THE MONITOR
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 Becond-Class Mail Matter July X. 1916, at the Post Office at
Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879.
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THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher.
Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Edltora
George Wells Parker. Contributing Editor. Bert Patrick, Business
Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative
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Address. The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha
Telephone Webster 4243.
CAN YOU VOTE FOR DODGE?
NP. DODGE, JR., is a candidate
• for the nomination for congress
man from this district on the repub
lican ticket.
No Colored man in this district
ought to, and no self-respecting Col
ored man, will vote for Mr. Dodge,
who knows his attitude towards us as
a people. His real attitude and senti
ment may foe judged from the fact
that he is one of the few real estate
dealers in this city who has the un
warranted effrontery to insert in his
deeds of conveyance of land the in
sulting, and we believe, unconstitu
tional, provision, that “SAID LOT
SHALL NEVER BE OCCUPIED BY
A COLORED PERSON.”
These words are quoted from a war
ranty deed given by N. P. Dodge, Jr.,
and Laura W. Dodge, husband and
wife, to George Baldwin August 3,
1914. Here is the exact language of
this instrument:
“N. P. Dodge and Laura W. Dodge,
husband and wife, in consideration of
$225 in hand paid, do hereby grant,
bargain, sell convey and confirm
unto George Baldwin the following
described real estate situate in the
County of Douglas and State of Ne
braska, to-wit:
Lot five (5) in Brookline Terrace, I
an addition to the City of Omaha, as
surveyed, platted and recorded. This
lot is conveyed subject to special taxes
levied or assessed after the 24th daj ;
of March, 1911, and it is understood
and agreed that SAID LOT SHALL
NEVER BE OCCUPIED BY A COU
ORED PERSON (caps are the edi
tor’s) . find no house shall be erected
thereon of less than four rooms or
within twenty feet of the front line
of the lot.
In witness whereof we have here
unto set our hands this third day of
August, 1914. N. P. DODGE, JR.
LAURA W. DODGE.
In presence of
L. M. K ROYER.
E. H. SAGERT.”
To this is affixed the notarial seal
of L. M. Kroyer.
This is a sample of one of Mr. N.
P. Dodge’s warranty deeds.
It is to be noted that the lot pur
chased is not in a wealthy or exclusive
district, although the principle vio
lated would be the same if it were,
but in a very ordinary addition where,
the purchase price and the modest
building restrictions would foe within
the means of the average industrious
and self-respecting wage earner.
In every local land enterprise in
which Mr. Dodge is interested he
has been ungenerous and unkindly
enough to insert some such provision.
No Colored person, so far as we know,
has been able to purchase a lot ir,
West Lawn cemetery, and we have
never heard of a Colored person be
ing buried there. Mr. Dodge is one,
of the incorporators and officials of
the West Lawn Cemetery association.
Not only would he limit the op
portunities of the living, but he
would deny a decent place of burial !
for our dead should and could his
principles prevail.
When a man of Mr. Dodge’s ante
cedents, rearing and advantages does
not rise superior to the attitude to
wards us herein outlined, what can
we expect of the common rabble?
No self-respecting Colored man in
this district will vote for N. P. Dodge
in the face of these indisputable facts
which reveal his attitude and senti
ments towards us.
LYNCHMANIA DOOMED
Two significant and thought-com
pelling articles on lynching are pub
lished in this issue. One is most
gruesome and shocking, and we would
prefer that necessity did not compel
us to publish it; but it is by the piti
less publicity that must be given to
such unbelievable American atroci
ties that our beloved country is gp
ing to be purged from such t err foie
crimes against humanity. Indeed, it
is through the campaign of publicity
which, has been conducted by the N.
A. A. C. P. in its investigations of
lynching, for which purpose a fund
of $10,000 was raised a few years
ago that the conscience of the Amer
ican people has been aroused to the
point that LYNCHMANIA is doomed
to destruction.
One of these articles is the report
of the special investigator of the Na
tional Association on one of Georgia’s
most horrible and almost unbelievable
mob-murder orgies. This report was
laid before Governor Dorsey and u
copy of the report was sent by re
quest to President Wilson.
The other article is that which tells
of the unanimous action of the direc
tors and stocokholders of the San An
tonio Express, in setting apart an
anti-lynching fund of $100,000 for the
conviction and punishment of lynch
ers. This action is practical, timelj
and most significant and shows that
the country is becoming aroused to
the necessity of rolling away this re
proach from our nation. It is note
worthy and praiseworthy that a news
paper in the heart of the south should
take this action, and the result will
be effective and far-reaching.
THE PRIMARIES
Next Tuesday is primary da>. It
is the, duty of the voters to go to the
polls and nominate by their ballots
the men of their party whom they
should hope to elect in November.
Candidates for United States senator,
congressman, governor and state and
county officers are to 'ne nominated.
