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BEATRICE H. CANNADY.............................................................•** Eahluhtr
YANCY FRANKUN.................................................. loutem i Manager and < ompotuor
WILLIAM PICKENS ......................................................................Centrihntine Editor
POLLY ANN.................................................................................................Socirtr Editor
KITS REID. RALPH C. CLDYE AND CLIFFORD MITCHELL.............Columnists
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Entered as Socond-Clas* Matter in the Poat Office at Portland, Oregon,
Under the Act o f 1912
est minds ol his time He addressed
letters to the principal crowned heads
of Euorpe—to the Pope, the Shah of
Persia, the President of the United
States—announcing his mission and
calling on them to bend their energies
forward peace.
He wrote of the Universal Age, an
age just now dawning
He pleaded
for the unity of mankind, and pro
phesied a time when communication
through the air and travei in boats
driven through the air would make
neighbors of peoples now separated
by the width o f an ocean.
Chained in a vermin-ridden dungeon,
with no bed. no decencies or comforts,
this man was still able to spread his
great message
With a smiling face he bore the in
dignities heaped upon him.
In his
dark and fetid ^dungeon he wrote vol
ume after volume of wisdom and cheer
He changed the very nature o f those
with whom he was brought in con
tact.
For it is reported that even wicked
men became gentle and just after talk
ing with him. Neither poverty, chains
nor the hell on earth in which he was
immured could (urn this masterful
prisoner from his path. He smilingly
said. "There ig no prison, save the
prison of self.” .
If a man in prison has such courage
of conviction, how much more cour
ageous should you be, who have noth
ing to fear in sincerely and honestly
expressing a new idea.
If your ideas are constructive, let’s
have them. The world needs them,
and will honor and reward you for ex
pressing them.
MRS P A R IE S
Shiloh Baptist Church
East 7th and Everett Sts.
— EPISCOPALIAN—
St
Phillip* Mission
Knott and Rodney Sts.
Blaine Coles, I.ay Reader
eir is no prison
By ED W AR D ORLEANS
Time was when a man with ideas
in advance of His time was considered j
too dangerous to be at large. The I
powers that were in those days burn
(R.C.C.)
ed or imprisoned these men and tried
I have great sympathy for the many
to do the same, for their ideas. They
didn’t realize that ideas cannot be men and women who do not live their
burned or confined behind prison bars lives in their own way. A number are
Galileo, on (ps bended knees, was en*a« H in vocations which they dis-
foreed to recant But now everybody ! lik*' They are chained bY necessity
knows that the earth revolves around 110 iob> ,h iy d i,e ,t A Pri*oner in hi*
cell probably has more freedom than
the sun.
Seventy-five years ago, fn Akka, the so-called free man whose thoughts
Palestine, a man called Bah ’o ’Llah and inclinations soar elsewhere.
A story which impressed me deeply
held ideals and ideas so far in advance
of his time that the Government thot was of a famous New York lawyer
him too dangerous to be at large So who, with one stroke, cut the Gordon
they chained him in the most terrible knot threw up his office and his prac
tice, put a knapsack on his shoulders,
prison in Persia.
Yet, from that prison. Baha ’o’ Llah and away he went.
"Ever since I can remember,” he wa*
was able to inspire many of the great-
quoted as saying, "I have lived my life
to conform to the wishes of others.
Their thoughts were my thoughts; and
their ways, my ways. The chains of
MEDICINAL HERBS
bondage continued from childhood to
youth, and from youth to middle age,
and ROOTS
and now before old age creeps up on
me, I am going to seek my freedom.”
I f takes in time,
He has never been heard o f from
prevent operations
Diabetes, Catarrh, m *
that day to this. No doubht he is
Throat Asthma, Kidney,
Lirer. Rheumatism. Blood. living the rest of his life in his own
Stomach and all female way.
disorders. Also Bladder
Trembles.
