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SIXTEEN ARE LYNCHED LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year—5c a day State Historical Society SIK COLORED ELKS WILL EDUCATE WORTHY STUDENTS Commissioner Hueston Actively Engaged in Carrying Out Program Planned at Convention LODGES LOYALLY RESPOND First Assessment Levied for Aiding Worthy and Ambitious Students Promptly Met Without Protest Gary, Ind., (By the Associated Negro Press. In pursuance of a step taken at the last convention of Elks when a bill was passed creating a department of education in the lodge and appointing Judge William C. Hueston of this city as commissioner, a letter has been recently addressed to the six hundred branch lodges acquainting them with the progress of the work so far by the commissioner. Each lodge member is assessed twenty cents a year for the new work to be paid quarterly and collected by the grand secretary and grand treasurer. It is reported that, due to the good work of the grand exalted ruler and other grand officials, the first collection was made without a single protest. The amount to be gathered in the year should amount to practically $14,000. It is proposed to use this money to see that deserving boys and girls get into schools and, therefore, scholarships will be given throughout the county. Each lodge is to have the privilege of naming a candidate, with his or her qualifications. The department of education will select from among the candidates named those persons to receive aid. This will be done each year. Another plan is to inaugurate an annual education week, to begin April 12 of this year. During this week, each Elk lodge and temple is expected to arrange a program for both the lodge and temple, and to invite the entire community to join in and assist then. A recommendation is made by the commissioner that the Elks set up several broadcasting stations for the dissemination of racial propaganda. DR. CURRY HONORED BY AN UNUSUAL ELECTION Springfield, Ohio—Dr. E. W. Curry, pastor of the Second Baptist church of Springfield, Ohio, became the president of the Clark County Ministerial Association at Springfield, O., January 1st and presided over the first session of the year Monday January 3rd. Dr. Trust of the Congregational church, was elected president with Dr. Curry vice-president last October. Dr. Trust has taken charge of the Congregational work in Mansfield, O., and this provided the opening for the elevation of Dr. Curry. He is the first Negro to hold an office in this Association. The Association has a membership of between 90 and 100 ministers and professors of Wittenberg College of which 11 are colored and the rest white. It was stated at the meeting by a number of the white ministers that Dr. Curry was elected because of his high Christian character, ability as a scholar, and success as a church leader. This brings another honor to the entire race and goes to prove that after all there are a number of white people who will give it to a man of brains and character regardless of his color. DR. SWEET ON SPEAKING TOUR Detroit, Mich.—(By the Associated Negro Press) Dr. and Mrs. Ogsian H. Sweet, released on bail, pending retrial of their case in Detroit, and Walter White, assistant secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, are to deliver addresses in five large cities, to stimulate interest in the Legal Defense Fund being raised by the Association. THE MONITOR OMEGA PSI PHIS CONVENE AT TUSKEGEE Tuskegee Inst., Ala.,—(By the Associated Negro Press) The Fourteenth Annual Conclave of the Omega PSI Phi Fraternity opened here Sunday night with exercises in the Institute Chapel. Matthew Bullock, former Dartmouth athlete and assistant district Attorney of the State of Massachusetts, delivered the principal address. After paying tribute to Booker T. Washington, he commended Dr. Moton for the "wisdom and tact" he has displayed in handling the affairs of the institute and particularly in reference to his contribution of the betterment of race relations in the South. "From the time that Alonzo Pietro landed with Columbus, we have been doing our part in contributing to America's greatness," said the speaker and then presented the long list of Negroes who have achieved notable success. In further reference to the Negroes' achievements, Attorney Bullock said: "And when we were set free, after more than 250 years of slavery, with apparently no visible means of support, we did not seek aid from our former masters or ask to be supported at the government's expense; but through our own industry and thrift, in the few years which have separated us from slavery, we have purchased more than 600,000 homes, we have so conserved our resources that we are operating more than 900,000 farms and cultivating more than 100,000,000 acres, we are conducting more than 50,000 business enterprises and last year we spent more than $2,000,000 for our own education aside from what we contributed through general taxation. Referring to race relations in the South, the speaker said: "Our friends in the South who have justice and fair play are beginning to speak out in no uncertain terms." This he regarded as "one of the most hopeful signs of the ultimate triumph of justice" for the Nerro. Addresses of welcome were made by R. R. Taylor, acting principal on the Institute and Col. Joseph H. Ward, medical officer in charge of U. S. Veterans' Hospital. The response to these addresses was made by Attorney George L. Vaughn of St. Louis, Grand Bacillus of the Fraternity. N. A. A. C. P. REPORTS MOST SUCCEEDLEY YEAR IN HISTORY New York—(By the Associated Negro Press) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, today issued a summary of its Annual Report for the year 1925, showing the most successful effort in the entire history of the Association. The summary stresses the fact that segregation has been made a national issue confronting the entire American people, and that colored people throughout the United States have been united in this fight as in no other except the fight to end lynching. The National Association report deals with segregation, the "White Primary" fight in Texas and other cases of discrimination; Legal Defense; reintroduction of a revised Dyer Avi-Lynching Bill in Congress; release of 24th Infantrymen; publicity and branch organization, and the Ku Klux Klan. SAY NEGRO SCHOOLS ARE A SUCCESS Washington, D. C.—(By the Associated Negro Press) In a statement to the press this week, Dr. I. Garland Penn, one of the secretaries in charge of Negro work for the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, declared that the growth and success of education in colleges and schools of the Negro is remarkable. Thirty years ago, according to Dr. Penn, there was not a Negro filling the presidency of any of the schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Now there are eleven. Thirty years ago, most of the teachers were white missionaries; now out of 450 teachers fully 400 are colored. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926 Some Significant Statistics Show Substantial Progress The following summarization of some of the things accomplished by the American Negro alone since 1865 should give encouragement to those who are inclined to think little progress has been made and spur all on to do their best: When freed in 1865, American Negroes owned 12,000 homes and operated 20,000 farms. Now they own 700,000 homes and operate a million farms. Then they conducted 2,100 businesses, now they conduct 70,000. Meantime their aggregate wealth has increased from $20,000,000 to $2,000,-000,000, one hundred times as much. In 1924 there were 73 Negro banks, with $6,250,000 capital, $20,000,000 of resources, and an annual business of $100,000,000. Thirty-five Negro life insurance companies report $200,000,000 of insurance in force on the lives of 1,100,-000 persons. These companies have eight thousand employees and are wholly capitalized and managed by Negroes. There are in the United States 47- CANT LOSE US, THAT'S ALL Some of the Omaha merchants offered prizes for babies born on Christmas Day and also New Year's Day. Our people presented candidates for prizes on both days. Laura Marie, a bouncing baby girl, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Butler, 2709 Corby street, bright and early Christmas morning, Dr. Herbert Wiggins, the attending physician, was pleased to report. Laura Marie was presented with a handsome little bed by the Union Outfitting Company. On New Year's Day nine births were reported in Omaha and among the arrivals was a son, weighing six pounds and seven ounces, born to Mrs. Gertrude Harris and husband, of 1117 North Twenty-first street, at University hospital at 5:30 in the morning. This young colored Omanam was the third arrival, being distanced in the race by a nine pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Jensen, 1717 Center street, at 12:15 a. m., and Theona Mary Ross, an eight and a half pound baby born to Mr. and Mrs. George Ross of Persia, Ia., at St. Joseph's hospital at 3:15 in the morning. JUNIOR G. F. S. ELECTS OFFICERS The Junior members of the Girls' Friendly Society of the Episcopal Church of St. Philip the Deacon held their annual election of officers Monday afternoon with the following result; Helen Singleton, president; Celestine Smith, vice-president; Sarah Brown, secretary; Catherine Williams, treasurer. The Juniors are rehearsing an original play to be given early in February. BISHOP CAREY TO ORDAIN FOUR DEACONESSES Bishop A. J. Carey will preach at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Twenty-fourth and Franklin street, the Rev. T. W. Kidd, pastor, Sunday morning and will ordain a class of four deaconesses at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The public is cordially invited to all services. A successful revival is being conducted at Bethel by the Rev. Blanche Blake, an evangelist from Kansas City, Mo. The services began last Sunday night and will continue for three weeks. Up to the present time there have been fourteen accessions to the church. DR. CRAIN ADDRESSES MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE The Colored Ministerial Alliance met in the parlors of St. John's A. M. E. Church Tuesday morning at the appointed hour. The outstanding feature of the meeting was an address by the Rev. James A. Crain, secretary of the Omaha Federation of Churches. 000 Negro churches, with five million members, and 46,000 Sunday schools enrolling three million pupils. Members of colored churches contribute annually $550,000 to home and foreign missions. The 332,000 Negro members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in five years contributed $1,941,979 to the Centenary fund of that church. Negroes have contributed nearly $350,000 toward the erection of colored Y. M. C. A. buildings in fourteen cities. There are in the United States about 10,000 Negro college graduates. Six hundred and seventy-five received the bachelor's degree last year. Through their churches and otherwise, Negroes raise annually $3,000,000 for the support of their schools. A number of Negroes have recently given to Negro colleges sums ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. In 1865, ninety per cent of the Negroes were illiterate; now about twenty per cent. Then there were 100,000 Negroes in school; now 2,150,000. CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Washington, D. C.—(A. N. P.) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Minkins, 15 Ninth Street N. E., befittingly celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding at their home here. ALDERMAN PRESIDES New York—For the first time in the history of the city a colored man presided last Tuesday at the session of the Board of Aldermen. John William Smith, of Harlem, wielded the gavel. FIND OIL IN OKLAHOMA AFTER MANY FAILURES Early History of the State Is Filled With Many Disappointments. Tulsa, Okla.—Where years ago the North American Indian roamed the hills of eastern Oklahoma and the broad prairies of the western section, oil wells now appear, bringing to the surface the "black gold" for which eastern Oklahoma is famous. The first well in Oklahoma was drilled in 1884 by Michael Cudahy of Omaha, Neb. When the well was at a depth of 1,120 feet, an oil sand was penetrated and there was a small showing but not in paying quantity. The drillers were instructed to drill deeper, but at 1,800 feet, with no further trace of oil, the well was abandoned. The showing of oil led many prospectors to Oklahoma, although as late as 1891 only 30 barrels of oil were produced. But there was considerable drilling. Production continued to slump the next two years, only ten barrels of oil being produced in all of Oklahoma territory in 1898, but it increased to 6,474 barrels in 1900. A well sunk just outside of the city of Red Fork in 1901 proved to be one of the largest producers, and caused many "wildcat" wells to be put down. The big oil play started in 1904, however, when the Glenn pool was uncovered. From a small Indian trading post, Tulsa became a city of 7,000 in a year. Oil offices were brought to the city, hundreds of persons became wealthy from oil and built fine homes, stores, factories and all types of business establishments sprung up. Tulsa today is a city of 125,000 people in a state producing 460,000 barrels of oil dally, with indications it will go higher. The year the Glenn pool was discovered, production was recorded at 1,300,000 barrels for the year, but the search for oil did not end there. It was found in the northern, central and southern portions of the state. The northern miscellaneous fields have proved to be the heaviest producers. The southern and northern fields come next. The Garber field, in north central Oklahoma, is the most promising, in the opinion of oil men, as there are 15 sands, which virtually assures the driller a producer at some depth. Wells range from 1,000 to 4,400 feet in depth. A few wells are now drilling with a view to going below 5,000 feet. SERVANT PROBLEM WORRIES CONGRESS Washington—Now comes the proposal of Representatives Sol Bloom, a New York City Democratic member of Congress, to amend the Immigration Act to permit the entrance of European women who announce their intention to become domestic servants. This proposal directs attention to the 1920 U. S. Census report, which shows a decrease of approximately 345,000 females, during the ten-year period from 1910 to 1920, who were engaged in domestic and personal service. The decrease, however, was offset by a corresponding increase in the number of females engaged in manufacturing and mechanical industries, and in trade and transportation, a change that resulted from war emergency work and one that gave females greater industrial opportunities, higher pay, and above all, regulated hours of work. In 1910, there were 853,387 colored females engaged in domestic and personal service activities, as compared with 790,631 in 1920, a decrease of 62,756. Similar decreases were also shown for both native and foreign-born white females; and the New York Democratic Congressman claims that labor agencies all over the country are reporting a scarcity of trained domestics, although wages have advanced far beyond the former scale for this character of work. He believes that the servant problem is largely responsible for the breaking up of homes and proposes to remedy the situation by admitting European domestics who declare their intention of working as servants for a period of three years after their arrival. PULLMAN COMPANY SELLS STOCK TO EMPLOYEES Chicago, Ill.