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• / • ...FTING - f I ^ T T T7' l\/f TVT T nr D GROWING - ——- LIFT TOO B W ■ In I W I 1 f I ■ IBB B^L -. THANK YOU A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN AI.BERT WILLIAMS. Editor | $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy VoL VII—No. 43 Whole Number 354 OM VHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28th, 1922 WOMAN LEAVES VAST FORTUNE TO COLOBED SCHOOLS; KIN WOULD BBEAK WILL WOMEN OF TEXAS TAKE FIRM STAND AGA « 'T LYNCHING \ . Infliirntliil Comm. ^ Organized to Promote the Aim. Sy -n of Chris Hhii PrlnelpiiK A> Harp Relations - \ ADVOCATE SINGLE S. 3AND Remand Protection for Womanhood of lloili Itares, Itctii^- Schools and Home Surroundings for VII Children. Dallas, Tex., April 28.—(Special.)— Declaring that "lynching Is the black spot on American’s soul,” that “we have no security unless the law pro tects us,” and that “law and order must he maintained at all costs,” lead ing women from all parts of Texas met in Dallas a few days ago and or ganized for the purpose of seeking a Christian solution of (he tangled prob lem of race relations. Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames of Georgetown was elect ed chairman and Mrs. S. Turner of Dallas, secretary. The membership committee embraces representatives uf the principal civic and religious or-[ ganlzations of the state. A strong address was drafted and given to the public, recognizing the I condition of the Negro in the South es a community problem affecting the j welfare of both races and demanding for its solution the application of the i principles of humanity and Justice. An j appeal was made for the tights of ev- | ery child to a- reasonable chance m life and for a single standard of moral- i ity that will protect the womanhood of all races. The women’s committee will func tion as a section of the Texas Com- j mlttee on Inter-Racial Co-operation, the purpose of which Is to organize j irt every community where race rela tions constitute a serious problem a group of the best people to study local cn's«titi«f*.*wnil needs .and dept with the'fn intelligently nnd In a Christian spirit. Dr. J. C. Hardy is chairman I of the State Committee. The Vddrcss Vdopted h\ the Women Follows in Full ‘‘We, the members of the Woman’s pet ion of the Texas State Committee on Inter-Racial Co-operation, find our -e|ve: overwhelmed with the oppor ‘iand the corresponding responsi bility which we this day fare in shar ing the task of bringing about Ig-tter conditions and relations in the South between the white and Negro races. * • * We deplore the fart that the relations for the past fifty years have hern sueh as to separate the two races through a lack of understanding on the part of both. We know that ignorance takes its toll in crime and inefficiency, that disease and death are no respect ers of persons, hut that they sweep :r*ross the boulevards from the places of squalor and insanitary living to the hr.-t kept and most protected homes. We know also that crime is not segre ■■ led and that its results are felt alike by all classes. "We are persuaded that our native Southland ran never reach its highest destiny while any part of its people are k-norant, underfed and inefficient. Therefore, together We must meet oui t;, k and seek to bring in a new day ot better understanding. To this end we call attention to some of the underly ing causes of present day ills: PREJUDICE. ‘‘Recognizing the universal exist tence of prejudice among people of dif ferent races, and deploring its exist ence and its consequent unjust results, V e therefore are resolved that the Ne gro should have a hearing in his own behalf, and further resolve that we vhail not be content simply with being kindly disposed to the race, but that mir good will shall reach to the effort N. (f, secure for al its members justice rn nil things and opportunities for living the best life. We desire for the Negro, ns for all men, personal and racial jus tic in private life and in the courts of the land. WOMANHOOD. "Realizing the great increase of mu lattoes and knowing full well that no race can rise altove Its womanhood, We appeal for the protection of the chastity of the Negro woman and de clare ourselves for the single standard of morality among this race as well as among our own. CHILDHOOD. “Recognizing