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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
CUSTODIAN OF ACADEMY HAS HAD
REMARKABLE CAREER.


Baltimore. Md. Aug 19.-John w
Widgeon. the custodian of the Mary
land Academy of Science and author
ity on the flora and fauna of Mary
marfabe career. He was born in
Northampton County, Va, July 28'
1850 He attended a Freedman's Blu
reau School in Accomac County. Va,
from 1865 until he came to Baltimore
on January /, 1870. He worked at
waiting for a while and then went
to work for Kuhn and Cummings
who conducted photograph gallery
on Charles Street. There he. learned
something about the art of photo
eraphy. which has been an aid to
him on scientific investigating ex-
petitions.
He left to become janitor of the
Maryland Academy of Sciences in
1875. He studied various sciences and
II became very apparent to his en-
ployers that he was a valuable man
He was sent on expeditions and gain
cred many specimens about 1.-THE state
He captured whale in the Ches-
pealSe Bay and dissected it. When
the Academy closed down about Al
years ago. John Hopkins University
got many of its geological specimens
The late DIR. William Bullock Clark,
for many years head of the geological
department. of Johns HOPKINS Jniver-
sity and others interested in scien-
tifc pursuit. had every confidence. In
WluEeOH kHOWltuEc llC-
quently consulted him.
After the Academy ceased function
ing he went with Sharp and Dohme
mountaineering chemists. where he
remained for Is wears. He picked UP
u working knowledge of chemistry
while there.
When the Academy resumed oper-
alton he came back as custodian
Following the death of DR.. Phillip
r. Uhler. he served as. acting curator
for several years Mr.. Wigdeon has
gone on several scientific expeditions
to the West Indies and South Amer
lea, and coral reef found in the Carib-
bean Sea by him has been mounted
and placed on exhibition at the Acad-
envy. The Academy has elected him
life member as a reward for his
ACCOMPLISH ments in natural science.
A man of quiet habits, his accom-
plishments were very little known
except by those who loved nature and
science until few vars ago. DR.
Booker T. Washington offered him
position at Tuskegee Institute but
he declined to accept
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
Tuskegee Sends Delegates to
R. 0. I. c.
lAssociated Negro Press

Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Aug ~
Institute represented at the
Reserve Officers Training Camp when
was held at Camp Custer. Michigan;
twenty-five of the sixty-four Coioreo
students there were members OF the
r. o. I, c. Organization at Tuskegee
Institute. In a letter to Dr. Motion,
one of the officers at Camp, Custer
comments upon the work OF the rus
kegee boys as follows:
Il have nothing but the highest
words of praise and commentator
for these noble sons of the South ana
Of our race who came imbued with
the ''Tuskegee Spirit of making good
no matter what the handicap. Rlght
well, indeed, have they in every course
demonstrated their manliness-excel-
lent character-efficiency and the
evidence of the sound and thorough
training received at their lnstitu-
ton"
of Cadets at Tuskegee Institute, Wis
tied Camp Custer. and upon his ar
rival a silver loving cup was pre-
sented to the Tuskegee boys for their
fine record by the 1900 other students
Capt, Charles Eaton was among those
in charge.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
Says Democrats VIII Try For
Negro Vote.
(AssoeIated NEGRO Pressl

