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    COLORED PEOPLE FORM FRA
TERNAL INSURANCE SO
CIETY 1
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There has recently been incorporat
ed and chartered in Nebraska a Fra
ternal Insurance Society, composed
entirely of colored people.
Among the officers of this Society
are Mr. J. H. Riddle, long prominent
in insurance work in the state of Tex
as; Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Colored
State Missionary of the Baptist
Church; Dr. L. E. Britt, physician and
surgeon; Rev. L S. Williams, pastor
of one of the large churches; and Dr.
R. C. Riddle. The society provides
hospital relief for its members; it
issues a burial certificate and life in
surance certificate in addition to ti e
burial certificate of from $100 to
$1,000. When the society held its first
joint meeting Mr. W. B. Young, for
merly state insurance commissioner
of Nebraska, was present, and gave
them some timely advice and sugges
tions. He said among other things;
“There has been no other Insurance
Society such as this one, admitted to
do business in this state before.
“Knowing as I do that this organi
zation is rightfully authorized to op
erate, 1 <£el that I should urge you
to patronize it. I know that the
founders are right, because I w-ent ov
er the plans and by-laws myself. I
also had Mr. McClurg, my assistant
at that time, to go o ver them also.
Therefore I signed the charter, which
the Society now has in its possession.
“Success in insurance depends en
tirely upon good management of the
officials of the society. Each one of
you should carry a policy in this com
pany It should be of interest to you,
no matter what your financial stand
ing may be. When I went into the
army I was extremely glad that I car
ried a large amount of insurance, so
that in case I never came back my
wife and babies would be taken care
of. You should be proud of this so
ciety, the first of its kind in Nebras
ka, and the state should be proud, al
so, that her colored citizens have en
tered upon such a constructive plan.
“You are starting right and you
should make it your business to keep
right. The leaders of this society are
trying to build something worth while
and you should keep in mind that this
is the only organization of its kind in
this state that is legally authorized
to do business. Not only should you
be proud of this society yourself, but
you should tell others about it.”
Plans have already been made for
the entry of this society into other
states and applications have been pre
pared and filed in that behalf. Mr.
W. B. Young, former state insurance
commissioner of Nebraska, is acting
as Actuary for the society. The of
ficers of this society believe that this
organization offers insurance at the
most reasonable rate to be had by
colored people in the United States,
and does not class colored women for
higher rates or less insurance. Total
membership including two subordin
ate houses in Texas and one in Iowa,
up to date, is more than six hundred.
Its headquarters are in Omaha, Ne
braska, at 2401 Patrick avenue, where
the hospital of the society is located.
Bobbie Brown, Supreme Deputy,
Sons and Daughters of Mercy.
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ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH
Twenty-fifth and R Streets—Rev. O.
J. Burckhardt, Pastor.—Phone
Market 3475.
The pastor preached at 11 a. m. on
the “Preparation for Christ’s Second
Coming’’ to an appreciative audience,
followed by praUe service. A delega
tion from Lincoln who came up espe
cially to attend the service took part
and expressed themselves as having
received a spiritual blessing. Mr. and
Mrs. Celeveland Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Wyatt Williams and Mr. Burns made
up the delegation with other strang
ers from about the city. Our Sunday
school is still progressing under the
directions of Superintendent Mr. Car
ter, also our League work is growing
more interesting; Miss Ruby Reed
makes a good president, her work is
helped by P. M. Harris’ interest. At
8 p. m. P. R. Warner gave a talk on
hlB thrilling experiences while in
Africa. He held the people for hour
and half and then we were not tired
of hearing the story. He is getting
out a pamphlet that will give this
story. We are anxiously waiting for
it. He tells the story of “Accepting
Christ” out upon an island in Cuba.
Sunday morning the pastor’s subject
will be: “The Special Work of the
Messiah”.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Goode were in
the city last week visiting old friends.
They were very active in church and
society work before they moved to
Sioux City where Mr. Goode is fore
man in a packing house. Mrs. Goode
spent some time with Mrs. Jefferson
and other friends.
NOTICE
Cornerstone laying of C. M. E.
church at Twenty-fifth and Decatur
streets April 2*th at 2:30 P. M. by the
Grand Lodge of Nebraska and its
masonic jurisdiction. All Master
Masons in good standing will meet at
M.citfib hall at 1:3G P. M.
By order—
R. H. Young, G. M.
WALT BEALS, D. O. M.
W. P. WADE, D. D. O. H.
M. L. WILEOH, O. Secretary.
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WILLIAM FARNAM
plays in the above picture at the Gayety the first half of next
week in conjunction with Fred Webster’s Musical Comedy Co.
