j the Monitor I a WKH1.T NEWSPAPBR DBVOTBD PRIMARILY TO THB INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAT AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BT THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Batarad aa Sacond-Clau Mall Matter July X, lilt, at the PoatoKice at Omaha, Nebraska^ under the Act of March 2, 187ft. TWfc AeV. JOHN ALBErV WILLIAMS----- ^Editor W W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Nab_Aaaeciate Editor LMCfNQA W. WILLIAMS . ---.Bualneao Manafor SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 A YEAR; *1.25 • MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTH* Advartlalng Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 "f ■ . .. —d ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE ; ; UNITED STATES ;; Citizenship Rights Not ts Be Abridged < j 1. All persons born or naturalised in the United States, < - ! and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 1! ;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No \; | ' state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the • \ privileges or imnmnities of citizens of the United States; nor ! I ; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, er prop- ;; ' » erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person ; I within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, h 1 > THE NIGHT SHIRT COWARDS THE night shirt cowards are grow ing quite bold in politics. We ven ture the guess that some day they may become brave enough to throw off their pillow slips and disclose their faces. Such a thing is possible, but hardly probable. In the meantime we urge our people to take no chances whatsoever with anyone upon whom suspicion of belonging to the hooded order rests. They are doing everything in their power to hinder our progress as a people in the industrial, educational and political fields. In the north and west their method is that of propa ganda. In other sections they resort to personal violence. Our safety lies in building up a strong counter move ment like the N. A. A. C. P., which ' fights fairly with legal means in the | open for justice to all men and align ing ourselves with the other groups j and forces which the cowardly triple K is opposing. Negroes are normally and largely Protestants and have been suspici ous of Roman Catholicism. Will they maintain this attitude with protestant ismism encouraging, aiding, abetting and supporting the Ku Klux Klan ? Not unless their reason becomes de throned. Negroes are normally pa cific and not belligerent. Will they remain so while the tide of hostility rises against them? These questions are forcing themselves to the fore by secret, subtle but thinly-disguised ac tivity of the K-night, K-shirt, K-cow ards. FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL OM AHA WE are for a more beautiful Omaha and offer as a suggestion that our in fluential citizens who are active in the campaign for this worthy cause see to it that some of the unsightly, paintless shacks which rent profiteers rent at exorbitant prices to Negro tenants be tom down or painted and improved. Omaha boasts of no slums but she has no reason to be proud of shacks little better than pigstyes for which landlords are permitted to charge exorbitant rents. Get busy, tear down shacks and build small and comfortable homes that will make for thrift and self-respect. LUTHER KOUNTZE WHEN Luther L. Kountze died sud denly at his home last week a kindly courteous Christian gentleman passed away. Bom and reared in wealth and affluence his wealth did not rob him of the gentle human touch. Friendly, affable, unostentatious and sympath eitc, he won and held, and deservedly, a large circle of friends from many walks of life who sincerely mourn his passing. To know him was to feel the influ ence of his winsome personality. We valued highly the privilege of mis warm friendship. May he be number ed with God’s saints in glory ever I lasting and his memory remain as a rich legacy to all who knew and es teemed him for his kindly words and ^ deeds. — BUSINTSS AMONG US IT will be quite a revelation to our readers to glance at the “Business Directory” which we are carrying on our back page and which we hope to be able to enlarge to the point that it will include practically all the busi ness ventures and interests of our people in this city. Few people have any idea of the various businesses operated by and the trades and pro fessions represented by our people in Omaha. Keep this page close at hand and when you want what the firms represented here can supply get in touch with them. WEEK’S EDITORIAL Results of Your Dollar and the Motional Association for the Advancement of Colored People If you spend money for shoes, you get a pair of shoes. If you buy a house, you get the house and you can feel the bricks. If you spend a dollar for beefsteak, your sense of taste makes you satisfied with the expenditure. And even if you buy stock, you get a prettily decorated stock certi ficate, which may or may not mean any thing, but at least pleases the eye. But when you put a dollar into an organization like the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, neither the sense of touch, sight nor taste is satisfied. Your dollar leaves you, and if you expect a material return from it, you will be disappointed. The only persons who are satisfied with the expenditures are those who are endowed with a sixth snse. who can feel within themselves a keen sense of pleasure at having done a small bit toward freeing a race from shackles of prejudice, who can spend today and feel a pleasure in spending money which will make conditions better for generations yet unborn, who can anticipate the moment when black brothers and sisters will not live in dread of the lyncher’s rope and when black citizens may hold up their heads as full-fledged and respected citizens of a great nation. Those are the results you are purchasing with yqur dollar. They are human rights which you can not eat, feel or see, but they are so essential to happiness and to i progress that nowhere can a dollar be bet ter spent. They are purchases which some 'will disdain to make, but thank God there are Colored men and women endowed with this sixth sense who are making the N. A. A. C. P. respected and feared, and who are hastening every day the evolution of a nation unhandicapped by prejudice, un weakened by race degradation, unashamed "by unrequited murders of human beings. —Washington Daily American. Hon. William C. Matthews, with the assistance of his Advisory Committee, of which Dt. Emmett J. Scott, Editor Robert L. Vann, and Robert R. Church, are members is doing some construc tive work. ;; THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE • ► < I - ! A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded I persons that the contribution of the Negro to