The Monitor

THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Eight Thousand Colored People in Omaha and Vicinity, and to the Good of the Community The Rev. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $1.00 a Year. 5c a Copy. Announces Candidacy For Senatorial Toga One of Nebraska's Foremost Citizens and Omaha's Most Public-Spirited Men Would Serve in Senate. JOHN LAUDERDALE KENNEDY Ex-Congressman, Able Lawyer and Conversant with Public Affairs Well Qualified for Office. Nebraska, since statehood, has justly prided herself upon the men of high character and efficiency who, with one or two exceptions, have been her representatives in congress and senate. Her senators have been men of ability from the Hon. Phineas Hitchcock, a loyal republican of the old school and at a day when republicanism meant much, who was her first choice, to his illustrious son, the Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, a liberal-minded and progressing democrat, of presidential timber—although Mr. Bryan might dispute it—who now so creditably fills this high office. In Nebraska's succession of able and influential senators it is confidentially believed by all republicans and conceded by many friends and admirers in all parties that the Hon. John L. Kennedy of Omaha will soon take his well-merited place. Mr. Kennedy is an ex-congressman, of a brief but distinguished career in the house of representatives; a lawyer of ability; a close student of public affairs; a convincing and persuasive speaker; a successful business man; a liberal-minded, justice-loving and public-spirited citizen; a man "with an opinion and a will," who by dint of application and hard work, has risen from the ranks of the lowly to a position of eminence and wealth, and yet is one of the "common people," affable, sympathetic and approachable; a cultured, courteous, high-class Christian gentleman. John Lauderdale Kennedy comes of sterling Scotch parentage. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, not far from the birthplace of Robert Burns, one of the world's greatest poets. His early education was acquired in the thorough public schools of Scotland. His schoolmaster hated slavery and inculcated his pupils with his principles, telling them of the horrors of American slavery. Naturally a Scot believes in human freedom Young Kennedy came to America when seventeen years old. The West attracted him. He went to LaSalle county, Illinois, and for four years worked on a farm. Being ambitious for a better education, he enrolled as a student at Knox college, Galesburg, where he worked his way through. He did not take his degree in course, because, just before his graduation, he rebelled against what he believed to be an act of injustice against a fellow student and left the college. Subsequently Knox college gave him his bachelor's (Continued on eighth page) Omaha, Nebraska, October 2, 1915 Think On These Things “What is worth much is sur- your life is to you the most preci- self-control, much self-denial, much THE HON. JOHN Candidate for Republican Nomi is worth much is sure to cost much. The p to you the most precious of all goods. It wi much self-denial, much self-sacrifice, but it is THE HON. JOHN L. KENNEDY e for Republican Nomination for United State "What is worth much is sure to cost much. The perfection of your life is to you the most precious of all goods. It will cost much self-control, much self-denial, much self-sacrifice, but it is worth it all." [Portrait of a man in a suit with a tie, looking slightly to the right. The background is black. There are no other discernible details or text.]] THE HON. JOHN L. KENNEDY Candidate for Republican Nomination for United States Senator. Retires After Thirty Years Army Service Seattle, Wash., Oct. 1.—Only 45 years of age, William A. Vrooman, regimental quartermaster sergeant of the Ninth cavalry, retired on September 12 after thirty years continuous service, with pay amounting to $67.50 per month. His entire service was with the Ninth. Vrooman enlisted in 1886 at Buffalo, N. Y., when only 16 years old. He served in the Indian campaign of 1890-1891, was at Santiago in the battle of San Juan Hill, and was in the Philippine campaign of 1900-'02. He qualified in 1894 as distinguished marksman, the highest qualification in the army. Sergeant Vrooman received his retirement papers at Douglas, Ariz., where the Ninth is stationed, on September 12, and the next day he was escorted by the regimental band and a large number of his comrades when he took the train for Cheyenne, where he visited before coming on to Seattle. He will make his future home in this city. --- to cost much. The perfection of ous of all goods. It will cost much self-sacrifice, but it is worth it all." N. L. KENNEDY ation for United States Senator. Ejected From Ohio Playhouse Cincinnati, O., Sept. 24.—A flagrant case of race persecution was that of Luke Prowd, son of the Rev. H. D. Prowd, pastor of Mount Street church, who was forcibly ejected from a moving picture theater on upper Central avenue, after he had purchased his ticket and secured a seat. Young Prowd was first ordered out by an usher, then the proprietor informed him that colored people were not allowed in that theater. A policeman was called, and when Prowd persisted in retaining his seat, he was forcibly removed. Dr. Prowd took the case up with Mayor Spiegel and Chief of Police Copelan, and the action of the policeman was investigated. He plead ignorance of his limitations as an officer, and was allowed to apologize to young Prowd, and to publis his apology in the daily papers. This he did. Dr. Prowd and his son will push the case against the proprietor of the theater. Volume I. Number 14 Owns Ten Thousand Acres and Syrup Mill Cabin Boy at Fourteen, With Monthly Wages of Fifteen Dollars, Becomes Capitalist at Forty. BARTON FRANKLIN POWELL Raises Hundreds of Bales of Cotton and Ships Products From Farm and Refinery All Over U. S. Albany, Ga., Oct. 1.—Forced by lack of means to leave school when only fourteen years of age, to take a job as cabin boy on government survey boats improving Flint river, which job carried wages of $15 per month, ten years later Barton Franklin Powell was superintendent of the river improvement work as successor to the man who had given him employment as a cabin boy. Holding this position for twenty-four years, saving and investing his money in farming and timber lands, Powell today owns 10,000 acres of land in Baker and Dougherty counties, Ga., 100 mules, 15 horses, 100 head of Jersey cattle, 200 head of Berkshire hogs, with all the machinery and equipment necessary to operate his plantation. Raising 900 to 1,000 bales of cotton yearly is only a part of the results achieved by Powell, for he also raises large quantities of grain and cereals, runs a well-equipped ginnery, buying about as much as he raises, is a large cotton buyer, providing a home market for the tenants and small farmers of the community, buys and sells cotton seed, and to cap it all, Powell owns and runs a syrup refinery, manufacturing pure Georgia cane syrup, for which he has created so great a demand that his shipments are made to points in all the territory from Maine to California. $35,000 for Last Year's Cotton. Outgoing and incoming shipments by water are handled at Powell's Landing, a private dock on Powell's land, where the Flint river steamers tie up. Ninety families have homes on the plantation, and with an average of five to a family there are 450 people on Powell's land. F. B. Priestly, Powell's nephew, the oldest son of his youngest sister, is chief overseer of the plantation's activities. A recent transaction involved the sales of 865 bales of cotton held over from the 1914 crop. This cotton brought 8 cents a pound, the total sum received being more than $35,000. Mr. Powell was married in 1890 to Miss Nancy E. White of Albany, and of eight children born to that union seven are living, five boys and two girls. That the children might have the advantages offered by the city schools, Mr. Powell acquired a handsome residence in Albany, and Mrs. Powell and the children occupy this home during the school term. Mr. Powell is now 49 years of age and a conservative estimate of his wealth puts it at about $300,000. General Race News 2 GRAND PAGEANT TO BE PRESENTED AT CAPITOL Washington., D. C., Sept. 24.