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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
WHITE MANS PRIMARY
RECEIVES KNOCK OUT IN WACO
NEGROES INVOKE THE AID OF THE COURTS AND INJUNCTION,
RESTRAINING DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE FROM INTERFERING
WITH A NEGRO VOTING, IS GRANTED. R. 0. EVANS
COUNSEL FOR NEGROES.

Negroes voted in the city pri-
mary here, February 18.
This was made possible as a re-
suit of ruling given Saturday after
noon in the Nineteenth district court
by Judge Erwin j. Clark, in the
case of l.. NJ Sublett ct al. VS.. q. L.
Duke, ct al. Mr.. Duke is chairman
Of the city democratic executive COM
mittee, he and the other members
of the committee being made plain
tiffs in the suit. L. M. Sublett was
joined in the application for an in
junction to restrain the city demo-
cratic executive from holding a
strictly white mans primary by other
Negroes.
The application was granted and
the court perpetuated the Injunction.
Very lengthy was the opinion of
Judge Clark, who went into the
question very exhaustively and CO.
piously, quoting from both the con-
stitution Of the United States, the
state of Texas, and also from the
Terrell election law.
Summed up, briefly, it is held by
Judge Clark that the resolution pass
ed some time ago by the city execu-
tive committee, which provides for
a white mans primary, and which
would have excluded the Negroe from
participating in said primary, is un-
lawful, and furthermore. that it vio-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
An Opening for the Aspiring
Solder.

Washington, Feb. 11-Cleveland
boys in the Twenty First district who
aspire to careers in the army or navy
have three weeks in which TO win
appointments from congressman Rob
ert Cresser. Cresser has four va
cancies he would like to fill before
he leaves congress March 4, two
for the army at Westpoint, two for
the navy at Annapolis. To date, how
ever, there has been death of ap-
plicants who could meet the com
bined physical and mental tests. APP
points who met the mental. tests fell
down in physique, and those with
the required Drawn lacked the ability
to meet the educational examinations.
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\. A. A. {. P.
VICTORIOUS IN 5.
CAROLINA fight

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
People through its seer etary, John
R. Shiilady, makes the following safe
ment regarding the fnal victory in
fight which lasted nearly a de-
cade:
Governor Richard L Manning's pa
role granted in Janury during good
behavior" of Pink Franklin marks
the final chapter in a fight begun
nearly nine years ago by the Nation
al Association to secure the free
dom of Franklin, young Negro
farm hand who was tried in South
Carolina during the summer of 1910
for killing a white constable who
broke into his cabin at three o'clock
in the morning to arrest him for
breaking an agricultural contract"
This case is of unusual interest as
it was the first legal redress case
undertaken by the Association then
in its infancy. The following facts
regarding the case are quoted from
the first annual report of the Asso-
citation, published January !, 1911:
"Our legal redress work was in
aug,rsted last summer by the pres
entation to Goyernornor Martin F..
Ansel, of South Carolina, Of a pc
tition for pardon from the death SEN
tence of Pink Franklin, a plantation
hand, who had violated a so-called
agricultural contract" (these con-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
ONE TON OF PORK PER PIG

