words of Judge Ronald, "If God is just and no sane person doubtts it, she now rests on the bosom of Jesus, where forever she will reap her reward." Cayton's Weekly. Beacon 1910. IT WAS A SCREAM If any aggregation, association or combination in Seattle ever pulled off a more successful entertaining amateur program than that rendered by the Alpha Tennis and Outing Club last Wednesday evening, then the oldest citizens hereabouts have no recollections of it. Every number from Alpha to Omego was a gem and bordered dangerously close to professionalism. That mixed quartet was so good that if nothing more had been said, sung or done, it would have been worth the price. Mrs. Brook's selections from Dunbar were great, and she deported herself most excellently. Roy Sheffield's only rival was simply a scream from the time his black face appeared until it retired. If its money this lad wants as a black face comedian he has a fortune at his command. Something special and Brooks sure did tell us all about it. Miss Crawford, Miss Ford, Miss Biggs and Mrs. Leftridge were four stars of the seventh magnitude in a dress rehearsal and this quartet of feminine foibles was more than worth the price. Elmore, Gardner, Leftridge, Leftridge, Kittrell & Co. portrayed the Rise of Club Life so true to life that many in the audience demurred because there was more truth than poetry in the skit. An Apache dance by Miss Crawford, Miss Biggs and Miss Ford was more than clever and was deservingly roundly applauded. The vocal selection by Mme. Tyler left old clever in the shade and was truly classical. On the whole, the show was a scream from start to finish, and those taking part as well as those who directed it are deserving of the very highest compliments. A house full and overflowing greeted the opening number. Dancing was indulged in after the program. The public will sho' look forward with pleasing anxiety to the fourth annual entertainment of this club. PERSONAL Rev. S. J. Collins, pastor of the A. M. E. church of Everett, attended the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Grose and was one of the speakers. Rev. Collins can truly be looked upon as the father of African Methodism in the State of Washington as he organized the first church of that denomination in the state and in Seattle. In this he was financially and otherwise assisted by Mr. and Mrs. William (Sarah) Grose, which was more than thirty years ago. "Next July I want the trustees of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church to walk up to this table and lay down $5,000 with which to buy a lot on which we plan to build a magnificent church edifice as soon thereafter as we can do so," said the Rev. W. D. Carter at his services last Sunday evening to an audience that occupied every inch of floor space in the present place of worship. That the trustees will be able to do so is not for a single minute doubted, judging from the systematic campaign that is being made by the members and friends of that church for the money. His critics to the contrary notwithstanding, Rev. Carter is probably the most successful colored pastor in the Northwest and he is doing a good work in Seattle. George Maney has begun suit against the Mt. Zion Baptist church, Rev. W. D. Carter, the pastor, and the various trustees for $25,000 damages for having dropped his name from the church roll. Without stopping to discuss the whys or the wherefores of the case, it seems to us, if we were a member of any organization and a majority of the members thereof expressed themselves to the effect, that it was for the good of the organization for us to withdraw, we would do so without them having to take drastic steps in that direction, but should they take such drastic steps not one comeback would be heard from us. Personally we are of the opinion that George Maney is a man of high moral standing, a Christian gentleman and a useful citizen to this or any other community and we know he has done a great deal for the advancement of the Colored Baptist organization in this city and state, but we sometimes seem to outlive our usefulness, and that might have been the case with Mr. Maney in connection with the Mt. Zion Baptist church. In our opinion a season of prayer on the part of all concerned would have been more God-like than a season of cross examination as will be at the coming court trial. SPOKANE lost a most estimable citizen in the death of Frank L. Wilson, who, for the past twenty odd years, had been very much in the public eye of that community. He was a useful citizen and was always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to any meritorious enterprise which had for its object the uplift of the community and its citizenry. How well, financially, his investments succeeded is more than we can say, but Frank Wilson was not afraid to take a business chance and the business men of Spokane knew it, and for his pluck he had the highest respect of those business men who have done things in that city. In his undertakings he was always ably supported by his wife, who now mourns his death. LECTURE NOTICE Prof. Edward G. Cox, of the sociological department of the University of Washington, will lecture to the Brotherhood of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Tuesday evening, March 26, taking as his subject the Sociology of the Races. You and each of you are cordially invited to be present. Refreshments will be served by the ladies of the church. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF Washington, for King County.—In Probate. In the Matter of the Estate of James Golden, Deceased.—No. 29903. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as Administratrix of the estate of James Golden, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to serve the same (supported by claimant's affidavit as required in Sec. 108, Probate Code) on the Administratrix or her attorney of record at the address below stated, and file the same with the clerk of the court, together with proof of such service, within six months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or same will be barred. Date of first publication February 23rd, 1918. MARIE GOLDEN, Administratrix of said Estate. Address 316 Pacific Block. ANDREW R. BLACK, Attorney for Estate. 316 Pacific Block, Seattle, Wash. Feb. 23; March 16, 1918. DR. J. A. GHENT. SPECIALIST In Surgery and Gynecology has removed his office from the Marion Bldg. to 221 and 222 Seaboard Bldg., formerly Northern Bank Bldg., corner Westlake and Pine. Tel. Main 1185. BURR WILLIAMS RUSSELL SMITH President Secretary DUMAS CLUB, INC. 209 Fifth Avenue South CAFE IN CONNECTION Phone Elliott 3763 SEATTLE WASHINGTON THE DOUGLAS CLUB Now Occupies spacious and elegantly furnished and equipped NEW QUARTERS And will be pleased to meet old and new friends 308 Washington St. Frank Smith, Prop. Main 4930 ---