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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-08
CHANDLER.

Chandler, Texas, Feb. 6.-Sabbath
school was well attended Sunday
Mr.. j. A. Vaughn has returned from
Lawrence and reports the sick i'm
proved. Messrs. Hattie Guthrie, j.
n. Calhoun, Patsle Lewis, Fannie
Mathis, Odee Wooten, Jno. Collins
ana John ii. Mathis were the guest
or A. ii. Vaughn and wife, Sunday.
Prof. J. A. Brashars and wife and
Ed Smith made a flying trip to Ty-
Ter, Thursday. A. ii. Vaughn, the
reporter here is up and at his post
again. He was a pleasant caller on
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. j. Smith, Sunday.
Prof. j. Ii. Motion is suffering with
rheumatism. Deacon j. p. Pugh is
still on the sick list.
Rev. Bryant passed through en-
route to Lone Star to accept the
pastorate of that church.
The Express on sale at A. H.
Vaughn's grocery store.
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PARIS.

Paris France, Feb. 0.When the
full story of Americas participation
IN the great war comes to be writ
| ten, 1t is safe to say that at least
one full page will be devoted to the
valor of the Negro soldiers. Army
officers commanding colored regi-
ments are enthusiastic in praise of
the work of their men as a whole
and the names of several Negroes
have been mentioned in the lists
OF heroes meriting special recogni-
ton.
First Lieutenant Malleliew Rush of
Atlanta, Ca, has recently been cited
by both the United States and Bel
gan army commands for repeated
acts of gallantry and official an
nouncements has been made that
he is to receive decorations from
each. The Belgian's decoration is
mark of particular distiction be-
cause 1t is awarded only to soldiers
VINO have distinguished themselves
on more than one occasion.
Lieut.. Rush was wounded in what
is likely to prove the very last bat
tie of the war, fought near Les
Mesnlls on November 18th, Armis-
tlce day. In the same engagement
Lieut.. Guy Kennedy of the same Ne
gro Division, the 92nd, who was also
from Atlanta, lost his life.
Rush was taken from the battle
held TO the army hospital near Mar
bache. 1t happened that a Negro
Lieut.. Louis Wright, graduate of the
Harvard Medical school is in charge
OF the Surgical Ward of this hospital
and that no fewer than fourteen other
members of the staff, including two
dentists, are colOred men. This sug-
gests another department in which
Afro-Americans have distinguished
themselves in this war service in the
army Medical Corps.
The 92nd has fairly earned it's rep
utation as a fighting force. 1t con-
tains probably a higher percentage
OF Negro officers than any other.
Sixteen lieutenants in the division
nave diplomas from Morehouse Col
iege, Atlanta, Ga, and were formerly
pupils of John Hope, the president
of that institution. Professor Hope,
acting under the auspices of the
Y. M. G. A. has been working with
colored troops in France for sew
eral months. Fisk and Howard uni
yersities and Tuskegee and Hampton
institutes are among other schools,
alumni of which have been rendering
excellent service with the 92nd
One army training camp in the
United States, that at Des MONIES,
Iowa, furnished 700 Negro officers
to Uncle Sans army. Most en-
couraging results have been obtain
ed from classes maintained by the
Y. NJ. C.. A. There are classes for
Negroes in each of three huts at the
French port of st. Nazaire, to men
ton only one centre, and the pupils,
most of whom had had little school
ing previously, have shown themsel-
yes to be eager and apt learners.
In every branch of the service, in
fact, the Negro has made good. 1t
is estimated that nearly 100000 col
ored men have been in the American
army and their division have ac-
quilted themselves creditably. Negro
social service workers also have
done excellent work in ministering
to the soldiers in all sectors of the
front and in rest camps. Between
forty and fifty colored men wear the
uniform of the Y. NJ. C. A. Secretar-
les in France.
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~THE QUESTION"