Birmingham, Ala.-A year ago Mr..
Crawford Johnson bought fifteen
small pigs-an investment which has
at this writing yielded 81. 900 pounds
of pork, OF over one ton per pig.
And Mr.. johnson is not even a farm
er, but Birmingham business man,
state chairman of the War Savings
campaign.
He attended the farmers Confer
ence at Tuskegee Institute last win
ter, as did Gov. Henderson, and sew
eral other prominent white men I;
and he's was SO impressed with the
pigg-club work of the Institutes ex-
tension agent among the Colored
boys of Macon county that he gave
him fifteen pigs Each was to be
given to a boy who got nine other
boys to join him in a club, each boy
having a pig and agreeing to culti-
vate one acre in corn under the
agents direction. The fifteen clubs
soon had 234 members, and the
agent supervised their work all the
year. The report was one of the
features of the Farmers Conference
just held. Two hundred and thirty
four boys had raised as many acres
of corn, and put them, literally, into
pigs; and the weight of those pigs
was $4,000 pounds. Mr.. Johnson
was so pleased with the return on
his investment that he gave pig
as prize to the boy in each club
who had done the best work.
Macon county expects most of
these boys to stay on its farms.
Whether he be white or Colored, the
way to keep boy in the country is
to give him stake in it; and three
or four hundred pounds of boy-ownei
pork is very good anchor to start
with.
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lates the federal and state consti-
tutions, and also the provisions OF
the Terrell election law.
While several attempts have been
made in the past by the Negroes to
be allowed to vote in the primaries
here, this is the first time they have
invoked the aid of the courts. Here
tofore they have conteded themselves
with asking the city democratic exc
cutive committee not TO bar Negroes
from voting in the primary contests.
Their request however. has always
been turned down. Occasionally, be-
fore the committee adopted the GUS
tom Of having strictly a white mans
primary, a Negro was permitted to
vote, but this did not apply to the
the city as a whole, and they were,
as rule. denied the privilege of
franchise in the primaries, by the
election judges. when they offered
to vote.
Future Course Not Decided.
Whether any further effort will
be made by the city democratic
executive committee to debar N the
Negro from voting remains to be
seen. The only appeal from Judge
Clark's ruling would be to apply to
the court OF civil APPEALS. but as the
city primary was only two days in
the future, sufficient time was not
allowed for this course to be pur-
sued.
The city democratic executive COM
mittee was represented in the pro-
ceedings yesterday afternoon by Hon.
0. L. Stribling and Judge Sam r.
Scott. Counsel for the applicants was
r. D. Evans, Negro lawyer of Waco
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
HOLD THEIR OWN IN COMPARISON
WITH WORLDS BEST SOLDIERS
PROVED THEMSELVES WORTHY OF THE TRUST PLACED IN
THEM INMORTALIzE The RECORD MADE BY NEGRO
FIGHTERS IN PREVIOUS WARS. MANY INCIDENTS OF
INDIVIDUAL HEROISM.

he cried to his comrades:
Some one come and get this mes
sage. / am wounded.
Lieut.. Robert l. Campbell of the
same company sprang to the res
cue. He dashed across the she'll
swept space picked up the wounded
private and, with the Germans fair
ly hailing bullets around him, car
ried his man back to the American
lines.
For the valor shown, both were
cited for the Distinguished Service
Cross, and Lieut. Campbell, in addi-
tion, was recommended for cap
taincy.
Another single detail, taken from
this same company:
John Baker, having volunteered,
was taking "a message through heav-
Wy shell fire to another part of his
line. A shell struck his hand, tear
ing away part of it, but the Negro,
unfaltering, delivered the message.
He was asked why he did not seek
aid for his wounds before complet-
ing the journey.
II thought the message might con-
tain information that would save
lives" was the answer.
Under the same. Lieut.. Robert l.,
Campbell,. a few colored soldiers,
armed only with their rifles, trench
knives and hand grenades, picked up
from shell holes along the way,
were moving over a road in the
Chateau Thierry sector. Suddenly
their course was crossed by the fir
ing of German machine gun. They
tried to locate it by the direction
of the bullets, but could not. To
their right, little ahead, lay space
covered with thick underbrush. Just
back of it was an open field.
Here is the fighting record of one
of these regiments sandwiched among
the French forces-the 372nd. 1t was
the first to go over. Practically all
its line officers. well as privates,
were colored.
They arrived in France on April
IA and went into training with the
French on April 28. On June 6
the 372nd was sent to the trenches
just west of Verdun occupying the
famous battle swept hill 304 and
sections at Four de Pari
The regiments first engagement was
in the Champagne sector. with Mon
toir as its objective. Here came the
real test. The colored men were
eager to get into the fight. They
cheered and sang when the announce
ment came that their chance had ar
iived-but the question was: Back
of their enthusiasm had they the
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
ROCKEFELLOW EDUCATION
BOARDS FUNDS $44,675,973.

New York, Feb. Resources of
.$44,675,273 are shown in the annual
report Of the general educational
board, founded by John D. Rock
feller to promote education in the
United States, issued here today.
OF appropriations made by the board,
S1,333,000 went to the medical schools
$650,000 to the general university
endowmehts. $31S,8S5 to schools for
Negroes and $4,000 for educational
research and State educational sur
veys.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22

