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Within the past ten years YOt'R race has made greater Strides
{ toward literary achievement than in the CENTURIES that went before.
Become familiar with the work of RACE AUTHORS..
The Boy You Love
The uoy you love in the training
camp will make a better soldier and
a better man if he knows the ringing
lines of “Fifty Years” and the haunt
ing pathos of “Black and Unknown
Bards.” You will find these in James
Weldon Johnson’s “Fifty Years and
Other Poems,” a book the critics of
the world have called the greatest
poetical achievement of the Colored
Itace. Professor Brander Matthews of
Columbia University has written a re
markably fine introduction.
From the Fields of Alabama
A boy came fresh from the fields of
Alabama to work his way through a
session of the Burner school at Har
vard. A few' roughly scrawled poems
caught the eye of his professor. The
result was a book of these verses. To
day th^ author Is in France, a cor
poral in a Machine Gun Company.
Meanwhile the great literary newspa
pers of the east are saying that Wav
erly Turner Carmichael gives promise
of rivaling Dunbar. What do you
know' of this soldier author or his
book, “From the Heart of a Folk.”
In Spite of Bitter Handicaps
In Uoulsvllle, Kentucky, a Colored
man, an educator and a poet, rose to
a position where the best men of the
community were proud to call him
their friend. Now his son, scarcely
more than a boy, overcoming the bit
ter handicap of falling health, has
published his first book, and again
the critics on the gTeat metropolitan
newspxtx>ers have acclaimed Joseph rf.
Cotter's "The Band of Gideon, not
only a book worthy of the best lit
erary traditions of the day but also a
further proof of the rapid literary
1 progress of his race.
You Have Seen With Your Own Eyes
You have seen with your own eyes
the struggle of the Negro for educa
tion. You know the vital human side
That is why you will appreciate and
want to reud “Twenty-Five Years in
the Black Belt." by William J. Ed
wards, the able founder and present
head of Know Hill Normal and In
dustrial Institute. Professor Paul J.
Manus of Harvard University has
written the introduction.
Tender Haunting Lyrics
Isn’t there some one you’d like to
send a book provided you could find
just the right hook that would be a
message as well as a book. Georgia
Douglas Johnson has written just such
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'The Heart of a Woman.” Why not
make at least one girl happy by send
ing her a copy?
Do You Love Trees?
Do you love trees and the great out
of doors? Maude Cuney Hare, (laugh
ter of the late Norris Wright Cuney,
has collected the finest things written
or said ab6ut trees in a beautiful gift
hook. William Stanley Braithwaite
has written the Introduction.
Another Race Bard
Many a scrap hook contains treas
ured dippings of the poems of Charles
Bertram Johnson as they occasionally
appeared in the newspapers of the
day. Now' In “Songs of my People,
a newr hook Just from the press, th**
best of Mr. Johnson’s poetry is
hr Slight together In permanent form
and will give pleasure to the hundreds
of admirer^ of his work.
There are other books, of course, and good books. It is impossible
to mention all, and these are representative of the best. They are beauti
fully bound and are as far above the ordinary book in book making as
they are in literary value. . •
That it may be easy for you to secure them we will take orders
for them at the publisher’s lowest NET prices, which are:
Fifty Years and Other Poems, $1.25. From the Heart of a
Folk, $1.00. The Message of the Trees, $2.00. The Heart of
a Woman, $1.25. Twenty-five Years in the Black Belt, $1.50.
The Band of Gideon, $1.00. Songs of My People, $1.00
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Letters from Boys Overseas
SENDS COPY OF “THE
. STARS AND STRIPES”
Sergeant Wynn D. McCullough Writes
Interesting Letter Telling of 92(1
Division’s Splendid Services.
U. S. Array Postal Service.
A. P. 0. 766, A. M. E.
Nov. 20, 1918.
My Dear Father Williams:
I have contemplated writing you
for some time, but the censor regula
tions and other strenuous duties have
prevented me from doing so. Now
that it is all over and peace is near
I feel at liberty to write you. I am
enclosing you a copy of the "Stars
and Stripes,” the official organ of the
A. E. F. I would especially invite
your attention to the several marked
paragraphs. You will note that ref
erence is made to several picked units
of the A. E. F., among which you will
find the 92d division.
Here couched in one or two brief
statements is the epic of the Ameri
can Negroes’ contribution to the win
ning of the great war for democracy.
Where the battle was the hardest
there he was, and not only was he
there, but when the armistice stayed
his progress, he was of all America’s
troops nearest to the Rhine.
Time and space will not permit me
to write you of individual deeds of
heroism, although I would like to do
so, but suffice it that I quote a few
paragraphs from a memorandum re
cently issued by the commander of the
92d division, General C. C. Ballou, be
fore being transferred. Here is what
| he says:
"Five months ago today the 92d
division landed in France. After sev
, en weeks of training it took over a
sector in the fiont line, and since
that time some poition of the division
has been practically continuously un
der fire.