Referring to the matter of livelihood,
I don’t care how a man or woman
t h e c . g ee w o
Remedies are harmless, as earns a legitimate living as long as he
no drugs or poison are or she loves it—that is everything.
used.
Composed of the
choicest medicinal roots, Self expression means, in my opinion,
herbs, buds and hark, im
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ported by us from far- glorifying God. Money is not the most
valuable thing in the world.
n Years
la Portland
D o you imagine Raphael painted
those wonderful works for money; or
Shakespeare figured on getting rich
when he wrote his immortal plays?
There arc thousands of other noble
men and women whose fame has gone
CHINESE MEDICAL HERBS
down in history, and whose efforts to
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express themselves have remained an
inspiration to all of us.
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L IV E Y O U R O W N LIF E IN
YOUR OW N W AYI
S. W. Corser Third St,
Live Your O w n Life
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House of Prayer
East 10 th and Grant Sts.
Robert Searcie, Pastor
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— M E T H O D IS T —
Mr and Mrs George Holliday were
| hosts to a meeting of the Bethel
| Knights Club last Wednesday evening
I at their home. 70S East 13th St south
| Several visitor! were guests of «he
club. Refreshments were served.
Bethel A. M K. Church
Larrabee and McMillen Sts
Rev. Daniel G. Hill Jr.. Minister
First A. M E. Zion Church
417 Williams Ave
Rev. W. R. Lovell, Minister
tly the time this column is being
read the Negro press throughout the
country will be heralding the victory of
Janies O. West, Negro, o f Richmond,
Virginia. This man, a qualified voter.
refused his franchise rights in the
Virginia Democratic Primary and he
immediately brought civil suit against
, href whiti e|eclil >n-officers and was
, ictorious The decision was appealed
' and Judge Elliott Norlhcott o f the
u ni|c<, S u , „ circuit Court of Appeals
, it|ing a, Aahville. affirmed, in no un-
iertain |angMa|(#i , hr ,i„hts of the Ne-
gro ,,m|cr the constitution, to excr-
j c i a c hia franchjM rights
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Mrs EIizah«4i Higby left Tuesdsy
I tor an extended trip East.
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STAY O F F M AY 10 The Annual
Bar B (J. with the famous Rar-H-0
artist, J Thornton in charge, will be
given at the Church on Friday May
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Answer this if you are single, send,
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A l your dealer' i — or und {04
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This decision, however, is in line
Mrs Burroughs, mother of Mrs
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\Aith many other court decisions, giv
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D eft A l. n o £ i t St,
Rohena Martin is ill in the l»ood Sam
mg the Negro, in theory, the etiual I
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N ee York [Sample houle free]
aritan hospital
right of ballot
For the time being
It fills us with pride to read in all
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'it will be recorded as another moral
the Eastern newspapers of the large
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number of Colored students who went the guest of Mrs. Jenny Myles last
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abroad this summer, some to pursue Wednesday morning at her home. s-M)
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special courses at universities in Eur U r r.b e e street. A very delicious fried ^
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irjng delic, „
ope. others for.pleasure. It is surely chicken breakfast was served by the ^
c o .op„ a)ivf fffo m
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a sign of cultural progress of our race hostess with home baked hot rolls
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.u races, not only in \ irgmia, but in a
WORKERS PICNIC!
Mrs. Mvies delighted the ladies with
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< great many other southern states The
the reading from memory of James
sooner the Negro learns to effectively
Weldon Johnson's poem. "The Crea
divide his ballot, the quicker will suc
SU N D AY , JUNK 15, 1930
tion” from hia "G od’s Trombones.’
cessful results be accomplished.
