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THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PIT3LISHINQ COMPANY | Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postofflc* at Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. I THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS--—..Editor < W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neto__ Asssclste Editor LUCINDA W. WULLIAMS-— Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $L.OO A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Fostoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 V - - J ' 1***^'MhM“*.X“S*. K ^ t 1 fl *** '; ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE £ >> UNITED STATES £ 1 > T i! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged j* ! I 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, £ ;; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the X ; \ United States and of the State wherein they reside. No X < ’ state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the •{• !! privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor X ; ; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- £ ■ • ertj without due process of law, nor deny to any person £ ! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. « *? Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear headed Business Man THE BOARD OF EDUCATIOIN AS citizens, taxpayers and patrons of the public schools of Omaha we ar» vitally interested in their manage ment. Just nowT the Board of Educa tion is receiving some criticism, and we belieae a measure of it is merit ed, for its failure to keep its pre election promise to provide adequate ly for grade schools. It is under fire also for its proposal to employ a business manager while totally at sea as to just what his duties will be. Criticism of the sale of the former site of the North High school at a loss of some $40,000, which the tax payers must stand, seems to us quite valid. We do not believe that there was any urgency for this sale. Then, too, the star chamber ses sions of the Board are not likely to win the confidence of the public. Of course, there are matters that should be discussed in executive ses sion, but not building programs or like matters. Why so much secrecy? Is the Board of Education ashamed or afraid to let the public know the policy, or lack of policy, it is pursu ing that it must hold star chamber sessions ? The Board of Education was elected on a definite platform and is charged with the duty of managing the schools. This management includes the employment of a superintendent of schools, and other officials an< necessary employees, clearly defined in the statutes, which make no provi sion for a special business manager. And what could he do that Duncan Finlayson has not been doing for twenty-five years, without horn toot ing? Let the present Board do the work for which it was chosen; let its business transactions be open and above board. If the present members cannot do this, then it is their duty to resign, and if they do not resign let the voters, when the opportunity arises, see to it that they are retired. It is up to us as a group to use our votes, when the time comes, to elect members of the Board of Education who will not only look after the ef ficient management of the schools, but in so doing will also be fair to all classes, and give our people, in common with others a square deal, which the present regime does not seem inclined to do. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Commends Editorials 3334 Vernon Avenue Chicago, 111., Feb. 24, 1926. Rev. John Albert Williams, Editor of The Monitor. Dear Sir: Inclosed please find Money Order for renewal of my subscription to The Monitor. I want to commend you for your splendid editorials, but especially for your leaders in the last two issues on j our group getting together. Divided ! you never get anywhere, like at the last School Board election. Some of our group must be dense or selfish | not to see through it. You are on ! the right track, as usual, and I hope j your words will be heeded and that \ our people will wake up. Always sincerely yours, GEORGE N. JOHNSON. Hopes For Its Continuance 1806 Union Street, San FrancLsco, Cal., Feb. 2, 1926. Rev. John Albert Williams, ' Editor of The Monitor, i Dear Sir: I am enclosing you $3.00 which will pay my subscription to The Mon j itor up to about January 1, 1927. I hope that you will not find it necessary to sell The Monitor, but I that conditions may enable you to continue to run the paper as you are running it now and with some financial profit for yourself. Yours truly, CARTER E. DUNCAN _ DOCTOR BOWEN TO SPEAK AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH THURSDAY NIGHT The Rev. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Atlanta, Ga., vice-president of Gam mon Theological Seminary, is a mem ber of a team of prominent speakers who are visiting Bishop Keeney’s Aers Council. The selection of Dr. Bowen, who is the only race member of the team, bespeaks his qualifications for the task assigned him and the honor conferred upon him. He will be one of the speakers at the First Method ist Church, Twentieth and Davenport streets, next Thursday night, March 4, at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cor dially invited. :: j: I; THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE j; II — ii i > A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded )! ■ 1 persons that the contribution of the Negro to American !! ' * 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 ! ; **d 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 1 the 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 aloe < ; ; es the persistent struggle of the Mack men in America for < ; two centuries. The military defense of this land has de* < pnded 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 and persist in American ittera lire hot a Negro American literature has arisen of deep < Significance, and Negro folk lore and musk are among the ! Must heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has ptajrnd ! s pscuHor spiritual role in America as a sort of living, 11 breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, ' hape and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, "The Gift of ! ; : Hack Folk.” ( _____ ^ ^ ___ « i 0 0 MOM FIND TAX DOUBLED IN TWELVE YEARS Conference Board Makes Study of Taxation. New York.