Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1922)
THE MONITOR l! A National Weekly Newpaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the Monitor Publishing Company. Entered as S-cond-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915. at the Postofflee at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 A YEAR; *1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Applicaton. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 l ... . - ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE 1; ; UNITED STATES. | ! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. £ ! I 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, i ; ; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the J I • United States and of the State wherein they reside. No $ !! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the \i. II privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor jj ;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ❖ ' ’ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person | !! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. X CLEAR YOURSELVES, GENTLEMEN rJ'HE political campaign is now over. No one, therefore, can charge us j with making our present demand upon certain well-known gentlemen of this vicinity for purely political reasons, j We refrained from making this demand during the recent political campaign because we did not want to do anyone an injustice when people are quick to take a political advantage. We were strongly inclined to call upon certain political candidates to free themselves from suspicion of membership in an anti-American society with which they were supposed to be identified. One candidate for state senator gave us his word of honor that he was not now and never had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Two of his friends vouch ed for the accuracy of his statement. We told him and his friends whom we know and esteem that we would give him the benefit of the doubt and not oppose him. We told him that we saw his name on a list, bearing apparently; some marks of authenticity, purporting to be a roster of the membership of the Omaha klavern, and that he owed it to himself to prove its falsity. These gentlemen admitted that there was such a list, but that it was spurious. If this be so, the gentlemen on that list owe it to themselves and to this com munity to clear themselves. They j know, and we know, who furnished that list. It is alleged that he was one of the. official organizers of the Klan in Nebraska. If the list is spurious then the man who sold it and by sell ing it as genuine libelled these men, it seems to us that there is some stat ute under which he should be prose- . cuted. Now is the time, gentlemen, to clear yourselves. You have told us that the list is spurious. It’s up to you to prove it and to prosecute for libel the man who furnished it If he stole a list of some organization with which he had no business, and repre sented it as being what it was not and was paid for it, then he is a thief, a liar and a grafter, he has received money under false pretenses, and three of these at least are inditable offenses. This matter should be cleared up now and The Monitor respectfully requests these gentlemen to clear themselves of suspicion. ATHLETES 'T’HIS year, as In former years, In collegiate and scholastic sports, colored students have won distinction as athletes. In all schools and col leges where students of our group have placed, they have made good and been outstanding figures on the athletic fieild. Sentiment In America being what it is along racial lines, a colored student to win a place on any mixed team must, beyond all reasonable doubt, measure up to the standard. He must be exceptionally good. This being the fact accounts for the high record made by our youth and because they realize this they are ambitious to excel. Every colored student who plays on a mixed football squad, base ball team, basket ball team or track team, is not only anxious to make good for his school, but is also inspired with the laudable ambition to make a record for his race, which he realizes is, in a very real sense, on trial In him. Thus our athletes are under the spur of a dual or two-fold incentive. It. Is good that this should be so. It places them on their mettle and fills them with determination to measure up to any standard set. This is one reaspn why there is a great advantage in at tending schools where competition in class room and in other activities are open to ail classes of students irre spective of creed, color or nationality. Such association and competition con-, tributes most advantageously to mu tual respect, sympathy and under standing between the var.ous elements which enter into American citizenship. Confining ourselves to the high schools of Nebraska, fire teams have counted among their best players colored stu dent*. Central High, Omaha, U proud at Its outstanding star, Led rue Gallo way, sad also of Martin Thomas and iilifciMMk ♦ A.