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hiSSES.

speaking Of "llisses," allow me To
nominate the member from the SEC
OND DISTRICT on the following
PLATFORM: % the FIRST KISS is
more or less hasty, catch .as-catch-
can experiment at best, whereas the
SECOND Mss is premeditated in
thought and action; Co The FIRST
Kiss may be good. bad or Indifferent,
but tho SECOND has TO be GOOD or
you don't take IL: 81 The SECOND
MISS has the LENGTH lacking in the
FIRST and the KICK wanting in the
THIRD, etc.
L. Sail kisses are sood, but give
me the SECOND one. OHIO
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lie lives to an unrpe old age and dies havino
achieved every Americans ambition OF leaving
a thumbprint on n high ELK hat.
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Yes. "CHoCCOLOCCo" is the name
OF the Alabama town SOUTH ERN
SLIM" asked about c. J. MENASCO
was a former railroad man and usei
10 go through there. The town Is
between Atlanta and Birmingham
others who give the name are c. S.
DAVIS, MARY ANNE, and l..
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employment agency Tor cabinet help
He has already fired eleven full cabinets be-
foro he has hired 'em, Which indicates a hasty
Ohio disposition. Even Woody didn't can any
body until he had been President for almost nve
minutes.
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A LOST TEETH CLUB.

Digging into everything for mys-
terry or mirth, with true II and s
spirit ABU HASSAN finds a lost ad
in The Post of recent date that may
enable tie formation of a Lost
Teeth Club as rival of the Lost
Pants Club recently organized.
Here's the ad:
FALSE TEETH dover
plate) Saturday, between
the hours of & p. m. and
A NJ. Reward
Here's ABU HASSAN'S comment:
1T looks suspicious. 7 ask you
Bill. what object has set of falsc
teeth wandering around this village
between those hours? Maybe these
arc the false teeth President Ham
showed the Public Utilities Commits
sion when he tried to get an in
creased car fare"
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Small Boy saw you kiss Sis, and
If you don't give me 10 cents I'll tell
Young Msn-Here's the dime.
Boy--Thanks. That makes IS I've
made this season already.
JUDGE FROG.
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/ actually read this in a New
Hampshire paper:
FOR SALE-Second-han automo-
bile, by lady with one wheel gone
THE KID
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Noticed sign in front Of the
Metropolitan theater:
UNSEEN FORCES now Playing
JACK.
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Mark Twain once expressed belief that forty
nine of every hftv men honest, But
Mark never paid 30 cents o pound for sugar and
sl9b month rent for + four.room apartment
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Just when a cnbinut member gets expert
enough to be seated comfortably on tho lumpy
tails OF his full dress uniform, he picks up
flashlght picture OF the cabinet and discovers
that he ant in Il. Then he knows that he has
resigned after mature elaboration.
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There are ten Jobs open in tho Cabinut There
is the Secretary of Foreign Entanglements Sec
rotary Of Labor Strikes Sec of Army Graft Con-
tracts Sec. OF Bootlegging, Sec. OF War Taxes
the Postmusser-General and couple Of other
SECRETARIES.
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Mr.. B: :. Baer
The Cabinut.
By MANSFIELD

