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$1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Extension Carries No Reflection General Ballou, in Command of Training Camp, Writes to Correct False Impression. MOBILIZATION IS DEFERRED Wisdom and Commonsense Dictate That Advantage Be Taken of Extended Time. Under date of September 14 General Ballou, in command of the training camp at Des Moines, Ia., has written the following letter to Dr. Cabaniss of Washington, D. C., in explanation of postponement of graduation of Colored officers: "I was very much surprised to learn that any one should construe the one month's extension of this training camp as an indication that the Colored candidates for commissions required more time than white candidates, and that the month's extension was made in order to bring them up to the standard of the white camps. As a matter of fact, no one is in a position to institute any comparison between the proficiency of the Colored candidates and the whites, as no one has had an opportunity to compare their work. The inspector general of the army visited all of the training camps and could, therefore, institute a comparison as to the little practical work he observed in his brief visits, and also as to their apparent discipline, "set up" and smartness of appearance. I am convinced from his remarks that the candidates at this camp would not suffer from any such comparison. "The fact of the matter is that there is no reason whatsoever for supposing that the extension of this camp to October 15 was caused by any consideration of relative fitness of candidates, and there seems every reason for believing that this had nothing at all to do with the matter. "There was not one word or figure in the report and recommendations of the classification boards at this camp that could possibly have indicated to the War Department, or any one else, the slightest reason for believing that the Colored candidates were not as well qualified for their commissions as were the white candidates. "The War Department has not felt it necessary to explain its action, and it should not be necessary, but the following may explain the matter to those who see something sinister in everything they don't understand; "The men conscripted under the first call are to be actually mobilized in several increments. The reason is obvious. To dump thirty or forty thousand men in a camp all at once would be to create confusion if not chaos and to entail much actual suffering. Most of the officers who are to handle these conscripts are the briefly instructed men of these three months' training camps. They can't be expected to handle such big matters efficiently till they have had a little experience with smaller ones. Then there is the vast problem of supply. The machinery needs time to get it to running at maximum speed and efficiency. It needs oiling up and to begin at rather low speed. "The Colored troops are to be organized in units by themselves, and not mixed with whites. Since the Colored officers' training camp did not begin until one month after the white camps, the white officers were graduated and ready one month before the Colored ones could be. That the white regiments should, therefore, be the first ones mobilized is as simply logical as that two and two make four. "It will be well along in October before the last of the several white increments can be called out and cared for. What is the sensible thing to do meanwhile with the Colored candidates for commissions? Any man who knows anything at all of the necessary qualifications for an officer knows that three months are not one-tenth of the time really necessary for his training, and that not one of our officers of three months' training has more than made a slight beginning in learning his duties. If time were available they would all be kept in training a much longer time. Now, is it the part of commonsense to graduate these Colored candidates a month or two ahead of the mobilization of the units they are to organize, feed, equip and train and let them idle away the interim, or is it good business sense to continue their preparation by an extra month of work specially selected, with a view to enabling them to THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor avoid the very mistakes now being made by the less fortunate officers who, however sadly they may need an extra month's training, were not so fortunate as to get it? "No one but trouble mongers can have any doubt either as to the wisdom of this extra month's work, under the circumstances, or as to it being absolutely devoid of any reflection whatsoever on the Colored candidates. "You are at liberty to make any use you see fit of this letter. "Sincerely, (Signed) "C. C. BALLOU, "Brigadier General National Army." OLDEST BANK MESSENGER DIES Cincinnati, O.—In the passing away of John H. Troy, the career of a family long identified with the financial institutions of this city is closed. He served three banks of this city for a period of more than fifty years as a trusted messenger, the National Lafayette Bank, the Merchants' National Bank, and finally the First National Bank, with which he was connected a' the time of his death. He was the oldest bank messenger of the State, not only in years, but in point of service. The Conservation of Food Work The First From the Department of Food Administration for Nebraska. G. W. WATTLES, Food Administrator October 21 to 28 Named as Pledge Card Week. The first big work of the Food Administrator is to secure the co-operation of the housewives of Nebraska in conservation of food products. The means to this immediate end is the signing of pledge cards by citizens of Nebraska, giving their voluntary assistance in this work. The week of October 21 to 28 has been set aside, nationally, as pledge card week and Mr. Wattles hopes to secure the pledges of seventy-five percent of the 290,000 families of Nebraska. Mr. Wattles has gathered around him a strong Executive Committee, composed of representative men of the state, to assist in the work. The personnel of the committee assures its success. "The purpose of this campaign is two-fold," says Mr. Wattles. "First, to secure the realization of the importance of food conservation, and, second, to get a list of housewives of Nebraska who will assist in this work, and that they may be advised, directly, of the methods and plans. There is nothing in the card that any one cannot sign. It simply asks the voluntary co-operation in the work of the national food administration. "We, in Nebraska, waste enough food to feed Belgium. If we can save what is wasted, we can supply food to our boys in the war zone who are entitled to the best there is, and we can save starving mothers who are dying for want of nutrition. It is important to the last degree, this question of food conservation." AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION MEETS John Mitchell Makes Report on Nation-wide Thrift Campaign Among Colored People. Atlantic City, N. J.—The American Bankers' Association met in its annual session here the last week in September. Among the delegates was John Mitchell, jr., president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank of Richmond, Va., a substantial institution capitalized and officered by Colored men. For the first time in the history of the American Bankers' Association President John Mitchell, jr.'s, report as chairman of the Special Committee on the Nation-wide Thrift Campaign Among Colored People appeared in the advance report of the officers of the Savings Bank Section, and was distributed among the more than two thousand wealthy men of the country. It produced much favorable comment. Great Producing Power These reports will also appear in the financial journals of the country. Mr. Mitchell showed that the annual producing power of the Colored people of the country is $600,000,000 per year. The meeting of the Savings Bank Section here is the largest in the history of the organization. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 6, 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, DAVIS, GREEN OR ANY OTHER COMPETENT MAN NOW SERVING IN THE ARMY, 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. The Negro Soldiers' Valorous Part In America's Wars The Negro Soldiers' Valorous Part In America's Wars They Have Been Eager Volunteers and Brave Fighters from the Revolution Until Today; Only Two Isolated Blots Were the Outbreaks at Brownsville and Houston. By Benson Crawford, in the New York Times. Ever since the American grew careless about spilling tea at Boston the blood of black soldiers has been spilled for the eagle bird. It was Crispus Attucks, a mulatto and a fugitive slave, that led the patriot mob at the Boston massacre. It was Peter Salem, one of the enfranchised Negroes who fought at Bunker Hill, that shot dead Major Pitcairn, leader of the British marine, as he leaped over the breastworks crying "The day is ours!" Sprinkled with the blue and the gray alike stood the soldier in black during the war between the States. The rattle of black musketry brought the white flag from the Spaniards on the summit of San Juan Hill which ended the war with Spain. It was a troop of black cavalry that penetrated the plains of Mexico and dealt havoc to Villa's band of guerrillas before being trapped and cut to pieces by a machine gun. All this for the eagle bird—and more. When Congress called it war with Germany, patriotic Negroes began holding mass meetings throughout the country, even though German spies or sympathizers were mailing letters to their leaders in the Southern States saying "This is a white man's war, and Negroes would better go to Mexico and get higher wages." A Colored regiment was quickly organized at Norfolk, Va., and offered its services to the President. More than 10,000 Negroes were among the applicants to enlist with the expeditionary army proposed by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Although the raising of an army fell upon the United States in the early Springtime, when the Negro population of the cotton belt is largely under contract to remain in the fields, many black soldiers enlisted along with their white fellow-country-men. Like a pathetic romance runs the story of our soldiers in black. Too little has been told about them by the writers of American history. Certainly too little has been taught about their activities in warfare from school histories. A better understanding between the races might have long ago materialized had a page or two here and there from the musty old Government reports and official war records, long buried in the dustiest corners of big libraries, been inserted in the textbooks on American history giving the Negro's part in the nation's wars. In the very first war for American independence and long before the Negro knew for himself the meaning of the word "freedom" his finger got hungry for a trigger at the tap of a drum. In the war of the American Revolution and in the war of 1812 many Negroes bought their individual freedom by fighting for the cause of the colonists. Others went to the front as substitutes for their masters and the sons of their masters. The present-day generation of Americans would probably not believe it, but official records make it true, nevertheless, that at one time right in New York State, now the Empire State of the country, Negroes were put in the trenches to fight for American independence, and their pay as soldiers went to their masters in payment for their own individual freedom. This by legislative enactment, too. (Oct. 24, 1814.) So eager were Negroes to enlist in the war of the Revolution that laws had to be passed repeatedly by the States or colonies to prevent them from mustering into service. On May 20, 1775, the Revolutionary Committee on Safety found it desirable to rule that "only free Negroes should be employed as soldiers;" whereupon many patriots freed their slaves. In the Continental Congress Edward Rutledge of South Carolina moved on Sept. 26, 1775, that all Negro soldiers be dismissed from the Colonial Army. But there was strong opposition to this move and Colored men were still received, often as substitutes for their white masters, who set them free on this condition. The Congressional Committee of Conference with General Washington before Boston, headed by Benjamin Franklin, issued an order on Oct. 23, 1775, to the effect that Negroes "especially such as are slaves," should be no longer enlisted. This brought much dissatisfaction among the Negroes who had already enlisted, and General Washington reported that he had cause to fear that those Colored troops whose time had expired might show their resentment by deserting to the enemy. Congress permitted these to re-enlist Jan. 16, 1776) and General Washington, who had great faith in the Negro as a soldier, had the satisfaction of continuing his plan of using the black man in the trenches. There were 775 Negroes enrolled in the Continental Army on August 24, 1778. Two days later the Rhode Island Legislature set free enough slaves to form a regiment on condition they would enlist with the State militia. The terms were gladly accepted by the slaves and they fought with conspicuous and commendable gallantry in the battle of Rhode Island. In his book, "The American Conflict," Horace Greeley wrote: "Had the Revolutionary war lasted a few years longer slavery would have been abolished throughout the country." It should be stated in reference to the battle of Rhode Island that Major Gen. Greene had three regiments—one of them the enlisted slaves—and they repulsed three vicious attacks intended to flank the American Army. The British thought the Negroes were the weak spot in the line, but they found they were not. One of the great disputes at home arising at the outset of the War of 1812 was whether the Negroes should be used as soldiers or not. General Andrew Jackson issued a proclamation from Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 21, 1814, in which he bitterly denounced "the mistaken policy of excluding Negroes from the army." He praised unstintingly those Colored soldiers who had fought under him, and had no cause to regret his utterances shortly afterward in the defense of New Orleans when the Negroes under his command fought bravely with the whites and succeeded in driving Pakenham and his trained British troops from behind the breastworks. (Jan. 8, 1815.) (To be Continued) CONNECTICUT HAS COLORED COUNTRY CLUB Chesire, Conn.—With the opening of the Chesire County Club in this place, with all the attractions and conveniences of a modern country club, the Colored men composing its membership now over 200, have no doubt launched the most complete organization of this kind owned and operated by Colored men in this country. Do your level best wherever you may be employed. RACE PRESS TAKES UP OUR SLOGAN The Monitor's slogan: "Give Us a Colored Commander for Colored Troops," is being taken up by the race press throughout the country. Let press, pulpit and people unite in this demand, and eventually the petition will be granted. The Citizens Advocate, of Los Angeles, Cal., has this to say: "The Monitor, one of our esteemed contemporaries, is carrying a double column header on its front page appealing to President Wilson to appoint a Colored commander for Colored troops. We give place to this appeal because such an act on the part of the President will meet with the approval of one-tenth part of the population—and in justice to the Negro soldier it ought to be done. QUIZ SOLDIERS HELD IN RIOT Fort Bliss, Tex.—One hundred and four prisoners of the Twenty-fourth Infantry have been examined here by the National Board of Inquiry, which is making an investigation preliminary to filing charges against the members of the 24th Infantry, alleged to have had a part in the rioting at Houston on August 3. New York Race Men Nominated First Time in History of State Voters Colored Voters Have United on Their Own Candidates. BOTH MEN CREDIT TO RACE New York City.