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The monitor jUMI WMttr TVimili DimIM ta tba IM*mU of OoMM Published every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the Monitor Publishing Company. _ Batarad as -n—I '~"rrT Mail Matter July 1 ml. at the Postofflce at ■-- Mob.. saBar tha Act of Mart* », lltl _ THB REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. Ooorgo H. W. Bullock, Buolnccc Manager and Aaaoclate Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.M A YEAR; S1.2S * dft“THS; 7Sc 3 MONTHS Advortlalng Ratos Furnished Upon Application. AMrsss, Ths Hfsltor, IN Kaffir Block. Oatabs, Hsk. Talaphona Douglas MS*. I ■ J ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ;; II UNITED STATES. ;; ! I Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. ! 11 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 2 j 1 state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ;; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor y 1 ; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop ! ’ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person | |! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. X AMERICA’S REPROACH COME years ago Tristan Bey, the Turkish minister, upon leaving America flung this deserved taunt at the United States, “Turkey does not bum human beings at the stake.” This was just subsequent to the burning of a black man at Paris, Texas, accused of a crime against a woman, but who died protesting his innocence. That was the same incident which evoked the comment from Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, that “dying men don't lie.” We are reminded of these suggestive statements from represen-1 tives of civilizations which we account inferior to our own, by the fact that Texas has again been guilty of almost unbelievable barbarism by burning three human beings, in succession, to prolong the gruesome spectacle and amuse the depraved populace which 5 gloated over the agony of the unfortu nate victims, two of Whom died with hymns on their lips and protesting their innocence to the last. One vic tim is said to have confessed, under torture, implicating two others. The sheriff doubted the guilt of two of the men. Two white men whose shoes fit ted the footprints leading from the murdered girl’s body, were in custody under suspicion when the Negroes were lynched, but were released after: the “confession” of Curry and the subsequent lynching. The body of an other black man, who is said to have said something against the lynching, was found swinging from a limb. Be fore the men were committed to the flames, they were mutilated and tor tured. Remember that this manifes tation of barbarism took place in a Texas hamlet in Christian America, in the shadow of a house of worship. I Similar crimes against humanity and j justice have occurred and are liable to occur in ordinarily well-governed Am erican cities in almost any section. America must be delivered from the barbarism of the mob or she is doom eel. In the light of this latest lynch ing why in heaven’s name does the United States Senate delay in passing the Dyer Bill? “Turkey does not burn human be ings at the stake.” No. Can Amer ica say as much? Why then should; America bear this reproach when she : has it within her power as a Christian nation to cast it from her? _ ATTENTION, EX-SERVICE MEN! j A MONG our leaders are many ex * service men. We wonder how j many of these are taking advantage; of the opportunity offered them by the government of securing vocational! training. As we undersrtand it, all: who have been in any way incapaci- j tated are entitled to compensation and vocational training. That is to say the government will pay their way through school arid give them a certain sum of money to live upon. This sum, if we are correctly advised,, runs from $100 to $146 per month, according to circumstances and the number of dependents. We know of only two Colored ex-service men of Nebraska who are taking vocational training. There may be others. There ought to be at least 100 from this state, neariy this number from Omaha alone. It may be that some have applied and been turned down or discouraged. If this be so they should try again. As a rule our people give up too quickly if things do not come Just their way. We are too easily discouraged and conclude there is no use trying. This ought not be. Those who give up too quickly make mighty little progress in any line. We hope tluit all ex-service men who are en € titled to government compensation f'". and vocational training will insist up f on getting it. The Negro War Vet erans Relief Bureau is an agency which has been created to see that ex service men of our race secure every wt te which they wee justly entitled. If you have been turned down or dis £;'■ eouraged, give facts and data to the •Mini bureau at Washington. The Monitor hopes that no ex-serrvice man who is entitled to the privilege of tak ing training that ^ will make him a WHY NOT NEBRASKA? THE Monitor has peculiar views \ and decided convictions. We are unalterably and uncompromisingly op posed to the regnant view in the Unit ed States that there must be two types of American citizenship, differentiated solely on the ground of color, namely j white American citizenship, enjoying | unlimited privileges, and black Amer- j ican citizenship, with limited privi leges. This is the prevalent view up on which