New York, Feb. 15.-Negro soldiers
made a record as fighters in this
war as they did in the Spanish
American and civil wars. Fighting
for the first time on the soil of the
worlds most famous battlefelds-
Europe-and for the first time
brought into direct comparison with
the best soldiers of Germany, Great
Britain, and France, they showed
themselves able to hold their own
where the tests of courage, endur-
ance, and aggressiveness were most
severe.
Colored troops fought valiantly at
Chateau-Thierry, scissors, on the
Vesle, in Champagne, in the Argon-
ne, and in the final attacks in the
Met region. The entire first bat
loes"-was awarded the Croix de
Guerre for heroism in the drive on
Metz. Most remarkable of all, they
received their baptism of battle in
this attack; at the start they won
honors which veterans of many con-
flicts have failed to capture.
In previous engagements of the war,
for distinguished service, three col
ored regiments as units were award
ed the Croix de Guerre, which be-
stows on each member the right TO
wear the coveted badge. When the
fighting stopped the Negro troops
were nearest the Rhine.
Not until now has the story as a
whole of the part played by our
Negro troops in France been avail
able. The total number of Negro
combat troops was $4,000. These
consisted of the 92nd division, COM
manded by Major General Charles
G. Ballou, and four regilepts of the
Provisional 93rd division. To des-
cribe the Colored man as a fighter
in q war which, because of the ter
rible weapons used, called for more
pure nerve than any other war,
three ways presenting themselves.
To show the Negro in individual ex-
ploits, then in a regiment, engaged
separately with white troops, and
finally to show him in battle in
a division entirely composed of men
of his own race.
Negro as an Individual Fighter.
Here is an ididdual exploit. The
36Sth Infantry, Colored fought in the
Argonne. 1t became n e C s.
sary to send a runner with mes
sage to the left flank of an American
firing line. The way was across an
open field swept by heavy enemy
gun fire.
7 Volunteers were called for. Priv.
Edward Saunders of Company 1 re-
sponded. Before he had gone far a
shell had cut him down. AS he fell
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
FIND S2,OOO,OOO OF SPURIOUS
MONEY

New Orleans, La, Feb. 16.-Nearly
$2,O00,000 in counterfeit gold and
silver certificates ranging in de-
nominations of from 500 to $1,000
was seized by the police today in
a raid on a richly furnished apart
ment in Governor Nichols street.
Several wealthy visitors from Sac
ramento, Calf, Chicago and other
cities had lodged complaints that
they had lost large sums at the
apartment house on bogus race bet
ting schemes.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
BAPTISTS HAVE PATRIOTIC
MEETING.
TYler. Texas. Feb. 20.


st. Mary Baptist church held a
great Patriotic meeting Sunday even
ing with men only at 4:S0 o'clock.
, A patriotic service was conducted
Tuesday evening by Evangelist j..
B. Jackson. Text: Psalm 1915, 16.
A great sermon was delivered to the
men at that hour. Evangelist j.
B. Jackson has been conducting a
meeting at the above named church
about week, and those WHO attend
ed were greatly benefited
Two special services were held
during this meeting. One for the
men and one for the women.
The Monday evening meeting, last,
was conducted for men only. Quite
a few attended. The c. B. s. men
were well represented and few
other men elsewhere. The Rev. Lakey
of Dallas. Texas. was present and
made some very impressive remarks
on Patriotism and said that the
church must see to 1t that righteous
ness GO Over the Top" to bring
in souls for Gods Kingdom.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
England COntGmpIates Future
Supremacy in the Air.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE extent
to which England has prepared for
the development of aerial transpor-
tation both by airship and by aero
plane, is disclosed in copies of Bri-
tish government reports, kept secret
during the war, which have just
reached Washington.
These reports are made by special
committees appointed by the air
ministry to study England's possible
future in the air and to report not
only on the technical and practical
questions involved but also UPON mat
ters of law and policy that the es-
tablishment of local and International
air cruites would bring.
Among the men who served on
these committees were Lord Forthel-
life, Maj. General S. s. Brancher,
Lord Sydenham, H. G.. Wells and
two score other leaders of English
, thought and enterprise. The reports
frankly set forth England's purpose
TO attain unquestionef aerial supre-
purposes in times of peace a great
dSrldl HUOL ludJ COulu DC
Immediately available gor fighting
in time of var.
1T is scarcely necessary to point
out" the report states, "tbe extreme
Importance to this country of being
the first in the matter of aerial
transport. Special measures should
be taken with the object of conmen-
cling the schemes of transport pro-
posed at as early date as possible
These schemes of transport as
presented in several pages of detailed
strides, provide for the early estfb-
lishment of the following routes:
Airplane routes within the British
lssues, between London, Edinburg.
Glasgow and Dublin. Airplane ser
vice from London to the Riviera,
through Paris, Dion, Byones and
Marseilles.
From London to South Africa, via
Marseilles, Naples, Crete. Egypt, the
a second route not so valuable COM
mercially, but perhaps more impor-
tant from an imperial standpoint
via Bordeaux. Gibralter. across the
Sahara and through Rhodesia.
A transatlantic route. from Ire
land to New Foundland, via the
Azores.
From London to Russia, via Chris
tians and Stockholm and Petrograd.
AS to the nature Of the services
to be developed, it is stated;
I'm developed countries the govern
ment's advantage of aerial over sur
face transport must be speed. in
countries the advantage
will lie with the means Of transport
best calculated to provide access to
points previously inaccessible.
The absence OF road or railway
communication must add vastly to
the commercial Importance of the
ubiquitous fight ways Of the air
High lead and spread are antag
onistie elements in the problem. The
(Continusd on page "
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
BAPTIST UNlTEs TO AID NEGRO

