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The monitor A WKLT NIWIPAFBt DBTOTKD PRIMARILY TO TH* INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS__ anwnann BVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY __ u Soeond-Claae Mall Matter July 1. 1916. at the Poetoffioe at Q—ba. Webreete. aadar the A at of March I. 1979._ ___ rum RBV, JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM*-T.' —K!!g W. W. MOliUY, unooln Neb.--■ „ .7?^™ *5e^iai£ k.u£,KTTQNwl 4 - SUBSCRIPTION RATKS. *t«0 A VfAR; f1.» • MONTH9; T*c 3 MONTHS _Advertlelna Re tee FumNbed Upon Application_ Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 Vffff9IMMVlVfIVVVVe erurw ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF TOE UNITED STATES Cltiseaship Bights Nst te Be Abridged 1. AH psrniM bora or natarnMsed in the United States, * ‘rad subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are a tiaras ef the ; United States aad ef the State wherein they reside. No state AaH make er enforce any lnw which shall abridge the pliBaiw TT iiwenidtiee of ritimna of the United States: ner ; dhnfl nay atnto deprive any person ef Hfe, liberty. or prep- ; erty witheet due process ef law, ner deny te any person . within Its jurisdiction the equal protection ef the laws. ] | 4 i * A PLAIN DUTY A PLAIN duty lies before the 125, 000 voters of our race in Indiana, ■who generally vote the Republican ticket and that is to vote against the Republican candidate for governor who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan and has the support of the Klan. There can be no compromise upon the part of our people anywhere with the Klan. The issue in Indiana is clear. It looks very much now as though the issue is to be clearly drawn nationally between Klan and anti-Klan. In many places the Re publicans have become identified with Klan. It looks very much as though the Coolidge administration is fa vorable to the Klan. If this be so, then the vote of our race must be thrown unitedly against it. The Moni tor hopes to be able to support Calvin Coolidge for the presidency, but ifjie has the backing of the Ku Klux Klan, we will be against him. Coolidge’s nomination is conceded. His election, however, is entirely another question. Indiana, Ohio, New York and Penn sylvania are pivotal states. In every one of these states our race holds the balance of power. ^Normally we are Republican; but we are anti-Klan Any alliance between the Ku Klux Klan and the republican candidates means, as it deserves to mean, whole sale defection or alienation of the Ne gro vote. Whatever else may be ir doubt our duty toward the Ku Klux Klan is plain and that is to fight it to the last ditch. If its power grows and it is not checked Klan propaganda means within the next five years Civil War in the United States. Hatrer breeds war. The Klan propogates race and religious hatred and its fruitage in war. The Klan is unqual ifiedly opposed to Negroes, Jews, Ro man Catholics and the foreign-borr ——B—— and aims at the curtailment of their civil, commercial and political rights and none of these can compromise with the Klan or those who are friend ly with the Klan. ADMIRATION AND CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP rJ,HE honeyed words of President Coolidge in connection with the signing of the Japanese Exclusion Bill will only increase the contempt of the astute Niponese for American shal lowness and hypocrisy. Honeyed as surance of “admiration and cordial friendship" while kicking one out of his house, or slamming the door in his face,'will never be accepted as sin cere by any save an imbecile. The Japanese are far from being imbe ciles. Ans yet the President expects them to swallow the assurance "that the enactment of this provision does not imply any change in our sentiment of admiration and cordial friendship for the Japanese people.” This is pure and unadultered buncombe and the Japanese will appreciate it at its true value. As a matter of fact the Congress of the United States has seriously blundered in this matter, particularly at a time when interest should be centered upon creating in