NEBRASKA PIONEER
PASSES AWAY
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Jackson Johnson, Who lame lo State
at Close of Civil War. Dies at Lin
coln at Age of a*—Had Interesting
Career.
Mf. Jackson Johnson
Jackson Johnson was bom in Kobin
on Count . Middle Tennessee about
eighty-six years ago. He passed
away OctoheV 24 at 10:30 a. m.
Mr. Johnson came to Omaha with
the first Nebtaska regiment in 1864
at the close of the civil war. He was
a territorial pioneer. At that time the
• *’st was an uncultivated prairie. The
railroads, telegraphs and telephones
had not arrived. Communication and
-opplies came by steamboat up the
Missouri river.
The next year he came from Omaha
In boat to Plattsmouth, earned his
trunk on his back to Ashland, where
he took the stage coach to Lincoln.
For two years he cooked at the Peoria
House, Ninth and P streets, the pres
ent location of the Journal building.
Five years after emancipation he had
accumulated enough money to buy
five acres on South Fourteenth street
which was his home at his death. In
1871 he struck out on the old Oregon
trail with a g nibs take and team. He
-topped in York county near York
where he took uo an eighty-acre home
tead. Frequently during the succeed
ing five years required as residence
on the Homestead, he worked from
York, Neh., to Lincoln, a distance oi
fifty miles.
Succeeding years of indefatigable
labor under typical western condition?
brought ample cetums and in the yea.
of 1375 after he had proved up on his
homestead, he built a home on hif
Lincoln property and married his wife
who survives him.
As the colored population in Lincoln
increased. Mr. Johnson’- intercession
with the then governor of the state
resulted in the conveyance of a parcel
of state land upon which was built the
first colo.ed church of Lincoln. He
was the head of the committee that
solicited and distributed provision
and built barracks for the refugees of
the first colored exodus from the
south in the late seventies. He was
one of the founders of the first colored
Masonic grand lodge of Nebraska and
its first depute grand master, the em
blems of which he possessed at his
death.
Mr. and M s. Johnson reared and
educated their children in Nebraska.
Mr. Johnson is survived by a lovinc
wife, Mrs. Laura Johnson: two sons
Fred A. and Will N. Johnson; a
daughter, Mrs. Lulu M. Jones; a
nephew, W. A. Johnson, and a sister
in-law, Maggie Johnson, and her son
John.
Jackson Johnson was an honorary
member of Lebanon lodge No. 2. A. F.
& A. M.
THF ROUND TABLE
The scribe feels just a little oddly
in his new -u1 roundings, missing the
little “Review." it having become link
ed with the greater “Monitor.” How
ever, we anticipate years of prospe -
ity ami development coming fiom thi
merger. The Negro press is becom
ing more and more a greater facto i
in moulding public sentiment and
causing public servants also to note
the growth of a group along social
political and economic lines. Aside
from the-*- *’ oughts, we are noting
the development of a race conscious
ness that means much in ou.' growth.
Let the good work go on.
I re ume the matter of the legiti
macy of “Prince Hall” Masonry. We
rjso refer again to the writing* of the
late William H. Upton, a Past Grand
Xfa<t,.,- of the white grand lodge of
‘he tide of Washington, in his book
“Negro Masonry.” He continues as
follows: “lad me bring these long
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A culture. Surely the Governor of Nebraska should be >n a
A \ bole-hearted sympathy with this industry. y
A Who then should be our choice next Tuesday? A
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A to establish a Department of Banking? A
A Shall we vote for Mr. Wray, a lawyer, who promises to /
A establish a Department of Labor? A
V Or hall we vote for Governor McKelvie who HAS e-tab- S,
A fished a Department of Agriculture, as well as a Depart- A
A ment of Labor and a Bureau of Banking? *
A In the two year- that Samuel R. McKelvie has be- n A
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A him when they elected him Governor. In answer to every {
A “promise” that other candidates are now making, Governn A
A McKelvie can.point to what he has already done. A
A Samuel R. McKelvie daserves your vote. A
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digressions to an end by a thought
well expressed by another. When the
chief aim of New England brethren
was to show their Masonry more an
cient than that of Pennsylvania, thev
wrote of naught but the St- John's
Grand Lodge, originating with Henr>
Price in 1733. _ But when it became
necessary to exclude African Lodg<
by showing a ‘Single Grand Lodge
with ‘exclusive territorial jurisdiction'
it became convenient to put Henry
Pric" and his forty lodges out of
sight: and to claim for the present
Gran-l Lodge, formed when Prince
Hall had been a Mason seventeen
years, identity with a body of schis
matics whom Henry Price and Prim
Hall Lad been taught by their book
of constitutions, not to countenance
but to treat as rebels."
The*-e does not seem to be any rec
ord to the effect that the two Grand
Lodges referred to ever protested
against the establishment of African
Lodg" at that time. A footnote on
the -ame page (fid I reads as follows:
“I am indebted to W, Bro. Frederick
S. M omoe of New Bedford, Mas.-.
Committee on Correspondence of
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massa
chusetts. and one of the best informe i
and r es* accurate Masons in New
En-’r-d. for the suggestion—appa -
entfv fully borne out by the printed
re- o ds, “Proceeding- in Masonry,” of
ti la -achusetts Grand Lodge—tha"
the other lodge; also, which are as
- .if d to have lieen ’"presented at the
organization of that Gtand I-odge.