“It participated in the last battle
of the war with creditable success,
| continually pressing the attack
against highly organized defensive
works. It advanced successfully on
the first day of the battle, attaining
its objectives and capturing prison
ers. This in the face of determined
opposition by an alert enemy, and
against rifle, machine gun and artil
lery fire. The issue of the second
day’s battle was rendered indecisive
by the order to cease firing at 11 a.
m.—when the aimistice became ef
! fective.
“The division commander, in taking
leave of what he considers himself
justly entitled to regard as his di
vision, feels that he has accomplished
his mission. His work is done and
will endure. The results have not al
ways been brilliant, and many times
were discouraging, yet a well organ
ized, well disciplined, and well trained
Colored division has been created and
commanded by him to include the last
shot of the world war. May the fu
ture conduct of every officer and man
i be such as to relfect credit upon the
1 division and upon the Colored race.”
I also invite your attention to the
poem I have marked in the paper en
closed, it is the work of one of my
i comrades in the army postoffice. It
j was very favorably commented on by
the A. E. F.
The Monitor comes to me regularly
for which I thank you. It is very in
teresting and newsy and all the boys
like it.
With best wishes to you and your
family and inquiring friends, I am
yours very truly,
WYNN D. M’CULLOCH,
Sgt. A. P. O. 766.
The writer of the above interest
ing letter was No. 1 in the first se
lective draft. He felt proud of this
fact and was eager to go. While
anxious to be on the firing line he
with three or four other Omaha boys
were selected for the army postal
service.—Editor.
RAY PARKER’S FIRST
LETTER HOME
November 18, 1918.
Dear Little Mother and Folks:
Well, little Mawny, we did our stuff
and the kaiser’s dream ended with an
abrupt bump. We did not get into
action, as things went a little too
swift. On Sunday, November 10, we
were snoozing in the hay when, about
four o’clock, our commanding officer
awoke us and said: “Boys, make up
hght, pack, fill your canteens, oil up
your guns, ami get ready for the line.
We are going in to stop things now.”
We lit out at six a. m. and by noon
we could hear the roar of the big
guns just over the hills. But a dis
patch rider rode up and stopped us.
He said that the boches were hauling
it so fast that we couldn’t catch up
with them. Every road to the front
was so choked with khaki that we
simply had to look on. On Monday
the armistice was signed, and that is
the nearest thing to fighting I have
done.
But. mawsy, I shall never be the
least bit sorry for the time I have
spent in the army. I have found many
things out that I never realized be
fore, and most of all I have had a
chance to see provincial Franee, beau
tiful France. We are now' close to
j. German soil and in a country which
the Geimans held for four years. This
chain of hills was used by the Huns
for a recreation ground and they cer
tainly tried to make it a little para
dise for the soldier. Of course sol
diers do not look for flow'ry beds of
case and chicken a la king served by
nymphs of perennial beauty, but these
dudes came as near to it as possible.
There are several ruined towns around
here as business was rushing here
abouts. Yesterday was Sunday and
I took a long hike exploring this place.
There is an amusement park about
three blocks from our barracks that
must have taken a year or two to
build. Leading to it are six stairways,
each about a mile long, leading up to
the different barracks. These stairs
a'o made of trees about an inch in
diameter and cut about a foot and
a half long, and laid side by side.
When you get down to the valley' you
enter a beautiful park built entirely
of trees. The drives and walks are
all of concrete. 'They had theaters,
cafes and dance halls, and the offi
cers had palaces strewn around that
make things look as you dream Greece
must have looked. They burned most
of it when they had to make a hurry
up getaway, but there is still enough
left to give you an idea of what the
whole had heen. It is too bad that
Uncle Sam had to interfere with Bill’s
plans and make him mess everything
up so, but it had to be did.
Well, folks, I am writing under dif
ficulties. I never did shine as a pen
man and when I have to do the writ
ing stunt under difficulties, it’s some
job. We w'ill soon be making tracks
toward the Big Muddy, but don’t look
j for me until about spring. Adios,
’ for this time. I mean, au revoir. The
other is Spanish and just now I am
trying to be French. Love to all,
RAY.
MUSTERED OUT IN HOME STATE
Camp Dix, N. J.—Instead of releas
ing at Camp Dix the thousands of
Negro soldiers awaiting demobiliza
tion new orders of the war depart
ment received here direct that the
troops here be returned by detach
ments to their home states, where at
central points they will receive their
discharge papers and final army pay.
It is evident the new' scheme will
provide against the Southern Negroes
becoming stranded in northern cities
and insure a normal distribution of
the Negroes to meet labor conditions
in Southern states.
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I’ev. John Albert Williams,
Omaha, Neb.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find money order
for three dollars for The Monitor; one
year for M. E. Kuykendall, 728 Golden
avenue, Topeka, and six months for
C. C. Crockett, 2053 Western avenue,
Topeka. I am well pleased with the
paper. Yours truly,
M. E. KUYKENDALL.
New Raymer, Colo., Dec. 6, 1918.
