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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1926)
The Monit or 1 A WKKKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTEREST* OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THK MONITOR PI'FLISHINO COMPANY j Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915. at the Postoffice »t Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of Marah *■ HT>._ THE REV. JOHN 'ALBERT WILLIAMS.. .. ...- - Editor ' W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb-Asseclate Edlter IUCTNDA W. wiLLIAMl _ --_-Business Mine*mr i SUBSCRIPTION BATES, $».00 A YEAR; *1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS ’ Advertising Rates Famished Upon Application i Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha. Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 V - ■ ■■ ■ * - I ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. < ! and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 1 ; United States and of the Stale wherein they reside. No ; •' state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ; I privileges or immunities of cithsaun of tha Untied States; nnr ! ; shall any state deprive any peeasa of Bit, liberty, or prop- ; ' ■ erty without due process of law, nor dewy to any person ; I within its jurindievun the eqwd prelection of the laws. %o»»»»«»c»oecoooooooooooocoooooooooooooomii Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear headed Business Man FRANCHISE DEFEATED By the largest vote ever regis tered at a .special election held in Omaha the request by the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company for a forty year franchise was denied by a majority of 3,666 votes Tuesday. Only four wards gave the fran chise majorities, these were the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth. The vote was quite evenly distributed showing the general sentiment. The wards returning the heaviest majori ties against the measure were those like the First, Eleventh and Twelfth, containing outly ing districts which had re quested extensions from the company which the company had not granted. In other wards the vote was quite close. In the wards having a heavy colored vote, such as the Second, Third and Fifth, returns indicate that this vote was generally favor able. The Monitor favored the franchise because we believe and still believe that it was for the best interests of the city. It is rather difficult to analyze the situation. The business interests of the city seem to have ap proved the measure, the laboring classes to have opposed it. There seems to be a strong sentiment for municipal ownership. This may have been a strong deter mining factor in the results. What the next move will be is problematical. As we see it now, it looks like the city is confront ed with additional special elec tions and perhaps legal delays whmh will not be helpful to the development of the city. We are "•lad the people voted in the num l>ers which they (Vd, thereby cVwv-inrr fw>o,r Htprest in a vital r rt-*pr \vbjpb pffects all citizens. JOIN THE N. A. A. C. P. NEXT week the Omaha Branch of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People begins its annual intensive campaign for mem bers. With the Sweet defense victory fresh in mind, with all that important case involved, to say nothing of numberless other cases in which our rights as citi zens were at issue which have been successfully won, self-re specting members of our own race, and broad-minded men and women of the other race who believe in justice and right. should need no urging to become members of this militant, but sane organization, which is win ning the respect of the thought-, ful in all sections of the country. Even the South, once actively hostile, is recognizing the useful ness of this organization. The stronger local branches are the stronger the national organiza tion is. Is one dollar a year, the minimum membership fee, too much to contribute for the pur pose of helping to secure justice for all classes of American citi zens? JOIN THE N. A. A. C. P. WANTED TEACHERS. IF we are to secure represen tation on the teaching corps of the Public schools of this city which we help to support no time must be lost or stone un turned to secure this just recog nition. There are three or four : schools at which there is a large enrollment of colored pupils in each one of which some compe tent colored teacher could very advantageously be placed. Such appointments should be made in the first place as an act of jus tice and fair play; and in the second place, because of the in spiration such appointments would give to the youth of our race. No one is attempting to dictate to the Superintendent of j Schools or the Board of Educa j tion where such teachers shall be placed, we are simply request | ing that some of the qualified i applicants, whose applications ! are on file, be eledted. and ap pointed to such schools as the Superintendent deems best. Our request is right, reasonable, just and fair. OUT OF THE ARCTIC SKY ANXIETY over the fate of the heroic crew of the Norge after a tw o days’ silence was turned to joy when news came of the safe airival of the giant air ship at Teller. One cannot read the narrative of her bat tling with the elements in the upper regions of the Arctic sky and the surmounting of the per ils to which the explorers were exposed without a quickening of the pulse and a thrill of admir ation for the courage of the men who thus exposed their lives to add to man’s knowledge of unknown regions. What prac tical value may issue from the venture is as yet problematical but it shows the undying urge for knowledge and truth im planted in the human breast. TEAM WORK. Team work upon the part of our people in any righteous and just request—industrial, politi cal or civic—will