Last half: Colleen Moore in “When Dawn Came’’.
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FARM M COMING HERE
IN THRILLING WESTERN
A thrilling story of the west,
“Moonshine Valley," a big William
Fox production with William Far
num as the star, will come to the
Gayety theatre Sunday.
The popularity of Famum grows
greater with every new' picture in
which he appears. In “Moonshine
Valley” he has a beautiful background
for his work—most of tfle scenes in
the play are laid in the western foot
hills.
In addition the entertainment will
include Fred Webster’s Musical com
edy company in “The Dress Rehears
al.” On Thursrday the entire pror
gram changes.
PROCLAMATION
Tlie Soil* ami Daughter* of Mercy
Anniversary Day, Sunday,
May 2»th.
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By the power invested in me, 1 do i
hereby set aside Sunday, May 20th,
as the Anniversary Day of our Order.
All members must abide by Section 2,
Article 10.
For further information, write to
the Supreme Secretary-Treasurer, or
sec your subordinate President, or
call Webster 0633.
(Signed) R. C. RIDDLE,
Supreme Sec’y-Treasurer.
—Adv.
N. Y. TIMES RAPS
FLORIDA PEONAGE
“Peonage is the Last Stand of Slav
ery,” Says Prominent New York
Paper
Crusader Service.
New- York, April 20.—Branding the
Florida peonage system as “the last
stand of slavery,” the New York
Times carries the following editorial
on the expose of the Florida system
in its April 9th: “FLORIDA’S Pe
ONAGE SCANDAL—Stirred to act
ion by the Tabert exposure the Gov
ernor of Florida has recommended
that “the private lease of county con
victs be abolished.” The legislature
has ordered an investigation of the
abusive treatment of young Martin
Tabert, a North Dakotan, which re
sulted in his death in a Leon County
lumber camp. An end was put to the
leasing of state convicts in 1919. Why
I the county system was not done away
with at the same time only certain
employers of labor on a large scale
and conniving politicians could ex
plain. A state senator has lately
been a beneficiary of the slavery of
whites and blacks which is as revolt
ing in some of its features as was
Negro slavery in the old South. Tal
lahassee, the capital of Florida is, in
I,eon county. It is inconceivable that
the conditions of the county leasing of
convicts were not known there: the
| wretched housing, the forced labor in
remote clearings, in fetid swamps, on
j sun-baked roads, the beating with
leather straps of the weak and ailing,
the vile food and the filth in which
the mixed gangs of blacks am! whites
lived. Here is an entry from the dairy
kept by a companion of Martin Tab
ert:
For a month and a half we
never got water with which to
wash our faces and didn’t take a
single bath. We could not shave
and our hair, hands and clothes
were sticky with pine sap. The
day Martin got his beating in my
presence he received twenty or
thirty blows. I could not look
even directly at him, as we were
not permitted to look when pris
oners were being whipped. If
we look we get it too..
Doubtless there were people in the
state of Florida who classed all the
unfortunates as dangerous criminals,
not amenable to human treatment.
Tabert was not debased or degener
ate. The ofense for which he re
ceived a jail sentence, converted into
hard labor in a lumber camp, was for
stealing a ride on a railroad. For
this offense he was leased out for
the term of ninety days.
Famous Roman Highway.
The Applan way Is the oldest and
most famous of the Homan military
highways. Il was begun by Applua
itlaudlus t'aeus In H12 B. C. hdiI orig
inally extended from Home to I apUS,
about 120 miles
Built Defective for Luck.
In remote parts of England are still
to he seen eottages with sloping walls.
They were built slightly out of the
true because of a curious superstition
that If a house whs built exactly sijuare
(t was hound to collapse.
Tool of Uivagoo.
Chisels of sharp Hint urve always
oeen used l> savages i" -* •’ood.
GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS
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CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES and SOFT DRINKS
CHAS. W. SOUTH, Prop.
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JOHN ADAMS, ATTORNEY f
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the Matter of the Estate of Jen
nie M. Kinney, Deceased.
All persons interested in said estate
are hereby notified that a petition has
been filed in said Court alleging that
said deceased died leaving no last will
and praying for administration upon
his estate, and that a hearing will be
had on said petition before said Court I
on the 20th day ot' April, 1923, and!
that if they fail t appear at said
Court on the said 2 >th day of April, <
1923, at 9 o’elock'A M. to contest the '
said petition, the Co i t may grant the !
same and grant administration of said 1
estate to Horace Kinney or some other '
suitable person anil proceed to a set- !
tlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3t-3-23-23 County Judge.
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