The voter nominates now in the pri
mary. This work is not left as at
one time to delegates to the conven
tion. Every voter, therefore shouold
take an especial interest in voting at
the primary. Do not leave it to the
other fellow.
We as a people should have no con
cern in the factional fights of the
so-called party leaders. We should
take no sides with the Rosewater
siate, or the Bob Smith slate. Neither
slate cares a continental about us.
What we should do is this: Select
from the various slates men whom
we have reason to believe will give
out people a square deal and vote
for such men, at the primaries. Then
when the election comes off in the
autumn, select from either ticket in
the field, the strongest and best men,
irrespective of party and vote for
them—if we believe they will give
us a square deal.
CONCERNING RED CROSS
\M> STl'DENT Nl'KSES
We have l-eceived several inquiries
from interested young women who
are anxious to volunteer for training
as nurses. We have been unable to
give them. any more definite infor
mation than that we have been ad
vised that provision is being made
for nurse training at hospitals like
the Provident, Chicago; the Freed
man’s, Washington, D. C., and oth
ers, and that other arrangements will
be made as soon as possible.
Our advice to the young women,
who can meet the qualifications, is
to register and hold themselves in
readiness to go just as soon as plan
are completed. Our young women
are going to be given an oppoi-tunity
for nursing. The government may
seem mighty slow in getting around
to it, but we must bear in mind that
the government has a big job on its
hands and it takes time to do things.
Our boys are fighting “over there”
and training in many camps and our
girls will be given the opportunity
to minister to them.
MAKE NO MISTAKE *
The cables that a*e coming to the
American people from the fields of
France are good to hear and are
heartening the whole allied world,
while they are depressing the Central
Powers in the same degree. Hut we
must not imagine that the end of the
war is near at hand. The allied
armies are fighting on French soil to
drive the Germans out of France, and
not on German territory. The Ger
mans must yet be driven out of Bel
gium and after that, then Germany.
It may be a long hard war and it is
a long hard war for which the allies
are prepared. One good aid to the
allies cause is that Germany is hun
gry and this fact may bring the
mighty Hun empire to its knees quick
er than could all the vast power and
resources of the allies.
We are going to win this war and
win it in a way that the victory will
be final, but never forget that we
,are fighting a foe whose strength is
mightier than that of any nation
known in the annals of human his
tory. We have them on the run now
and it is to be hoped that we may
keep them on the run, but if the Huns
should stop us, don’t let us become de
pressed. It is the optimistic spirit
that will always conquer in the end.
A NEW RICHMOND .
To those who are at sea, casting
about for a safe, sane, practical man
for county commissioner, in the Fiist
district, Mr. Julius C. Wiig repre
sents the type of clean, progressive,
young business man. Mr. Wiig has
never sought an office and is a candi
date at this time on account of pres
sure of residents of the southwestern
portion of the city. If elected, Mr.
Wiig will render careful, conscientious
service that will be a credit to the
republican party and his constituents.
WILLIAM I. KIERSTEAD
Williarn I. (Billy) Kierstead wants
to go to the state senate. He is well '
qualified for the job. Not only doe;;
he want to go, but he has a large num
ber of friends who want to see him
there. The Monitor is among these
friends. Your vote at the primary
Tuesday will help nominate him.
Please see to it that he gets your
vote and mention him to your friends.
AVOID SMALLNESS
It never pays to be small. Small
ness in other people is no excuse for
those who desire to live upon a high
plane to stoop to small things. Hold
yourself up. "Be thou the true man
thou dost seek.” Poetic advice, but
good. Act upon it and you will never
regret it.
"THE ANGELl’S”
It has been wisely suggested that at
11 o’clock daily people everywhere
shall pause for one minute and offer
up a prayer for our boys “over there,”
that victory may speedily come. Let
us all do this. “More things are
wrought by prayer than this world
dreams of.”
EXERCISING PATIENCE
W'hen things do not hapen to turn
out just the way one desires, it is a
good thing to exercise patience. Of
course, it isn’t easy to be patient, but
patience brings a rich reward.
Be kind to everybody. Do not en
courage or cultivate a spirit of hatred
or ill will. Such a spirit injures your
self vastly more than it does the other
fellow.
SKITS OF SOLOMON
r' The Huns
As Socrates once remarked while j
sitting on the comer at Broadway and '
Fifth avenue, New York, eating an
apple that looker! like it had the
smallpox, “You can never tell how
fastly a man can navigate until you
get him scared.” A few months ago
' we began to think that the boches
were invincible and the boches be
lieved that of themselves most con
stantly. So thoroughly did this su
preme stuff permeate their sides that
they quit paying attention to the al- i
lies altogether and began harvesting
other people’s wheat, munching pretz
els and playing piniochle right out in :
the open. Mr. Foch, of France, found j
out what they were doing, so he
quieted the atmosphere until he got |
them to believing that they were as
safe as though they were home under j
der linden trees swilling suds and
chewing schnaps. Meanwhile Mr. Foch
accumulates a large quantit> of sol
diers and all of a sudden turns loose.
