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face roun TEE DALLAS EXTBrSS MtMBEfl NATiOTAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. FubHphed ryt-ry Fsturilm morning l the yar at 2600 8wl Avenue, ffHSD DALLAS r.'.f'IIO rrDLISHITl ( Inrororaid) tmlln, T-"K.i. .. Anrh oittcr, Kront A Front J W. Jtith .-'rc-t Vtim'-'ii.11 tHn.r, Front A Fropt, Can- ,.l.,l!lr 1. 1 V-nnt A Front, In- (".-..nil.T.t I" KuiMlnic. Editor JOHDAlf. . r,.,t..M( i Oltlti at 1". Sun. reml--laii mnttr. under i-l t.f i.'oniirorii March, 187. IMPORTAHT. to siihucHpHortB mullfd lor a le p.il'.l than threw month. Payment T. i nmr must bo 60 cent. M. IIM.HIITIO' l!f ADTAKCBt thrt, Ymr ft Montha 78 Tbr Monthi s" Cnpjr M SOTICB TO 1'HB PUBLIC . .. AvvnMaia reflection n no n t.H oharaoter. atamllnn or raputntlon i of nf p'ron. flr-n or corporation whlh in ppfiir In th roliimna of The iiln Uxur will bo g-ladly cor-r'l'ti'-i upon f boln brought to th fruition f the publlnhcra. SATURDAY, JULY 6, lWt. THE WARE OF WAKES Midnight In Stillson's bar, And one clear call for beer; Let teardrop not the moment mar, Despite the future drear. Before us stretch the arid years. Devoid of gin and rye; Hut uow we drink the stuff that cheers. And help old John B. die. Poor John! He's been at every wake Since patrlck was a kid. iio, quad one last (or Johnny's sake. And then clamp down the lid! Co to church tomorrow. Remember the week days to keep thera holy. Quit entertaining a low opinion of your own race. Have sense. Quit complaining about bad treat ment and remove the cause. Lend your hand to good work. Let jour tongue be stl'.l. Learn to say something good about (somebody behind his back. , . Now that the season for the Bap tist association has come, let us pro ceed slowly, bocauso we are also In the mldBt of the season for the summer grapes and the water melons. "Fleecy locks and dark complexion, Cannot forfolt nature's claim," but there are thousands of Ig norant people who do not know . it. When the average Co'ired church atrivea as har to get down to com mon sense as it now strives to get up feeling, the church will be more effective. A big man like a little man has his mark. It Is unmistakable. A feature mark of a big man is that he refuses to do little things. Study your own acts draw your own con clusions." We often see Colored men who read only white newspapers. How different they are from all other tren. The Dago reads a Dago paper. The Irish reads the Irish paper. The Chinaman reads the ChLiese paper, ' but the foolish Negro ignores b's own paper. God save the marks". Thf Nnlioral N it Business Lea gun Uets August "3, i4 and 15, 1919 in St. Louis, Mo. A si-ei t moet Inir i tli.jre should be a record at tendance. We mast Uik au increa cd iPlei'dBt in money making, labor empli-yiinr business, to the end that the Colored man may be eriouraged to cc Mimie to climb the bill of pro gress. . . The Colored place of r asluess Is Is r-K-elvlng bettter psk-onage as tne days go by. The Negro Is be ginning to notice Uiat the white store wanta him only for his money. He ju learning that if he ever expects to see his son or daughter employed In a iJtoro except to watt on the whites, the Colored man mnui own th store. When we get our eyes open, like the pup, we can see better &ud .rk stronger. Lord help. Mr. Colored man, while flllng r nit hill of complaint bear in mind that all white men are not your enemies, gone whito men are faji The devil did not make all of .hem. It is equally true that all Colored men ure not f-nlr. The devil cither made or bas a bill of saiu of some of them. Iet us not forget that we are the builders of our on house and that if we build eternally time nor .' tbe things of time can destroy. Colored man turn your Colored tirother 'loose! Get out of his sun- pliitie. Let him sneered if be can. ,If you will not help him. don't help Ills enemy and te win maxe u. FREE ADYICE, One of the best things which could lt;i,'!n to a number Of so-called lf.viing trioo of the Coiared ra.e., vr.ijld be for them to pet the habit, of its lirg the Dallas Kxpress and ,!ir I've Afro-American nwppappri. Thf- w,uld find by r'ndir.'t the Coi orel pre. . thnt wlile they were Yi-uCrg in t'iC valley of drspondei-ey, ; ,t,ti. ttr'Arfins thoitM wo.,1.1 Wrere their falling r,"h in CyJ at-! bu;nan!ty. ney Puiamg. vic-pr.wiaeot aim ko v",,t u-iu f-r tbr inmfcmhlpjsrI matiager; J. W. Avery, asslnt-4-Y;, f. -,-.r-i 1,-m!co vt doubt to toe!" RerercJ .