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NEW YORK HAS ONLY
WOMAN’S MOTOR CORPS
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_ Any Similar Organization.
New York, Aug. 14.—The only Col
ored women’s motor corps in the world
is that of the Hayward unit, a branch
of the National League for Women’s
Service in New York City. If you can
imagine the feeling of a man in the
desert coming unexpectedly upon an
oasis, you will appreciate the surprise
and joy of Colored soldiers, lying
wounded in New York hospitals, at the
sight of women of their own race to
comfort and cheer them as they had so
often seen their white brothers visited
by other members of the league.
While the work of the Hayw d unit
may not be as extensive as far
reaching as that of oth« , departments,
in point of personal service and results
accomplished it is excelled by none.
“Lonesome Louisiana,” lying on a
e t i'j the b!g ward at Debarkation
Hospital No. 3, brightens visibly at
the approach of Sergeant Pearl Mur
r; v, and when she mentions that
“some of the boys are going up to see
:. ball game this afternoon” and asks
' o o n the party, his exclamation
of pleasure sounds as though he had
forgotten all about being silk.
There is no reason why a Colored
boy should feel lonely or neglected in
New York. And judging by the num
ber who have been entertained by the
'.o. corps, t! ere exists only satis
faction and happy memories for the
Colored convalescent when he leaves
for his home town.
The Harvard unit maintains head
quarters at 200 West 139th street.
Corrfoi t’lb'e rest rooms for reading,
writing and relaxation are provided,
rd i fine piano, player-piano and vic
c’a .are placed at the disposal of
v'r.iting soldiers.
Growing with
Omaha
C1XTY-THREE years
^ ago when the United
States National Bank was
first organized, Omaha was
a town of less than 500 in
habitants.
Today, it is a great finan
cial, commercial and in
dustrial metropolis, the gate
way of the entire west, a
city with a population of
almost 225,000 and with a
future altogether bright.
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The following are only a few from
the many appreciated letters which
come to our desk, showing how much
uir large anil growing family of sub
scribers appreciate The Monitor:
“Should Be In Every Race Home’’
Omaha, July 23.
Editor The Monitor:
Please find enclosed check for a
year’s subscription. I think The Moni
tor a valuable paper to the race, and
the race should take great pride to not
only see that it gets into every race
home, but white homes also.
Yours for success,
MARTHA TAYLOR SMITH.
1920 North Thirty-fourth Street.
Proud of Monitor
Omaha, June 30.
Editor The Monitoi:
Please find inclosed $2 for renewal
of subscription to The Monitor from
July 1, 1919, to July 1, 1920. We can
only say this, that The Monitor is a
weekly paper of which every Negro in
Omaha should be proud. Therefore
we trust that the Negroes of this com
munity will patronize this worthy en
terprise.
Very truly yours,
C. W. WASHINGTON.
2409 Lake Street.
Dr. C. B. Charlcton Likes Monitor
Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 1.
Editor The Monitor:
Enclosed you will find check for $4
for two years’ subscription. I want to
be put on your permanent list of sub
scribers. I cannot do without The
Monitor.
Yours for success,
C. B. CHARLETON.
465 Forsythe Street.
Awakens Poetic Fire Within Him
Omaha, Aug. 10.
Editor The Monitor:
Enclosed find $2 for a year’s sub
scription to The Monitor.
HOW ABOUT IT?
I would take it, but don’t you see
I take the Daily News and Bee;
And it’s a weekly, anyhow—
Some other time, but not just now'.
Yes, it’s a weekly, I’ll admit;
But nevertheless it does it’s bit,
And looks the questions in the face
Of interest to the Negro race.
We leaim to crawl before w’e walk;
We gesticulate before wo talk;
And a year’s subscription from me
and you
Would help to make it a daily, too.
EARL SMITH.
1506 South Twenty-second Street.
An Agreeable Surprise
Butte, Mont., June 30.
Rev. John Albert Williams:
Dear Father Williams—Last week I
received a very agreeable surprise j
through an Omaha friend in the form
of The Monitor. Straightway I de
cided to subscribe for it. Was delight
ed to see how the paper had grown
and I must say you have my best
wishes. Being an Omaha product and
having lived there until marriage
moved rrte away, three years ago, you
may know that I found much interest
n" news in The Monitor.
Race progress here in Butte is very
noticeable. If there be any such thing
m this United States as democracy for
the Colored man, we westerners are
-t least subjecting the other fellow to
the test. If by sending weekly Butte
news to you I may help The Monitor
to become the foremost of Colored
newspapers I shall be delighted to do
so. Might add that “our people” of
Montana are looking forward to a
gieat revival, to be held in Butte,
starting July 6, services to be con
ducted by the Rev. Thomas Taggart
of Omaha. Am soliciting your pray
ers that great will be the results. En
closed find six months’ subscription.
Respectfully,
MRS. MACK ARNOLD
(Nee Angio Mills).
12 West Aluminum Street.
Resents Statement
Louisville, Ky., July 19.
