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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23
VIGOROUSLY CHALLENGES SENATOR
PAT HARRISONS CHARGES in LIBER-
IAN LOAN MATTER; BLAMES NEGRO
POLITICAL LEADER.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 21.-Dr
Emmett ]. Scott, in order to have
his denial of the unfounded charges
made on the floor of the United
States Senate by Senator Pat Har-
rison, has sent the following letter
to Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas
in charge OF the Liberian Loan bill
for insertion in the Congressional
Record:
Washington, d. c.. Nov. 81, 1929
Hon. Charles Curtis,
United States Senate.
Washington. d. c.;
Dear Senator Curtis:--
On the floor of the United States
Senate, Friday. November "a, the
junior Senator from Mississippi, Mr.
Pat Harrison, in the course of his
remarks opposing the passage Of the
Liberian Loan Bill, said:
1T is pretty generally understood,
I think, that certain persons have
contract with the government OF
Liberia that in the event this load
is made they are to receive a fee,
or commission, of 100000. 1t is not
a secret that the five persons who
have this contract with the govern
ment Of of Liberia are members OF
the Colored race. They have been
very conspicuous around the cor
ridors of the Capitol buttonholing
Senators and using every influen-
ce in order to obtain the passage
of the legislation"
In the further course of the Sena-
tors statement naming the five per-
sons, he mentioned the five per-
sons" who are to receive fee, or
commission. from the Liberian gov
eminent in case the Lberian Loan
Bill is passed.
No matter by whom inspired, no
matter through whom the informa-
ton reached the Senator, ! wish
most emphatically to deny the
truthfulness of these charges.
have no CLAIM against the Lii
berian government.
have no contract of any kind
or character whatsoever with the
Liberian government. or with any
agent or official of the Liberian
government.
am to receive no fee of ally
character from the Liberlan govern
ment.
have "buttonholed" no Senator
nor have | sought to influence any
Senator to secure the passage Of
this legislation.
do, of course, favor the pas
sage of the Liberian Loan bill. /
think most thoughtful Colored Am
orleans favor it. hope a majority
of the Senate members will. Only
small coterie of Colored politicians
upon whom the Senator doubtless
depended for information in this
matter. do not favor 1t. l shall not
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23

years old. Colored, employed as a
servant at the lowering House, Front
and Fayette streets, ended her life
by firing a bullet into her temple,
according to the police. George
Montgomery. superintendent of the
building. was on the first floor when
he heard shot on the floor above.
Montgomery and an assistant made
an investigation and found the wom-
an in her room with the pistol in
her right hand
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23
POLICE PROTECTION NECES-
SARY FOR 81. LOUIS CONVEN-

st. Louis, Dec. 21.-(Crusader
Service) The National Negro Bap-
list Convention was in session here
today under police protection owing
to numerous protests from residents
of the west end section against the
body meeting in a theatre in the
white neighborhood
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23
BOOTLECCERS TRUCK
WRECKED; FARM HANDS
CELEBRATE.
(By A. N. P.J

Huntsville, Ala, Dec. PA Ne
gro drunk mystery was solved here
recently. Puzzled over the drunken
ness among Negro farm hands in
Marshall county, sheriff's deputies
discovered that an automobile Of
rum had been wrecked on the Ala
bamaJackson Highway when it
smashed into bridge near Cotton
vile, and its cargo of 800 quarts of
fine Irish whiskey abandoned The
Negroes had rum time while the
Ticker" lasted.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23

St. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 21.--Dr. l.. X.
Williams is the new president of
the Baptist after long to be rem
embered battle among the Baptist
hosts. This old town has been alive
all week with the sessions of the
National Baptist Convention and its
auxiliaries: of all the large cities
of the country. there is perhaps
none more hospitable or more suited
to large Negro gatherings. Here one
meets the warm hospitality of the
Of the South. the generous treatment
Of the lJorth and the combined vir-
tues of every cosmopolitan city. This
is true, regardless of the apparent
hostility of a few color-phobia pois-
oned minded whites, who through
telephone calls, anonymous letters.
and the like tried to create con-
ditiOn that would revent the meet
ings held in the Kings Thea re- on
the fashionable Kings Highway and
just east OF fairly fashionable sec
ton; the attempt, however, was lot
condoned by the excellent white blood
of the city which predominates. and
to whose fairness is due much of
the spirit OF good will which per-
vades every community activity st.
Louis, was in fact not in sympathy
with this minority or partial cultu-
raj st. Louis. The only disgraceful
occurance in connection with the con-
vention attributable to St Louis was
unprcventable. when some light fin
gered gentry relieved some Of the
visiting brothers of their valuables
in the shape of change and railroad
tickets.
MANY NoTABLES PRESENT.
Like every other convention, the
city was full OF notables. OF the
Fourth Estate. j. Finley Wilson OF
Washington, President OF the Natl
onai Negro Press Association. Char.
les Stewart of Chicago. familiar to
anti-world war and some other days
as ~ 0. Midnight hobnobbed and
met all old friends, to all of whom
he Is a familiar figure; then there was
that old war horse. w H. Steward
of louisville. then whom there is no
better paragrapher in the country;
his contributions being familiar to
readers Of Associated Press items
though they seldom bear his name.
and the local coterie of whom there
are quite a few Of mere than pass
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23
MOTHER OF MOUND BAYOU
FOUNDER DIES.
(By A. N. III

