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A Happy and Prosperous New Year to You All $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy ALLEGED GERMAN LANNED REV. OF NEGROES Death Sentence Impo Witsche, Former Na Plotting Against the May Be Set Aside on Gle State Historical Lathor Peer, for States Idea. WASHINGTON,' D. C., Dec. 30. Recommendation will be made to President Wilson by the department of justice that the court-martial sentence of death imposed some fourteen months ago on Lathor Witsche, former German naval officer, for plotting against the United States, be set aside and that the officer be tried for violation of the espionage law by a federal court, it was stated tonight by a high official of the department. Witsche, who is said by officials here to have been captured in Nogales, Ariz., early in 1918, now is being held in the military prison at Fort Sam Houston, awaiting presidential disposition of the findings of the court-martial which tried him. While department of justice officials refused tonight to give in detail the nature of the charges against the German officer, reports were not denied that evidence in possession of the government had connected him with the "Black Tom" explosion at Jersey City and with propaganda designed to arouse the Negro population of the south. President Wilson, it was said, after going over the findings of the court-martial was not convinced that the case of Witsche was one within the jurisdiction of the military authorities, and for that reason has asked the opinion of Attorney General Palmer. The department of justice is preparing to submit with its recommendation for trial by civil court, a large amount of information concerning Witsche which its agents along the border have collected. BEGIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANDERSON AMENDMENT Claim Unfair Discrimination Against Race Railway Employees Will Result on Passage. (By The Associated Negro Press) Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.—Colored people employed by the railroads are greatly disturbed over the Anderson amendment to the Esch railroad bill and have started a campaign against it. The Anderson amendment was adopted by the house on November 14, after a debate of one day, at the instance of organized labor, and was a substitution for the provision recommended by the interstate and foreign commerce committee making property of unions liable for damages caused the carriers to strike. They are protesting because the Anderson amendment only specifies the four railway brotherhoods and the International and National unions for representation on the adjustment boards. They claim that as they are not recognized by organized labor, this is an unfair discrimination against them. ONE OF THE OLDEST MEN IN THE WORLD PASSES AWAY William Peyton, Born a Slave, Served One Family Through Six Generations and Dies at the Age of 128 Years. Parkersburg, W. Va., Dec. 31.—William Peyton, a Negro, one of the oldest men in the United States, died December 26 at Little Hocking, O., near Parkersburg, at the age of 128 years. As a slave and a freed man he served one family through six generations, it is said. Peyton was in full possession of his faculties until within a few weeks of his death. JAPANESE DELEGATES FEAR MOB VIOLENCE When the Siberia Maru sailed for Japan it took the big Japanese delegation which came here to attend the international labor conference in Washington. U. Masumoto, the labor delegate, will arrange to be spirted from the vessel in an attempt to avoid a repetition of the mobs that speeded his departure. News that the Japanese delegation obtained a concession of nine-and-a-half-hour day for Japanese labor, as against the eight-hour day for European and American labor, has created great indignation in Japanese labor circles. THE MONITOR COLONEL YOUNG GIVES SOUND ADVICE Support Only Those Candidates Who Pledge Themselves to Fair Play—Says Congress Should Grant Race Liberty Instead of Erecting Monument to Fallen Soldier. (By The Associated Negro Press) New York, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Colonel Charles Young, highest ranking Negro officer in the United States army, urged the people of his race, at a meeting in St. Mark's church, under the auspices of the National Urban League, not to vote for anyone at the coming election who had not promised the Negroes equality of opportunity. Colonel Young, who is en route to Liberia, where he is to serve as military attache to the American embassy, spoke on "The Place of the Negro in the Present Reconstruction." He said that congress, instead of erecting a monument to the Negroes who fell in the war, could give a far more lasting memorial by granting the people of his race the liberty for which some of them had given their lives. TWO MILLION COLORED AMERICANS FOR FRANCE The Petit Parisian, Prominent French Newspaper, Editorially Calls Attention to Dissatisfaction of Race With Treatment in United States and Urges That They Be Invited to Help Build Up France. PARIS, France, Dec. 31.—The Petit Parisian, the foremost journal published in France, recently said editorially: "With 2,000,000 men lost in the war, France is poor in man power. We need 2,000,000 men to help in the reconstruction of France. The only country that can supply that man power is the American colored people. The colored Americans are very much dissatisfied, and there is much unrest among them on account of the way they are treated by white Americans. In some parts of America black men are lynched every day. In France they are treated the same as any other Frenchman. In our hotels and all other places there is no discrimination. Let the French appeal for 2,000,000 colored Americans to help build up France." TENNESSEE GOVERNOR MAKES PLEA FOR FISK Two Million Dollar Drive Started for Southern University. (By The Associated Negro Press) New York, N. Y., Dec. 31. -Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn., the largest privately endowed institution for the higher education of Negroes in America, will be enriched by $2,000,000 if the drive in its interest started here reaches a successful conclusion. At a banquet given at the Hotel Astor recently, Governor A. H. Roberts of Tennessee, Abraham Flexner of the general educational board and Chancellor J. H. Kirkland of Vanderbilt university, all talked in support of the drive, the object of which is to make possible a broadening of the work of the university. Governor Roberts declared that the education of Negroes for leadership among their own people was the greatest need of the day. Negroes, he said, are naturally religious and patriotic and can be made into the most valuable citizens if given an opportunity to find proper leadership among themselves. ARMSTRONG, ANOTHER NEGRO INVENTOR Invents Ingenious 400-Pound Diving Suit in Which Diver Goes Down 360 Feet in Ocean, Breaking World's Diving Record. Boston, Dec. 31.—John F. Turner, deep-sea diver, broke the world's record here December 3 when he descended 360 feet near Grave's Light, off this port. His previous record was 167 feet. The suit Turner used is constructed entirely of heavy brass and weighs nearly 400 pounds. It was invented by Charles H. Armstrong, a Negro mechanic, and is built upon the principle of the ancient coats of armor, with flexible metals joints. The diver's hands are entirely inclosed and in their places are hooks which are worked from the inside by ingenious clutches. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 1, 1920 SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER MAN, MANAGING EDITOR OMAHA BEE, SUPPORTS MONITOR'S CHARGE OF ROBBERY OF NEGRO FARMERS IN 1917 Taylor Kennerly, a brilliant southern newspaper man, was on the staff of the New York Evening Post of which publication Oswald Garrison Villard, grandson of William Lloyd Garrison and treasurer of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, was for so many years the editor-in-chief. Mr. Villard retired from The Evening Post some months ago to devote his time to the publication of The Nation. The policy of The Post during Mr. Villard's editorship was most friendly to the Negro. It was the one great New York publication which fearlessly championed the Negro's cause. Then, too, it is noteworthy that in 1917 the United States entered the world war. The Negro was needed. Newspapers, north and south, were sounding his praises. There was a vast deal of truth telling about the mistreatment of the Negro in the United States and especially in the South. Conscience-smitten, America pleaded eloquently for a square deal to the most loyal of her citizens, the black American. The patriotic press, and especially that portion of it which was friendly to the Negro, sought writers who knew the truth about southern conditions and specifically the causes underlying the exodus from the south, and employed such writers to prepare articles to carry out the policy of the paper in bringing such facts to the attention of the discerning public. Newspapers have a policy. It is the duty of members on the staff to carry out that policy. The Post could not have secured a more competent writer than Taylor Kennerly, formerly managing editor of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, to prepare a series of articles on "The Negro Exodus From the South." Three articles written by Mr. Kennerly, under this caption and published in The Post of May 25, and June 2 and 9, throw such a flood of light upon the conditions responsible for the so-called "Negro uprising against the whites" at Elaine, Arkansas, a few weeks ago and for which eleven Negroes were sentenced to death in SEVEN MINUTES and more than sixty others were given life or long-time sentences in the penitentiary, that their republication will prove timely, interesting and instructive. In this connection, it will be recalled that The Monitor's special correspondent, who gave the facts about the Elaine "uprising," stated that "The Negro Farmers' Protective Association" had been formed to seek legal redress against a system of robbery of which they had been victims at the hands of unscrupulous whites for years. Mr. Kennerley's articles, and the fact must not be overlooked that they are from the pen of a southern white man who would much rather write a different story, fully corroborate The Monitor's position. Mr. Kennerly has for the past year been managing editor of the Omaha Bee, which also evidently has a policy. His articles as published in The New York Evening Post will be republished in The Monitor under the exact headings given them in the original publication. They are articles worthy of preservation. Here is the third: THE NEGRO EXODUS FROM THE SOUTH Laws Needed, Not to Prevent Enticement From Southern States But to Make It Worth While for the Negro to Stay There— An Agricultural Empire Wasted. Last of a Series of Three Articles by Taylor Kennerly IN previous articles I have tried to explain why the Negroes are leaving the south, and why a certain class of white men in the south are making such desperate efforts to prevent their doing so. In this connection the following news item, taken from the Montgomery Advertiser of May 19, is particularly illuminating: "Friday was a black-letter day for labor agents in police cour. Will Jackson and Glove Henderson, Negroes, were fined $50 each and given three months' hard labor sentences, for the alleged offense of attempting to entice labor from the city. "According to the prosecution, Jackson was overheard talking to several Negroes at the Union Station Friday morning, endeavoring to induce them to go to Pennsylvania. Troy Rives said he overheard the defendant tell another Negro that he wanted nineteen Negroes to go to Pennsylvania at a wage of $1.50 a day. "A Negro testified that Jackson made him the proposition, and told him that if he would say nothing, and be at the depot Monday morning, he would take him up to the Quaker State where he would be assured a good job. Jackson protested his innocence, maintaining that he has been working for the railroad, and never has been in Pennsylvania, and that he came home about three weeks ago from Cleveland, Ohio, because of illness. "Glove Henderson, a rather youthful Negro, admitted that he came here under instructions from the Louisville &'Nashville railroad's section foreman at Harttselle to bring back eight Negroes as section hands. A railroad pass that was made out in the name of 'Washington,' and called for the passage of eight hands, was offered in evidence. Commissioner Tyson, sitting, imposed the fine and hard labor sentence, together with the order that when he completes his time he shall be turned over to the state authorities for prosecution on the ground that he rode on a pass made out in another person's name. "Henderson explained that the pass had been made out to 'Washington,' but that 'Washington' took sick, and he was sent in his place on 'Washington's' pass." No Secret About the Purpose. This fine of $50 and sentence of three months' hard labor given these labor agents for the "crime of offering a number of idle Negroes a job," was assessed in police court. Besides this city ordinance the state of Alabama also has recently decreed that all labor agents working in that state will have to pay a state license of $500 and a $250 county license. In announcing this license the state equalization board openly declared that the object of the prohibitive license law was to "put a ban on the immigration of Negroes to the north and east, where they have been going by the thousands from all sections of the Old South during the last few months, principally to work in munition and other factories." The wage of the Negro laborers taken from the south in the great industrial centers of the north and east is anywhere from $10 to $15 per week, which is more than the average Negro farm hand in the southern states earns in a month. There is only one reason why certain white men are so alarmed and are doing everything in their power to stop the Negro exodus from the south. Certainly it is not because of their love for the black man. The class of white man who is making the most fuss about the Negro exodus, and still wants to keep the Negro practically in industrial slavery, is the greatest enemy of the whole Central South today. He preaches democracy from the soul of a Romanoff. Not only has the greed of this man kept the Negro on the farm a slave, but it has also, in the last half century, produced a breed of illiterates from his own race as bad, or worse. MRS. HATTIE MINTOSH KING PASSES AWAY Prominent Actress, Well Known in Williams & Walker Shows, Dies Suddenly. (By The Associated Negro Press) CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 29.