Dallas, Tex.-Southern and North
ern Baptist have Joint Commits
sion at work studying the conditions
and needs of the Negro. DR.. Gam
brell, of Dallas, heads the Southern
delegation, which includes Drs. Gra-
ham of Atlanta; Pitt. of Richmond;
Cody, of Greenville, S. c., ard several
others. This committee co-operates
with one from the Northern church;
and full report, with definite rec
concentrations for helpful and
reconciling ministry" will be brought
before the convention fo- action at
their approaching annual sessions.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
OCTOROON ACCUSED or BEING
DEFRAUDER

Omaha, Neb., Feb. 2O.-After vic
timising Omaha stores for two weeks,
1drs, Marie Littlejohn, 81, an octa-
room, and said to be one of me cleav-
crest specialty criminals in the mid
die west, was arrested by the police
on q charge of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses.
The woman is said to have worked
with an accomplice, who secured
employment in the stores and secured
the key numbers of charge accounts
of wealthy patrons. The woman
then obtained merchandise and later
sold it, it is charged.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22

tracts constituting the peonage laws
of most of the Southern states), and
who shot the constable sent to ar
rest him two months after the Offer
Sc was committed. This constable,
H. H. Valentine by name, broke into
Franklin's cabin { three O'Clock in
the morning, with drawn pistol, with
out announcing that he was an Off
Ger of the law, and Franklin shot
him in defense of his home. On
January 9th, 1911, Governor Ansel
committed Franklln's sentence to
life Imprisonment, but the Associa-
tion will not cease its efforts to free
Franklin from prison"
After saving Franklin's life the
Association continued it's fight TO Sc
cure his release. from prison. In
this 1t was by certain white cjti-
zens of South Carolina who did
much in the latter stages Of the
long fight, bat Who desire to re-
main anonymous and ask that they
merely be known as men, who "lov-
ing justice and having sympathy for
the weak and lowly, interested them
selves in the case" 1t was through
the persistent efforts to these men
that the final victory was won"
After the Communication of Frank
Inns death sentence to life imprison-
ment. the next successful step was
the Communication" of life sentence
by, the then Governor Cole Blease
to ninety-nine years on the Orange
bug County chain-gang. The third
and last step was Franklin's parole
during good behavior" which makes
him practically free man. Frank
Inns parole was the last official act
of Richard I. Manning's second term
as governor Of South Carolina.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-22
NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS.

Rev. w. H. Jernagin, president Of
the National Race Congress. sailed
for Paris, France, Feb. Sth, 1919,
from Portland, Maine. on the Megan-
tic after one months hard work
with TIE State Department in inter-
est of the other delegates Of the Con-
gress.
$25O,OOO Defense Fund.
The plan for raising this fund to
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Continued. on page 81.
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Friendship Items

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bowers and
family had as their guest Friday Mr..
and Mrs. William Lowe and son..
Miss Edith Mcmahon had as her
guest Thursday evening Miss Ruth
Ross, Mr.. Lee Nichols and Mr.. EN-
NETT Griffith
Our young people are finding much
pleasure in the dances at Wright's
Wharf.
Miss Grace saxton has returned to
her home at Columbus, Ohio, after
visiting friends in this vicinity.
Miss Ethel Mcmahon visited Oys-
ter Shell Point friends Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bowers and
daughters visited Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
man Lubba Sunday.
Mr.. Tully Reagan met with a seri-
GU saccident Monday, when his team
became frightened and ran away,
throwing him from a load of wheat.
Mr.. Reagan was taken to the Cam
bridge Hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Anthony and granddaughter
have returned to their home in Den
ton, after spending few weeks with
Mrs. Anthony's daughter, Mrs. Har-
ry Mcmahon.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Several desirable dwell
ings,, reasonable prices and terms to
suit purchaser. Private funds in hand
for loans. Henry L. Johnson, Cam
bridge, Md. 3-l5-tf.
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FOR RENT