-manager, E. R. Merrick, we CAir m When It comes to talking like a saint and acting like a devil, the average southern white, democrat simply takes the cake. A year ago, when German arms were marching toward Parti and the Western Front was moving dally toward the setting sun, democrats of the Sonthern brand were ringing the church bells for prayer and making Colored men late at their work by talking about the possible defeat of "our country" and what would happen to "us," If the Central Powers . should win the war. As soon as ut armistice was signed, to hl with the church bells and the prayers actually turned to curses on their lips. As lor tne uoiorea man, h.'a presence became obnoxious, the "our country" turned to "this la a white man's country." All this was followed up by mobs and murderous and every other species of beillRbness, known to the barbarian and the savage. MIdnKbt Riding Clubs, Lynching Parties, Rifle Rangers and Ku Klux Klan organi zations were born In a night and the pntriotlc (T) south, so recently marching shoulder to shoulder with the Afro-American, against the Central powers, had turned tall and stood ready to do any crime necessary to put the "Nigger back in his place. Ia the face of all this chaos and confusion the Colored man must keep his head.' He must not allow the waves of prejudice as they come over to prevent the Idea obtaining that he Is a citizen of this country. He must nott relingulsh the right, he has by birth; but rather, he must set himself to the task of over-coming evil with good. If never before he must come to realize that his destiny Is in his own hands and not in the hands of his enemies. Let him know that resident In himself Is the power to break his chains. This thought must have his constant care, and bulldlnir on this thought he must or ganize and work as one man to be come possessed or the privileges ana rights guaranteed him by the consu tutlon and the law. He must come back. ' - EXPRESS WAXTS PROTECTING LAW. At several places in Texas recent ly, white men have Interfered with the sale and circulation of The Dallas Express. Against these acts we en ter our most solemn protest The Dallas Express is a great religious weekly, but not sectarian. It believes that the "Republican party is the ship, all else Is the sea" and further it Is certain that but for that party, the Democratic party would have destroyed tha Union from 1861-1865, in order to perpetuate human slav ery. It stands for law and order. It demands i a square deal for all elements of the population. As a physical property it repre sents the humble efforts and savings of a small body of law abiding Color ed citizens, who undertake to do a legitimate publishing business, at the same time maintaining a healthy pub lic sentiment, and earning a live lihood. In these laudable undertak ings ask protection la the courts of the country. .. . . MAKE A GOOD AFTEARAXCE. Ye laboring men and women, whose work Is hard and. which forces you to wear rough clothing while en gaged, remember that the roughness of the apparel does not In. any sense affect the high esteem in which you are' held by men and women in other walks of life who have any sense; nevertheless, When you shall have finished the labor of the day. you can with profit take the time to r'Tige the work clothes for the rr.iet dress. It makes you more i esentable. Do this. Good will come of it. FIGHT THE DEYIL WITH FIRE, The mob Is still In evidence and Its victims are to be found all over the South. Notwithstanding there be many meetings ind much resluting against Judge Lynch, he is stll doing b .Biuess at the old sand. He can be stopped, however. The man who can dj most to break up a mob is the man that the mob is after. If tt.it individual would turn Instead of run, the mob would hunt the tall timber. Of all men the cowards who make up & mob, hate most tu die. The mob can be stopped best by the man It pursues. BETTER FURTHER OX. It ia refreshing for the toilers af ter tru!h to know that not withstand ing all the .achluatlonc o the wicked that It shall not be That "Right forever is on the scaf fold, Wrong forever on tbe trrone. DATES XOT FILLED. Seerai places advertised to be visited by me this laonth, were dis appointed, becauue of t:'.iesslve rains. W. Hi. JUiNU. THE POWER OF ORGAXIZATIOX. Durham, N. C. July 3. Three hun dred representative men form ten states and the District of Columbia, were here attending the 20th anni versary colobrat.on of the ' North Carolina Mutual'LIfe Insurance Com pany at the Wl te Baptist church. In his address Vice-President C. C Spaulding showed the marvelous growth of the company, paying a high tribute to the founder Jon Morrlck. It was