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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1920)
THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored. Americans. _ Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub lishing Company. ___ Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1215, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Neb., under the Act of March 3, 1879. _ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Madree Penn, Associate Editor. Fred C. Williams, Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 60c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 75 cents an inch per Issue. Address, The Monitor, 2(M Kaffir Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Douglas 3224. E.V.W.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.'.W.V.V.'.V.W.V.V.V.V.V.V.*v ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION Of THE \ UNITED STATES. > Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. I; All persons born or naturalized in the United States. ;! subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ■; ted States and of the State wherein they reside. No I; e shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor £ 1 any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop without due process of law, nor deny to any person iin its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. •; rW.V/iWiViViSVi'iViVi'iV.V.V.V.'.V.V.'iVi'i'iV/i’iVi', FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. AMERICA is seething with discon content. Not only America, but the world. Many reasons are as signed for it. Some are pertinent, some far-fetched. Attempt to disguise it or ignore it as we may, the sad and deplorable fact remains that despite our talk of brotherhood and democ racy, each man’s hand is at the throat of his brother. It ought not to be so, but it is. The strained relations between capital and labor, more ser ious than surface conditions indicate is a case in point. So also is the thinly .veiled antagonistic temper of various racial groups, composing the nations displayed from time to time against one another. The country seethes with discontent which genders hatred and ill-will. Many trace this unhappy condition to the world war. Nor are they far wrong. War is evoked by a spirit of hate and reprisal, and this spirit once conjured is not easily exor cised or allayed. “This kind goeth not forth but by prayer and fasting.” The only panacea for the spirit of discontent which seriously threatens the peace and perpetuity of the world is the invocation of the Spirit of Christ, Who by precept and example teaches that all men are brethren. And the manifestation of this spirit is an individual matter. Each indivi dual must go back to the first prin ciples of reverence for God, the Father of all mankind, and obedience to His commandments. The individual must fear God and keep His com mandments; for individual righteous ness, right thinking, right living, must precede civic, communal, national and international righteousness. No mat ter what others may be doing it is up to the individual who believes in Christian principles to actively con tribute his share to the prosperity and peace of the nation by a consis tent and courageous life. Impending disaster can only be averted by indiv idual acknowledgment of the necessity for each one of us to “fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.” A NEW EXCH ANGE FROM WHICH WE QUOTE. E Michigan State News is the >ame of a neatly printed, well edited new exchange which has just come to our desk from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its editor is Geoge M. Smith, who many years ago was in our Sunday school class in St. Mat thew’s church, Detroit. This fact nat urally adds a note of personal inter est to this publication, -which we wish abundant success and prosperity. The following editorial from last week’s issue of The News is so timely and so applicable to almost every communi ty that we gladly quote it in full here as expressing our own senti ments: “In nearly all of the smaller cities of the state as well as in the larger ones the necessity of a definite and practical method of providing suit able homes is claiming the attention of all forward-looking citizens. In most of our cities and towns committees and organizations are now working on this grave situation. Where there is no such committee or organized effort there should be one. No phase of our progress is more vital than the securing of proper dwellings for our citizens. Good homes owned and occupied by us are not only concrete and tangible evidence of our ambitions and well-being, but they are also ab solutely to our fuller and finer de velopment. Good wages and better working conditions and better churches can not take the place of suitable and adequate homes. In fact it is in the home that the desire for and the de velopment to appreciate better civic conditions is formed. Today homes are scarce and good homes are greatly in demand. For this very reason it is the all-impor tant duty of every community to see that our people do not suffer unduly or unjustly in the matter of secur ing decent and desirable homes. Our education, our progress and our standing demands this. Our self-respect, the respect we expect from our neighbors and our determi nation to keep abreast with all other Americans cannot possibly grow as it should in surroundings less desirable than those occupied by others. We have harder times securing good homes, therefore we must ex ert more effort and give this serious condition the attention that it merits. THE NEXT PRESIDENT. The next president of the United States is to be elected in November. The nominations for the office