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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1924)
| THE MONITOR I ' 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, N• hraska^ under the Act or March 3, 1879._ TRe RivrjOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS:.-----------f«| W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln Neb - AJiI«C.athViw LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS ---Bmlne • Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone VVEbster 4243 v _ - x~x~x~xK"X~xxkk*x~xx~xkk~x~x~X"X~x~x~x~x~x~x~x* ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ;'i UNITED STATES | Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 1. All persons horn 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 * h state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the j ; ’ privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor .jj ;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ;i ' • erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person •: ! I within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. > > ;i CHRISTMAS /"’HRISTMAS, ever old, yet ever new, is with us once again and glad ness and holy joy fills all the hearts of men. There is a gladsome spirit in the air and all feel its spell. Under its magic alchemy there’s a feeling all is well. Associations, sweet and tender, around the season cling. Meri riment and joyous laughter through out the household ring. Kindly thoughts and words and actions are the order of the day. Sordid selfish- | ness and meaness feel the spell and j hide away. The nobler traits of hu man nature on every hand are seen.) The leaves of love and friendship are ; not now sere but green. Men look on men as brothers and wish each [ other well. Against all strife and hatred the hearts of men rebel. There seems magic in the season which we call Christmastide, which compels the churl within us for the time at least to hide, and uplifts our nobler man- j hood to its truer, higher plane, which would perpetuate our happiness if thereon we would remain. For the spirit of this season should prevail throughout the year; men should live as brothers upon this mundane sphere. It was for this that Christ was bom in Bethlehem beyond the sea and the lilt of the angels’ song proclaimed His Nativity. The Holy Babe of Beth lehem proclaims the Father’s love; Who’d have His children live on earth as in the realms above. One family on earth are we throughout the wddest span: O help us everywhere to see the brotherhood of man! Which brought the Saviour of mankind upon this earth to live, and of the fullness of His Love to every creature give, to the end that strife, variance and hatred shall cease, and the world real ize the joy and blessedness of uni versal peace. THE BETTER SIDE jyjANY gratifying evidence of good will and the desire to help our people are seen in all sections of our country. The spirit of justice and of fairplay is not dead. There are times when there is a disposition to magnify the disadvantages to which we are subipcted because of our race and to minimize or overlook the advantages we enjoy. Is there not a danger of thinking too much about our foes and too little about our friends? That we have foes is, of course, true; but as one of our own poets has well said: “We have more friends than foes within the Anglo-Saxon race.” This is a truth some of us, indeed, many of us are inclined to overlook. Several news items in this issue justify our position. Generous gifts for education from philanthropic white people show sympathetic inter est, kindness and friendliness that cannot be discounted. When a Negro corporation, the Standard Life In surance company, with assetts total ing $13,000,000 was about to be forced into bankcruptcy, as so many race enterprises have been by designing money lenders, kindly disposed and generous hearted white friends came to the rescue. So when we read of acts of injustice and unfriendliness which are frequently in evidence let us not overlook obvious acts of friendliness and good will which show the brighter and the better side. AMUSED NOT FOOLED TT amuses us when the hooded night shirt brigade protests that it is friendly to the Negro and only op posed to Roman Catholics and Jews. Well, it is a safe conclusion that any organization that has hatred and dis like for any class of people, are too limited in sympathy and intellect to feel kindly to any other group, other than its own. But aside from this, in the face of its creed and its activ ities in carrying out that creed in certain sections its claim not to be anti-Negro is absurd. We are amused but not fooled. THINK AGAIN! QMAHA has approximately 4,000 colored families. Each family spends at least 25 cents a day for coal. This means $1,000 a day for coal. Suppose only 10 per cent of ' these families bought their coal from our own coal dealers, how long do you think it would take for these coal dealers to build up a big business which would enable them to give em ployment to several of our people. Think this over and then act. REMEMBER OTHERS! — VOUR Christmas will indeed be a happy one if you carry out the i spirit of its Divine Founder in think : ing of and ministering to others. — THE OMAHA PRINTING CO. HAS A LARGE AND VARIED STOCK The Omaha Printing Company is one of the oldest and most reliable firms in the city. When people th!nk or speak of the Omaha Printing Com pany the idea