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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
LEADERS WHO HINDER Us.

Much criticism is the usual portion of those who attempt
lead and general rule OF them it is true that eney are sell
dom ever rated by those among whom they
No doubt much of this criticism unjust as criticism US
ua Isl but public notice called 70 ACTIONS on s sne
which will call to their attention their remssness along various
lines
who the charge of building for his nst
tuition secured the of Negro architect secured his
tract with him. and without giving him notice whatever pac
another artisan of the opposite in charge Of the work
either using the formers plans or having had the latter engaged
in drawing at the time that the plans OF the former
were under consideration
No one can object being beaten in fair competition
No blame attach the person who looks to his in
terest first by saving all of the money possible
But blame does and rightly fall upon that nst
tuition which denies to those of its kind and persuasion 1ar
field in which to compete.
The time has come in our lives when solidarity and
te times pont unansy to day not far distant when
opportunity which ordinary lives offer for employing
those Of who have been trained to satisfy wants.
must be offered them and every used to guarantee
them
Wise leaders have already the approach of this day and
conducted their affairs accordingly Such real leaders
Others have the condition less plainly but blinded by
sesness ego love of and other such unworthy char
acecs they have refused to look to the interest OF their peo
pie by doing the just and highly necessary thing.
Leaders such as these bitteret enemies They
stab the most deadly place and make impossible
the very progress which they by their actions should lead
Any Negro who occupies position Of prominence who is not
fair 70 his people should be repudated should be taken
down. should be bansed from the esteem of his humbest mem
Der and Stunned as viper for such he really is.
Those who by force of example do not bear witness to their
poessed racial pride should be cassd hypocte for such
they
We cry opportunity We bemoan lack Of opportunity
We are continually begging for chance Yet seldom do
realize that have opportunity We have chance enough to in
well being but bndy overlook our chances
while begging for what another by dnt of sacrifice and appca
tion to his welfare has obtained.
We have architects We erect buildings Why should our own
architects not be given equal chance at competing with others
for these conacts And what true Of architects could be
true less of groce taos shoe Dealers furniture dealers
etc. only could apply the which has made
other successful to our affairs.
leaders really lead in these things Their example is
powerful than their preachmen this regard Their fail
lure embrace every opportunity to teach their followers that in
copeaon alone lies chance for will constitute him
dance progress We already face handcaps enough from
without. We need none furnished by our own hands.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15

We to things about them
could abont DR.
his fin qualities One of the best
CONSEQUENCES He feels
calls people He is DESTROYS
credit side of his peoples
of New York
white from
the regardless the
party this
replied
merely giving "ust Black Man did And
interesting
elements of this situation
mand If 1t not have been
equest themto say a "back man.,
colored people who seemed to think des
h only the first nd probably ne as cooreo
the
ETC.
like him Tor IT, Anu Nioton
of is the
black action is the exception We only WISH
help courtesy and protection
eaverage
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
SLAVERY In GEORGIA.
New York Age

The Leader attention to remarkable
article Just published which native frankly
slavery has abolished the
slavery admitted but the condition
is none less than he
r the
Advancement Colored preacher large
Negro congregation Atlanta described
OF half dozen underground railway stations underground
route between plantations states of
the north Canada established
leading families of Allegheny operation Their
descendants transportation of
runaway slaves
The dferece between the old and
The hands Of white children
Geogas the work
not that
this necessary years cavery
has
OF
but tho condition. the slavery
the affective
frankly
ressfuy
might
aud law n
Pittsburg leader.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
POLITICS AND LYNCHING.

