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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, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1921. Vol. VII. No. 9.
HINDREDS HEAR
ROSCOE SIMMONS
Popular and Entertaining Orator
Speaks At City Auditorium. Under
Joint Auspices of Acme Lodge
Knights of Pyt' and St. John’s
A. M. E. Churcl^ft ‘ore An Audi
ence of Fifteen .£ -ed People—
Strikes Optimistic
—\
DAHLMAN WAR* Y
WELCOMES »\ \ER
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•
Simmons Sees in Progress of Race
During Past Fifty Years Abundant
Reasons for Hopefulness and En
couragement, Counsels Patience
and Joins Issue With All Who
Would Teach Retaliation and the
Doctrine of Hate.
An audience estimated to be be
tween 1500 and 1800 greeted Roscoe:
Simmons when he spoke at the City
Auditorium Monday night under the
joint auspices of Acme Lodge
Knights of Pythias and St John’s A.
M. E. church. The mooting was call
ed to order by R. C. Price, who in
a few well chosen words thanked all
who had contributed to the success
if the meeting and introduced
E. G. Scott, Chancellor Commander
of AcmeLodge as chairman. The in
vocation was given by the Rev. W. F.
Motts. Mr. Scott then introduced
Mayor James C. Dahlman who gave
a hearty address of welcome to the
speaker on behalf of the city. Mr.
Dahlman recalled the fact that three
years ago when he welcomed Mr.!
Simmons he was going out of office
. and that Mr. Slmmors then prophesi
ed that upon his subsequent return
to the city1 he expected to be welcomd
by Mr. Dahlman again as chief ex
ecutive of the city which prophesy
had been fulfilled. Mr. Simmons was
then introduced by the Rev. John Al
bert Williams. Several prominent
citizens had seats upon the platform.
As Mr. Simmons arose to speak the
members of the Blue Circle dub
greeted him with their club yell. Mr
Simmons expresed his gratitude for
the welcome accorded him by the
young people, thp organizations
which had invited him to the city, the
chief executive and the speaker who
had introduced him.
He -poke in an optimistic key, af
ter his characteristic manner, reciting
past racial achievements as grounds
for hopefulness and encouragement.
He paid a glowing tribute to the
genius of the American white man,
■ ith whose fortunes and successes
the lot of the American Negro is
linked, and stressed the fact that the
time will come when the dominant
group will recognize the American
■“'egro as his best friend and will do
him justice. He counseled patience
upon the part of our people and join
ed issue with those who would teach
retaliation and hate.
Mr. Simmons spoke in part as fol
lows:
THANKS, BLUE CIRCLE CLUB
• "I believe I am alright now. 1 thank
the young men for tin* yell. They Bald
I war alright. Young men. you who
ufoiu* to receive me. I thank you again
and again. Whatever your organization
I.** I belong to It. I sincerely thank May
or Dahlman out at inv heart for his wel
.ni.• Your honor, I know I am welcome
to Omaha, and as long as you an* mayor
I will be coming to your city. There are
no new political parties. The white peo
ple can belong to any party. We are the
only people that have a party. I arn
l lad to com# again to Omaha, and to see
«o many of my country-men. I thank
Father Williams for his remarks. Men
may speak of me unkindly, but my cause
is tile cause of the American Negro be
fore tlie bar of public opinion. My ob
ject is to stand the American Negro upon
his feet. 1 hate to speak to the while
man when there are such a few present.
There are not ho many white friends as
there were when I spoke here before.
The war is over. Lairing the war w<
could not turn for them, i siiull not com
plain, i ain an American. I was boi.
mire. Other races came here. 1 am at
tiome. Other races stop here. 1 starteu
mire. I am on my way.
urges Patience
il I could speak but one word to-night,
to tlie Negro it would be Patience unu to
uic winle man would be Justice. Thai
me American while man is the Negro's
oest ftuenci, 1 shah nol deny, and we are
eo«“j uml ue is our nest friend, but Ur
American Negro is nol only me Ameri
can white man’s best friend, but lie i«
ms only friend.
Regrets Absence of White Peop.e
This place ought to lie fuleu with white
peop.e. for my worn is not only for
members of the Negro race, out tor an
Americans us well. As i siunu on tiua
p.allot in, in the cuy oi Omaha, i say to
^ uu toe war ih not over, it iias Just be
r.un. i ue war lias been transferred from
a tuiiii.a oi oiood to a com net of ideas
a vvi.i oe back to Oiood again. 1 am
.. peace. vVncn war comes again
then will come the white man to tlie door
of the Negro again and say Come ou.
rmni, somebody is after us. As a matiei
of jact, no one is after us, but somebody
is alter him. What shall be tile reply,
i ocj promise 1 o stand by our slut*. i ne>
. "i will take off your chains. 1 am
satisfied. Patience is my word, even
when I see the American white man re
iusing to stand by tlie American Negro,
i have never asked the American white
man to stand by me in my duty. God
(Continued On Page 2)
EDITOR SENDS
CAD3TIC REPLY
If In ({nest iif Martyrdom Prefers
Ireland To The United States. He
Writes- Ametrioun Friend.