—The DuBois pageant, "The Star of Ethiopia," is scheduled to be presented three times during the week of October 10 at the American league baseball park. One thousand participants of both sexes and all ages will be required for the production and an advertisement for performers has appeared in a local paper. They will represent Kushites, Egyptians, Mohammedans, Bantus, West Indians, dancing girls, freedmen, children, etc., all concerned with the development of the Negro race from the beginning of time to the present day. The affair is promoted by the National Pageant and Dramatic association, which has been incorporated under the laws of the District by Mr. L. M. Hershaw and others. J. Rosmand Johnson of New York is to direct the music, and Mr. E. S. Burroughs of Wilberforce university is to have charge of the dramatic features. The production is to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. A NEGRO OF HONEST FAME (From the Hudson Dispatch, Hoboken New Jersey.) Joe Jeannette, Negro, has retired from the prize ring, quitting the so-called profession after years of honest ring battles. So far as fighting goes, he was a credit to that kind of sport. He always put up a good fight—the best that as in him—and that is the reason he was always so popular and such a good drawing card. He was temperate in his habits and was always fit to fight. It may seem paradoxical, but he was a merciful fighter; he was not a brute; he never took advantage of a man whom he outclassed by giving him the beating that would have been possible. In basketball, in which game he was also a star, he could display his marvelous strength to make opponents look ridiculous, if he so desired, but he never roughed it, and alays deported himself as a gentleman. ILLINOIS METHODISTS WANT NO NEGRO BISHOP Springfield, Ill., Sept. 24.—When a resolution was introduced into the Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church on Monday, September 13, petitioning the general conference to elect a Negro bishop, the conference refused to pass it, although a strong fight in its favor was made by the Rev. J. A. Kumler of Hamilton, Ohio. Dr. Kumler declared that there were Negroes in the M. E. church who would be an honor to Methodist episcopacy and declared that "when we push this people out of the church, Christ will feel himself a stranger to it." Roscoe Conklin Bruce, assistant superintendent of schools of Washington, D. C., who was seriously injured in an automobile accident, some months ago, is unable to assume his school duties. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. THE MONITOR "BIRTH OF A NATION CAUSES RIOT IN PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia has had a riot. "The Birth of the Nation" caused it. Having appealed unsuccessfully to the mayor of the city and the governor of the state to prohibit the presentation of Dixon's distasteful photo-play, an assemblage of colored citizens estimated at 5,000, among whom were many white sympathizers, marched to the Forrest theater to protest against its appearance. As the crowd was orderly all went well until some one hurled a brick through the theater window. One hundred police then charged the crowd and in the brief fight which ensued some of Philadelphia's best colored citizens were injured and some of the police did not escape without painful bruises. It is to be regretted that the authorities did not heed the respectful plea of its petitioners. The Philadelphiaans did absolutely right in protesting in boots. Their intentions were of the best. They did not seek trouble. The unfortunate feature was that some hot-headed and doubtless irresponsible member of the crowd threw a brick, which gave the police an excuse, if not a reason, for charging and dispersing the crowd. The protest succeeded. The photoplay was ordered taken off the boards by the mayor. If this action had been taken in the first place the subsequent trouble would have been avoided. Paterson, N. J., Sept. 15.—Sixteen Germans and Austrians who have been interned at Hoboken on the German ships were given jobs on Monday at the Hamilton club, to which the mayor and other prominent officials belong. The Negro employes who have been there for many years were discharged. Charles I. Morey, superintendent, is responsible for the change, which is evidently one of the steps being taken to care for the Germans forced to stay in this country because of the war. GEORGIANS LYNCH NEGRO BOY; FACES HIS DEATH STOICALLY Jackson, Ga., Sept. 24.—Jce Persons, a negro boy not more than 14 years old, was hanged here today for assaulting an 8-year-old white girl. To the half hundred persons around the scaffold the boy admitted he committed the crime and stoically announced he was ready to die. Although he weighed only seventy-five pounds, his neck was broken by the fall. Officers did not attach weights to Persons, as had been suggested to them as possibly necessary to successfully execute him. The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias which recently met at Columbus, O., reported some very substantial, financial and numerical advancement. Over half a million dollars have been handled through the executive officers since the last meeting and the enrollment of members now stands at 250,000 of the Pythias and 87,000 of the Courts of Calanthe. GERMAN WAITERS TAKE HANDLES OVER HAIF MEMBER STATE DENTAL SOCIETY Newark, N. J., Sept. 24.—Wendell P. G. Urling, D. D. S., is the only living Negro member of the New Jersey State Dental society, having been elected to membership of that organization at Asbury Park. In sending the notice to Dr. Urling, the secretary of the society, Dr. John C. Forsythe, took opportunity to pay a tribute to Howard university, from which institution Dr. Urling graduated in 1904. Through proficiency and worthiness Dr. Urling has built up a splendid clientele in this city. H. GROSS LUMBER AND WRECKING 21st and Paul Streets Remember and Don't Forget to patronize the fellow who appreciates the business of the colored people. H. ALPERSON Wholesale dealer in Cigars, Tobacco and Chewing Gum Prompt Phone Service Web. 3769 Your account is solicited in our checking and savings department Interest paid on savings CITY NATIONAL BANK 16th and Harney Streets CHAS. EDERER FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. Phone Webster 1795 C. P. Wesin Grocery Co. J. L. PETTEYS, Mgr. 