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imc ; k two Tlw ADVOCVTI E D IT O R IA L P A G E (Hljurdtra-- toral luiría SipmanrWcIjo <&> Co SO U TH ERN B R U T A L IT Y THE ADVOCATE SATURDAY. 4MTHBKR .11. I M l “ Sailor" Bird, who suffered injurt es In an auto accident Is at home, and desires that Ills many friends come to see him — B \ l ‘ L IS T S — Mount Olivet Baptist Church Some weeks ago a Negro maniac F-»»« First and Schuyler Sts. D IM E B A R B IC I E Pubtlsti.-d Every Saturday al 520 East Twenty Sixth Street N.. Portland. Ore around Birmingham, Ala . restrained, w * shot and killed two white young ilJH W illiam * Avenue Telephon» : G Artiold Î52J Shiloh Baptist Church men. The third one whom he shot, Opposite G rtnitau Cookie H.ikrry recovered 1-ataly, w h i l e r i d i n g Fast 7th and Everett Sts through the streets of Birmingham, .................... Editor and Publisher she saw a colored mail who doubtless Mrs. Mabel Momlorson xn ill moiiu b* BEATRICE H. C AN N AD Y.............. looked like the criminal who had shot — EPISCOPALIAN— presented In sons recital by her In lu ú ld iM YANCY F R A N K LIN ........................ her. and she thus ''Identified" him. »(m otor. MMe Stjertm .................. .. Contri Anting Editor Such an "indentificatlou" only means, WILLIAM PICKENS ..................... St. Phillips Mission Society Editor and Reporter it the identifier is honest, that the ROSALIE BIRD ....... ............ Mrs l.outse C'lmwell, Regional wee K nott and Rodney Sts. ........ Health Editor accused persons resembles closely the DcNO RVAL U N T H A N K . M. D. rotary o f the Ksperanto chapter, cal* Blaine Coles, l a y Reader person for w horn ho is takeu; it does ........ ...... .......... Love Editor led a meting of KnpcruutlstM Octob N A N C Y L E E ................ not. cannot iti reasou. prove that he 1 er 38th at (V n tral iibrary to rcorga . Younger Set Editor is the person wanted. Only an expert Geneva Ivey ---------------------------- — HOUSE OF I'KAYEK— nil*. KITS REID. RALPH C CLDYE AND CLIFFORD MITCHELL........ Columnists heck-up of time aud place, a sift lug of the evidence o f alibis", a cool dis H ou se of Prayer lieorge Caunady motored to Port l ast loth and Grant Sts Subscription Rale* (P’avable in A dvance': One Year, $2.50; Six Month». passionate analysis o f other elem ent» besides ' looks", can determine w heth land Saturday «»veiling to attend the Robert Searcie. Pastor $1.50; Three Months. $1.00 Roland Hayes' concert aud to pass er such "id entified'’ person is the one Entered a» Second-Class Matter in the Post Office at Portland. Oregon. wanted, lu brief, only an impartial tio* w eekend at homo IL* returned — METHODIST— I nder the Act of 1912 and methodical court of law and e v i to W illam ette l ’ nlverity at Salem on Sunday night dence could determine whether this Bethel A. M E. Church olored young matt was the guilty party or not. I arrabee and IfcN Iillen St» W (\ Holliday of the Holliday aud W H E R E TO B U Y T H E A D V O C A T E The editor had the honor of oallin« Rev Daniel G. Hill T r Minister But in Alabama, as soon as this girl Holliday, tonaortul parlors was cage at the offic e » o f The Manufacturer identified ’ this Negro, he was god to serve Roland Haves in their _______ and Industrial N ew » Bureau. E. Hof First A. M K. Zion Church doomed, whether Innocent or not. profesalon during his stay tn Port er and Son. publishers, one day this 417 William s Ave I ’ nder the pretext of "questioning" land A t the Advocate office. 212 Macleay week. W e we recieved with the ut him. the officers smuggled the broth most courtesy and cordiality by the Rev W . R. Lovell, Minister building. er of the girl into the jail aud allowed ..liters and managers. A fter a visit Mrs IV.Norvul Luthank has been him to shoot the prisoner in cold requested to take charge o f a group Rutherford'» Barber Shop. 310 W il- ¡n which we learned something . i blood, an act etiual in its cowardice of children for their class work at B E T H E L A M. E. CHURCH Hams avenue, in Foster'» Pool Hall. «he ' » * ' n<>ld o f work accomplished to the act of the maniac who had the W illiam s Avenue Y VY