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Newspaper
Dallas Express
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1922
Page
4
A damaged OCR item outlines the Dallas Express publication with addresses at 2600 Swiss Avenue and 008 South Dearbon Street Chicago. It notes subscriptions in advance and a price of 75 cents for three months, with a statement defending reputations and requesting notice of any erroneous reflections.
In a self description, the Dallas Express declares it will keep a plain, sensible voice with broad patriotism and fair justice across all readers. The note invites "boys of the press" to join in upholding a holy standard of journalism.
The piece urges payment of poll tax to exercise voting rights and notes migration patterns of African Americans, arguing for education and organization over mere rhetoric. It condemns idle talk and calls for constructive action, urging better cooperation and political engagement across races. It also references the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill and congressional moves to curb lynching.
A 1921 American lynching record shows increased mob killings and weaker law enforcement compared with 1920. The article cites 72 prevented lynchings in 1921 versus 56 in 1920, 63 actual lynchings in 1921, most in the South, with 59 Black victims. It argues the Dyer Bill to curb lynching faces Southern opposition and stresses federal intervention as essential to halt sectional savagery and preserve national democracy.
A Census Bureau finding declares New Bedford Massachusetts the nation’s most illiterate city with 121,217 residents. City leaders defend public education, attributing high illiteracy to influx of Cape Verdean and other immigrant communities, especially among Black Cape Verdeans. The Herald notes the issue reflects immigration patterns as the core cause rather than local schooling.
The Pittsburgh Leader notes how a Negro author winning a major prize in France contrasts with U S efforts to protect Black citizens through federal law. It critiques the Dyer bill as unconstitutional and argues state sovereignty allows lynching. The piece laments enforcement limits of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
Dr R H Trotter discusses pneumonia as an infectious disease with potential for grave lung damage and systemic effects. He notes germs in healthy carriers, factors like age and alcohol use, and high mortality after age twenty. Emphasizes isolation, fresh air, sun, bed rest, light diet, and hydrotherapy for fever and breathing trouble.
The piece argues that strenuous living drains nervous energy and eye strain grows from youth. It explains that glasses relieve strain during use, while optometrists provide precise exams and treatment guidance. Most cases need only correcting lenses, with serious disease referred to medicine. It also notes a free tubercular clinic at Morgan-Trotter sanitarium on Tuesdays and Fridays 2 to 3 p.m.
An Express correspondent writes from New York about Harlem’s Negro business scene revealing limited solidarity, few large ventures beyond barber shops and eateries, and a Florida financier who failed to secure a Harlem bank charter. He warns of wealth draining away and questions whether Harlem can sustain independent economic growth.
Washington reports Connecticut born Negroes in 1920 totaled 11,397, with 7,488 residing in state and 3,509 living elsewhere. The share living out of state rose from 23.6 percent in 1900 to 30.8 percent in 1920. National total native Negro population reached 10,389,328. Largest migration regions included Missouri, Vermont, Utah, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming. smallest in Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia.
Col Edward Clifford Assistant Secretary of the Treasury announces immediate construction of hospital work totaling 14 762 600 to ease joblessness. Among projects is a 2 250 000 Tuskegee hospital for former Negro soldiers with tuberculosis and mental diseases.
Washington January 5. Rep Aswell of Louisiana protests the House restaurant admitting Negro patrons and asks who permits it. He notes four Negroes cited eating recently and urges committee action under the current administration. He warns whites may keep family and friends away unless the policy changes.
A Negro emergency relief committee has formed under the Urban League of Pittsburgh to aid unemployed Black residents amid industrial downturn. Sixteen churches and clubs joined a drive to secure work, with praise for Associated Charities, Improvement of the Poor and the Salvation Army. Officers are D. R. Lewis president, John Carter Robinson secretary, and Mrs. George Gould treasurer, with headquarters at 518 Wylie Avenue.
The Senate is poised to approve a federal lynching bill that would reclassify lynching crimes as federal offenses, impose penalties of life or at least five years for participants, and sentence officers who allow mob violence to prisoners. Counties would forfeit $10,000 to victims’ families, with House action delayed until after Christmas. The Brooklyn Eagle notes jury verdicts remain essential in crime conviction.
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