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K. & M. | GROCERY CO. j l We solicit your patronage. ? A 2114-16 North 24th St. k“X“:"X“K”W4.M“W"X“>.K«X“M“> DRCRAIGMORRIS I DENTIST | 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 402 4 * f ... Res. Colfax 3831. Douglas 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at - Law 13th and Farnam Classified Advertising RATES—2 cents a word for single in sertions; cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. Cash should accom pany advertisement. DRUG STORES ADAMS HAIGHT DRUG CO., 24th and Lake; 24th and Fort, Omaha, Neh. COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FRANK DOUGLASS Shining Parlor. Webster 1388. 2414 North 24th St. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 1107 N. 19th st. Web. 2177. Mrs. T. L. Haw thorne. First-class modem furnished room. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, North Twenty-sixth street, Phone Webster 4769. Property for sale. Telephone Web ster 1352. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric lights on Dodge and 24th street car line. Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North 20th. Douglas 4979. FOR SALE—A nice home for Colored family; easy terms. Call at 1809 North 24th st. WANTED A POSITION As clerk in a general merchandising or gents’ furnishing store. I am a Colored man, aged 36, am now em ployed in general store. Can give good references. Address Monitor. LODGE DIRECTORY Keystone Lodge, No. 4. K. of P.. Omaha. Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month M. H. Hazzard. C. C.; J. H. Glover. K. of R. and 8. Cuming Rug Cleaning & Mfg. Co. Vacuum Cleaning, Renovating and Alterations. 2419 Cuming. Phone Red 4122 M. ROSENBERG, Groceries and Meats 2706 Cuming Harney 2560 Ask the grocer, merchant, etc., with whom you trade: “Do you advertise in our paper, The Monitor?” Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Big gest and Best.—Adv. t y Y ❖ Y ❖ Y ? X ? * I * | | I j WATERS f I f BARNHART f | PRINTING CO. | ( O M A H A > ? ! - £ f I ? f I < > x The Balancer of The Universe A Drama of the Race Conflict in Four Acts by B. Harrison Peyton CHARACTERS Mauricio Crispin, a dancer from the Argentine, age 25 years. La Corusca, Senora Crispin, his Ar gentine mother, age 42. Agnes, their American guest and dancing pupil, age 22. Mrs. Vincent Widener, a woman journalist, age 35. Period: Present. Place: Provl dencia, a city on the Pacific coast. (Continued from Last Week.) ACT IV. SCENE V. “Comes the .Moment to Decide.” Corusca: Poor, wounded dove! Crispin: Agnes, I’ve read the let ter; I know the full, appalling extent of your misfortune. Corusca: Gentle Savior, help us! Agnes: Oh! indeer, Senor Crispin, his own—father—my fath-father— killed him—my precious brother, oh! my adored little Gdofrey! Crispin: Dear Agnes, rather was it a form of monomania, primaily that disease called Negrophobia, which brought death to both your father and your youngling brother. Agnes: Oh; you’re so terribly, ter ribly right, senor! I never realized it until after the panic, but now I do, I do, I do, realize race prejudice and hatred are mania, a rabid disease that corrodes the mind, distorts the vision, destroys the reason! Oh! how like some conjured monster of the mind, or malign, insidious form of pestilence treading the silent path of phantoms, the madness stalks abroad over all our great country', from the center to the four boundaries, inoculating our entire social being with its virus, gaining human prey by the million! Great God! the frenzy that foments anarchy in the heart, outrages love! what loathing for it has taught me oh! senor, that hateful mania! oh! cursed pestilence! Crispin: But some day, querida, as sure as it’s written in the stars, we of the American Association for the Aboltion of Race Oppression are go ing to completely crush out that pes tilent insanity! Agnes: Oh, senor, the contagion of it’s everywhere about us! On my conscience, I couldn’t escape it! Be fore the panic, I, too, had a touch of that madness! Crispin: You, even you! Yet what’s the difference now, my girl? Righteous God! if y'our father, like you, had only perceived the madness of it all before ’twas too late! Agnes: You don’t know, senor! M.v father’s later action, senor, horrified me beyond expression; yet surely, you, senor, you'll always feel contempt for me; for that evening at the the ater—being both somewhat deaf and purblind—my father was at first wholly unconscious of Anthony Bell, and ’twas I—I—I who pointed your Colored friend out to him, and—and objected to a Negro’s public accommo dation on terms of equality with my self! Crispin: But, but, Agnes! Agnes: Senor, will you still main tain it makes no difference? Crispin: Agnes! Agnes: I and all the others who made complaint, senor, weren’t w-e nearly as