The Monitor —
A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
THF. REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
$2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy , OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1923 Whole Number 424 Vol. IX—No. 8
COMMITTED PAl'S FIRST $3,000 ON PROPERTY
FOR OLD P OPLES’ HOME; A SPLENDID WORK
GOOD WILL LEADERS
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
IN GEORGIA CAPITOL
Inter-Racial Commission Reports Kn
couniging Progress III
Many Lines of
Activity.
COLORED MEMBERS ADDED
Tuskegee Italil Condemned and Com
mission Appointed to Inves
tigate Conditions
There.
Atlanta, (ia„ Aug. 24.—(Special.)—
Condemnation of recent threats
against Tuskegee Institute and the
appointment of a committee to look
further into that situation, reports or
a wide range of activities in the inter
est of better eonditions and better
race relations, the adoption of vigor
ous resolutions against lynching and
a pledge to keep up the fight till this
great evil is eradicated, and the ad
dition of a number of leading colored
men and women to its membership
were among the most important fea
tures of the annual meeting of the
Commission on Inter-Racial Co-oper
ation, which was held in Asheville, N.
C., July 21 Aug. 2.
Reports from the headquarters staff
and the eight field secretaries indi
cated that a vast amount of work was
in progress throughout the South, and
that in many quarters very gratifying
results have been attained. Great
numbers of new high schools were re
ported as the result of inter-racial co
operation, some of them costing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Hos
pitals, libraries, parks and play
grounds have been provided, better
traveling facilities secured, the Inter
est of powerful religious, commercial
and civic bodies enlisted, mob violence
prosecuted, lynching and threatened
riots prevented, minor injustices cor-1
rocted, and the message of good will
presented in many of the leading
white colleges and universities to
groups of editors and to great church
and civic bodies. The press, white and
colored, has also co-operated widely.
A significant feature of the meeting
was the presence of official represent
ative- of the organized women of the
Metodist, Haptlst, Episcopalian, Pres
byterian, Christian and Congregation
al churches. These all reported that ■
their several organizations, with an
aggregate membership of hundreds of
thousands, were stpdylng the question
of race relations and some of them al
ready systematically at work in this
field. Many club women also have
been enlisted. A leading feature of the
work of the woman’s section is a de
termination and unremitting warfare
on lynching.
Next to the actual achievements re
ported, the most notable feature of
the meeting was the high character
find standing of it* personnel. There
were bishops, college presidents, mis
sion board officials, distinguished
ministers, lawyers, Y. M. C. A. secre
taries, men of big business interests,
and women prominent In church, club
and social circles. Both races and
every Southern state were represented
in the attendance of more than fifty.
Representing the colored group were
Bishop R. E. Jones, Bishop George C.
Clements, l»r. John Hope, Robert E.
Clay, J. T. Hodges, Hr. James Bonn,
l)r. H. T. S. Johnson, W. W. Hadnott,
Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Mrs.
Nary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. John
Hope, Mrs. H. I- McCrory, Mrs. Janie
Porter Barrett, Mrs. Charlotte Haw
kins Brown and Mrs. Marion Wllker
son. The seven last named were added
to the membership of the Commission,
as were also Bishop J. S. Flipper,
Bishop K. G. Finley, H. E. Barry and
C. C. Spaulding. Other colored mem
bers of the Commission are Dr. R. R.
Moton, Dr. [saw Fisher, R. I* Smith
and Dr. John M. Gandy.
Belative to the parade of masked
men at Tuskegee the Commission
said:
"We deplore and condemn such ac
tion on the part of men masked or
unmasked, in thi* day and time, wher
ever they may occur and whatever
may be the cause, aB being an offense
against Christian civilisation and aB
subversive of every principle of de
mocracy upon which our government
and the peace and happiness of all of
our people, whether white or black,
depends."
A special commission *«« appoint
ed to look fully into the Tuskegee sit
MASONIC GRAND LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERSj
I
Makes Donations to Several Worthy
Causes and Selects Alliance
for Next Annual
Meeting.
