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THE Advertise in TH E ADVOCATE It Circulates In AU The Ststes And Foreign Countries An Voi. 24— NO ? Ia d e p e n d fn l ADVOCATE P aper D ev oted to th e In the interest of All TH E ADVOCATE Is Published Only $2.50 Pen Year Subscribe For Itl I n t o r e s to P O R TLAN D , OREGON, S A T U R D A Y . NOVEM BER 5, 1927 PRICE 5 CENTS “ANTI SEG.” POLICY IS SOUNDLY DENOUNCED CALIFORNIA RESTORES LOST RIGHTS TO NEGRO ANTI-SEGREGATION AUDIENCE WITH SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR té ff B y E dgar W il l ia m s By Kits Reid The Advocate doca no« necessarily •hare in Kiti Reid's view*, but wheth er wo do or not. her opinione are Work Auks Delegation for Mni; ■n<? lo*'c** and w*n worth Facts in Writing on (iett erai Land Office Segregation Denounced at 20th Annual Session of League — Opposition to SHE WILL READ TANNER MUST STAY REV. MORELAND THE OLIVET JUBILEE SUPREMËCÔURT OUT OF BETHEL NEGRO POETRY PREACHES HIS SINGERS’ TOUR DECLARES SLAVE INITIAL SERMON AT MINIATURE SAYSCOURT CHILDREN TO BE P-A CONGRESS Attorneys MaHoney and LEGAL CITIZENS Johnson Represent Bethel reading. It !■ your privilege as well at ouri to disagree with Rita and ahe invites your opinion upon sublects she discusses from time to time in her column. "God made us neighbors; let justice make us friends". — Hoi ah Detroit, Mich. Nov I— Bethel l hurch last Saturday, Ahrough their attorney, .\fah,,ucy and Johnson, won ■I most singular decision, when the judge overruled three motions and declared the case would be heard on it« merits. The judge said there was too much involved to dismiss it. To continue ihe case era» quite a dis appointment tu Rev Tanner, Bishop Vernon and the attorney for the plaintiff The rase will have to be prepared for hearing All of this is very -indefinite I In- I, cal slain« of the appoint merit of Rev Tanner oi Bethel leaves Bethel without a' regular pastor. A f ter Attorney Mahoney of the Mahon- ey Sc Johnson I aw firm made the ar garments". Isa S9:6 After explaining gun.t nt, the circuit court on behalf that the Prophet had laid hold on an of Bethel Church remlerecj a decisio ■ Idea that is now almost everywhere that will be far reaching, not only in accepted that of looking at character the State of Michigan, but through- as a web, he told of somethings that cut the A M E. Connection. were doomed as hopeless in weaving The case is peculiar. Bethel's in character both in individuals and or junction had no sttnding in Court as ganization*' Such as, half do duties to law, as there are many decisions a- and half conquered temptations; say gainst the congregation. But, because ing that all that can result from the- of the interest involved, nearly $300- things is half consecrated lives. He 000 worth of property owned by closed by urging the church to sc membership of nearly 3,000. equity enthusistic Piety; for an enthusiast played an important part. counts no cost too great, o task too The United stand of the officers large and all things but small, for t and members of Bethel is unknown advancing of a cause. in Mathodism in this country. And they are united because of their loyal ty to the church for which they have made a tremendous sacrtfic The regular serviced o f the church are atended about as well as when the church was normal The general bu MrS' ( harles R. Redd, returned on siness is kept up and the spiritual fide interests runs high. The officer» Monday from a two months' visit to and members believe that their fght relatives and friends in Philadelphia righteous. She also visited several other cities, ! ihei lUty who fa a Itiemper of a promi nent woman'« club She a nurd me if I had heard anything about a rr«plu- tion that had bc^if introduced by a bunch of pai«fi»t<" which asked the Urged A m m an Legion not to carry any gun» during the parade. A« I am a Washington. It. i ttii 29—"Thru pacif.sl, I w*us immediately interest y«u want every colored employer in ed "Goodness, no," quoth I "tell me a room with some white*“ (A m w eri about it" "W