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Growing Thank You! $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Entire Division of Colored Troops Ninety-Second Division is to be mandled by Brigadier-General Charles Ballou. OFFICIAL STAFF IS ANNOUNCED Every Branch of Service to Be Repres- ented; Company Commanders Will Be Colored Men. Washington, D. C., Dec. 21.—Brigadier General C. C. Ballou, who had charge of the reserve officers' training camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, has been designated to command the 92nd division, to be made up of 30,000 fighting troops of Color. General Ballou was chiefly responsible for the military training of the 1,250 Colored officers who attended the training camp at Fort Des Moines, nearly 700 of whom up to this date have received commissions in the United States army, including quite a number who have been commissioned since the closing of the training camp on October 15, 1917. General Ballou was at the war department for conference with officers of the general staff, and with Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the secretary of war, who is advising the war department in matters relating to the Colored troops in the national army, and with regard to the interests of the Colored people of the United States generally. It is announced by the war department that, included in General Ballou's staff, are to be three brigadier generals who will command the one artillery and two infantry brigades. In the largest measure possible General Ballou enjoys the respect and confidence of the men whom he trained as officers at Fort Des Moines, and his sympathetic attitude toward Colored soldiers in general, together with his splendid ability as a commanding officer, make his selection as commanding officer of the 92d division an ideal one. The complete staff of the 92d division follows: Commanders of Infantry Brigades—Brigadier General M. H. Barnum and Brigadier General W. H. Ray. Artillery Brigade Commander—Brigadier General J. E. McMahon. Adjutants to Brigade Commanders—Majors Edmund A. Buchanan and Herman S. Dilworth, infantry, and Harvey D. Higley, artillery. Chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Allen J. Greer; assistant chief of staff, Major E. F. Graham; adjutant general, Major Sherburne Whipple; inspector general, Major Robert P. Harbold; division surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Perry L. Boyer; assistant to division surgeon, Captain Homer Nicoll; sanitary inspector, Major Jonas S. White; signal officer, Major T. C. Spencer; commanding officer, headquarters troops, Captain E. B. Turgeon. There still remains to be appointed to the staff a judge advocate, an ordinance officer and a quartermaster; also one chaplain for each of the five regiments not already provided with chaplains, there being eight regiments which will compose the 92d division, and the three chaplains thus far appointed being: Rev. A. E. Rankin, 349th field artillery; Rev. E. A. Love, 688th infantry, and Rev. E. O. Woolfolk, 351st field artillery. Officers of Color with the rank of captain and first and second lieutenant will be company commanders in all branches of the division. It will be noted that every branch of army service is to be represented in the 92d division of Colored troops, and it goes without saying that this large fighting unit will uphold the honored traditions of Colored soldiers who have fearlessly and gallantly fought in every war that has ever been prosecuted by our great and invincible republic. ARKANSAS ELECTS COLORED BISHOP The Venerable Edward Thomas Demby, Archdeacon of Colored Work in Tennessee, Is Unanimously Chosen. WELL QUALIFIED FOR OFFICE Little Rock, Ark.—At a special council of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas, held in Christ church, this city, December 12, the Venerable Edward Thomas Demby, archdeacon of Colored work in the Diocese of Tennessee and principal of Hoffman-St. Mary Industrial Institute at Keeling, Tenn., was unanimously chosen on the first ballot as Suffragan Bishop of Arkan- THE MONITOR sas. In the event of his acceptance and consecration he will have charge of the work among the Colored Episcopalians of this diocese, with possible jurisdiction in the other dioceses and districts the Province of the Southwest. Just May, in order to adequately de for aggressive missionary among both races in Arkansas, these decided to elect a Suffragette for the white work and one for colored work. Archdeacon Sap. was elected for the former and Archdeacon Russell, principal of St. Paul's Normal and Industrial school of Lawrenceville, Va., for the latter field. Archdeacon Russell declined the election. This necessitated the calling of the special council which has just elected Archdeacon Demby, who received the second highest number of votes at the time of Archdeacon Russell's election. Bishop-elect Demby is well qualified for the responsible position to which he has been chosen. He was educated at Howard and Wilberforce universities and at Matthew Hall, Denver. He was ordered deacon by Bishop Gailor of Tennessee in 1898 and ordained to the presthood by the same prelate in 1899. He began his ministry as rector of St. Paul's, Mason, Tenn. Subsequent cures held by him were St. Augustine's, Kansas City, Mo.; St. Peter's, Key West, Fla., and Emmanuel, Memphis. In 1912 he was appointed by Bishop Gailor archdeacon in charge of the Colored work in Tennessee, in which position he has shown tact and administrative ability of high order. As a young man he was a successful teacher in Delaware, Texas and British America. He is a man of wide experience and sound scholarship. He has not yet signified his decision, but it is believed that he will accept the election. CALLS HOUSTON HANGING "MILITARY LYNCHING" The Rev. George Frazier Miller, Rector of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, Expresses Opinion of Tragedy. New York.—The recent hanging of the thirteen Negro soldiers convicted of participation in the Houston, Tex., rioting was called a "military lynching" by the Rev. George Frazier Miller, speaking from the pulpit of St. Augustine's Protestant Episcopal church, Brooklyn, Sunday morning, December 16. He referred to the soldiers executed as "the thirteen martyrs" and intimated that their "sacrifice to appease the people of Houston" would undermine the patriotism of American Negroes. He sharply criticised the military commander of that district who carried out the court-martial's death sentence. Mr. Miller told his congregation that he had been warned he might be in jail by Monday night if he delivered his sermon. He said he had determined to say what was to follow and did not fear arrest. He said that the law permitted a military commander in time of war to carry out a court-martial death sentence without getting the president's confirmation of the sentence. He referred to news dispatches which told that the thirteen had been hanged before President Wilson or high war department officials knew it. "I am glad to know," he said, "that the authorities at Washington did not know anything about this. But if I were president that military commander down there would report to me before carrying out such an order. If I were secretary of war and the president didn't demand such a report I should resign my portfolio. "The military commamder who carried out that order was guilty of military lynching. It was done to appease the people of Houston. In order to appease them the commander took advantage of the state-of-war situation which made their execution possible without a report to Washington. If this thing had been reported to Washington we in this country would have had a chance to plead for mercy. Thirteen men in the United States army were denied the right of appeal, which is accorded to any criminal. "We want the entire country to know that we of the Negro race feel we have been seriously wronged, not because the thirteen were killed, but because they were denied the right of appeal—to appease Houston. "These thirteen were sacrificed on the infamous altar of Southern prejudice. Yet we are still expected to glorify in patriotism. That deed is not calculated to enhance the patriotism of American Negroes, but to destroy it." OMAHA, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 29, 1917 The 24th Infantry Tragedy Comments by the White Press Appoint Roosevelt Secretary Of War. PRESIDENT WILSON:---The country at this time needs a strong and forceful personality as Secretary of War. Appoint Theodore Roosevelt. He is the man of the hour for the place. Appoint Roosevelt Secretary of War. Houston and East St. Louis. From the Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain, Dec. 14. "The people of the United States will generally approve of the sentences that were imposed on the members of the Colored reigiment who mutinied at Houston, Texas. At the same time the people of the country will demand that a similar punishment be meted to the white men who killed the Negroes in East St. Louis a few weeks before the occurrence at Houston. If anything, the acts of the white people in East St. Louis were far more grave than the acts of the Negroes in Houston. In no manner was either act excusable, and the military authority exercised wise judgment in inflicting a sure and quick punishment on the Negroes. If the civil population in East St. Louis fail to inflict a similar punishment on the men who were guilty of those murders and crimes, it will only go to show that our government falls down in certain circumstances, and it will only go to increase the feeling that punishment is not fairly meted out. Uniform Should Have Protection. From the Buffalo Courier, December 12, 