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ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE j
;; UNITED STATES ;j;
! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged |
1) 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, 2
;; 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 |
;; 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 .j*
;; within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. x
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THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
* MONG the news items published in
this issue are two articles which
make similar appeals. *One is from
the view point of the Roman Catho
lic Church; the other is from that of
the Protestant bodies. Each, howev
er, stresses the need of candidates for
the Christian ministry. The Roman
communion has been very slow to try
to encourage vocation to the priest
hood among colored Americans be
longing to that faith; not more than
six or seven of our group having been
ordained in nearly a century and a
half. It is, therefore, somewhat of an
innovation, albeit a praiseworthy one,
for this historic commuion to call at
attention to the fact, as Monsignoi
Bourke hag done in a recent sermon,
that vocation to the priesthood and to
sisterhoods should be encouraged by
the 'Roman Catholic Church. How
far the veiws of the Director General
of Missions among Negroes represent
those of the hierarchy presents an in
teresting question. We venture the
opinion however, that his is simply “a
voice in the wilderness.” That voice
proclaims the right message. Evan
gelization and spiritual leadership
normally come from people of like na
tivity. That the Roman communion,
or at least influential members of that
communion, are beginning to recog
nize this need in its work among col
ored folk in the United States is quite
significant. With this is the ac
knowledgement that there is a dearth
of men for the priesthood. The oth
er article is from the Protestant view
point and states that the supply of
well-trained men for the Christian
Ministry is far below the demand, and
calls attention to the fact that far
too few college trained young men of
iur race are offering themselves for
the ministry. This is undoubtedly to
be regretted. The Christian Ministry
offers a splendid field for helpful ser
vice and the need for consecrated
well-trained spiritual leaders among
our race, should enlist the very best
and most virile of our young man
hood.—It is rather significant that
both Romanist and Protestant should
at this time call attention to the need
of men for the ministry.
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Nebraska Civil Rights Bill
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights.
Enacted in 1898.
| Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall
I 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.
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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
• of the prosecution.
‘"Th« original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shojia can not |
discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State,
26 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638."
“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 II
a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich
868; N. W. 718."
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AMERICANS’ BAD MANNERS
TT is to be keenly regretted that a
i certain class of white Amer
icans wherever they go try’ to spread
the slimy poison of race prejudice.
It is not the well-bred American who
does this, but the snob, and the sad
truth is that such a large number of
Americans are snobs. They have ac
quired some money, without taking
on the culture of genteel breeding
, which should accompany wealth, and
fearful lest the public will size them
up at their current value, they effect
many foolish airs, chief of which
seems to be the privilege of trying to
show their superiority to people of a
different color. Wherever thd*aver
age white American goes he carries
' his detestable and silly race prejudice.
France and other European countries
are feeling this baneful spirit.
France is meeting it in the right
spirit and telling America that French
| citizens of color wdll be protected
against discrimination. It is bad
enough for Americans to show’ bad
manners and ill-breedng at home.
When they go to foreign countries
1 they should have better sense than to
I carrv it there. 'V'"
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O MINUS O EQUALS O
^THENEVFR a Kluxie is caught
with the goods on him, he im
mediately attempts to prove an alibi,
But a Kluxie is not to be believed up
on oath, because he does ffot regard
the sacredness of an oath, outside of
the Klan. In Klanology, the only
MEMBER of the Klan, is the Klar
Kleagle. He is a MEMBER. The
others are INITIATES. One’s name
may be on the roster, and he may
have been “Naturalized” and paid his
“donation,” ond yet swear upon a
stack of Bibles “That I am not now
and never have been a member of
the Ku Klux Klan.” He is only aii
“INITIATE,” don’t you see? An<:
the difference between a “MEMBER’
and an “INITIATE" is the difference
between Tweedle-de-dum and Tweedle
de-dee and so your Klux salves hi
conscience w’ith this apparently clevei
but transparently clumsy subterfuge
i Believe them not. Zero minus Zero
equals Zero.
BOOST YOUR CITY.
Come people love to be crepe
changers. Their city to let them
tell it is away behind other cities in
advantages. We run across some of
this ilk in Omaha, who do not appre
ciate the advantages and opportunities
we have here. There is much that
Omaha lacks. No city is perfect.