News dispatches Of recent date tell of the favorable reporting
the Senate Of the Dyer Anynchng Bill To Senator Lodge
goes the credit for the achievement
The measure as reported is not quite so directly stringent
when it from the House. 1t provides that local authorities
court the district steps But the jurisdiction only
transferred the federal court when W beyond
sonabe doubt that equal protection of the law has been denied the
citizens of the community in question: by the local courts
The bill provides that any officer who fails to make all
reasonable efforts to protect the life of from mob VIC
ence shall be liable to Imprisonment and fine of $5OO the
officer conpes with others the ynchng he may be sent to
jail for life The bill retains the original section which provided
forfeit 100000 this sum to be paid to the family or dependents Of
the victim, or otherwise into the federal treasury
connection with this fine of $4,000 the Senate committee
adopted amendment however stating that it must be
that officers of the State county neglected proceed with
due diligence to apprehend and the participants the
mob"
Though the changed phrasng weaken the
bill its favorable report much 1t gives chance for the SUI
preme Court itself to decided its consutionaty and
lieves Congress itself from that task.
In thus removing from Congress the responsibility for declar
ing the bill unconstitutional changed state of public mind
be expected at least from Negro many who had
begun feel that the whole scheme ostered by the G. O. T.
and simply 1t may be true that the effectiveness Of the BILL
that has been changed viii nos be great and still be
thus manipulated vote getter but certainly the used
have greater degree Of "smoothness recommend them
And who suffer most from the ynchng evil welcom
ing any attempts a its check political or otherwise though it
seems extremely unfortunate that r civilized and enlightened
America this should be would that the fact that
six months alone thirty human beings done death by
ob t. say nothing Of the thousands of such deaths heretofore
RECORDED would be enough action the part
of every right thinking citizen to end it.
Politics should play part in it Patriosn-love of law
courage to do right shoud inspire Americans that legislation
state federal would be forth coming the interest cvza
ton as opposed to barbarism in America
But this is Politics males right and votes make
might Negroes in pivotal states votes The G. o. p needs
them An emasuaed Dyer Bill the Senate TIE revolt
Iof Negro voters caused it.
Soon It b generally agreed that support Of parties
should not be blndly given.
The favorable report of the Dyer bin even though less eff
Elective to prove it.
peoples create is confidence in their own ability to
achieve and loyalty enough to follow the course which most
will result in their whatever the sacrifice necessary
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15

books seeing the shortcomings OF
the black. They are somewhat pessi-
mistic, witness G. T. Robinson's
Racial Minorities in the inquiry into
Civilization n the United States, but
thew have ceased to echo the old fash
toned STAKEHOLDER doctrine that the
white man is the Negroes benefactor.
They portray with terrible clearness,
notably "Birthright", which has at
tanned more fame than any OF the
others, except Batuoala, the exploita-
tion of the blacks by the whites. The
Southener does not yet paint the col
'ored man as we would like him to,
but he has become unsDaing in his
denunciation of his own race.
These are a few Of the things to
be said regarding our recent race
books. My reviews have been plea
sure to write and will be continued
thru the summer every other week.
The National Association would like
to bring them out If there is demand
for them. They would be printed In
good type and retail for fifty cents a
copy. If six hundred copies can be
subscribed for in advance, the edition
will he printed What individuals,
newspapers. agents, want to subscribe
for Book Chat? The edition would com
prise nine reviews, making forty in
all. Write to the N. A. A. G. p. 20
Fifth Ave. ~ Won want the volume,
getting wholesale rates.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
BOOK CHAT.

BY Mary White 0vington, Chairman
of the Board Of Directors of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored people.
began my Book Chat the end of
October and 1t has occurred 10 me
that 1t would be interesting to sum-
Marie my material and to learn whe-
Their there is anything in particular
that it shows, / have reviewed 81
books, besides noting one magazine
article and writing two articles on
the Habits of Reading. The books re-
viewed represent the following sub
jects:
Fiction, 8; Essays, s; Compilations,
Is; Poetry, 3; Drama, 1; History, 2;
Folk Lore, @; Biography, i; Govt, l..
| o. this number eleven have been by
Negroes and twenty by whites. The
whites have written all the fiction ex-
Icept Batuoala, novel by a French
man. All the essays also, (rather a
loose term for a number of articles,
have been by whites except Dark Wa
ter. OF the four Compilations, three
are BE- whites, the fourth, The Book
| of American Negro Poetry Is however,
so vrF,ch better than any other of the
compilations that one wants to count
III ice under compilation and
once under poetry. However. l have
only counted it uendr compilation. The
three volumes of poetrv have been,
two by Negroes, one by white; while
the history. drama, biography and folk
lore have all been by Negroes.
This last fact seems to me impor-
tant. We have not an abundant of
first rate stories and first rate articles
Nv colored writer's, but we find that
they are STUDYING the race question
thoroughly. They are gathering
material, and in the case of Brawley's
history, writing a memorable look
on the re- re in America This will
make great difference with the
Younger generation of whites and
colored vho will he able to study the
Negro question from the members Of
the race itself or the white authors.
five are southerners, and every one
of these whites svmpathetically of
the colored man. The children OF the
midst. has pleasant but old time
flavor, but the others are modern
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
SAYS LINCOLN SET AN IDEAL FOR
WORLD.
tBy A. N. P.)

