Nebraska Newspapers

    The Monitor
A Na.tlr.ul Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored
Americans
Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub
lishing Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2. 1915. at the Postoffice at
Omaha. Neb., under the Act of March I, 1879
j THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
George H. W. Bullock, Circulation Manager and Associate Editor.
TRAGO T. MCWILLIAMS, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb.
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A rtdreus, The Monitor, 2<M Kaffir Bloek, Omaha, Keh.
Telephone Douglas 3224.
ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES. |
Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. X
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. |
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the j
United States and of the State wherein they reside. No S
state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the X
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor x
shall any state deprive any person 6f life, liberty, or prop- |
erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person X
within its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. X
GEORGIA AGAIN
GEORGIA, Again!” Yes, but this
time tt is a thing of honor and
not of shame. The Governor of Geor
gia and his is being bached by the
foremost citizens of the state has
thrown fierce white lights of public
ity and investigation upon the atroc
ities which have been practiced upon
Negroes in that state. He does not
try to apologize for, extenuate or cov
er upon conditions. He shows the in
justices and crimes against a long
suffering people in all their hideous
ness and rightfully believes that the
uncovering of this festering sore
will result in its healing. The Moni
tor does not believe the great mass
of the citizens of even Georgia is in
different to crimes against the black
man. They have refused to believy
that they were as bad as reported.
Despite her short comings and her
sins and God knows they are many,
America is really Christian at heart
and this includes Georgia. All la
needed is to turn on the light.
<0L JAMES H. YOUNG
TIE death of Col. James H. Young
removes from North Carolina
one of its most noted and powerful
citizens. He was a man of exception
al personality and ability. In all of
the state’s big occasions, Col. Young
was selected to do a resitonsible part.
He was a prominent member of the
church, being financial secretary in
the First Baptist, church of Raleigh
for nearly a quarter of a century. He
was also a prominent Fraternity man,
being the Endowment secretary of
the Masonic Grand I>odge of N. C. for
many years. He was a power in pol
itics and a great factor in big move
ments for social and civic uplift. He
was a man of considerable means
and was connected with most of the
Negro business enterprises of Ra
leigh. Raleigh, the state and the race
will miss Col. Young.
>Y HV NOT FOLLOW THE CLUE!
DURING the recent campaign bold
accusations were made that the
riot of two years ago was framed and
that the blot upon our city’s honor
was deliberately planned and skill
fully executed. Now that a heated
campaign is over would it not be the
wise and courageous thing for some
one who knows to tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth? Why would it not be a good
idea to follow the clue adroitly
dropper! and follow it whithersoever
or to whomsever it will lead?
WHAT WILL MR. HARDING Mil
WE are carrying elsewhere in
these columns an account of a
Memorial on the American occupa
tion in Haiti presented to the Presi
dent, the State Department and Con
gress whieh was made public last
Saturday. It revealed In Specific de
tails the unbearable conduct of the
American marines during their five
years of occupation in this little re
public.
They are assuming as they have a
right to do, that Inasmuch, as this
question waB made an issue In the
Presidential campaign, the republi
cans condemning it as un-American,
they would now get favorable consid
eration at the hands of the success
ful party.
To the Monitor this question
Involves plain and simple Justice by
a strong to a weak nation. A ques
tion of whether a nation because of
Ita weakness shall be left to exist
unhampered by a stronger nation.
To u* the duty of the president Is
plain and simple. It Is an opportun
ity for the new administration to un
do a great wrong and we hope Mr.
Harding wilt not fail to rise to this
opportunity. That he will not regard
the clamour of Columbia for a $2",
OtMLOOO.OO balm for the cecesaion ot
Panama be of greater importance
than the heeding of the Incessant
cries of these natives who are being
humiliated murdered and plundered
of their right*. We shall watch with
interest what action Mr. Hard- j
i ing will take.
Withdraw the troops and once for
all time wipe out this stain on the
1 fair name of American Democracy.
