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A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS.
__THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
$3.00 a Year. 10c a Copy OMAHA. NEBRASKA. SEPTEMBER 23. 1920 Vol. VI. No. 13 (Whole No. 273)
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DIES A MILLIONAIRE
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Charles Brown Owner of Hundreds of
Acres in Heart of Kich Texas Oil
Bell All 1'nder Lease, IHes at Age
of SHI.. Reputed to he Worth *2,000..
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LIVED SIMPLE A Ml
FRUGAL LIFE
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Was Successfal Farmer and Frequent
ly Drove to Town in Wagon And
was Familiar Figure on Street*.
Children Drove Illgh-Prieed Ma
chines.
WEST COLUMBIA, Tex., Sept. 23.—
Charles Brown, who died at his home
4 here a few days ago at the age of &0
years, was probably the wealthiest,
but one of the most unostentatious,
Negroes in the world. He is believed
to have left a fortune of considerable
more than a million, some estimates
placing the figure at $2,000,000.
It is known that Brown owned at
the time of his death about 3,600 acres
of land, a considerable part of which is
in the heart of the wonderfully pro
ductive West Columbia oil field, all
under lease. He received an enor
mous revenue from oil wells under
the one-eighth royalty clatase which
fs in all the lease contracts. He was
alstf a successful farmer during his
long life. He leaves a family of sev
en children and a numtier of grand
children. Al though the aged Negro
did not set store by a reckless dis
play and expenditure of money, he
was liberal in providing for his chil
dren.
Brown's physical and mental condi
tion was vigorous up to a few days
before he died. He made no change
in his manner of living when fortune
came to him. He was a familiar fig
ure on the streets of West Columbia
and surrounding country. Frequent
ly he was seen driving along the
roads and streets in a farm wagon.
Although his children rode In high
priced automobiles their father was
i content to follow the even tenor of
his old life. He was always held in
the highest respect by the white peo
ple of the town and section.
YOUNG COLORED
PHYSICIAN PERFORMS
DIFFICULT OPEII tTION
Dr. R. C. Riddle, physician and sur
geon of this city, successfully per
formed one of the most difficult opera
tions known to surgery, the operation
being that of ‘*Lai»orotoniy,” or the re
moval of a fibroid tumor. This re
quired utmost surgical skill, especially
so when the patient had been unsuc
cessfully attended by tqen other sur
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IJr. a C. Riddle
geons. The case had evidently been
given up as hopeless.
The operation was performed Sun
day, September 12, and now the patient
is able to sit up and all stitches have
} been removed.
Of the many such feats Dr. Riddle
has undertaken, he has the record of
not losing a single case. He performs
an average of six operations per week,
or about one case daily.
He has recently set up a new hos
pital at 27th and Q Streets, South
Omaha, into which he will move Octo
ber 1. Here he will be equipped with
^ all modern conveniences for surgical
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Scene at Recent Bomb Explosion in New York City
Ik Courtesy Omaua Daily iNevvs.
ONE OF THE BEST PICTURES TAKEN OF THE DESTRUCTION WROUGHT IN WALL STREET BY I HE EXPLOSION OF A* SO MB LAST WEEK IN THE
VERY HEART OF AMERICA’S FINANCIAL CENTER BY WHICH 28 PERSONS WERE KILLED AND MANY INJURED. ^VEY YORK POLICE AND GOVERN
MENT OFFICIALS FOLLOWING EVERY CLUE THAT MAY FIX RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TRAGEDY.
work and will be in a far better posi
tion to treat a greater number of pa
tients.
register: register
TE cannot too frequently empha
size tbe fact that our people in
Omaha and in Nebraska should sec
to it that they do not lose their vote
in November by failing to register.
Registration may be made at the
Election Commissioner’s office in the
Court House any day, except Sunday.
Do not neglect this duty. See to it
that you yourself are registered and
ask youi- neighbor, if he or she has'
| registered. Register, register, regist
| er.
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MAINE ELECTION AS
LEAGUE DEATH BLOW
I I’aris Editor Urges Frenchmen l<>
heep in Contact With Republicans.
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SEES HARDING PRESIDENT
PARIS, Sept. 23.—The election of
Senator Harding la prophesied by
Jacques Ralnville In the Eclair. He,
commenting on the Maine election,
said it was moat significant and im
portant for France, as ft indicated
American public opinion was against
tbe League of Nations.
"An American adaptation of the
league covenant with the German
treaty is "enceforth a quasi-certainty
upon which we must not fall to
count,” writes M. Balnville. “It is
therefore essential that we beep In
close contact with the republicans,
among whom we can count some of
France’s surest friends In Ameria,
and continue to enlighten them on
the insufficiencies and absurd reali
ties of the Versailles treaty.
“According to Senator Harding's
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formula, the United States will keep
the best parts of the treaty. It is
necessary that the United States be
informed as to which are good and
which are bad. Another lesson
which must he taken from the Maine
election is that America's tendency is
toward salutary reaction.