The fifth annual communication of
the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska and its
jurisdiction closed its sessions Friday.
Besides electing its officers certain
donations were made to local institu
tions and organizations among these
being a gift of $10 to the Old Folks’
Home and $2fi to the local branch of
the National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People.
The following officers were elected 1
nearly all of them being re-elections:!
It. H. Young, W. G. M., Lincoln; i
Charles W. Dickerson, I). G. M., Oma
ha; Austin J. Curtis, S. G. W., Alli
ance; Samuel E. Ward, J. G. W.; J.
H. Wakefield, grand treasurer, Oma-J
ha; M. L. Wilson, grand secretary,!
Omaha; I. R. Smith, grand chaplain,
Lincoln; R. P. Booth, grand lecturer,’
Hastings, and William Tucker, grand!
tyler, Omaha.
Alliance was chosen as the next j
place of meeting and the third Wed- ]
nesday in August 1924 as the date.
BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP GIFFORD
About thirty boys have been enjoy
ing a ten days’ outing at the Boy
Scout encampment at Camp Gifford.
They are in charge of Scoutmaster T.!
P. Mahammitt, Assistant Scoutmaster
R. R. Cowan and other Scout officials.
Sunday several visitors went to the
camp, among the number being Dr.
and Mrs. Craig Morris, Mrs. Grace
M. Hutten, Mrs. Myrtle Goodlow,
Mesdamea S. H. Dorsey, T. P. Maham
mitt, K. Chew, J. F. Smith and the
Misses Jamie Chandler, Helen Jen
kins, Louise Taylor, Elaine Smith and
Nathalie Brown, Attorney H. J. Pln
kett and Master Bill Peebles.
AN INVITING STORE
One of the must attractive and in-'
citing grocery stores on North Twen-1
ty-fourth street is that just opened
by Stoller and Nitz at 1201-02, be
tween Nicholas and Paul streets. Their
advertisement appears in this issue.
Not only their full line of groceries
and meats, attractively displayed, but
the appearance and atmosphere of the
store invites trade. The proprietors,
Messrs. Stoller and Nitz, invite the
patronage of our people.
ELKS TO LEAVE FOR
CHICAGO BY SPECIAL TRAIN
A special train de luxe will leave
here Monday night over the Chicago
& Great Western Railroad for the
Elks convention in Chicago. Des
dunes’ band will accompany the dele
gation and excursionists.
ENTERTAINS AT A
DANCING PARTY
A delightful dancing party was
given by Miss Alice Hunter at her
residence, 3237 Evans street, Monday
night in honor of the Misses Clara,
Mamie and Lena Hudgekins of Tope
ka, Kan*., who have been the guests
of Mrs. Silas Motten, 3318 Emmett
street. There wpre also two other
out of town guests present, Mrs. Hazel
Conner of Topeka, Kans., and Miss
Edith Moore pf St. Joseph, Mo. horty
guests were present.
COLTON IIKOS. ENLARGE STORE
Colton Bros., who have been in bus
ineos at 1714 North Twenty-fourth St.
for the past four years and a half,
where they have established a repu
tation for fair dealing and courteous
treatment of all patrons, have met
with such success that they are com
pelled to enlarge their store. They
have acquired the adjoining property
at 1716 North Twenty-fourth street
and remodeled it and will use this for
their shoo department. They will hold
their formal opening of their enlarged
store, with a full stock of dry goods
and a high grade stock of shoes, Sat
urday, August 25th. The Colton Bros,
extend a cordial invitation to their
old patrons and new to inspect the
bargains which they are offering.
uation, with power to take such steps
as might seem favorable to a peacea
ble and righteous adjustment of the
questions at issue. The following
were named on this commission: Dr.
M. Ashby Jones, Dr. W. D. Weather
ford, Judge John D. Rather, Mrs. T.
W. Bickett, Bishop R. E. Jones, Dr.
John Hope and Mrs. Mary McLeod
Betbune.
