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Growing, Thank You! $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy National Negro Business League Holds Most Successful Convention in History of Great Organization Which Has Encouraged and Developed Racial Enterprises. WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR Stirring Addresses by Government Officials and Others, and Splendid Reports of Achievements Characterize Sessions. ATLANTIC CITY.—What is regarded as one of the most significant events of the year and an epocal one in the annals of the race was the nineteenth annual session of the National Negro Business league, which met in this city August 21 and ended Friday evening, August 23, with one of the most notable social functions of the season. The outstanding features of the sessions were the addresses of welcome by Governor W. E. Edge, Mayor Bachrach, Dr. R. R. Moton and Hon. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the secretary of war. In delivering the welcome address on behalf of the state of New Jersey the governor spoke of the great progress made by the race in the face of the blind prejudice which confronts it. He said that the attaining of education first was the stepping stone to the business of the country. He gave a clear definition of democracy and said that it must be emphasized at home as well as abroad. He said: "We have among the troops white and Colored and men of every nationality, now all Americans, of course. We have nearly every race thrown together and properly so. They are going to be more tolerant of one another's viewpoint when they come home to take up again their civic responsibilities. I hope then that this class prejudice will be eliminated for all time." (Prolonged applause and cheers.) Mayor Bachrach Mayor Bachrach followed the governor. After paying a high tribute to the Negro as a citizen he dwelt upon the men of color who readily responded to the present draft and also when a call for twenty or more men was made ninety or more always responded. His rendering of the poem entitled, "A Little Service Flag," moved many of the visitors to tears. His gift of the key of the city to the league was greeted with applause which lasted five minutes. President Napier in accepting the key said that since the organization of the league, in its annual sessions from city to city, Atlantic City leads, as this is the first key that has ever been presented to the National Negro league. Dr. Moton's Response With his native witticism and eloquent manner of reaching his audience, Dr. R. R. Moton, the recognized leader of his race, ably responded to the welcome address of Governor Edge and Mayor Bachrach. He singled out inspiring facts revealing the intense loyalty of his race and cited the thrilling events of the battle of Carrizal. He gave a plain interpretation of what democracy meant and asserted that the Negro was unwervingly loyal to his country and expected his contribution to bring him things that have been long deferred. His masterly presentation of certain phases of the Negro's life and his constant devotion to his country despite his proscriptions and his inspiring optimism, combined with his happy way of reaching his applauding audience, demonstrated that he has the confidence of the leaders. Hon. J. C. Napier, president of the body, ably presided and was assisted by Charles Banks of Mount Bayou, Miss., and Charles H. Brooks of Philadelphia. His annual message was (Continued on Page Five.) TO OUR READERS We are glad The Monitor pleases you. It will also please your 'friends and neighbors. Show them your copy and get them to subscribe. Help us double our circulation this year by getting one of your friends or neighbors to subscribe. THE MONITOR --- Folk Lore Songs Thrill Audience [Name not visible in the image] Great Chorus of Singers Under Direction of Madame E. Azalia Hackley Pleases Large Audience and Nets Handsome Sum for Mercy Hospital. PREPARES PATRIOTIC PAGEANT Imposing Spectacle Will Be Given in the Arcadia, Which Is Said to Be the Finest Casino in the World. DETROIT, Sept. 12.—A chorus of local singers numbering perhaps 300 assembled and directed by Mrs. E. Azalia Hackley, was the inspiring event on the evening of August 24 at Army Hall—a folk song festival under the auspices of Mercy Hospital. For ninety minutes the principals and chorus gave adequate and illuminating expressions to the quaint old tunes and hymns and crooning love lyrics which have in earlier days enlivened the evenings in "the quarters," and have lent their potent influences to repel the shadows of darkest slavedom, to vocalize and revive a beaten but blindly resilient hope to give new breath to a faith so bitterly torn as to have lost all visible form of being—and in a more important way to symbolize the spirit or essence of whatever the strange thing may be that was sufficient to keep the dusky faces turned gropingly and falteringly forward through the storm. Of distinct educational value in such a grouping of the crude, but always melodious songs that had their birth, who knows how far back in the pitiful story, and that have come down unpenned from the lips of one generation to the quick ears and sympathies of the next. The story of the race is in a sense told in the spontaneous and sympathetic minstrelsy—a race that, a generation away from illiterate and irresponsible slavery, and not so many generations from actual savagery, has already given us orators like Frederick Douglass, poets like Paul Laurence Dunbar, composers, physicians, teachers and patriots. Bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District of the Methodist Church, Who Will Preside at the Forty-third Annual Session of the Kansas Conference Which Convenes in St. John's A. M. E. Church Next Wednesday Morning. The Negro and German Propaganda The chorus was made up of 300 singers, Colored singers who are rated for their rich musical voices. The names of a number of race composers were seen on the program, including H. T. Burleigh, J. W. Johnson, W. aMrion Cook, Abe Rogers, Lester A. Walton. Mrs. E. A. Hackley is justly proud of her success in the conduct of the great musical festival. She was greeted by 2,500 people, and who, according to the demonstration, were well entertained. She will stage a patriotic pageant at the Arcadia September 26, the finest casino in the world. PORTO RICO POLICE WOMEN San Juan, Porto Rico—A call has been issued for several thousand women in Porto Rico to form a police woman's reserve corps, to aid in correcting "the decidedly immoral conditions" which are said to exist not only in San Juan but elsewhere. WAVING FLAG Vol. IV. No.11 (Whole No.167) OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918 Bar Association Holds Convention Decides to Continue as Auxiliary to National Negro Business League; Elects Officers; Will Enlarge Scope of Work. WANT MONUMENT FOR HARLAN Memory of the Late Chief Justice, Whose Decisions on Matters Affecting Rights of Race Were Always Fair, Venerated by Jurists. ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 12.—The National Bar association, after deliberating for three days, decided that it would not sever its relations with the National Negro Business league as an auxiliary during the next twelve months. There was a very large attendance, especially from the east and north, and many matters of importance were taken up. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, Perry W. Howard, Mississippi; first vice president, James A. Cobb, District of Columbia; second vice president, J. T. Settle, Tennessee; recording secretary, S. D. McGill, Florida; corresponding secretary, W. H. Harrison, Oklahoma; treasurer, W. T. Andrews, South Carolina. A movement known as the John M. Harlan Memorial was started under way and the committee was appointed with the hope of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Justice John M. Harlan, who stood as one of the best of the jurists that this country has ever known. The committee appointed to take up this work is headed by Judge Robert H. Terrell of Washington, D. C. THE RT. REV. HENRY BLANTON PARKS, D. D. A complete roster of the attorneys of the country is being made, and the same will be published by the National Bar association. The association has decided to enlarge its scope of work to the end that it may meet the increasing demands during the reconstruction period to follow the closing of the war. (Editorial in St. Joseph (M. Gazette, September 9.) THE busy enemy-alien propagandist is having a hard row to hoe these days. So many of his plans have slipped up and so many of him are filling the concentration camps, for, while Uncle Sam is very quiet about it, he has a keen eye and long arm. Quite unexpectedly, out of the blue, the poor spy feels a heavy hand on his collar, and his usual haunts know him no more. In his confinement behind the bars, or while he is hoeing the corn for better men to eat, he hasn't even the satisfaction of gloating over his misdeeds. Too many of them have failed. CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS New York—Three Colored candidates filed their petitions here and were qualified to enter the fall campaign for nomination. Dr. R. C. Ransom will run for United States congress from the Twenty-first congressional district, and E. F. Johnson and John C. Hawkins for the general assembly at Albany. With that boasted German efficiency of which we once heard so much the propagandist tackled the American Negro. Here were a people ready to his hand, simple, kindly, unsuspicious, with so many grievances against the government that it would be easy to incite them to riot and disorder, thereby seriously hampering war work. THE NINTH CAVALRY ARRIVES IN RUSSIA It is reported that the Ninth Cavalry Colored Troopers, who were stationed on the Philippine islands, have been sent to Vladivostok, Russia. This shows the value of these men for strategic purposes as they have shown it in the Boxer uprising on the island and in other guerilla warfare. They tried it. They tried it again. They took another angle and tried it. Gott in Himmel! These people were loyal! They might complain among themselves, or to the powers that be, against their wrongs and oppressions, but America was their home, and the Stars and Stripes their flag—and God help the person who dared suggest that they act as traitors to either! Then the busy little German bee began another flight, and worked up feeling among the ignorant whites against the Negro. (Continued on Page Four.) NEXT WEEK "The Menace," by Fred C. Williams. Watch for it! U.S.A. Lifting Lift, Too! Colored Troops Rout German Foe Take Sandemont, Recourt, Bertincourt and Other Towns, and Capture Several Hundred Hun Prisoners in Fierce Fight; Receive Great Praise. 'ARE AIMING TO REACH BERLIN' Statement of Sprightly Officer as He Leaps Over Parapet of First Line Trenches to Lead His Command Into the Thickest of the Fray. WITH the American Army in France, Aug. 31.—Since August 21 the Colored divisions of troops, both the Ninety-second and Ninety-third, have showed forward on the enemy's line by 12,000 yards, and continue to advance daily. It is a fact that America's Black Devils are sounding the death knell of trench warfare. The Colored troops are forcing open fighting upon the enemy since the failure of the German drive in July. The Huns seem to be greatly inferior at the style of fighting that these Black Americans put up. The Germans had been used to fighting a while and resting a while, but with the Colored troops there has been no resting, but continued fighting with the fierceness of tigers. Early today one division of Colored troops advanced 600 yards without a single loss. It is a noticeable fact that the Germans fear the American black troops because of the fierce manner in which they combat the enemy with their bayonets, shouting and singing as they charge on the fleeing enemy. When they began their attack on the towns of Sandemont and Recourt they ran the Huns from their trenches and kept them on the run until they captured both towns and several villages on the other side of Recourt. It was then that a command was given them to halt or retire to receive rations and rest, but not a man obeyed the command until they had driven the enemy out of sight. Monday, August 26, both Colored divisions almost annihilated four fresh divisions of German reserve troops who had been sent into the enemy's line to drive back those Black Americans in their attack on the town of Bertincourt, but the town was soon taken by the Negro troops, capturing 800 Hun prisoners. "What we're aiming to do," said a sprightly young Colored officer, "is to push our way right on into Berlin without stopin', as we promised the folks at home we'd do, and we don't aim to be long at it, either," he continued, as he leaped from the first line trenches to join his comrades in the thickest of the fray, just as they were getting ready to make another savage attack on the enemy, and from the way they were going at it it won't be long before they will enter Berlin. WILSON COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES IN RIOTING CASES Washington, D. C., Sept. 6.—Death sentences of ten Negro soldiers who participated in the riot at Houston, Texas, August 23, 1917, have been commuted to life imprisonment by President Wilson. In six other cases the president affirmed the death sentences because the condemned men had been found guilty of having deliberately and with great cruelty murdered civilians. This action, announced today by the war department, concludes the cases of twenty-nine Negroes given the death penalty for their part in the riot. Thirteen were executed and the president was called upon to review the findings in sixteen cases. The president found that the ten whose sentences he commuted had not been convicted of personally and directly causing deaths. The soldiers involved were not named in the war department statement. NEXT WEEK "The Menace," by Fred C. Williams. Watch for it! TO OUR ADVERTISERS We appreciate your patronage and are pleased to know that The Monitor is bringing you good results. It could hardly be otherwise, since our circulation reaches the best class of buyers in the world. 