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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Jamaican StOwaways Tell
Tale of Hardship at Sea.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 24.--Lured on by
the wonderful tales of freedom and
opportunity which await every person
in this country, two Jamaica Island
youths decided to get to this country
in some manner, Today they are be-
ing held by immigration officials, and
when the Oritani returns they also
will return, both sadder but wiser
yoths.
The boys. Ira CARLY and Clarence
kidguard, cast off as stowaways, de-
termined to reach The Land of Gold
en- Opportunities" secretly. So, when
the Oritani steamed away from King
ston, Jamaica, two youths were en-
seemed in the damp and gloomy hold
of the ship. They stated later that
during the trip.
However, they did not figure on a
tropical hurricane which was raging
off the coast of Florida. The Oritani
cording to the two youths, life in the
dreary hole then became worse than
ever. Strange, odd, vierd shapes sud-
denly began to take form, and very
creepy noises were heard.
CARLY, the youngster of the two
lads, weakened first, and after vainly
trying to keep up his nerve, told his
pal that he could not stand 1t any
longer. Klidguard, however. was of
sterner stuff, and told his friend not
to let the ships crew know that he
was aboard.
Alone, the youngster was up against
IL. The odd shapes were doubled and
there were all sorts of strange figures
and creatures playing about the ships
hold. The banana diet, too. was begin
ming to tell on him and he began to
feel badly. He stood it for two days,
and on the fifth day made his pres
ence known by tapping on the chips
matches.
Neither, when examined. was able
to produce passports from the Consul
at Kingston. and both were ordered
deported.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26

ness.
Take the Sixth District of Indiana,
Tor a concrete example: 1t is the dis
trict of Senator James Z. Watson,
and in the state where Senator New
Is TO come up for reelection, and
the district of Congressman Richard
Elliott, of the six large cities in the
district, five went Democratic; Rich
mond, the home of G. r.. Richardson,
went Democratic. and Richardson, who
managed the Colored Republican cam
paign in Indiana in 1920 helped to
turn the trick.
declares he did it. because the Re-
publicans have broken faith with the
people, while the party leau ers say
that Richardson broke the faith with
them. Incidentally. Richardson had
been promised place mot later than
July in the Administration. but it
never got over
The machinery of the party has
been set to work IN dead earnest to
prove sincerity of purpose Leaders
throughout the country are being CALI
e. Into consultation, and practical pro-
grams are being worked out With
Henry Lincoln Johnson as Recorder
of Deeds. w. S. Scarborough in the
Department OF Agriculture. Perry w.
Howard, Special Assistant Attorney
General, DR.. GRESHAM in the War
Risk, Julius Westmoreland recently
made Deputy Collacto of InternntiOn-
al Revenue In Boston. and another OF
the practical side of the Admlnlstra-
tion has gone into action. IL Is frank
~ admitted by all that there Is
terrible tide OF opposition. but -
role methods are going to be used
to stem It.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Was Visitor to University on Wednesday
by Request Of Emmett Scott; Degree Of
Doctor Of Laws Conferred; Marshall
Praises School and Work Of ColOred Sol
diers.

Washington. d. c., Nov. 24.--The
Howard University held ceremonies
attendant upon the comforting Of the
degree of Doctor of Laws on M. Fer
dinand Foch, Marshall OF France. Com
mander in Chief of the Allied Arm
les, on the University campus, We'd
nesday afternoon at five o'clock Mo-
vember 16, 1921. Marshall Foch made
the visit to the Howard University
to be entertained as its guest upon
the special request of Emmett j. Scott,
the Secretary-Trea of the Uni
versity, with the approval of Prisi-
dent J. Stanley Durkee. through Col
onel James A. Drain. a member of
the Entertainment Committee of the
American Legion which has charge
of arrangements in connection with
Marshall Foch's visit to Howard
States and also through M. X Jules
Jusserand, the French Ambassador.
Marshall Foch's visit to Howard and
University included the Hallelujah
Chorus from the Messiah by the Uni
versity vested choir; a prayer by Rev.
the Marshall by President j.. Stanley
Durkee; a response by Marshall Foch;
the tribute from the Colored soldiers
of the World War by Claude w.
Blackmon, Sergeant Major of the S6Sth
Infantry, a member of the class Of
1923 of the University; the comforting
of the degree of Doctor of Laws on
Marshal Foch by President DuTkee
upon his being presented by justice
Stanton ]. Peelle, the President of the
Board of Trustees of the Howard
University; and the singing of the
Alma Mater and the Marseillaise by
the student body.
In comforting the degree on Mar
shall Foch after his presentation by
Justice Stanton j. Peele. President
Durkee said: Ferdinand Foch--, Stu
dent, Teacher Author, Patriot, Lover
of Law and Justice, with supreme
faith in God in the right. Savior of
Civilization, honored and loved by
mankind, generalissimo of the Allied
Armies--by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Board of Trus-
tees of the Howard University, l con-
fer upon you the degree of Doctor Of
Laws, together with all the rights
and privileges pertaining thereto"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Election Returns Blight G. 0.
P. Hopes in South.
(By A. N. P.l


