GROWING. ^ I ^Tj 1\ ^ /^\^TTr I LIFTING. _THANK YOU! | |""| |lv I Will I ■ I itC LIFT. TOO! A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor —---V <2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy_ OMAHA. NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 18. 1919 Vol. V. No. 11 (Who 220) „ Shayler, Nebraska’s New Episcopalian Prelab TELLS URGENT NEEDS OF AFD REPUBLIC President-Elect King Speaks to Im mense Audience at John Wesley Church—Hundreds Unable to Gain Admittance. _ ASKS FOR U. S. CO-OPERATION Calls for More Emigrants From America—Recalls Trials of First Settlers—Introduced by Secretary Treasurer Scott of Howard Uni versity. (Special to The Monitor by Walter J. Singleton.) WASHINGTON, D. C.—Comment ing on the promising future • which awaits the peoples of Africa, President-elect C. D. E. King of Li beria expressed appreciation for the -r friendship the United States has shown for the republic he represents at a meeting in John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal church Septem ber 8. More than 1,600 representative colored citizens of Wrashington attend ed the meeting and about 1,000 per sons who were unable to obtain seats or standing room in the church were addressed at an overflow’ meeting. President-elect King emphasized the difficulties which his country has en-, countered and overcome since it wras first established in the first part of the last century. Tribute to First Settlers. He paid tribute to the efforts of the' original and later settlers from the! Uniteo States, who have contributed much to the development of Liberia. “Liberia owes much to the friend ship of the United States, and is most anxious to obtain the continued co operation of both white and colored Americans for the government mod eled after your own republic,” said President-elect King. “Liberia knows that her future to a great extent de pends upon the interest manifested by the colored people of the United States. “We need emigrants from America to help in the further development of cur country, and to labor both w'ith theii hands, their brains and their hearts in the cause of progress in Liberia. Eager for Co-Operation. “We are eager to obtain the co operation of intelligent colored citi zens of the United States, and w’e know bv experience that this co-opera ticn will continue to be forthcoming, because the colored people of Ameri ca may always be depended upon to , interest themselves in a cause which calis for altruism. “The difficulties which Liberia has met with,” President-elect King con tinued, “were largely due to the fact that 40,000 first settlers from Amer ica were called upon to establish a government among 2,000,000 natives. But through the ceaseless efforts of all Liberians these difficulties have been overcome and Liberia is pro gressing in a remarkable manner. Introduced by Secretary Scott. The first speaker was Emmett J. Scott, secretary-treasurer of Howard university. Mr. Scott introduced Dr. Ernest Lyon of Baltimore, Maryland, formerly American consul general to Liberia. Dr. Lyon in turn introduced President-elect King. The Amphion Glee club presented several musical numbers. The Rev. W. C. Browm, ■ _ pastor of the John Wesley A. M. E. church, pronounced the invocation. President-elect King was escorted to the meeting by the Washington troop of Boy Scouts. Dr. King plans to remain in Wash ington during practically his entire stay in the United States, because he feels that the more representative colored citizens live in the national capital, and is of the opinion that he can obtain better impressions of the progress of the colored people of America in Washington than in any other city in the United States. BUFFALO OPENS ^ COMMUNITY HOUSE (By Associated Negro Press.) Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 16.—A club house for the use of returned sailors and soldiers was opened recently at No. 143 Clinton street. The quarters are in charge of Lt. Mosby B. Adams, assistant in Negro work of the War Camp Community service. Monitor office, Douglas 3224. THE RT. REV. ERNEST VINCENT SHAYLER, Fourth Bishop of Nebraska. Who Was Consecrated in His Parish Church, St. Mark’s, Seattle, Last Thursday, and Arrives in Omaha This Week to Assume His Duties a." Successor of the Late Arthur L. Williams. Bishop Shayler Bear* the Reputation of Boinu a Man of Broadmindedness and Larue Sympathies, and a Warm Friend of the Colored People COLORED CITIZEN'S OF BOSTON TOOK NO PART IN RECENT RIOT (By Associated Negro Press.) Boston, Mass., Sept. 16.—There is prime irony in the recent riots that have swayed in this cultured com munity for a number of days. It was not a race riot, but its destructive ele ments have all the baneful effects of such an orgy and serve to alarmingly demonstrate that it is high time for the American people to throw off their indifference and use every means to bring about universal peace and tranquility. There are so many sig nificant lessons in this Boston affaii that they cannot wilfully be overlook ed. In the first place, the very men whose sworn duty it is to uphold the law, have defied it and left the peo ple at the mercy of the mob. Hun dreds of thousand of dollars worth of damage have been done. Hundreds of soldiers and marines and private citi zens in all walks of life have been called upon to restore law and older. There have been nearly a dozen of deaths and hundreds of people in jured. So reckless was the hoodlum element that it was unsafe for women to be upon the streets after dark, and in no instance, has the Colored citizen had a part in the destructive side of this unfortunate situation. OKLAHOMA FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS Oklahoma City, Sept. 16.