(By The A lociated Negro Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.- George
Bernard Shaw in reply to a letter to
Oswald ’Garrison Villard, editor of
the Nation, in which the writer was
asked if he intended- visiting the
United States, said:
"I have no intention of going to
prison with Debs or of taking my
wife to Texas where mobs snatch
v. bite women from out of hotel ver
anda- and tar and feather them. If
1 were dependent upon martyrdom
for a reputation, which happily I am
not, I could go to Ireland. It is a less
dangerous place, hut then the voyage
is shorter and much cheaper. You
aie right in your impression that a
numberof persons aVe urging me to
come'to the United States. But why
on earth do you call them my friends?
GEORGIA MINSTRELS
For many years the country has
been toured by the (Famous Georgia
Minstrels, a company of colored per
formers, who have established a clien
tele equal to none, and the announce
ment that this company will tie at the
Brandeis Theatre, September, 4-5-tW
insures a crowded house, as this soa
• m th'"' come with a bright new show
with a few of the old favorites re
tained, but with a complete new olio
of fifteen vaudeville acts, made up in
to a program that has plenty of “pep”
and a lot of comedy. The wardrobe
and scenery is as bright and new as a
silver dollar, and the peculiar har
mony of the singers is always wel
come, whilp the music is a distinct
feature.
LAND FOR WAR VETS
Wash. D. C. Aug. 25.—Secretary of
Interior Department announced two
hundred farms on Government land
open to application by ex-service men
sext month.
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ROSCOE CONKLIN SIMMONS
Who Spoke at City Auditorium Monday Night
UNDERTAKERS
FOUHD BOY’S
BODY HEAVY
, .
—
Jerome Withfield, Lynched By North
Carolina Moh, Had Body Full of
Lead—-Thousand Shots Fired.
WINSTON, N. C„ Aug. 25.—Un
dertakers engaged in cutting down
the body of Jerome Withfield from
the tree where it was hanging and
prepared it for burial, found that it
was twice its normal weight.
Investigation showed Withfield to
have been literally shot to pieces.
Hundreds of bullets penetrated the
body but many hundreds of others
remained embedded in the flesh and
bone.
A mob, estimated at from V,500 to
2,000 hung Withfield to a tree by the
roadside near here and then riddled
his body with a thousand bullets.
Withfield was charged with having
assaulted the wife of a white farmer j
When he got wonl early that he was
suspected of the crime, lie made an
attempt to escape. Members of the
mob used blood hounds to track him,
however. He was placed in an auto
mobile and rushed to the home of the
aliened assault victim's home,
members of the mob say he was iden
tified and others say he was not. It
didn’t make any difference; they I
i were out for blood but heeded the wo
man’s request not to lynch him in her
back yard and they took him a mile
down the road further.
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THE SAVING HABIT
“Start the habit of saving to-day
and you will soon come to realize how
the little things rapidly grow into the
big things,” is the theme of an edi
torial from the El wood 1’laee (Ohio)
ISh.de. The editorial says:
“If you will hut once start the
habit of saving, no matter how small
the amount, von will soon see why big
industries all over the country are
urging their employes to he saving
with the tools and materials used by
them in the factories and mills. Little
wastes son grow into big losses just
as small savings in time amount to
large sums.
“Saving built the railroads—hired
the men who made the tools, paid the
wages of the men who cleared the
right of way, eut through the forests,
made transportation and travel pos
sihle. Savings built ships—bought the
cargoes which ships carry, sent the
ship on its long voyages, and allowed
of surpluses in necessary Commodities
to be brought to market. Savings set
the grocer up in husines and put tin
plow in the farmer’s hands—savings
did it all. All that we call civilization
was planted and watered by savings.
“In every case the accumulation of
wealth began with somebody’s sav
ings:—getting a little ahead as a start
for going further ahead. And the
only way anyone can get ahead,
whether it be individuals or big cor
porations, is by saving. If we spend
all we earn, and waste a portion of
that which we have—put nothing by
sooner or later adversity will come
and we shall find ourselves dependent
upon others anil out of a job. seeking
charity for our everyday needs.
