The Monitor —
A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Edftor
$2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922 Whole Number 380 Vol. VIII—No. 16
BISHOP DEMBY IS
WELCOMED HERE BY
BIG CONGREGATIONS
Suffragan of Arkansas and Southwest
Province Preaches at the Church
of St. Philip the Deacon and
Trinity Cathedral
MAKES LASTING IMPRESSION
The Sympathizing and Sustaining
Christ Theme of Helpful Sermon.
Tells of Missionary Work
in Arkansas.
Large congregations greeted tno
Rt. Rev. Edward Thomas Demby,
bishop suffragan of Arkansas and the
Southwest Province of the Episcopal
Church, both at St. Philip's Church,
where he preached Sunday morning,
and at Trinity Cathedral, where he de
livered an interesting address on the
work of the Episcopal Church among
the race in the Southland, Sunday
night. He made a most favorable and
lasting impression upon all wno neara
him.
Bishop Demby celebrated the Holy
Communion at the Church of St. Philip
the Deacon at 7:30 A. M., and both he
and his cultured and charming wife
briefly addressed the children of the
Church or Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
At the 11 o’clock service, winch was
the usual choral Eucharist, Father
Williams was the celebrant, and Bish
op Demby preached and gave the
blessing. His theme was ‘'The Sym
pathizing and Sustaining Christ,” and
was based upon St. Matthew XI:28,
"Come unto Me all ye that travail and
are heavy laden and I will rei <esh
you.” The speaker stressed among
other points the truth of our blessed
Lord’s knowledge of the needs and
aspirations of the humblest of men
and His desire and willingness to help
ull and give them strength for their
daily tasks. He emphasized the need
of consistent following of the Divine
Teacher, and the manifestation of His
spirit in the lives of all those who
profess to be His followers. The
church was filled to capacity at this
service, several persons having to
stand.
Trinity Cathedral was comfortably
filled Sunday night where Bishop
Demby spoke on the work of the Epis
* copal church among the colored people
in the Southland and especially in Ar
kansas. The service was taken by
Dean McQlnley and the Rev. John Al
bert Williams, Bishop Shayler welcom
ing and introducing Bishop Demby
and giving the benediction.
Bishop Demby told how that In the
ante-bellum days many of the slaves
were given spiritual training by the
Episcopal church and how, despite the
fact that after the war, many went
Into other religious bodies, traditions
» and love for the Church’s ritual and
k worship prevailed. His own territory
covered 640,000 square miles and In
this territory more than 2,000,000 of
tlie race dwell. One great need for
education and evangelization is money.
There is also a scarcity of trained
workers. One of the most helpfui
signs of’the times in the solution of
the Inter-racial problem iB the number
of broadminded and upstanding white
Southerners who are striving to see
that tilings are made better for the
race. The Church is striving to do
her share in upbuilding Christian
character and promoting good feeling
that will make the races walk side by
side in amity and good will in preserv
ing the best traditions of tills country
against hostile foreign elements that
would overthrow our institutions.
The white American will ultimately
realize that his black compatriot, the
Negro, is his best friend, and this
realization may come sooner than
many may expect.
COLORED WOMEN’S
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
The Colored Woman’s Democratic
Club, Mrs. C. C. Johnson, chairman,
Mrs. Harry Leland, first vice cnair
rnan, Mrs. A. C. Oglesby, second vice
chairman, and Miss Mosely, secretary,
met last Tuesday night at Mrs. Ogles
by’s beautiful residence, 2734 Blondo,
and decided to meet next Tuesday
night at 2115 Grant, Mrs. Williams’
residence.
The meeting was animated but har
monious and demonstrated that women
have an intelligent grasp of the polit
ical situation. Addresses were made
by Harry Leland, in which he excoriat
ed Sheriff Clark for alleged negli
gence during the riot of 1919; by A.
C. Oglesby, who attacked the tarift
and code bill; by Thomas H. Jones on
journalistic observations; by Mrs.
