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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
NOTED METALLURCIST RE-
TIRES AFTER 81 YEARS.
tBy 4. n. p1

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct 19.--Hav-
ing spent 80 years in the public school
service OF this city Jeremiah D. Balti-
more. Of the Colored Public Schools,
member Of the Franklin Society OF
Philadelphia and the Royal Society
for the Encouragement OF Art. Man
ufactures and Commerce of London.
was retired September 30. under the
Federal employees retirement act. This
constitutes a record. but tells little
of the achievements of a man whose
metallurgical skill won him the recog-
milton Of two continents and a Presi-
dent of the United States.
Born in this city in 1859, Mr. Bal
timore started upon the road TO fame
sixteen years later. when as pupil
at the Anthony Bowen School he
placed working model of station
airy steam engine in the United
States patent office. It was not so
much the model as the simple mater
iais and crude instruments used In Its
construction that won him notice. An
example of the primitive methods en-
ployed Is had in his confession that
the brass used in the model was MELT
cd in a flower pot on the kitchen
stove OF his home.
In 1895 a new honor fell to his lot
when he was selected by the Navy
Department to serve as assistant en-
gineer officer on the trial board OF
the battleship Texas
And so today at the age OF 10 years
Baltimore. having played more than
a secondary role in the drama OF life,
is still possessed Of the saire pleas
ant expression end commendable mod
est hearing upon which the London
Iron Age commented when he was
l6 years Of age.
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Brothers Of Friendship and the Sisters
of the Mysterious Ten, is the sub
stantial proof that there was some
Kansas city last week. This report
which. startled all, and literally stun
ned the members of the order, arose
about the time the insurance depart
ment was known to be examining the
stated on good authority, that a fur
Their Investigation is going on. to de-
termine once for all Just what is the
amout In the treasury and what should
be there. The Grand Treasurer whose
responsibility 1t was to guard the mon
ey himself says such an accounting
Is going on. The Order through its
attorney. G. II. Galloway admits the
standing OF the treasury is being de-
termined. The Board of MANAGEMENT
held a meeting in this city last week,
at the call Of Grand Master. DR.. G. w.
Brown. All In all, there is plenty of
action to indicate that the apparent"
shortage Is causing deepest concern
to the Order. to the insurance de-
partmentment. and TO the bonding
company that is responsible for the
acts of the grand treasurer
The Grand Treasurer of the u b.
F.s is Dr. ]. II. Williams, with offices
at 18th and Michigan in the u. b. f.
building. He is Past Grand Master
of the Order and this is his fourth
year to serve as grand Treasurer. He
has so far held the confidence of the
Order that he was not compelled to
bring to the Grand Lodge as part OF
his report, the usual certified check
of balances on hand He was the Gus
todian Of the bonds $4,000 of United
when he was Grand Master. Now he
is accused of not only having mis-
used cash, but of having inyoleved
some or the Orders bonds.
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GOAL BLACKS PUT OUT FULL TICKET FOR VIRGINIA ELECTIONS
BOLTON SMITH, LEADING
SOUTHERNER, ENDORSES
DYER BILL.

NEW YORK. N. Y. oct. 19.-The Ma
tIonal Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People. 70 5th Ave,
New York. today made public state
ment from Bolton Smith. Of Memphis,
Tennessee. president in 1918 of the
local Rotary Club, and a trustee of
the University OF Tennessee. endorsing
the Dyer Antl-lynching bill which Is
to come to a vote in the Senate dur
ing the next session Of Congress.
The statement of Mr., Smith was said
to be especially significant, by James
Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the Ad-
vancement Association, in that Mr..
Smith declared the Bill contained no
special attack upon the South.
Mr.. Smith in his statement declares:
The crime of lynching is, next to
the assassination of a prominent Of
ficer of the Nation. one of the great
est which can be committed. 1t Is
a crime against the Nation in a very
triable by Federal Courts"
Mr.. Smiths statement in full is as
follows:
September 9th. 1922
II am in favor of the Dyer Bill Civ
ing Federal Courts Jurisdiction in
with the crime Of iynching
under certain cases, because:
az. l believe that local sentiment
in many places is too strong to per-
NIT local authorities to enforce the
law against mobs.
