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DISTINCTIVE IN SERVICE I
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runded by W. BL King "The Republican Party Is The Ship All Else It The Sea."Frd Douglas. .
VOL. XXX NO. 20. r THE DALLAS EXPRESS PALLAS TEXAS SATURDAY APRIL 81 1022. PMCB VXVH CENTO
Aviation Repair Assistant "Hops Off at
Altitude of 2000 Feet and Makes Success-
ful Landing at Love Field. Wants to Be-
come Stunt Flyer. Will Jump Again Sunday
To Louis Manning twenty-three
years old assistant to B. Goode at
the Love Field Aviation Service Sta-
tion goes the honor of having been
the first Negro on record to nrke
a successful parachute descent from
a moving airplane In (Texas. This
feat performed by Manning last
Sunday afternoon at Love Field be-
fore a large crowd of curious spec-
tators brought him much applause
and no small amount of cash.
Aviator Kays Manning Hub
"Plenty of Nerve."
Current reports had it that Mad-;
ning got entagled in the cordage '
when he attempted to "hop off" j
in the parachute and that he fainted
and turned many colors. But these
statements were proven false Mon-1
day when representatives of the Ex-
press visited Love Field and inter- j
viewed B. Goode mechanic and '
former American Ace for whom )
Manning has worked for several
years. When asked about Mannings
fainting he replied: "Faint noth
ing! That boy has not only got
plenty of sense about an airplane
but he has nerve and plenty of it.
No he didn't faint and he wasn't
scared. If that had been true he
wouldn't have hod presence of mind
enough to collect that $50 or $75
which the crowd put into his cap
when he landed."
Feat Required Nerve Ami Coolness.
The reporter then asked Mr.
Goode how a parachute landing was
made. He was kind enough then
to demonstrate this on a plane
which was then in the hangar for
repairs. He said that Manning's leap
was made at a height of 2000 feet.
Manning was seated according to
a custom in the front of the plane.
On getting ready for the jump it
was necessary for him to climb from
his seat to the wing of the plane
walk out along this wing to the
first upright to which the para-
chute was attached- Having reach-
ed there to take his seat strap
the parachute about htm and "hop
off into space." The force of air
DR. E. W. D. ABNER ELECT-
ED TO HEAD AMERICAN
WOODMEN.
"Who Is the successor to Supreme
Commander White?" Such was the
question that fell from the lipn of
many during the days immediately
following the announcement of hiB
death. Many rumors began to float
about and hints of dissatisfaction
from various quarters were given
credence. It was at flrBt expected
that the Vice Supreme Commander
would serve until 1925- Then it was
was rumored that Dr. E. W. D.
Abner had been elected. But no
authentic information was available.
Express Telegrams Denver Office.
The Express in order to obtain
authentic information for Its read-
ers on last Saturday sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Mr. L. H. Llght-
ner. Supreme Clerk of the Order
at Denver: "Wire collect when and
who elected to succeed C. M. White."
Speedy Answer.
The above telegram was dispatch-
ed from Dallas about 9:00 o'clock
a. m. At 10:44 a. m. the follow-
ing answer was received: "Dr. E.
W. D. Abner Austin Mr. Whites'
successor." The message was signed
by L. H. Lightner.
Dr. Abner hr.s been a member of
the Order since 1907 and a mem-
ber of the Supreme Council since
1S10 about "the time Mr. WMte
assumed the leadership he is able
aggressive and - a good business
man.
CONFESSION OF NEGRO IN-
CRIMINATES whites.
Preston New Service)
Hartsvllle S. C April 20. 4
white men bootleggers employed
Chris Underwood a young Ne-
gro to hi5lp them with the de-
livery of some "important goods"
at a fancy salary. During the
course of the handling-of the de-
livery truck by Underwood acco-
panied by John Barfield one of
the whitemen they encountered a
prohibition agent. Barfield proved
to be a crack shot fatally wound-
ing the government official. Bar-
field told Underwood to take the
truck to a garage or do whatever
he thought best. "You can have the
Truck" Barfield told him.
