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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1920)
The Monitor A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans. __ Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub lishing Company.__ Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915. at the Postofflce at Omaha. Neb., under the Act of March 3. 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Madree Penn, Associate Editor. Fred C. Williams, Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, S2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 60c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates. 75 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 204 Kaffir Block, Omaha, ?ieb. Telephone Douglas 3224. - ---- ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OB' THE UNITED STATES. j; 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 I; 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 prop- 5 erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equai protection of the laws. v ANOTHER EMANCIPATION. ANOTHER emancipation is sadly needed. It calls for the signing of another proclamation not by the president of the republic, but by in dividuals of our group. We refer now to those members of our race who are in slavery to degrading and degraded habits and appetites which are staying our progress and holding us back as a people. They are not vices and habits peculiar to our peo ple, for vice and crime and sin draw no color line, although men may strive hard to make it appear so. Drunkenness, gambling, adultery, for nification, lying, dishonesty and such like are not racial sins nor have our people any monopoly of them. Un fortunately we have our share of these sins, and we ought to realize that there are always to be found evil-minded persons who would en courage us in things which degrade and injure rather than in those which elevate and benefit. That this is true must be realized by any thoughtful person who studies social conditions in almost any given community, urban or rural. Moral conditions in all large centres of population are far from ideal. This is due, not so much to moral turpitude perhaps, as to ignorance, carelessness and indiffer ence. But be that as it may, we all ouvht to clearly understand that by yielding to things which degrade us we are not injuring only ourselves, or those bound to us by ties of blood, but the race group with which we are primarily identified and then that larger group of all mankind to which we belong. We would that we could make our people, all our people, real ize the importance of breaking away from evil practices of all kinds and rising to that high plane of living which alone can exalt a people. Too many, would there none among any people, of our group and we are pleading fo rand speaking to our own race now, are addicted to gambling, licentiousness and evil living. Eman cipation from such slavery is needed and rests wholly with ourselves. Shall we be slaves or freemen ? PROBLEM OR PRIVILEGE. INTO most of our large northern and western cities our brethren and kinsmen from the Southland have come and are coming. They are a kind, warm-hearted folk. There is, in some respects a marked contrast be tween them, and those of us who for many generations have had our habi tation in the north, where conditions, while not ideal, have given us better educational advantages and opportun ities for progress and development. Let us confess it, with shame and full purpose of amendment that we have not used our superior advantages as fully as we should have done. But we have had them and have profited more or less by them. There is, there fore, a difference, speaking of the masses, which is readily discernible. But those who have come and are comir.g are ir. the main, industrious, simple-minded God-fearing people. | They are our brethren, our people, j We should fir>ve them kindly and cor dial welcome. We should not affect rnv superior airs towards them, none hut a brainless snob wall do that, but sincerelv and kindly cultivate them and let them realize that they are among friends who want to help them in everv wav possible to become help ful and substantial citizens. They r->n beln us lust as much as we can beln them T'cr unselfish service is re rWnral. There are two viewpoints f-"m wh’’cb we mav regard our south ern brethren who have been so large ly shamefully denied educational op portunities and who are now coming | among us. We can consider them as ja problem or a privilege; as an asset i or a