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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
COLORED YANK WRECKS
LONDON RESTAURANT

London, Jan. SIN a restaurant
known as the Picadilly Corner
House, a Colored man took a seat
and laid an axe on the table. Diners
smiled at the foible. They thought
he was going to order steak. Sud-
denly the man began to smash the
tables, chairs and china about him.
Hundreds of diners fled lit is large
restauranD, many more being tram
pied upon. More than $500 worth of
damage was done by the axe before
the man was oyerpowered.
The man said he was an American,
that he had been discharged by the
restaurant, and was. hungry His
actions are further explained by the
London Daily Mail as follows:
This is a common incident in the
United States. A man who is down
on his luck there will get an axe,
go into a restaurant and lay it on
table. An axe on table is we'll
known sign to restaurant proprie-
tors. who promptly pay out IS, for
they know that while they are fetch
ing the police the man can do in
finitely more damage"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
DEATH OF NEGRO OFFICER
COMES TO LIGHT AT DET-
! zER'S TRIAL

New York, Jan. S.-Beating of
prisoners began from the time the
3OSth military police company. was
organized for criminal investigation
work in LeMans, according to Victor
Shepperd, of New Haven, Conn,
witness today at the court-martial
Of Captain Karl w. Detzer, who is
charged with cruelty to men who
were in his custody while command
ing the company in France
Robert Il. Flora, who formerly SER
we'd at LeAians as assistant provost
marshall, caused stir in the court
room when he cited as an instance
of the hardships that confronted mill
tary police, the killing of Frank
Lindsay, the only Colored officer of
the department of criminal investiga-
ton in France.
He testified Lindsay's body
was found with seven bullet holes
in it. When last seen alive the Off
Ger was examining white soldiers
for their passes on a train leaving
Brest. Several soldiers. who es-
capped from a Jail in Brest were
caught later and held for Lindsay's
death, he said.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
AMERICAN REALTY And
CONSTRUCTION co. HAS
CAPITAL OF $4,000

The annual stockholders meeting
of the American Realty and Con-
struction Company met at the Mace
donia Baptist church Friday night
nee. 20, 1915, vat which tinev Hon.
VIM. Mcdonald delivered an address,
which. was witnessed by more than
five hundred (5OO people.
The Secretary, NJ. NJ. Rodgers read
the annual report stating the asset
of the company more than $1,000
and liabilities 100000.
The company was organized 1918
and chartered Dec. 26, 1919, with Price
A. Wren, M. M. Rodgers and DR..
B. e. Howell as promoters. The
President, Price A. Wren presented
the annual dividend checks to the
stockholders.
More tina forty shares were sold at
this meeting at $4,000 per share.
The company has done a tremendous
business this year, making more than
fifteen per cent profits. Mr. Wren,
the president, is a tireless worker
anu has WOIhtu ldltulul W Ildh6
the company succeed, and is looking
forward to increase the capital stock
from $15,000O0 to $50.00000 within
the next twelve months.
The following stockholders were
elected on the Board for the next
three years: NJ. M. Rodgers, Price
A. Wren. j. NJ. Tolbert and H. Strick-
land.
The following compose the Board
of Directors: Price A. Wren, Pres
ident; NJ. NJ. Rodgers. Secretary;
H. D. Winn, Treasurer; e. ]. Craw-
ford, B. e. Howell, G. Wa White, H.
Strickland, ]. NJ. Tolbert, Chas. T.
Brackins, Moses Taylor. G. l.. For
tune and A. S. Wells.
Mr. Wren and associates feel that
the cess pools and unsanitary condi-
tions in which the Negroes live can
only be overcome by the Negroes
owning their own homes and improvI
ing them, themselves, instead of de-
pending on the, Landlords" who
seem to rejoice at the idea Of having
Negroes to live in such places, which
is of a little expense to the Land
lord" and exact an enormous rent
from the helpless tenant.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
CROWDED NEGRO SCHOOLS DIS
CUSSED AT MEETING OF COL
ORED EDUCATORS.