started In one rent A room, with one clerk, now they own a building two stories covering a half block right in the heart of ve business section, forty clerks; 500.000 insured; over half million invented in staple assots including t.m hundred thousand dollars In United State:. Liberty Loan Bonds: Agents force represented 1.000, antl paid out last year for influenza cases alone S 100,00.!. The anniversary speaker was the Rev. Dr. R, C. Ransome, of New 'York City, elitor of the A. M. I Church Review. He dl&cussed The Tower of Organization." lie de clared that tlio Negro's weaV srfit was his failure ta know his a'rength.' The fln'ss was practical and full of cood common sense advice. Charles Stewart ot Jhi ago, also spoke. The omeors of the connany are John Merrirk. prMent: A. ku Maore, M- 0ireU ry-treasi.rer ; C. C I assistant socrotary. TTIE DALLAS EXPRESS, OLD REGULAR LEAVES DALLAS FOR PORT AR- THI'tt 01 JL'XE lfC READ II IS ?"A.....V,r m.Ti.ai? n.MiMii.u.i l, I FY HOUR HE TELLS A THRILL. LG STORY OF THE THE RISE OF A RACE. SAW MIGHTY MEN AM) MIGHTY WOMEX IX THE FASSLXG. DOVT LAUGH, Staff Correspondence. . Somewhere in Old Texas, June 30, 1919. I left Dallas on the morning of June 18 for South Texas. I had been invited to delay the Juneteenth address at Jtort Arthur the local Negro Business League having the affair in hand. I delivered the ad dress. Below will give the reader an idea of where I have been and what the people are doing. " Honey Grove. I spent Sunday, June 15th at Honey Grove and had a great meeting. Merchant Perdue presided. Rev. J. R. Swsncey, the pastor of the church, Prof. Taylor and others contributed much to the success of the enterprise. Ladonla. I spent Monday night June 18th at Ladonla, where I had a magni flclent meeting. I was called there by Mr. E. O. Bean, but the people made a great success of the effort I returned to Ladonla August 10th. Port Arthur. Leaving Dallas on the morning of June 18, I arrived in Beaumont some thing after 8:00 p. m and after getting my supper at a place run by a Colored fan with a Jew name (his name was Iky Weinberg). I chanced to run across Rev. Elam, a very gentlemanly and obliging min ister who showed me every courtesy. I wish Beaumont was full of men like Parson Elam men who had time te tell a stranger, howdy. I saw H. N. Denson, the high-rain-pitcher of the Beaumont Afro-American Mutual Aid Association. Prof. Chester, Dr. Lemon an old Dallas Drug Store clerk now with the enry- stat Boys at their great pharmacy and I saw Mr. Quails, the ancient and skillful knight of the Blue Steel. It was the eve before the Teenth and Beaumont was busy. I caught the 11:00 o'clock Beaumont and Port Arthur street car . and aa the hands of Port Arthur clocks hovered around the solemn hour of the night twelve o'clock I walked into the beautiful store of the famous Baker Drug Company. President Eugene was on hand, and a few minutes thereafter I was snoring In bed at the beauti ful home of Dr. Baker. The Teenth. With th& coming of the morning, the heavy fogs which ehouded the rolling waters- of the lake lifted themselves In solemn awe and old Sol, the mighty king of day, filled all the Port with his golden rays. Birds sang In the tree tops, white men pushed along toward their work, while the Colored population Borne 4,000 or 6,000 strong, busied Itself with the work necessary to fitting celebrate the 64th anniversary of tbe Issuance of the historic Eman cipation Proclamation. (I forgot to say that the Muskeetoes were some busy. Some while after the hour an nounced, led by the Port Arthur Band and guided by mounted Police and riding Marshals,. the procession Made up' of all sorts of wheeled ve hicles moved through the principal Btreets, meeting the gaze of admiring thousands. The parade brought np at the Business , League Park, for the Negro Business League, had charge of the celebration. After eat ing their fill of barbecued ox, and giving the white preacher, policemen and other whites a bite, the full throng took a full recess. At 4 p. m., a program cojsisting of patriotic, sentimental and relig ious music by the Band and singing by the multitude, under the direction of President Eugene, m-. rendered. A fine paper was read by Mrs. Eu gene, a good speech was made by Prof. W. E. Sampson, the wnite Bap tist preacher, with the significant name of Coin, made a prophetic ad dress, as the representative of the white Commercial club. Rev. Bally a young stored divine" delivered a sermonettP. and Editor w. fc. Ring, was introduced as the tr-ain speaker of the day. He spoke for an