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Vol. 24—NO. 13
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1927.
PRICE 5 CENTS
CHURCH WOULD STOP LYNCHING BY PRAY
PRIZES OFFERED FOR RACE RELATIONS PAP
NATION IS SUMMONED
TO PEN ITEN C E AND
PRAYER AGAINST
LYNCHING
H E FREED
GOVERNOR OFFERS
AID TO PREVENT
MOB VIOLENCE
SMITH WOULD
UPHOLD W H IT E
SUPREMACY
ELKS' CONTEST I
IN FUEL SWAY
WANTS PASTOR
PRIZES OFFER ED TO
COLLEGE STUDENTS
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
OF PASTOR IS URGED
H erm an II T rim ble local man who
Three Awards of $100, $65
was indicted by the grand jury in Law Must Be Maintained at
Southern Democrat Calls
llcuton l <unity last m onth charged
And $35 Offered For Pa­
All Hazards, Says Tenn­
Upon White South To
Federal Council of Churches with assault arm ed with a dangerous
The Miss Popularity Contest which
weapon was tried in thr circuit court
pers on Race Relations.
Support Al Smith.
essee Executive.
is a forerunner for the coming p e r­
Leads Out In Observing in Corvallis, O regon, W ednesday
formances of a night in our “Old
D ecember 16th. Judge J. I*. Skip
December 17th As Anti- w orth of Kugt-nr being the trial judge
Kentucky H o m e ” to be given by
T he trustees of Mt. Olivet Baptist
- 7 -,
n
. .
o m m u sio n e r on nterracial
W ashington, D. C. Dec. 5—Calling church hereby appeal to the common-
and was acquitted of the charge
N a - ’tville, Tenii., Nov.—The slat, Rose City Lodge, No. I l l , I. B. P. O.
Lynching Day.
» p e r a R o n . w „ h h eadq uarter, in
O n the 23d of November, Trim ble of T ennessee w ants no more out­ E. of the W o rld a t t ^ r auditorium of I upon Florida and the dem ocracy of ity spirit of P ortland «0 enable them ^ Atlanta,
Ga., announces the offer of
i who was em ployed at the H otel C o r ­ break? u l lynching and mob violence the I jtb o r Tenipler* January 18th to j the South to support G overnor “Al” to keep and maintain the unselfish three cash prizes of $100, $65, and $J5
vallis, in Corvallis O regon as janitor- and stand* ready to do all in its pow ­ 21st inclusive,Ts n o w o n in full swing Smith of New York, should he be- leadership of Rev. Dr. J. L. Caston
New York, N, Y Dec. 16—A sum
respectatively for the best papers on
The pick of P ortland's popular i come the democratic nominee for who has come to P ortland as the sup­
inun» tu church people to p « m trn rr 1 porter fireman and general chore- er to prevent them, according to an
the subject of race relations submit­
maids and m atrons are now vieing ' President, next year, Jo hn S. Beard, ply of the church. Dr. C aston's ac­
■ ml prayer to free our nation from ] boy was assaulted and struck over open letter to sheriffs and attorneys
ted by students of Southern colleges
with each other in a fircndly rivalry | of Pensacola, Florida, former “ad- ceptance of the pastorate of this
the
head
by
H
arry
Sausrn,
bell
boy,
general
issued
by
G
overner
H
enry
the evils of lynchm and mob violence
during the present school year. Ac­
white who was also in the employ of II Horton. Calling attention to the for the coveted honor of being Miss vanee agent" of the late William Jen- church and hi, perm anent location i.i
was issued today by the Federal
cording to the announcement, con ­
th r same hotel In defending himself law which gives the G overnor the Portland. Valuable arid bcutiful prizes | nings Bryan, quoted as saying that our city, depends on the business-like
testants will be free to choose any
1 ounciH of Churches through its
: from the attack, Sausrn was accident­ power in an em ergency to "call Into are to be aw arded (he five leading there is not a possible doubt but that and Christian m anner in which sup­
phase of the subject, but o th er things
Commission on Hare Relations
candidate*
in
the
contest,
with
conso-
Smith
would
get
the
solid
electoral
port
is
forthcoming
for
himself
and
ally slabbed with an open knife which service such as the police officer* of