liability. They may become 1 either according to the friendly or ; hostile attitude of the community into I which they come and the reception accorded them by their own people. I The Monitor looks upon the indus | trious immigrants from the South as i an asset and bids them most cordial welcome. GIVE US PAVED STREETS. THE Monitor desires to again re spectfully, but insistently, call I the attention of the city commission ers to the fact that the sections of the city in which the greater majority of our people live abound in unpaved streets. Moreover, much of this ter ritory lies well w'ithin the mile and a half limit in which you do not have to ask for the consent of thp prop erty owners to order pavement. Give us paved streets. This talk about shortage of funds is buncombe. Miles of unpaved streets within two miles of the city hall is not very compli mentary to Omaha. AND THAT PLAYGROUND. AND, by the way, Mr. Falconer, Mr. Towl, et ah, when are you going to give Omaha that much needed playground between Paul and Seward and Twenty-first and Twenty secoeid streets? Are you going to wait until those who are now babes in arms have reached the voting age? The Monitor was shown beautiful blueprints of the proposed grounds nearly three years ago. Beautiful plans they were, too, on PAPER, but please get busy on the GROUND. LOUDNESS. DO you know we have one among j many characteristics that we I would do well to get rid of and we j can do it, if we just watch ourselves and try. Do you know what it is? It is loudness. We talk so loud on the streets and in public places. We \ seem to attract everybody’s attention. Suppose we all try to be just a little less noisy. Let’s try. Say it again, “Not so loud, please.” It will be a hard habit for some of us to break, but we can all do it. EDITOR ATTENDING CON VENTION. THE editor is attending the Asso- j ciated Negro Press conference and the Republican national conven- i tion. Next week’s paper will contain j first hand articles and observations written by the editor on these two j important topics. Look for them. “TAG DAY” FOR LAKE STREET COMMUNITY SERVICE i Next Saturday several of the young j women and girls of the city under the | direction of Miss Lucile Lacour will be in charge of a “tag day” drive to secure funds for the Lake Street Com munity service. Several of the young white women of the city have con sented to help in this drive. Have a dollar or two handy to pay for a tag next Saturday when one of these charming daughters of Eve smiles and sweetly says "Buy a tag, please, for Community Service.” Be pleas ant and buy one, and come across with more than a nickel or a dime. Make it at least a good round silver dollar; but if you can’t give a dollar give what you can. The amount needed is $4,000. ' t Wha.t a pity that there is an end to a perfect day. “THE LIGHT BEYOND.’’ I KNOW there is something that sings in the heart, So a human may dream as he works; I know that a man who can dream is a part Of the thing in his soul where it lurks. Indifference dissolves ’neath its mag ical spell, And one goes to his task with a smile. I know that a man may survive living hell If the song thrills his heart all the while. I know there is something that levels the hills. And builds empires where once was but waste— Discovers Life’s beauties, but never its ills. And sees naught in the world but the chaste. I know there is something that finds in a friend All the good, but ignores all the wrong; I know that without it, clear through to the end Life would miss its most wonderful song. I know there is something when trouble appears That comes quietly into the mind. Like a light in a cavern, and sooth ingly cheers, As the Saviour Himself cheered the blind. I know there is something to strengthen the soul Of the timid who falter en route; I know that it leads to the ultimate goal, And its issues are never in doubt. Call it hope, if you like! The every day sort To which all of humanity clings. Lost skippers have had it and hove into port. And caged birds lived on without wings. With reason I hope, if with reason I may, And in some Higher Hand plpace my trust; God grant me hope, till I pass on the way, But without reason, God—if I must! G. W. F. F. L. IGNATTUS SAMUEL. Cristobal, Canal Zone. WHAT OUR EDITORS SAY. BIGGER BUSINESS. Year by year the colored people are increasing their business activ ities, the amount of money invested in business enterprises and the num ber of persons who are employed to give their time to the management of commercial concerns. In the city of