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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
NEGRO BUSINESS MEN TOURING The SOUTH
"A SPECIAL PULLMAN CARRYING LEADING BUSINESS MEN
OF THE RACE STOPS AT VARIOUS SOUTHERN TOWNS VISI-
TORS ARE AMAZED AT REMARKABLE EXP ANSION OF Ne
gro BUSINESS.

son c. Crews Editor of the Kansas
City Sun; Attorney c. II. Galloway;
Rev. ]. c. Hurse. DR.. S. H. Thompson,
and others. The visitors were Of
ficially welcomed to Memphis by two
of the city commissioners.
The next stop was Birmingham Ala,
the pittsburgh. of the South" The
committee from the local Business
League. headed by the following as
committee chairman Professor W. L.
Porter. Principal Of the high school;
w. B. Driver insurance man. and Hill
ness League met the visitors at the
station with automobiles, and es-
corted them to the splendidly appoint
ed Elk's Rest which was made the
the Birmingham stay. After break,
fast the Kansas Cityans were divided
into small groups and attended SER
vices at the various churches where
day and where the subject Of the
tour was explained by the various
visitors
In afternoon. the visitors were made
special guests of honor at the an
the historical Shiloh Baptist church,
where over a score of years ago so
many lives were lost in a stampede.
On Monday at nine. a tour of in
spection of the Birmingham business
places was made, including the Py-
THAN Temple building, and the large
groups of offices in. the great struc-
ture. Then, with automobiles well fill
ed with oil, gasoline and air the party
was escorted over q fifty mile drive
through the Blue Ridge mountains,
and the beautiful but often thrilling
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
were observed.
There was distant revelation in
this great tour. The men were able
to see the new conditions of labor
standard brought about by a change
in sentiment and the migration to the
North of so many hundreds of thou
sands of Negroes. It has been very
wisely observed that. in any event,
it is necessary to bring about bet
ter living and educational conditions
II 1t is hoped 70 retasa.s in the, South
a sufficient number olssNegroes to per-
form the necessary labor, skilled and
unskilled to maintain the commercial
prestige of the section. 1t is a diff
cult job, at least, in face of certain
conditions know to exist. but the Ten
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Open Cosmetic Co., in Sa-
Vannah.

:, Savannah. Ca. April 29-The Rose
chemical Company Is the name Of fine
new cosmetic company recently or
ganized here by party OF local men.
The new company began putting ont
It's products last week and already
their sales are giving promise OF the
cess
The company which new, has on the
market soap. peroxide, cream. hair
dressing rouge, perfume cleansing
cream, face powder and comb Il
being managed by p. S. Sheppard. one
OF the best known travelling men In
this, section. Mr. Sheppard is now
working the surrounding territory and
his products are meetings ready de-
mand.
The company's products are all very
attractively. put up and do not by any
means suffer by comparison with
those from much older concerns. The
company claims that its products are
made of the purest and very best
ingredients and that those who have
used them are already praising them
to the highest.
The companys headquarters are at
the Savannah Pharmacy, West Broad
and Maple lane.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Danville Prisoner Escapes
Lynching.

Lexington. Ky. April 29.-Lucien
Jenkins, 27, Negro charged with as
saulting 6-year-old Willie TrimbIe
Of d DIanville Ky, was rushed to the
today to thwart a possible lynching
at the hands. of mob in Danville.
Jenkins, who. with Keith Phillips,
Is years old, white boy, is charged
with kidnapping the Trimble child
Friday night taking him into a corn
held and striking him over the head
with hammer, denies knowledge of
the crime.
Jenkins was spirited out of Dam
vile Jail last night by officers while
mob outside was demanding en-
trance. The lights in the Jail sud
denly were turned out and while the
place was in darkness Jenkins and
the officers escaped. Later members
OF the mob were admitted to the Jail
and made a search
Jenkins a grocer's delivery clerk,
admits having had trouble with the
Trimble family because of the man
ner in which he delivered groceries.
Reports from Danville tonight were
that the town was quiet The Trimble
boy recovering from a fractured
skull.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
HILL TAKEN BACK UNDER
U. 5. GUARD.
Will Face Federal Charge Un-
der Protection Of U. 5. Off
GERS.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 29.-Judge
John c. Pollock of the federal court
IN Kansas City, Kan, instructed the
uistrict un nron,s1rey attorney Saturday to draw
to Arkansas of Robert l.. Hill wanted
IN the eastern Arkansas federal dis
trlct court for impersonating a fed
folloWing completion of the hearing
OF Hill, specified that If he Is not
convicted in the United States court
OF the eastern district of Arkansas
W On tne charge of conspiring with e.
impersonate federal officer, he
shall not be turned over to any state
authority, but shall be returned to
Kansas for asylum"
s.dt Hill Is wanted by the Arkansas
patton in activities which led to the
Elaine uprising last fall
Hill, testfying in his own behalf, de-
cIared he was at Winchester, Ark,
lgO miles from Elaine, July 10. 1919,
when the impersonation of a federal
oihcer was alleged to have taken
place near the latter town He said
ne feared mob violence If he was
returned to Arkansas and denied that
he had ever posed as a federal off,
GER. He said he had done some "de-
tective work" and that he held a
degrees" as a "dstestiva." for
whicn he paid school at st. Louis.
Hugh T. Fischer, county attorney
of Shawnee count, Kansas, who as
sisted Hills attorneys testified that
he did SO because Senator Arthur
Capper had wired him asking him
to do all in power to prevent HIPS
return to Arkansas He stated on the
witness stand that he would not dare
defend Hill in an Arkansas court,
as he believed he. would be in danger
of mob violence If he did so.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01

