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54 Prisoners Facing Freedom LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy 54 F HOUSTON MARTYRS SOON TO BE FREED BY THE WAR DEPT. Long and Persistent Fight By National Association and Other Agencies Bring Results EIGHTEEN GET RELEASE NOW Report That Prison Sentences of Members of 24th Infantry, Alleged Participants of Houston Riot, Reduced New York, May 23.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has made public a letter from John W. Weeks, U. S. Secretary of War, reporting that the prison sentences of every former member of the 24th Infantry, still imprisoned for alleged participation in the Houston Riot of 1917, has been reduced, and that, according to the present revisions of sentence, every one of the men will have been eligible for release over a period from now until 3 years and 7 months from now. The letter from the Secretary of War to the N. A. A. C. P. is as follows: War Department Washington May 13, 1924. Ag 253, 1 (5-12-24) Pris. Mr. Walter White, Assistant Secretary, N. A. A. C. P., 69 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. Dear Sir: In harmony with the understanding with you, I am furnishing you the following information relative to the so-called Houston rioters. Of the fifty-four of these men who were in confinement in the penitentiary when the board of officers visited that institution, thirty were serving life sentences. As the result of the recommendations of the board of officers, made after a most careful and exhaustive investigation and consideration of each case on its individual merits, ten of the thirty men under life sentences have received reductions in their sentences that will make them eligible for release on home parole during the calendar year 1925; and the remaining twenty have received reductions from life to thirty years, which will make sixteen of them eligible for home parole in 1927, and four of them eligible for home parole in 1928. In passing upon these cases great weight was laid upon the evidence presented at the trial and the conduct in confinement of the prisoners concerned; and the investigations showed that the men whose sentences were reduced to thirty years were the more deeply involved in the affair, and had the poorer records of conduct in confinement. Of the other twenty-four prisoners involved in the Houston riot, serving sentences of less than life at the time of the investigation of the board, eighteen are eligible for parole during the calendar year 1924, and six will be eligible for home parole in 1925. As this recent investigation has resulted in reductions in sentences in every case of the so-called Houston rioters, with the exception of six who are eligible for parole not later than August, 1924, and as the latest date (under the modified sentences) on which any prisoner will become eligible for home parole is August, 1928, it is considered that the War Department has been most liberal in its treatment of the prisoners. Under a rule of the War Department governing the subject, the case of every military prisoner is considered for clemency at least once each year; and neither the recent investigation by the board of officers, nor any action taken upon its recommendation, will preclude the consideration annually of the case of each one of the prisoners involved. Very truly yours, (Signed) W. W. Weeks, Secretary of War." In making public this report, the N. A. A. C. P. made the following statement: "To summarize the above letter the facts, in brief, are: 18 of the Houston martyrs are eligible for immediate release; 16 of them—10 serving life sentences and 6 long terms, will be eligible for release within a year; 16 will be eligible for release early in 1927; and the remaining four early in 1928, or three years and seven months from now. The men were committed to Leavenworth Prison in December, 1917 and have thus served six years and 5 months. "While the results obtained thus far THE MONITOR are not all for which the N. A. A. C. P. and cooperating agencies hoped and worked for, nevertheless there is cause for rejoicing in that those who have the longest sentences yet to serve have only three years and seven months. "The N. A. A. C. P. and those agencies which worked so faithfully in this effort yet feel that full pardon which was asked for should have been granted these men. It will be noted from Secretary Week's letter that these cases are to be reviewed annually. The N. A. A. C. P. is gratified at the results secured. At the same time it will continue its efforts for further reductions of sentence." YOUNG VIOLINST GIVES HER FIRST RECITAL Miss Evelyn Battles, violinist, pupil of Grace Leidy Burger, assisted by Miss Rachel Rice, soprano, gave an excellent recital, Monday evening at the North Side Y. W. C. A. Her program was well-chosen and interpreted with marked musicianship and ability. Miss Rice has a pleasing soprano voice. Miss Inez Battles gave fine support as accompanist. The program was as follows: Sonatina—Allegro ..... Schubert Concerto ..... Seitz Allegro Moderato Adagio Rondo At Dawning ..... Cadman By the Waters of Minnetonka... Lieurance Bercuse ..... Godard Tarantelle ..... Drdla April Ecstacy ..... Speaks Jwan ..... Saint Saens Souvenir ..... Drdla Mazurka ..... Mlynarski WILL STUDY IN PARIS Philadelphia, Pa., May 23—(By the Associated Negro Press).—Dr. Harry Barnes, chief of the ear, nose and throat service of the Douglas hospital and assistant chief of Jefferson hospital, has sailed for Europe to take a special post graduate course in the University of Paris. WARM DEBATE OVER SUPPORTING DYER ANTI-LYNCHING BILL Methodist Episcopal Conference, Composed Largely of White Delegates, Divided in Opinion. FINALLY PASS RESOLUTION Springfield, Mass., May 23.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—One of the most spirited discussions in the course of the long conference of the Methodist Episcopal church being held here came up in connection with the passage of a resolution endorsing the Dyer anti-lynching bill. Proponents of the resolution which was introduced by the Rev. Gammon Morris of Gastoria, North Carolina, plead for its passage on the ground of law enforcement. Opponents held that such legislation was an invasion of state's right. This latter view was most effectively presented by Judge Henry Wade Rogers of the New York East conference, former dean of the Yale Law School and now judge of the circuit court of appeals of the state of Connecticut. Among those to speak for the resolution were the Revs. A. R. Howard of South Carolina and A. J. Mitchell of Anapolis, Md. Dr. Elmer L. Kidney of the Pittsburgh conference joined Judge Wade in the opposition. Discussion was closed by Dr. F. H. Butler of the Delaware Conference and secretary of the Epworth League work for colored conferences, who called particular attention to the points anent state's rights advanced by Judge Wade. Dr. Butler reminded the conference that in all its action thus far it had hewed close to the line of law enforcement, deploring in various ways the laxity of enforcement seen in the prohibition law and reminded the conference that the failure of the Eighteenth Amendment could in large measure be traced to the indifference shown toward the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He won the conference over to law enforcement, no matter whom it might hurt. The resolution was passed, which means the appointment of a commission of five members to work for the passage of anti-lynching legislation. DEMPSEY-WILLS FIGHT PERHAPS (Lincoln News Service) New York, May 23.