—Mrs. Hattie McIntosh King, wife of Billy King, the performer, died here very suddenly last week. Mrs. King was a native of Detroit, Mich., and formerly the wife of Tom McIntosh, a performer. For a number of years Mrs. King was one of the best known theatrical performers in the country, having been twelve years with the famous Williams & Walker company, and spending eighteen months of the time in London. She was an actress as well as capable in the music world. Mrs. King's demise occurred while the theatrical company of her husband was playing an engagement at the Grand theater and the family was looking forward to a merry Christmas, it being the first in years that Mr. King has spent at home. The residence of Billy King is noted for its elegant and luxurious furnishings, much of which is due to the fine esthetic taste of Mrs. King. The burial was in Chicago and the funeral was attended by many prominent in the theatrical profession. DECIDED DECREASE IN NEGRO BIRTH RATE South Carolina Reports Decrease of Over 2,000 in Negro Birth Rate Since 1918—Attributes Reduction to Exodus of Negro to North and West. (By The Associated Negro Press) Columbia, So. C., Dec. 31.—Negro births in South Carolina during the first ten months of 1919 show a decrease of 2,064 as compared with the same period of time for 1918, according to the annual report of the bureau of vital statistics, now being made up. White births show an increase of 219 over the figures for 1918. The decrease in the Negro birth rate is accounted for by C. W. Miller, chief clerk of the vital statistics bureau, on the theory "that large numbers of Negroes have left the state in the past two years, and when the census for 1920 is taken it will be found that the Negro population has been largely overestimated." The Negro migration from South Carolina to northern and central western cities in the early part of the year was widely commented upon, but as they left as a rule in small bodies the extent of the movement may not have been fully realized. The decrease in the number of births in a single year of more than 2,000 caused much comment at the health office. The Negro births for 1918 totaled 17,527. The total for 1919 was 15,463. The white births for the same two years were 14,793 and 15,012, respectively. SUFFRAGE WORKERS ARE ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING Women Determined to Secure Rattification of Federal Amendment by State Legislatures—Desire to Vote for Next President. Washington, Dec. 31.—Suffrage workers are campaigning for ratification of the federal suffrage amendment by state legislature which meet in January. Seven of these have not acted on suffrage. They are Kentucky, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Maryland, Oregon, New Mexico and New Jersey. Early ratification is predicted in Oregon and New Mexico, where special sessions are called, and favorable action from most of the others is assured, according to suffrage leaders. Twenty-two states have approved the amendment. Thirty-six are needed if women may vote in the next presidential election. NEGROES OF FLORIDA TO PRESENT EXHIBITS AT SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR Tampa, Fla., Dec. 31.—Among the most interesting features of the forthcoming South Florida Fair will be the varied exhibits made by the Negroes of Florida, who are expected to be represented by a larger display than has been made by members of the race in any state. LIFTING. LIFT, TOO! Vol. V. No. 26 (Whole No. 235) TO YOU ALL AWAY own in s, Dies (Press) SOUTHERN GOVERNOR SPEAKS FOR LAW AND ORDER O'Neal of Alabama Makes Plea for Orderly Process of Law—Says "United States Cannot Afford to Be Only Civilized Nation Which Permits Mob Violence and Savagery." (By Associated Negro Press.) BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 31.—Ex-Governor Emmett O'Neal of Alabama, president of the bar association of that state, in addressing the members of the Twentieth Century club urged that in all parts of the country the orderly processes of law be followed. He discussed the race riots of the country. "Who can say that the Negro is not progressing and that economic freedom does not lie ahead of it?" asked the governor. "Despite the fact that they have often been exploited and guided unwisely and have been the victims of visionary schemes, they have acquired a billion dollars' worth of property and have reduced illiteracy among themselves from 90 to 30 per cent. "I voice the spirit of the new south when I say that mob violence and disorder is ended, that when the problem is solved as we intend to solve it—with justice—when all race enmity is eradicated, then will the hopes and dreams of the wise leaders of the south be realized. "Violence and disorder in the north during the last decade show that no section of the country can point the finger of scorn at any other section. "The remedy must be national or the United States must step down as one of the civilized and Christian nations of the world. The United States cannot afford to be the only civilized nation which permits mob violence and savagery." PRIVATE OWNERSHIP SOON President Wilson Issues Proclamation Transferring Railroads Midnight March 1. Washington, Dec. 31.—The United States government will transfer the railroads back to private ownership and control March 1, 1920, at 12:01 a.m., says a proclamation issued by President Wilson. Director General Hines issued an appeal to every officer and employee of railroads under federal control to "redouble his efforts to produce the best and most economical railroad service possible during the remaining period of federal control." Acts Under Control Law. President Wilson acted under authority of the railroad control law, passed March, 1918, which authorized him to return the railroads at any time within twenty-one months after peace. The first measure empowering him to take over transportation systems was passed the summer of 1916, and was aimed at a threatened railroad strike on the Mexican border. ARRESTED FOR EMBARKING IN DISTILLERY BUSINESS Officers Find Five Stills, Cleverly Camouflaged, With Daily Capacity of 400 Gallons of Moonshine. Richmond, Va., Dec. 31.—Two Negroes are in jail here and warrants are out for four others, accused of operating a large illicit distillery a mile and a half from the city limits. Officers, making a raid, found five stills, with a capacity of 400 gallons daily, and several thousand gallons of mash ready for conversion into moonshine. The stills were located in a ravine, and were camouflaged with tree tops and piles of wood. CRUSADE LAUNCHED AGAINST ILITERACY AMONG WISCONSIN WHITES (Special to The Monitor.) Maison, Wis., Dec. 31.—Wisconsin is a state with almost a negligible Negro population, and that of the most progressive type. There is practically no illiteracy among this group. It has been discovered however that there are 57,000 persons in Wisconsin who cannot read or write. The University of Wisconsin has instituted a campaign of education to reach every township for the purpose of teaching everyone the rudiments of English. COAT SEASON IS BIG PARIS CARD COAT SEASON IS BIG PARIS CARD Separate Outer Garment Holds the Sway of Style for French Women. BLUE SERGE FAVORED FABRIC Materials Featured by Old-Time Leader at Head of List—Leather Takes First Rank as Trimming. Sometimes it is the separate dress and coat and sometimes it is the suit that holds the sway of style during a season. In Paris, without a doubt, declares a fashion writer, it is the coat this season. Such attention as has been shown to morning and afternoon dresses in Paris would be hard to equal, and instead of their having declined in popularity after several seasons of attention, quite the contrary has happened. They are more in the limelight than ever. In spite of the fact that there is so little conspicuous change in the line of the gowns, it is upon these "little dresses" that some of the most artistic touches have been lavished. The inconsipulous, unassuming gown for morning or for afternoon can have about it much genuine feeling. At each of the couturiers the same story is true; each one has outdone himself in presenting new reasons for the continued life of this popular garment. Materials have for their leader one that has the sanction of ages behind it—blue serge. Then there are all of the soft surfaced fabrics—duvetyn, rusella, burella, and the allied fabrics. For afternoon there are charmeuse, of which there are a great many models to be seen, taffeta, and velvet which has lost none of its vogue. There was nothing smarter than than a black velvet gown and there is nothing smarter now. The trimmings and touches on these dresses for daylight wear are fascinating in their variety. It is not so much the thing that is done as the way it is done. When one sees the clever little bits of hand-made braid and the inserts of bead work, the facings and the edgings, one wonders how there can grow so many new ideas in the course of a single season. But there they are, to be copied interminably by less ingenious Americans. Not so much hand work is to be seen about these dresses as was the case in former seasons. The little girls who used to do this work have learned by their connection with the war-time munition factories that a 1 Gown of Black Taffeta and Velvet Forms Charming Combination. female is entitled to more of daily sustenance than it was possible for her to attain by doing embroidery. So the new frocks show the strain. But the Parisian designer gives us something quite as lovely even though it has but one-fourth its former embroidery for adornment, yes, even though there be no hand work at all and the decoration is found to be a product of the good old American machine. Rows of braid and bits of bright ribbon do their part in producing an attractive effect. Leather Frocks and Trimmings. A trimming that has taken first rank is leather. It is handled in unheard of ways and the result is charming. Sometimes it is a narrow strip of belt colored in a happy contrast to a gown. Again it is used as satin would be for outside facing on cuffs and skirt pockets. Sometimes it is pieced into an all-over pattern and sometimes it is gotten into whole suits. An extravagant suit was made of pink leather and trimmed with a high collar of fuzzy black fur. Then there was an attractive gown of white leather in the cut pattern. This was trimmed with rows of black nail heads and some strips of black patent leather. It, too, was bizarre but attractive, perhaps a thing more for Paris than for an American city. While the sleeves on most of these dresses for day wear are short—often extremely short—they are time and again trimmed or finished with flowing cuffs which give an interesting line to the silhouette. The cuffs are set onto three-quarters or half-length THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY An Attractive Tailored Suit of Velours de Laine and Kolinsky. sleeves, and sometimes they even finish, in a thoroughly well done manner, the ends of sleeves that are of the shortest. Fur is used sparingly on frocks of any sort. When it is seen there are apt to be narrow strips of it used as though they might be strips of embroidery. For this purpose moleskin is popular, while kolinsky and seal come in for their usual attention. Blue Chiffon, Blue Leather. By way of using two materials showing as great a contrast as it was possible to obtain one designer showed a frock made of dark blue chiffon with dark blue leather (or kid) trimmings. You will wonder, if you have not seen it, how this could possibly be and what would be the effect produced. Well, it was as pretty as anything that could be imagined. The leather was used as a wide edging for the full peplum and it was worked into the bodice as well as making cuffs on the ends of the flowing sleeves. Not a little of the charm of this gown lay in the fact that the whole was built over a lavender foundation. Some of the neck lines on the new fall gowns are interesting because they are quite different from anything we have seen for some time. I mean those which are cut in a V and which are finished with frilled or shaped collars standing up quite high at the back of the neck, graduating in width as they reach the front, and gradually tapering off into nothing in a point somewhat below the bust. These are sometimes made of silk or satin to match the material of the gown in color and sometimes they are composed largely of lace or organdie in a plaited frill. There are many varieties of blue serge. One has a plaited waistcoat made of crisp white organdie and a high collar tied with a pert black bow under the chin. This frock, for a very young person, has a little flat apron effect at front and at back and the panels are edged all around, with the serge done into a knife plaiting about two and a half inches in width. The panels, it may be added, are extensions of the waist and the skirt is a tight and short thing by itself. Black Velvet Gowns. A black velvet gown which attracted attention was made with a round neck and cut practically in one straight piece. For trimming there ran up the back in a straight line at either side, from hem to neck, rows of little white crocheted roses. They were continued round the neckline. By this method all of the trimming was confined to the back, the only hint in front being the inconspicuous neck edging. A black velvet gown was made with two puffs over the hips. They were not overly sumptuous in appearance, just large enough to show that panniers were in fashion. From these the gathered skirt dropped straight to the hem, and the bodice was slightly fitted. Many of the afternoon dresses show a strong Louix XIV influence. There are upstanding collars and frills, and even high necks with plaitings that stand out underneath the chin. The frills often form themselves into a fichu line. THE MONITOR AIRPLANES TO KEEP TRIBESMEN TAMED Bombay.