American i nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from ! negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and ! yet dearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking > —i acting aa 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 soda! and • economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply ' on the striving white men in Europe and America but also > an the persistent struggle of the black men in America for ’ two centuries. The military defense of this land has de ■ pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial ' wan down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does ' the Negro appear, reappear aad persist in American Htera tnre bat a Negro American literature has arisen of I and Negro folk lore and music are among I choicest heritage* of tkio land. Flually the Negro has ] | sj^Y^r^rBnal rdo la America asa^oort of^ ..wMeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewo LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mrs. Alma, captain, and members of Mary Talbert Club No. 2 of Mt. Zion Baptist church did appreciate the valuable assistance given them by Mesdames J. W. Cooley and P. L. Moore of the A. M. E. church In put ting over the recent banquet which proved so successful. Mrs. Mabel Robinson is said to be improving from recent operation. Mrs. Jennie Edwards is reported convalescent. Mrs. M. Loving yet remains very weak. Rev. C. R. Ross of the Newman M. E. church is in attendance at annual conference. Rev. H. B. Hillard con ducted services in his absence. Four services were held at Mt. Zion Baptist church Easter. There was preaching and the ordinance of bapt ism a* 5:30 a. m. Rev. H. W. Botts baptized eight persons and was fol lowed by Rev. M. C. Knight of the A. M. E. church who immersed three persons from his church. A happy : union meeting, largely attended, was enjoyed. The Sunday School held their EaBter exercises at the usual hour, and was most inspiring. Preach ing by Rev. H. W. Botts at 11 o’clock, rnbject, “The Risen Christ”. Cove nant and communion was held in the xfternoon and was taken part in by a large umber of members. At 8:30 p. m. the choir gave a musical and 'iterary program. The participants did themselves credi*. The collection for the day was $56. The Sunday School, lead by the superintendent, Mrs. Nettie McDonald, rendered a unique program in the church Monday night, being fairly attended. Easter services were largely attend ed at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church. The Sunday School rendered a nice program at their usual hour. At 11 o'clock Rev. M. C. Knight preached, subject, “The Resurrection of the! Body”. The Nora Taylor Club and j A. C. E. had their usual meetings at j 7:30. The choir rendered a cantata, “Our Lord Victorious”. _____________________ MRS. WILKINSON DELIGHTS LINCOLN AUDIENCE A literary and musical treat was enjoyed by all who were present at Mt. Zion Baptist church Tuesday ev ening, April 7th, when the Mission Society presented Mrs. Senora Mae Wilkinson of Omaha, in a four-act comedy entitled “Widow Simpson”, which is her own production. Each act carried a picture of real life and was intensely interesting from start to finish, full of amusement and laughter. All present left feeling that Mrs. Wilkif son was a real artist in production and rendition. The recital of “Nydia, Blind Girl of Pompei" was a master piece and deserves much praise. Mrs. Wilkinson is a woman of rare attainments and a valuable asset to her race. SPRINGFIELD COLLORED GIRL SCOUTS WIN CONTEST WITH NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM The only colored troop of girl scouts in Springfield, Mass., where there are 1,400 girl scouts altogether, recently won the local song contest against 12 other troops. The colored girls sang James Weldon Johnson’s Negro Na tional anthem, set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. Miss Edna P. Randolph writes that not only did the colored girl scout troop win the song contest, but they were also the only troop to be in per fect uniform. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R Sts., Phone Ma. 3475 O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor. Easter proved to be a great day at Allen Church. The evening program drew a large crowd. There were vis itors from the Northside. Mrs. W. M. Carter was able to be out twice after her long seige of ill ness. Sunday will be Educational Day. New Bedford, Mass., has a colored i Business and Professional Men's Club. iJUST A FEW GOOD f HOMES TO SELECT & FROM | I! Now Vacant, Want Quick 4 Sale 4 4 * o < > 2858 Binney Street X Z 2518 Maple Street ? X 2621 Burdette Street ? 1623 North 23rd Street X :: 2906 North 26th Street X % 2908 North 26th Street 4 j ’ 1831 North 21st Street X 2802 North 28th Street X ! I 2610 Wirt Street 4 ;; 3020 Franklin Street 4 ; > 2640 Wirt Street £ ;; Can Arrange Terms to Suit X Purchaser X !Many Other Good Homes to y ;; Select From | a. j. davis & Williams | J; REAL ESTATE CO. 4 !! Office Phone WEbster 2900 y ;; Res. WEbster 0839 X Office 2221 North 24th St. X Jewell Building y STATEMENT OF THE OWNER SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCU LATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OP AUGUST 24, 1912, Of the Monitor, published weekly at . Omaha, Nebr., for April 1, 1925. State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss. Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared John Albert Wil liams who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the editor of the Monitor, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, manage ment, etc., of the aforesaid publica tion for the date shown in the above ust 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to-wit: 1. That the names and addresses caption, required by the Act of Aug of the publisher, editor, managing ed itor, and business managers are: Publisher—The Monitor Publishing Co., Omaha, Nebr. Editor—John Albert Williams, Om aha, Nebr. Managing Editor—John Albert Wil liams, Omaha, Nebr. Business Manager—Lucinda W. Wil liams, Omaha, Nebr. 2. That the owner is: John Al bert Williams, Omaha, Nebr. ’. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold ers owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. (Signed) John Albert Williams Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of April, 1925. (SEAL) Guy B. Robbins. My commission expires July 18, 1928. J. F. Taylor Dairy Products SANITARY, WHOLESOME, ECONOMICAL We handle fresh buttermilk, sweet milk, sweet cream, whipping cream butter and eggs at lowest market prices for strictly fresh products. Also— HOME-MADE ICE CREAM Quarts.50 Pints.25c FRESH BUTTERMILK delivered to your door twice each week. Leave your address at 2116 NORTH TWENTY-FOURTH STREET I I Smart Linen Dresses I I . 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