New Orleans, Jan. S.-Overcrowd-
ing of schools for Negro children
and the need for more schools was
the principal subject of discussion
at the quarterly meeting of the Col
ored Educational Alliance in Cen
trail Congregational Church Satur-
day night Eight hundred children
are being taught in three residence
buildings on Bayou Roard. Approx
mately the same conditions obtains
at the Fisk Branch School and Nc
Donogh No. 32, in Algiers, where a
poorly constructed church serves as
an annex. The Benville school has
capacity Of 800 and an enrolment
Of 100. A new school is needed in
the 18th ward, where about 1000
children are out of school. The fl
CURES are from official reports. The
Alliance is promoting the establish
ment of evening schools for adults.
Rev. H. H. Dunn, president. Presi-
dent Albert Workman Of the Colored
Longshoremen's Association reported
1000 poll taxes had been paid by the
organization. DR.. F.. M. t. Powers
reported the presentation of peti-
tion for more facilities and teachers
of music and drawing to the board.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
Associated Negro Pressl.

Washington, d. c., Jan. Sin" be-
half of the movement for the erect
ion of monument in this city to
commemorate the part Negro soldiers
and sailors took in the war Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels, making
an address at Liberty Hut, said:
"0ne night jealous gentleman in
the intelligence service came to my
had obtained evidence that Prusyian
spies were offering large sums Of
money and hoped to organize II ,Je-
gro division of REASONABLE :ucn To
practice sabotage. When I found, that
Prussian enemies were relying upon
organized Negro assistance, calme1
his fears by assuring him that
though here and there he might find
a traitor among the American Ne
groes, he might give himself nc
trouble, for l knew that the Negroes
could neither be cajoled nor threat
ened nor brought to enter con-
spiracy to injure this country.
Full investigation proved that
was right. Later, when the call came
UP arms, more than 100000 Negroes
went across the sea to fight, not a
few of them to seal their devotion
with their blood and many to win
decorations for their fine fighting
qualities and faithful services.
This was not the first time Amer
ican Colored soldiers have fought
trained Prussian troops and given
a good account of themselves. A Hes
sian officer who fought against the
revolutionary soldiers wrote: The
Negro can take the fields instead oi
his master, and therefore no Iegi-
ment is to be seen in which there
are not Negroes in abundance, an!
among them are able-bodied strong
brave fellows The Rev. DR.. Har.
lis of New Hampshire, soldier in
the Revolution, writing of theil
fighting said: Three times they were
attacked with most desperate fury
by well disciplined and veteran
troops, and three times did they sue
cessfully repel the assault and thus
preserve our army from capture
"The spirit of America with re-
ference to brave Colored soldiers has
been expressed in many communities
North and South, but perhaps il
best eXpI ession was given IN th(
welcome rendered by the city of AL
bany, N. Y. when Coy Smith, form
er Gov. Glenn, Mayor Watt ant
other citizens staged q welcome tC
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10

followers, but the Boyd and Jones
people declared that they are calm
in victory and sober in defeat, and
that their erring brethren still have
a chance to come back to their
first love. Thousands of letters and
hundreds of kilograms congratnla-
ting DR.. Boyd and his followers have
been pouring in for number OF
days.
The history Of the Baptist distur-
bance dates back primarily to the
Chicago Convention in 1915, while
many intimate that there were rum
blings of wars and rumors OF wars
before, and which almost came to a
realty in 1914 at Philadelphia. Chica-
go was the real scene OF conflict,
and according to the hest informa-
tion, it was the famous charter Sc
cured by seven men, unauthorized
by the Convention. that brought
about the separation when the Rev.
DR.. Morris and his followers walked
out and attempted to adjourn the
Convention without allowing the ma
joIity rule, which has always been
regarded as Baptist polity and policy,
to obtain, 1t was said that they
were Nulvoted on three propositions.
Since That time. the fight has been
hot all over the United States, but
from all indications, the Morris peo-
pie have been beaten in every court
trial, and accordir to the Jones
faction, they have lost five decisions:
three of them in Chicago and two in
Nashville.
When DR.. Boyd was seen this week
he declared that he held no ill-will
toward the erring brethren and that
the National Baptist Publishing
plant Of the United States, was sup
plying literature to twenty thousand
Sunday schools and approximately
one million, five hundred thousand
Sunday school workers. He was busy
arranging his plans for trip to
Panama, where he will visit Rev.
and Mrs Thorboufne, after which
| he will come home to make prepara-
tons for tho Sunday School Con-
sg3se next atine. He jsA, arn{ne, he
declares, to keep in vigorous health,
although seventy-six years of age,
so that he can hold down affairs in
his Office while his son, the Rev.
Henry A. Boyd, his assistant and
the Secretary of the Sunday School
| Congress. makes the trip to Tokyo,
Japan, during the Worlds Sunday
School Convention, which is to be
held following the National Baptist
] Convention next September
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
FOURTEENTH CENSUS is
OF GREATEST IMPOR-
TANCE TO NEGROES
WILL RECORD FACTS WHICH WILL
Be VITAL IN SHOWING INCREA-
SES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF
RACES

