Word was received November 22
from Erma Jefferson, who enlisted in
the army about a month ago, and now
stationed at Newport News, Va., by
bis mother, Mrs. Marie Denman, that
he was promoted from private to cor
poral of Company H. He is getting
along nicely, having good health. He
thinks his company will winter in Vir
ginia.
Lloyd and Willie Gray of 1211 Mis
souri avenue have purchased an auto
mobile.
The Bethel Baptist church choir
gave a pleasant surprise to their pas
tor, Rev. Thomas Taggart, and wife at
(heir home, Twenty-eighth and Corby
streets, Saturday, November 17. He
was the recipient of a supply of pro
visions and presents.
Mrs. Sallie Broomfield of 4920 Rail
road avenue has been quite sick this
week, but is some better now.
Don’t forget the entertainment given
at the home of Mrs. Alice Nelson, 2410
P street, Saturday evening, November
24, for the benefit of Bethel Baptist
church.
Mrs. George Johnson, who was taken
to the South Side hospital about two
weeks ago, is reported a little better.
Don’t forget where to get your
Thanksgiving dinner at Allen Chapel,
A. M. E. church, Thanksgiving Dav
from 12 p. m. until lip. m., 25 cents.
Mrs. Bessie Johnson wall give an en
tertainment at her home, Twenty
eighth and Drexel streets, Saturday
evening, November 24, for the benefit
of Bethel Baptist church.
The Missionary Society of Bethel
Baptist church will hold a bazaar
Thanksgiving week with Thanksgiving
dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
Lincoln Department
A splendid musical recital was given
last Thursday evening at Mount Zion
Baptist church by a group of Lincoln’s
most talented artists, consisting of
Mesdames Ruth McWilliams, Stanley
and Edwards, Miss Nina Vanderzeu
and Messrs. Harrison Miller and B.
Robinson, assisted by Miss Marie
Overstreet of Atchison, Kan, A pro
gram of unusual merit was greatly en
joyed by the large audience present,
which crowded the house.
Mr. Louis Nelson, who has been
c uite ill for the past week, is greatly
improved and has returned to his work
at Jenquenz’s Sanitary Lunch Room.
A party, consisting of Mrs. James
Dean, Mrs. Clyde Malone, Mrs. P. A.
Abner and Mr. Boyne, enjoyed Tues
day, an ideal fall day, hunting in the
woods near Lincoln.
Mr. Louis Holmes left Friday morn
ing for a short stay in Huron, S. D.
Aramanth Chapter No. 2 will hold
its regular meeting Tuesday night in
the lodge rooms in Masonic hall.
The young ladies of Mount Zion
Baptist church will give a “Who Is
Who?” rally for the pastor in the near
future. Miss Allyne Bell is leader.
Miss Marie Whitfield of Washing
ton, D. C„ who is field secretary of
the Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety, gave a splendid lecture last
Tuesday evening. A collection of $15
was given her.
The members of the Baptist Sunday
School recently purchased and pre
sented a new aisle matting to the
church at a cost of $30.
The Daughters of the Tabernacle
will give a patriotic drill December 12
at Masonic hall.
Dr. Ernest E. Graves was taken very
suddenly ill Monday with pneumonia.
The members of the L. L. S. Ken-1
sington Club were very pleasantly en- i
tertained Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. D. E. Nichols, 2951 Starr j
street. After the regular business j
m >eting the ladies enjoyed a pleasant |
social hour and refreshments were j
served by the hostess. The club will j
meet December 1 with Mrs. James j
Dean, the president, at her home, 906 j
Rose street.
Mrs. Monroe Williams was quite ill j
during the past week, suffering from I
an attack of la grippe.
Invitations were received in Lincoln
during the week to the marriage re- I
caption of Miss Cozzetta Kingsberry j
of 1327 Euclid avenue, Kansas City, j
Mo., and Dr. Ernest E. Graves of Lin
coln, to be held at the bride’s home in
Kansas City on Wednesday, November
28. The groom is a popular young
dentist of Lincoln and the bride, dur
ing a recent short visit here, com
pletely won the hearts of ail who met
her.
