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Battling Siki Likes Our Country LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy Batt LOYALTY PARADE THRILLING SIGHT SEEN BY CITIZENS 15,000 Boys Representing All Classes and Creeds of Omaha's Splendid Citizenship in Line of March AN UNPARALLELED SIGHT Thousands of Spectators Inspired By Colorful Picture of City's Youth in Great Loyalty Day Parade Fifteen thousand boys representing all creeds, colors and nationalities which enter Omaha's splendid citizenship, where all enjoy equal protection of the law and the same educational facilities in our excellent schools, marched through the streets of Omaha last Thursday afternoon in the great Loyalty Day parade which was one of the great features of Boys' week. It was an unparalleled spectacle in this city, which has been the scene of many remarkable parades. None witnessed it without a genuine thrill of pride in his city. The day was beautiful. Weather conditions could not have been more favorable. The plans for the parade were carried out without a hitch. Not an accident of any kind marred the day. Starting with commendable promptness at the designated hour the boys moved through the streets bordered by thousands of cheering spectators along the fifteen blocks of the appointed route. Omaha's many splendid public, private and parochial schools, each headed by its drum corps, and carrying flags and various mottoes, marched with a zest and snap and enthusiasm which was most inspiring. It was one continuous line of boys emphasizing the potentialities of American manhood. There were floats of various kinds and several bands to diversify and enliven the scene. The display of Technical High school with its various trades was a revelation. It was gratifying to notice that in every section of the parade—except one—boys belonging to the Y. M. C. A.—boys of our own race were in evidence. In that of the schools, of course, among the Boy Scouts not only in line with their comrades, but on the float; in the Central and Tech high school hands; in Father Flanagan's Boys Home band, the drum major of which was a small colored boy and in the cadets each in his rightful and accredited place. Waddle's Boys' band was among those in line. Boys of all nationalities marched together, as they should, an outward and visible sign of that true democracy which is America's ideal, if not her realization. It was a great spectacle and motive in Americanization which Omaha is effectively putting over. One school banner bore this significant legend "We have all races and nationalities but are all one-Americans." DELEWARE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION Wilmington, Del., May 9.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—The republican state convention of Delaware which was held in Dover last Tuesday was eventful from the standpoint of the colored voter. For the first time in the history of the state a colored man was sent as an alternate to the national convention which shall meet in Cleveland next June. The person selected was Dr. Samuel G. Elbert, a well known physician of this city. Dr. Elbert was placed in nomination by Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson who was the only colored women elected as a delegate to the state convention, she having been elected from the Sixth ward. SEES AUTO FIRST TIME Wilmington, N. C., May 9—Randolph Seymette, 15, sailor on the West Indian Schooner Rosemary, which arrived here this week, got his first glimpse of an automobile and a trolly car when he stepped ashore. LIFE CHEAP IN MOBILE Mobile, Ala., May 1—Bodies of four unidentified men were found in an empty freight car on an L. and N. siding last Sunday. Bullet and knife wounds told the manner of death. K. K. K. WARNED CLERK Port Pierce, Fla., May 9.—Chester A. Moore, appointed clerk in the post office at Gifford, has been warned by the K. K. K. not to accept the position. THE MONITOR SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR APPREHENSIVE ABOUT LABOR Washington, D. C., May 9.—(Lincoln News Service.) Senator Furnill M. Simmons, democrat, of South Carolina, in speaking of the difficulties which the people of his state are facing in their agricultural operations, recently stated, during a debate in the U. S. Senate: "There is another reason why we are confronted with difficulty in our agricultural operations, not only as to cotton but as to the growing of all sorts of crops, and resulting in the wholesale abandonment of farms in the South, and that is the loss of our labor supply. Cotton is cultivated in the South chiefly through Negro labor and Negro tenants. They are the chief reliance. Deprive us of that source of supply in the South and it would be impossible for us to cultivate under the best conditions much more than a third of the acreage that we usually cultivate in cotton." NIGHTGOWN WHIPPING IS SOUTH'S LATEST Orangeburg, S. C., May 9.—The latest form of outrage in the South is the nightgown whipping. Mrs. Olive Thompson was taken from her home in her nightgown by unmasked men, carried down the public road for some distance, and beaten with a leather trace until her back was bloody. Seven white men, including George W. Binnecker, member of the house of representatives, were later identified by her and arrested. WOOD RESOLUTION PROPOSES NEGRO WAR MEMORIAL Washington, D. C., May 9.—Representative Will Good, republican, of Indiana, has introduced H. R. Resolution No.245, in Congress, "To create a commission to secure plans and designs for and to erect a monument or memorial building in the city of Washington to the memory of the Negro soldiers and sailors who fought in the wars of our country and the late World War." FALLS EIGHT STORIES, LIVES Raleigh, N. C., May 9.—Although still unconscious, James Shepard of Henderson, N. C., is still alive after falling eight floors down the elevator shaft of the Odd Fellows' building under construction here. No bones were broken. POPE PIUS KNIGHTS LIBERIAN VICE-PRESIDENT Monrovis, Liberia, May 5.—Before a crowd of Liberian notables, Monsignor Jogee, Perfect Apostolic of the Catholic Mission, representing His Holliness, Pope Plus XI, conferred on H. Too Wesley, vice-president of the republic, the order of St. Gregory for his excellent work of establishing Catholic missionaries in the country. Washington, D. C., May 9.—Over 230 members who voted to oust Rev. W. A. Taylor, pastor of Florida avenue Baptist church, 'ast year, were themselves ousted at an official meeting of the board last week. Raleigh, N. C., May 9.—A white baby accompanied by a note was found on the porch of the house of Mrs. Maggie Arnold, at the corner of Park and Cross streets, Lincoln Park, recently. The baby appeared to be newly born and unwashed when it was discovered. The note follows: "This note is left to keep you from humiliating and accusing innocent people of this. It's no use to look for me because I do not and never have lived in Raleigh, or Wake county, and I am not a Negro. I will send you some money every month for two years and I will never trouble you about the baby." UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS "I want some castor oil." "Have a soda while you're waiting." "Where's the castor oil for Nurse Jane?" "I thought it was for you and I put it in the soda!" 231 MEMBERS OUSTED A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor VOTERS ENDORSE DAHLMAN TICKET AT POLLS TUESDAY "The Square Six" and Dan Butler, Who Headed Opposition Slate Are Re-Elected by Heavy Vote JAS. C. DAHLMAN JOSEPH KOUTSKY HENRY W. DUNN DEAN NOYES JOE B. HUMMELL JOHN HOPKINS, A STORY OF THE MARTYRS OF 1822 A Story of Ante-Bellum Days, Dealing With Slave Insurrection at Charleston It is impossible to fix exactly the time when the bold idea of resistance entered through his brains, or to say when he began to plan for its realization, and after that to prepare the blacks for its reception. Before embarking on his perilous enterprise he must have carefully reckoned on time, long and indefinite, as an essential factor in its successful achievement. For, certain it is, he took it, years in fact, made haste slowly and with supreme discretion and self-control. He appeared to have thoroughly acquainted himself with the immense difficulties which beset an uprising of the blacks. Not once, I think, did he underestimate the strength of his By Francis J. Grimke PART III (By The Associated Negro Press) PLOTTING THE REVOLUTION foes. A past grand master in the art of intrigue among a servile population, he was equally adept in knowledge of the weak spots for attack in the defences of the slave system, knew perfectly where the masters