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UNITERSIIX OP JiJUS
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SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET AN
" AUTOMOBjXB FOB NOTHING
YOU MIGHT IF YOU
TRIED.
YOC'LI BE SOIUtY It YOU DON'T
ENTER OCR GREAT riUZE
CONTKST. '
Fonnded by W. E. King.
The Republican Party Is The Ship All Else Is The Sea." Fred Douglas.
PER ANNUM 13.00.
VOL. 27 NO. Bl.
THE DALLAS EXPRESS DALLAS .TEXAS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 25 1020.
PRICE TEN! CENTS.
Says That Free Fair Elections Are Never
Held And That Intimidation Force And
Chicanery Keep Men From Polls And Dis-
franchise Majority in South.
Washington D. C Spt. 23. In' re-
ply to an Inquiry an to how the "Solid
South is maintained by the lemoci-a-ie
machine. George 1:. I.ockwood Iu.vb
bare the corrupt Southern practices
both pant and present In an article
in -the National Republican under cap-
tion "New illiivei-y of the Old South."
He say 'iii pait:
'Ihe National ICepubllcan has printed
many columns of matter setting
forth the methods by which the
"mock" has been put In democracy
by tho Democratic oligarchy In the
Solid South i However u brief re-
. view of these facts niav not be out
of place in vlev of the hypocritical
outcry that Is now being set up by
Governor Cpx mid other Democratic
leaders about "unfair methods" "co-
ercion" and ""coi ru pt ion" In national
politics.
There- Is not a statu of the I'nlon
where Republican have control of
government or where they are sulli-
clcnlly numerous to prevent Demo-
cratic leaders from forcing their pell-
icles 'unmodified upon the people
wheie free lair election do not ex-
ist. There is not a state In the I'nlon
nec'-'snury in ordei to control elcct-
puted sway .where free fair elections
nr.) possible under tho laws and prac-
tices existing. .
For many year elections were con-
trolled In the Solid South states by
open displays of force ballot box
riffling and fraudulent rutintlnic of
ballots. Senator lien Tillman of
North Carolina boasted of these mct-
. hods In the I'nlted States. He do.
dared that his fellow Democrats did
not Hesitate to commit murder. If
necessary in order to control elct-
tjons. !'ueh practice were general
throughout the states of the Solid
South.
Many members of Congress elected
by such methods . having been un-
seated a different procedure was
adopted whereby the same result
were secured without such direct dis-
plays of force. Then came the era of
new 'Southern constitutions.: creating
qualifications for suffrage based upon
ancestry literacy payment of poll
taxes with registration and election
machinery placed entirely within the
control of the party In power pcr-
mltting manipulations certitin to pro-
duce the desired election ii??ttlt .with-
out reference lo majority opinion...
. The effect of the sytem mw In
operation 1 to exclude from the polls
many more white voter 4hn '-Ma. It.
The .pretense Is made that . tlfer "yn-
' tern i Intcnrivd .to- prevent "Negro
domination "but It I used to ex-
elude from tho polls" a much larger
number of white men than black
taking the Solid South- as .a whole.
In Virginia for Instance it. disfran-
chises 100000 more white men than
black. This means men qualified to
vote of which there fere 150.000 in
Virginia for Instance it disfranchise
100000 more white men than black.
This means men qualified to vote rf
which there are 150000 In Virginia
out of a total population of two and
a third millions. Only 50000 voted
in that state a a matter rf fact
the last time Virginia elected a
I'nlted States senator. Five-sixths of
the . men conscripted In Virginia 'to
fight to "save the world" for de-
mocracy had no more voice. In the af
AIRPLANE CAUSES PANIC
AT MISSISSIPPI FUNERAL
Carthage Miss. Sept. 23. When at-
tendant at a funeral near here saw
the approach of an airplane In the
Heaven Tuesday pallbearer par-
son spectator and all lurried to the
Woods and left the corpse In a otate
of lonesonicness complete and un.
molested. It was some time before
the parson and his flock returned to
the dead to perform the last sad rites.
The airpian wa tho first ever
seen in Leake county. It was brought
as an attraction for the county fair.