2 JOHNSON'S OWN STORY OF THE HEROIC FIGHT Literary Digest Quotes a First Hand Account of the Scrap Which Won Two Colored Soldiers the Croix de Guerre. The following article clipped from the Literary Digest purports to be Johnson's own account of his and Robinson's heroic encounter with the Germans. It is amusing and worthy of record, but we wonder if Corporal Norwood hasn't stretched truth a little and tried to write the way he thinks all Colored men should talk, instead of as they do talk. Johnson and Robinson are both New York boys and have lived in the Empire state long enough to know nothing about the strange dialect which the corporal has attempted to put into their mouths. It isn't real southern speech and bears little resemblance to good English, but we hasten to reprint it because of the humor there is in it, as well as the humor of white men trying to imitate our own inimitable folk. Ablood-and-thunder novelist might have told the following story with more frills and thrills, but he could hardly have made it more real. The incident has figured in cable reports, which told briefly how two Colored boys from Albany, N. Y., had held an American outpost position against a small German army, accounting for some dozens of the enemy, and receiving therefor french and American decorations. Corporal J. Rush Norwood of Sylvia, Kan., met the hero of that incident, Corporal Henry Johnson, and wrote home Johnson's account of the fight in the Colored soldier's own words. Corporal Norwood's letter appears in the Hutchinson (Kan.) News, from which we quote: Corporal Henry Johnson himself, who is convalescing at a nearby base hospital, rather unexpectedly dropped in at the field headquarters of the press section here and very willingly gave a vivid and awesome story of the event. I am going to try to offer it to you as I heard it. Quite contrary to the well known newspaper phrase, "told his story blushing and stammering as a schoolgirl," Johnson gave a rapid and vivid story, inserting all gestures of the fray. "Yessah, ma name's Johnson. Dis is Johnson, what's left of 'im. "Yah must a read all about Johnson and Robinson, shure yau did; it was in all de papers. "Dere's a silver plate right here (pointing to his 'left foot), yessir, right dere, they pushed a baynet through ma laig an' shot me in right arm. Day want to send me home but Aainn't goin' home. Ah gonna stay here till ma company goes home. I'm as good a man as any of 'em. Dose Germans can't fight. "Twas a cloudy an rainy night and me and ma pardner was at this here outpost. Bout two in da mornin' we sees a bunch a Germans comin' at us. Ah figured maself as good a man as any of 'em an Ah says to ma pardner, 'We's going to stick right here.' He says, 'I'm with yah to de end.' So stead of treating to our lines we cut loose grenades and fired way all our ammunishion. Robinson was wounded in da laig at de start and fell to de ground still throwing de grenades at de Huns. Two of 'em tried to carry was ma pardner on a stretcher. Ah took ma rifle, a French gun, just like dis, and hit a Dude right on de haid and broke the rifle right here. "Ah went affer de Dudes carryin' way ma pardner. Ah reached for ma bowie (trench knife) and hit one feller right in de haid. I pulled it out and bout faced all round and give it to nudder in the guts. "I took my pardner way from 'em and brought 'em back to de post. Den one of Dudes comes at ma hollering, 'Kumrad!" Kumrad, you say? I'm Kumrad all right. Ah'll show ye Kumrad, Yessah, and den de Ger- MAJORS Oxford Hair and Beauty Preparations mans, what was lef of 'em, beat it. I bandaged ma pardner with me first-aid kit. "Den de lootenant comes runnin' in an' says, 'Johnson, what's happened?' "I says, 'It's all over, lootenant.' "Ah had sixteen automatics and mo stuff piled in front of ma. "I says, 'Go out dere an' count dose Dudes.' "The lootenant takes his pocket light an' looks over the ground and comes back. "For heaven's sake, Johnson, there's twenty-four of 'em!" "Yessah, and if dey hadn't a got ma pardner here, dey would a been a lot mo. "The lootenant says, 'Johnson, are you hurt?' "Ah says, 'No, sah.' " 'Yes, you is,' he says. 'Look, youse all bloody.' "Oh. I says, dat's from de Dudes. On, I says, dats' from de Dudes. "Yessah, I figured maself as good a man as any of dem and if dey hadn't got ma pardner we'd a clean up." At this point one of the listeners inquired: "Johnson, where are you from?" "I'm from Albany, sah." "I'm from Albany, too," was the reply. "Yah ought to know me. I'm Henry Johnson, the boy who used to drive a horse for Hartman's on — street." This ended the dramatic offering and Mr. Johnson was warmly congratulated by his attentive audience. Daily as Corporal Johnson strolls the streets of the village on his convalescent limp he is stopped by both French and Americans, who congratulate him and inquire as to his heroic deed. He is becoming a popular character about the place and many await the appearance of his partner, Robinson, to see the pair which scored such an extraordinary win against heavy German odds. Special to The Monitor. St. Augnstine's church (Episcopal) observed its patronal festival with festal evensong, St. Augustine's day, August 25. The rector of Trinity church, the Rev. T. J. Sloan, and Mr. F. W. Catterall, cashier of the First National bank and chairman of the school board, made appropriate addresses. On the Sunday within the octave, there was a high celebration of the Holy Eucharist, and at evensong an American and a British flag were blessed, and will be carried behind the cross in procession. The new vicar, the Rev. George Gilbert Walker, is meeting with marked-success, and St. Augustine's is taking its place among the most progressive Colored congregations of the Episcopal church. GEORGIA GOVERNOR ASKED QUESTION National Association Requests Information as to Steps Taken to Punish Lynchers and Carry Out President's Desires. New York.—The National Association for the advancement of Colored People makes public a telegram addressed to Governor Hugh M. Dorsey of Georgia, inquiring of him what action has been taken, if any, in bringing to justice the members of the mobs, some of whose names were furnished to him on July 10 by a special investigator of the Association, who during the month of May lynched eleven, perhaps more, Negroes, one of them a woman. It will be remembered that on July 10 the investigator placed in the hands of the governor a memorandum giving the facts discovered by him during four days spent in the section where the lynchings occurred, a copy of the same memorandum later being sent to President Wilson. Eight weeks have elapsed since that time and the Association pointedly asks the governor, "What can we tell America concerning Georgia's governor's co-operation with our president in helping to stamp out mob violence?" The reply of the governor will be awaited with considerable interest, and more particularly his action taken on the evidence regarding the lynchings now in his hands. Georgia's record of lynching twenty-five Negroes since America entered the war is an unenviable one and the world is waiting to see whether she really wants to stop lynching. THE SEPTEMBER CRISIS The cover of the September Crisis is a portrait of Gertrude Royal in "Chu Chin Chow," by Frank Walts. There are pictures of the Douglass home in Anacostia, D. C., now headquarters of the National Association of Colored Women; the Y. M. C. A. Summer Institute; and the Negro Editorial conference. The articles include: "What of Liberia?" by Plenyono Gbe Wolo; "The Work of a Mob," by Walter F. White; "These Things Shall Be!" by John Haynes Holmes; and poems by Georgia D. Johnson, Otto Leland Bohanan and E. Ralph Cheney. THE MONITOR Colored Voters Start Pershing on Career Colored Voters Start Pershing on Career How an Omaha Linotyper Pulled Political Trick Which Indirectly Sent General Pershing to West Point. Was an Admirer of the General in His Baseball Days, When He Played Third Base. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 12.—That comparatively insignificent events sometimes lead to mighty results is illustrated in the story of Victor P. Gay, linotyper in the composing room of the Bee, who unintentionally initiated a train of events which are responsible for the presence of General John J. Pershing at the head of the American armies in France today. These are the links in the chain of events which have placed General Pershing in command of the forces which will change the course of the world's history. Gay was a cog in the political machine which brought about the election of Charles Mansur to congress from the old Third Missouri district in the fall of 1882. Mansur soon afterward appointed John Pershing, then a Missouri schoolmaster, to West Point, and so started him on the career which was to embrace leadership of American forces over half a world, from the Philippines and the wrecks of the Spanish empire to France and the borders of the German empire. Calls Meeting of Negroes. "It was back in the early eighties," said Gay, "and Charley Mansur, whom we all knew, was a candidate for congress once more. He had lost by only three votes in the previous election, and the word had been passed out to the boys that we were to break our necks if need be to elect old Charley this time. I was a printer in Chillicothe, Mo., then. "Just before election a brilliant idea occurred to me. There were about 80 Negroes who lived in and around Utica, five miles west of Chillicothe. These Negroes were voters, but no one had ever attempted to swing their votes one way or another in the elections. Many of them were friends of mine and through them I brought about the trick. The night before election I called a meeting of them in a schoolhouse on edge of town. I told them what the election of Charley Mansur, staunch old republican, would mean to them, and told them what the party had done for them during and after the civil war. I secured the promise of all of them to vote for Mansur the next day. Votes Bring Election. "Election night the votes were counted. Sixty-five of my 80 Negro votes had gone in a solid block for Charley Mansur and he was elected by 39 votes. He'd have lost out sure if it hadn't been for those Negroes. Oh, we had close elections those days in old Missouri." It was only a few months after he took office that Mansur appointed Pershing to West Point, where the Missouri lad afterwards rose to be instructor and from where he went to begin his active career of leadership. And the strangest part of the story is that, although Gay knew John Pershing by sight, he has never exchanged a word with him in all his life, never was introduced to him and has probably never been heard of by the general. Gay Rooted for Pershing Gay was also one of the Chiliocotte rooters who backed the baseball team from Wheeling, Mo., on which John Pershing was a star third baseman. "You had to be a star to play on that team," says Gay, "and the Wheeling 'Haymakers,' as we called them, won the amateur championship of the state. They used to beat semi-professional teams from St. Louis and other big towns right along. Although Pershing was a school teacher and was a native of Laclede, Mo., he used to play on the team." "Yes, I guess it was partly my fault that Pershing is licking the boche today," concluded Gay, reflectively, "but it was all an accident, and I suppose just another trick of that old lady they call 'Dame Fortune.'" HEIR BORN TO SOLDIER IN FRANCE On September 5 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Boggus of 3518 Parker street. Mrs. Boggus was Miss Anna McLendon, a registered graduate nurse. Sergeant Boggus is with the 92d division somewhere in France, Mrs. Boggus' only brother, Hugh McLendon, is also in France. WILLIAMS AT GROVE CHURCH Fred C. Williams, who has just returned from an extensive trip through the south will speak at Grove Methodist church Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern furnished room for man and wife. Mrs. Hueston. 2805 Ohio. DRAFTED MEN TO BE TRAINED BEFORE CALL Nation-wide Organization for Preliminary Drill Launched by National Security League Under Sanction of General Crowder Under the sanction of Provost Marshal General Crowder, the National Security League has undertaken the organization throughout the country of a systematic preliminary course of training for the young men in the draft, so that when they are called they will know something of their duties and how to take care of themselves. The League has drawn up a comprehensive plan, which will be put in operation in every state in the Union under the direction of a "Committee on Preliminary Training and Instruction of Men Registered for Draft," of which Surgeon-General Charles F. Stokes, U. S. N., retired, is chairman. Provost Marshal General Crowder, to whom the Security League submitted the idea before acting, has approved it in a letter to Col. Charles E. Lyddecker, President of the League, in which he says: "Your proposal gives me great satisfaction. Your League can render valuable assistance in this manner." The Security League's plan will be made effective through the 281 branches of the League, scattered in all parts of the country, and subcommittees of Surgeon-General Stokes's committee co-operating with the Local Draft Boards in all the states. It provides for the organization into instruction classes of the men soon to be called, to be selected by the Draft Boards, the actual training to be conducted by retired or disabled army officers, whose efforts to prepare the men for service will be supplemented by local clergymen and physicians. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, commandant at Camp Upton, is an enthusiastic supporter of the plan and has promised the Security League co-operation in obtaining instructors for the classes in New York City and vicinity. "Clean, Sober Soldiers." "The object of our endeavor will be to make the young men understand why they are called for service to their country, what is to be expected of them and what they should be loyal, clean, sober and intelligent soldiers," says Surgeon-General Stokes. Outlining the operation of the plan, he continues: "There are three main working points: "(1) Each Local Draft Board, through its Chairman, will select a Captain, who will procure the assembly of the registrants and obtain from a local military or naval post, State Guard or Home Defense Unit or from retired or disabled veterans of the present war an adequate training officer. "(2) The Captain will also invite a local clergyman to give information, instruction and advice to the young men. Save Time and Money. "(3) A local physician will also instruct the young men in matters of health, hygiene and physical well-being in order that when they go to camp they shall present themselves with a consciousness of knowledge which will add to their strength and usefulness. "At present the vast majority of our young men are called to the colors untrained. It would greatly facilitate their being turned into soldiers and save the government time and money if when they are called they are provided with some knowledge of military training and a sense of discipline and organization. "The position of local Captain, who will supervise the work, offers one of the finest opportunities for patriotic service for men of standing in the community who are unable to get into the trenches. "Under the guidance of such a man, aided by an influential local clergyman and physician, the drafted men will go to their cantonments in efficient, organized bodies rather than as a disorganized rabble and with a spirit of self-reliance and comradeship. All the strangeness of the new life will have been eliminated, and, since the men will have been taught what lies before them, they will face duty with the confidence of familiarity. "The military instruction will comprise only the simplest evolutions, with particular emphasis upon military courtesy—when, where, how and whom to salute. A general supervision of this phase of the training for uniformity and efficiency will be conducted by the government military authorities. Armories, public parks and squares, public school playgrounds, etc., will be utilized for the actual drilling. Drills two or three times a week of an hour's duration will be preferable to longer periods at less frequent intervals. Fitted for Officers. 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How Spartanburg came to receive its name recalls the story of that Thermopylae which modern historians recognize as having had much to do in bringing about the effective turning point of the Revolution which gave freedom to the United States, writes John Walker Harrington in the New York Sun. What is now the county of Spartanburg was part of District 96, a region which in 1755 was purchased from the Cherokee Indians. Its inhabitants were mostly Scotch and Scotch-Irish families who had come down from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Between the Broad and Saluda rivers, in upper South Carolina, in the region of the Blue Ridge, they had established the three settlements of Upper Fair Forest, Lawson's Fork and Tygers. In their views of life and conduct these pioneers bore many resemblances to the men of ancient Sparta. They were self-reliant and aggressive, and endured toil, hardship and pain without complaint. When South Carolina cast her lot with the other colonies she had much opposition from the Tories and Loyalists within her own borders. To overcome this opposition delegates were sent out by the South Carolina Council of Safety to explain to the people the situation out of which had grown the first Continental congress. The representatives of the council who went to District 96 were William Henry Drayton and Rev. William Tennant. On their way they stopped at the house of Col. Thomas Fletchall, commander of a regiment consisting ostensibly of colonial militia but in reality of Tories. They had negotiations with him in the hope of inducing him to join the popular cause. Finding him obdurate, they proceeded further toward the Blue Ridge. Mr. Drayton later reported that the people of District 96 were capable of restoring the Indians and also of putting a check on Fletchall and that therefore he had taken the liberty of supplying them with ammunition from Fort Charlotte, which was just across the line between the Carolinas as now delineated. Through his influence the region was made into new divisions and he referred to the part where the frontiersmen were strongest and most devoted to the cause of liberty as the "Upper or Spartan district." Organization of The Spartans. Organization of The Spartans. Mr. Drayton belonged to a race of scholars, and to him the organization of the settlements and the fearlessness of the inhabitants suggested very strongly the people who withstood the Persian might in Greece. When a regiment was organized in the district it was called the Spartan regiment. Its commander was Col. John Thomas, Sr. "The Spartans" were attached to the command of Col. Richardson and took an active part in the snow campaign in which the Tory forces were much harried. The name Spartans was applied in time to all of those in northwest South Carolina, and although it is difficult to trace the history of the regiment itself, the people of the region were continually active in the cause of liberty. Although South Carolina was for three years without a regularly organized patrol army, the cause was kept alive by such men as Gen. Francis Marion, General Sumner and Colonel Thomas of the "Spartans." On one occasion Thomas and several of his associates surrendered and entered into an agreement that they would not take up arms for the balance of the war. It was understood that if they retired to their, homes they would receive protection from the British commanders. Considering, however, that the agreement with them had been violated, they returned to the cause and fought as the annualists of the time say "with halters around their necks." One of them, Col. Isaac Hayne, was captured, and after a summary court-martial was hanged at Charleston by the orders of Tarleton. Broken up as were their military organizations, the Spartans figured extensively in the detached and irregular forces of the patriots under Marlon, Sumner and Moultrie. Major Ferguson was sent by Cornwallis to South Carolina with 1,200 men, of whom five-sixths were native Loyalists. His instructions were to intimidate the rebels and to bring in as many recruits as he possibly could Battle of King's Mountain. Battle of King's Mountain. The news of his approach roused the American Spartans to do or die. They left their farms and ranges, armed and came out of the passes of the Appalachians. Sure-footed, quick of eye, deadly in their aim as marksmen and accustomed to deal hand-to-hand with the savages in fights with knife and tomahawk, they constituted one of the most effective fighting forces ever assembled on this continent. Their garb was buckskin. They came like true frontiersmen in hunting shirts, and on their caps were sprigs of hemlock, emblems of their rugged land. They came 1,300 strong, under the urge of a mighty impulse, and it was not until they were actually preparing to engage the enemy at King's Mountain, about forty miles from the present city of Spartanburg, that they chose as their leader William Campbell. He was one of those patriots who had commanded troops of the irregular light cavalry and, like Marlon, had suffered much for the cause of liberty. The result of the battle of King's Mountain depended almost entirely on the personal initiative of the men of this Sparta of the western world. The American Spartans were accustomed to climbing mountains, and up the steep sides of the heights they went with incredible agility, firing from under cover of shrubs and trees when they could. The British charged down the hillside with bayonets and pressed back the American line. The pioneers formed again and went to the attack with renewed spirit. The cry was raised that Tarletor was coming in from the rear to the attack. Sevier rode like Sheridan among the patriots, assured them that the report was false and again got them into line. The mountain was taken by the Americans in their fourth assault. The sharpshooting of the pioneers did deadly execution. Major Ferguson refused to surrender and although one of his men had raised a flag of truce he struck it down with his sword. He made an attempt to get through the American lines and was shot five times and fell dead upon the field. After his death his command surrendered. There were 456 British dead upon the field and of the survivors nearly every man was wounded. Only 28 of the American fighters were killed. Back to Their Hills. The battle over the men went back into the strongholds in the hills from which they had so suddenly come. In the words of Elsont "At King's Mountain they turned the tide of the war and insured the ultimate independence of America." The success of the patrols in this battle emboldened the forces of liberty in South Carolina to concerted action. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, who had succeeded General Gates, reached the state in the December of 1780 and gathered about him an army of 3,500 men. His first move was to send Daniel Morgan, one of the same type as Francis Marion, to make quick dashes into the back or up country and to dislodge the British. With 900 men Morgan met Tarleton, whose command consisted of 1,100 men, about fifteen miles from the present city of Spartanburg. The battle of Cowpens which followed nearly wiped out the entire Tarleton force. Tracing back the chain of circumstances which had to do with the final defeat of the British arms the finger of history lingers upon the land of the American Spartans. Their action at King's Mountain and Cowpens undoubtedly contributed greatly to the final result. After the war these ploneers turned their attention to the development of their fertile lands. The county of "Spartanburgh" was formed. The final "h" was dropped early in the nineteenth century and the present spelling was adopted. The development of the city Spartanburg was not rapid and even in 1800 there was only a small group of settlers there. The city had only 1,050 inhabitants in 1870, three times as many in 1880 and 5,550 in 1890. At present it has 20,000 inhabitants. It has only been within recent years that the place has come into prominence industrially. Now one of the largest cotton mills of the South is situated in the city, and there has been a great increase in its resources within the last ten years. THE MONITOR Tenth Cavalry To The Rescue Famous Black Troopers Repulse Mexicans in Fierce Border Fight, in Which Their Intrepid Captain Is Killed at Head of His Troops. NOGALES, Ariz., Sept. 5.—When the Mexican residents and soldiers of this border town started on a firing rampage last Tuesday, all kinds of trouble seemed imminent, until the tried and true Tenth cavalrymen crossed the border line and soon subdued the sniping of the Mexicans. The trouble is alleged to have started when a Mexican guard shot Corporal Lotz of the American infantry guard. An American custom guard came to Lotz's defense. As the Mexicans' bullets struck Lotz Barber returned the fire and felled the Mexican guard who had mortally wounded the corporal. The firing then became general, Mexicans appearing suddenly in the doorways of bouses, on the roofs of buildings and in the surrounding hills and shooting across into International avenue, principal street of the twin towns, which forms the boundary line. American soldiers on patrol duty returned the fire and an appeal for reinforcements was sent to Camp Stephen Little, nearby. Lieutenant Colonel Herman responded at the head of four companies of infantry and two troops of Negro cavalry. As Lieutenant Colonel Herman reached the boundary he fell with a bullet wound in the right knee, but after receiving first aid treatment in the office of a nearby physician, returned to the firing line and directed his troops. The first American military unit to cross the line was a troop of Colored cavalry, under command of Captain Hungerford, 23 years old. Captain Hungerford was shot dead at the head of his troops. His mother and sister are in Nogales. The infantry followed the Colored cavalrymen, who, after dismounting on the Mexican side of the boundary line, rushed forward singing, "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!" The cavalrymen scattered into the bush, while the infantry, fighting in the open, were subjected to a withering fire from the Mexican rifles. According to last reports three Americans—one officer and two enlisted men—were killed and twenty-eight Americans, ten of them enlisted men, were wounded. Three of the wounded Americans are seriously hurt. Unofficial estimates placed the number of Mexican dead and wounded at from 150 to 200, but the Mexican consul asserted this figure was probably an exaggeration. LONG SUCCEEDS SCRUGGS Inspectionship of Weights and Measures Is Retained by Race. John W. Long has been appointed inspector of weights and measures to succeed Amos P. Scruggs, who is among the last appointments of the Dahlman administration to be displaced by the Smith administration. The position of inspector of weights and measures is the only important office held by the Colored people in the city government. The first appointment to this office was made by Mayor Cushing, a democrat, who appointed the late Abram W. Parker. Succeeding mayors continued the custom of giving this recognition to the Colored people. Among those holding this position were the late G. F. Franklin, A. W. White, John W. Long, T. P. Mahammitt, John Grant Pegg and Amos P. Scruggs. Mr. Long is not new to this position, having served in it most acceptably some years ago. The appointment is a good one and will give general satisfaction. COUNTY FOOD OFFICIALS GATHER IN OMAHA County food administrators of Nebraska met in Omaha on September 11, when plans for the winter and a definite program to be followed was outlined by Gurdon W. Wattles, federal food administrator for Nebraska. Mr. Wattles, accompanied by Deputy A. C. Lau, attended the Washington meeting of state officials, when Herbert Hoover outlined the food situation as it concerns the allies. Food regulations will not be so drastic as in the past, in the opinion of food experts, unless unforeseen circumstances arise which might necessitate closer supervision. However, the United States has a big job in front of her, for she has to feed her own army of more than 3,000,000 "over there," in addition to furnishing the major portion of the food required by the allies. It's the biggest job the United States has ever undertaken. In Houston, Texas, 102 Colored women registered so as to participate in the public caucuses July 27.