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GAMMON PREXY CHOSEN THE An ln d «p B n 4 «D l ADVOCATE, P *p «r t/ÖLUMK 2*— NUMBER 4* D p v o lp d to th « lo to r« mf th « — ----------- — --------------------- -- P «o p l« PO R TLAND . OREGON SATU RD AY, SEPTEM BER 24, 1*22 PRICK F IV E CENTS WORLD RENOWN TENOR TO APPEAR IN CALIF DEPRIEST TO SPEAK IN PORTLAND S O O N « to sing ADELAIDE H A L L AND TH E LARCMM ONTEHS Digesting . . . . . Tße (Vev^s OY C lifford c • IX M O N T H * o r mitchell SUCCESS 11» William Plckeua METCALF REIECTS LOCAL M i l l MOVIE OFFER PRESENTS M S T A white man named II. I,eou Clay ton. of Weal, healer County, baa apok- rn agalnal Adelaide Halt, well known CHICAOO, SepL 12— Korea kin a an | Negro artreaa. for laaalng a houae In a opportunity to appear In Berlin aud "w h ile” a c tio n at Ijtrrhm onl, where other Kuropean eltlea this tall. Ilalph the "exclualve" (whlteal lira. He rea Metcalf. Marquette university's brill anna that aha would bare done “ more Olympic performer, haa decided lenuA" r..r her n«r race. If if .he i had .-. i elected |aUo *° «'•t“ claaao# there. I r It i haa |«ood for ^ «'“ ,0 , , * hi» r|l#d ,h„ MMc. de. E »m H y a ll inantha ago ihr subject uf Ihla column waa "Introducing A I H a l l y a m t Immediately Ibarrallar »•rh.ua commenta warn notad In <|Ull« • I t » of our loadme inibii, atlona and by »arloua arritrra Moal ol ihrao com manta acknowledged ihr particular un- dartaklnii bui referred to II aa an "ex- parlmnnl“ and Indlcalad that attar a taw aaaka lima Ihr projart would un doubtedly collapaa. Ilka lha man» olh- ar attrmpla al launrhln* a dall» a a a ' lined an offer of 1260 a week to ap pear In motion picture. The Mar quette »printer haa been clean a ten tative Invitation to tonr Europe next anmmar with a croup of American athletes. Ha ta expected to enter the pre medical or pre-leral course In the university Ihla fall. He has boon study- Ing physical education lit murai., lha dall» rafarrad to, la ; lha Allanta Dally World, puhllahad b » 1 lha Southern Nawapapar Syndicale, and whlla I do not enjoy lha confi dence of W illiam A Scull, the inundar and owner ot Ihla euterprlae, I hare 1 thmuRli m » recular releaalnc aarylraa. , and throuch observation boon able to watch lha record and lha prn*r<-e» 1 of Ihla new Journalistic venture a a a PIONEER C ITIZEN FOUNO DEAD ON STREET DOW NTOW N SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK Warren Richard Peak, of 41« N. lis t afreet, a pioneer Portland eHI- xen waa found dead at the Sixth atr., entrance to the Meier A Prank De partment store. The body waa rem ov ed to the roiyity morgue where death •a s pronoun. .-I du« to heart failure. Funeral services were condu. fed •W r fr a fy afternoon rrflm the 5a.lit j Phillips Miaalon. corner of Rodney avenue and Knott street with the Itev. Mr, II D. Chambers and Mr. Ilalne II Colea. officiating Miller A Tracey, morticians In charge Music wus furnished by the Saiut Phillips choir under the direction ot Mra. J. Flowers. Interment was had In the llose City Cemetery, along side of the grave of the late Mrs. W II Peek, who was the w ife of the deceased. Mr Peck waa a trusted and highly respected officer and member of the Saint Philips church which he and his late late wife help to build.. He reportedly owned several pieces of valuable real eatate. including the residence property at 410 N. 21at. He leaves to mourn their loss, a nephew. Dr Homer Nash; a sister and a niece, all ot Atlanta. Georgia UNDER STARS CHOSEN HEAD OF m u n i i m MARKS CLOSING EVENT OF SEA » NEGRO P M SON IN HOLLYWOOD BOWL HOLSEY H ASN’T PATIE N C E W ITH I NON-READERS OF NEGRO PAPE R S L NEW YORK. Sept. 22— “ I have no patience with those of our race who -------- frequently boast that they do not _ read the Negro newspapers," declare! A T L A N T A . Ga., Sept. 22— Dr. W it Albon L Hulsey, organiser