Johnson and other women who sur
prised their hearers with their know
ledge of local, state and national pol
itics.
' Mrs. Blanche Simmons 1b quite ill
at her home, Twenty-fifth and Maple
streets.
COURTESIES EXTENDED TO
BISHOP AND MRS. DEMBY
Despite the fact that Bishop and
Mrs. Demby’s stay in Omaha was brief
they were the recipients of many ap
preciated social courtesies. Satur
day night an informal reception was
held at St. Philip’s rectory which
gave many an opportunity of meeting
socially these delightful guests. Sun
day afternoon Mrs. W. E. Davis, nee
Celia Rector, formerly of Little Rock,
Ark., but now a resident of Omaha,
took them with their host and hostess
for a delightful automobile ride; on
Monday afternoon Bishop and Mrs.
Demby, with their host and hostess,
the Rev. and Mrs. John Albert Wil
liams, were the guests of Bishop and
Mrs. E. V. Shayler at luncheon, at the
handsome Episcopal residence in Fair
acres, after which they were taken
for an automobile ride by Mrs. Craig
Morris. Dr. Morris placed his car at
the disposal of these distinguished
guests, conveying them to and from
the Cathedral, to other engagements
and the train. Other parishioners
thoughtfully and kindly offered their
cars which courtesies were appreciat
ed. Bishop and Mrs. Demby left for
Chicago at half past five o’clock Mon
day, delighted with their visit to
Omaha.
DR. BRAGG’S NEW BOOK
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE
Baltimore, Mr., Oct. 13th—“The His
tory of the Afro-American Group of
the Episcopal Church’’ is the title of a
new book just from the press last week
hy Dr. Gorge Freeman Bragg, rector
of St. James P. E .Church.
Well bound, excellently p-'nted, the
; new volume of some 320 p-ges com
! prehends the work of the colored com
j municants in the Episcopal Church
I from the earliest beginnings to the
| dedication of the Rt. Rev. Momoulu
Gardiner as Bishop of Liberia lasv
year. Colored Episcopalians are said
to number 31,851 with 288 congiega
tions and 171 colored clergymen.
Bishop Theodore Bratton, white, of
Mississippi, in his introduction refers
to Dr. Bragg as an editor and essayist
for thirty years during which time
"his own publications on current his
tory have become sources in large mea
sure, of his labor of lov efor his people
and his church.”
CAN STILL SUPPLY CUSTOMERS
The Consumers Coal Company, who
are regular Monitor advertisers, had
I a had fire Sunday night. About 5000
I tons of coal burned, but this enter
prising company had such a large
supply on hand and in transit that
they can readily take care of all their
old customers and any number of new
ones. They still have coal to sell, and
coal that will burn.
JEALOUS LOVER WOUNDS
GIRL; COMMITS SUICIDE
Virgil Dysart Attempts lo Kill Young
Woman Who Refuses to Marry
Him and Then Turns Gun
on Himself.
Miss Ruby Smalley was seriously,
perhaps fatally wounded, Sunday
night while on her way to church by
Virgil Dysart at Twenty-fifth and
Caldwell streets. Dysart had been
pressing his suit for marriage with
Miss Smalley, who refused him. Sun
day evening he resumed his entreaty.
When Miss Smalley again positively
declined to promise to marry him, the
rejected suitor drew a pistol and shot
her, inflicting a dangerous wound in
her breast. Believing her dead he
turned the gun upon himseTf and
killed himself. Miss Smalley was
rushed to the Lord Lister hospital
where an operation was performed to
extract the bullet. She is in a pre
carious condition. The young women
is a prominent member of Pilgrim
Baptist church. The shooting oc
curred within a short distance of the
Smalley home.