For the history period Mr*. Beatrice
I Cannady read "The Eot of the Negro'
Politically, the Negroes o f Chicago
ben efit
I their term report by Patricia Nelson
and New York, have been in the fore
and Mary Mayes, Lincoln High school
front in all racial achievements at least
COMMUNIST PRESS
seniors. It was very interesting and
during the last two decades. Another
W. R. LOVELL. Potior
illuminating. The next meeting of the
community is fast overtaking them and
“.1 Friendly Church with a
club will be with Mrs Rachael Bellard
for actual results accomplished, in any
Community Spirit”
A T C O -O PERA TIVE PAR K
TU A L A T IN , OREGON
«4» Going street next Tuesday mom
one year, is far ahead of any other
Established in IMS
ing.
community in the country
W e refer
The Rev T. Allen Harvey, of Sacra
A ut picei
to
Cleveland
Ohio.
mento, presiding elder of the Oregon-
Mrs. Clara Anderson entertained 8
Next week l shall give a digest of
Women'll Division Comtmiiiint Purl y
Washington conference, will preach at | coup| „ al a dancing-card party at her
the Cleveland Negro's political achive-
both morning and evening services re, i j (nce
Williams Avenue last
ments.
Sunday. He will also administer the , s a, urday n;ght in honor of her son.
Admission 25c
Children Free
Holy Comunion at both services. The j Dr Hugh A. Bell and his wife and
services Sunday mark the sessions of mother in law, Mrs. Thompson,
Dancing Begins at 3 :0 0 P.M.
(Continued from Page I)
the fourth quarterly conference, the very enjoyable time wa* had by the
business meeting of which will be held guests. Dr Bell and his party con finding itself again. 1'in beginning to
C om e and H ave a G ood Tim e
A ll Equal
Monday, June 30. at * P. M.
tinued on their motor trip to Newark. suspect that the labor crowd it for
The District Conference and Con N. J Wednesday morning at 3 o'clock saking its old democratic (not politi
ventions will meet at McCloud. Cal.,
cally defined) ideals and is allowing
Wednesday, July 2
itself to be manipulated by the Cham
Members and friends are urged to
ber o f Commerce group Did you read
send their contributions to the Spring
the article in Thursday's paper on the
FIN LEY’»
Financial campaign at once, as the
Market Block controversy?
If you
drive will close on July IS. The to
did you found .both the C of C group
Trade Mark Emblem in the
tal raised now- stands at »718.65.
Joe (O ld Folks) Wilmore, one of and the I-abor Temple group in the
The Fourth Members Banquet will the best-known figures in boxing and same pew supporting the giving away
Tree o f
be held immediately after the close of at one time trainer for Jack Dempsey, o f public streets into private hand*.
IMMORTAL LIFE
has swung his last towel and has whis O f course the City Commission it hav-
the campaign.
Children's Day last Sunday was very pered hurried advice to his last bat ing a hard time doing it and juat now
Uaa Our New Parking Space For Fun
fittingly observed throughout the day tler.
with the recall laying over their heads
FIRST A.M.E. ZION
CHURCH DOINGS
When the Oregon Federation of
Colored Women's Clubs chose Mrs.
Dolly Paries as their president and
leader last Thursday, they chose a
wotnan who merited the honor. Mrs.
Paries is loyal to whatever cause in
which she is interested. She is not a
woman to seek the limelight and self
glorification; she doesn’t seek to be
known the a "social leader," she is
just a plain, honest, upright, sincere The pageant and program presented
servant of humanity. Her four year by the children in the evening was
term as Daughter Ruler of Dahlia extremely beautiful and interesting.
D O N ’T SPEND Y O U R M ONEY Temple and other offices which she Mrs. C. F. Lovell was in charge of the
W H E R E Y O y CANNOT W O R K ! has successfully filled from time to | program, assisted by Mrs. Corrit*e
time, eminently fit her for the h ig h ! Collins.
position of president of the Women's j The Annual Conference will convene
Clubs. The women are to be congrat- the first of October,
ulated upon their wise choice and Mrs
Paries upon having been chosen.
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From the great mats of new* and |
editorial columns, in both the white
and colored press, digested by this (
writer, during {he current week, there
are two items that stand out as being
the most worthy of digesting at this
time.
