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THE ADVOCATE DECREASE IW LYNCHINGS SHOWN M REPORT N. A. A. C. P. SECTARY MAKES INVESTIGATION N. A A. C. P. Investigates H E IF IT Z , N O T E D V IO G eorgia G overnor Calls Law L IN IS T , T O PL A Y N ashville Lynching E nforcem ent C onference H E R E A G A IN D EA TH REM OVES B E L O V E D C IT IZ E N R A D IO FA N S, T U N E IN Bishop J. M. M artin, D. D. L Y N C H IN G S S H O W A D ECREA SE N A.A.C P S ecretary to Radio Speech H is T errito ry Em brace» California on ‘A m erican N egro Poet» and W ashington, O regon, the Southw est Officers of Law P revent 45 A uthorised Reward for A pprehension T heir Poetry - Rocky M ountain, and D em erara, Lynchings of O uilty P arties in A cts of Violence Presented by the Elw yn B ritish Guiana Conferences. "B y A ny N um ber of Men, C oncert Bureau New York, Jan. 1, 1925.—A radio New York, lice 26, 1924—W aller Tuskegee. Ala., Dec. 31, 1924. M asked or U nm asked." address on "A m erican N rg ro Poets Bishop J. W. M artin w ho succeeded 1 T o the E ditor: I-' W hite, assistant »ecretary of the Ja»clia H rifrts, the great violinisi and T heir Poetry,” illustrated by read the Rev. Bishop L. W. Kyles in the N ational Association lor the A dvance I send you the following concerning A tlanta, Ga., Dec. JO.—G overnor who will play here Saturday, Jan Id, ings from the w< rk of himself » id Eleventh Episcopal D istrict, paid his ment ol Colored People, ha> returned lynchings for the past year a t com Clifford W alker issued last night a at the Auditorium , under Elw yn au other poets, will be delivered by Jam es first official visit to P ortland a few piled by T uskegee Institute in the D e Ironi Naelivdlr, Teiine»»er, bringing spices, is no longer the boy wonder call for a conference on law enforce W eldon Johnson, secretary of the N a weeks ago and greatly im pressed the with him a full report of the lynching partm ent of Records and Research. I m ent, to meet at the state capital Ja n u in velvet jacket and long curls. He tional Association for the Advancement citizens of the city as well as the of a fifteen year old hoy lying wounded find there were 16 persons lynched in is now a man of the world, a student ary 15, to discuss ways and m eans of of Colored People, it was announced church officials and laymen, during his at the | km lit of death in a local h o s : 1924. T his is the sm allest num ber stopping mob violence in the state. He of affairs, and a ronuiskeur of art and today. brief sojourn here. pital Mr W hite'» report on the lynch lynched in any year since records of literature. In his New York studio also authorised the executive secretary 1 T he address has been arranged for Bishop M artin is a native Virginian lynchings have been kept, and is 17 ing. which he investigated for the N. apartm ent, surrounded by rare books to offer rew ards for the apprehension by the Radio C orporation of America, but spent his early boyhood in Jo h n A A C. I*. i» being puhliahed in the less than the number 33 for the year purchased m Loudon, Berlin, Pari», of guilty parties involved in a rts of | and will be broadcast on Station W JY , son City. Tenn. F rom Johnson City Newr York W orld of Sunday, D ecem 1923 and 41 less than the num ber 57 violence in Georgia Tokio, I’ckiu, Sydney and his collec at 10 P. M on T hursday, January 8, he went to Philadelphia at the age of ber 2Kth. lor the year 1922. Nine of the per- A rew ard of $500 was offered for tion of O tiru ta l curios, rugs, carvings 1925. 16 years to live with his sister, his >ons lynched were taken from the Mr W hite tell» of a visit to the and strange decorations, the distin the apprehension of the leader of a o m other and father both having died hands of the law, six from jails and F ilth Avenue B aptist C hurch of Na»h- band of m asked men that recently guished violinist tells the story of his N ational Association to H e received his education in Lincoln | three from officers of the law outside ville, where the l*ov Sainmie Smith flogged K J Shclverton, Jr., in Cobb short hut w onderful life U niversity, C hester County, Pennsyl ; of jails. wa> tying in hit coffin The »lory, a» E n tertain county and a rew ard of $100 was o f Mr. H eifetz was fiorii in Vilna, vania. L ater he held the secretaryship it w ai told Mr. W hite, by local col T here were 45 