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...— .— Lincoln News »lj=T,-T.—r=i‘ ii.-S=A= Miss Mary White Ovington gave a brief talk before a small body of women at the home of Mrs. Chas. Haynes Saturday afternoon, June 6, at 3:30 p. m. She spoke to them on lines concerning the social work of the association. Miss Ovington left Lincoln Satur day evening, July 6, for Denver, Colo., where she will attend the National Association of Colored Women’? Clubs. Mrs. Fannie Young departed for Denver. Colo., Saturday evening, Julv 6, where she will go as representative of the State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs is holding its bien nial convention in Denver, Colo., froi i July 8 to July 13. Mrs. Ada Holmes departed Sunday evening, July 7, for Denver Colo., where she will attend the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, which convenes there this week and also visit at the home of her sister. Mr. James Walker departed Mon day evening, July 8, for Denver, Colo., where he will visit Mr. Cecil Norris. who attended school here last year. Miss Bernice Hawkins will be ab sent from the city for a- few weeks, having gone to Minneapolis, Minn . where she will visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Josephine Murray. I am now one of Lincoln’s corre spondents for The Monitor. It is my aim to help make The Monitor a pa per worth while, so if you want The Monitor give me your subscription end I will see it is forwarded you im mediately. I urge you to subscribe as soon as possible, for .subscriptions to The Monitor advance from one dol lar and a half to two dollars per year after July 1st. If you want to sub scribe for the paper, please call B4977. Mrs. Sarah Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Holmes have purchased a very handsome bungalow at 23d and Orchard streets, where they expect to reside in the near fu ture. Mr. Bert Patrick and Mr. Joseph Lacour of Omaha, who arrived in Lin coln Sunday, spent several days visit ing friends and relatives. Mrs. Louis Holmes entertained in formally Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p. m. in honor of her brother, Mr. Cecil Jeffers of Knoxville, la., and Miss Bernice Hawkins, who left that evening for Minneapolis. Mr. Jeffeis will leave about July 18, when he will go to camp Dodge. About twelve guests were present and a very enjoy able time was reported by all present. The Kensington club was enter tained in a delightful manner last Monday at Antelope park by Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. Mary Talbert was the invited guest. The club members greatly appreciated the lecture given to them by Mrs. Talbert, which touched upon lines concerning club work. , Mr/Jim Dean is quite ill this week, having been stricken with an attack of tonsilitis. Mr. O’Donald is much better this week. Mrs. O’Donald is also con valescing rapidly. Mr. John Jeltz was granted a decree of divorce Tuesday, July 9, from Mr-. Elizabeth Jeltz on the grounds of de sertion. She having left him two years ago, going from Omaha to Chi cago, where she now resides. IMPORTANT NOTIC E! Notice is here given that Mrs. Sarah Walker,, 907 S street, is appointed the exclusive agent ami representative of j The Monitor to solicit subscriptions and advertisements and make collec tions in Lincoln. She is a'so the offi cial correspondent and staff represen tative of The Monitor for Lincoln. H will be greatly appreciated if all per sons who have news for this depart ment will communicate with her. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. SHOWING APPROVAL Our Lincoln advertisers appreciate the patronage of our people, and our people in the Capitol City are showing their appreciation of the fact that The Monitor is being used as an advertis ing medium by liberally patronizing those firms which advertise. Pur • chasers - are asked to mention The Monitor when, making purchases. LINCOLN FEELING CHESTY Lincoln mav be pardoned for fee' - ing just a little chestv these days by reason of the way Lincolnites have been dn»ng fV!ng« of note. But then, you know, Lincoln, has alwavs been doing things worth while. The onlv dicci„r»lttr sc; that we have not had a medium through which we could make our wants known. The Monitor is meeting that long-felt want. THE NEGRO SOLDIER AT THE FRONT Once moe the attention of the pub lic has been called to the signal serv ice which the Negro troops of France have rendered to the cause of the allies. Recently that service was made the subject of a complimentary resolution in the French Chamber of Deputies, and it is now announced that a Negro deputy from Senegal i; j traveling through French West Africa with a view' to intensifying voluntary enlistment amongst the different tribes that people those vast terri tories. The announcement could not come at a more favorable time than the present, when the American news papers are enthusiastically praising the Negro,troops of the United States army at the front fer their bravery, self abnegation, and exemplary bear ing. Numerous battalions have been raised among tne Negro race lor ser vice abroad, and the men who com pose their ramus have mannested much tee same e'this.asm and com prehension of the lotty task beiore them as their white cotnrades-m arms. The war, it is said, has revealed to the Negro a new world. As lar as the French Negro forces, which num bered at least 120,000 men, are con cerned, their conception of service has assumed a form of patriotism al most religious in its sincerity. The point to remember with regal d to the employment of French black troops is that they are in a literal sense de fenders of their territories against conquest by a ruthless foe. One of the distinct objects of Germany in attacking France was the captuie ol , the French African colonies. Thu circumstance was brought out in the conveisations between the German , Chancellor and the British Ambassa dor in