Because of the many economic
changes since 1910, the Importance
of the approaching decennial CEN
sus to the Colored people should not
be underestimate. These changes
will be a matter of record in the
history of the growth of the race,
and of the Nation, and the statisti-
cal information which will be COM
piled from the data collected by the
Census enumeratc~ who will can
vas the United States in January
should constitute a source of Ie-
liable information for this and for
future generations.
Through migration the Colorea
population of some states has con-
siderably increased while in Others
it has decreased since the United
States Census of 1910. Agricultural
activities appear to be extending in
new directions. Thousands of Col
ored men and women have entered
into the industrial life of the Ma
tion as producers. Indications, in
certain states, point to a large in
crease in home ownership. A sub
stantional growth in the number of
business enterprises owned and oper-
ated by Colored men is reflected in
their newspapers and magazines
which are growing in number and in
fluence. The number of professional
men and women are steadily in
creasing and the percentage of il
Lliteracy In rapidly decreasing.
The accuracy of the Census re-
ports depends largely upon the idle
ness of each individual to answer
fully each question asked by the
enumerator, and it is only in this
way that reliable data can be OBJ
tanned from which can be determined
the social and economic progress
lation in the United States.
The Census Bureau emphasizes the
point that all information collected
by the Census enumeration is strict
ly confidential. 1t can not be used
/ as a basis for taxation. for the en-
forcement of any Federal, State, OF
! local law, OF in any way whatsoever
that will cause harm to the person
giving it or to his affairs. No one
therefore, should hesitate to give tc
the Census enumerators complete anc
truthful replies which the enumer.
atoIs can use in filline out the
printed Census schedule carried by
them, nor should any attempt bt
made by any one to cover up tht
true facts that pertain to each mar
and woman.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
pfRsRING FOR PRESIDENT
MOVEMENT STARTED BY F0LITI
CLANS OF NEBRASKA

Lincoln, Neb, Jan. 8.-Nebraska
nominates General John ]. Pershing
as the next Republican candidate for
President of the United States, ac-
cording to the Pershing-fo President
national committee with headquarters
here. The statement is prepared Tor
the committee by Former Senator E.
j. Burkett of Nebraska I'd a class
mate of General Pershing in the
University of Nebraska. In announ-
cling the campaign. the committee
says.
Our honors may be divided, but
cur enthusiasm will not be lessen
ed, although several other states may
also claim this right. If Nebraska
seems presumptuous in claiming him
as her own, it may be pardoned on
the ground that his life work is tied
up with the history of our state and
our educational institutions, and that
we feel that we know him better
than other sections Of the country
and other parts of the world. We
know him well enough to appreciate
his g .eatness, and esteem him enough
to rejoice in the worldwide recog-
milton of that greatness.
When a man becomes as big as
General Pershing has become in
public opinion and affection, it mat
teIs little of what state he was a
child, for he becomes the man of ali
the states, and of all the world. Gen
cral Pershings name has become a
household world everywhere and all
around the globe. If is as familiar
in Europe as it is in America, and
as readily pronounced in the Orient
as in Nebraska. To paraphrase an
oft-quoted eXpression-"They raised
him up in Missouri, and he mas come
down all over the world"
With all proper respect foI the IL
lustrious men of America, present
and past, 1t can very properly be
said that there has never been
another man of any country or Of
any time who has gone so far anG
done so much, who has been every.
where and has done everything as
he has done. He has served his coun-
| try at home and abroad, and has
! defended her institutions and ideal:
Of government in every state of thu
union, and in every hemisphere o
the globe He has been student
teacher, educator author. diplomat
statesman. soldier, and always ant
everywhere has achieved distinction
for himself and honor and glory 70
! the flag of his country.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
NEGRO TAKEN FROM
TRAIN AND LYNCHED