—The Ok lahoma Federation of Negro Women’s clubs closed its ninth annual session at Guthrie, Okla., August 29, 1919. The president, Mrs. Judith Horton, presided. There were 74 delegates and 11 officers, representing 37 clubs from 8 cities. The reports from the different clubs showed the results of much work during the past year. The annual membership fee to the N. A. A. C. P. was paid; also our yearly donation to the upkeep of the Doug lass home. Because of the vividness with which the club motto, “Lifting as We Climb,” was illustrated a prize of $6 was awarded to Miss Manilla Johnson of Guthrie. Prizes to the amount of $6 were awarded to sev eral of the girls of the local Girls Canning club because of their excel lent exhibition of canned goods. Mrs. Annie Cooper of Eufaula is our newly elected president. RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF LAW WILL PREVENT RACE RIOTS, SAYS JUDGE STOUT Kentucky Official Conics Out for Fair Treatment in the Courts. (By Associated Negro Press.) Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 17.—The gen eral unrest throughout the United States was the subject of the charge principally today by Circuit Judge Stout when the grand jury convened for the fall term. Race riots which have disgraced other sections of the United States, Judge Stout said, were not an impossibility here, but he de clared he had not heard that any ill feeling existed between the races in his judicial district. The ways to prevent such outbreaks. Judge Stout said was the rigid en forcement of the law. As far as his information carried him, he said, he did not know of a single instance when the Negro man had been unfairly dealt with by the juries of this district be cause he was black or for any other reason. An impartial enforcement of the law, Judge Stout declared, would pre vent not only an ill-feeling between the races, but would be the proper step in the direction of allaying the unrest between the wealthy man and the poor man. He said that there should be no discrimination between men in the law, and that when men had occasion to bring their disputes into the court house for adjustment, there ought not to be any discrimination because one is white and the other black. Men had a right to select their as sociates said he, but fair treatment should lie given to every man on trial. BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL TO BE OPENED AT NASHVILLE (By Associated Negro Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 16—The sum of $600,000 is in sight to be invested in initial equipment for the full fledged theological seminary for Ne groes in Nashville, provided the Ne groes of this city will provide an ade quate building Hite, so Dr. O. L. Hailey, secretary of a commission from the Southern Baptist convention to establish such an institution, told a mass meeting of Negro Baptists of this city at the Spruce street Bap tist church Sunday afternoon. Of this sum $200,000 has already teen apportioned by the Baptist sev enty-five million dollar campaign; $100,000 will be raised immediately by the board of directors of the Na tional Baptist convention composed of representatives of the Negro Baptist churches of both the north and south while the remaining $200,000 will be raised from other sources by Dr. Hailey, who has been delegated by the white Baptists of the south to see the proposition through. Negro Baptists of America propose to raise $3,000,000 in a campaign of their own during the next five years simultaneously with the $75,000,000 to be raised by southern Baptists, and the seminary of this $3,000,000, it is announced. LOCAL PAPERS FOLLOW THE MONITOR LEAD Dailies Try Monitor Novel Advertis ing Stunt on Motion Picture Publicity. Following The Monitor’s lead in the publication of a novel double page j advertising stunt in the issue of Au gust 28, the Omaha Daily News adopt ed the same plan in its issue of Sep tember 11, in which it carried a double page advertising contest relative to Clara Kimball Young in “Better Wives,” then playing at the Strand. Sunday, September 14, the World Herald joins in with one better, a four page insert in colors with a co operative advertising plan featuring a Paramount Artcraft special “The Mir ac’o Man," showing at the Rialto. ecial to The Monitor.) □USTIN, TEX., Sept. 10.