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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. AUGUST 26. 1920 Vol. VI. No. 9 (Whole No. 269)
(WEALTHY WOMAN
REMEMBERS SCHOOLS
Miss Harriet Blanchard Bequeaths
$40»,MN) to Institutions Devoted Ex
clusively to the Educ> of the
Colored Race. *
HAMPTON AND TUSKEUE ^
ARE BENEFIC. ^k
American Church Institute For N
groes, l'nder Auspices of the Epis
copal Church, Given $100.000— Man)
Charitable Institutions Are Also
Named in Will.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 26.—
The past few years have seen
some very generous philanthropic be
quests in the wills of wealthy Ameri
can men and women by which many
religious activities and educational in
stitutions have benefited largely.
Practically all of these have l-een for
the benefit of the Caucasian race, ex
cept such bequests as were made to
be used by missionary societies. In
the will of Miss Harriet Blanchard,
however, there are bequests for the
■ benefit of the race which deserve
mentioning and commending.
Miss Blanchard was a resident of
Philadelphia, and died a year ago, but
her will was not probated until re
cently. Under its provisions several
of the boards of the Protestant Epis
copal church and some of the Phila
delphia hospitals will receive large
aiims, while there is set aside $100.
000 for the American Church Insti
tute for Negroes, $200,000 for the
Hampton Normal and Agricultural In
stitute and $100,000 for the Tuskegee
Institute. These bequests will be very
welcome, for while drives have been
numerous to enable many colleges
north and south to meet the increased
cost of operation, nothing has been
heard of any special effort to help
Hampton and Tuskegee.
It Is to be feared that the nation
as a whole has not done all It could
to help colored Institutions and the
race in general. Since emancipation
they have been left to a great extent
to work out their own salvation when
they needed guidance and assistance.
In the south they have not even been
treated fairly. Not to mention the
horrible lynheings which have stained
the record of many states, their poli
tical treatment has been and still is
a travesty on a democratic form of
government. Counted in the census
to make the southern representation
in congress and in file electoral col
lege as large as possible, Negroes are
denied the right to vote, and the dem
ocratic party has always been the
beneficiary of this rank Injustice. Gov
ernor Coolidge referred to this state
of affairs in his speech of acceptance,
when he declared there Is especially
U.J due to the colored race a more gen
eral recognition of their constitutional
rights.
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
KAFFIR PRODUCTS
Mr. L. B. Hines of Kansas City, Mo.,
who has just accepted the position
of general agent for Kaffir products
for the State of Missouri, was in the
city this week inspecting the Kaffir
Chemical Laboratories and getting a
I general line up on the goods man
ufactured by the company. Mr. Hines,
who is a keen, wide awake, progres
sive business man, is most enthusi
astic over Kaffir goods.
"In my judgment Dentlo alone is
it' going to put Kaffir on the business
map. There is not a better toothpaste
on the market than Dentlo and I
^ know what I am talking about,” said
i. Mr. Hines. "Dentlo is bound to be a
* winner. It will popularize the name
> Kafir, and then there will be a big
demand for all Kaffir products.”
GREAT ANNIVERSARY SALE
^ Zulker’s Department Store, 615-17
19 $4 north 24th street, offers a great
money saving sale beginning Friday’,
^ August 27th, lasting 21 days there
h after. The management of this store
L proposes to walk into old H. C. L. with
k j gloves off in this sale. But they are
r C fighting it in the public’s favor and
^ ” are appealing to all citizens to
% come in and benefit by their effort.
f CLIMBS 19,070 FEET
■ WITH SEVEN PASSENGERS
| San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 26.—A de
Haviland airplane loaded with seven
I passengers, piloted by Lieutenant
’ Harry Waddington, reached an alti
f tude of 19,070 feet above sea level at
the air service mechanics school here
recently. This is believed to be a
world’s record.
MASONIC GRAND LODGE HOLDS
i SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Members of Ancient Craft From Entire State Spend Three Days
in Transacting Important Business of Order in Harmonious
Sessions.—Loyalty, Unity and Progress Are Dominant Notes of
V "rand Master’s Address.—Reports Show Organization in Most
sperous Condition, Numerically and Financially.
NATHANIEL HUNTER UNANIMOUSLY RE-ELECTED
GRAND MASTER OF STATE ORGANIZATION
Public Meetings Are Well Attended and Interesting Programs
Rendered.—Lodge of Sorrow Makes Marked Impression.
—Visitors Highly Pleased With Hospitality.
— Grand Officers Chosen.
Lodge just a year ago. Its growth
and prosperity had fully justified the
faith of those who believed that the
craft was strong enough in Nebraska
to set up its own grand lodge. Those
who a year ago were somewhat timor
ous and felt that it was wiser to con
tinue under the jurisdiction of the
Grand Lodge of Missouri, weae now
most enthusiastic over the step of
independence which had been taken.