instances in which of Kussia, February 2, 1901. H e began fered for each m em ber of the party. The P ortland branch of the N a of the B oard of E ducation of his ficers of the law prevented lynchings. ored people, w ai a* follow»: ---------- O --------- tional A ssociation for the A dvancement church for eight years, and for ten Two women, one w hite and one col "C iitil lait May Saiiiuiie worked for A New Bank of Colored People is sponsoring a years he was president of one of the ored, were am ong those thus saved. a white man nam ed Preston l.ee. at (C ut courtesy Journal) special program Monday evening, J a n church colleges, A tkinson College, E ight of these preventions of lynch Sm yrna. I'eun . 8 or 10 mile« from The B rotherhood C o-operative Na- j C harles Samuel Jackson uary 12th, at First A. M. E. Zion Madisonville, Ky. A t the General C on ings were in N orthern states and 37 N'aahville O ne day in that m outh Lee tional Bank of P o rtlan d opened a u | W ho died at hia home 610 Salm on St., church, at which time the noted beat Sauim ie Sm ith Sam ntir quit and in Southern states. In 36 of the cases spiciously. Saturday, January Jrd, on Saturday, D ecem ber 27th. Mr. Jack- Persian philosopher and teacher. Jinab- went to Nashville where h r got a job the prisoners were removed or the the ground floor of the H enry build to n had been in declining health I-Eadil, will deliver an address from with the A tlantic Ice Company. All guards augm ented or other precautions ing. 4th and Oak streets. "W ith the aince 1919. the subject, "T h e Conquest of P reju •um inrr he worked there turning over ! taken. In 9 other instances, arm ed opening of this bank the chain of ---------- O---------- dice.” A fine program has been p re hi» wage» to hi» m other to help p ro force was used to repel the would-be Hr- 'icrhood banks now extends from C arnegie Medal Is Sought pared for the occasion and it is free vide for the m other and nine children lynchers. In four instances during the ci. to coast. T he P o rtland bank is I to the public. It is hoped the audi Cold wearl er came and the need of ice year persons charged with being con for Colored H ero a » a n te and distinct organization, I torium of the church will be filled to dropped off »o Sammie wa» ditcharged nected with lynching mobs w ere in oy ing under its ow n national He then went to live alternately with its capacity. The program is as fol A talc of heroism, with Sam C urtiss, dicted. O f the 19 persons thus before ch r and governed by its own board hi» uncle, Eugene Sm ith, and g ra n d the courts only five were convicted. of ectors, yet it adheres to the the principal actor in the dram a, was low s: m other at A rrington Invocation. Rev. H. Leo Johnson; These were given jail sentences. I ki I.-. i .« proved sound and practical by the outstanding feature of the Soo "O n Friday, D ecem ber 12, Sammie O f the 16 persons lynched all weTe the B. of I.. K Co-operative N ational wreck at Chippewa Falls, Iow a, Dec piano pieces, (a) Bamboula. S. Cole and hi« uncle went to Nashville in negroes. Seven or less than one-half Hank of Cleveland." The authorized 21. when one of this com pany's crack ridge T ay lo r; (b ) K asham ira. C. C. the latter'» Ford. Late that night they of those put to death were charged capital of the bank is $200.000.00 and trains left the rails and plunged over W hite, by Jesse E w ing-E dw ards; •larted back to A rrington A* they with rape or attem pted rape. surplus of $50,000 00. The officers are: a bridge into the chilly w aters be W hat the N. A. A. C. P Stands For, President J. A. E w ing of the local hurried along near N olantville about The offenses charged were: M urder, (ieo. O. B arnhart, p resident; H enry E. neath it. one o'clock in the m orning the car 1, rape, 5; attem pted rape. 2, killing W hen the crack train left Chippewa : branch; vocal selections, (a) A Fool's P a-s, executive vice-president; Jacob went into a ditch, turning over. The to play the violin at the age of three, N Sm ith, vice-president; Frank N. Falls, in charge of the cafe car was | Soliloquy, T ipton-C am pbell; (b ) I Am officer of the law, 2; insulting woman, mail and bov righted it but found one and his father, a teacher of the violin i W ell», vice-president, and B ert V. Sam C urtiss, fourteen year!