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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-12-27
Texas Towns
CUNEY.

Quincy, Texas, Dec. 25.-Mr. w. D.
Thomas has purchased fine line of
dry goods which is a great help for
Quincy.
Messrs. w. c. Price and Alton
Wright, who have been working for
the Andy Realty Company came home
Sunday evening and report quite a
success.
Great things are planned in Quincy
during the holidays and many people
are expected to be here in search
of location.
Quincy Is progressing nicely and
we are hoping for great things in
the future
For the Dallas Express see ]. F.
Price, agent.
Services were good on yesterday.
Rev. j. c. Brown preached two able
sermons, both Sunday school and
B. Y. p. U. was well attended.
Miss frankie Hamilton is visiting
relatives in Calvert this week.
Hon. H. l.. Price made a flying
trip to Jacksonville, Texas. on busl-
ness.
Prof. A. ]. Jesse, principal of Cum
ey high school is visiting parents in
Flint, Texas. this week.
Prof. John l. Hamilton made a
business trip to Jacksonville, Texas.
The Misses Ira Matte Price are
visiting relatives and friends in Pal
estine. this week.
Mr.. SCleotha Arnwine. who have
been in Kemp and Athens for the
last month or so has returned home.
Mr.. Jerry E. Hill. a student Of
Bishop College is at home spending
the holidays.
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Continued from page ~
dues of $1,000 per year payable
quarterly with a hope that this plan
will be adopted by Local Negro Bust
ness Leagues throughout the coun-
try. Forty persons have already
come into the Washington League
on these terms.
Mr.. L. ]. Galloway, an experienced
business man, has taken the leader
ship in cooperation with the Sec
rotary of the National League in re-
organizing the Washington Branch
and will have charge of a campaign
throughout the country to put Local
Negro Business Leagues on sound
footing. Associated with them will
be live wire Office manager deeply
interested in Business League work
who will represent the officers OF
the National Negro Business at Head
quarters and keep the correspond
ence of the League flowing to the re-
hottest corners of the United States
Back of all of these efforts will he
the influence and counsel of DR. r.
Il. Motion, President, DR.. Robert E.
Jones, Chairman of the Executive
Committee. and the whole official
staff of the National Negro Business
League. A group Of Colored bank
ers headed by Mr.. E. c. Brown oil
Brown and Stevens, Bankers, Phila-
delphia, has agreed to cooperate with
the National Organization in putt
ing this extensive Business League
program through.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-12-27
MOTHER OF KIDNAPPED BOY
HELD AS SLAYER
Child Found Drowned Near Spot
Where Woman Says Negroes At
tackled Her.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Atlantic City, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Blake
who on. Friday night crawled to the
home of Benjamin Fox in Ventnor
and told of being attacked by two
Negroes, who, after beating her, rob.
bed her of a hand bag and then fled
with her child, is charged with the
murder of the boy. She was removed
from the home of Mrs. A. G. Miller
in Ventnor today to the Atlantic
City Hospital, where she is guarded
by a policeman. She is said to be
suffering from a nervous collapse.
The boys body was found less
than five blocks from the pier in
Ventnor where Mrs. Blake's hand
bag was recovered yesterday, and
about the same distance from the
scene of the elIeged kidnapping,
County Physician L. r. Souder per-
formed an autopsy and pronounce1
death due to drowning. He said it
had not yet been decided whether to
hold an inquest
There were no marks on the obdy
to indicate that the boy had been
killed before he was thrown into
the water. "Dr. SoudeF said.
Mrs. Blake, the authorities said, has
told conflicting Stories. both before
and since her arrest, probably due
it was said, to her nervous condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake have been es-
tranged for some time. The boy and
a 10-year old daughter had been in
the custody OF their father, and had
been permitted to go out with their
mLther.
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ATTY GENERAL MAY SAVE SGT.
CALDWELL