—(By the Associated Negro Press) Any employee of the Pullman Company who has been in the service more than three months is entitled to purchase from among the 10,000 shares of the stock which the company has recently offered its employees. The shares sell to the employees for $140 although the market price is $169. The employee may subscribe for one or more shares, according to his annual salary and pay for the stock at the rate of three dollars a month. CHILD ACQIURES ADULT INTELLIGENCE EARLY Ithaca, N. Y.,—(By the Associated Negro Press) According to Prof. L. L. Thurstone, psychologist of the University of Chicago, full adult intelligence is developed by the average child at the age of about fourteen or fifteen. 127-YEAR LIFE ENDS Washington, N. C.—(By the Associated Negro Press) Mrs. Emiline Dade has just died here at the age of 127 years. Up until she was 120 she worked as a laudress. She was born in slavery in Virginia and married twice before John Brown's raid. She had one brother who died at the age of 109 and has another living who is 90. WHITE DAILY IS SANTA TO TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN New Orleans, La.,—(By the Associated Negro Press) Over ten thousand and Negro children were recipients of Christmas presents through the medium of the Times-Picayune, a leading morning paper, the amount being raised by popular subscription through the columns of that paper. Wynona, Miss.—John Noey, 17, discharged farm —emUoe,oi?iisdaio od charged farm hand, killed his employer, Mrs. W. C. Brooks, white, and then turned the rifle on himself and committed suicide. Number 547 Vol. XI—No. 27 SOUTHERN STATES STILL STENCH IN NATION'S NOSTRILS Lyncher's Rope and Fagot Take Life and Burn Bodies of Human Beings in Christian America. Two Insane MISSISSIPPI HEADS RED LIST Sixteen Victims of Mob Murders Were Negroes; One Killed in North. Several Lynchings Were Tuskegee, Ala.,—(By the Associated Negro Press) According to figures compiled by the department of records and research of Tuskegee Institute, the American record of lynching remained unchanged during 1925. There were sixteen persons lynched. This number, ranking with the number 16 for 1924 as the smallest number of persons lynched in any year since records of lynchings have been kept, is 17 less than the number 33 for 1923, and 41 less than the number 57 for 1922. Two of the victims were insane. Three others had been formally released by the courts. Ten of the persons lynched were taken from the hands of the law, two from jails and eight from officers of the law outside of jails. Two of those lynched were burned at the stake and one was put to death and body burned. There were 39 instances in which officers prevented lynchings. Seven of these were in northern states and 32 in southern states. In 26 of the cases the prisoners were removed or the guards augmented or other precautions taken. In 13 other instances armed force was used to repel would-be-lynchers. In three instances during the year persons charged with being connected with lynching mobs were indicted. Of the 41 persons thus before the courts, 21 were sentenced; five suspended sentences, dependent on good behavior, of from four to twelve months on the road; one for thirty days in jail, and 15 from six months on the road to eight years in the penitentiary. Of the sixteen persons lynched all were Negroes. Six or less than one half of those put to death were charged with rape or attempted rape. The offenses charged were: murder, 6; rape, 4; attempted rape, 2; killing an officer of the law, 2; attacking child, 1; insulting woman, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows: Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 1; Florida, 2; Georgia, 1; Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, 6; Missouri, 1; Utah, 1; Virginia, 1. WINS $150 PRIZE FOR COTOTN Little Rock, Ark.,—(By the Associated Negro Press) James Ferguson, a share-cropper on the farm of John W. Naylor, has just been informed that he has won the $150 prize offered by the Forrest City Chamber of Commerce for the largest amount of lint cotton gathered from five acres in St. Francis county. Ferguson's yield was 4,963 pounds. NEGROES HAVE CLEAN RECORD New Orleans, La.,—(By the Associated Press) The records of the prohibition office and federal courts do not show for the past two years the arrest of any Negro charged with bootlegging or manufacture of beer, whiskey or wine. All arrested, and their number is legion, have been white men and women. MARRIES HIS ACCOMPANIST London, Eng.—S. Coleridge Taylor, Jr., musician, son of the famous composer was secretly married to his accompanist, Miss Kathleen Markwell, white, last week. Young Taylor is a violinist and orchestra director in his own right. His sister married the scion of a well known white family here two years ago. GROWING THANK YOU! Vol. XI—No. 27 THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV, JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS.....Editor W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb.....Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS.....Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application 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 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 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." PAGE TWO THE MO A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO OF COLOREDEN PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT MONITOR PUBLIC Entered as Second-Class Mail Matters Omaha, Nebraska, under THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb. LUCINDA W. WILLIAM$ SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR. Advertising Rates Furnish Address, The Monitor, Poston Telephone W ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION Citizenship Rights 1. All persons born or naked and subject to the jurisdiction United States and of the State state shall make or enforce any privileges or immunities of citi shall any state deprive any person without due process of within its jurisdiction the equ INDICATIVE OF A NEW SPIRIT THERE has just come to our desk, Volume 1., Number 1 of "The Greater Fisk Herald", the revived student publication of Fisk University. It is a handsome, well-edited publication and seems to exude the new spirit which has come to Fisk under the new administration. It will be recalled by readers of The Monitor that we most heartily supported the position taken by the "striking students" at Fisk, which resulted in a change of administration there. One of the many just complaints of