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NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
■!- THB REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
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SIXTEEN ARE LYNCHED
COLORED ELKS
WILL EDUCATE
WORTHY STUDENTS
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Commissioner I lues) on Actively En
raged in Carrying Out Pro
gram Planned at
< (invention
LODGES L O V \ L L V RESPOND
I irst tssessinent Levied for Aiding
Worthy and Ambitious Students
Promptly Met Without
Protest
Gary, Did.,—(By the Associated
Negro Press In pursuance of a step
taken at the last convention of Elks
when a bill was passed creating a
department of education in the lodge
and appointing Judge William C.
Hueston of this city as commission
er, a letter has been recently address
ed to the six hundred branch lodges
acquainting them with the progress
of the work so far by the commis
sioner.
Each lodge member is assessed
twenty cent a year for the new work
to be paid quarterly and collected by
the grand secretary and grand trea
surer. It is reported that, due to the
good work of the grand exalted rul
er and other grand officials, the first
collection was made without a single
protest. The amount to be gathered
in the year should amount to pra
tically ?14.000.
It is proposed to use this money
to see that deserving boys and girls
get into schools and, therefore,
scholarships will be given throughout
the county. Each lodge is to have the
privilege of naming a candidate, with
his or her qualifications. The depart
menf of education will select from
among the candidates named those
persons to receive aid. This will be
done each year.
Another plan is to inaugurate an
annual education week, to begin
April 12 of this year. During this
week, each Elk lodge and temple Is
expected to arrange a program for
txith the lodge and temple, arid to
invite the entire community to join
in and assist then. A recommenda
tion is made by the commissioner
that the Elks set up several broad-1
casting stations for the dissemina
tion of racial propaganda.
I»H. t t KBY HONORED BY
AN I NI St Al. ELECTION
Springfield, Ohio—Dr. E. W. Curry,
pa.-tor of the Second Baptist church
of Springfield, Ohio, became the pre».
sident of the Clark County Minister
V ial Association at Springfield, O.,
January 1st and presided over the
first . ession of the year Monday Jan
uary 3rd. Dr. Trust of the Congre
gational church, was elected presi
dent w ith Dr. Curry vice-president last
October. Hr. Trust has taken cnaige
of the Congregational work in Mans
field, O., and this provided the open
ing for the elevation of Hr. Curry.
He i the first Negro to hold an of
fice in this Association. The Associa
tion has a memljership of between 90
and 100 ministers and professors of
Wittenberg College of which 11 are
colored and the rest white. It was!
stated at the meeting by a number
of th< white ministers that Dr. Curry
was elected because of his high Christ
an character, ability as a .scholar,
and, success as a church leader. This
brings another honor to the entire
race and goes to prove that after all
there are a number of white people
who will give it to a man of brains
and character regardless of his col
or.
dr. sw eet on SPEAKING TOl R
Detroit, Mich.—(By the Associated
Negro Press) Dr. and Mrs. O' start tt.
Sweet, released on bail, pending re
trial of their case in Detroit, and
Walter White, assistant secretary of
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, are to
deliver adddresses in five large ci
ties, to stimulate interest in the Legal
Defense Fund being raised by the
Association.
OMEGA I’.SI PHI’S
CONVENE AT TUSKEGEE
Tuskegee Inst., Ala.,—(liy the As
sociated Negro Press) The Fourteenth
Annual Conclave of the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity opened here Sflnday
night with exercises in the Institute
Chapel.
Matthew Mullock, former Dart
mouth athlete and assistant district
Attorney of the State of Massachu
setts, delivered the principal address.
After paying tribute to Hooker T.
Washington, he commended Dr. Mot
on for the “wisdom and tact” he has
displayed in handling the affairs of
the institute and particularly in re
ference, to his contribution of the bet
terment of race relations in the South.
"From the time that Alonzo Pietro
landed with Columbus, we have been
doing our part in contributing to
America’s greatness," said the speak
er and then presented the long list
of Negroes who have achieved not
able success.
