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THE MONITOR A National Week $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Labor Exodus Whites of Georgia Promise Race Protection from Mistreatment if they Will Remain Where Needed. Colored Men Given Opportunity to Speak Plainly Concerning Conditions. Fear Potent Factor. Albany, Ga.—Leading white citizens of this section have awakened to the necessity of stilling the unrest which is agitating Negro labor and leading to the unprecedented migration to northern sections, and as a means to this end they have called into conference leading Negroes of the community. At a preliminary meeting held to talk things over, prominent representatives of the Negroes were asked to talk frankly and freely of the problem, and they did so, with the result that a clearer insight was had by all present into certain features of the widespread emigration movement among the Negroes of this section. As an outcome from this meeting the white citizens have determined to take action to assure the Negro laborers of southwest Georgia that they are wanted here, that they will be given protection from mistreatment, and that the best class of white citizens will continue as in the past, to be their friends. Why They Leave Georgia. It was brought out by the statements made by the Negro leaders that there are several considerations that influence the Negroes who are leaving Georgia. In the first place the coming of the boll weevil has caused many of them to become apprehensive of their ability to make a living here any longer. Some of the large white planters, it is stated, have told their Negroes that because of boll weevil conditions they can no longer make arrangements to supply their needs as they have done in the past. This has removed the main prop of the existence of many Negroes, and when the opportunity has come to go north they have seized upon it as a welcome means of salvation from conditions with which they feel unable to cope. Another factor, and a much stronger one, that is causing many Negro families to leave, especially from certain sections, is the impression that has gone abroad among them that the better class of white citizens have changed their attitude and will no longer protect them. The big, outstanding feature of the meeting was the assertion that the plain truth of the exodus of Negroes from southwest Georgia is that they are afraid to remain here. Tales were told of the sleepless nights spent by Negro families in sections where lynchings have been perpetrated; how every sound outside the humble cabin (Continued on Page 13) Strive to Prevent Fear a Potent Factor. of Nebraska THE REV. JOHN ALP CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ```markdown ``` Nebraska Democrats Appoint Race Men Lincoln, Nebr., Dec. 4.—Four Colored men have so far received appoint under the state democratic administration elect. Major Moore and Col. Wm. Woods were re-appointed to the positions held by them under previous administrations, while Secretary of State, C. W. Pool, has appointed Fred Bailey as clerk. In addition to Bailey's regular work he will assist in the registration of automobile licenses, which is a rather responsible duty. The fourth appointment has been made by the democratic sheriff-elect, Mr. Thompson, in naming a Colored man as jailor. He will be the first one of his race in the Court House for many years. WHITES' PROTEST OF NO AVAIL WHITES' PROTEST OF NO AVAIL Shreveport, La., Dec. 8.—Despite the efforts of some prejudiced whites to prevent the Avenue Baptist Church from building on a recently purchased sit, the City Council has unanimously requested the Building Inspector to issue a permit for the same. spaper Devoted to the Interests of the Colored of Nebraska and the Northwest Omaha, Nebraska, Dec. 9, 1916 NEXT ON THE PROGRAM. ISTMAS PPING SURE YOU BUY IN MONITOR ADVERT ```markdown ``` Bronstrup —Bronstrup in San Francisco Chronicle. OU BUY FROM ADVERTISERS Schwab Will Employ Colored Men in Plant Baltimore, Md.—That Charles M. Schwab intends to give Colored labor a square deal at his big steel works near the city was asserted by his confidential man, Joseph L. Ray, at a banquet tendered him by representative men of the race here Tuesday evening of last week. Mr. Ray said that Mr. Schwab intended spending $50,000,000 within the next three years in developing his plant here, and would make Baltimore the greatest ship-building center on the Atlantic seaboard. He said that 20,000 men would be employed, and that Colored men would be given a chance at anything they were capable of doing. He said that it spelled good things for the race in the way of industrial opportunity. DEAN TANCOCK WILL PREACH Dean Tancock will preach at St. Philip's church Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Public invited. Vol. II. No. 24 (Whole No. 76) Street Lighting Contract Ratified Citizens Endorse Action of Mayor and Commissioners by Decisive Majority. RACE VOTE IMPORTANT FACTOR Returns From All Precincts in Which Colored Vote is Large Show Significant Facts. The street lighting contract entered into between the city commissioners and the Omaha Electric Light and Power Company over two months ago, was ratified by a decisive majority at the polls Tuesday, at the unnecessary special election forced upon the city by a small coterie who opposed the contract. Unofficial returns, which will not be materially altered by the official count, show a majority of 2,275 for the contract in a total vote of 19,852. The vote was, "Yes," 11,064; "No," 8,788. This vote is about double that of the last special election, which was held in August, 1913, when the extension of the franchise to the Omaha Gas Company was the issue. Race Vote Important Factor. The Monitor did good service in educating its readers on the importance of the street lighting contract and as a result the race vote was a most important factor in this election. An alaysis of the returns shows that in every precinct, except two, in which the Colored vote is relatively large, the contract carried by good majorities. The two exceptions out of twenty such precincts, were the first and fourth precincts of the Sixth ward, where there was a majority of 11 and 35 respectively against the contract. That majorities were returned in the precincts where the Colored vote is relatively heavy is a significant fact. Where Colored Vote is Heaviest. While there are very few precincts in the city, even in the exclusive districts, where there are not some Colored voters, there are certain districts where this vote is quite strong. The precincts in which the Colored vote is heaviest and the returns from these districts are the following: Ward Precinct Yes No Majority First 9 93 32 61 Second 1 209 108 101 Third 1 152 40 112 Third 3 88 30 58 Third 4 59 18 41 Third 5 83 27 56 Third 6 103 30 73 Fourth 6 124 40 84 Fourth 7 94 23 71 Fourth 8 79 46 33 Fifth 1 95 79 16 Sixth 1 79 90 —11 Sixth 2 74 60 14 Sixth 3 89 75 14 Sixth 4 71 106 —35 Eighth 1 142 108 34 Eighth 2 121 79 42 (Continued on Page 12.) 10 RAILWAYS AND HOTELS (By J. William Shields) Perry Nichols, of Spokane, paid Omaha a short visit last week. He was en route home from the east. Fred Collins, of Cheyenne, well known ex-prizefighter, spent Thanksgiving in Omaha and renewed many of his old acquaintances. Your sweetheart, wife or sister, wants a box of O'Brien's Candy. Ask her and see. Sandy Bryant has been employed as door man at the Blackstone. Gene Thomas was seriously hurt in an auto accident last week. Several ribs were broken and his head lacerated. Latest reports are favorable as to his present condition. John Ruskin Cigar, 5 cents. Biggest and Best. Harris Boswell, of Kansas City, spent Thanksgiving with Omaha friends. The boys on the rails say that business is so dead that there is nothing to do but call the undertaker. All the U. P. headquarter men are in town preparing to take life easy during the holidays. Remember Freling and Ste'nle. They carry the finest line of trunks, bags and suit cases in Omaha. The ruling that saloons are not obliged to pay $1,000 for license from now to May 1, will keep most of the bars open. The Monitor has the ads of Omaha's premier haberdashers. Give them a Xmas call and mention us. Atkisson, the home of the famous Nettleton Shoe, has favored us with a fine ad. Look it up, boys, and give him a play. The Willow Springs Distillery will manufacture denatured alcohol and near beer. There is talk among the hotel men of organizing and lookiig forward to their own welfare as well as the welfare of their employers. The idea is a laudable one and it is to be hoped that a real effort will be made toward the realization of the project. The California rush is on and the Santa Fe is kept busy trying to find waiters for its specials. Charlie Windom, of Chicago, was in the city last week. John Ruskin Cigar, 5 cents. Biggest and Best. Roscoe Miller is back at the Omaha Club. Roscoe claims he caught a case of rheumatism, but the little bird says that Roscoe just naturally had to beat it back to the bright lights and local speedways. It would be a most excellent idea for our waiters to choose some one head waiter of the city hotels and contribute to him small amounts to the end of helping some poor Colored children to a happy Christmas. While the charitable institutions of Omaha are most liberal to all classes, many of our own men should club among themselves or donate to the Goodfellows fund with a special request that some Colored children be looked after. --- CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Rev. George F. Bragg Preaches 25th Anniversary Sermon. On Sunday morning, November 26, the congregation of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its pastor, Rev. Dr. George F. Bragg. Coming to the church, a young man, Dr. Bragg has been a force not only in his church, but the community at large. During the course of his sermon, Dr. Bragg spoke of several members of the church who, with him, were also celebrating twenty-five years of service. In bringing his text, "Without vision, the people perish," he spoke of the abundant vision and faith that had kept the Negro race since its emancipation from slavery. While praising those who had helped the church during its struggles, he also took occasion to score those who had been content to sit by and do nothing, saying they were spiritually dead. "Some people do not like this kind of preaching," he said, "but during my twenty-five years of service at St. James Church, I have never hesitated to preach against sin in any of its forms, and there are no considerations that can make me swerve from the course that is laid out for me as minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ."—The Baltimore Afro-American. MUST RECOGNIZE BLACKS Boston, Mass., Dec. 8.—That the present European war is the result of the selfish desire of the fighting nations to gobble up the whole of Africa was asserted by W. E. Burghardt DuBois, in an address on "The World Problem of the Color Line" at the Newton South Forum Sunday, November 26. "The rights of the blacks throughout the world must be recogiized," he declared, "and if they are not, such conflicts will go on because of the arrogance and selfishness of the world powers in their desires to gain the laid of the black man's home in Africa." The present war, the speaker said, was the result of a desire to control the African veldt, a desire to exploit the African race, and but for the eagerness of European rulers to secure control of the land in the Dark Continent, there would have been no war. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. JOHN H. HARRIS No superior and rew equals. My success as a barber is not due to knocking my fellow workmen or any other knight of the chair. The public reserves the right to differenciate between real barber work and a game of talk. My work stands alone on its merits. 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We sell high grade clothing at cash store prices—that helps you. We are the largest credit clothing operators in the middle west. Beddeo 1417 DOUGLAS STREET Iler Grand Building. Choosing a Husband By ELINOR MARSH Miss Virginia Ashurst was known to possess a fortune producing $20,000 a year. Naturally she had no end of suitors, and she was quite sure that all of them wished to marry her money as well as herself and without her money would not think of marrying herself. She resolved to submit a series of questions to each one of the half dozen men who had proposed to her. These questions were to be propounded anonymously, the men not knowing from whom they came. This was the form of her interrogatories: "First.—State what you consider the claims of a wife on her husband. "Second.—Do you hold that the husband or the wife should be at the head of the household? "Third.—What is the object of your life? "Fourth.