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
East First and Schuyler Sts.
Rev. J. L. Castoa. Minister
Phone ATwater IMS
Year by year the old-fashioned Fourth
of July with spitting cannon and siz
zling rocket against a blue-black sky
is becoming more and more of a mem
ory
The Fourth of July which small
boys and girls awaited as eargerly as
Christmas itself a day o f toy torped
oes, of celluloid-collared orators, and
ice cream socials, has been y-ansformed
into an Independence Day of quiet and
dignity.
“ But how can we teach our child
ren what Fourth of July really means?
a mother asked not long ago, adding,
"you must meet a child on his own
ground—things must be explained to
him in terms that he understands."
This mother, who is fortunate en
ough never to have been forced to
the tragic task 'of binding np mangled
little finger's shredded by “ innocent
fire-crackers,” is arguing that a child
must be taught the meaning of liber
ty and freedom and independence by
lighting a pin wheel or hurling a tor
pedo cane upon the pavement.
It is difficult for us who passed
childhood in the old-fashioned noisy
Fourth of July decade to remember
that our Roman candles and "flower
pots" meant anything lofty and inspir
ing to us—anything but a rollicking
holiday.
Safe and sane Fourths are pretty-
well established but the argument that
tome way should be found to make
green the meaning of what those peri
wigged builders o f cu r nations did
on July 4, 1776, is a worthy one.
The great purpose o f a Fourth of
July observance is not only to pay re
spect to the early framers of this
government but to measure the pa
triotism of this with that day, to de
termine whether this nation has been
true to the faith, whether it has kept
aloft the torch, whether its willingness
to sacrifice for . the common good de
serves a place with the sacrifices of
the fathers of the nation. Such spec
ulation is in order in these times and
a quiet, dignified observance will be
helpful.
- NEWS-
By Clifford C. Mitchell
— BAPTISTS—
Published Every Saturday at Suit« 112-313 Macleay Building. Portland. Oregon
The Fourth
SATURDAY. JUNE »4. m o
AD VOCATE
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Willmore, who came to Portland
several weeks ago to share in the es
tate of his sister, died of a skull frac
ture suffered in a fall at Third and
Clay streets Tuesday night.
According to the story told police
Willmore left the Auditorium in com
pany with Dutch Easter, a fighter from
California whom he seconded to vic
tory. Easter said while walking down
Third street, he asked Willmore a
BETHEL CHURCH NOTES question and when receiving no reply
turned to find the veteran trainer fall
An interesting program has been ing to the pavement He was rushed
planned this Sunday for Bethel church. to the emergency hospital but was dead
At 11 A M . Rev. Hill will preach on on arrival. Cursory examination re
vealed he had suffereda skull fracture.
"Him W ho is Without Sin.”
The Allen Christian Endeavor lea
Willmore had the reputation of be
gue is called to meet promptly at 6:30 ing one of the most expert trainers *in
P. M Miss Gwendolyn Hooker is pres the fight game.
Besides watching
id en t of the league. A t 7:30 P. M. pver the condition of Jack Dempsey,
; the Sdnday School ‘will present a Jie handled Tiger Flower* late middle
children's program.
weight title holder, and was rubber for
A special patriotic service will be Herman Ratzlaff Tuesday night Funeral
held at 8.15 P *M
Mr. Wilbur Mer arrangements are held in abeyance un
cier is master of ceremonies for this j til relatives could be notified,
service and has promised an excellent J AccordinK lo report,, W illm ore’*
program.
State Commander Sidney sister, M r. Thos Howard left a will
George, of the American Legion will | jn whjch a„ of her estate wa, h t.
speak o f "Patriotism and CitizenshiP queathfd to hfr hutbandi Thos How-
of the American People.” Sgt. Mer ard. Mr. Howard subsequently died
cier will speak on “ The Participation in the state hospital for the insane at
of the American Soldier in America’s Salem. It is said that according to
Wars.”
