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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Daughter Of COleridge Taylor
Wins Fame as Musician.

London, Dec. Ills music the only
art for which an aptitude can be
transmitted from parent to child? The
question is raised by the success. and
still more by the promise, of Miss
Coleridge- Taylor the 16year-ol
daughter Of the famous Colored com
A composer herself and a talented
performer on the concert platform.
Miss Coleridge-Taylors progress SO
far suggests that she may yet try to
produce companion work to "Hia-
watha."
"Ah, If only 1 could-just for faith
ers sal<e!" she said to the Weekly
Dispatch.
Not that, although she is ambitious.
she does not realize how long a Pc
riod of hard training lies before her.
And. as befitting daughter Of the
great African, who positively hated
the limelight. she is most reserved as
to her achievements.
II am too busy studying to devote
much time to composition" she went
on, but i have started on a trio for
violin, cello and piano.
when / was twelve she added" II
could not resist the temptation to
write down the themes that were
passing through my mind, and so l
wrote little song entitled Good
bye, Butterfly" That has been sung
in London"
81 have also written several other
songs and pianoforte pieces. includ-
ing a small cello work called Mem
ories."
She is most proud of a soprano song
Sun Goes West" Her brother wrote
the poem and she put 1t to music.
This joint effort was undertaken in
memory of their father.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11

ans Home and Foreign Mission So
ciety, wife OF Q. w. Abingdon: Wom-
ans Home and Foreign Mission So
ciety. district president J: L. john
son: evangelist. J.. w. B. Joshua.
wrxahaehie District.
c. L. Morgan. presiding elder; Wax
ahachie. J: p. Edwards; Ennis; H
ing Grove, w. N. McGrew Pelham, 4.
r.. Clemons; Hubbard, j. II. Hardf-
man: Simonds, to be supplied; For
reston, r. Il. Chaplin; Delmar, 4. r.
PRICE; Italy & G. =. Brown; lssS: Te,lsee9:
Howard Robert Thomas: Penelope.
William Palmer; Mount Calm. NJ. r.
Moses; Bardwell. j. r. Lee Green's
Chapel @. l.. Jackson; Emhouse, W. G..
Calhoun; Rossee. p. M. Moseley: Rice.
eign Mission Society district presi-
dent. N. D. BarneIl; A. g. y. l.. l.. g,
Mcdonald; evangelist M. ]. Brooks;
Crandell, James Carutheis.
Bonham District.
]. A. Jones, presiding elder; Bon
ham, j. A. swan; Denison, J. s.
Slaughter: Sherman w b. Baker;
RoclSwall. G. W. Nelson; Dodd City, ].
w. Collins Honey Grove, J. ID. b.
Iightower; Elmo, s. H. Haynes;
George w. Brown; gainesville. w. II.
Melton; Coffee Mill, to be supplied;
Ladonia, p Bowens; South Denison.
G. @. Carruthers; Mckinney and AL
len. II. Franklin; Cooper and Conn
Leonard. W.. H. A.. Richardson; White
ena, L. s. Stephens: Valley View. A.
]. Hughley; Womens Home and For
oign Mission Society, Mrs. T.. II. Winn;
A. Q. 70. l.. w, II. johnson.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11