ternational amity and goodwill and removing as far as possible all ground for misunderstanding and bitterness. The president has become party to this blunder by signing the bill and no honeyed words will soften the smarting insult unnecessarily dealt to the Japanese. "Cordial friendship’ and exclusion from one’s company or companionship do not go hand in hand. The one excludes the other. The Japanese will laugh derisivly over America’s “abundant manifestation of admiration and cordial friendship for the Japanese people” as shown in the drastic exclusion bill which becomes effective July 1. GRADUATES ! A GOOD number of our youth are I ^ being graduated from schools and ! colleges. They have worked hard in their work of preparation. It is our duty to help them in every way to find and fill places of usefulness. RELIGIOUS CONVENTIONS rT,HE various conferences and na 1 tional religious gatherings in which our race is largely represented indi cate that substantial progress has been made along spiritual and intel lectual planes. This is gratifying. < ’ < :: < > I ' • •• Will Consider Sale of Monitor :j ;; Will consider favorable proposal for .j j | purchase of The Monitor as I am seri- .1 ;; ously considering retiring from news- Ij ; | paper work, important though it is, and .1 \ \ devoting my time entirely to my pas- Ij ;; toral and parish work. \ a j John Albert Williams j - Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. j 1 ; 1 :: 1 • > 1 « * •: ( * . \\ ^^4 'ttOOttHttWWW^^1****4********^^*^^***^ A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM RACE ; :: PREJUDICE < '! By Momey Williams < (For the Associated Negro Press) \ OGOD, who hast made man in Thine own likeness and < who dost love all whom Thou hast made, suffer us not, , because of difference in race .color or condition, to ; '1 separate ourselves from others, and thereby from Thee; but < ; teach as the unity of Thy family and the universality of . ' Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was born of an Hebrew , ' mother »ni< ministered first to His brethren of the House • ! of land, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phoenidan wo- « ’ man and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be . ' carried by a man of Africa, teach us, also, while kving and ; servins our own, to otter into the communion of the whole < fc—«■ family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and . haulnras of heart; we should despise any for whom Christ ; died, or injure any In whoa He Hves. Amen. i ....** | CHICKEN 1 | DINNER $ EVERY SUNDAY £ t At 2210 0 Street £ \{ MEALS 40 CENTS X X BEVERAGES OF ALL KINDS V X Sacred Music All Day Sunday ¥ A Bizer & Bizer, Props. X X CORN HLTSKER CAFE * LINCOLN, NEBRASKA £ LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mrs. Belle Carriages died at her home last Sunday morning after a siege of sickness. She leaves a num ber of relatives and friends to mourn her departure. The funeral was held at the Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church Tuesday afternoon. Rev. M. C. Knight will preach. Mother Gant is confined at the home of her son, John, with sickness. Mrs. R. W. Walker is reported to be seriously i'.l at their home on Peach street. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Monroe E. Williams Saturday, May 25, a baby (boy. Mother and babe doing well. Mrs. I^aura Johnson, formerly of Lincoln, but now of Chicago, is vis iting in the city. The Utopian Art Club was nicely entertained by Mrs. Mary King at her home, 1447 Northside avenue, last Thursday nighL Quite a few mem bers attended. -- A number of the men members ol Mt. Zion Baptist Church has organ ized a Layman’s Brotherhood, which promises to be quite a unit to the church. The brotherhood will give their first banquet next Thursday night, June 5, in basement of the church, which promises to be a swell affair. Can you afford to miss it? Remember June 9th to 15th is the convening of the New Era Baptist Association, Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. conventions at Mt. Zion Baptist church at Lincoln, Neb. The Davis Women’s Club