TJi murder of the government
agent was reported to the police
and Underwood v.'as arrested. At
the hearing he told the authorities
that he was hired by four white
men It. B. Hall Ben Hall Major
Ke; ly and John Barfield to work
as a helper on the truck with Bar-
field. He told the police thai Bar-
field killed the prohibtlon agent.
Barfield has fled. The Hall brother
and Kelly have been arrested and
lodged in jail.
In descent opens the parachute and
the landing made thus. Manning did
this and thus broke a record.
It appears from the statement of
Mr. Goode that Manning has been
asking for some time to be al-
lowed to make a flight in one of the
planes which are now used for ex-
hibition purposes at Love Field
but until last Sunday had not been
given the privilege. Mr. Goode how-
ever had promised to take him up
on Sunday but A. G. Wooten anoth-
er flyer probably not believing
Manning in earnest offered him
five dollars to make the flight with
him. Manning agreed.
Had Invited Acquaintances to
Watch Him.
A large portion of the crowd
which witnessed the feat of Manning
were persons with whom Manning
had become acquainted during his
work In a local garage and since
his work at the Aviation Service
Station. Many of these feeling that
he might be injured in the attempt
urged him not to try It. But he
refused to be dissuaded. Manning
in speaking of his feat declares that
"I knew I could do it. I've al-
ways wanted to fly and I know that
I can manage a plane. I'm going up
again next Sunday at 3 p. m. Its
my ambition to become a stunt
flyer"
Manning is the son of Mrs. Em-
ma Harris who lives on Runnels
street in this city. He was born
at Navasota In Grimes County
twenty-three years ago. His family
moved to Dallas several years ago.
Manning went to school at Elm
Thicket. Before the war he was em-
ployed by Mr. Goode in his garage
which was then located on Cedar
Springs avenue. At the close of the
war Mr. Goode opened the Avia-
tion Repair Service and again em-
ployed Manning and he declares his
beliof in Manning's ability to be-
come a successful aviator for as
lie say: "It only takes skill nerve
and common sense and Manning has
all of these."
j9TH CAVALRY MEN TO
LEAVE MANILA.
(Crusader Service)
Manila April 20. The depar-
ture homeward today aboard the
army transport Thomas of fourteen
enlisted men of the Ninth Cavalry
discloses an exhibition of the gov-
ernment policy toward families and
married soldiers.
Out 'of fourteen enlisted men
leaving on the Thomas six will aban-
don Filipino wives two others who
will be discharged from the army
are paying $125 out of their sav-
ings for governmental transport and
railroad charges for each member
of their families while the remain-
ing six will preserve their families
intact through funds advanced to
them by the Red Cross and for the
repayment of which they have pled-
ged their army pay for many
months to come.
The six wives who will be de-
serted added ' to those previously
abandoned by American soldiers or-
dered home will make more than
100 homes that have been wrecked
as a result of the policy of the gov-
ernment. Seventeen former members
of the Ninth Cavalry all fathers
of families nov are in the Philip-
pines forced to remain here be-
cause they were unable to raise
transport passage fares for their
wives and children.
That the War Department does
not seem to care how much suffer-
ing Its unexpected orders entail on
the Ninth Cavalry wh'ch has been
stationed In the Philippines for
many years in shown by an inves-
tigation made by Brigadier General
Johnson Hagood Commanding Camp
Stotsenburg. Out of 800 enlisted
men In the regiment a total of
277 had either legal or common
law wives in the Philippines while
more than 100 are the fathers of
children..
The cavalryman's pay 1b $20 a
month.
Although the governmert might
be unable to afford the expense of
transporting the families of Its
transferred soldiers to the United
States local officers assert that
the War Department's policy could
have been easily avoided by per-
mitting the married men to remain
in the islands until their enlist-
ment terms expired.
PIiA RIG WELFAItE CENTER
FOIt NEW ORLEANS.
(By A. N. P.)