- in t h e ; So Glad T rouble D on't Last Alw ays, J ; attacking woman, 1, killing man in of the part» broken Leaving Sammie in the city, spent his days teaching his Chappel, cashier. T he board of di service. A few m inutes later as the 1 Shaw A rrangem ent, F reita Shaw. In altercation, 1; wounding man, 1. in the car, F!ugene went to a garage rem arkable son. At the age of five rectors are: E dw ard M. Saunders. train plunged ahead into the miles be- j troducing the speaker of the evening, The states in which lynchings oc nearby to get a new part for hi» car Jascha entered the Koyal School of C harles B. Johnson, Geo. O. B arn fore it, the rear coach left the tracks as j Jin ab -I-F ad il by George O rr Latim er. curred, and the number in each state An inform al reception w'M be held in W hen I'ugene did not return Sammie Music at Vilna, graduated, having hart, Joseph B. Rhodes, A sson E. the train crossed a sixty foot bridge. are as follows: Florida, 5; Georgia, 2; went in »earch of him. He met E u learnrd all they could teach him lie- C urtis. Jam es P Kirby, F rank N. the parlors of the church down stairs Illinois, 1; K entucky, 1; Louisiana, 1; Rescues P assengers gene coming toward» the car and b e fore he was eight. Mississippi, 2; Missouri, 1; South T he roach plunged head forem ost and refreshm ents will be dispensed W ells, Jacob N. Sm ith and G ust Ed- hind him walked a while man holding Carolina. I; Tennessee, I; T exas, L The boy was then taken by his fam lund. down into the chilly w aters below and tree. T his bids fair to be the biggest a gun on Kugene. The garage be ily to P etro g rad to enter the C o n Y ours very truly, The spirit of the bank is service ana buried itself in the mud at the river's entertainm ent of its kind for the year longed to the ow ner of the gun and servatoire. He played else M endels proper direction in th rift "w ithout con bottom . A bare six feet of the coach : by the local branch and everyone who ference held in Indianapolis, Ind., last R. R Moton, Principal. he had caught K ugrne in the act of sohn C oncerto for the violin at the age tinuing to hand out copy book advice rem ained above the w ater's surface m isses it will miss the treat of their May. he was elevated to the Bishopry. ------- 0 ------- •tealing what he needed of six and gave his first public recital about saving." Bishop M artin is 45 years old. is m ar In the fall C urtiss had tw o ribs broken. life. Praises the A dvocate “ 'T his boy w ith y o u 1' the white man at nine in P etrograd ried and has one child, a daughtr 18 Soon after, he -----------0----------- I'n m in d fu l of his own pain, he ------ o ■■ a»krd Kugene years old. He with his interesting was soloist with the o rchestra at Pav- clam bered to the top of the car, and Rev. Joseph VV. Miller of Saginaw, Rev. J. W . A nderson on December The Episcopal Guild H as C hristm as there drenched and frrexing, he helped lovsk before an audience of 5000. family, are m aking their home in Los Mich., form erly in charge of a church “ 'Ye* »¡r,' wa» the aiuw er. 18th received a Special Commission Angeles, Calif. T heir daughter is a t at St. Georges, Bermuda, w rites The Jascha lle ife tr made his American Tree. I he h d ie a of St P hilips Guild one passenger after another to safety “ 'T hen com e along with me— I'm of the Episcopal Mission, sponsored E ntreaties to him to leave and go seek from the N ational Baptist Convention tending the U niversity of Southern A dvocate: “Y our paper is just as in debut O ctober 27lh, 1917, at C arnegie going to put you in jail too,' the white authorizing him to represent the edu California, pursuing a course in L ib teresting as ever and very much im Hall. New York, with sensational suc a beautiful C hristm as tree at the M is medical attention went unheeded. At man declared, according to Sammie. sion, Rodney and K nott Sts., last M on last, when the indom itable spirit of cational work of that great body for eral A rts. cess His second recital was sold out proved— still standing firm for the "Sam m ie whipped out a gun and day niglit w here presents w ere d is C urtiss could no longer stand the ex the state of O regon and to solicit funds Most everyone has a hobby and the highest principles. And the best think fired. The white man returned the weeks in advance and he gave six re tor the Publishing Board. The C om Bishop is no exception. H is hobby