could best be taken at a disadvantage. All the facts of his history combine to give him a character for profound acting. In the underground agitation, which during a period of three or four years, he conducted in the city of Charleston and over a hundred miles of the adjacent country, he seemed to have been gifted with a sort of Protean ability. His capacity for practicing secrecy and dissimulation where they were deemed necessary to his end, must have been prodigious, when it is considered that during the years covered by his underground agitation, it is not recorded that he made a single false note, or took a single false step to attract attention to himself and movement, or to arouse over all that the terri- OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1924 PLOTTING THE REVOLUTION foes. A past grand master in the art of intrigue among a servile population, he was equally adept in knowledge of the weak spots for attack in the defences of the slave system, knew perfectly where the masters could best be taken at a disadvantage. All the facts of his history combine to The Voters of Omaha emphatically endorsed the Dahlman administration at the polls Tuesday by re-electing the former seven commissioners including Dan Butler, who headed an opposition ticket, and fought desperately for the defeat of his former political partners, who returned the compliment by vigorously striving to relegate him to private life. Three years ago Butler, as in former years, was on the Dahlman slate, which was known as "The Square Seven." This ticket was elected, Butler being high man. Subsequently there was a disagreement between Butler and his six colleagues. This resulted in such political estrangement and bitterness that Butler organized an opposition ticket to the "Square Six" which included all the city commissioners except himself. The fight between the two was bitter and made the campaign quite lively. There were four on the Butler slate, and four candidates ran independently. That the voters of Omaha believe that, despite much criticism, the Dahlman administration was a satisfactory one, the returns Tuesday plainly show. The entire "Square Six," Dahlman, Dunn, Hopkins, Noyes, Hummel and Koutsky, were elected with votes running from approximately 30,000 to 24,000, Hummel, the high man receiving 29,956 and Koutsky, the low man of this slate, 23,181. Butler received 20,063 votes thus landing in seventh place. Mayor Dahlman stood fourth with 26,506 votes. Henry Dunn broke all precedents, as police commissioner, by being re-elected as the head of this "trouble department" has hitherto meant political death for the incumbent. Dunn stood fifth with 23,316 votes despite a fight against him. Koutsky, against whom also a special fight was aimed landed with 23,118 votes. Courtney was eighth man with 18,182 votes. Mayor Dahlman who will continue as chief executive of the city has the unique honor of being chosen to this office for the sixth time, a distinction of which he may well be proud and which indicates the place he holds in the esteem of his fellow citizens. Hummel's vote is a testimonial to his excellent work as park commissioner and that of Hopkins and Noyes for their work in their respective departments. The vote was as follows: 1.—Hummel ..... 29,956 2.—Hopkins ..... 29,342 3.—Noyes ..... 28,849 4.—Dahlman ..... 26,506 5.—Dunn ..... 23,613 6.—Koutsky ..... 23,181 7.—Butler ..... 20,063 8.—Courtney ..... 18,182 9.—McGowan ..... 15,072 10.—Reynolds ..... 14,690 11.—Kiene ..... 14,559 12.—Sutton ..... 14,420 13.—Rosenthal ..... 12,965 14.—Stroud ..... 11,133 The five new charter amendments which will be very beneficial to the city in the important matter of public improvements passed with large majorities. YRS OF 1822 Insurrection at Charleston give him a character for profound acting. In the underground agitation, which during a period of three or four years, he conducted in the city of Charleston and over a hundred miles of the adjacent country, he seemed to have been gifted with a sort of Protean ability. His capacity for practicing secrecy and dissimulation where they were deemed necessary to his end, must have been prodigious, when it is considered that during the years covered by his underground agitation, it is not recorded that he made a single false note, or took a single false step to attract attention to himself and movement, or to arouse over all that the terri- I thought it was so and I put it in the soda Whole Number 461 tory included in that agitation and among all those white people involved in its terrific consequences, the slightest suspicion of danger. In his underground agitation, Vesey, within an instinct akin to genius, seemed to have excluded from his preliminary action everything like conscious combination or organization among his disciples, and to have confined himself strictly to the immediate business in hand at that stage of his plot, which was the sowing of seeds of discontent, the fomenting of hatred among the blacks, bond and free alike, toward the whites. And steadily with that patience which Lowell calls the "passion of great hearts," he pushed deeper and deeper into the slave lump the explosive principles of inalienable human rights. He did not flinch from kindling, in the bosoms of the slaves a hostility toward the masters as burning as that which he felt toward them in his own breast. He had, indeed, reached such a pitch of race enmity that, as he was often heard to declare, "he would not like to have a white man in his presence." And so, devoured by a supreme passion, masted by a single predominant idea, Vesey looked for occasions, and when they were wanting he created them, to preach his new and terrible gospel of liberty and hate. Thus only could he hope to render their condition intolerable to the slaves, the production of which was the indispensable first step in the consumption of his design. Otherwise what possibly of final success could a contented slave population have offered him? He needed a fulcrum on which to plant his lever. He had nowhere in such an enterprise to place it, but in the discontent and hatred of the slaves toward their masters. Therefore on the fulcrum of race hatred he rested his lever of freedom for his people. As the discontented bondsmen heard afresh with Vesey's ears the hateful clank of their chains, they would, in time, learn to think of Vesey and to turn, perhaps, to him for leadership and deliverance. Brooding over their lot Vesey had revealed it to them, they might move of themselves to improve or end it altogether, by adopting some such bold plan as Vesey's. Meantime he would continue to wait and prepare for that moment, while they would be training in habits of deceit, of deep dissimulation, that formidable weapon of the weak in conflict with the strong, that ars artium of slaves in their attempts to break their chains—a habit of smiling and fawning on unjust and cruel power, while bleeds in secret their fiery wound, rages and plots there also their passionate hate, and glows there too their no less passionate hope for freedom. Everywhere through the dark subterranean world of the slave, in Charleston and the neighboring country, went with his great passion of hate and his great purpose of freedom, this untiring breeder of sedition. (And where he moved beneath the thin crust of that upper world of the master-race there broke in his wake whirling and shooting currents of new and wild sensations in the abysses of that underworld of the slave-race. Down deep below the ken of the masters, was to tolling this volcanic man-forming the lava-floods, the flaming furies, and the awful horrors of a slave uprising.) Nowhere idle was that underground plotter against the whites. Even on the street where he happened to meet two or three blacks, he would bring the conversation to his one consuming subject, and preach to them his one unending sermon of freedom and hate. (It was then as if his stern voice, with its deep organ chords of passion, was saying to those men: "Forget not, oh! my brothers, your misery! Remember how ye are wronged everyday and hour, ye and your mothers and sisters, your wives and children. Remember the generations gone weeping and clanking heavy chains from the cradle to the grave. Remember the oppression of the living, who with heart-break and 461 Vol. IX—No. 45 Should the sorry wretches, bewildered by Vesey's boldness and dazed by his terrifying doctrines, reply defensively "we are slaves," the harsh retort, "you deserve to remain so," was, without doubt, intended to sting if possible, their abject natures into sensibility on the subject of their wrongs, to galvanize their rotting