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NATjONAL NEGRO PRtSS
ASSOCIATION.
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l'i.'i;bi-d viry Saturday morolBf
Jo In year ail 2600 l-win Avmus.
by
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FnMrnl ot Pont Oltlre at Dallaa
T?a nn a-cond--laii matter under
JUt of CnnKrraa- March 117.
IMPOItTAHT.
No atinncrlptlona tnallwl Vor a lass
period thta three months. Payment
for nam Biuat be 69 centt.
tUHSCHIPTIOlVS II ABTANCR.
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XOTICB TO TUB PUBLIC.
Any erroneoue reflection opon the
rhra-ter standing: or reputation of
any person firm or corporation whlah
roar appear in the coluain of The
l-allaa Kaprer will be (ladly cor-
rjt(xj upon II bsina- brought to tba
ti.Uon of tb publisher.
SATURDAY MAY U 1019.
Go to church tomorrow. If it does
not help you It can not hurt you.
Public order ia the result of pri-
vate behavior. Behave in private
The Spring revival 1b on. Soon the
picnic .will greet ua In the land.
Buy is not the man. Associate
yourself With Mr. Take-Care. He's
the man.
Blessed is the man who engages
In the battle for bread and wine.
Verily he shall not be hungry.
Explain the neceusity of putting
your money in a bank owned and
operated by white men to the ex-
clusion of your own man.
Quit talking about the desire to
ace Colored business grow when
you spend all your money with the
enterprises operated by the men of
other races.
Suppose we dissolve the Colored
depot committees which hang aroung
the railway stations all over Texas?
The move ia a good one. One way
fceiy It is to keep yourself away.
Has not the time come for the
Colored mlliner to make the hat
worn by the Colored woman? The
time has come when the white mlliner
'refuses to allow the Colored woman
to try on a hat
The time has come for the Colored
undertaker to make his own coffins.
It takes little or no skill to make
a coffin or casket Learn how. Do it
Save the thousands now being sent
out of the race to operate coffin fac-
tories which refuse us employment
I I
Has not the time come for the Col-
ehoe store? The time haa come to
order the Colored men and women to
the jlm-crow seats before they can
get service. Nay in many places the
courtesy of fitting a shoe haa been
discontinued when the purchaser has
a Colored akin. Think on these
things.
The Afro-American haa much for
which to congratulate himself. Al-
though under constant fire be Is
proving that he la a tighter. Under
trailing 'criticism from every quar-
ter he is proving his case. Handi-
capped on all aides by his enemlea
he is breaking by Whether in war
tor In peace he ia vMng the rec-
ord shine with his immortal deeda.
Quit slandering the Colored lodge.
Ton fool you. do you not know that
It la the only lodge which pormlts
you to Join.
The nasty practice of havtog white
Insurance (street corner insurance)
men visiting our homes at kit times
of day should to broken up. Like-
wise the installment man 1 an evil
which should be abated.
The American Legion la great in
its possibilities j. it must not go
out in public clothed iu the hobble
skirt of race prejudice and color
hate. It had its inception. In the
thought of perpetuating . the - valor
which mad". i0B8lble the Immortal
deeds wern uae by the American
Expeditionary Forces "over there."
Those deeds n eoolor llngiutf.
In the that ruie'strous of death
blood ard carnef. le no participant
took the time to see what waa th'
color of ti.e men who were to mnk
that supreme sacrifice. Now that
the war is over let the countrj es
cape the disgrace of the racial after-.
wer considerations.
UEGIN THE STRUGGLE."
June 4th ''919 Dallas Texas are
the time and place for the Equal
Rights S'ate Convents to meet
to begin the struggle to replace
Colored trustees for whites in Colored
schools. We will have a struggle.
but the time Is up. We must havaj
It Elect delegratos from each county
and have them in Dallas June 4th
1319. Don't play the puppet Quit
harpijg about what cannot be done.
Come to Dallas June 4th. Don't
disappoint us.
just plain cotchon sosb
(Frosu Keisss City Times)
In a slnfu! worlrt it Is AmerlrVs
Job to eee that no European or Asl-
nr.ic power shall stand sentinel over
U'e Panama C.-cal. We may have
ihn highest verrd fr tt-s power
ti;t would like to dr. so bu we
J.ave an even higher repasrd for our
own ra'e'y. And we. ion'l propose to
jnvf the question to nv (.lien body
;:!.o the le.'MTue of nations to delete
' -pi'n thore is a fish on the
t c don't lt7e the cut a'.oxto
U. " ! 'vt-
ia the r ow with it and ve don't
take time to go to court and apply
for an injunction against the cat;
XI0W ADYEBTISLXG PAIS
There ia no longer any argument
as to the value of advertising for the
man who has something to sell. It
haa more than proved I t worth.