nessee Coal and Iron Company has
made a wonderful step in advance.
which is certain in time, to permeate
the community life of the cities
This company has provided villages
and places OF recreation. where the
laborers with their families live amid
surroundings unsurpassed anywhere
IN the land. These villages of Edge
water, Bayview and others are truly
astounding steps in advance, where
seemingly money has no object in
carrying out complete plans, and
where there is a spirit of cooperation
between employer and employee, be-
tween white and black, that means
much both at present and for the
pital should be visited by every phy-
stefan in America. 1t would require
much space to fully describe that In
stitution alone.
Tired but never weary" the west
ern students of southern economic
conditions toured on to Montgomery.
the capital of Alabama. where again
they were met by officers of the local
and state business leagues, and es-
corted to restaurant where a BAN
quet had been prepared; a smoker fol-
lowed the banquet and the next day.
after inspecting the local business
enterprises. tour of fifteen miles
into hia the country was made to the
started as a small charitable work
by the women of the state under the
leadership of Mrs. Booker T. Wash
ington, and which has developed into
an extensive institution supported by
the state of Alabama. 1t is an inter-
esting place of several hundred acres,
with no guards. high fences or iron
bars, but an institution of merit and
honor. where conditions have been
developed to a surprising efficiency.
Following the visit to the farm.
the visitors paid their respects to
the Governor OF Alabama at the capi-
tai. and were received with the utmost
courtesy and respect The historical
capital building where Jefferson Davis
was inaugurated President of the
proved to be an inter-
esting place. A large bronze star oc-
cupies the place on the capital OUT
side where the former leader OF the
lost Cause stood at the time of the
ceremonies. Each man stepped ON the
star and an object lesson of the
changes that may be brought about
by time, was demonstrated in the
heart of the South.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
GUNMEN TERRORIZE
CHICAGO VOTERS.
Toured City in Autos and
Heckled Voters and Officials.

Chicago. Ill. April 29.-England
staged one of it's most active field
days at the presidential preference
primary elections here today. Heavi-
ly armed sluggers and gunner toured
the election and precinct workers.
There were shootings, kidpapings,
smuggling galore. repeaters by the
score. bribery in the way of money
and whisky prescriptions and ram
pant fraud in several wards where
the contest for control of the patron
age is a prize worthy any effort.
In the river wards bogus whisky
prescriptions were the especial lure
to win votes. Plenty of whisky and
other booze was to be. had regardless
Of prescriptions, and both sides had
abundant supplies for the workers
and voters who were susceptible to
that influence.
Alleged detectives arrested" one
election judge who was too insistent
upon observing the law and kept him
in hiding. Adolph Muss, a Republican
Judge in one of the precincts of the
Nineteenth Ward, was intercepted by
four men in closed automobile on
his way to the polls. They forced
him to get into the machine. He was
and they were carrying the election
paraphernalia. Both men and the
ballots and books were taken away
and were not heard from during the
entire day.
William Nathan. also Republican
precinct. worker. was slugged.. thrown
into a closed automobile, which trans
ferred him to another machine
block distant. This machine drove
rapidly away. and no trace Of the
despite vigilant search all Of the
day.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
REFUSE TO SERVE NEGRO
CUSTOMER.
Employer Fails to Side With
Clerk who Refused Service.