—The Crisis. Captain Shot Dead THESE THINGS SHALL BE John Haynes Holmes says in the September Crisis: On my desk today, I find a post card from a beloved friend, bearing the following inscription: "At Newport, N. H., this morning at seven o'clock, a.band and five hundred people escorted the only Negro boy in town to the train. He had answered Uncle Sam's call to war—a sight I shall never forget." One may imagine all kinds of philosophizing upon this simple village episode. The pessimist might ask if this is to be accepted in compensation for lynchings. The cynic would point out that the popularity of the blacks is in inverse proportion to their density of population. The Yankees would vindicate afresh New England's record of justice for the Negro. The optimist would behold the reconciliation at last, under the beneficent influence of the war, of two great races. It is doubtful, however, if any of these sweeping generalizations can be regarded as sound. Why try for so much? Why not take this incident for what it is—"a slice of life"—a very lovely example of the possibilities of human nature at its best? The nation is in peril. It calls to each citizen for the noblest service and uttermost sacrifice that he can give. A lone member of a race for ages despised, down-trodden and oppressed, even now bearing the social handicap of prejudice and unequal opportunity, answers the call. And his townsmen of another color, rich and poor, high and low, together, turn out with one accord, to do him honor! Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. 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Bert Patrick, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.00 6 MONTHS; 60c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. 4 QUESTIONS WHICH OBTRUDE WHAT mystic wand has been wielded over our great race leaders and stilled their once fearless voices? What subtle alchemy has transformed their dauntless spirit into apparent submission? What secret force has quieted their efforts and made them forget their pleas for racial justice? Has the jingling of the guinea helped the hurt that honor feels? Has the race been sold as though it were so many slaves and so much chattel? Two hundred thousand Colored soldiers are over seas and another hundred thousand rolling up, and where are the Colored commissioned men who were to lead them? The comparative handful of officers graduated from the training schools are not enough for ten thousand, let alone for three hundred thousand. Was the training school a "sop" to delude the race into believing that Colored soldiers were to have Colored officers? Colonel Young still rests upon the shelf. Is there no man or band of men to force the issue so that honesty may be proven or duplicity exposed? Why haven't our Colored nurses been called in numbers so that we might know that the brown skin girl with the cross of red is more than a myth? Why are so many departments of the government closed to our efficient young women and so many branches of the army closed to our young men? Why are the ship yards demanding union cards of Colored men when the managers know that the demand shuts out nearly all northern Colored workmen? These are but a few of the questions that obtrude and cause us to wonder if our leaders are asleep on their arms. If ever there was a time to fight for our rights, it is now. If liberty and democracy are issues, then they who spill their blood are entitled to lift their claim. It is, therefore, to be deplored that many to whom the race has pinned its faith have evidently compromised and now, with soft and soothing words, would palliate injustice and bid us wait. Where wrong exists, there can be no waiting. The fight is an eternal fight and bayonets must be ever fixed. Is there no one to sound the tocsin and carry upward the plea of twelve millions of dusky hearts? Why need one hundred speakers cover this land to arouse the patriotism of the race, when even handed justice would rouse these listening millions into a seething caldron of enthusiasm? What can these hundred speakers tell their people where every wire wings some message of discrimination or wrong practiced upon a faithful dependable people, which despite their best efforts tend to nullify their words? Does Washington think that the American Colored man is ready to let one hundred men create the thought and feeling of twelve millions? Guess again. Put Colonel Young back in the ranks; let us ear that thousands of capable Colored men are being made into commissioned officers; let the press tell us that thousands of Colored Red Cross nurses have embarked for sunny France to press the brows of our boys in khaki; give our women a chance when they prove up; let ability and character be the measure of race men in war work! Let the government see to these things and do these things and the heart beats of twelve million of Colored Americans will teach the ninety millions of white Americans what patriotism means. LET US CHOOSE A DAY LAST week the Jews all over the world gathered together to celebrate the Jewish New Year, a day beloved and honored by every descendant of old Israel. So most every other nation and people have some one day out of the calendar of three hundred and sixty-five, when it lays aside the realities of the present and calls back the sweet departed memories of the past. Our race has none. Some have tried to make Emancipation day a racial holiday, but against it are two reasons. First, it is localized to American Colored people only, and, secondly, it brings back the memories of sadness instead of triumph, memories that bring us up even to this hour and make us feel that the crimes and insults of slavery are not yet things of the past. Why not choose some day that may eventually become a gladsome anniversary to Hamitic people throughout the world? Is there not in all the long range of the glorious African history some event, some date, some memory, that may be celebrated gladly and bring back to our spirit some of the puissance that signalized our blood in the ages gone by? We are a great people, one of the greatest that ever lived upon the face of the earth, and we have the right to instill into our children a new spirit that shall carry them on beyond the dead level of today. Think upon it and let The Monitor hear from you. AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS The Crusader magazine, a new race publication that has set its sails to plow the journalistic seas, carries an article under the caption, "Africa for Africans." It is a fine article and symbolizes a new spirit that has begun to animate our race. With that spirit we heartily agree and commend and trust that it will carry a message to the heart of every race member. "Africa for the Africans," however, must for the present be only an illusion. Would that it were not so, but stern fact makes it so. In all the length and breadth of that mighty continent there is not one black empire sufficiently strong to demand of the nations that Africa be left for the Africans. Japan has said, "Asia for the Asiatiies!" and behind that phrase is a well trained army of nearly three millions of men, a ready and willing China and an India of millions of restless people. Besides there is wealth untold and a seat at the council tables to make the empires of the world hearken and obey. For Africa there is no voice. Her people are divided into a multitude of tribes, each warring upon the other. Her wealth is in the hands of European profiteers and she has no means to enforce her demands against the armed world, even though she might care to do so. It is to be hoped that some day a homogeneous polity may be founded in the black continent and that in time it may become a factor in the world and a member of the world's powers. Until such a time there can be no clarion note sounding, "Africa for the Africans!" into the ears of the world. THE VIGIL ON THE NORTH SEA THE really great factor in this war and one that is very infrequently mentioned is the command of the sea, Aside from that, Germany had everything in her favor when she started out to conquer the world. If she had had command of the sea, England and France would long ago have been in a state of starvation and in all probability their armies destroyed, for no reinforcements in food, men or munitions could have reached them. It was England's command of the sea that has saved the world from militarism until the other nations could rally and send their forces to the fighting line. For four years the English sailors have braved the storms and cold of the North sea, keeping such an unremitting watch of the wide expanses of ocean that no German fleet dare venture out of land-locked harbors defended by the heaviest guns and the most scientifically constructed fortifications. And today that English fleet keeps watch for all the liberty-loving nations of the world, lately joined now by the American fleet, which endures the hardships, where there is no reporter to tell of the faithful manner in which that duty is performed. The little submarine chasers and the few armed ships which accompany the convoys have something to relieve the tedium of their service. Not so those battle-ships which guard the North sea. There for four years they have been and scarcely a word has been heard from them, but they have been one of the greatest factors in the war.—The World-Herald. The Midvale Steel Works, Philadelphia, Pa., employs fifty-six Colored women in their ammunition works. Colored men are working day and night, making from $48 to $50 per week, including overtime.-The Crisis. WATCH FOR "THE MENACE" in Next Week's Paper! THE MONITOR Here he was more successful, as they drew the attention of those "Why, if the Negro were at fault killed than white?" If, as propored people were a "problem" and came it that the troubles were in tacking blacks? The German pro-dismay that their tactics were heral attention to the wrongs of and sympathy for him on all side-ed women and children, all in bla New York, with no bands, no carrying banners appealing for deep and lasting impression. Finally, in a sort of desperation and wide that Negro soldiers were they were put in the most dangere were left to suffer and die una-gain the boomerang turned and hadn't started the treacherous would not have heard General H troops. After denying the truth by German agents," he adds, "I spirit shown among the Colored capacity for quick training and e-work." The head of the Red Cross c same care and attention was given men as to the white. Returning travelers and soldier the Negro troops are tremendous lages where they are billeted; that puttee polished, every button shin their glorious bands and mellow high spirits and eagerness for the war-weary France, arouse enthu "Complaining that they are gi rcers commanding Colored troops their men make are against be first line; they glory in the dange The German propagandist ha country—east and west, north Negro troops are men to be proud of them! THE NEGRO AND GERMAN PROPAGANDA (Continued From Page One.) Here he was more successful, as the riots in St. Louis proved. But they drew the attention of thoughtful people and it was asked, "Why, if the Negro were at fault, were there more Colored men killed than white?" If, as propagandists were shouting, the Colored people were a "problem" and a "menace to civilization," how came it that the troubles were invariably started by white men attacking blacks? The German propagandists discovered to their dismay that their tactics were having the effect of drawing general attention to the wrongs of the Negro and arousing interest and sympathy for him on all sides. The mute protest of the Colored women and children, all in black, marching down Fifth avenue, New York, with no bands, no orators, no disturbances—simply carrying banners appealing for protection and justice—created a deep and lasting impression. Finally, in a sort of desperation, the Germans spread the lies far and wide that Negro soldiers were being sacrificed at the front; they were put in the most dangerous places, and when wounded were left to suffer and die unattended on the battlefield. Here again the boomerang turned and hit the conspirators. If they hadn't started the treacherous propaganda the American public would not have heard General Pershing's opinion of the Colored troops. After denying the truth of "the stories, probably invented by German agents," he adds, "I cannot commend too highly the spirit shown among the Colored combat troops, who exhibit fine capacity for quick training and eagerness for the most dangerous work." The head of the Red Cross came forward to testify that the same care and attention was given by the society to the Colored men as to the white. Returning travelers and soldiers add a few details. They say the Negro troops are tremendously popular in all the French villages where they are billeted; that their smart appearance—every puttee polished, every button shining—their unfailing good humor, their glorious bands and mellow singing voices, and above all, the high spirits and eagerness for the fight that they are bringing to war-weary France, arouse enthusiasm wherever they go. "Complaining that they are given dangerous jobs?" The officers commanding Colored troops report that the only complaints their men make are against being held back. They beg for the first line; they glory in the danger. The German propagandist has helped the people all over this country—east and west, north and south—to realize that our Negro troops are men to be proud of; loyal