The parson was exhorting his flock on
the' second coming of Christ and when
one of the pall bearer got a glimpse
of the airman tall spinning nose-
diving and lopping the loop In the
ethereal Heavens he shrieked "Lordy
Iordy here comes the Lord now"
and' pallbarers simultaneously ob-
serving -the strange acting bird of
ho skies dropped the coffin and took
' to their heels.
Lake County Is 'the only county In
Mississippi that' is pot traversed by a
railroad and . there are old-timers
there KO and 70 years of age who
have never seen o train much less
an airplane.
he people In this section will al-
ways remember the first airplane that
came to Leake County.
Kentucky Will Improve Ne
gro School
lilt
Lexington. Ky Sept. 83. The re-
cent Kentucky legislature appropriated
147000 for the running expense of
Ihe Colored state .normal school he-
side providing It with a new dormi-
tory for boys. It also Increased Us
appropriation for the Colored Indus-
trial College.. ' - ' '-
Durlpg the past year a number of
counties and towns In the state have
issued bonds for the improvement of
Colored Schools. Paducah. has a bond
Issue of $85000 for this purpose. May-
field one of IS.00O. to which the citi-
zens have added $5000 Webster coun-
ty has Issued $21000 Lexington $150.-
000 ' nywllng Green 112.000 Paris
$15000 Mt. Sterljng $14000. ' Cyn-
tliiana $15000. In a group of moun-
tain counties friends of Negro educa-
tion white and Colored have given
$16000 for Colored school. Logan
county has appropriated $10000.
Many other gift and appropriations
hs.ve been made in other places for
smaller amount.
Negro Lynched In Mississippi.
Meridian Miss. September 23. Will
Echols. Negro recently convicted of
tho murder of Henry W. Davis ' an
aged night watchman at a lumber
plant wa tBken from 1all at Quit-
man early today by a small party of
men carried two miles Into the
countrv and. hot to deatth. '
Kehols tinon hi conviction was sen-
tenced to be hanged last Friday hut
his execution was stayed at the last
moment by an appeal to the Mississip-
pi Supremo Court.
fair of tho government than the
Kronqh had In the government of
Germany.
In tho Solid South states exclusive
of Tennessee which has reasonably
fair election law because the eas-
tern part of that state would rise in
armed rebellion If denied them the
lesistratlon and election machinery
is placed exclusively In the hands
'of Democratic designation. Take the
case of Virginia the state of George
Washington and Patrick Henry up
In whose hills .President 'il:;on may
look from hi study window as he
writes his soulful periods about "sclf-
letermination of people.." A few y.-nrs
ago the Democratic stale convention
declared for a constitutional conven-
tion promising the people thni wnen
formulated (t would be submitted to
the people for ratification or reject-
Ion. Carter GIoms Secretary of the
Treasury under .President "Wilson now
a senator lnim Virginia .was promi-
nent In the deliberations 'of this con-
vention which provided what was
thought to e a system of elections
that would be a sure preventative of
Republican success no matter what
the stuto- of public opinion. When
this constitution had been framed
tile pledge to submit It to the people
vote on it. They therefore hsd it put
Into effect by proclamation of the gov-
ernor: about the same system tluy
wanted used. In proclaiming the cove-
nant of the Wilson Ijeanue of nations.
This jaw puts the full control of
election and registration machinery
In the. hands of the dominant Demo-
cratic political machine. There isn't
a Republican state in the Union
where so Infamous a thing a this
would 'be thought of but it is con-
sistent with other provisions of Vir-
ginia law. while a malorlty of the
whHe people of Virginia would now
vole the Republican ticket If the-
had a ehance. Republicans are denied
all representation on the charitable
penal and benevolent boards of the
state F.ven the educational system
Is partisan; county superintendents
of schools are chosen from Richmond
by the Ilemocratic oligarchy. The
court are" also controlled by the
oligarchy; no matter how large the
Republican majority In a Judicial dis-
trict the Judge must be a deserving
Democrat selected by the Democrat
in the legislature or really by the
IWmoreatlc state "machine and he Is
always a Democrat Thl .1 a con
venient method of seeing to.lt th.uA.
Ihere can he no appeal top. the pro-
tection f the Jaws from the decisions
of the partisan election and registra-
tion boards chosen by these courts.