the right of every American child to be not only well bom, but to be given the opportunity for developing his life to its fullest possibility, we desire for the Negro child better homes, better schools and 1 letter Christian training. LYNCHING. "Lynching is the black spot on Am erica’s soul. So long as America holds the record for its illegal taking of life, -o long as the headlines of foreign pa pers carry in large letters, “America burns another Negro,” just so long will her shame be world-wide. We have no security unless the law protects us. Mob violence knows no law. As wom en, as mothers of men, we protest. We condemn every violation of law in the '.■iking of life, no matter what the , crime. “We declare ourselves for law and ' order at all costs. The public has a i ight to prompt an I certain justice and | should demand such of officials and courts. We believe that America ' hould not permit ignorance and pre- ; htdice to be capitalized, in common , ■vith the great and honored Henry W. j Grady, of our own Southland, we say, ! 'Not in passion, my countrymen, but , in reason, not in narrowness but in breadth, may we solve this problem in calmness and in truth, and lifting its ■ shadows, let perpetual sunshine pour , rlown on two races walking together in j peace and contentment.’ ” PUBLISHER OF BALTIMORE A FRO- A M ERIC A N BURIED Baltimore, Md„ April 28.—Lying in state for three hours previous to the funeral ceremony, the funeral of John H. Murphy, Sr., renowned journalist and publisher anti chief owner of the Baltimore Afro-American, was borne in state to the Mt. Auburn cemetery here Saturday morning. April 8th. Mr. Murphy was eighty-one years old and connected with many fraternal organizations, and was Imperial Pot entate of the Shriners. He purchased tho Afro-American in 1.89(1, anti for twenty-six years published the same. He was horn in this city in 1841/ and was a veteran of the Civil War, answering Lincoln’s call for colored j Union troops. AFRICAN FIGURE IS MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WHOLE WORLD Surprising Statement Sponsored by the Curator of United States Mot ernmeat’s H'umou» Smith sonian Institute. HAS MANY NOTABLE STATBES Seventeen \frlcan Sculptures >nw In Possession of I lilted States Said to lie Km led by l’aris and Condon. Washington, D. April ".—“The j ; African figure is the most beautiful in tlie world,” declared Dr. Walter I Hough, white, Curator of the Govern-; I iiient's Smithsonian Institute, which ; I has just put on exhibition seventeen I African figures. The sculptures are the gift of the , late Herbert Ward, white, who spent f five years in the “Congo” with Stan- j 'lev, “the Great Explorer", 1884-1889. j They were presented by the widow of j I the dead sculptor recently and ac-1 eepted on behalf of the nation by Vice ! President Calvin Coolltlge. 1 Some of tlie seventeen figures have j won first prizes In exhibitions abroad ; and I/indon and I’uris are both envl- [ oils because tlie collection has final | ly become the possession of America. Tlie works include: “A Hakongo ! Girl”, a "Mask or a Negro Girl” and "Mask of a Negro Man", work of 1901; • The Charm Doctor”, a fantastic fig ure representing a sorcerer or charm . doctor performing an incantation; j “Sleeping Africa", the recumbent fig ure of a woman in an outline of Africa typifying the Dark Continent, two pro | ductioiis of 15*02. “The Fugitives”, a ■ j mother, babe and small child fleeing i from slave hunters; "A Congo Hoy”, a head used as a study for one of ! (tie other eoiiiiKislUons; “The Fugi tives", made in 1904; “The Forest Ixiv ers”, 1904, representing African na tives of the Bantu stoek, which fur nished most of the slaves brought to America. Others are “The Wood Carrier”, a Senegal girl in half life size, of 1909; “The Ido! Maker”, a heroic bronze representing a native carving a wood en fetish Image, and a very beautiful •’Crouching Woman", both of 1906,. with a "Fragment”, a small bronze; “The Chief of the Tribe”, In which heroic bronze Mr. Ward symbolized the weight of primtlve government, 1908; “Defiance”. 