ell", quoth »he. "we had "Yes, and mixed up with them, too" quitg a parliamentary squabble first Su* h * n the pitch u( the colloquy (iag rule s n applied and the pacifist i between Work of the Interior l>r- «hut off " don’t rare anything a- Pretty Mi»» Gwendolyn Hooker psrtmrnt, tin* afternoon, and William b<>ut that, what arguments were Monroe *1 rotter a* spokesman of a brought agadiist it*" quoth I Quoth will,* is loved by many to vyhom sh has given great joy with her readings delegation from the ¿Oth annual meet »he "Oh, the u»ual kind—such a re from Negro poets Mi«t Hooker is mg of the National F.qual Right» quest wa* an m»ult lo the America i League at the clo»c of the session ! Legion T hat tli^.y should be allowed going to interpret some Negro po etry at the Miniature Pan - African I he annual session of the League to do a» they pleased because they ! Congress and Inter-racial cduca roll »oil,luted with the National Karr "fit, bled, and died" in the World tiotial meet at the public library Nov. t'ogrra* of Amenra, irt which were War— that our country inuil be saved IN and IV There will be three ses Krv W II jrrmgan, Vice-I'reaidcnt sions each day: 10 A. M , 2 P M and of the Equal Rights League and Race | (Continued on page four) N P M Congress of America; Tho» M R < larbr, M W Spencer, (irorgr A I'arker, Rrv Randolph, Nrval H Thomas and A.-S Pinkett of the lo ral N A A. C. I*, and Robert J Nelson o f the Hk» Civil r"ibrrtie* Mr*. H ( Thompson of ¿14 1* ( 'o m n m sto n Brooklyn, N. V. Nov. 3—(PNS]k—• The Secretary tried to puoh-pooh 78th St.. North, prominent member the aeparatinn. to rlaim it *S> not of .Shiloh Baptist Church, returned Vn inter-racial amity meeting was for rotor, but kind of work, etc ; home Monday from a two month*’ held under the auspices of the Bahais of New Yofk and Brooklyn in the Spokesman Trotter in»i»t« Miss G vi«4i to Hevrral Eastern cities. .Mrs Nazcrcnc Congregational church on McRae, ws» rfrludrd from the room filled with white strnoraphrr* in the Thompson attended the National l-riday evening <October 21 The meet general I .and Office, and placed in a Baptist Contention in Denver in \u mg wa< preceded by a dinner at 6 room with colored men. and male gust a» a delegate from the local o ’clock Mrs Bishop H Lewis was chair employer« were put in separate room« liurrh Her intended tour followed man o f the conference There was an the clo«r of Tin Convention (Concluded on page (our) address by Horace Holley on "The Qrigin o f Prejudice": one by Wand- cyne Mathews on “ The Responsibility o f Youth to the W orld” and by Mary Kansas City, Mo-Mrs.Estelle Spra Hanford Ford on "The Power '•( gue Weaver, daughter of the late Baha'u'llah to Unify Mankind ” The Nathan and Kosetta Douglas Sprague Nationally Known for H im Unusual Business Methods; music included solos by Mine. Maude and granddaughter of Frederick Dou Gaudreaux and Negro spirituals by glas, noted aoolitionist, died in the the Nazercnc choir. Local Store ( loses Out o f Respect Wheatley Provident hospital here last Friday after a long illness. Mrs Wea- er, after the death of her husband several years ago, became a teacher, her last position bring in Calhoun, \la., from Which »He resigned in July on account of her illness. She came here to be under the. care of Mrs. 'hotnas A. Jones and J. F.. Perry, The Official Board o f the Mt Oliv •'uncral services were held Monday et Baptist Church announces tl.at a in the home of her sister, Mrs Fred- call lias been extended to the Rev. ricka Sprague Perry. She is survived .1. L. ( aston, D. D., of Missouri, as by five sos, three daughters, one Supply Pastor o f the church granddaughter, three sisters and a Rev ( aston is a graduate o f Lin brother. coln University, and Western College. He also spent some time abroad, COLON EL CHARLES YOUNG studying at the feet o f the eminent, Dr. Meyer of London, England He will fill the pulpit on the third Sun day in November. Any Candidate with Segregated. Department MRS. THOMPSON RETURNS N. Y. BAHIAS HOLD RACIAL AMITY MEET “ GOLDEN RULE” NASH DIES IN THE EAST MT. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH CALLS MINISTER *Doctor cd the largest men's tailoring tnanu facturers for men in the country. "Golden Ttulr Nash" spoke in the ctiy several years ago and made a fine impression on local business men and others News of his death came as a shock to his Portland friends The Portland branch of the Nash stores is located in the Worcester Itldg. £. L. Boofcer t, ANNOUNCES The Opening Of Offices For The * PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY At Suite 502-3 Panama Building Phone BR. 8907 MRS. REDD HAS INTERESTING TRIP ROSE M CLENDON TO STAR IN “ PORGY” New York, Nov. 5— Miiss Rose Mc Clendon, negro actress, who has been seen in this city in "Deep River", and “ In Abraham's Bosom" has been se lected to play the leading role in a Negro mystery play entitled "Porgy", a talc of Negro life in thelslums of j Charleston. The play has bc*n dramatized by j Dorothy and DuBoac Heyward, from Heyward's novel, “ Porgy". It is said that the drama retains most of the j story, although in different propor CoL C m Am r a Vboivi« tions. Colonel Charles Young whose life The principal characters are “ Por- gy", the crippled Negro beggar; "Ma- a,u^ works, will be discussed at the ria", the stentorian pagan; "Jake", »’»"-African Congress report and the fishing fleet captaih; “ Sporti lg inter-racial educational meet on the Life", the slick dealer n "happy dust"; i *** am* °t *^'s month at the Pub- “Screna", the pious Christian; "Sim *«c Library by Mr. Edgar E. Williams, on Frailer”, the shyster lawyer, and Miniature Pan-African Congress at "Alan Archdale", his legal contempo the Public Library Friday and Satur rary of the white race, day, November 18th and 19th. Adv. bed’ ° f Volcan,c » " 8 '" oi many years ° ' y“ U *** the h,Khwa* c“ ‘ "«»>« ' hr° " K ,he Iava beds A * ,his P°in‘ - ’n ' f l° P ***' * a' c»de range, (Continued next week) Armistice Dance November 11th by the Bluebird Club at Hibernia HalL — Adv. T Tillman of 288 Larrabee, St. paid a fine o f $25. in Judge Mears Court Thursday for operating as a plumber without license. ---------0--------- FIGHTS W OM AN W IT H CHAIRS Alabama Laws Making* Chil dren of Slave Marriage* Illegal, Not Effective in California (By P. C N B.) Los Anglfpt, Calif Nov. -I— A decision recently on file in the Supreme Court, in whirh the Califor nia First Appellate Court, setting a state-wide precedent, decides that the children of slaves whose marriage was nulled by the laws of other states and which children were also declared to be illegal, are légitiment citizens of Calfornia: awards the estate of the of the slave to his relatives. Russell.Wayman, son of Martha and Cyrus Wayman who were mar ried by a Negro preacher in Alabama before the Civil War, moved to Los Angeles irr 1900 and died here intes tate ip June 1920 His estate was awarded to Winne Thompson and Callie Leah Lewis, sisters of his M father. His neices, Luvenia and Exine, legal children of Taylor (Concluded on page four) NEW HEAD OF TRUSTEE BOARD Wyatt Winiams, prominent local Ernest Butler, residing at 532 Nor- thrup Street is in jail as a result of attorney was made chairman of the an altercation in which he engaged Trustee Board Af the First A. M E. with Mary Crawford. It is said that Zion church Tueday evening, Nov. 1, Butler broke a couple of chairs over the woman's head and otherwise bruised her body. She w^s sent to the hospital for treatment. ¡eluding Chicago and Pittsburgh. Mrs. KIN OF FRED DOUGLAS DIES lyU SSO U R I NEGROESAWARDED CARNEGIE MEDALS FORBRAVERY P A telegram received at the Port land branch of tin- firm of A. Nash Company, Inc , announced the death of its founder, Arthur Nash who is internationally known as "Golden Rule Nash". Mr Nash aplird the (ioide Rule to his business and made a |5h rnomonal success of it His rimiti consists of 52 stores employing 5000 individuals. His business is consider (Continued from last week.) Sunday morning, the pastor and ... -i , | After sightseeing around Bend vis- nis wife, after qutiei an extended tour i ... . . . . . . , ’ of California, were hack a, the.r post ‘ he b‘ K f,,b ha‘ cher,es ° D' of duty in «hr church Dr Moreland : L ,ht h° m« ,he ™ i . ttt>w trout, we were ready to start spoke to a very appreciative audience . ,/ .g.,» i . . . , . . for Eugene over the McKenzie Pass, thar gather rd to greet them on their , .. .... 