—Do you believe in the present system of education used in schools and colleges? "Fifth.—Should the mother's or the father's views be paramount in the training of children? "Sixth.—Should the wife be permitted to receive the attention of men other than her husband? "Seventh.—Should the husband be permitted to pay attention to other women than his wife? "Eighth.—What are your views as to the use by a husband of money belonging to a wife?" Miss Ashurst hoped in the replies to these questions, selected with some care, to form an opinion of the inner selves of those who replied to them. Had she asked them herself of her suitors she knew that she could not depend on the sincerity of the answers. She surely had an advantage in not being known. She was somewhat disconcerted to find that all her suitors were applicants for the hand of this wealthy unknown. The replies were all evidently well considered and satisfactory to her, some especially so in certain numbers, some in others, but altogether they made up a fair average. Yet there was no one that showed in every number just what she wanted. Besides, she was miffed that every one of the men who had tried to make her believe he loved her and would be miserable without her was ready to marry another girl with a fortune. She resolved to send her list of questions to another half dozen of her men acquaintances. She received replies in every case. Five of these replies were acceptable, some of them being carefully worded and showing that the writer was a thoughtful, well balanced person, while one treated her examination paper with contempt. This person was Bob Clendenin, a young fellow whom Virginia might have considered as one she would like for a husband had he not been a sort of free lance, apparently oblivious to the seriousness of life. His reply to the number as to the claims of a wife on her husband was that the fewer claims she had the less likely she would be disappointed. He averred decidedly that the husband should be head of the house. His object in life was to get through it with the least bother. He pronounced the present system of education "rotten to the core." The father's views as to the training of children should be paramount, but they never would be. No father could ever compete with the mother in winning the affection of the children. Consequently they would always be influenced by her instead of him. As to a wife or husband being permitted to pay attention to other men or women, either might do so ad lib unless the other objected. When it came to the last question, concerning the use of a wife's money by a husband, the reply was that he was incompetent to answer it because he, being poor, would not on any account marry a rich wife, and he knew that such a condition would surely render the husband subservient to the wife, and he had no fancy for any such serfdom. Miss Ashurst, who had started out with one idea, became captivated with another. She had intended to be guided as to the suitor she should accept by the good, hard sense indicated in the replies of the applicant. The man showing the most depth of thought and feeling in his replies would be favored. But she was much staggered by Mr. Clendenin's examination paper, especially by his reply to her last question, in which he declared that he would not be tied to any rich woman. What staggered her was a desire that sprang up in her breast to make him eat his words. And so it was that this human attribute which is in both men and women came up to interfere with Miss Ashurst's very sound and practical way of choosing a husband. She resolved to win—if she could—the man who would likely give her the most trouble, for, with his views concerning a poor man married to a rich wife, constant friction was to be expected. As to how Miss Ashurst won a husband despite his objections to marrying money and how it all turned out after their marriage there is no room here. Mr. Clendenin meant what he said in objecting to be tied to a wife's fortune, and Miss Ashurst, after all, was obliged to call in the little god to get him. After getting him she found him an excellent manager for her estate and paid no attention to it herself. A tactful man can pull a stinger from a bee without getting stung.—G H. Lorimer. MOURNING DOVE (Zenaidura macroura) Length, twelve inches. The dark spot on the side of the neck distinguishes this bird from all other native doves and pigeons except the white-winged dove. The latter has the upper third of wing white. Range: Breeds throughout the United States and in Mexico, Guatemala, and southern Canada; winters from the central United States to Panama. Habits and economic status: The food of the mourning dove is practically all vegetable matter (over 99 per cent), principally seeds of plants, including grain. Wheat, oats, rye, corn, barley, and buckwheat were found in 150 out of 237 stomachs, and constituted 32 per cent of the food. Three-fourths of this was waste grain picked up after harvest. The principal and almost constant diet is weed seeds, which are eaten throughout the year and constitute 64 per cent of the entire food. In one stomach were found 7,500 seeds of yellow wood sorrel, in another 6,400 seeds of barn grass or foxtail, and in a third 2,600 seeds of slender paspalum, 4,820 of orange hawk-weed, 950 of hoary vervain, 120 of Carolina cranesbill, 50 of yellow wood sorrel, 620 of panic grass, and 40 of various other weeds. None of these is useful, and most of them are troublesome weeds. The dove does not eat insects or other animal food. It should be protected in every possible way. Have Distinction in Christmas Jewelry Gifts Marion D. Franks Watches, Diamonds, Merchandise of Quality, Honestly Made and Honestly Sold. 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New York.—Roy Nash, secretary of $he National Association For the Ad- vancement of Colored People, has per- sonally investigated and secured the facts in respect to the lynching of An- thony Crawford, a prosperous colored citizen, at Abbeville, 8. C., last October. Governor Richard I. Manning and the citizens of Abbeville have gone on rec- ord as being bitterly opposed to mob tule in the state. Governor Manning, in a statement to the press, says: “I was out of the state when the Abbeville lynching oc- curred. As soon as I learned of it I called Solicitor R. A. Cooper and Sher- oe oe . ~ “we 7. wee eg ee aig te Pore! EER THE LATE ANTHONY CRAWFORD, Murdered by a mob of white men at Ab- beville, 8. C., Oct. 21, 1916. iff R. M. Burts of Abbeville to the office and called on Coroner F. W. R. Nance of Abbeville county to comply with the law and furnish me with a copy of the testimony taken at the coroner's in- quest. TI found that the coroner held an inquest, but took no testimony. “I intend to do everything in my power to uphold the law and let the offenders know that such acts will not be tolerated and that those guilty of violating the law must suffer for it.” ‘The lynching referred to occurred on Oct. 21 in one of South Carolina’s most beautiful and progressive cities. An- thony Crawford, the victim, was a Ne- gro fifty-one years old, worth over $20,000. He got into a row with a white storekeeper named Barksdale over the price of cotton seed. It is re- ported that Mr. Barksdale called him a liar, and the Negro cursed him round- ly in return, whereupon a clerk ran out to give Crawford a beating with an ax handle, He was saved from this by a policeman, who arrested Crawford and took him to the municipal building, but when they let him out on bail a crowd of men toc after him again, in- tent on punishing him for daring to curse a white man. “The day a white man hits me is the day I die,” Anthony Crawford once said to a friend. When he saw the crowd coming after him he went down in the boiler room of the gin, picked up a four pound hammer and waited. The first man who came at him, Me- Kinney Cann, received a blow in the THE MONITOR. } skull. But which knock- ° he reached | D d d B c s down they | viernes LAGGY S DE had finished fi head which fractured his skull. But some one hurled a stone, which knock- ed out Crawford before he reached any one else. While he was down they knifed him in the back and kicked him until they thought they had finished him, when they permitted the sheriff to arrest the unconscious Crawford on condition that he would not take his prisoner out of town until they knew whether Cann would live or die. Cann wasn’t hurt as badly as they thought, but nevertheless a mob went back to the jail at 4 o’clock that after- noon, dragged Crawford through the streets of the Negro quarters with a rope around his neck, hung his mu- tilated body to a pine tree at the en- trance to the fair grounds and expend- ed a couple of hundred rounds of am- munition on it, A meeting was called in the Abbe- ville courthouse, at which it was de elded to order the sixteen sons and daughters of Crawford and their fami- Mes to abandon their $20,000 home and get out of the state by Nov. 15, After the meeting this mob closed up all the Negro shops in Abbeville. The Columbia State in a powerful editorial pointed out that, in view of the exodus of Negro labor from the south to northern industrial fields and the approach of the boll weevil, South Carolina’s problem was to keep her colored men instead of serving notice on them that, no matter how indus- trious or successful they might be, their case was hopeless, It convinced the business men of Abbeville that they had lynched their own pocket- books. On Nov. 6 another meeting was held in the courthouse, at which reso- lutions were unanimously passed con- demning the whole lynching project. He was particularly polite to wo men, and usually made a good im pression on them. A young woman who was visiting at the family hotel in which he resided grew enthusiastic about his manners. “Oh, he’s such a perfect gentleman!" she exclaimed. “He always remem bers the little things which mean so much.” “Yes,” agreed her hostess. “For in- stance, he and his wife were coming down from the roof in the elevator last evening. I boarded the elevator at the fourth floor, and the instant I entered he removed his hat and held it in his hand all the rest of the way down !”—Life. White heather is not so rare as many people imagine. Albino freaks of all kinds of heath and heather are often found, especially among the ling or truck heather—Calluna vulgaris—and more frequently on the downs of Sur- rey and Sussex than in Scotland. The superstition that white heather brings luck to the wearer admits of some ra- tional explanation, because a success- ful searcher would probably possess diligence, perseverance, mental alert- ness and other qualities.—London Mail Experts have found that the hair of Japanese women is extremely long. elastic and durable, making it superior to all other human hair for commercial purposes, especially for weaving with silk into textiles. A Perfect Gentleman. White Heather. Durable Hair. LITTLE FAULTS. Beware how you regard as tri- fling faults which appear of but little consequence. You weigh them and think them nothing, but count them and you will be frightened at their number. Why not look yourself over frankly and honestly, discover your little faults and correct them? These cleared away, you may mere eas- ily seo the larger ones, if there be any, and take up the work of correcting them. Daddy's Bedtime HOW A SWALLOW CAME BACK. [Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen.) ADDY pointed to the places beside him, and the children snuggled down whe he told them: “Once upon a time a very sad wedding was about to take place, for an old mole who loved darkness and dirt was bound to marry a charming little girl who was as dainty as a fairy and who loved sunshine and singing birds. Two such different people, you see, could hardly be happy living in a hole under the ground. “But the old field mouse whom Thumbelisa, the bride, was living with wanted her to marry the mole. So one day he came to fetch her. He was dressed in ks black velvet coat and had slicked up his hair into a splendid mound. But I am sorry to say that there was dirt behind both his ears, and no decent bridegroom goes to his own wedding with soiled ears. “So it was settled that Thumbelisa was to spend the rest of her life living underground with an old mole, where she could never see the beautiful sun- shine. She could not even go out to warm herself in the sunshine, because the old mole was of a jealous nature and feared to let her up out of his home, while sunshine sort of blinded him when he went to walk in it. “The poor child was very sad at the thought of bidding goodby to the sun- shine. While she had lived with the old field mouse she had always been al- lowed to go up out of the hole she stayed in and look at the sunshine covering all the cornfield near by. “Goodby, you bright, beautiful sun!’ she cried, stretching out her tiny arms toward it. She walked on a bit through the cornfield, for the stalks had now been cut and the stubble stood like a forest of tree trunks above her head. “ ‘Goodby, goodby!’ she cried, throwing her arms around a little red flower that grew among the stubble. ‘Give my love to my dear swallow if he ever comes back to this cornfield again.’ “She had once saved this swallow’s life when it was nearly frozen to death, you see, and was very fond of him. ““Tweet, tweet!’ sounded above her head. She looked up. It was her swallow flying past the cornfield. * “Thumbelisa was delighted to see her friend. She begged him to alight on a stubble top, and she told him how she hated to have a stupid old mole for her husband. She said she dreaded to live in a dark hole and never see day- light, and finally she wept about it all. “‘The cold winter is coming,’ said the swallow, ‘and | am on my way to warm countries thet always have flowers. Will you go with me? Will you sit upon my back?" STREET LIGHTING CONTRACT RATIFIED (Continued from first page.) Ninth 1 104 100 4 Twelfth 9 112 92 20 Totals 1971 1173 798 These figures tell their own sig- nificant story. The vote by wards was as follows: ‘Ward Yes No Fire nth ees ose 499 Seca act tk 719 TSS ig soi spy ictecotnestss DOD: 164 Bt an cae peeetneeted 695 Pitt 2555 Be 960 BEE oo ah scat iO 665 Seventh ...n.-nececmeeeecerveee 195 T17 BUTI anaes ssso seems gh VO 897 WE yrs siden ola ED 809 Tenth: cece nsctacens” 102 397 Eleventh nvecscessceeeecneee 958 834 Twelfth ....-.-sssesceeecbremeeed O17 1,872 "Vor 1, ee 8,788 The Effect of Election The immediate effect of the election will be to secure for Omaha over 1000 additional street lights at no addition- al cost to the taxpayers. Since the contract ordinance was to go into ef- fect fifteen days after its passage, and was only headed off by the How- ell-Butler referendum petition, it is presumed that the contract becomes effective almost at once. Beautiful Business District. Probably the most important fea- ture of the contract is that clause which provides for the lighting of the important down town streets by orna- mental iron pillars, each bearing two lamps, four posts to each block, placed on opposite sides of the street. Designs for these pillars and lamps are already made and will be submit- ted to the council. It is freely asserted that this uew lighting scheme, now assured by Tuesday’s election, will make Omaha’s Storu— business section one of the best light- ed districts of its character in the United States. History of Ordinance. The history of the contract-ordi- nance which was upheld by the voters will be of interest. The ordinance was passed shortly after the 6-cent light ordinance, and was violently op- posed at first by Commissioner But- ler, and later by General Manager R. Beecher Howell, on the ground that the contract would jeopardize Omaha’s chances for taking over the light plant or of securing municipal light and power by other means. Corporation Counsel Lambert held that the contract-ordinance did nothing of the sort—but the campaign against the contract was made on that ground nevertheless. Commiss- jioner Butler, who cast the only vote in the council against the ordinance, drew up the referendum petition which was circulated by the Howell forces and sufficient signers secured to bring about a special election. A SOUTH CAROLINA CLIPPING If the vote of the Negroes is to be curtailed in future the notion that a white skin and nothing else shall be sufficient qualification for voting will have to be abandoned. The makers of the Constitution intended that it be abandoned after the first day of Jan- uary, 1898. If the people of South Carolina lack the courage and the conscience to disfranchise an illiter- ate white man then they would better cease to talk about keeping the Ne- groes or even the majority of them permanently out of politics in the coming years.—Columbia State. _ Mr. E, W. Chiles and Mrs. George 'D. Hayden, of Winnipeg, Canada, brother and sister of Mr. H. A. Chiles are in the city for a few days visiting | their mother and relatives. Mr. |Chiles is in the real estate and insur- icine ail lice (a Leia ee alae aa Fea a i oe £4 a es TY 1; Sa a 2 tae od WS fat : xo cs oh ig ci) Qa 8B Bai \y i ; Va 4 he Cw «mai AG ae eg, LANs | oe ehectga y> a a BE cc Jee : Con ae : <a 4 (wee ie Po | SQ RS, os Saeed, Bo f i ee ee é , ee ie aL AL, yt ’ "ae: ANY | iter Sa) ree | Sie Ol a | | cane | FA| ene rccuee | “pag | ae 3. Cease ae aa ‘Sade bic ee Gees, 27 of >} 4, aol Le as | LAR Sn 4 wie : me | i Pee | a me EOE Le OE ee ie r a — Reena pn ee re N S h t At a point near Bukharest, capital of Rovmania, the Teuton armies under Generals Mackensen and Falkenhayn met, and King ews Maps: ots Ferdinand removed his government to Jassy ; no more ofl wells were fired. Villa’s attacks on Chihuahua city completely isolated Of the Week that place, and the bandits marched on Juarez. At the coming session of the Sixty-fourth congress the president's wish for a more perfected eight hour day law and other remedies will have quick attention. The hospital ship Britannic, 48,000 tons, was torpedoed or mined in the Mediterranean. Chicago's health department's diet squad showed how one can get fat on 40 cents a day. Captain Roald Amund- sen will try to fly to the north pole. Hlaborate ceremonies marked permanent flood lighting of Statue of Liberty. Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of guns and explosives, died in England; he was born in Maine. E ae ey ao? a mie A & SY, ae fc age ee . eee sees ie ee re fe ue ek 4 A oes a i : "eee netics 2 ls e aS be : ie RNS a pA ~The BRITANNIC * IM A ee a EE ogee de se 4a) ei ek Cm e ees ba ‘ ed oe | ae ie Ne ae oe (ae ee i ee Ce ee ba ae MQ Geparvea 102 OLACE BYALES WOES this dread could be shaken off. Sacrificed His Property. One speaker at this meeting told of trip he made from Albany to At- lanta in a carload of Negroes going north. He said he made this trip for the express purpose of learning the attitude of the men who were leaving. He told several pathetic tales that showed the feeling of fear that im- pelled these people to flee from their ‘omes. One farmer who had a farm nd home worth four thousand dol- lars sold it for fourteen hundred dol- ars. He declared that his wife and little girl compelled him to do it be- cause of the constant fear in which they lived that white men were com- ing to kill them. The meeting resulted in the plant- ¢ of a firm conviction in the minds the white men present that this section of Georgia is reaping the ‘ruits of lawlessness, and that the »migration cannot be stopped until the Negroes can be convinced that hey will receive protection at the ands of the best class of white cit- ‘izens. While it is true that acts of -awlessness have been committed by irresponsible white persons of a low and disorderly class, nevertheless it is m admitted fact that these acts have not been rebuked, nor has any effect- ive step been taken to put a stop to them. That this must be done if the Negro laborers so much needed on the farms are to be kept here is the belief of those who have inaugurated this movement to stop the tide of emigration. To this end they will urge that similar meetings be held in other cities and towns of southwest jeorgia, and that organized steps be taken to give the Negroes assurance that the law abiding ones among them will be given the protection they are entitled to. THANK INSURANCE COMPANY Mrs. Georgia Robinson and daugh- ters thank the Western Indemnity Company for their prompt payment of the death claim of their daughter and sister, Ethel Cox, and urge the Colored people to patronize the West- ern Indemnity Insurance Company.— Advertisement. SOUTH SIDE. (Mrs. Lulu Thornton, Correspondent) Mrs. M. F. Starnes, who has been somewhat indisposed this week, is better. The bazaar given by the Bethel Baptist Church during Thanksgiving week was a decided success under ex- isting circumstances. In this effort more than $37.00 was realized. Mrs. Elizabeth Walker was called to Oklahoma Tuesday morning by the severe illness of her son, Volley. We hope she will find him much better and able to be brought home. The Thanksgiving dinner given by the Allen Chapel church under the auspices of the stewardess board was a success in every way. The ladies under the leadership of Mrs. Lot Peg- ram, assisted by Mrs. Jefferson, worked diligently to please the taste of all comers and feel repaid and thankful for the number that patron- ized them. The concert in the even- ing was well attended and well ren- dered. Mrs. Bessie Johnson was suddenly called to Carney, Iowa, last Monday evening by the severe illness of her father, Mr. Porter. He was once 2 resident of Omaha. We are sorry to learn that Lovetta Busch, one of our high school stu- dents, owing to sickness, will not be able to finish this semester at school. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DE: FENDANT To Leroy Plympton, Defendant: You are hereby notified that on the 1st day of September, 1916, Lillian Plympton filed her petition in the Dis- triet Court of Dolglas County, Ne- braska, the object and prayer of which was to obtain a divorce from you, on the grounds of extreme cruelty and non-support. You are further noti- fied that the plaintiff asked in said petition for the care, custody and edu- cation of her minor child. You are further notified that on the 4th day of December, 1916, Hon. George A. Day, Judge of the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, ordered that service be had on you by publi- cation. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 22nd day of Janlary, 1917, or judgment will be taken against you. At-76-79. Lillian Plympton. 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This week we have added a new feature which will prove a strong one. Any subscriber to The Monitor may nominate one contestant and said contestant will receive 1,000 points as a starter. No contestant will be allowed more than one nomination, thus everyone will have an even break. Anyone entering the contest without nomination will receive the 1,000 points credit with the first subscription turned in, A minimum of 2,000 points is necessary to win the first prize. Pick some hustling girl or boy, man or woman, and start them off with 1,000 points. NOMINATION BLANK T mominatee..............cccssccsesssesssesecssnesenseescnnteonnanenseesnnsannecsnsseesnnanvenenanannenannecs for The Monitor Subscription Contest and ask that................be credited with 1,000 points. . Ai cehesasestsbespas eutsesbannateeroscenssostertoorgonsionre tits NOR ROR Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 B02 00 101100 OOOH OOOOH OO OE esi sie sees sae ee sinneee 2412 N Street. South Side XMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER Chas. Belohlavek JEWELER and WATCHMAKER 00 OOO OO OOOO OOO OOOOH OOO 8 Ow pos erect graces lidad eetagiinaiacisomeng i H. ROTHKOP’S CUT PRICE STORE Goods at Same Prices as Last Year. 4720 Soth 24th Street. STUCCO AND BRICK COMBINATION. 1910 PERSPECTIVE VIEW-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. This house is planned for a small family. The living room runs the entire length of the house, connecting with rear sun room by French doors. Staircase is at the end of living room. Dining room is lighted by triple windows on two sides. Kitchen has built in kitchen cabinets and combination stairway. The second story has three chambers with large closets. Rear chamber opens on the sleeping porch. Birch finish and floors for the first story and second story pine, with birch floors; pine to be enameled; mahogany doors. Size over the main part, exclusive of all projections, 28 feet wide by 26 feet deep. First story 9 feet. Second story 8 feet. Basement 7 feet. Cost to build, exclusive of heating and plumbing, about $4,650. Upon receipt of $1 the publisher of this paper will furnish a copy of Saxton's book of plans, "American Dwellings," which contains over 300 designs, costing from $1,000 to $6,000; also a book of interiors, $1 per copy. ADVANTAGES OF EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company 14 SUN ROOM 12-6' X 10-0' ENTRY Clos Ref KITCHEN 10-0' X 12-0' LIVING ROOM 13-0' X 25-0' DINING ROOM 13-6' X 13-6' PIAZZA FIRST FLOOR PLAN. THE MONITOR. CK COMBINATION. Architect, Minneapolis, Minn. ROM A PHOTOGRAPH. TION. The G lis, Minn. THE Choicest Ca Webster 3387 F. The Best Webster 673 CLEAN DR SLEEPING PORCH 12'-6" X 10'-0" French doors ROOF CHAMBER 10'-6" X 12'-0" BATH 10'-6" X 7'-0" HALL CLOS CHAMBER 11'-9" X 12'-6" CHAMBER 11'-9" X 12'-6" ROOF PLAN. is the entire doors. Stair- able windows nation stair- ear chamber st story and any doors. DRY GOOD Valuable Coup- chases of SH I Webster 31033 JOHN Ladies and G SECOND FLOOR PLAN. family. The living room runs the entire ear sun room by French doors. Stairing room is lighted by triple windows kitchen cabinets and combination stair-ers with large closets. Rear chamber fish and floors for the first story and one to be enameled; mahogany doors. 