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. 1 ' .. L ' • - .» r si =5^, The Monitor —> %. A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy '\ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923 Whole Number 427 Vol. IX—No. 11 HEAR BAGNALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT GROVE M. E. CHURCH ON “THE NEW EMANCIPATION” UNITE! STATES WILL PROTECT ITS EMPLOYES Postmaster General Warns Woman Who Threatened Colored Post man With Bodily Harm If Not Removed. WRITES EMPHATIC LETTER • ________ IWIares All Power at Command of Government Will Be Employed For Protection of Public Servants. (Associated Negro Press) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 14.—That the United States government is able to protect all of its employees and has the disposition to do so is the burden of a letter received by Mrs. Otto J. Leeds, white, of this city from Postmaster General Harry S. New. Mrs. Leeds objected to having a Colored ■ man deliver her mail anu when the local postmaster refused to remove the carrier from his route,, she wrote General New, threatening bodily injury to the carrier if a white man was not placed on the district. General New’s letter has won general satisfaction from both white and Col ored people, not only in this state,! from which he hails, but from all over the country. The letter follows: I "My dear Madam:—Your letter of July 23, complaining that a Colored man is serving as mail carrier on the route on which you happen to live in Indianapolis, has been brought to my attention. I note your complaints and your implied threats directed against this man. I am further informed, as I have been on previous occasions, that you have repeatedly complained of the fact that your route was thus ] served, employing most intemperate language and threatening all sorts of consequences to the carrier if the matter was not arranged to your per sonal satisfaction. "I have to say that there are a! number of Colored carriers in the service of the Indianapolis post office as there are in post offices all over the country. These men have at-1 tained their positions in accordance! with the requirements of the law and j • t he post office regula*ion». They are, entitled to the respect to which all] faithful employes of the United States Government are entitled to all times and at all places, without re gard to race, color or political con sideration. The Post Office Depart-! ment could not, if it would, and would j noG if it could, be so unjust to this i public servant as to remove him without cause. "The consequence of such a violent outburst as is contained in the letter over your signature which is now be fore me, and the Department would remind you that all the power this Government has at its command will tie employed to protect its employes against violence or wrong resulting from anybody’s prejudices, from whatever cause arising, so long as those employes faithfully discharge the duties which have been entrusted to them, which I am assured by the •postmaster at Indianapolis the car rier in question does. Very respect fully yours, Harry S. New, Postmas ter General.” IHK'TOKM \KHKI> NOT TO GO TO TIJKliKGBK j Medical Association (Jrges Them to Stay Home I'nlrHN Col ored Head Is Ap pointed _ I St. Iiouis, Mo., Sept. 14.—Over BOO delegates from twenty states attend ing the National Medical Association here last -week went on record as standing for a complete colored per sonnel at the new government hospi tal for colored wounded soldiers at Tuekegee. A resolution adopted also called upon colored physicians appointed to subordinate imsitions at Tuskegee hos pital not to accept unless assured that they are to serve under Negro offi cials.. Delegates present subscribed $13,000 to assist in the re-opening of Leonard Medical School at 8haw University, ILaleigh, N. C. Thirty-five of the 180 colored hospitals in the country were represented and a Hospital Associa tion formed. Hear Bagnall Sunday afternoon. EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATION DRAWS * LARGE ATTENDANCE Governor Bryan Makes Favorable Impression By Excellent Address. About 2,000 people attended the fifth annual emancipation celebration given by St. John’s A. M. E. Churcn at Krug Park Monday. The weather was ideal for such an outing. The observance began with a parade of attractively decorated automobiles, headed by a band and a platoon of colored police officers, through the principal streets and thence to the park, where the celebrants enjoyed themselves with the various amuse ments offered. Late in the afternoon there were brief addresses by the Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor of the church, and Rev. John Adams, the principal address being delivered by Governor Charles W. Bryan, who made a most favorable impression up on the large audience by his excellent plea for the fullest and highest edu cational opportunities for all citizens and his clear cut and unequivocal ut terance on law and order and the equality of opportunity for all classes. The celebration culminated in a grand ball in the pavillion for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home. EX-WAITER SPENDS #100.000 Chicago, 111., Sept. 14.