Washington, d. c., Nov. 24.-The no.
litical outlook is a mass Of uncertain
ties, with the Republican party, the
party of power, emerging from the
throes of a huge awakening, a dis
Just P"'' " NC
There is absolutely no denying, ac-
eordlng to high and authoritive infor-
nation by The Associated Negro Press.
that the recent jolt in the elections
mas been something like being awak-
ened from delightful dream by a
sudden stop of the train, plus war
TAX; Is sensation not devoutly
you time to Jump out before the
IRE burns up the wreck.
One big Republican said TO A, N.
=" that IT may help to dispel the
ih M that the Solid South"
is Is going In a solid way to the G. o. p.
The big Jolt came in the Splitting of
the beans" in Virginia There, i'm the
good old state of our forefathers, Bias.
com Slemp, of Ninth Congressional
District fame. and lilly white" author
ity. avowed and predicted that the
state of the f. F. VS. would Certainly
go Republican, If. providing the mig
gan" was eliminated as an issue. and
an appeal was made to the business
We're eliminated bodily and wholesale.
RESULT not only did Virginia 70
Democratic by a big plurality, above
10000, but cen the "Deestrict" Of the
Honorable Bascom, ordinarily Repub-
lican, turned up In the Democrat coll
umn; said gentleman. and Congress-
man, now has the shivvers, for he
"comcth up" next November for re-
election. and the good folks say they
will finish the job then.
In the meantime, in New FORK, Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky and New Jersey,
there has been such a Democratic
trend. that the folks now in the big
places, are speaking in no certain
terms about cutting out "famdoolish-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Country Club to be Built by
Memphis Business Men.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 24.-Plans are
under way by a group of prominent
business and professional men to
erect modern country club here.
When completed the site promises to
be one of the beauty spots of the
state.
Already. the men have purchased a
2O-acre tract of land, which they pro-
pose to improve as a recreational CEN
ter.
A Club house is to be erected in
the center and the grounds will be
laid out for many Of the popular out
door games and sports, according to
plans approved A five-room bunga-
low now. located on the land, will
be occupied by the caretaker. II is
planned to have the grounds ready by
early summer.
Among the promoters of the club
are !. I; Settle, w. H. Bentley. b. NJ.
Roddy, r. s. Lewis, George w. Lee,
L. y. Brown, Edward Lewis, S. w.
Qualls and T. H. Hayes.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Eleven Former Students Who Answer Fl
nal Summons HOnOred in Arlnistice Day
Exercises. Ex-service Men and School Of
ficials Pay Fitting Tribute.