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Special for this week Friendship Bracelet Links, Gold Filled or Sterling Silver 15c each $1.50 dozen Engraving Free WOLF JEWELRY COMPANY 1504 Harney Street N & CO. --- Largest stock of new fall woolens in the city We make your suit the way you want it THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail office at Omaha, Neb., under the THE REV. JOHN ALBERT W. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Pryor, Assoc. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advert. SUBSCRIPTION R Advertising rates, 50 Address, The Monitor, 1119 N Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Pryor, Associate Editors. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.00 per year. Advertising rates, 50 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. It's in the air. It's the dominant thought of the day. And it pertains chiefly to military preparedness. Somehow men cannot rid themselves of the idea that some of the greater powers of the world have designs upon our country and that when we least expect it some foe may attack us. For such an emergency it is claimed we are wholly unprepared; and that therefore it is only the part of wisdom to enlarge the army and navy, strengthen coast defenses and expend millions on fortifications and ramparts. We are not of those who fear attack from without. The foes that the nation should most fear are to be found within our own borders. They are greed, lawlessness, divorce, intemperance, extravagance, a growing caste system and class-antagonism. America, in our judgment, has more to fear from these insidious foes than from the heaviest siege guns, the strongest navies and the largest armies that can be turned against her. And while it is possible that we may have to engage in battle for home and country—which may God forfend—to us it seems improbable. We should, however, bend all our energies to raise the moral tone of the nation so that the foes within may be subdued and expelled. This calls for the united effort of the best brain and brawn of the nation. Can we but have a nation dominated by justice and righteousness—and wherein the humblest can feel that all his rights and privileges are secure, this will constitute the chief factor of our national preparedness for whatever the future may have in store. With any large number of American citizens smarting under a sense of injustice, the mobilization of army corps, the assembling of fleets and the building of arsenals and forts will avail us little should foreign foe attack us. But with a happy, prosperous and contented, God-fearing people America is invincible. WHERE TO LOOK FOR SOLDIERS. Under the above caption the following letter, which furnishes food for thought, was recently published in the Army and Navy Journal: San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 6. To the Editor of the Army and Navy Journal: I trust it will not be considered presumptuous for a mere civilian to offer a suggestion concerning our plan for national defense; but as the son of an army officer and as the father of two others I have always taken a deep interest in military matters, and read the Journal every week with as much care as a "regular." 4 PREPAREDNESS Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post-act of March 3, 1879. WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. B. Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Associate Editors. Rising and Circulation Manager. STATES, $1.00 per year. Events an inch per issue. North Twenty-first street, Omaha. In devising the new plans for the mobile army and for an adequate reserve system I hope the war department will not overlook our Negro population. The Negro is first, last and all the time an American (and from the looks of things we are going to need Americans). He loves the flag and has reason for his patriotism. As a soldier he has time and again proved his courage and fitness as a fighter. In time of trouble out of the 12,000,000 Negroes in this country, an army of 1,000,000 men could be put in the field, and this force, made up of the descendants of ex-slaves, may yet be necessary to preserve the union. It would be a strange thing, indeed, if these Negro-Americans (and they seem to me to be the only ones who can properly use the hyphen) should be able to repay their debt to the nation by aiding so materially in defending it. HENRY TERRELL. We have learned with regret of the death at Washington, D. C., where he went to attend the national encampment of the G. A. R., of Dr. S. K. Spaulding. Several years ago we were a near neighbor of Dr. Spaulding and a warm friendship sprang up between us. He was one of those high-class, broad-minded Christian gentlemen of the other race of whom there are far too few. To his wife and daughter we extend our sympathy. The Burgess-Nash company is to be congratulated upon its welfare association, which it has established among its employes. It is a movement that could be adopted with advantage by other firms. We are in sympathy with all movements that make for the betterment of any class of our citizens, whatever their employment may be. By way of reminder, we desire to state that you ought not wait until the snow begins to fly before laying in a good supply of black diamonds. In buying your coal get into communication with the coal dealers who advertise in The Monitor. "MUF" means "Move Up Front" when you board a street car. A friend of Nat Goodwin's was staying with the actor at his home in California, in the hope of obtaining relief from chronic dyspepsia. One day he was taking a walk along the beach with his host. "I have derived relief from drinking one glass of salt-water from the tide," said the invalid solemnly. "Do you think I might take a second?" Goodwin reflected deeply. "Well," he replied, with equal seriousness, "I don't think a second would be missed."—Osteopathic Magazine. --- THE MONITOR Safe to Try. Letters From Our Readers Letters From Our Readers JUST A MINUTE, FR. WILLIAMS. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 25, 1915. Editor The Monitor: I have read Father Williams' letter in today's Monitor and he is wrong. Evidently he has been reading Ridpath, who is more wrong than he. The terms Negroid, Negrooid, Negritic, Hamitic, African, and many more have been used to squeeze by the term "Negro," but I am going to stay right home with that term and prove that the "queer expositor" wins hands down. As to the Ethiopians, the Grecians named them that, meaning "the dusky faced ones," and no historian, except Ridpath, ever had the nerve to call them Caucasians. There are too many Ethiopians walking around loose nowadays to raise a question as to their ethnic relations. Let us take the Egyptians. Here is what William Flinders Petrie, the greatest archeologist who ever lived, says: "It is certain anatomically that there is much Negro blood in the oldest Egyptians." Once more. The Anthropological Society of Berlin sent Dr. Rudolph Virchow to Egypt to bring home evidence that the Egyptians had no Negro blood. Imagine their joy when the eminent scientist delivered his home-coming address with this introduction: "I thought I could find, by comparative examination of the living and the remains and pictures of the dead, some points establishing the change of ancient Egyptians into the Egyptians of modern times, but I have returned with the conviction that