AN HISTORIC EVENT
! A N event of unusual and historic
' x"x interest occurred in Washington
quite recently. It was the exchange
of official visits between the Presi
dent of the United States and the
President of Liberia. It is rather sig
nificant that the first ruler of any
foreign country to be officially re
ceived at the White House should be
tbe president of that African repub
lic which was founded as a haven of
refuge for the free black men of the
United States. The fortunes of Li
beria and of America are closely in
terlaced. They are united by a bond
of blood which cannot be ignored.
Who can tell w'hat signal service the
j little republic on the west coast of
Africa may yet render to the present
powerful republic of America from
whom Liberia derived her being?
History's pages record strange par
adoxes. Nations wax and wane. The
younger and the weaker frequently
render unexpected ar-d needed serv
ice to the older and stronger. The
exchange of official courtesies be
I tween Pres. Harding and King may in
I the evolution of national and inter
national relationships prove more
than an insignificant and transient
incident.
THE GOLDEN LEAF
My days mr in the yellow leaf
The fruits und flowers of love are gone
The worm—the canker and the grief
are mine alone.
—Byron.
My days are in the yellow leaf,
| The sweet*—the joy* of youth are gone;
i The worm—the canker and the grief,
Are mine, hut Ah! not mine alone.
|
!An<l I have known the bitter pain.
Of disappointed hopes. The fears
That follow heavy loss. The gain
That comes through falling tears.
And as I drank the bitter cup
Of blasted hopes and fond desires;
My yearning soul was lifted up.
And purged, a* through refining fires.
And Oh! what counties* joys are mine;
The wealth of nature'* wondrous store—
' The boundless universe divine, .
Gives of its bounty more and more.
The jov to view the rising sun.
Tin budding trees—the opening flowers,
| The joy—when toil of day is done,
j The solace of the evening hours.
And when the silent night comes ijnwn.
i To bring both rest and sweet relief.
I'll wear rny sorrows as a crown—
I And call mv davs "The Golden Leaf.”
■
—Mrs. J. Hammond.
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ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
(26th and Seward St*.)
Rev. Russel Taylor, Pa*tor
Mother'* Day was observed In due
form with a representative attend
ance. AJ1 of those present, were ed
Ified at the services The progarm
was conducted under the direction of
Mr*. Ja*. Clark, president of the
Ladies’ Aid Society, and was excep
tionally good. Next Sunday at 11^
a. rn. the communion will be admin
istered, at which time thoee received
by the Session since the last Com
munion will be admitted publicly In
to Church Fellowship. The topic of
the Morning's discourse—“My Blood
Which Is Shed for You,” will be in
the nature o fa mediation on the
great theme of Redemption. The eve
ning topic will be “God’s Encourage
ments to the Weak.” The Christian
Endeavor Topic Is "How to Enjoy our
Work,” and will be led by Mr. H. J.
Pinkett.
Glum Thought for Psssimists.
Life Is full of uncertainties, even for
people who expect the worst— Boston
Transcript.
CONSTRUCTIVE
ENTERPRISES
The Monitor Continues Its Interesting Story of the Business Ven
tures of Our People to Be Found On North Twenty-Fourth
Street. New Dental Parlor Worth $10,000.00 Among Those
to Be Found.
ESTIMATED $35,000 INVESTED IN ONE BLOCK
Variety of Thriving Enterprises, Fp-to-Date Dental Parlor, Cafe,
Pool Hsill and Billiard Parlor, News, Cigar, Shine amd Con
fectionery Store, Among the Progressive Enterprises in One
Block. Side Lights on Some of the Proprietors Who Cater
to the Public.
In onr last trip among the race en
j lerprises we came north on N. 24th
Street as far as Jones and Reed’s T'n
| dertaking Establishments located at
: the point where Willis Ave. intersects
! 24th street on the west side.
Tliis week we shall begin our trip
from this point, by traveling north
I cn the East side of 24th street near
i the Standard laundry building, or
just in the intersection of Erskine
and 24th streets, where we wil] see
tlje Sign, Singleton-Singleton. I>en
| tists. Here we will see one of the
j most elaborately equipped dental par
!oiR in the city. The Singletons were
until recently located on South 14th
! street over the Peoples Drug Store.
: Going up stairs you will see this mod
j ern establishment where you first en
j ter their most restful reception room.
