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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
DOUBLE BAPTIST MEETINGS
SCHEDULED FOR NASH
VILE.

Nashville. Tenn. Feb. 9,-Twenty
thousand visitors will be in Nashville
this year according to the conserva-
tive estimate made by denominational
leaders after the Executive Board OF
the National Baptist Convention ad-
journed here Wednesday night. They
awarded Nashville the National Bap-
fist Convention session for 1922. Pres
ident Edward p. Jones made the an
nouncement Wednesday afternoon that
the purpose for holing the National
Baptist Convention here was that the
thousands of Baptists scattered thru
out the United States might have an
opportunity to visit, inspect and know
more about the magnificent properties
and institutions of Their denomination
located in this city viz: The National
Publishing Boards plant valued at
over half million dollars. and the
National Baptist Theological and
Training Seminary buildings and cam
pus. We ued at over one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
The convening Of these two bodies
in the same city in the same year is
the first time in the history of Bap-
CARNATIONS have selected the same
city TO meet in within less than six
months. Nashville received the news
joyously and the religious forces
ing to make preparations for the en-
tertainment of these two organizations
A committee of one hundred whose
membership is TO be selected from
the various churches is to be named
and the same committee. so IL is
said, will serve as a general arrange
ment committee to prepare the enter
tainment for the two gatherings
The Sunday School Congress repre-
sents a membership in Sunday school
forces of one million five hundred
thousand. while the National Baptist
Convention boasts of a constituency
of three million five hundred thousand
delegation, SO it is said, and the com
bine national gatherings will bring
into the city the largest contingent of
religious workers that any one de-
nomination has brought to any city
in the city in the United States within
one year.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
U. 5. AND CANADA FIGHT
FOR WEST INDIAN TRADE.

Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 9.-Uni-
ted States and Canada are becom-
ing keen rivals for the West In
dian trade. Not much heard OK an
nexation to U. s., now because the
bulk of the population is Colored
and they believe in British justice
rather than that they have heard
of American treatment of Negroes.
But the rub is that trade follows
the line of least resistance, and the
British are building tariff walls to
make themselves a sustaining en-
pire," as result of lessons learned
in the great war.
Business men admit that property
values would jump and that ia
maica would reach prosperity now
denied if American bought these
islands. A suggestion was made in
the British press some time ago
that this method for the liquidation
of the war debts to America be
adopted, but it is not probable that
this proposal will be carried out.
The people are shy at U. S. rule
and are moving rather in the di-
rection of self-government. En-
gland is trying to get Canada to do
all II can for the islands
America and Canada at present
are engaged in a keen trade riv-
airy in the West Indies. 1t Is urg-
ed that these islands become the
tropical part OF the British En-
pire of America. extending from the
north pole to the equator, shutting
out the United States with tariff
walls.
This sounds all right but It has
not worked out so far. In 1920 the
customs of Jamaica show imports
valued at $50,000,000. OF this the
United sent S30,000,000, the United
Kingdom $15,O00,000, and Canada
the balances. In manufactured arti-
cles however, the United States
showed decrease while the Ca
nadians showed an increase. Eng
land lis expecting to try to bring
about an anti-Amerlcan sentiment in
favor Of Canada
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
DR.. |. K. WILLIAMS, FORMER PASTOR
OF MACEDONIA, LECTURES TO CHI
CACO UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS ON
PLACE OF CHURCH IN COMMUNITY
LIFE.

