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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-09
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine
tablets. The genuine bears the signature
of Z. W. Grove. 80 cents.-Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-09
Smoking Cabinets

nice selection q fine smoking Cabinets IS -.ar I'M. s-1
walnut finishes complete tile Sal , ar, -t r-r1r-,
s14.Oo $500, $500, $500 t5 $500 ea IL s, 5er . 1
SMOKING STANDS
Nicely finished in mahogany and brass $3.50 So co. 500
$500 and $3.50 each, less 20 per cent discount
SMOKERS SETS
Handy little in mahogany and dull nra. an,,e, ,-
claly designed for desk library abe ta5ceJte s. $40
TO 90 EACH less 20 per cent.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-09
New Bedroom Suites
VERY SPECIAL VALUE

Large fourpece suite. colonial design IN g4uune r7a1ogan
has fu Sze bed arge bureau and choner ana 'rpaJe toilet
table Regular prise $4,000. SPECIAL prise S225.OO.
Very handsome our-Pece American walnut suite tn .ll
Szed Ded large bureau cTQrette and att Regular
price S550.O0. Special price. S275.O0.
FourPiece suite in genuine ralog ogan4 al lr5 -eles lust
proof throughout Regular prise $4,000 Sle re $4,000
FourPiece American walnut suite bow t.r -e 3rz- -res.
Win upheaIe nlFTor e7oTette and trplcae ST .ce Reg
ular price $4,000. Special price $4,000.
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':;; e.: ::: Lindsay-Tucker Furniture Co. e.: :s:
saturday
sP" GOOD FURNITURE MEDIUM PRICED -.

Our entire stocks reduced 20 per rfh one or
tro EXCEPTIONS stocks that erinentiy gt
gtUtng of the better and more practical kind.
Can think Of anything that coud be apDre-
ctdted that couLd giUe lasting pleasure comfort
than gift Of Fnrniture2 ?
The present is time rhen particularly desirable
that gifts should be chosen Uiseg euery dot
lar spent brings full dollars serUice in return
We inUite your inspection Of assure you
OF courteous and DainstGking serUice.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-09
Children S High Chairs

SNetuIS ga 4AtSH NIuaIS
Shelac finishes Some Of them have the removable Write porcelain
sanitary trays Priced $500 $500, $1,000 $780, $3.50 $500
70 $500 each, less 20 per cent.
CHILDRENS ROCKERS AND NURSERY CHAIRS
Dainty upholstered reed Rockers, also the H. >ea1e
wood bottom knd basket and White enamel \uSert Chars;
DOLL GO-CARTS IS PER CENT OFF
About dozen different designs haze refining '1,D>
strongly built and will give years ot 100, $780,
$500 to $500 each, less 25 per
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
Harrison Chilean And Col. Roscoe Sim.
mons Dissolve Partnership in Clarion.

st. Louis, Mo. Dec. 2.-One of the
most-talked-of subjects IN newspaner
circles Is the supposed break between
Col. Roscoe Simmons and his manage
ing editor, Harrison NJ Chilean. When
the colonel decided to re-enter the
field OF journalism Chilean. who was
then his private secretary and book
ing manager, was summoned to st.
Louis by telegraph and placed in
charge Of The Clarion, widely adver-
tised as THE paper Roscoe Simmons
writes for"
The Clarion under Gilliean's man
agership hos made a record gain in
circulation and advertising patronage
at largely increased rates. Things
were supposed to be going smoothly
until the end of the presidential cam
paign. The Clarion was supporting
the candidacy of Robert N. owens, a
young race lawyer against Congress-
man man y pyer and Chilean was in
Colonel Simmons was billed to make
q speech that was to have swung
81 Louis TO the support OF Owens.
Two thousand people were out, but
the ''people's, Spokesman" failed to
gave an interview to the white dali
ieH,. unauthorized by simmons II is
stating that The Clarion and
Simmons were stiil supporting the
young Negro against tho white man,
and explaining that the colonel had
Of the speaking to I'll another date.
The affair caused much comment.
The week before the election The
Clarion was bitter In It's news coll
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umns against Dyer. but after the
election of Dyer Mr.. Simmons saw
mt to apologize for the attacks made
on the white man.
The Associated Negro Press learns
on the highest Of authority that after
owens cause seemed hopelessly lost
the owner of the paper he writes
for gave orders to Chilean to call
off the fight that was being waged
against the ticket that was assured
81 winning and that Managing Editor
Chilean on his own responsibility re-
FUSED to desert the race mans stand
ara, put announced that soon after
the election he was going to leave
the Clarion. 1t had been charged
llshed by simmons during the cam
paign, but that was denied by both
Gill1ean and Simmons
Chilean. IL Is learned, plans to
open an office in Chicago and will
again make State street his head
ing his attitude toward Colonel Sim
mons he. said they were still the best
OF friends and that his present plans
were TO work out some ideas in
newspaper work for which he had
pee, been arranging for many years. Since
coin League Chilean has been the
executive secretary of that political
organization, handling for both the
race press and the white papers its
publicity. as well as that OF Colonel
SS,mmnons; Snann learning Of the reported
ue, the newspaper men figured some
interesting copy. might be released,
but the executive secretary said
thero was nothing 20 give out now.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04