—E. A. Johnson and J. C. Thomas, Jr., two candidates representing the best intellectual and business types of the race, have been named by the Republican party as candidates for the Assembly and Aldermanic Board in Harlem, respectively. It is said to be the first time the party has ever designated race men as candidates for elective offices in New York City. Edward A. Johnson was nominated as a candidate for Assemblyman for the Nineteenth district. He is a man of excellent accomplishments, and has a fine record as a clean-cut business man and gentleman. He defeated his opponent for nomination by 14 votes. Mr. Johnson is 56 years of age, and was born in Raleigh, N) C., where he was admitted to the bar, and served for some time as an assistant to the United States attorney for that district. He is a graduate from both Atlanta and Shaw universities, and for some years was a trustee for the latter institution, as well as its dean. Four times he went as a delegate to National Republican conventions. Mr. Johnson is also an author of national reputation. He came to New York in 1906, and was admitted to the bar here the same year. Among his literary productions is one on the "National Negro Business League," a "History of the Negro Race," "The Negro Soldier" and a half dozen other authorative works. The aldermanic candidate has quite as interesting history. James C. Thomas, Jr., was graduated from the city schools and Cornell University, where he took high honors as a scholar and made an enviable record as a member of the university track team. His father is an undertaker, who has amassed a fortune that is said to approach $1,000,000. Young Thomas was admitted to the New York bar in 1912, and was a delegate-at-large to the Constitutional convention, of which Hon. Elihu Root was chairman. Mr. Thomas lives at 2229 Fifth avenue. He is a candidate for alderman from the Twenty-sixth district of the Tewenty-first Assembly district. Mr. Thomas led his nearest opponent by 150 votes. HURRICANE HIT JAMAICA: KINGSTON MISSES DAMAGE Kingston, Jamaica.-The island of Jamaica was struck by a hurricane Sept. 22 for the third time in as many years. The gale was not of excessive violence in Kingston, and no damage was done to buildings. No details are available from the interior of the island, as all the telephone and telegraph wires are down. COLORED SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ALMOST EMPTY Jacksonville, Fla.—It is reported that schools and churches in the rural districts of the State are almost empty this fall, because of the great exodus to the North. Business men and preachers are also leaving in great numbers for northern fields. Roosevelt Receives Colored Delegation Fourteen Representatives of the Race Wait Upon Militant Ex-President in Kansas City. ASK MESSAGE OF INSPIRATION Counsels Bravery, Patience, Progressiveness and Trust in God; Main-tains That Justice Will Triumph. Kansas City, Mo.—A delegation of prominent Colored men, upon an invitation extended by ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, soldier, statesman, hunter and traveler and the greatest living figure in the world today, visited him at his stopping place while in this city last Monday, September 24, at 3 p. m. at the palatial residence of Hon. I. R. Kirkwood, son-in-law of the late Colonel William R. Nelson, founder and editor of the Kansas City Star, and were graciously received by both Colonel Roosevelt and his host, Mr. Kirkwood. After being ushered into the magnificent reception room of the Kirkwood residence, Mr. Nelson C. Crews, as the spokesman of the delegation, introduced the members of the party to the ex-president, and after an exchange of greetings briefly stated their pleasure in having this distinguished honor conferred upon them of being permitted to meet the distinguished guest, to express their confidence in him and to thank him for his manly and courageous stand for the race in the recent controversy with Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor at the recent clash in Carnegie Hall in New York City. Mr. Crews said that when Abraham Lincoln uttered those splendid words in which he said "government of the people, for the people and by the people shall not perish from the earth," he gave utterance to a lofty and magnificent sentiment, but when you, Colonel Roosevelt, gave utterance to that stirring sentiment, "All men up and no men down," you forever endeared yourself to every Negro beneath whatever flag he may live in the civilized world. Mr. Crews then presented Dr. William H. Thomas, the scholarly and eloquent pastor of Allen Chapel, who briefly but eloquently stated the difficulties under which the race has labored, the struggles through which it was passing and the need of encouragement from strong and powerful friends, and in conclusion said: "Mr. Roosevelt, give us a text—a theme—a message of inspiration to carry to our people, and we shall feel that our mission has not been in vain." Colonel Roosevelt seemed to be deeply affected by the eloquent plea of Dr. Thomas, and though he gave visible evidence of fatigue, having just returned from the memorable banquet extended him by the commercial bodies of the city, yet he entered with the Roosevelt vim and spirit into a brief discussion of the conditions surroundings the Colored people, told how it was his intention if he had been permitted to organize a brigade for service in France, to have had one regiment of Colored men with Colonel Young in command of that regiment and all the officers Colored, and vehemently said: "I would have expected every man from that regiment to have measured up to the highest possible standing, because I knew more would be expected of them than of other elements in my regiment; but as I was not permitted to organize that brigade I can only say to you: Be brave, be not weary in well-doing, be patient but progressive; trust in God and respect your fellows; always remembering that all things which are possible are not always expedient. I thank you, gentlemen, for having paid me this call, and bid you tell your race that justice and right will eventually prevail among men."—Kansas City Sun. A SAMPLE OF SOUTHERN "JUSTICE"(?) Raleigh, N. C.—Reuben Bailey, a white man, who was arrested several weeks ago charged with breaking into a Colored farmer's house and criminally assaulting his wife, in the presence of her children, was tried in the Superior Court last week. He was allowed to plead guilty foribly entering the house and the court accepted his plea, saying: "Let the prisoner pay the Colored woman $25 and cost of court, and you give a bond of $100 for good behavior until the September term of court." 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. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards 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 issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4843. "AT FORT DES MOINES" Under the above caption the Omaha World-Herald in last Sunday's issue published the following admirable and appreciated editorial: One cannot read accounts of what is being done at the training camp for Negro officers at Fort Des Moines without feeling that the men from this camp, before going to the field to fight for their country, are fighting a splendid battle for their race. The representatives of the Colored population of the country at Fort Des Moines come from every state in the union, and, of course, the greater part of them are from the south. They are from the most intelligent, the most ambitious and the most successful class of Colored people, and correspond with the young men of the white race who are in the other training camps. They are students, professional and business men, in large proportion, and they seem to have gone to this camp to set their race forward by their conduct there and by the capacity they would show for the important work with which they are soon to be entrusted. All reports, both in the press and from personal observation of visitors, agree as to the unexceptional behavior of the men at this camp and as to their capacity as students of military science. For Des Moines is not behind any of the training camps. The young Negro men went there to be gentlemen, they went there to learn to be soldiers and to command soldiers. They went there to be worthy representatives of their race, and so to commend it and win increased respect for it. And they have succeeded admirably. The people of Des Moines felt at first that they would have to be on their guard against the men at the Negro training camp, and several instances of discrimination were shown, but the camp has won Des Moines. It is a favorite objective of excursion and automobile parties. It is just as interesting as any training camp for white officers. The Negroes there under instruction use the street car line to and from the city that is also patronized by large numbers of white people living in the outer parts of the city which the line serves, and these white