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NINE JURORS FOR ACQUITTAL
THREE FOR CONVICTION
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not change his face as this accusation
was made. During all of Netheway’s
long direct examination and cross
questioning Smith watched his ac
cuser with a look that at times was
tinged with amused contempt. As
Netheway sprang up to make the di-1
reet accusation Smith's face wore this
look.
Scruggs Makes Good Impression.
Attorney Scruggs in his argument
for the defense won most favorable
commendation as did also Attorney
Seacat.
Attorney Scruggs contended that
Netheway by his conduct and words
clearly showed that he knew some- j
thing serious had happened or that
he was expecting something to hap
pen. In other words that his actions
indicated a guilty knowledge either as |
principal or accessory. It was strange j
that Netheway, who testified that he
thought his wife had gone to her sis
| ter Ada’s, that he never went there
! or even called up there but called up
! the other sisters. Why this significant
[ and important omission? A man who
| had been married nineteen years
! would hardly show the apprehension ,
| that Netheway showed if his wife ]
were forty-five minutes late unless he
knew there was something sinister
lying behind that tardiness. There I
were tracks of two persons leading j
out of a cornfield that ran within one j
hundred feet of the Netheway home i
to the place where the body of Mrs.
Netheway was found. Why did he!
say that there had been foul play be
fore his wife's body had been found?
What unerring instinct took him to j
the place where the mutilated body
of his wife lay? Mrs. Netheway had
not been raped or violated; neither I
was robbery the motive. Some other
motive must be found. Smith had no j
motive. Not a bit of evidence had ;
been found to in any way connect |
Smith with this dastardly crime.”
Seacat Strikingly Dramatic.
Attorney Seacat met the allegation
made by the state that Smith is a de
generate by asking the jury to com- j
pare the appearance of Smith and
Netheway and judge for themselves
which of the two looked most like a
degenerate. He reviewed with inci
sive logic the evidence introduced by
the state and showed how that there
had been absolute failure in making
out a case against the accused. He,
toe, dwelt on Nethewav's strange con
duct as shown by the state’s witnesses
and also himself. His argument look
on a strikingly dramatic attitude
when turning from an impassioned
appeal to the jury to give his clieni
justice and decide the case on evi
dence, he turned toward Smith and
said;
"Charles Smith, if I believed that
your black hands were stained with
the blood of this woman I would my
self demand that you die for it.”
"Amen,” said Smith solemnly—the
first word he had spoken and the first
show of emotion he had given since
he took his seat in the prisoner’s box
Ray J. Abbott, deputy county attor
ney, opened for the state and demand
ed the extreme penalty for Smith, de
claring that the chain of circumstan
tial evidence lacked not a single link
to convict him of the crime charged.
L. J. Piatt of the county attorney’s
office closed for the state in'a highly
dramatic pppeal for conviction, in
which he detailed minutely the theory
on which the state bases its case.
No witness testified that Smith actual
ly was seen in circumstances which
unequivocally branded him as the j
murderer, and the state frankly de
clared its reliance on circumstantial
evidence for conviction. Smith's at- j
torney told the Jury it was being asked
to "guess away his life.”
Smith’s counsel made no effort to
play upon race prejudice except to
declare that the charge that Smith
wept when he was being brought back 1
from Riair showed nothing more than
that he recognized, "by the light of
history,” what the colored man
charged with the nameless crime has
reason to fear, whether guilty or In
nocent.
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FOR RENT
5-room cottage, mod. except heat.. $15 ;
ii-rom cottage, mod. except heat. 10
8-room house, modern. 20 '
DOUGLAS 3607.
For Rent—Modern 4 room flat over
undertaker. $12 a month. 27th and
Parker. Phone Webster 816.
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For Rent—Five room furnished i
flat, 2425% Lake street. Call Web
ster 2827.
Three room house, city water and |
gas. Water rent paid, $10. No. 2529%
Wirt street. Phone Webster 4395.
Mrs. Wm. Jackson.
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6-room house, paved street,4417 So.
27th St., 60 ft. lot, $1,500. Doug. 2842. i
HANDLER AND ROBINS
Fire and Tornado Insurance
BURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENtT
Neatly furnished rooms. Hot ant
cold water. On Dodge tmd 24th
street car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks
924 North 20th, street. Telephone
Douglas 4379.
For Rent—Neatly furnished rooms
to man and wife, 2430 Erskine St.