Business success ia now generally
accepted aa founded on advertising
and the more effective the advertis-
ing the more successful the business.
It Is still worth while however' to
call attention to the value of adver-
tising from the poolnt of view of the
man who wante to buy. Advertising
rendera a service to the customer
no lees important than that which
it rendera to the dealer.
In these days of technical methods
and ' large scale production it ia a
physical Impossibility that a pur-
chaser should know at first hand
all the featurea and details that enter
into manufactured articled. He haa
to gain Information by short cuts
and here advertising helps him. The
advertising of a manufacturer's pro-
duct differs from others; what its
special merits are and for what pur-
pose it may best be used. . Whether
the purchaser wants a washing ma
chine or an automobile advertising
la his guide for through advertising
he is able to choose the model best
adapted to his needs.
Furthermore advertising ia of great
value to the man who buya with a
close watch on the valuea his dol-
lars return to tfm. By consistently
following the. advertisements in his
dally paper he is able to buy what
he needs at prices that often .mean
considerable savings over the usual
costs.
The Information and Education
Service Department of Labor believe
this is a time to encourage buying
in order that business now resuming
after the war may be made normal
aa quickly aa posslbla Buying .now
means aid in resumption of business;
it is an act of patriotism just as it
waa patriotic to refrain from buying
during the war. But now aa at any
other time buying should be under-
taken wisely; and there is no better
guide to sane constructive purchase
ing than advertisements.
TREATMENT OF THE NEGRO.
(From New Bedford (Mass) Stan
dard)
There are many people in this
country who t8 put it mildly do
not care much what is done to the
Negro In the South. Lynching they
naturally abhor but aa to dlsfran-
educational opportunities they are
to speak plainly indifferent They
dodge their . responsibility by saying
that they guess if they lived in. the
South they would do what the South-
erners are doing. Their attitude ia
not to be commended because It
really hurts the Negro but it Is in-
telligible and it la not affirmatively
hostile.
But If these people in a sense
condone the denial to the Negro of
his constitutional rights they do not
condone hypocrisy in the matter.
Specifically they have no nse for
protestations of an almost paseionate
sympathy for oppression of races
elsewhere such aa President Wilson
haa so frequently uttered when ac-
companied aa in his case by a ea-
siness toward the state of the Negro
in the South where - his electorlal
votes come from.
In Paris aa a journalist Mr. Du
Bots editor of the Crisis started a
movement for - a Pan-African con-
gress. "Impossible" said an officer
of the American mission to whom
he applied; "the French government
would not permit It" Mr. DuBols
took the matter up with the French
American denied passports. - "The net
result" Mr. BuBols writes "was
that Clemenceau prime minister of
France gave ua permission to hold
the Pan-African Congress in Paris."
It was bold despite the obstructions
placed In lta way by the Democratic
administration. Mr. Wilson can be
as humanitarian aa any one with re-
gard to the oppression Jugo-Slars
but naturally he does not want the
treatment of the Negroes by the
Southern states' stirred up abroad
or for that matter at home. Alto-
gether the Indignities heaped upon
our Negro troops by the army con-
st1 tutes a shameful chapter in the
history of tbi war.
One does not have to t e a Negro-
phlle to feel disgust for the lack of
slnnerety in the President's talk abotu
the rlahts of the oppressed and for
the obvious political reason behind
hla unwillingness to espouse the Jap-
anese demand for racial equality.
The Solid South ia his political meal
ticket ' ;
AMERICA'S LYNCnNGS
Indianapolis News).
According to the . National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Col-
ored People s!x'.y-thrje Negroes are
are known to have died at the hands
of white mobs it 1918. The war can
not be blamed for this ojtrageous
rocord 'for only two persons were
lynched on account of dleloyaJ utter-
ances and they wive white men not
included on the . total of Negroes
lynched. One Negro waa lynched
after be'.ug accused of quarreling
with his enploer another for creat-
ing a disturbance Mid three on a
charge of stealing a hog. Contrary
to the general belief ' only 20 per
cent of the victims were accused of
attacks on white women. Georgia
d all other states with nineteen re-
corded lynchhigs while Texaa was
second with eleven.
