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$2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd, 1922 Vol. VII—No. 48 Whole Number 359
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SCOn RESIGNS THE
r BUSINESS LEAGUE
; SECRETARYSHIP
Lk Heavy Responsibilities as Secretary -
'9 Treasurer of Reward University
Make* Retirement from the
League Imperative.
FILLED OFFICE MINT TEARS
Mas Important F'uetor in Developing
Business Organization Which Ifas
Meant Mu eh In the Commercial
Life of the Race.
(Associated Negro Press)
^ Washington, It. C., May 2t>.—Dr.
Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the
I National Negro Business League since
Its formation by Booker T. Washing
ton, and one of the virile forrees of the
organization, has resigned after twen
I ty-one years of continuous service. In
B hi* letter of resignation addressed to
Dr. Robert H. Moton, President and
Bishop R. K. Jones, chairman of the
Executive Committee, I)r. Scott says:
“I have reluctantly come to the con
clusion that the duties and responsl
Jf bilitieg which now press upon me, re
quire that 1 give up some of the ac
tivities which in the past have chal
lenged my enthusiasm and support.
"It Ih for that reason, I am writing
now, so that the work of the league
may be unhindered and that you gen
tlemen representing the National or
gat zation may know that 1 shall not
be in position to do during the coming
three arid one-half months the same
amount of work I have carried on in
the past In Die interest of the League.
“The commanding place that Howard
University is now taking in the Uni
versity world Is calling for all of my
mental and physical resources. We
are attempting to lay broad founda
tions for this National University of
the Colored people of America, and I
must give up some of my present ac
| tivities. I
1 am therefore requesting that the
j Executive Council accept my resig
nation as Secretary of the League to
take effect at once.
• In severing my relations as an offi
cer of the Business League, 1 wish to
convey to you and through you to the
\ organization itself, my sincere thanks
for the fine opportunities which have
been presented for me to co-operate
with some of the most enterprising
of our forward looking men and wo
men.
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that the program outlined at St. Louis
before the National Business League
in lb 19 Is a workable one. We have
been unable to carry out that program
with the meager finunoes of the Busi
ness League. It seeuiH to me that it
will ultimately be necessary for an
organization along business lines to
effectively put over this program, uml
1 Bhall be interested in such a pro
gram.
'I shall always be interested In the
l Business League ami its work, and only
regret that the cares and responsibili
ties i am shouldering prevent me from
being as actively connected with the
organization in the future as in the
l past.
h “Last August at Atlanta, I very much
appreciated at the end of my twenty
one years of service as an officer of
the National Negro Business League,
my unanimous re-election, by suspen
sion of the rule, as secretary of the
organization. I shall always treasure
that fine action of the National or
ganization.”
ACCIDENTLY SHOT
Jesse Welah of 2121 Nicholas street
who was reported accidently shot by
his wife at their home Sunday after
noon and seriously injured, was taken
to the Mercy Hospital where the bul
let was extracted by Dr. R. C. Riddle.
He is reported to be improving.
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THE ROYAL CIRCLE MAKES
ANOTHER LARGE CLASS
OF 210 CANDIDATES
On last Monday night at Pilgrims
Baptist church on 25th and Hamilton
streets Supreme Supervisor A. L.
Richmond of the Western States obli
gated a class of 210 candidates which
) firings the membership in Omaha in
^ th*' Royal Circle to over 600 members
J since March 16, 1922. The class con
i sisted of some of Omaha’s leading cit«
; izens, among them Rev. W. F. Botts,
Rev. Wm. Franklin, Dr. Herbert Wig
i gins and others too numerous to men
! tion. By request of all members the
campaign was extended until a date in
1 June, to be announced later in this
I column, to be closed at a big joint
i meeting in Zion Baptist church.
The Joining Fee has been left at
$3.50 without a doctor’s certificate if
candidate is in good health. After
campaign has closed the regular join
ing fee of $5.00 with a doctor's cer- j
tificate will go into effect.
