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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
NEW MOVE TO BAR NEGROES
STARTED.

Fort Worth, Texas. June 15.--Blanlket
deed to all property on the Southwest
side being threatened by an invasion
OF Negro citizens has been drawn and
VIII be submitted to property owners
for signatures. The deed specifies that
no property may be sold at any time
in the future to Negro OF Mexican.
This step Is being taken by white
residents Of the section, who fear the
City Commission will be unable TO
pass an ordinance preventing the sale
OF property in exclusive white COM
munities to Negroes.
At second mass meeting OF 7th
Ward property owners. held at the
fire station in that district, II was de-
ctded to appoint one man in each af-
fected block to obtain signatures OF
all other owners to the deed.
This deed will be made a part OF
the abstract of each piece of property,
II is said, attorneys having offered
their services free to do this work.
Justice of the Peace Emmett Moore
was among the speakers at the meet
ing.
Unless the sale Of the property 10
Negroes in the Seventh Ward is stop
ped Immediately. protesting residents
declare, II will be but a short time
until the Seventh Ward school Ia
completely surrounded by the race,
and II will be impossible for white
children 70 reach the school without
passing through Negro settlement.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
hook CHAT
By MARY WHITE ovINaToN

BY MARY WHITE OVlNSIVN
Chairman Of the Board OF Directors
OF the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People.
ssNegro Folk Tales with study
BY Thomas W. Talley. Published by
the Macmillan Co., New York City.
Price S2.25. Postage 10 cents extra.
The Negro has become so much
part OF America that there are GER
tain facts regarding his life that we
are apt to forget. One Is that Afri-
cans were brought to this country
War. that African lore was thus be-
ing continually renewed among the
American born Negroes. And another
fact is that the slave lived two lives,
one as a servant of the whites, and
the other a life of his own with much
that was African in its traditions and
its cultural background. This life was
despised or good humoredly tolerated
by the whites. but we are learning
that in some respects, 1t was richer
and more original than the white Eu-
ropean civilization domonating IL.
This collection of folk songs, shows
us little of the Negroes cultural
life. II is unsatisfying because with
few exceptions we have only the
words, and the words were OF the
least account. The pastime songs, the
dance songs. need the music and the
motion. Without this they compare
unfavorably with the songs and games
of white children. The songs and
games that are still played by street
children, Though the silly kindergar-
ten and public school songs have
largely banished them from our play
grounds), are often medieval in their
origin and OF lovely imagery Take
our May Day songs or London
Bridge" The African songs. as shown
in this volume, are poor in vocabulary
N 0f MOth N.
err Goose tale, as "Goosie, Goosie. Gan
DER" or Patty Cake, Patty Cake"
But this is natural as English was
foreign tongue TO the African and
he had not as yet made himself the
master of it that he is today. If II
were not for Mr.. Talley's lengthy and
admirable study of these rhymes we
should not half appreciate them. He
interprets for us, for instance. such
song as Jonah's Band Party.
"Setch a kiclxin' up SAM Jonah's Banl'
''Setch kiclkin' up SAM Jonah S Banl'
Hans up sixteen! Circle to de right
Yves gwine to git big eatins here
tonight"
must first conjure up the swaying
figures in their boisterous dance The
drum, the instrument that was used
for the dance in Africa. was absent in
America. and so the dancers pat hands
and feet to the measure. unconscious
ly recalling the boom to which they
formerly kept time. This is Calf
and sResponse" or "Sponse" verse.
"Setch a kickin' up SAN" is a solo
and "Jonah's Ban" the response by
the rest of the party.
We have this dance rhyme with the
music. We are most grateful when
ever the music is given.
de Jaybird jump from linn to lin
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
WOMEN TO DEDICATE FIRED
DOUGLASS HOME.
a. A. N. P.l