1917. The grim, melancholy sequel to the mutiny and riot of Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry at Houston was enacted yesterday when on a government reservation thirteen of these, including five non-commissioned officers, with heads erect, untrebling, singing a hymn, as the dispatches recite, marched to the place of execution and on a great gallows were hanged until they were dead. As further prescribed by the court-martial findings, forty-one others will go to prison for life. A few received shorter sentences. Of the sixty-three tried, five were acquitted. Hardly in the history of the American army is found a parallel of this tragical chapter. The men who have suffered death were guilty of obedience of orders, and of lawless conduct, and of killing civilians. They were as guilty of murder as are the white lynchers of Texas who go unpunished. Justice and military discipline required that the extreme penalty be exacted. Probably with the military court procedure no fault can fairly be found. The judgment can be accepted as righteous and the execution as necessary. Nevertheless, the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Negro infantry of the regular army has a long general record of efficiency and constancy which this gloomy episode may hardly impair. During the time when a battalion of the organization was in garrison at Fort Porter in this city, never was a complaint of misconduct heard. As far as deportment is concerned, never did any troops stationed here preserve a cleaner slate. There is no doubt that in the minds of the soldiers who mutinied at Houston passion and bitter resentment were stirred by continual abusive aggression by whites as low in the intellectual if not in the common social scale. The states have authority within their territory. They may allow Texans to lynch a Negro because he is black, Georgians to lynch a Jew because of his race. But the uniform of the United States army should everywhere in the United States have both protection and respect, whatever be HOME FROM CAMP FUNSTON FOR THE HOLIDAYS Wynn D. McCullough and Elmer Morris came home from Camp Funston to spend Christmas with their relatives and friends. They are the picture of health and enjoy camp life. They report that the Omaha boys are well and getting on nicely. the race or color or creed of the wearer, and, especially in this time of great war, the whole civil and military power of the nation should, if needful, be exercised to insure such protection and respect. Mistreatment Not Excusable. From New York World. "The hanging of thirteen Negro soldiers, who participated in the Houston'riot last August, was the most drastic military punishment in the history of the United States. Forty-one others were sentenced to serve shorter terms. "It was a terrible crime that these men committed. It has been terribly punished, and justly and properly punished. No excuse could be made, no leniency shown to the men in the United States uniform who set out deliberately to commit indiscriminate murder. They were soldiers who had been trained to military discipline, and in defiance of officers they organized a mob under their own leaders for a general massacre or any and all persons who crossed their path. "At the same time, the Houston riot and the events growing out of it should be a warning to Southern officials. At the start the Houston police were to blame. By their attitude toward Negro soldiers they created a feeling of bitter resentment that was finally responsible for the bloody outbreak that followed. The Negro soldiers who planned to do wholesale murder at Houston have been hanged or sent to prison for life, as justice requires, but nothing in the sentences imposed upon them can excuse the mistreatment of United States soldiers because their skins are black." Had a Good Name Here. Buffalo Daily Express, Dec. 13, 1917. It is not so long since the Twenty-fourth infantry was quartered in Buffalo. That Negro regiment was not only tolerated by its white neighbors at Fort Porter, but it grew to be popular here. Not a complaint reached the police of misconduct on the part of the soldiers. Its baseball team played games with white clubs and was respected for its sportsmanship. Buffalo was sorry to see the Twenty-fourth leave and ever since has regarded it is a local institution, to be cherished in memory next after only the immortal Thirteenth. "These were all soldiers of the regular army, men of the Negro race. We have not heard of any white men being punished for that riot though members of the Houston police department were under suspension at last accounts. Nor is it likely that any will be adequately punished. White civilians have privileges in Texas which are denied to black soldiers. "Being soldiers, the dead men should have learned to keep their tempers. Being Negroes in a southern state they should have learned this, anyway, for their own personal safety. Then they might have saved their lives, though they lost their self-respect. "But isn't it time that the war department started playing fair with its black troops? If it cannot protect them against southern mobs it should not order them to duty in the south. "By the way, how many able-bodied white citizens of Houston have enlisted for the war?" NEW LIBRARY FOR KNOXVILLE Knoxville, Tenn.—This city will have a library for persons of color costing $21,000. Miss Mary Miller will have charge of the day work and Mr. Merchant the night work. The library will be maintained by the city. Andrew Carnegie gave the site upon this condition. Vol. III. No. 26 (Whole No. 129) WILL HELP FAMILIES OF EXECUTED SOLDIERS The National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee of Washington Plan to Provide Relief for Dependents. ISSUES AN IMPORTANT APPEAL Washington, D. C., Dec. 21.—The National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee, which has headquarters in this city at 1105 U street, and of which Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard university is president and J. C. Napier and Ralph W. Tyler, treasurer and secretary, respectively, have issued the following statement relative to its intention of providing relief for the families of Colored soldiers executed at Fort Sam Houston last week: "No calamity in many years has so depressed the Colored people of this country as the execution of the thirteen soldiers of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, last week, and the sentencing of forty-one others to life imprisonment. It was a tragedy that could not but help to cut deep into our hearts. "While at this time we are not questioning the right of the government to inflict so severe and summary punishment upon men who before had rendered valiant service to the country while wearing the uniform of an American soldier, and while we do not purpose to waver in our loyalty to the only country we know, we feel that it is the innocent who must suffer most; that the families of these executed and imprisoned soldiers will soon be suffering for the necessities of life. "Unfortunately, and tragically unfortunate, the government that took from these families a support has no provision for caring for the families left dependent, so it is up to the race to offer these bereaved families support. The National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee has decided that out of the $2,000,000 being raised for the relief of the dependents of Colored soldiers, it will provide for the families of the men executed and imprisoned, under sentence at Fort Sam Houston last week, and we call upon the Colored people of the country to respond quickly to our appeal for contributions, giving what they can, if but the widow's mite. Those thirteen Colored soldiers met death stoically, as stoically as John Brown at Harper's Ferry; those forty-one sentenced to imprisonment for life met their fate unfilinchingly. Now let us cheerfully, loyally and quickly respond to the appeals for funds to aid their bereaved and needy families. We owe this as a duty to the men who drank to the dregs from the cup of bitterness. Let every Colored man, woman and child now show race loyalty by responding quickly." BUY ANOTHER WAR SAVINGS STAMP GENERAL HARRIES PLEASED WITH COMMAND Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—General George Harries of Omaha, formerly at Camp Cody, but now in command of a Negro brigade at Camp Jackson, S. C., visited the capital today. He expressed himself as pleased with his new command. "I believe my Colored men will render a good account of their services for Uncle Sam," the general said. General Harries was well received at the Press club where he is an old time active member and where he is ranking officer of eighty members who are serving the country in the army and navy. DELAYED CHRISTMAS Paris, Dec. 27. Four carloads of Christmas mail which arrived at a French port from the United States were forwarded today for delivery at the headquarters of the regimental units of the American expeditionary forces. WILL REDUCE NUMBER OF PASSENGER TRAINS Chicago, Ill., Dec. 27.