ancient Egypt and its neighboring countries have not essentially changed during all these periods. If Menes really existed, then they were in his time Negroes, since quite old mural paintings show Negroes with all their peculiarities." As to Semitism, how is this? Frederick Ratzel, in his "History of Mankind," says: "What further contributes to make the Negro physiognomy less strange and bring it, nearer to our wonted conceptions, is that in many of its manifestations an approach to the Semitic type unmistakably emerges, such as one may often call Jewish in character. There is some foundation for the view that in the Semitic type of the Jew, the Arab, the Syrian, and so on, there is also an underlying mulatto type. There is a germ of truth in it." Whew! Here is an official description of the sarcophagus of Esmunazar II., King of Sidon, who reigned in the country of Jethro: "The features are Egyptian, with large full almond-shaped eyes, the nose flattened and the lips remarkably thick and after the Negro mold." Did you ever see a white man look like that, Father Williams? If so, he was a Negro with leucoderma. Please read Shakespeare again. Iago calls Othello "a black ram," and several other naughty names. And the Moor in "The Merchant of Venice" orates: "Mislike me not for my complexion, The shadow'd livery of the burnished sun." And the young suitor becomes so excited that he asks Miss Portia to bring him "The fairest creature northward born, Where Phoebus' rays scarce thaw the icicles, And let us make incision for your love, To prove whose blood is reddest, his or mine." Some challenge, that. Now the Moors were largely Negroes converted to Islam by Mohammed. The latter was of the Southern Arabians, the Abbasids, a black people, of the House of Hashim and the Tribe of Quyrsh, which house and tribe trace their origin back to the union of Ishmael with a daughter of Yemen, a Negro tribe. Space forbids further discussion, but I have much more of this sort of evidence and the authorities quoted. But of all things, don't feel sorry for us. Hope on. We are doing tolerably well, and we are so vain as to be proud of it. Peoples, like the ocean tides, rise and fall, and our tide is rising and not falling. GEORGE WELLS PARKER. Timekeeper (arranging starts for golf tournament)—Name, please. Golfer—M. de Valmont. Timekeeper—Tuts, mon, we canna bother oorsel's wi' names like that here; ye'll start at nine-thirty the morn's mornin' to the name o' McPherson.—The Sketch. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. SWEET TONED Schmoller & Mueller Pianos and Player Pianos Sold direct from factory to home, eliminating the middleman's profit, which means a saving of $75 to $150. Many different styles to select from. Sold on terms of $5.00 per month. Free Stool and Scarf. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1311-13 Farnam Street Phone Douglas 4287 Fontenelle Investment Co. Real Estate and Insurance 220 South 13th St., Omaha, Neb. (Over Pope's Drug Store) Lumiere Studio Modern Photography 1515-17 Farnam St. Omaha Phone Doug. 3004 Let the Monitor Do Your Events and Persons 4 In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Mrs. Martha T, Smith returned last! The Rev. J. N. C. Coggins, D. D., Thursday, September 23, from an ex-| Atlanta, Ga., delivered an interesti tended eastern'trip, on which she vis-| lecture at Grove M. E. church W ited Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and | nesday night. Buffalo, N. Y. Her longest stay was — in Buffalo, where she was the honor The First Regimental band, D guest at several very pleasant social | Desdunes, director, has been engag events. She was much interested in for the Ak-Sar-Ben parades. visiting the Phyllis Wheatley home in —ae Cleveland and the Old Folks’ Home in Mr. William Goodlow of Red 0: Chicago. Ia., arrived in the city Monday for rae brief visit with his daughter, M The Rev. W. A. Talbot of Lincoln, | Dorris Thornton, of 2818 Miami stre Neb., will preach at Grove M. &.| He left for home Wednesday night church both morning and evening, — Sunday. By almost unanimous vote, 1 Mrs. Martha Lewis of North Twen- ty-fourth street, left Saturday morning for Topeka, Kas., where she will make her home with her daughter. En route to Topeka she spent a week visiting friends in Atchison, Kas. An item of news that will be of In- terest to Omaha readers is the an- nouncement by Mr, and Mrs. L. H. Slaughter, now of Chicago, but for- merly of this city, of the marriage on Wednesday, September 22, of their youngest daughter, Josephine, to Dr. Fred D. Clark, of Indianapolis, Ind. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate family only by the Rev. D. H. Harris. The bride and groom will be at home to their many friends the week of October 1, 1915, at 509 East Thirty-fourth place, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Volney Carter of 2819 Miami street left Saturday night for Oakland, Cal., to spend the winter. John A. Singleton, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton of 1428 North Twenty-second street, left Sat- urday night for Washington, D. C., where he will enter Howard univer- sity for a course in dentistry. The best wishes of many friends go with him. From the Carthage (Mo.) Democrat we learn that a parent-teachers’ asso- ciation has been formed in connection with Lincoln school , the object of which is to bring teachers and parents together in sympathetic co-operation. Omahans will be interested to know that MissFreeda Robbins who is teach- er of domestic science in the school, is secretary of the organization. Prin- cipal H. V. Wallace is president. It is an excellent idea and will be pro- ductive of much good. Dependable dress making. Prices reasonable. Miss Gladys Counsellor, 2428 Lake street. Webster 604. Mrs. August Kellar, who has been the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. B. Hill, Twenty-fourth and Hamilton streets, left for her home at Little Rock, Ark., Saturday morning, delight- ed with Omaha. Mr. Clyde Brannon, formerly of Fremont, Neb., but for the past two years a resident of Omaha and a mem- ber of the First Regimental band, left Thursday for Ames, Ia., for a_ brief visit prior to going to Washington, D. C., where he enters Howard unt versity, to take a course in civil en- gineering. John A. Singleton joined him at Ames and the two young men were traveling companions to Wash- ington. THE MONITOR Mrs. I court ofl d Persons to on a young More or Less Interested. Shepher Be Received by Wednesday Night. Omaha Se RT Te Te ee eT 7 | Ce eee The Rey. J. N. C. Coggins, D. D., of | ty-fitth ¢ Atlanta, Ga., delivered an interesting lecture at Grove M. E. church Wed- Depen nesday night. reasona ere 2428 Lal The First Regimental band, Dan Desdunes, director, has been engaged Mrs. for the Ak-Sar-Ben parades. Twenty- —+ underwe Mr. William Goodiow of Red Oak, | 880, is 1 Ia., arrived in the city Monday for a brief visit with his daughter, Mrs.