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PORTLAND, OR EGON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1927
VOL. XXIV—No. 22
PRICE 5 CENTS
BISHOP W.J. W A L L S PLEADS FOR NEGRO PRESS
RACE MAKES GREAT AGRICULTURAL STRIDES
E LAND AND
RESULT OF
Washington, D. C. Feb.3-
Agricultural extension
work for Negroes by Ne
groes under the direction of
the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has pas
sed its first 10-ycar mile
stone. Some of the achieve
ments of the period are re
corded in a new publication
just issued by the depart
ment as Miscellaneous Cir
cular 72-C, "A Decade of Ne
gro Extension Work, 1914-
1924". The figures indicat
ing progress in the work are
of interest now, but they will
increase in importance and
value with the passing of
time, says the department.
Southern Negro farmers
arc learning better methods
of farming and home mak
ing. Tlu'y are incoming land
owners and home owners as
tercst. Home ownership is
the largest factor in the solu-
(Concluded on Page Four)
RHINELANDER LOSES
HIS A PPEA L TO AP
PEAL TH A T EXTRA
$12,000 FOR ALIC’S AT
TORNEY
New York, N. Y. Feb. 3—
The appellate division of the
supreme court today denied
a motion of Leonard Kip
Rhinelander to appealto the
court of appeals from a deci
sion granting an additional
$12,000 in counsel fees to
counsel for his wife, Alice
Kip Rhinelander, whom he
sued unsuccessfully for an
nulment of marriage.
NIT. OLIVET NEWS
Sunday, January 30th was
General Missionary, and the
services were broadcasted o-
ver KC.W, Oregonian radio
station. Were you there
friends, or did you tunc in?
The church was filled and as
I looked over that vast, ap
preciative audience, m y
thoughts were turned back
a few years. I recall how my
mother used to hum the old
songs and the joy she got
out of them. And now I can
sing them in the same spirit.
We were thankful to have
so many white friends out to
heir us. Every body seemed
to have enjoyed the services
if one can judge by the many
compliments heard on ail
sides, from those who were
present and those who "lis
tened in”.
The program went over
fine and clear and was a big
success..
Mt. Olivet, through the
columns of The Advocate,
wishes to thank its many
(Concluded on Page Four)
W YATT W. W ILLIAM S
Attorney at Law
With Julius Silvestone,
Attorney and Counselor
523-524 Lumbermens Bldg.
Phones: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920
Portland,
Oregon
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By Kits Reid
PRAISES LOYAL PUPILS
Portland, Ore., Feb. 2, 1927
FEDERAL LAW
T h« A dvocate doce not necessarily
share in K its R eid's views, but w h eth
er we do or not. her opinions are
sane, and logical and well w orth
reading. I t is your privilege as well as
o u ts to d isagree w ith K its and she
invites your opinion upon subiccts
she discusses from tim e to tim e in her
colum n.
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Is it any wonder that the
FA ILU RE TO INDICT influence of the church is
waning when it is possible
AIKEN LYNCHERS
for such a scene as was en
Brings New Demand
acted in the Sunnyside Con
For Federal Law
gregational Church the other
New York, N. Y. Feb. 3— night when its pastor walked
Failure of the Aiken County out of a meeting as a protest
S. C. Grand Jury yesterday, against an expression of per
to indict members of the sonal opinion by the speaker
mob which last October 8th of the evening? Does Dr.
lynched a colored woman Staub believe that freedom
and two men of the bowman of tho ght and freedom of
family, after removing their console ice are to be forbid-
victims from the Aiken Co. !den if t cy do not happen to
jail, today brought a tele |agree \ th his own view? Is
gram from t h e National he so afraid that his own
Association for the Advance cc..viction’ will be shaken
ment of Colored People to loose from their foundations
President Coolidgc, asking that he cannot listen to a
him to urge passage of a fed conflicting conviction? That
eral anti-lynching law upon is an attitude of mind which
Congress; and a statement iis either bigotry or uncer
from Walter White, Assist tainty and no one will accuse
ant Secretary of the Advan 'the reverend doctor of the
cement Association and first mental condition.
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to investigate the A i k e n
lynchings. declaring that the
My goodness, but I’d hate
names of the lynchers are to live with such a hard and
known throughout A i ken fast temperament as that.
Countv.
Imagine the rigidity of it,
imagine the misery of it.