LEAVE FOR OUTING VT
LAKE OKOBOGI
Several young women left Wed
nesday morning for the “Y” camp at
Lake Okohogi for a ten day’s outing.
Miss Mildred Turner, goes as the
delegate of the Blue Triangle girls;
the Misses Lucile Crocker and Luella
Pitt from the Girl’s Improvement
Huh; Ruth Jones from the Premier
Hub: and Florence Jones from the
Etitre N'ou . Mrs Dora Donley goes
as the guest of the Blue Clrele club.
Miss Frankie FI. Watkins, secretary
of the “V”; Mrs. J. F. Smith and dau
ghter. Elaine; ard the Misses Ethel,
Irene and Teressp Jones were also
members of the merry group who
look forward to a delightful time.
GIVES ENJOYABLE SOCIAL
Mrs. Robert T. Walker gave a de
lightful social at her beautiful home
•>425 Maple street, Tuesday night for
the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Church
of St. Philip the Deason. A large
number were present. Games and
music were the diversions. The whist
honors were carried off by Mr. Char
les Seymour, Emery R. Smith and
Joe Brown, who captured first, sec
ond and booby prizes, respectively,
for the men; and Mrs. Mallie Robin
son, Mrs. W. H. Haynes and Miss Lu
tie M. Bryant, who captured the
prizes for the ladies in the order here
named.
LONESOME GIRL WANTS
TO CORRESPOND WITH
A YOUNG MAN
I am a young woman twenty-one
years of age graduate of one of the
leading Colored schools of the South,
and a native f Oklahoma. I have an
independent income of my own. F
would like to correspond with some
bright and intelligent young man who
is ambitious an ’ wants to get ahead.
Address Box No. 1 The Monitor Pub
lishing Co. Omaha Nebraska.—Adv.
CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP
THK DEACON
Next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
all members of various families be
longing to St. Philip’s are requested
to be presnt in the family pew.
The annual parish lawn social will
he held Monday night at the residence!
of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper E. Brown,
2883 Miami street.
The services Sunday will be as fol
lows: Holy Communion 7:30 a. m.;
Church school, 10; morning prayer
and sermon, 11; evening prayer at 8
o’clock.
MAYOR ASKS PROBE
OF KU KLU KLAN
IN QUAKER CITY
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 25.—
Mayor Moore Thursday ordered Di
rector of Public Safety Cortelyou to
assign a detective to investigate the
activities of the “Ku Klux Klan,”
which has opened headquarters here.
“The Invisible Empire of the Im- 1
penal Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,”
which is the full name of the order,!
has sixty-five new subjects in this!
citv.
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ELAINE MEN TO
BE EXECUTED
Arkansas Governor Sets Day for Ex
ecution of Peonage Victims Con
victed in Coned ion with Phillips
Count) Riots Two Years Ago
Date for the exectrocution of six Aik
ansas farmers, convicted in courier- j
tion w ith tc Elaine riots in Phillips I
county in October, 1919, has been sell
for September 22 by Governor Me-;
Rae.
Attorneys for the doomed rnen
were denied a heading on a writ of
error from the Arkansas Supreme
Court to the United States Supreme
Court recently.
Lawyers for the six men, including
Attorney Scipio Jones, famous crim
inal lawyer and the law firm of Me
GRAND LODGE
CLOSES SESSION
The Craft in Nebraska Has Most Suc
cessful Meeting in Its History.
Elects Strong Corps of Officers.
Lincoln Captures the Grand Master.
Omaha Secures Goodly Share of
(•rand Officers.
(Special to The Monitor)
LINCOLN, Neb., August 24.—The
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ne
braska e.id its jurisdiction A. F. & A.
M„ closed its 3rd annual session Fri
day afternoon in McKinley Audi
torium, after one of the most success
ful meetings in the history of the or
ganization.
The great interest centered in the
election of officers, which was held
Thursday. It is to be noted that the
grand officers choosen were quitq
equitably distributed throughout the
state. Lincoln captured the Grand
Master ship in the person of R. H.
Young, who had served effeciently as
Grand Treasurer. Omaha secured
several prominent offices, while
Grand Island, Alliance, Hastings, and
Stromsburg were not overlooked. A
large crowd assembled in the A. M. E.
Church Wednesday night, and listen
ed to an address of welcome by Sec
retary of State Hon. A. H. Amsberry,
which was responded to by Mr. C. W.
Dickerson, M. W. D. G. M., who ren
dered an address not heard every day,
but well gotten up full of thought and
very scholarly. A solo rendered by
Mr. Chas. Haynes was enthusiastical
ly applauded. The choir rendered
splendid music.