The boches jumped up, looked west,
and then made tracks for the east.
They started back at a much faster
gait than they started forward some
days ago and didn’t care to carry any
| thing heavier than a suit of under
wear and a loaf of bread. Some of
them were so scared that the allies
simply rounded them up and run them
into a pen to wait until the war was
' over. What became of the mouse
faced crown prince and prince Rup
i precht isn’t known yet, but it dollars
! to doughnuts that tabasco, cayenne
and T. N. T. won’t have anything on
j the council when papa, der kaiser, thd
j princeys, von Hindey and von Ludy
get together and try to understand
the why for of the whereqAand where
as. All we want Mr. Foch to do is
to keep them scared and then maj’oe
; next year Mr. Wilhelm may think
j about buying himself an estate some
i where around the south pole that a
man couldn’t find with a magnet and
the whole world navy.
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Thank you. Mr. Overstreet.
ROSS L.
HAMMOND
Republican Candidate
for
U. S. Senator
Forty years a citizen of Ne
braska. He knows the state’s
history and its needs.
A big employer of labor that
has always rfteen well treated
and well paid.
A successful publisher and
business man.
Favors preparing now for the
social and industrial readjust
ments that will come after the
war.'
Believes that war profits
should be devoted to the pay
ment of war costs.
Stands four square on the is
sue of Americanism.
Has visited the war front to
study the war and its problems.
VOTE FOR
Hammond
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WILL DEDICATE SERVICE FLAG
At the eleven o’clock service Sun
day morning a service flag for the
boys who have gone from St. Philip’s
Church will be dedicated. The stars
on the flag have 'oeen sewed on by '
the female relatives or friends of the
boys in service. Those in service for
whom the stars are affixed are the
following: Capt. W. W. Peebles, Ser.
1 geants Edward W. Killingsworth, El
mer Morris and Wynn D. McCullough,
William Wallace Bell, Abram W. Par
ker, Eugene Reese McCaw, John
Jones and Leonard Charles Russell.
! Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Russell an
nounce the engagement of their I
daughter, Lillian Olethea, to Dr. I
Craig Morris, the wedding to take
place in the near future.
Mrs. Lucile Hoard of 1706 North
24th street, who underwent an oper
ation at St. Jospe’h hospital Sunday,
August 4, is getting along nicely.
John Harry Saunders, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Saunders, has
been promoted to Sergeant Major at
the Langley Field Aviation ( amp,
Hampton, Va.
Miss Minnie Tavis is back home
after a short visit with relatives in
St. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Mary Woodson is going to
spend her summer vacation at Kansas
City, Mo., Kansas City, Kas„ and
Chicago. She will return the latter
part of September.
Mr. H. L. Brown, *oetter known as
“B. and M.” Brown, is at the Meth
odist hospital where a serious oper
ation on his eye was performed by
Dr. Gifford.
The N. W. C. A. will meet at the
home Wednesday, August 21. Busi- ^
ness of an urgent nature to be at
tended to. All charter members and
members in good standing are urged
to be present.
The Misses Edith and Cleo Stew
art of Kansas City, Kas., are visiting
their aunt at 5235 North 24th street.
They will return, home in a few days.
Edward Taylor, who has been
granted a decree of divorce from his
wife on the grounds of desertion, will
leave for Minneapolis September 15.
AREN'T you proud of the record
our hoys are making over there.
STAND BEHIND THEM!
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Reasons Why the Alamo Barber Shop
Is the Leading Shop of the City j|
Serj{t.-Major E. W. Killings.,orth
At 0. T. Camp Pike, Ark.
Six Chairs
First, we are giving the people what they want. Second, the man
agement has used discretion in getting the best barbers obtainable. The
Alamo barber shop hasn’t waited to see what others could do, but has
stepped in the lead and given to the public things unheard of in Colored f
shops in this city.
The Alamo barber shop was the first to hail the public attention
to a reading and rest room. The shower bath, w'hich no shop is com
plete without, would never have, been given to the Colored population
had it not been for the Alamo barber shop. To avoid confusion over who
may happen to be next we use the number system. No matter how' high
or low everyone is dealt with justly when their turn comes. A system
adopted by the Alamo barber shop. Experience has taught the manage
ment that a fatigued barber is not the best barber; to keep the barbers
fresh and in good trim at all times the shop is provided with stools so
arranged to the height of the barber, it is convenient to rest at will while
at work. Never before known in the history of the city. We lead, others
follow. We advertise and don’t knock. ||
We will be glad to have the most fastidious give the place a thorough
inspection and see if this is true. The Alamo barber shop has done more
to further the barber business and bring to the people their very needs,
than all the shops put together have ever done.
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Killingsworth & Price, Props.
C. B. MAYO, Foreman.
Phone Webster 5784 2416 North 24th Street
