THE,
An
V O L at,
NO 3*
ADVOCATE
In d e p e n d e n t
P aper
D e v o te d
PORTLAND, OREGON,
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SA TU R D A Y , JU N E * 1, 1030
SECTION I.
PRICE: F IV E C ENTS
NEGROES’ RIGHT TO VOTE UPHELD BY COURT
SOUTHERN MOB LEADER FLOGGED BY NEGROES
WHITE PRIMARY SEN. JOSEPH DIES
MAY PHILLIPS' LIFE
DEALT BLOW
S tate mourns
HIS PASSING
WELCOMED OPPORTUNITY TO
RECOGNIZED AS LEADER
IN T H E M L
Arrow
SEN SE
NEGRO’ S RIGHT TO VOTE
B y K its Reid
UPHELD IN VIKCINIA
Asheville. N C , June IS. 1930—The
United Stale» Circuit C ourt of Appeal»
today ruled that the D em ocratic party
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in Virginia could not debar Negroes
Q A L PII C CLVPE
roUMiij Mr Koot a cm urn
(m in participating in primary election»
H o iM A T U U l «N I»
Thi» derision mark» an im portant vic
M l i A N H Cl T V
C O U N C ti.
tory in the long and aucce»»lul cam
paign • >( the National Association P>r
M O T H E R JO N K S
the Advancement o l Colored People
against attem pt» at disfranchisem ent
M other Jones, who recently cele
of N egro voters in southern states
Today's opihioc was w ritten by brated her tooth birthday, was a great
Judge lllio tl i
U of W est Vir adm irer of a little paper which I
ginia and was concurred in by D istrict printed many, many years ago in
T his little periodical was
Judge» W F Maker also of W est V ir Portland
issued
during
my spare time as a news
ginia. and William C Coleman of Hal-
boy
Someone sent M other Jones a
tim orr The decision says in part:
“ If all the political parties in the copy of this publication, and it made
State of Virginia incorporated the an instantaneous hit with her
same qualific stinus in their rules and
Mrs Jones was always interested in
regulation» as did th e Democratic
labor
and progressive measures, and,
parly, nobody could participate in the
primary except white persona and as this paper was published along these
other persons would he deprived of a lines, she heartily approved of it and
material right guaranteed them under wrote me many inspiring lines.
the C onstitution as amended T h at ia,
Instead of being called a "Bolshevic"
the right to participate in the selection
as would he the rase in the present
of candidates to be voted for in the
day and age, everyone who differed
election."
from the existing order of things in
It will be remembered that the dis
the old days was term ed a "Calam ity
franchisem ent m ethod thus outlawed
H owler.” Consequently, my little new s
hy today's decisions follows success
paper proudly ausw rred to the title
ful efforts of the N. A A C P. against
of the "New sboys' Calamity Howler".
state law s t a r r i n g N egroes from p ar
M rs Jones thought this was the m ost
ticipation ¡1# Democratic prim aries In
"darlingest” of names, as she phrased
the case of N ison ». H srndon. carried
if, and interested a num ber of eastern
to the United States Supreme Court
notables, who sent cash for yearly
I,i tin- N \ \ I 1 \ that C o W t m
subscriptions to the paper, which came
19*7, ruled such laws unconstitutional
in very handy.
SAILS FOR EUROPE
T here were also tw o other weeklies,
published hy newsboys prior to the
event of the “ Howler". T he pioneer
of these small papers was "The News-
hoy" which was ably edited by Hyman
II. Cohen, present m arket editor of the
O regon Journal The other one was
the "S tar”, published hy A rthur Mat-
schrk, w ho ia now engaged in the
autom obile transportation business.
W hen the "llfiw ler" w asn’t fighting
to right the wrongs of the universe, it
was engaged in scrapping with "The
Newsboy" and the "Star".
In fact,
a battle royal was waged every now
and then The three publications used
to go at it rdito/ially with ham m er and
tongs.
