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NEGRO STOREKEEPER
SINCERELY MONRNED
BY TOWNSPEOPLE
Acclaimed in Death as Village’s Most
Prominent Citizen and
Greutest Public
Benefactor
LEAVES MUNIFICENT LEGACY
L. John Wesley Underhill Bequeaths
Large Fortune to New Jersey
Village for Benefit of
Children
May* Landing, N. J.—This village of
2,500 inhabitants, many of them adher
ents of the Ku Klux Klan, paid high tri
bute today to John Wesley Underhill, who
was the. only Negro resident of the com
munity. The rich and poor of the vil
, 1 age—Catholics, Protestants, town officials,
and newsboys,—joined in singing and I
whispering his praises as the body of j
Underbill was laid to rest in Union Ceme
tery after funeral sendees that were uni
que, like the career of the man himself.
In life, merely a haii-fellow-Vell met
and never considered seriously by bis
neighbors, be attained today the status
of the village’s most prominent citizen.
He has gone down in its history as its
greatest public benefactor as one of the
immortals. This posthumous fame was
achieved by Underhill because of wliat
his fellow villagers now call the noble
deed of an honorable genlleman of color.
Nobody knew much and perhaps cared
less, about the affairs and thoughts that
guided John Underhill through life, hut
when he died Monday last the villagers
were amazed to learn he had left a
fortune of more than $100,000, nearly all
of which was left for the improvement of
the village and to provide the children
better recreational facilities.
This money will go chiefly into the con
struction of a public gymnasium and the
erection of a playground for children. In
his will Underhill specified in detail that
he believed the gymnasium should be erect
ed in the new high school to lie built
here.
The playground is to be equipped with
everything dear to the heart of children,
from swings to shoot-the-chutes and slides.
When the local business men, clergy
men, and officials heard of Underhill s be
quest they were aghast, as for years he
had been living in their midst in a modest
unassuming almost apologizing way as the
only colored man in the town. He was a
recluse. As a man of sixty he enjoyed
no close friendships.
But in the little store he erected here
children used to come and talk to him and
buy candy and sing and dance. I hey
gladdened the heart of John. That he was
colored made no difference to them. Stor
ies are being told here today of how he
would give children two sticks of candy
for a cent. Many a ragmuffin, who look
ed into the windows of his store long
ingly at a cap pistol or a box of choco-!
lates, had his great wish fulfilled through i
the generosity of John.
He was lonely. You see the great folks
of the town never bothered him. no one
asked him for opinions. But he often
would jest almut being the only change
of color hereabouts. But as John lay in
his impressive coffin today there was a
smile on his fare. It was as though he
was enjoying his last laugh. For all the
village is wondering now why John never
let on before, why he kept so silent about
a great ambition that was realized only
in death.
today the local paper contains two col
umns about him. Today nearly every
citizen in the community followed h is cof
fin into the Atlantic County Court room
here. For the first time in the history of
the county such a service was held in the
Court house. It was a community affair.
His coffin was hanked with numerous
flowers, and prominent among them was
a wreath labeled "Our Citizen.” Men and
women came up and gazed into his face
and wept. Three preachers attended and
took part in the funeral service#—the Rev.
I)r. William Arthur Thomas of the Mays
handing Presbyterian church, the Rev. I>r.
T. Richardson of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and the Rev. Father Frederick Hal
loran of the Roman Catholic church.
They hailed John Underhill as a great
benefactor to humanity. They called him
a good Christian. They pointed to him as
the man who through his deed exemplified
the spirit of tolerance.
And all the time the man’s body re
posed in the coffin with a smile on his
face.
"We now know,” said Dr. Richardson,
with emotion, “that we lacked and miss
ed our opportunity. He has shown us him
self through his deed. He has shown us
what the town really needs. We did not
understand or fully appreciate him until
now, and now we learn that the man who
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
“DEFENDS" PRISONER
New Orleans, La.— (By the Associated
Negro Press! Notwithstanding the de
claration of Frank De Rocha that lie
“felt like killing a couple of niggers”
which resulted in the brutal murder of
John and Ernest Batiste on a street car
near the immigration station the state
attorney is not asking the death pen
alty at the trial now on before Judge
Humphrey in the criminal court. T)e
Rocha is a blacksmith and somewhat of
a local politician. In October of last
year, just before the local campaign for
the city election, he entered a street car.