sources. new world power, having
business relations with every civil
lied country upon the face OF the
globe.
3, 1t has been said that the cruel
war out of which this transition has
grown, was waged In the workshops
and laboratories of Europe and Am
erica. There the death dealing imple-
ments of war and the powerful ex-
plosives and poisonous gases which
laid waste fields, raised cities, des-
troyed commerce, and wasted hu-
man life were manufactured. The
worlds future wars will be fought
largely in the schoolrooms, with you,
iellow teachers, as the commanders
in-chief. The conflict between widely
different ideals. such as were held
by the great powers at the outbreak
OF the war will not, indeed cannot
reaper Notwithstanding those
IDEALS reflected the kind of training
that had been given to the children
Tor many years. Statesmen tell us
II was a triumph for democracy,
life In pursuit of detectives.
Thus. the doctrine of our existence
that the nation may be is no longer
tangible, but rather the nation must
exist that we may be. / am happy
to remind you that this new philoso-
preston in both public and private
schools throughout the land His
tory, Mathematics and English are
aiready being made ever in the light
OF NJ the new theory of training.
are dependent upon the educational
development of Its citizens IN a
government. such as ours. where the
powers of government originate
with the governed, IL is indeed es-
sential that the masses as well as
the classes be enlightened The foun-
cation for this must be laid in the
public schools
nation NAV f,tr,, "a.
and universities for its leaders, the
men of thought and action. who
point the way to. prosperity and ma
% tlonal security, but the university
schools for the raw product out of
which to mould the character and
manhood which ultimately lead the
The combined educational systems
of the states make the educational
system of the nation. The large
number of schools, including teach
eTs' pupils and officials, constitutes
these interests are centered, our
interests are centered, our hopes are
placed. II is with view to bettering
those who wo travel from all parts
sanitary apartments, forgetting the
lack of personal comfort in our zeal
for the task before u.s.
II Is here we are directing the
Si.iiuiSliS lnCllndtlOns ana interest In
what they should become in life;
teaching them that they have a place
and work in life, and what that
place in society Is; manipulating
correct habits of thought and act
ion; training them to think the
the thoughts and do the things which
folks who live as we want to live
must think and do. More. better ex-
pressed the same thought when he
said. that the ultimate end of all
Continued on page s.
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Editor Offers Prize For Pret-
test Negro Woman.

London. Dec, "A prize of $500
for the most beautiful Colored wom-
an of Negro extraction in the world
has been offered by Duse Mohamed
All, editor of the Africa and Orient
review, to prove that there are girls
ana women among the Negroid races
beauty. u
The competition has already Great
ed stir among the Women of the
Sudan. South America and the West
indies, and photographs of new types
OF Colored beauty are arriving daily
at Mr. Mohamed Alis office.
The competition" he said. arose
out OF a long argument / had re-
GentIy with distinguished r. A.
he mad Just returned from Italy and
was eXtrolling the beauty of italian
ana european women generally
i suggested that l could find
beauty equal to any in Europe among
women or Ethiopian origin. He laugh
ed at the idea, and said that with
tne predominant traits of the Negro
high cheekbones, thick lips and
squat noses-beauty was impossible.
hor this reason ] decided to start
tne competition, and l consider that
sIad ahreaay my claims have been justi-
"All Negroid women do not poss-
ess fiat noses, as the photographs
snow. We have one of a girl with
an aquiline nose. We're 1t possible to
whitewash the face, feel sure that
70 the European idea this girl would
appear very beautiful"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
EIGHT HUNDRED TEACHERS ATTEND ANNUAL MEETING IN HOUSTON
NORTHEAST TEXASA. M. E. CONFER
ENCE HELD In MEXIA LAST WEEK.
Reports Show Successful
Year. Appointments Made
by New Bishop.