The Royal Circle pays to its mem- |
hers $7.00 per week for sickness or {
accident, $150 at death, erects a inon- '
ument at th'- grave of each deceased
member, gives them the advantage of j
a loan and charity department, free
hospital treatment, medical and surgi- j
cal attention, room, nuts'- and board, j
After a membership of 90 days policies j
may be increased as high as $1000. !
The order has four hospitals ami dis
pensaries in operation at the present)
time in Hot Springs, Memphis, Little j
Rock and Chicago. Men and women
belong to the some local bodies, and
there is no rough initiation. Monthly;
dues $1.25 and NO TAXES. For fur
ther information see A. L. Richmond;
Supreme Supervisor, 151G1 a North |
24th St. Phone Webster 3567.
DU. EDWARDS ADDRESSES
THE N. A. A. C. I*.
Last Sunday afternoon the N. A. A.
C. P. m' t at the Grove M. E. church
and listened to an able address on
“Health” by Dr. A. G. Edwards, lie
stressed the importance of health to
the community and called attention to j
the fact that in many cities our group
is compelled to live in unsanitary sur- j
roundings which menace the health of ]
the community. He made a strong
appeal for a well-equipped, modern
hospital, owned and operated by and
for the colored citizens of Omaha,
whom the doctor claims are only toler
ated hut not wanted in th' hospitals
of the city. Such a hospital should
be a citizens' movement. His address
was able and scholarly and should
have had a much larger audience.
Rufus Ix>ng contributed in his inimit
able way a solo which was highly
appreciated. Kev. John Alberrt Wil
liams, W. K. Flemmings and Mr. Da
vis were called upon for brief ad
dresses. The meeting Sunday after
noon will be held at the Church of
St. Philip the Deacon.
MORAL DEPRAVITY OF
WHITE MEN CENSURED
HY SOUTHERN JUDGE
Greenville, S. C., June X.—After the
trial of Miss Lucille Tinsley, a young
colored woman, who was convicted of
manslaughter in the killing of N. 11.
Hoard, a white man, and was sentenc
ed to two years in the penitentiary,
Judge Maudlin said: "I am convinc
ed, after carefully considering the ev
idence, that th«re would not have been
a miscarriage of justice if a verdict of
acquittal had been returned in this
case. This pernicious practice of white
men debauching colored women is out
rageous and should he stopped. I can
not understand the moral depravity of
some white m'-n.”
NEW PHYSICIAN COMES TO CITY
Dr. George B. Lennox of Clarksville
and Detroit, Texas, arrived in Omaha
last Thursday and will be associated
with Drs. Riddle and Madison at their
Sanitarium. Dr. Lennox is a gradu
ate of Meharry Medical School, Nash
ville, Tenn., class of 1918. He served
for a year as interne at the Flint
Goodrich hospital, New Orleans.
TYPES OF OMAHA HOMES
Home of Mr. ami Mrs. Nate Hunter,
2012 North Twenty-eighth Street.
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Glimpse of pretty block on Maple Street, west of Twenty-fourth,
show Inir handsome residences of Joseph Entniir, Hol»ert T. Walker,
* and Mrs. E. Howard.
A great deal of favorable comment is being made upon the showing of types of homes owned
by colored citizens which The Monitor is featuring. It is not generally known that our group of
citizens pay taxes on realty totaling approximately $2,500,000. This week we present to our
readers illustration of two more types of homes.
A NOTHER CONTESTANT
FORCES TO THE FRONT
Who will win in the Monitor popu
larity contest is not yet known. A
new contestant in the person of Miss
Hertha IJiwson enters the field and
forges to the front with a good num
ber of votes. Miss Busch drops into
third place. The contest is warming
up. Girls, get busy and have your
friends send In the coupons. Here Is
this week’s standings:
Hertha Lawson, 2624 North Twenty
fifth street, 75 votes.
Dorothy Williams, 1119 No. 21st
street, 47 votes.
Isjvetta Busch, 5219 South 29th
street, 45 vot^i.
Audrey Trueheart, 1443 So. 17th
street, 23 votes.
Cerelda Tucker, 2508 M street, So.
Side, 15 votes.
Ireta Walker, 1926 So. 14th street,
9 votes.
