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Growing Thank You $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy GRAND REUNION OF GRADUATES Hampton Alumni Association Observes Anniversary. REID ELECTED PRESIDENT Fourteenth Triennial Gathering Brings Together Members of Classes Covering Period of More than Forty-five Years—Dr. Lattimore Delivers Fine Address. The death of Dr. Hollis B. Frissell gives added significance to the recent fourteenth triennial reunion of the graduates of Hampton institute. Fred D. Wheelock, Hampton, S8, offers the following statement concerning the successful reunion: "Some doubt was held as to whether it would be wise to hold a reunion this year on account of the unsettled condition of affairs. In view, however, of the coming celebration next year of the fifteenth anniversary of Hampton, the executive com- MAJOR WASHINGTON. mittee decided it would be most fitting to hold the reunion, which was called together by William M. Reid, '78. "Every class from 1871 to 1917 was represented. A more earnest and thoughtful gathering of men and women it would be hard to find. After a thorough review of the work of the Hampton Alumni association by the president and an outline of what remained to be done the following committees were appointed: Resolutions, nominations and memorials. "Dr. John T. Lattimore, a dentist of Hampton, Va., made a stirring address on 'Hampton's ideals.' It was a gem, indeed, expressing in choice and heartfelt language the loyalty of the sons and daughters to their alma mater and giving also a brief resume as gathered from the mottoes of all the classes of the ideals which governed the men and women who have gone out from the school. That intangible something known as the 'Hampton spirit' was beautifully referred to and called forth a hearty response. At the close of Dr. Lattimore's address discussions followed. Two elements were present—the conservative, and the progressives. "The progressives, headed by the younger members, were for an enlargement of the functions of the association and were anxious to make themselves felt for good along some definite lines. This awakening is a very good sign of the times and shows that there has been some thinking done. There is no reason in the world why a thousand and more of educated men and women should not by co-operation be able to bring some things to pass which they desire. "One of the pressing questions before the association is the completion of the permanent scholarship. The president called for funds for this purpose, and the response was quite generous. There was on hand $1,439 toward the $2,500. At the close of the session the amount on hand was a little over $1,500. It is intended by next April to have the entire sum in hand. The following chapters responded: Norfolk and Portsmouth, $100; Hampton and Newport News, $80; New York, $25. Chicago, Boston and Washington were not heard from at this time. "Only a few changes in the executive committee were made by the committee on nominations. The officers remain as heretofore: President, William M. Reid, 77, Portsmouth, Va.; vice president, Caspar M. Titus, 78, Norfolk, Va.; recording secretary, Don A. Davis, '09, Hampton Institute, Va.; financial secretary, Allen W. Washington, '01, Hampton Institute, Va.; corresponding secretary, Miss Calista Sheppard, '09, Norfolk, Va. "One hundred and sixty were present at the banquet over which Toastmaster Allen Washington presided. THE MONITOR "Professor W. T. B. Williams read a very touching letter from Dr. Frissell, expressing his regret at not being able to be with us, also one from Miss Sherman and Sydney D. Frissell. "During the evening a poem, 'Memories of Hampton,' by Mrs. Marie Stevens, '80, was sung to the tune of 'America.' Professor R. Nathaniel Dett, teacher of music, rendered an original selection from his suit, 'In the Bottoms,' which was greatly appreciated. Thus ended a long to be remembered occasion, fraught with much interest and enthusiasm." CANCEL CONCERT ENGAGEMENT A Well Defined Case De Luxe of White Liver Discovered in Omaha. A company of students from Roger Williams University of Nashville, Tenn., have been giving a series of concerts in the leading white and Colored Baptist churches of the country from New England to Nebraska, in the interests of their institution. They have met with marked success and given entire satisfaction wherever they have appeared. They gave a splendid recital at Zion Baptist church Monday night, and had an engagement for the First Baptist church, white, for Tuesday night. Tuesday afternoon they were called up by the church authorities and advised that in the light of the fact that a Negro was under arrest on suspicion of having committed a murder, they deemed it best to cancel the engagement. Broad-minded citizens of Omaha, and their number runs well up into the thousands, will hardly sympathize with this action. It reflects anything but credit upon the church authorities having the matter in charge. LAST CHANCE FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS UNDER THE SPECIAL ONE DOLLAR RATE We will accept new subscribers today under the special one dollar rate. This is the last opportunity. Send in your subscriptions today. This rate was on for the month of August to introduce The Monitor to new subscribers. Our regular subscription rate since February, 1916, has been $1.50 a year, payable in advance. We will publish complete list of the lucky new subscribers in next week's issue. Get your name on the list. Do it today. AFRO-AMERICAN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION This is the name of the organization which N. W. Ware is undertaking in our city. The objects of the association are the same as like organizations, but for the purpose of encouraging and assisting our people in the buying of homes. The capital stock of the association is fixed at $10,000, to be paid into the corporation within one year from the date of incorporation. Fuller particulars will be given in a later issue. This is a laudable business venture in the right direction. RACE RIOTS AMONG TROOPS Omaha Bee, Aug. 25, 1917. The mutiny of a body of Colored soldiers of the United States army at a Texas post can scarcely be considered as a symptom of serious trouble in the organization. It is rather a further proof of the difficulty of maintaining strict discipline in presence of the unconcealed prejudice against the blacks that exists generally in the South and prominently in Texas. Judgment must be suspended until a full inquiry has developed the real reason for the outbreak. This will not lessen the seriousness of the offense committed by the soldiers, who have laid themselves liable to the extremest penalty by their conduct. It may serve, however, to place definitely the blame for a state of affairs that shows on the surface that something radically wrong is back of the outbreak. Several years ago, in time of peace, an entire troop of a regiment of cavalry was dishonorably discharged because of an outbreak engendered by friction between white civilians and Colored soldiers in a Texas community. The scandal then occasioned has not been forgotten, but its lesson evidently did not sink deep enough. Without undertaking to fix fully responsibility for the deplorable affair at Houston, public opinion must lean towards the conclusion that such clashes may be avoided by the application of a little forbearance on the part of the whites. Army authorities may be depended upon to deal with offending soldiers. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917 Give Us a Colored Commander for Colored Troops PRESIDENT WILSON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY, TWELVE MILLION COLORED AMERICANS RESPECTFULLY PETITION YOU, SIR, TO GIVE OUR RACE A GENERAL IN THE PERSON OF CHARLES YOUNG AND TO GIVE HIM COMMAND OF COLORED TROOPS; AND WE PLEDGE YOU OUR HONOR THAT OUR COUNTRY WILL THRILL WITH PRIDE AT THE VALOR OF THE TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND. GIVE US A COLORED COMMANDER FOR COLORED TROOPS. OUR LOYALTY AND SERVICE MERIT THIS RECOGNITION. Dangerously Sensational Headlines Monitor Calls Attention to Unwisdom and Peril of Omaha Bee's Report of Recent Crimes In City—No Evidence Against Man Under Arrest. Sensational headlines in newspapers can stir up lots of mischief. With one exception, the Daily News, Omaha papers have been singularly free from this. Recently, however, the Omaha Bee has adopted this dangerous style, without any intention, we are quite sure, of stirring up racial strife. In Monday's issue it published a front page article on the recent crimes in our city under the following startling captions: ARCH FIENDS SLAY TWO WOMEN Omaha Is Stirred by Wave of Crime in Last 36 Hours. Two Brutal Murders, a Woman Assaulted in Her Room, Three Men Carved by Negro Running Amuck and a Woman Harrassed by a Negro Are Some of the Crimes Keeping Omaha Police Force Busy. Our chief objection is to the second subhead and the general tone of the