The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19??, September 01, 1928, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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    SATURDAY, 8EPTKMHKR 1, 1428
PAGE FOUR
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ken
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mg it in their own business:
“ No, suh! 1 wants a shonutf
lawyer to look after this thing fer
m e!"
W e wish to emphasise it: that in
a day whei there was the moat gen­
eral lack o f Confidence in Negro
professionals of every kind, especially
in relation to financial responsibility.
and an almost superstitious lack of
trust in educated Negro lawyers in
particular— in such a day, Madam
C. J Walker, the Seer and Prophet­
ess. pinned her faith and staked her
future on a young Negro lawyer At
()<.r
thi faith had become so
>ettled in confidence born o f experi­
ence that she did a rare, an almost
unprecedented thing: she bequeathed
the management of her estate, in­
volving the interests and happiness
o f her beloved daughter and the final
success of her ambitious ideal, to the
head and the hand of this same
VOUB^ |awyer
And today
arf h t r e in va„
N. A. A. C. 1».
ANNUAL COMMUNITY
WORKERS ARE
To the Telephone Users
of Portland:
CHEST DRIVE
LINING 1)1»
(Continued from page one)
vear to cover the city in the allotted
Mt‘t‘till}g o f All VI orkt*lt* time, and we feel that holding the
a s s
o
i l I campaign
----- 8* Min during O ctober will be a
anti Leader» on Sunday great help to them in their work
ASK H E L P OK P O R T L A N D E R S
Afternoon, September There are more than M> agencies
o f a charitable and philanthropic
*>th.
nature affiliated with the t heat, and
these are in operation all the time,
year in and year out. ministering to
The membership dri\e of the Na
the need of the people of Portland
tional Association for the Advance­
j
as to charity and general welfare,
ment of Colored People is a positive
character-building and the like, so
success, according to the director—
that they are acting for every one in
Dr. J !.. Caston.
Portland and vicinity who contribute
I have never noted ao much in- j
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,
terest at such an advanced stage 1 «“ ‘ hf <-'h***
Chest officials, all o f them volun
hate decided to capitalize this by
teer workers from the ranks of civil
altering our plans a little and am.
life, are anxious this year that the
therefore, calling all of the workers
company to gratefully acknowledge
campaign to fill the t hest ahall be
and leaders to a special conference
to each other and to proudly acclaim
concluded on time, so that the great
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(o , hf w or, j tliat in ,0 vi„glv and 1* ,hc 'V ,llu m * Avr \
artny of workers who give o f their
tji|h|u„ y Srin(fing the ambition, a n d 1 Su" day a" rrn‘>on * ' 4 00 1
time, as well as their means, to fur­
, h(. Jr(.ams u< th(. tfTiat woman to
Ldmimu-n« for the drive ^ will he
gT eat
ther the cause, shall be released im ­
given out then, and the workers will
this concrete expression — .VLelia
mediately at the end of the sched­
have a week's jump on our sched­
Walker has justifies! the love, and
ule. The big guu will not l*e fired uled period. O ctober 2d
F. B. Ransom has fulfilled the faith
"W e ask the help o f every person
until the Itith, as previously an­
o-
in
Portland in putting on this cam ­
T H E IN V IS IB L E G O V E R N M E N T nounced. but the morale o f our or paign." said Mr. Sammons, "and with
gauization is such just now that we
this co-operation, 1 believe we shall
can do a larger job. if we begin a
(Continued from page one)
week in advance. I ant. therefore, have not only a successful cam ­
association called “ The National Civil insi-ting that all team workers will paign. but that it will be done on
years
First. the love: this woman
had a daughter whom she loved—as
much as any mother ever loved a
child. A name, a future, a position
MME W A L K E R FACTORY
for this child was the fuel of the
vestal fire that burned unceasingly
(B v W illiam Pickens)
in the heart o f this black mother
l ike Abraham Lincoln, this Negro
Indianapolis. In d , Aug. SI, 1928.
