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THE, A b In d « p « n d tn l A D V O CA TE P *p *r D tfvotod lo Ih * la m í ih m P ao p la a PORTLAND, OREOON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1025 VOL. X X III—NO. 10 PRICE 5 CENTS IM TO HELP a RACE SOUTHERN WHITE TEACHER LIBERIA WEST AFRICA TO BE DEVELOPED F IK K S T O N H C L 0 8 K 8 IN L I B E R I A D KA L MOB L O S E S B O U T W I T H F A IT H F U L S H E R IFF L E S S O N S IN S O C I A L A D M IX T U R E S Ity R II K LOCAL and FOREIGN NEWS BRIEFS Plan* to Spend »100 000.000 in D e Bnt Not Aa T hey H ad Planne velo pine Rubber Plantation (I 'r r a to n N ew t Service) A God Send for the little C H ICA GO AN H E R E T h e sailing of a black prince with African Republic Marshall. Texas, Oct. 2 2 —Sheriff a rich white woman, while an ou tttan - nhn C. Sandert, of ffarrito n County dinp phenom ena in inlerracial rela- Mrs L H Preston of Chicago, III , New Y ork City. Oct. 28— H arvey tio n th ip t, from an individual stan d iat again dem onstrated that a cou r arrived Tuesday lliorning to be at the S Firestone, president of the Fire- point, i> me rely one of the varied re- ageous officer, determ ined to stand hit bedside of her sister, Mrs Leon G re • tone T ire and Rubber C o , of Akron, tu lts of racial adm ixturct. with which , «round, it m ore than a m atch for the gory, 937 Rodney Avenue, who has Some day» ago two been ill and confined to her bed for O , ha» announced that he h a t signed not onW America, but th. whole world ay crau r m ob an agreem ent with the Republic of Li it fraught W hen one contider-i the N eg ro ct killed to m e white men in - several weeks. Mr» P reston for a beria. on the weal ro a s t of Africa, after re .u ltt, even though indirectly \ controveraery m an adjoining county num ber of years had charge of the traceable, of Aunt Kate'» "H o n k y “ ob Violence was threatened and the bv which he h at obtained a Irate on girls at the Y W C. A. in Chicago, 1,000,000 A l i c e o f land, suitable for T o n k " of Fact St l.ouit. ju tt prior ¡•"»» nrrs were brought here for tafe but resigned from the work when it to the disgraceful and death dealing keeping A m ob followed and »tart- rubber growing. fur ninety-nine yrara pr K • f «W • • • sw i ■ « » • « • / t.iw w I (I) m e U I» K t» » riM i m is a» a aa aa ae t tax - • • • • y , ; , , .- . became too strenuous for her, much to and a 2,1)00 acre rubber plantation riots of th at city, the homicide trial f d to storm the jail Sheriff Sander» the regret of the Hoard of Manage fully m atured and bearing now al bar in Detroit, M ich, and la»t. ' urged them to u itp e rte and all but ment. Mrs. Preston has lived in Chi Big T hin gs lor Liberia but not lra»t. the increasing mulatto 'h o teeii left hese Persisted. «■'*; cago for a num ber of years and her He plan t to spend $100.000.000 in „ „to u t in the touthern »tale», which ever, anil the plucky sheriff arretted beautiful home wa- the mecca of li developing the lea»e Harvey S p a st miscegenation measure» a* » i ™ whole thirteen and locked them terati from all part- of the country F 'ir e tto n r jr ., h at tailed for London niatk to hide the face of interracial ¡up This makes five cases in T ex as this She has a long list «f friends in edn- to establish an office of the Pire-.j social exchanges, the conclusion it cational work in all parts of this coun alone Plantation Co Discussing the a glaring one that social admixtures, vcar in which mobs bent on lynching try and abroad W e Preston's stay project, Mr F 'lre sto n r.S r. said that between whiles and blacks, are have been successfully defied by faith here is indefinite the concession w i t the largest ever sought first by the former, and lolcr- ful sheriff», backed bv public opinion given fo a rubber company, foreign by the latter And it i» only an In one rase , that in Dallas, a mcm- Mrs. Leon G regory who is ill at her killed by officers or American English and Dutch attem p t to protect the form, not tin the i ^ rr o( , " ,r ,n° k i home on Rodney Avenue is improved lapital now control» 97 per ren t of substance, th at groups of whites set I1'efendtng their pris- rx as we go to press the rubber output of the world, hr up i notorioua protest against such | .......— ■ --------TO--------- »aid. and hr M f p M M "to m»k<- Eng adm ixtures T he facts do n e t justify Mrs. Alice P ark, of i'alo Alto. C a l i f . P O P U L A R I.f land realise that America is now in the cause URL WEDS ; sailed O cto b er 31st for a trip around the tubber business in earn est.