on Sat —. . .... n-n - bv those in authority and something B E TH E L A L L E N C. E. LEAGUE The Elks bu.ld.ng. 310 W dl.ams ^ specia, ^ carri#(1 on m killed the other girls. Only the act urdays She will no doubt accept th«» of tills white young maniac was far opportunity to render this needed avenue. this office, we w ere conductevl thro (Aun a Morrison. Reporter more cowardly because he rau less service. Medley Hotel Restaurant. Interstate the plant. The League and church choir tut risk than the black criminal ran, uud Avenue tin Medley H otel!. » . re very happy to mo. i the knew that he was ruuniug far less d«?r the direction of Prof Elmer i\ Please pay your subscription to The _ . ... _ , „ ,, . . . youthful editor whose writings we risk There is nothing romantic In Bartlett and Rev Daniel O. Hill. Jr . Friendship I ool Hall, Sixth, near admire. And we hope 1 he me shooting perhaps to death of this wore the guests of the Clinton Kelly Advocate so we can pay «»nr creditors Glisan (W est Side). Advocate w ill find Its rightful p'a. o black prisoner, who was behind the Methodist church last Sunday even- Holliday and Holliday, 125 North among the many exchanges eoi ved iron bars of a prison it is just plain ln*-' A group of Negro Spirituals was savage brutality. sung by the choir A vocal solo by Sixth street w^ k “ ,h eir oftce It is said that when his sister iden Miss Dolores Burdin.\ iccom milled Eleanor Gragg, ptaniate. W e are much pleased to note that lifted" this Negro, the young white by M i»» in the September tsue of Town and fellow was so excited" that he could represented the League HE SANG S TR AIG H T Th*' program was eujoved hy a Country L ife " a 64 page magazine not control himself. Hut it was not TO OUR HE AR TS published in I-ondon. England, an in excitement that made him unlawfully large and appreciative audience of teresting biographical sketch of W il conceal uud smuggle that gun into both white and coloured Remember ihe League meets every liam Pickens together with a double jail: that was cold, calculating plan- mn cut of the noted writer, ora ning. with criminal Intent. H e did Sunday evening at 7 o'clock Roland Hayes, the world famed ten laxly is welcome. tor and educator. Considerably more not need a gun to protect him elf or sang for a Portland audience again . ... - ; .t Negri prisoner confined la a --------------------- this star which marked his seventh than a half page is devoted tour of .America since he was herald subject with special references n white mans Jail with scores of armed m t . O L IV E T B A P T IS T CHURCH Burst white officers all around him. Th< .Mr. Picken’» autobiography. ed b.v English royalty. young white mun did not go armed His voice to us who heard him sev lug Bonds” Muslcul programs will l.e given l>> for self-protection: he armed himself the choir every Sunday evening until eral times before his great fame ar to kill. He is a criminal aud a mur rived. is none the sweeter But he FTotu down in Hempstead. Texas a minister has been called hy the handles It like the finished artist that comes the follow ing from one of the derer at heart, even if the Negro does church officials. not die. and even If there is not a he is. Advocate’s devoted readers Repairs and Improvements are be jury of white men in Alabama who ing made on our church edifice by He continues to be the same fine, "I still enjoy your paper. Those will convict the white killer. unspoiled, lovable personage he was competent workmen stories are fin e: there is something Strangely enough perhaps, a reward before he ever crossed the ocean •hem.