You will see this room fitted up with
'umed oak furniture, with woodwork
! finished in mahogany and the walls in
j pearl gray. This room offers a most
restful appearance, both by furniture
and floor covering. We next enter
the business office—a long spacious
j corridor in which the general business
! is transacted. This is also equipped
with up-to-date furniture finished in
the same style. Passing front this
room to the left we come to the oper
1 afing rooms—equipped with the latest
tootle] dental chairs, fountain, cuspi
dors, hot and cold water, telephone
; with buzz system, gac attachments for
crown and bridge work, and the mo^t
modern electrical appliances over the
entire building. Between these two
operating rooms will be found a ladies
i retiring or rest room, furnished with
lounge for retiring when sick, ami
j dossing table. At the end of the bus
j iness office is seen the sterilizing
| room equipped with a Halverson Lake
' Sterilizer with boiling water and dry
heat. The light here Is reflected from
the ceillrg.
To the right of the business office
is the Extraction and X-ray room
equipped with the latest model Victor
X-ray-' the only dental machine which
will take body pictures, Heidbrink g's
machine for administering nitrous ox
ide gas for painless extractions. Ad
joining this is the laboratory, equipped
with gas and electrical appliance
with casting machine. On the othei
«ide is the “dark room’’ for develop
ing X ray films. Adjoining this the
j -itore and supply room. The entire
, building is furnished wilh the latest
j up-to-date furniture, finished In fumed
oak. The filiation of the property is
| easily $10,000.00.
Just across from the Singletons, and
on the corner erf Erskine and 24th
streets we come to Frank Douglas
Xews and Shine Parlor. Here one has
; only to name the colored paper or
magazine of his choice and Douglas
will lei you have it. He carries al
most all the Colored newspapers and
magazines published in the country.
If you would care to read these pepers
| immediately, you can do so in this
] nicely furnished Parlor, and get
smokes or soft drinks or candy at the
same time. You can also get a shin0
| if your boots need it while you read
In short, Douglas Is thoroughly pre
pared to serve you with anything that
THE SMARTER SET SOCIETY
Misses Dorothy Williams and El
berta Brown entertained the socia
j meeting for the club Saturday even
| i.ng April 30th. This was the first so
l cial meeting since I^ent. The evening
1 was spent in dancing and every one
had a delightful time. On May 7 the
club held its business meeting at the
Y. W. C. A.
—
WINS MANY HONORS IN
HIGH SCHOOL MEE’I
Orlo South, the famous Colored
athlete of Commerce High School
walks away with many honors in
High School Meet here on last Friday.
He was easfly the best athlete en
i gaged in the contest, having come
out first in the 100-yard and 200
yard dashes. He also came out sec
ond in the high Jump. By winning
the 100-yard dash In this contest,
South tied the State record for 100
yard dash- OrJo is the son of Mme.
Samantha South of the South and
Johnson hair culture establishment,
1416 Blondo street. Recently he won
six prizes in his school’s atble«i -
couiests He goes to Lincoln this
week, where he will enter the State
meet to represent his school. He
finishes the High 8chool this year.
He is well thought of by all his class
and school and is the best athlete in
the schools here.
w w. r. a.
The N. W. C. A. held a very inter
esting meeting at the ball Wednes
day, May 4. The meeting was atend
ed by the largest gathering that has
been seen in the hall within two
years. The large attendance re
| goes with his business. This place is
I easily worth $2,000.00.
Adjoining Douglas and in the same
I building we find the ip-to date taxi
i Co. of which Joe Lewis is proprietor,
j This l.i knows as the North Side Taxi
| Co. Lewis owns and oiterates five
i cars which are valued at $10,000.
! Here you ca nget service at any time
to all parts of the city. The North
Side Taxi Co. is one of the oldest and
| best established concerns of its kind
| among our people in Omaha. Look
for the big touring cars .near Fram;
rtougias’s place and the men in put
tees. These are lewis’s courteous
force.
Traveling a few steps farther north
on the west side of 24th street we
come to the Alamo barbershop and
billiard parlor. This is run by Ed
ward Klllingsworth and Reuben Price.
