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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1923)
The monitor A National Weakly Newpaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Kve>y Friday at Omaha. Nebraska, by the Monitor Publishing Company. ■stored as S' sond-CIass Mail Matter July 2, 1*15, at the Postoffice at •■•ha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 2. 117*. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. S W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS, Business Manager. _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES, S2.00 A YEAR; *1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS j Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Appllcaton. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 V— J \! % ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE J ;; UNITED STATES | ! I Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged •{• < > ? \ J 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, X |; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 1! United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ’{• ; | state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the X ;; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor x < ‘ 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 - --—•— AS US WISE ACTIOS p RANTING that the were actuated by worthy motives and the best of intentions, a very unwise action was taken by certain members of our group last week in which two school principals acquiesed. Two profes sional gentlemen, both comparatively newcomers to our citl, one a res ident of only a few months, visited Central and Technical high schools and requested the principals, both of whom are excellent and fair-minded gentlemen, to have the colored stu dents assemble by themselves in a designated room of the respective school buildings that they might lay an important matter before them. At Central high we are advised that a public request was made for “the col ored students to assemble in Room 215 at the close of the session.” At Technical high the word was private ly passed to assemble in the library. These requests were complied with by a large number of the students while others declined. All, however naturally wondered what was up. If was an unusual and extraordinary re quest and in our opinion an exceed ingly unwise and embarrassing one. It could not do otnerhwise than raise questions in the minds of all the stu dent body cognizant of the request. This request and action brought to the attention of the students and em phasized a difference which had not been hitherto permitted to obtrude itself in these schools, where all stu dents, irrespective of their racial des cent or religious beliefs, are regarded and treated, and rightly so, as mem bers of the student body eligible to all school activities and functions. Any action, therefore, that has a tendency to awaken or call attention to special groups along racial or religious lines in the student body is a serious mis take by whomsoever sponsored or suggested. This action was, there fore, unwise. But not only was it unwise, it was also presumptuous; for the two in dividuals in question undoubtedly gave the school principals the impression that they were acting in an official capacity as a duly authorized commit tee representing the colored citizejs. Had they not so represented them selves as members of “the civic body having this in charge”, we feel quite sure that neither Mr. Masters nor Mr. Porter would have granted this extra ordinary request. They doubtless felt that they were acting in accord with a large group of our people, which was by no means the case. At most, and The Monitor always desires to be fair, this committee of two, according to Mr. Adams’ own admission to us, did not represent more than six or eight men, three of whom he named stating that he could not recall the names of the other two or three. So it was a limited and self-constituted committee and as such in assuming to, speak for our citizens in this mat ter its action was presumptuous. Furthermore, its action was presum tuous iii that by totally ignoring the rights or wishes of parents in the matter, these gentlemen proceeded to! urge the attendance of the students at a service, at the same hour that public services are held in all the other places of public worship attend ed by the various students, at the church where one of these gentlemen acts as assistant pastor and of which the other is a member. Clearly an effort to capitalize the student body,' not primarily for the students’ parti-! cular benefit, but for the special ad vantage of one particular congrega- j tion under the guise and pretense of, a civic movement. This was not only presumptuous but dishonest. If there was any desire or necessity j to get in touch with the colored stu dents of the various high schools of the city to give them special recogni-1 tion, advice and encouragement on the part of our people and to inspire | us to do all in our power to make, places for them, all of which is lauda tory and commendable and has our heartiest endorsement, surely there was a wiser and better way than that adopted by the gentlemen whose i action we are criticizing. The stu- I dents could easily have reached out- [ side of the school and that is the way i it should have been done. As the i matter was handled