A D V O C A TE
THE.
As» I n d e p e n d e n t
VOL. XXII.—NO. 50
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 , 1925
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PRICE 5 CENTS
SOUTHERN STATES WOULD ABOLISH LYNCHING
CITY GIVES PARK TO COLORED CITIZENS
“Arrow Tips”
GIVES THE
RACE PLA Y
GROUNDS
RACE NOTABLES IN LIMELIGHT
Shreveport, 1.» A uk 6: The c o l
ored people vl thi* city are rejoic
ing in the recent opening of a b ea
utiful fifteen acre recreation ((round
the gift of the city.whirh »«« d edi
cated withfitling exercise* on July
Fou rth T h e assembly
pre*ent cel
ebrated the occasion with com m u
nity linKinii and game*. and con
gratulatory addrr»«r* were delivered
by prom inent citizens.
T he property it nioct convenient
ly locatrd and it» to pography i* ad
mirably Muted to thr pilfpote, with
beautiful grovea for «hade, open
apace* for baseball
and tennis
ground«, and a natural aite for a
•w im m ing pool.
It wra« recm tly
purchaard by th r city at a to»l ol
*¿6,01)0, and 9.1,600 will be expended
tliia year by thr park commiMOn for
im provem ent, equipment and sup er
vision
T h r i'ob<rrd 1‘lav ground
Association h a t raided $1800 m ore to
supplement this appropriation
According to the Shreveport Sun.
leading colored paper, credit for
thi* im provem ent “ la due the local
playground committee, «evrral white
women, the city administration and
the Race R elatio n' Committee
T h e Sun editor continues, "T h e
p u rrh a a r of thia park, along with th r
plan for building ano ther high
school and ward school, prove be
vond a doubt th at condition* are
betw een white and colored citirrna
growing belter every m onth as they
learn more about each other* w an ts
and n erd s
No. 1 i EDOUARD SCOTT.
LOCAL and FOREIGN
NEWS BRIEFS
C A L IF O R N IA N S
V IS IT
No. 2 s ROBERT L. VANN.
No. 3: MISS HALLiE Q. BROWN.
No. 4: WILSON LOVETT.
HERE
Among th r many pleasant visitors
to th r Rose City this S u m m er were
noted Mrs C. S C urry and son W m
Chaney Curry of I ’asadena, Calif
and Mrs Frank I. Jo h n so n of Red
wood City, C alif, who are touring
thr N o rth w est on a pleasure trip.
Whiie in the city Tuesday and
W ednesday, thev wee the house-
guest of their friend, Mr*. L. II !
H igby of 1002 Denver Ave
T h ey \
expressed them selves as being elated
with P ortland and its adjacent seen-
rrv Among thr m o to r trips enjoyed ;
while here was one over th r C olum
bia River Highway and the Ml Hood
Loop they left W ed nesd ay for Se- ,
attlr, and all popular points in the j
British.
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N E W Y O R K E R S V I S I T C IT Y
Messrs. Z Shampine, 272 W. 141st
Street; T Davis, 334 W. 53rd Sir.,
W m Whiteficd. 115 W 138th S t r .
and J C. Williams, 41 W 135th St.,
all of New York City spent last
week at 376 Williams Avenue with j
Mrs. Young. T hey visited the Elks" j
en tertainm ent W ednesday night and
had
a delightful! time. They wish
to thank all the Bills for their hos-
patility to them while here
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N O T IC E
No. 5s EUGENE KINCKLE JONES.
A T L A N T IC CITY, New Je rse y
— A rra n g e m e n ts have now been
completed (o r w hat is pro bably
th e most distinguished reception
com m ittee th a t h a t ever greeted
rla of o u r G roup in A m erican
story.
W ith the acceptance of Mr. Wil-
aon Lovett, distinguished Bank
P resident of Louisville, K entucky,
a total of five tru ly notable in
d u strial an d professional leaders
have signified th e ir intention of
g reetin g Miss Golden Brown of
America an d h e r sister beauties, in
thia city on October 9th an d 10th.
Mr. Lovett, who ia one of th e
financial leaders of o u r race, was
one of the principal speakers a t
the recent celebration a t th e dedi
cation of th e new office building
o f the S uprem e Life and Casualty
Company, a t Columbus, Ohio, and
is in con stant dem an d as an a f t e r
dinner speaker. Miaa Brown, who
is as well known in Scotland and
England, a t in th e United States,
is one of th e m o st distinguished
educators an d forceful C h a u ta u
q u a speakers am on g o u r Group.
e
T o w hom it may concern:
T h is is to certify th at 1 am no
longer connected with Jo hn son &
Colley, 208 F. Broadway, and will
not be responsible lor any debts
in connection with that business.