But taken all in all there is no better
city in which to live than Omaha.
Everyone should be a booster and
make it the banner city of the world.
Boost your city. Show your civic
pride by doing your part.
| FOOTNOTES TO
I AFRICAN HISTORY I
(By the Hamitic League)
MR. PERSEUS OF ARGUS
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Whenever you make up a list of the
chocolate heroes of yesterday, don’t
forget Mr. Perseus, the brown skin
. Beau Brummel who had Zeus for his
, father and Danea, a descendent of old
; Egypt for his mama.
Danea was some doll and so pretty
that Kink Polydectes of Seriphus fell
in love with her and wanted to con
j suit a preacher. Neither Danae nor
Perseus liked the idea of mother be
ing Poly’s sweet cooky, but Poly fig
ured that if he could ease Perseus in
to the discard, everything would be
peaches.
So Poly told Perseus to go and
bring him the head of Miss Medusa,
one of the three hard boiled Gorgon
sisters, and that if he did the world
was his.
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I cibcub uiun b nii"n un» uivtc awvuw
the hangout of Miss Medusa than a
polar bear knows about the price
of Nebraska com, but he was game
and started.
The gods and goddesses were with
i the kid, so Mercury, the god’s office
boy, stole him a pair of winged san
dals, a magic wallet, a large curved
razor and the helmet of Pluto. When
Mis Minerva, one of the society
dames, took a few of her friends and
went with Perseus to show him the
way.
Miss Medusa, the lady of the snak
i ly looks, was asleep when the party
arrived. Without even introducing
himself, Perseus borrowed the lady’s
| head, put it in the magic wallett and
| started home.
On his way back he passed thru
Ethiopia and there found a princess,
Andromeda, chained to a rock to make
a dinner for a sea monster. Of course
Perseus fell in love with her and stuck
around until the monster blew up for
; his dinner. Just as he appeared, Per
f seus showed him the head of snaky
i locks and turned him into a concrete
1 statue. Then Perseus married the
i little Ethiopian girl and carried her
home to mama.
As he entered the cabaret of Kink
1 Polydecates, the kink was so surprised
that he made a break for Perseus
with a desire to harpoon him. But
sonny was too quick. Out came Me
dusa’s head and the kink and all his
i court were made i^ito statues for the
i Seriphus museum.
Of course this tale is some yam
! sure enough, but it goes to prove that
all those heroes and heroines of old
! Greece were rather Bhady when it
comes to complexion.
(Next week, “Little Io of
ncient Greece.’’)
GIVES PICNIC FOR JUVENILES
Mr. P. W. White, motron mother
of the Georgia E. White Juvenile No.
345, S. M. T\s. assisted by Mrs. Mar
igaret Walker, mtaron mother of Mar
cus Juveniles gave a picnic Saturday
for their tents at Elmwood Park.
Fifty-three children and 15 parents
attended and had a delightful time.
Isthmus °f
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Cruciform Grava Near Mitla, Tehuantepec.
IFraparad br tbe Natlonbl O*o(raphl< Se
clbtjr. Wsjhlntton. D C.)
The rival of Panama when both re
gions were dependent, on railroads aa
connecting links between the Atlantic
and the Pacific, Mexico's Isthmus of
Tehuantepec la net so Important now
that the canal is In operation. But Its
well-constructed, standard-gunge rail
road la still carrying on Its concen
trated transcontinental way some of
the goods of the world when quickness
of shipment Is the chief consideration
and a steamer trip of a thousand or ao
miles Is worth eliminating.
Cortez, conqueror of Mexico, was the
first man to have the Idea that the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec might solve
the problem of a passage between the
oceans. Even In the midst of his busy
life as warrior and governor be at
tempted to find a way across, and ex
plored the Coatzacoalcos river to lta
headwaters. He did not find a water
passage across the divide, of course,
but he realized that some day com
merce would pass through thla relative
ly low, narrow region, and he asked
the king of Spain for a grant of lands
In the Isthmus. The request was
granted, and a few years ago his de
scendants still held the lands.