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 81, 1919.
A Mitchell Palmer, attorney gem
eral of the United States. is expected
to take personal hand in the move
ment before the United States SUI
preme court to take Edgar Caldwell,
soldier of Camp Mcclellan, condemn
ed to death Cor the murder of an
Annison street car motorman, from
the jurisdiction of the War Depart
ment for court-martial. 1t became
known Saturday that Attorney Gen
eral Palmer became interested in
the case while 1t was before the
Alabama supreme court and that he
led brief insisting that Caldwell
had not been given fair trial and
that the War Department only sur
rendered him with the understanding
that he was to be tried fairly by
the civil court. Attorney General
Palmer's efforts availed. nothing.
The supreme court I Alabama
affirmed the case and he was SEN
fenced to hang December 5. The
granting of the writ of probable
cause by Judge w. 1. Grub of Bir-
Tie case W luS
United States supreme court and
automatically postponed the execu-
ton. The war Department has said
nothing, but it is believed at the
proper time it will make a formal
demand for the return of Caldwell
to the Jurisdiction of the War De-
partment. Attorney for Caldwell
contend that the War Department
can take a soldier from the civil au-
thorities even though it surrender
him from the jurisdiction of state.
Chicagoans and national organ
ization are supposed to be putting
up the money for Caldwell's fight
Caldwell lived in Chicaeo when he
entered the army. j. @. Smith, at
torney general, will leave Sunday
morning for Washington. where he
will defend the states jurisdiction
Another representative If Alabama
will be Neil P. Sterne of Anniton
who assisted in the prosecution OF
Caldwell. No greater interest has
been shown in any case in recent
years. Last summer when it was
thought Caldwell would be hanged
President Wilson wired Governor
requesting postponement of the exc
cution.
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COLORED PRISONER STOPS MOB;
is GIVEN PARDON.

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 25.-Imprison-
ed for taking life, Eli Carey, Ne
gro prisoner from Clark county
earned his freedom by saving a life
and was paroled by the Board OF
Control for checking mob during
the race riot in the convict road
camp in Pike county in August, 1918,
an episode heretofore never reported
The Negroes in the camp arose
en- masse intending to slaughter the
whites. Carey, armed only with a
pick; stood in front of them and
threatened to kill the first man who
made a move toward the whites
He was serving a life sentence and
had been in the reformatory fif-
teen years. Others paroled were:
George Reed, Colored, Paducah
who has served twelve years OF a
20-year term for assault: Floyd Wolf
life termer from Clay, who has
been in prison sixteen years and is
nearly blind with trachoma; Sam
Mapp, Louisville Negro. whose life
term began in 1914, was reduced to
ten years by Governor Stanley;
James Smith, Hardin county Ne
gro who has served fourteen years OF
a life term for killing another Ne
gro when they both interfere6 in a
fight between their wives. and G. p,
Raymond. sentenced in 1918 In Meade
county, 10 serve two years for house
keeping breaking.
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HONEY GROVE.

Honey Grove, Texas, Dec 25.--Rev.
j. R. Swancey. occupied the stand
at Eastland church, Sunday at IL
o'clock graced the pulpit with one
of his best subjects, God" Officers
were elected, at the annual election
of Liberty Grove Lodge No. 2643.
Mrs. Helen Cotton marketed q
turkeys arranging from IA pound
to 16 pound one day last week at
% cent per pound. Others should
take example. East Baptist Sunday
school with Mr.. A. L. Pendleton as
Supt, raised $4,000 this year and
its numerical strength and interest
has increased accordingly.
Messrs. Felix Logan and Henry
Bowers are in the city visiting reIa-
tives.
Mr.. Major Ellis came home very
sick, Saturday night. Mrs. Nelson
and Miss Allie jackson left Wednes-
day to spend the holidays with her
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Fuller at San
Angelo.
Mr. A. ]. Perdure and daughter,
Naon, attended the funeral OF Mr..
Isam Hines at Greenville, last week.
Mrs. Jane Bagby left for Ladonia,
Sunday. Misses Annie Jones and
Henry Slaughter are at home to
spend Christmas. Mr. Ivan Bills
charge Of the East end cafe.
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SOUTHERNER MAKES PLEA FOR
FAIRNESS TO NEGROES.
(Associated NEGRO Presal