This establishment is second to none
of its kind in Omaha. It may be well
termed the “Good Order” barbershop
and pool hall. These progressive
young men have operated this buBl
! ness on a high scale ever since It
has been opened. The purpose for
which this establishment was opened
was to provide a fit place for those
who like to play pool, but do not care
to come In contact with those per
sons who are prone to gamble on
the game. They have never departed
from that plan. The place was start
ed four years ago with two barber
chairs and three poo] tables. Now
they have six of each and all kept
busy. Tbe value of the business, not
Including the building is $7,000.00.
Traveling north from the Alamo,
just one door we come to a tri-col
ored sign,— Red. White and Blue, hung
in a perpendicular form, on which Is
enscribed "South & Thompson Cafe."
If you are hungry and have not much
money, Just open the door and walk
in. They have everything you want
to eat prepared Just as John Soutn
and Hubert Thompson know how, and
at the price to suit you. They kno*'
the business thoroughly. What they
can’t cook, you can't eat. In the very
near future this establishment will be
greatly enlarged to Include a candy
end general confectionery depart
ment. L. O. Gregory the famous can
dy maker will operate this new ad
dition. He will also operate the
fountain. The formal opening of this
department will take place May 15,
which is next Sunday. You will then
be able to get anything you want to
cat or drink, and then take a nice
package of candy home for the res*
of the family. Thompson’s establish
ment is easily worth $3,000.00 tn
i equipment alone.
Having treated on all the race en
terprises on this stieet up to I^ake
street, we shall continue our trip next
week by turning down Lake street
west beginning at the intersection of
this street with 24th street, on
which we shall sec a number of en
tej prises which are a gieat credit to
the business genius of our people in
Omaha.
Therefore the value of personal
property alone held by out* people In
this one block easily values $32,000.00.
i
J
minded the leaders of tbe meeting
of the Old Association when a great
l er interest in the work was mani
fested. Among the visitors present
were Mr. Galloway and Dr. Madison,
j both of w hom made short addresses
| commending the meeting.
DON’T FORGET the “Great Re
deemer” which will be given at the
Diamond Theatre 24th and Lake Sts.,
the evening of May 18th. This will
be given for the benefit of tbe Old
Folk’s Home and It Is earnestly urged
that a large audience will be on hand.
Two performances will be given, one
from 7 to 9, and tbe other from 9 to
11. Be sure to come and bring your
friend.
MT. MORIAH BAPTIST 4 HI R4 H
Attendance at Sunday's services
was very large. The Rev. Mr. Wiley
delivered the sermon at the morning
service, while the Pastor spoke at
the evening service. Continuous ser
vices including sermon will be held
every night until next Wednesday
night. Tbe public Is cordially Invited.
Tbe Rev. J. H. Roberson of Kansas
City, an evangelist of great renown,
will assist in the services. The
pastor and his family are residing at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith
2814 N. 24th street. They will he
glad to meet their many friends and
acquaintances there.
Speaking of Manna.
The friends of a certain flrst-day
school were astonished si (lie text
given by a small girl, who in a tone of
preal earnestness repeated during tbe
closing exercises: "Ye eannoi serve
God sod mamma.”—Friends’ Intelli
gencer.
tA ltll. WM«1 NtmfNW Union)
The sewing circle sat In Tlllle
White's neat living-room busy with
scissors and ngedle. Various articles
of cast-off clothlDg were being ripped
and repaired for the poor and needy,
while tongues flew fust as fingers.
“It's always, been my opinion," said
Mrs. Rawlins “liiat 'birds of a feather
flock together' and that’s all I've got
against this newcomer. If she want
ed to gel In the town’s good graces,
and be taken up by respectable peo
ple. why did she pick up with a
harem-scarem nobody like that Walrus
girl? Bee ’em together most every
place I go. and they are at the movies
besides—chair by chair."
“I know It," answered Mrs. Cun)
mlns, “and evenings boys that the
school principal can’t do a thing with
are over there In her house singing
songs, and anyway, what's a young
strange woman mean by rentin’a house
alone?”
“If you mean Miss Jessie Bonnie,
who has moved Into the Wolcott
house,” the minister’s mother said
| gently, "I believe she Is here to rest
from her musical studies before go
ing abroad to enter npon a concert
j career. And I understand that she.
does not live with her folks because
she has none. The girl Is alone In
j the world."
