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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, DECEMBER 29, 1921. __VoL V11L No. 1. Whole No. 338
THE AHTI-LYHCHIHG
BILL COMES TO VOTE
AFTER HOLIDAYS
House of Representatives Postpones
('on side rut' After Demoeratie
Members ^ Chamber, Making
Roll» 'eessary.
CAMPBELL CHA,\ 'AS BILL
— .
Representative Ansorge of f*g "ork
Makes Eloquent Plea for Pa. ye
of Measure to Free Amerk'a
From Menace.
Staff Correspondence.
Washinton, D. C., Dec, 21.—With
^he Southern members in the House
of Representatives "standing on their
ears,” and the cracker press from the
Mason and Dixon’s line down to Key
West, Florida, howling like wolves,
the House of Representatives moved
Wednesday to postpone the vote on
the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill until af
ter the Christmas holidays.
Motion was brought to the House
on Monday by Representative Camp
bell of Kansae vho asked the House
to Jipiit its debate to ten days. The
debate on this motion occupied the
House the greater part of Us session
Monday and was only disposed of after
a compromise Tuesday on which Demo
cratic and Republican leaders were
determined to pass the bill. Demo
cratic members left the House so that
no quorum wras present aid live roll
calls were necssary Monday night.
Sergeants-at-arms were sent after err
ing Democrats with threats of arrest,
before they could be brought back
into the House. Few of the Repub
licans Joined the filibuster.
In an effort to adjourn the House
Monday night, and so keep down a
discussion or the bill, Congressmen
r.oldsborough and Linthicum, Demo
crats, and Blakeney, Republican were
among the Representatives who would
not. vote. Congressmen John Philip
Hill, Fredericks, Zlhlman and Sidney
Mndd, all Republicans, voted against
adjournment so that the discussion
could be continued.
* Mr. Campbell called attention to the
fact that 3,224 persons have been
lynched since 1889, and of these 2,522
were colored, Including fifty women.
“The South should not object to the
bill,” he Baid, "because It will lie just
as applicable to Ohio as to the South.
“Twelve million patriotic, law-abld
ing colored Americans and more
pillions of whites are fervently hoping
and praying today that Congress and
the United States will enact legisla
tion that will forever wipe the stain
of lynrhng from the pages of history,
* declared Representative Ansorge of
New York, amidst thunders of ap
plause from the Republican side of the
House. Representative Garrett, of
Tnnnessee, intimated that lynching
was necessary in his section to pro
tect women who travel alone in dark
places.
MOTHERS CU B HOLD MEETING
The Mothers’ Club met Friday, De
cember 16, at the Y. W. C. A. A short
program was rendered. Mesdames
Smith and Andersfcn was hostesses. A
business meeting will be held Friday,
January 6, at the Center. The club
has colected shoes, clothing and toys
and will distribute them to any needy
who will call at the Y. W. C. A. Cen
ter, Twenty-second and Grant streets,
January 6 and 7. A committee was
appointed to take Christmas baskets
to several families. Mrs. J. F. Smith,
president.
ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. K. CHI UCH
O. W. Burckhardt, I’astor.
Christmas Day was highly enjoyed
by members and friends. At 11 a. m.
the pastor preached from St. Luke
II. At 7 p. m. there was a real live
League meeting and at 7:30 a well
arranged and highly appreciated pro
gram conducted by Mrs. I' rankie Redd.
After the program many presents
were distributed from the Christmas
tree. The pastor and his wife were
also rmembered with useful and
beautiful presents from the members.
New Years will be the beginning
of a great joint revival participated
in by the M. E. Church and Allen
Chapel. The first two weeks meet
ings will be held at the Rev. Mr. Con
well’s church, Thirty-second and U
streets. The Rev. John T. llrown of
Springfield, Ohio, will have charge.
The Misses Madeline and Thelma,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Ship
man, who are attending a Convent
school in St. Louis, Mo., are home for
the holidays.
