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Union Sunday School Picnic "Peninsula Park-» Thursday, Aug. 29 tli A D V O C A TE THE. An Voi. V'.V— No. ill IN TWO SECTIONS In d e p e n d e n t Peper D e v o te d to th e In fo rc e te et/ th e P o o p lo SECTION I. I'OKTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, IMS P R IC E : B C EN TS THEATRE REFUSES ADMITTANCE TO NEGRO LARGE SUMS SPENT FOR EDUCATION IN SOUTH L BURN HIM FOR A GOOD JOKE TURNED AWAY Fine When Jo Is One VISITORS LEAVE BOYS HELD WITHOUT BAIL Arrow it LAWYER OBTAINS ENTRY LETTER EXPLANATORY Among the most charming visitors to Portland this season, arc Mr,dames A. II Coley, H. W Sugg, and C. £. Bruce, of Helena and Little Rock, Ark., re spectively. The ladies shared a drawing room, travelling throughout their long tip in the most comfortable way obtain able Mrs. Coley has visited Portland on several occasions. She is one of the most successful business women of our Race. She operates a POO-acre farm, on which li families are employed Mrs. Coley ‘knows her cotton,” which is the prin cipal crop on her large tract of farm land. She expressed appreciation of all he licauty and freedom that colored peo ple enjoy in the West—their beautiful homes, luxurious cars and the like, but ,he was just as keenly dissappointed in :heir lack of business enterprises. She in liitcrvi«*w«*<l in Private Oñire— Finullv Permitted to See the Show. Portland, Oregon Align«! 22, IU29 Tn The Editor: I w n at Ihr corner oi Morrison and Broadway, tale Sunday afternoon »up- plying my»eli with »otne little cigar» known a» "Between the Act»”, when one Jaiuei MacArthur, a tine appear ing colored citizen Came into the »lore hurriedly and inquired generally where hr could find a lawyer After »fating that hr and hi» two bright looking and writ dressed minor children had l>een refuted adini»»ion to the Panta- get Theatre, I accompanied him a« hit attorney, to make a »croud de mand (or ticket» ol admission. Thu he tendered the full price the lady at the window refuted tn take the money Continued on Page 3 SHE'S DUE GREAT CREDIT ------- ( harming Mr, Lula Gragg, pre.i- dent of Bethel Church chon and d.r- ector of the play "Queen of Sheba", that was »o successfully presented at (Continued on page four) Negro Plav by Frank Wilson Opens Soon New York, August 22 ,-(CNS)Frank Wilson, the Negro »ftor. who played the leading role in the Theatre Guild production of “Porgy", is the author of a play called "The Wall Between", which will be produced here by Jack Goldberg. The players include: Geo. Randol. Susie Sutt, Andrew Fairchild. Nat Cash and Billy Shepard. The play and 1er«! Ira, loo! Josephine Baker and her may open on Broadway this month. TEA FOR TWO manager, Count Pepilo l>i Abatino, »hare quick refreshment* in a Paris ,«“di? d “ rin* lhf. ‘i*"."* ° f ^ . " 7 m' ,lion d-H -r motion picture, ‘,f ,hr Tropt.-s This him will he shown soon m all the large «healrea throughout the l nited States. Jo has the leading role . . . and not lo ^ outdone, the Count plays one of the important characters in the film. E TO DELEGATE TO REPORT N A. A. C. P. MEETS The local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will meet Sunday af ternoon at the Williams Avenue YW CA. Rev. J. L. Caslon, delegate to the National Conference held in Cleveland last June, will give his report and the question of Congressman Oscar De Priest's visit to Portland will he con sidrred. 1'nion S. S. I’in tir — P eninsula P ark . -August 29 Mra. Gragg I)R. JUST RETURNS Bethel Church Sunday night. Mrs Washington, D. C. (CNS)-Dr. Ern GGragg took the role of Ihr King in est E. J Just, head of the department the play as it was a "woman's affair". of Biology, at Harvard University, The play climaxed "Women's Day” at who has spent the past seven months the church. in intensive biological research ill the famouus laboratories of Italy, Ger —-------- o- many, and France, under the Roscn- August 29 wald foundation, was welcome hack (Iniitn S. S. Pirn! — IV ninsttln l*nrk. to Washington on August 13. Announcement of value To Milady The Advocate haft 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. LOGANS MOVE SOUTH ROSENWAUD FUND DOUBLES GIFT TO Mrs. John C. Logan and family ATLANTA SCHOOL left Friday for Los Angeles to re side. Mrs. Logan's family is one of the oldest in the life of colored Port Expresses Confidence in land and they will be greatly missed by their many friends of long years Social Work Institution standing here However, best wishes and prayers of friends go with them and Increases Appropri as they cast their lot among the citi in another state. Mrs. Logan ation from Î2 .