voters were thus left standing at the
polls at the close of the day. at
another sixteen hundred were thus
snother &C., In % H0fnf Of IL preSincts @
in the county there were lines of reg
istered voters awaiting an opportun-
ity to vote when the polls were
over-crowding of the precinct was de-
liberately arranged by the red-shirt
machine. There was a close working
understanding between the county
sheriff. sworn and paid to enforce the
lawlessness. The sheriff ordered a
photographer who was taking a pic
ture of the waiting line of dis-fran-
chised voters to break the plate. and
so. Persons who objected to the
procedure were told that If they wish
ed to keep their health they should
keep their mouths shut. The laws of
Florida state that no one shall take
any memorandum in the booth. but
the sheriff of the county gave out
lists of candidates with the names of
the Democratic candidates marked
On the Florida ballot no party en-
blems are permitted. and the names
Of candidates are mixed with O view
to confusing the voters.
The reputable citizen of Jacksonville
who furnishes this information says:
'If you publish this do not disclose
my name as / am trying, to make
things better here. and do not want
to die yet"
to office is clouded by such practices
as this should be permitted to take
his seat This is no mere matter OF
partisan politics, but is a question of
and of common honesty. A large ma
jority of the white people of Florida
are Republicans. This is true of a
half dozen other Solid South states.
Only by force. fraud. intimidation and
legal trickery are Democratic plu-
ralities created even though not a
Negro voted south of the Mason and
Dixon line. 1t is fact not generally
known that Southern election laws
and practices disfranchise more white
people than black and that the race
cry is mere camouflage to cover pro-
ceedings Intended TO destroy the. pos
sibility of government by majority
of the white people of the South.
1t is the duty of the present Con-
gress to appoint a special commit
tee to investigate the general feder-
al elections of 1920 in the Solid South.
They should further investigate the
disfranchising election and registra-
tion election laws and practices with
view of knowing what portion of
the electorate in these states has been
eliminated, to the end that hereafter
not sit in Congress and the electoral
college, representing hundreds or
thousands of votes whose existence is
derted at home, but claimed at wash
This Should be done not in the. inter-
ests of the Republican party but TO
the end that government by the whole
people of the states dominated by the
political autocracy soon to be oustsd
great states thus denied a Republican
form of government: ,,o,,
GEORGE b. LOCKWOOD.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Judge Will Protect Negroes
From Night Riders.

Albany Ca. Dec. Judge John r.
Wilson of the Dougherty County Su-
perior Court today ordered the Grand
Jury convened in special sessions at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning to inves-
tigate the recent reign of lawlessness
in the eastern part of the county.
where many Negro families have been
driven from their homes and some in
dividuals have been whipped.
The disorders followed the killing
of ]. T.. Adams. Worth County
white man. a week ago. Ophelia Nc
Kelvey, accused Of the killing, has
not been apprehended. but Curley Nc
Kelvey, a brother, who witnessed the
crime, was caught by a mob and
lynched.
Since the lynchinG there has been
a good deal of night riding, with
acts of lawlessness against inoffen-
sive and law abiding Negro families.
Some of the latter took refuge with
white farmers and did not dare re-
turn to their homes.
Besides convening the Grand Jury
to make a thorough investigation
Judge Wilson instructed Sheriff Tar
yer TO summon as many deputies as
might be needed to police the dis
trict so as to afford protection to the
residents. white and black. He said
he proposed TO make II entirely safe
for Negroes to return to their homes
and to remain. The action of Judge
Wilson Is being commended.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
District Of Columbia
Has Large Negro
Population.
(By A. N. P).

Washington. d. c.. Dec. 7.-Popu-
lation OF the District OF Columbia is
composed of 326.S54 white persons.
1O9,s76 Colored and TAI other races,
including Chinese. Japanese and In
dians, the census bureau announced
recently. The total of these figures
makes up the 1920 population than
from 1900 to 1910 and was at a high
err rate. the increase being 1880 or
1874 per cent, from 1910 to 1920, as
against 7,744 or S.9 per cent, from
1900 to 1910.
While the percentage ratio Of Col
ored residents of the District shows
a decrease of 3.4 per cent as COM
pared with 1910. the numerical in
crease in the Colored population shows
a decided gain, commensurate with
the total gain in population. In 1910
there were 94.446 Colored persons
resident in the District of Columbia
Washington for sometime has been
the leading city in the matter of Col
ored population. 1t is significant to
note that the recent migratory move
ment has caused this leadership to be
located in one of the more northern
cities of the United States Chicago,
IL is understood, claims this distinc-
tion. This shift is indicative Of the
desire of the new Negro for larger
freedom and opportunity.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Says Drunken Marines Cause
Of Haitian Trouble.
fBy A. N. P)

