The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-01-15
Citizens of Wichita Falls Fake Ex-
ceptiOn to Write Up Of Express
Reporter"

Editor of Dallas Express:
Please allow us space to say few
words in regards to article entitled
Some Towns in Texas"
We are not DESTROYS of criticising
not DESTROYS of criticising the re-
porter of the Dallas Express of
Wichita Fails but we wish to call
the publics attention to some facts
concerning the Colored business of
Wichita Falls. The writer seems to
think that the crowd that composes
the business men OF Wichita Falls
are those he met CARRIED in pinch
back suits, straight lass shoes, but
we are sorry the gentleman failed
to meet the real business men of the
race Of Wichita Falls. There are
some of the business men of Wichita
Falls who did not know Neiman-Mar-
Gus and Sanger Brothers were sell
ing pinch-back clothes and wardrobe
trunk. AS a matter of fact, we
have four Tailor Shops here that are
paying taxes to the value of $4,000.
The article mentioned that little black
Wichita Falls" had not driven one
nail In the way of Negro business.
We wish that the writer had visited
Lake street. before writing the article
and viewed spot where. when this
said boom was started. was owned
by white real estate dealers. Since
the said boom this same spot has
been handled by a Colored real es-
tate dealer in the person Of ;Hon.
Harrison Welch and was sold to
Colored business man In the person
Of Lawler Smith, for a pitiful sum
of $4,000. This SAID property now
has on 1t a new building estimated
at 100000. This nail was driven by,
little black Wichita Falls" during
his boom. Now let this writer visit
Part Street at the Norwood Building.
During his boom this spot was also
vacant and now little black Wichita
Falls has a business building there
that is valued at $4,000. Just a
block further you will find the Brown
and Davis Building that is bringing
around $4,000 revenue and which
was built also during your boom.
Further, on Humphrey Street was
owned by whites and now the entire
street is owned and controlled by
little black Wichita Falls" In the
300 Block on Humphrey, ten houses
we're filled with Mexichns and owned
by whites. Williams and Dyer pur-
chased this property and took "little
black Wichita our of tents and put
them indoors. This we also during
your boom.
When your boom started we had
one Colored doctor, now we have
three surgeons and one dentist. Dr.
]. T. WEIGH, DR.. King and DR.. Conan
DR.. WEIGH now controls the Mint
Drug Co., located in the Lawler
Smith Building. DR.. King is of the
Park Street Drug Co.. located in
Brown and Davis Building These
two drug stores came in this same
boom that the write.' speaks of. We
have a prog ressive Mutual Benefit
Insurance and West Texas Bottling
Works and four grocery stores, seven
cafes, five barber shops. three shoe
shops, one undertaking establishment
Fifteen hundred homes were bought.
We have facts and figures to prove
that this happened during your boom.
The, treasurer of the county and city
of Wichita Falls will be swelled up
in the hundred thousands mark by
Black Wichita.
Now. in regard to the pavement
mentioned: Remember that Black
Wichita is helping to pay for this
and we are helping to build those
fine schools you see going up. Re-
member who is IN authority. Give ne
\
a palatial school for little Black
Wichita" We only ask that when re-
porters are DESTROYS OF send out
news concerning business and finan-
cial conditions concerning little
black Wichita they will ask some one
who knows the condition OF affairs.
Signed:
THE BUSINESS MEN OF LIT
TIE BLACK WICHITA FALLS.