-Tribesmen in Afghanistan have been warned by the British government that unless they abandon raiding of convoys and hostile invasion of peaceful territory, their villages will be subjected to airplane bombardment. COMMENDS MONITOR'S STAND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Cyrus D. Bell Writes of Some Personal Experiences With Improvement Club and Quotes an Historic Statement Which Proved Prophetic. To the Editor of The Monitor: I cheerfully contribute the mite of my congratulation for the excellent showing which is being made from week to week through the columns of your paper in its merciless onslaughts against the treasonable elements who labor so industriously to prevent the progress and happiness of colored people. I have perused with extraordinary interest the several editorial articles, as well as others from special correspondents, that have appeared during the last half year or more, and I have found genuine delight in noting the remarkable force of logic, clear-cut diction, the courageous and candid presentation of facts that characterized them without exception. It is a fact, therefore, which I regard as an extremely unfortunate one, that The Monitor seems justified in charging certain other individuals—presumably colored people—as "planning now to put another publication in the field" to promote "their selfish aims and short-sighted policy" of segregation. And in this connection you very properly ask the question: "Do the people want this?" It is undoubtedly the correct answer to this question when you say that "our people desire a paper that will fearlessly, but wisely and sane contend for their rights. Some two or three months ago I had a little personal experience in dealing with one of our so-called improvement clubs such as The Monitor so accurately described in its issue of the 18th inst. I have resided in Omaha considerably more than half a century, having reached here but a little while after marching with the immortal heroes who followed that matchless soldier and patriot, Ulysses S. Grant, in his whirlwind campaign against Vicksburg. I have been paying taxes on realty and personality here for at least 48 years, and it may prove particularly interesting to Mr. Comer, Mr. Bussy and Mr. Stone, respectively president, vice president and secretary of the Omaha View Improvement club, when I tell them and all other people ON FRIDAY, JANUARY SECOND, We Will Usher in the New Year With Our Annual January Sa Linens an White Good Our Annual January Sale of Linens and White Goods Mercerized Napkins, 1.75 to 4.95 a doz. All Linen Napkins, 5.25 to 24.75 a doz. Mercerized Table Cloths, 79c to 3.95 Bath Towels, from 35c to 79c Cotton Huck Towels, 19c up to 35c Bed Spreads, from 7.95 to 13.50 Bed Sheets, from 1.49 to 2.65 Pillow Cases, 29c up to 75c Every department has contributed its quota to make this sale a success. Thomas Kilpatrick Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. On Douglas Street for 50 Years OMAHA, NEB of like disposition that they will find me credited in full to date for taxes if they make inquiry. And another thing they may learn by inquiring, which is of at least equal importance, and that is that my neighbors have never had to appeal to the police for protection from any lawlessness or rascality which I meditated committing against them. But briefly stated, my story amounts to this: Two or three months ago the three gentlemen above named came to me with the statement that the Omaha View Improvement club had deputized them to inform me that the club had adopted a resolution requiring of me the withdrawal of my membership of the club. As I had joined the organization in response to several invitations, I was naturally surprised to note the sudden turn of things, and in answer to my inquiry as to the cause, Mr. Comer, acting as chief spokesman, said that the prevailing sentiment was averse to admitting colored persons to membership as their presence at social gatherings would prove a damper upon the festivities of such occasions. It is well to note in this connection that each one of these gentlemen disclaimed any sympathy with such sentiment. Wouldn't it be an interesting undertaking for them to explain to intelligent people how it happened that they were selected to perform such a conspicuous part in this shady transaction? Plainly, it would have been the part of brave men of conscientious disposition to have gone against such a proceeding from start to finish, and thus to have saved themselves from the discreditable predicament in which they now appear. But perhaps the meanest act the club committed was that of soliciting and obtaining from the school board the use of one of our public school buildings in which to hold its meeting, without the slightest intimation of its intentions to attempt to use it as a center for dissemination of such diabolic and treasonable teaching as the southern "Jim-crowism" and segregation When the fire-eating disloyalists of Virginia had perfected their scheme for dragging the Old Dominion into the vortex of treason, a deputation of them called upon that greatest of American sea fighters, David Glasgow Farragut, who was then on "waiting orders" at Norfolk, and informed him that Virginia was no longer a safe place for people of his political sentiment to live. "If I cannot live here in safety," responded the intrepid tar, "I shall go where I can." And he concluded with the fateful words of warning to them: "But mark my words, you fellows are going to catch hell before you get through with this business." 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World STARLIGHT 10¢ FLOR OF MELBA Corona your dealer your favorite size R GROWER LIGHTENING OIL Agents wanted—Write for particulars. We carry everything in the latest fashionable hair goods at the lowest prices. We make switches, puffs, transformation curls, coronet braids, and combings made to order, matching all shades a specialty. Send samples of hair with all orders. 2416 Blondo St., Omaha, Neb. Telephone Webster 880 HOT COFFEE Delicious Ice Cream Sodas ```markdown ``` ERE RD Teche Fins MRR Th Ae nee Events and Persons ee see Peete. ee. nouncement of the marriage of Mr. John Webb and Mrs. Fannie Cook, the wedding taking place December 18 at Council Bluffs. Rev. J. P. Jackson of- ficiated. Covers were laid for the fol- lowing persons: Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Newhouse, Mr. and Mrs, Jarrett Scott, ‘Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Lewelewn, Mr. and Mrs. Minor, ‘Mr. and Mrs, Brooks, Mr. and Mrs, H. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. ©. Johnson, Mr. Edward Webb, Mys. Bertie Roundtree, Miss Marion Parker, Miss Mabel Miller, Mr. Simons, Mr. Floyd Brucknen, Mr. T. Warren. A chance for the kiddies to earn a prize. Read Monitor Mother Goose offer on page six. Among appreciated callers at The Monitor ofice this week were Clyde L. Glass, Dr. John A. Singleton, Messrs. Otis Shipman, Percy Banks, Othello Wright and Rev. R. P. Tyler of Sedalia, Mo. Will the lady who left a khakt over- coat with Kneeter the tailor, 506 South 16th street, please call for the same. Coat was to be dyed brown. if owner fails to cali soon, the coat will be sold.—Adv. W. P. Wade nas returned home aft- er spending the holidays with his sis- ter, Mrs. Green Embray of Newosha and with his niece in Joplin, .Mo., stopping en route to visit friends and relatives at Kansas City and Atchi- son, Have you joined the N. A. A. C. P. yet? Why not? Joseph Officer, after a pleasant two weeks visit with Omaha friends, left Saturday night for Toronto, Ont. where he now resides, Chas, E, Moton spent a few days visiting his family in St, Louis last week, returning to the city Monday. Mrs. W. L. Seals left Monday, De- cember’ 22, for Galveston, Tex,, to spend the holidays with relatives and friends, ‘Mrs. James Dudley and daughter of 2524 North Twenty-fifth street, en- tertained at Christmas dinner. Cov- ers were laid for five. For special bargains in stocks, bonds and real estate see Fred Wil- liams, Monitor office. Douglas 3224. The Daughters of Bethel are to meet sate Magoute fall, ‘Pwenty-second and Cuming streets, Friday, January 2, Business of importance, Mrs, James W. Madden and son of Chicago arrived in the city last week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs, M F. Singleton, 1428 North Twenty-sec- ‘ond street F. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 640 Bee Building. Douglas 3841.—Adv. Augustus Kinner of Milwaukee ar- rived Christmas morning to spend the holidays with his brother, G, L. Kin- ner, 2863 Miami street. He left for Milwaukee Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs, A. Harbin left for Kan- was City, Mo, Friday to bury Mrs. Harbin’s last brother. She | ost a brother during the holidays last year. Of thirteen children she and her sis- ter alone survive. For big bargains and safe invest- ments see Fred C. Williams, Douglas 3224, Mrs. Herbert Gleed of Lawrence, Kas., and her sister, Miss Mosella Jo- seph of Kansas City, are the guests of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, Several so- cial functions have been given and others are scheduled in their honor, Monday afternoon a card party was given by Mrs. Mahammitt compli- mentary to Mrs. Gleed and in the eve- ning she entertained the younger set at cards complimentary Miss Joseph, Photos painted in oil colors by our method, beautiful and look alive. Send $1 with photo for sample. De- seribes color fully. We copy and en- large all kinds of pictures. Satisfae- tion guaranteed. Representatives wanted. The Photo Color Studio, 2866 Saratoga street, Omaha, Neb. ‘The Misses Otis and Cunia Watson entertained a few of their girl friends at dinnér Sunday afternoon in honor of Miss Irene Newman of Chicago, who is spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs, Dora Newman, and her sister, Mrs, Simon Harrold, Others in the party were the Misses Merriam Gordon, Irene Jones, Ethel Jones and Darline Duval. North Side taxi, J. D. Lewis, pro- prietor, Two limousines with heat. Stand phone, Web. 1490; residence phone, Web. 949, Among the large number of fam- ‘Mrs, W. D. Taylor, 2711 North 28th street, is ill in bed with pleurisy. Mrs, Williamson gave a surprise birthday party for her husband Among, the guests present were Drs W. M. Gordon, 1. E. Britt, E,W. Good- en, W. W. Peebles, Amos B, Madison, A. G. Edwards, J. Boston Hill; Messrs. Joe Brown, A. C. Brown, C. M. Andrews, G. P, Robinson The date of the party was December 6; the age of Dr, Williamson is still unknown. | Mrs, W. D. Taylor entertained at Christmas dinner in honor of her son, Remus Gaines of Carroll, Ia, Mrs, W. E, Alexander is spending the holidays in Clarinda, Ia., visiting. Mr, George Smith of 2534 Hamilton street, is confined to his home with pneumonia, ‘The Elite Whist club met last Wed- nesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs, Meda McKinney, 2626 Maple street. Mrs. E, R. West with the high- est score was prize winner, The next Drs. Singleton & Singleton, dentists, 111 South 14th street. Quality and efficiency our motto, ‘meeting will be at the residence of “Mrs. Henry Black. Our old friend Fred ‘Thompson ts ‘in the city from Lusk, Wyoming, where he is engaged in ranching. Mrs, Grace Rogers of Chicago was in the city visiting relatives and friends. She is en route to California, Mr, and Mrs, Seruggs of 4721 Par- ‘ker street, entertained with a nine- ‘course dinner in honor of their fa- ‘ther and mother, Mr, and Mrs, J. D. ‘Erwin and their brother, Jasper. The ‘dinner was a celebration of the 45th wedding anniversary of the parents who were presented with a silver token. Mr, Willie Bruce, the popular young ‘barber at Killingsworth & Price's, Is still confined to. his bed with pneu- /monia, Are you a member of the N. A. A. C.P.2 If not, why not? Miss Ethel Dow, manicurist at Jen- kin’s barber shop, 18 reported ill. Mr. Ben Slaughter, 2429 Erskine ‘street, suffered from an attack of “ptomaine poisoning, Mrs, 0. W, Jackson of 2528 Patrick avenue, spent Xmas in Fall§ City with ‘her mother. Mrs. J. W. Holmes is visiting with relatives in Topeka, Kas. Mrs, Ella Anderson, 1516 North 24th ‘left Tuesday to visit relatives In Co- lumbia and Dayton,’ O. YULETIDE FESTIVITIES A Yuletide party was given at the residence of Mrs. Sadie Crocker, 209 South 27th street, December 25, by Mr. H. D. Thompson, 2410 Erskine street. ‘Those present were: Misses June and Florence Grant, Fern and Ruby Chiles, Ida, Lucile and Hattie Crock- er; Masters Mike and Miles Crocker: Mr. H. G. Thompson, a prominent business man of Omaha delivered the address of welcome. Mrs. Crocker prepared a sumptuous repast assisted by Mrs. Harry Hunt, whieh was en- joyed by all who were present. ‘The house was gorgeously deco- rated with holly, which made it appear more Christmas like, ‘The evening was spent in reeita- tions, games and music and everyone reported as having a very happy Christmas. WoW. GAs ‘The Negro Women’s Christian As- sociation will meet at the home on January 7. Every member is asked to be present important business must be looked after, During the holidays the old ladies of the home were visited by the com- munity center girls who lit a Christ- mas tree, sang songs and left candles and nuts to cheer the inmates, Mrs, Robert Walker and mother called and left a huge pumpkin pie. Mr, and Mrs, Henry Black were among the callers. Call Webster 4409 or Harney 3886 if you have any of last year's maga- zines to dispose of, ‘This will be a great help in defraying the expenses of the home. Friday is visiting day, MEETING OF WOOD REPUBLICANS Colored repubilcans with the nomt- nation of Gen, Wood for president in view will hold final organization meet- ing, pursuant to the creation and mak- ing permanent a political organization that shall be constantly active in mat- ters within the scope of party poli- tics as they relate to the local and na- tonal welfare of colored citizens. All republicans are invited to at- tend meeting at War Camp Community headquarters, 2420 Lake street, Co- lumbia hall, Tuesday, January 6, 1920. J. W. LONG, President ELDER SCOTT, Secretary. THE X. A. A.C. P. WILL MERT AT MT, MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH ‘The Omaha branch of the N. A. A. C. P, will meet Sunday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock at Mt. Moriah Baptist church. A special program will be given. i. THE MONITOR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOLDS CHRISTMAS TREE FOR KIDDIES Community service a few years ago was a thing unheard of. It is a child of the war and a blessed offspring of the War Camp Community Service. If the Red Cross is the “Greatest | Mother,” then Community Service can Be styled as the ‘Greatest Father,” for it is the head of the House of Love; it serves and works for, and bands together the great human fam- ily. This was manifest on Christmas day at Columbia Hall, 2420 Lake St., when some 300 little ones and friends gathered about, a beautifully deco- rated tree singing carols, After an interesting Christmas pro- gram was rendered by the members of the Girls’ Community Service League, jolly old Santa Claus put in his appearance and made each and every one happy by distributing boxes of candy, assorted nuts, oranges and other gifts. ‘The affair was conducted by Mr. W. e Moten, Miss Frankie B. Watkins, directors of community work, and Mrs, J. H, Moss, local assistant. The tree was donated by Trimble Bros., deco- ‘rations by the Burgess-Nash Stores, nuts by Hayden Bros., candy by Bran- | deis, and lights by the Nebraska Pow- er company, through the courtesy of [Mayor Smith, | Cash donations were given by Mr. /S. 8. Caldwell, the N. A. A.C. P., and 'inany other friends, On Christmas eve a group of the |Community Service Girls remembered ‘the old people at the home, by carry- ing a small tree, beautifully deco- rated to that institution, and present- |ing each one with a small token. ‘The old podple mestied: Happily: aurprised. FUNERAL OF MRS. EMILY SCOTT The funeral of Mrs, Emily Scott was held from St. John’s A. M, EB. church last Friday morning at 11 ‘o'clock, the Rev. W. C, Williams and ‘the Rev. 8. L, Deas, officiating. “Near- er My God to Thee,” and “Asleep in Jesus,” were effectively sung by Mrs. Stella McCoy. The pallbearers were Robert Allen great grandson; Charles W. and Hunley Dickerson, grandsons: F. L. Barnett, son-in-law; Dewey Al- len, grand son-in-law, and George Al- len. Interment was at Forest Lawn cemetery. PHI DELTA NOTES The annual Christmas all night party was held at the home of Mrs. Wilhelma Watson-Green, 28th and Ohio streets. Breakfast at 4:20 was ‘a huge and delicious success, Ther ‘followed an auto ride in the early ‘morning air and all attended 5:30 praise services. Miss Mozetta Joseph of Kansas City was the out of town guest and Miss Irene Newman at home from Chicago for the holidays. CARD OF THANKS _ Mr, and Mrs. Joe Diamond desire to “express their heartfelt thanks to their ‘many friends and to Eureka Council No. 9; Bathsheba Council No, 12; the Mosaic lodge; the Sons and Danghters of Jerusalem, the Royal Palace and Bethel Baptist Sunday school for their ‘Kindness during the illness and death of their mother, Mrs, Mattie Slatter. We are also grateful for the beautiful floral offerings. . Pa CLYDE L, GLASS, PIANIST, GIVBS RECITAL Clyde L. Glass, the well-known and talented pianist, gave a recital last ‘Friday night in St. John’s A. M. E. church before a large and apprecia- ‘tive audience. Mr, Glass, who Is head ‘of the music department at Western “university, was ably assisted by local ‘talent. eclonieaaaciie WOMEN CAN VOTE FOR DELEGATES Attorney General Says They May Be Sent to Party Conventions. Lincoln, Dec. 31.