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a great balance wheel to the whole. The Pacific Coast Steel Company is an institu tion that not only Seattle can feel proud of, it being in existence within her con fines, but the state of Washington should feel equally proud. You, who have never seen it in operation, have not the slightest idea of how extensive this great industry is and you will not believe it even when you read this and you can not believe it until you have actually seen it. United States Senate, Sept. 12, 1917. My dear Mr. Cayton: I want to con gratulate you most heartily upon your Northwest Prosperity number of Cayton's Weekly. It is splendidly gotten up and presents in a very fine way the activities of typical representatives of your people. I feel sure they appreciate the splendid pro duction you have gotten out. I shall keep it as a reference. With heartiest good wishes. Richard Paul is attending the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, which has been sitting in Seattle for the past week. Mr. Paul has been messenger in Judge Morrow's court in San Francisco for the past two years. He is of a pleasing per sonality and very affiable in conversation Judge Morrow has had c colored man as his messenger for the past twenty years, the first being T. B. Morton of San Fran cisco, who was some thing of a pijneer in California. Mr. Pan!, while in Seattle, is being chaperooned by John T. Gayton of Judge Neterer's court. Mt. Rainier Chapter of the Eastern Star had as its house guest at the home of Mrs. "W. M. Jones 710 Twenty-eighth Avenue South, ]\irs. Ester and Mrs. Turner of Butte, Montana, who are visiting in the city with Mrs. Burnside. Mrs. Stella Nor ris, worthy matron of the chapter did much toward making the evening a most pleas ant one, not only for the honored guests, but for all, and all reported a most delight ful evening. Those present were: Mrs. Ester, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Burnside, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry G. Jones, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. F. A. Reid, Mrs. A. Scott, Mrs. As berry, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Golden, Mrs. Lin ear, Mrs. Heck, Mrs. W. M. Jones, Mrs. J. H. Wade. Get Us A Subscriber. If you are satis fied with Cayton's Weekly and think it sufficiently meritorious to recommend it to another we desire each and every subscrib er to Cayton's Weekly to get it at least one subscriber and thereby double its sub scription list. We are endeavoring to run Cayton's Weekly along different lines to that done by the great majority of papers published by colored men and the innova tion may not prove as popular as the old way, but if there never had been any in novations as well as variations, then the living would be doing just what the dead was doing an hundred or more years ago and those living a hundred years from now would be doing the same things that we are doing at present. We live to improve or to try to improve and that's why Cay ton's Weekly is attempting to give to its readers a different weekly publication than is customary. Cayton's Weekly wants to be fair to all men and in no way drag personalities into its columns and while you may not see either your name or the name of your friend in the columns as oft en as you would like, yet you will always see things in its columns just as edifying as society notes. Get us a new subscriber and compliment yourself with having help ed a struggling publication on its feet. W. H. Robinson, one of Tacoma's most •substantial citizens, has been visiting in the city for the past week. Mr. Robinson is ■custodian of the largest apartment house in Tacoma and he is on his annual vacation. He will visit about the Sound country for the next two weeks before returning to his work. NEGRO BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE The Negro Business Men's League of Seattle, Washington, will hold its first public meeting in conjunction with the Brotherhood of the Mt. Zion Baptist church on September 25th, 1917, at 8:00 o'clock P. M. The following gentlemen will make short addresses on stated topics, and afterwards the meeting will be thrown open for gen eral discussion: ''Why we Should Have a Negro Business Men's League in Seattle" B. F. Tutt "Local Conditions" Dr. D. T. Cardwell "The Necessity of Negroes Patronizing Negro Enterprises" Mr. H. Legg "Benefits Derived from the Combination of Labor and Capital" Mr. H. R. Cay ton "The Necessity of Negroes Entering Com mercial Enterprises' Atty. Clarence Anderson "How Negroes Have Attained Success Throughout the Country by United Ef fort" Mr. H. J. Richardson Mr. Z. L. Woodson, the President of the League, will preside. The public is invited. Admission free. W. L. JONES, Excellent dinner served at 7 P. M., 35c. Anthony Richardson, father of Hayden Richardson, who