we commemorate today were men OF
this sort. They were simply doing
what was expected Of them when
death met them. These men were
brave, patient, thoughtful of others,
loyal to their country. mindful of
Their God. They were obedient TO the
vision of truth and Justice which they
had won in this school. They repre-
sent the Hampton Fellowship OF
three races-serving together for the
good of all, for the cause of Gods
righteousness, peace, and good will.
Present Day Fight.
The students of Hampton Institute,r
SAID weymouth, a well known white
attorney of Hampton, met their obli-
cations like men. They lived up to
worthy traditions. They simply acted
in war as they had been taught to
act In peace" Mr.. Weymouth added;
fight. 1t may have ended the Great
War, but 1t did not end the great
fight in which all of us do and should
take part-the fight of truth against
error, of right against wrong, of
against evil"
Ex-serviee Men Speak.
William NJ. Hubbard of Richmond,
Va. Colored student at Hampton In
stitute, who served in France, out
lined the loyal and unfaiIing service
OF Negro soldiers from the days of the
American Revolution to the World
War. William f. Tyndall, an Omaha
Indian from Nebraska, who entered
Hampton recently, following his SER
vice oyersease for eighteen months
as truckdri with battle exper-
fence. described the service of In
dian soldiers and officers and paid
tribute to the Indians Willingness to
serve even when they did not all
enjoy the privileges of citizenship.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
HUGE CONSTRUCTION COM
PANY IS FORMED.
Thirty Years Struggle by
Contractor is Ended When
Company is Formed with
Sons as Partners.

Chicago. Ill, Nov. ga thirty
year struggle to realize busI-
ness dream has just been ended by
Charles Lewis, a Negro building con-
tractor of this city, in a blaze of I'M
usual and almost unprecedented sue
cess. He is the founder of the Lewis
Construction Company The members
of the Lewis Construction Company
are Charles Lewis. and Homer. Victor
and Russell Lewis his sons. Building
construction on a hitherto unheard of
scale among the Colored people in this
section of the country, typifies the
success which has crowd the unceasing
and untirring effort of the elder Lewis
to perpetuate the family name in the
business history of this great city.
But let Charles Lewis tell in his
own way something of the hopes and
fears that have come to him
haven't much to say concerning
myself, "he said in a recent inter-
view" My life has been so busy and
have been so much tied up in the
desire to build up something for my
boys that 1 haven't had the time to
be thinking about myself. I've been
working for more than thirty years
to build up something for my boys.
am glad to say that they have tried
to do the things I have set my heart
on their doing. The result is that we
have a growing business and, 1 think,
a good future"
II have tried to put some new ideas
in the business he continued, ideas
that would meet some of the needs of
the Colored people. / have noticed
during my business career, that Color
ed folks had a hard time getting
money to build homes for themselves.
For some reason or another brokers
were not willing to lend them any
money for this purpose. After my
boys had finished their schooling,
conceived the idea to have them go
a step farther and make a study of
the bond and mortgage business. The
result is that we have now a bond
and mortgage department that is Civ
ing splendid returns.
When asked concerning his inven
tion of a new kind building brick he
said: "All I can say regarding my
brick is that l have succeeded in
producing a brick which has stood the
test and can be made at much low
err cost than the present brick in use.
The Patent Office has passed on 1t
and declared that it is really some
thing new in bricks. Our firm is US
ing 1t with great success"
A great deal more could be said of
of a news article would not be suf-
ficient to tell of the logged determi
nation Of the man and sacrifices he
has made to educate and train a large
family Of boys to carry on the BUSH
ness he created after he has shuffled
this mortal coil. It Is so unusual a
procedure for a Colored man that 1t
amounts to unique bit of news.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Durham, a City Of Worth
While Men.
(By A. N. P.)
(By ]. A. Jackson, for The Associat
ed Negro Press)

