The Monitor
Friday, June 30, 1922
Omaha, Nebraska
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COLORED PEOPLE BARRED FROM WORK IN HOTELS
State Historical Society
LIFTING
TOO
THE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION HOLDS GREAT MEETING
Thirteenth Annual Session Nationa Association for the Advancement of Colored People Filled With Interest.
SILENT PARADE A FEATURE
Delegates Present from Thirty States South Being Well Represented—Notable Persons Deliver Addresses.
Newark, N. J. June 30.—With thirty states, including a dozen states of the South represented, delegates to the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People met here during the week of June 18-23.
The conference was opened with a silent parade through the down-town section of Newark and past the City Hall, in front of which a reviewing stand had been erected. One group of young boys carried a banner inscribed: "We Are Fifteen Years Old. A Boy of Our Age Was Roasted Alive Recently." Other banners contained the slogans: "Lynch Law Must Go", and "Pass the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill".
Immediately following the parade, a mass meeting was held in Newark's Armory where 3,000 members and friends of the association were welcomed in behalf of Governor Edwards of New Jersey by James Baker, chairman of the state tax commission; Governor Edwards being unavoidably absent at an encampment of state militia.
Moorfield Storey, national president of the N. A. A. C. P. and former president of the American Bar Association, delivered an opening address in which he suggested that Negroes in the South might go on strike if necessary. Storey defended the constitutionary, to obtain justice and liberty, ality of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
Monday, June 19th—Warning to Republicans.
On the opening day of the Conference, warning was issued by the N. A. A. C. P. to the republican party that republican senators would be held responsible for a failure to enact the Dyer Bill. James Weldon Johnson, national secretary, urged colored Americans to vote for men and measures independent of party lines in the fall elections, T. G. Nutter, colored member of the West Virginia legislature, told of the successful fight to have an anti-lynching law enacted in his state.
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey sent the following telegram which was read at the night meeting, definitely committing himself to support and to vote for the Dyer Bill:
"I am doing everything I can to have the Dyer Anti-lynching Bill reported by the Senate Committee against determined opposition. I have seen Senator Sterling, a member of the sub-committee, several times and urged him to act immediately. I believe in the legislation and it must and will be enacted. Civilization and humanity demand it. It is justice long delayed. You may count on my continued effort until it is passed."
Another visitor and speaker at this session was Robert T. Kerlin, author of "The Voice of the Negro" former professor of English at Virginia Military Institute.
Tuesday, June 20th—Women's Day.
Culminating in the award of the Spingarm medal to Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, the first woman to receive it and eighth medallist, the night session was devoted to demands for full citizenship rights for colored women. With Mrs. Addie W. Hunton presiding, the following women addressed the conference: Hallie Q. Brown of Ohio, president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; Ella Rush Murray of New York; Clara L. Laddy of New Jersey, representing the Women's Peace Party; Mrs. Nathan Kussy, representing the National Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. Florence Halsey, representing the New Jersey League of Women Voters, and Mrs. H. N. Simmons, representing the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Spingarm medal was presented to Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, former president of the National Association of Colored Women, in recognition of her having raised a fund to preserve the home of Frederick Duoglass as a national memorial.
Wednesday, June 21st—Mr. Dyer Speaks. The day sessions were devoted to the value of the press and of publicity
THE MONITOR
and two editors addressed the conference. Royal J. Davis of the editorial staff of the New York Evening Post urged colored Americans to become acquainted with editors. Nahum D. Brascher of Chicago, president of the Associated Negro Press, told of the work of his organization in news distribution.
Representative Dyer's Speech.
Representative Dyer was welcomed with cheers in Bethany Baptist church by an audience crowding the church to the doors. He delivered a stirring address in which he urged upon colored people the following principles: 1. That colored Americans should work together and not fight among themselves.
"If there is a pastor of one of your churches who will not work with you and for you," said Representative Dyer, "you ought to turn him out."
2. That colored Americans should vote irrespective of party, for men and issues, and that senators should be made to know the republican party would be held responsible for failure to enact the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
3. That the membership of the N. A. A, C. P. should be raised to one million. "You go back," said Mr. Dyer, "and tell the colored people, I said the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is entitled to credit for the passage of the Anti-Lynching Bill in the House of Representatives."
Mr. Dyer said that, "those who get up and snort about the unconstitutionality of the bill are those who have prejudice in their hearts.
"This is not a race issue. This is a question involving the honor of the republic. The senate of the United States is republican and unless it obeys the mandate to protect human life from mobs, those in control of the republicans are entitled to and deserve the condemnation of the people of America."
At this meeting, T. G. Nutter of the West Virginia legislature gave a rousing description of the West Virginia anti-lynching law and urged colored Americans to organize for the fighting of their own battles. Capt. Arthur B. Spingarn, charman of the association's legal committee, then spoke.
Thursday, June 22nd—Boat Ride.
Delegates and friends of the N. A. A. C. P. went on a day's boat ride in the harbor of New York and up the Hudson river on the steamship Pocahontas.
The evening session was devoted to "The Negro and the Making of Public Opinion," Dr. Ernest H. Gruen, managing editor of The Nation, and Kelly Miller, dean of the Junior college, Howard University, making addresses.
A dramatic story of the burning at stake of three Negroes, probably innocent, in Kirvin, Texas, on May 7, was told by Daniel Kelly, white Texan from Waco, who made the investigation for the N. A. A. C. P.
Friday, June 23rd—Closing Day.
The Conference heard reports and adopted final resolutions, hearing able addresses at the night session by Dr. A. A. Goldenweiser of the New School for Social Research, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, editor of the Crisis, and William Pickens, field secretary of the N. A. A. C. P.
"Vote for Bunce Once" —Adv.
SHOOTS WIFE AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Twenty-Seventh and Lake Street the Scene of a Double Tragedy Last Thursday Afternoon.
Last Thursday afternoon Twenty-Seventh and Lake Street was the scene of a tragedy, when Anson Knight, of 2402 North 27th Avenue, whose wife was about to sue him for a divorce for cruelty, was fatally shot by him.
Knight met his wife, who was walking with her mother, on North Twenty-seventh street. He asked her about the proposed divorce proceedings. She told him that her mind was made up to go through with it. Knight then drew a gun. His wife then ran up on the porch of Mr. Pirro on North Twenty-seventh street, where she was shot three times by Knight, the wounds being in her left side, arm and hip. Going to Twenty-seventh and Lake streets Knight shot himself, dying instantly. Mrs. Knight was rushed to the Lord Lister hospital, where she died Friday morning. Mrs. Knight's body was taken to the Silas Johnson Western Funeral Home, and that of her husband to Jones & Co.'s undertaking establishment. Her funeral was held from the Seventh Day Adventist church Monday. Interment at Forest Lawn.
"Vote for Bunce Once" —Adv.
A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30th, 1922
Nebraska Civil Rights Bill
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1893.
Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person.
Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution.
"The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638."
"A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with refreshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 358; N. W. 718."
VICTIMS OF TEXAS MOB, IT SEEMS WERE INNOCENT
Special Investigator Seent by N. A. A
C. P. Makes His Report Showing
Peculiar Method of Fixing
Crime on Negroes
GIRL'S MURDER DUE TO FEUD
Evidence Indicates That White Men,
Not Negroes Burned at Stake,
Were Guilty of Assault on
New York, June 30.—Three men were burned at the stake at Kirwin, Texas, May 7th and the bodies of two others were found filled with shot and hanging to a tree, a day or two later, on suspicion of having assaulted and murdered a seventeen year old school girl, Eula Ausley, whose mutilated body was found in a thicket not far from her home. The press dispatches said that Snap Curley, colored, under torture, had confessed to the crime, implicating two others, who died with hymns on their lips and protesting their innocence. The sheriff, it is alleged, publicly stated at that time his doubt of the guilt of two of the men. Tracks found around the body of the girl were fitted to the shoes of two white men who were arrested but released after the "confession" and lynching of the colored.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, according to its custom, sent an investigator to the field. He was a white Texan. Had they known his errand they would have made short shrift of him. Mr. Kelly has submitted his report which gives the following facts: "A white land owner, John King by name, owns several farms in this backwoods community, where black and white alike, with few exceptions, are illiterate. He had as neighbors a white family by the name of Prowell. Between the family of John King, grandfather of Eula Ausley, and the Prowells, there had been a bitter feud of long standing, beginning with King's accusing the Prowell's of cattle stealing. As a result of this feud King's son was maimed and two of the Prowells were driven from the county. Permission was recently asked by one of the Prowells to return. King offered him "six feet of ground." The Prowells swore vengeance.