Miss Frances D. Gordon was hostess
at a delightful Christmas breakfast,
at the family residence, 2416 Binney
street, Christmas Day, complimentary
to Miss Pinkett o“leatrice. Covers
were laid for twelve.
James W. Headley, who has been
seriously ill with pneumonia at his
residence, 3011 North Twenty-eighth;
avenue, is slowly improving.
GROUND is CLEARED
FOR FINAL ACTION
ON DYER MEASURE
.Inmes Weldon Johnson, Secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
Reports Progress.
GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID
Arguments of Opposition Met hy Facts
Furnished From Flies of National
Organization. Outlook for
Passage Favorable.
New York, Dec. 29.—James Weldon
Johnson, Secretary of the National I
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, on returning to New
York after ten days spent in W. ,11
Ington, issued the following statement
on the present status of the Dyer
Anti-Lynching Bill, H. R. 13;
‘‘Nothing but debate now stands be
tween the Dyer Bill and a vote in the
House of Representatives. All of the
preliminary groundwork necessary for
the passage of the measure has been
laid. 1. In spite of bitter opposition,
the Committee on Rules made a spe
cial rule, bringing the Dyer Bill be
fore the House of Representatives.
2. The House of Representatives In
session adopted that rule despite last
ditch opposition hy Southern Demo
crats. 3. The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole and the BUI was
read. When Congress reconvenes
aftr the holidays the House will de
bate the bill, and, 1 believe, will
pass it.
“The main opposition to the Dyer
Bill came from Southern Democrats
in the form of the old charge that
the Negro was a rapist. This charge
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People at tfnee
that rape had only been charged
leader in the House statistics showing
that rape 1 tl only been charged
against 16.6 per cent of the victims of
3,434 lynchings since 1889. The
charge was also refuted on the floor
of the House of Representatives, who
read statistics prepared hy the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment, of Colored People. Among those
wh are fighting for the passage of the
Bill are Representatives Campbell of
Kansas, Chairman of the Committee
on Rules; Mondell of Wyoming, Re
publican floor leader: Madden of 111'
nols, Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations; Volstead of Minne
sota; Burton of Ohio; Ansorge of
N'-e' York; Goodykoontz of West Vir
ginia; Fess of Ohio; Moores of Indi
ana; Fordney of Michigan; Long
worth of Ohio, and Dyer of Missouri.
“The Southern Democrats further
tried to impede .progress on the Dyer
Bill by repeatedly Insisting on a roll
call of members present and then til
ing out of the chamber so that no
quorum was present. These tactics
were met by locking the doors of the
House and sending out sergeants-at
arms to bring in absent members.
"Due credit was given to the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People by Its oppo
nents. Representative Byrnes of South
Carolina said:
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
who are responsible for the pre
sentation of this hill to the House,
pleaded with the Republican Con
vention for such a declaration In
its platform.
“The declaration Mr. Ryrnes refers
to is the request that Congress ‘con
slder the most effective means to pre
vnt lynching,’ which appeared In the
Republican platform.
“The National office was active
during the debates on the Rill. In
formation was placed before New
York editors and the New York Times,
the New York Tribune, the New York
F.venlng Post, and the Globe all pub
lished editorials endorsing the Dver
Bill, despite the ftiet that the New
York Times Is perhaps the leading
Democratic newspaper in the United
States. The Globe and Tribune pub
lished twn editorials each In the
course of one week. More editorial
support is promised when the Dyer
Bill Is debated after the holiday
season.
“There is therefore the best reason
for encouragement among those who
have been working for the passage of
the nver Bill. The victory is not won
but all preliminary obstacles have
been cleared away. It remains now
only to organize sentiment even more
completely than before, to have every
Interested person, white or black, en
dorse the Dyer Bill to his Representa
tive In Congress, and to see to It that
no friend of progress in race rela
tions Is left uninformed on the Dyer
Bill, H. R. 13."