Members of the sewing circle ex
I changed meaning glances. It had been
j noted that the earnest young leader
| of their parish paid open attention
to the new and unwelcome stranger.
“He's probably trying to convert
her.” Mrs. Rawlins had suggested,
“but I reckon she’s poor material.”
“They say,” sumbltted Tilly White,
that the Walrus girl and them hoys
are calling her Gipsy; that Is when
they ain’t calling her Jess. But I’ll
admit she’s not far from lookin’ a
gypsy with her dark eyes and tangled
curly hnlr. And theta red heads and
dangling things that she wears, did
yon notice ’em?”
“I thought," the young pastor's
mother said patiently, “that Miss Bon
nie was a bright, pretty creature, and
It’s natural for the young to like pret
ty thlngR. I thought that It might be
a good thing for ns to befriend the
girl, and—•"
“She's chosen her friends.” Sirs
I Cummins sharply remarked. "Did
| that Walrus girl ever want to come In
j among us? And could we ever bribe
j those rollcklpg young men Into our
entertainments? No, they’d rather be
J on the streets. It's plain the Gipsy
| person ain't our kind.”
The pastor's mother sewed on
; vaguely troubled. Were they right
after all? Well, she knew her fine
i honest son, hts Interest In this gay
little stranger was deei-er tlian otle
ecs could realize. She alone could
read that Interest In the tone of his
| dear voice, the shine of his eyes.
The success of l’aul’s life and call
I lug meant much to her. She and the
father gone had sacrificed for It
through many years. An outer door
opened Into Tilly White's sitting
room and a girl's piquant face
showed smilingly.
”1 did not knock," said the girl, “for
I knew you were busily assembled. 1
could see you through the window. I
1 came—" she paused abashed before
the forbidding silence.
“Gipsy Jess!" ejaculated Tilly
White, unconsciously.
Then the girl laughed.
“You have learned my nickname, I
see,” she said; ”youDg town people
are great with nicknames. Well, then,
1 am Introduced. But what I called
about, was this—”
She threw hack her dark cloak dis
closing its crimson silk lining, the
girl's Jaunty little turban was crim
son, too,
“This,” she continued, and placed
on the table.
“It's my old winter coat,” she ex
plained, “but almost new. 1 really
did not need another, and bought this,
I think, because of U’b pretty lining
Don't you," asked Gipsy generally,
“love pretty things? They ure so—>
cheery. Rlease give my old cloak tx
j someone who needs It.”
It was Just a week later that the
small town was sliukeu to its depths
by a startling announcement. Their
beloved and admired young pastor was
married. He had gone’ to the city to
have that ceremony performed, and hie
j mother had accompanied him. His
j bride was Gipsy Jess.
It was unbelievable. It was—alarm
ing. And the pastor’s mother, when
she returned welcomed no sympathy.
“When you know my son's wife," she
said happily, "yon will love her,, as
sll do. ‘You have to get In touch with
people If you want to help them,' Jes
sie told me one day, aid I guess
that's her Becret. Bhe has given up a
promising musical career for love of
my boy.”
But when the pastor's wife took her
humble place before the old piano
near the pulpit, there was no smile
of greeting on the disapproving faces
of the congregation. For the Walrus
girl stood In the choir, and back In tlis
seat near the wall stood a row of
shuffling boys. But when Gipsy's
fingers struck the first chord, tho
voice of the Walrus girl rang out
sweetly and clear, while heartily tho
young men Joined In the chorus. But
It was at the last verse, the very last
verse, that Gipsy smilingly sought her
husband’s eyes, for there before her
Joyously, his people were all
together.
Of Oreadfiul imagination
The were wolf belongs to the dees
bat Includes the dragon, the unicorn,
he basilisk, the cockatrice and other
'abulous monsters, but be was probably
•he most terrifying of all, for he we«
relieved to have the malice and cun
ling of a man with the ferocity of «
voracious animal. Man’s Imagination
baa made some strange animals with
which to frighten him, hut nature out
stripped htin with the ichthyosaurus
the megalosaurus and the pterodactyl
which she grew tired of and threw out
before man made his appearance In the
scheme of life on this globe.
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