Ihr PAGE FOUR ADVOCATE S A T U R D A Y . O U T O M K I t S«. I»S I HISTORIAN SAYS CHURCH IS ON DECLINE Boys Brutality Typi Of Southland BY W i l l ! AM That white boy of South Carolna who aasaiilti'd C. C. Spaulding. one of the mo*t eminent Negroes of that state and of the country knocking out several of the colored man’s teeth »a s simply and plainly double-crossed by the other white people of the south when they fined the lad fifteen dollars and costs for his act. That boy ».*> an honest savage and not a "ctTiliaed hypocrite, and was simply acting out the plain logic of what the cihirs had been teaching him from his birth C. C. Spaulding, a black man of achieve ment, whose shoes this whitb boy w as hardly worthy to shine, had Knight some soda “pop" in the .-tor«' where this white lad clerked, and was ah. :t to drink it, out of the bottle. Even Spaulding undersunwl the logic of southern attitudes too well ask for a glass to drink out of. However. Spaulding had heard so m any speeches from white and black south ern uplifters about the changing and bettering conditions in the south, that he did think he could drink his soda inside the building, out of his own K't- tie, without having to go out into th rain, or into the sun-heat and dust, to drink it. But this untutored white clerk had not heard those fine speeches.—and such is the honesty of the unsophisticated mind, that if the boy heard the speeches, he would not have belived them in the face of all that he saw with his natural eyes Jim-Crow signs. Jim Crow institution^ Jim Crow accommodations of every sort, and the exclusion of the Negro from everything cultural and decent, where white people are accomodated This boy had heard all of his life that the greatest sin in the category is for white and colored people to "eat and drink” within the same four walls. He very logically told S;>aulding t go outside and drink bis ' pop”. Spaulding, obedient to self-respect, re fused to go out and started to drink where he stood. Then the poor boy simply did the very next thing which the south has taught him to do: he beat the Negro up for daring to prac l ’U 'K E N : tice ‘ social equality” with ‘white folks ” Then the better south" got ashamed of the brutal logic of Its own teachings and arrested and fined the lad. But let this "better south" admit it th s white lad was far less hypocrltl- . al. and far more honest and logical than they are. They pretend to K’ able to carry out a double standard of justice this K)v has only one. and supports only one standanl in both his words and deeds It is a pretty • ■..‘..ml. of course but the j has no duplicity or Insincerity aK'ut it He took it for granted that North Carolina civilisation meant tt when it - lid to him a thousand tongues that Negroes are inferior",— that any No- > inferior to any white man that .1 well-dressed intelligent Negro business genius Is Inferior to a ter.- dollar-a-week white clerk All h.s life he had heard that it Is necessary s- * the Negro down and It - order to protect "our mothers and sis- IT wives and daughters H xpect 1 to be applauded, but they made him "the goat". There Is. to be sure, some glammer- ing hope in the very fact that the south is growing unwilling to ack nowledge the logical end of its own ways, when that logic is lealiied in brutal action. To punish this boy might serve as some sort of salutery example, but this isolated bit of "cor- will hardly avail against the million examples, daily and hourly, of The most unreasonable repression and discrim.nation As between that court of adults and that raw youth, my sym pathies are entirely with the Kav Of course, the action of C. C. Spaulding needs no defense: his refusal to be bullied and abased, even at the cer tain risk of personal safety, was hut a single example of the sort of cour age and sacrifice which colored Amer icans are exhibiting a thousand time* in a thousands ways every day la or der to preserve their most ordinary stlf-respect in the face of "terror" and