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The Monti or A WIBKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTBD PRIMARILY TO TUB IN TERES IK OP COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE , MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entaied as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1»15. at the Postoffice »l Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879 THE REV JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS Editor W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb---- Associate Editor LUCINDA W. Wl LLIAMS.. Businas* Mafta#*r SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor. Postoffice Box 1201, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 v..... J ( ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE '£ UNITED STATES f Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. £ a and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are ^itizens of the !£ ;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ;< ! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the Linited States; nor X shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- '( erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person £ within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. X I * X-X-^*X"X-X“X’N“X“X~X~X~X~X“X~X*<X"X-X“X~X~:-X-X"X~X-X“: LEXINGTON SETS EXAMPLE KENTUCKY' has again demonstrated her determination to see to it that men accused of crime shall be protected from mob violence and be given a hearing in court. It is, indeed, a serious reflection upon our vaunted American civilization that troops have to be called out and martial law proclaimed in orcler that an alleged criminal may be grantedj that which is a fundamental principle of jurisprudence from time immemorial and reiterated in the Constitution of the United States: “the right to a speedy and pub lic trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wheren the crime shall have been committed.” If, however, it takes the whole military force of the country to enforce this organic law of justice then there should be no hesi tancy upon the part of those in author ity to invoke this force. Lexington, Ken tucky, under martial law, as an insistence that the law shall take its course shows a determination to uphold the constitution which must command the respect and admiration of the thoughtful. It ought not be necessary in any enlightened and civilized community to call out the troops to restrain mobs and permit courts of law to function, but wherever and when ever it becomes necessary to teach the lesson that the law must be supreme military power must be used. Lexington sets a good example in this. NEGRO HISTORY WEEK To arouse interest in and promote the study of what the Negro has contributed towards the history of humanity and the world the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, an organization which has done a vast deal of valuable research work, under the skilful and scholarly guidance of Carter G. Woodson, has suggested that the second week in February, beginning the 7th, be observed as Negro History Week. It aims to make it a national celebration, the purposes of which are to popularize the study of Negro history and to secure more sup port for its promotion. This is a most praiseworthy movement which should meet with a ready response from our people of intelligence everywhere. And not only from our own group but from the cultured of other races. The ignor ance concerning the achievements of the Negro, or, Negroid people, if you please is astonishing. An impartial study of their contribution to civilization is most enlightening and astounding. We as a group, whether we are willing to admit it or not, .‘Think white.” We have a “white psychology”. This begets an in ferior complex. The impression that we .^^♦<*<^-<»<*<->'X~X“X~X~X-*X~X~X“X*X-X~X~X~X*-X~X~X~X~X~,X“(«« ' ‘ i ;; THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE * ' ’ X ■ • - y ! I A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded X ! I persons that the contribution of the Negro to American nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from 1! negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and ■ > yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking ••• and 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 •> < • the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and £ f economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply j on the striving white men in Europe and America but also <> on 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 £ • • wars down to the struggle of the World W ar. Not only does •$ <> the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera- ? « ■ ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep £ <! significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the ? 11 choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played X ;; a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, y «- breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, f I hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, “The Gift of ? Black Folk.” t <• % are inherently and congenitally interior. There are reasons for this which are quite obvious. One of the chief reasons is ignorance of our own history. We havr been taught that we have no worthlike history and have achieved little or noth ing. Facts have been brought to light disproving this and showing that we. too. have a history of which we may well be proud. A knowledge of these facts will beget in us racial self-respect and urge us on to worthier heights. Volumes upon volumes of valuable historical facts are available bearing upon our race's achieve ments and contributions. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to read such books, and to acquaint ourselves with these facts. We hope our readers will observe and receive help and inspiration from the observance of Negro Hitsory Week. THE DUTY OF BEING PLEASANT We owe it to ourselves and to others to cultivate the habit of being pleasant and courteous. It is a duty to be pleas ant. A sunny smile, a cheerful greeting and a kind word brings happiness to oth ers and pays large dividends in satisfac tion to ourselves. FILING FOR OFFICE The Monitor notes with pleasure that Dr. John Andrew Singleton has filed for the legislature in the ninth legislative district. Let die people get behind him. nominate him at the primaries in August and elect him. It can be done. He is early in the field. He is weR-educated and will make a good representative. Out people are in the majority in that dis trict and Dr. Singleton can be elected. Make it plain, too, to republican leaders that if they expect our support for other candidates on the ticket they must deal fairly and squarely with us. LIBEL AND SLANDER A recent trial in Omaha for libel where in one of its most outstanding citizen! protected his good name should serve as a warning to people who are rather free and careless in what they say about other people. Libel and slander are punishable offences. WALKER REPRESENTATIVE IS AN OMAHA VISITOR Harry D Evans, advertising manager of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, was an Omaha visitor this week. He is an alert, wide-awake and most lik able young man. He was here in the interest of his company looking after the local beauty parlor recently opened here and in consultation with Walker agents. In a pleasant interview with The Monitor he told of the costly new plant which is about to he erected* by the company in Indianapolis, and other proposed ex pansion and development. Mr. Evans left Tuesday for St. Joseph. Mo. COUNC IL BLUFFS NOTES Rev. S. P. Jackson was called to Kansas by the death of his brother, Baily Jackson. The home of Mr. and Mrs. N. Turn er. Jr., was damaged by fire and smoke. Mrs. Lillian Burke ami Mrs. Emma Turner are on the sick list. Mr. Philip Ford is confined to his home from a severe fall. Mr. George Thompson is out of the hospital. Mrs. Stovall entertained the Hollis Art Club Monday, February 1, at the home of Mrs. Bryant. A delightful luncheon was served. The Hollis Art Club will give a masque party at Tabernacle Baptist church February' 11th, and also a dol lar hunt. Prizes will be given. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis enter tained the Progressive Whist Club at the home of Mrs. Ellen Rose. The invited guests were Mr. ami Mrs. Eugene Moore, Wilbur Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of Omaha, Miss Inez Haynes, Mr. Adam Hall, Mesdames Lyons and Alexander. A delightful luncheon was served. GYPSIES MUST STOP ROAMING IN RUSSIA Soviet Government Close* Open Road to them. Washington. — Gypsies must stop roaming I The Soviet government ImB isjued 1 the fiat. Three years of grace are-al lowed the gypsies. Then there must be no more wandering through all the Russias ~ The covered wagon, the swarthy soothsayer In brilliant rags, wild gypsy music at the roadside camp fire, must take up the trail to limbo. “Of the many new decrees and programs of the Soviet republic, set tling the gypsy on the land probably has us little hope as any of accomplish ment," says a bulletin of the National Geographic society from its headquar ters in Washington. “Many nations in many ages have tried to control that strange figure, the gypsy—and have failed. The Flame of Nomadism. “Since the early part of the Nine teenth century students and scholars have tried to understand the gypsy. ; They have compared the gypsy of Rus sia to the gypsy of Hungary. Spain, England and America. They have charted his westward advance. They have examined his language and linked it with Sanskrit and tongues j of India. They have set down his cus toms. They have accounted for near ly every characteristic of the gypsy race except the one that sets the gypsy apart from all other races. Why has the flame of nomadism lived In the J gypsy? Why can't he deny the call j of the open road? That Is the real mystery. It stands unexplained. "Gypsies have hud Inducements to settle on the land in nearly every na tion they have Invaded. In Scotland they paid for vagrancy with their necks In the time of .Tame* V A few countries can ceport permanent corn munltles of gypsies, but generally the law glides over their black heads and falls to mold them Into 'good, solid citizens.' Another Gypsy Mystery. "Another mystery of Oypsydom, the capacity for keeping the race strain pure, although they wander the world over and mix with men of all nations. Is easier to explain. Strict obedience to three precepts of gypsy law has saved their Individuality from the world’s melting pot, according to George Borrow. This British mission ary studied the gypsy nearly 100 years ago, yet so fine Is his prose, so ac curate were his observations, and so unchanging Is the g.vpsy. In both line age and language, that Borrow's books to this day are treasures of lore. The three commandments of Romany are: Separate not from the husbands. Be faithful to the husbands. Pay your debts to the husbands. “ 'Rom' means ‘man’ In the gypsy tongue. The first and third command ments are directed to the ’rom.’ The second Is directed to the women whose position In the tribe |s hinted by the repetition of the word ‘husbands.* In deed. ‘Romany’ may he translated ‘the sect of husbands,.' Abrogates Debtor Custom. “The first Injunction, 'separate not from the husbands.' is responsible for the maintenance of the tribal spirit and the language. That the second ha« been strictly observed, there Is ample testimony by the fact that gypsies the world over have staring black eyes, rich black hair, and a swarthy complexion. The last com mnndment has lost force because civi lized law will not permit operation of the old gypsy law compelling the de faulting debtor to serve ns slave to the lender for a year and a day. “The name gypsy itself Is the per petuation of an error The first tribes arriving in England told the British they came from T.Itlll Egypt.' In the rough-and-tumble of language 'Egyp tians' became 'gypsies.' The French fell Into error, too. and their tnlstnke has been transplanted to h^igllsh Thinking gypsies came from Bohemia, thp French called them Bohemians. With the big B’ become dwarf, we have a label for a 'light-hearted, so phistlcated mari-abnut town.' A Bohe mltin, perforce. Is a 'root' relative to Bohemia, the eastern knob of Czecho Slovakia, which is not particularly fa mous for light-henrtedness. sophistlca tlon or men-about town. "Tb* Soviet edict was probably dt rected to the 'Zigani.' This appella tlon is far more accurate than 'gypsy' and may be regarded as the true uni versa! root name h.v which the race itself prefers to he known In the Balkans If becomes Tslgnn; In Greece ami Turl ey. Tshinglan; In Italy, Zln garl; in Germany, Zlgeuner. Their In ternutlona! name may not have es caped the English language entirely for some authorities find It In our word tinker.’ The gypsies were the peddlers and the Itinerant repairmen of Old England—the tinkers." Orphans “Kidnaped” From Grandmother by State Philadelphia.—-Two Camden schoo children were legally "kidnaped'' from their classrooms and taken In chare* by the state board of children's guar dians, because their grandmother was financially unable to properly nourish them. The youngsters are orphans. Once before the stjtte attempted to get the children, hut the grandmother Mrs. Augusta Wilhelm, refused to giv< them up and the method of takin; them from school was resorted to. One of the children, John Palmer ten, was taken from the Mickle school and Viola, twelve, was taken from tin Sacred Heart parochial school. Mrs Wilhelm waited for their return and after they had been an hour overdue she received a telegram from Miss Frances Day. superintendent of tin slate board, informing her of the at tlon. The father of the children was killed in a railroad accident at Mattch Chunk Pa., nine years ago. Their mother died four years ago front tuberculosis and since that time the grandmother has slaved to keep them. She has received 10 cents a day from the state for the care of the children and her only income was the few pen nies she picked up doing odd Jobs at Infrequent Intervals. Miss Day said the moral and physical care which Mrs. Wilhelm had gjv^n to the children was of the best, hat her age and Inability to work made It Im possible for her to properly support them. 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