Chicago. ILL.,. July 1S.-In a public
address delivered in Leon Mander as
sembly hall of the University of
Chicago. Professor William p. Dodd
of the history department, talked on
Lincoln and the recently expressed
southern charges that the Emanict
pator was responsible for the Civil
War.
Some southerners," Prof. Dodd said,
particularly the Daughters of the
Confederacy, insist today as the lead
ers of the south did sixty years ago
that Abraham Lincoln was responsible
for the Civil War and all its horrors.
There are some northerners, particur
larly the reationary party groups.
who insist that Lincoln was wholly
without responsibility for the catas-
trophe of 1S61-65.
But neither the one side nor the
other in this contention is right. Lin
coin is one of the great democrats of
American history in spite of the war
between north and south, in spite of
all the mistakes that he and his fell
lows of both sides made in the crisis.
Lincoln big Problem.
'Iincoln sought at a time of per
culiar national backsliding to bring
the country back to its first great
faith, the faith that all men are
created free and equal-a great dogma
that Is not quite the fact. Because
men of property in I16O would not
submit their rights of property to the
Will of simple majorities there arose
crisis
The southerners mad abandoned
jefferson. They said everywhere in
1861 that the Declaration Of Indepen.-
dence was fraud, a fallacy. They
set up the contrary ideal that inequal-
ity is the rule OF life; they insisted
that the owners of property should
govern everywhere. That meant that
the owners of slaves should govern.
Now there may be a fallacy in
the assertion of the ideal of equality.
But that is the fundamental fact in
the Declaration of Independence. The
existence of the American nation Is
due to the belief in that ideal.
Set Ideal For woFld.
IF the United States has influenced
mankind in anything 1t has not done
SO by its work of art, by its inven-
lions, or by it's statecraft. Important
as these have been; it has Influenced
mankind everywhere because its ideal
OF human equality; the struggle for
the elevation of the heavy laden work.
ers of the world.
NOW the south departed from the
IDEAL. Its leaders were political scien-
tists. It's philosophers sought to prove
tnat every man is either inferior to
OF superior to some one else. They
stumbled about in the great wilder
ness OF science searching for the law
OF the survival for the fittiest and
the subordination of the unfit, the
Negro, to everlasting servitude. And
science supported their claim. History
preached their doctrine. Literature was
iull OF evidence Of the gospel of in
ing" W. "
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
BEAUTY TALKS.

