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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1925)
THE ander steamers plying between W ILL BUILD LARGE San Francisco and Portland, by a HOTEL FOR COLORED Publiahsd eve r y S a t u r d a y at colored employe. Judge Bean, af- ter hearing the arguments, grant Color«d Woman Who Made a Suite 312-313 Maeleay Building. ! ed a new trial as new evidence ha»l Fortune on Pateut Medicine Phone Broadway 5807. been unearthed by the attorney Formula Will Now Inveat $1,600,000 For Her Race. E. D. CANNADY................Editor for the defense. This ease means MBS. E. D. CANNADY Manager much to the colored employes on that steamship line, for it is said First-C lass H otel in St. Louis to E x ADVOCATE AGENTS press Need of H e r Race. by the company s attorney that if Elki Sanitary Barber Shop the case were lost, it means the job 315 Flanders Street of every colored ‘inploye on the Readers who have seen the signs iu boat, regardless of the fact they negro sections of a city, " l'o ro Col SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per Year ....... ...............................$2 50 doubt the truth of the woman’s lege." or “ Poro Beauty P arlors," do Six Month* 1 SO testimony. It is thought she is not perhaps realize that the woman T hree Month* ------------------- 1.00 _______Payable in advance________ being used in a frame-up to get who discovered or invented the m y ster the colored employes off this line ious P oro has accum ulated a fortune. Entered at the Postoffice at Portland. and it is said the union is behind it. She is a colored woman living in St. O regon, a* tecond-class m atter It is known to be a fact that the Louis, Mrs. Evelyn H orton, and the union resents colored men being product she m anufactures will stra ig h t IMPORTANT! All eommunk tions for publica employed on this or any other en the kinkiest hair. T he St. Louis Post D ispatch is a u tion or otherwise should be ad steamship line. ---------o-------- thority for announcing Mrs. H orton's dressed to The Advocate Publish That was a splendid sermon intentions to erect a combined hotel ing Company, Suite 312-313 Mac- leay Building. Portland. Oregon. Rev. H. Leo Johnson preached at and theatre at a cost of $1,500,000. The Post D i-patch says: Advertising rates made known Zion Sunday night. ..........- o ■ — Mrs. H o rto n ’s income from the sale on application.______________ The Republican party is in the of her products by 1800 agents "D on’t ask for rights. Take them. majority in the House and Senate throughout this country, A ustralia, An' don't let annv wan give them to in Congress, nevertheless the Dem South America and Liberia, is not jre. A right that i* la n d e d to ye f r naw thin' has som ethin' the m atter with ocratic party appears to control known, but her home and business it.*'—Mr, Dooley.____________________ all legislation. For instance, the headquarters are impressive. H er re ‘‘They have rights who dare m ain Dyer anti-lyueh bill by command ported real estate and bond holdings of the Democratic leaders has not also indicate considerable financial tain th e m ”—Jam es Russel! Lowell. been introduced in the present success resulting from 18 years spent session. A funny condition, to say in the m anufacture of products for A BIBLE THOUGHT for the least. straightening and grow ing hair. News of the Churches TH E ADVOCATE TODAY Better is a dry morsel, and Williams Avenue Y.W.C.A. quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. — The Bible Class is continuing to in Proverbs 17:1. terest a few of the people. Monday night, the 9th. Mrs. C. E. Cannon, teacher, will lecture on "T he Holy 1 Land". The public invited, no collec tion. (By Arthur MacDonald) The Loyal Com rades are to furnish The deepest evil of war is not only suffering, death, ruin of the program for the social hour. Feb. cities, wasting of homes, plagues, 15th. famine or fire; but war also de The secretary is the speaker for the praves as it destroys; it is the