The monitor
A National Weekly Newpaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests
of Colored Americans.
Published Every Friday at Omaha. Nebraska, by the
Monitor Publishing Company.
Sintered as S-aond-Claas Mail Matter July 2. 1915. at the Postofflce at
Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. jj
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ;;
UNITED STATES. ;;
Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged.
I 1. All persons born 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. Nn .
I state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ;
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 Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. i
GOVERNOR BRYAN
JT looks like Governor Bryan believes
in carrying out to the letter his
pre-election promises. One of these
is the reduction of taxes levied upon
the state made necessary by the Code
Bill. In his message last Tuesday he
makes provision for a reduction of
$4,500,000 annually from the state’s
expenses, a large proportion of which j
will be saved bv cutting off of the
payroll about 150 employees, many of
them high salaried.
Please notice that it requires some
nerve to put it mildly for a democratic
governor, or any other kind, for that
matter, to voluntarilly lop off 150
employees who considered from a
political point of vantage would be
potential factors in building up a
powerful machine to keep him in of
fice and advance his political ambi
tions. Patronage is admittedly a
powerful political leverage and yet
Governor Bryan shows himself a
mighty big man and a far-sighted one
in taking this step. It would be very
easy for him to appoint 150 democrats
to these 150 positions held by repub
licans and they would or could prove
strong allies; but he foregoes this.
This is something new in the political
game. It is unusual to remove any
cogs, which one’s predecessor in office
has put into the wheels of his machine.
The usual plan is keep them and oil
them and add a few more.
The principal feature of Governor
Bryan’s plan is to cut out the code
system, as it is called, which pro
vides for secretaries of departments
appointed by the governor, replacing
it with a council of five state officers,
already on the job and not overbur
dened with their present duties, and
so consolidating overlapping depart
ments as to reduce a large number of
unnecessary employees.
This means a saving of about 30 pei
cent to Nebraska taxpayers or an ag
gregate of $4,500,000 per annum. And
as some one has facetiously remarked
this saving will buy “a powerful lot
o’ pork chops”.
This is the plan that Governor
Bryan has put squarely and frankly
up to the legislature. The Monitor
most heartily favors it. We hope that
no narrow partisanship upon the part
of the legislators will thwart the
plan. We urge our readers to keep
in touch with their representatives at
Lincoln and let them know just what
their views are. The reduction of er
penses, with efficient government, is
a matter in which all our citizens are
vitally interested.
The Monitor invites an expression
from our readers on Governor Bryan’s
plan. Do you favor it? If so, say
so; if not, give your reasons.
IS NOT TURKEY RIGHT?
DISQUIETING NEWS affecting
world peace has come from Lau
sane. The Turkish government re
fused to sign the treaty which .the
t powers have endorsed. While Eur
opean statemen and diplomats are
saying that the Turks are obstinate,
it seems to us that the blame for the
failure to agree must be shared by
the other nationals who were as ob
stinate as Turkey. The powers pres
ent seemed to be determined to force
certain concessions upon Turkey the
acceptance of which would have been
a clear violation and surrender of her
souvereignity. As we view the situa
tion in the Far East there are cer
tain aspects of the case which lead us
to believe that Turkey has acted with
good faith and within her rights.
HOPEFULNESS
fpiERE is no reason at all why we
should not be hopeful and in that
hopefulness do our level best. We are
all too prone to look on the annoy
ances to which we are subjected and
in so doing overlook the many privi
leges which we enjoy. The story of
constructive things which we are ac
complishing everywhere is written in
larger and bolder type than the de
structive forces with which we have
to deal.
TRUTH COMING OUT
'"pHERE have been several cases re
cently brought to light which
show how easy it is and how very
general the tendency to cast suspicion
upon Negroes for certain crimes of
which they are innocent How many
innocent black men have been mur
dered by mobg will never be known.
That there have been hundreds of
such cases goes without saying. The
confession of a woman in North Car
olina a few weeks ago that her story
of assault and murder by Negroes was
false and made to shield guilty white
men, and a similar case in Texas,
shows this tendency and menace.
Take again the case of the misguided
high school student who was caught
red-handed is banditry in Kansas City
last week, with blackened face. Had
he not been killed and his racial iden
tity revealed his crime would have
been laid to some Negro. Incidents
of this kind should make the American
public realize the added burden
placed upon the Colored American by
masqueerading criminal whites. Grad
ually the truth is coming out.
ALEE> CHAPEL A M. E. CHURCH
25th and R Street Market 3475
O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor
Sunday was one of those days in Al
len when everybody got happy. Be
cause of this fact our services ran far
into the afternoon. No one seemed to
be in a hurry to go home or elsewhere
until the tidal wave calmed somewhat.