Memphis, Tennessee, it is said that a chain of co-operative stores owned by people of our race is being carried on with success and a growing pat ronage. In the states of Georgia and Florida several large stock companies have recently been organized among Negroes to deal in groceries and gen eral merchandise. Many of these en terprises are backed and financed largely by Negro banks. One of the most encouraging developments in our world of business is that our peo ple are not confining themselves to a few lines of business but that they are now engaging in every avenue of trade. tr- ~ TTZTZ There are a number of cities in the United States with a population of colored people from thirty to one hun dred thousand. The patronage of tha1 number of persons for food, clothing and other necessities of life will I amount in the aggregate to many thousand dollars a month. There arc open doors of opportunity for col ored men with capital and business ability to make money and serve their people. The race also has a chance to build up enterprises that are al ready established and make their strong and powerful. We must make our own leaders in every department of life. We have already developed distinguished leaders in almost all the professions, and now the next thing should be to make business men oi standing and influence in every com munity. This can be done by giving our patronage to those of our race who are already in business and by encouraging others to venture out into new lines. There is considerable idle money among our people that could be safely and wisely invested in the business companies of our men who have had the faith and courage to venture into these new but proper understandings. This will not only enable them to suc ceed, but to do a bigger business. When the Negro race shall have large mercantile establishments, great de partment stores, extensive manufac turing plants and sound and power ful financial institutions, the progress and the interests of our people will be more generally’ recognized and protected than ever before. Each one can do their part. Begin liow to work for bigger business for the race, —The Charleston (S. C.) Messenger. CITIZEN’S DEFENSE FFND COMMISSION “Help I s Finish the Job." L. II. Payne, Omaha. President. Dear Friend—The six men whc were granted a new trial by the su preme court, have been convicted a second time and again sentenced to die in the electric chair. We have not despaired or given up the fight hut are again making preparations to appeal the cases. We feel that every Negro in the country under stands the main feature of these cases growing out of the Elaine riot and it is not necessary to go into de tails. We have raised a little more than half the expenses of these cases and we must appeal to you for help, When you hold your annual sermon exercises, after you have disposed ol your business will you please take up an extra collection for us? Place this lelter before the people and urge them to help us. Send all collections to L. H. Payne Htlft Cuming street. Phone Douglas 3217. Respectfully Citizens' Defense Fund Commission: Dr. J. G. Thornton, chairman; J. H. McConico, secretary; Rev. J. P. j Robinson, Dr. H. W. Suggs, Rev. R. ! M. Caver, E. J. Hanks, L. H. Payne. __ RACE DISCOVERS ANOTHER INVENTOR New York, June 10.—Another genius of the Negro race has made his ap pearance. Isaac I‘. Stanfield, of 434 P street, northwest, has invented a machine for washing and thoroughly cleaning windows, and the govern ment has issued him a patent for the same. It is a scientific, practical and useful contribution to the industrial world and fills a long-felt want. Thousands of laborers will sing his praises for the assistance and bless ings he has brought them. , ' 11 THE UNIVERSAL CAR It a no longer necessary to go into the details describing the practical merits of the Ford car—everybody knows all about “The Universal Car.” How it goes and comes day after day and year after year at an operating expense so small that it’s wonderful. This adver tisement is to urge prospective buyers to place orders without delay. Buy a Ford car when you can get one. We’ll take good care of your order—get your Ford to you as soon as possible—and give the best in “after-service" when required. SAMPLE-HART MOTOR CO. 100% Ford Service 18th and Burt Streets OMAHA j M * 1 » • . .»—"9 ' We Have a Complete Line of FLOW ER.GRASS AND GARDEN Bulba, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Suppliea Fraah cut flowers always on hand Stewart’s Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 !