W e are met here to dedicate a woman had no ancestry, but she
monument to the love and faith that would herself become an ancestor
was in a woman—not a useless m on- worth remembering to the remotest
ument. but one of perpetual service generation of her children s children
and achievement— an organism that
It is a love, the love of others,
will continue to grow, to widen, and that inspires the noblest deeds. Mere
to deepen in the life of this com - self-love will not carry one very far
munity—o f a race— and. finally, in | —the farthest aims of self-love must
be limited by the meagre needs and
the early terminus o f the individual
life. That is a small ambition and
is soon over. The greater achieve-
ment must be based in a greater love
- a sort of extension of onesclt thru
o n es children; or through o n e s race
■ —or through one's fellow-man.
Here was a humble black woman
j w ho loved her child and whose heart
heat second to no mother-heart. The
index o f a simple human affection
may. at the same time, he the im-
>ort of a life, as the sensitive needle
of the seismograph may index the
movements o f an island or a con ­
Service Reform l eague." with gen- i fxer| evfry fnergy possible to at- time.“
tinent.
Campaign dates for this year's
eral
offices at 8 West Fortieth St.. ,cnd our m w ting on the 9th at 4 00
W O M A N 'S L O V E F O R C H IL D
Community Chest drive are October
New York City
P.M. sharp tnot C P )
First o f all. then. Madam C. J
12 to 2t). A large and enthusiastic
This organization is controlled by
Walker was a Negro mother, with
G R O U P M E E T IN G S
corps of workers are lieing enlisted
a president. IT vice presidents, secre­
all the sacred sacrifice and wonder­
Group meetings have been called
—largely from Idlest agency boards
tary. field secretary and an execu­
ful tenacity o f purpose w hich such a
and are in progress and front the
and friends who expect to do a
tive
committee
o
f
nine
members.
love inspires.
A woman's love for
activity displayed, we will be proud
m ore thorough piece of work than
The purpose o f the League is said
her child could lead her on to the
o f the results.
At one o f
these
has ever been done l>efore. In times
to be:
great achievement which we are met
meetings, a suggestion was made that
past, many districts have not been
(1) T o extend the civil service to
here to acknowledge today.
would include the Japanese and Chi­
covered adequately because of in ­
T o those who knew Madam W alk­ all appointive officers —Federal, state nese groups in our drive.
A con ­
sufficient number of workers.
and municipal:
er. it is as if her living hands had
ference with the consuls o f
these
S P E C IA L W E E K S C E L E B R A T E D
(2)
T
o
enlarge
and
extend
Federal
erected this monument and as if she
two nationals will be held in the
In order to bring the 52 agencies
were here to share with the people activities and restrict state author­ near future.
of the Chest more vividly before the
in dedicating it—so faithfully have ity:
Several $10 memberships are forth­
public, special weeks are now being
3) T o promote and foster nation­
they to whom she entrusted her
com ing and much stress is being
celebrated by the different agencies
al legislation to that end;
W illiam Pickens
enterprise at her death, carried for-
put on the $2.50 memberships, which
which have been divided into the
14) T o mould public opinion by
—— “ “ ~—“ ~ '————^
——— — - war<j the ideal which she had con-
include a subscription to "The Crisis"
following
categories: Welfare. Char­
means
o
f
propaganda;
the recognition of all other peoples, ceived and imparted to them during
for one year.
ity and Relief, Health, Educational
T o discredit elective officers
This is the greatest kind o f all her life,
City officials will also be solicited
and Preventive, Character Building
kind* of monuments: it is not a cold
And. second, the faith that was in not amenable to its interest, and
for memberships.
and Babies and Young Children.
