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nmmw- i npur 1\/l /^ivrTr i ,,FT|Nf thankyoii! A nL IViwiNl 1 Urv uft"°°; 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, MARCH 31, 1921 Vol. VI. No. 40 (Whole No. 300) VOTE FOR JOHN T. McDONALD, Sr. TROTTER ADDRESSES " NEB. LEGISLATURE The “Radical*' Editor of the Boston Guardian and Secretary of the National Equal Rights League, Is Accorded a Signal Honor by Being Invited to Speak Before the Nebraska House of Repre sentatives. Where By His Scholarly and Frank Speech He Makes a Most Favorable Impression DELIVERS DINGING MESSAGE ON DEMOCRACY Compliments Nebraska on Honor Paid Great Commoner by Pro gressive Commonwealth—Defines Lincoln's Doctrine—Proves He Preached Equality—Commits Solons to His Creed-*-Speci fies Rights Reserved—Defines Democracy—Calls a Spade a Spade—Speaker Introduced by Dyball of Douglas. r INCOLN. Neh., March 31—Colored *-i Nebraskans Mar. 24 made a stroke unp ! rrdcnted here when they secureo a vote bv the house of representatives inviting William Monroe Trotter of Boston to address that body in their behalf. The speech by the correspond ing secretary of the National Equal Rights League was probably unprece dented before a legislature in its non compromisc from the colored Amer ican’s standpoint. Mr. '1'rotter was taken to the speak er’s desk and introduced to the legis lators by Representative George Dy bull of Omaha For his text he took the Lincoln statue in front of the state hou<c. Ho complimented Nebraska upon bestowing greater honor upon Abraham Lincoln than any other state government, from which he would con clude that it accepted Lincoln us the real teacher of the basic principles of the republic, the true meaning of ti c government and as the highest author ity on what the founders intended and on what was true Americanism. He further concluded from the chiseling' of tin Gettysburg address on the background wall of the statue that the tr.ip considered it u; the host state ment of governmental principles. Then he quoted, ‘‘Our I'litheis brought forth on this continent a n^w nation conceived in liberty, and dedi cated to the proposition that all men are created equal * * * T t-t us highly resolve that these honored dead may rot have died in vain,” which made it clear as the sun that Lincoln asserted this republic was baked on liberty anJ equality for all. Hence Nebraska was committed to liberty of all to have a trial when accused of crime, liberty to cast a ballot under the sapse < ondi tions as others, liberty to take a scat in any coach of any public conveyance STATE WILL PUSH PROSECUTION Recovery of Two More llodies of \e urn Farmhand* in River ( Buses the AutliorltIvm to I’repare for Battle. MONTICELLO, Ga„ March 28. State authorities were planning today to push their Investigation of alleged peonage practices In Jasper and New ton counties following the recovery of two more bodies of Negroes from the Alcovy river here, making a total of eleven bodies found since the authori ties began an investigation of peon age and murder charges against John Williams, a Jasper county farmer. The last two bodies found yesterday were chained together and weighted down with rocks and iron, precisely as were the first three previously re covered from the river. Appointment of Attorney General Denney to take charge of peonage In vestigations in the ^wo counties was being considered today by Governor Dorsey at the request of Solicitor Campbell of Newton county. Follow ing a coroner's verdict yesterday at an Inquest over eight of the bodies, declaring the slain Negroes met death at the hands of Cl yd* Manning, a Ne gro employed by Williams, and nam ing Williams as an accessory, Judge Park of the Ocmulgee circuit was awaiting orders from the governor to day to call a special term of the Jas per county superior court and bring the two men before a grand Jury. OPEN ELEGANT miite OF DENTAL OFFICES Doctors Singleton and Singleton Have Fitted Cp at Great Expense One of the Most Complete. Modern, Well Kqulpped and Attractively Fur nished Dental Parlors In City Said to lie One of Best in Country. Drs. ClnPfenoe H. and John Andrew Singleton, denta] surgeons, have at a great expense fitted upon one of the most attractive and well equipped dental rohms In the city. The suite of offices occupy the entire second first come first served, equality to hire a room in a hotel, to buy a shave in a barber shop, to buy a meal in a restaurant, or a drink at a drinking counter, or to take a seat in a theater the same as the other fellow. Such is the Lincoln teaching. Mr. Trotter then referred to the world decisive world war with the * slogan of world democracy, the essence of which is that all persons and races are to be not only in a country hut of it, with freedom to mingle freely in public places and enjoy the congregated pleasures of the people. He said, no other ideal was ever mentioned now but democ racy. Next he reminded his hearers that thi; claimed to he a Christian nation based on the gospel of "love thy neighbor as