the people and the govern ment act. Theoretically, no; practi cally, yes. This is fallacious and vic ious; divisive and against national ! unity. Therefore, we are oposed to it: both in theory and practice. We be lieve that the government should see to it, for example, that its ex-service men, irrespective of race or color, who desire vocational training, should be sent to the same schools, and they the best in the land. This is what should be done. But this is not being done; nor has the government the backbone or moral courage, it would seem, to do it. It is not deemed feasible or practicable. As a result many ex-ser vice men of our race are being de prived of the training they should re ceive. “Placement training-’ is large ly farcical, a camouflage and a sham. What is to be done? It is proposed to establish, as a practical measure to meet this practical difficulty, three well-equipped vocational training cen tres for Negroes or colored Americans. Infinitely better this than nothing, or the present inadequate and unsatis factory methods. Two of these schools are to be in the South and one somewhere in the northwest. Since this is the plan, why should not Omaha make a bid for this school ? If not Omaha, why not Nebraska ? There is adequate land in this vicinity that could be acquired for such an institu tion. Why, for example, would not some place like Fort Crook, with its hundreds of acres, giving opportunity for training in agriculture, and the erection of buildings for various trades, be an ideal place? Here is a chance for the Omaha Chamber of Commerce to show what it can do in landing a desirable plum forr Nebras ka. If the government is seeking a | suitable location for such a training centre somewhere in northwestern ter ritory, why should not Nebraska try to land it? Why should not Nebras ka’s congressional delegation get busy on this job? WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY THE DUTY OF THE HOUR The four million Americans who fought in France offered their all, not only to free civilization from its im pending Hun menace, not only to pro tect the rights and property of Ameri i cans at home and abroad, on land and | on sea, but to revenge the outrage on j Belgium and to rescue our glorious 1 sister republic, France, frorm the in- j vasion on the part of the Teutons. But of the four million Americans there were four hundred thousand black Americans who fought over there, not only for these things abroad but for democracy at home. There was not a single black Yankee who siffered, who was gassed or wounded or who died, who did not, way back in the innermost recesses of his brain, cheerfully make his sacrifice because he was resolved to secure thereby for his people back home the thing called “democracy.” While that was the thing for which they pledged their all, that is the very thing which the American people are forgetting. It is to the completion of this unfin ished task before us as colored Amer icans that we must here highly re solve or they shall have suffered and sacrificed and died in vain. The American people for the most part do not as yet realize that their Colored fellow citizens want full democracy and are determined to have It. They do not realize that black men must have an equal oppor tunity in the industrial, civic and po litical life of the nation if this is to become a republic in fact as well as in name. Black America wants peace ■£»{&&&& * a. . in all these relations, but more than that, equality if they have to fight for it. Our Colored fellow citizens., too, have had the edge of this meaning of Memorial Day to them dulled. It is for them and their leaders to stand now as never before four-square for their rights. They cannot if they re main true to the faith of those who fought on Flanders field accept less. More than that they must not ask. To be prepared to play their part in American democracy they must pre pare themselves and their children in education, in industry, in politics, in morals and in manhood. The Colored people must see to it that their lead ers do not sell them for a miserable mess of pre-election or post-election pottage. Their political leaders must not pussyfoot nor temporize upon their franchise nor their right to hold office, elective or appointive. In all the agencies of government, in every instiution, federal, state and munici pal, which has for its purpose •the pro motion of the educational, physical or moral welfare of the people, black Americans must have, not only the untrammeled and recognized right to i enter as other citizens, but preceding and guaranteeing that right full repre- ■ sentation in its official personnel. To live for these things and to die for them if necessary is the duty of Col ored America at this hour.