Columbus, Ca, Jan. S.-A Negro
known as Charles West, alias Johnny
Webb, was taken from a train near
Smithville, Ca, early today and shot
to death by mob of about so men
bent on avenging the death of a
Stewart county farmer.
The account OF the affair received
here by telephone said the Negro was
being brought back from Jackson
Vile, Fla, where he had been ar
rested, charged with the murder of
Emmett L. Brightwell. a returned
soldier. Brightwell was shot and
killed December IL, by Negro whom
he had ordered not to hunt on his
farm. The mob entered the train
when it stopped at Smithville before
daybreak, and conducted itself so
quietly that the members of the
train crew said they did not know
what had happened until Deputy
Sheriff w. X. Johnson, Jr., had been
forced to give up his prisoner.
After seizing the Negro the men
entered automobiles and drove to
the scene of the crime, where the
body was found later, bullet rlddled
and hanging to a tree. A coroner's
inquest returned a verdict that the
Negro came to his death at the
hands of unknown persons,
Feeling had been running high in
Stewart county over the killing
which was said TO have been un-
provoked and a subscription of $40C
had been raised and offered for the
Negroes arrest This, it is was said
was paid to the Florida authorities
who caught him.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
CHAPLAIN'S DISCHARGE NOT
DUE TO COLOR
NEGRO CONGREGATION MAY LEAVE
CHURCH

Philadelphia, Penn, Jan. S.-The
Rev. Elliot White, rector of St
Marks Church and president of the
board of trustees of the House al
st. Michael and All Angels, yesterday
told a committee representing St
Michaers Chapel that the question
Of race" did not enter into the dis
missal of the Rev. j. da Costa Hare
wood as chaplain of st Michael's
Chapel.
The committee, consisting of six
members of the Colored congregation
asked Father White to reconsider his
decision to compel Father Harewood
to leave st. Michael's Chapel Decem-
ber 81. No charges, it is stated, have
been made against the Colored chap
lain, and and they contend his sud
den dismal is arbitrary and unjust
They also have an impression that
Father White intends to install a
white priest as Father Harewood's
successor.
The committee, consisting of Ben
jamin' Gale, chairman; Frank Robin
son, c. Holder, Mrs Abbie Johnson
Mrs. Sadie Owens and Miss Clara
Lewis, interviewed Father White in
the clergy house of st. Marks
church. Seventeenth and Locust
streets.
No Question of Race Involved.
Father Whites statement to the
committee emphasized three points
first, that the question of race die
not enter into the dismal of Father
Sarewood; second, that there is moi
any disposition on his part OF the
part of the board of trustees to dc
Father Harewood any injustice;
third. that the case is in the hands
of lawyers, and in these circum.
stances he was not at liberty to dis.
cuss its merits Those facts were
learned from Father White last night
Miss Clara Lewis, member of tho
committee of st. Michael and All An
gels and acting organist of the chap
ell, made the following statement:
Father White received our com
mittee courteously, but he insiste
he had a right to dismiss Father
Harewood, under the provisions o
Mrs. Bernard Henrys will, and thu
congregation could not object. HI
told lis that he was the chaplain o
st. Michael's, and Father Harewoo.
was merely his deputy. whom h
might dismiss from service as h,
would dismiss a lawyer or any othe,
employed person.
Made Plea of Sentiment.
1--WE asked him if he would con
slider the personal feelings of tn
congregation, our love for Fathe
Harewood and our desire to hav
him continue as our priest. We toll
him that il Father Harewood wer
forced out-of St Michael's. the en-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
URGE EWSPAPERS
TO CUT DOWN FOR
SIX WEEKS