The law are so written that a reg-
istration board cm use It own dis-
cretion about permitting a voter to
(iiullfy. It can and does permit the
registration of the most unlettered
creature of the Democratic machine
and prevent as It has actually done
the registration of a Republican grad-
ate from one of the great Kuropean
universities. The law provides that
no man can vote until he has paid
his poll tax of $2 for three conse-
cutive years. No effort Is made to
collect the poll tax. This help ac-
count for the Impoverished condition
of the Virginia rural schools to sup-
(Continued on page 4)
URGES WOMEN OF MARY
LAND JO VOTE FOR G. 0.
Daltimore. ept. 23. Plans are be-
ing made by leaders of th Negroes
to register their women In large
numbers. A paper for Negros carries
in its last Issue an appeal to Colored
women from the Rev. S. R. Hughe
president of the Woman Suffrage Ad-
visory Association to register early.
The appeal shows again the resent-
ment among the Negroes here against
the Republican organization for-after
advising the Negro women to regis-
ter early and vote between 1 and 2
o'clock on election day for Senator
(Carding the Republican candidate for
President and Governor Coolldge for
Vice President It significantly says:
"Vote for Harding and Coolldge only."
The appeal is addressed "to the Col-
ored women voters of the city and
State" and reads as follows:
"Congratulations upon your victory
of enfranchisement.
"This high privilege and recogni-
tion of Womanhood should stir every
woman to activity in this present
campaign. Providence has opened
the door of opportunity and stands
at the door pointing every woman
to duty and responsibility.
"The ballot a weapon of protection
to self and home. Is in vour hands;
not to use It would be Ingratitude to
God and disloyalty to humanity.
"We advlso every Colored woman
to register early and be at the polls
on the day of the election between
1 and 2 p. in. . and cast your batioy
for Harding and Coolldge.
"In consideration of unjust treat-
ment of the Colored' people by the lo-
cal organization to support It would
be compromising" self-respect humll-
atlng the race and tolerating a most
vicious insult. Vole for Harding and
Coolidge only. Sincerely yours
"S .R. Hl'OHES."
Sues R. R. Company for $10-
000 Damage.
1 Norfolk. . Va. Sept. 23. As a re-
sult of a run-in with the Norfolk
Southern Railway Compnny uit has
been started by Mrs. Mary Wright
45 years old for the recovery of
$0000 damages which the plaintl'f
alleges is due her for Injuries m-
talned In an accident two years ago
in which both her shoulder bones
were broken.
Mrs. Wright' was an employee of
the company and It was her duty
to wash the cars when they came In
from the road. While" in the dis-
charge of her duties washing cars
on a siding an engine bumped into
the cars and knocked her down
causing her. Injuries according - to
Mr. Wright's statements.
A a result of this accident. Mrs.
Wright claim that she was under a
physician's care for two year.
mrc;iio caiti hrs 'oatoii i skw-
' Kit AT MOXUOK.-
Monree La. Sept. 23. Jacob Lone
Wei-rP.. captured an alligator' In a -w-er
a Jew block from th" business dis-
trict Tuesdays The alligator which
swxim Into thf city from Young's
Itayou was seven feet and one Inch
long. Long swam into the sewer wjth
a hook and rope. He Inserted the
hook Into the attigatdr' month and
captured it after a hard battle.
GRAND L 0 f i
TSIack and Tan' Candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Texas who
explains Texas' Hepubllcan Trouble.
Fort Worth Texas. Sept. J2 19:10.
Uk. -Harry reck. ....
Dnlls Texas "i 'v ...'' . .
Dear Sir: "
I have your letter of Sept. th be-
fore me. and as per your request
1 was born In the state of Wiscon-
sin Dec. 11th 1863; at the age of
2 years my. parent moved to- Indiana
whefre I received my education and
after reaching my majority 1 travel
el over the various States and Ter-
ritories and finally settled in Texas
which has been my home for; the
past 25 years.