Otis Watson, 2925 Grant street, 9
votes.
WHITE CIVILIZATION
DESTRUCTION NEAR,
DECLARES BISHOP
Jackson, Mich., June 1.—Foreign
missions producing harrmony between
the eastern and western worlds were
pictured as the bulwark of Christian
civilization by th1' Rt. Rev. Charles D.
Williams, bishop of the Episcopal
church in Michigan, in an address at
the opening session of the annual
state convention of the denomination
here Wednesday, May 24th.
Bishop Williams declared the “mer
ciless exploitation" of the yellow
races by the white had bred enmity
and created a sentiment “that por
tends the eventual destruction of white
civilization Iwfore the inroads of the
dark peril unless we meet the threat
with spiritual power.”
Mrs. Theodocia Scroggins, mother of
Mrs. Russell Taylor, is still confined
to her bed.
| HAMPTON INSTITUTE
IS NOW A COLLEGE
Hampton, Va., .June 1.—Hampton !
Normal and Industrial Institute which
has long been an industrial and nor
mal school, is offering college courses
for the first time. Acording to the
announcement, the Institute will grant
the degree of bachelor of science in j
agriculture and bachelor of arts de- j
gree in education. Arrangements
have been made for the pupils to at
tend twelve months in the year to fin
ish their courses in three years in
stead of four years.
Kl KLl’X MADE ISSUE
Portland, Oregon, June 1.—Follow
ing the close of his campaign, which
was featur'd by a bitter denunciation
of the Ku Klux Klan by Governor 01
cott, early indications pointed to his
victory for re-election by a scant mar
gin. Close political observers stated
his anti-klan attitude had an impor
tant effect on the voting.
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Nebraska Civil Rights Bill
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. I j
Enacted in 1893.
I Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall
be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan
tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances,
barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the
conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every
person.
Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who
shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for
reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any o^ the
accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the
foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each
offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than
twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs
of the prosecution.
I “The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not
discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State,
25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638.”
“A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re
freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than
that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting
a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich.
358; N. W. 718.”
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Over Three Thousand Per
sons Listen to Excellent
Program Rendered by a
Chorus of Ninety Voices
An audience numbering upwards of
three thousand perons, two-thirds of
which was composed of Omaha’s best
white citizenship, listened with ent
husiasm to a delightful program, ren
dered at the Auditorium Wednesday
night by a chorus of ninety voices,
under the auspices of tbe Colored
Commercial Club of Omaha, and the
direction of the Rev. Russel Taylor,
pastor of St. Paul’s Presbyterian
church. Deadlines* famous band also
contributed to the excellent program.
The Monitor has spoken of the per
sonal of the audience, for the reason
that it has been almost next to im
possible to get the white citizens of
Omaha, to attend, in any large num
bers, meritorous events, either musical
or oratorical, given under colored
auspices. This has been a serious
mistake on both sides. Our white
fellow citizens have not realized that
a virile and progressive group in their
midst is capable of and really doing
worth while things. On the other
hand it has lead many of our group
to conclude that white citizens are
apathetic and unsympathetic towards
our higher aspirations and are sym
pathetic only with the subtle and vici
ous propaganda which would degrade
us and, if possible, impede our pro
gress.
Such an audience as this would have
been impossible, if it had not been
for the highly organized system of
co-operaton by the Chamber of Com
merce and allied organizations so er
fectively planned and directed by Mr.
S. S. Caldwell, to whom credit is due
for evoking, sustaining and guiding
this co-operation. Nor was the audi
ence disappointed In the splendid pro
gram given, which reflected credit
upon the Rev. Russel Taylor, who has<
clearly shown his ability as a direc
tor, and upon every participant in the
program. When it is known that this
chorus was trained in four weeks
one’s admiration for the work done
by chorus and director grows.
The program was planned to pres
ent principally the work of colored
composers and some of those Negro
Spirituals which are really America’s
only original music, capable of won
derful Interpretation and inspiration,
and yet there were interspersed other
classical selections which showed the
capabilities of the chorus in this line.