W ord ha» hern received in Portland
hy friends that Shirley McCanns sailed
June 11 lor Europe. She will he gone
three m onths spending six weeks at
the University of Paris
Mrs Mc
Canns assisted by Rev. E. C Dyer now
of California and C. K. Ivey and others
m Portland, organized and trained the
Mt. Olivet llto r u t which M rs Mc
Canns presented at the Civic A uditori
um. She it now head of the music
departm ent at Morgan College, Balti The encouragem ent which I received
more.
from Mrs. Jones and o thers in this,
my boyish attem pt to break into the
newspaper game, launched me into
A CARD O F T H A N K S
my present career in which I have hern
happily engaged for many years. I
I wish to thank friends for their would not exchange places with Rock
kindness and sym pathy in the death efeller, with J. I’irrm ont M organ in
of my husband, John l.ow c and for cluded for good measure.
the beautiful and num erous Moral pieces
offered Special appreciation goes to
M csdamet l.ula Lawrence, Frankie C E O R G IE D IX O N S U S P E N D E D
Maker, Miss Heria Kirk and T. 11.
Georgie Dixon, local colored m id
Williams.
dleweight battler, has hern indefinitely
suspended hy th e P ortland boxing
commission for announcing his refusal
to go through with a m atch scheduled
M A R R IE S S E V E N T H W IF E
for next Tuesday night with H erm an
Kat/laff.
Ray M c(Juillian, Denver
Arkadelphia, A rk , June 4—(A N P ) middleweight, has been signed as a
— F.ph Ford, aged 50, doe» not like to substitute.
be w ithout a wife, so a day after his
wife was buried hr appeared at the
Mrs. J. N. Cantrell who was oper
m arriage license bureau with a re ated upon for appendicitis at the Good
quest for license to m arry, which was Sam aritan Hospital has hern moved
granted. T his m arked the seventh to the Hill T op Sanitarium for conval
time Ford had hern married, five of escing. She is doing nicely.
his wives having died and one had
divorced him.
A comm ittee of ladies are making
MRS Z U LA L O W E
Mrs. Mratrice Cannady, editor and
publisher of the Advocate went to Sa
lem, Pendleton, and A storia on busi
ness this week.
elaborate plans for the reception to be
given next M onday night honoring
Rev. and Mrs. Daniel G rafton Hill, Jr
Many out of town visitors will lie in
the receiving line.
Hpend your Rummer vacation a t . . .
SUNFLOWER CAMP
.1. VV. Curry, Owner
S E A S ID E , OREGON
Rest fill Kwiiijfs— Croquet— Horseshoe Throwing
and Fishing Within 100 Keet of Camp
Furnished Cottages and Furnished Tents
for Rent!
Mrs. Madclyn Flowers Will Hr There to Serve
You at Any Time hoy or Night That You Arrive
EXPERIENCE THE NEXT LIFE
U U LW LM U L
H U I
The Advocate does not necessarily
share in Kits Reid’s view«, but wheth
er we do or not. bar opinions arc
° r " w »• «* — « « a a s t W ä . ä S U z S Ä
Lll I- .u d .ltn l, ol h c a n l.i lu r , U .l Monday o a t. ,o d i « « r „ w ith
k ' u
«nd
ih .
PROMINENT DOCTOR C U I INIURED
CALIFORNIA DOCTOR VISITS
RESIDENTS SHOW PROTEST
HIS OLD HOME TOWN
TO LYNCHED NEGRO
m orning at Camp Clatsop Mr Joseph mvite# your opinion upon Bobjscts
( By Beatrice C annady)
she discusses from time to time in her
'.oluran.
T h at which is dust has returned to
dust but the beautiful spirit of May
Chickasha, Okla., June 9. — N egro
Helen Phillips’ life will forever remain
W ell the screw of the press into
residents of Chickasha on Sunday a t
with us.
which the w orkers have been herded
tacked and seriously injured Dr. J. A.
hat been given an extra tw ist and the
It was m March when Roland H ay
Anderson, white, who is said to have
es, Helen Bishop, Rahani Latim er, and
"blessings of prosperity” will begin to
been one of the mob leaders that brot
pour into the coffers of the protected
I called at the Good Sam aritan hospi
about the lynching of H enry A rgo on
interests T he rich will be growing
tal to see Miss Phillips. Mr. Hayes,
the M orning of May 3t. T he alleged
richer and the poor will grow poorer
as every one flue did who saw her,
mob-leading doctor is said to be in a
if that be possible. More children will
marvelled at her bravey and courage
critical
condition.