REPUBLICANS OF NEW
JERSEY ENDORSE DYER
BILL IN STATE PLATFORM
New York, Oct. 20.—Acting upon
the request of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored
People, Dr. George E. Cannon, mem
ber of the national board and presi
dent of the Jersey City branch, has
been successful in having inserted in
the New Jersey state republican plat
form a plank urging passage of the
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. The plank
is as follows:
“We believe in the majesty of
the law and condemn mob violence
as a menace to the safety of our
republic. We denounce it as a na
tional crime and contrary to the Am
erican standard of justice. We there
fore urge congress to pass the Dyer
Anti-Lynching Bill now before the
United States senate, to the end that
no human being within the bounds of
the United States will be deprived of
life without due process of law.
PROMINENT DENTIST MOVES
INTO NEW RESIDENCE
Dr. and Mrs. Craig Morris, one of
Omaha’s most prominent and success
ful dentists, have just moved into
their handsome artificial stone resi
dence at Creighton boulevard and
Manderson streets. It is one of the
prettiest and most attractively fin
ished homes owned by our group in
this city.
LITTLE CHARLOTTE HICKS’
BIRTHDAY PARTY
By Selma Gordon.
To a birthday party on October the six,
The kiddies assembled at little Miss
Hicks’;
In automobiles swiftly Borne of them
came,
While some were already there play
ing a game.
And then I must say there weije
grownups there too,
Who were eager and glad the occa
sion to flew,
But no one who looked on could ever
dispute
That the children indeed all looked
very cute.
'Mid shouts of amusement on the aut
umn air borne,
At short intervals came the sound of
a horn;
The fun still ensued till the hostess
did mention
That there was something Inside to
attract all attention.
V
Inside, a huge table awaiting its
freight
Was glowing with Hollowe’en decora
tions great;
The kiddles came forward and stood
all around
Enjoyed the grand repast with hardly
a sound.
The presents were many, were useful
and rare,
Thus having been chosen, with the
greatest of care.
And when all was over they started
for home,
in their hearts wishing Charlotte more
birthdays to come.
ST. PAUL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Twenty-sixth and Seward Street*
Russell Taylor, Pastor
Our services Sunday were excep
tionally good. Most of the members
are supporting the services royally in
the matter of their attendance. The
pastor is emphasizing the need of more
stringent efforts for community better
ment. The Church must come to her
own and strive for the saving of the
community as well as the individual.
The Church is the one important Insti
tution in the world to put into execu
tion the first and second and to my
mind the most important petitious of
the Savior’s prayer, "Thy Kingdom
come, Thy will be done on earth.”
Services next Sunday will be as fol
lows: 11a. m., “Give Me the Old Time
Religion.” 8:00 p. m., “The Message
to the Church in Smyrna.”
Much good is obtainable from the
study of the Spirit’s messagou to the
early Churches, for In them Is a fore
cast of the various circumstances
through which the Church in all ages
must pass.
At 7:15 the Christian Endeavor topic
is “Patriotism: What It Is and What
It Does.” Isa. 1:16-20. (Citizenship
Day.)
THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE.
This organization met in its initial
meeting at the Y. W. C. A. Tueeday
morning aud was called to order by
the ltev. J. P. Jackson of Council
Bluffs. The ministers gave very en
couraging reports of their work. There
was a united determination to put forth
a more determined effort against pre
vailing vice in our midst. This deter
mination was given new impetus by an
address full of weighty thoughts and
earnest persuasion given by Miss i
Hawes, National Secretary of the Y. W.
C. A.
Officers for the year were elected as
follows: President, Russell Taylor;
Vice-president, Win. H. Franklin;
Secretary, J. A. Harris; Recording
Secretary, 0. J. Burckhardt; Treasur
er, T. S. Saunders.