Greenwood, S. c., April 29.-Special
to The Plain Dealer.-Mr James Cast
tlemon. a storekeeper on the pike
road severely beat one of his clerks
John HarlS) who insulted a young
Colored girl in his store here Satur-
day afternoon. The trouble started
when the clerk refused to wait on
the girl, saying that he did not serve
been a customer of the place for
number Of years and Is out. Of one of
the best Colored families of this sec
ton, after being refused to be waited
on by Hark. she reported the affair
to Mr.. Castleman. who asked the
clerk why he did not sell the girl
the sugar that she came for? The
clerk replied that he. did not wait
on Negroes and Castleman ordered
him out, 1t was at this point that
the trouble started. Castleman knock
ing the clerk down and threw him
out of the store, and said that he
would knock any man down who in
suited his patrons. Hark had Castle
man placed under arrest and the
Judge said that Castleman did the
thing that was right. and that the
white people should be ever ready
to help the Negro. rather than con-
tinually abusing him. He said that
the refusal to sell the people the
things that are essential to life, is
one of the greatest crimes that could
be placed against mankind. And that
he as Judge would see to 1t that the
Negro who was brought before him
was given a square deal.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
PHYSICIANS ARE CHARGED
WITH OVER WRITING PRE-
.SCRIPTIONS.
Prominent Chicago Physicians
Are Involved in Scandal.

n Chicago. ILL.,. April 29.-Major A. v.
for the Chicago district in his drive
AGAINST "bootlegging" prescriptions,
er. commissioner of prohibition at
Washington, to the effect that az
Chicago physicians and 46 druggists
De denied the. privilege to write Ii
9@nor @ prescriptions; It is charged by
In our Race have been indiscriminate
in this practice and reports flagrant
violations Of the law.
r. ,PrcseIiption specialists"
physicians have issued prescriptions
to fictitious persons whose residences
were given in many instances on va
cant cant lots; factories and business
piaces' Major Dalrymple declared that
many physicians made a speciality of
writing prescriptions, and in n recent
public address said:
VIII FIJI JaiIs.
'I will fill the Jail so full of doctors
and druggists that their feet will
stick out the windows" The druggists
came in. for criticism on account of
profiteering. It is claimed that some
charged as high as SIS for apint Of
whisky.
Among the names sent to Washing
ton are the following south side ply
sicians: Charles w. Bibb, 259 e. 35th
street; A. N. Pelman, 202 e. 35th St:
J. w. Russell. 355 e. 26th street; s.
Borden Scott. S243 State street; E' n
Beck, 455 East 33rd street; VIM. A.
Foulkers, 3539 State street; ]. NJ AL
lison, 435 u, 35th street; Ira M. Mason.
40 10. 35th street. e. Hall. 544 E'
34th street; Schmall. 3449 State St;
H. M. Lackey. q. 37th street; w. F.
Lawton, 3717 State street; w. +.
201 e. 37th street; Burrows. 201 Z.
37th street; w. ]. Waters, 3i57 State
street, Benz Bluitt. 3102 Indiana ave-
nue.; James f., Lawson, 259 e, 35th
street; M A. Majors. 47OO State street;
Arthur Massey. 3457 State street; Jas.
p. Mcconnell e. 37th street; Herbert
A. Turner, 1858 State street; Anna
B. Schultz, 34sO Calumet avenie.
Among the well known druggists
reported are; H. B. Sanders. 1880
State street; Harry Kelly, 300 State
street; The Crown 3039 State street;
-. p. Hubbard, 80 L. 31st street; w.
F. Bowden. 10 w. 31st street; wal
green Drug Co., 1901 State street.
The list sent by Major Dalrymple
is the first of series under prepara-
ton for inspection at Washington. It
is reported that one south side ply
sician wrote as high as 800 prescrlp-
tions in a day.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
ATTORNEYS WILL MAKE AN EFFORT
TOSAVE ARKANSASMEN.
WILL ATTEMPT TO SECURE
HEARING in U. S. DISTRICT
COURT.