John and Ernest Batiste were occupying a
seat in the rear end of the car. Filled
with liquor, De Rocha stopped for a mo
ment with a smile of contempt on his
lips, and with the remark, “I feel like
killing a couple of niggers this morn
ing," drew his revolver and began firing;
John Batiste grabbed the colored pas
senger seat sign in self-defence, hut was
shot down instantly; a second bullet
caused the death of his brother Ernest
a few hours later. The dying declaration
of Ernest was to the effect that he begged
De Rocha not to shoot his brother any
more, and then the white man shot him.
When the colored citizens of the State
of Louisiana demand their right of suf
frage and make their presence felt at the
polls on election day the state authorities
will then he compelled to ask for the
same penalty for the murder of a Negro
as they do for a white man.
WILLIAM MATTHEWS WINS
CASE FOR GOVERNMENT
Lincoln,— (By the Associated Negro
Press) Hon. William 11. Matthews, special
assistant of the U. S. Attorney General,
was selected to prosecute the case of two
former officers of the City National Bank
of Lincoln. They were L. J. Dunn and L.
B. Howey, charged in the federal court
with misapplication of iiie bunk's funds.
The acceptance on their part of had pa
pers which the directors of the institution
had to make good was included in the
charges. Under the skilful and able di
rection of Mr. Matthews, the case was won
for the government and the charges sus |
tained. Dunn and Howey were forced to
accept such fines as the court saw fit to |
impose. The court penalized them $2,500
each.
This is the first of the rases brought
to trial by Mr. Matthews, the recognized
national leader in the Negro Republican |
group, since his appointment as special 1
assistant to the government’s legul forces.
He made a fine showing during the trial. |
NORTHERN DEMOCRAT
FLIRTS WITH SOUTH
New York, N. Y. (By the Associated
Negro Press) Tammany Hall is stretch
ing its political wings, according to ob
servers here, ami the visit of the newlv
elected mayor of New York, James Walk- J
er, to the South, is interpreted as heing
the first effort of New York’s Democrats
to line up the South for the big fight in
1928.
NECRO VOTERS HOLD BALANCE
OF POWER IN LOUISIANA
New Orleans, (By the Associated Ne
gro Press) A movement is on foot to
have all colored citizens, male or female,
pay their poll taxes before the first of
the first of the year in order to over
come the “lily white” republican move
ment now being organized in the state.
There are sufficient colored voters it tney
choose to exercise their right of fran
chise to turn the tide of elections either
way in Louisiana.
went humbly amongst us had been think
ing all the time of our welfare.”
“He has taught us tolerance,” said
Father Halloran. “He must have wanted
to leave behind not merely a legacy of
money, but of this lesson of tolerance."
Dr. Thomas broke down and wept as
he hailed the Negro in his eulogy as the
best educated man, the most progressive
business man and the ideal Christian of
the village.
A joint choir from the three churches
of the village sang -''Lead Kindly Light"
and “Abide With Me.” Women wept and
children looked wonderingly at their elders
and men bowed their heads.
For John Underhill had been fooling
them all the time he had been suffering
a life of lonliness throughtout the years
he was thinking of a great deed.
Seven years ago he made his will and
bequeathed what he had to the children
of this city, with tile exception of two
minor legacies to sisters in Nebraska.
Since that time no one knew what was
in the back of his head. They didn’t
know the grand idea that dominated him,
not until he died. Then it became known
how John Underhill loved his village and
all the people in it.
WHITES GET WORSE AS NEGROES
GET BETTER, SAYS JUDGE
Greenwood, S. G—I By the Associated
Negro Press) Negroes are getting better
every day and white people are getting
meaner and meaner in every way, Judge
C. J. Ramsay told the grand jury here
Monday morning in opening the November
term of county court.
Djuring the last sixteen years Judge
Ramsay said he had been presiding over
courts all over the state as a special
judge and it was his observation that Ne
groes are appearing in court much less
than white people.
Many of the crimes for which whites
arrested are automobile stealing, moon
shinging, and petty disputes with Ne
groes.
Mr. Allen Kennedy left Omaha last
Saturday for St. Louis and Dayton, Ohio.
While in Dayton, Mr. Kennedy will visit
his sister, Mrs. Bertha White, who is ill.
FLASH!
i
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 27.—(Spe- |
cial to The Monitor.)—Jury in
Sweet case reported unable to
agree on verdict and was dis
charged by Judge Murphy.
