The Monitor

LIFTING :: :: :: LIFT TO $2.00 a Year—5c a Copy REPUBLICANS WIN BY BIG MAJORITIES THROUGHOUT LAND Nebraska Plies Up Votes for Party Candidates on National, State and County Tickets McMULLEN IS NEXT GOVERNOR Local Race Candidates for State Legislature and the Board of Education Fail to Be Elected Outside of the apparently invulnerable "solid South" the Republican party has swept the country with enormous majorities. Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia are in the republican column. LaFollette carries only his own state, Wisconsin. Coolidge receives 372 electoral votes, being 106 more than the 268 necessary to elect. The landslide insures a republican congress. In keeping with the nation-wide republican victory Nebraska has endorsed the Coolidge administration by pluralities which will be close to the 100,000 mark and has elected every candidate on the state ticket, with the exception of Secretary of State, L. B. Johnson being defeated by Charles W. Pool, democrat, the present incumbent, whom it will be noted, The Monitor supported. Adam McMullen defeats J. N. Norton by nearly 50,000 for governor. Senator George W. Norris has been reelected and Congressman Sears is returned from the second congressional district. In Douglas county all the county officers are republican. Sam K. Greenleaf, county, assessor, is high man on the ticket, polling 27,622; and is followed closely by Robert Smith, clerk of the District Court; John N. Baldwin, public defender; Thomas Falconer and Harry Counsman, county commissioners. One change is made on the District bench, former Judge Abraham L. Sutton displacing Judge Carroll O. Stauffer. Municipal Judges Patrick, Holmes and Baldwin were returned. Five democrats captured places by close margins out of the twenty legislative districts. F. L. Barnett, the only colored American in the legislative race, was defeated by Bernard R. Stone. Barnett's district is the Tenth which is 2 to 1 republican and has never before been known to elect a democrat. The significance of Barnet's defeat in an overwhelming republican district is not very likely to be overlooked. Great interest centered in the School Board to which six members were elected, three of the successful candidates being women. Two race candidates were filed, the Rev. John Albert Williams and the Rev. Russel Taylor. In the belief that there was a probability of electing the stronger candidate an unsuccessful effort was made to have the weaker withdraw. Each received a good vote but neither was elected. ELIAS RIDGE SAVED FROM DEATH CHAIR N. A. A. C. P. Thanked for Helping In Fight for Condemned 13-Year Old Boy New York, Nov. 7. —Elias Ridge, the thirteen-year old boy condemned to death in Oklahoma, for an alleged murder, has been saved from the death penalty. This news is contained in a report sent to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by W. H. Twine of Muskogee, editor of the Muskogee Cimeter, attorney in charge of the case and a member of the local N. A. A. C. P. Mr. Twine states that he filed a brief in the case and that argument was had on October 6, in Oklahoma City. Mr. Twine's report continues: "Last evening I received a wire from Mr. Charles N. Tarmon, the white lawyer who voluntarily came to my assistance, that the cause had been decided our way and the boy's life saved. — — Mr. Harmon stood on me loyally in the cause. He is a real white man, who believes in a square deal to all men. I want to thank the Association for the splendid help given me in this fight." The boy's sentence has been reduced from the death penalty to life imprisonment. The National Office of the N. A. A. C. P. sent $100 toward a local defense fund of $1,000 raised by the local N. A. A. C. P., co-operating with the Oklahoma Black Dispatch, and also sent $25 toward the expense of $90 for printing and filing briefs. Much of the balance of that sum was raised by Dr. A. Baxter Whitby, then president of the Oklahoma City branch of the N. A. A. C. P. Miss Ruth Kimberling of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. B. Cowan, 2865 Miami street. THE MONITOR KLAN KLEAGLE GIVEN 5 YEARS Fairmont, W. Va., Nov. 7—(Associated Negro Press)—With the declaration that he was "a menace to society and should be removed as far therefrom as the penalty of the staute which has been violated will permit." Judge E. R. Showalter at Monday's session of the Circuit court, sentenced the Rev. C. E. Jones, kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan, to five years in the state penitentiary. The reverend kleagle was convicted of conspiracy in connection with the shooting of Dun Washington, a colored man who was lured to a lonely spot by the wife of a white man in order that her husband and a band of others might kill him. Washington was shot but not killed. He feigned death until the mob left. He then disappeared and returned three months later to make charges against his assailants. Others convicted on a similar charge were J. A. Landis, and Ivan Poling. Landis was fined $500 and sentenced to sixty days in jail and Poling fined $500. In sentencing the klan minister, Judge Showalter said: "Liberty, regulated by law is the goal of self-governing people. Liberty without such regulations ends in the worst form of tyranny. Any organization whose principles or teachings are calculated to foment or encourage class prejudice, church prejudice or race prejudice is at variance with the basic principles of our government, it is un-American, it is un-Christian." OKLAHOMA WHITE REGISTRARS ARRESTED New York, Nov. 7.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People made public a report from Oklahoma, showing that white registrars, accused of trying to prevent Negroes registering, had been arrested. The report to the N. A. A. C. P. says in part: "I want to thank you and other friends in the North for the aid and assistance given us in making the fight to have our group registered. We succeeded in getting six registrars in this county and four in Wagoner county arrested for conspiracy. It was a hard job to get this done, and, but for the assistance of yourself and other outside friends, there have been nothing done." The report further states that although the registrars may not be held by the local commissioner, they may be taken before the U. S. grand jury, "and we have another U. S. judge in this district, Judge Kennamer, who has already expressed himself as opposed to the kind of work these registrars have been putting over.—The Judge will call a U. S. grand jury and it is our purpose to get our witnesses before that grand jury. We succeeded in getting only a few hundred registered but will never give up the fight." COLORED MAN APPOINTED MANAGER OF CHAIN DRUG STORE IN HARLEM (By N. A. A. C. P. Press Service) New York, Nov. 7.-George F. Clayton, a young colored pharmacist, of 1737 Van Buren street, the Bronx, New York, has recently been appointed manager of one of a chain of drug stores operated by the Liggett Company, according to announcement in the N. Y. Age. The Liggett Company controls the largest chain of drug stores in New York City. The drug store under Mr. Clayton's charge, is located at the Avenue and 130th street. The new manager of the Liggett Company's Harlem store has been in the organization's employ for a number of years, and has made an excellent record. N. J. TEACHERS OF COLORED CHILDREN OFFER STORY PRIZE TO STUDENTS (By N. A. A. C. P. Press Service) The organization of Teachers of Colored Children, of New Jersey, in order to win sympathy for their students, has offered a prize of $25 to the colored under-graduate in any regular 4-year college course "who shall write the best short story portraying the charm of the colored child, thus winning for him sympathy and understanding." Stories must not exceed 2,500 words, must be typewritten on one side of the paper, and should be in the hands of the chairman of the contest. Miss Frances O. Grant, Bordentown, N. J., by April 1, 1925. KILLED BABY; HAD NO CHANCE Wooster, Ohio, Nov. 7.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—Claiming that she was guilty of having killed her two weeks' old baby because her husband would not believe it. was his and that she did not think it would have a chance in the world, Mrs. Blanche Thomas, white, was arraigned of first degree murder before Mayor M. R. Limb. "It wouldn't have had a nigger's chance," she told the mayor. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924 REPUBLICAN VICTORY CALLS FOR RECOGNITION COMMENSURATE WITH NEW DAY Hon. Wm. C. Matthews, National Organizer, Expresses Appreciation for Co-operation of the Group During the Campaign and Proposes a Constructive Program of Action. My Fellow Americans: Returns from the polls decisively show that President Calvin Coolidge has been elected to succeed himself as Chief Executive of the nation. The country is to be congratulated. I believe it to be my duty to express to the members of my group my deepest appreciation for their hearty support of me Calvin Our P Calvin Coolidge. Our President Calvin Coolidge Our President and my program during the campaign. My designation as leader in the fight was only incidental but the loyal cooperation I have enjoyed is positive proof that: the right kind of leadership is all our people require to inspire them to follow. The election is at an end but our work as a group must be continued. My associates have made these happy results possible. Believing that next in importance to the election of President Coolidge is a constructive program of procedure dedicated to the civic and political improvement of the thirteen millions of colored citizens of America; and believing that the loyal support of the colored voters in this country registered at the polls on November 4, 1924, justly entitled them to a recognition commensurate with the spirit of the new day; and expressing our appreciation of the new spirit in the republican party in its designation of a Negro candidate for the United States Congress; and accepting the new spirit of the republican party as genuine, this program of constructive action is submitted for your consideration and approval: No. 1—Representation in the Diplomatic Corps We believe that the ground lost in recent years in the diplomatic corps should be restored to the colored citizens as a just recognition of the right through representation in the consular service and as representatives to foreign governments. No. 2-The Establishment of a Stable Representative Government in the Virgin Islands by Act of Congress. The problem of government in these recently acquired islands, rich in resources and valuable in strategic importance to our government, entails a responsibility, seeing to it that a real representative government is provided for the inhabitants by the United States government. The inhabitants of the Virgin Islands are colored and the initiative for the institution of a proper government must come from the United States. No. 3—The Appointment of an Under-Secretary of State. The appointment of a representative in the Department of State is a recognition by the United States government of its colored citizens which we can rightfully claim and with colored men in the consular and diplomatic service, establishes a connection between these representatives and the government of a sympathetic and friendly nature. No. 4—The Appointment of a Civil Service Commissioner. Much complaint, some of which is undoubtedly justified, has been made of the administration of affairs by the Civil Service Commission. As a practical measure the appointment of a colored man as one of the commis- sioners will alay the feeling of distrust and ought to enable a system of appointments and classifications to be arranged to the satisfaction of the colored employees and at the same time protect the government's interest in the maintenance of the standard of efficiency. No. 5—The Appointment of an Assistant Postmaster General. The problems of the Post Office Department are many and varied and in many of the large centers of population much criticism has been indulged in of the administration of this department. A representative in this Coolidge. resident department will be of aid to the government in the working out of general policies of operation lessening racial friction and the adjustment of difficulties brought about by racial contact in an equitable manner. No. 6—Restoration of the Office of Registrar of the Treasury to the Race. One of the most heartening effects of the administration will be the appointment of a colored man to this Adam M C. W. office. It will have the tendency of restoring the confidence of the colored people in the administration and the republican party. No. 7—Appointment of a Minister to Haiti and a Consul General to Port Au Prince. The present conditions in Haiti, in fact in many of the countries inhabited by colored people, is in itself the strongest reason for urging that contact between this country and these people be established through the appointment of representative colored men from America. The aims and aspirations of the inhabitants of these countries can be best served and friendly co-operation maintained only through the sympathetic understanding had by a representative of kindred race. Adam McMullen. Governor-Elect of Nebraska No. 8—Appointment of an Assistant Attorney General. The growing importance of this department's relationship to the status of colored citizens of the nation, in that it is intrusted with the maintenance and sustaining of the constitutional questions arising incident to governmental functions, makes it imperative that we have representation in this office as a safe-guard. No. 9—Representation upon the Railroad Board of Review; Farm Credits Bureau and in the Department of Commerce. The large number of railroad employees working under varied conditions in the administration of the railroad system of the nation should have a representative upon the board that devises, controls and directs this industry. The question of equal accommodations upon the railroads of the country, is a subject that must be called to the attention of the Interstate Commerce Commission and a ruling secured prohibiting discriminations against our people. The operation of the Farm Credits Bureau has not been brought home to the Negro farmer, so that he may become a beneficiary of its operation. Certainly the large number of colored people dependent upon agriculture for livelihood and the resulting benefit to the government as well as to the farmers themselves, demands that every available facility be furnished in the interest of production in this industry. The Back-to-the-Movement must be preceded by conditions and surroundings conducive to permanency and security. No. 10—Recognition of Our Women in the Public Service. We believe that since the enfranchisement of women, the colored woman has not received the recognition in and welcome to participation in the public service as her number, intelligence and equipment for public service demand. No.10—West Point and Annapolis Appointments. We believe that the responsibility of bearing arms in defense of the government carries with it the right for recognition in the highest offices of the War Department. Certainly well-trained officers of the Army and the Navy of the same race as the soldier, will be productive of a higher degree of morale than can be possibly attained under any other system, and we believe that the policy enforced in the past of discouraging appointments to and attendance of our boys to West Point and Annapolis is an unjust reproach on the part of the government upon the most loyal class of its citizenship, and should be stopped. cMullen. No. 12—Appointments in the Veterans Bureau and Regional Districts. The Veterans Bureau is charged with one of the greatest humanitarian commissions this government has ever been called upon to perform and it is urged that all the friendly co-operation of the Negro people in caring for its own, be drawn upon and used and that administrative offices in the Bureau at Washington and in the regional districts be appointed with a view of intelligently directing these forces for service to the volumed veterans. No. 13—Appointments in the Educational Department. The practical workings of this department in many of the states is so adjusted as to inflict injustices and discriminations by its operatives when the manifest intention of the law is to be beneficial. In many of the states Whole Number 487 NEW YORK NEGROES WANT TO RUN BUSSES New York, N. Y., Nov. 7.—(By the Associated Negro Press).—The Democratic Protective association, a local organization among colored voters, has appealed to Mayor Hylan for insertion in the bus franchise of clauses to prevent discrimination against Negroes in the selection of employees. The appeal points out that as matters stand now a Negro can only apply for a porter's job. RAP'S BISHOP CANDLER Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7.—(Ascited Negro Press).—Bishop W. A. Candler of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who has been opposing the unification of the northern and southern branches of the church because of the presence of Negro bishops in the northern branch, is scored in an editorial in the current issue of the Philadelphia Tribune for having that kind of Christianity which thousands of so-called Christians have and which says to Negroes: "Thus far shalt thou go and no farther." PAUPER HAS A CAR Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 7.—(Associated Negro Press).—After having made application for entrance to the county poorhouse and proved that he was indigent, George Harmon presented himself Monday for admission. When recorded by the attendants he asked them where he was to keep his car in which he had driven up. They informed him that there was no garage for the inmates. Harmon drove away. HAITI HAS NEW CABINET (By the Associated Negro Press) Washington, D. C., Nov. 7.—According to reports just received at the Department of State, a new Haitian cabinet, replacing that which resigned recently, has been formed. Leon de Jean, minister of foreign affairs and public worship; Rene August, ministre of the interior and public works; Fernand Dennis, minister of finance and commerce; Dela Barre Pierre-Louis, minister of justice, and Herman Heraux, minister of public instruction, agriculture and labor. OLDEST INDIAN DIES Yosemite, Calif., Nov. 7.