| (By The Associated Negro Press.)
Old dears, l write this beneath the
famed trees of Chicago University
campus. Summer school is on, in
all its grind, and hundreds OF strange
students, of every age, color ana de
scription hurry by. | am Interested
in chiefly the ladies, God bless them)
because sizing them up helps me get
local color for these chats with
you. And since ] am going to talk
about hair every head that has passed
/ has interested me. Much to my dis
appointment, some of the comures
are all covered up, but thank heavens
there are plenty bare heads left! By
the way some young coed has re-
ceived the Japanese Umbrella style,
and the bare heads, under the gaily
colored paper shades, grow more
numerous each day. There are many
bobs and some of them are to be en-
We'd, while others arouse pity and
| of others-well, the least | can say
is How do they get like that?" For
the sake of the innocent bystander,
| il you have any idea of bobbing,
first dope out the fellow who spoke
Of the Fitness of things" meant. The
i'll advised clipping of your browning
glory may mean that you'll look like
caricature instead of the fair young
thing you hope to be mistaken for
And no matter how you wear it, long
or short, be sure 1t looks like hair,
and not mattress stuffing or wet rope
or tobacco strippings of some of the
things I've seen hair resemble. Or
course you keep 1t clean, but not too
clean, you know. And do you brush
it, but you don't tear the scalp up
in your zeal, do you? And you do
not torture it by twisting it too tightly
do you? And, oh please, entreat you
to avoid excessive use of oil! An
English student was asking me about
girl on the campus who had impress
ed him by her beauty. He gave glow
ing description Of her, enthusing
about her magnetic vitality, etc, but
when he got past her smooth brown
skin and her lambent eyes. he stopped
flushed and then because we have
no terrors for each other. said sadly,
But she has fried hair" Instantly
II knew of won heb he spoke
every time / have seen her / could
visualize red hot irons, a big bottle of
oil and perspiring, good natured
operator who gossiped necessarily as
she fried the hair. l knew she had
never been in Nile Queen shop, or
it would never haved looked like that.
hope she reads this, and acts accord
lingly. We Nile Queens are well ac-
quainted with the irons. but not ac-
Igood looking and no end jolly, but
S! Gus 'sHods gu moqM 10 MeuH |
they use them in the average beauty
lparlor". I've seen such places called
Nm. This, MN. That's System when
any of them and all of them have the
same formula, profuse petroleum, the
gas turned high, and choice bit of
scandal" Oh you poor hair! Don't go
in for elaborate hair dress, for it isn't
Ibeing done in the best circles any
more. The only persons who attempt
to look like the wax figure in the win
dow of Nine. Culturists usually sue
Iceed to the detriment of their hair
Ihudy your features and act accord
lingly. II you will permit me to COM
nit something of pun, ITO thy own
face be true and thou canst not be
a pain to any man." Selah, A Nile
lQueen.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
THE GREAT BoOTLEGGER.


Occasionally there affairs
flash in Congress and something
happens Senate the house which brings hearty laugh
or at least whole country There are days when the
contains which brighter funne
than found the professional comic publ
cations slight sense of humor not to have reed the
irony August Busch President of
the St. Louis charging the United States Govern
ment with greatest boOegge in the world The charge made by
Harding that the operated by
Shipping sold outside the three mile limit
Mr. Busch his the President filed exhibits of wine lists con-
tanning liquors and their prices Chairman Laske of the
Shipping the defense of that body Mr. Iask
not only defended the right the United States PASSENGER vessels " sen
mile limit but he Mr. Bushs action as being
thoroughly selfish charged him with not coming before the
bar Of public opinion with clean hands
appears to us that right
key ships
with turpude both weak and very lame In boserng up the
right sell whisey ships declared 80 Great
France Germany other maritime
liquors to American am ashamed to state that my experience
leads sufficient number of Americans without
pride their their trade foreign flag the extent that
the competition would be from profit makns standpoint very heavily
against the American ship"
of Shipping have what is
not all ateng estimate of the patriotism the
who the Atlantic picture
tourists booking their whether
they sail under the Stars and Stripes not long they sail where there
plenty liquor which they United
reduced to the
ships in order to get cutomers at ALL
The fact ships they sold
liquor would by the foreign ships
mentary the sincerity of the great nation which lately amended its
constitution in order have complete prohibition
But Chairman
Shipping writing he said II believe Won to
be thoroughly selfish that of creating
public revolt against prohibition
liquors utterly regardless of how YOU might hurt the American
brewery And aside still point
added notorious who founded
your family FIR has maintained castle Germany"
family a in Germany
did mt part Mr. Busch
shoot both full of holes and
he did SO in letter which both logical witty
that we quote the three following paragraphs:
On behalf
in that we seek to
tns seishness let that
the value going business
ships while we selfish in hoping that
of
wholesome
You suggest that public opinion with
clean hands 1t has millions
we remind that have
for Congressional
ninety and law nro-
hbits from making
las grandfather Adophus Busch
American product Yet write
from the
be sold by Government profit The
tend to lower the temperature"
The whOetuation udrcous it
out of what is really serious matter
Shakespean tragedies
United States spending millions millions dollars
stead throughout
selling whistles
compete with nations
Busch absurdty
men not living the theory protection thereby
paronizng
Isells ships foreign
The asker has
thus far put 1t will require the Root to
get it out Of its award position For the
dollars prohibition bootegger make
few hundred thousand biggest Joke
to which the Eighteenth Amendment
New Age
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
STRIKES AND STRIKERS.

