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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Health Week is Observed in
Texas Schools.

Austin, Texas. April 15.-Thousands
of Negroes in all parts of Texas OBJ
served Negro Health Week. April 4
to 10. and learned many rules of
health. according to the Texas Public
Health Association. which directed the
activities of the week in the state
The State Board of Health endorsed
this movement for better health
among the Negroes.
Special programs were held in the
Negro schools over the state. and
doctors. nurses. and teachers spoke
to the children on personal bygiene
school sanitation. prevention Of tus
berculosis. cleanliness of the home.
and other subjects. Negro ministers
over the state gave health sermons
on on sunday, April 4. which was called
Fort Worth Houston and other
Texas cities, carried on the program
for the week in nearly all the Negro
schools. with Modern Health Crusader
parades. health lectures. and other
MANY letters have been coming
into the state office from ali over
Texas. telling of the organization of
Volunteer Negro health leagues. !"
said d. Il. Breed. executive secretary
of the Texas Public Health Associ-
alton. "The Negro people are very
enthusiastic over health work. This
work is necessary to preserve the
health of the Negroes and to prevent
the spread of disease"
Copies of Governor Hobby's procla-
nation setting aside Negro Health
Week were sent to all parts of the
state. and many Negro communities
followed the suggestions of the State
Executive and carried out the health
activities
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
SIMMONS URGES NEGROES NOT To DISPOSE Of PROPERTY
Says That Property Basis Of All Wealth and Should be Held
For Coming Generations to Build Fortunes Upon Urges Pay
ment Of All Taxes.

of the house, is the first duty OF
mothers and fathers. and is also the
bright sign of a well ordered faith.
Estates acquired as we have ac-
quired ours by blood-drops and the
great tribulations. are foundations
upon which to erect and enduring
name as a people sure of themselves
and full reliance upon God. Against
this truth there is neither ford nor
law.
The day approaches when our chill
dren will dwell in their homes in peace
and the substance of their lands they
will enjoy without fear by night or
anxiety by ray. Man cannot hinder
that day of which / write.
Hold on to your land. however small
in measure, and likewise your dwell
lings, however humble, Once gone,
they are more often gone forever
than for a few days or years. Sell
nothing. Pay every tribute due and
every tax laid against you Follow
your heart in settling over this coun-
try, but the deeds of your houses and
lands guard them as the sweet jewels
of this world; nor sign them away
to others.
ROSCOE SIMMONS,
Pres. Lincoln League of America.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17

when our people own and control as
much of it as we find them owning
and controlling in every southern
state.
Conditions are growing better,
North and South. and this evil day
through which we are passing with
fortitude that our Heavenly Faith
er sees and will reward at his pleas
ure, is itself proof that in the pres
ence of our enemies we shall soon
rise to our feet.
The lands and dwellings, we now
possess have been gained through
struggle. often amid stern privations.
The future can only increase the
value of them. Time offers no promise
that we shall again see the price for
which they were bought in the past.
We do possess and use them, enjoy
ing from them the living we must
have or the income that affords these
ease and comforts not uncommon in
many homes. But these lands and
dwellings do not belong to us. We are
simply trustees and our part is to
hold them for the children to whom
they, belong, from generation 10 gem
Grafton.
To build and leave an estate. and
by such to advance the children
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Innocent Man PardOned After
Long Term.

Nashville. Tenn. April 15.-Investi-
cations by the board of pardons,
which convened here this week, re-
vealed the facts that viii Schaffers.
Negro, was confined in the state PEN
itentiary with a life term sentence
on him, charged with the murder of
a motorman in the city of Memphis.
was perfectly innocent Of the charge,
Schaffers having been confined in
the city Jail at Memphis at the time
the crime was committed. The only
evidence furnished against the Negro
was that he resembled the man who
shot the motorman and the action of
the court in rushing in the trial and
sending the innocent Negro to peni-
tentiary where he has been SERVING
more than three years. is said to
have prevented a lynching.
Governor Roberts Issues Pardon.
When the evidence showing th0 Ne
gro's innocence was furnished the
board. they recommended a pardon
for him and Gov. Roberts iinmed-
lately issued a pardon.
Innocent Man Plead Guilty.
Through feaE and due to the intim-
idation employed by the officials at
Memphis at the time the charge was
preferred against Schaffers he plead
guilty to the charge. He is said to
have stated that he preferred accept
ing the death sentence rather than
the electric chair. although. he was
innocent of the charge against him.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Canada Draws Color Line in
Favor Of Negroes.