In further reference to the Ne
groes’ achievements, Attorney Mullock
said: “And when we were set free,
after more than 250 years of slavery,
with apparently no visible means of
support, we did not seek aid from
our former masters or ask to be sup
ported at the government’s expense;
but through our own industry and
thrift, in the few years which have
separated us from slavery, we have
purchased more tliun 000,000 homes,
we have so conserved our resources
that we are operating more than 900,
000 farms and cultivating more than
100,000,000 acres, we are conducting
more than 50,000 business enterprises
and last year we spent more than
$2,000,000 for our own education a
side from what we contributed
through general taxation.
Referring to race relations in the
South, the speaker said: “Our friends
in the South who have justice and
fair play are beginning to speak out
in no uncertain terms.” This he re
garded as “one of the most hopeful
signs of the ultimate triumph of just
ice” for the Negro.
Addresses of welcome were made
by it. it. Taylor, acting principal ot
the institute and Col. Joseph H.
Ward, medical officer in charge of
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital. The response :
to these addresses was made by At- .
torney George L. Vaughn of St. Louis,
Grand Bacillus of the Fraternity.
N. A. A. C. I*. REPORTS MOST
SI K ESSFI I. YEAR IN HISTORY
New York—(By the Associated
Negro Press) The National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored ;
People, 69 Fifth Avenue, today is
sued a summary of its Annual Re
port for the year 1926, showing the
most successful effort in the entire
history of the Association. The sum
mary stresses the fact that segrega-1
lion lias been made a national issue
confronting the entire American peo
ple, arid that colored people through
out the United States have been unit
ed tu this fight as in no other ex
cept the fight to end lynching.
The National Association report
ueals with segregation, the “White
Primary” fight in Texas and other
cases of discrimination; Ixigal De
fense; reintroduction of a revised
Dyer .V'li-Lynching Bill in Congress;
release of 24th Infantrymen; publi
city and branch organization, and the
lvu Klux lvlan.
-n \Y negro schools
ARE A SUCCESS
—
Washington, D. C.—(By th<f Asso- j
riuted Negro Press) In a statement
to the press this week, Dr. I. Gar
land Penn, one of the secretaries in !
charge of Negro work for the board 1
of education of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, declared that the growth j
and success of education in colleges
and schools of the Negro is remark
able. 1
Thirty years ago, according to Dr.
I'cnn, there was not a Negro filling
the presidency of any of the schools
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Now there are eleven. Thirty years
ago, most of the teachers were white
missionaries; now out of 460 teaeh
ers fully 400 are colored.
Some Significant Statistics !
Show Substantial Progress
The following summarization of
some of the things accomplished by
the American Negro alone since 1865
should give encouragement to those
who are inclined to think little prog
ress has been made and spur all on
to do their best:
When freed in 1865, American Ne
groes owned 12,000 homes and oper
ated 20,000 farms. Now they own
700,000 homes and operate a million
farms. Then they conducted 2,100
businesses, now they conduct 70,000.
Meantime (heir aggregate wealth has
increased from $20,000,000 to $2,000,
000,000, one hundred times as much.
In 1924 there were 73 Negro banks,
with $6,250,000 capital, $20,000,000
of resources, and an annual business
of $100,000,000.
Thirty-five Negro life insurance
companies report $200,000,000 of in
surance in force on the lives of 1,100,
000 persons. These cortlpanics have
eight thousand employes and are
wholly capitalized and managed by Ne- j
grow.
There are in the I nited States 47,- [
000 Negro churches, with five mil
lion members, and 46,000 Sunday
schools enrolling three million pupils.
Members of colored churches con
tribute annually $550,000 to home and
foreign missions.
I he 332,000 Negro members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in five
years contributed $1,911,979 to the
Centenary fund of that church.
Negroes have contributed nearly
$'150,000 toward the erection of col
ored Y. M. C. A. buildings in four
teen cities.
