The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-09
INSURANCE COMPANY HAS HALF
MILLION FOR TULSA.
UnbrOkcn Faith shown in RchnbiII-
tntlOn Program.

Tulsa, Okla, July 7.-Rislng up out
of the ashes and the chaos Of riot and
! disorder. that visited this city June
I /, is an awakened and a determined
black man, with slogans Of faith and
hope upon his lips which bespeak of
n tomorrow full of big things. To re-
build upon, ashes Of yesterday a great
among black folk. c. NJ White Of
/ Denver, Colorado. and head of the
American WOodmen, one of the
strongest Negro insurance companies
in America, Is said to have made
tentative proposition to the Negroes
I Of this city to place one-half million
dollars towards q reconstruction pro-
gram. Other financial agencies of the
race will be called into action and at
an early date.
The location of the land where the
black folk is about one mile from Ar
cher street which was the south line
of the Negro section. I'VE have just
gotten a sewer cut IN the section
nent Negro, Monday. and l am sure
if we were foolish enough to go out
in the country where they have vir-
not place water, lights and paving out
there in the next twenty years"
This same gentleman told of how
some one in authority in Tulsa, illeg
ally GommerGialized the sale of the
said he. got a bunch of these cards
and went into the various district and
sold them to Negroes, Idle and with
questionable records and who O. could
the regular channels These identifi-
cation cards are issued on the pre-
sumption that every Negro works for /
some white man. At any rate, you are
not free to pass on the streets of the
Oil City unless you have one of these /
cards signed by some white man de-
signated as employer" j. r. Garrett, !
a Colored district agent for the Elk
change insurance company, was de- |
MED the right to the streets until |
this card was signed by the city at
torney.
A peculiar thing about the FIRE
LIMIT ORDINANCE" is the fact that it
was voted for by every one of the city |
commissioners e3ept by Newblock'
the only DEMOCRAT on the commits /
sion. He is quoted as saying the or
dinance was unfair and that 1T was
also Illegal.
DR.. Bridgewater. perhaps one of the
flgation Is being attacked by the city
papers for not acting properly under
the directions of the Red Cross. The
real fact is that DR.. Bridgewater is
He has done much real work since the
riots in administering to the wants
Of his people. incidentally, 1T might
be mentioned that DR.. Bridgewater is
one of the heavy Negro property own
ers who refused to be biuffed in seel-
ing his holdings for a song and NOV
ing, out into the woods o,o No
tional bank of Tulsa, are reported as
saying that since the riots of June
/, the Negroes of the city have, drawn
this one financial institution alone.
There are eight strong banks in the
city of Tulsa and it is safe to. say
that out of this number, over three
mi nf have hppn
by the depositors who have gone to
other cities to bank their funds. Bank
officials are said to ,deplore this feat
their treasury The officials of the
Exchange National are reported as
gro depositors had so much money in
At a meeting held in the First Bap-
after be known as the EAST SIDE
REALTY & RECONSTRUCTION COM
PANY." This meeting and Its deliber-
groes to the real estate dealers of
who plan now to confiscate the prop
erty of the Negroes in the DEVASTATED
area. Saturday AFTERNOON, the city
a meeting at the city hall. This white
reconstruction committee had scheme
to have all the Negroes execute deeds
10 d nOluluS COMPANY lIdN NlSy heiu
formed. They proposed to later val
uate the land with a board Of apprais-
ers, giving the Negroes the advanced
price that the property would bring
as industrial property. The attitude
of the Negroes was aptly expressed
in the language of Prof. J. w. Hughes,
principal of one of the. ward schools,
who in addressing the whites, spoke
for the Negro group. He refused to
enter into their scheme and made this
terse statement of what the Negroes
proposed to do. Said Hughes: I'm
GOING TO HOLD WHAT HAVE UN-
TIL l GET WHAT I'VE LOST" This
slogan adopted at the meeting held
by the Negroes in the evening at the
Baptist Church, almost to man, the
Negroes on Greenwood street propose
to hold their property and rebuild on
their land.
OF course the fire limit ordinance
is supposed to bar them from build
ing anything but a fire-proof build
ing: this they propose to do.