The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

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A. T. Templeton, A. T. Thurmond,
c. w. Mitchell, Mr.. Sam Dansby, W.
M. Lacey, c. H. Thurmond, F. Agnew.
Mrs. Clara Sutton, F. T. Templeton,
Geo. Sanders, Willie Ross.
l forgot to say that the day
spent in Kilgore New Hope) was
No. in the Christmas and such
Christmas table comforts as town
folk can not buy were to be had
in abundance without even the ask
ing.
In Dallas.
Just to keep al important engage
ment, l took the midnight north
bound train on the /. & G. N, for
Longview, reaching the East Texas
Manufacturing town of Longview, the
second hour of the day. l went
to bed on a bench made of twisted
oak and folded my gloves and tied
for a pillow. / slept here without
rocking from 2 till $50 when the
train came which was scheduled to
get there at 3:15. This was the
T. & p, fast train for the west.
reached Dallas little while before
the middle meal of the day and
went to work. / finished as the
King of Day lit up the Golden West,
and Just as Twilight let down her
curtain and pinned It with STAR"
l laid my garments by upon my bed
to rest, for the first time in 72 hours.
Having rested my tired frame, i
went to Hawkins, Texas,
the next morning, which was Dec.
28, 1918, where Bro. Swami, Of Ty-
Ter, committee of one met me and
church over which Rev. Williams was
acting as pastor, but resigned the
day l left. Right on the get-off
may as well tell you that l was in
Hawkins on the invitation of Rev.
r. B. Francis of Tyler. who is the
president of the Mineola Baptist
Board of the East Texas Associa-
ton. Rev. Francis is the treasurer
of the Association, a pastoring
preacher, college trustee, pros
! porous land owner and an all round
man of affairs. He is back of the
idea of having only brick buildings
on the Campus of East Texas Acad-
envy at Tyler, which will mean an
outlay of some $4,000 This is
some change, but Francis is some
financier
But back to Hawkins! Hawkins
lays no claim to being city, not
much town-just a good wide place
in the road, but it is surrounded
| by colony of wealthy Colored farm
ers, whose property is absolutely
| unbelievable by the average Colored
man, who has spent his whole life
time living in town out of paper
sack-in other words from hand to
mouth-to be more exact as min
| lister would say: living on the
providence of God" For instance,
there's Parson s. H. Hawkins owns
400 acres of land and a grocery
store to feed his tenants. Then
fortune in two large club lakes
and report equipment on $50 acre
tract of land and has a bank ac-
count of $1400. R. Pullman beside
owning $50 acres of land operates
grocery store with his son carry
ing a $4,000 stock. S. P. Prince
owns 164 acres, and King Godson
owns half a hundred. Now here the
rest as near as / could get them:
Jack Brown, 400 acres; Prof A.
Price, 300; lobe Bros. 700; R. KEEL
ly 200; T. Davis, $50; B. H. Hall,
100; w. M. Hall, ITS; Col G. Price,
161; j. A. Brown, 800; Jim Guitars,
100; William Hall, 101; Willie White,
| oil n
ard, 100; CARTEL Johnson, 100; Rev.
T. j. Jackson, 120; Jesse Hawkins,
100; s.. ]. Hawkins, 100; Rice H,
Price, 100; Colonel Price. 161. There
are others, but l counted an acreage
owned by the men of color amount
ing to 5000.
A. D. Williams is the section fore
man at Crow, Texas next stop)
and has held the job against all
corners for four years.
Jarvis Institute, Prof. Irwin, prin-
cipal is located here. 1t is a dream.
1t employs 16 teachers and has 1876
students. Among other things, it
operates a saw mill and farm. The
/ property will register around $780,
900. Prof. Frost is one of the Nigh
| W men OF JdrVlS.
The Hawkins high school is housed
in large roomy building. 1t is mod
ern. 1t is finished. 1t is the last
word in rural school building. The
school operates months, has IS
students. Prof. A. Price is the eff
cient principal, Miss Dove Fearance
is the aide. Messrs. C. A. Peacock,
| j. F. Parish and F. B. Ponler, all
white men, are trustees, but they
are the kind who take no stock in
the notion that education runs a
field hand If white trustees over
Texas could be carried to Hawkins
they would go back to their re-
spective districts with better idea
and a never vision. Hats off to the
white trustees of Hawkins Colore('
school, Buy the way l like to have
forgot to say that the school people
lent us the house to hold our meet
ing and / am writing thanks.
The Board-The Boa.d meeting
under the direction of Rev. Fran
els was a success, despite the bitter
and unrejoicin2 weather, the amount
raised was $210.26. In Sunday school
Miss Lillian Halls class raised $685.
46 and Miss Annie Whitten's class
raised $23.42. Prof. Price was sup
erintendent. Revs. Sid Stephens, DR..
Andrews and Rev. Francis did the
preaching and 1 made my war talk.
The next meeting goes to Edgewood.
The time is the Friday before the
9Th Sunday in March. Keep the
date in mind. Rev. Williams who re-
signed the church while we were
in session is fine man and leaves
a fine people. The Methodist preach
err gave the Baptists much assistance
and was glad to see it. This
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