There are in the I nited States about
10,000 Negro college graduates. Six
hundred and seventy-five received
the bachelor’s degree last year.
Through their churches and other
wise, Negroes raise annually $3,000,
000 for the support of their schools.
\ ntimbi r of Negroes have recently
given to Negro colleges sums ranging
from $5,000 to $25,000 each.
In 1865, ninety per cent of the Ne
groes were illiterate; nojv about
twenty per cent. Then there were 100,
000 Negroes in school; now 2,150,000.
CAN’T IOSE US, THAT’S ALL
Some of the Omaha merchants of
fered prizes for babies born on
Christmas Day ami also New Year’s
Day. Our people presented candidates
for prizes on both days. Laura Marie,
a bouncing baby girl, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. John Rutler, 2701) Cor
by street, bright and early' Christ
mas morning, Dr. Herbert Wiggins,
the attending physician, was pleased
to report. Laura Marie was present
ed with a handsome little bed by the
Union Outfitting Company.
On New Year’s Day nine births
were reported in Omaha and among
the arrivals was a son, weighing six
pounds ami Seven ounces, born to
Mrs. Gertrude Harris and husband,
of 1117 North Twenty-first street,
at University hospital at 5:30 in the
morning. This young colored Omanan
was the third arrival, being distanced
in the race by a nine pound son born
to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Jensen, 1717
Center street, at 12:15 a. m., and
Theona Mary Ross, an eight and a
half pound girl horn to Mr. and Mrs.
George Ross of Persia, la., at St.
Joseh’s hospital at 3:15 in the morn
ing.
JUNIOR G. F. S. ELECTS OFFICERS I
—
The Junior members of the Girls’ j
Friendly Society of the Episcopal I
Church of St. Philip the Deacon held
their annual election of officers Mon
day afternoon with the following re
sult; Helen Singleton, president; Ce
lcstine Smith, vice-president; Saruh
Brown, secretary; Catherine Wiliams,
treasurer. The Juniors are rehearsing
an original play to be given early
in February.
BISHOP CAREY TO ORDAIN
FOUR DEACONESSES
Bishop A. J. Carey will preach at
Bethel A. M. E. Church, Twenty
fourth anil Franklin street, the Rev.
T. W. Kidd, pastor, Sunday morning
and will ordain a class of four dea
conesses at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
The public is cordially invited to all
services.
A successful revival is being con
ducted at Bethel by the Rev. Blanche
Blake, an evangelist from Kansas ;
City, Mo. The services began last
Sunday night and will continue for
three weekij. Up to the present time
there have been fourteen accessions
to the church.
DR. CRAIN ADDRESSES
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
The Colored Ministerial Alliance
met in the parlors of St. John’s A. M.
E. Church Tuesday morning at the
appointed hour. The outstanding fea
ture of the meeting was an address
by the Rev. James A. Crain, secre
tary of the Omaha Federation of
Churches.
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CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Washington, I). C.—(A. N. P.) Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Minkins, 15 Ninth
Street N. E., befittingly celebrated
the 50th anniversary of their wed
ding at their home here.
—
ALDERMAN PRESIDES
New York—For the first time in
Pie history of the city a colored man
presided last Tuesday at the session
of the Board of Aldermen. John Wil
liam Smith, of Harlem, wielded tne
gavel.
FIND OIL IN OKLAHOMA
AFTER MANY FAILURES
Early History of the State Is Filled
With Many Disappointments.
Tulsa, Okla.—Where years ago the
North American Indian roamed the
hills nf eastern Oklahoma and the
broad prairies of the western section,
oil wells now appear, bringing to the
surface the "black gold’’ for which
eastern Oklahoma Is famous.
The first well In Oklahoma was
drilled In 1884 by Michael Cudahy of
Omaha, Neh. When the well was at j
a depth of 1,120 feet, an oil sand was
penetrated and there was a small show
ing but not In paying quantity. The
drillers were Instructed to drill deep
er, but at l.soo feet, with no further
trace of oil, the well was abandoned.
