THE MONITOR
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A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests
of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to con
tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and
of the race.
Published Every Saturday.
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1916, at the Post Office at
Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher.
Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors.
George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *1.50 PER YEAR
Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per Issue.
Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha.
Telephone Webster 4243.
PUTS A PERTINENT QUESTION
The American press is becoming
ashamed of our large professions of
justice, liberty and democracy and the
failure to make our conduct square
with our creed. The following editor
ial from “Our Dumb Animals,” the
splendid magazine published by the
National Humane Society, puts a per
tinent question:
“Nothing reported from the battle
fields of Europe has been more brutal
more inhuman, than the lynching of a
Negro a few weeks ago’ in Memphis,
Tennessee. That shameful affair, fol
lowed by the horrors of East St. Louis
debauch of arson, torture and murder,
at the very hour when the nation is
professedly standing as the defendei
of manhood rights and human free
dom, must seem incredible to the civi
lized world. There are evidently men
among us as savage and cruel as any
we have denounced across the sea.
“Unless the government of the Unit
ed States sets itself resolutely to pro
tect the sacred rights of its citizens
who at last will blame the twelve mil
lions of the Colored race if they rise
in determined rebellion to vindicate
their rights by the only forces left at
their command ? No other race has
equalled, in patient suffering of in
justice and wrong, the Colored race.
At times it has almost seemed as if
they had won their plea for justice by
obedience to the Christian teaching of
returning good for evil. But they too
are human and the day may be nearer
than we think when lowly, enduring
patience, outraged beyond measure,
will give way to the spirit which will
demand justice. It was out of this
spirit that America was born.
“Put yourself, white American cit
izen, in the Colored man’s place! How
long would you endure at the hand of
your fellow-citizens the cruel injust
ices that are being heaped upon him ?”
WE ARE DISPLEASED
Colored Americans are not skulking
behind closed doors to avoid the con
scription act. They have enjoyed ben
efits like others, even aliens, and they
would defend the country that has
sheltered and blessed them, and the
country they have blessed. Unlike
aliens from other lands whose citizen
ship remains abroad and who seem to
feel no gratitude or obligation for
benefits received; who take delight in
criticising the policies of the govern
ment and seeking to neutralize its
powers. Not of that unenviable class
are we. But let it not be thought that
we are pleased with the treatment ac
corded us by the ruling class. We are
not pleased with the social status, not
pleased with the economic share, not
pleased with the civic allowances ex
tended us. We simply want the rights
enjoyed by other people, that’s all.
To be lynched, mobbed, chased about
by ruffians, robbed, insulted every
where because of color, is not to our i
liking. And what has the President
said or done to assure us of good in
tentions and a purpose to protect all j
citizens alike?—The National Baptist
Union-Review, Nashville, Tenn.
A WISE MOVE
The administration is to be com- |
mended for the wise move it has just:
made in the apointment of Emmett J.
Scott as one of the three civilian ad- i
visors to the Secretary of War.
There has been well-founded grounds
for the belief that the adminitsration
has gone out of its way to show its
unfriendlines* towards the race. Even
the most conservative of race leaders
like Major Moton, and the most con
servative of the race press have not
hesitated to express dissatisfaction at
the short-sightedness of this policy.
Persistence in it would have undoubt
edly cooled the ardor of our patriot
ism. When in future years the early
days of America’s preparation for its
part in this world war are calmly re
viewed this country’s attitude towards
the Colored American will not reflect
credit upon the statesmanship of the
nation.
Atonement, as far as possible,
should be made.
We are therefore glad that light
is breaking, for we love our country,
and that the administration has at
last shown a disposition to atone for
its apparent indifference to a large
group of its most patriotic sons. We
so interpret the appointment of Em
mett J. Scott. He is a young man of
proven ability and he will bring to
his difficult task a well-trained mind,
illuminated by devotion to country and
race. He has administrative gifts of
a high order and will be able to ren
der splendid service. He will meas
ure up fully to every inch of the re
quirements demanded of him.
The administration has made an ex
cellent selection in Mr. Scott and a
wise move in according this recog
nition to a large class of loyal Amer
icans who had begun to feel that they
were not counted. The cause of dem
ocracy will gain immeasurably by this
well-merited appointment.