Î0 0 .0 0 to is zens a native of California and it will be somewhat of a visit "back home” for $ 5 0 0 0 .0 0 . her. Many are hoping that they will come back to Portland in the near Atlanta, Ga.. Aug.. 22, At a recent future. meeting of the Executive Committee of the Julius Rnsenwald Fund the an ( is m n , Sport», L o n trati -s. s. nual appropriation to the Atlanta Picnic, August 29. school of Social Work was increased from $2300 to $3000. In his applica tion for an increased grant Mr. For A W ORTH W HILE CALL rester B. Washington, Director of the A Detroit concern reports that the School, pointed out its role as a rotno- tioii.il agency for social welfare, espec- largest single order it ever received iall the conferences and short institu came as a result of a recent use of the transatlantic telephone service. It was an tes. conducted in various cities This institution for the training of order for $4< ni , ix X) worth of bookkeeping Negro social workers has been suc machines which was telephoned from cessful from the first and has steadily London to Detroit by one of the largest enlarged its field or usefulness. It was hanking institutions in Great Britain. recently given national recogntion by election to membership in the Am erican Assignation of Social Work Schools. AUSPLUND DRUG STORE Por Hand’s SIXTH * GLIB AN 8 TRACTS PORTLAND. ORE Own Office Phone BRoadway 0635 Store We Take Pleasure In Announcing the Arrival for Sale of the EXELENTO MEDIVINE COMPANY PRODUCTS as follows: Residence: SKI I wood 6260 Exelcnto Peroxide Vanishing Cream, Exelanto Quinine Pomade, Exelento Skin Heautifler, Exelento Face Powder and Exelento Soap WYATT W. WIIXIAMS and With Julius Silvetone, Attorney and Counselor FOR TRULY BEAUTIFUL HAIR . . . THE FAMOUS THOMAS’ SPECIAL FORMULA HAIR POMADE 523 524 LUMBERMENS BLDG. Portland, Ore. Attorney-at-Law THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY ■J Atlanta, Ga , (CNS)-Charges that they poured gasoline on a young Ne gro and set his body on fire “just for fun” have led to the imprisonment of two youths, Grady Looney and C. O. Christian, both of Crawford, Ga. They are held without bond in the Ogle- thrope county jail at Lexington, pend ing the outcome of the boy's injuries. The boy who is known here only as “Jew eir, is said to be in a critical condition and doctors declare that it will be several days before the extent of his injuries can be determined. (F tp s By Kita Reid The Advocate does not necessarily share in Kite Reid's vie»», but wheth er we do or not. her opinion« are sane, and logical and well worth reading. It ia tout privilege a« well as part to disagree with Kite and ahe invitee your opinion upon subjects the discusses from time to him in her column. TOBE HEARD OVER KXL To be right at the wrong time is an unforgiveable sin in these days of sham and pretense. The emotions of the public are being appealed to for funds for another hos pital. Let us count up the number of hospitals in the State now: Two im Dr. E. L Booker, Portland's popular mense institutions for the insane: two and efficient dentist, will sing over KXL for tuberculosis victims; one private one for tuberculosis victims; a splendid pile of masonry known as Multnomah County Hospital; two for crippletd children ; two immense private hospitals in Port land: nine not so large; one in Salem; one in Albany and one in Eugene. Besides other smaller hospitals in other parts of a State of one and one-half million people. Is it a very good 4d- vertisement for a State offering its good (Continued on page three) Flog Workers in Reign of Terror in Town of Elton COSTS $1,000 PER DAY TO RUNTUSKEGEE Tuskegee Institute, Ala., August 24.— It costs $1660 every day to run Tuske gee Institute. This is the statement of William H. Carter, treasurer of the In stitute, who addressed the teacher-#tu dents of summer school here, on the finances of the institute. The budget for the present year is $ 600 , 000 , which is de rived from the income of invested and endowment fund«. whi(T A M V ,yv>. oi 65 per cent of the emu- * ■. t , pub lic funds to the amouut of $15 7 )0, 3.3 per c.i; 4 . and student fees, $4i,(*<6, 7 i per cent The remaining $1 ld,000, 23 per cent has to be raised from contributions of friend» at an average rate of $500 a working day. Game«. Sports, Contest« Picnic, August 29. S. S. New York City, August 19,-(CNS)- "We southerners work too little and bragg too much”, was the frank ad mission of Dr. E. W. Knight of Col umbia University last Saturday at the annual “Stunt Night" of the Southern Club, which had gathered three thous and strong to hear the praises of the ¿¿outh exuAkd. Dr. E. W. Knight supported Yiis statement with facts and figures, al most proving beyound a shadow of a doubt that the section of America of which the poets sing and dream