—An immediate and radical curtailment of passenger service in the central west was predicted by railway men today as one of the first results of government control of the roads. Lifting Lift, Too! Omaha Goes Clear "Over the Top" Nearly Doubles Quota in Red Cross Christmas Membership Campaign; Outruns All Competitors. THE COLORED CITIZENS COUNT Conservative Estimate Shows Membership to Exceed Fifteen Hundred; Final Count May Show Two Thousand. Omaha has covered herself with glory in her Red Cross drive. Other cities of larger population competing with Omaha for the largest ratio of Red Cross members have been left far in the rear. In fact, they dropped from a race to an old fashioned funeral process, which moved with painful steps and slow. Denver in her ill-concealed pride and egotism, challenged Omaha to accomplish in a week what she would do in two days. Well, this was Omaha's answer to Denver: Christmas eve Omaha had turned in $77,460 in cash to Denver's $55,339, thus surpassing the wealthy mountain city by more than $22,000. The following table, compiled from campaign committee reports from cities which accepted Omaha's challenge, tells its own story: City. Population. Members. Omaha 190,000 75,000 Denver 268,000 *58,283 Dallas, Tex 174,000 48,986 Birmingham, Ala. 29,000 Minneapolis 411,000 68,393 St. Paul 263,000 46,500 Toledo 222,000 61,000 *Denver reports in amount of money turned in, so her members cannot number more than dollars received. Omaha's quota was 40,000 members. When the returns are all in Omaha's total will be mighty close to 80,000 members. Isn't that great? The Colored People's Share. And what have the Colored people of Omaha done? Have they been slackers? Not on your life! A conservative estimate places the Colored membership at 1,500. When it is checked up it is the opinion of The Monitor that it will be pretty close to 2,000. The following incomplete returns have been tabulated by the general chairman of the special committee, as turned in by chairmen of committees: Members. James A. Clarke.....218 $236 W. H. Robinson.....104 113 Joseph B. Lacour.....86 88 Nat Hunter.....72 75 Dr. L. E. Britt.....34 35 Mrs. L. B. Burton.....31 31 Mrs. Isaac Bailey.....20 20 Rev. John Albert Williams.....16 16 Mrs. W. S. Metcalfe.....10 10 Totals.....584 $621 This shows a total of 584 members and $621 paid in. To these returns must be added at least 1,000 more from the following sources: Union Pacific railway employees, 300; packing houses, 300; smelters, 300; various firms, stores, etc., 100. Two of these items are under rather than over the count. The following are the amounts credited to the various individual workers, but included in the totals credited to the chairman of each group as formerly published: W. H. (Bob) Robinson, 104 and $113; W. H. Lewis, 94 and $100; James A. Clarke, 58 and $62; Frank Blackwell, 40 and $48; Miss Lena Paul, St. Philip's church, 36 and $38; Dr. L. E. Britt, 34 and $35; Mrs. L. B. Burton, 31 and $31; Walter R. Brown, 26 and $26; Mrs. M. H. Wilkinson, Mount Moriah Baptist church, 22 and $22; W. J. Andrews, Bethel Baptist church, South Side, 21 and $21; J. C. Belcher, 20 and $23; Mrs. Isaac Bailey, 20 and $20; Dr. Scott, 18 and $19; Rev. J. A. Williams, 16 and $16; Dr. Gooden, 10 and $12; W. H. Ransom, 9 and $9; Mrs. W. S. Metcalfe, 10 and $10; Nat Hunter, 5 and $6. Scores of our people are 100 percentes, too, if you please. Mr. S. S. Caldwell was told that the Colored Omahans could be counted on for at least 500 members, and he thought that would be a very good showing. The promise has been more than fulfilled. If you haven't got your Christmas membership card and button yet, get one. We went "over the top" with a whoop! ENGLAND WILL PAY DEBTS London, Dec. 27.—Great Britain will not repudiate her war debt, declares A. Bonar Law, the chancellor of the exchequer, in an open letter. 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 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 Wella Parker, Contributing Editor, John D. Crawford, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monline, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. A Prayer for the Flag By The Rt. Rev. Arthur L. Williams, S. T. D., Bishop of Nebraska. "Oh, Lord God Almighty, Who alone art the Giver of victory, bless, we pray Thee this Flag, which is the outward and visible symbol of the liberties of our beloved country. We ask that this, our Nation's Flag, wherever it is carried, may never be associated with oppression or tyranny, or unfurled in a base or ignoble cause. May the principles of a free people and a free government, represented by it, be victorious in the world-wide war now raging, and may the day come when Peace shall be forever established and the Righteousness which exalteth a nation prevail upon the earth. These and all other things, for us and the whole world, we ask in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen." The Diocese of Arkansas has again shown wise discrimination in the election of a Bishop Suffragan for work among the Colored people of that Diocese. Archdeacon Demby, like Archdeacon Russell, who declined the election, is a man of proven ability in a trying and difficult field. He knows the South thoroughly, having spent the greater portion of his ministry there. He is a man of sound scholarship, broad sympathies, great missionary zeal, decided administrative ability and of uncompromising loyalty to the faith which he professes and teaches. The Anglican communion, to which the Episcopal Church belongs, has given the priesthood to hundreds of men of African blood and descent, and has elevated some six or seven to the episcopate. The American Episcopal Church has given the episcopate to two Colored priests, the late James Theodore Holly and the late Samuel David Ferguson, but their sees lay outside of the United States. The Bishop Suffragan of Arkansas will be the first Colored priest of the American church to be consecrated for service within the United States. As this will be an epoch-making event in the religious life of Colored Americans, the election of a Suffragan Bishop for Arkansas has an importance beyond the limits of that special diocese and communion. Should Archdeacon Demby accept his election, which we believe he will, he will carry into that high office the same devotion, consecration and high ideals which have characterized his entire ministry. We congratulate Arkansas and Archdeacon Demby upon this unanimous election. THE RED CROSS DRIVE Omaha has a right to feel proud of its Christmas Red Cross campaign Our assigned quota was 40,000 members. We doubled it, rolling up a membership of 80,000. This is a splendid showing. It is due, first, to the imitable Omaha spirit, which does things, and, secondly, to the evoking and guidance of that spirit by the energetic campaign committee, Messrs Doorly, Davidson, Caldwell, Schall and Pixley, and the corps of earnest workers, men, women and children, of all creeds, colors and conditions, whom they summoned to their aid. The people had a mind to work and were given an opportunity to work, hence the glorious victory achieved. We are proud of the record made by the Colored people of Omaha. We have gone "over the top" with fully 1,500 members of the Red Cross. The special committee has turned in nearly 600 members and $621. But to this number must be added 300 from the Union Pacific, over 300 from the packing houses and nearly 300 from the smelters, to say nothing of those who were signed up by the firms and business houses where they are employed. A conservative estimate of these would be 200. We believe that we can safely claim 1,800. Our slogan was "1,000 Colored Members!" Nearly double that number has been secured. Mr. Clark told Mr. S. S. Caldwell that the Colored people could be depended upon for at least 500 members. Mr. Clark's committee alone turned in 218 members and $236. W. H. (Bob) Robinson made the highest individual score of any of our special workers, turning in 104 members and $113, Will H. Lewis being second with 94 members and $100. The chairman of the special committee desires to thank all who out of BISHOP-ELECT DEMBY Butter July 2, 1915, at the Post Office at h 3, 1879. VILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Jim Garnett Haynes, Associate Editor. Editor, John D. Crawford, Business Ins, Traveling Representative TES, $1.50 PER YEAR Incents an Inch per issue. North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Webster 4243. For the Flag Iams, S. T. D., Bishop of Nebraska ho alone art the Giver of victory, which is the outward and visible loved country. We ask that this, carried, may never be associated infurled in a base or ignoble cause.ople and a free government, repre- world-wide war now raging, and shall be forever established and a nation prevail upon the earth, us and the whole world, we ask in ir, Jesus Christ. Amen." their limited time did what they could in the Red Cross drive. We are all glad we had our share in it and are proud of what has been accomplished. Gone is one year and another speeds its going. Will it be a happy New Year? Yes, for all the years are happy. Time knows nothing but happiness. Sorrow was invented by man not time. There will come again the season of rain and violets, of roses and sun, of ripened grain and fruit and golden mists, of dancing silver frost and snow and wind. It is all to the glory of God and humankind. The world is at war, but the war is the gift of neither heaven nor time. It is an accursed compound of man's own mixing, synthesized from the elements of hate, deceit, suspicion, injustice, wrong, and base cunning. By man's own chemistry must it be resolved. It is said that we fight for an ideal, but man has fought for ideals before and won, only to forget the flaming torch that spurred him on to victory. But it is good to hope. Hope is one of the essences of happiness. So let us enter the new year with hope, it is a precious possession and one of the very few we have. Let us hope that the war may end, that peace will bring justice to all deserving of justice and punishment to those deserving of punishment. Judgment belongs to the Infinite, not to man. With peace, mankind will be offered a new chance to redeem itself and follow the ideals it so loudly acclaims as it rushes to arms. To reach those heights is happiness and thus to call this year of 1918 a Happy