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PO R T L A N D , O R E G O N . SATURDAY, JULY i*. t*30
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SAYS LYNCHING ORGY DUE TO PARKER DEFEAT
DEPRIEST SELECTS ANOTHER FOR WEST POINT
SMI HUM MS « I SOUTH SPEAKS OUT
Lynchings Retaliation
For Parker s Defeat
S E N S E AND
Magazine Hails
Northwest As Great
Pleasure Playground
TOBIAS SORRY A SINGLE GOLD
ST4R MOTHER WENT ON TRIP
LEGION SECURES
EBONY PLAYERS
PROF. LOVELL TO ARRIVE SOON
San Francisco
Evangelist Preaching
At Roseburg, Ore.
corner Page and Williams Av*„
YOUR
SOUTH SHAMED
BREAKSJT0 POETRY AND DISTURBED
BY DEMAGOGUES
DePriest Sends
Another Negro Boy
to West Point M. A.
Th* Advocate doe* not necessarily
share in Kits Reid's view*, but wheth­
Anti Negro Ravings of Politicians a
er we do or not her opinions are sane
COURT TIIE MUSE?
Menace at Home and Abroad.
logical and well worth reading. It i*
Southern Y. W. C. A. Lead­
your privilege as well aa ours to dis­
By S alter Fridia, M O.
er* Are Told
agree with Kits and she invites your
opinion upon subjects she discuses* CHICAGO LAD
You ask me how a doctor learns
IS ADMITTED TO
In metric terms to write.
Blue Ridge. N. C., July 24—“Sena­ from time to time in her column.
When in his heart be often yearns,
OFFICERS’ SCHOOL
tor Cole Bleasc’s recent public de­
A poem to indite;
fense
of
lynching
illustrates
the
fact
You wonder how I'd break away
Washington, D C.—Deton J. Brooks
that the anti-Negro raving* of politi­ SAYS JUDGES
From med'ra] phrases terse -
3258 Rhodes avenue, Chicago, one of
From dry and musty books of lore
cal demagogues have done more than
ARE HYSTERICAL the three boys nominated by Congress­
To easy Sowing verse.
anything else to discredit the South
man DePriest for the West Point
abroad and disturb its peace and tran­
Must I confess with keen regret.
Academy, was admitted as a member
That I base failed to learn
quility at home,” asserted R. B. Blea­ WRITER TAKES
The art to write in phrase* bright.
the first year class of that institu­
rer, Education Director of the Inter-
COOLIDGE TO TASK of
The thoughts that in me burn;
tion Tuesday, July 1.
Racial
Commission,
in
an
address
here
Or make them flow and leap and glow
Brooks was admitted to the Acade­
In sweet poetic tone,
yesterday before the Y. W. C. A. Com­ PORTLAND MUST
my on the merits in his certificate of
Though rhyme* I see in bird and bee.
munity Conference.
SAVE HER TREES preparatory education, having had his
And every rolling stone?
“Solely for the purpose of coining
name submitted too late for him to
Ah! yes, for 1 who write these lines,
ignorance and prejudice into votes,” The circuit Court judges have gone
participate in the recent entrance ex­
(an ley no claim to art;
said Mr. Eleazer, "these pseudo-states­ hysterical again on long sentences as
I simply write to spread the faith
amination. He became active in the
men habitually wsisrepresent and dis­ witness the sentencing of a holdup to
That dwells within my been.
student body July 1 and will be finally
I do not claim poetic grace.
credit the South by broadcasting the 15 years in prison by Judge Hewitt
admitted provided he passes the physi­
Nor words of classic chimes;
impression that it is a land of morons this week. I am rather surprised that cal examination.
I only claim my soul has breathed
and savages. How often have our the man wasn't given 25 years. It
True life into my rhymes.
cheeks burned with humilation as they corresponds to the case of a man now
For av'rage folks f wriie my verse.
‘strutted their stuff in Congress or on serving his seventh year out of a sen
And they will catch my drift.
the stump, while the world looked on tenee of 15 years at the hands of a
For simple rhyme will oftentimes
A falling soul uplift.
in derision and disguest! With the Jackson County Judge for a holdup.
Perhaps my lame ami halting words.
Psalmist we are constrained to say, The man was starving and held up a
May reach tome aching heart.
‘How long, Oh Lord! How Long!"
citizen with a pistol which had no Astoria, Ore., July 24—Former Jus­
And there acclaim the highest aims.
Which faith and hope impart.
"Meantime their frenzied appeals to cartridges in it He found enough tice of the peace J. L. Tuoroala. now
race prejudice sow the seeds of dis­ money in his victim's pocket to pay in jail awaiting gTand jury action on
Like you. yourself, IV tasted life.