Americans, every one of them! Obvious Observations A press dispatch stated recently that General Foch had either Indian blood in him or Negro, it wasn't sure which. Come across, brother, come across. The Monitor explained about General Foch's Hamitic strain a few days after he was made commander in chief of the allied forces. In Seattle there is only one ship yard where Colored men can work, yet Seattle cries for thousands of men. The Literary Digest prints the hero Johnson's own story of the famous scrap and puts into Johnson's mouth a jumble of language that is anything but English. Johnson is a New Yorker born and never could have learned English that way, but it is the white man's weakness to believe that his Colored brother never could learn his language. A Colored man was sentenced to three years in the pen because he enlisted as a white man. Be careful, brothers and sisters, whose pigaments are missing. Be proud to be yourself. We thank the President for saving the lives of ten of the Colored soldiers who were in the Houston riot. We know what they were up against. General Pershing has his all-American army about ready to step now and it is going to be a dark day for Fritz., believe muh, Mable. Where did you say that Hindenburg line used to was, teacher? Reports from the little Alp country say the kaiser is white haired from worry. When us folks and friends get through with him he won't have any hair at all. The dose which the I. W. W.'s got in Chi ought to convince any hardheaded scout that Unk Sam isn't playing a game like London Bridge is Falling Down. Thanking you kindly for your earnest attention, we will now look in the mail box for our classification card. Cottonfield fairy, Wooly-haired gnome, Sweet singing blackbird, African poem! Sun-footed dancer, Strewer of mirth, Coal-glossy mocker, Baby of earth; Pickanin' chile! —M. Eugene Konecky. PICKANIN' CHILE For The Monitor Little black jewel. Daughter of night, Dark-eyed laughter, Dusky-hued sprite! Heir of song-makers. Dialect hard, Banjo-child poet, Smiling so hard; Pickanin' chile! THE RIOTS in St. Louis proved. But rightful people and it was asked, it, were there more Colored men, magistrates were shouting, the Cold a "menace to civilization," how variably started by white men atropagandists discovered to their saving the effect of drawing genthe Negro and arousing interest. The mute protest of the Colorock, marching down Fifth avenue, orators, no disturbances—simply protection and justice—created a man, the Germans spread the lies far here being sacrificed at the front; serious places, and when wounded extended on the battlefield. Here did hit the conspirators. If they propaganda the American public vershing's opinion of the Colored of "the stories, probably invented cannot commend too highly the combat troops, who exhibit fine agerness for the most dangerous same forward to testify that the men by the society to the Colored users add a few details. They say easily popular in all the French villet their smart appearance—everying—their unfailing good humor, singing voices, and above all, the fight that they are bringing to usiasm wherever they go. Even dangerous jobs?" The offi-report that the only complaints held back. They beg for the war. Is helped the people all over this and south—to realize that our end of; loyal Americans, every one SKITS OF SOLOMON LETTER writing is a fine art for which the majority of folks have as much use as a monkey has for red pepper or an elephant for a chew of old climax tobacco. The old ink pot and pen and per have no siren call to busy men and women, or for lazy ones either, but nowadays one should hit old antipathy on the bean and spread a few scrawls and send them to the boys in France. It doesn't make any difference what boy, just so it is one of the boys. When one is several thousands of miles from Fourth and Dodge its like a shaft of sunshine through the old dugout door to get a letter from somebody back beyond the pond. Most folks say they don't know what to write, but write anything. Tell 'em about the picture you saw at the movies; about the good looking browns who are wishing they'd hurry up and can the kaiser and come home; about the way the allies are walloping the Dutchmen around Belgium way. Tell 'em that that cat's got kittens and you only wish they could have seen the best dog fight pulled off in the neighborhood for many moons. Tell 'em that spring chicken comes high and that you are living on pork and beans. Tell 'em you're proud of them and that no soldier on earth looks any better than a brown in khaki. Send 'em an acter or a chrysanthemum out of your own garden, or out of somebody else's garden. You might even blow a few pennies for a package of Camels or Turks and tell 'em to have a smoke on you. There's so much a person can do to make the boys happy and then not be doing anything much. So get busy. If you don't know anyone to write to, just post it to "One of the Colored Boys Over There," and the chap who never expected a letter will be the one who gets it. Get over your grouch now and get into the sun beam business. It only costs a few pennies, but it's worth a million bones. Get the writing habit. JOHN W. LONG Who succeeds Scruggs as Inspector of Weights and Measures. Letters "DOUGHNUTS FOR DOUGH BOYS" is the Slogan for This Week. Nothing too Good for Our Boys in Khaki. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN COMES NEXT. Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. CHARLOTTE DRUMGOLD DIES AT THE AGE OF 104 YEARS Charlotte Drumgool, Colored, died at the home of her grandson, Johnson Gerner, 5023 1-2 South Twenty-sixth street, at the remarkable age of 104 years. Mrs. Drumgool was born a slave at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and was granted her freedom by the civil war. Up to the time of her death she retain her faculties to a remarkable degree. She leaves her grandson and one great-grandson. Her funeral was held Monday afternoon from Bethel Baptist church. COST TO THE CONSUMER COST What was added to the cost between the figure of the mill door and the bread on the consumer tax. What the miller added to the cost (direct portion indicates cost of con- tent). What the former got for his wheat 6 CENTS 5 4 3 2 1 68% 66% 59% 11% 30% 26% 28% 1913 1914 1915 19 Percentage figures show the relative propor- tion of the total cost to the consumer added of each COST TO THE CONSUMER OF A POUND LOAF OF BREAD What was added to the cost between the figure of the mill door and the bread on the consumers' table. What the miller added to the cost [dotted portion indicates cost of confection] What the former got for his whiskey 6 CENTS 68% 66% 59% 61% 48% 52% 49% 26% 28% 11% 8% 31% 38% 41% 45% 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 FIRST HALF 1917 LAST HALF 1918 FIRST HALF Percentage figures show the relative proportion of the total cost to the consumer added of each stage (Explanation of Chart.) Since 1913 farmers have been receiving for their wheat a gradually increasing proportion of the price paid by the consumer for bread. The amount received by the wheat grower for his contribution to the average pound has increased from less than 11-2 cents per loaf in 1913 to more than 31-2 cents early this year. The proportion to the whole price is shown by the relative length of the black columns of the chart. The middle portion of each column shows what the miller received for his milling costs and profit. This has been a somewhat variable factor, but is now at the minimum (6 per cent). In TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT At the Enthusiastic Meeting of the Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League Thursday Night on Sending Delegates to Chicago the Following Telegram Was Sent to President Wilson—Text of Telegram to President. "To the President, Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D. C. "National Equal Rights League appreciates your commutation of sentences of majority having death sentences for Houston riot and your reason as recognition of splendid loyalty of their race and inspiration to continued service to country and its liberties at every front of battle. "In same recognition and for same inspiration League asks discontinuance of offensive, undemocratic branding in segregation detachable corner of army registration card for new draft." A committee of arrangement was formed to arrange the Liberty Meetings to send delegates to the Annual Meeting in Chicago, September 17. Mr. Edwin Still, chairman, and four dollar donations were received. CHICAGO READY FOR COLORED WORLD DEMOCRACY CONVENTION Sessions to Be Held in Olivet Baptist Church—Mrs. W. B. W. Barnett Heads Large Committee of Welcome. Chicago, Ill., Sept. 12.—Extensive preparations, evidencing a lively and earnest interest on the part of mem- We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness during our sad bereavement in the loss of our husband and son. Diamond Square Temple. Lenora Burton Royalhouse past and present princesses, Emilie Leral Tab. No. 19, Princess Osell Chapter No. 59, Stewardess' Board A. M. E. church, Evening Star Temple No. 4, Palestine Guards, Taborian Band, and friends for beautiful floral offerings. OF A POUND LOAF OF BREAD IO CENTS 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 16 1917 FIRST HALF 1917 LAST HALF 1918 FIRST HALF this 6 per cent, however, is included the cost of the containers (bags, sacks, etc.), shown as dotted area, which has increased very nearly in proportion to the price of bread itself. Bags now cost about 50 per cent more than in 1913 and 1914. The shaded portion of the column represents the expense of distributing the flour, making it into bread and getting the loaf to the consumer. The chart shows that the farmer is now receiving a much larger share of the final price for his product than in the past, and that a considerable amount of "spread" has been taken out of other expenses. bers of the Colored race in this city are being made here to welcome delegates to the national race convention to be opened on Tuesday of next week. The meetings will last three days, September 17 to 19, inclusive, and constitute the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Equal Rights League, the organization which protested the Brownsville soldier discharge and the segregation of Colored clerks at Washington. The official call of the convention invites the Colored citizens of the nation to a national conference on plans to include the cause of justice for the race in the final settlement of the world war. The sessions will be held in the Olivet Baptist Church, 27th and Dearborn streets, with a public meeting each night. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, president of the Negro Fellowship League, is chairman of a large local committee of welcome. Rev. Byron Gunner of Hillburn, N. Y., is president. Delegates are expected from many states. COMFORT COMMITTEE Washington, Sept. 12.—On receiving advice from Charles W. Turner, representative of the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort committee at Anderson, Ind., that the wife of a Colored soldier there was ill and in need, the committee promptly sent its check for a sum to take care of her immediate wants. It is this prompt responding to calls for aid that is winning confidence for this organization. CARD OF THANKS MRS, C. G. HUSTON, MRS, JACKSON, MR. AND MRS. HUSTON, DELA HUSTON. Lincoln News CLYDE MALONE 60ES TO OFFICERS' TRAINING CAMP Mr. Clyde Malone, one of Lincoln's prominent young men, and also the president of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will leave Thursday for the officers' training camp at Camp Pike, Ark. Mr. Malone is one young man who will be greatly missed by each and everyone who knew him. He has been an ardent worker in church affairs and has ever proven himself an efficient worker in whatever task that was put before him. It is our only hope that he will return as one of our ablest generals. After an amendment the great homes, wishin' years of success beautiful, ye received. Mr reside in Lin. The out-of-present at the or of Mr. and Mrs. Bragg rick of Omahliam Patrick Mrs. Sara 5 o'clock di honor of Mr Scott of Bea and Mr. Roy Robert Job Clyde has always been known to be a promoter of peace and if there is anyone who will go over the top in this crisis he will be the one. Mrs. Robert Johnson was taken very ill Monday evening, but she is much better now. Mrs. Hattie Burch entertained the L. S. S. Kensington club at her home Monday evening. Mr. Clyde Malone was entertained by the choir of the A. M. E. church Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. G. L. Flippin. During the evening a lovely officers' sweaters was presented by the members of the Sunday school and the Allen Endeavorers to Mr. Malone, the presentation speech being made by Mr. J. E. Jeltz, which was responded to by Mr. Malone. Mr. Clyde Malone was entertained by the members of Lebanon Lodge Tuesday evening previous to his departure to the officers' training camp. About seventy-five guests were present last Wednesday evening at the reception given by Miss Flossie Patrick, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. James A. Patrick. Savings MEN'S $5.00 COAT MEN'S SWEATER COATS—Heavy and convertible collars—in such brown, heather, green, mixed, etc. MEN'S UNION SUITS—Fall weight long sleeved—ankle length—only. MEN'S FANCY HOSE—Novelty st special DARNPROOF SOX—6 pairs guara FREE—all for BOYS' BLOUSE BOYS' BLOUSE WAISTS—Good s and attached collars—light and darn BOYS' OVERALLS—Of good materials, in all sizes up to 16 years— GOLD THE STORE THAT SELLS THE D 112 to 122 North 1 Savings for Men BOY'S' BLOUSE WAISTS—Good styles for school wear, with pockets and attached collars—light and dark colors; only 3 for $1 or, each 35c BOY'S' OVERALLS 98c BOY'S' BIB OVERALLS—Of good weight, blue and white striped materials, in all sizes up to 16 years—Special 98c THE STORE THAT SELLS THE BEST FOR JUST A LITTLE LESS 112 to 122 North 10th Street. Lincoln. JOHN BAKER'S POOL and BILLIARD PARLOR Rooms and Taxi Line. 117 E. Front St. Tel. 321 GRAND ISLAND, NEB. The CHAPMAN Drug Store 934 P St., Lincoln Opposite Main Door Post Office Gamers and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and a full line of Druggist Sundries C. D. ENNIS First-Class Rooming House Billard Parlor, Cigars Soft Drinks. —Barber Shop. in Connection— 422½ West Fourth. Tel. 2083 GRAND ISLAND, NEB. HOW TO LOOK YOUR B The Only Way Is THE FRANCO-AMERICAN WAY Miss Flossie M. Patrick and Mae Burdon Resident Retailers and Demonstrators After an evening of much merriment the guests departed for their homes, wishing the happy couple many years of success and happiness. Many beautiful, yet serviceable gifts were received. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick will reside in Lincoln. The out-of-town guests who were present at the reception given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Patrick were Mrs. Bragg of Omaha, Mr. Bert Patrick of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. William Patrick of Aurora. Mrs. Sarah Walker entertained at 5 o'clock dinner last Wednesday in honor of Misses Nondus and Mabel Scott of Beatrice, Miss Frieda Cooley and Mr. Roy White of Richford. Robert Johnson, accompanied by Levi Broomfield of Omaha, spent last Thursday in Lincoln as guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. After having lunch with them they all motored to the fair grounds, where the afternoon was spent enjoying the various features of the State Fair. Mrs. Henry Roberts of Omaha, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jenquenz last week, was also a State Fair visitor. She left for her home Monday morning. Misses Nondus and Mabel Scott departed for their home at Beatrice Friday evening. Mrs. C. B. Frederick and Mrs. J. Hayden Holmes of Omaha, who attended the State Fair last week, also visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. The A. M. E. Pastor's Aid society met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Helen Randall. Mr. Roy White left for his home at Richfield Monday morning. WATCH FOR "THE MENACE" in Next Week's Paper! for Men SWEATERS, $3.98 rope knit ones with large pockets wanted colors as gray, red, tan, -Worth $5.00—Special $3.98 t, ribbed, with soft inside finish— $1.50 rippes in fine lisle—big 50c values— 39c unteed to wear 6 months or 6 pairs $1.20. USES AT 35c styles for school wear, with pockets k colors; only 3 for $1 or, each 35c VERALLS 98c weight, blue and white striped ma- Special 98c & CO. BEST FOR JUST A LITTLE LESS 90th Street, Lincoln. Thoughts Mightier Than Armies. Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or charlots.—Rev. Dr. W. M. Paxton. Our Flags BEAT GERMANY Support EVERY FLAG that opposes Prussianism Eat less of the food Fighters need DENY yourself something WASTE NOTHING UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION K YOUR BEST Instrators. Phone B 1199 THE MONITOR (Continued from Page One.) full of interesting facts and greatly inspired the vast audience. The message brought by Captain Spingarn and eloquently accentuated by Dr. Roman of Nashville, Tenn., who also elicited unstinted applause from the audience that filled Fitzgerald's Auditorium, in which most of the sessions were held, was one fraught with facts of vital import to the race and nation. It was clearly demonstrated at this session that the mantle of the illustrious Dr. Washington has fallen upon Dr. R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee institute. Every time that he spoke he was given the kind of ovation which showed that his leadership is appreciated by the masses of the race and leaders of the race from every section of the country. Hon. Emmett J. Scott, in beginning the symposium on "Winning the War," made one of the best patriotic addresses that has been delivered in this city. Throughout his memorable address he reached his vast audience and aroused a kind of enthusiasm that is needed for the winning of the war. Mr. Scott in his report called attention to the fact that in the first registration 737,626 Negroes were registered out of a total of 9,586,506; that is to say 7.69 per cent of the total registration of June 5, 1917, was composed of Colored men called by the Provost Marshal General's office up to and including July 15, 1918, was 227,541, while the total number called to August 8, 1918, was 311,308. He spoke in detail of what the Colored people of the country are doing to help win the war, mentioning among other things that some forty Colored chaplains are now serving in the National Army along with one thousand Colored officers who have been commissioned as captains, first and second lieutenants in the United States Army and in the Medical Reserve Corps. In his address he said the Negro in the present war for liberty and worldwide democracy was proving to be a noble and inspiring figure. The recent exhibition of independent valor on the part of Negroes in France served to bring anew to the people of this country and the world at large the worth of the Negro as a factor in the productive and protective forces of the republic. Two divisions of Negro troops are now in France with eight combat regiments to be trained in various cantons in the country. He called attention to the authorization by the War Department of the Colored Red Cross Nurses and spoke of the opportunities that are being provided for the technical training of Colored men in many institutions of learning. Among the many distinguished speakers and visitors were Judge Robt. Terrell, Dr. George E. Haynes, Director of Negro Economics of the Department of Labor; Mrs. Booker T. Washington, A. U. Craig, of the Food Administration; T. M. Campbell, District Agent of the Extension Work in Albania; Dr. J. W. E. Bowens, Prof. W. T. B. Williams, C. C. Spaulding, and a number of Bishops and Major J. T. Tandy, the noted architect. LA GRANGE. TEXAS A great many people have left here for points north and south to pick cotton and do other work. Mr. Willie Allen left last week for Oklahoma; Mr. Earnest Poole and family are in East Bernard. Prof. and Mrs. George T. Ware, Winchester, were in towan Saturday on business. Mrs. Helen Lafond, Schulenburg, is spending a few days with Mrs. L. E. Moore. Professors I. C. and W. P. Palmer and their sisters, Misses Virgie and Laona, were in town during the week Prof. Prince, Oakland, spent a day here last week. Mr. Rufus Johnson and Miss Ida Dodson, both of this place, were united in matrimony last Thursday. Mr. W. R. Hall and family have moved to San Antonio. Rev. S. A. Tillman spent last week at St. Louis in attendance upon the session of the National Baptist convention. Rev. Mrs. W. M. White returned last week from an extended trip to Yorkum. Rev. G. L. Mills was on hand and held regular monthly services Sunday at the St. Paul A. M. E. church. The church has very recently had electric lights put in. Rev. Wm. White preached at Ellinger Sunday. Mr. Samuel B. Tillman, son of the Rev. S. A. Tillman, is very sick at Camp Travis from having undergone an operation. We pray for his speedy recovery. Sick: Mesdames Julia King, Anna Moten. Mrs. L. E. Moore, who has been sick, is able to be up again. WATCH FOR "THE MENACE" in Next Week's Paper! War for Liberty. SECURITY LEAGUE AROUSES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Its Great Campaign of "Patriotism Through Education" Being Pushed in All States With Signal Success. The great campaign of "Patriotism Through Education," inaugurated several months ago by the National Security League to arouse the people of the country to a realization of the true meanings of the war and at the same time lay the foundations for a permanent system of patriotic education in the public schools, has now been extended into nearly every state in the Union. The League is rapidly completing arrangements, through the various organized educational agencies of the country, by means of which its message of militant patriotism will be carried into every nook and corner of the land. This effort of the National Security League, which has the endorsement of all the leading American educational authorities and has enlisted the active cooperation of educators of prominence in every part of the country, is being promoted under the direction of a notable committee, headed by Dr. Robert M. McElroy of the Department of History and Politics in Princeton University, who is serving as Educational Director of the National Security League under leave of absence, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland), is Secretary of the committee. The Security League's objective is, in addition to giving exact information on the meanings of the war and its causes, to create a more responsive American citizenship through the medium of better methods of permanent patriotic instruction in the public schools. Twenty-eight Tons of Literature. In order to reach the greatest number of public school teachers direct, the League conducted classes in patriotic education and distributed its literature giving practical suggestions on patriotic instruction at 254 of the principal Summer Schools for Teachers throughout the country during the past few weeks. The literature distributed by the League as the result of the work at these schools has reached a bulk of 28 tons. The League estimates that it obtained immediate contact with approximately 200,000 public school teachers, who will carry the message home to classes totalling over 2,500,000 pupils. The Security League is now preparing to follow up these results with a definite plan of organized promotion among the Teachers' Institutes held in the various states every fall and unfied direction of the spreading of the propaganda in the separate states. The methods followed in the different states vary according to local conditions and facilities. In some states the direct co-operation of the State Departments of Education has already been obtained by the Security League. In other states the propaganda is handled through the County Superintendents, State Universities and by sending workers into the state from the headquarters of the League. Some of the more prominent educators of the country who are actively engaged in the promotion of the Security League's idea are: Dr. C. A. Richmond, President of Union College; Albert Shiels, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles; Dr. M. F. Libby, of the University of Colorado; Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey, arboricultural and horticultural expert and author. Examples of Operation. An example of the operation of the plan under state supervision is given in Minnesota, where State Superintendent of Education Schulz prepared the itinerary to be followed by Dr. William A. Frayer, of the University of Michigan, in charge of the work in that state for the Security League. In Colorado Dr. Libby found it more effective and convenient to work directly with the County Superintendents, but this with the heartiest approval of the State Superintendent and the Governor. An important division of the campaign is being devoted to negro teachers and schools. Among the men who have been conducting the patriotic missionary work in this field for the Security League are: Dr. Holland Thompson, of the College of the City of New York; Dr. L. B. Moore, Dean of Howard University; Dr. Isaac J. Lansing, of Ridgewood, N. J.; Dr. M. S. Davage, President of Samuel Houston College. They have delivered patriotic addresses and conducted actual classes for teachers in the Negro Summer Schools of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Dean Moore, himself a negro, has obtained the organization of more than 400 patriotic education classes among negro adults in Louisiana and Mississippi. Laboratory Experiments. The Security League also has in operation at Lawrence, Mass., in co-operation with the local educational authorities, an Experimental School, at which methods of patriotic instruction are being worked out on the laboratory plan. The League is about to establish a similar school under the auspices of the State Department of Education of California at Los Angeles. Examples of Operation. Among the Churches J. H. Russell & Co. UNDERTAKERS 1914 Cuming Street QUICK ACTION PRICES We are offering unheard of values in Men's and Boys' Clothing. and in Ladies' Suits, Coats, Dresses and Waists. Great bargains in Children's Clothing and Shoes. Men, Women AND Children NEWS OF MOUNT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor. Services were good Sunday, with additions to the church. Speedy Lewis and Miss Mary M. COLORED YANK CAPTURES HUN MAJOR Paris, Sept. 7.—In the neighborhood of Chateau-Thierry Dr. C. C. Burlingame, assistant chief surgeon of the American Red Cross, saw a Negro soldier marching proudly behind a German major. He had transferred his pack to the major's back and the major's monocle to his own eye. As he passed the surgeon the Negro called out: "Look yere, cap'n, what dis yere nigger done got!" (If this soldier was from away down South he probably used the language attributed to him, but if he hailed from another section he probably used as good English as the reporter who sends this interesting story. The average American reporter has the faculty of attempting to J. H. Russell UNDERTAK 1914 Cuming Successors to Banks & Wilks QUICK ACTION TO CLEAN UP ALL SUMMER S We are offering unheard of values in and in Ladies' Suits, Coats, Dresses and Y Children's Clothing and Shoes. J. H. Helphand C 314-16 North 16th Street. OUT OF THE BERNST Outfitters Men, Women BIG SPECIAL Friday and Satu Don't Fail to se New Fall Ser DRESSES Silk and Serge Dresses in all the newest styles and colors. All absolutely this season's latest sensations. Come in and see them— Values Up to $25.00. Serges, Poplins and Gabardines, in new fall suitings of the latest colors; very newest styles, also very nifty models. See these— $19.95 MEN'S SUITS Special Men's Suits in fancy Cascimere and Worsted effects, all in latest fall styles, up from $12.45 --- Perries were married Monday, September 9, by Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, at 2308 Twenty-ninth street. Mrs. E. W. Smith has returned from Des Moines and reports having had a delightful time. Barbeque meat and vegetable dinner will be served at the church September 14 for the benefit of the church. Public invited. put Southern dialect in the mouth of every Colored American. This Yank made a good capture.