| A bir Dorris Thornton, of 2818 Miami street. | day eve He left for home Wednesday night. | H. Seru By almost unanimous vote, the Methodist conference, in its closing session here this week, decided to fa- vor a change in the constitution of the church, permitting the election of bishops for races and tongues. That means that the Nebraska state con- ference favors appointment of Ne- gro, Chinese, Indian and other bish- ops to head the church among the colored people, Chinese and in India respectively. For sale—2 acres and new 6-room house. Aristocratie suburb. Easy payments. Will Johnson, attorney, Fourteenth and Douglas. The Elite Whist club was enter- tained by Mrs. Henry W. Black, 2923 North Twenty-fifth street, Wednesday afternoon. Luncheon was served at 1:30 o'clock, after which progressive whist was played. Two hand-painted plates were given, one to Mrs. Wil- liamson, as having the highest score, the other to the hostess, as a mark of appreciation, The Misses Blanche and Grace Lawson of 2102 North Twenty-ninth street, entertained at a dancing party Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Julia Jones of Hampton, Va. Sixty guests were present. Assisting the Misses Lawson were Mesdames Chas. Harris, Will Jones and John Small- wood. Miss Cage and Mr, William Johnson of South Omaha were married Septem- ber 18th. Price Terrell is now sole proprietor of the drug store formerly operating under the firm name of Williamson & Terrell on North Twenty-fourth street. Mr. Terrell has bought out Mr. Wil- liamson’s interests. This is a well- equipped drug store in a populous section of our city and should re- ceive liberal support by our people in that section. Mrs. H. K. Hillon has been on the sick list for a few days. Frank Walker was burie from Obee’s undertaking chapel, 2518 Lake street, last Friday afternoon. There was a mock wedding Thurs- day night, September 23rd, at Zion Baptist church under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U. circle. Edward Mil- ler and Aline Bentley represented the contracting parties. Le Roy Kelly acted the part of the minister. Oth- ers taking part in this performance were the Misses Beulah Butler, Beu- lah Britton, Lillian Matterson, Ma- tilda Taylor and Mr, Thomas Roulette. Mr. John Grant Pegg gave a sur- prise card party Wednesday night in honor of his wife’s birthday. Mrs. Ida Walker, who is a juvenile court officer at St. Joseph, Mo., came to Omaha Wednesday morning with a young girl for the Home of the Good Shepherd. Mrs. Walker remained in Omaha until Thursday afternoon as the guest of Mrs. H. K. Hillon, Twen- ty-fifth and Maple streets. Dependable dress making. Prices reasonable. Miss Gladys Counsellor, 2428 Lake street. Webster 604. Mrs. Lulu Thornton of 629 North Twenty-fourth street, South Side, who underwent an operation a few weeks ago, is recovering. A birthday party was given Mon- day evening at the home of Mrs. W. H. Seruggs, South Side, in honor of Master Leroy Broomfield. Mr. D. Lewis has removed his un- dertaking parlor to 1809 North Twen- ty-fourth street, where he will faith- fully and efficiently serve those in need of his services. Licensed em- balmer. Open day and night. Web- ster 2069.—Advertisement. Lola, daughter of Mrs. Mamie Farmer, of North Twenty-sixth street, South Side, is seriously ill with pneu- monia. Mrs. Cage of 2621 Z street, South Side, entertained at dinner on Tues- day in honor of Mr. Smith of St. Louis and Miss Slater of the South Side. Mrs. Isaac Bailey of 2816 Pratt street gave a card party last Friday afternoon in honor of Mesdames W. H. Lacey and Belle Butler, of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., and Miss Mattie Banks of Nashville, Tenn. The first prize was won by Mrs. J. B. Hill, the second by Miss Algernon Pryor. It pays to advertise in The Monitor. OOOO OHO tno BuO OOO enone On Oren en ener eHOng Phone South 701 Phone Webster 4 Floral Dexigns for All Occasions FLORIST Cut Flowers and Potted Plants ; Office, 532.N. 24th St, Greenhouse, 1418 N. 18th St. South Omaha Omaha t }Phone Douglas 52 'W. J. CATTIN COMPANY: ; PLUMBING AND ; STEAM FITTING 910 No. 24th St. Omaha, - SRV ° bw | ail aa oa] OFFICE =z = ie ea = ZZ. tel 19 iS F. . NES pence cee t ROUGH DRY ° votna : { OMAHA LAUNDRY 1 Tel. Web. 7788 OO OOOO OOOH OHO OOO OOOO OOOH w 1 arteasaraiaccivee aucersitoeon dope Sah _ Omaha Stationery i “Stationery That Satisfies’’ Phone Doug. 805 309 So. 17th St. Omaha, Neb. 5 AT THE REXALL STORES 1 Ib. box Marguerite Chocolate Cher- ries—instead of 60c, for.........39¢ 1 lb. box Barr's Saturday Candy— instead of 50c, for,........,++...29¢ 1 Ib. Nut Chocolates—instead of 50c, POU sys 6 6 9,5'na8 id ind 48464 9 te 69 RO 1 lb. 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Webster roa} UGK RK WN mec | COFFEE -: | Coote a pyc 1 60¢ |- | fefcysigay FOR 2 LB.CANS | Rca “THAT ECONOMY § ae ass c shea IT 1S ABSOLUTELY PURE AND MOST DELICIOUS y (Clg nt ame) 148) \- 70 Aare Re-2 191-1018) Tae eee Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. "YOUR PEOPLE" (?). We sincerely hope that our young people who read the queer contribution of the Rev. John Williams to The Monitor of last week will feel neither humiliated nor discouraged, but rather will be inspired by the opinions of such an authority as the learned Dr. Milholland, who, besides being a sociologist, is an ethnologist of national repute. He is not superannuated, but is a scholar in the active stage. We are grateful to note broad, optimistic men like Dr. Milholland on the Negro's side. The Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis of New York's famous Plymouth church once said: "When God has stripped some men of the flesh and peeled them of the blubber as a man peels an onion, and flailed the earthly out of them, at last, perchance, they will know what Emerson meant when he said, 'All gentlemen are on the Negro's side. I do not mean by gentlemen people of scented hair and perfumed handkerchiefs, but men of gentle blood and generosity, filled with nobleness, who, like the Cid, give the outcast leper a share of their bed, like the dying Sidney, pass the cup of cold water to the soldier who needs it more.'" The Rev. Fr. Williams has evidently read history to little purpose. 'Tis true not much is known of the very early history of the black race. In the period when Negroes were dominant in North Africa much of all history was vague. It is found, however, that Cush, Ethiopia, and black are synonymous terms and that Negroes, or blacks, descended from Cush, the son of Ham. What, then, of the progenitors of the Negro race? The Bible says: "And the sons of Ham; Cush, Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan." We find that Cush was the oldest son of Ham and was the father of six sons, of whom Seba and Nimrod were the greatest and best known. We read: "And Cush begat Nimrod and he became a mighty one in the earth." Nimrod was the founder of the Babylonian empire. A grandson of Cush, Sheba, founded the wealthy kingdom which bore his name and whose queen made the memorable visit to Solomon. Josephus, in Book I., chapter vi., section 3, says: "The children of Ham possessed the land from Syria and Amanus and the mountains of Libanus, seizing upon all the maritime ports and keeping them as their own. Of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus (Cush)." We also read that Herodotus says: "Sebachus became master of Egypt and after reigning over it fifty years abdicated the throne and returned to Ethiopia, his own country." From these records there is nothing of which we may be ashamed and much wherein the Negro has made good. We must remember that all history was written by the Caucasian, that the classification of mankind was made by the Caucasian, and that he wrote it and made it unto himself. Even in American history you read never of