with a prayer that God may give us
a thirst for him and power to find
him, that he may unute our hearts
and hands in service of God and
man.
DIR. Williams showed the contrast
between the Olivet of 1916 when he
came to the pas torate and now. They
they had 26 departments. now there
are 90; 26O officers as against 100
now: paid workers then 30 now,
property valued at $3.50 then. $780,
90 now, yearly income $4,000 then.
$4,000 now; membership $500 in 1916,
lO,Ol2 now. He showed the following
social service activities: Bureau of
information, Free Employment Agency,
working Mems Home. Working Girls
Home. Housing and Rooming Director,
pay Nursery, kindergarten. Branch of
the Public Library, Nutrition Classes
free milk for poor children, the Eliza
beth Mccormick Fund Aiding, Chlld's
Clinic, Boys Work. Athletics including
baseball basket ball, swimming GYM
nastics. hoy scouts, receptions, sum
m me, hikes. camping music, industrial
sewing, art and crafts. volley ball,
basket ball, debates, gYmnatics, story
telling and Bible hours. For Mothers:
Community mothers meetings, indus
- ioi hOul' community pIODlelHS. ftOHle
Care of the Sick" classes. first aid
nutrition work over shop classes.
Friendly visits, special mothers prob
lens. Hope and Bible classes. For
men; Civic or good government meet
ings, friendly visiting labor meet
tings. Fed 500. free beds $50, free
baths 316 free meals $4,000. Gave en-
ployment to 456. Health Bureau.
Dean Matthews in speaking of DR..
Williams said that the speech was a
contribution and that he was a man
of high character and ability. Others
have said that for originality and
force and as material for students.
teachers and men who think, the
speech was uneXcelled. The work at
Olivet is cited as one of the reasons
for the tremendous gains the Bap-
fist are making in Chicago.
DR.. Williams is well known in
Texas having successfully pastored
Macedonia Baptist church at Dallas
and Mt Gilead in Fort Worth.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
PRESIDENT RECEIVES DEL.
EGATTON OF FARMERS.
Of National
Negro Farmers Present Plea
to Harding.
(By A. N. Pr

Washington, ID. c.. Feb. 9.-Presi
dent Harding cordially received and
granted a lengthy conference to the
committee of the National Agricultural
Conference on Negro Farm Problems.
The delegation was headed by Dr. w.
S. Scarborough. the other members
of the committee being Prof. B, +,
Hubert. head of the farming activi-
ties at Tuskegee Institute; A. w
Westberry, the leading Colored farm
er OF South Carolina, and Chas. f.
Hall of Illinois, expert statistician and
an authority on Negro farm owner
ship and tenantry in the u. S. Census
bureau. The following petition was
presented: We, the Committee of the
National Agricultural Conference on
you for your deep interest in agri-
cultural conditions throughout the
country. so ably shown in your SPLEEN
dld ADDRESS at the opening of the
tirst National Agricultural Conference.
we also wish to highly commend the
Honorable Secretary. Mr.. Wallace, and
his very able co-worker DIR. II. C.
Taylor whose sympathetic knowledge
OF the situations it pertains to Negro
farmers, is generally recognized and
appreciated.
As representatives of nearly one
million farm operators who operate
more than forty-one million acres of
land valued in excess of two and one
quarter Dillon dollars, we wish to
call your attention to some of the prob
lens that tend to retard the economic
and social progress of these people
and those who are dependent upon
them. ~ We need a more generous
Federal support of our agricultural
colleges and closer supervision of
their activities, as they constitute the
principal sources for an intelligent
agricultural leadership. (2) There
should be more adequate dfstribu-
ton of the Federal funds that are al
lotted to the different states under
the Smith-Lever and the Smith ffughes
acts so that Negro farmers may re-
ceive a greater benefit. to the end
that we may have larger number of
well trained men and women to ad-
wise and to work in the rural dis
tricts. This is especially necessary
because of the fact that this class of
our farming population has less adj
vantage than most of the other farm
ing groups. tS) Due to the fact that
slightly more than seventy-five per
cent of the Negro farmers are in the
tenant class, we feel that an inten
sive and sympathetic study should be
made of the conditions peculiar to
this form of land tenure. ca There
is a special need for a more favorable
application of the Federal Farm Loan
Act in its relation to Colored Farm
ers who are in dire need of the di-
rect financial assistance which can be
obtained through this helpful source.
Honorable Henry c. Wallace, Secre-
tary of the Department of Agriculture,
spared enough time from his busy
office to accompany this delegation
in person to the White House and
lend his official as well as personal
influence to their cause.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11

of ill feeling between the miners.
Most of the whites are foreigners.
The names of the dead man and
the wounded miners are as yet I'M
known. The body of the slain min
er was said to be still lying on a
road midway between Erdi and Nor
rytown at this writing.
According to reports of the clash,
the Colored miners were working
as union men and the foreigners
were uon-union. For months past
there have been numerous tits be-
tween the two classes of workmen
and late Monday afternoon a gun
battle ensued.
After desultory firing, following
the first outbreak, the trouble died
down. Some time afterward bullet
was fired through the front door of
one of the coal company's houses
and struck an unidentified Colored
miner who resided there, wounding
him in the stomach. DR.. N. A. SUIT
ton of Avonmore, near Edri, attend
ded the wounded mand and arrange
ments were made to have him taken
to the West Penn hospital, at Pitts
burgh. his condition is said to be
critical.
Indiana county authorities and Sc
veral state troopers from Leechburg
were on the scene after the second
shooting occurred. They arrested a
dozen miners, Colored and whites,
and these were lodged in the county
jail at Indiana Officials of the coal
company declared there was no fur
Their disorder about the mine. The
company's representatives are also
Investigating the shooting
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11