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—Mrs. Lucy Brown, said to be the oldest Indian in the United States, died suddenly here last week, age 120 years. She was the oldest member of six generation of her family residing in the Indian village occupied by her tribe. where separate schools obtain, money is withheld from colored pupils and applied for the donation of white pupils in addition to the amount set aside specifically for such white institutions. This obtains in many of the states where separate schools are provided for by law. The appointment of a highly trained and practical educator in this department would provide against these infastices and at the same time would be an aid to the government and serve a need to the colored people of the nation in their intellectual development. No. 14- The 92nd and 93rd Divisions Be Reallocated as Combat Divisions. The colored people of the nation have a right to expect of the government that its defenders, when called into service, be not used merely as laborers and that so long as the obligation to serve the nation as war units is a responsibility which cannot be evaded, we insist that the representatives from our class of citizenship be recognized as combat troops in the service of the government. No. 15- Abolition of Sergeation in No. 15—Abolition of Segregation in the Government Service. the Government Service. We feel that we need but call attention to the fact that this government cannot maintain its reputation as a democracy if segregation of citizens, because of color, is a governmental policy and we urge the abolition of discrimination in all of the departments of governmental service. No. 16—Approval of Liberian Loan. The obligations incurred by this government to the Liberian government during the war for services rendered by that government are too plain and just for division of opinion. The promises made bp this government through its representatives in all honor ought to be kept and the principle maintained that America is too broad, too big and too just to break its word when solemnly given. We therefore, urge that a loan of suitable size commensurate with the needs of the Liberian government be made. No. 17—Without Attempting to Determine the Method to Be Employed. We Urge That the Government Take Suitable Cognizance of the Crime of Lynching in the United States. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM C. MATTHEWS. GROWING :: :: :: THANK YOU NEGRO IS ELECTED MUNICIPAL JUDGE BY CHICAGOANS Attorney Albert George, Running on Republican Ticket, Is Chosen to Court of Record by 65,000 Majority MARKS NEW DEPARTURE Chicago Metropolis Also Sends Adel- bert Roberts to the State (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, Ill., Nov. 7.-After repeated attempts and failures, a Negro judge was elected in this city Tuesday in the person of Albert A. George. Mr. George ran on the Republican ticket and was elected to the Municipal court bench. His election was due to solid support from his race and the backing of the Republican organization throughout the city. He received a majority of 65,000. Before the election he had received endorsements of the highest character, only one organization that is known refusing to place a mark opposite his name and that one being closely linked with the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. George is 51 years old and was born in Washington, D. C. At* an early age he went to Altoona, Pa., where he served as clerk for a justice of the peace and studied law in the office of Nicholas P. Mervine. He came to Chicago later, studied at the Northwestern university and finished in the class of 1897. He has been practicing for 26 years. Judge George was married six years ago to Miss Maude Roberts. He has one child, Albert R. George. The judge has been attorney for the Chicago Defender for a number of years, is a members of the board of directors of the Chicago Urban League, secretary of the board of trustees of Provident hospital and secretary of the beneficiary board of the Knights of Phthias of Illinois. SEN. ADELBERT H. ROBERTS (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, Ill., Nov. 7.—Whether they will it or no, politics, as organized locally, is going to bring the Negroes of this city into their own. This was never more forcefully demonstrated than when at Tuesday's election, a Negro, Adelbert H. Roberts, was sent to the state senate from the Third senatorial district. Mr. Roberts' election makes him the highest state elective officer in the United States of the Negro race. The third senatorial district is so preponderantly Negro that the Democrats would not put up a candidate against Mr. Roberts, he going thru the election unopposed. The district hitherto has been represented by Samuel Ettelson, a Jew, a part of the famous Second ward organization who, at the same time he was in the senate, served as corporation counsel for the city of Chicago under Mayor William Hale Thompson. He resigned his seat in the senate last winter when he moved from the district. Mr. Roberts is a lawyer and has a long and honorable legislative career. He was born in VanBuren, Mich., in 1867. He studied in that state and worked as a teacher and barber until in the early nineties he came to Chicago, where he understood he could make good money at the barbers trade. In this city he was attracted to the study of law, entered Northwestern, and finished. Almost immediately he went into the courts serving in a number of important capacities, and holding the position of the highest-salaried clerk in Chicago's court system. He has served three terms in the lower house of the state legislature. Representing the wettest district in the state, he has been a consistent dry and has pulled through in spite of the organization. His stand for prohibition brought him into national prominence, as did also his fight to put through the legislature at its last session, an anti-Ku Klux Klan bill. This measure was passed despite desperate efforts on the part of klan organizations to prevent it. In the last session of the legislature he introduced eight bills which were all passed with only four votes against the eight. Mr. Roberts is married and has four children, three boys and one girl. He is an orator of the first rank and has the record of having made more speeches than any man in Illinois politics. Speaking to some friends before election, he declared that he would rather be a "statesman than a politician." A. L. Hall of 2766 Grant street, a Pullman employee, died suddenly Monday, October 27th, at 5 o'clock. The body was taken to Bryant, Tex. Friday by his widow, who with other relatives survive him, for burial. Vol. X—No.19 THE MO A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED OF COLORED PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT MONITOR PUBLISH Entered as Second-Class Mail Mattte Omaha, Nebraska, under THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb. LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR. Advertising Rates Furn. Address, The Monitor, Poston Telephone W ARTICLE XIV, CON UNITED THE MONITOR THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 1. All persons born or naturalized in the Unit and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizen United States and of the State wherein they re state shall make or enforce any law which shall a privileges or immunities of citizens of the United S shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty erty 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. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN THE people have spoken and emphatically declared their will concerning those who are to be entrusted with the solemn duty of government. They have chosen to entrust the administration of national affairs to the hands of the republican party under the leadership of Calvin Coolidge. We believe this decision to be a wise one. In these times of unrest and hysteria a man of deliberation and sanity is needed at the head of affairs. The times demand a man who cannot be stamped and such a man undoubtedly is Calvin Coolidge. He has shown himself to be a man with an opinion and a will. The party which he leads is fundamentally sound. Its principles are true, its ideals high, although it cannot be denied that it has not always striven to live up to its principles, nor to realize its ideals. Nevertheless, whenever there is soundness at heart there is always found the motive and urge to be true to the right. And this is true of the republican party which is fundamentally sound. Believing this the American electorate, where they have been free to express their choice, have declared their confidence in the republican party. We do not believe that this confidence will be abused. The people having spoken and declared their will, it is their duty to uphold the hands of those whom they have chosen to rule and to pray for those in authority that they may be guided right that "all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavors, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among us for all generations. WILL WE LEARN OUR LESSON? SOME important lessons should be learned by our people from the results of the election locally. There was a sincere desire upon the part of many, indeed, there was practical unanimity among us to secure representation in the State Legislature and on the Board of Education. There was confidence expressed that a candidate could