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 25.--A plea
for the Negro Of the South was made
by Archdeaoon Il. l.. Baskerville Of
South Carolina, in an address at the
meeting of the Colored Committee Of
the Women's Auxiliary of the Do
cese of Pennsylvania. Speaking Of
the work Of the church on the state
he said.
I'm our missionary schools we are
touching the lives of nearly 1000
children and the teaching in these
schools has a telling effect on the
lives of nearly 1000 children and the
lives of the children and parents
Communities are being transformed
by the influence of our missions and
schools.
The schools are not run in OPP
position to the public schools, but
are doing work which the latter are
not able at present to do. It is
plainly the duty of the church to
assume the responsibility to give the
Negro what the State is unable to
give"
The speaker declared that the Ne
gro had always shown himself q
lawabiding citizen when left to him
self and that his merits should be
recognized. There is no more 10y
al citizen than the Negro" he said.
and it is important that these black
people who know no other country
than America should be educated in
hand, heart and head to
take the place of the people who
are making such disturbances in ouI
land today. We have no l. w. w
Troubles in the South because the
Negro is law-abiding. The South
would be paralized without Negro
labor, and let me say right here that
the Negro never yet started a riot
In all the riots in which the Negroes
were involved they only showed re-
sistance to protect themselves"
Archdeacon Baskerville regretted
there was so little public sympathy
for the Negro. The churches .ant
the country poured money out OF
men of other races, he said, but for.
get the black man in his own coun.
try. IF the people of the United
States" he said, turned as mucf
money loose on the Negro as they
do on the Japanese, we would have
splendid missionary results, not only
in the South, but all over the coun
try.
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MINERAL WELLS.

Mineral Wells. Texas. Dec. 25.-
Rev. b. Smith held successful
quarter Monday night at the c. M.
e. church. The quarter was raised
in full and two thirds Of the gen
eral funds was paid. Rev. Budan-
auro has things well in hand. added
three members to the church. Rev.
Wright was returned as pastor Of the
A. M. Z. church. Mrs. Caroline Eos
ter formerly of Weatherford. but
now of Chicago was here visiting
relatives and left for her home in
Chicago. Mr.. j. B. Ransom made
flying trip to Dallas. The public
school celebrated their Christmas.
Many patrons were present and ex-
pressed themselves as being highly
pleased with the entertainment. Mrs
SalIie Jones, has gone to Tyler,
Texas, to spend Christmas with pa
rents.
Miss Irene F. Wilson left Friday
for Arkansas after spending few
months with uncle and aunt.
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CITY TO CREATE IDEAL PARK
FOR NEGROES.
Continued from page ~

the east.
1t is an ideal location from the
standpoint both of locality and at
Effectiveness.
The proposed plan of the Mayor
and Park Board is to remove all of
the houses now on the land recently
purchased and to grade and suitably
drain that property. Colby will be
extended to Hagg street, sidewalks
laid, additional recreational appara-
tus installed and modern improve
ments made which will increase its
attractiveness and make it suitable
for irecreational purposes.
AS to all major improvements it
was stated that the Negro Welfare
Board of which Or. B. e. Howell is
chairman VIII be called in to deter
mine the most suitable plan of pro-
cedure in order that the best inter-
ests Of all concerned might be served.
This work will be started as soon
as the transfer of the recently ac-
quired land on Hagg street is salts
factorily completed.
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THE NEW POLITICAL PARTY RE-
pEIVED NEGROES RESOLU.
TI0N.
Continued from page ~

was introduced by the former during
Wednesdays sessions:
st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 10, 1919
To the Platform Committee,
Committee of "4S"
Gentlemen:
AS representatives of thirteen mil
lion black americans, having shared
with them the injustices of the now
existing governmental conditions,
and having the hope that the plat
form to be adopted by the Committee
of AS" will mean the eleyating of
some of these conditions we present
herewith what we believe to be the
cardinal desire of our group.
These we hope you will insert in
your platform, and make operative
as soon as possible
The Negro
/. We believe that the Constitution
should be strictly enforced in regard
to the Negro and that all State laws
not in accord with the said Consti-
tuition, affecting his status, especially
his franchisement, should be made
imperative at once.
we declare for the orderly pro-
cess Of law in determining the guilt
OF all persons, irrespective of color,
accused of violations of the law. We
therefore condemn most emphatically
mob-rule and lynch-law ami declare
for federal intervention and federal
legislation to deal with this relic of
barbarism.
Public Ownership Amendment.
l. All public utilities listed above
shall be scarcely safeguarded to the
interest and use Of all Americans,
and jim-crow signs and regulations
affecting any group of Ameri an cit
liens, depriving them of their on
stitutional rights, we rigldly oppose.
The reference here is to the LIST of
public utilities founo in the first
arIcle OF The Suggestions for Plat.
form under the title of ruhlit Owner
ship.
Yours for a new or Ter.
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NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS 10.
Gates ADVERTISING OFFICE.