Port Au, Prince, Dec. 7.-"Eye Wit
ness" the special correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, who has been giving
careful observations of conditions in
Haiti, has declared that drunkenness
is at the bottom of most of the trouble
in the republic, but the drunkenness
is among the white foreigners some
officials, and not the natives. His
statement is most remarkable. and he
says:
after a fortnight of patient and
often disheartening observation of oc-
cupation affairs ' am convinced that
great part of the story OF our
troubles may be told in three let
ters. They are RUM.
II am beginning to think that may
be 30 per cent of all these scandals
are due to drink"
The answer was More than so per
cent
During fortnight in this black
republics capital I have not seen one
black man intoxicated. All the tntoxi-
cation has been among white foreig-
ners.. and sometimes even officials,
Col. Russell commanding the first
provisional brigade of marines, Is q
most conscientious officer and cor
rect gentleman.
Order after order is issued, but the
evil continues Drinking here is
doubly vicious because rum is so po-
tent a stuff that 1t seems to fly to
the white mems heads almost instan-
taneously, with the consequence that
intense nervousness and irascibilty. as
rvc'' as diminished physical resistance,
results.
iOng debated whether to touch on
these matters, but they are so fla
grant that somebody should speak OF
them"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Jack Johnson Knocks
Out Boxer In Prison.

Leavenworth. Kan, Dec. Jack
Johnson. former heavyweight boxing
title holder. made his first ring ap-
pearance in the United States since
he fled his native country seven
years ago, when he met two oppo-
nents Thanksgiving as feature event
of a boxing show staged in the open
air at the federal prison here.
1t was the general opinion of news
paper men and boxing critics at the
ringside that Johnson is in very good
condition and still retains much of
his cleverness and punching power.
Johnson knocked out Frank Owens.
a Negro of Chicago. in the last round
OF six-round bout, and after few
minutes intermisslon took on a fresh
opponent in the person of Topeka
Jack" johnson also a Negro, for four
rounds. Topeka Jack" was badly
outboxed
In the first bout Frank Owens, who
weighed around 23O pounds, was
knocked down twelve times. his OK
like bulk hitting the canvas seven
times in the sixth round. the final
punch, a terrific left book to the jaw,
sending him down and out.
Jack Has Injured Hand.
Before entering the ring Johnson
exhibited to newspaper men an abras-
ion on the right hand. which he said
had been caused by an accident dur
ing a workout in the gymnasium. 1t
was apparent during the owens bout
that the ex-champion rarely used his
right hand in heavy punching. He ex-
planned after the fight that this fact.
together with Owens holding tactics.
prevented him finishing Owens early
in the bout. Owens took the agrees
sive in the first round and reached
Johnson's face several times, one
punch slightly cutting his lip Be-
effect on the former champion: and
at the finish of the bout Johnson
seemed as fresh as when he started.
The four rounds with Topeka
Jack" Johnson was a sparring match.
Jack" is clever and about the. form
a fast pace, but the former champion,
too. speed up and gave a clever ex-
hibitirn of blocking and hitting.
Johnson found time In the clinches
to exchange quips with the ringsiders,
and his famous golden smile" flash
ing over his opponents shoulder. was
much in evidence
1000 Witness Bouts.
Four contests of four rounds each
between inmates of the prison pre-
prisoners yelled Justly for their re-
spective favorites. and several hum
dred special guests present on invi-
tation of the Warden witnessed the
Thanksgiving Day. show. High up in
a tower on the prison wall motion.
picture camera ground out films OF
the afternoon events.
Jack Johnson began serving a SEN
tence OF a year and day In the
prison September 10 for violation Of
the Mann act. Conditioned on pood
conduct he can be released July Q.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
RACE TROUBLE in FLORIDA ON ELEC-
TION DAY MAY CAUSE CONCRESSION-
AL INVESTIGATION OF METHODS OF
DISFRANCHISEMENT USED BY BOUR-
BON SOUTH. MAY AFFECT STATUS OF
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.