Berlin, on July 29, 1914, when Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg declared that he was quite ready, in return for England’s neutrality, to promise that , Germany would not annex any teri tory in France, but would not make a like promise with regard to the French possessions outside of Europe. France thus had no difficulty in achieving a magnificent response to her appeal to the natives of Africa and of Far Eastern colonies to rally to the defense of their land. If one i may include the Arabs of Northern Africa under the same heading, then it may be literally said that hundreds of thousands of fighting men from Africa fell into line in the Frencii ranks and fought on the western j front. That rally was a magnificent tribute to the benevolent and fraternal policy of France in Africa which has secured for her such stout defenders among the people whom she has tak en under her protection, and was the best possible answer to the hypocriti cal protest, which was heard in Ger many’s note to neutrals, against the employment of native troops in the Entente armies. This protest came with poor grace from a nation which l ad secretly worked to create a Holy War in Asia and Africa, and a “black peril” in Africa by fomenting a revolt against the white race in the French and English coloines. Bared from ! using it; own native troops in Europe, I Germany of the conscientious scruples I did not hesitate to use them against j the colonial troops detailed to wrest j the German colonies from their un-j scrupulous owners. On the occasion of Germany’s mod | recent protest on the subject of the | employment of black troops, the note ! it is fair to assume, was intended te j make a particular appeal to the | “sense of humanity” of the American ; people whose population include ■ ! 10,000,000 and more Negroes. But j once again Germany failed to gunge ■ the sentiment of other nations or the mettle of the Negro population of the j United States. Speaking generally :f the prestige of the white race ha suffered in this war, then it is not : because, as was pointed out in the French Chambei of deputies, of the employment of Negro troops in the melee, but because of German;, crimes.—Christian Science Monitor, i A SPECIAL ARTICLE We expect soon to publish a special ; article on Lincoln, with illustration. 1 of some of our homes and citizens. 1 You will hear about it later. BAKERS POOL and BILLIARD ! PARLOR Rooms and Taxi Line. 117 H. Front St. Tel. 321 GRAND ISLAND. NEB. I 1 C. D. ENNIS a First-Class Rooming House Billiard Parlor. Cigars Soft Drinks. — Barber Shop in Connection— s 422'2 West Fourth. Tel. 20K3 GRAND ISLAND. NEB. ■ woffins-rfegsraBgfl:; si _____ The CHAPMAN Drug Store 934 P St, Lincoln Opposite Main Door Post Office Cameras and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and a full line of Druggist Sundries Quality Service 0. E. Nichols Tailoring Co. Dealer* In LATEST FABRICS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS ^irst-clas* Barber Shop In Co.'.nextlor. LINCOLN, NEB.. .19 North Ninth St. Tel. L-8431 Mrs. M. | McCOWAN | All hinds of Hair Goods, • I • \ • straightening Combs. Brushes, § | Toilet Preparations, etc. LINCOLN, NEB. !! * I Sa,...,.... .. ...... FORMER SLAVE LIES IN STATE Denver, June 28.—From a childhood 1 cf slavery in a Southern cotton field ; to genuine honors in death, signalized ! by the body reposing in state for | forty-eight hours, while a thousand i white persons filed past to pay tribute I if a far swing. There is really little that Julia Greeley did not have in the eighty years of her life. A sblemn requiem high mass was sung in Sacred Heart cathedral for the much loved woman. Rev. Father McDonnell of Sacred Heart was the celebrant and acting with him as sub deacon was Prof. John Conway, whom the old woman had nursed when he was a baby. Patronize those "'ho advertise with us and tell them you saw their ad in The Monitor. Our advertisers are your best friends. Let’s all pull to gether. Luxuries as usual means a victori ous Germany. Save and buy W ai Savings Stamps. All This Week—The Sale of Sales GOLD’S GREATER / July Clearance Sale Nebraska’s biggest saving event—Our Greater Semi-Annual ( leai ance Sale—now in progress—continues this entire week, positively end ing Saturday, July 13, at 9 p. m. YOU cannot afford to miss the tremen dous savings presented. With but one or two exceptions in the whole -tore, EYEIO ITEM in everey stock is offered at stirring and special reductions ranging from 10 to .">0 per cent. Not a stock in the stoic i teserved from reduction. For complete details see our ad in the Lincoln dailies. a JW* q “The Store That Sells the Best LU OC* for Just a Little Less" M2 to 122 North 10th Street LINCOLN. NEBR. ■■■ " WB jgj * “Store Ahead" “Service Ahead" July Clearance Sale ! This money-saving event brings intensely important bargains. Hurry! YOUR opportunity is HERE! IWe can’t believe that you need urging to come and buy at these low prices. The wholesale market is climbing, going up higher and higher. Many lines of goods will l>e off the market, or very scarce. Pres ent prices are lower than you can expect to find for many, many months, perhaps years. Men’s and Young Men’s Fine Wool Suits , Many of these fine garments a '.urt -r, half or full lined. All sizes. Many models. All weaves. Hi ini 'HI IS !CI Society Brand Clothes Included Men's Suit1 up © a rc lo $20.00, ^ I ZL 7 J now ■*" -*■ -* - | / Men’s Suits up <£ 7C to s >8.r»o, ^ I \^JD now Style Plus Clothes Excepted * | i j Men’s Suits up Men's Suits up Men’s Suits up to $40.00, to $45.00, to $50,00, now now • now . .-- -- , -- - I f, ' 1 11 a Women’s Coats, Suits, Dresses, etc., at reduc and Panama 1 f A i ITT Hat. now at ' “ A1 tions ranging from-** Ssi“r 1/4 Off 1/4 to 1/2 Off now at ■ 1- -1 • H MAYER BROS. CO. ELI SHLRE, President LINCOLN, NEBRASKA jjfeanmic I.img .T^:ifi^ramgMgiuagiaaBgaagnra;miiipnmTMMWMrtltg°g™^BrmBaroflmi;mffi