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Growing Thank You! $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy To Better Farming Skill of Negroes To Better Farming Skill of Negroes Blackshear Urges More Extension Work for His Race. EFFICIENCY SPELLS PROFIT Declares Agriculture Offers Best Means of Making Negroes Valuable Citizens and That They Can Be Helped. BY E. L. BLACKSHEAR, Special Agent of the Negro Division of Texas Extension Work. As special agent in the Negro division of the extension work the writer is increasingly impressed with the possibilities of this work as a means to the permanent improvement of his race of people along a substantial basis. From their first contact through the slave trade with English colonization in Virginia, the experience of the Negro people has been an agricultural experience, and today more than three-fourths of them live on the farm, whether as hired day or monthly laborers or as farm owners. One-fifth of the tenant farmers of Texas are Negroes. The material, economic basis of the strength of the ante-bellum South lay in the effectiveness of Negro labor, and those here and there who assume that the black people are incapable of agricultural and industrial improvement have the record of slavery arrayed against them. The African slaves in their native wilds had no knowledge of any of the useful arts of the early American colonist, and if they had been incapable of improvement the economic Southern system, based on slave labor, would have been impossible of development. But as a fact, the African slaves early learned the method of soil tillage then in vogue and later owners began to use slaves of exceptional ability as farm managers in a limited yet useful sense of the term. African slave women, fresh from the dirt and filth of the equatorial jungle hut life, lived to see the women of their second and third generation become adept cooks and household workers, skilled seamstresses and nurses, both child nurses and sick nurses and good gardeners. Masters of Household Arts Reflect Credit. The Southern slave woman became famous in literature as a genuine artist in the culinary transformation of foodstuffs in the kitchens of Southern mansions and, Midas-like, what she touched as a cook turned to the fine gold of palatableness. But the burdens and distractions of freedom have made this gift somewhat a lost art and today the American Colored population is the most poorly nourished in America. Their children suffer most from innutrition and the death rate of the Negroes exceeds that of any other class of Americans. The methods of the extension work, however, are capable of giving much needed information and training to present day Colored families about cooking and the other useful arts of the household on which human comfort and strength', life itself and working efficiency depend, as well as about home gardening, dairying and canning of fruits and vegetables. The large number of Colored girls and women who enter domestic service for a livelihood would thus have a better working foundation, while others would find such information of priceless value in their own households. The range of the practical industrial capacities of American black people seem to be strangely under-estimated or minimized in this day by some individuals. The slave owner in slavery understood this matter better, and in the South of slavery days, slaves or free blacks of the South did all kinds of mechanical labor, such as carpentry, blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, bricklaying, painting and plastering. It is recalled because more and more the mechanical element is entering into modern farm operation, and because the mechanical aptitude of Colored people is well illustrated daily in Texas and the South. Negroes Operate Gin Plants. Gin plants have long been operated by Negroes, some, indeed, owning and operating their own plants in Texas and elsewhere. The advent of the gas engine and the growing use of motor mechanisms for operating farm machinery of increasing complexity as well as for transportation uses emphasizes the fact that soon every laborer will need THE MONITOR to know something of machines and their repair and operation. Hence the natural intuitive capacity of many black men to master the practical operation of machinery adds to their potential value in farm labor in view of the fact that modern agriculture is involving more and more the use of machinery. American agriculture is rapidly losing its simple pioneer form. It is becoming a complex affair and it is inevitable that Negroes engaged in farming in whatever capacity will have to become adjusted to the changes in modern agriculture or else be eliminated from the business, to the detriment of American agriculture as a whole. Efficiency of Negroes Means Profit For All. Many thousands of acres in Texas and the South are used as tenant farms worked by Negro tenants. The millions invested in these lands, together with their improvements, depend for returns on the efficiency of Negro farm laborers. Any appreciable improvements of the efficiency of tenant Negro farmers would be of value to them and to the white investor. The question of such improvement rests, of course, on the willingness of landlords to allow Negro extension workers to attempt such improvements among their tenants. If on a single large tenant farm the way was open to test the value to the tenant and the owner of extension work methods valuable information would be gained. If such improvements were brought about enabling Negro tenant farmers as well as Negro farm owners to accomplish more and realize themselves something of material benefit from in- (Continued on Fourth Page.) TEXAS BOASTS TIN CAN KING William R. Price Making a Princely Fortune Out of Old Tin Cans and Broken Bale Wire. (Special to The Monitor by Staff Correspondent.) San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 3.—Texas boasts of a tin can king. When you say tin can it doesn't sound as if it amounted to much; but it is tin cans, and old ones at that, that this man buys and sells. He is W. R. Price, a resident of El Paso, Tex., but born in Lockhart 37 years ago. If you were to look him up in a city directory you would find him recorded as a buyer and broker specializing in wire and iron. I met him in San Antonio in a downtown office building. A friend of mine said, "Here is an interesting character, William Price. Meet him." I questioned him and found that he had just shipped 180 carloads of old tin cans and broken bale wire, which he had gathered in the vicinity of San Antonio, especially around the army posts and cantonnments. He has a standing contract for this amount of cars each month with the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company of Arizona, who use these articles for gathering the copper from the waters of the streams in their mines. Mr. Price is a hustler and finds the business very remunerative, and says he hasn't much fear of competition because he controls the contract. A good stroke of business. Let some more of our race men follow suit. PROMINENT REAL ESTATE MAN DEAD Cleveland, Ohio.—David C. Fisher, formerly of Cleveland, a pioneer of Lorain, the leading real estate man of that city, is dead. Mr. Fisher has been one of the most successful business men of Lorain for many years. He was a director of one of the leading white banks and owned the "Black River" subdivision. For many years he was treasurer of the County Republican committee and wielded a powerful influence in a county that had less than 500 Colored voters. He occupied a beautiful home in the wealthy residential district and was a staunch race man. His real estate holdings are some of the best in hte great steel town. AWARDED MEDAL AND $500 BY CARNEGIE COMMISSION Dayton, Ohio.—The Carnegie commission has notified Christopher L. Williams (Colored) of this city that he has been awarded a bronze medal and $500 for heroism displayed in the stopping of a runaway horse attached to a buggy, saving the life of a little girl thereby at the peril of his own life. Williams states the $500 will be used in the purchase of a home for his aged mother. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 9, 1918 Sears Sentences Smith to Life Imprisonment Judge Overrules Motion for New Trial; Prisoner Protests Innocence; Receives Sentence Calmly; Thanks Public for Kindness; Will Appeal. In the Shadow of the Alamo As forecasted in last week's Monitor, Judge W. G. Sears refused to grant a new trial in the case of Charles Smith, who was adjudged guilty by the jury on his second trial for the murder of Mrs. Claude L. Nethaway north of Florence Sunday afternoon, August 26, 1917. The motion for a new trial, which was to have been argued Saturday morning, went over until Monday. Judge Sears contended that the accused had had a fair trial and that the jury had found a verdict in accordance with the evidence. Smith, self-composed, was then brought up for sentence. In response to Judge Sears' question: "Have you anything to say, any reason to give why sentence should not be now pronounced upon you?" Smith replied in a firm strong voice: "Only this, your honor, that you are sentencing an innocent man. I have absolutely told the truth. If that should be your sentence I can go to the electric chair with a smile, because I am innocent and have told the truth. I never harmed anybody." Judge Sears then sentenced him to life imprisonment in the penitentiary at Lincoln. Smith asked that he be sent to Lincoln just as soon as possible where he might begin serving his sentence, get exercise, sunshine and fresh air. The sheriff took him to Lincoln early Monday afternoon. When Smith learned that he was to leave Monday afternoon he asked Sherman Clayton, the jailer, to phone for the Rev. John Albert Williams and Morris Andreason, the adult probation officer, who had been interested in him. These two gentlemen went to the jail at 11:30, and in company with his two attorneys, A. L. Timlin and Amos P. Scruggs, had an interview of nearly an hour's duration with Smith. Smith, who seemed in a most cheerful frame of mind, said: "Gentlemen, I sent for you and I am glad you have come, as I wanted to see you before I went away. First, I want to thank you and through you the people of Omaha, for your kindness to me and the assistance given me while I have been here charged with this awful crime. I thank you lawyers for what you have done for me. I want you all to believe that I am innocent. Confronted by life imprisonment, I swear before Almighty God that I did not kill that woman, and I believe that God will yet bring Mrs. Nethaway's murderer to justice and the public will know that I am innocent and have told the truth." He impressed his hearers as telling the truth. One man said on leaving: "Either he's telling the truth, or he's insane, and believes he saw what he describes." The Nethaway murder mystery, for Monitor Representative Visits His Birthplace, a City of Historic Interest and Military Activity. San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 23. To the Readers of The Monitor: In the shadow of the Alamo, where the blood of Bowie, Crockett and Bonham was shed for the independence of Texas! All visitors to San Antonio visit the Alamo. I, of course, did the same. An Historic Place. Nothing remains of this old church and one time fortification but the chapel, built over 300 years ago by the Spanish monkain the Moorish style of architecture. The inside of the church forms a natural cross. It was here the Indians were taught to follow Christ and later the 175 defenders at this point were put to death by Santa Ana and his army. The plaza of the same name is overlooked by this famous building and has more of the military aspect at present, for it is filled at all times with soldiers. Has Military Air. San Antonio, being the headquarters of the South, on the north side has two which Smith has been sentenced, has excited great interest. On Sunday afternoon, August 26, 1917, Mrs. Nethaway, who, according to her husband's story, was to meet him near Briggs Crossing, over a mile from their home over the railroad right of way at 3 o'clock, when he intended to take her in his Overland car for an auto ride, failed to meet him. The day was so hot that Nethaway parked his car in the shade, and yet it was not too hot to have his wife walk a mile or more up a hot railroad right of way to meet him. She failed to meet him. Becoming alarmed, he began a search for her and finally found her body, with her hands tied and her throat cut. Charles Smith, a Colored tramp, was arrested at Blair and charged with the crime. He admitted his presence in the vicinity, but denied having committed the crime. No blood was found on Smith's clothing or person. Some suspicious circumstances connected with the murder of Mrs. Nethaway upon which the public has freely commented, were the facts of Nethaway's nervousness and alarm when his wife failed to meet him at the appointed hour; his telling the crew of a locomotive and Herdman the operator that he believed a murder had been committed in the cut before his wife's body had been found; and his failure to communicate with or go to the house of Mrs. Nethaway's sister, Ada, Mrs. Lebar, after he had been told by Mrs. Badgerow that perhaps Nellie had gone on to her sister, Ada's, because Ada was sick. At the coroner's inquest Mrs. Edwards, a neighbor, testified that he heard Nethaway curse his wife and often heard them quarreling. Nethaway said that Edwards heard him "cursing the gate," not his wife. And when he thought they were quarreling they were merely discussing politics. Of course, none of this evidence was brought out at the trial of Smith. The first trial resulted in a hung jury, nine voting for acquittal and three for conviction. The evidence showed that Mrs. Nethaway had not been outraged or robbed; therefore there must have been some other motive. At the second trial it was believed that Smith's acquittal was certain until he went on the stand in his own defense and told the story of seeing men carry the body to the spot. The fact that he had maintained silence up to that time evidently discredited his testimony with the jury. But as Attorney Timlin said: "There is a mystery about this case that the conviction of Charles Smith will not clear up." Will the mystery be cleared up? The Monitor believes it will—some day, and perhaps soon. Smith's attorneys intend to take the case up to the Supreme Court. large regular army posts, Fort Sam Houston, Nos. 1 and 2; the chief of the quartermaster's department; also the cantonment, Camp Travis, which contains 42,000 men. Of these 5,000 are members of the race and are distributed into the depots, engineers' corps, the 507th and 509th and the 517th. Local Provisions. The men are housed in large two-story wooden buildings, with accommodations for 200 or more; the upper half given over entirely to sleeping quarters, the downstairs divided one-half into sleeping quarters and the other used for dining or mess hall. There are two canteens to supply the articles not provided by the government and a splendid Y. M. C. A., under the direction of Secretary W. B. Eagleson, with a corps of five able assistants, who took much pleasure in showing me over the grounds and buildings. There are nine other "Ys" in the cantonment. The one for the race men—No. 1, as it is called—is the largest of the group. The auditorium, with a seating capacity of 1,200, where lectures are given and pictures are shown, is always crowded to its fullest capacity. The social room, 60x20 feet, Vol. III. No. 32 (Whole No. 135) is provided with desks and tables for writing and reading. The office and music room are also large, roomy and comfortable. As proof of the men's appreciation for this institution, it holds the record of 3,100 attendants in one day. Camp Great School. I left the camp much impressed with this great school of military instruction, where the young men of our race are at last being properly educated. A canvass of the camp showed only 19 per cent illiteracy among the race men drafted. A good record. The Aviation Camps. My next visit was to the aviation camps, three in number—Kelly's field, Nos. 1 and 2, and Brooke's field, where the fliers were too numerous to count. Camp Stanley will be visited on my return to San Antonio in a few days. This is the officers' training camp. The City of San Antonio. The city of San Antonio, which I will now attempt to describe, is the metropolis of the state, having a population of 150,000 or more, the race laying claim to 30,000. San Antonio being a cosmopolitan city, and the percent of prejudice being comparatively small, the race has made little advancement in business, yet there are a few places worth mentioning. Business Enterprises. The Palace pharmacy, under the direction of Mr. Rudolph Modester and his assistant, Dr. Lemmons, retains the old Southern style of open-handed hospitality and the visitor feels that he is welcome without being told. E. W. Madison, an old time Austin boy, conducts a haberdashery and gentlemen's furnishing store, and his show windows would be the envy of Broadway. The Charles Ballinger's interests—I say interests because they are so numerous—two buffets, two billiard halls and cafes, are well equipped and up-to-date and also superbly managed, especially the cafes, under the direction of Mr. John Franklin, where everybody eats, due to the excellence of the cuisine and service. No Longer a Frontier Town. No Longer a Frontier Town. San Antonio has ceased to be a frontier town, with narrow streets and still narrower sidewalks, hemmed in by low-squatted Spanish type adobe buildings; but instead has in its business section wide, paved streets, lined by modern buildings, business offices and hotels, along the banks of the beautiful little river which winds its way through the center of the city. The traveler when he stops at one of the concrete arched bridges and gazes at the walls lining the stream on each side, and the grassy slopes extending down to the water's edge, thinks of Paris and the far-away Seine, and then ceases to wonder that they call this the land of sunshine and pleasure, for everybody and everything seems to wear a smile. Even the water of this pretty little stream seems to smile back at you as you gaze into its depths. Of course you must not expect me to say anything but something good of this old town, for you know it is the place of my birth. Some Excitement. I left here Wednesday morning, eastbound for Houston again on the S. A. & A. P.; stopped at Floresville, Kennedy, Runge, Yorktown, Cuero and Yoakum. Nothing exciting happened until I arrived at Yoakum, where, in the middle of the night, the opera house, where I didn't speak, was burned to the ground along with several other places of business. Some one suggested that maybe it was a bonfire in honor of the representative of that great newspaper, The Monitor, during my visit there; but the business I received didn't measure up to the suggestion. At Yoakum are situated the shops of the S. A. & A. P., which employs about 300 men of the race. There are also a few men in business, but the amount of money which the race earns is spent to the greatest extent among the white merchants, a sad condition. I left this point Saturday evening to spend Sunday in Houston, from which place I leave Monday on the H. & T. C. for points north and west. Until next week I am correspondingly yours, FRED C. WILLIAMS, Traveling Representative of The Monitor. BUY ANOTHER WAR SAVINGS STAMP --- Lifting Lift, Too! Southerner Sounds Note of Warning America Cannot Make the World Safe for Democracy if Our Foundation is Rotten with Injustice to Black Men. New Orleans, La., Feb. 1.