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THE MONITOR _________ 4 ► * WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OK COLORED AMERICANS J J PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THE <* MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY J; EnUred na Second-Claas Mall Matter July 2. 191S. at the Poatoffice at ‘ ‘ Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March S. 187>.__ 4 > THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS_Edlter W. W MOSELY. Llnceln Nek_ Associate c.dit ' UCINOA W. WILLIAMS_Buelnkse Manager »U 8 SCRIPT ION RATES. »*.0O A YEAR: *1.26 6 MONTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS I Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application A tddress. The Menitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb, 4 Telephone WEbster 4243 | ,>X~XK-X-X~X~X^~X"X~C~X~X~X~X“X~X**-X~X~X“X“X~X"X-X"X,<“> :,*x~X“M~x*<~x^-x-<“X~x~x~x***x~X“0~f l AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. ;«; ; j The postal regulations require that for newspapers to ■ > be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in Ij. I advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for Y renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub- •{; j scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- Y j cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving ? The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are i paid, as the law requires, in advance. Statements are be- X ing sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call— 4 and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled 4 to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want '[ to do. ! I We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or <»j pay the penalty. < 4* < • ■ SOCIAL WORKERS The re-election of Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive sec retary of the National Urban League to membership on the executive board of the Nation al Conference of Social Work ers for another term Of three years is an honor well deserved and worthily bestowed. Mr. Jones has proven his ability and this is a well-merited rec ognition. The Conference took a firm stand against segregation, in declining to accept the urgent ly pressed invitation of Mem phis for the next national meet ing until assurances were given that there would be no dis crimination there and that no meetings, or dinners should be held in any place from which Negro delegates would be ex cluded. Laus Deo! Social workers have caught the vision. TAKING HIGH GROUND Some plain and invincible truths concerning absolute jus tice and fair play towards all races of men are being pro claimed by the Congregational ists in session in our city. Nor are these utterances meaning less platitudes, they are being put into practice. It is significant that the Council has gone on record as refusing to hold national meet ings in any city where any of the delegates shall be discrim inated against on racial grounds. PRINCIPAL IS GUARDED AFTER DEATH THREATS Washington, D. C.—Following the threats which were made upon his life through letters from unknown send ers, David Houston, principal of Arm , strong High school is being guarded by detectives. The threats are be lieved to have come from men against whom the principal had made com plaints about their association with girls in the high school. SALEM DAY OBSERVANCE URGED Boston, Mass.—Today the national headquarters of the National Equal Rights League issued a call for the race everywhere to observe Salem Day as a nationwide race day on June 17th, anniversary of America’s first regular battle for Independence, at which colored men were soldiers and heroes, especially Peter Salem and Salem Poor, thus reminding Ameri cans of manly service in demand for equal rights and stiffening the spirit of the race itself. A historical leaflet is offered for six cents in stamps, postpaid from 9 Cornhill. Observances everywhere by Equal Rights Citizens Committees or Leagues or by Equal Rights sub-com mittees of race bodies or churches are advocated, with a plan for every meeting to send a resolution to Pres ident Coolidge for abolition of fed eral segregation and for a federal anti-lynching bill with signatures and address and a copy to the League to be used in bulk as a united race ap peal to President Coolidge. The call reads as follows: THE CALL “Boston, Mass.—Greetings to the Afro-Americans from National Equal Rights League of Aframericans, and appeal for the post-sesquie crusade for rights. Greetings from the city of Bunker Hill. Hail the name of Salem, Peter Salem and Salem Poor, | heroes of that battle, June 17, 1775. “For Bunker Hill was first regular pitched battle of the war for indepen | dence of the colonies founding the j United States of America. The fight | ing of the patriots was so successful that it gave confidence to declare for i independence, for Americans showed | that British regulars were not too ] much for them. Besides, a company I and of their individual colored men, Salem Poor was honored in the colo nial legislature for valor and Peter i Salem was given credit for shooting : down the British commander as he started to derlare a victory. Even i the American fifer. Lew, was a col | ored man. “Proscribed as our race is, treated j with contempt as inferiors, we should I avail ourselves of every legitimate opportunity to promulgate our his torically recorded service to the coun try along lines indicating patriotic devotion and equal ability and man hood. Constantly throw into the teeth of the arrogant majority that they have needed us often when in peril, have used us in war against men of their white race, found uri willing to serve and equal as soldiers and thence they should discard their disdain and denial of public equality. “Let us by thes annual race days, based not on what white America has done for us but what we have done on equality plane for it, inspire our race to feel fully entitled to equali ty and show up to the whites their in gratitude and inconsistency in deny ing it to us. “Celebrate then, on June 17, everywhere, ‘Salem Day,’ by means of Equal Rights Citizens Committees or Leagues or Equal RightB sub-com mittees of existing race bodies or churches. Adopt and send resolu tions to President Coolidge with sig natures and address of arranging committees for abolition of federal segregation and for federal anti lynching bill, forwarding a signed copy to League headquarters that they may be carried to the White House eventually in bulk as a united race protest and appeal. The League sends historical Peter Salem leaflets postpaid for six cents in stamps. Hail then the Salems publicly on June 17, 1027.” UNVEIL MONUMENT TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Atlanta, Ga.