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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
President Gregg Announces
Closing Program Of School.

, April II, 1921.
Wilberforce, Ohio, President j. A.
Gregg of Wilberforce University an
nounces that the Commencement Pro-
gram this year will be in keeping
with the high standard that has al
ways characterized the programs OF
that famous institution.
After one of the best years in the
history of Wilberforce all eyes are now
turned towards Commencement. A very
large class will be graduated from the
several departments. thus presenting
to the world an earnest group of
young people who are going to take
their places in the worth while activ-
tiles of tomorrow.
Bishop A. ]. Carey of the 14th Epis-
copal District of the A. NJ. q. Church
will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon
Wheeler, pastor of Trinity A. M. E.
Church Pittsburgh, Pa. will deliver
the address to the Religious Societies
at p. m, June 18th; Bishop 3. F.
Church will address Payne Theolog-
ical Seminary students at p M,
June 18th; DR.. r. w. Nance, Presi-
dent Of Allen university. Columbia,
erary Societies at 1880 p. m. on Mon
day evening, June 18th; the Alumni
Association of which DR.. r. c. Ran
som, Editor of the A: M. E. Review,
Gregg as President of Wilberforce at
Z D. m. on Wednesday evening, June
18th: the Commencement address will
be delivered at 10 o'clock June 10th
by Chan cellor f. H. Lindley of the
University Of Kansas. the Alma Ma
ter of President Gregg.
Besides the annual meetings Of the
University and C., N. & 1. Trustee
Boards, on Tuesday, the 14th and
Thursday the 10th respectively, two
great meetings of far reaching i'm
portance will occur at Wilberforce
during the Commencement week. The
first is the meeting of the Education
al Association made up of the Presi-
dents and Deans of the several A. M,
E, Schools which will convene at 10
a. m. June 18th, the other meeting
will be that of the Medical Associa-
tion of the State of Ohio, which will
convene at Carnegie Library at 2 p.
m. Thursday the 10th.
The outlook now is that the Com
mencement this year will be attended
in large numbers by members of the
Trustee Board the Alumni Association.
patrons and friends, and Secretary
j Junlkins is already being taxed to Sc
cure accommodation for the many
who will attend. All who are con-
attending the Commence
ment exercises viii do well to write
Secretary jenkins at once in order to
secure accommodations.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
NASHVILLE PLANS TO EN-
TAIN MUSICAL MEETING.
Fisk University is Aiding Ma
terially in Plans For Enter
tanning National Musicians.

Nashville, Tenn, April 17.--Judging
from the amount of activity being
shown among local musicians, Nash
vile Is preparing to give to the Nation
al Associations OF Negro Musicians
the greatest entertainment in the his
tory Of that organization.
The July meeting Of the National
Association, Will mark the first time
IN It's history that this organization
Diron's Line and Nashville is planning
hibition OF Southern hospitality. Ca
When questioned ahout the plans
pGr pt, entertaining the Nationai Associ-
yited 1t to Nashville, gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
First of all, 7 think il will inter-
est YOU to know that before going to
New YORK last summer I had the
BUSINESS thi. e;. and professional interests OF
ing the Association to hold its 1921
session here. When we returned from
the New York meeting, the people OF
Nashville We're iubilant over the fact
that our invitation had been accepted
AND, today, I am pleased to announce
that we have had no trouble whatever
IN securing accommodations in the
best homes OF this city for the dele
gates who will attend the Association
In addition to this. Fisk University
through Mr.. John Work has agreed
to accommodate number of the rep
resentatives, who may desire to stop
on the campus of that institution"
When asked about meeting places.
etc; for the Association, Mr.. johnson
Tn keeping with the progressive
Grant Washington, D. C., we have
arranged to hold the first days ses-
sion in the spacious auditorium of the
Mt Olive Baptist Church, DR.. c. IT.
cured because It is the largest. as well
as one. Of the most modern buildings
in Nashville, owned by Negroes At the
close OF the first days session. we
which will give the citizens of Nash
Vile as well as the visitors nm op-
portunity to see and hear. the greatest
number OF Negro artists ever brought
together at one time.
The second days session will be held
on the campus of Fisk University. This
VIII give the musicians an opportunity
to spend a day on the grounds of an
institution which means so much to
the musical development Of the Am
erican Negro.
"The third days session will be held
& I. State Normal, Prof. W. ]. Hale,
President. It will be a source of
great inspiration to Negro musicians
10 pc entertalned py TINS institution,
every member of whose faculty-from
president to janitor--is a Negro. Aside
from this fact, the Summer Normal,
which brings teachers from all sec
tions of the country will be In session
at that time, and this will be OF ad-
ditional interest to the visiting mu-
sicIans"
AS a climax to these arrangements
Mr.. johnson also states that plans
have already been completed TO give to
the visitors a motor trip over the city
of Nashville on Friday, July 10Th, cul-
minating in a picnic at Greenwood
Park, the most beautiful play ground
Negro.
This" said Mr.. johnson, is a ten
tative plan for Nashville's entertain
ment of the National Association OF
Negro Musicians"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
CALLS ATTENTION TO WIDESPREAD EVILS OF LYNCEING
And ENCOURAGE BET'TERMENT OF RACIAL CONDITIONS
by AN ENLICHTEN STUDY OF THEM. SAYS PROPOSED
LYNCHING COMMISSION, COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF
both RACES MAYBE OF GREAT VALUE

