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WHITE WOMAN CONFESSES SHE LIED ON NEGRO
LOVES HIS RACE BETTER THAN HIS RELIGION
m ii ms ■ n
<&r*atQU|rmtg Attend Uniti) (tinner PRESIDENT OF TÜSKEGEE WOULD
healthiest country in the world, also
1 to world civilization.
— lly Mr». E. IJ, Cannady—
The third of the series of world!
"Sweden is the greatest timber the illiteracy in Sweden is the least
in the world being only one-tentb of
unity dinners held under the auspi producing country in the world.
New York, May 24— I (rath-bed
Speaking before the A. M. E. Zion
ces of the local llahai Assembly was
"In Stockholm, there is a tele one per cent.
II
M
confession by a white woman that
Speaking of Swedish customs Mr
General Conference at St. Louis, the
given on Thursday evening, April phone to every four inhabitant»—
•hr had talarty Bernard of rriiniluO
head of Tuskegee said:
2bth in the Lincoln Ball room at leading the world in number per ca Latimer said that it is an insult fora
««'»ult a South Carolina Negro llrn
“ I am a 'hardshell Baptist', but I*
Theile's restaurant 105 Tenth street. pita lie stated that Indianapolis was doctor to present a bill to his ptae
lira«, who had arrvrtl 13 year« of a
love my race better than anything
Thr Swedish Vice Consul, Mr. I.id- second. This no doubt due to her tients. Once every year a free will
By
Kits
Reid
.10-year arntrnrr haa brought about
else in the world, even unto my relf-
cll and his charming wife were the large Swedish population. The spea contribution is taken and sent to the
Ilia release by Governor Kichurd«,
hosts.
ker declared the Swrdi'h people to doctor. I.ast o f at| and coming as a
New York City, June 1—Accord- K'on
1 had to *ive up one of ,he
acrording to a report received by the
The dinner was called “a night in be the healthiest people irt the world fitting climax to bis interesting re to a statement issued from the head- ,w o , *"n8* I love, it would be reB-
1
he
Advocate
doei
nov
necessarily
National a«aociatiun for thr Ad-
marks Mr. Latimer told of Lind quarters of the Brotherhood of Sleep- | R,on There ** more revolution and
«hai* in Kilt Kcid'a viewa, but wheth Sweden". At the hour of 6 ft m a This he said was due to proper phy
van return t o f Colored People 69 ir we do or not, bar opinione are
great throng of people had assemb sical exercise —swimming baths,— bergh's contribution to world peace ing Car Porters and credited to A, f vou,ion in this age than at any time
Fifth Avenue Thi« innorent rolorrd «ane, and logicai and well worth
and said: “ through Lindbergh the Phillip Randolph, national organizer ,n the history of the world.
\ j
led. completely filling the banquet rest and proper food.
man narrowly rtraprd lynching at ■ raditi*. lt ia your privilege ai well aa
hands of Sweden and the United the pullman porters ‘‘will not only
*
deplore
the
fact
that
there
are
hall
and
it
took
approximately
an
Outstanding
among
the
‘sons
and
oura to diaagrea wìth Kit» and ahe
thr hand« of a mob whe the fal«c invitea your opinion upon «ubiceli
additional hour to make room for a daughters' of Sweden, Mr. I^timer States shall ever be clasped togeth walk off the cars, but they will fight 50 rnanJr religious denominations a-
accuoation again«! him w u originally •he ducutaci frora lime to time in her
to keep anybody else from walking mong our church folk. If all denom-
part of the overflow — those who gave a list which indued: Bellman er in friendship and love."
collima.
made.