yourself” and “love ye.one another for all ye are brethren." He appealed that no man be so mear. as to he unwilling for another man to have a room in a hotel while he had his own room, so full of brute as lo object to another eating his mepi out of the plates set before him when he himself was eating his out of ti.i plates set before him. but to have enough consistency in religion to rec ognize the right of another prison to a seat in a public amusement place a well as himself. “let Nebraskans huve the moral courage to he true to Lincoln, to Chris tianity and to democracy, for the peace, harmony and strength of the nation required it, with scorn for none in civil life considered good enough to die in battle for the country, espe cially of the race that hail produced the first martyr to the foumbng of the country.” There was a full gallery and full lobby of all races, with applause, but the legislators seemed somewhat dazed lie the frankness of the address. floor of 2311 North Twenty-fourth street and comprise eight rooms, ar tistically finished in pearl gray and mahogany tints. The sulle consists of a large reception room at the head of the stairs, which opens Into the office; two operating rooms, between which there Is a retiring toom: a sterellzlng room: an extraction and X-ray room; a laboratory, and a lavatory or hath toom. The reception room and bus! ness office are carpeted with a rich brown carpet, harmonizing with the shades find rich window drapes, while the floors of the work rooms are cov ered with battleship linoleum of a lighter shade. The furniture has been chosen with exquisite taste. The lat est model X-ray machine, costing nearly $1,000, has been added to their previously quite complete dental equipment. MIsh Madeline Roberts is in charge of the business office tyid acts as dental attendant, her course In nurse training giving her good qualifications for this position. Per sons who are qualified to Judge pro nounce the denial parlors of the Sin gleton brothers among the very best In the country. A noteworthy fact in connection with the fitting up of these elegant offices Is that nearly all the work has been done by colored mechanics. The plumbing is the work of Levi Jones, the electrical wiring and fixtures were done by William Holts, the painting, paper hanging and decorating are the work of Virgil Williams and Henry W. niack, the carpentry work by Thomas Kelly, the window lettering by J. Hannan. WEALTHY CITIZEN DIES (By The Associated Negro Press) LANCASTER, Ky., March 24 —One of the wealthiest Negroes in thin part of Kentucky, Willis Turner, died at his home near Hackley last week. He was highly respected by all classes of citizens and at the time of death was rated among the wealthiest citizens of Hackley. He owned a plantation of 300 acres besides a deal of valuable real estate here. He was burled in Lancaster cemetery. CONSTRUCTIVE ENTERPRISES The .Monitor Continues Its Interrupted Series of Articles on Various liusi ness Ventures Con<iu<‘ted by Our People—North Twenty fourth Street Still Occupies Attention. Last week the series of articles on i business enterprises was interrupted for want of space. This week they are resumed. And a word of explana tion. The intelligent reader will per | reive that we are taking the city by I sections and will reach all in due j course of time. One or two Lake , street business men were rather "hurt” bei ause Tite Monitor had over looked them. Of course, it was inten tional, so they thought. But, bless your dear hearts, be patient—we will j get to you in time. The Monitor prides j itself upon being a fair-minded news paper and plays no favorites. starting from Twenty-rourth and 1 Blondo. block twenty, we have an other lunch room, for we must eat. It is a neat little place conducted by Mrs. H. Slaughter, who has a liberal patronage, passing on in the same block there is the enterprising North End Coal and Express Company, of which Mr. A. F. Allen is proprietor, and whose motto is, “Always on the Job.’’ For amusement and recreation, Just north of this place 1h the Capitol Bool Hall and Barber Shop, Charles South, proprietor. But, wait a minute, we must go back to Blondo street. Just west of Twenty-fourth on Blondo are the beauty parlors of Mesdames South and Johnson, who believe in advertis ing and whose pleasant faces are well known to Monitor readers. Now back on Twenty-fourth street. North of the Capitol is the well-equipped an ! always busy tailoring and cleaning establishment of J. H. Holmes, who | also believes in advertising, and this as well as tlie fact that he pleases I accounts for his good business. Ati | important part of the Holmes tailnr J ing establishment is Mrs. Holmes. The Grand Pie Soft Drink Parlor and .t'lgar Store and the Midget Lunch complete the business enterprises in block twenty. j Passing into block twenty-one, you have a chance to gpt a meal to give you strength for tin' Journey, for I there is the De Luxe Cafe,; adjoining this is the well-equipped, up-to-daf and popular Jenkins Barber