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THE. - " l,=* A b ADVOCATE In d tp cn d ta t D dvoU d to th * ln to r ta lt tk t F m r U • PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1926 VOL. X X III— No. 24. PRICE 5 CENTS ______ SAYS AMERICANS ARE ARROGANT IMPERIALISTS WRITER FINDS A NEW COLORED SOUTH — FINDS CONDITIONS IN SOUTH CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS BRANCH Y GOES UP 1 A $12,000 Building is being erected i on the corner of Williams Avc., and Tillamook Sts., to house the colored work department of the Y. W C. A in i'urtland The building is the gift of Mrs. L S. Collins, 8/7 Wcstovcr Road W ben the gift was first a n n o u n c e d LOCAL and FOREIGN NEWS BRIEFS F A IR Y ” ENTERTAINS MISSOURI T O W N HONORS ITS NEGRO PATRIARCH ARROW TIPS COUNT SOYESHIMA, AFTER VISIT TO U. S. SEVERELY FLAYS (B Y KITS R E ID ) De Soto Schoola Close And Children March At Funeral Of K. D. Smith, The Advocate docs not necessarily 80— Military And Grand Lodge ■hare ui Kits Reid's views, but whe Burial H»ld Here Writer Saya Colored People ther we do or not. her opinions arc ‘They Tolerate The K Klux EMPLOYEES BALL Deserve Higher Concept sane, and logical and well worth read Klan For The Persecution When King David Smith, 80-year ing. It is your privilege as well as ours A BRILLIAN T AFFAIR Than Fitness as Slave old N'egro Civil War Veteran, locked to disagree with Kits, and she invites of Negroes and Coloredu up the door of his general store at your opinion upon the eubiects she the n a n u cl III, doftor w a v n o t d i v Exceeding in numbers if not sur of Colored Nations” De Soto, Mo._, a week ago last Mon (From the Christian Science Monitor close d but owing to the la, t that passing hi beauty, was the Employes’ discusses from time to time in her col- Employes' day night, his will was made, his som e of the co lo re d people were un Ball tendered complimentary of January 25, 1926) flourshmg business in real estate and Tokio, Feb. 3— Count M. Soyeshi- On a rrcent visit to Hampton In der the im p re ssio n it cam e fro m the Hotel Portland, on last Tuesday ev merchandise in order, and he was ma, former member of the house of xlitutr. Hampton, Va , the writer wai N. K. K., it was th o u gh t advisable to ening m the Asenibly Hall of the ho ready to go home Next morning he This week's installment of our re- j Peers and one of th prominnt publi- particularly finprSUM to find no <\i reveal the nam e o f the donor. died view of James Weldon Johnson's | cists of Japan, who rcently returned A mass meeting which had been telCharming indeed were the prettily deuce of thole train generally con- His body lay in state at his house Book of American Negro Poetry be after lecturing at the University of Mdcrcd ineradicable in the Negro, called fur last Sunday at Mt. Olivet and gorgeously gowned matrons and until the following Saturday, being gins with that charming. altogether Chicago, views Amerca un flatteringly, >uch at ilovenlineM, laziness, loud Haplist church under the auspices of maids The only thing which marred ' viewed by about 2000 persons, both delightful poem of Paul Laurence according to an article written by n en and impudence On the contra the Brotherhood, was cancelled after the perfect setting for their even whit(, and colored; the four old Ne Dunbar. “ Little Brown Baby". The him for the Taiyo (Sun), a Tokio ry. the wai especially impreced with it became known who the donor was ing gowns was the lack of full even groes who are the only surviving whole poem is quoted in the hope that magazine. The colored people arc divided m ing attire on the part of some of the quiet demeanor, Kcntlrneaa and ' members of the Robert T, Shaw Post it will sing itself into the hearts of Concerning America and Ameri courtesy u( the students T o one rear- their opinion at to whether or nut a their male escorts who made their of the G. A. R.; fellow members of every one of us: cans. he is quoted in part as follows • rd in the South where the educated segregated Christian organization is appearance in street clothes and still the Knights Templar, which K. D. — | “ I was not very favorably disposed Negro ii generally considered to be for the best good go<id Some say it is a few had on soft rolord shirts and Smith had helped found; grand mas- Little brown baby wif spa’klm' eyes, j towards America and the Americans. •croganl and impudent, it wai a most what they need; others are of the collars T here should not be any ex ier‘, and past grand masters; men Come to yo’ pappy an’ set on his knee J did not like the Americans