New York City, N. Y, Dec. 25.-
(Reciprocal News Service)--In keep
ing with the report Of the Advertis.
ing Committee Of the National Negro
Press Association to give better SER
vice to the Negro newspapers, the
Association, through its Advertising
Committee, hasS opened offices in this
city in Rooms 208-209, located at 203
Broadway. Mr.. ]. R. B. Whitney,
formerly of Toronto, Canada, and
former Editor and Owner of the Can
adian Observer, who was added to
the Advertising Committee last Feb
ruary, is in charge of the office. He
stated this past week that he had
just had conservation over the
long distance phone with the Cor
responding Secretary's Office at
Nashville, Tenn, and that he was in
possession of about one-half of the
affidavits from the newspapers be-
longing to the Association, of the
circulation of last year, and that
with these affidavits, with carefully
compiled list of the combined circu-
lation, he was ready to go into the
open market and sell space in the
newspapers belonging to the Asso-
citation throughout the United States
to charge space buyers.
Mr.. Whitney has for the past five
or six days been making the rounds
in the city, getting introduced to rep
resentatives of other advertising firms
and with the Newspaper Fraternity.
The opening Of the office is a further
consummation of the Standardized ad-
vcrtising plan formulated by the Ma
tional Negro Press Association sew
eral weeks ago. 1t the purpose OF
Mr.. Whitney, so he said. to make a
vigorous campaign for foreign adj
vertising matter to be placed in all
of the papers belongin- to the AS
ISOLATION, paying them standard
rate for each inch used in each in
sertion.
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LUFKIN.

Luflkin, Texas, Dec 25.-Happen-
ings at Goodwill Baptist church. Sum
day school was very well attended
and services throughout the day. This
being the close of our great rally.
We are grateful to our sister church
es and friends for their liberality.
We succeeded in laying ON the table
$167.69. A prize Of $1,000 was given
the club, who raised the highest
amount over $4,000. Sister Ida VII
liams being the recipient When in
town friend you are invited to Good
will as a rule we have something
at this church 81 Sundays in The
year. PASTORAL days LIST and 3rd Sun
days in each month. Bro. James
Utly, Clerk; Rev. B. H. Roberts.
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TENNESSEE TO HAVE NEGRO SU.
pERVIS0R.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 25.-Tennes-
see has followed Mississippis ex-
ample in appropriating funds for a
Colored agent in supervising Negro
educational work. The growth of
Colored country schools through the
aid of the Rosenwald fund has much
to do with the sentiment behind this
appropriation. These Rosenwald
schools are found in every southern
state; and the increasing sums given
them by the states, by local white
friends, and by the Negroes them
selves, show their values as esti-
mated by both races Mr.. Rosenwald
has given to date $4,000; the states
have added $S54,OOO from public
funds; white friends have given To-
cally, $S8,500; and the Negroes have
given $443, COCOA total for school
buildings in excess of ordinary APP
preparations of $1,197.50 Where
these funds are given heightened
terms and better teachers are neces-
cary.
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ST. LOUIS TO RUN NEGRO FOR
CONGRESS-.
(Associated Negro Press)