—Tex Rickard recently announced that he has matched Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills, "The Black Panther," for a world's heavyweight championship fight at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, on September 6th, next. A Story of Ante-Bellum Days, Dealing With Slave Insurrection at Charleston THE PARK A period of underground agitation, such as Vesey had carried on for about three or four years, will, unless arrested, pass naturally into one of organized action. Vesey's movement reached, in the winter of 1821-22 such a stage. As far as it is known, he had up to this time done the work of agitator singlehanded and alone and singlehanded, and alone he had gone through to and fro through that underworld of the slave, preaching his gospel of liberty and hate. But about Christmas of 1821, the long lane of his labors made a sharp turn. This circumstance tended necessarily to throw other actors upon the scene, as shall presently appear. The first step taken at the turn of his long and laborious lane was calculated to put to the utmost test his ability as a leader, as an arch plottter. For it was nothing less mementous than the choice by him of fit associates. On the wisdom with which such a choice was made, would depend his own life and the success of his undertaking. Among thousands of disciples he had to find the right men to whom to entrust his secret purpose, and its execution in co-operation with himself. The step was indeed crucial and in taking it he needed not alone the mental qualities which he had exhibited in his role of underground agitator, viz., serpent-like cunning and intelligence under the direction of the most alert and flexible discretion, but as well a practical and profound knowledge of the human nature with which he had to deal, a keen and infallible insight into individual character. It is not too much to claim for Denmark Vesey, that his genius rose to the emergency, and proved itself equal to a surpassingly difficult situation, in the singular fitness of the five principal men on whom fell his election to associate-leadership, with himself, and to the work of organizing the blacks for resistance. These five men, who became his ablest and most efficient lieutenants, were Peter Poyas, Rolla and Ned Bennett, Monday Gell and Gullah Jack. They were all slaves and, I believe, full blooded Negroes. They constituted a remarkable quintet of slave leaders, combined the very qualities of head and heart which Vesey most needed at the stage then reached by his unfolding plot. For fear lost some of their critics might sneer at the sketch of them which I am tempted to give, as lacking in probability and truth, I will insert instead the careful estimate placed upon them severally by their slave judges. And here it is: "In the selection of his leaders, Vesey showed great penetration and sound judgement. Rolla was plausible and possessed uncommon self-possession; bold and ardent, he was not to be deterred from his purpose by danger. Ned's appearance ATTORNEY AND MRS. ADAMS SUFFER SAD BEREAVEMENT Edith, aged 11, youngest child and only daughter of Attorney and Mrs. John Adams died Wednesday afternoon from pneumonia after a week's illness. Mrs. Adams and Edith had come from their former home in Pueblo, Colo., Saturday, May 10, to rejoin Mr. Adams and the other members of the family who had preceded them. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1924 PART V (By The Associated Negro Press) PLOTTER TAKES CRUCICAL STEP IN SELECTING LEADERS indicated that he was a man of firm nerves and desperate courage. Peter was intrepid and resolute, true to his engagements, and cautious in observing secrecy where it was necessary; he was not to be daunted nor impeded by difficulties, and though confident of success, was careful against any obstacles or casualties which might arise, and intent upon discovering every means which might be in their favor if thought of beforehand. Gullah Jack was regarded as a sorcerer, and as such feared by the natives of Africa, who believe in witchcraft. He was not only considered invulnerable, but that he could make others so by his charms; and that he could and certainly would provide all his followers with arms. He was artful, cruel, bloody; his disposition in short was diabolical. His influences among the Africans was inconceivable. Monday was firm, resolute, discreet and intelligent." From this picture painted by bitter enemies, who were also their executioners, could any person, ignorant of the circumstances and the history of those men, possibly guess, with the exception of Gullah Jack, to what race the originals belonged, or think you, that such a person would so much as dream that they were in fact, as they were in the eye of the law under which they lived, nothing more than so many human chattels, subject like cattle to the caprice and the cruelty of their owners? Such, nevertheless, was the remarkable group of blacks on whom had fallen Vesey's choice. And did they not present an assemblage of high and striking qualities? Here were coolness in action, calculation, foresight, plausibility in address, nidelity to engagements, secretiveness, intrepid courage, nerves of iron in the presence of danger, inflexible purpose, unbending will, and last though not least in its relations to the whole, supersition incarnate in the character of the Negro conjurer. Masterly was indeed the combination, and he had no ordinary gift for leadership, who was able to hit it off at one surprising stroke. As the work of organized preparation for the uprising advanced Vesey added presently to his staff two principal and several minor recruiting agents, who operated in Charleston and in the country to the north of the city as far as the Santee, the Combahee, and Georgetown. Their Tuesday following Edith had her tonsils and adnoids removed and was brought home from the hospital on Wednesday. Pneumonia developed resulting in her death. She was a bright and lovable child and the sympathy of their friends go out to the bereaved parents. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from St. John's A. M. E. church, Twentysecond and Willis avenue at 3 o'clock. One of Omaha's Park Scenes exploitation in the interest of the plot extended to the South into the two large islands of James and John's as well as to plantations across the Ashley river. Vesey himself, it was said, traveled southwardly from Charleston between seventy and eighty miles, and it was presumed by the writers that he did so on business connected with the conspiracy, which I consider altogether probable. He had certainly thrown himself into the movement with might and main. We know, that its direction absorbed finally his whole time and energy. "He ceased working himself at his trade," so ran the testimony of a witness at his trial, and employed himself exclusively in enlisting men." The number of blacks engaged in the enterprise was undoubtedly large. It is a sufficiently conservative estimate to place this number, I think, at two or three thousand, at least. One recruiting officer alone, Frank Ferguson, enlisted in the undertaking the slaves of four plantations within forty miles of the city; and in the city itself, it was said that the personal roll of Peter Poyas embraced a membership of six hundred names. More than one witness placed the conjectural strength of Vesey's forces as high as 9,000, but I am inclined to write this down as a gross overestimate of the people actually enrolled as members of the conspiracy. Here is an example of the nice calculation and discretion of the man who was the soul of the conspiracy. It is contained in the testimony of an intensely hostile witness, a slave painter, whose slaves were suspected of complicity in the intended uprising: "The orderly conduct of the Negroes in any district of country within forty miles of Charleston," wrote this witness, "is no evidence that they were ignorant of the intended attempt. A more orderly gang than my own is not to be found in this State, and one of Denmark Vesey's directions was, that they