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    — The Monitor ——
A NATIONAL. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT V Ii.LlAMS, Editor
$2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA. JULY 7, 1922 VoL VIII—No. 1—Whole Number 365
COLORED YOUTH IS WALKING MOIND THE WORLD
HOW SEARE6ATI0H
WAS SQUELCHED AT
LATE JHMVEUTIOH
Colored Delegates Bring Matter to
the Attention of Executive Com
mittee Which Promptly Dis
approves Distasteful Plan.
BN0TNENHOO0 IS MAIN NOTE
Some Impressions of the Sixteenth
International Sunday School Con
vention by a New York •
Delegate.
(Special to The Monitor.)
Kansan City, Mo., July 7.—The Six
teenth International Sunday School
convention was in session here from
. Juno 21 to June 27. Prominent Sun
day school workers from practically
the entire world were present. Ring
ing words on the brotherhood of man
and living true to Christian ideals
were voiced in speeches and resolu
tions. The local committee of ar
rangements, however, had planned to
segregate “the brother in black”, in
a manner which jangled harshly out
of tune with the dominant note of the |
convention. Fortunately, the Execu- j
tive committee disapproved of this and |
fraternal action accorded with frater- j
nal words.
Mr. John G. Lee of Rochester, N.
Y., gives the following interesting im-1
pressions> of the convention, w'hich in j
addition to telling of how segregation
was squelched, throws instructive
sidelights upon phases of the conven
tion which will be pleasing to your
readers:
“Joining the Timothy Stand By
Party at Buffalo on June 21, we were
off at midnight for the great con
vention which was to unite the Inter
national Sunday School association
and the Sunday School council of
Evangelical denominations, thereby
forming the new International Sun
day School Council of Religious Edu
cation. Eight thousand delegates were
anticipated, which anticipation was
fulfilled.
"We arrived early Wednesday
morning in the thriving gateway of
the middle west and went at once for |
registration. We found that thor
ough preparations hail been made for
the convention which was held in the
spacious and conveniently arranged,
City Auditorium, with a seating ca
pacity of 10,000. We were then pres- j
entcd with a copy of the greatest;
educational program ever put on by a
Christian body for the development
of religious education, consisting of
exhibits, lectures, pageants and fine
arts, and furnished by the foremost
experts.
On approacninir uie mam --
with our first Negro acquaintances,
we were impressed by the fact that
all colored delegates were being di
rected by the ushers to a certain sec
tion in the balcony marked A. This
segregation seemed to us to be en
tirely out of place in a great Christian
convention of this character and we
sought the best means of ascertaining
the mind of the convention, and to
successfully lodge a protest. Con
sequently on the second morning, hav
ing our bearings, and being represent
ed on the platform "and on the Execu
tive committee by James W. Eichel
borger of the A. M. E. Zion church,
Or. A M. Townsend of the Publish
ing Board of Baptist Sunday schools,
and Byrd Prillerman, president of the
State Institute of Charlestown, W Va.,
we immediately called a meeting of
protest and delegated these men to
present our resolution to the Execu
tive committee. This was done. The
assurance was given us that the Ex
cecutive committee knew nothing of
this arrangement, did not approve
the ushers’ actions, advised us to
ignore this request and sit wherever
we pleased. This rule maintained to
the end.
“The Negro delegates, though few
in number, there being about 75 regis
tered, were from Missouri, Kansas,
Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alaba
ma, Ohio, Mississippi, New York, Vir
ginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illi
nois, Arkansas and Iowa, and among
them were ministers, educators and
doctors. Aside from the busy pro
gram we found time for several group
meetings and all were loud In their
approval of the convention proffram,
since it had included so much of direct
interest to the Negro in Weas of bet
ter training and truer brotherhood.
The stereoptican views, "howtog the
effects of mob violence and winding
up with the thoughtful Negro and
showing of outstanding types in ou
colleges made a lasting lmpmsslon.
