The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-31
corsIcana.

CoreIcana.
I arrived In the Navarro County
Capital, Just as the sun neared the
tree tops, on Monday, afternoon, May
IL, 1919. Because no man knew the
hour of my arrival, no man met me.
Knowing the old town as did. hunt
ed up an ancient transfer wagon driv.
err, In ebony, who owned still more
antiquitated wagon. Engaging his ser.
vice, and helping him load, we began
the journey to the s. J. Chestnut Store,
which has record OF over a quarter
Century OF steady growth and sub
stantaiiness.
The old tar who drove that wagon
while chewing his Battle Axe tobacco
propounded to many question
He wanted to know about many things
was struck by his knowledge OF men
and things. After asking me about the
League of Nations and the Treaty OF
Peace, the date when Woodrow Wilson
would return to his job, the Status Of
the World Democracy and such like, he
closed by asking me what thought Of
John II. Kirby. | answered all of his
questions, not however to his satisfac
| ton.
Corsicana colored people are doing
more In commercial way than at any
time before.
The colored business and profes
sional man Is coming for more gefu
inc consideration than ever. OF course
there are few ignorant colored peo
pie, who, thank God, will soon joiI
that silent majority on the other
SIDE" who still believe that the truth
cannot be told except by white man
who still pass by the c0lored enter
prise which is struggling up to the
place where II can have a manly color
ed boy, and womanly Colored girl Il
spend their money and grin, at the
white stone, but they are growing
beautifully less The same truth car
be told OF the half educated, sophisti
Gated. self elevated colored individual
who reads white newspapers only, he
too Is in the passing, and will soon
reach that land from whence no travel
err has ever been known to return.
! Among the new ventures in Corsi
cana. well deserving front page men
ton, Is the acquisition Of a beautiful
park site and lake. for use by our peo
pie. 1t is In stones thron of the
city limits, contains eleven acres and
cost 100000 raw. but at Corsicana, the
"colored troops" are learning that II
is the big deal which concerneth the
big man. They are putting it over
Sam Chestnut and Bob Durham are
at the helm, and all is well. The
Rodgers Garage, the Mckinney under
taker and the two splendid drug stores
make up the major enterprises around
which the people are rallying in a
manner most becoming. The lesser
business institutions, are growing and
Corsicana, is getting better as the days
90 by.
Prot. George Washington Jackson
the eminent educator. had charge Of
my league meeting and lent me Pastor
McDade's great A. M. Il. Church. Bob
genial Bob Durham president of the
Corsicana Nero Business League
presided, and leader end people work
ed to gether to bring about success
have been going to Corsicana, fol-
twenty-five years, but never saw the
! showing han now All homer n
shs mightv man who ara horn ~ :
new INSTRUMENTATION 70 do bigger and
hate things IN helm ne toilins
masses
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AccordiRs to announcement, my
friend DR.. T. r. Mckinney, met the
tain for me, the morning Of Tuesday
the day OF the 18Th, OF May, In the
GATE City, He missed me. ] was
coming on later interarban. which
reached Denison Vt 4:l0 .. m. ] was
expressed TO DIT. McKinney,s q &c