Our next President Harding has opened up an
employment agency for cabinet help.
He has already fired eleven full cabinets be-
Ohio disposition. Even Woody didn't can any
body until he had been President for almost nve
minutes.
The last bird mentioned for warrcn's cabinet
is Bill Bryan. Very correct. He should be tho
last cuckoo mentioned.
Charles f. Hughes, the only gent with two
full sets of whiskers on ono chin, also has been
subpoonsed by gossip for tho Job. Mr.. Hughes
was once the owner OF cabinet himself for
twenty four hours. He went to sleep President
but made tho fatal mistake OF waking up.
There are ten Jobs open in tho Cabnut There
is the Secretary of Foreign Entsnglements Sec
rotary Of Labor Strikes, Sec. of Army Graft Con-
tracts, Sec. OF Bootlcggng, Sec. OF War Taxes,
the Postmusser-General and couple Of other
secretaries.
Each vacancy pays 1900 checks a year. but
tho Jack is almost chewed up by tho tax on
amusements. Tho job isn't life Imprisonment
but only for the duration of feeble behavior.
Soon a cabinet member contracts symptoms
OF thinking in habit forming quantities, he is
smputated from his portfolio and receives
souvenir postcard with picture OF Union sta
ton on it.
The Penusylva ria runs - ~ popular three-dsy
excursions to Washington, patronzed by school
teachers in summer and cabinet members I'm
winter
Just when a cnbinut member gets expert
enough to be seated comfortably on tho lumpy
tails OF his full dress uniform, he picks up
flashlight picture OF the cabinet and discovers
that he Amt in Il. Then he knows that he has
resigned after mature elaboration.
He prepares newspaper statement in which
he states that he is sorry to leave the country
flat on its national debt but must resign, be-
cause he and the President were unable TO decide
whether veto was habit or a laundry mark
81 He goes back home and picks up the scattered
threads OF his life, sells the riparian rights to
his book four minutes in Washington. and
joins Post No. 6I45 OF Veterans OF The Cabinet
lie lives to an unripe old age and dies havinC
achieved every Americans ambition Of leaving
a thumbprnt on high ELK hat.
SORRY, BUT
To 90. r. H." "a RESPECTABLE BACHE-
LOR." III NJ" "a. n S." "F. II. b." and tho
member OF Washington Secular League tall OF
whom are Interested in tho letter signed IL. sly;
nd (Nh nj
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nd's troubles just now are Ireland,

highlands troubles just now are Ireland,
lack of employment and lack of money; three substantial
troubles The British government says lack of employment
is the most serious problem England at least is trying
to do something, building roads and undertaking other
public works to give work to the idle Paying travelling
expenses of unemployed Engshmen to the various British
colonies is suggested This country ALSO before long, will
have think plans give work those that need it,
first to avoid trouble and second to avoid loss that
be made good, the loss Of human labor through hleness
An indignant citizen wants to know why the
United States is spending than two millions in Eng
land to build lighter than air drgibe for the United
States Government. With many skillful American me-
chancs out Of work it preposterous that English
should make flying machines for this country Is the
American Government to rely England for its flying
machine in the event of with Japan
1t may be said behalf of the Govsrnmert that open
confession is good for the SOUL and building lying
chimes England admission that this country, which
squandered more than q thousand million dollars
aircraft program without getting aircraft realizes that
this Administration spend but can't build
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The Pennsylva MIA runs " popular three day
excursions to Washington, patronized by school
teachers in summer and cabinet members In
winter
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16
DISCUSS "YELLOw JOURNALISM
AND NEGRO.
CByN A. N. Pr

Chicago. Oct. 14.-In a recent gath
ering of the civics committee of the
Appomattox Club of Chicago, togeth-
er with the editors and publishers of
the daily newspapers and our news
papers, one of the strong points en-
phasized was the injustice of labor
ing every criminal story in which a
Negro is implicated with the badge
Of color" Evidence was produced
done and that constant reference to
race in such matters served to in
crease race feeling and prejudice.
It was shown that in many cases
such stories were written with ma
lice aforethought" by prejudiced re-
porters. and frequently without the
knowledge and against the policy of
the owners of the newspapers.
Nahum Daniel Brascher. editor in
in his address dwelt at length on
these facts. and gave concrete exam
Piles of two of the greatest dailies in
the country that have adopted the
policy with beneficial results The
two newspapers are The Cleveland
Dealer and The Cleveland Press of
Clevland, Ohio.
As a result of this conference, at
least one of the great dailies Of Chi
cago, has adopted the policy. The
The Chicago American, which is one
the country is the paper. In the re-
cent account of the attempt to lynch
three of our men because of the
killing of a street car conductor
where columns of first page news
were made. The Chicago American
did not at any time refer to race in
the stories 1t carried.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16
NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL CONDITI-
IONS REACHING CRISIS.