Mexia, Texas, Dec. 2.-The forty
second session of the Northeast Tex
as Conference of the A. M. e.
Church, of which the Rev. w. A.
Younger is pastor. The conference
was called to order by the Right Rev.
William ID. Johnson. d. D., Phi. D.,
president bishop Of the Tenth Epis-
copal District. which includes the
State of Texas and the Republic Of
Mexico
The Rev. ]. H. Lynn. presiding ell
der OF the Pittsburg district preached
the sacremental sermon after the SER
the table. ""s iaia on
The organization of the Conference
WAS was completed as follows: CHIEF sec
retary s NJ KKifRade; KirF TteGsf1Irdiing sec
G@ry 10. Y; Mcdonald; chief marshal.
=. Collins, and assistants, G. II
norwood and l.. Cornelius; reporters
Cbrisfi.n inf different eo papers, u s. Franks,
Southern Recorder; A. v. Brown
western Recorder; T. C. Oliphant
Voice OF Missions; Mrs. S. ]. Giles
M,pIl W,omIans Missionary Recorder; S. M.
Ihe Following visitors were present
ana TOOK part in the opening exer-
Use or the conference: Dr. J. w.
Hankin, secretary of missions Of the
4. A. M;u NJ 2. Church; I. j. sainders, q,
nlngton. H.. p. Evans, H ID. Wins.
M, j. Brooks, A. f. starlss,- ]. A.
Jones, A. G. Winn, r.. S. Jenkins.
III s. Sims, %. J. Howard, S. ]. John,
son, 5. @. Simpson, Prince G. e. La
Shalt of Africa, J. b. Butler, N w
Bagsby of Florida, r. M. johnson
a. Freeney, j. w. Dennis of Georgia
and S. NJ. Britt
The afternoon session was marked
py the delivery Of the bishops an
The reports from the various dis
tricts were taken up. beginning with
the Corsicana district which report
cd Sl,lOO. Tyler district S51O.S0 and
Pittsburg district $f3775.
The special THANKSGIVING sermon
was preached by the Rev. w. A. Bax-
ter or Kaufman Thursday morning
The conference montinued in ses-
sion the remainder Of the week. con-
cluding with the reading of the ap-
poIntments on Sunday night.
The educational sermon was
preached Thursday night by the
Rev J. w. McDade of Corsicana.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
Annual Convention Of Negro
Mothers Held.

The annual convention of the Tex
as Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teachers Association for Negro
Women, which was in session at the
Munger Avenue Baptist Church last
week, was brought to a close Fri
final business for the coming year
was transacted.
Mrs. W. F.. Benton of Fort Worth,
newly elected president, presided at
the Friday session, in which an open
discussion of the subject, THE Child's
the Church." was held by the entire
body.
An interesting program was pre-
scented by the. children Of the Home
Of which Mrs. Josie .Brigg Hall is
president. This school has drawn the
attention of Dallas civic workers for
the splendid work IL has done for the
white citizens pledged their support
to the institution, and among the
members of its board Of managers
are Mayor Frank Wozencraft Mrs.
Robert is chairman; Mrs. Ira w.
Higginbotham is secretary and Mrs.
c T. Woodward of S. NJ u. treasur-
en-. Other members are Mesdames L.
II, Luck, ]. M Hanna, N. B. Ford.
Kirk Hall, r. PTurner. l. Randolph,
L. T.. Sneed. M. 7. Russell and G. w.
Dealey of The Dallas News
The next meeting of the associa-
tion will be held at the same place
and time rs the white women's con-
The Rev. w. r. LOTUS OF the Mum
ger Avenue Baptist Church was
elected chairman of the advisory
board OF the organization. II was
next year that each club in the State
will observe
The association was organized in
1908 under the direction of Mrs Hall,
retiring president who will give all
trial home
According to another resolution
passed at the last session Friday the
an ssInn.iyerCsary Of the founding of the
observed on Sept II of each year
parents day on the last Friday be-
fora ThanlSsgivine and last Friday
before Texas Independence Day.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
Shoots Husband by Accident;
Is Set Free.