because Pinion that if it is the best that can cuse offered for those men who fail- pleasing revelation. who had served with him on the Ne What you been doin’, sub— mailin' san most of them are in fact most arro- Thii attiude of resentment toward be done, then its alright; some arc of 1 ,1 to dn ttieir part to make the affair gro Industrial Commission and the pies? gant imperialists while they have the advancement of the Negro race ihc opinion that it is the stepping all that its promoters intended it to State Negro Masonic Relief Board; Look at dat bib—you's ez du'ty ez me constantly justice and humanity In is due to false education as to what the stone to separate public sctioois, be. farmers from Franklin and Washing Look at dat mouf—dat's mcrlasses, their mouth. While they set themscl- Negro freeman now standi for, and in innng out that the husband of one Downing's orchestra furnished ex ton and even Perry and Crawford ves up as ardent champions of justice I bet; tealouiv on the part of many ineui- of the women prominently connected cellent music and dancing was the counties; and friends of the Negro Come hycah, Maria, an’ wipe off his they really are the devotees of the hers of that clasi of whites in the svith the colored work operates a mam diversion although cards were race from other sections. outrageous and brazen-faced Monroe han's. Sotl'll known a* 'poor » I 'e trash" business College and will not admit played at several tables by those who On Saturday the schools of DeSo- a P<1 Uilul. V ill giveti 'lorto Ly the Se colored students. Some argue that a could not and did not care to dance. Bees gwine to ketch you an' eat you doctrine. to dismissed. All the children march “While Americans are kind hearted • up yit, niors themselves to distinguish C ommunily Centre is needed for col Mrs 1,-sstr G fljrm i sang a group ed in the procession that accompa Bem so sticky an' sweet—goodness on one hand, they are extremely self them from the aristocrats or estate ored girls and women, and for both of songs which pleased very much. nied i he body to the Williams A M ish on the other. Theirs is an ex Ian's! owners to whom the Negroes belong sixes for that matter, but they hold A Charleston contest between three E. t ha pel More than 1000 persons tremely complex character. Intense ed and as a rule admired t his class it should be a matter of self segrega young ladies and four young men re ciow ded inside the building, and 300 Litle brown baby wif spa’klm’ eyes. advocates of humanity and philan of whites have done little to b* !!■ I tion and not forced segregation i c sulted in prizes being awarded to Ruby Irene Kirk were turned away from tbe doors. Who's pappy’s darlin' an’ who's pap thropy, they are at the same time ex i k W I l l l l l or the community. r a t l i n no. a part of an institution called Miss Barbara Hubbard. E. Fair and Little Ruby Irene entertained Fri Masonic Leaders Present tremely selfish, unjust, inhumane, as py's chile? retarding than aiding any conditions Christian which would not open its Theodore Allen. Jr. day January 22nd in honor of her In the front pews sat Tom Bass of W ho is it all de day nevah once tries their crafty, underhand foreign poli of betterment Agreeing with them doors freely to all of Ciod's children Most delicious refreshments were Third Birthday anniversary, at the M eviio. Mo., Senior Grand Warden Fu' to be cross, er once loses dat cy shows. that the Negro should remain in the ngardlcs of color, but willing to help dispensed buffet-style bv white jack home of her grand-parents, Mr. and of tli/. Misouri A. F. and A. M ; Eu Inconsistency it Charged smile? condition in which he was left by ci them apart eted Filippinos. Mrs. George B Hardin, 1008 East gene G. !-acy, merchant, of Kansas “They are in favor of the indepen It is said that one minister took to Whah did you git dem teef? My, vil War, are those who have sat on Every one present was loud in its Yamhill Street. City, and Past Grand Master; S. W dence of Korea, while they are most you's a scamp! Verandas in rocking-chairs, living in task the organizstion which called praise of the Hotel Company for the Tbe table was prettily decorated Dabncv. the present Grand Master, Whah did dat dimple come fo m in strenuously opposed to the indepen the past while the world has pro the mass meeting to get an under most delightful evening. with a center-piece of Jonquils and from Kansas City; Chris Hubbard, dence of Hawaii and the Philippines. yo' chin? gressed taking the Negro with it, and standing of "where wc arc at". This Lillies. The large