Signed:
C. O. Colley.
Death due to broken rib*. Alfred
Woods, 48, colored, died from inter
nal hem orrhage* .resulting
from
broken ribs piercing the liver, a
post-mortem examination showed in
Salem Saturday.
W oods was ati inmate of the State
hospital and ran amuck Sunday a. m.
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l i e was finally subdued by the com
bined efforts of several attendants
Holliday & Holliday
T h e examination was made on re
quest of Dr Stincr, superintendent
Tonsorial Parlors
of the hospital W oods was rccicved
from P ortland last m onth.
125 N o rth Sixth Street
T h r body of W oods, accompanied
by his wife, was shipped T h ursday
In our new location we are arranged for Kansas City, Mo., where the fn-
to give better service to our patron*. neral services will be held and the
remains
interred.
Mr. and. Mrs
W e invite lailie*, gent* and children to W oods lived for several years in the
country, out on Buckley and Lennox
come in and see u*.
roads
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L. E. Johnson, 101 E. 78th St., N.
is in receipt of the sad intelligence
of the death of his m other, Mrs. M.
Johnson, which occured Friday the
3rd inst., in Fulton, Mo. Mrs. J o h n
son was 90 years old and it is said
her death was dueto natural causes.
F o r nearly 40 years, she was m atron
of the w om en's d ep artm ent of the
insane hospital in her city. Funeral
services were held Sunday the 5th.
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Bruce K. H arrison of St. Paul,
visited his aunt, Mrs. I.. H. Higby,
Denver Ave,, Tuesday. Mr. H a r r i
son is studying dentistry in Milwau-
kie, W isconson.
Mrs. H igby had
not seen her nephew for more than
two «core years.
Besides h e r g re a t w ork in the
cause of tem perance, an d h e r fa
mous " S u n d a y lectures,” Miss
Brown has end eared herself to
thousands by her ard u o u s a n d long
continued labor* as a m em b er of
th e fac u lty of W ilberforce Col
lege in Ohio.
Mr. E d o u a rd Scott, an o th e r
m em b er
of
th e
In te rn a tio n a l
Golden Brown B eauty Comm ittee,
has been asked to serve by
Madam e Mamie H ightow er, b e
cause of his well known achieve
m ents as a R em b ran d t o f race a r
tists, a m a s te r w ielder o f brush
and pen, whose love of b e a u ty and
high ideals a r e a p p a r e n t in every
one o f his m a s te r pieces.
Mr.
E u g en e Kinckie Jo nes, th e E x ecu
tive S e cretary of th e N atio nal U r
ban L eague, is too well known as
a publicist and w rite r f o r f u r th e r
co m m en t to be necessary, and his
re c e n t acceptance o f Madame
H ig h to w er’s req uest to serve in
th e cause o f b e a u ty assures both
his fellow ju d g e s and th e fo r tu
n a te girls who win th e Golden
Brown B ea u ty C ontest th e ra r e
privilege o f association and con-
Mr. S tan to n of O m aha, N ebras
ka, and family are here on a visit
with his relatives and friends. Mr.
S tan to n holds a very responsible
position with the Union Pacific R.
R. C om pany, which he has held
for more than two score years.
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Miss Effie Jo hn son w ho is spend
ing the S um m er at G earhart, Oreg.
was in the city W ednesday on busi
ness.
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Stay off A ugust 24th— Mt. H ood
C hapter will entertain with a lawn
fete and musicale on the beautiful
lawn of Mr*. G eorge H. Holliday. —
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Mr. and Mrs. E d g ar E. Williams
and family have moved across on
the other side of Meade Street.
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COLORADA
V IS IT S
Mr. W . F.. Proctor, a p ro m in
ent citizen ol C olorado Springs,
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Bccton, on Kearney. Mr. i P ro c te r is
recently from Spokane, W n., where
he attended the Grand Lodge of
O dd Fellows whi«h convened on
August 3.
He
was
re-elected
treasu rer having served in th at ca-
acity for 17 years. Mr.
P ro c to r
as been employed in the postofficc
of C olorado Springs for the past
16 years.
trip and th e trousseau, a luxurious
Hudson Super-Six Coach.
According to term s of the con
test, the next forty-eight girts (the
leader in ea h S tate in th e U nion)
■ ill each receive a dazzling dia
mond ring.