Washington, ID. c.. Dec. 1.-THE race
trouble in Florida on last election day
may prove an entering wedge for
Congressional investigation of voting
conditions in many Southern states.
What is probably the most seathing
denunciation of these methods with
an appeal for Congressional action in
regard to them is that of George
Lockwood, editor of the National Re-
publican in a current issue of recent
date
Mr.. Lockwood says:
The present Congress will be grave
ly derelict in duty IL 1t should fail to
institute searching investigation of
the crimes. frauds and gross iniustices
characteriZing the federal elections in
Florida and other Solid South states
on November End.
Let 1t not be said that the Congress
of the United States is sensitive to
election and primary abuses north of
the Ohio. but that 1t lacks the sense
and the sand to probe into the loud
smelling rottenness of the practices
perpetrated by the Southern Demo-
cratic oligarchy in a number of the
Solid South states.
Oklahoma rolled up Republican
majority only in the face of obstacles
placed in the way by the Democratic
machine which would have halted
AnNlnlnB DuI an IN
state. as in others controlled by the
Democratic oligarchy the registra-
tion machinery Is in the hands ex-
clusively of the reigning autocracy.
Registration was refused to thousands
of voters. In one Oklahoma precinct
the registrar secreted himself from
the Republican voters until cornered
by a posse of Republican women.
whereupon he resigned. and a second
register chosen by the oligarchy went
through the same performance: A
delegation of indignant Republican
women called on the county registrar
to come to the neighborhood and per-
nit the Republican women to regis
Indian Republican accompanying the
delegation pulled six-shooter. and
beclSoning the registrar into the
waiting automobile. said: white man
This incident was typical of hundreds
which happened in a state that was
so honeycombed with Democratic dis
affection that many of the plans to
through the refusal of patriotic. hon
est Democrats To carry out orders.
Even a last moment order to steal
ten votes to the precinct throughout
the state was disregarded in many
localities.
In the state of Florida the oper-
ations of the red shirt. rough neck,
Ku KluX Democratic machine was ac-
companied not only by fraud theft.
chicanery and all round crookedness.
but by wholesale murder. In Duval
county. where Jacksonville, the chief
city of the state is located $4,000
votes were registered. But $4,000
persons were permitted to vote
Republican voters were held up, while
those who cast the machine ballot had
no difficulty in voting. At one poll
ing place two thousand registered
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Texas Race Bank Statement
Shows Increase in Resources.

Waco. Texas. Dec. 7.-The
statement of the Farmers Improve
ment Bank of Waco. Texas. Negro
institution shows that its resources
total $140,781.60. an increase of near
ly double its resources of one year
ago.
1t plans the addition during the
coming year to add a savings depart
ment where small time deposits may
cent.
For the past two years the bank
has been almost solely in charge of
r. G. Smith. cashier and son of it's
founder, r. l.. Smith. He is a certi-
fled accountant, highly trained in
business management and has attain
ed signal Individual success He has
associated with him as officers: r. L..
Smith, President: j. f. MCGOWAN,
Vice-President: II. M. Furlow. Asst.
Cashier; H. L. Smith, Secretary of
Board of Directors.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Maurice Mays Will Get New
Trial.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 2.-The Ten
nessee supreme court in session at
Nashville Saturday handed down an
opinion in the case of the state VS..
Maurice Mayes which was appealed
from the Knox county criminal court,
the supreme judges ruling in effect
that the trial judge erred in falling
to charge the jury trying the case
that in event they found Mays guilty
of murder in the first degree, it
would be their duty to fix. his pun
ishment A recent statue required
formality and Judge Nelson charged
the jury under the old statute. The de-
fense, composed of Attorneys Reuben
l.. Gates. w. f. Yardley and l.. c.
Houk cited this as an error in it's
bill of exceptions.
The crime with which Maurice Mays,
a young Colored man who then re-
sided in this city. was accused was
the killing of Mrs. BERTHE Lindsay,
white, on the night of the last Friday
in August. 1919. Mrs. Lindsay was
sleeping with her cousin. young
woman at the Lindsay home in the
norther part of the city. Near one
o'clock at night the younger woman
was awakened by the sobbing of Mrs.
Lindsay and saw searchlight play
ing about the bed and voice COM
manded silence under the threat of
death. Mrs. Lindsay screamed and was
shot by the intruder. dying almost
instantly.
The intruder escaped through the
rear Of the house and when the po-
lice were notified suspicion pointed
to Maurice Mayes and he. was arr
with the murder. Mayes' failure to
establish an alibi up to certain
time within the time the crime was
committed and upon the statement of
the cousin of Mrs. Lindsay that she
fired the shot. he was convicted and
sentenced to electrocution.
The night following the arrest of
Mayes and after he had been rushed
to Chattanooga by Sheriff Cate who
feared trouble, a mob formed. at the
marched on the Jail. Not being salts
fied with the assurance given them
that Mayes was not in the iail.s they
dynamited the Jail. destroyed prop
erty and committed depredations in
general throughout the city. ntsessit-
state militia to take charge Of af-
fairs. The Negro citizenship did not
suffer at the hands Of the mob. but
the hostile attitude of the soldiers
who patrolled the streets WAS the
cause Of storm Of protests not only
many of the white citizens.
Mayes has been confined in a death
cell at the state prison since his con-
viction and has stoutly maintained his
innocence of the crime with which
he Is charged.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Negro Census Clerks Being
Discharged.
fRy A. N. P.l

