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THE PALLAS EXPRESS, DALLAS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1919.
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8 ATX EDA I, JUNE 7, 1919.
Co to cburcb Sunday.
Ignorance is chain in which Umt.
few west links.
TUTS TO GET TOGETHER.
This U a time for all shades of
Republican political opinion to b
blended Into on. Tha DemocraUa
menace Is still enthroned at Wash
ington and the country will not be
safe until it is driven from power.
With the return of peace, the republic
needs the directing power of a party
which can brine things to pass and
make other things happen. Every
American, it matters not with what
party he easts his vote. Knows mat
the ultimate hope of the country has
been, is now and for a time to
come will be the Republican party;
whose mission on earth was and
is to preserve for posterity, "a gov
eminent of the people, by the people
and for the people" and further to
see to it that that "government does
not perish from the earth."
We are facing the ever to be re
membered campaign of 1920, when
under the wise direction of this Re
publican party, the people of the
Republican party, the people must
with their Totes arrest the Demo
era tic party and name the day when
it shall leave Washington. To do
this the party of Lincoln, Grand and
HcKlnley. must bestir itself. It most
not get drunk on over-confidence and
it must not fall to present the Demo
cracy a solid front This done, the
way is open the course is clear.
Let us bury our differences, and re
member that strife Is a beast which
cannot be killed by a blow, but will
disappear if it Is let alone.
WE HATE THE REMEDY.
lynch tags.
White men being the only men ; g
in this country who believe in and j Jjj
practice lynching of CoJ'wed men,- are ' . ;
not the men to petition to stop their
own Institution. They did not start
it to stop. Like slavery, petitioning ;
the slave holders never did make f
any of them free the slave and turn it
against the system. j I
if the Colored people will sake f
vp their Kinds that lynching- snail U
not happen, at least to then, we f
will all live to tee the system dla. fi
appeart tat ta long as twelve il-;U
liuas f Colored people, have more 4
sense than to Join tome sort ef As-; ft
tooauoa aa pay a lew ienows to
write letters and get sp begging lists
to the gov era en ever state which
practice lyiseblngf lynching; will re
main a nuisance unabated. Let us
have sense.
W ORLD'S - FAMOUS TYPIST"
AND "SHORTHAND ; WIZARD,"
Win rill ecadjet rijM wteks Suirasr School in Shortaml inJ Typewriting in Uempliis.
It
E50CCH SAID.
Quit railing others of your race
-jvigger.- nave sense.
Truth crushed to the earth shall
rise again soma day.
Lest wa forget go to church Sun
day. It will not hurt you.
If you knevr enough you would
anow mat you alone can prrvent
your success.
All white men are not your enemy,
While registering a general complaint
remember this.
There are thousands of things in
this country made in the image of
men, but they a:e not men.
" i
The town with a Colored population
of five hunded or a thousand souls
should have at least six stores.
It has been said that advice Is use
le the ise man does not need
it; the fool will not heed it Next?
I ' 111 I I I I II L
Arkansas burned recently at the
stake a Colored man. And thus the
stete shows its idea of the civili
sation of the times.
Some Negroes don't believe they
have hoard the truth until a white
man tells it Those creatures do not
need abuse. They need teaching.
Quit cussln' out the while man
and go to work. The advantage he
has over you,, was not attained by
cuaaln' and we cannot catch him
by cussln'. Get busy.
Instead of complaining about the
other fellow closing the door of op
portune in your face push it open
and to in. The treasures therein
nre for whosoever wllL
People talk at random. Why will
not the German delegates sign the
Treaty? The answer is that they
will. And if they refuse they -ought
not have dono it See?
The time for the grand lodge, the
protracted meeting and to cue the
water melon, is not far away. Be
ready lor the last act The Cher
acts will take care cf themselvea
. The Colored man or woman' who
attends a Jim crow moving picture
show or who buys a ticket with
which to enter the buriard roost in
a white opera house, does ssore to
keep alive color dlscrimlna'Jon, than
all the rough necics on the country.
There are still Ignorant Negroes
want a white undertaker to bury
them, notwithstanding the same un
dertaker woull not speak to them
In Mfe. Don't abuse these- ignorant
revureg. Pray for them and teach
them.