souls back to manhood, and to make their base and sieve-like minds cap- (Continued on Page 2) GROWING THANK YOU Vol. IX—No. 45 BATTLING SIKI, THE SENEGALESE BOXER HERE FOR A FIGHT Enlisted at Outbreak of World War and Served Five Years, Winning Two Medals for Bravery LIKES AMERICA AND FRANCE Expects to Have Match With McTigue in New York Before Returning to France to Visit His Family "Battling Siki" who is here to meet a local boxer, at the Auditorium on Wednesday night for the Spanish War Veteran's Fund, had just finished his breakfast in the De Luxe Cafe of which Jim Bell is proprietor at 24th and Burdette streets this morning, when the Monitor man entered. "You are Battling Siki" said the Monitor representative. "Yes," said the Senegalese, as he courteously rose to his feet and cordially greeted us. "I have come to interview you and find out something about you for a newspaper." "Be seated, monsieur." "Do you speak English" "Only a leetle and zat imperfectly," was his reply in broken English. As he speaks "broken English" and we "broken French" we managed to get along quite nicely. Siki told us he was born in San Luis, Senegal, September 16th, 1901, and is therefore not quite 23 years old. This in response to our question as to his age and birthplace. He looks like a good many Negro boys whom you meet in Omaha. He is black with his hair growing rather low on his forehead and impresses one as a great big overgrown Southern country boy. "Were you in the army?" was one of our questions. "Yes, I enlisted and served five years. I was sergeant and received two medals." These we learned were given for acts of bravery. "How do you like America?" "I like America well; would like her better if I could speak the language. America good for business—I like France better. My family is there, and I have nine lions, my pets." "When do you expect to return to France?" "After I meet McTigue in New York sometime this year, then I go back." "Do you expect to whip him?" Do you expect to whip him? "Yes. In two rounds. He is Irishman and we fought in Dublin last St. Patrick's Day. I had no show, but I can whip him. As we arose to go, he wanted us to have a cup of coffee. We thanked him but declined as we had just breakfasted too. As he said "au revoir" he warmly grasped our hand and said "I hope to see you again." "Au revoir, Monsieur," was our parting word. death-wounds, are treading their mournful way in bitter anguish and despair across burning desert-sands, with parched souls and shrivelled minds, with piteous thirsts, and terrible tortures of body and spirit. Weep for them, weep for yourselves too, if ye will, but learn to hate, ay, to hate with such hatred as blazes within me, the wicked waked-system and the wicked者 white men who oppress and wrong us thus.") Ever on the alert was he for a text or a pretext to advance his underground movement. Did he and fellow blacks for example, encounter a white person on the street, and did Vesey's companions make the customary bow which blacks were wont to make to the whites, a form of salutation born of generations of slave-blood, meanly humble and cringingly self-effacing, rebuking such an exhibition of sheer and shameless servility and lack of proper self-respect, he would thereupon declare to them the self-evident truth that all men were born free and equal, that the master, with his white skin, was in the sight of God no white better than his black slaves, and that for himself he would not cringe like that to any man. (Continued on Page 2) THE M A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED OF COLORADO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A MONITOR PUBLIC Entered as Second-Class Mail M Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIE W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb. LUINDA, W. W. WILLIAMS. B. B. BUTTON. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR. Advertising Rates Fur Address, The Monitor, Poste Telephone W ARTICLE XIV, CON UNITED THE MONTTOR THE MONTTOR A WEEKLY NEWSFAIR DEVOTED PRIMARY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLored AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 1. All persons born or m and subject to the jurisdiction United States and of the ST state shall make or enforce a privileges or immunities of cid shall any state deprive any p erty without due process of within its jurisdiction the equ 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. A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK I would be TRUE for there are those who trust me, I would be PURE for there are those who care, I would be STRONG for there is much to suffer, I would be BRAVE for there is much to dare, I would be FRIEND to all the many friendless, I would be GIVING and forget the gift, I would be HUMBLE for I know my weakness, I would LOOK UP, and laugh, and love and lift. —Howard Walter. THE CITY ELECTION OMAHA voters have emphatically endorsed by their votes the present city administration, popularly known as the Dahlman administration, because of the acknowledged leadership in administrative affairs of the man who for fifteen years has served as this city's chief executive, James C. Dahlman. His re-election for the sixth time to this position is a recognition of which any man might well be proud, and ought to silence much of the carping criticism which is so much in evidence during political campaigns. Mayor Dahlman is to be congratulated upon the place he holds in the esteem of his fellow citizens. His political strength lies in his sincerity, warm-heartedness and square dealing with all classes of citizens. The endorsement of him and his administration bears testimony to the fact that the public believe he and the men associated with him have honestly striven to do their duty, as they see it, for the best interests of the city. That Hummel, Noyes, Hopkins and Dunn, the latter having the hardest job of all, Koutsky and even the recalcitrant Butler, diabolus advocate, have at least, tried to make good, is the verdict of the public as attested by their votes. The election is over. The people have made their choice. Now, let us all work together for a greater and better Omaha. That there are many evils in our city to be corrected, none can doubt. This, the commissioners themselves, will admit. We believe that they are interested in doing what they can to improve our city, not only on its physical and material side, but upon its moral side. Vice is a liability to a city or municipality, as it is to an individual and not an asset. It cannot, however, be eradicated at once by any magical or legal process. It ought not, however, be given encouragement or protection. The law should be impartially enforced without fear or favor. If this be done our community, like other communities, will be gradually raised in moral tone and status. That the present administration has been given such a vote of confidence should inspire every member of the commission to do his best to make Omaha, as far as he can, all that it should be. The electorate of this city have chosen the seven men they believe most competent to administer the city affairs. Let us uphold their hands and do our part with them to make our city the kind of city we desire it to be. HOW OUR PEOPLE VOTED AN ANALYSIS of the precincts in which a large number of our peo- A PRAYER FOR DELI PREJ By Morne (For the Association GOD, who hast made me who dost love all whom because of difference separate ourselves from other teach as the unity of Thy f Thy love. As Thy Son, our mother and ministered first of Israel, but rejoiced in the man and of a Roman soldier carried by a man of Africa, serving our own, to enter into human family; and forbid the hardness of heart, we should O GOD, who hast made man in Thine own likeness and who dost love all whom Thou hast made, suffer us not, because of difference in race, color or condition, to separate ourselves from others, and thereby from Thee; but teach as the unity of Thy family and the universality of Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was born of an Hebrew mother and ministered first to His brethren of the House of Israel, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phoenician woman and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be carried by a man of Africa, teach us, also, while loving and serving our own, to enter into the communion of the whole human family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and hardness of heart, we should despise any for whom Christ died, or injure any in whom He lives. Amen. PAGE TWO naturalized in the United States, on thereof, are citizens of the state wherein they reside. No