(By ]. A. Jackson, for The Associat-
ed Negro Press.)
Durham, N. Car. Nov. 24.-Durham,
North Carolina, is a town that has
been made famous by certain brand
of smoking tobacco bearing a name
that is world famous. The same name
used in another manner means in
slang-without substance or dependa-
bility. Well, that does not fit our
business men in the community. Ne
gro business is farther advanced in
the Little town of Durham, than in
any other community of similar size
in the country.
There they make their own cigars
In their own factory, Porto Rican OPP
eratives doing the skilled work The
town boasts of being the home office
Of the North Carolina Mutual In
surance Company. a concern that is
race in its line, but is far seeing
enough to be financial hacker of a
half dozen of the Amusement enter
prisees of the race. They hold NOR
tent of nearly a quarter million dol
lars and have made possible three of
the biggest enterprises of the kind
in the country; That. they are broad
minded is exhibited in the fact that
only one of these projects are located
in North Carolina
A Negro bank with a Raleigh
branch is another useful institution.
% Is lH6 flTe COM
pany. These are but the high lights
of most substantial business group.
In our distinctly theatrical field we
find a local Movie King" as f. X.
Watkins has become known through
out the state. Mr.. Watkins Is Presi-
dent of the National Coiored Exhibit
tors Association. He owns the new
Wonderland theater in that city, in
which feature pictures, Race releases
and Negro News reels 6re presented
IL addition TO these activities in his
home city, Mr.. Watkins owns the Idle
Hour in Petersburg, Va. The Rex in
South Boston. Va, The Majeztice in
Chapel Hill, N. Car. All are picture
houses.
MI Watkins has employed many
celever devices for keeping the box
office busy. One of these l am GO
ing to pass on to others. The charc-
ter of patronage and a steady vol
ume of It Is assured his Wonderland
'heater, by the use of a season ticket
which he personally distributes among
the profession and buiness people of
the community and its environs.
Another excellent practice of the
King is to ride. about the surround
ing country in his car, making brief
visits to the farmers during which
he casually mentions the next weeks
offer sings. He finds the personal con-
tact is much appreciated and learns
definitely the desires of his cliientel.
One thing he has established as
a certainty is that pictures portray
ing race characters in serious dramas
and pleasing stories is in constant de-
mand, while low comedy pictures of
Negroes is held in disfavor by many.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Max Yeargan Sails For Afri-
Work.
(By A. N. Pr

New York City. Nov. ga feature
of the forthcoming twentieth national
conferences at Cincinnati, December
to 4, of the Colored Mems Depart
ment Of the Young Mems Christian
Associations of North American will
be the announcement that Max Yer
gan has started for Africa as the
first permanent secretary of the Y.
NJ G. A.. to that continent. Yergan
VIII sail on November 26th. Yergan
leigh) and an honor graduate in 1914
OF Shaw University, where he played
on the varsity eleven and base ball
nine ana was class president and
president OF the Students Union.
Although Max Yergan will not be
thirty years of age next year, she
story of his life is veritable ROM
ance. 1t is so. his friends point out,
because the passionate ambition OF
MS life has been to serve his fell
Of Colored students Kings Mountain
N. c., during his college days, Max
and some of his friends climbed to the
peak of Kings Mountain and there
after PRAYING together, each one dedi-
Gated himself to go wherever he be-
lieved God wished him to go in work
of Christian service. Three of these
young men, including Yergan, have
since been called into tasks of Chris
tian leadership.
lulS convention
Of the Y. M. c. A, in Cleveland in 1915
Max Yergan heard an appeal INSIDE
for volunteers to go to East Africa
where the work involved extraordin-
airy hardships. He reached there af-
ter a brief stay In India, where he
made such an impression upon the Y.
NJ. c. A., officials that he was urged
to returnd there eventually for per-
manent service. He finally reached
erman East Africa. on board troop
ship, and there served with both white
and Colored soldiers for many months,
suffering many hardships and being
laid low several times by gun stroke
and fever.
No less a pioneer, Susie Wiseman
fergan, also a product of Shaw Uni
Versity. where she taught for three
years following graduation, is prepar-
ing 20 accompany her husband on the
long voyage. They expect TO remain
IN South Africa six years before re-
turning.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
American WOOdmen
Will Finance Build
ing Program.
(By A. N. P.)

Denver, Colo, Nov 24.-Mr. L. H.
Lightner Supreme Clerk of the Ameri
can Woodmen of Denver Colo, spent
several days during the second week
of November in Tulsa, Okla, investi-
eating the ACCESSIBILITY of the SUI
preme Camp of the American Wood
men loaning funds to members Of the
Order who desire to rebuild their
homes destroyed during the riot in
June. After conferences with several
prominent Colored and white business
men and firms, it was decided that
this order would make the necessary
loon for reconstruction of homes
and plans are now being perfected
in the Home Office at Denver, Colo,
to carry out this idea.
This act on the part of the Ameri-
can Woodmen demonstrates the
wisdom of Negroes building up
their own financial institutions and
storing up the finar cial strength nee
sary to fund their own needs in
in cases of emergency like that Of
Tulsa, where white financial con-
Germs absolutely refuse to give their
aid.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
COlOred Fraternity Will
Meet University in
Pennsylvania.
(By A. N. P.)

