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; the monitor A WRKKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTEREST* OF COLOR HID AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 191». at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act ©f Maxell 3. 1878 ! 'Ht REV- JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS..... __ Edlter w W MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb---- Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS---BusfBnse Manager f -‘- - SUBSCRIPTION RATES. $&.90 A YEAR: $1.25 6 MONTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Up«n Application j Addiess, The Monitor. Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 f 4 {ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE | UNITED STATES j 4 Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged •'* 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. ? Sand subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ^ United States and of the State wherein they reside. No X state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the j ■ privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor 1 ! shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty , or prop- J ; erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person j within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. < . ,«<■»<■ ■? < >>♦♦♦ <■<"><>♦♦♦<■ <*♦ ‘3*♦ Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute. Able, Clear headed Business Man A TREMENDOUS SPECTACLE Whatever may be one’s opin ion of the Roman Catholic church, it must be admitted that the great Eucharistic Congress which was held in Chicago last week was the most stupendous religious gathering that not only America, but possibly the entire world, has ever seen. It was not only a marvelous and moving re ligious spectacle but an undis putable demonstration of the power, devotion, faith and unity of the great historic Latin com munion. From all parts of the world came pilgrims to Chicago to bear witness to their faith. High and low, rich and poor, men and women of all colors and nationalities, learned and un learned, all sorts and conditions of men, recognizing in each other, the children of the same loving Heavenly Father, knelt at the one Altar, to worship the one Ever-Living Saviour of men, who, according to their faith is verily and truly present upon the altar after the words of conse cration are pronounced over the elements of bread and wine. This tenet of the Catholic faith, belief in the localized Presence of Christ, unequivocally taught and unquestionably accepted by its adherents, accounts for the de votion of Roman Catholics to their religion and explains and interprets the Eucharistic Con gress. It is to bear witness to Christ’s presence in the Holy Eucharist, Mass or Holy Com munion, that these congresses are held. The gathering of over a million of people in Chicago for this avowed purpose, the honoring of Christ the Saviour of men, was unquestionably a tremendous and profound reli gious demonstration which, .simply humanly considered, can not help leaving its impress up on the nation. Admittedly, there were features in this great gathering which do not appeal to millions of Americans; much that they will criticize; much that they will honestly disap prove of; but, aside from any ulterior motives which may be ascribed to its protagonists, even the most biased, we believe, will admit that as a demonstra tion of religious faith and an ac knowledgement of the Kingship of Jesus Christ, which all Chris tions hold, and a much-needed protest against the materialistic tendencies of the day, the Eu charistic Congress ought to have a far-reaching and most helpful influence upon the religious life of America. AN IMPORTANT GATHERING It is rather .ignificant that paralleling and following the | great religious gathering in Chi-1 cago which demonstrated the | unity of humanity and the brotherhood of man, there was another conference aiming at putting into effective practice in these United States of America the very principles for which Christianity stands. That was the Seventeenth Annual Con ference of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People. Thoughtful men and women of both races from all sections of this country were there taking counsel together as to how best remove the discrimi nation practised against the col ored American whose right to quiet possession of his home is being called into question and his citizenship rights flagrantly and unblushingly denied. Both gatherings have this in common —the exaltation of rightoeus iness. The N.A.A.C.P. in fighting ‘ for justice and right for Colored Americans is striving to exalt righteousness in America with out which she will perish as have other nations. Segregation, Jim Crowism, disfranchisement, mob violence and other evils against which the. N.A.A.C.P. is com pelled to fight are diametrically and fundamentally opposed to the tenets of Christianity and when righteousness is exalted these evils must give way. But until then the battle must rage. A MILLION FOR DEFENSE Justice costs money in Amer ica. This has been proven again