pmk Birthday-rake principal of the Sedalia High School, Pappy do’ know yo— I b'licves you's While they publicly identify them iv lio have failed to realize that the some arr of the belief was as it should was decorated with tiny pink candles and Andrew Craney of Kansas City. selves with justice and humanity, they a tramp; very training and accomplishments be. holding that if colored people I N TFIK SCHOOLS A St. Louis jurist, who had know-n Mammy, dis hyeab's some ol' strag I tolerate the existence of th K. K. K. Those present weve: Mona and the Negro gained as a slave have fit would inquire into things concerning Smith for 20 y/.ars, rose to read the for the persecution of the Negroes, gler got in! ted him to acquire an education which them a little more, and get a better Bernice Dawson, Mary Jane and Bet Miss lane Akin, daughter of Mrs ty Jean Morrow. After dinner the tots barest facts of the four score years and otherwise discriminate against enables him to make capital of bis understanding, they would be better the old man had watched flow down Esther Hubbard-Akin, is an honor Let's th'ow him outen de do’ in de 1 *he colored nations. off in the end And therefore they say spent a jolly afternoon playing games •alcnts. i " I Inconsistency n rn n ctcfp n rv • is e observable in the san . The little hostess received several tht' Mississippi. As a child in the South during the this organization had a right to in student at St. Marv's Academy. Miss K. D „ as he was familiarly called Ak.n was exempted from all examina matter of prohibition as welt as in quire if it were friend or foe giving W e do' want stragglers a-layiin' first decade following the Civil War presents. bv his friends, had been born a slave American diplomacy and polices. It Toun' hycah; it has been the writer's privilege to its racial group such a munificent tions. which has become a sort of Rubv Irene is the daughter of Mr habit with Jane She is an excellent and Mrs. Gilbert Kirk of 860 Union i on a tobacco plantation in Todd Co., Let’s gin him 'way to de big buggah- i is reported that in so-called dry Am- watch with interest the Negro's free present. Kentucky, in 184S. It is not known 1 erica alcholic drinks are still used to man; This slate of nnnds, perhaps ac musician and will plav a violn solo Avenue. dom and the progress hr has made how many brothers and sisters he I know he's hidin’ erroun' hycah the extent of 30 to 50 per cent of the Repeatedly, has been heard from eld counts for the seeming lack of en at the National Asociation for the Ad Rubv Irene took part in “ Cinderel had. or even who his parents were. vancement o f Colored Peoples' pro quantity used before prohibition. right neah. ers the question, "What will he do thusiasm on the part of some. la” at Bethel church some time ago At the age of 17 he joined the Army “ It is comparatively well to do peo- When people stop to realize that gram next Monday night Buggah-man, buggah-man, come in with it’ He was better off as a slave." and is shown here wearing her fairy of th,. Mississippi, and after the wrar ^ pie who indulge in the forbidden lux- T o his last assertion old slaves have the Negro has been segregald, jim- de do’. costume. wrnt to work as a farmhand near The Misses Geraldine and Grnevia crowd, set apart like a leper. Ivmhiil Hyeah's a bad boy you kin have fu’ 1 ury, while inveterate drinkers who often agreed by enumerating the o Valley Mines, Mo. '85 saw K. D to eat cannot afford to get expensive aico- benefits of slavery : im house rent; no and cooked alive, for so long in this Turner, daughters of Mr and Mrs. J food bills, clothes and fuel provided Ins country bv people who claim to Turner. 1201 E Grant Street closed JUDGE HOUGH VISITS mairied. with enough money saved Mammy an' pappy do’ want him no holis drink are said to resort to ethyl — «' a l r n h n l i in n m a n v i instances, n eftn ea e « and m l s this k L i is m to have bought a farm of 80 acres, alcohol many and all the food one wanted to c a t - "understand the Negro” , is it any the past term at school with excellent which he worked himself. By 1905 h/. Swaller him down fom his haid to so deadly that in Chicago alone over summing up the situation in their wonder he hesitates and sometimes reports from their respective schools Frank I vn High and Richmond Grade 300 are reported to have fallen vic his feetl dialect, 'Drill wua days, dem wus!" is suspicious of his best friends? Judge A. C. Hough of Grants Pass had enough off his farm to purchase tims to it in the first six months of It is «.ml bv i-tie o f the teachers