Then followed an illustrated ad on the cars, whether they be white ¡nations among our people would
failed to make reservations before- *he father of modern poetry; Erick
Clipping« rrreived by It N A A C
hand When all were seated who Stagnelius, the Shelley of Sweden; dress by Vice Consul Lidell, "a tour black, Filipino, Chinese or Japanese.” [ combine on fundametals that effect
1* «how the Columbia Stale editorial-
"God made us neighbors; let justice could find places, they numbered Bishop Tegners, Victor Rydberg, of Sweden". Mr. Lidell:
This statement was issued in reply t*le race« there would be a heaven on
I charging that a conspiracy convict make us friends". — Borah
Sweden, which is the sixth c o u n -! *-o the question “ will the porters earth- I* is our religion that divides
J7M persons all »hades of political ao- famous poet; Verntr von Heiden-
ed the Negro and »ent him to priaon
strike!” which has been asked so U9’ While the churches are provizf-
oal. religious and racial complexions «tom poet Laureate; Erick Geija, try in size in Europe, ex ten ^
devpitr grave doubt of hi« guilt in
I hope every one is enjoying! the
pointed ing ade9uate religious training a so
Randolph
The repast was called ’kohldolman historian; Stringberg great dramtist. about the latitude o f Edinburgh generally. Mr
minda of the jury, aolicitor and June mm.her of the Crisis It i» a
'kohl' meaning cabbage and 'dolman' Among musicians; Loderman, Grieg Scotland, to a point several degrees out that an emergency could be lution must also be found for further
judge
Commenting on the State'« comprehesive
number
Beginning we knew to be 'wrap', and since the of Sweden; Kustina Nethan and north of the Artie Circle, and em created and that the Pullman com racial advacement or disaster will
demand for Irigitlative investigation with the lirst page "A s the Crow
'kohl' encircled a delicious portion Jenny Lind, the Swedish nightingale, braces within its 172,876 square miles pany would not be in position to re befall both church and society.
the (irernaboro Daily Nrwa «aya:
flies" with its sentences full of pierc of meal—putting two and two toge- Baron Ehronstrohl was cited as the strikingly different types of land place the striking porters with non
"When anything is to happen that
"Meantime, and whatever auch in- ing sarcasm it is full of mrat 1 a l
ther— we concluded
'kohldolman' father of Swedish painting;
Elias scape from the fertile fieds of the union men because it would not b,e I concerns the white race, they drop
veatigation may reavral there are 13 ways nad that first page even if I'
meant cabbage wrapped 'round meat Martin who painted the walls of south to the mountains and the wild possible to secure suitable men for religion and party politics and give
years of a nian'a life gone, braten out must steal the time. Those gripping
the positions.
all of their attention to the matter
Whether or not that conclusion was Bodleian library at Oxford came in erness north of the Arctic Circle.
againat the bara of a prison because phrases fairly drive one into farther
"The country ia characterized by
that involves them. The various Ne
correct, the fact remained that the for special mention. Others of her
a woman under the impulse of a mo investigation and sting one's conf-
gro denominations should combine
repast was good and for that aven- outstanding artists include Lund- mighty forests, rich ores and swiftly
tive which can only be guessed at. seine into active interest
ing wc were all Swedes —at least gren, Count von Rosen, Carl Lara- running streams.
I their efforts for greater results as a
swore falsely, knowing thatt ahr waa
1 he story "D eep" is fascinating our stomachs were.
"Sweden is a land of ancient cul- '
son, I.iljifors. It is said of the latter,
j race. Neither of the church oganiza-
awraring falaely when »he did it. but thr rhrap animosity of those ig
The program consisted of piano "he hears the year» grow and knows ture and of a heroic past, the monu- j
tions can hope to achieve individual
Only by the grace of fortunate cie- norant white women against the Ne solos by Miss Olga Pierson selec- the secret of every bird’s cry"; tnentt of which, some of them dat- .
ly. Combining the power of these de-
cum«tanrea wa» she unable to arnd groes in the same hr.use ought' to tions by Swedish composers includ- Prince Eugene, Ander- Zorn Molin's ing even from pre-historic times, I
| nominations can be done without
him to hie drath—once at the handa drive home to the heart ofevery
in* the "Swedish Wedding March" statue
“ The Wrestlers” achieved lend a peculiarly interesting charac
any limitation or change o f creeds.
of a mob and again at the hands of- white | m e n who read the story 1>
and "Swedish W alta"; violin selec- world fame; Schiele, great chemist ter to the landscape.
When a Negro congressman is wan-
the atatc itself.
Nothing can bring «hall see to it that niy whitefriendv
As the landscape, so also the peo
tions by Miss Margaret Munson, ar- discovered oxygen and John Erics
; ted, a committee of truly educated
State
of
Oregon
Supreme
Court,
those yeara bark, not even the re read that story.
