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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, líl'JÍ)
IN T W O SE C TIO N S
SECTION I.
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»100.00 breach of promise suit brought
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Washington, I). C. A u g , ». (C N S )-1
Washington, I). C. Aug., S C N S )-
C iiii(rri>m in d i c i r Dr Priest, o f Il
linois, urges Negro lir m n i to or Approximately loo.ooo census enurn
ganize that they may be eligible for : erators will lie appointed throughout
help from the »soo.ooo.ooo revolving the country to take the Fifteenth Cen
sus next April. Those appointed will
fund appropriated for farm rrlief.
In a recent interview the Illinoia he all outaide the civil service and for
Congressman emphasized the great n e -[ which a special examination will be
Cessity for the Negro farmeri o f the given as perscribed by the director
country to organise and meet the re- ; of the Census.
Thousands o f service veterans, with
quirrmeiits of the federal harm Hoard
if they hope to obtain the benefit! of their wives and widows, are expected
to take advantage of the ruling of
the new farm Irgilation.
Urging the organisation of Negro William M. Stuart, director of the
farmers. Congressman said: "I feel Census Hureau, which gives them the
that the matter of diversification of preference in the selection of the enu
crops would tend largely to limit the merators.
danger of surplusage o f crops in the
wrong products.
“ Now that the »»-called Farm Re- '
lief Hill has passed, Negro farmers
should proceed to com ply with its ,
provisions, meet its re<|uirrments and
take advantage o f a share in the »Soft.- j
oon.ono revolving fund
IF CO M PE*
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A T O N C E IN O R D E R T O M E E T I Lyons, Kansas. (C N S ) A u g , 4— I
T H E R E Q U IR E M E N T S O F T H E John Horton fell dead from heart
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Philip Rhinelander Film
August 1, we mailed out a large
number of statements to delinquent
subacribers and also to those whose
subscriptions expire this month. We
urge every one to respond cheer
fully and promptly to them. We
are sure if you only realized how
much o f our time it takes to try
to collect these hills already due.
you would not have us spend it
but let us better employ it trying
to get additional business. We are
sure if you realized that that we
mutt pay cash for everything in
connection with the publication and
mint meet our obligations on time,
you would not have us ask more
than once for what you owe us.
You muust know that we cannot
run a newspaper on good-will, as
much as we value it, but it takes
money to pay bills.
Kindly be
prompt and let everyone that has
received a statement come or semi
in the amount promptly so that we
can better serve you. We know yon
you will not fail us.
The Editor.
NAMED TOCONGRESS
disease shortly after he dined on a C O M M U N IS T S N A M E N E G R O E S
pound of frankfurters.
AS S T A N D A R D B E A R E R S
Horton, making his living at eat
ing stunts, was mentioned in a “ Re
live It or N ot" cartoon for measuring
New York, Aug. 6— (C N S )— With
off a stack of wheat cakes tw o feet
high and comsuming them all at one Richard R. Moore, president of the
Harlem Tenants League, already nom
sitting.
inated as candiate for Congress from
the Twenty-first district, two addi
tions were announced for the district
Monday by the Communist party.
The Boat Excursion sponsored by
Syracuse Club and Ne Plus Ultra
Club of the K. of I*, and C. of C. re
tprefively on the Swan Monday night ,
was a huge success. According to re
ports, it was the largest of the season. | Mrs. Luther Explain« Bible Patage
Music hy Dixie and his melody boys
was excellent and it was the concensus
of opinion that the orchestra aided
The second o f a series o f talks on
materially in drawing the large crowd
"Prophetical proofs o f the Bahai Reve
that attended
lation" will be given in the Metaphysi
cal Library. 40» Yamhill St , by I.or-
rol Luther of Seattle. Friday Aug. 16
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Anyone knowing the whereabouts o f are invited, especially those seeking
Fred A. Russell, formerly of Portland, new light on an old subject.
will please answer through the col
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The Advocate has been repeatedly called by its reading
inquiring if we had for sale several of the various beauty prod
ucts advertised in our magazine section.
That we may better serve our patrons, we have stocked
some of this merchandise.