1 projections, 28 feet wide by 26 feet by 8 feet. Basement 7 feet. Cost to The Monitor's Ch Give Our Advertisers You The Monitor's Classified Columns Give Our Advertisers Your Trade--They Deserve It ADS FOR AUTOISTS "Two in One" Vulcanizing Co. Tire and tube repairing. New and second-hand tires. 1516 Davenport St. COMSUMMERS AUTO SUPPLY CO. We save you money. Douglas 5230 1921 Farnam Use only Deep-Rock Gasoline and Motor Oils. Twice the power—Lasts twice as long. MISSOURI VALLEY OIL CO. BAKERIES THE LAKE BAKERY Choicest Cake, Bread and Pastry Webster 3387 2504 North 24th St. F. WILBERGS The Best in Bakery Goods Webster 673 24th and Parker Sts. CLEANERS AND DYERS DRESHER BROS. Cleaners, Dyers, Hatters, Furriers Tyler 345 2211-17 Farnam St. OMAHA DRESS CLUB We Take Pride in Giving Satisfaction Douglas 3660 2225 Cuming St. COAL I. ABRAHAMSON Coal, Kindling, Hay and Feed Prompt Delivery Webster 46 1316 North 24th St. GOODELL & CO. COAL Phone Web. 344 30th and Pinkney. J. T. BEATTY All Kinds of Coal JOE MARGULES Where a Little Money Goes a Long Ways. Webster 4378 24th and Caldwell HARDWARE J. F. McLANE Paints, Window Glass, Oils Webster 3516 24th and Lake Sts. JEWELRY—WATCH REPAIRING E. R. SMISOR Anything in the Jewelry Line Webster 4915 2505 North 24th St. S. LEWIS Just in Time to Get Watches and Jewelry While the Sale is on. 1707 North 24th Street. LOANS DAVID B. GROSS Offers Watches, Diamonds, Clothing and Jewelry at One-third off. Red 6081 410 No. 16th St. MEAT MARKETS HENRY SCHNAUBER Best of Everything in the Meat Line Webster 6564 1906 No. 24th St. J. ROSENBLATT Live Spring Chickens All Year Round. Phone Doug. 2306 219 No. 13th St. NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNITURE Two Stores CITY and LOYAL FURNITURE CO. Our Motto: A Square Deal. Doug. 4177 107 So. 14th St. Doug. 5831 223 No. 16th St. PAINTING AND PAPER HANGING O. S. WIEMER Wall Paper, Paints and Glass. Low Prices on Wall Paper. 2302 Cuming Street. Douglas 8753 Walnut 449 YOUSEM AND NIBLOCK Best Plumbing and Reasonable Prices Harney 3383 2627 Cuming St. SHOEMAKERS DOMESTIC SHOE REPAIRING First Class Work Guaranteed H. C. Hensen 2307 Cunming St. ISAAC KIERKE Fine Shoe Repairing. 1206 Dodge Street. SHOE STORES F. R. OSBORNE SHOE CO. Why Go Down Town and Pay More? Webster 1412 2506 North 24th St. TEA AND COFFEE HOMAN TEA AND COFFEE CO. We Roast Our Coffees Daily Webster 370 2508 No. 24th St. WINES AND LIQUORS WM. HOLM When You Want Fine Wines and Liquors 24th and Burdette Streets. OMAHA THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE PRINTING COMPANY . News of the Churches and Religious Topics Directory. Baptist— Bethel—Twenty-ninth and T streets South Omaha. Rev. Thomas Taggart, 26th and Burdette. Services, Morning 11; evening, 7:30; Sunday School 1 p. m.; B. Y. P. B. 6:30 p. m.; praise service, 7:30 p. m. Mt. Moriah—Twenty-sixth and Seward streets. The Rev. M. B. Wilkinson, pastor, residence 2308 North 29th St. Telephone Webster 1038. Services: Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m., and 8 p. m.; B. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m. Zion—2215 Grant St. Rev. W. F. Botts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant street. Telephone Webster 5838. Services: Devotional hour, 10:30 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School, 1 to 2 p. m.; pastor's Bible class, 2 to 3 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m.; choir devotion, 7:30 p. m.; preaching 8 p. m. Church of St. Philip the Deacon Twenty-first near Paul street. The Rev. John Albert Williams, rector. Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first street. Telephone Webster 4243. Ser- 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; Walter L. Seals, Recorder. Shaffer Chapter No. 42, O. E. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Friday in each month. Mrs. Mary E. Allen, R. M. Ella Hunter, 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. Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Fridays of every month. Lodge room 1018 Douglas street. Will N. Johnson, W. M.; Wynn McCulloch, Secretary. Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursday of each month. M. H. Haz- White Borax NAPHTHA SOAP The Cudahy Soap Co. Omaha Neb A PURE LAUNDRY SOAP. --- Directory. Baptist— Episcopal Masonic. Best for the Laundry or Kitchen. vices daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fridays at 8 p. m. Sundays at 7:30 a. m., 11 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Methodist— Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 5233 South Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha. The Rev. John H. Nichols, pastor. Residence, 5233 South Twenty-fifth street. Services: Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8:00 p. m.; Sunday school, 1:30; class meeting, 12:00; A. C. E. L., 6:30; prayer meeting, Tuesday evening at 8:00. Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and Seward streets. The Rev. G. G. Logan, pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twenty-second street. Services: Sunday School at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. St. John's A. M. E.—Eighteenth and Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Osborne, pastor. Residence, 613 North Eighteenth street. Telephone Douglas 5914. Services: Sunday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., preaching; 12 noon, class; 1:15 p. m., Sunday School; 7 p. m., Endeavor; Wednesday, 8 p. m., prayer and class meetings. Everybody made welcome at all of these meetings. ard, C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. S. Western Star No. 1, K. of P.—Meetings second and fourth Thursdays in each month. J. N. Thomas, C. C.; E. R. Ro.binson, K. of R. and 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. G. H. Brown, N. G.; J. C. Belcher, P. S. Weeping Willow Lodge No. 9596, G. U. O. of O. F., meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at U. B. F. Hall, 24th and Charles. M. H. Hazzard, N. G.; T. H. Gaskin, P. S. P. S. Friendship Temple, No. 347, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at 2:30 each month at Twenty-fourth and Charles streets, in U. B. F. Hall Mrs. Ella Johnson, Princess; Mrs. M. A. Walker, Secretary. Iroquois Lodge No.92, I. B. P. O. E. of the World meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month, 24th and Charles streets. General Scott, Exalted Ruler Jas. W. Scott, Secretary. St. Mariah Tabernacle No. 18, meets the second Thursday in the afternoon at 2 o'clock, and the forth Thursday at 8 p. m. Hall Sixteenth and Cuming streets. Mrs. Effie Sadler, H. P.; Mrs. Emma Britton, C. R. --- THE MONITOR. Will Not Injure Hands or Clothes. The Business Business Enterprises Conducted L Grow by You The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed 1914 Cuming Street Res. Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718 TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE Auction Every Saturday. 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. Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night JONES & CHILES FUNERAL HOME Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Phone Web. 204 2314 N. 24th St. Licensed Embalmer. DR. M. PRYOR RHEUMATIC SPECIALIST Famous Hot Springs Treatment Room 14, Patterson Block S. E. Corner 17th and Farnam Douglas 5824 Western Undertaking Company Webster 248 Chapel. Open "THE OLD Wm J. Swoe PHONE DO Webster 248 Chapel. Open Day and Night. 2518 Lake Street "THE OLD RELIABLE" Metz Beer WM J. SWOBODA RETAIL DEALER PHONE DOUGLAS 222. OMAHA. NEB. Wanted--- To solicit for Liberal con 1119 No. 21st St. --- SILAS JOHNSON, Funeral Director. Reliable Agents Everywhere To solicit for The Monitor. Liberal commissions. DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 The People's Drug Store 109 South 14th Street Drugs, Cigars and Soda Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We appreciate your patronage. Phone Douglas 1446 THE CASTLE THE BROOMFIELD HOTEL 116-118 South Ninth St. Strictly modern and up-to-date Prices moderate Phone Douglas 2378 Res. Colfax 3831 Office Doug 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 220 South 13th Street (Over Pope's Drug Store) OMAHA RELIABLE" Beer ODA RETAIL DEALER DULGAS 222. OMAHA.NEB. The Monitor.missions. --- 15 Omaha, Neb. AMUSEMENTS The Alhambra THE HOUSE OF COURTESY 24th and Parker Finest House! Finest Music!! Finest Features!!! You Are Always Welcome SUNDAY SOCIAL SECRETARY Nora Palmage AMBROSE RAPID RISE Comedy. MONDAY THE DAWNMAKER William S. Hart. MUTUAL WEEKLY TUESDAY THE OVAL DIAMOND Five Reels, Harris Gordon. BARBARA GILROY WEDNESDAY TANGLED HEARTS REEL LIFE THURSDAY HER FINAL CHOICE SEE AMERICA FIRST BUSTED TRUST FRIDAY LIFE'S BLIND ALLEY Five Reels, Harold Lockwood. WON BY A FOUL SATURDAY POULTRY A LA MODE THE HEART OF A DOLL REMEMBER OUR BARTOLA! The Finest of Musical Eentertainment in Omaha. The New Loyal The Movies That Are Worth While Excitement, Love and Laughter Under New Management. 24th and Caldwell. THE WESTERN SCENE FROM "LIFE'S BLIND ALLEY," MUTUAL MASTERPICTURE, DE LUXE EDITION. IN FIVE ACTS. PRODUCED BY AMERICAN. SCENE FROM "LIFE'S BLIND ALLEY," MUTUAL MASTERPICTURE, DE LUXE EDITION. IN FIVE ACTS. PRODUCED BY AMERICAN. 16 Rex Theatre Rex Theatre SANFORD MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY Every Afternoon and Evening 1316 DOUGLAS STREET The Colored Joy Makers Change of Program Sundays and Thursdays. MECCA ROLLER RINK Everybody's Down at the Rink DON'T FORGET Open Evenings 7:30. 24th & Grant F. J. Thompson, Manager. TAXI—C. WILSON—TAXI Give Me a Trial, Rates Reasonable. 3:00 P. M. to 12:00 P. M. People's Drug Store, Douglas 1446 Residence, Harney 4153. THE VENDOME The Best Place in the City A. Marshall, Prop. 1210 Dodge Street Open 6:30 a. m. to 9 p. m. 3 P. M. to 11:55 Peoples Drug Store, Douglas 1446 Midway, Douglas 1491 or 3459 5 A. M. to 3 P. M. Residence, Web. 7651 FOR SAFETY AND SERVICE CALL JOE LEWIS--TAXI AUTO SERVICE—DAY AND NIGH Enclosed Winter Car. The Alamo Dancing School Every Monday Night. Instruction from 8 to 9:30. Don't forget the Baby Doll Matinee Dance Every Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5:30. Prof. Herringtoi will teach the latest dances. Plenty of Good Music Killingsworth & Herrington, Mgrs. Admission 25c. ... THE MONITOR. A. M. A. Florence Turner, the well-known Mutual Star. Fritz Kreisler, the celebrated violinist, appeared at the auditorium Monday evening in the third concert of the Associated Retailers' series. The audience was a large and brilliant one and received the great artist with enthusiasm. Last year Mr. Kreisler seemed somewhat sad, no doubt due to his experience in the war trenches of Europe, and this was reflected in his interpretations, but this year he was in a happier mood and played with a splendor unrivalled in the realm of music. The program was well chosen and consisted of selections from the classics of the great masters, as well as several arrangements and compositions by Mr. Kreisler himself. The artist's genial and gracious manner so won the audience that their reception of him was a veritable ovation. Among those attending the concert were Mesdames John Albert Williams, A. G. Edwards, J. Alice Stewart and G. D Gordon; Misses Wiletta Davis, Jennie Robinson and Ruth Seay, and Mr George Parker, Worthington Williams, Gerald Edwards and Henry Smith. A person who can save money on a Christmas Savings club card in order to have a good time at Christmas, can save all the year round on a savings account in order to buy a house and lot for lifetime. — Richmond Planet. Will N. Johnson, Lawyer, 109 So. 14th Street. Douglas 5841. 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. Home bargain, $250 cash, balance monthly. Desirable six room modern home, choice location, paved street, shade and fruit. New up-to-date furnace, brick cemented basement. Nonresident owner will sacrifice for quick sale. Office phone, Douglas 147. Residence evenings, Walnut 2168. Monitor advertisers can satisfy all your wants. KREISLER CONCERT (Ruth Seay) HOUSE FOR SALE. 635 Keeline Bldg. HOUSES-FOR RENT For rent—Five room cottage. Modern, except heat. 2819 Miami street. Webster 3468.—9dv. FOR RENT. 5 rooms, Miller Park, city water, electric light. Was $14; now $11. Call evenings. Waliut 2587. FOR RENT 2805 Cuming St., 6 rms. .....$18.00 924 No. 27th St., 8 rms. modern.. 25.00 2621 Lake St., 3 rooms..... 8.00 2209 No. 25th St., 4 rooms..... 11.00 Benson, 5 rooms, with barn..... 12.00 G. B. ROBBINS, Douglas 2842. For Rent—Two room brick house, strictly modern except heat; with large clothes closet. Two lots. 3224 Maple. Call Colfax 2514. Preston Hieronymous. For Rent-A five room modern cottage, 2013 North Twenty-third street. Webster 6762. Nicely furnished rooms. Modern Mrs. R. J. Gaskin, 2606 Seward St. Webster 4490. Will rent front room to careful coue or two men. Also small bedroom. Reasonable. Close in. Webster 4745. Modern furnished rooms. Hot and cold water. Mrs. A. L. Johnson, 1810 North Twenty-third street. Webster 2058. Two rooms for light housekeeping. 