—Some time ago you might have noticed an article in a southern newspaper entitled “Shillady’s Beating Gets Praise of Austin Negroes.” I am frank about the matter. These words were those of Rev. Dr. L. L. Campbell, pastor of the Third Bap tist church, and president of the St. John’s association ot that denomina tion. i’his, howe' er, wa. not the voice of ihe enti' e , opulatior of Austin, nor of Travis county. Wo Austin Negroes do not voice the sayings of that ar ticle, nor do we join Dr. L. L. Camp bell in his broad statement. If any thing we defy his idea concerning the ••ace question. On Sunday, August 3^, at Ebenezer Third Baptist church, there was an open discussion concerning the race problem. In the Monday morning Austin American’s report of what was said that Sunday night we found that nearly 2,000 Negroes and 200 whites attended the meeting. Some of the partise who appeared on the program were ex-Mayor A. P. Wooldrige, Mr. Walker, Miss Blanton, state superin tendent of the public schools; Dr. Campbell and others. It was repeated by two or three of the speakers that the Negro must stay in his place. I would like for those speakers to tell me where is the Negroes place in America? Does not the constitu tion of this great republic provide that all persons born or naturalized in the U. S. are citizens of the same and have equal rights to all of its laws and protection? Then is not the Negro a citizen? If not why did Uncle Sam draft 400, 000 into the army ? Why did they de fend this grand old U. S. A. ? Why did they fall by the hundreds at Metz, Chateau Thierry, Argonne Forest and St. Mihiel ? I write this article to let the people of this great U. S. A. know that Dr. L. L. Campbell is not large enough to speak for the entire city of Austin, nor has he brains enough to lead its Negro population. He can only speak for Campbell and that’s all. Personally I do not believe he can speak for all of his members. I want to serve notice on him and all that believe he was right by hav ing such a meeting and saying what he did about his own people. The N. A. A. C. P. is not a propa ganda to stir race prejudice as stated by some of our city officials; but be it well understood by our so-called southern white friends that the com field Negro does not exist any more; the Uncle Sam and Uncle Tom Negro died in the 19th century, where the young Negro is settling the race question and we only respectfully de mand the respect given other races that constitute this great republic. We are not asking for social equal ity in the south, but we are asking for our rights as American citizens. Social equality has been the admitted bar to the Negro’s progress. Since he does not want social equality what is next to hinder his opportunity as oth er races have? We only want equal accommodation in public affairs. (Signed) REV. J. L. WATTLEY, 1205 East 13th St., Austin, Tex. BODY OF MAN 12 FEET LONG FOUND IN MICHIGAN Jackson, Mich.—What is thought to be the body of a pre-historic man, twelve feet in length, was found bur ied in the yard of a Jackson police man while excavating work was be ing done there. The body, it is said by physicians who examined it, is in a perfect state of preservation, even to the hair on the head and the teeth, which show no sign of decay. Physicians gave it as their opinion that the body was genuine. Looks Too Respectable to Act a Tough, Doesn’t He? Charles H. Hamby of Austin, Tex., Sends Monitor an Autographed Snapshot of Himself and Requests Copy of Paper Containing It—Ed itor Acknowledges Receipt of the Constable’s Picture. CCOPIES of The Monitor of Aug A ust 28, containing a report of the attack on Mr. John R. Shillady by three well known characters of Aus tin, were sent to the principals in that cowardly assault. Recently there came by mail to The Monitor, in an envelope bearing the name of George S. Matthews, sheriff, a snapshot pho tograph, bearing this signature and inscription, “Charles H. Hamby, con stable, Austin, Tex., John R. Shilla dy’s Social Equality Manager. Please Send Me a Copy of This Paper.” The receipt of the picture was ac knowledged in the following letter: September 9, 1919. Charles H. Hamby, Constable, Austin, Tex., Care Geo. S. Matthews, Sheriff. Dear Sir: I desire to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your autographed pho tograph. Unfortunately it is too late to have “cut” of the same made for this week’s issue; however, this can be done in ample time for next week’s issue, a copy of which, in accordance with your request, it will give me pleasure to send you. I am very sure that readers of The Monitor will be pleased to see your picture and will be surprised that a man of your gentlemanly and respec table appearance could or would be guilty of conduct characteristic of a cowardly thug, such as the unpro voked attack upon Mr. Shillady was. Unless I am very much mistaken in you, for in this picture you do not look like a coward, I believe that you are ashamed of your part in that af fair which was anything but brave and manly. It may be of interest to you to be told that in your picture you bear a striking resemblance to my personal OoceA^*—^\ friend, the Hon. Gilbert M. Hitch cock, democratic senator from Ne braska, who stands high in the coun cils of your party. I hope the day will come, sir, and may it not be long delayed, when the warm-hearted people of the great Southland will realize that “consti tutional rights,” to which all Ameri can citizens are entitled, and “social equality,” which laws cannot reach and is dependent solely upon and regulated by individual taste and af finity, are totally separate and dis tinct things. If the republic is to en dure, the first, constitutional rights, must be guaranteed to every citizen. This position your section mistakenly refuses to accept. And this accounts for the attitude assumed by Gover nor Hobby, Judge Pickle, yourself and others, of justification for the unjus tifiable and regrettable attack upon a gentleman like Mr. Shillady. Let us hope that some day we may all grow into a larger and truer con ception of what real Americanism, real democracy means. Respectfully yours, JNO. ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.