We Take Pleasure In Announcing the Arrival for Sale of the
Another Race Candi
White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 8. (CN 'S)-
Philip Rhinelander, father o f Leonard
Kip Rhinelander, filed an answer to
day to the »»00,000 alienation o f af
fections suit brought against him three
weeks ago by his d a u g h te r-in -la w ,
Alice Rhinelander.
Rhinelander calls all charges made
by his daughter-in-law untrue and
without foundation. He denied speci
fically that he pursuaded his son to
break o ff his marriage or that he was
instrumental in having him go to Reno
Nev., where the latter is now said to
be establishing a residence for obtain
ing a divorce.
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Exelenfo Skin Beautifler, Exelento Face Powder
and Exelento Soap
and
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tor. by Yvonne Butler, was settled in
Miss Butler dropped her suit after the
superior court Tuesday for »5000.
settlement was made, it was announ
ced.
The girl sued Fetchit on the grounds
that he promised to marry her and
then wed another woman.
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payment of delinquent subscriptions
has been very favorable so far. Kind
ly keep it up until all are paid.
For those for whom we do print
ing: W e would appreciate it very
much if you would pay us just as
soon as your entertainments are over,
just as you would pay for your hall
o r music and not keep us waiting
for "committee meetings.’’ etc. W e
pay cash for all our supplies and
labor and when we get out all your
advertising etc., on credit, it is as <f
we underwrite your entertainment so
it is only fair that we should be the
first one9 paid. W e are not complain
ing— we’re explaining and we know
you will appreciate same.
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preciate yotir partronage very much
and want to do all we can to please.
So let’s cooperate.
California Eagle, A ug 2.
The little chapel of St. Philip's Epis
copal church was the setting for the
recent wedding of Miss Freda Shaw to
Mr. W m . Johnson. Miss Shaw was
Portland's song bird from childhood,
lately becom ing a resident o f Los
Angeles. She wore a pink chiffon
gow n trimmed in oriental lace, pink
picture feat to match, carrying a shower
bouquet o f white roses and sweet peas
Her only attendant was her sister.
Miss Clorilde Curry, assisting as her
maid of honor, wearing orchid, Span
ish lace gown, pink hat, carrying a
bouquet o f sweet peas.
Mr. William Johnson is a w e l l
known mechanic o f Chicago, 111. a
favorite among his feltowmen
After
the cerem ony intimate friends o f the
bride went to the home of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunn, where
among a profusion o f flowers a lunch
eon was served, the happy cople left
bn the H. F. Alexander for Seattle.
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Garvey Convention Open»
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With Prayer To
Go«l anti Geneva
B y K its Reid
The Advocate doe* not necessarily
share in Kitx Reid's views, but wheth-
*r we do or not. ber opinions are
tane, and logical and well worth
reading. It is roar privilege as well as
oura to disagree with Kits and she
invitee your opinion upon subject«
she diseñase« from time to time in her
column.
W hoever writes those editorials in
the Oregonian on crimes, criminals
and prisons seems to have overlooked
the big reason for establishing those
bit* o f hell known as American pris
ons. I mean the reform—the rehabili
tation feaure. He thinks that the near
er we can com e to the inferno— after
making it reasonably decent—« t h e
quicker we can turn bad citizens into
good ones. Granted that the criminal
who is so unfortunate as to be caught
should be segregated so that the rest
o f us can be protected against his
farther depridationa. What chance for
repentance is there for him in the
American prison as we know it today.
The judge gives him a cruelly long
saitence and he goes to a place where
every effort is made to strip him of
any desire to be a man. He is placed
under the cane of tpurds not notori
ous for anything but brutal instincts—
the rougher— the nearer they are to
the m oron grade themselves— the bet
ter guards they are supposed to be
If fear is to be the largest factor in
the scheme of prison management why
wouldn't it be better to go back to the
old punishments o f the days o f Gen
ghis Kahn when a man was dismem
bered a joint at a time beginning with
the little finger joints. I wonder what
has inspired those prison editorials—
(Continued on page three)
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American Members Oppose
New House of Garvey
Movement
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug., 8, (C N S )-
Ldelwise Park was packed with cari
ous natives this morning when the
Sixth Convention of the Universal
N egro Improvement Association open
ed here with divine service», which
was atended by the Mayor and mem
bers o f the Kingston Corporation who,
apparently agreed that so long as the
Garveyites contented themselves with
praying to God and pettioning the
imperialist League o f Nation» no real
action would be taken by them to
wards the liberation of the African
race* and therefore the oppressors
need have no fear.