Kansas City. Mo-, Aug. 19.-That
there VIII be real activity among the
Democrats TO reason with the Negro
vote" is indicated by several con-
ferences that thave been neld in this
city. Chicago and Ohio recently. Jas.
A. Ross of Buffalo. N. T.. one OF the
most conspicuous of the Democrats;
las been gun shVcing' recently, and
stated that there viii be a chance
tor Cox to get some Negro votes II
he can overcome the double-eross that
President Wilson hung ON the sacred
shoulders of the late Bishop wal
ters."
The Tulsa (okla.) Star is one of
the most substantlan of the race
newspapers advocating Democratic
etT Harding's address Of acceptance.
The Star has the following to say
"It is well for our Republican
friends to remember that it is unwise
woods. They are just now in high
state of ecstasy because Senator
Harding in his speech of acceptance
at Marion expressed his personal be,
lief that the rights and privileges oil
our group should be Guaranteed by
the Constitution. In this he differed
from the National Republican plat
form, adopted as the voice of tbs
made no mention from start to finisf
of our rights and privileges, and this
despite rhe fact. that our most dis.
tinguished Colored Republican lead
and pleaded FOR Gods sake. please
mention u.s." As Miss Brown, pres
ident of Women's Federation. aptlJ
expressed it: They gave us a splin-
ter not a plank" In this instance
Senator Harding is an "artful dodg
err for he expresses belief in thu
Constitution, Guaranteed rights anC
Privileges already guaranteed us by
the XIV and XIV Amendments Thos'
amendments were adopted years be
fore the Senator made his speech a
Marion. and although we have haC
| Republican presidents backed up D,
| republican senate and house OF rep
resentatives with strong republican
majorities. they have failed to pas
the necessary legislation to enforc'
these amendments. The guarantee Il
one thing; to enforce is another. Dur
| During the Grant administration their
were Federal troops in the South wh'
ed in the enjoyment of rights and priv
| ileges as citizens. When Hayes, jus
such another Ohio republican as Sen
| ator Harding. became president, n
lowed is never to be forgotten his
| tory to all of us. If the prohibition
amendment had been permitted t
lapse into the same inocuous desuetud
-----simply guaranteed and not en-
| forced---- lilIe--the XIV and Ky
Amendments, moonshining would b.
aeen on every hand. But prohibitio'
is enforced at a cost of many mil
lions to the Federal Government. s.
religiously has 1t been enforced tina
the advocates of prohibition fear tn
| opposition aroused may be sufticien
to repeat 1t. Had not the Republican
Party been too cowardly to provid
enforcing Legislation ut time of adopt
| ing the XIV and XIV Amendment
there may have been no reason 70
the great Exodus from the Sout
today Let's be honest and truthful
| friends 1t is the lack of enforcement
that keeps US all awake of nights
Now isn't it?''
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28

forceful The Sunday School and b.
Y. p. U. were we'll attended. Rev.
e. D. Parker, the pastor of the Gal
lice Baptist church, was at his post
and preached at morning, evening
and night services. Sunday School
and B. Y. P. u. were quite a success.
Mr.. w. M. Smith, Mrs. Beulah Hen
derson and Miss Matte Brown were
appointed delegates to the Western
District Convention which convenes
at Hobart, Okla. They will leave
Tuesday. Rev. Strawther preached
at the A. M. e. church. Mrs. Annie
Lee died Wednesday morning and was
buried Friday evening. MIR. and Mrs.
Stetson from Shreveport, La, are
here for a while at 10 Columbia
Street. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Richie
from Duncan are here visiting her
sister, Mrs. Helen Galloway at
ID Avenue.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
DISCUSSES NEGRO sPIRITUALs IN
CONCEHT WORK.

(ASsoCiated Negro fressls
white South is manifestlng renewed
interest in the music Of our group.
Says. the birmingham Alabama Age
on the subject:
Musical America thinks that the
class of songs known as Negro spiri-
tuals, is much overdone. The best
music of this sort has been familiar
to southern people for many years.
but 1t has been in vogue on the con-
cert stage only a short time.
1t had come to q full flower at the
music club biennial held in Birming-
ham in 1917, and since then the Plan
tation songs with their mourntul
well-educated musicians have been
sung to appreciative audiences In
England and America.
But while the writer in Musical
America is not far wrong when COM
plant Is made that the abuse is in
the singing of the so-called splrituals
by white artists rather than Negroes
of plantation environment in the at
tempt Interpretation by concert ar
lists, who know nothing OF southern
life, the artistry Is all but lost.
Negro jubilee singers are never
"let Off" until they have responded
to a request of Swing Low, SWEEP
Chariot" II is singularily appealing
but sung by a white troupe falls nat
Deep River" is a great song, ano
may be rendered to good effect by
white artists as well as negroes
Those who heard ii here in Birming-
ham by the Paulist choir. written II
eight part harmony are still haunted
! by II.
Mary Gillen is achieving wonderful
success with southern melodies OBJ
tanned by her at first hand In thu
| cabins in Mississippi and Alabama
and harmonized by Oliver ChalifouX
She is featuring them in lyceun
course this summer, and especial!
are the Great Camp Meetin" an
Jesus Walks" received with thrill
every time she sings them.
AS to the musical value OF the splr
ituals the late Antonin Dvorak, on
of the foremost of modern composers
came to the United States, and Will
here made a sympathetic study o
Negro tunes. He found in them on
true folk-song The American India
had rythm. but the Negro has no
only rythm but is gifted in a hlg
degree with the sense of melody.
Dvorak made fine use of the ,spir
itual. His new world" symptom,
his new world" string quartet an
of what he found that could be ap
piled to beauty The adagio of tn
ever popular symphony comes direC
from the plantation. while its treat
ment is not so masterfhl as the larg
in the same work. which. by the wa!
is not southern. but rather reminis
cent of the vast prairie of the lowl
pines. But the flavor and coloring {
the symphony as WHOLE is Negr
folk lore.
If the spirituals are overdone b
singers, it is only because the settin
lacks realism. The best of the me
odies appear to be perennial.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
BLACK FRENCH TROOPS HOSTILE
TO Turks