—New York News. I THANKS FRIENDS 2418 Binney St., May 8. Editor Monitor: I was not aware that my name had been presented in your popularity contest. Since 1 have so little time to devote to wan ning, I would like to withdraw. I j thank all of my friends who have so, kindly supported me. Sincerely yours, Frances D. Gordon. Owls in Old University City. Owls, as is proper In !he case of Birds of such renowned solemnity j and secluded habit, have always ex- : hlblted a particular liking for Oxford i university. Recently they have estab lished a new colony in the ivy-cov ered walls of the Bodleian library and the Tower of the Five Orders. In the Old Schools quadrangle. Members of the library stuff now occasionally find relaxation from their duties by res cuing the young birds which find their way down to the pavement of the quadrangle and are unable to My up to their nests. — Brains of Lower Animals. All animals have some form Dt j brain and nervous system, which In the horse and other higher animalu 1 approximates the hnrnan hrntn. As j compared with the human brain, those of animals are deficient In reasoning power bnt In other ways their Intelligence Is very marked. Origin of "Brazil." The country Brazil derived Its name from a red dye wood which abounds throughout the land. The Portuguese called the wood “braza," which means b live coal, and Brazil Is the form of the word applied to the whole country. | Last Week ! | OF THE ::| FIRE sale! ;i Dresses, Coats, Skirts, *; ;; Waists and Furs almost ;; I! given away. Take advan- ;; ! I tage of this life-time op- ;; 11 portunity. Every garment ;; : : must be sold by order of I; >> the Insurance adjusters. ; | ADAM jj BON OFF 1409 Douglas Street ! | ft,"y . Bualnese Brothers. President Neilson of Smith college was making s rather tedious journey •nd was glsd when the man who had the seat In front of his turned around and began a conversation. The man proved to be a traveling salesman and took It for granted that Poctor Neilson was another. “What's your line?” he asked. “Mine’s skirts." "Well, so Is mine,” said the president of Smith.—New York Evening Post. Puzzling. A gentleman of foreign birth, re cently in Indianapolis, was telling a party of friends some of the difficul ties encountered in mastering our lan guage. "Now. for instance.” said he. "you say b-o-u-g-h apdls bough. Then c-o-u-g-h spells cough. According to the pronunciation given bough. If I should have a severe cold, would I say 1 had a cough In my chest I” The Privileged Onee. “The middle class of citizenship usually has the hardest time,” said the economic Investigator. “Yes," replied Mr. Chugglns. “The man whose status in the scale of wealth is midway between the private car and the flivver Is the only on* who can’t keep touring so as to spend every summer In Florida and every I winter in Maine.” A Scratched Record. One day recently Mary Hlrdelln, age ten, and her sister, Harriet .June, age rtve. were visiting their grandmother, whom they call mamma. Mary Birdella was singing to one of her dolls when mamma joined In on the refrain. Har riet jHne looked up and said, very so berly. “Aw, mamma, your record’s scratched." [ MUSICAL CONCERT j [ CITY AUDITORIUM | May 31,8 P. M. | Negro Music Will Be Featured I MIXED CHORUS OF SEVENTY-FIVE VOICES ’ | j! DESDUNES BAND WILL RENDER FOUR NUMBERS | !! A Mixed Octet Will Sing Beautiful Haunting Melodies | -A VOCAL SOLO WILL BE GIVEN- | :: A MALE QUARTET Will Render ITS BEST NUMBERS /• :: ADMISSION—MAIN FLOOR. $1.00; BALCONY, 50c V, '•' Tickets May Be Purchased at Colored Commericial Club, ! I 2414 Maple Street, and from Club Members | The BEST MUSIC and the LARGEST AUDIENCE, EVER | ? DON’T FAIL TO BE THERE £ | Auspices COLORED COMMMERCIAL CLUB v i > x~x~x~X“X~x~x-x~x~x-c~x*«xk~x~x-x*<-xk-<-x-x~x--x-*-x*-x~x>v I t"—« » .. ... . .... 2775 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Merchants National Bank OF OMAHA, NEB. At the Close of Business May 5, 1922 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts... $ 9,072,961.87 U. S. Bonds for Circulation.. 50,000.00 Banking House. 101,942.14 U. S. Bonds and Certificates... 492,424.82 Other Bond*. 117,250.00 Cash and Due from Banks . 4,341,213.00 $14,175,791.83 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in.$ 1,000,000.00 Surplus . 500,000.00 Undivided Profits. 499.971.44 National Bank Notes. 50,000.00 Deposits . 12,125,820.39 $14,175,791.83 Fred Hamilton, President. S. S. Kent, Cashier. B. H. Meile, Vice-Pres. H. D. Bentley, Ass. Cashier. O. T. Eastman, Vice-Pres. B. B. Wood, Ass. Cashier. J. P. Lee, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS Fred P. Hamilton C. W. Hamilton Chaa. L. Saunder* G. S. Roger* J. E. Megeath F. B. J«hn*on Frank W. Jud»on N. B. Updike B. H. Meile “MAW TO MAW "-Shown at the Wow Diamond Theatre, Lake St., below 21th. t SURELY DESERVED HER FATE School Teacher1* Flippancy Mor# Than Summer Student Could Be Ex pected to Stand. She was a school teacher and he a four-button model summer student. He had just finished a graphic de scription of how a friend of his had been struck In the eye with a golf ba'l and nearly lost his sight. It was a delightful moonlight evening and as they strolled through the campus he had grown eloquent In the details of the terrific drive, the whir of the boll through the air and the audible crash as It struck his companion full In the face. Then he followed up with a de scription of the blood and pain and a couple of subsequent major opera tions and (mused to light a cigarette while he left the effect to sink In. They moved slowly on for a few moments and then she suddenly looked up at him. "Gee,” she murmured, "I’ll bet that boy had a black eye!” The Janitor found her remains In | the frog pood the next morning.— I Kansas City Star. Mrs. Florence Cold well and grand- ; son of Sedalia, Mo., are the guests of j Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chasteen, T17 j No. 21st St. Mrs. Caldwell is Mrs.; Chasteen’s sister. 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