New Year may not be far from wrong. We wish our readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year. The year that is dying has been filled with momentous world-changing events. What the new year holds for us none can tell. This we know, that the disposition of events are in the hands of Him Who doeth all things well and that underneath us, whatever may betide, are the Everlasting Arms. We want to thank our subscribers and advertisers for their patronage and generous support and for the many kind words they have had for this publication. We shall strive to merit your confidence and to serve you as well as we know how. However one may dislike the outcome, it is hardly fair to speak of the execution of a sentence imposed by a court-martial as a "military lynching." Our government must show itself resourceful and powerful enough to protect its soldiers, black or white, against insult and violence at the hands of hoodlums. Have you bought a Thrift Stamp? A good investment. Try it. SKITS OF SOLOMON "Patriotism," quoth a wise wop once, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel." The wop was right and had more beans in his cranial basket than he wot of. The dear old U. S. A. is afflicted with an army of such scoundrels at the present moment. They are whales on iridescent generalities and the famous flag stuff and keeping the public on the gulpy gasp over their patriotic irruptions, but they are mostly bull. Their chief desire is to climb into the crib with the bank THE NEW YEAR Patriotism. rell babies and their seething sentiment is a camouflage concealing their itching fingers that are reaching for the long green. The real patriot is the guy that has learned the gentle art of keeping his mouth shut, even when the war grafters get on his nerves and make him feel like turning loose an arsenal of profanity that would rock the planet and burst the government seismograph. True patriotism is wanting to see your country go into a fight with clean gloves and hoping to have her score a knockout after a clean fight. Any other patriotism is as noisome as a basket of garlic suffering from cancer. The "patriot" who calls a man yellow because he doesn't develop laryngitis from screaming for the red, white and blue, would beat a bullet trying to find the rear end of the supply train. If he isn't past draft age, he has a list of exemptions that would make a department store inventory look as complicated as an empty medicine bottle. He is the real ochre and the rolling waves of ripened grain haven't anything on him in the golden line. Pass him up with smallpox signs, thin ice and unloaded guns. "LIFE" ASKS QUESTION What about the Alabama troops who have had troubles at Camp Dix with Negroes? The only morning paper hereabouts of those that come to our notice that speaks of them is the World. The World of October 16th had a back-page story to effect that Alabama soldiers at Long Island City had kicked and beaten a Negro porter who boarded a train they were on, so that he was carried off to a hospital disabled, and in danger of losing an eye Members of a Negro regiment at Camp Mills—the 15th New York Infantry—were attacked and insulted, according to the World of October 27th, by these same Alabama troops, and after a good many fist fights, were moved up to New York. If these stories are true, the propriety of respecting the customs of the part of the country they are in ought surely to be impressed on the Alabama soldiers. We in the North are not models for fair treatment of Negroes, but our standards in that relation, suc has they are, are worth maintaining.—Life (N. Y.) Nov. 8, 1917. The Congress of the Church of England held at Southampton, discussed the Negro problem. Sir Sidney Olivier, Governor of Jamaica from 1907-1912, said that no solution of the color question was possible except by a resolute disclaimer of the color line and the race differentiation theory.—The Crisis. RETAILERS WILL CO-OPERATE WITH STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL Omaha, Neb., December 28.—That there is an effort being made by the National Council of Defense to participate in coming conventions of retailers was disclosed here recently. The Nebraska State Council of Defense asked the Federation of Nebraska Retailers, who were to meet here February 11 to 13, and the Retailers' Conservation Congress, who were to meet February 11 to 16, to advance their meetings to January 21 to 24, so that they might meet in joint session with the Nebraska State Council of Defense. The request was immediately granted. It is reported that similar action will be taken in other states. THE REV. W. T. OSBORNE PLEASED WITH NEW FIELD Knowing that the many friends of the Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne will be pleased to hear from them in this way, the editor publishes the following personal letter: Dear Father Williams: We are delighted with our new field. A great church and people. They greeted us so cordially that we feel perfectly at home. It is a very large stone structure with 800 members, and an excellent choir. I never met a more intelligent, thrifty set of officers, strictly up to business, giving the preacher but little to do with the business end only as pastor. Again there are so many men in the church. Of the 800 members nip 300 are men. We have a nice two-story brick parsonage, strictly modern, and we are perfectly comfortable and happy. Yet we will never forget the dear people of Omaha. They were indeed very kind to us and never wavered in their support of us the entire five years. Send us The Monitor, we miss it very much. Please send us the three last issues we have failed to receive Remember us kindly to your dear family. You will find Rev. C. W. Williams and family fine people who will keep the banner flying at St. John's, and will also be a very valuable citizen. With best wishes, Your friend and brother, W. T. OSBORNE. 1219 East 17th St. Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards NEW PATRIOTIC SONG BY SCHOOL BOY OF 13 YEARS Graham Butler, 13-year-old Sixth B pupil at Long school, wrote the following words to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia." Martha L. Powell, principal of the school, thought so well of the boy's effort that she presented a copy to Superintendent Beveridge. Master Butler lives at 2909 Franklin street. Sing hurrah for Uncle Sam The nation great and strong, Do the thing you ought to do To help the war along, Help defeat the enemy And save our noble land, Show forth the flag of our nation. Hurrah, hurrah, Let's win a victory, Hurrah, hurrah, And set the whole world free, From the worst autocracy That there could ever be, Put in its stead a republic. Pay your tribute to the men Who died to save our land, Buy a bond of Liberty, And help them all you can, Safety for Democracy Is all that we demand, Cheer for the flag of our nation. When we put a million and a half soldiers in the field, we withdraw those men from productive enterprises. They do not while they are actually in training or in service produce anything. They do, on the other hand, consume much. There is nothing more expensive on earth than to support and maintain a great army in the field, especially if it is on the fighting line. The attrition of supplies and everything else is tremendously great when we have a fighting army in the field. America is one great remaining storehouse in the world of supplies and credit. We must maintain and make effective as possible our own soldiers and the soldiers of those nations who are fighting for us. We must therefore draw as little as possible upon our common store of supplies and money. The more we lessen our domestic demand, the more we can contribute to the support and effectiveness of our allied armies. Economy is now a national duty, such a duty upon the people at home as fighting is upon those Americans who are bravely offering their lives for the honor of America and the preservation of liberty and justice. FOUR POUNDS FLOUR A WEEK IS REASONABLE SUPPLY Omaha, Neb., Dec. 28.—Four pounds of flour per week per person has been defined a sa reasonable amount, according to Gurdon W. Wattles, Federal Food Administrator for Nebraska. Consumers should bear these figures in mind in making their purchases so that there may be an even distribution of flour throughout the country. "We want to stabilize prices and keep them from soaring," said Mr. Wattles. "By the voluntary co-operation of the citizens of Nebraska we can accomplish this without hardships on any one or any class of people. "Bread is the staff of life and we must exercise every precaution that all can get it at a reasonable cost, taking into consideration existing conditions. Mr. Clare—"Oh! I've had considerable experience as a salesman. Why, I was successful the first place I started. The first place I went to was a large corporation and although I was only there a few minutes I got two orders." Mr. Blare—"What were those two orders?" Mr. Clare—"Get out and stay out." "Don't you know I tol' you not t' go swimmin' wid no white trash chillun, eh?" sternly asked Sambo Johnsing. "But he wasn't white befo' he went in," replied Sambo's small son. Mr. Samuel Constantine Burke, Jr., a Resident Magistrate in Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies, is a lieutenant in the English army and is now serving in Flanders.