—George W. Hedge- ex-dining car waiter and his wife Marie took title last week to a $100,000 twenty-four-flat apartment house at Forty-fourth an Indiana ave nue. COL. HTAHLEY RESIGNS FROM VETS' HOSPITAL Tuskege, Ala.. Sept. 14.— (Special.) —With the resignation of Col. R. H. Stanley as head of the Veterans’ Hos pital, and the installation of Major Chas. T. Griffin of Iowa, acting tem ixjrary head, things are beginning to take a new turn. This change, however, does not quiet things nor are the colored people of the country near satisfied. They want a colored personnel from top to bot tom. The mere ‘'swapping" of one white man for another does not suf fice. It will be remembered that Col. Stanley is accused of being "Arch Angel" of the Ku Klux Klan. His re cent activities at Tuskegee made him repulsive to every self especting Negro in the country. And while his re moval from the Veterans Hospital here has helped matters a little yet the fight will continue for the thing which President Harding promised. Certified Appointment Washington, Sept. 14.—Secretary John Doyle, of the Civil Service Com mission said he had certified several colored men for superintendent of a Tuskegee Hospital but the Commission has not as yet been Informed as to the name of the person who has been selected or nominated as the. Medical officer In charge. Mr. Doyle would not make public the names of thoBe certified by the Commission. Offered Position Wilson, September 14.—Dr. F. S. Hargrove, leading physician, has been etndered a position on the medical staff of the U. S. War Veterans’ Hospital at Tuskegee, Ala., that car ries with it a salary of $5,000 a year and expenses. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Wm. Franklin, pastor of Pil grim Baptist Church, has been at tending the National Baptist conven tion at Los Angeles and will take a vacation before returning home. In his absence, the assistant pastor, Rev. J. D. Crum, preached a highly spiritual sermon at the morning ser vice last Sunday on the subject, “Where there is a will there is a way." The speaker at the evening service was Rev. Mr. Sayles. A business meeting of the deacons and trustees was held at the church last Wednesday night. A box party was enjoyed by the Alabama Club Sept. fi. The leaders of the various clubs of the church are asking for the full support of their members as the time is near for paying off the in debtedness. We must not fail. A banquet will be given in honor of the pastor by the Florida Club, September 18th. Mrs. Hatti e D.Smith, vice-presi dent of the choir, who was ill for a time, was able to attend the Sunday morning services. Q[ Along the Concrete |[~j im *5 ■ - LEAVES FOR EXTENDED VISIT Mrs. A. M. Stephens of 2720 Corby street, left August 31st for an inde finite visit with her brothers, Frank Peoples in Minneapolis, Minn., and Daniel in Independence, Kans.; her sieter In Emi>oria, Kans., and friends. Mrs. Crawford of thiq city who is visiting relatives and friends in Cana da will join her in Minneapolis. ALLEN CHAPEL, SOUTH SIDE Rev. O. J. Burkhardt, Pastor. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. S. E. Graves will conduct the eleven o'clock service and Rev. D. M. Har ris at the 8 o’clock. You are cordially invited and welcome to our services. DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Walter L. Seals died at the family residence, 2514 No. Twenty fifth street, last Saturday night after an illness of several months. The funeral, which was attended by a large number of friends, was held Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Seals is -urvived by her husband, a daughter, Walteretta, her mother and several other relatives. UAGNALL WILL ADDRESS MASS MEETING SUNDAY Robert W. Uagnall, who is an elo quent and forceful speaker, will ad dress a mass meeting Sunday after noon at 4 o’clock in the Grove M. E. Church, Twentysecond and Seward streets, under the auspices of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. Be on time, as a record breaking attendance Ib anticipated. EMINENT WOMAN SPENDS TWO DAYS WITH FNIENOS NENE .