The id^a o f the co n test w as con
ceived by Madam e H ightow er, in
w id er to find the most beautiful
¡ iris of o u r G roup in every S tate
( f the l ’ ion, an d to suitably honor
them and p a y them homage. From
50 to 100 votes are packed with
each of th e Golden Brown B eauty
P re p a ra tio n s (which have been
such a boon to the girls and wo
men of th e G roup in th e f u r t h e r
m ost c o rn e r s of our cou n try , as
well as in the teem in g centers.)
Lately, f u r t h e r in te re s t am ong
the h u n d re d s of lovely girls en
tered has been stim ulated by the
a n n o u n c e m e n t of Madame High
to w e r of a n u m b e r o f cash and
o th er valu ab le special weekly
prizes each week beginning Ju ly
20th. T he whole natio n seem s to
be talk in g o f this crow ning suc
cess of M ad am e H ig hto w er’s long
career.
F o r r e n t— O ne 2-room furnished
S. H. Stone, well know n caterer
ap artm ent, $25 a m onth O ne 4-rm. with a n o th e r gentleman passed thro
furnished apartment. $3t) a month. P ortland T uesday enroute to Mexi
360^4 Williams Ave. Call at T ire co. Mr. Stone is of Seattle.
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Shop. 360 Williams A v e — Adv.
F o r rent furnished ro om s heated
and with use of kitchen; 10 minutes
walk across Broadway bridge to
Union depot. Phone Brdway 5722.
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David and Andrew Campbell and
F.ugene Smith, 11, 13 and 13 years
of age respectively are confined in
the O regon City jail charged with
house breaking, robbing and various
o th er crimes. Eugene is a nephew
of Mrs. L. Randall, 411)4 Union Av.
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T h e Misses Ruth A nderso n and
Lillian Avery who gave their par
ents and friends grave concern when
they sudcnly dropped from sight a
few weeks ago, have recently heard
from by their parents. It is said that
the former is being returned by a
friend of the family, and th at the
latter is employed In Hollywood.
T he girls hiked to California.
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Mrs. George Mullen and Mrs.
H attie Jackson entertained at 6:30
a. fn. Sun breakfast for Mrs A rm
stro n g and daughter, Miss D oro thy
of Los Angeles and Mrs. McGuire
of Oakland. Miss A rm s tro n g played
a few selections on the piano. The
party motored to Seaside for the
day, returning late in the evening.
The Universal Negro Improvement
Association, No. 391, Portland, Ore.
Phonaa Broadway 8141, Tabor 7100
Louis H. Strickland
Typewriter Ribbons, Carbon Papers,
Stationery, Printing, Book
Binding, Rubber Stamp«,
Seals
400 McKay Bldg.
Portland, Ore.
MAN
ta c t with one o f the most in tel
ligent and e a rn e s t men of the
Race.
F rom th e F o u rth E sta te comes
th e fam o u s fi f th m em ber of the
comm ittee, R obert L. V ann, a
m em ber of th e legal s t a f f of the
City of P ittsburgh, and the E d ito r
o f the g r e a t P it ts b u rg h Courier,
which b o th because of its definite
and determ ined editorial policies
and its excellent news service, has
become a p a r t of the daily life of
th ou sands of o u r Group, b o th in
th e C ity o f P itts b u rg h itself, an d
in su rro u n d in g tow ns in P en n sy l
vania and Maryland, and still f u r
t h e r away.
Besides the q u in te t o f race
notables, the five girls receiving
the highest num ber o f votes in
the N ational Golden Brown Beauty
►Contest will be sent to A tlantic
City by th e Golden Brown C hem
ical Company, and will each be
given a gorgeous trousseau. The
girl receiving the most votes d u r
in g the entire contest, which ends
S ep tem b er 15th at m idnight, will
be crowned Miss Golden Brown of
A m erica, and will win, besides the
Every Sunday Afternoon at 3:30 P. M.
MT. OLIVET BAPTIST OHUROH
Interesting Program. You Are Welcome
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By Nannie Maud Carr
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Mrs. J. D. Davis spent last week
in Seattle . She reports a pleasant
stay.
Mrs. George Scott is recuperating
following a week's indisposition.
Mrs. Daisy Moore was called to
the bedside of her m other, Mrs.
Julia Jam es of A ugusta, Ga. She is
much im proved and Mrs. Moore will
return in a few days.
Mrs. David W iliam Gunn and lit-
ije A ntoinette, spent W edn esday at
Seasdidc.
Messrs. R aymond Cage and H u
bert are visiting in Seattle, W ash,
and V ictoria and V ancouver, B. C.
M aster Udell J o h n s o n entertaied
a n u m b er of his little friends W e d
nesday afternoon.
Mrs. B erry Tinsley underw ent an
operation last Saturday for the re
moval of hei* tonsils. She is recov
ering nicely.
