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in THE ADVOCATE It Circulât«« In All Th« StatM And Foreign Countries THE. Aa VOL. X X IV — No. 20, In d ep en d en t ADVOCATE D e v o te d « to th e Pe In te r e s t« mf In the interest of All THE ADVOCATE Is Published Only $2.50 Per Year Subscribe For let Us« P eop le PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRII. 2, 1927. PROMINENT BAPTIST PRICE 5 CENTS l VISITS PORTLAND NEGRO PRESS IS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD THE "WILD CUT” FO R M E R GIV I LOCAL BRIEFS JEN SCHOLARSHIP New York, N Y.— (Special)—On* bundled «rear* have |>axr<l since the t té (iril publication edited by Negroes in the United States Aappearcd Guru the press. It was March 16. 1827, when John H Kiliswurtn h rogyh t out Mrs B J. Fuller who has been con A copy of “The Wild Cat", annual the first rdrlion The Prcrdnion* fined to her home on Tibbetts Street Journal Such is the subject and test publication of the senior < las* al By Kit* Reid for the past several weeks, is much Texas, of an «specially prepared article ap Wiley College, Marshall, improved and able to be out. pearing in the Amsterdam News j reached our desk one day last week Mrs. Fuller is sponsoring a Pag this city, written by William N Kelly, bringing with it fresh memories ol eant which will be given at Bethel The Advocate does no, necessarily its editor on the one hundredth an- beautiful bygone days spent within New York, March 28,—Miss Mabel i her sacred walls. A M. E. church on the 15th of April. share in Kits Kcid'a views, but wheth utversery o f the Negro newspaper Byrd membership and industrial sec ---------- n------ — T he facts, a» related by Mr Kelly, i Were it not for the old landmark» er we do or not. her opinions are retary, has been granted a foreign Mich »a Carnegie Library built bv sane, and logical and well worth and as are well known from rrsearrh NOTICE scholarship for special study at wood- Dr H C Hudson o f Los Angeles reading. It ti your privilege tit well at in the archive* of Negro history, will brook Birmingham, Fngland The Calif , who was then a F'rovh at W i ours to disagree with Kit* and she There will be a Special Program be treasured by mrmbrra of the four scholarship is given by the council th estate, editors and quill pusher* of ley; the President's mansion and invites your opinion upon subjects for international Service of the So Sunday at 3:30 given by the Univers 1 a lew others, together with the she discusses from time to time in her America The data in substance and ciety of F'ricnds. The committee of al Negro Improvement Association at Mat column. in a concrete form, as put out by Mi j "smiling through" face of Dr inanapment of Ashland Place Y W it* hall, 514’Xi Williams Avenue. The public is cordially invited. The Kelly, shows that the Freedmans thew W Dogan, the beloved presi C. A. has granted Miss Byrd a four- program will consist mainly of recit Journal was the first Negro newspap dent for the past thirty-one years, we God made us neighbors; let justice month leave of absence and she ex er established in America ft was would hardly recognize our deal make us friends." — Borah pect« to sail f'-r Fngland April 20. ations, speeches and music. born in New York City on March 16. Mtna 'later—so great anil so mag- In last week’s column 1 promised returning to America about Septem nificirnt ha* she grown! T Y P I N G 1827; it was brought into rxistance or New buildings have displaced old to interpret the doings of the Charter ber 1st. Done promptly and neatly being, it was fashioned and shaped it Revision Committee, the President’s Miss Byrd came here from Seattle, one* and new ones have been added; Call Walnut 3480 was conceived by John It Kusswurm (arm relief veto and several other Washington Her home is in Port Us first editor, nianagrr and guiding new face* are seen within the facul thing« that we Americans ought to land, Oregon. tv ranks and among the hundreds of M rs William Cain baked and pre- i hand 1'his editor, this man of many ------ -o be ashamed of. But too many other sen led to Mr. Hays a lovely cake : part* was born in Jamaica. II W I . studrnt* Itut our heart heat quicken interesting thing* have happened dur KNOW YOU R FUTURE. Send a which he enjoyed very much during hi the year 1799 lie had associated ed as we turned the pages and (aeeil ing the week that I'd much rather dime and Birthdate. Let me try and his recent visit here. This is a beau with him a* publisher one Samuel the siirn but kindly face of Prof talk about The first in importance locate your future mate, will send tiful practice which she started upon Cornish The two worked, as has nftt Kcid of w horn we usrd to he so shv because it is nearer to us is the name and address, del Box 1595 Sta his, Mr Hayes,' first visit to Portland en been said, hand in hand, side by Prof Need doesn't look a year older Northwestern National Bank trouble. in 1918 and has kept up ever since. side *lt