—Nebraska women can vote for delegates to the national party conventions at the April pri- maries and may even be candidates themselves. Attorney General Clarence A. Davis has so interpreted the 1917 partial suffrage law for Mrs, W. E. Barkley, president of the Nebraska State Suf- frage association, Mrs. Barkley says the women of the United States hope to see national suffrage ratified before March 1, 1920, in time to allow equal voting rights on all questions at the spring primaries. ELECTROCUTION OF ALLEGED RIOTERS POSTPONED Little Rock, Ark. Dee, &1.—Blee- trocutions ‘of six Negroes condemned to die December 27 for partietpation in the uprising at Blaine, Ark,, last Oc- tober, were postponed at least sixty days Friday when atcorneys filed no- tice of an appeal to the supreme court. Six Negroes sentenced to die January 2 also are affected. Governor Brough granted the con- demned men a respite. * ‘THOUSANDS WELCOME NEGRO OWNED AND MANNED STEAMSHIP (By Associated Negro Press.) Colon, Dec. 31—The Black Star limer Yarmouth, manned by a Negro crew with the exception of the first officer, and carrying six colored pas- bite Aor pb pone ANNUAL WHITE SALES Burgess-Nash Company Our Annual January Sale ORCHARD & WILHELM CO. Furniture Purchases | Our stock is now complete—Rugs, Furniture, Stoves, : Columbia Grafonolas and Records—in fact, everything for : the home. We save you money for we have very low rent, light : operating expense, with no outside warehouse rentals, : Our Exchange Department enables you to exchange ; your old furniture for modern designed furnishings. . . Dolan & Shields Furniture Co. CASH OR TERMS. Webster S64 24th and Lake Sts. Mm aaah a aa a aa a a n'a aaa an "e nas a n'a en's a aa a"a aaa a a aaa a a" aa Mata a ae" January Sales : ’ -at Thomson-Belden’s ; SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS On the Best Grades of Merchandise. ee en I ee oe ae eee :, TO OUR PORO CUSTOMERS : ‘ Watch Thursday’s papers ’ ° for announcements of our * 5 “Everybody's Store” 4 26 It is a genuine pleasure to reflect upon our mutual ¢ $, pleasant relations, and to say the New Year could bring us $, nothing better than a continuance of the same. 3 % ° JONES PORO CULTURE COLLEGE 4 5 And Agents 4 % 1516 North 24th St. 4 Bi a a a ee ee ee ee ee ae ee ee ee er ee ee Mave You CAR FIR| KREAM Tried t UX R LQ ent ID Te D> _ : “TRAD AR” hi o a n ; The face cream that is positively guaranteed to remove all grease, shine and perspiration. ; COOLING, HEALING, SATISFYING. ; 50c Manufactured by 50c A JAR Kaffir Chemical Laboratories A JAR ; a oanta 922 Douglas Street, Omaha. ears p POSTAGE Telephone Douglas 4390 POSTAGE Sold by Pope Drug Co., 18th and Farnam Sts.; Williamson's Drug Co., 2306 North 24th St.; Melchor Drug > Co,, 4826 South 24th St.; The People’s Drug Store, 111 South 14th St.; Holtz Drug Store, 2702 Cuming St; 4 ‘Toben Drug Co., 2402 N St.; Jones Cultural College, 1516 North 24th St.; Unitt-Docekal Drug Co., 1625 Farnam. : Mrs. B, A. Bostic, 2124 Clarke St.; Mmes. South & Johnson, 2416 Blondo; Mme. C. C, Trent, : 80th and Erskine; Mme. A. T. Austin, 4911 North 42d; Mrs. Clara Chiles, 2420 Lake St, > Relient AA Re eeinina eS SMM COR hs 8). iON MT Seg a ado Ses ia ee at te tanta oo sengers, arrived here from Kingston, Jamaica, The boat, which is the prop- erty of the first steamship company to be owned entirely by Negroes, was given an enthusiastic reception by thousands of people here, For Monitor office call Doug, 3224, 3 nonce D Hea SCIENTIFIC DENOVA TREATMENT Grows and Beautifies the Hair Correspondence course offered. ‘Diplomas Granted. Agents wanted everywhere. Address— MME. A. J. AUSTIN, 4911 North 42d Street, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Colfax 642. Orders should be accompanied with 85 cents. | S. W. MILLS REAL ESTATE CO. ; List your property with us. We ; will sell or rent for you. ; Notary Public, ; Office Phone Web. 148. ; 1421 N. 24th St., 24th & Charles NORTH END COAL & EXPRESS CO. | Hauls Everything. , 2010 No. ath St. i A.C. ALLEN, Prop. 4 Phone Webster 8036 3 Bia ree cee ene ae (oy | edz, Gee || | etter {SES EA ots, ah a. CD Quality First —— Our Motto oe Weare just as particular regarding the quality of foods we buy as we are about the way we serve them. Only the best products on the market are good enough for our patrons : And the most rigid rules s of cleanliness are fol- lowed in preparing these products for the table. | a The Monarch Cafe CARNER & TRIMBLE, Props. 107 South 14th St. Phone Tyler 4119 OMAR WONDER pe FLOUR rte THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Publishing Company. Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1815, 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 Madre Penn, Associate Editors. Fred C. Williams.-Business Manager. 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 Crouse Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Douglas 3224. Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. THE passing of the Old Year and the incoming of the New is regarded as a fitting time for making new resolutions. There is something tremendously solemn and thought-compelling in the flight of time which is forced upon the attention, either from custom or sentiment and perhaps the intermingling of both, of even the most heedless and indifferent as the Old Year dies. It seems like the passing of some dear friend, does it not? It may have been heavy with sorrow or redolent with joy, for most of us, but somehow it has gained for us a personality and has become a part of us. And then, too, our failure to make the most of the opportunities, whether material, intellectual or spiritual, which were ours during the year which has closed or is closing, comes with a more or less noticeable twinge of one's conscience or a remorseful tugging at the heart strings. Then to many comes the irresistible impulse to penitently fall upon one's knees, ask forgiveness for past failures and neglect; for sins of omission and commission, and then make some well-intentioned resolution of amendment for the New Year. This is what many of our readers will do. It will have more value upon our lives than we think, even though we do not keep the well-meant resolution. It pays to take spiritual account of stock and be stirred by nobler impulses even though we do this but once a year and the humiliating breaking of our resolution or resolutions may disclose our fickleness and need of a strength not our own. We wish you in all sincerity a Happy and a Prosperous New Year! May you have strength to keep whatever resolutions for amendment of life you may make. May each day as the sun moves toward the west find to your credit some good deed written in the Book of God's remembrance! May blessings, temporal and spiritual, be showered upon you! May this be your prayer for the New Year and find its richest fulfillment: "Build thee more stately mansions O my soul. Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast. ORGANIZED LABOR'S CHANGED ATTITUDE ORGANIZED labor, a force which must be recognized and whose insistent demands for a more equitable share of the wealth which it helps to produce, has at last seen a great light. It has dawned upon many of the labor leaders, if not upon the rank and file, that the cause of labor is one and no group can be excluded from its ranks. It has been deemed wise until recently to forbid the Negro entrance to the ranks of organized labor. Indeed, even now, some unions still bar him, but in self-defense, not because of any particular love of their black fellowworkman, these will be eventually compelled to admit him. Naturally the Negro laborer is a little shy of the overtures being made to him by the unions. He will not fall over himself in accepting these overtures; but it is our opinion and advice that he should maintain a sympathetic attitude and a readiness to become a member of organized labor. Organized labor's attitude has changed. Never mind what has changed it. This being true, our group should be willing to take advantage of whatever opportunities it may offer, provided they are honorable, fair aid just and call for no compromise of one's manhood 4 and self-respect. Our people must insist that they are men, whether in the ranks of labor or anywher else, and not merely Negroes. Organized labor has every thing to gain and nothing to lose by its changed attitude toward the Negro workman. It needs him. It needs to know him. Ignorance of one's neighbor is the prolific mother of prejudice. Labor, black and white, needs acquaintance-hip and acquaintance often begets friendship. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS THE Monitor with commendable pride calls attention to the New Year's greeting from colored business and professional men which occupies a page in this issue. This showing is quite gratifying. It will be a revelation to many of the number of growing business enterprises among us. This is only part of the number. It shows that we are making progress. STEPS TO HIGHER LEVELS PATHETIC, indeed, but by no means hopeless is the status of the Negro in the United States, to the upbuilding of which he has devoted his brawn and his brain and for the defense of which his blood has incarnadined almost countless battlefields. Ever willing to give of his best, he is constantly discriminated against and wantonly insulted; denied equal protection of the laws and exploited at every opportunity. Jimcrowed he is supposed to take it patiently and uncomplainingly. By direction and indirection, a certain minority of the dominant group in almost every community, seek to deprive him of his plainest constitutional rights. Such action is acquiesced in by an indifferent or short-sighted majority. Growing in intelligence, self-respect, resourcefulness and consciousness of his strength and power, he is becoming restive and dissatisfied with the conditions under which he is placed. Fortunately, he is not revengeful; nor does he believe in reprisal. He is warm-hearted, sympathetic and kind. These are elements of his strength of character which will ultimately triumph over the injustices which he keenly feels and against which he justly protests, a protest growing louder hour by hour. We say his case is pathetic, because his aspirations towards higher and better things are met by indifference and rebuff by those who ought to lend encouragement; his warm-heartedness by coldness; his citizenship by denial of his civil rights; his patriotism by proscription. Not hopeless, because all these things but fire him with zeal and determination to prove himself in every way a man. Moreover, the manifestation of patience, self-restraint and progress in spite of proscription are the stepping stones upon which we shall rise to higher levels and compel respect from those who really count. ORGANIZED LABOR'S COMPENSATION LAW ORGANIZED labor a few years ago had enacted the employers' liability and compensation law which offers splendid protection to the workingmen of Nebraska. The Western Laborer contained in last week's issue the following item which will prove instructive and thought-compelling: "Congressman Jeffries secured the passage of a compensation claim for Rudolph Desdunes in congress last week for $1,200 in full for total blindness. The accident happened nine years ago in New Orleans. Had this accident happened in Nebraska under the compensation law this man would get $12 each week for 300 weeks, $3,600, plus $5 each week for the balance of life." THE MONITOR Thou blessed babe of Bethlehem, Thou were sleeping, sweetly sleeping On thy mother's breast, O, did no fleeting dream of Calvary E'er enter to disurb Thy peaceful rest? O holy virgin mother, as you soothed the babe in accents sweet and mild, Ye angels, as you sang for joy— Did your hearts not throb in pity for This little child? Thou blessed babe of Bethlehem, Thou didst suffer deepest sorrow Sinners to befriend: THE boom for Leonard Wood as presidential nominee on the republican ticket is steadily gaining headway. Strong organizations have been formed and are being formed throughout the country. In our judgment he is the man of the hour. The Monitor modestly suggested some months ago that General Wood would be the strongest and best man whom the republicans could nominate. We were never known to do anything half-heartedly and so we are whole-heartedly and enthusiastically for Wood, whom we hope to see nominated by acclamation. We hope that readers of The Monitor throughout the country will lend their influence to creating a sentiment for Leonard Wood for president. The Wood boom is gaining headway hourly. GROWING APPRECIATION OF LEADERSHIP AN excellent illustration of the growing appreciation of intelligent and unselfish leadership which shows our people are thinking and learning rapidly, came to our attention the other day. A suggestion was made to a certain head-waiter who has a capable and efficient corps of waiters who are a credit to their profession, that the wages of his men ought to be and probably would be cut. His courteous reply was: "I am sure my men will not stand for it." He proceeded to give reasons why they would not. The manager said: "May I talk to the men about it?" "Certainly, if you wish it." The head-waiter told his men of the desired conference. They said: "That is hardly necessary. You have spoken for us. The gentleman has been given our answer through you. We are perfectly satisfied with your presentation of our side of the case. You are our representative and spokesman." This looks like confidence in leadership. ACQUAINTANCES may be many, friends are few. Someone, we believe it was a little boy, gave the best definition of a friend we have ever heard. It was this: "A friend is one who knows all my faults and still loves me." Tested by this definition, we wonder how many friends we have, or what is more important yet, to how many we are indeed a friend. Poor, indeed, is he, even though he have the fabled wealth of a Croesus who is friendless. Never reach the point where you believe that you have no need of a friend; neither should you discard old friends for fancied new ones. Make new friends, of Ford THE UNIVERSAL CAR Ford service for owners of Ford cars, is one of the important elements of the great Ford organization. Ford owners can get real Ford service only by coming to the authorized Ford dealers, where there are at all times Ford work- men, genuine Ford ma- terials and the standard low Ford prices. If you want to get all there is, and the best there is, in your Ford car come to us with it for the genuine Ford service. Prompt attention every time. SAMPLE-HART MOTOR CO. 100% Ford Service 18th and Burt Streets OMAHA CHRISTMAS HYMN THE WOOD BOOM FRIENDSHIP course, and become yourself a friend to as many as you can, but never forget the old friends. Better advice could not be given than that contained in the familiar lines from Hamlet: "The friends thou hast and their affection tried grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel." Friendship is a sacred trust which all should guard. PRESIDENT DISAPPROVES Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.