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Growing Thank You! $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy The United States Indebited to Africa Rev. Louis G. Wood, Field Secretary of the General Board of Missions of Episcopal Church, Presents Some Significant Facts to Omahans. WOULD LOSE WAR IN 60 DAYS If the Twelve Million American Citizens of African Descent Would Strike and Refuse to Aid and Support the Government, Says Speaker. "If there is one country on the globe to which America is deeply indebted that country is Africa," declared the Rev. Louis G. Wood, field secretary of the General Board of Missions of the Episcopal church, before a large congregation in All Saints' church Tuesday night. "We went there, or if we did not go ourselves, we bought from those who did go, the citizens of that country and brought them here to fell the forests and dig wealth out of the earth for us. A vast amount of the wealth of which the United States boasts today is the direct product of their toil. "And think, if you please, of the great debt we owe to the twelve millions of African descent in this country, and how largely we are dependent upon them for the necessities of life in certain sections of our land. What would become of the rice plantations, for example, in the South if it were not for them? White men would die of the swamp fever to which they are immune. Where would you get your cotton for your explosives or khaki to cloth your soldiers? If these people were to prove disloyal and go on a strike and refuse to labor or to support the government we would lose the war in sixty days. Let us not forget the debt we owe to Africa. And what are we doing as Christian men and women to send the gospel to Africa? What are we doing for the people of African descent here?" The Rev. Mr. Wood then spoke of the work the Episcopal church is doing in Liberia, where the first work was begun in 1834 and carried on under the late Bishop Ferguson, who died some months ago. This was part of the address given Tuesday, night in connection with the intensive missionary campaign for mobilizing the man power of the Episcopal church which has been conducted in Omgha this week. The campaign opened last Sunday morning with an out-of-town speaker in every pulpit, the Rev. Dr. Rollit speaking at St. Philip's. At 3:30 in the afternoon there was a Sunday school rally in All Saints' church and on Sunday night a united service in Trinity cathedral. The music was given by the united choirs of the city and the cathedral was packed to the doors. The music was inspiring and stirring addresses were delivered by the Rev. F. J. Clark of New York, the Rev. Louis G. Wood of Charleston, S. C., the Rev. Charles C. Rollit of Minneapolis and Bishop 'Williams. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening conferences and instructions on the world-wide mission of the church were given by the Rev. Louis G. Wood, who is an eloquent and lucid speaker and a man of great spirituality. He illustrated his subjects by means of charts and maps, and made every one who heard him feel the importance of doing his bit in helping to evangelize the world in this generation. Sunday afternoon every Episcopalian family in the city is to be visited by a committee and to be given the privilege of making a definite weekly pledge for the support of the church at home and its extension wherever needed throughout the world. A great deal of preparatory work for the intensive campaign, which has made a great impression upon the city, has been done by a central committee under the chairmanship of Mr. John T. Yates. The Rev. Arthur H. Marsh has been the efficient secretary of the committee and the various parish chairmen are deserving of praise. All who have taken part have received a larger vision of church life and its responsibilities. APPOINTED CITY NURSE Philadelphia, Pa., May 20.—Miss Louise H. Saddler, R. N., a recent graduate of the Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses, was appointed city nurse on May 6 at a salary of $900 a year. THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor American Huns Rampant In Georgia Lynch Four Men and One Woman; Men Alleged to Have Been Implicated in Murder; Woman Claimed to Have Made "Unwise Remarks" BODY RIDDLED WITH BULLETS VALDOSTA, Ga.—Mary Turner, wife of Hayes Turner, was hanged the afternoon of May 24 at Folsom's bridge over Little river, about sixteen miles north of Valdosta. Hayes Turner was hanged at the Okapilco river in Brooks county last Saturday. His wife, it is claimed, made unwise remarks about the execution of her husband and the people in their indignant mood took exceptions to her remarks, as well as her attitude, and without waiting for nightfall took her to the river, where she was hanged and her body riddled with bullets. This makes five persons lynched in this section as a result of the Smith tragedy at Barney. All of Sydney Johnson's relatives, including his mother and father, were landed in jail here last night. Owing to the increased feeling among the people the jail is being strongly guarded to prevent trouble. Besides the chase after Sydney Johnson posses are looking for other Negroes in this section and feeling among both white and black seems to be growing more intense. On Thursday night two Negroes stole a shotgun from Hampton Smith at Barney and shot and killed Smith in his home. Mrs. Smith fled from the house and was attacked. She awoke the following morning in a creek and went to a Negro cabin for aid. Those who investigated her story found Smith's body and the Negroes, farm hands, had disappeared. Since then the farming section of that part of the state has been greatly aroused. A double guard was placed around the jail. It was learned that posses were searching for still another Negro besides Johnson, known as Julius. This Negro, it was said, aided Johnson to escape from the posse. Court Renders Important Decision White Race Cannot Continue Practice of Sequestering All Revenues From Corporation Taxes. FRANKFORT, Ky., May 24.—Insofa: as it provides that all the revenues arising from taxes on corporations shall go to the support of white graded schools to the exclusion of the Colored, Section 3588a, Kentucky Statutes, was held unconstitutional and void by the court of appeals today in an opinion by Judge Sampson, the whole court sitting. This was decided in the case of the trustees of the Mayfield Colored graded school district against the trustees of the white graded district for its proportionate share of the corporation taxes. The amount involved is $2,797.43, and the Graves circuit court decided in favor of the white trustees under the statute. Mayfield is a fourth-class city. The court said: "The white race under the rule sequestering all revenues from the property of white people to the support of white schools—a very questionable right—has decidedly the best of the situation," as it is cutting the Colored schools off from any share of the corporation taxes. Such a rule is an "open invasion of the Bill of Rights" and violated the constitutional direction for the support of education. The court went on to say that ignorance is a menace to the republican form of government, and the extension of free opportunities for education to both races is essential as a safeguard. Corporations are neither white nor black, and taxes from them must be apportioned between white and Colored schools on a per capita basis of the number of pupils. NEW OFFICERS' SCHOOL AT CAMP M Camp Meade, Md.-The second officers' training school at Camp Meade, Md., opened on the 15th of the month and will continue until September 1. The school will train men for commissions in the infantry and the artillery. Nine thousand additional acres have been added to the original 4,000 acres, making a total of 13,000 acres in this camp. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, JUNE 1, 1918 LIBERIA HAS POWERS OF DEVELOPMENT Should be Judged by Her Ideals Which She Has Been Patiently Working Out. Bishop Arthur Selden Lloyd Gives Sympathetic Report of Conditions Found by Him in African Republic. NEW YORK.-The Rt. Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, president of the General Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church, was sent to Liberia to investigate the work of that Church in Africa. The following impartial report of his investigation will be read with interest by those anxious to learn about Liberia: * When we reached our journey's end, I had hardly landed at Monrovia before I realized that all my notions about Liberia were essentially wrong, but I have not written it down because this was so great a surprise to me that I have waited to test my impressions. Each day has made it more evident that the impression was correct as it has become unmistakably clear that all my thinking about Liberia had unwittingly been colored by the idea that here was a weak people whom some strong arm must carry. This conception had been unconsciously strengthened by the almost universal exhibition of kindness and good nature with which men speak of this Republic. It is as if men would say, "The aspirations and ambitions of Liberia are most praise-worthy, but we know they are futile because the people are not capable of establishing free institutions," just because it was taken for granted that they were incapable of developing the necessary moral force. In face of this I found a people possessing a quality I had not dreamed of; clearly realizing the obstacles to be overcome, recognizing that any mistakes on their part will be immediately seized upon as an excuse for exploiting their country; facing problems which demand for their solution the most perfect skill of experts, and natural obstacles which only wealth and wisely used can control; yet calmly and courageously proceeding with their splendid enterprise, depending on the Almighty God to bring them to their desired haven—and there are certain well-authenticated records which tell of other peoples who have rested their cause in this dependence and have not failed of their hope. Meantime Liberia is beset without and within by many difficulties. The governments of England and France are both friendly towards Liberia and yet under due process of law England has pre-empted a large and very valuable territory on the north. I am informed that this territory alone makes the Sierra Leone railway profitable. On the south, France by the same token controls an even larger area, perhaps the richest of the territory over which her authority extends. After the war is over the civilization prevails in the earth, it is to be hoped that by some means these nations may be induced to cede back to Liberia; what is theirs by every right which civilization respects; for the present "benevolent occupants" are a constant reminder of what may befall. The war has caused desperate loss to a nation already embarrassed financially. The commerce of Liberia is practically suspended so that receipts from customs have fallen to a very small amount. With commendable fidelity to her allies, Liberia has severed all intercourse with Germany and has thus eliminated an important factor in her economical development. These conditions have increased the difficulty of establishing for the present an adequate school system without which free institutions must always be in danger. The immediate result of illiteracy shows in the seduction of tribes to which the ideals of human liberty are unknown by individuals whose interests are served by Liberia's internal unrest, so that at a time when Liberia needs to conserve all her resources much of her strength must of necessity be expended in protecting the law-abiding and in preserving the respect due to law and order. The difficulty is made more serious by the malcontents being well armed and provided with ammunition as if from the clouds. The law of the land purposely forbids the importation of fire-arms. Add to these the difficulties so well known in America and which must beset democracy everywhere until all mortals become free, and quite a clear impression can be formed of the trials to be met and the problems to be solved by Liberia. If you were on the spot you would see how all these things emphasize the ability and courage and industry with which the Republic is facing these obstacles to its growth; and when you had learned the story of what had actually been accomplished by men who had no resources except their own strong arm and their faith in God to sustain them, you would share the conviction that has been growing in me ever since I landed at Monrovia that the problem can be solved by the people to whom God has committed it and that when it is solved it will throw the light which the Revelation in Christ Jesus caused to shine all over Africa, as it has shined from America over our hemisphere. Let Liberia make good and she will have made possible the realization of the phrase "Africa for the Africans," whereas the benevolent occupations which now control the greater part of Africa mean inevitably that Africa also must become the white man's country. That Liberia can do it would be evident to any one who coming in contact with her people has the wish to see and comprehend the miracle that has been wrought in her civilized people by their surrender to the splendid ideals which made men of the first settlers. However, we came to see what the church is doing and how affairs have been administered. From what I have witnessed it must be evident that no mission of the American church has been beset by so many difficulties, nor is confronted by so many perplexing and delicate problems as this. And yet it is with profound satisfaction that I am able to say to the American church that I have seen no sign of negligence, nor of wasted money, nor of weakness in administration. Indeed the respect in which I ever held the late bishop of Liberia has grown into definite admiration since I have seen the results he accomplished with entirely inadequate means and in the face of obstacles which confront no other bishop of the church with whose work I am acquainted. With opportunity for education which we would not dignify with the designation of opportunity, the church here has a body of clergy who need not be apologized for. I had the privilege of ordaining three young men as deacons. Examination showed that they clearly understood the significance of the work to which they were being set apart as well as apprehending the church's standards and doctrine. They were healthy and good looking and made definite impression of single-mindedness. They were trained at Cuttington. To see the poverty of equipment there, is to have new demonstration of our Lord's ability to accomplish His purpose in spite of man's heedlessness. The American church ought to make Cuttington very good. With a task to be performed that is literally colossal they are working at it with a good will and full of hope. They need everything, but they accomplish good results in spite of conditions. The religious life of the body of the people in the church reminds one of the manner of life which used to prevail in America before America became rich and sophisticated. In every home where I have been, family prayers have been a matter of course and the reverence with which the household has taken part has been most refreshing. The service the American church has rendered Liberia has been altogether out of proportion to the cost of it. The service she may render if she will is beyond estimate. To think of what would be the effect throughout the continent of Africa if in Liberia free institutions were definitely established, is to make one tingle with enthusiasm. Nor is there any question that this is entirely within the ability of the people if they have such help as only the church can render. Liberia's resources are most abundant. Her people are fine. I have not seen the least sign of degeneracy. If one were writing the true story of America, the great things the nation is striving for would be emphasized. The discouraging features and the weakness resulting from the wrong-doings of evil men would be recognized as those inevitable obstacles to be recognized and overcome. These would not be reckoned as ex- Vol. III. No. 48 (Whole No. 152) Hampton's Fiftieth Annual Report This Famous School Has Splendid Record of Notable Achievements in Social Uplift During Its Half Century of Service. Hampton, Va., May 31.