The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-09-02
$4,000 Raised to De-
velOp National Business
League.
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NC~AtafANo AAotAi bdBc ~
educational work for Negro in the
building and equipment Of suitable
modern schoolhousees for their chill
dren, ~ improving the supervision of
4 colored schools in the better training
Def Colored teachers and. ia an en-
cOuraging number of cases they are
Increasing high schools for Negro
youth.
Negro schools and colleges. and pri-
vate institutions show similar progress
among the Colored people. College
enrolment in the better institutions
| has greatly increased since the World
! War, and the schools are providing
better facilities and offering I'm in
creased variety of practice and modern
courses. In this connection 1t is in
| teresting to note that the several
states are fast making college edu-
/ cation for Negroes requisite condi-
1 lion, not only for praeticing the pro-
LESSONS, but for teaching in certain
OF the schools
The National Negro Business Leag-
ue standing. as II does. for the highest
Z type OF manhood, citizenship. the de-
velopment Of the Negro group in
I business. in morals and education. re-
sisters It's emphatic condemnation of
lawlessness and crime of every FORM
I It stands intentionally. for the en-
! iorcement of the 18TH Amendment to
I the federal Constitution and the laws
4 enacted Hereunder and for the en-
I forcement of the 18th and 18th Amen
ments as wen. We view with amaze-
ment the nervous energy and deter
mined activity which the federal gov
| eminent puts forth to enforce the 18th
Amendment, the creation of an army
Of prohibition enforcing officials. the
! expenditure of hundreds of millions of
dollars TO apprehend and punish vio-
iators OF the laws enacted under that
Amendment when no effort. not the
slightest consideration Is given to the
enforcement Of the 14th and 18th
Amendments affecting the rights and
liberties of the Negro group.
The first and highest function of
government is the maintenance OF law
and Order When lawlessness and dis
| order become the fixed habit of a
people and law supercedes and sup
plants the courts not only Is the life
| Of the citizen in jeopardy but the life
! OF the government Itself Is imperiled.
Mob lust for blood knows no limit
when once set in motion and the mob
1 which today tortures and burns or
shoots helpless Negro to death will
4 butcher members of its own race
4 when aroused by the desire for re-
venge or personal hatred.
Americas proud boast OF freedom
and democracy and its seeming soli-
citude for justice and fair play for
weak and oppressed peoples OF the
Old World and for mankind generally
causes II to be held up in scorn and
derision and its preachments for JUS
tice looked upon as hypocritical pre-.
tensions when the bloody record OF
American mobs with no governmental
effort to curb or restrain them OF
to punish In members is beheld.
In order to wipe out this black and
bloody stain restore law and order
in American life, vouchsafe security
of life to the humblest American cit
lien and purge this great government
in the eyes of civilized nations We
call upon the Senator of the United
States to pass the Dyer Anti-Iynchinp
bin and We urge the president Of the
\ United States to us the influence and
power of his office to achieve its
4 speedy passage.
w T. Andrews, Baltimore. Md.
w 4. 3. Williams, Alabama.
/. I. Montgomery, Mississippi
g. NJ. White, Colorado.
Q. G. Dogan, Virginia.
w. S. Scarborough, ID. c.
Bishop l.. y. Scott, Tenn.
J. u. Mitchell, Mo.
All the gloom prophets were utter.
lily routed this year. Their predictions
to pass in it's checks were not veri.
fled. To the contrary the 'organiza-
ton never showed so much OF rea
and substantial vitality. Very much
that follows in the wake of the con
lvention. Construction, CONSTRUC.
1 TON and more of II was literally
shouted from the housetop to the eel
lar of the meeting. The rehearsal OF
busoness experiences were put with
the minor happenings this year. Dis
/ cussions making for the Improvement
Of business situations throughout the
country were constantly before the
I convention. There was a letter read
/ from the United States Chamber OF
\ Commerce. Technical exports such as
the president of the Guarantee Trust
Company of New York City, members
of the staff of the national govern
fering cooperation were among the
signs in evidence that a very general
! interest is being maintained in all the
sections in the general plan and OPP
erations of the League.
1t took President Motion just Ii
raise nearly SIS 900 for the work OF
4 developing the Leagues proposed con-
minutes by the convention clock ia
structive program. That was not all
Of the part that the head Of the Lea
que played In the proceedings. His
many admirers presented him with Q
4 Handsome touring automibile as q
token Of their high regard for him
This was one Of the touching Incl,
dents in the convention. Principal
Motion was visibly affected at this
4 shSwing of the respect In which he IL
held by the people throughout the
country and his response to the donors
Of the gift was Colored with repressed
emotion and eloquent reference to his
I anpre|iatioh OF the serious RESPONSE
bihtsss tAat have come to him in re.
cent years,
A revealing feature OF the sessions
were the discussions of the affiliated
associations OF tse League. The Ma
tional Negro Funeral Directors Asso-
citation, the National Negro Farmers
Association. the National Negro Bal
association, thu National Negro Bank
erS Association the National Asso.
cation of Managers OF County Fairs
and the exhibition window dressing
display of the c. j. Walker Company
biggest ottractions-all contributed to
what has been called The astounding
/ success of this years convention"
/ But best Of all Norfolk has beer
raised out OF the dump OF q long
business depression by the optimistic
has come INTO the badness temper Of
the city. Two big failures had very
nearly taken the bussness heart orr
1 Of our people during the past two
yeera. The good cheer optimism Of the
\ cGsvention Is about to change Of that
condition and business Is very likely
70 take a fresh and spirited new
start that can not but rebound to the
listing benefit Of the Norfolk Colored
i people.
The local arrangements for the con-
| vention were conducted by George T.
gro Chamber Of Commerce: w: "a.
4 Rich. president; w. N. Rich. president
| OF the Metropolitan Bank: p. B. Young,
] staff Of the Journal and Guide; Levi
Bright, associated with coRiDeny