being equal reference will be given to
"L ynching is a crime which leaves
Trim ble held open in his hand, having the state as in his opinion are ncces lation prizes for the o th er contest- vote of the South, if he is nominated, family as they give themselves w hole­
practical discussions of prevalent con­
its stain upon us all," the call d e­
"Because” continues Beard, “the heartedly to the uplift of our com­
i a minute or tw o before used it in o- *ary to suppress such a rts of th r e a t­ ants. T he first counting took plar-,
ditions and attiudes, with suggestions
clares "A ny comm unity that flouts
pening a soap bo* for the 'h o u s e ­ ened violence’. G overnor H orton as- F'riday evening, D ecember 16th and South has not forgotten the dark days munity, regardless of Church o r fra­
for their improvement. F u rth e r in-
the dignity of th r law and courts of
keeper of the hotel. Iloth men were »tlrcs the county officers that his of­ the standing of the candidates will be of reconstruction. The South reali- ternal affiliations.
fomation as to the contest, together
justice opens the way to the violent
j injured in th r fight Sausen was se it fice is “at all times interested in keep­ announced in the next issue of this ! zes that absolute white rule and sup­
W e, the trustees believe th at in Dr.
with suggestions as to topics and
rule of the m o b th roughout the n a ­
remacy in the South dem ands a solid Caston the city has a man that we
. to the hospital with a rut in his right ing peace and good o rder in all the paper
sources may be had from R. B. R e a ­
tion ft assaults the very ideals upon
i breast and punctured lung. Trim ble counties of the state, and will lend its
T h e entertainm ent comm ittee of white party, and that the drtnocrtic have long needed, one who is prepar­ rer. Educational Director, 409 Palm er
w hith our civilization is d rp rn d cn t. A
! to jail with a closed eye and bleeding aid to such t-nd upon the request of the Elks prom ises th r public of this party is now. alw ays has been, and al­ ed in every sense of the word, with
Building, Atlanta, Ga.
nation's penitence and prayer must
wound in his head.
truly a progressive vision. U nder his
local authorities or notice of such out- city the best entertainm ent ever ways will be a white man's party
be summoned both to check th r
T here was a great deal of feeling b e a k * ’’ In conclusion the Governor sponsored bcrc by Qfiy local organi­
leadership we firmly believe th at the
lynching evil and to build up deeper
against Trim ble who had been in says: “The peace and good o rder of zation.
various agencies a m o n g us can be u-
respect fur the procesess of justice
; Corvallis a very short time at the th r state should be maintained at all
Get behind your favorite in the
S O U T H C A R O L I N A S E N A T O R nited; he comes devoid of predjudices
and nrw sympathetic understanding
j tune of the fight and there were
szards "
and capable of offering feasible solu- j
Mi-s Popularity Contest and sec that
am ong all the people In the attitude
M ISIN T E R PR E T S
C O N ST IT U
i threats made against lus life , it is
tions to the group problems th at di­
Coming so soon after the recent she wins. Flolowing is a list of the
of penitence and the alm u sp h rre of
j said It was also reported that on lynrhing in Maury County, the state­ well known maids and m atro n s;
vide us into so many small factions.
T
Io
n
prayer and best things come forth."
thr night he was locked up in t h r ei- ment is taken a t an ou tgrow th of
He is broadm inded and is primarily
Miss Alice Evans, Miss Barbara
' The sobering fact thar m o re than
| ty jail, windows of the jail were
interested in all the people, w hether j
_____
H
ubbard,
Miss
Georgia
Jones,
Mrs.
that
occurance,
which
it
is
said
could
four thousand people have been vic­
sm ashed in by rowdies. H ow ever this
easily have been prevented had the Ethyl Cox, Mrs. Zula Low e, Mrs.