—"Better Education for Negroes is the South's Great Opportunity." Such was the theme of the Rev. Robert Patton, D.D., speaking to the mass meeting on Friday night in Trinity Episcopal church. "Speaking as a Southerner and the son of one of the largest slave holders of his day, and speaking, too, as one who years ago believed, in his ignorance, that education could not do good for the Negro, I now declare unto you that it is no longer a question of whether the Negro will be educated—the war will educate him; don't forget that—the question is, whether the Negro will get the right kind of education. Education is the training that enables one to value, to appraise things; and bad training, bad example, is at the root of all evil developments of the race," said Dr. Patton. "The South is no longer just the South," the speaker declared. "It is not what our conception of the South forty years ago was; not what it was ten years ago; nor yet five, nor yet what it was on August 1, 1914. Our relationship with the world has changed. We are no longer a group of states; we are an integral, throbbing part of humanity. "Democracy is the code by which one man is enabled to live in relationship with other men as he should live. America seized its opportunity nearly a century and a half ago when it refused to pay a quarter of a cent tax on a pound of tea, not because it was a burden that anybody would feel, but because it would have established a subservient principle. And so today America is fit to give the world freedom because it has thought so long in terms of freedom. "But we cannot make the world safe for democracy until we make democracy safe for the world, and Americans cannot do this if democracy is rotten at the foundation in America and the black man is at the foundation." "This war has shown us for the first time that the black man is our brother and our partner, without whom we could not hope for victory. Already there are some 113,000 Negroes in our cantonments and camps; and if the black men of the cottonfields all went out on strike tomorrow and stopped the supply of the staple needed for all clothing and ammunition, the eagles of Germany would be triumphant." Dr. Patton went on to tell how, in what had at one time been the worst section of Virginia, Christian education and humanizing influences had emptied the jails, formerly crammed with Negroes. Wherever these influences have come, said Dr. Patton, the same result has invariably followed and he mentioned a number of instances. "The South must give Negroes the real freedom, the freedom of education, which is an infinitely greater thing than the mere emancipation of the '60s, which in many cases plunged the unhappy people into blacker slavery than ever, the slavery of oppression. The South is at the great crossroads; it must now answer whether it will live in complete relation with the rest of humanity." EX-PRESIDENT T A F T SPEAKS AT CAMP MEADE Camp Meade, Maryland.—Colored soldiers of the Ninety-second Division assembled at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, January 29, to greet William H. Taft, ex-president and now head of Red Cross work with title of major general. The men were in a jolly mood and greeted Mr. Taft with songs and cheered his patriotic utterances to the echo. COMMISSIONED AS CHAPLAIN Newport News, Va., Jan. 16.—Lieutenant Arrington S. Helm has been made chaplain of the 372th Infantry, stationed here. He was educated in the public schools of Washington and Howard university, graduating from both the collegiate and divinity schools of the latter institution. CHICAGO ESTIMATES 50.000 NEW CITIZENS FROM SOUTH Chicago, Jan. 29.—It is conservatively estimated that the Colored population of this city has been increased 50,000 by the recent exodus from the Southland. 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 uplifting 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 Wells Parker, Contributing Editor. John D. Crawford, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Travelling Representative SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, accents in inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 115 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4283. WAVING FLAG Next Wednesday, February 13, is Ash-Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a penitential season of forty days' duration—forty-six, to be exact, because the Sundays are not counted—observed by millions of Christians, real and nominal, throughout the world. Its wide observance is significant. Its persistence through the centuries challenges attention. Religious seasons, customs and observances which have stood the test of centuries and proven spiritually helpful to mankind, persist only because they answer some real need in human nature. Now, Lent is one of those religious seasons which has stood the test of centuries and has been found spiritually helpful to numberless millions. It must, therefore, answer to some real need in the souls of men. What is the need which it supplies—what the call to which it answers? Let us see if we cannot learn what are some of the needs of every rational human soul which it supplies. First, then, is there not the great need of Knowledge—knowledge of God, knowledge of self, knowledge of others and knowledge of the relationships existing between these three? What is necessary for the attainment of this knowledge? Is it not quiet, stillness, opportunity of retirement for awhile from the ordinary cares and duties of the average life? “Be still then, and know that I am God,” and in knowing God one learns truly to know one's self. This season of retirement and penitence, if you please,—for self-examination, which is a necessary element of self-knowledge, will so reveal one's shortcomings of what he really ought to be and wants to be that penitence must follow,—answers to the soul's cry for the opportunity to know itself. Then next self-knowledge reveals other needs, if improvement would result. One of these is self-discipline, which strengthens the will and leads on to self-control. Self-knowledge, self-discipline, self-control, may be obtained and have been obtained through the observance of Lent. This explains why this season, despite its misuse and abuse, has such a strong grip upon the hearts of millions. Surely this year of all years, when men's hearts are failing them because of fear and of the things that are coming upon earth, Lent should be observed with prevailing power and helpfulness by all who believe in the power of the Christian religion to save and uplift mankind. Ash-Wednesday and Lent, 1918! The world has never seen its like before. Will it ever behold its like again? May it lead the war-distracted world through penitence to peace. THE COMPENSATIONS OF BEING COLORED If people should ask me, as they ask Bert Williams, "Would you not give anything to be white?" I should answer as Mr. Williams answered, "Emphatically no!" As a Colored man I am relieved of great responsibilities, not because I am unwilling to assume them, but because they are denied me. I have no voice in the destiny of this democracy. I, too, have brain, ideals and strength, but I am not permitted to help in making the pattern. As a Colored man I am without the pale. I am a looker-on. I can see the follies and faults of the white race, and though sometimes I myself am seared and burned, it treats itself worse than it treats mine. For me to become a success is a real triumph over great obstacles. No white man has any good reason for being a failure. My race is born with an innate sense of humor. I resent injustice, but injustice cannot make life any the less interesting. I do not expect perfection in an imperfect world. Grief weighs lightly. I never lose my soul in the race for dollars. Climbing the dizzying heights of the social ladder is not my ambition. Eating my heart out because of fail- 2 ASH-WEDNESDAY AND LENT ures is never a chapter in my existence. The white man is forever seeking happiness. Mine I find in myself, my home, my family, my friends, and in my labor. The most of my work is known as menial work, but the blessing of it is there is so much of it to do. The field is never over-crowded. I never want. A white man is nearly always afraid of his job. My race never begs. Poverty with mine is never a problem. Sometimes I may be