Eula Ausley, an orphan, was the apple of her grandfather's eye. She rode daily to school past a thicket some distance from home. One day in May she was late reaching home. A colored man found her horse near the thicket and took it home. Search was made for the girl. Her body was found in the thicket with knife wounds in the abdomen, but the physician found no evidence of rape. From the thicket where the girl's body was found foot tracks led to the Prowell's, and the two Prowell boys disappeared while the posse was hunting for the perpetrators of the
murder. After the burning of the Negroes the Prowells were arrested and later released when they explained that they had been making bran mash in the thicket. The truth of their story was not investigated and it was not ascertained whether the bran mash was there or not. John King said he was certain that white men were implicated in the crime. The sentiment of the people generally was that an "example" had been made; it was of small consequence whether the Negroes were guilty or innocent.
CHURCH OF ST.
PHILIP THE DEMON
Bishop Shayler visited this congregation last Sunday morning, addressed and catechized the Sunday School and confirmed a class of three adults and preached an instructive sermon. The confrerees were Mrs. Olive (Esthl) Richardson, John Joynes and Arthur Burgess McCaw. A good sized congregation was present.
The services next Sunday will be Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m.; mating at 8:30; Church school at 10; choral Eucharist with sermon at 11 o'clock.
WHITE SHRINERS OF FLORIDA LOSE CASE AGAINST COLORED
Writ of Injunction Restraining the Use of the Name, Insignia and Emblems of Order by Negroes Is Not Sustained
IS THE FIRST INTERFERENCE
(Jacksonville, Fla., June 30—What has sent a thrill of triumph through the hearts of Attorney D. W. Perkins, legal adviser for the masonic fraternity of the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Union Lodge of the State of Florida, and the twenty or more thousands who pay allegiance to that jurisdiction, handed down in the Circuit Court in the city of Tampa on the 5th of this month, wherein the temple of the Mystic Shriners, whiche has sued out a writ of injunction, restraining all colored men in Florida from using the name, insignia, paraphernalia, words, cutouts, etc., of the Ancient Arabic Mystic Shriners. Arguments were made before Judge Robinson of Tampa, who holds the reputation of being one of the fairest judges that ever sat in any court in this state. The case was fought hard, and every assault made by the opposition was smashed by Attorney Perkins, and Judge Robinson gave his decision, denying the injunction.
This is the first time white shrimp have attempted to interfere with colored shriners in this state, and their failure may not be the last of it. Attorney Perkins is being lionized over his great victory. The white press quickly published the entrance of this case, but so far not one of them has had a word to say about the denial of the court to grant the induction.
SENATORS CONDEMN RACE PREJUDICE AT ANNAPOLIS
Mistreatment of Jewish Midshipman
Forced Issue to Attention of the
Senate, But the Principle
Is Far Reaching.
SENATOR SUNDERLAND SOUND
Regardless of Nationality or Race in This Country Every Man Should Stand on an Equality Before the Law.
Washington, D. C., June 30.—Race prejudice in Annapolis has been dealt a terrific blow in the senate. It was aimed in defense of the Jews, but as stated by Senator Sunderland, "every man should stand on an equality before the law." Demands were made in the senate for the punishment of members of the Annapolis naval academy graduating class who are alleged to have perpetrated cruel pranks upon Leonard Kaplan, a Jewish member of the class.
Senator Sunderland, West Virginia, Republican, from whose state Kaplan was appointed, called the senate's attention to the incident. He told how the graduating class issued a year book, in which a page was devoted to each member of the class. A mock biography of Kaplan appeared in the last page of the book, which was unnumbered and perforated, so that it could be torn out and eliminated entirely from the record, and his name was left out of the class roll.
Senator Sunderland denounced this action as "the refinement of cruelty," Senator King (Utah) wanted to know whether action had been taken to bring to the attention of the authorities in charge of the Annapolis academy. Senator Sunderland replied that he intended making further investigations.
Senator McCumber (North Dakota) said he believed the authorities of the academy were responsible for the class book, and "could not conceive" of a book to be issued without being under the control of the academy in some form.
"In my opinion," said Senator Sutherland, "we should not allow such an offense to pass unnoticed and uncorrected, nor should those guilty be allowed to go unpunished. If such incidents are permitted to pass unnoticed then it is better that our navy should be scrapped, because they show how far we have departed from the tenets and principles which have made our country great and powerful.
"Regardless of nationality, regardless of race, in this country every man should stand on an equality before the law."
ELITE WHIST CLUB
The closing of the season of the Elite Bridge Whist Club at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hunter. 2012 North 28th street, Monday even
ing, was marked by the entertainment of the husbands of the members and a few friends at a very sumptuous dinner, which was served at 7:00 p. m. The men played against the women at whist and the men won, first prize going to Messrs Seymour and Solomon and the "booby" prize going to Messrs Pryor and Pinkett. This club is composed of some of Omaha's most prominent matrons. It was their desire to make the evening Monday all that the most punctilious could wish, and they succeeded finely. The guests are wondering when and how they can return so fine a service.
DR. PRICE TERRELL
TO HANG OUT SHINGLE
Dr. Price Terrell, who graduated in medicine from the Meharry Medical School, Nashville, Tenn., where he ranked among the four highest in his class, and won an internship, which he declined, has arrived home, much to the joy of his wife and family and many friends. Price graduated from the Omaha high school and from the Creighton school of pharmacy and for some years conducted a drug store on North Twenty-fourth street, which he sold when he decided to study medicine. He will practice medicine here. The Monitor wishes him success.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS
Rev. Thos. A. Taggart, Pastor
There were splendid services all day Sunday. Rev. J. A. Burt of Hastings preached excellent sermons both morning and evening. Prof. G. W. Rogers gave a lecture to the young folks in the afternoon. It was a masterpiece. There will be a debate between the Pilgrim Baptist Church Society and Bethel Society next Monday evening at the E. D. C. hall, So. Slide 29th and T Street. Everybody welcome. The pastor will preach Sunday morning, subject, "Your ways and doings are the cause of these things;" evening, "Repent of your sins". Every member and friend is expected to bring his tything cross with one dollar Sunday.
JEFFERIS SPEAKER
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Congressman Will Address the Loca Branch of N. A. A. C. P on Dyer Anti-Lycheling Bill.
Congressman A. W. Jefferis, who voted right on the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, will deliver an address on that important measure before the Omaha Branch of the N. A. A. C. P., Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at St John's A. M. E. church. This bill is now before the United States Senate and is being bitterly assailed as an invasion of State's rights. It was passed by an overwhelming vote in the House of Representatives some months ago after bitter opposition chiefly from the South. The tariff, merchant marine, soldiers' bonus, and all other legislation from the colored American's standpoint is secondary to the question of the suppression of lynching at which the Dyer bill directly aims. The N. A. A. C. P. has been fighting for ten years to secure a federal law against lynching. Congressman Jefferis is an eloquent speaker and a capacity audience is anticipated. The public is invited.
LIBERIAN MINISTER RECEIVES
MA. D. FROM LINGS
Lincoln University, Pa., June 30-
At the 67th annual commencement of
Lincoln University, the board of trustees conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws upon Solgom Porter Hood, U S. minister to Liberia. Senator George Wharton Pepper delivered the commencement address. Degrees were also conferred upon Dr. E. P. Roberts;
Rev. A. C. Griggs and Rev. L N Mximba.
GHANDI'S SUCCESSOR IS
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Amhbadad, Brinsia, June 30-Queroshi, the nonco-operationist leader in British India who succeeded Mhandas Ghandi when the latter was arrested and imprisoned on charges of sedition, has been sentenced to a year's rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of 500 rupees, with a further three months' imprisonment in default of payment.
YOUNG GIRL KILLS
WHITE RAPIST; FREED
Roxboro, N. C., June 30—Twelve-
year-old Marie Lunright, daughter of
a prosperous colored merchant here,
received a verdict of acquittal here
in connection with the killing of G. N.