the bravery or deeds of the black man. What of the Negro of today? Who are our people? In us the trace of blood, of ancestors, is a tragedy! Does not the blood of the Caucasian flow markedly in our veins? Can we 6 not easily trace to the enlightened English, the cultured French, the conquering German, the aesthetic Italian? What does the term "your people" signify? What are we, anyhow—"white man, black man, beggar man, thief?" Dr. Blyden has said, "In all the wondrous work of creation, the making of man is God's crowning act. Man is our universal representative head and from him all peoples sprung." The world needs to lose sight of RACES in the vision of the RACE. It needs to become color-blind to all but the beauty of the human soul. The triumph of one soul is the triumph of all true souls. The rise of one race is the rise of all races. In the sense of the brotherhood of man, no matter how small the triumph, how slight the rise, we should all rejoice together. Let us then "Look forward, not back; look upward, not down; lend a hand. L. S. E. I will start anew this morning with a higher, fairer creed; I will cease to stand complaining of my ruthless neighbor's greed; I will cease to sit repining while my duty's call is clear, I will waste no moment whining and my heart shall know no fear. I will look sometimes about me for the things that merit praise; I will search for hidden beauties that elude the grumbler's gaze; I will try to find contentment in the paths that I must tread, I will cease to have resentment when another moves ahead. I will not be swayed by envy when my rival's strength is shown; I will not deny his merit, but I'll strive to prove my own; I will try to see the beauty spread before me, rain or shine— I will cease to preach your duty and be more concerned with mine. —S. E. Kiser. MORALLY MISCONSTRUCTED. While the infant mind and body are strongly influenced by heredity, the average normal child grows up to be good or bad according to its teachings and experiences. Since this is the case, the moral laxity of American childhood is evidence of faults in our methods of child training. Our boys and girls are not bad; but they are not good. They do not hold positive convictions as to what is right or wrong conduct. They are negatively good. Unfortunately, this condition makes them easy victims of temptation. Probably the condition itself is due to several causes. The public school teaches little in the line of ethics. Boys and girls are told that they "mustn't" do so-and-so. But they are not bred into principles that will control their actions, and make them wish to refrain from doing that which is wrong. The negative method always arouses curiosity in the young mind. Lack of reasoning self-control is the tempter's best aid. Instead of younger generations growing up with definite moral principles, we have a sort of moral wavering, a general indecision, a decided THE MONITOR I WILL. disposition to let circumstances govern, and behave like the rest of the crowd. What young Americans need is to be taught to think for themselves, and govern their individual acts according to right thinking. Mother's Magazine. Autumn Signs Browning and falling leaves again call our attention to the promise that summer and winter shall not cease. Prudent people prepare. Are you ready with your autumn dress? If not, why not? Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. SAM ABRAMS Furnace Work and General Tin Work of all Kinds 1606 No. 24tb St. Omaha, Neb Fall Fashions Thompson, B Howard and Si Thompson, Belden & Co. Howard and Sixteenth Sts. EMERSON LAUNDRY F. S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 For Women and Misses who like out of the ordinary styles at moderate prices-- We Print the Monitor WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. ОМАНА 522-24 South Thirteenth St. Telephone Douglas 2190 MATTHEWS BOOK STORE Stationers and Engravers Have moved to their new location 1620 Harney St., State Bank Bldg. Where larger facilities enable them to give you better service We recommend The State Furniture Co. Corner 14th and Dodge Sts. as the most reliable, accommodating and economical furniture store to buy from. NORTHRUP LETTER DUPLICATING COMPANY "LETTEROLOGISTS" TYPEWRITTEN CIRCULAR LETTERS Phone: Doug. 5685 Office: Res. Web. 4292 506 Paxton Block HENRI H. CLAIBORNE Notary Public Justice of the Peace Tel. Red 7401 Res. Doug. 6188 512-13 Paxton Block Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents Furnishings 1514 North 24th St. Omaha, Neb. T. J. Moriarty PLUMBER 1844 N. 20th St. Tel. Web. 3553 Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets elden & Co. sixteenth Sts. ```markdown ``` NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS By L. M. BENNINGTON. Thanks to the skill of the hybridist we now have races of lovely, fragrant ever-blooming carnations, dwarf and bushy in growth, that show buds and flowers in four or five months after the seeds are sown. The flowers, too, are not only borne in abundance, but are of all the leading shades of color, from white through shades of pink to dark crimson, and from cream to bright yellow as well as striped and blotched. These new carnations are as easily grown as Japan pinks. The seeds may be sown in a box in the window during March or April, and the plants set out where they are to bloom when the weather becomes warm and settled. Give them a sunny bed, and if you wish a fine show of flowers from each plant, pinch off the first stem that pushes up to bloom. This will cause the plant to stool out, and develop several stalks, each of which will bear a cluster of buds and flowers. A rich, rather tenacious soil suits the plants, and they should stand eight inches apart in the row or bed. For winter blooming sow the seeds in May or June and grow in pots, shift. Poppy A Fine Example of New Striped Carination. ing into larger pots as the plants develop. The seedlings are rarely troubled with rust, which is the bane of the florist's plants, grown from cuttings. The seeds mostly germinate in from five to seven days MULCH YOUR PLANTS If the season is warm, and the soil seems likely to dry out rapidly, water your plants well, and mulch about them with road dust. This will prevent the rapid evaporation of moisture from about the roots of the THE MONITOR plants. Larger plants can be mulched with grass clippings from the lawn. FLOWER LIST FOR AMATEUR Among the most desirable plants for the amateur I would place the sweet pea first. This flower has great value both for garden decoration and also for ```markdown ``` Snapdragon One of the Old-Fashioned Favorites. cutting. If care is taken not to allow it to develop seed, it will blossom during the entire season. Plant at least three inches deep and as early as possible. Be sure and give a support of brush or of wire netting. The brush is preferable. Among the old standbys is the petunia, which begins to bloom in June and keeps on blooming until frost. The flowers are showy and easily grown. Phlox drummondi and the verbena are both profuse bloomers with a wide range of color and no garden should be without them. Nasturtium, calliopsis, the poppy and marigold are old tried and true favorites and should not be overlooked. The most fragrant of flowers, the mignonette, the pansy, the ten week stock, the aster and the snapdragon should all find a place in the garden, however small it may be. A corner of bachelor's button, the ragged robin, requires little care and makes a glorious splotch of color. These are all old favorites, all are good, easily grown, and all are kinds that the beginner in gardening will soon get on friendly terms with. By L. R. O'BRIEN. St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 24.