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j THE MONIT OR f * WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERES1S OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice *t Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879._ ; THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS w. W MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb._- Associate Editor 1 LUCINDA W. WILLIAM»---Buslnos. Manayr ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 9*00 A YEAR; 91-25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Firnlshed Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 -- --/ i ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE '' UNITED STATES ;; ! I Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged ; ; ! ’ 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, j I; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens 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 United States; nor . i ;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ; ; ♦ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person ; ; X 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 WHY THE MAXIMUM? THE Monitor would like to ask why it is that it so frequently happens in the Police Court of this city that when Negroes are accused of crime the maximum bond is required for re lease from custody whereas in the case of white persons charged with like crimes the minimum bond is deemed sufficient? There has been considerable complaint upon this point, and in some cases there is no doubt, in our mind, that there is just ground for this criticism. The most recent case of this character to be brought to our attention occurred Tuesday of this week when Municipal Judge Holmes fixed the bond of a man charged with entering the Row land Apartments, terrorizing a wo man ana ’■obbing the family of ap proximately $50, at the maximum $10,000, when the prosecuting attor ney had recommended a bond o: $5,000. Why the maximum? Probably the accused would hav< found it as difficult to furnish a bone of $5,000, as he would one of $10,000 but it is the principle of the thing t< which we object. An excessive bond as is well known, carries with it th< presumption of guilt There is i peculiar psychology which dominates perhaps unconsciously, the mind o: the average white person in the cas< of a colored person accused of crime, and that is the presumption that he is guilty until proven innocent; where as the theory' of the law is that one is innocent until proven guilty. It is the catering, consciously or un consciously', designedly or unde signedly, to this presumption of guilt preceding the trial which this discrim nation in the matter of ball implies I which to us is highly objectionable. It smacks more of the spirit of the short-visioned South, than of the wid er-visioned North. It is certainly not in keeping with Nebraska’s motto, “Equality before the law.” OLD TACTICS The Omaha Daily News is at its old tactics again. It is evidently try ing to play up alleged crimes by Negroes as it did in September 1010 with such tragic results to Omaha’s reputation. In its issue of Friday, April 2, in reporting the case of a prowder who entered the Rowland Apartments, Wednesday night, it plays up the ' story to give the impression that the primary purpose of the intruder was rape and not robbery. But not quite satisfied with this it volunteers the information that I “The attempted attack on Mrs. , Christie is said to be the most recent of a half dozen such attempts in a large district of the north part of the city, only one of which has been prev iously reported to the police.” This was the line of propaganda in which the Omaha Daily News special ized about seven years ago. What’s up, now ? What has our esteemed • contemporary up its sleeve? % \ X AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. £ 4 The postal regulations require that for newspapers to •{• X be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in X X, advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for ? j’ renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub- v X scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. £ X If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- X X cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving t }f The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are ff X paid, as the law requires, in advance. Statements are be- X X ing sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call— X •j* and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled X to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want J X to do. X We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or | pay the penalty. X j! THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE | ;; A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded | persons that the contribution of the Negro to American jt ; | nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from X ! I negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and | 11 yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking | ! | and acting as the American Negro. He came with the firat £ !! explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from $ o the first the foundation of the American prosperity and £ !! the eause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and ^ !! economic importance. Modem 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 • • I! two centuries. The military defense of this land has de- ;; pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial ;; I! wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does ;; < ’ the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera- ;;' <' ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ;; ;: significance ant| Negro folk lore and music are among the <. ■> choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played „ ! • a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, ;; < ’ breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, < > ; hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, “The Gift of ;; Black Folk.” j . iHt*til"|'~fJ^***,l>a*<,<*w^i*<*i,M'^*:wW********** THE STREET CAR FRANCHISE THE citizens of Omaha are to be called upon soon to vote upon the question of a franchise for the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street railway company. The street car is the poor man’s best method of transportation. It is a necessity in a city like I Omaha. Nothing should be done to cripple it or throttle it. In order for the street car company to market its bonds its franchise must run for a sufficient term of years to invite investment. The company has dealt fairly with the citizens of Omaha, now let the citizens of Omaha deal fairly with the Street Railway company. Register and vote for the franchise. SOME SLEEPER The seven sleepers of Thebes have n’t a thing on the Omaha husband who slept soundly while his brave wife at his side parleyed with a burg lar for twenty minutes, g*cked *er sleeping spouse several times and nudged him with her elbow, seeking to arouse him. Some sleeper he. ATTORNEY PINKETT’S FATHER DIES AT DAl’GHTER’S HOME IN BEATRICE Mr. H. J. Pinkett was called to Beatrice Saturday on account of the death of his father, Mr. C. T. Pin kett. Mr. Pinkett was eighty-two years of age, and he and his wife who sur vives him had been married fifty-nine years. In addition to his wife, seven children survive him. He had spent the last three years of his life with his daughter, Mrs. L. J. Gordon. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness during the illness and death of our dear ! daughter and sister, Johnnie Eliza ; beth Norris, who departed this life March 29. We are also grateful for the beautiful floral offerings. | Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Norris, parents, Thelma Norris, sister. LINCOLN NEWS Rev. H. W. Botts, Mesdames Rosa Adair, Ida Todd, M. L. Todd and E. J. Griffin were in attendance at the ses sion of the executive board of New Era Baptist Convention at Omaha, last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Copeland enter tained the Utopian Art Club at thetr home last Thursday night. A goo<r | crowd was present and a profitable ; meeting had. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Young were j called from Omaha last week on ac count of their mother’s illness. Mrs. ! Young is reported improving at this time. Mr. Wm. Scott was able to attend i church Sunday morning. Comhusker Lodge No. 579 held a ■ rousing meeting and feed in the Hall | last Friday night; some two hun ; dred members and visitors were pres | ent. Maunday Thursday ami Easter Sun day sendees were celebrated by the Chapter of Rose Croix at 8 p. m., Thursday night, and 9 a. m , Sunday morning; quite a few Scottish Rite Masons attended, receiving much in struction. , Rev. H. M. Botts was called to Beatrice Monday to preach the fun j eral of Mr. Pinkett, father of Mrs. L. I Gordon. Mrs. Mary Kink visited relatives at Kansas City, Mo., Sunday. Little Cordelia Kinney is home from the hospital. Easter Sunday proved to be an ideal day; people were astir early in the morning, attending services at the churches, and others spending the time in other ways. There wi& early services in Mt. Zion Baptist church; "preaching iat 6:30, and baptizing at 7 a. m.; Sun day school and program at 9:30; Covenant and preaching at 11:30. The B. Y. C. U. 6:30—Sacred song services by the choir at 8. Communion was partaken of by a crowd of mem bers. Attendance and financial ob ligation for the day was good. The following relatives of the de ceased, Mrs. Margaret R. Smith, re turned to their homes after the fun eral: Mrs. Eva Simmons, to Mus kogee, Okla., accompanied by her father, Mr. and Mrs. Amos W’alker, St. Joe, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Walker; Mr. and Mrs. D. Woodson, Horton, Kans.’ Mrs. Walker, Kansas City, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. B. Sinvely, Mr. Geo. Riley, Overton, Nebr. COUNCIL BLUFFS Mesdames Mary Morten, Mary Hill George, Francis Lee, Mrs. McCullen, Grace Meekins are on the sick list this week. The Tabernacle Baptist Sunday School held their Easter program Sunday afternoon. Quite a number were at the exercises. The exercises were well rendered by all. Mrs. Susie Robinson was called to Kansas City by the illness of her sis ter. Mrs. Liza Baker spent a few days last week in Kansas City to visit friends. A surprise party was g^ven on Mrs. Daisy Fox by the members of Bethel A. M. E. church. She is a new ly wed. She received a forty-two piece breakfast set and many other useful presents. Mrs. Emma Turner entertained the Hollis Art Club at her home, April 5. The club will give a luncheon April 12, from one-thirty till four at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson. Thir ty-five ceffts a plate. The hostess served a delicious luncheon. The Calvary Baptist Sunday School held their Easter exercises at six thirty. A wonderful program was given by the children . Rev. J. P. Jackson who has been ill is improving nicely and is able to be around again. The Union Mission Executive Board i met at the Bethel A. M. E. church