(6) T o protect and serve "co n ­
shaft o f stone, not an immobile sta- this woman: primarily, it was faith
Several of the teams have very sug­
For the week o f September 1 to
tue o f marble, not a table o f bronze in a man— a faith that was founded stituent associations.”
gestive nam es,— such as "N e Plus
September
8. the follow ing agencies
T
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T
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A
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with formal and monotonous elo- on fact, and that had grown to full-
Ultra," "Our Gang,” “ The
Rinky
will have open house to which they
When President Harding became
quence. It is not a ponderous and ness during
her life. Years before
Dinks," "The Cosmop"litans” and “The
urge all their friends and donors of
odd structure for people simply to she had any warnings o f an early painfully aware of the conditions Flying Squadron."
the Chest to attend
that
prevailed
in
the
Department
of
wonder at and admire; it is an in- death, she would say spontaneously
"The Mystery Team" still remains a
Y W C A , Y M C A . Visiting
strument of life for people to use. and casually to her friends and her Interior, determined to reorganize it deep secret, and much is expected of
Nurses’ Association, Portland Free
It is not a mere record ofdeeds past: guests: "This man who is my man- and intrusted the executive duty to them
It is rumored that it will not
it is a pledge o f deeds to come.
, ager—his efficiency and especially his Hubert W ork. The new secretary meet on Sunday afternoon with the Dispensary, Neighborhood House and
This monument is not mere lifeless honesty, are responsible for my suc- publicly deplored the conditions that others, but will probably assemble at Juvenile Hospital for Girls.
he found there and made the welki
For the week o f September 3 to
brick and mortar; it is a center o f cess so far!”
Crown IVint or some other point in
15,
the following agencies will have
ring
with
threats
to
clean
house.
His
thousands of working hands, thinking
Such was the grateful modesty of
time to start with the other teams.
ability to work a reform, however,
open house: Red Cross. Y. M. C. A..
brains and beating hearts. It is not the woman.
The Dallas Expres- had the follow­
Y. W . C. A.. Visiting Nurses' Asso­
a mere thing; it is a great company
Then she would relate how. in the seems to have been challenged by ing to say editorially:
ciation, Portland Settlement Center,
o f officers, employees and agents— day o f small things, this man was the League and at least one “ con
“ The recently closed annual meeting
bews/iciaries all — those who serve conscientious and faithful to the in- stituent association.” Except to lo o f the N. A. A. C. P.. indicated that National Safety Council, Girl Scouts,
and those who are served— a central terests o f a colored woman who was cate and charge off a loss in the it is not only growing in power, but Salvation Army, the Neighborhood
bureau o f the combined interests o f at that time unknown, and whose Reclamation Bureau, amounting to that it is winning well deserved sup House, W om en’s Protective Division,
thousands of human beings, covering enterprise could have been wrecked approximately $29.000.000. he seems port from men of all races and in all Parents' Fducatioiial Bureau, Pacific
the reaches o f a continent and some- and the splendid future cut off, if to have accomplished little if any walks of life. It numbers among its Protective League, Americanization
thing. It was currently reported at
Council, and the Catholic Children's
times reaching across the seas. \\ e her manager had been a crook.
members governors as well as other
the time that Mr. W ork found it to
Bureau.
are glad that this monument to the
F A IT H IN Y O U N G MAN
officials high in the esteem o f their
— ■ ■ - o
life and work o f Madam C. J. W alk­
Mind you, this faith was reposed his interest to desist in his purpose contemporaries Its cause must be just
er is not a tomb o f death at which in a young Negro man, who was a to clean house
and its contentions must have weight MAN CONFESSES
The American Society o f Civil
we must take off our hats and bend lawyer—a combination o f evils which
"It would serve much more truly
C O M PLIC ITY IN
our knees, but an institution o f life— awakens in many prejudiced minds a Engineers, with a reputed member and efficiently if it could only happen
ship
o
f
50,000,
appears
to
have
aided
calling us to gird our loins. Today, profound skepticism. So many col-
that those to whose service it is dedi
HIDEOUS CRIME
therefore, we acclaim not the past ored Americans, especially at that the League in its opposition to Mr cated would come to its support more
W
ork.
The
president
of
the
society
merely, but the past, the present and time, had only a verbal faith in ,
generally.
Its record proves that it
Word has l>ecn received in Portland
the future.
their own professional men: they ? etober
1923.
direction o f it has served and still serves well. It
that Taylor White, one o f the miss­
M ONUMENT TO LO VE
I could make speeches in behalf of ,S oa’ d ° f d,rec,ors’. P o lish e d a letter richly justifies its being.