news item, which, although doubtless unintentionally so, was nevertheless prejudice creating. The World-Herald's featuring of this news item was in marked contrast to that of the Bee. It gave the facts as then gathered without startling headlines or exciting embellishments. We addressed the following self-explanatory letter to the Bee, the first part of which was published in its issue of August 30: "Omaha, Aug. 27. "To the Editor of the Bee: I desire to commend you for your admirable editorial published in Saturday's issue on the deplorable Houston affair, which all right-thinking people must keenly regret. "All who have our country's best interests at heart must do their utmost to allay the sentiment quite prevalent throughout all sections of the country which underlies and is responsible for inter-racial tragedies of this character. This, while necessary in normal times, is most imperative in these abnormal times, when the nerves of the nation are at high tension. Press, pulpit, bar and every agency which influences public opinion must unite in counseling sanity, self-restraint and moderation. Therefore I desire to commend you for the editorial in question and for the Bee's general policy both in editorial and news columns for standing for law, order and justice for all classes of citizens. "In tonight's issue, however, there seems to be such a radical departure from your usual policy of news reporting that I beg leave to call your attention to it. I do so, most respectfully, because I believe the sensational manner in which the recent crimes which have deeply stirred our city are reported in tonight's issue has a decided tendency to inflame rather than to allay anti-racial antipathies, which loom so large in the average American community. "I refer, of course, to the report of the two murders, the burglary and the evidently unprooked attack made by a demented or drunken man, who chanced to be a Colored man—which accident ought not either magnify or lessen the crime—upon three of our citizens on a downtown street. "The subhead and two or three expressions in the news item impress me as being dangerously objectionable. The impression conveyed to the average reader by the subhead is that Negroes are responsible for the 'wage of crime' which has stirred Omaha; while as a matter of fact, aside from the crazy or drunken fellow who ran amuck with a knife and the tramp who asked a woman for food and in doing so is said to have 'harrassed her, there is no evidence yet as to who committed the crimes of murder and burglary. The article apparently would convey the impression that all these crimes were committed by Negroes. It is stated that 'the assaults and murders are believed to have been the work of a Southern Negro laborer of the type recently imported North to work.' This is wholly gratuitous. And it is also an unfair attack on honest and industrious laborers who have recently come from the South, the great majority of whom, although perhaps uncutth, are industrious and law-abiding. "Inasmuch as it is your policy not to let your news reports nullify your editorial utterances in promoting the welfare of the community which you faithfully serve, I am very sure that you will be careful to suppress the 'featuring' by ambitious reporters of even sensational news in any manner that may tend to create racial or class prejudice which can so easily lead to serious and deplorable results. "JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS." COLORED MAN HELD AS MURDER SUSPECT Sunday afternoon the wife of C. L. Nethaway of Florence, whom her husband had directed to join him at a given point, when he would take her for a ride in his auto, was brutally murdered at a secluded spot on the railroad tracks not far from her home. Failing to meet his wife at the appointed place Mr. Nethaway drove on home, but found it locked and his wife gone. Fearing, as he said, that she had met with an accident, he got a friend to accompany him and walked up the track in the direction he had told his wife to go. He took the right side and his friend the left. After having gone some distance Mr. Nethaway was horrified to find the dead body of his wife, who had been murdered after a desperate struggle. Suspicion fell upon Charles Smith, a Colored man, a stranger in this city from Mississippi, who had been seen in that vicinity. Smith was arrested on a freight train at Blair. Smith does not deny that he was in the vicinity and admits that he got a drink of water at the well at the Nethaway home, but denies all knowledge of the crime. He has been subjected to the usual grilling at the hands of the police, but aside from the fact of his admitted presence in the locality of the murder no evidence has been disclosed to connect him with the crime. There are one or two facts which lead The Monitor to think that the police have not caught the murderer. Neighbors have stated that Smith came to the Nethaway house a few minutes after Mrs. Netherway had left to meet her husband and knocked at the door. Getting no response he went to the well and got a drink of water, then left in the direction that Mrs. Nethaway had gone. Unless he had met her before coming to the house it is not likely that he overtook her. And if he had committed the crime before coming to the house it does not seem at all probable that he would have retraced his steps to where his victim's body lay. Moreover, it is not likely that he would have hung around in the neighborhood as it is asserted he did. The police should leave no clue unfollowed that may lead to the apprehension and punishment of the murder or murderers of both Mrs. Netherway and Mrs. Anderson. A VOICE FROM THE PLAINS Lower Brule, S. D., July 23, 1917. To the Editor The Monitor, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sir: You desire to help the Colored people. Why not organize them or at least some of them into farmers' clubs? This could be done in this way: Get some of the business men to finance them toward the purchase of at least forty acres of land to the family. There is a splendid quarter section here of the best soil in this part of the state or any where else that can be purchased real cheap—at least I would call it cheap. There is not an acre on it that could not be plowed or cultivated, 160 acres of as good land as lays out doors anywhere. My plan would be as follows: Organize a society to purchase the land and then sell it to people on crop payments or shares. Help them to get to a country where their hogs, corn, wheat or, in fact, anything that they raise, will bring the same price that the white farmers get. It is a little late in the season to start out this fall but you could buy the land and have them start early in the spring. The land I have in mind at this time is only 12 miles from a good railroad town where there are two banks, a good creamery station, also good hotels and restaurants, grocery stores, hardware, in fact, stores of all kinds and garages. I will be in your city this fall and will be pleased to give you any assistance in my power that will help in this matter. The land I mentioned can be bought this fall for $1200.00 with a perfect title and abstract. There is no incumbrance on the land. The party's reason for selling is that it is too far from his home place which is at least 27 miles from the land he wants to sell. Don't crowd all those pee, e that you are bringing out of the south into the cities, but send some of them to the farms so that they can help take care of those that are by their training compelled to live in the cities. All questions and inquiries gladly answered. Awaiting your pleasure, I will close for this time. Yours respectfully, W. B. GAMBLE. ORGANIZE RED CROSS Last Friday afternoon thirty women in answer to the request of Mrs. Isaac Bailey met in the parlors of the Grove Methodist church and organized a branch of the Red Cross. Mrs. O. C. Redick was present and explained its objects. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Isaac Bailey, president; Mrs. Philip Letcher, vice-president; Mrs. Daniels, secretary; Mrs. U. G. Bell, corresponding secretary and Mrs. Benson, treasurer. Meetings are to be held every Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 5 at Grove Methodist church and all women are most cordially invited to attend. The aim and desire is to make it a representative organization of all our women in the city. They have begun work on hospital supplies and workers are wanted. WOMEN'S REGISTRATION DAY September 12 is the day when all women are requested to register, not to vote, but to give such service as they can to the government during these times of war. Every woman can do something to help. Full particulars next issue. Simply remember now that the government is seeking to register women for patriotic service, for some of which pay will be given, for others expense money and other no material returns. SEPTEMBER 12 IS THE DAY. Business League Aska Aid For Liberia The National Negro Business league at its session held at Chattanooga, Tenn., from Aug. 15 to 17, inclusive, adopted resolutions asking the United States government to lend a helping hand to the republic of Liberia by reopening the coaling station and the appointment of a commission to investigate conditions of Americans in the republic. The resolution also indorsed the day of prayer called by the National Federation of Women's Clubs. New Labor Organization Formed. The Associated Colored Employees of America is the name of a new organization recently formed in New York with general officers and an executive committee. The purpose of the association is to meet the demand of employers for laborers and to see that a square deal is given in wages and hours, according to the kind of labor performed. YOUNG SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF REGARDING ARMY AFFAIRS Noted Retired Colonel Sends Patriotic Letter to Hon. H. C. Smith. The Hon. Harry C. Smith, veteran editor of the Cleveland (O.) Gazette, who was for several terms a member of the Ohio legislature, is still on the firing line fighting with voice and pen against race segregation and other forms of injustice to our people. He stands for a square deal according to law. On this score his record as a legislator bears abundant witness to his manhood and executive ability. Like Sumner, Garrison, Phillips, Lovejoy, Douglass and other noble sires of the abolitionist period, he is in earnest and does not retreat a single inch, but must be and is heard. Mr. Smith was one of the many persons who evinced great interest in the recent prospective promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Young, U. S. A., whom the war department retired a few weeks ago. Editor Smith has received the following letter from Colonel Young, which explains Colonel Young's position very clearly on several matters concerning his future: Wilberforce, O., Aug. 12, 1917. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor of the Cleveland Gazette. My Dear Friend—I cannot thank you too much for your kindness in coming to my rescue in your last issue. You are right in saying I had nothing to do with the failure of the new regiment of Ohio cavalry (dismounted). I did not ask for command of the regiment. I simply obeyed my instructions from Washington and from the adjutant general of Ohio. By training I am only a soldier, going where there sent and doing what I trained. The only painful thing in this whole matter to me has been the petty ambitions of certain would be officers of our own race who waited for me to "bell the COLONEL CHARLES YOUNG, UNITED STATES ARMY (RETIRED). cat" and then made their howl. When in the world did I ever play politics or seek my personal preference when the welfare of my race or country depended upon my action. To me the motto of the Black Prince, "I serve," should be the motto of every black officer, and I have always made it mine, humbling myself to serve the rest, for the good of the rest. I should be the embodiment of me by the war department from active service. As before stated, so I repeat, I am only one man, and if, according to the rules of the game, I am to be "scrapped," I shall submit, sportmanlike, to the president's orders. I have never felt any ill effects of the surgeon's findings as to disability, and I shall keep my head, my patience and my health, still studying until such a time as I may be needed by the government. I pray God she may not need me and that the war will be soon won. Now let me beg you and all good people of our race not to agitate or protest in my favor. The administration must not be embarrassed in the war. We all love the country well for that. Again thank you for all your kindness to me and wishing you and the Gazette success, cordially yours. CHARLES YOUNG, Colonel United States Army, Retired. GOOD AMERICAN CITIZENS. Silent Parade Was Dignified Protest Against Lynching, Says the Eagle. In concluding an editorial on the "silent" parade to be conducted the next day by the colored citizens of Greater New York the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Friday, July 27, said: The Eagle regards this parade as a dignified and proper way of displaying race feeling. It trusts that no street violence will spring out of it. The immense exodus of southern Negroes to the north and the degree to which they have been employed as strike breakers has given the question of the rights of colored people a wholly new phase in America. Well dressed, well fed, fairly prosperous, the adults in the parade will be good American citizens. The children in bright colors will testify to every eye that they are well cared for. No country can afford to tolerate race injustice. Above all, the United States of America must protect all its citizens regardless of color if it is to keep the respect of the civilized world. THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and of the race. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Telephone, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. 2 THE CRIME WAVE IN OMAHA Omaha World-Herald, Aug. 29, 1917. A succession of revolting crimes in Omaha, with women the victims and Negroes the suspects, combined with unprovoked slashing of white men by a Negro running amuck, has created a dangerous condition of the public mind and the community must be on guard lest its reputation be sullied by outbreaks of mob violence such as have disgraced other cities. The great majority of Omaha's very considerable Negro population is made up of industrious, law-abiding, well-behaved men and women. These are entitled to respect and protection. It would be a wicked mistake to make them the victims of the prejudice excited by the foul acts of individuals who happen to be members of their race. Whites and blacks have long lived in amity in Omaha, and because of it the latter have made a gratifying progress and the city has escaped the turmoil and evils that spring from the fanning of race prejudice. Omaha's welfare and good name demand that this condition continue. All good citizens will exert their influence, in any sudden emergency, to the end that it may continue. It is unfortunate that, in recent months, a material addition, and not at all a desirable one, has been made to Omaha's Colored population. The northward movement of the most ignorant, shiftless and dangerous element of the black population of the South has affected Omaha as it has other industrial centers. It adds to the hardships of a police force already inadequate numerically if not otherwise. And it brings to Omaha a share of the difficulties and responsibilities of that race problem with which the South has so long been struggling. These recent outrageous crimes have stirred Omaha from center to circumference. It is incumbent upon city and county to spare no effort or expense to bring the criminals to swift justice. In this stern task the respectable element of the Colored population should join, for the protection of their own security and to vindicate the hitherto good repute of their race in Omaha. With a united and determined effort they can be immensely serviceable to the cause of law and order. There is no place in Omaha or any where else today for shiftless, lazy, professionally unemployed men. There is work clamoring for all. If you know of any such men, white or black, report them to the police, and the police will prove their incompetence if they do not at once see that they are put to work or run out of town. We commend the position of the World-Herald, of which Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock is editor, in the above editorial. The World-Herald, however, is mistaken in one statement. The northward migration has not brought to Omaha as yet "the most ignorant, shiftless and dangerous element of the black population of the South." Those who have come in the main belong to the industrial and well-intentioned laboring classes. This is the testimony of employers whom The Monitor has interviewed. Naturally undesirables are to be expected, but fortunately as yet they are a negligible quantity. THE RIGHT STAND. We are pleased at the stand the government has taken in the matter of the training of Colored troops. The South protested against their being sent with other troops to Southern cantonments. Tillman and others urged that they should be sent to Cuba or Porto Rico or to—well, anywhere else, except among "the Negro's best friends." It looked at first as though the counsel of these had prevailed, for it was given out that "no Negro troops will be sent to cantonments in the Southern states." Recently the war department, be it said to its credit, has reversed this order and Negro troops have been sent South with the units to which they belong for training. This is as it should be. If American soldiers are to fight in the trenches together, why should they not be trained together? And isn't it about time, anyway, to let the South understand that its peculiar prejudices are not to be allowed to jeopardize the interests of the