Monday night. Booster Club will give a chicken dinner and a play entitled "Ruth,” April 15. Everyone invited. Rev. L. A. Lawrence Kans was in the city, called by the illness of his sister, Mrs. Allie McMullen. Mrs. Gladys McCurrey of 1610 So. 6th St. is still on the sick list. NATIONAL ORGANIZER OF PULLMAN PORTERS HOLD MEETINGS HERE A. Philip Randolph And Ashley L. Totten Spending Three Days Here In Interest of Organization. A. Philip Randolph, editor of The Messenger, and national organizer of the Brotherhood of Pullman Porters; | and A. L. Totten, field organizer, a» | rived in the city early this week to further the work of the organization. Mr. Randolph delivered an address be fore a large meeting of women, com posed chiefly of the wives and rela tives of the Pullman porters at the North Side Branch of the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday afternoon. Meetings were held in the Jewell Building, Thursday night and another is sched uled for tonight. It is claimed by Mr. Randolph that the goal of 61% en rollment of the Pullman porters, which w'ill enable them to roring their grievances before the United States Labor Board, has been nearly reached. Great enthusiasm for the movement, it is claimed by the organizers, is shown by the younger men, while the older employees, as a rule, are more conservative and slower to join. NOTED NEGRO EDITER PUBLISHES HISTORY Cincinnati, Ohio.— (By The As sociated Negro Press)—The city is agog over the recently published his tory of the Negro in Cincinnati, en titled, “Cincinnati’s Colored Citizens," a five-hundred page exhaustive treat ment of the part which Negroes have played in the development of the Hill city from the earliest times. The book is published by the Dabney Pub lishing Company, 412 McAllister street, this city. The author is Wendell Phillips Dab ney, the well-known and versatile editor of the Cincinnati Union. Mr. Dabney has lived in Cincinnati for more than a third of a century and has been one of its distinguished cit izens during all of that time. “JIM CROW CARS SHOULD GO,” SAYS SENATOR BRUCE, DEMOCRAT, MARYLAND Washington, D. C. — (By The Associated Negro Press)—Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland, in an interview with a representative of The Associated Negro Press, declared, in his opinion, the time has come for dispensing with Jim Crow cars. Sen ator Bruce spoke particularly of Maryland, his home state. “It seems to me that there has been sufficient advancement of Col ored people to do away with separate railway coaches. It is a matter of regret to me that we have them in our state. “Had I been appointed a merrfoer of the inter-racial committee that would have been one of my first reeommen «»—- i -s’"1 — dations,” said the venerable senator, who has gained a reputation in the senate and his state for an attitude of justice and fairness to all! Continuing he said: “It would seem to me that the railroads them selves would be interested from an economical viewpoint. The system now is one of double expense. Col ored people are American citizens, and have proved to be good citizens.’’ Senator Bruce is not a candidate, which, naturally, makes his statement carry all the more emphasis. | CALLED HOME BY DEATH OF DAUGHTER Theada, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Teddy Morton, 2711 Frank lin street, died Tuesday morning, April 6, having been ill for a week with pneumonia. Mr. Morton was called home from Gary, Ind., where he was filling an engagement with 'he Shuffle Along Minstrels, on account of his daugh ter’s death. ( Mrs. D. W. McQueen who has been absent for several weeks at the home of her mother in Oklahoma, where she was called by her illness, has re | turned to the city. ONCE PROUD MONITOR, LAST OF TYPE, JOINS JUNK PILE U. S S. Chtyenns, Still In Qood Order, Qeet to Kttp Her Ron dezvous With Davy Jonet. Baltimore, Md.—Trailing lgnomlnl ously at the end of a towline, a once proud monitor and last of her type recently moved toward her grave—a Junk pile at Hampton roads. One of four sister ships laid down In 1904, the Cheyenne, originally the Wyoming, started her death march } alone with the U. S. S. Owl, a navy I yard tug. stealing ahead like a con science-stricken executioner. The Tal lahassee. the last of her sisters, felt i the acetylene torch 20 years ago. Sixty-six years bark In American history the monitor type, embodied In j John Ericsson’s Monitor, nemesis of j the Merrlmae, revolutionized naval j practice. Monitors maintained Presi dent Lincoln's blockade of southern ports during the Civil war. The present and last monitor, living { to see her once all-powerful type be littled by modern development, eplt ' omlzed naval progress when she served as a mother ship for subma j rlnes on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts during the World war. The Cheyenne, then the Wyoming, also was the first nsval vessel to feel the thrust of modern oil-burning engines. Experiments conducted aboard the Wyoming have since led the Navy de partment to take steps for the conver : slon of all remaining coal burners. For more than five years the Chey enne has served as the training ship j of the Fifth Naval Reserve district ! and with her passing the Baltimore i water front loses a bit of romance. The original Monitor Indirectly was protecting this port when It destroyed the Merrlmae In Hampton roads. Under her own power, around the Virginia capes from Philadelphia, the j Cheyenne came to Baltimore In Oc - tober, 1920. It is through no fault of , her own that she Is dragged away on