—Before an audience of 10,000 people, in which both races were represented, Atlanta honored both itself and Dr. Booker T. Wash ington by the unveiling of a heroic bronze monument to the great edu cator on the grounds of the Booker T. Washington High school. High tribute was paid to Dr. Washington by both white and colored speakers, Dr. Plato Durham of Emory Univer sity and Dr. J. W. E. Bowen of Gum mon Theological Seminary delivering the principal addresses. In presenting the monument to the city, Prof. Charles L. Harper, prin cipal of Washington High school, spoke of the monument from the standpoint of art, as a project in inter-racial co-operation, as a tribute to the life and principles of Booker T. Washington, and as a n inspiration to the boys and girls of today. The memorial was accepted on behalf ot the city by Dr. P. M. Eubanks, presi dent of the board of education. The monument is a replica of the famous Keck memorial at Tuskegee Institute, representing the great ed ucator as removing the veil of igno rance from the eyes of a Negro kneel ing at his feet. It is considered one of the finest works of art in Ameri ca. The erection of the monument was conceived by Principal Harper and was achieved through his untir ing efforts, in which he had the co operation and financial support of white and colored citizens and the | city board of education. It is said that this is the first instance in the history of the South in which a mem orial to a Negro leader has been erected on public grounds. Tuskegee Institute was represent ed at the unveiling by Dr. G. Lake Imes and A. J. Neely, Col. Joseph H. Ward, commandant of Tuskegee Vet erans Hospital, was present also. Annual Decoration Day Ball The annual Decoration Day ball will be given at Dreamland Hall, Monday evening, May 30. f ❖ X ❖ * EPISCOPAL | Church of St. Philip the Deacon % X 21st near Paul Y X Y A Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector Y Y ♦> X SUNDAY SERVICES * X 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion y 10 a. m. Sunday School y X 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon X Y 8 p. m. Service and Sermon ♦> X Y |: The Church With a Welcome X and a Message, Come £ y A i i JUNE CRISIS CONCLUDES STUDY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS New York, N. Y.—The June Crisis magazine will contain the second in stallment of the study of the Negro common school in North Carolina, this being the third state school sys tem covered by The Crisis under the Garland fund appropriation. Although North Carolina is in ad vance of other states in the school opportunities given Negro children yet, The Crisis points out, it is back ward. For example, as against an expenditure throughout the United States on each pupil of 39.6 cents per day, the average for the Negro in North Carolina is but 10.9 cents. The white schools there average 20 cents. The June Crisis also includes an account by Maud Cuney Hare of George Bridgewater, the colored vio linist for whom Beethoven composed his Kreutzer Sonata; a forecast of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the N. A. A. C. P. to be held in Indianapolis, June 22 to 28; the story of Arthur Sewell, a colored man who made a fortune when he held on to oil land in Arkansas; and illustra tions, stories and poems. IS IT ANY USE TO CONTEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the only race, responsible members of which are in favor of submitting to dis crimination on the claim that their race “always will be discriminated against." The Jews are still contend ing, after over 1,900 years of univer sal iscrimination, and are winning even social rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. The race that says it’s of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say, “Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by nature with out self-respect and have no ‘guts’.” The world respects only those who re sent and resist proscriptions for race. Let us be worthy of the abolition ists, worthy of our own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of their race to equal liber ty, and forever resist denial of rights in our native land, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to deserve contempt.—Bos ton, Mass., Guardian. ■ ■ —.. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building PROBATE NOTICE IN THE MATTER of the estate of Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 21st day of July, 1927, and on the 21st day of Henry O. Wood, deceased: Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, county judge of Douglas county, September, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m., each day, for the purpose of pre senting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 18th day of June, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4T—6-20-27 County Judge. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER of the estate of Frances E. Mortimer, deceased: Persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 17th day of May, 1927, William H. Mor timer filed a petition in said County Court, praying that his final admini stration account filed herein be set tled and allowed, and that he be discharged from his trust as admin istrator and that a hearing will be ^ ! had on said petition before said court on the fourth day of Jurie, 1927, and that if you fail to appear before said court on the said fourth day of June, 1927, at 9 o’ckock a. m., and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition and make BUch other and further orders, al lowances and decrees, as to this court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally settled and determined. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 2T_6-20-27 County Judffe. One Week of Fun Beginning Monday, May 30, 1927 Lachman-Carson El Reno Shows The Biggest CARNIVAL Playing in the Mid-West will open at Twenty-fourth and Burdette Streets Under the auspices of The Roosevelt Post No. 30 American Legion Help Us Go Over the Top! 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