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SOUTH INDIGNANT OVER LYNCHING Ever. Southerners Moved to Denounce Merciless Murder LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 per year—5 Cents a Copy State Historical Society Ever Southern Denounce M Columbia, S. C.—The State Interracial Committee, in session here, went on record with a figorous denunciation of mob violence, the Aiken lynching in particular, and earnestly urged the Governor and other officers to press the investigation of the case and apprehend and punish the guilty persons. The resolutions, which were adopted by unanimous vote, were as follows: "Resolved, that the State Interracial Committee at its annual meeting assembled, deplores this crime against the good order of the government (the Aiken lynching), this merciless murder of the defenseless, and this fostering of hate against a race that should have only the good will and protection of our citizenry; and be it "Resolved, that the officers of the law be urged to pursue steadily and swiftly the members of the mob that committed this foul crime and to bring them to the bar of justice, and that the Governor of South Carolina be GEORGIA IMPOSES HEAVY SENTENCES ON CONVICTED LYNCHERS Nine Members of Mob Who Lynch ed a White Man Are Given Terms in Penitentiary Douglas, Ga.—A notable victory in the warfare against lynching was scored in Superior Court here last Tuesday when nine men admitteed guilt in the lynching of Dave Wright on August 27th, and were sentenced to the penitentiary. Major Brown, alleged leader of the mob, was given a life sentence; the other eight received sentences ranging from four to twenty years. Three others accused of the same crime plead not guilty and are being placed on trial, while four more who are under indictment are being sought by the officers. General satisfaction with the verdict is expressed, both here and over the State. Judge Harry Reed, who had jurisdiction in the case, the grand jury which returned the indictments, the county sheriff, and other court officials are being highly commended for their prompt and vigorous handling of the case, in spite of threats and attempted intimidation. In pronouncing the sentences, Judge Reed declared: "Lynching is a menace to the rights and liberties of the American individual, and should be so regarded by every intelligent community. It is as much out of place in our modern civilization as would be the burning of witches." Judge Reed said further that the sentiment of Coffey County was entirely against the members of the mob, even before they had been apprehended, and that the intelligent people of Georgia in general are "bitterly opposed to lynching in any form." Commenting favorably on the case under the caption "Dawn of a New Day," the Atlanta Constitution says: "Coffee County has not only vindicated itself in the Dave Wright lynching, but it has vindicated Georgia. The result . . . will have a marked effect throughout the entire State. It will serve as a wholesome deterrent against future defiance of law and order and constituted society by organized bands of night-riding murderers. This vindication of justice and decency in Coffee County marks the dawn of a new day in Georgia, and puts the whole State under obligation to Harry Reed, the fearless judge who has done more in this instance to protect the good name of the State than has been done by any other man in Georgia in many a year." SUBSCRIBE $50,000 FOR NEW COLORED HOSPITAL New Orlans, La.—Approximately sixty thousand dollars have been subscribed to the proposed new colored hospital, and more is needed. Many white business firms are listed among the donors. THE MONITOR requested to press steadily his investigations to apprehend the guilty persons; and be it "Resolved, that the Columbia Record, the Columbia State, and the other newspapers of this and other states which have stirred the public conscience against this terrible wrong, be commended and thanked for their skillful and effective services for the common good; and be it finally "Resolved, that we shall stand by any persons or groups that seek to banish the evil of lynching from South Caorlina, and that we hereby tender to them any services that we may render." The resolutions adopted are in line with the demand for a thorough investigation of the lynching made at the time by Mrs. C. P. McGowan, chairman, and other members of the Committee. Meantime an investigation has been inaugurated by the Governor and has been going on for some weeks, but so far no arrests have been reported. WILLIAM PICKENS FELLOW PASSENGER WITH QUEEN MARIE New York, N. Y.—William Pickens, contributing editor of the Associated Negro Press, sailed for Europe on the Berengaria, Cunard liner, Wednesday, November 24, from Wharf No. 56, this city. It is a six-day steamer and should reach Southampton, England, by December 1. Mr. Pickens will first deliver a series of lectures in England and Scotland and then visit Germany and other continental points, attending the Brussels Conference, which is his chief objective, in January. Due to the change in the plans of Queen Marie of Roumania, she also has secured reservations on the Berengaria, and sailed on Wednesday. It is the hope of the Associated Negro Press that Mr. Pickens may be able to interview her for the colored papers, and a letter requesting this privilege was dispatched to the queen on board the Berengaria Mr. Pickens expects to return by mid-February, to speak on Sunday afternoon, February 13th, at the annual inter-racial meetings of the Y. W. C. A. in Jersey City, on "Common Interest of White and Black"; at the Community Forum of the John Haynes Holmes Church in New York City, the night of the 13th., on "Abraham Lincoln, Man and Statesman," and to be entertained by The Sunrise Club of New York City on Monday night, February 14th, when he will speak on "Sex—The Crux of the American Race Problem." While abroad, Mr. Pickens will write a series of his brilliant articles which will appear in some of the membership papers of the Associated Negro Press. HONOR MEMORY OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Philadelphia, Pa.-The Tuskegee Club of Philadelphia held memorial services at the First African Baptist Church in honor of the late Booker T. Washington, founder and first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Gustave Auzene, president of the Tuskegee Club of Philadelphia, presided and introduced the speakers. HILLSIDE ATHLETIC CLUB The Hillside Athletic club, of which Charles W. Dickerson is president, meets Monday nights at Hillside gymnasium, Thirtieth and Ohio streets. A woman's division has been organized and will meet Friday nights. The gymnasium is being gradually equipped. Volleyball and basketball are now being played by girls' teams and boys' teams. The Community Chest gives the Community a soul and God knows she needs it. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 26, 1926 EDITORIAL Are you a reactionary or a or the other. Which are you? A reactionary is one who b promote reaction or turning ba old viewpoints, old prejudices, m Specifically, a reactionary is one reverse political and social progr pattern. A progressive is one who b new duties; one who favors ad believes in going on to new view he may have a clearer and a b promote political and social adv mover. There are those among our they are in the majority, who a These accept the traditional v slavery which we have, by no Negro is, inherently and there Caucasian, and must accept the uncomplainingly, to which the willingly and hopelessly submit the old slave oligarchy with all discriminations, and transplanted same species, to northern com philosophy retards progress and isolation means ultimately stu Touching our national relations are not citizens. We are in An is the logical and inevitable iss tionary view which so many un Among white Americans, my want to be friends of our people heart, are controlled by this reg gram for the Negro is separater actionaries among our own gr separate playgrounds, separate agencies of all kinds, and why marate Hell. Nothing like being l on the old caste spirit which is America. It proclaims that the contributed of his brawn and b the country, and who has shed ica—a thing apart—but not of That the reactionary philo able is being demonstrated in an the South, the seat of the cast