—Twelve and a half cents ou* of every dollar of the coin hlned Income of the American people during the lust year went Into tuxes, according to a study In taxation hy the natlonnl Industrial conference board. New York The total hurden of federal, state and local tuxes has nearly doubled In proportion to na tional Income since 1913. rising from 0.9 per cent In 1913 to 12.5 per cent In 1924, also showing an Increase over the preceding year. 1923. when the total tax hurden amounted to 11.8 per cent of the national income. While the increase of taxation In proportion to national Income In 1924 in part was due to Increased state and local tax levies, It was In part, however, also due to a decrease In national income during that year, the board points out. The natlonnl Income In 1924 Is esti mated hy the conference hoard at $63,000,000 as against $65,000,000 In 1923, representing a decrease of three per cent for the year Kxpressed In dollars of current purchasing power the national Income In 1924 was al most double that of 1913: deflated to take Into account the decline In pur chasing fiower of the dollar since 1913 the national Income In 1924. In terms of "1913 dollars" was $.39.000 000. as against $32,000,000 In 1913. While the average gain In popula tlon. according to census figures, has been about 1 V4 per cent annually, fed eral. stnte and local taxes together have Increased at so fast a pace that according to the hoard's computation the total per capita tax burden has risen from $22.73 In 1913 to $70.97 In 1924, or more than trebled The same is true of the average tax burden of each gainfully occupied per son In the 1'nlted States, which has In creased 208.8 per cent from 1913 to 1924, from $59.25 to $182.94 Measuring the tax burden per ; family, the social unit, the bourd finds I that It has nearly trebled, having risen from $102.12 In 1913 to $304 23 In 1924 The conference board, however, spe cifically emphasizes the Increase of taxation In proportion to national In come as the truest and most signifi cant test of the burdensomeness of taxes, Inasmuch as national Income . Is the measure of a nation’s capacity to spend. COPPER IN COLLEGF Elmer Carlson, a senior at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. Is working his way through the university by serving as s member of the Madison police force. Matrimonial Odds Set at 13 to 1 Against Men Sacramento, Cal.—If you are look ing for a wife, the chances are 13 to 1 that you will not have any luck during the next year, according to L. E. Koss chief of the state bureau of vital statistics. Women may receive some encourage ment In Koss’ announcement that their chances are much better than those of the men. The odds against a woman getting married are only 7 to 1. ltoss goes further to state that di vorced women have a better chance to get married than any other class. The odds against single men marry lng are 14.3 to 1, Koss says, while single girls are quoted much lower, at 8 to 1; widowers have only one chance In 14 to get married within the next year, but widows have only one chance in 29. Divorced men will remarry within three years and divorced women within two years and a half, Koss predicts. The annual marriage rate per l,00f> population Is twice as high for women as It Is for men. He explains that an equal number of each sex marry every year. Coins Over Century Old Hidden in Ground Kansas City, Mo.—Coins dated 1802 were found under a stump by working men excavating for a home at West wood rond and Mercler street. The ! coins, eight 50-cent pieces, were discov ered after the stump hud been removed. According to .less Kelly, of the John H. Kelly & Sons Building company era plovers of the workmen, the coins were untarnished and were slightly larger and thinner than the present half-dol lar. They probably will be given to the public library, ne said. Head Hunting in Luzon Replaced by Tame Game* New York.—“I wu surprised and somewhat disappointed to learn when I reached the Philippine* that head hunting tribes had given up their ancient pastime under persuasion of American officials,” declared Alvin Ooomhe, who recently has been around the world with his family '■While I didn’t get the thrill I ex pected. my curiosity brought me on* of the most Interesting bits of Informa tion I picked up during the entire trip. “An army officer, who had held some administrative Job In the northern part of Luzon Island, where head-buat Nearly Billion in Idaho Products for Year 1925 Malad, Idaho.—Idaho's agricultural products for 1025 will total approzi mately $200,000,000, according to a careful survey made of the state by the federal crop statistician, the Union Pacific railroad and the Utah Home In dustrit-s association. This does not In elude the lamb crop, estimated at $15, 000,000, wool estimated at $8,000,000 several million dollars of hogs, several million dollars for beef and dairy cat tie and horses and at least $2.1 *00,01 H for Idaho honey. Receipt reports have stated Idaho has enjoyed a prosperous year In the majority of the produc five fields VESTA BATTERIES ; $12.50 Batteries charged in one day. Save time and expense. Satisfaction Guaranteed Cutomer once always a customer Hughes & Shore Battery Station 3014 N. 24 St Web. 0180 Standard Garage ^~xkk~x^^k~xk~x*<*^x>*x**-x | LITTLE WONDER;!: BARBER SHOP 4 :i: 1612 North 24th Street 4 •k~X~X“X"X“X-X~X~X-X--X-X"X f | ? 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WILL PRESENT PUPILS IN RECITAL AND CONTEST Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston will present her pupils in pianoforte recital and contest next Thursday night, March 4, at 8 o’clock at Hillside Pres byterian church, Thirtieth and Ohio streets. The public is cordially in vited. EMPLOYS COLORED GIRLS AS DEMONSTRATORS The Old Horae Potato Bread Com pany is giving employment to two young colored girls as demonstrators of the excellent bread put out by this firm. They are Miss Ernestine Single ton and Miss Nettie Wright. Those who believe in reciprocity should bear this fact in mind. Let us give our I patronage to firms which show a dis ! position to be fair, by buying our labor as well as selling us their goods. PI ITS 11URGH ME MORIA LIZES LINCOLN-DOI GLASS DAY Washington.—One hundred and fif ty members and guests of the famous loendi Club of this city fittingly celebrated Lincoln-Douglass Day on February 12, 1926. Judge Albert B. 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