Program Committee: Chairman,
Frederick Divers, with W. F. Botts;
E. H. McDonald, O. J. Burckhardt, J.
C. McFarland.
JUDGE W. F. WAPPICH
FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE
I am one of the present Police
Judges of Omaha. I am a candidate
for Municipal Judge at the coming
election on the non-partisan ticket. In
the event of my election I may be
assigned to the Police Court as its
judge. If I do, I will in the future as
I have in the past, treat all who come
before me fairly and Justly, regardless
of race, creed or color. My record as
Police Judge speaks for itself. I
would apprecite your vote, and assure
you that you will never regret it.
VIRGIN ISLANDERS
RE SNFFERIHG
IS THE REPORT
“More Capital, Better Farming, ana
Thrift Education are Urgently
Needed,” Says Frederick
MacFarlane.
DAILY WAGE IS FORTY CENTS
Islanders Are Handicapped by Tra
ditions and Need More General
Education Along Various
Lines.
Hampton, Va., Oct. 20—Natives or
the Virgin IslandB, which were ac
quired by the United States from Den
mark in 1918 through purchase, after
many years of futile negotiations, are
suffering from dire poverty on account
of the rapid removal of Danish capital,
the heavy inroads of the cotton boll
weevil, and the wasteful “mining" of
the soil by the extensive and persis
tent cultivation of sugar cane, accord
ing to Frederick MacFarlane, a native
of St. Croix and former Instructor In
history at the Junior-senior high school
of St. Thomas, who spoke recently In
Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute, on
“The History and Economic Conditions
of the Virgin Islands.”
Professor MacFarlane has spent the
past twelve years in the Virgin Islands.
Previously he devoted three years to
study in Denmark, where he preparea
himself to become a translator In the
Danish language. Recently he brought
to Hampton Institute three promising,
hlgh-school boys from the Virgin Is
lands. These boys will be educated
at Hampton Institute out of funds
which will be raised in the Virgin
Islands and among Virgin Islanders
living in New York and other large
cities.
Some of Professor MacFarlane's ob
servations on the Virgin Islands may
be summarized as follows:
“The Orphan Islands”
Little is known about the Virgin
Islands which were under the control
of Denmark for 250 . ears. The Vir
gin Islands might ihi called the "or
phan Islands” since no one bureau of
the U. S. Government cares to assume
responsibility for them.
The Virgin Islands include about
124 square miles—St. Croix (bought
by Denmark of France in 1733), 80
square miles; St. Thomas (taken by
Denmark in 1671) and St. John (taken
by Denmark in 1683), 44 «quaie miles.
Slavery Abolished
In 1848 Negro slavery was abolished
dramatically in the Virgin Islands. The
governor-general, named von Scholten,
on July 3, 1848, acting on his own re
sponsibility, declared the slaves free
and issued the emam ipation proclama
tion on July 4. In September, 1848,
this act of the governor-general was
confirmed by the King of Denmark.
In 1841 the Danish government
started schools for the children of
Negro slaves In the Virgin Islands.
Low Mages Bring Suffering
In the last days of the Danish au
intnist ration, full grown men received
25 cents per day for their labor. In
1915 a labor union was organized and
in 1916 a six-week strike brought the
daily wage of the laborer to 40 cents.
Then the World War carried the dally
wage to 96 cents. Now the daily wage
of the laboring man has dropped to
40 cents and the laboring man can
secure only two davg of labor each
week.
llandlcuppod by Traditions
The Virgin Islands lie eighty miles
east of Porto Rico and eighteen De
grees north of the equator. The peo
ple on these islands are handicapped
by their devotion to conventions and
traditions, especially in the matter
of farming.
The people of the Virgin islands
want the type of education for which
Hampton Institute stands—a type
which will teach men, women and
children the principles of thrift and
sound reasoning.
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE HAS
NEW MEETING PLACE
The Douglas Republican League held
an enthusiastic and well attended
meeting last Friday night. M. F.
Singleton, the president, was in the
chair. Sheriff Clark explained his
part in trying to protect his prisoner
from the mob when the Court House
was so badly damaged three years
ago. He was bombarded with ques
tions which he answered without eva
sion. Mr. Beal, candidate tor County
Attorney, was another speaker. Ad
dresses w«re made by several others.