nation? The United States should have the right to send any of its troops to any section of the country it may desire without let or hindrance, and have those troops respected. American soldiers should not be considered or treated as pariahs anywhere on American soil. THE HOUSTON TROUBLE When well trained and disciplined regulars with the record for good behavior which has been the pride of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry indulge in an outbreak like the deplorable rioting at Houston, Tex., last Thursday, it can be safely conjectured that the provocation which incited it was extreme. These men know the rules of the army. They know that it is a time of war. They have been schooled to self-restraint. They are amenable to discipline and devoted to their officers. Such men do not wantonly disregard their officers and jeopardize their life and liberty without great cause. The statement of the officers that the men had complained to them of the treatment received at the hands of the Houston police and the information volunteered that in a conference between the military and civil authorities the Houston police had been instructed to speak of them as "Colored soldiers" are rather significant. It is to be regretted that the sentiment in any section of this country is such that deplorable affairs of this kind are possible. THE BEAM AND THE MOTE Our country has entered the world war on the side of the allies. Pure democracy is our goal, and we must plant it on the ruins of militarism. The purpose is sublime. Each and every right thinking man and woman cannot but appreciate this great aim and must bring his mite towards it. If young, to serve in the military or navy ranks; if older, to help materially. No one should remain with folded arms, not to assist in removing the mote in the militaristic countries, which molestes humanity and destroys peace. It is a deserving cause and every man should put his shoulder to the wheel of humanitarianism for the purpose of subduing brutality, conquering savagery and quelling barbarity. However, while we are beholding the mote in our adversary's eye we should consider the beam in our own eye. The East St. Louis brutal attack on "blacks" by the noble "whites" in which murder, arson, robbery and abuse of men and women, old and young, took place, and some noble-hearted white women took part, is one of these beams in our eye which deprives us of the right of judgment of motes in somebody else's eye. The fact that the defenders of the state of Illinois were inactive—as reported in the press—makes that beam immeasurable. How dare we try to bring into order somebody else's house when disorder reigns supreme in our own house? But in this case we do not stand alone, some will say. The Black Hundreds in democratic Russia made pogroms upon the Jews and incited the people to a renewal of massacres upon the Jews, and liberal England has its Leeds, where attacks upon Jews, destroying their homes and business became a pastime to the good subjects of the king. Yet two wrongs do not make our one wrong right. Surely we—the liberty-loving people—should not be murderers, arsonists and robbers. These activities do not enter into the definition of liberty and equality. Again, the moral pogrom made by some United States military officers upon Jewish applicants for enlistment do not spell justice, nor does it mean fair play. True, as the Black Hundreds in Russia do not include all the people of the country so the white savages of East St. Louis do not embrace the other elements of that city, and the bigoted military officers do not include all the other military officers, yet so long as the culprits are not punished, so long as the offenders have not received their deserved chastement, the beam of shame is in the eye of every citizen of this country. The ein is too great to condone. The question whether we may bring order in somebody else's house before we have brought order in our own house remains unanswered. This immeasable beam must be removed and the quicker the better.—Jewish Bulletin, Omaha, Neb. THE MONITOR Obvious Observations The Houston riot is a very serious affair, but one thing it shows is that Colored men and women must not be abused when guns and ammunition are plentiful. The kaiser still delivers optimistic speeches to his troops and the Allies still say that the war is almost ended. The price of coal has been fixed at the mines and if the administration will fix the freight rates on the way over, it will finish a mighty important problem. Goodbye to the wheat pit. The grain gamblers will now have to try poker or craps. Get in on The Monitor special rates. There's going to be some fine reading in it this winter. The south doesn't want any Colored soldiers trained down that way. If it treated the Colored man right it would not be scared, but it knows it doesn't and hence the frigid feet. Spuds are still two bones a bushel and there are oodles of them. There's somebody in the wood pile somewhere and that somebody "ain't cullud." The nation has been promised a lower cost of food, but if the Hoover gent doesn't hurry up we will starve to death before anything is done. If these nice cool days keep up, June won't have a thing on August days. Gee whiz, mister, haven't you paid that subscription yet? Get busy. Thanking you for your modest attention, we will now proceed to can a few opinions and pickle a few thoughts. Profit, my son, it a small amount of change which a man is supposed to make off the investment of his mazuma. Twenty years ago if a man made six per cent off a dollar he considered he was going some, but nowadays when every man wants to crowd John D. and brother Pierpont off the stock exchange, a hundred per cent is a mere piffle. Take ham, for instance. I remember in the old days when you could go down to the corner store and get a ten cent ham hook to boil with a nickle's worth of cabbage and there would be meal enough to board the neighborhood. Now a small size ham hock makes a ten dollar note look like it has pernicious anemia. Then there are spuds. Everybody has been raising spuds this summer and many have spuds, but the poor sucker what wants to eat spuds must plank down two bones per bushel. Eggs and butter are also examples. Once upon a time a man could stand in front of ten tubs of butter ranging from a dime to twenty cents a pound and keep on tasting until he found the kind he wanted. But just try tasting butter now! Why, the plain clothes man would be giving you a nice automobile ride before he could say, "Wait a minute, please." It's a fright. And running this engine around to where it started, who gets the profit? The farmer says he doesn't and the commission man let's out a whoop of hard times that would make a Comanche Indian sick at the stomach. The middleman just bows his head humbly and tells you to buy a flashlight and look around, 'cause it "ain't him." And friend consumer has to stand it. He is giving somebody anywhere from 100 to 200 per cent on his money. Profit is a nice thing, an awful nice thing, but it's getting to be too nice. Somebody has to take a fall out of it and some soon. Mr. Hoover is appointed to be the fall guy, but up to date Sir Hoover has been talking more than acting. Let's have some sure enough fireworks. We're all willing. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Omaha, Neb., Aug. 20, 1917. The Rev. John Albert Williams, Editor of The Monitor. Dear Sir: Being a subscriber to your excellent paper, I wish to state that it is the best companion one could possibly have. I am especially gratified to know that your publication is not sensational or unreliable, but furnishes food for thought. With best wishes for a continued success, I am, as ever, a booster, The Rev, John Albert Williams, Editor The Monitor; My Dear Sir—I beg leave to offer a suggestion relative to the Charles Smith case. I believe that every Colored man in Douglas county ought to subscribe at least $1, to be used as a defense fund to see that this accused man of our race gets some semblance of a fair trial. If you think this proper and the right thing to do you may head the list with my name and dollar. I think this case demands immediate action. Just common, plain justice is all we demand for the accused. JOHN H. WAKEFIELD, 4420 South Sixteenth Street. SKITS OF SOLOMON Profit Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards WORK School days again for the boys and girls! Again you must get down to hard work. Never has there been such a demand for trained men and women, and only by hard work may one become so fitted. There is a Latin proverb which should commend itself to each one, "Vive quasicras moriturus; stude quasi semper victurus" ("Live as if you were to die tomorrow, study as if you were to live forever"). No real success in life may be attained without hard work. The student who thinks he can shift through school and plans to have a good time and then settle down after graduation will find to his regret that "the habits formed in youth will cling through life." Work, hard work, giving your best effort to each day's task, is the only way to success and contentment. Great danger lies in idleness. Don't be afraid, don't be unwilling to "labor and to wait." L. S. E. By Annie Willis McCullough. Father's Day is bright and sunny, Though the weather may be bad; And you're happy, too, and sunny, Never sad! No, of course you're never sad! Father's Day is full of stories And of quiet Sunday fun; And you love to hear the stories He's begun— Fathers' Day is full of rambles In the spring and summer time. You can learn so much from rambles; Oh, they're prime Father's Day is full of loving, Full of extra kisses, too. And you cannot help be loving, Sweet and true— All the world seems sweet and true! 4 cups potatoes, cut in small pieces 2 ounces salt pork. 1 small onion, chopped. 