Walker, a white man, here last week.
The girl killed the man in self-defense
it is allegen, when he attempted to
attack her in the rear of her father's
large store.
"Vote for Bunce Once" —Adv.
GROWING
THANK YOU
Vol. VII—No. 52—Whole Number 364
HOTELS
DENIED PRIVILEGE BY ORDER OF CHIEF OF POLICE
Colored Men Cannot Be Employed as Bell Hops, Clerks or Elevator Operators in Hotels or Boarding Houses
"SOCIAL REASONS" IS CLAIM
Chief of Police Moran Says the Order Is Designed to Prevent Race Mixture and Curb the Social Evil.
Tulsa, Okla., June 30—The barring from all hotels and rooming houses in the city of Negro bell hops, clerks and elevator operators was announced by Chief of Police Rees D. Moran Wednesday night. All of the hotels and rooming houses were notified of the order Wednesday night, Moran said, and the larger hotels given a short time to replace the Negroes with white employees.
The order is looked upon as being the most far-reaching and one which touches more positions than any other issued under the present police administration. For the first time in Tulsa's history all of the hotels, from the smallest to the largest have been included in the prohibiting of Negro help. In the past the order has been directed to the rooming houses employing Negro clerks.
At the present time only two of the larger hotels employ Negro bell hops and elevator operators. These two are the Hotel Tulsa and the Kaufman Hotel. The Ketchum has employed white bell boys and elevator operators for several months. No one thing is the direct cause of the new order, Chief Moran said, but general conditions existent in the hotels and rooming houses where Negro help is employed, made a continuance of such a state out of the question, he said.
Prohibited by Ordinance
"While we can't control absolutely the social evil, we can at least keep the Negro out of it and prevent a mixing of the white and black," Chief Moran said. "Through a city ordinance we can forbid the employ of such Negro help and we mean to do it." That arrests would follow if the order prohibiting the employing of Negro help in these positions was not followed in the allotted time by the hotel managers and rooming house proprietors was the statement of Chief Moran. While he was not certain, he said, that he believed the employer of such help was also liable under the law.
THE ROYAL CIRCLE
The Local Circle of the Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World will hold their first Annual Thanksgiving Services Sunday, July 2, 1922, at Pilgrim Baptist Church on 25th and Hamilton streets at 3 p. m. Rev. Wm. Franklin, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist church, will preach the sermon.
Several special musical numbers have been arranged and the Choir will render several special numbers
The public is cordially invited to attend and learn something about this great order which is doing more for our race than any other order or insurance company in the United States.
The Executive Committee of the Supreme Royal Circle met only last week and the order having grown beyond expectations last year, both numerically and financially, decided to increase all members' policies to $300 without additional cost to members and abolishing ALL TAXES. Thereby giving the profits back to its members in benefits.
Members are now paid $7 per week for sickness or accident, $300 at death, a monument placed at their grave, free hospital treatment, medical and surgical attention, room, nurse and board. The advantage of a loan and charity department, old folks home and school for orphans of the deceased members. After a membership of 90 days policies may be increased as high as $1000. Joining fee $3.50, monthly dues $1.25 per month and NO TAXES at all throughout the year. Over 860 members have been added in Omaha in three months. For information see A. L. Richmond, Supreme Supervisor, 1516% North 24th street Phone Webster 3567.
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES.
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 prop-
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within its iurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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STREET CAR MANNERS:
Ay SINBaS make:the ten; the want
of it the fellow,” was a maxim|
we were taught at a mother’s knee,
who many years ago, this very month,
was called to a well-earned rest. Her
teaching abides with us. Much of it
is considered old-fashioned now. But
‘would to God there were more of the
old-fashioned customs in manners and
morals in vogue today. How much
better off we all would be.
‘The polite “Yes, sir” and “No, sir,”
in response to questions from older
folk, has yielded place to the curt
“Yes” and “No”, the former being
considered a mark of subserviency and
servility, With this has gone that
mark of gentle breeding which brot a
man to his feet when a woman or aged
person entered the room, Such cus-
‘toms and conventionalities are consid-
ered obselete today in American so-
ciety. Those who have the temerity
to tenaciously cling to them are con-
sidered peculiar. Our free and easy
way has largely dulled the conyen-
tional acts of politeness which are
marks not only of refinement but also
of that kindliness and considerateness
which indicate nobility of character.
Bad manners are the index of selfish-
ness and thoughtlessness. Perhaps
there is no place where this selfish-
ness and thoughtlesness is more tn
evidence than in our street cars. Sev-
eral glaring examples of this have
come under our personal observation
within the last fw days. We shall
cite but two:
A white-haired woman, tottering
from very age boarded a Dodge street
car. The car was well-filled, many
persons standing On the longitudinal
seats on either side at the entry, four
persons were seated. On one side
were two colored men and two color-
ed women, one colored man having
politely surrendered his seat to a col-
‘red woman before the aged white
woman had entered the car. He was
standing. On the other seat there
were three white men, young fellows,
and one white woman. Be it said to
the shame of those five men, that not
‘one proffered his seat to that aged
woman. ‘The younger woman who sat
beside the three men gave up her seat
and gently helped the old lady into it.
‘We hoped then that one of our men
would give up his seat to the woman
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who had given hers to the aged wom-
an, But they let her stand, We con-
sidered the conduct of all those men
as an indication of bad manners, cer-
tainly of selfishness and inconsiderate-
ness. We regretted keenly to see this
indication of bad manners upon the
part of men of our race. The other
fellows didn’t do it, True, but their
bad manners did not justify our being
{ll mannered, Let us show ourselves
ladies and gentlemen, no matter
whether the other fellow does or not.
Remember, “manners make the man,
the want of it the fellow.”
The other case was that of a cripple.
did gentleman, He generally boards
nts ear every evening, at Fifteenth
and Harney streets. Some men of our
face noppened tobe paseongers on thi
car and were seated near the door
when our crippled friend got on.
‘There were some white men seated
there too. Did anyone offer this
cripple a seat? No, indeed they did
not. A woman offered him her seat.
What a fine thing it would have been,
if one of our men had shown his gen-
tility of ebaracter and considerate-
ness by tendering his seat to this
cripple. It was the thing that should
have been done. “The white men
didn’t do it.” No, but what difference
does that make? Two wrongs don't
make a right, A white skin doesn't
make a gentleman, nor does it indi-
cate good breeding. Show yourself to
be a MAN by your GOOD MANNERS.
Good manners on the street cars
will do a vast deal to mould a better
public sentiment towards our people.
A little thoughtfulness and politeness,
or good old-fashioned manners will go
a long way towards helping out mat-
ters. The vast majorjty of our people
have good manners and conduct them-
selves properly, but we all suffer from
the bad manners of the few.
THE HERRIN MASSACRE
12” there not been so much almost
unbelievable brutality vented up-
on colored Americans by white mobs,
one would be disinclined to credit the
reports of hellish flendishness which
comes from Herrin, Illinois, where a
mob massacred in cold blood nearly
two score non-union miners who were
guilty of the offense of earning their
daily bread. It is true they took the
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places of union miners, who exercised
thelr right to refuse to work for a
certain wage; but the murdered men
were clearly acting within their
rights, too, and there was not the
slightest excuse for their murder. The
men had surrendered in good faith and
were entitled to protection. Instead
of this they were shot down like dogs.
In their dying agony they were denied
water and taunted even by women
with babes in their arms. And this
was by people of the “superior race”,
whose supremacy must be maintained,
How horrible it all is! Then, too, the
conscience of the community seems
dead, Herrin, if press reports are to
ve believed, glories in this crime. The
fast growing belief in America that a
mob is justified in taking the law in
its own hands, when individuals incur
disfavor, is fast ripening the seeds of
national decay, Leniency with mobs
which have murdered black vietims
with demoniacal findishness, is di-
rectly responsible for massacres like
that at Herrin where the victims were
white. What a sad commentary upon
civilization are outbreaks of this char-
acter!
REGISTER,
TTS primaries are tast approaching,
when the citizens are to nominate
candidates for important offices. Ev-
ery voter, male and female, who is not
registered, should do so at once in
order that he and she may vote at the
primaries. See that you are register-
ed and ask your neighbor if he is
registered.