—Dr. George P. Phenix, vice principal of Hampton Institute since 1908, in his report to the Board of Trustees, discussed the School's work since the death of Dr. Hollis B. Frissell and reviewed the growth of Hampton during fifty years. He said: "General Armstrong had to justify his new project in the eyes of three groups of people: The Negro race, who would supply the student body; the white North, who alone of all the people of the country were able to finance the venture; and the white South, who were skeptical as to the value of any kind of education for Negroes." The average annual enrollment at Hampton has been as follows: First decade, 220; second, 550; third, 661; fourth, 755; and fifth, 878. These figures do not include Hampton's neighborhood school or the summer school. Dr. Phenix said: "That the people of the North have believed in the type of training for which Hampton stands is proved by the generous manner in which they have supported it. The same friends who have contributed to current expenses have created an endowment fund to assure the permanency of the school. "The sympathy of the white South with Hampton's work is absolutely essential. Sympathy has grown with understanding, and the school today enumerates among its most loyal friends Southern men and women of influence and prominence. "The financial aid which the Slater Fund, the General Education Board, and the Jeanes Fund have contributed for Negro schools in Southern communities has done much to acquaint Southern people—especially school men—with this type of education, which was literally 'new' not so long ago. "The close of the first half-century of Hampton's history finds the relation between the races in the South, the progress of Negro education, and the school itself, in a condition which the most extreme optimistic of fifty years ago could hardly have dared to hope for, and there is every reason for facing the second half-century with faith and courage. "Generations of children yet unborn will have a better chance in life without ever knowing to whom they are indebted, because of the life and work of Hampton's late principal, Dr. Hollis B. Frissell." hibiting the truth about America; I have told the truth about Liberia. If the church will help her to attain her ideals, we may be sure the ugly and plorable details would disappear as they will from America when a majority of us desire that which is high and clean. FORCE CHILDREN TO VIEW MURDER Tennessee Mob Makes Race Women and Children Witness Atrocious Johnson City, Tenn., May 20. When a white mob here cornered and shot to death Thomas Devert, a Colored man, accused of murdering a white woman, the mob dragged the body back to town and, invading the Negro quarter, forced the Colored population of seventy persons, mainly women and children, to come out of their homes and line up while the gathering mob piled wood and crossties on the body, setting fire to the pile. Several Colored women fainted at the barbarous spectacle and young children clung in fear and terror to the skirts of their heartsick mothers. MAN GIVES UP TORACCO TO AID WAR Lufkin, Tex.—A party of ladies who went out to Colwood Lumber company to organize a war savings society report the neighborhood 100 per cent—every one having joined. An old Colored man bought $50 worth of stamps and said he would give up his tobacco, although he had been chewing for fifty years, and put the money in thrift stamps. The mill manager has promised to give all employees their rent free if they will put the money in stamps. Lifting Lift, Too! Murderous Huns of Tennessee Endangering National Welfare by Frequent Lynchings and Burnings of Human Beings; Governor Urged to Take Action to Stem Peril. New York.—John R. Shillady, on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of which he is Secretary, makes public a letter sent to Governor Tom C. Rye of Tennessee, in which Mr. Shillady repeats the text of a telegram sent by him from Washington on Wednesday night in regard to the lynching and burning of Thomas Devert at Erwin, Tenn., on Monday night. Mr. Shillady points out that the forcing of the whole Negro population of the town to line up and witness the burning of Devert's body added to the horror of lynching that of terrorizing innocent and law-abiding citizens whose only offense lies in their color. The letetr follows: May 24, 1918. Dear Sir: I wired you on May 22 from Washington as follows: Lynching and burning of body of Thomas Devert at Erwin, Tenn., Monday night, again makes it patriotic duty of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to urge that you bring to trial in Tennessee courts lynchers who by repeated burnings of Negroes accused of crime are imperiling unity of nation at this most critical time. Five out of the six lynchings occurring in your State since our country entered the war have been accompanied by burnings either before or after death. This last case adds to previous horrors that of forcing the whole Negro population of Erwin to line up and witness burning of Devert's body, thus avenging crime of an individual by terrorizing innocent law-abiding people who only offense lies in their color. Every patriotic American must realize danger to national welfare involved in allowing lawless elements to believe themselves free to lynch and burn Negroes without fear of swift and certain punishment. Your State cannot sit back and say as you have in the past that your laws are inadequate to punish lynchers. We implore you in the name of our common country to exhaust every resource of law, money and patriotic endeavor to stam the peril which these burnings show to be one of terrible reality. The frequency witht which men are lynched and burned in Tennessee as well as the recent lynchings in Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, seems to point to an epidemic of this crime. Lynching is indefensible at any time, but when the nation is at war the lynching of Negroes by whites becomes a matter of extreme danger to the country as a whole lest such outrages be regarded as an attack by the white elements of our population upon the Colored. I need not point out to you the patriot's duty owed by every American in such a crisis as the country now faces. The duty and responsibility of a Governor to stop these lynchings, it seems to us, transcend every other duty which the law imposes upon him. Sincerely yours, (Signed) JOHN R. SHILLADY. Secretary National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1,500 RACE CHILDREN IN PATRIOTIC PAGEANT Louisville, Ky., May 20.—A patriotic pageant, in which more than 1,500 race school children appeared in representation of all the nations at war with Germany and which was witnessed by an audience of more than 1,000 men, women and children, was held on the athletic field adjoining the general offices of the Board of Education at Ninth and Chestnut streets last Thursday afternoon. HUNDREDS OF WOMEN ARE WANTED New Orleans, La.-Hans Jacobsen, director of the Federal Employment Bureau, with an office at the city hall, has been asked to recruit 300 Colored women for the Lake Shore Land company to do light work on the company's property eight miles from the city. This is the first movement of any consequence in the South looking to the employment of women on the farms. Lincoln News 2 Mr. Alfred Adams of St. Louis spent the past week visiting his cousin, Miss Helen Blair, who resides at 801 Hill street. A splendid sermon on the geographical position of the church was preached by Rev. R. R. Powers last Sunday morning at the Baptist church and an arithmetical sermon on Christianity at evening drew an appreciative audience. The B. Y. P. U. held a very interesting service last Sunday. The Sunday school was largely attended also. Class No. 2, taught Deacon Corneal, still holds the banner on finance. You will be far better pleased with your cleaning and pressing, dyeing and repairing by Young's Tailoring company. Phone L-7664.—Adv. Mrs. Susan Turner, mother of Mrs. Perry Williams, left Tuesday night for Kansas City, Kan., to visit her daughter, Mrs. M. Johnson. Mrs. Pinkie Boswell and daughter, Miss Mary Coleman, of St. Joseph arrived in the city Sunday for a two weeks' visit with Mrs. Guy Wiley, their daughter and sister. The Amaranth chapter, No. 54, will give a brand ninth anniversary banquet at Masonic hall, June 6. Mrs. Ada Ashford delightfully entertained the Gideon Band last Thursday night. A large crowd was present. They will give a unique travelog around the world, starting from America to Mexico, thence to Japan by way of Africa, all of this to take place Thursday, June 13. All are welcome on this voyage. The reason why every one is pleased and admired by others is that their suits are made RIGHT to the individual that wears them at YOUNG'S, 219 North Tenth.-Adv. Mr. Cedell Norris, one of the brightest and most useful young students of musical fame we have met, returned to Denver, his home, last Sunday. He hopes to return to the state university here next fall. We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Charles May, caused by the terrible explosion in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was formerly a university student here and a useful worker in the Baptist Sunday school. Miss Mabel Stillman spent Sunday COMMON AMERICAN BIRDS INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT THEM SUPPLIED BY THE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ```markdown ``` Length, about six and one-half inches. Range: Breeds in the United States (west to Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana), southern Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala; winters in the southern half of the eastern United States and south to Guatemala. Habits and economic status: The bluebird is one of the most familiar tenants of the farm and dooryard. Everywhere it is hailed as the harbinger of spring, and wherever it chooses to reside it is sure of a warm welcome. This bird, like the robin, phoebe, house wren, and some swallows, is very domestic in its habits. Its favorite nesting sites are crannies in the farm buildings or boxes made for its use or natural cavities in old apple trees. For rent the bird pays amply by destroying insects, and it takes no toll from the farm crop. The bluebird's diet consists of 68 per cent of insects to 32 per cent of vegetable matter. The largest items of insect food are grasshoppers first and beetles next, while caterpillars stand third. All of these are harmful except a few of the beetles. The vegetable food consists chiefly of fruit pulp, only an insignificant portion of which is of cultivated varieties. Among wild fruits elderberries are the favorite. From the above it will be seen that the bluebird does no essential harm, but on the contrary eats many harmful and annoying insects. Tailored at Fashion Park A Fashion Park Man You are a distinctive type of man, why not select a suit which blends with your make-up? Harmony and consistency in clothes are given the greatest consideration by our tailors at Fashion Park. visiting near friends at Camp Funston, as many of the boys will depart soon for the war zone. Mr. Bert Patrick of Omaha was in the city a few days on business for The Monitor. Mr. Adam Loving, who was once popular in hotel work, is enjoying his outdoor life in connection with the United States postoffice. Mrs. Frances Miller and daughter, Ada Smith of Denver, will spend a few weeks visiting relatives and friends here. The Misses Mary and Martha Burton returned Tuesday from a very pleasant visit with their brother at Camp Funston. There are three ways God calleth men to repentance. Today is the day of salvation and the day you hear My voice harden not your heart. Can a man glorify God in his body, with his mouth full of tobacco, spitting out the filthy stuff for somebody else to clean up? Read God's command: "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do ALL to the glory of God." (I Cor. x:31.) The Patriotic Children's day program will be a grand affair at the Baptist Sunday school, June 9. If you want good, substantial clothes instead of mere pretty lining buy from YOUNG. Don't be mislead. Call and ask us anything concerning clothes.—Adv. 