“ The F or instance, in D etroit thro ug h the j the world She plans to return via deal was completed in New York past year, to the writer's personal ex- ! P ortland next Summ er rerently with the H o n Fdwin Bar- perienee. the wildest kind of social«» ■ o - clay, secretary of state of Liberia, r ha ngr s, prom oted by whites and tol- who sailed for home a few days ago crated by blacks, have taken place E dw ard Brown, who worked for the “ P ioneer" in D evelopment. I ast St Louis, just prior to the riot«, Pullman C om pan y between Aug. 30th Mr Firestone characterizes hunsrll was flooded with the light of* black and Sept. 7th. 1924. will please call at as a "pioneer” in the development of and tan life Yet when the white mob the Pullman office. R oom 25. Union the African state He said h r intend- gathered, its w rath at the deeds foster Station. ed lo o rg a n irr twenty plantation units, ¡ rd by its own group was spent upon each m an n rd by doctor*, sanitary , innocent black people It it argoeu. of B A L B O A 'S G O T H IM workers, civil and mechaniral cngi- courtc. th at the belter clast of whites neers. a rrh itrc ts . builders, foresters d o rs not sanction sui h relationships Eddie Morgan, musician on the H and soil experts F ach t nil will Neither does the better class of black- i F. Alexander, writes us from Balboa, work in a seper seprrate district in Liberia W hen ill-famed social equalities reach , Canal Zone th at he is having one The work o f organization and equip the group sense, it is quite past time grand time and thiiY every one is in ment will be done at the home office to desist W h e n they remain a purely fine spirals. “S p e n t, the morning of the company in Akron. O. A individual matter, they should be tr e a t sightseeing in Balboa, old and new large share of the $l00,OU0.ntlO which ed the same a t any other type of in P anam a and let me say its great will be spent on the new enterprise dividual racial relationship here!" and he add«- "R em em ber me will be devoted lo the rebuilding o f T he fact remains that thro ug hou t j lo all the home folks”. thr port of Monrovia, capital city of the history of interracial social mat- --------- o--------- l.ibrria. Mr l-'irestone said If nec- ters. the while group has not been F O R M E R Z IO N P A S T O R etsary thr company later will organise lion-hearted enough to bear the brunt ELEVATED Its own straiushin lines C ontract of its own sins Like the trembling for the work in Monrovia has hern criminal, it has sought to destroy thr Rev I Albert Moore, former pa«- awarded to the Jones G W hite Kn- evidence; and the evidence, in these gineering ( orporation of New York, cases, ha» not infrequently been an in- I ! tor of Zion A M F. Church in this »1 has hern announced nocent people, who. because of fear city, after completing a successful ad ministration in H anford, Calif , where or favor, have tolerated a condition hr built and practically paid for a which never did appeal to them B ISH O P O PPO SE S T h e great white world has work I Miss F.ffie Johnson b oaorl.G ra [ magnificent church building, has been U N IO N O F P O R T E R S to do It must Cf-asc mill, ting the Mai k Mr« Fred Lee. (F.ffie. Johnson) appointed by Bi-hop Martin to the ■»-«.— e»____ _ ■ . . . man as an im moralist, and do tom e whose wedding to Mr F'red I.ec was First A M E Zion church in Los ' Angeles. Calif This is the largest A M FP Conference at S c UI i T m . " ,n iU own d o m “ n " the outstanding social event of this lavi week on Pullman P u r t r r s join- must rrp laer th r mob and its co w ard week T h e cerem ony took place W e d church of the Zion connection on the mg thr union sani that il was hi» oh- ly functions with the true philosophy nesday evening at the home of her Coast Friends of Rev. Moore in this srrvation that th r K K K and th r of the individual and grnupal lives of father, on W o od stock Avenue races Jim-crow ears, miscegenation city are rejoicing over the rapid A m rriran F rd r ra tio n of l.abo r that laws, and o th er false barriers to an strides he is making up the road ' r e m tu be working hand ni hand a- im aginary which leads to success. social equality are as w eak A M E R I C A N S O L D I E R S gainst T thè Negro, thè Catholies and when with :*!.,.. , • _ , , . as