—Sentence of death imposed by court-martial on Capt. Daniel Smith, a Negro of the 368th infantry, on charge of having fled from the enemy in France, has been disapproved and the officer ordered restored to duty, according to orders, published by the war department. The order is signed by Secretary Baker "by direction of the president." Capt. Smith was accused of "shamefully" retreating and running away from the enemy on September 28, 1918, when his regiment was ordered to advance near Vinnelle-Chateau. ALHAMBRA The House of Courtesy. 24th and Parker Sts. THURSDAY— Special New Years Matinee 2 p. m. BERT LYTELL in "EASY TO MAKE MONEY" PEARL WHITE in "BLACK SECRET" Comedy FRIDAY EMLEY WHELAN in "THE UPLIFTERS" PEARL WHITE in "BLACK SECRET" Comedy SATURDAY ALBERT RAY in "VAGABOND LUCK" Comedy Pathe News SUNDAY— "BOUND AND GAGGED" WM. DESMOND in "THE BLUE BANDANA" Pathe News Comedy MONDAY and TUESDAY— "THE AUCTION BLOCK" Diamond Theatre THURSDAY— Matinee and Night "DOCTOR and THE WOMAN" (All Star Cast) Comedy JAMES CORBETT in "MIDNIGHT MAN" And a Good Feature Comedy GLORIA SWANSON in "SHIFTING SANDS" MARIE WALCAMP in "TEMPEST CODY" Series HARRY CAREY in "RIDERS OF THE LAW" Good Comedy C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gent's 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 MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets F. WILBERG BAKERY Across from Alhambra Theatre The Best is None Too Good for Our Customers. Telephone Webster 673 C. H. MARQUARDI CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3831 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE Just Call Douglas 3889 Autos Everywhere Empire Cleaners and Dyers 707 South 16th St. OMAR WONDER FLOUR For Accurate and Dependable Service See WILLIAMSON DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES, PRESCRIPTIONS 2306 North 24th St. Phone Webster 4443 and we will send it out. A CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY OF OMAHA'S COLORED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL FIRMS F. PEOPLES PAINTING PAPERHANGING AND DECORATING Estimates Furnished Free. All Work Guaranteed. 4827 ERSKINE STREET. PHONE WALNUT 2111. SILAS JOHNSON Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director 2518 Lake Street The place known for its quality service, and reasonable prices We spare no pains for our complete chapel service. Open day and night. For Pierce-Arrow Limonsine Service, Call CHAS BOXD (After Midnight) Tyler 4119 Service With Class—Car Warm and Cozy. Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE R. B. RHODES Household Goods Bought and Sold. Rental and Real Estate. 2522 Lake St. Webster 908 ATTENTION! LISTEN! MEN OF OMAHA Are you interested in giving your wife one day's rest during the week with no dinner to get and no worrisome dishes to wash? If so, take advantage of SOUTH & THOMPSON'S delicious 50-cent Sunday Dinner. Regular Weekly Dinner, 35c. Phone Web. 4566 2418 No. 24th St. Allen Jones, Res. Phone W 24 Andrew T. Reed Res. Phone 204 JONES & REED FUNERAL PARLOR 2314 North 24th St. Web. 1100 Lady Attendant Watch This Space MISS ALICE MARSHALL Artistic Hairdresser Student of Madame J. C. Walker Parlor 1835 North 23d Street Phone Webster 2687. Satisfaction Guaranteed 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. Eureka Furniture Store Complete Line of New and Second Hand Furniture PRICES REASONABLE Call Us When You Have Any Furniture to Sell 1417 N. 24th St. Web. 4206 DR. W. W. PEEBLES DENTIST 220 So. 13th St. (Over Pope's Drug Store) Telephone: Douglas 7812 --- A Happy and Prosperous New Year This is the sincere wish of the following business and professional men, who desire to express their appreciation for the patronage of the past year and to bespeak its continuance in the future. WESTERN REAL ESTATE COMPANY EUGENE THOMAS, Manager 413 Karbach Block WISHES ITS MANY PATRONS A HAPPY AND PROSPECTIVE NEW YEAR Being Better Prepared to Serve Them in 1920 Than in the North: We own and control a number of farms in Iowa, Wyoming and Montana, ranging in size from 40 acre acres. Prices from $10.00 to $250 per acre. Can be bought. Reasonable first payment and balance yearly. Crop will pay for farm. 413 Karbach Block MANY PATRONS A HAPPY AND NEW YEAR Prepared to Serve Them in 1920 to visit of the Southern Farmers, wi own and control a number of Montana, ranging in size from $10.00 to $250 per acre. Can be the first payment and balance y farm. Clothes Cal WISHES ITS MANY PATRONS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Being Better Prepared to Serve Them in 1920 Than in the Past. For the benefit of the Southern Farmers, who are emigrating to the North: We own and control a number of farms in Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming and Montana, ranging in size from 40 acres to 640 acres. Prices from $10.00 to $250 per acre. Can be bought on payments. Reasonable first payment and balance yearly. Often first crop will pay for farm. COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB ROOMS OPEN TO ALL 2420 Lake St. W. C. MOTEN and Frankie B. B. Watkins, Directors DESDUNES ORCHESTRA Established in 1904—Still Going DAN DESDUNES Webster 710 Free S ```markdown ``` Food and Service THE MONARCH CAFE CARNER & TRIMBLE, Props. 107 South 14th St. Tyler 4119 ```markdown ``` PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. PATTON, Prop. 1014-18 South 11th St. Douglas 4455 62 Modern and Neatly Furnished Rooms. ```markdown ``` Phone Office, South 4461 Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 Noon 3 to 5 p. m.; 8 to 10 p. m. R. C. RIDDLE, B. S., M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Chronic Diseases and Surgery 2917 R St. Omaha, Neb. Accurat GRAND PRE SOFT DRINKS AND POOL 24th and Patrick Ave. Webster 2340 Webster 4 HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS EAR Item in 1920 Than in the Past. Farmers, who are emigrating number of farms in Nebraska, ing in size from 40 acres to 640 or acre. Can be bought on pay- and balance yearly. Often first Clothes Called for and Delivered ANDREWS & HARRIS TONSORIAL PARLOR AND FIRST CLASS TAILORING 4825 South 26th St. South 3887 Free Service Telephone. Phone Douglas 6335 Goods Called for and Delivered. ECONOMY TAILOR CHAS, M. SIMMONS, Prop. 25 Years in Tailoring Business 1313 Dodge St. R. L. WOODARD BARBER SHOP Practical Artists—Try Us. 4912 South 26th St. South 4459 Webster 875 PROGRESSIVE TAILOR J. HALL, Prop. 1614 North 24th St. DR. J. BOSTON HILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 1324 North 24th St. Upstairs Webster 3567 Accurate and Dependable Service at WILLIAMSON DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES, PRESCRIPTIONS 2306 North 24th St. Webster 4443 We Deliver THE MONITOR erou lowing bu appreciati ontinuance Prosperity 1920. Compl Effi 220 9 RIES EB. DR. AMO RARET 36 20 INGSWORTH ized leaders in our line. done the Electric Way. because best paid. ALAMO BARBER SH INGSWORTH & PRICE, P. . ```markdown ``` ery Voter. 16 N, President 280 --- May Happiness and Prosperity Attend You in 1920. KAFFIR CHEMICAL LABORATORIES OMAHA, NEB. THAT 1920 Might Be Better For You AMERICAN LEGION ROOSEVELT POST NO. 30 FASHION CABARET 1314 North 24th St. Webster 2736 Edward Killingsworth We are recognized leaders in Hair cutting done the Electr Best barbers because best p ALAMO B KILLINGSWORTI 2416 North 24th St. We are recognized leaders in our line. Hair cutting done the Electric Way. Best barbers because best paid. DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST X-Ray and Violet-Ray Treatment. 2407 Lake St. Webster 4024 Greetings for the New Year DOUGLAS REPUBLICAN CLUB A Welcome to Every Voter. M. F. SINGLETON, President Webster 4280 DR. AMOS B. MADISON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 24th and Hamilton Sts. Webster 3567 Efficient and Courteous Treatment 220 So. 13th St., Upstairs DR. L. E. BRITT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. DR. W. W. PEEBLES, DENTIST. AMOS P. SCRUGGS, LAWYER. GREETINGS And Best Wishes for a HAPPY NEW YEAR SILAS JOHNSON Funeral Director AT YOUR SERVICE 2518 Lake St. Always Open Phone Webster 248 J. H. HOLMES TAILOR All work guaranteed. Ladies' and Gents' suits remodeled, cleaned, pressed and repaired. Hoffman Press. 2022 North 24th St. Webster 3320 R. C. Price r line. Way. BER SHOP PRICE, Proprietors. Phone Webster 5784 DR. J. H. HUTTEN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 111 So. 14th St., Upstairs Douglas 2421 Quality Service DR. P. W. SAWYER DENTIST 1614 1/2 No. 24th St. Webster 3694 DR. J. L. GREEN MECHANO-THERAPIST 1614 1/2 No. 24th St. Webster 3694 1920 GREETINGS 1920 ADAMS JAZZ BAND THEODORE ADAMS, Saxophonist and Director. BUDDY McGILL, Violinist and Saxophone LEONARD GAINES, Clarinet, Saxophonist LLOYD ALLEN, Trombonist HOLLAND HARROLD, Trap Drummer and Manager Orpheum Garden Season 1919 and 1920 Jenkins the Barber 2122 North 24th Street JONES & REED “Standard Colored Undertakers” 2314 North 24th St. Webster 1100 CLARK'S ORCHESTRA FOR GOOD MUSIC Communicate with HERBERT CLARK, Leader 1040 Georgia Ave. Harney 6152 The Expert Ladies Tailor M. LYNCH Best Material Best Workmanship 1807 No. 24th St. Phone Webster 2988 When it's Music You Want in Your Happy New Year See Us PERKINS ORCHESTRA 15 Pieces Douglas 7053 COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FRANK DOUGLAS SHINING PARLOR 2414 North 24th St. Webster 1388 The "PEP" That Pleases WILLIS' ORCHESTRA OLIVER E. WILLIS, Leader 2712 Maple St. Webster 2707 THE MONARCH BILLIARD PARLOR 109 South 14th St. Amusement and Recreation. GORDON'S DRUG STORE Candies, Tobacco, Drugs and Sundries. 2120 North 24th St. Webster 6174 20 S 1920 Z BAND Saxonist and Director. and Saxophone t, Saxophonist Drummer and Manager Saxon 1919 and 1920 JONES & REED “Standard Colored Undertakers” 2314 North 24th St. Webster 1100 GREGORY Ice Cream Parlor and Delicatessen 1508 North 24th St. L. O. GREGORY, Prop. At Your Service PEOPLES DRUG STORE 111 South 14th St. Phone Douglas 1146—Call us up The Home of Quality and Efficiency SINGLETON AND SINGLETON DENTISTS 111 So. 14th St., Upstairs Douglas 2421 EUREKA FURNITURE STORE Complete Line of New and Second Hand Furniture. Prices Reasonable. 1417 North 24th St. Webster 4206 NORTH SIDE TAXI JOE LEWIS, Prop. Two Limousines With Heat. Stand Phone Webster 1490 Residence Phone Web. 949 For Pierce-Arrow Service call CHAS. BOYD Webster 208 Tyler 4119 (After Midnight) iE Ee 1 NAY OU Sf AE Baers) AS Fun Lee CT YH ae OG YL al) f | ay A (© ee Eph , Pre ¥ Si We R= off |: me TK ills p Kiddies’ Korner DADDY'S EVENING FIFAIRY TALE 23 27 TARY GRAY HORNER, “Hello, other end,” said one end of the opera glasses. “Hello, other end," answered the end that had been spoken to. “I can make things look so far, far away,” said the end which had spoken first, which we will call Tiny View. “I can make things look so very near,” said the other end, which we will call Big View. “I can make things took so funny and small,” said Tiny View. “But I can make things look so near and so large,” said Big View. “I like my part better,” said Tiny View. “It is more interesting not to be able to see things so near. ‘They look more mysterious at a distance.” “I don't know that I agree with you,” said Big View. “Why not?” asked Tiny View. “You would hardly expect me to, would you?" asked Big View. “I don't see why,” suid Tiny View. “You wouldn't want to be in my place, would you?” asked Rig View. “Oh, no, certainly not,” said Tiny View. “Well, there you have it,” said Big View. “Have what?" asked Tiny View. “You like your way because It Is your way and because you are used to it,” said Big View, “and I like my way because Iam used to it. That's the way we are.” “I see,” said Tiny View. “What fun I do have at the theater or at the opera,” said Big View. “I have a good time, too,” said ‘Tiny View, “for children like to look through me and they Ike to say, ‘Oh, how fun- ny the stage looks, and the people look so small, and everything looks so far, far away.’ It gives them « quite Gifferent idea of the stage and the People acting.” “Of course it does,” said Big View. “Well, I like the work Ihave to do. I like to make things seem near at hand, to make them stand out clear and plain.” “But when things are far away, isn't ft wrong to make them look near?” asked Tiny View. “Isn't that the least bit deceitful?” “Of course not,” said Big View am grily. “Oh, I didn't mean to annoy you,” Gaid Tiny View. “I was only asking a question.” “It is no more deceitful than for you to make them see things far away.” “I suppose that is so,” said Tiny View. “I hadn't thought about it that way before.” “fou hadn't looked into the matter ‘THE MOTHER GOOSE FAIRY BOGK ¢ “Here is a story about little Red Riding Hood that I have never ? E | any one before,” said Mother Goose: “One day she was riding on h : pretty pony, wearing her little red cape and hood, when she saw a horse: shoe upon the road. In those days it was often hard to find a blacksmith, > so she picked up the shoe and followed the track of the horse to whom "| _ it belonged, 3 NR RS ; b i ; at W) Ds Pk CES) | eA e Sm E) i ge -/ : | Be | ( \ EA | “ | ae | 4 WT or y Td pet ; 2 NOS “The wolf saw true. For when this tad grew into tall, strong man- hoot and became the lord of great lands he went to her home to ask for the hand of Red Riding Hood. But alas! she was no more! The sad.end of her little life, which we all know the story of, had taken place meanwhile. Re as Lad abes eb oe J is eS La ae ad ed Ng ae ~ ae th ( SS [4-3 RTE RIT aS ATM Z Ree aM | 5 Sy es = Ss closely enough,” laughed Big View. “Well,” suid ‘Tiny View, “we're each rather clever in our own way. You can make things near which aren't and I ean make things look far away which aren't so far off at all.” “We're not clever,” sald Big View. “Who is clever then, If we aren't?” asked Tiny View. “The one who made us,” sald Big View, “Well, the one who made us must have seen that we were going to do ‘our work properly and were the sort ‘of things he could employ.” “To be sure,” agreed Big View. “That Is what we do, and what we must always do—our work—properly.” “We do have such a good ume,” sald Tiny View. “That's why we should do our work well,” said Big View. “We should show that we are rateful.” “We'll always be friends, won't we?” asked Tiny View. “Of course we will,” sald Big View. “remember seeing a beautiful dance once," said Tiny View, “and all the little tiny creatures dancing were 80 lovely.” “L remember that lovely dance,” suid Big View, “but all the creatures I saw were quite, quite large.” “Ha, ha,” said Tiny View, “we were looking at it from different ends, for were different, aren't we?” “To be sure,” said Big View, “but “we're both lucky, for we're taken to theaters and operas and we see the great singers and dancers und actors and actresses and give folks great treats—so the” can look at things in two most inttzesting ways with the ald of thelr own perfectly good eyes! And also by muving us to focus us Just right.” Waiter—All_ right, sir, all right. You'll get served in time. Diner—Well, rush It. T want to get tirough this meal before the prices rise again. “My wife is mourning the loss of $10,000 necklace.” “Why don't you advertise a thou- ‘sand reward and no questions asked?" “Well, I could make good on the thousand, but I doubt about my wife's ability to fulfil the rest of the con- tract.”"—Louisville Courier-Journal. eo piri Eee Se fey Bes ee a RS Anx'ous. THE MONITOR : WATERS BARNHART ; - | PRINTING Cv.) | — | ~ | | Us | | a | OMAHA | 3 | ! : PPP retro eee eereereeciestecietectrtrcesiee x Phone Res. Phone webster ose wisbater 2047 Residence 3318 Emmett st Se WoATTES Faanseen co We De Al'Kinas of Fiauting Trunks’ Delivered te Any Pare’ St the ci. ‘ealoetecdondoetectetosteedoetoadendeotentondondosionesdenteesieesionh 3 Masonic and Lodge Rituals KIESER’S BOOK STORE 221 No. 16th St. Loyal Hotel Bldg. Sepeenenepeettntnntnntetncted SUITS AT $45 and up CAN YOU BEAT IT? Victory Tailors 1612 Capitol Ave. C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Ivard = Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money E. A. NIELSEN UPHOLSTERING Cabinet Making, Furniture Re- pairing, Mattress Renovating Douglas 864. 1917 Cuming St. ct ering “It led into a sylvan forest. AS she approached Red Riding Hood heard the laughing and singing of a jolly lumting party. It was a wolf hunt, and the rider whose horse had fost the shoe had the pelt of a hand. some she-wolf hanging from his belt. That f’s cunning husband watched from the brush as the lad talked to Red Riding Hood-and saw by his eyes that he loved the maid, aes Ka (a Cy An Sa i Vi ee on q nC) Yd] POO ue CA yy "sens Ib, A .. iy aes ‘ ( WV BES 7 ay 8, 4 GY a & “The wolt who pretended to be Red Riding Hooid’s grandmother, the wolf whose wolf-wife the lad killed and the one that. laughed when the grown-up man tumed sadly from the steps of the home where Red Riding Hood once lived were all the same wolf. ‘And he was glad the man also knew what it meant to Igse one he loved, for the wolf had loved wolf- wife dearly.” eee: THE: ge LY, KITCHEN ge | wees CABINET SANDWICH FILLING OF VARIOUS Re BBE wii cweets, a des bi, Bae, sort or a dainty to PU: serve with a cup of en tea or a glass of et cooling beverage. eee ris eae oat ee ie, a Gavel OMe ey Q chopper, with a sweet pickle or twe and bound together with a salad dress ing. makes a good sandwich and one in which leftovers may be used with out remarks from the family. Veal and Tongue Sandwiches. —Pu the veal and tongue through the meat ebopper and moisten with a small amount of soup stock; season with Paprika and nutmeg. Spread on but tered bread after chilling the meat Any kind of meat, minced or sliced. mixed with various seasonings such a capers, pickles, nuts or olives will make, with a little ingenuity of the cook, a countless number of good and appetizing sandwiches, Thinly sliced radishes, cucumbers ontons, chopped green peppers und let tace make most tasty sandwich fill ipge. Olives, either stuffed, green of ripe, may be mixed with nuts and bolled Aressing, or added to cream cheese or to cottage cheese, Cottage cheese with chopped candied cherries (or cream cheese is richer), makes a most tasty sandwich for s sweet sandwich, Chopped celery and cheese (the American) and Roquefort are all good as filling. A club sandwich is enjoyed by the men prepared as follows: Place a slice of tomato with salad dressing on a buttered slice of rye bread, add a layer of cream cheese mixed with chopped nuts, then top with a slice of rye bread, Chopped hard-cooked egg mixed with butter, a pinch of mustard, salt and pepper makes a most appetizing sand- New Merz wetl THE CHEERFUL CHERUB Eee all down the Future Like little white moths! in the night Through time elways closer are Flying The verses Tim going to write. Recon & fod 62s EZA A New yoRE Le , GO TO 1° Qoaune ~ Ofmapros. -OMAHA’S LARGEST STORE FOR : WOMEN’S WEAR | __. CONANT HOTEL BLDG, SIXTEENTH ST. — Give the Monitor Advertisers Your Trade. Kiddies, Thi ! Look Kiddies, This Is for You! 3 MOTHER GOOSE FAIRY BOUK Two beautiful prizes offered boy or girl 10 years or younger. Cut out this and bind together. Color your pictures and hand in completed book at Monitor office. 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DeLuxe Beauty Book write today for a copy FREE! ; ' KASHMIR CHEMICAL COMPANY 212 South Clark Stret, Chico Dept. 000 Telephone Dr. L. EB. Britt Upstairs Douglas 2672 Douglas 7812 Pope Drug Co. Candies, Tobacco, Drugs, Rubber Goods and Sundries. PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY. 13th and Farnam Streets, Omaha, Nebraska Among the Churches MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor Services were well attended all day. The pastor delivered two strong sermons. Two additions were made to the church. Among the visitors were Mrs. Collings of Omaha and Mr. Price of Dallas, Tex. On next Sunday there will be covenant in the morning and fellowship and communion at night. The pastor was out of the city a few days this week. The women of the Mt. Moriah league will meet at 3 o'clock in the church. All are urged to attend and hear the choral club of young ladies. All of the young people of the church are asked to be present at 8 o'clock on the third Sunday. The sick of the church are: Mrs. N. Penn, 3208 Emmett; Mrs. O. Little, 2512 Sprague; Miss G. Wyatt, 2516 Spruce; Mr. G. Smith, 2534 Hamilton; Mrs. M. Drewey, 2217 217 avenue; Mrs. Green, 2626 Franklin, and Mrs. H. Davis, University hospital. ALLEN CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH J. A. Brodnax, Pastor Services were good Sunday. Many strangers worshipped with us. The Christian spirit seems to run high. With the New Year at the door of us all, great things are looked for in the future. Collection $37. With many presents to the pastor and his family for which he was thankful. A happy New Year to the editor and his entire staff. ATCHISON, KAS. Ralph V. Bayles, Agent Mrs. Blossie Buchanan has gone to Portland, Ore., to remain indefinitely. Mr. Robert D. Smith of Topeka, Kas., passed through Atchison on his way to Centralia, Kas., to deposit his wife's body in their family lot. Mrs. Florence Mays is confined to her home with la grippe. Mrs. Hattie Powell is the guest of her father, Simon Scott. Mrs. Powell will join her husband in California after Xmas. Mrs. Louise Dale of Sioux City, Ia., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Williams on Walnut street. Mr. Clarence Kerford of Chicago joined his wife here Saturday evening. Mr. Luke Beard of Washington, Kas., was the week-end guest of his sister, Mrs. Lucy Taylor. Mrs. Hattie Irving, who has been confined to her home with illness has almost recovered and will soon be out again. Miss Ruby Thornton took society by storm when she announced her engagement to Dr. E. H. May, the wedding to occur Xmas night at Ebenezer THERE'S A MESSAGE FOR YOU AT Bethel Baptist Church 29th and T Sts., South Side SERVICES Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Song service, 10:45 a. m. Preaching services, 11 a. m.; 8 p. m. Rev. Thomas A. Taggart, Pastor, 2120 North 27th St. ALLEN CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH 5233 South 25th Street ICES Sunday school, 1 p. m.; preaching, 8 p. m. nights. Preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday school, 1 p. m.; Allen Endeavor, 7 p. m.; preaching, 8 p. m. Class meetings Friday nights. J. A. BROADNAX, P. C. Phone South 3475. Church of St. Philip the Deacon (EPISCOPAL) Church of St. Philip the Deacon Twenty-first Between Nicholas and Paul Sts. REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, PRIEST Sunday services, 7:30, 10 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. COME. YOU ARE WELCOME. OF DIVINITY Real People's Mission Franklin Streets M.; Sunday school, 1:15 p. m. Sing every Thursday 8 p. m. Pastor and G. O. P. NEDICT THE MOOR (olic) Every month. BENEDICTION—8 p. m. Des to be held temporarily in Sacred Money Streets. Everybody welcome. BILLY, S. J., Pastor. CHURCH OF DIVINITY Inter-Denominational People's Mission 26th and Franklin Streets Preaching, 11 a. m., 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school, 1:15 p. m. Prayer and conference meeting every Thursday 8 p. m. REV. A. WAGNER, Pastor and G. O. P. MASS--8 a. m. First Sunday in every month. BENEDICTION--8 p. m. Third Sunday in every month. Services to be held temporarily in Sacred Heart Chapel. Twenty-second and Binney Streets. Everybody welcome. REV. FRANCIS CASSILLY, S. J., Pastor. PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. J. Costello, Pastor Services were well attended Sunday, seven were added. The Xmas program which was rendered by the school was a grand affair. Miss Toddy Guy was accompanist. Many beautiful selections were rendered by the children. The church donated $8.20 to the needy and inmates of two hospitals were remembered (County and University) on Xmas. The Mission Circle met with the president, J. Cook Shelton, Monday evening. The next meeting will be with Mrs. J. Costello, 2202 Paul St., January 5, at 2 o'clock. Quite a number of sick members are reported in the church. We hope for them a speedy recovery. Watch meeting night will be the beginning of a revival to continue for an indefinite time. All members are requested to be present at B. Y. P. U. meeting, 5:30 p. m. Business of importance. Rev. R. D. Smith and Mrs. N. B. Adams were united in matrimoney December 20 by Rev. J. Costello at his residence. The pastor reports the following year's work: Baptized, 108; funerals, 10; Christian ex., 202; marriages, 28. He hopes to do better in the future. CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON The services on Christmas day were well attended. The Christmas tree and party for the children was held in the guild rooms December 27, St. John's day. Children and parents had a good time. The Woman's -Auxiliary will hold their annual birthday party at the rectory from 3 to 9 p. m. New Year's day. The services Sunday will be as follows: Holy communion, 7:30 a.m.; matins, Sunday school and Bible class at 10; holy communion and sermon at 11; evensong and sermon, 5:30. At the close of the services Sunday morning reports for the year will be read. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Thomas A. Taggart, Pastor On Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. there will be baptizing. Sunday night the pastor will preach a special sermon, title "The Dead Dog After a Flea." We offer prayers for the righteousness that will make your new year a happy one—The Pastor. A. H. (EPISCOPAL) Baptist church, invitations being limited to her closest friends. She is a capable and lovable young woman, one of Atchison's most efficient school teachers, the superintendent in speaking of her used the term the live wire of the colored faculty. Miss Thornton is a high school graduate, received her A. B. degree at Kansas university, then attended the University of Michigan, receiving her Ph. D. degree last fall, being the only teacher on the faculty holding this degree. Dr. and Mrs. May will reside in Washington, Pa. She was surprised on Saturday evening with a miscellaneous shower, at which she received many useful things. Ald Bromur Miss Ma o'clock lunch The jolly with a recie Live Eileen Hattie Ing present. Mrs. Ma daughters, husband, John Price Xmas dinner Mrs. Bell of oranges Mrs. Laure Cal., which Rev, and Mrs. Bullup were surprised on Wednesday after prayer meeting with a pound party. Mrs. Pompey Moore and Miss Myrtle Potter entertained on Monday at the beautiful suburban home of Mrs. Moore with a miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Hattie Ingraham. Misses Pertilla Penn, Ida Ross and Mrs. Clyde Briggs entertained in honor of Miss Ingraham. Mr. Henry Allen left Monday to spend the holidays in Rocky Hill, Ky. Mrs. Maude and Maggie Allen will spend the holidays with their father in St. Joseph, Mo. We hate to note that the epidemic which is killing stock is prevalent among colored men's stock, Mr. Floyd having lost his driving horse and Mr. Allen having lost his fine brood sow. Mrs. Agnes McDowell is again on the sick list. The wedding bells will continue to ring after Xmas and some one will answer each time. Little Miss Henrietta Whitley united with Campbell chapel Sunday. God calls the little children. Mrs. Ottie Whitley returned from the hospital Wednesday and is improving nicely. Mrs. Sarah Baylis, who was on the sick list, is improving nicely. The young people were successful in surprising Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Colbert at their home on Tuesday and the evening was gaily spent in games. Miss Louise Dale of Sioux City, Ia., is visiting her brother, Mr. John Williams. Messrs. Henry Allen and Arthur Allen left Monday for Kentucky. There was an all