The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15

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/ Mr.. w. /. Bogandue is a fine man
He knows how to treat man. HI
gave to the Dickson Orphanage {
/ syrup mill at cost of $375.00, c
two-horse wagon, worth $125.00, max.
ing total of $4,000. all OF which
we thank him.
Dallas needs be thanked by oul
people for the support OF the orphan.
age. Mr.. Henry Cooke, Mr.. Royal A
Ferris, L. Craddock, c. A. Heating
S. r. and II. s. Munger, Sanger
Brothers, A. Harris, Titche G. Geot-
niger, Hughs Brother, Higginbotham-
Bailey-I>ogan Co.. NAPLES Platter Gro
Gerry Co., Boon & Steward Co., Mr.
Eli Sanger, through Mr.. Phillip San
ger, Mr.. Hawks, Graham Bros. Shoe
Co., and host Of others that j
should mention are doing their part
by way OF helping to support the
Dickson Orphanage, located at Gil
mer. Texas. desire to beg others
to fall In line.
MIR. j. A. Kimp, P. p. Langford,
Mr.. Kidd, J. w. Singer, Mr.. ]. c.
Stunt, ]. S. Whale. Mr.. Lacy, Mr..
Lindsey of Gainesville, are all push
ing for the work. We thank them
and pray that they may live long
and ever-do-well.
Sanger Bros, is one of the big
gest and best stores in Dallas. One
that all Negroes should be proud
OF, for they have made the way for
Negro labor in Dallas. / have been
in Dallas for more than 38 years.
| worked for Sanger Bros, years ago.
They have always stood for right.
They give you fair deal. A Harris
e. Co., Is the next retail store for
Negroes. They treat you as hui
man. They will trust you If you
will pay your debts. Leon Kahn
Shoe Store Is a great store for Ne
groes. They treat you right. They
are liberal to the Dickson Colored
Orphanage and you are interested
in the Orphan Home and we
should remember the people who re-
member us. Mr.. Perkins of the Per-
kins Dry Good Co., and Mr.. Hig-
ginbotham are great men with
great hearts. Mr.. Henry c. Cook is
the best hearted man to be rich
ever saw. He Is a great friend to
the Dickson Colored Orphanage. We
call attention to the men that we
know that are great friends to the
Negro, who is friend to himself.
Mr.. j. s. Denk, Mr.. Royal A. Fer
ris are other strong friends to the
Negro, but so many of you don't
know who your friends are. Come
to Gilmer, men you can see the
children and see the Orphanage.
Do what you can TO encourage such
work. My report shows money
collected and expended. shows the
back Indebtedness, Dec. 20, 1918, but
II has been settled since then.
There are too many of our people
attempting to 80 into business with
out capital to back 1t up. What we
need to do is to get our means to-
gether, organize corporations and
get money enough together to do
something in systematic way. Ten
boys that we raised on the Dickson
Colored Orphanage Campus who have
gotten out in life, enrolled and went
into the army and landed on the
from all of them but one. Nineteen
Of our boys took their place in the
training camps along with others.
That record, the Dickson Colored
Orphanage is very proud of. More
than ten or fifteen teachers scattered
out and over the state are inmates
and wards of the Dickson Colored
Orphanage and are now teaching in
this country for their livelihood. One
boy completed medical course at
the Meharry College at Nashville,
Tenn, and is now practising medi-
cine In the state of Texas. One of
our girls graduated from Tillotson
College. married preacher and is
now doing we'll. We want the pub
lie to know this and encourage your
children to support and help an in
stitution that is taking care of a
great host of motherless and father
less children. Don't speak dis
couragingly TO your children and
when you want to threaten or scare
them that you will send them to the
Dickson Colored orphanage. 1t is
not place ~ punishment. 1t is a
high class Industrial school for or
phan children where they are taught
domestic science, domestic srt, truck
gardening, farming, music and fancy
needlework. Don't think for mo-
ment of using the Dickson Colored
Orphanage as a scarecrow or dodge
OF as a whip over Jour bad chill
dl3n.
For seven years we have had no
deaths and for two years we have
had very little sickness. We feed
our children on bread, biscuit, rice,
grits dried apples, dried peaches,
navy Jeans. black eyed. peas, syrup,
but we cook lust enough meat to
season the food, just here, let me
sly 1t is absolute foolishness to eat
meat OF any kind and very unhealthy.
We have very regular high school
course laid down In our curriculum.
Our teachers are as follows: Presi-
dent, Rev. w. l.. Dickson; Farmer,
Mr.. John Brown; Principal, Miss
Inez Vesis; Asst. Principal, Miss A.
v. King; Boys Matron. Mrs. Sarah
Furch; Asst. Matron to the Boys,
Mrs. Lottie Mae Wilson, Domestic
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ington; Girls Matron, Mrs. p. r.
Washington. We are IN need of an
office girl and stenographer. oui
music teacher has resigned and we
need good music teacher. We pay
$500, room and board for the music
teacher. You will read our annual
report in the Dallas Express. Mrs
Sarah Furch. the Boys Matron is il
competitive contest with Mrs. r
T.. Washington for cleanliness ant
tidiness in the two buildings. JUS
here / desire to say a word abou
the teachers. they have all done wei
and are all doing their part. /
there is any defect at all it is no
because they are not striving in ever.
way to carry on things in a higl
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