New Orleans La. April 19. A
Welfare Center to cost- $150000 Is
planned for tlild city by the Colored
ministers association. It is to be
built In the center of a tlock while
the surrounding ground will be
used for a playground. Tht proposed
welfare cet ter will be equipped with
a chapel a gymnasium a girl's
rescue cottage an old folks' home
and a modern playground.
GARVEY CUIUS AFRICAN
TALE OF PORO COLLEGE DEVEL0PR1ENT FROM HUT
$750000 QUARTERS RIVALS FICTION.
HT
The Story of Poro College.
From Poro College In . St. Louis
comes the story of its history which
rivals fiction In Its unfoldment. It
Is the story of the ambition of a
woman Annve M. Pope Turnbo-
Malone and il is filled to the full
with food for ambition for those
who would achieve.
' Poro College in 1900 was a rear
room; upstairs in a framt building
in Lovejoy 111. Poro College now is
located at Poro Corner St Ferdi-
nand and Pendleton avenues St.
Louis. Mo. and consists of three
buildings which represent a total
plant investment of $750000.
Mrs. Malone was born on a farm
In Metropolis Illinois. Early In life
she lost both parents. She attended
grade school in Metropolis and later
through the assistance of her bro-
thers and sisters she attended the
High School of Peoria Illinois. Ear-
ly she formed a fondness for dress-
ing hair. Later she Btudled chemis-
try and naturally turned her know-
ledge of it into the work to which
she was most devoted. After much
research she perfected her first pre-
parations and begun to manufac-
ture them in 1900.
She began its sale by canvassing
from house to house prevailing up-
DR. CROSSLAND WANTS DI
VORCE MOM WIFE.
Washington D. C. April 29.
Dr. J. R. A. Crossland in charge
of the work among Colored sold-
iers in the World War Veterans Bu-
reau has filed suit for divorce
against his wife charging her with
"hampering and nagging' him in
his work. The suit has caused no
end of comment in the capitol city
where Mrs. Crossland now resides
ai.d when the case comes up for
hearing In St. Joseph Mo. In May
some interesting revelations are
promised.
It Is reported that Mrs. Cross-
land will Inquire Into the Identity
of one "Baby Doll" said to live In
Chicago from whom numerous let-
ters have come and to whom num-
erous long distance cat's have been
made and frequent visits indulged
in.
COINCIDENCE NOT SUPER-
NATURAL AGENCY CAUSED
DEATH OF CARNAVON.
(By A. N. P.)
London April 20. Discussion of
the causes of the death of Lord
Carnavon continues. Marie Corelll
noted writer and seer adds to her j
formerly expressed opinion In the:
following statement: j
"A misconception having arisen
in regard to a letter I recently ad-
dressed to the world on the subject!
of the regrettable death of Lord
Carnarvon I wish to disclaim the!
suggestion that . I regard it as a
supernatural lataiuy tnougn sir
Willis Budge learned Egyptc loglst
of the British Museum might well
lead one to think so if one studies
his translation of the Book of the
Dead which is an Egyptian funeral
ritual.
"In a chapter In this book en-
titled "Of Advancing from Yester-
day occurs the fullowing-passage-sup-posed
to be an utterance of an
Egyptian departed spirit:
3
if
J on women to allow her to treat
ineir nair. soon ner worn Became
jmore widely known and her fame
.spread to nearby towns. Later she
was prevailed upon to locate In St.
Louis. In 1914 she spent several
months travelling throughout the
South demonstrating her methods
and preparations and her business
as a result of it fairly grew by
leaps and bounds.
The trade name "Poro" was
adopted and copyrighted in 1906.
But all was not smooth sailing
for this "1fttrpld young woman;
During the winter of 1913-1914 the
responsibilities of the business grew
so heavy that the strength was not
equal to the strain Imposed upon
it and she was compelled to cease
her business activities. Leaving her
business in the hands of an able
assistant she had about made ar-
rangements to go West when Prof.
Aaron Eugene Malone Principal of
the Lincoln Public School of Qulncy
Illinois a former schoolmate and
friend stopped in St. Louis en route
West. The chance meeting resulted
In courtship engagement and mar-
riage .