NEWS FROM LOCAL BRANCH.
N. A. A. C. P.
There was no regular meeting of
the N. A. A. C. P. last Sunday after
noon, because of the-fact that there
was a misunderstanding about the
place of the meeting. Several were
at St. John church to attend, but
found a locked door, and by the time
some one could be found to unlock it
most of the people had gone because
of the chilly weather.
/
AN UNBIASED SURVEY OF CON
DITIONS IN RACE RELATIONSHIP
Annual Review for the Year Just Closing, Prepared for
Our Readers by the Associated Negro Press
Chicago, 111., Dec. 29.—Again we are
face to face with a new year. The!
events of 1921 are now a matter of
record. It is well, at this time each!
year, to reflect over the trend of
events, to take stock, so to speak, and
clear the decks for the next period
of time.
What has 1921 meant to the darker
people of the world? Never has there
beetp a period in modern history
where the darker people of the world
have more clearly asserted them
selves and acquainted the white race
throughout the worlfl with the fact
that henceforth darker people every
where will righteously contend for
equal justice and uncompromising op
portunity to live and let live.
The Pan-African Conference, held in
Europe during the summer, served in!
a very notable manner to emphasize
the growth of world-wide racial con
sciousness, and the keen interest of
the nations now under white control
In studying every move and seeking
to comprehend every motive destined
to combine dark people into a gigantic
moral—If not physical—force.
The manifest, unfairness of white
races throughout the world In dealing
with people of darker hue, with twoj
or three exceptions, has developed thej
antipathy and suspicion to a degree;
unheard of before. The most, thought-;
ful and cor/Bervative among the whites
have become greatly concerned, If not;
alarmed, over the state of affairs and
many of them are proposing concilia
tory programs that are being studied!
very minutely. I.eaders among darker!
people, throughout the world, even;
the most, conservative, are not dls-j
couraf^ng the development and ex
pression of principle through an
aroused consciousness, while the radt
cals know no bounds in their denun
ciations and proposals.
Newspaper Develovnient.
In the Pnlted States of America the
development, growth and acknowl
edged power of the newspapers pub
ltshed within the group, have become
so obvious that none question their
standing, and within and without the’
group these periodicals are sought and
read by friend and foe alike.
President Warren O. Harding, him
self n newspaper man, has given *nn
precedented study and recognition t
racial newspapers through tli»*- Asso
ciated Negro Press. On several oc
casions the President has expressed
his great interest in the growth of our
newspapers, and has given his offlcia
word of encouragement to the po
te'ncy of thp press.
Dally newspapers throughout the
country have quoted and commented
on editorials In our newspapers; the.
have sought to be fairer in the dis
semination of news, editorial opinion
and Illustrations.
The “readng habit’’ of American Ne
groes has developed more than 200
per cent In the last five years, and at
least 20 per cent in the depressing
year of 1921, when there has been go
much unemployment. The A. N. I*, is
accepted by the people, and by the pro
fession within and without the race,
as the standard accredited news ser
vice of our people. Such h position Is
naturally guarded with greatest ear
and “Impartial service to all ut al
times” is the wtchword of progress.
Other outstanding facts in the realm
of printed development are the large
rimiher of magazines that have in qne!
way and another used the Negro and
bis problems for subjects. The spirit
of the majority of these has been syn
r>°thetle. There have been several
books, by otir own and white authors
dealing with racial life It Is impor
taut to state that the percentage of
whites who rend all of he“varl(fhu con
ribuions is easily keeping pare, and
in some instances surpasses that of
the Colored people themselves.
The printed word, therefore, in the
newspapers mainly, but otherwise
ulso, stands out today as the silent
but almighty force that is revolution
izing opinion on racial matters, and
the promise of the future is more
power and greater achievements..
Mutters Political.
’Politically, In 1921, Colored Ameri
cans have demonstrated astounding
observation activity and independence.
