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luHE Monitor —•—
A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor
$2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922 Vol. VIII—No. 10 Whole Number 374
DYER BILL PLACED
OR SENATE CALENDAR;
CERTAIN OF PASSAGE
Bonus Bill and Other Legislation
Well Out of the Way—Anti
Lynching Measure to Be
Given Attention
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JAMES W. JOHNSON ON JOB
Vigilant and Energetic Secretary of
the National Association Cuts
Short His Vacation to
Push Action.
New York, Sept. 8—The Dyer Anti
Lynching Bill was definitely placed on
the Senate calendar for debate and
vote at the present session of Congress,
this action being taken by the Senate
Steering Committee on Wednesday,
August 30, according to announcement
made by the National Association for
the Advencement of Colored People.
When it was learned that the Bonus
Bill would be passed so soon after
being taken up in the Senate, James
Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N.
A. A. C. P. was recalled from his
vacation and went immediately to
Washington. There he worked hard,
although suffering from an attack of
lagrippe. He had numerous confer
ences with republican leaders in the
Senate, including Snators Curtis of
Kansas; Willis, of Ohio; McCormick,
of Illinois; Calder, of New York;
Shortndge, of California; and several
others.
As a result of the work done, and
particularly because of the pressure
which has been brought to bear on in
dividual senators, the Dyer bill was
definitely place! on the calendar, which
means that it will be brought up for |
debate and vote within the next fev*
weeks.
In a letter to the national office
written at Washington, Mr. Johnson
states that extensive and intensive
work will need to be done during the !
next few weeks that the bill may be ^
voted on and passed. Pressure such
as has never been used before must be
used. This action of the Steering
Committee is the last step before de
bate and a vote and but one more step,
that of actual passage, remains be
tween the present time and the actual
signing of the bill by President Hard
ing which will make it a law. Tele
graph, write, petition your Senators.
Do everything you can in every pos
sible way to show the Senate that the
bill must be passed.
ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH
6233 So. 25th St. Market 3476.
O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor
Sunday marked another epoch in the
history of our church. We had a gra
cious quarterly meeting. We had
with us all day an intelligent ana
progressive class of people, who en
tered heartily into the spirit of the
meeting. P. E. Divers was at his best
and gave us two great messages.
Rev. W. C. Williams brought us a
strong message at 3 p. m. full of
thought and logic. We had several
visitors from Lincoln in our audience,
Mrs. Anna Burckhardt, Mr. W. A.
Johnson and Mrs. Laura Johnson, and
many strangers from Council Bluffs
and other places. Sunday will be the
closing of this year’s conference work.
We trust to have a great closing. We .
are expecting to see many of our
friends out on this occasion. Also
strangers are welcome to all of our
services.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OK
ST. PHILIP THE DEACON
Despite thf heat there was a large
attendance, last Sunday morning at
i'oth the Sunday School and the 11
o’clock service, which was taken by
the Lay Reader, George H. W. Bul
lock, in the absence of the priest, who
took the early and late eucharist and
preached at St. Paul’s Church, Coun
cil Bluffs. There will be the usual
services next Sunday conducted by the
pastor, holy communion 7:30 a. m.,
Church school at 10, sung Eucharist
with sermon at 11, evening prayer at
8. The various societies and auxil
iaries will resume their activities next
week.
BURNED AT STAKE
Lambert, Miss., Sept. 8.—(The As
sociated Negro Press.)—John Steel
man, thlrty-flve-year-old farm hand,
was burned at the stake near here by
a torch applied by Mrs. Druce White,
the wife of a planter, whom he Is said
to have attempted to assault.
MASONS PASS STRONG
RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
High Officials of Order at Interna
tional Conference Ask Senate
to Pass the Measure With
out Delay.
New York, Sept. 8—At the Interna
tional Conference of the Grand Mas
ters, Past Grand Masters, uiana Sec
retaries, etc., Prince Hall Masons of
the United States representing some
150,000 Masons, at their meeting in
Washington, D. C., last month, passed
strong resolutions calling on the Unit
ed States Senate to pass without delay
the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill to “cor
rect certain abuses and barbarous
treatment meted out to the citizens of
the Republic”, according to an an
nouncement made by the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People. The resolutions called
upon the Senate to take this step not
only to end the disgrace of mob viol
ence but to remove this blot from the
name of America, because in foreign
countries the belief is common that
the United States government is in
different to punish the evil doers and
we regret that the reports on lynch- j
ing will tend to lower the respect and j
esteem which the nation enjoys.”