Washington, Jan. S.-Every news
paper in the country was called on
today by the House postoffice COM
mittee to reduce its consumption OF
news print paper by 10 per cent fol
a period of six months in an effort
to reprieve the present serious shor-
tage, which the committee has been
told threatened the destruction of a
number of small papers.
Voluntary cooperation of publish
ers would obviate the necessity fol-
repressive governmental action, said
the committee statement, which was
prepared by Chairman Steenerson
Members of the committee said that
if the publishers carried out the vol
untary conservation plan further ac-
ton on the Anthony bill to limit the
size of newspapers and periodicals
using the second-class mail privileges
would be postponed for the present
at least.
"The committee considered the
shortage in the newsprint paper
supply and believe that unless con.
sumption can be materially reduced
it will result in the destruction of 8
large number of newspapers in the
smaller cities and towns. and inflict
irreparable injury on the communi'
ties served by them; and having II
mind the great results accomplished
during the war by the voluntary ant
patriotic cooperation of the people
in saving food, fule and other neces'
saries, in which you had creditablt
part, we appeal to you to reduce
consumption of news print by al
least 10 per cent during the mex
six months, thereby averting tho
threatened injury and obviating the
necessity for repressive measures ii
the future"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-10
AMERICA S LYNCH
|NGRECORDFOR' 10
SHOWS That LYACAERS
MURDERED 81 IN II MONTHS
Dear Sir.

DedI OAi
l send you the following infor-
nation relative to lynchings for the
past year. According to the record
complied by Monroe N. Work, of the
Department of Records and Research
of the Tuskegee Institute. there were,
so lynchings in 1919, of which II
were in the South and in the North
and West. This is Is more than the
number Ga for the year 1918 OF
those 1ynched rs were Negroes and
were whites One Of those put to
death was a Negro woman. Nineteen,
or less than one-fourth of those put
to death, were charged with rape or
attempted rape. Seven, of the vic
tins were burned to death. Nine were
put to death and then their bodies
were burned. The charges against
those burned to death were: rape,
8; murder, Q; killing sheriff, 1; no
charge given, /. The charges against
those first killed and then their
bodies burned were: attempted rape,
81; shooting officers OF the law, 81;
rape, /; murder, 1; incendiary talk,
l.
The offense of murder was charged
against all the whites lynched. The
offenses charged against the Negroes
were: murder, IL; attempted rape,
10; rape, 9; abetting riots, 4 shoot
ing officers Of the law, 4 insulting
woman, a killing officer of the
law. A.; alleged incendiary talk, q;
writing improper letter. 2; charge
not reported, 8; shooting woman,
l.; robbery, /; murder sentence
changed to life imprisonment, 1;
shooting night watchman, l. shoot
ing and wounding a man, I alleged
completely in killing officer of the
law, L: killing man in self-defense
! 1; killing landlord in dispute over
crop settlement, l; no charge made
l.; for being acquitted of shooting
an officer of the law, l; remarks
about Chicago race riot. l for keep
ing company with a white woman, 1;
for being found under bed, l; fol
making bnastful remarks, !; for al
legged misleading OF mobs searching
for another, / because appeal was
taken from ten years sentence fol
attempting life of another, 1; fol
discussing a lynching, l.
The States in which lynchings oc-
CURED and the number in each state
are as follows: Alabama, Z; Ark
ansas. 70; Colorado, 2: Florida, s.
Georgia, 21; Louisiana. Z; Mississip.
pi, 12; Missouri, 2; Nebraska, l.
North Carolina. 3; South Carolina
1; Tennessee. l; Texas. A Washing.
ton, 1; West Virginia, 2; Kansas,
\Very truly.
ROBERT r. MOTION. Principal.