develops Mr Kusswurm also (wonder if it is a late picture o f him) A good sound business institution C. Los Angeles, Calif. nor has Dr Dogan lost his vouthful, m was the first Negro graduate from I wrecked through malicious propagan iniscliiveou* twinkle o f the eye* as Rishop Walter T Sumner of the any American College, hr finishinK Z-fT" Hear Johnson and Gordon, da I wonder if they will find the in the year 1828 iu*t one year after hi* picture rlcarlv indiratrs nor ha* perverted mind that started the wick- Episcopal church, who has been a Monday April 4th at the Auditorium Mr J Rosamond Johnson and Mr. subsiribcr to the Advocate for a he vi Him 1 1 ! u p o n Ins louinalistic ca that smile diminished in the least. Taylor Gordon arrived in Portland But you know, friends, i-W ' Prices from 50c to (2 20 There is not a man more beloved id rumor number of years, sent his check for reer After »pending some time in A- Friday morning for their concert on when y«u come to think of it spread merica, and some hard work on the than Dr Dogan Fvcrv student in ing wicked, false propaganda is a $5 this week to pay for two years Monday night, April 4, at the Audi Mr S W. Stone, well known and torium. The ticket sale for the con lournal Mr Kusswurm wrnt to Li-, the s c h o o l personally known "pop" lesson that see learned during the subsenptun. Many thank. Bishop highly respected citizen of Portland cert has been good and it is expected brna. W C. A . as hr was interested Dogan a* hr is sometimes affection war Then, nations were wrecked Drs H E. Lee and J M Franklin, in colom/atian movement, and in the ately referred to hv students; for Dr by it .and thousands lost their lives II hear the K r i a , : i s ' U , * i talented artists. * - * establishment of a government or a Dogan makes it his business to per ihiough it. Hatreds were stirred up well-known surgeon* of Houston and f e improved and offers for rent at a sonally contact each studrnt at some Krpublic l.ibm a After Mr Kuss through it that it will take years to Prairie View College, Texas, respec fraterpal wurm Irfl America Mr Cornish con time during hi* scholastic career in overcome In. this case, the fortunes tively, have entered upon some speci modest price to clubs Mrs. Lovett wife of Mr. Townsend the college This, we believe, is the al work at the filWou.« Mayo Broth groups et al. tinued as publisher, but saw fit to Wilson Lovett, president of the Stan of a group of substantial business greatest secret of Dr Dogan's won ers clinic, according to information change the name of the paper from dard Bank of Louisville Ky., was men were seriously affected bv it, BEAUTIFUL PAGEANT They declare their ihat of T he Krrrdmons lournal to i derful success with this great educa- [ but, it is a lesson that w*e learned- received here killed Saturday in an automobile ac "The Kights of A ll" Mr Kusswurm tinnal institution T o know that the I only too well m those sad years be work to be helpful and inspiring and cident in that city according to tele I*f~' "Christ In America” rn became editor of the I.iberia president of his college knew him tween 19)4 and 19!H-!earnrd to*, un anticipate a profitable stay information received here At Bethel Church. Friday, April 15, graphic crald published at Monrovia. Li- or her personally bv name and did der the title of patriotism. Monday. The Lovetts are among the 8-15 p. in. — Refreshments. beria lie continued to be active not (eel belittled bv "rubbing should best known business and social lead Mrs Abernathy's little ten year old ers in the south. The Standard and at the time of his death he was ers" with him, has developed mori We must be prepared to unlearn grand-daughter will play several pia bank is said to be the oldest Negro governor of the 1’ rovinee of Monrov than one young Wilcyite into a that lesson if we would purge our no numbers. great and good man and woman ia in Liberia bank in America. The "Wild Cat" is profusely illus souls o f false doctrines, of revenge Admission only 25 cent* ---------o -------- Albany, Oregon Marhe 28— Mrs. ful thoughts and wicked practices. ..o--------- - tratrd There are pictures o f the first Amanda Gardiner Johnson, 94. a F.very vile passion known to man was three presidents (white) who have • The Misses Gwendolyn and Violet former slave, died here yesterdav at passed on: then one o f the present 1 unleashed by the authority of organ- the home of Mis* Maude Henderson, Hooker were responsible lor the president Dr Dogan. who as a little direct descendant of Mrs. Johnson's beautiful basket of cut flowers and black boot black made his wav thro' (Continued on page four) original owners. jMrs. Johnson ;ame a graceful plant which alternately Hollywood Cal, Mar 31. I PCNB) I school and thence through colleges; ! ---- ----- to Oregon from Missouri, her native graced the center of the dining room Ovral Miller, colored uf 1652?