What kind of inspiration
can come from a mind that
has damped itself in with an
( Preston News Service)
intolerance s o intolerant
Paris, France, Feb. 3, — that it cannot even listen to
The Panama-United States an opinion from a man of
question was "cleared up" whom his friends say that
for France by A. Brown, Ne sincerity is the keynote of
gro featherweight, born in
Tennessee, but who has liv (Concluded on page four)
ed in Panama nerly twenty-
one years, after he had
knocked out Edourd Mas-
cart, who ranks next to Car-
pent ier, among France’s fis
tic idols, Wednesday night.
"Are you a Panaman or
Chicago, Feb. 1st —The
an American ?” a French re
colored
people of this city are
porter ask»d Brown after his
soon to be able to boast of
victory.
"Both”, the pugilist repli having the only daily news
ed; what’s the difference?" paper in the United States.
Incorpori ion papers have
been filed at Springfield for
I a Negro daily to be known
a s the Chicago Evening
! News. The publishers will be
Sunday School and C. E. Art bus J . Gary, president ; C.
were well attended in the i C. Jones, sect’y-treas., and
morning and evening respec 1 Win. Foster, director of pub
tively.
licity. The capital stock will
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be $50,000.
Every music lover and ra
dio fan that tuned in on
KGW, Portland Sunday ev
ening and heard the program
by Mt Olivet Baptist church
chorus and the sermon by
(Preston News Service)
Rev. Dyer, enjoyed a rare
Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 3,—
treat. There were several
Flogging
of c o n victs in
Radio Parties, among them
North
Carolina
prisons is le
being one by Mr. and Mrs.
gal,
the
Supreme
Court held
Robert Johnson who had a
here
Wednesday,
reversing
number of guests over to the
a
judgment
by
Judge
A.. M.
musical treat, and Mr. and
Stack
in
Buncombe
Superior
Mrs. John B. Lucas who had
as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Court, assessing a fine of
Lynch Brown. After the pro $25 and costs against L. B.
gram was over, the hostesses Davis, superintendent of the
county prison camp, f o r
served refreshments.
whipping a prisoner.
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In the lower court it was
A new Hub organized by
held
that the law passed by
the men of Longview is to the General
Assembly in 19-
be known as the Negro Com
23
permitting
flogging of
munity Welfare
League. prisoners was void
because
The objective of the club is
the
State
Constitution
for-
to promote better conditions
b
i
d
s
corporal
punishment.
for the Negro, religiously,
Supreme Court held that
socially, politically and eco The
the
does not
nomically. Sam Scott, presi- forbid Constitution
flogging and that the
(Concluded on page Three) 1923 law was valid.
COLORED W Y PAPER IS
FLOGGING LEGAL
(By Mrs. E. D. C.)
Mr. Hugh E. Dorman,
“ It has been our privilege Fernwood School,
in a score of years past, to Portland, Oregon.
stand in Jewish Synagogues,
temples of many peoples, Dear Mr. Dorman:
mosques, churches, meeting
places of every kind, I be 1 have read with a great
lieve, and we have been en deal of interest and pleasure
abled in standing in those the reports in the papers re
various places, to see God cently regarding the Fern-
behind them and the longing wood Class that so strongly
and aspiration to know’ God, showed its loyalty to one
—and sec Divinity stooping member of the class, who
down and bestowing His was discriminated against.
bounties upon mankind.
“But the day of reconcili I think that these young
ation has come when men people ought to know that
will meet together and find their action is approved and
a point of contact, one with appreciated by all good citi
the other, and behold the zens. I am taking this meth
same God speaking through od asking you to express to
all the prophets.
them my personal approval
"You know that the ques of their actions.
tion of reconciliation and u-
nification is not only be I understand that the boy in
tween- the great denomina question, is a fine young fel
tions here in our own coun low, a good student and giv
try, but between the great es promise of becoming a
systems of all religions.
useful citizen.
"The purpose of all the
holy books is that ultimate W ill you please express my
ly man shall come together appreciation to the clasS and
in peace, in brotherhood, in if you think best, to the
the knowledge and love of teachers because such action
God.
on the part of the students,
“This is the Bahai mes is a reflection of the attitude
sage, dear people. How often of those who are over them
have I stood with those of in an advisory capacity.
your race in the south and
talked over these things and
Yours truly,
the conclusions are irresis-
table:
FRANK L. SHULL
"That God will keep His
promise — that men will Note: Mr. Shull is a member
come together, and they will of the School Board; is very
live together and races shall prominent in business cir
be reconciled, people with cles and noted for his fine
people, and all men will come [sense of justice and fairplay.
together in the knowledge of He is president of the Shull
the love of God. That is why Export Company, merchan
Bahais are found all over disers of quality flours, with
the* world, never touching office in the Board ofTrade
Building.
money for their teaching.