SPINGARN MEDALIST
‘The Monitor congratulates Mrs.
Mary B. Talbert upon receiving , the
‘Spingarm medal. She is the first’ wo-
man to receive this distinction. It is
worthily bestowed. Our women every-
deeds which deserve some tangible
recognition.
PAVING
We note with gatisfaction that many
districts in which are folk are resi-
dents, home-owners and tax-payers
‘are being paved. ‘These improvements
have begn long needed. Better street
‘lighting of these districts and espec-
ally on North Twenty-fourth street
are also needed. Keep up the good
“work.
| THE VILLAGE LYNCH-SMITH
(With apologies to Longteliow)
; ‘Andrea Rasafkerleto
Under a spreading chestnut tree
WEE
(A champion of democracy)
‘A rope is in his hands,
And a veteran warior is be
Of Southern Ku Klux Klans,
Hig head is hammer-shaped and tong
and brainless as a pan,
His brow is wet with moonshine sweat
He loves to “rush the can;”
|And boust that common decency
‘Me owes no colored man,
‘Week in, week out, from morn til night
You can hear him madly blow
Against social equality;
Yet he will slyly go
And hound some helpless colored girl
When the evening sun is low.
He goes on Sunday to the church
‘And makes a lot of noise
Proclaiming Christianity—
Yea, you can hear his voice
Singing in the village ehoir,
‘And it makes his wite rejoice,
It sounds to her like her father's voice
Coaxing a pair of dice;
She needs must think of him once mor.
"How in the jail he lies,
And with her powder puff she wipes
The eyeballs from her eyes.
Raping, hanging and burning, A
Onward through#life he goes,
Hach morning sees some crime begur
Each evening sees its close;
Hatred attempted, hatred done,
Has earned a night's repose.
'
‘Thanks, thanks to thee, my eracke
friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught
‘And it is this: your southern pride
‘Means absolutely naught—
Unless. it means illiteracy
‘And the evils you have wrought,
CONTEST CLOSES JULY 23, 1922
‘The contest for the most popular
young lady will close Monday, July 31,
‘The young lady having the most votes
‘on that date will receive a handsome
manicure set. Until that date a cou-
pon accompanied by a paid subscrip-
tion to The Monitor for #ix months at
Fifty Cents will entitle the contestant
to one (100) hundred votes. This
will give every contestant an oppor-
tunity to make a high average,
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THE POET'S INGLE NOOK
Tere cinci what Gant
Not what we have, but what we use;
Not what we seem, but what we are;
These aré the things that mar or bless
The sum of human happiness.
The things near by, not things afar;
Not what we seem, but what we are;
These are the things that make or
break,
That give the heart its Joy or ache.
Not what seems fair, but what is true;
Not what we dream, but good we do;
These are the things that shine like
gems,
Like stars in Fortune's diadems,
Not as we take, but as we give:
Not ag We pray, but as we live;
These are the things that make for
pence,
Both now and after Time shall cease
—Clarence Urmy.
‘AN ASPIRATION:
To be ever conscious of my unity
with God. To listen for His voice
and hear no other call.
To separate all error from my
thought of man. To see him only: as
my Father's image. To show him rev-
erence and share with him my hollest
treasure.
To keep my mental home a sacred
place—golden with gratitude, redolent
with Love, white with purity, cleansed
of self-will.
To send no thought into the world
that will not cheer and heal and bless.
To have no other aim than to make
earth a fairer, holier, happier place;
and to rise each day into a higher
sense of Life and Love.
ROCHESTER CITIZEN
VISITS HIS SISTER
John G. Lee, a prominent Sunday
School worker and superintendent of
the A. M. E, Zion Sunday ‘School of
Rochester, N. ¥., delegate to the Six-
teenth International Sunday School
Convention, which has just closed its
session at Kunsas City, Mo., arrived in
the city Wednesday morning to visit
his sister, Mrs, Robert T. Walker of
2421 Maple street. Mr, Lee is trav-
eling with the Timothy Stand By
Party of New York, headed by Dr.
Joseph Clark, New York State Super-
intendent of Sunday Schogls. This
is Mr. Lee's first visit to the west and
he is highly pleased with both Kansas
City and Omaha, He leaves Friday
afternoon for Rochester. His mother,
Mrs. Lee, who has been the guest of
her daughter for several months, and
has made many warm friends during
her stay here, returns home with him.
MISS LAWSON STILL LEADS
IN POPULARITY CONTEST
Forty-two votes were sent in this
week for Miss Lawson and 22 for
Miss Williams, Other contestants
are evidently keeping back their votes,
Miss Lawson maintains her lead, Per-
song sending invotes will please sign
‘THEIR OWN NAMES, as well as in-
serting name of contestant. Wateh
the finish. A contestant sending in a
SIX MONTHS’ TRIAL SUBSCRIP-
TION for FIPFY CENTS CASH will
be credited with 100 votes for each
subscription sent in, Subscription
blanks may be secured at The Monitor
office, 414 South 1th street, or at
1119 North 2ist street. Win a prize
and earn a lberal commission for
NEW SUBSCRIBERS,
Bertha Lawson, 2624 North Twenty-
fifth street, 152 votes.
Dorothy Williams, 1119 No, 21st
street, 119 votes,
Lovettd Busch, 5219 South 29th
street, 70 votes,
Audrey Trueheart, 1443 So. 17th
street, 23 votes. ~
Cerelda Tucker, 2508 M street, So.
Side, 15 votes.
Ireta Walker, 1926 So. 14th street,
9 votes.
Otis Watson, 2025 Grant street, 9
votes,
VOTED RIGHT ON DYER
BILL
Congressman Jefferis Voted
Right on the Dyer Anti-
Lynching Bill, Is a Candidate
for United States Senator.
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| ‘THERE'S A REASON.
Why does John Walsh, the lino-op,
‘Who runs a machine at the W-B shop,
Look 80 blithesome, merry and gay,
And smile and laugh thruout the day?
Why's the printery bunch smoking
cigars, ;
While Johnny himself seems treading
on stars?
‘The answer's easy, Jobn's got a pearl,
She was born on Wednesday—a nine-
pound girl!
Congratulations, then, to husband and
wite
And for the daughter a happy life.
May Heaven's blessings ever abide
Upon, you, Jobn, and the whole Walsh
tribe.
THE MONITOR reaches the Col
cored people of Nebraska and cir-
culates in every state in the Union.
YONKERS HAS THE CUCKOO
Gitizen Complaine That the Birds Are
| Somewhat Too Attentive to
"business:
A proud but truthful resident of
Yonkers admitted that there were a
lot of cuckoos there. He wasn’t proud
of the cuckoos, particularly. As far as
euckoos are concerned, his pride ts
strictly civic, If one must have
jeuckoos, he prefers the Swiss lind,
‘which are vocal only when wound up
and then only at intervals.
_ The Yonkers cuckoo doesn't have to
be wound up. ‘The imported elght-day
cuckoo Is a piker beside the Yonkers
cuckoo, ‘The Yonkers cuckoo stays
awake half the night waiting for the
dawn and each has the same pride in
being the first to sulute the earliest
‘gleam of the sky that a farmer's wite
has in getting her washing out before
& neighbor's line is strung.
© From the moment that the night be-
[comes faintly luminous until about
9:85 a, m. the alr is tremulous with
‘cuckoo. From 9:35 to 10:05, the
‘euckoos knock off for Ivfich. ‘Them
‘they're at it again until dark. They
yelp “cuck-oo” at every resident of
Yonkers they see and even at strang-
‘ere from Peekskill, When the street
Is utterly deserted the} murmur
euck-oo, cuckoo” Just for practice
ee DOESN'T HAVE TO FLY
Washington Specimen Uses the Street
Car as His Particular Means
“ah Tiahabartations
| Now that spring Is here, It may In-
terest bird lovers to know that at
Heset one bird has solved the pryblem
‘of transportation without the use of
wings.
Birds are famous for their slgra-
‘tons, hut hitherto shey always have
‘used wing power. Now comes along
‘one local bird who gets himself from
place to place with warcely the flap
of a wing.
‘This bird came rising down Penn-
spivania avenue about eleven o'clock
one morning last week, He was
perched on the roof of a street car
coming from Georgetown,
When the car stopped at Bleventh
street the bird alighted, and walked
‘gravely up and down the platform.