Little Rock. Ark. April 29.-Habeas
Corpus proceedings Will be Instituted
In the United States District Court 10
secure hearing for the six Phillips
county Negroes. whose death sentences
were affirmed by the Arkansas SUI
preme Court Monday. or a writ OF ar
ror to the United States Court from
the state Supreme Court will he
asked, ~. l.. McHaney OF the law firm
OF Murphy and McHaney. aftornevs
Tor the Negroes, said yesterday. Mr..
McHaney said It had not been de.
cided what procedure would be taken.
instituted IL will be for the purpose
Of securing right guarantee under
the constitution OF the United States.
that OF equal protection Of the laws
MT. McHaney said. He said that one
OF the points raised In the case IN
population of Phillips county was
nve Nebroes to one white no Ne
gro had been on any jury in this
county for 30 years, and that the
Negroes were tried by jury OF white
men who were prejudiced against
them. In case a writ Of error sho,iIS
be asked Of the State Supreme Court
and Il should be refused attorneys
Tor the Negroes will carry the uues-
tion to the Supreme Court OF the
United States and ask that the United
states Supreme Court grant the writ
of error.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Open TubercuIar Hospital
For Virginia Negroes.

Richmond, Va, April 29.--The Pied
mont Sanatorium. the State sanatori-
um for the treatment of incipient and
moderately advanced cases OF tuber-
culosis among the Colored residents OF
the state Of Virginia, opened April
20. 1918. At present It consists OF an
eighty-bed sanatorium with n medical
superintendent and examiner, a resi-
dent physician, a head nurse and a
dietitian all specially trained In tub
erculosls. A training school Is being
conducted for the training of Colored
nurses specializing in tuberculosis,
who are on the same footing as those
trained at the white sanatorium at
Catawba and to whom the certificate
is given by the State Board OF Health.
The capacity of this school is ten.
With all beds full and a long watt
ing list the future Of Piedmont Is now
assured.
The EFFORT TO get more beds for the
treatment OF tuberculosis in the Negro
race must be made In the South,
and II behooves citizens of all races
and creeds to join in the effort Pub
licity Of facts will reveal to the law
makers and other leading citizens
some startling evidences OF the inter-
dependence Of the two chief races Of
tn South. When this fact Is as fully
realized by the general public as II
is now by those vitally interested In
tuberculosis no difiiculty will be cx-
perienced in obtaining adequate treat
ment for all affected.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Efforts Made for Better Re.
latiOns in Chicago.
(By Associated Negro Press)

New York, N Y, April 29.-The
gravity of the racial situation in
Chicago at the present moment is
acknowledged by the partisans of all
viewpoints. Three groups of organi-
cations seem to be most actively in
terested in present and future con-
uation. The first of these to be mem
toned, perhaps, should be the as
sociations of real estate property
owners In Hyde Park and Kenwood.
And second, the leagues and circles
of the Colored people in the so-called
Black Belt. Third, and significantly,
women's clubs Of both white and
Colored races who have formed an
Inter-R Racial Committee for the ad-
vancement of better relationships be-
tween the two races, for the purpose
of getting all facts and all light pos
sible on how the machinery OF law
and order is operating to prevent oc-
currences such as those Of the sum-
mer Of 1919.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Opposes Union Of Methodist
Churches.

Birmingham. Ala, April 29.-Un-
qualified opposition to the proposal
for unification of Methodist Churches
was sounded by Bishop Collins Denny
in a speech before Methodist minis-
ters and laymen in the Sunday School
room of the First Methodist Church
Bishop Denny discussed from every
angle the plan to unionize the Meth
odist Churches of the country "The
proposed union has its weaknesses. :"
declared Bishop Denny. 1t would
place the Negro on the same footing
with the white people and allow them
to enter the white churches as MEM
bers. Those who favor the plan de-
clare that Negroes would not enter
white churches Now we have sepa-
rate railroad cars for Negroes, yet
they have to be taken from these
care occasionally. When they go be-
yond their rights where they are
forbidden by. the law. what will be
the result when it is in conformity
with the law? There would be approx
imately S03 900 Negroes affected by
the plan of unification. That is one
of every 40. Why should we accept
a plan that affects six million white
people and put them on the same
basis with 303. 900 Negroes?"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
MERCY HOSPITAL GIVEN CHANCE TO
INCREASE TRAINING FACILITIES.
SOCIAL SERVICE BODY Of
FERS FUND FOR UP-KEEP
OF ADDITION.