Rev. Mr. Phelps preached us a fine
sermon at 11 and the pastor reached
at 8 p. m., on “Womanhood, Before
and After Christ." Sunday we expect
another feast day.
The pastor hopes to preach at 11 a.
m. on the subject “I would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my Lord,
than to dwell in the tents of wicked
ness,” and at the evening service there
will be an evangelistic service. Our
Sunday school is growing in interest.
Mr. Bunting enrolled as a member. He
loves the work. The League is also
growing in interest. Miss Allie Redd
makes a good substitute n the absence
of Miss Ruby Redd, and Rev. Mr. Har
ris stays on the Job and keeps in
spiration in the League. The Senior
Choir met for its first practice Sunday
afternoon with about a full member
ship. Come and hear our choirs sing.
Mr. Mitchell joined in worship with ue
yesterday. We have quite a few sick,
Mother Helm, Ruth Redd, Marguerite
Alstron, Carrie Alstron, Julia Brad
ford, Frank Gray and Mother Gray.
PILGRIM PAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. William Franklin, Pastor.
Congregations were smaller Sunday
than usual. The pastor spoke on
“Contentment and Duty.”
All the clubs are making a good
showing in their activities to raise
their portion of the $12,000 due Oc
tober 1.
The recently organized Mississippi
club held a successful meeting Tues
day night.
Quite a number of new members
have joined the Starlight band. They
are meeting regularly weekly.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. W. F. Botts, Pastor
Services were well attended on last
Sunday, both morning and evening.
The pastor is able to be at bis pos'; of
duty again, much to the delight of
bis members. Many of our members
remain 111, we pray for them a speedy
recovery.
Do not fail to hear Anita Patti
Brown, the moet famous Negro prima
donna, who win appear in recital at
this church March 8th.
WONDERFUL COLORED DANCERS
The Three Whir*wilds and Madeline
With "Sliding” Bill) Watson
at the llttjet).
Musical burlesque of the high order
Columbia circuit attractions always
furnish will be provided by the "Big
Fun Show” at the popular Gayety
theatre week starting Saturday mati
nee, "Sliding Billy” Watson being the
company star with his own peculiar
methods of comedy likely to develop
no end of merriment. Watson’s fun
ny feet and comical "slide” have long
been effective means to comedy de
velopments In burelsque and it is de
clared that "Sliding Billy” has sur
passed himself in creating oddities in
comedy and novelty in "stage busi
ness” for the "Big Fun Show'”. Ben
Platt will be Watson's chief assistant
in the many humorous scenes. The
pirima donna will be Inez de Verdier,
declared to be among the handsomest i
woman in burlesque. Miss de Verdier
spe< ializes in fine gowns and hei I
wardrobe is sure to be a matter of in
terest to the Indies who patronize the 1
special daily matinees. Ethel de Veaux
will lead in the chorus numbers and
ofter her soubrette specialty as a fea- j
ture of the performance. Lillian liar-1
vey, ingenue, will specialize in songs.
There will be eighteen girls who sing
and dance to swell the choruses ana
enliven the ensembles.
In speaking of the Three Whirl
winds and Madeline a prominent col
ored newspaper in Baltimore had the
following kind words to say:
Madeline and the Three Whirl
winds Are Wonderful
The great number of colored
theatre-goers who visit the Gayety
this week to see "Sliding Billy
Watson’s Big Show”, will be sur
prised but pleased to note that the
colored performers In the compa
ny are conspicuous throughout the
show and take the front row with
the other principals in the com
pany ensembles. It is due credit
to aquartette of the most remark
able dancers on the stage. The
little lady is a graceful artist with
a sweet voice and is well support
ed by three wonderful dancers.
They are the center of attraction,
although the entire show is top
notch. Especially the comical
Watson himself. Among the ma
ny features is a burlesque on "The
Trenches”, an apparently realistic
hut comic on those days in France.
The show closes with Saturday
matinee and nigh I? shows.
Matinee at 2:15 daily. Sunday ma
tinee starts at 3:00.
GETS CONFIDENTIAL
“Sliding Hilly” Watson Confesses the
Source of His Never Failing
Comedy.
