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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-02
% STATES, CT CITIES ACTIVE IN
N. A. A. c. y. DRIVE.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, 70
Fifth Avenue, New York, today an
nounced that its countrywide drive
for quarter of a million members
was well under way and that twenty
seven states and siYtY-three cities
were already represented.
Among the southern states in which
the drive Is being actively carried for
ward are Alabama. Louisiana. Ken
lucky. Florida and Virginia and South
Carolina.
Among the large cities of the coun-
try in which the drive is under way
are New York, chicago. Richmond
New Orleans, Washington, Denver
Kansas City, Seat'c and Spokane,
Buffalo. Rochester. Syracuse, Detroit
and Minneapolis.
In Florida, according to the Nd
vanCement Association terrorist,co
methods are being employed to pre-
vent ColOred people from holdin meet
ings. Reports from Florida are that
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VIII promote a full growth Of
beautiful hair, one treatment viii
start your hair TO growing. Il yoO
have dandruff, letter or any disease
of the scalp, send for full treat
ment.
My Dandruff Remedy never fails 20
cure Dandruff or letter no matter
how long standing.
II you have a tight stubborn Hcaly
a circular is sent with each treatnent
with full information telling you 1uEi
how to make your scalp loose sps
flexible so the hair will grow.
Course taught, Diplomas given
through mail. Hair Culture $40, Dye
ing and Bleaching, Hot and Ble&chins
Hot Oil Treatment. Beauty Culture
Manicuring. Growing OIL 90 cents
Dandruff Remedy, SO cents; resInI
Oil 50 cents; Temple OIL 30 centa
Soap 10 to rs cents. Agents wanted
NINE. LUELLA McDANIELS
1902 e. Morse Street.
Greenville, Texas.
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DALLAS DISTRICT NOTES.
r. S. jenkins. p. h.

~
Sunday we were in Lincoln Manor,
Garth Chapel A. NJ. +. Church. The
Sunday School was well attended
and highly interesting as to the les
son and exercise.
Rev., l.. d. Carradine, the much
esteemed pastor, is an interesting
character; a man with special gifts
and graces for the ministry. He is
destined to be one of our leading
pastors.
The Quarterly Conference convened
Saturday night with a full corps OF
the officers present. Bro. B. Black
shear was granted local license to
preach. Bros. Geo. CODY, C. l.. Jack
son, r. Sims, brother to our much
lamented Rev. G. w. Sims, Chas
HUM, Il. Hum, Mrs. Carrie HUM
Mrs Hattie Colby, Mrs. Carrie Jack
son. Mrs. Willie higgins are the
leading lights in this church of great
promise Watch Garth Chapel grow
with leaps and bounds. for the
future is very bright. Rev l.. d
Carradine has an increase in his
membership-five new members add
ed to African Methodism.
Next Sunday we will be at Smith
Chapel A. NJ L. Church, starting oul
second round This new edifice is
going up like a magic and will be
a beautiful church building. Oul
prayer is, God bless Rev. G. l.. Cole.
man and his good people.
Brethren, keep your eyes upon The
needle that points to our District
Conference. I hope that ere these
notes reach the press, that each pas
tor will have sent one half Of tho
Easter collection to DR.. j. w. Rank
in, Room 62 Bible House New Yorl
City, and the other one half to Dr.
j. f. Edwards, 1856 Aiken St, Wax
ahG chic, Texas. All the Woman.
Home and Foreign Mission money
must be sent to Mrs. NJ. e. Moore
4OS Harding St, Fort Worth, Texas
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NOTICEI

No Madam c. j. Walker agent has
the right or privilege to operate in
any other system of Hair Culturing
in connection with the Nine. c. j,
Walker System. There is no way
of combining the Nine. C. j. Walker
System with any other system, and
the agent or operator who practice
such deception will have their Di-
ploma revoked and all privileges
withdrawn as to the Nine. c. j
Walker SYSTEM.
For the next sixty days we Offer
q special price to all persons who
desire to take the Nine C. j. Walk
er System. "the worlds best system,
with a $4,000, guaranteed corpora
ton.
R. S. jenkins, State Representative
Phone H 2915, 1904 Flora Street
Dallas, Texas.
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RANKING MASONIC BODIES
MEET AT SHERMAN