For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
strictly modem, 1923 North 27th St.
Webster 3150.
Neatly furnished modem room for
rent. Call Webster 4716. Mrs. D.
Bowen, 2524 North 26th St.
Two furnished rooms with board
for gentlemen, Mrs. E. J. Toddy, 2117
Grant street. Webster 5344.
For Rent—Furnished room, modem.
1107 North 19th St. Mrs. T. L. John
son.
For Rent—Modem furnished rooms.
2320 North 28th Ave. Phone Web
ster 2058.
Furnished rooms, 1817 Izard. Tyler
1609.
For Rent—Modem furnished rooms,
2320 North 28th ave. Webster 2058.
For Rent.—Furnished room in mod- t
cm home. On car line. 2409 Blondo
street. Webster 6376.
For Rent.—Nice front room, 2621
Miami in private family.
Neatly furnished rooms, 1842 North
27th St. Call Webster 2812.
For Rent—Neat and sanitary fur
nished rooms, 2237 Seward St. Mrs.
A. E. Jones, Webster 2967.—4t.
For Rent. Unfurnished rooms with
electric light and water, 2603 Cuming
street. Harney 5412.
Front parlor for rent in modem
home. Private family. Gentleman
preferred. $2.00 a week. 2414 Ers
kine St. Webster 4760.
Furnished rooms, strictly modem,
2620 Burdette street. Webster 5543.
Mrs. E. M. Wright.
Madame Henderson .hairdresser and
manicurist, agent for the celebrated
Madame C. J. Walker preparations.
The Walker method taught. Diplomas
granted. 2539 Burdette St., Omaha.
Neb. Phone Webster 1489.
Neatly furnished rooms, 2915 Ers- <
kine street. Mrs. F. Johnson. Web
ster 3143.
Two furnished rooms for three or
four working men. 2202 Clark St.
Phone Webster 7034.
Neatly furnished rooms, strictly
modern, $2.00 and up. Mrs. Minnie
Picketts, 1119 North Nineteenth St.
Webster 3812.
Furnished rooms for two gentle
men. Southern men preferred. Mrs.
Bessie Johnson, 2720 Drexel street,
South Side.
First-class modem furnished rooms.
Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702
North Twenty-sixth street. Phone
Webster 4769.
Fourteen neatly furnished rooms.
Mrs. Ella Dunivan, 4716 South 27th
street, South Side. Phone South
3067.
Furnished rooms to rent in a mod- I
em house, 2619 Hamilton street.
Phone Webster 1250.—Adv.
WANTED.
China painting. Classes Tuesdays
and Thursdays. Mrs. D. W. Gooden,
2211 Cuming street. Douglas 5436.
Will buy nice second hand rugs and
furniture. Call J. S. Bell, Douglas
4533.
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covered with fibre; well bound
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Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50
and $15.00.
Freling & Steinle
"Omaha's Best Baggage Build
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1803 FARNAM STREET
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LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S
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CLEANING
PRESSING
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There’s a difference. All work
done bv tailors who know how
to keep garment* shaped and in
condition, something unattain
able by pressing machines.
Iswk over your wardrobe and
then call
Douglas 5407
Room 8, Patterson Block
17th and Farnam Streets
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Phones: Office, Douglas 3841; Res
idence, Harney 2156
Reference—Any Judge of the Dis
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
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640 Bee Bldg. Omaha, Neb.j
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Accordion, side, knife, sunburst or box
pleating. Covered buttons, all sizes and
style Hemstitching, plcot edging. Em
broidery. beading. braiding. cording,
eyelet, cut work, buttonholes pennants.
Ideal Button & Floating Co.
Douglas 1926 300-310 Brown Bldg.
(Opposite Brandeis Stores.)
The Business
World
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Annie Banks Cecil B. Wi!k«e
BANKS-WILKES
Funeral Director* and Embalmen
Lady Assistant
Satisfaction Guaranteed
1914 Cuming Street
Rea. Doug 4379. Office Doug 371*
j PATTON HOT?! AND CAFE
N. A. Patton, Proprietor
I 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St.