go hungry to school, and books and
and the joy she expressed in her suf
shoes and clothing will be doled out
fering Though her body had wasted
by the charities. H oover has signed
from the ravages of disease, her face
the tariff bill! T here is no use dodging
was as radiant as the m orning. She
put to shame many who enjoyed p er
the issue. Prices will advance but who
can pay them ? Not the out-of-w orks
fect health. But the secret of May's
surely. Here are ju st a few of the
joyousness was that she understood
items that ought to be of interest to
the meaning of this earthly existence—
the common everyday man and wo
she knew it only as a preparation for
DEMOCRATIC NEGROES
man. The tariff adds 10 per cent to
the next life which she was anxious to
the duty on cotton shirts which al
experience
HELP DEFEAT SIMMONS
ready pay 35 per cent duty. W ool
On Friday, June 13, hospital auth ori
IN N. C. PRIMARIES
waste (w hich enters into the m anufac
ties announced h r* ascension.
On
ture of shoddy clothing which is the
Monday the 16th frienda, (th e had no
only clothing poor people can afford
relatives) gathered at Finley's M ortu
New York, June 13.—Many colored
ary to pay a last love tribute
The won the recent contest for the repub- *° !,uy ) •* increased so that 20 cents
people joined the Democratic party
inapority of those who were
there |;can nom ination for governor with '»',l b« a d d 'd to the domestic price
and voted in the recent prim ary elec
were of the Mahai Faith which May | t ix party men in the held H is victory !of every pound. Since the domestic
DOCTOR BELL
tion helping to defeat Senator Sim
embraced many years ago before
com- ¡„ M ultnom ah County, his home, was consum ption is 1TO.OOO.OOO pounds, our
m ons in N orth Carolina, according to
Dr.
H
ugh
A.
Bell,
prom
inent
dentist
mg to P o rtlan d —perhaps in Spokane. ' , phenom enal success In the coming ! American buyers will pay about *35,-
of Los Angeles, who is here to v isit information which has just reached the
prrhaps before leaving her native N i November election, he was scheduled 000000 m or* *or *beir clothing,
N.A.A.C.P.
his mother, Mrs. Clara Anderson. Dr.
agara Falls H er faith received addi to make the race against the Demo-
The report to the N.A.A.C.P. says
tional strength by a beautiful tablet fralic nominfCi Fdw . p Bailey
O n the cheaper wool felt hats—one Bell's family accom panied him on the
in
part: “T he Negroes figured wonder-
tr.p
which
they
made
by
autom
obile.
which she received in lilt» from Abdul
Mr Joseph was in the m idst of a man alone m anufactures about half the
From here, they will go to N ewark. N. j fully in the campaign which closed
Italia's hands and which George I.ati-
American
product.
In
19*8
his
net
. .
. disbarm ent contest. He had recently
J., where Dr. Bell will locate. T hey last night. I don’t think their votes,
mer who had charge of the simple .
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been disbarred from his law practice profits am ounted to $500,000. O n the
will visit interesting points en route. which are not many, counted so much,
funeral rites read in the service:
,
... . ..
«.
_
_
cheaper
grades
of
these
hats
the
duty
. ,
_ , .
.
. . | for life by the State Suprem e Court
I raise be to God that through the ^
of pub|ic cH tieiun of som i of h a , been increased from 55 per cent to In D r Bell's party are Mrs. Bell, Mrs. but those who did vote and who were
progress of ‘he A b h . Kingdom, thou |h f s ,iprfm e Court judgc,
C n , he 203 per cent. In order to perm it this Helen Thompson. Mrs. Bell's m other, challenged did not back down but met
art fresh, beautiful and alive and kin day of h i. sudden and dram atic death on* Am* ric* " m anufacturer to raise Helen, Mrs. Bell's sister and Dolores, the challenge. T h e re w as no unpleaa-
the small daughter of Dr. and Mrs. antness and we here in Greensboro
died with the fire of the Love of God
h i, atto rn e y , filed a petition for re- hi* »rice 203
c e n ,,h e ** h»‘*
Bell. They are being entertained at had no trouble. You would have been
—and the light of the Kingdom will
hearing on the decision of the S uprem e! c“ ‘ ,hc women of ,h l* COUn,ry * 30 '
Mrs. Anderson's residence, 462 W illi amused at how m any N egroes changed
encom pass the heart and the spirit.