Baron Alexander von Humboldt, who
traveled In Mexico in the beginning
of the last century, saw at once the Im
portance of the Isthmus of Tehuante
pec and called It "the bridge of the
world's commerce.’’
Half a century ago the first attempts
were made to dig a canal, and many
railroad schemes were proposed from
time to time, Including a "ship rail
way’’ for the transportation of vessels.
The flrat work on a railroad was under
taken by the Mexican government In
1882, but It was not until 1907 that the
Tehuantepec railroad was formally
opened, after a succession of failures
and after years of unremitting labor.
The road as It now exists la a well
constructed line about 120 miles long.
It la in fair condition even after year*
of revolution and Instability In Mexico.
Balina Crua, the Pacific terminal, was
given excellent modern port facilities
by tbe I Max regime, and became in
fact probably the best port on the Mex
ican west coast. The latest loading
and unloading machinery was Installed.
Puerto Mexico, at the Atlantic ehd of
the railroad, had In the mouth of the
Ooatzaeoalcos river an excellent nat
ural harbor.
Brut uil rieia m«r».
Along the Coe.ua coal cos river Is a
Mexican oil field rivaling that of Tam
pico. Derricks pierce the sky on ev
ery hand and tha bustle about wells,
and loading tankers gives an unex
pected Yankee touch to bla once
sleepy tropical region.
Before the days of the pioneer and
forest roads, the Coatxacoalcoa river
(the river of the Winding Snake),
emptying Into the Gulf of Mexico, wai
the favored highway, and dug-ouu
poled by dusky natives carried freight
and a few passengers up and down
the river and Its tributaries. Here and
there a narrow mule path trailing
away from the banks of the river
marked the entrance to some lonely
plantatlomor village. Today, however,
the new stands side by side with the
old. Fine steel boats run on the river,
but the native still poles up and down
In his dug-out canoe. Good roads and
mule paths have been made from one
plantation to another, but the old-time
ox cart* have not yet been discarded.
The town of Coatzacoalcos, at the
mouth of the great river, has under
gone the greatest change. Once a ver
itable fever hole. It is now rapidly be
ing modernized and brought Into sums
semblance of sanitation. Long wharves
Jut out from the water front, and
fireproof warehouses and electric
cranes give to the town a business-like
appearance.
From Coatzainalcoa the road gradu
ally begins to climb the Cordillera,
which divides the gulf slope from that
of the Pacific Much of the route lies
through wild and beautiful country,
with tall manaca ppluis (Attalea co
bune) and forest trees topping a thick
ly-matted Jungle, and here and there
a quaint little Indian village on the
banks of a shaded, shallow river. The
plcturenque Malatengo canyon, with its
rocky chasms, is followed by the Chi
vela pans, enpred at a height of 735
feet above sea level, the hlgliest (mint
on the Isthmus.
Modern Town of Salina Cruz.
Leaving the pass, the traiti crawls
down the Pacific slope of the Sierra
Mnrtre, running along for some dls
tance by the bunks of the Rio <1e Tehu
antepec, then cutting off across coun
try to Sallna Cruz, the Pacific port.
Here the little Indian village of
years ago has given place to a new
town, built on higher ground and
dotted here and there with comfortable
bungalows, the homes of English res
idents.
Fierce ‘'northers" rage on the isth
mus the greater part of the year, and
the long swell of the Pacific causes a
heavy surf. As no natural shelter ex
ists, It was found necessary to build
one—an outer refuge harbor, aud an
Inner harbor with dry-dock and
wharves.
The country through which the rail
way runs la In many respects of great
Interest. The tropical nature, the many
different tribes of Indians living along
the rivers and In the hills, their pe
culiar customs and picturesque garb
furnish an Interesting study.
The different Indians today Inhabit
ing the Isthmus, descendants of once
powerful tribes, still shoW enough dis
tinctive characteristics to enable one
to Judge of their ancestors. The
Agualulcos, Aztecs. Huaves, Mljes,
Zapotecos and Zoques are among these.
The Agualulcos and Aztecs dwell In
the northern part of the Isthmus.
Though outwardly conforming to the
Catholic religion, they still retain many
of their old custom* and superstitions.