W ashington, D. C. Dec. 5—Senator they are churched or not. As a min- '
tim* of lynching in our country has
feeling of bitterness had subsided to
A P o Pular southern paper prefac-
local authorities brought the m atter Clarence W hite, Mrs. Gilbert Kirk, Cole Please, democat, of So. Carolina ister he feels th at his time and talents
filled all people with goodwill a
a great degree, it is said at th r time prom ptly to the attention of the Gov­ Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. W. I. Marshall,
belong to the whole community.
1 ,n* , u rem arks by saying th at the
form er Governor, who recently flick­
sense of h o rr o r and shame," states | of his trial.
D r Caston is opposed to such m - i Publishers had no interest in the mat-
ern o r or taken o th er reasonable pre­ Mrs. Fred McClear and L. A. Lvcur- ed across the spotlight of the Negro
the call “T h a t m ob violence should
T h e quarrel and fight seemingly cautions. G overnor H o rto n ’s state­
christian
practices in churches such , ter’ Uancial o r personal, but simply
K“ 5 . - . Boo!,tin8 . Committee, of w orld of America by offering to de-
have continuril through the years, so
was a result of bad feeling between
as bazaars, socials, begging, raffling we.re desirous of seeing justice done,
which
E
W.
Agee
i,
chairman
and
ment
is
clearly
in
line
with
the
policy
that in IVid there were as many as JO
fend in the court? of his State the
Trim ble and Sausen due to the U tter
f his predecessor. G overnor Austin Dr. J. A. Mcrri.nan A Secretary, are negligent State officials who perm it­ off of articles, for money m aking l Pr , n u d a stron g article in defense of
prrso ns lynched in the U nited States, calling the fo rm e "nam es”.
P ray, who did not hesitate on oc­ working day and night to make the ted the I.owtnans to b^ lynched after In o th er w ords he w ants to eliminate J **rs' F i l l e r s , widow o f the late
is so flagrantly opposed to the p ro ­
Trim ble wtis tried first on T hurs-
the numerous appeals that so often Tiger.
gress of right and brotherhood that I day. D ecember 8 The jury retired casion to take vigorous action for the big afair a huge success.
the Suprem e Court had ordered a new
confront people at the doors of our
D uring T iger Flowers last illness
prevention
of
m
ob
violence
W
hen
tial
for
the
accused
Negroes,
is
the
all who arc comm itted to the way of about 4:30 P. M At 12 that night
! W alk
Miller,
m anager of
the
churches
that
tend
to
drive
them
away
j
Christ arc asked to observe a day of they had not returned a verdict and waited on by the delegation from the
latest democratic to attem p t to min-
“Georgia Deacon", refused to leave
and
advertise
God
as
a
pauper.
He
penitence and prayer that our Ameri­ the judge ordered them locked in for Tennessee State Interracial C om m it­
latest democratic o attem pt to mis-
believes that a prepared ministry and the fighter’s side. Now Mr. Miller
in terprete the Constituiton, an un­
can nation may be purged of this blot thr night. The n e st morning at 9 o ’ tee folowing the Maury county affair,
a progressive church oug ht to be am ­ has turned up with a will executed in
G overnor H orto n assuerd the com ­
upon our civilisation ”
happy pastim e which democratic lead­
‘ d o c k they still had failed to reach a
ply suppoted by direct contributions New York, the day before R o w e r ’s
ers are relentlessly pursuing, week in
T h r day chosen for this observance verdict and th r judge dismissed them mittee that he stood ready to do any­
Nashville,
Tenn.,
Dec.
17—T
h
e
Art
to the work of those w ho receive di­ death, disposing of his estate, and ap ­
is February 12, known as Race Re­ and ordered a new trial His second thin in his power to prevent further
and week out.
pointing Mr Miller both trustee for
Departm ent at Fisk University is to
rect o r indirect benefit.
iccurences
of
the
same
kind
lations Sunday.