4 cups skimmed milk. 4 ounces crackers. Salt codfish, smoked halibut, or other dried fish may be used in this chowder. Pick over and shred the fish, holding it under luke-warm water. Let it soak while the other ingredients of the dish are being prepared. Cut the pork in small pieces and fry it with the onion until both are a delicate brown, add the potatoes, cover with water, and cook until the potatoes are soft. Add the milk and fish and reheat. Salt, if necessary. It is well to allow the crackers to soak in the milk while the potatoes are being cooked, then remove them, and finally add to the chowder just before serving. TRUNKS Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturdy locks and hinges, 2 trays nicely cloth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. Freling & Steinle "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" I TAKE PLEASURE in thanking you for your patronage. I want your trade solely upon the months of my goods. You will profit by trading here. H. E. YOUNG Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. CRONSTROM'S PANTALORIUM LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S TAILORING CLEANING PRESSING ALTERING There's a difference. 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Send In Your Dollar Now Special Limited Subscription Order Blank The Monitor, 1115 North Twenty-first Street, Omaha, Neb. Please find enclosed One Dollar for One Year's Subscription, under terms of your special limited offer. It is understood that I am a new subscriber and must be among the first 200 names sent in to receive it for a year at this price. HOLSUM AND KLEEN MAID Why Buy Inferior When The Best COSTS NO MORE? JAY BURNS BAKING CO. MOTORCYCLES AND SELL THE BEST First Bicycle Built Company O BICYCLES Omaha, Neb. AT Shoe Store Arrived. All Colors and Nothing Over $3.98 Shoes E IN THE CITY Materials, 98c to $2.48 Styles, $1.29 to $2.48 s, 49c -Big Yellow Pencils Guaranteed. Y CO., Inc. Loyal Hotel Bldg. Y's Before Buying." Mail Orders Filled. NOT UNLESS YOU TAKE YOUR MEALS AT TON CAFE Boosting gain year—and worth it. SCRIBERS we will send 1719 Cuming Street. Events and Persons Mrs. J. M. Drake of Seattle, who has been the guest of Mrs. R. W. Johnson, leaves today for Los Angeles and San Francisco and other points in California, expecting to reach home about October 1st. Bruce Long celebrated his 7th birthday anniversary Tuesday, August 28. Twenty-six of his schoolmates came to help him celebrate, and he received several valuable gifts. Among them was a beautiful ring, with birthstone, given him by his mother, Mrs. Harry Long. For real estate, loans, insurance and investments, see Eugene Thomas first. Rooms 413-14 Karbach Block, 15th and Douglas. Phone Douglas 3607.—Adv. An entertainment was given at the home of Mrs. Bessie Johnson, 2720 Drexel street, South Side, for the benefit of Bethel Baptist church. A large crowd attended. Mrs. Washington of Lincoln spent a day with Mrs. W. W. Spencer of 3032 Pinkney street. Mr. David Moore, an inmate of the Old Folks' Home, is ill. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. Mrs. Woodson and niece are spending two weeks visiting in St. Joseph, Mo., with relatives. Miss Anna E. Logan and Master Bill Peebles have returned from a pleasant visit to the Twin Cities. Fred Woods, aged 75, an old resident of Omaha, died Friday morning after a long illness. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from Hulse & Reipen's undertaking rooms, interment being at Forest Lawn. The Rev. John Albert Williams officiated. He is survived by a daughter, Mary, Mrs. Tony Jackson, a granddaughter and a son. Mrs. Mattie Barr of 947 North Twenty-seventh street is ill. Dr. Leonard E. Britt and son returned last Friday from Higginsville, Mo., the doctor's old home. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.-Adv. Mrs. C. A. Parks of 2712 Parker street left Wednesday night for Tulsa, Okla., where she will visit her daughter. Mrs. A. L. Phillips. Mrs. J. L. McKinney left Tuesday evening to visit friends in Chicago and Detroit. Regular meeting of the N. W. C. A. will be held at the home Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. All members urged to be present. Business of importance. The N. W. C. A. announces that there is room in the home for more inmates. Plain sewing done. Children's clothes a speciality. Mrs. L. Johnson, Webster 1621.—Adv. The Progressive club and Eureka Art Class held a joint picnic at Elmwood park last Wednesday afternoon. One hundred and eight were present and all spent a very enjoyable time. Out-of-town guests were the Rev. J. C. C. Owens, presiding elder, and Miss Anna Saulsberry of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Lucy Starr, who has been the guest of Mother Ewing for the past two weeks, returned to her home in Highland, Kan., Monday. Miss Corine Thomas and Mrs. Mardell Bundrant have returned from a two weeks' visit in Des Moines and report a very pleasant visit. Mrs. J. N. Drake, Rev. J. C. C. Owens, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ricks at their home on North Twenty-eighth street Monday. Mrs. Drake was also entertained at dinner on Thursday at the parsonage. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking. Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 25th St. Webster, 1483—Adv. There will be a social at the residence of Mrs. Ella Smith, 2534 Hamilton street, this (Saturday, September 1) evening. Refreshments of the season will be served. Public invited. Miss Tabirah Odom, a teacher in one of the Birmingham, Ala., public schools, is touring the north and is stopping in Omaha for a few days to visit Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Long. Mr. S. L. Patton of 2426 Patrick avenue has gone on a visit to Topeka and Wichita, Kan. We positively grow the hair. Best care taken in saving each strand. Electrical massage, scalp and face. Manicuring a specialty. Poro Culture College, 1516 North 24th street. Anna E. Jones. Maranello preparations. Webster 5450.—Adv. I wish to thank the many people of the city of Omaha who so heartily responded to the call of the Roger Williams singers at Zion Church last Monday night. A capacity house was present and the troupe maintained the high standard set for them by the honor and traditions of our university. I especially wish to thank the persons whose liberality and hospitality made the visit so thoroughly enjoyable. Omaha has won a place in our hearts and the president, manager and troupe has wished me to make the same known to my home people. LEROY KELLY. T. C. Ross, manager of the Peoples Drug store, left Saturday for a three days' visit with relatives at Olathe, Kans., where Mrs. Ross and Thomas, jr., are spending the summer. He returned Wednesday. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexander. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Gooden have returned from a pleasant trip to Lexington and Kansas City, Mo. Robert Severe, who is employed at the Packers' National bank, has returned to work after a two weeks' vacation. Be sure to see the Hawaiian dancers at the entertainment soon to be given by Mrs. Lizzie Buford at the Mccca for the benefit of St. Philip's Church. Watch this paper for date.—Adv. The permanent ushers for the Orpheum, chosen among our Colored girls, are: Coressia Broomfield, Adèle Davis, Edna Jones, Evelyn Jones, Raydell Green, Pearl Ray, Elda Rinners, Ruth Weathers and Emma Williams. Mrs. M. E. Gosby has gone to Kansas to attend her grand ledge. ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PLEASE AUDIENCE The Roger Williams University Jubilee singers gave a pleasing program to a large and appreciative audience in Zion Baptist church Monday night, under the management of Leroy Kelly, of 2018 Twenty-sixth street, who is a student in this institution. The porgram was a varied one including the well known plantation melodies, pronounced by musical critics the only original folk songs; popular ballads and classical selections. Among the latter were selections from Lucia di Lammermore and II Travatore. The audience was most appreciative and the company most generous in responding to encores. The company is under the care of Mrs. Townsend, wife of the president of the university. The money earned by the singers is devoted to the interests of the school. Their tour thus far has covered Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, New England, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. The members of the company are Miss Viola Currin, Memphis, Tenn., soprano; Miss Geneva Bender, Nashville, Tenn., mezzo soprano and soloist; Miss Beatrice White, Chicago, alto; Miss Matilda Walton, Savannah, Ga., contralto; R. M. Gilbert, Jacksonville, Fla., first tenor; J. D. Jones, Nashville, second tenor; A. M. Williams, Nashville, baritone; Thaddeus Williams, Memphis, bass, and Mrs. Townsend, musical director. Friday evening, September 14, will be the union meeting and concert of the pastors and members from the fice Negro churches in Omaha at St. John A. M. E. church to assist Rev. Osborne in his closing annual report. No admission. A silver offering will be taken. Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Osborne were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ricks at the Progressive Club picnic at Elmwood park. Fifty girls and boys will play "Jack and the Bean Stalk" at St. John, September 21. Three beautiful Negro dolls and two dresses and a boy scout suit will be given the children selling the most tickets. The children are indeed splendid in this performance, and will surprise as well as delight the audience with their rendition. Through the management of Mrs. Anna Burton, the presiding elder, Rev. J. C. C. Owens, was presented with a beautiful shirt and a waist for his wife from members of St. John. Mrs. W. T. Osborne was the recipient of an exquisite crochet gown yoke, made and presented by Mrs. Dr. Gordon. Sunday, September 16, is dollar money day at St. John. At the evening service the waiters association will turn out in a body. After a special sermon to the waiters, an address and solo will be delivered by members of the association. They are coming to help make the closing of the fifth year of St. John with the pastor, Rev. Mr. Osborne, a great event. A souvenir will be given all who pay their dollar on or before the 16th. ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH NOTES Mrs. Dana Murphy has organized a literary club among the young people of the congregation. The next meeting will be held Monday night at the residence of Miss Madeline Roberts, 2610 North Twenty-eight avenue. The sacrament of Holy Baptism will be administered Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The third chapter of Isaiah is the subject for the Sunday Night Bible class at 8 o'clock. All persons interested in Bible study are invited to attend. The Womans' Auxiliary will meet Thursday at the rectory. Subscribe for The Monitor. $1.50 a year and worth it. THE MONITOR RUTHERFORD J. LEMMA Tells of Proposed Pedestrian Trip From Omaha to New York and From New York to San I propose to leave as scheduled Monday morning, September 10, at 10 o'clock, from Sixteenth and Farnam streets, on my transcontinental walk from Omaha to New York City and from New York City to San Francisco, undertaking to complete the trip in six months. I propose to advertise Omaha and nationalize the circulation of The Monitor. Enroute I'll sell The Monitor and other small articles and secure subscriptions for The Monitor. I plan to give short talks wherever I have the opportunity on the advantages of Omaha. I hope to be able to bring back to Omaha as the result of my transcontinental walk as my own earnings and commissions for sales and subscriptions $3,000. On next Saturday, September 8, I will sell Monitors on the Omaha streets in full uniform and equipment as I will appear on the road. RUTHERFORD J. LEMMA. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH We are pleased to report that the month of August has been closely watched and everything in church life has been gratifying. There are many new members to be fellowshiped Sunday morning, after the covenant, and then the Communion service follows. At night the pastor will preach on "Getting Back to the Land-Mark." Missionary meeting at 6:30. The entertainment Thursday night was a grand success. The singers from Roger Williams University, with their leader, Mrs. Townsend, have merited praise. As a free offering, after paying twenty-five cents at the door for admission, the audience contributed for the benefit of the school $20.00. The pastor will leave Monday night for Muskogee, Okla., to attend the National Baptist convention. Mrs. Wilkinson has returned from Cedar Rapids, where she attended the Iowa and Nebraska association, with glowing report. Come tomorrow night and hear it. Go to 2534 Hamilton street tonight and enjoy a delightful social, given by Mrs. E. W. Smith, the ever pleasant entertainer. Money raised for the month of August $136.00. Help us as you have done in the past and we shall bring forth results that shall stand the test. CHILDREN'S on Thin on Third Floor Reed Sulkies CONVENIENT, Serviceable Rea solve the problem of taking ba journey has to be made by car handled, comfortable for baby a natural, ivory or baronial brown fi CONVENIENT, Serviceable Reed Sulkies, such as we illustrate, solve the problem of taking baby out, especially when part of the journey has to be made by car. A Reed Sulky is light and easily handled, comfortable for baby and of good appearance, in either natural, ivory or baronial brown finish. Prices— $3.75, $4.50, $5.00 and up Orchard & 414-16-18 Sou "Does Th "Does The Monitor Do Job Printing?" SURE There will be a trolley party given by Benson and Peaceful Temples next Thursday evening, September 6. Don't forget to take advantage of the last trolley party of the season. Cars will leave Twenty-fourth and Lake streets at 8:30. Thirty minutes' stop at Lake Manawa.--Adv. Watch Your Step and Call for Step Lively Corn Ease for Corns, Bunions and Ingrown Nails. For Sale at PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE. PIANOS FOR RENT Steinway and other makes—Lowest Prices; 300 Instruments to select from. Rent applied on purchase. Free tuning and insurance. Phone today. Douglas 1623. SCHMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO COMPANY 1311-1313 Farnam St. School Days Begin Tuesday This is one of the big events of the year, and every mother nowadays tries to send her children to school on the first day clad in the best bib and tucker that she can consistently buy for the money she has to spend. We have been extremely fortunate in being able to make special purchases at this time, and so you will find in many instances that new, right up-to-date wearable clothes are offered for this School Opening Day at very much under the prevailing prices elsewhere. Brandeis Stores FURNITURE d Floor d Sulkies, such as we illustrate, by out, especially when part of the A Reed Sulky is light and easily end of good appearance, in either fish. Prices— Wilhelm Co. h 16th Street. Drink TE-TO An Invigorating, Healthful Drink, ABSOLUTELY PURE, Being Made From selected Cereals. There is no beverage better than Te-To, which deserves your patronage on its merits and because it's made right here in Omaha. You Can Buy TE-TO Everywhere On Tap or in Bottles For your home or to take alone on the camping trip. It is an ideal drink for young and old, being very refreshing and healthful. REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES FOR STOVES, HEATERS, FURNACES AND BOILERS PROMPT SERVICE—MODERATE PRICES Water Fronts and Water Heating Attachments OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 1206-8 Douglas St. Phone Tyler 2C W. C. FERRIN VAN & STORAGE CO. PIANO MOVING A SPECIALTY Baggage Delivered, Household Goods Packed and Shipped Office 15th and Capital Aye. 2624 Burdette St. Hotel Cuming We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER,GRASS AND GARDEN Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart's Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 AMUSEMENTS The Alhambra SUNDAY ENID BENNETT in "THE GIRL GLORY" SELIG WAR NEWS. JERRY COMEDY. TWO-REEL DRAMA. MONDAY CHARLES RAY in "THE CLODHOPPER." GREAT FEATURE COMEDY. TUESDAY VITAGRAPH NIGHT. THE COURAGE OF FRANCE. PEST PREMISES. WEDNESDAY TRUE BOARDMAN in "THE STINGAREE." 2-REEL BLACK CAT FEATURE. HEARST-PATHE NEWS. TRIANGLE COMEDY. THURSDAY HELEN HOLMES in "THE RAILROAD RAIDERS." FAVORITE FEATURE. TRIANGLE COMEDY. FRIDAY METRO NIGHT MABEL TALIFERO in "GOD'S HALF-ACRE." SIDNEY DREW COMEDY. SATURDAY "THE PRIDE OF THE DEVIL." HEARST-PATHE NEWS. TRIANGLE COMEDY. 