"Thus we lave the rpectacle of an
army of some 2 000000 engaged on
ai other continent in a war for the
fundamental rights of the common
citizens of the nation th t aent these
men forth not only took the law Into
their own hands in violation or fun-
damental rights but indulged In or-
gies of the most degraded savaeery
f'T which there in no parallel among
civilized peoples except In German
army's treatment of Belgian cltUens.
While the clvllSxed world was still
white with anger over the execution
of an Enellsh nurse by German sol-
diery a Georgia mob visited the most
horrible cruelties upon a Georgia
woman who had she riot been kille!
by the mob. would have become a
mother tn a nionth. '
Americans do net need to be re-
minded that Inching Is wrong. While
education msr to a certain extent
iMwen the evil. It k not so necessary
as the alect)'on of law officers pos-
sessed of common conrt.ee. Even
some eouthfrn Governors lack the
courage to duty a wioj ard they en-
courage lynching br falling to pua-
iRO mob leaders. As long aa South-
ern ooiamuniliefc elect moral cowards
7 p.: Rjstren ereeutiv officers cf 1 a
THE DALLAS EXPRESS
to office they will have to wear the
brand ot lynchers. Northern states
are not entirely blameless but as a
rule northern mob leaders are punt
ished. The south must come to this
point before It can be reckoned with
as capable of reform.
TOO COSTLY A IUXCBY
(From Syracuse Post-Standard)
Men and women who pay the
freight bills that have been advanced
25 per cent and the passenger tariffs
that have gone up 60 per ceut ap-
pear to have come to the conclusion
that government ownership and op-
eration of the railroads in perpet-
uity is a luxury that is too costly
to afford.
Something They Will Try te Forget
(New Orleans Times-Picayune)
It probably la safe to predict if
It were ever aafe to predict that
the next Democratic platform will
carefully refrain from pointing with
pride to the Burlesonlzatkm of the
postal telegraph and cable service.
WHERE PATRIOTISM FAILS.
(Kansas City Star)
A Kansas City man writes to this
department to camplaln that a tele-
gram sent from St Paul filed la that
city at 7:47 Saturday evening re-
ceived in Kansas City at 9:38 the
same evening waa not delivered at
his home until 1:40 Sunday morning.
"Can you beat it?" demands the
infuriated Kansas City man. "And
to "think the government has In-
creased "the rate in order to 'give
us that "kind of service. The man
who sent "the message paid the In-
creased rate "under the misappre-
hensions that It "would be sent
through in a hurry.
But why does the man complain?
Why not rejoice as becometb patri-
otism even at the hour or 1:40 Sun-
day morning when called from a
conmfortable bed an a sound sleep.
Why not take the patriotic view of
It Why not say:
"Look at this now. Here is a
"telegram which required only seven
"hours to come from St Paul Minn.
"to Kansas City Mo. That puts an
"end to all this treasonable conver-
sation about Secretary Burleson
"sending telegram by freight trains
"Instead of electricity. It also nails
"the campaign lie that you can make
"better time to aend a message by ex-
"press than by wire. I'm going out
"the first thing in the morning and
"cover the money of that knocker
"Jones who offered to bet me yes-
terday that he could walk to St
"Paul aci beat the time of a tele-
gram by at least two hours. He
"must be pro-German."
But Instead of taking this patri-
otic view of the matter here comes
tbe infuriated citizen with a letter
written we fear before- devotion on
the Satfbath morning actually com-
plaining because it repulred seven
hours and two mlnutea of which time
waa required to deliver it to his home
after it waa received in Kansas City.
No wonder our good Secretary Bur-
leson complains of the ingratitude of
the public.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 8TILL A
. PERSONAL PLAYTHING.
(From Detroit Free Press)
A call haa been issued for a meet-
ing of the Democratic national com-
mittee on May 26. It la probable that
Mr. Wilson will communicate some of
his-Ideas and commands to the com-
mittee at that time and in conse
quence the gathering may be looked
upon as the first move by the "Ins"
in the next presidential. Campaign.
It may become incumbent on the
committeemen to outline or accept
a party platform and to O. K. Mr.
Wilson's choice of himself or of
some one else as a standard bearer.
All this of course. Is on the assump-
tion that Mr. Wilson has not lost
the strangle-hold on his party which
has made the national Democratic
committee the state central commit-
tee and the local committees his
bond slavea for the last six yeara
and recently moved a public speaker
to remark that the Democratlca have
a leader without a party.