Constantinople, Aug. 26.-The French
black troops of occupation are very
hostile to the Turks. Many of these
troops are .Sengalese. They wear bright
green uniforms and red fezZes and their
faces are decorated with scars across
the cheeks and around the eyes, and
although they are Moslems, they get
on badly with the Turks, especially in
the interior, where much of the feeling
against the French Is traceable to the
black troops. These Sengalese are i'm
Dued with the belief that they are be-
Turks.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
roLIcE TRIAL BOARD HEARS Ey-
IDENCE IN FLAG BURNING CASE

POLICE TRIAL BOARD HEARS Ey-
IDENCE IN FLAG BURNlNG CASE
ASSOCIATED Negro Press).
Chicago, Ill, Aug. 5.-White and
Coiored witnesses told varying stories
before the police trial board at the
trial of James Cooley. and John J;
Vaughan, white partolmen; charged
Abyssinian trouble Of June s0th.
The witnesses fre9ue 1t,Sp drew If Wa 10m-
an and Cooley and that of Joseph
p. owens, Negro p TaT tSa %mer %no
f,ag when the Abysslnlan paraders
attempted to burn a., it ns Owens T as
say syas Extraordinarily awarded 800 for
his bravery by The Chicago Tribune,
Henry ii. Gold. Colored. said he
called the attention of Vaughan and
Cooley to the incipient riot and that
Cooley FASTENED to telephone and
Vaughan backed around the corner
of Thirty-fifth street and Indiana
Avenue when the paraders covered
him with guns and rushed Tor an
other telephone.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
SAYS IGNORANCE GREATEST IL
ABILITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE.

Macon, Ga. Aug. 5.-Professor G..
r. Hutto, OF cambridge. in address,
ing the Grand Lodge OF Knights of
Pythias in session in this city. de-
liability of the American people, and
called upon every Knight of Pythias
in Georgia to do his part in helping
to wipe II out In addressing 1000
Knights and members of the Court
OF Calanthe, in joint session. he said.
1T believe that the time Is now that
Georgia is going to furnish better
tchools and better teachers for our
people, and we are going TO show
our appreciation by keeping our child
rem in them. II is cheaper to build
good schools and employ good teach
ers, than to build jalls and employ
police officers. Let Georgia take the
and illiteracy."
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
ANTE BELLUM NEGRO ADDRESSES
GEORGIA HOUSE

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. zb-WtHTIHB u
coat of confederate gray, the Rev. VIII
liam Mack Lee, colored minister ad-
dressed the Georgia House of Represen-
tatives last Tuesday afternoon. He was
introduced by representative Harvln
Negro minister In the state of Vir-
ginia who voted the Democratic ticket.
He also declared his perfect faith in
the white man of the South doing the
right thing for his race. Lee is selling
book Of "reminiscences of the war.
He is said to have been the cook of
General Robert h. Lee.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
MARYLAND NEGROES NAME NEGRO
EOR III. \. SENATOR.

baltimore, Nd, Aug. 26.--Indignant
at their failure to get recognition
in city and state patronage prominent
nominate w. Ashby Hawkins, Colored
attorney, for the United States Sen
ate and oppose Senator John Walter
Smith Democrat, and Il. O. Weller,
Republican candidate.
sons to sign the nomination petition,
which will be filed with the secre-
tary of state before Hawkins name
can can go on the ballot.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
ARE CONDUCTING NEGRO chill
DREN CLINIC

Columbia, s. C., Aug. 26.-A Negro
childrens clinic is being conducted here
by a group of Columbia physicians,
Clinics have been conducted for some
time for white children but this is the
nrst time that Negro children have
been given consideration in this CON
nection. The Negro children's clinics
VIII fill an important part in the gen
eral work of suppressing communica
Bile Diseases in the city
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
wOMEN's FEDERATION CLOSES
GEgCUnN

Brooklyn, N. Y, Aug. 2S-Tbe
Northeastern Federation of Colorad
Women's Clubs closer its annual con-
yention in this city last Friday night
Miss Elizabeth Carter closed the ses-
sions with an. eloquent plea for race
frage in its relations to colored women
and other questions of economic and
social Improvement were discussed dnr-
ing the week Nu'
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
DIR. ROBERT II. MOTION HEADS Ma
TIONAI, BUSINESS LEAGUE.