AS l sit here thinking,
Thinking of that awful past,
Myself, a simple question,
Do | solemnly ask.
What is the black mans part,
In this mighty victory achieved,
Is he to be lifted from bondage,
Or il he to be deceived?
This bondage that l refer to,
Is not the bondage of old,
AS to how we were delivered from
that,
Has often been told and retold.
Then, too, We must remember,
That this bondage / mean is not
new,
But is constantly on my mind,
And ON the minds of others, too.
1t is this thing called discrimina-
ton,
And to some whites it is a fete,
But until it is clearly wiped out,
The victory wont be complete.
Take Chateau Thierry" for in
stance,
Where our boys so desperately
fought
Then, are we considered in the
victory,
Or is this grand valor to go to
naught?
Then. too, there were that "St.
Mihiel."
And the "Argonne Forest" drives,
That "Old Glory" and democracy
may live,
They freely laid down their lives.
I might go on farther to say.
The black mans bravery is not
doubted in anyway,
ut the question, is "discrimina-
ton" and Jim Crowism" to
stand,
Back over in Gods Own Land?"
SERGT. LAMONT A. TOBIN,
Co "F," S03rd Inf.
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Texas foremost organizer and bene-
factor
The people OF Texas should be
justly proud of their secret frater-
nifty men and women. These take
] high rank for the most part for they
/ are men and women of ability fore
! sighted and persons who are look
| ing TO the welfare of the interest
of the crafts. 1t is true, that some
people complain about the pitance
which these grand lodge members
receive, but we think II is unjust for
F, they are poorly paid to attend to
other peoples business. These grand
/ lodge officers as has been said, are
! the only officers the Negro of Texas
have and we should feel justly proud
of them and should feel justly proud
of them, and should appreciate the
high privilege of honoring them.
We point with pride to Prof. Lyons
OF Houston; Bledsoe, Reid, the late
Gross, w. l.. Davis, Mrs. Julia Cald-
well Frazier, also the Educational
| Commissioner, A. S. Jackson, and
many others whom we would like
to mention of other fraternities, we
can not afford to omit the name OF
Mrs. Key, lady and craft woman
whom we all delight to honor, and
Mrs. J. II Riddle, whose gentle in
huence is felt not only in the school
room, but also in other affairs, for
it was she whom the writer con-
suited when he wished to introduce
the dOmestice science and manual
training into the Negro High School
of Dallas, fifteen years ago, as she
had completed these subjects in a
leading New England College, and
was prepared to give the advice and
information. Ii was with such NOV
ing spirits that the Hon. II. G. eBll,
our Past Grand District Master, a
man that all Texas loved to honor
and do reverence in his day for the
lasting work that he through wis
dom almost divine, planned and car
ried out in the establishment of the
great Endowment Department for the
United Order of Odd Fellows of this
great commonwealth. For this there
should be a granite shaft erected to
his undying memory not only by the
Odd Fellows of Texas, but by the
different secret orders as all in a
large measure are beneficiaries of the
labors and thoughts Of the Hon. H.
c. Bell, who has left living monu-
ment in the heart and lives of the
Odd Fellows in every home, where
ever there is a length Of the triple
tic worn either by the Ruthites or
her companions. Let the juveniles
of Texas carry this thought to the
coming generation as a lasting mes
sage to be handed down.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-08

ing forward to the many things of
Civic Improvement among the Col
ored people here. 1t is expected that
every Colored person in the county
join. We can get many of our streets
improved If we will but ask. We
hope to give the date ON which the
league will meet in our next issue
OF the Express. Col. B. Spears
has moved his shoe repair shop on
broadway.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Waco, Texas, Jan. 80, 1919.
By this he it known to all men
that Rev. e. l.. Johnson. is hereby
duly appointed to travel in the inter
est of Central Texas College, to ac-
cept and solicit funds for said In
stitution, also students and any other
thing that may promote the interest
OF the College. We hereby cause our
name and seal of the college to be
affixed.
j. w. STRONG, President.
Central Texas College,
2-8-4t
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OFFICIAL NOTICE.