Rev. John A. Williams:
My Dear Sir—I am informed on
competent authority that the clipping
enclosed herein appeared in The Moni
tor under date of July 12 and purports
to describe certain language used by
me. I cannot believe that this adver
tisement was run knowingly by The
Monitor, as it is libelous and plainly
malicious. It has been five months
since I have been in Omaha and while
I lived there I was engaged in several
race enterprises and was employed by
one of the oldest race films for sev
eral years. I feel sure that you will
join with all honest people in con
demning the practice of any one who
would he so base as to boost their busi
ness at the expense of personal slan
der.
Very respectfuMy,
HELEN COUNCELLOR GAYLORD.
1717 West Chestnut Street.
(The item referred to was the pub
lication over J. D. Lewis’ signature
that Miss Councellor had accused him
of over-charging and was “knocking”
his business. The Monitor will not
knowingly allow its columns to be used
to misrepresent anybody.)
NEGRO-OWNED DEPARTMENT
STORE TO COST $20,000;
NEW INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE
St. Louis, Aug. 9.—The Colored citi
zens of St. Louis have subscribed $15,
000 for the organization of a general
department store to be maintained by
and in the interest of the Colored pop
ulation.
The store is to have a three-fold na
ture. It is to be a business owned,
operated and controlled by Negroes;
is to furnish employment for Negroes
anti operated on a cooperative basis,
furnishing staple commodities on ad
vantageous terms.
Homer G. Phillips, a lawyer with
offices at 2335 Market street, said the
formation of an exclusively Negro en
terprise was in line with an industrial
movement which had put forty-three
Negro workers into positions formerly
occupied by white employes in drug,
dry goods and grocery stores.
Through the action of the St. Louis
Boosters’ association, Phillips said,
three stores on Laclede avenue, Mar
ket and Pine streets and Lawton ave
nue, which depend entirely on Colored
customers, have replaced their white
employes with Colored.
“An industrial awakening is taking
place among the Negroes," said Phil
lips. “They want merely what they
are entitled to.”
Phillips said the 80,000 Negroes in
St. Louis had to spend on an average
of a dollar a day for living expenses.
“It is felt that this money, earned
by the Negroes, should be spent and
circulated among their own people as
a help to their economic life,” he ex
plained.
APPLICATION OF GOLDEN
RULE WILL MAKE RACE
STRIFE IMPOSSIBLE
Chicago, Aug. 10.—There is no high
er or clearer statement of our duty to
ward our dark brothers than the rule
laid down in a very ancient decision
which has never been overruled—one
which we usually refer to as the
Golden Rule.
Let us resolve, in view of the condi
tions obtaining within the last few
days, to recognize our Negro neigh
bors as Americans who have always
been loyal to America in the face of
bad treatment; let us recognize them
as fellow citizens entitled to share
fully and equally the boasted oppor
tunity of America; let us do this in a
friendly spirit worthy of Christians
and of Americans.
In an emergency, such as the pres
ent, it is the manifest duty of the
churches to bear emphatic testimony
to the need of calmness, sanity and
sympathy with all of both races who
are oppressed by the iniquities of the
present social order.
The message of Christianity, as al
ways in the past, is one of brother
hood and aspiration for goodwill and
cooperation, which are the basis of the
peace and welfare of every com
munity. The efforts of all the people
of all the churches are needed at this
time to restore order and confidence
and to make impossible the recurrence
of the violence and lawlessness which
are disgracing our city.
THE CHICAGO CHURCH FEDERA
TION.
Herbert L. Willett, President.
Walter R. Mee, Secretary.
Committee of citizens indorsing the
above statement: Robert McMurdy,
Mary McDowell, S. P. Breckenridgc,
Mrs. G. M. Mathes, Father Joseph
McNamee, Graham Taylor and George
H. Mead.
CITY WILL LOSE MILLION
DOLLARS ACCOUNT OF RIOT
Chicago, Aug. 12.—The city of Chi
cago will lose much in a financial way
on account of the damage done during
the riots. Under the law it is respon
sible to the citizens in the neighbor
hood of $1,000,000 on account of loss
of lives and damage to property.
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NEBRASKA CITY NEWS
The Rev. J. W. Stapleton was here
Sunday and preached two very inter
esting sermons.
Mr. and Mrs. Harding Hampton are
again reported as being critically ill.
There was a social given at the A.
M. E. church Saturday night for the
benefit of Rev. J. W. Stapleton.
Miss Cora Hannon and Miss Edith
Robinson returned from Chicago last
week.
Austin Hampton, while returning
from a visit at Kansas City last Tues
day night, fell off the train and es
caped with a broken wrist and several
bruises.
Miss Cora Hannon, who has been
here visiting Miss Edith Robinson, re
turned to her home at Rosedale,, Kan.,
last Monday.
Theodore Black and brother of Lin
coln are here visiting relatives.
Mrs. John Shaw', who has been visit
ing her mother in Texas, has returned
home.
Raymond Turner, who has been in
France nearly a year, received his dis
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last Saturday.
Dan Smith, jr., and uncle of Lincoln
were here Sunday on a visit with rela
tives.
Mrs. Rachel Smith of Lincoln came
down last week to visit her mother and
sister.
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