Clarksdale, Miss. Dec. 21-Mrs. Sal
lie Banks, the mother Of Charles
Banks of Mound Bayou, and DR..
Joseph links, was buried here re-
Gently. Mrs. Banks went to Clarkes-
dale in 1867 and was the oldest resi-
dent of that city her son, Charles,
having been born there.
AT her funeral we're present most
of the influential white people of
the city including the Clarks from
whom the town takes its name
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23
BALTIMORE HAS FIRST
SUICIDE.
(By A. N. P.)

Baltimore. Nd. Dee. What
proved to be the first Negro suicide
In the history of this city was dis
covered when Bertha A. Peck. 80
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-10-13
Shades Of the Laundry.

A San Francisco lady WAS training
new and inexperienced Chinese
house-boy, and among other things
found 1t necessary to teach him how
to receive caller. Now, Wing" she
said, when come home this after
noon 1 shall ring the bell, and you
must pay attention TO what tell you
to do when You open the door" When
the boy did this on her return, she
handed him her visiting card and had
him show her into the drawing room.
Before long a caller appeared. Wing
took the proffered bit OF pasteboard
and grarely compared 1t with his mis-
tress' card. which he produced from
his sleeve. At the end Of his scrutiny
he remarked: "Tickee no same; no can
come n.'-Everybody's Magazine
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t"r,'l p;.,!r. "Na.hc ,"ur LC#u!y
sh"w> best in ia" durk--Iu, I'm fer
k"'niu' in he lights" hop al"uy.
>"n-h"r lively"
'Shu,L>, I'll takr YOU h":H". hut
not tiki ii suits ILr," Jake answered
roughly. "I"u PUTIN ON airs don't
f""l me none. Come on NJ y"ndrr.
Nobody can lind us Selling her tight
AMI making 1" drag ncr TO the eliot "f
shadow. Molly did rot scream. In.
stead She wriihed violently. She could
not free herself. she had been caught
in choking hold from behind. Her
breath was going. her strength. but
not her will. Suddenly she was free.
and Joe lutimir druwIed, Since you
were hell-hent on Goin' home, Molly.
] come along to see you got there
safe"
Shame held her silent. Jake started
to run away. hut Joe held him fast.
When they reached a broadish space,
of clear mounShine. he said. waving
toward the meadow at one side.
on YOU two"
Fut when the grass land was
reached he made no hostile motion.
Only folded his arms and said. nod
ding toward Jake. "Nohody'l deny !
could bent that I" II pulp. else throw
ii over my head and break it's back.
| >hnn't do either thing. bad as they
need doing. IL will never he said |
hrmeanrd myself to fight with him
fn Toll
two that pass for men. You choose
betwi1t u$. but first hear this: I'd
n-killc'l him back yundrr''-this
through set tceili--"ouly you had
sorter give him leave. Stan,in' up for
him aud runnn' OF from the crowd.
This ! say in fairness to him. Nine
m ten might a-done Jest the same
give EN- the chance"
IL hate y"u. Hnte you both! l
wish you'd kill each other" Molly
ragged. tears raining down her work
ing face. Joe half Smiicd: Jake rushed
Mt him. an open knife i'm his hand.
Molly caught the CLEAN of the blade
i'll the moonlight. Instantly she flung
herself in front "f Joe. thus free
round arm caught and hluntcd the
deadly blade, hut not before the owner
Of the arm had thrown the other about
J"e'S neck. Joe held il there. looking
after his fleeing adversary, and said
with laugh. "Takc he's bound to
nave excitement; can't get fight. so
he makes 1t foot-race." There he
stopped short. for Molly hung on him
In Il dead faint-hcr first and last.
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Mind Conouers Matter.