—Ed) ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH The forty-third annual Kansas conference will convene in this church Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. The sermon will be given by the Rev. B. R. Ross, followed by the Holy Communion. The Rt. Rev. H. B. Parks, D. D., will preside at all sessions. The conference will close Sunday night. About 100 delegates, clerical and lay, will be present. J. H. Russell & Co. have succeeded the undertaking firm of Banks & Wilks, at 1914 Cuming street. Russell & Co. TAKERS Clothing Street Vilks NON PRICES HUMER STOCKS AT ONCE Values in Men's and Boys' Clothing. Clothes and Waists. Great bargains in Clothing Co. OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT TEIN'S ers For n AND Children MALS FOR saturday Only to see these Sensations COATS Plush Coats of the very la- est materials and latest designs, values up to $40. Very spe- cial— $14.95 SHOES One fine lot of Ladies' Shoes, in ivory, grey, black and white, with full French Louis heels and new vamps; regular $12 values; very special— $5.95 A wonderful assortment of new fall Hats in Sailors and trimmed effects. We have picked some very striking styles to sell at from only $4.25 Up Painless Extraction Have those old teeth removed and protect your health. Any number of teeth can be replaced by a plate or bridge, made to look natural. Consultation Free. Dr. P. W. Sawyer DENTIST Phone Doug. 7150. 220 S. 13th St. 13th and Farnam Sts. Ladies Wanted! A good Chiropodist in every modern Hairdressing Parlor will add greatly to your business and give comfort to your patrons. For terms address MRS. STEWART. Chiropodist and Food Specialist. 623 W. Broadway. Council Bluffs Tell Black 3913. MADAME HENDERSON MADAME HENDERSON HAIRDRESSER and MANICURIST Agent for the Celebrated Madame Walker Preparations. The Walker Method Taught. Diplomas Granted. Phone Webster 1489 2304 N. 25th St. Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Dollie Crawford The Poro Hair Culturist MRS. DONNE CRAWford The Poro Hair Culturist Will positively grow the Hair, regardless of condition of Hair or Scalp. Real Poro Treatment is all you need. Poro System Taught. She also makes all kinds of Crocheting and Tatting. Work for sale. For information PhoneWebster 1332. See Her at 3333 Emmett St. Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE B. Robinson, Manager 1904 No. 24th St. Webster 386 Omaha, Neb. TUCHMAN BROS. 24th and Lake Street Branch. GROCERIES, MEATS BAKERY The Jones Poro Culture College Positively Grows the Hair FORMULATED 1900 "PORO" HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amelia Tarabo Malton ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP; GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF ROW ADOPTED JUNE 1935 NET WT. 2 OZ. PRICE 50 CENTS Try our scientific method of treating the scalp. We positively grow hair or money generated. 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. IT is a great pleasure for the boys in camp to receive letters from home; therefore relatives and friends should write them frequently. It is a pleasure, too, for the home folks—and we who remain behind are all the home folks these days—to read letters from our boys who are in military service. We all like to hear from them. Here are a few letters from some of "our boys" who are "over there" and over here. Leo T. Crockett left Omaha for Chicago about five years ago. He enlisted in the famous Eighth Illinois regiment, which is the only regiment commanded by Colored officers from the colonel down. It was among the first to be mustered into the federal service and sent overseas, and therefore among the first to smell powder over there. Leo's letter is brief, but shows that he still thinks of his Omaha friends. Crockett Thinks of Omaha Friends An Activity Session with the On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Forces, August 13, 1918. Dear Father Williams: Please excuse me for not writing sooner. I am well and feeling fine, and hope you are the same. This is a beautiful place and the buildings are rather old, dating as far back as 1721. The only churches I have seen here are Catholic. How are the Misses Bell and Singleton, and Mrs. Wade, also Andrew Williams, Bell and Guy Robbins? What is Guy's address? Also how are Mrs. Lacour and her daughter Margaret? What is their address? Give my best regards to Mrs. Williams and all inquiring friends. Wills truly, LEO T. CROCKETT, Medical Department, 370th Infantry, U. S. A., A. E. Forces, France. Andrew Reed on Historic Ground Somewhere in France August 8. 1918. My Dear Father Williams: Just a line from one who is trying to do his bit far across the sea, where great nations are struggling on the battlefields where history's most prominent warriors, such as Napoleon and Charlemagne, have covered with tread of many feet. France is beautiful even in its devastated state. The people are hospitable and cheerful yet. Our troops are doing their share to keep the Hun on the run, and when the smoke of this gigantic struggle is over and everything is again tranquil we shall then return home, the pride of all whom we left behind, for never did a braver set of men set foot in battle. Lieutenants Turner and Madison, whom I saw lately, are well. Lieutenant Brannon is a member of my battalion and he sends his regards to all. Remember me to your family and drop me a line as often as you like, for I certainly will appreciate it. I close now, as I have the guard to inspect. Hoping to hear from you soon, I beg to remain yours sincerely, ANDREW T. REED, Lieutenant Company K, 368th Infantry, A. E. F., France, via New York. Edward ("Eddie") Turner Writes His Mother A. E. F., France, August 15, 1918. My Dear Mother: I am quite well. Nothing to complain of. I really believe this climate in France agrees with me. My thoughts are of you and Avella at all times, and, of course, I do not forget Earl. At the time of writing this letter we are under the sound of the guns and by the time you get it we will have had several fights. The men are in fine spirits and eager to fight. We have no fear of the ultimate end. We put our trust in 'God, and you know without Him we are nothing. I know you are praying for me. Your prayers have thus far been answered and I believe that I will return safely home. I have everything that is needed, consequently no complaints. I have so many things to tell you. I can assure you that conditions are fine; that our soldiers are well taken care of. We keep them in the best of condition. Tell Earl he must take good care of himself so if called upon he will not shirk his duty. Now, mother dear, tell all inquiring friends I send my best regards and hope to be with you soon. I will write again soon, but please answer as soon as possible. This is the proper way to address my mail: EDWARD TURNER, First Lieutenant, 366th Infantry, A. E. F., France, A. P. O., 766. Dear Father Williams: Well, Father, all boys from Omaha are just getting along fine and hold the best record in deportment of all the companies down here. Our lieutenant lectured to us today and said that he was actually surprised at the deportment we boys had and such excellent THE MONITOR The punishment given here for misbehavior is on the rock pile from ten to twenty days, and he said that he did not want a boy in his company to have to go to the rock pile. We all had our inoculation yesterday and all stood it well. No one has gotten sick over it. We all were elated over the excellent address that you gave us at the courthouse and we will never forget it, also the fine address given us by Mayor Smith, and one thing in particular he said, "Guard your health," and that it what we are trying to do. I believe that is all for this time. I have nine subscribers for The Monitor per week. I told them they would pay 5 cents a week. If that is right notify me at once. Yours truly. PVT. CECIL B. WILKES, Casual Company 101, 162d Depot Brigade, Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark. Rufus Long Is Company Clerk Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., September 7, 1918. Rev. John Albert Williams: Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your kind letter of welcome, and I sincerely appreciate your interest in my military success, whether it be small or large. I trust that your forecast of my triumphant return has not been exaggerated. I am glad to know that here is some one in Omaha who is praying for me besides my wife and relatives. If we need any one thing more than another it is the prayers of the folks at home. The boys were royally entertained all along the route from Omaha to Camp Pike. We were especially entertained by the Red Cross in both Van Buren and Fort Smith, Ark. We arrived in Camp Pike about 1 a. m. Saturday, August 24. A large number of the Omaha boys are in my company and the rest of them are in Company 102. We have been through all the elements of our induction into the army except the three required inoculations (or "shots"), of which we have received one. That we received last Sunday and we are all doing fine. I am acting company clerk and Frank Blackwell is acting mail sergeant. We are located about eight miles from Camp Pipe proper in what is called Tent Camp No. 2. There are about 6,000 Colored boys here and they are mostly all from the South. Hoping these few lines will give some idea of how we are getting along, I take pleasure in remaining sincerely yours, R. C. LONG, Casual Company 101. 162d. Depot casual Company 101, 162d Depot Brigade. POTATOES UNFIT FOR FOOD CANT BE SOLD OR SHIPPED Potatoes cannot be shipped that are unfit for human food, according to a recent ruling of Gurdon W. Wattles, Nebraska food administrator, and in commercial potato growing districts the spuds must be sorted and graded according to government grades. There is nothing to prevent the shipment of potatoes that do not come up to the government grades, but unfit potatoes are barred from shipment. All licensed dealers must see that potatoes are fit before they deal in them. CLASSIFIED ADS 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. DRUG STORES THE PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE Douglas 1446. 109 South 14th St. ADAMS HAIGHT DRUG CO., 24th and Lake; 24th and Fort, Omaha, Neb. 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. MARKETS DEEP WATER FISH MARKET Webster 3943. 1409½ N. 24th St. Dr. Earnest E. Graves DENTISTRY 242 North 10th Street Telephone L 5263 LINGOLN, NEB behavior. LODGE DIRECTORY F. & A. A., York Rite, 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 note. Wm. Bridges, W. M.; J. E. Johnson, secretary; H. C. Watts treasurer. 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. Lodge rooms at 24th and Charles streets. Vacant two nights each week. Persons wanting to rent same, call Allen Jones, rental agent, Webster 1100. Classified Advertising RATES—1½ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should accompany advertisement. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Furnished Rooms—Neatly furnished rooms in a strictly modern home; one-half block off car line. Tel. Web. 4983. 1516 North 16th. For Rent—A nice six-room house partly modern, furnished, to a desirable couple for the care. Call Webster 4409.—Adv. For Rent.—Four rooms furnished or unfurnished, 2624 North 25th St. Phone Webster 5560. FURNISHED rooms for rent; strictly modern. Res. 2212 Seward. Tel. Web. 3733. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. W. Harvell. Webster 4760. FOR RENT — Furnished rooms, 1549 N. 17th st. Web. 5230. Floyd Carlton. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, all modern. 2706 Parker st. Web. 1250. Nicely furnished rooms. Phone Webster 2941. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms. Phone South 1981. Residence 4814 South 25th st. Mrs. Sadie Moberly. Two furnished rooms, 2415 Indiana avenue. Tyler 3399-W. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light. On Dodge and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Ann Banks, 924 North 20th st. Doug. 4375. Furnished room for gentleman. Mrs. E. M. Wright, 2620 Buddette St. Web. 5543. Furnished room; strictly modern; gentleman only. Mrs. M. Murray, 2714 North 25th St. Web. 979. For Rent—Two furnished rooms, strictly modern, 1923 North 27th St. Webster 3150. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms. 2320 North 28th Ave. Phone Webster 2058. Neatly furnished rooms a private home. Modern except heat. Men only. Webster 1760. Neatly furnished rooms, 1842 North 27th St. Call Webster 2812. First-class modern furnished rooms. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. Bargain Basement WE are better prepared than ever to cater to your wants with enormous stocks, purchased months and months ago, we are able now to quote lower prices than could otherwise prevail. Buy now is the earnest advice we give to you—because later on prices will surely be higher. Brandeis Stores NORTH SIDE BOOSTERS Sergt.-Major E. W. Killingsworth At O. T. Camp Pike, Ark. The Alamo Barber Shop The best equipped shop the city. Baths, plain and s KILLINGSWOR R. D. Jack amo Barber Shop and Pocket Billiard best equipped shop in the state. Leading Baths, plain and shower. Cultured barbe KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE, Props. R. D. Jackson, Foreman. The Alamo Barber Shop and Pocket Billiard Parlor Phone Webster 5784. Special Showing of N Fall Millinery will find that our freshly unpacked assortments, w ed from New York, are large enough to satisfy taste. Each hat represents a new expression in Best Attention Given to All. We Make and Retrim to Suit the Customer. C. ZUCKER Special Show Fall M You will find that our fresh just arrived from New York, a discerning taste. Each hat repre Best Attent We Make and Retr C. ZU Special Showing of New Fall Millinery You will find that our freshly unpacked assortments, which have just arrived from New York, are large enough to satisfy the most discerning taste. Each hat represents a new expression in millinery. C. ZUCKER THE RELLIABLE MILLINER Latest Creations at Popular Prices. 