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The monitor A National Weekly Newpaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the Monitor Publishing Company. Entered as S'cond-Claaa Mall Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postofflce at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor. Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Appllcaton. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 M 4 1 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ;; UNITED STATES. Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1. AO 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 ■ ' 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, 4W prop- ■ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person ! I ! * within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ;; TELEPHONE GRAFT ' 'P'OR a pure, unadulterated species of graft the Northwestern Bell Tele phone company with its special tariff charge to South Omaha is entitled to first prize. The tariff charge to South Omaha is about one cent a minute plus five cents federal tax. The minimum charge for a call to South Omaha is ten cents. The absolute injustice of a tariff for South Omaha, which is with in the corporate limits of Omaha, is apparent when it is noted that there is no Bpecia] rate for either Florence or Benson, also within the corporate limit* of Omaha, and there is no more reason for having to pay a special tariff for service to the South Side than there would be for paying one to the North Side (Florence) or the West Side (Benson.) This special tariff for Omaha-South Omaha service is a spe cies of graft, blushing and unconscion able, of which the Telephone company should be ashamed, and if it does not stop it, then legal action should be in stituted upon the part of telephone subscribers to have it stopped. The absurdity of the Omaha-South Side tariff becomes more apparent when it is known that there is no such special tariff in effect in connection with South Side-Omaha service. In other words, a South Omaha subscriber can call Omaha without having to pay a special tariff, but an Omaha subscriber must pay a special tariff plus ”5 cents Federal tax” to call South Omaha. Where is either the sense or justice of such an arrangement? If distance be a deciding factor in discriminating between the three outlying districts, Benson, Florence and the South Side, it is fartrher from the center of Omaha 'to the center of Benson and Florence I than it is to the center of South Omaha. There is therefore neither justice nor right in this discrimination. If is a clear case of graft upon the part of the telephone company which' will continue until the people awaken to a sense of this glaring injustice. BEPUBLICAN DUPLICITY Unprecedented and significant is the unanimity with which the race press condemns the republican party for the defeat of the Dyer Anti Lynching Bill In the United States sen ate. With a fearlessness and indepen dence that is really refreshing, even publications like the Pittsburgh Cour ier, which has been an outspoken ad herent of the administration, almost unanimously excoriate the republican leaders for their abject surrender of this important measure and the repud iation of a sacred pledge to hundreds of thousands of loyal adherents. Moat of them point out, as did The Monitor in our last issue, the patent fact that with a few notable and outstanding figures likes Senator Shortridge of California, Senator Willis of Ohio, New of Indiana and George Wharton Pep per of Pennsylvania, who expressed their willingness to keep up the fight until March 4, if necessary, the gTeat majority of republican senators were either overtly opposed to the measure or only half-hearted in its support. This luke-warm attitude has deceived nobody. Far better had it been for those senators who professed that they favored the measure to have frankly stated that they were opposed to it than to have attempted to hoodwink their constituents, for then they would have been respected for their honesty as they are now Justly condemned tor their duplicity. Senator Lodge, who was only saved from defeat in Massa chusetts by the loyal support of the colored voters upon his plighted honor to stand by the Dyer Bill, proved him self merely an opportunist. So did nearly all the "old guard” and stand patters. Their heart was not whole in ! this matter. Their duplicity will 1 doubtless prove a blessing in disguise. It will open the eyes of our people that they may see more clearly to deter mine upon an independent political course which will have a most impor tant influence upon the genesis and development of a new political party'. •A CLEAN PLAYER” CPORT writers in the Sunday edition of the three Omaha dailies in se lecting the mythical all-state tootball team from the more than 150 high schools In Nebraska dwelt upon the fact that among the coaches and crit ics throughout *the state who Joined In making this selection the verdict was virtually unanimous for Galloway, the stellar fullback for Central, Omaha on the all-star state eleven. It is stated that the selection had to be made from about 300 outstanding gridsters and that Galloway received more votes than any other player. He was practically the unanimous choice for right half back, his speed and abil ity fitting him better for this position, in the opinion of critics, than that ot all-state fullback, for which position he also polled a heavy vote. It is noteworthy that on the first, second and third all-state teams, a colored star wag given place. Thomas of Cen tra! was placed on the second team, and Lewis of Lincoln on the third. One group of critics selected two col ored boys for the first team, Galloway and Lewis. But as to- Galloway's right on the first all-state eleven there was no doubt in the mind of any. He won it fairly by his unquestioned abil ity and dean sportsmanship. There was a significant statement made by all three writers above referred to which should make tie all proud of Galloway. It was this, in substance: “Galloway is a clean player, who al ways plays fair, speedily wins the re spect of his opponents and knows how to conduct himself on and off the field.” This is a splendid and de served tribute to a fine specimen of our young manhood. "A clean player.” This means one who plays the game according to the rules and never re sorts to mean and dirty tricks to get the best of his opponent. "A dean player” is a clean thinker and a clean thinker is a dean liver, and these are what the race and the world need to day. The clean player on the gridiron will be a clean player on life’s field. OVERTHROW OK INJUSTICE "Colored Americans have but one desire: an all-united movement on their part is to bring about a realiza tion of that desire—the overthrow of in’ustice. The mockery of fair play and justice to which they are subject ed is making of them a race of cynics. This is true in all parts of the land and among all the various classes of the entire group. It is fraught with seriousness because sects and isms from other parts of the world, where colored prejudice is an unknown quan tity, are taunting these black peoples with unanswerable arguments about the conditions and treachery in Am erica.”