— a charm 1 can’t just On his programs, he still finds of $3,3oO posted for the apprehension explain. It Is because they are from ,of the maniac, may be shared by the SH ILO H B A P T IS T CHURCH considerable room for the Negro Spi the Negro’* pen. 1 think they are rituals which he sings like no one girl victim who "id en tified " him and • Rev. U G Gardener Pastor else can sing them on the concert wonderful, and God has let me live 1 her brother who shot him to read Negro literatu re’ And to The II Y P U. of Shiloh guv,, an Mrs Beatrice Ree»! who is still In stage today. And yet. these white getitlemeu think I hare a cousin who Is a won- interesting program Sunday evening the employ of the Miller and Tracey ¡talk as if they expect every N egro to Who. but Roland Hayes could sing. Morticians a» I aid y Attendant, in dnrfal editor’ I wish all Negroes under the direction of Mrs Sarah turn himself into a blood hound to I heard of a city called heaven and would read about theid own folk and help track down black killers of white Williams. cording to information given out to started to make it my home'’ * Mr Miller o f the firm to The A d v » The program was as follows learn what they are doing. I folk, while w hite men pin medals of The above was taken from a per honor on the white killers of black Opening Selection. M i»» D ai-r Wright cate this week Owing to Mrs Heed's recent mar Reading. R oy williams sonal letter to the editor of The Ad folk.— W e ob ject’ CRISIS BECOMES OF AGE Piano Solo. Miss Marie Nailing rlage a retHirt w h s current that she vocate written by her grand cousin By W illiam Pickens Paper. Mrs. G. O. Gardener had resigned Mrs. Nancy W alker Saxaphone Solo, Mr Leonard Moore The Advocate congratulate the ________________ n Sunday School convenes at 10 30 Crisis and Its editor. Dr. W. E B. An atmophere ,,f festivity is every We have come to an impasse. The a . M B y p r at t P m p n ... bins DuBois upon t i e form ers 21st Birth- wh„ e abont ,he clty j ue to several .............................................................7 day this month. Although the Crisis d jin gs- the big game between O. S. Church is unable to meet Its overhead a- 8 P. M Everybody extended a cor If • Conse<iuentely there ts de dial Invitation to worship with us. has just become of age. as long as c ani1 the r n iT . of Washington and expenses we can remember It has always done numerous social functions in the na moralization throughout the ranks ¡S G T . JOSEPH W H IT E C A M P Ì Those who can not make preaching a man-sized job. i I ture of Hallowe'en parties. At a re»-ent election o f officers of i appointments when they wlll.or who St I'hlllips Guild of Ihe St Phillips The Advocate knows something of Spanish American W ar W e hope the noise o f the winning are not holding positions as a sideline the struggles o f the Crisis and to Mission. Ihe follow ing were chosen have reached maturity amid the con team will frighten away the proverb fee! It most keenly. Veterans Mrs W 1. Reese, president; Mrs stant tire of its daily battles with life ial spooks. There is a tragic decrease In our Thelma Flowers, vice - president and is something greater than an achieve receipts, and w hile It is easy and fash Mrs Jessie J e s s i e Flowers, secretary Meets » i ment — a sort of miracle. ionable to project old man depression STAB ILIZIN G S ILV E R as an alibi, yet would not be amiss to May the Crisis and it’s remarka ! 2nd and 4th Saturday Nights ! go in and duest of other causes ble editor live long to carry on the One denominational paper has said im perative work it they undertook to S T A Y O FF NO VEM B ER 11 III Senator Key Pittman o f Nevada Veterans Hall do back in 1920. believes that the abandonment o f the that the denomination It represents gold standard of coinage by Great handle» too much money—so much so A R M IS T IC E DANCE BY SUT JOS County Court Housc Britian mar lead to a solution of the that it leads to what we shall euphe- W H IT E CAM P. S P A N IS H -AMKRI- j DECORATED FOR DOING DUTY mlstcally designate as extravagance world silver problem. This denomination works In the c,\.