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Mr. and Mrs. H. I.eland of North Thir
tieth street recently returned from a
hunting trip in the Sand Hills near Alli
ance, Nebr. While away Mr. I.eland had
a pretty close call and counts himself for
tunate in being alive. He was caught in
a blizzard and lost on the prairie nearly
twenty four hours. His friends at Alli
ance were much excited about his ab
sence and told him that he should he
thankful that he did not freeze to death.
ROSAMOND JOHNSON’S
PROTEGE MAKES GOOD
New York—(By the Associated Negro
Press) Making his first public appear
ance as a singer, in New York, Taylor
Gordon, a protege of J. Rosamond John
son's, made a pronounced hit in his reci
tal of Negro Spirituals, at the old Gar
rick Theatre, down in West 35th Street,
Sunday night. The singing of Mr. Gor
don, whose program consisted of spirit
uals in its entirety, was remarkable in
view of the fact that he had never sung
them before; but he had as a background
the one and only Rosamond Johnson, wno
not only accompanied him, but assisted
in the singing as well. The theatre was
packed and the singers were well receiv
ed.
Mrs. James W. Headley, of 917 North
Twentieth street, was taken to the Me
thodist hospital Tuesday where she is
very ill with pneumonia.
DEFENSE FUND GROWING STEADILY
New York,—In the week just ended
$4,319.83 has been contributed by people
in all parts of the United States toward
the $50,000 Legal Defense fund being
raised by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People, 69
Fifth Avenue. This brings the total
raised by the National Association and
its Branches to date up to $10,342.43 and
leaves the fund in the following position:
Given by Garland Fund.$ 5,000.00
Ofiered in addition. 15,000.00
Required to meet offer. 30,000.00
Total .$50,000.00
Raised to date $10,342.43
Still to go.;.. 19,657.57
Among the large gifts toward the de
fense fund receiver! during the week
was: the R. W. G. Council, I. O. of St.
Luke, Richmond, Va., $300; $200 voted by
the vestry of St. Philip’s Church in New,
York City; Mrs. Maggie Walker of Rich
mond, Va., $50; Dr. A. A. Brill, noted
alienist and widely known as the leading
exponent of Dr. Freud’s psychoanalysis in
America, sent his check for $20.
Branch remittances toward the fund
received during the week are as follows:
Denver, $200; St. Paul, $375; San Fran
cisco, $25; Arkansas City, $25.75; Zanes
ville, Ohio, $82.52; Tekamah Couty, $25;
Holyoke, $5; Chicago, $735; Indianapol
is, $8.3.35; Hollidaysburg, Pa., $28.85;
Fort Wayne, $21.
Individual contributions ranging from
one dollar to several hundred continue
to come to the National Office of the Na
tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. Besides those men
tioned above, individual contributors of
the week include the following: Harold
Cuinzburg, New York City, $50; The Mar
tha Tabernacle No. 11, G. U. O., B. and
S. of Love and Charity, New York City,
$25; Mrs. Bessye Bearden, New York
City, $25; Miss Nellie Calloway, New
York City, $25; Mr. E. K. Alexander.
New York City, $25; Mr. John B. Nail,
New York City, $25; The United Sons of
.Georgia, $20; Miss Caroline B. Chapin,
Englewood, N. J., $25; Mrs. Daniel U'
Day, Rye, N. Y., $25; Mr. Gaius C. Bo
lin, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., $50; The N.
C. Mutual Life Ins. Co., Durham, N. C.,
$25; Colored Men’s Council, Springfield.
O. . $.W; Miss Laura Brown, Brooklyn, N.
Y., $50; Miss Lucy Watson. Utica, N. Y..
$25; Hon. Franklin Fort, Washington, D.
C, $100; Mr. S. A. Reed, Portsmouth, N.
H., $25; Dr. Brann, Brooklyn, $50; Mrs.
Lucy Fletcher-Shaw, New York City, $25;
Dr. fi. W'. Wolfe, Newark, -100; Mrs. N.
P. Hallowell, W. Medford, $150; Mrs.
Helen D. Peck, Brooklyn, $25; The Provi
dent Medical anil Dental Society, Brook
lyn, $75.
In connection with the growing inter
est and the widespread contributions to
the Legal Defense Fund to date, James
Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National
Association made the following statement:
“No class of persons deserve more credit
for the nation-wide response to the Na
tional Association’s appeal for sinews of
war than colored editors. Colored edi-1
tors throughout the country have realized
the crisis which confronted the race and
have practically united in throwing their
weight and influence toward helping the
National Association fight the battle of
the race for full citizenship rights.