people testify to the uniformly good conduct of the Negroes aboard the cars. If the cars are crowded the Negroes are as quick as any whites to give up their seats to women. The Negroes in the camp have "made good," and there is no reason to suppose that they will not make good in the army camp and on the battlefield. And so will the Negro troops. Just now, when preparations are being made to court-martial over a hundred men of the Twenty-fourth infantry for the deplorable affair at Houston, it is gratifying and reassuring to read letters to the press and private statements from old officers, white, who have commanded Negro troops, praising their efficiency as soldiers. Notable among these statements is that of Colonei J. A. Cole, retired, which has been given wide publicity in the press. He sums it up by saying that white officers who serve with Negro troops like, admire and trust them. The Negroes make up 10 per cent of the population of the United States. They are called upon to do their share of the fighting. There is no no conspicuous number of slackers among them. The slackers we have had trouble with are whites. The Negroes ask no special exemption. They are willing to do their part, and they should be given every chance to do it by being honorably treated in the camps and in the ranks. Their willingness, patriotism and fidelity to the flag, in spite of some peculiar grievances they might express, entitles them to this appreciative treatment. Even southern newspapers are frank enough to admit that occasional outbreaks of Negro troops, such as that of Brownsville and Houston, were probably caused by their too harsh treatment by white police officials, and some of these papers, as if wanting to give the south a chance to atone, suggest that the Negro troops be quartered in the south until the time comes for them to go abroad. Two fascinating volumes have just been issued by the government. They are known as Bulletins No. 38 and 39 of the Bureau of Education. Their title is, "Negro Education." The two volumes present the results of a thorough, scientific and sympathetic study A NOTABLE REPORT of the private and higher schools for the Colored people of the United States. Those entrusted with this difficult task have done their work remarkably well. They deserve unstinted praise for their thoroughness and painstaking work in their collection of data, for the frankness with which they have stated the conditions as they have found them, and for the farsighted wisdom of the recommendations for improvement suggested. The studies were prepared in cooperation with the Phelps-Stokes fund, under the direction of Thomas Jesse Jones, specialist in the education of racial groups, Bureau of Education. The Phelps-Stokes fund was founded by Miss Caroline Phelps-Stokes, who left her fortune of nearly one million dollars "for the education of the Negroes, North American Indians and deserving whites." Government experts, co-operating with the trustees of such as fund as this, would naturally prepare a most satisfactory report of educational conditions as they found them. At some other time we shall speak of particular features of this report. For the present we desire simply to call attention to these volumes, which can be obtained from the department at Washington, and to express our profound gratitude that such a notable work has been done for the cause of education, which must necessarily improve conditions among the race in the United States. It notes another mark of advance in frankly meeting and improving racial conditions in this country. A UNIQUE PUBLICATION "Little Talks on Furniture and Furnishings" is the name of a unique and attractive eight page, illustrated magazine "devoted to the beautification and enrichment of our homes," edited by E. Lewis Holland, the progressive advertising manager of the well known and always dependable firm of Orchard & Wilhelm company. The September number, which is the initial issue, begins with a friendly "foreword" which gives one a home-like feeling. "The Evolution of the Rug," by William J. Eldridge, is an interesting article which grips the attention. "The Story of Span-Umbrian Furniture" tells you something you would not ordinarily otherwise know, and "Period Styles" sends you delving into history. The samples of furniture and furnishings, artistically illustrated, makes one regret that his editorial income is so limited that he cannot gratify his desire to refurnish his home. Mr. Holland is to be congratulated upon this splendid publication. GIVES GOOD ADVICE The Richmond Planet, edited by John Mitchell, jr., whom we have never met, but long admired, has a most happy way of giving excellent advice to its large reading constituency in tense sentences. Here are two good examples from its last issue: "Save some of your money, Colored folks. If it is only one cent per day, save some of your money." "When you are tired, rest. When you are hungry, eat. When you are illiterate, learn. When you are anxious for a good time, look at your pocketbook and consider your actual needs, and pause before you engage in reckless spending." Pretty good advice, isn't it? We are of the opinion that it is because John Mitchell has practiced what he preaches that he has been for LOOK! for the announcement in the Sunday papers about our Third Anniversary Sale in the DOWN STAIRS STORE Which Starts Next Monday Morning BURGESS-NASH COMPANY THE MONITOR a number of years a highly respected member of the American Bankers' Association. What do YOU think about it? When you are inclined to complain of some injustice which you feel you have been called upon to endure from some individual of the so-called superior race, just recall how many disinterested kindnesses you have been the recipient of from other individuals of the same race. Don't condemn all for the injustice of the few. 'Tl' it's not fair, is it? Obvious Observations Everything on the western front is a quiet as a city park on a beautiful moonlight night. Uncle Sam is ready to let drafted Colored men volunteer for the regular army, so step to the front, boys, and hand in your monicker. One nice thing about King Ak-Sar-Ben is that he rests more comfortably than most kings. His reign only lasts a year. Wish coal would stop dancing the giddy glide so that we common people could find out whether our pennies in the little iron bank are sufficient to fill the shed. As to conservation of food, one Omaha daily says to eat all you want to eat and the other says to eat as little as you possibly can eat. We are daily waiting to have the third come out and tell us to stop eating anything. The Literary Digest of last week had three articles in it concerning the culled race. We she' must be an impo'tant factah in the community, how? No wonder there isn't any beef in Germany. German diplomacy has received so many black eyes lately that all the beef steak had to be requisitioned and used for plasters. There are still a large number owing subscriptions. Please remember that winter is coming and that a newspaper has to keep warm the same as you. Thanking you kindly for listening to these few deals of dull dope, we will now attempt to dodge the bill collector for another four weeks. SKITS OF SOLOMON Now comes the beautiful time of the year when we gather in the harvest from our gardens. When said fruits and grains and vegetables were planted, the visions were great. Even old Jeremiah didn't have anything on us when it came to prophesying what was behind the big green plush curtains of time. We watched the moon closer than a Chaldean star-gazer, figuring out which seeds to plant when the moon was new and when it was wobbly from being full. We had the dope and we tended the soil until our crop of blisters were the squares and cubes of our crops of seed shoots. But whither, oh, whither, have gone the dreams of April and May and June? The boys are gathering our potatoes to play marbles with and the worms have made sieves out of the cabbages. The corn has anemia and the squash the ricketts. The turnips have refused to fatten and the onions are just about to fatten and the onions they were several months ago. Our bit for Uncle Sam hasn't helped much and the big eyed speculator is rubbing his hands and pussyfooting around with a large purse jammed into his hip pocket. Our prodigious harvest will last us until October the halfway, and then we will saunter to the grocery with the market basket and holler on the high cost of living. The mistake we made was following the words on the back of the seed package. The best way to raise a crop is to ignore all seed catalogued instructions. A seed catalogue and a patent medicine pamphlet belong in the same class. Remember this advice when you start exercising next spring, because you're going through the same thing again. You wouldn't feel right unless you did. Hope springs eternal in the human breast as Mr. Pope said the morning he tried to swat the fly that was entertaining him. The Harvest. Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards MAINTAIN SCHOOLS The United States Commissioner of Education has issued the following: "To parents, teacher associations, mothers' clubs, etc.: During the present school year and while the war continues, there will be many temptations for parents and guardians of children to keep their children out of school, and there will be many difficulties in the way of maintaining schools at their full measure of efficiency. On the other hand, it is of the very greatest importance that the efficiency of the schools shall be maintained in every way and that there shall be no falling off in attendance. This is necessary both for the present defense of the country and for the welfare and safety when the war is over. While we are fighting for the maintenance of democracy we must do everything possible to make the democracy strong and efficient in every way. This will depend on the schools more than on any other one agency; and I am, therefore, taking the liberty of suggesting to all parent-teacher associations and other similar organizations that they immediately use all of their influence in this direction. Of course each association will know what is best to do for its particular school and community." FACT AND COMMENT Incesasnt activity does not always indicate intelligent industry. Who answers Evil Speaking with a Flood Of Evil Speech would wash off Dirt with Mud. He who loses his temper seldom finds it as good as before it was lost. Pupils in certain Iowa public schools are signing a pledge that binds them not to find fault with the food set before them while the country is at war. The penalty for each violation is a fine of one cent, which will go into a fund to help the children of Belgium. It were a good pledge for all of us to sign. GEORGIA BEGINS TO LEARN Atlanta, Ga.—The State legislature has just passed a bill providing for the establishment of an industrial and normal school for Colored students as the first move towards educating the Negro beyond the common schools in this State. This bill grew out of the fact that Georgia whites have begun to realize the best way to keep the Negro in the South is to treat him like a citizen. CHURCH OF ST. St. Phi ON TWENTY Easily Within Walk If You Are a If You Are Come Please accept seats Particular Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Gas Best 22K gold crowns. Gold fillings. Casted gold inlays. Heavy 22K bridgework. Porcelain crowns. Full upper or lower plates, best mater. Silver fillings. Temporary fillings. Extractions Clarence H. Sing 109 South 14 (Over Peoples' I) Office Hours, 9 A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 7 P. M. THIS IS A PICTURE OF St. Philip's Episcopal C IN TWENTY-FIRST ST., BETWEEN NICHOLAS AND Easily Reached From All Parts of City By Stre Within Walking Distance of a Large Number of Col You Are a Member of the Episcopal Church this Know Where It Is. If You Are Not a Member of the Church, You Oug Come to the Services Anyway and Get Acqua SUNDAY SERVICES CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP/ THE DEACON OMAHA, NEB. Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m. Church School (Sunday School) 10 a. m. Holy Communion and Sermon, 11 a. m. Evening Prayer and Sermon, 8 p. m. Please accept this as a personal invitation to attend seats are free. Everybody is welcome. It's Heavenly Father's House—Come. JNO. ALBERT WILLIAM Please accept this as a personal invitation to attend services. All seats are free. Everybody is welcome. It's your Heavenly Father's House—Come. The Fashion Center for Women Established 1886 Las Oxide and Oxygen Gas for Painless Extra- old crowns ..... $4.00 and $5.00 minlays ..... $2.00 and up bridgework ..... $5.00 and $6.00 browns ..... $5.00 lower plates, best material ..... $10.00 saws ..... $1.00 fillings ..... $ .50 ..... $ .50 and up Prince H. Singleton, D. 109 South 14th Street (Over Peoples' Drug Store) 9 A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 7 P. M. Phone 1 Omaha's Most Successful Barber. GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. A PICTURE OF Episcopal Church BETWEEN NICHOLAS AND PAUL STS. All Parts of City By Street Cars. A Large Number of Colored People. Episcopal Church this Will Let You Where It Is. Of the Church, You Ought to Be, Anyway and Get Acquainted. final invitation to attend services. All anybody is welcome. It's your father's House—Come. O. ALBERT WILLIAMS, Pastor. --- Oxygen Gas for Painless Extractions $4.00 and $5.00 $2.00 and up $5.00 and up $5.00 and $6.00 per tooth $5.00 best material. $10.00 $1.00 $.50 $.50 and up Singleton, D. D. S. South 14th Street Peoples' Drug Store) M. P. M. Phone Douglas 7812 Our Growing Popularity Our Growing Popularity Up-to-date methods, courteous attention, clean, sanitary surroundings, five barbers who know their business. This is what my shop offers you. Omaha's Most Successful Barber. P. H. JENKINS Telephone Red 3357 1313 Dodge Street Omaha, Neb. A Church Where All Are Welcome Services Sunday School, 10 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. League, 6:30 p. m. Florence P. Leavitt Club, Monday afternoon. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evening. W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon Ladies' Aid, Friday Afternoon. GRIFFIN G. LOGAN, Res. 1628 N. 22nd. Web. 5003 Mrs. H. B. Lewis and daughter, Lecta, have returned home after a six weeks' visit with her mother in Mason City, Iowa. Mrs. Lewis was accompanied home by her younger sister, Miss Irma Caldwell, who came to attend he tak-Sar-Ben. Her visit will be indefinite. Hair growing and hair preservation, scalp treatment, manicuring and massage. Smith, Chiles & Wheeler, 2414 North 24th. Webster 3024.—Adv. Mrs. John Patton, of 2424 Burdette street, gave a surprise dinner party for her husband in honor of his 28th birthday anniversary. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Aitison, Mrs. H. Toulson and son, Mrs. L. Procter and Mrs. G. Vonteis. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Gregory entertained the members of St. Philip's choir at a delightful party at their residence, 2622 North Twenty-fifth street, Tuesday evening. Don't be a slacker. Attend the masque halloween ball at the Mercur, given by the O. N. E. Club.—Adv. A. W. Hopkins, of Leavenworth, Kansas, was called to Omaha Tuesday by the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. John C. Jones. He left for home Wednesday nght. The O. N. E. Club will give a masquerade ball on Halloween at the Mecca. The Red Cross Society held its regular weekly meeting in the parlors of the Grove M. E. Church Tuesday afternoon. The earnest and patriotic women who constituet the membership are working on hospital socks. All women are cordially invited to become members of this organization. Plain sewing done. Children's clothes a specialty. Mrs. L. Johnson, Webster 1621.-Adv. Paul P. Wigington, formerly of Omaha, but now a resident of St. Paul, Minn., is spending a few days visiting relatives and friends here. The Rev. J. C. C. Owens will conduct services at St. John's A. M. E. Church Sunday. Mr. Otto B. Paige of Carroll, Iowa, who was recently a guest in the home of Dr. A. G. Edwards, has entered Indiana Dental College. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking. Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 25th St. Webster 1483.—Adv. The "Lit" met with Mrs. Dana Murphy, 2716 Miami street, Monday night. A literary program was given and refreshments served. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. L. N. Peoples, 924 North 27th Avenue, Monday evening, October 15. Mrs. Carrie Troman and daughter, Virginia, are spending the week end with Mrs. Wm. Haynes, 119 South 27th street. They will return to their home in Kearney Sunday. 