Shop, the pleasant proprietor of which is P. H. ’enklns. whose advertisement in The Monitor brought him trade from away down in Alabama. Ask him about it i Mrs. Dow ,a very pleasant and com petent young woman, is manicurist in this shop. And by the way, this build ing was recently purchased by Dr. ’a" kins, a young physician who came to Omaha recently from Fort Scott, Kans., and has done the sensible tiling 1 of becoming a member of the Omaha Medical Association, the only member j of his race, The Monitor is informed, I who lias joined this association. His offices ate upstairs in, this building. A pool hall. Walter Craig, proprietor, ! is the last business place In this hlo' k. Here our northward trip among the business enterprises must end for this week. The Monitor here desires to state that we would like to see some of the iimney which Is invested by our people in pool halls used In other I channels, other lines of business. The same applies to lunch rooms and |cafes. But all these ate business ven ture- and show a desire upon the part of our people to get Into the business nd commercial world. They manifest (he right spirit to do something con structive. GARVEY MOVEMENT GROWING ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 24.—A | local division of the Marcus Garvey Movement has been organized here. The division has a membership of 111 and was organized bv Captain Gains JOHN T. MCDONALD, Sr., who is a candidate for nomination and election to the city commission, is a graduate of the Prairie View State Normal College of Texas, having fin ished with highest honors in a class of 143. He specialized In carpentry and wood-turning and also finished the commercial course. He taught lwo years in the above named institu tion In the science and mathematics departments, giving instruction in solid geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry in the mathematical de partment and as instructor in biology and chemistry in the depaitment of science. Mr. McDonald holds a permanent teacher’s certificate which entitles him to teach without further examina tion in sixteen 06) slates, and he has taught several years in high schools of the South. Mr. McDonald lias spent the last thiee years in the interest of organ ized labor in Omaha and the country generally, and was associate editor of a weekly paper published in this city for the last eighteen months. CALL PEONAGE MENACE TO NATION’S ECONOMIC FUTURE Greiitesf (au se of Unrest Next to Lynching—Negro Association Tele graphs President Harding and Geor gia Governor on Georgia Cases NEW YORK, March 29.—1The Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People today made public telegrams sent to President Harding and Governor Dorsey of (ieorT gia in which the statement is made that the murder of eleven Negroes on the Williams plantation in Georgia does not constitute an Isolated case of peonage in the south but that a num ber of cases have been called to the attention of the department of justice in recent years. Tlie Arkansas riots of 1919 and the burning at stake in January of this year of Henry Igjwery, are laid to the same cause and it is stated in the tele gram that th(> practice of peonage is widespread In southern states, espe dally in the Mississippi delta region. It is called the greatest cause of un rest next to lynching. in the telegram lo the governor of Georgia, he is called upon not only to exercise his full power to bring the offenders In the present cases to jus lice, but to proceed against the wide spread system of debt slavery which prevails in his state. WILL OBSERVE HEALTH WEEK (Hy The Associated Negro Press) TUSKECy?E, Ala., March 24.—Na tional Negro Health week begins here April 4 and continues through tlie bal ance* of that week. Many notable peo ple will participate in the elaborati program. It is expected that the meet will be a big success. FELLOWSHIPS ESTABLISHED AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24.— Howard university by action of its board of trustees at the recent meet ing in February enjoys the distinction of being the first institution for the education of colored youth to promote graduate work by the establishment oi fellowships in various fields of learn ing This progressive movement is in accordance with the practice at the best American institutions. Recipients of fellowships receive compensation from the university for limited service. Applicants must be graduates or prospective graduates of recognized colleges or universities and must have received sufficient under graduate training in special fields to pursue graduate work. Fellows mu“t undertake a program of graduate work leading to the master’s degree The university administration will lie pleased to supply further informa tion to interested persons upon appli cation. SIOUX ( ITT, I t. Mrs. Manley of Lincoln, Neb., was the guest of Mrs. E. J. Curtis at her home, 5101 Cook street, Tuesday last. She was en route to her son at Brompton, S. I)...Prof. H. J. Parker and children have returned from a visit in