that the white people alone kn people of that section. The bla petent to speak on questions o consulted. The result was inc understanding. An unheard gressives advised inviting intelli with intelligent whites. The re racial committees which have o The reactionary theory of absol as meeting and conferring togeth punctured. Reactionaries cannot stop progress. If America is to end class system. Those who oppo would reduce the colored Ameri by the highest patriotic motives only assume her rightful place when she regards all her citizen or religious beliefs, as American and privileges and to share all Negro Americans must rid the inferiority-complex, of the id American citizenship and feel it to be with all its rights and in And white Americans, who beli treat the black American as an American the same rights an enjoy. Which are you? Reactionary or a progressive? You are a reactionary or a progressive? You are a reactionary or a progressive? History is one who believes in and favors on or turning back to old customs, old prejudices, political, religious, reactionary is one who endeavors to and social progress. He is a hold on whose among our own group, and who majority, who are standpatters at the traditional view, a legacy from we have, by no means, yet outwardly and therefore of necessity, must accept the status and place, to which the "superior race" as hopelessly submit to the caste system, diligency with all its limitations, and transplanted, modified some northern communities. Such a wards progress and advancement. It is ultimately stunted growth if its international relationship, it excludes us. We are in America, but not of and inevitable issue if our people which so many unfortunately do. Write Americans, many of whom reacts of our people and who have enrolled by this reactionary philosophy Negro is separateness in all things, bring our own group, believe in so sounds, separate churches, separate kinds, and why not? a separate thing like being logical, you know. The spirit which is directly contrary to proclaims that the black man who this brawn and brain to develop and who has shed his blood to defend heart—but not of America. Reactionary philosophy and program demonstrated in an unlooked for quality of the caste system, acted by people alone knew what was being section. The black man was not a look on questions concerning himself the result was increasing friction. An unheard of thing came to press inviting intelligent Negroes to white whites. The result was the forces which have done much to imply theory of absolute separateness, conferring together on terms of education cannot stop the wheels of so much America is to endure she can tolerate. Those who oppose the reactionary one colored American to a fixed caste patriotic motives and who believe that rightful place among the nation ends all her citizens, irrespective of beliefs, as Americans, entitled to enjoy and to share all the responsibilities Americans must rid themselves of the complex, of the idea that they must ownership and feel themselves and possess rights and immunities full Americans, who believe in America, in American as an American demand the same rights and immunities as Are you a reactionary or a progressive? You must be one or the other. Which are you? A reactionary is one who believes in and favors or strives to promote reaction or turning back to old customs, old principles, old viewpoints, old prejudices, political, religious, social or other. Specifically, a reactionary is one who endeavors to check, undo or reverse political and social progress. He is a holdbacker, a standpatter. A progressive is one who believes that new occasions teach new duties; one who favors advancing, going forward; one who believes in going on to new viewpoints, in ascending heights where he may have a clearer and a broader vision, one who strives to promote political and social advancement. He is a go-aheader, a mover. There are those among our own group, and we are quite sure they are in the majority, who are standpatters and reactionaries. These accept the traditional view, a legacy from the days of slavery which we have, by no means, yet outgrown, that the Negro is, inherently and therefore of necessity, inferior to the Caucasian, and must accept the status and place, cheerfully and uncomplainingly, to which the "superior race" assign him. They willingly and hopelessly submit to the caste system, imposed by the old slave oligarchy with all its limitations, restrictions and discriminations, and transplanted, modified somewhat but of the same species, to northern communities. Such a viewpoint, such a philosophy retards progress and advancement. It isolates and isolation means ultimately stunted growth if not extinction. Touching our national relationship, it excludes us therefrom. We are not citizens. We are in America, but not of America. This is the logical and inevitable issue if our people accept the reactionary view which so many unfortunately do. Among white Americans, many of whom really and sincerely want to be friends of our people and who have our success at heart, are controlled by this reactionary philosophy. Their program for the Negro is separateness in all things. These, like reactionaries among our own group, believe in separate schools, separate playgrounds, separate churches, separate parks, separate agencies of all kinds, and why not? a separate Heaven and a separate Hell. Nothing like being logical, you know. This is based upon the old caste spirit which is directly contrary to the ideals of America. It proclaims that the black man who was born here, contributed of his brawn and brain to develop the resources of the country, and who has shed his blood to defend it, is in America—a thing apart—but not of America. That the reactionary philosophy and program is not workable is being demonstrated in an unlooked for quarter. For years the South, the seat of the caste system, acted upon the theory that the white people alone knew what was best for the black people of that section. The black man was not considered competent to speak on questions concerning himself. He was not consulted. The result was increasing friction, ill-will and misunderstanding. An unheard of thing came to pass. Some progressives advised inviting intelligent Negroes to sit in conference with intelligent whites. The result was the formation of interracial committees which have done much to improve conditions. The reactionary theory of absolute separateness, at least insofar as meeting and conferring together on terms of equality, has been punctured. Reactionaries cannot stop the wheels of social or political progress. If America is to endure she can tolerate no caste or class system. Those who oppose the reactionary policy which would reduce the colored American to a fixed caste are actuated by the highest patriotic motives and who believe that America will only assume her rightful place among the nations of the earth when she regards all her citizens, irrespective of their ancestry or religious beliefs, as Americans, entitled to enjoy all the rights and privileges and to share all the responsibilities of Americans. Negro Americans must rid themselves of the slave-mind, or the inferiority-complex, of the idea that they must accept a semi-American citizenship and feel themselves and prove themselves to be with all its rights and immunities full American citizens. And white Americans, who believe in America, must accept and treat the black American as an American demanding for him as an American the same rights and immunities as they themselves enjoy. SOUTHERN SENATORS IN STOLEN SEATS WILL RECEIVE SHOCK The Fight Against Seating Vare and Smith on Charges of Political Expenditures Will Raise Another Issue. Washington, D. C.