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THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS___ 1 PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered u Second-Olaae Mall Matter July 3. 1915. at the Poatofflee at Omaha, Nebraaka. under the Act of March 3, llTt._ ___ T¥lB REV, JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS------—— W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb— -_Aaaocla«e Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS- - - Manager ^ ^ |gTTQM _ . ...__...Circulation Manifltf SUBSCRIPTION RATE8, *2.00 A YEAR; *1.25 • MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertlalng Ratea Fumlahed Upon Application_ Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 v - - - .. .1 < < I 4 4 4 4 4 I ■■I A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK j “The greatest man is he who ( chooses the right with invincible j resolution, who resists the sorest [ temptations from within and with- | out, who bears the heaviest burdens | cheerfully, who is calmest in storms | and most fearless under menace 1 s.nd frowns, whose reliance on § truth, on virtue, on God, is most | unfaltering.” William Ellery Chan- | ning. INHItHNnmimnHfmHMIlllHIIIMIIIIIIIHmiillBIIIIIIIIIHHMIHIIIIIHIIIHIimilMlit PROMISING SIGNS are inclined to be very pes simistic concerning inter-racial conditions in the United States. They believe that the relations between the black and white races in America are becoming more and more acute and that the future holds little hope of peaceful adjustment or betterment. It is contended, with some foundation in fact for this opinion, that as the Col ored American advances in intelli gence, industry and thrift, his pro gress is met with resentment upon the part of the great body of white Americans. This resentment is man ifested in subjecting him to embar rassments, humiliations and denial of his civil rights which are becoming increasingly unbearable. This is en gendering bitterness and hostility up on the part of the progressive and self-respecting members of the race which bodes ill for amicable relations between the races. It is also pointed out that the average white American does not believe that Colored folk are capable of doing any worthwhile thing and consequently they are not entitled to any consideration. This mental attitude, which certain of our number contend it is impossible to change, is responsible for the con tetmptuous treatment to which our people are so largely subjected. Those who hold this pessimistic view are mistaken. The very fact that our progress meets with opposition shows that we are a factor worth consider ing. Opposition develops strength. And then there are many signs of promise which show that this obtuse mental attitude must change, can be changed and is changing. Among these may be noted the intelligent and sympathetic articles on the race question which are appearing in rep resentative magazines, reviews and other publications, not only from the pens of white writers but also those of our own. We are beginning to speak for ourselves and our voices are being heard. Within the past few months no less than four of our outstanding men have been invited to deliver addresses in leading Southern colleges, one of these being an influ ential girls’ seminary, where they were given not only a courteous but enthusiastic reception. It is needless to say that these gentlemen made a most favorable impression. These are among the promising signs of a bettej day for America; for what affects one part of the American people, for weal or woe, affects all. “QUALITY SERVICE" JT is a truth that needs emphasizing and especially for our people that “Quality Service” is -what counts. This was the point driven home with his usual eloquence made by Bishop Shaylor in addressing a gathering of professional men of the other group a few days ago. He pointed out that it is "quality service” which brings pro motion, which leads to the topmost round of success. If this advice is needed for the other people, it is cer tainly needed for our own. There is too much of a desire to simply “get by.” To render the minimum of serv ice, rather than the maximum. Too many of us are satisfied with medi ocrity. We should be filled with the determination to be the best in our line, whatever that be. Let the Ne gro race in America be fired with the ambition to excel in whatever we un dertake and our status will be rap idly changed. STRENGTH IN UNION T}0 you recall thorn words from Longfellow’s great poem, “Hia watha”? "I am weary of peer (panels, Of jepr wrangling* and dissension*. * All your strength is in your union, All your danger is in discord; Therefore be at peace henceforward, And as brothers live together.” These words are worth pondering by our people. Think them over. By united action the more than twelve million of our people can com mand anything we desire, that is reasonable and just in this country. This is also true of the more than 12.000 of our group in Omaha. We can become a power in the industrial, commercial, intellectual and political world. CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATURE U. L. BARNETT has filed as a can didate for the State Legislature from the Tenth district. This district contains a large number of our peo ple. Get behind Barnett and boost He is of good character and rep utation. His ability will compare fa vorably with that of other aspirants for legislative honors and none of us can have any excuse for not support ing him. THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN The current issue of the Southern Workman (published by the Hamp ton Institute Press) contains the sec ond and last installment of Edward F. Frazier’s articles on “The Co-oper ative Movement in Denmark,” de scribing the co-operative unions in three communities and giving extracts from the by-laws of the societies. An article on “Haiti,” by W. T. B. Wil liams, who recently made a study of educt.ional conditions there, gives an excellent picture of that country and is accompanied by interesting photo graphs. There is a short article on “Rural Education in China,” by Yun tin C. Li, professor of education at Peking Teachers College, China. The Hampton Institute Founder’s Day ad dress on Hollis Burke Frissell, by Hon. J. D. Eggleston, president of Hampden-Sidney College, Va., is printed in full. An editorial on the conference, held in December last, of the Committee of One Hundred on Indian Affairs gives a resume of the various mat ters discussed and the resolutions adopted. Another conference com mented on editorially is that held at Hampton Institute of the Virginia farm and home-demonstration agents. There are obituaries of E-President Woodrow Wilson and Mr. John H. Washington (a brother of Dr Booker T. Washington) of Tuskegee Insti tute. Robert T. Kerlin’s book on “Ne gro Poets and Their Poems" is re viewed in this number. Haiti. Haiti was first a Spanish and later a French colony. Negroes were in troduced to take the place of Indians, who did not prove satisfactory as slaves. The French developed great indigo, cotton, sugar, and coffee plan tations and built beautiful chateaux * all about the country. It is reported that toward the end of the eighteenth j century they had, with Negro slave labor, made of Haiti the richest col ony in the world. At this time they had 2,500,000 acres under cultivation and 400,000 slaves employed in the . fields alone. By 1780 slave labor was producing for the colonists $70,000, 000 annually. The close of the cen tury, however, found the Negro slaves and free mullatoes in revolt. They won their independence by driving the French from the country, and in 1804, set up an independent government un der their great Negro leader, Dessa lines. Haiti has many interests and at tratcions in its own right. It shares with the Republic of Santo Domingo the island called, by Columbus, His paniola. Haiti occupies the western end of the island and has an area of 10,000 square miles; accordingly it is about one-third the size of South Carolina. It has a dense population of 2,000,000 souls, or an average of 200 per square mile. The country is mountainous and abounds in beautiful scenery. The rivers of im portance are few. Haiti has not only a tropical climate with alternating wet and dry seasons, but, with moun tains everywhere, it furnishes nearly every degree of temperate climate as well. From the sea level to the moun tain tops great varieties of grains, vegetables, fruits, and flowers of both the tropical and temperate zones grow.—W. T. B. Williams in the Southern Workman. NEW YORK PASSES BONUS BILI — New York, March 14.—(By The Associated Negro Press). The Sol diers Bonus Bill, calling for an ex ! penditure of $45,000,000, has been! passed by the state legislature and: sent to Governor A1 Smith for his sig-' nature. The bill calls for the pay- j ment to each soldier who was honor ably discharged from the service of j $10 for1 each month of service up to $150. Bonds will have to be sold by the state to provide for the payments TO RECONSIDER COHEN CASE Washington, D C., March 14. (By The Associated Negro Press). Ac cording to the reports emanating from reliable source, the battle for the appointment of Walter L. Cohen as comptroller of the port at New Orleans, is not yet ended. It has been agreed that the senate will, be hind closed doors, take up the mat ter again March 17, in pursuance of a motion made by Senator Shipstead Farmer-Labor member from Minne sota. ANNOUNCEMENT We wish to announce the opening of a Branch Office at the North Side Bazaar, 2114 No. 24th St. Mr. J. E. Smith, formerly associat ed with Electric Appliances in Tor onto, Canada, is in charge. Mr. Smith has had fifteen years experience and is an authority on household devices. His specialty is the American Classic Washing Machine and the Hamilton Beach Vacuum Cleaner. Mr. Smith stands ready and will ing to supply your every need and you will find him a most courteous gentleman. Come in and get acquaintetd. De monstrations gladly given upon re quest. Phone WEbster 5566.—Adv. BUTLER SAVES BOY FROM ICY LAKE Chicago, 111., March 14.—(By Thfe Associated Negro Press). Charles Elkins, butler in the home of a North side family, answered the doorbell Wednesday to be told that there was a white boy drowning in the lake not far distant. Elkins dashed from t£e house and rescued John Hussack, 10 who had been coasting from an em bankment and had glided out to the thin ice. DON’T FAIL TO SEE THE DRAMA The Pilgrimage of Christiana which shows the progress of the Soul to ward the life eternal. Dramatized t from Bunyon’s Pilgrims Progress by Mrs. S. M. Wilkinson. Given by the Women’s Auxiliary of New Era Asso ciation, March 20th at Pilgrim’s Bap tist Church. Adv. ——— — m Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. ■naeted in 1898. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. Ail 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 amusemsnt; 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 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. "Hi* original act was held valid as to dtiaens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 26 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 6*8.” “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reaaga that he is colored, is dvilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in amors private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. M8;M. W.nt *... i. — i I f Herman’s 1 NEW GROCERY STORE J •{• 24th and Willis Avenue 2 '£ Phone WEbster 6915 ! i < y < Y FRESH FRUIT AND • ? VEGETABLES 2 | I | MY PRICES | | ARE RIGHT | I HILL-WILIJAMS DRUG | Y COMPANY J A FOUNTAIN PENS—STATIONERY \ X aGARS and CANDY X Eastman Kodaks and Supplies 4* ? 2402 Cuming Street $ y 4 Good News for Stout Women Nemo Self-Reducing No. 333 is a real bargain. It hna low top and medium skirt. X de in dur able pink or white util; sizes 24 to 36 and costs oniy $3.00. If your dealer can’t get it, send name, address, size and $3.00. We’ll send the corset. Nemo H> sir ale-Fashion Institute - 120 E. 16th St.. New York (Dept. Si Cornelius McGreevy ;; Republican Candidate ? ;; for Nomination for :: state I o REPRESENTATIVE X O A 9th Representative District ? A A Y . A Y A 0 YOUR VOTE WILL BE X :: APPRECIATED X Y A «» X ■> Primary April 8, 1924 f % Election, November 4, 1924 X x j N. W. WARE | ? Candidate for Municipal ¥ Judge £ Subject to the primaries of X t April 8th £ | SOLICITS YOUR VOTE | wtwwtwwwwww THOROUGHLY worthy used furni ture of every description is offered for sale at very reasonable prices in our warehouse, between the hours of 1 p. m. and 6 p. m. week days. ®th and Capitol Ave.—Orchard A Wilhelm Co. J W hv Not Let Ls Do Vour SHOE REPAIR WORK limt material, reasonable prices. ALL WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN & THOMAS Phone Web. 5984—1415 No. 24th f m <» :: NORTH SIDE BAZAAR t and X WOMEN’S EXCHANGE £ 2114 N. 24th St. £ ^ftffODOODOflOODOOOOOOOOOCof 444 4444444444*>44444<>444444 ! EMERSON’S LAUNDRY f The laundry That Suita All % I SOI No. 24th St. W eb. 0829 % 4444444!-m<!«»44K444m4<r « I % THE NEW I | Washington Market | f 1201 No. 24th St. | | New phone W’eb. 6290 | f FREE DELIVERY $ ? • A ^~X4~X>4444444444444>X*44*X»4 44444444444y44444444444444 H. A. CHILES & CO. t !l FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND V I! LICENSED EMBALMERS i> )I Chapel Phone, Web. 7133 ;; Reg. Phone, Web. 6349 ! ' 1839 No. Twenty-fourth St. <> Banda Famished to Reliable Pnrensis NOTARY PUBLIC IN OFFICE PHONES: Res., Web. 6613; Office, At. (Itt Res. 2863 Binney St. NOAH W. WARE ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW HOURS: 9 A. M. to 12.00 Noon; 1:M P. M. to 6:30 P. M. Kaffir Blk. 817 No. 16th St. Omaha ► > : : S - ; ; ► ► 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0' 0 3 Now Is the Time for | Blood Remedies jj Try a Bottle of Our ;; A. D. S. BLOOD REMEDY i To Purify Your Blood j! o * ^ 4 ' Peoples Drug Store WEbster <323 I Real Estate at Bottom $; Prices on Small Payments ? P. H. O’Dell Co. | Phone WEbster 4810 f Real Estate & Investments £ Insurance and I^oans X X 2855 Ohio St., Omaha, Neb. | * l Mid-City Coal Rock Spring Lump.$12.50 Old Ben Lump. 10.50 No. 1 Illinois Lump. 9.00 Illinois Lump and Egg. 8.50 Illinois Nut No. 1. 8.00 Colorado Lump. 9.75 Call Jackson 0115 or 0116 | I. LEVY I X DRUGGIST X % PERFUMES—CANDIES \ \ ? CIGARS j; ? For your convenience U. ;; ❖ S. Post Office sub station. ;; % 24th and Decatur Streets ;j; »»»♦♦»♦»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»»»»»♦i f—,» .. 0—0—0 . ... LE IRON ft GRAY ELECTRICAL WORKS Expert Electrical Engineers Motor*, Generators, Electric Elevators Repairs. Armature Winding, Electric Wiring PHONE JACKSON 201# 110 South 13th St., Omaha |.fr»0»»0»0+»0000»»»0»»e»»0' | SEEDS ji OF KNOWN QUALITY ” Flower, Grass and Garden '<! Seeds 11 Bulbs, Hardy Perennials | Poultry Supplies ! I -See Ub for Your- I! F'resh Cut F’towers ; ! Always on Hand |; | Stewart’s Seed Stare !: 119 No. 16th St.—Opposite <j I Postoffice — JA ckson 1977 *' ■ For Sickness ft Accident Insurance Call AUGUSTUS HICKS Tal. Webster 642B 27 U Miami St Wilk Bankers Accident Insurance C». Deahl Grocery Market ALWAYS A FRESH LISE OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES ASH MEATS GIVE US A TRIAL and try Square Deal Serf lee FREE DELIVERY 1917 Fuming 8t Phone Atlantic 0S88 i i I I ff VOTE FOR | I S. E. KLAVER I % ? •|- Republican Candidate For ? | COUNTY ASSESSOR | $ Four Years Experiece as Deputy Assessor | Primaries April 8th $ 1 CHARLES UNITTj $ REPUBLICAN X I? Solicit* your vote for Renomination for X 1 COUNTY COMMISSIONER X 5th Commissioner District X Always on the job from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. | Make it a “UNITT” on April 8th £ Resident of district for 42 years | ATlantic 9344 •'< PiNKETT, MORGAN &. 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