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THE MONITOR ! A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered aa Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS._.--- Editor W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb. .-. ....Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS----- Business Manager B. S. SUTTON_ ____—Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 A YEAR; *1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnlehed Upon Application_ Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 »n .. — { > o ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE {' ! I UNITED STATES -1 ( > * ! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged \", ( » « * ! 1. AU persons born or naturalized in the United States, !! ; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ;; ' 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 j; ; > shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- £ !! erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person I ; | within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. < ’ THE HEARTS OF MEN MEN of different races, colors, creeds and nationalities largely regard each other as radically dif ferent from themselves fundamental ly and essentially. And this accounts for the misunderstandings, dislikes, hatreds which divide mankind into hostile groups and is responsible for strife, discord and war. But after all these differences are only super ficial. Humanity is essentially one. “Every human heart is human.” A realization of the truth that all men everywhere are children of the one All-Loving Heavenly Father and are therefore brethren will heal the wounds of the world and turn the discordant note of hate into the sweet uplifting song of rove. And this is the truth that all of us should strive to realize and fulfil in our dealings with one another. THE BOK PEACE PLAN A VAST deal of adverse criticism is being given the Bok Peace plan, for which an award of $50,000 has been given. It is truly said that the features proposed are neither new nor original. But this is not against it. There is very little of originality in anything. Many things consider ed new and original and wonderfully helpful are not, but are merely re discoveries and restatements of what others have done and said. The plan proposed strongly appeals to us as a very sane step towards tne promo tion of world peace and the banish ment of war. Any sincere proposal to accomplish this should be given cordial hospitality and honestly tried. There must be some workable plan for promoting international good. The Bok plan points the way. SOCIAL AGENCIES COCIAL agencies under whatever worthy auspices undertaken for the betterment and uplift of the masses in our community should be given hearty support and encourage ment. The time has passed for pre judice, religious or racial, against any worthwhile organization which is honestly and sincerely striving to help develop a high type of! citizen ship by providing instruction, enter tainment and recreational advantages for our youth. There |s need for such agencies. For this reason The Monitor is pleased to note that under the auspices of the Christ Child So ciety a much needed community work has been opened in connection with the Church of St. Benedict the Moor on Grant street which under a com petent trained worker aims to do ef fective work among the people in that vicinity. ATTENTION EX-SERVICE MEN colored world-war veterans who have filed claims for dis ability compensation or desire to file claims are requested to register their names at once with the Colored Com mercial Club, 2122 North Twenty fourth street. FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB rpHE report of the Labor Bureau of the Colored Commercial Club from September 15 to December 31, discloses some interesting facts which fully justifies its claim to being a necessary and helpful welfare agen cy. The total number of persons call ing upon the bureau to send them people for various work was 566. The total number of persons applying for work was 1528. The number given emplovment was 424, an average of 4 persons a day for the period. The classification of men sent to jobs by the bureau is as follows: cooks, 17; janitors and porters, 106; laborers, 18; painters, 8; handy men, 39; car washers 7. Of women the classifica tion stands: cooks, 49; chamber maids, 13; day workers, 103; house maids, 32; waitresses, 12; dust maids, 13. Commissioner R. L. Williams who is in charge of this work is dili gent in trying to find employment for all applicants. The bureau desires to have as complete a registry as pos sible of workers of all kinds, in or der that it can promptly bring to- j gether the man or woman who want' work with the man or woman who is in need of workers. It is to be no ticed over 1500 applicants applied for work during this time, an average of 500 a month. WHAT OTHER EDITORS AaV _ “Let Him That Is Without Sin fast the First Stone” Under the above caption the Movie Age publishes the following editorial which furnishes food for reflection upon the part of those who are quick to condemn before knowing facts: It was many years before Edgar Al len Poe, first among American men of letters in the earlier half of the nine- : teenth century, was granted a niche in the Hall ot Fame, selections being arbitrarily made by a committee which for a time seemed to agree that fame was purely a matter of morals, and that to be good was to be great. The same spirit seems to be abroad again —the spirit that would exclude Lord Byron’s immortal works from library shelves; that would deprive the world of the best that Oscar Wilde gave from his pen; that would consign George Elliott’s books to the bonfire, and have closed the mouth of Sarah Bern hardt at the Very zenith of her drama tic career. Now there is an outcry against Mabel Normand just because she hap pened to be in a room, with another woman present, wher her crazy, in fatuated chauffeur shot a man of whom he was evidently jealous. There is nothing to indicate that Miss Nor mand knew of her servant’s secret passion, and certainly the circustances do not condemn her as being present for any immoral purpose. In that case she would have been alone with Dines. It is nothing new for men to cherish a secret love for film stars, nor is it the first time an infatuated man, mad dened by such love, has attempted to commit murder. This form of insan ity is Muite common. Now, the forces of reform, without a hearing, are clamoring for Miss Normand’s “scalp”. Thev seem deter mined to make an example of her. But why? Because it affords them an op portunity to