DIDN'T KNOW THEIR STUFF.
Tbe Progressive I'eprbllcan Party,
a tributary to the !iimovaUc party
evidently did not kuow its a.viiT the
other day when It undertook to eli
minate Senators Pen roe ani War
ren from important chairmartshps of
committees in the next house. Sena
tor Johnson reckoned with) ut his
ho.V
Why continue to call the attention
of the governors and others In au
thority In the mob territory to the
almost daily acts of the "peaceable
assemblages of the best citizens,
whose idea is to cpbold civilization
with a rope and a barrell of kero
sene? la It presumed that these
sets are unknown? Is it not a fact
that It is known that they are incon
temptation, long before undertaken?
The only men who need Information
are those who -furnish the victims.
Nor is it necessary to inform them.
They usually know when "peaceable
citizens "are about to assemble to
protect the state, by suspending tbe
processes of the courts. It appears
to us, that the time has come for the
element which furnishes the victims
to act In our opinion they alone
can stop the lynching pastime.
Southern white newspapers, and
as for that matter newspapers at
the north, are powerless to prevent
That Scott-DuBoIs row-tempest in
tea pot affair let us hope that it,
has subsided. This is not the time;
to quareL gentlemen. Mr. Scott
baa done his bit in the army without
getting the results he wanted. Mr. i
DuTJoia. rrMl aaaoclatlon hum Amu ' I
what tt could outside the army-ahd ; U
iiae Mr. Boon, nas not neen able,
to get results satisfactory even to! ft
i himself. The common enemy in the tj
army ana out or me army, coins tne m
; heights. This is a time for mighty ';
i men to stand together to bumble
mighty foe. Of the distractions
race leaders and the hostilities
: petty chiefs, we have had quite
I enough, this ia the time for them tn
take nmtitton ahAiilrioF ti ihmi Mo. Ill
iuiu uicir guua un uie element
in this country which has set its :
face against the advancement of the!
Colored race. I
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HEETS AT CCJTEY, TEXAS, JULY j
U t, 1919.
The Local Negro Business Leagues
and other organizations looking to
the betterment of th race are here
by called to meet at Cuney, Texas.
July 1 and 2, 1919.
The representation fee is $2.00
for each member who participates.
Leave time early enough to reach
Cuney, the morning of July 1, or the
evening before. Hon. R. L. Smith
Is president of the Texas League;
Hon. H. I Price is secretary.
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Do ve aot know brethren, that
terever a church can live, there
should be planted a grocery store
rext door.
Let us while striving to live here
after, si,tfnd soma energy trying to
live Aere. Here comes before here
after. Lest we forget lynching we tl'l
bave with us .
Quite finding fault with the way
you are treated at the bank of C e
wh'te man. Are you not a man?
f?U;t a bank. Take the itme view
of all things else. Quit whining
like a cur. Discover the manhood
which ts in you. Rise Uel to the
difficulties which confront you. Con
vince the world that whoever tackl
ed you tackcled a man and your
ttour'i M will take the wings of the
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ITj M1S1 TOWNS C0LLECT8
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THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS TAGS
THE STOPS DONT LALGH.
Staff Correspondence,
Somewhere In 8outhwest Texas,
May 31. 1919.
The issue of May 17th did not
contain the deliverance which I pre
pared for our readers. The Issue of
May 21, contained all of the matter
prepared for two weeks previous.
except the humor. The cold type
refused to laugh. The issue of May
24 and of May 21, contained abridged
Installment! of what I saw while
Journeying about in North and North-
we4t Texas. Goinr as far toward the
setting sun as Wichita Fallas, where
the population Is oil mad and grease-
crazy. I turned my steps and re
traced my way toward the South land
the Southwest. In my path I took
the time to stop and speak et Hen
rietta, Denton, Lewisvtlle and then
I stopped and put on a clean shirt
at Dallas. This was Saturday, May
24. I took advantage of the op-;
portunity to vote for certain amend
ments and against certain others.'