With its vicissitude*.
trust and hostility at home, and tend for a meal at the nearest restaurant charges of embezzlement of public
And felt the hopes and joys and strife, to make enemies of two races that which cost him one dollar. When he money, received • package Saturday
_ To which my verse alludes.
normally are friendly and should con­ had finished eating his meal he walked from a Negro resident of Seaside who
I've often felt the caret you feel.
tinue so. It is high time for the in­ out of the restaurant into the arms of had just finished a 30-day sentence
And make the tame mistakes
I've dreamed the dreams that yoa have
telligence and patriotism of the South the sheriff. The next day, he was in imposed by Tuomala.
dreamt.
The package contained a box of
to repudiate at once and forever such the Oregon prison. While comparison
And felt the same heart aches.
false and dangerous leadership.”
are odious, and in this case, the nau­ raspberries.
Without possessing technic grace.
The statement was heard by an audi­ seating flavor is against Oregon, com­
I've fell the poets urge.
ence of two hundred women from all pare these holdup sentences with the
And sought to write in simple rhyme.
parts of the South. By prolonged ap­ case in Los Angeles where a purse- THORNTONS GROW
The thoughts that in me surge.
If they shall lift a load somewhat.
plause and many private expressions snatcher was held for examination by
FINE VEGETABLES
Or point to higher plane.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thornton are
the
group evidenced their approval of the psychiartists. I sometimes wish
Then I shall not my rhymes regret
the sentiment expressed by the speak­ we could hold our judges and district receiving congratulation on their large
Nor feel 1 wrote in vain.
attorney deputies for pyschiatric ex­ acreage of fine vegetables and fruits.
er.
So ask me not to tell you how,
aminations. God knows they need it. People have beaten a path to their
A doctor learns to write;
place to purchase vegetable and fruits
Just lift your eye* to far flung skies
Upon a cloudless night.
Coolidge says in hi* latest soothing for the family consumption. Thorn­
For doctors hive a calling great
tons number both white and colored
Should they the Muses woo.
—Please turn to page 4—
among
their patrons.
Or trust their fame to 6ckle fate.
As men so often do.
Dr. J Walter Fridia of Dallas, Tex­
as, was an interesting and interested
visitor to Portland last Summer. He
expressed keen pleasure with The Ad­
vocate. The above poem was specially
—
written for The Advocate by the well- Praises G overnor’» A ction In
On a recent visit to Portland by R.
Spirit Lake Camp Bulletin No. 5
known physician.
Mooney Case.
J. Prince of Oakland, California, he carries the interesting news that among
was served at the Portland Hotel by the boys to climb Mt. S t Helens from
San Francisco. Cal I. L. Burnett, who served Mr. Prince Spirit Lake Camp early last Monday
“THE HUMAN BODY”
A school kid's essay:
July 14, 1930 the first time he visited the Portland were Clifford Flowers and Philip
40 year ago and ate in the popular Moore. These boys are at Spirit Lake
The human body is divided into
Editor, The Advocate:
hostelry's dining room. Mr. Burnett Y. M. C. A. Camp for the first time
*Kree parts. The head, the chest and
the stummick. The head cantanes the
It is not the desire of the writer to is still on the job, and bears a record and they are making a fine record,
eyes, ears nose mouth, tongue and enter into any controversy, nor is there of fine service.
according to reports.
branes, if any. The chest contanes a desire for undue criticism, but there
the lungs, heart and liver. The stum­ appeared in recent issue—under the
mick contanes the bowels of which column title of “Arrow Tips” a criti­
T ue P acific T elephone A nd T elegraph C ompany
there are five—a, e, i, o, u and some­ cism of the Mooney case in which
times w and y.
the Governor of California was placed
in an unenviable pubic attitude. The
EDDIE MORGAN VISITS unjustness of the accusation of “Kits
Reid" was. no doubt, the result of a :
Eddie Morgan formely of Portland hasty conclusion brought about by an
will arive in the city tomorow morn­ insufficient study of the case.
ing on a business trip. WJiile in Port­ | The Governor gave a close ami \
land he will be the guest of Mrs. Duke earnest study to the voluminous testi-
474 Shaver street
* mony. For the past seven months
he has given it his consideration. Not
satisfied with the result of his dwn
research, he submitted the case of
SHOULD DOCTORS
Frderick Lewis, travel writer, hails
the Pacific Northwest a* the great
pleasure ground of America in an
Kure llutr«*«l Cliicf Factor in
article outlining vacation in that region
S . C. u m l G e o r g ia
^appearing in Woman's Home Compan­
C a m p a ig n .
ion.