3607.—Adv. Fred C. Williams, traveling representative of the Monitor, left Wednesday morning for Lincoln, Nebr., Atchison, Kans., St. Joseph, Mo., and other points in Kansas and Missouri. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. Mrs. William Sprague, of Denver, Colo., arrived in Omaha Monday to be the guest of Mrs. T. P. Mammitt, 2114 North 25th Street. Bishop Williams visited the N. W. C. A. Home Sunday afternoon with Father Williams and confirmed David From the Cheapest That's GOOD to the Best That's Made in white enamel, vernis martin, mahogany, walnut, ivory and golden oak finishes; wide variety of styles and sizes ranging $8.50 in price from..... rd & Wilhelm Co. 14-16-18 South 16th St. BONOFF'S New Cloak and Suit Store Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-16-18 South 16th St. BONOFF'S New Cloak and Suit Store Former Proprietor of the New York Sample Store. Wonderful Selection of New Cloaks, Suits, Dresses, Skirts, and Furs SPECIAL SALES EVERY WEEK Come to Us and We Will Treat You Right. Wonderful Selection of New Cloaks, Suits, Dresses, Skirts, and Furs Events and Persons ```markdown ``` Two-Inch Continuous Posts Steel Beds 10 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. Dr. L. E. Britt returned Tuesday from a professional trip to Lincoln. Mr. Albert Hurt, who has been visiting his mother for the past two weeks, will leave Sunday for Kearney, Neb., where he has been employed for some months. Mrs. Austin W. Serrant, nee Willis, and infant daughter, of Chicago, are the guests of her sister, Mrs. Jasper E. Brown, 2763 Miami street. Mr. Serrant spent Sunday in the city. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. Mrs. David Morris left Wednesday night for Excelsior Springs, Mo., for a brief visit. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crews, Mrs. Lewis Holmes, Miss Jeffreys and Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Gates, of Lincoln, were Ak-Sar-Ben visitors this week. Miss Nina Cox, after an absence of seven years in Los Angeles, Calif., has returned to the city and is making her home with her mother, Mrs. G. Robinson, 2311 South 29th Street. The Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Garrison, enroute home to Chicago from the Methodist conference in Minneapolis, stopped over in Omaha and were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bayliss Pegg, 2105 Grace street, Saturday evening. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexander, 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. Peter Rhone, aged 34, died September 24 at a local hospital, and was buried in Forest Lawn cemetery September 28th, from the chapel of Silas Johnson, Western Funeral Home. The Negro Civic and Industrial League will meet in St. Philip's Guild Rooms Tuesday night. The public is invited to attend. Subscribe for The Monitor. $1.50 a year and worth it. Mrs. Delia Burr died September 26 at the age of 76 years and was buried from her home at 5622 32nd street, South Side, September 30. Interment was in the John Sautter cemetery. The funeral was in charge of Silas Johnson, Western Funeral Home. For real estate, loans, insurance and investments, see Eugene Thomas first. Rooms 413-14 Karbach Block, 15th and Douglas. Phone Douglas 3607.—Adv. Fred C. Williams, traveling representative of the Monitor, left Wednesday morning for Lincoln, Nebr., Atchison, Kans., St. Joseph, Mo., and other points in Kansas and Missouri. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. Mrs. William Sprague, of Denver, Colo., arrived in Omaha Monday to be the guest of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, 2114 North 25th Street. Bishop Williams visited the N. W. C. A. Home Sunday afternoon with Father Williams and confirmed David Splendid Oak Dresser Like Cut Has unique rounded edge top 20x40 inches in size and dependable plate mirror 22x28 inches in size; a splendid dresser with plenty of storage space, shown in nut brown, fumed and gold-en oak finishes.. $22.50 Same Dresser with 24x30-inch mirror, $24.50 at BED 1409 Douglas St. THE MONITOR Moore, who is very ill. Mr. Moore, who was baptized in the Episcopal Church in Virginia when he was a child, but who had never been confirmed, was anxious to receive that Sacrament before his death. Dr. Hutten very kindly took the Bishop and Fr. Williams to the home in his car. Do your bit—Meet O. N. E. Club Hollowe'en night at Mecca Hall. See Big Ghost Walk, new and startling.—adv. His Successor at St. John's, Omaha, Is Not Yet Assigned. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne returned Wednesday morning from Coffeyville, Kans., where they attended theKansas-Missouri conference. St. John's, Omaha, of which he has been pastor for five years, the limit allowed by the connection, was the banner congregation of the conference. The Rev. Mr. Osborne has been transferred to the Southwest Missouri conference which includes Kansas City and the adjacent territory, but the church to which he will be assigned in that conference has not yet been officially announced, nor has his successor at St. John's been appointed. He will remain in Omaha for at least two Sundays more. SERGEANT MCAW BECOMES RESIDENT OF OMAHA Sergeant Melvin McCaw, after thirty years of active and honorable service with the famous Ninth Cavalry, arrived in Omaha Monday morning from West Point, where he has been stationed for ten years with the detachment whose duty among others is to teach future officers to ride. He has been retired with a splendid record and with the affection and esteem of his superior officers and the men of his command. Sergeant McCaw and his charming wife, who is the daughter of Mrs. Thomas Reese, and who looks almost too young to be the mother of nine fine children, are the guests at present of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reese. They have taken a house at 2814 Miami street and will make Omaha their home. DEATH OF MRS. JOHN C. JONES Mrs. John C. Jones, aged 56 years, who has been ill since July at the residence of Mrs. Maggie Keys, 1415 Cass street, where she made her home, died early Monday morning, October 1. She had been employed at the Brandeis stores, where she was most highly regarded, for fifteen years. The funeral was held from the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, of which she was a devoted communicant, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. John Albert Williams officiating. Interment was in Forest Lawn. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband and one son, William J. Abbott, by a former marriage. VISITING OLD FRIENDS William J. Pierce, formerly of Omaha, but who has been a resident of San Francisco for a number of years, and from which city he was assigned to the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, is spending a few days in the city visiting his former friend, Mr. Pierce, who is a pleasant and ambitious young man, worked hard to win a commission, and his friends hope that he may yet be successful. He speaks in the highest terms of General Ballou and the officers in charge of the camp. BOY KILLED BY STREET CAR Lafayette Anderson, a sixteen-year-old boy, was instantly killed last Saturday morning at Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets by a street car, when his bicycle collided with a street car. The lad was coasting down Twenty-fourth street and by some means lost control of his wheel and was hurled under the car. The body was shipped to St. Louis, Mo., October 2 by Silas Johnson. Ben Hughes, the boy's stepfather, accompanied the remains. Be sure to attend the ninth anniversary of Ak-Sar-Ben Temple No. 254, which will be celebrated by a plate luncheon Thursday, October 18, from 2:30 to 10 p. m., at the residence of Mrs. Frank Stewart, 3015 Manderson street. Tickets 35 cents. Persons purchasing five or more tickets can get them for 25 cents. Mrs. C. H. Harris, Princess; Mrs. W. M. Rose, Secretary—Adv. Petersburg, Va.