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 ol the community and
of the race.
Published Every Saturday.
Entered aa Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1916, at the Post Offlca 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, 60 cents an Inch per Issue.
Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha.
Telephone Webster 4243.
Give Us a Colored Commander for
Colored Troops
PRESIDENT WILSON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE
ARMY, TWELVE MILLION COLORED AMERICANS RE
SPECTFULLY PETITION YOU, SIR, TO GIVE OUR RACE A
GENERAL IN THE PERSON OF CHARLES YOUNG, DAVIS,
GREEN OR ANY OTHER COMPETENT MAN NOW SERVING
IN THE ARMY, AND TO GIVE HIM COMMAND OF COLORED
TROOPS; AND WE PLEDGE YOU OUR HONOR THAT OUR
COUNTRY WILL THRILL WITH PRIDE AT THE VALOR OF
THE TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND.
GIVE US A COLORED COMMANDER FOR COLORED
TROOPS. OUR LOYALTY AND SERVICE MERIT THIS REC
OGNITION.
CONGRATULATION’S
The Monitor desires on behalf of
the race in Omaha to extend hearty
and sincere congratulations to Lieu
tenants Will N. Johnson, Amos B.
Madison, William W. Peebles, Harri
son J. Pinkett and Edward Turner on
the splendid records they made at
Fort Des Moines. Nebraska is the
only state, we believe, wrhose condi
dates for commissions scored one
hundred per cent. Nebraska had five
candidates and every one of them
won his commission. It is a record
to be proud of. Moreover, the two
other Nebraska men, Clyde Brannon
of Fremont, who was accredited to
Howard university contingent, where
he was a student and S. Harris Dor
sey, who went from the Twenty
fifth, who were at the camp, also won
their commissions. Nebraska can
therefore really claim seven candi
dates and every one scored.
Gentlemen, we are proud of you.
Accept our congratulations. We be
lieve that in the equally difficult task
which lies before you in the coming
months, you will do your level best
to prove yourselves officers and gen
tlemen of the first rank and to main
tain the record you have made in
training. We confidently expect to
learn of your promotion to higher
rank as the war continues. We know
that every man of you will strive to
do your full duty.
Congratulations and thanks, gen
tlemen, for the work you have done,
and the honor which you have not
only' won for yourselves, but for the
unique distinction you have conferred
upon the state of Nebraska.
TURN OUT AND HONOR THEM
The Negro Civic and Industrial
League is to be congratulated upon
its initiative in arranging for a pub
lic reception for the newly commis
sioned officers and the conscriptioned
men who are to leave within a few
days to serve the colors.
In every other city, of any size
throughout the country, our people
have taken similar action and it is
fitting that Omaha should do the
same.
It is quite proper that as these
men are citizens of Omaha and go
as the representatives of the city '
and state that such a public meeting
as that proposed should be held in
one of the city’s public buildings,
where all classes will feel perfectly
free to go.
Let us all turn out and honor our
soldier boys. Let us give them a
rousing send off and let them know
that our hearts and hands are with i
them. This is not to be a select so- j
cial function but a public patriotic!
meeting which everybody should at- I
tend.
Turn out, turn out and honor them,
who go to fight for us and for world
democracy.
WATCH IT GROW
Those Mississippi farmers who have !
formed an organization to promote j
thrift and have made one of the con- i
ditions for membership the posses
sion of a bank book showing a deposit I
of at least $1.00, and a pledge to in-1
crease it at the rate of 25 cents a I
week, are on the right track. They
have made the conditions so reason
able that any one can become a mem- |
ber and the probability is that every
one who starts with $1.00 will be
anxious and ambitious to see it grow.
People may smile at a bank account of
$1.00; but the man or woman who
starts saving $1.00 has laid the foun
dation of his fortune, while the man
who waits until he has saved "some
thing worth while” before he will
start a bank account, seldom saves
anything. Saving the first dollar
counts. The next important thing is
to add a little to it regularly.
By the way, can you show a bank
book with $1.00 to your credit? Arc
you adding as much as 25 cents a
week to it? Better begin then.
“Only 25 cents a week?” Yes, but i
do it, and watch it grow.
