The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16

compress burned. thousands OF
bales of cotton and several loaded
cars were destroyed. People from
miles around visited the scene Sum
day. Mrs. Mary Webster. Mr.. Alfred
Motley, Sandy Martin and Hon. Geo.
w. Sledge attended the Grand Con-
vention of the F. /. S. at Waco last
week. Prof. J. w. Barrett is doing
some effective work on the High
School, DR.. E. Young has splendid
practice. He always wants the Ex-
press. Mrs. Mona Lewis opened
school at Little Rocky on the 4th.
Currie School of which Mrs. r. E.
Hall is principal. opened with a
nice enrolment Monday. Miss Annie
Rich left Saturday night to live with
her uncle in Houston. Miss Fleta
Caldwell and Mr.. J. Covington were
married at the brides home Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Wilburn is at Rosebud
attending the bedside of very 81 *
sister. Miss Alice Murphy is spend
John Williams is sick Mrs. c. B.
Williams is delegate to the B. NJ. and
E. Convention at eBaumont this
week.
Itasca, Oct. 14.-Sunday School was
well attended this being our super
intendent's eighth anniversary. Bro.
F. NJ. McGinnis, assistant, superin-
tendent conducted Sunday School. At
IL o'clock. The pastor preached
another of his soul stirring sermons.
At o'clock we re-assembled to carry
out the program of the superinted-
ent's eighth anniversary. Each one
was requested to bring a many pen
MES as they were years old. A
neat sum was realized. At 6 o'clock
the B. Y. P u. met. A contest was
had between Mrs. B. A. Burton and
Mrs. A e. Carter. Amount raised
$8.O8. Mrs. Carter raised the high
est amount, thereby winning the
comb. At night the Rev Prescott
of Fort Worth preached for us. One
accession to the church. Mr.. Ben
Standifer, Mr.. Lonnie Norman and
Master Hillary Gill spent Saturday
in Waco. Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Nc
Ginnis, Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Bridge
water and Mrs. Jones made a flying
Josie johnson of Oceola is guest of
her sister. Mrs. McGinnis. Miss Lily
Gill has been sick hut is up again
Mr.. Gus Brown is convalescing. Mr..
Clay Richardson of Milford was here
Saturday.
Amarillo, Oct. 14.-Rev. A. G..
Menorgan, pastor of the Mt. Zion
Baptist Church is now raising money
to enlarge the church. Rev. Flour
noy, pastor of the G. M. E. Church
is raising money to buy parsonage
at cost 'of $4,000 They will pur-
chase the building from j. S. Stokes
Mr.. Red Henry has the largest and
finest tailor shop in Potter County.
Mrs. Ruth Elliott has returned from
Palm Beach, where she spent the
past seven months. Mr.. Martin jeff
erson is having his rent house re-
paired. Mrs. Bertha Calvin has re-
turned from Clovis, N. NJ Mr.. Robert
l.. CASTER has bought the Peoples
Cafe from ]. S. Stokes and the pub
lie will continue to find the Dallas
Express for sale. Sunday was a big
day at both churches. The reporter
is preparing to leave for Oklahoma,
his old home. and will be back when
the white people will allow the race
men to build them just such man
sions as they are able to build, and
quit selling them property they can't
use. The Star Sisters entertained
the Mason brothers Friday evening.
The Masonic will erect Temple here
in the near future All arrange
ments have been made.
Wichita Falls, Oct. 14.-The Social
Civic Club, under the leadership of
Mrs. A. NJ. WEIGH, is doing some
commendable work; Having fostered
the Washington Public School Play
Grounds throughout the season. They
are now efforting to install swings
and other recreative devices. This
is not a sectarian movement but
rather an endeavor to help all the
children of the public school, and
every mother as well as every race
loving woman should bestir herself
to ascertaining a knowledge of when
and where these ladies meet, and
join in and help this laudable cause.
They have an important announce
ment to make soon
The Carnival has, gone, also has
press sells in Wichita Falls every
Saturday like the Defender" sells
in Chicago. Get in the procession.
Services were good at all the church
es Sunday. Those who iourneyed to
the A. M. E. Church Sunday night
were treated to splendid sermon
by the pastor, Rev. j. L. johnson,
who preached from the subject who
are they, what are they doing, and
where is their homer His text, was:
Who are they that flies as the clouds,
and as a dove to its Window His
discourse depicted a graphic chro-
nologX of the A NJ. E. church from
the time that Richard Allen resented
and repudiated the Limitations of
the mother Bethel" in Philadelphia
one hundred and twelve years ago.
Rev. johnson does not claim that his
church is the best, but he AYERS that
from its founder, through all its
leaders, as well as its many members
are men and women, when viewed
as church polite, ,obsessed with
the basic principle, self Reliance
There is cooperative spirit OBJ
tanning among our people here. II
kept up, will place Wichita Falls
well up in the front rank when
viewed from a commercial standpoint
They seem to revere the oft told
story of. the old man with Seven
sons and seven sticks" and are ap-
plying it very judiciously in theii
business establishments. So may II
be. The Suffragette rally is now or
at Anderson Chapel A. M. E. church
The ladies being generated by Bro
Littlejohn, and the men marshaueC
by Sister Newton, will meet on com.
mon grounds on the second Sunday
in November to see who's Who.
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