sometimes at the cost of their lives. K F F P IN Ii FIT A Health Column By OeNorval Unthank. V D. TuK'rculosis is one of many dis eases due to germs or bacteria, the tubercle bacilli. TuK'rculosis is not inherited That is. a baby who be come* tubercloue must acquire the disease after birth Tubercle bacilli may entrance into these infant* bod- ies by breathing air which contains the Ktclilt or hv swallowing them A tuberculous mother early lufecta her child since the germs are present in the discharges of any tuberculous per- sou Tuberculosis in adults shows Itself usually in extreme lassitude loss of weight occasional night sweats, a per sistent cough bringing up a thick ten acious mucous The spturn usually contains tubercle bacilli. Spltum containing the germ is the chief means of spreading tuberculosis Proqor Instructions to individuals having the disease and morogh ex amination of those suspected of hav ing the disease helps decidedly In checking the spread of tuberculosis Barents should use every available means to K absolutely sure that they are not exposing their ehildren to tu berculosis They should be sure. too. that the child has not already acquir ed the childhood type of tuberculosis. The so called childhood type of tu berculosis shows different symptous from the adult type. The chief symp tom often is fatigue Such children who do not show an endurance equal to that of other children their age should not be pushed. On the other hand they should receive more rest Often such children are of normal weight or overweight. The loss of weight does not come until the child is pushed beyond his normal endur ance in au attempt to keep up with his more normal playmates or after a severe cold Such childreu must be protected from illness and strain. Every means must be used to build up a general health reserve. The least cold Is an indication to keep the child in bed for a couple of days. Such children should be carefully watched by a physician or taken to a clinic where systematic thorogh ex amination can be carried out Such examinations includes; tuberculin test, periodic chest examination, xrav. and the general open air schools re gime if advisable. lirlflfltl biuta bv Nd anev l ot'e A boy of twenty w ars old (ells me he wauls to get married, hut his parents tell him to wait awhile lie is very much In love amt wants to marry as m i d us he is of age 1, too. advise this hoy to wait a while When one is twenty, one is liable to be carried away by impulse and become infatuated When he is twenty-five he wouldn’t look at the same girl that he wooed at twenty He would use his head and be looking for a helpmate for a companion rather than a child who demanded attention and flattery, who « a s in love more with herself Girls like to be roman tie and popular, and have little know ledge of the realities of life When they marry tmi young their romantic bubble hurst*, and they come down to earth with a hung, and are only too glad to go back to home and mother They fiud to their sorrow they cannot take up the old life where they left off; they have lost their girlhood and the dignity of a married woman, and feel bereft. Indeed. And what of the K>y? Being young kts faith is shattered, and he loses tin grip on life with no incentive lo labor and either fritters awuy his time, or becomes a cynic with his animation and enthusiam nil gone Young people should listen to older heads, until they reach an ago of logic aud sound Judgement There is plen ty of time to meet life shorn of its romance which must l>e studied, and when un derstood that particular evil must be remedied ■neh mlulslcr* »o ro ktiown lo bave illi.it calai lon* witlt womcu aud. thereforu wlukcd at Ih» *lns nf thè offlcera nf thetr churclie*. w li» «old thetr nwn offsprlug b> »lave womcu DOUBLE ACTING ■¡^ baking lYv POWDER f j same price 40 years ’ 25 ounces for 25^ ’ -n u|j jnjTiotmai ‘je o jt ji s j o g jP j bV Ralph Although I was borii leu yenrii after thè Clvtl Wnr thè inorai» and roliglon* of