Why does the Government of Cana
da draw the color line in favor of Ne
groes as against returned soldiers?
It does. because. the Government owns
the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and
the G. T. p, only employs Colored
cooks" George E, Kinnier, Of sas-
ronto exhibition in 1913. at the EN-
press hotel Toronto in 1914. sergeant
cook in the Engineers at Toronto,
1914-16, and still later cook in the
navy, being demobbed at Halifax on
March .. 1919. and who has since
been a cook for the r. C. NJ. p, at
Regina. applied to the G. T. p. for
a position as cook on one of its din
ing cars. and received a reply from
James Gorman. superintendent of din
ing and sleeping cars, which said:
This company. in its dining car
kitchens. only employ Colored cooks"
1t might be asked whether any Of
these Colored cooks saw service dur
ing the war. If we are to have the
color line, let it be drawn in favor
of Canadian Negroes who did their
duty to their country; but we cam
not see why the color line should be
drawn at all.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Mrs. Mary Talbert Speaks to Large Audi
ence in Spokane on Race Issues.
SAYS WE ONLY WANT
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO
BETTER OUR CONDITION.
tAss0clated Negro Pressl


Spokane. Wash. April 15.-Mrs
Mary 3. Talbert of Buffalo. N. Y,
President of the National Fedora
tion of Colored Women and graduate
of oberlin College. addressed an aud
fence that filled the assembly room OF
the chamber of Commerce Mrs. Tai
bert is speaking throughout the nation
on questions concerning the race.
The allies cannot forget the Negroes
who fought with them" she said. .ff
Ihe Negroes are good enough to die
Tor democracy, they are good enough
70 nve IN democracy We are sick
OF fighting to make the world safe
Tor democracy and now want to make
the word place to live in.
-Four hundred and fifty thousand
Negroes were sent to France and they
were the most loyal of soldiers be-
cause they fought for a democracy
that they did not possess.
The Negroes subscribed to $225.-
100000 worth Of Liberty bonds The
government told them unless they put
something into the war. they should
receive nothing and we began to
nope that peace would include the
Negro. travelled through the south
speaking In behalf of the fourth Lib
erty bond campaign.
Il had to go in Jim Grow" car.
an ordinary freight car. Travelled
30 hours at a stretch with no Sleep
err no diner. because no Negro is al
lowed on any other kind of a train
in the south. Yet I was selling Liberty
bonds for my government and the
government operated the trains
wasn't permitted to buy a cup OF
coffee at the stations because my
lips would touch the cup and trans
gress social equality.
THE Negroes are not begging for
social equality, but political and civil
rights and q chance for better living
conditions" Mrs. Talbert told of the
deplorable penal conditions in the
south where there are no reformator-
les for children.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Tuskegee Organizes For In
ter-Church Work.

-, Tuskegee. Ala. April 15.-Dr.
Plato Durham, Dean of the Theolog-
ical Department of Emery University.
Atlanta, Ca. speaking in the Insti.
tute Chapel last week, opened the
campaign for the Student life Work
Conference of the Interchurch World
Movement. which was held here
Durham. Principal Motion told of his
connections with the Inter-Racial
Committee in Atlanta, and of DR..
Durhams fearless and courageous
stand for justice and the square deal
for the Negro. A feature of the pro-
gram was the address of Dr. P. c.
Change, secretary of the Chinese Edu-
cational Commission, which is visitE
ing the Institute; also an address by
DR.. p. G. Chen, president of the
Peking Teachers College. Picking,
China. and Chairman of the Educa-
tional Commission. both of whom
paid most beautiful tributes to Tuske-
gee, Booker T. Washington and Prin-
cipal Motion. At the conclusion of the
exercises, DR.. Chang, presented to
Tuskegee Institute. a silk Chinese
flag upon which was a sentiment and
the signatures of the members writ
ten in Chinese. The flag will be
hung in the Museum.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Copper Throne Of African
Chief Found in Jungle