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Mrs. Mack of Thirty-third and V streets is quite sick at her home, threatened with a nervous breakdown. Mr. P. R. Mitchell is quite sick at his home. Miss Myrtle Fisher has returned home from Des Moines, Ia. She reported having a delightful time. A number of South Side boys who have been stationed at Camp Funston are leaving for other camps. Some are going over the sea for active service. Mr. C. W. Jordan of Butte, Mont., spent a few days of last week with his father-in-law, J. R. Mitchell. Mr. Jordan, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Mae Jordan, left Monday for Detroit, where they will make their home. Mr. Robert Starnes on his return home from Topeka stopped at Camp Funston to see his son Robert, who is to leave for France soon. Mr. Starnes reported all boys looked well and happy. Mrs. Cynthia Welch of 4807 South Twenty-fifth street is going to Kansas City this week to spend a few days visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Moberily of 4814 South Twenty-fifth street are spending a few days in Kansas City this week. SPECIAL! Where is Thomas Byrd? Please notify Mrs. Sylvia Bryant, his cousin, at 5619 South Thirtieth street, at once.—Adv. Busy Bee Cafe GOOD HOME COOKING Meals at All Hours. Baths 25c EAT AND BE CLEAN Elizabeth Clark, Prop. Telephone So. 2793 4917 So. 26th St. So. Side. 4704 South 24th St. M. SWA FLO SOUTH SIDE Classified Busi BILLIARD PARLORS CAPITOL BILLIARD PARLOR Cigars and Tobacco. Barber shop in connection. All kinds of choice candies, chewing gum and soft drinks. Service to our guests our specialty. Athletic and baseball headquarters. Webster 1773. 2018 North 24th St. Charles W. South, Prop. BLACKSMITHS J. W. STAPLETON South 2571. 5825 South 23d St. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS THE BUSY BEE CAFE South 2793 4917 South 26th St. STAMP'S RESTAURANT 2522 Q Street. 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Webster 2320. 1910 North 27th St. HARDWARE W. B. NICHOLS Paints, Oils and Glass. Webster 3516. 24th and Lake Sts. COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FRANK DOUGLASS Shining Parlor. Webster 1388. 2414 North 24th St. DEEP WATER FISH MARKET Webster 3943. 1409 $\frac{1}{2}$ N. 24th. St. DR. AUG. G. EDWARDS Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence, 2409 Erskine St. Hours: 8 a. m. to 10 a. m; 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. and evenings. Phone Webster 71. Five-passenger.....$2 per hour Seven-pass.....$2.50 and $3 per hour 3 p. m. to 12 p. m., Doug. 3724. 12 to 3 a. m., Doug. 1491. Residence, 3 a. m. to 3 p. m., Web. 949 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 Editora. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor. Bert Patrick, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. 4 "THEY SHOULD HELP US" THIS is the caption of a ringing editorial in the Southern Indicator, an able and well edited race journal published in Columbia, S. C. And it is most gratifying to note the increasingly fearless tone of the newspapers published by thoughtful men and women of our race throughout the country. These papers are not insolent in tone, although there be some of the dominant race who would claim that they are, because they have the courage to express their opinion upon public matter and particularly those affecting the group of which they are the mouthpiece. These journals are speaking the truth. They know the sentiments of the people whom they represent. They are striving to guide and mould and direct that sentiment in the right way, and they are succeeding. While encouraging our own people to do the right and to stand for the highest and best things, these papers would be false to their mission if they failed to protest against the injustices and wrongs of which our people are unhappily the victims. They are striving to help mould a sentiment in this country among the dominant race which will make injustice practically impossible. The broad-visioned white people of this country who are interested in studying social conditions as they affect all classes of Americans would do well to read newspapers which reflect the thoughts, opinions and ideals of Colored Americans. It would be well for those in authority to acquaint themselves with the sentiments of Colored Americans as voiced in our publications. The sentiments expressed by the Southern Indicator in the editorial, which is here quoted in full, have the endorsement of the race throughout the country. Leaders of the race on forum, in pulpit and press are doing yeoman service in helping to maintain the loyalty to our country which are people are anxious to maintain. This task is becoming increasingly difficult by reason of the epidemic of lynching, which is permitted to go on unrestrained and unchecked in the land, while those high in authority retain a Sphinx-like silence. Here is what the Indicator says and The Monitor endorses every word and makes them our own: "It has been the proud boast of the Colored race that it is 100 per cent loyal and this has been proven since this country has been at war. And this, too, despite the fact that the Colored people very largely believe that they have grievances as American citizens. But at the call of their country they have put aside every such thought and have responded to all calls most willingly. This attitude is due to the leaders of the race. There, however, seems to be a certain element in America that is ever alert to do the things that are calculated to disturb the patriotic enthusiasm of the Colored people. Such an element is an enemy of America and should be dealt with as such. By its acts the wise leadership of the Colored people is being made very difficult and the good white people of this country should call a halt. Take the diabolical acts of the Georgia Huns Sunday afternoon. Not satisfied with murdering four other Negroes, men they were, they took a POOR HELPLESS WOMAN and lynched her. And for what? Because she "MADE UNWISE REMARKS" about her lynching of her husband. "The German Huns would at least try to invent a better excuse than that for such an outrage. The morale of the Negroes cannot be kept up by lynching their women—and he who destroys that is contributing that much to the success of the German cause. America needs team work in this war, but the lynching of Colored women will hardly contribute much to it. It is time the government take a hand in this thing. It has already been tolerated too long. Won't Georgians look fine trying to help the God-fearing, upright Americans save the world for democracy! The good white citizens of the South—and there are millions—ought to call a halt to German atrocities committed in America. We are fighting a righteous war, fighting against women end baby killers, and we ought not tolerate women killers in Amefica!" To the south of Egypt and beyond the cataracts of the Nile is a country known as Abyssinia which, anciently, was called Ethiopia. It is today, perhaps, the oldest nation in the world, for its history stretches back further than that of any other country known to human annals. It is suspected that Ethiopia is far older than Egypt and it is worthy of note that the Egyptians themselves believed that Ethiopians founded their nation. Not a great deal has been written of Ethiopian civilization, because that country was something of a hermit nation. It was sequestered among formidable hills and mountains and for other nations to reach them it was necessary to cross a sea and deserts. For that reason few conquering armies ever tried to reach that country and the few that did met only with disaster. That is why Ethiopia is perhaps the only nation of the ancient world that has never been conquered. But the position of the country was not the only thing that prevented its conquest. The Ethiopians were great warriors and their renown spread broadcast throughout the world of antiquity. Often they invaded Egypt and on several occasions Ethiopian dynasties ruled over Egypt. Many times resentful Pharoahs tried to repay the ternity of their southern enemies, but they never did. Ethiopia ruled on and rules today, while the score of other nations who envied her have sunk into ruin and forgetfulness. "Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow," wrote the prophet Jeremiah. "The sire of gods and all the ethereal train, On the warm limits of the farthest main, Now mix with mortals, nor disdain to grace The feasts of Ethiopia's blameless race." Sings Homer. "The Ethiopians," said Herodotus, "are the tallest, handsomest and greatest warriors in the world." Persia once tried to conquer the Ethiopians and failed. Years after when her country was threatened with destruction, she sent her precious Shan Nameh, (the Persian Bible) to the Ethiopians to keep for her. "It is safe only with you," was their message. And safe it was, because after the storm had passed, the Ethiopians returned it safe and unharmed into the hands of the Persian Magi. These quotations will give you some idea of the respect in which the Ethiopians were held by the nations who knew them well. The same respect is given them today, although perhaps somewhat grudgingly. Only a few years ago the Italians thought they would conquer Ethiopia and make her an Italian province. They massed their troops and notified Menelik that unless he became subject to Italy the troops would move. The black emperor sent word to let them move. The Italians thought that they would meet the savages armed with spears and clubs, but when the two armies met the Ethiopians had the latest weapons known to warfare. The disaster that overwhelmed the Italians is still a sad memory to Italy today. Since then no nation has ever thought to attempt again the conquest of this A few days ago Unk Samuel made out a list of useless occupations and among them he listed the sacred art of juggling the pan. Now we have always tried to nourish the notion that Unk Sam is a wang on wisdom and everything that goes with it, but when he tells us that friend waiter is a walking nonentity, we rise to a point of order. Son waiter is a persimmon hanging on the trade and profession tree. Preparation of eats is a waiters long suit and in these days of food saving and food conservation, friend waiter can boost Mr. Hoover's game to a frazzle and a fare-you-well. We know a waiter in an Omaha hash house who serves us sawdust as a cereal and he does it with such pomp and nifty decoration that we imagine it is strawberries. Another knight of the spotless apron flim flams some lettuce leaves with a salad that tastes like food from a banquet of the gods, but it isn't any more a salad than a dish of dust. It is the dressing he clothes the salad with that hoodwinks our eyes and plays April fool with our gastronomic sensibilities. Once more we know a hot dish presdigatator who can serve a guest a toothpick in 572 different ways. That's what we call science. It might be that Unk Sam feels that said friend waiter might be using his gray matter thinking of 572 different ways to slay a German, but there's lots of difference between serving slivers and THE GENTLE ART OF SILENCE Last week at South Omaha two Colored employees were arrested and placed under heavy bonds for speaking derogatory of the Red Cross. They did wrong. If they had known just what the Red Cross stands for, they did doubly wrong. We are content to believe that no Colored man or woman really desires this country to lose in this great world conflict, for our race has never been and will never be traitors. Yet we are aware that under the influence of many and repeated wrongs, we are sometimes driven to say things on the spur of the moment that do not reflect our sincere opinions. To have our black soldiers called names, to have their characters aspersed and their abilities ridiculed, to have our people lynched and maltreated, are oft times rather burdensome. All that we may safely do is to speak out against such atrocities and hope that the better nature that is in all human kind will try to effect a remedy. It does no good to condemn our country and the various instruments our country has created to help win the war. Often, it means inconvenience and prison. The white American cannot appreciate the Colored people's position and feeling. The best thing for us to do is to keep silent under the trying conditions and hope for their amelioration. Eventually a change will come—it must come. Before this war is ever the Colored man and woman will be needed more and more. The present administration may think it can get along without them, but 12,000,000 people are too many not to be an important factor in the final conclusion. Be silent and wait. Our time will come and, mayhap, our whole nation will be grateful that it has us for citizens. HOME I pity the man or woman who says "Wherever I hang my hat is Home Sweet Home, to me." There never was a human being who found home only upon a hat peg. Home is where the heart is. It may be only a shanty where the star light steals through the roof and the breezes steal through the cracks, but if, when far away, the heart years to be there, it is home. There need be no wife or husband or kiddies there. These, indeed, are the glories that add to the delights of home, but they are not always essentials. The trapper who lives in the hut on the side of a hill knows and loves home, albeit none but he has ever entered or left its rude threshold. Home may mean a village, a city, a state or a country. To the boys "over there" home means the stretch of fields and prairies and mountains that sweep from the wild Atlantic to the peaceful Pacific and from the snows of the north to the magnolias of the south. Home is the spot that calls to mind and memory across the hills and seas and draws is a lodestone draws hard steel. Home is the magic word that makes one forget distance and labor and wealth. It is the sweetest word in all the world—HOME! TRADITIONS OF OUR NEGRO SOLDIERS The traditions of the Negro soldier may be traced in the history of the great Chaka in the Valley of the Nile, thousands of years ago; Hannibal, "greatest of tacticians," in the war between Carthage and Rome; L'Ouverture in the Haitian rebellion against the mighty Napoleon; Attucks, as the first casualty in America's first battle against the tyranny of George III on Boston Common; black sailors with Perry on Lake Erie; Black Sampson at Brandywine; Peter Salem at Bunker Hill; Carney at Fort Wagner; the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth regiments of infantry and the Ninth and Tenth cavalry at El Caney and San Juan in Cuba and during the insurrection in the Philippines, and the feat of the Tenth cavalry at Carrizal while with the punitive expedition in Mexico. The place of honor held by two Negro in the profession of arms is predicated upon the enviable and cherished facts that he has never had a traitor within his ranks and has never had the blot of cowardice upon his spotless escutcheon. His prestige is based upon the high regard as a fighting man in which he is held by all fighters whom he has opposed, whether they be white men, black men or brown men.