BUY YOUR LIBERTY BOND ~
Our boys who have gone to the
front are offering all to fight for us,
for democracy and liberty. They have
not asked “Is it a good investment?”
They have said it is our duty. They
have given up home, father, mother,
brother, sister and sweetheart that
their dear ones may be saved from
the terrors that have come to those
across the water.
They are entitled to the best—food,
clothes, ammunition—that the war
may be ended quickly and they may
return. It is up to us to see that they
get the best. There is one way—the
purchase of Liberty Bonds. Every
reader of this paper should have one
or more Liberty Bonds. The big
drive is on. Do your bit—Buy Your
Liberty Gold Bond Today.
PURCHASE OF BONDS
Bonds of the Second Liberty Loan
can be purchased by filing out an ap
plication blank made on the form
prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, which can be obtained from
any bank or Liberty Loan comittee,
and sending it or having it sent to
the Treasury of the United States or
any Federal Reserve Bank or branch
accompanied by the payment of 2
per cent of the amount of bonds ap
plied for.
These applications must reach the
Treasury Department, a Federal Re
serve Bank or branch thereof, or
some incorporated or trust company
in the United States on or before the
close of business October 27, 1917.
Practically every bank in the United
States will willingly receive these ap
plications and handle the whole trans
action of the purchase of bonds for
any subscriber.
PAYMENT OF BONDS
A purchaser may pay in full for
his bonds at the time of asking his
application or, if he so prefers, he
can take advantage of the installment
plan and pay 2 per cent on applica
tion, 18 per cent on November 15, j
1917, 40 per cent on December 15, j
1917, and the remaining 40 per cent |
on January 15, 1918.
Although so far as the Government j
is concerned the purchase price for
the bonds must be paid as above,
nearly every bank in the country will
make arrangements by which Liberty
Loan Bonds can be paid on an install- ,
ment plan providing for weekly or
monthly payments, and a great many
employers will make the same ar
rangements for their employees.
Payment can be made to the Treas
ury Department or to any one of the
Federal Reserve Banks, but pur
chasers are urged to make their pay
ments to the banks or other agencies
with whom they placed their sub
scriptions.
FOOD CONSERVATION
This is a most important matter.
You are asked to sign a pledge to
"do your bit” by substituting one
kind of food for another that the
government may have food to sustain
our soldiers and our allies across the
seas. We are all going to do oru
part, aren’t we?
BUYING, YET SAVING
We have constantly urged our read
ers to save some of their money. An
opportunity now presents itself not
only to save money, but also to help
the government by buying a Liberty
Bond. This can be arranged for with
any bank which will allow you to
purchaes one by monthly payments.
Save your money by buying a Liberty
Bond. Sounds funny, doesn’t it, that
you are urged to buy and yet told that
to spend your money for a bond is
the best possible way to save it? And
yet this is true. Here is one case
where you can spend and save and it
is a duty you owe to yourself and
country to do it.
“WHAT OF THE SMITH CASE?"
This is a question we are frequent
ly asked. Here is the answer.
The case has not yet been brought
to trial although the accused has been
, arraigned and pleaded “not guilty.”
The trial will in all probability be
held the latter part of this month.
: His attorneys, Morrison, Seacat, Tim
lin, and Amos P. Scruggs, a Colored
attorney, who has also been retained.
; are looking after the case. Up ti
the present $170 has been paid in.
More money is needed and will be
used wisely, and a due accounting
published at the appropriate time.
GO TO SCHOOL
Night Sfhools open next week and
all our people who wish to improve
themselves in education should at- [
tend. Books are furnished free and
every opoprtunity is given those who
are anxious to leam. There ought i
to be a large enrollment of our peo
pie both in the grade schools and it
the High Schools. Kellom School is
situated in the center of a large Col
j ored population and the enrollment
there should be correspondingly large.
There is no need for ignorance in
Omaha. Go to school.
“WHEATLESS, MEATLESS,
DEFEATLESS”
“One wheatless day a week.” That
will be Tuesday. One meatless day
a week, that will be Friday. That will
mean a defeatless army across the
water. Keep this in mind, wheatless,
meatless, defeatless.
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Obvious Observations
When it comes to putting a Liberty
Bond over the home plate, Omaha has
the field all to her lonesome.