are to be made in June. Politics satur ates the air at this time from one end of the country to the other. The office of “chief executive” is the greatest in the gift of the nation, and has international aspects of the most far reaching kind. The people of our group, from one end of the country to the other are : much concerned about the personality of the individual who is to be elected by convention for the office. The republican party having enjoyed the ' advantage of our support for so many years is naturally being care fully watched, and the leaders and candidates are being scrutinized as never before. It is no far fetched statement to declare that at this time, as important as may be party loyalty, political principle means more than anything else. It is highly essential that all political maneuver ing and strategy, leading to the "con summation devoutly to be wished” must bear this fact in mind. The action of “lily white” democrats posing as “dyed in the wool” repub licans in the south in states where contests have been brought about, has stirred the thoughtful people everywhere. The sentiment of the en tire race is expressed by Robert R. Church when he declares that the republican party is put to the acid test, and will rise or fall by its Chi cago decisions and declarations. The new thought and the new atti- ! tude of the new Negro must be recog nized. It is neither a theory nor a i dream, but a practical reality. The ' new Negro everywhere is resolved to live or die now and forever on the ] principles of eternal justice. He is not unreasonable in his demands, does . not expect miracles to be performed, but he does expect a “showdown” and though he “walks through the valley of the shadow of death,” fears no evil. He figures, and rightly, that “decision day” has come. For example, these are notable in- i cidents in the trend of events: Vir ginia, Texas, North and South Caro line, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisana, and a few other states are playing the “lily white” game with pernicious activity. Gov ernor Lowden of Illinois defiantly op posed in the state convention the pro posed platform of Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago, which in cluded the cutting down of represen tation in congress and the electoral college where franchise is denied; only two men mentioned for president have openly declared in favor of the kind of justice the Negro demands, namely, Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, and General Leonard Wood. New parties are being proposed by those tired of both democratic and republican inefficiency and indiffer ence. These facts are notable. PERISCOPE. THE HOPE OF FRANCE. The French Blacks. By William Pickens, New York, N. Y. Africa has been the refuge for good men and good principles ever since the angel told the father and the mother to take the child and "flee into Egypt.” O men of France! the sole security of your future is in a close and closer alliance with your blacks in Africa. It is your best hope for military prestige, and perhaps for economic existence, and possibly for lifeblood itself. It is more than an accident of his tory that black men saved you in the dangerous day from Teutonic ar rogance and barbarism. It was a dispensation of the Providence who shapes our ends. The white world is going to desert you, to be sure, you are shade of its color and flesh of its flesh, but you are not of its genius and spirit. You are the last liberal spirit left in the white world today. More than English, German or American. You still feel that you are men among men in the world. The dominant feeling among most other whites is that they are men among brutes and half brutes. Your liberalism is your providential strong point and it is more than an accident that a great black people have been closely allied with your re cent interests and your destiny. You alone among white nations seem to be near to the realization that God made the world for all men of all colors, or that he would not have made all colors of men for the world. It is true that the colored ince originated civilization; that is, that they happened to be the first people civilized. But that does not give them any better title to civiliza tion than it gives you and the Ger man—although your ancestors and tne ancestors of Kaiser Wilhelm were ex traordinarily late in adopting civiliza tion. Civilization is the joint product of all the races of Africa, Asia and Europe, who contributed to it. When the German was a wild thing, civiliz ation was being nursed in Africa. A close alliance with your African blacks, mighty in their fecundity and endurance, is your one best bet for future life and power. Washington, D. C., May 20.—Sab batical leave has been granted by the trustees of Howard University to four of its teachers during the school term of 1020-21, Prof. Charles H. j Wesley of the department of history | has been awarded an Austin teach er’s scholorship in Harvard Univers I ity, and will study for the Ph. D de I gree next year. Professor Martha MacLear of the School of Education i is planning to study at Columbia uni versity, being registered for the de gree of Ph. r>. Miss MacLear’s study will be the “History of Education.” She will also do some work in so ciology. Professor Thomas W. Turner, act ing dean of the School of Education, and professor of applied biology, will continue research in vegetable physi ology at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. This particular line of research has large agricultural sig nificance, and for this reason the United States Department of Agri culture has given hint ample facili ties in the last few years for carry ing on investigation in its