20. a trial before a jury in Unit
ed States Court is not a trial before
an alien tribunal. But the jury is
selected from the people of the entire
state or district, and one is assured
of a more impartial jury-one not ter
rorlzed by that local sentiment which
usually is so blatant after any mob
action Few officers have the courage
to oppose strong local sentiment
70 There is no special attack on
the South in such a measure,--It is
required by the progress of the coun-
try north as well as south. AS COM
mon Negro labor has moved into the
North. Negroes have been lynched by
white mobs there too.
''That some Southern men who sin
cerely oppose lynching should not
favor the Dyer Bill is due to a mis-
apprehension of its effect and pur-
pose. There is no part of the United
States in. which those favorlpg the
ldaeA process~of INV for the punish
ment of crime should not be In favor
of the punishment of lynchers by
Federal Courts. whenever local Off
cials fail to do their duty.
"a. The lynching of Negroes by
white mobs is bad enough, but there
is some danger that we will, before
long, be faced with an even more dan
gerous character of lynching. namely
the lynching of those of one religious
faith by those of another faith. This
would divide America into hostile
camps and produce civil war, and we
need law that will enable the Fed
eral Courts to repress these cases
with the utmost severity.
rs. The crime of lynching is, next
to the assassination of a prominent Of
,ficer of the Nation. one of the great
est which can be committed. This is
especially so where 1t is performed by
one class or race and suffered by an
other, which other race or class re-
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DR.. MOTION SPEAKS AT
SHIPS CONCERT.
(By A. N. P.)

TusKEGEE INSTITUTE. Ala, Oct.
IA wireless message received IN
York City from the steamship Paris,
states that DR.. Robert r Motion. Prin-
cipal OF the Tuskegee Normal and In.
dustriai Institute and President OF the
National Negro Business League, who
is enroute to Trance on the steam
ship, Paris, made strong appeal in
behalf Of tho French seamen, at the
Sunday evening ship concert. October
Sths at which time many prominent
Americans spoke. In response to the
appeals made. seven thousand francs
were contributed by the passengers.
The program was presided over by
the Hon. Mvron II. HerriclI. American
Ambassador to France.
In introducing DR.. Notion. Mr.. Her
rick referred to the splendid work
which DR.. Motion was doing through
the Tuskegee Institute, the .Intes -ra-
cial Commission and the National Ne
gro Business League. and to the fact
he was the representative OF Neero
race a. the Unwilling OF the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, p. O., May
80.
pr. Motion Ia enroute to Paris from
point he will 60 to Glasgow, ScotiaL Z,
where he will be the princ,ral speassr
before tbs Scottish Churches anroeS.
Ef Motion win address other bodies
in Scotland, England. and France
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new BANK HAS NEGRO d.
RECTORS ON BOARD

NEW YORK, N. Y, oct. I9.--The
Globe National Bank, now in pro-
cess OF organization. is said to be the
first national bank in The United
States to recognize the Negro popu-
latlon by having board OF directors
Of both white and Negro men, accord
ing to III M. Black, q me mber of the
board and actively interested on or
ganizing the bank.
"The great oversight in the develop
ment Of the Negro race today" Mr.
direction. In this city there are about
100000 Negroes. They own real prop
erty assessed at $200,000.0Q0. They
have an deposit in various New York
savings banks about S30.000.000, but
they are not recognized to the extent
Of being allowed to become directors.
The election OF Colored members to
the Globe National Bank, to be OPEN
ed at Seventh Avenue and 135th Street.
will be held after the formal opening
of the bank. This step will open the
directorates of the 10000 national
banks in the United States to the Ne-
gro race
There are eighty Negro banks in
the United States. All of these banks
viii have the opportunity of sending
one of their young men e. the bank
to learn the principles Of national
baking. Mr.. Black said.