—The fight against seating Senator-elect Vare of Pennsylvania and Senator-elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois, which is being planned by United States Senators of the Progressive and Democratic parties, took on a new angle here last week when the question of the legality of the election of Democratic senators in the South was raised. The Southern Senators, who are taking such an active part in the plan to deny Vare and Smith seats in the United States Senate, are elected in primaries from which Negro citizens are excluded and elections in which if Negroes vote their vote is not counted. Political leaders, throughout the North and Middlewest are pointing to this practice as illegal and are asking "which Senator is more undesirable, the one who is elected by huge expenditures, or the one by the disfranchisement of a --- progressive? You must be one believes in and favors or strives to take to old customs, old principles, political, religious, social or other, who endeavors to check, undo or less. He is a holdbacker, a stand-believes that new occasions teachancing, going forward; one who points, in ascending heights where broader vision, one who strives to enmentment. He is a go-aheader, a down group, and we are quite sure are standpatters and reactionaries. New, a legacy from the days of means, yet outgrown, that the core of necessity, inferior to the status and place, cheerfully and superior race" assign him. They to the caste system, imposed by its limitations, restrictions and, modified somewhat but of the utilities. Such a viewpoint, such a advancement. It isolates andanted growth if not extinction.hip, it excludes us therefrom. Were America, but not America. This use if our people accept the reacfortunately do. Many of whom really and sincerely able and who have our success at actionary philosophy. Their process in all things. These, like reup, believe in separate schools, churches, separate parks, separate not? a separate Heaven and a seepical, you know. This is based updirectly contrary to the ideals of the black man who was born here, brain to develop the resources of his blood to defend it, is in Amererica. Philosophy and program is not work-unlooked for quarter. For years the system, acted upon the theory new what was best for the black man was not considered concerning himself. He was not ceasing friction, ill-will and misthing came to pass. Some progen Negroes to sit in conference result was the formation of interne much to improve conditions.ute separateness, at least insofar on terms of equality, has been the wheels of social or political sure she can tolerate no caste or use the reactionary policy which can to a fixed caste are actuated and who believe that America will among the nations of the earths, irrespective of their ancestry, entitled to enjoy all the rights the responsibilities of Americans. themselves of the slave-mind, or idea that they must accept a semi-selflesses and prove themselves immunities full American citizens, live in America, must accept and American demanding for him asd immunities as they themselves group of citizens on account of race and color." These leaders are referring to the fact that alleged expenditures that have "tainted Vare and Smith" were made in the primaries and made public long before the elections, yet the voters elected them by large majorities, but in the South only a portion of the citizens are permitted to exercise their rights of citizenship and that Southern Democratic Senators are elected by this group. Thus it is apparent that if the seating of Vare and Smith is contested, the fight will become more complicated with the entrance of the illegality of Southern Democratic issue. Los Angeles, Cal.—Completed at the cost of nearly $200,000, the beautiful Y. M. C. A. building here was dedicated Sunday with impressive ceremonies. The Spanish motif is carried throughout both the exterior and interior of the structure, the roof being red tile, the facings blue and white stone. There is a roomy convertible "gym" and a beautiful swimming pool in white tile. The building is of four stories with a large number of well furnished rooms and fills a long felt want in the community. Wide Difference In Money Spent for Racial Education R LYN Wide Difference Spent for R New York, Nov. 19.—The Christmas "Crisis," out this week, publishes the second article on Mississippi, in the series of surveys undertaken by Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois on the Negro Common Schools in the Southern States, pursuant to the gift of $5,000, made by the Garland Fund for this purpose. The first article, on education in Georgia, has already been published. The article published this month, shows glaring discrepancies in the amounts spent on Negro and white schools in Mississippi, the figures given for a number of typical counties being as follows: County White Colored Amite $13.64 $2.50 Bolivar 43.33 2.26 Coahoma 42.85 3.21 Noxubee 31.55 3.00 Washington 43.09 2.97 Tunica 63.12 4.40 Warren 44.50 2.03 In Mississippi, according to The Crisis report, there is no provision for the colored blind children. In many counties Negro teachers receive less than one-third of the salary paid to whites, the Negro teachers' salaries in some Mississippi counties being as low as $20.13 a month. Although the whites have voted themselves consolidated rural schools, with up-to-date buildings and equipment valued at $9.461,501. WOMEN'S CLUB PLANS $50,000 HOME IN CAPITOL Washington, D. C.—The plans of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs to place their national home and headquarters at Washington, D. C. are being quietly developed by President Mary McLeod Bethune, with every prospect that by the time of the next biennial the headquarters will be ready for dedication. The growing importance of the National Association in the affairs of the race and the nation, coupled with the fact that practically all other important organizations of national caliber, including the National Association of Women's Clubs (white) have headquarters in Washington, led the women's clubs to determine upon a home in the capitol, from which should radiate out to all sections of the country the results of their work and influence. The splendid achievement of the Association in saving and rehabilitating the Frederick Douglas Home in Anacostia led many of the delegates to the last session to suggest it as the permanent headquarters. Its inaccessibility, however, as was pointed out by Mrs. Bethue, led to the decision to place it in Washington proper, and the president was empowered to proceed to secure the building and equipment within a limitation of $50,000. THE LADY FROM LOUISIANA DECLARED THE FAVORITE The Tea given by the General Education Committee Friday afternoon, November 19, brought to a close the friendly contest in which Mrs. Viola Cole, the Lady from Louisiana, and Mrs. Hattie Hawkins, the Lady from Tennessee, were engaged. The reception room was very beautifully decorated with ferns. A large basket of lovely orange colored flowers and autumn leaves as the center piece surrounded with orange colored candles in tall candle-sticks, added to the beauty of the table. With the approach of early back an unusually cheerful scene. Delicious refreshments were served to the many friends that were in and out during the afternoon. At six o'clock, Mrs. Viola Cole, having brought in the highest amount vorite. She was presented with a lovely picture of the Rheims Cathedral; the second gift, one of Nutting's pretty pictures, was given to Mrs. Hattie Hawkins. Mrs. Cole was very grateful to all those who helped her to be declared the Favorite. This affair, being primarily a financial effort, was a success. GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST. --- GROWING THANK YOU! Whole Number 592 CHING e In Money acial Education there is not one such school for Negroes in the state. The state has spent for white teachers' homes $729,750, and not one cent for Negroes' homes. Many Mississippi counties are reported to run their Negro schools for only four months in the year, although in the same counties may be found consolidated rural schools for whites running nine months. For the only colored college in the state, the legislature declined to make an appropriation of $100,000 to meet an offer of a similar sum from a benevolent organization, although the legislature recently appropriated about $5,000,000 for the white colleges of the state. The Crisis announces that the next article in the series, on Negro Common Schools in North Carolina, will be published in the February number. In the Christmas number, besides the article on Schools in Mississippi, there is a detailed account of the funds received by The Crisis from the Garland Fund. Other features include: A first prize poem by Arna Bontemps; "Thoughts in a Zoo"; the second prize poem by Countee Cullen; a review of "Nigger Heaven"; "The Shambles of South Carolina," by Walter White; "The Swamp Moccasin," a prize story by John F. Matheus; and poems by E. Ralph Cheyney, and Edna Lou Walton. JUDGE GRANTS NEW TRIAL; DENOUNCES "WATER CURE" Jackson, Miss.