—Lieutenant O. E. McKaine in the Outlook. THE MONITOR The Children of the Sun By George Wells Parker SKITS OF SOLOMON Waiters black empire. Instead they have sent her gifts that they might have a share in her trade without having to fight for it, the United States included. Extensive excavations have never been carried on in Ethiopia, but the few that have been conducted have proven that great monuments once existed. Around Meroe are the ruins of temples that perhaps once rivaled Egypt. As a matter of fact it seems that anciently Ethiopia and Egypt had much in common, especially in the matter of religion. Both had the same system of worship; the same sacredtotal order, the same pomps and processions. The images of the gods were at certain times conveyed up the Nile, from their Egyptian temples to others in Ethiopia and after the festival were brought back into Egypt. And, as respects the Christian religion, some of the greatest fathers of the church were Ethiopians and the Abyssinian church still preserves some of the most primitive forms of the Christian religion as taught by its Founder. There are other things that make Ethiopia great even unto today. Her country has never been conquered and her government is the oldest in the world. In the Kebro Negest we may find the names of her kings in unbroken succession from the time of Solomon until the present day and only fancy can say how far back into the dimness of early ages this line of black monarchs ruled. If it be true that governments are instituted among men for the promotion of happiness and well being, then this black empire is the only nation of the world which has come near realizing this end. Her system of government is communal. In all her history no hereditary nobility was ever known; no caste of priests ever existed. Between the ruler and the people there car and could be rothing and everyone may aspire equally to all the honors of state and to the highest dignity of the priesthood. Let it be said for them that they were the first to conceive the true principles of universal human liberty and founded the first government upon the eternal truth that all governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. From the dawn of their history until the present, woman has always been the equal of man, and in no country until now did pictures of domestic life play so large a part as they did in Egypt and in Ethiopia. And before I close, I might mention that Ridpath, the popular American historian, classifies the Ethiopians as white. This would be ridiculous and altogether laughable were it not for the fact that it shadows the sinister attempt of the Caucasian to withhold every vestige of praise from the African. The publishers of Ridpath assert that his writings are not to be noted for accuracy and, indeed, they are not. To him no black man ever did anything worthy of mention. But what boots it? Facts never lie and so many are the facts today that no man or woman of African descent need read the writings of a liar in a search for truth. Read history with the one idea that all the great nations of antiquity were either African or of African descent, and what authors may say to the contrary means little. They haven't yet had time to shed their prejudices. annihilating boches. What Unk ought to do is to whisper to Mr. Hoover and advise him to hold a star session with the Ancient and Honorable Order of Side Towel Toters, and get some idea of helping feed the Allies by playing jokes on the American stomach. The American stomach wouldn't mind and the American foodist would never know the difference. Bell hops, elevator conductors, broom porters, and other such ilk would be more valuable hauling an Enfield, but there are so many things a waiter can do without trotting the trenches. RED CROSS SUBSCRIPTIONS The Monitor hopes to be able to publish a complete report of the subscriptions turned in by the Colored people of Omaha for the Red Cross. Of course this will be difficult, because so many made their subscriptions and gave their donations through the firms where they are employed and also made donations through the general solicitors, fair women and girls, who were in evidence on almost every corner. James A. Clark turned in $68 from his committee. This represented contributions from the Omaha and University clubs. The boys of the Omaha club gave $10 in addition to each one giving one day's pay. M. F. Singleton and Miss Althea Turner collected $310 from the Colored employees of the Cudahy Packing company. --- Colored soldiers from Trinidad, serving in Egypt, have recently won one military cross and three military medals for bravery.—The Crisis. Mrs. John Newcomb of Minneapolis is the guest of Miss Lutie Bryant. She [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit] This is what my shop offers you Five barbers who know their business. First class hair cutter. Everything strictly sanitary with latest improvements. Omaha's Most Successful Barber. Telephone Red 3357 1313 Dodge Street Omaha, Neb. We appreciate and our price Decorated with the Croix de trenches and winning the World's Record in ship riv has reason to feel proud of war. 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Warden Hotel Warden Hotel [Name] PETER BROWN will leave for her home Monday night. Patronize those who advertise with us and tell them you saw their ad in The Monitor. Our advertisers are your best friends. Let's all pull together. P. H. JENKINS Telephone Red 3357 1313 Dodge Street Omaha, Neba 花 L. WOLK H. NICHOLS, Prop. 1504 NORTH 24TH ST. PETER H. HARRIS Do You Want a Steady and Lasting Income? THEN INVEST IN TEXAS SULPHUR SAFE. NON-SPECULATIVE. EASY PAYMENTS One of the Best Investments in the World Today. Write for full information George Wells Parker 520 SOUTH 13th STREET. OMAHA, NEBRASKA Events and Persons Mrs. L. C. Sayles and little daughter returned Saturday from Little Rock, Ark., where she has been visiting her parents, Archdeacon D. E. Johnson and wife, and other relatives for the past three months. Mrs. J. E. Smith of 1310 North Twenty-fourth street gave a surprise party to Mrs. C. A. Sheldon, 1424 North Twenty-sixth street, Monday night. Covers were laid for thirteen. Mrs. True Hawthorne of Los Angeles is the guest of Mrs. C. H. Wilson, 1818 North Twentieth street. The cornerstone of the new Pleasant Green Baptist church at Twenty-second and Paul streets will be laid by the six knights Sunday, June 2, at 4 o'clock. Sermon will be preached by the pastor at the church at 3 o'clock. Band will march from the church to the cornerstone. FOR RENT—Seven rooms, modern except heat; $18. Douglas 3607. Mr. H. Biddiex and daughter left Monday evening for a two weeks' visit in St. Louis and Nashville, Tenn. He will visit his parents in Nashville. Leroy Kelly returned Saturday from Roger Williams university, Nashville, Tenn., after a very successful school year, to spend his vacation with his parents. Mrs. Bettie A. Bostick is a student at the Poro college. She will complete her course in a few weeks. The meetings of the Phi Delta Sorority were held at the homes of the Misses Blanche Nance and Gladys Jordon during the month of May. Mr. L. N. Peoples has bought a bungalow in Omaha View. A Woman's day program will be rendered at the Mount Moriah Baptist church Sunday, June 9, at 4 p.m., under the auspices of the Women's clubs of the city. Everybody invited to be present. Mrs. Mary Smiley of Topeka stopped with Mrs. Banks while in Omaha, where she was called by the death of her son, Bennie Hill, who died at St. Joseph's hospital. May 28. Mrs. N. P. Patton had the body of her mother, Mrs. Rosa Brown, shipped from Fairfield cemetery, Marshall, Mo., and placed beside her father and sister in the family lot at Forest Lawn cemetery Wednesday morning by Silas Johnson. William Wright, son of Mrs. Mary Wright, died May 11 and was buried May 13 from the chapel of the Silas Johnson Western Funeral Home. The Rev. C. W. Williams officiated. Interment Mount Hope cemetery. Willie Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zethro Brooks, who was drowned Saturday, May 25, was buried from his home Monday afternoon, May 27. A large number of his little playmates, six of whom were the pallbearers, were present. Interment was at Forest Lawn. The Rev. C. W. Williams officiated. Peter Turner died Sunday night, May 26, and was buried from Zion Baptist church May 27. The Rev. Mr. Botts and Rev. Mr. Wilkinson officiated. The body was shipped to Lincoln, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Mrs. Ross, by the Silas Johnson Western Funeral Home. William Jackson, after a long illness of peritonitis, passed away Monday morning at the residence in which he was born, 2529 Wirt street. He leaves a wife and brother Edward of Omaha and a niece, Mrs. M. B. Jones of Kansas City, Mo., to mourn his loss. He was buried Thursday at 2 o'clock from his late home, the Rev. C. W. Williams officiating. Interment Forest Lawn. A. Chisley, 1320 North Twenty-fourth street, left May 28 for Excelsior Springs, for his health. Mr. Albert West was buried from the family residence Sunday, May 19, by Banks & Wilks. Interment Forest Lawn. The body of Major Weston was shipped to Beverly, Mo., May 23, and the body of Bennie Hill to Topeka, Kan., May 30, by Banks & Wilks. Mr. Oscar Liweran will be buried from Banks & Wilks' chapel Saturday, June 1, Interment Forest Lawn cemetery. Among the recent newcomers to Omaha are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dorsey of Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Dorsey is employed at the Morris Packing company. Prof. J. Waddell of Wichita, Kan., is here to attend the funeral of Mr. William Jackson. Mrs. Georgia McCoy of Lewiston, Mont., and Mrs. Annie Hinsbur of Milwaukee, Wis., returned home after a prolonged stay with their sister, Mrs. Ella Johnson, 3216 Charles street, who was recently very ill, but is now recovering. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist church, Claremont, Okla., is conducting a revival at the Grove M. E. church. Charles Rollins of Nebraska City was an Omaha visitor Sunday. CELEBRATES WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Tuesday, May 21, Mrs. R. K. Lowry gave a seven-course 6 o'clock dinner in honor of her twenty-eighth wedding anniversary. The table was beautifully decorated with cut flowers. The bride's cake in the center of the table was in the shape of a heart and was baked by Mrs. Florence Johnson and cut by the bride of twenty-eight years. Those present were the members of the North Omaha Crochet club and Mesdames West and Davis, sixteen ladies in all. The members of the club presented Mrs. Lowry with a hand-painted plate and a beautiful linen tablecloth. Mrs. S. Craig made the presentation speech and Mrs. Lowry graciously responded. At 8 o'clock most of the ladies went to the Pinkston recital as the guests of Mrs. Lowry. LARGE GATHERING TO HEAR SIMMONS Such a large gathering is in prospect to hear Roscoe Conklin Simmons, the noted Colored orator, that the Auditorium had to be engaged for the occasion. As Mr. Simmons is supreme orator of the Knights of Pythias, the local knights intend to turn out in a body. Also Chief Grand Mentor Wilson of Topeka has granted a dispensation to the Sir Knights and Daughters of Tabor to turn out in a body and in full regalia, The Colored Firemen and Stationary Engineers' Protective association has also voted to attend as a whole. The admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. The First Regimental Band of U. R. of K. P. has promised a grand patriotic concert. GERMANS BRUTALLY BRAND CAPTIVE ZULU Boston.—Bearing the outline of an iron cross which was burned on his arm with an electric needle by German officers in Africa, John Mitchell, a Zulu, formerly a fireman on a British steamship which was captured by a German raider, told immigration officials here a story of torture. He escaped from his tormentors after the shells of General Smut's army had torn a hole in the prison. stockade where he was lodged, giving him an opportunity to make a dash for freedom. Mitchell said that when he was branded his captors laughed at his suffering and rubbed chemicals into the wounds, giving them a bluish color. Badly treated as he was, Mitchell asserted that other prisoners fared even worse. All were starved, he said, and many were beaten and flogged upon the slightest provocation. After his escape from the camp Mitchell made his way to General Smuts' lines and shipped on board a British steamship bound for this country. U. S. NEGRO TROOPS With the American Army in Lorraine, May 28—American Negro troops are holding a portion of the west line of Verdun, in conjunction with French forces, it is now permitted to announce. Headquarters declares these Americans are "making an exceptionally good showing in the trenches." For some time it has been known that American forces were operating in the Argonne region. This important area includes the big Argonne forest and the city of St. Menehold, six miles back of the line. THE MONITOR What Became of That Last Piece of Bacon. Washington, D. C.