The trip West then became not
only a health builder but a honey-
moon and a tour upon which plans
were perfected for the Poro College
building which erected In 1917
soon became inadequate to house
the now tremendous plant. In 1920
the Poro Annex was erected.
National Figure And
High Churchman
Passes.
Prominent in Business Fra-
ternal and Church Circles;
Funeralized Saturday.
(Special Wire.)
Pittsburgh Penn. April 20.
Just before going to press The
D.illiu) Express received a wire that
Jos. Ij. Jone died TuesJay morn-
ing at his homo 1537 Plalr Ave.
Cincinnati Ohio. Mr. Jones was
rhalrniun of tho Executive Com-
mittee Nirtlonal Negro Press As-
sociation St-cretnry-JCrturer Afrl-1
enn Union Co. President Central
Regnlia Co. prominent layman of
the A- M. E. Church and many
fraternities.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday morning 10 a. m.
"I died yesterday but I come to-
day. The mighty lady who is guar-
dian of the door hath made a way
for me I come forth by day against
my enemy and I have gained mast-
ery over hlra. He hath been given
over unto me and he shall not be
delivered out of my hands."
rhls Is an uncanny threat care-
fully rendered Into English from
the original Egyptian papyrus by
the erudite Professor Budge. It cer-
tainly suggests supernatural powers
remaining with entombi d Egyptians
hut It Is not my theory. My views
are purely practical and quite pos-
sible. "The book I allued to in a pre-
vious letter the "Prodigies cf
Eijypt" by the famous Arabic pro-
fessor to the then King of France
Loiils XIV treats o? poisons placed
in Egyptian tombs .and their antidotes.
ORIS SPREAD U. 1 1 .1
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These splendid buildings now
nouse a nigniy organized corpB of
workers. In the College building are
Instruction rooms . beauty parlors
lobby auditorium general office
cafeteria dining rooms sewing
rooms dormitories guest rooms and
the apartments in which Mr. and
Mrs. Malono live.
In the Annex are manufacturing
laboratories snipping department
laundry filling and finishing de-
partments bakery publicity depart-
ment and huge store rooms for
chemical. '" ' - ' -..
A force of one hundred and sev
enty-five uniformed employees are
constantly at work here and the
latest of devices have been Installed
for the convenience of the em-
ployees. Thirty clerks and stenogra-
phers are employed In the general
office. From five hundred to one
thousand orders are mailed each
day and on the mailing list there
are 75000 women agents located
in nearly. every large city and good
sized town in America. Agencies are
also maintained in Africa Cuba
the Bahamas Central America Nova
Scotia and Canada.
This In brief is the story of the
amazing growth in twenty-three
years of the- work of Mrs. Annie
M. Malone a woman with a vision
as it is told in the beautifully
bound and splendidly prepared book-
let recently sent out from Poro Col-
ilege. .
UNDERTAKER FINED; RE-
FUSED BODY OF HUSBAND
TO WIFE.
(By A. N. P.)
Chicago 111. April 20. A prom-
inent local undertaker Frank W.
Henry fell a foul of the courts
here this week because he failed to
heed an injunction of a court and
deliver the body of Dr. Robert C-
Frazier which had been Intrusted
to his firm's care to the doctor's
widow. He was given three days in
Jail. Henry seized the body he says
becau.te of non-payment of a bill of
$150. The complalnir I Mrs. Ola
(Frazier states that Henry refused
to use a coffin which 4he had pur-
chased at a lower rate than Henry's
firm would supply It and that after
this disagreement he refused to give
up the body although she offered
to pay all costs. Mr. Henry says he
will carry the case to the Supreme
Court. Rumblings against the prac-
tices of some of tho undertaking
j profesh.'on have been growing thru
;Out the tity as well as the country
lone of the leading physicians here
I Dr. Hall declared today "that the
race suffered an economic loss be-
jcause of the high cost of dying."
"I believe I mentioned this to
Lord Carnarvon In my last letter
to him when on his departure from
London I expressed the hope that
nothing untoward would happen to
him.