of the C. R»J King, president of Sam Huston M A. Stores, in an editorial In The i College. Austin. Texas, formerly o f b £ lT *' * publlca“ ° n ot tbal I Gammon Theological Seminary, and "When the same nattonal advert I- ' f° r “ ° re ,h M ,Wen,y year* promlnanl »era are told that the Negro news in the ministry and In educational paper ta the direct approach to the circles, haa Just been elected presi Negro market." says Mr. Holsey. dent of Gammon Theological Semina “ they dismiss the matter with a ahrg ry In thla city, according to an an of the shoulders, and the now-fami- llar phrase. ‘Negroes who remd. read nouncement from Blahop Wilbur P. the dally papers, so why should—etc. Thlrkfleld. of New York, chairman of etc. the Board of Trustees. Dr. King has "A t this particular time the proper notified the trustees of his acceptance use of our buying power Is so clearly and will enter upon his duties within related to our economic liberation and la such an Important factor In a few days. onr civic adjustment that It trans cends In potential power all other de fensive tactics." | If people who boast that they do not read colored papers would think, says Mr. Holsey. they would easily under stand that such remarks which give ;thom false Importance In Ur dr ,uwo minds serve no other purpose than to spread subtle propaganda against the power of the Negro press. I'nitrwi __ _ i_ j „ . , LOS ANGELES, Sept . 22— Roland Hayes, one of the world's most famous tenors, and possessor o f the greatest Negro voice of all time, will present ■ special concert In Hollywood Bowr on Friday evening. September 2*. ■ This la the first time Hayes has been heud In the great ampttheater. and will be the only opportunity this year moslc lovers ot Southern Cali fornia will have to hear the noted ar- As president of Gammon Seminary, Dr. King succeeds Dr. Frederick H. Clapp, who resigned the office last spring, and becomes the first Negro president in the fifty years' history of the Institution. He is believed to have peculiar fitness for the Impor ts»» it Mw to which be has been ,,orn |n _ t„ In . , 1S8S, he graduated from W iley Col- in 1910 with a Bachelor's Degree, Apparatili» enma of Ilia obstacles OSCAR OEPRIEST In the path of operatine aurceaaful N airn dalllea arlaa In lha earaaalva ILLIN O IS CONGRESSMAN par, of our n e s T ^ . M “ Dd fr° ? “ T " U‘ l™ * tyr.3f t,° o1 of equipment mat and an annrmnua a ers of our race will help to correct j^a5,scho oKy from ® °s,on University. I HERE TO GET VOTES FOR this situation, he points out. but the He “ aUo an «Inmnua of Harvard. In tnnunl nf technically aklilt'd labnr un-1 less Ibe equipment and the labor ran REPU BLICAN P A R T Y final responsibility rests with the mas- 1929 he w** awarded a Rosenwa'" sea of our people. We must buy Ne- Fellowship for further study abroad. | ROLAND HAYES ha kept rim atam i» bua» Presumably gro newspapers even If it hurts, and University and In research In Pales- ,_____ . .. W ILLIA M PICKENS lha mat nf ninlntalnlnc a newa and ’ ’ ortlanders will again bare the op then we must tell the world, read and spent the following year at Oxford t h r ^ n n r ^ ^ T . M fS a.^ srm T ? portunity of hearing the Honorable them and to support the advertisers tine under the auspices of the Amerl- i i S oirim of L ^ i An relei f n ^ u n ^ , ' failu re aarvlrv sufficient fnr a dally to live whan* "white people" uf hia Oscar DePrIest, the Congreasman who use thelr columns. , . n School of Oriental Research. of ^ r « " t^ o r ™ la alan quila an Item Even after thcae Ilk are wllllng to have her liv e —In from Illinois, when he speaks here on ubala, lea have bean aurmountad Ibera llarleni. o i l the East Side, or In Green Dr. King entered the ministry o f the The concert will prove a fitting cll- Saturday evening. October 1st at the ! Methodist Episcopal Church In 1S08 max to one of the most notable sea- la the all-important m ailer of circula wich Village,'—o r on the ha.