1909; “A Congo Art ist”, 1910, typifying the rude begin ning of art; “The Fire Maker”, 1911, a man making fire by the primitive wood friction method. “Distress”, 1912, a heroic figure produced at the height, of the sculptor’s creative power and Ids last work. former football star IN BROKERAGE BUSINESS Chicago, III., April 28—Fred Pollard former football star, has entered the brokerage business in this city. Pol lard has been elected president of the company, and reports considerable progress. TYPES OF OMAHA HOMES Attractive Ilungalow owned by Mi. and Mrs. James W. Headley .toil North 28th Street s Handsome Pressed Brick Residence of Dr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Hutten 1624 North 33rd Street i i j The colored citizens of Omaha own many beautiful horrfes, in which they take special piide. They spare no pains in making them and their surroundings attractive. Just now several of these homes are being painted and the grounds are being beautified with fjowers and shrubbery. The Monitor urges all our citizens, no matter how humble or unpretentious their homes may he, to see how beautiful and attractive they can make them. EXPERIENCED HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MAN OPENS BUSINESS IN OMAHA j Mr. L. W. Wells, of Tulsa, Okla- j horn a, arrived in the city on April 6. j For the past eighteen months he has ! traveled through the north and west, enroute from Chicago, where he visit ed his daughter who is there attending , school, he decided to visit our city. After spenrUng several days here mingling with business men and friends, he decided to make some in \estments and purchased the Chop Suev Restaurant at J425 North 24th ' street. After making some improve- j ments he opened for business Thurs day, April 20th. Mr. Wells is an experienced chef i and restaurant man, also a conserva tive business man. For more than | i ten years he conducted a string of | restaurants in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where I he accumulated some valuable hold i ings. He comes to us well recom l ">cnded both as a business man and a i Christian gentleman, and can he de I pended upon for the very best of ser ! vice-. He calls the attention of the | nubile to the special 25 cent meals | fhaf n"e being served each day. HJllllllliliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiMiiiiiiii COLORED BOYS MAKE GOOD AS ATHLETES Martin Thomas Makes New Record in Discus Throwing—Galloway i and Soloman Show Them selves Sprinters. The Omaha schools rank high not only in scholastic work but also in atheltics and in both scholarship and athletics the colored students occupy n prominent place. In all interscho-1 lastic athletic events a large propor tion of the honors have been won for their respective schools hv these lusty, well-trained, quick-witted American outh of color. The names of Roun tree, Roulette, Singleton, Kelly, South, to mention only a few of former school champions in various sports, stand high in sport annals. And their successors are keeping up the record. Central High’s particular football and track team star is Ledru Galloway; while Martin Thomas, > Weldon Solomon, William Taylor, | Worthington Williams and others are j giving good account of themselves. miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiitiiiiiimiiiiiimimii Lovejoy Crawford is conspicuous in track work at Commercial, and in the grade schools the boys and girls who have placed are almost legion. Last Saturday at the Central High interclass meet at Creighton Field, fhe 100 yard dash was won by Beerkle in 10 2-5, with Galloway second, time I 10 4-5; Solomon tying Merkle for j third. In the 220 yard dash Solomon finished third, and also in the 220 yard 'ow hurdle. Tn the 120 yard low hur lle. Thomas finished third. In the shotput Galloway scored second with I i record of V feet 4 inches; Howell t heating him by one inch for first place. In the discus throw, Thomas was first, making 105 feet 4 inches, almost tying the state record. RUSKS MONEY FOR THE NORFOLK CHI RCH Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, state mission ary, lias reached his eoan of $1K00 in ’ Norfolk, Neb., and when all is counted will be found “over the top.” He will preach in Reaulah Baptist, | Council Bluffs, Sunday the 30th. The Monitor is a live newspaper; that’s clear from the ads we carry. —....... -— 1 GIRLS!!! GIRLS!!! | EE The Monitor is interested in a question that has been brought up EE many times among the young people, and one that is very hard to answer Ej=: EE satisfactorily, namely, who is the most popular young lady? We are == going to try and