Buffalo N. X, June l5.--Mrs. Mary
3. Talbert President Of the Frederick
Douglass Memorial ana Historical AS
sociation. announces that everything
Is in readiness for the dedicatory ex-
ercises to be held at Cedar Hill. SAT-
,,rday, August IL, at 2 D. m. Members
" the National Association of Color
ed Women win arrive in Washing
ton, Saturday morning on special
train rom Richmond. We. They will
be escorted by a committee OF WASH
ingtonians, headed by Mrs. Kelly Mil
Ter. and under the Imperial Potentate
Caesar z. Blakg, Jr, 33rd order of
the Mobiles of the Mepetic Shrine will
also ret as an escort and assist In
the days program.
The Hon. Charles Cottrell of To-.
ledc, Ohio, will give the address in.
benalf of the Masonic Order. DR.. Ro-
ert Il. Motion will speak, also Mr.. Will
liam Pickens. Field Secretary Of the
N. A. A. G. r., win give his mastery
address upon Frederick Douglass
Five memorial tablets will be unveiled.
ARA gements are being mae to To-
comodate three thousand people at
the dedicatoFy exercises. which pre- mise
to be the most notable event that has
taken place In the history of our race
LIN that It marks the saving Of first
shrine for the inspiration of our youth.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17

An he tell Brer Rabbit to do. lak him.
Rr'er Rabbit say TO de cunnin elf
You les want me to fan an XIII my
There are play rhymes where we
can guess little the actions ac-
Campaigning them. Here is one that
has the call and spone How II was
played, we are not told, but for DC
scription OF a nagging insect It is In
Dem ole black gnats dey is so bad,
CANT git out.n here.
Dey stings an bits, an runs me mad:
CANT git out'n here.
Dem ole black gnats. dey sings de
song,
You CANT got out'n here;
Ole Satan II git you befo long;
You CANT git out'n here.
.Dey burns my years. gifts in my eye:
An l caint git out'n here.
Dey makes me dance. dey makes me
An caint git outn here.
II fans an knocks but dey won't go
'wayl
CANT git out'n here.
Dey makes me wish 'twus Judgment
Day;
Fer 1 CANT git out'n here"
The African transplanted to America
as we have said, led two lives. The
first was his life at work and with
his masters people. The second was
when he was able to be with his
own. He had little time TO play and
none to work the beautiful handi-
crafts, the clothes that looked like
velvet, the decorated cups and water
Jars, the multitude of musical instru-
ments that he had fashioned in his
old home. He found the fiddle and the
banjo an soon learned to play them
far better than did the whites about
him. Quilts, reed Instruments, he FASH
toned himself from the sugar cane.
and he rugged up triangle from an
iron olive and a pin. With these he
made his music. Full self-expression
was rarely possible, slaves must not
gather together, for the fear of In
surrection was always present to the
steal Away to Jesus" with its double
meaning. seemingly only a hymn but
also a call to a meeting to be held
soon. There was a great deal of this.
Mr.. Talley tells us. in the slave songs.
He gives us one; a pathetic call OF
the wife to her husband, s.rhe Run
away Slave" There is another runa-
way slave song that one enjoys.
Else done killed de boss.
Use knocked down de boss,
eats up raw goose widout apple
saucel
Use Runaway Bill, M
/ knows dey mought kill;
But ole Mosser haint cotch me and
he never will"
Mr. Talley's collection has been
made with a scholars care and indus
try. His study of rhyme-form and his
careful subdivision Of subject matter,
make his work the more valuable.
One may not always agree with him,
This volume will take its place among
the important contributions to Ameri-
can folk lore.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17

Ileocolitis
fest itself only by an increase In the
number OF stools with or without
fever. This condition may last two
or three days when the stools VIII
may contain bit of undigested food.
Stiil another case might begin suddenly
with vomiting gripping pains In the
abdomen and high fever. The dis
ease in some cases Is ushered In by
conditions but In all cases the abdo-
men swollen and sensitive to pressure
All forms OF this disease require care-
ful treatment. Relapses are frequent
and may lead TO a stubborn case OF
enterocolitis. Severe attacks follow
ed or accompanied by conditions IN
delicate or previously weakened chill
dren sometimes prove fatal,
ITO be continued)
Free T. 3 clinic at Morgan-Trotter
Sanitarium on Monday and Fridays
from to 3 p. M, 1927 liz Boil 81
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
STATES AND THEIR
LYNCHINC.