and would be chosen for both of these places. It was realized that an election to the Board of Education would be more difficult to secure than one to the Legislature from a given district overwhelmingly republican. For this reason it was thought the part of wisdom to concentrate upon a candidate for the former position whose wide acquaintance and long residence in the city would be a political asset. It was hoped that this could be done. It was not, however. Another candidate was entered, making two. The combined vote of the two would not have elected either candidate, but the entering of one would have shown the intention to concentrate upon one whom it was believed could muster the most strength. This is something we must learn. Then, too, we must THE NEGRO'S CONTRIB A moment's thought will persons that the contribution nationality as slave, freedom negligible. No element of A yet clearly woven itself into and acting as the American N explorers and helped in explore the first the foundation of the cause of the rapid growth economic importance. Mode THE NEGRO'S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE A moment's thought will easily convince open-minded persons that the contribution of the Negro to American nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from the first the foundation of the American prosperity and the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply on the striving white men in Europe and America but also on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for two centuries. The military defense of this land has depended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American literature but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, "The Gift of Black Folk." ```markdown ``` PAGE TWO naturalized in the United States, on thereof, are citizens of the state wherein they reside. No law which shall abridge the citizens of the United States; nor person of life, liberty, or prop-law, nor deny to any personal protection of the laws. learn how to organize our forces and teach the people how to use the ballot. We must keep the present organizations functioning all the time for this needed instruction. We must study the returns from the various precincts and plan our campaigns accordingly. While with the many strong slates in the field for the School Board there is some reason for the defeat of the candidates for that position, but there is really no excuse for Barnett's defeat, had the republicans of the Tenth district played fair. That district is 2 to 1 republican. Barnett was the regular republican nominee. He was defeated. Why? "THE SERPENT UNDER IT" THE news item below appeared in a conspicuous place on the front page of the Omaha Sunday Bee: "Two Colored Pastors Are School Board Candidates "Colored men and women are working for their candidates for members of the school board. They are two well-known colored pastors, Rev. John Albert Williams of the Episcopal Church of St. Philip the Deacon and Rev. Russel Taylor of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church." We would like to believe that it was placed there from the best of motives, but we regret to say we cannot. This great metropolitan newspaper is not in the habit of giving such prominence to such minor news items as this and particularly when they apply to our group. It used to front page and feature with box car headlines alleged crimes by members of our race, emphasizing the race or the alleged criminal rather than his crime, but happily that custom has ceased, it said to its credit, but this was not necessarily nor ordinarily a front page item. It was published for the express purpose of calling the attention of those who might be adversely influenced thereby to the fact that colored men were running for the school board and therefore to govern themselves accordingly. Personally we desired no votes under false pretense. We wanted the people to know just who we were and to vote for us or decline to vote for us as they might elect on our merits. We are not ashamed of our race. We want the Bee to know that we are advised of the opinion held by some of its editorial staff and know the ulterior motive back of this apparently complimentary item. It's the echo of Lady Macbeth: "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it." REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS AS a component part of the American people the Negro in the northern states enjoys the right and privilege of voting. Too large a proportion of those who have this privilege and are charged with this duty fail to realize its importance. Thousands fail to vote. This is a serious mistake. Still hundreds of thousands UCTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE I easily convince open-minded men of the Negro to American man and citizen was far from american life has so subtly and warp and woof of our thinking Negro. He came with the first do vote and largely determine the results. It has been so in this election. The value of our vote has been recognized and bidden for by all three parties. In many state elections this vote has been most woefully divided. On national candidates, despite some notable defections, the race has remained loyal to the Republican party. Had this not been so many Republican candidates for Congress would have been defeated. This would have tied the president's hands. The race has remained true to the Republican party, will the party prove equally true to our race? This is a crucial question. Upon its answer will depend our attitude in 1926 and 1928. As part of the American people we share generally in whatever prosperity or adversity may come to the nation under any administration. However, aside from this, there are certain specific disabilities which affect us as a special group particularly. This ought not to be. There should be no special groups of Americans, considered as things apart from other Americans, but unfortunately there are, and inimical forces are at work to multiply and widen these racial and religious divisions. It is to be hoped that some of the civil disabilities and limitations which are laid upon us contrary to the Constitution will be removed under the present administration which is Republican and has been placed in power largely through the votes of our people. We have faith in Coolidge. We have reasonable expectations. "FLAG EDUCATION DAY" TO BE OBSERVED HERE Major C. W. Mason of the United States Seventh Corps Area, with headquarters in Omaha, has announced that Sunday, November 9th, has been designated as "Flag Education Day" for Omaha. "The purpose of 'Flag Education Day' is to teach the American people the proper manner in which to display our flag," said Major Mason, "and every effort will be made between now and 'Flag Education Day' to bring before the people of Omaha the solemnity and homage due to our flag in its various manners of display." According to Major Mason, every luncheon club in Omaha will bring before its members the importance and necessity of the proper display of the flag. Major Mason will personally appear before several of these luncheon clubs and give short talks. The schools of Omaha will devote a few minutes each day to the proper display of the flag. Every congregation in Omaha will hear from its pulpit the reverence that should be shown to the flag by its proper display. Local business houses will include in their advertising a small space urging its readers in the proper display of the flag. The reason that we have chosen Sunday, November 9th, as 'Flag Education Day' is that on Armistice Day, Tuesday, November 11th, every home and business house in Omaha should display a flag and display it properly," said Major Mason. J. A. Drain, National Commander of the American Legion, will be in Omaha on Armistice Day to attend the exercises, and we want to show him that the people of Omaha are patriotic and do know how to properly display our flag." Major Mason is in charge of "Flag Education Day" in Omaha. Literature is being mailed out to thousands of homes, business houses, clubs, civic organizations, churches, schools and other institutions in the form of the flag code. This flag code shows the different manners in which the flag is to be displayed. This code also tells on what occasions to display the flag, and just how to display it for these particular occasions. "We display the flag on Armistice Day to pay true honor to those boys who gave their lives for our country," said Major Mason, "and if we improperly display our flag, it does not show much thought. I especially urge every home to display a flag on Armistice Day and display it properly." THE NEGRO PRESS AND CHURCH ARE SPLENDID FORCES What Our Pioneer Journalists Act complished in Spite of Very Great Obstacles By R. R. Wright, Jr. Editor of The Christian Recorder The two most potent factors in forming modern public opinion are the pulpit and the press, the church and the newspaper. In days gone by the pulpit had much of a monopoly of the opinion forming among our own people, for it was the greatest social institution in our midst. And today it still wields a great influence. There are about 50,000 churches among our people. They have almost as many ministers, and many times as many officers. Each week at least five million people enter the 