hour and a half and then fcat down, lie was given a rousing vote of thanks. One man said: Mr. Ah doan to' you but you done hit de ball's eye in Port Arthur, sho.' " , At night Mr. King pdokc to a large audn ice. His subject was Bi caking with the Fast." Port Arthur. Texas, is a City Don't go down there looking for backwoods or border town. You will not find It. Such live ones as Mack Hanna. Dr. Brackeen, Dr. Steward, Prof. Sampson, W. G. Klf.trell, Bro. Jones, and numbers of othors too numerous to mention, fc'e men u vision and they are determineu to keep Port Arthur on the map. Mr. B-iscoa is our agent there and he is gaining ground. The white men of Port Arthur are Americans, and have eenso enough to know that character and not color is the meas ure of the man. There are many Colored people in business and their tribe will increase. Port Artnur is a fine place to visit and when the natives find a way to exterminate the tnosquitos, it will be a fln place In which to live. ' Cushlng, Texas. !' 162 miles north of Port Arthur, on the Texas and New Orleans road was mv next sb o. Here I was "the gueRt of Salem C. M. E. church a' which Rev. Alexander Aurenus Brown is the efficient pnstor. Salem ia 10 miles beck from the railroad, but the automobile In that country Is being used to rub out space. In due" time we covered the 10 miles and I took early supper at the pa latial farm house ot Mr. Peter T. Wade. Just as we were about to start to the lecture place, a blinking rain, accompanied by nimble lightning and deafening thunder, notified, ns thnt '..Vre was absolutely nothing doing. As I sat there listening to the piter, patter of unceasing rain drops, I turned in my Bible to the l?th Psalm, and these words; "In mv OlstrvHS I called upon the Lord, an-I cried unto my God: Ho heard my voice out rf his temple, tnct my cry catna before him even Into bis fwn" I vml.1 not hold tta meeting. DALLAS. 1'EXAS, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1919. The woods were full of water and we COUId not et to the church. The next morning Mr. Wade said here ia something to cover your expenses. Come again. When I looked In my hand I saw a $10 bill. I will re turn there, or rather at Chapel C. M. E. church, near Nacogdoches, Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21. Salem C. M. E. Church Community Cusliinp, Texas, Owns Some Land. These are the land owners: P. T. Wade, 76 acres, also land at Cuney and Houston; Joe Hayter. 118 acres; Mary Jane Waters, 60 acres; Fran cis Washington, 240 acres; Lawrence Matthews, 42 acres; Monroe John son, 150 acres; William Scott, 150 acres; a T.- Durst, 220 acres; Lucy Smith, 150 acres; Janey Esco, 175 acres; E. J. Campbell, 100 acres; Matthew Wade, 112 acres; Willis John, 100 acres; John Ward, ISO acres; John Davis, 50 acres; Frank Johnson, 130 acres; Earl Johnson, 150 acres;. Frank Eesco, 150 acres; Austin Eesco, 75 acres; W. M. Shears, 175 acres; H. D. Shears, 60; W. R. Rowland, 90 acres; W. L. Rowland, 75 acres; James S. Upshaw, 300 acres, also Cotton gin, grist mill and a shingle mill; Simon Tlndsley, 230 acres:-Mam Carpenter, 50 acres; N. B. Brutton, 50 acres; M. C. Brutton, 75 acres; A. F. Wade, 100 acres; B. D. Wade, 75 acres; Watson Wade, 50 acres; John Whltaker, 75 acres; T. C Hayter, 60; George Whltaker, 80 acres: Ella Upshaw. 150 acres; W. M. Armstead, 300 acres; Jim Steadham, 560 acres; N. E. Campbell. 300 acres Jeff Ferguson, 130 acres; P. B. Baxter. 100 acres. All told the Colony owns upward of 6,000 acres. Hooray for Salem Communi ty, Cushlng, Texas. A Treat to Travelers. I left Cushlng, Saturday evening for Pineland via Longview, getting to the latter Dlace at about 7:00 p, m. I found on my arrival, in three minutes I was comfortably seated at the Johnson hotel, which Is far and away above any venture of the kind in Longview or East Texas, for years the Johnson Hotel has been a neces Bltv at this nolnt truly it comes to fill a long felt want I sincerely hope that Colored traveling public, win give Henry Johnson the patronage necessary to a great success. When you get off at Longview or Long view Junction ask for the Johnson hotel, less than three minutes from the station. Flneland. I arrived at this place at 11:00 a m.. Sunday. June 22. and motored at once to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dansby. Pineland Is not a town In the corporate sense of the word. It is the home of the 1,000 workers and the plant of the great Temple Lumber Company which owns everv house in sight It has white and Colored worker. . In the best i part of the town the