The forceful address by John M. Gan
dy, president of the State Normal
School, Petersburg, Va-' on
ing a Race Through Its Children ,
brought joy to our hearts and Its ent
husiastic reception by the convention,
a new ray of hope to us all. We
presented him a resolution of appreci
ation.
“The necessity of efficient teachers,
of teacher training of daily Bible and
vacation schools, with proper grading
was sufficiently emphasized.
“When the report of the Commit
tee on Resolutions had advanced to
section two, on "Law Enforcement'’,
we realized that nothing had been
said on lynching. Our men were alert
and J. W. Eichelberger and John M.
Gandy asked that the committee in
sert the words ‘We are opposed to all
forms of lynching’ to which the con
vention agreed.
"As we left the convention there
was ringing in our ears ‘Listen to the
Lambs’ by our own R. Nathaniel Dett,
which the large chorus had so beauti
fully rendered, and our thoughts and
hearts went out to the good citizens
of Kansas City for their goor fellow
ship and liberal entertainment.”
HEW PARTY NAMES
RACE PASTOR FOR
0. S. SENATE RACE
Lincoln Independents Flag Ku Klux,
Lynchings and Republican Party
—Adopt Party Platform.
PLACE TICKET IN THE FIELD
Asbury Park, N. .1. July 7.—Two
bundled delegates of the recently or
ganized Lincoln Independent Repub
lican party convening here unanimous
ly nominated Rev. Win. S. Smith, pas
tor of the Monumental Baptist church,
Jersey City, for United States senator
from New Jersey. The convention
named a committee to select a can
didate for governor.
A platform was adopted arraigning
Secretary of the Navy Denby for "in
sisting upon the Haitian government
remaining in hamhi of tshe lawless
elements” and condemning the repub
lican party for its alleged failure to
halt lynching atrocities. "The inves
tigation of the Ku Klux Klar,’ says
the platform, “ was suddenly sur
pressed and the diabolical klan is still
permitted to murder anil terrorize
men, women and children while the
great republican party supinely main
tains a passive attitude as to the con
duct of these villains.’’
ALL COLORED JURY FOR
PATERNITY CASE IN OHIO
(Associatde Negro Press.)
Hamilton, Ohio, July 7.—What is
believed to be the first case in the
county, possible the entire country
ever tried before a jury composed en- j
tirely of colored people, began in j
Judge Clarence Murphy’s court last|
Friday morning.
It was a paternity case brought by
Clara Patterson, colored, of Middle
town, against Charles Gates,, coloied,
also of Middletown. The plaintiff is
represented by Attorney John A. Crist
of Middletown and P. P. Boli of Ham
ilton represents Gates.
The situation is regarded unusual
in court history. The regular petit
jury was needed in a criminal case
in Judge Walter Harland’s court and
in issuing for a special venire to try
this case, orders were given to sum
mon colored people.
Eighteen were called, six of whom
were excused from service. The jury
is composed entirely of men. On the
jury are Charles Conway, trank Ho
gan, Alfred Nixon, Charles Howard,
Frank Berry, George Kinley, Sam Lee,
Horace Preston, Geyrge Reese Al
fred Bates, B. M. Fox, Peff Hodges.
All of the jurors are from Hamilton.
It is the first time within the mem
ory of present court officials that a
jury in any case has been composed
entirely of colored people.
withdraws as a candidate
Omaha, July 3rd.
The Monitor,
Rev. J. A. Williams, Editor.
Dear Sir: I have, this day, with
drawn as a candidate for the state
legislature, in the Ninth legislative
district, owing to 111 health.
1 wish to thank my many friends for
the Interest they have taken in my
candidacy, and wish to assure them,
that if my health improvee, I shall he
glad to serve them In a political way,
sometime In the future.