RefrrlitT now to your furthor re-
quest and particularly . to the Re-
publican Party and Its present trouble
In this State: To my- mind the
reason' Is found associated and Is' the
fault of a few political manipulators
EXPLORERS FIND LOST
RACE OF AFRICAN PYG-
MIES. New York Sept. 23. A photographic
record of nine Central African tribes
including monogamous pvgmies of the
Kalo Forests decidedly apelike in
posture and shape of skull has been
brought to New York by Tr. John
Leonard Vandenberg anthropologist
and former Roman Catholic mission-
ary on 36000 feet of motion picture
films.
Dr. Vandenberg and his party in-
cluding Dr. George Burband Shat-
tuck formerly of Yaesar College and
Johns Hopkins 1'nlverslty. left New
York In September 1919. and return-
ed lust week on the steamer Roma.
The pygmies are the Humbuti tribe
living in the eastern part of the
Pclgian Congo. Dr. Vandenberg aid
that he was the first white man to
visit .them. Their adults average 4
feet In height and' Individuals are as
small as 3 feet 6 Inches.
Existence - of the race was known
to ttfe outside world years ago but
as they retreated further and fur-
ther into the forests to get away from
their enemies men of larger stature
they virtually had been forgotten so
that white men of the region told the
American explorers that they had
been wiped ouU Sir Harry John-
Ton law some of their twenty years
ago but was unable to trail them to
their habitat
"In some ways they are hardly
civilized" Dr. Vandenberg said.
"Other pygmy 'tribes are polygamous
but the male of the Hnmbuti has only
one wife and Is o faithful to her
that If she dlen he never takes anoth
er. The Hambutis are e'xtremelv hon-
est. Unlike other Africans thoy never
rtal or lie." .
Would Establish Tubercular
Hospital in San Angelo.
(Hy A. N. P." V
lk an Angcio zoxas repc. z.i.
Rffoit to have the next session of
the Texas legislature make an appro-
priation to establish a state tubercu-
losis sanatorium for Negroes will
likely be made by Dr. .1. IS. McKnlght
superintendent of Texas' present in-'
stitntion nt CarNbad. '
A sanatorium for Negroes at Carls-
bad to be under the same supervis-
ion as the sanatorium for whites was
planned several year ago. but the
war Interrupted the program.
Black Star Liner Disable!
Norfolk Va. Sept 23. The const
guard cutter Manning passed Cape
Henry speeding to the assistance of
the atenm yacht Kanawha of the
Plack Star line reported in distress
off Heaufort N. C. Tho cutter Semi-
nole naval officials here -said also
ha gone to the assistance of the
Kanawha. VIre'e" message from
the Kanawha received here said she
wbs completely disabled with her
power gone. She reported her posi-
tion as 34.2S north latitude 76.10
longitude.
The Kanawha was purchased recent-
ly by the Illack Star Line a Negro
company to be used In passenger ser-
vice between New Tork and Hsvnna.
She is manned by a crew of thirty-
nine Negroes.
E OFIGOLDEN CHAIN HOLDS ITS ANNUAL SESSIOn
' - 1 . . i . . ' --'-
T.LTolan Is Again Chosen Head of Order
7 1 : ' .K ' ' V
Mi x
. .J?UT' .
S.E. STARN. i
Kort "Worth.
that have controlled - the Party in
tlilh State . for the past (t years' It
seems that thefo. manipulators met
with considerublu opposition by the
rre&t majotitx otrf W .Republican Citi-
became- seriously alarmed because of
this just opposition and 'began . to ; Mean Party in Texas to organize n
book abound for some mean to elem- separate ' H'.-pu hi lean Party which 'I
Inate their '.political opponents hav- am glad to say. ha been duly con-
ing In mint) only self gratification and sumated. This new organization has
seemingly no regard whatever for the pledged itself to eliminate the schem-
polltical rights of the Republican Ing. unprincipled politician known as
Citizenship of this State.- ' I Lily White Republican who flatter
Peing drunk with tho idea of self 'micl ves th.U the color of the hur
noiitical ueslir cation and while un -
dcr this hypnotic spell In spite of the
fundamental principles of the Repub-
lican Party they get themselves up as
the political dictators of Party
nfiai'rs of this State and repudiated
the doctilne. and challenged the con-
stitutional rights pledged to the peo-
ple namely: Government by the ma-
jority of tho people by and for the
GOVERNOR ADDRESSES B
M.'C; IN NEW YORK CITY.