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 25-At a sec
ond meeting of the Citizens Con-
ference" held in this city, 1t was de-
termined to run a Colored man for
Congress in the twelfth district in
opposition to the present Congress-
man L. C. Dyer There are more
than $4,000 Colored voters in the
district, and determined fight will
be made. The movement has the en-
dorsement of certain portions of the
organization. Those who prepared
the resolutions Of action are: ". M.
We'll, Eugene Robinson. Homer G.
Phillips, DR.. Darlington Weaver. Ar
thur L. Washington, Ike Neal, c. NJ.
Moore, A. w. Lloyd, Chas. Henry
Phillips, Jr.
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sentative elements OF American good
citizenship.
The committee is intended to be
a working body whose members will
give serious and continued thought
and attention to the question of the
platform for the next six months. 1t
| is not perfunctory organization.
The various suggestions as to the
platform will be taken up and CO.
ordinated by a smaller body in the
nature of a subcommittee made up
by the committee itself,
Underlying the whole proposition
is the great fact, which the national
committee recognizes, that there rests
on the republican party the tremen-
dous responsibility of lifting Amer
! lea out of the slough of things into
which this administration has sunk
it and putting into force in legis-
lative and administrative way the
most comprehensive program of wise
constructive measures ever attempt
ed in this republic. 1t is recognized
that the republican party and no
other has this vast task to perform
1t is to be performed, then the plat
form must be one befitting the oc-
casion and the need. 1t is to be ex-
pected that the resolutions commit
tee, which will be working SO to 48
hours continuously, night and day, at
the convention, can do fuller justice
to the need for a Wise and broad
platform if it has a body of mater
ial to work upon.
The platform will deal with the
great fundamentals of questions be-
fore the country and, as Chairman
Hays said. to be in the nature of a
sacred contraotual document whose
pledges and promises are to be kept
The idea of having the best brains
of the party work for six months in
the evolution of a platform is in har-
mony with the idea of the action of
the national committee in selecting
council of IL of the national COM
mittee and IL not of the national
committee, four of whom are women.
This council will make Recommended
tons ON party welfare for the con-
sideration of the national committee.
Here, again, the purpose is to bring
the best thought of all elements of
the party into employment for the
welfare of the party and. through the
party of the public.
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1--WE respectfully inquire through
you as chairman of the committee
on foreign relations and as a lead
ing republican whether the United
States government intends to proceed
upon the assumption that the murder
Of nine Americans in Mexico is of
the United States than the murder
of thirty-eight Americans, of whom
tx were publicly burned alive, with
in the borders of their own country"
The letter was signed by James
Weldon Johnson, field secretary of
the association. With it in parallel
columns was a list of the Americans
killed in Mexico and the Colored men
lynched in this country from July
8 to November 2S.
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BREWERS SUE Z. S.
No Let-Up in Plans for Fighting Con-
stitutiOnal Prohibition. Counsel for
Distillers' National Committee Says.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 25.-Liquor in
terest prepared today to file suit for
$400, 100000 against the United States
in the Court of Claims at Washing
ton. There will be no Stacking in
plans for fighting constitutional pro-
bitiop, although wartime prohi-
bittion has been upheld by the SUI
preme Court, according to Levy May
err, chief counsel for the distillers'
National Committee.
In spite of prohibition, confirma-
ton of the constitutionality of the
Illinois search and seizure enforce
today and Attorney General Brun-
dage's opinion that it is illegal to
carry whisky from ones home to
any place of festivity. hotels and
cafes, have given indication of an
ticipated New Years celebrations.
Some hotels are said to have re-
ceived requests for reservations for
what are expected to be private
liquor parties
The Attorney Generals ruling did
not disturb the equanimity of Chief
of Police Clarity. He declared his
policemen were not numerous enough
to go about slapping citizens on the
hips to see If they carried bottled
liquoEs. This was taken in some
quarters to mean that carry your
own" would be the New Years Eve
slogan. Some hotels were said to have
decided on a corkage of so cents OF
81 bottle.
Four theaters announced price in.
creases for New Years Eve perform
anoes. At two of them minimum
prices will be $11, and the Others
$3.50.
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NACOGDOCHEs.

Nacogdoches, Texas, Dec. 25.-Ser-
vices were good at all of the church.
es Sunday. Rev. e. E. Burkhalter
pastor Of GaliIee was at Macedonia
Sunday, where he breaches every
third Sunday. Rev. M T. Waters
was at his post at Little Zion. Rev
j. H. Sherman, held good service al
Post Oak, Sunday. Rev. p. M
Rhodes went to Sand Hill. Services
were great at Zion Hill First Bap-
fist church, L. v. Bolton, pastor
spoke at II o'clock The B. Y. p. u
met at seven o'clock with President
Miss Dollie Benton, in charge. The
choir furnished good song service.
Pastor Bolton taught the lesson on
the "Sin Of Ignorance; Ignorance Of
the Word" AT eight o'clock, Rev.
Drewie Cwhite) preached for us, a
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ATHENS.

Athens, Texas, Dec. 25-Mar
Young people enjoyed the marty
Mrs. Hamlets and enjoyable fete ~
week was the musical treat bv 4
waco string orchestra. Mr.. Eva
formerly OF this place was
them
Hudson arrived home from
Worth TO spend the holidays.
Mr.. Syl Givins of Jacksonvili.
visiting homefolks. Cards are
announcing the marriage OF
Gertrude Baxter to Mr.. d
Raze.
Miss Mymie Mae Miller OF
cana came in this morning "a
the holidays.
Success to the paper and
Christmas and Happy YEA
publishers.