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GROWING, THANK YOU! $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy Colored Troops in Togoland Campaign Interesting Account of the Fighting Which Ended Germany's Dream of African Empire. BLACK MAN'S PART IN WAR Native Author Sends Official Review of African, British and French Action Which Rid the Dark Continent of the Hun. (Copyright by John E. Bruce.) Special 'to The Monitor: OF all the British Possessions the Gold Coast Colony was the first to take an active part in the war. Within a month from the start of hostilities it had carried through a campaign which compelled the surrender of 34,000 square miles of territory under the German flag. Togoland is a wedge of territory on the Gulf of Guinea, sandwiched between the British Gold Coast Colony on the west and French Dahomey on the east. With only thirty miles of seaboard, it widens at a short distance from the sea and extends inland about 350 miles, possessing a total area of a little less than 34,000 square miles, slightly larger than Ireland. On the north it is enclosed by the French territory. The chief port, Lome, is only a few miles from the British port of Kitta, and about 110 miles from Accra, the seat of the Gold Coast Government. Large sums had been expended by the Germans in developing the Colony, in making the port of Lome into a depot for trade; and laying down a railway of about 100 miles to the town of Kamina, almost due north of Lome. They had acted with their usual cruelty towards the Natives of the country, whose rights were totally disregarded, the country being treated as an appanage of the German Empire, whose resources, both commercial and human, were to be employed solely for the advantage and profit of Germany and the Germans. Many complaints of brutal disregard of human life and human rights, and of scandalous outrages of decency by the Germans, officials and others, had issued from the people, but these had been unheard in Europe till German arrogance threatened Europe itself, when it was decided that Germany must be turned out of Africa. There was a special reason for turning them out of Togoland. At Kamina they had erected one of the most powerful wireless installations in the world, with such secrecy that the French authorities in Dahomey were not aware of its existence. It communicated direct with Nauen, near Berlin, and with the German Colonies of Cameron and Southwest Africa, and was no doubt intended to maintain communication between Berlin and German warships and commerce-raiders operating in the Atlantic. The installation had been completed just before the outbreak of the war, and the designer, Baron Codelli, was still in the Colony and was taken prisoner by the British forces. On the declaration of war with France, Major von Doring, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief in Togoland, assuming that Great Britain would remain neutral, made preparations to seize the French possession of Dahomey, but had not committed any hostile act when Great Britain entered into the war on the 4th of August. The German Governor, by instruction from Berlin, then cabled to the Acting Governor of the Gold Coast and to the Governor General of French West Africa, proposing that neutrality should be observed between the European Colonies of the Gold Coast, Togoland and Dahomey, on grounds of humanity and the desirability of maintaining the prestige of the White Races in presence of the Black Races, who might learn dangerous lessons if allowed to take part in a campaign in which White men were opposed to each other, the bulk of the troops engaged being, of necessity, Natives. The proposition was not even answered by the Governor of Dahomey, and on the 6th of August Major von Doring was informed that the British Government could not entertain any such suggestion. On the same day French forces entered the German territory and, meeting with no position, occupied the port of Little Popo (which the German called Anecho), and on the 8th occupied the town of Togo, a few miles inland. On the Gold Coast preparations for hostilities had started at 11 p. m. on (Continued on Page 8) THE MONITOR WESTERN UNION EMPLOYS NEGRO MESSENGERS Colored Lads Replace White as Messengers. Tulaa, Okla., Jan. 23.—The day of miracles has not passed. As a proof of this assertion one has only to behold the Colored messenger boys darting hither and thither on their wheels, delivering and receiving telegraph messages for the Western Union Telegraph Company, regaled in the headgear and other paraphernalia of the local company. And the messages coming in contact with their hands do not seem to be polluted. At first one doubted the truthfulness of his eyes, but the more he looked the more Colored messengers he saw and now they are commonplace. When the first two or three Colored boys were given employment the white lads stated they would not work with "niggers" and as fast as one quit another Race youth was employed, and thus Colored messengers are greatly in the majority now, and from all angles. FAVOR FEDERAL ACTION AGAIST LYNCHING Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 31.—The Houston Post comes out with the Columbia State in a statement of the abundant justification for federal action against lynching in view of the utter-failure of the state to deal effectively with that persistent evil. Nothing shows more plainly the determination of the best thought of this section to crush out this disgrace. TO PROTECT COLORED GIRLS Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 31.—The association for the protection of Colored girls is pushing a vigorous campaign for $5,000 in the Memphis territory to be raised this month. This is a movement in harmony with similar plans by the federal government to safeguard the health and morals of the cities. MOTON VISITS NEGRO TROOPS Head of Tuskegee Institute Finds Conditions Good. Abroad. Paris, Jan. 20.—(By the Associated Press.)—Dr. Robert R. Moton, head of the Tuskegee institute, who recently returned from a 1,000-mile motor trip on a visit to the American Negro troops in Alsace-Lorraine and elsewhere, has reported to the American peace delegation that the condition of these soldiers is satisfactory. Dr. Moton addressed many organizations, urging the Negroes to exercise self-control in France and leave such a reputation that the allies would respect the American Negro because of his character. Dr. Moton came to France at the invitation of President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker, as adviser to the American delegates on African affairs. RECEIVES $1,500 DIAMOND New York, Jan. 26.—Joseph L. Ray of. 702 North Linden street, Bethlehem, Pa., who for more than thirty years has been private caterer to Charles M. Schwab, is sporting a handsome $1,500 diamond, a Christmas present from the well known steel magnate. Mr. Ray will be in charge of Mr. Schwab's private car, Loretto, which will convey Andrew Carnegie's daughter and her husband on their honeymoon trip to California in the near future. UNION LABOR FIGHTING NEGROES Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 30.—White switchmen employed by three roads here—the Illinois Central, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley and St. Louis & San Francisco—joined in a walkout to protest against the employment of Negro switchmen with the white crews in the local terminals. Union leaders declared more than 100 men are on a strike, and it is stated that others may join in the walkout later. Railroad officials declare there has been no serious congestion of freight or interference with the movement of trains as yet. INSPECTOR OF AGRICULTURE Columbia, S. C.,—Mr. J. E. Dickerson has been appointed inspector of agriculture. The Race is very proud of his appointment, as there are only two inspectors in the state. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 1, 1919 P. THE RT. REV. ARTHUR LLEWELLYN WILLIAMS, S. T. D. Third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska, Whose Sudder Death Early Wednesday Morning Has Removed a Lover of Humanity and One of the Most Loyal Friends of Our Race. THE RT. REV. ARTHUR LLEWELLYN WILLIAMS, S. T. D. Third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska, Whose Sudder Death Early Wednesday Morning Has Removed a Lover of Humanity and One of the Most Loyal Friends of Our Race. South Carolina's Brilliant Galaxy of Colored Leaders Concluding Article of the Interesting History of the Negro in National Legislative Halls as Recalled in "Random Recollections of a Half Century," by Col. A. K. McClure, Published Nearly 20 Years Ago in the Washington Post. LAST week's article told the significant story of the rejection of the cultured J. Willis Menard, duly elected member from the Second district of Louisiana, by a Republican Congress from his seat in that body, of Hiram B. Revells' admission two years later, or in February 1870, to the United States Senate and of the entrance the same year of Rainey, of South Carolina, and Long, of Georgia, to the House of Representatives. For thirty years, or until 1900, the race was represented in Congress. Congressman George H. White, just deceased, was the last representative. In his retiring speech he said: "Mark me, sir, the day will come when the Negro will return to these legislative halls and when he returns, he will come to stay." monwealth to some measure of prosperity. With Cardosa were Rainey and Smalls and Nash and Elliott and Purves, who bore an honored Philadelphia name, and Whipper, and Wright, then a supreme judge, and Delaney and Boneman. I met them frequently, and several times in general conference, for every interest with which I was identified would be aided or hindered by good or bad local government. The circle of Negro leaders possessed