Washington, D. c., April 14.-Pres-
ident Harding in his first address to
Congress set what it is hoped will be-
come a president when he made spec
ial mention Of the needs of the many
millions of people of African descent"
numbered among the American popu-
lation together with the pressing
needs OF the American people.
His message. inclusive of all press
ing American problems, contained his
approval of the establishment Of peace,
by resolution, with the Central Pow
ers OF Europe, absolute disapproval OF
the existing League of Nations; an
lower rail rates and less national eX-
pendtures
His suggestions as taken from the
text of his message are as follows:
Tighten tax burdens by cutting cx-
penditures.
Revision of internal revenue laws
and repeal Of excess profits tax.
Instant enactment Of emergency ta-
riff laws.
Reduce cost of living by reducing
cost Of government.
deduction IF railway rates and Cp-
e"ntiCn costs.
Understanding Of management end
labor that the public pays and must
Do not discard agencies for national
defense until there is no need FOR de-
fense.
Take no part in existing league of
ns tions.
In rejecting the league covenant. do
not surrender hope of association to
promote peace.
Must fulfill promise to people for
early establishment of peace.
Less government in business and
more business in government.
Proper care for disabled soldiers of
the world war.
Establishment of a merchant ma
rine.
Establishment of commission of
whites and Negroes with view of
eliminating lynching.
Enactment of national budget sys-
TEN.
Creation of department of welfare.
Special mention of the needs of Ne
groes for a better and more complete
protection by the government was
made in connection with his sug-
gestion that a National Department of
Welfare be created which should SUI
pervise and exercise National control
of all agencies dedicated to the i'm
provement in citizenship of all lnhap-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16

inadequately provided for. To bring
these various activities together in a
single department, where the whole
field could be surveyed, and where
their inter- relationship could be prop
creased effectiveness, economy and in
telligence of direction. In creating
such department, 1t should be made
plain that there is no purpose to in
wade fields which the states have oc-
cupied, In respect of education. for
example, federal government has al
ways aided them National appropri-
ations in aid of educational purposes
the last fiscal year were no less than
S65, 900, 900. There need be no fear of
undue Capitalization or of creating a
federal bureauracy to dominate af-
fairs better to be left in state con-
troll. We must. of course, avoid over
tapping the activities by the several
states, and we must ever resist the
growing demand on the federal treas
ury for the performance of service for
which the state Is obliated to its cit
izenship.
The Race Question.
Somewhat related to the foregoing
human problems is the race question.
Congress ought to wipe the stain of
barbaric lynching from the banners of
a tree and orderly representative de-
mocracy. We face the fact that many
millions of people of African descent
are. numbered among our population,
and that in number of states they
constitute very. large proportion of
the total population.
IT is unnecessary to recount the in
cldent to this condition or to empha-
size the fact that it is a condition
which the state is obligated to its cit
been suggestion, however, that some
of its difficulties might be ameliorated
by humane and enlightened consider
alton of 1t, a study of it's many as
poets, and an effort to formulate II
not policy, at least a national attl-
tude of mind calculated to bring about
most satisfactory possible adjustments
relations between the races and OF
each race to the national life.
One propdsal is the creation of a
commission embracing representatives
Of both races to study and report on
the entire subject. The proposal has
real merit. / am convinced that in
mutual tolerance, understanding char
ity, recognition of the interdependence
of the races. and the maintenance of
the races and the maintenance of the
righteous adjustment.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
NORTHERN FARMERS MAY
HAVE TO use NEGRO HELP.
Lack of Labor on Farms May
Help to Give Employment to
Many Willing to Settle on
Them.