repression was the suppression of the publication of the Fisk Herald. We are therefore pleased to see the publication revived, renamed and enlarged. We congratulate the staff upon its initial number which sets a high standard as a literary production and in its typographical and mechanical make-up. The lorry spirit animating the publication should insure its success and perpetuity. IS IT DAWN? MEMBERS of the student body and of the faculty at the University of Michigan have taken a decidedly advanced step towards promoting the democracy of which America boasts so loudly but so lamentably fails to practice. They have organized a "Negro-Caucasian Club", the object of which is "to work conscientiously, actively and persistently for the elimination of all forms of discrimination, injustice and prejudice against Negroes as distinguished from Caucasians." The organization pledges itself "to exert every effort to give in all possible ways substantial and effective help to individuals of this oppressed group, to aid and protect them not only in maintaining those rights to which they are entitled under the law either as citizens or aliens, but also to work actively against any existing or proposed law, and against any custom or individual practice involving pernicious race discrimination." This movement is in line with the "Inter-Racial Club" recently organized at the University of Chicago for a similar purpose and in keeing with the recent student conference held at Northwestern University where action was taken to counteract racial and religious discrimination and intolerance and where organized Christianity, or "the Churches" were severely blamed for side-stepping the race question. THE NEGRO'S CONTRIB A moment's thought will persons that the contribution nationality as slave, freedom negligible. No element of An 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 Action of this character taken by the future makers and molders of public opinion such as university students in the natural course of events must be, should be hailed as the dawn of a better day. Intelligence and culture are great emancipators. When America really becomes intelligent and culturered the country will be ashamed of many unsocial customs and traditions which are now regarded with indifference and among these will be her attitude towards her loyal citizens of color. Intelligence and culture must be the product of the higher institutions of learning, where spiritual values are not ignored. These significant movements among university students, though rare and isolated, would indicate that dawn is breaking. AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK PERHAPS it was entirely subjective, but as we came in contact with the business people last Saturday there seemed to be a spirit of optimism in the air. Everywhere we went there seemed to be the attitude of old things having changed for new, an onerous, and ominous something left behind, an omnipresent atmosphere of hopefulness. We hope we have not misread the times. We do believe that the present year is to see a revival in the business and industrial world that will rapidly remove the blight of non-employment and financial depression which has weighed so heavily upon the masses. We hope to see decided advances made in better understanding and resultant mutual helpfulness not only among all races and classes in America but throughout the world. We hope to see racial and religious bigotry and intolerance supplanted by magnanimity and tolerance, or at least by a decided forward movement in that direction. Let us all according to our abilities and opportunities do our part to bring such things to pass. The optimistic outlook begets the spirit which accomplishes the thing desired. Hopeful dares and does, where doubt and pessimism falters and fails. Have faith in God, your neighbor and yourself and go ahead. OUR PART We must never forget that it is our bounden duty to be industrious, self-respecting and law-abiding. We will help our cause by proving ourselves upstanding, dependable men and women under all circumstances and conditions. THE MONITOR HOW NOT TO DO IT THAT our people should learn team work is conceded by all who think. How to learn it is the question. We seem to be expert in doing the things which prevent the very thing we admit ought to be done. For example, there will be some laudable movement, in which all would be willing to cooperate if they went at it the right way. But we bungle. Some individual, or representative of an organization desires to do something in which the community is, or ought to be, interested. After the plans are all made, the promoters, will cal upon other individuals or organizations to help make this "civic affair" in which it is glibly stated "all our citizens ought to be interested" a success. This is just how not to do it. The proper way would be to invite those whom they desire to cooperate in such affairs at the initial meeting and not wait until all plans are completed and then expect cooperation. Until we learn this method of procedure we will continue to handicap efforts and movements, laudable and praiseworthy though they be, which call for whole-hearted and enthusiastic cooperation. We can qualify as experts in "How Not To Do It," let us see if we cannot become at least novices in learning "How To Do It." THE RED RECORD AMERICA still stands supreme among caunted civilized nations in mob violence. Last year sixteen human beings were lynched. This is holding the record down, but it is still too high by sixteen. Fortunately the conscience of the nation is being aroused against this evil and it is to be hoped that the day is not far distant when the United States will become a lynchless land. It can be made so. Peppermint Now Worth Its Weight in Silver South Bend, Ind.—A pound of peppermint oil is worth its weight in silver. An acute shortage, resulting from unseasonable frost and heat in May in southern Michigan and northwest Indiana, where 60 per cent of the world's supply of peppermint is produced, reduced the crop 70 per cent, or to approximately 250,000 pounds. Throughout the late summer and early fall peppermint oil has steadily increased in price until it exceeded $17 a pound. The maximum price last year was $4 and four years ago it was $1.25. The normal yearly consumption of the oil is 400,000 pounds. Peppermint plants, the oil of which is distilled from the leaves and stalks, thrive best in heavy, mucky soil, found in the lowlands along the Indiana-Michigan border. The farms usually are small—50 or 60 acres. Under normal conditions, two crops may be harvested each summer. Peppermint first was introduced into Indiana and Michigan about 1840 from Ohio. A quarter of a century before it had been imported from England. Thousands of Game Birds Klamath Falls, Ore.—Thousands of ducks and geese lie dead in Tule lake as a result of a strange malady, believed induced either by alkali water or by rank, stagnant ponds. To cope with the situation the United States biological survey has been notified, and will conduct an examination to determine what is the cause of the wholesale deaths in the ranks of thousands of game birds. Game Warden Barnes will send several dead birds to the biological survey research office in Portland, where vital organs of the birds will be analyzed to determine the cause of death. A similar problem with deer faced game authorities last year. Scores of mule-tail deer died in Modoc county from consuming wet mud in a dried-up spring. Gowanda, N. Y.