To The Union of Royal Family:
take this method of informing
you that our general work is doing
fine. We hope to keep so by each
Kingdom making full, punctual and
and accurate reports. See to it that
every member get in and takes care
of the sick widows and orphans.
Again | call your attention to the
action Of the last Grand Session, that
each Kingdom must subscribe for
The Dallas Express, it bein~ the Off
cial organ of the Union of Royal
Family.
Have it sent to your Worthy
scribe
Address Hon. w. E. King, Editor.
$500 Swiss avenue, Dallas, Texas,
enclosing $3.50 for a years subscrip-
ton.
The Cost of Supplies.
Next | will call your attention to
the fact, that all of our supplies are
costing much more, to-wit:
Financial Cards per doz.. .25c
Application Blanks each. Csc
Transfer Cards, each.........2 5c
Policies, each.................. .25c
Success to all.
Fraternally yours,
S. II. NEWSOM,
Universal King.
2-1-4t
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Satisfaction guaranteed.
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ROXTON.

Roxton, Texas, Feb. 6.-Mr. Hous-
ton of Paris spends three days here
as special guest of Prof. James O.
Inglemon in honor of Mrs. Ollie Hous-
ton, assistant, teacher Rev. Davis
of Sulphur Springs was the welcome
visitor of the school; many high
things were said. Mrs. Francis Brew
er of Farmersville is the guest of
Mrs. Daisy Oats, her sister and
friends this week. Mrs. Laura Hill
and Mrs. Cardelia Watson visited
friends in Paris last week. After
brief illness, Mrs. Mile Palmer fol-
lows her husband in death, leaves
six children to mourn their loss.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26

The modern word muEwump is de
rived from the Algonquin mug
quOmp." meaning a great man, q
chief, and is said 10 have been used
among the Indians and whites Of
Masca chuSetts and Connecticut in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
The word was later used in hunGr
Gus, Or satlrical sense, and was ap.
piled to person who thought him
self of consequence and Importance
In this sense the word was long In
local use and often appeared in print
In U. s. political history the term was
first applied in 1894 to the Independent
members Of the Republican party who
openly refused TO support the nomi.
nees OF the PARTY for president of the
United States, and either voted for
the Democratic or Prohibition party OF
abstained from voting. The word was
not generally known in any sense be.
fore that time. but 1t caught the p0pu
lar fancy and was at once accepted
ny the independents themselves as an
honorable title.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
ARE BEST FOR
COLDS AND INFLUENZA
Doctors Now Prescribe Calotabs, the
Purified CalOmel Tablets That
Are Nausealess.

Doctors are warning the public that
simple colds and mild cases of influ-
enza often lead to pneumonia and
other serious complications. They
say that every cold should receive
immediate attention and that the first
step in the treatment is to make sure
that the liver is active. For this
purpose Calotabs, the perfected, nau-
sealess calomel tablets are the surest,
best and most agreabl laxative.
One Calotab at bedtime with a
swallow Of water-that's all, no salts
no nausea. and no upsetting OF the
digestion and appetite. Next morn
ing your cold has vanquished, your
liver is active, your system is. puri-
fled and refreshed and you are feeling
fine with a hearty appetite for
breakfast. Eat what you please, no
danger. ..
For your protection, Calotabs ere
sold only in original sealed packages
price thirty-five cents. All drug
gists recommend and guarantee
Calotabs and are authorized to refund
the price if you are not delighted
With -tbsm.-Ady,------
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
JOHN LEE COOK HAS PASSED
INTO THE GREAT BEYOND.