—The American expeditionary force in Mexico had moved ahead of its supply train and was running short of provisions. The coffee already had been cooked twice and the grounds were being saved and dried for a third boiling. The orderly of the commanding general had hoarded a little piece of bacon rind—the last bit of meat in the outfit. In the grease this would produce he planned to fry a few pieces of hardtack for the general. Evening came and the orderly set about preparing supper. He looked for his treasured bacon rind, but it was gone. He was still rum-maging around in the mess kit searching for it when the general appeared. "Supper ready?" he inquired. "Not quite, sir," the orderly answered. "I had a bit of bacon rind here, sir, but I can't find it." "Oh," said the general, "I gave that bacon to the color sergeant of the Twenty-fourth infantry (Afro-American regiment) to rub on his heels. His feet are badly blistered, and there's nothing like bacon grease for easing sore feet. He needed it worse than I did." The officer who gave up the last bit of bacon from his mess to ease one of his soldier's sore feet, and who gladly ate his hardtack dry in order that one of his men might be saved suffering, is the same officer who today is commanding the American expeditionary force in France—"Black Jack" Pershing. PROTECTION FROM SNIPERS White officers of the 369th infantry, a Negro regiment, formerly the Fifteenth infantry of the New York National Guard, now in service in France, are having a "perfectly corking" time, according to a letter from Lieutenant Hamilton Fish, 2d, to a friend in this city. Lieutenant Fish says the officers have to keep blacked up while they are on duty to prevent German snipers from picking them off. Burnt cork now is considered one of the most important parts of the white officers' equipment and the letter, it is understood, asked that a consignment be sent across. It was not until bullets from the snipers kept whistling about the heads of the officers that the latter realized a white target against aback background was enough to tempt even an amateur sniper. Then they decided to become brunettes. Lieutenant Fish says the Negro troops are on an important part of the battle line and doing great work—New York Herald. TURKEY BRINGS $588 FOR THE RED CROSS Palestine, Tex., May 24.—Jim Boyd is the proudest Negro in this county and he has good reason to be. Boyd is a great turkey grower and several days ago gave one of his prize turkeys to the Red Cross. It was auctioned off at Frankston and brought $255 and given back to the Red Cross. Last Saturday the turkey was carried to Poyner and netted $333 from an auction, and was given back to the Red Cross. It will be taken to Athens next Saturday and the following Saturday will be brought to Palestine and auctioned off here. It is believed the turkey will bring the Red Cross over $1,000. INSPECTOR IN U. S. NAVY Cleveland, Ohio.-Elmer J. Cheeks, electrical engineer at the municipal lighting plant, has been appointed assistant inspector of electrical machinery for the United States navy department. Mr. Cheeks is thoroughly qualified for the responsible position to which he has been called. He is a graduate of Purdue university. Since graduating he has been employed as engineer at the municipal plant, which has loaned him to the government for this special work. He received his appointment through the recommendation of prominent members of the Cleveland Society of Engineers. His office will be located in the Rockefeller building. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFEND- ANT. To Lena Downs, Non-Resident Defend- ant. You are hereby notified that on the 15th day of February, 1918, Edward Downs filed his petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which is to obtain an absolute decree of divorce from you, on the grounds that you have willyfully deserted him, and for more than two years last past. You are further notified that on the 15th day of May, 1918, leave was given the plaintiff by Hon. George A. Day, Judge of the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, to secure service on you by publication. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 24th day of June. APPOINTED ELECTRICAL Gate City Lodge, No. 6674, G. U. O. of O. F., meets the first and third Monday of each month at Petersen's hall, 24th and Burdette sts. W. H. Payne, N. G.; R. L. Woodard, P. S., 4912 South 26th st. South 4459. Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays of every month. Lodge room, 2201 Cuming street. 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. O. of O. 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. S. International Order No. 631 Colored Engineers and Portable Hoisting Enginemen meets at 2225½ Lake street first and third Wednesday in each month. W. H. T. Ransom, president; J. H. Headly, Cor. Sec.; J. H. Moss, Rec. Sec.; S. L. Bush, Treas. Faithful lodge, No. 250, U. B. F., meets second and fourth Fridays in each month at Rescue hall. Visiting brethren welcome. Earl Jones, W. M.; James Tubbs, W. S. FREIGHT HANDLERS WANTED STEADY WORK ALL YEAR Good Wages. C., B. & Q. R. R. 8th and Farnam Sts. Telephone Douglas 5712 PACIFIC Pool Parlor C. BRANCH, Proprietor BOB JOHNSON, Mgr. Cigars, Tobacco and Soft Drinks LAUNDRY OFFICE 1014 SOUTH TENTH STREET (Opposite Pullman Hotel) OMAHA, NEB. F. HAGELIN Fresh Line of Groceries, Fruits and Sundries. Prices Right. 24th and Parker Sts. Phones Webster 456 and 457. Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE B. Robinson, Manager 1904 No. 24th St. Webster 386 Omaha, Neb. Work called for and delivered All Work Guaranteed J. H. HOLMES We Buy and Sell Second Hand Clothes. Gent's Suits to Order Ladies' and Gents' Suits Remodeled, Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. We loan money on clothing, hats and shoes. 2022 N. 24th St. Web. 3320 TUCHMAN BROS. 24th and Lake Street Branch. GROCERIES, MEATS BAKERY SOL. LEWIS JEWELER Fine Watch Repairing and Diamond Setting. Victrolas and Grafonalas. Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted, with a Guarantee DR. A. B. TARBOY, OPTICIAN. 20 Years with the Omaha Optical School. Web. 2042. Cor. 24th & Parker Mrs. Stewart's School of Beauty Culture 623 Up. B'way, Council Bluffs, Ia. We teach Hairdressing, Manicuring and Chiropody. Diplomas.given. CALL AT LIBERTY BEVERAGE CO. for your Up-to-Date Soft Drinks, Candles, Cigare. Ladies are welcome. SOL KLEIN, Prop. Web. 2636 N.W. Cor. 24th & Parker LODGE DIRECTORY Your Children's Portraits THE TELEPHONE Ware Candies 1415 North 22 HOME MADE CANDIES, FRESH E SOFT DR Ice Cream, 40 ARTHUR A. W The Nu-Bone Every well informed woman ins made to her measure after a model d boned with the only stay which meet tific and hygienic corsetry. Always insist upon a NU-BONE THE NU-BONE MISS GLADYS H Residence, 2429 Lake Street. The Store For Beautiful trimmed hats for dress, str alike. Made by our best trimmers of variety of styles and colors. Every WE ALSO TRIM AT RE Ware Candy Kitchen 1415 North 24th Street MADE CANDIES, FRESH EVERY DAY. ICE CREAM SOFT DRINKS Ice Cream, 40c a Quart. ARTHUR A. WARE, Prop. 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A splendid variety of styles and colors. Every new style feature is represented. WE ALSO TRIM AT REASONABLE PRICES. C. ZUCKER 1615-17 NORTH 24TH STREET. GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. Have you paid $15 S We carry a complete line of Marcus fits PALACE CLO S. E. Corner 14th a WESTERN INDEMEN Incorporated PROTECTION FOR THE This Company issues policy con- to sixty-five PROTECTION THAT INSURANCE THAT INSUR- 314 Baird Building For further information ca Have you tried or $15 Suits? a complete line of Marcus Rubens' Cooks and Wash fits. PLACE CLOTHING S. E. Corner 14th and Douglas Sts. ESTERN INDEMNITY COMPANY Incorporated PROTECTION FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY company issues policy contracts from age six to sixty-five years. PROTECTION THAT PROTECTS INSURANCE THAT INSURES THE INSURANCE 314 Baird Building, Omaha, Neb. further information call Douglas 1733. We carry a complete line of Marcus Rubens' Cooks and Waiters' Outfits. PALACE CLOTHING CO. S. E. 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Men's Silk Shirts, Arrow Brand, $6.50 value for Arrow Brand Shirts, $3.50 for Monarch Shirts Brown Shoes, size 8½-12 Brown Shoes, size 12-2 High Top Shoes, $12.00 value for Black Brown English Walker, $10.00 values Shirts, Arrow Brand, $6.50 value for Band Shirts, $3.50 for Shirts Buster Brown Shoes, size 8½-12 ..... $2.65 Buster Brown Shoes, size 12-2 ..... $2.85 Women's High Top Shoes, $12.00 value for ..... $8.75 Men's Dark Brown English Walker, $10.00 values ..... $6.95 Men's Silk Shirts, Arrow Brand, $6.50 value for ..... $4.75 Arrow Brand Shirts, $3.50 for ..... $1.98 Monarch Shirts ..... $98c 10 PER CENT UNDER DOWNTOWN PRICES --- WEBSTER 1412 are a source of never-failing pleasure to you, relatives and to the children, as they grow older. Every season brings them to a new period of interest, and this can best be made perpetual by good portraits. We have given careful study to Child Portraiture and we are positive of being able to please you. Telephone us for an appointment TODAY. BUTTER'S STUDIO BUTTER'S STUDIO 1306 North 24th Street. Phone Web. 6701. My Kitchen 44th Street EVERY DAY. ICE CREAM AND DRINKS c a Quart. WARE, Prop. Corset Co. lists upon a NU-BONE CORSET resired for her type of figure, and sits all the requirements of scien- CORSET. CORSET CO. WARE, AGENT Fine Millinery feet and sport wear. No two hats the finest materials. A splendid new style feature is represented. ASONABLE PRICES. A Church Where All Are Welcome Services Sunday School, 10 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. League, 6:30 p. m. Florence P. Leavitt Club, Monday afternoon. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evening. W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon Ladies' Aid, Friday Afternoon. GRIFFIN G. LOGAN, Res. 1628 N. 22nd. Web. 5003 tried our suits? S Rubens' Cooks and Waiters' Out- THING CO. and Douglas Sts. UNITY COMPANY rated THE ENTIRE FAMILY contracts from age six months five years. HAT PROTECTS INURES THE INSURED g, Omaha, Neb. all Douglas 1733. 2506 NORTH 24TH ST. $2.65 $2.85 value for.....$8.75 $10.00 values.....$6.95 50 value for.....$4.75 $1.98 98c DOWNTOWN PRICES 3 Webster 1529 Webster 2556 Among the Churches 6 ST. JOHN'S CHURCH NEWS Sunday was quarterly conference at St. John's. This was, indeed, an enjoyable day. Presiding Elder King preached the morning sermon and Rev. J. A. Broadnax of South Omaha preached the sacramental sermon. At quarterly conference Monday right reports read from the various organizations of the church were more favorable than ever before. The church is now in a better spiritual and financial condition than ever before. The Willing Workers' club met at the church on Friday. After business was transacted a very enjoyable so-sicable time was spent by all. Dr. Robert Williams left last Tuesday for Kansas City, where he will attend the commencement exercises of Lincoln High school and also join his brother Maceo, who has been attaching the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Lieutenant and Mrs. J. W. Bundrant of Camp Dodge, Ia., spent Sunday in Omaha. Mr. Frank Blackwell left Sunday evening for Excelsior Springs. Mr. William C. Ricks spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Camp Dodge, Iowa. Bishop H. B. Parks of the Fifth Episcopal district will preach at St. John's Sunday morning. NEWS OF MOUNT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor. The month of May was very successful, with many additions to the church. The amount of money raised for the month was $189.34. Our rally will come off June 30, at which time we hope to go over the top. Don't forget the banquet and bazaar to be given by the Kansas club June 7 at the church. The play, "Chain Down Satan," that was to have been given Thursday, May 23, was postponed until June 11. The Swastika Art club will give a rally Wednesday afternoon, June 12, at the home of Mrs. H. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake street. All friends are cordially invited. Refreshments will be served free. The sick list includes: Aubell Anderson, 708 North Forty-fifth street; George Walker, 1404 North Twentieth street; Mrs. E. W. Smith is able to be up and out again. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. T. A. Taggart, Pastor. Sunday morning covenant service, 10:45; B. Y. P. U., 6 p. m.; Sunday night preaching at 8. Visitors welcome. The Mission Circle meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Lulu Whidby, 5019 South Twenty-ninth street. Mrs. Helen Vaughn, who has been sick for some time, suffered a back-set and is quite ill. Mrs. Smith of 3006 V street is somewhat improved. "The Eastern Star lodge will hold its annual sermon Sunday afternoon at Bethel Baptist church. Rev. T. A. Taggart will officiate. COMMUNITY CHORUS AT GROVE M. E. CHURCH The Community Chorus will hold its regular weekly rehearsal Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in Grove M. E. church, Twenty-second and Seward streets, instead of St. Philip's church. All members are urged to be on hand promptly, as the first concert is to be given this month. ST. LUKE'S MASONIC LODGE Rev, Frank Wilson of Topeka, Kan. G. M., F. and A. M., was in Omaha the night of May 25 and set up a new number of Masons, known as St. Luke's No. 14, with twenty-six members. St. Luke's lodge, No. 14, will meet the first and third Monday nights in Knights of Pythias hall. Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. All members take notice. J. E. JOHNSON, Secretary; H. C. WATTS, Treasurer. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our grateful thanks and appreciation for the kindness shown to us in our bereavement by the death of our beloved wife and mother, Mrs. Lucy Walters. A. W. WALTERS AND CHILDREN. 2112 Grant Street. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness shown us in the time of our bereavement in the loss by drowning of our dear son Willie. We appreciate also the floral gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Zethro Brooks. THE NEGRO SOLDIER THEY shall go down unto Life's Borderland, Walk unafraid within that Living Hell, Nor heed the driving rain of shot and shell That 'round them falls; but with uplifted hand Be one with mighty hosts, an armed band Against man's wrong to man—for such full well They know. And from their trembling lips shall swell A song of hope the world can understand. All this to them shall be a glorious sign, A glimmer of that Resurrection Morn. When age-long Faith, crowned with a grace benign, Shall rise and from their blows cast down the thorn Of Prejudice. E'en though through blood it be, There breaks this day their dawn of Liberty. —Joseph Seaman Cotter in the June Crisis. BOY SCOUT NEWS Troop 23 Since we are living in a growing age, an age of precedents, an age of instruction, it would be well for us to look forward for the best interest of cur boys. And I know of no better addition to the boys' present opportunities than scouting, for scouting will bring out all the qualities there are in a boy and will give him a natural acquaintance with nature that he will not get otherwise. What others say about scouting: "I have noticed a great change in my boys since they have taken up scouting and think others should give the boys a boost."