London, April 15.-The massive chair
made of copper, which natives believe
was given BY the late Queen Vic
toria of England to an Ashanti chief
tain and used by him as his throne,
has been discovered in the midst Of
jungle far from human habitation
in the Gold Coast Colony, West Afri-
ca. According to native legend. 1t
was placed over the grave of the
chieftain who had occupied 1t when
alive.
he still sits upon his old throne In
spirit at certain times and, for this
reason, they have never tried to move
the chair. which. they declare. has
now rooted itself in the ground. says
a dispatch to the Daily Graphic.
A Gold Coast surveyor first stumb-
led across this curiosity. A search
party returned to the spot and found
the Jungle so dense that the natives
had to hack path with cutlasses
through the underground.
In spite OF inquiry no confirmation
Of the native story as to the his
tory OF the chair has been obtalnable
and how IL came to be in the jungle
remains a mystery.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Supreme Court Refuses to Reopen Bap-
tist Publishing House Law Suit.
SAYS THIS REFUSAL MARKS
THE END OF THE LONG
DRAWN OUT SUIT.

Nashville, Tenn, April 15.-Tenne-
sees Highest Sourt in session here
today denied the petition of the Nor
ris Convention to rehear and reopen
the Publishing House Lawsuit. Rum
ors of this denial of the document
or the petition to re-hear. which was
filed by the attorneys in the case
representing VIM. Haynes e. M. Law
renee, S. p. Harris and others of
the Morris Convention. reached the
headquarters from the court rooms
about 200 p NJ, today. and was at
once sent broadcast throughout the
country. as it is claimed that this
puts a complete end to this case.
1t is also predicted here by the ad-
herents and followers of the Rev. DR..
r. II. Boyd and the members of the
Publishing Board who are identified
with what Is known as the National
Baptist Convention (un-incorporated)
Of Of which DR.; e. P. Jones is President
constructive period will now set in.
Ever since the decision handed
down by the Supreme Court some
days ago. It has been noticed at the
National Baptist Publishing Board
that an increase in patronage and
correspondence had already set in. and
that more than one thousand letters
every day were rolling in to the
National Baptist Publishing Boards
headquarters from Sunday Schools
asking for their literature Practi-
cally all OF those who had remained
neutral for the past four years wait
ing to see how the lawsuit would
terminate, are coming back and bring
ing their Sunday Schools back to the
National Baptist Publishing Board
They are saying. I'VE are going back
to our first love and to our own
Publishing Board"
The denying of this petition to re-
hear the case is also calculated to
bring greater results to the Ma
tority-rule Baptists of the United
States"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17

Atlanta. Ca. April 1.-two sets Of
Georgia delegates were elected to the
Republican National Conventional and
will make a contest there for recog-
milton.
The break came after turmoil in
which Police Chief Beavers took a
hand on complaints OF officials in the
state Capitol. where the meeting was
held. One of the factions, headed by
Roscoe Pickett. State chairman. elect
ed four delegates at large instructed
for Major General Leonard Wood.
The other. headed by. Henry Lin
coin Johnson. Negro formerly coll
Iector of internal revenue here and
G. p. Goree. a lawyer of Atlanta.
elected unlnstructed delegates:
The delegates included Johnson.
Goree. ]. H. Watson and B. J. Davis.
Watson and Davis are Negroes
The meeting was called IN tne
House of Representatives. but two
hours before that the Pickett ele-
ment arrived and proceeded to busi-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17

With the coming of Spring. large
number of our people. all over the
South. will be looking around for
new homes most likely somewhere
North of the Ohio River.
TO leave or not to leave home is
question for the people, and not for
me to decide. Those who leave /
trust will find locations that will in
crease their happiness and open up
new worlds for our children. / trust
those who remain will find it better
in the future than we of the South
have considered our condition to be
in the past. AS for myself. / see a
country that is home to all the people
in any situation, above which floats
the flag. and therefore, cannot
choose for the people one place as
against another.
My word is for those who plan to
leave rather than for those who
plan to stay. / would advise them
to hold on to such property as they
possess. whether in town or country
Sell but little and none at all If
changes can be made without sale
The ownership and occupancy of land
wise men consider first in Importance
as we look out into the future This
is particularly to be emphasized
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
National Negro Teachers As
sOciatiOn Meets in Baltimore
By JOHN NJ. CANDY.
President. National Association of
Teachers in Colored Schools.