Near the close Of the day at 4:30
P. NJ. Oct. 10th, 1919, John Lee
Cook, son of Mr., and Mrs. j. D.
Cook of this city, breathed his last;
and his soul passed from earth into
the great beyond, from whence no
traveller hath ever returned. We
feel and know that all is well with
him now and that he is enjoying
the happiness and blessings assur-
ed his followers. He had been il!
and suffered much for the past
seven years with an incurable dis
ease and fully realized that the end
Of his journey here was of short
duration, but bore his ills with
great endurance and ADrtitude.
Lee Cook was a promising youn"
man with many sterling qualities
in the bloom of young manhood
only % years of age. born on the
18th, day of March. A. d. 1896 in
Pickens county, Alabama, and short
Nv thereafter his parents came to
this city to live, and Lee obtained
employment in the drug firm Of
John r. Laws and the Mayo Drug
Co., where he remained few years
rendering to each firm exrelle~t
service. feeling that broad
er field existed for him in his
chosen vocation, accepted a position
with the Norton Drug Co.. of Bir-
mingham, Ala, where he remained
FIR about one year rendering perfcc'
satisfaction to his emplcvos and was
in line of promotion at the time he
contracted the dreaded disease
which caused his death. He spent
several years in the West with aho
hope of regainino his health, hTt
his efforts proved in vain and he
returned to his home in this city :"
spend the remaining days with his
loved ones.
He was consecrated member OF
tbe Firet Ra~'ist Church of this
city and lived in keeping with it
teachings.
II is indeed hard to part with
the older ones who are near and
dear to US. but more irving Is i t.
endure and know that the eold hand
at death hath closed down tho eve
lids still of those who are yopr~
full Of promise. energy and amhi-
tion. Rut He that Uiveth can taketh.
and blessed be His name and "
hpmbly bow in submission to His
will
The funeral services wnrn con
.EKzE. a1NsNsa raa-usis- - - 49,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
Ep.rnx Released in Combustion.

A piece OF coal releases, during com
buston enough energy to lift itself
about 1900 miles. or say from New
York TO Panama. vertically upward
against constant sea level gravitation.
A piece Of hydrogen. our most ener-
getic combustible, releases in combus-
ton an amount Of energy capable of
lifting about four times as far, or 10 n
vertical distance against sea level
gravitation) roughly equal 10 the dis
lance from New York 10 Manila.
But a piece of radium emanation
yields without any combustion an
amount of energy in the process Of its
evolution that would lift II against sea
level gravitatiOn, not only To the sun,
but TO the orbit Of the planet Neptune,
the outside fencepoSt of the solar sys-
TEN. aud which is about thirty times
further from the sun than the earth is.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
PLENTY OF ROOM IN TRUNK
Small Receptacle once Sufficed to
Carry All the Worldly Goods of
Noted New Highlander.

Following the discovery, not lone
ago, of an interesting old trunk IN
which Daniel Webster carried his legal
papers comes the finding of another
old trunk thift George Nixon Briggs
a former governor Of Massachusetts
carried on his back when he pill.
grimaged from the town of Hudson
n. Y. to Adams, Mass, there to begin
studying law. Governor Briggs has
not remained so fixed in memory as
Daniel Webster, but he was a famous
man in his time, and is interesting
today because at the national tenn
perance convention in 1882 he took a
stand for total abstinence. Later, as
president OF the Massachusetts Legis
latlve temperance society, he marched
In procession through the streets OF
Boston, although on this occasion there
Is no record that he carried his trunk
The trunk, incidentally, is one of the
little ones common a hundred years
ago, and Governor Briggs in later
years repaired it, and affixed a card
telling how he had brought it with him
to Massachusetts. at contained" he
wrote, my entire worldly estate, all
OF which was not worth $10."-Chrls
tian Science Monitor.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
HEAVY MEAT EATERS
HAVE SLOW KIDNEYS
Eat len meat If you feel Backachy or
have bladder trouble-Take
tglAss Of Salta