(Ey A. N. P.)
New1 York N. Y. Sept 23. Governor
Alfred ' E. Smith made an adtn esj of
welcome to the 5000 Negro delegates
attending the seventy-seventh anni-
versary convention of the Grand Unit-
ed Urder of Udd Fellows of America
which ope-i'ed in the 71st Regiment
Armory. The first ' session was open
to the . public and about 15000 Ne-
groes attended.
' In his address the Governor coun-
selled unity of action by the race.
The city's greetings were extended
by Richard 10. Enrjght Police '.om-
missloner as Mayor Hy'ian Has .in-
able to attend.
A letter from United State Senator
James . W. Wadsworth who had been
invited to speak was read it said
that mob violence perpetrated against
Negro oitizenB has been a blrit upon
the "good -name of the United States."
The perpetrators and officials who
allcAv it should be punished to tho
full extent of the law said the Sena-
tor's letter.
Charles VV. Anderson chairman of
the speakers' bureuu of the Colored
advisory committee of the National
Republican Commit tee. was a speak-
tr. Ho wus chairman of the com-
mittee on arrangements and opened
the first session with a discussion of
the proposal that the Negro race make
Africa Its home.
Anderson was formerly ' collector
of Internal revenue here. He had
been appointed by President Rookc-
v.rlt. He said that -since the Negi'oe
did not attempt to escape to Africa
when their homes were. broken up bv
slavery and the- future held little
hope for tm in. there was no reason
why they should want to go there
now. He. said it meant more te 4
Negro to be born under the Ameri-
can flag than under the banner of
anv other nanon.
The Colored Ordv of Odd Fellows if
the largest Negro (U'ganlzation in
America. It is expected that 20000
delegates and visitors will oe here
for the convention bv Thursday
when a huge parade will be held- II
'Vjll tart fi'o-n Seventh Avenue .lad
1 IDth S'reit and will terminate at
the 71st Regiment Armory where
athletic games will then be hei I. .Sev-
eral Olympic stars have been invlt-
id. The business session ' of the con-
vention will regin today at the Manhattan-
Casino lri5th Street ind
Eighth . Avenue. Several ' hundred
nemcbrs -if ihe Household of Ruth
the women's tnxiliary. are attending.
The - convention will close Saturday.
Two Men Lynched in Miss-
issippi (Ry A. N. P.
Corinth. Miss.. Sert. 23. Plutcher
Higglns and Dan Callicut. were lyn-
ched here by a mob numbering be-
tween 76 and 100 men after J. I.
Kng jailer had been - forced at tho
point of a -gun to give up the keys
to the Jail. Immediately after hang-
ing their victim to a telegraph pole
near the Jail the mob dispersed
0'iletly. and no further disorder has
been reported. The Negroe lynched
are said to have escaped from n
chain gang with two others after
lames Whltchiirst. a guard vas
knocked on the heaif.
people.
In lieu of that they propose to give
us a Government by the minority.
They have therefore eliminated 76
per cent of. the .Republicans .Ire this
Hlaft; it was therefor nece"aavy In
Torder to protect and save tho Ropub
. " 1 e' 1 " ...... ......
We believe and affirm that "Po
litical Honesty" should be the motto
of every political party and should
be the full measure of Its worth
and not the color of the fckln.
This. 1 deem a sufficient answer to
your Inquiry. As- ever.
Your very sincerely
S. li STARN..
SILK MILL EMPLOYERS
FIND NEGRO LABOR BET-
TER. Fayettevllle N. C Sept. 30. The
crooning lullaby of the cotton plcUern
down in Dixie has found a new chord
In the Fayettevllle silk mill. The cot-
ton fields have new competition for
the many dexterous fingers in this en-
terprise which employs Colored help
exclusively In the delicate process of
silk weaving. Like the texture of the
silk the texture of the Colored work-
ers' hands is fine and the silken
strands from Japan glide through
their smooth fingers with minimum
friction silk experts av.
The raw silk stamp with Irs -;oh
webby fineness and Inability to with-
stand friction would lose much of
its strength and gloss In the hands
of a white person it is said en ac-
count of the coarse formation of the
epidermis of the white person's hands.