Senator Please declares th at law
trial was lirld W ed n esd ay and T h u r s ­
be represnted at the H a rm o n F ou n­
In view of the above we are offer­ F l o w e r s little girl and executor of
T h r call, continuing, urge* national day, December 14th and 15th J2 j u ­
dation Artists Exhibition by numer- w* ich r a ™ ot be cnf" rced ° “ *ht to be ing this opp ortunity fo r the friends the estate, without bond and relieved
confession before God for "our fail- rors were examined at the second tri­
ous oil paintings, w ater colors and r f Pe a '''^ b e c a u s e it creates a situa­ of Mt. Olivet wiho should like to see of the duty of reporting o r account-
U>e to act on the belief th at we are
al before a jury was-selected.
sculptures. The exhibition is to take tion where law is not only disregard­ our Church able to keep such leader­ in the law o r anybody else on earth
all 'of one blood' and have one F’ath-
T h e re were six witnesses for the
place at the International H ouse in ed, but where nonenforcem ent is up­ ship, to indicate their willingness to and providing no compensation for
er," for "the callous indifference and state and two for the defense.
held
New York City in January.
assist us financially by signing the his services and clothing him with the
silence we have shown in the face of
T h a t S en ato r Bleas’s w ords are blank provided herewith and mailing full pow er and authority of trustee.
T h e defendant, Trimble pleaded
Linking up the tradition of Fisk
m onstrous w rong, thereby ourselves self defense and that the slabbing was
Now the queston arises as to the
T h e Old Rose Study Club held its Jubilee music and N egro spirituals true, so far as South Carolinais con­ it to Rev. J. L. Caston 384 E. 1st St. N
becoming guilty in the sight of God accidental T he jury retired at about
with Negro art has been rem arkably cerned, has been amply proven by the The oficers will then call upon you. reason for Mr. Miller's intense inter-
weekly
meeting
T
h
ursday
Dec
RtIs
at
and man," and for "our false sense of J P M and returned a verdict of not
Fifty public spirited men and wo- ! e s * *n *^e dead sportsman. W a s it
the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. well achieved by the F'isk A rt D epart­ L ow m an lynching and similar atroci­
racial superiority and all th r h eart­ guilty at about 4 P M
ties which have taken place in that men who will make a weekly contibu- love which this white man felt for his
Franklin
A very interesting time ment this year.
less attitudes th at accompany it."
Penalty for such crime charged a-
T he students under the directiox State in absolute contravention of the tion of $1.00 will do the jo b
Can dying charge or was it the $100,000
The statem ent suggests as grounds gainst Trim ble is im prisonment in the was enjoyed; the next meeting will
estate w hich- aroused his cupidity.
of Professor Jam es A. Goodrich, have V- S. Constitution,
Portland
meet
this
test?
W
e
believe
be
held
at
the
residence
of
Mr
and
for T hanksgiving "the new sense of penitentiary not less than six m onths
U n d er the will, if probated as it
illustrated in oil the spirit and tone
Upon the S e n a to r s theory, those it can. Let us hear from you.
Mrs
R.
Morrison
51J9-E.
64th
St.
S.
the unity of the whole human family nor more tlian ten years or by im pris­
of Negro spirituals and slave songs. 1 sections of the constitution which
Y ours for the C ommunity Uplift, stands, T ig e r ’s d au g h ter will not even
to which our generation is coming’,’ onm ent in the County jail not less
Some of the most characteristic work guarantee trial by jury, due process
E d g a r W illiams Chr. come into possession of the estate
and "a deepening sensitiveness of than one m onth no r more than one
when she reaches the age of twenty-
has been done by Miss T hom asina of the law, and full citizenship to all,
conscience with refernce to all dis­ year or by fine not less than $100
one, but Mr. Miller will hold it in
\ \ Talcy w ho has interpeted in an should be repealed. T housands upon
C.
