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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1920)
THE MONITOR A National Weakly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans PnbUei.ed Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub 1 shins Company. Entered aa Second-Class Mall Matter July 1. 1»15, at the Postofflce at • imaha. Neb., under the Act of March S. 18T9. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. Qeorge H. W. Bullock, Circulation Manager and Associate Editor. M. Wrlgth. Advertising Manager. TRAGO T. MCWILLIAMS, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $3 00 A YEAR: $1.50 6 MONTHS: $1.00 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates. 75 cents an Inch per Issue. Address, The Honltor, 201 Kaffir Block, Omaha, Neb, [ Telephone Douglas 3224. I- _ — V THE BUNDY CASE THE Monitor has received frequent inquiries from those who heard Dr. Bundy when he was here last July and made such a splendid impression as to what disposition had been made of his case. We are pleased to be able to answer that question by an article which will be found elsewhere in this issue. The Monitor has not the slightest doubt that the new trial, which has been granted, will result in Dr. Bundy’s acquittal. The success achieved so far shows what qQn be done by intelligently-directed, united effort in a fight for justice. The Bundy case also demonstrates the fact that among our race can be found some of the ablest legal minds of the country. FOR IRELANDS CAUSE WE have refrained hitherto saying anything about the struggle for independence being carried on in Ire land. Later, we shall give an analysis of the situation for our readers as we understand it. Whatever other fac tors may enter into it this one fact is quite apparent, it is part of the travail through which smaller nations and nationalities are passing for the right of self-determination, a right which no one who believes in democ racy can deny. FUNERALS NO, it is not the dying year that suggests this topic; but certain things which have been forced to our attention lately and calls for comment. One of these matters is extravagance at funerals. We learned the other day of two funerals one that of a washerwoman and the other that of a laborer upon whose burials nearly $800 each was expended. Such things are a sin and a shame! Such cases may be rare, but they demonstrate an extravagance which cries for reform. Another place for reform in funerals among our people is in the case of ceremonies which consume half a day. Make the ceremonies briefer and then at some subsequent time have me morial services with resolutions, etc., galore, but they are out of place in the funeral obsequies. - \ SHOULD BE FAIR f I iHE Monarch cabaret has been de A nied a license. The real reason for it, if anyone should ask you. is not that it differed one whit in its man agement or general patrons from many other cabarets to which licenses were granted, except that, in keeping with the civil rights bill of Nebraska it admitted both races, while they, in violation of that law exclude Negroes, but because it did so admit the public and was drawing largely from the patronage of the less popular “gar den,” "cabarets,” et ah, not far distant from the same vicinity. There’s the jnilk in the cocoanut. Those who have withheld the license should be honest enough to give the real reason. They should at least be fair. CHARACTER AMONG the old books left us by grandad is an old womout, green covered volume known as “The Royal Path of Life.” We never read it nowadays because we figure that the book and grandad are' both out of date and decaying back numbers. But in the aforesaid book there is a chap ter on Character. Now some of us blossoms of garlic may think that character is out of date, but it isn’t. We need character today just as much as we needed it ’steen thousand years ago. A man or woman without char acter is just the same as grape juice without a kick in it. If you feel that you can tamper with wrong and get away with it, you are seeing cross eyed and it won’t be many moons be fore your dogs will slip and you will go into the sack with the rest of the human wrecks and junk. Go in strong for character. Ever}' race leader from abacus to zizard has always got a long string of puny chatter about i what the race needs, but seldom do I you ever hear of one planting his foot j on the loud pedal and hollering char- j acter. As a rule he hasn’t much of it ] himself and for that reason he can’t j quack about something he doesn't j know anything about. But character is the thing. Start building a char acter as soon as you are knee high to a duck. If you don’t know how to build one, read the Ten Commandments ar*< the Sermon on the Mount. If they i don’t fix yod out al humptididdy, then after you have read, digested and otherwise thoroughly eaten up the aforesaid, start on a still hunt for further information. The man or 1 woman without a character isn’t worth ; i two whops in the wTarm place they call hell. They might be able to get along j swimmingly for a moon or two, but 1 after a bit the public will get hep to them and they won’t have any more I chance among men than a fly will > have trying to explore the web of a ; pider. But don’t imagine