Company nas located the white workers, in modern cottages, well lighted, ventilated and convenlenced. In the other parts of the estate is the Colored quarter. Beside the workers' houses, which are very humble, there Is a hall, a shanty church or two, a holy-roller tabernacle all buildings, however belong to tha Temple Lumber Co. As at Cushlng the rain had followed me here, and therefore I did not speak until 8:00 p. m. Rev. Ruff In, the pastor prescribed and Prof. J. M. Hurdle, made the presentation. The audience sang "My Country Tls ot Thee." I spoke for one hour and twenty-five minutes, in the interest of Colored enterprise. Pineland, be ing owned by a corporation; the workers cannot buy the land. I heard of only one man in that part of the country who owned land. His . name is Vaugh. For the convenience or ine workers there are certain necessary enterprises in the settlement namely: Clem Horn, W. H. Harris, A. Adams and Dee Gibson, each operate small restaurants or eating stands. The Wade Bros, and Rbt Seals, each operate small barbershops. There are several dressmakers, among them. Mnies. ?i. Thomaa, A. Ilollis, C. Hayes, V. Caddy. Miss Ella Daniel Is a Poro agent, wtile Mr. Warren Dansby Is the village mer chant tailor. His wife, Mrs. Lansby, is an experienced beauty culturist and hair doctor. The btst Institu tion at Pineland is the public school. Prof. J. M. Hurdle Is at the head. He Is doinr tn'.ieh to hein the people. San Angnstlne, Texas My next stop arriving there June 2", at 5 p.. m. still raining Here Prof. J. W. Barrett J- H. Garner, Tobe Lewis, Jno. Dean and others mat me. Taking a Beat in tte auto of Mr. Dean, I wi.j soon at bis resi dence. After sapper we repaired to the Baptist church, where we held an enthusiastic meeting. Fiof. Bar rett presiding. I spoke for more than an bout on "Race Conditions and The Curse." . The speech as -well received and some good was done. San AuruBtlne is not a. dead town nor Is'it in a dead county. Of the people who work oi farms 60 per cent own the land arid of those who live in town 60 per cent own their own homes. The Masons own a hall and the sam can be said for the U. B. F. and K. of P. As the ready knows the usual number of churches are in evidence. There are twenty four schools in .the country and 27 teachers. A. D. Smith operates a two chair barber shop, restaurant and shoe shop. J. W. Cook, struck me as the most progressive man I met He is the only grocer with a growing stock. Added to this Is a barber shop and a merchant tailor shop. Beside this he owns three automo biles with which he operates a trans fer line. Hs home is worth some $3,500.0O beside owning some rental property. Beside nil this Jim Cook's a young man and I'm told that he his a ret Income of $350 per month. Jim Cook Is a native having begun bid work at the bottom he is a shining example of what pluck and worth cn do to lift a man. Girls he Is married. John Dean Is the Star Route mall carrier for Uncle Sam for which he receives $140 per month. Andersen Iwi(; operates a pool hall and eat ing aland. J. H. Garner owns a new restaurant and is Colnsr well with his merchant tailoring. Among the f sneers, there are many who own land. Koto the following Mrs. Ail By Clay owns 600 acres; Geo.) Jones and Joe Greer own each 400 aces; while R. C. McCord, "Son" Jones and Claiborne Grey own each 200 acres. There are two gris mills In operation and a 70 saw cotton gin is being installed. St Augustine marches on. Center, Texas. June 24, . was my next stop. Here the Colored people live back south about a half mile where there are several churches, a hall and a school. Beside this there are R. L. Hicks, grocer; W. T. Thompson, gro cery and restaurant; Will Water house, restaurant; R. C. Cartwrlght, restaurant and his brother, R. J., operates a barbershop. There is also a three-story hotel. Prof. Thomas, allowed me to make his house my home and Mrs. Thomas did what she could to make v it pleasant Beside presiding over the meeting and oth er details, he carried me, the next day through mud and mire to Tena ha, twelve miles away. I saw Prof. C. H. Daniels, whom I thought would be burdened with my keep at the church. There he left me, but I made it any how. I bad a great meeting at Center and I am in double debt to Prof. C. H. Thomas for the courtesies. Rev. W. M. Brown Is one of the big men pf Center. Xaoogdoches, Texas. June 25, was the next stop. Here I was met at noon at the H. E. and W. T. railway depot by the follow ing reception committee: Revs. L. V. Bouldin, A H. Hughes, Dr. A. M. Woodson, P. M. Rhodes. Taking