Chicago, oct. IA crisis in north
ern industrial conditions is impending.
On the solution to be worked out by
the most thoughtful men in the in
dustrial world will depend the eco
nomic future in the North of the
Negroes for the next generation and
more.
What is to become of the Negro
workers? Is the question being ask
been carefully watching the pre-war
ting flow of immigration from the
various countries of Europe. From
the manner In which immigrants are
f 2e ste nt ef mere uP SsS s State
week at this time. there is certain
to be q tension in industrial pursuits
In which the unsl1illed labor of our
group IL now employed.
The fact that the largest percen-
tage of the immigrants at this time
Is women does not lessen the problem.
Since the beginning of the war Col
ored women have been employed in
large northern Industrial plants in
great numbers. They are In the places
that used to be filled by foreign wom-
en-. VIII the new immigrants replace
the Colored women?
Investigation by The Associated Ne
gro Press disclosed the fact that
there are some employees among the
whites who VIII give the preference
to the white foreign women, merely
on basis of color and not efficiency,
On the. other band, for the present
at least, the majority prefer TO con-
In meeting the crisis there are three
men whom 1t is believed the race
can depend upon to consider the mat
ter from a strictly impartial view.
point. They are J. Ogden Armour, of
the packing induatriea. and Judge
Ebert H. Gray and Charles M. Scwab.
Of the steel industries. these being
the largest fields Of labor in which
These. men have. always shown a
ployees for two reasons. first be-
cause they speak English. and second
because they seldom mix in labor
The subject is so tremendous that
by the leaders of both races. The
problem. That section of the country
those who have moved North to re-
coming North. Under existing eco
South. the appeals are falling on
more perplexing for all. Added to
to displace Japanese workers in the
far West with thousands of Negro
laborers from the South
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NEGROES BEAT OFFICER WHO
SHOT BOB JOHNSON.

Baltimore. Md. Oct. 14.-Enraged at
the behavior of policeman at May
and Eden street. who shot a Negro
for alleged participation in a crap
game a crowd of the wounded mans
friends attacked the officer Herman
Rosenthral. former pugilist, and
Rosenthai, who was in citizens
is alleged to have sneaked up on the
men engaged in the game and seized
the man who held the dice. During
the, scuffle for freedom that ensued
the patrolman was knocked down and
his prisoner escaped. 1t is alleged
that Rosenthal pulled his pistol and
fired. According to Rosenthal, he was
pulling his revolver from the holster
when the weapon discharged, the
bullet striking a bystander.
Seeing one of their companions
fall. Robert Johnson of 116 Dallas
street. the crowd of fleeing men
turned on the officer. They told him
he had shot "a man not even in the
game and that HI (Rosenthal) was
under arrest. The officer was subject
ed to several minutes of rough treat
ment by some of the enraged men.
Finally. the patrol wagon arrived
on the scene and -Rosenthal jumped
into the patrol wagon and was taken
to Johns Hopkins hospital where
johnson had also been taken Physi-
clans stated that the bullet entered
Johnson's Jaw and came out Ahe
back of his neck. His condition is
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16
A SPLENDID PERSONALITY, INFLUENTIAL AND RE.
LIABLE. A BRILLIANT CAREER WELL REWARDED

DR.. W. NJ. Wilson who has been
pastor Of the Cochran Street Chris.
tian Church during the past year
and who was recently elected fol
the next conventional year without
. dissenting vote, was born In Baker
vIilc. N. c.. and was educated in the
common school at that place. He
went to Howard University and did
the work satisfactory there and Is
alumni of that school. He held gov
eminent position in the Capital City
OF the nation for many years He
resigned from the service OF the
government on the account Of his
health Dr.. Wilson served on the
Faculty of the Jarvis Christian In
stitute for three years. his service
was very efficient He was loved by
all the student body.
He was recently elected president
Of the Y. p. S. G. e. State Convention
of the State Of Texas. Also was
made Financial Secretary and Evan
gelist OF the Northern District OF
the State OF Texas. He is member
Of the Church State Board He will
be well into bis new field of work
by the LIST Of November.
Rev. Wilson is a well prepared man
for the work to which he has been
called, and he will make good In the
great work Of the kingdom to which
he has been called
He has, beyond doubt, demon
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strated his ability to do great
work by the way he has brought the
Cochran Street church out of its
struggle.
The state Y. p. s. c. q. made a
fine choice when they called DR..
Wilson to the presidency Of the or
ganizati0n. feel sure he will put
new life into 1t. He is making some
very large plans for the organiza-
ton and will endeavor to put them
into action at once. Every body can
not be lead and 1t is hoped that all
will fall in line and help him push
the work. that this may be the best
year we have ever had.
In speaking to me of the new field
Of work DR.. Wilson said in part:
My work in Dallas has been of the
most pleasant nature; my friends
have been source Of many pleas
.ures. OH well, some sorrows too
II | have ever succeeded in doing
we'll or putting things over, and if
am to succeed in the future. to
God and my friends, and in return
their loyalty to me, life once more
is beginning to have horizon. !"
May the God Of Glory crown him
with success.
DR.. Wilson is most convincing
and pleasing platform speaker. lie
is a race man pure and true, as we'll
as a churchman OF the highest order.
H. G. SMITH. Supt. and Sec'y.
of Missions.
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BANQUET GIVEN NEGRO MIR. e.
BISHOPS.
(Rv "a. M "a