-k afreets Mount Olivet Itaptlst Church. East NEGRO IS N O M INATED and in the next ten years served pas- son® of musical events the Hollywood First and Schuyler streets. tion and prompt diatrlbutlon to the In latrehinonl' BY N. Y. COMMUNIST torates In Greenville. Texas. New Bowl ever has sponsored Mr. DelTles was here in 1929 and Now Isn't that some "lo gic" for you. readara. The 30t>-voice chorus which will be spoke to a large mixed audience at ______ York City. Boston. Galveston and Hou tin>UKh* Thai 111.- I m k I » . n t.. . ure Lincoln High School auditorium un ston. In 1918 he waa elected professor heard with him on this occasion, un New York. Sept. IS—Wiiiiam L. Pat- In order to lower a necessarily large a prejudice Is to acknowledge and o- der the auspices of the local branch ----- — ..... of old testament and sociology in der the direction of Minnie M. Albrit .-qulpmi.nl and labor mat the South bey It.—to feed It. Every ''Interracial'' of the National Association for the terson, Negro, was nominated today Gammon Theological Seminary, and ton, is the group which presented a special program in the big amplthea- ern Newspaper Syndicate (S N S ) have thinker with brains In his heud. form Advancement of Colored People. hy the Communist party of New York continued In that capacity until 1929. CHARGED W ITH ASSU LT ter during the regular summer season. Mr DePrIest Is on a nation wide ag its candidate for mayor of New when he went aboard. On his return organised other World papers In near Erode rick Uongluss and William l.loyd Reynold Otto Bush. S2 rolored p e r I York City In the November electlo- he was elected president of Sam Hous- I by southern cities with the result lhaf Garrison to the present minute, knew — ........................ - P » r iy ticket. Ills local appearance is ' r,.lle»u at these added papers require but little ¡umt knows that the only way to break ter. 629t* first street, whs arrested under the auspices of the State anti to fill the vacancy left by the reslg- “ Louege at Austin. Monduy night on a charge of ussult Messrs, nation of James J. Walker. more effort to edit and publish than up a aoelal wrong la lo contradict It. with a dangerous weapon on com Counly Central committees. (Continued on Page T W O ) would an extra edition of the Dally, not to act In accordance with It; that plaint of his wife. She told police he Wyatt W Williams and C. E. Ivey | are members o f the Executive and ! ---- , , ___ ... , merely rhunglng mastheads, a suliatl- the only way to expose a social lie had stabbed her In the leg In a fight . ___ ai their home. She was treated at ‘•ongresslona committees respectively W . R. Peek Mr. Peek was Mrs. Bird's tutlon of pertinent "local" news and Is to act oat the aoelal truth, not to of the county republican committee emergency hospital. Bush Is being uncle by marriage. the narrangem ent of a few features pretend, ''peacefully", that the lie la held In the city Jail under hnll of and are at the head of a non-partisan group of distinguished colored cltt- and atrlclly "lo ca l'' advertlalng mat ¡the truth. What la the lie Involved In $1000 J. R. C H ARLESTO N DIES xens who will welcome the honorable Mrs. Elizabeth Carden who has FO LLO W ING LONG ILLNESS ler. I till* reaaonglng o f Clayton's? It la gentleman. been ill and confined in Emanuel * * * , thla: that an “ artress" and her bus- AI a meeting held Thursday even- JR. N. A. A. C. P. PR ESE NTS W. Therefore, In iiddltlnii lo the Allan- bund of brown sklna are by virtue of Hospital for the past two weeks re- j R ckarUyton. for 23 years a res- J. W H E ATO N inc .11 tin- First A M K Zion church the following persons were named on ta Dally World, the SNS also publish that brown skin morn hurtful to some - urned to her home. 1094 Maryland ident of