—A Local League in Action.—A report from the Local Business League of St. Joseph, Mo.. says in part: "The Local League here has increased its membership threefold and is endeavoring to fill the place in the community for which it is ordained. The outlook to that end is very encouraging. The basic plan of action as adopted is 'one thing at the time.' For the present the task before us is that of getting our institution of charity, a hospital and orphanage for Northwestern Missouri, organized and endowed. Of course there are many miner activities engaging our attention from time to time as our league is becoming the clearing house for all ideas, projects and efforts of a social and economic nature." Christianity is the one religion which proffers to save a man without eliminating, mutilating or starving some part of his essential nature. Christianity saves men wholly. Buddha called upon men to realize their nothingness; Jesus helped men to become all that it was possible for them to become. Buddha said that life was evil and promised men a heaven of unending sleep. Jesus said that life was good and promised men a heaven of unending growth. Epictetus bid men suppress their emotions and urged them to deny gratification to their feelings. Jesus aided men to deepen and to strengthen and to direct their emotions. Christianity is not a repressive religion; it enables men to express themselves fully and finely. Christianity does not impoverish life; it enriches it. Christianity does not narrow life; it expands and enlarges it. Men become not less but more their real selves as they become disciples of Jesus. A petty starved nature is not that of a Christian. An emasculated anoemic life is not a Christian life. Christ imparts both vitality and virility. He awakens undreamed of depths of vitality in our beings. He makes our personalities deep and rich. He imparts to us life and life evermore abundantly. A thorough-going Christian should have a healthier body, a stronger reason, a kinder heart, a firmer will, and a richer imagination than his fellows. Being a Christian means being increasingly broad-minded anl large-hearted and deep-spirited. It means being an exuberant son of God. Christianity is not self-denial; it is self-realization. It is not primarily a creed or a chore or a ceremony; it is life becoming full, free and fine, and rich, radiant and rejoicing. It is life journeying toward wholesomeness.—W. T. McEleven, in "The Advance." The managing editor wheeled his chair around and pushed a button in the wall. The person wanted entered. "Here," said the editor, "are a number of directions from outsiders as to the best way to run a newspaper. See that they are all carried out"—and the office boy, gathering them all into a large waste basket, did so.—Washington Life. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. CHRISTIANITY. 119 North 16th Street (Opposite Post Office) 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—1 $ \frac{1}{2} $ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should accompany advertisement. HOUSES FOR RENT. Good five-room cottage, modern excejt bath and furnace, 2018 Clark st. $16.00 a month. Western Real Estate Co., Doug. 3607. A good nine-room house, suitable for roomers, modern except heat, $25 a month. 207 South 28th avenue. Phone Walnut 1301. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Modern furnished rooms, 1819 Izard street. Tyler 2519. Newly painted and papered modern furnished rooms, $6.00 a month. Call Webster 3184. One modern desirable, furnished room, close in. 2824 Douglas street. Harney 4822. Nicely furnished rooms, with hot and cold water, at reasonable rates. 2417 Caldwell street. Webster 5434. Furnished rooms with hot and cold water; furnace heat. 1810 No. 23rd street. Webster 3401. Desirable furnished rooms; hot and cold water; reasonable rates. 2408 Erskine street. Nicely furnished roms; modern; for gentlemen only; $2.00 a week in advance. Mrs. Fanny Roberts, 2103 No. 27th street. Webster 7099. Clean, modern furnished room, close to both Dodge and 24th street carlines. Mrs. Ellen Golden, 2302 North 25th street. Webster 448. Clean, modern, furnished rooms, with hot and cold water. On Dodge and Twenty-fourth car lines, walking distance business center. Mrs. A. Banks, 912 North 20th Street. Douglas 4379. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. Nicely furnished rooms, $1.50 and up per week. Mrs. Hayes, 1836 No. 23rd St. Webster 5639. CORSETS made to measure, $3.50 and up. Mrs. Hayes, 1826 No. 23d St. If you have anything to dispose of, a Want Ad in The Monitor will sell it. HAIR GOODS, all kinds. Fine line straightening combs. Mrs. Hayes, 1826 No. 23rd St. FOR SALE—Large hard coal heater in excellent condition; size No. 17. Harney 4360. WANTED. WANTED—Correspondents and subscription solicitors for The Monitor in Nebraska cities and towns. WANTED—A middle-aged woman who desires a nice home. For further information call Webster 996. 15 SHOES made like new with our rapid shoe repair methods, one-fifth the cost. Sold uncalled-for shoes. We have a selection; all sizes, all prices. Men's half soles.....75c Ladies' half soles.....50c FRIEDMAN BROS. 211 South 14th St., Omaha. No. 9 South Main St., Council Bluffs. --- 8 News of the Lodges and Fraternities Rough Ashler Lodge No. 74, A. F. & A. M., Omaha Neb. Meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. J. H. Wakefield, W. M.; E. C. Underwood, Secretary. Excelsior Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays in each month. Zaha Temple No. 52, A. E. A. O. U. M. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings the fourth Wednesday in each month. N. Hunter, Ill. Potentate; Charles W. Dickerson, Ill. Recorder. Shaffer Chapter No. 42, O. E. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Friday in each month. Maggie Ransom, R. M. Elnora Obee, Secretary. Rescue Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Monday in each month. Lodge rooms, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. William Burrell, W. M.; H. Warner, Secretary. Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursday of each month. C. Lewis, C. C.; A. Marshall, K. of R. S. Omaha Lodge No. 2226, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Meeting nights, the first and third Thursdays of each month. Lodge rooms, 2522 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Lake street. C. M. Johnson, N. G.; J. C. Belcher, Cor. Secretary. Western Star No. 1, K. of P.