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Announcing 'The 26 th THE ADVOCATE An VOLUME uv NUMHKK i. IN TWO SECTIONS Anniversary of The Advocate Tkis W eek ln d « p *n d « n ( P ap *r D a v o ttd to th « PORTLAND, OREGON, S A T U R D A Y . •f In ti SEPTEM BER 1», th* Peopl< SECTION I. 1929 PRICE: 8 CENTS 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD HERE SOUTHERN WHITE MOB LYNCHES COLORED BOY MRS. RUTHERFORD HURT REV. STEWART VISUS IN AUTO MISHAP OLD HOME TOWN Mr» Lottie Kutherford »uitamed painful injuriea when thrown from their automobile in which the wa» FIRST ZION riding at the and her hutband re turned home from Tacoma. W ash. FEATURES (»7 I II Monday The accident happened when Mr. Kutherford, who wat driv- ANNIVERSARY- j mg their car, twcrved to avoid . »Inking another car which failed HOME-COMING : to give right of way and wat »truck j by a patting car. Mr Kutherford'» I car wat completely demolished ac- The 67 th Anniversary ami Home J cording to information received at The driver coming o( Firil A M L Ziun The Advocate o flier church will open Sunday morning j canting all the trouble escaped be fore hit identity or licence number could tic learned. FLOCK TO Among Portlanders seen at the Annual conference in Tacoma, Sun day were Mr and Mrs. Koy Gragg, j Mr. and Mr». W ill Gragg, Mr. and i Mrs. J A. Ewing; Mr and Mrs E. j L. Jam ison; Mr and Mrs. Fred D. j Thomas; Mr and Mr». J. A. Wia- i dom; Mr and Mrs Shelby Golden. Mr and Mr». G. N. W hite; Mr. and R ev. V . R. L o v ell Mr» W. B. Brown; Mr. and Mr». with the annivertary termon by C. R Reed; Mr. and Mr» W. II Knhop J. W. Martin, of Lot An- Kutherford, Mr. and Mrs Kaudolph gelet. Baldwin, Mr. and Mr» J. C. Baker, At :t p m. Dr K. M Clark, pat- tor of Krdding, Cal , and former Meidames E. K. Stanley; B J. Ful pretiding elder here, will preach ler, F". I) Young, Roy Garnett; L. | K Week»; Mr» Carden; Guy Jam the dedication termon, following ison; Arthur Harris; Yancy F’rank- which the recently completed par- ! lin; Gene Carden; Rev. and Mrs | Daniel G. Hill; George Cannady; (Cuntinucd on i ’age 4) ' Misses Gwendolyn Hooker; Violet ■ Hooker; Nellie I'ranklin; Alfreda Franklin and Alberta Mayo. Mo»t j of them motored to the conference I while a few went on the stage and the traia. Mr». E. D. Cannady and her party of five were the breakfast guests of Jim ('.row I .aw Mr. and Mr». Lynch Brown in Long view, Monday morning, en route Rc*|>on*il>lc f o r home from the conference at T a coma. Eiftlit Death* Mr. and Mr». I-'red D. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. W ill Gragg, their traveling companions remained in Tacoina with friends until Monday Memphit, Tenu., Sept. 13.—(Cru- Mr. and Mrs. G. N. White stopped tader Newt Service) The bodiet of eight Negro children have ihut far off in their way hack to Portland, lieen taken from the mint of the at their ranch at Winlock. Rev and Mrs. Daniel G. Hill Jr., Negro Induttrial Settlement House which burned down yesterday. All returned Tuesday morning from con of the children were less than six fcrcncc at Tacoma. NOT ALWAYS EASY Rev. L. B. Stewart, formerly a citizen of Portland and still a tax payer here, wa» a pleasant visitor B eginning with this Issue, T h e in the City Monday and Tuesday of this week, en route to his home A d v o c a te celebrates its 2fith anni in Anaconda, Montana from the versary. D uring this g u arter o f annual conference at Tacoma While a century ant] a year 0 f neWs in the city, he was the gyest of service, we have had the good Mr. and Mrs. Koy Blackburn in Irvington Rev. sT ew arf^ teV ed the fortune not to miss a single week's ministry five years ago and by dili- publication. ITlC Advocate was es- gent, sincere effort has built up the j tablished Septem ber 3rd 1903. T h e work in Butte, and established a j was run by a company o f community center in Anaconda. He ^ a„ o f whom dropped out has attracted the best white people .. . . to hi. effort, to improve the condi- * » * . the l,rcs€nt e d ,,o r when tHc> lion of his people and any program; realized that it was not a money for improvement and progre»» he j m aking business but instead, one withes to prosecute, he is backed.' o f sacrifice and service fo r the not alone by hi» own people but by ; J{ace the white, a . well Rev Stewart cxistcnce faas ^ by no thinks there arc unlimited potsibili i . I . . , tie. for development ... hi. part of " * an > onc o f c a * and and the country for the colored man only by the closest application to He called to *ee the Advocate staff business and by sacrificial service before leaving the city Tuesday even-i have we been enabled to survive mg the knocks and ja f s o f these many Plans To Go Abroad To Study Voice THRO' OIY Calvert, Texas, Sept. 3.