The “unexpected” has happened in
widely, different sections of the coun
try Colored Americans have torn
away from their traditional death grip
upon thp Republican party. This has
been due to disappointment in the
trend of national politics, but was
certainly accentuated by the “official
release” given the race by Preaident
Hanling during his Birmingham ad
dress.
For the first time since he became a
citizen, the Negro lies become an un
certain quantity aB a political factor
The skeptclsm of political leaders,
who claim to “know the Negro,” that,
he “would take the money from the
Democrats for work, and vote under
the eagle,” was convincingly dispelled
by the November election in New
York City, where in some precincts
the vote was as high as eight to one
for the Democrats. New York is un
questionably typical of the feeling of
the masses throughout the entire
country, careful investigations by the
Associated Negro Press disclose.
The rank and file of Colored Amer
icans have arrived at the place where
they will henceforth give their vote
to that party or Individual promising
the test government, and the recipient
of the votes will be carefully watehei
and held to strict accountability.
Business Development.
“Business” has become a big(»vor
in the life of thoughtful Colored peo
pie. Wherever there are Colored can
ters today there is business enter
prise. The ventures are getting ou
of the old lines followed ho long o
“barter shops, pool rooms, restaurants
and saloons.” There haye been for
tunes made by some Individuals It
these particular iieWs, hut they hav
failed to advance the race econom
lcally, and morally many of them hav
been a blight.
There has been a rude awakenlni
on the subject of “turnover.” Where
as the ine.ome of Colored people ha
been millions of dollars per week
from one end of the country to th
other, the turnover has been miser
ably small. The i’unney has pnssei
from the horny haffile of toll back t
the white business man, with sue'
rapidity, in buying even the bare ne
cessities of life that it has seemed like
a trick of the magician’s wand. It ha
been judiciously observed, further
that in many of the instances wher
Colored people have opened saving
accounts in white banks the banks
have refused loans on property ownei
by Colored people, and have refuse
to handle the commercial paper o
Colored business men. There hav
been instances observed where whit
business men in Colored neighbor
hoods have refused to employ Col
ored help; and these same hualnes
men have been favored with loans a
white banks where Colored money 1
deposted and where Colord tmsnes
deposited, and where Colored buslnes
men doing business with the sum
bank could not borrow.
This inconsistent stale of affair
has ereutod a new business conscious
ness that runs the gamut all the wa
from production to consumption; i
covers the important contact wltl
Colored bunks, and in 1921 has re
celve new impetus by resolution
adqpted by the National Negro Bus!
ness League In the Atlanta session
looking to wider co-operation an
more aubstantail tinnneal exchange
and turnover.
Itellglon and Kduciilinii.
There h«H been widespread feelin
nf religious responsibility In 1921
This has found most gratifying ex
pression In all of the religious de
nominations of general church bodie |
whose memberships also contain Col
ored communicants. The Methodis
Episcopal church, true to Its trad)
lions and policies, has excelled at
other denominations it) the size of it
flnancftl hacking to carry oat the pro
gram of a sincere determination to ad
vance the race religiously nd educ
tionally. The white Baptists, Presby
terians, Episcopalians, Congregation
ullstB, Catholics, Salvation Army an
other religious bodies have give'
more attention this year to the wel i
faro of Negroes than at any time h
the history of the nattofi not except
ing the period follwing emancipation
This is a stupendous truth that is sig
nificant of a realization of religion
requrements.
Every established school and eol
lege for Coloied people exclusively Is
crowded to capacity; many are build
Ing, and practically every Souther!
state has acceded to the demands o
popular sentiment in providing tetter
educational facilities for Colors'
youth. It has by no means reache
a desirable and just proportion, hut
in the majority of instances the change
is notlceal)le. In northern centers
where there are mixed schools, both
grammar and high, there has teen in
creased attendance!. This la noted
also In mixed colleges and universl
tes. I
Iiiter-KiM-lnl Movements.