' (000,000
Court.
ams Ave. Dr. Bell will be one of the their party affliction to that of Demo
"In the world of existence the m ost
L ater the Suprem e C ourt ordered
cratic party and with how little diffi
supreme favor of God is divine love
But the men are not to escape on speakers at a reception M onday night.
T he spirt of love vivifie, man- ,he Ptn d in « « « i0 " d r°P P *d «nd the their hat prices either. Men use about | honoring Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Graf culty. . . . N eedless to say that we did
not have much of a choice, but we did
kind. nay. rather ,t bestow , everlasting P " v to u , d.sbarm en ^strick en from the »7,500,000 in cheap straw hats every ton Hill, Jr.
official records of Oregon.
vote against Sim mons and he seems
life "
year. If im ported, they cost about
to have been overw helm ingly beaten."
Mrs. Joseph and George Joseph Jr., 50 cents apiece wholesale. H ow ever
Mrs. Cinita Knowles read a poem
Senator Sim m ons w as one of the
entitled "A Friend Rides Ahead"; Fred of his im mediate family, survive him. under this beneficicnt tariff m easure
chief supporters of the nomination to
Young, accompanied by Mrs. Young
the new coat will be »1.25 or about a
the Supreme C ourt of Judge John J.
on the piano, sang. "Lay My Head
total of *18,750,000. W ill this go into
P arker whose .confirm ation was de
Beneath a Rose." George Latim er read CREDIT DUE MILLER AND w ages? It will n o t—the increase in
feated by a 41 to 39 vote of the Senate.
sacred passages from the Chinese Con-
prices woes into the pockets of the MRS. HENDERSON IS
LYLES FOR AMOS ’ N
fuscian scriptures, the Zoroastrain
protected employer. The poor w ork
STAR OF RECITAL
Avesta. the Buddhist scriptures, the
ANDY REMARKS ing man pays the bill.
MRS. C A N N A D Y D IVO RCED
Mohamedan Koran, the Jewish A po
crypha, the Christian Bible and the
If this were all. perhaps it could be
A recital given by a rtist students of
Beatrice H. Cannady was granted a
H M t a W l r t l ol ilzha l" Mah, b ear New York, June 13.—C redit for some endured but in order to escape the
Mm«. Frida Stjerna and the Stjerna divorce decree from E. D. Cannady in
ing on the next life. He closed the of the m irth-provoking rem arks of the high duties the tariff m easure has Chorus and the Business and Profes circuit court W ednesday, June 11. The
beautiful Bahai service hy sum ming up the popular Amos 'N Andy should go placed on raw- m aterials which must sional W omen's C horus last Monday suit was not contested. Property set
Miss Phillips' earthly life in the follow to Miller and Lyles, the colored com be im ported iiUo this country to be
evening was well attended and th o r tlem ent was made out of c o u rt Mr.
ing beautiful thoughts: the joy of serv edians of “Shuffle A long" and other made up into articles to be used here.
oughly enjoyed by the guests. T he Cannady din't answ er the complaint as
ice. the sweetness of happiness and a Broadway successes. T his statem ent I wish there were space allowed to recital was given at the T erm inal Sales was stated in the Portland Section of
is made in an article in the Daily M ir name about 40 huge industries which
memorial of everlasting friendship.
Building and was the noted teacher’s The Seattle E nterprise, June 5, of
Among p allbearer, were the H auser ro r signed by Mark Hcllinger.
now have big factories abroad where final presentation before vacation.
which Mrs. Bojinie Bogle of Portland
brothers, Rupert and K enneth for
they buy their raw m aterial w ithout
is editor, nor was there any attem pt
Among
the
artist
pupils
to
appear
whose father, the late Eric V. H auser
paying any tariff on them. It covers
was Mrs. Mabel H enderson. She sang to settle the divorce out of c o u rt Any
Miss Phillips served as private secre W alhalla, S. C. May 29—Seventeen a list which runs all the w ay from
intelligent person w ould know that
white men, including the m ayor and a pianos, cash registers, ribbons, sewing “Ritorna Vincitor" Aria from the opera
tary for a number of years.
such a thing is both illegal and im pos
Aida
by
Verdi.