Have YOU heard the latest Coue
STORY! man with handy legs called
to see the great practitioner OF heal
Ing by suggestion.
After an examination. the doctor
said: Yes, they can he cured Mas
sage them every night and before YOU
60 to sleep say, My legs are getting
less and less handy a hundred and
fifty times"
Full of hope, the man went home.
That night he carried out the massage
treatment, bnt he could not remember
just how many times he had to repeat
the magic words. He knew it was
something and fifty, SO, to make sure,
he recited the phrase three hundred
and fifty times.
Next morning he found that he WAS
knock kneed!
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Read Rioht Either Way.

Anatole France, who the other day
celebrated his eighty-second birthday,
enee received commission for q
Serial" and took all the installments
OF his story to the newspaper ONCE,
drew hIs emoluments and went Of on
a long holiday. On returning to Paris
hs turned up the files Of le journal
to see how his work looked in print,
and, to his Amusement, discovered
that, owing. as 1t was found, to the
instruments having been wrongly ar
ranged in the editorial pigeon hole, the
editor had begun his story at the end
and printed the serial back wards. ut
made no difference" the editor bland
]y assured him, when he went to pro
test. mo one noticed anything
wrong
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Death GATE Already loo hioh.

The death rate for the first quarter
Of 1929 among Metropolitan Life pol
icyholders WAS higher among white
policyho!ders by SO per cent hnd
among colored policyholders ~ GO
~: cent than for the same quarter of
1921. This was due very largely t.
the effects of epidemic influenza.
There are. nevertheless. many favor.
able TENS in the figures for the quar-
ter. The outstanding one is the con.
tinued low mortality from tuber-
culUSiS. The unfavorahlc develop.
mcntS. in addition to the much higher
rates for influenza and pneumonia
are the increases for organic heart
disease. cerebral hcm0rrhage and
chronic ncphritls. \ higher rate was
MISC registered for automobile acct
dents.
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The UNLIMITED Rat.

ohe OF our greatest pests, the com
Mon rat is not native of many of the
countries Which lie infcsts but hailed
originally from Asia. Tie appearance
OF rats IN western countries belongs to
comparatively modern times. and tho
first Species 10 arrive in Eurnpe WAS
the black rat. This species strove in
Europe for quite a While before arriv-
ing in the lew world. crossing the A..
lantic and colonizing these shores
about the beginning Of the Seventeenth
century. This rat WAS the common
house variety until about the time OF
the revolution, when the gray rat
made his appearance. He came IN
Europe from India by way of Russia
aud is sometimes called the NORWAY
rat. fr"m the mistaken notion thot he
came TO England via Norway, and
thence to America.
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huss.as CrtrIt N 1e?1 Amounted to
c6,tcS Huc Earree. Engineering
sHc M!N,ru Journal Says.

i'r."r I" II" ,U:,rC;,k e the wal
H." l'r"GUcI.on E: lr:r,lr,!m IN Russia
Amounted :" aleu-, - per cent # the
M"r!us rr"1uc;!"n. and. in spite of
political and industrial uphca,aI. the
production OF soviet Russia still nccu-
pies third rank in the countries Of
the world, says the Engineering ard
Mining JOurn:Il-PrcSS. During tie
year 1920 the production amounted to
25.400.Nn0 barrels. and in 1921 to 2S,-
'hN3sS barrels. In the district Of
Baku the production in 1921 amounted
To l!5.0OO,0O po"ds (thirty.six
r"undS). as compared with 2lI,Nn,-
600 pools in 1919. In the district Of
Crosby the monthly production dur
ing the second half of 1921 amounted
I" G.1UR,,n l,""d>. and In January.
1872. {" 1.lOh.nh pools ON account
Of lack Of suitable machinery new
behring's cannot he made TIE equip
m'nt in the rcfnrrieS as we'll rs the
pipe lines is in bad condition. Ac-
'"rdinc Ia the regulations OF the soviet
government. adopted at the beginning
VI the present year, concerning the
grant ~ mineral oi concessions, 30
per cent Of The oil produced is re-
served Ia the state and ~ per cent
must lie reserved for the nome de-
mand. Only - per cent can he ex-
ported. and all export orders must
pass through the official mineral oil
office. Payments for export orders
are to he effected through the State
bank or the oil office, and all pay
ments are TO be based Oh foreign
values.
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Effect Of Graft From SCALP.