Selma, Ala...Mr. and Mrs. John Wall left for Chicago Tuesday last for a visit...Mrs. C. F. Williams : still remains critically ill at her home, 701 West Seventh street...The Easter services at both the churches. Malone A. M. E. and Mt. Zion Baptist, were well attended...The Willing Workers met with'the president, Mrs. E. J. Cur tis, Tuesday last...Mrs. Sadie Haynes will entertain the C. E. at Malone A. M. E. church Sunday at 4 p. m...Rev. A. Smith, pastor of Haddock Mission cm the East Side, will soon be replaced by a young minister, a student of the jlianimon School of Theology...Sioux j City lodge No. 4656, G. U. O. of O. F., i al their quarterly election on the 24th i elected J. W. Williams, N. G.; W. 1 Carey, V. G.; E. L. Watd, N. F.: E. Freeman, P. N. F.; H. Green, sec ■ retary; R. Curtis, P. N. G., and Rev. J W. X. Chapman, chaplain. I THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP TllE DEACON • The Easter day services at the | Church of St. Philip the Deacon were all well attended from the early j Eucharist at 6:30, at which hour the church was comfortably filled, until j the Children’s Vesper service at 6 p. m. The altar was beautiful with its | festal white frontal, its many lights | and its adornment of lilies, roses and j carnations. At the 11 o'clock service the music was not elaborate, but wor shipful and well rendered, the solo parts In the anthem being sung by Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston. The ser mon topic was on "Witnesses of the Resurrection,’’ in which was stressed the fact that the risen Christ appeared, first unto the many rather than to the crowd, because great missions are ac complished by the few rather than by the many. Crowds are fickle, indi viduals convinced of the truth are they who carry on the work of con version. At the 6 o'clock service Mary Ellen Annis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Britt, was baptized, Emery R. Smith, Miss Lutie M. Bryant and Mrs. Mary E. Overall being the sponsors. The children were catechised and ad dressed by Father Williams. William Monroe Trotter gave a brief but ef fective address on the meaning of the Easter egg as the symbol of life; and the superintendent, George N. W. Bul 1 lock, spoke briefly of the objects of the children’s Easter offering. Easter cards and eggs were distributed to Hie children. it M it H It It MX X )!!! itxx it x x x x xxx it xxx xlitmiXlXiXixmi.lt X'X.X'X - Mx x XX X x x x x XX XXX x;x:xxm:x xx x x x x x x xiiCXiX'xWxixlx ST^ . ' , « 1 H x: x x I I | Announcement j I \RS. SINGLETON & SINGLETON, DENTAL SURGEONS, have moved ^ into their new location at 2411 North Twenty-fourth Street, have installed m'odern and up-fo-date Dental Offices and are prepared to render service with all the latest scientific methods and appliances. Also skilled », dental attendant. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to inspect our suite of offices. “Courtesy and Service” is our motto X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X X X X X X X X LAHRENE HOGAN ONE OF THREE PRIZE WINNERS Over One Hundred School Children Enter Chamber of Commerce Contest for Best Essay on “How to Prevent Automobile Acci dents at Railroad Crossings”—Prize Winners Are All Girls— Pupils of the Sacred Heart Parochial School Capture First and Second Prizes and Pupil of Long Third COLORED GIRL GIVES SAFETY RULES IK RHYME Two of Winners Choose Sober Prose to Sound Needed Warning to Reckless Drivers and Autoists Who Would Take Chances— Laurene Invokes the Muse and Cleverly Gives Her Advice in Poetry—“Stop, Look and Listen” Tells the Whole Story of How to Prevent Accidents With an essay, short and to the point, Gertrude Whitcomb, 12 years old, 2238 Ohio street, and sixth grade pupil in Sacred Heart school, won the first prize and $10 offered by N. C. Allen, divisional superintendent of the Burlington railroad, in connection with the traffic safety committee, Chamber of Commerce. Pauline Wisdom, 14 years old, 2122 Locust street, and pupil in the eighth grade, was awarded second place and $5, and iAurene Hogan, 15 years old, colored, student in the eighth grade, Long school, won third place and $3. LAIRENE HOGAN Kathryn McEvoy, 1905 Wirt street, a pupil of the eighth grade, Sacred Heart school, won honorable mention. The essays submitted were all on the subject, “How to Prevent Automo bile Accidents at Railroad Crossings,” and was open to all school children of the city. More than 100 essays were submitted in the contest. Gertrude Whitcomb and Pauline Wisdom, winners of first and second places, wrote prose, but Laurene Ho gan, the colored girl, versified her Ideas of how people may prevent be ing killed or killing others by care lessness at railroad crossings. "Stoii, Look anil Listen” “To avoid accidents at railroad crossings (he driver of a machine should slow down so that he can stop at. once if be should see a train ap proaching, and should be careful to look both up and down the track be fore attempting to cross. Should he have to wait for a train ta pass, he should not cross the tracks until he is 1 sure there is no other train coming j from the opposite direction that would ! APPOINTED CITY PHYSICIAN (By The Associated Negro Press) WILMINGTON, Del., March 24. Dr. Henry Clay Stevens has been ap pointed one of the city’s vaccine physi cians at large. He is the first Negro to receive this signal honor in the | state of Delaware. His appointment was procured through the efforts of Councilman Dr. John O. Hopkins. The | colored people of the city are much I pleased over the appointment. IS CURIOSITY IN TEXAS TOWN (By The Associated Negro Press) COMANCHE, Texas, March 24.