And there is no cause to suppose
that Mr. Wilson has lost his grip on
his party organization. It la signifi-
cant that in jUl the criticism by
Democrats of Burlesonlsm and Bak-
there has been no talk of a revolt
against Mr. Wilson except through
revolt from the Democratic party.
Whatever there is left of the party
seems to l e left to Mr. Wilson.
THE STATE LEAGUE.
The Texas Negro State ' Business
League Hon. R L. Smith president
meets this year at Cuney Texas
twelve miles from Jacksonville J"1y
1 and 2. Be thera .
The Stato Business League Is made
up of delegates from the town and
communities of the state.
Whoever desires business or pro
fessional s-jt cess along with the
men and vomn who ara now strug-
gling to opei.ite the enterprises of
the race la welcome.
Cuney ia a town made up wlol'.y
of Colored people and - offers an
opportunity to the man who baa
not lost hope to see the race from
a new angle.
W know you are busy but stop
and meet us in Cuney July 1 an J
. We must organize. -We cannot
light our battle and solve our prob-
lems aa long as our hands are
tigainst eveiy man.
COLORED AUTOMATIC GUlf CLUB.
Low Score Made by All Contestants
Dr. Sunday Adfama and Shannon
Make Highest Marks.
Quite a number visitors attended
the regular shoot of the Colored
Automatlo Gun Club at their range
near Oak Cliff Heights Tuesday after-
noon. Notwithstanding the evening waa
an ideal one for shooting most of
the contestants made low marks.
The tie among Dr. Sunday Adams
and Shannon was shot off. Dr. Sun
day winning the tie by breaking three
out of five.
The following is the score of those
who took pert in the shoot:
Richard Coleman 12; Chester Clai
borne 12; W. J. Shannon 14; Tom
Davis 11; W. C. Patton 6; L. E.
Coleman 9; II. Jackson 9; A Adorns
14; Chas. Jackson 10; L. Cunnor
4; J. R. Jordan 9; Dr. P. M. 8unday
14; Tom Tucker 10; W. FTMier 11;
O. B. Gordon t. Mr. W. C. Patton
ia pr4ldetit of the club csd Mr. H.
Jacknon 2014 Leonard St ia sec-
rstai . Hla phone is Mala 6723.
DALLA3 TEXAS SATURDAY MAY 24 1919.
PLAY and
V
BASE BALL AND
BY J. BLBA
' DIAM09D CHIPS.
Dallaa Black Giants left Friday
night to Invade the haunts of the
southern Metropolis. They open May
25 with Houston three gamea will
be played here and then a journey
over to the Oil City where the Black
Oilers awaits with a scorching re-
ception. Bob Bailey played bis usual game
at second.
'Story's fracs. Jim hasn't lost any
of hla cunning.
This bird Boykins put up a very
peppery brand ot base ball behind
the willow Sunday.
Dave Johnson brain of the Giants'
infield had faith In winning until
the laat man waa out in the 9th.
The official scorer waa ill Sunday
thus a box score of the game waa
obtainable however the Giants got
a licking. -
Ft Worth and Waco played Tues-
day and Wednesday. Results of the
game was not received In time for
publication.
Manager-W. B. Patterson of Aus-
tin cam across with .the dope this
week.
Alright Col. Llston looking . for
you next
Petty Reod of Beaumont is the
new scribe for the Beaumont Oilers.
Well Reed "here's to you.'V
KOTICE.
Tn all all riaaat Koll mamnri nt
Organized base ball aend In rennlt
of your games to Dallas Express.
GIANTS SAYED OF SHUT OUT BY
NINTH INNING RALLY. I
Black Oilers Serve Dallas Giant
With little End of 10 to S Count
Bubber Hunter Pltche In Great
Form Up-Setting Giants Wrecking
Crew Until Last Half of Ninth.
A big fat bunch of errors and Bells
Inability to field his position con-
tributed largely to the large volume
of runs hatched by the Beaumont
Oilers Sunday in their game against
the Giants. -j
uuDDer uunter pitching for the
visitors put up a very nifty article
of base ball holding the Giants run-
less for elgth innings weakened in
the 9th and the Giants staged a rally
which netted "them 5 runs thus sav
ing them from a shut out
Beaumont batsmiths waded Into
Bells offerings like a duck after a
June-bug.
The bombarding began with the ln-
ciplency of the game .continuing
through the third and fourth rounds
with very stiff reslstence. Bell was
derricked in fourth. Rector bore the
TEXAS
ATLANTA. "
Mr. Rheuben Crisa of Stamps Ark.
was in our citv the oast weak viaitinc
friends.