answer it with your co-operation. E= EE Have your friends vote for you using the coupon below. The list of == contestants will be published each week with the number of votes they == receive. No votes will be counted unless sent in on one of these coupons EE | jH properly signed. There are no obligations attached to this, so get busy EE EE and have your fripnds cast their votes. The young lady receiving the EE greatest number of votes will receive a handsome present, absolutely free. jEE it nr-C O IT P o N - Tfcjk THE MONITOR, M =5 Box 1204, 1922. EE = Omaha, Nebr. == I wish to vote for Miss E= EE as the most popular young lady. EE Address rtr?T-coupon -— is* ^lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllll!!^ MASONIC RELIEF AND HI RIAL BOARD MEETS The Masonic Relief and Buiial Board of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Nebraska and its Jurisdic ion held an important meeting in Omaha Sunday. Those in attendance were: R. H. Young, M. W. G. M., and Wm. Wood of Lincodn; Dr. Geo. A. Flippin of Stromsberg; Dr. Chas. A. Flippin of Grand Island, and May nard L. Wilson of Omaha. PRESBYTERIANS WILL HOLD KITCHEN BAZAAR A kitchen bazaar and dinner will be held at St. Paul’s Presbyterian church Twenty-sixth and Seward Streets, on Thursday, May 4. All kinds of kitch en wealing apparel will be on sale at very lowest prices. An excellent din ner will be served for 35 cents. ENTERTAIN GRAND LODGE OFFICERS Mr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Wilson entertained the members of the Ma onic Relief Board and P. GM. Nate Hunter at a seven course dinner Sun day afternoon at their residence, 2615 Codby street. At the conclusion of the dinner Nate Hunter took the guests for an automobile tour of the city. SUGAR BOWL CANDY KITCHEN ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING The Sugar Bowl Candy Kitchen and Luncheonette at 2208 No. 24th street will have its grand opening Sunday, May 7. Attractive souvenirs will be presented to all who attend. Mrs. Chas. B. McClure is the proprietor of this new, strictly modem and attrac tive refreshment parlor. OMAHA MUSICIANS ARE PROGRESSIVE AND QU POPULAR Most Famous Band in State Is Com posed of. Directed and Managed by Members of Race and Ac counted Asset of City. THEIR PROGRESS IS MARKED Successful Teachers, Composers and Players.—Fifth Commercial Club Article on Activities of Omaha’s Colored Citizenry tB.v J. H. Pinkett) With the dawn of creation came music. Before man was fashioned the birds were singing, and before them God in his heaven heard the sweet strains, always. When man was made he but echoed what had always been. He learned the “concord of sweet sounds,” and how to produce it on myriad instru ments and with the human voice. The black harpists of Babylon and Egypt and the “golden choirs” made music rivalling any modem age or art, Music in the centuries that have come and gone has been more varied, but the quality has changed but little. This is the one universal language, it knows no limitations of time, coun try or race; it is known in palace and hovel, by bond and free; it finds its richest expressions, many times among the lowly of earth; money cannot buy it nor poverty banish it—it is an uno versal gift of God Himself. And somehow, in every country and age, oppression and sorrow and woe, pave to the oppressed and lowly this gift in fullest measure. The music, therefore, of every age and country has come from the humble rather than the great. In America the only music we have that is truly American the Negroes of America have given. In came, per haps, from their sorrows in the un happy days gone by. The task re mains to take this rich gift and place it where it was once enshrined when the'world was young; when the great choirs sang to ISIS and OSIRIS at the source of the mystic Nile. Among the Colored people in Amer ica the singing of the slaves upon the plantations in the South was the won der and the admiration of European travelers many centuries'ago. Even then there had been developed, on French soil, however, noted pianists and violinists. The Fiske Jubilee Singers first brought to the attention of the world the singing ability of the Am erican Negro. They toured a part of Armrica and then went to Europe, where they were received in raptur ous acclaim by the artistic circles of Englan ’ and the Continent. There have been, since this group first went out, many individual singers and in trumentRlists of distinction, hut no American of cblor, save one, has ever made so profound an impression upon musical circles as did this first group. Now, we can list many composers among Americans of color; many vio (Continued on Page 2.) WEALTHY WOMAN MAKES BEQBESTS TO FOOR SCHOOLS Relatives Are Seeking to Break the Mill (Tai ling That She Was In sane and (mluly Influenced by I'uknown Persons. BEQUESTS OF $2,000,000.00 Appeal to Revoke (lie Will and Divide Money Among Petitioning Relatives Soon to Be Argued In ■v Orphans’ Court. _ Newark. N. J., April 28.