Many Of the states are rejoicing
through the medium OF the press, at
the failure Of the Dyer Bill. It Is
their contention that its failure Is
a vindication Of the rights Of states
to govern themselves.
We do not doubt but that the
Dyer Bill has failed, for the recent
speech Of Senator B0rah, seemingly
aimed at 1t. was enough to finish
the demolition Of its chances Of pas-
says.
But the death OF the Dyer Bill
should be welcoSned by states only
because II gives to them the oppor-
tunity 70 prove their Wirth to the
right to govern their own affairs
Iynching II particular. The strength
Of the opposition to the Dyer Bill,
at least as Southern and lynching
states were concerned, was conferred;
not Ia the defense Of lynching. with
one accord they deplored Il, but In
the invasion Of their rights as
states.
It Is not the duty OF such states
now without delay to make definite
steps toward the punishment Of mob
members and lynching parties by
lsws passed BY their own leglsla-
tures II is a duty which they owe
to civilization.
40 II is true that there would reyer
have been 10y need for appe to
Federal aid in curling ynchins had
the states themselves not shown
such sIgnsi siotn ia its control.
Now tkat public opinion has 5eAn
aroused Is the point Of demanding
that these Outrages, ffayesties upon
American civilization be stopped they
should rise to the occasion without
delay
The que kion Of unc3nslitutlonality
would rot hiEdcr them.
TIER Fights ID the making OF
their own laws could not be ques-
toned.
They themselves appear 70 admit
that they are not In accord with the
spirit Of lynching
Tyare Is nothing hinder their
action To delay would be to con-
fess tlat their protestations were
not genuine. And to c,hfess this
would be proof positive q their ap-
pT18as Of mobs and the action Of
their menbere. People with ten-
denotes Of that SORT have never
long Existed as nations. History tells
US that fheit bestial instincts fin
ally conquered tlism and they de-
fhroned their own laws ana destroy
. = II. ~ - I...II. .....r... -. ....tA
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
VIRGINIA PLANNING TO ENTER
TAIN BUSINESS LEAGHE.

Norfolk. Va. June 15.--When the
National Negro business League meets
IA August. II will be Welcomed not
only by Norfolk, but by the entire
Tidewater district OF which this city
civic enterprises near cities are
taking an interest In the coming con-
vention and there Is little doubt hut
that the visiting business men will
be surprised at the remarkable proc
gress be ng made here. Announcement
has just been received that Mr.. ALBION
l.. Holsey assistant secretary OF the
league has been asked by Che exenu-
tive committee and officers OF the or
ganization to act as Secretary until
the next session. Mr.. 1Ioisey has been
In intimate touch with the work OF the
office and is expected to give an ef-
fscient administration.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17

FOR REAL WHITE SUFHtuhAOH
population everything bounhu
Providence furnish, Texas great state
respect attitude mind which makes
for orderly government established justice and the triumph o.
tan civilization. Texas has room for Improvement.
year ground for the
few whppings Illicit acts
violence then hangngs then burnn and lastly the dragging OF
reported, fought the putrid thing
vain We have waited
business the trouble to let
US know he dissents. All the rest is a vast silence
perhaps not
another equal civilized world show black rec
ord in the month Of Tenss.
Where
struggles of oebears to
call Is manifestation Of white
cured trial the benefit Of
doubt that insisted conviction and punishment only after positive
proof Of guilt
supremacy that
proclaimed the necessity Of obedience to constituted authority
1t white between liberty and IL
that that framed
uion Of the United States that undertook stamp out class creed
build the white foundation the white mans faith
nil to revert to the laundering futile Of barbatism
Are confesng have
means that the bushnen Of Australia known
Are plead human experience
and primitive
acknowledge that of all the states and nations we alone
helpless make regulations society enforce them
according to modern and approved methodist
day generation ancestry and moral hetageY
is crime this prejudice
government it.
self 1t not the victims that really suffer but that fabric and
protection which the
violent death
and must die Millions
haused that field but what
White civilization
e banabe the most effective even though it takes longer and tries
the patience.
that though mpuve
vengeance offer relief be
of
dabe protection only in cool headed impartial
White civilization not predicated what should be retail
late against the dvishness
preserve the constructive intelligence
Even putting that
apoos contend mob nleas We have it, the
very bowels of white civilization in this state.
What it visit a black nothing
pared to what visit
ward the law the
which have come down to through the centuries of hardugh
disrespect upersede the law
in society once
cubaed. predict where it will
We and discarded
at will but with gnawing. nsdous habit
There constituted
GRITTY The represents anarchy albeit
all that have learned by
systematic lines
theory should be done to frghten
inferior beings to protect
preserve the of superior conceptions
The law the state and Christian civilization go
steal impulses Then existence repression these
on faith in patience and sef-res
White Christian civilization easy thing to maintain If it
had been would not had wait
to fall before being able its
Waite Christian civilization simple Of doing what
our emotions especially under
White Christian civilization enacng calls for
selcontro putting but
isn't worth the Considering accomplished fcr the
beterment of mankind uphoding il?
In demanding white let substance
NOT tn shadow that we have IN mind Houston Chronicle
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
ACUTE CASTRO. INTESTINAL
CATAHRH.