—John Fisher, Coachoma County, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Grover C. Nichols, a white man, has been granted a new trial by the Mississippi supreme court which reversed the action of the Circuit Court or permitting the introduction of a confession extorted from the prisoner in violation of the constitution. The court denounced the "water cure", a species of torture well known in the south. This consists of pouring water into the nose of a man to force a confession. Reaford Leonard was the next to be tried for the crime; and received a sentence for life in the state penitentiary. Lindsay Coleman, the third man to go on trial was found not guilty by a jury at Clarksdale and within thirty minutes after the trial was taken from the officers and lynched. CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON Despite the inclement weather a large congregation was present last Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. Following the service a pleasant social hour was spent in the Guild Rooms at which sandwiches and coffee were served by a committee of ladies of the parish under the joint chairmanship of Mesdames W. B. and Chas. T. Smith, and S. B. Canty. Next Sunday being the first Sunday in Advent there will be special Advent services and music at the usual hours, 7:30, 10:00 and 11:00 a. m. and 8 p. m. CARVE NEGRO TO DEATH Bonnetsville, S. C.—Legrand Jackson and J. T. Nolan, two white men, are being sought by country police for the murder of Eddie Gadson, a rigger for the Schofield Carolina Lumber Company. One of the men is said to have held Gadsen while the other took a knife and stabbed him twelve times. THE FISK SINGERS WIN Nashville, Tenn.—According to a message just reaching here, more than 35,000 francs profit was realized in a concert given by the Fisk Singers in Paris, France, on the night of November 10. Weldon Solomon starred in the So. Dakota-Creighton game last Friday, making 68 of the 123 yards gained by Creighton. COMMUNITY CHEST FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 15 TO 22. THE M A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED OF COLORADO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A MONITOR PUBLI Entered as Second-Class Mail Matte Omaha, Nebraska, under THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM W. W. MODELY, Lincoln, Neb. LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR Advertising Rates Fund Address, The Monitor, Post, Telephone W ARTICLE XIV, CON UNITED THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMARA, NEBRAKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 1. All persons born or made subject to the jurisdiction United States and of the State shall make or enforce any privileges or immunities of city shall any state deprive any property without due process of within its jurisdiction the equ DOES THIS SHOCK YOU? "DAMN the United States, I'm going to get out of it as soon as I can and raise my family in a country that is civilized. I'm going to South America." It was a Negro in his late thirties, who is a graduate of two of the best colleges in America, one an eastern college where he took his degree in liberal arts, and another in the middle west where he has taken his professional training, who made this fierce outburst upon reading of a brutal lynching in the South. Moreover, he is a man who earned a commission and served with distinction in the American Expeditionary Forces abroad in the recent World War. He is successful in his profession, a home owner and a real worth-while citizen. He continued: "It isn't only outrages of this character that make me hot, but it is the thousand and one insults to which we are subjected in this country, to which we have given our best, and things seem to grow worse instead of better. The sham and hypocrisy of America make me sick." Is this young man's outburst against the United States justified? What do you think about it? Do you think he would be really happier in South America? Another young man, not yet twenty, a student in one of our leading western universities, where he ranks high in scholarship and athletics and is well liked, plans to complete his studies at Yale, and devote himself to a literary career. He has his eye on Europe. "When I complete my course at Yale, I intend to go abroad, where one's race or color does not count against him, but where one stands on his merit and ability to produce the goods." He made this remark quietly and without any show of feeling or resentment. He is a youth of fine character, high ideals and a winning personality. "Fight it out here, my young friend. You can win out here despite the apparent handicap, which I do not under-rate. The entrance of our people into the literary world, the acceptance of manuscripts by the best magazine of the country, are most hopeful signs and are mornings which give promise of a glorious day. Fight it out here. America, which has been the scene of the Negro's deepest degradation, will be the scene of his greatest triumph and exaltation." You man not agree with us, but with the young men quoted above. We would like to have your opinion. COMMON LAW MARRIAGES One of the great evils of our community is the prevalence of "common law" marriages among both races. People do not seem to realize that for a man and woman to live together out of wedlock is sinful and immoral. Police records show that many of the tragedies which have been enacted in Omaha have been among these common law couples. There ought to be some legislative enactments which would forbid such associations. If a man and a woman love each other, and there is no impediment or barrier to their conjugal union, then they ought to be honorably and lawfully married, or else they ought not live together as man and wife. Such cohabitation is sinful and wrong, whether the state permits it or not. It may be that some people do not know any better. People who want to be decent and considered as decent and respectable should be honorably and lawfully married. "Common law marriages," in many of the states, are treated as adulterous PAGE TWO unions with a heavy penalty attached. Such should be the law in Nebraska. A STREAK OF DAWN That a Georgia judge was had the courage to sentence nine men to terms in penitentiary for terms of from four years to life for lynching a man, is a hopeful sign. True, the victim was a white man; had he been black it is doubtful that any sentence would have been imposed. Be that as it may, a beginning has been made and a precedent set which will eventually demand punishment for the lynching of a Negro in Georgia. It is a streak of dawn. THE WEEK'S EDITORIALS I. UP TO GOVERNOR McLEOD (From The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 12, 1926) What is the Governor of South Carolina going to do about the re- cent lynching of three Negroes, one of whom was at woman, at Aiken? It is a pertinent question and the entire nation is awaiting the answer entire nation is awaiting the answer. Governor McLeod does not condone lynching. No self respecting, law abiding white man in South Carolina—or in the nation, for that matter—can possibly condone lynching. And yet, for some reason or another, this disgraceful act of mob violence has not been avenged, nor has any definite action been reported. The law that was crucified by a masked gang of white men, whose names, it is said, are known, and whose affiliation with a secret order has been openly charged and not denied, has not reached out to bring to the bar of justice those who defied it. And who, in defying it, struck at the very foundation of our system of government, and made a mockery of constitutional authority. The lynching of the three Negroes at Aiken was one of the most dastardly crimes ever committed in this country. The more reprehensible it was because of the undenied charges that several officers of the law either took an active part or looked passively on while the mob wrought its vengeance upon a trio of helpless, terrorized human beings whose guilt, even, of the charge of murder that had been preferred against them was seriously in question. One of the victims, indeed, had been discharged, after