Hereafter the League will meet every
Friday night at the Colored Repub
lican headquarters, 2206 North Twen
ty-fourth street. The public is in
vited to all meetings.
Mr. and Mrs .R. Dewey Allen have
purchased a beautiful mouern home at
Twenty-seventh and Hamilton streets
into which they expect to move on or
about November 1.
i
LOUISVILLE 1IAS RADIO
SCHOOL FOR COLORED
i-iouiaville, Ky.—The Radio school
Idea started by Station W of this city
has been etended now to include a
school for colored people. The school
is at the colored Y. M. C. A. The col
ored population of the Louisville ter
ritory is estimated at 80,000 and the
colored Y. M. C. A is in the heart of
the most important colored district—
From Radio Digest.
F ACTS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
....$225,000,000 was contributed by
Negroes during the war in Liberty
Lions, Red Cross and other drives.
There were 106 captains, 329 first
lieutenants and 204 second lieutenants
commissioned from the officers train
ing school, Ft. Des Moines, 1917.
John Brown requested that “my only
religious attendants be poor little,
dirty, ragged and barehead and bare
footed Slave Boys and Girls, led by
some old gray-headed slave Mother.”
Haiti has had 25 presidents since
1903.
Our inventive genius has been ap
plied successfully from the ground up
—from mining apparatus to flying
machines; from cotton pickers to piano
players; and some of the largest in
dustries in the country are built upon
the basic patents of Negro inventors
—notably a twenty-odd million dollar
shoe machine industry founded upon
Jan E. Matzelinger’s invention for
lasting shoes.
2 NEW YORK MAGAZINES
PUBLISH ARTICLES OF
INTEREST TO RACE
Twc articles of especial interest to
colored readers are published in two
magazines of New York.
One of the articles appears in the
October McClure’s Magazine. It is
called “Race Co-operation” and is by
George Madden Martin, who has writ
ten many short stories about colored
people. The other article is by a col
ored author, Benjamin Brawley who
writes on “The Negro in American
literature” in the October “Book
man”.
Mrs. Martin speaking of what has
been done and planned by interracial
committees in the South, asserts that
the chief obstacle to proper consider
ation of race problems is that the
white man does not know the Negro,
“The white man in the United
States,” says Mrs. Martin, “will never
see the Negro as he is, until he sees
him as an individual, and sees his case
as an individual case.”
The unrepresentative character of
the Southern Commission on Inter
racial Co-operation is admitted in the
figures which Mrs. Martin gives,
showing that only five out of the fif
ty-eight members are Negroes, but
Mrs. Martin shows that it has interest
ed and brought together many or tne
best white people of the South in an
endeavor to create better conditions.
Mr. Brawley calls the Negro “the
supreme challenge to American liter
ature.” Speaking of the flood of in
ferior works now being published, Mr.
Brawled says: “In all this welfare of
commercialism and sensationalism the
Negro’s one request of literature so
far as he is concerned, is that it bo
fearlessly and absolutely honest.”
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
Bigamy is no Joke; it’s derned hard
work.
No government official ever died
from overwork yet.
Quit thinking you can reap before
you sow.
Take courage, and occasionally a
liver pill, also.
Very few go bankrupt through
benevolence.
The only devil there Is Is in the
mind.
’Twould be a queer shaped head that
fits a woman’s hat.
A fellow can get plenty of hell with
out reading Dante.
The pen Is mightier but the sword
pays better.
Cleverness and cuseedness frequent
ly goes arm in arm.
The worst evils to threaten us are
ourselves.
It Is the married man who thinks
seriously of marriage.
All’s well that ends well if it pays
well.
Never put off till tomorrow those
you can do today.
Too many of us have millionaire
dispositions.
It takes valuable time to roll cigar
ettes.
Put down two and carry one—that’s
triplets.