vespers at main Y. W . C. A.. Sunday. moral damage as well as the phys Feb. 8. at 4 P. M. The Shaw Q uartet ical. The murderous desires and will furnish the music. frenzy of non-combatants at home T he Y. W . is sending a group of are nearly as bad as the stabs of singers to the E pw orth M. E. church the soldiers; the brutality of the for Sunday evening, Feb. 8. man in the street, the blood-thirst February 8 is Race Relations Sun fostered by teachers, inculcated in day and an effort is being made to schools, preached in churches, and have all churches of both groups co exhorted in the name of the Lord; operate in bringing about a b etter this saturation of the people at racial understanding. home with murder and hatred is The Federation of Colored W om en's moral shrapnel. The journalist, Clubs of O regon pledged $500 tow ard encouraging hate; the speculator, the new Y. W. C. A. building. Let us telegraphing hate for sake of all be thinking about making a pledge greed; the mob, thirsting for for this purpose. blood, and a raging hell of dis Mrs. A. L. Stevens will continue the eased patriotism, permeating a series of lectures at the Y. W . on whole nation, saturating the minds Tuesday, Feb. 10. All women are in of every one. from the youngest vited. child to the oldest citizen,—these Mrs. T helm a Flow ers was elected a are some of the moral evils of war. m em ber of the C om m ittee of M anage m ent and Mrs. C. A. Jenkins, Mrs. K. —Courtesy Alice Park. G ray, Mrs. G. V. G rayson and Mrs. Some people are asking why E. F. Landcaster were re-elected m em such little church news appears in bers. The Advocate. Ask the pastors The H igh School Reserves are plan of the several churches, for we ning for the M id-W inter Conference don't know why. We have of in Vancouver, W ash., in March. Some Moral Evils of W ar fered them our columns, gratis, and that’s about all we can do. LINCOLN - DOUGLASS N. A. A. C. P. HO TEL NOTES Tom Gilbert, for many years a painter at The P ortland, dropped dead last Friday in the county court house while serving as a jurym an in the fed eral court. E. H. Eck, deposed captain at The Portland, pulled out for Seattle last Tuesday. Clarence Ramsey, a very amiable young man, has been given a regular berth on the bell stand at T he P o rt land. It is fitting, indeed, that the celebration of Lincoln - Douglass anniversaries by the colored pop ulation of Portland is to be under the auspices of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P., for this or ganization stands and fights for the perpetuation of those ideals for which these illustrious char acters gave their lives. A promi nent judge, who was at one time DOINGS OF TH E ELKS judge of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, has been secured to E dgar W illiam s, P r i n c e Paries, discuss Lincoln, and the Secretary George Stedm ier and D. H. P arker are of the organization will tell of the still on the sick list. O. S. Thom as, life and work of Douglass. Thus who was confined to his bed last week, the public is assured of a splendid is reported to be up and about. H ope program, one which every man ful reports are com ing from T acom a and woman interested in memor regarding the serious illness of D. H. ializing th« names of these noble Parker, w ho suffered a paralytic stroke men and strengthening the work tw o weeks ago. of the N.A.A.C.P., should attend. O. V. C ato Lodge of Philadelphia, in Judge Corliss If all men who occupy high places in the important affairs of this country were as outspoken for justice and equal opportunity for all people, regardless of color or previous condition of servitude, as is Judge Guy C. H. Corliss, race prejudice wouid soon be wiped out of existence and in its place would come the principles of the brotherhood of man and the fath erhood of God. Judge Corliss is the speaker at the Lincoln-Doug- lass celebration at Zion A. M. E. church next Monday night. Law-Makers Argument was made last week in the federal court for a new trial of a ease wherein $5000 was awarded a white woman who claims to have been criminally as saulted on one of the II. F. Alex- --------o-------- SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 62nd St. and 39th Ave. S. E. Sabbath School. 