- ■ • Mrs. Addie W. Hunton-Floyd, Who Has Had a Useful and Distin guished Career Pays Omaha Brief Visit. COMMEHIS TWA LOCAL BITS Omaha had the honor on Wednes day and Thursday of this week of be ing visited by one of our distinguish ed women, Mrs. Addie W. Hunton, Field Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., and the only woman on the staff, who was the guest of Fr. and Mrs. John Albert Williams. Mrs. Hunton has had a distinguished career. She is a Virginian by birth and was edu cated in the public schools of Bos ton, the city college of New York, and the Kaiser Wilhelm University, Strassburg, Germany. She traveled largely in Europe on the completion of her university work. Entering on educational work, she taught in the schools of Virginia, in the A. and M. College of Alabama, and in Clark University of Atlanta, Georgia. She has been for many years prominent in the work of Woman’s Clubs, serving as president of the Atlanta Women’s Club, organizer of the State) of New York, president of the Civic Club of Brooklyn, National organizer of the National Association of Colored Worpen (1905-1910), and is at present chairman of the Peace ami Foreign Relations Department of the National Association of Colored Women, and Vice President of the International Council of Women of the Darker Races. Mrs. Hunton was delegate in 1913 to the World’s Stu dent Federation; in 1918 to the Allied Women’s Conference in Paris, and the first Pan-African conference, in 1913 and 1921, she was delegate to the National Council of Women. She was the pioneer worker to the National Board of the Y. W.- C. A. In the World War she served with remarkable credit in the A. E. F. for a year and a half, and all over the country “her boys” fondly remember her kindness and motherly care. She is the co-author of "Two Colored Women of the American Expedition ary Forces,” a thrilling and frank ac count of the story of the Colored Sol dier in France. Along with her public career Mrs.! Hunton played well her part as wife and mother. Her husband was the late William Hunton, the distin guished Y. M. C. A. international secretary. She has two children, both of whom have done unusual work in college, her son, Alphears, complet ing three years of college work in two years and her daughter, Eunice, being the second student in the his tory of Smith College to receive her bachelor’s and master’s degree at the same time. Mrs. Hunton was recently married to Captain James Floyd of Jackson ville, Fla., well known as a sea cap tain, a prosperous and successful bus iness man and a public-spirited race mtfh. Among “her boys” are Rufus W. Long and Frank Blackwell of Oma ha, whom she says were of great as sistance to her in her work. She pays them a high tribute. - ; I Members of Jimmie Cooper’s Revue at Gayety. t0T »#■ PROMINENT AUTHOR AND CLERGYMAN IS OMAHA VISITOR Rohert W. Bagnall, Director of Branches National Advancement Association Speaks Sunday. Omaha has as its guest this week Robert W. Bagnall, director of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, Fr. Bagnall is a priest of the Episcopal church, who for ten years was rector of St. Matthew’s Church, Detroit, Mich., the home parish of the editor. There he did a splendid work and everything was done by his vestry to prevent his resignation to take up his present work with the N. A. A. C. P. While rector of St. Mat thew’s he became tremendously inter ested in the much needed work for racial justice which the National As sociation is carrying on. This event ually lead him to resign his parish and throw himself whole heartedly into his present work. He is author of a number of short stories, contrib utor to the Nation, the Survey, the Southern Workman, Opportunity, The Crisis, The World Tomorrow and contributing editor of The Messen ger Magazine. He is a well-known orator and lecturer and is listed among the speakers of the American Forum Bureau. He has under his charge 449 branches of the Associa tion and the oversight of its field work. He is a member of the Kappa Alphi Psi, the American Society of Ph.vscical Research, the Civic Club of New York and a fellow of the Amer ican Negro Academy. He will speak at a mass meeting at Grove M. E. Church Sunday afternoon at four o’clock on “The New Emancipation.” All are invited. SEVERAL STUDENTS HAVE ENROLLED AT UNIVERSITY OF O.HAIIA _ Several of our students have en rolled at the University of Omaha which opens Monday. This excellent educational institution is growing apace in popularity, offering as it does such exceptional advantages to the youth of Nebraska. Among