On Wednesday night at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church the Memorial Services
w ere conducted by M. W. G. Lecturer
A. W. Gates of Grand Island. It was
o'emn and full of pathos.
Do;,dunes famous band was here
from Omaha Friday and as usual the
hoys were full of music and were the
talk of the city. As the people had
begun to assemble at the park for the
nicnic a heavy rain came up. The af
fair was spoiled; however, those who
•ared assembled at German Hall Fri
lay night and enjoyed a reception and
R. H. YOUNG
Recently Elected Grand Master of Nebraska Masons
Henry, Murphy and Dunaway have
fought the case to the bitter end. The
men were sentenced to die on June 10
but a writ of habeas corpus, calling
for the apearance of the six men in
court on the day of their execution
forced the governor to postpone the
time set fr their execution. The piea
of the lawyers at that time was that
the men were not responsible for the
death of Clinton Lee, a white man,
who was alleged to have been shot
duiing the riots of October 1, 1019.
The N. A. A. C. P. and many other
charitable race institutions through
out the country have given their best
in money and time, in an effort to
save the men from the electric chair,
but the order of Governor McRae
-eeirfingly end the hitter fight,
which has now been going on for
nearly two years.
THE MONITOR
If there ever was a special edition
gotten out by a race newspaper man
deserving of special mention, it is the
Monitor of Omaha, Neb., one of our
leading exchanges, which came to our
office this week replete with cuts and
well gotten up sketches of prominent
men and women, and healthy looking
children; besides a number of busi
ness houses, many of them conducted
by colored men. The many big ad
vertisements contoined therein show
that somebody on the Monitor is sure
ly “some hustler”. Editor Williams,
we congratulate you.—The Portland
(Ore.) Advocate.
ATTEND NATIONAL NEGRO
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Drs. Leonard E. Britt and A. G.
Edwards left Sunday afternoon for
Louisville, Ky., to attend the annual
convention of the National Negro
Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical
association.
dance, many partias having motorec
over from Omaha.
The corps of officers elected are:
R. H. Young, M. W. G. Master, Lin
coln; C. W. Dickerson, M. W. D. G. M.,
Omaha; Dr. G. A. Flippin, Grand Is
land; E. W.S mith, M. W. G. S. War
den. Omaha; A. P. Curtis, M. W.
G. . J. Warden, Alliance; A. W.
Gates, M. W. G. Lecturer, Grand Is
land; K P. Booth, M. W. G. Tyler,
Hastings; I. B. Smith, M. W. G. Chap
lain, Lincoln; C. C. & F. C., C. F. Den
(■■!>, Lincoln. Next annual meeting
'. ill be at Grand Island Wednesday,
August, 1922.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends for the
kindness and sympathy shown to us
during the illness and death of our
beloved mother. Mrs. Julia Phinney,
who passed away August 16th. We
also thank the sisters of the Jerusa
lem and Mosaic societies for their
kindness; our beloved pastor for the
consoling sermon and Mr. Silas John
son for his tender care. We are also
grateful for the beautiful floral of
ferings.
Mrs. Roy Barnett and sisters.
INSURANCE COMPANY
RESENTS DISCRIMINATION
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 19.—
The Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance
Company, an 'Inter-Racial Corpora
tion of which Dean L. B. Moore is
national field executive, has refused
to continue the occupancy of quar
ters in the Jefferson County Bank
building as a protest against restric
tions laid upon colored people in the
use of elevators.
285 COLORED THEATERS
IN THE UNITED STATES
There are 285 colored movinp
picture theater* in United States. 81
of which are owned and managed by
colored people. Texas has the larg
est number of theaters for colored
people, forty in number and the
largest number of colored owned and
managed theaters, 15 in number.
Maryland has 11 theaters, only one
owned and managed by colored peo
ple.
I)K. CROSSLAND MADE
WAR RISK BUREAU HEAD
WASHINGTON, August, 25.—Dr.
J. P. A. Crossland of St. Joseph has
been named the head of the Negro
division of the War Risk Insurance
Bureau. He wil have charge of the
claims for the hundreds of Colored
soldiers who fought in the great war.
It is supposed the appointment will
carry a $6,000 salary. Crossland will
take office Tuesday, it is expected.
AMERICAN WOODMEN
MEET AT DENVER
DENVER, Colo., Aug. ,25.—More
than ont thousand representatives
were present at the fifth annual ses
sion of the American Woodmen. Sup
reme Commander White presided.
The order has assets of nearly $1,
000,000 and insurance policies in ef
fect aggiegating $40,000,000.
