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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1915)
General Race News PUSHING JIM CROW LAW FOR WASHINGTON Washington, D. C., Dec. 24.—No sooner than the present congress convened last Monday than certain southern members began to talk about measures to curb the Negro. The recent decision of the United States supreme court declaring “grandfather clauses” invalid has scared some southern members and they have nightmares nightly as they dream of the possibility of a large number of colored men voting and thus endangering their legislative careers which they are now enjoying because their states have robbed the Negro of the right to vote. Representative Vinson of Georgia, a staunch supporter of President Wil son, leads the vanguard of those who would discriminate against the Negro by introducing a “Jim Crow” car bill for the District of Columbia. The measure, he avers, will be vig orously pushed. It provides that within four months after enactment by congress and the approval of the president separate and distinct accommodations for white and colored passengers must be furnished “by every transporta tion company, firm and person op erating cars, vessels or vehicles of any character within the District of Columbia for the conveyance of pass engers.” INSTALL PICKENS AS MORGAN COLLEGE DEAN. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24.—The in stallation of Dr. William Pickens as dean of Morgan College is believed to be the beginning of a wider area of influence for the institution. It is the first time of the nearly half cen tury that the school has existed that it has had a colored man to fill the position. The installation exercises were at tended by a large number of prom inent personages, including many alumni. The speakers included Gov ernor Goldsborough, Prof. Kelly Mil ler, the Rev. Dr. John F. Goucher, the Rev. Dr. John O. Spencer, pres ident of the college; Prof. Mason A. Hawkins, the Rev. D. G. Hill and Dr. Pickens. Dean Pickens was born in South Carolina about 35 years ago. He was educated at Talladego college and Yale university, winning the Ten Eych prize for oratory' when he was graduated from the latter institution in 1904. He also taught at Talladega college and Western university. Morgan college is one of the schools controlled by the Freedmen’s Aid bureau of the M. E. church. GOOD FORM SHOWN BY COLORED LADS IN PRESS INDOOR MEET. In the Pittsburg Press athletic meet held at Duquesne Garden, Saturday, December 4th, 1915, a few of Pitts burg’s colored boys participated. Near ly all of the boys received trophies in the form of gold, silver and bronze medals. The star performers of the day were Ray Johnson of Madison school, and Timothy Copeland of Irish-American A. A. Johnson captured first place and Copeland second place in the 115 pound 60 yard dash. , BERT. WILLI AMS IN CHRISTMAS BENEFIT Chicago, 111., Dec. 24.—At the Chi cago Examiner theatrical benefit pre sented at George M. Cohan’s Grand Opera house Friday afternoon, De cember 10, by the stars of the lead ing plays and vaudeville acts now playing in Chicago, among whom are some of the most noted stars on the American stage. Bert A. Williams had the distinction of being the only one besides Leon Errol who appeared in two separate and distinct acts. Mr. Williams appeared first with Leon Errol in the bellboy scene from “Ziegfield Follies” and again in “The Lion Fight,” where he acted as train er and referee. The lions were taken respectively from “Ziegfield Follies” and “Androcles and the Lion.” “The Lion Fight” was billed as the “great est spectacle since the burning of Rome.” The benefit was to raise a Christ mas fund for the Chicago poor. Mr. Williams has therefore helped to put food into the mouths of thousands of hungry men, women and children, to place clothes on their back and, most of all, to add brightness to their dull lives. YOUNG RALEIGH NEGRO ACQUITTED BY WHITES Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 24.—Although a >vhite woman testified without res ervation that Garland Hinton Jr., a resident of this city and a student at Shaw university, had committed a criminal assault upon her, a jury of twelve white men quickly gave a verdict of not guilty. The woman alleged that the assault was committed between 12 and 1 o’clock at night, but Hinton’s wit nesses not only established the fact that he was at home in the bed, but also brought out that he was of good character, while the woman’s charac ter was shown to be bad. JAMES M. GREGORY ILL IN BALTIMORE Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24.—James M. Gregory, at one time dean of the college department of Howard uni versity and for a number of years principal of the Bordentown, N. J., Industrial school, is ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mason A. Hawkins, 1532 David Hill avenue. Professor Gregory was educated at Oberlin college and Howard univer sity, graduating from the latter in stitution in 1872. He was the last president of the old Association of American Educators of Colored Youth. MRS. WARREN LOGAN DIES AT TUSKEGEE Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Dec. 24.— Mrs. Adella Hunt Logan, wife of Warren Logan, treasurer and acting principal of this school, died Satur day, December 10, after an illness that lasted more than a year. She is survived by Mr. Logan, five children, Warren A. Logan, a son, being assistant secretary of the col ored Y. M. C. A., New York City, two sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held in the school chapel. Patronize Our Advertisers. LYNCHED FOR PETTY THEFT. Recently Ellis Buckner was mobbed in Henderson, Ky. He was accused of robbing a white woman of her muff containing a pocket book. The man was taken from the city jail with no resistance on the part of the jailer and marched through the streets at 2 a. m. and hanged to a tree on the river side. No effort on the part of the author ities has been made to apprehend the members of the mob. Letters are being sent from all over the state asking the Governor to offer a re ward. Kentuckians and all persons who are interested in the welfare of the race are urged to send letters appealing to Gov. A. O. Stanley to offer a reward for the capture of these cowards. Address your letters to the Governor at Frankfort, Ky. Do this at once and send a card to Lee L. Brown, 1006 West Chestnut St., Louis ville, telling of the date you mail your letters. You are also asked to send a letter to the Mayor of Henderson ask ing that the city offer a reward. Let these letters pour in from every nook and corner of the U. S.. Remember the Frank case how protest after pro test went up from all over theUnion. On the night that he was mobbed his wife lay sick in bed with a four day-old baby. Let every public-spir ited citizen, regardless of what state you live in, send at once a letter to Kentucky’s Governor. This outrange occurred in the home of Governor Stanley. This test will show if Gov ernor Stanley, who was recently in augurated, is a man for justice and right or a leader of mob law. WEALTHY WOMEN INTERESTED IN NEGRO ORPHANS. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 21—More than seventy millionaires’ wives on the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad attended a meeting at the home of Mrs. W. W. Pharo, at Haverford, on Tuesday evening and arranged to arouse interest in the work of the House of St. Michaels and All Angels for Negro Children and the association for the Protection of Negro Women of this city. Mrs. Jennie Laws and William Johnson, two negro employes of the late Peter A. B. Widener, financier, traction magnate and art lover, who died November 6th at Lynnevvood Hall were left $1,000 each. PRINCIPAL MAHONEY BURIED SATURDAY Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 15.—The fu neral of Joseph D. Mahoney, principal of Avery Trade school, who died sud denly last week, was held at his late home last Friday. Interment took place Saturday morning. The de ceased is survived by his wife and daughter. He was born in Illinois in 1863, but came to this state when in his ’teens. He led his class when he was gradu ated from the Chambersburg, Pa., High school. He was elected principal of the Avery Trade school in 1899, which position he held at the time of his death. EQUAL RIGHTS CONVEN TION HOLDS SESSION Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 24.—The National Equal Rights convention held a three days’ session at Allen A. M. E. church, Seventeenth and Brain bridge streets, from Monday to Wednesday, December 13 to 15. ■" ■ Secure Library A circulating library has been se cured for Brunswick through the ef forts of Parent Teachers’ association. 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