“Editorials have been published from
one end of the country to the other and
it is our great regret that it has not been
possible because of space limitations in
our press service to reprint all the gener
ous things that colored editors have writ
ten and published. Colored people of
America should realize that in their own
newspapers they have one of the most
potent instruments for enabling them to
act as a united and irresistable force. On
tile part of the N. A. A. C. P. I want to
thank the editors who have served and are
serving the race so well in this hour of
crisis.”
A MASS MEETING
FOR DEFENSE FUND
OF N. A. A. C. P.
At a joint meeting of the Colored
Ministerial Alliance and a committee
of the Omaha Branch of the N. A. A.
C. P. it was decided that both organ
izations foster through one united ef
fort a mass meeting for the raising
of funds for the $50,000 defense fund
inaugurated by the national office of
the N. V A. C. P.
To that end a mass meeting will
be held in the St. John A. M. E.
Church, Twenty-second and Willis
avenue, Sunday, November 29th, at
3:30 p. m. at which the following
program will be rendered:
Program
1. Meeting called to order by the
Rev. John Albert Williams, pres
ident Omaha Branich N. A. A.
C. P.
2. Song, “America”. |
3. Invocation, Rev. G. W. Day.
4. Introduction of Rev. J. H. Ellis
as chairman of mass meeting by
the Rev. John Albert Williams.
5. Remarks by the chairman.
0. Song, ‘National Anthem”.
7. Five-minute addresses—
a) Rev. W. F. Botts.
b) Chas. W. Dickerson,
c) Dr. J. A. Singleton.
d) A. M. Harrold.
e) H. W. Black.
f) Attorney D. H. Oliver.
g) Dr. W. W. Peebles.
h) Mrs. Kate Wilson
i) Dr. L. E. Britt.
8. Benediction, Rev. C. A. Williams.
CAPITALIZING THE WORD “NEGRO”
A Brief for the Newspapers of Indiana
polis, Indiana
(By William Pickens for The Associated
Negro Press)
The Interracial Committee in Indiana
polis, Indiana, asked the daily papers to
capitalize the word “Negro”, in accord
with grammar and common-sense, and the
newspapers after listening to the oral
statements, asked the Committee to pre
sent a brief to all the newspapers, so as
to bring the matter formally to the fore.
William Pickens happened to reach In
dianapolis for a day or so at this time,
and the Interracial sub-committee, which
had been appointed to get up a brief to
present to editors, asked him to write a
suitable one for them.—Following is the
word which he presented:
It was u custom growing out of Ameri
can ^slavery to write the word Negro
with a small “n” (negro). That custom
had at least a semblance of reason in
slavery days, but even that semblance has
passed, as we shall explain.
In some of the very old English books,
and books beyond the influence of the
customs of slavery, the word Negro was
capitalized ages ago.
Of course the word was originally a
common adjective in Spanish, derived
from the word “niger”, Latin adjective
meaning black. But the word is in its
present use a noun, designating a particu
lar race or group. When a noun denotes
the name of a particular person, group
or institution, it is a proper noun, and
should lie capitalized. To say .that the
word Negro should not be capitalized
simply because it is derived from a com
mon adjective which was used as a sub
stantive to denote at first “black people”,
is as erroneous as to say that when a man’s
name is Baker, Shoemaker, or Smith, the
name should be written with lower case
letters (baker, shoemaker, or smith),
simply because those words in fact were
derived from the common nouns, and de
noted in their beginning the trade or vo
cation of a particular person or thing, or
a particular group of persons or things,—
“Sirrius" and “Dog Star.”
It is manifestly indefensible when an
American newspaper puts it this way in
a nows column: “The inhabitants of this
town are 5,000 Caucasians, 33 Mongoli
ans, 3 Indians, and 652 negroes.” If the
word Negro is a common noun, it is by
no means co-ordinate with “Caucasian,
Mongolian, and Indian.”
But, it might be said, we would also
write white people and Mongolians and
not capitalize “white”. Yes, and that is
because “white” is not exactly co-ordi
nate with “Mongolian”. “White” is sim
ply a descriptive adjective,—not a racial
name, hut an innaccurate racial descrip
tion. There may be some brown “white”
people, and there are certainly white
“Mongolians”. And in the accepted mean
ing of “Negro” in America, there are cer
tainly black, brown, and white “Negroes”.