Hampstead. N. Y, April 4.-The i'm
portation of Negro labor from the
South to work Long Island farms is
one Of the things that may happen if
the farm labor problem cannot be
solved in some other way.
That some of the farmers In the
neighborhood of Riverhead and South
ampton have already sought to get
Negro labor brought from the South
is the statement of Samuel S. Board,
of the United Employment Service of
Nassau-Suffolk Counties with head
quarters at Mineola.
The thouht or colonization Of Ne
oTroes. osNeciaitv married coupIes has
been confined to the Riverside section
where AZ" tho potato and cauliflower
FARMS. SO far as has been known
there mas been no attempt to bring
an OF ms labor into Nassau County
Mr.. Board saws that the section in
ana around Rtverhead offers wonder
tul opportunities to those who would
90 pack to the farm" He declares
mat the golden opportunities there
are partly responsible for the shor-
tage of labor now because those farm
laborers married men who went out
10 work for others at one time, have
made enough to buy small farms for
themselves and are now employers in
small way.
He "avs that the community absorb
ed a large number of Polish people at
one time and that the Poles had cas-
Nv dominated the labor situation
thereabouts until the war cut off the
earrivals and the munitions and other
factories took the men back into the
cities. Some of the latter have re-
turned. The immigration has not
brought .enoueh new arrivals
and there is still a labor shortage that
rnust he met somehow. Facing this
situation saws Mr.. Board, the farmer
has been driven to straits to get help.
To tho married farm labor the on
portuuities offered are exceptional
The farmers paid S125 n month during
the war period for a farm hand and
gave him his house vegetables and
milk free Now they pay from $50
to s75 n month and i've the usual
privileges Of house rent free. all gar
den produce and milk.
The married couple who will take
house are the ones most in demand
some Of the single men who cannot
find n place Of shelter unless there
are some follow farmhands to take
them into their homes. In this way
good penny also Nor is the farm work
limited to the men, for In the harvest
season women have earned as high as
$40 n day.
Mr. Board, through his employment
bureau, Is trying to get the right kind
of labor from the cities and from all
sources so that the necessity for the
Negro help will be avoided. He saws
that the farmer cannot be/blamed for
taking what labor he can get, but he
hopes that the Negro laborer in num-
bers. who is needed in the South and
whom he says. does not fit into the
scheme Of things here, will not be
brought here.
were brought into the section about
Roverhead but 1t is thought that help
can be secured that will take he op-
portunities that are offered on the
farms, especially since the demand
for such help in the factories is fall
ing off.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
N. A. A. c. P. Inaugu-
rates Drive With
Church Day, April II.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. 70
Fifth Avenue, New York today an
nounced that April "a had been de-
signated as the opening day of its
drive for a quarter of a million NOM
bers and that the day would be sig
nalized by special church services
throughout the country
Colored ministers in all parts az the
United States have been asked to
preach sermons on the subject: Jus
tice to the Negro-the Test Of Chris
tianity in America A syllCbus con-
tanning information upon which the
sermons may be based has been dis
tributed broadcast to Colored minis
ters.
Special prayers will be held in many
of the churches, Colored ministers who
desire copies of the syllabus for the
sermon are invited to communicate
with the national office Of the N. A.
A. c.. p, at 70 Fifth Avenue, New
York.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16