should assume the most implicit obedience." Take another instance of the extraordinary aptitude of the slave leaders for the conduct of their dangerous enterprise. It illustrates Peter's remarkable foresight and his faculty for scouting danger, and making at the same time provision for meeting it. In giving an order to one of his assistants, said he, "Take care and don't mention it (the plot) to those waiting men who receive presents of old cats, etc., from their masters or they'll betray us." And then as if to provide doubly against betrayal at their hands, he added, "I'll speak to them." His apprehension of disaster to the cause from this class was great, but it was not greater than the reality, as the sequel abundantly proved. Let me not, however, anticipate. (Continued next week) MAKES EXCELLENT RECORD MAKES EXCELLENT RECORD Margaret Dallas, 119 No. 37th St., was one of the successful participants in the Music Memory contest staged by the public schools at the city auditorium Friday, May 9th, scoring one hundred per cent—thereby winning a gold medal. Receiving 8 A's on her md-semester report card, she was promoted from the 8th grade to the 8th B and is to graduate from Saunders school in June at the age of twelve. THE NEGRO WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The regular meeting of the Home last week, was opened by Rev. J. C. Blaine, of the C. M. E. Church, who was a visitor that day. Mr. Blaine made a wonderful talk along the line of establishing a home for children whose mothers go out to work and have no place to leave their children. We hope that every colored citizen of Omaha will help to make this a success. Board meeting of the Home the 1st Thursday in June, all members are expected to be out. Martha Smith, Pres. Elizabeth M. Reed, Corr. Sec. KLAN GIFTS RETURNED (Lincoln News Service) Buckhannon, W. Va., May 23.—The two colored congregations here have returned to the Knights of Ku-Klux Klan the Easter donation of $25 to each. They are the Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church and the Hall Chapel of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A polite note accompanied the return. PARDON BOY LIFE TERMER Dover, Del., May 23.—(By the Associated Negro Press).—The only pardon granted by the state board at its monthly session here this week was to James Sharp, a Negro boy serving a life sentence for the murder of a white boy. He had been confined in the Newcastle County workhouse. VISIT SCHOOL EXHIBIT Saturday is the last day of the wonderful school exhibit which occupies the whole eighth floor of the Brandeis store. This is an exhibit which no one should fail to see. If you have not done so before, be sure to see it Saturday. The hours are from 11 to 6. It is a wonderful sight and will delight and instruct all who see it. BISHOPS CHOSEN TO FILL VACANCIES IN THREE DISTRICTS African Methodist General Conference in Session at Louisville, Ky., Has Spirited Balloting for Coveted Offices. EAST AND SOUTH ARE WINNERS Louisville, Ky., May 23.—(By Associated Negro Press)—Ira T. Bryant, present secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal Sunday school union, won in his fight against the bishops of the church when he was re-elected by a large majority at the twenty-seventh quadrennial conference of the church now in session here. Three bishops were also elected: The Revs. A. L. Gaines of the Baltimore conference, J. A. Gregg, president of Wilberforce, and Reverdy Ranson, New York, editor of the A. M. E. Review. The balloting was spirited and there are promises on contests over the election of Mr. Bryant, Bishop Jones moving it he declared void because of irregularity. Others elected are Dr. John R. Hawkins, financial secretary; Prof. Jackson, Texas, secretary of education; Dr. R. R. Wright, editor of the Christian Recorder; Dr. D. M. Baxter, manager of the A. M. E. Book Concern; Rev. J. E. Coit, secretary of missions; Rev. G. J. Robinson, new editor of the A. M. E. Church Review, and Dr. S. E. Churchstone Lord, official stenographer for the conference. The election of the Rev. A. L. Gaines to the bishopic marks the fourth successive time that episcopal honors have been given to a representative of the Baltimore conference, the others being Bishop Albert Johnson, John Hurst and W. Sampson Brooks. The remainder of the conference will be devoted to legislation. It is believed action will be taken against dancing, card playing and other sundry ills. Senator Watson of Indiana was denounced this week for endorsing Edward Jackson, Ku Klux Klan republican candidate for governor of the state. DIVORCES MADE HARDER BY METHODISTS Springfield, Mass., May 23.—(By the Associated Negro Press).—According to rules just made by the Methodist Episcopal church, after a vote on a report from the judiciary committee, all members of the church, ministers and laymen, are forbidden to remarry after divorce for any other reason than statutory charges, attested to by court records. Pastors of the local churches are to be the sole arbters in determining the culpability of the members. GROWING THANK YOU Vol. IX—No. 47 dom NEGRO CHILDREN NEED PROTECTION OF SANE LABOR LAWS Statistics Show Some Startling Facts Concerning Employment of Children in Various Occupations RACE'S PERCENTAGE IS HIGH Nearly 22 Per Cent of Negro Children Between 10 and 15 Years of Age Are Engaged in Labor Pursuits (Lincoln News Service) Washington, D. C., May 23.—Legislation whereby child labor shall be regulated is one of the gravest necessities which has ever confronted America's Negro population; for the future welfare of its children and their physical and mental condition, upon reaching maturity, will largely determine the type of citizenship which is to carry on the unfinished business of the present generation. A glimpse of the work status of Negro children in the United States may be held in the following figures and percentages: Of the 12,502,582 children in the United States, 10 to 15 years of age, of whom 1,060,858, or 8.5 per cent, are engaged in gainful occupations, 1,450,996 of the total are Negro children of that age span of whom 317,231, or 21.9 per cent, or more than two and one-half times the total per cent, are gainfully employed in American labor pursuits. Of this working group of 317,231, Negro boys constitute 191,877, or 26.7 per cent of their total, while Negro girls constitute 125,354, or 17.1 per cent of their total. In comparison with other racial groups whose children are contributing to the output of American labor, the above percentages are astonishingly high. A stretch of the age span two more years makes a working group of Negro boys and girls totaling 541,348, of whom 405-57 47 oare engaged in agricultural, forestry and animal husbandry pursuits; 44,198 in the manufacturing and mechanical industries; 10,855 in transportation occupations; 57,644 in domestic and personal service; 7,972 in clerical occupations; and the remainder in miscellaneous occupations. Since Republican sponsors of a constitutional amendment have, in their full realization of the menace of unregulated child labor, deemed it necessary to forthwith prohibit or regulate the working conditions of American children, how essential it is to get behind this movement with all the loyalty and power at our command. Political history shows that practically all federal legislation for the benefit of women and children has been enacted by Republican Congresses; and that the bulk of opposition to such legislation has come, just as it is now, from the Democratic "Solid South." It is interesting, though distressing, in this connection, to note that while child labor is confined to no section of the country, it is at its worst in the solid Democratic southern states. In Tennessee, 17 per cent of the total child population is employed contrary to the standards set by