50,000 churches we have all over the land. These are great opinion forming stations. Their emphasis is necessarily put upon the spiritual things. While they to an extent give out information on business, politics, etc., religion is their object, and more and more they see the necessity of concentrating on religion. For if the people, no matter what their education and material progress, lost faith in the great God who made them and the principles of living His Son Jesus taught, we shall go backward and not forward. So with our increasing ma- THE MONITOR terial progress we need an increasingly strong spiritual force in a strong, consecrated, well trained pulpit. It is more needed today than ever before. As the church puts its emphasis more strongly upon its chief object, religion, the press is coming forward to help, aid, voice and make opinion along secular lines, politics, business, social life, etc. The church should welcome this aid. The church should help the newspaper everywhere. Instead of being rivals they should be brothers, in a partnership for the best life among the people. At present the press is not as strong as it should be. It is only in its beginning. Indeed only within the present generation has the newspaper come to the place where any large number of well-trained men could make a living out of it. When the history of the self-expression and self-help movement among the Negroes of America is written, next to the church, the press will take its place as the finest effort the race has made to know itself, and rely upon itself. Through fifty years of the most severe hardship and the greatest sacrifice the Negro editor has fought his way to the front and won his place in the hearts of his people. It is a thrilling story and should be fully written. It will do much to stir the youth to nobler things. With all their faults, men like Chris J. Perry, T. Thomas Fortune, John H. Murphy, E. E. Cooper, Benj. Tucker Tanner, George L. Knox, W. J. White, W. A. Pledger, W. A. Sweeney, and a host of others now gone to their reward, laid a foundation for helping Negroes preserve their own souls which they never realized, and their sons of this generation are carrying on their work well. The press today vies with the school house and the college in getting men of training, and many of our best have followed the press because there they find better avenues for self-expression, and true race loyalty. Two Howard University Ph.D.'s are magazine editors, one Pennsylvania Ph.D. is a weekly newspaper editor, and on the staffs of our leading weeklies and monthly are graduates from Howard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Chicago, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan and nearly every college in the land. These strong young men are making good. Nearly four hundred race newspapers testify to this. Whatever may be their differences in politics, in religion, in social position, in financial condition, in business policy, in educational equipment, in circulation, or geographical situation, there is one thing on which all these papers are a unit; they believe in their race. The creed of the Negro newspaper which every editor would sign might read: "I believe that God created all men with inherent human equality; that He is no respector of racial differences. I believe in that part of humanity commonly called the American Negro, that he is entitled to the same rights in this country as any other citizen; that this is as much his country as anybody else's and that he should not, nor anybody else, be judged merely by the color of his skin, but by his character and accomplishments. I believe in manhood at its noblest, in religion in its purest, education to its fullest, industry in every form is honorable, politics that is democratic government that rests upon the consent of the governed, and a square deal for all men." The church should support this creed. It is truly Christian in the larger sense. It is the working out in practical life what we preach. As the race grows in intelligence, the press grows stronger. Soon there will be great daily papers in the centers of population such as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, Nashville, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Louisville and other large cities. The day is coming. The church must help it to come by encouraging the newspaper men, by urging its officers and members to read. For the newspaper man is the spiritual brother to the preacher, and upon pulpit and press depends a great deal of the future of our people. "The Fire in The Flint" The Great Race Novel of the Day By WALTER F. WHITE A thrilling story depicting race conditions in this South. Critical book reviewers pronounce it a masterpiece. Should be read by EVERY AMERICAN, Black or White. $2.50 A COPY For Sale by The Monitor and the Omaha Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. A SPECIAL MEETING FOR WOMEN ONLY The members of the Board of Management of the North Side Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association are the sponsors of a very important meeting to be held for women only, Sunday, November 16, 1924, at 4 p. m. at the "Y", Twenty-second and Grant streets. The purpose of such a meeting is to awaken and to establish a real sense of citizenship among the Negro women of this community. Interesting subjects will be discussed by able speakers; valuable facts that concern the betterment of particular racial conditions in this city will be given; fine music also. The woman who is interested in her home, the woman who is interested in her church, the woman who is interested in her business, the woman who is interested in her civic club, or her social club—EVERY WOMAN is urged to attend. "Do you know where I can get a good dinner?" "Yes, go to the "Y" every Thursday and you will get a good meal for only 39 cents." ASK FOR ADVO NET WEIGHT: 12 OUNCES MAYONNAISE DRESSING PACKED FOR MECOUD BRADY CO. OMAHA NEER. 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 HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY FOUNTAIN PENS—STATIONERY CIGARS and CANDY Eastman Kodaks and Supplies 2402 Cuming Street Advertise in The Monitor H. A. CHILES & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS Chapel Phone, Web. 7123 Res. Phone, Web. 6849 1839 No. Twenty-fourth St. MRS. L. ABNER NOTION STORE ARTISTIC WORK Fruit and Ornamental Trees for spring and fall planting. 1419½ North 24th Street ing race conditions in this pronounce it a master- ERY AMERICAN, Black A COPY r and the Omaha Branch A. A. C. P. MONEY-SAVING OPPORTUNITY ON COAL ILLINOIS LARGE LUMP A Very High Grade Coal Hot and Long Lasting Per Ton $8.00 Delivered ILLINOIS FURNACE LUMP The Same High Grand Smaller in Size Per Ton $7.50 Delivered ILLINOIS CLEANED NUT Rescreened at the Yard—The Same Quality Coal as the Larger Sizes Good for FURNACE Per Ton $7.00 Delivered Good for STOVES CHEROKEE NUT The Genuine Large Domestic Size Rescreened at Yard $9.00 Per Ton Delivered CONSUMERS LUMP Save $1.50 per ton. Within a stone's throw of Franklin County. An ideal soft coal for any use. Hot, Lasting $9.00 Per Ton Delivered Consumers Coal & Supply Co. AT 9146 "Dealers in Good Coal" Deliveries to All Parts of Greater Omaha Advertising in The Monitor Is Bound to Bring Results "The Store of Individual Shops" Paxton Block 16th and Farnam THE STORE OF Thomas Kubatrie Mo ON DOVGLAS STREET FOR FIFTY YEARS To Introduce Our New House Furnishing Sections on the Floor Below The finest quality triple coated ware made in America. Grouped in one big lot and sold for the unusually low price, ```markdown ``` wishes to announce that they have moved into their new location at 109 North Sixteenth Street, opposite the U. S. Postoffice. Their new quarters are better and more beautiful than their former ones, and afford thus better opportunity to serve their patrons. They desire to thank their former customers for their past favors and most respectfully solicit their future business. ```markdown ``` THE Thomas ON D En To In nishing The finest America. Gr unusually lov Combinettes Dishpans Pudding Pans The Floor Below AGES 2 to 16 $8.75 to $29.50 With SELF and FUR COLLARS in all New Materials and Shades THE STORE OF MASS KLEPATRIE MOR IN DOVGLAS STREET FOR FIFTY YEARS A Sale of Chamelware Introduce Our New House Fur- thing Sections on the Floor Below Best quality triple coated ware made in Grouped in one big lot and sold for the low price, EACH, are e Fur- Below ware made in d sold for the Tea Kettles Berlin Kettles Rice Boilers The Floor Below ANNOUNCEMENT! The Stewart Seed and Flower Shop announce that they have moved into the location at 109 North Sixteenth Street, the U. S. Postoffice. new quarters are better and more beauti- their former ones, and afford thus opportunity to serve their patrons. desire to thank their former customers past favors and most respectfully solicit ure business. ENT! eed shop moved into seventh Street, more beauti- afford thus trons. her customers actfully solicit Respectfully, THE MANAGEMENT --- $1.19 Coffee Pots Pails Mixing Bowls (Set of 3) HOW TO HONOR THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon will hold a Kensington tea at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Hicks, 2530 Maple street, Thursday afternoon, November 20. Come and bring a friend. Mrs. L. E. Britt, Chairman. Walter Suda, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Suda, 3814 Brown street, who was lil with pneumonia, is rapidly improving. A. P. Scruggs, lawyer, 312 South Thirteenth street, over Pope's Drug Store. Atlantic 7812. Kenwood 2492. —Adv. Miss Bobbed Hair: For quickest regrowth of hair try our wonderful hot oil treatment. Tubbs Poro College. Web. 5450.