- ■ ■ O----- —
"The Kingdom of Heaven
A
CARD
OF THANKS
is coming when we learn to
love our brothers. This is the
We wish to express our
charm which blends the
sincere
thanks to the many
hearts of the people.
friends
who
extended many
“I long to get back to the
kind
deeds
and-
expressions
South in the coming months
jof
love
and
sympathy
during
and where we live, we have
the
illness
and
death
of our
and are with the colored peo
beloved
wife,
mother
and
ple; we meet with them and
daughter,
and
for
the
beauti
work with them. Just a few
years ago Mrs. McNutt was ful floral offerings.
C. H. DOWNING,
stricken with a very serious
Husband
illness, and a visitor who
and
the*
Children
came often and sat by her
MRS. E. I.EFTRIDGE,
(Concluded on page Four)
Mother
T OF
PARAMOUNT DUTY OF RACE
Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 'strike the Negro press and
In his emancipation ad its work from us it would be
dress at Charlotte, N. C., and like blasting Gibraltas away
within the next few days at from Constantinople, or tak
Washington, D. C., Bishop ing the altar out of religion
W. J. Walls, eloquent A. M. or blowing thé stars out of
E. Zion prelate, made a great the skies of the night.
appeal for the Negro News
T do not note that a few
paper. He said, as he came of us are awake in the sacri
to the end of his address:
ficial nd indispensable work
"My last appeal is for the being done by our growing
race press. The newspapers but retarded press.
Not a
and magazines occupy a single race magazine has an
place that makes the race hundred thousand subscrib
press the most potent of all ers and only the Chicago
agencies in reaching the pub Defender, of the race papers,
lic conscience and inspiring
the whole race. If you could (Continued on Page Two)
IAL
IS TH IS T H E SOUTH?
HOTEL NOTES
•James Bragg waiter in the
A Negro has been freed in dining room at the Portland,
North Carolina by a white grabbed the private waiter’s
southern jury after he had job from Jimmie Kitchen
been t r i e d for criminal who has been shunted to the
assault on a white woman. rank of a waiter in the din
The freeing of this Negro, ing room. Not because Jim
his protection by the state mie was not “delivering the
militia until he was out of goods” but he didn’t make
the state, and the wonderful the time that headwaiter Ike
charge of the judge to the demanded, hence the change.
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jury are really a landmark
in the struggle of justice to
Herbert Nobles, a waiter
assert itself. It is not only re has been placed on the ex
markable for the South; it is tra list of waiters at The
remarkable for the whole | Portland.
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United States. No fairer trial
could have been conducted in Joe Crane, former private
Massachusetts or Oregon.. waiter at The Portland, was
No more precaution would a caller this week at the ho
or could have been taken in tel. He is now on the dining
Pennsylvania or 1 11 i n ois, car running from Portland
where lynchings have alrea to Spokane, Wash.
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dy taken place. No more im
E. G. Chehalis, who gave
partial charge would b e
made to a jury in any north up his job as dining room
ern state by any northern captain at the Portland a
judge than was made by few days ago has accepted a
Judge Stack in this case.
job, but refuses to tell about
These white Southerners it. He says you can’t keep a
were determined that this good man out of work.
Negro should have a fair and
SENATOR“ MCNARY
honest chance to prove his
innocence. They were so de
Senator Charles McNary
termined. that the state will, we believe, soon realize
guard was on hand to im that he made a great politi
press this determination on cal blunder when he voted
the populace. They were so against the seating of Sena
determined that the court tor Smith of Illinois. The
and prosecutor used their people sent Smith to W ash
heads and devised a ruse to ington to represent them
get the man away, so that and to uphold the principles
there would be no occasion of the Republican party. And
for the guards to fire.
it seems to us, it would be
Buncombe County, North none of anyone’s business
(Concluded on page Three) who Illinois wants to repre
sent her in the Senate.
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For rent—Newly furnish
ed Apts. 312 Cherry Street.
Mrs. T. E. Allen—Adv.
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