I wish the Can- listlrally and skilfully done to the «on, the great invest»* whose skill ple present types, which are strong
; honest churchmen from each denom
Salem, Oregon April 29, 1928
pentance by which thi» woman "feel nadys' would print it in the Advo- delight of every one; vocal solos and wa5 acknowledged by the U. S Con- ly contrasted, from the most modl-
ination could lay hold on the civil
Mrs. E. D. Cannady,
ing thr approach of death', ia eo Thrn the article on "The American folk dancing, closing with an illus- gress.
In speaking of the Monitor em of moderns in the south to the
powers of the government and de
Portland, Oregon.
(Continued on page four)
Uplift in Haiti" is enough to drive trated lecture by Mr. I.idcll.
which he built and whose timely primitive Lapps beyond the Artie
mand the recognition that is accord-
My
dear
Mrs.
Cannady:
.
one to vote thr Socialist ticket Hr\w
Mr. George O rr I-atimcr, the gen- completion saved the Union, Ericks- Circle. Many of the oldtime ways of
I thank you very much indeed for td. ° ,h! r American citizens.
can any American—I mean thr real tal toastmaster presented and intro- , on saj j “ Nothing could induce me living and thinking have been forced
Such a mass movement of the de
your
editorial in today’s issue of
duced some distinguished guests in-
accept remuneration from the Ut to give way before the demands of
nominations
would help the Negro
fContinued on page four)
your paper. I appreciate very highly
eluding Prof, and Mrs. A. R. VrjUrr, 5 for the Monitor invention once the new day, but what remains is ca
to become articulate in the larger
your
friendship
and
that
of
Mr.
Can*
Spanish Consul; Mr. and Mrs Seid presented by me as my contribution red for with a tenderness and vener
nady, and the kind things which you cities, where his political rights are
Gain Back and Mrs. Stanley Chin, t0 the glorious Union cause, the tri- ation which formerly were unkown.
not entirely hampered; and later
After this brief introduction, I have published concrening me.
Chinese; Mr. and Mrs. K. Inoue, umph of which freed four million
there
would be a social transforma
MR. JOHNSON SAYS PRESENT
wish to present a series of view», pic With kindest personall regards, and tion and development among the
Japanese Consul and Mr. and Mrs. ■ bondsmen."
thanking
you
again,
I
am
Slowc of Norway.
Paradoxical as it may seem Alfred turing the natural scenery of Swed
race in the Southland."
RECORD MAY BK DUE
Very sincerely your»
Mr Latimer: "The Swedish race is ! Bernhard Nobel, donor of the Nobel en, the principal indutsries, the in
JOHN
L.
RAND
PU RELY TO LUCK
the oldest of European races It goes p face pr¡ „ invented dynamite "He habitants,—their culture and ways of
MEMPHIS COLOR BANKERS GO hack five thousand years and is one hcard , be call of the Hebrew Pro living, and the monuments in mem
For many years and even now, the
State of Oregon Supreme Court,
of thr purest racial nations in the phft; «Nation shall not lift up swef-d ory of past heroic deeds. W e begin
office seekers in order to win (the
PEN IT E N T IA R Y
Jamca Weldon Johnson, Secretary
Salem Oregon May 23, 1928.
world' Thi* fart he said was due to a(¡a¡nst nation, neither shall they the journey at the port of G^kheh-
colored peoples vote have pra:sed and
of the Natinal ¿Association for the
burg (Goteborg) and travel the dis Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Cannady,
her isolation He then told of the ( |farn war any more'.”
flattered them patronized their chic
Advaccmcnt of Colored People, an
520
E.
26th
Street
North,
M f La,;mfr rciated how Norway tance from the Western sea (Katte
ken dinners and attended their meet
nounced tide week that In« Associa - •"-Memphis, Tenu., May 22—Submit statesmanship of her early settlers
gat) to the Eastern sea (Baltic) by Portland, Oregon.
and leaders; of her industries—iron
ings before election and generally
,
,
,
and
Sweden run a close race, with
ting
to
charges
o
f
fraudulent
breach
tioii has no record of any lynchinga
My
dear
Friends:
, hf lra(, by being the
(Continued on page four)
impress them with the idea that they
anywhere in the United States dur of trust, preferred against them in and timber production»—of her groat Svfdrn
The election is now over and VI j
contributions material and spiritual.