an unusual measure of intellectual force. Cardosa was thoroughly cultured; Rainey served longer in congress than any other Negro of our history, and maintained himself creditably in point of ability; Elliott was the most brilliant of all, and later startled the country by his reply to Colonel McClure, when he wrote the article here republished, could see no immediate hope of the fulfillment of Congressman White's words. The Monitor, however, ventures the prophecy that within the next five years either Illinois or New York, probably both, will send a member of the race to Congress. In this concluding article we have the story, as told by Colonel McClure, of the Negro in Congress from 1870 to 1900: South Carolina had the most brilliant galaxy of Colored leaders of any state in the south, and the Negro never had such opportunities to prove his ability to exercise high official authority and to vindicate his race. I spent part of the winter of 1870 in Columbia, the capital of the state, for the purpose of completing an air railway line to the south, and I was brought into very close connection with the authorities of the state. The governor was a weak white man—weak in intellect, more than weak in integrity, and the playing of a coterie of spoilsmen. Cardosa, a highly educated Negro and long a minister in Massachusetts, was treasurer of the state, and certainly he meant to use all his efforts to maintain a thoroughly creditable administration, but he had little encouragement from either the whites or the blacks around him. Of all the white state officials Secretary Chamberlain, afterward governor, was the only one who seemed to appreciate the opportunity and the duty to restore a great com- monwealth to some measure of prosperity. With Cardosa were Rainey and Smalls and Nash and Elliott and Purves, who bore an honored Philadelphia name, and Whipper, and Wright, then a supreme judge, and Delaney and Boneman. I met them frequently, and several times in general conference, for every interest with which I was identified would be aided or hindered by good or bad local government. The circle of Negro leaders possessed an unusual measure of intellectual force. Cardosa was thoroughly cultured; Rainey served longer in congress than any other Negro of our history, and maintained himself creditably in point of ability; Elliott was the most brilliant of all, and later startled the country by his reply to Stephens, ex-vice president of the federacy, on the floor of the house, and proved himself a foeman worthy of the steel of the able southern leader; Delaney won college honors in Ohio, and boldly struggled for honest government until the last hope perished, and Boseman who wanted to make a creditable record for his race, finally gave up the battle and nestled down as postmaster of Charleston. True, the environment of these Negro leaders gave little encouragement to those who sought to make the government of South Carolina distinguished as an illustration of the ability and integrity of a Negro ruler. All of them were impoverished, and they soon saw only profligacy and demoralization around them on every side. One by one they faltered and fell, with very rare exceptions, and today four of them are convicts in the criminal records of the state; convicted in their own courts by Negro juries, and some of them are holding department joffices in Washington. They escaped sentence by the peace made in 1877, when the federal authorities and a number of South Carolinians convicted as Kuklux marauders, and one of the United States senators from the state was a fugitive from justice. An unwritten compact was made that the Kuklux convicts and the criminal convicts in the state courts should not be called for sentence, and that Gen. Butler the representative of the Hampton government, whose election to the senate was then contested, should be admitted to the senate. Such in brief is the story of Negro opportunity and Negro failure in South Carolina. Three of these South Carolina Negroes were elected and promptly admitted to the Forty-second congress, viz: Rainey, Elliott and DeLarge. Rainey served five terms in congress, and Elliott, when in his second term, resigned his seat to accept a more lucrative local office. In 1873 John R. Lynch, another prominent Negro, appeared as a member of congress from Mississippi, and was one of seven Negroes in that body. He was elected for three consecutive terms, and I saw the rapidly growing tolerance of the republican leaders for Negro political fellowship very impressively portrayed at the Chicago National convention in 1884. When the chairman of the national committee called the body to order one of the youngest members of the convention rose, and in a speech of singular elegance and force nominated Representative Lynch as temporary chairman. In presenting this nomination the young orator said that it was "a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over the convention one of that race whose right to sit within these walls is due to the blood and treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the republican party. Mr. Lynch was promptly and unanimously elected, and the young orator who thus presented the first Negro to preside over a national convention, and the only one of his race who has ever been in charge of such a body, was Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States. The Forty-fourth congress brought two Negroes into the house who became conspicuous in the political movements of their party. They were Jerry Haroldson, of Alabama, and Robert Smalls of South Carolina. Haroldson's service was brief, but he was long a potent political factor in his state, and gained thrift by his shrewd and always close dealings in the sale of delegations from his state in national conventions. Smalls served six years in congress, and attracted much attention because of his heroic act in the early part of the war, when he took his family in a boat and sailed out of Charleston harbor to join our blockading fleet, after which he rendered very important service to the Union cause. He was one of the Sea Island slaves of South Carolina and very illiterate. He took no part in congressional debate, but was an active, energetic, and in some degree an influential member. He was one of the principal Negro leaders of the state, who made a sad record in the criminal courts, but was saved with others by the universal amnesty of 1877, and has since been rewarded with important federal positions in his state. When congress met in 1879 the entire Negro population in the house had been effaced, and Senator Bruce alone represented his race in the national councils. In the succeeding congress Smalls and Lynch reappeared as representatives, and in the following congress James D. O'Harra, representative from North Carolina, was the only Negro in either branch of the national legislature. He was defeated for re-election to the Fiftieth congress, and no Negro was elected to either house or senate from any other state, thus leaving that congress without a single Negro representative in either branch. In the Fifty-first congress the Negro appeared again in Representative John M. Langston, of Virginia; Thomas F. Miller, of South Carolina, and Henry C. Cheatham, of North Carolina. In the Fifty-second congress Cheatham was the sole representative of the race, as was George W. Murray, of South Carolina, in the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth congresses, and George H. White, of North Carolina, served (Continued on Page 8) WILSON SUMMONS U. S. CONSUL AT MOROCO Paris, Jan. 20.—Maxwell Blake, American Consul General in Morocco, according to the Depeche Marocaine of Tangier, has been summoned to Paris by President Wilson, who wishes to consult him on Moroccan questions. The President's act has brought renewed hope to those who earnestly desire universal peace and know that such a peace is possible only upon the basis of universal justice. If a paper is worth reading it is worth paying for. LIFTING. LIFT. TOO! The Negro and the South After the War Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to Secretary of War, Discusses Conditions That Should Follow the Return of Honorably Discharged Negro Soldiers. ENTITLED TO MAN'S CHANCE Returning Home in No Hostile Spirit, the Negro Soldier Simply Desires Fair Treatment Which America Should Ungrudgingly Grant. TUSKEGEE Institute, Alabama, Jan. 23.