—Mr. A. P. Simmons, barber. "Scouting is helpful to any boy who wants to broaden his usefulness."—Mr. Northern Jenkins, citizen. "Stick to it until the people realize its benefits to boys."—Mr. Daniel Desdunes, bandmaster. H. L. ANDERSON, Scoutmaster. FLOYD MAXEY, Scout Scribe. WHAT IS A SCOUT? A Glimpse of the Life of a Boy Who "Belongs." (Written by Guiou Taylor, a Scout.) A scout can tell north, south, east or west by the signs. He can tie knots that hold. He can sight nut-bearing trees from a distance. He can mend a tear in his trousers. He can tell you which fruits and seeds are poisonous and which are not. A scout can kindle a fire in a forest on the wettest day and very seldom uses two matches. If he has no matches he can still have a fire, because he knows the secret of rubbing sticks and starting a fire. When the fire gets started, what a meal he can prepare outdoors! Just watch him and compare his appetite with a boy who lounges at a lunch counter in a crowded city. A scout never flinches in the face of danger, because he knows that at such a time every faculty must be active. He knows what to do in case of a fire or panic or shipwreck. He trains his mind to direct his body to act. In all emergencies he sets an example of resourcefulness, coolness and courage, and considers the safety of others before himself. LEAGUE PROTESTS LYNCH LAW TO PRESIDENT WILSON (Boston Post, May 24, 1918). Aroused by the lynching of five Negroes because of a killing episode the National Equal Rights league sent to President Wilson today a telegram of protest calling attention to the reported heroism of two Negro soldiers in France. The telegram read as follows: "Boston, Mass., May 23, 1918. "The President, White House, Washington, D. C.; "At the very time that the Red Cross is asking every American worker to give one day's wages for its humanity work, five Colored Americans are友善ly murdered by a white American mob, one of the lynched being a woman. Simultaneously General Pershing announces two Colored soldier heroes victors in bloody combat over twenty Germans. France gave them the Croix de Guerre. Will you, their president, recognize their heroism by publicly exerting your personal influence against lynching of their women? "NATIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE. "Byron Gunner, President. "William Monroe Trotter, Secretary. "William D. Brigham." THE MONITOR IN LIBERTY'S NAME Memorial Day Finds the Nation Battling for Freedom of the Whole World. MEMORIAL DAY was born of a war fought that this nation, under God, should have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, for the people and by the people shall not perish from the earth." A half a century and more has passed since that immortal utterance. Now the nation is again in arms, to fight that "the world may be made safe for democracy." Then, the young republic, struggling upward toward its vision of freedom, learned through the bitter travail of Civil war that the nation could not exist half slave and half free. The vision has broadened with the widening years. Then it was for the freedom of a race the nation fought. Now the sword is drawn for the imperiled liberty of the world. The natal day of our independence we have been wont to celebrate with loud acclaim and vaunting pride. Memorial day ever has been our time for solemn contemplation. Another Memorial day is at hand, and as American lays its flowers on the graves of its soldier dead, it hears again that revered voice from the slopes of Gettysburg bidding us to be not unmindful that "it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." A beautiful, a poetic symbolism Memorial day had come to be to us: The people who walk with slow steps in the quiet cemeteries, the children in their white dresses who with loving hands place wreaths "alike for the friend and the foe," the venerable men who are the links that bind us to an age long gone, and, as we believed, forever gone, when nation warred with nation and blood lust grew in heart that had thrilled at the sight of the same flag. And now with what a new and sudden significance has Memorial day been vested. With what different thought will they go "lovingly haden with flowers." How much more reverently than in those conventional days that already seem so far away will the little flags be planted on each patriot mound. And who is there, when tape clear and soft as a benediction, is sounded for those who "dream of battlefields no more," will not remember that on a neighboring hill on the morrow from that same silvery bugle will leap the reveille for another generation of freedom's soldiers? If solemn memories of the past and earnest thought for the future be that new birth of freedom, who shall say that those have died in vain for whom flowers will be spread in far Memorial days to come? UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRIBUTE TO PHIL KEARNY Comte De Paris Knew and Loved Famous Soldier Who Gave His Life for His Country. It was after the review that I made the personal acquaintance of the officers with whom I was to have the good fortune to fight for a cause which was already dear to me. All made me cordially welcome, but it was with Kerry that I found myself at home. He it was who could sp alk to me of the French army in Algea in 1840 and of the memories left by my family in that country. He did so in terms which deeply touched the heart of the exile the son of the Due d'Orleans. Kerry had participated in one of those campaigns on African ground which brought out strongly the merits of the French soldier. He had also associated himself with the triumphs of France in the Italian campaign of 1830. His abrupt speech and imperious manner denoted a proud disposition, and a character incapable of flattery or of dissimulation. But though at first his manner was not always fitted to attract, one soon learned to appreciate the noble qualities of his heart, the firmness of his will, the accuracy of his judgment, the truthfulness and grandeur of his soul. If he did not spare his soldiers at the decisive moment, he spared himself still less, and by his example obtained from his followers truly heroic efforts—Philippe, Comte de Paris, in The Century. The flags are flown half-mast today, The bugle's note is still; We celebrate the fame of those Who rest upon the hill. They fought and conquered; honor be To those who bravely died That freedom might prevail with us. And peace with us abide. IN MEMORY FOLLOWING FALSE GODS President of the National Security League. Just as the test of the individual is best found under the stress of great trial or play of passion, so nations prove themselves in time of war and are able to judge, not alone of the qualities of which their peoples are composed, but also the measure of confidence which should be placed in their leaders. I It has been said that Americans don't have to prove that they are the "greatest people on earth" for they admit it; and yet, when we look back over our history and consider how we $ Stanwood Menken save wet great problems—such as slavery, by a great war; tariff, by fourteen bills and a like number of panicles; conservation, currency, banking, anti-rust and railroad questions, by making ths same matters of politics—it may be doubted whether we are quite as great as we think we are. In considering how we exercise our judgment, we should remember the extent to which we have devoted ourselves to the education of the young and the large sums we have spent at all times for public school and for colleges. When we look back, and see the mistakes we have made, it would almost appear as if we had failed to apply much that had been taught us in school and college, or that perhaps the school and college had not taught us how to solve great political measures. Then, again, the thought comes to us of whether or not we have not had false leaders, and have not clung to false gods. Corporation Wrongs. We all remember the outcry against vested interests of the capitalists. There have been great wrongs done by many corporations—some of their franchises have been obtained by corruption and theft and great injuries have often been done to the rights of the people; and so, when we found times hard and things going wrong, we have vented our anger upon corporations and upon the capitalists who controlled them. In many cases we allowed ourselves to become angry with a class or with certain individuals and expended our strength on our temper, rather than upon a study of the cure of the conditions about which we complained; and in many instances we punished corporations for the wrongs of their predecessors in ownership, much as sins of parents are visited upon their children. Demagogues, knowing the public mood, appealed to prejudice and ignorance in discussing public matters and made issues like currency, antitrust laws and the railroads political footballs, just as If the question of whether money could be saved by joining together companies and providing for economy in purchases and sales was political. Of course it was a matter of economics (which is the science of commerce). Such matters call for a conference between representatives of farmers, laborers, scientific students of world conditions, and manufacturers and purchasers of goods, to consider and determine how goods can be produced with a fair wage to the employee, a fair profit to the employer and the maximum benefit to the public. Future Problems. In Europe they have taken these questions up in this careful way and the result has been of great benefit. Now, and in the future, America will have to deal with countries that are short of resources through the exhaustion of war and have, of necessity, to get down to rock-bottom. The thrifty, intelligent, industrious European is apt to be a good merchant, and we are going to have a hard time competing with him for commerce and for world position, so we must consider all of our problems more carefully than ever before and cast aside those men who attempt to lead us away from a thoughtful, dispassionate view of great questions. Graft and neglect in local communities of political duties by the average citizen are responsible for the misgovernment that breeds disrespect, where we should have pride because of the efficiency of our people. The first concern of the citizen in every community must be to see that it is governed in a way that will assure the approval of clean thinking men and women. The mechanics governing a city require the same kind of clear thought and careful work as that given to shop work or farm planning, and every good American must feel that at this time there is nothing more worth while. If we do these things well, we will not have to worry about the foreignborn loving America, because living conditions here will be so excellent that they simply cannot help it, especially when they are given not alone good government and healthy conditions surrounding home and work shop, but also education, opportunity and a charter of liberties which will mean happiness to them, if we perform our duties as citizens. The Alamo Barber Shop and Pocket Billiard Parlor The best equipped shop in the state. Leading shop of the city. Baths, plain and shower. Cultured barbers. KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE, Props., C. B. MAYO, Foreman. Phone Webster 5784, 2416 North 24th Street TRUNKS THE BETTER KIND Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturdy locks and hinges, 2 trays nicely cloth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. Freling & Steinle "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" 1803 FARNAM STREET The People's Drug Store The People's Drug Store 109 South 14th Street DRUGS, CIGARS AND SODA Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We Carry a Full Line of Face and Hair Preparations. Nelson's Hair Dressing ..... 25c Elite Hair Pomade ..... 25c Alida Hair Pomade ..... 30c eXelento Hair Pomade ..... 25c Plough's Hair Dressing ..... 25c Hygienic Hair Grower ..... 60c Ford's Hair Grower ..... 25c Palmer's Skin Whitener ..... 25c Palmer's Skin Success ..... 25c Black and White Skin Oint ..... 25c Rozal Bleach ..... 25c We appreciate your patronage. Phone Douglas 1446. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO O M A K A THE DOWN SOUTH JAIR PREPARATION A New Creation in Hair Pomade Known by its quality and reputation. Keeps hair soft and scalp in fine condition; for straightening apply freely. Keep the hair in fine shape; wash and straighten once every two weeks. Price 30c, 50c and $1 Per Box MADAM J. F. McDONALD General Delivery Excelsior Springs, Missouri. 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 Farnam Streets 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 Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. GOOD GROCHE C. P. WESIN Also Fresh Fruits 2005 Cuming St. Sergt.-Major E. W. Killingsworth At O. T. Camp, Des Moines. The Alamo Barber Shop The best equipped shop in the Baths, plain and shower. Culture KILLINGSWORTH C. B. MAY 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 The Gulf City Pressing Club Press while you wait. Ladies' work a specialty. Men's and Children's suits. All guaranteed full satisfaction. Call in and see us. We will fix the price all right. Clothes called for and promptly delivered. 1419½ N. 24th St. Web. 3943 E. H. HAYNES, Prop. ECOOMY TAILOR M. S. MIMSUN, Prop. 22 years in the tailoring business Goods called for and delivered. Phone Doug. 6335 We cut, trim, make up, to order, $25.00 up and Gents' Clothes clean and repaired. 114 S. 13th St. Omaha, Neb. Neatly Furnished Rooms Modern Conveniences With or Without Board Telephones. Doug. 8727, 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 PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE The Silas Johnson Western Funeral Home Webster 248 2518 Lake St. The Place for Quality and Service Licensed Embalmer in Attendance Lady Attendant if Desired. Music Furnished Free. 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. MIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 BOOSTERS PETER J. BROWN R. C. Price At Home on the Job. and Pocket Billiard Parlor state. Leading shop of the city. barbers. & PRICE, Props., Foreman. 