a fair and impartial trial, on account of the lack of any evidence of guilt, even circumstantial. The execution of the lynching was of the most brutal type. Ropes were fastened tightly around their bodies, according to report, and they were dragged for many a mile behind rapidly moving automobiles. Then they were riddled with bullets to end their agonizing cries. In the black days of inquisition greater barbarity in human persecution was not resorted to. An official of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has made an exhaustive investigation of the lynching and has furnished Governor McLeod with a list of names of people of the Aiken community that he alleges were guilty of the outrage. Among them is the name of the Sheriff, the one official who was charged, by virtue of office, with the sacred duty of enforcing the law, and preserving the integrity of the judiciary system. Whether those cited are guilty or not is not the question for the public to decide. That is the duty and the function of the court. The public, however, is concerned—and vitally—in the most important question as to whether South Carolina will allow this brutal affair to fade into history without every legal recourse open to law enforcement being engaged vigorously to make the guilty pay a just debt to society. There was a lynching recently in Douglas county, Georgia—the first and only one of the year. Judge Harry Reed of that circuit convened the grand jury, and sixteen indictments were promptly brought, and the accused as promptly arrested and jailed. Their trial is set for an early date. South Carolina should show an equal respect for the law. powered, he opened the to drag Be to her dea and relative officials we lynching. To the South. hoodlums of pillow cases less Negro To Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, goes the credit for unearthing one of the ghastliest stories in American history. This young man, who has already distinguished himself in various Southern States by investigating race riots and lynchings that reflected discredit on local and state officials, went down to Aiken, S. C., alone, to find himself in the most lawless and brutal district that he had ever visited. The result of his investigation he communicated to Governor McLeod in a letter that might well have scorched His Honor's hands as he held it. Reminding the Governor of his promise to "do everything in my power to get at the truth in this matter and to fix the guilt upon the proper parties," Mr. White furnished details of the lynching, and ended with a list of names, occupations and addresses of a score of men who took part in it. The data which Mr. White gathered in his courageous and careful search can, he declared, be amply substantiated by various citizens of Aiken whenever the Governor will guarantee them immunity from the wrath of the Ku Klux Klan. According to Mr. White, the Klan engineered the lynching, and effectively controls the community. But the state militia is at the Governor's call. The good name of South Carolina is in shadow; protection can be furnished if Governor McLeod wants it. A law-abiding and industrious family of Negroes, the Lowmans, were accused of selling whiskey. A sheriff and four deputies, in plain clothes and with nothing to distinguish them as officers of the law, approaching the Lowman house, terrified the mother and her daughter, and brought about a fracas in which the mother was killed, the daughter, Bertha, and a son, Clarence, seriously wounded by gunshots; another son, Demon, shot but not seriously hurt, and the sheriff killed. Seventeen days after the affair five of the Lowmans were put on trial for murder, with lawyers for the defense appointed by the judge. Bertha, Demon and Clarence were found guilty, and were sentenced to death, and the girl to imprisonment for life. So outrageous was this trial that a Negro lawyer in South Carolina was able to present to the State Supreme Court a brief that resulted in a new trial. At the second hearing of the case, Demon was found noa guility. Within one hour of the reversal of the verdict persons as far away as Columbia knew that the Lowmans would be lynched that night. And they were. Mr. White, in his extraordinary story, which is now being substantially repeated by The New York World, charges that, far from being over- Christmas A. HOSPE CO. at ---- EVERYTHING IN ART AND MUSIC HOSPE BUILDING 15th AND FARNAM "Dependable Family Service" Dry Cleaning of Ladies' and Gents' Wearing Apparel and Household Furnishings SOFT WATER LAUNDERING Wet Wash - - - 4¢ per lb. Thrifty Wash - - 5¢ per lb. Dry Wash—Rough Dry—Family Finish Linen—Curtains—Blankets, Etc. EDHOLM & SHERMAN LAUNDERERS AND CLEANERS 24th Near Lake Street PHONE WE. 6055 Office, WEbster 4030—PHONES—Res., WEbster 0949 JOSEPH D. 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The Community Chest gives the Community a soul and God knows she needs it NEW NEED FOR A FEDERAL ANTI-LYNCHING LAW (For the Associated Negro Press) Lynchings, which in the last two years have shown a gratifying decline, are again on the way up in the United States. One of the most horrible crimes in recent years was the triple lynching of three Negroes in South Carolina. These victims were taken from the jail and killed, although one of them had just been declared innocent after trial, and the other two, one a woman, had been granted a new trial. It is alleged that the police officers were accomplices in this crime. The public authorities of South Carolina were as usual doing nothing until Walter White of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and later the New York World goaded them into action. It is yet too soon to predict that there is courage enough and decency enough in South Carolina to bring the lynchers to justice. Not to be behind hand in crime Texas reports a triple lynching for reasons unknown. Two of the victims—a man and his wife—were burned to death in their cabin. This in the country of the fundamentalists who pride themselves on their religious zeal. In view of these facts and others like them, it's high time to revive agitation for a Federal anti-lynching law. It would, of course, have been better if the states had taken care of this matten. A Federal law will not be self-enforcing. Nevertheless, if American citizenship means anything it means the right to life as against the mob. The United States is bound to guarantee that to its Negro citizens. Undoubtedly the previous agitation for the Dyer anti-lynching bill in Congress was partly responsible for the improvement in the South. This time support should be given to the bill in dead earnest. There is no room for sectional feeling in this matter, nor can the North in view of its own race riots assume a holier-thou attitude. All of us as decent citizens must get together to remove from the United States a disgrace which is not shared by the most backward peoples on the earth. The Community Chest gives the Community a soul and God knows she needs it. Retiring From Business Sale Stock of Men's and Young Men's Clothing, Shoes and Hats ON SALE NOW AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES MUST GO Corner Fourteenth and Douglas Streets Satur The Bran ment o Eigh Largest of T 10 Po Awa Weis F LOU saturday The Brandeis Toy Depot ment opens on the Eighth Floor largest Assortment of the new Toys 10 Ponies Give Away FREE! Brandeis Flower Sh LOUIS WEIS, Proprietor The Brandeis Toy Department opens on the Eighth Floor Largest Assortment of the new FR Special Floral WEIS FI Phone WEbster 2057 FREE DELIVERY Special Floral Designs for All Occasions EIS FLOWER SHOP Ebster 2057 2508 North 24th M. P. Morcenty, Lawyer, 760 Porter Trust Building, JAckson 3841 or HArney 2106. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large experience. 