The monitor r WMKLT KIWITATIR DWTOT1D PRMARILT TO THE INTERE•TB OF COLORED AMERICANS __ rUBlimiD EVERT rRIDAT AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR RUBLISHINO COMPANY — «.-■■ W.n Matter !<■'»■ « la1s Pootortloo at OmsIu^ Etbriak*, th# A«t of March S. 1879. TMH REV, JOHN ALBiRf~WILUAM»-iSSdifidltor W. W. MOtILY, Lincoln, Net).- —-iu.TJS^/now ■"■"wv——Wl A 4 -ciggTtSS K SUBSCRIPTION RATHE, M-dO A *** 3 MONTHS Advcrtldw Rates rcmMlcd Upon Application_ Address, Th* Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 Ve —J ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Cltiaeaahip Rights Not to Be Abridged , 1. AH psrssM bora or aatnraHsed ia the United States, and sahjsct ta the jarisdiction thereof, are dtiaens ef the United States and ef the State wherein they reside. Ns ■tats shall make er eaferee aay law which shall abridge the privileges er immoaltiss of dtiiena of the United States; aor shai aay state deprive aay person of bfe, liberty, er prop erty witheat doe process of law, aor deny to aay perse* within its Jarisdictloa the equal protection of the laws. THE RIGHT METHOD WILLIAM PICKENS who is un questionably one of the most scholarly, able and outstanding men of America, irrespective of race, for mentality and morality override the accidents of pigmentation and de scent, is well qualified to give advice on the ‘‘Race Problem”. In speaking before the international conference of Social Workers at Toronto recently he very forcibly showed that the Southern method has not solved the race problem, but has DEVELOPED it. Its method is that of segregation, which makes for estrangement, mis understanding and bitterness. Mr.; Pickens is a Southerner and knows ; whereof he speaks. The failure of j this method should prevent other sec- j tions trying the impossible. He very | truly says: “We must substitute for { this system community interest for! the Negro. We must cease the abor tive effort to encyst him; we cannot; successfully encyst him; we must as similate him. Blood assimilation is not necessary—not an end to be pro posed at any rate. But there must be assimilation in civil culture and in civil processes; in industry, in eco nomics, in education, in politics.” The North and West unfortunately are becoming tainted and impregnated with the idea that the Southern meth od is the wise and practical method. This is a fatal mistake. It has not worked in the South, but has proven to be as Mr. Pickens says, “THE PROBLEM FACTORY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNTIL THE END OF THE SYSTEM.” It certain ly will not work in the North where the Negro because of a larger free dom and better educational advan tages and conditions has developed a spirit and independence which is im possible under the repression to which he has been subjected in the South. The application of the Southern sys tem in the North means unquestion ably, sooner or later, serious trouble. It is therefore to be hoped that the broad-minded people of the North will realize what the broad-minded people of the South must eventually realize and we believe are coming to realize that the Southern method of dealing with the race problem, has not, does not, nor cannot solve it, and apply the just and sensible method of help ful and sympathetic co-operation, upon the principle of from each ac cording to his ability and to each ac cording to his needs. This is the right method. IT PAYS TO FIGHT JNFORMATION that must prove gratifying to all right-minded Amer icans, and we believe them; to be in the vast majority, is that which re lates to mob-murder or lynching which is the crying disgrace of our country. The number of lynchings re ported for the first six months of this year is five. This is an amazing reduction from that of former years. Of course, this is five too many in any civilized country, but it points hopefully to the fulfillment of the dream of Negro newspapers of this country w'hich were the first, merely “a voice crying in the wilderness” to begin the agitation against lynching. Among the outstanding services of the Negro newspaper in the United States has been its persistent agitation and fight for forty years against lynching and mob violence. Gradually its feeble voice was heard and here and there a powerful daily raised its voice against this iniquity. Then came that 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 ; Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was born of an Hebrew 1; mother and ministered first to His brethren of the House ' of Israel, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phoenirian wo man and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be ; carried by a man of Africa, teach us, also, while loving and serving oar own, to enter into the communion of the whole Imp!— family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and hardness of heart, we should despise any for whom Christ died, or injure an? in whom He lives. Amen. great organization, the National As sociation for the Advancement of the Colored People, which has consistent ly, uncompromisingly and scientifical ly fought lynching for the past de cade by a tremendous campaign of publicity and agitation for a federal law. The conscience of the country has been so aroused that there has been a steady reduction of lynching in the last few years. It must not be forgotten, however, that the United States and all lovers of America’s good name owe a debt of gratitude to the Negro press of the country and to the N. A. A. C. P. for rtieir work in redeeming America from this men ace and curse. The work is not yet consummated. There must be no ces sation in this fight until law and the orderly process of the court shall be enthroned and the lynching of any human being becomes an impossibility in the United States. The fact that the reproach of lynching is being gradually rolled away emphasizes the fact that it pays to fight in a right eous cause. HOW ABOUT THESE? 