( jj-1 \ j rharles Knnis. Worthington Williams, j star quarter back on Central’s Re serves, and recently promoted to sub-; stitute quarter on the first, and George McKee, speedy half on Central's Re serves, have made outstanding records. Central makes an unusual showing. Players on Lincoln, Beatrice and Kear ney have made good. This speaks well for Central's willingness to re cognize ability and also for these stu dents. Success on the football team calls not only for physical fitness, but also for mental alertness. Mere "beef” without brains never yet won a foot ball game. On the gridiron, success depends less upon physical strength, than ability to think and act quickly. The athletic field trains for the seri ous work of life. It takes endurance, pluck and brains to make a successful athlete. These are the factors, too, which count for success on life’s grid iron. That so many of our youth all! over this country are demonstrating their prowess as athletes augurs well for the future of our race. Strong, bodies, clear brains and clean living: count. Athletes must fulfill these con ditions. FRIENDSHIP 0NE of the most helpful things in the world is genuine friendship. We like the little boy’s definition of a fsiend. It is this, “My friend is one who knows all my faults and yet loves me.” A pretty good definition ot friendship, isn’t it? How many of us can measure up to this standard? ^++++++++++++1#++++++++++ % WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY | ++++++++++++++++++-M-+-I+-H* WORDS VERSUS ACTION President Lowell of Harvard, grandson of James Russell Lowell, now says that he believes that tlfe black man in this country should have a square deal. We do not doubt that Mr. Lowell feels that way; many in telligent white men in their sane and sober moments are given to the same way of thinking. Mr. Lowell’s fam ily tradition should compel him to | feel that way. His people were aboli tionists. Yet we are afraid that Mr. Lowell is not going out of his way to give the black man a square deal. He uttered a statement a few years ago that was convincing on that point. Mr. Lowell said that Harvard could no longer stretch a point in giving the black students access to Memorial Hall, which is the University Dining Hall. Black men at Harvard don’t have such easy sailing as we would like to believe from the president’s recent utterances.—The Chicago Whip. GIVE THEM NO HEED There are two sets of talkers to whom the young person ought reso lutely turn his deaf ear. One is the man who loudly insists that this is a day of opportunity and never grasps one for himself; the other is the cynic, who though enjoying an opportunity up to his capacity to handle, points to one or two millionaires and sourly insists that they have gobbled up all the chances. These two classes have always existed. We find them even in the days when a million in dollars was inconceivable outside the govern ment finances. They had neither of them done anything to increase or diminish opportunity, which is as am ple and various today as ever it was— and more so. Their principal service in life is to discourage the young per son who is looking at life with new and inquiring eyes, and who natural lv takes any such expression as .that of experience and therefore approxim ating truth. Opportunity exists amply every where. Not opportunity to become president, or head of the oil supply of the world, hut opportunity equal to the seeker’s capacity. There is in the world an opportunity for each man and woman who observes the laws of right to come to the height of his service and growth. The most of us being common men, our opportunities are at our level, but they are as elas tic as our growth demands. The world is a great machine in which no human working part is cast away, ex cept willfully, and such self-incapac itation in no way affects the easy run ning of the machine. This is only saying, in another way, that if is “up to” the person concerned. Opportun ities are everywhere—which one are you competent to swing?—The New American, Denver, Colo. LAWYER ELECTED TO CALIFOR NIA SUPREME COURT BENCH San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 1.—Color ed voters of California are hailing Edward Matson, attorney, as the Col ored Moses following his election tct the California Supreme Court, the highest court in the state, to fill the short term expiring January 2, 1923. No official election was held, but a “write in" campaign gave Matson 'enough to be elected. I Chnstap Citadel *i 1 i Main tnirance to Cnrlatopnc'a Cuauw CPr«pH'-«d by the National Geographic So ciety, Washington. D. C ) Twenty miles to tlie southwest of the tow n of Cape Haitlen, In tlie north i of the island of Haiti, there stands, on the top of a precipitous mountain— Bonnet a l’Evegue—one of the won ders of the western hemisphere, yet one whose existence is as present scarcely known and one whose full history will never tie written. A [ier sonal visit to Christophe’* citadel