Petersburg. Va, April 15-The pro-
gram of the seventeenth annual meet
ing of the National Association of
Teachers in Colored schools. which
viii be held in Baltimore from July 2S
be held in Baltimore from July 2S
through July 81. covers practically
every phase of school work A fine
group of speakers have accepted in
vltations to deliver addresses along
the lines of their speciality. The list
of speakers will be announced within
a few weeks.
Sectional sessions on rural. secon-
dairy. agricultural. vocational and ele-
mentary education, as well as music
and art. will be held.
At the general sessions addresses
will be delivered on Teacher Shor-
tage." Teachers Salaries, Education
al Measurements and Tests" and
Rating Methods"
One meeting will be given to repre-
sentatives of allied organizations. such
as the Young Womens Christian As
sociation the Young Mems Christian
Association. Sunday schools. and Com
munity Service.
Large plans are being made at Bal
timore for the entertainment of the
visiting teachers and friends. The
President of Morgan College has in
vited the Association to hold one
session at the College Every effort
will be made by the Baltimore people
to make the coming of the teachers to
that city both enjoyable and profit
able.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
WONDERS WHETHER KENTUCKY WILL VIGOROUSLY UP
HOLD ANTI LYNCH LAW.
Law Provides Heavy Penalty For Lynchmg But Carried no
Emergency Clause

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People 20
Fifth Avenue. New York. today made
public the following statement regard
ing the signing by the Governor of
Kentucky of a bill to punish mob
violence:
In view of the lynching on March
90 Of Grant Smith. a Negro. at Mil
lersburg. Kentucky. by a mob which
overpowered the sheriff and the po-
lice chief as they were taking their
prisoner TO jail 1t is interesting to note
that only one week prior to this oc-
currence Governor Edwin p. Morrow.
of Kentucky. signed a. bill providing
for the punishment Of lynchers and
for the removal of the peace officer
who surrenders his prisoner. The bill
was signed in the presence of COM
mittee Of Colored citizens headed by
DR.. Z. II, Underwood, President Of the
sociatlon for the Advancement of
colored People. to whom the gold pen per
The bill makes the penalty for
lynching death or life imprisonment.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Negro Student Wins ChaIOner
Art Prize

New York. N. Y, April 15.-John
Armstrong Chaloner last night an
nounced that in the John Armstrong
Chaloner concours at the National
Academy of Design a painting from
the nude by Albert A. Smith. Negro
art student in the academy school,
won first prize of $25.
other awards made by the jury
were:
Second. SIS, to Bella Kotner. Ma
tional Academy of Design schools.
Third prize, $40. to John Holmer.
Art Academy, Cincinnati Ohio.
Honorable mentions were given to
Robert f. Bolton. National Academy
of Design schools; Miss Edith Widlng
Yaffee. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia. and Cleo Damian-
Cal.
ings will be held at the National
Academy of Design 175 West 109th
street. to-day, tomorrow and sun
day.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17

and that for attempted lynching con-
finement in the penitentiary for not
less than two years nor more than
twenty-one years.
The fight to secure a lynching law
in kentucky began with the ,Legis-
lature of two years ago, when bill
was passed submitting to the people
n constitutional amendment TO make
II possible to effect the automatic re-
moval of any peace officer who per-
mitted mob to secure a prisoner in
his custody. The bill submitting the
amendment was championed by a
committee of Colored citizens, who
succeeded in securing its passage
without a single dissenting. vote in
either branch of the Legislature.
AS to whether or not this. law viii
be enforced will be shown by action
taken by Kentucky authorities 70
bring to trial the lynchers Of Smith.
The Association has learned; Just
that the anti-lynching statute does
not become effective. until 50 sIss GAYS
iature. due TO its failure to include
an emergency clause.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Negro FOremen in Baltimore
City Employ