the government regulating child labor: in Arkansas, 19 per cent; in Georgia, 21 per cent; in Alabama and South Carolina, 24 per cent; in Mississippi, 26 per cent. In the northern states the percentage is much lower, and in the Pacific coast states only three per cent of the total child population is employed in what is classified as gainful labor. Thirty states conform to the federal standard of maximum hours for the employment of children eight hours per day. Of these thirty, only three are southern Democratic states. One southern state, North Carolina, permits children to be worked eleven hours a day, and one southern state, Georgia, has no limitation. Education, recreation, health supervision, and other attentions are needed, not in any particular section of the country, but everywhere; and with a heavy population of Negro children busily at work in farm pursuits of the Solid South, which has been so derelict in its protection of Negro children, the duty's plain to see that at the polls and elsewhere full cooperation is given to the Republican party and its program, if it is ever to be hoped that the children of today may be the real men and women of tomorrow. Cleveland, Ohio, employs over 80 colored teachers in the public schools, one heading Latin Department in the High School. THE MAIL 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. LUONDA W. WILLIAMS, B. B. BUTTON. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A VE Advertising Rates Fur Address, The Monitor, Poste Telephone V ARTICLE XIV, CON UNITED THE MONTTOR THE MONTTOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAFFER DEVOTED PRIMARY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLored AMERICANS ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizen United States and of the State wherein they reside shall make or enforce any law which shall allow privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or without due process of law, nor deny to a within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the 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. ENDURANCE COUNTS A TEACHER at the Kellom school gave us the subject for this editorial. She did not know that she was doing it. But we thank her just the same and believe that it will enable us to drive home an important truth and to give an inspiring message. We were attending the annual school meet, or field day exercises, in which the athletes of the upper grades were contending for the championship in various events for their prospective rooms and for the honor of representing their school in the annual city school meet at Ak-Sar-Ben field next Monday. Several of the pupils who scored, both among the girls and boys, were colored children. This was especially true in the long distance runs. This teacher said, "It has been my observation that the colored children are superior to the colored children in ENDURANCE. In short distance races you will notice that the white children show up best, but when it comes to the long distance races, where it takes endurance the colored children almost invariably win. I have noticed this particularly." The events of the day seemed to justify her conclusion for most of the long distance events were won by colored boys and girls. But her words awakened in us a train of thought, not new, but old and it was this, ENDURANCE COUNTS. Endurance counts in many ways. We thought of the many things our people have to meet and overcome, of the many discouragements which confront us, of the cruel disappointments which our youth have to endure, not only those common to all humanity, but which in this land additionally are peculiar to our group and then in these fleet-footed youngsters competing with fleet-footed youngsters of the various nationalities. Will Consider Will consider fa purchase of The M ously considering paper work, import devoting my time Will Consider Sale of Monitor Will consider favorable proposal for purchase of The Monitor as I am seriously considering retiring from newspaper work, important though it is, and devoting my time entirely to my pastoral and parish work. John Albert Williams Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM RACE PREJUDICE By Morney Williams (For the Associated Negro Press) 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 nal protection of the laws. who compose the large and happy Kellom school family we read the prophecy of a better day of larger and more equal opportunities for which this school life is the preparation in the knowledge that endurance counts. It does. It always counts and tells. This principle is emphasized in Sacred Writ—"He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved." He who has the greater endurance will surely win in the great race of life. WHY NOT ORGANIZE OUR MUSIC? MAHA is developing a large num- OMAHA is developing a large number of fine musicians, both as vocalists and instrumentalists. We believe that there is excellent material here not only for a splendid choral society, but also for a first-class symphony orchestra. To develop either will require a vast deal of hard work and diligent and faithful practice; but we believe that it can be done and we would like to see it undertaken. And let us face certain facts frankly. Not every one of our people, because he or she may have some knowledge of music, is competent to train a choral society. There are in our midst perhaps some three or four persons, perhaps not this many, whose superior advantages and training in music make them thoroughly competent to train and direct such a choral society. The same is true with reference to an orchestra. If such an organization is formed, a competent person should be chosen as instructor, and he or she should be diligently and loyalty supported. A suggestion of this kind has been made before. Let us get busy and form such an organization. Why not get ten or twelve of the best voices from eight or ten of the church choirs and try them out? Select the best of these and get busy. This is our suggestion. What do the musical people think about it? YES, THEY ARE QUALIFIED YES, there are at least three young women, residents of Omaha, who have all the requirements as to character, training and ability for teaching in our public schools. Two of these have filed applications with the Board of Education in the regular form. Omaha has 1,500 school teachers among whom are representatives from practically every group of citizens except our own. Our people pay taxes on approximately $5,000,000 worth of real and personal property. Sale of Monitor favorable proposal for Monitor as I am seri- CLEAN UP ON SHRUBS, ROSES, TREES, Etc. 10c St. Regis Red Everbearing Raspeberries. Each.....2c 10c Cumberland Black Raspberries. Each.....2c 15c Three-year Rhubarb. Each.....5c 30c Three-year Currants. Each.....10c POTTED FLOWERS AND SEEDS 75c Roses—All Varieties. Each.....25c Vegetables and Bedding Plants in the Greatest Variety Shown in Omaha WE SELL FOR LESS Bilz Seed & Nursery Co. 1513-15-17 Howard Street Second Door West of Municipal Gas Office ATlantic 9648 U. S. HAS BIG TASK ENFORCING FOOD LAWS Greatest Violations Occur in Case of Oil Products; Butter Is Close Second. Washington—Misbranding, adulteration and otherwise deceiving the public in the matter of food continues to be one of the problems with which the United States Department of Agriculture has to deal. According to the annual report of the bureau of chemistry, which is charged with the enforcement of the food and drugs act, a total of 1450 prosecutions and seizures were made in the fiscal year of 1923. The greatest number of violations occurred in the case of oil products, while butter was a close second. For several years attention has been given to interstate traffic in butter, and action has been taken against many shipments which were high in moisture, low