Colored hands have fewer ridges and
the texture of the skin Is finer it Is
said.
Nearly 150 Colored grrls and women
are employed in the Fayettevlllle mill.
Dr. John Q. Myers directing phy-
sician at Tranquil Park Sanatorium
said Wdnesday that medical book
were Bilent on the point as to dlf-
erferences in texture of the skin as
involved In the manufacturers' claims.
Dr. Myers sold there wa no phy-
siological difference. In the texture
of the skin of Caucasian or African
but that the difference most likely
was In tho brain. The Negro posses-
ses something that the white man does
not posses he thinks that enables him
to 'handle silk skeins and fibre with
more certainty and precision than the
white mil operator possesses.
Lynch White Man In Alabama
For Insult
Montgomery Ala. Spt 23. Alto
Windham white was lynched last
night near Hartford Ala. because: of
remark.- he was alleged to have made
to a white woman.
Tho woman's husband Is reported
to have telephoned a nelgbor to stop
Windham. This was done and soon
a number of men arrived. The neigh-
bor refused to surrender the man un-
til he received a promise that he
would' not be hanged.
The man was taken to a nearby
swamp and lynched.
Dallas Boy Given Y. M. C A.
Scholarship.
Joseph E. Moore well knowp In
Dallas and graduate of the Colored
High School of two year ago writes
to the "Fxpress" statinu- that through
the solicitation of the State Y. M. C.
A. hn ha been granted a $100 schol-
arship to. Howard University on his
record as cx-ervlce man.
Moore is at prese.lt in the city of
New' Yvrk employed In a very gain-
ful way. He Is nephew to Mr. fluke
I.nwrence Slaughter now of Daltimore
and son of Mrs. Josle Moore-Rlchy
well known cateress of this city.
Whi(
:h In Two Years Has Made Tremeh-
dous Growth m Resources And Member-
ship. Elaborate Programs Rendered.
The report of finance of the Su-
preme Grand Officers of the Golden
Chain of the World I worthy of
consideration and study as set forth
in a tabulation in the method of
bookkeeping and buslncns-like tran-
sactions. Thl .fraternity. In Its sec-
ond annual meeting has shown mar-
velous advancement both in finances
and membership. Starting twenty-
four months ago with nothing with
no members only the whispered dt-euni
of its founder. Supreme King. T. 1'!.
Tolan. the amount collected for all
purposes during the. past twelve
months Is (34.313.611. With this Increas-
ing ratio and the spirit of enthusiiHni
and prudence In the hnndllng the
finances the amount lit" the near
future will be fubulnus to contem-
plate. The total .amount of disburse-
ment for all purpose during the
past was $30850.97 prorate as fol-
lows: Paid out from the General
Funds $17763.38; ilurlul Relief Fund
2. 3H8.38; Supreme Circle Fund
$4K8.1: State Grand Circle .Fund
$1011.74; State Grand Link Fund.
$139.16; Supervision Fund. $1.40; to-
tal disbursement $30850.97; leaving
a balance after' paying all claims
$3462.71. . This amount doe not in-
cludo the assets counted in the of-
fice equipments and other proper-
ties of tho fraternity. The member-
ship is 4616 of this number 365Z
are active .member and 864 are In-
a balance after paying all claims
during the years. Is . 23. the total
number receiving burial relief I 23.
Muprpme 4rand Officer.
T. E. Tolan S. K.; J. R. Jordan
V. 8. Knight: T. 11 Madison. S. P.
K. ; O. P. Claiborne. S. T.: Eliza Wil-
liam. S. P.: W. H. Johnson S. C;
S. I. G.; 3. W. Batterwhlte. 8. O. 8.
Ilourd of Mannjcers.
O: W. Lynch Chairman: Geo. Town-
sell Secretary; It. R Myer.
noard f Hupcrme Andltor.
V. T. Tubb. Chief Auditor; Rev.
W.-TC" Johnson. -Secretary; Slkas Co-
field: J. W. Jeffrey. 8. S.: A. 8. Wells.
Office Utaff.
Thl bevy consist' of bookkeepers
stenographers clerks employed In the
headquarters In the c Supremo office
their name follow: MIssSs M. A.