Excerpts from the article follow
Rising out of the Seattle and Taco-
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CLVDE
j ina skylines, so near that its presence
w o u l d ask g o d
ron m i u m i K « * « a o u i u m
L I t#iM A T U t t C A N I »
is always feH and almost always seen,
T *'• *MVE HIM
r O filL A N O C I TV
CO W Nt u.
is Mount Rainier, which because of
u r CIVIL RIGHTS
1 its magnificent insolation is the most
imposing single mountain in the world.
Portland has a mountain too; not
New York, July *# “You have had REFORMERS NEVER HAVE A
so high as Rainier and not so curious,
in the United State*. *ince Parker'*
CENT
but friendly. In fact that is what
defeat. It lynching*, and you will
To use a modern expression, "I have Portlanders call Mount (food: “The
have more“ »houted Cole Itlraie in
sat in the game" with various groups Friendly Mountain " And Portland ha*
Union. S C, on July 7, according to
of progressives, and to the best of my a river—two of them—Aowing through
the Columbia, S. C, Stale. Confirma­
knowledge and belief, they never had ] valleys of unimagined loveliness. The
tion i* ihu* given to what ha* been
a
cent.
< Columbia is one of our mightiest Am­
generally believed by intelligent ob-
Had these reformers been animated erican streams; and the highway which
•rrvrr* that the mob* depended on
by the money grabbing desire, such an lines its banks is the moat spectacular
the tticcr** in the campaign, again*!
confirmation, ■ again*!. John J Parker, instinct would have stilled their deep river drive in the western world. It
and retorted to mob terrorism in in love for mankind and their efforts hangs for nearly two hundred miles to
would have been fruitless.
precipitous cliffs, hops across skyline
effort* to crush the spirit of Negroes.
Although they have been destitute bridges from one tossed-up mountain
“Whenever the 'Negro press' and
of what we term worldly goods, they to the next, dips under waterfall* of
'nigger association*’ are to tell me how
to vote," the Smith' Carolina Senator were rich—far richer than the so-called unbelivahle height and plunges head­
wealthy ones who sneered at their long through gorges and cascades
declares, "then I a*k my God to de-
pnrvr me of the right to vote White poverty rich in the service of man­ along the historic “Old Oregon Trail "
Portland itself is a community of
supremacy and the protection of the kind. rich in the joy of selfless giviog
to struggling, suffering humanity.
shining beauty, of mellow life; of green
virtue of the white womanhood of the
Men and women who labor uncea­ grass, of flowers everywhere
But
South, conic first with nte." In thi*
fashion i,Irate resorts to his usual singly for the common good don't do ihere is nothing in Portland so lovely
so for selfish motives, nor for person­ few in the world, for that matter—
tactics in dragging ihr sea question
al aggrandisement, but because they as its gTeat American cornichc, the
into every aspect of the Negro's strug­
tirmly believe in the Fatherhood of Columbia River Highway.
gle for hi* rights.
Man. They seeks to bring about a
Heaven on Earth, as much as is hu­
manly possible, by the right kind of
laws
They know the legislation sought by
tl\r Special Interests and Political
llossrs often results in a Hell on Earth
These self-sacrificing workers seek to
Fit m o il it Orrlii'ulra to Give a secure the right kind of statutes—those New York, July 28—"My only re­
which will exemplify "Peace on Earth
Concrrt anil Flay for U n ito r Good Will to Men.'*
gret is that a single mother has made
a l la-gimi llall Fritlay
It seems almost ridiculous to im­ plans to go," is the way Channing H.
Evening.
agine that penniless toilers can achieve Tobias, of the Y. M. C. A. National
any results over the entrenched Mim- Council, expresses himself on the "Jim
I ake View. Ore , July IS—William monites, but victories have been at­ Crowing" of colored Gold Star
J Coodlcttr and hi* l-'bony Srrenadert, tained nevertheless, all over the globe Mothers by the War Department
the famous colored orchestra of eleven Right must prevail in time In Ore­ This opinion is expressed by Mr. To­
artists, will arrive in Lakrvicw Fri­ gon we have secured the Initiative bias in a letter addressed to the Na­
day night for an engagement here. and Referendum, the Direct Primary, tional Association for the Advance­
They will come in their special! con­ the Recall, Workingmen's Compensa­ ment of Colored People in which Mr.
structed automobiles and open with a tion Act. Widow's Pension, and other Tobias registers strong approval of
concert here at the American Legion humanitarian measures.