—Adv. 4t. "Dentlo," the tooth paste you ought to use.—Adv. Mrs. J. H. Streeter, wife of Rev. J. H. Streeter, pastor of the M. E. Mission, South Side, who was indisposed early in the week, is better. Watch for the hair and scalps treated at Tubbs Poro College. 1712 No. 25th St.—Adv. 4t Mrs. Mattie Franklin announces the engagement of her daughter, Frances Laura Smith to Mr. John Leonard Holly. The wedding will take place the latter part of the year. Miss Smith is a graduate of Lincoln high school, Kansas City, Mo. Remit for your paper. FOR RENT—Three-room apartment and two small rooms in strictly modern house. 2024 Burt street. ATlantic 6126. ASK FOR ADVO ONE ROUND GOLD MEDAL COFFEE MICCORD - BRADY CO. COFFEE ROASTERS ORAHA NEB DESCRIPTION OF THE FLAG THE Flag of the United States of America has thirteen horizontal stripes—seven red and six white, the red and white stripes alternating—and a union which consists of white stars of five points on a blue field placed in the upper quarter next the staff and extending to the lower edge of the fourth red stripe from the top. The number of stars is the same as the number of States in the Union. The cannon or union now consists for eight vertical rows, each star with one point upward. On the admission of a State into the Union a star will be added to the union of the Flag, and such addition will take effect on the July 4th next succeeding day. The proportions of the Flag as prescribed by Executive Order of President Taft, October 29, 1912, are as follows: *Hoist* (width) of *flag* .....1. *Fly* (length) of *flag* .....1.9 *Hoist* (width) of *union* .....1.18 *Fly* (length) of *union* .....0.76 *Fly* (width) of *star* .....1/18 *Diameter of each star* .....0.616 CODE OF THE FLAG 1. THE FLAG should be displayed only from sunrise to sunset, or between such hours as may be designated by proper authority. It should be hoisted briskly but should be lowered slowly and ceremoniously. It should be flown in national and state holidays and on historic and special occasions. However, being the emblem of our country, it ought to fly from every flagpole every day throughout the year, weather permitting. 2. What flags are our flags, the Flag of the United States of America should be either on the marching right—i.e., the Flag's own right—or, when there is a line of other flags, the Flag of the United States FOR RENT—Room in private home, strictly modern, near two car lines. Phone WEbster 1624.—4t-9-19. The Dames Club will meet next Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. A. G. Edwards, 2411 Erskine Street. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon held a delightful and largely attended meeting last Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Austin W. Serrant, 2866 Corby street. Mesdames Serrant and C. H. Singleton were the hostesses. For good and quick results in hair and scalp treatment call Web. 5450. —Adv.4t William H. (Bob) Robinson returned Sunday morning from an extended eastern trip during which he visited his sister at Lancaster, Pa. Mrs. H. R. Roberts has rented her home at 2610 North Twenty-eighth avenue and is stopping temporarily with Mrs. J. C. Collier at Thirtieth and Binney streets. She expects to leave shortly on an extensive trip. Mrs. H. F. Doniphan and son spent the week in Lincoln visiting her parents. Mrs. Juanita Brown and children of Lincoln, eb., spent the week end here visiting her sister Mrs. Nilan Mackay of 2201 North Twenty-seventh avenue. Mr. Zack Johnson is confined to his bed at this time with sickness. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bell have moved from 913 North Twenty-third street where they have resided for several years to 2430 Grant street. COOLIDIGE-DAWES CLUB HOLDS ROUSING MEETING The Coolidge and Dawes club held a large and enthusiastic meeting in its rooms in the Jewell Building last Monday night. Dr. L. E. Britt presided. Several excellent speeches were made urging support of the Republican ticket and of our race candidates for the Board of Education and the Legislature. Brief speeches were also made by several of the local candidates. President Britt publicly thanked his co-workers, M. F. Singleton, Sergt. Bailey, Mrs. J. Alice Stewart, Mrs. Sellars, Mrs. Long and others for their hearty co-operation. of America may be in front of the center of that line. 3. When displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, the Flag of the United States of America should be on the right—the Flag's own right—and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag. 4. When a number of flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs with the flag of the United States of America, the center or at the highest point of the group. 5. When flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the Flag of the United States of America, the latter should always be at WOMEN HOLD MEETING AT PLEASANT GREEN CHURCH An enthusiastic meeting was held last Sunday afternoon at Pleasant Green Baptist church, under the auspices of the women, at which several local candidates spoke and some excellent speeches were made by members of our race, urging united action at the polls on Tuesday. There was a very earnest spirit manifested. Allen Chapel A. M. E. church, South Side, of which the Rev. O. J. Burckhardt is pastor, was comfortably last Monday night for an earnest meeting held under the auspices of the South Side Civic and Political club, when issues of the campaign were presented by several speakers. Mrs. Lenora Gray told of women's work and explained the importance of voting intelligently. The Rev. O. J. Burckhardt stressed the fact that the exercise of the franchise is a solemn duty to be prayerfully performed. Rev. John Albert Williams was introduced and spoke briefly and a ringing address was made by Dr. John A. Singleton. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R Sts. Rev. O. J. Burkendall. Pastor Sunday the services all day were of a high order and well attended. The pastor preached at 11 o'clock on "Doing God's Will." An interesting meeting of the league was held at 7 o'clock under the supervision of the Rev. S. E. Gross at which there was a Bible study conducted by W. L. Carter. The Rev. P. M. Harris preached at the evening service. ELECTION OF N. A. A. C. P. OFFICERS IS POSTPONED The Omaha branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its regular monthly meeting last Sunday afternoon at the North Side Y. W. C. A. As the constitution calls for the annual election of officers before November 10, notice was officially sent to all members of the branch that election would be held Sunday. It was, however, unanimously decided at that meeting that the election of officers be postponed until next Sunday, November 9, at 4 o'clock at the same place, due notice of the meeting to be published in the newspapers. This, therefore, will constitute an official notice for the election and Webster 4243 the peak. When flown from adjacent staffs the Flag of the United States of America should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant, flown in the form position, should be placed above, or, in the latter position, to the right of the Flag of the United States of America—i.e., to the observer's left. 6. When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they should be flown from separate staffs of the same height and the flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace. To When the Flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony or front of building, the union of the Flag should go clear to the peak of the staff unless the Flag is at a staff sill. When the Flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope, extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the Flag should be hoisted out from the building towards the pole, union first. 8. When the Flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the THE MONITOR all members are urged to be present. At the meeting last Sunday the principal address was delivered by Dr J. S. Holman of Meharry Medical school, Nashville, Tenn., who spoke on the effort being made to raise an endowment fund of $5,000,000 for that pioneer medical institution and of the advantages there offered for the training of physicians, dentists, trained nurses and pharmacists. Twelve of our Omaha physicians are graduates of Meharry. His address was most favorably received. Other speakers were Isaac Konecky and W. W. Black. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mr. Walter L. Seals and mother of Omaha motored over to see his daughter, Mrs. Roland Young, last Sunday. Mrs. English returned to her home in Alliance last week and was accompanied by her mother, who is quite an invalid. The Mission will meet with Mrs. Rosa Adair, 736 North Thirteenth street, Tuesday night, Nobember 11th. Members are urged to be present. The Utopian Art Club will meet with Mrs. Ella Black, 712 North Thirteenth street, Thursday night, November 13th. Rev. H. W. Botts will address the club. Members are urged to present themselves. ADVO BRAND ADVO MACARONI PACKED FOR M. CORD BRADY CO., MARA, IL. QUICK COOKING MADE IN USA NET WT. 7 OZ. union should be uppermost and to the Flag's own right—i.e., to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed the same way—with the union or blue field to the left of the bserver in the street. When festoons, rosettes, or drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white and red should be used, but never the Flag. 9. When displayed over the middle of the street, the Flag should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in NORTH OR EAST an east and west street, or to the east in a north and south street. 10. When used on a speaker's platform, the Flag, if displayed flat, should be displayed above and behind the speaker. If flown from a staff, it should be in the position of honor, at the speaker's right. It should never be used to cover the speaker's desk or to drape over the front of the platform. 11. When used in connection with the unveiling of a statue or monument, the Flag should form a distinctive feature during the ceremony, but the Flag itself should never be used as the covering for the statue. Covenant and praise services were held at Mt. Zion Sunday. Mrs. Helen Owens made a profitable report from the Saturday Serving Club. Services at Quinn Chapel Sunday were as follows: Sunday School and general class meeting and communion, lead by M. C. Knight, pastor, and T. J. Porter, visiting pastor. The Aid Society at 6:30; at 7:30 preaching by Rev. M. C. Knight. The ladies of Magnolia Court No. 10 present Lincoln Hidden Talent and Big Turkey Raffle at Masonic Hall, Wednesday evening, November 12, admission 15 cents. Big prizes. Come one. Come all.—Adv. ANOTHER PASTOR HAS The Rev. Carl A. Flipper, formerly of Newark, N. J., who was assigned to St. John's A. M. E. church, this city, has been transferred to St. James' A. M. E. church, St. Louis, Mo., and the Rev. C. A. Williams of St. Paul's A. M. E. church, St. Louis, has been assigned to St. John's. The Rev. C. A. Williams is a brother of the Rev. W. C. Williams, former pastor of St. John's. ASK FOR 4DV0 4DV0 4DV0 4DV0 12. When flown at half-staff, the Flag should be hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position; but before lowering the Flag for the day it should be raised again to the peak. By half-staff is meant hauling down the flag to one-half the distance between MEMORIAL DAY A.M. P.M. the top and the bottom of the staff. If local conditions require, divergence from this position is permissible. On Memorial Day, May 30th, the Flag is displayed at half-staff from sunrise until noon and at full staff from noon until sunset, for the nation lives, and the Flag is the symbol of the living nation. 13. Flags flown from fixed staffs are placed at half-staff to indicate mourning. When the Flag is displayed on a small staff, as when carried in a parade, mourning is indicated by attaching two streamers of black crescent to the spear head, al- RIES ALWAYS Grocery Co. Fries and Vegetables TELEPHONE JACKSON 1098 ADO KY.DO. NO.2 The YELLOW PENCIL the RED BAND O. NEWYORK, U.S.A. STATE FURNITURE CO. 仕 Tel. JACKSON 1317 SWICK Phonographs and Records PHARMACY DELIVERY Phone WE bster 0609 BEAUTIFUL HAIR For Every Woman GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 2001 CUMING STREET TELEPHONE JACKSON 1098 EAGLE MIKADO 174-175 EAGLE MIKADO-192-193 The YELLOW PENCIL with the RED BAND EAGLE PENCIL CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A. No.174 MARKS AND MARKETING FACTORY MADE BY THE LARGEST PENCIL FACTORY JL THE WORLD A Hairdresser and Skin WAY Ill. Dept. 2 THE ARROWAY 3423 Indiana Avenue Chicago, Illinois Dept. 2 STATES lowing the streamers to fall naturally. Crupe is used on the flagstaff only by order of the President. 14. When used to cover a casket, the Flag should be placed so that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The Flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. The casket should be carried foot first. 16. When the Flag is displayed in the body of the church it should be from a staff placed in the position of honor—at the congregation's right as they face the clergyman. The service flag, the state flag or other flag should be at the left of the congregation. If in the chancel or on the platform, the Flag of the United States of America should be placed at the clergy- man's right as he faces the congregation, and the other flags at his left. 16. When the Flag is in such a condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should not be cast aside or used in any way that might be viewed as disrespectful to the national colors, but should be destroyed as a whole, privately, preferably by burning or by some other method in harmony with the reverence and respect we owe to the emblem representing our country. Reproduced from The American Legion Weekly, 1924. Headquarters for GOOD LOOKING HAIR FOR EVERY MAN GOOD LOOKING HAIR FOR EVERY MAN "Hair Velvet Creme" Makes hair lie straight, smooth; gives beautiful gloss; nourishes,encourages growth. Used by well-dressed,particular men and first-class Bar- Makes hair lie straight, smooth; gives beautiful gloss; nourishes, encourages growth. Used by well-dressed, particular men and first-class Barber Shops. Arroway Elastic Hair Cap ARROWAY Hair Velvet Creme (For Men) 50c ARROWAY Skin Beautifier 50c ARROWAY Hair Grower and Beautifier (For Women) 50c ARROWAY Smoothing Oil (For Women) PAGE THREE PAGE FOUR SMOKERS BLAMED FOR FIRE INCREASE Officials Find Carelessness Doubled Forest Blazes. Olympia, Wash.—In one respect the destruction wrought by forest fires in 1924 is worse than the murky summer of 1922, when the landscape was obscured weeks at a time by a pall of smoke. The regrettable feature of this season's record is the increased number of fires caused by the careless disposal of lighted cigars and cigarettes. To date this year the state supervisor of forestry has recorded 730 fires. A total of 102,003 acres have been burned over. Nearly one-third of this area lies in a single county. Careless smokers caused 105 fires this season, against 73 last year. This year 86 fires had their beginnings in camps, while last season campers and tourists were held responsible for 98. Lightning started 32 forest fires this summer, while last year only one fire was attributed to that cause. The state was better protected this summer and hundreds of fires were checked before serious damage resulted. Next year a better supervision is planned. The present season has been remarkable for its low humidity record. Easterly winds have dried the forest floors into favorable combustibles. The number of tourists, campers, fishermen and holiday plenickers was twice as large this summer as formerly. The campaign of education which this season aided in keeping down the fire losses will be continued. Negro, Old and Blind, Still Is Capable Guide Washington—a piece of kindling and tobacco chewing brought John Wesley Matthews—very black—into prominence in the western shore district of Maryland. The fragment of wood, flying from the blade of an ax, cost his sight, and a penchant for chewing tobacco in class resulted in his withdrawal—by request—from a trade school for the blind. Thus, balked in his effort to acquire a new means of livelihood, Wes returned to the only thing he knew, the water, and in the more than thirty years that have elapsed, the "Blind Man," as he is known all along the upper Chesapeake and its tributaries, has become a source of wonderment for his uncanny skill in piloting fishing parties to the most fruitful grounds for the sport. Day after day the little old negro, in nondescript garb, is out on a flat-bottomed skiff, his most prized possession, with a group of anglers in tow. He also transports hunters out to duck blinds that dot the waters in that vicinity. Electric Mat Kills Town's Stray Dogs Albany, Ga.—No longer are doomed dogs in Albany compelled to face the firing squad and meet death in this fashion. Instead, they are disposed of in a more modern way, that is, by the electric chair route. Only in their case they are placed on an electric floor instead, and begin their journey to the "happy hunting ground" in this manner. During the last month more than 200 members of the canine family have met death here in this fashion. They go six at a time by standing on an electric-charged metal floor and wearing a copper collar, causing the circuit to be completed by a slender wire attached to the neckpiece. When the sextette is placed on the floor the executioner turns on the current and it is all over. This new means of doing away with dogs resulted from a city ordinance requiring that owners of each animal have it inoculated against rabies and place a city tag on its collar to that effect. Sioux Falls, S. D.