; are a mighty important race of peo
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ing the firat four months of 1928. criminal court. A. F. Ward, president
Joseph has been defeated in his at
ple, hut after the election the politt-
! hat breaks a record extending back of the Fraternal and Solvent Saving-, ' ----------------------- ■ --------------- ---------
tack upon the Supreme Court of this
' cal boss and office seeker forget the
assistant — — —
— —— —- - - - - - - — 1 IN TE RE ST INCREASING IN
over 39 years for which thi» Associa Bank: I.eRoy Williams
state. I want you each to know how
colored voters and the support ren
tion, along with two others, has a cashier, and F.. Raspberry, teller,
FINANCE C O M P A N Y
highly I value your friendship and
dered until another election rolls a-
fairly accurate list of lynching».
received sentences today The sen H OLLIDAY -H OLLIDAY
assistance. If it had not been for
round: the same friendship and deep
• W'hcthcr that particular achieve of Ward which read "not more than
my friends, I could not have with
(From California Voice, Oakland)
interest in the colored voters’ wel
Tonsorial Parlors
ment means anything does not ap- ten years," will entitle him to parole j
stood the attack he made upon me.
Inter City Finance Corporation or
fare will bob up.
iSr.ar, They told a story on Lind in five years on good behavior.
It is only when one needs friends
ganizing has met the regid requiref-
12S North Sixth Street
Thr failure of the Fftatrrnai pnd
bergh shortly after his flight to I- ut-
that true friendship comes to the
nients of the Industrial Loan Act of
Read
rope wherein he said or was made to Solvent Savings Bank proved one of
May 28. 1928
front.. I want to express to you my
In
our
present
location
we
the state of California.
,
,
^ _
say that if hr had hit thr coast’ of, the most disastrous financial crashes j
Portland Ore. gratitude for your very effective and
The law says in order to capitalize
Ireland within 25 miles of where he that the Negro racial group had ex,- j a r c e q u i p p e d tO g i v e b e t t e r for $25,000.00 you must have one- Mrs E. D. Cannady,
kind support.
312 Macleay Building
planned to hit it, that would be good pcrirnccd in years It followed the s c r v i c e than ever before. — fourth of the proposed capital raised The Advoacte Publishing Co.,
Very Sincerely yours,
consolidation
o
f
the
two
well
known
.
.
.
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navigating; but that hitting it within
PORTIA ND
-
-
OREGON
in cash, before you can secure a char" Macleay Building,
JOHN L. RAN D
W e 3 r e W W * * t0
three mile» of the actual spot he had Beale Street hank, which had been
ter and a permit to open for bus*- ( 'fy-
$2.50 per Year
in mind, which he did was pure in operation under Negro control for 1 c a r e O f m e n , WOlTlCn a n d ness. The law further says you can’t Dear Mrs. Cannady:
lurk. The fart that no lynching 1' many years. Besides the large num
Please
come
in
and
pay
your
obli
Delivered at Your Door
children. Come and let us spend one penny of the money for I wish to formally express to you
on the record« fo r 1928 thus
is ber of churches and organizations
expenses, commissions or anything my sincere thanks for the assistance gations to The Advocate.
who lost their money, thousands of serve you.
JO B P R I N T I N G
more apt to he good luck than an
else That every dorllar must be kept that your gave me in the recent cam-
dicatlon that there will not he any school children lost their entire sav
on
hand
and
if
for
any
reason
the
or-
paign
for
the
circuit
judgeship
The
Holliday & Holliday
Mrs. Dorthula Darden Irving an
more lynching* As thr latter, of ings in the crash.
ganizers couldn’t raise the required confidence that my friends had in me, nounced last week h e r gradua
THE FRIENDSHIP
course, there is no doubt; more lyn-
amout o f money to open for busi- as shown by the generous vote, will tion as Doctor of Surgical Chiropo
chings are coming It Is not all im
ness in 90 day» that every dollar always be highly appreciated by me. dy from California College of Chiro
Pool and Billiard Hall
probable that we shall have them In
T E X T IL E IN DUSTRY USES
must be returned to its subscriber.