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William Burr Officer, aged 71, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Stith, 3420 Oak street, at 12:30 Thursday morning. He is survived by one sister in Chicago, two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Glenn of Chicago, and Mrs. Mary Stith of Lincoln, two sons, Ted of Beulah, Wyo., Sidney of Berkeley, Calif. Mrs. Margaret Glenn of Chicago, and Ted Officer of Beulah, Wyo., were present at the funeral. The funeral services were held in Mount Zion Baptist Church at 1 o'clock Sunday. Rev. H. W. Botts preached a beautiful sermon, being assisted by the Rev. Mr. Johnson of Newman Grove M. E. and the Rev. M. C. Knight of Quinn Chapel. The choir gave excellent music. Y. W. C. A. NOTES The Committee of Management will meet in a regular monthly session at North Side branch of the Y. W. C. A. The regular business of the "Y" was transacted at the last meeting. New plans were discussed for a greater "Y", all present were very optimistic. National Fellowship Month National Fellowship Month was appropriately observed at the North Side branch, November 10th. The program was conducted by Mrs. Irene Jones, chairman of the Girl's Reserve department. Mrs. Emma Cruse, 2620 Grant, died at her home, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Cruse had been ill for some time. She suffered a stroke of paralysis last Friday. She was buried from Bethel A. M. E. Church, Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Kidd officiating. Mrs. Cruse was a member of the Court of Calanthe, Daughters of Bethel and Golden Sheaf Tabernacle. She is survived by a niece, two brothers, and two adopted daughters. Mr. S. L. Bush was united in marriage to Mrs. Julia Brown of Leavenworth, Kansas, November 2, at the residence of her brother-in-law, the Rev. Mr. Wade, 2218 Willis avenue. The Community Chest Plan brings all races, all creeds, together in a common movement. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT. To Samuel S. Wells, Non-Resident Defendant: You will take notice that on the 16th day of October, 1926. Arthur E. Baldwin, a judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska, issued an order of attachment and garnishment for the sum of $114.50 in an action pending before him in said court, wherein Herman Friedlander is plaintiff and Samuel S. Wells is defendant; that property of the defendant, consisting of $94.70 in the hands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company has been attached and garnisheed under said order. Said cause has been continued to the 10th day of December, 1926, at 9 o'clock A. M. HERMAN FRIEDLANDER, Plaintiff. By H. J. Pinkett, His Attorney. There will be a free musical concert at St. Benedict's Church, 2423 Grant Street, Wednesday evening, December 1st at 8 p. m., under the auspices of the Christ Child society. Everybody welcome, come and bring a friend. Mrs. J. S. Black, of St. Paul, Minn., is visiting with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Robertson. Mrs. R. M. Lecoq entertained at a dinner Sunday in hono rof Mrs. J. S. Black of St. Paul, Minn., and Miss Beasley of St. Louis, Mo. LeRoy Robertson, Union Pacific waiter, who has been ill since March, is gradually improving under the care of Dr. Lennor. Mrs. Charles H. Hicks, who has been confined to her home for the past three weeks, hopes to be able to go out this week. LINCOLN, NEB. The funeral of Earl Davis, who died suddenly in Omaha, was held in Brown's undertaking parlors last Thursday afternoon, the Rev. M. C. Knight preached. The deceased was a young man in the bloom of life and leaves a father and sister to mourn his demise. Mrs. Wilford is reported quite sick at her home on West S street. Rev. H. W. Botts was an Omaha visitor last week. Report comes to us that Mrs. Nellie Maston, wife of Mr. George L. Maston, underwent a surgical operation at her old home in Keokuk, Ia. and is reported doing fine at this time. Mrs. William Meacham and her sister of Atchison, Kansas, spent Sunday with their sister, Miss Naomie Shackleford, who is attending the State university here. They worshipped at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The pre-Thanksgiving given by members of Quinn Chapel last Thursday was largely attended and was a financial success. Services were held at all churches as usual Sunday. The pastors gave their hearers fine discourses. But owing to the first snow of the season, attendances were slight. The Community Chest gives the Community a soul and God knows she needs it. BABY CONTEST WANTED—more babies to enter the N. A. A. C. P. baby contest. Three entrants to date. Time extended. Three prizes—$10, $5 and $2.50. Send name and age of your baby with latest photograph to Mrs. John Albert Williams, chairman, 1119 North Twenty-first street. Contest will begin November 20 and end December 20. Enter your baby, get coupons for votes and get busy. Ed F. Morearty, Attorney-at-Law NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To Eddie Martain, Non-Resident Defendant: You are hereby notified that Fontella Martain, your wife and the plaintiff herein, filed her petition in the district court of Douglas county, Nebraska, on the 5th day of August, 1926, to obtain a divorce from you on the grounds of cruelty and non-support. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 11th day of December, 1926. FONTELLA MARTAIN. REMOVED Mrs. H. J. Crawford & Sons, Dry Goods, Ladies' and Children's Ware, Gents' Furnishings and Notions, have removed their store from 2308 to 2018 North Twenty-fourth street, where they will be pleased to welcome their old customers and many new ones. WEBSTER 0184. STUART ART SHOPPE 1803 North Twenty-Fourth Street TO THE MUSIC LOVER OF OMAHA You are invited to visit and hear the very latest records, at our comfort able and up-to-date demonstrating room for the selection of phonograph records. Picture enlarging and framing is a new feature of our business that cannot be surpassed in workmanship or price. Come in and see our picture department before going elsewhere. We carry a nice line of Negro dolla. Please order your dolls now for the holidays. We also have on display some very beautiful oil paintings by some of our best local artists.—Adv. THE MONITOR Edward Morrow, a student at the University of South Dakota and correspondent for several newspapers, was an Omaha visitor last week. He came to root for the Jackrabbits in their game against Creighton and to "cover" the game for his papers. Mr. Z. Johnson is confined to his bed at 2464 Wood Crest. Mr. William Scott is yet confined at his home, 2443 South 9th Street. 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The sixteen chorus girls are said to be expert dancers of the natoinal dances introduced during the entertainment, which includes the Fandango, the Hooch, the Hula Hula and the Shimmy. As an added extra feature attraction will be seen Dr. Paul Kara, known as the "human radio" positively the only act of its kind in the world. Dr. Kara is the originator and founder of Radio-ology, the scientific sensation of the twenti- URBAN LEAGUE REPORTS ON INDUSTRY FOR OCTOBER Bulletin No. 8 of the Industrial Relations Department of the National Urban League summarizes employment conditions throughout the country as follows: Labor conditions remain practically unchanged throughout the country. This report comes from such widely scattered districts as Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, and New York. New Lake Theatre Where There Is Always a Good Show There is still a movement of labor in the cotton states areas of Missouri, Texas and Arkansas. An advisor from Texas estimates that there is a demand for 30,000 cotton pickers in that state. St. Louis reports an influx of workers during the last few months—most of them from the North. Colored families are leaving St. Paul because of lack of industrial opportunities. Two factories there which had promised to try a few colored workers now say that they cannot take them on at this time. Organized Labor The fifty colored members of the Paper Box Makers' Union in New York have been taking an active part in the strike of 2,500 paper box workers. On the other hand, there is an attempt being made to break the strike by the use of colored girls. An effort is being made to organize unskilled labor in Harrisburg, Pa. Colored girls in one factory in Chicago have started a movement to organize since the date workers have gone on strike there. Favorable Conditions Reported Chicago: There are openings in the lamp shade industry, date factories, and an increasing demand for power machine operatives. Calls are coming from parts of Illinois and Indiana for railway section hands. New York: A coal company has employed a Negro salesman. There is a demand for track workers, at 42 cents an hour. Winston-Salem: Fifteen thousand Negroes are employed in the tobacco factories of Winston-Salem—12,000 being hired by one company. There is a gain in street repair work. Hot Springs, Ark.: There has been a gain for colored workers in the building trades, farm labor, and in the saw mills. Several office buildings have engaged colored girls as elevator operators. Louisville: The influence of the British coal strike is being felt in the Kentucky coal mines, where the wages have been increased during the past few weeks, and there is a demand for colored miners. 