The wonderful harmony of Harry
Burleigh’s "Go Down Moses” was
richly brought out, and the dramatic
power of the composition was admir
ably interpreted by the chorus. The
two spirituals, "IxH'd, I Want to Be
a Christian in My Heart”, and “I
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray”, sung by
Mrs. Mabel Nelson, who has a cleat
voice of wonderful power and range;
and a double quartette, composed of
Messrs. R. Taylor, Jr., A. Rayford,
W. H. Shackleford and F bert Taylor,
and Mesdumes Dewey a, an, C. S.
Spriggs, A. Woodson and Miss Irene
Cochran, were wonderfully reveren
tial and appealing and were well re
ceived, eliciting an enthusiastic en
core. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”,
arranged by Parks, and "Far Away in
the South” by Carrie B. Adams, sung
by St. Paul's male quartette, composed
of the Rev. Russel Taylor and his
three sons, Russel, Jr., Elbert and
William, were features eliciting high
praise. A pleasant surprise was
sprung when this quartette descended
to the floor where the Concord club
was seated In a body, where they re
peated “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’1
and the Concord Club responded by
singing “Carry Me Back to Ole Vir
ginny”.
“Oh Hush You Now, My Honey”, by
Adams, and “Believe Me, If All Those
Endearing Charms”, by Balfe-Adatus,
sung by Miss Irene Cochran and
chorus, were also numbers that
pleased. “Nancy Lee” and “Sleep,
My Little Kinky Head” were also well
interpreted. Lena Mays Curry, who
has a rare soprano voice of great
sweetness and cultivation, captivated
her audience with “Love’s Rapture"
byt Williams and "Mammy” by Cook.
Her accompanist was Mrs. Clarence
H. Singelton. The pianists for the
chorus were Miss Frances Gordon and
Miss Lucy Allen, whose accompani
ment was all that could be desired.
The chorus not only sang well but
made a good appearance.
Dan Desdunes’ Band gave the open
ing and the closing numbers and de
lighted the audience as it always
does, receiving enthusiastic encores.
The band’s opening number was the
overture, “The Dawn of Freedom”,
responding to an encore with a lively
popular air. A cornet solo, “Polka de
Concert” by Desdunes, played by Jeff
Smith, brought forth an ovation for
this popular artist. “Sometimes I
Feel Like a Motherless Child”, by
Coleridge Taylor, proved the ability
of this organization along classical
lines. This was to have been the
closing number, but the audience
would not have it so, and1 demanded
an encore.
The first concert to be given under
the auspices of the Colored Commer
cial Club of Omaha was a marked suc
less from every point of view and
should mean larger and better things
not only along musical lines but in
other uplifting activities in which all
i citizens can and should actively and
sympathetically co-operate for mak
ing our city one of the best, most pro
gressive and ideally democratic cities
in the country. The Monitor hopes
that a permanent choral society may
be the outcome of this excellent, art
istic and well-managed musical event.
PRESENT RECTORY WITH
BEAUTIFUL WILTON Rl G
The women of the congregation of
the Church of St. Philip the Deacon
carried out a pleasant surprise last
Wednesday night, when in the ab
sence of the Rev. and Mrs. John Al
bert Williams they invaded the rec
tory, under the leadership of Mes
daraes Bailey and Mahammitt, and
placed a beautiful Wilton rug on the
rectory floor, the gift of the women.
When the pastor and his wife re
turned and found the house filled with
guests and saw the beautiful gift
words failed them. In a few well
chosen words Mrs. Mahammitt said:
“This is a gift from the women to
you, Mrs. Williams, as a token of our
love, and we are proud of the fact that
the men had nothing to do with this;
we women did it all." Every woman
in the church contributed toward the
gift. Refreshments were served and
a delightful evening was spent.
CHICAGO AVIATRIX
PERFORMING ABROAD
Rotterdam, Holland, June 1.—Miss
Bessie Coleman, the colored girl who
has won fame as an aviatrix, was a
recent visitor here. Since leaving
Chicago, her home, last spring, she
has taken additional training in
France and arranged for the purchase
of a machine which she plans to use
in the school she is to establish in
Chicago on her return.