in butterfat, or short of the declared weight. The difficulty of enforcing the law as applied to butter, however, has been greatly lightened by the passage at the last session of congress of an act establishing a standard for butter, which fixes 80 per cent as the minimum butterfat content. During the year 64 seizures against adulterated and misbranded butter and 117 criminal prosecutions were instituted. An interesting and unusual feature of the work in enforcing the act was the discovery that a concern in Jersey City, N. J., was adulterating butter with coconut oil or other foreign fat and shipping it to Philadelphia. Seizures were promptly made, as a result of which the offending firm discontinued operations. NEW HEADWAITER AT NEW HEADWATER AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Simon Harrold has accepted the position of headwaiter at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, with Louis Prather as his assistant. The corps of waiters has been increased to twenty-four. Mr. Harrold is one of the oldest employees of the club, popular with the members and is well qualified for the position. His promotion is well-deserved and is in line with the new Commissioner, Clarke G. Powell's policy to promote men on the job rather than to import them from the outside. This is a wise policy as it encourages employees to do their best. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R St., Phone Market 3475 O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor Sunday was a splendid day start- ing with a great Sunday School. Rev. Mr. Ewing gave us a good sermon at 11 a. m. and Rev. P. M. Harris delivered a splendid sermon at 8 p. m. Last Sunday there was a glorious praise meeting following the morning services. Many visitors were present. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kinney, Mc Cockle, Grand Master Lucas and Alma Webster being among the number. Roosevelt Post American Legion will hold special memorial services at St. John's A. M. E. Church, Twenty-second and Willis avenue next Sunday afternoon to which the public is cordially invited. The following program will be given: Star Spangled Banner, Choir and Congregation; Invocation, Rev. W. C. Williams; Remarks by Post Commander, Dr. William W. Peebles; Baritone Solo (Selected), Comrade H. L. Preston; Roll Call of Departed-Comrades, Comrade E. V. Killingsworth; Silent Tribute to Departed Comrades; Reading, Lincoln's Memorial Address, Mrs. W. E. McMillan; Remarks in Behalf of G. A. R., Comrade J. Miles; Remarks in Behalf of Spanish War Vets, Comrade Isaac Bailey; Vocal Solo (Selected), Miss Edna Stratton; Memorial Day Address, Rev. John Albert Williams; Bartine Solo (Selected), Comrade R. C. Long; Remarks in Behalf of Boy Scouts, Dr. Craig Morris; America, Choir and Congregation; Benediction, Rev. Z. E. McGee. Crispus Attucks Auxiliary Red Cross and Boy Scouts will act as ushers. The play given in McKinley auditorium last Friday night by students of Omicron Chapter Delta Sigma Theta, which was for the benefit of Davis Woman's Club, was fairly patronized. THE MONITOR LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT To all pastors, superintendents of Sunday schools, presidents of B. Y. P. U. and Women's work of The New Era Baptist association, Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. conventions and Women's work of the state of Nebraska. You are urged to send in the number of delegates and visitors you are expecting to attend this meeting, immediately, if not sooner to Rev. H. W. Botts, 920 So. 12th street or Willis W. Mosley, church clerk, 1335 Rose street, Lincoln, Nebr. The association and convention convenes in Mt. Zion Baptist church, Lincoln, on June 9-15, 1924, H. W. Botts, Pastor. Mr. P. A. Abner returned home last week from a trip to his old home in Alabama. Mr. W. T. Lewis, aged 49, passed away last Thursday at his home, 930 Short street, after an illness of several months. He was an employee of the B. & M. Railway as a porter, prior to his illness. Deceased leaves a wife Mrs. Virginia Lewis, a son, Clayton, five sisters, one brother and other relatives. The funeral was held in Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church last Saturday at 2:00 p. m., Rev. M. C. Knight preached. The Sons and the Daughters of Bethel lodge of which he was a member, turned out in regalia. Quite a number of friends of the family paid last respects to the deceased. K. H. Brewer was in Omaha the week end. Men's supper at A. M. E. church last Thursday night was a success. Services at Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday were as follows: Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. at usual hours. A practical sermon by the pastor at 11:30; at 8:00 p. m. Rev. H. W. Botts delivered a most excellent sermon to the Daughters of Isis. 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 Next Sunday will be quarterly meeting at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church, Rev. J. T. Hicks, P. E., will conduct services. Sunday was Men's Day rally at Quinn Chapel, and three services were held on the occasion. The services were all under supervision of the men. Rev. H. W. Botts of Mt. Zion Baptist church preached for them in the afternoon and at night. The rally was to consummate, but several were not ready—hence the report of finance was postponed to next Sunday. Master Masons—initiation in the 3rd degree next Tuesday night, May 27. To all Sir Knight Templars you are hereby called to assembly in Masonic Temple 1016 P street, Sunday, May 25th at 3:00 p. m., and there give praise to God in the Ascension Day celebration. The Treble Clet will give a popularity contest and fashion show and carnival, May 30 at Masonic Hall, 1016 P street for the benefit of the Old Folks Home. The affair extraordinary for Decoration Day evening will be the "Spring Party" given by Harold Jones at Lincoln, Nebr. The affair will be one of the most elaborate of the season. Trombla's Orchestra, consider one of the best in the city, will furnish the music. This is the last dance which they will play for before going abroad. Special Attraction During Intermission Miss Ritha Bank and Mrs. Lawrence, two of the best "Blues" singers of the middle west, with Harold Jones will entertain during intermission, with Mr. Burton Brewer at the piano. ON SHRUBS, REES, Etc. g Raspeberries. Each.....2c berries. Each.....2c h.....5c ch.....10c ERS AND SEEDS ch.....25c g Plants in the Greatest wn in Omaha Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. Re-Building 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." Pumps and Oxfords including the smartest styles of the Spring season. 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 os. Booterie h Street 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 Repair, Armature Winding, Electric Wiring PHONE JACKSON 2019 116 South 13th St., Omaha THE GAEBEL FLOWER SHOP Shrubs, Trees and Birds Designs and Boquets CUT FLOWERS 2511 1/2 N. 24th St. WE 2057 EUTHOLA TOILET PREPARATIONS THAT PLEASE You can make an independent 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 AH 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 PHONE JACKSON 0684 E. A. NIELSEN UPHOLSTERING CO. CABINET SHOP-FURNITURE REPAIR AND REFINISHING Box Spring and Mastress Work 1913-15 Cuming St., Omaha, Nebr. 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 Persons 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 Noon; 1:00 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. Kaffir Blk. 817 No. 16th St. Omaha Phones: — Office, WE. 3567; Res., WE. 3888 JOHN ADAMS Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law Practice in all Courts, State and Federal 1516 N. 24th St., Omaha, Neb. Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS ADDRESS BOX 1204 "A Nautical Knot" "The Belle of Barnstapoole" "The Awakening of Spring" A beautiful, spectacular, symbolic dance by Other Special Features: Sailors' Hornpipe Dance and Pantomine Dance, by Louise Taylor and Saybert Hanger Wednesday, May 28 8:15 p.m. E. P. Morcarty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. The Dames Club met at the residence of Mrs. James G. Jewell Wednesday afternoon. The first prize was won by Mrs. George Watson and the booby by Mrs. L. E. Britt. Mrs. Martha McCann, 2506 Decatur street, who had a paralytic stroke last Saturday is slightly improved. "Dentlo," the tooth paste you ought to use.—Adv. The Mesdames Bessie Peoples, Catherine Wheeler and Eva Peoples entertained the Bridge Club and a few friends at a joint birthday party last Saturday at the residence of Mrs. Larry N. Peoples, 2806 North Thirtieth street. ELECTRIC REPAIRING, RADIO installing, repairing and making. Cheapest and best workmanship. All work guaranteed. W. M. Holts, 2507 Indiana avenue. WEBster 7062. Nat Hunter has returned from Chicago where he went on Masonic business. The famous Dan Desdunes Band is making its annual trip with the Omaha Boosters who are covering trade territory in Southwest Missouri and Iowa. FOR RENT—Furnished room in a strictly modern home, 2430 Lake Street. Web. 1888. 4-18-24 Mr. J. D. Reed is again confined to his home by serious illness. George Watson who was called to Dallas, Texas, last week by the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Mary Strawter, arrived in time to be at her bedside before she passed away. Her death occurred early Tuesday morning. The U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s held their annual Thanksgiving service at St. John's A. M. E. church last Sunday afternoon. An excellent program was rendered, a large and appreciative audience was in attendance and the sermon by the Rev. W. F. Botts was one of unusual merit. Lee's Novelty Singing Orchestra, direct from Kansas City, Mo., at Dreamland Hall, Decoration Day, May 30.—Adv. The Altar Guild of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon held an interesting meeting last Wednesday night as the guests of Miss Anna E. Logan, 2415 North Twenty-second street. Jean Pauline, infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Price Terrell, was baptized Sunday morning at St. Philip's church, the sponsors being Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Robinson and Mrs. Goldie Brooks of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Craig Morris answering by proxy for the latter. Lee's Novelty Singing Orchestra, direct from Kansas City, Mo., at Dreamland Hall, Decoration Day, May 30.—Adv. Mrs. Elizabeth Shropshire, her son Donald Harding and her nephew, Gerald Cumber, left Tuesday night for Minneapolis, Minn., where they expect to make their home. Lee's Novelty Singing Orchestra, direct from Kansas City, Mo., at Dreamland Hall, Decoration Day, May 30.—Adv. Mrs. W. J. Allen, 2215 Grace street, has gone to Detroit, Mich., to visit her sister. En route home she will be the guest of Madam Carter, 4509 Prairie Avenue, Chicago. WANTED—Competent waitress, with knowledge of bookkeeping. For information, phone Monitor, Webster 4243. Nautic Mrs. Ida Warren Sapho, 2631 Grant street, who has been ill since February is much improved and is able to be around again. Dr. W. H. Benderson, National M. P. Sov. Gr., Com. of U. S. A., a resident of Washington, D. C., and the Hon. Cato McGhee, National Imp. G. P. of U. S. A., Chicago, en route to California are Omaha visitors this week and are stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sapho, 2215 Grace street. FOR RENT—Room in modern home to desirable couple. Web. 6031. 5-9-24 Lulu Geraldine, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. Willis was baptized at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon Tuesday afternoon, the sponsors being the parents and Mrs. Elizabeth Shropshire, who was leaving the city Tuesday. Mrs. Warren Brooks who has been quite seriously ill for several days is reported much better. Miss Irene "Bill" Newman, a trained nurse is home from Chicago spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Webster, 2213 North Twenty-eighth avenue. Mrs. William Johnson, 2631 Grant street, who has been quite ill is much better. FOR RENT—Room. Single lady preferred. Phone Web. 5355 after 5 p. m. 5-9-24 The services at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon Sunday will be as usual: Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m.; Church school, 10:00 a. m.; sung eucharist with sermon at 11:00 and evensong and sermon at 8:00. At 3:30 the Sunday school will attend the annual united Sunday school services of the Episcopal churches at Trinity Cathedral. THE MONITOR ebster 4243 The Pepper Pot Club met Tuesday as the guests of Miss Ida May Jackson, 2118 North Twenty-seventh street. The meeting was largely of a business nature. An early Sunday morning breakfast at Elmwood Park is planned for the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Shipman and Mr and Mrs. B. B. Cowan returned Tuesday from an automobile trip to Aberdeen, So. Dak. STANDING OF CONTESTANTS Mary Heddy Wiggins increases her lead over her nearest competitor, Charles Stanton to 355, their votes being 393 and 580, respectively. A new contestant, Edna Bernice Taylor has been entered with 20 votes. Watch her vote jump next week. There are some real surprises in store in the next two weeks. The standing of the contestants is as follows: Mary Heddy Wiggins, age 3.....935 Richard Stanton, age 3.....600 Charlotte Hicks, age 3.....205 Lulu Divers, age 2.....130 Nonice May Williams, 5 months. 56 Edna Bernice Taylor, age 3½.....20 Lillian Austin, age 3.....0 May Jefferson, age 1.....0 Lena Paez, age 2.....0 George Bullock, age 2.....0 Cecil Wall, 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. New York city has 126 colored teachers employed in the public schools. not" Malcolm G. Scott has been appointed assistant scout master and will serve under Scoutmaster Dr. Craig Morris in charge of Troop No. 23. Ernestine Thornton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doris Thornton, who has been away attending school returned home Monday morning to spend her vacation. The Ladies Wednesday Bridge Club met with Mrs. Austen Serrant, 2866 Corby street, Wednesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 21 with Mrs. Fred Massey, Twenty-seventh and Erskine streets. The Ladies Birthday Kensington Club met at the home of Mrs. A. I. Bowler, 2715 North Twenty-eighth avenue. BUY FROM OWNER A five room house, all modern, except heat. All special taxes, paving etc. paid. Call Webster 2620. Elder Coopwood, Pastor—2739 Caldwell Street—WEbster 6438. Sunday, May 25th, preaching services at 8 p. m. Sabbath school picnic to be held at Elmwood park, children will meet at the church at 10 a. m. Dorcas Society will meet with Mrs. Lee, 2816 Blondo street, at 2 p. m. Monday, May 26th, commencement exercises at church at 8 p. m. Tuesday, May 27th, prayer band meeting at 8 p. m. Wednesday, May 28th, prayer meeting at 8 p. m.; business meeting afterwards. Thursday, May 29th, senior choir rehearsal at 8:30 p. m. Friday, May 30, vespers at 8 p. m. Saturday, May 31st, Sabbath school at 10 and preaching service at 11:15 in the morning; young folks' meeting at 1:15 p. m.; home missionary society at 5 p. m., and junior choir rehearsal at 7:30 in the evening. TALENTED PASTOR OF MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH SIGNALLY HONORED The Rev. E. H. McDonald, D. D., pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, who is recognized as one of the ablest and most scholarly men in the denomination, has just returned from Nashville, Tenn., where he was signally honored by being elected as a member of the Governing Board of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, for which the