i s / zephyrs c|invrs w o r n e compared oiiipurru w u n i the nr T I v h t i , r r , n n , n llishop L E A V E AN A R M Y O F l Irw* ews Ifishop < a r e v al so said i l i. l ii F I L I P I N O B A S T A R D S " S H O W M E " C I T I Z E N S S E E N. Y. that he would not have h,s people be « ? Whl‘.h h ? ' ,b,ow " .,bc, ra‘ V ° gin to preach the gospel o f hate ll.lt 5c ,b " * " h ? background of explo.ta- hc naif* h a trs^ n no ' man. man nor icct bi 1 ! f hat ' on lion nr .» on one hand and tolerance on the New York. N. Y. O ctober 30— Mr and Mrs. J Wa«hingti»n,promi the other hand colored people of ne" :*Jb rr . J ' h."". wh" •' w.ths.ut sin W h ere the white race m eets the nent business people of St. Louis, M o. first stone" Phillippinr Islands, ce.sitv must watch a n d _ guard their ,brow ,h r lor f,rM , ' " nc * me *,v first o r v brow n in ,i the , Miocirine I doctrine for those use n o sounci sound th i .I,. e . developed ■ _ i „ „ „ j a arc «pending some time in New York own best interests and av avoid , making , m - , » who , , . r « nrsi great need lo r vliaritv has Citv studying advance work in their any step which would .......... interfere w"h ‘ rV M,C.,al ,q U , ,,),k * h,1.h' f* Major Gen Leonard W ood. Governor profession.—barbrrin g The Advo- their chance to hold jobs and earn an 1h *V,f '""fi ’ mr<' r , " t, , r n ;, f d ' , h V*W General of th r Islands. ,, attem pting ! cate appreciates a card sent it by the hones, living The Bishop sa d he hSd b? , de• l, w " h »" tnsliv.dual matter. do , onielhinR ab<iut it , n , couple from New York bearing a pic been making observations of the r r o ' l>n,v ¡appeal, published here yesterday, he ture of the Adams E xpress Building ttomic conditions as they effect our says; "T h e problem involves the ---------- 0---------- people here in the Mtdillrwrxt, .*ind | honor of the American Nation." A CARD OF THA NK S LOGANS A TTEND FU NERAL It involves the bringing up of 18,000 th at he is convinced th at the efforts OF R EL A TIV E children of A merican fathers and I-'ili- of the A m rr ira n F ederation of Labor I w ith to th an k my fraternal Breth- i>mo mothers, accumulated in the to o rg a n i r r the Negro railroad w o rk Messrs Jn o C . Randolph, and A n ers is but a scheme .................................... to r u r h r r the col ren. the aiatera of the E astern Star, j islands since Admiral D r w r y ’s fleet «»red men out of the work w hich they *nd our m *n V friends of Yakima, W n „ [bro u g h t them under the American thony Logan, brother« of the deceas ed. Mrs. l.eatha Colman. went to already control. for their m any deeds of kindness, i flag ---------o--------- help and sym pathy for my «ister, Mrs. Among the 11.000,000 native popula- Yakima, W n , Thursday, O cto b er 22, Leatha Coleman, during the long j lion, a resident American colony of to attend her funeral which was held Cheer up! An ill wind always month* of suffering and death on the 6,000 is maintained by soldiers and ' from the Shaw & Sons M ortuary un blows sonic one some good Now *®*h inat.. a lio for the many beautiful civilians who cottic and go T hey take der the auspices of the Eastern S tar Mrs. that the roal strike is on. oil-burning H °r *I offering*. 'wives easily a m o n g the Drown women | Rev. S. E. Bailv officiated Jno. C. Logan and family, when they go so far East, and they ! Coleman has been ill for more than furnaces are selling like hot cakes a year but death wa« due directly to | leave them as easily when they go a stroke of |>ara1ysis, Monday. O c t back to the states She was 62 years old and | T he fatherless J'illipino-American ober 19th j bovs usually grow to be vagabonds of ¡leaves to tnourn their loss a husband, j the O rien t T he girls are sought bv the H Coleman; a son, A rthur Rice and She Chinese " I t is a blot on American i the bro th ers mentioned above. [ prestige in the Orient," says General also leaves a num ber of relatives in Mr«. Coleman was. for W o o d 's cable It was made pubic here the South hv Mrs Mary Frances Kern, who has j twenty- years a m em ber of the A M I K. church in Yakima and will be I been authorized bv General W oo d to raise a fund of $2,000,000 to provide greatly missed in th at work. -------- o---------- an income which will make it possible \Yc arc pleased to announce the arrival to rescue some of the 2,500 most M ISS DAY W E D S I desperately situated of these children of our " I n one case", said Mrs Kern, "and Miss Bernice Day the charm ing it is no t unusual, we found th at a dau g h ter of Mr and Mrs. Jero m e Day j Fillipino-America girl of twelve had was married to Mr Jo hn F Maloney CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS | been sold to a Chinese in return for of I tin ran. Alaska W edn esday evening a POC [at her home in Moscow. Idaho The “T h ese children arc worth saving." | affair was attended bv some of the We have on display at our office the most she said most prom inent |>eoplr in the N o rth "It would be an investm ent in good west. Mr Dav is one of the ow ners of exquisite and complete line of Christmas American citizenship," cabled Gen the H otel Portland. The happy cou- W ood. He pointed out that the over- jilc will make their home in lunrau. Greeting Cards ever shown in Portland. I taxed 6,000 American residents of the ■ Alaska. Islands cannot undertake the task which has been left to them by the MRS. T R U M B U L L IL L outg oing tide of their predecessors. By act of the 1’hillippinc I egislature upon his recom endation the A m er Come and make your selection while the Mrs Millie R Trumbull, Child I.a- ican Guardian Association of Manila ' hor Comm issioner is reported ill at has been incorporated for the purpose her home, 1014 Holgatc Street. The line is complete and the variety good. anil Mrs Kern has been given the , Advocate wishes her a speedy recov I task of raising the funds ery. H e r office is at No. 8 W e st 40th ¡S treet Room 2002 E N JO Y S V ISIT T O FR IE N D S Among those who already have plrged their active support to Gen We will be glad to call at your homes and I ” ’o o d ' * P l»ri and appeal for a fund of Mrs Laura Diamond has just re show them at your convenience. Just call us $2,000,000, arc men most of whom have turned from a trip to Vcrnonia, O r e lived in the l ’hilltppines, such as W il gon where she sjicnt two davs as the at Broadway 5807 and make an appointment. liam H ow ard Taft, Chief lu stier of house-guest of Mrs. Rubv Smith in the I'm te d S ta te s ; former Gov Gen her cozv and attravtive cottage Mrs | Cameron Forbes; M ajor Gen fames Diamond was rovallv entertained and G- Harbord, form er Gov Fames F she reports the racial group very a- ¡Smith, Major Gen. Hugh f. Scott live and active on the things w orth vice President Charles G. Dawes while to us a» a race. She was pleas "Procrastination is a Thief of Time” and others. ed to note some im provem ents in the housing conditions over what she o b served on a recent visit there previous to this one. Mrs Diamond is certain A COMEDY ly singing the praises of V ernonians T H E ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CO. and savs every one she met was per "A Church Bazaar at M ulb erry fectly lovely to her. She anxious to Corner»” 312 Macleay Building, Portland, Oregon. return in the near future. — by the— ( u n i o n of Mt. Olivet Baptist C hurch Madam Vessel!,192 N 14th Street is convale scing at home from the ef W ednesday, November 11th 1925. fects of a severe bite of a vicious hull dog. She was bitten when she called A T 8:15 P. M. at the home of one of her patrons, Adult« 25 cent» — Children 15 cent«; ow ner of the dog. E IG H T H ANNUAL M EETIN G OF OREGON FE D E R A T IO N OF C OL O R E D W O M E N 'S C L U B S C O M E S TO SUCCESSFUL CLOSE nnouncem ent (B y Kits Reid) I have just finished reading my new number of the "Crisis". It is one of ibe few magazines I read from cover to cover I love the baby pictures in it; I love the stories of the accom plish MRS. N E T T I E I. A S B E R R Y , P R E S . ments of our Negro race but oh, how W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E F E D E R A the stories of the injustice, hatred and T IO N D EL IV E R S MASTERLY cruelty of the white race against their A DD RESS ON LAST E V E N IN G brothers and sisters of dark skin make one’s heart ache! And the aching will go on until we, ourselves, prove that we are on the wav to w ards becoming a superior race "Given the oppo rtu nity’ says Franz Boaz, the noted an thrupologist at Columbia University, ; "how do we know that the d ark er ra- ees will not become the superiors of , the white race." T w o Days' Session Covers Much Business. Several Visitors Attend How I wish that I could have been at the Denver meeting of the N. A. A. C. P ! W h a t an inspiration there was there! Do ou not thrill with the words of