the procedure j was unwise and ill-advised however unselfish or praiseworthy the motive or motives underlying it may have jeen. HE WC0MIR8 |yEWCOMERS of good character Bhould always be most cordially welcomed to our community and made to feel at home. This has always been the position taken by The Monitor. The fact that one is a recent resident should by nc means militate against one who is willing to contribute to the betterment and upbuilding of the community with which he has chosen to become actively identified. At the i same time it is well to point out that a newcomer into a community, no matter what may be his ability to make a substantial contribution to the public welfare, may seriously curtail his usefulness by the attitude which he assumes. If, for example, his at titude be such as to imply that the people of that community are, with few exceptions, "pea-nut headed fools", ignoramuses and boobs, natur ally and properly the people will resent this implication and he will seriously handicap himself and arouse opposition. People of a community may be stupid and ignorant, but they do not like to be told so by one whom they consider an outsider. They MAY take it from one of their own, bnt when another fellow tells them so they don’t like it. On more than one occasion in recent years men and women, more or less active in public life, have come to our city and al most before their baggage had been hauled to their temporary abode, by their superior air, patronizing manner and unguarded words have given the impression that they had condescend ed to come to a benighted community awaiting the enlightenment which they alone can give. Their ‘‘I-know-it-all” attitude, of which perhaps they were wholly unconscious, has aroused op position to the cause which they have at heart and greatly impaired the good they desired to do and may have been able of doing. Communities get into ruts. They become self-satisfied and self-conceit ed. They frequently need the new comer to push them out of the rut, to jar them out of their self-com placency and self-conceit. But there is a right way and a wrong way to go at it The fellow who says, ‘‘J.et me see if I can help you a little bit; perhaps I can, anyway let me try,” goes at it in the right way. The fel low who says, either by word or man ner, "Stand aside, you ignorant boob or puny weakling, and I’Ll, show you how I can do it, watch ME, you sim pleton,’’ goes at it in the wrong way. Unfortunately the latter has been the method of some of our newcomers in recent years. Omaha is a good community in which to live. It has a good class of people. It is an average progressive American community, with its strong points and its weak points. As a city any a community we have much to learn and much to do in the way of civic betterment. Our own group averages up quite well with other elements of the population. We too have much to learn and much to do. In this we need the hearty co-opera tion of all. We need the newcomer of ability, ideals, vision and willingness to help in the common task, as well as those of longer residence. Much needed co-operation between the newer and older residents of the com munity is only possible, however, where the latter, or older, residents are willing to admit that the former, or newcomer, has something to con tribute perhaps In the way of a broad er outlook to the good of the commun ity and the former, or newcomer, re cognizes and concedes the fact that the older resident has substantially contributed In the past and still has something to contribute to the com munity which he has helped to build and while he may be somewhat old fashioned he resents the implication that he is a fossil and a fool. BOTULISM MOST DEADLY POISON Million Times Worse Than Pro** sic Acid, Say Experts. — ONLY 111 DIE IN 22 YEARS Symptomt Uaually Take About H Hours to Develop and Bear Some Resemblance to Infantile Paralysis Death Follows In Four or Flvo Days— Better Methods of Canning Reduce Danger—Results of Experi ments Announced. That the poison produced by the bacillus of botulism Is about a million times as deadly us prussic acid, al though not ao quick in Its operation, is indicated by experiments at Har vard Medical school, in which it has been found that very few molecules of the poison, and perhaps a single molecule may auttice to kill a mouse. Two groups of people, one in the Bronx and one on Staten Island, have been killed In New York city in the last two years by this deadliest of poisons, and cast's have been report ed from time to time throughout the country. The most striking recent case occurred at Loch Maree, In Scot land. where a small Jar of potted food tainted with botulism killed eight per sons who ate of It. Free oxygen kills the germ. The poison occurs very rarely, bnt when It does, several persons usually eat It and are killed, so that killings by this poison frequently attract wide attention. Its total mortality In a yenr Is small. The proper heating of food after It is canned kills the garm. If the can does develop the bacillus of botulism, the poison loses much of Its deadlinesg If the food Is thoroughly cooked before It Is eaten. Like Infantile Paralyeie. “Four people living in Staten Island were killed hy botulism a little more than a year ago, when they ata taint ed sea food of some kind,” aald Dr Charles Norris, chief medical exam iner. "A