Tyrian Lodge of Gloucester. Mass,
and St. Peters Lodge of Newburgpo t
held aloof from the new Grand Lodge
for many years, and neither recog
nized its authority, nor sent repre
sentatives to its communications. Dur
ing these years it would appear to
have been a Grand Ledge without a
ingle constituent lodge, except those
of it« own creation.”
Excellent example of dual territo
rial jurisdiction, which the while
American Grand Lodge, aie those of
"he Giand Lodges of the "Ancients"
and “Moderns” in England; the exist
ence for many years, of two govern
ing bodies in Scotland; the mainte
nance of lodges in Canada and Austra
lia; although the territories have
grand lodge-, located therein. The
latest publications regarding Negro
Masonry is the work of Geo.-ge W.
Crawford, chairman of the committee
on foreign corre-pondence for the
Prince Hall Craft of the state of Con
necticut. and is styled "Prince Had
Craft and His Followers."
1 shall pursue a further investiga
tion of the growth of Masonry above
anv pinue o," prejudice.
We shall meet again as we advance
♦award the light.
THE SCRIBE.
1I I ( TION KLSI I TS
1MH BTFI I. IN kK\TH KT
Remo* Lear 'egro Vole ffakc lles
pernle Effort to Mem Repnlilican
Tide—Raise Race Issue
(.Special to The Monitor.!
lajultville. Ky.t Oct 20.—in an effort
to stein the tide of the colored vote*
toward the republican party in the
Blue Grass state, the democrats are
raising the spectre of Negro equality
and domination.
The demos appreciate the great de
fection to Harding in this state by the
voters of both races on account of the
league of nations issue and are making
this last trench appeal in their at
tempt to prejudice the minds of the
southerners in this section.
The Cox backers claim that they will
carry Kentucky with bands down, un
less the republicans swamp them with
cash, while the republicans are equal
ly as sure of carrying it unless the
dernos succeed in stigmatizing the
minds of the electorate with the race
issue.
in addition to all the signs of an
amazing growth of republicanism in
this state, it was apparent that the
democratic party was shot through
with dissension over the league ol
nations and with dissatisfaction with
the Wilson administration
Suddenly the Negro equality talk
bobbed up in central and western Ken
tucky Democratic orators began as
suring their audiences they had proof
that the republicans were bent on
establishing mixed schools of Negroes
and whites, abolishing ‘ Jim Crow” re
strictions on passenger cars, admitting
Negroes to theaters and restaurants
and otherwise creating race equality.
For proof the democratic orator*
alleged that the race equality pro
posals had been put forth by a Negro
journal published in Ohio, which Is
supporting Harding. They also point
ed to the fact that a republican Negro
had announced his candidacy for mem
ber of the I/Ouisvilie board of educa
tion and dilated upon the prodigious
activity of the republican organization
in restoring Negro women to vote.
Tii- !<-publican.; aie viewing with
sail action their possession of thg
.i-oHt important election machinery by
virtue of the fact that the state ad
ministration is republican. They say
it means an honest count of the vote.
The democratic leaders say it means
the republicans will count Harding In,
if the result is close.
WILL WORK AMONG
YOUNG WOMEN
(By Associated Negro Press) j
NEWARK. N. J., Oct. 28.—Miss
Merle Stokes has returned to the city j
and will resume her work among the
young colored women of the Young
Women’s Fellowship association. Miss ‘
Stokes is working under the auspices
of the Federation of Churches and is
highly regarded by the leaders of re
ligious activities in the city.
FARMER-LABOR PARTY RUN
WOMAN FOR CONGRESS
(By Associated Negro Press)
HARTFORD. Conn.. Oct. 28.—'The
Farmer-Labor party of this congres
sional district has nominated Mrs.
Maty Seymore, a Negro woman, foi
representative in congress. Mrs. Sey
more claims to ire a full-blooded i
Negro and is declared to be, by all the
citizens of Hartford, one of the ahle.-t
woman in this section of the state.
She is making a vigorous effort to be
elected and is making' impressive talk
for the working class..
LIVE STOCK CONTEST
(By Associated Negro Press)
KALEIcfl, N. C.. Oct. 28.—One of
the chief featuies nf the Negro State
Fair, which was opened in this city
on the 23d of OetotM-r. w as a live '-tork
contest- This was the first of its kind
ever held in the south. The contest
was promoted by Rov H. Thomas
state supervisor of agricultural edu
cation. and proved to be a big suc
cess.
Good Work Never Lust.
The work an unknown good urn.
ties done is like a vein of water flow
jig hidden underground seeretly mak
ing the ground greet: above it. <‘.tr
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Honesty.
Honesty is not the best policy, it
Isn't any kind of policy. It’s a virtue
pmcticisl for its own sake without re
gard for profits. Those who refrain
from stealing bwause thieves i-no in
fail are not honest. They are merely
4iseroet.—Robert Quillen in Saturday
Evening Post.
OWEN P. STEWART
Bachelor o# Sciarua
Graduata student l!m*eraity ut Nebraska
Candidate for
State Superintendent
30 years in Nebraska.
12 years in rural schoola.
20 years teaching experience.
Former Assistant State
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