To the Monitor and Editor,
Omaha, Neb.
Sir:
After reading your paper for some
time I must say that in my mind it is
the best race paper we have and I am
glad to say that it was through Mrs.
E. R. West that I became acquainted
with it. Enclosed you will find $3.50
for subscriptions.
Wishing you more success, I am
yours, WALTER S. EVANS.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 25, 1918.
The Monitor, Omaha, Neb.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed please find check for re
newal of my subscription for one year
ending November 8, 1919. Your valu
able paper I read each week and really
feel that I cannot be without it.
Kindly remember me to Mr. Fred
Williams, the gentleman who first
brought this paper to me.
Wishing you much business suc
cess, I beg to remain. Yours very
truly, CHAS. T. PHELPS. ‘
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The Monitor, Omaha, Neb.
Dear Sir: I am sending in my sub
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You don’t know how I enjoy it. When
it arrives it is first aid. The other
papers don’t compare with it. Yours
respectfully,
GERTRUDE BROWN.
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WILL GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Western University, Kansas, Dec.
20.—The Misses Elsie Hills, Hazel
Roulette and Messrs. Wilson, Green,
Guiou, Taylor and Tommie Wilson,
students of Western university, will
go to Omaha to spend the Christmas
holidays with their parents.
LECTURE BY GEORGE
WELLS PARKER
Rain, the street car strike and fear
of the flu ban interfered with the at
tendance at the lecture by George
Wells Parker at Calvary Baptist
church last Thursday night. The au
dience, numbering about seventy-five,
was well repaid for their attendance.
Mr. Parker was introduced by Mr.
Fred C. Williams, who explained the
objects of the Hamitic League of the
World, an educational movement to
awaken race pride. Mr. Parker held
the undivided attention of his au
dience from start to finish as he mar
shaled an array of facts to prove that
the African race has an honorable
lineage and record.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH
The Christmas services at St. Phil
ip’s Episcopal church will be: Holy
Communion at 7 a. m.; matins and
Eacharist at 11 o’clock and communi
cants of the church are reminded that
Christmas day is a day of holy obliga
tion, when all communicants are ex
pected to receive the Holy Com
munion. The Holy Communion will
also be celebrated at 7 o’clock a. m. on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,which
are St. Stephen’s, St. John the Evan- ;
gelist’s and Holy Innocents’ days.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many friends,
the members of Amaranth chapter of
Magnolia court, Kensington club and
the Davis club, who so kindly assisted
us in caring for our brother in his
last illness, until death claimed him.
Also accept our thanks for the beauti
ful floral offerings.—Mr. Evans Cor
neal, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Comeal, Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Corneal, Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Young.
DEATH OF MISS SARAH JEWELL
Miss Sarah Jewell, a former resi
dent of Omaha, but recently of Chi
cago, died at the residence of her
brother, James G. Jewell, 2911 Lake
street, Saturday morning after a pro
tracted illness. Miss Jewell came to
Omaha a few months ago to visit her
brother, hoping that the change
would be beneficial to her health.
Soon after coming she underwent a
serious operation, from which she
never recovered.
The f uneral was held under the aus
pices of Shaffer chapter No. 42, O. E.
S., of which she was a member, from
the residence Monday afternoon. The
Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor of St.
John’s A. M. E. church, of which she
was a devoted member for many
years during her residence in Omaha,
officiated, assisted by the Rev. John
Albert Williams. Interment was in
Forest Lawn cemetery.
N. A. A. C. P. HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
The local branch of the National A.
A. C. P. held an interesting meeting
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at St.
John’s A. M. E. church. A thoughtful
paper on “The Educational Life” was
read by Mrs. Della M. Stewart. An
interesting discussion followed, par
ticipated in by Amos P. Scruggs, S. L.
Bush, Thomas Reese, the Rev. W. C.
Williams and M. F. Singleton. It was
unanimously decided to continue the
Sunday afternoon forum of the asso
ciation each Sunday.
Next Sunday afternoon it is expect
ed that the Rt. Rev. I. B. Scott, bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal church, j
will be the speaker. The public is in
vited to attend these profitable meet
ings. . !
The executive committee met at the
home of the president, Rev. John Al
bert Williams, Tuesday nigjjt and re
elected the standing committees of
the local branch. Authorization was
given to extend an invitation to W.
Ashbie Hawkins, president of the Bal
timore branch, who carried the fight
on the Baltimore segregation ordi
nance through the courts of Mary
land, to stop over in Omaha for an
address January 14, on his way to
California.
BISHOP SCOTT OMAHA VISITOR
Bishop Scott of Nashville, Tenn.,
will preach at Grove Methodist church
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Bishop
Scott is one of the outstanding men of
the Methodist Episcopal church. He
was prior to his election to the epis
copacy president of Wiley university
and editor of the Southwestern Chris
tian Advocate. Bishop Scott was for
twelve years in charge of the work of
the Methodist church in Africa. He
is one of the two Colored bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
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