To the unbiased observer of the
general trend of the capital and labor
struggle which seems to be growing
in intensity as time goes on, there
is evident constantly growing ten
dency toward Mobism and decline
in the desire to settle peacably
such difficulties as may arise
It would seem that America, in all
OF its economic phrases was gradually
changing from orderly to uisorderiy
procedure.
The Mines strike and the Herrin
horror, now the rail strike and its
snipers battles. tar parties and gang
attacks are proof Of the fact that
surrey the nina OF the mob is grow
Ing In power IN America.
And In such a growth may be
seen the ere 1iable result detbroneG
authority II 1t Should ever happen
tlint the workers feeling. themselves
goaded beyond endurance, unite to
test out the efficacy OF TINS their so
far, most powerful weapon.
1t now seems that in the near
future America STANDS liable to sur
fer from her laxness in controlling
mob tendencies. such a time, not
pleasant TO contemplate, will. should
1t come, be the natural result OF ths
failure, during all OF the years that
have passed, OF those IN charge o.
the government Of the PEOPLE, to
set their races hard agalnyt every
instance Vi disregard TOR law anu
constituted authority
The Herrin tragedy in which, men
seeking only to make a livlng 1oi
themselves and their families were
chained together, shot. Dutchereo,
tortured ana cone TO death even BY
women Gnd cnliuren, MAJ be bu. q
natural sequence to tie growth OF the
spirit which for years In the South
has made right the manning and
roasting OF human beings, the ra2e
OF their women ane the destruction
Of their homes and property.
Verify il IS true that Whatsoever
man soeth. Lat she U he also reap,
The recent strikes ,shlch has para
lyzed the aatlon and which with
ever increasing frequency strike AZ
the very vltals Of our economic life
show no signs Of cessation.
They can show none for the spirit
Of Mutual love and the desire fol
understanding based upon a desire
for the Mutual wellbeing Of boil
parties concerned seems to BE-
strikingly absent
1t Is absent. Ana It's continued
failure 10 make its appearance in
snanney strong enough to be fell
will be guarantee Of the growth
Of enmitY and constantly increas-
Ink danger Of catalysmic revolt whici
win threaten the nat on itself
AI0re charity is needed More love
muns be shown for where these
really exist there is peace based upon
understanding and al Men prosper
IN the Atmosphere If llstice which
they create
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
NEGROES TAKE PART IN vIADUCT
CELEBRATION.
preston News serrice,.

Memphis. Tenn, July 13.-The Me-
gro presidents of southside will take
part in the celebration in connection
with the viaduct during carnival
week. DR. Duvall. who has charge of
the viaduct celebration, declared last
Tuesday night that Negroes OF the
greater interest In The viaduct ceie-
Dration plan than any other persons,
and this manift\'ed Interest has led
the committee to provide additional day
o. the fete on which Negroes will
Laye entire charge of the program.
All the entertainments and afnuse.
ment features operating during the
carnival will be retained for the Ne
groes. Leaders of the race will prob
ably originate some additional feat
nres OF their own. DIR. Duvalt said. ut
manifested by the Colored people of
the southside."
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15

The public opening of the home Frederick Douglas resor
led AMI bcaued by the Negro Womens clubs of America will
mark tie beginning Of significant epoch in Negro American
Ifs We learning to honor ard appreciate our own heroes
Love for them and for their achievements viii surely lead
Increased ambition the part of coming generations
late them secure p the knowledge that there chance TO at
tain excellence
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
RoBERT RussA MoTON.

Pittsburg leader.

We should praise quality the Devil And that apology
praismg many qualities robert
Devil example
credited simply with
who any position ordinary
advantage in some degree
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
SHOT TWO WOMEN, LYNoHnD.
(By A. NJ p1

Shreveport, La, July 13.-Joe Penn
berton, Colored, was taken from the
Bossier parish jail at Benton by a
mob and he nged to a tree in Black
Bayou swamp, two miles from Benz
ton. Pembertou had been arrested and
Jailed Tuesday night following the
shooting of two Colored women.