—President John M. Gandy, of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, reports that from all indications the coming session is to be one of the best within the school's history. OSBORNE TRANSFERRED PROGRESS NOTED AT NEWS OF ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Christian Nurture Series of lessons, a scientific, well-graded course of instruction, has been introduced in the Sunday School, which meets at 10 o'clock every Sunday morning. The corps of teachers is as follows: Mrs. John Albert Williams, Mrs. Leonard E. Britt, Mrs. Dana Murphy, Miss Beatrice Dunn, Mrs. Edward Howard, H. W. Black and the Rev. Fr. Williams. Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock the Sacrament of Holy Baptism was administered to the following infants: Mildred Olethea, daughter of Austen W. and Mae (Willis) Serrant, of Chicago, Ill., the parents having been married by the priest of the parish; Jeannette Louise, daughter of James H. and Louise Bertha (Hughston) Washington, and William George Albert, son of Frank and Roberta (Davis) Johnson. The Board of Religious Education of the Diocese of Nebraska has issued a bulletin on "Religion in the Home," which has been distributed to the congregation. It emphasizes Family Prayer and Devotional Bible Reading. The Woman's Auxiliary has adopted the following schedule of work for the year: First meeting in month, business and sewing; second meeting, Red Cross work; third meeting, missionary study; fourth meeting, social missionary tea. The regular monthly meeting of the N. W. C. A. was held Wednesday afternoon. Mr. David C. Moore, who has been quite ill at the N. W. C. A. Home for the past month, has been removed to the hospital. Rev. and Mrs. Stewart have donated the use of an organ to the home. Mrs. M. H. Wilkinson, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Lena Reed and Mrs. Newby are amon g the new members of the N. W. C. A. The Missionary Society of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, of which Rev. M. H. Wilkinson is pastor, has pledged itself to aid in putting a business phone in the home. There is room in the home for several more inmates. Call Mrs. J. H. Smith, Webster 4400. OUR POLICY is always to give you the best value at the price. You will always find us reliable. Ours have ginger, style and quality. We also carry Stetsons Brodkey's MEN'S FURNISHINGS 1403 Douglas St. OUR MOTTO Service First—Courtesy to Patrons. SOUTH & THOMPSON NORTH END CAFE The Place to Eat. 2418 North 24th Street Home Cooking Our Specialty Capt. Thompson, a popular chef, will season your food to taste. John South will deliver it just as it is received in all first class hostelries. All Columbia Records (Domestic or Foreign) all the time. Delivered Free Anywhere. Ask for Catalogue. Quick Service. Write or Phone Orders to Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. Douglas 1623 1311-13 Farnam St. Columbia Distributors. MEN Our Fall Hats are Beauties. Complete line now ready. $2.50 WOLF'S 1421 Douglas Street Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets N. W. C. A. NOTES Columbia Note the Notes Brandeis Stores Basement is one of the most attractive points of interest to every out-of-town visitor during this Ak-Sar-Ben time who desires to practice wise economies. This is the Biggest and Best Basement Department West of Chicago, and down to the smallest priced article our stocks are complete. In wearables we offer styles that will afford complete satisfaction—practical wear, with the best of style also—garments that have been copied from others much higher in price. In all fabrics we are offering the most complete stocks to be found anywhere in this vicinity. This Basement Is the Great Economy Center of Omaha FRIDAY AND SATURDAY You will find extraordinary offerings here in every department—be sure to share and save. The telephone operators are human, just as any of us. They appre- clate the kind- ness and cour- ties you show them over the wire. VISIT OUR STORE AND SEE OUR DISPLAY OF at the following prices: $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 We are agents for Marcus Ruben's Waiters and Cooks' Outfits. PALACE CLOTHING CO. S. E. Corner 14th and Douglas Streets. AMUSEMENTS The Alhambra THE HOUSE OF COURTSY 24th and Parker Your Favorite Pictures Will Be Shown Each Night As Usual 花 1916 CUMING STREET Comfortable Rooms—Reasonable Rates D. G. Russell, Proprietor 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 3 P. M. to 12 M. Monarch Pool Hall Douglas 2794, 1448 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. 3 ```markdown ``` 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. INVESTMENTS AND BUNGALOW For Colored, 5 room bungalow in choice section. Terms. Also down town corner, old houses, new roofs, rents $432; $3750 to close estate. Red 7401. 512 Paxton Block. 5-room house, paved street, 4417 So 27th St, 60 ft. lot, $1,500. Doug, 2842. HANDLER AND ROBINS Fire, oven, treadmill insurance FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Two furnished rooms with board for gentlemen, Mrs. E. J. Toddy, 2117 Grant street. Webster 5344. For Rent—Furnished room, modern. 1107 North 19th St. Mrs. T. L. Johnson. Neatly furnished rooms. Hot and cold water. On Dodge and 24th street car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North 20th street. Telephone Douglas 4379. For Rent—Furnished room in modern home. On car line. 2409 Blondo street. Webster 6376. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms. 2320 North 28th Ave. Phone Webster 2058. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms, 2320 North 28th ave. Webster 2058. Furnished room; modern home; gentlemen preferred. 2711 North 26th st. Mrs. E. Ennis. (4t) For Rent—Nice front room, 2521 Miami in private family. For Rent—Nice large front room, also other rooms, 2317 Charles street, near car line. Webster 4745. Furnished rooms, 1817 Izard. Tyler 1609. Neatly furnished rooms, 1842 North 27th St. Call Webster 2812. For Rent—Neat and sanitary furnished rooms, 2237 Seward St. Mrs. A. E. Jones, Webster 257—4t. For Rent. Unfurnished rooms with electric light and water, 2603 Cuming street. Harney 5412. The Western funeral Home The Place for Quality and Service SILAS JOHNSON Funeral Director Front parlor for rent in modern home. Private family. Gentleman preferred. $2.00 a week. 2414 Erskine St. Webster 4760. For rent—Two modern rooms in private home. G. W. Mack, 2708 Corby street. Furnished rooms, strictly modern, 2620 Burdette street. Webster 5543. Mrs. E. M. Wright. Madame Henderson, hairdresser and manicurist, agent for the celebrated CHOCO O'Brien's OCOLATES "The Utmost in Candy" THE O'B Candy REPAIRS AND STOVES, HEATERS, FU PROMPT SERVICE Water Fronts and Water OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, "Does Th Do Job P SU Best Work- THE O'BRIEN CO. Candy Makers REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES FOR WATERS, FURNACES AND BOILERS PT SERVICE—MODERATE PRICES Fronts and Water Heating Attachments REPAIR WORKS, 1206-8 Douglas St. Phone Tyler 20 Does The Monitor Job Printing?" SURE Work---Best Prices 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 20 13th and Jackson Doug.2190 --- --- HOUSE FOR SALE. HOUSES FOR RENT Madame C. J. Walker preparations. The Walker method taught. Diplomas granted. 2539 Burdette St., Omaha, Neb. Phone Webster 1489. Neatly furnished rooms, 2915 Erskine street. Mrs. F. Johnson. Webster 3143. Two neatly furnished rooms. Walking distance. 1219 South Sixtenth 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 gentlemen. 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, Twenty Side. Phone South 3067. Furnished rooms to rent in a modern house, 2619 Hamilton street. Phone Webster 1250.-Adv. Wanted—A man to team on shares. Call Douglas 5701. China painting. Classes Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mrs. D. W. Gooden, 2211 Cuming street. Douglas 5436. TRUNKS TRUNKS THE BETTER KIND 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. "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" 1803 FARNAM STREET Open All Times. Reasonable Prices Licensed Embalmer in Attendance Wenster 248 2518 Lake St. Wenster 248 Three things, please remember: Pay your subscription promptly. Get your friends to subscribe. Send us your job printing. 