‘He was a fine, big fellow, with a black
‘body and a blue head, but did not took
Mke a blackbird.
After surveying the post office de-
partment for a bit, the bird flew over
ton car about to leave for Mount Ver-
non, and established himself on the
roof.
‘When the car pulled out, the bird
was with ft—Washington Star.
Soi tidal dainaciens aime
Plans have been made to build a
aman the Colorado siver which will
hold hack volume of water equal to
two: yeury flow of the entire 1,800
tales” of fusng river ‘The dats
to be 700 feet high, approximately
the helght of the Woolworth building
In'New Yor ity. ‘The dan will fort
reservoir with an, area of 20) sare
fuler bod na areage depth of 850
fect. ‘Thin body of water will cons:
fue the largest artical lake In the
world ‘One weatern rallrond_ system
He siceady plenning operate & feet
of steamers to carry tourists over this
Satrmaite lake te the Grand conven,
the wonder spot of America, The
Panstoa canal is the only undertake
ing ever attempted in America which
Bay os cuspared 6 meguitnte oe
hice op oueniom ta tis ae
[fieering ‘project, whieh wil. tran
eae ers ei ovastrey et
- at productivity. Worlds, Work
Sr ee
Robins are growing fat on worms in
Lafayette square,
‘The grass there must be literally
alive with worms, for no robin seems
to have any diffieulty whatever in plck-
Ing up the best kind of living.
You will see one of the birds hop
along, then suddenly reach down.
He begins to pull.
Up comes his head with a worm
dangling to his beak, one end of the
worm held tenaciously by the robin,
the other clinging fast to mother
earth,
Bracing himself the bird throws his
entire weight in one final heave, He
then consumes half the worm, and
files away with the remainder.
‘The performance does not strike
‘one as cruel, fer both bird and worm
are operating under the laws of na.
tere—Washington Star,
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{| ABOLITION’S STRONGHOLD AND FREEDOM’S BIRTHRIGHT :
THE CHIEF EVENTS WILL BE
| Historical Tours to Boston's Old Landmarks Each Day of Convention,
MONSTER ANTI-LYNCHING OUT-DOOR DEMONSTRATION and
PARADE.
A GRAND BALL—PICNIC—A SAIL DOWN BOSTON HARBOR. |
‘Afternoon Reception, Hospitality Headquarters—Affiliated Outings— |
Auto Rides.
ESP ECIALL Y — National Concerted Action for Dyer Bill at |
Home of Senate Leader, Lodge.
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Suites: Large Combination Living and Bedroom
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Events and
Persons
Mrs. L, P. Brutan who went to Okla-
homa some weeks ago has returned
to the city for indefinite stay,
First-Class Modern Furnished Rooms
—1702 No. 26th St. Web. 4769. Mrs.
L. M. Bentley Erwin,
Mrs. George A. Love has returned
to her home, 2426 Grant street, from
‘the University hospital and is rapidly
recovering from her recent illness,
JOE MORROW, Baliff of District
Court, CANDIDATE for REGISTER
OF DEEDS. REPUBLICAN. VOTE
FOR HIM. av.
Mr. Edward Dunn, accompanied by
his daughters, Mrs. Mary Bean and |
Beatrice Robinson, and his son, Ed-|
ward, motored to Oklahoma last week
to visit relatives. En route they vis-
ited in Kansas City,
FOR RENT—Two well furnished
rooms with use of kitchen. One room
for gentlemen preferred.—Web. 5872.
1823 North 28d Street—Mrs, Drake.
Master Otto Kendrick has returned
from Kansas City, Mo., coming home
with his mother, Mrs. Virgil Kendrick,
who was called to Omaha by the
death of her brother, Jesse Welch, of
2121 Nicholas street.
Holst Pharmacy for drags 2702
Cuming street. Harney 681.—Ady.
“Vote for Bunce Once” —Ady.
Charles A, Chandler, a law student
in Yale University, is home for the
vacation. He is representing the|
Lewis E. Meyers and Company of Val-
paraiso, Ind,, manufacturers of the|
Chautauqua Industrial Art Equip-
ment, a home-study desk and chart for
children.
E. P. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters
Trust Bldg, Jackson $841 or Harney
2156,
Mrs. Virgil Kendrick of Kansas
City, Mo., who was called to the city
recently by the death of her brother,
Jesse Welch, after being the guest of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Byers,
for several days, left last Tuesday for
home accompanied by her son, Leon-
ard White, :
FOR RENT—Furnished rooms in
use of kitchen. On Dodge and North
‘Twenty-fourth streret car lines. Web-
ster 5954. 5-4t
Mr. and Mrs. John Webb enter-
tained twelve guests at dinner Thurs-
day evening at their residence ocm-
plimentary to Mrs. Allie Turner of
Des Moines, Ja,;.the Rev. Dr. Hill of
Mound, Il., and their house guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Clay of
Newark, N. J. Other guests present
were the Rey. and Mrs. Thomas A.
Taggart, Mrs, Lena Bratcher, the}
Misses Nellie Jackson, Gladys Red
and Frances Griffin and Messrs. Ster-
ling Bunn and Edward Webb.
FOR RENT—Pleasant four-room
cottage, 957 North Twenty-eigth ave.
$22.50, E. M. Earle, 3830 Charles
sreet. It
JOE MORROW, Baliff of District
Court, CANDIDATE for REGISTER
OF DEEDS. REPUBLICAN. VOT E
FOR HIM. —Adv.
‘The Phi Delta Girls are entertain
ing tonight at a dancing party at
Hanscom Park pavillion. |
FOR RENT—Furnishea apartments
of two and three rooms.—2130 North
‘Twenty-eighth Street..... Webster 4983.
The students of Western University
enjoyed a delightful dancing party on!
Monday night at Hanscom Park
pavillion.
Ask you grocer or merchant, if he
does “rot, why he does not advertise
in OUR NEWSPAPER.
‘Theresa Liverpool, daughter of Mr.|
and Mrs. Frank J. Liverpool, returned |
last week from St, Louis, Mo., where |
she has been attending St. Rita's acad- |
emy. |
Wanted—Wide awake boys to sell
‘The Monitor every Saturday. Live
boys can make money by selling
Monitors. Phone Webster 4243. |
For Rent—Neatly furnished front
room for man and wife or gentleman.
2429 Lake St, Webster 1621.
James G. Jewell has gone to Chi-
cago on a business and pleasure trip.
He expects to be away for two weeks.
Mrs. R, € Cottrell of Oklahoma City
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. S. Tur-
ner, 2614 Corby street.
COLORED REPUBLICANS
Colored republicans, men ane Wel
en, are invited to attend a meeting
‘of the Douglas County Republican
League next ‘Thursday night in St,
Philip's Guild rooms.
pai eee ee ‘i
Miss Sibyl Meriifield visited Lineoln
friends this week.
Miss Albertina Pickens of Chicago,
IIL, is the guest of Miss Myrtle Wash-
ington, 28p4 North 'Twenty-second
street.
Mrs, William Sandifor, former
Omaha resident, has come from Chi-
cago to visit friends here,
“Vote for Bunce Once” —Adv.
All ex-service men are requested to
attend a special meeting at the Col-
ored Commercial Club, 2416 Maple
street, Monday night, July 3.
Modern furnished rooms at 926 No.
27th Ave., one-balf block from Cum-
ing St. car line—Mrs. Clay Anderson.
Phone Harney 7228. Call mornings.
Mrs, J. M. Goff has been compelled
to return to the Presbyterian hospital
for treatment.
A. P Scruggs, Lawyer, 2310 No.
2and St. Webster 0419.—Adv.
Malcolm Nash of Greenville, ‘Texas,
a student at Meharry Medical School,
Nashville, Tenn. who spent bis vaca-|
Kon’ work Onsslin at gunioiet|
has returned to the city for this year’s
vacation,
Mee rooms and kitchen for rent,
Reasonable, Electrle light and gas
for cooking, Apply 2022 North Twen-
ty-fourth street.
A. B, Keeling of Pine Bluff, Ark,
and R. B, Phillips of Marshal, ‘Texas,
students at Meharry Medical School,
arrived in the city last week to spend
thelr vacation,
Mvs. P, Barline Osborne, the talent
A Shakespearian reader who delight-
ed a large audience here a few months
ago, gives a return engagement next
Monday night, July ard, at the De
Luxe Academy on Eighteenth and
Dodge street.