met with Mrs. A. C. Stanley at the Blue Goose. Quite a number of women were pres ent and business pertaining to the state federation was transacted. Amoranth and Princess Haptipha chapters O. E. S. entertained the members and the Masonic fraternity Sunday afternoon at Masonic hall in honor of the Grand Worthy Matron, Mrs. Kate Wilson of Omaha. An im promptu program and light refresh ments were served. | Mrs. Laura Johnson, P. Grd. Worthy i Matron of Chicago was a pleasant surprise to her friends and relatives j Sunday. Regular services were conducted at the A. M. E. Church Sunday morning, j when the P. E. J. T. Hicks arrived ! about noon. Sacramental services | were conducted in the afternoon and : evening. j ~ Rev. Mr. Ross of Guthrie, Okla., and family is the minister at Newman M. E. Church in place of Rev. Mr. Brown. _ Regular services were conducted by the pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Sunday, who preached good sermons, i The attendance was fairly good. MINISTERS’ ALLIANCE i An enthusiastic meeting was held by the Alliance last Tuesday at the Y. W. C. A. A communication was read by the secretary, asking the Al lance to endorse an invitation asking for the 1925 session of the National j Baptist Suuday School and B. Y. P. U. ■ Congresses to be held in Omaha. This j was granted unanimously. A second i communication was read by the secre I tary, inviting the Ministers’ Alliance to visit a movie entitled “New L)e ciple” struck fire and produced a j most sanguine discussion. The Al , liance voted adversely on this Invita tion. The Alliance voted to recess the latter part of July. The following were named as chairmen of commit tees: Rev. F. Divers, on Chautauqus for Young Peoples; Rev. O. J. Burk hardt on Vigilance and Rev. E. W Cox on Exchange of PulpltB. The Alliance has suddenly taken or new life and much good is expected to be accomplished in next twc months. J. D. CRUM, Secretary. I PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY I - A surprise party was given Tues I day evening at the beautiful home o: \ Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Redd, 6613 Rail J road avenue, by a party of girls wh( ► make up a class taught by Mrs. Rede > in the Sunday school at Allen Chapel J The Carter orchestra furnished th« music. Her daughter Ol’.le adroitlj managed to allay her mother’s suspi cion that anything unusual was going on until the participants arrived. A delightful evening was spent in mak ing merry with songs and speeches Mrs. Redd was presented with a beautiful parasol by the class and oth ers. The scientists must be asleep if they have just discovered that the domina tion of man is on the wane and that in time women will be the ruling sex. Who rules now? AK-SAR-BEN BI NNING RACES MAY Slst to JUNE 24th Omaha’s big booster institution, Ak-Sar-Ben, is planning a running race program this spring—May 31st to June 24th—that will be second to none in the west. In fact, with the advent of this, Ak-Sar-Ben’e fourth season of racing, the Omaha track is established as a meeting place for stables from the four corners of the United States, from Mexico and Canada Advance reservations indicate that most of the states in the Union will be represented at the races in Omaha. The track is becoming more and more popular with the public. The steel , and concrete grands'and, which seats J 10,000 people, is considered one of the J finest amphitheatres in the country. ■ The layout of the mile track and the j arrangement of the grand stand are ‘ such that from any seat In the grand ■ stand, every movement of the horses ! on the track can be seen. J Some of the finest stables in the • country will contest for the handicap , purses. Following are the big events \ and the days on which they will be • run: The Speed Inaugural, May 31st; • the Ak - Sar - Ben Queen’s Plate, " Wednesday, June 4th; the Ak-Sar-Ben ■ King’s Cup, Saturday, June 7th; the ! Omaha Chatnber of Commerce Handi- \ cap, Saturday, June 14th; the Nebras- • ka Handicap, Thursday, June 19th, and ! the Stock Yards Derby, Saturday, June J 21st. There will be 21 days of rac- ■ ing, six or more races each day; . purses total $80,000. \ - < CARD OF THINKS I ( * We can not think of words suitable j to express our sincere thanks, we take ■ this means of extending the many ! friends who so kindly rendered their \ assistance through a period of illness • and death of our beloved daughter and . wife, Blanche. We would be pleased J to give here an individual list of j j names, but it would require too much 1 i space. J H. K. HILLON, j MRS. H. K. HILLON, 4 ALONZO SIMMONS. J - 4 THE PURPOSE OF THE COLORED 4 COMMERCIAL CUT OF OMAHA \ -— 4 The purpose of the Colored Commer eial Club is to co-operate in civic and commercial enterprises among the ^ colored people of Omaha; to foster a (j better relation between the colored 4 and white business houses. ,! The Colored Commercial Club is nn jj organization that undertakes civic and 4 commercial work on a large scale. , Despite the fact *hat the club has J been critized very severely and nn- ■ warrantedly, it has striven to keep the < Ideals and principles for which it waa J organized foremost in mind. It has ; not allowed the criticisms to dis-! < courage but rather to maintain its ! purpose. ; As illustration of practical accom plishments of the Club, it has placed one hundred and eighty colored per sons in Jobs in the past month, which to every fair minded person speaks i for itself. Very often people come to the office with letters and papers ! from their respective homes indicat- : ing they are good citizens and worthy I of good jobs. The Club hag secured I these people desirable homes, good jobs and assisted them in many ways that an individaul regardless of his ; standing could not do. This is em phasized, because of the many activi ties of the Colored Commercial Club, this is one of the greatest. It is the duty of the Colored Com mercial Club to foster civic spirit as is true of many other clubs and or ganizations of business and social na ture throughout the city. The Club is a meeting place for organizations of social uplift, a place where the i colored business men can band to gether for the good of the race and Omaha at large. The Colored Com mercial Club ig the logical place to j carry on this kind of work. The officers of the Club are as fol- ; lows: Nathaniel Hunter, president; R. L. Williams, commissioner; Dan Des dunes, treasurer. The activities of the Club are car-1 ried on by committees consisting of from three to seven members. They are as follows: Legislation and Municipal Affairs— Rev. John Albert Williams, chairman. Publicity and Convention—H. J. Pinkett, chairman. Charities, Hospital and Public Health—Dr. R. C. Riddle, chairman. Boys Work—Chairman to be ap pointed. Membership—C. H. Spriggs, chair man. Entertainment, Music, Good Fellow ship—Chairman to be appointed. Real Estate, Insurance, Housing— Dr. D. W. Gooden, chairman. Ways ana Means—T. P. Mahammitt, chairman. Retail Trade and New Business— A. F. Peoples, chairman. Finance—Rev. Russel Taylor. House Committee—H. W. Williams, chairman. It will be seen that the purpose and aim of the C. C. C. is to unify racial efforts for advancement and uplift. The Club invites all who be lieve in such unification and co-opera tion to memberships R. L. WILLIAMS, Commissioner. The District of Columbia leads in the number of colored female com positors any typesetters. Illinois ranks in second place, followed by Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. It would be great if we could win a« many prizes in science and in mechanical skill as we do is oratory. ;: SIX ROOMS and DOUBLE j :: garage :i Y Strictly modern six-room home, J ¥ all on one floor. Well located, just •] ¥ off busy Twenty-fourth street cor- •] Y ner. Resides a good home this •] X property has fine speculative value •] Y for business property. Price $4,SOU, •! I on easy terms. Evenings call TED *i X PITKIN, HArney 7540. 