“President Wilson felt this last
month when he launched his encycli
cal '('ultra nostra’ against Bolshev
ism. It is universal democracy, arid
the right of self-determination of peo
ples which compels nations today to
live with their heads down and feet
in the air—in short, all that makes
for anarchy and insecurity, all that
forms the esence of Wilsonian is
! likew Ise condemned by the Maine
I vote.
“America is for order, and France,
as Judge Elbert Gary has said, 'is
first of all for order.' Let us reap
a benefit from the American move
j ment.”
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ICOLORED WOMAN APPOINTED
MATRON IN Y. W. C. A.
Mrs. Ella Roe Jackson of this city
lias been appointed matron over the
gymnasium in the city Y. W. C. A.
Mrs. Jackson is one of Omaha’s
most noted colored citizens. She is
a woman of the straight-forward and
earnest working type.
The work to which she has been
recently appointed requires consider
able responsibility and experience,
both of which can be found in the
appointee. No one who knows Mrs.
Jackson could for a minute doubt
that she will fill the position with
credit to herself and satisfaction to
her employers.
DAUGHTER FOUNDER
OF TUSKEGEE MARRIED
Miss I,aura M. Washington Becomes
Bride of Bindley (', Cyrus of Chi
cago.. Nuptials a Great Nodal
Event nt Famous Institution.
(By Associated Negro Press.)
TCSKEGEE Institute, Ala., Sept.
53.— The drawing room of the resi
dence of Mrs. Booker T. Washington
was the scene, Wednesday, September
15th, at high noon, of a very pictur
esque wedding, whan her daughter,
Miss Laura M. Washington, be
came the bride of Mr. Bindley C. Cy
rus of Chicago. It was a rainbow
wedding and the bridesmaids were
dressed in various colors. The
maid of honor, Miss Margaret Wash
ington, who is a cousin of the bride,
wore a beautiful dress of silver
cloth draped with pink and lisle tulle
and carried a large picture hat filled
with pink rose buds. The dresses of
the other bridesmaids: Misses Bessie
B. Clayton, of Tuskegee, Mabel Robin
son of New York City; Marie Scott,
of Dayton, Ohio, and Helen Taylor of
Tuskegee, were of ruffled tulle over
silver cloth and each carried a large
picture hat filled with garden flowers.
All of the bridesmaids wore silver
slippers.
The bride, who was given away by
her mother, wore a lovely gown of
white satin draped with tulle and
|.parls. The bridal veil was of tulle
and was draped with orange blossoms.
Her slippers were of white satin. She
wore about her neck a string of fam
ily pearls and carried a beautiful bou
quet of white rose buds and llllles of
the valley.
'The best man was Mr. Walter Ab
ernathy of Chicago. The other at
tendants of Mr. Cyrus were, Capt.
Frank L. Drye of Tuskegee and Mr.
Charles M. Thompson of Washington,
D. C
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by Father C. 0. Brooks, rec
tor of the St. Marks Episcopal
Church of Biimingham. The Wed
ding march was played by Miss Alice
C. Simmons of Tuskegee, who is also
a relative of the bride.
Immediately after the ceremony,
the bridal party' was served luncheon,
after which they' motored to Mont
gomery. From this point the bride
and groom departed for Benton Har
bor, Mich., where the honey-moon
will be spent. Mr and Mrs. Cyrus
will make their home in Chicago, 111.,
where Mr. Cyrus is engaged in the
Undertaking business.
PETERS NATIONAL BANK
E. IV. Pryor Second Depositor to Open
Account in Omnha’s Handsome
New Bank.
On would have travel far to see a
handsomer and more thoroughly
equipped banking room than that of
the Peters National Bank, which
opened its doors to the public last Sat
urday. The new bank is located in the
Peters Trust Company building, bet
ter known as the Omaha Bee building
at 17th and Farnam, and offers ex
cellent facilities for its patrons. Cour
teous officials are on hand to give at
tention to customers. It Is a fact
worthy of note that among the first
depositors to open and account was
R. W. Pryor. In fact, he was the sec
ond, the first being Judge A. I* Sutton.
M. D. Cameron, president of the bank
mentioned this fact to The Monitor.
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR “Y”
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Macon, Ga, Sept. 23.—In futher
ance of the (government) movement
to establish in Macon a colored
branch of the local Y. M. C. A., a
meeting was held at the Y. M. C. A.
to discuss plans for the launching
of a campaign to raise money to fi
nance the project. This movement
has been under way for some time,
but as yet nothing definite has been
done. It will take $75,000 to erect
a suitable building and to finance the
movement in other respects
1 CAs-b. L.Thozrtas •]
The Late Chas. L. Thomas.
Former City Editor of the Omaha
Bee who died Sunday morning, Sept.
19th.