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:: ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ?
■ UNITED STATES. ?
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1! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. S
!! 1. All persons born or naturalized in the LTnited States, 1
;; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ;|
;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No |
! ’ state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the X
11 privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor j;
;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- •{•
• > erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person $
!! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. $
CLEAN LIVING
tJXJO much stress cannot be laid upon
the matter of clean living. We
are beginning to learn how important
it is to live in sanitary and clean sur
roundings. This is great advance. We
need, however, to lay emphasis upon
the necessity of men and women and
of boys and girls keeping their bodies
pure and clean. The sin of moral im
purity and lax exual relations is a
serious menace of the day. Parents
should wisely teach their children of
the law of life and so protect them
against pitfalls which they may avoid.
|j©t us have clean living, not only as
to our habitations and homes, but also
as to our habits and morals. Clean
living prolongs life and promotes hap
piness.
THE WISER COURSE
i^OLORED AMERICANS are not sat
isfied with their status. They
would be wholly unworthy of Amer
ican citizenship if they were. There
are certain disabilities under which
we suffer, in every portion of this
land, although in some sections the
burden of these diabilities is more
grievous than in others. We have in
mind civil disabilities affecting our
rights as citizens. As examples of
these grievances may be cited dis
franchisement, Jimcrow cars, exclu
sion from public parks, which are, of
course, confined to the Southland, and
total or partial denial of civil rights
in public places, such as hotels, res
taurants, and theatres, which is all
too common In the North. All such
civil disabilities are In direct viola
tion both of the sprit and letter of
the Constitution of the United States,
and therefore Colored Americans who
are at all worthy of the name of citi
zens will never be satisfied until all
the rights guaranteed them under the
Constitution are by them enjoyed.
Political and philanthropical optim
ists may cray “Peace”; but there will
be no peace, either in the hearts of
our group, or in the United States
until these rights are freely and
cheerfully granted. Because our peo
ple have chosen the better way, of
quiet, organized, persistent protest and
appeal to the better conscience of
America, rather than that of revolu
tion, should mislead no one as to the
depth of our feeling of dissatisfaction
over rights denied or as to the final
outcome. The issue is certain. Either
the people of the United States will
ultimately grant full civil rights to
all groups of American citizens or
“Ichabod” will be written above Co
lumbia’s prostrate form. Our people
have always assumed the right at
titude. They have favored obedience
to the government, wisely recognizing
the fact that there can be no lasting
progress where disorder and disrup
tion prevail. They have been loyal
anA true and striven to do their full
duty. This is spite of tremendous
temptation to do otherwise. This Is
the attitude we must still maintain;
but never ceasing to grow in worthi
ness of character, nor ceasing to pro
test against the denial of civil rights
to which our worthiness of character
as self-respecting, industrious, law
abiding American citizens entitle us.
We cannot be, we must not be satis
fied with anything less than the en
joyment of our full constitutional
rights.
We shall gain these not by revolu
tion but by the wiser course which we
have always pursued of a direct ap
peal to the minds, the conscience and
the sense of justice which lies latent
lathe hearts of the American people.:
AN EXPLANATION
'J’HERE has been much indignation
among some subscribers, most of
whom were delinquent, and from a
few who were not to whom statements
were sent by mistake, because they
received notices from a collection
agency that they were indebted to The
Monitor Publishing Company for sub
scriptions. Many jumped to the con
clusion that the Editor had placed
these accounts in “the hands of a
lawyer for collection.'' Neither the
Editor nor the the Business Manager
did this, although the Monitor might
have been better off if it had done so
some months ago. The receiver for
The Monitor, as ordered and author
ized by the court, is trying to collect
in ALL. outstanding obligations to The
Monitor Publishing Company. Our
hooks and accounts are in his posses
sion. He is obeying court instructions
TO COLLECT, and he is the man
who is doing this. His name is Earl
A. Edwards. He is a fine fellow, try
ing to do his duty, and CONFIDENT
that debtors to The Monitor will be
so prompt and honest i,n paying what
they owe that The Monitor will come
through all right. In some few cases
notices have been sent by mistake to
persons whose subscriptions have not
yet expired. This is regretted. Where
this has been done, correction will be
gladly made. It is rather strange that
the people who do not owe, but re
ceived these notices, by mistake DID
NOT GET ANGRY; but the folks who
DO OWE and ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THEY OWE, are the ones who have
called up the Editor and raised or
tried to raise injured protest. Now, if
these good people will use the same
energy in paying their Indebtedness,
and that is all that is being asked,
that they have displayed in "calling
down” the Editor. for putting their
"account into the hands of a lawyer”
all our hopes will be more than real
ized. Now to sum up, that our ex
planation maybe fully understood:
The court has authorized Earl A.