2205 No. 27th avenue. For Rent—Furnished rooms in modern home for nice quiet young man. 3702 North Twenty-third St. Webster 3727. Neatly furnished rooms. Mrs. Helen Vaughn, 2805 Ohio street. Webster 4292 Strictly modern room for two men or man and wife, 2130 North Twenty-seventh street. Webster 5910. Mrs. Thomas Perry. For Rent—Furnished rooms in modern home. (steam heat). H. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake street. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms. Call Webster 558 evenings. Nicely furnished front room. Modern except heat. 1630 North Twenty-second street. Webster 1171. Modern furnished rooms for rent, $1.50 and up. Miss Hayes, 1826 No. 23rd St. Webster 5639. Clean, modern furnished rooms on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street car lines. Mrs. Annie Banks,, Douglas 4379. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. WANTED. Wanted—A good woman to keep house and care for three children. R. S. Dixon, 1618 North Twenty-second street. Wanted.—Two good, clean, upright laboring men as boarders. Board and room at $4.50 per week. Mrs. John Gipson, 3806 Camden avenue. WANTED—Girls or women for sorting paper. Call at Omaha Paper Stock company, Eighteenth and Marcy streets. FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. Try Madam Baker's Wonderful Hair Grower, on sale at The People's Drug Store.—Adv. General Race News 2 GUARDIAN CELEBRATES FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY Boston, Mass., Dec. 8.—That the Boston Guardian has done a good work in fighting the battles of the race was asserted by W. P. Brigham in an address at the Columbus Avenue A. M. E. Zion Church, where the fifteenth anniversary of the journal was observed. He also said that 10,000,00 Colored people of this country should have a representative in Congress. Revs. B. W. Swain, A. W. Puller and M. W. Thornton, Miss Eliza Gardner, J. R. Bourne and W. M. Trotter, publisher of the Guardian, and M. W. Storey also spoke. "I believe that an segregation law in the United States is unconstitutional and I believe, furthermore, that the end of segregation has come," Moorfield Storey told the audience. "I don't believe that any body of people in any state should be cut off from general society and oppressed after the manner the Negro race is cut off and oppressed. It is wrong for the Southern states to take the attitude they do in regard to the welfare of the Colored people." NEWSPAPER NESTOR AT NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington, D. C., Dec. 8.-T. Thos. Fortune, the veteran editor who placed the New York Age on the journalistic map, has moved to this city, bag and baggage, and is quartered temporarily with Mr. H. P. Slaughter, editor of the Odd Fellows Journal. Amid the congenial surroundings of the nation's capital he will engage in literary work of a varied character. He will be the accredited representative and general correspondent of the New York Age and will be editorial contributor to the Philadelphia Tribune, the Norfolk Journal and Guide, and other papers. As a side line in conjunction with Miss Jeanette Carter, a capable stenographer and barrister, he plans to develop a syndicate news service for papers of both races throughout the country. WHY RAILROADS REFUSED ARBITRATION New York.—That the railroads rejected arbitration in the dispute of trainmen for higher wages because they did not want seventy-five small railroads of the South and Negro employees and certain classes of white workmen from getting any benefits out of any agreement reached, was asserted by W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in an address at the closing meeting of the New York Academy of Political Science last Friday night, November 24th. DANIEL H. MURRAY, JR., DIES Washington, D. C.—After an illness of three weeks, Daniel H. Murray, Jr., died here November 22nd. He had studied music at Oberlin Conservatory and also in New York and Boston. He was a violinist of considerable ability and the composer of a number of songs and arrangements for his instrument. Of late years he paid particular attention to orchestral work. His father is an assistant librarian in the Library of Congress. vs M PAPER EELS HIGH COST OF PAPER Odd Fellows' Journal to be Published Every Other Week. Washington, D. C., Dec. 8. Because of the increase in the cost of paper and printing material and the inadvisability of raising the annual subscription price, the Monthly Board of the Sub-Committee of Management of the G. U. O. of O. P., has decided to publish the Odd Fellows' Journal only twice a month instead of weekly. Hence, Editor H. P. Slaughter, beginning December 7, will issue the Journal only on the first and third Thursday in each month. ANOTHER SUIT AGAINST DEMOCRATS St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 8.—John L. Sullivan, Colored, of 2301 Walnut street, one of the eighty-nine Colored men arrested on election morning in furtherance of the Democratic scheme of intimidating the Colored voters, filed suit in Circuit Court recently for $11,000 damages against Democratic leaders, election officials, members of the Board of Police Commissioners, and policemen. He is the second Colored man to sue as a result of the wholesale arrests of Negroes at the polls. LIEUT.-COL. YOUNG TO BE PROMOTED OMOTED Washington, D. C., Dec. 8.—It is reported that when the army is further increased Lieut.-Col. Charles Young, now attached to the 10th Cavalry and the only Colored officer of his rank assigned to the line, will be made a full Colonel and given active duty with his command as such. YOUNG SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER AT NEW ORLEANS RLEANS At the Sign of New Orleans, La.-Miss Rosalie I. Singleton, a fellow of the National Urban League, has taken charge of the community work in connection with Straight College. The work is co-operated in by three Congregational churches of the city, Central, Howard and Beecher. Louisville, Ky.—The filing for probate of the will of Samuel Carter revealed the fact that he was worth $10,000. He could not read or write, and made his money doing odd jobs. He owned a number of houses. He was unmarried, and left his estate to Miss Frances Virginia Owens, whose family he had known for fifty years. BALTIMORE Y. M. C. A. GETS SITE FOR NEW HOME Baltimore, Md.—Announcement has just been made that the Colored Young Men's Christian Association has secured the property at McCulloh and Dolphin streets for the new $100,000 home. BUYS MACHINERY FOR LAUNDRY AUNDRY Baggag Office, 15th Stanley, N. D., Dec. 8.—Mr. F. W. Smith, one of the leading young Colored business men of this city has just returned from Minneapolis where he went to purchase new machinery for his laundry. ```markdown ``` LABORER LEAVES $10,000 McQu 1512 Farnam S GIFTS THAT WILL DELI Silk Pajamas, Lounging Robes, Silk Umb Last Word in Neckwear "The House that Ja McQuillin GIFTS THAT WILL DELIGHT A MAN Silk Pajamas, Lounging Robes, Silk Umbrellas, Canes, and Fashions Last Word in Neckwear and Shirts. Sheet Music HOSPE MUSI HOSPE MUSIC SHOP CHOCOL "The Utmost in C THE O'BRIE Candy Makers Now is the Ri To Buy for Your Christmas Best Stock of DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERW In the City at Very Low SEE US FIRS BRODEGAARD B 16th and Douglas S At the Sign of the Crown Dunham & Makers of the Be Now is the Right Time To Buy for Your Christmas Presents Best Stock of DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE AND JEWELRY In the City at Very Lowest Prices SEE US FIRST Dunham & Dunham 118 South 15th Street YOU RUN NO RISK BU BRANDS THE VERY BEST FOODS ARE PACKED —Try the — TAN-GIER, HU-CO OR SUN- Phone Tyler 1200 W. C. Ferrin Van & PIANO MOVING A SP Phone Tyler 1200 Res. Phone Webster 2747 W. C. Ferrin Van & Storage Co. PIANO MOVING A SPECIALTY Baggage Delivered, Household Goods Packed and Shipped Office, 15th and Capital Ave. 2624 Burdette St. GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 THE MUSICAL HITS OF ALL PUBLISHERS 10 TO 30 CENTS. OSPE MUSIC SH ED. PATTON, Manager. O'Brien's CHOCOLATE "The Utmost in Candy" THE O'BRIEN CO. Candy Makers Now is the Right Time To Buy for Your Christmas Presents Best Stock of MONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE AND JEWELS In the City at Very Lowest Prices SEE US FIRST BRODEGAARD BROS. CO. 16th and Douglas Streets. Un of the Crown Up the Go nham & Dunh Makers of the Best $15.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN THE WORLD REPAIRING, CLEANING AND PRESSING. 15th Street 0 YOU RUN NO RISK BUYING THE Tan-Gier and Hu-Co. BRANDS MY BEST FOODS ARE PACKED UNDER THESE —Try the — TAN-GIER, HU-CO OR SUN-KIST COFFEES er 1200 Res. Phone W Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. Thanksgiving Day is the homecoming for thousands. They go back to the old home if for only a day, and if not, the cheerful letter must be sent that the dear ones may know they are not forgotten. Home ties should never be broken. Time and distance should not be allowed to efface from memory the scenes and experiences of childhood. It is a great disadvantage to have been brought up in a half dozen different homes. Where there has been but one it is comparatively easy to cherish its good influence. It is a distinct advantage to have had but one father and one mother, for as these increase in number the influences of the home are weakened. They are steady and strong in the race of life who can look back to a homestead that has continued for generations in the family. Leaving home should be done thoughtfully and not too soon. When we have gone we should not break the chords of affection and interest that bind us to the ones left there. Home does not cease to help and bless us when we have gone out from the old roof. Self interest, as well as gratitude demands that we keep in close communication with our home and we thereby bring joy and comfort to those who have done so much for us.—L. S. E. These are the gifts I ask of thee, Spirit serene: Strength for the daily task, Courage to face the road, Good cheer to help me bear the traveler's load; And for the hours of rest that come between, An inward joy in all things heard and seen. These are the sins I fail Would have thee take away: Malice and cold disdain, Hot anger, sullen hate, Scorn of the lowly, envy of the great, And discontent that casts a shadow gray On all the brightness of the common day. —Henry Van Dyke. EXERCISE AND HEALTH One way to keep healthy and live long is to play golf, says a bulletin issued by the United States public Health Service. If you cannot be on the links two hours a day, then you must wheel a baby carriage or make a garden to keep your physique from degenerating. The bulletin says: The death rate after the age of forty is increasing in spite of the more sanitary modes of living and greater protection against communicable disease. The expectation of life after forty is less than it was thirty years ago. This is due largely to increased prevalence of the diseases of degeneration. The muscles, arteries and other organs of those who as a result of sedentary occupation or indolence take too little exercise degenerate. Heart disease, kidney disease and other ills follow. "Take exercise. Take daily exercise. Have a hobbby that gets you out of doors. Walk to your business, to your dressmaker's, walk for the sake of walking. Join a walking club and HOME TIES PETITION keep your weekly score of miles. Keep chickens, make a garden, wheel the baby or play golf or any other game, but take two hours outdoor exercise every day. Gymnasium work is good for those who like it and can afford it, but avoid heavy athletics. Don't try to be a 'strong man.' The champion athlete often dies young. Be a moderate, persistent, daily exponent of exercise. You may not burn the family carriage, as Benjamin. Franklin suggested, but at least as he advised, walk, walk, walk." The KITCHEN CUPBOARD HONEY TASTIES. BUTTER HONEY CAKE.—Rub to- gether a cupful and a half of honey and half a cupful of butter, add the unbeaten yolks of three eggs and beat thoroughly. Add five cupfuls of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of ground cinnamon and half a teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful and a half of soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of orange flower water. Beat the mixture thoroughly and add the well beaten whites of three eggs. Bake in shallow tins and cover with frosting as follows: Orange Frosting For Honey Cake.