is actually a land of which enlightened America should be ashamed. Dr. Knight flayed the South for its high illiteracy rate, and lamented the fact that thousands of adult whites as wtH as Negroes are unable to read and write. He claims that the per capital expenditures for libraries in the south- «tn states ranges from eighteen cents in Florida down to two cents in Mts- »issippi, while the national average is 33 cents, Lake Charles, L , Aug., 22 (CNS)- A reign of terror against workers in and around the town of Elton has been carried on by Albert Duplichan. Elton town marshal; C L Marcantol. state highway officer, and an official named Joe Ritter. They had several Dr. E. L. Booker Negro workers flogged, following an on the Bethel Church program from to 6 P.M. Dr. Booker is a graduate of altercation at a dance. They had wo- Howard University, Washington, D. C men and children whipped. They have with an A.B. degree and of the North also threatened all the Negro residents Union S. S. Picnic — August 29 Pacific Dental College, with a D.D.M. of Elton and vicinity. _ ---- Peninsula P ark . degree He served with distinction with the itt'nd Division (Buffaloes) in France and received a commission with the Please Pay Your Subscription rank of First Lieut, of Infantry in the 'SUES OVER PRIMARIES U. S. National Army. Norfolk, Va„ Aug 24,-(CNS)-Suit Mrs Maud Lane Booker, also a How for $10.000 damages against three jud ard graduate, will accompany her hus ges in Tuesday’s Democratic primary band on the piano. in Newport News was begun in the Miss Violet Hooker, soprano, will sing Federal Ristrict Court here today by this Sunday. The Misses Geraldine and J. B. Briggs, of that city, who alleges Geneva Turner will accompany her. Miss that he is a Demorcrat but was depri Dorothy Morton will play and a duet ved of his right to vote. The defend will be sung by Miss Leonora Hender ants are H. H. Richardson, C, H. son. and Miss Crystalee Maxwell. The Hicks and Harry Cohen. Joy Makers' Club will sing. Rev. Hill Rev. W. J. Tolliver, former pastor will speak. of f Bethd A M E Church and a splen- p/wM #> p ay y our Subscription id citizen of Portland for many years, J r did Please Pay Y our Subscription passed away last week at htis home in Yakima, Wash.He is dead. These —-------- o---------- words have been written or said many times and w ill be said again and again Kid Chocolate K-O's Tommy Lorenzo as the human family travels on to its rewards. Rev. Tolliver had many New York, Aug., 22-(C N S) - Kid friends in Portland who loved and re Chocolate, Cuban boxer, knocked out spected him for his honesty and up Tommy Lorenzo of the east side in the right Christian life and all mourn with sixth round of a scheduled ten round his loving wife at his passing. His bout at Mitchell field, Mineola, L. I. funeral was held last Wednesday. last night. August 1, we mailed out a large — number of statements to delinquent Union S. S. Picnic -A ugust 29 subscribers and also to those whose — Peninsula P ark . subscriptions expire this month. We E-A-T urge every one to respond cheer at fully and promptly to them. We 1 9 5 NO RTH FIFTEENTH “ Know Mississippi Better” are sure if you only realized how Boston, Mass., (CNS)-Two hundred much of our time it takes to try STREET leading citizens of Mississippi who visi to collect these bills already due, MEALS: MEEK DAYS, SOc ted New England on a “Know Missis you would not have us spend it sippi Better" tour, are reported to. but let us better employ it trying SUNDAYS, 75c have spread their insidous anti-Negro! to get additional business. We are MRS. HATTIE SMITH propaganda in several of the com- j sure if you realized that that we Proprietor munities at the same time that they must pay cash for everything in were commerciallizing the folk songs connection with the publication and PHONE BRoadway 0570 of a group of Negro singers which must meet our obligations on time, you would not have us ask more accompanies them, than once for what you owe us. You muust know that we cannot W. B. Brown had the misfortune run a newspaper on good-will, as much as we value it, but it takes Cor. 4th • *■*„<.____ ! to damage his car in an automobile hing ton money to pay bills. Kindly be accident returning from Los Angeles and let everyone that has $25.00 to last week. Fortunately neither Mr. prompt received a statement come or send ^ Brown nor any of the other occuu- $ in the amount promptly so that we ! pants of his car were injured. Mrs. can better serve you. We know you Crenshaw of Los Angeles and Mrs. “Where Young Men Buy” you will not fail us. | Louise Williams of Portland were The Editor. ; traveling with Mr. Brown at the time. REV. TOLLIVER ATTENTION! Bradford Clothes Shop 45.00