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| $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
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Infliirntliil Comm. ^ Organized to
Promote the Aim. Sy -n of Chris
Hhii PrlnelpiiK A> Harp
Relations
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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