2416 North 24th Street We are having some fine weather in this part of the world. All the churches had good services Sunday, as it was a fine day for them. Rev. S. M. Bolden was at his post at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. I. H. Hubbard filled his place at Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church. Rev. H. McKenna occupied his pulpit at Grant chapel, A. M. E., church. The West Union Baptist church had a grand time Sunday at the installation of their new pastor. The rally at St. Paul's Methodist church went over the top. We asked for $300 and got $375. We can deliver the goods when we want to. Miss Gussie Porter died on the 21st and was buried on Sunday. Rev. R. Deal died on the 23d and was buried on the 24th. Rev. G. W. Hill was in the city last week visiting his daughter, Mrs. Lebterer Massey. Mrs. M. L. Pierson of Oakwood was in the office last week. Mrs. Virginia Gibson visited here last week. Rev. P. R. Pierson was in the city last week. A large crowd of whites left for Camp Travis and we expect the Colored men will leave in a few days. I. H. Bland is being kept busy these days, because he has a reputation of being a fine funeral director. He had three funerals last week. Miss Joanna Wright and Miss Wilona Wright are on the sick list. Mrs. Ella Colman is improving from her operation. Mr. A. Hall has joined the list of readers of The Monitor. Mrs. Willie Lancaster Simpson was in the city last week, the guest of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Lancaster. Mr. A. Gilmore went to Jacksonville last week on insurance business. Omaha, Neb., March 23, 1918. Western Indemnity Co., Omaha, Nebr. Gentlemen: I take pleasure in thanking you for the prompt and satisfactory way in which you paid the claim on my husband (the late Newton Jones), who carried policy No. 13527 in your company. I appreciate the manner of your treatment to policy holders. Respectfully, 3863 Blondo MRS. MARIE JONES. Straw Hats NOW READY PanamaS $3.00 WOLF'S 1421 Douglas St. The Star Lunch Room It's taste that tells! GOOD HOME COOKING 2224 PAUL ST. WEB. 1338 BESSIE TURNER DRESSMAKING AND LESSONS IN DRESSMAKING Terry System. The Jones Poro Culture College Positively Grows the Hair FORMULATED 1900 "PORO" HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amelia Tambolo Malone ST. LOUIS, MO. SOURCIL FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP, GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF ROW ADOPTED JUNE 1953 NET WT. 2 OZ. PRICE 50 CENTS Try our scientific method of treating the scalp. We positively grow hair or money refreshed. 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 TEXAS WHEN IN TEMPLE, TEXAS STOP WITH TEXAS Mrs. J. S. Dawson 218 South 4th Street Who gains pleasure in making you comfortable. Satisfaction guaranteed. Rates reasonable. Write or wire for accommodation. THE JUNE CRISIS The June Crisis is soldiers' number. The cover is a reproduction in colors from the poster painted by Robert Edmund Jones for the Circle for Negro War Relief. There is a letter from the secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, on the Colored soldiers in France. General Ballou has also written a letter, and there is a word from Colonel Young. There are the following striking articles: "A Lost Dialogue of Plato," by John D. Swain; "War Profiles," by Fenton Johnson; and "A Sonnet to Negro Soldiers," by Joseph Seaman Cotter. William Stanley Braithwaite is featured as the fourth Spingarn medalist; there are also Judge Terrell and the late Major Walker. There are pictures of Colored officers and soldiers. Dr. Du Bois writes on "The Black Soldiers," "Civil Rights" and "The Department of Labor." The king of England has conferred the Order of the British Empire upon the Hon. H. A. L. Simpson, a Colored member in the Jamaica legislature from Kingston.—The Crisis. 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Webster 5017. 2t FOR SALE—Two hand tailored evening suits. One full dress, size 37, cost $75; one Tuxedo, size 39, cost $60. Either would sell as new suits. Will sacrifice for $15 each. Call Webster 1853. $100 down, balance easy monthly payments, will buy a 5-room cottage, modern except heat; close to car, school and church. Phone Douglas 3607 or Webster 1124. HOUSES FOR RENT FOR RENT—10 rooms, 1527 North 17th st.; $25 per month. Doug. 3607. THE MONITOR Constructive Thrift Is Sane Spending as Well as Sane Saving Constructive Thrift Is Sane Spending as Well as Sane Saving By S. W. STRAUS President of American Society for Thrift We are in the midst of a period by all of us lest we bring harm to through the practices of misguided there are two kinds of thrift: in criminate tightfistedness nor want constructive thrift is sane spending as a. If every citizen of America qulong before we found ourselves in the in times of peace or war, waste is no waste of food is unpatriotic. But to turn the nation's wheels of industry. The declaration of war was a have not entirely recovered. In the refuge in thrift to conserve our reef for ourselves and our allies. Natur Happily, however, we are now getting are beginning to find ourselves. Secretary McAdoo recently stated United States and her allies will America in the next year, if the wif time he offered this excellent advice would mean if every man and woman the next year what is ordinarily war general supplies? If 100,000,000 of general supply of food and material extravagance, it would release an en be used for the purpose of support soldiers in the field. "Moreover, it will have a helpful of food and preventing the hardship people whenever the general price lea. Let each citizen study his individ his bit toward the production a supply and exercise care lest he incl guided thrift and thus keep from belongs there. We are in the midst of a period when great care must be exercised by all of us lest we bring harm to the business interests of the country through the practices of misguided thrift. We must bear in mind that there are two kinds of thrift: destructive and constructive. Neither indiscriminate tightfistedness nor wanton waste is constructive thrift. Constructive thrift is sane spending as well as sane saving. If every citizen of America quit spending money, it would not be long before we found ourselves in the midst of industrial chaos. Whether in times of peace or war, waste is reprehensible, and at the present time waste of food is unpatriotic. But the legitimate currents of money that turn the nation's wheels of industry must flow on. The declaration of war was a business shock from which we still have not entirely recovered. In the midst of this crisis the nation sought refuge in thrift to conserve our resources and keep up the food supply for ourselves and our allies. Naturally there was considerable hysteria. Happily, however, we are now getting around to normal conditions—we are beginning to find ourselves. Secretary McAdoo recently stated to the bankers of Chicago that the United States and her allies will spend $9,000,000,000 for supplies in America in the next year, if the war continues that long. At the same time he offered this excellent advice: "Have you ever reflected what it would mean if every man and woman in the country should save during the next year what is ordinarily wasted by each in the way of food and general supplies? If 100,000,000 people reduce their demand upon the general supply of food and materials through the stoppage of waste and extravagance, it would release an enormous amount, which in turn could be used for the purpose of supporting and maintaining the 1,000,000 soldiers in the field. "Moreover, it will have a helpful influence in keeping down the prices of food and preventing the hardships which are imposed upon all the people whenever the general price level of the necessaries of life is raised." Let each citizen study his individual case. Let him eliminate waste, do his bit toward the production and preservation of the nation's food supply and exercise care lest he indulge in the baneful practices of misguided thrift and thus keep from circulation money that rightfully belongs there. HIS LAST SALUTE Gen. Grant's Pathetic Farewell to the Brave Men Who Saved the Union. THE magnanimity of General Grant's soul will live forever. Recently the question was put to His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, "What is civilized warfare?" Immediately came the reply: "The war between the States." And then the aged prelate added "Suppose General Grant had compelled General Lee and the captive Southerners to have gone to Washington and built the Union a triumphal arch, what would the world have thought? And yet, that was exactly what happened to the Jews at the fall of Jerusalem which Titus' arch commemorates." When in the spring of 1884 the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic knew their beloved chieftain was mortally ill, the soldiers, one and all, felt it would be a great privilege if once again they might see Grant's face. They wished to pay him some homage of sympathy, since "A rose to the living is more than countless wreaths to the dead." This expression of love materialized in a plan to march by his home, on Memorial day, as General Grant was then in New York city. Early on the morning of May 30 these old soldiers were awake, burnishing accoutrements and medals of honor; unfurling old battle flags. The quick ear of Grant beard comma in the street. His voice that 'and cheered on the Boys in Blue at COSTA RICA Statue of General Grant, in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Vicksburg and Corinth, was now, due to his malady, unable to even ask for a cup of cold water, yet there are certain sounds which to a soldier need no interpretation; and quick as lightning Grant recognized the heavy moving step of columns falling in. He arose feebly and tottered toward the window. Notes of martial music floated out on Is Sane Spending Sane Saving and when great care must be exercised the business interests of the country thrift. We must bear in mind that active and constructive. Neither indisposition waste is constructive thrift. Connell as sane saving. It spending money, it would not be the midst of industrial chaos. Whether unprehensible, and at the present time the legitimate currents of money that must flow on. The business shock from which we still midst of this crisis the nation sought sources and keep up the food supply, really there was considerable hysteria. Being around to normal conditions—we need to the bankers of Chicago that the spend $9,000,000,000 for supplies in our continues that long. At the same time: "Have you ever reflected what it is in the country should save during rested by each in the way of food and people reduce their demand upon the lives through the stoppage of waste and enormous amount, which in turn couldting and maintaining the 1,000,000 and influence in keeping down the prices tips which are imposed upon all the level of the necessaries of life is raised." Individual case. Let him eliminate waste, and preservation of the nation's food bridge in the baneful practices of miscirculation money that rightfully the spring air—"Yankee Doodle," "America," "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Marching Through Georgia." The present fades from view—the dying general sees again the smoke of Shiloh, the charge at Chattanooga, the white flag of Lee at Appomattox! Tears come coursing down his cheeks as with upturned faces and uncovered heads he watches his old veterans fly by. Grant slowly lifts his hand in salute. It is his farewell forever to the army that had saved the Union. All present realized that ere another Memorial day dawned Grant would be numbered among the nation's immortal dead. ```markdown ``` The Toll France Has Paid. Four-fifths of the women in France wear mourning, say the correspondents, and we believe them, but we are not among those who credit reports of a France "exhausted" and "bled white," observes a war writer. French women go into mourning on the smallest provocation. Rye shops abound. Every little way in a French city one encounters the sign, "Mourning in 24 hours." When madame puts on black, no one straightway infers the demise of monsleur. Much more likely an uncle by marriage had dropped off, or perhaps some eighth cousin thrice removed. It is always possible that, for one wooden cross on a battlefield, there will be six dozen gowns at the lye shop. No one denies that the French army has suffered terrible casualties. No one feels inclined to understate them, the French least of all. But only Americans who have never lived in France will imagine that the swarms of black-clad women indicate a proportionate number of dead Pollus. The truth is, Pollus were never so plucky as today, never so efficient, and, despite heartbreaking losses, never so numerous. ONWARD FOR HUMANITY. Snow-white and rosy-fingered morn Speeding the hosts of night, Heralds a new Memorial Day, Its cohorts armed for right! Out of the dawning's mists come wraiths Of those who our standards made, And find a nation, grim and set, Ready and unaffraid. Shame that the morns must come blood- red Shame that men still must die, But the fight for peace is a world-old fight, And the price of freedom, high. Then onward! No time now for slacking or tears, Till the cause of humanity's won, Till oppression is sunk in the bottomless sea, And the need of all warfare is done. Death's Terrible Toll. At a moderate calculation there were sent into eternity during the Civil war more than a million of men, who left home in the prime of life and in health and in strength. Millions of Men Involved. When pence was declared the number of troops engaged had mounted to 2,772,408, of which the North furnished something over two million. Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. 