Trinity Commentary No 3, and
the Heroine Templar Crusaders,
held Easter exercises at Sherman.
Remarks were made by Grand Sec
rotary w. E. Smith, Emmett Com
mandery of Sherman, and the
Princess Captain, Mrs. S. r. John
son. The following persons were
present: G. B. Montgomery, EN-
nett Commandery, Emmett Daw-
son, secretary of Commandery No.
3; Mrs. S. R. Johnson, princess
Captain, Mrs. C. Thomas, secre-
tary; j. S. Brown, Royal Advisory
of the Heroines Templar of Cru
saders all of Dallas.
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The Wonderful Hair Dresser and Grower

One Thousand as0nS&
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money
made. We want ageE-a
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lage to sell THrs
STAR HAIR GROW B."
Err. This is a wonder
ful preparation Gu
be used with or wiz.
out Strengthening irShs
Sells for Csc psF
boX-one 25c bsJ
will prove its value.
Any person that vii
use a csc box will %
convinced. Nc matter
what has failed -
grow your hair jusi
give THE STAR
HAIR GROWER a
trial and be convinced
Send Csc fer full size
box. II you wish to
be agent send S1.0e
and we will send yea
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it at once; Glz6
agents terms. SeNd
all money oy mercy
order 20
THE STAR HAZE
GROWER MANB.
FACTURER$
BOX S12, GrssnsbCsrtu
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not only are letter sent to Colored
people opened but threats of violence
are made to deter them from holding
massmeetinEs.
The drive is, however, proceeding
in that state. among the branches
participating being the one in St
Augustine.
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CLAIM PROMPTLY PAID.

Muskogee, Okla, March 31.-Su-
nreme Camp, American Wcodmen,
Denver Colo, paid very promptly
the face of the policy issued to the
late Mrs. Lena A. Sims. Mrs. Sims
died Feb. 6, 1921, in Muskogee, Okla.
MRS. w. H. TATUM, Beneficiary
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DEPENDABILITY

hen dollars have decreased in buying and the pubic
Ills called upon pay the additional costs of production and
W when the question of quality of preparations is thrown to
the scrapheap and dependaby of service and quality OF
entirely discarded Madam finds herself confronted with
the problem of what with the money may she
purchase for her toilette
For madys beauty and saving her precious dollars, in
sist upon articles that bear this seal.
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Office 915 IL Calhoun st.
Phone Lamar 1875.

THREE OF THE CLEVEREST
CROOKS IN THE WORLD BLACK
MIKE" (Lon Clancy SILKY MOLL"
Priscilla DEAN and "DAPPER
BILL" (Wheeler Oallman"O will be
in town Monday, April 18th. There's
a Big Reward offered Watch t.,
them!
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MRS. IDA B. JEFFERSON
"A HEALER OF GREAT POWER"

Every man and woman ought to see and
communicate with this wonderful and resource
full lady; for she tell you many things that
will ut you to wondering Nine Ida b. Jeffer-
son can bring tangled brains to the light of
helpful sensibility. She can cure any disease
that you We're not born with. In fact she can
locate any disease in the human body by you
writing her Where other doctors have failed,
then write her and she will give you full de-
tails Of your disease. Mrs, jefferson possesses
n natural born gift from birth. Mrs. jefferson
is one of the greatest licensed preachers of the
age. She tell you any complain you have
without a word of Information. Write her to-
day.
Mrs. Ida E.. Jefferson, has discovered a
wonderful hair restorative 1t grows hair on
bald heads. Agents wanted
MRS. IDA -. JEFFERSON,
Evangelist A. NJ. f. Church,
North Texas Conference
Route l. Box 202
Longview. Texas. 2-26-12t
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Coming Monday, April 18th, WHILE
NEW YORK SLEEPS"-The Picture
all Dallas is Wild about-Mammoth
Theatre.
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THE ROYAL MUTUAL
Local Mutual Aid.

This space is hired by the Royal
Mutual, but we cannot see this
week, our eyes are full of hair
from last weeks issue. 1t is Health
and Accident Insurance. we are in
and not hair. Everybody makes a
mistake sometime, just imagine
what a mistake my wife made
when she married me, but she
done the best she could. She says
she has become very well satisfied
now. Her name is Mrs. G. D.
Harvey, its the Royal Mutual.
Office 915 IL Calhoun st.
Phone Lamar 1875.
w. H. HARVEY, President.
w. H. LITTLES, Secretary.
2-l9-tf
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kUR A LITTLE
LLINh mnnur LIMA

grow. 1t makes the scalp healthy;
it makes the hair soft. :.traight and
glossy; It. gives life to the most stun-
born hair and surrounds the face With
grace and beauty
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"Black Mike" played BY Lon CLANCY, "MoHy
Madden" played by PRISCILLA DEAN, and "Dupper
Bill" wheeler Oakman in the UniVersQi-JerOei pro.
Guction, "OUTSLDE THE LAW"
At Mammoth Theatre Soon.
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Watched Every Move in This Remark
able Performance.
remarkable performance. The ease
with which the big Vermonter had so
defied the law of grayitation with that
unwieldy stick amazed him.
"That thing'll weigh from seven to
eight hundred pounds" said he. II
reckon you're the stoutest man in this
part O. the state an I'm quite a man
myself. I've lifted barrel o whisky
and put my mouth to the bung hole.
l never drink it.
"Say," he added as he sat down and
began eating doughnut. IF you
ever hit anybody take sledge ham
mer or a crowbar. 1t wouldn't be de-
cent to use your fist"
They hewed a fiat surface on oppo-
site sides Of the log which Samson
had carried and peeled it and raised
its lower end on a cross timber. Then
they marked 1t with q chalk line and
sliced it into inch boards with a whip
saw, Abe standing on top Of the log
and Samson beneath it. Suddenly the
saw stopped. A clear, beautiful voice
flung the music of "Sweet Nightin-
gale" into the timbered hollow. 1t
halted the workers and set the wood.
land ringing. The men stood silent
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PAGE NINE