New York, N. Y, Feb. 3-Mrs NJ
Asquith has formtd two distrust i'm
pressions of Americans and she hadn't
been here forty-eight hours before
these impressions were voiced. Amer
leans, she says, are far. far more
courteous than she ever imagined
them To be, and en- masse they make
a delightful audience.
A minute before she expressed that
view in her drawing room at the
Hotel Ambassador she had passed
through the days almost totterlng
from fatigue and positively refusing
to be interviewed again. In two min
utes she had relented and returned
in her usual animated manner.
''Fve seen ninety-six photographers
and a thousand reporters since ar
rived Monday evening"-she spoke half
apOlogetically-"and every reporter
has asked me the same question
What are my Impressions of America?
Such an idiotic thing to ask when
I've see scarcely anything of Ameri-
ca and Americans"
She looked very pale and very tired
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
WILL PROMOTE WORK OF CHURCH In
RACE RELATIONS; PLATFORM OF
COUNCIL HAS OUTLINED EXTENSIVE
PLAN; LEADERS OF CHURCHES WORK
TOGETHER.

New York. N. Y. Feb 9.-The Fed
eral Council OF the Churches of Christ
in America announces the selection of
DR.. George e. Haynes. as one of its
Secretaries. to nromote the work of
its new Commission on the Church
and Race Relations.
DIR. Haynes comes to the work of
the new Commission after fourteen
years of experience in promoting work
FOR Negro welfare and cooperative re-
lations between the races. He was for
merry Professor of Economics and So
GEOLOGY at Fisk University, Nashville.
Tenn, and was the founder and first
Executive Of the National League on
Urban Conditions During the War
ne served the U. S. Department of La
Dor as advisor on matters relating to
white workers and employers--being
known as the Director of Economics
OF that Department. In this capacity
he came in contact with employers
and Negro workers, North and South
and received much commentator from
many employers and the white and
Negro citizens an the press for the
work accomplished. His report on
The Negro at work during. the War
and Reconstruction" is the best work
on the Negro in industry of the pc
riod.
He Is well known in church work,
because of his work for inter-raciai
cooperation through church channels
He was formerly a Secretary of the
International Committee of the Y. M.
-. A, and has been a worker for a
number of years in federation activi-
ties of the white and Negro churches.
DR.. Haynes has thorough education
al preparation for his work being a
graduate of Fisk University. Nashville,
Tenn, and having received his Mas
tiers of Arts degree from Yale Uni
versity. He is well known as a So
cial worker and writer on conditions
among Negroes because of his con-
nection in former years with the Blu
reau of Social Research AMI his iom-
pletion of studies at the New York
School of Philanthropy and the author
ship of books. pamphlets. and maya
zine articles on Negro life and race
relations. He has wide connections
with the Negro churchmen of the coun
try because of his activities among
them during past years.
The Commission on the Church and
Race Relations was formed by the
Federal Council of Churches last year.
Among its members are such leading
churchmen and citizens as: Mrs. Mary
Bethune, Miss Mamie Burroughs, BIZ
shop N. c. Cleaves, Bishop George C.
Clement Prof. John r. Hawkins, BIZ
shop w. H. Heard, DIR. John Hope
DR.. w. II. Jernagtn, Bishop E.
Jones, Rev. l. Garland Penn, Bishop
Mrs Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Rev,
c. II. Tobias and DR. A. M. Townsend.
At its first meeting, held In Wash
ington last summer, the Commission
announced as it's purposes the fol-
lowing:
l. To assert the sufficiency Of
Christianity as the solution of race
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
PACE RECORD COMPANY
HAS GREAT YEAR.
(By A. n, P.)