laborator ies. Also because of the important hearing which these investigations have in the field of agriculture, the department sent him to Northern Maine Experimental laboratory, where better facilities were offered for carrying on his investigations in connection with the sterility of the white potato. Professor Turner will give attention while at Cornell next year, also to "Education," particular ly “Agricultural Education.” Pro fessor (Jeorge W. Hines, assistant professor in the School of Commerce and Finance, will attend the Uni versity of Washington at Seattle. His major work wii] be in corporation finance, while he will also take cer tain studies in accounting and busi ness organisation. The university trustees have gen erously voted a substantial portion of the yearly salaries received by these professors along with the year’s absence. Annual Appearance j OF j The Dubois Players j In the Thrilling Drama I “TESTING FIRE”) With An All-Star Selected Cast, Including 1 CECILIA W. JEWELL JOHN WOODS I PEARL ALEXANDER ANDREW T. REED | FANNIE RUSSELL JOHN R LENRINE « pv* ppopt t*'cs CECIL ALEXANDER 5 EVA PEOPLES EDWARD TURNER jg CORINNE THOMAS JESSE L. PEOPLES | RUTH WASHINGTON GERALD EDWARDS 1 « Assisted by a MACEO WILLIAMS, VIOLINIST LENA MAYS, CURRY & ROSCOE MILLER, SPECIALTIES HARMONY FOUR | Benefitof St.John’s A.M.E.Church 1 j' BRANDEIS THEATRE j I Thurs. Eve., June 3 l g S Curtain 8:30 P. M. PRICES: 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 Tickets Exchanged at the Box Office ssiisnran aa a an l: K a a a a a a:: a a bib a a a a a a-a P" .1 .1 ■ ~ I We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER,GRASS AND GARDEN ^““US Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand f Stewart’s Seed Store US N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 .. -.4 ❖ •? •I* Res. 1920 N.o 36th St. •> y Phone Webster 4743 •? ‘k J. SNELL 4 General Building Contractor y Estimates Furnished Free— y y Prices Reasonable v v •ywvvwwwwwwwN^wvvw t m • • —.-• * ' t Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2468 N St. Tel. South 162 ... . ■ «< » I » » » • • A i: Liberty Drug Co. f ;> EVERYBODY’S DRUG STORE £ We Deliver Anywhere. ■ • Webster 386. Omaha, Neb. «|* V •.. ..I Established 1890 C. I. CARLSON Dealer in Shaea and Gents’ Furnishings 1114 No. 24th St, Omaha, Neb. ..-• • ... MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable TeL South 807 4826 So. 24th St. ... . • • ... ....*.— Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 1(0 2402 Cuming St. f* ■ .... Start Saving Now Ob* Dollar will opto *n account In ibe Savings Department of the United States Nat’l Bank I Stli and Paraani Streets ..... If", ^OTPTUn BEGULATOB TEA CoMttfitlM niltoaick Disorders Mm »H , sec. sad *I .M. THB EGYPTIAN DRUG CO , 1M W. Slat St . New York I ffWaU'T-""imwi □ J. A. Edholm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24tli, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2MI earning St. Doug. 3834 Heme Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Care ear ewn Hams and Bacon. t.. .... . i * | Afro-American I Employment Bureau i: 2522'/, Lake Street For Employment of All Kinds X Call Webster 5976. ‘ ’Office Phone Res. Phone * ’ Webster #82 Webster 2047 Residence 3118 Emmett St. S. L. MOATTEB TRANSFER CO. We Do All Kinds of Hauling , .Trunks Delivered to Any Part of the,, Stand, 2218 No. 2%h St. OMAHA ^ l ! I — I t j WATERS f ! j: BARNHART :j: ¥ PRINTING CO. f j j6 -u 0 j* |: \ 1 I ! | S omaha S ;1; j J ANYONE Desiring Modern Homes CALI. G. \V. MACK LIN For Reasonable Terms Webster 2380 24th and Blondo Sts. A CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY OF OMAHA’S COLORED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL FIRMS E A. F. PEOPLES | PAINTING PAPERHANGING AND DECORATING ! Estimates Furnished Free. AH Work Guaranteed. 4827 ERSKINE STREET. IPHONE WALNUT 2111. SERVICE and Consideration ! Are Always Uppermost in My Mind Silas Johnson, Proprietor Western Funeral Home | 2518 Lake Street |4 Phone Webster 248 £ HuinnnwnniinnmmmmmiininunuiminmmtiiiiMM>nMmiiMHiwni E Repairing and Storing % Orders Promptly Filled B NORTH SIDE f SECOND-HAND STORE $ IR. B. RHODES ! Dealer in £ New and Second-Hand Furnitur* 0 and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and § Sold. Rental and Real Estate. 8 | 2522 Lake St. Webster 908 1 J Q| ilHIIlltlllMlttlllitltnillHIIIIIItlllllllllllllllllliliiiiiiiiiillilllililttilllllilllitiii B 1 ATTENTION! LISTEN! I I MEN OF OMAHA | I Are you Interested In giving your fc wife one day's rest during the B week with no dinner to get and no |j worrisome dishes to wash? J? If so, take advantage of || SOUTH & THOMPSON’S 0 * delicious SO-cent Sunday Sinner. H Regular Weekly Dinner, 15c. M Phone Web. 4546 1418 No. J4th Bt. B I | iiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitttiMiMittniiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMi H j ! Allen Jones, Res. Phone W. 204 jj Andrew T. Reed, Res. Phone S Red 5210 JONES & REED i FUNERAL PARLOR ?! 2314 North 24th St. Web. 1100 §2 Lady Attendant 1 i MIII1111111 iti11f1.111:l i I'll',, III Bj NIMROI) JOHNSON | NOTARY PUBLIC 1 Real Estate, Loans and Rentals. 1 Office 220 South 13th St. ?! Tyler 2724 Res. 2726 Burdette St. Webster 4150 ... IH NORTH END COAL AND ONE MINUTE EXPRESS A. F. ALLEN, Manager | Hauling of any kind— Call Webster 5036 | Early morning until late at night. H Open for Buelneee the || BOOKER T. WASHINGTON jj HOTEL B > Nicely Furnlehed Steam Heated ni Roome, With or Without Board. H 623 North 15th 8t. Omaha, Nab. i* Phona Tyler 867. fl Eureka Furniture Store Complete Line of New and Sec ond Hand Furnitnre PRICES REASONABLE Call Ua When You Ran Any * Furniture to Sell 4 1417 N. 24th St. Web. 4>04 .