SIDE BY SIDE
It is gratifying to note how many
of our race and of the other races
work side by side without strife or
friction in the erection of buildings
and in local industrial plants. This
is as it should be. Why should there
i be strife? Why should not men, as
I men work side by side, each respect
| ing and helping the other?
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HELP THE RED CROSS
Mrs. Isaac Bailey, president of Cris
pus Attucks Chapter of the Red Cross,
is quite anxious that our people should
contribute more generously to this
work. There are expenses connected
with the work which have to be pro
vided for. The ministers of our sev
eral churches are to be requested to
take up a special offering or collection
for this work on the last Sunday in
1 October. All should respond.
PAYMENT OF BONDS
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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,
1917, 40 per cent on December 15,
1917, and the remaining 40 per cent
on January 15, 1918.
Although so far as the Government
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 j
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
w'ith whom they placed their sub
scriptions.
STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC., RE
QHIRED BY THE ACT OF CON
GRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912.
Of the Monitor, published weekly at
Omaha, Neb., for October, 1917:
State of Nebraska, County of Doug
las, ss.
Before me, a notary public in and
for the state and county aforesaid, i
personally appeared Jno. Albert Will
iams, who, having been duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says
that he is the editor and owner of
The Monitor, and that the following
is, to the best of his knowledge and j
belief, a true statement of the owner- \
ship, management, etc., of the afore-!
said publication for the date shown
in the above caption, required by the
act of August 24, 1912, embodied in
section 443, Postal Laws and Regula
tions, printed on the reverse of this
form, to-wit:
(1) That the name and address of
the publisher, editor, managing editor
and business manager is: Jno. Albert
Williams.
(2) That the owner is Jno. Albert
Williams.
(3) That there no bondholders,
motrgages or other security holders.
(Signed) JNO. ALBERT WILLIAMS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 15th day of October, 1917.
(Seal) AMOS P. SCRUGGS.
My commission expires July 29, 1921.
Good morals means happiness and
good health. We as a people should j
cultivate good morals.
Obvious Observations
The average citizen gets as much
news about the war as a husband gets
from his wife when he asks her about
a man he thinks she’s flirting with.
You don't need a million to become a
; money lender. With a dollar at a time
you can buy a Liberty Bond and make
one of the greatest nations on earth
owe you something.
Have you glimmed the new Cullud
ossifers, Clarice ? Some pumpkins
i among a mess of peas, eh ?
Omaha seems to be a pretty clean
: city until the wind starts blowing.
After the White Sox cleanup, Chi
cago got such a strenuous case of
bulging bean that a tapping is mo
j mentarily expected.
Get up your storm doors and win
dows. Don’t wait until that zero
breeze catches you amidships.
Some folks declare that spuds would
i be fifty cents per at harvest time.
Any listeners to that noise who are
sticking around to watch for the drop
had' better get busy.
It is a pity that 10,000 cattle were
burned in Kansas City stock yards,
but one thing certain is that there
. ough to be an over supply of roast
beef around Kaw City.
By the way, did I understand you
: to say that you w anted to pay up
; that subscription?
Thanking you for your careless at
tention, we will now scrape together
j a few small change and buy a Liberty
! Bond.
SKITS OF SOLOMON
The Liberty Loan.
The Liberty Loan, my son, is a loan
which the citizens of the U. S. A. are
putting across in order to prove to
der Kaiser that his place in the sun
which he was talking about is only
a pipe dream. War requires mazuma,
j much mazuma; in fact, more mazuma
than anything else. Uncle Sam is
playing papa to something like a mil
lion, and any papa who has four or
five chips of the old block to look
out for can sympathize with Unk. A
few millions suits of clothes, shoes,
hats, caps, overcoats, gloves, under
wear, socks, guns, tents, ammunitions,
eats, and sundry other millions of
things can’t be bought with an anae
mic bank account. This is the second
Liberty Loan. Unk went through the
first one like the White Sox went
through the Giants and he intends to
go through the second one writh the
same animation. The Kaiser has bor
rowed so much from his folks that it
keeps him hot footing it to dodge
the bank examiners. It wouldn’t do j
the bank examiners any good to try |
to examine anything, because there is 1
nothing to examine. Willy has salted j
all his loose nickels to buy suds with
when he and Nick Romanoff will be
playing whist somewhere in Siberia.