Tours respectfully,
A. P. Scruggs.
DELIGHTFUL MUSICAL
program rendered
The Wofan'a Auxiliary of the Chnrch
of St. Philip the Deacon closed the
most successful year In their history
with a delightful “Musical Tea" last
Thursday afternoon at. the beautiful
home of the vice-president, Mrs. Isaac
I
Hailey. There was a large attendance
and a splendid fusical prograf was
l given by the following persons: Elaine
Smith, piano solo; Franciso Deal tunes,
clarionet solo; Mrs. Beulah Johnson,
piano solo; Mrs. Adatns, accompanied
by her little daughter, saxophone solo;
Mrs. Slna Brown, piano solo; Madame
Lena Maya-Curry, vocal solo, pianist,
Mrs. C. H. Singleton; Margaret Bell
and Carrie Harrison, duet, Inez Bat
tles, accompanist; Mrs. Grace Hutten,
Spanish songs, accompanied by Miss
Lucas, pianist, and Clarence Des
Dunes, violinist.
LIKENS MME. TALBERT
TO MME. GALLI-CURCI
New York, July 3.—Mme. Cole-Tal
bert, one of the chief artists to record
for the Black Swan Records, recently
scored such a big hit Itefore a large
white audience in Detroit that Rex
G. White of he Detroit New* made
favorable reference to this wonderful
singer in the following fashion:
“Florence Cole-Talbert, declared by
many to have a voice rivaling Galli
Curvi, was the star of the evening.
This brilliant singer found difficulty
in getting away from her audience
although she obliged with four num
bers. — — — Her voice is a soprano
of great range and sweetness, her
vocal flexibility is marked and gives
ease and clarity to her utterance. She
made a tremendous hit with her
audience.”
That the music loving public ap
preciates high class music as well as
“blues" is being evidenced by the big
demand made since June for “The
Bell Song” and “The Kiss” which
numbers Mme. Talbert recorded for
the I’ace Phonograph corporation.
THE COMIHt HASH
VILLE CONFERENCE
PROMISES RESULTS
Prominent Colored Leaders to Confer
On Prohibition and Law
Enforcement.
ESTABLISHES hTaBQBAITEIS
Washington, D. C., July 7—(Special
to The Monitor.)—What promises to
be one of the try *t important con
ferences ever held in America be
tween colored leaders of national
prominence will soon take place in
Nashville, Tenn., under the auspices j
of the Board of Temperance, Prohibi
tion and Public Morals of the Method
ist Episcopal Church, of which Board
Bishop Wm. F. McDowell of Wash
ington, D. C., is president, and Dr.
Clarence True Wilson, D. D., of Wash
ington, D. C., is general se> ary.
The exact date of this confererj will
soon be announced in the press.
This conference will be truly rep
resentative in Its character; to it will
be invited many of the outstanding
leaders of both races from widely
separated sections of the country, in
cluding all of the more prominent
church organizations without regal'd
to denomination, representatives of
the press, educational institutions,
busisness and professional men and
women, together with representatives
of prohibition, social welfare and
other reform agencies throughout the
country.
Rev. Dr. J. N. C. Coggin, secretary
of the Department for Colored Work
of the board above named, has es
tablished national headquarters at
1726 Fifteenth street, N. W., Wash
ington, D. C., for the purpose of
promoting this movement.
CONGRESSMAN JEFFERIS
ADDRESSES N. A. A. C. P.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People met
at St. John A. M. E. church last Sun
day afternoon. The president made
an interesting and instructive talk on
the work of the local branch.
Attorney C. E. Walsh, chairman of
the legal redress committee, gave in
tersting statistics on the progress
made by the Negro for the past fif
ty years, using other peoples who
have been enslaved for comparison.
He stated that out of the colored peo
ple alone of Omaha at least 6,000
should be members of the local
branch.
Congressman Albert W. Jefferis,
the honor guest and principal speak
er for the afternoon, delivered a
scholarly and instructive address. He
said among other things: “The self
ishness of the white man unrestrained
by law is the cause of all the evils
in this country. Obedience to law
upon the part of all citizens is ab
solutely essential to the stability of
the nation.” He discussed as the
chief factors in development the land
upon which and the government under
which people live. Contrary to the
belief of some of the erstwhile politi
cians he failed to mention politics.