at an Advocate reader, was in the city a general store, and employ a couple nut regardless of what the weight and a shake of the old turban covered I of men in it Dah. now, I fought dat you'd hug me last year. head accompanied by a low hum and of opinion on this or that view, the Franklyn that Geraldine received the Thursday and was a guest at The Patriarch of DeSoto Besides, while the quantity of al up close. a sort of refrain, "Dem shore wur building is steadily going on and in best report card o f any of the stu Portland. Toward the ,.nd of the year, K. D. Go back, o f buggah, you sha'n’t coholic drinks is reduced to 30 to 50 dications are that it will be ready for dents at that school this vear. She re good tunes I" ---------- o began to fail in health. Though men per cent, there is a considerable in- occupancy within a short period ol ceived “ E" in 5 major subjects, one have dis boy. But The Free Negro Mrs. Marion McCIear filed suit more than is necessary to entitle her Wednesday for a divorce from her reckoned his wealth in money at a- He ain’t no tramp, ncr no straggler, ' crease in the money spnt on thm, as lluf the free Negro. He who was time, probably four months tbe prices of these intoxicants have Perhaps these diverse opinions will In a scholarship letter She also rank husband. Fred McCIear on the ground bove $25,000, he worried over th,. af of co’se; born free and did not share the good fairs of a bank he was interested in doubled—a great economic loss. And old days without care for sell or be merged and that all groups will ed high in her minor subjects. of desertion. The couple has not lived He had remarried in 1913— his second He's pappy's pa'dner an' playmate vet 1 have often met with ladies in Grnevia was an honor graduate together for some time. an' joy. family, where is his place in the Na be better understood and better un wif,» being Miss Alice Dyer of St. Come to you' pallet now—go to yo' the upper classes boasting that they derstanding between the groups will from Richmond grade school She tion? ---------- o---------- Louis— for his four children were drank more than was good for them composed the words of the class res’ ; Old plantations of the South, where result from it. Mrs. Hattiie Jackson who has been grown up. and he w is more or less Wisht you could alius know ease an' overnight. They were evidently proud song. lived (rom 1000 to 2000 slaves, WCte suffering with her foot and confined alone. Lavinia had married Cal Mc that they possessed the power of in small colonics. On such plantations, SOLDIERS & cleah skies: SAILORS Maaten Bobbie Allen and Ivan to her house since Dec. 7th is slowly Gowan and was living in St. Louis. Wisht you could stay jes' a chile on fringing the law of the land. As for tood for all was raised, cured, pre for making Cannady plavcd in the Fernwood improving. We hope her a speedy re So was her brother. Chauncey Sarah my breas'— , instruments ,. . .. cocktails, s--------- and - served and disbursed. All the wear liv,.d on the other side of DeSoto Little brown baby wif spa'klin eyes! whiskey in flat bottles to be carried Soldiers and Sailors Day was fit School orchestra Friday and Satur covery. ing apparel including the shoes worn 1 with her husband, John Abbington. i in be pocket, these are on sale in pub- bv the Negroes, was made on the tingly observed at Mt Olivet Baptist day evenings, Jan 22nd and 23rd, the Mrs. Blassengame is at Good Sa And Eli Christopher was thriving in In direct contrast to the humor and 1 Uc- placc Stockings and socks, knitted church Sunday evening January 24th occa-inn being a benefit entertain 1 ortland, Oregon. K. D. needed some love in that poem, is the pathos of I hre is a growing body of opinion maritan Hospital by the Negro women, were made under the auspices of the Brother- ment for the school piano fund one to make him less lonely. George and Ivan Cannadv also had “ At the Closed Gate of Justice" by J* ?avor of the abolition of the prohi- from yarn carded and spun by the M od of the church \ fine program But h,. was still the patriarch of consisting of speeches of their ex special parts in the Operetta, "The Negroes, as was the cloth of the gar Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H , DeSoto. and DeSoto was no longer a Carrothers. It fairly wrings one's *>*t.