10 A. M. Bible Stu.lv, 11 A. M. Y. IV M. V. so-j ciety, 2 IV M. Mrs. K. 0. Johnson, Leader. Visitors welcome. Rodney at K nott St. J. A. EWING, Pres. LEE ANDERSON, Sec’y. ---------o— — E. Bowie of Bandon, Oregon, was in the city, on business, Monday. % THE ADVOCATE } "T H E A D V O C A T E " is t h e o n l y N e w s P a p e r in t h e S t a t e o f O r e g o n r e p r e s e n t i n g th e in te re s ts o f " T H E i >! RACE" n ! »1 15 1 “ T H E A D V O C A T E " is t h e o n l y N e w s P a p e r in t h e S t a t e o f O r e g o n d e v o t i n g its u c o lu m n s to th e p u b lic a tio n o f G o o d N e w s how. W rite today for your copy—it's fri c and places you under no obligations. R C. B O Y E R . about "T H E RACE" » - .........— o --------------- Stop! Look! h c c 1 “TH E P. P a p e r in t h e S ta t e o f O r e g o n t h a t c a n h e - d e p e n d e d u p o n t o f ig h t t h e b a t t l e s p e c u lia r a to " T H E n - t A D V O C A T E " is t h e o n ly N e w s RACE" Read! READ SHIRTS - CAPS THE ADVOCATE WHY P A Y MORE?” L. C. ADKINS, Jr. AND SAVE MONEY % I* . NOTARY PUBLIC ADVOCATE O F F IC E Pteaac pay your subscription to The A dvocate and avoid missing an issue of the paper. Satisfaction Guaranteed W A N T E D —T o hear from owner of a good ranch for sale. State cash price, full particulars. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis. Minn.—Adv. ---------- 0---------- P O S S E S S F O R S U C C E S S image of G A N E S H A , H indoo god of lucky auspices. Supplied with authentic le gend absolutely F R E E , but if you like send five cents for postage. K arm a Products Co., 79 T aj Bldg., H ornby Road, Bombay, India. P ostage to India is five cents. Golds B y m illio n s en d ed Hill's stop million* of cold* every w inter— and in 24 hours. They end headache and fever, open the bowels, tone the whole-sys tem. Use nothing less reliable. Cold* and Grippe call for prompt, efficient help. Be sure you get it. 1 * W IN TER IN S U N S W E P T CALIFORNIA Fur full information, ask sskhpoetnis Complimenti of 'C i& C c j and O P T I C I A N S 283 Washington St. Near 4th BRoadway 6725 r- DR. 15 Cents 1 to 5; 7 to 9 p. In. O scM B « HUGH A. BELL D E N T IS T 462 W illiam s Ave. P ortland, Ore. Daily Fashion Hint Move a Checker for H ours: 9 to 12 a. m. PH<a30« CASCARAJ.QUININI Ea«t 3948 PLAY CHECKERS! Enjoy this winter the warmth and the healthful outdoor recreation of the California playgroundti. t t l 'X 7 5 w inter to u r i s t c J J iJ .lsJ farc to Los Ange les; on sale daily up to and including April 30; return limit May 31st. Travel in secure,cozy comfort via the comfortable, conven ient trains of the Sha.xta route. You’ll like Southern Pacific dining car service'—highest quality food deliciously pre pared and served at your ac customed meal-time. Full stopover privileges en route. AUdmcsiXs p e r s o n a l M onday evening at Zion A. M. E. church, 417 W illiams Ave. At it Mrs. H orton was born in St. Louis S H IL O H B A P T IS T C H U R C H 43 years ago. and is the m other of two Smith’s Cafe Re-Opens 76th and £ . E verett Sts. grown daughters. It was while tre a t Preaching 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. ing the scalp of one of her daughters. Sunday School 10 a. in. 18 years ago. that, she says, she ac It v p i - M p as cidentally discovered the form ula for Last Sunday wa> a spiritual high day grow ing and straightening hair. at Shiloh Rev J W. Anderson H ortona hotel, as proposed, will be preached an able sermon from the sub an eight-story, fireproof structure, ject. "A Desire for E lijah's God." He with an exterior of m at brick and terra will fill the pulpit next Sunday m orn menta and housekeeping room* in cotta. It will occupy 144 by 160 feet. ing at 11 A. M The Sunday school is Specifications include main and private still going upw ard under the leader E R N A P A R T M E N T S . 