THE MONITOR A W—ALT NSWIPAPIR DHVOTKD PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORBP AMERICANS mump imi fridat at omaha, Nebraska, by the MONITOR FUBUSHINQ COMPANY fclml u Sccond-Clcaa Mail Matter July 2, 1*16, at the Poet off toe at Q-- Natnaka, mmOwr the A at at Maroh 2. 1272.__ Tks R«v; JOHN ALIIRT'WILLIAMS--T.T.TiTT.-?^ W. W. MOSSLY, Lincoln, Neb----Aacoclate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS---1-_-au*in*“ ^ ^ HITTQN _Clrcuihtlpn Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, SAM A YEAR; |l.» • MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS _AdvertIclns Retcc FumbScO Upon ApM*cet*—_ Address, The Monitor, Poetoffiee Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbeter 4243 Vs. -J ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Cltimnship Eights Net to Be Abridged 1. AD persens hern or sstursUaed is the United States, ! and ssbject ts the jnrisdietisn thereof, are dtizens sf the ; United States and ef the State wherein they reside. Ne • state shall make sr enforce any law which shall abridge the ! pslillof or immunities sf ritizeas of the United States; nor ; •hsD any state deprive any person of H/s, liberty, or prop- ; srty without due process ef law, ser deny to any person . wfthla its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. k THOUGHT FOB THE WEEK I would be TRUE for there are those who trust me, I would be PURE for there are those who care. I would be STRONG for there is much to suffer, I would be BRAVE for there is much to dare, [ would be FRIEND to all the many friendless, I would be GIVING and forget the gift, I would be HUMBLE for I know my weakness, I would LOOK UP, and laugh and love and lift —Howard Walter. THE CITY ELECTION QMAHA voters have emphatically endorsed by their votes the pres ent city administration, popularly known as the Dahlman administra tion, because of the acknowledged leadership in administrative affairs of the man who for fifteen years has j served as this city’s chief executive, James C. Dahlman. His re-election for the sixth time to this position is a recognition of which any man might well be proud, and ought to silence much of the carping criticism which is so much in evidence during politi cal campaigns. Mayor Dahlman is to be congratulated upon the place he holds in the esteem of his fellow citi zens. His political strength lies in his sincerity, warm-heartedness and square dealing with all classes of citi zens. The endorsement of him and his administration bears testimony to the fact that the public believe he and the men associated with him have honestly striven to do their duty, as they see it, for the best interests of the city. That Hummel, Noyes, Hop kins and Dunn, the latter having the hardest job of all, Koutsky and even the recalcitrant Butler, diabolus advo catus, have at least, tried to make good, is the verdict of the public as attested by their votes. The election is over. The people have made their choice. Now, let us all work together for a greater and better Omaha. That there are many evils in our city to be corrected, none can doubt. This, the commissioners themselves, will admit. We believe that they are interested in doing what they can to improve our city, not only on its physical and material side, but upon its moral side. Vice is a liability to a city or municipality, as it is-to an individual and not an asset. It cannot, however, be eradicated at once by any magical or legal process. It ought not, however, be given en couragement or protection. The law should be impartially enforced with out fear or favor. If this be done our community, like other communities, will be gradually raised in moral tone and status. That the present ad ministration has been given such a vote of confidence should inspire every member of the commission to do his best to make Omaha, as far as he can, all that it should be. The electorate of this city have chosen the seven men they believe most compet ent to administer the city affairs. Let us uphold their hands and do our part with them to make our city the kind of city we desire it to be. HOW OUB PEOPLE VOTED ANALYSIS of the precincts in which a large number of our peo pie reside disiloses' the fact that we voted according to our convictions and not under any lash as a unit. In cer tain precincts where it was anticipat ed that there would be overwhelming majorities for one slate or the other, there was disappointment as the re sults showed a more or less discrim inating balance. There was not the one-sidedness which was expected. This is as it should be and shows that we are beginning to think for our selves. Of course, there are times, measures and candidates upon which it is to our best interest to act unit edly and to let it be known that we are a unit. There are other measures and candidates upon which we may differ, honestly differ, and then we should act accordingly without fall ing out with one another or impugn ing the motives of one another. We have much to learn, it is true; but the encouraging fact is that we are learn ing, even though slowly. This fact is demonstrated by the way our people voted in the city campaign. LET US HAVE TEACHERS JT HAS been several years since our people were represented on the corps of public school teachers, de spite the fact that our population and the school population and the teaching force have multiplied many times, we have not a single representative on the large corps of teachers employed in this city. The chief reason for this may be due to the fact that so few | of our young women have qualified | and applied. We know of only two ! who have filed applications within ! the past twenty years, one of these 1 being last year and the other this year. Both applications are on file and both applicants have the required qualifications, each holding first class teachers certificates, and we see no reason why they should not be ap pointed. Superintedent Beveridge, who has the final word to say con cerning the appointment of teachers, has the reputation of being a fair minded Christian gentleman who would interpose no objection where applicants are qualified, and Dr. J. H. Wallace, chairman of the Teach ers’ Committee, whom we have per sonally known for years is also a high-class, broad-finded gentleman, who can be relied upon to do the right thing, which we believe to be also true of the gentlemen associated with him. We, therefore, see no valid rea son why Omaha should not again be numbered with other progressive cit ies like Cleveland, Detroit and Chi cago who have competent young wo men of our race as teachers in their public schools. As taxpayers we are entitled to this recognition. There fore let our young women qualify and apply and let us take whatever steps may be necessary to secure their ap pointment. Mrs. Louise M. Fairweather, of Brooklyn, was elected at the recent state convention as an alternate dele gate-at-large to the National Repub lican Convention. She is the first woman of the race to be sent from the state of New York to a National Convention. We expect to meet all eight of them at the National Colored Demo cratic Convention in Baltimore next month, and hope that the Convention will not split on the wet and dry issue. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM RACE % :: PREJUDICE 11 By Morney Williams \ \ (For the Associated Negro Press) \; OGOD, who hast made man in Thine own likeness and who dost love all whom Thou hast made, suffer us not, ! \ because of difference in race .color or condition, to ;; ■ • separate ourselves from others, and thereby from Thee; but & I teach as the unity of Thy family and the universality of j! ; Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was bora of an Hebrew ? < > mother and ministered first to His brethren of the House I of Israel, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phoenician wo ; man and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be J ■ carried by a man of Africa, teach us, also, while loving and ; ! serving our own, to enter into the communion of the whole < > ; human family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and ! 1 1 hardnam at heart, we should despise any for whom Christ ; ' died, or injure anr in whom He lives. Amen. A STORY OF THE MARTYRS OF 1822 (Continued from Page 1) able of receiving and retaining, at least a single ferfnenting idea. And when Vesey was thereupon asked, 1 “What can we do?" he knew by that token that the sharp point of his spear had pierced the slavish apathy of ages of oppression, and that thence forth light would find its red and revolutionary way to the imprisoned minds within. To the query, “What can we do?” his invariable response was, “go and buy a spelling book and read the fable of ‘Hercules and the Wagoner,’" They were to look for Hercules in their own stout arms and backs and not in the clouds, to brace their iron shoulders against the wheels of adversity and oppression, and to learn that self-help is ever the best prayer. (To be continued) j LOUISIANA PLANS FOR SUMMER SCHOOLS New Orleans, La., May 9.—(By the Associated Negro Press.) — Twenty summer schools for Negro workers will be conducted jointly by the state board of education and the parish school boards. At New Orleans, Shreeveport and Baton Rouge special courses in special studies will be given. One of the features of these summer schools will be a week’s in stitute at Southern University to put before the directors and instructors the subject matter to be taught in these summer schools. This phase of work is under the direction of A. C. Lewis, state agent for rural schools for Negroes. THE AWAKENING OF SPRING “The Awakening of Spring,” a beautiful spectacle will be presented by thirty children representing spring flowers in connection with the de lightful two-act operetta, “A Nautical Knot,” or “The Belle of Bamstapoole” which is to be given at Brandeis the atre, Wednesday night, May 28th, un der the direction of Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston. MEMBER OF TRAFFIC SQUAD A. Count Wilkinson, the genial edi i tor of the New Era has been appoint ed as one of the volunteer traffic j squad. The appointment comes thru ] Bert LeBron of the Lebron Electrical ■ Company. Prominent white citizens are members of this squad and this is the first appointment of a mem ber of the race. It is said other ap pointments wlil be made. OFFICIAL NOTICE — U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.’s, pleas take [ | notice! The annual Thanksgiving services will be held at St. John’s A. M. church, Twenty-second and Willis avenue, Sunday afternoon, May 18, at 2:30 o’clock. Brothers meet at U. B. F. j hall, 2426 Grant street, at 1:80 o’clock; : sisters at church at 1:30. M. C. SANDS, District Deputy. —Adv. A special service for waiters will be held at St. Paul’s Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon between 3 and 5. ! Fine music. Public invited. FOR RENT—Room. Single lady pre ferred. Phone Web. 5355 after 5 p. m. 5-9-24 FOR RENT—Room in modem home to desirable couple. Web. 6031. 5-9-24 NEWSLETS Dallas, Texas, has a “Brotherhood I of Negro Building Mechanics.” How many colored delegates will be at the National Convention ? The first colored RepublicanCool idge Club was organized in Boston. Love can still be found in cottages —of the $10,000 bungalow type. Although they seldom have car tridges, every native of Egyptian Sou- j dan goes armed with a rifle. — There are those who believe that the referee has counted •time on our old “leaders,” whose chief asset is florid oratory. There are 917 colored laborers and semi-skilled operatives, including 25 females, employed in the Akron, Ohio rubber factories. Attorney S. M. Dudley, a popular and well-known churchman, of Waslv ington, D. C., is a candidate for Sec retary of Church Extension, A. M. E. Zion connection. Archie Greathouse, of Indianapolis, one of the, most successful and re liable colored business men in Indi ana, has organized the Greathouse Realty Company. It is claimed that a rusty safety pin, found on a dark comer during a thunderstorm, will ward off bad luck, if v/onf in the toe of the left shoe. STATE PARKS GROW RAPIDLY IN FAVOR *'A Park Every Hundred Miles” Is National Slogan. Washington, D. O.—“City parks and national parks are well enough known; now enters the state park, which, In popularity, bids fair to rival its older park sisters,” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C.. headquarters of the National Geographic society. “The forthcoming national confer ence on state parka, at Gettysburg, Pa., will emphasize the rapidly mul tiplying uses of these state reserva tions,” the bulletin points out “Many visitors are expected to at tend the conference, both because of the varied program touching upon so many phases of outdoor life, and also because the conference la meeting at one of the most famous battlefields of modern times, notable for Its me morials to the men of both the North and the South who fell there, and also for the scenic beauty of the panorama of knolls and hillsides that form the Gettsysburg state reservation. “Arrangements for the meetings are being made by John Barton Payne, chairman of the conference on state parks, whose headquarters are at the National Bed Cross building. In Wash ington, D. C. “A Park Every One Hundred Miles." 'The rapid growth of these parks makes the slogan 'a park every hun dred miles’ seem not so Impossible as It sounds. Twenty-six states now have their own park systems, and these parks range from the vast Adirondack park, in New York state, with more than three million acres, to the one-acre sand bar in the Connecticut river, which Is Itart Island State park, of Connecticut. "Michigan leads all the states in the number of its state-owned parks, with thirty such reservations. Connecticut, though one of the smallest states, Is second, with twenty-live parks. "Then comes New York, with twen ty-two parks ; Minnesota, with seven teen ; Pennsylvania, with fourteen; while Iowa, with Its thirteen reserva tions, to which It Invites tourists to re pair ‘from prairie land to fairyland,’ Is the leader of the state park move ment In the Middle West. “Havens for the tourist are afford ed in Increasing numbers of the state parks; some of them offer camping places for the entire vacation period. In Wisconsin the city dweller can rent an Island for a nominal sum. and play Rwlss Family Robinson for several weeks. "Many of the best known state parks embody world renowned scenic fea tnres—notably Niagara falls. New York. They furnish a panorama of tfifc varied physical features our coun try possesses—from the curiously mod eled gorges of Mashamoquet Brook State park, of Connecticut, to the trop ical setting of the Royal Palm State park, of Florid^. less than fifty miles southwest of Miami. “Historic and literary shrines are preserved, as in Lincoln’s home. In the Old Salem State park, of Illinois, and In James Whitcomb Riley’s ’old swlm mln’ hole’ on an Indiana reservation. Indiana also preserves In some of her parks her magnificent waterfalls, which fact may be an Item of news to many travelers whose knowledge of her geography Is confined to car-win dow observations on transcontinental trips. When Illinois Was Under Ocean. “Starved Rock park. In Illinois, per petuates far older history than that to be found In textbooks— Its limestone formations date back to a period when America’s inland was the floor of a sea. “Tropical Jungle, the giant redwood trees of California, the sand dunes of Indiana, waterfalls, lovers’ lanes, the Jeweled lakes of Minnesota, the moun tain outlooks of Connecticut—these are a few of the wonder spots which states have set aside for the use of all their people and as a heritage for their children. “If you take Noah Webster’s word for It, a park used to he ‘an enclosed piece of ground stocked with beasts of the chase, held by prescription or the king’s grant.’ The idea of the state parks conference seems to be that today a park Is ‘an unenclosed piece of ground stocked with beasts, trees, flowers, or other scenic features, not to be destroyed, but held by pre scription of the people for their own use.’ “The annual conference this year to be held during the last week of May at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, will con sider the development of the many uses of these state parks. “Their value as game refuges, for camping and nature study, extension of trails for hiking, establishments of more museums for preserving speci mens, and their wider use In scientific study will be considered. “Bach year finds new state recruits in the movement for state park sys I terns. In Kentucky the legislature ■ has Just passed a measure creating a state park commission. Three pro posed sites for parks In the Blue Grass state are the place near Bardstown, where Stephen Foster wrote ‘My Old Kentucky Home,’ the place of Lin coln’s birth, near Hodgenvllle, and Mammoth cave.” Horae Sold for Two Bits Alturas, Cal.—One horse was sold for 28 cents and 30 horses were sold for $1 each at a recent public auction held here to clear the national forest ranges of horse herds of little value. The highest price paid for any horse was 117. _ Greece Offers to Lend U. S. Statue of Hermes Geneva.—As a mark of esteem for American democracy, Greece, the youngest republic in the world, has offered to lend the American people one of the most beautiful of statues, bequeathed to her by antiquity— ”Hennes Carrying the iDfant Diony sos,” the masterpl ece of Praxiteles, the famous Greek sculptor of the Fifth A VISIT TO STATE CONVENTION AT LINCOLN At 9:15 a. m. I boarded the Bur lington train bound for the Republican State Convention of Nebraska at Lin coln. Delegates to the number of 114 were sent by the Douglas County Convention. A caucas was held by the Douglae county delegation at the Lindell hotel just before the State Convention went into session. Failing to receive notice of the caucas I was absent, but, thanks to our friends 1 was made a member of the county central committee. The republican State Convention of Nebraska, consisting of 994 regularly elected delegates, was called to order at 12 o’clock by the retiring chairman of the state central committee. Then followed the temporary organization with the key-note address. The tem porary organization was made the permanent organization. Then follow ed the appointment of several com mittees to nominate the personel for committee on platform, presidential electors, state central committee, etc. To follow attentively the manipula tions and the workings of the great republican machinery of state was both instructive and entertaining. A spirit of harmony prevailed through out the meeting. Douglas county delegation, the largest and therefore the most con spicuous, enlivened the ccasion with newly coined songs. One of the favor ites began thus, "Oh, it’s Calvin, Cal vin Coolidge”. After a recess for luncheon the convention re-assembled at 2:30 p. m. Then followed a galaxy of brilliant speakers who apparently made the rafters qiver. The conven tion adjourned sine die amidst the ef fulge of an enthusiasm that knows no failure. 1 spent the remainder of the week very pleasantly and profitably visit ing friends and looking after some af fairs for The Monitor. Sunday a*, mornlng services 1 worshipped with the Rev. Mr. M. C. Knight and his good people, at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church. An experience meeting was held and many of the audience spoke briefly for the Master. There were three additions to the kingdom of our Christ. Madame Murcleroy and the writer were entertained at dinner by the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Knight. I was delighted to learn that the Rev. Mr. Knight is a Tuskegean and a native | Alabanaian (for such am I). We lm 1 mediately proceeded to become fast and familar friends. Rev. Mr. Knight has proven his worth as a pastor since coming to Lincoln. He has built a large, beautiful, oak finished, seven room and two-story parsonage, mod ern throughout, neatly painted and decorated, at a cos*, of $5,000. His charge is w'ell organised. He will ex ceed his annual church budget this year by $2000. He Is an Inspiration to any Christian worker. Mrs. Murcleroy, who goes to Gary, Ind., to live in the near future, was the recipient of a very valuable token of rememberanee from the succeeding president of the women’s H. M. So ciety. J. D. CRUM. CARD OF THANKS I take this method of thanking those who assisted me in getting the Insurance ($643.49) on my late huB band, Richard Kelly. I especially wish to thank Mr. Bob Robinson for hig kindness in my behalf. DELIA KELLY. Picking a political “leader” appears to be the new and favorite pastime of our editors. I I f GARAGE | y Strictly modern six-room hom*-, X y all on on<* floor. Well located. Just A y off busy Twenty-fourth street cor- y y ner. Besides a good home this y f property has fine speculative value y { for business property. Price $1,500, y f on easy terms. Evenings call TED Y X PITKIN, HArney 7.r,40. y & METCALFE CO. j ? 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