*n *aw- J>,ut. '* s uulkely that such heart as one is earned along by the ?P>.n>°n will be readily acted on. ms ments they wore Blacksmiths and periences in wars, were delivered bv Cruise o f the Trundlcbcd". Maxwell, 590 So. 25th Str., Salem, hamict. The country had grown. Sent A J Franklin. Presley Holli tragedy of his cry: ,l ,s opposed by many people who eai P< liters were skilled m the high Oregon, an eight-pound boy, Jan. 28. In November, K. D. had a slight day, Irvine M Flowers, and Sgt Mrs Alice M Handsaker addressed “ T o be a Negro in a day like this ha,Je made money by the smuggling est degree. 1926. His name is Paul Henry, and »poplcct» stroke, with no serious Demands forgiveness. Bruised with and secret sale of drinks and who are At the time of Lee's suiictidtr, Dave Haskins; Sgt Joe White plavcd the graduating class of Russelvillr both mother and son arc doing finely. immediate consequences. January S, gaining influnce inpolitics. blow on blow thousands of these skilled and un several numbers on his horn which he public school, Friday evening upon The ladies of the Missionary socie 1926. he died. "While the military authorities of the important subject of the meaning ty of the First Methodist Church of Still must one succor those who skilled workers were let out of em li.itnllid like a professional After the jurist sat down, a letter America are so busily engaged in the Mr. Lawrence asked to be excused of Education. brought one low. ployment and homes. The plants that Salem, Oregon, gave a little stork of condolence from the Governor of amplification of armaments, however, To be a Negro on a day like this. had furnished them work were de from making a speech He lost In ---------- 0---------- shower for Mrs. Charles H. Maxwell Missouri was r/,ad. The services con it appears that the majority of Amer stroyed, as it were, without insurance sight fightng for Old Calory. who is a member of that church and cluded with a simple prayr by a local ican people are opposed to the idea The Brotherhood quartette renuer- W IL E Y EXPANDS T o be a Negro on a day like this to reconstruct them. One increases active in its various departments. i readier. of war. and in my opinon this is quite serve a flag admiration for Abraham Lincoln ed excellent music for the occasion ---------o—■------ Then the body was brought to St as it should be, for a war between A- A full house greeted the partici Which is to us white freedom's when considering his courage in c- Wilev University, Marshall, T ex Louis for burial in the National Cent- inerica and Japan would be like a emphasis. ruancipating the Negro to work out pants. has an Extension Department in 1 SHILOH HAS BIG DAY , etciv at Jefferson Barracks, and doz fight between a tiger and a shark. The president, Mr. F. Williams, as. Ah! One must love when Truth lus own salvation against such fear SanAntonio, Texas which, according ens of K. D.'s townsmen came up However strong the tiger mav b. it and Justice lag. ful odds for the bcttrrincn of his race presided over the program to recent reports, is proving a great with the train. T o be a Negro in a day like this! ! cannot attack the shark: nor can the and for the good of the country. success. As the demand grows, other Shiloh Baptist Church was held Sun Wednesday afternoon K. D. was in As for ragtime, Mr. Johnson says 1 shark fasten a quarrel on the tiger Hut the Negro of both sexes could PASTOR RESIGN Extension courses will he establish day January 31st at 2 p m. Rev. J terred with the honors of a military whatever hatred the former may con earn a living with his hands, and only ed in other large cities in Texas. W . Anderson. Regional Secretary of functal and a grand lodge burial. that it is the one artistic production j ceive against the latter. Neither of AS FLOCK BOWS with his hands has he maintained the National Baptist Convention, pre Three hundred members of his race by which America is known the world j the two powers can take the aggres himself since his freedom until now TO KU KLUXISM sided. The program was good. Greet stood bv in silence on a bluff that over. In the beginning, the words I sive with any prospect of success. If The second generation of the free Ne GOES TO AFRICA ings front Mt. Olivet Baptst Church ov/.rluoks the ice-locked Mississippi, wete all in Negro dialect and the i the pro-war parties in both countries gro is learning the balance between bv Pastor E. C. Dver; from First A. while the four men that had been his story was that of the cotton-field, the ! weigh this point they will readily re Quits Berth When Trustees head and hand under the wise guid M. E Zion church by Pastor J._ F companions in arms went through the levee or their love affairs. And he ! alize the impracticability of war be VV. A. Jackson is in the city from adds rather quaintly; ance of those educators