{ L j members of the faculty, the seniors; Frstnkir Thomas, the twelve year state across the ojains bv ox team, table at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Urd Si., L os Angeles, drew her en- | ■ row • inixatioM Greek LMM -14 adupUtl sun o f Mr. O ^S Thomas in 1853, with At Drtkard and {.atnily Cannady. during Mr. Hayes' visit. tire bank account, $279 to prove I fraternities; sororities and outstand has been paroled to his lather March 26—27. her owners to a strange colored man thgl she , mg individual students and alumni. I W ' Hear Johnson and Gordon. Dear Mrs. Cannady:- She was then 20 years old She was accustomed to handling large The colors purple and white, I knew seven generations of the Dick- Monday April 4th at the Auditorium I have just finished reading your sums of money Hollywood police , which art the college colors, nre- i ards Mrs. Johnson was married in t # “ Prices from 50c to $2 20 interesting editorial, contained in a are now looking for the stranger, al dominate in embellishing the edition 1870 following her liberation, and late issue of your paper; concerning so the (¿70 He worked the game of who h is most handsomely bound is continued to live here. Her husband Mr. Hayes sang for the patients Roland Hayes. pick up a purse with $3.000 in it. the finest fancy art binding In fine. and nurses at the Portland Sanitari The last part of your article touch _ Albany, N. Y., March 2 9 -Leonard died in 1901 "The Wild Cat" has out done our The funeral of Mrs Johnson will um on Saturday afternoon March 19, ed me to the point of tears and no wildest dreams and is the best look Kip Rhinelander, scion of a wvalthy be held here Tuesday. and needless to say it was highly ap doubt had the same effect on many ing college annual it has been our New York family, today lost his fight preciated and greatly enjoyed bv all. .if your readers, especially those who in the court of appeals to have his | plea-iire to gaze upon '“ Viva Cata!” Mr Wm. Lawrence played his ac had the pleasure of hearing Mr. marriage to Alice Jones Rhinelander companiments : i - l * > * annulled. Honolulu Hat 23 (Pf niii Hautuii I find your paper “The Advocate” , u By a unanimous decision, the state's with its racial mixtures of almost Mr Earl Coates oi Seattle, who is so interesting, and so full of informa- highest tribunal refused to annul the every possible combination i* to be with the Dixie Jubilee Singers spent j live material that I do not want to be marriage on Rhinelader's charge that the mecca o f delegates from csciv a day recently in the city. The sing- 1 without the help that it gives me; hi* wife had deceived him in that she country and territory in the Pacific ers appeared in Vancouver in a con- j therefore am sending check to cover had Negro blood in her veins area as well as hundreds of repre cert last week *ix months subscription and will re- Rhinelander and his wife were j III! NFGRO IN OUR H IS sentatives of the principal universities _____ j new when that time expires. and colleges in hurope and America T O R Y " bv Carter G. W oodson 4th married at New Rochelle October Subsequently, he brought Miss lenme Dora Grayson was the I »“ *h . " ? ; dwfo°rL * ? “ , who have accepted the invitation of edition, ha« been received at our o f 14, 1924 guest of Mi*s Nellie Allen at a recent Mrs. Cannadv. and for the work that the United States Government sent fice and not unlike Dr W oodson's an action to have the marriage anul- performance at the Heilig Theater, vouhav<e done, ajvd are continiumg to |cd. charging his wife had claimed Sacramenta, Calif Mar 23-(PCBA) out thru the Itrpartment o f the In former publications it is gratcfullv I to he white whin in fact she was of -After hours of debate, followed bv B„b b , Allen b ,a , , h „ ene,, „ the ^ terior by Secretary Work, to attend and thankfully received three unsuccessful efforts bv oppon same time George Cannadv. The history was written bv Dr Negro extraction the Pan-Pacific Conference on edu are in reality one. Supreme Court Justice Morshauscr. ents of the measure to amend it on Woodson who has received complete cation reclamation and recreation I am very sincerely yours, which wil meet in Hawaii April It university training and equipment for who heard the suit, refused to annul the floor, the Assembly finally passed The Literary Research club met on Rhinelander then car the Nolson-Wcller self-governing bar Friday, scientific historical inquiry, and pub the marriage Eva B. Pillsbury to 16th. April 1. at Williams Avenue lished in January, 1927 It is an in ried his fight to the appelate divi bill by a vote of 61 to 15. The Sen Branch Y. W. C A Mrs. Ira Hart Study Racial Mixture t— t While the conference will have as clusion and revision of and addition sion, second department, which up ate having passed the bill, it will now was the hostess. Mrs. W . A. Reed is Editor’s note: Mrs. Pillsbury is the | go to the governor. its chief purpose the discussion of the to the other three «dtlkuis that came held Justice Morschauser. president of the club RDState Corresponding Secretary of In a last effort to free himself from The bill proposes the creation of a three main points, education, recla before it. the W. C. T. U. As Dr W oo H smi states; "it is to his wife, Rhinelander took an appeal board of governors of 15 chosen by mation and recreation, a considerable Miss Corlotta Mitchell. 