E.
Ivey
crimination against any of o a r fel­ n o r more than $1,000
SENATOR GLASS IS
perpetuity. T h e will gives Mrs. Flow ­
oil painting the spiritual; "Swing Low thousands of N egroes in Senator
S.
D.
P
o
rte
r
low* because of race o r class " A m er­
At both trials the court room was
ers all o f T ig e r’s personal property,
H. W o rth e n
"SID ESTEPPER ” SAYS Sweet l hariot and by Miss Donza- Blesse s State have Ing since testified,
ica should also be thankful, it i* sug ­ filled. T h e defendant Trim ble was
all his real estate and about $2,500 ir.
Icigh Jefferson who has illustrated; | mutely and o th e rw ise , th at nonen-
W
.
H.
H
ubert
gested, "for all public officers who represented at both trials by A tto r­
cash.
D. H epburn
GEORGIA EDITOR Couldn t H ear Nobody Pray." This forcement reigns supreme in the Pel-
courageously defend the majesty of ney H uddleston of Corvallis and Mrs.
U nder the will Mr. Miller may at
movement is a decided innovation in m etto State. S en ator B l e c e closed
G.
R.
Davidson
law and orderly government, who E. D. Cannady of Portland. Mrs.
any
time sell the entire property and
schools where a rt is taught. “Just as his unconstitutional discourse with
T rnstees.
faithfully p ro tect those for whom Cannady closed the argum ent to the
pocket the proceeds with not a living
the
N
egro
has
made
a
definite
and
the
following
“choice
prosaic
gent,"
W ashing ton ,—Julian Harris (white)
they are responsible, and who reso­ jury for the defense at both trials
soul to hold him accountable. This
distinctive contribution to American indirectly aimed at G overnor Smith
lutely do their duly even in the face and she was warmly congratulated by newspaper editor of the Columbus,
is the pow er and authority lodged in
music
to
painting
and
sculpture
and
of
New
York,
whose
nomination,
Ga , and relative of the late joel C han­
T ru stees Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
ul danger and death ’’
lawyers and laymen alike for the fine
a man who has very willingly accept­
receive
the
same
artistic
and
spirit-
galvanized
and
clhnatized
Yankees
You may count on me to support
T h e call urges prayer that "all a r ­ way in which she analyzed the evi­ dler H arris, creato r of the famous
ed the handling of a $125,000 estate,
‘Uncle R em us” stoise, has termed tial results, said Professor Goodrich Blca<e says, m eans democratic de- you work.
rogant sclf-as»ert!on, all prejudice dence and presented her argum ent.
and acting as trustee for nothnig.
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feat;
S enator CartcrGlass, democrat, of
and suspicion, all that make for strife,
Sidelights on th e Trial
Mrs. Flowers, defenseless and igno­
Subscribe or tbe Advocate
we must 1*‘t ,hc ,l%ders know «hat
Virginia, a "sidestepper,” in his recent
may be purged away” and th at "the
J u d g r Skipworth is prom pt and ve-
rant in business affairs has told her
duck
hunting
and
eating
the
food
of
comm ents anent the F ourteenth and
life and liberty of all the people may
JC on clu ded on page four)
attoneys th at Miller continues to
land being entertained in home* in
•’ifteenth am endm ents to the C onsti­
be held saered and secure.” It pleads
Address
visit and annoy her th at he has theat
New
Y
ork
of
agents
and
employees
j
tution.
that "a deepened sense of the Divine
ened to take the child away and put
of
W
all
Steet,
dinking
im.tr
wine
and
E ditor H arris says, bluntly: “Sen­
F atherhood and consequently of our W YATT W. W ILLIAM S
it in an O rp h a n ’s home and herself
licqnor, is not a s n l f - . i r t guarantee! Telephone ___
ator Glass’s efforts to sidestep the
human b rotherhood may be born in
placed in an asylum for the insane.