Telephone Douglas 4445
{ 62 MODERN AND NEATLY
J FURNISHED ROOMS
Res. Colfax 3831 Douglas 3181)
AMOS P. SCRUGGS
Attorney-at-Law 4
5807 Camden Avenue. ]
Repairing and Storing
Orders Promptly Filled
NOFTH SIDE
SECOND-HAND STORE
Auction Every Saturday
R. a Rhodes
Dealer in
New and Second Hand Furniture
and Stoves.
Household Goods Bought and Sold
Rental and Real Estate
2322 Lake St. Webster 7971
1 bit. P W. SAWYER j
2 Dentist
j 220 So. 13th St. Phone Doug. 7150 j
Automobile and Up( n
Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night
JONES a CHILES 1
FUNERAL HOME j
Lady Attendant }
Calls answered promptly anywhei# .
Web. 1100 and Web. 204
Licensed Embaimer. 1
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Graduate of N. E. Conservatory
of Music, Boston, Mass.
Florentine F. Pinkston
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Harmony, Solfeggio
Webster 2814
Boston Studio
2214 No. 28th Ave. Omaha.
CDRCRAIG MORRIS j
DENTIST |
17 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 4
I The People’s Drug Store |
109 South 14th Street
Drugs. Cigars and 8oda I
Toilet and Rubber Goods 4
Special Attention to Prescription*J
!We appreciate your patronage, f
Phone DoukI&m 1446 }
I TERRELL S DRUG STORE
Graduate Pharmacist
| Prompt Delivery Excellent Service
Webster 4443 24th and Grant
Getting Ready
for Christmas
Time now to prepare the
box for the boy who is away
from home.
We are wonderfully pre
pared this year with all
kinds of useful, attractive
articles for Christmas giv
ing.
Thomas
Kilpatrick & Co.
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AND GARDEN
Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry
Supplies
Fresh cut flowers always on hand
Stew art’s Seed Store
119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office
Phone Douglas 977
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Hill-Williams Drug Co.
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ARTICLES
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Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St.
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Dry Cleaners, Garment and Fancy
Dyers
Phone Tyler 1022 1516 Vinton St.
I GEO. F. KRAUSE, Prop.
C. S. JOHNSON
18th and Dard Tel. Douglat 1702
ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE
at POPULAR PRICES.
Best for the Money
Established 1890
C. J. CARLSON
Dealer in
Shoes and Gents’ Furnishings
1514 No. 24th St. Omaha. Neb.
STANEK’S PHARMACY
Henry Stanek, Prop.
PRESCRIPTION EXPERT
Cor. 24th and L Sta. Tel. So. 878
Petersen & Michelsen
Hardware Co.
GOOD HARDWARE
2408 N St. Tel. South 162
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PHONE DOUGLAS 1811
24th St., 1 block north of Cuming
4 Street
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I. A. Fdholm E. W. Sherman
Standard Laundry
24th, Near Lake Street
Phone Webster 130
C. II. MARQUAROT
CASH MARKET
Retail Denier in Fresh and Salt
Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc.
'1603 Cuming St. Doug 3H3 I
Home Rendered Fard. We Smoke
and Cure our own Hams and Bacon.
Open All Times. Reasonable Prices
cbe (Jdcstern
funeral f)ome
The Place for Quality and Service
SILAS JOHNSON
Funeral Director
Licensed Kmbtilmer In Attendance
Webster 243 2518 Lake St.
OMAHA TRANSFER CO.
“l he only Way”
baggage:
Checked to Destination
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Watch Your Step and Call for 4
Step Lively Corn Easej
for Corns, Bunions and Ingrown .
Nails. *
For Sale at
PEOPLE’S DRUG STORE. J
TTake PLEASURE
In thanking you for your patronage j
1 want your trade .solely upon the*
merit* of my good*. j
Ton will profit by trading here *
H. E. YOUNG
Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. ’
GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS
C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO.
Also Freak Fruit* and Vegetable*.
2005 Canine St. Telephone Dougla* 1098 .
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The best equipped shop In the state. Most capable and courteous barbers.
The only Colored shop in the state built on the latest pattern. Everything
sanitary. Shop department open from 8 a. m. to 11 p. m. Saturdays 8 a. m.
to 12 p m. We carry a full line cf Choice Cigars and Tobaccos, Candles and
Chewing Cum.
KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE, Props.,
C. B. MAYO, Foreman.
Phone Webster 5784. 2416 North 24th Street
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