Which wayvl voted is my secret As!
usual, I find, upon the face of re-,
turns, that I was not with the ma-
Jotity. Tn the scriptures It i plainly i
written that we must "follow not tbe
multitude to do evil." This time I;
obeyed the scriptures. Although fori
tbe most part I am not among the
winners, I have no regrets. j
After depositing my ballot and
buttoning my shirt I took a Weat-
borid train fr-r Fort Worth, where
I took anotV- west bound train.
On Sunday I arrived at Weatheiford,
epeaklng la the afternoon at C. M.
E. church, Rev. C. G. Smith, pas
tor ard at nlgtt I wna with the
Baptist Rev. J. A. Jordan, pastor.
Monday night I spekt before tbe Min
eral Welis Buniiiean League in tbe
C M. E. church, Rev. C. M. Mc
Pherscn. pastor. John Lazlne is
presldimt and J. B. Ransome Is sec
retary of the local Lergue. Tuesday
night T spent a few minutes with
the Business League at Abilene, thu
Quea of the Prairies, and the next
night I stood before a magnificent
audience at San Angelu. where the
local Business League d- a large
and a.iUve membership. ' The popu
lace turned out filling tbe Townhall.
A sole it choir rendered the music,
while a splendid reception committee
held the repast in oKeyauce.
I spoke an hour and a half and the i
crowd said: "Enough." I made" my
borne while at San Angelo at the
reflldci.ee of Mrs. Clara Hughes, who
Is patiently and patrlot'cally await
ing the return of her son. one of the
heroes on the other side cer there.
I arrived In Brownwood, Thursday
afternoon at somewhere around 6:30
n'rlork. Mr. R. A. Hester met me
at tbe train. I went to his home.
I tvk sunper at the residence of
Prof. Hardin, one of the beat known
educators In the aouthwest I spoke
to a splendid audience at the A. M.
E.1 church. The choir made a new
hlph record.
After rtttlnrT my breakfast I took
a fHt Santa Fe for Delton. I nn-
1 -se-vwja" va, aK"""Mlar"""iaaS A'l ("Tail
RSkaaj3eSBSiMssnVRaaMt
loaded there at 12:30. Her. Mo
Linn, the pastor of the A. M. E.
church met me at the train. I spoke
at his churcb that night to a fine
audience. The next night, I spoke
to tbe Belton Citizen's League at the
K. of P. Hall and I am of the opinion
that I helped the situation.
Sunday at 3:30 p. m., I opened my
guns on a fine audience at Tbe Eighth
Street Baptist church of which Rev.
Joe Plus Barbour is pastor. The
Temple Business League one fine,
forceful organization, is not dead,
but sleeping, but it showed signs of
life after I bombarded for a while.
I believe It will come to life. Prof.
L. J. LeQuey, secured a place for
me to sleep at the hoi:e of Mr. Ed
woods, but I took a 2:60 a. m. Santa
Fe train for Cleburne, and arrived
there in a slush Of rain near sleet
having made the loop from Dallas
to Cleburne, covering a distance of
a tnousand miles in ten days.
My readers will be encouraged to
Know that everywhere the Colored
man Is coming Into his own. He is
stepping up. He is seriously realiz
ing that he who wouH be free, him
self riust strike the blow. In the
matter of economy, he is wearing
ciotnea ana eating rood more sub
stantial. He is determined to do
wore saving, and make his material
standing better.
In tre matter of intelligence, he
s studying his books. He is read
ing the newspapers. He Is finding
out the tremendous power of brains.
He Is thinking of the future. He Is
finding out what he wants to be.
lre is realizing thi.t no man can
stand In the way of his progress, if
be will use all the opportunities
within his reach.
I saw the white ran in all this
territory throwing away his time
watching the Colored man. There are
mwy of ihe mosl norant among
them, who itlll believe that white is
a badge cf superiority and that
tlack is the sign of inferiority.
Acting on that principle, as was
to hsre been expected, little progress
Is being made. Meanwhile, the white
man born els where b coming in
gobbling up the country. Abundant
tains are making the waste places
look glad, verify the western desert.
bioomi and blossoms as the rose.
Then too, there is the oil boom!
And it is some booraC- Hitherto val
ueless land is beiag quoted now at
fabulous prices, "rease! grease!