France said about a year ago that
the English troops were a little slow
on the Germans, but she certainly
can’t breathe a word of such talk now.
i General Haig doesn’t even ask for a
second wind.
“When Omaha trots into the three
million population class and can stage
| a world’s series—” Wake up, Clar
I ence. It’s time to eat.
The War Department has finally
| decided what to do with our boys and
we know they feel mightily relieved.
: They are all glad that they don’t have
to go south.
If this weather keeps up a feller
will sure have to make the furnace
bum up some good coin.
There are two things you must not
forget to do: Buy a Liberty Bond and
pay your subscription.
| “Oh, vair, Oh, vair vas mein liddle
U-poats,
Oh, Vair, Oh, vair, can dey be?”
—Extract from the Kaiser’s lullaby.
The gas is low this week and the
machine has to stop. Thanking you
for your kind attention, we will now
take up a collection for more gas.
SKITS OF SOLOMON
('hilly Mornings.
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Some long-w-hiskered philosopher j
once enunciated the magnificent pro- !
clamation that nothing on earth or I
seas or sky ever happened that had I
no use. Said wise machine spoke
some wisdow' and chilly mornings
come into question. The deep point ]
about a chilly morning is that it in- j
jects some hustle into the handsome |
anatomy of the slow-est dude on earth. !
Along about four a. m. he lies dream- |
ing of watching a hula hula dance in
a balmy garden of Hawaii, but at four
thirty when the alarm clock warbles j
its dainty song he falls out of bed
and wakes up thinking that he is ex
ploring the polar regions. He makes ,
a tyee line for the window and then
makes a dive for the bath room. He
is shivering at a rate that will make
the vibrations of a guitar string mean- ]
ure up to the journeyings of a sick
snail. He starts to take the morning 5
i sponge, but with a sensational gulp
| as the sponge touches the velvety sur
! face of his epidermis, he changes his
, mind. He jigs Steamboat Bill as he
j washes his profile and then ducks
i back to room number 26. If his em
ployer ever called him slow, Mr. Em
ployer ought to be operating a mov
ing picture machine on friend leading
man climbing into his clothes. No
fireman ever danced into his duds
faster than friend performer. By this
time he begins to feel better. The
red corpuscles begin to skip and hop
along the bright arterial ways and
the fresh air makes his chest stick out
like a war balloon. A gentle break
fast tops things off nifty and then a
brisk walk to eight hours labor. The
. first thing he does after hanging up
I his hat is to tell the guy next to him
how he enjoys chilly mornings, how
| he put over the cold sponge and how
he is feeling finer than a Strad fiddle
worth a hundred thousand. The guy
next him takes an earful and says it’s
i the truth, although he knows it’s all
bull. He went through the same
j thing himself.
Always be a gentleman.
Our Women
and Children
Conducted by
Lucille Skaggs Edwards
COURAGE
Courage isn’t a brilliant dash,
A daring deed in a moment’s flash,
It isn’t an instantaneous thing
Born of despair with a sudden spring.
It isn’t a treasure of dickered hope
Or the final tug at a slipping rope,
15ut it’s something deep in the soul of
man
That is working away to serve some
plan.
Courage isn’t the last resort,
In the work of life or the game of
sport,
It isn’t a thing that a man can call
At some future time when he’s apt to
fall, |
If he hasn’t it now, he will have it
not,
When the strain is great and the pace
is hot.
For who would strive for a distant
goal,
Must always have courage within his
soul.
Courage was never designed for show,
It isn’t a thing that can come and go,
It’s written to victory and defeat
And every triai a man may meet.
It’s part of his hours, his days and
years,
Back of his smiles and behind his
tears.
Courage is more than a daring deed,
It’s the breath of life and a strong
man's creed.
—Edgar A. Guest, in the Detroit Free
Press.
N. W. C. A. NOTES
There will be a meeting at the
Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30.
All members are urged to be present.
The Board of Directors and the Ad
visory Board of the N. W. C. A. held
an enthusiastic joint meeting at the
residence of M. F. Singleton Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. James G. Jewell is chairman
of a committee which is making plans
for the largest charity ball ever held
in Omaha, for the benefit of the Old
Folks' Home. Watch for the date.
The N. W. C. A. is pleased to an
nounce that Dr. J. H. Hutten has ac
cepted membership on the Advisory
board.