"Sliding Billy” Watson reelares that
he finds inspiration for laughs every
where he turns, and the audiences that
crowd the theatres he plays are get
ting the benefit of Watson’s watchful
1 and eager search for comedy inspira
tions. "Good comedy must be human,”
says Watson. "The best way to get
the human touch is to study human
beings and the best way to study hu
man beings is in a crowd. I was nev
er in a crowd that I didn’t come out
with two or three corking good ideas
for comedy to be applied to my stage
performance. The odd mannerisms ol
men and women, if watched for, can
be exaggerated and turned to good ac
count. Election time Is great for me
—the cart-tail orator is a man of many
funny mannerisms In hotel lobbies,
on the street and even in the theatre
somebody Is forever giving me a hint
or an idea to get a laugh by exagger
ating somebody’s' eccentric little hab
its. There is fun everywhere you look
If you only train yourself to see the
funny side of life."
The popular Gayetv never offered a
greater attraction for Auto Show Week j
than “Sliding Billy" Watson. In Kan
sas City last week and in St. I»uis the
week gefore that the season’s records
of the theatres was smashed all to
pieces by “Sliding Billy.”
THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
It was an enthusiastic group of min
isters that met in regular session at
the Y. W. C. A. to participate in the
work of the Alliance. The regular or
der of the day not having been pre
pared, the time wa- given over to the
discussion of affairs of vital interest
to the community.
Among other things a movement was
inaugurated to regulate the matter of
promiscuous and irresonpsible solicit
ing by many stragglers coming into
the city.
As an indication of the cooperative
spirit among the ministers, a commit
tee was appointed to take steps tow
ards union services during Passion
Week.
Since the establishing of the Baby
Station in the Y. W. C. A. makes it
inconvenient for the alliance to as
semble there at the same hour, upon
invitation of the Rev. F. Divers the Al
liance will meet in the lecture room
of the Bethel A. M. E. church until
further notice.
By unanimous vote of the Alliance
the Rev. Russell Tayior win deliver
an address next Tuesday on “The
Church in Relation to the Outstanding
Evils of the City.”
THE ST PAUL
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Twenty-sixth and Seward Streets
Russell Taylor, Pastor
In spite of the prevalence of the flu,
services were quite well attended Sun
day morning and a good time was en
joyed.
The pastor and members of the
choir went to the Florence Presbyter
ian church in the evening and took
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charge of the services for the Kev. W.
E. Graham. A large and Interesting
congregation was present and every
thing was well received. This was a
continuation of the Race Relations
Sunday, as two of the churches wanted j
u« on the regular Sunday. This
caurch postponed their observance one
week later in order to have our pre
sence.
Services at St. Paul’s from now un
til Easter will be esecially along evan
gelistic lines. Every effort will be j
bent to acquaint men with the saving
grace of the Christ. May every Chris- j
tian at least during this season make
the bringing of souls to Christ the
burden of their hearts. In Sunday
School, Christian Endeavor, and every
way may It be our puropse to lift up
the Christ. “For I, if I be lifted up,
will draw all men to Me.”
Sermon topics, 11 a. m., "I Know Not
the Man.” 7:30 p. m., “What Are
Some Temptations to Die, and How
Can We Overcome Them.” Prov. 12:
17-32.
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURISTS
WORRIED OVER MIGRATION
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 23—(Pacific
News Bureau)—Ur. Bedford Knapp,
Dean of the Agricultural College oi
Arkansas; Ur. J. Phil Campbell, Uean
of the State College of Agriculture of
Georgia; Prof. W’. D. Hunter, Bureau
of Entomology, Dept, off Agriculture;
Prof. C. A. Mooers, Knoxville, Tenn.,
President of Southern Agricultural
Workers Association, and other noted
Southern agriculturists, educators and
extension workers, at a recent meeting
in this city discussed the seriousness
of the Negro migration which accord
ing to their statements, has drawn
from the rural South within the last
few years, 7!i0,000 of its population.
The Mission will give a supper in
| Wiley hail on Thursday night, Mach
‘ 1st, for the benefit of Mt. Zion Baptist
FOR RENT—Furnished Room with
Kitchenette, 2425 Grant street. Phone
Webster 3 34. Inquire at 2121 North
Twenty-fifth street.
First-Claim Modern Furnished Rooms
—17*2 No. 26th St. Web. 47«». Mrs.
L. M Bentley Erwin.
FOR RENT—Two unfurnished rooms
for light housekeeping. 1531 No. 21SI
street.Webster 6081.
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£ FOR RENT £
£ 5-Piece ORCHESTRA fur
nished with hall for
X $60.00 per night X
X Call Webster 7000 or 4340 ?
LINCOLN REAL ESTATE ?