376 W il ---------- o--------- - part of the proram will be observa supply an increasing demand for a to the state's highest court only to the lawers to have supervision of the liams Vvenue. candidate for queen 8,000 lawyers of the State 35 of of 4hc Jovmakers Club (of Bethel the leading lose through unanimous decision. tion trips after the sessions c'oscs to single volume, giving whom are colored The State bar church) Spring Carnival, was an facts o f Negro achievement and the observe and study racial problems. colored people as well O f course Hawaii, the largest island of the influence of the race on the historv it has been difficult to get any litera- j will thus be enabled to handle all nounced the winner at the close of ! professional questions, including dis Hawaiian group, it composed of of the world. truc except that which is based on cipline and disbarment of attorneys the contest Saturday night amid a In this work the author has en or many races and is held to he a ideal riot of fun and color. Mr. VV. C. Hol colored according to the opinion labratory for the study of race prob deavored to inert the long felt want of the writer Historv, howcver.i* a the authority to which now lies in the liday of the firm of Hollidav and Mesdames Ella Smith and L. B for a suitable text book adapted to true record of the actions and deeds judges of the Superior Court. lems. Holliday was the manager of Miss Higby returned to Portland from Sensing a possibility of discrim Mitchell's campaign The schools will be found interest the rapacity o f advanced high school of peoples The other two California Sunday, where they spent There can be no com ing bv delegates. _ In these schools students desirous of knowing the plete historv of mankind without the inatory legislation against the Jewish candidates were Misses F.nglis Hed- the greater part of the winter season. and Negro attorneys, strong opposi American born children of Hawaiian. leading facts of Negro life and his record of the Negro. speth and Lottie Dale. It is reported The ladies came via bus and enjoyed tion from these and other sources Japanese, Chinese Korean, Filipino tory. The numerous referenees for New that Dr. W oodson has given were marshaled under the leader that more than half a thousand dol the trip immensely. Both are active more extensive treatment of the vari Portuguese and South Sea Island Ne lars were raised for the church work in club and social circles Mrs. Smith us this excellent historic record con groid parentages -can he found work ous topics considerod, moreover, sisting of 564 pages, attractively and ship of Assemblyman Wm. Horn- from this effort of this popular being the president of the Old Rose blower of San Francisco assisted bv render it useful for classes in colleges ing side by side. Racial mixtures of Club. Their friends are extending well bound, costing the small sum of Frederick M Roberts, colored As- church organization almost every possible combination and universities. thm the glad hand of welcome back In this work the author has treat (3 25, there can be no good reason semblvma of Los Angeles. will be found in the schools. to their homes and to their hearts. whv every Negro family, in the Unit Following impressive speeches be The official delegates of the Unit ed every important phase of historv ed States and all honest students of fore the Assembly Judicial Committee ed States headed bv the Secretary of which has been influenced bv the Ne history, should not have a ropv. bv Attorneys E. M MrCollough and Beginning with the situation the Interior sailed Wednesday, Mar gro Dr. W oodson's historv has already 30th, from San F'rancisco on a gov in Africa, the author discusses the en been adopted as a text book in many VV. F.. Concgys of San Francisco and slavement of the Negro at home and nublir schools thruout the country. Hugh F. Macbeth, of l.os Angeles, ernment vessel representing the Negro lawyers of the abroad, the sort of bondage experi Louisville Ky., March 23.