1615-17 North 24th Street. PEOPLES' CLE LES' CLEANERS and D PEOPLES' CLEANERS and DYERS Work Called for and Delivered. FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. Give Us a Trial. PATRONIZE US BECAUSE WE PATRONIZE 2416 Erskine Street. Phone Webs A. F. PEOPLES Painting, Paperblowing and Decorating NIZE US BECAUSE WE PATRONIZE kine Street. Phone Webs A. F. PEOPLES PATRONIZE US BECAUSE WE PATRONIZE YOU 2416 Erskine Street. Phone Webster 2991. A. F. PEOPLES Painting, Paperhanging and Decorating. Estimates Furnished Free. All Work Guaranteed. 4827 Erskine Street. Phone Walnut 2111. THE SLAUGHTER SYSTEM for beautiful hair Guaranteed to Grow Hair in SIX TREATMENTS or money refunded. SYSTEM and BEAUTIFIER sold everywhere. Write for particulars about the System. LLYRA HAIR BEAUTIFIER 50 cents per box, 4 cents postage. Agents Wanted. THE SLAUGHTER SYSTEM MNFG. CO. 2001 Lawton Avenue - - - St. Louis, Missouri PETER M. R. C. Price At Home on the Job Pocket Billiard Parlor the state. Leading shop of Cultured barbers. PRICE, Props. Foreman. 2416 North 24th Street. ing of New minery locked assortments, which have enough to satisfy the most new expression in millinery. n to All. it the Customer. KER RS and DYERS WE PATRONIZE YOU Phone Webster 2991. AND 7 Webster 2556 GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 ---BUY A HOME--- r 24th and Lake Sts. Don't Fail to See the Great Serial "HANDS UP" Coming to the Diamond Soon. Sunday WM. S. HART In a five-reel feature. AT THE Franklin 24th and Franklin Streets FRIDAY— "THE ALMIGHTY DOL- LAR" SATURDAY— Cleo Madison in "FLAME OF THE WEST" Constance Talmadge in "THE HONEYMOON" Alhambra 24th and Parker. SEE YOUR FAVORITE PICTURES HERE ALL WEEK. Phones: Office, Doug. 7812. Res. Webster 6231 Office Hours: 10 to 12 a. m., 3 to 5 P. M., 6 to 7 p. m. DR. L. E. BRITT PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office N. W. Cor. 13th and Farnam Over Pope's Drug Store Entrance 220 So. 13th Street Res. 2519 Maple St. Omaha, Neb. G. W. HOLMES TONSORIAL PARLOR First class Shaving and Hair Cutting. Try Our Electric Clippers. 1832 North 24th St. GOOD GROC C. P. WESIN Also Fresh Fr 2005 Cuming St. ---BUY A Five-room house, 3219 North 26th Ave., $1,800; $100 cash and $18.00 per month; large lot with garage. Ten-room modern house on 22d and Charles Sts., $3,500; easy terms. Two four-room cottages, 1832- 34 North 22d St., $2,800; $200 G. B. R REAL ESTATE, RENTALS, F Phone Douglas 2 ```markdown ``` Special!!! Axminster Rugs We have a number of Axminster Rugs in unusual sizes that are not quite up to grade, shaded or slightly mismatched, only noticeable when pointed out. PRICES SAVE ONE-THIRD 3-9x10-6 Axminsters for $11.50 4-6x9 Axminsters for $13.50 Linoleum Remnants Small pieces suitable for covering cupboards or for mats under stoves, etc. Both printed and inlaid qualities are shown priced by the piece at 15c,25c,50c Larger Pieces from 2 square yards to $2 \frac{1}{2}$ square yards at 75c to $1.50 ROOM SIZE REMNANTS of slightly damaged printed linoleum that sells regularly at $1.00 per yard, on sale, per square yard..... 60c Orchard & Wilhelm Co. Webster 4443. FOR BOOKS, BIBLES and STATIONERY Patronize the New American Book Store General Agents for Colored Papers The Indianapolis Ledger. MRS. NELSON, Secretary. 2516 Q St. Phone So. 2100 K. & M. Grocery Co. Successor to H. E. YOUNG We solicit your patronage. 2114-16 North 24th St. SOL. LEWIS JEWELER Fine Watch Repairing and Diamond Setting. Vietrolas and Grafonolas. Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted With a Guarantee DR. A. B. TARBOY, OPTICIAN 20 Years with the Omaha Optical School. Web. 2042. Cor. 24th and Parker Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE We Deliver Anywhere. Webster 386. Omaha. Neb. NEXT WEEK "The Menace," by Fred C. Williams. Watch for it! RIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 HOME--- cash and $25.00 monthly; now renting for $28.00 a month with barn. Three-room cottage, large lot, close to car, 3212 Pinkney St.; $1,000; very easy terms. Six-room modern house at 2428 Lake St., $3,000; easy terms. OBBINS 2 AND TORNADO INSURANCE 2 or Webster 5519 TRE MONITOR Events and Persons Events and Persons Mr. William Snell, well known for his past splendid entertainments, is preparing to surprise the lovers of amusement with something new and something real. We know it will be good, for Mr. Snell has established an enviable reputation for his pleasant occasions. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. With or without board. 1516 North 16th. Tel. Webster 4983. You will find some very exceptional good values at Bernstein's store this week, on Sixteenth, between Dodge and Douglas streets. Don't fail to visit this store some time during the coming week. Say, have you ever attended the Girls' Beauty club dance? Then attend Tuesday, September 17, at U. B. F. and S. M. T. hall, Twenty-fourth and Parker streets. The White Star Social club will give its first social entertainment at the home of Mr. William Bailey, 2304 North Twenty-ninth street, Saturday evening, September 14.--Adv. Boost! Boost! Boost for The Monitor! Send in your subscription at once. If you want to start something start tv doing business with me. Williamson the Druggist, 2306 North 24th st. Tel. Web. 4443. Mrs. Bell of 2620 Grant street was taken to the University hospital to undergo a slight operation. Miss Marie Hueston of 2864 Grant street returned home after a few weeks' visit at Aurora and Lincoln. She reports a splendid trip. Meet me at the Girls' Beauty club dance without fail, at U. B. F. and S. M. T. hall, Twenty-fourth and Parker streets, Tuesday, September 17. We will all be there. Don't forget Webster 4443 when you want ice cream or something in the drug line. Mr. John Woods is interned at the Methodist hospital during the week to undergo a slight operation, caused by a football accident of previous years. Mr. Woods expects to be in army service soon. The one big event of the season is the Girls' Beauty club dance at U. B. F. and S. M. T. hall, Tuesday, September 17. Mrs. Robert Bohanan has left for Muskogee, Okla, for a brief stay with relatives and friends. Mrs. J. L. Betts of 2526 Lake street has returned home from a visit at Kansas City, where she also attended the session of the Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern furnished rooms for man and wife or for men. 2417 Caldwell. Mrs. G. Holmes. Don't forget the Girls' Beauty club dance Tuesday, September 17, at U. B. T. and S. M. T. hall, Twenty-fourth and Parker streets. Mr. G. W. Holmes of Des Moines, Ia., has opened a first-class tonsorial parlor at Twenty-fourth and Parker streets. His is the only Colored shop in the city equipped with electric clippers. Mr. Holmes is a first-class artist in his line and deserves your patronage. Mr. Wells of the Wells & Norman garment factory is establishing a fine business at Twenty-fourth and Hamilton streets. Mr. Wells is a finished tailor from Tuskegee and is engaged in the manufacture of ladies' garments, for which he finds a ready sale for all he can make. Every lady should see him. Mr. Henry W. Williams is introducing the old revised Webster Spelling Book, and it is very much sought after. Mr. Williams is the only man to introduce cotton raising to this western country. This you will find in his garden at Twenty-seventh and Erskine streets. Mr. James Eastlin was suddenly called to Chicago last week on account of the death of his mother. Mrs. Anna Johnson of Buxton, Ia., who has been visiting her brother, L. L. Gaines, 2726 Blondo street, left for home on Wednesday, after a very pleasant stay. Mr. Henry Leland, one of our most enterprising young real estate owners, is making extensive improvements and enlarging his beautiful home at Thirtieth and Burdette streets. Mrs. Clara Rogers has returned from St. Louis, where she took the Poro course and is now ready for business. Mr. J. H. Broomfield returned Mon- E. A. Williamson DRUGGIST Competent and Reliable 2306 North 24th St. Webster 4443 day by train from Kansas City, where he went by auto with a party a week ago. He reports a pleasant trip. Mrs. M. C. Stephenson of North Twenty-fifth street, who has been quite ill, is much improved. Watch for the special article by Fred C. Williams in next week's issue on "The Menace." The Executive Committee of the Douglas Republican League will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock in St. Philip's Guild rooms. Why not study French with R. L. Desdunes? Conversational method. 2215 North Twenty-fifth street. Adv. H. L. ("B. & M.") Brown, who underwent an operation at the Methodist hospital, is home again doing nicely. The Negro Women's Christian Association will meet at the home next Wednesday. All members requested to be present. My office number is now 111 South 14th street, and phone changed to Douglas 2421. Same phone as Dr. Hutten. Dr. C. H. Singleton. Prof. R. J. Jackson, superintendent of music, accompanied by his wife, spent several days in the city the past week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bentley. Several entertainments were given in their honor. Miss Hazle Hall of 2824 Douglas street entertained Prof. and Mrs. Jackson at breakfast Sunday morning. Covers were laid for eight. Among those present were Mrs. Zylpha Phonix and Mrs. Commodore Swanson. Their chorus sang at Calvary Baptist church, 25th and Hamilton streets, Sunday evening, then left for home. To My Customers and Friends: I will continue to take morning engagements for hair work. I will be pleased to greet old and new. Manicure patrons afternoons and evenings at Jenkins' barber shop, corner 24th and Burdette. Tel. Webster 2095, office. Madame Henderson, Webster 1489, residence. Furnished rooms. Strictly modern. 2705 Douglas street. Harney 6829. Mrs. I. Falls. Do your trading at the Philip's Department Store, South Side, and save money. A trial will cqnvince you. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. Two Colored women were chosen as delegates to the New York republican convention and two as alternates. The delegates were Dr. Gertrude E. Curtis of the Nineteenth district, and Mrs. Laura . Fisher, of the Twentieth. —The Crisis. WELLS & NORMAN Garment and Hair Factory All kinds of fancy ladies' garments made to order. First class line of hair goods. Lessons taught in hair manufacturing. Old wigs made new. Send us your combings. 1409 N. 24th. Web. 3943. PHILIP'S 4935- PHILIP'S DEPARTMENT STORE --- 4935-37-39 South 24th St., South Side The Fastest Growing Store in Omaha---Watch Us Grow AS THE DAY GOES BY, more men, women and children are realizing that there is no time like the present to prepare for the future. With thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in this store, bought at prices which prevailed months and months ago, we are now able to lend a helping hand at a time when economy means more than it has ever meant at this age. And when it is backed up by the right merchandise at the right prices, you should not hesitate one instant. NOTICE NOTICE. South Side Notes Mrs. Robert Starnes returned Monday from Kansas City, where she attended the grand session of the Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem. She reports a delightful time and that she found our people there very hospitable. Mr. R. L. Woodward left Tuesday evening for Excelsior Springs, Mo., for his health. We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathies shown us during the illness and death of our beloved grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte Drumgoal, who died Friday, September 6, at 10:30. She was born in Murfreesborough, Tenn., November, 1814, and died at the home of her grandson, Harry C. Garner. She was 104 years old and is survived by two grandchildren and one great-grandson. We wish also to thank employees FLOWERS OCCA Alfred D (Establis Phone Douglas 1001. "SAY IT WIT South Side Hair FLOWERS FOR OCCASIONS fred Donagh (Established 1866) 1001. 1622 "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" Side Hair Dressing FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Phone Douglas 1001. 1622 Harney Street. "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" MRS. POLK JONES, Proprietor. HAIR AND SCAA Uses Mme. South and John Growing GIVE US 1927 South 25th St., South Si Busy Bee Cafe GOOD HOME COOKING MIR AND SCALP SPECIAL South and Johnson's Wonder Growing System. GIVE US A TRIAL. St., South Side. Tele Uses Mmes. South and Johnson's Wonderful Magic Hair Growing System. 1927 South 25th St., South Side. Telephone So. 1126. Meals at All Hours. Baths 25c EAT AND BE CLEAN Elizabeth Clark, Prop. Telephone So. 2793 4917 So. 26th St. So. Side. MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. DEPARTMEN 37-39 South 24th St., South Rowing Store in Omaha--- TMENT S n St., South Side Omaha---Watch Us Is The Best Advice of Armour's loading dock for beautiful floral offerings.—Mrs. Clara Golf of Kansas City; Mr. Harry C. Garner of Omaha. Mrs. Frankie Redd returned home Sunday from the hospital. She is doing nicely. We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown during the sickness and death of our beloved mother, Tempy Irvin. We also extend thanks to the pastor of Allen chapel, A. M. E. church, and Golden Rule No. 35 for their service. We also extend thanks for the many floral offerings. —Mrs. P. Jefferson and Family. We wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to Rev. T. A. Taggart and the members of B. B. church for their kindness and sympathy shown in the recent death of our mother., Tempy Irvin; also for their floral offerings.—Mrs. P. Jefferson and Family. FOR ALL SIONS Donaghue (ed 1866) 1622 Harney Street. H FLOWERS" Dressing Parlor LP SPECIALIST. son's Wonderful Magic Hair System. A TRIAL. e. Telephone So. 1126. The Moon CAFE GOOD HOME COOKING MEALS AT ANY HOUR 2605 N St. Tel. South 2962 Harry Norman PROMPT Taxi Service AT ALL HOURS Pool Hall and Billiard Perlor in Connection. Phone South 2962 2603 N St. South Omaha. Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 NT STORE Side Watch Us Grow ---