j THE MONITOR
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS
OF COLORED AMERICANS
published every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the
MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered as Second-Ctaaa Mail Matter July 2. 1915, at the Postoftice «t
Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
THE REvrJOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS----Editor
iw. W. NIOSELY, Lincoln, Nob__ Associate Editor
LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS---Bualnoso Manebor
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE 5
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1. AH persons bom or naturalized in the United States. •;
1; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ;j
! > state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the <
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor <
|; ghall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ;
1 > erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person <
11 within its jurisdiction the eqnal protection of the laws.
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THE COMMUNITY CHEST
THE THIRD ANNUAL Community
Chest Drive is near. Perliminary plans are
being made with formation of groups re
presenting all elements of our citizenship.
It is a civic, or city-wide movement in
which all are expected to share. It is plan
ned to make the campaign short and snap
py. The goal set for the support of the
agencies in the Chest is a little above
$550,000. This is about $100,000 more than
was asked last year. The increase is
largely accounted for by the addition of
two large groups which were not in the
Chest last year These are theRomanCatho
lic charities and the Jewish Welfare Fe
deration. These organizations are now in
and will add strength to the campaign
and inasmuch as these organizations rais
ed approximately $80,000 for their work,
it will be seen that the increased asking
is only about $20,000. The benefits of
the Community need no emphasizing
here. The charitable and welfare organ
izations supported by the Chest extend
their benefactions to all impartially. We
feel confident that our own people will
respond generously with their gifts and
services. We should give generously not
with an idea as to how much we, as a
special group will get out of it, but how
much, according to our means we can put
into it. The formal drive starts, Mbnday.
November 16. Be ready to work and to
give to the Community Chest which is for
the purpose of helping not only those who
are in need, but in forming character in
our younger citizenship, which explains
why the Boy Scouts and similar organiza
tions are included in the agencies sup
ported by the Community Chest.
SHOULD HELP
OUR PEOPLE IN OMAHA and Neb
raska should contribute to the Defense
Fund which the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People
is raising for the legal defense of the
rights of Negroes assailed in many quar
ters. This money is not to be used in the
defense of real or habitual chiminals, but
in test cases like that of Dr. Sweet which
is now being tried in Detroit, Mich., and
the residential segration which is to come
before the United Supreme Court this
month. The Monitor takes the ground
that Dr. Sweet was absolutely right in
shooing into that mob whch was attack
ing his home. Every member of that hoot
ing mob was a law breaker and the “inno
cent bystander” who was killed had no
business being in that mob. But be that
as it may, Dr. Sweet and his co-defend
ants are not ordinary or habitual crimi
nals. There is a principle at issue which
affects every Negro against unlawful at
tack or invasion. If Dr. Sweet should be
convicted of murder, and we venture the
prophecy that he will not be, then it
means an open in vitation to any lawless
mob, anywhere in the United States to
drive a black man from the home which
his industry has provided for himself and
loved ones, whenever such a mob decides j
that his presence in any given neighbor
hood is objectionable not upon the grounds;
of bad behavior, but upon the ground of
color. Such a decision may affect only
the black man note, but the evil will grow
and jeopardize the right of domicile of any
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group of people But just now it is OUR
FIGHT. It ought not to be, but
it is. This case will require money and
we should be willing to do our share. The
same is true of the Residential Segregaton
case. Contributions for the N. A. A. G P.
Legal Defense Fund can be sent to the
Omaha Branch or sent directly to the
National Office, 69 Fifth Avnue, New
York City. White friends of justice are
sending in their contributions, let us do
the same.
CONGREGATIONAUSTS POINT
THE WAY TO PEACE
THE CONGREGATION ALISTS, who j
like the Unitarians, have always been bet
ter exponents of the Gospel of Christ in
their dealings with ‘God’s image in ebony’
than have most of the denominations who
profess and call themselves Christians,
have just adopted a social creed in their
recent National Council held in Washing
ton, D. C., which calls for “the elimina
tion of all racial discrimination and the
substitution of full brotherly treatment
for all races in America.” Nor does it
limit this brotherliness to national bound
aries. t recognizes the brotherhood of the
world, which is unquestionably the ideal
of Christianity, for the Council pledges
itself further to strive for “the re
moval of every barrier of trade, color
creed and race and the practice of equal
justice for all nations.” If all Christ
ian denominations will honestly act upon
these principles the day is not far distant
when racial strife, bitterness, hatred and ill
will will be supplanted by racial harmony,
sweetness, love and good will among men
and battle flags will be furled and we
will have a warless world.
TOLD THEM TO “CO TO-”.
NO, kind reader, he did not jay it that
way, although we rough westerners would
cheerfully have excused him if he had
But, then, too, he might not have gained
as much as he did if he had said it thal
way. It was Charles Oswell. popular
stellar fullback of the Boston Universi
ty team. The team was invited to a lunch
eon at the Boston Athletic Association.