FOR SALE-Best grades of hay.
H. Waller, phone 36. 6-2O-tf.
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WANTED

FOR RENT-New mouse on Hughlett
street. Apply to William D. apple
The daily banner., 1919-07-18

There is more Catarrn In this sec"
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years II
was supposed to be incurable. Doc
tors prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine, manufactured by r.
]. Cheney G Co., Toledo, Ohio is a
constitutional remedy, is taken in
ternally and acts thru the Flood on
. the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
! One Hundred Dollars reward is OH
cred for any case that Halls Catarrn
Medicine fails 20 cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY G CO., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constlpa'
| tion.-AdY.
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LEMON JUICE
FOR FRECKLES
Girls! Make beauty lotion for
a few cents-Try 1t!


Squeeze the juice OF two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white, shake we'll, and
you have quarter pint of the best
freckle and tan lotion, and complex
ion beautifier, at very, very small
cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard
white for a few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into the face
and see how freckles and hlemishes
disappear and how clear, soft and
rosy-white the skin becomes. Yes!
1t is harmless and never icT1tates.--
Adv.
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MIR. l., Otis COrkran Wins
Clark S. Marshall Trophy

Mr.. Clark S Marshall, the we'll
known artist, and one of the best IN
the country, and a member of the
Hurlock Gun Club, donated a spien-
did painting to the Hurlock Gun
Club, to be shot for on Saturday last,
July H. The painting is entitled
THE Illuminated Pathway" and was
passed by the Jury and hung at the
recent show at the Peabody Art Gal
Iery in Baltimore, The Hurlock Gun
Club is to be congratulated upon
having such a true and liberal sports
man for a member as Marshall. The
trophy went to the high gun. The
score follows:
Possible 100.
L. Otis Corkran, GS; G. n. Fish,
90; w. E. Hurlock, "a; Mark Coop
er, "a; DR.. A. 3. Burris, So; John
Masten, 81; L. R. Beauchamp, 81;
R. C. Harper, IS; Roland Webster,
II; Winfield Corllran, 81; P. H.Ca1ll-
non, ga.
Possible so.
w. C. Taylor, AS; Don Graham,
50; G. Harper, SO; G. A. Thompson,
Jr., 35.
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East New Market Items

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Phillips and
little daughter, Ruth, have returned
to their home in Baltimore, after a
visit with Capt. and Mrs. W. E..
Johnson.
Mr.. Lester Wheatley left recently
for New Haven, Conn, where he has
accepted position.
Misses Eva Wiley, of Statesboro,
Ga, and Mrs. Bessie Station, of Baltt-
more, have been guests of Mrs. Mary
K. Wiley this week.
Miss Helen Stevens, of Hurlock,
has been the guest of Miss Rebecca
Wiley, at her home near town.
Mrs. Clarence Saxton has return
ed home, after spending a few days
in Washington, D. G. with her Sis
ter, Mrs. Edward Johnson.
Miss Maud Isenberg is attending
Summer School at Columbia Univer-
sity, New York city.
Mrs. Wrightson Camper is visit
ing relatives at Alexandra, Va.
Mr.. J. E. Boston has purchased of
Mr.. Everett Holland his residence on
Railroad avenue.
Mrs. Annie SaXton is spending
sometime with her daughter, Miss
May Saxton, at Ashville, N. G.
Miss Mary Wrightson Camper has
returned from visit to Cambridge
and was accompanied by Miss Fran
els Lord.
The Mardela baseball team called
off their game for Saturday. so the
Vienna team came up and played, de-
feating East New Market by the
score of 10 to 2.
An Epworth League cabinet meet
ing was held Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Sue Creighton.
Plans were made for bake and ice
cream sale, to be held Saturday,
July 26th.
Mr.. Fred Isenberg, of Philadel
phia, is the guest at the home of
his uncle, Mr.. G.. w. Isenberg.
Miss Elsie Vincent, of baltimore,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Winfield
Nichols.