In spite of the fact that victory went pody, Thursday, May 24th, 1928 at
North Carolina which of all the
The required amount of money has to my opponent I do not feel dis- San Francisco, California. The Advo
will occupy building at
LARGE AM OUN T OF GAS
Southern States has the cleanest re
bcen raised, the officers and direc- j couraged as the great number of cate acknowledges receipt of an in
108 NORTH SIXTH ST.
cord.
j tors have been elected by th majority j votes which I received show that I vitation to her graduating exercises.
But the gradual decrease over thr
I of 36 stockholders and Atty. H. I v had many friends who wished h<*r
Beginning Saturday May l 9
With approximately 250 mill» each
whole country and particularly In the
Richardson who is a member of the well.
using
a
million
ru.
ft.
or
more
of
gas
J
South, which is the center of lynch
The Advocate acknowledges re
With kind personal regards I am
Proprietors:
board oi directors, expects to' open,
ings, is a matter of carefully authen a month, the textile industry now
ceipt of an invitation to the fifty-
Very truly your»,
j
or
business
June
1st.
S. A. Sims
ticated record. The curve over a ranks with other American indus
F. W . Stadter ninth annual commencement of Ore
Mr. J. J. Allen the promoter is
W.
M. Mason
tries
in
the
use
of
gas
for
heating,
period of years is so strikingly down
gon State Agricultural College, Jun.
; all smiles and says he is ready now
according
to
the
recent
report
o
f
the
ward that it is difficult to foresee the
1st at Corvallis, Oregon.
I to spend the necessary time to teach
Company is a brother of Mrs. L, Oa
day when a lynching will he a distnet American Gas Association,
the
directors
and
manager
how
to
"Gas heat is especially wellladapt-
Smith, The Advocate's splendid cor
rarity. Perhaps it is even possible
successfully operate an Industrial
respondent. W e wish the enterprise
to foresee the time when lynching cd for dying, bleaching and finish
I.oan -Co., under "The Allen System"
great success. — Editor Cannady.
Res. Phone Ea. 8983
will be as impossible as Judicial exe ing cotton goods, and for singeing
Office Phone Br. 8967
which is very similar to the Mt>K
cution o fa witch Is now The stea and supplying steam in woolen and
ris Plan system, and the Company
dy pressure against the practice, the worsted mills," say# the report,
will be incorporated and supervised W Y A T T W . W ILLIAM S
more completely developed publicity_ "One thousand knitting mills also
by the Corporation Commisisoner of
the higher conception o f legal nuth- generate steam mainly with gas,”
Attorney at Law
j California, under the same Industrial
The report estimate» that it re
ortiy in this particular field, the vig
Loan Act, the Morris Plan compan
With Julius Silvestone,
or of some rotirt» and the eottrage quire* approximately 75,000 cu. ft.
DENTIST
ies of Oakland, San Fracisfco and
of
gas
to
furish
the
heat
needed
to
and determination of some officials,
TH E STORE FOR
1
1
«
1
523-524
Lumbermens
Bldg.
Los
Angeles.
are all brought into play. En singe a million yards of cloth, and
EVERYBODY
Announcement will be made of the
50,000
more
to
heat
the
calendar
couraging as the four-month record
Attorney and Counselor
newly elected
officers and direc-
502 - 3 PAN AM A BUILDINO
HOURS. 9 - 1 2 ,
1-6
is, it does not mean as much as the rolls for a million yards.
|
tors.
A
few
more
shares
of
stock
Phones: Br 0635—Sell. 6260
"In
adopting
ga»
for
heat
needs,
full story of the past ten years.
N. E. Cor. Third and Alder
Sun. ft Evening by Appointment
may be purchased at the original
the textile industry has found that
Portland,
Oregon
j price of $100 per share.
h « Q u a l it y fro w «
rmr - - - - -
One lynching has hern reported gas is easy to control, clean, and
f rOGTI
Ï1
Mr. Allen, the promoter of the
since Mr. Johnso's news release F.d covenient," the report says.
Randolph Says
Porters W ill Strike
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