-The Crisis. Watch your conduct. By Graham Butler. QUICK RETURNS FAST DYE NEEDED The Fashion Center for Women Established 1886 --- --- Louisiana Warblers Given Under the LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF ST Eighteenth and W TUESDAY EVENING ADMISSION, Jessie Moss, Manager; Nelle Rev. W. C. Will Happy New Year Our Trade is Growing Among Pleased With Our C We are agents for Marcus R. Outfit PALACE CLO S. E. Corner 14th and Given Under the Auspices of the ST. AID SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. C. Eighteenth and Webster Streets SDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11 ADMISSION, 25 CENTS. Susie Moss, Manager; Nellie E. Gordon, Preside Rev. W. C. Williams, Pastor. Buy New Year To You This is Growing Among the Colored People Pleased With Our Goods and Prices. Agents for Marcus Ruben's Waiters and Outfits. PLACE CLOTHING S. E. Corner 14th and Douglas Streets Under the Auspices of the CITY OF ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH Beth and Webster Streets INNING, JANUARY 1, 1918 PASSION, 25 CENTS. Offer; Nellie E. Gordon, President; C. C. Williams, Pastor. Year To You All! Among the Colored People Who are In Our Goods and Prices. Arcus Ruben's Waiters and Cooks' Outfits. CLOTHING CO. 14th and Douglas Streets. Given Under the Auspices of the LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH Eighteenth and Webster Streets TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1918 171 Happy New Year To You All! Our Trade is Growing Among the Colored People Who are Pleased With Our Goods and Prices. PALACE CLOTHING CO. S. E. Corner 14th and Douglas Streets. Obee-Hunter Undertaking Company Obee-Hunter Undertaking Company LICENSED EMBALMERS Funeral Home N. W. Corner OBEE 27th and Parker Sts. Bed Under- Omaha. PHONE WEBTER 816 Res. 2212 Phone ROWN WORK and Guarantee It to be the Best Had and at the Most Reasonable Prices. For Cash or Secured Insurance. Casket, Auto Hearse, 7-Passenger Car, Robe and En- Cloth Casket, Dead Wagon, Carriage, Embalming. H. WAKEFIELD, MGR, SOUTH OMAHA BRAN- 4430 South 16th St. Phone 2614 Cannot Get Mr. Wakefield, Call Main Office, Web- Is Calls Answered Promptly. Why Not Give Us Y. Auto Service Will Bring Us to Your Door in 30 and finest chapel and parliars in the city. Free factory for family. If you need advice or a friend Ring, and ring again, until you get us Webster. cannot get the parliars, call Hunter's residence. Web Credit Cheerfully Extended to All Worthy. belong to the Masons, K. of P.'s, U. B. F.'s and T. WE DO OUR OWN WORK and Guarara Had and at the Most For Cash or Secu Crep! Cloth Casket, Auto Hearse, 7-Pass Crepe Cloth Casket, Dead Wagon J. H. WAKEFIELD, MGR. S. 4430 South 16th St. If You Cannot Get Mr. Wakefield, Council Bluffs Calls Answered Promptly Our Fast Auto Service Will Bring Largest and finest chapel and parlor and casket factory for family. If you Always open. Bing, and family again. If you cannot get the parrons, call Credit Cheerfully Exten We belong to the Masons, K. of and Guarantee It to be the Best That Can be the Most Reasonable Prices. or Secured Insurance. Use 7-Passenger Car, Rob and Embalming, $75 Head Wagon, Carriage, Embalming, $50 MGR. SOUTH OMAHA BRANCH 66th St. Phone South 2614 Takefield, Call Main Office, Webster 816. Promptly, Why Not Give Us Your Business. Will Bring Us to Your Door in 30 Minutes. and patrols in the city. Free auto to patrols If you need advice or a friend, call on us. again, until you get us.Webster 816. cars, call Hunter's residence, Webster 4740. Vally Extended to All Worthy. ons, K. of P.'s, U. B. F.'s and Tabors. WE DO OUR OWN WORK and Guarantee it to be the Best That Can be Had and at the Most Reasonable Prices. For Cash or Secured Insurance. Crep> Cloth Casket, Auto Hearse, 7-Passenger Car, Robe and Embalming, $75 Crep Casket, Dead Vagon, Carriage Embalming, $50 J. H. WAKEN, MGR, SOUTH ARCHAN 4430 South 16th St. Phone South 2614 GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. ```markdown ``` Best 22K gold crowns Gold fillings Casted gold inlays Heavy 22K bridgework Porcelain crowns Full upper or lower plates, best mate Silver fillings Temporary fillings Extractions Clarence H. Sing 109 South 1 (Over Peoples' Office Hours, 9 A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 7 P. M. Gold crowns . $4.00 and $5.00 I linings . $2.00 and up inlays . $5.00 and up bridgework . $5.00 and $6.00 crowns . $5.00 or lower plates, best material. $10.00 logs . $1.00 fillings . $.50 . $ .50 and up Prince H. Singleton, D. 109 South 14th Street (Over Peoples' Drug Store) us, 9 A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 7 P. M. Phone I $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 Best 22K gold crowns.....$4.00 and $5.00 Gold fillings.....$2.00 and up Casted gold inlays.....$5.00 and up Heavy 22K bridgework.....$5.00 and $6.00 per tooth Porcelain crowns.....$5.00 Full upper or lower plates, best material.....$10.00 Silver fillings.....$1.00 Temporary fillings.....$ .50 Extractions.....$ .50 and up Clarence H. Singleton, D. D. S. M. S. B. 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. 1313 D ```markdown ``` --- G. WADE OBEE Oldest Colored Under- taker In Omaha. 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 M. N. 22nd. Web. 5003 P. H. JENKINS Telephone Red 3357 1313 Dodge Street Omaha, Neb. NAT. HUNTER 5600 T. Res. 2212 N. 28th Ave. Phone Web. 4740 Events and Persons A number of officers and members of Peaceful Temple, No. 358, gathered at the home of their princess, Mrs Cora Owens, 2919 Erskine street, Friday evening, December 21. After spending the evening n games Mrs Owens was presented with a beautiful cutglass bowl from the members of the temple. A number of other useful articles were also received. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexander. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best—Adv. On New Years day, from one clock to eleven, the O. N. E. Club, on organization of young people, and the Cleanen's Woman's Club will hold open doors at the residence of Mrs. Gertrude Ashby, 2111 Poppleton Ave. The public is cordially invited. Lunch will be served free. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fields of Cameron, Mo., arrived in the city Sunday to be holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt. Everybody is going to hear the Louisiana Warblers at St. John's New Year's night. The employees of the University club were generously remembered by club members Christmas. James A. Clarke, the head waiter, received several appreciated gifts from his fellow employees. Hear the Louisiana Warblers at St John's church New Year's night. Mrs. A. Steward, who has been a teacher in the Oklahoma City public schools for eleven years, has come to this city to make her future home with her husband, Andrew Steward. They are now at 2717 Parker street. Mr. Steward is one of Omaha's prosperous young men. Plain sewing done. Children's clothes a specialty. Mrs. L. Johnson, Webster 1621.—Adv. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. Mr. Brooks has been confined to his home for the past two weeks, very ill. Mrs. M. E. Palmer, who has been holding revival meetings through the east and south, is spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. J. H. Smith. Mrs. C. W. Seals left Thursday, December 27, for Kansas City, Kan., where she will visit relatives and friends. She was accompanied by her little cousin, Master Thomas Holder. We are expecting to see you at St. John's Tuesday evening, January 1. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith had as their dinner guests Christmas day Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hutten and Mrs. M. E. Palmer. On January 1 a luncheon will be served by Diamond Square Temple, No. 311, at Mrs. Maud Ray's home, 2865 Miami street. The public is cordially invited. Tickets, 35 cents. All persons wishing reservations call Webster 2734 or Webster 6465 from 2 to 11. Mrs. W. H. Heuston, worthy principal; Miss Ethel Hughes, secretary. The phone number at the N. C. W. A. Home is Webster 3025. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alexander of 3410 Charles street entertained at an elaborate Christmas dinner. Covers were laid for twenty. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking. Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 25th St. Webster 1483.—Adv. One of the most delightful affairs of the season was given Christmas night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bridgewater, 2727 Burdette street. It was a grand family reunion of twenty-two. The house was tastefully decorated for the occasion. Each and every member was well remembered by the lost and hostess, who were the recipients of many beautiful gifts. You will hear Mrs. Jessie Moss in the Louisiana Warbler down at St. John's church New Year's night. Star of Bethlehem, Order Eastern Star, No. 56, of Kansas jurisdiction, held the annual election Saturday night in a special meeting. Mrs. Alice Smith was elected matron; Mrs. Edna V. Adams, associate matron; Mrs. Clara Rogers, treasurer; Mrs. L. M. Webster, secretary; Mrs. Mary Spann, conductor; Mrs. Jennie Williams, associate conductor, and S. L. Patton, patron. See special offer in Obee-Hunter Undertaking Co.'s ad. Mrs. Maria Williams died at Twenty-fifth and Harney streets Friday, December 21. The body was shipped to Atchison, Kan., December 22 by Banks & Wilkes. Do not forget the date—Tuesday evening, January 1, 1918. The Louisiana Warbler at St. John's A. M. E. church, Eighteenth and Webster sts. Mrs. Josephine Holmes, matron, will hold an open house of prayer New Year's day at the N. W. C. A. Through the columns of The Monitor I wish to thank the N. W. C. A. for a check for $5 for Christmas.