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LINCOLN MARKET 1406 North 24th St. WEB. 1411 SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY AND Spring Chickens ..... 29½¢ Beef Roast ..... 15¢ Pork Roast ..... 21½¢ Pork Chops ..... 27½¢ Sirloin Steak or T Bones ..... 22½¢ Mixed Nuts ..... 27½c Mixed Candy, per lb.....20c Oranges, per doz.....25c Turkeys, Ducks, and Geese on hand PAGE FOUR The Doom Trail THE STORY CHAPTER I.—Harry Ormerod, proscribed traitor to King George as a Stuart partisan, returning from France to England, and Juggins from a band of assassins. Juggins proves to be the grandson of a former steward of Ormerod's father, to whom Juggins feels himself indebted. Juggins, the return of the heir, has abandoned the Stuart cause. CHAPTER II.—Juggins tells Ormerod of a Jacobite plot in the American colonies to weaken England by forwarding French interests. Their return of the king James is English throne. At last James is one Andrew Murray, a Scotsmaster, and a Frenchman, De Veule, deadly enemy Ormerod. He is in London furious with their schemes. Ormerod sees them. Anticipating the plotters' early return to America, Juggins arranges for Ormerod to go there with him. Juggins and their schemes meet of Juggins, and work to foil Murray. CHAPTER III.-Disguised as Juggins' servant. Ormerod takes passage to America. He meets a Scottish girl, the daughter of Mikael and evident Jacobite. De Veulen recognizes him, and their enmity flames. The Frenchman denounces Ormerod to the girl as a slave. He is taken to the girl, he repulses Ormerod's proffer of friendship. He is thrown into the sea by an unseen assailant. CHAPTER IV.-Ormerod, ornamenting the deck, has recognized his assailant Murray, servant. Tom Ormerod, the negro. He is taken to employing negro to assassinate him, but a truce is arranged. At New York Ormerod sees him insult. The Indian who insults English, is Ta-wan-nears, Seneca chief. One day followed another and one week ran into the next as the New Venture made her soothing and bore toward the new world. We who shared the tiny quarters under the poop contrived to live together without further quarrels. The girl—I called her Marjory in my thoughts—ignored my existence. She spent much of her time with De Venille, walking the deck with him, reading or playing at cards. I liked to think she did it to provoke me. With Murray my relations were outwardly friendly. He liked much to talk, and indeed he demonstrated a considerable acquaintance with the great men of his period. But he never dropped a hint concerning the enterprise in which he was now engaged. Nor for that matter did he refer to the enmity between us or the bargain we had made until the day we sailed through the Narrows, the entrance to New York's inner harbor. "We part for a time, Master Ormerod," he said, coming upon me where I leaned on the railing in the waist of the ship. "Our truce expires when we disembark." "That is true." I assented. "There is somewhat I would venture to observe upon, if you will permit me," he continued detached. "You are a youth of boldness and courage. You possess intelligence. You may go far in the provinces, always supposing you do not succeed in winning a paradox. I opine that a pardon might be won if you went about it in the right way. There are gentlemen at White-hall, who—" His hesitation was eloquent. "And you would suggest?" I asked him, faintly amused as I perceived the drift of his intention. "Think well before you commit your self to this venture. You cannot hope to overcome me. Why, the governor of this province, with all the semilegal powers at his command, has failed to balk me in my plans. My influence is no less in London. If you continue as you have begun you will end, I fear, in an early grave. I say it not as a threat. "Tis merely a prediction." "I fear me I should lose your good opinion did I take your advice," I replied. He looked me straight in the eyes. "You would," he said curtly, and he turned on his heel and left me. Three hours later we lay at anchor in the East river under the lee of Nutten island, which some called the Governor's because it was a part of his official estate. Small boats landed us at a wharf on a canal which ran up into the town along the middle of Broad street. From here I had my baggage carried by a waterman to the George tavern in Queen street, which he recommended as being favored by the gentry. Murray's party I overheard giving directions for the conduct of their effects to Cawston's tavern in Hanover square. After a meal I inquired of Master Kurt van Dam, the proprietor of the George, where I might find Governor Burnet. Van Dam was a broad-bodied, square-headed Dutchman. He sat in the ordinary, smoking a long clay pipe. "Der gofernor is at Captain van Horne's," he said, and immediately replaced his pipe in his mouth. "And where is Captain van Horne's house?" I asked. "In the Broad-Vay not far oop from der fort. You valk across through Hanoe square." I thanked him and walked forth. In Hanover square, which was only a few steps distant, there was a crowd collected about the entrance to Cawson's tavern. Murray was standing in the doorway. Tom on one side of him, and a huge, red-haired giant in buckskin, with knife and tomahawk at his belt on the other. I stared at the red-haired man, for he was the first woodsman I had seen, observing with curiosity his shaggy locks and fur cap and the brutal ferocity of his face. I stared so long that I attracted the attention of Murray, who broke off his conversation with the group surrounding him, and with a pale smile pointed out to his buckskin retainer. The man scowled at me, and one hand went to his knife-hilt. I spoke to the citizen nearest me. "Pray, sir, who is the tall fellow in buckskin on the steps?" The man edged away from me suspiciously. "I am a stranger in your town," I added. "It's a frontiersman," he replied reluctantly; "one called 'Red Jack' Bolling." "An ugly knave," I commented. But the citizen only eyed me askance, and I walked on. I was passing through Bridge street, with the leafing tree-boughs overhead and the walls of Fort George before me, when another and smaller crowd rounded the corner from the Broad-Way, a street which formed the principal thoroughfare of the town and took its name from the wide space between the house-walls. In the lead came an Indian. He was the first of his race I chanced to see, and sure, 'tis strange that we were destined to be friends—aye, more than friends, brethren of the same clan. He was a large man, six feet in his moccasins, and of about the same age as myself. He stalked along, arms swinging easily at his side, wholly impervious to the rabble of small boys who tagged behind, yelling and shrieking at him. He was naked from the waist up, and on his massive chest was painted in yellow and red pigments the head of a wolf. He wore no other paint, and he was wenonless, except for the tomahawk and knife which hung at his belt. The children danced around him so many little animals. They never touched him, but some of the more venturesome hurled pebbles from the walk at his brawny shoulders. I cannot repeat the catch-calls and rhymes which they employed, some of them too disgusting for print. I looked to see some citizen intervene, but several who sat on their doorsteps or lounged in front of shops, smoking the inevitable pipe, viewed the spectacle with indifference or open amusement. My wrath boiled over, and I charged down upon the tormentors. "Be off," I shouted. "Have you no proper play to occupy your time?" They fled hilariously, pleased rather than outraged by the attack, after the perverse habit of children who prefer always to be noticed instead of ignored, and I was proceeding on my way when I was dumfounded by hearing the Indian address me. "Hold, brother," he said in perfect English, but with a certain thick guttural accent. "Ta-wan-ne-ars