'J’HERE is a very important truth which needs emphasizing in re spect to the political situation. It is this: Congressional, state, county and municipal officers should interest the ordinary voter, much more than that of the Chief Executive of the Nation. The President, of course, is important, but our congressman and governor and mayor and councilman and mem ber of the school board more closely touches us than does the President. Voters should consider the character, attitude and record of these officials who are frequently overlooked in the heat and excitement of a presidential i campaign. What kind of a man is ! the candidate for congress from your district who is asking for your vote? | What kind of a man would you have ; as governor of your state? Don’t ! forget the importance of local can | didates and local issues. Learn what : you can about men and measures and then vote your convictions. WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY Reduced Lynchings There s no mistake about the cause ' of the reduction in lynchings in the | United States during the first six i months of this year. The reason is | clear. It is the result of the agitation | for a federal law against it. And, whereas, we are pleased to note the decrease in lynchings, yet 1 we are in no wise to solace ourselves with the delusion or false hope that the days of lynching are a thing ol the past. The spirit of intolerance is as preva lent today as it was yesterday. In fact! we think worse. There has only been a shift in the scene of its opera tions. The spirit is still here. Just lying dormant under the cover of FEAR. Cease your agitation for state and federal laws against mob violence, and like a smodldering vol cano, it will burst into the most viol ent flame for life and blood. The government owes to every citi zen the protection of life, liberty anc property. This guarantee is supposed to be carried out through the several states, and when a state fails, miser ably fails to carry out the provision of the Constitution of the United States, then surely it is the bounder duty of the government to step in and I make good its promise.—St. Louis J Argus. THE WHATNOT COLUMN* By Robert Paris Edwards. (For the Associated Negro Press.) Wrho Was Iben Khalden? Of the early life of Iben Khalden, noted Arab scientist and historian, very little is known; but the results of his research work during the four teenth century, were given to the world is such a clear consise manner and with such an authority, th^| he has been named as one of the greatest historians of his age. Khalden gave to the world much about the great kingdom of Melle; among which facts are, that Melle had an area equal to the United States and flourished from 760 A. D. to 1591, and for 900 years her kinpfS ruled in regular succes sion. What Did Mr. George Peabody Do To ward Assisting Colored Y. M. C. A. Work ? Dr. Henry Brown, of Oberlin, sec retary of the International Commit tee to organize Y. M. C. Associations for Colored Men did such excellent work that it became necssary to sec ure a few colored men to assist him, their chief labors being confined main ly to organize- associations for colored men and boys in schools and colleges. In 1907 a modern building to serve as a model for other buildings for | colored men, was presented to the ' people of Columbus, Georgia, by Mr. ! Geo. Foster Peabody, at a cost of | $30,000. WT*at Was the Result of the Passing of the Fugitive Slave Act? W’hen President Fillmore signed the \ Fugitive Slave Act on September 18, 1850, he started a Negro rtfigration that continued up to the opening of | the Civil War, resulting in thousands ; of people of color crossing over into ! Canada, and causing many thousands I more to move from one state into an other seeking safety from their pur suers. The other enactments might possibly have produced and it did more to convert northern to abolition ist beliefs than abolitionists them selves. \ THE REASON WHY Cigars were passed again this week At the W'aters-Barn hart Printery, And if the cause thereof you seek You’ll find it quite readily; Clinchard, keeper of accounts, Rushed in Wednesday with a whirl That beaets Ak-Sar-Ben’e favorite mounts, And proudly said—‘‘A girl, l ’Twas born to us today— The finest yet, and that’s no Joke— j Happy am I? O, fellows, say, Come on, have a smoke.” QUARTER-TONE PIANO INVENTED BT GERMAN Fascinating Effect Produced by New Instrument, Say Musicians Who Have Heard It. Berlin.—New fine points for Jass music will be made possible by the in i ventlon by Grotlan Steinweg of Brunswick, Germany, of a quarter tone piano which produces sounds de | scribed as a cross between the gliding airs of ukulele and a banjo and the exotic intervals of a Chinese string piano. Two pianos, one of which la tuned to standard pitch and the other of which Is tuned a quarter tone higher, are connected with a keyboard on which red and brown keys are insert ed between the ordinary black and white keys. The playing of this new composite Instrument is said to have a fascinating effect, according to per sons who have heard concerts given by the inventor. Alois Haba, composer of quarter tone music, who has been at work on scores of this kind for gome time, sees a far-reaching future in quarter tone music and regards Herr Steln weg’s Invention as epoch-making. Not only will the ear have to be come accustomed to differentiating between intervals of only a quarter of a tone, but the whole technique of piano playing will he changed. Wom en with small hands will be eliminated as pianists since the new octave will require a greater hand span. The entire mechanism of playing will also become greatly complicated since there will be one-third more keys. Musical critics who have heard Herr Steinweg's instrument have reserved Judgment on it They appear to fear being classed as old-timers if they do not fall in with the modern tendency toward the unusual, yet at the same time they admit their ears are not yat educated up to the new invention. Chine*? Girls Balk at Ancient Marriage Code Shanghai.—Ail girls of China have absorbed the American notion that love is the real basin for marriage. The notion is common In America now that It Is taken for granted, but Chi nese girls defy all the traditions of 3,000 years when they voice such sen timents. But a movement has started among all of the girl students In Chinese gov ernment universities which has this notion as Its basis. Miss Mo Tlmln, an advanced young woman at the gov ernment university In Peking, first sug gested the movement. And the readi ness of Chinese girla to accept It was Illustrated by the rapidity with which the movement spread to the schools of other dtles, including Shanghai. Get 107-Pound Sturgeon Kimball. S. D.—Mrs. F. E. Reynolds of Kimball received word that her brothers, Harry and Ote Will its, at New Boston. III., 20 miles below Uui katlne, on the Mississippi river, cap tured a black sturgeon !>% feet long. It weighed 107 pounds. VETERAN LIVES AT GRANT’S FIRST CAMP Sole Survivor of General’s Original Command. Springfield, 111.—Eight miles west of Springfield, on the public highway to Jacksonville, Israel F. Pearce, patri arch, veteran of Grant's army an'd participant In Sherman's march to the sea, lives In solitude on the land where General Grant pitched camp on his first day’s march Into the Civil war. Pearce, the only man now living out of the entire regiment which went Into encampment on this spot of ground the night of July 3, 1861, main tains Tl guard over the old camp ground and over "General Grant’s tree,” a large, peculiarly shaped black walnut tree under which Grant wrote his orders Raisas His Flag Daily. Every morning at sunrise the tat tered old flag belonging to Pearce is raised from a 30-foot flagpole near his house, and every evening at sundown the flag Is lowered. Pearce acts as a guardian for this historic spot and is glad to relate its history to passing tourists, although the historical connection Is known to few people, and no marks, save the veteran’s flag, are to be seen on the land. “General Grant's tree,” some three feet In diameter, stands near the house. Here, Pearce tells tourists, he saw Grant, sitting astride a peculiar limb growth, near the ground, writ ing out the first day's orders. Grant's tent was pitched a few feet from the tree, and he once addressed the regi ment from a spot near where the tall flagpole now stands. “The first day’s march of the regi ment. the Twenty first Illinois Infan try, was started from Camp Yates, In this city, about 11 a. in., and the first camp site was reached about f> p. m.,” Pearce relates. “The regiment was halted in col umns of companies in the woods, arms were stacked and when wagon trains came Into camp each company un loaded Its wagon, arranged the tents by opening and spreading them on the ground, and at one sound of the drum the tents were raised; at two sounds ropes were stretched, and at the third sound, the stakes were driven and ths regiment was under canvas in its first tented field. Many Stragglers in March. "The first day’s march was attended with hardships, and there were strag glers and absentees". The punishment given was extra guard duty both for officers and men. The men made camp fires ahd cooked their first meal In camp at this time. “During the first evening, officers call was sounded and Grant, then Colonel Grant, talked to the men. em phasizing the" absolute necessity of enforcing respect for the Inhabitants of the country through which the regi ment was passing. The captains of the companies were made personally responsible for the acts of the men.” Pearce was quartered both at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, and on July 4, 1863, marched into Vicksburg with Grant and hl» army; Just two years after the regiment left Its first camp near the walnut tree. From Vicks burg, Pearce went with Sherman on his march to the sea. through the Carolinns and on to Washington. He participated in the grand review up Pennsylvania avenue at the close of the war. Cardlngton Will Become World’s Greatest Airport London.—The cabinet’s decision to establish an Imperial airship service and to select Cardlngton, in Bedford shire, as the home of airship research and experiment will make Cardlngton the world’s greatest airport. It was here that the Ill-fated It-38, which broke her back at Hull, was built, and her sister ship, K-87, now sttfhds half completed In the shed. This colossal shed Is capable of accommodating two such airships, has up-to-date works nearby a gas manufactory and pala tial offices. | Heart on Wrong Side; ? Restored to Position X i <> Philadelphia.—Her heart X J | pushed nearly over to the right y ■ > side and her left lung crumpled A ] | below the shoulder, Miss Hazel / • ■ Richardson, twenty six years A ‘ old, of Washington, went to the j J ' ’ Philadelphia General hospital •> ,, three months ago to die. ; ; Recently Miss Richardson -j , . walked out of the hospital with ] | heart and lung in their normal y • • positions. If she will not exert [ \ herself she may live for many ♦ < • years, physicians say. \ [ area about the heart. It pushed 11 < > the cardiac organ down and to- < > \ \ ward the right side, until It J \ • • finally attained a position be- < > !! hind the eighth rib. Water also {J ' | pressed against her heart. j > ! ! Both water and air were J | J | draw^i off through a small tube < j < , Inserted through the left side. ! | | The pressure relieved, the heart ' | < > returned to Its normal position, , , ] ! and the lung, with the puncture J J < > blocked. slowly expander). « > I I Through the long s deflation the ] J < ■ hole In the pulmonary organ < > \ [ probably was permitted to hedl J [ « > by nature's process, it Is be- < > 1 I lleved. ] ! Find Hudson Bay Trap Ohehalls.—An Interesting relic stf bygone days, iiosslbly dating back to Hudson Bay times, Is an exhibition In a hardware store window here. It la a monster steel trap, the sprung Jawa of which would bs powerful enough. It would seem, to hold an elephant It was found northwest of Ohehalls, near Littell. Some believe that It may have been set many years ago by trap pers of the Hudson Bay company, as antique la the typo. % LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mrs.. Ida Todd was an Omaha vis itor to the closing of the International Order of Twelve last Friday. Mrs. P. A. Abner, her sister, Mrs. English of Alliance, Mrs. W. L. Todd, Mr. Guy Wiley and others motored to Omaha last Friday to witness the closing of the International Order of Twelve. Mrs, E. J. Griffin and Mrs. Rosa Adair left Sunday night for Des ■Moines, la., to attend the Western Baptist convention there this week. Mrs. Vera Richardson, now of Buf falo, N. Y., is here visiting her mother and friends. Mrs. Richardson was formerly Vera Grant of Lincoln and is well known here. Mr. A. P. Curtis of Alliance, Nebr., was a visitor at Lebanon Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. M., last Tuesday night on official business. He was warmly greeted by the boys. The Utopian Art Club was enter tained by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Todd at their home last Thursday night. The Mission was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott last Tuesday night. The Mission study is still in progress at Mt. Zion Baptist church. Great interest is being shown. Mrs. Jesse Beard, wife of John Beard, passed away suddenly about two o’clock Monday afternoon, while giving birth to a child. The babe also passed away in a few seconds after birth. The bodies are held at Brown’s undertaking establishment, awaiting arrangements for burial. A husband, a sister, one brother, an aunt and a niece survive her. Remember that next Monday, July 21, begins the big outdoor carnival on lawn of Mt. Zion Baptist church, 1201 F street. Rev. H. W. Botts and his members are making preparations so that the public can enjoy all kinds of amusements within bounds of a church. Visitors are expected from Omaha and other places. Rev. H. W. Botts attended the ext cutive board meeting at Omaha Tues day. Rev. J. H. Lawson conducted serv ices at Quinn chapel last Sunday, Rev. M. C. Knight being absent from the city. Mrs. Gtrtrude Haynes is said to be on the sick list, but is recovering. Services were as follows at Mt. Zion Baptist church: Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. at usual hours, preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor. Finishing touches are being added to the church from time to time. The Troubadours gave their first minstrel show In Masonic hall Thurs day night, and the house was well filled. The entire cast, under the di rection of Mrs. Izetta Malone, was well up to their parts, and the leaders are to be commended for their clean cut performance. — ON COMMITTEE TO WELCOME CANDIDATE BRYAN I A committee of 100 hundred Omaha ; citizens was appointed to welcome Vice-Presidential nominee Bryan as he passed through Omaha last Mon day morning enroute to Lincoln. Dr. ' W. W. Peebles, C. C. Galloway and | Harry Leland were members of the re- i ception committee. ..................................................... | Dr. Price Terrell | EE Who served as interne for one E= year and as house physician for EE = six months at the Kansas City EE General Hospital desires to an- EE EE nounce that he has opened his EE EE office in the Jewell Building, EE EE Twenty - fourth and Grant EE == streets, and is ready to receive EE = patients. EE E Office Telephone WEbster 5714, Residence WEbster 1191 =j I LET US PAY YOU ^ojQ ON SAVINGS I -We Treat You Right- 1 STATE SAVINGS * IX)AN ASSOCIATION § 315 South 17th Street Keoline Build^g^l l ROSS DRUG STORE j !; Let us serve you. Prompt, free delivery ? 5 WE 2770 and 2771 2306 No. 24th St. J Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights—Enacted in 1893: Sec. 1. CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal • enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, 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 PRECED ING SECTION. Any person who shall violate the fore going section by denying to any person, except for rea sons 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. “The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. 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