that our i race is the only race that needs char acter. Only the other day the big business men of the U. S. A. decided to hold a convention next year and ; the keynote of it is to be the foster ing of character among the business men of the w'hole country. Everybody : needs it. PERISCOPE “Brunette*" (Los Angeles (Cal.) Times) There are 110,000 colored residents j in the city of Baltimore. That forms quite a respectable group of brunettes by itself and is an increase of nearly 30 per cent in the decade. At the same time the colored population in Louis ville has fallen off. Prohibition hasn’t had anything to do with the move ment, either. “OUT OF DATE” (Boston (Mass. Post) It is about half a century since that after-clap of the civil war—Ku Klux Klan—made a noise through the southern states. To such an extent was it successful in disturbing condi tions in that section, that the “Force Bill” of 1871 was passed by congress authorizing the president to make use of the army and navy to suppress it. Even the writ of habeas corpus was suspended in cases of offenders; the courts made short work with them. It is like a leaf from ancient his tory that we read of the revival of an organisation f the- same name in the state of Viiginla which is making live !y demonstrations along similar lines. SEE ■— EUFAULA (Pronounced U-FALL-Bit t BEAUTY PREPARATION* The World’s Fountain of Beaofjr Secrets FOR SALE AT E Morris Pharmacy, Central and MME. R. FRANKLIN (Poro Sys Dale. St. Paul, Minn. tern). M» Oraoe St. ,w.lk,r Mme. O W. Hall* (Poro System), MME. A. MARSHALL (Walker 2748 S. 11th'Ave., Minneapolis. System), 1*** NJBd St. Mme. L. LaRue (Walker System), MME. A. B^ MAOISON (»0-Day 108 N. 1st Ave„ E. Duluth, Minn FVn JiSEimRvs Mme W. H Perry (Poro System), MME. EDNA JOHNSON (Poro Bys 506 W. 7th St . Sioux City. Ia tern), 11612 R 24th 8t Mme K. Turner (Marie Syotem), MME8. SOUTH AND JOHNSON, 1104 Axe C.. Council Bluffs. Ia Mario BretemL ^H Bloiido SL Mme. M. Barrett (Walker Syetem), MME. O. VAWTEB (Walker Sys 1010 Center St.. Des Molnee, la. . tem). 1718 N0(?1tic (Poro fly*. Mme Gibbs (Poro System), 5214 8. MME B A BOSTIC (Poro Sys 28th St., Routh Omaha tern). 2124 Clark St. _ South Side Parlor (Marie System), MME C. C. TRENT (Poro Sys 4927 B. 26th 8t„ South Omaha OMAHA NIB Waatarn Tdatrlbotor *. A. WILLIAV80W 2S06 Worth 24th 8L, Omaha Main laboratory SUFAULA CHEMICAL CO. 1E1 Waat 53d Street New York City Last week there was a parade through the streets of Richmond by about a hundred horsemen, masked and clad In white, whose special attention was given to the terrorizing of those sec tions of the city in which the Negro population is collected. On Thursday night they actually held a ‘ mass meet ing” in the municipal auditorium. It does not appear, however, that this demonstration will survive the action of local authority looking to its suppression. The times have changed. It is out of date. LOOKING BACKWARD As we near the close of another year we are mindful of the past twelve months. Taking a retrospec tive view, we are asking ourselves the question, have we lost anything, or have we gained anything? The pessimist will cite the lost op portunities and bemoan our shortcom ings. The optimist will cite our achievements and good fellowship. These are some of the things to be argued by different minds. Let us take stock, just as a business man would of his wares. Let us be perfectly honest with ourselves As a group, we surely can point to achieve ments during the past twelve months that were never before ours, but have we done our best? Have we lived up' to ou: highest opportunities? It is true that here and there a; shining light has brilliantly shone; among us, but the masses must b< ! considered in measuring our distance1". In a political way, there were eleven race men elected to legislative offices throughout the country, which 13 the largest number ever before recorded in favor of the race during any one year. This to us, looks like real prog ress. Rut when we think of the op portunities that we had whereby we might have elected twice that num ber. it looks somewhat like climbing a notch and falling back a notch. In looking backward, we can see oui | inirtakes. The future is a dark veil, but we have the past upon which to look back. Looking backward we see man; battles fought, while the onlooker are asking, have we lost anything, or have we gained anything? We all have made mistakes which are common to humankind. As w. look back and see them, we note thev are many. Wise are they who will profit by their mistakes.—St. LquI Argus. ILLUSIONS (By William Pickens What Illusions we live by. For ex ample, whenever anybody says ‘ shoot in’ dice” or “seven come eleven,” we all think of Negroes and we grin—we see black faces and shiny eyes. Why? Because for generations the news papers, the comic page and the comic writer have associated dice and col ored people. I But I paid a couple of visits to Juarez, Mexico, where American white people come over to gamble and drink on absolute equality with “greasers” and "niggers.” And whom do you suppose I saw "rolling the bones” with the greatest fascination and most perfect zest? American white women in high-heeled shoes and silks. Not a colored woman In sight and Just a few colored men. But would you ever suppose so. from what you read in print and pic ture? How would It look in our comic pages, if after showing those ragged Negro boys on their knees in an alley, and those Negro “deacons” and “eld ers” rolling dice on the floor of that cabin, we should put alongside of them that American white woman, dressed in the height of fashion, with diamonds on her hands and rubles in her ears, while men of all races stand around and stack their coins, throw ipliili % I H fiappv and Prosperous I Dew Vear | ANDREASEN COAL CO. I Colfax 0425 3315 Evans St. Douglas 0840 Y -PROMPT DELIVERY ***4.