-Some sixteen Indian maids are sorry they had their hair hobbed. Because of their short tresses a movie company would not take them to Florida with 125 others Nearly Half Prewar Washington.—According to a report prepared by the council of nationalities of the Soviet union received by the Russian information bureau here, the Jewish population of the Soviet union has decreased to 2,800,000, as compared with 5,000,000 in the territory of the former czarist empire. The decrease of 2,200,000, or more than two-fifths, is explained by the loss of heavily populated Jewish centers to Poland, Lithuania and other states at the close of the war and also by the numerous pogroms of the white guard and the Petura and Polish armies in the Ukraine and in White Russia during the periods of civil war and invasion. Sorry Now February 10 there will be held at the Omaha Post Office an examination for clerks, male and female, and for carriers, male. Some of our young men and women ought to take this examination. Apply for application blanks at the Porst Office. HONOR WIFE OF BUILDER OF WALL Chinese Erect Temple to Woman's Memory. Chinwangtao—Where the Peking-Mukden railway pierces the great wall of China at Shanhukwan is a temple erected to the memory of a pious wife whose husband perished in the building of the structure. Chih Huangti, the emperor who united all China, came to the throne in 240 B. C. It was Chih who built the great wall to keep the country together. A woman from the south, so the legend runs, brought cotton-wadded clothes for her man, who had been impressed by the emperor to help build the wall. She was told that her husband had died, and that she could not have his body because it had been thrown between the brick facings of the wall and crushed there under tons of rubble and earth. The woman persuaded a comrade of her husband to show her the stretch of wall where the body of her husband lay. Three days and three nights thereafter she walked up and down that length, until the compassion of the divine power was excited by her laments, and that part of the wall collapsed. The scandal came to the ears of the emperor, who recognized, beneath his tyranny, that the conduct of the woman had been most orthodox. To regularize the matter, he directed that she be admitted to his household. First, however, he granted her prayer that she be permitted to select the bones of her husband for more deliberate burial. The woman gathered up her husband's bones and walked to the end of the wall, abutting on the sea, from which, before the guards could stop her, she cast the bones into the sea and herself after them. The image of the pious wife, in imperial robes, stands in the temple near the spot, while the breach in the wall is now perpetual. Gas Stations in Place of Old-Time Tollgate Nashville, Tenn.—The gasoline filling station has replaced the familiar old sapling that formerly was swung down to block the public highways in the form of a tollgate. Motorists are paying part of the highway construction expense at three cents a gallon at the filling station pump, where formerly every vehicle passing the designated spots had to plank down a quarter. Tollgates were satisfying to traffic 100 years ago, when the pioneers blazed through forested areas and established accommodation for travel, but today the state is building its own improved and modern highways. Motorists will drive miles out of the way over another route to escape the peri-odical gates. On June 14, 1796, one turnippike company organized a toll road with rates ranging from one cent for every ten sheep) or hogs to three cents for each four-horse carriage. The rates advanced with the progress in roads and modes of travel and similar toll systems were adopted in other states. The old tollgates in Tennessee became unpopular. Now through the red, blue, yellow and white gas filling pump the state is netting nearly $3,000,000 in 1925 toward its public highway construction fund. SUNDAY SERVICES 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion 10 a. m. Sunday School 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon 8 p. m. Service and Sermon The Church With a Welcome and'a Message, Come Reid-Duffy PHARMACY FREE DELIVERY Phone Web. 0609 24th and Lake Streets OMAHA, NEB. Valet AutoStrop Razor —Sharpens Itself The Safety Razor Sharpens Its Own B COMPLETE OUTFITS $1.00 AND $5.00 For Sale at All Stores Selling and Blades HAY Our CLEARA Now All of our winter s ance. They must go to chandise now on order. you will find AYDEN Our January CLEARANCE SALE Now in Progress Of our winter stocks have been reduced they must go to make room for new Spr now on order. Therefore the prices are find HAYDEN'S Our January CLEARANCE SALE All of our winter stocks have been reduced for clearance. They must go to make room for new Spring merchandise now on order. Therefore the prices are low and you will find EXCEPTIONAL SAVINGS IN ALL "The Fi he Fire in The Fli "The Fire in The Flint" The Great Race Novel of the Day By WALTER F. WHITE A thrilling story depicting race conditions in South. 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A. A. C. P. Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Building, JAckson 3841 or HArney 2156. Miss Frances D. Gordon, who has been spending her Christmas vacation with her father, G.-D. Gordon, 2418 Binney street, and other relatives left Saturday evening to resume her position as teacher at Swift Memorial college, Rogersville, Tenn. The Eagles are soaring, watten them light.—Adv. Miss Marie Smith entertained at a party in honor of her birthday Monday evening, December 28 at her home, 2852 Binney street. The time was pleasantly spent in games and dancing. Miss Ruth Jones left Sunday morning for Fort Smith, Ark., where she is a teacher in the Howard grade school. She spent her vacation here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones, '2811 Caldwell street. Watch for the Eagles to light. —Adv. Miss Lucy Mae Allen entertained at breakfast Saturday morning at her home, 2715 Hamilton street, complimentary to several out of town guests. Covers were laid for eight. Sergt. and Mrs. M. L. Rucker, 4409 Burt street, entertained at a delightful Christmas dinner in honor of "Mother" Mayberry. Covers were laid in the elegantly appointed dining room for eighteen. A Charleston contest followed the dinner. Watch 'the Eagles soar.