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The monitor A National Weakly Nawpapar Devoted Primarily to the Internet* of Colored American*. _ Published Kvery Friday at Omaha. Nebraska, by tha Monitor Publishing Company. _ Sintered aa S-oond-Claa* Mali Matter July 8, 1»15, at the Poetofflce at Omaha, NebraaSa, under the Act of March 1, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. W. W. MOSELV, Associate Editor. Lincoln, Nob. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, W-00 A YEAR; »1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Ratos Furnished Upon Applicaton. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 V... - —■J 1 ^ ~~ I I ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ; j CltiaensUp Rights Not to Be Abridged. I. All persons bors or naturalized in the United States, ; ; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No . ■ state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the i, privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ; ; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ; ’ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person !, ! within its iorisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ! ( ' it IhRWi^sSH#1 -.- . - CHRISTMAS ^HRISTMAS is the happiest day of all the year. Joy is its dominant note. Unkindness, selfishness, ill will, ahtred, variance, strife cannot flourish in the atmosphere of Christ mas and Christmas HAS its atmos phere which it is absolutely impossible to escape. All feel it. We may try to be Scrooges, but somehow we all become converted Into Cheereblies and voice the prayer of Tiny Tim, “God bless us every one!” What is the magic power of Christ mastide? Whence comeB it? Surely it is not the spirit of the world with all its sin and grief and sorrow and sordid selfishness. No. The sweet influence of this holy season is from above. It springs from Heaven’s choic est Gift, the Wondrous Gift of Love. “For”—and note this well—“God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son that whosoever be lieveth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Christmas stresses the two great facts of LOYrE and LIFE. Firet, then, the Love of God, so pure and change less, and then the Life of God so strong and free. Both of these are God’s gifts to men. To all men, for all are His children, whom He would have grow into the fulness of His likeness and manifest His character in all their dealings one with another. And it was to accomplish this very thing that the wondrous event which Christendom commemorates with so much joy and gladness at this time came to pass, the Birth of Jeeus Christ, one of the best authenticated facts of history. If Christ were not born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king then Christmas is absolutely meaningless. But where is there one in Christendom, whose sanity cannot be doubted, who would surrender this great truth and account it but a vain delusion? Who would willingly give up the joy and sacred and uplifting influences of this sea son? Well, this joy is founded upon an historis fact, the Incarnation of the only-begotten son of God, as theo logians learnedly call it, but which the heart of tbe humble accept as the manifestation of God’s great love for man. And so as we plan our gifts for those we love, let us not forget that we give these gifts because God gave us the gratest gift He could: His only Son, “Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man”, that man might have power to live worthily as God’s child here, so that when his probation here is ended he may enjoy everlasting life for which Infinite I.ove and Life created him. PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIOBS QNE THING suggests another. Men tion of the Telephone company again brings to our mind certain in disputable facts to which we called attention a few years ago without any satisfactory results because the mat ter was not systematically and per sistently follow’ed up. As a matter of fact, we never fight hard enough for what we are justly entitled to. we give up too quickly, tt is only the never-say-die spirit that wins. Our demands should never be unjust or extravagant; but reasonable and Just Convinced of this we should go out to win and never give up until we do win. - All this is incidental to what we started out to say and that is the ( usual non-employment of our people I by public service corporations. Be cause it serves our purpose, we will ' take the Telephone company w'hich has approximately 1,700 employees. By I a rather striking coincidence this number represents about the number i of telephones upon which the colored pleople of Omaha