*4»44«h*m.**.*4*4,«m**4**4*m»h*m4m«m.m.*4***X4*.*4.**.**»44«*4*m«****4*m«m******‘4*‘”**4*****4*m*^ ❖ * $ Colored People, Attention! * I Star Grocery Co. f X 27th and Lake Streets Webster 0090 ♦> * ,, x *j* We thank you one and all for your patronage during the past year. Ask youi ^ Y neighbors if they were not .satisfied in buying theii Groceries and Meats here when ^ Y they had the money—and when they didn’t have it, they got what they wanted just the Y ame. You may need the same, so don’t forget to come around. Special attention to ^ Y telephone calls. i Y : Y Our Motto: SATISFACTION GUARANTEED V *:♦ V 4I44X44X44W44H44H44X44H44X44I44X44!44t44I“!44I“I4^%4’!4,!4‘»*4t4^***^^M*M***»M** ing with her jeweled hand the white dotted, amber-colored dice, snapping her fingers like a whip and calling the game? ABOUT THE FOURTH ESTATE (By the Associated Negro Press) The Tulsa Star s Christmas num ber is a whale. An illustrated title page and nineteen pages of solid read ing and advertising matter comprise the holiday effort of our good friend Smitherman. This is enterprise with I a vengeance. More power to the Star. | May she live long and get out Christ , mas numbers until all other stars re j fuse to shine. It may not be amiss to note in pass ing that Montgomery, Ala., has been making It pleasant for Miss Mary i Vaughn, the business editor of the'' Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Union. Miss I Vaughn will be remembered by the' craft as one of the able and progress lve women in the South. She is mak Ing a mark In Murfreesboro, where she is held in high regard by its citi zens of both races. The Omaha (Neb.) Monitor is Bund ing up strong in the limelight of our journalism. Father John Albert Wil liams Is putting real life Into its pages j and giving us an editorial department that rings true in spirit. The Moni tor’s sund on the commission form of government as it operates in the city of Omaha was clear sighted and brave. It Is this sort of thing that is going to give character to the Negro Journals throughout the country. l>ong life, Brother Williams. Keep up the good work. M ATS URGED FOB FEDERAL POSITION (By the Associated Negro Press CHICAGO. Dec. 30.—R. h. Mays of Chicago, president of the Railway Men’s Industrial and Benevolent asset riation. with headquarters in Chicago, 1 being urged for the position of di rector of the bureau of Negro eco nomics, under the next secretary' of labor. % For that Neat. Well Pressed <• Appearance. See | J. H. HOLMES TAILOR X GENTS SUITS TO OBDEK f. Ladles' and Qant’a Suita Remod , lied, Repaired, Cleaned and Pressed IALL WORK GUARANTEED Wo Buy and Bell Second Hand Clothe* Work called (or and de livered. 2022 North 24th Street Phone Webster 1220 Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents’ Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. : COAL! COAL! | Order your Coal from S. M. BASS ■ 1721 Cuming St Doug. 2398 »»♦»♦♦»»»♦»+♦+»»»♦»»»»♦»» jMX*‘l,*M‘4XM!,v*XMXMWMXMX**HMX‘*I*' j: W. J. CATTIN CO. ? PLUMBING, GAS ANI) STEAM FITTING % 910 N. 24th St. Douglas 1625 •* i NORTH END COAL C° » ► ; We move Furniture and ; Pianos. Heavy hauling a ; specialty. Dodd & Allen 2014 No. 24th St. Webster 5036—5406 ... » » .. MELCMOR -- Druggist The Old Reliable TeL South 107 4826 So. 24th St. {Start Saving Now One Dollar will op**u an account In the Savings Department of the United States hat’l Bank ietu and Farnam Streets ... •- ■ . . . J. A. Edhotm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 I USE Dentlo DO YOU USE Dentlo? Cuming Hotel ;j •{• For a Nice Room call !! X Douglas 2466. |[ \% CENTRAL BILLIARD J; f PARLOR ? BARBER SHOP £ Soft Drinks, Candies, o | Cigars and Tobacco ! I ? 1916-18 CUMING STREET J! Douglas 5235 ! ‘ j MME. GEORGIA TAPPS V, ’ £ Hairdressing, Manicuring, J [ • X Massages <, • V 4 t I X All kinds of Hair Goods. < > J f Poro System Tyler 4782 1 [_ • • - ■* -.. »«««»« > We Have a Complete Line of ' i FLOWER, GRASS ! j AND GARDEN { Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry > j Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart’s Seed Store i{ ! 11# N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office X Phone Douglas 977 f. ♦»+♦»< p MRS. ALMA J. HILL I *f DRESSMAKER ;; \ y Plain and Fancy Sewing '1 ■ Y Evening Gowns and Alteration !! | .;. Work a specialty. • > • ;!* 2515 Parker St. Webster 2303 !! ’ : | Petersen & Mictielsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 *—H ... anotrttffiXBfflflDS PLES i ; AND IG ed Free, nteed. TEEET. I 2111. $ Allen Jonea, Rea. Phone W. 204 I 8 Andrew T. Reed. Rea. IT)one 8 Red 5210 JONES & REED 1 funeral parlor 2314 North 24th St. W«b. J10# | Attendant 4