Don’t spend too much time contem
plating.
RECEPTION AND ACTIVITIES
AT THE NORTH END “Y”
Last Monday night a largely attend
ed reception was held at the North
End “Y”. It was the annual fall get
together meeting. The audience was
a representative one. Mrs. D. W.
Gooden had charge of the program.
The audience was given a radio treat,
hearing a concert from Atlanta, Ga.
An earnest address and plea for the
support of this good work was made
by Miss Mae C. Hawes, of New York,
who is one of the general financial
secretaries. Other brief but excel
lent addresses were made by Miss
Blank, another national worker from
New York; Mrs. Campbell, secretary
of the Central “Y”, and Mrs. Offutt,
chairman of the colored work and a
staunch friend and liberal contribu
tor to this work. Cooperation was
pledged by the Rev. W. S. Metcalfe
and Mr. H. R. Randall. Refresh
ments were served and a delightful
social evening was spent. A call for
100 women to volunteer as canvassers
of the North End to raise the branch
quota of about $3,500 was made oy
Miss Hawes. Several responded,
the drive is on next week and every
body who is approached should cheer
fully avail themselves of the privi
lege of giving for this much needed
work.
Several classes have been organized
and are open for membership. Ai.'ong
these are a reducing class, for those
who are too stout and want to shuffle
off some of their surplus flesh; a
gymnasium class, for those who want
to become graceful and strong; a
Bible class for those who desire in
struction in the Book of Books; a
millinery class and a book-lovers club.
Other activities will be added as need
requires. The Y. W. C. A. has been
established here to serve the com
munity.
allek chapel a. m. e. church
25th & R. St., South Side. Mar. 3476
O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor
We are in the midst of a great re
vival meeting. Have you heard our
Evangelist, John T. Brown? If not
you had better hurry and hedr him.
The people of both races say he is
one of the best that ever came this
way. Sunday was a great day with us.
People came and stayed all day. Rev.
Mr. Brown preached to a crowded
house in the evening on “The Curse of
Sin.” A number were converted. Our
meeting will continue at least this and
next week. If you come and hear him
once you won’t miss a service. The
community will be made better by this
meeting. All are cordially invited.
Services all day Sunday, and every
night at 7:00 p. m.
SPECIAL SESSION NOV. 20th
ON DYER AND SHIPPING BILLS
Harding Asked to Support League’s
Petition—League Urges Signatures
So As to Get President to
Name Dyer Kill in Call.
Washington, Oct. 20.—Congress is
to be convened in extraordinary ses
sion on November 20th. President
Harding will issue the call immediate
ly after election. He means to drive
the ship subsidy bill through and while
the house is wrestling with that the
senate will be expected to put the anti
lynching bill over.
The calling up of the latter meas
ure comes as a complete and not par
ticularly pleasant surprise to the aver
age legislator, who is as skittish about
this as about the ship subsidy, but for
the sake of the Negro vote in Ohio and
other northern states certain pledges
were made and it is the intention to
redeem these as soon as possible.
This welcome White House state
ment comes while the National Equal
Rights League is in the third week of
effort in petitioning President Har
ding to call a special session and to
name the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill in
the call. The League operating from
its headquarters in Boston, first tele
graphed a request to the president di
rect. The president’s secretary wrote
back to Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, the pres
ident of the league, October 1st that
a special session was not likely but in
case of one the matter would be put
before the president. Meantime Rep
resentative Tinkham of Boston had
written the president at the league’s
request. On October 3rd the league
had an audience with Senator Lodge
in Boston, as a result of which he
wrote President Harding that night.
Then came the press report printed
as above in several papers including
the Roston Globe.
The league wired Senator Lodge to
press the president to name the Dyer
bill in the call. It urges the race to
keep on signing its petition, also to
ask senators and congressmen to
write to the president and to ask their
senators to press the bill through be
fore the regular session.
