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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1916)
General Race News ANTI-LYNCHING FUND OF $10,000 WANTED A campaign to raise an anti-lynching fund of $10,000 has been inaugurated by the N. A. A. C. P., with headquar ters at 70 Fifth avenue, New York City. This campaign is projected, fol lowing upon the distribution of 50,000 copies of the story of the horrible lynching recently enacted at Waco, Texas, when Jesse Washington, a Ne gro boy, 17 years old, sentenced by the court to be hung, was taken from the court room while the court was still in session, mutilated in the most horrible manner, strung up to a tree with a trace chain around his neck, and the body burned to a crisp. The subscription has been headed with contributions of $1,000 each from Judge Moorfield Storey, former pres ident of the American Bar Associa tion, now national president of the N. A. A. C. P., and Philip G. Peabody, of Boston, these contributions being made on condition that the remaining $8,000 be raised by August 1. Con tributions should be sent to Oswald Garrison Villard, treasurer, 70 Fifth avenue, New York City, and all class es of the citizenry are requested to aid in the raising of this fund. “HOBSON CITY” IS COLORED TOWN Birmingham, Ala.—After several years’ struggle against heavy odds, including local unsympathetic senti ment and gloomy predictions of fail ure by white persons of neighboring towns, Hobson City, the only munici pality in the United States, with one exception, which is wholly populated and conducted by Colored persons, has won its battle by demonstrating that it is a pronounced success. When the plan to found an exclu sively Colored town in the south was proposed, scarcely any white residents in the Anniston district, where it js located, dreamed it would work out. But the Colored folk were not dis couraged and went ahead. Now Hob son City is firmly established as a progressive town and governs itself successfully both in a financial way and in law enforcement and observ ance. The town has four churches with a combined membership of 700, a good public school with 250 pupils, a dozen progressive stores, waterworks, elec tric lights, police and sanitary depart ment, a well-built jail and a govern ing board, elected every two years. It is the only town in the state that is out of debt and has money in the treasury. More than half the citizens own their own homes. BOY WINS BRONZE MEDAL New York, July 22.—The only Col ored boy in his class, Henry Parker, Jr., son of H. C. Parker, of the real estate firm of Nail & Parker, was awarded the prize for excellent craft manship at public school 179, West 102d street. Young Parker submitted a Morris chair, which was unanimous ly agreed upon by the judges as the best example of workmanship pre sented for consideration. He graduated this term from class 8B, at the age of 14 years. The prize awarded is a handsome bronze medal, and the chair is being exhibited by the school authorities. LYNCHING RECORD FOR SIX MONTHS OF 1916 Tuskegee Institute, Ala., July 15.— According to the record kept by the Division of Reocrds and Research of the Tuskegee Institute there have been during the first six months of the year 25 lynchings. This is 9 less than the number, 34, for the same period last year. Of those lynched 23 were Negroes and 2 were whites. In the first six months of 1915 there were 24 Negroes and 10 whites lynched. Five, or one-fifth of those put to death were charged with rape. Other causes of lynching were slapping a boy, brushing against a girl on the street, insult, charged with attempt ing to assist son accused of murder to escape, robbing store, killing offi cers of the law, and murder. Eight, or almost one-third of the total lynch ings occurred in the State of Georgia. FARM EMPLOYE FINDS BURIED FORTUNE OF GOLD Elberton, Ga., July 22.—A. H. Wo mack, who, with his family, recently moved back to Elberton from Tehena, Tex., tells this: A few days ago, a Negro farm hand >f Mr. Young’s while at work in the field stepped into a hole and discov ered a pot of gold containing *35,900. rhe Negro kept the gold and has ?iven up his job and is happy on the way to where he is going, but just where that is neither the Negro nor lis employer seems to know. MAJOR LYNCH SPEAKS Greenville, Miss., July 22.—Hon. John R. Lynch, an old Mississippian, was given a smoker from 9:30 to 12:30 Saturday night. After several short speeches by several leading race men Major Lynch was introduced by Judge N. S. Taylor. The major made a short talk on the needs of the race man qualifying himself by paying his poll tax, and requesting that he be in shape to be called by the white man to help share his own destiny. BERT WILLIAMS TO BE SEEN IN THE “MOVIES” New York, N. Y., July 22.—In addi tion to his duties with Ziegfield’s Follies now playing at the New Am sterdam theatre. New York, Bert Vv illiams has signed a contract with the Biograph Co. to appear in a series of two-reel comedies. These new photo-play attractions will be sent out on the General Film program. BISHOP WALTERS RECOVERING New York, July 22.—Bishop Alex ander Walters, senior prelate of the A. M. E. Zion Church, is recovering from illness due to overwork. He has re ceived messages from all parts of the country wishing him an early recov ery. Two very helpful talks were given Thursday of last week by Mrs. Hall, president of the Home Missionary So ciety of the First Methodist Church, and Mrs. J. H. Picard, president of the Nebraska Conference before the Home Missionary Society of Grove M. E. Church, of which Mrs. R. D. Allen is president. REPORT OF THE FREE TRIP CONTEST COMMITTEE Ot the N. W. C. A. Expenses to Date. Advertising in The Monitor.. $ 27.24 Hall Rent .. 14.50 First Prize . 29.10 Second Prize . 20.00 Three Minor Prizes . 3.00 Incidental Expenses . 24.20 Total .$118.54 Total Amount Taken In.$851.66 Total Amount Paid Out . 118.54 Balance . $733.11 “The Realization of a Negro’s Am bition,’’ a two reel drama, owned pro duced and acted by Colored people, will be shown at the Alamo Hall Wed nesday evening, July 26. National Bakery J. JOHNSON, Prop. (i < Douglas 4122 2405 Cuming St. Hill-Williams D _ ta. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. CORECT MANICURING MRS. LILLIAN TAYLOR JENKINS’ SHOP 1313 Dodge St. Phone Red 3357 Will answer out of the shop calls for women customers. *■. . ...~i f Allen Jones Henry A. Chiles T Res. Phone: Webster 204 Res. Phone Webster 1702 I_i : THE MODERN FUNERAL HOME | OF t JONES & CHILES ! CALLS PROMPTLY ANSWERED ANYWHERE Automobile and Horae Drawn Hearaea ! OPEN DAY AND NIGHT t Lady Attendant l Chapel Phone Webster 1100 2314 No. 24th St. t ’ 'jensen’s’ fami'lV laundry' * ’ * ’ *** ’ *"*”*"' (Only Family l aundry in Town) WET WASH, 3c lb.—DRY WASH, 4He lb.—ROUGH DRY, 6c lb. First Class Work Webater 1030