The Rev. Russell Taylor and sons
gave an old time quartett which was
well received. The Rev. Mr. Browm
(white) offered the invocation. Sev
eral prominent citizens were out and
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I Nebraska Civil Rights Bill j
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights.
Enacted in 1893.
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
;j| shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for
reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of 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.
"The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not
,t discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State,
26 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 |j
a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich.
368; N. W. 718."
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are invited to come out again to also
become members.
The next meeting will be held at
Freestone aptist churdh, 26th street,
between Hamilton and Caldwell. At
tend hese meetings and bring some
one with you.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS
Rev. Thomas A. Taggart, Pastor.
Excellent service on Sunday. The
pastor preached a wonderful sermon
in the morning from the theme, “The
Wages of Sin”. Had much effect
upon the well attended ordinance. In
the evening the subject was: “Re
pent”. One addition to the church.
Had visiting with us Sunday Sister
Wilson from Texas. She is here on
a indefinite stay visiting her brother,
'•jster and Brother A. Welsh.
There will be a grand church bazaar
beginning Monday and lasting all the
week, at Twenty-ninth and U streets.
Barbecued meats, fish and lots of good
things will be served throut the week.
MAN MM ESCAPE!
FROM OEORRIA MOB
HANGER OR GALLONS
“Act of Providence” Plea Fails aa
New Scaffold Is Built at Jail—
Many Pleas Futile.
LIGHTNING STRIKES GIBBET
Irwington, Ga., July 7.—Was the
blast of lightning which last week
destroped the gallows on which James
Denson, 18-year old youth, was sen
tenced to die, a second “act of Prov
dence?” •
This is the question being pro
pounded throughout the length and
breath of the state following his of
ficial hanging last Friday morning,
ficial hanging on June 16, the date
set for the execution.
Denson established a precedent in
this country, when he escaped from a
mob several weeks ago, after he had
been taken from the county jail. Fol
lowing his sensational escape from
the mob, and his re-captirre by the
authorities, a movement was started
by white and colored citizens to obtain
a commutation of his sentence, stat
ing that his escape was “an act of
Providence.”
Gallows Destroyed.
Less than a week before the date
set for the execution, the gallows on
which the youth was to be hanged
was entirely destroyed during a
fierce thunderstorm. Many people,
interested in the case, renewed tlheir
pleas that the lad’s sentence be com
muted, but to no avail.
COLLEGES GAVE DEGREES
TO 702 STUDENTS
New York City, July 7—Statistics
in a current ssue of the Crisis indicate
that colored and white colleges
throughout the land conferred degrees
upon 702 colored men and women this
month.
White colleges graduated thirteen
lawyers, five doctors, three phar
macists, four engineers and some
seventy-seven bachelors.
Colored colleges graduated fifty
two physicians, sixty-eight pharmac
ists, seventy-two dentists, fifty-six
lawyers, twenty-one ministers and
over three hundred bachelors.
The outstanding feature of the year
was the appointment of Julius H.
Lewis as an assistant professor of
Pathalogy in the University of Chi
cago, white.
TERRILL CONFIRMED
Washington, D. C., July 7—At an
executive session the United States
Senate confirmed President Harding’s
nomination of Judge Robert H. Ter
rill to succeed himself as judge of
the District of Columbia.
Judge Terrill was civil magistrate
in Washington from 1902 to 1909. In
1909 he was appointed judge in the
Municipal Court by President Roose
velt. He was subsequently reappoint
ed by Taft and Woodrow Wilson. The
Senate confirmed the 1914 appoint
ment after more or less sensational
struggle.
LINCOLN INSTITUTE FAILS
TO RECEIVE APPROPRIATION
Jefferson City, Mo., July 7—By
decision of the Court of Appeals, the
State Legislature has no power to ap
propriate $500,000 out of the school
funds for Lincoln university. Ac
cording to the court, the money should
have been appropriated from the
stat» funds. The decision will halt
work on new buildings and affect tfce
teachers’ salaries for the next year.