6471a ball and dining room s, roof garden, ship of Mrs. H. C Thompson. Street, Main 0725.—Adv. Turkish baths, and 160 hotel rooms, 70 with bath. Provision is made for NOTICE TO CREDITORS four shops on the ground floor, and seven suites of offices on the m ezza In the Circuit Court of the nine. S tate of O regon T h eater Seating 1400 F or M ultnom ah County P robate D epartm ent The theater plans call for seats for 1400 persons, and w ill. be operated Notice is hereby given that the un daily, except for three-w eek closing dersigned has been appointed admini- period in summer. Moving pictures trato r of the estate of G E O R G E and vaudeville from a national negro S A l’N D E R S of the State of O regon Made to Your Measure vaudeville circuit will be presented at for M ultnom ah County, and has quali prices ranging from 30 cents to $1. It fied All persons having claims against is the plan of the sponsors of the pro said estate are hereby notified to pre u ject to operate both theater and hotel sent the same, duly verified as by law- with negro m anagers and employes, required. to the undersigned at 419 and to exercise care in the selection of A bington B ld g . P ortland. O regon, ’ office tenants and perm anent guests in within six m onths from the date hereof. the hotel. It is significant that plans D ated and first published. February include no provisions for pool hall or 7, 1925; last publication M arch 7. 1925. bowling alley. M ICC O H A R JO , See or Call A dm inistrator. The hotel will be for both perm anent Eugene J. Minor. A ttorney. and transient guests, with a minimum charge of $2.50 per day. W hile ex ---------- 0---------- FOR YOUR LIBRARY clusively for negroes. Mrs. H orton and Scott’s Official History of The her associates prefer to have the pro posed institution know n as a "racial’' American Negro in the World hotel, th eater and civic center. The War. by Emmett J. Scott, A. M., plans have been subm itted to a local LL. D.. special assistant tp the sec Sellwood 3708 contracting firm, and it is expected retary of war, can be purchased at that w ork will sta rt in the spring.— The Advocate office, 312-313 Mac- M id-W est H otel R eporter, 1-17-25, leay Building, Broadway 5807.— adv. courtesy N orthw est H otel News. OHOOMI D APPEARANCE BY USING F O R D S HAIR POMADEAN DFORO S HAIR STRAIGHTEN ING A N D S H A M P O O COMBS. STUBBORN. HARSH. SNARLY B UNRULY HAIR BE COM ES SOPTSR. STRAIGHTER MORS PLIABLE. A N D EASIER TO DRESS A N D P U T UP IN A N Y S T Y L E T H E L E N G T H W ILL PERMIT EXCELLENT FOR ALLAYING DANDRUFF AND LOCAL SCALP TROUBLES. K r‘ Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Rev. E. C. Dyer. Pastor HAIR ADOS A GR EAT t o READ u C lraland. rector of O regon City parish, »ill wilt be the speaker Freita Shaw, solo ist. A welcome to all. — - ■ ■■ o- - — EVERYtOOY LIKES TO LOOK THEIR IEST d e a l t » ! r >c Rev i \ --------- o--------- B E T H E L A. M E. C H U R C H L arrabee and McMillen Streets Rev. F. X. Runyon, Pastor. E. L. Jam eson, A ssistant V. >c blessing of children broken down physically in early life St. Philips Mission will hold its reg a simple home treatm ent. ular m onthly evening service Sunday, February s at 7-4- r \i 1 k ir V lc why they a c Morning service. 11 a. tit.; Sun- duv School, 12 nt. Archdeacon Black iu charge; Mr. B. Coles, lay reader. A cordial welcome awaits you at St. Phillips. A M onum ent to H er Success M rs H orton, in announcing the pro posed H ortona hotel, frankly ad m itted that it was to be a m onum ent to her success as well as the expression of a thought for the needs of her race. "St. Louis offers no facilities to tran si ent negroes capable of paying for com fortable hotel accom m odations." she said. "N either have we a first-class theater or shop. H o rto na hotel will supply all these needs and. if success fully carried to completion, will fulfill a desire on my part to do som ething for the lasting