bring results. ---- --— :; AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. f I) i The postal regulations require that for newspapers to y !! be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in % I \\ advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for ? ;; renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub- y <' scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. £ \ I If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- x ;; cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving y <■ The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are £ \! paid, as the law requires, in advance. Statements are be- x ;; ing sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call— v ■ <> and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled I! to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want ]t\ JI to do. Jci We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or <>i < > pay the penalty. < ’: J n t ♦ > ti o e o I THE WORK OF THE N. A. A. C. P. | (From the Palmetto Leader, Colum bia, S. C., May 8, 1926). The 16th Annual Report for 1925 of this Association is out. Its fifty four pages are replete with its activi ties during the past year and a de railed account of its receipts and ex penditures. There are organizations ; of all kinds among and for the colored people of this country, but there is not one, the work of which is compar able to that of this Association in -cope, method and importance, to say nothing of the aggresiveness and in telligence with which it battles for rights guaranteed by the law to col ored citizens for justice and fair play. This is the one Association that has justified its existence by worthwhile things undertaken and accomplished. It is unique in that it almost solely depends upon the intelligence of the I colored people and their desire to be real American citizens for its support. A hopeful sign for this Association as well as for colored citizens them selves is the fact that the contribu tions for the past year showed an | unprecedented growth. “Segrega tion,” which says the Report, “is per haps, at this time the most important j issue confronting colored Americans, I has received in its various phases I the careful attention of this Associa tion.” Under the caption of “Legal De fense,” the important case of Dr. and Mrs. Ossian H. Sweet of Detroit and j nine other defendants is fully dis cussed. Thru this Association these defendants have been able to obtain j the most eminent legal counsel pos sible headed by the great Clarence Darrow. Lynching, Disfranchisement and Discrimination are the other main heads under which the work of the Association has been discussed. If there be anyone who doubts the need of this Association, or that the Executive officers thereof are not actually doing more with the com i paratively small amount of money ' given with which to do it than could be expected, a reading of the 1925 Report will convert the "doubting Thomases.” I _ COUNCIL BLUFFS NEWS Mrs. Elizabeth Givens won the i quilt by bringing the most money, | which was $56.45. The quilt w’as donated by Miss Virginia Hall. A mistake was made last week in tne 1 amount of money reported. Mrs. Mollie Jackson is at Jennie ! Edmunson Hospital. Mrs. Rose, Mrs. i James Lee, are on the sick list this j week. Also Mrs. Ella Henderson. The Hollis Art Club gave a play j entitled “Let Us Not Forget" at Tab | ernacle Baptist Church Tuesday, May ’ll. It was well attended. Mrs. Eva Mae Bess is the author of the play. We wish her much suc cess in the future. Rev. H. Jackson of Atchison, Kans., was called home by the illness of his children. We hope it is nothing ser ious. A splendid program was rendered I at Tabernacle Baptist Church in I honor of Mothers’ Day. Mrs. Daisy Fox entertained the young people who took part in the play “Not a Man in the House,” Wednesday, May 12. A delightful luncheon was served. The Baby Contest given by the Mission Circle was a splendid success. A wonderful program was rendered. Mrs. Frances Lee and daughter spest Sunday at Avoca. Mrs. Addie Mallet has returned from Kansas City. LINCOLN NEWS Rev. John W. May of Shreveport, La., spent several days in the city last week, visiting friends. Rev. Mr. May formerly pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist Church some years ago. Rev. May and several ministers are planning on visiting the Holy Land some time in the future. He left for Kansas City Saturday. Mrs. Mayme Jackson of AtchiBon, Kans., is visiting friends here. Mr. Frenchy Kinney is confined to his bed with illness. Remember the big financial rally at Mt. Zion Baptist Church June tith. Rev. M. C. Knight of Quinn Chapel and his choir, accompanied by a num ber of his menbers and friends mo tored to Beatrice Scnday afternoon, where services were held in the a. M. E. church for Rev. R. S. Wisner and members. P. E. and J. A. Adams led in song services, prayer by visit ing white minister. The choir gave fine selections, followed by sermon by Rev. Mr. Knight, and communion. The usual services were held in all the churches during the day Sunday, and were fairly attended. The annual sermon for the Daugh ters of Bethel was preached by Rev. H. W. Botts of Mt. Zion Chapel, at the Newman M. E. Church Sunday afternoon. The annual Thanksgiving services for the Court of Isis was held in the Masonic hall Sunday afternoon. Rev. I. Smith was speaker. The Campfire grids under the direc tion of Mrs. Jennie Edwards gave a short drama, which was quite amus ing to the fair audience, on Monday night in Masonic hali. Lebanon Lodge No. 3 A. F. & A M. has been invited by the Omaha Masonic Lodges to join them in lay ing a corner stone for the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 24th & Ohio Streets Sunday afternoon, May 23rd. The chicken dinner at Mt. Zion last Monday night, and the farmers din ner Thursday night were very suc cessful. Mrs. E. J. Griffin entertained-the Mission at her home last Tuesday night. Word comes to us that Mrs. Fanny Young is gaining her strength down in Kansas, and no doubt will be her self again soon. We are sorry to see some of the readers so reticent about the Moni tor. Why don’t you speak a good word for it? Give me the news, 1 will send it in. DeFRANTZ PUSHES NEW “Y" CAMPAIGN Germantown, Pa.