the end of a chain, like a criminal to the gibbet. Her engines are sturdy and fit, her propeller trim—-but she la obsolete and her crew Is gone. Part of her crew has been transferred to Eagle boat Sfi, her soeceaaor, and the remainder has gone on the Inaetlve list. Ro, with her flreroom cold and her decks deserted, the last of the moni tors keeps her rendezvous with Davy Jones. — Educate Chinese With 1,000-Letter Alphabet Pactlngfu, Uhlhll. — Public-spirited Chinese with sufficient learning to qualify as teachers have undertaken a movement for the education of the masses of China. “Jimmie" Yen, product of Yale and Princeton, leads the undertaking. He and his associates have selected from the formidable muss of Chinese char acters, a thousand common ones with which they Hssert books and papers on almost any subject can be written. A million of the “thousand charac I ter" text-hooks have been put In clr I culatlon. each costing the equivalent of a dime. Vacant temples or resl | dences have been borrowed for school rooms and the practice of writing In the air with the finger Is resorted to where blackboards or slates are not available. Gas Danger Force* Defiant Tenant* Out London.—The courts have upheld the government in Its efforts to dis possess the tenants of 16 houses ad joining a factory at St. Helen's, Lan cashire, In which the war office Is con I ducting experiments with poison gas. j The government owns both factory and houses and wanted the tenants to move because of danger to which It was believed they were exposed by proximity of the gas factory. The tenants, however, were willing to assume the risk because of antici pated difficulty In finding other ac commodations. The courts held that the government was not bound by the rent restriction act, under which prl vate owners would have been unable to dispossess the tenants. Worth While Poems A PRAYER Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me, Let me praise a little more; Let me be when I am weary Just a little bit more cheery, Let me serve a little better Those that 1 am striving for. Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver, let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; I Let me be a little meeker With the brother that is weaker, Let me think more of my neighbor And a little less of me. Let me be a little sweeter, Make my life a bit completer By doing what I should do Every minute of the week; Let me toil without complaining, Not a humble task disdaining. |I«t me face the summons calmly I When death beckons me away. —Selected. OMAHA LOCALS Mrs. Otis Shipman and daughters, Thelma and Madeline, who came to Omaha to spend Holy Week and Eas ter, left for Sioux Falls, So. Dak., Tuesday morning. Mr. J. Frank Smith, 3027 Mander son street, was detained at home the first part of the week by illness. ,Mr. J. H. Broomfield, 2122 Lake street, was kept indoors several days last week by a.) attack of the grippe. Four children of Mrs. Gertruue Harris, 1117 North Twenty-first, were quite sick last week with the flu. Three have recovered, but the baby, four months old, is still quite ill. John and Harold Adams, sons of the Rev. and Mrs. John Adams, stu dents at the State University, spent their Easter vacation here with their parents. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their beautiful floral offerings, upon the death of our husband and father. We especially thank, Amelia Tabernacle No. 19, Benson Temple, S. M. T., and Pilgrim Baptist Sis terhood. Mrs. M. E. Hayes, wife, Mrs. Aretta McDade, daughter, W. Roy Haynes, son. John Adams, Attorney 2722 North 28th Ave. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT To SARAH ROGERS, whose place of residence is unknown and upoci whom personal service cannot be had, defendant: You are herAy notified that oo the 11th day of Sep‘ember, 1925, Gerald D. Rogers, as plaintiff, filed a peti tion in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, Docket 223, No. 108, the object and prayer of which is to obtain an absolute divorce from you on the ground of desertion and abandonment. You are hereby notified that you are required to answer said petition on or before September 7th, 1926, or the allegations in said petition will bo taken as true. GERALD 1). ROGERS, 4T. 4-9-26Plaintiff. STATEMENT OF THE OWNER SHIP, MANAGEMENT. CIRCU LATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OP AUGUST 24, 1912, Of the Monitor, published weekly at Omaha, Nebr., for April 1, 1926. State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss. Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared John Albert Wil liams who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and saya that he is the editor of the Monitor, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, manage ment, etc., of the aforesaid publica tion for the date shown in the above ust 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to-wits 1. That the names and addresses caption, required by the Act of Aug of the publisher, editor, managing ed itor, and business managers are: Publisher—The Monitor Publishing Co., Omaha, Nebr. Editor—John Albert Williams, Om aha, Nebr. Managing Editor—John Albert Wil liams, Omaha, Nebr. Business Manager-—Lucinda W. Wil liams, Omaha, Nebr. 2. That the owner is: John Al bert Williams, Omaha, Nebr. ’. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold ers owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. (Signed) John Albert Williams Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of April, 1926. (SEAL) H. J. Pinkett. My commision expires Oct 17, 1927.