OUR NEW OLD FOLKS’ HOME
LOCAL BRANCH N. A. A. C. P.
HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of the
local branch of the N. A, A. C. P. was
held at Grove Methodist Episcopal
church last Sunday afternoon with an
improvement in the attendance. The
Rev. Edgar M. Brown, pastor of Dietz
Memorial Methodist church, delivered
an address which was very much en
joyed bv those present. The Rev. Mr.
Cox, pastor of Grove, was introduced
and made a brief, hut effective ad
dress, pledging his support to the or
ganization. Maynard L. Wilson, grand
secretary of the Masonic Lodge, pres
ented check donated by Grand Lodge
to the association and also made an
address. Several new memberships
were secured. Henry W. Black pre
sided. I'e announced that the speak
er for the September meeting will
he Dr. Michael J. Ford. Delegates
and visitors to the National confer
ence at Kansas City will leave next
week.—Mr. Black is one of the ap
pointed speakers at the conference,
Monday morning, September 3.
CHI RI H OF ST. PHILIP THE
DEACON
A large congregation was present
at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morn
ing. The Church school at 10 o’clock
was also well attended. The services
next Sunday will be as follows: Holy
communion, 7:30 a. m.; matins, 8:30;
Church school, 10 a. m.; eucharist with
sermon at 11 a. m. No evening serv
ices.
Miss Sybil Merrifield, daughter o'
Mr. and Mrs. A. Merrifield. ’s visiting
relatives in North Kotlova, Ohio.
The regular monthly meeting of
board of directors of the Old Folks'
Home will be held Wednesday, Sep
tember 5, at 10:30 a. m., at 3029 Pink
ney street.
WOMEN PLEDGE
UTMOST EFFORT IN
ANTI-LYNCHING WAR
Inter Itueiul Commission Group Sets
Out on Definite Crusade
To eradicate tills
Great Kvll.
I Will Seek fo-operutiqp of Organized
\\ oinaiihooil of Whole
South.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24. — (Special.—
At the recent annual meeting of tne
Commission of Inter-Racial Co-opera
tion, the woman’s section of the Com
mission brought in a vigorous paper
on lynching and asked the Commis
sion to authorize that the matter be
brought to the attention of the vari
ous women’s organizatons of the
South and that they all be asked to
co-operate in a sustained and system
atic effort to eradicate this great evil.
The Commission, which has been con
stantly at work toward the same end,
gladly gave its approval to the plan
by unanimously adopting the resolu
tions presented by the women.
NEW MEMBER OF
MONITOR STAFF]
Mr. I!. S. Sutton has been added to1
the Monitor staff. He will act as cir-1
dilation manager, advertising solid -1
tor and wdll also look after the collec- \
tions. There are many outstanding
subscriptions due and subscribers will
confer a great favor by having their I
subscriptions ready when he calls. Mr.
Sutton has already secured a large
number of new subscribers. He is
a capable and courteous gentleman
and as such is quite an addition to
The Monitor staff.
GARVEY ENTITLED
TO BAIL, CLAIM
OK IIIS ATTORNEYS
Washington, D. C., Aug. 24. — Con
cerning bail for Marcus Garvey, Hen
ry Johnson, who with Win. C. Mat
thews of Boston is retained now as
attorney, says:
“By every rule of law and reason,
Marcus Garvey is entitled to bail
(tending his appeal to Circuit Court of
Ar|*f>KalS for the reversal of Judgment
of tlie District Court convicting him.
‘The denial of bail to Marcus Gar
vey was in largest measure produced
by the admission of illegal testimony;
that is to say, the district attorney
produced allegations that Garvey’s or
ganization had na arsenal and weap
ons for offense and that directly or in
directly his sympathizers had en
gaged in diverse threats upon the
lives of the trial judge and the dis
trict attorney.
me of this was proved but was
allowed to go in.
‘Emma Goldman was admitted to
bail on a far more serious offense
than Garvey’s conviction. Big Bill
Haywood was admitted to bail, and
bore is no earthly comparison be
tween the thing for which Garvey was
convicted and the enormity of the
charge against Bill Haywood.