year before that, four ot five people were killed In the Bronx by botulism poisoning. The symptoms usually take 18 hours to develop, and hear some resemblance to Infantile paralysis. There Is a paralysis of facial muscles In both diseases. Death follows usually In four or five days. I understand that an anti-toxin against botulism has been developed In Ohio, but it is difficult to use, because the symptoms do not develop until the poison has progressed. The bacillus is not pathogenic: that Is, It does not : grow In the human system.” The Harvard experiments Indicate that a single molecule may attack and destroy small groups of cells In the body of a living creature, the destruc tion of one cell being sufficient to cause death. The experimenters have expressed unwillingness to believe I their own results, though apparently verified hy the results on many mice. Previously It had been reported that one-twentieth of a drop of the polaon caused death. A single molecule is as Rmall compared to a drop as a drop Is compared to the water of New York harbor. If one molecule has the pow yr attributed to It, It would mean that If a gallon ’he poison were uni- i forml.v u ' >i the wnters of the ocean, a few drops of water taken from any part of the ocean and in jected Into the mouse might kill it. The germ that produces the poison was discovered hy a Belgian Investi gator, Van Ktnengein. In 1896. 111 Die in 22 Years. Dr. M. J. Kosenau of Harvard, la a recent article on botulism said: “The high mortality, the distressing symptoms and the relation to food have dramatic news value, and the disease has recently caused concern and alarm out of all proportion to its prevalence. A disease which during Its period of twenty-two years has made only about 15(1 persons ill and caused the death of 111 among ap proximately 100,000.000 of people can not be compared In magnitude to tu berculosis and other public health problems.” Sausages formerly were Happened to be the chief cause of botulism. In tbs casern of the last few years other foods have been Involved. While tbe victims frequently show the symptoms In from 16 to 18 hoars, they do not always develop before 86 hoars. Weakness, dizziness, headache end nausea first make their appear ance. There is difficulty of vision. Pa tients sometimes see double. Tbe eye lids often droop, and control over them Is lost, so that the sufferer can see only by lifting them with his fingers. These effects flow from the attack of the polaon on a particular brain cen ter. Other brain centers become in volved. Swallowing becomes difficult The muscles controlling the voice be come paralyzed. The paralysis spreads to the Ups, tongue and respiration, and the victim gasps for breath. In the end paralysis of the. respiration and the heart becomes complete and there Is death. Although deaths have been reported more fnequeatly from botulism lately, it is not believed that the disease is on the Increase. Deaths of the same kind have occurred in the past, bat have been dismissed under the gen eral name of food poisoning. Cases era apt to be Infrequent because esnners and preservers of food have been thor oughly Informed in methods of treat ing foods, so that danger of botulism doss not exist. ANCIENT LAW STILL STANDS Edict Issued by Roman Praator 2,290 Years Ago Held to Be Enforce able in Scotland. A Unman praetor’s edict of 2,290 years ago still affects Innkeepers and ostlers in Scotland. A Drainle farmer handed his horse to nn ostler to be stabled, and the ostler placed It Into a double stable, where, shortly after, a second horse was placed. These two horses had previously shared a stall, and were known to be quiet and not quarrelsome. The fanner's horse was sound when It was put Into the stnble, but when he returned for It, It was found to be lame on the off fore leg, and two days later, on the advice of a vetennary surgeon, wns destroyed. The farmer sued the ostler and the Judge dismissed the case, which wns appea'ed. The appeal Judge held that In law the Praetorian edict of 367 B. C. applied and thnt the Injury wns not due to "the act of Ood." The lord Justice-clerk said the case raised questions of Importance and 'difficulty. The first question they hud to decide was whether a stabler fell within the praetor's edict. After carefully con sidering the arguments adduced and surveying the authorities cited, he was unable to find In modem law any qvar rant for the suggested discrimination. Be was of the opinion that stablers. as well as Inkeepers, according to the law of Scotland, fell within the edict. CONDOR GIANT AMONG BIRDS California Species Believed to Hava Exceeded In Size Its Cousin oA South America. Naturalists have determined thijf the California condor exceeds In size Its cousin, the condor of the Andes of South America, and Is larger than the giant or wandering albatross which travels the ocean lanes of the Pacific, south of the equator. The extreme wing expanse of the California condor Is close to twelve feet. Through care ful measurements, the naturalist learned that the condor of the south ern countries Is smaller In all respects. One of these largest birds that fly Is on exhibition In the Natural His tory museum at San Diego, Cal. Be side the condor, the turkey buzzard, a smaller relative, appears to he a dwarf. Both birds are carrion eaters, a fact which has contributed substan tially to