Among these Indians the memory of
Dona Marina, or Maltnehe, as the In
dians called her, Is still revered. Al*
though acting as interpreter and guide
to Cortez, she seems to have been
greatly beloved by the Indians.
The Mljes live In the mountains to
the west. In the town of Kan Juan
Guichlcovi. They are exceedingly Ig
norant, bold, and rather repulsive In
appearance. History classes >hem as
having been at one time the most bru
tal and Idolatrous of all the Isthmus
tribes.
in* mijll l/ovn mum.
The greatest ambition of a Mlje Is to
possess more mules than his neighbor.
Just why is hard to understand, as
they prefer to carry their burdens on
their own backs.
They get good crops of maize, beana,
and rice from their milpas, which are
well taken care of, but they work fitful
ly, are great drunkards, and very dis
honest.
The Zoques. who live in the moun
tains between the Chlcbljapa valley
and the Rio del Oorte, are, like the
Mljes, very fond of tequila, the na
tive alcohol, but more industrious and
of a more pleaaing appearance.
The Huave tribe, now dwindled to
a thousand or two, live In a few towns
on the Pacific coast. They are vey
different from the other tribes, and
claim to be descended from h power
ful tribe in Peru.
The Zapotecos. who Inhabit the
greater part of the southern division
of the Isthmus, are hard working, gens
tie, and Intelligent, and at one time
were a highly cultured nation.
The various Indian languages are
now little else than Ill-spoken dialects
pieced out with Spanish words and
sentences.
Somewhat below medium height, the
Indians possess unusual musculur
strength. They are often able to car
ry for several hours on their shoulders,
under the rays of the tropical sun, car
goes weighing from 100 to 200 pounds.
The women are gracefully built, and
In some tribes remarkably beautiful.
This is especially true of the Tefauana
women. Their stately carriage, regu
lar features, and beautiful soft brown
eyes, added to their fascinating cos
tumes. mark them with distinction and
Irresistible charm. They wear the
usual Indian corte, or enugua derollada
(rolled skirt), which Is nothing more
or less than a straight piece of cotton
cloth, generally one meter wide and
two meters long, dyed red, blue, pur
ple, or a che<*ed red and white; a
short chemise, or coton, sleeveless and
With a low neck, coming Just to the
waistline. It Is made of cotton ma
terial in differed? cofors or of velvet,
and shows to great advantage the
tawny, peifectly formed arms and
shoulders. The crowning touch, how
ever, is their headdress. Shaped some
somewhat like a- short Japanese
kimono, with a wide flounce of
starched and plaited while cotton lace,
it is thrown ovef the head so that the
stiffened lacey flounce stands out about
the face like a fan-shaped frame. The
rest of the garriienl' alas: h*ngs igno
minious!)’ down the l v-k
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I SATURDAY, JULY 28th jj .
The Country Cousin Gun Club <
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Here I Am—Back to My
Old Location
1806 North Twenty-Fourth Street
and want my old friend* and others to come here and trade
at my store. Our price and quality, can’t be beat.
Below are a few items for Friday and Saturday and
also for next week.
MEN’S ROCKFORD SOX—Per pair 12'/2c
\ MEN’S SIK HOSE—All colors and sizes. Per pair 50c
MEN’S BLACK COTTON SOX—Per pair 10c
MEN’S ATHLETIC UNION SUITS—Per suit 69c
I LADIES’ BLACK AND BROWN SILK HOSE—Per
pair only. 45c
LADIES’ PURE SILK HOSE—Per pair $1.50
LADIES’ BLACK SILK HOSE—Per pair 95c
LADIES’ VOILE WAISTS 79c j
MEN’S WORK SHIRTS.. 59c and up i
Choice of Any MEN’S STRAW HAT $1.00 and $1.59
MEN’S 220 BLUE DENIM OVERALLS $1.75
j MEN’S SPRING AND SUMMER CAPS $1.19
; LADIES’ CREPE NIGHT GOWNS 95c
LADIES’ CREPE BLOOMERS 19c
LADIES’ CREPE STEP-INS $1.59 ,
LADIES’ SILK CAMASOLES .. K9c
BERNSTEINS
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