This disease is sometimes called
summer diarrhoea,
cholera infantrim This form usually
follows an attack OF acute In
digestion. 1t usually makes a sud
den appearance during the warm
Summer months and is accompanied
by high fever. irritability Of the stom-
ach. watery bowles, and few minor
nervous symptoms. There are two
important conditions which seem to
influence this disease. Temperature
and diet. II is believed by some that
the disease usually has its beginning
In some irregularity OF diet and ee-
pecially children who. receive artifi-
cial food. 1t has also been shown
that this disease may be influenced
by heat since 1t is during the summer
months that flies and other insects
thrive most There are three forms
of acute intestinal infection. acute dy-
speptic diarrhea. cholera lnfantum and
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THE DALLAS EXPRESS,
SUBSCRIPTIONS In ADVANCE.


Any erroneous reflection upon the
character standing or reputation Of
any person. firm or corporation which
may appear In the columns OF The
Dallas Express viii be gladly corr
recfed upon It's being brought 70 the
attention Of the publishers.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-06-17
SPECIAL TRAINS AND BETT Err ACCOMMODATIONS.

One the contributing of the peasantness Of the
Grand Lodge at San Antonio he fact that travel for the
from North and South Texas which bore them to and fro
Gel calmly it is that for payment Of railroad
fares by Negroes guaranteed to them comfortable Accommodations
The Grand Chancellor is to be commended for his splendid ar
rangement.
Consideration Of this instance leads wonder it is not
obtain better railroad Accommodations for Negroes in
Texas The outstanding Of Jim Crow accommodations is that
they do not provide the cleanliness and comfort to which,
human beings accustomed
Arguments for better Accommodations not backed by facts
futile Vituperaton and abuse will not
mend matters But does that appeal the railroad
homogeneous Ia terms of the money lost by inferior accomoda
tons might bling results
1.-THE M X r. railway about $4,000 The business
given road because offered the best acc odaops to
the travellers
$4,000 is which commands respect with rail-
road
six different Lodge gatherings held
lin Texas to which special trains could be run.
$4,000 year enough to the most calous BUSH
laess t1 bestir himself
Could not be that tie heads Of the various frater-
tics prove the value railroad companies Of Negro patronage
by ARGUMENT enlist the support of the officials
ing better acconDcdatonsY It at least is worth trial
1t is significant that at the dedication of the Lincoln Me
mola DR. Moen should hi been chosen to deliver the pcl
pal address, His speech appropriate logical and well fitted
the and all take pride in the fact that our group
recognized thus is nothing than should be Of course
hut have to proper procedure in
regard that is appearance often prosokes surprise
Good authority has it that portion of the Houston deega-
ton to the Grand Lodge Of Phans refused the better accomo
daong Of the special train rode Jim Crow into San An
tonic This just another proof Of the feet that many q US
must be educated up to concerted action possible
these brothers and sisters should be made to feel the sting of
popular disgust They of the kind who keep US ba
Again sle Negr9es il Texas are challenged BY the lilly
whites declare that The c. O. P does rot welcome them
What will be done about it
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Agair the Negr9e in Texas are challenged by the lilly
whites declare that The O. p does rot welcome them
What will be done about it
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-06-23
BIRTHS.

