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1928
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Miss Ovington Goes
I o Seattle Wash.
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Mia» Mary W hile O v in g to n , found
er of the N ational A ssociation w ho
• pent a week in P ortland a« th r
guest o f the local Itran ch o f the Na
tional A«*ociation, a fte r addressing
the a tu d rn t body o f the U niver»ity
of O r c |o n F a ten »ion S um m er achool
M onday m o rn in g at L incoln H ig h
School, w hich w li the final engage-
tnent here, left for S eattle, W a»h
A fter »pending a few day» in S eattle,
Mias O ving to n plan« to re tu rn to
her hom e in New Y ork City D uring
her »lay in P o rtlan d , »hr filled m any
»peaking engagem ent*.
N oted a-
m ito g st them w ere ad d resses on
Sunday m orning.
luly 15th before
Ml O livet B aptist C hurch and Zion
A M F C hurch and In the evening
before
the
F irst C o n g reg atio n al
C hurch At each of these m eetings,
the speaker told of the w orking of
the N ational A ssociation for the Ad
vsneem ent of C olored People
At
a„ in terra cial tea held in h er honor
by M rs
1 J
H an d sack er,
Mis« |
O vington explained th e program
of th r
A ssociation and answ ered
questions reg ard in g «ante In re an
((au itin u ed
on page th re e )
1 h««( w ho had had the pleasure
ill atten d in g (h r previous N A A
C I*. A nnual C onference, w ere u-
n anim oua in th e ir opinion that the
19th A/nnual C onference held in I .oft
A n« e,e*- C alifornia. June 27-JulyJrd
* * • t y far th r g re a te st
I* * * • pointed out th at the rircep
*'°n tendered the N ational O fficer*
*nd dele pate» w ho cam e <*i thjr
»pecial train a* the »tation was the
firat of it* kind in the M atory of the
A ssociation.
T he «treet» all th ro u g h the colored
business sectiiei and dow n tow n in
the w hite buaine«» section in the
-immediate vicinity of P h ilh arm o n ic
H all and S hrine A uditorium were
gayly deco rated w ith hu n tin g , flag»
and N A A C P p o tter« T o eve-
rv entran ce to business places on
< rn tra l A venue w ere p larard* bear-
in g w ords o f w elcom e and g reetin g
to the d elegates sn d o th e rs attend-
ing the C onference T h e stre e t dec-
o ratio n s and o th er publicity w ere
paid for out o f th r $1500 ap p rn p ria t-
Vd hy the I.o s A ngeles C ham ber of
YContinnrd on page th re e !
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hull P rogram
A tlanta, Ga , Ju ly IS— D r. John
H ope, presid en t of M orehouse Col-
lege, this city, w hile in atten d an ce
upoit the recent C o n g re ss o f the
W orld R aptist A lliance in T o ro n to ,
C anada, received from
M c M .ste r
U niversity, nf th a t city the hon o rary
degree of D o c to r of Law*. A like
degree w as conferred by the U niver-
aity upon John T h o m a s Forbes,
principal of the T h eo lo g ical College
of S cotland, w hile the degree of
D octor w as conferred on nine emi
nent preachers and m issionaries from
six d ifferent countries
by Mr. Jam es W a rre n at an e l.b o -
rate re c .p t.o n held in the show room
at the H efflm F u rn itu re Mfg Co.,
2330 S anta A na Blvd , S atu rd ay nig h t,
July 14th
D r Boyd him self a na-
live T exan, is one of the o u tsta n d in g
business, fra te rn a l and ch u rch men
o f the race. He is S e c re ta ry of the
N ational B ap tist P ublishing Board,
, N ashville. T en n . D irecto r of a bank
T he im posing cerem onies were
conducted at a spencial convocation
held in Y o rk m in ster C hurch, T o ro n -
lo, attended by the officials and fa-
culty of the U niversity and by a
large num ber of delegates to the
W orld B ap tist C ongress. O f the
eleven men rcceivng degrees. D r
H ope had the d istin ctio n o f being
one of the three from A m erica, one
of the three to speak in response,
and one of the tw o to rtrceiv^ the
degree of I.I.D .
in th at city and S ecretary of the Na
tional N egro Pres* A ssociation,
T h e ex h ib it of the N ational Bap-
tist P ublishing B oard w as one of the
a ttra c tio n s a t the W o rld ’s Sunday
School C onvention.