.
Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. IA public
was rendered last night to Bishops
Robert T.. Jones and Matthew w.
Clair, the first men of the race to
be elected to such honors in the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church. It was held
under the. auspices of the. churches
adelphia and vicinity.
Bishop Joseph r. Berry, presided
and all the speakers alluded to the
event as an outstanding achievement
of race recognition. Among those who
spoke were Rev. John +. Fletcher,
adelphia district, DR.. l.. G. Murdoch.
ley.
The two bishops in whose honor
the reception was held were elected
at the Des Moines conference last
New Orleans, and was formerly edi-
tor OF the Southwestern Christian
Advocate. said 1t was the duty of the
church to bring about better relations
lieve in the superiority of the white
race. he continued. but realized that
II was at present the exponent of
the moral. spiritual and intellectual
ideas of the civilized world.
Bishop Clair comes from Washing
ton. ID. c.. where he is pastor of the
Asbury NJ. Z. Church. He leaves in
December to become Bishop of Liberia
He told of the duty of the church to
Liberia and asked that extend its
missionary operations there. He ask
ed for funds wherewith to buy a
steam launch to aid him in his mis-
sionary work.
After the exercises in the Academy
of Music a banquet was served In
East Calvary Church.
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MORE ON THE JAP QUESTION.

(By the Associated Negro Press)
Chicago. Oct. 1.-THE Japanese it
self down to a question of color, and
which is being watched most closely
by the Colored people of America
is growing more tense each day.
One of the most remarkable ut
terances yet made. and which car
ries a quotation from one of the
Japanese newspapers was published
by the Chicago Tribune The dispatch
comes from Toxic, and says:
"A section of the Japanese press is
growing more vitriolic toward Amer
ica despite the urgings OF many pub
licists for calmness.
"The Yorodzu. a prominent oppo-
sition paper in commenting editor
tally on the fact that the Los An
geles Times has Joined the San
Francisco press in an anti-Japanese
policy, says Americans are now at
tempting to force japan to fight
whether she likes 1t or not
In part the editorial said:
we never dreamed that America
would go to such lengths of selfish
ness and aggression so soon after
the war. We are unable to remain
calm when the United States is show
ing herself to be such a hypocrite. a
wolf In sleeps clothing. monster
masquerading as an angel.
After trampling Haiti and San
Domingo, under foot she now at
tempts interference in Saghalien. in
cites o revolt in Corea and stirs up
hostility on the part of China toward
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16
DR.. H. D. RICE AND SON
22OS Elm Street
DRUGGISTS
Specialized on all Face and Hair
Preparations.
1O-16-4t
GRAND JURY INDICTS 10
ON CHARGE OF LYNCHING

Hartford Ala. Oct 14.-Ten white
men have been indicted for first de-
gree murder by a Geneva county
grand jury as the result of the lynn
ching of Alto Windham on Septem-
Der 10, after he was alleged to have
made insulting remarks to a well
known white woman of the county.
Windham was apprehended at the
home of white resident shortly
after the offense with which he had
been charged and his custody de-
manded by persons representing
themselves as officers. Accompanying
the party. he was carried into a
swamp about three miles from Hart
ford. where he was shot to death.
The indicted in connection with the
death include:
Buster Gissendaner. walker Mem
ham, Lige burden, Aaron Windham
Dan Whitehead, Monroe Byrd, RUDE
burden, Some and RUDE Whitehead.
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SAYS REPUBLICANS HAVE NO
RULE ON COLORED SPEAKERS.