There has been a splendid showing
In the matter of Inter-Racial Move
ments The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People is
the most highly organized movement
of this kind In the world, It has
proved its efficiency and helpfulness
on man Mr occasions during the year
and its following in both races is in
creasing. The Association has been
unfortunate in these respects; white
people, especially South, have believed
the organization demands too much
for the black people; while many peo
ple within the group have felt tha j
the activities of te Association wer
meant to be confined to so-called
'‘high brows” of the race, rather than
also the masses. These* misunder
standings are being corrected by sys
tematic endeavor, it appears. The
Association asks no more, nor less,
than absolute Justice, and that for all
the people everywhere.
Encouraged by the Y. M. C. A., by
Dr. R. R. Moton of Tuskegee Instl
tuia, Dr John Hope of Morehouse
College, Atlanta, and others, there has
been throughout the South wide
spread lnler-itacial Movements estab
lished. These movements illustrate a
new conscidtosness and mental atti
tude on the part of the thinking white
Southerner, and bids fair to be of
great value In the work of better un
dei-stumling.
Other Movements.
.There have been a number of other
movements of one kind and another ,
all seeking to express the conscious
ness of a better day. The most out j
standing of these other movement j
has been the Universal Negro lm |
provement Association, and affiliated
organizations, under the control and
direction of Marcus Garvey. Thl
combination of efforts has succeeded
in fastening a hold on the masses o
the people In many suctions of th
United States and the West Indies
particularly, thut alarms the con
servative leaders among Negroes, and
arouses a zeal of devotion by the ad
herentH that surpasses any similar
movement ever established In thl
country.
Africa.
This brings us to an amazing exhi
bltlon of Intermit manifesiail by many
hundreds of thousands of American
Negroes in the redemption of Africa.
This country of the forefathers of
black people , rich beyond human
computation in natural resources, has
become a world center of Interest.
European nations have chopped Af
rlca Into colonial morsels, hut (her
Is a growing feeling, leading where
It cannot be predicted, that Africa
should be for the Africans. The discov
ery of Harvard professors, during
search of ten yens, of a long line o
Ethiopian klngH anil queens, bus only
•served to heighten Interest in the
cradle of civilization, and make those
of sun-kissed hue have u new inspi
ration of pride in the world’s greatest
continent, the cradle of civilization—
AFRICA.
Capital und Labor.
Colored Americans have continued
to look with an eye of skepticism on
the sincerity of purpose of labor
unions. The American Federation o
' ahor through Its Chief Executive,
Samuel Gontpers, has sought to im
press the race that "Labor Is Just to
the Negro."
In the matter of labor, Colored
wprkers are more Inclined to the at
tltuile of the “Open Shop,” the belief
that one may or may not he a member
of a union, according to the dictates
of his conscience, just as he may or
may not be a member of ehureh or
fraternal society, according to hi
feeling, and without molestation one
way or the other.
MttNele Shoals Development.
One of the truly remarkable mani
testations of economic vision ha
been demonstrated this year In the
development of Muscle Shoals. Ala
bama waterpower and fertilizer pro
Jeot. Regardless of the wisdom of
first starting the work, the United
States Government has spent $tOf>. j
000,000 to date on the place and Henry
Ford of Detroit has Informed the Sec
retary of War that the project can
be completed for $30,000,000 more.
Colored people throughout the eoun
try, including such leaders of though
aa Dr. R. R. Melon, R R. Church o
Memphis, and many of the newspaper*,
discern the economic advantage for
Negro laborers and farmers when Mr
Ford is permitted to close the deal
The development of the plans is be
ing watched with great interest.
Amusements.
In the field of amusements there
has been such a substantial growth
this year that 1922 bids fair to eclipse
all other years in a carefully system
at i zed program of achievement run
ning all the wa from the individual
private entertainer to the mam moth
state fairs now carried on annually in
many states throughout the South. J.