—Josephine Holmes, matron. Mrs. Anna Banks and her son Ernest entertained at a well appointed Christmas dinner. The decorations were in keeping with the season. Covers were laid for twenty. Mrs. W. C. Williams left Thursday evening, December 20, for St. Louis, Mo. She will also spend a few days in Kansas City. Mrs. Mary Austin left Sunday evening for a two weeks' visit in Macon, Mo. Misses Cordella Johnson and Darlene Duval, who are attending Western university, are spending the holidays with parents and friends. Mrs. C. B. Wilkes gave a matinee party for five at the Gayety Wednesday, December 26. Mrs. Ed Turner presented the firemen of Hose Company No. 11 with a box of 10-cent cigars for Christmas. This is the company to which her husband, Lieutenant Turner, now at Camp Dodge, formerly belonged. Miss Ruth Seay, who is teaching at St. Joseph, Mo., after a pleasant two weeks' visit with her parents, will leave tomorrow for St. Joseph. Mrs. McKinney of Gary, Ind., after a brief visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. L. C. Sayles, left for home Wednesday of last week, accompanied by her son William. Dillard and Lovejoy Crawford and Worthington Williams are now collecting for The Monitor. They want to clean up all delinquent subscriptions before January 1. When shall they call for your subscription? Lieutenant Daniel W. Jones of the officers' reserve corps is in the city. Miss Odessa Towles, who is teaching in Missouri, has been spending her vacation with her aunt, Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt. Mrs. M. C. Stephenson left Sunday for Jackson, Mich., to spend Christmas with her sister. Don't worry. Do your bit. Louie King, of Camp Funston, spent Christmas with his sisters, Mrs. B. Gater, of 2020 Charles street, and Mrs. W. Richardson, and other relatives. Hair growing and hair preservation, scalp treatment, manicuring and massage. Smith, Chiles & Wheeler, 2414 North 24th. Webster 3024.—Adv. Race Represented Largely and Successful in Business, Professions and Industries. Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 22. To the Readers of The Monitor: Wishing you a Merry Christmas! From the Lone Star state, crossing the Red river nine miles above Gainesville, Tex., I entered that quiet and conspicuous little hamlet. I say conspicuous because it is the home of the democratic Senator Bailey of Texas. It is typical of north Texas, solely dependent upon the farmers for support. The race population is small but well situated from a financial standpoint. It also boasts of knowing Omaha; that is a few people are acquainted with our Dr. Britt. I spent the day there; then boarded a train south to Fort Worth, that prosperous north Texas city which has the honor of having almost doubled its population in less than six months. Here is situated Camp Bowie, one of the four cantonments allotted to the state, also three aviation camps, the English, the French and, of course, our own, the American. The wave of prosperity which is continuing to sweep this immediate vicinity is being enjoyed by the race population, which is large, being about 18,000. It is well represented in all lines of professions and business, especially business, having a banking and trust company which was founded by that able leader and politician, William M. McDonald, or "Gooseneck Bill," who for the past twenty years has been a prominent figure in our national republican conventions. Fort Worth is a large railroad and packing house center; it also possesses a number of other industries in which the race is largely employed, making this a very desirable community in which to dwell. I am leaving here to spend Christmas day in Dallas. Until next week I am correspondingly yours. FRED C. WILLIAMS, Traveling Representative of The Monitor. BARBERS WHO ARE BARBERS Mr. W. M. Brunner, back at the old stand with P. H. Jenkins, asks the patronage of his old customers. I am here to stay. As long as I am in Omaha I will be at this old stand. Come down and look me over; I still have a good one for you. Mr. J. T. Thompson, back from Clairmore Springs, feeling fine, back on the job with P. H. Jenkins, asks the patronage of all his customers. The shop is working now at full strength; five barbers who know their biz. No waiting. Our work stands for itself. Everything strictly first class. All the barbers are first class hair cutters; we also straighten your hair in twenty minutes. FRED HOUSTON, W. M. BRUNNER, WILLIE BRUCE, J. T. THOMPSON P. H. JENKINS, Proprietor, 1313 Dodge Street, Omaha—Adv. THE MONITOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF SAVINGS STAMPS December 3, War-Savings Certificate Stamps and United States Thrift Stamps (together with Thrift Cards and War-Savings Certificates, with suitable pocket envelopes for such certificates) were furnished (1) post offices for sale to the public and to agents of the first class, and (2) Federal Reserve Banks, as fiscal agents of the United States, for distribution to agents of the second class, and also for sale to banks which are agents of the first class. Post offices and Federal Reserve Banks will maintain available supplies of stamps, certificates, and cards in amounts sufficient to meet the requirements for such distribution and sales. Banks, bankers, and trust companies; railroad and express companies; department and other retail stores; the duly authorized representatives of labor, fraternal, and other associations; and other corporations, partnerships, and individuals who patriotically offer their services without expense, either to the United States or to purchasers, will be among those whom the Secretary of the Treasury will in his discretion appoint as agents to sell the stamps, certificates, and cards. Blank forms of application for appointment as agent, with necessary information as to execution and filing, may be obtained from any money-order post office, from agent banks, or from State or local representatives of the National War-Savings Committee. Appointments will be made only under authorization of the Secretary of the Treasury. No agent shall sell any United States Thrift Stamp at any price other than 25 cents for each stamp, nor any War-Savings Certificate Stamp at any price other than the current issue price of such stamp during the month in which sold, as hereinabove specified. BETTS' GROCERY STORE J. L. Betts is the proprietor of a small but well-stocked grocery store at 2526 Lake street. This store is conveniently located for a large number of our people and Mr. Betts should be given a liberal patronage. The way to make these business ventures grow is to help them by your patronage. The Christmas services were well attended. The Women's Auxiliary will hold its annual birthday party and open house at the rectory New Year's day from 3 to 9 p.m. A confirmation class will be organized for instruction early in January. The Bishop's visitation will be as usual on Palm Sunday, which will be March 24th. BAPTIST CHURCH Services were good all day Sunday. There were three additions. The Dorcas Kensington and Silver Leaf societies made good at the bazaar held in the rotunda of the county court house. Regular services all day next Sunday. Morning theme,"Higher Ground"; night, "Conscience at Work." Pastor and wife were guests at Mrs. Lena Taylor's home, 2817 Miami, Sunday. On Christmas day they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Anderson, 2914 Lake street, and in addition there were Mr. and Mrs. W. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harris. An enjoyable time was spent. The Christmas cantata, "Jesus of Nazareth," met with much success. Many were out and the participants did their best. Of the many who received Christmas remembrances the pastor and wife were richly remembered. They desire in this public way to thank all those that demonstrated their friendly spirit. Watch night services Monday night at 10:30. ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH A large and appreciative audience was in attendance all day Sunday. The special program renuered in the evening met the hearty approval of the audience. Collection for the day, $98.26. There were eight additions. One of the most beautiful events in the history of St. John's was the Christmas morning service. The choir maintained their reputation and acquitted themselves nicely. Rev. W. C. Williams preached an eloquent and inspiring sermon on "The Birth of Christ." Two were added to the church. A collection of $33.67 was taken, which was presented to the pastor for a Christmas offering. The church was also a recipient of a check for $25 from Mr. John Broomfield, for which we ask him to accept our many, many thanks. Sunday evening, December 30, at 8 p.m., the memorial services of the K. of P.'s will be held. Dr. Williams will preach the sermon. Tuesday evening, January 1, there will be a music1 and literary concert MOUNT MORIAH under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid, Mrs. Jessie Moss manager. Admission 25 cents.—Adv. Monday evening, December 31, watch meeting. The Aid will serve lunch from 5 p. m. to 9 p. m. The Epworth league will hold its annual election of officers Sunday evening. The Bible class met this week with Mrs. Alice Sherwood, 2820 Grant street. FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION FOR NEBRASKA Gurdon W. Wattles, Administrator. NEBRASKANS ASKED TO BUY SUGAR IN SMALL AMOUNTS Omaha, Neb., Dec. 28.