The showing of oil led many pros
pectors to Oklahoma, although as late
as 1801 only .'10 barrels of oil were pro- I
duced. Hut there was considerable
drilling.
Production continued to slump the
next two years, only ten barrels of
oil being produced In all of Oklahoma
territory In 1898, hut It Increased to
6,474 barrels In 1900.
A well sunk Just outside of the city
of Red Fork In 1901 proved to be one
of the largest producers, and caused
many “wildcat” wells to be put down.
The big oil play started In 1904, how
ever, when the Glenn pool was uncov
ered.
From a small Indian trading post,
Tulsa became it city of 7,000 In a year
Oil offices were brought to the city, ,
hundreds of persons became wealthy
from oil and built fine homes, stores,
factories and all types of business es
tahllshments sprung up. Tulsa today 1
la a city of 125,000 people In a state
producing 460.000 barrels of oil dally. 1
with Indications It will go higher.
The year the Glenn pool was discov
ered, production was recorded at 1,
800.000 barrels for the year, but the
search for oil did not end there. It
was found in the northern, central and
southern portions of the state.
The northern miscellaneous fields
have proved to be the heaviest pro
ducers. The southern and northern
fields come next. The Garber field, In
north central Oklahoma, Is the most
promising, In the opinion of oil men,
as there are 15 sands, which virtually
assures the driller a producer at some
depth.
Wells range from l.OtJO to 4,400
feet in depth. A few wells are now
drilling with a view to going below
5.000 feet.
SERVANT PROBLEM
WORRIES CONGRESS
Washington—Now comes the pro
posal of Representatives Sol Bloom,
a New York City Democratic mem
ber of Congress, to amend the Im
migration Act to permit the en
trance of European women who an
nounce their intention to become
domestic servants.
This proposal directs attention to
the 1920 U. S. Census report, which
shows a decrease of approximately
345,000 females, during the ten-year
period from 1910 to 1920, who were
engaged in domestic and personal
service.
The decrease, however, waV off
set by a corresponding increase in
the number of females engaged in
manufacturing and mechanical in
dustries, and in trade and transpor
tation, a change that resulted from
war emergency work and one that
gave females greater industrial op
portunities, higher pay, and above
all, regulated hours of work.
In 1910, there were 853,387 color
ed females engaged in domestic and
personal service activities, as com
pared with 790,631 in 1920, a de
crease of 62,756. Similar decreas
es were also shown for both native
and foreign-bom white females; and
the New' York Democratic Congress
man claims that labor agencies all
over the country are reporting a
scarcity of trained domestics, although
wages have advanced far beyond the
former scale for this character of
work.
He believes that the servant prob
lem is largely responsible for the
breaking up of homes and proposes
to remedy the situation by admitting
European domestics who declare their
intention of working as servants for
a period of three years after their
arrival.
PULLMAN COMPANY SELLS
STOCK TO EMPLOYEES
Chicago, 111.—(By the Associated
Negro Press) Any employee of the j
Pullman Company who has been in'
the service more than three months
is entitled to purchase from among
the 10,000 shares of the stock which
the company has recently offered its j
employes. The shares sell to the em- ;
ployes for $140 although the market i
price is $160. The employe may sub
scribe for one or more shares, ac
cording to his annual salary and pay |
for the stock at the rate of three
dollars a month.
CHILD ACQUIRES ADULT
INTELLIGENCE EARLY
Ithaca, N. Y.,—(By the Associated
Negro Press) According to Prof. L.
L. Thurstone, psychologist of the
University of Chicago, full adult in
telligence is developed by the aver
age child at the age of about four
teen or fifteen.
127-YEAR LIFE ENDS
_
Washington, N. C.—(By the Asso-!
ciated Negro Press) Mrs. Emiline
Dade has just died here at the age i
of 127 years. Up until she was 120 j
she worked as a laundress. She was j
born in slavery in Virginia and mar-1
ried twice before John Brown’s raid. |
She had one brother who died at the j
age of 109 and has another living j
who is 90.