& INSURANCE CO X
X 2122 I^ake Street X
PROBATE NOTICE
In the matter of the estate of John
H. Costello, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
creditors of the deceased will meet the
executrix of said estate, before me,
County Judge of Douglas County, Ne
braska, at the County Court Room, in
said County, on the 27th day of March,
1923, and on the 28th day of May, 1923,
at 9 o’clock A. M., each day, for the
purpose of presenting their claims for
examination, adjustment and allow
ance. Three months are allowed for
the creditors to present their claims,
from the 24th day of February, 1923
Bryce Crawford, County Judge.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished mod
em rooms, one block from car line.
Webster 3567.
FOR KENT — Modern furnished
rooms in private family. Webster 5863.
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I “AN IMPORTATION FROM LONDON”
I THREE WHIRLWINDS & MADELINE
Those who will be fortunate enough to see these celebrated Colored Dancers
! and Singers will find a kindred thrill in the art of dancing
J .WITH —
| sgg SLIDING BILLY WATSON Si S
Look! LOOK! Look!
Saturday, February 24
-Will Be the
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Grand Opening of Our Real
Dance Hall
IN THE HEART OF YOUR HOMES
These dances will be continued on every Monday, Wednes- I
day and Friday nights from 9 P. M. to 1 A. M. All ob
jectionable features have been eliminated. Everything
I has been improved in order to make things convenient for
: your pleasure.
TWELVE BIG REASONS FOR YOUR EARNEST
CONSIDERATION
1. Nineteen pool tables have been removed and put in storage ||
so as to accomodate the dancing public.
2. A steam heating plant has been installed at a great expense ■’
to make it comfortable for you.
11 3. A large convenient check room is located at the southwest
! corner of the hall. li
I 4. There is a soft drink bar with all of the latest beverages
■' on ice. ji
5. An up-to-date lunch room. Wc do not serve regular meals, ; j
nothing but sandwiches, salads, home-made pastries and ice ij
cream. . •- ‘
6. A first-class candy, fruit and punch bowl counter at your
service at the south end of the dance hall.
|| 7. A new ventilation system has been installed. j!
j; 8. The management will see to it that the very best of order is
si maintained. -j
ji 9. There will be no ladies too large or too small to be enter- ij
tained. Everyone must have a good time.
|| ' 10. There will be ten handsome young men to see after all of the ||
i old ladies. Everybody must dance and enjoy themselves.
| II. There will be ten beautiful young ladies to look after the old
men to see that they are entertained.
12. This is the greatest one of all of the twelve reasons why you \\
should strive to make this a success THE BUILDING IK
OWNED AND OPERATED BY OUR OWN PEOPLE.
Columbia Dance Hall
2420-22 Lake Street
J ADMISSION 35c L. A. CLARK, Mgr. ||
I Public Sales 1
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❖ LAST SHOES, sizes 5 % to 12, ❖
X which was the entire surplus X
•{• stock of one of the largest U. S. •{•
Government shoe contractors. Y
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X This shoe is guaranteed one y
hundred per cent solid leather,
X color dark tan, bellows tongue, v
X dirt and waterproof. The actual X
•j* value of this shoe is $6.00.
X Owing to this tremendous buy X
X we can offer same to QO QC
X the public at. .>
X Send correct size. Pay post- Y
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’5* order. If shoes are not as rep- y
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i in Groceries and All Food Supplies :■
£ We Deliver to Any Part of the City-Tel. Douglas 3940 !;
Consumers Coal & Supply Co.
“ D E A L E R S IN G O O I) C O A L ’ ’
AT lantic 9. *6 \T lantic 9146 S
“BETTER COAL AT BETTER PRICES” j
SUPREME LUMP COAL
A COAL AS GOOD AS Cl I tr/| PER TON
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A Very Good (trade The Genuine
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COLORADO LUMP
Down Goes the Price on our High Grade Colorado Lump Coal.
This is the peak of all in its class. Unlike any other kind sold
here. We are Omaha’s Exclusive Agents.
810.00 „pee,1™d
Smokeless— Soot less—Re screened
All Coal Rescreened at Yard Before Delivering
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5 SUIT and EXTRA PANTS to order »
Reduced from $55 ^
£ Other Grades at $45, $50 and Up. A Similar Reduction on Overcoats. „
This is less than the origmal price of suit alone. An extra pair of m
X pants doubles the life of a suit. A few sample garments made in our £
i R own work shop for sale at attractive prices. They are better and £
R cheaper than ready-mades.
! R Grand Special Offer: Fine Blue Serge Suit, $10; Worth $60
8 MacCARTHY-WILSON TAILORING CO. 5
R Big Daylight Tailor Store. 8. E. Corner 15th and Harney Sts. R
I Western Funeral Home I
>j§j Established by the late Silas Johnson B
I 2518 Lake Street I
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J Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director X
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