Charleston, w. Va. Dec. 2.-When
Mrs. Rose Blaney's hand slipped as
she was attempting to take the cyIin-
der pin from .22 calibre revolver.
her finger pulled the trigger and a
bullet from the weapon was sent
crashing into the head of her hus-
band James Blaney making a hole
at the base OF his left ear, as he lay
sleeping near her Sunday morning.
The bullet wound proved fatal, and
Blaney died an hour after the acci-
dent occurred. He never regained
consciousness. efforts of the physi-
clans to revive him proving futile.
Following the death of Blaney. Mrs.
Blaney was placed under temporary
arrest.
When summoned before the coro-
ners jury. Mrs. Blaney made the
following statement: my husband
was a porter at The Chesapeake and
Ohio station. Early Sunday morning.
he left work and arrived home about
1880. was awaked at the time and
meal, he lay down in the bedroom,
and went to sleep.
Shortly afterwards. ! went into
the room, and seeing, that the re-
the bed had slipped from It's place,
picked II up. In an attempt to take
the pin out so that / could extract
the cartridges from the cylinder,
my finger. slipped and the trigger
was pulled"
Exonerated by Coroner,s Jury.
Mr. and Mrs George Lawson, In
whose home they lived told OF hav-
ing seen the couple at breakfast
and stated they appeared TO be happy
and at no time had there been
trouble between them. Others OF the
neighborhood who rushed In after the
shooting testified In the Same tenor.
The result was a verdict that Blaney
wife was exonerated from all blame.
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Ru NJ w uarilaa


Houston. Texas, Dec 2.-The thirty
sixth annual session of the Colored
Teachers Association assembled in
the city Of Houston on Thanksgiving
Day. Eight hundred teachers of every
rank from the college president to
the humblest rural teacher attended
IL was an imposing sight to see for
the first time In the history of the
association so many teachers in at
tendance. A majority of these teach
ers We're between the ages of twenty
ive and thirty-flve years. The wom-
en- were in the majority. A few men
were above the ages of fifty and six
ty years, and still fewer between
sixty-five and seventy; while a large
number of younger persons were in
the class of twenty to twenty-five.
attendance.
Nine Hundred Dollars Collected.
Nine hundred dollars was collected.
In this age of money getting, we are
institution by the dollar mark. Nine
hundred dollars is the highest amount
ever collected in any one session. A
balance around $4,000 is on hand.
Eight hundred teachers enrolled
from the fields of active teaching.
These teachers had made their OBJ
ject to. realize what benefit, If any,
had experience along many lines.
The educational department at AUS
tin will be informed that the Col
ored Teachers Association puts it.
in examinations and appoints a COM
mittee to wait on the state depart
ment of Education asking that Col
ored men be allowed to conduct SUM
mer normal examinations, promising
to cooperate to keep out uncleanli-
ness 1nter-Scholastic League marks
new beginning for inter-racial
work to coordinate with the Univer-
urged for our children. A committee
appointed to wait on the railroad
commissioners to lay before them
our grievances and poor accommo-
dations on railroads.
Distinguished Speakers Deliver Ad-
dresses.
DR.. James H billiard, President of
the Jean-Slater Fund addressed the
teachers and citizens. His message
was vital one inspiring the teach
ing with the thought of the new
eation eWaiNeniag Hgr IN the eRoiHI9n Of edu
pervisor of Negro Rural schools of
Texas, also delivered a notable ad-
dress. Hon. Fred T. Wilson delivered
Pbysss ffdrsss and Se
and marketable education. His ad-
dress was well received.
The Thrift Habit Is Presented MS an
Economic Asset.
Mrs. Portia Washington Pittman,
representing the Federal Reserve
Bank, laid before the teachers the
plan of organizing thrift banks for
savings in the schools both in the
city and in the rural districts. The
plans and models were received. Mrs
Pittman stressed the Importance of
the juvenile Federal Thrift Banking
system among the pupils of the
and the lesson in practical life that
is taught, showing how that two
schools in Dallas, one white school
the other. Colored school, that of
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
BANKS LOSE AGAIN IN WILLIAMS,
CASE.

Montgomery. Ala, Dec. 2.-Alaba-
ma banks lost again Tuesday in the
suit from. Montgomery County In
volving the system of returning
checks TO customers at the end OF
each month without the retention of
any evidence that the funds have
been disbursed on the order OF the
customers. The court OF appeals over
ruled the application for rehearing
filed by the First National Bank OF
Montgomery in the case in which
Mrs. Amanda Williams. Colored, OBJ
tanned n Judgment for 5000.
The suit IL OF far-reaching Inn
portance to banks throughout the ma
tion and has attracted much atten-
tion among banks and banking as
sociations Mrs. Williams deposited
5000 in the First National Bank and
two or three years later called at
the bank for the amount. The bank
Informed her that the money had al
ready been withdrawn. Its records
showed the account balanced. but II
had no further evidence. The checks
on which the money was supposed
10 have been paid had been returned
according 10 the banks allegation.
The Jury gave the woman a Judgment
for the full amount.
III the decision In sustained by the
supreme court u viii be necessary
for Alabama banks 10 retain all
checks o. evidence Of payment or re-
quire each customer 70 give re-
celpt for each cancelled check.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
Ft. Worth Man Shoots Wife,
Mother And Self.