Chicago. Oct. 14.-Reports emena-
ting from various sources TO the ef,
feet that the Republican National
Committee has laid down a rule that
Colored speakers are not 70 appear
speakers. Is, branded as absolutely
false by Col. Henry Lincoln John
son, In charge Of the national bureau
and National Committeeman from
Georgia. Col. Johnson states that
there has been no such rule adopted,
or even suggested. and cites numer-
Gus occasions in various communities
where speakers of both races have
whte SPEAKERS 1s same braPpaed as apso
lutely false by Col. Henry Lincoln
Johnson In charge OF the national
bureau and National Committeeman
from Georgia. Col. Johnson states
adopted, or even suggested, and citi-
es numerous occasions in various
communities where speakers of both
races have appeared in all sections
The demands for speakers during
the last weeks of the campaign Is
increasing. The leaders Of both
groups are exercising caution In their
to have speakers go out who will
spill the beans" In the last grip
ping days Of the campaign where,
according to their convictions every
thing is going along IN tip-top shape;
the Bureau for Women, has been in
New York City looking over the
work OF the Eastern division which
Is under the direction of Mrs. Mary
and Miss Jeanette Carter of the same
city. Mrs. Fleming is enthusiastic about
the determination of the women to
become a part of the real political
life of the country.
on the part Of the southern politi-
clans about the activity of Colored
women. There is downright fear,
well founded. that the women do not
intend to passlvely submit to the IL
legal Acknowledgement of their sex as
has been forced upon the men OF the
South. One prominent woman of the
South. whose name Is a household
going to exercise our rights under
the law. We fear no evil; we will
not be bluffed away from the polls.
If bodily harm Is resorted to there
are two sides to the question and we
may as well begin to prepare for a
decision. a peaceful one. we fondly
hope. Why should we be denied our
votes?"
That soutberners have fallen back
on their old DOGGY of color scare Is
demonstrated by the manner in which
Gov Cox was introduced in southern
communities. without a protest from
him, as the white hope Of southern
womanhood."
In many respects, this is one of the
most peculiar campaigns in American
history. It Is anything but the old
fashioned hurrah kind of campaign,
where her red fire--great parades
--unbounded enthusiasm and torrid
sidewalk arguments, were the order
of the day. If one should hear a
group of fellows going down the
street yelling "Hurrah for Harding
and Coolidge" people would look at
them with establishment. Whether the
Nineteenth Amendment has anything
TO do with the matter is not known.
However .the people are thinking and
have convictions. The big battle
Kentucky Missouri and West Virgin
la. So certain are the Republicans
Of securing New York-Pennsylvania
and the othern Eastern states that
activity has slowed down.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16
COLORED WOMAN GETS POST
High Standing Wins Place ON City
Housing and Sanitation Staff.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. IA, 10:

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. IA, 1920.
The first Colored woman to be an
assistant inspector of housing and
sanitation in the Bureau of Health
was yesterday appointed to that pos
ition.
She is Wayne d. Turner of 726
South Sixteenth street. Miss Turner
was appointed from an eligible list
on which she. stood first with an
the names of seven candidates, of
whom the first two were women, in
Guiding Miss Turner. and the remain
Ing, five men. The. other woman on
the list is Mary E. Sullivan, of 234
South Thirty-ninth street whose
average is seventy-six and six tenths.
Miss Turner is a college graduate
and has had experience as a social
worker. 1t is expected that her SER
vices will be especially valuable in
the Colored sections of the city. Her
position pays a $1,000 a year.
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RESOLUTIONS.
Carthage. Texas. Semi. 3

Carthage. Texas, Sept 30. 1920.
! Whereas, the teachers are looked
upon as leaders among their people
along religions and educational lines
And Whereas we see the need Of
cooperation along the Industrial lines
Be II Resolved that the teachers
Organize themselves in cooperative
body of co-workers by the way of a
County School Meet on some fixed
date set aside by the Institute in
various contests and
Whereas. we have received an
invitation from the Shelby County
Teachers Institute to became a mem
Der OF the Division of the Dfstrict
County Meet. be it
Resolved that we affiliate with
said county in their meet.
Be II further Resolved. that we
the Institute, affiliate with some other
county in their Institute for the
ensuing yea-
Resolved that we. the teachers, at
tend the Teachers State Association
which convenes at Houston, Texas
Thanksgiving Day, which in itself
Is a source Of inspiration and growth
to the teachers.
BE II further Resolved. that we
have county school monthly paper
and each school send in news 10
this paper monthly. eV
Signed
REV ESQ MOORE
MR.. ROSS.
MR. j. HARRIS
MISS IDA GREEN
MR.. B. L. JOHNSON
MRS. J. H. PENDLETON
10 16-4t.