"My theory wrong or right is
not impossible one for I say only
that if Lord Carnarvon accldently
touched any deadly drug of ancient
Egypt with his finger and after-
ward put that finger to" his face
the mosquito bite so airily settled
by the doctors would be accounted
for and modern serums Injected
Into his veins against a poison unknown-
to our medical men would
merely deepen and aggravate the
mischief.
"If It was a mosquito that at-
tacked Lord Carnarvon In the Tut-Ankh-nien
tomb It whs one that
was pos;lbly charged with an an-
cient and unknown poison.
ells Reporters That
Out Air Messages That Rival Radio in Ef-
ficiency. Says U. N. I. A. Doctrines Reach
Interior by This Method. . .
London April 20. "Broadcast
ing" a system of communication
without wires which preceded radio
Dark Continent Is held largely re
sponsible for the ever-increasing agi-
tation among the Negroes In Africa.
Broadcasting or long-distance trans-
mission la accomplished by means
of drums the messages being i re-
layed over tremendous distances with
great rapidity.
By "drum talk" as It Is some-
times called news of the approach-
ing visit of American notables to
Marshall Lyoutey in Morocco was
learned on the Upper Volta about
three hours after it was published
in Paris. News of the death of great
chiefs and warnings of approaching
danger are sent in this way and
also the native propaganda which
is said to be promoting unrest In
Eastern Western and Southern Af-
rica. Agitation n a form resembling
Bolshevism has appeared in East
Africa ind sentiment favorable to
the nationalist movement started by
Marcus Garvey is rampant in Liber-
ia while the trouble in French
West Africa recently required mili-
tary suppression.
Much of this agitation Is said to
be due to Inflammatory reports
spread among the tribes by drum
talk. '
Ciarvey Snys His AgenU
Spread Message by Drums.
Marcus Garvey self-styled "Em
peror of Africa' 'told the Associat-
ed Press that drum talk was being
used to educate the Negroes of the
Dark Continent In political philos-
ophy bepauee -open '.propaganda for
CLAIM ORGANIZATION
MADE TO EFFECT G. 0. P.
BOLT.
(By A. N. P.)
New York April 20. "Republi
cans of the North must wake up
play the game right and deliver
or 1924 will afford thera the great-
est surprise of their life so far as
the Colored vote is concerned."
The above statement was made
by a Republican of well known
standing who says he Is "looking
facts In the face and Is not being
guided by wishes and sentiment"
The recent trend of elections In
New York Chicago Detroit Kan-
sas City and other centers afforded
the Inspiration for his remarks. He
expressed his opinions a a man1
familiar with his subject. The cold
unvarnished facts of the case are
these: Northern Democrats are go-
ing to seek to nominate a Demo-
crat for President who will not be
"objectionable" to Northern Color-
ed voters.
They are going to declare that a
"Northern Democratic President will
give better treatment to Colored
voters than a Republican as the
party Is now constituted."
(They are going to say: "In any
event if a Democratic President be-
cause of Southern influence will
not measure up to desires then the
Democratic Mayors and Governors
of the big cities and Northern
States will make up the difference."
On this basis it can b9 stated
with deflnlteness that there is al-
ready formed a skeleton organi-
zation to swing Colored voters to
the Democratic party In 1924. It i
promised that the skeleton organi-
zation will be whipped Into shape
by master politicians of both raceB
ho u ill be amply supplied with
the "slnuews of war" in order to
carry on an Intensive warfare.
Trend of Events.
The trend of events point to the
fact that the Democrats of New
York may have three candidates in
the going: Gov. Smith Mayor Hy-
lan and William Randolph Hearst.
The first two are already eminently
populf r with the Colored voters and
the latter from all Indications Is
playing a game of advanced poll-
tics that may prove to be a mar-
vel of the times. The Colored voter
is more than in a "listening mood"
from all unbiased Indications he is
In an "active mood."
Added to the above are other
names that have a direct appeal:
Henry Ford of Detroit; John H.
Clarke former U. S. Supreme Court
Justice of Ohio; and the newly elect-
ed Mayor Dever of Chicago.