recently leased the Doug las Apartments, is not associated with his son in the leasehold as was stated in the last issue of Cayton's Weekly. In relating the incident last week the reported asoscia tion of father and son seemed to us most beautiful. What a perfectly charming cli max of a long and useful life on the part of the father at about the close of it to have an opportunity to associate himself in busi ness with his only son, who though but in the prime of life, yet had been exceedingly successful in his efforts in getting together sufficient money to take over so large an undertaking as that and to have as his ''right bower" his aged father. Years ago after we had wandered from the land of our childhood and found ourselves in Se attle it occurred to us if Pa was only here and could be made to feel that he was a partner in our business, thouh he really had no actual cash invested and though he was too feeble to perform any of the duties attached thereto, we would be the happiest mortal on earth, but it was not in the cards and death found him a better partnership than even we could have made for him, but it is still one of the things which did not take place, that, periodically causes us a heart ache. He is not a real father who does not see in his son greater things than in the son of any one else and he is not a dutiful and loving son, who does not see in his father in spite of his faults more good than bad. How our heart bleeds for that mother with a wayward son or daughter, who always tries and verily does find a plausable if not justifiable excuse for the shortcomings of that wayward child she bore. If there be such a thing as the mother lobe of love it is centered in such a mother. Not long since the writer saw a prominent Seattle man coming down the street and hanging on his arm was his aged father, who had not lived a life that the world calls ideal and his indiscretions had left him an invalid in his closing years, but the son overlooked all of his shortcom ings and therefore handled him with the same care and consideration as if the de crepit father had a million dollars and he was pretending to be kind to him that he might not at the last moment change his mind and will his fortune to another. To that young business man we took our hat off and though it had been months since we had spoken to him, on account of politi cal differences, the next time we met him we shook his hand, begged his pardon and asked that the past be forgotten. That boy we knew was kind to his aged father and he was the kind of young man we admire. The father who is kind to his son and the son who is mindful of his father always make good citizens and are honored and respected by the world and his family. First Public Meeting IT WAS A MISTAKE As the world now sees it, Sweden is noth ing short of a dirty double-crosser. In our opinion Garfield's price of wheat and meat will be vetoed by President J. Pierpont Morgan. Russia seems to be fighting Germany just as she fought Japan, by throwing dust in the German's eyes. Of course ''loyal labor" stands stead fast by Uncle Sam, but organized labor is by no means loyal labor. If there is any actual fighting in Europe at present the metropolitan papers of this country are not informing an expectant public of it. If George Vanderveer continues to de fend the traitors to our country there is grave danger of him imbibing some of the views of the rebellious antitoxin. "Clean up your town," warns Dr. Mark A. Matthews. One of the most effective ways of cleaning up your town just now is to exterminate your mayor. Kartooning the Kaiser may interest the Kartoonist and amuse the spectator, but it has no more effect on the Kaiser than does making a mouth at the mountain. President Oozzaoola of the University of Washington will soon be the sina qua non of the state of Washington and then we will be in it up to our necks if somebody should kidnap him. Coal, after all, is to be no cheaper and dollars to douhgnuts, food, in spite of all the bluster and hullabaloo, will be no cheaper than it now is. The trusts have no fears of either Hoover or Garfield because they know they are just bluffing. Musical and Literary Benefit Entertainment AT THE Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cor. 11th and E. Union Sts. Monday, Oct. 1, 8 P. M. Program by Scott Harris, of Everett (who is totally blind), and his family. Mr. Harris will deliver Dr. Booker T. Washington's Famous Cotton States Exposition Address. Songs of long ago will be sung. Mr. Harris is assisted by his wife and two children. A delightful entertainment. DON'T MISS THIS AND BE SORRY! Elliott 991 Elliott 992 H.&S. Taxi and Touring First Class Cars Capable Drivers STAND 724 PINE ST. Reasonable Rates Day and Night Service on our Touring Trips We Never Sleep "SERVICE" OUR MOTTO 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