Henry. J. H. Harvels. C. . I.. Haw-
kins E. M. Anderson R. H. Cosseley.
T. A. Richmond. F. Anderson. A. 8.
Illnckbiirn and Mr. E. E. Wlllluni.
Tuesday - was . taken up with the
appointment of committees and -usual
rountlne business Incidence attending
the grand opening Wednesday wa
largely devoted to the report of the
Grand Officer.
Thursday was Supreme Legislation
day touching the discussion looking
for the growth of- the craft and lie
general advancement. Much effective
work was accomplished along this
line while the delegates were en-
thusiastic and awake touching very
interest of the Order a special fea-ti.r-e
f which was the unusual good
feelings that characterized the whole
NEGRO VOTES MAY ELECT i
NEXT PRESIDENT OF U. S.
Figure .published today by the
National 'Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People 70 Fifth
Avenue New York Indicate' that the
vote of Negroe; In Northern State
may elect tho next president.
"The Negro vote thl year" say
the Advancement Association "will
constitute the balance of power or
will approach closely to being the bal-
ance of power In 8 pivotal state
which have 165 vote n the electoral
college."
The states with their probable Ne-
gro vote due to Immigration and en-
franchisement of women are given as
follow:
Illinois :. .. .125.000
Indiana .....'.'. 45.000
Kentucky 160.000
Maryland 150000
Michigan ' ' 25.000
New Jersey ...75000
Now York . 125.000
Ohli 100000
In each one of these states
the probable Negro vote I larger
than the number of vote necessary
to swing the State.
Negro Women Voters. .
"Not ao l.nsll) v Handled." . -
Thot Colored women In the South
enfranchised by the Woman Suffrage
Amendment will be less easy to In-
timidate out off voting than men is
the assertion of the Current Ilulletin
of the National Assoeatlon for the
Advancement of Colored People.
"Colored women are not going to
be easily handled" says- the Rulletln
"nor are they going to submit to
disfranchisement as readily as Colored
men in the past Their record of pro-
test against prejudice during past
years is proof of that fuet."
The Advancement Association Is ur-
ging Its brunches throughout the
country to form classes for the train-
ing of newly enfranchised women In
the duties and privileges of voting.
Bishop College Teacher Dead.
Marshall. Tevas Sept 23. Word has
Just been received of the death of
Miss Marlet D. . Parker for sixteen
years connected with Ulshop College
as teacher of English.
Miss Barker was In California dur-
ing the summer. a Her death occurred
Sept. 8. "
She had been for twenty years In
the employ of the Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society and throughout her v)iole
career among Negroes had shown
herself a firm believer in their ability
and she strove at all times to give to
them the greatest amount of service
possible to her.
Woman 113 Years Old Reg-
isters. - .
St I.ouls Mo. Kept 83. Klhe. Tol-
lort 31i Gratiot street a Negro wom-
an who says she I 11.1 years old.
registered yesterday afternoon uf the
Second Precinct of tho Seventh Ward
proceedings marked a new day among
the 250 delegate who took part in
the proceedings.
. Lodge of furrow.
Thursday night wa set apart for
the memorial exercise for those who
diced during the past year. Rev W.
W. Cowen was the Master of cere-
monies on this occasion. V. T. Tubhs
read the roll of. the deceased mem-
bers 23 who had died. The memo-
rial sermon wa preached by Rev. W.
11. Johnson of Kilgore. who spoke of
tho Christian test basing his df-1
collie on Jim. the great litnle char-
acter followed by remarks of the
master of ceremonies who spoke of
the greatness of the Supreme King
T. E Tolan and introduced him. The
Macedonia Choir rendered a splendid
program of music which was com-
plimented by the vast number of
delegates j that entered into the very
spirit of the music. The choir ren-
dered several selections suitable to t'l"
occasion. A large audience . assem- '
bled in the .Muecdunla Raptist church
In memory of the dead of the Gold-
en Chain. Miss I!. M. Watson wa
the pliolst for th- splendid choir.
. T. K. Tolnn Hnprrmr Klnr ' ttpcnk.