From
ing hired hands from Tom Johnson's
A monument to love and faith- / Negro education and praise Negro he had sent to the Cabinet officer much hated and much maligned or
ranch near Yankton, Oregon, has been
protesting
his
official
acts.
those are not idle words to fill your talent, but when it came to employ-
ganization it has come to he recog located in Pocatello, Idaho, and has
The letter mentioned, in the spirit
nized as one o f the most powerful for confessed to his share in the killing of
of warning, a number o f large cor
good in America. It deserves support M. C. Ramsey, foreman of the Tom
¡iporations— transportation, mining and
and continuation. That is best guaran Johnson ranch.
| j other great industries—in which “ en
teed by actual contribution toward its
A few weeks ago, an automobile
;jgineering executives play a most im
support.”
from
the Johnson ranch was found
I
portant
part.”
These
investments
A superb toilet necessity. In four shades— Natural. Pink, Brunette
last week’s editorial in "The Advo­
and White. High-Brown Face Powder has earned its place in the said, amounted to billions o f dollars cate" was to the (joint, and deserves abandoned on the streets of Portland.
At the same time, it was discovered
esteem of the most discriminate and skeptical users of toilet ar­ [ and that “ both presidents o f our two reproduction here:
that all the ranch hands from John­
ticles by its own distinctive merit and the complete satisfaction to big electrical companies are engi
“ T H E N. A. A. C. P.
son's place had also disappeared. A
be derived from its use. Also a large assortment of toilet requisites peers
“ The N. A A. C. P. is one o f the search was started and a note was
These investments are said to soar
for the lady who cares.
largest nationally recognized bodies of found, giving rise to suspicion of foul-
around $17.000,000,000—all intrusted
the country, and it should command play. The dead body o f Ramsay was
Manufactured only by
.to these engineering executives.
It
the support of all right-thinking peo recently found in a mutilated condition
! may be inferred, therefore, that these
pie, if it is to win the battle for our
THE OVERTON HYGIENIC
j executives are members of the So- group's full civil and political rights in a creek which runs through the
ranch.
I ciety, and that the Society is a “ con-
MFG. COMPANY
And since these questions concern us
It is believed that the other men
i stituent association.’’ Mr. Hoover is
who aided in the killing will soon be
reputed to be a member o f the
CHICAGO
It is said that robbery was
factors in the ensuing campaign. and found.
I engineers’ society.
S O C IE T Y O P P O S E D T O SM ITH they should have the earnest consid­ the motive of the terrible tragedy.
MRS. E. D. CANNADY
Mr. Ramsey was said to have al­
Under date of July 14, 1928, Mr. eration o f the voters. An invisible
VV’ork, as chairman o f the Republi­ government is a dangerous institu­ ways carried a large amount o f money
312 Macleay Bldg., Portland
on his person.
can National Committee, gave out tion.
Mr. Johnson, owner of the ranch,
Pacific Coast Distributor
the information that the American
has materially aided the police in cap­
| Society o f Civil Engineers is sup-
turing the suspect. He is still aiding
I porting Mr. Hoover; that its mem
in the search o f the other two men
I bers have created a “ H oover-for-
thought to have participated in the
President Engineers’ National Com ­
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On the main thorofare
mittee” ; that “ all 60 branches of the
E X C E RITS FROM
DEDICATORY TALK
oonuouj
High Brown Grower
We art* frequently naked if the five-year limit
in the proposed Portland telephone franchise is
too short.
Does it permit the necessary planning for
additions required to serve the people o f a
growing Portland?
Could we accept a franchise for such a short
term ami continue to bring millions o f dollar*
Into the community to provide additional tele­
phone facilities?
Could we proceed wun a construction pro­
gram in the face of complete uncertainty as to
the conditions that might U* Imposed on the
newly Invested capital at the end o f five years?
The interests of Portland telephone users de­
mand a franchise for a longer time. A five
year period is too short. It is clearly too short
for the successful operation o f a service now
utilizing eighteen million dollars worth o f prop­
erty in the city. It is entirely too short for the
future telephone needs of Portland, which call
for and require a construction program o f more
than twelve million dollars within the next five
years.