— An 18 enced, the first steps for its ameliora It is published hv The Associated state, the latter closed his address year old white stenographer. Edna tion, the reaction against the Negro Publishers, Washington. D. C. and with the following quotation: Dones, was rescued by her family “ Will the proponents of this pro the economic aspect of slavery, abo inav be ordered thru The Advocate from a soot-blackened white man j posed selfgoverning bar bill stipulate lition colonization the question in office. who attempted to attack her Sunday 1 here in open committee meeting as a Congress, the civil war. the recon night near her home. The girl at condition precedent to its passage, New York, March 25 -The victory first declared that a Negro had at struction, the readjustment, the aclii that in the event the bill ispassed bv before the V. S. Supreme Court in tacked her. but when brought into rvement of the rare in freedom, the the Legislature that there will be the Texas White Primary Case was the light it was discovered that her Negro in the world war, and the but one common American program won at the unprecedentedly low cost face and hands were covered with struggle for social justice. for all, whether tlicv be white or of $2,90931, according to announce smoot which had rubbed off her as The introduction to *the book was black; Jew or Gentile; Catholic or ment today by the National Associa sailant during the attack. written hv Kelv Miller, well known The girl Protestant; Capitalist or laborer: tion for the Advancement of Colored said that the man grabbed her bv the educator, author and journalist. Mr. Los Angeles, Calif , Mar. 23-Mrs. Milter says: saint or sinner?” People. throat as she entered the garden of Charlotte Spears-Bass, managing ed J. I. Webb, father of the bill an The low cost of this case is due to her home. "The importance of Dr. W oodson s Her screams attracted itor of the ‘’ California Eagle” has re work is better appreciated when we swering, stated that "the conditions the gift without anv charge whatever members of her family which caused turned to her desk after completing reflect that the literature of the.rare set forth in the question propounded of the services of the N. A. A. C. P. the man to flee. a three month’s course in iournajism problem abounds mainly in propo- hv atty MacRcth shall be the per attorneys, Messers Moor fie Id Story, at Columbia University. New York. ganda based upon opiion and argu manent policy- of the self-governing Louis Marshall and Arthur B. Spin- Mrs. Bass, wife of one of the vice- mentation. bar and anv departure from this poli garn. presidents of the National Frets As In connection with the announce cy shall be deemed authority out the "W e are so anxious trP solve the sociation, is one of the two colored rare problem we do not take time to part of the legislature to further a- ment, fames Weldon Johnson. Sec fcmalr journalists actively engaged study. Prof Miller savs this is true retary of the N A A C. P. said: mend the hill so as to guarantee this in the successful operation of Negro not only of the white rare, but of the "To win a historic victory at the low policy". journals in the West. Mrs. F. D. Los Angeles, Cal Mar. 28,-fPCNB) With this assurance MacReath cost of the Texas White Primary Cannadv of Portland Oregon is the stated that he would therefore with Case, would be impossible for anv Viola H. Brandon the beloved girl niaaging editor of "The Advocate” . It is possible only thru chorister of New Hope Baptist draw his opposition to the bill. As individual. W Y A T T W . W ILLIAM S semblyman Hornblower, leading the the organization and cooperation of church, whose marvelous direction of opposition, then changed bis vote the N. A. A. C. P. and thru the gen her choir in the now famous Choir A Word To All from “ Nay" to “ Ave” with the result erous and highminded public service Contest at Hollywood Bowl last sum Attorney at Law Subscribe for The Advo that 61 voted for the bill; 15 against of the eminent council whose aid the mer in which the colored choirs of and 4 not voting. N A. A. C F. has been enabled to Southern California entertained 10 - cate and keep posted on With Julius Silvestonc, In thus placing the law germinating enlist. If these gentlemen had been 000 music lovers, passed away at her TH E STORE FOR what the people are doinjj. body of the state on record as op naid what their services command home here after a brief illness of six r_ _ posed to anv color bar or raeigl dis the cost of the case would have been weeks Price $2.50 per year, $1.50 523-524 Lumbermens Bldg. EVERYBODY Mrs. Brandon was born in Spring- crimination. thereby assuring the Ne very high indeed. for six months, payable in gro lawyers an equality status in the "The moneys expended went to field, Mo., thirty years ago ad was Attorney and Counselor legal profession within the state, a Messers. Knollenberg and Channel), reared in Pueblo, Colorado, having advance. Send check or call. position heretofore denied them, As the El Paso attorneys retained at the graduated from both the Pubelo Cen Your patronage is highly Phones: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920 semblyman Frederick M Roberts has :ncrntion of the rase, and for the tral High and the Pueblo Conserva n T hs Q u a l i t y trois un won his greatest single victory in be printing and other incidentals to car tory of Music. She was an accom appreciated. Portland, Oregon m » o r P o o r , ano O r is o n *|l half of the Negro since entering the rying a case- before the court of last plished pianist and was considered a feated them by a score of 10 genius bv eminent musicians. 