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Saturday, January 21, 192* THE ADVOCATE PAGE THREE "-5 - ■ 5-5- SUPER—OA8 WORKS TO SUP Big PLY ALL DKMANDS POR PURL ELKS LODGE SECURES F o rm er Garvey H om e For H om e Temple IN T H E PUTURK At the regular meeting of the Mon arch Lodge, No 45. I I . P. O. E. of High pressure distribution ol g ai W , on Monday evening, January 9, in m a i m Iruin three tu live I iuii una.-ijmous approval was given to the d u d inilc» ill length tu supply •mall purchase of Liberty Hall, former tow ns aurruunding the larger erlitcra headquarters of the Universal Negro u l population and intervening rural Im provem ent Association (the Gar- districts, such a i ii now done by su v e y o rg a n u a tio n ) as a site for a tern pet power facilities o( central station pic and home. The property is be electric companies, is a certainty of ing purchased from Casper Holstein the near future, W alter C lleckjord, past Exalted Ruler of Monarch vice president of the American l.ighl Lodge, and one of the most proini and T ractio n Company, New Yurk, u n it Elks ¡n New York. Mr. Holstien has refused several dcclarca. > Zfc offers to sell the properly to white Natural a* h a t been trau »niiltrd upw ards of JOU miles and there is .10 builders at a substantial profit and js reason why manfactiired gas cannot letting the Lodge have it for what be handled in similar way if the eco it cost hjrn, simply because he is a m nomics of the situation permit, he bitious to have his lodge own and occupy the largest and finest temple says. jn Elkdotn. "An eight-inch transmission main Bought At Forecloser ta n be laid in the ground for about The properly was secured from $M,(JUO per mile," Mr. lleckjord says. "T h is isn't much more than the cost Garvey organisation by Mr Holstien at a forerloser sale nearly two years of some elcctrie transmission lines. ago. H is purpose in buyjng it was W ooden pole transmission lines can misunderstood and he was rharged be built for R4.00U or $S,UUO per mile with being the agent for. white b ro and the larger steel transmission lines kers who ws-re aiixjous to get the plot cost from $12,0U0 tu $I5,UU0 per nule. as a site for new apartm ent houses "(ias as a fuel can be supplied much A lthough he had befriended the 1 ^ cheaper than electrical energy be N I A by several loans, this o rg a n cause the thermal efficiency of gas ization made all kinds of charges a- producing equipment is around sev gainst him, going so far as to take enty-five to eighty per cent while in the m atter to court and having the the case of electrical equipment it is first sale voided because the au c t slightly more thau twenty per cent ioneer was alleged to have refused and the investm ent coal is much hig h to accept the money due from the A s er . T h e investm ent cost of an ele sociation ctrical system is about twice th at of W'hcn the resale was held, Mr Hoi- the gas system per million II T. U. stien was again the high bjdder but so th at it is easy to sec that in most showed a remarkable spirit of fo r places where it is necessary to sup giveness by altowjng the 11 N I A ply heat, gas has a greater advan to continue using the hall fur their tag e" meetings T h ere is one fundmcntal difference Officers Installed in the problem of the super-power No inform ation was given nut as electric generating station and the to the details ol the Elks building super gas works, he explains From program of when work on t h r new present knowledge, the production of temple Would begin gas from coal involves the production The Monday night meeting was of large quantities of by-products also th r installation night. The fol which must be disposed of in c o m lowing officers were installed for thr petition with commercial markets new year: Dr H udson J. Oliver, ex which m arkets arc sometimes rather alted ruler; Jam es P T u rn er, es difficult to compete in, both as <0 I i**m ed leading knig ht; F-ljas W a t - quantity and price 1 son, esteemed loyal knight; Russell "C on d sid erablr study has been gtv- W c t | secretary; John W Duncan, en to complete carbonization meth- i t rf.4 , u rr; Jam es Keyes, inner guard; ods," he says, "but so far there seems • D , nie| Tice. Tjle-r; Richard Jackson, to be no method which can be adapt- ! CM|Ulre; a nd the following trustees: ed to gas works practice any better yVilliain Marshall. John T hom pson, than a combination ol coal gas and j erry Str others, Dr. Scott and l.cwjs w ater gas plant in which over pro- Williams duction of coke may be taken care Alderm an Fred R Moore, who is of by making w ater gas ( oal gas an |lonorary mem ber of Monarch production takes care of the base load I.