W alter W'hite. assistant Secretary of the Association: I hope the day will soon come when we can sing "My Country tis of Thee, Sweet Land of L iberty—and not sing a lie.” I V ARROW T IPS T he O regon Federation of Colored W o e m n s Clubs opened their E ighth Annual C o n te n tio n W ednesday m o r n ing at Mt. Olivet Baptist church. The Executive session at 10 o'clock was presided over by Mrs. Louise T ho m as Luncheon was served to the delegates and friends at 1 o'clock. T he afternoon session began at 2 o'clock with the president, Mrs. Ella Smith, in the chair Business concerning the National con vention to be held in O akland in 1926 was freely discussed T he A mendments to the National Constitution were read and explained by various officers of the Convention. According to ex pressions of the delegates, O regon will have a large attendance at the Convention in Oakland T he W ednesday evening program consisted of music and speaking. The presd en t’s (Mrs. Ella Smith) annual address was a splendid document and should be preserved in the F edera tion archives. A nother gem of the ev ening was the paper on "W o m an " by Mrs. D ora Gulliford. T h e N. A. A. C. 1’ was ably represented bv J. A. E w ing, its local president Mrs G V Grayso sang a group of songs which were well received and encored Also Mrs. Grayson lead the singing of sev eral spirituels during the sesions. T h e A rt display was had T hursday afternoon which wa« one of the finest ever had The fgirst prize for art dis play went to the Rosebud Study Club and the second went to theJuniorM is- sionarv Society of Mt Olivet Baptist Church T h efo ren io st attraction T hursday, the closing night was the address by- Mrs. Nettie J. Asbery, leader am ong women of the northw est and president of the W ash in g to n Federation of Col ored W o m e n 's Clubs who was spe cially invited to deliver the principa address of the Convention. H rc su b ject handled both clasicallv and m a s terly was “O p p o rtu n ity ”. Mrs. As- berry received a Jelegrani from T a coma during the program , of c o n g ra tulations from T acom a club women to the O regn Federation which was read bv the presiding officer, Mr«. L. T h o mas. She also w aspresented a huge bouquet of red dahlias Moreof Mrs. Xsbcsry's address will appear next issue. And the words of ex -G ovem o r Sweet “the world needs Christ des perately”— we can all echo “yea, a- men" to that. And the white world more than the world of the colored races, needs the suirit of Christ. Ne ver has there been such an antagonism between the civilization of the East and the W est. The growing sym pathy between the yellow races of China and Japan, the M oham medans of Af rica and her black races, the Hindoos in India—all uniting in one common cause against the tyranny and opp res sion and exploitation of the W estern white civilization— a civilization which has brought to the E a st noth ing but suffering T h e conflict is coming on the wings of the wind T h e recent treaty at Lu- carno is but the first zephyr of the tornado. It binds England, France and G erm any to gether in a pact of po wer to protect the interests of the first two nations in ( hina, Asia and Afri ca. It inc|udes Germ any so th at she cannot unite with free Russia, who de spised and rejected, will combine her forces with the East I have not an atom of confidence in the promises of peace th at the treaty seems to hold out—not an atom ! It is chicanery of the English and French diplomats all over again and we in America must w-atch our politicians m ore carefully than e v e r if we would save our nation from being embroiled. Do we want to send our boys into the trenches to rot out their lives for the sake of the E n glish and French colonies? Unless we are willing to make th at sacrifice a- gain, wc must cry for "Peace. No More W a r ”, morning, noon and night W e must identify ourselves with “ No More W a r movem ents of every de scription \V hv cannot we have a peace movem ent in our own race.-right here in P ortland Kits Reid takes out the first five dollar subscription.