The manager wanted Oswell to be served
apart from his team mates in a private
room. Oswell very properly declined this
special attention and went home, refus
ing however, to permit his teammates to
withdraw with him. This discrimination
has stirred Boston and many of the aris
tocratic clubs have declared that their
doors are open to welcome colored gentle
men.
Keep smiling and hoeing your row.
If you have got a job hold onto it and
do your best. Winter is just over the
hill.
They call it the Friars Club. They
spell it wrong. It should be the FRIERS
for it is said the patrons thereof are cook
ed to a turn.
The Tammany tiger treads triumphant
ly. Walker walked away with Waterman,
when Waterman wanted to walk away
with Walker, but Walker wouldn’t be a
waterman, and Waterman wouldn't be a
walker.
j LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT
' Mr. T. J. McWilliams is here from
Buffalo, N. Y.,'visiting relatives.
Mr. Chas. E. Haynes passed away
at St. Elizabeth’s hospital last
Wednesday after a short illness. He
had been ailing sometime, but was
j only bed fast a short while. His wife
! died last January. Mr. Haynes had
■ said that he had no known relatives,
; but bv effort of friends a sister has
j been found in Pennsylvania who was ,
notified of his death. Mr. Haynes j
i was a noble citizen, well liked, and |
i had gained many friends and at the
| time of his death, was a partner in
' business with Wm. Jenquenz, “One
Minute lunch”. The funeral was held
in the Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church
of which he was a member, Rev. M.
C. Knight officiating. Lebanon Lodge
! No. 3 A. F. & A. M. had charge of
; the obsequies. Mr. and Mrs. Davis
who lived in the home with Mr.
Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jen
quenz and daughter acted as mourn
ers to the decreased. A large crowd
of friends paid last respect to the
deceased.
Mr. Ren Corneal is reported con
fined with illness at this time.
Buff Martin died suddenly at the
home, 1952 U street, Sunday of acute
indigestion. The body is held at the
undertaker pending arrangements.
Mrs. Eva Carter and Mrs. J. W.
Cooley are reported on sick list.
See me about your subscription. W.
W. Mosley.
Mrs. M. Vannel underwent a sur
gical operation at St. Elizabeth’s hos
pital last Saturday morning for tumor
I which proved successful. She is re
' ported improving,
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The following ladies were the team
in the Lincoln Chest Drive: Mrs. Guy
Wiley, Mrs. Lottie Corneal, Mrs. Hat
tie Stevenson, Mrs. Alma Wiley, Mrs.
U. Scott, Mrs. Marie Ferguson, Mrs.
Lorraine Dorsey and Mrs. Jennie R.
Edwards, captain. The team ranked
with the highest honors and won much
appreciation for their efficiency and
i success.
The L. L. Kensington club met with
Mrs. Jack Galbreath Monday evening.
After business discussion on character
1 building a paper on “Success” was
1 given by Mrs.Chrisman. An original
story by Mrs. Edwards. The hostess
i served a delightful lunch. Next meet
! ing with Mrs. Dorsey, a covered dish
1 luncheon.
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MADE FORTUNE SELLING
CANDY; LEAVES $100,000
TO BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mays Landing, N. J. (By the Associated
Negro Press)—A fortune of more than
$100,000, built on the pennies of school
1 children who patronized his little candy
^ store, has been left to the local school
board by John W. Underhill, an aged co
' lored man.
Instructions to spend the money “so
that the children will enjoy the fruits of
my labor” were revealed Wednesday, when
his will was filed for probate.
The money will be used to provide a
gymnasium in the high school here and to
improve Memorial Park, a tract adjoining
’ the court house ground where children
play.
Mr. Underhill, a lover of children, was a
1 bachelor, and so far as is known had but
two close relatives, sisters to whom he left
$500 each.
He was found dead in bed Tuesday,
dtath having followed a stroke of apop
lexy
Coming to Mays Landing a quarter of
■ a century ago virtually penniless, and for
many years the only colored man of the
town, he put money made in his candy
i store into real estate, and recently sold a
, tract of 746 acres for $35,000, which a
few years ago had cost him but $2,500.
Although he lived in a two-room shack
until his death, Mr. Underhill was intel
j liient and well read, always interested
■ himself in the welfare of the community
held high in standing among all the peo
ple of the township.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ORDAINED
New Orleans, la.— (By the Associated
Negro Press)—Joseph N. Carter, principal
of the Faudet Industrial School, was or
dained to the ministry of the Protestant
Episcopal Church during the session of the
General Convention in this city which clos
ed last week.