New York, N. Y, Feb. Start
ing in Feb, 1921, with each re-
ceipts of only $674.64, the Pace
Photograph Corporation manufac-
turers of Black Swan Records, re-
ports receipts during the month of
December of $20,467.S2. The total
cash receipts for the year are given
as $104, 62S.74 with disbursements
amounting to $101, 327.17.
The business done by this con-
Germ is distinctly encouraging for it
must be remembered that the re-
ceipts of this corporation are large
ly from Colored people against not
only the keen competition existing
in the photograph industry but the
underhand malicious and persistent
opposition of several of the large
white companies.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
BODDY FOUND GUILTY
(By A. N. P.)

New York. N. Y, Feb. 9.-Luther
Boldly. the Colored desperado charg-
ed with the murder of two police de-
tectives. January 5th. and later cap
tured in Philadelphia by Colored
detective and Justice Scott. was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
by a judy in Supreme Court, Justice
WasservogePs Court tonight
Verdict announced after the jury
had deliberated four hours failed, APP
parantly, to affect the young Negro,
although he knew that the penalty
meant death by electrocution. He said
he was, % years, old, had attended
high school and had been convicted
of lesser crimes four times. Boldly
defense had been that in his previous
dealings with policemen they had
been brutal and that it was the fear
of being beaten and manhanGled that
caused him in a temporary moment
of insanity to shoot the two detectives
who had just arrested him.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
(By A. N. P.)

Chicago, Ill. Feb. 9.-The students
of the University of Chicago heard,
last Friday. a remarkable story of the
development of an unusual Negro
church Or. l.. X. Williams, Pastor of
Olivet Baptist church spoke in the
divinity chapel to a standing room
audience on the subject Making the
Church Community Asset" His
hearers followed him with intense.
not only because it was novel to
near a Negro speak in the chapel but
also because of the message which he
brought. The strength of the message
was that 1t presented Olivet Baptist
church, not as a shell, a mere or
and working organism among our
people, people with living strug-
CLING souls. 1t presented Olivet as
church with the task of saving the
sion, both mental. economic and poll
teal by taking hold of the problems
that have to do with their every day
After giving a brief sketch of the
growth of the church, it's organization,
and purpose, that purpose being to
preach Jesus Christ and to administer
to the physical and spiritual needs
OF men. DR.. Williams did the unique
thing. He showed just how people re-
sponded to the influence of the church.
He showed the Influence of the
church on the various phases of the
life of the community. for example,
on. politics, on housing, on family
life. and above all on the person him
self. how men actually found sal
walton through tho church, how God
is brought to men and how men are
lifted to God.
When he came to the conclusion
the hearers, men and women, stu
dents and teachers bent forward to
catch the significance of his words.
He said that church must do some
thing more than administer to the
physical needs of men, that q church
must have a message. In it's message
the church must excel other organiza-
tions. He said that church must be-
lieve in itself and in God. He said
that Olivet believes in both, that
Olivet has morale. Then he closed
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11

but Frightened with the first puff Of
a cigarette. And to the question
what she thought OF the audience
that heard her first lecture Tuesday
afternoon she replied: Wonderful,
splendid ! never saw a finer audi
ence." She denied that she was i'll or
that she would end her lecture tour
as had been reported.
Mrs Asquith doesn't consider in
terruptions discourteous.
Oh, no, 1t did not annoy her when
they shouted Louder, louder! They
couldn't hear. OF course not, my voice
was tired. The woman in the balcony,
the one that got up and left, wasn't
dscourteous, she was simply natural.
like people to be natural She was
bored. l don't blame her. 1 was bored
too. But I had to stay"
The wife of the. former Prime Min
lister of Great Britain and author of
one OF the most widely discussed
books OF the day, fired by the sub
ject. swept on to higher praise of
American courtesy. ITS the one thing
that has struck me SO far. the extreme
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
LIBERIA SATISFIED WITH
TERMS OF LOAN.
Consent Of Congress is Nee
essary to Final Grant Of
$5,OOO,OOO.
(By A. N. P.)