RICHARD HEHRY DOYD,
NOTED PUBLISHER, |
DIES AT HASHVILLE
I’rnmiucnf Minister and Founder of
>utioiml Itii'dist Publishing
House Answers Last
Numinous.
WAS AN 0NTSTANDIN6 FIGURE
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 8.—Richard I
Henry Boyd, ager 74, louinler of the
National Baptist Publishing Board,
which furnishes secular literature for
churches all over the country, died
here Wednesday night, August 31.
The news of his death came as a
shock to the thousands of people with
whom he came in contact.
Regarded as die leading publisher
of the south, dr. Boyd rose from a
place of obscurity wholly through his
own tlrelc'.s efforts to achieve.
Born e slave in Mississippi on
March, 16, 1832, and served through
the Civil War with the men of the
family that owned him. Unable to
read or write at the ago of 21, he as
sumed leadership among his denomi
nation by hard study and application.
Ur. Boyd at the time of his death
published a daily paper in Nashville.
Hit. K. A. WILLIAMS, SUPREME
I’RESIDE NT AND FOUNDER OF
ROYAL CIRCLE, TO VISIT OMAHA
Ur. Richard A. Williams of Chicago,
III., supreme president and founder of
The Supreme Royal Circle of Friends
of the World, will he in Omaha on
the night of Friday, September 22, to
pay an official visit to the local circles
here and to confer the Triangle Degree
on the Friends of the Royal Degree.
Ur. Williams is one the leuding
physicians of Chicago with offices
located in the beautiful building of
the Royal Circle, 3517 Indiana avenue,
which is also the headquarters or the
Royal Circle. He Is also one ot tne
few men of our race, who has and
is doing something for our people.
Having handed together over 200,0(i0
members in the Royal Circle through
out the United Stales and who really
is one of the leaders of the race be
ing known all over the country as a
race man.
Royal Circle to Make Another Class
of Candidates.
Supervisor Richmond of the Royal
Circle will make another class of can
didates on the night of September 22
at Zion Baptist church on Twenty
second and Grant streets. The last,
class made In the Royal Circle con
sisted of 264 candidates, among them
some of the city’s leading citizens.
ROYAL CIRCLE SILVER
LOVING CUP DONATED BY
A. L. RICHMOND, SUPERVISOR
Supreme Supervisor A. L. Rich
mond of The Supreme Royal Circle
of Friends of the World has donated
a silver loving cup as first prize for
the best decorated car in the parade
on Monday morning, September 11,
during the emancipation celebration
of St. John's Church at Krug purk.
The cup is on display In the window
of The Sugar Bowl on Twenty-fourth,
between Burdette and Grant streets.
RACE LEARNING VALUE
OF SYSTEMATIC SAVING
Trend of Deposits and Savings of Ne
gro Workers, as Indicated by Re
ports from Typical Industrial
and Business Centers.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 8—An In
crease of 12.44 per cent in the num
ber of savings bank depositors among
Negro workers is indicated for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, as
compared with the same period of
1921, according to conclusions which
the Department of Labor has drawn
from reports submitted by represen
tative savings institutions in thirteen
states and he Disrict of Columbia,
ail of which are located in typical
industrial and business centers of Ne
gro population. During the same per
iod the total savings of Negro depos
itors of the same institutions as indi
cated as having decreased 2.376 per
cent. The comparison, howevejr, is
altogether favorable in view of the
industrial depression and its attendant
unemployment situation.
A closer comparison of the two per
iods shows that the per capita de
posit of Negro savings bank patrons
of $95.63, on June 30, 1921, was re
duced to $83.03 by June 30, 1922, a
per capita withdrawal of $12.60, or
$1.06 per month.
The savings banks submitting re
ports are located in Connecticutt,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ten
nessee, Virginia, and Washington, D.
C., and are believed to portray re
sults which are illustrative ot tftc en
tire country. The conclusions are de
rived from basic figures showing 49,
871 Negro depositors with holdings of
$4,769,323 on June 30, 1921, as com
pared with 66,077 depositors and $4,
656,987 on June 30, 1922, a difference
of $113,336.