and corded up some, but guess If T4
showed the calico off mine and held s
up he'd pulled down his sleeve. I
didn't know just how good a man
Abe was and was kind O. scairt for
a minute. l never found it so hard
work to do nothin' as did then. Hon
est, my hands kind O. ached. wanted.
to go an cuff that feller's ears an
grab hold o. him an toss him ever the
ridge pole. Abe went right up to him
an said:
"'Jack, you amt half so bad or half
so cordy, as ye think ye are. You say
you can throw down any man here.
reckon I'll have to show ye that
you're mistaken. I'll rassle with yA
We're friends an we won't talk about
lick,n each other. Les have friend
ly rassle.'
"In a second the two men vera
locked together. Armstrong had
lunged at Abe with yell. There was
no friendship in the way he took hold.
He was going to do all the damage
he could in any way he could. Half
drunk, Jack is man who would bite
your ear off. 1t was no rassle; 1t was
fight. Abe moved like lightning.
He acted awful timber an well
creased. In a second he had got hold
of the feller's neck with his big right
hand and hooked his left into the cloth
on his hip. In that way he held him
off and shook him as you've seen our
dog shake a woodckuck. Abe's blood
was hot If the whole crowd had
piled on him guess he would have
come out all right, for when he's
reused there's something in Abe more
than bones and muscles. I suppose
it's what I feel when he speaks a
piece. It's kind of lightning. guess
it's what our minister used to call the
power Of the spirit.
"a friend of the bully jumped in
and tried to trip Abe. Harry Needles
stood beside me. Before l could move
he dashed forward and hit that feller
in the middle of his forehead and
knocked him fiat. Harry had hit Bap
McNoll the cock fighter. I got up
next to the kettle then and took tina
scum off it. Fetched one of them
devils slap with the side Of my hand
that took the skin off his face and
rolled him over and over. When ]
looked again Armstrong was goina
limp. His mouth was open and his
tongue out. With one hand fastened
to his right leg and the other on the
nape of his neck Abe lifted him at
arms length and gave him toss In
the air. Armstrong fell about ten
feet from where Abe stood and lay
there for a minute. The fight was all
out Of him and he was kind Of dazed
and sick. Abe stood up like a giant
and his face looked awful solemn.
!, "Boys, If there's any more O you
:. that want trouble you can have some
off the same piece he said.
"They hung their heads and not ons
of them made a move or said word.
i Continued on page 10Y
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IKE those nearing a benedicti0n. The
singing ceased Still they listened for
half moment. 1t was as If a spirit
had passed and touched them.
'It's Bim-the little vixen!" said
Abe tenderly. "She's an odd child
and as pretty as spotted fawn, and
about as wild. She's kind of first
cousin to the bobolink"
When they were getting ready to go
home that afternoon Joe got into a
great hurry to see his mother. 1t
seemed to him that ages had elapsed
since he had seen her-a conviction
which led to noisy tears.
Abe knelt before him and comforted
the boy. Then he wrapped him in his
jacket and swung him in the air and
started for home with Joe astride his
neck.
Samson says in his diary: "His ten
der play with the little lad gave me
another look at the man Lincoln"
"Some one proposed once that we
should call that stream the Mime
haha," said Abe as he walked along
"After this Joe and are going to call
it the Minneboohoo."
| The women of the little village had
met at a quilting party at ten O'Clock
with Mrs. Martin Waddell. There
Sarah had had seat at the frame
and heard all the gossip Of the coun'
tryside. The nimble-fngered Ann Rut
ledge-a daughter Of the tavern folh
had sat beside her. Ann was 8
slender good-looking girl Of seventeen
with blue eyes and rich crown Of
auburn hair and a fair skin wei
Drowned by the sunlight. She was
the most dexterous needle worker II
New Salem.
John Mcneil, whom the Traylor
had met on the road near Niagars
Falls and who had shared their CAM
with them, arrived on the stage tha
evening. He was dressed in nev
butternut suit and clean linen AM
looked very handsome. Samson write
that he resembled the pictures of Rob
ert Emmett. With fine dark eyes,
smooth skin, well-mOulded feature
and black hair neatly brushed on
shapely head he was not at all lik
the rugged Abe. In low tone an
very modestly, with slight brogu
on his tongue he told Of his adventure
on the long shore road to Michigan
Ann sat listening and looking into hi
face as he talked. Abe came in, 500
after eight o'clock, and was introduce
to the stranger. All noted the COZ
trast between the two young men q
they greeted each other. Abe SO
down for a few minutes and locke
sadly into the fire but said nothing
He rose presently, excused himse
and went away.
The logs for the new house WEI
ready two days after the cutting b.
gan. Martin Waddell and Samuel Hi
,, sent teams to haul them. John Can
, eron and Peter Lukins had brougl
the window sash and some clapboart
from Beardstown in small fatboa
Then came the day Of the raising
. clear. warm day earlv in Sentemhe
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recr good nature and then ADe ana
Mrs. Waddell provided them with the
best remnants Of the dinner. They
We're rather noisy. Soon they went
up on the roof to help with the rafters
and the clapboarding. They worked
well few minutes and suddenly they
came scrambling down for another
pull at the jug. They were out for a
spree and Abe knew it and knew furth-
er that they had reached the limit
of discretion.
"Boys, there are ladies here and
we've got to be careful" he said.
Lies stick to the job till four O'clock.
Then we'll knock off for refresh
ments."
The young revelers gathered in q
group and began to whisper together.
Samson writes that it became evident
then they were going to make trouble
and says:
"We had left the children at Rut-
ledge's in the care of Ann. I went to
Sarah and told her she had better go
on and see If they were all right.
"Don't you get in any fight she
said, which shows that the women
knew what was in the air.
Sarah led the way and the others
followed her."
Those big, brawny fellows from the
Grove when they got merry were look
ing always for 8 chance to get mad
at some man and turn him into a
plaything. A chance had come to get
mad and they were going to make the
most of it. They began to growl with
resentment. Some were wigging their
leader Jack Armstrong, to fight Abe,
One of them ran to his horse and
brought bottle from his saddle bag
1t began passing from mouth to mouth
Jack Armstrong got the bottle before
it was half emptied, drained it and
flung it high in the air. Another
called him a hog and grappled him
around the waist and there was des
perate struggle which ended quickly
; Armstrong got hold on the neck Of
his assailant and choked him until hi
let 60. This was not enough for thu
, sturdy bully of Clary's Grove HI
, seized his follower and flung him 81
roughly on the ground that the latte
, lay for moment stunned. ArmstrOn,
t had got his blood warm and was nov
/ ready for action. With wild whool
} he threw off his coat, unbuttoned hi
right shirtsleeve and rolled it to tn
} shoulder and declared in loud voice
, as he swung his arm in the air, tina
. he could tout jump, out hop, out run
throw down, drag out an lick any ma
q in New Salem"
In a letter to his father Samso
Z writes:
3 "Abe was working at my elbow.
r saw him drop his hammer and get u
: and make for the ladder. I kneV
q something was going to happen an
Z I followed him. In minute everyon
y was off the roof and out Of the built
o ing. I guess they knew what wa
e coming. The big lad stood thel
4 swinging his arm and yelling like a
Il rniua- It was hir arm and muscle
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SYNOPSIS.
Copyright Irving BachsIler