—Mix grated rind of an orange, a teaspoonful of lemon juice, a tablespoonful of orange juice and an egg yolk together and allow the mixture to stand for an hour. Strain and add confectioner's sugar until the frosting is sufficiently thick to be spread on the cake. Honey Sponge Cake.—Mix one-half cupful of sugar and one-half cupful of honey and boil until the sirup will spin a thread when dropped from a spoon. Pour the sirup over the yolks of four eggs which have been beaten until light. Beat the mixture until cold, then add a cupful of sifted flour and cut and fold the beaten whites of the eggs into the mixture. Bake for forty or fifty minutes in a pan lined with buttered paper in a slow oven. Honey Bran Cookies.—Mix half a cupful of sugar, a quarter teaspoonful of cinnamon, a quarter teaspoonful of ginger and half a teaspoonful of soda, with three cupfuls of bran, half a cupful of honey, half a cupful of milk and half a cupful of melted butter. Drop from a spoon on a buttered pan and bake fifteen minutes. Salad Dressing.—Four egg yolks, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar or lemon juice, two tablespoonfuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls of honey, a teaspoonful of mustard, a teasoonful of salt, paprika to taste and a cupful of cream. Heat the cream in a double boiler. Beat the eggs and add to them all the other ingredients but the cream. Pour the cream slowly over the mixture, beating constantly. Pour it into the double boiler and cook until it thickens or mix all the ingredients but the cream and cook in a double boiler until the mixture thickens. As the dressing is needed combine this mixture with whipped cream. This dressing is particularly suitable for fruit salads. Baked Honey Custard.—Beat five eggs sufficiently to unite the yolks and whites, but not enough to make them foamy. Add four cupfuls scalded milk, one-half cupful honey, one-eighth teaspoonful powdered cinnamon and one-quarter tablespoonful salt. Bake in cups or in a large pan set in water in a moderate oven. Honey Ice Cream.—Mix a quart thin cream with three-quarters cupful delicately flavored honey; freeze. THE MONITOR. SHIPP'S Optical Watch and Shop Highest Quality Lowest Prices 518 S. 16th St., Opp. Rome Hotel ARE YOU SATISFIED with your Dry Cleaner? If not, try the ROYAL DRY CLEANERS BEST WORK AND SERVICE NONE BETTER Call Us First PHONE DOUGLAS 1811 24th St., 1 block north of Cuming Street HOLSUM AND KLEEN MAID Why Buy Inferior When The Best COSTS NO MORE? JAY BURNS BAKING CO. Buy a Sweet-Toned Schmoller & Mueller Piano Piano or Piano Player at Factory to Home Price, saving the middleman's profit, which means $75 to $100 Our Schmoller & Mueller Pianos are noted for their fine tone and durability, in fact, are guaranteed for 25 years. We have several different styles to select from. A visit of inspection does not obligate a purchase. TERMS, $5.00 PER MONTH; 3 YEARS TIME TO PAY. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1311-13 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. WOVEN BONE CORSETS MADE TO ORDER MRS. LULU THOMPSON 3407 Boyd St. Colfax 1642 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. FRIEDMAN BROS. 211 South 14th St. Omaha. 3 Now's the Time TO PLANT BULBS Tulip Hyacinth Narcissus Crocus Lily For Winter and Spring Bloom Stewart's Seed Store 119 North 16th Street (Opposite Post Office) 100 WONDERFUL BARGAINS IN Ladies' Coats AT BONOFF'S N. Y. SAMPLE STORE 206 North 16th Street. Including plush coats, wool velour and broadcloth. The very newest styles. Over 500 beautiful coats on sale at a saving of ONE-THIRD off. Every fall suit, velvets, gaberdines or broadcloths, at ONE-HALF off. Fine selection of furs at ONE-THIRD off. COME EARLY COME EARLY Holiday Time Is Here! We can always count on great business before Christmas. We made preparations this year earlier than usual, because of scarcity of desirable goods and advancing prices. RESULT:—An extensive stock, splendidly assorted—at moderate prices. Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. PLEATING BUTTONS HEMSTITCHING EMBROIDERING BRAIDING and BEADING BUTTONHOLES Ideal Button & Pleating Co Douglas 1936 OMAHA, NEB. 107-109-111 S. 16th St. Lincoln Department Mrs. Wyatt Williams Reporter. Mrs. A. Moss entertained a number of friends Monday afternoon complimentary to her mother, Mrs. Fields, of Iola, Kansas. About $40.00 was cleared at the Thanksgiving day dinner given at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. An excellent program was rendered in the evening. Mrs. Thomas, of Fremont, Nebr., spent Monday in Lincoln, visiting her son, Cecil, who is attending the university. IF PARTY HAVE YOU Made, Cleane V. B. Y THE BEST AND MOST REAS 219 North 9th Street. THE BEST AND MOST REASONABLE PLACE IN THE CITY 219 North 9th Street. Lincoln, Neb. Heffley's Tailors For Nifty Up-to-Date CLOTHING Oliver Theatre Bldg. 149 N. 13th BRITISH UNIONS PROTEST Object to Employment of Colored Laborers on the Docks. London, Nov. 25.Trade unionism which has been growling informally at the prospect of the introduction of Colored labor in Great Britain since the proposition was first mooted, has now made a formal protest. The National Transport Workers' Federation, one of the largest unions, has passed a long resolution condemning certain proposals of the Government affecting labor. The resolution says in part: "The federation's executive hopes that the authorities will not be so ill advised as to attempt the introduction of any class of Colored labor on the docks or other waterside places of employment. In the existing crisis to think of employing Colored labor would mean the recrudescence of all the trouble and discontent experienced by the increased employment of Chinese in the mercantile marine." If I had known what trouble you were bearing, What griefs were in the silence of your face, I would have been more gentle and more caring, And tried to give you gladness for a space, I would have brought more warmth into the place If I had known. If I had known what thought despair- drew you— Why do we never understand?— I would have lent a little friendship to you, And slipped my hand within your linely hand, And made you stay more pleasant in the land— If I had known. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 4 IF I HAD KNOWN Department and Business Manager. Street Mr. and Mrs. S. Lindsay have gone to Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, to spend the winter. Mrs. James Garfield spent Thanksgiving in Sioux City, Ia., with her sister. Several Colored men have been appointed to state positions by the democrats so far. A lively social session is predicted or the holidays. TICULAR FOR CLOTHES and Pressed YOUNG ONABLE PLACE IN THE CITY Lincoln, Neb. The CHAPMAN Drug Store 924 P St. Lincoln Opposite Main Door Post Office Cameras and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and a full line of Druggist Sundries THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS TO APPEAR SOON One of the most interesting and inspiring books to appear sometime during the holidays, will be The Life and Achievements of Bishop Alexander Walters which is being published by Fleming H. Revel, one of the largest publishing houses in New York, and which has been spoken of by that house as a book that will furnish a thrilling story of achievements. The book will contain an introduction by John E. Bruce, the noted writer, and will contain 350 pages, will illustrations. The book is written by the bishop himself and covers the space of his activities in public life dating forty years. JAPAN FLOATS BRITISH LOAN The London Times reports that the British treasury has agreed with Kengo Mori, the financial commissioner of the Japanese Government, for a public issue of a British loan of 100,000,000 yen ($50,000,000) in Japan. In July last the Japanese Government undertook to furnish the British treasury with $50,000,000 in exchange for British treasury bills, but in the present case it is not the Japanese Government, but the Japanese people who are providing the funds. AFRICAN SULTAN MAKES GREAT SPLURGE The Sultan of Morocco, Moulay Youssef, recently performed, for the first time in his reign, the state journey to Fez, which is the holy city of Morocco. In his retinue were 8,000 horsemen, bedizened and decorated with all the glorious colors of the Orient. Great honor was paid him by Europeans and his pilgrimage is reported to have been one of the grandest ever seen. --- THE MONITOR. NEWS OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES Grove Methodist Episcopal Church The Rev. G. G. Logan, D.D., Pastor. The Woman's Home Missionary Society, of which Mrs R. D. Allen is president and Miss Elretta Smith, secretary, has done a great deal of excellent work for the church and the community since its organization. Last month clothes were made and given to several destitute children. The society has also placed an old and worthy sister in the N. W. C. A. Home for the Aged and purpose to keep her there for a year. The women of this society are devout Christian women who are struggling to help the poor and needy of the community and are doing all they can for the love of Christ and in His name. We are very much elated to report that very triumphantly the Lord has brought us through another month. No serious storm has molested our march. We have lost nothing, but gained much. The "Old Maids' Club" repeated the drama and met with much success. The Dorcas Kensington is quite alive and helping the church right along. An additional $30.00 has been given to help paint the ceiling of the church and to buy material for needed repairs. On the night of December 14 a "box social" and bazaar will be held in the church basement. A missionary tea was recently given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake street, for the purpose of securing linen for communion services. A fine program was rendered aid the whole affair was a grand success. During the month thirteen members were added. Our new furnace has been installed at a cost of $130.00 cash. Some of our faithful men are still giving their time to beautifying the church basement. The money raised for the month from all sources was $149.23. Please, don't forget the night of the 14th. Any lady can bring a lunch box, which will be auctioned off. Make it as nice as may be desired both on the inside and on the outside and put your card inside the box. The Rev. W. F. Botts, Pastor. The services were well attended all day Sunday. In the morning covenant meeting was held from 10:30 to 12 o'clock. In the evening the pastor preached on "The Wages of Sin." Those who worshipped for the first time in this church were Mrs. L. A. Brown, of Chicago, and the Rev. L. F. Nichols, of Manassa, Va. Sunday, December 24, will be "Rally Day." Each member is earnestly requested and urged to pay in $5.00 to help clear the indebtedness on the church by the first of the year. Church of St. Philip the Deacon. Episcopal. The Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector On Thanksgiving eve representatives from the Woman's Auxiliary and the Altar Guild brought most generous donations of groceries and provisions to the rectory, as the loving gift of parishioners, which was greatly appreciated by the priest and his family. The early service on Thanksgiving Day was the most largely attended in the history of the congregation. At 11 o'clock several of St. Philip's attended the Union services at Trinity Cathedral where the rector took part in the services, reading the first lesson. Zion Baptist Church. Last Sunday afternoon Bishop Williams preached an eloquent sermon to a large congregation. Next Sunday morning Fr. Williams will preach the second of the special Advent sermons on "The King and His kingdom." At 5 o'clock the Very Rev. James A. Tancock, dean of Trinity Cathedral, will preach. Miss Ruth Seay will play a violin solo. LOS ANGELES NEWS By W. D. Sandifor. Mr. Howard Morris has sold his cafe on Central avenue and moved to his beautiful orange grove near Ontario. He expects to reap a large harvest of fine fruit this season. Sam's Dairy Lunch Rooms service has improved under the management of Mr. Lee C. Allen. George Elerbery has one of the most popular barber shops in the city. A good corps of barbers who know their business look after his well pleased patrons. Mr. F. D. Rogers is considering an offer from Mr. Watts which will connect him with the new Cadillac Cafe. We sometimes wonder where are the old friends we used to know. Looking around Los Angeles we frequently run across them. Old patrons of the Waldorf were astonished to see new faces among the entertainers recently; but they were satisfied with the entertainment. The Japanese question seems to be quite an important one in California. One of the local dailies recently said that Californians need not be surprised to wake up some fine morning and find themselves with an emperor. One need not feel lonely in Los Angeles as long as the Cadillac keeps open for Mr. Watts is always on the job. The Monitor is eagerly read in this city of the Angeles and many compliments are paid it on its literary character and makeup. The Hotel Rock Island at 1123 Central avenue, under the efficient management of Anna Moore Foster, gives good accommodations to guests. PHILADELPHIA'S COLORED POPULATION. 