a bran new car, we went through the city. I unloaded at the residence of Rev. L. V. Bouldin, where I made my home. Late in the afternoon an auto party composed of Revs. D. L Penn., M. T. Waters, L. V. BouldIn,"Dr. A M. WoodBon and Old Regular went out to see the Col ored business enterprises of the town. Among them we found W. H. Porter, Butler Bros. Jno. Davis, H. C. Carpenter, Ben Patton, Jeff Smith, operating grocery stores with all commendable success. J. C. Clark and M. B. Metcalf operates barber shops for Colored people, while R. A Scott, a Colored man operates his shop for all other except Colored people. JWmes. I. M. Evans .and J. A Price are fashionable dress mak ers, Cat roll Davis is a contracting plasterer; Wallace Jones and N. W. Simmons, contracting builders, Jesse Donegan is a merchant tailor, while his brother Casz Donegan operates a pool hall and an auto-transfer. Mrs. J. E. Ceasar is . proprietor of the Ceasar house. Nacogdoches has no Colored dentist no Colored under taker, no Colored drug store. It is a fine location for either or all. It stands badly In need of a Negro Business League to get the leaders to work together. Helping the ' People. Woodson Sanitarium is located on Tucker street tar corner east of Mound street, Nacogdoches, one block from Tucker-Smith Memorial (white) hospital. .The hospital ia a two-year old venture and has proven itself a howling success, patients be ing brought here from St Augustine county, Panola, Angelina, Rusk, Hen derson, Shelby and others. The pres ent building are taxed to capacity, and plans are being made to build a larger and more modern building, across the street ont block south. The 8anitarum has been in suc cessful operation for two years, dur ing which time 125 operations have been performed with not a single fatality. Dr. A. M. Woodson is a native of Louisiana, and took Medicine at the University of Illinois, class of 1896. Has practiced medicine in McKinney, Dallas and Harrison county. . Noting the large fatality of Negroes who went under the knife ot the white surgeons, he was moved as a matter of humanity to open this hospital with tbe above results. Mrs. E. A. Woodson, his estimable wife, is his partner- in this laudable enterprise, and with the doctor is spending her life for her race. I spoke at Zion Hill Baptist church, Rev. L. V. Bouldin, pastor, Wednes day night June 25. The pastor acted as master of ceremonies, Rev. Penn prayed. The audience was up to the minute in quality, but a little shy in quantity. I spoke on "The Im pending Crisis." The Colored people here are laboring under the disad vantages of the autocratic rule of white men, who treat them with rolnor conslderrtion. Only the other day a white man took a stick of wood and killed a Colored woman. He was placed under a $250.'j0 bond. The local white news paper said that "the crime was regrettable, but the white n;aa did not moan to kill the Negress." Lnfkln. I spent Sunday, June 29 at Luf- kla Mr. N A Garett was, in charge of the meeting a big league exists at tthis polut Mr.. G trrett is presi dent Rev. T. M. Resgor and all Dallas tivorite is here pastor ing tie C. M. E. church. He is a mighty man, has a live church full of young people who rr, press, ng on with the assistance of the older people. There are two iiew convention BatJst churchi s here and one. old convention congregation, worshiplnng in one of the new convention churches. The old con rention brethren have no house, but one of the new convention churches kindly consents to let them worship In their house. Rev. Wesley, was to have been present but tent instead Rev. Harrington. The meet ing of the citizens which I addreiised was held at Goodwill Bav '.1st church. Mr. Garrett presided. Rev. T. M. Rea gor introduced me. C L. Williams and 1'rof. Williams are big men in Lufkin. S. W. Brooker is going to double his sales of the Express. Mr. and. Mrs. Swaggerty furnished me a home While in Lufkin. They have a fine place There is little business In Lufkin Wm. Engraham operates a pretty fair grocery store. J. E. Utley and Rbt Long operate confections. The future promises big however in this direction. Where I GK Just for your information I will go tomorrow to Chandler. I will be in Corsicana, July 8, 9, and 10; Itasca July 12, Terrell, July 13; Peagoville, July 14; Ft Worth, July 16; Chand ler. July 19; Waco, July Tl 26; Vic toria. July 27-30; Atlanta. Texas, July 31; Conroe, Aug. 3; Sherman, Aug. 10 (day time); Wolfe City, at night; St Louis, Aug. 13, 14 and 15; Chicago, Aug. 17. l.'eep these dates in mind. Cut