any law which shall abridge the citizens of the United States; nor person of life, liberty, or prop- law, nor deny to any person final protection of the laws. ple reside disiloses the fact that we voted according to our convictions and not under any lash as a unit. In certain precincts where it was anticipated that there would be overwhelming majorities for one slate or the other, there was disappointment as the results showed a more or less discriminating balance. There was not the one-sidedness which was expected. This is as it should be and shows that we are beginning to think for ourselves. Of course, there are times, measures and candidates upon which it is to our best interest to act unitely and to let it be known that we are a unit. There are other measures and candidates upon which we may differ, honestly differ, and then we should act accordingly without falling out with one another or impugning the motives of one another. We have much to learn, it is true; but the encouraging fact is that we are learning, even though slowly. This fact is demonstrated by the way our people voted in the city campaign. LET US HAVE TEACHERS IT HAS been several years since our people were represented on the corps of public school teachers, despite the fact that our population and the school population and the teaching force have multiplied many times, we have not a single representative on the large corps of teachers employed in this city. The chief reason for this may be due to the fact that so few of our young women have qualified and applied. We know of only two who have filed applications within the past twenty years, one of these being last year and the other this year. Both applications are on file and both applicants have the required qualifications, each holding first class teachers certificates, and we see no reason why they should not be appointed. Superintendent Beveridge, who has the final word to say concerning the appointment of teachers, has the reputation of being a fair-minded Christian gentleman who would interpose no objection where applicants are qualified, and Dr. J. H. Wallace, chairman of the Teachers' Committee, whom we have personally known for years is also a high-class, broad-finded gentleman, who can be relied upon to do the right thing, which we believe to be also true of the gentlemen associated with him. We, therefore, see no valid reason why Omaha should not again be numbered with other progressive cities like Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago who have competent young women of our race as teachers in their public schools. As taxpayers we are entitled to this recognition. Therefore let our young women qualify and apply and let us take whatever steps may be necessary to secure their appointment. Mrs. Louise M. Fairweather, of Brooklyn, was elected at the recent state convention as an alternate delegate-at-large to the National Republican Convention. She is the first woman of the race to be sent from the state of New York to a National Convention. We expect to meet all eight of them at the National Colored Democratic Convention in Baltimore next month, and hope that the Convention will not split on the wet and dry issue. VERANCE FROM RACE UDICE by Williams ated Negro Press) man in Thine own likeness and thou hast made, suffer us not, in race, color or condition, to tws, and thereby from Thee; but family and the universality of Savior, was born of an Hebrew to His brethren of the House faith of a Syro-Phoenician wo- a and suffered His cross to be (Continued from Page 1) able of receiving and retaining, at least a single fermenting idea. And when Vesey was thereupon asked, "What can we do??" he knew by that token that the sharp point of his spear had pierced the slavish apathy of ages of oppression, and that thenceforth light would find its red and revolutionary way to the imprisoned minds within. To the query, "What can we do?" his invariable response was, "go and buy a spelling book and read the fable of Hercules and the Wagoner," They were to look for Hercules in their own stout arms and backs and not in the clouds, to brace their iron shoulders against the wheels of adversity and oppression, and to learn that self-help is ever the best prayer. (To be continued) LOUISIANA PLANS FOR SUMMER SCHOOLS New Orleans, La., May 9.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—Twenty summer schools for Negro workers will be conducted jointly by the state board of education and the parish school boards. At New Orleans, Shreeveport and Baton Rouge special courses in special studies will be given. One of the features of these summer schools will be a week's institute at Southern University to put before the directors and instructors the subject matter to be taught in these summer schools. This phase of work is under the direction of A. C. Lewis, state agent for rural schools for Negroes. THE AWAKENING OF SPRING "The Awakening of Spring," a beautiful spectacle will be presented by thirty children representing spring flowers in connection with the delightful two-act operetta, "A Nautical Knot," or "The Belle of Barnstapole" which is to be given at Brandeis theatre, Wednesday night, May 28th, under the direction of Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston. MEMBER OF TRAFFIC SQUAD A. Count Wilkinson, the genial editor of the New Era has been appointed as one of the volunteer traffic squad. The appointment comes thru Bert LeBron of the Lebron Electrical Company. Prominent white citizens are members of this squad and this is the first appointment of a member of the race. It is said other appointments will be made. OFFICIAL NOTICE U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s, pleas take notice! The annual Thanksgiving services will be held at St. John's A. M. church, Twenty-second and Willis avenue, Sunday afternoon, May 18, at 2:30 o'clock. Brothers meet at U. B. F. hall, 2426 Grant street, at 1:30 o'clock; sisters at church at 1:30. M. C. SANDS, Distriet Deputy. —Adv. A special service for waiters will be held at St. Paul's Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon between 3 and 5. Fine music. Public invited. FOR RENT—Room. Single lady preferred. Phone Web. 5355 after 5 p. m. 5-9-24 FOR RENT—Room in modern home to desirable couple. Web. 6031. 5-9-24 NEWSLETS Dallas, Texas, has a a "Brotherhood of Negro Building Mechanics." How many colored delegates will be at the National Convention? The first colored RepublicanCoolidge Club was organized in Boston. Love can still be found in cottages—of the $10,000 bungalow type. Although they seldom have cartridges, every native of Egyptian Soudan goes armed with a rifle. There are those who believe that the referee has counted time on our old "leaders," whose chief asset is florid oratory. There are 917 colored laborers and semi-skilled operatives, including 25 females, employed in the Akron, Ohio rubber factories. Attorney S. M. Dudley, a popular and well-known churchman, of Washington, D. C., is a candidate for Secretary of Church Extension, A. M. E. Zion connection. Archie Greathouse, of Indianapolis, one of the most successful and reliable colored business men in Indiana, has organized the Greathouse Realty Company. It is claimed that a rusty safety pin, found on a dark corner during a thunderstorm, will ward off bad luck, if worn in the toe of the left shoe. ```markdown ``` THE MONITOR STATE PARKS GROW RAPIDLY IN FAVOR STATE PARKS GROW RAPIDLY IN FAVOR "A Park Every Hundred Miles" Is National Slogan. Washington, D. C. "City parks and national parks are well enough known; now enters the state park, which, in popularity, bids fair to rival its older park sisters," says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic society. "The forthcoming national conference on state parks, at Gettysburg, Pa., will emphasize the rapidly multiplying uses of these state reservations," the bulletin points out. "Many visitors are expected to attend the conference, both because of the varied program touching upon so many phases of outdoor life, and also because the conference is meeting at one of the most famous battlefields of modern times, notable for its memorials to the men of both the North and the South who fell there, and also for the scenic beauty of the panorama of knolls and hillsides that form the Gettysburg state reservation. "Arrangements for the meetings are being made by John Barton Payne, chairman of the conference on state parks, whose headquarters are at the National Red Cross building, in Washington, D. C. "A Park Every One Hundred Miles." "The rapid growth of these parks makes the slogan 'a park every hundred miles' seem not so impossible