Edwards receiver for The Monitor
Publishing Company to collect In ALL
ACCOUNTS DUE from SUBSCRIP
TIONS or ADVERTISING. In ac
cordance with this he has sent notices
to ALL DELINQUENT SUBSCRIB
ERS, and by mistake to a few who are
not delinquent. If you OWE, you
MUST PAY, no if’s, an’s or hut’s about
it. If you do not owe, then, of course,
you do not have to pay. He lg to
use his discretion in making these
collections, and follow whatever meth
od or methods he finds most effective.
Is this plain?
He is anxious to pull The Monitor
through this crisis and put it on a
paying basis, believes it can be done
and is confident that debtors and
friends of The Monitor will co-operate
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or hinder?
The present editor is to continue,
without any restraint or limitations
of the editorial policy and general
literary character of the publication.
With fullest and hearty co-operation
upon the part of all parties concerned
The Monitor will be able to continue ’
its good work which it has striven
faithfully to do for the community
and race during its seven years’
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NEGROES
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By Dr. Frank Crane.
The Negroes last summer held a
grand demonstration in New York and
gave symptoms of standing up for
their rights.
The Negro has been the most wrong
ed figure in history. Compared to him,
the Irishman has been, you might say.
coddled.
For some reason he has always car
ried the white man's burden. For the
white man is superior. He himself
admits It.
White men have even circulate^ the
story of Ham, son of Noah, that he
made fun of his father who had got
drunk and kicked off the covers. That
may not have been nice of Ham, but
it was hardly serious enough to war
rant cursing his i>osterity for thous
ands of years.
Even in white folks’ fiction the
Negro gets the worst of it. Every time
Robinson Crusoe meets Friday in the
wilderness it is the black man who
carries the wood and the white man
who carries the gun.
The Negroes once lived in Africa,
a large continent containing a fifth or
sixth of the earth’s area. There, ac
cording to the 14 points, they ought
to have had some say as to how they
were to be governed.
They never came over to bother the
whites; the whites came over to both
er them. They came as explorers,
profiteers, slave dealers, rum peddlers,
government officials an mission
aries.
In their native land the Negroes
lived at |>eaee in the bosom of their
families, under their palm trees, and
played around in a costume which w'as
much more rational for hot weather
than any kind of clothes permitted in
New Jersey.
They had their medicine men who
chanted their own lingo, even as ours
talk Latin, and gave powdered ele
phant ears and grasshoppers’ knees
for bowel complaint, even as ours give
their more expensive dope, and with
about the same success. At least they
all died after a while anyhow, even as
our forefathers.
They had their little dahces by
torchlight under the trees, as we have
our midnight follies atop the theatre.
They beat their tom-toms and wrig
led their turn-turns, as also our jazz
orchestras perform and our young
folks shimmy and fox-trot.
They had their sorcerers and others
whom they paid to humbug them, even
as we have our own blatherskites
They made war when they were hun
gry and needed food, fun and women.
We make war for no reason at all, and
do not even eat our foes.
It is a wonder Ham has stood for
his abuse as long as be has.
He now protests against lynching,
that is against being hung by ama
teurs and not professionals.
I am for Africa for the Africans,
Ireland for the Irish, and New York
for the Jews.
The Negroes are a happy, contented
and loveable people, and have as much
right to their place in the gun, and
also in the shade, as white folks.
THE QUITTER
Fate handed the quitter a bump and
he dropped—
The road seemed too rough to go so
he stopped;
He thought of his hurt and there came
to his mind,
The easier path he wag leaving be
hind ;
Oh, it’s all much too hard, said the
quitter right then,
i’ll stop where I am and not try it
again.
When the bump comes and fate hands
you a jar,
Don’t baby yourself, boy, whoever you
are;
Don’t pity yourself and talk over your
woes,
Don’t think up excuses for dodging
the blows,
But stick to the battle and see the
thing through.
—The Buffalo American.
ANNOUNCEMENT
TO THE PUBLIC:
I am now moving my office from 1324 North 1
24th Street, where I have been for eight years,
to my new quarters, 1516% North 24th Street
(over the Co-operative Store). |
1 shall l>e very glad to continue my services
with my patients in these new quarters, and to
meet and serve my many friends. I respectfully
solicit the kind patronage of the public who may
need professional services.
Cordially Yours,
J. BOSTON HIIJL, M. D.
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espondent of the Lincoln news col
imn appearing in this paper. Please
give him all news items you wish car
ried in the Monitor, by Tuesday noon
of the week of issue.
THE MANAGEMENT.
LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT
Kev. A. J. McAllister returned from
annual conference last week, he hav
ing been apointed to serve the New
! man M. E. church here another year.
Mr. Henry Robinson came over
from Omaha and spent last Friday
here shaking hands with friends. Mr.
Robinson was formerly of Lincoln but
lives in Oakland, Calif., now.