■■■■« ...... ........... ,T. •> •{• Res. 1920 N.o 36th St. ❖ •j" Phone Webster 4743 £ f J. SNELL | y General Building Contractor •> Estimates Furnished Free— y •J* Prices Reasonable y ‘XmImX*4X*4XmW‘4X*‘XmXm!mX‘,!mXmX,% f — » ao . » no a #■—-4 Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 1408 N St. Tel. South 162 . ..a s., a —— a ♦4 » ♦♦»»♦»»»» WW«X^X^ 1 Liberty Drug Co. | EVERYBODY’S DRUG STORE \ We Deliver Anywhere. Webster S86. Omaha, Neb. & j EitablUhed 1890 C. 1. CARLSON Dealer in ! Shoe* and Gents’ Fuminhingo I 1114 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. | , y y - i ff-- 1 ! ..... ! MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable j i ToL South 807 4826 So. 24th St. I ! ..♦ » .» ——— t . . ..•— Hill-Williams Drug Co. ! PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. I » , T T 1 t - --- ~ - - - ‘ .... Start Saving Now On# Dollar will op«n an account in th»* Savings Department j of the United States Nat’l Bank I6tti and (arnam Streets «■■« o a -a o ■. o . . ,.-*-.-.■■4^^^ . I EGYPT!Aft REGULATOR TEA PON ■ Constipation and Stomach Disorders Erica !W.. 50c. and >1.00. THB EGYPTIAN DRUG CO., 129 W. 31st St., New York fch—Ifm—^ I. A. Edholm E. w. Sherman Standard Laundry 24lh, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 I_I C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Freah and Salt Mcata, Poultry, Oyatera, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 8884 Home Rendered I,ard. We Smoke and rure our own Hama and Bacon. . ... . ........ . i J } Afro-American I Employment Bureau i \ X Y 25Z2\i I.ake Street X ; j! ;!• For Employment ;i; of All Kinds •!• f ( nil Webster 597#. V ' .| ■ •**•*••*• ♦** • «XmI* *X*v *!* *X**»MX* i f »fice Phone Res Phone Yw-.biter 8*2 Webster 2047 J* Residence 3318 Emmett St. S L MOATTES ? transterco Y We Do All Kinds of Hauling f v',uwl<i Delivered to Any Part of the Y G C'ty l Stand 2218 No 24th St OMAHA ), .'■.■*!,*1*,',,',v,!,*Xm«'4Xm/'i,vv*,.m >*JmX',<mSnSnG | | | WATERS f | % BARNHART ? PRINTING CO. f —8—^ I i ! I / i y | * I | FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! ; B Are you prepared, should you a; £ have one? Furniture is so high, B | and insurance so low, that it's jjj | downright poor business to run S a the risk. Of course you aren’t “! S going to bum out; BUT you g | might. Then what? Sorrow and B it tears. Let us stock you up with 5 | gladness and smiles. Read these jjj gj prices, then call us: S Fire insurance, 80c per $100 ®i | for 3 years. S Tornado insurance, 40c per g | $100 for 3 years. ~ Desdunes & Clarke | 817 North 16th St. Tyler 1035 ANYONE Desiring Modern Homes CALL G. W. MACK LIN For Reasonable Terms Webster 2380 24th and Blondo Sts. a CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY OF OMAHA’S COLORED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL FIRMS ! A. F. PEOPLES i PAINTING PAPERHANGING AND DECORATING J Estimates Furnished Free. g All Work Guaranteed. | 4827 ERSKINE STREET. 1 PHONE WALNUT 2111. » •MiiiitimimtiiMumiiiiiniHiiiMiiiMiuiiiiitiiimiimimiiiMKMtmiiiiiiHMiiH I SERVICE and f < Consideration I QG 4 Are Always Uppermost in My la Mind Silas Johnson, Proprietor I Western Funeral Home | 2518 Lake Street Phone Webster 218 | iiuiiHiifiiNiMiiiiNitiiiiittimnmiitiiiiiMMimmHniiiiiiMHiiiMHiMmiiMiM M ' Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled Hj NORTH SIDE j SECOND-HAND STORE § R. B. RHODES Dealer in New and Second-Hand Furniture and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and a Sold. Rental and Real Estate. 2522 Lake St. Webster 908 j| MMIMtllUMHtllNIMIHHMMMOIIIIIIHmilMHIimillHIHIIMIIHtMIHMimillMM 9 Allen Jones, Rea. Phone W. 204 Andrew T. Reed, Kea. Phone lied 5210 JONES & REED FUNERAL PARLOR i 2314 North 24th St. Web. 1100 Lady Attendant rniuuMUMiiiniMNiiiiiiimmmiiiHiiiiMiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiuuiNH 1 NIMROD JOHNSON NOTARY PUBLIC }; Real Estate, Loans and Rentals. 1 Office 220 South 13th St. Tyler 2724 Res. 2726 Burdette St. Webster 4150 'IMIlllllMNtlMMMMIIIMIIItilinNIIMIIMinilMHINillMHMHIIIIMIINIIIIIIIIIIHl! i l NORTH END COAL AND \ ONE MINUTE EXPRESS A. F. ALLEN, Manager Hauling of any kind— CaJI Webster 5036 Early morning until lata at night. '•MiiMUitutiHHirntmtiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiimmumtimiHimHuuiHii Open for Bualneoa the BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HOTEL Nicely Furnlahed Steam Heated Rooma, With or Without Board, i 523 North 15th St. Omaha, Nab. ] Phone Tyler 897. Subscribe for The Monitor.