1119 No. 21st Web. 4243 THE MONITOR South Side Notes Master LeRoy Broomfield entertained about fifty of his young friends at Odd Fellows' Hall, 25th and O Sts., for his fourteenth birthday. The young people spent the evening in games and music. He was the recipient of many useful presents. Mr. Wm. Nelson, of 2410 P St., who has been on the sick list for about a week, but is much better now, will leave this week for Porter, Okla., to visit his brother. His brother, who was drafted, will leave his home some time this month for training quarters. Mr. Nelson expects to spend a week or ten days with his brother. Rev. J. A. Broadnax was sent from the annual conference as pastor for Allen Chapel, A. M. E. Church. Rev. Broadnax is an able speaker and desires to meet all members and friends Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the church. The funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Burr, who died last Friday, was held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Roberson, 42nd and U Sts., Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Burr was 80 years old and has been an invalid for some time. Rev. T. Taggart and Rev. Todd officiated. The Bethel Baptist Church have begun to move the old church back preparatory to laying a cornerstone for the new church. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS The Mission Circle of Zion Baptist Church was entertained by Mrs. J. Harris, 2912 Grant street, September 27. A short business session was held, in which preparations were made for the care-taking of the cosmopolitan booth, which the Mission Circle and the Matrons' Club will occupy together during the "Harvest Home" gathering, from October 15 to 20. Mrs. Gussie Allen, the efficient president for the past two years, read a very interesting paper on Mission work. Mrs. Papes gave a select reading, and Mrs. J. Dallas a solo, after which dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. The election of officers was postponed until the next meeting which will be held with Mrs. A. M. Harrold in the Nathan Apartments, Thursday, October 11. THE SMITH DEFENSE FUND Please bear in mind that contributions are requested for the defense of Smith, who is being held for the murder of Mrs. C. L. Nethaway. Send in your contributions. Trenton, N. J.-Gen. Lewis T. Pryant, State Commissioner of Labor, announced Sept. 25 the formation of a new bureau in his department to be known as the Negro Welfare and Employment Bureau. It will be conducted as an experiment for a few months, and if its results justify its existence will be suggested as a permanent bureau. CORNER STONE LAID FOR NEW Y St. Louis, Mo.—About 10,000 attended the laying of the corner stone for the new Y. M. C. A. Building held on Thursday afternoon, September 20. A monster street parade was held in which over 3,000 men, women and children took part. The structure is to cost $180,000. ED. F. MOREARTY, Attorney-at-Law, Bee Building. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT. To Nettie E. Thornton, Non-Resident Defendant: Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of June, 1917, Oscar H. Thornton, as plaintiff, filed his petition against you in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which to obtain the peace of divorce from you on the grounds of desertion for a period of more than two years prior to the filing of said petition. On September 26, 1917, Honorable Arthur C. Wakeley, judge of said Court, issued an order that service of the notice of the filing of said petition be had upon you by publication. You are therefore required to answer said petition on or before the 5th day of November, 1917, or the allegations of said petition will be taken as true, and a divorce as therein prayed for granted. OSCAR H. THORNTON, Plaintiff. Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 STANEK'S PHARMACY Henry Stanek, Prop. PRESCRIPTION EXPERT Cor. 24th and L Sts. Tel. So. 878 The CHAPMAN Drug Store 934 P St., Lincoln Opporite Main Door Post Office Cameras and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and a full line of Druggist Sundries LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S TAILORING There's a difference. All work done by tailors who know how to keep garments shaped and in condition, something unattainable by pressing machines. Look over your wardrobe and then call Phones: Office, Douglas 3841; Residence, Harney 2156 Reference—Any Judge of the District Court of Douglas County. E. F. Morearty ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW 640 Bee Bldg. Omaha, Neb. HOLSUM AND KLEEN MAID Why Buy Inferior When The Best COSTS NO MORE? JAY BURNS BAKING CO. Accordion, side, knife, sunburst or box pleating. Covered buttons, all sizes and styles. Hemstitching, picot edging, Embroidery, beading, braiding, cording, yodel, cut work, buttonholes, pennants. Ideal Button & Pleating Co. Douglas 1936 200-310 Brown Bldg. (Opposite Brandels Stores.) 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. 2718 N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS Res. Colfax 3831 Douglas 3181 AMOS P. S.CRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 3807 Camden Avenue. Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NOEHTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE Auction Every Saturday R. B. Rhodes Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and Sold Rental and Real Estate 2522 Lake St. Webster 7971 DR. P. W. SAWYER Dentist 220 So. 13th St. Phone Doug. 7150 Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night JONES & CHILES FUNERAL HOME Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Web. 1100 and Web. 204 Licensed Embalmer. Graduate of N. E. Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass. of Music, Boston, Mass. Florentine F. Pinkston Teacher of Pianoforte, Harmony, Solfeggio Webster 2814 Boston Studio 2214 No. 28th Ave. Omaha. 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 TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant CLEANING PRESSING ALTERING Room 8. Patterson Block 17th and Farnam Streets DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST Blanket and Bedding Sale Started Saturday, Sept. 1st. We are wonderfully prepared, quality and market conditions considered. Better able to serve you than ever before. Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER,GRASS Seeds AND GARDEN Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart's Seed Store 19 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO OMAHA WANTED! 500 Colored Customers Who Understand the Value of Good Shoe Repairing, H. LAZARUS, 2019 Cuming St Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. IMPERIAL DYE & CLEANING WORKS Dry Cleaners, Garment and Fancy Dyers Phone Tyler 1022 1516 Vinton St. GEO. F. KRAUSE, Prop. C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. C. P. WESIN Also Fresh Fru 2005 Cuming St. TRY— 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 TRY— Barma THE LIFE SAVER ALWAYS ON TAP AT THE ALAMO NORTH SIDE BOOS NORTH SIDE BOOSTERS M. B. E. W. Killingsworth The Alamo Barber Shop The Twentieth Century barber mands. We are up to the latest sanitary. Barber shop department Saturday fro 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. Tobaccos, Candies and Chewing KILLINGSWORT Phone Webster 5784. The Alamo Barber Shop and Pocket Billiard Parlor The Twentieth Century barbers such as the general public demands. 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. Your Dollars Will Do Double Duty if you attend our Great Closing- Out Sale of Hayden Bros.' stock of Pianos, Player Pianos, Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise now going on at the warerooms of the Schmoller & Mueller PIANO COMPANY 1311-1313 Farnam Street. 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 J. A. Edholm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Curning St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. OMAHA THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE PRINTING COMPANY Will L. Hetherington Violinist Instructor at Bellevue College Asst. of Henry Cox Studio Patterson Blk MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination Watch Your Step and Call for Step Lively Corn Ease for Corns, Bunions and Ingrown Nails. For Sale at I TAKE PLEASURE in thanking you for your patronage. Buy your trunk solely upon the merits of my goods. You will profit by trading here. H. E. YOUNG Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 BOOSTERS R. C. Price and Pocket Billiard Parlor such as the general public de- methods of barbering. Everything open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Open we carry a full line of choice Cigars, rum. & PRICE, Props., 2416 North 24th Street