General Race News
Billy Kersands Is Deard.
(From New York Clipper.)
/ The original Billy Kersands, the old
est and one of the best-known colored
comedians on the American stage,
died of heart failure at Artesia, New
Mexico, at midnight, June 29. Mr.
Kersands started his career as a min
strel comedian forty years ago, and
had never missed one performance
during his long career. He starred
at the head of the largest colored min
strel organization, and played an
every city, town and hamlet in
America. He was born in New York
city seventy-two years ago, and was
married twenty-two years ago. His
wife survives him.
Billy Kersands’ first engagement
was with Calander’s Georgia Min
strels. Later, the Calander show was
sold to J. H. Haverly. and with TCer
sands as principal comedian, made
a tour of Europe, under the manage
ment of the late Charles Frohman,
where the show appeared before the
crowned heads of numerous countries,
including the late Queen Victoria, at
her special request. Upon his return
to America he organized the Hicks’
and Kersands’ Minstrels, touring the
United States for fiv£ successful sea
sons, then the partnership was dis
solved and Mil Kersands joined the
Richard & Pringle show, with which
he remained for many years as prin
cipal comedian. After the death of
Richards and Pringle the company
was taken over by Rosco and Hol
land, who retained Kersands as star,
touring the tfountny for several sea
sons. After the dissolution of this
firm the Kersands Minstrels was
again launched, and ran for four suc
cessful seasons.
During his long career Kersands
circumnavigated the globe several
times. His last tour abroad was with
the Hugo Brothers’ Minstrels, Start
ing at Honolulu, the show tovered the
entire Orient, and afterward followed
the line of inhabited sections toward
the South Pole, going as far as West
Fercogo.
At the time of his death, Mr. and
Mrs. Kersands were under the man
agement of Nigro & Stevenson, run
ning their own show, the Dixie Min
strels. Death came suddenly, he hav
ing been in apparent perfect health.
Mr. Kersands appeared with his com
pany to the biggest business of the
season, and had beep working with
more vim and spirit than he had for
weeks. After the performance he re
turned to his private car, as usual,
and had Just seated himself for a
chat before renting when he fell over
dead. A few weeks ago, when he
read of the death of Charles Frohman,
he exclaimed: “Mr. Frohman, one of
my best friends, has gone, and it
won’t be long before I join him."
Philadelphia, Pa., July 14.—.The city
appropriated $500 toward the enter
tainment of the Northeastern Federa
tion of Colored Women’s clubs, which
held its nineteenth session last week
at Allen A. M. E. church.
$200 to Colored Man for Discrimination
The appellate division of the su
preme court of New York has affirmed
the verdict of the lower courts award
ing $200 to Benjamin D. Gibbs, colored
man, from Arras Bros., saloon keepers,
at 242nd street and Broadway, for vio
lation of the civil rights law of the
state.
The charge was that Arras Bros, at
tempted to charge Gibbs and his com
panion 50 cents for a glass of beer and
$1 for a glass of gin.
Veteran Editor with Tribune.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 14—T. Thom
as Fortune, former associate editor of
The New York Age, is now on the
editorial staff of the Philadelphia Trib
une.
Mr. Fortune has lately been connect
ed with the Indianapolis Ledger, but
severed his connection with that pa
per on July 3. He has been doing the
editorial work of The Tribune for some
time.
Wins Rutgers Scholarship.
Somerville, N. J., July 14.—Paul T.
Robeson, son of the Rev. W. R. Robe
son, pastor of the St. Thomas A. M. E.
Zion church, took the required exam
inations on July 5 and 6, and won a
state scholarship valued at $650 at
Rutgers college.
Young Robeson was a recent honor
graduate of the Somerville high
school, and w'll enter Rutgers in the
fall.
BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS
ADDRESCED ENDEAVOR CON
GRESS IN CHICAGO LAST WEEK
(Continued from first page)
give to these backward races their
rightful place in the great Christian
family.