The case Of Il wounded soldier who
had to have frequent haircuts inside
his mouth was described recently by
Or. Percival Cole, surgeon Of the Sea
mems hospital. Greenwich, in lee.
ture at the Institute Of Hygiene, Lon.
don. He had lost part Of the mucous
membrane Of his mouth, and this was
replaced by graft Of skin from his
own scalp. 1t did not give him much
trouble, but It grew so many hairs
that lie had to have haircuts inside his
mouth almost rs frequently as he
shaved.
The Tnconic range along the western
border of Massachusetts Is the link
that connects the Catskills Of New
York with the higher peaks Of north.
ern New England, says the American
Forestry magazine. Grcylock - the
SuddiebaCk of earlier days--3,53J tact.
in the nortl,wcStr:n corner Of the
state, * the Highest in the common.
wealth, aud Mount Everett, "the Dome
Of the Tucorics," 2.G24 feet, in the
southWCSt'rn corner, the next lOftieSt
Both arc state reservations.
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MACAULAY HAD FINE CLOTHES
Learned English Historian and States
man Had Hobby for Variety
Of Apparel.

Lord Macaulay, the English hts
t"rian and statesman and ineXhauSt-
ible c"nNcrSationaliSt, had q mind
overSt"cked with learning. And he
had wardrobe overstocked with
clothes. according to Margaret Mac
aulay's DIARY" Later In life" she
writes, me INDUCED himself In an
apparently ineXhaustible succession
OF handsome embroidered waIstcoats.
which he would regard with much
complacency. He was unhandy to
a degree, quite unexamp1ed In the ex-
perience OF all who knew, him.
When in the open afr he wore per
fectly new dark kid gloves, into the
fingers Of which he never succeeded
In inserting his fingers more than
half way. After he had sailed for
India there were found in his cham
bers between 80 and 60 strops. hacked
into strips and splinters. with razors
without beginning or end. About the
same period he hurt his hand and
was Induced to send for barber
After the operation he asked what
he was to pay.
Oh. sir said the man, whatever
You usually give the person who
shaves YOU In that case said Mac
aulay, 1 should give you a great cash
on each cheek"
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IMMENSE POWER OF MUSIC
There is Almost No Limit to it's In
fluence on the Human
Soul

Music! The dictionary defines II
rs 1.-The science Of harmonious sounds
melody or harmony" The tide OF bat
tie has been turned by the "science
OF harmonious sounds" and to hear
some old familiar melody has often
resulted In soothing the troubled
heart
Music can call the patriot to the
defense. OF his country; can enthuse
anew the wOrshiper at the shrine
can call the lover to his beloved
can fan into fame the dying embers
OF the fire in the enthusiasts breast.
There is no limit to the power Of
music over the human soul.
The world needs music-muSic OF
the soul; music OF the heart; music
OF the voice; music OF the spirit.
There are people who can't sing, vet
they can be moved to tears or laughter
by the words Of some simple melody.
Some people sing their way through
fife, and such people have wonder
1ul influence on the lives Of others.
Music can have IN almost magical
effect in producing the desired re-
suits. In fact, the Imagination fails
to picture a world without music
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VARYING IDEAS on PARENTS
Average 6ey's Estimate Changes With
the Advancing Ysars but Gen.
orally Has Same ENDING.

A hoy's estimate Of his parents
shifts as the years go by. Up to five
or six, he thinks them the wisest in
diflduals on earth. He quotes their
sayings and considers their opinions
final with the preference given to the
maternal wisdom. by the time he Is
old enough to take his bath alone, he
thinks over the matter and decides
tHat mother isn't rs smart as he
thought she was. hut father knows a
good many things and cites to himself
their respective opinions on swim
nan. hShin' and going 10 the barber
vs.. maternal hairclippiny
About the time he sncakS dads
razor To his own room and ryncri
mtniS little with the r,IZZ ON his
chln he concludes that father is a
wcll-meaning duner enough. but
mother knows less than nothing. Five
years later he pities the ignorance OF
the whole world and especially that
of the old folks.
At thirty, about the time he wants
to borrow money from dad to cover
some OF his financial mistakes. he
thinks fathers and mothers advice
is pretty good sometimes.
Ten ar fifteen years later, when he
mas lad or two OF his own, the old
boy begins to wonder why he never
appreciated the old folks.
AT sixty, when his parents are dead,
ne idealiZes them as the greatest
characters OF their age and spends
hours telling his children how i'm
piiclfly he always needed and obeyed
the slightest wish or command OF his
parents and how he ever and ALWAYS
toos tneT advice in the crises of life.
Farm Life
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First Marriage in Canada