is ing, self respecting, intelligent negro fire, »hooting Sam m ie through the citals in New York that w inter without pensed to those who attended. N otable cruciating pain he collapsed. mission bore the official seal of the motoring. In fact he is called by some am ong them was a handsom e gold once repealing his program . Carnegie M edal Sought must respect and recognize your ef »tom ach.'' convention and the signatures of Dr. of his friends a “ Buick dem onstrator.” fountain pen and pencil presented by ---------- 0 ---------- O fficials of the road and friends of forts, if he starts anyw here at all. Samm ie »pent the night in an open L. K. W illiam s, president; R. B. H u d 'Stand fast, in the faith, quit yourselves field, being found uncon»riou* the next A C ourt O rd er R estrains the Guild to Dr. C. M. H owe, a man the injured man are seeking to have son, secretary; A. M. Tow nsend, sec The Bishop drives a Buick sedan. who has rendered valiant service and suitable recognition given his u n --------- o--------- like men, be strong.' m orning, when he wa» carried first to H ouse Sale to Colored helped to make the Mission w hat it precedented bravery. A m ovem ent has retary, and E. M. Lawrence, chairm an. | T he F irst to Pay H is Sub • “W e are doing nicely, and the w eath jail and then to the Nashville General P erson is—the equal, if not the best of its kiud, been started to ask that the Carnegie ! Rev. A nderson is also in receipt of a er is fine here. H ospital. Though his wound was fatal, | letter from his highness, the governor ' scription in th e New Y ear in the Pacific N orthw est. medal for bravery be aw arded him for . “The Lord has blessed us again since he was chained to the iron bed. W ashington, D. C., Dec. 26.— In of O regon, indorsing his work. -----------o ---------- his heroic efforts. C urtiss is well: coming to Saginaw. O n Nov. 11th Just after m idnight of Monday, a keeping with the grow ing m anifesta George L. Davidson who resides at ---------- O---------- a son was born to us. Ten pounds is group of m asked men entered the ! tion of prejudice in W ashington Legislative Body for Colored know n in C hicago a n d St. Paul. M rs W . A. Neely was in the city i 175 E. 3rd St., N orth, was the first ---------o ------- his weight, and his name is Joseph hospital, covered the hospital custodian Justice Hoehlitig, of the D istrict S u W om en • the holidays and stopped at the person to renew- his subscription to Glenn Vernon. Mrs. Miller being a with shotgun«, searched the hospital ; preme C ourt, has signed a tem porary “ W h ite M an D on’t L e t the during The A dvocate for the year 1925. Mr. home of Mrs. E tta Tibbs-Sim s, 824 E. Bermudian, stands the cold well.” w ard to find the dying boy. Com- I restraining order p reventing Minnie (P re sto n N ews Service) Sun Set on Y ou” Pine St. Mrs. N eely looks fine and Davidson called at the office New ------------ o — nianded to get up. the boy could not. E. T o rry from selling her home at 40 _____ W ashington, D. C., Dec. 26.—To Y ear's Day. says she had a pleasant C hristm as. R. H. N ewby was here from R ed T he moli sawed through the chain Randolph place, N. W „ to a colored p rotect the political in terests of C ol H enrietta. Okla.. Dec. 27.—A cross ' --------- o--------- ---------- O---------- mond, O regon, and spent C hristm as which held him to the bed, took him ! person. ored women, a legislative com m ittee the main street of Bolev, an exclusively Died— Mrs. O dessa Gatewood, S a t Bahais Get T ogether week. W hile The Advocate staff did out to the country, hanged him to an ! It was rum ored that Mrs. T orrey of the national R epublican organiza colored settlem ent in this state, ap- | urday, D ecem ber 27th, at the E m not have the pleasure of shaking his oak tree and fired forty or fifty j had indicated her desire to leave the tion was form ed last night at a m eet peared the w arning: “W hite man, don't manuel hospital. Mrs. G atewood un For the pleasure of m eeting Jinab-I- hands, we were nevertheless pleased to rounds of buckshot through his abdo neighborhood and in that connection ing in the parlors of the Phyllis let the sun set on you.” T he sign was derw ent an operation in Septem ber Fadil and his interesting wife and know that he was in town. men. a story originated that she contem W heatley Y. VV. C. A. Mrs. M