The Grand Lodge of Nebraska was or
ganized on July 19, 1919, and on Au
gust 2 ,it was formally set up and its
officers installed by W. W. Grass,'
Grand Master of Iowa. It is quite a
lusty infant, healthy and strong, pre
saging a vigorous and useful man
hood. The address stressed the im
portance of loyalty to the teachings
of the craft, which demands honesty,
integrity and' morality, urged unity
NATHANIEL HUNTER, TKAGO McWILLlAMS,
Most Worshipful Grurnl Master. Grand Secretarj.
"lY^’EMBEHS of the Masonic frater
nity are loud in their praises of
the local arrangements which were
made by the committee having the de
CHARLES W. DICKERSON,
Deputy Grand Master.
tails for the second Annual Communi
cation of the Mot t Worshipful Grand
Lodge of Nebraska and its jurisdic
tion, A. F. and A. M.. which closed
its three days session here with a pub
lic entertainment and ball at Columbia
I. B. SMITH,
Kecretury Foreign Correspondence.
KICHARD H. YOUNG,
Grand Treasurer
Hall Friday night. The sentiment was
unanimous that nothing was wanting
in open hearted hospitality or in any
thing else that was needed to contri
bute toward making the sessions of
the Grand Lodge a success from every
point of view.
.Sessions Open.
The sessions were formally opened
at Masonic Hall, Twenty-second and
Cuming streets, Wednesday morning,
August 18th. The Lodge of Master
Masons was regularly and duly opened
f>\ Deputy Grand Master Perry W.
Warner of Lincoln, who then turned
the gavel over to Grand Master Nath
aniel Hunter, who formally called the
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge to or
der, and presided at all sessions. A
large delegation was present- from
Lincoln, and several delegates from
Hustings, Grand Island, Alliance and
Scotts Bluff responded to roll call
in addition to representatives from the
five Omaha lodges.
Grand Master’s Address.
The necessary routine business of
organization was rapidly dispatched
after which Grand Master Hunter de
livered his annual address, in which
be pointed out the splendid success
which had marked the fraternity,
since its organization as a Grand
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among the race and advocated intel
ligence, thrift and progress.
Reports of Officers.
The reports of the Grand Treasurer,
Richard H. Young of Lincoln, showed
WILLIAM l\ WADE,
Grand Junior Deacon.
the funds of the order to be in a
most satisfactory condition. All ob
ligations had been met with a sub
stantial balance in bank. The report
of the Grand Secretary, Trago Mac
Williams, also of Lincoln, disclosed
the fact that the duties of his office
had been faithfully discharged. Aud
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HEAD WAITER HONORED
J. William Shields, head waiter of
the Blackstone Hotel, was the happy
recipient of a handsome present from
a number of the guests and the crew
of said hotel August 20th, the oc
casion being his birthday anniversary.
E. J. Brown, the second waiter, in
well chosen words made the presenta
tion speech.
BURGLAR ENTERS HOME OF
MR. AND MRS. WALTER SEALS
Tuesday evening, August 17, be
tween 9 and 10:30 p. m., a burglar
entered the home of Mr. Walter Seals,
2514 North Twenty-fifth street, tak
ing only jewelry worth about $75.
The burglar evidently knew his
business selecting a time when Mr.
Seals had just left to attend a lodge
meeting and Mrs. Seals was Just
around the comer visiting a friend.
He ransacked the entire house, hur
riedly searching every drawer, box
and trunk, having entered from the
back, through a small pantry win
dow. He left the light burning in
the kitchen.
DEATH OF MRS. RODGERS
Mrs. A1 ice B. Rodgers, who came
to Omaha from her home in Oklahoma
in quest of health April 7, died at 2702
Lake street. Monday', August 2. She
was bom July 14, 1860, at Richmond,
.Mo. She had been a member of the
Methodist church for forty years. She
is survived by three sons, one daugh
ter, a son-in-law and a daughter-in
law. All the. children were at her
bedside when she died. They are
Everett M. and Gerald D. and wife,
or Oklahoma City; Herbert M., of
Douglas, Okla., and Mrs. Orpha M.
Davis and husband, J. Davis of this
city. Funeral seivices were held from
Jones & Reed’s chapel. Burial was
at Forest Lawn.
COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB
BULLETIN
Alfred Jones, Sr., has been made
chairman of the house committee and
William Richardson has been ap
pointed in his place as chairman of the
retail trade committee.
The by-laws have been amended
so that the executive committee shall
meet on the first Thursday in each
month and general meetings shall he
held on the second and fourth Thurs
days.
Whether employed or not all per
sons are requested to register their
occupations, qualifications and refer
ences with the Employment Bureau.
For the convenience of those who
cannot come in the day the rooms
will be kept open from 7 until 9 p. m.
Good home for an orphan girl about
14 years old. Chance to travel.