hungry, but the world never knows. I have too much pride. And the greatest compensation of all is that I come of a happy race. My blood is as old as human kind and it learned the lesson ages ago that all things are transient. Mine shall come into its own again. All I need do is wait, and I wait contented. DETECTIVE FRANK ROONEY All who knew him sincerely regreu the death of Detective Frank Rooney, who was shot by robbers last week. Gentlemanly and kind-hearted, while fearless in the discharge of his duty, he had made a host of friends, whose sympathy goes out to his bereaved family. KINDNESS Cultivate kindness. Never nourish bitterness. Kindness eventually wins where harshness and bitterness fail. Kindness always brings a glow of warmth around the heart which every one should envy. Cultivate kindness. You can if you will. AN OPEN LETTER TO My Dear Mr. Magney: As you are well aware, two serious crimes shocked the community in the closing days of August, 1917. On Saturday night, August 25, Mrs. Anderson, an aged woman, was murdered at Fortieth and Decatur streets. On Saturday afternoon, August 26, Mrs. Claude L. Nethaway was murdered at Florence. For some unaccountable reason investigation of the first crime seems to have been overshadowed to the point of forgetfulness by investigation and prosecution of the Nethaway mystery. Will it not now be possible for you to order a renewed and thorough investigation of the Anderson murder mystery? That case should be investigated so that, if possible, the person or persons guilty of the crime should be discovered, convicted and punished. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. FOOD SPEAKERS SAY WAR IS "JUST PLAIN MURDER" "What we saw was not warfare; just plain murder. Direct attempts on the lives of non-combatants." That is part of the message the Federal Food representatives are bringing back to this country and will give to Nebraskans the week of February 25 to March 2. Roscoe Mitchell, Everett Colby, Dr R. L. Wilbur and John Barry are the speakers who are assigned to this state and who will tell Nebraskans just what the conditions are "over there." The tour of these men will be the first wherein the first hand messages and the personal observations of conditions will be given. They will tell of the American troops in Europe, of their condition and their hopes. They will tell of food conditions "over there." In short, their messages will be gripping, real live stories of conditions that have never got past the censors. The Nebraska itinerary will be announced shortly and these speakers will visit as many cities and towns in the state as is possible during the week. Get the church-going habit! Don't be a religious slacker. THE MONITOR Obvious Observations Der kaiser is still talking on divine right. Isn't it too bad that he can't have a heart-to-heart talk with ex-Czar Nick? Quite a solar plexus jolt when Secretary Baker answered Senator Chamberlain and told him that we already have considerably more than 500,000 men at the front, wasn't it? Reckon the next guy will watch his step before he tries to shy a collection of decrept vegetables at the administration. Of course the ground-hog saw his shadow! Why the heck didn't the weather man plug the hole so he couldn't get out? Who cares anything about the shortage of coal—in the summertime? Would you like to give the editor a real BIG SURPRISE? Then come across with your subscription. A writer in the Kansas City Star says that the Colored cartonment at Funston is a regular minstrel show. So are all the others. The white cantonments are the ones that are hunting grief and finding heaps of it. After last week's bandit stunt there will be no way in the world to prove to the effete east that Omaha isn't still a hangout for cowboys and ferocious Indians. Why is it that everybody must wear a muzzle except Teddy Roosevelt? Give it up, Gracie; give it up. The Monitor's blind traveling representative is doing things down South. The wise gazook who said he couldn't is hibernating under a snowdrift. Have you heard any news from the western front lately? Thanking you for letting us give you an eyeful, we will now rest up by playing a few games of coon-can. Mrs. Conversational Goop gets central after a minute's wait. "Hello! Did you have a good nap?" "Number, please?" "If you don't give better service I shall report you!" "Number, please?" "Mudriver 41144," in voice that gives central the earache. "You needn't be so rough. I didn't know YOU were on the line." "Shut up! I hate party lines anyway." "They still give out straight lines at the telephone office, don't they?" "Dry up." "Already dry. Nebraska is a dry state, isn't it?" "What impudence!" "I want to get acquainted. You have such a lovely temper." "I shall report you." "This is the fortieth time you've made this threat. I am greatly troubled." "Hello! Edith is out. Won't you leave your number?" Butting-in Party—"Please do." Now is the time for every Colored person, young or old, to start saving. The chance of a lifetime never offered before. Twenty-five cents will start a savings account now, with the United States behind it. Buy your thrift stamps at the Warden hotel, Sixteenth and Cuming streets. Charles H. Warden has been appointed an agent by the government to sell these stamps, so buy them from one of the race and making a showing. RETAILERS ARE BENEFITTED BY FARMERS BUYING AUTOS At the recent convention of Retailers, Clarke G. Powell, Manager of the Omaha Auto Show, February 25 to March 2, pointed out to merchants how their business has been benefitted by the large number of autos purchased by farmers. The farmer and his wife keep in closer contact with their local trading centers, which helps the merchant compete with mail order houses. The retailers were urged to come to the Omaha Show and bring their families. "Last year three thousand dealers from Nebraska, Western Iowa and South Dakota attended the Omaha show," explained Mr. Powell, "and brought some of their customers with them. Of the thousands of dollars' worth of automobiles purchased, the Omaha distributors got only a small margin. Most of the money went to the local dealers, and the local retailers got part of it, to say nothing of the advantages they derive from having automobile-owning customers." Two cups cornmeal, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons fat, 1 $ \frac{1}{4} $ cups boiling water. Pour the boiling water over the other materials. Beat well. When cool, form into thin cakes and bake 30 minutes in a hot oven. Makes 14 biscuits. These crisp little biscuits are good with butter or gravy. Eat them with your meat and vegetables. SKITS OF SOLOMON Over the Telephone "Hello! Is Edith there?" "What impudence!" "I shall report you." Bang! All for today. BUY THRIFT STAMPS Corn Dodger Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards THE WHITE IN OUR FLAG There is a menace to the white in that flag which we avoid speaking of and yet it must be faced. White means purity. It means clean bodies, clean minds, clean morals. It means, above all, honor to womanhood. Yet, during the first eighteen months of European war England had more men incapacitated by venereal disease, contracted in mobilization camps, than by all the fighting at the front. Our own mobilization camps along the Mexican border were ringed round by dives unspeakable. Whole companies—yes, almost whole regiments—took inoculation for diseases I shall not name. Do you know what that means? It means the transformation of gallant boys and men into walking pestilences, into pitiful lepers, many of whom will carry through life the terror of their sins and even transmit to further generations the seeds of blindness and insanity. Do I startle you when I tell you plainly that it is estimated that among the soldiers in Europe there are today 700,000 syphilitics? And your boy or mine is going to hazard his life for his country. Must he also lose his soul? The nation has listened to the appeals we sent in last winter. Protected zones have been instituted. It is to the credit of the United States that the government has done this and it is to the great credit of the Y. M. C. A., and the chaplains of the army and navy, that every effort is being made to stimulate and strengthen our boys against temptation; but, when all is said and done, it is up to the boy himself, up to the father and mother who gave him clean birth, up to the principles of conduct that were drilled into him in youth, up to the standards of character which were exemplified by his father and mother and comrades at home. We pray for them that they may be clean and that means that WE must be clean. We honor the flag. It is only as white as you and I are pure and white. I would propose a new hymn modeled on "God Save the King": "God save our boys and men Send them safe home again; God save our men! Make them victorious, Clean, strong, and glorious; Flag floating over us, Strengthen our men!"—Rev. George Craig Stewart, D. D., in Purity Magazine. Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE B. Robinson, Manager 1904 No. 24th St. Webster 386 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. Phones: Office, Douglas 7812; Residence, Web. 6231. Office Hours: 10 to 12 a. m. 3 to 5 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. Dr. L. E. Britt Office, 109 South 14th St. (Over People's Drug Store). Res., 2519 Maple St., Omaha. The Jones Poro Culture College Positively Grows the Hair FORMULATED 1900 "PORO" HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amelia Thunbo Malone ST LOUIS MISSOURI FOR MANHATTAN FALLING HAIR TOMING SCALP, GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF NEW ADAPTED JUNE 1975 NET WT. 2 OZ. PRICE 50 CENTS Try our scientific method of treating the scalp. We positively grow hair or money refunded. Electric massage for scalp and face. System taught. Sterilized equipment. Steam heated booths. All work private. MRS. ANNA EVANS JONES 1516 North 24th St. Webster 5450 Harney 5100 --- Let Us Help Put a Victrola in Your Home By Arranging Very Easy Terms for Payment Come Today And test the machines in our sound-proof rooms, hear the music you love best, by the world's greatest entertainers, discover our great capacity to serve you and our willingness to assist you to the realization of your musical ideals. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416-418 South Sixteenth Street. The Knights and Daughters of ights and Daughters of The Knights and Daughters of Tabor BANQUET AT TABOREAN HALL Twenty-fourth and Patrick Avenue Tuesday, Fo TICKETS, The Ware On Sixteenth S STEAM HEATED ROOMS—HOT AND By Day for One..... By Day for Two..... By Week..... BILLIARD PARLOR IN CONNECT EASY WALKING DISTA Douglas 6332. BUY THRIR VALEN Tuesday, February 12 TICKETS, 25 CENTS The Warden Hall On Sixteenth Street at Cuming. TED ROOMS—HOT AND COLD RUNNING WAY for One.....50c, 75 for Two.....$1.00, $1.2 ek.....$2.00 CHARLOR IN CONNECTION FOR GENTLEMEN BY WALKING DISTANCE TO HEART OF CH 6332. Charles H. Warden, P. BUY THRIFT STAMPS LENTINI Tuesday, February 12th TICKETS, 25 CENTS The Warden Hotel STEAM HEATED ROOMS—HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER—BATHS By Day for One.....50c, 75c, $1.00 By Day for Two.....$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 By Week.....$2.00 to $4.50 BILLIARD PARLOR IN CONNECTION FOR GENTLEMEN WHO CARE EASY WALKING DISTANCE TO HEART OF CITY Douglas 6332. Charles H. Warden, Proprietor. BUY THRIES STAMPS VALENTINES! Why Not a Dozen PHOTOGRAPHS The Butters St utters Studio 1306 No Phone Particular Dentistry Particular Best 22K gold crowns Gold fillings Casted gold inlays Heavy 22K bridgework Porcelain crowns Full upper or lower plates, best m Silver fillings Temporary fillings Extractions Clarence H. Sin 109 South (Over People Office Hours, 9 A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 7 P. M. and crowns.....$4.00 and $5.00 inlays.....$2.00 and up bridgework.....$5.00 and $6.00 towns.....$5.00 lower plates, best material.....$10.00 shelves.....$1.00 millings.....$ .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 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. 109 South 14th Street (Over Peoples' Drug Store) Office Hours, 9 A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 7 P. M. Phone Douglas 7812 Omaha's Most Successful Barber. --- --- 2 and Daughters of Tabor February 12th MARKETS, 25 CENTS arden Hotel eenth Street at Cuming. DOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER—BATHS ...50c, 75c, $1.00 ...$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 ...$2.00 to $4.50 INJECTION FOR GENTLEMEN WHO CARE DISTANCE TO HEART OF CITY Charles H. Warden, Proprietor. THRIFT STAMPS NTINES! One for the really important party—the rest a surprise for your family and friends. Studio 1306 North 24th St Phone Neb. 6701 $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 Up-to-date methods, courteous attention, clean, sanitary surroundings, five barbers who know thir business. This is what my shop offers you. Omaha's Most Successful Barber. P. H. JENKINS Telephone Red 3357 1313 Dodge Street Omaha, Neb. Dentistry Events and Persons Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Travis, who were called to Omaha by the death of Mr. Travis’ mother, returned to their home in St. Paul, Minn,, Monday night. Attend the Shriners’ Sixth Annual Ball at the Mecca, February 14.—Adv. Mrs. Lillie Johnson has returned from a delightful month's visit with her mother, Mrs, Lizzie Irvin, at her home in Dallas, Tex. Mrs. Johnson's sister, Mrs. Mary Puckett, returned with her and is so well pleased with Omaha that she has decided to make it her home. $50.00 cash and $18.00 monthly buys a five-room cottage, Tel. Webster 5519 or Douglas 2842, Mrs. Sadie Long, 2517 Lake street, was called to Duluth, Minn., Monday by the death of her sister, Lily Cot- toms. YOU attend the Camouflage Boll given February 22 by the 0. N. E. club voys at Peterson Hall.—Adv. Rey. W. C. Williams left Monday evening on a business trip to Kansas City. Mrs. L. E. Britt has been confined ‘to her home with an attack of la grippe. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking. Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 26th St. Webster 1483.—Adv. Henry Brown and Miss Elizabeth Malone were married by the Rey, J. Costello at his parsonage Tuesday night, Smoke John Ruskin Se Cigar. Big- gest and Best.—Adv. ‘Mrs. H. R, Roberts, who underwent a serious operation at St. Joseph's hos- pital Tuesday of last week, is slowly improving. ‘The Mission Circle of Bethel Baptist church met with Mrs. Lulu Whitby and Mrs. B. F. Lee, 5219 South Twenty- ninth street, Thursday. She Shriners expect you. When? February 14, Where? At the Mecca. Why? Because you enjoy dancing and the Shriners’ Ball is THE Ball of the season.—Ady. Mrs. F. J. McCullough, who has been on the sick list, is convalescent. “Are you going to the Shriners’ Ball?” What a foolish question. Of tourse Iam! It’s at the Mecea. I have reserved the date, February 14.—Adv. SPECIAL HOME OWNERS’ EDITION ‘The Monitor of March 2 is to be a special illustrated Home Owners’ Edi- ‘tion, showing some of the many beau- ‘tiful homes owned and occupied by our people in this city. Home owners who are willing to have half-tone cuts of their homes for this special edi- tion are requested to send us photo- graphs of their homes not later than February 22. Attend Kensington Tuncheon Mon- day afternoon from 2 to 5 at the resi- dence of Mrs. J. F. Smith, 2414 Bin- ney street. Prize for neatest work. ‘You may get it. Luncheon, 25 cents. Adv. NEWS OF ST. JOHN'S a oM OR OCHURCH A large and appreciative audience was in attendance all day Sunday at St. John’s. At 11 a. m. the pastor preached a soul-stirring sermon on “Woe unto them in Zion” (Amos i:6). In the evening the choir rendered a program which was a real treat and much enjoyed by all, Collection for the day, $139. ‘The Bible class met this week with Mrs. W. J. Costin, 2717 North Twenty- righth avenue. Mother Ewing is still on the sick list. Lieutenant Bundrant worshipped at St. John’s Sunday. He spoke briefly pf Camp Dodge and conditions. ‘The date is Monday evening, Febru- nry 18. Popular contest and infant ex- hibition. Don’t fail to see Omaha's favorite. First prize, $5 in gold; see- pnd prize, gold baby ring; third prize, gold baby breastpin—Adv. ‘You are welcome to attend all serv- ices at this church. Come and bring a friend. IN MEMORIAM In Memory of a Loving Father, Hum- ble Christian and Faithful ilead-« Nelson P. Taylor was born in Rock- ingham county, Virginia, November 28, 1841. From 1865 to 1886 he re- sided in Wheeling, W. Va., where he married Mrs, Abbie White, a widow. Seven children were the fruit of this union, of whom Mrs. Martha Smith of Omaha, Neb., is the youngest living. From Wheeling he removed to Lincoln, Neb., in 1886, remaining there until 1912, when he went to Pasadena, Cal., to live with his daughter, Mrs. M. E. Palmer, pastor of Grace Gospel taber- nacle, at whose residence he fell asleep February 10, 1917. ‘The remembrance of his-tender love as father, friend and Christian, still lives in the hearts of those he sojourn- ed with in the days of his earthly pil- grimage. B Tuskegee Holds Annual Conference Important Questions Are Discussed; Accomplishments of Year Reviewed; Loyalty to Country Proclaimed; Declaration of Principles Issued to Nation. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.