is necessary in order fully to appreciate Its massiveness, its intricate and elab orate construction, und Its remote sit uation. Few are so fortunate as to be able to visit this spot, or, even ; when given the opportunity, possess ; the physique necessary to make the arduous trip. Prior to the first general uprising of the slaves against their French mas ters, Christophe worked as a waiter In Cap Francaise (now Cape Haitlen), and it was in this humble capacity that he is supposed to have picked up his smattering of English and formed the acquaintance of English naval of ficers. Tall and of a splendid physique, with exceptionally bright and pierc ing eyes, arid with a reckless bravery and a terrible ferocity, combined with do little duplicity and cunning, he speedily achieved a conspicuous place as one of the trusted lieutenants of Toussalnt L'Ouverture, that remark aide negro strategist who rose from slavery to a position of commanding importance In Haiti and wl o success ful led the slaves in their revolt against tlie French prior to the in dependence of the island republic. Through treachery L'Ouverture was captured and carried away to Fort de Joux, in France, where he died in prison in 1803. His Immediate suc cessor was tlie both famous and no torious Itessalines who created him self emperor. When Dessalines was assassinated. In 1805, Christophe was elected president and aoon proclaimed himself king. When he was only a general under Dessalines, Christophe had begun work on his marvelous mountain-top citadel. It is not known just what length of time was required to build the citadel, but it Is evident it was finished some little time prior to Chrlstophe's death. In 1820. Its construction is variously estimated to have taken a toll rang i Ing from ten to twenty thousand hu man lives. Murdered It* French Designers. It is believed that the plan for the structure were drawn and the work of construction supervised by two cap tive French officers, who possessed the highest order of technical train ing. When their work was completed, Christophe, in company with these of ficers, is said to have made a thor ough Inspection of all parts of the structure, and then, upon arriving at one of the highest points of the edifies, ordered both men seized und hurled to their deatli on the rocks- below, thus forever safeguarding the secrets of the place. There is a legend the* the tyrant once had an entire company of mutinous soldiers driven off this same spot; it was his favorite method of dispatching those who Incurred the royal 111 will. The mere location of this citadel Is such that one wonders how nature provided such a site, and a thorough Inspection causes unbounded admira tion for the master mind that recog nized the possibilities, aside from con ceiving and constructing the edifice now standing there; for Bonnet a L’Eveque could not have been more ideally located for its purpose if it had been made to order. Occupying the entire top of the mountain, the citadel commands every neighboring penk and approach, while a spring be neath and inside of the building fur nishes an abundant supply of water, that prime necessity In withstanding a long siege. The building has the prow forma tion pointing toward the magnetic north, the entire eastern face being In tills line. On tlie eastward side, which is the longest. Is located the main battery of heavy guns; and strategically this should lie so, for this gives nbsolq^e command of Hie most dangerous approach, that from the di rectlon of Grande Riviere. An army with the necessary guns and equipage successfully to attack this stronghold, would have to come from that direc tion. Guns In the prow commanded the nearer and steeper approaches, both from the direction of Grande Riviere anil of Milot. Othpr guns along the southern and western sides command ed adequately all other points of ap proach. Numerous loopholes were es pecially prepured for the use of sharp shooters. The elevatlbn at the base of the citadel lias been variously given as from 3.000 to 5,000 feet, but a care ful rending of a compensated aneroid barometer records 2.000 feet. To this must be added the height of the dif ferent Malls, in order to ascertain the correct elevation to the top of the building. Approach Is Difficult. The difficulty In reaching the cit adel Is due not so much to Its ele vation us to the fact that to reach it | one is compelled to cross at least eight j miles of mountainous country, and the approaches are ail very steep. The highest place on the walls (measured to the ground) Is 140 feet. The high- j cst wall, measured perpendicularly, is the prow, which has a drop of 130 feet. Other walls range from 80 to 110 feet. Although large granite blocks are j to he found In many places through out tlic building, most of it is built of red fire bricks of different sizes, the average brick being 15 Inches long, t! inches wide, and 2 Inches thick. These bricks apparently Mere manufactured on the site of the