Tin addition TO the saving and dis
count service" he continued. I'VE will
have an investment service to protect
Negroes from wildcat schemes. and q
trdst department The Negro directors
VIII be selected from the most prom
inent men Of their race. They VIII at
tempt not only to further thrift among
the Negro race, but 10 make the Cuior-
cd section Of Harlem one OF the beet
sections Of me city
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II also Is freely predicted that there
will be a more pronounced detection
Of the Negro Republican, vote than
there was during the last Gubernatoral
election OF last year. Unless the signs
fail entirely the much talked Of rThird
Party'idea has got q firm grip upon
the imagination OF the Negro vote OF
this State. At least this Is the burden
OF the prediction so freely cast on
The political winds Of these days and
About 500 delegates were IN atten-
dance az the convention Resolutions
were adopted directing Chairman Pol
lard to invite expressions from the
plain people" throughout the State
seeking their views on the situation.
These same resolutions also Include
the Press and Pulpit TO Join hands In
the movement "for political emanci-
patton OF the Race" The advisability
OF calling another National Conference
at Washington, ID. O.. to further con-
slider the political status of the Am
erican Negro his rights and the re-
medies for his wrongs Is another fea
ture OF the resolutions
Colonel Lewis, the candidate for
Senator is one Of the best known
and wealthiest Colored men IN the
State He is also remembered for he
successful campaign he managed ,or
the late John NJ Langston some
years since. J. r. Pollard was re-
elected State Chairman. The cam
paign VIII open at once
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
ALLEGED $1,000 SHORTAGE IN KANSAS U. B. +. FUNDS
TREASURERS OFFICE UNDERGOES In
YESTICATION BY INSURANCE COMMITS
SIONER HOFINDS AN APPARENT DE-
FICIENCY.

KANSAS CITY, Kans., Oct. 19.-An
examination of the affairs of this So
ciety was recently made by represent
atives OF this department. At that
time, an apparent shortage Of some
$1,000 existed, which shortage appears
to have been Brought about through
the manipulations OF the Treasurer.
However. the Mr.. Williams who was
then treasurer of the society has given
bond in the sum of $4,000 with tina
Company as surety thereon. Therefore.
/ am of the opinion that the society
will not lose anything on account of
the apparent shortage, in other words.
shortage exists. the same will NO
doubt be made good by the Bonding
Company. SD
AS stated above. the bond is held
by the Massachusetts Bonding and
Surety Company and was written thru
the firm of Brown and Mann There
fore, II you will get in touch with
them, they no doubt will be in q POI
sition to advise you as to the present
status of affairs.
Mr.. C. c. williams Of this city is
now the secretary of the United Bro
theirs of Friendship. and it is my un-
Outstanding that Duke Diggs of this
city has been appointed as treas
urer to succeed j H. Williams. These
parties are in consultation with this
help them in every way possible to
reconstruct their accounting records
so that from now on they may be
kept in proper shape.
Very truly yours
Department of Insurance,
BY Robert e. DAILY
The foregoing letter from the in
surance department. with its careful
ly guarded sentences about apparent"
shortage in the treasury of the United
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Time and space will compel us to
omit much that would be interesting
to the readers regarding changes in
governmental policy and concern our
selves with the manner in which the
natives were dispossessed Of their
holdings as they became unable to re-
sist the British. whose growth in
numbers, superior training and mod
fighters unable to longer withstand
their determined advance. 1t speaks
volumes for the courage and love OF
liberty of those native wa riors that
they gave their blood freely 70 pro-
tect their country from foreign do
mination--and when they were finally
driven from their homes many of their
intruders had answered roll call on
the other side. In 1916 the FIFTH
Kafir war broke out. known to his-
conflict was in many respects the most
serious of all British-Kafier strug-
gles--in fact the British became dis
Outraged and could the Kafirs at the
time had the advantage Of intelB !.
gent leadership tt whole course of
been changed. Some time during
this war Or just after its close Sir.
Chas. Smith came as Governor of
Cape Colony and again extended the
boundary to its former limits, the
Kie river. and for time things as
suEed a 50 newhat settled aspect.