Mr. Willie Teal of Jefferson Texas
waa in our city Sunday meelinir
friends and looking after business.
Mr. James Thompson made a flying
trip to Texarkana Saturday. :
1 Mr. Isaac Johns attended the com-
mencement at Bishop Colleee Satur
day and Sunday.
The members of Enon First Baptist
church-is putting forth every effort
co make their $I)UU.0U rally a success.
On the second Sunday in June the
U. B. of F. and S. M. T. will have
their annual sermon preached.
Next Sunday at Enon First Baptist
their annual sermon preached next
Sunday at Enon First Baptist church.
Everybody is cordially invited.
Prof. Wm. Riley of Bivins Texas
was in our city the past week.
Rev. C. F. Moore the pastor of St
Paul C. M. E. Church was at his
post Sunday.
Miss Onnie Green of the St Paul
community visited her sister Mrs.
Lula Winkley.
Mr. Willie Stroudes is visiting in
Stamps Ark. this week.
Service was well attended Sunday at
the First Baptist church. The worthy
pastor Rev. A. W. Pryor though
somewhat feeble preached two able
sermons at 11 o'clock and at night
Collection 24.61..
The circular is out announcing the
coming of Rev. A. L. Buono to At-
lanta to hold a 10-nights meeting at
First Baptist church.
The Christian women of all the
churches in town have united their
forces together and are making one
strong pull against sin In our town.
Much good is being accomplished in
the house to house cottage metiings.
Mrs. Laura Wiley received a letter
from her husbnnd Mr. Henry Wiley
who is now stationed with the Amer-
ican Expeditionary forces 'in France
stating that he is expecting to be in
the United States by the first of
June. Mrs. Wiley rejoices to receive
rach a message for we all are hoping
for the return of our brothers hus-
bands and friends.
Don't forget where to go snd get
your paper at Mrs. L. Washington
at 137 Green street
SAN ANGELO.
San Angelo Texas May 19. Rev.
W. S. Johnson superintednent of the
El Paso District was here last week
holding his third Quarterly Conference
at the A. M. E. Church of which
Rev. J. M. Johnson is pastor. The
celebrating of the 19th of June will
take place at the city Park. -
Mrs. Mary E. Byrdwell is having
her home remodeled.
Mr. H. Goosby is home on a vaca-
tion. Mrs. George Davis one of San An-
gelo's oldest citizens departed this
life on the 15th inst. at her home on
West Sixth street
She was laid to rBt in the Fair -mount
cemetery Sunday. May 19th.
Rev. J H. Herron officiated.
CHICKASEA.
Chlckasha Okla. May 22. Mrs.
Bertha Jones was born July 29 1897
PLAYERS
OTHER SPORTS
AUSTIN
brunt on the hill ascending to the
mound with the bases chugged with
ample re-lnforcement the visitors' ar-
ttillery began to stiffen but Rector
checked a further onslaught humb-
ling the hard hitting Oilers band
balance of the will. Jim Story Bob
Bailey Ross Hunter Brockman and
Boykins got sweet revenge at the
expense of the Giants. The score.
Beaumont 402 400 00010
Dallas 000 000 005 6
Batteries Hunter and Boykins
Bell Rector and Spearmen.
AUSTEf SENATORS SHUT OUr
SAMUEL HUSTON AND DUPLI-
CATE TRICK WITH SAW ANTON-
IO BRONCHOES.
Austin Texaa May 20. Pitcher De-
wltt In a fast and snappy bout dished
up a shut out to Samuel Huston
College. He out pitched Smith for
Samuel Huston. Striking out 10 bat-
ters and yielding only 3 hits. -
Patterson team hooked up Tues-
day with San Antonio Bronchoes
and the Senators were again victori-
ous in a 3 to 0 score in their favor.
"Tank" Stewart opposing pitcher Er-
wln of San Antonio Texas on the
mound for four innings it was a
pitching dual. Erwin weakened in
fourth and allowing a run in fourth
fifth and sixth lnings. Stewart was
invincible having struck out 15 men
and given up only 4 hits. Erwin
struck out 10 men and yielded 8
hits.
.The scores:
Samuel Huston' 000 000 0000 3 5
Austin - 002 010 02x 5 9 3
Erwin and Balum Stewart and
Top; Umpire Wannouth.
The Black Senators will play Waco
beginning tomorrow. Patterson and
Captain T. Calloway are rounding
their outfit in first-class condition.
Kindergarten and Primary school
concert Mt Rose Baptist Church
corner Crowdus and Runnels Sts.