—Adv. Dr. and Mrs. Craig Morris were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller, 5232 South Twenty-third street, New Years Day. Miss Ellen Richardson entertained a few of the younger set at her home 2432 Patrick avenue, on New Years Eve. The evening was delightfully spent in games and dancing. Please be ready to pay your subscription when the collector for The Monitor calls. Miss Izella Graham, daughter of Mrs. Willie Vann, 2405 Blondo street, who four weeks ago underwent a major operation at University hospital, returned home Tuesday where she is convalescing. George H. Bullock of 1724 North Twenty-seventh street who is at the University hospital with a broken thigh is doing quite nicely. It will be two month, however, before he will be able to leave the hospital. Mrs. Lulu Jackson of Evanston, Ill., who has been the guest of Rev. and Mrs. John A. Williams, left Friday for Des Moines, Iowa, where she will visit her son, Scott Harper, who is a student at Iowa State College. She will also visit her aunt before returning to her home. Miss Lucy Allen left Sunday morning for Chicago, Ill. after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Allen. Mrs. Malcolm Scott entertained at dinner on New Years for a few of the younger set who are teaching out of town. Covers were laid for twelve. Miss Dorothy E. Williams left Sunday for Sedalia, Mo., where she is a teacher in the Franklin grade school. She was accompanied by Miss May Harper, her holiday guest, who is a teacher in the Lincoln High School there. Mr. Charles T. Smith is quite seriously ill at his residence, 2916 North Twenty-eighth street. John and Harold Adams, sons of Rev. and Mrs. John Adams, after spending the holidays with their parents, have returned to the State University at Lincoln where they are juniors. Dwight Dorsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Dorsey, 3643 Parker street, left Sunday afternoon for Iowa City, to resume his studies in the University of Iowa, after a pleasant Christmas vacation. Gerald Adams, son of Mrs. George Dixon, 2876 Pinkney street, returned Monday from Little Rock, Ark., where he spent his Christmas vacation, as the guest of his uncle, Dr. Leroy C. Williams. Gerald reports a delightful visit. Elbert Taylor, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Russel Taylor, 2628 Charles street, who has been at the University hospital for treatment for eye trouble has returned home much improved. Mrs. Otis Shipman and daughters, Thelma and Madeline, who spent the holidays here left for Sioux Falls, So. Dak., Monday morning, where the girls are attending school. George Goff, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goff, 911 Forest avenue, left Sunday for Minneapolis, Minn., to resume his studies in the University of Minnesota, after spending his vacation. Mrs. Ben Grayson of Battle Creek, Mich., has been the house guest of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, 2114 North Twenty-fifth street during the holidays. Mrs. Alice Algee of Manilla, Ia., who was the guest of Miss Dorothy E. Williams, Wednesday and Thursday of last week, left for her home Thursday night. Miss Algee is a freshman at Iowa State University. Mrs. Austin W. Serrant and little daughter, Oletha, who were called here by the death of Mrs. Serrans brother, Oliver Willis, left for their home in Chicago, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Willis and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Brown, who were called to Omaha by the death of their brother, Oliver E. Willis, left for their home in Atchison, Kans., Friday afternoon. Mr. William Johnson, 4918 North Seventeenth street, who was under treatment at the University hospital has returned home and resumed his work. Judge Albert B. George, of Chicago accompanied by his wife and son, arrived in Omaha from Denver, Thursday afternoon and while in the city will be the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Ellis, 3020 Franklin street. The Executive Committee of the Omaha Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday night at the Colored Commercial Club and transacted much important business. The Executive Committee of the Colored Commercial Club held its regular monthly meeting at the Club rooms Monday night and rapidly dispatched important business matters. The members' meeting is on the third Monday night of each month. COUNCIL BLUFFS NOTES The Second Annual Quarterly Meeting will be held on Jan. 10th. Everyone is invited. The Rev. T. W. Kidd, of Omaha, will preach the afternoon sermon. Mrs. P. L. Giles, Jr. left last week for Chicago. The Bishop Gaines Club will give an entertainment on January 14th. Everyone is welcome. Mrs. Alice Davis is on the sick list. Mrs. Ida Giles received word of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Charles Campbell, in St. Paul ast week. BISHOP SHAYLER TO ADDRESS ST. PHILIP'S MEN'S CLUB The Rt. Rev. Ernest V. Shayler, D. D., bishop of Nebraska, will be the special guest and speaker of the Men's Club of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, next Monday night at 8:30 o'clock in the St. Philip's Guild room. Bishop Shayler who is much in demand as a public speaker will bring a worth-while message. Refresments will be served and a pleasant social evening will be spent. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our hearttest gratitude and appreciation for the many acts of kindness and sympathy shown us by so many friends in our bereavement by the death of a loving husband, father and brother. We appreciate, too, the many beautiful moral tributes. Clara B. Willis and children. Mrs. Jeanette Carter Mrs. Roxanna Brown Mrs. Mamie Serrant Mrs. Nan Kenner Mrs. Kathryn Brown, sisters. Ralph Willis, brother. THE MONITOR Webster 4243 NEWS FROM LINCOLN numerous floor lamps, were used by the M. A. Club Friday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Lorraine Dorsey. Mrs. Aga Holmes poured the first hour, and Mrs Bessie Irving and Mrs. Ida Allen the second hour. Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Huston, received at the door. About one hundred invitations were sent out. Mrs. Virginia Clark and Mr. Harry Franklin were quietly married last Thursday at the parsonage of Rev. H. W. Botts. Mrs. Emma Davis returned to her home in Minneapolis, Minn. last Thursday. Mrs. Virginia Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lewis entertained at an enjoyable New Years Eve watch party to twelve guests. A delectable lunchoon was served and New Years resolutions were in order. Miss Erma Tuggle, now of Kansas City, Mo. visited friends here during the holidays. Mrs. Ella Black is reported much improved from a recent illness. The Rev. F. Jesse Peck of Western University will occupy Quinn Chapel pulpit Sunday night. He is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. M. C. Knight. Mr. Chares Owens is reported improving from a recent attack of paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Graves have returned from Louisville, Ky., where they attended the funeral of Mr. Graves' sister. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Moore were host and hostess to a congenial bunch Tuesday night from 8 to 12. A most enjoyable time was had by those present and a dainty luncheon was served at a late hour. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Forbes entertained the Utopian Art Club at their home last Thursday night. An interesting program was rendered and a fine social hour was spent. A number of people opened their homes to parties of friends during the Christmas season for little pleasurable evenings and afternoons. Among those noted, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Huston, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Gates, Rev. and Mrs. M. C. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dorsey, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, and Mrs. Copeland. Mr. Clyde Marion is able to be out after some illness in the hospital. M. Mission will meet with Mrs. P. J. Abner Tuesday night Jan. 12th. Election of officers will be held. Mr. Olin Hemphill and Mrs. M. Duncan entertained at a Christmas Eve party Thursday night, a general good time was had by all. Midnight luncheon was served and the whole party attended the 5 o'clock candle light services at Quinn Chapel Christmas morning. Mrs. Lulu M. Jones of Chicago Ill., left Saturday morning after spending the holidays with relatives. DIRECTOR DESDUNES DAN. DESDUNES The Quinn Chapel watch night services were well attended; the pastor, Rev. M. C. Knight, gave a sermon at 11:00 o'clock and an enjoyable meeting was had by about 100 present. Sandwiches and coffee were served by the ladies of the church. All of our convalescents were able to enjoy Christmas with us—Mr. Ben Corneal, Mrs. Amelia Vaunell, Mr. Henry Harris, Mrs. Jackson, Mr. Robert Walker, Mother Carnohan, and Mr. McCorvan. Mrs. Richard H. Young was hostess to fourteen ladies on New Years Eve at a spring luncheon. To tired nerves and jaded palates, this party was a surprising treat. Everyone had an enjoyable time on the last day of the old year. The table decorations were Yule tide, holly from Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Lulu M. Jones was an out of town guest. Mesdames Copeland and Forbes were charming hostesses to a group of friends at a Yuletide party at the residence of Mrs. Copeland Wednesday evening. Christmas decorations were in evidence and a charity luncheon was served during the evening. Dan Desdunes Says: A picture may be good but still not exactly please you. That rule also applies to husbands and wives. 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LEVY GRADUATE REG Free Delivery 24th and LET US PAY YOU We Tre STATE SAVINGS N. W. Corner 19th and Douglas Brodeg ```markdown ``` GRADUATE REGISTERED PHARMACIST Free Delivery 24th and Decatur Sts. WEbster 5802 LET US PAY YOU 6% ON SAVINGS We Treat You Right STATE SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION N. W. Corner 19th and Douglas Streets Bankers Reserve Bldg. Brodegaard Bros. JEWELERS FOR 41 YEARS WILL SERVE YOU BETTER 16th and Douglas Streets Peoples Under Cha BETTER SERVI L. G. Doules Drug St Under Changed Management BETTER SERVICE—QUICK DELIVERY L. G. Perty, Prop. Erskine W MONITOR WILL GRE WILL DO YOUR S ONIZE THE STATE FURNITU th and Dodge Streets Tel. JAC arters BRUNSWICK Pho and % DIVIDENI Peoples Drug Store Under Changed Management BETTER SERVICE—QUICK DELIVERY L. G. Perty, Prop. 24th and Erskine Webst THE MONITOR YOU WILL D PATRONIZE THE Corner 14th and Dodge St Headquarters for BRU 6% DIV THE MONITOR WILL GROW IF YOU WILL DO YOUR SHARE PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKSON 1317 Headquarters for BRUNSWICK Phonographs and Records 6% DIVIDENDS Paid on All Deposits up to $5,000 Every Three Months OCCIDENTAL LOAN AG 18th and Harney Streets YOU CAN HAVE THE ARE LAST by listing your name CIDENTAL BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION Harney Streets Organ YOU CAN HAVE THE KIND OF JOB ARE LOOKING FOR titing your name and telephone number OCCIDENTAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE THE KIND OF JOB YOU ARE LOOKING FOR by listing your name and telephone number with ALFRED JONES Catering and Employment Office 1322 DODGE STREET AT. 9547 Twice Every Week buttermilk BSTER 6014 Products, Including macy treets -PRESCRIPTIONS Y Phone WEbster 5876 uggist PHARMACIST its. WEbster 5802 IN SAVINGS NT—— ASSOCIATION Bankers Reserve Bldg. Bros. g Store agement DELIVERY L GROW IF UR SHARE O PAGE THREE Omaha, Neb. Webster 6323 Classified Business Directory PAGE FOUR Classified FOR RENT—MODERN FURNISHED room. Single men preferred or will rent to a woman. WEB. 2342. It. FOR RENT or for sale, modern, five room house, 671 North 45 street. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished room. Modern. 2410 Seward street. WEbster 2677. NICELY HEATED FURNISHED ROOMS for young men at $2.50 a week. Call at 1810 North Twenty-third street. FOR RENT—Three heated furnished housekeeping rooms, or will rent separately. Call Webster 2769. FOR RENT—Light house keeping rooms, partly furnished. Modern except heat, 2635 Parker street. Phone after 6 p. m. WEbster 1259. FOR RENT—Three-room apartment, nearly furnished. 2514 North Thirty-first street. WEbster 0562. FOR RENT—Light house keeping apartments. Furnished WEbster 1825. Married couples only.—2t For rent. Four room modern apartments. 1547-1551 North Seventeenth street. $15.00 per month. At. 6863. tf. Wanted desirable young man to share large room with another young man in modern home. $2.50 per week. Web. 1008. lt. FOR RENT—Light housekeeping rooms, furnished. WEBster 1825. 2629 Seward street. Quiet tenants only.—2t. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms in modern home. WEBster 6834. FOR RENT. LIGHT HOUSE KEEPING rooms, partly furnished. Modern except heat. 2635 Parker street. Phone after p. m. WEBster 2769. FOR RENT. NEATLY FURNISHED room—one block from Dodge and Twenty-fourth street car line. Gentleman preferred. WEB. 5652. FOR RENT—Nearly furnished rooms, 2536 Patrick avenue. Two blocks from car line. FOR RENT—Modern furnished rooms. Steam heat. Close in. On two car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North Twentieth street. Jackson 4379 FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms in modern home. We. 6834. FOR RENT—Light housekeeping rooms. 1 block from car. All modern conveniences. 1712 North Twenty-fifth street. WEBster 5450...tf. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. On car lines in four directions. Web. 4660. FOR RENT—Apartment, furnished or unfurnished, for couple. Web. 6975, 2216 North Twenty-eighth Ave. FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR RENT—2 and 3 ROOMS WEbster 4983 2130 NORTH 28th STREET FOR RENT—To couple wishing nice housekeeping apartment, two rooms furnished and private kitchen. Price reasonable. Web. 6975. 2216 No. 28th Ave. FOR RENT—Strictly moderns rooms. Rates reasonable. Also 3-room furnished house. Miss Hogan. Webster 3221. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. One block from car line. Web. 4064. 1405 No. 25th street FOR SALE—All modern five-room house. Good location. WEbster 2478 or WEbster 3030. FOR SALE—Kohler and Campbell upright piano. Soft tone, good finish, cheap. 108 South 28th St. FOR RENT—Neatly furnished back room, suitable for two gentlemen. One block from car line. 1823 North 23rd St. WEbster 5372. FOR RENT—Two comfortably furnished rooms on car line. $3.50 per week. Heat and light. 1154½ North Twentieth street.—1t. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms. Heat and kitchen privileges. Prices reasonable. 2433 Franklin. WEbster 2089. SPECIALIZING IN HOME BAKING-rolls, bread and cake. Esther Hicks, 2623 Blondo street. WEB. 4659. It. --- Directory FORD PRINTING COMPANY, Jewell building, 24th and Grant Sts For good printing see us. We. 1750 J. A. GARDNER'S TRANSFER. Baggage, express, moving, light and heavy hauling. Reliable and competent. Six years in Omaha. 2622 Maple Street. Phone WEbster 4120. C. H. HALL, stand, 1403 No. 24th. Baggage and express hauling to all parts of the city. Phones, stand, WE. 7100; Res., WE. 1056. MADAM EDITH LLEWELLYN, Poro hair dresser. Work done at your home if desired. WEbster 1515. MADAM ANNA E. JONES TUBBS. Scalp and hair treatments. For good and quick results call WEbster 5450. 1712 North 25th Street.