“America is the leader in present
day civilization. She is given a won
derful opportunity to do service for
God and humanity in taking the lead
in solving the race problem on Chris
tian principles. I am of the opinion
that the purpose of God in allowing
the black man to be brought to these
shores and to become a part of this
civilization was to prepare the white
man by contact, discipline and educa
tion, for world leadership in the spread
of pure democracy and of the brother
hood of man. Euual treatment, fair
treatment, just treatment, of the dark
er races is the test of the white man's
religion. When the white man' can
treat a Negrcn Japanese, Chinaman
and African as a brother, and accord
him all the rights of a brother, that
white man can pass—he is pure gold
and fit to lead any people and any
where. I am expecting a wonderful
change to come over this American
people, a change for the better, when
all the discriminations, all hindrances
and barriers against the Japanese, the
Chinese, the Negroes, and Indians,
etc., will be eliminated, and all be con
sidered brethren dwelling together
with the white man in unity and peace,
and all the results of Christianity.
“The Christian church can hasten
this great work. First, by being more
aggressive in insisting upon the rights
of men in the future than it has in the
past. Heretofore, the church has bet n
more negative than positive, and this
is why the work has .gone on so slowly.
The call has come for a more aggres
sive struggle than heretofore. The
pulpit should be called upon to con
tend for the rights of all men, regard
less of race or color, and this the great
Christian Endeavor Society is doing.
The press should be more aggressive
than heretofore. We only retard our
work and delay our cause when we
single out a backward race and make
the fight for it. We should put them
all together; Japanese, Chinese, Afri
cans and Negro and make a straight
out fight for the backward races and it
would not be long before we would
see the results of our labor.
“The first thing to do is to combine
to stop ail inimical legislation on the
part of our government. This can be
done by united effort on the part of
the Christian church. There are peo
ple that are so blinded by their preju
dices that they are willing to have this
country place a premium upon bas
tardly by not allowing a white man to
father his child and protect the Negro
woman he has betrayed. This matter
has got to be dealt with in a most fear
less manner. As long as we wink at
prejudice and countenance immorality
of any kind—there can not be much
real Christian progress made. The
truth is, the times call for a vigorous
opposition against all manner of sins.
The Gospel is the remedy for all these
ills; all we need to do is to apply It
in the manner it should be.
“We have seen the effects of Chris
tianity in civilization and the indus
trial pursuits of men; we have observ
ed its impregnation of literature and
its refining tendency in art; we have
witnessed its initiation of reforms and
its place in home life, but its chief ex
cellence is in its effects on human
character. Christianity must, in the
last analysis, be judged by its ability
to deliver men from sin and uproot ex
isting evils—and this much needed
work it is doing.”
SHOES made like new with our rapid
shoe repair methods, one-fifth the
cost. Sold uncalled-for shoes. We j
have a selection; all sizes, all prices, i
Men’s half soles.75c
Ladies’ half soles.50c
FRIEDMAN BROS.
211 South 14th St., Omaha.
No. 9 South Main St., Council Bluffs.1
Some New Toilet
Goods Prices
50c Pompeian Massage Cream 29c
25c Houbigant’s Rice Powder 17c
91.00 Listerine, Lambert's-59c
50c Malvina Cream for.29c
25c Mennen’s Talcum (4 kinds)
each .12c
25c Rogers and Gallet Perfumed
Rice Powder for.17c
25c 4711 White Rose Soap-12c
25c Woodbury’s Facial Soap. . 17c
You “save time and money” by
coming to the Rexall Stores for
toilet goods.
Sherman & McConnell
Drug Co.
4 GOOD DRUG STORES
ASK YOUR GROCER
FOR
Tip Top Bread
Best Bread Made
Phone Douglas 1652
W. J. CATTIN CO.
PLUMBING AND
STEAM FITTING
910 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb.
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F. S. MOREY, Proprietor
1303-05 North 24th Street
Phone Webster 820
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Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs,
Decorations
Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts.
Phone Webster 1195
The Clothing Center !
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Brandeis Stores
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When you stop to think about it, you, of course, realize
the grave danger that menaces your children when they
play on the streets on which cars are operated, but do
you think about it often enough? And do you caution
your children about it often enongh?
When children are playing, their minds are engrossed
with their play, and they are utterly unheedful of ap
proaching cars, and frequently dart directly in front
of them.
HELP US IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTS
Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway Company
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