3 State Legislature in 1922. resort in the United States.” » DIES AT NINETY-FOUR ONE BORN A MINUTE RHINELANDER LOSES STUDY RACE MIXTURE NEYS WIN Dr. _ Henry Allen Boyd, of Nash ville, Tenn. speaking before an au dience at Shiloh Baptist church. E. 76th and Everett streets, Monday night declared that it is not numbers nor imposing edifice* that make a church, but that "wherever three or four are gathered together in God’s name", there is a church. "This age in which we live is the greatest for the Negro since Egyptian civilization flourished", he stated. Enumerating many of the great inventions of to day such as the airplane and radio, which make the world very small in deed. he urged the Negro to use his brain in planning and executing. Only about 10 per cent of the peo ple work from their chin up. Dr Boyd declared, while the rest of them use from their chin down. "Take ad vantage of disadvantage to make good", he said. T o illustrate this point, he told the story of a colored tnan who found himself up against race prejudice in the south in his ef fort to get to his train which he had only a few minutes to catch it. The only available cab driver was a white man who refused to drive him be cause he was colored. The colored man simply put his luggage into the carriage opened the door and show ed the white driver in while he mounted the box and drove the driv er to the station. He took advantage of disadvantage and made his train in time. The speaker emphasized the neces sity of placing in leadership in busi ness church and state, prepared men and women, regardless of personal likes and dislikes. In the church, he said, must be men and women who are capable of attracting the youth. Speaking of opposition. Dr Bovd (Concluded on Page Four) ---------o-------- The Oregon Mutual Association a group of Negro basiness men. headed by Dr. J. A. Merriman, prominent lo cal physician, made its initial bow to the public on Wednesday night at the colored branch of the Y. W. C. A. Williams Avenue a n d Tillamook Sts. A splendid program was rendered including a very informative talk by Dr. Merriman on the economic con dition of the Negro in Portland. This group of men have been in this field for more than five years and control assets in real property amounting to $17,500, it is said. The community is expecting large things of these far sighted men. The 18 year old son of Mr. Rex Cansler. for many years a citizen of Portland but now of Knoxville, Tenn dropped dead Thursday morning of heart failure, according to informa tion rerceived Thursday morning at The Advocate office. Mrs. George Buskins, will leave for home on Monday April 4th. Mrs. Buskins, who has been visiting,her mother in the city since January 7, is here from Moosejaw Sack. Richard Bogle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Bogle is home from O A. C. at Corvallis, Oregon. Mr. Bogle savs he has decided to remain out of school until next session. He is em ployed as relief bell-hop at The Port land ------------ 0 ------------- Mrs. W. C. Buford. 2021 E. Couch Street is reported to be quite ill with intestinal influenza. E SPEAKS TO CLUB PRIMARY FIGHT a r e NOT COSTLY Portland’s Own Store « F tt a s m Shirley McCanns, director of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Chorus and prominent in music circles was the speaker before the music appreciation department of the Monday Musical Club at the Y. VV. C. A. Monday. Mrs. McCanns told of the important role Negro music is playing and has always played in the development of mankind She interspersed her graph ic talk with several Negro songs, in cluding J. R o s a m o n d Joh.-.son's “ Since You Went Away” . Mrs. McCanns was beautifully supported at the piano by Mrs. Maude Lane Booker. In appreciation of their splendid contributions to the success of the meeting, Mrs. McCanns was presented with a lovely corsage bou quet of rose buds, sweet peas and violets while Mrs. Booker was given a beautiful bouquet of daffodils. LIKES ADVOCATE Writing en route to his office at Washington, D. C. Rev. Dr W. W Matthews said in part; Dear Mrs. Cannady:- I have been making a study of your methods in secular journalism, especially as it re lates to raeitl issues, etc , and I have noted that not only are you progress ive as to your methods of approach, but that you are also intensely ag gressive. A progressively aggress ive woman usually win*. I have de cided to keep a closer observance hereafter on the editorial columns of The Advocate You deserve to win and I wish you success. Yours sincerely W W Matthews. Dr. Matthew* is the General corre sponding secretary of the Department of Foreign Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, with headquarters in Washington. D. C. He was formerly pastor of the local Zion church Dr Matthews re cently lectured in Portland, illustrat ing same wsth stereoptican »lide*. He pictured his trip two year* ago through the mission* in Africa.