News of the Lodges
and Fraternities
Masonic.
Hough Ashler Lodge No. 74, A. F.
& A. M., Omaha Neb. Meetings, first
and third Tuesdays in each month.
J. H. Wakefield, W. M.; E. C. Under
wood, Secretary.
Excelsior Lodge, A. F. & A. M..
Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third
Thursdays in each month.
Zaha Temple No. 52, A. E. A. O. U.
M. S . Omaha. Neb. Meetings the
fourth Wednesday in each month. N.
Hunter, 111. Potentate; Charles W.
Dickerson, 111. Recorder.
Shaffer Chapter No. 42, O. E. S.,
Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third
Friday in each month. Maggie Ran
som, R. M. Elnora Obee, Secretary.
Rescue Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M.,
Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third
Monday in each month. Lodge rooms,
Twenty-fourth and Charles streets.
William Burrell, W. M.; H. Warner,
Secretary. -
Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and
A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first
and third Fridays of every month.
Lodge room 1018 Douglas street. Will
N. Johnson, W. M.; Wynn McCulloch,
Secretary.
Keysione Lodge No. 4, K. of P.,
Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third
Thursday of each month. C. H. Lewis,
C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. S.
Western Star No. 1, K. of P.—Meet
ings second and fourth Thursdays in
each month. J. N. Thomas, C. C.; E.
It Ro.binson, K. of R. and S.
Omaha Lodge No. 2226, Grand Unit
ed Order of Odd Fellows. Meeting
nights, the first and third Thursdays
of each month. Lodge rooms, 2522 V£
Lake street. G. H. Brown, N. G.; J.
C. Belcher, P. S.
Friendship Temple, No. 347, meets
the first and third Friday afternoons
at 2:30 each month at Twenty-fourth
and Charles streets, in U. B. F. Hall,
Mrs. Ella Johnson, Princess; Mrs. M.
A. Walker, Secretary.
FROM FAIR NEBRASKA
TO SUNNY TENNESSEE.
(Continued)
is the basis of all successful achieve
ment, industrial or other.
Hanks indicate Profits.
Kvidence of this growing race con
fidence we saw manifested on every
hand in Memphis. Nothing illustrates
this better than the fact that there
are two banks capitalized, owned, of
ficered and operated by the race in
Memphis. These banks have been in
successful operation for seven years
and are recognized as sound finan
cial institutions by the bankers’ as
sociation of that southern city. Do
you grasp the full significance of
this? The more one thinks about it,
the more stupendous this appears as
a lact and factor in racial evolution.
Think of the progress that this one
fact indicates. Fifty years ago,
s. cicely more than that, the Negro
was a slave. He owned nothing that
he might cal! in = i vn. Turned or*'
penniless upon an unsympathetic
world. Spumed by those who had
robbed him of } is labor and yet chi de 1
him for his <d-.’ftlessness and povo
Today we have bankers! A signifi
cant fact which gives the lie to the
charge of inability and thriftiessness.
Thriftless people have no need of
banks but of almshouses.
Where Did They Learn?
Moreover, where did these men have
the opportunity of learning the bank
ing business? Did you ever think of
that ?
The young white man can enter a
banking house and become familiar
with the business. This opportunity
has been denied the Colored youth.
And despite this fact, we have mem
bers of this race successfully conduct
ing banks throughout the South and
one in Chicago.
The two Memphis banks of which
we shall tell you in our next article,
are the Fraternal Savings Bank and
Trust Company, located at 358 Beale
avenue, and the Solvent Savings and
Trust Company, of 390 Beale street.
We had the pleasure of being shown
through these banks and of meeting
the officials and clerks, all affable,
keen, alert business men of whom we
have every reason to be proud. We
were told of the successful Christmas
Club by which they had induced many
to start savings accounts and of the
growing habit of saving on the part
of our people. In our interview with
these gentlemen our narrow horizon
was enlarged.
We were told by one of our inter
ested readers that these articles are
too short and “break off most ex
asperatingly at the most interesting
part.” Glad they are interesting, and
sorry that they must break off so
abruptly, but then, you know our space
is limited.
ro PROMOTE NEGRO
BUSINESS LEAGUE
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., May 5.—
In their desire to make the National
Negro Business League an organiza
tion of direct service to its members
and to the race in general, the offi
cers and members of the executive
committee through the co-operation
of a friend of Tuskegee Institute and
of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington,
have decided to send an experienced
advertising man into various com
munities as its representative to or
ganize new local Negro Business
Leagues, revive local leagues which
have become inactive and to help lo
cal leagues outline a definite, con
structive program for extending the
trade of race enterprises through
standardized advertising and mer
chandising methods.