this list. out Don't Laugh. If the Colored Knights of Pythias raised $137,000 la3t year when they were working against each other. what would they havo done working together? A suffragette has been denned o. ' a woman who ceases to be woman, but never can be a man. . . - The story about the mustard la hot one. ' , The height of fashion now goes above a woman's ankles. . An icicle his been described as a a stiff piece of water. The difference between an elephant and a mosquito it the shape. What is the difference between life and loveT Life is Just one dog-gone thing after another; love is two durn thing after each other. Be careful how. you pick ' your friends and don't pick them to pieces. A banana skin thrown carelessly on the side walk has thrown many a man in the gutter. A cook on Jackson street was ar rested for squeezing a lemon and beating an egg. The doctor with patience usually saves his patient lt a rooster had would a hen pullet a wooden leg If the Grizzly bear went to see the'Turkey Trot would the Tan-go. The Report Crisp. After a grand review of German troops at Potsdam the Kaiser called out to the officer commanding th? Prussian Guard in a voice loud enough to be heard by all the distin guished guests who were grouped in front of the palace: "Pick me out a hundred men from the Prussian Guard?!" Then, taking the arm of King Ed ward VII., who was there, he said. "Come with me." He escorted King Edward very delicately round the hundred men, and then said banteringly: "Well, do you think you could find a hundred men in England to beat themr "I don't know so much about that" promptly replied the late King, "but I could easily find fifty who would try. The Aronaut K. E. W. CAXDOR BETWEEX THE RACES. If the movement in Hyde Park and Kenwood for a better understanding between tthe white and Colored races is based on an honest desire for the Improvement of the conditions of both we believe there Is a chance for Colored. Malice and envy and Jealousy and revenge -must not enter Into the ne gotiations. In at least one Instance we have noted the use of the word undesirable": it is a false .note. j Tne qo veope are firmly estab- lished In the United States, and, of course, in Chicago. They were not "undesirable" when we needed thou sands of them to carry on war in dustries here; not "undesirable" when they eagerly donned the khaki and went away to war; and they are not "undesirable" because they obey the instinctive desire for a home. It Is not to be denied that racial characteristics prevail among the white people to the extent that they are most content when living among those of their own race; but the same is true of the Colored people. They want their own homes, their own locality, their own institutions; this because of the Colored race is to find salvation, as its brightest minds testify, it must alone work it out We believe the Colored people are agreed that what they most want is the right to comfortable living conditions. We believe they have no thought of intruding, mallciusly, into districts far removed from the cen ters of their race. We believe the thoughtful Colored people grant to the whites the same ideas of tehnical segregation. If the south bide situation ia in vestigated it will, we believe, be found that the Colored people have not endeavored to penetrate pro miscuously over the whole area, but that their penetration into districts heretofore occupied entirely by the whites has bon the result of an emphatic need for homed, a logical expansion of a once small residence section of the Colored people. We are apt to overlook the fact that 60,000 Colored people have come to Chicago in the last few years and that they could not potssibly be hous ed in the limit' 4 province theretofore comfortably occupied by the first comers. They must have room. Lit tle by little the borders of the Colored community have expanded. It was inevitable. But it seems Just ' as unescapable that the races do not want to live together. We belleva this is as true of one as the other, to a certain extent At least we see that Colored people do strive for community life by trying to segregate as much as possible; thus also the whites. We have said before that friction between the races does not grow out of the attitude of the thought ful of the races, but of tbe reckless and Intolerant These, mischievous persons are most apt to be found on the borderland between the two exasperating each other and inciting to riot. Wherefore, it followi that no reasonable settlement is going to be achieved by them, tut rather by the rational