—A shortage of sugar is apparent and drastic measures must be taken that every one may have sugar, says Gurdon W. Wattles, Federal Food Administrator for Nebraska. The drain upon the United States for supply of the Allies has knocked a big hole in the available supply. Published reports that no limit has been placed upon the sugar purchases is absolutely untrue and have been prompted by ignorance of the existing conditions. "The Federal Food Administration is asking the citizens to limit their purchases of sugar to small quantities and to buy (tener," says Mr. Wattles. "The Washington office has said that three pounds of sugar per month per person is a reasonable supply and that Nebraska citizens should bear these figures in mind in making purchases. "Retailers are asked to limit sales of sugar to consumers to five pounds in cities and towns and in the rural districts not to sell more than ten pounds at any one time. Retailers, however, will have to use their judgment in the matter of size of families. "If we buy small amounts and often, every one can have some sugar; if we buy in larger amounts some one will have to go without. We want everybody, no matter how big or little, to have an equal chance. BOYD FOUR NIGHTS, Beginning Sunday, Dec. 30. W. H. KIBBLE'S "UNCLE TOM'S CABI'" The Favorite Play for Old and Young. Sun. and New Year's Mats., 25c and 50c Mon. and Wed. Mats. Children 10c Adults 25c Nights, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c. The Jones Poro Culture College Positively Grows the Hair FORMULATED 1900 "PORO" HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amber Tamarbo Malloni ST LOUIS MISSOURI FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP, WHINING LIFE, BEAUTY COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF ROW ADOPTED JUNE 1909 NET WT. OZ. PRICE 50 CENTS Try our scientific method of treating the scalp. We positively grow hair or money refunded. Electric massage for scalp relief. System taught. Sterilized equipment. Steam heated booths. All work private. JONES PORO CULTURE COLLEGE Anna Evans Jones The Ideal Gift A BUTTERS' PHOTOGRAPH OF YOURSELF Butters' Studio Webster 6701 1306 No. 24th St. Miss EudoraWare TEACHES PIANO AND VOICE Special Attention to Beginners Terms Reasonable. 3 P. M. to 12 M. Monarch 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. EFFECTIVE INEXPENSIVE Shirt Sale! Values up to $2.50 95 c Three for $2.75 WOLF 1421 Douglas Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE B. Robinson, Manager 1904 No. 24th St. At Parker. Prescriptions Called for and Delivered Free. Webster 386 Omaha, Neb. If you are interested in new or second hand MAXWELL CARS at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES let me fill your order. I'll treat you right. MIDWEST MOTOR & SALES CORP. ROBERT PERRY, Colored Salesman. For any information call DOUGLAS 8685 Neatly Furnished Rooms Modern Conveniences With or Without Board Telephones, Doug. 9458, Doug. 8703 The Booker T. Washington Hotel Mrs. Laura Cuerington, Propr. In Connection with THE WASHINGTON CAFE 1719-21 Cuming Street Omaha WE wish to thank our Colored customers for the valued patronage they have given us the past year and hope to be able to serve them during the coming year. A Happy and Prosperous New Year WASHINGTON J.KATLEMAN & SONS HAT AND SHIRT CO. Our Annual Midday Start Wednes PREPARATIONS on an make this event one o fered by any like occasion It is the result of spec from our own sections c chandise, including: UNDERMUSLINS WHITE GOODS S TABLE AND HOUSEHO ETC The prices in every insta dows and daily BURGESS-N "Every Hotel Cuming Douglas 2466 Dunham MAKERS $1 SUITS AND OVER REPAIRING, CLE 118 South 15th Street. Rex Theatre d Gavin and His Tango Girls GLORY BE TO PETER Nual Mid-Winter Wh Wednesday, January MONS on an unusual scale have event one of the greatest in v like occasion. result of special purchases and ch sections catering to the cha nding: LINS BLOUSES WOODS SHEETS PILLO HOUSEHOLD LINENS EM ETC. ETC. every instance are extremely s and daily papers for particu ESS-NASH COM Our Annual Mid-Winter White Sales Start Wednesday, January 2nd PREPARATIONS on an unusual scale have been made to make this event one of the greatest in value-giving offered by any like occasion. It is the result of special purchases and choice selections from our own sections catering to the character of merchandise, including: UNDERMUSLINS BLOUSES LACES WHITE GOODS SHEETS PILLOW CASES TABLE AND HOUSEHOLD LINENS EMBROIDERIES ETC. ETC. The prices in every instance are extremely low. See windows and daily papers for particulars. BURGESS-NASH COMPANY "Everybody's Store." ham & Dun MAKERS OF THE BEST AND OVERCOATS IN THE W RING, CLEANING AND PR h Street. alamo SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN THE WORLD REPAIRING, CLEANING AND PRESSING All New Songs and Dances Every Afternoon and Evening 1316 Douglas Street G. B. ROBBINS REAL ESTATE FIRE INSURANCE 523 Farnam St. Web. 555 Rose Bldg. 16th and Farnam H-Winter White Sales Tuesday, January 2nd on unusual scale have been made to of the greatest in value-giving of- special purchases and choice selections catering to the character of mer- BLOUSES LACES SHEETS PILLOW CASES OLD LINENS EMBROIDERIES C. ETC. ance are extremely low. See win- y papers for particulars. NASH COMPANY 1916 CUMING STREET Comfortable Rooms—Reasonable Rates D. G. Russell, Proprietor & Dunham S OF THE BEST $15.00 RCOATS IN THE WORLD CLEANING AND PRESSING Omaha, Neb. 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 MADAME HENDERSON HAIRDRESSER and MANICURIST Agent for the Celebrated Madame Separations. The Walker Method Knight. Diplomas Granted. Phone Webster 1499 2304 N. 25th St. Omaha, Neb. OMAHA, NEB. 4 South Side Notes Mrs. George Johnson of 6619 South Twenty-seventh street, died Saturday afternoon after a continued illness. Her parents of South Dakota were present when she died. She was buried from St. Agnes' church Monday at 11 o'clock. Father O'Hearn officiated. We thank our many friends for their kindness during the illness and death of my wife and friend and for the floral offerings.—Mr. George Johnson, Mrs. Bessie Johnson, Mr. Richard Johnson. J. H. Wakefield, Manager So. Side Branch of Obee-Hunter Undertaking Co.-See ad. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Ailep of St. Paul, Minn., uncle and aunt of Mrs. M. Jefferson of 2645 Z street, are here spending the holidays with her. Mr. George Bryant of Company A. 349th M. G. B., was here Tuesday and Wednesday to spend the holidays with his mother and sisters and brothers. Baby Wiggins, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wiggins of Thirty-third and U streets, died Wednesday at 2 a. m. and was buried Thursday afternoon from the home at 2 o'clock. Christmas tree and exercises Monday evening at Allen chapel, A. M. E. church, were well attended and it was evident the spirit of Christmas had already begun. LINCOLN, NEBR. The Davis club will hold open doors New Year's day at the home of Mrs. Jennie Sellars, president of the Old Folks' Home here. GROUND GLASS FOUND IN CANNED GOODS Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 27.—Ground glass has been found in canned tomatoes at Camp Dodge. This was announced by division staff officers late today wit hthe statement that all goods of this particular brand would be recalled immediately to prevent a possibility of its being served to the soldiers. The cans in which the glass was found were labeled as sent out by a firm at Branson, Mo. GOOD SHOWING FOR "SHIFTLESS RACE" New York, Dec. 27.—Negroes in the United States own approximately 20,000,000 acres of land, or an area equalling the combined territory of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as other property valued at $1,000,000,000, according to Moorfield Storey, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. JEWISH PEOPLE KILLED BY THE TURKS New York, Dec. 27.—Thirty Jewish men and women were executed by the Turkish army that surrendered Jerusalem to General Allenby December 10, according to an announcement by the provisional executive committee for Zionist affairs. A father and sister of Aaron Aaronsohn, head of the Palestine agricultural experiment station, which is subsidized by the United States department of agriculture, were among the victims. FARMERS ARE WITH PRESIDENT WILSON Omaha, Neb., December 28.—The criticism which has been aimed at the farmers, accusing them of being out of sympathy with the government's war program, was disproved again at the recent meeting of the Nebraska Farmers' Congress in Omaha. It was the first meeting of farmers since the promulgation of President Wilson's recent message to congress, and many were interested in learning where the farmers stand on the vital questions of the hour, including representatives of the government. The deliberations of the congress were devoted almost exclusively to war-time problems. It seemed as though farmers had come to Omaha to find out how they could help Uncle Sam to win the war, and they found plenty of expert advisers. The concluding session of the congress was in many respects the most interesting because it was devoted to a round table discussion of the resolutions which had been introduced. The resolution on price fixing was the hardest one to draft. There were a few who wished to petition the government to abandon price fixing and allow the law of supply and demand to prevail. Their lack of numbers was offset by their earnestness. The price fixing resolution finally adopted by a large majority was to the effect that since the government had set the price on some of the farmers' products it should on the rest and also on all other commodities, particularly those which the farmer has to purchase. In this respect the farmers were directly in line with Pres- ident Wilson's own suggestions. The congress decided to hold its next meeting in Omaha. The well known tendency of the Negro race to scatter, and the failure of the masses to resort to co-operation as a solution of their various problems, is to receive attention through educational processes. An effort is to be made by educational forces to bring up a generation of Negroes that will abandon all needless divisions within the race and that will have the capacity for putting the entire strength of the race behind matters making for its advancement, doing this by imparting the