Greece, is the beverage of the people.-
Pipe lines are bttng laid, wella
are everywhere in the boring. Truly
in the west the old earth baa passed
away, that a new earth may come
to take Its place. As for the heavens,
I am silent on that point
In all this activity, the Afro-American
, appears. He Is - growing more
venturesome learning to take a
chance Instead of standing around
waiting for a chance to be given
hli.i'. He is taking the measure of
the times. He Is -standing In the
maiket places. He ts getting bis
bearings. The futut will bear his
imprint He is marching on.
. In a business way be Is awakening
from a long sbep, and as a result
of his awakening, his restaurant
barbershop, rooming bouse, small
store, garage, oil station, and what
not are coming to Join bis church
and school. He is determined to
make It so, that the future historian
who comes to write of the doings of
the west cannot do so, unless the
historian mentions tbe Colored man.
The Colored man is marching on.
Where I Go rrom Here.
" Today is Tuesday June 3, and
tonight I speak, af Alvarado. June
4, I will be in Dallas at the meeting
of the Equal Rights League; at
Grandview, June 6; Ennls, June (;
Kaufman, June 8; Dallas, June 9
to the K. P. Grand Lodge; Honey
Grove, June 15; Ladonla, June C;
Port Arthur, June 19; Pineland,
June 22; San Augustine, June 23;
Center, June 24; Nacogdoches, June
25; Long Branch, June 27; Cuney.
July, to attend the State Business
League; Tatum, July 6; Corslcana,
July 8.
Prepared for the Worst
Just as two Irishmen were in the
middle of a large field one of them
turned and saw an angry bull making
for them.
With a yell of warning he bolted
and Just managed to clear the hedge.
His companion, less nimble, ran
wildly round the hedge to find an
opening.
Twice he went around without es
caping. Then, as he passed his
anxious friend for the third time,
he shouted:
"Tell my missus my insurance
policy is in the bottom drawer. This
' is my last time round." St Louis
! Globe Democrat
"Why, my dear? Didn't she bring
a letter of recommendation r
"Oh, yes, a strong letter of recom
mendation, but It Wan written tvr tlva
husband of her former mistress."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"And you call yourself a lover of
peace!" said Mr. Rafferty.
"I do," answered Mr. Dolan.
"After Intentionally droppln' the
brick on Casey."
"Yes, I've never known Casey to
be so peaceful as he was Just after
I dropped that brick. Washington
Post
Don't Laugh.
When you see the average man
on a pleasure trip, he is without his
wife.
Many a man who surrended to
love at first sight regrets that he
did not take a stand look.
The man who is a dude before he
marries, is ucually t subdued afterwards.
Some men think that whisky is
counterfeit because they cannot nass
It
BoostJas; The Country.
A man disappointed at what he
saw in Europe, returned to America
and he thus expressed himself in ad
miration of the U. 8. A.:
"You may take a trip to Europe
to see the ruins. No need. They
are here. Look at the Suffragettes!
The average roan who ' heard blow
ing about E irnpe has not seen his
own beloved country.
Tell bun that you heve seen 4 boat
blocked in Houston Bayou by mud
cats; rASi.hoppers stop a train In
Oklahoma rabbits eat up the crops
in Colorado; and about the size of
peaches in East Texas, and he
screams, 'take that. bull to the pack
house, for I don't eat roat Think
of our climate, Instead r.-f dying to
get to heaven,, move to California,
where you can play snowball at
breakfast and on tho same spot pick
oranges at noon, and bathe in the
ocean at night As for productive
ness, we have the world skinned.
v can raise everything In the United
States which we need, build a Chin
ese wall around it and tell the bal
ance of tbe world to go to b 1."
Such is Love.
It was glorious spring, but it was
dusty, and the rude wind blew grit
into their faces as the youth and the
maid turned the corner. ,
"Sweetness," he cooed gently, draw
ing her close to his manly heart,
"did you get any in your eyes?"
"Yes, my Jewel," she simpered, mop
ping her optic with a handkerchief
which she bad extracted from some
hiding place in her attire.