good of my people." i.1 1. y. ! Every m arried woman should wri c for Free Book w ritten by Dr. Bu r roughs, a graduate physician. Dr Bu r roughs has spent 40 years treatit K . — —— o---------- ST. PHILLIPS MISSION 17th— M er The lawmakers at Salem have little on “ Maggie and Jiggs” , in sofar as the Governor and Cleaver are concerned. As matters now stand, the greater part of their Fw Sals ly Druitfiti & Oeilert In Toiltt Articles. time and eloquence have been U Mft ym l i t th> ih s im Ftrft. MmriMWid wly by spent in trying to take away the T H I OZONIZED OX MARROW CO WARSAW ILLINOIS patronagp of the Goventor and laai ftr • bM$ UflMi km t# t i t r t «I tbt km m i MMpbiMi it lif rv . investigating Cleaver. However, we hope that before adjournment ---------- 0---------- the legislature will do some con Regular meetings of the Port structive work. land Branch of the National As ---------- o---------- sociation for the advancement of Means Much to Us Colored People held every second ---------- o---------- FIRST A. M E. ZION OHUROH HAVE BETTER HAIR WILL Look! One Hundred Cent Profit 417 W illiam* A ve, H. I.ro Johnston $30 00 No "IV n n o Schama.' m inister. W alnut 667J. mate industry. Can't fail. V The Stranger'« Sabbath H ome raise, sell and send profit A service long to be rem em bered guaranteeing 100 per cent, was held last Sunday afternoon, Feb sent on receipt of money. M> ruary 1 at First A M. F Zion church if not satisfied Lim ited op by the Presiding Elder, Rev H l.eo. Johnston of the O regon-W ashington too late conference who made an earnest ap- T U L S A FU R F ARM. peal to those present that they be true I Tulsa. Okla. to God and the church. In answ er to \ ---- , O ■- ■■ the roll call, officers of various d epart m ents of the church were consecrated let us say it is ready. ami confirm ed for the year 1935. The right hand of fellowship was given and sible. God’s divine blessing invoked on all: "F ear not little flock, for it is the Chldless Marriages Ex M aster's good pleasure to give you the plained K ingdom ." addition to ow ning a $150,000 home, is organizing a band of fifty or pieces. A dispensation has brought the lodge more than three hundred new members. E. J. O 'Riley, an enthusiastic "Bill", w rites from Kelso, W ashington, th at he is doing well, and is scouting for m em bers for Rose City and Syracuse lodges. Stay off date M arch m aids Club.—Adv. ~o I'KBKUAKY 7 . 1925 ADVOCATE Southern Pacific Phone MAin 8800 Ticket office 4th St. at Stark For Fair Play and Clean Competition— Hail a C HE C KE R [ for lowest Taxi Ate* in Portland. Checker T axi rates save you 10c per trip for one passenger, jOc per trip for tw o passengers, 50c per trip for j three passengers, 70c per trip for four passengers, no m atter how short your j trip may be. No charges for extra passengers T h at's playing fair with the public. We are prospering and aee no need for higher rates. And w ho are the Checker Cab Co.? ! W e are not a great corporation of tin- } limited wealth. W e can't afford to pay for a lot of expensive newspaper advertising and still keep cab rates low. We must be economical. So rem em ber this; Next time you want a cabf bail or call a Checker. W e answer call* quickly. Preferring Checkers is a good habit. W e’ll certainly appreci ate your steady patronage. H elp us {keep cab rate* dow n; help us make them even lower. B urn T his Phone N um ber In to Y our Good M em ory: BRoadway 8660 C HE C KE R GAB COM PANY T H E REV IV AL O F FR IN G E j . i i m im in g , tu ts i introduced an advance style i .m ud out in one of the surilt 1 , d fabrics, » h u ll are taking pl.ue of tin- pj|L. materials diiiiiu coming season The fringe out the iMukcts and slashes in the sle A square collar finishes the link the opening is down the left front of the dress Medium sis« qinres 2H yards 54-in« Ii material Z Zt yards fringe. Pictorial Review Dress No. ; iSizcs, 34 to 4# indies bust. I* 35 cents. HOR R E N T — Furnished 3-rnv. apart ment. 652 E. M orrison St. E ast 8M 8. (A dv.)