Washington, d. c., Dec. Although
there is still plenty of work to be
of the 1920 census, and, as has been
stated. Colored clerks in the Census
Bureau have proved most proficient
in the operation of the machines used
that, due to lack of funds, nearly
every one of the Colored clerks in
this bureau has been notified with
no thought Of prejudice, whatever"
that he IL no longer needed. This noti-
fication comes within short period
of the recent election.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Negro Birth Rate Greater
Than Whites.
(By A. N. P.)

Raleigh, NJ G. Dec. 7.--For the
first time in the history of vital sta
stistics in North Carolina the Negro
birth rate In the. state for the first
six-months of this year showed a
larger percentage than did the white
birth rate. From January to the end
Of June, 1920. there were 1853 Me-
gro children born in the state, or
1913 per cent per thousand population
During the same period the white Is
more than double the number of Me-
thousand population Is only 31.2 as
compared with the 1878 per cent Of the
Negro births.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
Atlantic City Has ColOred
Fire Company.
(By A. N. P.)

Atlantic City, N j.. Dec. IA Col
cred fire company here is now a fact.
The fourteen members of the com
pany. all OF whom saw military SER
vice overseas, went on duty In the
West Side Fire House recently. En-
gine Company . moved from the West
Side into Arkansas Avenue, fire sta
tion along with Engine Co. 8.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11

prison authorities say. The former
champion says he is in fighting trim
right now, and he will go after bouts
on his release from prison.
els" Johnson said. "and have not all
lowed myself TO slip Dodging en-
ragged bulls in my role as toreador
was great foot work training. feel
as young as ] did ten years ago, and
when get out will be ready to do
some strenuous boxing"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11

Among many of distinction who will be the guest of Dallas
Council of Bishops assemble here early February will be this
noted divine respond the addresses of welcome DR.
greatest scholars of the and has few equals
anywhere an orator.
selected make the for Congress the City of New
supported by many the leading people of that city
among Mrs. Gould.
the Editor the oldest magazine published in the
The NJ Review which classed among the best pubca
ons in the country the delegates
the which London September 1921
The citizens will that years ago this
eman Pyhan Temple and the ovation
any person had from that rosm The doctor slated
episcopal honors in 1924
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-18

lie Hauser, democrat, Tucumcari;
Rio Arriba, Canuto Trujillo, repub-
lican, TERRA Amarillo; Roosevelt,
X, A. Palm, democrat, Portales;
Sandoval, Telesfor Sandoval, re-
publican. Bernalillo: San Juan,
Mrs. Ina Rathbun, republican.
Aztec; San Miguel, Benito f, Baca.
republican, reelected, Las Vegas;
Santa Fe, Mrs. Adelina Otero-War-
rem, republican, reelected, Santa
Fe; Sierra, Mrs Kathryn b. Ling.
republican, Hillsboro; Socorro, Eli
SEQ M. Chayes, republican, re-elect-
ed, Socorro; Torrance. Mrs A. NJ
Parrett, democrat Estancia; Union,
Miss Marie Myers, republican,
Clayton; Valencia, Saturnino Baca,
republican, Belen.
In Santa Fe county. Mrs. Otero-
Warren has been elected for tho
third term. However, she was APP
pointed for the first term, which
does not count under the constitu-
tional limitation. In Otero county.
r.. S. Upton. present superintend-
ent, was nominated by the demo-
Gratis for state superintendent 1t
is reported that he will serve as
deputy for Mrs, Thomas, who is
teaching at Tularosa and will finish
out her term.