—The twenty-seventh annual Tuskegee Con- ference closed a most successful ses- sion January 26. Prominent leaders of both races were present in large num- bers and the addresses on vital race questions were full of information and marked with a spirit of patriotism. Loyalty to the country was pledged and past loyalty cited as an assurance for the future. The following declara- tion of principles was issued: The Tuskegee Negro Conference, through its twenty-seventh annual ses- sion, takes pride in the record of loy- alty and patriotism made by the Ne- groes since America has entered the war. Notwithstanding our many han- dicaps, the Negro has given freely to the Red Cross and other war relief ap- peals, and this conference voices the expression of the earnest desire of the Negro to do his full share in helping our country in the great struggle it is 80 bravely making for liberty and jus- tiee, Whether on the farms, in the mines, as workers behind the line or in the trenches, we pledge ourselves to do our share. To the Negro farmers of the South this conference repeats what it has been saying for the past twenty-five years: “Stay on the soil, buy land, improve your farming, diversify your crops, raise and save more foodstuffs and thus help the South to feed itself; make your home more comfortable so that your children will be contented and will not leave the farms. Improve your schools and give more support to your churches.” Because of the unusually high prices which farm products of all varieties are bringing, farming offers greater opportunities now than ever before. ‘The conference advises that in the midst of this prosperity you do not waste your money. Invest in lands, buy homes, buy farm machinery and add to the property which you already have, The conference also urges the Negro farmers to buy more and better live stock, especially hogs and cows, in order that more butter and pork may be produced to meet the increasing de- mand. You can help to win this war by investing some of your surplus money in thrift stamps, war certifi- cates and Liberty bonds. With reference to the farm labor sit- uation, the indications are that in the North and in the industrial centers which are rapidly developing in the South, there is going to be an increas- ing demand for labor, and that efforts will be made to continue to attract a great deal of this labor from the farms of the South. To those who employ farm labor this conference suggests that every effort be made to keep the laborers comfortable and contented. It will be necessary to pay higher wages and to make more liberal contracts with tenants, especially in the matter of the amount of cotton or other prod- ucts which shall be paid. Tenants and farm laborers can be made contented by being provided with better living conditions, good school buildings and longer school terms. ‘This conference regrets to find that there are still many communities in which the school terms for Negro children extend only three or four months, Full protection in the courts and just treatment in all dealings, business and otherwise, will also help to make these tenants and laborers contented and more inclined to remain on the plantations. ‘This conference notes with pleasure the increasing amount of money that is being spent by states and counties to improve Negro rural schools, particu- larly to aid in erecting Rosenwald school buildings. It is also gratifying to note how the white people of local communities and the state legislature are appropriating money and co-oper- ating with the federal government un- der the Smith-Lever act and Smith- Hughes act to educate the Negro on the farm and to make of him a more intelligent producer and a better citi- zen. ‘This conference is pleased to note the increasing number of instances where representative white and black people of various communities are coming together and are having a bet- ter understanding with reference to Go where the goers go. You will be sure of a good time at the Camouflage Ball to be given Friday, February 22, | at Peterson Hall by the O. N. E. club boys. Admission, 25e—Adv. Remember that date, February 22, at Peterson Hall, Admission, 25¢.— Adv. hae Plain sewing done. Children’s clothes a specialty. Mrs, L. Johnson, Webster 1621.—Adv. THE MONITOR AN OLD OMAHA RESIDENT DIES AT ST. CLOUD Mrs, Mary Travis, aged 70 years, wife of John Travis, deceased, born in Alexandria, Va., in 1848, died at St. Cloud, Minn,, February 1, Mrs. Travis came to Omaha in the winter of 1866 and lived here until the death of her husband, some ten years ago, when she left to live with her son, R. N. Travis, who was then located at Du- luth, Minn. Mrs, Travis had been in poor health for the past eight years. She madea number of trips to different places for her health, but finding no relief she returned to St. Paul, Minn., where her son for the past four years has been in business. She spent the past eleven months at St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, a Roman Catholic institution, lo- cated at ‘St. Cloud, Minn., at whicn place she died. She is survived by her son, who took pleasure in making her declining years comfortable. The fu- neral was held from Brailey & Dor- rance’s chapel Monday afternoon, with interment at Forest Lawn. The Rev. John Albert Williams officiated. DABNEY HERE IN INTEREST OF COMMUNITY HOUSE Fred W. Dabney of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city as the representa- tive of W. C. Houston, chairman of the Camp Funston National Army District Colored Soldiers’ Comfort and Welfare fund, in the interests of the Omaha campaign for the Camp Fun- ston Community House, A committee of citizens is being or- ganized to launch a vigorous ten days’ campaign to raise $3,500 towards the $20,000 needed for the proposed com- munity house for Colored soldiers at Camp Funston, Full particulars in next week's Monitor. The Grand Council club of the Daughters of Bethel will give a sup- per for the benefit of the Grand Coun- cil Thursday, February 14, from 5 to 11 p. m,, at the residence of Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North Twentieth street.— Adv. $50.00 cash and $18.00 monthly buys a five-room cottage. Tel. Webster 6519 or Douglas 2842. MADAME HENDERSON | HAINDRERSER Ed MANIGURISY hil i cocnanl wees Toe Sa ee aed puna sees ie 2304 N. 25th St. Omaha, Neb. | Eni MELCHOR-- Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. ee ea The CHAPMAN Drug Store 934 P St, Lin Opposite Main Door Post Office Cameras and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and « full line of Druggist Sundries ; io eee rere meer ere tee eee Miss Eudora Ware TEAGHED SANGLTANG VolEk Wanton tri Bekins waa Phones: Office, Douglas 3841; Res-| idence, Harney 2156 Reference—Any Judge of the Dis- trict. Court of Douglas County. | E. F. Morearty | ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW 640 Bee Bldg. Omaha, Neb. Eagle Baggage & Express Co. Auto or Horse Service Quick Delivery Webster 4777 1831 N. 22nd St. Thompson, Belden & Co. The Fashion Center for Women Established 1886 For dressmaking, call Miss Alexan- der. 2418 N. 29th st. Web. 2927. LODGE DIRECTORY Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and A. M, Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Fridays of every month. Lodge room 24th and Charles. P. H, Jenkins, W. M.; W. H. Robinson, Secretary, Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Nebr. Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month. H. A, Hazzard, C. C., J. H. Glover, K. of R, and S. Weeping Willow Lodge No. 9596, G. U. 0. of 0. F., meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at U, B. F. Hall, 24th and Charles. R. S. Gaskins, N. G.; T. H. Gaskins, P. 8. International Order No. 681 Cob ored Engineers and Portable Hoisting Enginemen meets at 2225% Lake street first and third Wednesday in each month. W. H. T. Ransom, pres- ident; J. H. Headly, Cor. Sec,; J. H. Moss, Rec. Sec.; S. L. Bush, Treas. ee ee ee en ee ee ans Oren In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, In the Matter of the Estate of Elizabeth Harden, deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court, praying for the pro- bate of a-certain instrument now on file in said Court, purporting to be the last will and testament of sald deceased, and that @ hearing will be had on said petition be- fore said Court on the 18th day of Feb- ruary, 1918, and that if they fail to appear at sald Court on the said 18th day of Feb- ruary, 1918, at 9 o'clock a. m. to contest the probate of said will, the Court may allow and probate said will and grant ad- ministration of said estate to Susan E, Rice, or some other suitable person, enter a decree of heirship, and proceed to a. set- tlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, at ‘County Judge. NOTICe OF ADMINIGTRATION. In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska: In the Matter of the Estate of Samuel E. Harden, deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that said de- ceased died leaving no last will and pray- ing for administration upon his estate. and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 18th day of February, 1918, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on the said 18th day of February, 1918, at 9 o'clock a. m, to contest the said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of sald estate to Susan E. Rice, or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof, BRYCE CRAWFORD, at County Judge. Groceries | From Your Own Groceryman | | « be | 2526 Lake St. Web. 5262 HOLSUM AND KLEEN MAID Why Buy Inferior When The Best COSTS NO “ORE? JAY BURNS BAKING CO. OMAHA TRANSFERCO. BAGGAGE ‘Checked to Destination ee, Cee ree er tree ee, ee sy eee PRO PRP RON eee be Flor P. Leavit Preeks | Re yj 6=Florence P. Leavitt Club, Mon- WHEN IN | it De a ei day afternoon. “a pe a TE fai Prayer Meeting, Wednesd: TEMPLE, TEXAS ee Bening as Bee eye | Sa W. H. M.S, Thursday Afternoon STOP WITH GROVE METHODIST CHURCH Teale a Aiea Mrs. J. S. Dawson 22nd and Seward Sts, Omaha, Neb. p, GRIFEIN,G LOGAN, | 218 South 4th Street eee Who gains pleasure in making } | you comfortable. Satisfaction } | [Bp e Zuaranteed, Rates reasonable. {| [i | Gatwner coma 1 i 1 Ohbee-Hunter- tion, ee 4 ie | “| Sumer |||) | Wakefield | Saar’ Sy Le a a ct | Trl wy, | ‘ La he: T dy Undertaking Co. a | ” LICENSED EMBALMERS ra Funeral Home, 8. W. Corner 3elden & ( O G. WADE once _2Ist and Cuming Sts. NAT, HUNTER oT Otsertecslorst inder- PHONE DOUGLAS 8108 pos, 2812 1y, 28th Ave. hone Webs 4740 WE Do OUR OWN Wort rantee It to be the Best That Can be 1 Center for OF Ow Moa at the Mant Rensonable Prices, : For’ Gash"or Secured: Inaurance. Crep> ci : rae, 7 Car, Robe and Embaiming 78 nen any Oleth canal: Ante Liserse, 7 aten tee cacy eer a UH. WAKEFIELD, MGR. SOUTH OMAHA, BRANCH A455 Soutir sekiost, “Phone South 2or4 It You Cannot Get Mr. Wakefield, Call Main Office, Webster 816, Ltt Vou, Gannet G00: 008 RRR Ny ee en. eer meal File Your Income Tax Return Before March Ist. Better do it today. Help the government and protect your- self; clearly a patriotic duty. ee Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. For Your Chop Suey and Short Orders With Excellent Service to The Top Notch Cafe 1322 N. 24th Street But if for any reason you cannot come Call Webster 2421 and your order will be promptly delivered. Fee er TE Ee MAKERS OF THE BEST $15.