—Meetings second and fourth Thursdays in each month. J. N. Thomas, C. C.; E. R. Robinson, K. of R. and S. NO COLOR LINE IN THE SAND HILLS, BANNER, NEB. Rain, rain and more rain. Hay and corn are doing fine and frost having delayed coming, the people in the settlement will have plenty. Potatoes are fine. Mr. Dewitty was in Seneca recently. Quarterly meeting here September 12th, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Barcley, was well attended. Mrs. A. P. Curtis and daughter have returned home after a delightful two weeks' visit in Chicago. Leo Leneer and wife are employed at the Seneca hotel as chef and pastry cook, respectively. Mr. Harry Tyler has returned home from Seneca to his ranch on Big creek. See De Witty Bros. for dry goods and groceries. Fresh butter and eggs bought and sold. Young turkeys for sale. Mrs. A. P. Curtis. Mrs. Sadie Selby, our correspondent, has been having trouble with an injured hand. In trying to shoot a big rattler, the shotgun recoiled and severely injured her hand. Miss Pearl Woodson is teacher of district school No. 164, which has opened with a large enrollment. Billy Sunday wouldn't stand any show out here. We don't draw color lines out in the hills. APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER. Joseph J. Atwell has been appointed general manager of the South Carolina Mutual Insurance company, the widely known Negro insurance company of Durham, N. C. Mr. Atwell will have his headquarters at Columbia, S. C. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. THE MONITOR Haitien Marries a Virginia White Girl Baltimore, Md., Oct. 1. Maryland's law against the marrying of persons of Negro and Caucasian descent evidently does not apply to foreigners. This is evidenced by the fact that Maurice Menos, son of Solon Menos, the Haitien minister to the United States, was married in Baltimore to Miss Lillian Burgess, of Culpepper, Va., but recently attending a business college in Washington, where she met young Menos. Menos is 26 years old, and is secretary of the Haitien legation, going to Washington a year ago from Paris, where he held a minor post. The marriage was performed Friday, September 17, by the Rev. J. M. Wallace, pastor of the Aisquith Street Presbyterian church, an influential white minister. Mrs. Apted, an aunt, and Mrs. Joseph Janis, a sister, accompanied Miss Burgess from Washington to Baltimore and witnessed the ceremony. Luncheon was had at the Belvedere, the leading hotel in the exclusive residential district, after which young Menos and his bride left for New York. The Haitien minister was not aware of his son's intention, and had not heard of the ceremony until questioned by reporters. degree and a short while ago conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws. While at Knox, one of his fellow students, who was also working his way through, was R. W. Freeman, the oldest colored letter carrier on the Omaha force. Subsequently Mr. Kennedy graduated from the state university of Iowa with the degree of bachelor of law. He came at once to Omaha. That was in 1882, thirty-three years ago. He had the usual trials of the average young lawyer. Pluck, patience and persistence won. Nine years ago he represented the Second Nebraska district for two years in congress. Mr. Hitchcock, whom he expects to defeat in the next senatorial election, defeated him for congress. He was chairman of the republican state committee in 1911 and served as a member of the board of fire and police commissioners of Omaha for a number of years. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Presbyterian church and a trustee of Bellevue college. Early in July Mr. Kennedy, than whom there is no better qualified man in the state, announced his candidacy for the senatorial toga. The nominations are to be made at the primaries in the spring. The election follows in the autumn. Nebraska elects her senators by the direct vote of the people. At the primaries and at the subsequent elections of November, the colored voters—who in national politics are republican—will undoubtedly support, almost unanimously, the man whom they believe from his fair-mindedness and love of justice for all men, will do all in his power to insure to them, so far as legislation can effect it, not special privileges, but that equality of opportunity and all civic rights and privileges, untrammelled by repressive and discriminatory laws, to which they are justly entitled as American citizens. That man is the Hon. John Lauderdale Kennedy. ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY (Continued from first page.) Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People-Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. DR. A. G. EDWARDS Physician and Surgeon Residence and Office, 2411 Erskine St. TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Free Delivery Excellent Service Web. 4443 24th and Grant North Side Second-Hand Store R. B. RHODES Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves Household Goods Bought and Sold Rentals and Real Estate 2522 Lake St. Omaha, Neb. AMERICAN HAND LAUNDRY LEWIS AND POLK, Props. Ladies' and children's fine dresses and clothes given special attention. Bundle washing. Work called for and delivered. Get our prices. Phone Web. 6118, 1809 N. 24th St. Patton Hotel and Cafe N. P. PATTON, Prop. 48 modern and neatly furnished rooms Meals served at all hours 1014-1016-1018 South 11th Street Phone Douglas 4445 Stand Phone, Doug. 3724 Res. Phone, Doug. 2378 Call Doug, 1491 From 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. For service and safety call BOB ROBINSON and his 7-passenger Abbott car Stand Jack's Buffet 111 So. 14th St Auto for Hire Special attention to private parties Special prices PHONES: 7 p. m. to 11:55, Williamson, Terrill Drug Co., Web. 4443 12:05 p. m. to 5 a. m., Midway Doug. 1491-3450 5 a. m. to 7 p. m. Residence Web. 7661 Res. Phone Web. 4831 Office Doug. 4287 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 220 South 13th Street (Over Pope's Drug Store) Omaha, Neb. Have your shoes shined right at The Daisy Boot Black Parlor 309 So.15th Street (Opposite Beaton Drug Co.) Open Wednesday, August 11th Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night ALLEN JONES Funeral Home Lady attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Phone Web. 204 2314 No. 24th Street Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed Phones, Res, Doug, 4379, Office Doug, 3718 1914 Cuming Street L. O. GREGORY ICE CO. IS AT YOUR SERVICE Phone Webster 6421 The Business World Phone Web. 71 J. D. LEWIS BANKS-WILKES THE PEOPLES DRUG STORE THE PEOPLES DROG STORE 109 South 14th Street Drugs, Cigars and Soda Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We appreciate your patronage Phone Douglas 1446 Dress Well and Save Money It is economy to have your clothes Custom Tailored individually, where you not alone get a perfect fit, but get superior quality in both the material and in the tailoring Your garment lasts longer and looks better. Let us make your fall suit. H. LIVINGSTON 103 South Fourteenth Street MRS. J. M. ROBINSON Milliner and Dressmaker All Work Strictly First Class 2524 Lake St. Omaha, Neb. MADAM LEVER Manufactures The World's Wonderful Hair Grower and Shampoo Hair Dressing and Manicuring 913 N. 27th Ave. Phone Harney 1497 C. M. Simmons, Pr. p. Economy Tailoring Co. Suits Made to Order, $15 up Cleaning and Repairing Goods Called for and Delivered 114 S. 13th St. Omaha, Neb. MUSIC (THE RIGHT KIND) By Dan Desdunes Orcbestra 2516 Burdette St. Web. 710 J. W. MOSS HOME BAKERY and DELICATESSEN Strictly home made bread, pies, cakes, etc. Discount to churches, lodges or special parties OUR SPECIALTY: Pure home made ice cream and all kinds of salads and sandwiches. Phone Web. 6507 2530 Lake Street Omaha, Neb. THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS The Broomfield Hotel 116-118 South Ninth St. Strictly modern and up-to-date Prices moderate Phone Douglas 2378