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ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE ;
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! 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
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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.
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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
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! 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 ]
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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”.
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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
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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
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tion for the date shown in the above
ust 24, 1912, embodied in section 443,
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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
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Editor—John Albert Williams, Om
aha, Nebr.
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WHEN?
Begins Monday, April 20th
Who Is Going to Preach?
The Rev. George W. Day, Pastor
O Lord, I have heard Thy speech
and was afraid; O Lord, revive Thy
work in the midst of the years, in the
midst of the years make known; in
wrath remember mercy.”
The revival spirit is in the air. All
the members of Mt. Moriah are at it.
This is as it should be. The Church
must reach the lost for Christ The
second coming of Christ will be the
one theme of the meetingg.
The following themes will be dis
cussed from this plorious and much
neglected book:
1. The seven churches of Asia.
2. The seven trumpets.
3. The seven seals.
4. The end of time.
6. The two witnesses.
6. Satan, the great red dragon.
7. The beast.
8. The seven bowls of wrath.
9. The fall of Babylon.
10. The marriage of the lamb.
11. The pale horse.
12. The seven new things.
The meeting will close on May the
3rd. Come one, come all, and help to
save a soul for Christ.
The Rev. George W. Day, Paator
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