Mrs.
H
enderson
who
Her rem ains were deposited in I.in- policeman of this tow n will go to machines down to chew ing gum.
is a charm ing personality, possess a sible. Mrs. Cannady and the boys will
oln Park Cemetery next to her m other trial on July 7 on charges of lynching
sweet soprano voice which she uses remain in the fam ily residence in Ir
Allen Green, 50-year old citizen. The
who passed three years ago.
And this bill was passed in the face
vington and there are no strings to
trial will be held in the court of gen of protests from the leading econom with intelligence. H er excellent ren
dition of the difficult num ber showed her residence there as was stated in the
eral session.
ists of the country. I'd ju s t like to
Mr. Cannady did not
careful training and coaching on the Enterprise.
¡know why we m aintain expensive ex
part of the teacher. O f all the num ask to be exem pted from paying sup
perts in our colleges and universities
bers presented on the program , Mrs. port money as w as also stated by the
and then calm ly ignore their advice.
Henderson's singing won the m ost ap E nterprise but on the other hand
plause. And she was conspicuous for agreed to pay. the am ount asked by
Congress and_ President H oover (in
being the only colored person to ap Mrs. Cannady.
dustrial engineer when he is not w ork
pear on the program . Mrs. Henderson
Mrs. C annady will continue to pub
ing at pretending to be president) have
will be am ong the musicians to sing lish The A dvocate as she has been do
just shown those insolent experts what
at a reception given M onday night ing ever since she purchased same
they think of scientific truths. W hat
T w o im portant decision*, touching
honoring Rev. and Mrs. D. G Hill, Jr. from Mr. Cannady several years ago.
do these upstacts mean by presenting
the everyday life of the people, and of
at Bethel Church.
petitions that do not coincide with the
particular interest to the Negro group,
O ur mind is not quite clear as to
hunch? T he president signed the bill
were announced by the Supreme Court
what transpired when Mrs. Bogle en
and has w ritten his own political death
in recent weeks. O ne of these decis
Little Evans C antrell has the w hoop deavored to obtain a divorce from her
w arrant. I said a few sentences ago
ions outlawed the so-called "company
husband and failed, but if we desire
that he “pretended” to be president. ing rough.
union” which has been used in many
to make any public statem ents regard
notable instances to discourage and
No one even sugests that the tariff
ing it, we would consult the records
prevent w orkers from joining the ranks
bill is the kind of bill he wants. Then
which a re open to the public and may
of organized labor. T his decision is
if he is in earnest why did he sign it?
be found at the County Court House.
Please
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of special importance to the Negro
Ask the big interests w ho will benefit
group berause it has a particular bear
out of the increased profits which the
ing in the fight the Broherhood of
new rates bring to them.
for the bill which is know n as the
H IG H S C H O O L G R A D U A T E S
Sleeping Car Porters is m aking to es
Smoot (U ta h ) H aw ley (O re g o n ) bill.
tablish a recognized union.
ROBERT W R IO H T
Already the press is giving warning Incidentally Korelt and our tw o sena
A R O E L L EN G LIS H
A second decision held th at liquor
of retalitory m easures suggested in tors also voted for it. O f these brave
D O R O TH Y M ORTON
buying is no crime within itself. The
EDW ARD BUSHNELL
European countries—and the basis of tariff supporters, Hawley, Korell and
im portance of this decision as regards
tfHARLES R O B E R T A L L E N
another war was laid by the President's M cNary w ant to be elected. Do they
the N egro in particular comes front
GER ALDIN E BAO LEY
signature to the tariff bill. Well, you get your vote to add to the cost of
A LF R E D F R A N K LIN
the fact that the case out of which it
V h s Q u a l i t y sreas
n
and 1 can do our bit—we can vote living when you do not get pay enough
W IL LIA M D U N C A N
comes was argued by a N egro a tto r
EU O ENE HOLM ES
against the O regon men w ho voted to live decently?
ney, W illiam II. Lewis, of Boston.
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