building. The moon-' tains for long distances in all dlrec-; cons from ihp citadel shoM- traces of Titanic labor In getting out building material. The average number of | floors is four, the longest being on I be east face, wliere the main battery la located. It has a length of 270 feet in one stretch. The miiin battery gallery has an lnsble width of 30 feet. Each gun cogipnrtment has wonderful vaulted ceilings 20 feet high, each compart-; ment being separated from those ad joining by thick masonry walls, con nected by a low passageM-ay. This Is to minimize the effect of local explo sions and possible hits. Behind each gun there are still to he found neat piles of cannon balls ready for use, while in convenient chambers just to the rear of some of the guns are heaps of decomposed , black powder mingled with the re ‘ mains of the onginul wooden powder j cases. A vast pile of similar debris is also to be found In the large powder magazine. The largest guns are 11 feet 0 Inches long, caliber 0 Inches (firing a 0-lneh cannon hall), 1 foot 10 inches thick at the breech and 1 foot 3% inches at the muzzle, dated 1780. They are made of bronze and have enormous, hardwood mounta of the primitive' gravity return type, moving In train j over a large metal arc set In the floor, j and on small wheels of a strong make. These guns came mostly from the Eng-; lish. some from the captured French i forts, and others, judging from the very apparent results of the corrosive action of salt water on them, from M-ar vessels wrecked along the treach erous coast. There are only two entrances to the citadel. One was used to bring In the reserve cannon balls from the long piles stored by sl^es on the sloping terrace to the sonth; the other ad mits to the prow. Both entrances were closed by massive, bolted and loopholert wooden doors. The entire structure Is in an excel lent state of preservation, except that (he floors In the prow were all shaken down InThe earthquake of 1842, which laid the town of <*ape Haltlen in ruins. Chrlstophe’s downfall and death were as sudden and melodramatic as the rest of his career. While attend ing mass on April 15, 1820, he suf fered a stroke of apoplexy and fell heavily to the floor alongside the altar in the chattel, paralyzed below the Maist. Rebellion soon broke out, and the king, deserted by his army, com mitted suicide. N. W. WARE Attorney at Law 111 South 14th Street Omaha, Neb. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT To Fred Gray, non-resident defendant: You are hereby notified that Eddie Gray, on the 15th day of July, 1922, filed her l>et1tfon in the DlstrictvCourt of Douglas Count. Nebraska.* wherein she prays to County, Nebraska, wherein Rhe prays to obtain an absolute divorce from you on the grounds of cruelty and non-support; and that on the fcth day of November, 1922, the District Court of Douglas Coun ty, Nebraska, entered an order that ser vice of summons in this action may be had by publication as is by law made and provided, for obtaining constructive upon non-resident defendants. You are therefore required to' answer plaintiff's petition on or before the 20th day of December. 1922. EDDIE GRAY, Plaintiff. PROBATE NOTICE Hn the matter of the estate of Silas John son, deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the credi tors of said deceased will meet the exe cutor of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County. Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 26th day of January, 1923, and on the 26th day of March, 1923, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examina tion. adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to 1 present their claims, from the 23rd day of December, 1922. BRYCE CRAWFORD. County Judge. 4t-ll-24-'22. TOOTH PASTE MANUFACTUR ED BY LOCAL RACE FIRM _ Dentlo is the name of one of the best tooth pastes on the market today. It has no superior and few equals. It is manufactured by the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories of this city. The laboratories are located in the three story brick building and frame annex at Sixteenth street near Cum ings. Suppose only one-tenth of the colored population of Omaha would buy one tube of “Dentlo” a month at 25 cents per tube, how long do you think it would take to mak ethe Kaf fir Chemical Laboratories one of the strongest race enterprises in the coun try Do you use “Dentlo?” If not,j why not buy a tube and try it ? Ask j your druggist for it or buy it at the laboratories. Write for a tube, if you do not live in the city. Mail orders promptly filled. Please have your subscription ready 1 when our collector calls. WA'.VAW.VAV.V.V.W.V, I DECEMBER FIRST - 0 U R II I G ■? NO-PROFIT > CHRISTMAS SALE 5 STARTS jt Sale on 'Till Dec. 25th ^ Come Early Goods Laid Away ’Till S Xmas with Small Payment c , BERNSTEIN’S l $ 1806 North 24th St. J jj (Next to Decatur Street) . S' Furnace and Stove Repairing I Plumbing, Heating and Tin Work 1 Wo carry till line el repairs ft ui9 no. c I STFIL *•!»