The survey was conducted by Phil
H. Brown, Commissioner of Concilia
tion.
MAIDS AND PAGES PICNIC
The Maids and Pages of Carnation
Tent No. 27 were given their annual
picnic at Miller Park, Thursday, Aug
ust 31. The children met at the Ta
borian Hall and were taken out in
motor trucks. Sixty-eight children
were in attendance and expressed
themselves as having the time of their
lives. After enjoying themselves with
the many amusements of the park,!
running races and playing ball, the
children were seated at a long table
where they were served with sand
wiches, ice cream and cake and punch
by the Queen Mother, Dt. Eva Brown,
who was assisted by Dtrs. Mary Jen
kins. Bessie Dudley and Mary Pitts,
and Mrs. Ixrna Davis and Grandma
Wilson.
AMERICANS SPREADING
ANTI-NEGRO PROPOGANDA
THROUGHOUT EUROPE
New York Sept. 8—“Wherever a
certain class of Americun tourists go
in Europe they continual'y and indus
triously endeavor to convince Euro
peans that the Negro in the United
States is ignorant, criminal, vicious,
and above all a rapist, ever ready to
criminally assault white women, and
restrained only by sheer brute force
in the form of lynching,’' was the
statement made lately by Arthur T.
Long, Principal of a large public
school in Indianapolis, lnd„ who has
just returned after spenmng .more
than two months in France, Germany,
Italy and Switzerland, according to
announcement by the National Associ
ation for the Advancement of Colored
People.
“They never tell of the decent, self
respecting, progrssive colored people,”
Mr. Long continued, “the best that
they ever say is usually some story
about a ‘good darky’ or a ‘coon.’ Un
fortunately, this work has been car
ried on so extensively that it is being
felt in countries where a few years
ago there was no thought of race
prejudice. Americans, spending lav
ishly, are naturally catered to by
French, German and other merchants
and business men. Thus economic
pressure is making people free from
prejudice bow to Ameriran racial bit
terness.”
“On the other hand, there seems to
me to be considerable knowledge in
Europe of the facts about the race J
problem in America. Largely due to
the attempt of America to assume !
the moral leadership of the world as
well as the financial mastery, Euro
peans consider the race question in j
America and the burning alive of hu
man beings to be the acid test of the
genuineness of American moral ideals. !
Europe wants to know the real facts
about the race problem in America,
and it is regretted that there seems to
be no adequate means at present of
getting the real truth before Europe.
“All Americans who go to Europe
can be divided, with only a few ex
ceptions, into two classes. One oi
these is that group I have already
spoken of—those who deliberately
spread lies about the Negro. The
other class is composed of those who |
say nothing about the problem. Very
few white Americans ever take the
time or the trouble to tell the truth,
even if they themselves know it. It
is a sad but true fact, that in all the
time I was in Europe, the only really
good things said about the Negro,
were said by Englishmen and French
men.
Mr. Long was asked about the truth
of the charges made in the United
States Senate on August 31st by Sen
taor Hitchcock of Nebraska, that
French colored troops were commit
STRONG SOUTH OMAHA
COLORED REPUBLICAN
CLUB ORGANIZED
A number of colored voters who are
interested in the political affairs of
the city, met at Allen Chapel and
planned an organization, which when
perfected will be a strong factor in
the political affairs of the city, as
there are a large number of colored
voters who live in South Omaha, many
of whom own their own homes and
pay taxes, who should have some re
cognition from the city. All members
of the race, both men and women, who
are interested in this work will please
meet at Allen Chapel, 5233 South 25th
street, Tuesday, Sept. 12, at which
time we hope to perfect the organiza
tion and put the machinery in working
order for the fall campaign. Officers
elected were: President, Rev. F. Ol
iver; Vice President, Frank Young;
Treasurer, F. Tinker; Secretary, E.
McGill; Corresponding Secetary, O. J.
Burckhardt.
ting excesses on German women in
the occupied zones. He replied: “I
was in Germany two weeks and dur
ing that time, though I was in May
ence where French troops are quar
tered, as well as at Cologne where the
British troops are stationed and at
Coblenz where the American forces
are, I never heard one word of any
such charges. It does seem to me
that if there had been the slightest
grounds for such charges I would at
least have gotten an inkling of it.