WHITE DAILY IS SANTA TO
TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN
—
New Orleans, La.,—(By the Asso
ciated Negro Press) Over ten thous-1
and Negro children were recipients of |
Christmas presents through the med
ium of the Times-Picayune, a lead
ing morning paper, the amount being
raised by popular subscription through
the columns of that paper.
COMMITS SUICIDE
TO AVOID LYNCHING
Wynona, Miss.—John Noey, 17, dis
charged farm —emUoe,oi?iisdaio od
charged farm hand, killed his em
ployer, Mrs. W. C. Brooks, white,
and then turned the rifle on himself
and committed suicide.
SOUTHERN STATES
STILL STENCH IN
NATION S NOSTRILS
Lyncher’s Rope and Fagot Take Life
and Burn Bodies of Human Be
ings in Christian America.
Two Insane
MISSISSIPPI HEADS RED LIST
Sixteen Victims of Mob Murders Were
Negroes; One Killed in North. »
Several Lynchings W’ere
Prevented
Tuskegee, Ala.,—(By the Associat
ed Negro Press) According to figures
compiled by the department of re
cords and research of Tuskegee In
stitute, the American record of lynch
ing remained unchanged during 1925.
There were sixteen persons lynched.
This number, ranking with the
number 16 for 1924 as the smallest
number of persons lynched in any year
since records of lynchings have been
kept, is 17 less than the number 33
for 1923, and 41 less than the number
57 for 1922. Two of the victims were
insane. Three others had been form
ally released by the courts. Ten of
the persons lynched were taken from
the hands of the law, two from jails
and eight from officers of the law
outside of jails. Two of those lynched
were burned at the stake and one was
put to death and body burned.
There were 39 instances in which
officers prevented lynchings. Seven
of these were in northern states and
32 in southern states. In 26 of the cas
es the prisoners were .removed or
the guards augmented or other pre
cautions taken. In 13 other instances
armed force was used to repel would
be-lynchers. In three instances during
the year persons charged with being
connected with lynching mobs were
indicted. Of the 41 persons thus be
fore the courts, 21 were sentenced;
five suspended sentences, dependent
on good behavior, of from four to
twelve months on the road; one for
thirty days in jail, and 15 from six
months on the road to eight years in
the penitentiary.
Of the sixteen persons lynched all
were Negroes. Six or less than one
half of those put to death were charg
ed with rape or attempted rape. The
offenses charged were: murder, 6;
rape, 4; attempted rape, 2; killing
an officer of the law, 2; attacking
child, 1; insulting woman, 1,
The states in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each state
are as follows: Alabama, 1; Arkan
sas, 1; Florida, 2; Georgia, 1; Louis
iana, 1; Mississippi, 6; Missouri, 1;
Utah, 1; Virginia, 1.
WINS $150 PRIZE FOR COTOTJN
Little Rock, Ark.,—(By the Associ
ated Negro Press) James Ferguson,
a share-cropper on the farm of John
W. Naylor, has just been informed
that he has won the $150 prize of
fered by the Forrest City Chamber
of Commerce for the largest amount
of lint cotton gathered from five
acres'"in St. Francis county. Fergus
Bon’s yield was 4,963 pounds.
NEGROES HAVE CLEAN RECORD
New Orleans, La.,—(By the Associ
ated Press) The records of the pro
hibition office and federal courts do
not show for the past two years the
arrest of any Negro charged with
bootlegging or manufacture of beer,
whiskey or wine. All arrested, and
their number is legion, have been
white men and women.
MARRIES HIS ACCOMPANIST
London, Eng.—S. Coleridge Taylor,
Jr., musician, son of the famous com
poser was secretly married to his ac
companist, Miss Kathleen Markwell,
white, last week.
Young Taylor is a violinist and or
chestra director in his own .right.
His sister married the scion of a
well known white family here two
years ago.