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“OUR PROBLEM”
TVJISS NANNIE BURROUGHS is one
of the outstanding women of
America. She is not only an honor
to our race, of which she is such a
distinguished and useful member, but
also to American womanhood. A
message from her is always worth
while. In a recent speech addressed
to the better educated and circum
stanced of our race she said, “That
ignorant, rough and uncouth Negro
to whom you pay such scant attention
is our problem. Just as long as he
is ignorant and uncouth he is a bur
den upon our back and it is our job
to enlighten him and lift him. up. It
is our problem and our job and woe
betide us unless we who have had su
perior advantages tackle our job with ;
determination to accomplish it.”
What Miss Burroughs says is ab
solutely true. This harks back to
the saying of *he Great Teacher, “To
whom much is given of him shall
much be required.” In every com
munity there are those who are in
deed our problem. How many of us
are doing our part to solve it?
WE ARE COMING
A LL who witnessed the games
played here last week between
Omaha, or the Burch Rods as we call
them, pennant winners in the Western
League, and the Union Giants of Chi
cago, will admit that the colored team
is one of major league proportions.
In all three games the scores were
very close, that of Saturday being 5
to 4, the Burch Rods winning and
those of Sunday being 4 to 3 and 4 to
1, respectively, in favor of the Omaha
team. The teams were quite evenly
matched and fans witnessed real
league base ball between topnotchers
in the Western League and the colored
team which is not admitted to mem
bership in the league. This proves j
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that in base ball as In other sports
colored men measure up in skill and
ability with white exponents of this
great national game. The Monitor
predicts that before many years col
ored men will be playing on or with
the big base ball leagues of the land.
In league baseball as in other affairs,
business, professional, musical and
theatrical we are coming.
HATE FAITH IN COOUDGE
rTHE MONITOR is not satisfied with
w’hat the Republican party has
done to repay the debt of gratitude
which it owes to the loyal support it
has received from our race. It has
been guilty of many sins, sins of
omission and sins of commission. With
absolute power within its grasp to
correct certain civil disabilities to
which we have been and are still sub
jected, it has cravenly failed to do so.
Had it been as true to us, as we have
been to it, it would not be faced now
w'ith the wide-spread defection of our
group which now confronts it. It has
itself to blame for whatever aliena
tion from it is now found within our
ranks. The Monitor is not satisfied
by any means with the treatment ac
corded it by the Republican party to
which wfe have always been so loyal.
Nevertheless we believe that despite
this fact we will eventually gain more
by remaining within the party and
fighting for those things to which we
are entitled rather than by forsaking
it and fighting without. We believe
that the best interest of the country
will be conserved by retaining the
republican administration in power.
We believe that the country needs at
this time at its head men like Cool
idge and Dawes. As The Monitor has
frequently said before, ‘‘Have faith
in Coolidge”.
ATTACKING THE FOI RTEENTH
AMENDMENT
'J’HERE now, aren't you trembling
about your status as an America*
citizen because you are of African
descent? Down in New Orleans they
are going to attempt to prove that
Walter Cohen is not a citizen, and
ineligible to American citizenship be
cause he is of African descent and
the Fourteenth amendment was not
lawfully enacted and therefore is null
and void. If this be sustained then
you and I and all of us who are of
African descent fall down to the status
of an alien and a serf. See, how the
plot thickens. Our hooded friends
who are ‘‘not after Wegroes”, but
only after Keiks and Katholicks, have
shown their hand, sooner than we
thought. When a few years ago we
fought “The Birth of a Nation” and
maintained that it was part of a
strongly financed propaganda plot to
create sentiment favoring the repeal
of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments, we were considered vic
tims of a pipe dream. We contended
that it was the forerunner of an or
ganization for which the way was be
ing prepared, its objective being the
changing of the status of the Amer
ican Negro by the repeal or nullifica
tion of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments.
ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE
pHE BOARD OF EDUCATION em
ploys nearly 3,000 people in vari
ous capacities. About half this num
ber constitutes the teaching corps.