The real reason is easy to under
stand. The Germans naturally want
the occupation forces removed. They
are wise enough to know that Amer
ica’s blind spot is her race prejudice,
and that an appeal to that race preju
dice is the most potent argument they
can make to Americans, especially
when that appeal is made to the tune
of a charge that black men are raping
white women.”
“Perhaps one of the most interwrting
things I observed,’ Mr. Long contin
ued, “was the fact that Americans as
soon as the ship left American soil
seem to feel that the ban of color was
lifted and restrictions were removed.
People who would not think of treat
ing colored people decently in Amer
ica for fear of exciting comment or
scorn, actually became friendly and
acted like human beings. My conclu
sion is that the atmosphere of Amer
ica is conducive to race-hatred and
Negro baiting—that the so-called
race prejudice is not inherent at all
but is artificially created and main
tained as a sort of a fetish in the
United States.”
Mr. Long covered a great deal of
territory while abroad and tells most
interestingly the story of his exper
iences.
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
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
I 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" |
KLUXIES’ GRUESOME
WARNING TO FEARLESS
NEW YORK EDITOR
Philip Randolph Sent Severed Hand
of Negro Around Which a
Threatening Letter Is
Wrapped.
New York, Sept. 6—A threatening
letter, signed “K. K. K.”, wrapped
about the inexpertly amputated left
hand of a Negro, was received through
the mail yesterday by Philip Randolph,
publisher of the Messenger, a maga
zine devoted to the problems of the
race and one of the most prominent
Negroes in New York.
The letter accused Randolph of not
being in accord with his people and
was signed “K. K. K." The stand the
magazine had taken in opposing Mar
cus Garvey and declaring him to be
hobnobbing with the Ku Klux Klan
was the supposed grievance that led
to the sending of the letter and the
package.
LARGE BEQUEST TO
OBERLIN COLLEGE
BENEFIT OE RACE
—-—
Successful business Man Makes Wise
Provision for Education of
Deserving Colored
Youth
A BENEFACTION FAR SIGHTED
Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 8.—Practical
ly all of the $100,000 estate of the
late Attorney James M. French, Afro
American business here, is to be in
vested for the benefit of Oberlin col
lege, according to his will, just ad
mitted to probate here. The income
for fifty years is to be given to the
trustees of the college for the benefit
of deserving Afro-American students
to aid them in securing an education.
At the end of fifty years, the prin
cipal is also to be used for the pur
pose specified, if Oberlin college does
not accept the bequest, then Wilber
force college is to be given the grant.
Mr. French left a number of cousins,
nearest relatives, some in Cleveland.
ENTERTAIN FOR VISITORS
Mrs. Ollie Madison, Mrs. C. H. i
Harris and Mrs. C. C. Trent enter
tained at breakfast at Elmwood Park
Tuesday morning, August 29, com
plimentary to Mrs. F. E. Hall of To
peka, Kansas, house guest of Mrs.
Harris, 2912 Grant Street, and Miss
Trent of Chicago, who is the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Trent. Covers
were laid for twenty-three.
CHURCH DINNER A SUCCESS
Twenty-fourth street and Patrick
avenue was a busy corner last Mon
day afternoon and evening. Scores of
hungry people congregated there; but
they were not long hungry. The lad
ies of Bethel M. E. church, under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Ella Row Jack- J
son, assisted by an efficient corps of
helpers, served an excellent dinner.'
E. G. Scott, whose competency in that
line is well known, acted as head
waiter. The dinner was a decided
success.
N. A. A. C. P. HOLDS MEETING
The N. A. A. C. P. met last Sun
day afternoon at Freestone Baptist
church, with Henry W. Black presid
ing. A. G. Oglesby was elected as
assistant secretary. Communications!
from national headquarters advising
progress on the Dyer bill and urging
unabated activity upon the part of all
members until the measure is passed
were read and discussed. The mem
bership drive is still on. The meeting
next Sunday afternoon will be at the
Interdenominational church at Twen
ty-sixth and Franklin streets.