who have Permit Klan Meeting in Seattle. Mr. lackson is here on busi- Moreland; rentiniccnsces of the Shi miliUiy service. A squad of infantry “ Only a portion of Ragtime songs I tween America and Japan . seen his needs and supported them loh church bv Rev. G. G. Gardner. from the Barracks detailed for the His Church nes in connection with the American The history of the church was told relate to the Negro. The truth is. 1 a point emphasized . - „ during my recent prudently. cercniony fired the customary salute Foreign Corporation, of which he is bv Mrs. Ida Thompson; solo by Miss Ragtime is now national rather than I stay in America, The old art of plantation days are of rifles. racial." j -----------O---------- earned on by the younger generation Grccnport, L. Jan 24.— Declar- an employe. This corporation is pro Violet Hooker, also a solo bv Mrs. From Ragtime it is but a step to New« o f the Iota by fir* of all their at Hampton. In the shops there ing that “ The spirit and practice of moting trade between the U. S. and V. E. Keene. Rev. Anderson told how —St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan. 15th the west coast of Africa. Mr. Jack- jazz, wearing apparel and furniture was where work is done in the nature of the Ku Klnx Klan do not accord 1 the Publishing Board. Rev H Boyd, Mr. K. D. Smith whose funeral re — received at The Advocate office from apprentice work, for the .shops are a with the spirit and principles of lesus son, plans to sail within a week or founder, was taking care of the Shi port is taken from a large white dai two for France where he will place From the music of the race it is Rev. and Mrs. Dyer whose home source of remuneration, many beau | Christ,” the Rev. H. Lawson Nich- loh S S. through him. The church tiful pieces of antique furniture are oils, pastor of the First Baptist Chur- his three children with a friend in was filled and a splendid offering was ly newspaper was the father of our j but a shadow of line to the poetry ' caught fire Tuesday night while they own highly respected citizen, Chris and here we find a wealth of treasu- were at church. Rev. and Mrs. Dy- being carefully repaired and splendid I ch of this city resigned after church Baris, where they will go to school. raised for the church. Smith who resides at 534 Columbia res. and as I turn the pages, each one | er had recently moved into their new lv renovated bv these young embry trustees had permitted the hooded He will then go on to Liberia, Africa Street -Ed. offers a stanza which makes your ve home on E. 72nd St., and all their onic skilled cabinet makers. order to hold a meeting in his church to make his headquarters. Mr. Jackson has studied business ry heart strings quiver. Listen to this 1 pretty new furniture was also damag --------- o The same careful work is the fna- on January 4th. poem, “ The Feet of Judas" by Mc ed by fire, the origin of which has, as chine shops and in all other lines. "T o be clearly understood by the and trade for quite a while and feels CHARMED with SOUTH Clellan:— we go to press, not keen established. Hut this is not the end within itself, community that I had nothing what thoroughly prepared to do the big ---------- O----------- "And so if we have ever felt the it is the basis from which the free ever to do with permission being iob before him. Mr. lackson was the welcome Mr. Murray who has the wash-room wrong of trampled rights, of caste, Nrgro is learning to maintain a home granted,” Mr. Nicholls, January 8th, Mr and Mrs. C. Young and family guest of his friend, Preslcv Holliday it matters not. consession at the Union Station has The ultimate of learning febdv po have moved from 769 Harold Are., to issued a statement to the Suffolk iust returned form a trip to the south Whute'er the soul has felt or suf 417J4 Union Avc., N.__ ____________ The ultimate of training at Hamp Times. He read it to his congregation while in Portland this week. ern states and Havana. Cuba fered long, ton is that both sexes shall be fittted Sunday, January 10th. Messrs. Murray and C. E. Ivey ac Ch heart! This one thing should —about a pail, to be home makers, aiming to own "Our Jewish, African and Catholic companied each other as far as Mr. not_ be forgot Fo mah ol' gran'ma always said, and maintain a home as respretrd fellow citzens ought not ot be sub- VERNONIA GIVES $35.001 Ivey's home in Florida where Mr Christ washed the feet of Judas." American citizens. Good citizenship ectcd to the atmosphere generated When yo’ can't eat, you're almost Murray visited with him and his peo dead. has a high place