Looking at the facts In a cold
blooded practical light it In argued
that the stock of the Harding ad-
ministration Is "way below par" so
far as the "Colored members of the
order aie concerned." it is stated
that "Mlrfcles will have to be per-
formed by "President Senators and
Republican governors in a number
of states be Tore the old time faith
Ib restored."
The argument is brought to bear
II AFRICA.
Huge Tomtoms Beat
the enlightenment of the race was
prevented by the authorities ruling
the various colonies.
Garvey who holds the title of
President General of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association lis-
tened with interest to the reading
nf the London disDatch stating
drum talk was held largely respon
sible for ever-increasing agitation
among the Negroes in Airican.
r.nrvpv nid that In a Quarter or
half a fontiirv ha exnected to see
established a United States of Af-
rica with Negroes governing their
own destiny. He added that when
the white race came to see that
the -Negro was capable of self-government
he believed political rights
would be given to the native iriDes.
Garvey said he looked for no
sudden uprising. The tribesmen he"
said realized they couia not cope
with scientific warfare or the forces
which the white man couia oring
to bear.
"Then" sold Garvey "the agents
turned back to drum talk centuries
did. By "staccato notes of the drum
Briu'ntiniinl messaees are conveyed
rapidly and for great distances from
tribe to tribe."
j . A code akin to the dots ana
dashes of telegraphy was employed
he said. He said that although the
various tribes each had Its own dia-
lect the difference was not so great
as to prevent intelligent communi-
cation. 1 flarvflV RSI id he understood Lis
agents hand enlarged the "drum
codes" to such an extent that
sending of long messages was now
possible. . .
T0TS OF NEGRO DESCENT
BECOME MILLIONAIRE OVER
NIGHT.
San Francisco Cal. April 20.
A lease for. a quarter section of
land In Grady county Oklahoma
given by the Government to an In-
dian girl fifteen years ago will be
the means of making her two sraaH
children Earl and Cleo Adams mil-
lionaires. The lease was left to
the children by the mother upon her
death six years ago but was con-.
sldered worthless until oil was dis-
covered recently on adjoining prop-
erty. An oil syndicate then took
the land for development and It Is
believed that it will yield a fortune
for the two chllOren.
The father of the two potential
millionaires Is Jesse Adams a Col-
ored Janitor at 920 Post street.
Cleo and Earl live with tktir aunt
an? uncle at 1340 Sutter street.
The boy Is 12 arl the girl 8 years
of age.
Their mother was Viola Thomp
son a member of the Chocti w tribe
of Indians. The discovery that her
land would prove valuable was made
yesterday and the oil leas approv-
ed by Superior Judge Dunne at the
instance of Adams' attorney Henry
O. W. Dlnkelspiel.
The money which tha Adams
family hopes to derive from the
land will lift them from the ranks
of being merely the children nf the
Janitor of an apartment house and
put them into the millionaire class.
As yet little Cleo' head has not
been turned by the prospect of
fine clothes which have been prom-
ised her by her aunts and her fath-
er. She still clings to her oeslre to
become a tra'.ned nurse. Earl oa
the other hand. Intends to put bis
share of the fortune into the bank
and draw upon it for an extensive
education. He then aspires to be
come a salesman.
thit Gov. PIn'chot of Pennsylvania
for example has shown an unfriend-
ly attitude toward thi Asbury Civil
bill; that lew Republican Senators
Including such as McCormick of Il-
linois Watson of Indiana Willis of
Ohio and otl.ers have a single out-
standing appointment of a Colored
citizen to which one may point with
pride.
"Colored voters have had enough
of being Ignored" continued the
informant "the Republican have a
chance to 'come bock' but It Is only
one kind of a chance and that is a
fighting chance.' " '
"Northern Democrats are Inspired
b their successes In appealing to
Colired voters; thus far they have
played the game In a practical
enough way and kept enough ot
their promises to "keep thifr o:-
ganl-atlon together. Republicans
I seem to have forgotten the pow??
of organization and the value ot
jkeeplug political promises" wKt the
I parting shot of this Republican seer
k n A rih llAniMihnw
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