W. Jackson, of the editorial staff of<
ihe Billboard, has made a studious
survey of this well known field that
Is worthy of very careful considera
tlon,
Charles fillpln In “The Emperor!
Jones;” “Sliurfle Along,” in its ninth1
month In New York City; Bert Will
lams with his own show in Chicago;
Harry Lawrence Freeman, of New
York, about to produce Brand Opera
of his own composition in one of the
big down-town opera houses of the
metropolis, hacked by the same man
agement that has “Shuffle Along,”
with Colored orchestras in demand for
social functions, with high class acts
in vaudeville being more favorably
received than before, there Is a new
day dawning.
Add to these the developments of
motion picture producers with Col
ored characters, the production of
phonographs and records, and various
other activities following in their
wake, and the Race looks with en
thusiastic anticipation to the coming
year.
Law and Order.
A Federal law against lynching now
eeniH to be n certainty. After years
of astounding atrocities and years of
righteous agitation, public sentiment
tins finally come to the point where a
law, with teeth In It, against the
shameful American practice of lynch
ing, must and will he passed. It If
believed by all thoughtful and Impar
tial students of political well being
(tint the United States may adoptano
enforce such a law for self-preserva
Ion, If for uo other reason. Occupying
a position of pre-eminence in world
affairs, such n people cannot he at the
same time righteous and hypocrites;
they cannot “serve God and mam
mon," They must rhoose one or the
other. Tbit to such a test, America
always chooses the “better part.’
Finally.
There Is reason to lie thankful fo
flte achievements of 1921. Rvery
where there are marked signs o
gowth and progress. The spirit o
unity has descended upon the peopl
from ail sides, and scattered its bene
factions in all directions. We are our
“brother’s keeper,” feel it and know it
None shall separate us from the her!
tage of uncompromising loyalty t
each others' Interests snd devotion
to the general good: we yield to non
in our visions and aspirations, and
shall yield to none in our rightful de
termination to make them real and
lasting.
To 1925 the darker people of th
| world.and of this nation, ns united
group* and ss Individuals, mm their
face and with the "Faith of our fath
ers,” resolve to march on tc greate
| victory.
MARQUETTE TEAM DEFEATS
“Y” AT BASKET BALL
_
The Y. M. C. A. basket ball team |
played its first match Tuesday night
in the gymnasium of the State School
for the Deaf and Dumb, with the fa
mous Marquette club of Creighton
university. The ‘Y's" were defeated
jri an Interesting game by the score
of 3d to 10. The “Y’s" did good team
work, but were weak in their defen
sive guard. The team was composed
of Bently, Brown, Shelton, Hudson,
Thomas an/I Galloway, substitute.
Otis Shelton was the star for the
“Y’s", and Wiggins for the Mar
quettes. Shanahan has a strong,
well-trained team in the Marquettes,
all gentiemenly, clean players, and it
was no reflection on the “Y’s” to be
defeate/i by such a team. Several
fair rooters were present to root for
the “Y” players.
CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP
THE DEACON
Christmas services were well at
tended. The annual Christmas tree i
was held Wednesday night, Feast of |
the Holy Innocents, and the children
ha/1 a good time. Beginning Sunday,
January 8 and informal one hour ves
per service will be held at 5 o’clock.
A beautiful Sanctuary lamp has been
placed in the church as a memorial of
the late Thomas Keese. It is the gift
of his widow. It bears the inscription,
“In loving memory of Thomas Keese,
1849-1921, from Edith, his wife."
The services next Sunday will be
holy communion at 7:30 a. m.; I
Church school at 10; choral eucharist
and sermon at 11; vespers at 6
o'clock.
Maynard L. Wilson spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Lincoln on Masonic
business.
VIRTUAL SEIZURE
HAITI COHFIRMED
BY DOCUMEHTS
rhe Nation, New York's Fearless
Weekly, Prints Official Documents
From Navy Dispatch Book
Submitted to Senate.
