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E TOI IAL ROSE CLUB NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE. TH E Advertise in TH E ADVOCATE It Circulate« In All The States And Foreign Countries ADVOCATE » to VOL. ¿ 4 — n o is DEC. 31, 1927 STAG th e I n ls r e a t s t f In the interest of All TH E ADVOCATE Is Published Only $2.50 Per Year Subscribe For Itl PRICE 5 CENTS •ORTI.AND, OREGON, SATU R D A Y , DECEMBER. 31, 1927 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS FAMOUS STARS ATTEND DARROW BANQUET WOMAN'S COMMITTEE TWO N.A.A.C.P. SPONSOR LARGE RECEPTION ----------- Lillian Utah. Noted Screen Star Say* She Wat Delighted To Be Preaent DEAD IN [JEALOUSY I’ R O M IT S SWAIN TO SHOOT UIVAI. AND SWEETHEART Don’t Think Gene Can Stop ’Em Yet u ty ? f Far * * * “ FIRST MONEY I * i back. I would do that for hours at a 1 time. The first car I ever drove was a two-cylinder BrosvXiie. It was given away by a department store on a popularitty contest. It cost around As Told T o Fred Lockley Of The $3<X). One day, when the boy who Journal By Eugene L. Carden owned it was away, I cranked and ran it half a block, turned around and started back; but I didn't know how (Reprinted from The Oregon Daily to stop it. The man who owned the Journal of December 22, 1927) | Buick had an office down town. One " I earned my first money mowi lg day I said to him, “ If you'll let me lawns and putting in wood.” said Eu drive you down to your work in the gene L. Carden, chauffeor for Mrs. morning and come and get you in C. S. Jackson. "I was born at Boise the evening, I’ll wash your car and on July 3. 1899 The first sure- grease it for nothing.,. He agreed. So enough job I ever had was as water I soon became fairly expert as a dri boy of a sand, gravel and supply com ver. When I was a junior in high pany at Boise. I was 12 years old school, I used to play on the line in and I was paid 75 cents a day. When the football team. I played center in I was 14, and wttile I was attending the basketball team. The thing I us high, 1 worked after school and on ed to box in preliminaries, and I al Saturdays, taking care of polo ponies. so trained with Harry Wills. Yes, At first I only groomed and exercis I'm pretty husky. I’m 6 feet 2 nches ed them Later Harry Falk hired me high and weight 225 pounds. I have at first at $5 week, and as I '.earned been Mrs. Jackson's chauffeur for the work, he paid me more money. the past six years, and have driven I worked for him for six years. The her from Vancouver, B. C. to the last two of three years I was break G. Canycn. In fact, we have driven ing in new ponies and teaching them pretty well over the Pacific North to play polo. Herbert Lemp was west. During the past 15 years or so captain of the polo team. He was I have driven Fords, Appersons, Au elected mayor of Boise, but just be burn s, Dodges, Buicks, Cadillacs, fore he took oath of office, he was kil Marmons, Packards, Pierce Arrown, led in a polo game. While working and a number of other cars. I sure for Harry Falk, breaking polo po do enjoy dirving.” Note: ‘Gene’ Carden, is also a de nies, 1 also served as chauffeur I drove my first car when I was 10 puty sheriff and resides with his mo years old. I was always crazy about ther at 1094 Maryland Avenue. He machinery, and had a mechanical has many friends as result of his bent. When I was 10, the man whose amiable disposition. Many of his lawn I mowed used to have me clean friends who see a blue flash when his car, which was a Buick. 1 used to 'Gene' passes by in his sporty Buick, crank it, put it in reverse, back out wonder if he has ever learned to of the garage, advance it and run it stop. EVER EARNED" What a feeling of exhilaration comes over one in the first days of a New Year! What is the cause of this? Do you not think it is due to a fresh sense of liberty? At the beginning of a year we arc often in the mood of a fatalist. As a year grows old er ft becomes crabbed and stiff, and we cannot do anything with it. Wc are its bond servants. Hut when January comes our fetters seem to fall off, and we have the bounding joy of men who have been delivered from prison. The world has suddenly become malleable again, and we can hammer it into shapes of our own choosing. Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 29--Caltnly N r* York, Der 2.1 A dialing 4 inched ktlhrring Welcomed Mr and walking into the police headquarters Mi* Clarence Harrow at the tea la»t here Wednesday night John Moore, Hut while wc arc saying this we hear remonstrating voices coming up out of Sunday in their honor by thr W o aged IN, told the drtk »arrgant that the depths of the heart saying all years *rr alike. They have always been and will men'« Committee ol the National A»- he wanted to be placed under arrest for murder He then related to the always be alike Hut the voices are ones that speak falsehood. The worst lying •»nation lor the Advancrmrnt- ol lying that is done to us is not the falsehoods told us by oor fellows but by the t »lured People in the Walker Studio. officer that he had ju»t shot his Among thr prominent gurtlt were sweetheart. Miss Jean Stamps and his michicf-makutg voices that sound through our own souls. When a voice in our tile celebrated screen» «tar, Lillian rival Jacob Abbey, at the home of the soul says that all years are alike, that voice is telling a lie. The years ate not Gi»h, and George Jean Nathan, Edi girl. alike. No two years arc alike. « Moore told the officers that the girl tor ol the American Mercury, who told him she did not have another fel were prr«rhtcd to the glhering Mitt Even if this new year wanted to be like the last year, wc can by our own will That she had forbade Abbey to (iith «tying the w n "exceedingly low power make it different. We can make it different by doing something we have call on her again He said that on happy and delighted to be here " never done before By doing that new thing you will make the whole year new. A leature ol the afternoon was a several occasions he would find Ab You can do more this year than in any year of all your life. You can do more cf bey at the girl's home “ When I brief addrr«« by Mr Harrow urging the very thing you have been doing the most of By doing more, you will make the upon colored people tlie necessity for went there tonight I was overcome with jealously and shot them both. year different from all its predecessors. Yjnu can rise to a higher level of thought •upporting their nwn worth while or- and feeling and conduct. No matter how high you have lived you can live higher ganuationa and the lime having pav- Iloth victims are said to be in serious >rd when white people will do great i condition. still. The way upwards is always open. The heights tower above us forevermore deal lame« Weldon Johnson, Secre inviting us to climb ^ tary of the N. A A C P read “The !♦ What plans are you making for your New Year? For what are you hoping? We Creation" and 'Go Down Death" two poem« from hi« recent “God't Trom hope that your dearest wishes may be so good and so sweet that they may all come bone»"; and Mr» Charlotte Murray true one by one Yet, we wish you'm or^ titan this. We wish you that your dearest •ang wish may be to walk (Joser to the Master and ftish for what He wills u •-> have. Among the guett» were Dr. W . G. By K its Reid T hat soutuls an easy thing to say. but it is infrsutetv harder -to do We know we Alexander, Dr and Mr». P K An fmd it so. W c want to “ rush things” ; to hurry things along. W e long ta have things derson. Dr and Mr» William H Al go our way, while God perhaps has another way for them. We say sometimes, "Not len, Dr and Mr« Thoma« Hell and The Advocate does nos necessarily daughter, William Hentlry, Mi«« our will, but Thine be done", when we are in trouble or sorrow, and we forget to in Kits Reid's views, but whethi- T helma Herlark, Rev and Mr«. Shel share say day by day, "Not our W AY. but Thine be done.” ir we do or not, her opinion# are a ton lti«hop, George W Iluckner, sane, and logical and well worth We wish you a Happy New Year in your homes and in your family surroundings, Mr* Lottie M Cooper, Mr*. Helen reading. It is your privilege as well ai 1 Curti«, Dr and Mr« W S. H Du our* to disagree with Kite and she whether those family relationships be few or many. God can give us the quality invites your opinion upon subiecta Hoi«, Mr and Mr» Walter E E'cnd she discusses from time to time in her even though the quantity be small. We wish you happy friendships through this er»on, Dr Gu«tavu« Henderson, Mr column. coming year. We wish you to have friends so dear that that very friendship mav .Hid Mr* I \riii.Id Hill, Dr II II cause you to think more of the Friend above others. James, Mr» Charlc» S Johnson, Mr "God made us neighbors; let justice and Mra. Rishop II Lewis, Ruben In fine, we wish you. one and all, A V ER Y H A PFY NEW Y E A R ! Mamoulian, John H Nail, Mr« John make ut friends” . — Borah F. Nail. Mi»» Mary White Ovingto.i, Dr and Mrs A Philip Randolph, Dr , I have just finished reading a book I W Saunders, Dr Sydney Schiff, l called "My Story That 1 Like Best", Mr and Mr* William O Thompson, Four out of the six stories are unhap Missr« Hrlle and Mary Tobia«, Mine py, tragic and when one