Southern white Baptists have contributed $150,000. The board is composed of twelve members, nine colored and three white. Dr. McDonald is the only northern man elected. The first unit of the $150,000 building for the new seminary is in process of erection. During his visit Dr. McDonald was the guest of the Rev. Drs. Isaacs and Townsend. Blanche Hewie, beloved wife of Alonzo Simmons and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hillion, died at the family residence, 2002 North Twenty-sixth street, Friday night after a protracted illness of several months. The funeral was held from the Church of St. Philip the Deacon of which she was a communicant, Monday morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. John Albert Williams, officiling. A large number of friends were present to show their esteem. Interment was at Forest Lawn. Hiwatha Chapter, O. E. S., of which deceased was a member, held their service at the grave after the committal service of the Church. Mrs. Simmons, who was in her fifty-third year, was a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and had been a resident of Omaha for more than thirty years. She was a talented musician. George E. Lee's, Novelty Singing Orchestra, direct from Kansas City, Mo., carrying both lady and gentlemen soloists and playing fourteen different instruments, has been engaged for a special Decoration Day attraction at Dreamland Hall, May 30. This aggregation of artists is said to be one of the best Jazz bands in the country and is in great demand by several large companies for the making of classy records. A great treat is in store for the people of Omaha. POPULAR BABY CONTEST TO END NEXT WEEK The Popular Baby Contest which the N. A. A. C. P. has been conducting will end next week. The standing of the contestants will be reported in next week's issue. Three prizes are to be given to the children receiving the three highest votes. Reports up to the time of going to press show the contest for first prize, $10 in gold to be very close between Mary Heddy Wiggins and Charles Stanton, with three others rapidly closing up the gap for second and third place. Which baby will win? Have you bought a vote for your favorite? Only 5 cents a vote. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our gratitude and thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kindness to us in the illness and death of a beloved husband and kind father, John Whiteside. Mrs. John Whiteside and children. OF KNOWN QUALITY Flower, Grass and Garden Seeds Bulbs, Hardy Perennials Poultry Supplies See Us for Your Fresh Cut Flowers Always on Hand Stowart's Seed Store 119 No. 16th St.—Opposite Postoffice — JA ckson 9977 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 BARNSTAPOOL O. MADISON CLEANING AND FRESSING HAT BLOCKER Ladies' Work a Specialty Phone Webster 5617 2625 Lake St. T. H. BRADLEY MODERN TURKISH BATH Electric and Steam Cabiness Swedish and Electric Massages and Therapeutic Lamp. 2206 North 24th St. Omaha, Neb. ROSS DRIVE Let us serve you. WE 2770 and 2771 SUNDAY LET US SUPPLY THE DE DIN Call Webster 6323—as FREE D BOSS DRUG STORE Let us serve you. Prompt, free delivery 0 and 2771 2306 No. 24 SUNDAY SPECIAL SUPPLY THE DESSERT FOR YOUR SUN DINNER 1 Webster 6323—ask for the Sunday Special FREE DELIVERY ROSS DRUG STORE Let vs serve you. Prompt, free delivery WE 2770 and 2771 2306 No. 24th St. SUNDAY SPECIAL LET US SUPPLY THE DESSERT FOR YOUR SUNDAY DINNER Call Webster 6323—ask for the Sunday Special FREE DELIVERY Peoples Drug Store 24th and Erskine Streets LET US PAY YOU 6 We Treat STATE SAVINGS & 315 South 17th Street Advertis IS PAY YOU 6% ON SAVING We Treat You Right STATE SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 17th Street Keoline Bui Advertising Talk Advertising Talk A hen is not supposed to have Much common sense or tact, Yet every time she lays an egg She cackles forth the fact. A rooster hasn't got a lot Of intellect to show, But none the less most roosters have Enough good sense to crow. The mule, the most despised of beasts, Has a persistent way Of letting folks know he's around By his insistent bray. The busy little bees they buzz, Bulls bellow and cows moo, The watch dogs bark, the ganders quack, The doves and pigeons coo. The peacock spreads his tail and squacks, Pigs squeal and robins sing And even serpents know enough To hiss before they sting. But man, the greatest masterpiece That nature could devise, Will often stop and hesitate Before he'll advertise. Merchants who are wise And want our people's trade Use THE MONTTOR to advertise And thus their fortune's made. --- RENT DREAMLAND HALL $50.00 With all Concessions Web. 3217 Enterprise Tailoring Co. CLEANING AND REPAIRING Work called for and delivered. Enterprise Tailoring Co. 1423 North 24th Street Webster 4650 Let Me Photograph YOU OR YOUR HOME F. R. PERKINS WEBSTER 2957 RESERVE May 28 For "THE BELLE of. BARNSTAPOOLE" At BRANDEIS THEATRE NOW OPEN S. COSENTINO Has opened his Jewelry and Watch Repair Shop at Knudsen Drug Co. northeast corner of Campbell Court. Mr. Knudsen has 27 years experience in the trade- 14 years for Watch Inspector. All kinds of watches repaired. Ladies' and Swiss watches a specialty. Jewelry of all kinds repaired. FIRST WORK G STORE empt, free delivery 2306 No. 24th St. SPECIAL RENT FOR YOUR SUNDAY ER for the Sunday Special DEVERY ON SAVINGS You Right—— MAN ASSOCIATION Keeline Building ng Talk --- PAGE THREE TOWN VANISHES IN FOUR SHORT YEARS Streets Where Business Once Teemed Now Deserted. Leeray, Tex.—Four years ago Lee ray had 10,000 inhabitants, boasted o theaters, banks, hotels, dance halls churches, schools tnd a chamber of commerce. Now it has only broken windows in the few deserted buildings left standing on silent streets. ‘The boom came in 1920 with the discovery of oll. Leeray was Just oper prairie then, but within six months there grew a city, pulsating with the colorful, vivid life that marks every oll town. Within a year salt water flowed into the wells and none of them turned out big producers, ‘The in habitants departed almost as suddenly as they caine, many tearing down buildings and shipping the material and others hauling buildings overland to new locations. Postmistress on Job. But Leeray lived while it lived. It had its full share of exciting times, with more melodrama than routine But all the actors have gone. All bu one. Mrs. Ella Meeks, postmistress 4s still here. Mrs, Meeks runs the ost office and a little store, which serves the station agent and about 5d farmer folks near by, most of whow were there before Leeray flourished. Leeray still possesses one feature of which no other town may boast. Raylee is the post-office name. It es midway between Cisco and Brecken ridge, in a bow! between two moun- tain ranges, and the townsite has an altitude of nearly 1,800 feet. However, Mra Meeks is optimistic Bhe still boosts for Leeray. She pie tures for it a rosy future. “Just look at this beautiful town: site. Did you ever see a better?” she asks, “We have the mountains close by and an elevation of 1,800 feet. We have a railroad, good water and nat ural gas, This would make an {deal Place for a hospital. It is a great eattle and poultry-producing country Right now I um in on a scheme for getting settlers from Florida und R. Q Lee of Cisco is planning to bring tn poultry people from the North an¢ establish the biggest poultry plant i the Southwest Can't Give Lots Away. “Seven hundred acres slready have een obtained for it, and we want 30 more. In the big days Leeray once had a chamber of commerce dinne that I attended, and they discussee big things for the city. Well, I haven’ given up yet. The oll men said tha the old residents were too penuriou! in charges for pipe lines and lease and for labor. ‘They sald that it wa that killed the town, “Business lots on Main street one ‘sold for $2,000 and now you can't giv them away, but that won't last. Tall about healthy climate. Why, we hai ‘only two natural deaths in four yean and the physicians were the first t begin to leave." Six wells at Leeray are still pro ducing, but they are small affairs ylelding trom six to ten barrels dally From the doorway of her little un painted store where she resides an boosts, Mrs. Meeks looks out upon th Palace hotel, a brick structure, whos windows are broken and which now { silent. Debris marks the site of for ‘mer buildings along the street. Rich Woman to Share Her Home With Long-Lost Kin Boston.