DISCLOSE COERCION USER
Haitian Congress Forced to Ratify
Unwelcome Treaty Under Threat
of Continued Military
Operation.
New York, Dec. 29.—Documents
confirming the “rape of Haiti" by the
United States government were made
public for the first time last Wednes
day by the New York Nation and show
a shameful record of the bullying of
a weaker by a stronger nation. The
documents, which are taken from the
United States navy dispatch book and
submitted to the Senate Committee,
reveal the rough-house methods used
by the marines, Navy and State De
partments to get control of Haiti’s
revenues; to force ratification of a dis- )
graceful treaty and to dissolve the
Haitian Congress.
One of the astonishing messages Is
from Secretary of the Navy Daniels
to Admiral Caperton under date of
November 10, 1915, authorizing him to
tell the Haitian Congress that they
should accept a disgraceful treaty
with the United States, “or the United
States would retain control in Haiti
until the desired end is accomplished
and that it will forthwith proceed to
complete pacification of Haiti,” etc.
President D’Artinguenave, writing
ing for the T.e Nouvelist, a Haitian
newspaper published in Port au
Prince, under date of November 22,
1921, admits that the United States
forced Haiti to accept the disgraceful
treaty or its alternative, namely, the
end of a naional government, the dis
appearance of the Haitian flag and a
white military governor from the
United States.
Other dispatches quoted by the Na
tion show how petty American officers
were intrusted with holding up Hai
tian funds and payment of the Haitian
government officials, and how the Hai
tian assembly was dissolved because
it would not adopt a constitution writ
ten and dictated by the United States.
FRED MORROW FLING COMING.
Most Omahans will be pleased to
note that Fred Morrow' Fling, profes
sor of Sociology in University of Ne
braska, will address the N. A. A. C. P.
Thursday evening, January 26, 1922,
at Creighton Auditorium. Prof. Fling
needs no introduction to quite a few'.
His subject for this occasion will be
“The Present World Crisis.”
lack of interest shown.
Of late Colored Omaha has not ral
lied to the support of the N. A. A.
C. P. as it should and it is a sad com
mentary upon the intelligence of the
community that such is the case. If
those in office are not doing as they
should do, then be a good fellow and
come out and tell them what they
ought to do, and stop standing on the
street comers and knowing more
about what is going on in the asso
ciation than the regular attendant.
The next meeting will be at Pilgrim
Baptist Church, Twenty-fifth and
Hamilton, Sunday afternoon at 4
o’clock.
Y. W. C. A. NOTES.
The Membership Committee, with
Mrs. D. W. Goodn as chairman, will
entertain all the members of the As
sociation together with their husbands
at the “Y” Monday, January 2, from
2 p. m. to 10 p. in. The Committee
plans to have a program at 5 p. m.
and at 8 p. m. All members are in
vited to come and bring husbands or
a friend.
The Center has been vry activ*
during the Holidays. The Blue Tri
angle Girls did their best to make
others happy and to spread cheer
throughout the community. They dec
orated a small tree which they carried
out to the 01*1 Folks’ Home on Christ
mas eve, sang carols and played Santa
Claus to the dear ones in the Home.
One, passing the “Y” Sunday after
noon, cou^d hear the voices of both
girls and boys as they sang with cheer
many beautiful Christmas carols. The
walls rang with Christmas spirit and
cheer.
About fifty girls and boys of all
ages and sixes gathered on Monday
from 4 to 6 p. m. to enjoy the Com
munity Christmas tree and moving
pictures, an educational film and a
comedy featuring Harold Lloyd.
Thanks to Mr. F. J. Bryant and the
Y. M. C. A. for the pictures. All en
joyed themselves and were happy to
receive the gifts from the tree.
Don't forgt to enroll for the new
classes to begin in January. New
classes are to be formed in Bible and
music. Come and enroll at once.