Representatives from the the will left by the late Thos. Howard
Spanish American War Veterans and Willmore is left out and that the
from the American Legion Drum and estate will escheat to the state. H ow
Bugle Corps will be in attendance.
ever, friends of Mr. Willmore are mak-
Our Conference Claims Committee ing efforts to see what can be done
which consists of Mr Arthur Harris in his favor. Mr Willmore before hi*
chairman, Mrs. W . B. Brown, treas death told friends here that he had a
urer; Miss Leijora Henderson, secre wife in California and a daughter in
tary and Mrs. Bobeina Martin has New York.
started iti work.
Please pay your
conference claims now. Help Bethel
to make a good report at the Annual
Conference. D O Y O U R P A R T !
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Bethel By Th* Bridge
New York, June 20 — Harold K.
Guinzberg, publisher of the Viking
Press, and President o f the Literary
Guild, has sent to the N.A.A.C.P. his
check for » 1,000 representing the first
payment on his three-year pledge,
meeting the conditions of Mr. William
Rosenwald who offered » 1,000 a year
for three years if four others could be
found to do the same.
On Larrabbee and McMillen St*.
E V E R Y SU N D A Y —«:S0 to I P. M.
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what is the big five to do? How will
it obey the C of C whip and keep the
Municipal Ownership I.rague'a support
at the same time? Twenty years is a
day in the life, of public utilities and
this crowd of private property pro
poses the generous exchange of the
street ends in perpatuety for a twenty
year use of the street frontage. Mag
nanimous, isn't it?
The must be
rather sure of their success. As in
times past this scheme o f putting on
the stage a lot of hearings at which
the opponents may blow off steam so
that our George can say "well we gave
the public plenty o f time to be heard,"
when the whole question had been
settled as far as the commission was
concerned months ago.
If that is
not true, prove that the commission
has not held its usual private meetings
No Mr. Baker your instructions that
all public bodies hold open meetings
are too thin a camouflage. Do you
think the pcopje are fools? Yes, I
think you do— because mostly they are
I.abor
is furnishing the sob stuff for
.
J P U N I I Y ( SON
eral Car* at Fourth and Montgomery
A O R T IC I AN I
Streeta
Holliday 8C Holliday
Tontorial Par lor t
125 NORTH SIXTH ST R E E T
PO R TLA N D . OREGON
Equipped with the Very I-atest, We Are In a Position lo Care for
Men, Women and Children
C om e- Let U i S erve Y ou !
H O L L ID A Y & H O LL ID A Y
Conveniently Loeated to
Afford Convenient
,he * '° ry’ *he. C
C ,b * «'¡»«»cracyic
ground and the City Commission the
low down tool of the villian, the Public
Market Company, and the poor public
it the heroine Will the story have a
happy ending? Do you think it will?
Wish I could tell you the name o f
the author— I have not been able to
find out whose money is swinging the
deal.
If you want some solid enjoyment
spend 73 cents at J. K. Gill’s for a
copy of C. E. S. W ood's "Heavenly
Discourse.”
It is the richest thing
I have read for years. Partly because
we all know the author and because
the conversations say for us in so
much better phraseology, just what
we would like to say ourselves. Hi*
"Billy Sunday Visit* God” will appeal
to many who have condemned Sun
day’s antic* for years, f will not at
tempt to even outline the chapters—
get it and read it—and absorb the lea-
sons of its philosophy.
ft is a lovely thing to have your
flowers given jrou while you are alive.
That reception, to Rev. and Mrs. Hill
the other night was a delightful affair.
If that sort of thing came to me, my
head would have swelled right up and
hursted.
Mr. Hill’s tribute to his wife wa*
the best thing o f the evening. I mutt
praise the speech of Dr. Lovell. It
was so friendly, so brotherly, so al
together human and enjoyable that it
brought a glow to the hearts o f all of
us. It was a rare evening.
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