pay monthly rental. In our opinion the number is above rather than under thia figure. We have good reasons to believe that the number Is above 2,000. But we will j be conservative and say the number Is 1,500. The monthly rental on this number of phones at the low average of $3.00 a month would aggregate $4,500 a month or $54,000 a year. This is an exceedingly low estimate of the amount of money paid yearly into the Telephone company here by our peo ple. Despite this among the nearly 1,700 company employees our people have TWO representatives, a janitor at the Webster exchange and a garage attendant. We simply ask is this fair or Just? And what is true of the Tele phone company and nonemployment of our people is equally true of such public service corporations as the Ne braska Power Company and the city owned public utilities, gas and water companies. We speak subject to cor rection, and will verify our facts sub sequently, but our present opinion is that among the thousands of em ployees of these public service cor porations into which our people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars an nually, there are not ten colored per sons employed. Again we ask is this fair? Inasmuchas It is customary to turn over a new leaf and to make resolu tions of amendment at the beginning of the New Year, the Monitor respect fully suggests that W. Tyler Belt of the Telephone company, J. E. David son of the Nebraska Power Company and R. Beecher Howell of the Metro politan Utilities District includ< among their New Year’s plans for the corporations of which they are the executive heads the employment in any positions they may be competent to fill of a just and reasonable propor tion of the colored citizens of Omaha, who are of necessity liberal patrons of all these corporations. We are asking nothing unreasonable or un fair. — A CORRECTION QUR ATTENTION has been courte ously called to an error it) our editorial of last week captioned “Tele phone Graft”. We stated that the minimum tariff charge between Oma ha and the South Side was ten cents, including the five cents federal tax. This is an error. The minimum charge Is five cents, not ten. The federal tax of five cents is only charged when the tariff to the South Side totals fifteen cents. Otherwise the facts as stated in the editorial are true. We gladly make this correction as it is never our intention to misrepresent facts when discussing institutions, policies, per sons or principles, but only and al ways to state the truth. If errors are called to our attention we will always be glad to correct them. _ S101X CITV NEWS The A. M. E Church program for Christmas will be a cantata, “The Christ Child”, under the leadership of Mrs. H. C. Boyd. Christmas week activities at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church: Monday—Sun day school program; Tuesday—Broth erhood literary program; Wednesday —I-Adies’ aid supper and program; Thursday—B. Y. P. U. vocal and ora torial contest; Friday—Dramatic club will present “The Home”; Sunday— Year’s round-up at 3:00 p. m., papers and music will be a part of the fea [ ture. Mr. Blrt Lambert and Miss Belle Couch were united in marriage Mon day evening in South Sioux City, Nebr. tMrs. C. Roberts is 111 at her home, 212 West Sixth street, but as yet la not confined to her bed. A new enterprise has been added to the list of the progressive one with the opening of the Manhattan Tailor Ship, owned by Messrs. Morris and Anderson at 610 West Seventh street Mr. Raymond Boyd left for Omaha, Nebr., where he will enter the serv ices of the postoffice of that city. The N. A. A. C. P. held a mass meet ing Sunday, December 17th, at Mt. Olive church, Ninth and Morgan 8ts. The meeting was well attended and the business season proved to be a very successful one. The subject for discussion was, “What We Owe Our Mothers”. Mr. C.rant and family are leaving Wednesday for Kansas stopping at dif ferent points as they journey and will on reaching Kansas City spend the holidays there. Rev. Mr. Crushon who arrived in this city Sunday afternoon will preach at A. M. E. church Wednesday evening and Mt. Olive Baptist church Thurs day. On Friday he leaves for his home In Des Moines, la. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Services were well attended both morning and night last Sunday. The pastor returned Wednesday from St. Louis but had a severe cold. Sunday School meets at 9:30 a. m., Mrs. D. W. Gooden, superintendents B. Y. P. U. meets at 5:30. Mission Society meets every Thursday at 2:00 p. tn. Mrs. Wade is president. The Brother hood meets every Monday night at 8. The Christmas tree will be held on Monday night. The church is doing nicely under the leadership of Dr. E. H. McDonald. Everybody is wel come. ♦> I Coffee 'Supreme’ | STRICTLY OMAHA PRODUCT i t ? X £ Winner of Omaha’s ♦|* Gold Medal Leading % Trans- Coffee Mississippi for £ Exposition Thirty-five * 1898 Years ;1; The Kind Used by Those Who Desire Quality & Excellence at a Moderate Price wm. • ft s We extend to $ ?J Our Many Friends ft ij our best wishes ft I for a J a Merry Christmas J M and a * I Happy New Years I S. LEWIS ! | 24th and Parker Sts. R I THE PALACE | J CLOTHING CO. f | Extends to its ^ if Many Colored Patrons 5 ij our Best Wishes ft li for a ft M Merry Christmas ti 5 and a ft ft Happy New Year | WE extend to our many g friends and customers £ ft our test wishes for a Merry * £ Christmas and a Happy ft | New Year. ft j Crosstown Furn. Co. r 1609 No. 24 th St. 5 ft •i*iu.9iu.u.siu.tn*.n ««««««« 3 ft I ^E extend to our many g friends and customers ft ft our test wishes for a Merry £ ft Christmas and a Happy g ft New Year. g » C. J. CARLSON i S 1514 No. 24th St. and 24th and Ames Ave. g 3 ft *WKKWKKK»KWKKKW»JS?. V.U.U.SlS>fSitiSi.Slt*LU.U.U.*iU.SiSiA ft S ft W'E extend to our many 5 ft S g friends and customers * v S our test wishes for a Merry ft 1 Christmas and a Happy ft ft New’ Year. 1 ft Rialto Music House, 2 r 1512 No. 24th St. 3 i ft g 3 WE extend to our many g j? friends anil customers ft 5 our test w ishes for a Merry ft £ Christmas apd a Happy ft g New Year. ft David R[. Cohen « i Jeweler and Optometrist ft 1412 No! 24th St, *-J---* Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Our Patrons * PEOPLES DRUG STORE 111 South 14th St. g,-r F~0"Tt K E N T 3816 Miami Street, 3 rooms furnished, $20. 2621 Caldwell, 6 rooms, modern but heat, double garage, $80. 3811 Camden Ave., 4 rooms, $30. 705 North Thirty-second St., 4 rooms, city water, $20. 709 North Thirty-second, 4 rooms, city water, $20. AMOS GRANT COMPANY, Realtors (Office Open to 9 P. M.) Atl. 8380—210 So. 18th—Arthur Bldg. Arts Pays Complimentary Tes PROBATE NOTICE In the nutter 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 present their claims, from the 23rd day of December. 1922. BRYCE CRAWFORD. County Judge. 4t-ll-24-'22. THE MONITOR continues to hold its rank as one of the leading race newspapers of the country. It has helped put Omaha on the map among oyr group. For reliable local and general news we invite comparison. ■ _ I j SPECIAL \ < I for Christmas { 8 The most welcome of all £ 1 gifts at this time of the ft 1 year’ ft £ High Grade Felt Slippers * | —or— *■ | Dressy Silk Hosiery | 1 They can be had in all ft S sizes and colors at | I Friedman Bro’s Bootery | | 1510 North 24th Street « | AUSO A FULL LINE OF ft » SHOES i __ . _Sirtmtuvick A Victrola A Brunswick the Gift of Gifts For the home that is without a phonograph, no gift could bring more happi ness all year ’round than a phonograph—given to one—enjoyed by all—not for just one year or so many days—but for the rest of a natural life—and as I 1} time goes on, it develops more and more friends. ’ Pay Nothing Down! I Begin Payment in 30 Days | Select and pay fur a few records—pay nothing 1 down on the phonograph—select any model I and we will send it to your home at any time I you may desire. Then begin payments in 30 W I um days. Think of it—nothing to pay for thirty I I Victrolft VI days from the day the purchase is made. I I Model 330 II I Choose Model You Wish * \ This offer applies on any model, either large i "I II If or small, and on our floors you will find just VlCt/OF Or BrUHS the model adapted to your home. Choose any wir»lr P e e n r d a model in either walnut, oak or mahogany—we H c t U 1U s have them all. Make Ideal Christ Only a Few Days Left -mas Gifts. The demand for the popular Victrola and Brunswick makes it important that you select yours now, before our stock of the particular \ model you desire is exhausted. Come down now —or, if you live out of town, writee at once. No Matter Where You Live Any responsible person can take advantage of this offer. No matter where you live, write us at ortce if you cannot call. Order Now! Don’t Delay! You’ll Greatly Benefit by Ordering RIGHT NOW The Models There is a Victrola or a Brunswick designed to har monize with the furnishings of your home. No mat ter what finish your furniture may be, we have a phonograph in a finish to match. The models range in price from $25.00 to $750. t ___ Phonograph Department—Main Floor—West I Western Funeral Home I JJ Established by the late Silas Johnson || I 2518 Lake Street I I Continuing the same considerate I I efficient service I John Albert Williams, Executor 9 I Webster 0248 I |||| 9 SflS 1 -V '• V> ! • , *•