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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1915)
The Monitor A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Pryor, Associate Editors. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, fl.00 per year. Advertising rates, 50 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. DISLIKES SUNDAYISM TOO. The Los Angeles Post is very evi dently in accord with us in our dis like of Sundayism. How intelligent people can stand for his claptrap and buffoonery and go into ecstasies over his commonplace utterances is more than we can understand. The Post voices its dissent from Sundayism in the following Sundayesque style: “We have never admired Billy Sun day’s brand of Christianity. His un bridled, heedless, insolent loquacity, and his vulgar bibble-babble shock our religious sensibility. The easy prodigality with which he deals out his cheap, coarse, chin-music; the ver nacular of the sophistry which he em ploys with such apparent overweening superciliousness, and the curious at titude of the general public to hear his balderdash an.d rhodomontade, give us the impression that he is a dangerous man. While on most ques tions he has proven himself weak, he is more so when it comes to the ques tion of the brotherhood of man and hu man fellowship. He is a veritable nincompoop, bushwhacker and ninny hammer when it comes to the ques tion of treating the Negro decently. Although he claims to have been called of God to bring all sinners to Him, he draws the color line almost everywhere he goes. We don’t like his brand of Christianity and we doubt if any fair-minded, justice-lov ing, sane and polite people do in any part of our country. . -■ — n LET’S PAY FOR OLD FOLKS’ HOME Let’s pay for the Old Folks’ Home by Christmas. What a splendid Christ mas gift this will be for our race In Omaha to present to themselves. It can be done. By "us,” we mean the colored people of Omaha and vicinity, and there are nearly 8,000 of us. Eliminate the children, if you please, and those who are not wage earners. Reduce the number »)f those who have ability to give to only 1,000 and the task is an easy one. There is a bal ance of about $900 due on the p-op erty which the Negro Women's Chris tian association is buying on Pinkney street. An average of $1.00 from 1,000 of our race will pay for this property. Let’s do it. Let the colored people themselves pay the balance due on this property. Then later, when we need something bigger, let us call on our citizens of the other race to help. But as a matter of race pride, and as a demonstration of what we ourselves can do, let us pay for this home by Christmas. We can do it. The Monitor will receive, publish and pay over contributions for the pur pose. Who will be the first contribu tor? Let the children give their pen nies and nickels and the grown-ups their dollars. A SUCCESSFUL PASTOR. The Rev. William Tate Osborne, M. A., has been returned by his con ference to the pastorate of St. John’s A. M. E. church, where he has served most acceptably for the past three years. The following brief facts about him are therefore timely and will be of interest to our readers and, we believe, an inspiration to our youth. He was born just before the out break of the Civil war at a little place called Burnt Corn, in Monroe county, Alabama. When he was about ten years old Col. Jonathan Merriam, a distinguished Union officer and one of Illinois’ most honored sons, being South, took a fancy to the bright lit tle Negro lad, and the boy to him, so he brought William home with him to Atlanta, 111., and treated him as kind ly as a son. He did chores on the farm and was taught by the Mer riams and subsequently, by the vote of the pupils, he was permitted to at tend the district school. Anxious to give him educational advantages, he was sent to Wheaton college, Wheat on, 111. He was the only colored stu dent and the youngest in the school, and was a general favorite. He was graduated in the class of 1876. His classmates were M. L. Holt, now a successful Congregational minister and ex-college president, residing at Neligh, Neb.; J. F. Snyder, now de ceased, who was a prominent Chicago lawyer; W. I. Wheaton, a wrell-to-do farmer at Wheaton, 111.; J. u Strat ton, now a prominent Congregational, minister at Ottawa, Kas.; Miss Gussie! Smith, now Mrs. Dodd of Washington; Miss Felicia H. Hiatt, now Mrs. Scott of Chicago; and Miss Emily D. Knight of York, 111. Among his fellow stu dents there at that time by whom he is highly esteemed were Samuel H. Sedgewick, now on the supreme bench of this state, and O. N. Carter, of the supreme bench of Illinois. Osborne wanted to study law. His friends wanted him to enter the Congrega tional ministry. He decided to teach and earn money to pay his way through a law school. He taught at Palmyra for five years and then join ed the Methodists and decided to en ter the Methodist ministry. He was ordained in 1886 and has held several important pastorate, among them be ing Hannibal, Columbia and Macon, Mo., where he remained five years; Helena, Mont., and Seattle, Wash., where he was four years, just prior to coming to Omaha. He was given let ters of commendation from his min isterial brethren on leaving Seattle, as was also true of his former pas torates. As indicating the esteem in which he was held in Seattle from among other letters we select this (Continued on eighth page) SWEET TONED Schmoller & Mueller Pianos and Player Pianos Sold direct from factory to home, eliminating the middleman’s profit, which means a saving of $75 to $150. Many different styles to select from. \ Sold on terms of $5.00 per month. i Free Stool and Scarf. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1311-13 Farnam Street | Normal Health Institute Scientific and Electric Massage Hydrotherapy. Tonic Baths Beauty Culture Health Culture Nervous, Acute and Chronic Diseases Successfully Treated Without Drugs. DR. GEO. WELLS, PARKER, Director. S. W. Cor. 14th and Douglas (Upstairs) i GET NEXT TO THESE PRICES t Plain Shirts .lOc i Pleated Shirts.12c ] Collars. .2 He I OMAHA LAUNDRY CO. 1 Tel. web. 77SS ........... . The Omaha Stationery Co. j “Stationery That Satisfies” Phone Doug. 805 309 So. 17th St. Omaha, Neb. t...,.....-....,............... ... ................. »4 t——.. • » «'«"T 2 Phone Douglas 1652 jw. J. CATTIN COMPANY PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING |910 No. 24th St. Omaha. Neb. , . . , r --- . . t r ... « ■ »"* There’s One Coffee Sold in Omaha that never fails to satisfy. It pos sesses full strength, and is there fore economical. It has a most delicious flavor, therefore pleasing the most particular taste. Aik your grocer today for Bird Brand Coffee It’s cost is 36o per ponnd, or $1.00 per three pound can. It will not disappoint you. German-American Coffee Company i l » i i i ( i ' ,, , T T ... t T---............* f ...., I appreciate the patronage of the colored people 11 Uailor ffiec/c 1512% Dodge St. i r - . . . .... ----\ When in Need of Shirts Try | BURGESS i He Can Fit You Doug. 4113 318 So. 18th St. j . . .. --■« « « 1 Phone South 701 Phone Webster 4820 Floral Designs for All Occasions F. H. SWANSON FLORIST Cut Flowers and Potted Plants Office, 532 I. 24th St. Irttshtsts, Utl I. 11th St. Sscth Osiihs Osuhs I.. . • . ■ » . . Something About Government Ownership No. 7 America has private ownership and operation of telephones; one prov ince in Canada has tried government ownership. Here is the record: January, 1908 — Gov ernment purchas ed Bell Telephone property in Mani toba. March. 1908 — Rates for certain classes of service increased 25 per cent. March. 1910 — Chair man of telephone commis sion declared rural rates were too low and would be raised. March, 1911—Time lim i it on long distance calls reduced from three to two minutes. Nov., 1911—Chairman of Telephone Commission reported $150,000 loss for year, with no provision for depreciation. June, 1912 — Public distrust in government man agement forced Telephone Com mission to resign. Julv. 1912 — An increase of 20 per cent in rates put in effect. The rest of Canada la retaining private owner ship after the bitter expe rience of Manitoba. Bell Telephone Serxnce Has Set the Standard for the Rest of the World. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY