—1=011 T'he Monitor i_^
A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS.
____THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor_
$2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy >- OMAHA. NEBRASKA. JULY 15. 1920 Vol. VI. No. 3 (Whole No. 263)
MONITOR INTERVIEWS
ROBINS**" CIRCUS
Officials Show Press entathe
Prery Courtesy and ^ tlty to
Oct Pacts Prom Em|, la^ Sen
tinient Unanimous Tlint 'o of
Mob here Innocent *
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CALL DULUTH LYNCHINO fc
DELIBERATE MUK
A MONITOR representative inter
viewed several of the employees
and representatives of the John Rob
inson shows, which gave performan
ces here Monday. The colored men
with the show positively refused to
talk. They all seemed to be under
the shadow of the Duluth tragedy. The
white employees were not quite so
reticient. The circus management
was most courteous to The Monitor
and cheerfully furnised us free ac
cess and opportunity to talk with any
of their people, when it was learned
that The Monitor was a colored
newspaper. The management felt
keenly the embarrassment -in which
their shows have been placed by the
accusation made against the men In
their employ, “three of whom were de
liberately murdered by the Duluth
mob," as one gentleman put it.
The Monitor interviewed from the
laborers to the highest officials, none
of whom, however, desired their
names used, but gave us their names
which we have on file. The unani
mous opinion was that the boys, for
the youngest was 18 and the oldest
20 murdered by the mob were Inno
cent. «■
One of the under bosses who had
charge of the men said, "They were
the most innocent set of boys I had
ever met. I know they were not guil
ty of that crime.”
Our representative was shown how
the work is done. Each gang is
under a boss, who are white men, the
stations and posts are all numbered
and a certain number of men work
from station to station, each man
having his specific work to do. If
any man Is absent be is miB3ed and
his absence stops the work of the
rest. It all moves like clock work.
The foreman said, “it. was impos
sible for any number of our men to
be away from their post unnoticed
at this busy time. At the hour
claimed it was our busiest time. The
men are idle in the afternoon be
tween the first and second shows;;
but as soon as the second show be
gins we begin to tear down and load
out and our entire gang of laborers
are busy, each gang being under a
sub boss, and each man having his
number, station and work, you your
self can see how practically impos
sible it is for any of these boys to
be off the Job.”
One of the officials said: “The girl
who made the accusation was brought
out. I was present. T“ j boys were in
spected by her and she did not iden
tify one of them. As to the 'confession'
made by Clayton that he had a re
volver, he was an ignorant sort of ft
chap, and after he bad been brutally
beaten by the police and promised to
be set free. If he would own up to
having a gun. terrorized, the boy, to
escape further brutality, “confessed.
That was the ‘confession.’ The whole
thing was outrageous.”
The Monitor desires to thank the
circus officials for their courtesy and
they will appreciate the fact that we
have in no way violal3d the confi
dence placed in us.
WOMEN WILL ATTEND INTER
NATIONAL MEET IN NORRWAT
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Buffalo, N. Y., July 16.—-The Nation
al Council of Women will hold their
international meeting In Norway this
year. This is the greatest organiza
tion of women In the world. The rep
resentatives of the National Federa
tion of Colored Women's Clubs are:
Mrs. Mary Talbet, Buffalo, N. Y.; and
Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee
Institute. Mrs. Washington is prevent
ed from attending the meeting on ac
count of her health, and Dr, Mary
Waring of Chicago has been appointed
In her place. The organization dele
gates will receive diplomatic attention
and will be welcomed by the crowned
heads.
attempts assaults
FINED FOR DAMAGES
Jersey City, N. J., July 15.—A ver
dict of $750 was awarded Mrs. Kath
leen Golden of Romains avenue
against Solomon Sherman (white), a
painter of 512 Jackson avenue, for in
juries sustained when the man at
tempted to criminally assault her.
BISHOP VERNON WELCOMED
AS AN OMAHA VISITOR
Eloquent and Successful Educator Re
cently Elevated to the Esplcopate
Preaches and Lectures at St. Johns
A. M. E. Church—Welcomed by
Large Audience.
SOON TO SAIL FOR HIS
SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD
THE Right Reverend William Te
cumseh Vernon. D.D., who Is best
known as an educator for his splendid
work as president of Western Univers
ity, Quindaro, Kan., which position he
Held for many years, prior to his ap
pointment as registrar of the treasury
from which he went into active pas
toral work spent in Mississippi and
Tennessee, and who was recently el
ected to the bishopric and assigned to
Capetown, South Africa, was a wel
come Omaha visitor this week. He was
the guest of the Rev. W. C. Williams,
pastor of St. John’s A. M. E. church
for whom he preached Sunday night.
Monday night Bishop Vernon who Is
a gifted and eloquent speaker, delivered
a lecture before a large and appreci
ative audience at the same church. He
dwelt upon his experiences in the
south, the causes for the large mi
gration from the south which he pre
dicts will continue with advantages
to both sections of the country, inas
much as it will strengthen the Negro
industrially; financially and political
ly In the north, and compel better
wages and educational privileges and
justice in the south. He cited ex
amples of the new up-standing Negro
who has come into being through the
world war, and drew a striking illus
tration between the worm and the but
terfly as portraying the sense of free
dom after confinement which the race
now feels. He traced the historic
struggle of men for liberty throughout
the ages, and stressed the value of
protest against injustice in the strug
gle of men for freedom.
He paid a glowing tribute to the
loyalty of the common people who
I could be depended upon to support
j worthy leaders. He {minted out im
portant factors in racial development
: which depend upon us and not upon
others, among these are righteousness
truthfulness, sobriety, education, be
lief in racial capacity and the support
of our own business enterprises and
professional men. It was a lecture
sermon inspiring and uplifting.
Ur. L.L E. Britt, one of Ur Vernon’s
"hoys,” whom he encouraged to study
medicine, was master of ceremonies.
Indeed, it was surprising the number
of Bishop Vernon's “boys” whom he
I had known at Western University were
in the audience. The speaker was
briefly introduced by the Rev. John
Albert Williams, rector of St. Phil
ip's Episcopal Church, and a friend of
many years’ standing.
At the close of the lecture the Rev.
W. C. Williams, pastor of St. John’s,
thanked Bishop Vernon for bis splen
did and inspiring message and Invited
him to come again upon his return
from South Africa, for which point
he expectB to Bail with Mrs. Vernon in
the early autumn.
YOUNG ORATOR WINS
NEW HAVEN PRIZE
New Haven, Conn.—H. W. Mosely,
Jr., a sophomore student in the high
school here, was the only colored con
testant in the annual oratorical con
test of the Theta Sigma fraternity of
the high school, held recently in the
high school auditorium. He was
awarded second price of $50 in gold,
his declamation being Frederick
Douglass’ “Free Speech in Boston,” an
address delivered by Douglass in Bos
ton in 1841. Besides Mosely there
were tw'o seniors and two juniors, a
senior winning first prize, who also
delivered one of Douglass’ addresses.
Mosely is the first Negro to enter this
contest, therefore he has the distinc
tion of being the first member of the
race to win one of the prizes.
CHICAGO NEWSPAPER MEN
FORM ORGANIZATION
Chicago, July 1’.—The newspaper
men of Chicago have formed an or
ganization to create a better under
standing, and to work unitedly In he
promotion of the varied interests of
the race. The organization was the
outgrowth of a dinner at the Idewlld
Hotel, given by Cary B. Lewis, man
aging editor of the Chicago Defender.
CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATURE
Brooklyn, N. Y., July IB.—Franklin
W. Morton, President of the Elliott
Republican Club of this city, is a can
didate for the legislature of New York.
Mr. Morton Is in the real estate busi
ness and is a college graduate.
A LARGE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE!
IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
The Kaffir Chemical Laboratories, With an Authorized Capitalization of $500,000, incorporated
Under the Laws of the State of Nebraska, and Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals, Drugs, Medi
cines, Toilet Articles and Other Lines of Household Necessities. “Dentlo,” an Anti-Pyorrhea
Tooth Paste; “Kaffir Kream,” an Ideal Skin Food, and “Sultox,” a Blood Antiseptic Among Its
leading Products,
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE COMPANY, ITS PLANS,
ITS INCORPORATORS AND OFFICERS.
11 Mils is the home of the Kaffir
-*■ Chemical Laboratories, where
"Dentlo,’’ "Kaffir Kream," “Sultox,"
"Hem" and other products are manu
factured and compounded. The la
boratories occupy the third floor, the
second floor is rented to business and
professional men and the first floor
is used for administrative and busi
ness offices of the company. The base
ment is used for store rooms for raw
material, bottles, jars, boxes, etc.,
needed In the manufacturing and ship
ping of products. When visitors are
shown through the plant they invari
ably express surprise at the quantity
of material and manufactured pro
ducts on hand. As a matter of fact the
Kaffir Chemical Laboratories is a
great commercial enterprise well
srocked and well-equipped for doing
a big business in products for which
there is an almost unlimited demand.