BISHOP CLEVES FAILED TO
ARRIVE FOR SERVICES
While there was much disappoint
ment over the failure of Bishop
Cleves of St. Louis to be present last
Sunday at the opening services of the
Cleve C. M. E. church in their new
building at Twenty-fifth and Decatur
streets, it did not abat ethe joy of
Rev. S. M. Graves and his congrega
tion in being able to worship in their
attractive new home. Good congre
gations and liberal offerings marked
the day. Bishop Cleves, who was un
avoidably detained, will be here later
in the month.
GEORGIA GRAND JDRY
BRINGS INDICTMENT
AGAINST LYNCHERS
Five Prominent White Citizens Are
Promptly Indicted for the Lynch
ing of John (Cocky) Glover
in Monroe County.
B3NDS GIVEN BY ACCUSES
Mobbers Overpowered Sheriffs to
Lynch Prisoner—National Asso
ciation for Advancement of
Colored People Starts Probe
New York, Sept. 1.—Five prominent
white men of Macon, Ga., have been
indicted for lynching John (Cocky)
Glover recently by the Bibb County
Grant! Jury, according to announce
ment made here today by the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored Pegple. Glover was lynched in
Monroe County, Ga., after he had shot
j and killed Dejputy Sheriff Walter C.
Byrd who was attempting to place
Glover under arrest.
The five men inflicted are among
the most prominent men in Macon.
Herbert Block, one of them, is man
ager of the Hotel Demsey, the leading
hotel in Macon. H. L. McSwain, an
other of the men indicted is president
of the Southern Co-Operative Fire
Insurance Co.
N. Unice is a merchant and Guy
Jones is a city fireman. The fifth
man indicted was unnamed as he had
not been located, having fled from
town. Bond was set at amounts
ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 each.
Other indictments are expected to fol
low.
The indictments charging rioting
read in part:
“Block, McSwain, Unice and the
other party, did unlawfully and with
force and arms together with per
sons unknown to the grand jury do a
certain unlawful acts of violence to
wit: take from William Branan, a
deputy sheriff, and from J. L. Mui
lally, a deputy sheriff, a certain pris
oner lawfully in charge of these of
ficers, John Glover alias Cocky Glov
er, for the purpose of mobbing and
lynching Glover, and did in a violent
and tumultuous manner, after taking
Glover in charge transport him across
the line between Monroe and Bibb
counties for the purpose of lynching
and killing Glover.”
The N. A. A. C. P. is carefully fol
lowing these indictments to see if
trials and convictions follow, or if the
indictments are not to be pressed as
has been the custom in the few cases
where lynchers have been indicted in
Southern States.
THE ST. PAUL
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Twenty-Sixth and Seward Streets
Russell Taylor, Pastor
As the days are getting shorter and
the nights longer and cooler let us
give ourselves over to more serious
consideration of our Christian duties.
Sunday at 11 a. m. the sermon topic
will be “Some Breaches in the Walls
of Our Jerusalem.” At 7:30 p. m.,
covering the Christian Endeavor topic,
the following program will be ren
dered: “God’s Commands,” H. J.
Pinkett; “Our Obedience,” Dr. J. H.
Hutten; Paper, Mrs. F. L. McCul
lough; Paper, Miss Jamie Chandler;
Vocal Solo, “Hold Thou My Hand,”
Mrs. Theresa Brooks. Vocal solos by
Mr. J. W. Owens and Mrs. M. A.
Johnson. Miss Minnie Givens, presi
dent of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety, will preside.
BRANDEIS WAITERS BALL
MAKES DECIDED HIT
The ball given by the Brandeis
Waiters at the De Luxe Dancing
Academy last Monday night was a de
cided success from every point of
view. There was a large attendance,
the music was entrancing and the
floor was in perfect condition. The
committee desires to thank the public
for their generous and appreciated
patronage.
The following from out of town
were registered at the popular Patton
Hotel this week: M. Nelson of Chi
cago; C. C. Drake of Kansas City;
Chas. Howard of Des Moines; Mr.
and Mrs. J. Mitchell of Cairo, 111.;
K. M. Williams of Los Angeles; H. P.
Dudley of Chicago; Dr. W. M. Bell
and C. B. McBride of Minneapolis;
Chas. Staple and B. Coleman of Den
ver; Taris Redmond of Ogden.