the stu dents who will attend are the Misses Ruth Jones, Frances Gordon, Grace Dorsey, Frances Smith, Lucille Bivens and Dorothy Williams and Lovejoy Crawford. There will probably be others of the older folk who as last year will take advantage of special courses offered in music, public speak ing. sociology and other branches. TAKE EXTENSIVE TRIP Mr. and Mrs. George Watson left Tuesday morning for an extensive western and southern trip which will In elude Oakland, San Francisco and Ixjb Angeles, Cal.; Waco, Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas and other Texas points. They expect to be gone two months. Sunday afternoon they bad as their dinner guests at their beauti ful residence, 2714 North Twentyeighth avenue, Mrs. Brooks of Waco, Texas; Messrs. J. C. Donley and Dillard Simpson and the Rev. and Mrs. John Albert Williams and family. COLORED MAH CAN DIDATE FOR MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA Race Voters Dissatisfied With Candi dates of Both Parties Because They Forget Promises “After Election” IE8R0ES LEUMIO TO HITE They Face the Issues Without a Com promise and Name J. Hy. Duckery, a Progressive Leader, as Candidate (Associated Negro Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 14.—Con siderable interest is manifested in the political situation in Philadelphia. Aside from lack of harmony in the or ganization, forward looking Negroes have taken a decided stand on certain political issues. The day has passed for soft talk, and in communities where the population is large, like In Philadelphia, these men and women are facing real issues, and are going on record as making no compromise. There is one thing certain, Negroes are learning to stick together as never before, and are striking out in un tried fields. The latest pioneering movement in the political field is the announcement that a very progressive Negro, J. Henry Duckery, successful in business here, has filed his nomina tion petition and formally entered the mayoralty race. He is backed by the United Civic Association, which com prises the best element of the city’s colored population, so it is said. Mr. Duckery was asked to enter the race by a committee of which John W. Sparks is chairman; Dr. Walter r. Brandon, C. J. Grant, C. A. Judge, Wil liam Bush, Harry Phillips, Isaac L. Banks, Jesse C. Evans and Arthur T*. Boykin. Dr. Duckery has been a res ident of Philadelphia for ten years. He has four sons and one daughter, two of the children being graduates of the University of Pensylvania. He was bom in Delaware fifty-five years ago. He has been politically active for a number of years, having during his residence of fifteen years in Bos ton helped to organize the colored voters', and assisted in electing a demo cratic mayor, governor and United States senator. The invitation to run erpressed the wide-spread dissatisfaction with the other candidates in the field, and call ed attention to the lack of interest shown in the Negroes “after election”. Aa expressed further in the invitation, "We may Just as well face the indis putable fact that, in politics as other wise, we are a segregated group, con sistently forced to such positions after election by the willful neglect of those we helped into office. We may not be able to elect you, but hope to be able to present through you our cause for complaint against a system which denies social, civic and political Jus tice to a citizen because of the color of his skin.” RECEPTION FOR FORMER OMAHAN The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper E. Brown, 2883 Miami street, was the scene Wednesday night of a delightful social affair when a largely attended reception was given for Mrs. John H. Kelley of St. Joseph, Mo., a former resident of Omaha. The hostesses were Mesdames Brown and J. M. Goff, whose house guest Mrs. Kelly is. Mrs. Kelly will leave for home Saturday morning. MOURN FOR IIARDING Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 14.—Amer icans in IJberia held a memorial serv ice recently for the late President Harding. Bishop Matthew W. Clair headed the committee on resolutions, which included Caswell Crews, Capt. Charles State, Major W. D. Nabors and Howard E. Young, secretary to Bishop Sampson Brooks. MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH GS SOUTH SIDE Rev. R. D. Drennings, Pastor. A large congregation was present at 3 o’clock on Sunday when N. Sampson was ordained deacon. There was also a large attendance in the evening. There will be baptism Sunday, 8ep- * tember 16, for which there will bo two candidates, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hawkins.