timi regime contlnued In to my lime The majority of rlch or well to do w lille meli belougtng to Ilio churche» In Huckingham ('utility. Virginia. Indulged lu polygnmy rat» City tug one fumili l>y a »Iute »em ail aliti C om m ittio n cr another by a colored or iodio poor »lille »»m a n I remombor dlatluctly that both ilio owner of ilio largo»! »late quarry ami ilio owner of thè AU potutoti». remonstrance». und largoat factory In that county llved In thl» fashion Oue « a i au uutstaiul- I « otumuulcatlou» to he cotta (dared t»y ing KpDcopnltun ami ilio other a di* th»» City ('olinoli ut any regular Wwl llnguiahod Cai hot ic j tu*»dny moottiiK should ho tu the Due day Ilio foretuuu of thè factory, a polygamoua deaeou of thè locai haliti» of City Auditor Kuuk before white Baptist t'Iiurrh. calici! thè 10 00 A M Saturday preceedlng th»» workmen tegether al noouttme for a short memorlal servite lo do houor .rotinoli meeting to t’araon Taylor, for aluiost linlf n Tho documenta »hould ho nddre»»ed oentury thè paator of Ilio largo») » b ile Baptist Church In that »et-Iloti to tho t ’ ity Councll. Portland. Oregon, The foreman mudo some remarka ou and uot to un officiai. Kach dot ti Ilio lite of thè dtattugulsheil nUntater and then we all satig Shall Wo Mcct meni a HI th«»n I h » gl veti a nume and Beyond thè Rlver?" bui to »avo my Unteti lu thè prlntcd l ’ttlender Ufo I cimiti uot reatratu myself front Kmergency meusure» may eveii ho womlertng all that timo whether hi» white wlfe or colored paramour would conslderetl after thè dodo of tho ( ’al greet him oli Ilio et tur alile, and wliai elider, hy u four-flftli» vote of tho a conflirt there would be If thny hap- Colludi. peiiod tu get luto an old faahloued tulli- pulliug In «pile of hi* libertine Y oì *V h ago when there waa no in t connection», ho»over thl» foreman belleved that In- » a » a ( 'tirisitini and endili'. good and had meusure» »lippe«! No one knew yhat waa when he dici! lu» eulogUt comniended In together hi* soni to U ch I comlng up, nor when It waa comlng np except th o»* oli thè tu»lde Wlth Some veara later when I was nerv ina my »i\ icari apprenliceshtp iu (he eVellt of thè ('aletular. thl» luti» (he West Virginia coni mine* I found all been changed for tho better ni Nutnllburg .i f.uthful vesiryman of thè white Kplscopal l'hurch ai that poillt. Ile »n s one of (he must de- f vout from thè puint of vie» of hi» co-worker» Yet. prlvateljr. Hit» man Proprietor» Kiasteil of (he flirt lliut ile Inni par- tlclpated in limi nio»t bruta! lynehltig S A Sims It Dejourtiette of ilio tour Negri»’» »h o tlius niet thelr doom ai thè band» of an ungry t u e K c o v n n c a ie moti in nifton Forge, Va . Ili 1892 It i» verv clrar tu me. Ilieii, tliat If Negroes gol ilo ir coiiceplluii of rell- The Nome of Southern ('(Hiking gioti from slaveholder», libertine», und murderer». there may be »omethlng Notin' Made Mexican Chili wrong ubimi li and it would not buri Neme Maile Pork Saunage to Investigate It It bus been ».ud that thè Negroes do noi rouuecl mur loti N SIXTH Near Gliaan St. ai» wlth rellglon 1 would lik» to Portland :: Oregon know what race or tiatlou doe* do aueh a tlilng Certalnly thè white* wlth whottl thè Negroes bave come itilo contact bave not doue so. H ä These discussions will throw some light on various questions now arising in people's minds Some are saving that religion among Negroes has be come a racket. To what extent then do the methods of the church parallel those of the gang now all but domi nating the euttre nation? This is a serious charge and should be met w ith facts rather than with abuse ( ’ailing men fools because they make such statements does not help the church It is charged also that some Negro churches actually gamble One Is asked to draw the short or long straw or purchase the ticket with the lucky number, and the contestants work as hard for a prize as a horse does to win a race Is this gambling? If not. how does it differ from obtaining money by chance in