as it sounds. Twenty-six states now have their own park systems, and these parks range from the vast Adirondack park, in New York state, with more than three million acres, to the one-acre sand bar in the Connecticut river, which is Dart Island State park, of Connecticut. "Michigan leads all the states in the number of its state-owned parks, with thirty such reservations. Connecticut, though one of the smallest states, is second, with twenty-five parks." "Then comes New York, with twenty-two parks; Minnesota, with seventeen; Pennsylvania, with fourteen; while Iowa, with its thirteen reservations, to which it invites tourists to repair from prairie land to fairyland, is the leader of the state park movement in the Middle West. "Havens for the tourist are afforded in increasing numbers of the state parks; some of them offer camping places for the entire vacation period. In Wisconsin the city dweller can rent an island for a nominal sum, and play Swiss Family Robinson for several weeks. "Many of the best known state parks embody world renowned scenic features—notably Niagara falls, New York. They furnish a panorama of the varied physical features our country possesses—from the curiously modeled gorges of Mashamago Brook State park, of Connecticut, to the tropical setting of the Royal Palm State park, of Florida, less than fifty miles southwest of Miami. "Historic and literary shrines are preserved, as in Lincoln's home, in the Old Salem State park, of Illinois, and in James Whitcomb Riley's 'old swimmin' hole' on an Indiana reservation. Indiana also preserves in some of her parks her magnificent waterfalls, which fact may be an item of news to many travelers whose knowledge of her geography is confined to car-window observations on transcontinental trips. When Illinois Was Under Ocean. "Starved Rock park, in Illinois, perpetuates far older history than that to be found in textbooks—its limestone formations date back to a period when America's inland was the floor of a see "Tropical jungle, the giant redwood trees of California, the sand dunes of Indiana, waterfalls, lovers' lanes, the jeweled lakes of Minnesota, the mountain outlooks of Connecticut—these are a few of the wonder spots which states have set aside for the use of all their people and as a heritage for their children. "If you take Noah Webster's word for it, a park used to be 'an enclosed piece of ground stocked with beasts of the chase, held by prescription or the king's grant.' The idea of the state parks conference seems to be that today a park is 'an unenclosed piece of ground stocked with beasts, trees, flowers, or other scenic features, not to be destroyed, but held by prescription of the people for their own use." "The annual conference this year to be held during the last week of May at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, will consider the development of the many uses of these state parks. "Their value as game refuges, for camping and nature study, extension of trails for hiking, establishments of more museums for preserving specimens, and their wider use in scientific study will be considered. "Each year finds new state recruits in the movement for state park systems. In Kentucky the legislature has just passed a measure creating a state park commission. Three proposed sites for parks in the Blue Grass state are the place near Bardstown, where Stephen Foster wrote 'My Old Kentucky Home', the place of Lincoln's birth, near Hodgenville, and Mammoth cave." Horse Sold for Two Bits Alturas, Cal.—One horse was sold for 25 cents and 30 horses were sold for $1 each at a recent public auction held here to clear the national forest ranges of horse herds of little value. The highest price paid for any horse was $17. Greece Offers to Lend U. S. Statue of Hermes Geneva. As a mark of esteem for American democracy, Greece, the youngest republic in the world, has offered to lend the American people one of the most beautiful of statues, bequeathed to her by antiquity-"Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus," the masterpiece of Praxiteles, the famous Greek sculptor of the Fifth century. 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 a more private part of the house. Ferguson vs. Gies, 82 Mich. 358; N. W. 718." At 9:15 a. m. I boarded the Burlington train bound for the Republican State Convention of Nebraska at Lincoln. Delegates to the number of 114 were sent by the Douglas County Convention. A caucus was held by the Douglas county delegation at the Lindell hotel just before the State Convention went into session. Failing to receive notice of the caucus I was absent, but, thanks to our friends I was made a member of the county central committee. The republican State Convention of Nebraska, consisting of 994 regularly elected delegates, was called to order at 12 o'clock by the retiring chairman of the state central committee. Then followed the temporary organization with the key-note address. The temporary organization was made the permanent organization. Then followed the appointment of several committees to nominate the personel for committee on platform, presidential electors, state central committee, etc. To follow attentively the manipulations and the workings of the great republican machinery of state was both instructive and entertaining. A spirit of harmony prevailed throughout the meeting. Douglas county delegation, the largest and therefore the most conspicuous, enlivened the cession with newly coined songs. One of the favorites began thus, "Oh, it's Calvin, Calvin Coolidge". After a recess for luncheon the convention re-assembled at 2:30 p. m. Then followed a galaxy of brilliant speakers who apparently made the rafters qiver. The convention adjourned sine die amidst the euflage of an enthusiasm that knows no failure. I spent the remainder of the week very pleasantly and profitably visiting friends and looking after some affairs for The Monitor. Sunday at morning services I wished shipped with the Rev. Mr. M. C. Knight and his good people, at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church. An experience meeting was held and many of the audience spoke briefly for the Master. There were three additions to the kingdom of our Christ. Madame Murcleroy and the writer were entertained at dinner by the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Knight. I was delighted to learn that the Rev. Mr. Knight is a Tuskgean and a native SIX ROOMS and DOUBLE GARAGE Strictly modern six-room home, all on one floor. Well located, just off busy. Twenty-fourth street corner. Besides a good home this property has fine speculative value for business property. Price $1,500, on easy terms. Evenings call TED PITKIN, HARNEY 7540. METCALFE CO. ATIantic 5415 203 South 19th St. BRANDEIS THEATRE TWO DAYS ONLY Wednesday and Thursday MAY 14-15 Thursday Matinee THE FAMOUS GEORGIA MINSTRELS 40 — PEOPLE — 40 BAND and ORCHESTRA TICKETS NOW ON SALE Evenings, 50 Cents to $1.00 Popular Matinee, 25c and 50c Nebrash Right Chapter Thirteen of the Re Civil Rights- Alababanian (for such am I). We immediately proceed to become fast and friendly. Rev. Mr. Knight has proven his worth as a pastor since coming to Lincoln. He has built a large, beautiful, oak finished, seven-room and two-story parsonage, modern throughout, neatly painted and decorated, at a cost of $5,000. His charge is well organized. He will exceed his annual church budget this year by $2000. He is an inspiration to any Christian worker. Mrs. Murcleroy, who goes to Gary, Ind., to live in the near future, was the recipient of a very valuable token of rememberance from the succeeding president of the women's H. M. Society. J. D. CRUM. CARD OF THANKS I take this method of thanking those who assisted me in getting the insurance ($643.49) on my late husband, Richard Kelly. I especially wish to thank Mr. Bob Robinson for his kindness in my behalf. Picking a political "leader" appears to be the new and favorite pastime of our editors. I. LEVY DRUGGIST DRUGS, DRUG SUNDRIES, CIGARS, CANDY AND SODA Let us deliver you a pint of our Famous Malted Milk in sanitary Seal-Tite bottle, 20c. Made Fresh. Web. 5802 24th and Decatur Established 1879 Tel. JAckson 0132 Arnold FLORISTS NEW LOCATION 403 So. 15th Street Sunderland Building, Omaha, Nebr. REMEMBER THE NAME AND NEW LOCATION FOR SALE We have several five and six-room houses for sale on small payments. Call ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE COMPANY 1423 North 24th Street TEL. WEBSTER 4650 Seeds, Plants and Shrubs Starting this week we will have a complete line of BLOOMING PLANTS for bedding, boxes and vases, hanging baskets for the porch filled to order FRESH STOCK DAILY assures you of getting the best. We still have a good assortment of HARDY SHRUBS to close at your own price. Remember, we carry a full line of GASSE VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS of the highest quality. OUR POLICY: "Once a Customer Always a Customer" Home Landscape Service 24th and Cuming Telephone JAckson 5115 Cor. 24th and Parker Sts. WE. 2042 HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY FOUNTAIN PENS-STATIONERY CIGARS and CANDY Eastman Kodaks and Supplies 2402 Cuming Street LE BRON & GRAY ELECTRICAL WORKS Expert Electrical Engineers Motors, Generators, Electric Elevators Repairs, Armature Winding, Electric Wiring PHONE JACKSON 2019 116 South 13th St., Omaha Mid-City Coal Rock Spring Lump.....