■■ i. i. ■ " 1 -
Veto fer WM. E. SIMERAL, for
Municipal Judge. Won-political bal
lot. Primaries July 18.—Adv.
WORLD PEDESTRIAN
REACHES OMAHA ON
WESTWARD JDHRHET
Douglas Lee of Baltimore, Twenty
Tears Old, Given Three Tears
and n Half to Walk Around
the World
STOPS OVER HIOHT IH IMARA
Passage Engaged from Man Francisco
to China, But Must Walk on Board
Mhlp With the Marne Average
as on Land
That the spirit of adventure anim
ates our youth as it does that of
other races is borne out by the fact
that last Thursday night about seven
o'clock, a slender youth, weighing 122
pounds, dressed in khaki, and carrying
a pack weighing forty-two pounds,
presented himself at the Grant Street
branch of the Y. W. C. A. and intro
duced himself to Miss Frankie B. Wat
kins, the secretary, as Douglas Lee,
member of Baltimore Y. M. C. A., en
route by foot around the world on a
$5,000 wager. Mr. Lee was in quest
of the colored Y. M. C. A. but not
finding that he sought information at
the sister organization.
Miss Watkins immediately got In
touch with Messrs T. P. Mahamnnitt
and W. G. Haynes of the executive
committee of the embryonic branch of
the Y. W. C. A., and these gentlemen
couiteouBly took Mr. Lee in charge
and made arrangements for lodging
that night at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Hicks.
Mr. Lee, who is the son of a prom
inent Baltimore lawyer, is keenly
alert and intelligent and tells an in
teresting story of his travels. He Is
modest and unassuming, and seems to
have the grit to make him stick to his
big Job. Two boys left Baltimore to
gether, but Lee’s companion threw
up the sponge in Ohio.
The young pedestrians left Balti
more, April 18th. They were given
only! $5.00, the conditions being that
they must earn their living on the
way. l,ee, because he is the only one
who has continued the trip, has had
no difficulty in doing thie so far. He
starts as a rule on his journey early
every morning, and walks until late
at night, taking such intermissions
through the day as may be necessary.
He aims to average not less than thir
ty miles a day.
Passage has been arranged for him
from San Francisco to China, but he
muBt walk on the boat every day ana
cover the same number of miles that
he would were he on land. On reach
ing China his itinerary will be ar
ranged by a Baltimorean who is a
United States official there. He has
been given three years and live months
to complete the journey and If he ful
fills the conditions of the wager he
will be given $5,000. Stopping here
over Thursday night he hit the road
early Friday forning on his westward
journey.
McKAY, POET, RESIGNS
New York, July 7—Claude McKay,
made famous by his i-ecent volume
“Harlem Shadow's”, and hailed as the
foremost colored poet living, sent in
his resignation recently as an execu
tive editor of the Liberator, a white
radical socialist magazine. The Liber
ator, it was said, was becoming “Ne
groized”.
Recently a dance of the Liberator
friends and well wishers was raided
by police and stopped because the
poet was discovered dancing with
Crystal Eastman, a highly educated
white woman.
26 EX-SERVICE MEN
IN H. U. LAW CLASS
Washington, D. C., July 7—The
1922 class of the Howard University
Law School was the largest ever
graduated from the school, reports
James E. Waters.
Of the fifty-six members of the
class, twenty-six were war veteran*.
Two members of the class were ad
mitted to the bar before graduation.
They were John L. Smith of Indiana
and John L. Jordan of Indiana.
Avery Wood passed the Connecti
cut bar and eight member* took th#
recent District of Columbia “exams'*.
Tote ter WH. K, MXBRAL, far
Maateipal Judge. >oa-political bal
lot. Primaries July W.—Adv.
"Vote far Baase Once” —Adv.
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Mr. C. C. McDonald who has wsttesd
successfully aa the Omaha Bn la ante
Circulation Manager mt Dm Maaltor.
Be ready to give year sabaMgHin
when hs calls.
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