No man or woman Who eats meat fegd-
larry can make mistake by flushing the
kidneys occasionally, Gays well-knowu
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
excites the kidneys, they become over
worked from the strain, get sluggish and
fail to alter the waste and poisOns from
the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble,
nervousness dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys
The moment you feel dull ache in the
kidneys or your back hurts or If the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi-
ment, irregular Of passage or attended BY
q sensation Of scalding, stop eating meat
and get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any pharmacy; take q
tablespoonful in glass of water before
breakfast and in few days your kidneys
will act fine This famous salts is made
from the asid Of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with Ithia, and has been used
for generations TO flush and stimulate
tbe lidneys, also to neutralize the acids
in nyins 30 Il no longer causes irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and caunOt
injure; makes q delightful efervescnt
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then TO keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure thereby sEaiainR REiQRa kidney
.AAAaAAAANAAN4
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
WON FAME AS ADMINISTRATORS
Sir William Maeoresor viii Long a
Remembered Cor His Good Work
In West Africa. =.

Sir William Macgregor was not the
least OF the bits of good luck which
this empire owes to the Scottish strain
OF It. In the fer-sundered areas Of
West Africa and the Western Pacific
he achieved distinction which will not
pass.
The world knew more Of him as Pa.
cific high commissioner than as gov.
ernor Of Lagos, but TO many Europeans
In West Africa, and to those folk of
long memories, the African races, he
will always be Maegregor of Lagos, the
pioneer sanitarian who began proc
esses which have made Lagos a place
ivable for the European and more
livable than ever before to its TEEN
ing African population.
The pedant may say that "circum.
spice" scarcely applies where the bene
factor has only cleansed air and roads
and purified water sources; neverthe
more ftly than to Mncgregor for his
work in that steady hive OF activity
The natives had real affection for
him. for they knew he believed in
them, and Africans, like most other
sons of Adam, esteem that even above,
good drains and pure water. lie had
very clear appreciation of the ter
rible danger of German rule in the
tropics Just because of its thorough.
ness.
There are endless stories of him on
the coast. One is of an official who
after tour in the bush, told the gov
ernor OF an exceptional iuju he had
seen-"exactly like n human being
sir, only, of course, of wood"
"Nane sac exceptional" Macgrcgor
remarked, and followed It up with
chuckllng soliloquy, 1--WE seen some in
the service. Guardian
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26

lar Of shirred velvet is finished at the
base with a quilting of ribbon with
bow and ends at the back, and clus-
ter of three little roses nestle In the
ribbon quilting.
Among the trimmings which find.
most favor, because they are most ap-
propriate for misses hats, are pom
pons of wool or fur and fiat pin
wheels" of ostrich flues. These appear,
on Blue Devil tams with fine effect.
For older misses. those nearing the
debutante class. there is greater varl-
ETY. than in hats for younger girls. Hat
ters' plush, metallic and metal brocade
facings on upturned brims, and bril-
liant colors In shapes toned down by
dark ribbon trims, are outstanding fea-
lures in styles for the "subdeb."
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
COTTON AND COTTON SEED

The government Ginners' report was
made public yesterday ard showed
4,S79, 480 bales ginned.
New York December futures slump
ed so points on the close of yester-
days market.
The price of good middling cotton
here was unaffected and there was
a good dem.1l for it at 81 1-2 cents
a pound.
Wagon cotton seed were quoted at
$1,000 ton yesterday.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26
: the home Of her SON, Mr., c. v.

It the home of her son, Mr.. C. v.
Ussery.
Mr.. S. L. Darnell is the proud
,wner of a handsome new Stude-
1aker car bought last week.
Mr.. Henry Rye of the Sulphur
Springs section, was a business
visitor in Caledonia Saturday.
The friends of Mrs. Sallie Moore
will be sorry to learn that she fell
Wednesday and broke her shoulder.
Hope she will soon recover
Mr.. L. B. Lawrence spent Satur-
day transacting business in Colum-
bus.
Mr.. Lon Andrews killed a large
rattle snake last week with fifteen
rattles and a button, which makes
this monster snake Fifteen years
Of age.
Mr.. C. w. Jemison spent We'd
nesday in Columbus. He is one Of
our successful cattle dealers.