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When we get such a production of Five Hundred Barrels per day, it will mean that each stockholder will receive in dividends Five Cents or more per day for every share of Square Deal Oil Stock he may own. Think of it! The more shares of this stock you own, the larger your dividends will be. When this company succeeds—and there is one chance in a thousand now since we have brought in Well No.1, of us not succeeding—it will mark a new epoch in a financial history of the Negro of this Country. It will prove to the world that the Black man is fully able, without the leadership and assistance of the White man, to finance and operate big business enterprises the same as any one else. Hence it becomes your duty, and the duty Square Deal Drill Starts on Well No.2 With Well No. 1 in and arrangements having been made for the installation of pumping the same, oil tanks having been ordered, we are now spudding in on Well No. 2. Our stock has already raised from $1.00, its par value, to $3.00 per share. As soon as our pump and tanks are installed on Well No. 1, and as as soon as Well No. 2 is brought in, which will be a week or ten days, our stock Your Greates Your Greatest Opportunity Heretofore the Black Man has been compelled to invest his money in White Oil Companies. The SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS Company is the first company of its kind in this section of the country organized and incorporated under the blue sky law of the State of Missouri and controlled and managed exclusively by Negro Men, and has brought in a REAL OIL WELL. Our Company is managed by competent, LIBERTY LIBERTY BONDS It is the duty of every true and loyal American Citizen to purchase as many Liberty Ponds as possible, that he might help this great Government of ours to win this war. If you have already assisted the government We will accept your payment THE SQUARE D What Has and What Can Be Made by We will accept your bond or bonds as cash payment for stock What Has and What Can Be Made by Investing Money in the Oil Business There are more wealthy Negroes in Kansas and Oklahoma than in any other two States in America—and OIL is the reason. Have you heard of little Sarah Rector, whose income is Six Hundred Dollars ($600) per day, or Luther Manuel, who pays an income tax to the Government on a valuation of an Eight Million Dollar Estate? And Again, OIL is the reason. You read about the Trapshooters Co., which brought in the huge gushers at Eldorado, Kan., and made $40,000 for each investor of $100. Perhaps you read the headlines in some daily paper: "Twenty-Three Kansas City Men Made Millionaires by Black Gold From Eureka Wells," and the story that followed on how Hale, a former railroad conductor, made fifteen million dollars. Again, you may have read of the amazing career of Harry St. Clair, who rose from a drug clerk to a multi-millionaire in a few short years, and how in only eleven months his Oil interest earned nearly nine and a half million dollars. Then there was the 1914 OIL Co., which paid I57,400.00 for every $100 invested in eighteen months; the Sacrifice 1 Share Sacrifice Price Offer SQUARE DEAL STOCK SOLD IN ANY AMOUNT FROM $3 TO $3,000 5 Shares . 10 Shares . 25 Shares . Liberty Bonds Accep Liberty Bonds Accepted as Cash Payment for Stock 8 E DEAL D ought In With a Product That Our Stockholders Will E and we got it. will well after Five Hundred t such a pro- fill mean that live Cents or Oil Stock he his stock you Our stock is now selling In a few days or so, as soon 2, our stock will have adva share. NOW is the time STOCK in a SUBSTANTIA share of this stock that you ing sacrificed at this very A few dollars invested in bility mean prosperity and s of the Square Dea the Negro of of every Race loving Negro, to do his bit in supporting and maintaining such legitimate Negro enterprises. It must be remembered though, that we are not soliciting your support merely because you are a Black man and because our company is a Negro Company, but because we are here offering you the same great opportunity that has heretofore been principally offered to the White man. When our company is successful it will also mean prosperity and happiness will have been greatly advanced in its price, so it will show great wisdom on your part to buy as much of this wonderful investment while it is being sacrificed at $3.00 per share. Since we have already struck oil in Well No.1, we are bound to strike oil in Well No.2, hence your investment is not speculative, but a sure thing. Clip coupon below and mail in your remittance at once. t Opportunity efficient, successful and progressive young business men—men who have studied and know the oil business—men who act rather than talk Our Lease on which Well No. 1 was brought in is an 80 acre tract in Section 12, Township 26, Range 18, Allen county, Kansas, near the proven territory of the Humboldt Fields which hold the world's record for the smallest percentage of dry holes. Y BONDS in winning this great war by purchasing Liberty Bonds, you can still further assist the Government by purchasing SQUARE DEAL OIL STOCK with them. The Government is greatly in need of oil and every dollar invested in this way is a patriotic duty. bond or bonds as cash for stock DEAL OIL ACREAGE H Investing Money in the Oil Business Coline Co., which paid $83,000.00 for every $175.00 invested, and the O'Deall Co., which paid $58,000.00 for $300.00 investment. There are scores and scores of cases like these in the Oil Fields. It is said in Tulsa alone, there are 160 Oil millionaires and hundreds who are rich from Oil. The above is what the white man has earned by investing in Oil. These men were in on the ground floor of these companies about the time their first wells were brought in. These were white companies, and were principally organized for white men. The SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS CO. is a Colored concern. Our Capital Stock is now $20,000.00; our shares are now $3.00 per share. We are here offering you the same great opportunity that the white man has had. The Colored man has the same chance to make money in the Oil business as the other fellow has. E. H. Harriman, the great railroad builder and investor, once said: "It is the keen minded man who invests at the start of an enterprise and makes all the money." GET IN BEFORE WELL NO. 2 GETS IN. BUY YOUR STOCK NOW WHILE YOU CAN GET IT AT $3.00 PER SHARE. Price Offer $3 50 Shares . $150 15 100 Shares . 300 30 500 Shares . 1500 75 1000 Shares . 3000 GO YOU POSI ted as Cash Payment for Sto THE MONITOR L Driv Production ers Will Be Reac is now selling like wildf or so, as soon as we be will have advanced to s is the time to buy SUBSTANTIAL WAY. stock that you can poss at this very low价 ars invested in this com prosperity and happiness re Deal O gro of Th Our stock is now selling like wildfire at $3.00 per share. In a few days or so, as soon as we begin pumping Well No. 2, our stock will have advanced to several times $3.00 per share. NOW is the time to buy SQUARE DEAL OIL STOCK in a SUBSTANTIAL WAY. You should buy every share of this stock that you can possibly get while it is being sacrificed at this very low price. A few dollars invested in this company will, in all probability mean prosperity and happiness to you for the rest of ity C. H. EAGE HAS Oil Business Offer GO YOUR POSITIVE LIM t for Stock throughout the United States to each and every one of our true, loyal and race-loving stockholders. It will mean better homes for them; it will mean better education for the little ones; it will mean broader avenues of business have opened up for the Negro, and lastly, it will mean that the contributions to the Churches will be larger, thus enabling them to extend farther the work of God. This, my brethren, is what the success of the SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS CO. will Six Facts Abou 1. All our Stock is Common. Every share entitled to dividends on exactly the same basis as every other share. You share in Well No. 1 just the same as you share in all the Wells which are to follow. 2. All stock is non-assessable. No assessment or obligation can ever be made against your stock or any other owner's stock. 3. We are not going to stop with the bringing in of our first well. We are going to develop all of our leases in the different sections of the country. Well No. 1 proves our Allen County Lease, and we are bound to make a great deal of money when Square Deal Oil 1315 East 18th Street Capital Stock $20,000 NON-ASS OFFICERS Square Deal Oil & Gas Company 1315 East 18th Street, Kansas City, Mo. Capital Stock $20,000 Stock Now $3.00 Per Share C. H. Fowler, President G. H. Purnell, First Vice-President Wm. M. Moss, Second Vice-President M. E. Oden, Secretary and Treasurer C. R. Groves, General Manager Saml. R. Hopkins, Asst. Gen. Mgr. Bell Phone Grand 317 It Won't Take a Thin AS RICH OIL WELLS O A Hint to the W There are plenty of boobs and wise guys who never made a nickel in their lives who will laugh and pooh-pooh when you talk Oil Stock. You listen to these ginks and you'll never chance a winning proposition. Take a plunge on FORTUNE'S WHEELS OF OIL—with us today. You attend to your business and let the boobs and the neer-do-wells attend to theirs. The time to buy Square Deal Oil and Gas Stock is now, before we get our second and third well—and there is no telling then what Square Deal Stock will be worth. You do not have to be a gambler to take a chance on what is a sure game. This advertisement was prepared May 23 by Samuel R. Hopkins, an official and heavy stockholder of the Square Deal Oil & Gas Company. Facts told are exactly true to date. We reserve the right to return your remittance if oversubscribed. You will get in on this—if you hurry. Please note this—the Square Deal Oil & Gas Company is not a fifty million dollar corporation. Neither is it a million dollar corporation. Neither is it a half million dollar corporation. Neither is it a $250,000 corporation. Nor is it a White Corporation. The Square Deal Oil & Gas Company is, as I have told you elsewhere in this ad, a Negro Concern, controlled and managed exclusively by men of our Race. A few dollars invested in this may make you rich, as our capital is so small. It is going over big, and will go over still bigger when we have fully developed our already proven lease. Do you know the Negroes of this country have a This may be your USE THIS FOR SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS CO Dear Sirs: Inclosed herewith of SQUARE DEAL OIL STOCK and shares are fully paid and non-assessed full pro rata interest in WELL No acre of our present leases or any lar of profit the Company may ever WARNING—If you wait too late the stock will have been greatly advanced in price, or will have been sold or taken off the market. Do not delay! Do not hesitate! Clip coupon below, mail in your remittance at once for as many shares of this wonderful opportunity as you can possibly buy. CLIP COUPON BELOW AND MAIL IN YOUR REMITTANCE AT ONCE. Six Facts About Our Company A Hint to the Wise Is Sufficient USE THIS FORM! MAIL QUICK! SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY, 1315 East 18th St, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Sirs: Inclosed herewith $.....in full payment for.....shares of SQUARE DEAL OIL STOCK at $3.00 per share, with the understanding that these shares are fully paid and non-assessable, now and forever, and that I am entitled to a full pro rata interest in WELL NO. 1, which has already been brought in, and every acre of our present leases or any we may acquire, and that I shall share in every dollar of profit the Company may ever earn from Oil, Gas or any other source. Yours, truly your days. Do you know the Negroes of this country have a mean to our Race. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why we are sincerely requesting you to buy and encourage your friends to buy every share of SQUARE DEAL Stock that you can possibly get, while you can buy it at $3.00 per share, as we only have a few more shares left. In conclusion, I hope that you will be true to your God, true to your country, true to yourself and true to your Race by buying as much as you can of this wonderful opportunity. t Our Company territory is developed; that is why we are selling stock now. 4. And get this point: Your Stock makes you a partner and part owner in every acre of our present lease or any we may acquire, and you share in every dollar of profit the Company may ever make from Oil, Gas or any other source, and in Well No. 1 also. 5. We now have a permanent operating Company and fortunes for us all is our goal. 6. There is no preferred stock; you share on an equal basis with the rest of us. We all want quick action and are handling the company's affairs that way. We are in this deal to make money for each and every stockholder—and lots of it. & Gas Company Seet, Kansas City, Mo. Stock Now $3.00 Per Share ESSABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Samuel R. Hopkins, Chairman C. H. Fowler C. R. Groves G. H. Purnell Ben H. Payne Wm. M. Moss Dennis Seals M. E. Oden Wm. Bluford W. C. Huston and C. H. Calloway General Attorneys Home Phone Main 3963 making Man Long to Act ON EVERY SIDE Wise Is Sufficient chance to earn millions by investing in Oil? Do you know over five hundred million dollars' worth of oil was sold in Kansas and Oklahoma last year? Do you know that oil is selling at $2.25 a barrel, with the price going up? We are not begging you or anybody else to buy Square Deal Stock. We have about seven hundred stockholders already. We don't want you or anybody else to send us money and then cry about it. If you are not capable of investing your money in what is now a sure thing and awaiting the results like full-grown men and women, which will be very soon—then do not buy Square Deal Oil Stock. We are too busy to fool with Quitters. We are putting out this full-page advertisement that you may, along with the rest of our stockholders, be able to purchase as many shares of this stock as you can get while it is being sacrificed at $3.00 per share. To us there is no such word as FAIL. We went after Oil, and we've got Oil. We're going after Oil again, and we will get it. Will you join us? You might as well. And say—listen, Men and Women of my Race—when the Square Deal Oil & Gas Company's holdings are worth $500,000 to a million—then you will thank your lucky star that you acted upon our suggestion. Or would you rather read about the other fellow —no smaller than you, who buys Square Deal Oil Stock at $3.00 per share and sells it in the near future for $100.00 or more share? At $3.00 per share the Square Deal Oil Stock is, in our opinion, one of the best investments ever offered. Clip coupon below and mail in your remittance at once. last opportunity to buy this stock. RM! MAIL QUICK! COMPANY, 1315 East 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. $ in full payment for shares at $3.00 per share, with the understanding that these usable, now and forever, and that I am entitled to a D. 1, which has already been brought in, and every we may acquire, and that I shall share in every dollar earn from Oil, Gas or any other source. Yours truly,