120 miles. We had been told this was first Sunday in the neA Conference the most beautiful drive in Oregon. year The sermon subject was “ stead We now are in the timber regions of fastly minded', taken from the text the state. Drivini for mile« throe of the same words in Ruth 1:18. He pointed out that this is the outstand Government timber forest reserve, ing thing in the character of his wo you see the tall red fir trees of Ore man that thrills the readers of this gon— real giants standing there silent book. Her courage, faithfulness, self- reminders of a past civilization, glorious sight to behold! demal, love and industry are but pro duits of her steadfastness. This he „ We staj* going up gradually until said must be the keynote of this we reach the summit. All the time in the distance you see the snow-capped year's woik. , The evening service was also well Cascade range and the Three Sisters attended and the sermon subject was covered with snow. We stopped to “ Hopless Weavig" taken from the get a good view of the surrounding text, “Theft Webs shall not become country. Looking out across the low Redd reports a very pleasant tour. Among the eighteen people who j lost their lives attempting to save o- thers were two colored men: Thomas j P. Edwards, a musician of Selma. A la, who died attempting to rescue * a woman from drowning at Cather- ne, Ala., and Kdward A. Mitchell of Gloucester Indutrial School, Gloules- ter, Va., died trying to save a boy from being electrocuted by a high oltage wire at Cambra, Va in the frst case the hero’s relatives received a Carnegie bronze medal and facial support and tl\e wife of the o- thrr one was presented a bronze med- I and death benefits of $55 a month and $5 additional per month for each of the hero's two chldren. Others who assisted the two men who lost their lives were severely injured while rendering aid. reerved honor able mention. Portland’s Own Store 1 TH E STORE FOR EVERYBODY T m « Q u a l it y stom i ' «»••• •»• (h r. at the members' meeting of tht church. Mr Williams had served the Board is to bor SHRDLU ETAOOI church for sometime as Secretary oi the Board. The secertaryship of the Board is to be filled by Mr. L A. Ashford, prominent fraternal man of the city, ad a highly respected citi zen. Miniature Fourth Pan-African Congress will be held FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18-19 Bradford Clothes $ 25.00 to Shop $ 45.00 9 . W . C o r . 4 th • W a s h in g t o n “ W here Young Men Buy" W Y A T T W . WILT.I AMS Attorney at Law With Julius Silvestone, 523-524 Lumbermens Bldg. Attorney and Counselor Phones: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920 Portland, Oregon Tent. . h and Yamhill Street« AT LIBRARY HALL, PUBLIC LIBRARY Sessions Both Days at 10 A.M., 2 P.M., 8 P.M. MRS. K. n. CANNADY, NORTHWKHT HOSTESS to the Fourth Pan- African Congress held In New York City August 21-24, .Inclusive, will give her report. Speakers will Include some of the leading educators of the state, including College President«, College Pro fessors, and other outstanding speakers. Some of the speeches delivered In New York will be repeated here, including that of Chief Amosh Ilf, of Gold Coast, W. A., and Monsieur Dantes Bellegarde of Port au Prince. BOOKS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND PICTURES OF, ON, BY AND ABOUT NEGROES WILL BE ON EXHIBITION. Important charts, maps, etc., showing Negro progress will be studied. Everybody Interested In Negro life and activities are cordially Invited. Teachers and students of Negro history are especially requested to attend this educational treat. __________________ ____________ Everybody Come to Merrykannah Club’s Xmas Dance, December 26,1927