Moreover this company has the ad
vantage of being the first of its kind
to he organized and conducted by col
ored people in this country.
If you are not yet familiar with
Kaffir products then the words used in
the beginning of this .article mean
nothing to you. Naturally, you want
to know what “Dentlo,” Kaffir Kream”
"Sul-tox" and "Rem” are. Well, "Den
tlo’’ iB the best tooth paste ever put
on the market. That’s what the com
pany claims for it, and that is what
customers who use it say. So it must
be so. But it is more than an ordin
ary tooth paste. It is pyorrhea pre
ventative. Pyorrhea is one of the most
dreaded of tooth diseases and so any
tooth paste that will prevent or check
pyorrhea is a boon to humanity and
when its merits are known the demand
for "Dentlo” alone will tax the pres
ent capacity of the Kaffir Chemical
laboratories. “Dentlo” is being man
uraciurea uauy in uns ounuiug.
“Kaffir Kream" is an ideul skin
food; not only is it a vanishing
cream, so necessary to every well bred
woman’s toilet, but it is a skin food
which makes the skin smooth and soft,
supplying it wifh the ingredients it
needs. This was the first article put
out by the Kaffir Chemcal laborator
ies and from which he corporation
takes its name. The demand for this
product is constantly increasing and
it is being manufactured now and sold
to the trade and general public.
“Sultox” is a blood anti-septic that
acts as a stomach tonic and destroys
the poison induced by auto-lntoxica
tion to which so many diseases are
traceable. It is an aid to digestion,
nourishes and enriches the blood, and
consequently tones up the whole sys
tem.
“Rem" is an anti-phollgistic com
pound for external inflammation and
fever.
These are but a few of the useful
products that the Kaffir Chemical La
boratories are putting on the market.
That upon which the company counts
Vi'ost heavily, however, is its pyorrhea
treatment, which consists of a liquid,
a paste and tablets. All told the La
boratories are now putting out eleven
products for which there Is a demand
and a ready market. In addition to
these they have formulas for 45 other
products which they can put out with
out the introduction of any oher ma
chinery than that with which the La
boratories are already equipped. This
will be done as rapidly as possible.
From this one can see the great pos
sibilities which are before this unique
commercial enterprise.
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HISS MADBEE PENN,
President.
WHAT IS THE
KAFFIR CHEMICAL
LABORATORIES?
JTtHE Kaffir Chemical Laboratories
A is an incorporation incorporated
under the strict laws of the state of
Nebraska with an authorized capital
ization of $500,000, and is engaged in
the manufacture of pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, drug preparations, medi
cines and all other things incidental
to or connected therewith. The cor
poration may also purchase, own and
sell trade marks, trade names, copy
rights, patents, formula?, and protect
the same under the laws of the sev
eral states and of the United States
and all foreign countries. It may also
purchase, own and encumber all kinds
of real and personal property neces
sary 01 convenient in the execution
of the main business of the corpora
tion, and may do all other things in
cidental to or connected with the bus
iness of a wholesale or retail man
ufacturing druggist.
Authorized Capitalization.
The authorized capitalized stock of
the corporation is $500,000, divided
into shares of $10 each. Two hun
dred thousand dollars ($200,000) of
this stock is common stock; and three
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)
seven (7)*' per cent cumulative, pie
ferred and voting stock which has
priority over all other stocks as to
assets and dividends. This stock shall
receive seven per cent annual divi
dends, payable annually on June 1 of
each year, and in the event of the
liquidation of the company, this stock
is to be paid at par, plus any accu
mulated dividends before any other
payment is made upon any other class
of stock.
Visible Assets.
Thy Kaffir Chemical Laboratories |
is housed in a three-story brick build- j
ing and two-story frame annex on
Sixteenth street, one of the main
thoroughfares of the city, near Cum
ing, a busy and growing cross-street
with six car lines passing its doors,
and one block from trackage. This
property is equipped with machinery,
and stocked with raw material and
manufactured products which bring
the visible assets of the company well
over the half million dollar mark. The
company has representatives in sev
eral states who are pushing the sale
of Its stock and goods, and is on the
lookout for competent men and women
in other territory. Among its represen
tatives in the field are Mr. Fred C.
Williams, who is making a tour of the
east and is now in Ohio; Bert E.