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Suits to order, $32.00, reduced
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Raincoats to order, $20.00.
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MONDAY, JULY 3, 1922
MISS IRENE COCHRAN MR. JOS. THOMAS
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Omaha, Neb., June 1, 1922.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Six months ao Twas struck with severe pain in tho left side of head
and the pain ran from my head all over my body, then T wis confined to my
bed, and have been ever since, unable to even turn over, “I had to he turned
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my fingers or raise my arm. T hada rope thed to the foot of my bed #0 T
Fould pull myselt up, and in order to remain up Thad to be propped with «
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relief Mr. i J, Varn had given her mother with the 7" OILS LINIMIENT
MASSAGES, so we sent for Mr. Varn and arranged for alx “7 Olls Messages.
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dut‘ot bed and into the chalr alone, and can sit up all day. 1 ean also walk
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MT, MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. J. D. Davis, Acting Pastor,
Rev. G. W. Hill from Texas preach-
ed a splendid sermon in the morn-
ing at 11 a, m. Rev. J. E. Jeits of
Lincoln favored us with a solo that
was soul inspiring. Professor C. W.
Rogers, field secretary of the North-
western Convention, gave a lecture
at 8 p.m. His subject being, “The
Repair Shop’”
There will be a trustees’ rally next
Sunday at the chureh, assisted by
Rev. W. F, Botts of Zion Baptist
church. fr
Rev. M. C. Winston, a member of
Mt. Moriah, will preach Sunday, July
2nd, at St, Mary’s Baptist church,
South Omaha. Rev. Winston is a
progressive young man. He has had
access to some of the best schools in
the south, His fluent use of the Eng-
lish language and elegant speech
make his thoughts clearer and more
decisive than the ordinary young: min-
inister’s. To hear him means to love|
him. : |
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH |
‘The New Era Baptist Association
and Auxiliaries held at this church
from June 19th to 25th inclusive, has
closed, but not without leaving all
those who attended with good thoughts
and greater zeal to meet the future.
‘The session was, indeed, a profitable
one.
Next Sunday, Covenant followed by
Lord’s Supper and baptism. Let al
candidates take notice,
Plans are being laid for our annual
chureh picnic to be held as usual at
Miller Park, July 4th, Let all old
friends meet each other there and new
comers to the city come out and get
acquainted. In case of rain, come to
the church, 2215 Grant street, where
a hearty welcome is always awaiting
you,
ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. BE, CHURCH
5283 South 26th Street
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Sunday was indeed a promising day.
‘The morning service was well attend-
ed. The Rey. Mr. Lightner preached
on “The Seven Seals.” Evening at-
tendance Wag light on account of the
heavy rain. ‘The pastor postponed
his address on ‘The Blectrocution of
King, whom he attended as spiritual
adviser, until next Sunday evening, in
order that all interested in this sub-
Ject night be present.
IMPORTANT
Why shouldn't we give Dan Swan-
son, who is running for Commissioner
of Public Lands and Buildings, our
support. He has had five of our race
in his department, as engineers, fire-
men and custodian, and has always
showed his friendship toward us,
Even before coming to Lincoln, when
he was postmaster at Fremont and
other political offices, he has always
been a friend to our race.
H. H, BRADLEY, State House.
—Adv.
NEW ERA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The New Era Baptist Association
which was in session here at Zion
Baptist church last week closed its
successful series of meetings Sunday,
when visitors occupied the pulpits of
the Various Baptist churches. ‘The
sessions were well attended and an
excellent program was carried out,
Reports showed substantial growth
and progress in all departments of
the association,
LINCOLN NEWS AND
COMMENT
Rey. I. B. Smith filled the pulpit
for Rev. A. J. McAlister at the New.
man M, E. church last Sunday morn.
ing. The pastor preached at night.
Services at the A. M. E. church
Sunday were fairly attended. Rev.
McClendon filled his pulpit, delivering
fine sermons, The Sunday schoo! and
A. C, E. were well attended,
Praise and covenant services were
held at Mt. Zion church Sunday morn.
ing, the pastor being absent. the
Sunday school was nicely attended.
‘Rev, H. W. Botts returned hrome dur-
ing the day and preached at night.
‘The rain interfered with the attend-
‘ance. The annual Fourth of July pic-
nie will take place in F street park on
‘Tuesday—all day.
Mrs. Lottie Hale left last Friday
for her home in Enid, Okla.
Miss Jennie Porter left Monday for
Chicago for an indefinite stay.
Mr. G, W. Wiley, Mr. Zach Johnson
were among visitors at the association
at Omaha last week.
Messrs. Silas Kellis, A. B.. Mosley
and others motored to Omaha on Sun-
day.
R. H, Young was confined at home
with illness the past week.
Mrs. Fanny Young returned from
camp at Crete last week.
‘The following named persons are
in attendance at the Annual State
Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
at Beatrice: Mrs. Jennie Johnson,
state president; Mrs. Lulu Colemeux,
state secretary; Mrs. E, Jeultz, Mrs.
Tin Cooley, local president; Mrs. F.
Young, Mrs. Lola Howard, Mrs. Ale
Harding, Rev. H. W, Botts, Rev. 0. J.
Burehhardt and others.
Mr, J. E. Jeltz was ordained as a
minister of the gospel by the board
of ordination during the annual ses-
sion of New Era Baptist association
at Omaha last week.
‘Mr. Wm. Woods on his return from
the east accompanied Mr. Paul L.
Moore from Chicago home on Tues-
day. Mr. Moore had been confined
in the hospital in Chicago some time,
having gone through an operation for
the betterment of his limb, He is
reported much improved.
All delegates and visitors to the
association at Omaha last week re-
turned home Saturday and Sunday
and report the session as having been
a most profitable one. ‘The New Era
Baptist association is making a most
wonderful progress under the leader-
ship of Dr. W. F. Botts as moderator,
and who is greatly aided by his
strong Baptist cohorts, looking toward
taking the state for the Baptists. Dr,
Botts, lead out, and we will try to fol-
low for the Master's cause—we'll win.
Mr. Pulham is confined in the hos-
pital, having broken his leg some
time ago.
Just to remind delinquents, your
subscriptions are overdue, I will ac-
cept. them anytime and any place.
W, W. Mosley, City National Bank or
1335 Rose street.
JOE MORROW, Baliff of District
Court, CANDIDATE for REGISTER
OF DEEDS. REPUBLICAN. VOTE
FOR HIM. —Adv.
A fine daughter was born to the
Rev. and Mrs. J. Fletcher Bryant on
Monday, June 19th, at the University
hospital. Mother and baby are doing
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satisfactorily, namely, who is the most popular young lady? We are
going to try and answer it with your co-operation,
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BAPTIST STATE MISSIONARY
GIVES REPORT OF WORK
‘The Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, State
Missionary of Negro Baptists, made
his annual report to the New Era
Baptist Association last Friday after-
noon, June 28. The report showed
that the missionary had traveled 7,160
miles; visited 210 families; added 46
to the chureh in various forms; or-
dained six deacons; served eight com-
munions; visited 42 prayer meetings,
38 Sunday Schools, 30 B. Y. P. U.
meetings and 18 women’s meetings;
delivered 25 lectures and 75 sermons;
raised $345 on current expenses and
$1830 on Norfolk’s new church, a
deed to which property was turned
over to the Association; $398 was
raised in Hastings in June to sonly
on mortgage. He raised an average
ot $214 per month for the Baptist |
by acclamation after the reading of
his report. He left for Hastings Fri-
day to take part in the burning of the
mortgage Tuesday night,
GOOD RECORD AS JUSTICE
1. N, Bunce, who has served with
great satisfaction as justice of the
peace, is a candidate for Municipal
Judge. Judge Bunce has heard 7000
cases during hig term of office, with
‘only one per cent of reversal. He
has a large acquaintance among col-
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Out of Egypt's Sand
Near View of the Great Pyramid
(Prepared by the National Geographic So-
ciety, Washington, D. C.)