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NUMBER OF INDIANS INCREASES
Washington, D. C.— (By the Associated
Negro Press)—The Indian population of
the United States, exclusive of Alaska, irj
creased 2,693 during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1925, over the previous fiscal year,
according to a tabulation just completed
by the Indian Bureau of the Interior De
partment.
The total number of Indian in the Unit
ed States is 349,595, a gain of 18,976
during the last twelve years. The State
of Oklahoma still has the largest Indian
population with 120, 163. In fifteen other
states the number is more than 5,000.
. ERA OF PROSPERITY PREDICTED
Washington, D. C.—Of exceptional inter
est to the thousands of colored men and
women who are buying homes and farms,
who are educating their children, and who
are investing their hard-earned savings in
business enterprises, were the addresses
made in Chicago last week by three cap
tains of industry, who declared, in no un
certain tones, their belief that peace anil
prosperity face this Nation for years to
come.
Mr. Charles M. Schwab, Chairman of
the board of directors of the great Bethle
hem Steel Company, in speaking for the
steel industry which employs in the blast
furnaces and steel works and rolling mills
nearly 500,000 persons, many of whom the
colored, to whom is paid an income in
salaries and wages aggregating more then
four billion dollars yearly, said: “Steel is
the Nation's barometer and the outlook for
steel was never better."
Mr. E. W. Rice, Jr., Honorary Chair
man of the board of the General Electric
Company, was equally confident that tnc
Nation is about to enter an era of great
prosperity and spoke of the future of elec
tricity, of electrified railroads, and of the
cheap power and light to the farmer, to
whom they are “more important than to
any other class of our population." Major
General James G. Harbord, President of
the Radio Corporation of America, in ad
ding his optimism to that of the previous
speakers, told of the growth of his indus
and of its prospects. He said: “Radio has
grown from a $2,000,000 infant in 1920 to
a lusty five-year old of $350,000,000 last
year, and an estimate of $500,000,000 this
year.
When prosperity is predicted by out
standing men of this type, upon whose
foresight and activities conditions of em
ployment so largely depend, it stimulates
business men generally and results in new
investments and extensions; in a greater
development of our natural resources; in
a larger volume of production by our man
ufacturing establishments; in an increase
in the number of persons employed; and
gives life to trade and commerce. In all
of this we are greatly concerned, because
prosperity for the Nation means prosperi
n' for us. It mtans more industrial op
portunities, more bank accounts, more
homes, more business enterprises, more
cultural opportunities; in fact, it means
a betterment of both our economic and
social as a people. It means PROGRESS.
Clarence Darrow calls himself an agnos
tic in religion, but his humanitarianism
can put to shame many who consider
themselves quite orthodox.
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I’ THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE |
A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded £
■! persons that the contribution of the Negro to American t
< | nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from £
<. negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and £
; yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking |
<; Md 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 £
; Hie 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 j
;; two centuries. The military defense of this land has de- < «
; pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial ;
; wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does ;
the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera
; tare hat a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ‘
■ significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the <
! cheieest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played !
; a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living,
< breathing teat of oar ideals and an example of the faith, £
i hope and tolerance of onr religion—Du Bois, “The Gift of %
i Black Fedt.” *
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Biblical “Needle’s Eye”
Gate in Jerusalem Wall
Pittsburgh, Kan. — The "needle's
eye” referred to In the New Testa
ment Is a small gate In the wall of
Jerusalem, not a sewing needle, at
least In the opinion of Job Negelm,
twenty-three-year-old Arab guide in j
the Holy Land, who is studying music
at the Pittsburgh State Teachers' col
lege.
Tiie Biblical passage to which this :
modern Job has adduced u new mean- |
ing Is in Murk 10:20, wherein Jesus
chided those who "trust In riches,”
.saying: “It is easier for a camel to I
go through the eye of a needle, than
for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of heaven.’’
“The needle’s eye,” says Negelm,
"commonly misunderstood as the eye
of a sewing needle, is known to Jeru
salem ns a small gate within a larger
gute in the city walls. It Is for the use
of pedestrians after the larger gate Is
closed for the night for protection.
The gate is so low that an average- ;
sized man must stoop low to (o ;
through it.”
Stork Brings Russian
Peasants More Land
Moscow.—Every woman in the town ]
of Zarubovo, Smolensk province, is ex
pecting a visit from the stork.
At least that is what the women
swore when a land surveyor visited the
town to supervise the distribution of
land. The sudden discovery of the
prospective increase In the birth rate
may have been due. It was suggested,
to the fact that under the ltussian
land law every peasant is entitled to
an additional share of land for every
new member of his family.
The surveyor decided to postpone
his allotments wailing for the stork i
returns, but meantime he ruled that If
the prospective mothers bore twins or
triplets the added share of land would
be the same as though only single
babies were born.
The land law is said to account part
ly for the increased birth rate noted
among peasaut families since the coun
try emerged from the period of civil
war and famine.
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