It covered a
space of tw en ty by fifty feet and
consisted of Sunday S chool liter»«,
tiire, song books of 23 differen t m akes
and nam es; a m inature pulp it suite
w ith som e little pew s, show ing th a t
they n o t only m ake e v ery th in g from
a postal card to an encyclopedia b u t
th at they tn anufacure fu rn itu re for.
churches from w ooden collection
p lates to church pew s and pulpits,
T h e exhibit w as in ch arg e of som e
well inform ed Sunday S chool Supt
Dr. f lo y d will preach at Zion A.
M. E. C hurch Sunday m orn in g , July
22nd at 11 y'c. service. H is d a u g h te r,
Mrs. M iller w ho is an accom plished
m uslcian haa been requested to play
Por Hand’s
Own
equipped the m achine and vceneerinC
d e p artm en ts of this factory. HU
plans and m ethods are still in use in
th at factory today
In the m eatim e, during his spare
hours, H efflin built a suite of bed-
room furniture in the basem ent of
his hom e w ithout the aid of m achine­
ry. T his furniture he sold fo r $300
to a local housekeeper, bringing his
idea, thereby, closer to its realization.
A fter three and half years’ connec
t'On w ith the A ngelos F actory. Heff-
tin » Ith a sto u t heart, the $30000 he
room
earned from m aking the bed
bedroom
furniture and $20000 m ore w hich he
borrow ed from friends, left his posi-
tion and entered the m anufacturing
business on his own account in a
rented shack on E ts t N inth Street.
H is initial equipm ent consisted of a
saw table, a joiner and a rented band
saw.
Now. began the real struggle for
existen ce and the test of H efflin s
rem arkable tenacity and tact. In hi*
own w ords. Mr. H efflin explain* how
he m arketed his first product«:
DRAGS FIGURE ABOUT HALL WITH ROPE SO
ALL GET Ï0 KICK AÏ
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jO U tn C m
L .( ] I I P /4 fO f
Here On Visit
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l*roieM or j M T errel of H ouaton
Xex4S was
, he cJ|y , he past week
B irm ingham , A la , July 11— A lfred
E. Sm ith, D em ocratic nom inee for
, president, w as lynched in effigy at a
recent m eeting in the N athan B ed­
ford F o rre st klavera of the
Ku
K lux Klan at W ahaum a, according
j to a re p o rt ju s t received.
T he gath erin g of K lansm en was
an open m eeting, and the curious
m ixed crow d num bered about 200
according to reports a fter some
im prom ptu speeches denouncing the
H ouston convention had been de­
livered and volunteer speakers voiced
their condem nation of 'Catholicism
when two klavaliers brought in a
dum m y, w hich w as introduced as
"A1 Sm ith, D em ocratic nominee fo r
president.”
T h o se gathered w ere asked by the
p resid in g officer w hat they w anted
or ten days. P ro fesso r T e rre ll is
toBring the W e st in tbe ¡n ,e re„ 0f
his hejslth. F o r a num ber of years,
j,e has been active in educational cir-
c|es ,n the S ta te of T ex as serving as
principal of the Ft.
W o rth publia
schools. T h e F t W o rth colored
H igh School is nam ed the T errell
H igh School in his honor. H e was
for three years p rin c ip a l o f the
P rairie View S tate N orm al School
a t P rairie View, T exas. A fte r re ­
signing from th at position, in 1926
he influenced a w ealthy w hite man
to donate the m oney for building and
(C ontinued on page four)
erectin g of a colored hospital , in
H ouston. T exas. T he hospital isde-
dicated to the m em ory of L ieutenant
John H alm C ullinan. son of the do­
nor, 344th F. A., 90 Div., A. E. F .
“one of the m illions of young A m eri­
cans w ho served in the W o rld W ar
to preserve and p erpetuate hum an
liberty w ithout regard to race, creed 1
o r color, is dedicated to the A m eri­
can N egro, to inspire good citizen- , N . Y. July 11— D efinite decision to
ship and for the relief of suffering, . call a nationw ide , strike was
, „ taken
sickness and disease am ongst them. ” M° nday by ,b e conference of officials
P ro fesso r T errell
is the house
J ” * * * “ * " of ,h e B rotherhood
gues, of Mr and Mrs. G eorge Scott,
P “ Ilnl»n P ° rte ™ »«_^ q u a r t e r s
935 T ib b etts street. H e has been of the organization 2311 Sesjenth
avenue.
the recipient of num erous courtesies
T he d ate of the w alk-out w ill be
w hile in the c ity : Mr. and M rs. K. .