Philadelphia, Pa. August 2G.--Dr.
Robert r. Motion. Principal of Tus-
kegee Institute was reelected Pres
League amid cheers and a most won
derful outburst of enthusiasm Mt tn !
Friday morning session held in the
Academy OF Music Wednesday even
ing I'r. Mctcn delivered his annual
address which attracted koen attcn-
ton and intense interest from all in
attendance.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
NEGROES DO NOT TAKE UP FREE
EDUCATION OFFER

Bristol, Va, Aug. 26.-Funds Tor the
free educational scholarships for white
eX-service men have been exhausted.
but there remains a considerable sum
of money available for Negroes The
Negroes have not given the offer much
consideration, and as consequence
their portion of the fund is yet on
hand. movement is on foot to slim
ulale interest In this matter.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
COMPLETE Y. VI c. A. ORGANIZA-
TION IN MISSISSIPPI

jackson, Miss, Aug. 26.-The Young
Mems Christian Association of Misiss-
ippi has nearly completed the work of
organization for the formation of
groups for inter-racial work in this
state. large force of field men have
been conducting the campaign and sew
enty- three counties have committees
of white and colored workers, includ-
ing a white chairman.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28

a mob of about twenty men forced
the jail and took him out on rail-
him tell what he knew OF the muir
der Apparently no information was
gotten from him. and he has never
been seen or heard from since that
night.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
COLORED WOMAN is PUT ON
POLICE EORCE

Washington. ID. c., Aug. 26.-Adelaide
Childs, colored woman of this city,
has been appointed a police woman.
She took the civil service examination
for the place and passed with a high
percentage. Miss Childs is twenty five
years old and Is college graduate.
She will be given work among the Col
ored population.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
APPOINT cOLoRED CITY pHYsr-

savannah Ca. Au. 26.-Dr. r. 6
Beleher has been appointed colore
city physician by the Mayor His an
pointment followed the adoption OF n
city ordinance that provided for two
"ni'e city physicians and one colored.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
NEGROES ORGANIZE BOOSTERS
CVITn

Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. ga Colored
boosters Club" has been organized in
this city. The projectors of the move
ment declare that THE Purpose of our
Organization is to put the city of Ham
ilton on the Map" Most of the prom
inent colored men of the city are en-
rolled in the club
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
OPEN Y. NJ. c. A. CAMP FOR
COInREn HnVG

Sheperdsville, KY. Aug. 26.-The
was opened last Tuesday and will be
continued here through the month of
August. The boys who attend the camp
Will be picked from the high schools
the Sunday Schools and the Boy Scouts
throughout the state.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
WILL ESTABLISH PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR NEGROES

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 26.-The Fulton
County Commissioners are considering
the appropriation of $4,000 to be used
In providing a public library for Ne
groes in this city. Prominent citizens
are interested In the matter and II is
freely predicted that the library will
be reality in very short while.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE For
MTTRnVCIl

son and Arthur Billings were Sivan ~
sentences In the criminal court last
Thursday: They were accused OF xiii.
Ing Frank Rogers. a white farmer OF
Rosemark VI
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
FINED FOR GIN s9Cor,xc,

Speaker Negro, was fined 500 on for
'toting" a gun. Max was tried in The
local court and when he admitted hsve
ing the gun In his possession the court
promptly imposed the fine u'
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
BAHAMA MEN HAVE A DEPOSIT IN
CHARLESTON RANK

Charleston, s. c., Aug. 26.-A deposit
OF $l,49S is in the Charleston Postal
Savings Bank to the credit OF 1913 Ba :
building of port terminal during the
war. The money is held subject to the
call of identified claimants.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COL
DRIED TEACHERS Glasses

Baltimore, Nd, Aug. 26.-The Nation
al Association of Colored Teachers
closed its annual convention last Sat
urday morning. l.. G.. Rowan, Of AL
corn, Miss, was elected president. Mrs
Matte l.. jackson was chosen secre-
tarN.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
LYNCH TwO IN OzARK. ALABAMA