—The second day's session of the annual Tuskegee Negro Conference was devoted to a discussion of "Problems Connected with the Demobilization of Negro Soldiers." The principal address before this session of the Conference was delivered by Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, who has been serving in Washington, D. C., since the outbreak of the war, as Special Assistant to the Secretary of War, advising in matters affecting the interests of Colored soldiers and Colored Americans generally. The Tuskegee Negro Conference, the fame of which is now nationwide, was inaugurated by the late Booker T. Washington and meets annually at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute', Tuskegee, Alabama. The Conference has always sought to encourage Negro farmers and the Negro people of the South generally in forward-looking directions. The same policy of helping Colored farmers in practical ways and of seeking to cement friendly relations between the two races in the South has been and is being consistently carried out by Dr. Robert R. Moton, the present Principal of the Institute. In discussing the subject, "The Negro and the South After the War," Dr. Scott took a broad view of the situation and sought to allay and to dissipate the spirit of unrest and apprehension which seems to obtain in the South with reference to the return to this section of discharged Negro soldiers. Incidentally he revealed the plan and policy of the War Department to gradually demobilize the thousands of Negroes in the Army as rapidly as suitable civilian employment can be found for them. Extracts from his address follow: "The Negro and the South After the War." "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war," and the fact that hundreds of thousands if not millions of soldiers must soon be discharged from military service and thus be changed from a military to a civilian status, presents a problem requiring the best thought for its proper handling and solution, and indeed makes the problem of Peace equally if not more complex than the problem of War. At one time during the war, German propagandists would have us believe that the American Negro had neither the inclination nor the ability to efficiently fight under the Stars and Stripes and to fully perform his share of civilian work and military service so essential in the support of our country's program at home and overseas, but the ready response of Negro drafttees to the Selective Service call, the splendid record made by nearly 400,000 Negro soldiers in camps and cantonments at home as well as in the war zone and on bloody battlefields of France, together with the whole-souled support and numerous patriotic activities of Negro-Americans generally, showed how false and unfounded was that thought. Negro Loyalty Proved In this connection, it is both interesting and encouraging to note the testimony by Mr. A. Bruce Bielaski, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and by Captain George B. Lester of the Army Intelligence Service, before the United States Senate Committee, which is investigating the activities of German propagandists in this country. In referring to the efforts that were repeatedly made, to discourage loyalty on the part of the Negroes of this country Captain Lester said: "This propaganda became so serious from the military end that active measures were taken to suppress it. The real leaders of the race in this country were called to a conference in Washington on June 19, 20, 21, 1918. There was a large number of these representative men of the Colored race present, a list of which I have. As a result of the conference, (Continued on Page 2) SATURDAY— Nazimova in "WAR BRIDES" A Super Production. SUNDAY— Norma Talmadge in "SAFETY CURTAIN" Also a Good Western, Diamond 24th and Lake Sts. FRIDAY— "HANDS UP" SATURDAY— "LURE OF CIRCUS" Eddie Polo and Noble Johnson. SUNDAY— BABY MARIE OSBORNE and WM. S. HART. PLEATING BUTTONS HEMSTITCHING EMBROIDERING BRAIDING and BEADING BUTTONHOLES Ideal Button & Pleating Co. Douglas 1936. OMAHA, NEB. 107-109-111 S. 16th St. Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. Open for Business the BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HOTEL Nicely Furnished Steam Heated Rooms, With or Without Board. 523 North 15th St. Omaha, Neb. Phone Tyler 897. DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Res. Colfax 3831. Douglas 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 13th and Farnam AL HAMBRA 24th and Parker. THE HOUSE OF COURTESY 24th and Parker Sts. MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. K. & M. GROCERY CO. We solicit your patronage. 2114-16 North 24th St. Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE We Deliver Anywhere. Webster 386. Omaha, Neb. E. A. NIELSEN UPHOLSTERING Cabinet Making, Furniture Repairing, Mattress Renovating Douglas 864. H1917 Cuming St. Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS --- SQUARE IN NEW YORK NAMED FOR PERSIING International Film Service "Pershing square," New York city, so renamed in honor of our commander in France. The square faces the Grand Central terminal. The photograph shows the new runway into the terminal, which is now nearing completion. Events and Persons Miss Lulu Valazette and Mrs. Effie Pipes are students at the Jones Poro Culture College, 1516 North Twenty-fourth street. N. Jenkins is improving at the Lord Lister hospital and expects to be able to go home next week. He will not be able to resume his accustomed work for several months. ED. F. MORIARTY, Attorney 640 Bee Bldg. Douglas 3841 Mrs. Justine McKinney Cropp of Chicago is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. O. Safford, and her sister, Miss Amelia McKinney. Lunch room for rent. Light, heat and phone free. Hamilton Soft Drink Parlor, 24th and Hamilton. The usual services at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Twenty-first, near Paul street, Sunday. Holy communion at 7:30 and 11 a. m.; Sunday school at 10; evening service at 8 o'clock. When in Chicago, buy The Monitor at Geo. W. Boyd's, 3620 South State street; Hayes' Book Store, 3640 South State street; Mrs. G. H. Dickerson, 16 West 47th street. Robbins & Co., Groceries and Meats. Mrs. Justine Cropp and sister, Amelia McKinney, returned Monday from Glasgow and Kansas City, Mo., where they visited relatives. Rev. M. H. Wilkinson left the city to attend a meeting at Beatrice. He will return Monday. All subscriptions must be paid by February 15th, or paper will be stopped. Mrs. Daisy Thomas Williams went to the Swedish Mission hospital this week for an operation. For moving, expressing and hauling call Douglas 7952. Penn and Sibley. —Adv. Leo McKinney was in Omaha for few hours last week en route to Chi cago. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. With or without board. 15' North 16th. Tel. Webster. 1083 Joe Lewis, the well known taxi man, has just purchased a fine new six Studebaker, closed model. It is the finest car owned by a Colored man in the city. Kitchen range, soft coal heater and base burner, for sale reasonable. Call Colfax 3764.—Adv. D. E. Nichols, 219 North 9th street. Lincoln, wants a reliable barber, also bushelman. Will finish young man in barber trade. Married preferred.—Adv. C. L. Jones, son of Prof. W. W. Jones of Fort Smith, Ark., was a visitor to The Monitor office this week. Mr. Jones is taking a course of law at Kansas university and looking over Omaha as a prospective field for the practice of his profession. BISHOP ARTHUR L WIL- LIAMS DIES SUDDENLY The Rt. Rev. Arthur L. Williams, head of the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska, died suddenly at his home from heart disease early Wednesday morning. He was elected Bishop Coadjutor of the diocese in 1899 and succeeded Bishop Worthington as diocesan in 1908. He was a Canadian by birth, being born at Owen Sound, Ontario, January 30, 1856. SOUTH OMAHA, NEB. The ladies' of Omaha met Sunday afternoon at 29th and T streets for the purpose of completing the organization for a Social Settlement for the Colored children and young people of Omaha. The board was completed THE MONITOR and two committees elected, one the finance committee, the other a committee on By-Laws and Constitution. We ask and urge the assistance of all who are interested in the uplift of our boys and girls. Miss Theresa Orvin of 5418 South Twenty-fourth street is on the sick list. Mr. R. L. Woodard left Tuesday for Kansas City. As he left on business he expects to be gone only a few days. Mr. Jas. Nepolian, who is here from Denver, Colo, visiting Mrs. Edwards of Thirty-fourth and U streets, is quite sick. An entertainment will be given by Mrs. Upchurch and friends Saturday, February 1, at M. E. Church at Thirty-second and U streets. The entertainment will be for the M. E. Church of which Rev. Walton is pastor. Mrs. Roxy Williams of 2518 M street is quite sick at her home. The Senior Stewardess Board of Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church will give a patriotic and mass entertainment Thursday, February 6, at the Church, Twenty-fifth and R streets. Mrs. L. Pegram, chairman of Board. OPENS WELL STOCKED GROCERY STORE An Enterprising Alabamian Learns of Omaha Through The Monitor, Decides to Make It His Home and Opens Business Here. TWO YEARS ago when the Rev. Dr. G. G. Logan returned from attending conference at Tulsa, Okla., he said: "The Monitor is certainly putting Omaha on the map so far as our people are concerned. I was gratified as well as amazed to know how widely The Monitor is circulated in the South and turning the attention of a desirable class of people towards Omaha. The Monitor is doing good work." Verification of these words are found almost daily in new comers to our city. A recent addition is R. H. Robbins from Evergreen, Ala., who has just opened a small but well stocked, up-to-date grocery and meat market on Twenty-fourth, near Hamilton, which is a credit to our city. Mr. Robbins says: "I learned of Omaha through The Monitor. It was this way: I was attending my lodge at Nichburg and was given a copy of the paper by the postmaster. I read it and liked it so well that I subscribed for it. The result was that I decided to send my family to Omaha, which I did. They liked it. I decided to follow when I could sell out down home, and so here I am. I have opened this little business, and while I don't expect people who have traded with other people for years to give me all their trade, I'll appreciate just a little of it. If I cannot compete in goods and prices with my average competitor and give good satisfaction, I don't deserve to succeed. But watch me, sir. I have come with the determination to succeed." The Monitor predicts for the firm of H. R. Robbins & Co., dealers in groceries and meats, well deserved success. The "flu" has broken loose afresh and the city has consequently ordered all schools, churches, pool halls, etc. closed and all other precautions necessary to safeguard the people. Rev. J. V. B. Goms, P. E. of A. M. E. Church, and a number of the pastors of his district arrived here Tuesday and Wednesday to hold a session of the Ministerial Council, but the mayor's order prevented any gathering and they were not able to do anything. LA GRANCE. TEXAS Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Ella Durst, wife of Mr. Daniel R. Durst, died at her home here of influenza. She was a faithful member of the St. James M. E. Church here. Rev. J. H. Napier, P. C., officiated and she was buried Wednesday evening at 4 o'clock. Her son and his wife, a sister, a father and husband were present. Rev. C. E. W. Day, Dallas, C. G. M., and Prof. S. S. Reid, Marshall, C. G. S., of Tabor Lodge, of Texas, spent a couple of days each in the city last week, on business with the courts. Mr. Henry Petty has bought and moved into the Martha Sanders home, this city, near the Compress. Mr. Eugene Phearse has bought and will move this week into his new home here, at the head of Pearl street. Sick: Mmes. Julia King, Edith Johnson and Jane Stubberfield. The "flu" prevented any religious services being held in the city Sunday. Misses E. N. Herring and Susie Grant, West Point, and Profs. A. Johnson, Prim, J. W. Hubbard, Holman, and I. C. Palmer and W. P. Palmer, Ellinger, visited here last Saturday. Revs. I. D. Caffee and J. H. Napier held religious services at their respective points in the country Sunday. Rev. S. A. Tillman preached in Eagle Lake Sunday. Subscribe for The Monitor. J. P. PALMER, Atty. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, In the Matter of the Estate of Fred Gitter, Deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 15th day of February, 1919, and that if they fall to appear, Court on the said 15th day of February, 1919 at o'clock A.M. to contest said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Mary Gitter, or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD. 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The feeling of comfort and happiness as she places herself under the skilled hands of an experienced specialist; as the delightful, soothing, cleansing creams are applied by gentle manipulation and the exhilarating electric currents, followed by correct vibrations, causing the blood to circulate freely, bringing a glow to the cheeks, is well worth the time and money spent. Therefore consider your conditions and $\infty$ to JONES PORO CULTURE COLLEGE Where Quality is supreme, Workmanship the best. System taught. Terms reasonable. Service excellent. Your Inspec Our New Place. RICES FIRST Market Douglas 2914 wear Exclusively HOES OF QUALITY" ar Prices 3 Improve Yourself in Poro Way 1516 N. 24th St. OMAHA, NEB. Douglas 2914 THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every Saturday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Publishing Company. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Neb., under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.00 6 MONTHS; 60c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 60 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 304 Crounse Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Webster 4243. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RACE? WHAT do you think about your race? Are you proud to be a Negro—proud to wear the "livery of the burnished sun?" Are you trying to get away from your race, get away from its characteristics of color and hair and features, which were once considered the most beautiful in the world? Do you feel "proud" when a white man or woman says you might pass "for a foreigners," or do you resent it and make them understand that you want to be nothing but what you are? Do you ever pass on the inspiring words you have read about our boys over there—pass it on to your own and to those who probably have never heard of it? Do you ever stop a moment to tell some boy or girl of the glorious inheritance of our blood, or do you know anything about it? The Irish are proud to be Irish; the Jew is proud to be a Jew; the Japanese is proud to be a Japanese; are you proud to be a Negro? If not, get proud and get proud quickly. A proud race is ever a great race. Alien education has kept from us much of the truth that creates pride, but today there are race men throughout the land who have dug and discovered the truth and are trying to tell it so that all the world may hear. Catch up the cry and carry it in your heart and mind and upon your lips. Let it be your theme morning, noon and night, and speak it into the ears of men until they grow tired and grant its truth. That is no less your mission than another's if you are a Negro and if you are proud of your race. THE RACE AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE IT is more than gratifying to learn from the press dispatches that the darker races are strongly represented at the peace conference and significant to learn that they are lined up with the United States in pressing the claims of democracy. It is no longer a question whether or not mention will be made of the rights of the American Negro to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness. Deputy Diagne is reported to have the ear of Premier Clemenceau, the Tiger of France and the Chairman of the Conference, and has already taken up with him the matter of the treatment of the Negro soldier in France by the American army. Then, too, there are delegates there from Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Portugal and Panama. We are sure that the American Negro will not be forgotten. SOLDIER EMPLOYMENT ONE of the greatest problems before the country today is the reemployment of soldiers and their mergence again into civil life. From one end of the country to another newspapers are publishing more or less acid editorials respecting the failure of former employers to take back those who answered the call to war. There are two sides to the question and when, between an economic phase and a sentimental phase, the question is brought up to the employer, he is apt to consider the economic side. Fortunately for us the question is not a critical one. Trade and industry have denied to our boys the opportunities it has offered to white boys, and in this very denial lies our present salvation. Our boys are not afraid to work with their hands and it seems that manual labor is never hard to find. It is to be hoped that the future will open up better and more agreeable avenues for them, but at the present time they may be considered more fortunate than the hundreds of white soldiers who are walking the streets hungry and jobless. A COMMENDABLE PICTURE In the issue of Life for January 23 is a picture of a Colored soldier that should bring forth much comment from the race. Seldom are our boys shown in pictures and often when shown are made to appear more or less in an uncomplimentary light. In this picture is shown a Colored soldier passing along a French road and beside him a little old bent peasant woman. She had been carrying a bunble of faggots, but the soldier has taken them from her and is carrying them upon his own broad shoulder. Under the picture is the large legend: A Colored Gentleman, and beneath this, "Dat's too heavy for you, Missus." The magazine only costs a dime, but it will be worth a hundred times that a few years from now. Buy it. THE EVILS OF GRAFT It is to be regretted that one of our local young men has been implicated in a most unpleasant scandal connected with the police department. It was only a few months ago that he secured the position which, all things considered, was a very fair berth for one of our aspiring young men. That he has abused the confidence placed in him is a serious thing for his race and that he has been accused of accepting money and aiding and abetting the escape of persons confined by law, is a serious thing for himself. We hope that the charges will be proved groundless, but whether groundless or not, the stain is there and it will have its effect upon the race. Our young men in accepting political positions should always remember that they have a two-fold duty; a duty to themselves and a duty to their race and of the two, their duty to their race should come first. It is the race whom they represent. THE FEBRUARY CRUSADEER THERE has just come to our office the February number of The Crusader Magazine. It is a gem. It lives up to its name and from the first page to the last it proves the spirit behind its name and is carrying forth the new spirit in battling for the race. There are four poems of much merit and a prose poem, The Call, which carries a beautiful sentiment, "With the Buffaloes in France," by Lieut. McKaine, is a dandy war contribution and there is much that is inspiring in Noble Thoughts and an article on Success. The continued stories of The Colonel's Narrative, by Bruce Grit, and Punta, Revolutionist, by Romeo L. Dougherty, carry on their interest, the former coming to an end with a most delightful finale. The editorials are short and forceful and furnish much food for thought. The entire number is excellent. We congratulate the editorial staff on the sort of magazine they are publishing and predict a great future as soon as the race awakens to its value and unending interest. ARTHUR L. WILLIAMS, BISHOP AND FRIEND THE sudden and unexpected death of the Rt. Rev. Arthur Llewellyn Williams, Bishop of Nebraska, in the early morning of Wednesday, has removed from the earthly sphere of his consecrated labors one of the sweetest, warmest-hearted, truest Christian gentlemen who ever trod the earth. His death will be mourned by thousands, both in and out of his communion, who knew him and to know him was to love him. None will more sincerely mourn him than our own people who found in him a loyal and devoted friend. He was a man absolutely void of blighting racial prejudice and looked upon all men as children of our Heavenly Father. Devoting himself unsparingly to the duties of his diocese, he was not conspicuously or spectacularly in the public