"Ah! in which of our glorious orbs
reflecting the light of heaven tl d
i that beastly piece of dust Intrude?"
he questioned fiercely.
"My right" she sail!; and added,
"Sweetheart did you get any in your
eyes?"
"Yes, my dove," he responded,
while he mopped away at his eye
w'th the same handkerchief which
she used.
"How sweet," sb exclaimed, "and
yours was the right eye. too?"
"Yes, light of my life!"
"Adolphus." she whispered rap
turously, "do yon think I could have
been part of the same grain of
dint?"
T hope so," he answered fervently.
"Wouldn't it be lovely, honey?" she
! whispered.
I "Glorious!" he breathed.
And the wind moan -d in agony,
and the cats, and dogs howled, and
tne singboard or the Frog and Fly
ing Machine fell opposite with a
crash to the pavement TltrBlts.
Belle. All MaurVa famllv in MnnAa
j Where did she get such black eyee?
I Nell. I guess her husband gave
them to her.
No Deserter.
A Congressman said at a dinner
the other evening:
"What we call 'deserf the En
glish call a 'sweet' Offer an English
man apple pudding as desert and
he wouldn't understand you.
"A party of English Tommies wre
entertained in Chicago at a magni
ficent banquet last year. At the end
of the eleventh course a waiter ap
proached a Tommy with a superb
dish of apple pudding and said:
""Desjert, slrf
" 'Dessertf said the Tommy, as be
ladled half the pudding off on bis
plate. 'Desert? Not me, when I
can get a feed like this for nothing.' "
Plttaburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Fnuraa Taste.
On the outskirts of Philadelphia Is
an admirable stock farm. One day
last K.immer some poor children were
permitted to go over this farm, and
when their Inspection was done, to
each of them was given a glass of
milk. The milk was excellent
"Well, boys, how do you like It?"
the farmer said, when they had drain
ed their glasses. x
"Fine," said one little fellow. Then
after a pause, he added, "I wlsht
our milkman kept a cow." Journal
of the American Medical Association.
The Higher Musical Education.
Mrs. Newrlch (in store) I want
a piece of music for my little girl,
who Is learning to play the piano.
Clerk Yes, madam; here Is Twi
light' for 25c. how would that suit?
Mrs. Newrlch Oh, nhe's further ad
vanced than that Why last week
she played a piece that cost 60c.
Haven't you got something for abuot
a dollar?" Boston Transcript
Tm a bit suspicious of this new
maid."
"I've got to get the money out of
that old screw for this bill. How
would you try It? With tact?"
"No; with a monkey wrench."
"The professor seems to be a man
of rare gifts," remarked Mrs. Nay
bor. "He Is," agreed the professor's
wife. "He hasn't given me one since
we were married." London Tit-Bits.
"What's that private all swelled
up about? He hasn't any medala on
him."
"Well, you see, he was an army
cook and all the girls In town want
to marry him." Judge.
"Your new hired man seems to
oe pretty stupid, Ezry."
"And he doesn't deceive hla looks
much, either." rnnllnl An atT Va a-
imer Horbbeak. "He knows lees
'round the farm here every day than
the average person cjes on the wlt-
" otouu. vuutxy uenuernan.
Big Mistake,
"You ask me what a pessimist is?"
"Yea"
"A nefislmtar la a
' " DVU W Ul U)
m disappointed at not finding pearl
Wiat he can't enjoy a nice, Juicy
oyster.
"They say money talks. How does
it talk?"
"I suppose, for one thing, it talks
cents."
Victoria's Vanity Box.
Wherever the lovely Victoria goes,
She carries a vanity box.
Which she opens Invariably after a
dance
And always most carefully locks;
But stealing behind her, I ventured
to peep
O'er her shoulder so pinky fair.
And saw In the scented receptacle
U i ft
The secrets she ruards with such
care.
A mirror, a vial of costly perfume.
a pencil u uarKen ner eyes,
A very small silver-tipped bottle of
rouge, i i
Quite frequently used. I surmise;
A lipstick of carmine, a hairpin or
two,
A powder puff, fluffy and fine.
And a picture and, oh! I forgive bar
the rest.
For the face in the picture was
mine. ,
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