Portland, died at the family the reception committee: W yatt W il Are. Wednesday. She is reported to ,tim b e r 15th at the age o f 68 years four semi weeklies. The Itlrintnxlinni real values than ure white actresses San Francisco. Calif.. Sopl. 20— The liams. C. K Ivev. Wilbur Mcrcler. be convalescing form her recent oper- and aeyen months. He had been in ill W orld; The Memphis W orld; The and their liusliand* If Mary Plckfortl regular monthly meeting of the Jr. W. H. Holliday. Dr DeNorval Un , health for seven years, the last three Jacksonville World and the Nashville or tlrelu Garbo were acquiring rest- N. A. A. C. P. will be held on Sunday thank. Rev. W. R l/ovell. Rev. J. D. Mrs. C. J. Allen, of 260 Page street a,lon | of which he was unable to do any afternoon September 11th Miss Ella Wilson. Rev Daniel (3. Hill. Mrs. World. In addition to n weekly, T lic j(|ence lu lairchiuont. Ihc 1 jircbmcnt- -------- kind of work. Is confined in Multnomah County Hos Lindsay. Chairman of Current Events Jackson World, of Jackson. Mlaalnslp- wonl.t he preening tln-in-» lv- o will present the Speaker of the A f Ronnie Bogle and Beatrice Cannady-1 pital. She has been in ill henlth for Mrs. L. K. Weeks was employed in | Mr. Charleston was born In North Franklin. the ladles check room at the Hotel Buxton. Ontario and came to Port- pi. and through a mutual cooperation te r It. Yet neither one of these whites ternoon who will be Mr. W. J. Whea- A tentative program arranged for a number of years. . ¡land in 1909. He and Mrs. Charleston The Louisiana Weekly, of New Of-1 (to speak most m ildly) has u better ton. The Subject "Is I he Negro low the pleasure of Mr. DePriest. includ Portland dur.ng the Legion Week. were marrled here that year and will bo ed a breakfast, a trip and luncheon on ing Ills Sense o f Direction,” lentia. Is also published In the SNS character record than haa Adelaide . #1_ ____. . have ever since made their home in Mr. and Mrs. A. W . Strawder. for opened hy him. A fine musical pro- the Columbia River Highway, a rest Mrs. Hattie Smith who conducts a this city, plant at Atlanta. Hall. gram will also bo presented. period late in the afternoon, followed merly of Irvington have moved to 671 restaurant on N. Sixth street, has ,a- ( * or ^ years, the deceased was em- • * * ! I have tried to explain In a thou October 9th. Is Rally Duy for the by his speech at night. Union Avenue North . Mra in „ „ Ployed on a S. P. ft S. observation This enables the SNS to keep their *und reasoned addresses In thousands S. F. Jr. N. A. A. C. I*, Mr. W illiams presided at the meet p ¡car where he rendered excellent ser- ing and Mr. Ivey acted as secretary. costly equipment In constant use. A rtf places to doubtless hundreds of ivice. Mr. Charleston possessed a quiet J. H. Jones, the shoe-shiner. Is l o Mr. IV Priest is one of a large nttm Charles Redd, well known hotel disposition and enjoyed a peaceful her hosen to speak In behalf of the 1 cated on Third street, having recently atnnlly busy. The cost of securing na- \,.Kril does not move Into a good place j rn ed ,» v r r his n ia ce at W a s h i n g t o n waiter, has g o n e to California In quest aud happy home life. He had a few Republican party ticket, urging the tu turned over his place at W a s h i n g t o n H staunch friends, among whom he tlonal newa and features can be pro live "because white people live - Negro voter to remain faithful to the and 23rd Sts. to Joe Spicer. 