"In the contemplation of the organi-
sation of this great fraternity. I '
thought of how I might Immortalize
my ' name- saiu mr. iontu i r-iii y
down to the sea shore there I knelt
down and anxious about the. Immor-
tality of n:y name I wrote it In the
sund. and left and In few days. I re-
turned only to find that the tide of
the sa had washed my name away.
Witt) sad henrt I hurried away .to
tho forest 'with an ax with a double
blade hewed the bark from the giant
oak of the foret and there with the
pencil wrote my name and left but
In a few daV I returned and found
that the lightning had rendered the
gnrl' oak into hlver nd my name
was lost among the ' ruin of the
mlichtv oak. "What shallsl do- next?"
said J. to myself lit sad disappoint-
ment?. J -went Into' Ihe "quarry of
the -nwuntatn. id 'nTe"earTl 1 my"'"
name on a. slab hewn front lt rug-
red side and engraved mt nam
pthereon and placed It in my dwelling
but the hiruse hurnca ni tne siao
containing my name wa charred and
ruined and o my name. I then re-
solved to organize the Golden Chain
of "the World and write my nam on
the heart of my fellow men." This
remark and Illustration brought loud
"pl.'iuse and approval from all part
of" the vast audience in the Mace-
donia Baptist -church. Dr. W. W. Cow-
en Introduced Mr. T. B. Tolan. wife
of the Supreme King. The address
of Mr. Tolan will long be remembered
both the Interest it i-vinced in the
Order end the earnestness with which
he spoke of ths growth and trial
through which he psssed to establish
thl fraternity for his people an In-
stitution that all from six months
old to ninety year could come under
(Continued on page eight). .
LYNCHING FLOURISHES IN
ALL PARTSOF COUNTRY.
Houston Texas Sept 23. Oscar
Pasley who -was Indicted Thursday
afternoon for the murder of Sheriff
Joe Know of Drazorla County was
taken fnom the county Jail at Angle-
ton by. a mob of some 300 persona
Thursday and hanged Ileasey wa
captured early . Thursday - morning
after a hunt that had lasted since
the murder of Snow was discovered.
Wednesday afternoon. . The grand
Jury which is In session' immediately
brought In an Indictment of murder
against th Negro.
L. R. Johnson the Deputy Sheriff
attempted to keep the mob from tak-
ing tho Negro but the mob overpow-
ered him and dragged the Negrp Into
the courtyard where he was hanged
to a tree. After being citptured the
Negro claimed that two Italians had
killed Snow but later he changed
his story and admitted having com-
mitted the crime.
Sheriff Snow is survived by his
wife and a boy.
lleasley was under Indictment for
the theft of cowhide . and Sheriff
Snow wa attempting lo arrest him on
a charge of stealing the Sheriff own
saddle. .
Many Witness Corner Stone
Laying at Boley.
(Tly A. N. P.) ;..'
liolev. Ok la.. Sept. 23. llolev the
largest Ngro town In the I'nlted
Stales perhaps In the world held re-
cently the largest celebration ever
h"l: by this metropolis of Okfuskee
County.
Tile occasion Was the laying of the
corn. !. stone of the $50000 tubercu-
losis Tunatorlum that is being built
by the stato -to care for the Negro
tubeuular sick. Friday September i
was the day set apart for the event
and the celebration lasted through-
out the day. .
The arrival of Governor Robertson
was th-j signal to start the. day's'
festivities. He. with a party of state
olliclals and prominent speakers on
the program arrived from Shuwnee.
When the automobiles reached the .
edge of the town they were met by-
the Mayor and a reception commi. tee.-
The streets and downtown stores .
were decorated with bunting and the
whole ' town was in e'ala attire In
honor of the visitors. I
Corner stone laying ceremonies were
held at the site ono-half Julie south
of Holey. Music by a chorul club of
forty voices wa one of the feature
of the program. The welcome address
was d.llvered by l. J. Turnet1 Mayor
of Holey. .."'...'
Aunt Ebee a she is called was
born In North Carolina and when
the civil war began her master took
her to Commerce Miss. where she
ran awn y from him and came to St.
I.ouls the week before the Yankees
took Vlcksburg Julv 4. IKtil. mal.iim
her residence here f If tty-sevvn year.
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