night wake Wednesday night and lasted until Thursday with a 12 o'clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. George in honor of Miss Hattie Ingraham. Mr. Alfred Pyles and Walter Gray, who attended Kansas university, are home for the holidays. Mrs. Gipson of Muscotah is the guest of her son, Samuel L. Shaw. Miss Flora Mitchell and her mother of Weston were the guests of Mrs. Blanch lary on Xmas day. Mr. Elsworth Barnett of Kansas City is visiting his folks. Mrs. Bob Red served a tempting 7 o'clock luncheon Friday evening in honor of Dr. and Mrs. E. May and their bridal party. Dr. and Mrs. May were the guests at a reception given in their honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes in Hiawatha Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. George Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickerson all of Kansas City are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cook. Mrs. Hannah Porteo of Chicago is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Winrow. Mr. and Mrs. Bango Williams of Minneapolis and her sisters, Mrs. Bert Sweheart and Mrs. Porter are the guests of their mother, Mrs. Dysart. Mrs. Annie Allen and daughter of Kansas City, Mrs. Stoner of Topeka, Mr. and Mrs. John Ingraham of St. Joseph, Mo., Bert Ingraham and Miss Virginia Elliott have arrived for the Ingraham-Jefferson wedding. Mrs. Lizzie Green is a holiday guest. the wedding of Miss Ruby Thornton and Dr. Edgar May was solemnized at Ebenezeer Baptist church December 25 at 8 o'clock sharp, with Miss Ruth Anderson at the piano to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, the two flower girls started down the aisles scattering rose blossoms, following them was the bride and her maid of honor, Miss Dorothyula Vandiver down one isle and the groom and his best man, Ralph V. Baylis down the other. At the channel rail they were met by Rev. Cartwright who performed the ceremony in the presence of a large audience. The bride looked lovely in a dress of white georgette crepe, hand embroidered and her tulle veil which formed a train. She carried Ophelia roses. Miss Vandiver wore pink lace net over pink satin slip, caring pink roses, while the groom and best men wore conventional black. Their high esteem was shown by their many useful gifts. Dr. and Mrs. May will be at home after January 1 in Washington, Pa. Mrs. Rosa Loftin has issued invitations to a leap year party the first one of the season. She operates the Ideal cafe. A nice place to eat. Mr. and Mrs. Corozona Jackson and baby spent Sunday in Weston. Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis of Weston was the week-end guest of Mrs. OPENING SOON THE MONARCH DANCE HALL We will open the Monarch Dance Hall as soon as the coal question is settled, and will conduct it under the same conditions as we have the Dreamland during the past year. We have the sole control of the dance hall, and will rent, to those wishing it, at reasonable rate. Watch This Paper for Opening Dance Call Webster 5743 for Rates. We Solicit Your Patronage. CLARK & JONES, Proprietors. Ald Bromun. Miss Malinda Williams had a 4 o'clock luncheon Sunday. The jolly good fellows entertained with a reception on Saturday night at Live Eleven hall in honor of Miss Hattie Ingraham. Fifty-three were present. Mrs. Mary Frye entertained her daughters, Mrs. Della Packert and her husband, Mrs. Edith Agee and Mr. John Price and Mrs. Sauyers with Xmas dinner. Mrs. Bell Sawyers received a crate of oranges from her daughter-in-law Mrs. Laurence Sawyers in Vasalin, Cal., which she picked herself. PALESTINE, TEX. The weather continues fine Christmas seemed merry for every one. All the churches had Christmas trees. Santa was present and the kiddies went home happy. St. Paul M. E. church was crowded, West Union Baptist filled, Mt. Vernon reports a splendid time, South Union and Pilgrim Rest were fully abreast with the season, Grant A. M. E. with its new pastor, the Rev. M. Cowen is still in the ring. Rev. S. M. Bolden is up after a few weeks sickness. Mrs. Lula Johnson is still improving slowly. Mr. Augusta Coby and Miss Charley Smith of Huntsville were married last Saturday night. The Rev. F. B. Wallace officiated. Mr. Phillips and Miss Robie Jennings were married on Christmas day The writer and some other lucky fellows were the guests of Mrs. Annie King, 1003 South street at a 6 o'clock dinner. Everything good imaginable was on the table—turkey, geese, chicken, duck, cake, pies and all the rest. Green candles and Christmas bells comprised the decorations and everybody enjoyed the hospitality of the hostess. The committee on summer normal decided to give it to Palestine this year. Reverends Keith and Cowen and Prof. Swanson were present in the office this week. Rev. B. R. Booker went to Teague to hold his quarterly conference. Rev. Bogan went west to fill his pulpit. Mrs. Bettie Massey is improving after an illness of weeks. Mrs. Blane of Cuney was in town recently. Mrs. Sarah Evans of Longview and her two daughters were in the city during the holidays. We desire to thank all the readers and patrons of The Monitor during the past year and to express our appreciation in advance for its continuance. SIOUX CITY NOTES The Ladies' Aid of Malone A. M. E. church, Mrs. Lillian Washington, president, presented the play "Scandal on the Brain" Friday night December 19, at the church. Duet by Mesdames Boyd and Asker. A large crowd was present. Receipts netted $23. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hicks entertained at dinner Christmas. Their home 1301 Hill avenue, was beautifully decorated. Covers were laid for nine. Rev. Darnell of South Sioux City, Neb., who has been ill for the past two months is slowly regaining his strength. Rev. P. M. Lewis met his official board Monday, December 22. The Willing Workers, Mrs. E. Wilkerson, president, met at the parsonage Tuesday, December 23. Mrs. Emma L. Lewis is proving herself to be a valuable addition to Sloux City society. Her fine Christian character is being felt in all lines of church work. The Ladies' Mite Missionary society met for reorganization at the parsonage December 22. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray have removed to Omaha, Neb. I Grow Hair by the LaKeene Process MRS. CLARA WHITE 1424 No. 26th Street Webster 1236 Patronize the State Furniture Co. 14th and Dodge Streets The Monitor recommends its advertisers. Reliable and accommo- dating service can be found here. GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2065 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1008 H. DOLGOFF H. DOLGOFF FURNITURE AND HARDWARE STOVES, RUGS, LINOLEUM Better Goods for Less Money. Credit if You Wish. OPEN EVENINGS 1839-47 N. 24th St. Phones—Webster 1607; Webster 4825 DARLING HoldTight ROUGE 35¢ DARLING Mold Tight FRANCE AKR NATURAL ROUGE 35¢ POSSESSING REMARKABLE BEAUTIFYING PROPERTIES YET ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. ALL SHADES DEFINE THE MARKETING OF YOUR AFFAIRANCE. ASK YOUR FAVORITE DEALER FOR "DARLING" HOLD-TIGHT ROUGE, 35c A BOX OR WRITE ADOLPH KLAR 221 FOURTH AVENUE MAKES AND IMPORTS NEW YORK "HOLD-TIGHT" HAIR NETS 2 FOR 25¢ "HOLD-TIGHT" HAIR WAVERS 10¢ A PACKAGE ARGONNE THE NEW ARROW form-fit COLLAR Cluett, Peabody & Co. Inc. Troy, N.Y. W. H. & R. Investment Co. essor to the Douglas Washington Investment Co. OFFICE, 15TH AND CALIFORNIA STREETS. Phones: Tyler 897; Webster, 5966; Red, 3203. "HOLD-TIGHT HAIR NETS 2 FOR 25¢" "HOLD-TIGHT HAIR WAVERS 10¢ A PACKAGE The W. H. & R. Successor to the Douglas OFFICE, 15TH AND C Phones: Tyler 897; W OFFICERS ARGONNE THE NEW ARROW form-fit COLLAR Cluett,Peabody & Co.Inc.Troy,N.Y. The W. H. & R. Investment Co. Successor to the Douglas Washington Investment Co. OFFICE, 15TH AND CALIFORNIA STREETS. Phones: Tyler 897; Webster, 5966; Red, 3203. D. G. Russell, President. Anderson Hamler, Treasurer. N. W. Ware, Sec. and Gen. Mgr. ALHAMBRA GROC MBRA GROCERY & MEAT CO. ALHAMBRA GROCERY & MEAT CO. PRAMER BROS., Mgrs. One Door South of Alhambra Theater Everything to Eat Cleanliness and Courtesy Our Motto TRY US Call Webster 5021 Dent's Condition Pills A marvelous tonic for dogs that are all out of sorts, run down, unthrifty, with harsh staring coat, materated eyes and high colored urine. There is nothing equal them for distemper and debilitating diseases. You will notice the difference after a few doses. At druggists or by THE DENT MEDICINE CO., NEWBURGH mall, fifty cents. A practical treatise on dogs and their training (60 pages fully illus.), mailed for in NG SOON H DANCE HALL Dent's Condition Pills A marvelous tonic for dogs that are all out of sorts, run down, unthrifty, with harsh staring coat, maturated eyes and high colored urine. There is nothing to equal them for distemper and debilitating diseases. You will notice the difference after a few doses. At drugstores or by THE DENT MEDICINE CO., NEWBURGH, mail, fifty cents. A practical treatise on dogs and their training (60 pages fully illus.) mailed for 196 ENING SOON MARCH DANCE HALL 109 South 14th Street—Upstairs open the Monarch Dance Hall as s titled, and will conduct it under t ave the Dreamland during the pass the sole control of the dance hall ing it, at reasonable rate. ch Dance Hall as soon as the coal conduct it under the same condi- and during the past year. ol of the dance hall, and will rent, nable rate. EAGLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS H. Hamler, Chairman. D. G. Russell. N. W. Ware. 8 Classified Advertising RATES-2 cents a word for single insertions; 1½ cent a word for two or more insertions. Advertisement taken for 2% cent. Cash should accompany advertisement. DRUG STORES ADAMS HAIGHT DRUG CO, 24th and Lake; 24th and Fort, Omaha, Neb. FOR SALE Eight rooms, hot water heat, large corner lot, two paved streets, 2201 Burdette street, $1,000 cash. Five rooms, hot water heat, large lot, paved street, garage, 2628 Maple street, $1,000 cash. 7 rooms, 2718 Ohio St.; $200 cash. 9 rooms, modern; 940 No. 27th Ave.; $200 cash. 5 rooms, 2614 Grant St.; $100 cash. ROBBINS Douglas 2842. FOR SALE — Four-room cottage, partly modern, located at 2212 North Twenty-seventh street, for $750 cash. Call Tyler 897. N. W. Ware. For Sale — Part interest in restaurant. Good location for right party. 2709 Q street, South Side. S. D. Marsh. 2t Modern furnished rooms for gentlemen. 2013 Grace street. Webster 4983. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms; steam heat and modern conveniences. Call Webster 2885. W. E. Newby, 2529 North 18th St. Furnished rooms for rent in private family. Call Webster 3200. FOR RENT — Comfortable, nicely furnished rooms. Call Webster 1256. Large, comfortable rooms for gentlemen. 933 No. 27th St. Call Harney 5737. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric lights on Dodge and 24th street car line. Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North 20th. Douglas 4579. First-class modern furnished rooms Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. Furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent. Call Webster 4532. Nicely furnished room, strictly modern, in private family, one block from Dodge and Twenty-fourth car lines. 2524 North 25th street. Webster 5652. 2t-1-8-20. Agents Wanted—Our agents are making good money and are building a permanent income selling our liberal policies. See us at once. Nebraska State Health and Accident Insurance Co., 527-622 Paxton Block. Phone Douglas 5575. First class furnished rooms, 2204 North 19th street. Gentlemen pre- ferred. Webster 3308. Mrs. W. A. Scott. 4t-1-22-20 Good barber wanted. 1710 North 24th street. J. W. Holmes. Furnished rooms in private home, one block from 24th stret car line. Webster 1888. 2t-1-8-20. LODGE DIRECTORY G. U. O., of O. F., South Omaha Lodge No. 9374. Meetings first and third Fridays; College Dept, second and fourth Fridays, 25th and N Sts, South Side. Past Grand Masters Council No. 442, first and third Tuesdays, 24th and Charles Streets. WM. R. SHAFROTH, N. G. F. B. ERYAN, G. M. and P. S. JOHN A. GARDNER Auto Express and Baggage Stand at Killingsworth & Price 2416 No. 24th St. Friedman's Place Fine Watch Repairing. Red 7914 We Buy and Sell Jewelry, Clothing, Shoes, Trunks Suit Cases, Etc. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MINKIN'S GROCERY CO. We solicit your patronage. 2114-16 North 24th St. MRS. A. HAMLER Dress-making and Plain Sewing Neatly and Reasonably Done Call Webster 1487 2810 Grant St. A chance for the kiddies to earn a prize. Read Monitor Mother Goose offer on page six. THE NEGRO EXODUS FROM THE SOUTH (Continued From Page 1.1) than the ignorant emigrants who flock to the big cities of the United States from the king-ruled countries of Europe Illiterate Blacks and Whites. In Alabama, for example, which has one of the largest Negro populations of any of the states of the Old South, there are more illiterates than in any state in the union, with the possible exception of Mississippi. There seems to be some rivalry between these two states as to which has the least number of citizens who can neither read nor write their names. But it must not be assumed that this illiteracy is entirely among the Negro population. Such is not the case. There is little or no difference in the number of white and black illiterates in Alabama. The total, however, has grown to such proportions that during the last two years Alabama has been awakened to the deplorable condition of her educational system, and is now engaged in the task of teaching thousands upon thousands of her people between the ages of twenty and eighty to read and write. In some sections of the state it is not at all unusual to see men and women who have grandchildren, going to school. However, the pitiful part of the whole situation is that the majority of the people of Alabama, as well as those of other states, it seems, have not yet awakened to the truth of the basic cause of such conditions. They have yet to learn that it is the big land owner, who has for fifty years kept the Negro in industrial slavery who also is to blame for the conditions among the poorer white people in both the rural sections and cities of the south. The large land owner who has kept the poor white man and Negro in ignorance and poverty has grown rich in the process, but, aside from the production of cotton, he has made the average farm of the Old South a sad spectacle. He has made a poor farmer of the Negro, in many instances the poorest in the world. But he still prefers the Negro to the poor white man, because it seems to be the unwritten law among his class that it is no sin to rob a Negro. He figures on getting all the Negro makes and then having the black man still in debt to him. However, in these calculations, he does not take into consideration the years and years of oppression of the Negro has reduced his efficiency as a laborer or tenant 50 per cent, and that the 50 