beings who must be considerate of the freetings and worrylngs of the Impatient of each other's races and who must apply sound logic to the adjustment The principles of the adjustment It seems, cannot fail to lie this: lines of demarkatlon to be adopted out of consideration for the needs and comforts of both races; willing ness to co-operate In all essentials of community betterment; and ' com plete eagerness to confer on all sub jects without recourse to bitterness. In other words, the white people cannot adjudicate the matter to suit themselves; nor can the Colored peo ple. Clash will surely rollow. The settlement must come In a meeting ot the minds, so that the Colored peo ple will not think themselves wrongly used but will have the assurance that whatever, ethnical understand ings are adopted are with their ap proval and for their best interests. Property rights are inviolate; fcut Just as much for the Colored as the white. Adjustment must be reached by honest methods; cards til on the table. Chicago Tribune. PROF. F. I. CHARDSOX 0X Prof F. I. Richardson, was called from iabor to reward in quite two weeks. He was a useful man to Pub lic life, .school, church and political affairs. He taught a number of years at his home town. Athens in Henderson county. He taught a number of years in the city schools of Houston. His last work in the school room was at Crosby, Texas. He leaves to moura his loss a wire, two sisters and a host of friends and other relatives. His body was deposited in the cemetery at Athens, June 26, 1919. DLPORTAXT TEXAS MEETINGS. The Royal Family, Corsicana, July 8 9 10 1919. ' Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Ma sons at Ft. Worth, July 15, 1919. Knights and Daughters of Tabor, Waco. July 21, 1919. U. B. F. and S. M. T., Victoria, July 28. 1919. Grand Lodge Odd Fellows, Sher man, August 5, 1919. These are history making gather ings. THE PERISCOPE. (By The Associated Negro Press). The Mississippi Governor. , The Governor of Mississippi, in his pigmy sense of Justice has stated a fact Previous to the lyinching of another Negro, when appealed to for assistance, he declared his in ability to do anything, and said: "No body can keep . the Inevitable front happening." That, indeed, is a his torical utterance that will be re membered with the great utterances of all times. , But aside from the fact than this tiny Governor of a Btate, where more than half of the population ia Negroes made this statement regarding the "inevitable" lynching of a dying man, it must be applied to him, and to all others and all things South, and North too, where prejudice, unfair ness, and discrimination of any kind to any and all are practiced. As surely as the sunshines, or as the Btars twinkle, or as God is Just which he undoubtedly is the in evitable is going to happen to all those countenace or participate In any or all forms of crime or op pression. It is going to happen, calmly, orderly and lawfully It is hoped, but God hasten the day. In the Enemies Lines. The formation of the Lincoln Lea gue of America Is a new departure. The white South wishes it thorough ly understood and advertised that to the matter of dealing with the Ne gro, its ideas shall prevail. Counsel, co-operation or advise have been con sistently and persistently resented, for the most part On the particular subject of voting, the white South has openly and boastlngly defied not only the Negro, but the United States government Thus far it has gotten away with both without any considerable trouble or worry. The strong possibility of Woman's Suffrage being attached to the constitution of the United States, has recently caused considerable worry, and movements of the Lin coln League kind are calculated to cause trouble, in the event that lo gic and reason are eliminated in the program and when it comes to deal ing with the Negro, those two ele ments have never been plnacel, as it were. ' Nevertheless, and notwithstanding, the Lincoln League of America has set out to perform a necessary task in a fundamental, progressive, intel ligent determined and conclusive way. The League is making no threats, but the whites have already done so to number of the southern members who have declared them selves. It is to be hoped that the League will not weaken, and that southern buffoonery, so long prac ticed, will not alarm. The Negro must be accorded the privilege of voting in the South, and the southern whites If they are a superior aa they claim should be good and win or lose on merit FIVE. 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