Stanley journeyed thousands of miles to lay bare the secrets of Africa to the world; but in the northeastern corner of the same continent even more thrilling exploration has been in progress during the past few decades through a relatively few feet of sand. The excavators who with pick and shovel have been bringing to light the details of Egypt's ancient civilization and the everyday life of her people, where before only the barest outline of the nation's history was available, are as truly discoverers of unknown civilizations as far-faring Marco Polos or Pizarros.
For a long time Egypt was to the rest of the world little more than a sea of sand with a few dominant monuments—the pyramids, the Sphinx, the colossal of "Mennon"—to point to her past greatness. Relics of various dynasties existed side by side, their relations often unknown.
The names of many kings and some of their noblest exploits were known, but there was general ignorance in regard to the less exalted Egyptians, to the activities that made up the life of this mysterious nation beside the Nile four and perhaps five and six or more thousands of years ago. Grave robbers, whose activities extend back into the days long before the Protomiles, had riffed many tombs and so made much of the early scientific excavations barren of results. And the early excavation of Egyptologists was itself a careless procedure aiming at the big goals and destroying and burying many small objects of incalculable value in the indications they might have given of manners and customs.
Recent exploration in Egypt has been a vastly different matter. Modern efficiency methods have been adapted to the delving for the buried secrets of the ancients, and now every cubic foot of sand about a promising site is combed or actually sifted that no broken fragment of pottery, scrap of papyrus, or jeweled bauble may escape detection. In early days the most common method of disposing of the removed sand and debris was by means of basket brigades which dumped their loads nearby. Now light tramways are used and care is taken to haul the discarded material to a point where it is definitely known that nothing of value will be covered. Where formerly a "find" was a "find" and was assembled with all others, now any object partially uncovered is photographed in place frequently as the sand is removed, so that no possible significance of its position or relation to other objects will be overlooked; and before it is stored it is carefully tagged, numbered and card-indexed.
Getting Real Picture of Ancient Life.
These painstaking methods have fully justified themselves. Instead of having a confused mass of facts, many of them most interesting in themselves, but often perplexing, we are getting by degrees a complete, intelligible picture of Egyptian life over a period of thousands of years. Seemingly unimportant things help greatly to fill in the picture. One would hardly make the mistake of picturing the old Egyptians scratching matches to light the kitchen fire, but there was for long no true picture to take the place of fancy. None of the discovered hieroglyphics showed the making of fire, and it appeared to be entirely without religious significance. In recent years, however, one of the new school of excavators sifted from the sand a well-preserved fire-bow and drill and even a board with burnt holes, and the problem was solved.
Temporary towns besides the sites of great engineering projects are no new thing in the world. Cities for laborers were constructed for use while some of the pyramids were under construction. One such town has been completely uncovered and gives a cross-section of life under such conditions more than 4,000 years ago. The
town was congested and had sections like the slums of today with the crowded dwellings opening on narrow alleys. There were some separate dwellings and some barrack-like structures presumably for unmarried workers. But even in the most humble houses evidences were found that their occupants lived on a higher plane than might have been supposed. Various manuscripts were found including a medical treatise and several wills. And in the separate dwellings were found such toys as tops and dolls and tiny bouts to show that the pastimes of children of that remote time were not vastly different from those of today.
At the very border line between the pre-historic and the historic in Egypt, civilization, it has been found, had reached a considerable degree of development. The tombs of the first Egyptian kings, who lived anywhere from 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, are such as no burbarians could have erected a fact which pushes the beginning of Egyptian civilization into a very dim past indeed. This was before the days of pyramid building when the tombs were underground structures.
Preserved in the Tombs.
The furniture of this distant period was by no means crude as one might assume it would have been. There were ebony chests skilfully built with ivory, stools with ivory legs carved like the legs of bulls, vessels cut from alabaster and ewers of copper wrought with the cunning that only highly skilled craftsmen could have possessed. Daintily fashioned bracelets on the withered arms of the mummy of Egypt's first known queen add further to the record of the progress in the arts which Egyptud had attained when we catch our first glimpse of it down the ages.
And there is a pretty little picture of the family relations of this ancient society. Besides the tomb of the first Egyptian king at Abydos is that of his daughter, and carved on her tomb the pet name by which her father knew her—"Sweetheart."
Even at that early date the court was socially highly organized.
Womanhood was sincerely respected in ancient Egypt and especially was this true of the mothers. What might be called Egypt's substitute for the fifth commandment ignored the father. It was an injunction: "Never forget what thy mother hath done for thee. She bare thee and nourished thee in all manner of ways. If thou forgettest her, she might blame thee; she might lift up her hands to God. and He would hear her complaint." In many families it was the custom for titles and property to pass not to the eldest son but to the son of the eldest daughter. There was no "mother-in-law joke" in Egypt. To the mind of the Egyptian it was the natural thing that his wife's relations should take a deeper interest in his affairs than his blood relations.
Much of the ability of those who live today to look into the past of Egypt, to see something of its flesh-and-blood life, and to understand somewhat of the joys and sorrows of its people, must be ascribed to the preserving powers of the desert air of that sandy land. The perfect condition of some of the objects recovered from tombs is marvelous. One of the best examples of this was the tomb of the noble parents of the great Queen Tyl. The discoverer of the large airy chamber that was provided as a home for these important personages declared that it seemed the room might have been shut up only a few weeks before. Beautifully carved and inlaid armchairs stood about, on them down-stuffed cushions that could have been sat upon without injury. In another part of the room were "twin beds" perfectly preserved. The most amazing discovery of all was that of a jar of honey, 3,300 old, still a fluid and still having its recognizable odor.
OLD CAPTAIN
By SIGNE H. ANDERSON
1922, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate
"Tramp, tramp, tramp.
The boys are marching."
These words drifted to the ears of the gray-headed old soldier sitting by the open window lost in thought. Many long years had gone by since he had first heard those words sung. He could see "the boys" seated before the camp fire in "65, reading letters from home or singing to keep up a semblance of cheerfulness; or tramping over miles of rutty roads, and singing to keep their spirits up.
For many years, now, he had been living with his oldest daughter and her family. Yes, Susie had always been kind and daughterly to him, but, just the same, he didn't want to be constantly reminded that he was getting old and feeble. It was "Father, don't do this," and "Father, don't do that; you are too old," or "you are not strong enough."
Every year previous to this one he had marched with "the boys" on Memorial day, and each year had found the number smaller and smaller, until this year there would be but five. As "Old Captain," as he was fondly called by the children of the neighborhood, sat there lost in thought, he was rudely brought back to the present by the voices of his daughter and her husband.
"Father is really too old to try to march this Memorial day. We must persuade him that it would be better for him to sit on the plaza and watch the parade," Susie was saying.
Persuade him! Indeed! Perhaps this would be the last chance for him; no one knew what might happen before another year rolled by. A bit of the old fighting spirit was awakened in the aged soldier. Hed show them a thing or two! He had quite made up his mind to march, and march he would.
So each day, while Susie was busy in the kitchen, "Old Captain" crept softly upstairs to the spare room closet, tucked a bit of his blue uniform under his jacket, as softly crept down again, and sat, apparently lost in thought, in his favorite chair by the window. By and by Susie would come in to tell him that she was going upstairs to straighten up the bedrooms and to call her if he wanted anything. Of course, he wasn't able to do anything for himself! Perhaps she wouldn't be surprised! As soon as he thought she was safely out of hearing, he went to the shed back of the house and carefully hid that part of his uniform. Each day he did this until every part of his uniform was carefully hidden away.
Memorial day arrived, but nothing had been said to "Old Captain" about not taking part in the parade. However, the time had come.
"Father, I don't believe you had better march this year. You are not strong enough, and I'm sure it would be too much for you. You can sit on the plaza and watch the parade as it goes by. Of course, you will agree with me and see that I mean it for your own good." Susie paused. "I will point out the different people as they near the house, and it will be just as if you were there yourself. There, I knew you'd understand." It was just as he had thought. He wasn't even given a chance to remonstrate; it was all settled without his "yes" or "no." "All right, Susie. I am going for a short walk about the farm," and he pushed back his chair and walked slowly from the room. "I didn't think he'd take it so easy," Susie remarked to her husband, after her father had left the room. "He didn't have much to say about it, I must say," was the answer.
Meanwhile "Old Captain" made straight for the wood-shed and with hands trembling with excitement donned his uniform, then made his way "cross lots" to the meeting place on the common.