Mr. Albert Hurt, of Kearney, Neb.,
was a visitor at the Home during the
past week.
The N. W. C. A. reports the follow
ing donations from May 1 to October
1, 1917:
Mrs, A. Bowler, 1 sheet, 1 carpet
bell.
Mrs. Alice Stewart, 2 white aprons.
Miss E. Smith, porvisions, $1.50.
Mrs. Geo. Watt, clothing.
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Mrs. W. G. Wood, cherries and veg
etables.
Mrs. Laws, cherries.
Mr*. Newby, curtains, vegetables.
Mrs. W. W. Spencer, vegetables.
Mr. G. W. Hansett, 100 lbs. ice pel
week.
Mr. Lon Gregory, 100 lbs. ice per
week.
Mr. W. H. Jackson, carpenter work.
Mrs. E. R. West, 16 glasses of jelly,
clothing.
Mrs. Sadie Blue, dried fruit, rice,
canned goods.
Mrs. W. M. Davis, vegetables.
Mr. C. B. Frederick, meat.
Mrs, R. H. Lawrie, provisions, $5.00.
Mr. W. W. Spencer, services during
illness.
Mrs. Lizzie Stewart, 1 parlor suite,
1 chicken, fruit jars, vegetables, serv
ices during sickness.
Mrs. Josephine Holmes, provreions,
$4.50.
Mr. Mack, care of lawn during sum
mer.
Mrs. I. Bailey, Mrs. G. D. Gordon,
Mrs. Mack, flowers for Founders’ day,
Cash Donation*.
Mrs. Geo. Josl.vn...$20.00
Mr. Henry Brown .r. 2.00
Mrs. Edgar Scott. 1-00
Miss Naomie Towle. 1.00
Mr. Amos Scruggs. 1.00
Mrs. Elizabeth Sarson. 1.00
Major Turner . 1.00
Mrs. Terry.20
Mr. Curtis .25
Mrs. Lee.25
Gratefully acknowedged,
Cecilia W. Jewell, Pres.
Louise H. Gray, Secy.
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THE TROUBLE WITH SCHOOL
It isn’t school that I dislike;
It’s only maps and books,
The exercises and the tests ^
And sometimes teachers looks.
In school we boys are mostly “chums,”
As in vacation days;
What spoils it all are rules and sums,
And often teacher’s ways!
If we pass notes she makes a fuss,
And when we’re playing ball,
She comes and rings the bell for us
Before we’re through at all!
Then once she punished Bdly Wray
Because he brought a rat—
A baby one—to school one day!
What do you think of that?
There is one way that I can see
It’s very simple, too—
To make school what it ought to be,
And I’ll tell it to you:
Just let us boys have all the fun
That lies within our reach,
And, honestly, as soon’s we’re done
We’ll let the teacher teach!
—Ex.
GOOD MORALS
Good morals means happiness and
good health. We as a people should
Cultivate good morals.
Save your money.
Buy homes.
Educate your children.
Attend night school.
Go to Church.
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Thompson, Belden & Co. j
The Fashion Center for
Women
Established 1886
A Church Where
All Are Welcome
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Serv ices
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Preaching, 11 a. m., 8 p. m.
League, 6:30 p. m.
Florence P. Leavitt Club, Mon
day afternoon.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday
Evening.
W. H. M. S. Thursdaj Afternoon
GROVE METHODIST CHI RCH Indies’ Aid, Friday Afternoon.
22nd and "ew.rd Sts.. Omaha, N. b. 3003
THIS IS A PICTURE OF \ .
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
ON TWENTY-FIRST ST., BETWEEN NICHOLAS AND PAUL STS.
Easily Reached From All Parts of City By Street Cara.
Within Walking Distance of a Large Number of Colored People.
If You Are a Member of the Episcopal Church this Will Let You
Know Where It Is.
If You Are Not a Member of the Church, You Ought to Be.
Come to the Services Anyway and (Jet Acquainted.
SUNDAY SERVICES
Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m.
Church School (Sunday School) 10 a. m.
Holy Communion and Sermon, 11 a. m.
Evening Prayer and Sermon, 8 p. m.
Please accept this as a personal invitation to attend services. All
seats are free. Everybody is welcome. It’s your
Heavenly Father’s House—Come.
JNO. ALBERT WILLIAMS, Pastor.