! But back to the Liberty Loan. Buy
one. It doesn’t take much and it helps
a heap. It shows you’ve got some re
gard for your country, and the boys
in the trenches. We’ve got to count
ten over the groggy Kaiser and your !
mite will help to put a rainbow around
his oculars. Pass up single file and
decorate the mahogany with some si
moleons and some paper with your
John Henry.
MISSISSIPPIANS ORGANIZE
BANKING UNION
A Unique Organization is Formed for
the Encouragement of Thrift and
Industry.
Houlka, Miss.—Originating at Houl-,
ka, a banking union has been organ
ized by Negroes of Mississippi. The I
object is to encourage larger produc
tion and conservation on Negro farms.
The rule of “bank book ownership”
is original with the members of this
organization and provides that even
member must have at least $1 to ;
hiB credit in one of the Mississippi
banks anTl must add a minimum
amount of 25 'cents to his balance
each week, or the sum of $1 a month, i
If these conditions are not complied
with the name of the member is drop
ped from the roll. To remain a mem
ber in good standing, each man must
inc!'*»',c his hank balance every year.
The dues for a year’s membership
amount to 25 cents. Prizes are of
! fered for industry in raising and sell
ing produce and in saving money.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHAPTER
OF THE REI) CROSS
The Colored women of Omaha who
| are actively engaged in Red Crcas
| work have very appropriately named
; their organization the Crispus At
! tucks chapter of the Red Cross. A
! largely attended meeting was held
Tuesday afternoon in the parlors of
Grove M. E. church, and a good deal
of work was accomplished in making
hot water bags. The chapter has de
cided to hold meetings hereafter un
til further notice every Tuesday af
ternoon at the N. W. C. A. home on
Pinkney street. All women are in
vited to join in this Red Cross work.
Always be a gentleman.
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Our Women
and Children
Condnctid ty
Lucille Skaggs Edwards
PREVENTION FIRST
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The movement in Omaha to protect, f
to safeguard young girls from the j]
evils and temptations of the street is {
most highly commendable. Preventive [
work rather than remedial work, im- j|
portant as this latter may be, is being |
more and more rightly emphasized. {]
It is not that the remedy for social f
ills is of less importance, but that if
the suggestions for the prevention of
these ills is of more importance.
In the majority of cases family con
ditions are abnormal. The home life
is in need of reform and the parents
often need their duties outlined.
Bringing the subject home—our ed
itor some weeks ago wrote of the men
ace of our young people, especially of
very' young girls, “hanging out” on
North Twenty-fourth street until late
hours at night. Now parents are di
rectly, almost wholly, responsible for
this condition. Parents should satisfy
themselves that their girl or boy is
not found there and the only way to
accomplish this, is to go and see for [
yourself. Make every effort to save ■
the children. Spend your dollars and
tirpe for prevention; it is so much
easier, so much better to prevent than ■
to reform. Thousands of dollars are ^
spent in picking up and patching up.
We will take a forward stride when
’.ve are able to invest for preventive
purposes much of the time and money
spent for remedial.
—L. S. E.
There’s mighty few' days when things
go wrong
That can’t be helped by singin’ a song,
And mighty few burdens placed on
us here,
But a smile will lighten ’em more’n a !
tear,
And a laugh and a song—well, they’re
just great
For gettin’ the best of grim old Fate! 1
—St. Loui:*.. Post-Dispatch.
GIRL WINS IN PIANO CONTEST!
Philadelphia, Pa.—Miss Lillian Gar
net, 814 Rodman street, a student of
the McCall School, Sixth and Pine
streets, entered a piano contest with
six white students to play for the
school assembly. She made an aver
age of one hundred per cei.t, and now
has charge of the assembly music for
the entire term.
GIVEN SURPRISE PARTY
Under the auspices of the Women’s
Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip
the Deacon parishioners and friends
gave a surprise party at the rectory
Wednesday night in honor of the
twenty-sixth anniversary of Father
Williams’ ordination to the priesthood. !
A most delightful evening was spent.1
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A Church Where
All Are Welcome
Services
Sunday School,'!0 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. Thursday Afternoon
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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 (Jity By Street Cars.
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 Get 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, Tastor.
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