\ W A R VF7TS W IL L E N T E R T A IN England's move will probably re \\ h er«' Y o u Utili S h o p W il It Uonh<h-ii«-r »«»os* any fo°t; C^to^3' f00t f° /* Manager anà Compositor . Down in the south the other day. a sult In a silver conference among the great meeting was held with many »o r ld 's great nation.», with the pur- notables from various parts of the P°*e of stabilizing the price of the south who came to do honor to a wo- metal at a normal level. Many economic authorities are of man who stood by h r . face of a hungry mob bent on "g e t the opinion that the present world depresión was largely brought about ting their man". The woman was decorated for bra by the decline in buying to w e r of very and for upholding tbs m .»:• sty such countries as China. India. Mex ico. etc wh:, h have the silver stan of the law and civilization. The occasion was marked by much dard. When the value of silver went ceremony and speech • making. It down, their purchasing power drop most ctrtainly impressed the most ped accordingly Stabilization o f sil cynical who witnessed It. But some ver would bring this buying power how we cannot help wondering if the back — and. from a national stand- practice (fo r It has become a practice point, would m ein an Industrial revi- ln the south to so honor officers o f val in our mining states. — E. Hofer. the law ) is advisable. Is It not the ------------------- sworn duty of every official of the law • The Advocate hopes in the organ- to do his full duty to uphold the law? ization of more groups, the colored Has the time come ln our civilization pi iplt o f 1 ,:iity have made that we must place medals upon of- provision for the political education ficers of the law for doing their of the group. Such an organization sworn duty? is not only timely tut almost Itnper- --------------- - alive. . sam- . ; • ons that Zion operai - ar. l yet ¡t boasts of a plethora of <-,-i tain funds Old man Depression ap- parentely cuta but a small figure lu r ............ *........... -*.............................. j 1 he Advocate Publishing Co* Published Every Saturday ¡or ihe Past Tuenty-Six Years! Publishers of "The Advocate” — A 16-Pdgr Newspaper In Two Sections! BEATRICE H. CANNADY, Manager G. FREEMAN BROTHERS TRANSFER Office Phone: BRoadway 1885 430 HOY I STREET :: Portland, Oregon Residence Phone GArfield 8019— 310 Tillamook Street Successors to E. Richardson Haggage Transfer Holliday & Holliday Tonsoriul Parlors 125 NORTH SIXTH STREET :: PORTLAND, OREGON Equipped with die Very Latest, We Are In a Position to Care for Men, Women and Children ***■ Softly AAAAA to EEE S iz e s ! to 12 - A l i i i w t » . . . f.s .( U i n w i o i l f"«»t are wo unable to operate It? Are we Or what? These questions can not be ignored or laughed away, or dismissed with a Jerk of the thumb. They challenge our serious thought. What are we going to do? Con tinue to drift along at this poor-dying rate shuffling out the corpse of de pression as an alibi for our failure? — Star of Zion. Indifferent? NOT BENSON •W d Hi It I I I ». ». I tt » 1 . » * " ,V ,I- ,X (| 3 _x X . X $ . ) “ ¡J^t N s l i ih r I . — x. J .ltr i.o l .... an .I h , Ilk * e l I I I I I II I I ( I I I -» $•’ > - $ 6 Your exact size* iridili aud style...u lu u ys in stock... M IN U S & 'I'KACHY / V r/ tT f f i n i r m i S m i t e V A L I. US IN C O N F ID E N C E A N Y HOUR D A Y OR S IG H T W \ S I I I\ i. TON S T R E E T Between 201 h and 21st !il!o ;tilb :D It U n .tilo :i\ 1Î<>D i l î l i 'K l YOU W IL L BE SU RPRISED W H A T O NK t ’ KNT'H W O R T H OF K I.F R T R H 'IT Y W ll.l DO F o il YOU IN YOUR llo M K W HETHER IT IS t’OOKING. BAKING. W ASH ING (•LE AN IN G . SEW ING RADIO, LIG H TIN G OR H E AT INO. 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T H U R S D A Y A N D , i IT I’l .OI HD C O N V E N IE N T NEIG H BO RH O O D B A N K IN G One o f the follow ing Portland member« o f the United States National Group in conveniently located to afford banking service comparable with that o f a dow n town ban k: Citizens National Union State Bank Peninsula National First National Linnton COMING 10 PORTLAND DOES fo r TTTT 3 7 1 II « M & 1(I a * 7 7 è! n «è 9 i ‘4 lull 11 • AUU 1 ■ X X X x x 3 XTI X 4 « \ \ 1 x | i X x x x x[ X xl X X x[ X - _ x j AKK X b X X X x l A A X XXX X1 x x X X x xl X X l X xl X x’ X X X XI XI X * X1 X X X X N xl X! X i XI X xl-x xl X x X X X c; X X * V * X X V X X X X X ! X X¿ X X i» 1 e X X X X X xl X X x|X X x vi B X X X X y x' X X X X X i X x KB X X X X X X Xx >X X X. xl X x BBS \ 1 I V X X xl X, > X X X X V À their picture What then Is the rsason we do not do better? Is our system a failure, or W ill be at The Oldest Negro Bu»ine»» In Portland Is . . . H°*s for V *><*&0 # bl«rk-. 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