The Boston branch is arranging a
meeting with Senator Lodge for sup
porting its petition, at which he will
be asked to speak.
WHITE SOUTHERN
LEADER ENDORSES
AWTI-LYNCHING BILL
Prominent Thinker and Trustee of the
University of Tennessee Makes
Plea for the Passage of
the Dyer Bill
NOT ANTI-SOUTHERN ATTACK
Opponents of the Measnre Are Labor
ing Under Misapprehension Is
the Contention of Bolton
Hrnitli.
New York, Oct. 20—The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New
York, has made public a statement
from Bolton Smith, of Memphis, Ten
nessee, president in 1919 of the local
Rotary Club, and a trustee of the Uni
versity of Tennessee, endorsing the
Dyer Amti-Lynching Bill which is to
come to a vote in the Senate during
the next session of Congress.
The statement of Mr. Smith was said
to be especially significant, by James
Weldon Smith, Secretary of the Ad
vancement Association, in that Mr.
Smith declared the Bill contained no
special attack upon the South.
Mr. Smith’s statement in full is as
follows:
“I am in favor of the Dyer Bill /
giving Federal courts jurisdiction in
connection with the crime of lynching
under certain cases, because:
“1. I believe that local sentiment
in many places is too strong to permit
local authorities to enforce the law
against mobs.
“2. A trial before a jury in a Unit
ed States Court is not a trial before an
alien tribunal. But the Jury is selected
from the people of the entire district
or state, and one is assured of a more
impartial Jury—one not terrorized by
that local sentiment wnlch usually i3
so blatant after any mob action. Few
officers have the courage to oppose
strong local sentiment.
"3. There is no special attack on
the South in such a measure. It is
required by the progress of the coun
try, north as well as south. As com
mon Negro labor has moved into the
North, Negroes have been lynched by
white mobs there too.
“4. That some Southern men who
sincerely oppose lynching should not
favor the Dyer Bill is due to a misap
prehension of its effect and purpose.
There is no part of the United States
in which those favoring the due pro
cess of law for the punishment of
crime should not be in favor of the
punishment of lynchers by Federal
Courts, whenever local officials fail
to do their duty.
“5. The lynching of Negroes t>>
white mobs is bad enough, but there
is some danger that we will, before
long, be faced with an even more dan
gerous character of lynching, namely
the lynching of those of one religious
faith by those of another faith. This
would divide America into hostile
camps and produce civil war, and We
need a law that will enable the Feuerai
Courts to repress these cases with the
utmost severity.
“6. The crime of lynching is, next
to the assassination of a prominent
officer of the Nation, one of the great
est which can be committed. This is
especially so where it is performed by
one class or race and suffered by an
other, which other race or ctase re
gards the lynching as an attack against
every one of its members. A lynching
in Georgia tends to disturb labor con
ditions not only in the adjoining states
but in the entire South, and is not
without its effect in embittering race
relations in the North. It cannot be
regarded as merely against the peace
and dignity of the State within whose
limits it is committed. Its evil effects
spread far beyond those limits. It Is
a crime against the Nation in a very
real sense and therefore should be
triable by Federal Courts.
"7. I do not assume that this law
will immediately stop lynching: but it
will be one step in that direction.
Above all, it would impress the offic
ials of every state with the determin
ation of the people at large to stop
this crime. The effect of a few trials
in the Federal Courts will be highly
beneficial.
(Signed) Bolton Smith.”
REGISTER AND VOTE
Every citizen, male or female, of
the age of twenty-one years who has
been a resident for six months, can
vote provided they have registered.
Registration costs nothing. Next Fri
day, October 27th, is the last day for
registration. Don’t put it off. If
you have not registered, register TO
DAY.
$5,000 FOR WHIPPING
Abliene, Kansas, Oct. 18th—William
Bradley, whipped by a mob of white
strike breakers last July, was awarded
$5,000 damages from the city under
the State Mob Law.
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