The morning crept on and the time came for the parade to pass the house.
came for the parade to pass the house. "Where can father be??" asked Susie of her husband. "He would feel pretty bad to miss the parade. I've looked everywhere around the house and have called for him several times." Just then the sound of music could be heard.
"Susie, Susie, come quick. See who is in the parade!"
And there was "Old Captain," with head up and eyes sparkling, marching with the rest.
Historic Church Rededicated
Historic Old Stone church at Staunton, Va., was rededicated recently, a new addition having been completed.
Old Stone, located at Ft. Defiance, is the oldest Presbyterian church in Virginia, January 22 was the anniversary of its original dedication, which was in 1749.
The building was started in 1738, and sand had to be carried on horseback from the river, several miles away, and men and women of the settlement remaining together and accompanying the trains for safety, the men going armed for protection against the Indians, who were still numerous in the valley.
Fuel From Sugar Cane.
Because of the high cost of gasoline in South Africa, motor fuels are manufactured from sugar cane, corn and certain classes of cactus, all of which provide a plentiful supply of alcohol.
THE MONTION
MARRIAGE MADE A BUSINESS
Practice in France That Can Hardly Be Said to Savor Much of Romance.
Anyone can marry—anyone, everyone!—if they have a business manager who knows the business.
Since the war, in France, weddings have doubled, births increased and deaths declined in the most astonishing manner.
Now, as all know, marriage does not necessitate a business manager—the old helder-skelter way of falling in love by hazard will undoubtedly continue very much in vogue; but if anyone imagines that marriage is not meeting with the times and yielding to business organization, they know little of what is happening in France today!
Never before have girls done such
harrying in France—with available
bridgroomes so reduced in number!
What is more, this organized promotion
of marriage gives every girl a
chance—despite handicaps of unacquaintance, social disadvantage, plain
locks, lack of money, lack of family,
lack of pushing friends to aid the
match.
Your business manager's your pushing friend!
Helps girls to marry?
Helps men, also.
Perhaps even, more so. . . .
You will object.
And romance?
"But the quality, monstere, think of the quality" said mademe. "Durable, solid, the best mark in France! Before the young folks are allowed to meet, both had been investigated, weighed, compared and balanced by social experts and the pairing-off O. K'd in final conference! Now, there's a marriage that will last. It's got good wear in it!"
PARROT FISH ODD CREATURE
Must Have Been Devised When Mother Nature Was in Unusually Freakish Mood.
If some one asked you, "What is that which has a beak like that of a parrot and cheek pouchs like those of a monkey, lives in the sea and chews the cud like a cow?" you might imagine it was some kind of catch riddle. Yet there is a creature which answers this description perfectly. It is called the parrot fish.
The upper and lower jaws have become hardened into a sharp, curved beak, which is just the tool required for lopping off lumps of tough weed. Each piece slipped off by the beak is passed into one of the two curious pouchs which adorn the cheeks, and there it remains until the parrot fish feels that he has collected enough to make a good meal.
He then lies on the bottom and chews the cud by means of the splendid set of teeth which nature has placed, not in his mouth, but in his throat.—Exchange.
Time's Changes in England.
Time's Changes in England.
The poacher, the trespasser, the man who by accident lets his pigs or heifers up upon the public road, the archon who robs an orchard, and many minor rural "malefactors" are, it is generally claimed, being more personally dealt with by modern country magistrates, in England. The abolition of the old-time benches of squires and landowners, whose right to be made justices of the peace was almost regarded as hereditary, and their substitution by men of integrity in every walk of life, and now by women, has wrought a change in rural police court justice which the country mind understands and appreciates to the full. On a country bench recently, a prominent landowner, his agent, one of his laborers were all adjudicating together.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE in THE MONITOR
Ships Intended for Operation on Lakes
Far Inland Are Now Transported Piecemeal.
A well-known shipbuilding firm in the north of England is at the present time building a vessel which will be carried to Africa in portions. It will be re-assembled at its ultimate destination.
Every year ships are built in Great Britain for use on lakes and inland waters in all parts of the world. Usually these are built and bolted together in the shipyard before being taken to pieces and sent to distant parts in separate packages.
A large mission steamer built some years ago for use on Lake Nyassa, in Africa, was erected in England as if for launching. But no rivets were used; bolts and nuts held the steel framework together. The sides, port and starboard, were painted in different colors, and every bar, plate, and piece of steelwork bore a different number and letter.
Thus the builders in Africa could tell at a glance whether a plate belonged to one side or the other; the exact position it was intended to occupy was denoted by the reference number and letter.
In order to facilitate transport, this steamer was divided into over three thousand packages, each of which weighed from half a hundredweight to five hundredweights.
The greatest difficulty encountered in sending these ships abroad is with the boilers and masts. The boilers weigh many tons, and the masts are difficult to handle on account of their length.
BELONGED TO FAMOUS MAN
Chair Once Used by Primate Bramhall Restored to Place in Cathedral at Armagh.
An ancient chair which was dedicated recently at Armagh (Ireland) cathedral by the primate was a great find, being the oak chair belonging to Primate Bramhall, who came into office shortly after Cromwell's time. For many years efforts have been made to trace the chair, but it was only a few weeks ago that it was discovered to be in the hands of a well-known London expert. The chair was submitted to a famous antiquarian who at once identified it, with the result that it has returned to its original home—the cathedral. At the top of the chair is carved a large eye—the all-seeing eye; beneath it a crown after a miter, and under that the arms of the See of Armagh. Under this is the true cross, and below it again 1631—the date on which Archbishop Bramhall was enthroned. On the last panel are the capital letters, "M.R.H." standing for Armagh.
O. S. SPILLMAN
REPUBLICAN
Candidate for
Attorney General
EXPERIENCED LAWYER
Fourteen Years Active Practice
FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY
MEMBER OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 1919-20
GRADUATE:
Highland Park College—University of Nebraska Law School
PRIMARIES, JULY 18, 1922
Afraid of the Classics.
A farce comedy recently opened in New York with the title "The Merchant of Venus!" The critics praised it and it was apparently destined for a long run, but despite the fact it was in the smallest theater in town very small audiences came. The manager discovered that people thought it was a burlesque of a Shakespearean play. He changed the name to "Because of Helen!" and the theater was filled every night thereafter.—Atanta Constitution.
Talent Served Him Well.
A story is told that in the time of Frederick the Great there was a soldier who played the lewiswar so well that his fame spread. When on guard one day he was asked by Frederick to go to the palace to play for him, the soldier refusing as he would be punished if he left his post. However, when he at last played at the palace the king was so pleased that he gave the soldier honorable discharge from military service.
Owls in Old University City
Owls in Old University City.
Owls, as is proper in the case of birds of such renowned solemnity and secluded habit, have always exhibited a particular liking for Oxford university. Recently they have established a new colony in the lvy-covered walls of the Bodleian library and the Tower of the Five Orders, in the Old Schools quadrangle. Members of the library staff now occasionally find relaxation from their duties by rescuing the young birds which find their way down to the pavement of the quadrangle and are unable to fly up to their nests.
To dream of hanging is sad to sig-
nify that a serious illness threatens
someone you love, or it may be great
danger is lying in wait for them.
Talent Served Him Well.
A story is told that in the time of Frederick the Great there was a soldier who played the leewarsh so well that his fame spread. When on guard one day he was asked by Frederick to go to the palace to play for him, the soldier refusing as he would be punished if he left his post. However, when he at last played at the palace the king was so pleased that he gave the soldier honorable discharge from military service.
An Art Few People Master.
Next to saying the right thing at the right time comes the art of keeping one's mouth shut when there is nothing to say—Toledo Blade.
Mandolin Supplanted
An aristocratic musical instrument, still found, but very popular in the middle ages was the lute. At the present day its direct descendant—the mandolin has all but entirely supplanted it. The lute is the *ud of the Moors*, even in its very name—el-ud which means merely "the wood." It was introduced by the Saracens at the time of the invasion. From Spain it gradually spread over Europe, as also did its contemporaries the "gitter" and "rebecc." All three were favorite instruments in medieval Europe.
Change Your Key.
The fellow who is always harping on one string soon gets out of tune with the world.—Boston Transcript