100.000 Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8.—Between 3,000 and 5,000 Negro laborers have come to Philadelphia from the south within the last six months, according to a tentative census made recently officials from the department of labor and commerce at Washington. Since this was an industrial census, so figures are available as to the women and children that have come with these workmen, but a conservative estimate, according to A. L. Manly, field secretary of the Armstrong Association, which does work among the Negroes, would place the Negro population of Philadelphia and its suburbs at not less than 100,000. These figures allow for the normal increase since the census of 1910, which gave 90,000 as the Negro population, as well as for the recent influx from the southern states. Mrs. Alice H. Acree and her daughter, Mrs. Charles Jenkins, left for their home in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday. While here they spent a very pleasant time as the guests of their niece and cousin, Mrs. James Kirby, 2809 Cuming street. Events and Persons Mrs. Matilda Reed, of Mt. Pleasant, Ia., spent Thanksgiving with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Connor, of 1636 North Twenty-first street, who entertained at dinner in her honor. Covers were laid for five. Those present were the Misses Lillie and Fanny Bailey, Mrs. Hurston, Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Connors. Mr. Percy McCaw is now empolyed at the Owl Drug Store. When you want your winter clothing cleaned, call up Parker, Harney 5737, Agent for The French Way. Mr. Winfred J. Johnson has secured employment with the Omaha Gas Co. Mrs. H. K. Hillon contiues to be quite ill at her residence, Twenty-sixth and Maple street. Will give home to elderly lady to assist with two children. Phone Webster 4663.—Adv. Mrs. Sarah Lewis, of 2818 Miami street, left Wednesday night for St, Louis, Mo., where she was called by the illness of her cousin, Mrs. E. L. Harris. Mrs. Georgia Johnson, 2227 Pacific street, gave a Thanksgiving dinner complimentary to several guests. Those present wehe Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson, Mrs. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, Mr. Henry Jones, Mr. Burdwell Reams, Mr. William Penn and Miss Cleota Thompson. Butternut Coffee! Did you ever hear of it? Better yet, did you ever try it?—Adv. Mr. Eugene McCaw has obtained employment at the Lord Lister hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Brushwood entertained at a luncheon Monday at their residence, 2710 Erskine street, in honor of Mr. Paul McCarty and Mr. Albert Gideon, of Los Angeles, Cal., who are in the city on a short visit. Prof. A. Liliwaki, of the Hawaiian Islands, gave a number of his favorite selections on the violin. Webster 248—Western Undertaking Company. Silas Johnson, funeral director.—Adv. Mrs. E. C. Rawls left for Los Angeles, California, Friday evening, and will spend the winter there. Will build you a bungalow on a large lot close to school and car line for $100 cash and $15.00 monthly. Tel Webster 5519.—Adv. John Smith, clerk in Frank Dewey's office, received a $10.00 raise last week. Congratulations. "They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii," "I Lost My Heart in Honolulu," and "On a Summer Night," are among the latest song hits. Buy them at Hospe. Miss Billy Wallace, of St. Paul, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Jack Broomfield. Try Madam Baker's Wonderful Hair Grower, on sale at The People's Drug Store.—Adv. "This is jewelry Xmas," says the signboards, and remember, please, that The Monitor is carrying ads for the finest jewelers in Omaha. Look them up. THE MONITOR Winfred Johnson has been employed as porter by the Omaha Gas Company. This is the first time, as far as we know, of a Colored man being permanently employed by this company and we trust that Mr. Johnson will make such a record that further openings will be made for others. Buy your Xmas cards and stationery from the Omaha Stationery Co. —See ad. Mrs. Irma Ford went to Topeka last week to spend Thanksgiving with her children. Nathaniel Perry, Jr., is quite ill with tonsilitis. Wiley Estes, who committed suicide November 30, was buried Monday. Interment at Forest Lawn. Banks and Wilks attending. The Rev. W. F. Botts officiated. Mrs. Ella Peebles, 975 North 27th street, died last Sunday. Her body was shipped by Banks and Wilks to Sedalia, Mo. About fifteen of our people attended the Kreisler concert at the Auditorium Monday night and all thoroughly enjoyed the delightful artist. When you need a good clean shave, see P. H. Jenkins, 1313 Dodge street. Adv. C. J. Jefferson, of Granby, Mo., spent Thanksgiving week with his uncle, P. W. Jefferson and family. A. Alexander, of 812 Dodge street, died November 27, and was buried December 3 from Jones and Chiles' chapel. Interment was in Forest Lawn cemetery. Little Melvin Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harrison, was taken to the Clarkson hospital Wednesday to undergo treatment for a nervous breakdown. Send your family wash to the Hinchey Laundry, Phone South or Tyler 146. You will be satisfied.—Adv. Mrs. J. R. Harrison has been confined to her bed for the past month with inflamatory rheumatism. She is slowly improving. Mrs. James Kirby has moved from 2805 to 2809 Cuming street. For Chills use our $5.00 coal or your kind at Harmon & Weeth. Web. 848. Miss Vinnie Hieronymous has a display of water-colors at the Peoples Drug Store. Will make fine Christmas presents. Look them over and select your present.—Adv. Mr. James E. Mason, of Nehawka, Neb., was an Omaha visitor this week. Mr. William Walker is ill with pneumonia at 2517 Caldwell street. Mr. Dentis Bowen is now employed as caretaker of the Flo-les Apartments, Twentieth street and Capitol avenue. Mr. Riley Mead, 81 years old, died at his home, 2614 Patrick avenue, November 30. The funeral was held from St. John's A. M. E. Church Saturday, December 3rd, the Rev. W. T. Osborne officiating Interment was at Forest Lawn. Jones and Chiles had charge of the funeral. The deceased is survived by a wife and several relatives. --- Sixteen ladies under the leadership of Mrs. Phanix, Mrs. Jackson, and Mrs. C. H. Annon very pleasantly surprised Mrs. G. W. Macklin Friday afternoon from 2, to 5 o'clock with a shower. Mrs. Macklin received quite a few beautiful and useful presents. Mrs. Mollie Allen of Douglas, Wyo., was one of the out-of-town guests. Dan Desdunes' Orchestra, Webster 710, 2516 Burdette St.—Adv. Mr. Arthur Craig spent a pleasant Thanksgiving with his mother, sister, Mrs. E. G. Scott, and his brother, W. "Sensible Gi HIGH GRADE AT POPUL New Silk Shirts Just Arrived "Sensible Gifts For Men" HIGH GRADE FURNISHINGS AT POPULAR PRICES New Silk Shirts Just Arrived Agency John B. Stetson Hats Rose Bldg., 16th and Farnam Sts. Selling Out Jewel I am going to close out my sixty days. You will make a big anything else in the store. In my had my share of Colored business Selling Out Jewelry and Diamonds! I am going to close out my stock of Jewelry and Diamonds in sixty days. You will make a big saving on your Xmas gifts or on anything else in the store. In my twenty years of business I have had my share of Colored business and appreciate it. 218 South Fourteenth Street. Christmas Thompson & Belden's Christmas Toyland and has brought to this store the most wonderful stock of toys ever exhibited in Omaha. Thousands of Dolls and a complete stock of Kid Body Dolls, now so hard to get anywhere. Brandeis Stores Trade at the Washington Market THE MOST SANITARY AND UP-TO-DATE GROCERY AND MEAT MARKET IN THE WEST. sible Gifts For M HIGH GRADE FURNISHINGS AT POPULAR PRICES ts Just Arrived Agency John B WASHINGTON J.KATLEMAN & SONS HAT AND SHIRT CO. Out Jewelry and Dia ing to close out my stock of Jewelry and You will make a big saving on your Xmas in the store. In my twenty years of bu of Colored business and appreciate it. S. ROBINSON istmas Shopp C. Craig He will remain in the city indefinitely Mrs. Mollie Allen of Douglas, Wyo., is in the city, the guest of her sister, Mrs W. C. Craig. Colored folks who want to marry should do so, and Colored folks who want divorce should not be permitted to have them. "Look before you leap" is a good rule. Who ever heard talk of a person being able to leap back to a high cliff after he had taken the long leap? Look before you leap!— Richmond Planet. fts For Men" FURNISHINGS AR PRICES Agency John B. Stetson Hats lry and Diamonds! stock of Jewelry and Diamonds in saving on your Xmas gifts or on twenty years of business I have and appreciate it. Shopping 5 Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Neb. 6 PRIEST TO BE GIVEN TESTIMONIAL ON SILVER ANNIVERSARY Baltimore, Md., Dec. 8.—Roman Catholics and other citizens are planning a big testimonial reception to Rev. C. Randolph Uncles on January 8th, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his elevation to the priesthood. He was the first Colored man to be elevated to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church in this country, and Roman Catholics of both races as well as members of other denominations will join in the celebration. It is planned to present him a testimonial gift of $1,000 on the night of the reception. On the morning of the celebration, a solemn high mass will be celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church at which time Cardinal Gibbons and other notables are expected to be present. Benediction services will take place at St. Peter Claver's Church. Father Uncles is a native of Maryland. Before entering St. Hyacinth's College, Canada, to get his scholastic training for the priesthood, he taught school in Baltimore county. He received his theological training at St. Mary's Seminary, this city, where Cardinal Gibbons was also educated. He has been an instructor at Epiphamy Apostolic College, Walbrook for a number of years. FOR WELFARE OF SOUTHERN WORKERS Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 8.—A meeting was held here November 29 to consider plans for the welfare of the 500 Colored workmen who have recently emigrated here from the south. It was the result of the interest of the Smithsonian League, recently organized to look after new arrivals. Rev. J. W. Freeman, president of the league, in calling the meeting to order said: "Uncultivated and crude, from the rice swamps, cotton fields, turpentine farms and other menial spheres of Southern industry, segregated, ostracised, disfranchised, the spirit of manhood crushed within them, they have stepped into the world of unbounded privileges. Intoxicated with these new surroundings, like the wanton boy they embrace every opportunity for pleasure which caters to their craving appetite. They need counsel, they need friends, a strong hand to guide them from the haunts of vice and mold them into good and valuable citizens." FARMERS MAKE PROGRESS Roanoke, Va., Dec. 8.—That the Colored farmers of Halifax, Dinwiddie, Surry and Southampton counties are making fine progress is the assertion made by Judge G. E. Cassell, publicity agent of the Norfolk Railway, following a trip of inspection in those counties. He said that though labor was scarce the farmers are prosperous. Speaking of the success of the farmers he had the following to say: "This is especially true of the Colored farmer, who is doing much in the way of development of the agricultural interests of the southside," and he told of one Colored farmer of Halifax county, who has three large houses filled with the finest kind of tobacco. He said also that there is hardly any Negro farmer who has not a big tobacco crop, which is now selling at topnotch prices. Have you heard of the Hu-Co and Tangier brands of eats? Look it up in the ads. THE MONITOR Adams' Saxophone orchestra left Sunday morning with the Overland Automobile agents of Omaha, on a trip to Toledo, Ohio. This is the first time in Omaha history that a Colored orchestra has received such recognition. A finely decorated car with polished floor and a thousand dollar piano will be the ball room on the way over, designed especially for the members of the Overland company and their wives. A drawing room was reserved for the orchestra and all the pleasures and privileges of the train are accorded them. Beside their expenses and salary, they were promised many gratuities and free time in Toledo to see the town and paint it red. We guess the union orchestras will have to get a hump on their playing before they can get into our class, eh? ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH NOTES A large and appreciative audience attended the Union Thanksgiving services. The Rev. W. F. Botts was at his best and preached an interesting logical Gospel sermon. The Thanksgiving offering was $20.00. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. McCullough had as dinner guest on Thanksgiving, Rev. W. T. Osborne. So far the Grant Brotherhood leads in the rally. The other auxiliaries are doing well. The rally will continue till January 1, giving every member and friend a chance to pay their assessment. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer Walker entertained at dinner Sunday, Rev. W. T. Osborne, Mrs. Zenobia Diggs, sister of Mrs. Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ray, Mrs. E. Golden and Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood. Mr. Ralph Mead was buried from St. John's M. E. Church Sunday. Chiles & Jones in charge. Mr. Elmer J. Romine and Miss Viola Majors were quietly married at the residence of Mrs. Geo. Thomas, Monday evening. The Rev. W. T. Osborne officiated. Mrs. Jessie Wright, from Seattle, Wm. and Mrs. Smith, from Nebraska City, united with St. John's Sunday. Mrs. Osborne is much improved. Dr. Hutton says she will be out in a few days. Mrs. Zenobia Diggs, of Parsons. Kas., sister of Mrs. Osborne will remain in the city until after the holidays. TRY US FIRST The Busy Jewelers WARES & REPAIRS This Jewelry Store is a Good Place for You to Buy Things for CHRISTMAS. T.L.COMBS & CO. 1520 Douglas St OMAHA Hill-Williams Drug Co. We have a large line of X-mas Cigars and Candies with prices to reach all. Give us a trial. Free Delivery. 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The Tenth, as the need for fighting grew less, took on more of the func- tions of mounted police and yet, such was the pride of tradition, war serv- ice was the ideal that was always up- permost in the minds of every mem- ber. Many of the original recruits re- mained as long as the Government would let them, for they hated to re- tire. So it was that the Tenth in peace had in reserve its deadly effi- ciency, and it went into the Spanish war with veteran officers and many a grizzled sergeant who was himself a tower of strength. It seems only yesterday that there rang through the country the call for us to take up arms against the power of Spain. I was a captain in the Seventy-first New York and, when war was declared, was made junior major. Standing a few days ago in the armory of the Seventy-first, talk- ing with the officers and watching the signs of preparation for departure to the border, there came to me vividly the scenes of haste and anxiety and work which preceded the fighting on Cuban soil. If in spite of two years’ talk about preparedness, the militia is not now equipped for service in the field, what was it in 1898, when the National Guard set forth with anti- quated arms to meet a foe on foreign soil? Not so with the Tenth, which is ever ready for fight or frolic. When or- ders came for it to move it was most- ly at Fort Keogh in Montana. It went THE MONITOR. to Chickamauga and then to the camps in Florida. When the time came for it to join our forces which were to invade Cuba it left all animals behind. The lack of transportation and the fact, then reported, that the country about San- tiago was too rough for horses, sent the Tenth to battle as dismounted cav- alry. There were horses with troop M, which made a daring landing in Cuba under Second Lieut. C, P. John- son and joined the army of General Gomez, the revolutionary leader, but the Tenth as a whole ceased to be centaurs. To the well disciplined and adaptable troopers this was no draw- back, for every unit of the command has initiative which overrides routine and custom. | The movement of the American forces in Cuba was beset by many difficulties. It is not my purpose, at thio late day, to write in any spirit of carping criticism, yet I feel that, ‘owng to the spectacular leadership of one volunteer organization, the Tenth has never had full recognition from the public for its work in Cuba, although no meed of official praise has ever been withheld, as the records of the war department show. The achievements of the Tenth were the admiration of foreign military ob- servers who accompanied our expedi- tion, and they were impartial witness- es. They did not hesitate to assert their belief that the dismounted Col- ored troopers were the very backbone of the American atttack. _ Certain it is that the Tenth got the rough riders out of a bad hole at Las Guasimas. Their timely arrival] avoided a greater disaster to the Rough Riders in the first land engage- ment near Santiago. The charge of the Tenth up the steep and tangled slope of San Juan ‘Hill will always have a place in the military annals of the world. That exploit was a big moment of Amer- ican history. One of the strong feat- ures of the conduct of the Tenth at jan Juan was its fine sense of disci- pline, of self-control, and its exhibi- tion of repression under the most try- ing conditions. It kept raw troops from firing on their comrades in the distance, for the Tenth was used to wars of ambus- cade. What an example of obedience was that when, for an hour and a quarter, one of its troops stood within sight of the Spaniards at a spot where the enemy had the exact range and never fired a shot so that they might not risk the lives of other American soldiers, Note the sight, too, of a gray haired sergeant of the Tenth leading troops, Dear Old Santa Claus | BIDS EVERYBODY, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, he A HEARTY WELCOME To , “The Christmas Store for Everybody” : HE MAKES HIS HEADQUARTERS IN THE DOWN STAIRS STORE THIS SEASON. * Burgess-Nash Company “EVERYBODY’S STORE.” i cl iin iii cad eeaeaerenel eet 7 for the mortality among commissioned officers was high, and, as cool as a cucumber, posting his men, calling each by name. (To be continued next issue.) Pree ett one OI Te). Red 1424 Will L. Hetherington Violinist Instructor at Bellevue College Asst. of Henry Cox i Studio Patterson Blk beeen neem onto t enone tnt eenttn ont t® ee ene wea at Gibson Tea & Coffee Co. } It pays to come to our store. + We pay you a bigger interest on the money you spend than the bank pays you on the money you save. + Doug. 5320 2404 Cuming St. 4 GOVERNOR MANNING South Carolina, in her effort to rise above the recent stigma brought upon her through the lynching of Anthony Crawford, presents a different front from that worn by her under the administration of Cole Blease. After Crawford was lynched in a public square, there were some lawless ones who believed that all of Crawford's family had to leave the state. The family was so informed by the mob. It is refreshing to note the difference in men. Blease, the hater of all black men, allowed his state to make for herself any kind of lynch record the rabble desired. But Governor Manning evidently has within him some of the elements God intended real human beings should have. In response to the desires of the mob, the governor went on record as saying that the family of Crawford did not have to leave the state. In perfect accord with this declaration, some of the best men of the city of Abbeville met and went on record in the form of resolutions as being opposed to the action of the mob, and the spirit of those who ordered the Crawford family from the state. The resolutions indicate that the Governor has within him the better blood of South Carolina. There seems to run between the lines that spirit of fair play, decency and common justice, all of which is in proof of our theory that one red blooded white man can make a thousand cowards quit. The country at large will greet with satisfaction the action of Governor Manning. South Carolina will be proud of the higher esteem in which she is held by the country because of the position taken by a real governor. If the contagion can but spread to Georgia, Governor Manning will have initiated the reform of the South.—Pittsburg Courier. A RAY OF HOPE FROM GEORGIA Dispatches from Albany, Ga., tell of an important conference participated in by leading white and Colored men, held a few days ago to inaugurate an organized effort to stem the tide of emigration that has set in among the Negroes of that section. At the preliminary meeting representatives of both races talked things over and an understanding was reached that immediate action should be taken to assure the Negro laborers of Southwest Georgia that they are wanted home and will be given protection from mistreatment. It is reported that during the conference Colored men were asked to talk frankly and freely, which they did, resulting in both races reaching a better understanding. Coming from Georgia, where race prejudice and lynchings thrive, this "get-together" meeting must be regarded as more than a passing incident. From it there shines a ray of hope that down in Georgia the white people are becomig ashamed of their inhuman treatment of the Negro and have decided to turn over a new leaf before the first of the year. It is surely a hopeful sign when southern white man find it no insult to their intelligence to ask southern Colored men to speak out frankly and freely about the Negro; for usually the southern white man assumes the strange attitude that he knows more about the race problem, be it in the North or South, than the Negro himself.—The New York Age. Go to Gordon's Drug Store, 24th and Burdette Sts., for Brown Skin Powder, Dr. Palmer's Skin Whitener Soap and Skin Whitener. Webster 6174.—Adv. THE MONITOR. Letters From Our Readers APPRECIATE PROMPT ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILY To The Editor: I wish to thank the officers and members of the N. W. C. A. and Mrs. H. J Crawford also through the Monitor for their fine spirit shown in promptly contributing to the needs of Mrs. Cheatem, who has five small children and a sick husband in a hospital. This family was greatly benefitted and I feel that the efforts of these women have been highly appreciated. N. W. C. A. NOTES A call meeting was held at the home Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 6th. Letters of acceptance have been received from Mr. George G. Wallace and Mr. E. F. Dennison, secretary of the Y. M C. A., who have been selected as members of the advisory board. A nice dinner was served to the inmates of the home on Thanksgiving Day through the kindess of Mrs. R. K. Lawrie. There are now two inmates in the home and room for several more. Application for admission may be made through the president, Mrs. J. G. Jewell, 2911 Lake street, or the secretary, Miss E. Smith, 3029 Pinkney street. Rabbi Frederick Cohn, chairman of the advisory board to the Commercial club, Mr. K. Shreiber, head of the city welfare board and the Rev. Jno. Albert Williams were visitors at the home during the week and expressed themselves as highly pleased with the cleanliness and excellent appearance of the home. The ladies of the association are preparing for a tea to be given at the home, January 4, under the direction of Mrs. Lawrie. Friday has been set aside as visitors day. The public is invited to call and inspect the home. A regular meeting of the association will be held Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 13. The report of donations from the churches is held over for next week's issue. A Thanksgiving party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Charles of 2603 Cuming street. The dining room was decorated with green and red and miniature pumpkins and cupids. Among the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. J. Todd, Mr. and Mrs. J. Duke, Mr. Bell, Mr. Hatcher, and Miss Bessie Beasley. A delightful time was spent by all present. Mrs. Amanda Craig from Atchison, Kans., spent a pleasant two weeks in our city visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. G. Scott, 2636 Burdette St., and her son, Mr W. C Craig, 2320 N. 27th. Mrs Craig left Monday morning for Denver to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Cousins. Mrs. Crouch, of 2552 Spaulding St., hostess to the North Omaha Needle Craft club Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. The hostess was presented a beautiful cut glass dish. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Lizzie Fleming Hopkins. The Don't Worry Girls Club met at the home of Mrs. Hazel Jordan Friday, December 1, and at the home of Mrs. Audrey Stewart, 1215 Missouri avenue, South Omaha, December 7th. 2925 Grant St. Suits and Overcoats $15.00 500 Suits $18.00 and 500 Overcoats $20.00 Values $15 Models for young and old. Pinch back, belted, form fitting, loose and full box baek, $ \frac{1}{4}, \frac{1}{2} $ and full lined, patch and set in pockets. All the new materials. The Berg Clothing Co 15TH & DOUGLAS 1Lb. Can 35¢ Your Grocer Sells Butter-Nut the Coffee Delicious $1¢ MAURICE M. LEAF W