The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-03-27
DECIDES in FAVOR
OF BOYD FACTION
Supreme Court Hands Down
Baptist Decision. Il

Nashville. Tenn, March 25-(Recip-
come. to the great Baptist law suit
, and DIR. Boyd and his associates were
I victorious. 1t occurred in the Su-
preme Court OF Tennessee, when that
court handed DOWN their decision in
favor Of r. u BOYD. G. H clark,
j. = Robinson. g. b. Taylor, I. L.
and J. G. Fields. constituting the Bap-
tist Publishing Board. The Supreme
courts decision upheld the decision,
the, the decree and the opinion of the
civil Court OF Appeals, who decided
in favor Of DR.. Boyd and his CO.
workers in the National Baptist Pub
fishing Board. And the Civil Court
of Appeals likewise had sustained
Court who decided in favor of DR..
r. II. Boyd and his co-workers of the
National Baptist Publishing Board.
There have been three distinct decis-
ions in the Publishing House law
suit in favor of the venerable DR..
Boyd. There were three decisions in
the courts of Chicago in favor of
DR.. u: p. Jones of the National Bap-
Is allied with DR.. Boyd and the work.
ers of the Publishing Board, In sum-
ming up the results here today. the
Baptist folks declared that the un-
incorporated convention. known as
the little r. f. DIS or Jones Fac
ton" by this decision of the Supreme
Court. had won six decisive victories
thus putting out the e. c. Morris
as destructionists. There is a great
deal of history in connection with the
litigation which started in Chicago,
ILL.,, in Sept, 1915, when the Con-
vention separated over the question
of a charter which had been obtained
by seven men who were unauthorized
by the convention, and which pro-
posed to confiscate all the property
of the Negro Baptists of the United
States. This charter, it is claimed
dollars worth of property. that en-
rolled with the Morris Convention,
responsible for the obligations of this
Convention, regardless of how wreck
might be, as 1t is pointed out he ran
the old convention constantly in debt
| for the past twenty years and that
he had even failed to organize his
Convention. When the Chicago Con-
vention was called to order, the ques-
ton of charter was presented and
| upon three decisive votes the oppo-
nents Of the Incorporation were VIC
torious. 'whereupon the Morris fol-
lowers attempted to adjourn Conven-
tion. The Rev. DR.. Parks of Philadel-
| phia, was presiding when this at
tempt was made. Drs. Parks, Griggs
Bryant, M, M Rodgers and several
others walked out of the convention.
But the Baptists refused to follow
them, and at once formed a tempo
rary organization. electing Edw. p.
Jones, then Of vicksburg, Miss, as
chairman. This temporary. organi-
zation was made permanent the same
day. This put an end to the Morris
regime as president over conven-
tion over which he had served for
front Edward Jones. After this the
Morris people came back into the
convention and tried to get control,
but they were out numbered and out
voted and the old majority rule and
and defeat resorted to the courts. In
functions were issued, suits filed.
receivership asked for. and charges
of every description. were lodged
When this failed the Morris follow
ers attacked the National Baptist
| Publishing Board, an institution
known the world over. with a value
dollars, which had been built by the
| venerable Dr. r.. H. lBoyd, who was
born a slave and who without the
aid of a dime from the treasury OF
| The Morris people not only filed these
| suits, but organized their following
all over the United States in an at
! tempt to take away the patronage
ed newspapers and for five years the
most bitter, unprincipled and un-
manly attacks that could be made
have been hurled against DR.. Boyd
who without answering them, general
| led his fight and his law suit In the
| courts. AT the same time the Ma
tional Baptist Publishing Board con-
tinued to grow and prosper, and II
appears that the Negro Baptists would
not be msled by false representa-
tions. DR.. Boyd's last report showed
| his Board had handled upwards to
two hundred thousand dollars for the
fiscal year ending Aug. 81, 1919,
and that the National Baptist Pub
fishing Board was furnishing litera-
ture to about twenty e..ousand Sum
day schools and II had ON Its bay
roll more than one hundred fifty Me-
gro men and women, boys and girls.
The plant here Is regarded as the
greatest accomplishment of the en-
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