—Perhaps the greatest freak mine of the United States is the Ingersoll mine, in the Keystone district of the Black Hills, from which 68 different minerals have been taken. The mine formerly was owned by the Harney Peak Tin Mining company. The minerals were classified by attaches of the South Dakota School of Mines and by mineralogists who have inspected the Ingersoll and other mines of the Keystone district. In addition to amblygonite, one of the rare minerals, which is among the commercial ores, the Ingersoll contains a good deposit of beryl. As a matter of fact, one of the largest crystals of beryl ever found in the Black Hills was discovered in this mine, and the crystal is one of the attractions for mining students and mining men. Extensive uses for beryl have been found. Numerous other minerals with unique names have been found in the Ingersoll mine. The price commanded by amblygonite is $60 a ton. Lepidolite varies according to quantity shipped. Beryl is held at present at between $50 and $60 the ton. Huge Quantities of Flowers Used in Perfume. New York.-While the chemist today is able, by analyzing odor-giving elements in flowers, to produce artificial perfume, this process has not and, it is predicted, never will replace perfume-making from fresh flowers, an industry dating back almost before the dawn of history. For centuries, ceaseless experiments have developed two chief ways of obtaining sweet perfume from flowers. The process of greatest general use in unlocking the fragrant cells of flowers to take their perfume is called enflourage. A housewife, who understands how butter or lard left in the icebox will sometimes absorb odors, can readily see how this process is used to extract odor from flowers. The blossoms from which the odorless parts are removed are mixed slowly in huge vats of melted beef or pork suet. More and more blossoms are mixed in until the fat has the odor of the required strength, and then the fat is thoroughly washed with alcohol. Then a very strange thing happens. The fragrance has passed from the flowers into the fat and now shows a remarkable affinity for the alcohol. In this way the essence or attar is created. The other system adopted after centuries of experiment is by absorption. The flower blossoms are sprinkled face down in air-tight chambers, in which glass walls are covered with fat. Twice a day the flower supply is renewed. This process is repeated twice daily for many months until the fat absorbs the odor in sufficient strength. The fat is then melted in glass and the essence is obtained from it by washing with alcohol. Some idea of the enormous amount of flowers required for perfume making may be gained by realizing that to make one pound of attar of roses requires eleven tons of roses, or about three million blossoms. The principal perfume center of the world lies between the Bay of Cannes and the mountains beyond Grasse in southern France, though flowers for perfume do come from every country and climate. The flower farms in Alpine villages are the mecca of lovers of perfume. From December until March fragrance is extracted from rosewood, sandalwood and other herbs, and in March work begins on fresh flowers, including the violet, and then the jonquil, orange blossom, rose, mignonette, jasmine, tuberose and cassia buds. A curious fact is that the flowers are picked in the fields at the hour when their scent is known to be strongest. The rose is gathered as soon as it is open. The carnation must have three hours' exposure to the sun before it is picked. The late czarina of all the Russians is said to have preferred toilet water made of violets picked at twilight near Grasse. Veiled in Mystery. From earliest days the making of perfume has been veiled with the great shroud of secrecy, because the perfumers did not want their trade secret known. Around the making of perfumes were woven fearful tales by the Savaaneas of Sheba, who said that cinnamon was gathered from the nest of the phenix and that it was collected by that bird in some strange manner unknown to them. They also told stories about how they found the perfume attar guarded by ferocious winged serpents that dwelt in marshes. Another queer tale was that bats fled at the eyes of all who tried to gather cassia. As time passed, though, men learned how to gather flowers to make perfumes. On through the Middle ages the process became more widely known throughout the world, though the Romans, in their love of luxury, are thought to have known facts about perfume making that even today men of science do not know. Elephant Sale Fails Little Rock, Ark.—Probably the first real elephant market in the United States was established here when two trained beasts of a defunct circus were put on the block and offered to a number of municipalities that were seeking additions to their zoos. The receiver offered the elephants at $2,000, with no takers. New York.—The facade of the old United States Assay Office building, which formerly stood at 15 Wall street, has been reassembled stone by stone as the front of the new American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central park. The new wing will be devoted entirely to American art of the colonial, revolutionary and republican periods, and will be formally thrown open to the public November 10. This building will be unique in that its 18 rooms for the most part will be constructed of the actual woodwork that formed the walls and ceilings of historic and characteristic early rooms. Collections of objects of American furniture, silverware, glass and pottery of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and early Nineteenth centuries will be shown in the appropriate rooms. Help Wanted WANTED—Colored men to qualify for sleeping car and train porters. Experience unnecessary, transportation furnished. Write T. McCaffrey, Supt., St. Louis, Mo. Miscellaneous Use DENTLO for the teeth. Large tube 25c.—Adv. Ed F. Morearty Attorney-at-law 700 Peters Trust Building NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT To James Price, non-resident de fendant: You are hereby notified that on the 17th day of June, 1924, Wiona Price, your wife, as plaintiff, filed her petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which petition is to obtain a divorce from you on the grounds of wilful desertion and non-support, and for equitable relief. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 25th day of October, 1924, or said petition against you will be taken as true. 4t-9-26-24 WIONA PRICE. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA 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 fear Are you self-conscious about the impression you make on people? PERSONAL appearance has a lot to do with the way you feel. Closest count, of course. But still there is one thing so many people overlook something that at once brands them as an fastidious or careless—the teeth. Notice today how you, yourself, watch another person's teeth when he or she is talking. If the teeth are not well kept they at once become a liability. Listerine Tooth Paste cleans teeth a new way. At last our chemists have discovered a polishing ingredient that really cleans teeth out scratching the enamel—a difficult problem finally solved. A large tube of Listerine Tooth Paste is only 25 cents; at your drug-gias's—LambertPharmacalCo., Saint Louis, U.S.A. THE MONITOR Buy a Home QUIT PAYING RENT! I have a number of bargains in homes, 5, 6 and 7 rooms, well located; am able to sell at $250 and up; balance monthly like rent. Here Are Some Bargains: 5 rooms, modern, paved street, near car line, $2,850; $250 cash; balance $27.50 per month. 6 rooms, modern, garage for two cars, south front, paved street, $3,750; $6 cash, balance $30 per month. E. M. Davis Office Jewell Bldg., 2221 N. 24th—WEbster 6178 Evenings Call D. J. Russ, WEbster 4769 SEW AND SAVE WITH 50 SIX CORD BEST SIX CORD SPOOL COTTON Dressmaking Hints For a valuable book on dressmaking, send 4c. to THE SPOOL COTTON CO., Dept. C 315 Fourth Ave., New York 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 A Good Place to Eat THE BEE LUNCH SHOP 5c—SANDWICHES—5c HOT DOGS HAMBURGER Car Service Given Special Attention FREE DELIVERY Web. 6930 24th and Grant 2220 No. 24th St. LINCOLN REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE COMPANY We Buy, Sell and Rent Houses. We Write All Kinds of Insurance. C. C. GALLOWAY MANAGER 2420-22 Lake St. Omaha, Neb. COAL Genuine OLD BEN, Lump or Grave Absolutely THE Best Franklin Co. $10.50 OLD BEN, Small Egg Size 10.00 ILLINOIS, Lump 8.25 ILLINOIS, Furnace Size. 7.75 ILLINOIS, Nut 7.25 HANNA, Lump 11.25 COLORADO, Lump 9.50 Guaranteed 2,000 lbs. to the Ton Mid-City Coal Company 1017 North 23rd Street TELEPHONE JACKSON 0115 ASK FOR FOR POINTS NET WEIGHT ADVO ADVO SELF RISING PANCAKE FLOUR With Powdered Buttermilk Do You Take a Race Paper? EFFICIENCY, ELEGANCE, COURTESY and CONSIDERATION mark the satisfactory service rendered in the last sad hour by REPAIRS FOR STOVES FURNACES AND BOILERS OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS. 1205-8 Dougans St. Telephone Atlantic 2524 Bonds Furnished to Reliable Persons NOTARY PUBLIC IN OFFICE PHONES: Res. Web. 6613; Office, Market 5354 Res. 2863 Binney St. NOAH W. WARE ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW HOURS: 9 A. M. to 12:00 Noon; 1:80 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. 2731 Q Street So. Side EAT AT PEAT'S 1405 and 1710 North Twenty-fourth Street Food Fine——Prices Right ASK FOR IT AT DRUG STORES TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE SUNDAY SPECIAL LET US SUPPLY THE DESSERT FOR YOUR SUNDAY DINNER Call Webster 6323—ask for the Sunday Special FREE DELIVERY Peoples Drug Store THE HALL