“In my Judgment, the denial of ball
to Garvey in the circumstances is far
more dangerous than all the crimes
ever charged against Marcus Gar
vey."
GOES ON AN EXTENDED TRIP
Mrs. William H. Ransom, associate
grand matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star and deputy worthy coun-1
selor of the Court of Calanthe, left
Wednesday night for an extended trip;
to Chicago, Louisville, Ky., and other
Kentucky points. She will be gone
for two months.
Omaha is a good place in which to live. A park scene showing how the #
city provides recreation for the population.
/ ' ib.
THE OLD FOLKS’ HOME
DRIVE COMPLETE SUCCESS
Sufficient Funds Are Raised to Meet
First Payment on Desirable Build
ing for Housing Those Who
May Need Its Shelter.
The Negro Women’s Christian
Association is pleased to announce
that the Financial Drive which it has
been making since July 22 for funds
with which to make a first payment
on a new building at 933 North Twen
ty-fifth street was a complete success.
The payment of $3,000 was met on
August 21 and possession will be
given on or before September 21. The
deal was engineered by Dr. J. H. Hut
ten, who also found a buyer for the
property at 3029 Pinkney streets, from
the sale of which a cash payment of
$1,176.80 was realized. About $3,500
has been raised from all sources to
date. The new property costs $8,000,
so there still remains a balance of
$5,000 to be taken care of in monthly
installments.
Because of the number of pledges
still uncollected and the heavy ex
pense attached to moving into and
furnishing the new house, it has been
decided to continue the drive for funds
until September 21. The committee
hopes to get in touch with all fra
ternal orders and other organizations
which have not yet donated to this
worthy cause. The ministers who were
unable to take an offering for the
home last Sunday are asked to do so
before September 21. All contribu
tions will be most gratefully received.
Make all checks payable to the
“Negro Women’s Christian Associa
tion'’ and mail to Mrs. C. W. Jewell,
treasurer, 2911 Lake street, or tele
phone WE bster 3217 and a committee
will call for it.
We wish to thank each and every
one who has in any way, by money or
by service, contributed to the success
of the drive. We are especially grate
ful to the ministers of the city for
their support, to Rev. John Albert
Williams, editor of The Monitor, and
Mr. Count Wilkinson, editor of the
New Era, for the publicity they have
given this effort, gratis, and to Rev.
W. C. Williams for his assistance in
planning the drive. The committee
hope; to le able to publish a complete
list of all donations of $1.00 or more
received during the drive.
There are to be two large entertain
ments given soon for the benefit of
the Home. The Bachelor-Benedict
Club will sponsor an outing at Lake
view Amusement Park September 4th
and the Dancing Concession has been
secured for the Old Folks’ Home at
the Annual Emancipation Celebration
September 10th at Krug Park. We
earnestly solicit the patronage of the
public for both of these entertain
ments.
CECELIA W. JEWELL,
Chairman of Drive.
PILGRIM PAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Wm. Franklin, Pastor.
The second annual chautauqua
which closes Saturday has meant much
in the way of inspiration and food for
the mind. Sincere thanks are ex
tended to friends and sister churches
for their cooperation. Sunday being
rally day the pastor gave an instruct
ive lecture on the “Care of the Home
and House of the Lord”. At 9 o’clock
the congregation was favored with a
radio sermon by the Rev. Arthur
Atack, pastor of Hanscom Park Meth
odist church, white, his subject be
ing, "In Tune With God.” Dinner was
served all day at the church under the
auspices of the Dorcus Mission circle.
There was quite a rivalry between the
men and the women for the honor of
a banquet to be served for the win
ners of the contest which will continue
through next Sunday. Mr. H. L. An
derson, the State Sunday School sup
erintendent, was present Sunday
morning and was highly pleased with
the progress manifested. At 3 o’clock
last Sunday afternoon the Rev. J. D.