much responsible, morally, as was my father? Didn’t we join forces with the insane hatred which caused the shooting of your friend and precipitated the panic? Always my heart tells me I helped father to —to kill my own poor brother! Oh! senor, and the furies—the furies with their scorpion whips—are lashing me unmercifully! Had I but my father’s pistol, I, I, too, would “raze out the written troubles of the brain!” Crispin: My precious, you wouldn’t! I love you far too well to let you do that; because I love you, I offer you something immeasurably better than death: Agnes: What could become me bet ter than, senor; the oblivious grave— interment in forgetfulness? Crispin: Atonement, Agnes, lofty endeavor towards atonement. Agnes: Atonement! Senor, expia tion! Ah! death will be my expia tion! Don’t you understand, senor, understand ? Don’t you understand ’tw'as partly with the wild hope it might prove one pitiful, little step towards expiation that, with my fa ther’s consent, I yielded to Mrs. Wid ener’s presuasions, and inflicted upon myself the torture of separation from Baby Sunbeam! for his sake, came here, heavens! to dance on the burn ing coals of penitence! But now that his soul has taken wing, senor, can you say there’s still a way of atone ment for me? Crispin: Querida corazoncita, sim ply promise to follow me; I’ll guide you to it. Agnes: And you’re very deeply in earnest, senor? Crispin: God be my witness, Agnes! Agnes: Show me the way, Ma-u-ri i cio. Crispin: Agnes, at this day there is pressing upon America an inter racial crisis of staggering peril, a hu man question more fateful in its mag nitude than was that ancient one of the Theban Sphinx. “God’s balance, watched by angels, is hung across the skies.” Everywhere the gathering “clouds flash a fire-sign of warning.” America is being weighed and must not be found wanting. My Agnes! and hence in the American Associa tion for the Abolition of Race Oppres sion may be found some of the mo.-t eminent personages of our country, ideally kindred spirits, exalted, but 11ue citizens of the world; because the fundamental object of the Associa tion is to outbalance evil and wrong, and loin "the poised and trembling -calf’’ by weight of justice, truth and freedom! Do but as I have done, my beloved own—follow their noble ex ample, join the Association and de vote the remainder of your life to fighting that pestilent madness of prejudice and hatred to which you. vour father and poor dear Godfrey have fallen victims! Agnes: Ah me, Mauricio! at last I’ve come to understand the race prob lem is but a problem of the attitude of the white race, for the conscience of the white race to solve. Oh, we sim ply need to learn the gospel of hu manity—learn to regard the Negro as a fellow-being inseparably unites! to us by the same human heart that beats in the bosom of us all. Yes, Mauricio, many a girl in my situation would seek b%' suicide relief in the waters of Lethe. But after all, I— Mauricio, so this little magazine’s called The Advance ? Crispin: Yes, Agnes, and it’s a vital organ of rapidly growing influ ence. Agnes: Well, Mauricio, after all. I’ll simply follow you, become a con vert to the new aboltitionism, one of the crusaders of the A. A. A. R. O. against racial injustice and wrong. You shall be my guiding spirit, dear Mauricio, my interpid captain. Ah truly, for what was the design of Providencia in decreeing I should be thus overthrown, bereaved, hurt ir remediably, like one beaten down into the very dust of the earth—what, Mauricio, if not that a blazing miracle should be wrought within my soul ? Staunch-hearted leader, I say, I fol low you! Crispin: Corazoncita, and you’ll never again refuse to go whichevet way I lead? Agnes: Mauricio, never again! This bracelet I wear ever shall be a token of my complete union with you in that fraternal service to humanity to which we hereafter together shall consecrate our lives. I give you ten thousand thanks for it, good Mauricio, and implore your forgiveness for ev ery hard word I uttered tonight! But oh, Baby Sunbeam! you don’t know how grateful I am that at the hour of his passing he saw la Malaguena, you and me. brave Mauricio, dancing la Malaguena! Crispin: ’Twill come out all right, mad re. Corusca: Ah, nitia querida mia! some such meagre consolation at any rate always will be yours. In the fu ture, whenever you dance la Mulag uena, you’ll feel little Godfrey’s pres ence in the spirit—be conscious that, upon you, and you’re pleasing him. And El Torero y la Malaguena ever i will be to you sacred and devotional like the dances of the choir boys who j perform, with the figures of the Ma ’ donna and the saints in light looking | down on them, before the altar in the cathedral of Seville. Crispin: Agnes, it shall bo like that, just like that! Agnes: You’re so kind, senora. Haven’t you yet learned who I am ? Corusca: Si, querida mia; you’re Mauricio’s betrothed, and you both soon shall be my own—oh! my own happy children! FINAL CURTAIN. COURT UPHOLDS ACC I SED CLERG Y M A N Detroit, Mich, June 18.