-some one s tart the organization. Tacoma Notes (Bv Mrs W H Lewis, 1219 South Cushman Ave., Tacoma, W a sh in g to n ) Tacoma. W ashington. Oct. 27------ Allen A. M E. Church. Reverend A. W. Johnson, pastor. On Sunday the 25th Presiding E i der Divers filled the pulpit at both morning and evening services before a large and appreciative audience. His subject on both occasions was of great interest and m et with general ap p ro val and praise. The C. E. l eague met with all of ficers present. Subject: " H o w we can apply Christ to our lives", was well discussed by Mesdames Martin. Cottle and Shortridge. The Sunday- School hour has been changed to 9-45 A. M Good atten d ance is expected. Reverend D. A. Graham, formerly pasto r of Allen A. M K. Church, gave a splendid lecture. W e all look for ward to the success of Rev. Graham A FRICA N EE D S H E L P OF on his arrival in I.ibcria. N E G R O IN A M E R I C A Presiding Elder D river an d Rever end Graham were house guests of A tlanta, Ga , O ct 27 —Africa offers Mrs. D. W. Gibson during the quar illimitable opportunities for influence terly meeting and were loud in their and usefulness to well trained A m er praise of their wonderful hostess and ican Negroes, capable of leadership, i especially of the heavily laden tables. according to Dr. D W esterm an n pro Mrs. Geo. H v te r of Milton is se fessor of African languages in the riously ill in a local hospital at this University of Berlin, w ho is now in writing. America studying the status of the Sergeant and Mrs. J. H arrison of race in this country. As m i s s i o n South L. S treet entertained I ’residing aries. educators, and agricultural and Elder Divers and Rev J o h n s o n at an industrial leaders thev could render elaborate dinner on the 26th inst the greatest service to the natives, Sergeant and Mr«. C. C Matthews who are still im measurably below the entertained Presiding E lder Divers standards attained bv the colored and Rev. John son and o th er guests people of America. at luncheon. As an illustration. Dr. W esterm ann The Independent M other's Club met m entioned the verv valuable work at the home of Mrs Paul Greenway, done some vrars ago in G erm an T ogo- South Sheridan Ave. On Nov 1. the land bv five graduates of Tuskcgcc Club contem plates serving chili and Institute who were employed bv the other refreshm ents at the home of Germ an governm ent to instruct the Mrs. Cabell at the Evergla de A part natives in the production of coton. ments, T acom a Avenue. Partly as the result of their work, T acom a was well represented at the Africa is fast becoming one of the "Celebration and Industrial E xposi great cotton-gro w ing countries of tion” held in Seattle, T acom a night. the world, and the native growers are O ctober 22nd. with excellent talent profiting accordingly. In thr field of H urrah for T acom a! religious effort, the w ork of Max J. A. G W ashington our popular Yergen, an American Negro sent out tonsorial artist is reported still on the to Africa some years ago bv the Y. sick list. M. C. A , is exercising a very wide in Mrs. Sadie Foster is slowly im prov fluence and is favorably known on ing three continents. Dr. W esterm ann, Mrs. Ollie Gunn and m o th e r have a former missionary to Africa and in moved to Spokane; sorry to lose them close touch with conditions, believes th at there are similiar opportunities J. S. Bell Portland P h o to g ra p h e r is for great usefulness in many lines and reported to be dead in I.os Angeles, that well trained American Negroes, California No details have, hezrn re desirous of going to Africa in thr ceived at T he Advocate office. spirit of service, would be welcomed O' ■ t both bv the natives and the colonial NEW LY DECORATED governments. 9-R O O M S F U R N I S H E D D ID N O T K N O W C O L O R E D PE O PL E R ESEN TED TERM N I G G E R ”,— D O E S N O W S outhern W hite School Teacher T a ke« Kindly T o Correction F ro m “ H um ble P o rter" T E L L S L O C A L MAN T H E S T O R Y O u r belief that seeds of kindness and sympathetic information proper ly disseminated bear good fruit is strengthened by the contents of a let ter written to George P Moore, 474 E 47th St , North, City, from a white school ma'am in the South. W e p re vailed upon Mr Moore to perm it us to publish it so that others who may have the same experience o r views as this young southern woman, might read it and derive benefit therefrom. T h e letter follows: C hattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 19— D ear Mr. Moore: N o doubt this little message will come as a surprise to you but we go evry day and it was a surprise I re ceived on a w estern trip this Summer, to g eth er with conversation and cor respondence with Dudley W. Evans of P ortland that p rom