1 specially prided the friendship of Geo. party and its platform He w ill leave rated umong the several publications, there", but because It Is "a good place; -------- B Hardin, of 40 years duration. Mr. Immediately after his speech, for while each local member of the nffIlia-1 to ||y„" Incidentally w hile people, be-1 Clarence Tribble. Janitor for the Mr* ,' ula nul,bard had lh a r* e of Hardin spent several hours with the Seattle BLACK SHIRTS deceased a few days before the end. tlon can mipply for the complete 8N 9 caull0 they control nil our money f o r ] ^ R t)CK Mr. DePriest is a forceful and con Western Union, with hls brother-ln- ,he ‘'heck room at Hotel Portland dur- AIMS TO REPLACE K LAN Mrs. Charleston, who is many times service all of the "lo ca l" coverage. | uivlng and other public Improvement* vincing speaker and a large crowd Is law, George Gray, have opened a first *na , *le Ueglon Convention, referred to as "the guardian angel” . , . . . 8.^ ... , , -------- * * * have "most unselfishly" taken nil the CHICAGO. III., Sept 20— “ The Order expected (o greet hint Saturday night. I , and “ angel of m ercy" was the patient, *’ta“ *hin* par,or “ * * ° rand .A tp '| , w wh„ „ The SNS also -publish n national hsst places everywhere for their use; of lllnck Shirts.” a new brotherhood, The meeting I. free and public man They will also handle cigars, cigar etaar-1 J- W. Slnts. who Is a handy -1 — — . ; loving and unselfish wife and cont feature, the Gravure Weekly, being l(nd ,h>l „ self respecting Negro whose membership Is limited to white as shoe shiner, farmer, and Railroad panion to the last. ouring the long ettes and candy. persons male and over 18 years of ______ porter, was the chef cook on a visit. , months and years of hls Illness sho the only one of Its kind published by j moves Into such places "In aplte of age. has reached out to Chicago from SLAIN NEGRO MAY H AVE BEEN . . . . , . . . uerer tire« of caring for ana minister* TRUCK T H IE F or for Negro piihlleallons. This tea- dw-ollers" not beenuse o f them. Atlanta. (In., home of the Ku Klux J. Brandon, who has been conduct* legionnaires private car last weeK ■ jnR needs. turn has a combined circulation of a- It Is easy to see that; there are plen Klim a antagonistic organisation, that Ing a shine parlor for some time on ln ,he railroad yard. | Funeral services were held Satur- The body of an unidentified Negro round sixty thousand weekly and Is ty of other places where white peo waxed and faded. Grand Avenue will move soon to a !day- September l.th at the Miller A This new effort of American Fas- nbout 40 or 50 years old was found used by over a score of papers In near- ple live, and where Adelaide did not Jimmie Waldron’s face ap pe are d ^ a^ey Mor,“ ary * ith the Rev. Mr. clstl Is seeking to enlist organizers near the Columbia River highway a- new location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel O. H ill, officiating. Only 26 y ns many state*. A ll of which Indi move, like the East Side or llko the like he had butted up against a brick mlmifeg were required for the entire willing to 'make 825 to $50 a day" bout 15 ft. from the road near Coopey cate* that the subject of this iwlonse | unpi,vod B( rtM.(* of Ji.innlen or the signing up recruits. Among Its ten- Falls. The mnn apparently had been W illiam Gill, former Portland hotel * * # recently. But Jimmie didn't. Jess service which Included the reading of could rightly he entitled. "It Can Ho back street* of the Bronx, or the le s *;e t* Is undying opposition to the anial- dead since June, according to the waiter, writes the Advocate for a copy Anderson weilded a knife. It is said i the 42nd Psalms and the orbituary by Multnomuh county deputy corner. desirable places in l-archmont! Any w m stlon nf the white and colored Done— snd by Negroes". Death apparently had been caused of the paper from hls home In Newark, ¡which produced the same effect In a Rev. H ill; “ Lead Kindly Light" sung . . rac«'* am! cnmmunlam. Of th e «« Ism* by Mrs. Jesse Grayson; Robert Odd little hit of brains can ...... then, that |hi, ,,t#Mlt„ re of ,ho -Black Shirt." by buckshot wounds. Officers who In N. J fight with Jimmie last week in South Ihincan, baritone, of Indianapolis, ac vestigated said that during June a It Is