parade their own moral ity; because by condemning her they fancy they exalt themselves. This is but another form of insanity, and equally as dangerous to society as the first. W’e are glad to see the public has not become stampeded, and are satis fied to pass judgment on pictures and not persons. We do not believe that anyone ever has, or ever will be demoralized by a picture in which Miss Normand ap pears, and we are confident that should Will Hays make a thorough in vestigation he would exonerate her of all blame. NBW8LBT8 (Lincoln News Service.) Africa has but very few good har bors. King Tut must have instructed the royal grave digger to plant him deep. We shall soon learn whether he was a descendant of Shem, Ham or Japhet. (Jtlveston, Texas, boasts of a thriv ing Negro Board of Trade and Cham ber of Commerce. _ Prince Bull-Wayo Cetewayo, age 70, of Zululand, Africa, recently married a Hopkinsville, Ky., maiden. One of the leading milk dealers in Freehold, N. J., is Mr. John Jones, a colored man. The colored postil clerkR of Deni son, Texas, have organized a branch j of the National Alliance of Postal Em- ■ ployees. — The eight states having mulatto pop- 1 illations of 100,000 or more are Geor- ( gia, Virginia, Alabama, North Caro lina, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and Texas. One of the leading European news distributing agencies has issued in structions to Its American manager to cable full reports of all lynchings in this country. Secretary Davis, of the Department of Labor, says: “Both workers and employers in the United States are j -- -.. . — . ■ — I I ... <» ■ Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights, i 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 f accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the j 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. 'The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 25 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 reastm than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in amove private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 86S;N. W. 718" better off today than are workers and emp'overs anywhere else in the world.” , When Llewellyn Smith and Charles S. Johnson, who wo‘e such enligiten ing articles about the colored citizens of New York City and Illinois, respec tively come to Washington, they will find something worth while to write about. Mr. Walter F. Wilson, a horticultur ist and the owner of the Wilson Violet Farm, located near Big Rapids, Mecos ta county, Michigan, is the leading colored grower of flowers in the Unit ed States. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT The second quarterly meeting of the Superintendents and Teachers As sociation of New Era Baptist Sunday School Convention of Nebraska will be held with Mt. Zion Baptist Sunday School Sunday, January 20, begin ning at 2:30 P. M. andfthe program will be rendered as scheduled. Lin coln will take notice.—H. L. Ander son, president; M ss Forystine Maxey Secretary. Mrs. Ollie Ray was called to Kan sas City, Mo.j last week an account of her daughter’s illness. Mrs. Roy Williams of Coffeeville, Kans., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Williams here. Mr. Henry Williams was sent to Omaha Sunday to enter the hospi tal to take treatment for his eyes, which are in bad shape. Household of Ruth No. 5988 held a very interesting session at their annual meeting and the following elected officers were installed by the Past Most Noble Governor, Mrs. W. R. B. Alexander: P. M. N. G., Mrs. Jennie Johnson; R. N. G., Mrs. Ma mie Todd; R. N. G., Mrs. Lillian Gurley; N. G., M‘>. Ollie Ray; W. R., Mrs. Alma Wile;. ; W. T., Mrs. Lulu B. Alexander; W. Prelate, Mrs. Helen Owens. Revival meeting- began at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Monday night with a goodly crowd piesent. It will con tinue all the week. Services at Mt. Zion Baptist Church was fairly attended Sunday. Rev. H. W. Botts preached his ususal fine sermons; Sunday School and B. Y. We are proud to note that Mr. Ray Holcomb is employed at the New National Bank of Commerce as col lector and Mrs. Ada Ashford has tak en charge of the lunch room. v This increases the number of our group to five. Death of Mrs. Delia Alexander The funeral of Mrs. Delia Alexan der, who departed this life on last Monday night, was held in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Thursday afternoon and was preached by Rev. H. W. Botts, being assisted by his associa ted pastors, M. C. Knight of A. M. E. and G. W. Carter of Newman M. E. Churches. The speaker chose as his text: “I have fought a good fight; have kept the faith. The de ceased, no doubt, died as she lived, which was in the triumph of faith in her Master. The pastor spoke of her as being a true Christian character, saying that amid her long illness and intense suffering, she never com plained, but always seemed to rejoice in the songs and prayers of the right eous about her. She always had a good word for her church, warning her children and friends to always be faithful and true to the cause of Christ. Hence a lasting example was left by her for those wohm follow after. Resolutions of condolence from the officers and members of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and friends were read by Mrs. W. R. B. Alexander. Mr. James Bedell sang a special solo. The deceased was a member of four lodges—The Daughters of Bethel, the Daughters of Tabernacle, Heroines of Jericho and Order of the Eastern Star—all of which performed their obsequirs over the body. Relatives present were: Mrs. Ida Todd and husband; Mrs. Laura Sparks and husband, grand son W. L. Todd and wife, grand sons, Edwin Todd and Walter Gill, Lincoln; son Wm. Alexander of Davenport, la., nephew, Mr. Geo. Curtis and wife from Manhattan, Kans. A large crowd of friends turned out to take a last look at the deceased. “As she sleeps in sweet peace be yond, may others follow after her by precepts and example.” W. MOSLEY. VITONA MINERAL ORE This great mineral has been tested1 for many years and has relieved thou sands of people of Indigestion Ca 'arrh, Eczema, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Plies, Inflamed Sore Eyes, Gout, Blood Poison Erysipelas, Constipation, Fe male Complaints, Nervous Troubles and all Blood Disorders. If you are afflicted with any of these diseases, or if your system is all run down, a fair and honeet trial of this Wonderful Natural Remedy will do wonders for you. Place the con tents of the package In one quart of milk warm water, and let it stand for twenty-four hours. 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