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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, 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.
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| 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
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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..
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