Ozark, Ala, Aug. 26.-Sills Spinks
and Juster Jennings were lynched here
last Saturday night following an at
tack on a white woman at Midland
City. The bodies of the two Negroes
were discovered on the road between
here and Midland City. Several Me-
groes have been given notice to leave
the city at once. Feeling is very high
and there may be more lynchings.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
OKLAHOMA TOWNS

Lawton, Oklahoma, August 2--Rev.
II. L. Owens. the pastor Of Bethle-
hem church. preached morning and
night. Both sermons were very
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
ROTARY PLAY GROUND OPENED
FOR CQI.lREn CHIInREN

BrooKIyn, N. Y, Aug. ia Rotary
playground has been opened for col
ored children at the Flatbush extern
sion and Willoughby Avenue. The
playground is In operation every day
from a. m. to 8 D. m.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
PARIS GRAND JURY INDICTs FIVE

Paris, Texas, Aug. 26.-The Grand
jury which was impannelled at the
true bill of Indictment against Ave nera
sons for participation in the recent
lynchings. The indicted will be tried
al the next term of court The Jury
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
WILL OPEN SCHOOL FOR NEGRO
GIRLS

montgomery, Ala, Aug. 26.-Plans
for an industrial school for Negro Girls
are being perfected by a committee of
which Annie Abercrumbie is the head
The school will be opened within the
next month
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-05
THOUGHT A LoI
Cut Really, Under the Circumstances,
There Was Nothing the Actor
Manager Could Say

The late Oscar HammerStein, who
had genius for advertising his lheGt-
rical enterprises, used to tell u story
about an English actor-manager's at
tempt to follow his example.
MY conferee,' Mr.. Hammerstein
would say, was having a new thea-
ter built IN London. Casting about
for some good way to advertise it. he
decided that an admirable scheme
would he to have the workmen while
excavnting for the foundation come
across Roman antiquities. So he stole
down to the operation at dead of night
and deposited a number of costly, gen
uine Roman antiquities just below the
surface OF the spot being excavated.
'The next morning he arrived in
haste to hear the news of the great
find and report it TO the journals. See
ing that the men had already dug well
below his hidden treasure, he said:
"Good morning. foreman, Any
thing interesting this morning?'
"'No. sir. not % thing, sir the fore
man answered.
"The actor-manager looked at the
bullying pockets of the workmen and
said nothing. What corld he sayi"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-05
shrub NAV Prove Valuable.

Two years before the war, as the
story is told, two German chemists
applied for permission TO experiment
with the plant life on great serli-arld
ranch In central Mexico. Their re-
quest was granted. with the under
standing that they furnish complete
report of their findings. The two
chemists worked feverlshly, ard chiefly
on a squat. odorous shrub called go
beinadora," long reputed TO possess
medicinal properties. Suddenly they
disappeared; what they had discover
ed was never known. Now, after ex.
nerlments with this same desert
shrub which they have found in drIer
parts of New Mexico chemists Of the
United States department OF agricui-
tarn believe that they have discovered
another alkaloid TO add to the list
Which already includes morphine,
duinine and cocaine. It's chemical and
pharmaceutical properties are now I'M
der NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mechanics
Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-05
AFTER PARLoR REDS
That Some Are American Born VIII
Not Save Them.

Washington, Jan. 4-Unable TO
prosecute.the so-cal!ed parlor Bolshe.
visits, long hal ed men and short hair
ed women who encourage agitators
and promote sedition as pastime,
Attorney General Palmer today is.
sued an appeal TO Congress for
prompt action on the bill submitted
by him several months ago which
would strengthen the hands OF the de
partment Of justice in dealing with
American citizens considered danger.
GUS to the nation.
Coming on the heels of the most
successful nationwide raid ever made
in this count = on centers of radical
propaganda, Mr. Palmer's statement
was regarded with unusual interest
by representatives and senators here
for the reeonven.ng Of Congress u
morrow.
At least one of the men taken in.
the raids is city official, and nuner-
Gus othe. s are natives of this country
or have taken out citizenship papers
aa;er long residence. 1t IS these that
Mr.. Palmer desires to handle through
the federal courts rather than to
leave their punishment TO state TT b.
unals and in the absence of a federal
law he is unable to do so.