in West Brattleboro, June l6. son,
Arnold Miller to Harold p. and Maude
Miller White, grandson to Mr.. and
Mrs. f.. f. White of Belmont and Mr..
and Mrs. b. S. Miller of West Brattle-
boro.
In Hinsdale June 16. daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Stanclift
In Putney. June II, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Page.
In South Londonderry, June II. a son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hitchcock.
In South Londonderry, June 10, son
TO Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Pearson.
In BroOkline, June II, daughter.
Bernice Emma, to Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Gilchrist.
In Dummerston. June 10, son,
Charles Herbert, to Lester and Olive
(Nichols) Jillson. grandson to Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert .Iillson of South Vernon.
In Wilmington, June IS, a son, Her
man Oscar. to Herman and Hazel
(Bates) Hall.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-06-23
SUMMER TRAIN SCHEDULE
In Effect Next Monday-New South
Bound Trains at ABS and 1877 p. m.
on IL. & M.-Stanley Steamer

on IL. & M.-Stanley Steamer
Summer passenger train schedules
through Brattleboro will 70 into effect
at 1901 o'clock Monday morning, June
20, it was announced Saturday by Ticket
Agent David s. Carey. The new sched-
ule calls for new train each week.
day, both north and south, and changes
which will provide an evening train
southbound each night. The usual
White Mountain weekend special from
New York Friday night and return Sum
day night also will be put on.
While there have been various rumors
here regarding q gasoline car to run
over the West river road and to Palmer
the railroad schedule calls for no such
service over the West River branch, but
it does call for Stanley steam railway
car service between East Northfield
Mass, and Palmer to connect with the
train leaving Brattleboro at 7.15 n. m.
and the train arriving here at 80 p.
IN.
The complete new schedule follows:
Boston x Maine, northumberland
at 7.45 a. m. from Springfield and leave
at 7.51 for White River Junction. the
same as at present.
Arrive at 1927 a. IN. from Springfield
and leave at 1875 for White River
Junction, the same as at present.
White Mountain train arrives at 1877
p. IN. and leaves at l 40 p. In. This is
a new train.
Arrive at 80 p. m. from Springfield
and leave at 800, the same as at pres
ent.
Arrive at BID p. IN. from Springfield
and leave at 9.24, the same as at pres
ent.
The weekend special from New Yorl;
will arrive at 2.24 a. IN. Saturday and
leave at DDS for the White mountains.
.ln,-
Springfield ut S.47 a. IN. and leave at
S.52, and at 9.15 p. m. and leave at
90. Both these trains will be on the
same time as at present.
Boston & Maine, southbound-Arrivc
Mt 4.23 a. m. from White River juno
ton and leave at 4.27 for Springfield
as at present.
Arrive from White River Junction at
LID a. m. and leave at 7.53 for Spring
| field. as at present.
White Mountain express, a new train,
will arrive at 12.2S p. m. and leave at
1921 p. m.
Arrive from White River Junction n:
ABB p. IN. and leave for Springfield at
4.3S. This is the train which has ar.
rived here at 1913 and left at 1858 p.
| m.
The evening train will arrive from
White River Junction at 7.32 and leave
for Springfield at 1871 This is the
| train which now arrives Mt SOP.
Sunday southbound trains will arrive
at 4.23 a. IN. and leaye ut 4.27, and at
1872 p. IN. and leave at 1871.
The weekend special from the White
mountains to New York will arrive here
at 12.45 a. IN. Mondays and leave n
f2.4S Sunday midnight).
Central Vermont trains southbound
TO New London will leave at 7.53 a. M
and | 40 ID. m. and the north bound
trains connecting from the New London
division will arrive at 1905 u. III. and
30 p. m.
The West River train service will be
the same as at present. the train leaving
here for South Londonderry at 1.3C
every day except Saturday, when il
| leaves at $50.