$12.50 Old Ben Lump.....10.50 No. 1 Illinois Lump.....9.00 Illinois Lump and Egg.....8.50 Illinois Nut No. 1.....8.00 Colorado Lump.....9.75 Call Jackson 0115 or 0116 EUTHOLA TOILET PREPARATIONS THAT PLEASE You can make an independ- ent living selling them. AGENTS WANTED MRS. GRACE WHITE Web. 5499 Omaha THOROUGHLY worthy used furniture of every description is offered for sale at very reasonable prices in our warehouse, between the hours of 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. week days. 8th and Capitol Ave.—Orchard & Wilhelm Co. Why Not Let Us Do Your SHOE REPAIR WORK Best material, reasonable prices. ALL WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN & THOMAS Phone Web. 5084-1415 No. 24th EMERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Suits All 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 PHONE JACKSON 0884 E. A. NIELSEN UPHOLSTERING CO. CABINET SHOP-FURNITURE REPAIR AND REFINISHING Box Spring and Mattress Work 1913-15 Cuming St., Omaha, Neb H. A. CHILES & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS Chapel Phone, Web. 7133 Res. Phone, Web. 6349 1839 No. Twenty-fourth St. Bonds Furnished to Reliable Person NOTARY PUBLIC IN OFFICE PHONES: Res., Web. 6613; Office, At. 5104 Res. 2863 Binney St. NOAH W. WARE ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW HOURS: 9 A. M. to 12:00 Neon; 1:00 P. M. to 5:80 P. M. Phones: — Office, WE. 3567; Res., WE. 3888 JOHN ADAMS Attorney and Counselor-83-Law Practice in all Courts, State and Federal 1516 N. 24th St., Dumake, Neb. Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS ADDRESS BOX 1204 BOXING E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. Harold Jones of Lincoln was an Omaha visitor Monday. Miss Martha Roberts entertained at a birthday party at Hanscom Park pavilion Monday night. The Phi Delta Sorority were the guests Wednesday night of the Misses Frances D. Gordon and Grace Dorsey at the home of the former, 2416 Binney street. Meet Battling Siki and the Georgia Minstrels at Dreamland Hall Wednesday night, May 14. Adams orchestra. Dancing until 2 a. m.—Adv. "Dentlo," the tooth paste you ought to use.—Adv. The Dames Club was entertained at the home of Mrs. M. E. Overall, 2210 Lake street, Wednesday afternoon, as the guests of Mesdames Overall, L. E. Britt and George Watson. The first prize was won by Mrs. James G. Jewell, the booby by Mrs. A. L. Hawkins. ELECTRIC REPAIRING, RADIO installing, repairing and making. Cheapest and best workmanship. All work guaranteed. W. M. Holts, 2507 Indiana avenue. WEBster 7062. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon held an interesting meeting Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Isaac Bailey, 2816 Pratt street. FOR RENT—Furnished room in a strictly modern home, 2430 Lake Street. Web. 1888. 4-18-24 "A Nautical Knot"—Brandeis theatre, May 28.—Adv. Captain James Greer of the Fire Department has returned from Hennesey, Okla., where he attended the funeral of his aged mother, Mrs. Lucy Ann Greer. Meet Battling Siki and the Georgia Minstrel at Dreamland Hall Wednesday night, May 14. Adams orchestra. Dancing until 2 a. m.—Adv. "A Nautical Knot"—Brandeis theatre, May 28.—Adv. Dan Desdunes, th epopular bandmaster, left here last week for Claremore, Okla., where he will take his first vacation in ten years. While there he will avail himself of the advantages of the Kold Baths. Jos. Ennesley has taken over the management of and is making bookings for Dan Desdunes' big band, which is one of Omaha's institutions. Mr. Ennesley has been quite successful in handling entertainment features. Watch for the date of the big coming attraction at Dreamland Hall.—Adv. Meet Battling Siki and the Georgia Minstrels at Dreamland Hall Wednesday night, May 14. Adams orchestra, Dancing until 2 a. m.—Adv. BOX Heavy TINY HERMAN W Miss Edna M. Stratton, secretary of the North Side Branch Y. W. C. A. is expected home next week from New York where she has been attending the National meeting of the "Y." "A Nautical Knot"—Bramdeis theatre, May 28.—Adv. Watch for the date of the big coming attraction at Dreamland Hall.—Adv. Nat Hunter, president of the Colored Commercial Club, and prominent in Masonic circles, leaves Saturday night for Chicago to attend the United Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Masons. He will be gone for a week or ten days. Watch for the date of the big coming attraction at Dreamland Hall.—Adv. The usual services at St. Philip's Episcopal church at 7:30, 10:00 and 11:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Special music by vested chair at 11 o'clock service. Mrs. Lizzie Buford has purchased a beautiful new home at Aweny-second and Maple streets of which she will soon take possession. Mrs. W. A. Brown and little daughter who were the guests of Mrs. Geo. A. Love have returned to their home in Red Oak, Iowa. Meet Battling Siki and the Georgia Minstrels at Dreamland Hall Wednesday night, May 14. Adams orchestra, Dancing until 2 a. m.—Adv. Watch for the date of the big coming attraction at Dreamland Hall.—Adv. Mrs. Harry Morton and her daughter Thelma are visiting relatives in Hannibal, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Miller and nine months old son whom Roscoe says is the greatest baby in the world arrived here from Portland, Oregon, last Thursday and are stopping with Mrs. Louise Wade, 2013 Evans street.. They will make Omaha their home. The second annual Mothers and Daughters banquet will be held May 16th at the Central Y. W. C. A., 17th and St. Mary's avenue. Tickets POPULAR BABY CONTEST TO CONTINUE THRU THE MONTH OF MAY Three Prizse Will be Awarded Babies Receiving Largest Number of Votes to Help Association Cause STANDING OF CONTESTANTS The Omaha branch of the N. A. A. C. P. will award three prizes, $10, $5 and $2.50 in gold to the child up to five years standing first, second and third respectively when the con- test closes Friday, May 30. The pro- cedes of the contest go to the work of the National Association. KING Mary Heddy Wiggins increases her lead this week over Richard Stanton, her nearest rival from 120 to 235 votes; the votes of these two leaders last week being, respectively, 540 and 420, and this week 715 and 480. Charlotte Hicks stands third with 205 votes, Lulu Divers, fourth with 60 and Nonice May Williams fifth with 56 votes. The standing of the contestants is as follows: Mary Heddy Wiggins, age 3 ..... 715 Richard Stanton, age 3 ..... 480 Charlotte Hicks, age 3 ..... 205 Lulu Divers, age 2 ..... 60 Nonice May Williams, 5 months ..... 56 Lillian Austin, age 5 ..... 0 May Jefferson, age 1 ..... 0 Lena Paez, age 2 ..... 0 George Bullock, age 2 ..... 0 Cecil Walls, age 2 ..... 0 The people on the South Side who have two entrants, Lillian Austin and May Jefferson, say their babies are going to win and that their report next week will be a genuine surprise. We shall see. It is not too late to enter your favorite baby. Votes are 5c each. Will Mary Heddy Wiggins increase her lead next week or will some other baby jump to first place Work for your favorite and watch developments. For information phone Mrs. John Albert Williams, chairman, Webster 4243. TIGERS BREAK EVEN IN FOUR CONTESTS The North Omaha Tigers were kept busy the past week meeting some of the fast teams of the city. On Wednesday, April 30th, they were defeated by the Bethel Baptist team of South Omaha by a score of 9 to 4. Manager Taylor blamed this defeat to the poor work of his infield. In fact it was the superior pitching by Smith Moundsman for the Tigers that saved the team from a disastrous defeat. L. Smith-McCant were the battery in the contest. Friday afternoon the Tigers journeyed to East Omaha where they were defeated by a score 3 to 0 by the Sherman Avenue Merchants. No one hit the fast balls of Moundsman Smith. Smith-McCant again formed the battery. Tuesday the going of the Tigers got good when they settled an old score with the Terminal Mail Clerks by defeating them by a score of 14 to 1. The Mail Clerks found it impossible to hit the puzzling curves of Smith. Pitcher Wel's for the Mail Clerks found it very hard to stop the batting streak of the Tigers. The Mail Clerks scored in the fifth inning by error of second beseman, H. Smith, Kelly, Tiger short stop, made a home run hit. The game was probably one of the fastest seen on many diamonds this season. The Tigers got six hits off the left-handed twirler Horton of the Merchant team. Loui Smith did excellent pitching for the Tigers allowing only eight hits. Smith-McCant were batteries for the day. Roy Duncan, Tiger first baseman, made two three-base hits, but died on the home stretch. Two scores made by the Merchants were on errors by Catcher McCant and third baseman, Moses. Sunday morning the Tigers defeated the much dreaded C. B. & Q. Freight Handlers team at the South Omaha Athletic park. The score was 16 to 5. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH CONDUCTING REVIVAL Zion Baptist Church is the scene of unusual activities, being in the midst of a successful revival in which Rev. P. C. Pinkney has been assisting the patsor. Beginning next Tuesday evening the celebrated and eloquent Rev. Dr. Harper of Dallas, Tex., who made such a profound impression here a year ago, will conduct the services. Among the special services which he will conduct will be young people's service Friday, May 9; Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, from 3 to 4 p. m.; and a sermon to men, Thursday night, May 15th. There will be preaching by Dr. Harper during the two weeks with these special sermons for the persons named. There will be special Boys Service, next Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 as it was not convenient to have this service last Sunday. There will be special speakers. LEAVE FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE, LOUISVILLE The Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church left Sunday night, April 27, by auto for Louisville, Ky., to attend the General Conference of that great religious body. Mrs. Williams left Wednesday of the same week by train. The Rev. Frederick and Mrs. Divers of Bethel A. M. E. church left by auto on Friday morning for Louisville. Five colored girls recently graduated from the Boston Clerical School, which is rated among the best in the country for its commercial course, including shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, the use of office appliances, etc. THE MONITOR ebster 4243 LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT The series of entertainments closed at Mt. Zion Baptist Church last week; all of them were very successful in their efforts to raise money to be reported at the financial rally in May. There were four services held Sunday—Praise and Covenant meeting at 6 a.m., preaching at 11:30 by Rev P. A. Pinkney of Omaha; preaching at 4 p.m. by Rev M. C. Knight of Quinn Chapel, which brought visitors from other churches in and out of the city. The Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. had their usual services at 8 p.m. Rev Pinkney preached another wonderful sermon. A large crowd attended the services during the day. The result of the rally was as follows: Wide Awake Club, Mrs. Lulu Abner,aint Awake Club, Mrs. Ida Todd, captain, $164.11; I. O. O. F. Club, K. H. Brewer, captain, $122.26; Champion Club, Mimm Ross, captain, $127; Victory Club, Mrs. Evelyn Johnson, captain, $125; Glee Club, Zack Johnson, captain, $121.22; Get Together Club, Mrs. Rosa Adair,aint Get Together Club, Mrs. Willing Workers Club, Geo. W. Owens, captain, $108.15; Aggressive Club, Guy Wiley, captain, $104.01; Goldenrod Club, Mrs. Alma Wiley, captain, $100; Buds of Promise, $10. Total $1309.36. Hence there was great rejoicing in Zion at the clase—"Praise God from Whom all Blessing Flows." Rev. J. D. Crum of Omaha was in the city several days attending State Republican convention and in interest of the Monitor. K. H. Brewer motored to Hastings and returned Sunday night on business. CHICKEN DINNER EVERY SUNDAY At 2210 O Street MEALS 40 CENTS BEVERAGES OF ALL KINDS Sacred Music All Day Sunday Bizer & Bizer, Props. CORN HUSKER CAFE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Mr. W. T. Lewis is yet quite sick. Remit for your paper. The annual sermon of Regal Lodge G. U. O. O. F. will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church left Sunday at 3 p. m. Rev. H. W. Botts will preach. The annual Candle Light service of the Buds of Promise will be held next Sunday night. Rev. H. W. Botts will preach the sermon. Mr. Walter Muckleroy was called to Texas the past week on account of illness of his mother. But has returned, and will leave with his wife for Gary, Ind. in a few days. Remember the Camp Fire Girls opening program at Masonic hall next Monday, night, May 12. Its a great hall. Lebanon Lodge No. 3 A. F. & A. M. All Master Masons take notice. We meet in our new hall 1016 P street Tuesday night, May 13. Men's rally at the A. M. E. church the 3rd Sunday in May. Rev. J. Bruce, state Missionary of Omaha, preached for the Morning Star Baptist church Sunday, during the day. At Quinn Chapel, Sunday, the day was enjoyed by the Sunday School at 9:30, General class and Lord's supper at 11 a. m. Men's meeting 4 p. m. A. C. E. at 6:30, preaching by the pastor at 7:30. Men's rally announced for the 3rd Sunday in May. Lincoln is making ready to entertain the New Era Baptist Association, and Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Convention here the 2nd week in June, 1924. Next Sunday will be Mother's Day. Here is hoping everyone will remember his mother with the indication of an appropriate flower. ATTEND STYLE SHOW Style show Monday evening, May 26th, 1924 at Masonic hall, 24th and Parker streets, under the auspices of Ivy leaf Court. Feature of the evening, men models. A prize given to the one selling largest unnumber of tickets. Admission 35c. Children, 15c. Adv. 8- GAEBEL FLOWER SHOP Shrubs, Trees and Birds Designs and Boquets CUT FLOWERS 2511½ N. 24th St. WE 2057 MISSOURIANS WEAK ON BIBLE pansas City, Mo., May 2—By the Associated Negro Press.)—Recently a survey of Bible knowledge was made with one hundred students in the Warrenburg, Mo., college and eighteen hundred high school students in different towns in that state, and here are some of the results as published a few days ago. "A NAUTICAL KNOT" TO BE PRESENTED BY LOCAL TALENT Forty-five University and High School Students Rehearsing Operetta Under Direction of Mrs. Pinkston WILL BE GIVEN AT BRANDEIS For the development and encouraging of musical talent among the University and High school students of Omaha, Mrs. Florentine J. Pinkston has been training for some months forty-five students in the pleasing two-act operetta, "A Nautical Knot," or "The Belle of Barnstapoole" by Maude Elizabeth Inch and W. Rhyserbert. In addition to the young men and women presenting the operetta, thirty small children have been in training to present a beautiful and artistic dance, entitled "The Awakening of Spring," each child representing a spring flower. It will be one of the most elaborate and artistic entertainments ever presented in Omaha, and as such should be witnessed by an audience that will tax the capacity of the theatre. The Nautical Knot will be presented at the Brandeis theatre, Wednesday night, May 28th. Tickets go on sale next week. FELLOWSHIPS FOR DOCTORS Tuskegee Institute, Ala., May 9.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—Fellowships are offered by the Henry Phipps Institute of Philadelphia to qualified pathology and bacteriology with special reference to tuberculosis and related conditions. These fellowships are open to graduates in medicine and to doctors of philosophy or science who have elected one of the fundamental medical sciences as a major subject. Applicants are requested to submit a statement of their professional training, including degrees, hospital internship and experience in methods of research. Letters of reference from teachers or others familiar with the training and work of the applicant are desired. Fellows will receive from $1,500 to $2,500 in accordance with their experience and special training. Applicants are requested to address Eugene L. Opie, M. D., Director of Laboratories of the Henry Phipps Institute, Seventh and Lombard streets, Philadelphia, Pa. POLITICAL "SCHOOL" NORTH DISFRANCHISEMENT SOUTH Newark, N. J., May 9.—(Lincoln News Service).