Four years later, however in 1850, the
Fifth war broke out with the restless
Rosa Kafigs taking tie lead. This
war extended far and wide result
proved t. be by far the most dis
tructive. 1t was while this war was
being fought that the Blrkenhead, a
troop ship founded off Simon's Bay
resulting in the loss Of all its equip
ment and four hundred soldiers were
drowned. II was thought sest TO dis
patch a military man to the Cape to
take charge OF affairs, accordingly
in 1853 General Catchcart was sent to
succeed Sir Harry Smith. He organ
not let up on the Kafirs until all of
their strongholds in the Amatola
Mountains were taken and this tribe
expelled from the country. He then
settled the district with Hottentot
half-breeds for the most part, and the
the Greakwa being the name given
the half-breeds Of Dutch and Hotten-
tot extraction. In this last uprising
the Kafirs had been Joined by one
thousand full FLOODED Hottentots who
chafed under English rule and was
anxious TO shake II off and establish
a 'Hottentot republic" It will be OBJ
served that these people are not serfs
at heart, these hard fought battles
demonstrate beyond measure or ques-
ton that there Is in our brothers IN
Africa longing for real freedom--it
is an mate longing that must some
day find expression despite the safe
guards the European masters are
throwing around their despotic rule.
Like Moses In the house OF the king
Of Egypt, who knows but the very
man that Will some day pierce Euro
pean domination to the heart Is be-
ng nurtured among them. The spark
In the breast Of these black men
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some INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BSHOPW.
SAMPSON BROOKS OF WEST AFRICA.

in Canada and Australia, When Lord
Grey was appointed Governor of Cape
Colony in 1854, having a fear of the
continuation OF the destructive Kafir
invasions decided 70 adopt new
measure in dealing with the situation.
He applied to the London Government
for a company of military colonist to
settle along the border. The close OF
the Crimean war presented the oppor-
tunity-when the foreign Legions were
ducements to take up holdings in
South Africa--the foreign so liers con-
sisted of German. Swiss and Italian,
but 1t seems that only Germans took
kindly to the new adventure, 1900 Of
them accepted the invitation and made
settled in the Eastern Province. A
new difficulty arose from the fact
that these soldiers were unmas ried
and must have wives Governor Grey
decided to import number OF Ger
man women and took. steps toward
that end, hut when II came 10 the
attention OF the Imperial Government
the plan was nipped in the bud. The
long headed statesmen saw far off
the danger of building up an exci1-
sive German colony In 2. Africa. They
finally decided to send one Thousand
of these German bachelors on to In
dia while the remaining 1860 rerlain-
ed and found wives among the Eng
lish inhabitants. The settlement of
these Germans resulted in the migra-
tion OF many of II cir people TO South
Africa despite the fears of the Bn-
glish We now meet with one of the
most far reaching and serious super
Ftitions on record which resulted In
the determination of a large number
OF Kaflrs which greatly weakened
their powers Of resistance, giving the
English great advantage in the fn-
ture wars. In 1856 fatal dissa.e
broke out among the Kafir's cattle
which destroyed them by the thous-
ands II will be recalled that all
such misfortunes among the Afri-.
cans are regarded as the work Of
evil gods. There came among these
unfortunate people some of the witch
craft fraternity purporting to be pro-
phets which told the people that on
certain day there would be a res
direction of Kafir chiefs that had been
long dead and they were going to
bring their fighters with them from
the dead, and they were also going TO
be in every respect better than they
had had and totally immune from
disease, That these resurrected chiefs
would lead the J<afirs against the
English and the black men would
crush out white. rule and have the
OF all the country. These
wizards told the people that one OF
the primary conditions of bringing
about this happy event was that all
the cattle owned by the tribe men
must be destroyed and the poor de-
luded people slaughtered their cat
tie One of these false prophets, Unh-
laliazl. by name had a arnettering Of
lear ning and had hear of the Grim
can War. and further heartened the
people TO plung into this awful de-
fusion By to'lipg them these risen
(cont'nued on page 81.
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R, NERONEY, SECRETARY
OF NEW YORK Y. M. c. A.
DIES AFTER OPERATION.

NEW York. N. Y, Oct. 1s-The
news last Friday morning that Sec
rotary Rufus NJ Meroney of the Carl
ton " M. Q. a. had died at the Me-
thodist Episcopal Hospital following
an operation for appendicitis. brought
sorrow to the hearts OF thousands
throughout the city and bathed the
mmbership OF Carlton in tears
It was not generally known outside
of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation that Secretary Meroney was SER
iously III. He worked up to the last
minute. ana only yielded when the
physician Informed him that his con-
dition demanded immediate attention.
Mr.. Meroney came here from Aus
tin. Texas. eleven years ago and en-
tered upon the duties of secretary.
At that time the Carlton avenue
branch was housed IN TWO rooms with
new and larger building had long
been the subject of discussion. With
the gift of $4,000 from julius Rosen-
wald of Chicago, definite action to-
ward raising funds for a modern "Y'
building was taken.
Mr.. Meroney threw his whole
strength and Experience into the cam
paign, which resulted in the raising
of enough money to start building
plans. The new modern structure was
erected at a cost of 100000. Secretary
Meroney was a graduate of Yale Col
lege, where he received honors in En-
glish when graduated in 1909
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon in the gym. The deceased
was only l3 years of age. The eulo-
gy was pronounced by DR.. H. H.
Proctor. his pastor. DIR. c. P. Cole,
DIR. J. e Moorland and General Sec
rotary John w. Cook of the Central
Association. ID H. Wilson, chairman
of Carlton. introduced DR.. Moorland,
who presided. The remains were taxi
en- to Austin, Texas, by Acting Seer
rotary A. L. Conither and Undertaken
A. O. Martin.
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and 1t Is not in the power of well
drilled armies and modern artillery
to crush 1t out. Manhood free dom is
the essence of Div inity--it may be cow
arded but conquered. never. The Dutch
continued their fight for indepen-
dence with that zeal that always
wins. that tenacity which clinches
results: so at the conclusion of the
Sand convention. pack was entered
into which recognized the indepen-
eHce of the Transvaal Beers in 1852.
The Orange River SoveT eighty remain
ed under British protection and its
fight with the Basuto tribe soon led
to British intervention. The in
vasion of BausutOiand, which followed
was begun with pitched battle In the
progress of which the Bausuto wan
riors held their own against the Eng
lish troops. The Bausutos finally de-
cided to end the trouble by sending
in their submission and securing ia
and daring exhibited by this new tribe
had the effect of further discouraging
the English with their self appointed
task OF keering the natives down, and
it was decided to abandon the Orange
River Colony rather thor be charged
1t from the restless natives This Is
one instance where even tire English
forced on colony the right Of
government--the only case we
know of. this step forced upon the
people the responsibility of protectir z
themselves. many of these settlers were
English which insured a change Of
policy at no distant cate. After many
battles between the Bausutos and the
Orange Free State their country was
1871. 1t was decided by the Imper-
ial Government about this time to
strengthen the white settlers In South
Africa by importing their convicts 10
take up holdings there-but the citl-
zens protested against such course
but this protest had no effect on the
Government and a ship load of these
men was sent and reached the coast
of Cape Colony but the citizens arose
in mass and would not allow them to
land-the prisoners were kept on
board until the Order in Council au-
men could be revoked The Colony
now grew steedily in Importance as
a revenue producing country and its
commerce took on encouraging pro-
portions. At first the principal ex-
port product was wine. grain was
ually moved up to first place in the
list of exports, as early as 1850 1t
represented SO per cent Of the export
trade. The Dutch began about this
time to pay attention to ostrich feath-
ers. but the VIZ bird was the source
derived. notwithstanding It Is claimed
that some Beers did hatch young os-
triches about their farms and II 10
from these meagre beginnings that
the great ostrich farms, now famous
in South Africa, have sprung. In 1850
the Cape Government was authorized
to arrange for the establishment OF a
represcn tative government, but this
was not fully accomplished until 1879.
It was then that South Africa was
given government. Such as they have