„<jgri w as present at the installation and water gas the seasonal variations anj w a , „jy rn a w arm and enthusias- “T h r international Coal Conference ,jc K rcitm g by the m em bers present, at P ittsb urg early this y ear bro ught ’ paj<j the highest lodge honors out some interesting discussions of \ the varous processes which have to [ deal with the production of the lig h t er oils from coal, and ultim ate com plete gasification methods, but it would appear these are still very much in the development stage T h e annual observance of Race Re "T he industry had considered for some years the possibiltiy of an im lations Sunday • the sixth since its in pending shortage of oil. This p ro b ceptiun in 1922—will lake place this lem still seems to be one in which ex year on February 12th, when th o u perts disagree, but it must be quite sands of churches, Sunday schools, evident to any thinking person that Y. M C A 'a, young people's socie the problem is one of serious co n sid ties, and other religious groups will focus their atten tion on the prblems eration T h ere has been considerable dis of race. Especial emphasis will In cussion on the possiblty of using oil laid this year on penitence and pray shale, but there serins to be consid- er for the complete suppression is erabl difference of opinion as to the suing this call thè Federal Council's economic possibilities at present p ri Commission on Race Relations points ces T h e time will undoubtedly come out the fact th at in the last forty and it may be nearer than we expert, years more than four thosand per when it will be absolutely necessary sons have been put to death by mobs m this country, and that crimes of to use these deposits of shale.” this character, though less numerous than formerly, are still of frequent MRS. W A T S O N ANSW F.RS IN occurrence. A pamphlet containing topics and EV ITA B LE SUMMONS suggestions for the observance of Race Relations Sunday can be had for five cents a copy from the C om mission on the Church and Race Re (C ontinued from Page one) the invocation. T h e Mt Olivet choir lations, 10S East 22nd Street, New rendered several appropriate selec York City. O th e r pamphlets on the tions. T h e floral pieces were profuse subject may be had without charge and beautiful and the funeral was from ihe Commission on Inter-racial lagrely attended. T h e remains were Cooperation, 409 P alm er Building, Atlanta, Ga. interred in the Rose City Cemetery. ------------ 0------------ REM EM BERS T H E ADVOCATE RACE RELATIONS DAY S U B S C R IB E F O R T H E A D V O Rev. L. B. Stew art writes from CATE. Anaconda where he is pasturing the A. M. E. Church, enclosing a renewal subscription to T h e Advocate. Rev. Stew art w ho formerly resided in Portland, sends greetings and a box of candy to the staff H u rry up, some body else, this box of candy will soon be gone and the associate editor sure eats lots. — Editor. LOCAL HAPPENINGS H\gf) Liyßts of Hartem Mrs. Phillips, m o th er of Miss May Phillips, died W ednesday and was buried Friday from Finleys. Mrs. Philips was a m em ber of the local much of gaining the top with an ex Bahai Assembly. L B. P. 0 . X. press elevator would have taken Mr W m . Cain had as her guest at place if Jam es B Lowe could have been the movie star in name and real the Symphony orchestra concert at ity. A t he portrays the beauty, p a t the Auditorium Monday night, Mrs. ience, goodness, faith and trust in E. D. Cannady. Both enjoyed the e x God of Uncle T o m it leaves an im cellent program pression unerasable. Please come in and pay your obli O n the o th er hand the film plays up Eliza. T his part is played by gations to T h e Advocate. (By Clifford L Miller) The Advocate has been fortunate In securing the services of Clifford I. Miller, of New York City as a spe- cal contributor to its columns. Mr. Miller has had wide experience in the new spaper game especially as a fea ture writer on some of the great Metropolitian dailies. He has also publshed a book of poems from hit own pen and has ano ther in the p re paration. W e hope all our readers will Margarita Fisher T he escape across enjoy this column as we arc endeav the river on the ice blocks while pur MRS. G R A H A M L I K E S ST. P A U L oring to give only the