In the afternoon a procession of
12.000 marched through the street!
Social Equality Between
Whites and Negroes
Called Unscriptual
New York, Aug., 8, (C N S)-Social
equality between whites and Negroes
was assailed as an unscriptural and
impossible ideal, and Representative
De Priest was bitterly denounced as
destructive o f racial good-w ill in a
sermon last night by the Rev. John
W . Ham, pastor of the Baptist Tab
ernacle in Atlanta, Ga., speaking as
visiting preacher at the First Baptist
church, Broadway and 79th Street.
Friends in Portland will be interest
ed in knowing that Miss Jeanette
Moore, daughter o f Rev. and Mrs
I. Alberta Moore, formerly o f Port
land was married Sunday, July 28 to
Curtis W . Carpenter, Mgr. Lincoln
Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony
was performed at the ranch o f Mrs.
Molly Fleming in the presence o f a
few friends.
New York, A u g , 5, (C N S )-W h ile
many voters in the Twenty-first C o n -;
gressional district feel that Dr. Rob- j
Mrs. Perdilo o f 312 Cherry Court
erts, dentist, 349 Lenox Ave., who
Misses Gwendolyn and Violet H ook was hostess to a very pretty 4-course
made the race for Congress in 1924
er entertained a large group o f the luncheon Friday noon. Places were
against the late Congressman Royla
Mrs. Leslie Dixon of
younger society set at a party Satur laid ior eight
H. Wheeler, would make a good show
day night, honoring Miss Evelyn Bry- Ft. Worth, Tex., was the out-of-tow n
ing in the special election in N ovem
ber, indications point to the naming of
The Prather Development Company
Edward A. Johnson, who made the
is the latest venture in business by
E-A-T
run last year as the Republican nom
three local men. J. L. Caston, VV. R.
at
inee.
Lovell and Caleb M. Prather are the
In the Nineteenth Assembly Dis
way their names appear on the articles
195 NORTH FIFTEENTH
trict Col. Charles H. Filmore and his
of incorporation
cohorts are waging a determined fight
STREET
J. L. CA STO N
This company has plans outlined for
to win over the opposition o f Leader
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MEALS:
WEEK DAYS, 50c
Abraham Grenthal. Francis E. Rivers, great business development in the fu
C. M. P R A T H E R
ture.
It
is
their
belief
that
much
of
SUNDAYS, 75c
a young attorney, it is claimed will
Incorporators
the vacant land lying uninhabited and
oppose Grenthal for the Assembly.
MRS. HATTIE SMITH
uncultivated should be settled on and
Proprietor
cultivated—adding to O regon's wealth
HT'/t Washington S t , Portland
and aiding in her progress Just what
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their method of procedure will be has
not been announced as we go to press.
However, with the ambition and en
thusiasm o f one o f the incorporators,
linked with the conservatism and phil
Eugene L. Carden, 104 Mayland Ave.
osophy o f the other two, the project
reports the loss o f his one year old
is headed for success.
German Police dog who answers to
The Oldest Negro Business In Portland Is . . . .
the name of “ D on” .
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PR A T H E R
Development Co.
LOST HIS DOG
Miss Hooker
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ant o f Tacom a who stopped over
Saturday and Sunday en route to
Berkeley, California.
Miss Bryant
will enter Stanford this fall. The
young people enjoyed dancing and
many out o f town guests attended the
delightful affair.
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Cologne, Ger., Aug. 4 -(C N S )— E d
die Tolan, University o f Michigan
| sprinter, scored a double victory in
the International track meet here, win
ning Mie 100-meter dash in the time
of 10.4 seconds, then returned to cap
ture the 200-meters in i t . 8.
I!. D. Cannatly, Editor
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