The term “Negro” is no longer “negro”
meaning black, but is now a proper noun
designating a group of people, a race. We
do not, of course, capitalize “blacks”, or
should we capitalize “colored”. These des
criptives,—“white, black, colored,”—are co
ordinates, simply descriptive adjectives,
—more or less inaptly applied, of course.
but while “white” is co-ordinate with
“black, colored, brown or yellow”, still
“white” is not co-ordinate with Negro. The
word Caucasian is co-ordinate with the
word Negro or the word Mongolan.
We sometimes use other words more nar
rowly designatorv of race; Celtic, Gallic,
Slav,—and we capitalize these words, as
we should.
The word Negro was capitalized before
slavery, hut it looked inconsistent for a
slave-owner to advertise for sale: “six
plows, 3 mules, 2 cows, 6 bales of cotton,
and 10 Negroes”, capitalizing only the
last. It looked had to capitalize the name
of a mere chattel. That was the original
motive, almost instinctively expressed, be
hind the custom that made out Negro
to be a common noun. I have no doubt
that if Chinese or Arabs had been slaves
in America, and had been offered for sale
among cattle and sheep and garden pro
duce, those words would have been writ
ten “chinese and arabs”. To capitalize
them in that association would have ol
fended the sense.
But today the word Negro is not only
the designation of a RACE and a great
particular group, hut, if used as an ad
jective-substantive, it is not even correctly
descriptive of that group, as most of them,
in America at least, are not black by any
means. In the United States at least the
word is a capital designation.
The University of Chicago Press, The
Nation, and many other •magazines, great
dailies in some cities, and well-known pub
lishers have ordered the capitalization of
the word “Negro” since this matter was
called to their attention.
DOCTOR SWEET MAKES
GOOD IMPRESSION ON
THE WITNESS STAND
Tells of Experience Within His Home
und Reveals His Mental Attitude
on Night When Mobbist
I Was Killed
COOL WHILE CROSS EXAMINED
Case Given to Jury After Masterly
Summing Up of the Evidence
by Clarence Darrow
and Hayes
Detroit, Mich.—The closing days of
the Sweet murder trial were marked
by the testimony of Dr. Ossian P.
Sweet and the masterly summing up
of the evidence by Darrow and
Hayes. The case was then given to
the jury which after being deadlocked
for forty-eight hours was unable to
agree and was discharged by the
court Friday morning.
Dr. Sweet made a most favorable
impression as a witness. Cool, calm
and collected he told the story of his
life and the struggle for a com
petency. He gave a vivid recital of
two mob attacks, one in Washington,
D. C., and one in the South through
which he had passed, all of which
bore upon his mental condition when
his house wa^ surrounded by a mob
on the night of September 8.
He told of missies being hurled
through the windows and landed on
the roof of his home and of the crowd
outside and with the vivid experience
of former mobs he feared for the
lives of himself and family and of ■
his determination, if worse came to
the worst, to protect his loved ones
to the last. *
The grilling cross-examination of
Prosecutor Toms could not shake his
testimony or perturb him in the least.
White neighbors from the neighbor
hood in which he had resided for
twelve years testified to his high
character as did many others.
TUSKEGEE CONFERENCE TO
CONSIDER FARM AND HOME
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.— fBy the As
sociated Negro Press) Improving the
farm and home life will he the chief
topic for discussion at the annual Tuske
gee Negro Conference to be held January
27, 2fl, 1926. The various phases of this
subject, such as the budget system on the
farm and in the home as a basis for prog
ress and thrift, keeping account of the
cost of raising crops, investing surplus
cash, how to borrow money at a low rate
of interest, and cooperative buying will
he discussed. There will also be discus
sion of improving the farm by draining,
ditching, and terracing, the raising of
soil improving crops, the use of labor sav
ing machinery, and how to hold and get
good tennants.
1 he home will he considered in terms
of the following discussions. “How I
have made my home surroundings more
attractive,” “What I am doing to keep my
children on the farm,” “What we are do
ing to encuorage home owning in our com
munity,” “Educational facilities and reg
ular school attendance,” “The religious
life,” Wholesome recreation and health.”
INDIANS OWN NEARLY TWO
BILLIONS IN PROPERTY
Washington, D. C.— (By the Associa
ted Negro Press) The value of property
owned by the American Indians was mat
erially increased during the fiscal year of
1925 according to an estimate just com
pleted by the Bureau of Indian offairs of
the Interior Department.
The total value of Indian property is
now fixed at $1,656,046,550. Figures in
cluded in the estimate consist of both
property held by Indian tribes and by in
dividual Indians under the guardianship
of the Government.