_
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L Culp entertained him a . dinner | d e,e n n ,n e d a * F rlday * ?e5,,on of ,he
conference, b u t its publication w ill
Sunday and on T uesday they took
be held in abeyance until the strike
him for a drive over Colum bia R ivtfr
call is actually issued, it w as a n ­
H ighw ay, a fte r having lunched to­
nounced by A. P hilip R andolph,
gether. Sunday afternoon and even­
g en eral org an izer of the b ro th e r­
ing, he w as the guest on a sightsee­
hood. Mr. R andolph said the strike
ing trip o f E d ito r and Mrs. E. D.*
will have the backing of the A m eri­
C annady; M onday evening h o w as
can F ederation of L abor and the four
guest at d in n er of Mr. and M rs. J.
big railw ay brotherhoods.
"W hen I started in, 1 m ade sam ples I A- Wrisdom. 1512 U nion Avenue N.;
• Mr. R andolph declared th a t no
of a dining table, a library table and T uesday evening he w as the dinner
m ore n egotiations will be taken up
a few chairs of pine wood in M ission Ruest of Mr. and Mrs. G eorge Mul-
by the p o rters’ organization w ith the
style. A t th at tim e Period F u rn itu re *en- 318 E. 41st St., and on W edncsH U nited States B oard of M ediation.
w as popular, but out of reach of the
w as the *uest o f Mr. Cooper
T h e dem ands of the brotherhood
poorer people, so 1 had previously on an autom obile sightseeing trip,
jare recognition of the union in the
decided to m anufacture that style of
P o rfesso r T errell w ho left T hurs- m aking of ag reem en ts on w ages,
fu rn itu re in pine for tw o reasons: d aY
C alifornia, will spend sever- rules and w orking condition; $150
F irst, I couldn’t raise enough money ■*' weeks there before going on to a m onth m inim um wage, as com pared
to buy hard wood, and second, 1 be-
G°m f ' n H ouston
w ith the present m inim um of $72.50;
lieve the sm aller sto res w ould buy
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a 240-hour w ork m onth o r the eight-
pine m ore readily w hen they saw the
hour day, and reinstatem ent w ith
PARSONAGE REN O V A TED
advantages in price. T h at idea was
pay fo r tim e lost of all p o rters die-
successful.
| T he interior of the parsonage of charged from the service for affilia­
" I hired a sm all tru ck on credit Zion. 260 C ook A venue, is b eing re­ tion w ith the union.
PULLMAN PORTERS TO
STRIKE
Dr. 3 o y d H a s
D r H en ry A llen Boyd and his
p arty , including M rs. B oyd, (his
d au g h ter, M rs M iller and S ecretary ,
Mrs. W ilto n
w ho are p ro m in en t
¡guest* i„ P o rtla n d th is w eek-end.
cam# h rre d irectly from I.os Ange-
lex w here they a tten d ed the W o rld
Sunday School C o nvention July II-
18 T h e p a rty was royally en te rta in -
rd by T cx an a of L os A ngeles h
IS
(B y Mrs. E. D . C an n ady)
I to resem ble ham m ered m etal and we
I don t know of any good reason u |(t d if it w ere a t^ rh m g like R hr
w hy f shouldn't s ta rt this series of „ „ „
w h ifh P)o ( h U| , nd Rudjr
articles on my glim pse into the b u .i - 1 y mltntlno w ere UiA to r, „
Mr
ness, social, re lig m u . an d pol.tical Kmory y Crmin S ecretary and p art
circle* of the city of 1-os A ngeles
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ow ner, w ho w as ouf guide, told us
w ith a brief story of the HefUin . . . . .
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'h a t it w as ju s t a t beautiful but not
F u rn itu re M anufacturing Co. T h e re ,
,
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,
nearly as costly, l a an o th er room
are good reaso n s why I should.
we saw all so rts of m achinery for
F irst of fall the founder of the plant
¡th e co n stru ctio n of furniture parts.
*» a T ex an he got his sta rt in a little
' A n o th er room displayed the paint
tow n in T ex as. T h a t m akes us kin
guns and o th e r apparatus for finish­
by soil and g eography. A nd then,
ing and last toucheg. A nd still in
hi* w as the last place I visited be­
an o th er p a rt we were show n the
fore taking leave, and the good book
p rettiest knobs fo r auto gear-shift
says d o e sn 't it som ething about last
w hich Ibis com pany m anufactures in
shall be firat?
large am ounts. A fter we bad been
T h e H efflin M anufacturing busi­
ness is housed in a $40,000 00 b u ild ­ show n the first process w hich p re­
ing w hich w as designed and built by sented a perfectly w lfttr knob, 1 asked
colored men and w hose m aterial* o u r guide w hat they did to m ake
w ere purchased from colored people. them look like pretty ag ates when
I tell you this a t the s ta rt so that finished, and he politely told me that
you inay know th a t Mr. H efflin be­ w as th eir secret. So a fte r purch as­
lieve« in his race. T h e building ing one for our friends'* car w hich
w hich w as com pleted last O c to b e r is she had turned over to me upon my
located at 2330 S an ta A na B oule­ arriv al in L os AngeJek, we proceed­
vard
Its presid en t. I-eon M. Heffi- ed to o th er parts o f the building
THEN LYNCHES DUMMY
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a
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U a young „van ab o u t 3« y e a rs !