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN THE WORLD REPAIRING, CLEANING AND PRESSING : 118 South 15th Street. Omaha, Neb. | MMM eine * 1916 CUMING STREET Hotel Cuming comrortadic toon Reasonable Rates Douglas 2466 D. G. Russell, Proprietor i A Church Where = ‘s | All Are Welcome [Neg eee Services | Neged: bi) | Sunday School, 10 a. m. a GW ys ff Y\ | Preaching, 11a. m. 8 p. m. ‘james Phe HM | League, €:30 p.m Py tea a .eague, 6:30 p.m. He ond Florence P. Leavitt Club, Mon- it w a Ds day afternoon. IM tee eh i Pa) Prayer Meeting, Wednesday ee ae Evening. = W. H. M.S. Thursday Afternoon GROVE METHODIST CHURCH eer etace te a 22nd and Seward Sts, Omaha, Neb. p.. 1698 N, 22nd. Web’ 5008 TEXAS le | Obee-Hunter- Lt | A | . os a | Wakefield | ae | bee co PF” end 2 dy Undertaking Co. a ie A LICENSED EMBALMERS ’ ra Funeral Home, 8. W. Corner G. WADE OBEE 21st and Cuming Sts. oar HUNTER. iter Ia "Smanae” PHONE DOUGLAS 8103 es, aaid WN) ath Ave. | wae Wb For Cash or Secured Insurance. Crep» Cloth Casket, Auto Hearse, 7-Passenger Car, Robe and Embaiming ,875 Crepe Cloth Casket, Dead Wagon, Carriage, Embalming, $50 target aetna nt patent ne ivy, au oi ‘We belong to the Masons, K, of P.'s, U. B. F.'s and Tabors. Lincoln Department Lincoln Department BY EUGENE NICHOLS. Rev. B. Hillman left Sunday night for Terre Haute, Ind., where he will take back his old charge. Rev. Mrs Hillman has been pastor of the Baptist church here for three years. He will be missed by his many friends. His successor has not yet been selected. Mrs. Henry Gordon of Lincoln, who has been very ill in an Omaha hospital, is expected home shortly. Lincoln friends received sad news of the death of Mr. George Miller. He had been living in Phoenix, Ariz. The mock trial was a grand success. The case of Sellers vs. Christman was won by Mrs. Sellers. Proceeds went towards the new organ. D. M. S. club will meet at the home of Miss Ruth Collins Friday, February 8th. ATCHISON, KANSAS Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickerson of Wichita, Kan., returned home Sunday, after spending a week visiting with Mrs. Dickerson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook. Miss Edith Brown and Thomas Jackson left Sunday to enter Western university. They were escorted as far as Kansas City by Mr. Fred Taylor. Campbell church has succeeded in getting a religious warhorse and a spiritual genius as pastor, Rev. D. P. Billops. The Christian Endeavor society at Campbell chapel is growing in membership very fast, especially with the younger set. Miss Blanche Williams and mother, Mrs. Delia Wilson, will leave shortly for Chicago to visit relatives. Mr. Robert Farman of Elwood, Kan., was the guest of Miss Chloe Pyles Sunday. Private Len Kichey of Camp Funston visited with his sister, Mrs. Mary McDonald Sunday. Miss Otie Ousely is visiting her brother Will at Camp Dodge. Fred Smith and Miss Lulu Price went to Kansas City Monday and were married. They haven't decided yet where they will live, as Mr. Smith is subject to the draft call. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have many friends, who wish them much happiness and success. Miss Eunice Rogers, Mr. David Bradford, Mr. Calvin Coker and Mr. William Metchum are on the sick list. Mrs. J. D. Colbert is suffering with a badly ulcerated tooth. RESIDENT OF LINCOLN Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 31.—George E. Miller, resident of Lincoln for more than twenty years, died at the home of his brother-in-law, Julius H. Miller of this city, January 28. Mr. Miller arrived in Phoenix two weeks prior to his death to be with his family, who had been here since November. Mr. Miller was a trustee of the M. E. church in Lincoln, also a member of Lincoln lodge, Knights of Pythias. He leaves a wife and two children. The remains will be taken to Lincoln in about six weeks for interment. South Side Notes Mr. Richard Johnson of 4820 Drexel street has been sick all week with an attack of rheumatism. His wife, Mrs. Bessie Johnson, is also sick. She has severe throat trouble and may have to undergo an operation. The Ladies' Aid of Allen chapel met last Friday with Mrs. M. Haywood of Thirteenth and Missouri avenue. Quite a number of ladies were present. They had a very busy meeting. Mr. Nathan Mitchell of 6617 South Twenty-seventh street, who has been sick for about three weeks, improves very slowly. The baptismal service, which was to have been held at Bethel Baptist church last Sunday, was postponed until Sunday, February 10, on account of the extreme cold weather. The baptizing will take place at 2:30 in the church. Little James Price, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Price, died last Tuesday morning at 5:30 and was buried Wednesday afternoon from the family home, Thirty-third and U streets. Rev. Mr. Walton, pastor of the M. E. church, officiated. Jones & Chiles had charge of the funeral. WAITERS AT BLACKSTONE MAKING G The Colored waiters who succeeded the white waitresses at the Blackstone hotel December 15, 1917, have "made good" generally. Managers of other hotels have been favorably impressed with their general efficiency and comment freely upon the same. The change of service from white to Colored, as well as the present success of the waiters, is largely due to the efforts of their head waiter, Mr. A. T. Jordan. Mr. Jordan is unanimously supported by the waiters of Omaha, being the president of the Waiters' Protective Employment association. The reception and dance given by The Lit, the young people's literary and social club, at Wolk's hall Tuesday night, was a very pleasant and delightful affair. About seventy-five people, young and old—but all were young—were present. There will be a regular meeting of the Lit club Monday evening, February 11, at the residence of Dr. A. G. Edwards, 2411 Erskine street. Members are requested to be prepared to make returns on tickets. The Woman's auxiliary met Thursday with Mrs. Silas Johnson. The meeting next Thursday will be with Mrs. John W. Bell, 913 North Twenty-third street. The Woman's auxiliary will hold a Valentine Kensington luncheon at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Smith, 2414 Binney street, Monday afternoon, February 11, from 2 to 5 o'clock. A cordial invitation is given to all to come and bring needlework or knitting. Prize for the neatest work. Luncheon, 25 cents.—Adv. Beginning Sunday (tomorrow), February 10, Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston will conduct a class in singing from 4:30 p. m. until 5:30 p. m. sharp. This will be followed by evensong. All who are interested in singing, whether members of the church or not, are invited to come. This singing class is open to the general public. The services on Ash-Wednesday will be holy communion at 7 a. m., morning prayer at 10 and evening prayer and sermon at 8 o'clock. There will be a hot time in the old town the night of the Camouflage Ball given by the O. N. E. Club boys at Peterson Hall, February 22. Something new and novel. Be there!—Adv. FEBRUARY 14 is the DATE of the SHRINERS' Ball—Adv. TO BETTER FARMING SKILL OF NEGROES (Continued From First Page) creased production, reduction of food expenses by raising more of what they eat, an increased reward for their labor, there would arise a new spirit of hope and contentment among the Negro population of Texas that would tend to greater stability and less of the migratory spirit and habit. Citizenship in democracy has its economic as well as its more purely political aspects, and there is no doubt but that the extension work among Negroes is capable of being forged into a powerful agency for developing in the Negroes of the South the economic qualifications of good citizenship. Farming Conducive to Good Citizenship What the American Negroes in the rural districts as well as elsewhere need is to become Americanized in thought, in life and in spirit through the operation of such agencies as the church, the public school system and the extension service, which are regarded as important national agencies for the welfare of the whole people. What the American Negroes need is to become imbued with the American spirit of thrift, self-help and self-support, self-control and regard for the rights of others and a respect for the law. There is no vocation more conducive to the development of such a spirit in the American Negro than farming under hopeful and fair conditions. What the South needs is a renewed attention to the soil and the farm and a renewed attitude toward those whose toil supports the life of the community as faithful farm workers, including the Negro farm workers, and a new determination