VICTORY LIFE ENTERS NEW YORK
New York, N. Y.—(By the Associated
Negro Press) According to Lester Wal
ton in the New York World the Victory
Life Insurance Company of Chicago has
been licensed to do business in the state
of New York. It represents a signal vic
tory for the officials of this company, no
other outside Organization having gone
into the state within the last twenty-five
years, so stringent are the laws concern
ing insurance. f
MUST DIE JANUARY 8
Little Rock, Ark.,—(By the Associated
Negro Press) Gov. Terral has issued a
proclamation setting Friday, January 8,
as the date for the electrocution of Aaron
Harris, convicted of first degTee murder
for the killing of Scott Street, white, a
deputy sheriff.
PULLMAN PORTERS
HOLO SUCCESSFUL
ANNUAL MEETINfi
Benefit Association Takes Under Ad
visement Plans for Further
Development of Organ
ization
PULLMAN OFFICIALS PRESENT
Man Who Has Served as Pullman
Porter for Past Fifty Years
Recites Very Interesting
Experiences
Chicago, 111.— (By the Associated Ne
gro Press) What the Pullman Porter’s
Benefit Association is doing to improve
and protect the Pullman porters and
means for further development of the
work in this direction was discussed here
at the convention of the Association,
held Tuesday and Wednesday in the au
ditorium of the Wabash Y. M. C. A.
According to reports of the officials of
the association, the progress of the organ
ization during the past year has been grat
ifyingly rapid and through the work many
porters and their families have been bene
fitted. A program of extensive expan
sion was adopted by the convention that
is expected to further enhance the vame
of the organization.
The feature of the convention was the
public meeting which was largely attend
ed by porters and some of the leading
business and professional men of Chica
go. including the president of the Pull
man Company, E. H. Carey, and other
officials.
The principal addresses of the evening
were delivered by E. H. Carey, president
of the Pullman Company, and Perry B.
Parker, president of the Pullman Porter’s
Benefit Association. Mr. Carey, praised
the loyalty, efficiency, and service of the
porters and declared the company appre
ciated these efforts and would stick by
the men.
Mr. Parker reviewed the work of the
association and outlined the new program.
He also related interesting phases of his
work as chief investigator for the Pullman
Company in the United States, Canada,
and Mexico. The speaker also referred
to the large number of Negroes now em
ployed as skilled mechanics in the Pull
man shops and predicted that this num
ber would be increased rapidly. Both
speakers denied that the Pullman Com
pany had any direct connection with the
Pullman Porter’s Benefit Association.
Another interesting feature of the pro
gram was the short address by J. B. New
some, who told of his fifty-five years in
the serveice of the Pullman Company as
a porter. His address was filled with valu
able information, as he traced the history
of the company and the various changes
in types of cars and conditions.
The convention opened Tuesday morn
ing with 62 of the possible 63 delegates
present at the roll call The public ses
sions were largely attended.
MINISTERS ALLIANCE
HOLDS WEEKLY MEETING
The Minister’s Alliance met Tuesday
morning in the parlors of St. John’s A.
M. E. church and transacted much im
portant business. An interesting paper on
“The Minister. His Pulpit and its Influ
ence” was read by the Rev. R. Kidd,
pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church and
greetings were brought by the Rev. Dr.
Greene of Sioux City, Iowa, who has been
conducting a revival at Zion Baptist
Church. The speaker next Tuesday will
he the Rev. J. P. Jachson of Council
Bluffs.
COUPON PAYS PART
OF ADMISSION PRICE
The Monitor has made arrangements
with the Lake Theatre for the admission
next Monday night of all adults and child
ren for half price when presented with
the coupon found in this paper. The re
gular price of admission for adults is 20
cents and for children 10. This coupon
with 10 cents will admit an adult and
with five cents a child. Here’s a cha -r
for you to see a good movie and enjoy
good music and help boost Dan Des
dunes’ Lake Theatre.
SENDS DONATION TO
N. A. A. C. P. DEFENSE FUND
The Northwest Needle Craft Club met
with Mrs. A. Black, 1923 N. 35th street,
Nov. 17. The club sent five dollars to
the Defense Fund for the Sweet case at
Detroit, Mich. The next meeting trill be
with Mss. L. T. Boggus, 3518 Pasker
street, Tuesday, December 1.
Bill, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Peebles
was detained at home from North High
school this week by a severe cold.