—The iynchless record of Texas was mar red here Sunday night, when a mob, composed of the leading white Christian citizens of Robertson count—c o m p r i i ing leaders from Hearne, Franklin, Hammond, Bre- mond, Calvert and kindred points— treated Cleave Williams, 19-year-old Negro youth, to a dose of the cele brated American concoction. Accused of writing a compromis ing note to a white girl of this ! Central Texas burg, the mobbists laid in wait for the colored youth and when he appeared on the scene, he was riddled with bullets by the lynchocrats and his lifeless body dragged through the streets of the city and left in the colored district. A colored undertaker finally re moved the corpse from the streets and prepared it for burial. Various and conflicting reports are afloat here as to the real mo tive for lynching this colored youth, but the Negro citizens seem to be rather noncommital and reticent, while the whites seem to hold to the opinion that they have performed a signal service in ridding the com munity of such a character. Although no criminal charge had , been placed upon the county blot ter against Williams for his al leged note writing, the lynching is a closed incident as far as the most prominent white citizens of this town and county arc concerned. Thus the cause of mobocracy goes marching on and Texas has finally joined in the race for the 1929 pennant in Judge Lynch’s League, Inc. years. , Much credit fo r the continued success o f the paper for the past 15 years is due to the untiring efforts and faithful service ren dered by M rs. Cannady, m anager I*. E. I*. Co. Start* ‘Safely" Campaign on Friday the Thirteenth. Taking advantage of the "psycho logical" effect of the double hoodo of Friday, the 13th. the Portland Fiketric Power Company has in- (Continued on Page 2) Arnuu (Tips By Kits Reid E. A. Middleton PLANS TO STUDY VOICE CULTURE IN EUROPE — MAY SAIL THIS FALL I One of Bill's Cat* augurated the most intensive acci dent prevention campaign in its his tory. And, Friday, September 13th was selected for the "kick off" be cause it would serve to remind the public that a day like that is a good time for everybody to "watch his step." Bill Strandhorg who advertised for black cats at 13 cents apiece was somewhat surprised at the liberal response. When call by an Advocate reporter to imiuire if he needed any more he replied that he thought he had quite a plenty. RADIO NEWS In the campaign, the entire per sonnel of 3,150 employes of this big Bethel A .M J’.. Church will broad cast over K X L front 5 to 6 p.m. public utility is working to hit a Sunday Rev. Hill will speak on "The Inheritance of the Priesthood". years of age. The children were victims of the Jim Crow laws in the South, which applies even to orphan and so-call ed "charitable" industrial homes for children. The scattered few homes provided for the Negro children in this state arc all fire-traps, wooden, dilapidated buildings, and this is the kind of building in which the Hawaiian I*land* Negro children were trapped and burned to death. Itleal for a Home The home was overcrowded, hous ing HH children. Some of the death children arc believed to have been Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 13, 1929 trampled to death in the rush for the few exits from the building. ear Editor:- I just thought that 1 would write Search is continuing for more bodies believed to be in the ruins of the you a letter. Vancouver is a great little town home. and I like it. I just got home the twentieth of this month from work ing my way across the Pacific Oc Cant l i l i a l e * for ean to the Hawiian Islands and I | fing that they are so superior in !Yfini*ter to Liberia climate and beauty to the United States that I would like to make them my home. I left in May right Washington Sept. 12, (CN S)-M or- after school was out and went to timer M. Marshall of Virginia ¡9 Tacoma where I stayed for week among the list of candidates whose then I came home, then the last of friends arc seeking to have them July I obtained my “job” and work named Minister resident and consul ed on a ship out from San Fran cisco and back with a ten day stay general to Liberia. The bilks' convention recently en in port. On the trip over the boat carried dorsed the application of Dr. T. T. grain and lumber. On the trip back Wendell for the post. we had sugar. It was a lot of fun and next P l r n t i o P a y Y o u r S u b t c r i p t i o n year I have the chance to work 26 YEARS OLD! _ Another One new high mark. Since January 1, 1907, when the P. R. L. & P, Co. secured control of the various elec tric railways and light and power concerns in this territory, the com pany has not killed or fatally in jured a single passenger in its cus tody During that time the company has hauled a total of 1,909,672,044 passengers. The Advocate do«« not neceaaarily «hare in Kita Reid's views, but wheth- tr wa do or not, her opinion* are wne, and logical