—Was Cal ista S. Mayhew, wealthy white woman who died here December 17th last in her 98th year, looney? By her will Hampton and Tuskegee universities were each willed $400,000, and Snow Hill institute, Snow Hill, Alabama, $800,000. The only white in stitution remembered was $800,000 for the Good Will Association of East Fairfield, Maine. This is the largest sum given for education of colored people since Janu ary of last year, when John D. Rocke . feller gave the colossal sum of $2,291, ; 000 to thirty colored colleges and med ■ ieal schools. Miss Mayhew' left no ! relatives nearer than nephews and nieces. They claim that she was not only crazy, but was influenced, un duly, by persons unknown to them. Their appeal to revoke the will and devide the large estate among them selves will be heard in the Orphans’ Court of this city in the near future. The relatives seeking to break the will are Flora C. Lapham, of Cam bridge, Mass.; Frank M. Talbott, of Glen Ridge, N. J.; Mary T. Goodman and Esther B. Talbott, of Minneapolis; Mai*y Wass Small and Calista Leigh ton, of Harrington, Me.; Minnie G. Wass, Frank Wass and John B. Wass, I of Addison, Me., and Frederick H. I Plummer and Horatio N. Plummer, of I Arlington, Mass. ROYAL CIRCLE OPENS OFFICE The Supreme Supervisor Reports Phe nomenal Growth of Organization in This City. ORDER GROWING IN FAVOR Supreme Supervisor A. L. Rich mond of The Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World, a Fraternal In surance Organization operating in all the States of the United States and the District of Columbia, with a total membership of over 200,000 members and total assets over $500,000.00, has opened an office at 1516 North 24th street, where he will be pleased to see all who are interested in booming members of the Royal Circle. | The Royal Circle pays to its mem bers $7.00 per week for sickness or accident, $150.00 at death, places a monument at the grave of each de ceased member, gives them free hos pital treatment, medical and surgical attention, room, nurse and board, the advantage of a loan and charity de partment. Old Folks Home, Home and School for the orphans of the mem bers, and several other advantages | not derived from insurance companies | and other orders. The Royal Circle is 15 years old, and is making rapid progress all over the country because it gives its mem bers the benefits while they are liv ing and need them. The total cost to stay in the order is $1.25 per month and NO TAXES. After a membe rship of DO days policies may be in creased as high as $1000.00. Over 250 members have been added to this order in this city during the months of March and April, and on next Wednesday night, May 3rd,, 1922, at 8 p. m., at St. John’s Church, an other large class is to be obligated, i Men and women belong to the same i local bodies and there is no rough in j itiation to go through nor a large | amount of regalia to use, only having j to use a small badge. The Royal j Circle has no marching, is strictly | modern and conducted on a sound bus I iness basis, and is the most progres sive order among our people today. On April 3rd, a rlass of 135 candi dates were obligated at one time, the largest class ever obligated at any fraternity in Omaha. The class on the third of May at St. John’s church is expected to exceed 300. For further information call Super visor Richmond at 1516 North 24th street, Webster 3567. COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB COOPERATES IN BOYS’ WEEK The Colored Commercial Club is co operating with the Men’s Service Lea gue in the observance of next week aB Boys' Week. Special program* are to be given in some of the churches and the Importance of work among boys stressed. ' V. i\iVf g