—For the at tack on Rev. Robert W. Bagnall, pas tor of St. Matthew’s Episcopal church Mrs. Lucille Binga and Cornelius White were fined $25 and $100, respec tively. The case came to trial in the Recorder’s Court before Judge Wil kins and several members of the church were present to hear both sides of the argument. The attack upon Rev. Mr. Bagnall occurred Sunday, February 25 last when the minister, clad in his vest ments and preceded by altar boys, entered the church aisle for the pro cessional. Cornelius White, who was occupying a seat near the aisle, arose and smote the minister with a black jack. Mrs. Binga joined in the at tack by using a hatpin, it is claimed. White, it is said, had accused Rev. Bagnall of being too familiar with Mrs. White. When you don’t receive your Mon itor please drop us a card. For Monitor office call Doug. 3224. NEGRO IMPORTANT ECONOMIC FACTOR Demand for Labor in All Sections ot Country and Scarcity Caused bj Return of Foreigners to Native Lands Disclosing Value of Colored American in Industrial Field. (By Associated Negro Press.) Chicago, June 18.—The Chicago As sociation of Commerce has stirred up a veritable “hornet’s nest” in its gra tuitous efforts to “furnish surplus Negro labor to Southern communi ties.” It develops that there is a small conspiracy of plans, backed by North ern white men who have capital in vested in the South, to get the black laborers South. As a matter of cold fact, there is a great demand for laborers in the South and there is an increasing de mand for laborers in the North, but the race men are exercising careful judgment in deciding where they go. and only a small percentage care in the least to return South. Many of them are going north and west, but few South. In addition to this, as fast as they can get passports, thousands of foi eigners are going back to their native lands abroad. So great has been the ■! round, for one reason and anothei, that congress has been besieged with requests to pass a law placing restric tions on emigration. All of this makes the race man a most important factor in the economic situation. There it every reason to believe that, in the long run, he will fare far better because of the press ing demand for industrial workers in many fields. The majority of the communities that received the famous telegram from the Chicago Association of Com merce have sent word back that they do not wish the "Southern Negroes with Northern ideas,” and the few who have sent representatives up here to “look them over” have returned to their homes with the opinion thai there has been a change in the man Pit of the people who once were kept from knowing that “a man’s a man for a’ that.” RACE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS! Our Boys and Girls A weekly newspaper for our youth, | $1.00 per year; 50c for 6 months. 54 West 140th St., New' York City. The Negro in American History By Prof. John W. Cromwell, $1.40 and , worth more. 1439 Swann St.. N. W., I Washington, D. C. The Negro Soldier By John *E. Bn.ce “Grit”. The glor- ; ious record of America’s black heroes, 25 cents (no stamps.) 2709 Madison ■ Ave., New York City. The Crusader Magazine The Greatest Negro Magazine of America. $1.00 per year and cheap at that. 2299 Seventh Ave., New | York City. A monthly Review of Africa and j the Orient, $1.50 per year. Monitor office or 158 Fleet street, London, E. C. 4, England. JUST ni I IM1. PRESS “Brown Boys in Khaki Brown,” a snappy, stirring, catchy race song. Suitable for stage, church or school. Sung about our own boys in our own songs. Words and music by Eva A. Jessie. Copies at 25c at Monitor office, or send 25c to Eva A. Jessie, 309 West Street Boulevard, Muskogee, Okla.— Adv. NIMROD JOHNSON, The Workingman’s Friend, Real Estate and Notary Public. 2314 N. 2t7h St. Webster 1302. —Adv. J. J. FRIEDMAN. Attorney C50 Omaha Natl. Bank Bldg. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COLUMBIA INVESTMENT CO. Notice is hereby given that the under signed have associated themselves for the purpose of conducting business as a cor poration under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The name of the corporation shall be the Columbia Investment Company. The principal place of transacting business shall be in the City of Omaha, County of Douglas, and State of Nebraska. The general nature of this business shall be to equip and maintain a hall or halls to be used for public meetings, dances, etc., to contract and erect buildings and dwellings, and to lease or rent such build ings or dwellings, or part thereof, upon such terms as may he deemed proper by the officer or officers of the corpora tion entrusted with such affairs, and to purchase and hold in its corporate name, real estate and personal property, chattel and real mortgages, leases of real and personal property, and to mortgage, sell or exchange any and all property, both real and personal of which it may l>e possessed at any time, and to execute all necessary legal instruments required In the conduct of Its business affairs; and to do every act necessary in the opera tion of such enterprise or enterprises and to look after the heating, lighting, janitor, and other services required In the buildings or dwellings owned or leased by this corporation, and to pay all wages or salaries for such services upon be half of the company. The business of . iis company shall also he to deal gen erally in real estate and real estate se curities and to borrow money, make and issue notes, trust deeds, mortgages, bonds, debentures, obligations and other evidences of indebtedness without secur ity, or to secure same by mortgage, pledge, or otherwise, and generally to nmk * and perform agreements and con tracts of every kind and description. The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Fifty Thousand Dol lars. divided Into 5.000 shares of the par value of $10.00 each, all of which shall h» common stock and fully paid up when is.' tied, and said stock may be paid for either in cash or in real estate or per sonal property or services, and any one stockholder may hold as many shares of stock as he or she shall deem proper. It is further provided that all questions coming before the stockholders for de cision shall be decided by the majority of stock present and voting, either in person or by proxy. The corporation shall he authorized to commence business as soon ns these ar ticles shall have been filed with the County Clerk of Douglas County. Nebras ka, and to continue for a period of fifty years thereafter. The highest amount of indebtedness which this corporation shall incur at any one time snail not exceed two-thirds of its capital stock. There shall be not less than two nor more than five directors, who shall la* chosen by the stockholders voting according to their ownership of stock, the first set of direc tors to be elected at the first meeting of uie incorporators to be held at an early date after the filing of these articles, and the annual meeting thereafter to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of each year. The board of directors shall have the power to adopt by-laws for the proper conduct of the business. The officers shall con slst of a president, secretary, treasurer, and general manager, and It shall be proper for any one officer to hold two offices. The term of office and duties of the officers shall be prescribed in the by-laws of the corporation. These articles or by-laws adopted may la* amended at any annual stockholders meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose by the president and treas urer. and upon approval of the majority of stock held in the corporation and present and voting at the meeting either in person or by proxy. I’ntil the first meeting of the stock holders, the board of directors shall con sist of the incorporators, and officers of this corporation shall be as follows: President, secretary, treasurer. DORA HANDLER, BEN HANDLER. State of Nebraska. ) County of Douglas. ) ss. Be It remembered. That on the 9th day of June. 1919. before me a notary public within and for the said county and state, personally appeared I>ora Handler and Ben Handler, to me known to be the persons named in and who executed the foregoing articles of incorporation and who acknowledged the execution thereof to be their free and voluntary act. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at the City of Omaha. County of Douglas, State of Ne braska, this 9th day of June, 1919. JACOB J. FRIEDMAN, • 6-12-4t-7-3 Notary Public. AMOS P. SCRUGGS. Attorney 13th and Farnam NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, in the Matter of the Es tate of Clara D. Jones, Deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby' notified that a petition has been field in said Court, praying for the probate of a certain instrument now on file in said Court, purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 21st day of June, 1919. and that if they fail to appear at said Court, on the said 21st day of June, 1919, at 9 o'clock a. m. to contest said will, the Court may allow and probate said will and grant adminis tration of said estate to Anna D. Travis, or some other suitable person, enter a decree of heirship, and proceed to a set tlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 5-31-3t-6-ll County Judge. We Sell Kashmir Goods *:* ! 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