the near extinction of the condor. Naturalists of earlier years record that thp condor was once fairly common In California. Ranchers and settlers have been In directly responsible for the killing of many condors through the placing of poisoned meat Intended for consump tion by coyotes, bobcats nnd panthers Barge* numbers have also been wan tonly killed through the Indiscriminate use of firearms. Problem In Psychology. A commuter who spends most of his time on the train thinking Instead of playing bridge or reading the pupers has a new problem thut he has been unable to solve. “I buy a monthly ticket, which en titles me to two rides each day, Sun days Included,” he snys. "I never come to town on Sunday and so I have four or five round-trip tickets left over at the end of the month. When a holiday comes along I have another one. Occasionally the con ductor falls to punch my ticket and I can’t help having a feeling of ex ultation, a sort of Idea that I am ahead of the game In some way. Of course the extra ride Is simply added to the unpunehed rides on the ticket at the end of the month and ts no real gain. “Now, why should I be pleased at gaining aomethlng of absolutely no value to me? Perhaps Klnsteln could answer. I can’t.”—Chicago Journal. Wild Boars Become Plague. From the few swine that were let loose on the Island of Santa Crae In 1547 have come a race of ferocious wild boars. They have lost virtually every' trace of their original domes ticity, and have become powerful wild beasts as fleet of hoof as deer. They mature enormous tuaks, long hoofs and bristles that are like wire, and are the plague of the ranch people who have sought to develop the Island for sheep and cattle raising. The boars tear down fences faster than the ranchers can build them, they root up ganleu stuff as soon as It springs from the ground, and not In frequently they have been known to gore horses, sheep and cattle. Young lambs are one of their favorite foods, and In the killing and eating of them they show skill and cunning and carnivorous traits comparable to the tactics of wolves. How Toads Hatch Young. The Surinam Is the name of a thoroughly aquatic toad that inhabits South America east of the Andes and north of the Amazon, and which Is rendered famous by Its method of re production. The eggs are carried on the hack by the mother, and the skin thickens and grows round the aggs until eaoli Is enclosed In a der mal cell, which Is finally covered by a homy lid, believed to be formed by a secretion of the skin or else to represent the remains of the gelati nous capsule which at first surrounded the eggs. These, which may number about 100, and measure five to seven millimeters In diameter, develop entire ly within these pouches, and the young hop out In the perfect condition, with out the vestige at a tall, which th«|r never acquire. Nebraska Civil Rights Bill I ? Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. 1 Enacted in 1898. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan | tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, | barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for ( reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs I of the prosecution. "The original act waa held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 26 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 688." “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reaspn than ^ that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting I a table in amnre private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich 1 868; N. W. 718." | SHOE REPAIRING — Charles L. Curry’s new location for Shoe Repair ing, in rear of 1520 North Tewnty Sixth street, where he will be pleased to serve customers and friends. Tel. Webster 3792. —it. Ptot-CUm Modern Furnished Room —1TM No. Mth St Web. 47«*. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Erwin. ^ I FOR RENT—Three nicely furnished rooms for man and wife, or men.— Webster 4482. Painting, Decorating and Wall Paper General Repair Work Brick Laying Carpenter Work Office 2202 N. 24th WE baler 6668 Rea. WE bater 2456 [ EMERSON’S LAUNDRY J t The Laundry That Suita All } i 1801 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 ? \ 1 Mosaic Templars! of America I ' WILL CELEBRATE 1 FOUNDER’S DAY I J Sunday, May 29th AT I Pleasant Green Baptist Church I 22nd suid PAUL STREETS at 3:00 O'CUICK P. M. | GOOD PROGRAM GOOD SPEAKERS I Keep Date Open and in Mind. Come Out and Hear About I Great Negro Fraternal Order i D. M. McQueen, State G. M. I < — t GREAT BARGAIN One of the Greatest Investment Opportunities Made Locally to COLORED MEN The strictly modem commodious dwelling, gas and electric lighted, saving heat furnace; combined bath and lavatory on both upper and lower floors; hardwood floors and located in a district where prop- | erty is rapidly advancing, 242!f Parker street, just off 24th Street. For sale to right parties at a bargain price. 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WdYWWWWW/AVWWWWAVJWdVMWAVWl .-....... „u New Grocery and Meal Market We wish to announce to the readers of the Monitor that we have opened a first class market at 1716 North 24th Street. We aim to carry at all times a complete line of the best in Groceries and Meats, at reasonable prices. Call and get acquainted. WE DELIVER ANYWHERE RICHARDSON & EVANS PHONE WEBSTER 0408 i I I I /