best. sued by hounds is a thriller with a Mrs. D. A. G raham writes T he big jolt to one's nervous system. A Negro playing the leading role Advocate from St. Paul where she T opsy as interpreted by Mona Ray in a movie film is decidcly som ething is well done and satisfies our mental recently went to reside, th at she was new on jaded Broadway. "Uncle picture of Topsy. If anything it is very happy to be with her relatives. T o m 's Cabin” is the film and Jam es a little overdone as usually the case She also stated th at the children. J u It Lowe is the film star T he film when white actress take off colored nior and Graham, were playing in the began its run last N ovem ber at the characters. sunshine and seemed perfectly at Central Theatre. It is produced by home and that several parties were Virginia Grey does " L ittle E v a ” the Universal i'icture C orporation a f in the fo rm ing for the pleasure of well O ne wishes she could have ter being in process of making over hr son, Orval. anim ated the film more with her na a period of tw o years. Mrs. Graham asked to be remeber- tive kindness. No lover of humanity and justice cd to all he P ortland friends. “Simon L egree” and “ Marks the can see this film without brin g stirred to the very depths of his soul I f is Lawyer" are just such reprobates as Mrs. Effie Jo hnson-L ee has re a serial in that it delivers one thrill one imagines. turned from an extended visit to re "Uncle T om '» Cabin shook the con latives in Nogales, Arizona and has right after ano ther to the very end It is almost melodramatic, infact, its science of the nation in its book form. resumed her place in Mt Olivet Bap- As a picture it ought to advance the j tist church. detracto rs so call it. Jam es B Lowe’s work is done with cause of interracial justice and goo d intelligent understanding and digni will as it brings home to Americans Miss Gwendolyn H ook er rendered a fied action and restraint O ne feels in a dram atic way the evils of the group of request readings at the ban- has been done, it is to regulate thr slave system T h is picture uncon qut tendered Mrs. Millie R. T r u m central character Uncle T o m and un sciously tells the depth of shame in bull F riday evening, Jan u ary 13th at duly magnify that of Eliza and which slavery plunged the N egro and H otel Seward. Mrs. J. J. H an dsak er All was the lovely toastm istress. George Harris. This, I hold, is the it is all good entertainm ent picture's fundamental flaw T o o hail this milestone in our progress. N IN T E E N Two of the great enemlee to youth and vitality are delayed elimination and inteetinal poisons. To keep your- eelf free from both theee common diffl- cultiee will help you to stay young. 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Morrison St. W Y A T T W I L L I A M S , Secretary, 708 M aryland Avenue. E. W. A G E E , C. C. 718 U n ion Avenue N. W. W. Brown K. of R. A 8. Buy For Cash Here A n d Save the Difference A gents for Butteri ck P a tte rn s and Publications T h e most in value-Tbe : in quality T W E N T Y —S E V E N , -, , ,, ,------------ r~ L Y N C H IN G R EC O RD New York,Jan. 7,—A decrease in the n u m ber of lynchings from 34 in the y ear 1926 to 21 in the year 1927 is reported by the National Associa tion for the Advancement o f Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue. Mississippi leads with seven vic tims of lynching mobs, T ennessee and A rkansas each having a record of three lynchings, Florida two, and the following States each having had one: Kentucky, Lousiana. Missouri, N orth Carolina, T ex as and California. T he National Association for the Advancement for Colored People dif fers from T uskege in including as lynchings the beating to death by prisoners in a Los Angeles jail of a William H ick m an; the shooting to death by a posse of T h o m a s B rad shaw near Baily, N o rth Carolina. "Old Kentucky H om e" draw ing by John son which was the opening Besides the white prisoner beaten scene at the Elks of the W o rld 's big show at the Labor Tem ple for to death in Los Angeles jail, one o th er white man. B erry Allen, is rep o rt four nights this week. ed to have been seized by a m ob at Mayo, Florida and thnown into the Suwanee River while being convey ed to a hospital after a fight with a range rider and deputy sheriff. O f the victim s lynched, four were burned alive and the bodies of two others w ere publicly burned after death. 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