Many good positions are open for
cooks and maids.
2420 Lake St. Webster 1882
PROMISING YOUNG PHYSICIAN
LOCATES IN SOUTH OMAHA
Dr. James Thomas Aldrich, recent
ly from New York, has opened offices
at 2917 R street, South Omaha.
! Dr. Aldrich comes to us well rec
ommended. He is a graduate of the
Department of Science in Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh, N. C., acquiring the
degree of B. S. He studied medicine
in the Leonard School of Medicine of
that institution, Meharry Medical Col
lege, Nashville, Tenn., and the Long
Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N.
Y. He graduated with an average of
98 per cent in a class of 37, and suc
cessfully passed the state boards of
medical examinations in the states of
Missouri and Tennessee, which per
mits him to practice medicine in 41
states without further examination.
He specialized in female diseases and
will make this his special feature in
this city.
COUNCIL BLUFFS ITEMS
By A. W. Fitz.
The Council Bluffs Community Ser
vice met Tuesday evening the 24th,
to hear an address by Mr. Geo. H. W.
Bulock, business manager and asso
ciate editor of The Monitor, former
Y. M. C. A. secretary and National
director of the War Camp Community
Service in St. Louis and Omaha.
Mr. Bullock spoke from several
years of experience in social and civic
work, giving us many new and help
ful ideas. The meeting was well at
tended. The club needs a permanent
home and is planning a financial
drive for the needed funds. It so
licits the fullest co-operation from al
citizens of Council Bluffs.
The club holds its regular meetingi
on Friday evenings at 8 o'clock ai
the residence of Mr. M. Stewart, pres
ent director, East Broadway. Mr
H. Farmer is president.
WASHINGTON’S
POLICEWOMAN
National Capitol Has Tardily Followed
the Example of Other Cities in
Recognizing Ability of Women as
Peace Officers.
FORMER MEMBER
BED CROSS APPOINTED
Miss Childs Well Qualified for Posi
tion. Has Taken Oath of Office and
Been Assigned to Duty. Other Ap
pointments Are Expeeted.
(Special to The Monitor.)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 26.—Mrs.
Adelaide Childs has been appointed
a private first-class, and detailed to
the woman’s bureau of the Metropoli
tan police department of this city,
after passing the competitive civil
service examination with a very- high
mark.
Mrs. Childs is well qualified for
the work to which she has been as
signed, for the reason that she has
been engaged in social service work
in this city several years. She was
attached to the American Red Cross,
doing duty in France during the war,
having resigned a clerkship in the
census bureau to accept this appoint
ment; she was formerly file clerk in
the office of Emmett J. Scott, special
j assistant to the secretary of war.
Mrs. Childs has taken the oath of
office, entered upon her duties, hav
ing been assigned to department
i stores. It is understood that other
i appointments will shortly follow.
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CONCERNING GRAND MARCH
OF THE A. F. AND A. M.
Some of our dear friends were dis
appointed that they did not witness
the wonderful grand march as was
given Friday evening at the Columbia
Hall. Friday was the last day of
the Grand session and held longer
than expected which made the men
very late at the Hall. The program
committee finding the younger people
had availed themselves of the oppor
j tunity% stopped the music to begin
j the excellent program, finding so
j much dissatisfaction among the larg
er part of the people and some began
to leave which we regretted so much.
The committee submitted to the ma
jority. We regret that our dear
friends who did not care to take part
with the younger people did not en
joy' our excellently prepared program.
But on account of the late hour when
all the members did arrive we thought
in order that peace and harmony'
might not be disturbed to let them
continue. We ask consideration of
the deepest kind of our friends and
hope to remedy the same.
ST PHILIP’S ANNUAL LAWN
SOCIAL
One of the most delightful affairs
of the season was the annual lawn
social given by the congregation of
St. Philip’s church at the beautiful
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones
Tuesday night. The grounds were
beautifully decorated and more than
200 people spent a delightful evening.
INTELLIGENCE CONTEST No. 2
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1. What congress proposed the fol
lowing amendments to the United
States Constitution? Give dates of
each: Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth.
2. What causes were affected by
these amendments?
3. What electoral change did the
Seventeenth amendment make?
4. What is the political complexion
of tbe present United States congress?
5. Who was the author of Woman
Sugrage in America?
6. How many members comprise
each house of the present congress ?
7. How many members comprise
each house of the legislature of your
own state? (Name State.)
8. How many republican and dem
ocratic states have ratified the federal
woman suffrage amendment?
9. What states comprise the so
called “Solid South ?’’
10. Which was the first state to
secede from the Union. The last to
return ?
Rules: Be as brief as possible.
For questions like No. 2 give name
of places and dates only.
No answer will be accepted unless
accompanied with coupon containing
questions.
All answers muBt be in the Monitor
office not later than one week after
date of issue on which same appear.