Mrs. J. Sherman Jones arrived in
the city from Chicago Sunday to visit
her mother, Mi-s. Laura Johnson.
Rose Croix Chapter celebrated
Maundy Thursday at their hall Thurs
day night, continuing services on
Easter morning, re-lighting the lights
and partook of light breakfast.
Candlelights services were held at
the A. M. E. church at four o’clock on
Easter morning. A crowded house
was present. Sunday school and pro
gram was held at 9:30. The pastor
preached at 11. At night the choir
tendered their Easter cantata. The
day being ideal, a good crowd was out.
At the Newman Sunday, Kev. A. J.
McAllister preached. Other services
were held in commemoration of the
Risen Christ. The members are elated
to have Rev. McAllister returned for
another year.
At Mt. /Mon Baptist church Faster
devotional services at 5:30 a. m., with
preaching, The Need of Baptism, by
the pastor, Rev. Botts, at 6 o'clock.
Baptizing of six persons at 6:30.
Sunday school services at 9:30, and
preaching by the pastor at 11:30. At
7 p. m. the several classes of the Sun
day school rendered their little can
tata, followed by the choir at 8 p. m.,
who rendered their beautiful musical
cantata which the writer considers
the best ever. Each member of the
choir handled their parts well, espec
ially Mrs. Odessa Patrick, Mrs. J.
Beard, Mrs. B. Brooks, Miss Carmel
Botts, Messrs W. L. Todd, T. L. Rob
inson, John Beard and the leader, Mr.
J. E. Jeltz, who is hard to beat. The
voices of the singers blended together
making them sweet and harmonious,
showing that hard work had been
spent in rehearsing. Mr. Jeltz and
the pianist, Mrs. Nettie McDonald, are
to be commended. The day was an
ideal one, and a large attendance
greeted all services. The special of
fering was J70.
Mrs. O. J. Burckhardt spent Easter
Day with her husband in So. Omaha.
Rev. W. A. McClendon will be ab
sent from the city next Sunday, April
23d. Rev. I. B. Smith will fill the
pulpit in his stead.
The Social Club of the Masons gave
a party in the Lindell Party House
Monday night and to our surprise
quite a number were in attendance
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who expressed themselves as having
had a fine time. Out of town guest
was Mrs. J. Sherman Jones of Chi
cago. The committee announced the
a94air as a big success.
Mother Margaret Brown is much
improved from recent sickness.
The Mission Society of Mt. Zion
Baptist church will meet at the home >
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wiley, 1122 tri
Street, Tuesday, April 25, at 8 p. m.
The society will hold a rally at the'
church the 30th of April. Rev.
Troupe of Council Bluffs, Iowa, will
preach for them at 3 p. m. Hear this
wonderful young minister.
Subscribers of the Monitor are
urged to remit for the paper.
NEW USE FOR PIGEONS
Forest Fire Fighters Find Th«m
Efficient Assistants.
A» Means of Quick Communication
Between Ranger on Firs Lina and
Headquarters Carrier Pigeon
Hat No Equal.
iPryparnt by thy t’nltyd Ststyy [>rpartra*Bt '
of Agriculture.)
The farrier pigeon has found a place
for Itself in the fire-lighting force* of
the forest service. It demonstrated
Its worth this year In the Idaho na
tional forest, and will be Installed next
year at all protective camps In that
district. As a means of quick and
certain communication between the
ranger out on the fire line and head
quarters. the carrier pigeon hag no
competition, reports from Idaho to tha
Department of Agriculture state.
One bird, after a preliminary coarse
of training, was taken a rough trip by
pack horse, kept overnight at Its desti
nation, and released the next day.
This carrier was back at Its cooj^ at
headquarters, 80 minutes after It was
released, having covered 18 miles, air
line, and flown over a high mountain.
Its mate equaled the performance.
Another, released at dusk from tbs
bottom of a canyon, rose abruptly,
crossed two high ranges and was at
Its coop before dark. A third, carried
In a back pack Into high peaks of the
Buckhorn country, flew home within
an hour, covering In that time a good i
day's Journey for a man on horseback.
In the face of fire, this performanc#
was equaled. The ranger took two
birds to the spot where smoke had
been located. The first bird carried
Instructions to send help. Not long
thereafter (he fire fighters at the front
had brought the blase under control.
The second bird was released, coun
termanding the first order. It reached
headquarters Just as the summoned
assistance was about to start for the
fire, and the message It carried not
only gave welcome assurance of vic
tory over the rod peril, but saved a
number of men from making a long j
and tedious trip through the forest.
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Mrs. M. E. 1. liar ron was re
ceuo appointed muster at anus of
the S. S. America. She can probably
lay claim to the distinction of being
the first woman aboard ship to hold
such a position.
But There Are Such.
A man must be excessively stupid
as well as uncharitable who believes
there Is no virtue but on his own side.
—Addison.
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