other circles’’ The churches ami schools of the ear count« to applying for p ilin U Don ( rua J*- lier days once indulged freely in this I o f in protocting jo u r sort of thing Many of the academies idoal S»nd u iu h or mod#I for instruction* or established for the education of the writs for rR K Loot youth a century ago were financed by HuW to otoU in a Patent lotteries. and Itscord o f Invstm on fR E E BOOM form No chsrgs for la« When people are in a close place form stion on h<jw to procs+d Communis*« Uous strictly coufldsntisl Prompt, cA rtln g they will do most anything some ffic is o t sorvics times to get money In the case of C LA REN CE a . O BRIEN ihe Negro church this is often the R d g ia tg rg d P * t « n t A t t o r n « / ¡•nation The pastor must have his u * fs s a rH f « # * ( • « • * t sm asrsU J high salary, an expensive car. a tare-' • • a t »■ lld ia g l O t N U f set .«s slrsst from Pa loot U l M hurt li in which to preach, a heaven W 4«aiN O TO N . D C- to go to heaven iu Money then must me from some source and must me readily The church Is often In the position of the country boy at the farm home gate trying to catch u squirrel for dinner, when a minister / r coming along Inquired: "Son. do you think you will get him ?" "Git him?" said the boy with em phasis "Got to git him. when two preachers at home for dinner and here you come droppln’ In.” Taking up the Negro Church, how ever. does not mean that the Negro rongrega'lotis as such will be single') out for inquiry. The discussion will be devoted rather to the consideration of a system of which the Negro de nominations are a part. What th** Negro church Is has been determined largely by what the while man’ church has been. The N egro«’" Ideas of morality and religion were bor rowed from their owners. The Ne groes could not be expected to raise a higher standard than their aristo cratic governing class that teemed wilth sin and vice. This corrupt state of things did not easily pass away. The Negroes have never seen any striking examples among the whites to help them in matters of religion. Even during the colonial period the whites claimed that their ministers sent to the colo nies by Ihe Anglican Church. Ihe progenitor of the P r n lN f U t Eplet pal Church In America, were a de generate class that exploited the peo ple for money to waste It In racing horses and drinking liquor. Some of PATENTS At the furthcoming annual meeting of the Association for the Stud) of Negro Life and History to be held in New York City from the 8th to the 12th of November the Negro Church as a factor in the life of the race will be given serious consideration. It will be subjected to the ad d test and evaluated as Btudents of social science would treat any other force in present day life. One speaker will mention the good things which the church has accom plished. what it has actually achieved, what It has undertaken for the pub lic good, and what it has inspired oth ers to do Another will follow him Gen George W Chamlee. one of the most prominent defense lawyers In the south, has been retained by the Internatioal Labor Defense league to defend to show wherin the church has failed the eight Scottsboro boys c'. w under death sentence in Kirby Prison. Gen to measure up to what has been re Chamlee is now pre-paraing briefs to be argued before the Alabama supreme quired of It, wherein It has not em braced the opportunities to stimulate court In November. the progress of mankind, wherein the church has gone wrong when It had 150 W AITERS ARE LAID OFF sufficient enlightment to know what to do and bow to do It. N E W YORK OctiJ— Ott* hundred Finally another speaker will dis men were laid off in the Pennsylvan cuss the feasibility or desirability of ia dinning tar servic'- during the past uniting the Negro Churches In the month. Light travel and the end ot fir.'