eye, but the work which he has so quietly and faithfully done will endure. In the Nearer Presence of Him Whom he loved and served we may well believe that he will still intercede for those who tarry behind for awhile. Bishop and friend, farewell! Humanity is richer and better because of thy life. May light perpetual shine upon thee! MAY HIS TRIBE INCREASE A LOCAL pastor in sending in his church notices inclosed a $1 bill with this memorandum: "When you see this, say nothing. No paper like the one you are putting out to the public can exist without money. Just let me know when my subscription is due. Your editorials are always up to the mark." The Monitor appreciates this considerateness. While we have never THE MONITOR made any charge for church news and notices, except in the case of advertisements, which some try to run in on us as news, linotype composition, paper, ink and press work do mount up into money. We are glad that this fact is occasionally recognized. This local pastor has one of the smaller congregations of the city and is always boosting for The Monitor. We thank him and hope his tribe will increase. Obvious Observations Oh! for a glimpse of the beautiful sun and a hint from the weather that's cold. We know this isn't economical, but it's poetic. We are sorry that the ax swung so hard on the subscription list, but it just had to be did, Mable. Old Europe has got everything she wants—but peace. After next month—watch Congress. Spend a dime and get a Crusader. It's worth a dollar, but it doesn't cost that much. General Pershing bought 10,000 Spanish mules just before the war ended and now he is wondering what to do with them. They are so small that they haven't a chance with the Missouri mule if brought here. We haven't said anything about old H. C. L. lately, and it is because we don't think it is of any use. Labor is getting so het up over things that it looks like somebody will have to brush back its fur. How much is ice going to be next July? Sh! Now the sure enough soldier boys are coming home and they say they sure are glad. What Colonel Young said about The Monitor last week has added four inches to our bust development. Who's next? How many shares of Monitor stock have you planned to take? Get in on the ground floor, because things are going to hum real directly and soonly soon. Thank you for your dull and dank disinterest, we will now bunny hug down to the beanery and see how much provender a dime will develop. THERE are two kinds of hogs in this world, the porcine specimen that fattens on most anything it can find and eventually finds itself decorating the table in the form of pic-tails, roast pork and pork chops, and the human species that tries to bull their own business and everybody else's business. Omaha has a few of the latter variety and it is getting onto the nerves of the folks hereabouts. Business is business, as Thales said to Socrates, when the latter tried to push him off a soap box, but there isn't anything right in a business that tries to squelch the other fellow and bankrupt his exchequer. Out in the northerly end of Omaha a preachah has gone into the eat business, the gentle art of filling up a hungry guy's stomach for so much per. There are other men out that way in the same line of stomach filling, and they are running eat emporiums as they should be run and paying their way with the exception of folks allowing them a little profit. But friend preachah wants to bull that market and he has established an eatery in the place which was supposed to be built for worship. He has no rent to pay, thanks to his generous flock, and little help to pay, thanks to his hustling brothers and sisters, and thusly he ducks the overhead cost and tries to give a little more ham and cabbage for a little less coin than the guy who is bucking old H. C. L. and rent and help. Maybe brothah preachah thinks he is a wang on engine-ooity, but old Sol thinks that he is a human hog and should confine himself to soul saving and not money-grabbing. This is a little out of line for Sol, but there are some things once in a while that sort of heats up his collar and he needs to cool off. THE N. A. A.C.P. HOLD ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL The N. A. A. C. P. forum held an interesting session Sunday afternoon which took the form of a Roosevelt memorial meeting. A recitation, music and speeches made up an interesting program. Dr. P. W. Sawyer spoke on "Roosevelt, the Friend the Negro." Among the other speakers were Sergeant Bailey, S. L. Bush, Amos L. Scruggs, F. J. Smith, Mr. Shackleford and Mrs. Chas. McClure. The forum will meet next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the usual place, St. John's A. M. E. church, 24th and Grant streets. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 25.—Prof. R. L. Logan, Prof. J. Silas Harris and Hon. C. W. Stokes, prominent Missouri Negroes, were elected to important positions in the Fiftieth General Assembly. SKITS OF SOLOMON The Hog. GIVE JOBS AT The Kiddies' Korner MADRE PENN The Story of the Fisherman Sire, there was once upon a time a fisherman so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to support his wife and three children. He went every day to fish very early and each day he made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times. He started out one morning by moonlight and came to the seashore. He undressed and threw his nets and as he was drawing them towards the bank he felt a great weight. He thought he had caught a large fish, and he felt very much pleased. But a moment afterwards, seeing that instead of a fish he only had in his nets the carcass of an ass, he was much disappointed. Vexed with having such a bad haul, when he had mended his nets, which the carcass of the ass had broken in several places, he threw them a second time. In drawing them in, he again felt a great weight, so that he thought they were full of fish. But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. He was much annoyed. "O Fortune," he cried, "do not trifle thus with me, a poor fisherman, who can hardly support his family." So saying, he threw away the rubbish, and after having washed his nets clean of the dirt, he threw them for the third time. But he only drew in stones, shells and mud. He was almost in despair. Then he threw his nets for the fourth time. When he thought he had a fish he drew them in with a great deal of trouble. There was no fish, however, but he found a yellow pot, which by its weight seemed full of something, and he noticed that it was fastened and sealed with lead, with the impression of a seal. He was delighted. "I will sell it to the founder," he said; "with the money I shall get for it I shall buy a measure of wheat." He examined the pot on all sides; he shook it o see if it would rattle. But he heard nothing. Judging from the impression of the seal and the lid, he thought there must be something precious inside. To find out, he took his knife, and with a little trouble he opened it. He turned it upside down, but nothing came out, which surprised him very much. He set it in front of him, and whilst he was looking at it attentively, such a thick smoke came out that he had to step back a pace or two. This smoke rose up to the clouds, and stretching over the sea and the shore, formed a thick mist, which caused the fisherman much astonishment. When all the smoke was out of the jar it gathered itself together and became a thick mass in which appeared a genius twice as large as the largest giant. When he saw such a terrible-looking monster, the fisherman would like to have run away, but he trembled so with fright that he could not move a step. The Monitor Office ```markdown ``` We have moved our office Down Town Right Into Heart of Business District (In Two Parts.) PART I THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN H·L·W $100.00 What is the meaning of this beautiful insignia and why has it been adopted by the Hamitic League of the World? June 1, 1919, we will pay $100.00 to man, woman or child, who sends in the correct story. You will find a hint in the League's GREAT WORK: The Children of the Sun .... The book that is waking up America and establishing the Negro as the greatest race of all human history. Send 25 cents (no stamps) for a copy of this wonderful study in historical research and become a member of the greatest educational organization ever founded for the uplift of the African races throughout the world. Then study the insignia and send in your story. THE HAMITIC LEAGUE OF THE WORLD 933 North 27th Street. Omaha, Neb. "Great King of the genii," cried the monster, "I will never disobey you again!" At these words the fisherman took courage. "What is this you are saying, great genius? Tell me your history and how you came to be shut up in that vase?" At this the genius looked at the fisherman haughtily. "Speak to me more civilly," he said, "before I kill you." "Alas! why should you kill me?" cried the fisherman. "I have just freed you; have you already forgotten that?" "No," answered the genius, "but that will not prevent me from killing you; and I am only going to grant you one favor, and that is to choose the manner of your death." "But what have I done to you?" asked the fisherman. "But I cannot treat you in any other way," said the genius, "and if you would know why, listen to my story." (To Be Continued in Next Issue.) COLORED SERVANTS WITH PRESIDENT WILSON Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.—Lieut. Col. Arthur Brooks, custodian of property at the White House, and Miss Susie Booth, maid to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, are in France with the presidential party. Smoke John Ruskin cigar. © Western Newspaper Union The Leviathan being towed to her dock by rugs, after her first voyage since the signing of the armistice. The Leviathan brought back 8,500 soldiers, sailors and civilians, most prominent among them being Lord Decies and Maj. Gen. George A. Barnett, chief of the United States marines, and wife. NORTH SIDE BOOSTERS T. R. E. W. 