ary L. ordered removed by federal author- i and never com pletely recovered. children. Mr. and Mrs. J. W . L atim er ------- o------- Mr. W hite declared the lynching plated selling her property to a negro Low, of Cam bridge, Mass., was placed ities who threatened to discontinue the Funeral was held Tuesday, conducted entertained a few friends at their home Colored S tudent W ins came after innum erable insults and which started no end of excitem ent in charge of this work. postolfice of Boley unless the order by Rev. E. C. D yer from Finley's in Rose City Park on the evening of cruellies against the colored people of among other white residents in the M onroe Mason, of Boston, executive was obeyed. H igh H onors a t A m herst M ortuary. January 1st. Nashville, including striking of colored block. secretary in charge of political o r In ordering the offensive sign r e - j o--------- --------- o--------- women on street car», m urder of a C harles D rew W ins Memorial T rophy T he order of the court is based on j ganization of colored voters during moved from the street, the federal of Club W om en E n tertain colored man by a local white dive- a com plaint of the ow ners of five i the recent cam paign, addressed the ficers pointed out that it m ight be N ew port N ews Club Gives for Being G reatest V slue to keeper w ho has gone unpunished, and houses in the same block, who point women. $100 to N.A .A .C.P. W o rk Football Team. necessary for w hite officials in the M ates the shooting of a Pullm an porter by out that the deed by which the title A weekly release of events of interest postal service to visit Boley, and it City O rganizes Baby C ontest A m herst, Mass., Dec. 31.— (A. P .)— Lem M otlow, ow ner of a K entucky to the property was acquired by the in congressional and adm inistrative m ight also be necessary for them to j M em bers of the Rosebud Study Club distillery, w ho was acquitted of the defendant contained a covenant "not circlet, a t related to colored women, rem ain over night in the line of duty. entertained for their husbands and The Ashle> Memorial T rophy, given New York, N. Y„ Dec. 29, 1924 — beaux Monday night at the home of annually to the mem ber of the A m charge of murder. to sell to a person of negro blood u n was authorized. Miss Jeauett C arter, It was also explained to the citizens Mr, W hite further reports that the der penalty of $2000 to be lein on the director of publicity in that field, at that such signs were unw arranted and The M etropolitan Club of N ew port Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Blackburn ou herst footfiall squad whose services are Ku Klux Klan is stro u g near Nolans- property." E astern headquarters of the cam paign, a m enace that could tend only to keep News, Va., a club composed of busi Stanton street. D ancing and cards considered of greatest value to the ville, scene of the lynching Asked why alive the racial antagonism and would ness and professional people of the were the diversions and all present had team, has been aw arded this year to T he petitioners claim th at the sale o f , will direct the work. Charles Drew, 26, of A rlington, Va. the fifteen-year-old victim of the mob the said property to a n rg ro will cause P lans for entertainm ent of rep re but result in injury to their com m unity. city, has subscribed $100 to the N a - j a most excellent time. He played halfback during the season had been carrying a revolver, people in adjacent properties to depreciate in j sentatives of colored Republican ---------o—------- It is said that the sign w as the re tional A ssociation for the A dvancem ent every instance used the same w ords to value. In fact it would affect the value w om en's clubs at the inauguration were sult of high feeling am ong m em bers of Colored People, for 1925, is was The M issionary Society of Mt. recently completed. Mr. W hite: "T h e K lin . . . Miss C arter of the com m unity over the attem pted announced today. The city has also O livet B aptist church will give a of all property ow ned by w hites in outlined at the m eeting presided. K. of P .'s W in Suit. J. H. Miller, a Mr. W hite before leaving Nashville, the Itloom ingdale section. arrest of John O wen, City M arshal of begun a baby contest for the benefit of chicken and chiterling dinner at the ------ o--------- Boley by Sheriff R. H. M cK innon the N. A. A. C. P.. the officers being: church F'riday, January 16th, from member of the K nights of Pythias of obtained the names of four white men K. of P. L odge Elects. Syracuse (w hite) who charged O w en w ith elec Mrs. C. A. E aton, chairm an of com noon on. Columbia. S. C., died several m onths who called on Samm ie Smith in the C ard of T h an k s ago, holding a policy with the K. of Lodge, K. of P .