Rev. W . D. C arter of Pasadena,
Cal., passed through the city, m o to r
ing to Seattle. He was accompanied
by Miss Ruth Anderson of this ci
ty w ho recently went So Lms A n
geles.
Get Acquainted Club, last T hursday
night. An in teresting joint meeting
•completed a rrangem ents for the O r
atorical C ontest to be held in Sep
tember. T h is prom ises to be a real
treat, as all orations are to be orig
inal and pertaining to topics of pre
sent day conditions.
W ilbur Mercier is sick listed.
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A W ORD TO WAR MOTHERS
Mrs. Florence Graver, state W a r
M other of O rego n's National W a r
names of all colored W a r m others
in view of organizing a chapte r of
said organization in Oregon.
^ Kindly get in touch with Mrs.
Graver.
E. First and Schuyler Streets
R. D. BIRD, Pres.
News and Social Briefs
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(B y Kits Reid)
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A MODERN TRAGEDY
Tim e- August, 1925.
Place- Any comm unity
in the
j United States.
Characters- Every body.
Mary: "See here, John, you told
me th at if I would vote for Coolid-
! ge the price of sugar would be with
| in our reach and that I would be
! able to put up a lot of fruit this su-
i mer W h a t does this item mean?
Reads from new spaper:-
"O n the docks in New York last
week were 4,200 bags of Cuban raw
sugar piled alongside 11,500 bags of
I P o rto Rican raw sugar. All the su-
' gar was of the same quality but the
buyers paid 4 27 cents for P orto Ri
co's sugarand only 2)4 cents for Cu
ban sugar. W h y the difference in
price? T h e tariff. P o rt o Rico’s su
gar comes in
free while Cuba's
| must pay a tariff of 1)4 cents a lb.
If the tariff were removed, granu-
j lated su gar would now be selling at
4 cents a pound and housewives
would be getting 25 pounds for a
j dollar;”
Now, Jo h n , you ju st explain the
why of all that.
j J o h n : “ Well -h- h-r-m ph w-e-l-l-
| it means that you m ust not expect
' politicians to keep campaign prom-
! ises. Now quit your sputtering
I know that Coolidge had it in
J his power to take off th at tariff on
Cuban sugar,but if he had done it,
i the sugar m en could n o t have ad
ded the tariff on Cuban sugar he—
didn't do it, so don't bother m e;”
M ary:- " N o I w ont b o th er you
now- ju st r afte y o u r time has
! been cut at the shop to five d a f s
a week. But I think th at the women
j ought to know about such things,
i It says here that su gar consum ers
pay the bill to the am ount of $200,
000,000 a year. I guess I ’ll watch
j them gro om ing Coolidge for ano-
j ther term in the W hite H ouse - I ’ll
; watch them alright and so will the
I other woman.
SCENE 2
I In the textile mill district of the
| New E n g lan d States.
Another M ary:- “John, I m ust
| ge* Jennie and Jack som e shoes,
j You know what the d o c to r said a-
bout their catching cold. Je n n ie 's
| lungs are affected now and Jack is
not over th at pneumonia attack yet
can you let me have some m o n e y ’
A nother Jo h n :- "M y God, Mary,
don t ask for money. O u r wages
| have been cut 10 per cent - all the
textile mills have cut down since e-
lection.
SCENE 3
H otel in W ashington.
Clerk:- “ H ere boy, page P ro s p e r
ity.
Boy:- “ Prosp-par-a-te, Pros-par-
; ra' t e\ ca!! f ° r Pros-par-ra-tee.
Voice in co rner in sleepy tones:-
"Oh, cut out you r bawling. Pros-
j perity checked out last November,
; send the m essage to W all street,
care of J. P. Morgan et al.
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Seaside Notes
(By Lillian B. Morrow.)
Mrs. Lillian Baker
and
little
l d aughter Bertha, Spent W ednesday
j at Sunflower Camp and the Beach,
j Mr. and Mrs. Bert T u rn e r and
i Medames K. Gray, William Bowers
and D. Green spent a very pleasant
week. W ednesday, they motored to
A stor Beach, T hursday, fishing a*
Nehalem River; F riday at G earhart
Beach, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Badger.
Mrs. L. Joh n so n accompanied them ;
S aturday at Cannon Beach and S un
day fishing near Tillamook Head.
Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Bowers left Sun
day evening for Portland.
A. H. Morrow spent S aturday and
Sunday with his family.
Miss Effie Johnson. Mrs. Bertha
McBain and daughter, Miss Erm a,
and Miss C hrystel Graffel of G ear
hart visited (. latsop Beach W e d n e s
day afternoon.