special traits and principles necessary in races for a life of co-operation. Already public school systems, academies, colleges and social service institutions have enlisted in the work, among them being the Memphis Colored Public schools, Lemoyne Normal Institute, Memphis, Tenn.; Okolona Industrial Institute, Okolona, Miss.; Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tenn.; Walden University, Nashville, Tenn.; Selma University, Selma, Ala.; Bishop College, Marshall, Texas; Wiley University, Marshall, Texas; Colored Public Schools, Jackson, Tenn.; Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Ark. Plans are being laid to have the movement universal throughout the race. At the session of the National Baptist Convention held recently in Muskogee a resolution was passed calling upon all of the Sunday Schools and B. Y. P. U.'s throughout the country to join in the movement. The book that is being used as a textbook for the movement is "Life's Demands; or According to Law," by Sutton E. Griggs. It is hoped that the movement will become universal in the race and that as result in the next generation, even if not in this, unnecessary divisions in the race will disappear and the blended efforts of all will be applied to its problems that grow graver with the years. The following are expressions concerning the book being used: Mrs. Isaac Reese, member-elect, Memphis City Board of Education: "The author has spun out a new philosophy for the betterment of his race which has the opportunity of rendering a greater service to his people than did the philosophy of Plato to the Greeks." Bishop T. F. Gailor, of the Episcopal Church, U. S. A.: "I wish that every intelligent Negro in the land would read it, and I beg to say that it is good enough and true enough to be read by every white person as well." Mr. T. V. Orr, Author of Mental Efficiency, President of the National Efficiency Institute: "Of distinct service to all humanity." Home and School Education, (Magazine), Bloomington, Ill.: "Teachers will find this book a helpful inspiration for the organization of a stronger character education of all children." Persons desiring a copy of the book may secure same by sending 55 cents to the author, Sutton E. Griggs, 569 E. Georgia Ave., Memphis, Tenn. FUN FIRINGS FROM FUNSTON By A. T. Reed. Taylor—"I believe I will join the aviation corps." Bowens—"I don't think you will make good." Taylor—"What makes you think so?" Bowens—"You are so darned forgetful that you are liable to go up with the machine and come down without it." A fellow comrade told me the other day that much is being said about the tongue nowadays. I replied: "True, the thing is in everybody's mouth." Judging from the size of some of the men's fronts down here these beans are certainly agreeable. If the girls at home could only see the honey boys in their fatigue clothes then they would say, "Who would have thought he could look so workified?" Classified Advertising RATES—1½ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should accompany advertisement. HOUSES FOR RENT For Rent—Modern 4 room flat over undertaker. $12 a month. 27th and Parker. Phone Webster 816. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light. On Dodge and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North 20th st. Doug. 4379. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms, 2320 North 28th ave. Webster 2058. Furnished rooms, 1817 Izard. Tyler 1609. Neatly furnished rooms, all modern conveniences, 2421 Erskine street. Phone Webster 2531. Call after 5 o'clock. For Rent—Furnished room in mod- ern home to one lady. Webster 3466. 1414 North Twenty-sixth street. For Rent—Neatly furnished rooms to man and wife, 2430 Erskine St. For Rent—Two furnished rooms, strictly modern, 1923 North 27th St. Webster 3150. Two furnished rooms with board for gentlemen, Mrs. E. J. Toddy, 2117 Grant street. Webster 5344. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms. 2320 North 28th Ave. Phone Webster 2058. Neatly furnished rooms in a private home. Modern except heat. Men only. Webster 1760. For Rent—Neatly furnished room in modern home for man and wife. 3702 North 23rd St. Webster 3727. For Rent—Nice front room, 2521 Miami in private family. 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 2957.—4t. For Rent. Unfurnished rooms with electric light and water, 2603 Cuming street. Harney 5412. Front parlor for rent in modern home. Private family. Gentleman preferred. $2.00 a week. 2414 Erskine St. Webster 4760. Furnished rooms, strictly modern, 2620 Burdette street. Webster 5543. Mrs. E. M. Wright. Nearly furnished rooms, 2915 Erskine street. Mrs. F. Johnson. Webster 3143. Two furnished rooms for three or four working men. 2202 Clark St. Phone Webster 7034. 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. South Side. Phone South 3067. Furnished rooms to rent in a modern house, 2619 Hamilton street. Phone Webster 1250.—Adv. WANTED—A housekeeper; one who has no incumbrance and who appreciates a good home and will accept small wages. Douglas 8682. WANTED—Middle-aged woman or a boy or girl, to take care of doctor's office and answer phone. Web. 3567 or call at 1324 N. 24th st. Subscribe for The Monitor. $1.50 a year and worth it. LAWYER TO ASSIST THE DRAFT BOARDS Wheeling, W. Va.—E. J. Graham, a Colored lawyer of this city, has been appointed in Group No. 1 of Wheeling and Ohio county attorneys to assist in the work of draft classification. TRUNKS Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturd locks and hinges, 2 trays nice cloth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" 1803 FARNAM STREET MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. 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 WANTED NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Steam Heated Strictly Modern Douglas 3707 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, pierced edging, Embroidery, beading, branding, cordage eyelet, cut work, buttonholes, pennants. Ideal Button & Pleating Co. Douglas 1905 300-310 Brown Bldg. (Opposite Brandeis 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. 3718 PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE 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 NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE Auction Every Saturday R. B. Rhodes Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and Sold Rental and Real Estate 2522 Lake St. Webster 7971 DR. P. W. SAWYER 220 So. 13th St. Phone Doug. 7150 Automobile and Open HorseDrawnHearses DayandNight 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. Florentine F. Pinkston Teacher of Pianoforte, Harmony, Solfeggio Webster 2814 Boston Studio 2214 No. 28th Ave. Omaha. DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 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 TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant 514 South 13th St. C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES FOR STOVES, HEATERS, FURNACES AND BOILERS PROMPT SERVICE-MODERATE PRICES Water Fronts and Water Heating Attachments NORTH SIDE BOOSTERS The Alamo Barker Shop and Pocket Billiard Parlor The best equipped shop in the state. Most capable and courteous barbers. The only Colored shop in the state built on the latest pattern. Everything sanitary. Shop department open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. We carry a full line of Choice Cigars and Tobaccos, Candies and Chewing Gum. KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE, Props., C. B. MAYO, Foreman. Phone Webster 5784. 2416 North 24th Street We Wish You a Happy New Year Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER,GRASS AND GARDEN Seeds Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO ОМАНА 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. Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Fernam Streets 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 Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. GOOD GROCERIES C. P. WESIN GRO Also Fresh Fruits and 2005 Cuming St. REPAIRS AND SUPP STOVES, HEATERS, FURNAS PROMPT SERVICE—MOD Water Fronts and Water He OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 1208 NORTH SIDE A. B. Four Chairs E. W. Killingsworth The Alamo Barber Shop and The best equipped shop in the state. Mo. The only Colored shop in the state built on sanitary. Shop department open from 8 a. to 12 p.m. We carry a full line of Choice G Chewing Gum. KILLINGSWORTH & B. C. B. MAYO, For Phone Webster 5784. 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 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 Cuming St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. OMAHA THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE PRINTING COMPANY The Western funeral Home The Place for Quality and Service SILAS JOHNSON Funeral D. Stor Licensed Embalmer in Attendance Webster 248 2518 Lake St. OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination Step Lively Corn Ease for Corns, Bunions and Ingrown Nails, For Sale at PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE. I TAKE PLEASURE in thanking you for your patronage. I want your trade solely upon the merits of my goods. You will profit by trading here. H. E. YOUNG Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th S LIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 SUPPLIES FOR FURNACES AND BOILERS MODERATE PRICES Heating Attachments 206-8 Douglas St. Phone Tyler 20 BOOSTERS Communist Party R. C. Price and Pocket Billiard Parlor Most capable and courteous barbers, built on the latest pattern. Everything 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays 8 a.m. Police Cigars and Tobacco, Candles and & PRICE, Props., O. Foreman. 2416 North 24th Street