would thank you." "You speak English!" I exclaimed. A light of amusement gleamed in his "YOU SPEAK ENGLISH!" I EXCLAIMED. eyes, although his face remained expressionless as a mask. "You do not think of the Indian as these ignorant little ones do?" he asked curiously. "I-I know nothing of your people," I stammered. "I am but this day landed here." "My brother is an Englishman?" he questioned, not idly but with the courteous interest of a gentleman. "I am." "Ta-wan-ne-ars thanks you, Englishman." He extended his hand. "Your kindness was the greater because you obeyed it by instinct." I regarded him with increasing amazement. Who was this savage who talked like a London courtier? "I helped you," I said, "because you were a stranger in a strange city, and by the laws of hospitality your comfort should be assured." "That is the law of the Indian, Englishman," he answered pleasantly, "but it is not the law of the white man." "It is the law our religion teaches," I remonstrated. "I go now to Governor Burnet. I shall ask him to make a law that Indians shall be as safe from mockery as from violence in New York." "Governor Burnet is a good man. My brother will speak to friendly ears." THE MONITOR "You call me brother," I said. "I have no friends in this land. May I call you brother?" That wonderful expression of burning intelligence lighted his face again. "My brother has befriended Ta-wan-nears. Ta-wan-nears is his friend and brother. Ta-wan-nears will not forget." He raised his right hand arm high in the gesture of greeting or farewell and we separated. The Governor in Council Where Garden street crosses the Broad-Way I met the town bellringer brandishing his bell. I approached him with a request for the location of Captain, van Horne's house. "Do you but follow your nose straight before you," he directed me "until you come to the red-brick manston with the yellow-brick walk the side of the Green lane. That is his." The negro servant who answered me knock admitted that the governor was within. "But Masse Burnet done hab digen'lemen ob do council wid him jur now, sah," he added doubfully. "I am this minute landed with letters for the governor from London." said. "Oh, bery well sah. Dat be a diffrent matter. Masse Burnet be plumglad to see yo." Dis way, please." He ushered me into the wide hall way and knocked on the door of the first room on the right. "Enter," roared a jovial bass voice. The negro throw open a leaf of the door and stood aside. "Dls gent'lenium done jus' lan' from London wif letters fo' yo' excellency." he announced. I saw before me a group of eight men gathered around a dinner-table which was spread with maps and papers in place of eatables. At the head sat the man of the bass voice, ruddy faced, comfortable in girth, with the high forehead of the thinker and the square jaw of the man of action. "I am Governor Burnet, sir," he said. "Who are you?" "These letters will explain, your excellency." I replied. I tendered them to him. "Hah, from Master Juggins!" he exclaimed with heightened interest. "You sailed on the New Venture?" "Yes, your excellency—with Master Murray." "That is well. Be seated, sir; he seated," ordered the governor as he slit the packet. I found a chair by the fireplace, and watched in silence whilst he read through the close-writ pages, with an occasional word or interjection to the others, who had risen from their places and were clustered about him. They were, as I afterward learned, the most prominent men of the governor's faction in the province, who strove to clinch the control of the fur trade in English hands. "So! Humph!" The governor laid down the covering letter which accompanied the detailed report of the operations of Murray in London. "You are Master—" He examined the letter again. "Humph! Yes." He turned from me to his councilors. "It is apparent from what Master Juggins has writ that Murray has triumphed, gentlemen, even if not so absolutely as he would have our citizens believe. However, we know the worst, and we may prepare for it. If I may have your indulgence, I would crave an adjournment of our meeting to enable me to discuss some aspects of the situation more intimately with Master Juggins' messenger." There was a murmur of assent as the meeting broke up. "One moment, your excellency," I interposed. "I have also a letter from Master Juggins for the Honorable Cadwallader Colden of your council—if he is here." "Indeed, he is," assented the governor. "A moment, if you please, Colden." A thim, bustling man, with very bright black eyes and a dark complexion detached himself from the exodus and resumed his chair. His nervous fingers quickly loose the envelope of the letter I handed him, and he began devouring its contents, regardless of the confusion around him. "Until tomorrow, gentlemen!" (Continued Next Week.) CONTINUE BOMBING IN NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, La.—Police claim they are baffled at the bomb outrages aimed at Negro residents, the fifth within three weeks occurring when a second attempt was made to blow up the residence of H. E. Branden, wealthy colored man on Louisiana Avenue, a white neighborhood. The local unit of the Ku Klux Klan is growing at an amazing rate and overflow meetings are held twice a month in Maceabee Hall on South Rampart street. The better element of the city, once members, have resigned and in their place the vicious Negro and Catholic hater now reign supreme. In New Orleans the Klan is an organization of youths guided by fanatics of an older age. A DAY'S PAY WILL HELP FILL THE CHEST. CHAPTER V I tendered them to him. "So! Humph!" "You are Master—" Classified FOR RENT—Front room and Kitchenette. 1204 North 25th Street. We. 5188. 1T—11-19-26. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Modern. We. 3960. 1T. FOR RENT—Seven rooms, modern except heat, $25 a month. WE. 2524. Call after 6 p. m. FOR RENT—Neatly furnished room, strictly modern. One block from car line. Webster 6613. FOR RENT—Two four-room modern apartments, all modern, $27.50. Webster 2478. FOR RENT Four-room bungalow. All modern. Newly decorated. New furnace and garage. Only $25.00. 1527 North Twenty-first street. Call AT. 5206 or HA. 6998. HOTEL DAVID—1105 North 19th St. Rooms by day or week. WE. 2835. FURNISHED rooms in modern home. 1923 North Twenty-seventh street. WE. 4541. 4t—9-10-26 FOR RENT—Modern furnished rooms 2204 N. 19th St. WE. 3308. Do you like The Monitor? Do you want it to continue? 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KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE 2416 North 24th Street Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor. We Use All Systems Marcelling and Manicuring. MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEBSTER 6194. 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 6328. 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. NEW LAMAR HOTEL, 1803 North 24th street Tel. WEbeter 5090 Semi-modern, comfortable rooms, reasonable. Cafe in connection Mrs. E. V. Dixon, proprietress. 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. 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. PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS A. F. PEOPLES. Painting and decorating, wall paper and glass. Plastering, cement and general work. Sherwin-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St Phone Webster 6366. PRINTERS FORD PRINTING COMPANY, Jewell building, 24th and Grant Sts. For good printing see us. We. 1750 No Advertisement Accepted for This Classified Directory for Less Than Six Months PLUMBERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO. J. F. Allison, manager. Estimates furnished. 3025 Evans St. Phone KE. 6848. RESTAURANTS PEATS RESTAURANT, 1405 North 24th Street. Where those who desire good home cooking at reasonable prices go. WEbster 0530. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reasonable prices. 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FREE DELIVERY WARE'S CANDY KITCHEN Special for Saturday and Sunday ASSORTED FUDGE, 25 Cents Per Pound 1516 North 24th Street IF YOU WANT WORK SEE SAVAGE Savage's Labor Agency 204 SOUTH 12TH STREET Bus. Phone ATlantic 7879 EMERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Smith All 1871 No. 24th St. Web. 6820 We pay cash for real estate and refinance property and loans on furniture. Web. 4810. tf-10-1-26.