Mrs. Micco T. H a rjo and children
arrived at Sunflower Camp Monday.
Mrs. Leon Gregory, accompanied
by her house guest, Mrs. M. S. A nn-
stro n g and daughter. Miss Dorothy
A rm strong, of Los Angeles, Califor
nia: Mrs. R. D. McGuire of Oakland,
California, and Mrs. E d g a r Hooper,
motcred down. T he part; had dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. B adger at G ear
hart and visited Clatsop Beach and
Sunflower Camp, Sunday.
The beach party T h u rsd a y evening
was a splcndwl snccess. All enjoyed
! roasting hot dogs. Coffee and cake
! were served. Mr. Rivers entertained
with several songs.
T h o se present
were: Misses Effie John son , C hrys
tel Graffel and E rm a McBain; Mes-
datnes K. Gray, L. John son , Braggs,
Sims, Duke. Bowers, Green, Rhine,
Morrow, Duke, P o rte r and T u rn e r;
Messrs. W a rr e n Bird, Charlie Rivers,
E. Bird and Bert T urner.
Mrs. Lillian (Tuie and m o th er spent
Sunday on the Beach.
Visitors at Sunflower Camp enjoy
ed a w aterm elon party Friday night
Mr. and Mrs. Bert T u rn e r spent
Monday, fishing in N ehalam River
near Cannon Beach. O th e rs in the
LAW AND
ORDER BILL
IS PENDING
A tlanta Ga., Aug. 4. (Special.)—
Georgia will join the growing list of
the Southern states which are tak-
ing active step* to end rioting and
mob violence if the Legislature en
acts the Law and O rd er bill intro
duced in the House of R epresenta
tive* last week.
T h e bill, entitled "An Act to
Maintain Law and O rd er,” provide*
that in any case of a riotous assem
bly, o r m ob violence, carefulinvesti-
gation shall be made by the judge
of the superior court. If it appears
from this investigation
that any
sheriff, deputy sheriff, jailer, o r o th
er peace officer was negligent o r in
competent in dealing with
such
disdisorder, the chief justice or
other justice of the supreme court
-hall appoint a Special Law and
O rd e r Commission to hear all the
evidence in the case and render
ju dgm ent as to the faithfulness o r
negligence of the officer in question.
If he is found by the Commission
to have been negligent, judgm ent to
that effect shall be communicated
to the G ovem er, who in turn shall
remove the officer! from his posi
tion.
P roof th at any person was taken
from the custody of the officer by
a mob, o r killed o r injured while in
his custody, shall be prima facie
evidence of neglect, to be offset
only by affirmative proof th at the
officer had in fact used all reason
able precaution, and exercised the
utm ost diligence in the effort to
maintain order.
T h e bill provides further th at in
the case of an officer so adjudged
negligent in the prevention of riot
ing o r violence, the A tto rney G en
eral of the State shall bring suit
against such officer for the full
value of any property destroyed by
the m ob and for the sum of $5000
for each honucide com m itted by
it. Any person removed from office
under the provisions of the act
shall be disqualified for a period of
five years to hold any peace office
*f*c state, county o r municipality.
r r ie n d s of the measure, point out
th at it is in line with similiar laws
enacted in o th er Southern states
which have been found very effec
tive in the reduction of m o b vio
lence. It is said to be widely sup
ported by religious, civic and wel
fare organizations over the state.
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Mrs. M. B. Allen of 260 Cook
Avenue, left Monday for Kansas
Lity for tw o m o nth s' visit.
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Salesmen W ante d.—21 jewel watch,
good timekeeper. Special price $15.00.
Salesmen wanted. Konehack, 19 W.
Cranberry, W est Hazelton, Pa.—Adv.
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The Advocate columns are open
for your news. There is no charge
for regular news items.
Phone Broadway 5807 o r call at 312
M ad eay Bldg, if you w ith to subacribe
for T he Advocate.
party were: Mrs. L. Green, L. John-
^frs- A. H. M orrow and
children.
Mesdaines E. D. Cannady, Clara
Bell; Miss Josephine T u rn h am and
Ivan Cannady motered from Sea-
view, W ashington T uesday morning
to G earhart where they visited Mr.
and Mrs. Badger. Later, accom pa
nied by Miss Chrystel Graffel, they
m otored to Seaside, O rego n and en-
loyed a dip in the ocean T hey vis
ited Sunflower Camp and later di
ned at the "W h ite W a y " restaurant.
1 hey returned to P o rtland in the af
ternoon.
1 Miamook Head last Sunday.
Miss Effie Joh nso n returned
1 ortland Monday on businc"*
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