—Poro. MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEbster 6194. MADAM WILLIE DIXON, 2426 Blondo street. WEbster 6153. Poro hairdressing, facial massage, Turkish baths. Home comforts. In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska DRESSMAKING and SEWING MRS. ADDIE NELSON, 2631 Grant street, We. 4948. Plain and fancy sewing neatly done. Men's fancy shirts a specialty. DENTISTS DRS. SINGLETON & SINGLETON, Dentists, 2411 North 24th Street. Phone WEbster 0256. In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Deceased. WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 23rd day of January, 1926, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on the said 23rd day of January, 1926, at 9 o'clock A.M. to contest said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Wesley Jones or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY 3T-1-1-26. Driverless Auto Roams Streets Without Mishap NEW LAMAR HOTEL, 1803 North 24th street. Tel. WEbster 6406. Semi-modern, comfortable rooms, reasonable. Cafe in connection. Mrs. E. V. Dixon, proprietress. Driver's St Paris. driverless operating NOTIONS PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS --- --- BAGGAGE AND HAULING BEAUTY PARLORS COAL DEALERS C. SOLOMON COAL AND ICE CO. At your service winter and summer. All kinds of good coal at prices to suit. Phones WEbster 3901 and 4238. DENTISTS DRUG STORES ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th Street. Two phones, Webster 2770 and 2771. Well equipped to supply your needs. Prompt service. THE PEOPLES' DRUG STORE, 24th and Erskine Streets. We carry a full line. Prescriptions promptly filled. Webster 6322. HOTELS PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 1018 South 11th St. Known from coast to coast. Terms reasonable. N. P. Patton, proprietor. THE HOTEL CUMMINGS, 1916 Cuming St. Under new management. Terms reasonable. D. G. Russell, proprietor. LAWYERS W. B. BRYANT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnam Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 2502. W. G. MORGAN—Phones ATlantic 9344 and JAckson 0210. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Twenty years' experience. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnams Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 3180. D. H. OLIVER, LL. B. Lawyer. Graduate University of Nebraska. Practices in all courts. Jewell Blog., 2221 No. 24th St. WEbster 0963 and WEbster 1209. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large experience. Handles all law cases. $1516\frac{1}{2}$ North 24th St. WE. 3567. Residence. WEbster 4162. NOTIONS A. F. PEOPLES. Painting and decorating, wall paper and glass. Plastering, cement and general work. Sherwin-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St. Phone WEbster 6366. No Advertisement Accepted for This Classified Directory for Less Than Six Months Directory PLUMBERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO. J. F. Allison, manager. Estimates furnished. 2522 Lake St. Phone WE. 5846 RS COMPANY, Jew- and Grant Sts e us. We. 1750 NTS RESTAURANTS PEATS RESTAURANT, 1405 North 24th Street. Where those who de sire good home cooking at reasonable prices go. WEBster 0530. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St. WEbster 5084 UNDERTAKERS JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers. 24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100 Satisfactory service always. H. A. CHILES & CO., funeral directors and licensed embalmers. Courteous, efficient service in the last sad hour. 1839 North Twenty-fourth street. Phones, office WEbster 7133; residence WEbster 6349. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY BRYCE CRAWFORD County Judge. T-1-1-26. HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY Fountain Pens—Stationery Cigars and Candy Eastman Kodaks and Supplies 2402 Cuming Street Driverless Auto Roams Streets Without Mishap Paris. Much mystery surrounds a driverless automobile which has been operating in the streets here. The vehicle has driven through crowded streets without accident. The inventor promises shortly to disclose the secret of the operation of the machine. Girl With Proud Record Now Goes Into Business SUDERMAN & WINTERWOOD Miss Valile Griffith of Burlington, M. C., who on her seventeenth birthday has just taken a business position, claims the championship of America in the matter of school attendance. For eleven years and three months, in grade, high and business school, she was neither absent for a day, nor tardy. PLUMBERS PRINTERS The Story Thomas SATU Selected ANNU THE Oma R $2.0 H. J. PINKETT, Attorney NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, in the matter of the estate of George B. Hockley, deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court praying for the probate of a certain instrument now on file in said Court, purporting to be the last well and testament of said deceased, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 16th day of The Store of Thomas Kilpatrick Co Established in 1870. Selected From the Many Included in Our ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARING Fur T A grouping of 30 junior co- quality, warm and durable Fur trimmings on collars, cuffs and tabs. Wide colors. Sizes 14 to 16 $1 Junior Silk are The prevailing practical st are straight line and flare n vet and combinations. A dresses taken from regular All colors. Sizes 14 to 16 $1 A grouping of 30 junior coats, smartly styled of good quality, warm and durable fabrics, interlined and lined. Fur trimmings on collars, collars and cuffs—and collars, cuffs and tabs. Wide color range. Sizes 14 to 16 $15 Formerly Priced to $29.50 The prevailing practical styles are here. Represented are straight line and flare models of satin, Loreline, velvet and combinations. All smartly trimmed. Sixty dresses taken from regular stock and radically reduced. All colors. Girls' Sweaters "Keep the Body Warm" is advice that should be strictly observed these days of varying temperatures. Sweaters of soft, warm yarns, brushed and novelty weaves. Coat models and slip-ons. Reduced for quick clearance. 2 to 6 Yrs. $1.69-$2.69 8 to 14 Yrs. $2.69-$5.69 Subscrib maha's Race W 2.00 a THE MONITOR --- 1 Junior Coats Fur Trimmed ing of 30 junior coats, smartly sty- warm and durable fabrics, interline mings on collars, collars and cuffs- ed tabs. Wide color range. $15 Price Junior Dresse Silk and Cloth vailing practical styles are here. Right line and flare models of satin, l combinations. All smartly trim aken from regular stock and radica s. $1950 Price subscribe for MONIT aha's Relial ace Weekly 00 a Ye January, 1926, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on the said 16th day of January, 1926, at 9 o'clock A. M., to contest the probate of said will, the Court may allow and probate said will and grant administration of said estate to S. H. Dorsey or Edith Llewelyn or some other suitable person, enter a decree of heirship, and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3t-12-18-25 County Judge. Don't swear off. Just quit and see if you can cut the mustard. --- rimmed ts, smartly styled of good fabrics, interlined and lined. collars and cuffs—and collars, range. Dresses d Cloth les are here. Represented models of satin, Loreline, vel- l smartly trimmed. Sixty stock and radically reduced. Smart windbreakers that have won extreme popularity with school girls. Made of warm suede cloth in colors of red, brown, tan and orange. Very clever for spring wear as well as immediate use. Ages 10 to 16 years. $3.95 e for NITOR Reliable weekly Year uit and see rd. Formerly Priced to $29.50 Formerly Priced to $39.50 WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA