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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
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ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE {'
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! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged \",
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! 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
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“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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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