According to First Things in Can
ada compiled by the late George
Johnson, for many years Dominion
statiStician, the first marriage in Can.
a'a was that OF Ethnne Couillard and
Anne Hcbert. which took place in
Quebec In 1917. The bride was the
daughter OF Louis Hcbcrt. Canada's
hrst Farmer lie came from France
AMI FIRST settled in Acadia. now Nova
Scotia. He was the first to utilize the
salt water marshes at the head of tbe
Bay Of fnndy by building bikes IN
Keep out the tide. In 1917. the year
OF his daughters marriage. he re-
moved to Quebec. took M land
adjacent TO the city, md began cui.
tivntnu 1t.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-10-13
BOYS DEMAND SETTER BOOKS
Youngsters Net Content These DAY.
With Anything Dreamed ~
C.d-Schccl Writer'S

(Nirng" librarian has mad. ~,
discovery that boys are quitting the
SoCHiipd boy fiction" for r,:!d,ns Of
different kind. They still read tic
ton. 10 be sure, but il is not their
chief reading nor Is the fiction they
read that provided by the old-School
writers of boys books. who had the
notion that the youthful masculine
mind required and demanded n spe-
cially prepared and specially fla.
vored food.
The boys Of today, according to
this finding. are calling for the hi-
ographies OF Lincoln. Roosevelt and
Edison. They are reading Chr'S,y
Mnthewson's Book of sports" the
Boys Book at Mounted Police" the
boys Book of Home Science and
Copstruction' and books on camping
and w"odcraft
When they so in for fiction they
reud Mark Twain. Scott. Dumas.
Stevenson. Jules Verne and X rIng.
They do not read Hcnty and Oliver
Optic.
The only thing At all curious about
this Is that II should ever have been
believed that boys had standardized
minds capable OF taking anything but
spoon food. Boys want first Of all
the genuine. and ii would be strange
II they didn't learn where to find it.
boy who has heard of Ro"Scv.it'x
life In the West Is not likely to be
content thereafter with the pretend
ed adventures OF the old make-beleve
heroes, whose authors turned out
their thrills IN New York boarding
houses. A boy who has read Treas
IRE Island" and "Kidnaped'' Will have
small use for Nick Carter.-Kansas
City Star.
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Art and Beauty.

turc gallery. They came to some pho
togrHphs Of classic art, and sepinG ON"
more striking than the rest, they
asked what 1t was. That" said a
visitor standing by, rs photograph
Of the famous Venus de Milo. the per.
feet WOMAN" The collier gaZed at
the photograph for some time. and
then, gnncing ut his wife. he snid a:
q tbee!"
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Inc least little while" ThcrcupoD Joe
caught him neatly under Tie chin with
blow that sent him rceinv. and in re
pouhd from lie corner If IN" chimney
shelf to the tlocr. Again The crowd
npplauded-Joe all >ickcu,d ot tl,,
sound. Angry as he was, he knew
he had made miStHke-NInlIy ins,ic.
lively stood for and 10y the under dog
with all the gathering thus laurbinr
hoS'ilely at him, Jake was sure of her
reckless defense.
lie was rot mistaken With u mo.
ton half leap. half slide, she was be-
side Jake, helping him scramble TO
his feet, and Steadyfng him orter.
'"Now-you please take me homo" she
said clearly. "rain't worth while irwin
to eiyilize rowdy crowds"
Head and arms bare, she sprang
through the outer door and ran down
the path to the way that led home
1t WAS little more than a mil. and
all the way IN clear moonshiue. though
there was black Clot Of shade n LITTLE
way above where the toutway crossed
the spring branch. Molly knew every
stone she trod-She skinned them
nc such rate that Jake. still n trife
giddy, Jagged Scnsihly. As they came
to the watcrside he painted: 81 cts sit
down. got ter kctch nv breath I'm
thar in the black dark-sc's folks
won't talk. No need Of going home for
/" .o"e 'h'e-wc can have Just lots
run away from them fools"
you must be one If 'cm-didn',
say was r",n' h"we?" Molly 70
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Here 10 Virginia Woman's Advice

Here 10 Virginia Woman's Advice
Lynchburg. Val went all to
pieces with nervousness and weak
ness after motherhood. and l do not
know what would have become OF
me had not taken DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. This medi-
cine completely restored me to
health and strength and l was soon
able to get around to do my own
housework. This 'Favorite Pro
scription' of DR.. Pierce's Is a splen-
did tonic for women, and it is a real
pleasure to me to recommend it."
Mrs. J. r. Mcclure, 22O9 18th st.
Write DR.. Pierce, Pres. Inyalids'
Hotel. In Buffalo. N. Y. for conf
Dental medical advice, free.