Williams of Detroit, Mich., who is the
company's general agent for that
state; Miss Bay Lee Middleton who is
conducting a very successful campaign
in Texas and McKinley Burnett who
is working in Kansas. A national ad
vertising campaign is about to be
launched.
incorporators and Mincers
Kaffir Chemical Laboratories has
the distinction of having a woman for
its president. She is Miss Madree
Penn, who is a graduate of Howard
University, and had a very successful
career as a teacher and organizing
secretary with the Y. W. C. A. Na
tional War Work Council, and as
sociate editor and office manager of
The Monitor. She is little in stature,
but big in brain and executive ability,
and a business woman of ability. Miss
Penn is soon to leave on an extensile
trip in the interests of the company.
The incorporators of the company
are worthy people who are active in
good works and are of standing in the
community. Dr. Asa E. Fletcher; a
successful physician of fifteen years
practice and a chemist who has
worked out the formulaes which the
Laboratories are now using; and who
has spared neither time nor money in
his efforts to alleviate human ills and
with one idea of bringing the results
of his years of study and research to
the relief of the largest number of
FIVE NURSES GRADUATE
FROM KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL
Kansas City, Mo., July 15.—Five
nurses graduated from the colored di
vision of the General Hospital Train
ing School in Kansas City recently.
Commencement exercises were held at
the Paseo Y. M. C. A.
BEATIFICATION FOR
AFRICAN MARTYRS
Rome, July 15.-—The ceremony of
beatification of 22 Africans who died,
martyrs for the faith in Uganda under
King Mwanga, was celebrated with
great pomp in the basilica of St.
Peter’s.,
WILL NOT MIX IN
IRISH DISPUTE
Montreal, July 15.—Vigorous oppo
sition to the proposals of Irish sym
pathizers that the American Federa
tion of Labor in convention here in
dorse the “Irish Republic” and de
mand the withdrawal of British
troops from Ireland developed here.
ROBBINS HOLDS
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION
(By Asociated Negro Press.)
Robbins, 111., July 15.—The incorp
orated village of Robbins, a subtfrb of
Chicago, with all colored officials
from Mayor to Chief of Police, held
its annual patriotic celebration July 5,
more than 5,000 people being present.
The program was under the direction
of the village officials and the commit
tee of 100, headed by Mayor Kellar.
The village has a population of more
than 1,000 and bids fair to reach 5,000
within the next few years.
LARGEST COLONY IN
THE UNITED STATES
(By Associated Negro Press.)
New York, N. Y., July 15.—The
“Harlem Settlement” is now stated to
be the largest colony of colored people
in the United States. Upwards of 140,
000 Negroes are living in a district
about two miles square whose prop
erty holdings amount to more than
$100,000,000.- St. Philip’s Episcopal, the
richest Negro Church in America and
the home of Mrs. Mary Walker, who
died the richest colored woman in the
world last year, are in the district.
The colony represents a growth of
fifteen years.
people, felt that this could best be
done through the formation of such a
company as the Kaffir Chemical La
boratories of which he is production
manager. Mrs. Grace M. Jones is vice
principal of the famous Piney Woods
Country Life School of Braxton, Miss ,
of which her husband, Laurence C.
Jones, who has an international repu
tation as an educator, is principal.
Mrs. Jones is a college-bred woman,
has been a successful teacher in iowa
and in the South and has shown busi
ness ability in the management of in
stitutions under her care. Mrs. Elea
nor C. Haynes is from Pittsburg, Pa.,
and is the wife of William G. Haynes,
second assistant chemist of the Union
Pacific Railway Company. She was
employed, prior to her marriage, for
a brief time in teaching and business
life.
John Albert Williams has been for
nearly 30 years rector of St. Philip's
Episcopal Church, Omaha, and was
for twenty-three years assistant sec
retary and for two years secretary of
the Diocese of Nebraska, and has been
for five years editor of The Monitor,
a national weekly newspaper devoted
to the interests of colored American.
He Is one of the best known men of
our race in the United States.
Fred C. Williams, who is in charge
of the department of publicity and
sales, is a native of Texas, where he
is well known. He has had a varied
business career, froth race horses to
journalism, but eventually settled
down to Journalism, editing The Cen
timeter and subsequently becoming
business manager of The Monitor. He
has a large acquaintance throughout
the country.
Larry N. Peoples is one of several
brothers who have been in the paint
ing and paper hanging business for a
number of years.
Mis Madree Penn has already been
presented to our readers. She hopes
to meet many of them In person soon.
Members of the race looking for a
safe and sound business investment
which will bring good returns and
who believe that colored people must
build up commercial enterprises that
will give employment to the young
men and women who are preparing
themselves for a business career, can
not do better than invest in the stock
and by purchasing the products of
the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories, in
corporated, of Omaha, Neb.