itants Of the United States. It is con-
tanned in the following excerpt from
the text of the message:
Department OF welfare.
During the recent political canvass
the proposal was made that a depart
ment of public welfare should be cre-
Gted. 1t was indorsed and commend
ed so strongly that 1 venture to call
II to your attention and to suggest
favorable legislative consideration.
Governments obligation affirmative
ly to encourage development of the
highest and most efficient type of citi-
zenship is modernly accepted, almost
universally. Government rests upon the
body of citizenship 1t can not main
out of touch and understanding with
the community 1t serves. Enlightened
governments everywhere recognize this
and are giving their recognition ef-
feet in policies and programs.
Certainly no government is more de-
sirous than our own to reflect the
human attitude, the purpose of making
better citizens-physically intellectual
ly spiritually. To this end I am con-
Vinced that such a department in the
government would be of real value. 1t
could be made to crystalize much of
rather vague generalization about So
eial justice into solid accomplishment.
Events of recent years have profound
ly impressed thinking people with the
need to recognize new social forces
and evolutions, to equip our citizens
for dealing rightly with problems of
life and social order.
In the realms of education, public
health. sanitation, conditions of work.
ers in industry, child welfare, proper
amusement and recreation. the elimi-
nation of social vice, and many 9TH
er subjects, the government has al
ready undertaken a considerable range
activities. / assume the maternity
bill, already strongly approved will
be enacted promptly. thus adding to
our manifestation of human interest.
But these undertakings have been
scattered through many departments
and bureaus without coordination and
with much overlapping of functions
which fritter energies and magnify
the cost.
Many subjects of the greatest inn
portance are handled by bureaus with
in gov ernment departments which log
tcally have no apparent relation TO
them. Other subjects which might
eral authority, have been neglected or
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
Refusal 10 Discharge Negro
Workers Causes FOreman's
Suspension by Georgia May
or.
or .

Moultrie. Ga, April 14.-When r. L.
Hoggard, superintendent of the water
and light plant at Camilla refused to
carry out Mayor ]. M. Spences in
structiong to discharge the Negro
firemen and put white men ,n their
places the Mayor issued an order tenn
porarily suspending Mr.. Hoggard. The
matter then went before a special lss-
sion of Camilla City Council and when
one of Camilla City Council and whence
passed in 1918. giving the water
and light superintendent authority to
employ such help as he needed at the
plant Mayor Spence admitted he was
without authority in the premises and
he issued an order revoking his sus-
pension of Mr.. Hoggard.
At the meeting, however, Council
passed resolution asking Mr.. Hog
gard to employ white men "in his dis
erection such action was considered ad-
visable."
After the meeting ana the REIN
staten mt of Superintendent Hoggard
the white men employed by Mayor
Spence resigned and the Negro fire
men went back to work. Mr.. Hogg9rd
in explaining why he hadn't carried
out the Mayors instruction to fire"
the Negroes said that they were ex-
perienced men and he'd been on the
job regularly for some ton of twelve
years
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
People Aroused by Movement
to Bar Negro From Registers
Office.

Washington, April 14.-Negro lead
ers are much exercised over the al
legged efforts OF Republican leaders to
ebargs eminate tho4 the% from politics politics They
Representative G. b. Slemp of Virgin
Ia and others would bar them from
national conventions by cutting down
the representation from the black dis
tricts of the South.
Ever since the inauguration trouble
has been brewing and the protest Of
n majority of the workers in the Of
flee. of the Register of the Treasury
at the head of their division brought
the matter to a head Secretary Mellon
and President Harding must straigh-
ten out the problem forced on, them
by the sos young women who threat
en- to strike If Negro is named as
their superior officer.
The editor of the Washington Col
ored American, published here, is de-
chance. the square deal and full Am
erican citizenship" He urges his
rights.
I'VE kept in power the political
bought land, cultivated it and our
children entered the professions, in
creased from four to fifteen millions
blood and consecrated to American
ideals and patriotism
Then came the world upheaval and
100000 Negro soldiers from the re-
motest cabins of the black belt and
the largest Eastern universities tune
fully went forth to die, II need be,
in defense of right, truth, justice and
honor"
Negro leaders assert that the move
ment to bar a Negro from the office
Of the Register Is backed by politi-
clans.
I'VE are so used to this kind of
propaganda" their spokesman say,
that we do not feel any surprise
when we hear of II, but there is al
ways a chance that some new admin
istrator may be unaware of the meth
ods so commonly adopted by these
people. hence we must be eternally
In his speech Of Acceptance President
Harding said:
"I believe the Negro citizens of
America should be. granted all their
rights, that they have earned their
full measure of citizenship bestowed,
that their sacrifices in blood on the
battlefields of the Republic have en-
titled them to all freedom of opnortun-
ity, all of sympathy and aid that the
American spirit of fairness and JUS
tice demands"
Negroes Interested in the present
fight are prepared to remind the Pres
ident OF this declaration.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
Negro PreSideS in Jer.
sey Assembly.