1916 CUMING STREET Comfortable Rooms—Reasonable Rates D. G. Russell, Proprietor Silk Shirts Choice of All Our Silk Shirts Values to $6.50 $3.85 3 for $11.00 WOLF'S 1421 Douglas St. ALAMO DeLUXE ICE CREAM GARDEN Open Every Evening Cabaret Entertainment Special Dance Every Monday and Thursday Evening. De Luxe Matinee Every Sunday Afternoon KILLINGSWORTH BROS. Webster 2861 Proprietors Rex Theatre Ed Gavin and His Tango Girls in "GLORY BE TO PETER" All New Songs and Dances Every Afternoon and Evening 1316 Douglas Street A Riot of Fun—Don't Miss It 3 P. M. to 12 M. Monsoon Pool Hall Douglas 3724, 1148 12 M. to 4 A. M., Douglas 1491, 2491 4 A. M. to 3 P. M. Residence, Webster 7661 JOE LEWIS--TAXI AUTO EXPRESS Service Day and Night Please Phone All Express Orders to Webster 7661. A Place to Eat The Vendome Lee Vaughn, Proprietor 1210 Dodge Street. | South Side Notes Mrs, Nettie Andrews has returned from Cedar Rapids, Ia., where she went as delegate to the lowa and Ne- barska Women’s Home and Foreign Aussion Convention and Baptist Asso- ciation. She represented both Bethel Baptist Church and Mission Circle. Two hundred and fifty dollars was raised in the Women’s Convention and $500 in the association. On Wednes- day afternoon the association had the pleasure of listening to Roger Wil- liams’ Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tenn. Bethel Bapcist Church stands sec- ond in financial report and ranks first in membership. Next year the con- vention meets in Des Moines, Ia. Mrs. Philip Alston will leave Sun- day for an extensive visit with rela- tives in Texas, Mr, J. W. Nuttingham, who has been visiting South Omaha for a few weeks, left Wednesday night for his home in New York. Baptismal services will be held at Bethel Baptist Church Sunday after- noon, September 2, at 2 o'clock. Mrs. C. White of Oklahoma is visit- ing Mrs. Warren Alston of 2630 Jet: ferson street. Club No. 11 of the Bethel Baptist Church will give a lawn social Satur- day night, September 1, at Mrs. Velma Hill’s home, 5310 South Twenty-sev- erth street. Mr. Luther Tapps has returned from Mississippi with his grandmoth- er and two brothers. Mr. Tapps sent for his relatives some time ago, bun through parties in the south they had trouble in trying to get a money order sent to them, but when Mr. Tapps ap- plied to the postmaster here it was very readily attended to. The Fred Douglass Literary society meets every Tuesday evening. On last Tuesday night the debate was very interesting. Every one should come out and hear our young peopie in these discussions. Mission Circle of Bethel Baptist Church was very nicely entertained ‘Thursday afternoon by Miss Costroma Lee of Twenty-fifth and Z streets. Mr. Jesse Woods, who was taken to Kensas City some time ago very sick, died Wednesday night at his home in Kansas City. RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS TO LOCAL LODGES AND CITIZENS Whereas, During the present ses- sion of District Grand Lodge No. 8 o1 the United Order of Oddfellows, a» guest of Lodges Nos. 2226 and 6674 of Omaha, Neb., we have received at their hands such courteous and excel- lent treatment; and Whereas, The mayor and citizens in general of Omaha have extended to us every consideration, making our stay here most enjoyable; therefore be it Resolved, That we extend to our brothers here, as weii as the citizens in general, our hearty appreciation for the efforts they have put forth in making our stay here so pleasant and enjoyable, thereby enabling us to do our work with much ease and pleas- ure. L. A. KNOX, W. C. HUESTON, C. A. FRANKLIN. (Through an oversight a copy of these resolutions was not given The Monitor until this week Editor.) ATTENTION, PLEASE Will subscribers whose subscriptions are due, be kind enough to bear ix mind that it is impossible for us tc have our collector call a half a dozer times for the amount due? If not prepared to pay when the collecto: calls, kindly state a time when you will be ready, and be ready. If sub seriptions, which are payable in ad. vance, you will please notice, are not promptly paid, the paper will be stopped. We are willing to accommo. date, but we cannot afford to be im- pesed upon. LODGE DIRECTORY , Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and ‘A. M,, Omiaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Fridays of every month. Lodge room 24th and Charles. P. h. Jenkins, W. M.; Wynn McCulloch, Secretary. Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Nebr. Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month. H. A. Hazard, C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. and S. Weeping Willow Lodge No. 9596, G. U. 0. of 0. F., meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at U. B. F. Hall, 24th and Charles. R. S. Gaskins, N. G.; T. H. Gaskins, P. 8. Colored Engineers and Firemen’s Protective Association meets first and third Tuesdays of each month at 181¢ Douglas. W. H. T. Ransom, pres.; J H. Moss, sec. Hair growing and hair preservation, scalp treatment, manicuring and mas- sage. Smith, Chiles & Wheeler, 2414 North 24th. Webster 3024.—Adv. Lincoln Department to 3 p.m. The Optimistic Set met Thursday afternoon at Capital Beach and had a very jolly picnic The invited guests were Miss Marian Hemphill and Mrs, Richard Lawton. Mrs. Laura Johnson, Mrs. Fred Johnson and Mrs. Lulu Jones returned Monday, after a week spent in Den- ver and Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Alice Grant and Mrs. Annic Turner are attending the meetings of the Daughters of Bethel at Atchison Kan. Mr Hall Hillman has returned from Chillicothe, Mo., after a very pleasant vacation spent there. Buy your clothes with care, get what you want, not what someone ha: to offer. Get your choice of 20,000 ‘suits—we show 500 fabrics that car ‘be made into forty different styles Some Variety. W. B. Young & Co. Rev. Harrabellro A. Marangeota Malay missionary, spoke Sunday evening at the Baptist Church to s large and interested audience. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oliver left for Denver Saturday morning. Mrs. Anna Turner of Houston, Tex. arrived here last Thursday to join he: husband. Mr. and Mrs. Turner intend to make Lincoln their future home. Mr. William Hampton has returned efter ten days spent in Omaha. The good people of Lincoln can economize on their cleaning and press- ing by calling L 5141.—Adv. Mr. Perry Williams, who has been disabled recently by running a nail into his foot, has recovered sufficient: ly to enable him to resume work. Masters Harry and Theodore Beck are spending their vacation with their grand parents in Red Oak, Ia, Mrs. Louis Holmes and her daugh ter Maxine returned Saturday from Kroxville, Ia., where they spent par of the summer with Mrs, Holmes parents. Her brother, Mr. Worth Jef. feries, came with her to spend a few months in Lincoln. SURPRISED AT LACK OF INVESTORS Mr. I. Zimman of the Nebraska Power and Electric Light company has expressed surprise that our people have not availed themselves of the op- portunity of purchasing stock in this reliable company. It is a safe and well p: ying investment. RECIPES FOR NOURISHING SOUPS Scotch Broth. 3 pounds mutton. 2 tablespoons pear! barley. 2 tablespoons minced onion. 2 tablespoons minced turnip. 2 tablespoons minced carrot, 2 tablespoons minced celery. 2 tablespoons salt. 1 teaspoon pepper. 1 tablespoon minced parsley. 3 quarts cold water. Remove the bones and all the fat from the mutton, cut the meat into small pieces, and put it into a stewpan with the water, chopped vegetables, barley, and all the seasoning except- ing the parsley. It will be found con- venient to tie the bones in a piece of thin white cloth before adding them to the other ingredients. Bring the stew to a boil, quickly skim it, and al- lew it to simmer for three hours thicken with the flour, and add the chopped parsley. STANEK'S PHARMACY | Henry Stanek, Prop. } PRESCRIPTION EXPERT Cor. 24th and L Sts, Tel. So, 878. con hand _ To eae age ! — Heffley’s Tailors For Nifty Up-to-Date t CLOTHING Oliver Theatre Bldg. 149 N. 13th gies eee oe aaa et oe The CHAPMAN Drug Store 934 P St., Lincoln Opposite Main Door Post Office Cameras and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and a full line of Druggist Sundries pcb of Druggist Sundries *”! Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 Le meerenneereeereteseeeeed scenic ere -araenetene ore SHOES MADE LIKE NEW with our rapid shoe repair meth- ods, one-fifth the cost. Sold un- called-for shoes. We have a se- lection; all sizer, all prices. FRIEDMAN Bros. 211 South 14th St. Omaha. THE MONITOR LABOR NOTES Ten more men arrived in Omaha this week from Florida and have gone to work with the American Smelting and Refining Company. ‘A warrant was issued last week for the arrest of a man recently ar- rived here from Florida. This man came on transportation and after ten days, quit the company and went else- where. The warrant is temporarily suspended on the agreement of the man to settle the matter of transpor- tation. Much of this has been going on and the company is seriously con- sidering not bringing any more men north. The same trouble has met many eastern firms and it is up to the southern Colored man to be on the square or forego his chances of leaving the south on transportation. Emigration will probably continue throughout the winter. The draft bas taken many thousands of able bodied men from the labor field and it is understood that the north will probably call on the Colored people to supply the deficiencies. Henry Owens of Pensacola, who re- cently came to Omaha to work for be smelters, has been sent to the hospital. About a year ago he re. ceived a gunshot wound in the leg which has never been healed. Owens has been with the company but ten |days, yet the company has assumed all expenses in curing him and res- toring his health. L. M. Borden came to Omaha last week from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is originally from Mobile. Some of the departments in the packing plants are working short time because of the scarcity of hogs. Reports of several large jobs have reached The Monitor upon which Colored labor will be used. More par- | ticulars will be given later. Printing presses were forbidden in the province of New York by royal authority in 1688. On March 25, 1693, printing was ordered to be introduced, and William Bradford was appointed public printer. wotne eee Morne a ss miei cs saute nan ne herbi ot Ai ee sae bp nre tai at apex that he te of aucun aay Mn tid ea id my, Gr” a Hi ad adit oa tov mean ge an ha tage rr hs rat nd Porat hearing it a wp er Tour oe ih fy of neice fn, a tha 2 al ae fore eto i i tayo ptr, spk ac and ees ti tne rh ean he es a penton mae ey nr a fut Geer owas a cect era ero ha ha sities fet id ie dese : Cian Advertising RATES—1% cents @ word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two ov more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should ac company advertisement. HOUSES FOR SALE For sale—Seven room house with toilet and bath. Gas in house. 2917 Grant street. $1,400. Apply to owner, J. 0. D. Newland. Webster 5850. 5-room house, paved street,4417 So. 2ith St., 60 ft. lot, $1,500. Doug. 2842. HANDLER AND ROBINS Fire and Tornado Insurance HOUSES FOR RENT For Rent—Four room house, 2218 South 27th St., newly papered and painted, Electric light and water in house, ‘Tyler 2248. J. S. Bruce. Neatly furnished rooms. Hot anc cold water. On Dodge and 24th street car lines, Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North 20th street. Telephone Douglas 4979. “For Rent—Furnished room in mod. ern home. On car line. 2409 Blondo street. Webster 6376. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. | For Rent—Nice front room, 2521 isan! in private family For Rent—Large furnished room in a strictly modern home for man and wife. On 24th street car line. Web- ster 4087. For Rent—Nice large front room, also other rooms, 2317 Charles street, near car line. Webster 4745. Furnished rooms, 1817 Izard. Tyler 1609. Neatly iurnished rooms, 1842 North 21th St. Call Webster 2812, “For Rent, Unfurnished rooms with electric light and water, 2608 Cuming street. Harney 5412. Faoot,padioe tes, ent 1 modern home. family, Gentleman NOTICE kine St. Webster 4/0U. ‘Madame Henderson jhairdresser and manicurist, agent for the celebrated Madame C. J. Walker preparations. The Walker method taught. Diplomas granted. 2539 Burdette St., Omaha, Neb. Phone Webster 1489. Neatly furnished rooms, 2915 Ers- kine street. Mrs. F. Johnson. Web- ster 3143, Two neatly furnished rooms, Walk- ing distance. 1219 South Sixteenth street, Phone Douglas 7639 after 6:30 p. m. William Douglass, Two furnished rooms for three or four working men. 2202 Clark St. Phone Webster 7034. “Neatly furnished rooms, strictly modern, $2.00 and up. Mrs. Minnie Ricketts, 1119 North Nineteenth St. Webster 3812. Furnished rooms for two geatle- ‘mien. Southern men preferred. Mrs. Bessie Johnson, 2720 Drexel street, South Side. First-class modern furnished rooms. ‘Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 ‘North Twenty-sixth street. Phone ‘Webster 4769. Fourteen neatly furnished rooms ‘Mrs. Ella Dunivan, 4716 South 27th ‘street, South Side. Phone South 3067. Furnished rooms to rent in a mod- ern house, 2619 Hamilton street, ‘Phone Webster 1250.—Adv. WANTED. 7 ~ Wanted—Man and wife to care for N. W. C. A. Home during the winter. Apply to Mrs. J. H. Smith, Webster 4409. “China painting. Classes Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mrs. D. W. Gooden 9211 Gumine street. Douglas 6496. The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them te Grow by Your Patronage. PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE. N. A. Patton, Proprietor } 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 | 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS Leb Sener errr reer eed pene ere Res. Colfax 3831 Douglas $181 | AMOS P. SCRUGGS | ‘Attorney-at-Law 3807 Camden Avenue, TRepairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled | NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE Auction Every Saturday RB. Rhodes Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and Sold Rental and Real Estate 2522 Lake St. Webster 7971] ee : DR. P. W. SAWYER | ; Dentist | t 220 So. 13th St. Phone Doug. 7150] | Automobileand = | Open, Horse DrawnHearses Day and Night JONES Q CHILES FUNERAL HOME Cats anawered prommly anywhere Web. 1100 and Web. 204 | Licensed Embalmer. { beneeecenereroreresrvertrortetrone-orortetnenb peeeeneeeweeeneeeeeeeeeeet SLAUGHTER SYSTEM AND LY5AaS HAIR BEAUTIFIER Guaranteed to Grow Hair in Six Treatments or Money Refunded Douglas 8536 Miss Nellie Seott beceeeeeecereenesnepeeemes | Graduate of N. E. Conservatory | “of Music, Boston, Mass. Florentine F, Pinkston | Teacher of | Pianoforte, Harmony, Solfeggio | Webster 2814 i; Boston Studio | 2214 No, 28th Ave. Omaha. | greene ereneenecorerene- arene eeenentnene DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 TS eee ee ee The People’s Drug Store 109 South 14th Street Drugs, Cigars and Soda Tollet_and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We appreciate your patronage. Phone Douglas 1446 beer eee eee ceemeeeeeeoned TERRELL’S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embatmers Lady Assistant Satistaction Guaranteed 1914 Cuming Street Res, Doug. 4378, Office Doug. 3118 ee ee ee a a Teas a ee ee GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS J Cc. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. | Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 i ae ee ea es nee ea nioe 10a tsasgatGod RRO SDORDS POSS COSESGI ISIS ESOS OS GOUESOSNTSESS TRY. Barma | THE LIFE SAVER ALWAYS ON TAP AT THE ALAMO | Sr Western FuneralHome | 2518 Lake Street Phone Webster 24%, Open Day and Night Our Conveniences: Free Spacious Chapel and Organ. Sanitary Morgue and Reposing Rooms complete, Air tight preservation case; Derma-Surgery work; lady attendant, if desired; private ambulance, | auto or horse drawn vehicles. Lowest prices. Polite and Expert | Service. Licensed Embalmers in Attendance, | SILAS JOHNSON, Funerai Director The Cream of Omaha’s Tonsorialists ‘| } . E ¢ 4 ¥ oan (nt i | is i H Sa “ae AA E. W. Killingsworth R, C. Price The Alamo Barber Shop and Pocket Billiard Parlor ‘Two Twentieth Century barbers such as the general public de- mands. We are up to the latest methods of barbering. Everything sanitary, Barber ‘shop department open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m, Open Saturday fro 8 a. m. to 12 p.m. We carry a full line of choice Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies and Chewing Gum. KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE, Props., Phone Webster 5784. 2416 North 24th Street pe ina tis ge een an COO - Blanket and Bedding Sale : Starts Saturday, Sept, Ist. We / are wonderfully prepared, qual- Sasan alee ate : * Thomas ‘Kilpatrick & Co. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO a NY BOSS jay el 3 WANTED! 3 + 500 Colored Customers Who Un- : = derstand the Value of Good : Shoe Repairing, ; SH. LAZARUS, 2019 Cuming St; Seseeeseseeeeesdendtedeteteteteeeetedeteteteteteteten pale focal Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES: Free Delivery Tyler 169 2402 Cuming St. Essence comeage eesnaat { IMPERIAL { DYE & CLEANING WORKS - Cleaners, Garment and Fancy Dyers Phone Tyler 1022 1516 Vinton St. } GEO. F. KRAUSE, Prop. Lasers pagenieesetnas rine cede C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard = Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money ee eee ee ee eee re Established 1890 Cc. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents’ Furnishings 1514 No. 2dth St. Omaha, Neb. | ARE YOU SATISFIED with your Dry Cleaner? If not, try the DRY CLEANERS BEST WORK AND SERVICE NONE BETTER Call Us First PHONE DOUGLAS 1811 ‘24th St, 1 block north of Cuming t Street Lvs snosenansseenerqre-oronanmeoceeceneo-ood J. A. Edhoim Ee. W. Sherman 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 +5 coe een eee eee Cc. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke ¢and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. | {SORE lobe ol | Te Be Ce | THE BEST 5c CIGAR ow suatt Saving Now | | Ud Ses a! | gual i ven © Wet es A HOUSE Ky Will L, Hetherington { * Violinist terol euro i Studio Patterson Bik MELCHOR-- Druggist The Old Reliable : Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. OMAHA TRANSFERCO. “The Only Way"? BAGGAGE Checked to Destination