*« 1 24th St. Cl OltLL 3780 ■ *: A Mighty Purchase ? EXTRA GOOD NEWS for YOU 4 4 Read and act 26 rooms of ^ V all kinds of Furniture, Rugs, 2 I' Stoves and Housefumishtngs. 2 % We bouglit at our own price. 4 We hear some folks say, “Oh, 2 2 you don’t pay mluch for it.” 2 I Well, it’s pretty near the truth, S this time. Wo are willing to 2 share with you as equal partners 2 in this big purchase, but you 2 must act quickly. Waiting 2 means a big loss to you. Sale 4 starts Monday and lasts four 2 days. We will mention a few of 2 the articles included: 22 beds, 4 complete; 12 dressers, 8 lining 2 tables, 8 chiffoniers, 15 library 2 tables, 8 gas ranges, 15 heating S 5 strfves, 5 cook stoves, and all 2 2 kinds of floor covering; in fact 4 J everything that a home needs. 5 2 Tell your friends and neighbors 2 2 to come, as it’s sure a money- 4 saving sale. Make your dollars 2 2 do double duty, and you can do 4 4 it at the J» ■I Crosstown Furniture Co. < 4 1607 North 24th Street "■ 2 Open Evenings Free Delivery 4 2222222222222222222222222/ I Western Funeral Home I 9 Established by the late Silas Johnson 9 I 2518 Lake Street I Bil ^ * Ifill I Continuing the same considerate I I efficient service I I John Albert Williams, Executor B BB 1 SB I Webster 0248 | EgglS •* HHH * Shbbhb B B ^Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll>lllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllll!lllllllllll!lllllllllllllllillllllll^ | MADAM E. HACKLEY LAWSON’S | 1 WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER AND I ( PRESSING OILS ( | No More Dandruff No More Tetter No More Eczema | No More Falling Hair No More Itching Scalp | M GIVES HEALTH to the SCALP. PROMOTES GROWTH of LONG, FLUFFY HAIR M 1 PRICES | he Growing Oil .50 Cents EE H Temple Oil.50 Cents = eh Pressing Oil.35 Cents || | AGENTS WANTE D--WRITE FOR PARTICULARS TO: jj | MADAM E. HACKLEY LAWSON = 2624 North 27th Street Tel. WEBSTER 1655 OMAHA, NEBRASKA || EH P. S.—Orders taken and hair, matched lor Hob bed Curls, Hraldn and Transformations. EE = The Originals of the following Testimonials Are on File at This Office fH i| and Can Be Seen Upon Request — Dear Madam Lawson: EE My hair was thin on top, caused by typhoid sz: fever and I must say that after using your HAIR =jZ GROWER my hair is getting thicker. Your szs GROWER is also excellent for keeping the hair —— soft and glossy, and is an excellent hair dressing. — MR. E. WASHINGTON, = 2604 Lake St., Omaha, Nebr. HE Omaha, Nebr., Oct. 3, 1922. ' ~ Before using Madame E. Hackley I aw son's rzs Hair Grower my hair was short and hard. I have zzz been using it four months and now it is smooth — and silky and has grown from five to eight = inches In length. I will recommend it to any zsr one who wishes beautiful hair. You have my sz: permission to use this testimonial. = MRS. EARL B. WASHINGTON, — 2504 Lake St. EE Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 22, 1922. -z Madam E. Hackley Lawson, Omaha, Nebr. := Dear Madam: — EE Too much cannot be said as praise for Madam S3S e. Hackley’s Acme Hair Grower. I have tried =: many systems and hair oils, but alas, my hair Just := would not grow. 1 could not dress my hair wltb — out braid, etc., as my hair was so short and — stubborn. But after one year’s trial of Madam E. == Hackley Lawson’s Acme Hair Grower I can hfgh = ly recommend it to stop faiiling hair, prevent z= dundruff and grow the hair. Thanking* you for the good you have done me, = I am MRS. BLANCHE BLAIR, 2722 Corby St. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllll Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 17, 1922. = I cannot find words to express the good Madam == l^awson’s Hair Grower did for me. 1 began using — Madam lnwson’s Hair Grower nine months ago. ~ My hair was In a sad shape. 1 was ashamed of EE It but now I am not ashamed to tell anyone who has brought my hair to life and made It so long. = There is nothing can beat Madam Lawson's Hair — Grower. Yours truly, ~: MRS. P. S. CHKSS, = 1808 North 24 th St. — Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 14, 1922. E5 What Madam E. A. Lawson’s Acme Hair — Grower has done for me. ~ 1 have only used the Acme Hair Grower nine months. When I began 1 had falling hair, ltcb ing scalp, and dry tartar all combined. This Is EE all eurqd, and my hair has begun to grow wonder fully, and 1 recommend Acme Hair Grower to == the highest. You can publish this In your little = book, and I will tell anyone who writes me. MRS. L. U. MILLER, == 2412 Parker St. == Omaha, Neb., Sept. 25, 1922. EE After having used every known advertised hair EE grower for years with no results, I tried Madam == Lawson’s Hair Grower and continued faithfully == for six months. Now my hair Is eighteen Inches = long. It was ten when 1 started. I believe EE every woman can grow her hair one half to two =E inches a month bv using Madam Lawson's SS Grower. MRS. CLAUD SMITH, H 2867 Corby St. - llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