JOHNSON IS
NOT CONFIRMED
Famous Georgian National Commit
teman Named as Recorder of Deeds
Is Meeting With Determined
Opposition
WASHINGTON, J). C., Aug. 25.—
The appointment of Col. Henry Lin
coln Johnson foi Recorder of Deeds
for the District of Columbia came up
Wednesday in executive session of
the Senate, along with that of Frank
A. Linney, of North Carolina, for U.
S. District Attorney for the Eastern
section of the State. Linney was con
firmed and Johnson’s appointment
was returned to the Committee on
District Affairs of which Senator Ball
is Chairman, for investigation of
charges that have been filed against
him.
An inquiry was made at Senator
Ball’s office concerning the charges,
hut nothing could be obtained con
cerning them.
When interviewed the Colonel had
nothing to say. “The question is be
fore the Senate and I have nothing to
say in the matter,” said Mr. Johnson.
The failure to confirm Johnson has
caused much comment through politi
cal circles, because of the fact that
he was supposed to have been held in
high esteem by the administration.
The nature of the charges filed
against him are a matter of conjec
ture. It is believed, however, in some
quarters that “The Lowden slush fund
matter” is a part of them. Some po
litical aces in the District take John
son’s silence at this time to mean that
be has not yet played his last card.
The movemens of the Senate Com
mittee will undoubtedly be watched
very close from now on.
Mr. Frank Golden, proprietor of the
Little Fontenelle, returned Saturday
from Topeka, Ivan., where he had been
for several days in attendance at
the Grand Session of the Knights of
Pythias’ which was held in that city
from Aug. 15-20.
Mrs. W. M. Lewis of 2014 North
Twenty-fourth street has gone to the
Twin Cities where she will be the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Laura Car
ter of Minneapolis, Minn., and other
relatives in St. Paul.
BOB CHBRCH
BREAKS WITH
THE PRESIDENT
Would Not Stand For Latter s Atti
tude On Appointment Of South
ern Colored Men
DISSATISFACTION SPREADS
Efforts Being Made To Elect A Demo
cratic Congress in 1922
Major John R. Lynch, author,
former member of Congress from
Mississippi, former paymaster of
the U. S. Army and during the
Republican Nation-Convention of
1884, temporary chairman, in an
exclusive interview for the Asso
ciated Negro Press declared:
“The time has arrived when we
must place partiotism above par
ty. Wc have had a claim upon the
Republican party, because it was
founded on human rights. When
human rights are ignored or
side-tracked, as they seem to be
now, we must open our eyes, find
our real friends, and support
them.
“In 1874 t'. S. Grant was elect
ed by an unprecedented sweeping
victory, as was President Hard
ing. The party failed to keep its
promises to the people, and in
1876 there was a notable Repub
lican defeat. I give it as a warn
ing, unless the Republican Party
of today reasserts itself on gen
uine principles of human justice
and lives up to them, history may
repeat itself in 1922.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18.—
Nobody worked harder to put Hard
ing in the White House and nobody
has gotten less out of his presence
there than the Colored people.
This is the feeling that is rapidly
spreatling over the country and every
where there i. disgust and disappoint
ment felt with the Harding adminis
tration. It is just becoming known
that Robert R. Church, Tennessee
leader, has broken with President
Hat-ding and rturned to his home.
After campaigning throughout the
country last fall, Mr. Church spent
more than four months in Washing
ton. When the President was settled,
he and Mr. Church had a conference
in which Mr. Harding expressed his
views on the matter of appointing
colored men to" office in the South.
Mr. Church respectfully told the Pre
sident that he could not be sponsor
for such a policy and until the course
changed his address would be Mem
phis, Tenn., Henry Lincoln Johnson
is being urged not to accept the posi
tion as recorder of deds. Leaders are
urging Charles Cottrell to return to
his business in Toledo, Ohio and Dr.
J. B. Crossland to go hack to St. Louis ■
Mo. Such a course, it is said, would N
show the Republicans that colored 9
Americans are not to be trifled with fl
and that in 1922 every effort will be N
made to send a Democratic Congress 9
to Washington. s™
THE MONITOR’S GREAT EDITION
The Monitor, of Omaha, Neb., Rev
John Albert Williams, Editor, on
Thursday of last week issued a
“Special Monitor Emancipation Edi
tion” of 16 pages. It was filled with
interesting historical reading matter;
cuts of men and women of note,
homes and buildings, and pages of
advertising. It was a magnificent
edition of which Editor Williams may
he justly proud, and we congratulate
him upon his success.—The Appeal,
(St. Paul, Minn.)
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