There is a large number of janitors,
clerks, mechanics and some laborers
employed. Despite the fact that the
colored people of this city are rela
tively heavy taxpayers, there is only
one member of our race, employed in
any capacity among this large num
ber. Only one. There was a time,
some years ago, when we had repre
sentation on the teacher’s corps, a
janitor at the Farnam school, one at
Central high and tw'o or three other
employees. Every one of these gave
satisfaction. None was discharged
for incompetence or neglect of duty.
What has been, can be and must be
?gain. With our population more
than doubled within the last few
years we have lost ground. We have
been asleep at the switch. Wake up!
Think on these things!
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in
our stars, but in ourselves that we
are underlings.”
Letters From
Our Readers
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prefer that writes jrigm their name*,
nut in all canes letters signed with a
nom de plume or an "Reader," "Sub
scriber.” etc., must be accompanied
by the name and address of the author
for the editor's information.
Ready To Do His Bit.
Thru the providence of God and the
assignment of the annual conference,
I have been re-appointed to Allen
Chapel as pastor for another year.
This re-appointment has my very
hearty approval, as I have learned to
love those who make up the member
ship, but I am sure I could never con
fine myself to this work alone. 1
feel that my assignment should carry
with it an interest that touches every
phase that pertains to the interest of
my race in the city. Of course, first
of all I am interested in the spiritual
growth and development of my peo
ple. When this shall have been ac
complished on our part; I think we
will have solved some of the problems
that are retarding our progress. I
am also interested in the civic and
political rights of my people. There
are a large number of positions that
should be filled by those of our race.
For some reason I find these positions
filled by those of another race. I am
t intensely interested in this present
campaign. I think that first of all
we should lend all possible encourage
ment to F. L. Barnett and stand by
him until we are sure at least that
every Negro in his district has given
him their vote ott the 4th dsv of No
vember. I also feel we Humid give
our vote on the state ticket to that
man for governor that will assure us
a state appointment for one at least
of our race group. I also feel that
we should be represented on the
school board. We have men who are
fully competent to fill that office and
from a population standpoint we are
entitled to such a representation. So
I am here in your city to help put
over any program for the welfare and
development of my race, spiritually,
socially, politically or otherwise, so
long as we are proceeding along the
line of moral, spiritual and civic right
eousness.
Your truly,
O. J. BURCKHARDT,
25th and R Streets, Omaha.
LINCOLN NOTES
Mrs. Fannie Russell of Omaha ap
peared before a good audience at Mt.
Zion Baptist church last Tuesday
night. Her famous reading and fine
character impersonations were greatly
appreciated. Miss Westman of Oma
ha accompanied Mrs. Russell.
Mr. and Mrs.*J. T. Wright returned
last Thursday from a short trip to
Scotts Bluff, Nebr.
The Nebraska Conference, which
was in session at St. John’s A. M. E.
church at Omaha last week, was the
means of quite a number of Lincoln
ites visiting Omaha
The members and friends of Qdinn
Chapel A. M. E. church are delighted
to have Rev. M. C. Knight return for
the ensuing year.
Rev. I. B. Smith has received the
appointment to the charges 'at Has
•ings and Grand Bland. We wish him
success.
Many stranger.-- and visitors from
other churches were among worship
pers at Mt. Zion Baptist church Sun
day. Beginning Wednesday eve of
this week and leading up to Sunday
afternoon, Rev. G W. Day of Omaha
will be here and will preach each
night; also Sunday morning, and the
fourth anniversary sermon for Rev.
H. W. Botts, Sunday afternoon, when
all pastors and their congregations
are cordially invited. The big rally
will terminate Sunday night. Several
socials have been given and proved
very successful.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Johnson and
family entertained Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Mosley last Sunday afternoon by
motoring to Ashland and over the
Platte bridge, where they lunched and
returned in the evening.
Mrs. Lottie Comeal went to Kansas
City last week to visit friends.
Mrs. Vashti Mosby is recuperating
again.
Mrs. F. Carter, now of Denver, Col.,
arrived in the city last Saturday. Her
sister, Mrs. Guriy, went through an
operation.
Miss Hazel King has just recov
ered from several weeks’ illness.
The musical given by Club No. 1
at Mt. Zion Baptist church Monday
night was very good, and did well
financially.
It is reported that Mrs. Lotie Chinn
is doing fairly well with her arm.