CHAPTER I.-Samson and Sarah Tray
lpr, with their two children, Josiah and
Hetsey. travel by wagon from their home
u Vergennes, VT, to the West, the land
Of plenty. Their destination is the Coun-
try Of the Sangamon, In Illinois.
CHAPTER II.-At Niagara Falls they
2 youth named John Mcneil, who also
decides to go to the Sangamon country.
All OF the party suffer from fever and
agues Sarah's ministrations save the life
Of youth. Harry Needles. in the last
Traylors. They reach New Salem, Illinois,
and are welcomed by young ABE" Lin
colin.
CHAPTER IIl.-Among the Traylors
first acquaintances are Lncoln's friends
Jack Kelso and his pretty daughter BIN
16 years of age
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samson took hold OF the miooie oi
one Of the logs and raised it from the
ground.
Il guess we can carry 'em," he said.
"Can We shoulder it2'' Abe asked.
Easy" said Samson as he raised
an end of the log, stepped beneath it
and, resting its weight on his back,
soon got his shoulder near Its center
and swung 1t clear of the ground and
walked with 1t to the knollside where
he let it fall with resounding thump
that shook the ground. Abe stopped
eating and watched every move In this
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CHAPTER ".

Which Presents Other Log-cabin Folk
and the First Steps in the Making of
New Home and Certain Capacities
and lncapacities of Abe.
Next morning at daylight two par
ties went out in the woods to cut tim
ber for the home of the newcomers.
In one party were Harry Needles car
rying two axes and well-filled lunch
con pail; Samson with a saw in his
hand and the boy Joe on his back; !;
Abe with saw and ak and small Jug
Of root beer and book tied in big
red handkerchief and slung around his
neck. When they reached the woods
Abe cut pole for the small boy and
carried him on his shoulder to the
creek and said:
Snow you sit down here and keep
order in this little frog city. If you
hear frog say anything improper
you fetch him whack. Don't allow
any nonsense. Wen make you mayor
of Frog City"
The men fell to with axes and saws
while Harry limbed the logs and
locked after the mayor. Their huge
muscles flung the sharp axes into the
timber and gnawed through 1t with
the saw. Many big trees fell before
noon time when they stopped for lunch
con. While they were eating Abe said
II reckon we better saw out few
boards this afternoon. Need 'em FOL
the DOORS Wen tote couple Of logs
up on the side O. that knoll, put 'em
on skids an whip 'em up into boards
with tha caw"
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All the men from the village ana the
near farms gathered to help make a
home for the. newcomers. Samson
and Jack Kelso went out for a hunt
after the cutting and brought in
fat buck and many grouse for the bee
dinner, to which every woman Of the
neighborhood made a contribution Of
cake or pie or cookies or doughnuts,
"What will be my part?" Samson
had inquired Of KelsO.
Nothing but jug of whisky and
kind word and house warming"
Kelso had answered.
They notched and bored the logs
and made pins to bind them and cut
| those that were to go around the fire.
place and window spaces. Strong,
willing and well-trained hands hewed
and fitted the logs together. Alexan-
der Ferguson lined the fireplace with a
curious mortar made Of clay in which
he mixed grass for binder. This NOR
tar he rolled into layers called "cats,"
each eight inches long and three inches
thick. Then he laid them against the
logs and held them in place with
woven network of stocks. The first
! fire-a slow one-baked the clay into
rigid stone-like sheath inside the
logs and presently the sticks were
burned away. The women had cooked
the meats by an open fire and spread
the dinner on table of rough boards
resting on poles set in crotches. At
noon one of them sounded a conch
shell Then with shouts Of joy the
men hurried to the fireside and for a
moment there was great spluttering
over the wash basins. Before they
ate, every man except Abe and Sam
son "took pull at the jug-long or
short"--to quote phrase of the time.
| 1t was a cheerful company that sat
down upon the grass around the table
with loaded plates. Their food had
it's extra seasoning Of merry jests and
| loud laughter. Sarah was little
shocked at the fortnight directness
of their eating, no knives or forks or
napkins being needed in that process
Having eaten, washed and packed
away their dishes the women went
home at two. Before they had gone
Samson's ears caught thunder Of
horses feet in the distance. Looking
in It's direction he saw cloud of dust
in the road and band Of horsemer
riding toward them at full speed. Abe
came to him and said
II see the boys from Clary's Grove
are coming. II they get mean, let mt
deal with 'em. It's my responsibility
I wouldn't wonder If they had SOM
of Offut's whisky with them"
, The boys arrived in cloud O.
dust and chorus Of Indian whoop
and dismounted and hobbled thei
horses. They came toward the work
ers, led by burly Jack Armstrong, ,
stalwart, hard-faced blacksmith o
about twenty-five with broad, heav,
, shoulders, whose name has gone int
history. They had been drinking som
but no one of them was in the leas
degree off his balance. They scuffie
around the Jug for moment. in per
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CONTINUED on page 10Y