* place, can such a thing be done? the vacation season were the reasons Iu the next place, would it put the reported. Railr ,ad c o n d i t i o n s churches in a more advantageous po throughout the middle west are re sition than they are today? Would ported no better. The Ppllman Com they be less corrupt If united? What pany is holdlltig its own but many are th<- facts in the case? What does men are still on ‘ furlough.” history show to be the true course In Mot ice the Fine the matter? In other words, the church, the Texture...how B x g io o a u a n v x v most significant force In the life of Cakes Keep Fresh the Negro, will be analyzed Just as a research man tests a mineral which he finds and does not quite under stand The so-called sacred veil will = FOR O V E R r be thrown aside and disregarded. The Institution must stand the test. If it does, well and good, and let every one rejoice. If it does not stand the test ttnreiLLXT-j^tmo3w a q i ‘ajojap there must be something wrong. A|diln-*atB<J y ai j ncn * AS NOTED AUSPLUND DRUG STORE SIXTH A 0I.I8AN S T R U T S PORTLAND. O U Hr ad foi *// Clothes $25.00 to $45.00 Shop S. W t o r It h und \\ .Iain n y lo n " W h e r e V »tin t; M f n B m j " PROCTOR'S SHOP AT Wushin/tton at tinuuheay We Sett for Cash ISaturday - All Next Week ! OUR GREATEST SALE OF The YEAR ‘Proctor Week’ COMPLETE NEW STOCKS OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE FOR THE HOME AND PERSONAL SERVICE Women’s Apparel and accessories at Low Prices We Invite You to Open An Account J BOOK" And tho hi» »(ay ho long or »hort Ne m«*et» conflict», on every hand. And up» und down» of every »ort lu dealing with lit» fallow man ’Tho life*« road ha» up» ami down« Ami (((»appointment» In the game. Notwithstanding all the frown» We nil enjoy It Ju»t the »ame The alt e»»aya in A Scrap Hook“ are particularly ph<a»lug. full (d hope. Inaplratlon am) c o u u g e building thought» TALI.AllASHKK. Kla (Kt 1?.’ The Florida Supreme Court Tueaday dec lined to reconsider It» recent ruling granting a new trial to William Itay moml Carver, white former I’bllndel p illili! Hi* wum »cutemed to life llitprlNoli- meiit for tin« aUi«Ki«d m murder of hi» wife at Sehrlng, Kla The Stati* had a»ki‘d a rehearing Carver claimed a Ncrvaut »lew Mr» Carver and their child and that he killed the nervaut after the double ax »laying DENTAL TALKS (lly Hr Yolght Joue») Lo«t Teeth It »hould uot he Uecea»ary to dwell on the misfortune of losing n tootli Nearly everyone know» that each tooth ha» n definite function to per form If one of the teeth 1» mU»lng. our chewing apparatus I» affected ami we have u situation »(miliar to that of an automobile with one of It» cylln der» missing An Important function of uuy tooth, aside from grinding our food 1 » to hold the teeth on either side of it in (heir proper poNltlou» If u tooth I» lost the teeth oil either side I I I * to ward the vacant pinci*, the teeth next to these teeth move »lightly toward the empty space and so on Thu» the is of a »Ingle tooth may inerti the impairment of the efficiency of every tooth In thi* Jaw The »light movement of tlx* teeth in thi* Jaw where the tooth wu ex tracted I» enough to disturb tho teeth In the opoaite Jaw When a tooth I» lost I» mean» the lo»» of th«* useful ness of tlx* tooth lu the other Jaw- which came In contact with It during mastlcatlou Why not have your teeth examined now und prevent the I on » of your teeth? FOR YOUR WINTER WARDROBE MERRIMAN H. HOLTZ We Seit For Less Because j •A S C R A P lly N’oy Janper IMckeraon ('hrUtopher PuidlnhlnK limite lloaton It evie wed for TIIK ADVOC'ATK hy Clifford Mltchel Thl» 1» a little hook of mUcellane on» collection of poem» and ln»plru tlonal »ketch«'» hy Noy Janper Dick eraon and to my way of tliltiklna would make an admirable gift book. e«iH*clally to young folk» To me the poem» are naiMtHitUy uppeallug "The Way of Man", »trlk«»» a aympathetic »pot. Here are the aec oud anil »«'Vetitli verte» V MILLIONS OF P O U N D S U S E D BY OUR G O V E R N M E N T SHOilOD ‘SOIOD ÜJJMI! ÜJJUI ÜJOJÜJ ItOOli REVIEW M ä yjjc m T E N T H AT W A S H IN G T O N PO R TLAN D . OREGON 8T8.