Report comes to us that Miss Mary'
Nelson, who went to Nashville, Tenn.,
where she is teaching in Roger Wil
liams university, likes her position
and that the people are very kind to
her.
COOLIDGE AND DAWES CLUB
HAS INTERESTING MEETING
The regular weekly meeting of the
Colored Coolidge and Dawes Club was
held Thursday night at the headquar
ters in the Jewell building, Twenty
fourth and Grant streets. Dr. L. E.
Britt, presided. M. L. Singleton acted
a ssecretary. Several addresses urg
ing support of the Republican ticket
were made and emphasizing the im
portance of getting our people to reg
ister and vote. Robert L. Mays, field
representative Western Division of
Labor, made an illuminating address
showing how the Howell-Barkley Bill
will throw skilled Negro employees
out of railway employment.
GIVEN REWARD FOR OWN ARREST
New Orleans, La., Oct. 10.—(By the
Associated Negro Press)—Detectives
seeking Herman Moose, 23, a patient
at the United States Veterans’ hos
pital, gave him the reward offered for
his arrest wh'-n he gave himself up,
sickv and in need of funds. Moose
was wanted on a charge of forgery.
FRENCH HAVE TROUBLE
IN WEST INDIES
Paris, France, Oct. 10.—By the As
sociated Negro Press)—The re-elec
tion of M. Candace to the chamber of
deputies from Guadelope is said to
have precipitated a period of bomb
ing, attempted assassinations, and
general disorder, the trouble in the
island being fomented by the sym
pathizers and adherents of the de
feated candidate, M. B. Boisneuf, who
has been thrown Into jail. An appeal
has been directed to the government
here asking intervention. Guadelope
and Martinique are the oldest colonies
in possession of the French nation.
WILL RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD
A petition bearing several hundred
names of Omaha's best citizens of
both races was filed with the election
commissioner Saturday, placing Rev.
John Albert Williams in nomination
for a member of the Board of Educa
tion. He has accepted the nomination
and his friends have pledged them
selves to work enthusiastically for his
election.
MOVEMENT TO POPULARIZE
NATIVEFIIMS IN CHINA
About Nine-Tenth* of the Huge Popu
lation Never Have Seen a (
Moving Picture.
Shanghai.—Out of an estimated
population of somewhere between 400,
■ 000,000 and 600,000,000, it Is believed
that 90 per cent of the people of
! China have never seen a motion plo
i ture.
For this reason an effort now under
way to provide movies acted and pro
duced *by Chinese Is Interesting.
In Chinn's largest centers and In
the treaty ports the picture screen
long has been commonplace and
mixed audiences of Chinese and for
eigners are thrilled over the film fa- |
vorltes, Just ns are audiences in the
United States. But hitherto the spo
radic efforts to popularize the movies
In the interior of China have failed.
Within the last year several com
panies In Shanghai have undertaken
to produce Chinese pictures, and
perhaps a half dozen of these have j
been exhibited with varying degrees [
of success. As they necessarily were
made by unskilled actors and more or
less Inexperienced directors, they have
appeared crude In the eyes of the Chi
nese used to the finished foreign pro
ductions. These films are being sent
tentatively into the centers of the In
terior, where It Is necessary to throw
up temporary mat sheds In which to
show them.
A Shanghai picture man explained:
"It Is altogether a problem of educat
ing the Chinese people to the mov
ies.” He then went on to tell the ex
perience of a showman who Invaded
the Interior with a number of films.
The people wouldn't go to see the pic
tures, and so the showman adopted
the expedient of paying his audiences
to come, doling out handfuls of cash |
to each person who entered the make
shift theater. The showman's money
gave out before his films, which were
of foreign production, had gained
popularity, and thus his efforts came
to naught.
Later enterprises In Shanghai In
clude one started by China’s largest
publishing concern, which Is making
efforts to Improve the quality of the
pictures, the acting, costuming and
settings. Several of the country's
leading actors of the speaking stage
have been recruited for this work,
which Is being confined to plots based
on stories purely Chinese.
How the efforts of these organiza
tions will be received by China's In
articulate masses, and whether a Chi
nese Charlie Chaplin or a Mary Pick
ford In silken trousers will capture
the country, are matters as dlttlcult
to conjecture as the answers to any
other of the country's many questions.
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