Monday night May 26.
QUEEN CITY.
Queen City Texas May 22. Rally
at clay at St John Chapel Primitive
Baptist church was a sucoesB. Sun-
school opened on time with a large
number present services at eleven
o'clock was good at three o'clock all
members were present Our pastor
Rev. a M. Britt preached a soul
stirring sermon ia the close of his
sermon added two to the church.
Sunday night was grand ' service.
Amount raised in rally $106.56.
TOWNS
Bonham Texas departed this life
May L 1919. Her death has cast a
shadow of gloom in her church and
where ever her name was known.
To us Mrs. Jones was an Illustrious
as well as a beloved friend. We
thank God (or the life she lived in-
deed a wonderful character with
ease and grace. Her disposition was
of such that she gained many friends
and we feel and know that Chick-
asha has loet one of Its precious
Jewels. . Her personality was unique
the versatile gift of the accomplish-
ed musician a faithful friend and
above all a devout follower of the
Lord Jesus Christ being an active
member in church she devoted most
of her time to the Sunday school and
choir. In person ahe is gone but
in reality her loving voice sweet
temper and kind disposition will for-
ever be with ' us. We should take
her life as our motto and walk in
her foot "Steps our loss is beaven'a
gain.
Signed:
HORTENSE DICKERSON.
KELTYS.
Keltys Texas May 22 Mt Calvary
Sunday School met on time with the
superintendent J. M. Kennedy.
A large number attended the church
at Berring.
Mrs. Rutha Reece ani Miss Lillie
Adams are visiting their sick rela-
tive in Galveston.
lUr. Morris Smith who has been
visi.ing his sister in Palestine return-
ed Friday night
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aus-
tin a fine L y.
Emma Roberts is on the sick list
For the Dallas Express inquire of
Bill Williams at his residence.
LAKE CHARLES.
Ike Charles' La. May 22. Pas-
tors of all churches in the city re-
ported g ;od services laat Sunday.
Rev. Dennis pastor of Sunlight Bap-
tist church baptised a good many
souls. -
Rev. Johnson the evangelist minis-
ter has been engaged In a revival at
the Christian Baptist church. Mrs.
Delia Thomas Mrs. Z. F. Whlttn.
Mrs. B. Broussard Mrs. Carrie Bell
and Mr. Alfred Curtis are leading
officers of the five lodges of the
Mosalo Temple of America rf this
city have consolidated and agreed
to have Rev. H. E Williams preach
their annual sermon.
Rev. J. A. Johnson has returned
from the Sunday school convention
at Ludlnton La. with favorable re-
ports from the C. M. E. Crowley Dis-
trict money raised 8601.25.
For some unknown reason the
Dallas Express has been delayed
several weeks for two or three days
however let us read it when it is
delivered The Dallas Express will
be found at Wilkinson and L. Deon's
barbershop and Drs. Hays and Pryce
drug store and agents.
SO-DIFFERENT.
Meet me-at the So-Different Cafe)
where everything is clean and fresh
located at 607 Central .Avenue near
Lire Oak street Remember the name
look for the number -
J0XN- PARKER.
6-24-4t
Dr. Mm J. Scott Answers
. Dfl Bols.
(Continued from page 1)1
saying "When folks can't use you they
then "knock" you' comes to my mind.
Dr. DuBois knows and his friends
know- and the record proves that as
far back as two days before the meet-
ing of the Negro Editors' Conference
which I called here in Washington
June 1918 he was seeking my per-
sonal good offices that he might real-
ize personal aspirations. He knows
that I did everything I could to help
him secure that much coveted com-
mission in the army which he so
eagerly but vainly sought He also
knows as the record will show when
necessity arises that there were other
occasions also when Dr. DuBois prob-
ably felt I might be used for 'pulling
chestnuts out f the fire' for-him.
Personal Testimony aa to Service Ren-
dered Colored Americans Over-
seas and Over There.
"While in the very nature of the
case it was impossible for me or any-
body else during the war to know
everything that was going on among
Negro soldiers or even white soldiers
In France yet in my.fforts to han-
dle specific complaints that come to
my notice and look after the welfare
of Negro troops generally it is grat-
ifying to have received . from Negro
soldiers Negro officers Negro chap-
lains and Y. M. C. A. Secretaries over-
seas numerous letters on the order of
the few partially quoted below:
"Hon. Emmett J. Scott
"Special Assistant to the Secretary
of War:
. "... No one can better ap-
preciate your efforts than we the col-
ored men of the A. E. F. who have
suffered and labored under unfavor-
able conditions on the battlefields of
France.'