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The Best Feature of Our Policy Is That It Is Absolutely DEPENDABLE Dr. Britt Upstairs Douglas 7812 and 7150 THE MONITOR HALL OF MIRROR The magnificence of the palace of be signed, may be judged from this v Copyright Underwood & Underwood The magnificence of the palace of Versailles, where the peace treaty will be signed, may be judged from this view of the Hall of Mirrors. GEORGES CLEMENCEAU PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON JOHN H. HARRIS Georges Clemenceau, premier of the French republic, is the president of the pence congress, having been chosen for that place not only in compliment to France but also in recognition of his, great ability. Long known as the "Tiger," Mr. Clemenceau has always been a sturdy fighter for democracy. [Name] Jules Cambon is considered an especially valuable member of the French peace delegation, as he has been French ambassador to both America and Germany. His appointment was especially pleasing to the American delegation. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Arthur J. Baifour, British minister of foreign affairs, is one of the leading members of the peace delegation of his country. JULES CAMBON ORS, VERSAILLES Versailles, where the peace treaty will rew of the Hall of Mirrors. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON 199 1PE-0 President Woodrow Wilson is head of the American delegation to the peace conference. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE M. At the head of Great Britain's peace delegates is David Lloyd George, the British premier. C. J. H. H. Of the American delegation to the peace congress, Henry White is the most familiar with diplomacy, having been long connected with the American embassy in London and afterward ambassador to Italy and France. America's food Saving saves starving people HENRY WHITE BRUCE GRIT'S COLUMN A great many followers of the "meek and lowly Jesus" have adopted his teachings, but hesitate to adopt them in their daily practice. If this were done generally by professing Christians, the wide world over, I would have a larger faith in the idea now sizzling in the atmosphere called Democracy. Centuries ago certain old masters who knew something of the art of painting were employed by certain dignitaries of the church to paint portraits of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus, and these artists, among them Michael Angelo, Raphael, Sanzio and some others, produced paintings in oil purporting to represent the mother of Christ, Christ, and some of the old prophets, such as Moses and David, which have been admired by lovers of art the world over. The conceptions of these old masters as to what their subjects looked like were, of course, as everyone knows, purely imaginative, for no human being living at the time these great painters flourished ever saw the Virgin Mary or the Christ or any of the old prophets. The Italian, Dutch, Flemish and German painters, who have copied from these old masters, have invariably made their subject Italian, Dutch, Flemish and German. So it is that the pictures of the Madonna and the Christ are largely a matter of geography. What they really looked like cannot be determined by any portrait made of them with which we are familiar. Tacitus is perhaps the only writer who has given a description of the Christ and it is so brief that no artist living, or who if dead were now alive, could paint a satisfactory picture of him. He said: "The pestilent disturber of order in Judea is a red-headed Jew who calls himself Christ." So we know now that this pestilent disturber was an agitator, contended and despised by the high-brows of that period just as our agitators and cranks are by the high-brows of the present day. There have been many Negroes canonized by the Catholic church which is the only real Christian democracy that we know of, except the Mohammedan religion. The Negro in both these bodies stands on an equality with his fellow worshipers, no matter what their race or color or condition. Many years ago, the first Negro woman in America was canonized by the Catholic church for her piety and good works. She is known to all good Catholics as St. Rose of Lima, Peru. In Uganda Africa twenty-two Africans were not long ago canonized by this church. One of the early Popes of Rome is known to have been an African, of whom more anon. The mind of Africa, whether it gives voice to its thinking in the hot and burning sands where stands the Sphinx, the riddle of all ages in mute silence evoking the admiration and wonder of mankind, or in Europe or in America, is at one with the central thought expressed in the following excerpt from an editorial in the Weekly News of Sierra Leone, West Coast, viz.: "So those places which have contributed aeroplanes and other war munitions, while they may be said to do much, cannot be compared to places which may take upon themselves to link the British Nation to The Power that bestoweth light; the power that not only bestoweth light, but gives men the ability to see the light. This power is God Almighty, and ALL POWERFUL. The enemy appears to have monopolized it in this war and to have profited largely from it. Aeroplanes, men and munitions, gold and all the wealth of the Allied Nations, are NOTHING without God, The Supreme Ruler of the Universe and the destinies of Nations." The future, there is no doubt about it, the future belongs to the educated Nations, and those among us who foster and encourage the further spread of higher education are rendering our race a service, the consequences of which will be almost beyond human calculation, and may I also say that the kind of education that is needed to fit white men for the performance of important civic, commercial, political and scientific duties, is exactly and precisely the kind of education that is required by every Negro youth in this land—the undiscovered geniuses—poets, inventors, scientists literateurs of "Ethiopia's blameless race." The educated Catholic priests and educated Catholics generally know a great deal more about the achievements of the Negro in scholarship and service than the snobs of other religious faiths, who now look down on the Negro with a sort of pitying contempt, and dismiss his claim to primacy as a leader with a supercilious sneer. The archives of the Vatican at Rome contains many proofs which establish the Negro's right to be. When Dunbar wrote— "B proud, my race, in mind and soul, Thy name is writ on Glory's scroll 5 In characters of fire. High 'mid the clouds of Fame's bright sky Thy banner blazoned folds now fly, And truth shall lift them higher," he had a vision, as certainly as did John on the Island of Patmos, when he saw the number that no man could number. "We are living, we are dwelling In a grand and awful time, In an age, on ages telling, To be living is sublime." Butter Nut for Coffee Delicious 40 cts for ONE POUND. A 3 POUND CAN FOR $115 Butter Nut coffee DELICIOUS DARK ROAST TAXONOMIC GALLERY COLLECTION A COFFEE DELICIOUS AS A NUT Dr. Earnest E. Graves DENTISTRY 242, North 10th Street Telephone L 5263 LINCOLN, NEB Modern Furnished Rooms 811 W. 14th Street CENTER CAFE Phone Red 1457 922 Center Street Mrs. Louise Cooper, Prop. 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Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 The HamiltOn SOFT DRING PARLOR Cor. 24th and Hamilton HOT LUNCHES Get Acquainted With Joe OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE Among the Churches 9 ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. W. C. Williams, Pastor Notwithstanding the absence of the pastor Sunday services were well attended and smoothly carried out. The morning sermon was preached by Rev. W. S. Metcalfe, and was very thoughtful, inspiring and concise. The evening sermon was preached by Mrs. J. W. Glover. The Bible class will meet every Friday night at the church, 8 o'clock sharp. Everybody welcome. The Ladies' Aid society was entertained on last Thursday by Meadames Ransom, Scruggs and Franklin. A very enjoyable time was spent by all attending. The president of the Christian Endeavor desires to urge the young people to attend this society as it is really for young folks and should be supported by them. So come out next Sunday afternoon at 7 p. m. and see if you can't become interested. The meeting last week was conducted by Miss Iola Brown. St. John's Widow Club met on Friday evening at the church. The sick of the church are: Messrs, Thos. Byrd, 13th and Pine streets; Charles Garrett, Alma apartments, 28th and Harney streets, and Mrs. Carrie Carter, 2634 Maple street, also Mr. George Dickerson, at 2923 North 25th street. The Clarence Cameron White recital was one of the largest social functions of the season. It was also one of the largest financially. The amount taken in was $274.60 up to date. The ladies of the Aid Society desire to thank all members and friends of St. John's who helped to make this a successful affair. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Ricks and niece, Miss Corine Thomas, were the guests of Mr. John Norman at the Layman's banquet given at Zion Baptist cafe on last Tuesday evening. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor Sunday morning will be covenant; short sermon at night, fellowship and communion following. Friday night there will be a concert. Hear some of the best talent. The Junior Progressives are the hosts. Mrs. H. Fields, president. Don't fail to enjoy this treat. January was quite a successful month with us along all lines. Many were added and offerings $180.45. Rev. P. C. Staves of Pleasant Green Baptist preached a very acceptable sermon last Sunday afternoon for the Silver Leaf Club. Come Sunday at 6:30 to our B. Y. P. U., also the morning and evening services. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. T. A. Taggart, Pastor Sunday school 9 a. m.; morning service 11 a. m. At 2:30 the pastor will preach a baptismal sermon. Thirty candidates for baptism. Preaching at 8 o'clock, after which right hand of fellowship and administration of the Lord's supper. Last Sunday night the pastor sprung a great surprise in the person GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. CLEARIN Glad Tidings Muslin, a yard Unbleached Sheeting, a yard Percales, 36 inch, a yard Men's Arrow Brand Shirts, $3.50 va Women's Hosiery, white or black, a Boys' Box Calf Shoes Children's Heavy Black Hosiery, a Amoskeag Ticking, A. C. A., a yard OSBORN MURIEL of Rev. Isaac M. Page, who preached a splendid sermon and administered many good truths to a well crowded house. The Missionary circle met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Irvan, 2720 Q street. 'On the sick list are Mr. Crow, Mrs. Roxie Williams and Miss Thursa Arvin. ZION BAPTIST The Rev. W. F. Botts, Pastor The morning services were well attended last Sunday, when the pastor preached on the subject, "Our Opportunities." At night a capacity house greeted him when he delivered a well rendered sermon on "Christian Obligations." At the close of the discourse the ordinance of baptism was administered to several candidates. Sunday school every Sunday, 1 p. m. Bible Union at 6:30 p. m. Pastor's Bible class and teachers' meeting every Tuesday evening in the pastor's study. The Mission Circle meets every Thursday, and the Serving Circle each Friday, in the rest room of the church. The sick of the Church are improving nicely. A china shower was given last week for the dining room of the Church. Many useful articles were given by friends. The sisters in charge wish to thank all those who responded so nobly to the call. Mrs. Malinda Jones of Aberdeen, Miss.; Mr. James Harris of Shreveport, La.; Mr. Gentry Paris of Houston, Tex., and Misses Cordella Johnson and Arline Jefferson were pleasant visitors at our services last Sunday. Sunday morning, February 2, covenant services will be held at 11 o'clock. At night preach by the pastor, followed by the Lord's Supper. ALLEN CHAPEL Rev. J. A. Broadnax, Pastor Allen Chapel has organized her forces for a $1,000 rally Sunday, May 4. The sum of $250 has already been subscribed by the members, $20 of which has been paid by C. J. Goode and W. C. Mallard, who have given $10 each. The trustees plan to pay off every debt in May. The Junior and Senior Stewardess Boards are on the alert for the good of the Church. Mrs. S. Severe is president of the former and Mrs. A. Pegrem of the latter. The Sunday school is making progress under the superintendent, Mrs. F. Redd. Last Sunday's services were fairly well attended. The collections for the day were $42. The installation of new pews has added to the appearance of the Church. Quarterly meeting February 9. The Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor of St. John's, will preach at 3 p. m. Class meeting every Friday night. Come; all are welcome. Pay your bills before they are due. A Church Where All Are Welcome Services Sunday School, 10 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. League, 6:30 p. m. Florence P. Leavitt Club, Monday afternoon. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evening. W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon Ladies' Aid, Friday Afternoon. GRIFFIN G. LOGAN, Res. 1628 N. 22nd. Web. 5003 NG SALE 25c 25c 35c value, for $1.98 a pair 23c a pair 23c card 59c NE 2506 NORTH 24TH ST. WEBSTER 1412 Smoke MURIELS SIGHT DRAFTS RED DOTS On Sale Everywhere HARLE-HAAS DRUG CO., Distbrs. COUNCIL BLUFFS. BEN MILDER, Omaha Representative. THE MONITOR Republican Committee here today, which was in session at the Congress Hotel. It was a Roosevelt memorial meeting. There were representatives from various states in the union, and among the speakers were the governor of Rhode Island, the governor of Iowa, and the governor of Wisconsin. The Rev. Mr. Boyd was the only Negro speaker at the memorial meeting. He paid glowing tributes to the deceased. In fact, he said in part: "Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the thirteen millions of loyal American in this beautiful palace of Versailles, just outside of Paris, the treaty that is expected to bring peace to all the world will be signed. View of the palace of Versnilles, taken from the orangery. This is where the formal sessions of the peace congress will be held and the treaty signed. OUR NEW HOME PORO COLLEGE PENDLETON AVE. ST. PERDINAND AVE. PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH Twenty-Second and Paul Streets Rev. John Costello, Pastor The services are as follows: Sunday school at 9 a. m.; morning services at 11; B. Y. P. U., 5:30 p. m.; evening service at 8. The pastor preached on "Providence." There was a large attendance morning and night. Theer were added to the Church. The Mission Circle meets next Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Sunday collections totalled $65. REVIVALIST IN COUNCIL BLUFFS Hattie C, Talley, a noted evangelist of Chicago, is conducting a revival at the Bethel A. M. E. Church, Sixteenth street and Avenue A, Council Bluffs. BLUE JAY Cyanocitta cristata Length, eleven and one-half inches. The brilliant blue of the wings and tail combined with the black crescent of the upper breast and the crested head distinguish this species. Range: Resident in the eastern United States and southern Canada, west to the Dakotas, Colorado, and Texas. Habits and economic status: The blue jay is of a dual nature. Cautious and silent in the vicinity of its nest, away from it it is bold and noisy. Sly in the commission of mischief, it is ever ready to scream "thief" at the slightest disturbance. As usual in such cases, its remarks are applicable to none more than itself, a fact neighboring nest holders know to their sorrow, for during the breeding season the jay lays heavy toll upon the eggs and young of other birds, and in doing so deprives us of the services of species more beneficial than itself. Approximately three-fourths of the annual food of the blue jay is vegetable matter, the greater part of which is composed of mast, i.e., acorns, chestnuts, beech nuts, and the like. Corn is the principal cultivated crop upon which this bird feeds, but stomach analysis indicates that most of the corn taken is waste grain. Noxious insects as wood-boring beetles, grasshoppers, eggs of various caterpillars, and scale insects constitute about one-fifth of its food. Thoroughly Satisfied. He came from Texas and was one of a party invited to swim in the sea from one of the Long Island beaches last summer. He sat in a rocking chair the picture of comfort, but seemed reluctant to shift into a bathing suit. "Why don't you go in with the rest?" asked the host. "Well, to tell the honest truth," answered Mr. Texas soldier man, "I haven't sat in a rocking chair in six months, and if you don't mind I reckon I'll stay right here and rock." THE CHEERFUL CHERUB The gloomy faces that I see, I'd like with all my wiles To reach them somehow till I made Them blossom into smiles. HENRY ALLEN BOYD RESPONDS AT THEODORE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL Secretary of Sunday School Congress and Corresponding Secretary of the National Negro Press Association Speaks Before National Republican Committee for 13,000,000 Negroes. Chicago, Ill.—With a sign of deep emotion caused by the occasion, Rev. Henry Allen Boyd, the secretary of the Sunday School Congress, and the corresponding secretary of the National Negro Press Association, delivered an able address in the National WHERE THE WORLD PEACE TREATY WILL BE SIGNED Photo by S. W. Western Newspaper Union VERSAILLES PALACE FROM THE ORANGERY Dapgr Undere Undere 25,000 MORE PORO AGENTS WANTED Equipped with the Very Latest Apparatus for Teaching the Poro System of Scalp and Hair Culture and ali Branches of Beauty Culture Terms Moderate Diplomas Given Write Today for Further Information Dent. A-22 "PORÓ" COLLEGE Poro Corner St. Louis, Mo. citizens who have been true to every star and every stripe in Old Glory that floats above us, I wish to add our testimony to what has already been said about the late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. While the Negroes did not agree with all his policies, they held him as an ideal man for Americanism. They revered him for the splendid stand he took on all questions of public interest. He did not discriminate against race, color or previous condition of servitude. To us he was one of the noblest Romans of them all. He was one of the brightest stars in the horizon, notwithstanding it has gone down beyond the golden west, it is only for a time. We believe his work will live and that the republican party will take on new life and inspiration by the examples set. He was a man as we knew him, who did not want the door of hope closed in the fame of any American citizen. The Negro Press Association of the United States, which I also represent, wishes to pay its respect. Our 1,607,000 weekly circulation has already told the story of the fallen hero." 1000 Garments 1 SUITS-COATS-DRESSES Rudge & Guenzel Co. Lincoln, Nebraska The Monitor Publishing Company A Good Investment. Buy Shares Now. Become a Stockholder in a Growing Business. If Interested Address 304 Crounse Block MRS. SARAH WALKER. 907 S Street, Jan. 27, Mrs. Mabel Williams has as guest her brother, Charles May, of Cheyenne, Wyo. Mrs. Stokes was on the sick list last week. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, who have both been on the sick list for some time, are feeling much better this week. Mr. Milton Cohron is slowly improving after a severe attack of pneumonia. The Utopian Art Club was organized at the home of Mrs. L. B. Moore, 2226 O street, January 21, with a number of invited ladies. The officers were as follows: President, Mrs. Lorene Dorsey. Vice President, Mrs. Odessa Patrick. Assistant Vice President, Mrs. Maggie Williams. Treasurer, Lulu B. Moore. Secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Johnson. Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Silvia Thomas. Chaplain, Mrs. Virgie Clark. Instructor, Mrs. Alma Wiley. After business was finished, covers were laid for those present. Each one enjoyed the delicious refreshments that were served. They were dismissed to meet at the home of Mrs. Lorene Dorsey, 714 South Eleventh street, January 29. Mrs. Sarah Walker spent Sunday in Beatrice as the guest of Misses Nondus and Mabel Scott. A very successful meeting was held at Masonic hall Friday evening by the N. A. A. C. P. I. B. Smith, the president, opened the meeting by giving a brief address, quoting as his subject, "The Man Who Counts." Following his address, by motion of Mr. J. E. Jeltz, short quotations used by the late Theodore Roosevelt were quoted by several of the members that were present. A very interestin gtalk concerning camp life was given by Jewell Kelley. A solo was rendered by Mr. Charles Haynes. Four new members were reported by Rev. O. J. Burckhardt. The names were W. W. Arnett, Prof. W. R. B. Alexander, Robt. W. Johnson and Mrs. Ada Peterson. Ten other memberships were sent to the secretary by a teacher in the University of Nebraska. Miss Elnora Groves was made an honorary member of the executive committee. Two hundred and thirty-two members were reported by Secretary T. T. M. Williams. It was also decided to hold all public meetings the fourth Friday in each month. Memorial services for the late Theodore Roosevelt will be observed at the A. M. E. Church Sunday evening, February 2, 1919. Those who are on the program to make short addresses are Mr. Charles Matson, Paul Moore and T. T. McWilliams. Upon my return from Beatrice, Neb., Monday morning I was informed by Mrs. Lulu Moore that the court proceedings between Rev. R. R. Powers and Mt. Zion Baptist have finally been settled by Judge Shepherd handing a decision, restraining Rev. Powers from further pastorage of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Mr. Mitchell, who died last week, was buried Saturday morning. Burial was in Wyuka. Mrs. Lillian Miller and two children were entertained last Sunday eve at dinner at the home of Mrs. Mary Watkins at Lakeview, prior to her going west for the winter. Covers were laid for six. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Gross entertained Monday eve in honor of Mrs. In all our experience we have never had a sale of Fashionable Apparel that came anywhere near equaling this Removal Event. The assortments include all the latest mid-winter styles in smart apparel- as well as many new spring models which have just arrived by express. A man seated in a room, holding a book, with a small table in front of him containing a rabbit figurine, a bird figurine, and a small toy car. An Alabama Soldier at Fort Des Moines, Who Is a Skillful Toy Maker; Another Evidence of the Versatility and Skill of the Colored American. By Courtesy of Des Moines Register-Leader. To be Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Nebraska Mary Watkins and children. They left Wednesday eve for various points in the west. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Gross spent Sunday in Omaha visiting friends. Silk-Producing Insects. The number of species of silk-producing insects is very large, probably more than 200, very few of which are of any practical value to mankind. Reason for Mirth. "Did you notice how your wife laugh ed at all my jokes. She's got a keen sense of humor." "No, she's got a dimple."—Judge. THE MONITOR rience we have never had me anywhere near equaling nts include all the latest as well as many new spring express. ITS-CO Vaists, Dress Skirts, H udge & Gas ever had a sale of or equaling this Rem the latest mid-winter new spring models COA kirts, Petticoat e & G This government is nothing more than the expression of the people, and if we are to win the war it will be only because every man, woman and child charges himself daily and hourly with the test. Does this or that contribute to win the war?—Herbert Hoover April 18, 1918. With the solemn obligation of providing that "margin" of food that would safeguard against starvation our friends in Europe the housewife and the consumer have learned hitherto ignored and unsuspected things about food, have absorbed a whole "college education" in food values, food handling, buying and substituting that they will not want to forget. --- ublis a sale of Fashionable g this Removal Event. mid-winter styles in g models which have OATS~ Petticoats, Sweaters, H t Guenz Des Moine By W. WILL OBSERVE LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS ANNIVERSARY Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 31.-The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Des Moines Branch, has prepared to observe the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas on February 12. Lieut. Thomas M. Gregory, Company 22, Sixth Battalion, One Hundred and Sixty-third Depot Brigade, will eulogize Frederick Douglas. Dr. Charles S. Medbury, pastor of the University Church of Christ, will speak on the subject, "Lincoln, the American Type." The exercises will be conducted in the auditorium of the Union Congregational Church, corner Tenth and Polk streets. Admission free. Rev. G. W. Robinson, pastor of Corinthian Baptist Church, requests the public to be liberal in attendance at the revival which begins at his church Sunday. Rev. W. H. Harris of St. Louis, Mo., will assist in the revival work. Rev. Mr. Harris has announced a collection of his subjects which space will not permit to print in this issue. He will preach his first sermon Tuesday, February 4, and will continue each evening and Sunday morning until February 12. The Monitor will be on sale by a special newsboy from the Corinthian Baptist Church. Watch for him. Born, January 26, to Dr. and Mrs. W. H. McCree, an eight-pound daugh- ter. Dr. McCree's chest expansion would send Jack Johnson back into training. His stride has caused the pedestrians to complain to the traffic police. And regardless of the amount lishing Laws of the State Des Moines News OMAHA, NEBRASKA of glycerine he is using upon the corners of his mouth, his many friends fear there will always be a scar. Rev. S. L. Birt, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. Church, has been granted a thirty days' leave of absence. Dr. Birt has just finished a $60,000 church for his congregation and desires a good rest from the strain he has undergone. A full description will be given of this modern edifice in the near future. The officers of the Altar Guild of the St. Paul A. M. E. Church were installed by the pastor Sunday evening. Rev. Florence Schooler of the A. M. E. Z. Church preached at the St. Paul A. M. E. Church Sunday evening to a large congregation. The meeting was conducted under the auspices of the Missionary Society. A paper read before the Society by Mrs. Azora Mackey brought forth many favorable comments. Mr. H. C. Evans, secretary of Army Y. M. C. A. from overseas, delivered an address before the Park Street Branch of the Army Y. M. C. A. of this city Sunday afternoon. Mr. Evans served the "Y" first in France and later was placed in full charge of the Y. M. C. A. work in Italy, being the first to land upon Italian soil. He gave an impartial review of the divisions which were composed of Negro troops. At the close of his speech Corp. James Bacon, Company L, Three Hundred and Seventieth Infantry, and Corp. Henry Brown, Ninety-second division, once a member of the famous Ninth Cavalry and also the Twenty-fourth Infantry, and at one time a resident of Omaha, Neb., were introduced to the audience. Corp. Bacon's empty sleeve and Corp. Brown's wounded leg were witnesses to the service these men had rendered their country. The managements of the Army "Y" aresparing no pains to make this organization a general Y. M. C. A. for the city. The people of the city should not let this opportunity go by without their assistance. The Y. M. C. A. can do untold work for the betterment of a community, once it is set into action. Let us join hands and give the Y. M. C. A. a boost at the next big "meet," Feburay 9. The funeral of Mrs. Chas. Davis was conducted at Corinthian Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. HASTINGS NEWS Mrs. Frankie Goode. Mrs. Harvey Bridges entertained Saturday evening for Miss Florence Bridges of Junction City, Kans., and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Mr. and Mrs. Wyth Walker and daughter, Judy, have returned home from Abilene, Kans., where they spent the holidays. Miss Florence Bridges left Sunday morning for Omaha for a visit with friends before leaving for her home in Kansas. Floyd Summers has returned from Kansas City, where he spent the holidays with relatives. Mrs. R. L. Moore, of Concordia, Kans., is making her home in Hastings again, awaiting the return of her husband from France. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Swain entertained Tuesday evening at whist in their beautiful residence, 714 S. Bellevue avenue. The house was beautifully decorated with Xmas ornaments and the guests were entertained with music and quartette songs. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Washington are now at home to their many friends at 310 S. Bellevue avenue.