Baltimore. Md. April 15.-Two Ne
gro foremen were appointed by the
Water Board at the request of Mayor
Broening, and will organize a Negro
TTbe The men en- are James Fl Rohersnn ~roioo' Of
the Eleventh ward and Robert l..
Price of the Eighteenth ward. They
were named in a Tetter from the May
yor to Water Engineer William w.
Megraw and go on the pay roll at
As cents an, hour. 1t is the first time
that Negroes have been employed as
foremen in the Water department.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
BARRED FROM MEETING BY LILY-WHlIES; GEORClA NJ
CROES ELECT OWN DELEGATES
Johnson and Davis Lead Movement Will Fight tor RecOg-
milton at National Convention

ness behind locked doors Arriving
to find themselves barred from the
convention. the Johnson-Goree frac-
ton pounded the doors. creating such
excitement that the police were called.
Governor Dorsey decided that the hall
should be opened to all. The Pickett
followers explained later they had
intended to open the doors at noon.
Shouting and singing. the Johnson
Goree faction marched into the hall.
Johnson himself mounted the plat
form. called the meeting to order and
tried to make speech against fac,
tionalism, but was almost drowned
out by n chorus Of shouts. Finally
the two factions held separate meet
ings in the same hall and elected
their separate delegates.
Pickett followers, while Johnson was
selected by his element as national
committeeman. with Goree as state
chairman. These officers also are ex-
pected to be decided finally by recog-
milton at the Chicago convention
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Kentucky Mob Lynches Negro
Prisoner

Paris, KY, April 15.-Forty men
last night took Grant Smith, 40 years
old, Negro, away from officers on
their way to the jail here. and bur-
ried him in an automobile out the
Maysville-L pike to Mays
hanged to a telegraph pole.
Smith disappeared two months ago,
after alleged attacks on Ruby Ander-
son. IA, daughter of a Flemingsburg
farmer. He was arrested in Michigan
last week.
A quickly formed posse unsuccess-
fully tried to overtake the mob In
automobiles. The victims body was
not mutilated, his arms were wired
to his side and he was still hand
A later report states that the mob
of 200 argued whether to hang or
burn smith and cremation was agreed
upon
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Booker Washington iii is in
California

Los Angeles, Cal, April 15.-Book-
er T. Washington. Ill. age years. his
sister. Nettie. age years, accompan-
Washington. Jr.. arrived in Los An
geles from Tuslxegee Institute, Ala.
The Washingtons are stopping with
Mrs Thomas j. Nelson. 1t is ex-
pected that Booker T. Washington,
Jr.. will join his family here with
a month or two and make Los An
geles. his home
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Negroes to Help Calm Unresi
fAasocInted NEGRO Pressl

Baltimore, Md. 15.--With view
to counteracting the effects created
by the kidnapping theory with which
some of our people seem to be OBJ
sessed. Marshal Carter summoned six
influential citizens TO his office and
asked them to do everything pos
gibIe to allay the feeling Of unrest
existing among some OF the Colored
people. The men assured the Marshall
that the false reports were not be-
lieved generally by the Negroes Of
the city.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
South Carolina Mob Hangs
and Shoots Negro

spartanburg, S. c., April 15.-George
Robertson. Negro. was taken from
the City Jail at Laurens, 5. C2 last
railroad bridge on the outskirts of
Robertson was charged with having
cut three white boys with a knife,
Negro in a dispute with the. boys.
Police arrested Robertson and then
started a search for the other Negro,
While the search was in progress the
mob stormed the pail. obtained the
nrisoner and rushed him to the bridge,
where he was hanged. Later the BODY
was riddled with bullets.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Name Negro Woman For City
Office

New Haven, Conn, April 15.-The
Hygiene Health and Culture club of
this city has sent a telegram to the
Frances Seymour, the first Colored
women nominated on any elective
ticket in this state. Mrs. Seymour
is the candidate on the labor ticket
Capitol city.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Committee on Race Relations
Named
fAssociated Negro Press)

Little Rock. April ia commits
sion on Race Relations has been ap-
pointed by the governor of Arkansas
in an effort to prevent friction be-
tween the whites and the Colored
people in this state This commission
is to meet at least monthly to IN
yestigate causes or classes that may
occur and to devise remedies that
will avoid such affairs.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-04-17
Would Make Room For Negro
Tenants
(Associated NEGRO pressl

New York. N. Y, April 15.-In or
der to make room for Colored ten
ants thirty-two families in the four
apartment houses at sos to COS Frank
lin avenue. Brooklyn, were served
with notices TO vacate the premises
by April 18th. The apartment houses
are situated near the 23rd Regiment
Armory and in the Bedford section
of Brooklyn.