^ ie lfl its annual and tion irregularities. T his incident was m ittee; Mrs. A. V. Clark, secretary; hospital and told him he would never W e wish to thank all w ho sent us sem i-annual election of officers F ri followed by a rupture betw een the Mrs. C arrie J. Bolden, treasurer and live, even if he did not die of his Mrs. J. D. Patton, 165 N. 12th St., P.’s in *he sum of $300. H is wife wss wound. These nam es Mr. W hite gave, C hristm as and New Y ear G reetings day evening, D ecem ber 26th, resulting races resulting in the a rrest of five Miss B. M. W hite and Mrs. R uth who recently visited her relatives in the beneficiary. The O rder refuted to together with the m en’a addresses, to and presents which brought us so as follow s: W . C. H olliday, C. C.; W. colored men who appeared in court G am es, m anagers. A ustin, Tex , is looking fine after such pay the policy on the ground that T he contest will be run from L in a long trip. A ccom panying her on her Miller lived a dual life, claiming two G overnor Peay, M ayor H o w s e, much cheer. W e did not know we had C. Cochran, V. C.; G. N. W hite, P re charged with inciting colored against late; Boyce Strain, K. of R. & S.; the w hites and held in $1000 bail each coln’s birthday, February 12, to M arch return was a sister who will remain women as his wife. N. J. Frederick, Sheriff Briley, Chief of Police Sm ith so many friends. Lonny A shford, M. F.; N im rod Jack- Bail was furnished and the men are 20, 1925. —T he Advocate. and the Nashville C ham ber of C om with Mrs. P atton indefinitely. Mrs. a colored lawyer, represented the ------- o------- -----------o---------- son, M. E .; Tom Brown, M. A.; E. D. at liberty until the trial. merce. "N o clues" have as yet been Evans, a niece of Mrs. P atton, left last O rder, while a white attorney repre Mr*. B ooker W rites. F r o m A t Cannady, M. W .; Jerom e H arris, found by the authorities, despite large NOTICE sented the widow. A verdict was re week for A ustin to visit her people. ---------- O---------- lantic City, N. J., M rs W m. F.dw. T ru stee; J. F. Goode, O. G., and W. rew ards offered. turned in favor of the O rder. T his is G uaranteed hosiery, sam ples your ---------- O----------- Regular meetings of the Port "I talked with one of the most Hooker w rites that she and her h u s H. W ood, l. G. T he appointive of size free to agents. W rite for propo land Branch of the National As A rrested in Los A ngeles. Cuba Davis the first rase of :!s kind that was ever prom inent colored men of Nashville,” band are doing nicely and th at a l ficers will be nam ed when the new sition paying $75.00 weekly full time, sociation for the advancement of who fled from P ortland several m onths brought up in the O rder and it is ex says Mr. W hite. " ‘It's m ighty fine for though Mr. Hooker has been ill, he is officers are installed at the first m eet $1.50 an hour spare time, selling guar Colored People held every second ago, to avoid testifying in a narcotic pected to have a strong bearing on the them to offer a rew ard, don't you up and hack on the job. T he Bookers ing in January. anteed hosiery to w earer; m ust wear or M onday evening at Zion A. M. E. case, was brought back to P ortland future paym ent of policies. think?’ I asked him. 'T hey m ight as form erly resided in Portland. T h e Ladies o f Zion C hurch held a replaced free. Q uick sales, repeat o r church, 417 W illiam s Ave. ---------- O---------- this week, by the authorities, charged easily have offered a million,' he re Stay o ff date, January 26th. A four- International Stocking Mill*, with contem pt of a Federal court very successful w atch night turkey din ders. J. A. EWING, Pres. turned cynically. 'T hey know they'll never have to pay any of it.’ ” sum mons. act dram a, ”A1 A zar Tem ple".— Adtr. ner at the church W ednesday night. 6267, N orristow n, Pa. LEE ANDERSON, Sec’y. N Y W orld Publishes W alter W hile'» Report.