and well worth E. A. Middleton, who possesses a very excellent baritone voice, and who reading. It ia tout privilege as well as *.mPr9ve with study this winter, either in Paris or London. Mr. ours to disagree with Kite and the invitee your opinion upon eohjects Middleton has been in the employ o f the Pullman Company, with head- whi‘ working and saving his money for she discusses from time to time in her quarters in Portland. He says that while further training, he has been enabled to see and understand the West and its column. spirit, better than he could hae done in any other way. Mr. Midleton has been liberal with his voice bv singing on several occasions before local circles. Isn’t it interesting to watch the Mr. Middleton's many frends here are hoping and wishing for him the greatest measure of success o f which his voice is capable. game that is going on over the tariff? And especially the tariff on sugar which according to the peculiar logic urged by some of our Inter-Racial Peace statesmen will give us cheaper su gar. Just by what process they ex Committee Exhibits pect this to be worked out, I F.ive been unable to figure out. If the at Conference increase were to be spent on im proving the conditions of the work ers in the Colorado sugar beet fields, Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 12,-(C N S)- one might cheerfully face it but we see the pictures of the children The American Interracial Peace Com that work in the fields 10 to 12 mittee sent as its contribution to the hours a day when they should be exhibit of the All American Friends in school, one wonders who is get Conference meeting in Oshkaloosa. ting the increase. When the aver Iowa. September 3 to 9, two origin The Puget Sound Annual Con- age earnings per year per family al posters by Laura W heeler- W a n A.M E. Church which of father, mother and children from ing and over 150 pieces of literature terence met in Tacoma Washington Septem 5 years up, are but $600 a year, issued by the Committee. ber 4 to 9, came to a close Sunday one wonders what kind of a civili Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Xelson, execu night after a very excellent session. zation our big sugar companies are tive secretary of the committee, an The Conference reported a total of nounces that the educational de partment of the I. B. K O. E. of i Continued on Page 3 W . has resolved to cooperate with the American Interracial Peace Com mittee in its educational program. L REV. HILL RETURNED Por Hand’s Own E-A-T at 193 NORTH FIFTEENTH STREET SUNDAYS, 75c MRS. HATTIE SMITH AUSPLUND DRUG STORE SIXTH A GLIB Ait STRU TS PORTLAND, ORX » 7 PHONE BRosdwv 0570 Store THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY MUSICIANS HOLD SUCCESSFUL MEET Washington, D. C. Sept. 12, (C N S) The eleventh annual convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians was one of the most suc cessful meetings in the history of this organization which has for its purpose the advancement of music and musical appreciation among the Race. The most cultured elements of both races were attracted by the splendid programs which included a chorus of 1,000 led by Madam Martha Anderson-VVinn. Every num ber rendered by this aggregation was given an ovation. A $1,000 music scholarship was an nounced which will be known as the Rodman Wanamaker Award, given by Captain John Wanamaker of Philadelphia in honor of his father who until his recent death was inter ested in the development of the mus ical ability of the Negro race. It will be presented throough the Na tional Music Association for com positions by race composers. J. Wesley Jones of Chicago is president of the association. MEALS: WEEK DAYS, 50c Proprietor again and I thing L will When you come to Vancouver come to sec us. Yours sincerely, Henry Gillard. j . C or. 4 th ■ B ra d fo rd S. W W ash in g ton Clothes $ 2 5 .0 0 to Shop $ 4 5 .0 0 “ W h er e Young M en Buy" REV. H IL L 1353 members ;74 conversions were received this year. The churches re ported a total of $673:14 for miss ions: $1450 for dollar money; $234.- 66 for Easter day; $690 for Christ ian education. Conference funds re ceived amounted to $3,500.00. Reverends Dobbins of Seattle; F. E. Churchill of Vancouver; J . C. Grattan of Bremerton; F. L. Dono- hoo of Billings, Montana were trans- I ferred to the California Conference. Rev. T. A. Patterson of Boise, Idaho was appointed presiding Elder over Continued on Page 3 Medic* Meet In Newark Newark, N. J . Sept. 12, (C N S)- The annual meeting of the National Medical Association here was one of the most elaborate and success ful programs ever prepared for the scientific organization. Mrs. Josephine Gross, of 4224 67th avenue southeast, spent last week visiting friends in Winlock, Wash. Among those who helped to make her stay pleasant were Mcsdatne» Gibson and Whiteside.