Beginning May 1st, Mr. Albon L.
Holsey, who has attained considerable
experience as an advertisement writer
and all-around advertising man, will
begin a whirlwind campaign under the
auspices of the National League, cov
ering the South and Southwest. For
nearly two years, Mr. Holsey has been
closely associated with Mr.Emmett J.
Scott, secretary of Tuskegee Institute
and also secretary of the National Ne
gro Business League, with whom he
has w-orked as an assistant in the
Business League work. He is, there
fore, thoroughly conversant with the
league's activities.
The itinerary which has been out
lined includes visits to important
cities in South Georgia, North Flor
ida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, South
ern Illinois and Indiana, Western
Kentucky anti concludes at Kansas
City, Missouri, August 16, when the
annual session of the National Negro
Business League begins.
She—They say there are germs in
kisses. Now what do you suppose a
girl could catch that way?
I He—A husband.
The Business World
Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to
Grow by Your Patronage.
TERRELL'S DRUG STORE
Graduate Pharmacist
Prompt Delivery Excellent Service
Web. 4443 24ih and Cram
Raoilrlng ant Storing Orderi Promptlr Filial)
Auction Every Saturday
North Side
Second-Hand Store
R. B. RHODES
Dealer in
New and Second Hand Furniture
and Stoves
Household Goods Bought and Sold
Rentals and Real Estate
2522 Lake St.Omaha, Neb.
Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes
BANKS-WILKES
Funeral Directors and Embalmari
Lady Assistant Satisfaction 6uarantnd
Phones. Res. Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718
1D14 Cuming Street
,. . ....
t Thompson ® Settles Co.
Manufacturers and Jobbers
[Boot BlacK and Porter’s
Supplies
Wholesale and Retail j
110.1 So. 14th St. Omaha, Neb. j
Phone Douglas 5671
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Res. Phone Colfax 3831 Office Doug 4287f
AMOS P. SCRUGGS
it Attorney-at-Law I
220 South 13th Street I
<Over Pool's Drug Storo> Omaha, Neb.{
Have your shoes shined right at |
The Daisy Boot Black Parlorj
301) So. 16th Street 1
(Opposite Beaton Drug Co ) *
Open Wednesday, August 11th |
Automobile and Open
llorse Drawn Hearses Day and Night
JONES & CHILES
Funeral Home
Lady attendant
Calls answered promptly anywhere
l’hone Web. 2u4 2314 No. 24th Street
Glad to see you
Your careful inspection of our Spring
and Summer Woolens is cordially in
vited. If you have not favored us
with an order ask one of our many
customers how he likes us.
H. Livingston
Merchant Tailor
103 So. 14th St. Doug. 7501
VOTES REPORTED BY
CONTESTANTS IN THE
FREE TRIP CONTEST
Help Your Favorite.
One vote was taken out of the bank
at Dr. Gordon’s drug store.
Francis Shaw .310
J Madeline Roberts . 300
Blanche Lawson .146
Hazel Hall 127
Oletha Russell . ....135
Ruth Jeltz . 65
Pearl Ray . 52
| Olga Henderson . 31
Ozelia Dunning . 22
Anthone Edwards . No report
DR. A. G. EDWARDS
Physician and Surgeon
Residence and Office, *411 ErsWine Hi.
Phene Web. 71
The People’s Drug Store
109 south 14th street
Drugs, Cigars «nd Soda
Toilet and Rubber Goods
Special Attention to Prescriptions
We appreeiaie your patronage
Phone Douglas 1446
L. 0. GREGORY ICE CO.
IS AT YOUR SERVICE
Phone Webster 6421
u 11
L. L. MORROW
General Repairing, Paper Hanging
and Painting.
Webster 5322 2607 Lake St.
Office Hours—9 a. m. to 12; 1 p. ♦
m. to 5; 6 p. m. to 8. I
DR. CRAIG MORRIS j
DENTIST I
2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 j
Hlmmons, Prop.
Economy Tailoring Co.
Suits Made to Order, SI5 up
Cleaning and Repairing
Goods Called for and Delivered
114 So. 13th St._Omaha. Neb.
MUSIC
(THE RIGHT KINDI
By
Dan Desdunes Orchestra
25Id Burdette SI. Web. 710
W. L. HERMAN
1 Contracting, Plastering
j and General Repair Work
| Walnut 830
The
Broomfield Hotel
116*118 South Ninth St.
Strictly modern and up-to-date
Prices moderate
Phone Douglas 2378