'
The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company
O M \H (
H V t M fr.lt
V ir e P rv tM eB l
Centralized
Banking
The centralizing o f all o f on e’s banking
at one bank naturally makes for closer
contact between bank and custom er.
W ith every department o f banking un­
der one roof and one management here at
the United States National, this central­
ization o f banking Is both possible and
practical.
United States
National Bank*
I m h v « k J 8« *
Dine here and greet your
YOUR
FULL
D IN N E R
W illie Lee Thomas and
Tom Taves____ Props....
F. H. Gilis the well
known (chef ) is al­
so a member of the
firm.
S A M ’S C A F E
Headquarters for Good
Eats
OGY
R E A D IN G
FREE.
FOR T H A T "P A I N T U P ” JOB SEE
RASMUSSEN & CO.
PAINT AND VARNISH IHAKRRS
Office and Salesrooms:
Northeast Corner Second and Taylor Streets
É fc á f.-" '
B B o n n n H m ffiB S U M B B n s o n n n n a B I
P O L IC E LY N C H H O U S T O N
NEGRO, SA YS
LEARN H O W I PAY T W O DOL­
LARS FOR
NAMES
D RE SSE S. — M.
AND
AD
C O N N E L L , 13H
C A L IF O R N IA . — A D V .
all, there should lie no cause for
rancor and dissension, but all should
unite and work together to help the
association put over the big things that
they have set out to do. This can
only be accomplished by becoming a
member and becoming an active-work­
er in the ranks.”
107 N O R T H S I X T H ST
or»
i l l
non
J. SAMUEL SMITH
P roprietor
PH O ffB
R Roadw ay
4M 7
AUSPLUND DRUG
STORE
SIXTH A O LIS AH STREETS
PORTLAND, O R I.
H O L L ID A Y
REPORT
H O L L ID A Y
••••••
Tonsonal Parlor*
New Yurk, August 29.— A hitherto
unpublished report «ays that the lynch
ing o f a Negro in Houston, Texas,
just prior to the Democratic conven­
tion, was engineered by local police,
is rrlayrd by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo­
ple, from "Variety," for Wednesday,
August 1.
12S North Sixth Street
In our present location we
are equipped to give better
service than ever before. __
W e are prepared to take
care of
men,
children.
Miss Leonora Henderson enter­
tained a group of the younger set at
a party at her home on Union Ave.
N., Tuesday evening
women
Come
and
and let us
serve you.
Holliday & Holliday
Education for Reality
“ T o the extent ¿hat college« and uni-
veraitiee fit youth for the realities of
our own day, the more who attend
college the better.”
— President W. J. Kerr,
‘ '■ducafinn for K r ill,,.1' I ) * c 1917 .
TS
T H E LAN D GRAN T COL-
( £ ) ( ) » L K C E S , as described by Ser
Senator
■L.
Morrill,curricula were eslabli
Idiahed
“ to offer an opportunity m every state
for a liberal and practieal «■duration . .
for the world's business, for the indus­
trial pursuits and professions of life.”
NAM E
AN D
:
m
Noie d amoitu visitor* at Hi•ihel
A M. R Church, Sunday, were the
K.
follow iHU
Mr
and Mni. V
lo w 1er . Jinti daughter, of 1.04 An-
(Continued front |»*ue tw o)
grlca. Mr « Resale («¿akittt,, t Im ago;
very much.’*
»tea, Seattle, Ml’s Mats atri
G. W.
In cloMng the minuter declared that
\ M j lotie. Scalile, and Mr» j s.
complete absorption of one's life into Meredith, Cordovg. Alaska, and R«v
the life o f Christ was not a far off snd Mrt Herne of Tahu Heath. FI*.
mythical something "but an experience
that it yours and very possibleM
it on tiuurd from pagr on e)
Mesdame* Molly Thomas and Zeplu
Raker sang soul fully a hymn, which b e l o n g "
The Branch promptly drew up a
added fervor to the services
Owing to illness. Bishop II
R lettrr to the Mayor, protesting against
Parks was unable to he present on this segregation of colored people
Sunday at Bethel Church. Many were along the beach. T w o letters were
disappointed, however,
hut enjoyed taken to the Mayor of Asbury Park
very much the sermon delivered by by the N’ A A C. P committee
I>r Parks states that the lesser of
Rev R. C. Runyon, the pastor of the
bathing concessions has been instruct­
church.
The Bishop is sure to be here at ed not to discriminate against colored
bathers and that hr gave assurances
both services Sunday. September
to that effect
Come and bear this noted divine.
O re g o n State A gricu ltu ral C ollege
Affords this type of education in its 10
degree-granting schools snd department*
C E IV E A S T E L L A R N U M E R O L
REGULAR
I 'o r l U n .l M a n a g e r
B E T H E L A. M. E.
CHURH NEW S
A N D D A T E O F B IR T H A N D R E
friends.
« Stark.
"One o f the N orthw est’s Great Banka”
SE N D
I '.V T H K H II \t O N
....... .
Golden West Cafe
| Engineers’ National Committee arc
i expected to work for H oover, a
fellow engineer,” Mr. W ork said.
It is understood that both the
League and the Society of Engineers
, are opposed to Gov. Smith, and con-
| sider him a dangerous man for two
reasons fa) He has reorganized the
state administrative departments of
New York, and dispensed with 101
bureaus out o f a total o f 119 that
existed there when he came into
office, and (b ) He has conserved for
the people the hydro-electric power
o f that state.
These are believed to be important
•I •« 111*1 fr \
( iin im r n Ini M a n a g e r
o f O re g u u
A G R IC U L T U R E (B.S., M S.
degrees)
Amiti al Husbandry, Farm Management*
Hort n ul» tire, and 17 other majora.
C H E M IC A L E N G IN E E R IN G
(ILS., M S. degrees)
C O M M E R C E (ILS. degree; M.S.
in Agricultural Economics,
Rural Sociology)
Accounting and M anagem ent, Advert is-
mg and Selling, Hanking and Finance,
Cinterai Dus mess, Heal Eat ate, Serre
tarlai Training. M arketing, etc.
F O R E S T R Y (11.S . M S.degrees)
L o ggin g Knginrering, Lumber Manu-
facture. Technical Forestry.
H O M E E C O N O M IC S (B .S ,
M S. degrees)
n o th in g , T extiles, anil Related A ria J
Food» and Nutrition j I I - „ „ c h ild A d ­
ministration 1 Institutional Management.
M IL IT A R Y SC IE N C E AN D
T A C T IC S (ILS. degree)
Cavalry,
Infantry
Field
Artillery,
F.ngtneeea,
M IN ES (R.S., M.S. degrees)
Geology, Mining Engineering, Mr NO-
lurgy
E N G IN E E R IN G (B.S., M S de­
grees)
P H A R M A C Y (Ph.C.# R.S., M.S.
degrees)
Civil (Structural, H igh w ay, .Salutary,
H ydraulic,
Kaiiroad
C o n structio n );
Electrical (Pow er. K a .lv a y a , L ighting,
J l j i h v oltage, Teletdiony) ; Mechanical
(M achine liestgn, f i r s t Power, V enti­
,
PKarnta#etHie»l Analy­
sis, Pharmacognosy,
lation,
I fr.'iting,
(!* * ,
Kefr iteration.
A ero n au tical); Industrial Sho» Admin-
Miration.
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V O C A T IO N A L E D U C A T IO N
(R.S., M S. degrees)
Administration. Supervision, and Tnnfh-
mg of Agriculture, Commerce, l Wane
Economics. Industrial Arta.
n J S i c ' ' ! ' , '1
A rt. and Science», Industrial journalism. Library Waottce
j I ! l
i*.<jucafK*i, and M imic —service department* not Iradmir to d »* m ■_a a n.J
additional training supplementary to the major curricula.
For Catalogue and Other laformation AdtWaaa
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