to give to them every reasonable degree of encouragement, information and protection in law and public sentiment. Fact That Negro Can Learn Has Been Proved. Other Southern states have demonstrated that the Negro farmer can learn and apply better methods through the extension work. It has been demonstrated in Texas also, and is a fact which neither prejudice on the one hand nor lack of faith on the other should be permitted to obscure. If the present war continues there is danger that the extraordinary stimulation of manufacturing activities in the north, due to the war, together with the reduction of the northern labor supply, due to the army drafts, may further rob the South of its traditional supply of Negro farm labor. For the north, though ordinarily, as is well known, not preferring Negro labor, will not hesitate to overcome its prejudice to Negro labor in an emergency, as has already been demonstrated. In counties having a considerable Negro farm population the employment of a competent Colored man as assistant county demonstration agent to work among his people would be a means of accomplishing results far exceeding in value the cost of such employment. The farm life offers to the black people a most valuable opportunity of livelihood and general improvement. THE MONITOR Yet there is a conviction arising here and there among them that they are becoming an unwelcome factor in the country life and that of the South, and that in the country districts they will be subject to aggravated forms of racial persecution. Yet in most rural districts, as a matter of fact, mild and peaceful relations are found to prevail between black and white, more kindly, indeed, in some places than in some of the large towns and cities. A bureau of farm information is greatly needed by the Colored people. Knowing there are sections where they are not permitted to settle, they are often in ignorance of other sections where their advent as farmers would be desirable. Better houses and home surroundings for tenants and the awakening in them of the desire and ability to help themselves through the agency of the agricultural extension work, and the encouragement of the faithful to acquire something of permanent value in the way of live stock and to diversify their diet by raising farm gardens would go far to make the life of the Negro tenant more livable and attractive. Life is nothing without motive and intelligent self-interest and acquisition are the motives which, if awakened and given a chance to accomplish something worth while, will inevitably draw the Negroes of Texas and the South back to the soil with resistless force. Any human being who feels he is doing well is going to value the opportunity he has of doing well and will exert himself to hold fast to it. Must Show Negroes Benefit of Farms. And the Negro division of the Texas extension work can beneficially serve their people of Texas and the state by leading them to see the opportunities here in the state and to learn how best to take advantage of these opportunities in the soil of Texas, and make farming in Texas more worth while to their people. The thrifty Negro farmer of the South, who earns an honest living from the soil and contributes to swell the volume of the South's production and commerce, who pays his debts and his taxes, observes the law of the land and lives in peace with all those about him, can, without exaggeration, be said to have achieved some of the most fundamental qualities of a good citizen. And there are many such in Texas, to the credit of the Negro race in this state and to the credit of the state, and it is the aim of the Negro division to aid in developing many more like them in the state. For a thrifty farmer of whatever race is more than apt to be a good citizen in his general walk and conduct. Farming is coming to be regarded as one of the greatest of vocations, as seen in the fact that the nation and the states are annually expending hundreds of thousands of dollars co-operatively to improve American agriculture, and any man who can take his stand on the naked earth and wrest a living from its soil with its physical, chemical and biological forces, has done no small thing and deserves the commendation of others. And the American Negro farmers, many of them, have proved they can do this by doing it from year to year.—Houston Daily Post. Remember the gospel of the clean plate, the serving of small portions, the purchase of less supplies. When you have read this paper, pass it on to our soldier boys. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. 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. $50.00 cash and $18.00 monthly buys a five-room cottage. Tel. Weoster 5519 or Douglas 2842. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light. On Dodge heat and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Ann Banks, 924 North 20th st. Doug. 4370. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS 1217½ and 1219½ So. 16th St. Phone Douglas 8730 J. LOGAN. For Rent—Right at Twenty-fourth street car line, nice large front room, also medium sized back room. Webster 4745. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms, 2320 North 28th ave. Webster 2058. Neatly furnished rooms, all modern conveniences, 2421 Erskine street. Phone Webster 2531. Call after 5 o'clock. For Rent—Nearly furnished rooms to man and wife, 2430 Erskine St. HOUSES FOR SALE 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 Web- ster 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. Unfurnished rooms with electric light and water, 2603 Cuming street. Harney 5412. Furnished rooms, strictly modern, 2620 Burdette street. Webster 5543. Mrs. E. M. Wright. Neatly 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. 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. For Rent—Furnished room in modern home to one lady. Webster 3466. 1414 North Twenty-sixth street. First-class modern furnished rooms. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. WANTED—Two reliable barbers; must be able to work on white trade; married men preferred. D. E. Nichols. 219 North Ninth st., Lincoln, Neb. 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 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. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 3807 Camden Avenue. Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NOETH 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 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. 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, Cigare and Soda Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We apprise your patronage. Phone Douglas 1446 TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant 2006 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 STOVES, HEATERS, FURNACES AND BOILERS OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 1206-8 Douglas St. Phone Tyler 20 NORTH SIDE BOOSTERS The Alamo Barber 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 assays. Shop department open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. carry a full line of Cigars and Tobaccos, Candies and Chew Gum. TRUNKS Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturdy locks and hinges, 2 trays nicely cloth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" 1803 FARNAM STREET The Bell Hotel 514 South 13th St. NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Steam Heated Strictly Modern Douglas 3707 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 C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. GOOD GROCERIES C. P. WESIN GRO Also Fresh Fruits and 2006 Cuming St. REPAIRS AND SUPP STOVES, HEATERS, FURNAC PROMPT SERVICE—MODERATE Water Fronts and Water Heater OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 1206 NORTH SIDE PETER B. Four Chairs Sergt.-Major E. W. Killingsworth At Camp Funston The Alamo Barber Shop and F The best equipped shop in the state. Most The only Colored shop in the state built on sanitary. Shop department open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. We carry a full line of Choice C Chewing Gum. KILLINGSWORTH & P C. B. MAYO, Fore Phone Webster 5784. We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER,GRASS AND GARDEN Seeds Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart's Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 STANEK'S PHARMACY Henry Stanek, Prop. PRESCRIPTION EXPERT Cor. 24th and L Sts. Tel. So. 878 Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 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 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. 3831 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. OMAHA THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE PRINTING COMPANY Open All Times. Reasonable Prices The Silas Johnson Western Funeral Home The Place for Quality and Service Licensed Embalmer in Attendance Webster 248 2518 Lake St. 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 St. MES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 UPPLIES FOR RNACES AND BOILERS MODERATE PRICES Heating Attachments 206-8 Douglas St. Phone Tyler 20 BOOSTERS A. R. C. Price At Home on the Job. and Pocket Billiard Parlor Most capable and courteous barbers. It on the latest pattern. Everything 8 a.m. to 11 p. m. Saturdays 8 a. m. Price Cigars and Tobaccos, Candies and & PRICE, Props., Foreman. 2416 North 24th Street