— This town was turned topsy-turvy re cently when a Negro stepped off an inbound train and announced that he would have to stay in our midst until he could make money enough to pay his fare to Teague, a place about 100 miles south of here. He is the first Negro to he seen in this burg since 1887. He was a genuine curiosity to many of Comanche’s citizens.- - FARMERS EXTENSION COURSES SUCCESSFUL (By The Associated Negro Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 24.— Successful extension courses for Negro farmers and their families were held in several sections of this state during | the past year. The courses were con ducted in connection with the Negro i agricultural schools. be hidden from view by the trpin that had just passed. “Should there be a flagman at the crossing, the driver should wait for the signal from the flagman to either stop or go ahead. Should the flagman not give you a signal at once, you should sound your klaxon in order to attract his attention, and by so doing he will understand that you want the right-of-way. “Do not be so unreasonable as to try to speed across when a train is approaching. ‘If you do not hear Rea son, she will rap your knuckles.’— Franklin.’* _ An Essay hi Couplets It seemed to be more interesting and more fun to Daurene to write to put her essay into rhyme. This is the advice she gives motorists in regard to the best way to cross the railroad crossing: ‘•Hello there, friend John! Won’t you come take a ride, Just over the tracks and down the lake side?” ‘Very well,” answered he, **I will gladly jump in. On a fine day like this I am there for a spin.” Now let us observe these joyriders gay. Skimming along In a light-hearted way; Not far in the distance comes a train at good speed, But the riders drive on and do not give heed. They meet: there’s a wfreek: their lives are snuffed out; The train is derailed, all aboard are turned out. Dear reader .allow me to say this to you: Think quickly, act wisely in all things you do. O’er tracks never venture by the breadth of a hair; When lives, auto and all you can easily spare. For you know at some crossings great danger lurks near; Then stop! look! listen! till the signal you hear. Don’t crab if the crossing hasn’t any bell. Just w'hat you should do is very easy to tell. Do not drive over until you make sure. Think first if you're hurt what pains you’ll endur< And the money you’ll spend for good medical care; All because you wrere reckless and didn’t play fair. Why boast about speeding in front of a train? You and your fliver may not win the fame. The chances are slim on getting across, You'll rue it, I’m sure, and your auto is lost. In the dark never drive without any lights, Or if they are on, please dim them just right. To the drunken speed demon just let me suggest: Leave off use of liquor and fast driving— It’s best. If you're killed or you’re injured the rail road you blame; And you or your people will make a large claim. That you were the cause w'e see is quite true, So listen. I pray, to this message for you: Drive slowly, act wisely, and keep your wits cool; A fliver’s unsafe when the driver’s a fool. Live and learn, as all must, this old safety motto: Stop short, look and listen, as any man auto. DIG UP SIX BODIES ON PLANTATION ATLANTA, (la., March 26.—Bodies of six Negroes were found today on the Jasper county plantation of John Williams by department of Justice agents led by Clyde Manning, a Ne gro, who was employed by Williams. and who, according to the authorities, has confessed he aided Williams in the killing of the Negroes. The bodies found today brought the toial discovered in connection with the peonage investigation in Jasper couniy up to nine. The department of justice agents announced tonight that they would continue the search for two more bodies, said by Manning to have been thrown into the Aleovy river. One of the bodies found today was taken from the Aleovy river. It had been weighted down and chained. The other five -were dug from shallow graves, the heads of four of the Ne groes having been crushed. The fifth Negro, officers said, had been shot to death. Williams, owner of the planta tion on which the bodies were found, is in jail on a state warrant charging murder, and his three sons were ar^ jested today.. _______________ l mm j What thou canst do today leave not off for tomorrow. SLOGAN: “The Monitor In Every Home And I’ll Help Put It There” to _ * >. «:• . ,