"M. M. COLEMAN
"Co. B 806 Pioneer Inf.
"American Expeditionary Forces."
"France October 23 1919.
"My Dear Dr. Scott:
"... I have just had time to
finish this note to you. WE ARE NOT
WITHOUT OUK DlFFIWlriEH
BUT THE MEN AND OFFICERS
ARE HITTING THE LINE HARD.
MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED TO
PROVE THAT YOU ARE ON THE
JOB TO OUR SATISFACTION
'OVER HERE.'
"Yours very truly
(Signed) "EDW. L. SNYDER
"Y. M. C. A. Secretory.
"Headquarters 866th Inf. A. P. O. 766
France."
"Similar testimony has come to this
office personally and by letter from
such officers of the 92d division as
Major M.- T. Dean 817th Ammunition
Train; Captain Charles G. Kelly 866th
Infantry; Chaplain William T. Ami-
ger 371st Engineers Battalion A. E.
F. and Lieut Charles S. Parker of the
866th Infantry the only colored Ad-
jutant we had during the war. and
from many others. And now may I
also quote the testimony of Mr. Ar-
chibald H. Grimke a member of the
Executive Committee of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People and President of the
Washington Branch of that organiza-
tion: .
"Washington D. C May 10 1919.
My Dear Dr. Scott:
"From the very beginning of your
services in the Wsr Department near-
ly two years ago I have had full op-
portunity to know something of the
hard position you have filled with so
much benefit to our race generally and
to colored soldiers in particular.
Numerous indeed have been my
visits to your office in the War De-
partment for the purpose of present-
ing specific cases involving com-
plaints and grievances of colored sol-
diers in camps at home and overseas
and also cases involving discrimina-
tion against colored men and women
in the Government service here at
Washington.
I am therefore in position to state
from positive personal knowledge
covering nearly two years of intimate
contact that you have always gone
forward after making proper inquiry
to develop the exact facts in a firm
manly uncompromising way urging
Right and JuBtice in behalf of col-
ored soldiers at home and overseas
and in behalf of colored Americans
generally.
Yours very truly
(Signed) Archibald H. Grimke
President Washington Branch Na-
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People.
"I would rather have the testimony
of these gentlemen who know the facts
concerning yny efforts in behalf of
Negro soldiers overseas some of
whom actually served "over there"
than to be at all perturbed by or to
treat other than with appropriate con-
tempt the insinuating remarks print-
ed and spoken of a self -centered self-
seeking unfair critic the main drift
of whose life haa been to tary to
"tear down" snd to destroy what other
men have sought to build up for the
honor and welfare of their country
and race. Discredited himself by a
large portion of the Negro press of
the country he now seeks to discredit
others. Purely "misery likes com-
pany" but in the desperate effort of
Dr. DuBois to rehabilitate himself in
the eyes of the Negro world after the
severe drubbing he has received in
the Negro public press and otherwise
it might be well for him to know that
if he is trying to "come back" and
aga'n pose as an ardent defender of
the race he shall not do so at my
expense. I am fully prepared for any
further onslaught he may make.
What the Record Shows.
My record in the War Department
speaks for itself. I am not ashamed
of it I have no excuses or apologies
to make. True it is ""I could not
do everything" as he confesses for
himself yet I challenge any man to
show wherein I have failed to perform
my whole duty. While no one expected
or could expect that a civilian official
in the War Department could al-
together control every untoward in-
cident or harsh or untactful handling
of soldiers overseas it was always
expected at least (and I have so
interpreted it as my duty) that such
an official should go forward in the
mattsr of presenting the complaints
and grievances of Bnch men when
brought to his attention and should
do all in his power to cause a thorough
investigation and bring about if pos
sible a prompt and suitable remedy.
The following recommendations
among others have been brought to
the attention of the War Department
by me and urged as offering an oppor-
tunity for better morale among Negro
officers and soldiers overseas:
1. That tne negro soldiers of the
Labor and Engineer units be given
the same opportunity for promotion
and advancement as are given the
White soldiers. .
2. That all Negro laboring units be
given Negro non-commissioned of-
ficers. ...
8. That all Negro units be sup-
plied with Negro chaplains.
4. That military police be selected
from the Negro soldiers as well as
irom wmie bviulkio.
5. Also a change in the matter of
drilling the men on Sunday without
special permission from commanding
officers.