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 24.-The
third annual convention of Delta Sip
ma Theta Sorority will be held in the
Engineering building of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, December 27-29
inclusive. This is the first time that
a Colored Sorority has held its con-
vention within the walls OF white
University. 1t is indicative both of
the standing of Delta Sigma Theta
members at the University of Penn
sylvania and the spirit of that school
that this privilege was granted.
To the Convention will come dele
gates from cost to coast. Delta Sigma
Theta was the first of our Greek let
ter societies to form a chapter on
The Pacific cost. On February 7tb,
1921, Kappa Chapter was established
to the University of California, Berk-
eley, Cal. A delegate from this chap
ter as well as from each of the other
fourteen chapters of the sorority will
be present at the Convention. Phil
adelphia looks forward with great
pleasure to the reception of at least
100 delegates, Delta women from the
leading colleges OF the country.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Diversified Farm
ing Pays Well.

Lubbock, Texas, Nov. 24.-Diversi-
fled farming in the South Plains pays,
according to j. o. Williams, near Lub-
book. From two and one halr acres
Mr.. Williams has sold $500 worth
of water melons From rs acres
has ginned and sold 10 bales of cotton
from the first picking, and from as
acres of row crop, has harvested
enough feed to last him two years in
addition to sew ral loads sold on the
Lubbock market He has grown his
own vegetables, has a few milk
cows, several hogs. chickens, pea
nut patch orchard and is the little
concerned over high freight rates,
strikes and kindred matters.
Ten years ago his land worth ap-
proximately SIS per acre. Today It is
worth approximat 800 per acre.
Within a days's shooting distance OF
Lubbock, there are more than seven
million acres of the same kind of
land waiting for settlement in order
to produce, other progressive farmers
the same kind of comfortable living.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26

Marshall FOch In Response to Greeting
From Howard Praises the UnIversi-
vy and the Work of the American
COlOred Soldiers.
Marshall Foch IN responding to the
Greeting of Howard University said:
II find 1t very easy to express my
sentiments of gratitude for the cor
dial reception accorded me, when 1
recollect the commendable and indis-
pensable service rendered by the Col
ored troops upon the soil of France.
1 knew well that Howard University
contributed largely in the war. l
knew also that through the love and
energy of this great institution of
learning as manifested for France,
that the soldiers actuated by these
impulses gloriously fought in France.
Although our green sod now covers
the bones of many of your beloved
comrades, France shall not forget
University. and the costly sacrifices
made by. the Colored soldiers, the
shedding of their blood upon the altar
of freedom shall mark an important
epoch in the history of human action.
can assure you that the French
care upon the tombs of the American
soldiers whose bodies are now in
France"
In the requests which were made
by DR.. Emmett j. Scott, who served
during the World War as Special AS
sistant to the Secretary of War, in the
effort to have Marshal Foch visit the
Howard University, attention was call
ed to the important part which the
100000 Colored soldiers, who were
called TO the colors, played not only
in camp and contonment. but over
seas as well, and also to the glow
ing tributes paid tho Colored soldiers
from America by French Commanders
Mention was also made of the fact
that Howard University had more
graduates and students to receive COM
Missions and serve as officers with
Colored military units than any other
instition in America for the training
of Negro youth. and that on the
grounds of the University 1,7S6 Col
ored men were trained for Army ser
vice.
CONTINUED on page p.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-26
Bogus African Envoy Swim
dies German Banks.

Berlin, Germany, New. 24--A wait
er from Budapest found German banks
susceptible enough to foreign insig-
mia to raise large sum of money
for him as the representative of the
President of Liberia. When finally ar
rested in Hanover, he gave his name
as Wilhelm Won Munumo and said he
was born in Duala, the Kamerum,
Africa. He had prepared his own pass
port and stamped 1t with a forged
seal of the Liberian Republic. Then
he travelled from city to city CASH
ing checks.
Just before he was ready to present
check he would insert an advertise
ment on the behalf OF the Government
of Liberia, stating that the Liberian
Treasury was meeting all its obliga-
tons in pounds sterling payable in
London and signed by the President
of Liberia.