pted my writing this letter. First, I want to thank you for kind nesses shown my good friend Mr Evans especially since he's been an invalid, and thank you in advance for any courtesies shown him in the fu ture He proved himself a friend t o m e in more ways than one this Summer. W e m et casually on a trip up the Pa cific coast on board the Steamer, Ad miral Sehly and I consider the g re a t est way in which he showed himself friendly was the fact that he was the direct cause of my being enlightened on the question o f N orth and South concerning the Colored man While I personally am a staunch friend of the colored man and am what is te r m ed Dixie as a “mean Southern Re publican ', there are scores of people around me possibly who have not the right attitude tow ard them. O f course, we all love them and without them in the South we would certainly be up against it at times. T h o u g h I must confess they have not always been treated justly. I was called down this S um m er by one of the humble porters (I so de served it. too) for speaking of the col ored man as a N igger I did n ot know I assured him. or at least tried to. that only through ignorance would I have iVcf called any colored person a Nig- Ker. I never knew they did not like that name. But being a public school teach- er and having it in my power to in- struct hundreds of children w ho go to and from hundreds of homes. I shall n®t >et the opportunity pass to give them the same valuable instruction I received from my humble servant on the Steamer. So far as the nation is concerned there is no no rth and south; secton- ahsm was wiped out on the battle fields where the blood of both white and colored men poured into the same democracy. , . P J co “ r!<« ,eVfry man is prone to think well of the section of the coun try from which he comes. In this he is justified for it is the man with com munity pride in his own heart wlui is the builder of a g reat nation such as the d ear old l S. A. in which you and I. colored and white are protected u n der the same stars and stripes. I felt as though J wanted some one Ot vour race to know mv feeling in this m atter and I could think of no one more fitted to receive the message than you after hearing about you and vour people from Mr Evans * P^ont'sed to send me a subscrip tion to The Advocate that I may keep on m y reading table in mv school room. I trust the m essage here sent will be received as kindly as it is sent, f am 1 ours respectfully, A Girl in Dixie Miss Cricket Gray. L O N G V I E W (W N .) N E W S (B y Mrs. Maud Bates) T h e C ommunity Church servi were largely attended last Sunc Rev. G ardner, pastor, introduced i Draper, of O akland, who preache soul sriring sermon in the afternc T h e N. A. A. C. P. meets every day afternoon . T h e members comm ittee is very buisy. T h ey ported seven new members last m ing. T h e \ oung peoples Bible class well attended last Sunday, the les> “O bedience and L ove” was enjo bv all. Many of the young men taking part in the work Song Service was led bv Miss R lohnson. Miss Elnora Jones and I- Bradshaw. The missionary society has ehan the date of the Bazaar from Nov to Nov. 6th. T h e young girls will be in i lia of some of the booths Mrs. Bet W illiams will have charge of the Gt sing Box. Mrs. Maude Bates serve the coffee, and Mrs W. Font will serve Gumbo. Come early and have a good ti Messers Frank Jones and T hm F.egitt have returned from an ext* cd visit in California and every on glad to have them back. Mr W. G A nthony , of the fir Newman A A nthony, has r^turni the citv and ha* take« __ ____ _ „ o charge office. He intends to move his ily here in the Spring Messers Chester Brady and G. gleton are working for the comt They are also expecting Mr. iams of California This Com has been formed only little more 'two weeks and have already sec MPwards of $500 w o rth of work. T hey havu>*hne truck at work will secure two more in the nea ture. M r Caskv Farney is the guc R. H. Newbv sends his renewal for 3 blocks from east end of Broadway Mr and Mrs I. I,. Bates this i T he Advocate from Redmond. O regon stating th at he canot do without the bridge, has 2 garage«, ev erything goe« “old roliabe" Mr Newby sta'cs he is for $4200, only $300 caih. balance »40 , F O R R E N T . Rooms with heat, Cali cvei verv b n i s y ni the plastering business per month. Owner. Inquire 312 M a I trie lights and bath cleay Bldg. j E a s t 3808—adv.