—(By The Associ ated Negro Press).—R. B. DeFrantz, builidng campaign director for the national council of the Young Men’s Christian Asociation, arrived here early this week, after the conclusion of a successful drive in Dayton, Ohio, to set in operation the work for a “Y” headquarters in this city to cost $150,000. There were early indica tions that the campaign would be a success, four thousand dollars of the Negro quota being subscribed before the drive began. The leaders in the various phases of Negro life in the city have combined to assist Mr. De Frantz. George W. Deans has given $2,000 and Charles P. Stubbs, $1,000. NEGROES REFUSE SCAB WORK. New York.—(By the Asociated Negro Press). — Interviews among West Indian Negroes in this city who have not become American citizens i reveals a decided unwillingness to take any part in the breaking up of the strike which now has hold of I England. It had been reported that Great Britain might attempt to com mandeer them to work as stevedores ! on the British docks. — ATLANTIC C ITY HAS NEW HOTEL Atlantic City, N. J.—(By The As I osciated Negro Press).—A new eigh teen-room hotel has just been erected on Drexel Avenue, near Pnnsylvania Avenue. It is modem in every par ticular, and is understood to be for colored patrons. It was erected by the Bacharach Realty Company, but the company will not operate it. j U. S. IS GAINING IN WORLD TRADE Increase Is Shown Since Pre War Days. Washington.—A striking picture ol , the foreign, commercial und financial transactions of the United States dur ing 1925 Is given In the fourth annuul International (rude balance statement made public by the Department of Comineree. In a foreword to the statement, which tukes Into account the huge vlsible and so-called “invisible” or less I tangible Items of trade, Secretary I Hoover pointed to the Increase in j total International transactions from around $6,000,000,000 In 1924 to nearly $6,800,000,1X10 last year as "showing very strikingly the enor mously increasing Importance of our! foreign commercial and financial re latlons.” The figure was a gain of approxi mately $1,100,000,000 over the 1923 total Hnd nearly $5,000,000,000 more than the annual prewar leverage. "Increasing economic stability In foreign countries,” the secretary said “was reflected by a net import of fully one-fourth of the estimated amount of American currency held abroad und by the fact that the movement of for eigners' bank deposits In this country j declined for the first time since 1021. "During the year the United States further strengthened ItH International Investment position. Our total for eign holdings now amount to about $10,400,000,000, having increased by more than $1,200,(NX),000 during the year. Our total returns from foreign Investments are now greater than at any time In our history.” In the ahsenee of complete and ac curate figures which. It was said, would show total exports snd imports, both visible and Invisible, to be equal, the statement, allowing for "errors and omissions," estimated the final residual balance last year at $04,000, 000 agulnst the United States. The same balance In 1924 was $74,000,000 In this country’s favor. Although the excess of exports In merchandise dropped $304,000,000 from the 1924 figure and .a marked increase of $125,000,000 In imports of new for eign securities was shown over that year, these were balanced by equiva lent credit changes. MONTANA COLORED CHURCH DECLINES K. K. K. $100 (By N. A. A. C. P. Press Service) New York—The Wayman Chapel of of the A. M. E. Church in Billings, Montana, has declined a proffered gift of $100 from the local Ku Klux Klan, according to a report sent to the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People by J. L. Tankersley, Secretary. The Billings Klan visited the church, and together with the gift of $100 left a letter claiming that the decline in lynching in America was due to the organization of the Klan. ) To the Klan communication and gift the colored church wrote as fol lows: "We the members of the Offi cial Board and Pastor of the Wayman Chapel, A. M. E. Church, have lis tened to the reading of your com munication and your generous dona tion offered our people, but wish to state that we cannot conscientiously accept the offer, this being the unani mous vote of the Board." WON’T PROSECUTE MAN FOR CHOKING WOMAN New York, May 14.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has received a report from its Phoenix, Arizona, branch, stating that Phoenix authorities had refused to prosecute a local white man who had attacked a colored woman, choking her into jssens'bili ty. Mrs. Ada Walker, Secretary of the Phoenix N. A. A. C. P., reports that a local attorney in the County Attor ney’s office had said no white man cocld be found who would convict an other white man for choking a “Nig ger woman.” Mrs. Walker writes: “The case was decided against us but an example has been set that means much to us as we are led to believe that they know we are not asleep.” The white man who committed the assault is said to hail from Oklahoma. COPIES READY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION IN LOUISVILLE CASE New York, May 14.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 6!) Fifth Avenue, an nounces that its reprints of the U. S. 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