as an ideal at Hamp ty this spirit in ours or in any other Several weeks ago we published an ple at the old farm home. Mr. Mur And li/ten to this ridiculous thing ton. It is made very clear that a land community,” Mr. Nicholls declared. item about the Longview Branch of ray went from there to several other “ Calling the Doctor” bv Halloway :- S«> ah got scared and sent fo. you— owner is a valuable and important the National Association for the Ad parts of the south including Miami, 'Wha'd ah take?” Well le’me see: Now doctor, see what y o j i n do; citizen, or, in the words of a resolu for years, professionals of recognized vancement of Colored People send I Fla., where he avers the colored peo Fir— horhound drops and catnip tea; Ah'r.< sick, doctor man, God knows tion bv the National Negro Business ability. Alongside of their work, the ing some money to the Sweet Fund ple arr quite prosperous aK'u rick. Den rock candy soaked in rum. I.caguc, "to increase the number of work done by the American Negro Between the headline and the story He was captured by the beauty and And a good sized chunk of camphor Gi’tre sumpin to he’p me quick, taxpaying citizens which is the woman stood out conspicuously in appeared a disparity in the amount kindly spirit of the Cubans and says gum; Dr nt— ah It die!" strongest and most effective force freshness of treatment, brilliancy of sent. It was $35 00 which that little that Havana is one of the prettiest Next ah fried was castor oil that can be employed to gain and coloi and in composition and design Branch contributed. Here's the end of my space, but places he has ever visited. An' snakeroot tea brought to a boil maintain the privilege of American And it mav be said in further ircdil how I wish I could give you another o ------- The taxi-service is elaborate and Sassafras tea fo' to clean mah blood; column with some of Countee Cul ' to this young woman, trrated with citizenship.” Mrs. Ruby Hardin entertained the not costly, 20cents bring the fare to But none o' dem tings didn' do no len’s exquisitely beautiful verses; I “ social equality" in a winc-dt'iikin.r Rose In the Pine Arta T oo Bud Study Club at her home any part of the city, while one pays good; Anne Spencer's, and many more But the citizen farmer is not the country, that in discussion with a na 1008 E. Yamhill St., Wednesday af- from two to three dollars for a mo- Den when home remedies seem to others. Just to close here are the only contributing citizen the Negro tive on the subject of drinking «In- ternoon last. < tion picture show. shirk last four lines of McKay's “ to the is supplying the Nation. In the fine turned to another American and said; Autos on the streets not clean and Dem pantry bottles was put to work. White Friends” .'— arts as well as the trades, the Negro "Isn’t it true that all loyal American polished, their owners are arrested. citizens are prohibitionists? It must "Thy dusky face I set among the talent is gaining and_ holding its A NEW SUBSCRIBER Many were the virtues of that city Blue mass, laudinum. liver pills, white be so, breause it is now a part of the place by virtue of merit. as related by Mr. Murray who admits “ Sixty six, fo' fever an' chills," For thee to prove thyself of highest It wa s the writer's privilege while t Constitution.” that wedding bells will soon be ring Ready Relief, an’ A. B. C. * Among new subscribers to The Wih these points of good cltizen- vorth: studying painting in France during ing for him and a popular young An' half a bottle of X. Y. Z. Before the world is swallowed up in the past year to meet in the class an ' ship, desirous of becoming a taxpay Advocate we are pleased to record Portland woman. An* sev’al mo' Ah don’ recall, night. American Negro woman whose work er rather than evading tax paying, the name of Mrs. E. S. Collins, 877 Mr. Murray who has been in busi Dev nevah done no good at all. T o show thy little lamp; go forth, gw tanked among the best Hone In this and loyalty to the Constitution, one WeMover Road Mrs. Collins recent Q u a u ty tre a t ness for the past five years in the ci forth!” class were artists from Seotlar.d, must conclude that the Negro de ly donated $12,000 for a building to house the Y. W. C. A work among ty, takes a pleasure trip each year to Mah appetite begun to fail; Fngland and France, men and women serves a higher concept than only fit a different section of the country. colored women and girls in the city. Ah. fo'ced some clabber, Say you saw it in The Advpi who have been exhibiting and telling ness to be a slave. Portland’s t Own Store