Washington. D. c.. Feb. 9.--Liberia
has signified its satisfaction with the
draft of the agreement by which 1t
is desired to negotiate a loan of $5,-
eminent The draft must receive the
sanction of Congress before it can be
concluded. This was made clear to
Mr.. King of Liberia during his recent
visit here. Mr.. King being President of
the Republic.
1t was intimated at the State De-
partment today that the United States
feels itself under somewhat of mo-
raj obligation to conclude the loan,
result of the agreement made by
this country during the war for a
S5.000,000 credit of Liberia, only about
$4,000 of which was actually advanced
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
NOTED ENGLISH VISITOR SEES PERFORMANCE OF NEGRO
COMPANY.

courtesy you meet everywhere. You'd
hardly expect IT in such a busting
city as this where everybody is rush
ing somewhere. that's why it's so
astounding to find it. In England the
people usually ignore you, although
they never are discourteous.
"I've heard so much about the diff
ference between the British and the
American voice wish some of you
would initiate us for me. ] know the
American voice" and she gave an ex-
cellent reproduction of the Yankee
nasal tones, but / don't know what
ours Is like" She was advised TO hear
play where American actors and
actresses out English the English in
broad as and rising infections.
'I'll do that" she decided. I'm going
to see Shuttle Along" My daughter
says it's splendid 1 want TO see the
Nergoes dance. I've heard they are
very clever
Her daughter. Princess Bisbesco,
thinks Shuttle Along is one Of the
best things in New York.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11
FIRST NEGRO SPEAKER AT YALE
DIES AT HOME.
IA

Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 81. w. Man
ming, the only man of color in the class
of 1881 at Yale University and said
to be the only Negro ever obtaining q
place in the speaking program at a
Yale alumni reunion-that of last June
is dead at his home here, where he
the citv schools FOR 40 veaTs He ra-
Gently had been recommended to Pres
ident Harding for appointment as min
lister to Haiti and was recognized as
"A scholar of ability.
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MINERS ENGAGE IN DES.
PERATE BATTLE.

Blairsville, Pa, Feb. 9.-One Ne
gro is dead, another is said to be
dying and, it is believed, number
of both white and Colored victims
are suffering wounds as result Of
a pitched gun battle between white
and Colored miners at the mine of
the Foster Coal Company at Erdi,
10 miles west of Blairsville. The
shooting was the climax of months
, 1922-06-10
Personals

Hon ]. NJ. Schvoob. former presi-
dent of the Wyoming enate n the
merchant prince of Cody. Wyoming.
camo in from Denver last evening
with a beautiful new lincoln touring
car which he is driving through 10
Cody today.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Thurston Of
| Cody are in h city on their return
from Denver. Mr. Thurston conducts
n garage and motor car agency at
lCody.
Hon. w. z. Chaplin who came to
Casper to address the Young Mems
Republican club last evening went TO
Douglas this morning to sprlS Sunday
with his daughter. Mrs- Wfkie Collins
]. NJ. Snyder Of Lowell. republican
candidate for state treasurer. Is In
the city greeting friends
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Weston and
Harry Jr. arc in rie city on their
way to Cody. Nj. Weston is vice
president OF the American ban at
Cheyenne
Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Patten and
daughter Evelyn returned from a com
bined business and pleasure trip to
Denver today.
Mrs. r. Thomas went to Boulder last
Thursday. She will remain there the
rest of this month visiting friends.
Cleo Baldwin has completed his COM
pleted his freshman year in college
and is now at his home n Casper for
the summer vacation Mr.. Baldwin
spent a part OF the year at Creighton
university studying for h priest
hood and a part Of it at the University
of Nebraska taking a course in niedi-
cine.
Olive Lowndcs went to Laramie
Thursday to stay during the com
mencement exercises at h University
OF Wyoming. She will be back some
time ext week
Word from l. A Reed, official
delegate from the Casper Rotary club
to the International convention OF Ro-
tary clubs at Los Angeles. is TO the
effect hat ''thc big show is on and
promises to be good" Mr.. Reed re-
ports everyone wen satisfied with the
convention. and thaS a big crowd is
in attendance
, 1922-06-10

Corner Grant IA. Lind streets.
Charles G. Stout. minister. Phone
ls7s-W- Office IN the church Church
chooi begins at s;fs a m. under SUP
ervision OF p. Van Hekken merEes into
communion ard preaching service at
aoS5- Christian at sac. Evening
worship at $50. Evening worship al
I-50 evangelistic sermon. Our daily
vacation school OF religious education
mas exceeded q expectations in
every respect over so children havs
come and are showing an unusual in.
terest in the work and the teachers
are taking a most vital interest We
have all the children we can properly
care for and must ask that no more
children be sent to US. Lack Of noom
and equipment only eompeIls US tC
make this request