has read A'Lrlia Walker. Dr. and Mr« Wiley them, one is as unhappy as the sto ALABAM A KU KLUX KLAN Wilson. Mr and Mr» Clarence W il ries themselves. Which remind me FLAUNTS V ICTO R Y IN PARADE son, Dr Louis T Wright, and many, that I have a friend who will read anything you give her in thr way of other* AS PROSECUTORS W O N 'T ACT fiction if it "ends all right.' "W hy" says she 'should I spend thr small AGED SELMA RESIDENT. amount of leisure my work leaves Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 29—As an ARKANSAS OFFICER SEEK RACE PF.Ori.E SUFFER IN me, in reading stories of unhappy and ONE T IM E POSTM ASTER, DIES exmplification of how completely MAN W H O ATTA CK ED NEGRO ALABAM A FLOOD ARFA wretched people when all the day they control the government machin my work brings me in contact with ery of the state triumphantly paraded GIRL the dark unhappy side of life? All in a full-dress affair Thursday night Selma, Ala., Dec. 29—Charles W. Hirniinghaiii, A la, Dec 29— Fully life is not bedraggled or wretched or through the principal streets of the Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 29~Office»s three hundred persons iaced several a huplrss disappointment so why Childs, widely known throughout Ala I city. days' isolation early last week as they should I read Edna Kerbcrs' "Gay bama, and who for many years oper This, demonstration emphasized the are searching the surrounding coun- were marooned in their homes while Old Dog' and spend the rest of the ated shoe repair shop in this city, | failure to successfully prosecute mem- tryin an effort to apprehend an un the waters o f Valley Creek surged precious evening saying “ Poor Jo?" died Wednesday morning. j bers of the hooded order charged identified man, who Wednesday mor Mr. Childs was born a slave and over its banks and stood in some pla- Or reading Irvin S Cobb's favourite with the Luverne floggings and other ning assulted a young Negro girl in a ecs as high at the serond story win story which is perfectly ghastly in during the reconstruction days fol mob and lynching activities, alleged its sufferings? Or Meredith Nichol lowing the Civil War he is said to to have been committed by members vacant school building two miles dows south of here. The girl is in serious Many residents of the affeeted sec son's gripping story of the wicked have remained with his former mas- of the night shirt gang. tor’s family, even when that family tion were said to be unwilling to ness of the Third Man?" According to persons who have res condition at her home. became destitute he stuck with them leave their homes, while other* de pect for the law and order, special in From a description of the assailant and hclpd in every way possible to parted hastily on horseback and im vestigations officers In the state Law given the officers by the girl they be- support the family. provised rafts. Excessive rainfall for No, I quite agree with my friend Enforcement Department flatly re Itve he is the same man who attempt During the administration of Presi thr several days caused the creek to 1 This old world is sad enough and fused to help gather evidence, and ed to attack another young colored overflow its banks. The coming of gray enough as it is without our tal- dent Benjamin Harrison, Childs ser seemingly exhibited “a frenzied de Women and a few hours later a young cold weather on Friday brought a rntrd men and women writing stuff ved as postmaster at Marion, Ala.. sire to aid in the defense of the ac white woman on the outskirts of Pile source of relief to thr flood sufferers that paints thr days sadder and gray Southern whites say that Childs was cused", Attorney General McCall de Bluff. Residents of that section who es er. Why do they not give their brain always deferential and courteous to clared caped said that it would take some children caggcrs which will check and his white friends and called him a time for the waters to recede be put ambition into the rest of us? good citizen. In fact Childs was a cause of the clogged condition of the Stories of suffering with hope in the good citizen and none can deny that TH R EE SUE FOR sewer* which the city had neglected. last chapter Stories of criminals who fact. He was thrifty, honest and rep- $.15,(XX) DAMAGES City officials claim that it will take have a chance to uncover the real pected by all who knew him. He is some time now to clear the sewer* so man that is born in every normal survived by his widow, a son,Joseph Childs, of Selma, and a daughter, the waters can recede. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 29—Three man but which our present system Thr property damage is said to be crowds out and kills in the most bru Miss Lilian Childs, of Washington, damage suits, totaling $35,000, were hravy, much o f which was uninsured tal fashion. O f course I know that D. C. filed last Wednesday in circuit court aganst S. W. Qualls, undertaker, and at the present time with all our law Misses LaVada, Maxine and Chrys- the Fisher Lime and Cement Com enforcing bodies in a regular orgy of talie and Merritnan Maxwell of Sal hate and revenge, there Is no hope W O U L D YOU MARRY. Girl 18. pany, by three women. em, Oregon are spending the V ule- Willie May Evans sues for $25,000. Worth $80,000; widow, 45, $25,000. tide vacation visiting friends in the Photos and descriptions FREE, Clup Frances Evans for 5,000, and Lou (Continued on Page Four) city. Mrs. Warn, 8634 S. Figuerea St., Ada Canada for $5,000. The women allege they were seriously injured Los Angeles, California. — Adv. when riding in a funeral belonging RES. PHONE SELL. 1536 OFFICE PHONE BDW Y 6967 to Qualls. The car was recklessly driven into a post, they claim, and BRoadway 1674 then smashed into by a truck belong M ISSENNEAW A ing to the Fisher Lime and Cement CON TRACTING COM PAN Y T H E STOR E FOR Company. The accident is said to EVERYBODY have occured on the Rellcvue Boule Also Cabinet W ork And d e n t is t vard Saturday afternoon, Dcember 3, Upholstering 1927 C M. PRATHER. Manager HOURS. 9 - 1 2 , 1-6 602 - 3 PANAM A BUILDING ô r. 293Vi N. 16th St. Portland, Ore. TM* Q u a l it y Sun. & Evening by Appointment N. E. Cor. Third and Alder Subscribe for The Advocate and _ .W a M W u w w O «end it to a friend for tho New Year. ARROW TIPS” Portland’s Own Store ‘Doctor E. L. Booker • GREAT BRITAIN T O FREE .100.000 AFRICAN SLAVES 'LIKE THEY DO NIGGERS' London, Dec. 29-According to Mil- PRACTICING FOR FUTURE ton Bronner on the first of January SOUTHERN PASTTIM E IS 300,000 slaves held in bondage in an STRANGLED T O DEATH African protectorate controlled by the State of Sierra Leone will be freed from their shackles. DeQuincy, La., Dec. 29—A group It is claimed that the holders of of small white boys of this city were slaves are Negro chieftains. It is al playing their fathers' “ southern past so claimed that these opponents to time game” of hanging, apparently to the freedom of the African slaves, are become experts when they reach their many of them the descendants of Ne majority at "hanging Negroes” last groes who were held inslavery in the Wednesday afternoon which result- United States. ! ed in the death of Garland Gillis, Jr., Sierre Loene was founded in 1788 ; aged 10 years. A rope was suspended from a tree as the home for emancipated slaves front America. In that regard it was and the noose end is said to have like Liberia and on the same coast. been placed around the Gillis’ boy's Liberia was under American protec neck "like they do a nigger" and pul- tion, while Sierra Loene is under ! led the boy off the ground. It is claimed that his youthful com British. But Liberia has remained a free, independent country. Great panions did not sense Gillis’ predica Britian now owns Sierra Leone and ment and for a time no warnng was can boast truthfuly that no slavery ex given. Finally one of the boys told ists in any country over which the his mother that the child was hang- i ing from the tree and couldn’t talk. union jack wwves. That sounded the alarm and when she ; reached the spot with other excited HOUTSON NEGROES SPONSOR mothers, the boy was dead, having strangle to death. HOME BEAUTIFUL PLAN SYRACUSE LODGE ELECTS Houston, Tex. Dec. 29------A civic improvement club has been organiz ed among race people living east of Dowling street which plans to spon sor a home beautiful program. I. M. Terrell, N. Dudley, R. M. Catchings, and G. T. Suocks are the men who arc responsible for the formation of the club. They feci that this move ment will prove beneficial in many ways to the presidents of that dis trict and will also inspire residents of other sections to follow along the same lines. W Y A T T W . W IL L IA M S Syracuse Lodge Knights of Pyth ias held their semi-annual election for officers on Friday evening of last week with the following results: L. A. Ashford C. C., W. W. Brown V. t ., E. D. Cannady prelate, W. C. Holliday M. F., Nimrod Jackson M.E. Fritz Truitt, K. of R. & S; Trustees Lee C. Anderson and Clarence White. Enstallation will take place on the first meeting in January. DANCINO EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE SOCIETY HALL 314 1-2 WILLIAMS AVENUE N. GOOD MUSIC; GOOD ORDER. 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