Trenton April 14.-For the first
time in the history Of New Jersey a
Negro occupied the chair of Speaker
of the House of Assembly. The honor
was accorded to Assemblyman Walter
G. Alex 1der of Newark, a member Of
the Essex delegation, by Speak r
George S. Hobart. The latter was
called to attend the National Guard
Investigation and appointed the Ne
gro in his place.
DIR. Alexander. a physician, was too
modest to move a vote on resolu-
tion expressing the respect OF the
House on his ability as a legislator
The resolution Was offered by the
Rev. Warren Patten Coon, a fellow
Assemblyman from Essex County. Up
ton Jefferys, Clerk of the House, call
ed for the vote on the resolution,
which was uU lnimous.
Dr. Alexander is the first OF his race
to be elected to the New Jersey Legis-
lature. He acknowledged the honor
paid him by a few approprite remarks.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
Confederate Secret is Buried
With Aged Negro.

Washington. April 14.--The where
abouts of the official seal Of the Con-
federacy, an unsolved mystery for
more than half a century. probably
will forever remain unknown. James
ones aged Negro employee in the
senate office building, said to be the
only person with a knowledge of where
the seal was buried, died without dis
closing the secret.
Jones was serving as servant ot
Jefferson Davis, president OF the Con-
federacy, when Davis was captured.
As the story goes, Jones buried the
seal before the federal authorities
could obtain possession Of the con-
fcder'.t tc leauer's effects. ans % his
DEAN never revealed the spot.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16
Georgia Governor Prom.
iSeS Punishment to
PeOnage.

The National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, 20
Fifth Avenue, New York. today made
public a letter received from Cover
nor Hugh NJ. Dorsey of Georgia, rela-
tive to the disclosures regarding peon-
age in Jasper County, Georgia, which
caused the murder of eleven Colored
poems. The Governor definitely prom
ised to do all in his power to see
that the perpetrators of the system
are punished.
Governor Dorsey's letter TO the AS
sociation reads as follows;
"I assure you that all true Geor-
gians deplore the awful tragedies re-
leaving no stone unturned to put the
wheels of Justice in motion, and hope
20 bring about the conviction of the
know, has no Jurisdiction. All he can
do is to try to bolster up the officials
elected by the people"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-16

and had dismissed the incident from
his mind.
Yesterday morning, however, there
came to The Tribune through the
sisted that her name be withheld. /,
was made payable to Jim" and call
ed on the United States Mortgage and
Trust Company to hand over to him
good fortune he had little to say, ex-
cepting that he lived with his sister
at 262 West Forty-seventh Street, and
he guessed he could use it,"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-08

the greatest confidence among ms
supporters that there is nothing TO
fear but to wait for the returns.
Senator Trinkle is going good and
strong, making an average OF thres
speeches day and he is receiving
the closest attention and assurances
of:support wherever he goes. he
will not lose a day between this and
the day Of the primary.
"Just put it down fora certainty
that lam going to VIM said Senator
Trinkle in letter tc friend in this
city. 81 knew I had a hard fight
but did not expect toEreceive the
support that has come.sto me thus
early after having delayed 50 LONG
making my announcement. The pee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-08


district, and they made bold to say
that Senator Trinkle will have, more
majority than Mr.. Cha!kley says VIII
be cast N the entire district. They
are also saying that there IS every
reason in the world to believe the
gentleman from wythe will receive
anywhere from $4,000 TO $4,000
majority.
One Of the interesting develop
ments Ct the last few days followed
the appointment by the governor OF
Richard McIwaine, of Norfolk, to a
;udgeship. The papers Of that city
declared that politics figured in the
selection, that the political ambitions
Of the governor was factor ns