or 100-acre farm the black man is cultivating is, and has been during all these years, producing only about half what it would in the hands of an expert farmer, white or black. Aside from reducing the efficiency of the Negro as a farmer, the same system has driven and is still driving thousands upon thousands of Negroes from the country districts into the cities in the vain hope of bettering their condition. They rebel at working for a mere living on the farm, a very poor living at that, and seldom miss an opportunity to go to the city and find employment in the homes of the "white folks." This is especially true of the Negro women, and where the women go the younger Negro naturally follow. This immigration of the Negroes from the farms to the cities of the South during the past ten years, has been so great that today the most ordinary white family—that is, family in the most ordinary circumstances—can have from two to three servants in their home. The pay is anywhere from $1.50 to $2.50 per week. In addition to this, they get their board and in many instances servant quarters on the premises which makes city life, despite the small pay, a paradise to the young Negress compared to the uninviting and miserable living conditions in the rural districts. And practically every Negro woman cook in a Southern family is feeding from one to two Negro men from the kitchen of her "white folks." Some of them are relatives. Others are not. But all are young, ignorant buck Negroes who have left the country and the farm—not because it is born in the Negro man to love the city better than the country, but because his life on the farm for the last fifty years has been made that of a slave. These Negro men, of course, work to some extent, but few have any education, and fewer still any trade or regular occupation. In a very recent statement Secretary Lane declared there were 700,000 acres of land on our projects for which reservoirs were built, ditches dug, and water ready, that had not been tilled. He added: "Do you realize that this area, if put into crops, would produce $15,000,000 worth of food in a single year?" Secretary Lane was talking of unimproved, almost desert lands of the United States where it would practically be necessary to create a new civilization, so to speak. But I am only using his statement to draw a comparison. In Alabama alone, it is estimated, there are not only 700,000 acres of uncultivated land, but ten million acres of land capable of high culti- THE MONITOR vation, now lying idle. Add the idle lands of the other Southern States to that of Alabama and you will have a total of around fifty million of acres. If 700,000 acres of land will produce $15,000,000 in foodstuffs in a single year, as Secretary Lane has estimated, the grand total of billions of dollars which the old South has lost through years of selfish and foolish economy and educational system would be stupendous. It must not, of course, be assumed that the treatment of the Negro problem by many of the leaders of the South has been the sole cause of the non-productiveness of this wonderful agricultural country. But there are men today, not a few but thousands of them, who are beginning to admit to themselves that fifty years of oppression of the black man in the South and a quiet acquiescence to the lordly rule of the big landowner has cost that country and its people not only untold wealth, but a prestige it will take years to redeem. The masses are beginning to realize now that what the Negro has wanted and should have been given was not social equality, but education and a square deal that his oppression by the few has cost the masses of white people as much or more than it has the Negro The fact that the Negro is a very poor farmer is not the Negro's fault. It is the fault of the white man who has made him the industrial slave that he is. The fact that the jails and penitentiaries of the South, and the convict-worked mines of Alabama in particular, are filled with ignorant whites and blacks is not wholly the fault of these unfortunates. It is the fault of the class of white men who are today crying aloud against the Negro exodus—the men who can see only financial ruin if the Negro is removed from under their power; men who have for fifty years made the scientific and systematic study of exploiting Negroes paramount to that of scientific farming. These are the men who always have been and still are opposed to educating the Negro and abolishing the leasing of thousands of convicts for work in the coal mines at less than $1 a day to the state. They approve heartily the appropriation of money to build tuberculosis camps where these poor wretches may be brought to die after a few years in the mines and at the same time feed the public statements through the press "that the prisoner much prefers the mines to remaining inside the prison walls or working on the state farms." Statistics show that practically all Negro convicts of Alabama are sent to the mines and that 50 per cent of the deaths in these mines are due to tuberculosis or mine accidents. But still these Negroes, who have been driven from the farms to the cities and into crime are "simply crazy about going to work in the mines" after conviction because, it is declared, they can make a little money by working overtime. What Alabama and other states of the Old South need today is not laws to prevent labor agents from "enticing their Negroes" away to other states, but laws to make it worth while for the Negro to remain in the south, and there would be no better farmer on earth than the black man provided he was given the opportunity and encouragement to work. Illiteracy and poverty in large cities can, in a way, be explained, but when they have been forced upon a great agricultural country, in order that a few may profit through the oppression of the many, it is a condition that needs no defense from a southern man who has the true interest of his country at heart. When one travels through the wonderful farming sections of the Old South and views the thousands upon thousands of acres of idle and half-cultivated lands, as he reads in the morning paper that his country, now at war, fears a food famine at home as much or more than the foe abroad, he cannot help but wonder if a man necessarily has to give the enemy valuable military information to be a traitor—perhaps unconsciously, but a traitor in a sense nevertheless. RACE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Our Boys and Girls A weekly newspaper for our youth, $1.00 per year; 50c for 6 months. 54 West 140th St., New York City. The Negro in American History By Prof. John W. 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It has also a wide c in Nebraska and oth Do You Want This Trade CHICAGO LAU UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Desires Your Patro 1509 CAPITOL AVENUE Phone Douglas 2972 and Wagon W J. G. LOHLEIN. Do You Want This Trade? CHICAGO LAUNDRY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Desires Your Patronage 1509 CAPITOL AVENUE Phone Douglas 2972 and Wagon Will Call. J. G. LOHLEIN. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT In the Municipal Court of the City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Louis C. Larsen, Plaintiff vs. Anistasi Economy, Defendant. To Anistasi Economy, Non-Resident Defendant: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of attachment issued by George tolmies, judge of the municipal court of the City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, in an action pending before said court wherein Louis C. 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PHONE TYLER 20. or is read in prac- y Colored family Council Bluffs and a wide circulation and other states. his Trade? LAUNDRY MANAGEMENT ur Patronage DL AVENUE and Wagon Will Call. OHLEIN. The Monitor is read in practically every Colored family in Omaha, Council Bluffs and Lincoln. It has also a wide circulation in Nebraska and other states. purposes of its organization or incident thereto, and not for profit. The authorized capital stock of this corporation shall consist of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000' divided into Five Hundred (500' shares of the par value of Ten Dollars ($10) per share, with the power reserved to and lodged in the account of the holder) change the par value thereof by a majority vote at any regular meeting of said board of directors, which shares shall be non-assessable. Each member of said corporation shall be entitled to one (1) share of stock and no more, said share of stock to be transferable on the account of the holder when properly assigned to one acceptable to the executive committee. Said corporation shall proceed to transact business when Fifty (50) shares of its capital stock shall have been issued. The holder of this corporation shall expire on the 28th day of November, 1944, and the term of this corporation shall extend to that time. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation may at any time subject itself shall not ex- No officer or member of this corporation shall be authorized to incur or create any indebtedness for which this corporation or its members may be liable for the loss and authority of the executive committee. The annual meeting of this association shall be held on the fourth Friday in November of each year, and monthly and special meetings shall be held as pro- grammed by the board. The government of this corporation shall be vested in a board of directors of not less than twenty (20) members, who shall be selected from among its members, and shall be elected by the members of the corporation. The membership Association, at which thirty (30) members shall constitute a quorum. THE TALK OF THE TU SUIT In Extra Trousers FREE TO YOUR SATISFACTION URE GUARANTEED 30th and Pinkney Streets Phone Webster 4225. The Executive Committee of this corporation shall be empowered to fix dues or assessments, for which each member shall be liable and shall also have power to forfeit the stock of each member for non-payment of dues and assessments. The Board of Directors and officers and shall be liable and shall also have power to serve until the first annual meeting on the fourth Friday in November, 1920, shall be Ellsworth W. Pryor, President; Jesse H. Hutten, Vice President; Daniel Deadunes, Treasurer; Amos P. Scruggs, Secretary; Thomas P. Mahammitt, William C. Williams, John Albert Williams, William F. Botts, Leonard E. Britt, Alfred Jones, Amos B. Madison, Sagittarius A. Clark, Joseph Carr and Harrison J. Pinker. These articles may be added to, repealed or modified at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, by a three-fifth affirmative vote of all those directors present at said meeting or at a called meeting for that purpose. In testimony whereof we have hereo set our hands as incorporators this 224 day of December, 1919. JESSE H. HUTTEN. DANIEL DESUNES. AMOS P. SCRUGGS. ALFRED JONES. In presence of H. J. Pinkett. 1-1-20-51-1-29-20 WAYNE E. SAWTELL, Atty. Omaha National Bank Bldg. AMENDMENT TO PROJECT OF IN- CORPORATION OF KAAFIR CHEM. AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION CHEMICAL LABORATORIES CAL LABORATORIES KNOW ME MEN BY THESE PRESENTS; that at the meeting of all of the stockholders of the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories held on the 1st day of December, 1913, at the office of the principal place of business in Omaha, Nebraska, all of the stock being present, and notice as required by the Articles of Incorporation by By-Laws having been made in connection with Article 10 of the Articles of Incorporation of said Kaffir Chemical Laboratories were amended so that hereafter the same shall read as follows, to-wit: ARTICLE III The general nature of the business to be transacted by this corporation, shall be the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, drug preparations, medicines and all other things incidental to or connected therewith. The corporation may also purchase, own and sell trade marks, trade names, copyrights, patents and formulas, and protect the laws of the several states and the laws of the several states and all foreign countries. The corporation may also purchase, own and encumber and sell all kinds of real and personal property necessary or convenient in the execution of the main business of the corporation, and may do all other things incidental to or connected with the manufacture of retail manufacturing druggist as well as the other rights herein enumerated. ARTICLE IV The authorized capital stock of this corporation shall be the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and shall be divided into shares of Ten Dollars each. The corporation shall be fully paid and non-assessable. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) of said capital stock shall be common stock with full voting rights. The common stock may be paid for in cash, bankable notes or such property as the company may need or be able to use in the production of such stock or in such service as the company may require in the conduct of its business. Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) of said capital stock shall be of seven per cent (7%) cumulative, preferred and voting, which shall take priority over all other stock as to assets and dividends, and on increased mortgage shall hereafter be placed on any of the property of the company without the other payment, unless more than two-thirds of the outstanding capital stock of this class and issue. This stock shall receive seven per cent (7%) annual dividends payable annually, toowit: June 1st of each year, and in the event of the liquidation of the company, this stock shall be paid at par plus any accumulated dividends, before any other payment is made upon any other class of dividends. The company may cash bankable notes, or such property as the company may need or be able to use in the conduct of its business, or in such services as the company may require in the conduct of its business. And said stock shall be redeemable at ten per cent (10%) above per share, plus any unpaid guaranteed dividends to which it may be entitled, on thirty days written notice given by the company on or after five years from the date stock is issued. The shares of stock of said corporation shall be transferable on the books of said corporation, in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the board of directors, but any stock holder who is about to sell, dispose of or transfer his share or shares of stock, or any of them, in said corporation, must offer the same to the board of directors to dispose of or sell said share or shares, and said board of directors may purchase such share or shares at such figures or price; said purchase to be for the benefit of the remaining stockholders. MADREE PENN, President. Attested by ELSANOR C. HAYNES, Secretary. 11 JULY - 10