Fort Worth, Texas. Dec. Brit
ton Cogswell. Negro, is dead, his wife,
Ella Cogswell, lies at the point of
death, and his mother in-law, Fannie
Hanks, is suffering from bullet
wound In the hip following shoot
Ing at Arizona and Hattie streets and
at Ruth street and Missouri avenue.
Thursday about 2i3O O'clock.
Cogswell witnesses said. did the
shooting at Arizona and Hattie
streets and then ran to his room in
the rear of a house at Ruth street
and Missouri avenue and fired a bull
let from an automatic pistol into his
own head. The bullet entered Just
behind the right ear
According to Negroes who knew
Cogswell and the two women. there
had been trouble between him and
his wife, and they had been separat-
ed. The wife was taken to ST Jo-
seph's Infirmary in an ambulance of
the Union Undertaking Company and
the mother-in-law was taken to the
City-County Hospital in an ambu-
lance of the Peoples Undertaking
Company. She was removed to her
home later. Her wound Is not con-
sidered serious. An inquest over the
body of Cogswall was held by Justice
of the Peace Emmett Moore.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
KU KLUX XKLAN DENIES ANY SHARE in
REIGN OF TERROR.
Imperial Wizard Says: Mem
bership Not Limited to
Southern Men.


Atlanta, Dec. 2.---In justice done the
modern Knights of the Ku Klux
klan, whether Intentionally or be-
cause of ignorance OF the facts
through published reports that this
organization was identified with
night riders and gin burners and was
terrorizing Negroes throughout the
South has reacted in favor Of the
kian. according to- Col. william ].
summons, Imperial Wizard of the
hnights Of the Ku Klu Khan.
COL Simmons says that sinca
these reports were published his Of
nee has been swamped with letters
from all sections OF the county. manv
of them from men who stand h,-,,
"a the affairs Of the nation. and some
OF them from leaders in both the
democratic and the Republican par
ues' expressing their belief IN tba
true aims and purposes of the Ku-
hiuN kian. In many OF these lac
ters Col. Simmons is asked as 10 -.
ports that Ku Klux Khan a. q sso-
uonal organization-that II accent.
none but Southern men as ne,ot,a,~
IN this connection Col. Simmons sa,,s.
Any native born white Amsr,ca,,
citizen' who believes in the c,h,.,,..
religion and who owes aller,anca :.
no foreign Government or inst,,,,t,a
Fehgious or POLITICAL mapv hoaas,.s .,'
a, q member Of the Ku Kl,x Ixia,
'iueu MS character Is pood - 80 Pho-
nc,s,NIqlng 20 Col. Simmons tha -
nona enat the modern Khan arcant-
ofiginafed SenHt,I men as members
nno,.,. nnns y Is designed as iastinr ,aet yae
nrj 20 and bears the name ~ ~
lda' perlod ,Sb;nh h,an OF the reconstruction
fied WITH sicn s,,. was 80 closely idenfi-
the civil civil war vu'nern history following
r,onS nut s.yyen at that" said Col. sim
oon,no She original Klan was not
on The contrsiy tireiy or Southern men.
tpEt ttpSuEht IN the Union Army. who roada nda
nnelr homes in the South after mage sf
ton, wsee Gen members 1,i Of that organizaa9
reared rs,aI In Massachusetts. Svln was aha tha
TnieI Judicial officer OF Gen Na atha,s me
Ger r9ppir,est chief of the old Kan
fifties Ks s;a came to Arkansas in the
ppegan PECAN he enlisted as a private n whhe the
'..,Il onlIeoerate army and rose ~ sbe
'nnS a6,, OF Brigadier-General. '"o
bers ~, organization has many MEM
nais VINO nave never seen the goufhp
said Col. Simmons, sbecansa 0ogSn tS,
nave nave no mistaken view about vvheyt vhey
cne cae order stands for. It is no-polIti.
premiership includes Iead;nr l tqar pn its
ilcans ! ,a and Democrats, among whom
are are several members OF Con@resg @11an
IN me ku kIux Klan is outspoken I'm in
seeks no quarrel with any man vvhn
q sutisaErees M with It, and at all times
~ stands for law and order and fhs
preservation Of peace with honor