6. That trials by summary court
martial in the case of these particular
units be discontinued. The non-7on-trol
of social questions outside of
camp limits unless requested by the
French authorities. This particular
order referred to a certain effort
which had been made to commit the
military officials to the solution of
social and other questions non-military
in nature.
-7. That racial discrimination
among American soldiers both at home
and overseas be in no way countenanc-
ed by the War Department.
8; That promotions of colored of-
ficers in combat ' units be made as
much promotions be earned etc.
Challenges Dr. DuBois to Present
"Bill of Particulars" of Presum-
ed Deliquencies and Asks Some
Leading Questions.
I challenge Dr. Du Bois to show in
any. of the numerous memoranda I
have written or among the numerous
public addresses I have delivered in
all parts of this country without a
penny's charge to any one who came
to hear my message concerning the
interests of Negro soldiers and civ-
ilians any etine or paragraph that
falls short of a firm demand for jus-
tice and fair play. And now having
specifically indicated a few of my
efforts and activities in the War De-
partment with reference to overseas
complaint I too shall publicly ask
a few questions:
1. Inasmuch as Dr. DuBois left for
France December 1 1918 and wait-
ed practically five months (May issue
of The Crisis) before becoming indig-
nant about the treatment of Negro
troops overseas I want to ask if
he (DuBoIb) knew of the conditions
complained of and manifestly thought
I was in a position to have those
wrongs corrected why in the name of
Justice and High Heaven did he not
bring them directly to my attention?
2. How many of such overseas
complaints did he bring to my atten-
tion as he easily could have done as
a "Correspondent" and as Mr. Ralph
W. Tyler Accredited War Correspond-
ent actually did?
8. What did he himself do to help
the situation overseas and to have
the wrongs corrected? Is it not a
fact that when the opportunity was
offered for him to counsel with color-
ed officers in group that he refused
to do so preferring to be in a posi-
tion to criticise later rather than to
be "a present help in a time of
trouble?" If he did not wish to re-
port the grievances of colored sol-
diers to me personally as being be-
neath his dignity did he not have ac-
....as w w J icgi.iiciibai niiu U1VIS-
ional headquarters in France the same
as other "correspondents?"
4. Did he make any effort while
in France -to have the injustices com-
plained of ameliorated or did he wait
his return to America 3J.00 miles
away from France to protest ?
I challenge him to cite specifically
what overseas complaints among
Negro troops he ever brought direct-
ly to my attention or to the atten-
tion of my office where according
to his own testimony such complaints
should have been bought and pressed
for correction.
I CALL FOR HIS "BILL OF PAR-
TICULARS." . I eagerly await his re-
ply. South Resents interference
With Nepes.
(Continued from page 1).
sive doctrines even among the Nor-
thern negroes without concern espe-
cially in view of the tendencies of
these agitators to demand measures
against the southern people. That the
administration should even indirectly
encourage such agitation is an out-
rago in their opinion.
The organization most prominent
in this work is the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of the Col-
ored People largely financed by some
of the highbrow supporters of the ad-
ministration in New York and sup.
ported bv the nncifiuf. ulamni
Oswald Garrison Villaid
Organize Blacks.
Mary White Ovington one of the
leaders of this organization has been
very busv in Ohio nrcnnivinir tha in.
groes and denouncing the South. It ia
asseriea mat the administration has
been playing up to men who claim to
be negro leaders and the Creel bureau
paid the expenses of many negro ed-
itors on junkets supposed to be con-
nected with "war wmlr ' n art man
VII DVIIISJ
of these trips the negro editors wra
narranguea Dy northern Democrats on
the subject of the president's alleged '
purpose to force "reforms" for the'
negroes in the South and to l. i
negroes' f .iend. .
The charter of some of these pub-
lications is atrocious. One of them
recently in backing up the Japanese
demand for a declaration for "race
equality" at the peace conference used
this headline: v"Wars Are Only Be-
ginning Every Negro Youth Should
Be Armed."
The Postoffice Department which
has been a little severe nn unmo tvnsa
of radical publications allows this in-
flammatory stuff to circulate openly.
The appointment of Norman Hap-
good as minister to Denmark rather
sticks in the crop of many southerns
who recall his villification of the
South and his wife's circulation among
the viciously South-baiting negro agi-
tators in New York.
The National Association for the
Advancement of the Colored People
makes a practice of addressing impu-
dent telegrams to southern governors.
Readers might just as well be inform-
ed that tMa nrfrnnixAfin-n la law.1v
composed of Socialists black whito
ana ian.
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