uppermost in their minds is that it is a firm which spe cializes in high-grade printing. That is true; but high-grade printing i. but a small part of the business of this great firm. They handle a large stock of supplies from pins to office furniture and equipments. They han dle a large supply of leather goods also. Their stock of traveling bags i is one of the best and most complete j in the city. If you are looking for a dependable store for useful and suit able Christmas gifts it will pay you to drop into the Omaha Printing Com pany at Thirteenth and Famam streets, where a corps of courteous and competent clerks will be pleased to serve you. Drop in and look around and if you do not see something you will want to buy we will be greatly surprised. LINCOLN NOTES Mr. Wm. Scott is confined at home with illness. Mrs. W. L. Todd was called to New Brunswick, Mo., last Sunday by her mother's illness. The I'ropian Art Club was enter tained by Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Copeland last Thursday night at their home. Mrs. George and adopted daughter, Maud, were guests. Mrs. George ad dressed the club, telling of her mis sion in Africa and the good she be lieves to be doing in trying to edu- , cate and save heathen in that land. Miss Maud also addressed the club and amused the crowd with songs in the tongues of the heathen. They j were most interesting to listen to as ; they seemed earnest in their efforts to j do good. They are soon to return to Africa. Mr. Guy Wiley spent Sunday with his intended at Omaha and reports i having enjoyed splendid services; and also visited the Old Folks home there, | which he found to be in splendid con , dition and very commendable. .1 _ Rev. C. T. George, Mrs. George and daughter Maud were principals in the services at the A. M. E. church Sun day morning. Their message from Africa was listened to with interest. Regular services were the order for the balance of the day. Mr. Jack Johnson is reported not so well at this time. L. E. Kensington club held their annual Christmas tree festivities con trary to usual times. Table tree and place cards were used. A number of gifts were received. Election of of ficers for ensuing year was held. Mr. and Mrs. Toby James and fam ily have moved to Grand Island to reside in the future. The Mary Talbot club is to have an entertainment December 29, at Ala sonic Hall. With the compliments of Mrs. J. H. Dpan. Alossrs. J. H. Dean and Julius Cowans were genial hosts to about 16 friends at a jolly stag party Monday night at the Dean residence. Christ mas suggestions were used at decora tions and prizes. The guests had a delicious repast of rarp wild game at 8:30, while a three piece orchestra gave latest song hits. The usual services at the Alt. Zion Baptist church were conducted Sun day by the pastor w'ho preached to well filled congregations. The Sun day School and B. A". P. I', had good services. The Saturday night serving club made a profitable report. Rev. H. W. Rotts was a guest at a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Jenkins at Omaha Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. Scott entertained the mission last Tuesday night; Mrs. George and daughter Maud, mission aries from Africa, were guests. The court of Isis had a rousing meeting last Saturday night; six can didates crossed the hot sands. In stallation of officers will be held on Christinas night, December 25. The Sunday Schools of all churches will have their Christmas trees on j next Wednesday night, Dec. 24th. .. ♦~*~*~*~*"*".~*~#~*~t*v*#evv%*vv%*vvvvvvvvv*.*vvvv%*vvv I THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE | A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded ij! persons that the contribution of the Negro to American £■ nationality as slave, Freedman and citizen was far from *1 negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and £ yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking * and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first £■ explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from the first the foundation of the American prosperity and •{• the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and •{• economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply •{• on the striving white men in Europe and America but also £ on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for f ]\ two centuries. The military defense of this land has de- £ ;; pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial *j* ; ; wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does $ ; ; the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera- \ \ \ ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ’I; > significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the % ! choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played £ ;; a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, x <; breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, I hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, ‘“The Gift of ! mak; Black Folk.” ;; ii <' ’ ! ii#ti»»»<♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦»♦♦»>«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»»»«»♦ 5 \•vy I Useful Things | ii Make the Most Acceptable Gifts « XA ^ Our stock consists of luggage and other ^ *A useful gift things in leather that will be xk Sf* delightfully received. Wy M xk S For Him! ^ Oxford Bags 2yf, Gladstone Bags \A English Kit Bags Dress Suit Cases Dressing Cases Collar Bags tyA Soft Collar Cases Bill Folds 59 Shirt Cases Sjf Brief Cases tiff. Hartmann Wardrobe M Trunks For Her! Hj Pullman Bags ?? Fitted Suit Cases ^ Ladies Hand Baga Writing Folioa V'% Bridge Sets Pullman Hat Boxes Blouse Cases ^ Dressing Cases * Costume Vanities » Shopping Bags * Hartmann Wardrobe Trunks ^ In addition to these suggestions, our y^ stock affords a thousand and one popular- ft* ^ priced novel gilts that will show good taste in their selection. ^ M This Store specializes in assisting m ^ laSl-minute-shoppers! p 1 Freling & Steinle | jjjj-j 1803 Farnam St. Jackson 0273 ^ r—— —■ —* —- -'• ■ » »< — »-1 hv Not Lei Is lk» Your SHOE REPAIR WORK Best material, reasonable prices. Al.l, WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN & THOMAS Phone Web. ,r>084—1415 No. 24th | EMERSON’S LAUNDRY f $ The l.aundrv That Suits All •’ *•* 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 I; HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG | COMPANY | !! FOUNTAIN PENS—STATIONERY Y I ‘ CIGARS and CANDY 4 < > 1 ,, Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Y 2102 Cuming Street PLACES A | t GRAND. UPRIGHT OR £ l PLAYER PIANO £ £ IN VOI R HOME FOR £ CHRISTMAS ? X Y Prices and Terms Cannot X £ Be Duplicated £ We offer your unrestricted choice v of slightly used Grands. Uprights A and Player Pianos at genuine bar- y A gain prices and the privilege of y A securing one for only $5.00 down, y A balance easy terms. SEE THEM! X Select from this List: £ £ Chickering & Sons Up £ right, only $120 £ £ Epworth Upright, X £ only ... ..$125 £ X Starr Upright, £ only . $135 £ £ J. & C. Fischer % X LIpright, only... $145 £ £ Gabler Upright £ £ only . $155 £ £ Walworth Upright, X £ only $175 £ Y Hall & Sons Upright * £ only . $190 £ £ Kimball Upright, £ £ only $210 £ X Steger & Sons Upright, £ £ only . $220 £ X Emerson Upright, X £ only .. $210 £ £ Hardman Upright, X £ only $245 £ X Chickering & Sons Up X right, only $290 £ £ A. B. Chase Upright X £ only $295 £ £ Kimball Player £ £ only $198 £ £ Artemis Player X X only $315 £ X Christie Grand £ £ only .. $275 X £ Schmidt & Schultz £ £ Grand, only .$395 £ £ $1,700 Stein way Grand X £ only . $1,000 £ X $1,350 Steck Duo Art X £ only $875 £ £ USE OUR XMAS CHECKS AND X X SAVE $5 TO $25 X Ever/ Instrument In the Best of X y Condition and Guaranteed. A | Schmoller & Muellar £ Piano Co. | 1514-16-18 Dodge St. 1 Petersen’s * I Bakeries | p 24th and Lake 1806 Farnam 24th and Ames ^ I Fruit Cake, Mince and Pumpkin | I Pies for Christmas | || WE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR BAKERIES TO MAKE YOUR S li Pies, Rolls and Bread ji? EXTRA GOOD FOR CHRISTMAS » Plan your dinner ahead and ORDER EARLY. Your purchase Ry will be wrapped up carefully waiting for you to call. Remember We Will Not Open Our Doors | I® Christmas Day $ Giving our employees as well as employer a real holiday, but we jb will be here to serve you Ry Christmas Eve Until 10 O'clock | WE HAVE A FINE LINE OF P? Christmas Candy and Nuts § BUY FOR THE CHILDREN g WEBSTER 3387 1 ttxa-jtttxttxijstxstxixixsxsxgxsxtjusxtxgxsxixixisxixgxxfxij’.m . .. « . • t-»-> .-1 LE BRON a GRAY j ELECTRICAL WORKS Expert Electrical Engineers Motors, Generators, Electric Elevators Repairs, Armature Winding, Electric Wiring PHONE JACKSON 2019 llfi Smith 13th St., Omaha P *****»«*»^*»***Sv» jj It will pav vou to do your 8 " R $ Christmas Shopping with jj i Sol. Lewis g M 8 ! JEWELRY VICTROLAS RADIOS RECORDS £ 8 | 8 Every article sold to you is 8 5 under absolute guarantee g ^ for satisfaction 1 S. LEWIS I 24th and Parker Web. 2042 £ 8 8 « It will pay you to look in 8 our windows. 8 8 8 | SPECIAL j j: For This Week Only f i 1 ! Felt House jf Slippers All Colors A Friedman | | Brs. Booterie I •j' 1510 North 21th St. v X **X~X~X~XK«***-X"X“X~X~X“X~: I XMAS 1 i SUPPERS! i $ Women’s felt slippers, with 3 soft leather sole, in all col- * 3 ors and sizes, special | 69c | 5! Men’s felt slippers with 2 3 soft leather soles, grey and g y brown, in all sizes. A prac- £ it tical gift 89c | J . * H Men’s leather house slip- K y pers with rubber heels, kid 3 it leather uppers, at 2 l $1.98 | * Children’s house slippers ft m in all colors and styles, | it special K I 79c | it K jj Gift Hosiery ^ f at Lower Prices « S K i I J it 205-7-9 North 16th Street R W - Advertise in The Monitor 1 M g I Useful Gifts I a » a 8 ^ Regular $1.25 Values 8 a 8 Men’s and Comfort Soles 8 | Indies’ All Sizes 8 | Felt Slippers mW All Colors g a 8 | 1203 North 24th Street | 8 Near Indiana £ a 8 ii7%KKKKK?£Kte*iK.X.KKl&VfKKKKTfKKKKK7fKKXiK*£?iKy, ',**** *t* *♦* *!* *** *** K* *** *J* *t* *1* *t* *♦* *♦* *1* *•* *•* *** •*♦ *1* *** *t* *»* *«* *!♦ The Hotel Cumings | ji* 1916 Cuming Street ♦♦♦ UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT )) t _ ❖ x •!• This centrally located hotel is now in charge of V I). G. RUSSELL V * - * V ❖ V TERMS REASONABLE ♦♦♦ ❖ ♦♦♦ A AAAI, I,* if » > > » * # * • a > • « . . . - w - - • * * • » » • • • » • • • • • » • * • ♦ . -rTV’*rvwwwwv»”rwr*^*/WV’/V j “The Fire in j The Flint” j •{• j; ? The Great Race Novel of the Day X „ % % By I :: WALTER F. WHITE ? i I i ff ~ i A thrilling story depicting race conditions in ths X X South. $ Y Critical l>ook reviewers pronounce it a master- ? piece. 2 I Should be read by EVERY AMERICAN, Black ft or White. X $2.50 A COPY | I For Sale by The Monitor and the Omaha Branch | of the N. A. A. C. P. |