Numerous the Association's campaign against seg­
Pavillion from right P. M to 0:30. states have also made advancement regation of and discrimination against
After this they will play for a red hot along social and economic legislation colored Gold Star Mothers by the War
dance, full of pep and vigor at the through the impetus of penniless Department.
pavillion.
groups tf people complain now of
Coming dirrctly from McElroy's economic and legislative injustice, what
Spanish llallroom in Portland they would they have thought of conditions
promise the finest music ever presented we had to meet and overcome in
in l.akcvirw. firing the only organ- earlier days.
iiation of this kind in America, they
Yet we fared them and fought the
Prof. John Lovell, Jr., will arrive in
should thrill the dancers and enter­ battle just as fearlessly as did David
Portland Sunday, August 17. The first
tainment srekers to the utmost as this when he went forth to battle with
of a scries of lectures on "Negro
orchestra sings, plays, and dances like Goliath
David had only a sling
Drama" will be given at H P. M. Mon­
no other.
and pebbles, just as the modrrn Da­
day, August 18, Musical numbers by
vids of today have nothing but the
local artists will be given and the lec­
sling of justice and the pebbles of
ture will be free.
righteousness. Goliath was armed with
armour of gold ami the spear of greed
and puffed up with pride and power.
Goliath no doubt taunted David and FINDS DEAD BABY
called him a “Crazy Reformer," a “Bol-
WRAPPED IN BUNDLE
Mrs. Katherine Gray a city employe
shevick," and a "pestilent fellow," just
as the Selfish Interests impune the aa attendant at a comfort station,
motives and attack the characters of turned over to authorities the body
of an infant child which the found
the modern reformers now-a-days.
Roseburg, Oregon July 1(1 — Evan­
A* Goliath lost out in lllbical days, in a package which had been left at
gelist Cornelia Jonrs-Robertson of San so arc the worshippers of Mammon of the station by some unknown per­
Francisco, California, well-known for the modern age losing out to the "Re­ son. Authorities are trying to find
her power as a preacher, for over 30 formers That Never Have a Cent.” the person who left the dead child's
years is conducting meetings at the
body there.
Pentecostal Mission, Washington and
WILL
REMODEL
5-ROOM
house
Jackson streets.
DON'T SPEND
CHICAGO LAD IS
E
MONEY
for responsible party. Rent Cheap.
W HERE YOU CANNOT WORK!
Phone BEacon 3091.
Kpcntl your summer vacation at . . .
SUNFLOWER CAMP
J. YV. Curry, Owner
SE A SID E , OREGON
Restful Swings -Croquet— Horseshoe Throwing
and Fishing Within 100 Feet of Camp
Furnished Cottages and Furnished Tents
for Rent!
•
Mrs. Madclyn Flowers W ill Be There to Serve
You at Any Time Bay or Night That You Arrirc
»
SAUCE FOR GANDER
W
ELL KÑOW
NW
RITER
TAKES ISSUE W
ITH Works For 40 Years
WRE "KITS REID"
M ake
Por Hand’s
Own
YOUNG MAN BUYS
NEW AUTOMOBILE
Toby Johnson, popular young man
is sporting a new Essex coupe. Mr.
Johnson is a splendid young man, in­
dustrious and ambitious. He has lived
in Portland for six years and has made
numerous friends who are happy to
see him getting ahead.
Keep it tip,
Toby.
RESTAURANT DRAWS COLOR-LINE
Mrs. Pearl Stewart, prominent in
local club work reports that the Man­
ning restaurant on Alder street be­
tween ft and Broadway refused to
serve here there recently.
Store
Your
Shopping
Headquarters
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Warren Billings to the Supreme Court
of the state for a review. The Gov­
ernor's attitude was, that the cases of
the two men were so closely identical
that each was coequally innocent or
guilty. The action of the Supreme
Court was adverse in the case of Bill- j
ings.
The advice of the Advisor> '
Pardon Board was sought. That board
is made up of U. S. Webb, Attorney
General; James A. Johnston, Director j
of the Department of Penology; Court |
Smith, Warden Folsom; James B. Hoi-;
ohan, Whrden San Quentin, and H. L.
Carnahan, Leiutenant Governor, Cali­
fornia. The Supreme Court is com­
posed of seven justices. Men noted as
legal lights of modern times. The chief
is William H. Waste. These men re-;
viewed the records of the trial from 1
every legal angle. Their probity and
fairness can not be questioned. Would
it have been sanity for the Governor
—Please turn to page
At Portland Hotel
boy 5 clim b m ountain from
SPIRIT LAKE
T.M CAMP
The wise motorist
telephones ahead
A t the day’s end, on your motor trip,
w ill you reach clean, c o m fo r ta b le
quarters that have been prepared and
held ready for you?
T he w ise motorist telephones ahead,
then travels along as sw iftly or as leis­
urely as he pleases.
Telephone frequently homeward.
It will keep your mind at rest ton-
cerning family or business mat­
ters; and it will set the minds of
others at rest concerning you.