—H. G. Wells. ST. JOHN’S REJOICING OVER SPLENDID PROGRESS Truly this ha« been a real week of Thanksgiving for the members and friends of SL John A M. E. Church, Sunday marking their realization of their ideal, ”A Bigger and Better St. John”, in the laying of the corner stone of the new $100,000 building, which is conceeded to be the largest and most magnificent edifice In the middle west built by Negroes. The corner atone was laid by the A. F. and A. M. of the state, G. M. Young of Lincoln officiating. Dr. Peck was the honor guest on this occasion and preached two very impressive sermons at morning and evening services, in the morning he charmed ihB hearers in that gentle manner so typical to him, convincing them that ‘as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”. At night he bade them in forceful and eloquent tones, to "Lift up thine eyes unto the hills, from whence coineth all thy strength”. Both sermons were simple, practical and impressice. It is to the efficiency of Rev. W. C. Williams that this achievement, so far, is credited. He is now beginning his sixth year of pastorate, having in the last five years raised the stand ard of Methodism, both numerically and financially. He has been In strumental in increasing the member ship of the church from 390 to 1,500, as well as acquiring the five pieces of real estate holdings, valued at $65, 200, compared with one piece of prop erty, valued at $11,000. This record itself places him in a class by him self as a financier in the A. M. E. church. Not only is Rev Mr.Williams active in religious affairs, but he is also a potent factor in the commercial and civic welfare of the race, having lent free aid In helping our citizens to acquire personal property and places of business. He was instrumental in making possible a factory where our women were given their first oppor tunity to demonstrate to the businesss men of the other group their ability to master textile industry. So satis factory did this experiment result that •here now stands to our credit a three story building where seventy-five of jour women are employed. Altogether, the Rev. Mr. Williams has been a 1 blessing to the church and commun ity at large. As tangible evidence of this the church is tendering Rev. and Mrs. Williams a banquet and recep tion at the Y. M. C. A. building, Fri day evening at 8:30. The public is invited. MRS BELLE RILEY. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mrs. Nellie Maston returned home last Wednesday from a Thanksgiving1 visit to her parents at Keokuk, Iowa.; Mrs. F. laws returned to her home [ in Chicago last week after a few days ' visit with her sister, Mrs. Viola Dan iels, here. Mrs. Doran and children of Brown- j lee, Nebr., is visiting her sister, Mrs. McDaniel. Rev. Mr. Burt of Hastings spent a| few days In the city and preached In : Rev. H. W. Botts" place Sunday. Mr. Wm. Woods is much improved j from his recent illness. Speak to your friends about The Monitor. Amaranth Chapter No. 3, O. E. S., j met in their hall last Tuesday night,; and after reports the following offic ers were elected for the coming year: | Mrs. A. G. Smith, W. M.; Mrs. Rebec ca Price, A. M.; Mrs. J. H. Lawson, Secretary; Mrs. Gertrude Haynes, Treasurer; Mrs. Kathryn Houston,! Conductress; Mrs. Vashtl Mosby, Asst. Conductress; Mr. O. L. Hemphill, W. Patron. The Dts. of Isis named the following ' as officers for the ensuing year last Wednesday night: Mrs. Mary Wil liams, Illus. Conductress; Mesdames Laura Johnson and F. Young, 1st and 2nd Lieut. Conductress; Mrs. Gertrude Haynes, Secy.; Mrs. Lola Howard, H. P.; Mrs. L. B. Alexander, Treas.; Mrs. Maud Johnson, Oriental Guide. At! the close of business all Dts. and Nobles present enjoyed an elaborate feast, until the wee hours of inoru. Services at ML Zion Baptist church were conducted by Rev. Burt of Hast ings, who spoke morning and evening to fair crowds. Other services were: especially good. Services at the A. M. E. church were conducted by the pastor as usual who delivered his usual fine sermons. The attendance was fair. Sacrament services were conducted by Rev. J. B. Smith. The Mt. Zion Baptist Sunday School will have their Christmas tree and exercises at the parsonage Saturday night, Dec. 23, which will be in con nection with the regular Saturday night supper. The several suppers given by Clubs of Mt. Zion are meeting with fine suc cess. KU KLUX KLAN GARB HARKED IN LONDON (Preston News Service) London, Dec. 14—That Britishers do not want un-American activities to spread In England is evidenced by the recent debarment of klan garb at a mask ball. An echo of the Ku Klux Klan war In America gave a dramatic finish to the gayest three arts ball in London’s history. The Convent Garden theatre was crowded with merrymakers when In spector Grosee of the Scotland Yards, sauntered in evening clothes across the floor and laid bands on the shoul der of a dancer garbed like a Ku Klux Klansman. The man was taken to Bow Street police station without re moving bis hood, and detained on a charge the nature of which was not made public at the time. At the hearing the prisoner was told that wearing this sort of garb would not be tolerated in England even at a masque ball. 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Winner of Omaha’s X Gold Modal Leading f | Trans- Coffee | | Mississippi for | | Exposition Thirty-five | X 1S9t Years X * ? «♦ _ _ _ _ PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the estate of Silas John son. deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the credi tors of said deceased will meet the exe cutor of said eatate. before tne. County, Judge of Douglas County. Nebraska, at the County Court Room, In said County, on the 26th day of January, 1923. and on the 26th day of March. 1923, at 9 o'clock A, M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their clnims for examina tion, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 23rd day of December, 1922, BRYCE CRAWFORD. 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