4 j' METCALFE CO. < • ATIantlc 5415 203 South 19th St. %■»♦»»♦♦♦»♦»»♦»»»♦»»»»<»»»»< :|: Seeds, Plants j | and Shrubs \ X Starting this week we will have J y a complete line of BLOOMING I J [ PLANTS for bedding, boxes and «C vases, hanging baskets for the *i ‘ * porch filled to order FRESH J ! STOCK DAILY assures you of get- J •* ting the best. i We still have a good assortment *j! i» of HARDY SHRUBS to close out at your own price. A Remember, we carry a full line of GRASS. VEGETABLE and 2 FLOWER SEEDS of the highest 4 i» quality. 2 i • * OUR POLICY: “Once a Customer jt, •|» Always a Customer” ‘t | Home :l I A 2 Landscape Service | 24th and Cuming | Telephone JAckson 5115 | I. LEVY DRUGGIST DRUGS, DRUG SUNDRIES. CIGARS, CANDY AND SODA | Let us deliver you a pint of our Famous Malted Milk In sanitary Seal-Tite bottle, 20c. j Made Fresh. I Web. 5802 24th and Decatur ! Established 1879 Tel. JAckson 0132 Y N E W LOCATION % 403 So. 15th Street J* Sunderland Building, Omaha, Nebr, f S. remember the name and •{• .j. NEW LOCATION *{ A FOR SUE •$ y A •j> We have several five and six- A room houses for sale on small £ | J payments. Call & •*. ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE j COMPANY % A 1423 North 24th Street A A TEL. WEBSTER 4650 Y I g £ Wonderful numbers at £ RIGHT PRICES ? Pumps and Oxfords includ ? ing the smartest styles of the £ Spring season. Freidman Bros. Booterie £ 1510 No. 24th Street | i~X"X~x*<~x~x-<~x~x-x~X“X~XK“X-x~x-x^~x~x-x~x~x-x~x-:~X“£ •x-*X"X-:“X-x-x--x--x**:»:«M~x»:--:--x--x--x--:--:-v-:-*x--:-x-*X“X-*:":--:":-:--:-:--:": | CLEAN UP ON SHRUBS, | | ROSES, TREES, Etc. | £ 10c St. Regis Red Everbearing Raspeberries. Each.2c ’} X 10c Cumberland Black Raspberries. Each.2c "{’ jy 15c Three-year Rhubarb. Each.. 5c X £ 30c Three-year Currants. Each...10c | | POTTED FLOWERS AND SEEDS £ £ 75c Roses—All Varieties. Each.25c £ £ - £ £ Vegetables and Bedding Plants in the Greatest £ X Variety Shown in Omaha £ | WE SELL FOR LESS £ _ I | Bilz Seed & Nursery Co. | 1513-15-17 Howard Street | £ Second Door West of Municipal Gas Office £ £ ATIantic 9648 ’£ x-x~:~>.>ex-x~x*<“:~x“s>*:-x~:~x~:~x“:>«*x~x~x~x-x~:~>ex~x~:->ex~x~>j Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights—Enacted in 1893: Sec. 1. CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PRECED ING SECTION. Any person who shall violate the fore going section by denying to any person, except for rea sons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or’ by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. i Ji -* « / “The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs. State, 25 Nebr., Page 677. N. W. 638.” * “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored |j person with refreshments in a certain part of his res taurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is * civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in a more private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 358; N. W. 718." 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GRACE WHITE X X Web. 5499 Omaha $ V fj **X~X~X-X~X~X-:~X~X“X~M"M"X — THOROUGHLY worthy used furni ture of every description is offered for sale at very reasonable priees in our warehouse, between the hours of I p. m. and 5 p. m. week days. 9tk and Capitol Ave.—Orchard A Wilhelm Co. Why Not Let Li* Do Your SHOE REPAIR WORK Beat material, reasonable price* ALL WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN & THOMAS Phone Web. 5084—1415 No. 24th *"*'*'* ■ m m • 9 uu»u«4u + •X~: <• 4 444444444444444444440 j EMERSON’S LAUNDRY ] X The Laundry That Sultu AN 2 X 1301 No. 24th St. Web. MM J *****t*‘f‘ rumniMMii jwWWW4444ttlimi4 X PHONE JACKSON 0M4 [ f E. A. NIELSEN ! 1 £ UPHOUSTERING CO. % £££,NET SHOP—FURNITURE '• X REPAIR and refinishinq . X Box Spring and Mattraaa Wark X 1913-15 Cuming St., Omaha. Nabr. ! <-X"X~X~X~XK~M~X~***^^4^ ****** * ■*■**? ttittim him » H. A. CHILES & CO. J | £ funeral directors and :: Sf licensed embalmeAs ;; £ Chapel Phone, Web. 71J3 1 ? Rea. Phone, Web. 6849 ! ! X 1839 No. Twenty-fourth St. < ’ •X**X"XK>*X^":~X*4nX~X^4~>^<M» Bond* Furnished to Reliable PunuM NOTARY PUBLIC IN OFFICE PHONES: «*•., Web. 6618; Of flea. At. 8194 Rea. 2868 Binney 8t. NOAH W. WARE ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW HOURS: 9 A. M. to 12:00 Noon; 1:99 P. M. to 6:80 P. M. Knffir Bile. 817 No. 16th St. Oath*