Attorney
at
Law
|
right.”
fart th at the ill-fated F ou rteenth a i d
all the people," and that "we may
T he poor widow stands so in fear of
Fifteenth amendtnen tare co-sacrcd
have fearlessness in facing in trench­
With Julius Silvestone,
her husband's late m an ag e r that she
D ID N O T M A R R Y
with the Eighteenth failed to ittipcrss
ed wrongs and unflagging entW-gy in
is actually afraid to come out in the
striving for a social o rder permeated 523-524 Lumbermens Bldg. even that part of the southern press
JAMAICA PRODUCES
street to attend to her business affairs
which is not yet convinced that Gov­
by the spirit of love and fellowship
o
LARGE BANANA CROP It was reported in last w eek’s issue r to visit her attorneys. T h e man
Attorney and Counselor
ernor Smith can win, if nominated.”
“The sin and evil of mob violence
has aleady taken possession of one
of The Advocate that Mr. Jo e Cage
in America has become a burden up­
of her h usb and ’s $5,000 Lincoln auto­
Kingston, Jam aica,—W it h the ex-
Phones:
Br.
0635-Wa.
3920
of Albany, O regon and Mrs. McLain
on our conscience, a stain upon our
j pjitr last week of 400,000 stems and of California were to be married on mobiles and demanded the keys to
national honor, and a menace to our Portland,
Oregon W O U L D Y O U MARRY. Girl 18
his safety deposit box.
j every prospect' of the average being
last Sunday. T he report although giv­
W o r t h $80,000; widow, 45, $25,000
1 maintained, it is expected that the to ­
(C ontinued on page four)
en
by
Mr.
Cage
was
later
denied
by
r h o t o s and descriptions F R E E , Clup
tal banna exports for the year will
both parties. Mr. Cage explained that
Mrs. W arn , 8634 S. Figuerea St.,
pass the 20,000,000 mark.
Salesman., w a n te d , to sell Nash
he was "only jo k in g”, but the fact re­
I.os
Angeles,
California.
—Adv.
R ES . P H O N E S E L L . 1536
O F F I C E P H O N E B D W Y 8967
mains that a good looking “high- Made-to- Measure suits or overcoats
at $22.90. Liberal comm ission; 229
brow n” is around thereabouts.
B Roadway 1674
W o rcester Building, Portland, O re ­
gon.
— Adv.
M ISSEN NEA W A
On W ednesday night Rose City
TIGER'S WIDOW
MAY LOOSE
EXHIBIT ART
CLUB HOLDS MEETING
Portland’s
Own
Store
Doctor E. L. Booker
S . W . Cor. 4 t h a
W a s h in g to n
D EN TIST
H O U R S . 9 - 12, 1 - 6
Sun. & Evening by Appointm ent
502 - 3 P A N A M A
Bradford
Clothes $25.00 to
Shop
$45.00
B U ILD IN G
|
N. E. Cor. T hird and Alder
j
"W here Young M e n Buy”
T H E STORE FOR
EVERYBODY
S ’
I
Txs Q u a l it y s i
0» tooruuta O m
• n s — i ■>— an*.
CO N TRA C TIN G COM PANY
Also Cabinet W o r k And
U pholstering
C M P R A T H E R , Manager
X 3 l/ t N. 16th St. Portland, Ore.
Lodge of Elks held their semi annual
election which was a very tame and
KNOW YOUR FU TU R E — Send 26c
harm onious affair and all the officers
an d b lr th d a te . L e t me try and lo­
being re-elected w ithout opposition.
ca te y o u r f u t u r e m ate, will send
Stay off Saturday night, D ecem ber n am e an d address.
Adel, Box 616,
31st. P articular» later. Adv.
Everybody Come to Merrykannah Club’s Xmas Dance, Dec 26,
Sta. C„ Los Angeles, Calif.