Philadelphia. Pa, April 29.-The
Trustees of the Mercy Hospital which
has been doing very creditable work
for twelve years in a converted dwell
ling, have chosen the beautiful site
of the Episcopal Divinity School. The
Whittier Centre. social service or
ganization composed mostly of influ-
enttal white persons who are endeav-
oring to improve the health and liv-
delphia. felt that improved facilities
should be afforded Colored young
women to learn trained nursing here,
To that end they made an offer to
Mercy Hospital, that If they succeeded
in obtaining the new site they were
striving for. the Whittier Centre
would contribute a fund sufficient
to support the best Superintendent of
Nurses obtainable. white or Colored
The Board of Directors of Mercy Hos
pital were unanimously in favor of
having a Colored woman for that no.
sition, feeling that her Influence
be greater with Colored nurses and
by her example fill them with more
inspiration. They accepted the offer,
which was most generous one. con-
ndent that they would be able to
measure up with any available white
woman.
Miss Lula G. Warlick, r. N. form
merly Assistant Superintendent of
Provident Hospital, Chicago, but more
recently Superintendent of Nurses at
the Old General Hospital, Kansas
City. Mo-. has just entered upon the
duties of a similar position at the
new Mercy Hospital In Philadelphia.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
California Church Elects
Delegates to Gen. Conference


Los Angeles, CAL, April 29.-Wiilis
O. Tyler, a prominent lawyer of this
city hae been elected by his church
lay delegate to the General Con-
ference of the A. M. e. church which
will begin in the City of st. Louis.
on the third of May. Mr.. Tyler, who
represents the int llectual type of the
race was born in Blooming, Indiana,
July 10. 1880; graduated a Bachelor
of Arts. Indiana State University,
1902; graduated q Bachelor of Law,
Harvard Law school. 1918; member of
the Illinois Bar and of the California
Bar; 32nd Degree Mason; and at the
one bundrad nits nas afsactin pt1seusHu Sisn Gx1r
nation against the race in theatres
and places. of public accommodation.
and secured a verdict Of the Supreme
Court of this State-the first of its
kind ever rendered, to the effect that
private individual could not insert
a clause in a deed which prohibited
the future sale to persons of African
descent.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Chicago Lawyer Displaces
Congressman Madden.

Chicago. ILL.,. April 29.-Edward H.
Wright was elected Committeeman in
the Second Ward yesterday over War
rem Douglass, his chief opponent, by
two thousand, nine hundred and six
votes. He will be the only Colored
man in the County Central Committee.
No other ward in the city had Colored
candidates in the field
Congressman Martin B. Madden has
been committeeman for the I'd ward
for years; and his replacement shows
the growing political strength of the
Race. Wright. who is a Thompson ap-
pointee as special attorney for the
traction commission. has long been
prominent in Second Ward politics,
serving until recently as Assistant
Corporation Counsel.
The Colored vote was solid for
General Leonard Wood and enabled
him to carry Cook County by a plu-
rality of 1888. Wherever there were
Colored voters Wood showed strength,
carrying Cairo and the southern end
of the state handily. 1t had not been
expected that he would defeat Gov.
Lowden's machine in his home state,
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Greek Letter Frat" Endorses
Gen. Wood.
Especial to Express)

Champaign, ILL.,. Apr. 2a--Last week
the Grand Chapter or the Kappa AL
pha Psi Fraternity in session at Illi-
nois University reelected Mr.. Irwin
Armstrong. A. B., of Indiana Univer-
sity, and prominent citizen of In
dianapolis, and prominent citizen of
dianapolis, Grand Polemarch.
Kappa Alpha Psi is one of the ma
tional Colored Greek letter fraterni-
States
A straw vote taken by p. M. Ba-
coyne and v. La Maier Hicks. OF Illi-
nois University who were on the re-
ception committee of Champlain, which
entertained General Wood April 7th,
showed the Kappa Alpha Psi Fra
ternity is 100 per cent for the Gem
eral for president of the United States.
Mr.. Hicks was second lieutenant in
Headquarters Company at Camp Fun
ston, under General Wood, and long
before the general announced his cam
didacy he showed his impartiality to
race or creed thus: There is only
one color in the United States Army
and that color is "olive drab." So he
advised the American soldiers at
Camp Funston two years ago.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-01
Steps on Mans Toes in Street
Car; Shot.

Atlanta, Ga, April 29.-M. v. Rags
dale, white, twenty-three years old
Of lO7 Payne avenue shot Ernest vii.
iiams, Colored of IL Means street, on
the English avenue car al the corner
of John and Gray streets. Saturday
afternoon. The Colored man was sent
to the Gardy hospital, where ii was
found that the bullet entered the alb
domen. and 1t is believed he will die.
According to Ragsdale, the street
car was crowded and he was standing
on the. platform. Williams attempted
to to board the car between blocks.
stepping on his feet He demonstrated
with the man for tramping upon and
mashing his feet. pushing him off.
and struck Ragsdale, and the other
Coiored man 1t is said got out his
Ragsdale then pulled his gun and
fired at one of the men. The other
Colored man jumped from the car
and fed