—It is stated that Negro migrants, who have settled in New Jersey, but who are not familiar with the ballot, because of its denial to them in the South, are to be given instruction in the mysteries of voting by the state organization of democrats. This announcement carries with it, of course, the presumption that the "student" voters will stand by the democratic party. This is somewhat of a travesty upon a situation which is well understood because of the uniform disfranchisement of Negroes in the southern states. A pledge to the democratic party to elect its candidates means nothing more nor less, of course, than the election of national democratic candidates who must, before receiving the nomination, subscribe to the continuance of "grandfather" clauses and "constitutional" tests, which are used as a bar to colored voters throughout the South. The "school" theory is patently ridiculous and does not bespeak good faith. Remit for your papers. Flower, Grass and Garden Seeds Bulbs, Hardy Perennials Poultry Supplies See Us for Your Fresh Cut Flowers Always on Hand Stewart's Seed Store 119 No. 16th St.—Opposite Postoffice — JA cksen 1977 WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA MRS. L. ABNER NOTION STORE ARTISTIC WORK Fruit and Ornamental Trees for spring and fall planting. 1419½ North 24th Street RESERVE May 28 For "THE BELLE of BARNSTAPOO O. 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Jewelry of all kinds repaired. FIRST CLASS WORK G STORE empt, free delivery 2306 No. 24th St. special $1.00 ONLY Drug Store WEbster 6323 ON SAVINGS You Right— DAN ASSOCIATION Keeline Building e wise people's trade DR to advertise fortune's made. PAGE THREE 30,000 YOUNG MEN TO TRAIN AT U. S. CAMPS Washington.—Somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 youthful citizens of the United States will enjoy a month's vacation at the expense of Uncle Sam this summer. They will be furnished their food, shelter and clothing. Transportation to and from their homes will be paid by the government, and if they are in need of medical attention that, too, will be furnished gratis. About twenty-eight citizens' military training camps will be maintained this summer, scattered all over the United States. The present appropriation for training camp activities will allow for the accommodation of only 30,000 men, according to War department officials, but it is expected that at least 60,000 applications will be on file at the adjutant general's office before camps open in June. Military training, however, will be the principal feature of the training course, and if the student attends the camps four years—a month each year—he will be eligible for a commission in the reserve officers' corps. The Women's Overseas league has recently undertaken to further the work of the citizens' military training camps, and is conducting an essay contest on the subject, "Why a young man I know should attend." A fisherman is working on a large net. Around Hyannis, Mass., is the only section in the world where this exact type of fishing is carried on. The fishermen use large gasoline boats and throw overboard a long net, which forms the letter V. Five or six barrels of fish are gathered in the average haul. Fish Sleep Open-Eyed, They do, says the bureau of fisheries, and moreover, sleep well, without closing their eyes. The sleep of fish is a type of suspended animation, during which some of the faculties of the finny tribe are at rest with their bodies. But the sleep or state of suspended animation of fish is by no means like the deep sleep of a human being. A fish asleep may be jarred into instant action, with all his faculties alert and responsive, by a sudden motion of the water or a jar of the bank of a stream or lake. The bureau is satisfied that aquarium fish, at least, have a period of rest in which they lie on the bottom of the glass inclosure without movement. They have been observed in the daytime and at night, and officials of the bureau believe these periods of rest come most frequently after meal time. As to deep-sea fish, the bureau has observed similar actions in both the larger and smaller fish. Sharks, when they lie just under the surface of the water, sunning themselves, probably pass into a state of sleep, although their faculties are still alert. Whales are classed as mammals, but their eyes are lidless and do not close beneath the surface of the ocean. Fruit Has Three Tastes Washington.—A new fruit that tastes like a combination of banana, pineapple and strawberry, has been discovered by Dr. Wilson Popene, explorer for the Department of Agriculture. The chlote is found in Guatemala and will grow anywhere, according to Doctor Popene. Lost 50 Years, Found Nashville, Tenn.—A copy of Coke's commentaries on Littie- ton, published in 1502, formerly the property of Thomas Jefferson, was found in the state library here, after having been lost for 50 years. The book was donated to the state library in 1871 by former Congressman J. M. Quarles. The volume was bought in London by Jefferson, according to the history written on the fly-leaf in the handwrit- ture of Quarles. Orangeburg, S. C., May 9.-Luke Adams, a Negro, was found lynched early in the morning of April 21 about three miles from Norway, in Orangeburg county. The deputy sheriff, who visited the scene shortly afterwards, said that the victim's neck showed seven or eight wounds and that; there were other wounds in the body. Baseball By-Plays There have been bone-plays since baseball first began, and there always will—but how often has even the oldes fan seen a double bone? How many of us recall a case where both sides boned simultaneously, with ultimate victory to the club which first regained its senses? Such plays are scarce, indeed. One of the richest of them all came off in Chicago long ago, when Boston and the Cubs were grappling one hot afternoon many years ago. In the ninth, the visitors had the sacks full and one down. Cozy Dolan—the original Cozy, dead long since—was on second; Harry Gessler, the strong man, was playing center for the Cubs. A sailing fly went out to Gessler; Harry grabbed it—and, deciding that it was the third out, fled for the clubhouse with the ball in his pocket! And, at the same moment, Dolan also concluded that the game was over, left second base and followed Gessler to the clubhouse! The scene that followed was a wow. Players screeching and profaning; one crowd yelling for Dolan to get back on base; the other gang shrieking for Gessler to turn and peg the ball—and neither of the noble athletes paid the least attention. Gessler reached the clubhouse a few jumps ahead of Dolan, and the door swung shut behind them. A raving delegation of both teams raced to the clubhouse. The Cubs' advance guard managed to arrive one hop ahead of the Boston men, and Gessler, already half undressed, was notified, in anything but polite language of the miscue. The Boston messenger burst in and told Dolan: Dolan, who had his shoes off, rushed for the door. Gessler, clad chastely in his undershirt, managed to get the ball out of his pocket, chased Cozy, and succeeded in stabbing him with the ball just upon the threshold. It was solemnly declared the third out; the umpire announced that two men who had skipped over the plate for Boston didn't count, and thus ended the famous incident of the great Double Bone. SHOREMEN SUE UNION New Orleans, La., May 9—(A. N. P.)—Seventy longshoremen, led by James Davis, have obtained an injunction restricting the Longshoremen's union from ousting them because an effort to call a strike in 1923 failed. PHILADELPHIA NOMINATES Philadelphia, May 1.—Samuel B. Hart and William H. Fuller were nominated by republicans for the next legislature. Judge Amos Scott and Dr. Milton A. White were named as alternate delegates. Mrs. Margaret Corbett and Charles B. Hall were nominated for the state committee. ALL HAVE COLORPHOBIA Washington, May 9.—All white Americans, whether north or south, republican or democratic, are afflicted with American colorphobia—race prejudice, writes Archibald Grimke in the "Shame of America", a paper just issued by the American Negro Academy. 6,000 JAPS MIGRATE TO MEXICO Los Angeles, Calif., May 9.—Aroused by the discriminatory laws preventing them from holding land, 6,000 Japanese left southern California recently and migrated to Mexico. Their places are being taken largely by colored people from the South and West Indies. ANNOUNCEMENT General Insurance of all kinds, Health, Accident and Life as well, agencies for the Pioneer Insurance Co. of Lincoln, Nebr., the North American Insurance Co. of Chicago, Ill.Fire and Tornado Insurance on all home and household goods in the National Security Fire Insurance Co. Agents wanted. Good commissions. Salary when qualified. 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