L iving R oom S .t by H efflin
„Id w hom m ost peopic would t e r n 1 ---------—
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good
looking". H is d a rk
large
eyes and kindly frank ex p ression tell
y o u he is n o t to stric t but th a t he
m eans business and they at once in­
spire confidence. H is wife is a
ch arm in g
young w om an
of New
I ° rl' * n!,> U
S h f *»
ollc
p ersisten t effort, persever
' a,,ce« u c t a " d thrift.
I t is a story
ol dau n tless spirit pursuing its goal
w ith th at persistency an d reverence
th at eventually brought its rew ard.
H ctilii, began his trailing in the
color, m d u str.al w orld when a m ere lad m
and fn *ndly and ,ooks a f,e r ,h * ,h * " ,anUal ,ram ,n g d e ‘>ar,n,cnt
Hcftilin baby. A fter seeing th ro u g h g ram m ar school dow n
in T exas,
the large p lan t and a sk in g a m illion C om ing to L os A ngeles a t the begin-
and one q u estio n s about it, then ; ning of the W orld W ar, he brought
seeing its founder and in spirers, it w ith him his idea and soon excelled
w as hard for m e to believe th at it his fellow pupils in the w oodw orking
, a ' ' 0 Kf , hcr w as the w o rk of this young j d ep artm en t of the 14th In term e d iate
m* n <w ho looks
** n o ‘ ov«r 23 School. I t w as here th at young
>'e a r*
*Ke) th at had m ade it a Hefflin a ttra c te d unusual atten tio n
by and exhibit if his fine handicraft
. rca G'y-
j T he large show room contained at the S tate N orm al School E x p o si­
p re tty b reak fast tab les a n d ch airs, tion in 1915.
dining room sets and a Spanish bed
W ith the aid of Prof. F ran k A.
room set. T h en th e re w ere living Ilouelle, a t the time P rincipal of the
room pieces in go rg eo u s Spanish up- 14th S treet Inerm t-diate School, and
h o lstering all finished w ith detailed now A ssistan t S uperintendent of the
care. J n an o th e r
room we looked City Schools of Los A ngeles, H efflin
at an j exam ined cask ets of red-w ood secured
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ent w
ith the Ange-
w ith so ft
w hite pillows. A | Us F u rn itu re M anuacturing Co.,
the
ia r „ e shipm ent of these w ere being largest factory of
its kind in the
con,p |e tc d for an E a s te rn m o rtu ary . W est.
H ere, w ith his ch aracteristic
(^ne Qj
had been finished to energy, he w on m any friends and w ith
T h e sto ry of Mr. Hefftlin's life is
his love of detail soon oragnized and
and w ent d o w n on Main S treet to decorated front top to bottom . Rev1,
the sm aller fu rn itu re stores. In front and Mrs. M oteland are all sm iles o-
of each store we would put the furni­ ver it.
ture on the sidew alk and then 1
w ould go in the store and bring out
the buyer to show him o u r stuff. I a
this way we booked o rd ers for m ore W YATT W. W ILLIAM S
than $l,OOU.OO w o rth of tables and
Attorney at Law
chairs the first week.
?40ur w orking force consisted of
With Julius Silvestone,
tw o men and m yself. O u r m achinery
w as propelled by a gasoline engine
523-524 Lumbermens Bldg.
th at w as so noisy we had to put it
O r the outside of the building and
Attorney and Counselor
cut a hole th rough the wall fo r the
P h o n es: B r 0635—SelL 6260
(C ontinued on page fourt
Portland.
Oregon
Office Phone Br. 8967
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Sells Federal Offices
Charge vs. Howard
P erry W . H ow ard, N ational re ­
publican com m itteem an of M issis­
sippi w as indicted by the Federal
G rand Ju ry last S aturday. H e is
charged w ith having sold to the
highest bidder a num ber of Federal
officer i„ M ississippi. Mr. H o w ard ’s
delegation was the only one th at w as
headed by a colored man w ho w as
seated at the R epublican p arty Na­
1 tional C onvention in K ansas City.
Res. Phone Ea. 8983
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