—Mrs. Alice M. Gray, a Malden woman, formerly a cook at Miss Wheelock's schoo! In the Buck Bay, is the central figure in a romance that sounds like a movie thriller. Mrs. Gray, who 1s more than fifty years old, was left an orphan when very young. She and her two sisters were sent to a home and afterward separated among different families. ‘After she grew up she could get no trace of her sisters. Years passed until finally one day last month a friend told her of seeing an advertisement in a Boston paper for news of her. She replied and found the advertiser was a woman fn California. Mrs. Gray had no diff ealty in placing the California women as her sister. ‘This sister bad become extremely wealthy and the possessor of a beaut fal estate at 8071 Selma avenue, Holly- ‘wood. She wired a sum of money to Mra Gray so that she could go to Califor nia. In the meantime the other mise ing sister had been located by the California relative and the three, long separated, are to live together In the mansion. New Camera Can Take Movies of Cannon Ball Washington. Moving pictures of projectiles in flight can be taken with m camera developed at the bureau of standards. It has been used for study- Ing the effect of the blast on the pro Jectiles, ‘This blast is formed by the gases in the gun which are ejected with great velocity as soon as the pro- Jectile leaves the muzzle. It complete iy surrounds the projectile during the first few feet, of its flight, and with large guns its force is enormous. ‘The camera can make 250 pictures « second, but several thousand could be taken by increasing the number of Tenses. It is believed this camera can deter. mine the velocity of a projectile after ft has passed through armor plate Ordinary methods cannot be used be ‘cause of the flying particles of armor but the camera can be protected. CARD OF THANES Woe wish to thank the Grand United ‘Order of Oddfellows, the Golden Shea ‘Tabernacle, Evening Star Temple anc many friends who assisted us in the gene and death of our father an¢ Reese D pratotyn Deckard. Meee BR Adams. Baseball By-Plays ‘There have been many rich cards in baseball, but Norman Glockson, a gigantic catcher, might have been one of the best ever, if he could only have remained in the major show. Glock- son had his own ideas, and some of them were rare, royal and unique. He joined the Cincinnati Reds long ago—in the early days of the Herzog administration, A huge, fine-looking young man, he made a great impres- aion on Manager Buck, and was very promptly sent into action. Creditaly did. Glockson played his game, both backstopping and batting, until, in the eighth inning, the bases became stuff- ed with enemies, and, with two out, he dropped the third strike on a feeble batsman. All that the youngster had to do was to pick up the ball, and step on ‘the plate or to throw it to first. But Glockson had his own ideas, and pro- ceeded to demonstrate them. Seramb- ling forward and collecting the ball, he started after the batsman, who was loping towards first. Imagine the surprise of the runner when he heard thudding feet behind him, and, look- Ing over his shoulder, saw Glockson thundering down the trail, ball in hand! e ‘The runner put on steam, At every jump he gained on Glockson, while Herzog, the Reds and the fans shriek- | ed: “Throw the ball you rummy!” But the determined Mr. Glockson only gripped the ball more firmly, put on all the speed he had, and tore after the runner, while every other occu- pant of the bases rushed for home. The runner passed first base, safe by ten feet; fell prostrate on the cushion —and three men darted home! That night, while Herzog was won- dering whether to shoot Mr. Glockson or send him to San Diego, the young eatcher approached the fiery manager “Look, here, Mr. Herzog,” spoke Mr. Glockson, “I just wanted to tell you that if you want me to play with this team next season you'll have ta give me more money!” ANNOUNCEMENT Genera} Insurance of all kinds, Health, Accident and Life as well, agencies for the Pioneer Insurance Co. of Linco'n, Nebr., the North Amer- jean Insurance Co. of Chicago, Il Fire and Tornado Insurance on all | home and household goods in the Na- ‘Nonal Security Fire Insurance Co. Agents wanted. Good commiasigns. Salary when qualified. Tam a Special Representative of the American Mortgage and Finance Co. of Omaha, we buy and sell real estate. Rentals a specialty. We loan money ‘on property, or other good security. Your patronege ig solicited, see us before you buy or sell. If you desire to sell your home, list it with us and we will give you a square deal. We ‘have launched out into the business world and usk your support. A. B. MATTHEWS 1423 North 24th St. WEbster 4654 Residence Phone WEbster 5798 Distric: Office of the American Mort: gage and Finance Co. Omaha, Nebr A. P. SCRUGGS iiianiit ah way NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas Coun- ty, Nebraska, in the matter of the estate of Emma L. Warwick, De- ceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been field in said Court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon her estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 14th day of June, 1924, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on the said 14th day of June, 1924, at 9 o'clock A. M. to contest said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to A. P, Scruggs or some other suitable person and proceed to a set- tlement thereof. “ BRYCE CRAWFORD, B+t—5-23-24 ‘County Judge. ED. F. MOREARTY Attorney-at-Law 700 Peters Trust Building NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PURIACATION To Eliag Hollowell, non-resident de- fendant: You are hereby notified that Josie Hollowell, your wife, and the plain- tiff herein, filed her petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Ne- braska, on the J3th day of February, 1924, to obtain a divorce from you ‘on the grounds of willful desertion for more than than two years last past. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 16th day of June, 1924, JOSIE HOLLOWELL. Act.-B16-24 * LEGAL NOTICE ED. F. MOREARTY Attorney-at-Law Peters Trust Building NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To Louis Bonner, non-resident de- fendant: . You are hereby notified that Daisey Bonner, your wife, and the plaintiff herein, filed her petition in the Dis- triet Court of Douglas County, Ne- braska, on the 6th day of February, 1924, to obtain a divorce from you on the gfounds of extreme cruelty and non-support, You are required to an- swer suid petition on or before the 9th day of June, 1924. lk ge at ee MRO a dis ar CT ae ty: te a eal gl a a Ee a4 b | H Pe y | es | # , be ee Our beautiful, modern funeral home provides every convenience and our experience qualifies us to render the service demanded when loved ones are called by death. Jones & Co., Undertakers 24th and Grant,Sts. . Webster 1100 Their first conversation betrayed the fact that she was not fastidious A a distance she had appeared unusually” ‘neat "imumacalate, But upon their firse face-to-face meeting he discovered that her teeth were not clean. And he soon lost interest. ‘So many pene overlook this one matter of fastidiousness. 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