Crum, assistant pastor and Deacons E.
Smith and A. B. Young went to Beth
el Church, South Side, Rev. Thomas
A. Taggart, pastor, to assist in the or
dination of throe deacons. The Rev.
Mr. Bruce of Spring Hill Baptist
church preached the sermon and Rev.
J. D. Crum delivered the charge. The
New Era Sunday School and B. Y. P.
U. state convention has set aside the
first Sunday in September for offer
ings for foreign missions
THE PRESIDENT
SELECTS SLEMP
AS SECRETARY
Former Virginia Congressman Who
Formulated “Lillie White” Poli
cy Is Chosen by
Coolidge.
CHOICE CAUSES SURPRISE
Colored Americans Perplexed by Ap
pointmeiit of Active Op
ponent of Dyer
Bill.
Washington. Aug. 24.—Colored peo
ple the country over received a shock
when President Coolidge announced
the appointment of C. Bascom Slemp
of Virginia as his private secretary to
take the place of George Christian,
Harding’s secretary, who has "re
signed.
Chances of the Coolidge administra
tion getting out of the rut into which
the late President Harding left It, and
doing something about the muddle at
Tuskegee, the activities of the Ku
Klux Klan, the lynchings, the peon
age in the South, or the unjustifiable
invasion of Hayti, immediately went
glimmering.
Old politicians who had expected
some changes when the red headed
New England Yankee entered the
White House, shook their heads
gravely, recalling that Coolidge said
several days ago he intended carry
ing out Harding’s policies.
Who Slemp Is
Campbell Bascom Slemp, aged 46,
bachelor, former professor of Mathe
matics br-Virginia Military Institute,
lawyer and for ]4 years congressman
from the Ninth District, succeeding
his father, is best known as the au
thor of the Republican party’s recent
policy to break the solid South by ex
cluding colored voters and making the
party lily-white.
To use his own words he, working
under Harding, tried to reorganize the
party to the point “where there would
be no fear of its domination by Ne
groes.” Last year the country was
startled when a fellow Virginia mem
ber accused Slemp of selling patron
age in his district, collecting in all
some $500. The House took no action
on this charge, as Slemp declined to
run again and his district went Demo
cratic.
Like tpe Republicans of Tennessee
and Oklahoma, Slemp voted against
the Dyer Anti Lynch Bill, but it was
passed in the House. Action of the
rresident in appointing Slemn to the
secretaryship, whieh he will assume
September 1st, is considered as a
soi) to the South, and an indication
that the President is after getting
Southern voter in line to support aim
in the 12W! election.
Lincoln Johnson Cusses
Henry Lincoln Johnson, National
Committeeman from Georgia, Just
"cussed” when he heard the news of
the appointment. Slemp and Phil
lips, of Georgia, are said to have ad
vised Harding against the appoint
ment of any colored people to Fed
eral offices.
ST. PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
26th and Seward Streets.
Russel Taylor, Pastor.
Services Sunday were very good,
especially the evening services.
The address by Dr. Hutten on
“How to Get on in Life” was full of
thought and should be of much help
to those hearing it.
The arrangement of the popudar
Hawaiian melody, “Farewell,” to sac
red words. "Go Tell,” was beautiful
ly rendered as a baritone solo by
William Taylor. A duet by Mrs. Hut
ten and Mrs. Taylor, and one by Miss
Thetdocia Taylor and Miss Beulah
Speese also delighted the audiencee.
At the close of the service, the Ses
sion was convened, and the following
named persons were received into
membership: Mr. and Mrs. Reavls
Carr, Mr. Reavis Carr, Jr., and Master
Arthur Carr, all recently of Tusca
loosa, Alabama.
Services Sunday will be as follow*:
Morning, "Strength Gained by Wait
ing on. Jehovah.” Evening. "Lessons
in The School of Prayer. (Math. 18:
19-20; 31:18-32.) Mr. Reavi* Carr, sr.,
will be the principal speaker. There
will be special music and a lively song
service.