not the color of people hut the 1 order says; Portland. companied on the piano by William NEGRO A R T IS T HEARD truckman reported thnt he fired sev quality of the place* that determined The organization I* pledged to fight eral shots at a mnn who attempted to Duncan Allen, sang, and Lout* and Ocorge Randall, pioneer rail road R. Todd Duncan and William D. Allen Mias Hell's selection of a house. One <» maintain white supremacy and to board the truck during a period when man has been laid o ff Indefinitely J. Coleman, who fitted up a shine Emma Lou Lawrence played a violin limit the ballot to persons who have and 'Cello duo. Interment at Portland Score at Recital much freight was being stolen from from hls work for the H. R. company. parlor on Third street near Burnside, does not choose trouble In order to pnhl poll taxes. Crematorium R. Todd Duncan, baritone, and Will- trucks ns they were moving slowly get a good place which could ho got two weeks ago, has another location. In general, the platform Is more Although Mrs. Charleston requested Inn D. Allen, pianist, both colored and uphill. that no flowers be sent, several of her niusle Instructors III Howard universi without the trouble; hut one may de severe and less Intolerant that that Junior Maney. the 9 months old George Splckcrman of the Dalles, ty, Washington, I). C . appeared In eon fy trouble In order to get a good place of the Ktnn? "T here are lots of things who hid In the back of one of The child of Mr. and Mrs. I. Maney of 328 Ivan Cannady who went to W illam intimate friends sent beautiful flow ers to the house and one piece from cert Tuesday before n large audience which cannot he otherwise acquired. Hlxuit the Order that cannot be print- Dallas Truck line trucks, and one Schuyler street was reported III last ette University on last Saturday, re a life-long friend graced the casket a- ¡ed.” according to II. Cobh, of Atlanta, In Henson Memorial Church auditor All the other while people In Amerl- national secretary, who Is responsible night several weeks ago fired three Monday at which time the doctor was turned home on Wednesday. He was long side of the piece placed there by ium. East Twentieth pnd Salmon Sts. shots In the general direction of two As w.v go to unable to get the course In Journal the sorrowing wife. Mr. Duncan haa a light baritone ca hnvo the snnto right to "exelude for the literature that I* to be clrcn men who attempted to get on the called to attend him. Inted. The deceased leaves to mourn their voice o f good quality, and sings with Negroes” as have the l-arrhmonters. truck, was In Portland today, but Ar press, however, he is greatly improved Ism and commercial art which he loss, a widow. Mrs. Charleston, of fine shill and expression. Mr. Allen Catering to thnt barbarity would sim thur Hplckermnn said that he did not and seems to be himself again. wanted and h$s registered for those Portland and a daughter. Mrs. Ruth pianist, has also been well schooled ply shut the Negro nut beyond hope believe that either of the men fired courses In the University of Oregon Coleman, of Indianapolis, Ind. ENJOYS T R IP TO OCEAN PARK In that department, and played with upon were Negroes, although It was Mr. and Mrs. Ixmls Bird and daugh Extension school. He will enter school creditable inuslclniily ability n number and "W orld without end.” Impossible to be certain as the at Mrs. Charles Strain writes friends tempted robbery occured during the ters. Clayton Is onr. of Iho most hope- of plecon selected from works of Misses Harriet and Geraldine Monday. He will enroll at Eugene In SUBSCRIBE FOR TH E ADVOCATE. that she Is enjoying her trip to Crater night. Brahms, Chopin and other composers. came down to attend the funeral of February. Lake I’ark. (Continued on Page FO UR) They were kindly received. New s B r ie fs TO REPLACE KLAN DEATH REMOVES VALUABLE CITIZEN