and again. For this reason it is gratifying to note that a cam paign for $1,000,000 for the de fense of our people' and the ob taining of our constitutional rights has been launched by the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. It is onlv by a liberal use of money for publicity, propaganda and le gal action, legitimately used, that segregation and Jim-Crow ism and disfranchisement can be | AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. £ V •♦• y The postal regulations require that for newspapers to £ i he sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in 4 X advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for Y 4 renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub- f I scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. * % If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- 'i X cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving y f The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are 4 % paid, as the law requires, in advance. Statements are be- 4 X ing sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call— y 4 and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled 4 4 to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want X X to do. X £ We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or 4 4 pay the penalty. 4 eliminated. If one-tenth of the money spent by our people in ex i cursions and various conventions for one season were to lie placed in such a fund, we would have not a million but millions for de fense. Of course, this million dollar defense fund will be raised because our people are awaken ing to the consciousness of the fact that it takes money to win even moral victories. RACE PUBLICATIONS. I - Our peopue are learning more every year to appreciate the need of strong, fearless, sane, well-edited race publications. Every community where our people exist in large numbers should support such a publica tion. It is an imperative need. The better such papers are pa tronized and supported the larger and better they can be made. Yes, it’s tlie good old summer time; but don’t forget that Win ter is not many moons away. Make hay while the sun shines. LINCOLN NEWS NOTES. The Negro Civic ami Improvement league met in Masonic hall last Mon day night and elected for the ensuing year: President, E. T. McWiliams; vice president, Robert Johnson: secretary, W. A. Johnson; treasurer, M. E. Wil liams; assistant secretary, C. R. John son: chaplain, Ross; sergeant at arms, Frank Burden. Carl Chrisman passed away June 21 at his home, after several weeks of serious illness. The Nebraska State Federation of i Colored Womens’ club- convened heyn 1 in Mount Zion Baptist church Tues day and Wednesday of last week. There was a large representation of women from Omaha, Beatrice and Lincoln. Officers were elected for the ensuing year Wednesday afternoon. : The session closed Wednesday night 1 with a program. Chief Justice Mor i risey was the principal speaker. His address on “Law and Citizenship” was j well taken. The presentation of the $50 donated by the Elks to the Feder ation by Mrs. Rosa Adair accorded ap plause. The following were elected ! for the coming year; Mrs. Ada I Holmes, president; Mrs. Minnie Scott, vice president; Mrs. Camille Webster, 1 second vice president; Mrs. Rhieva Harrold, secretary; Mrs. Edna Parks, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Mof fett, state treasurer; Mrs. Daisy Gor don, home treasurer; Mrs. G. Shackle ford, state organizer; Mrs. K. Robin i son, chaplain; Mrs. Lenora Gray, econ omics; Mrs. Belle Collins, music; Mrs. Jennie Johnson, child welfare; Mrs. Fanny Young, home; Mrs. J. McGov : ern, ways and means; Mrs. Laura 1 Johnson, chairman executive commit ! tee. Dr. W. F. Botts and wife were among the delegation from Omaha at the federation. Rev. M. C. Knight was confined to his home with sickness last week. The annual Fourth of July picnic by j Mount Zion Bantist church will he held in F street park Monday, July 5. Rev. J. B. Smith filled the pulpit for Rev. M. C. Knight at the A. M. E. church Sunday, Rev. Knight being in disposed. / __ COl'NCIL HI.I FFS NOTES Mrs. Erma Jones was called to Fort i Dodge by the death of her father, Mr. William Blackburn, on June 18th. She ■ returned home on the 24th. Mr. Lester Blackburn is visiting his mother and sister * M rs. E. H. Madison went to Fort Dodge | to attend the funeral of Mr. William | Blackburn on the 22nd of June. Sunday. June 27th was the quarterly meeting. A wonderful sermon was preach ed at .1 p. m. Rev. \fr. Manley of fillinois was with us Sunday. He is a former pastor. The stewardess of Bethel A. M. E. church will give a concert and dinner on July 5lh. All are invited. Mrs. Eva Bess attended the convention of the Grand Chapter of O. E. S. at Water | loo last week. She also visited Des Moines and at j tended a banquet given by Mrs. McLean. Several prominent doctors and lawyers : were present. A round table was formed i and helping the Negro was discussed by all. Three lodges held their meetings in the same building at the same time. Rev. W. F. Holts preached the Thanks giving sermon last Sunday afternoon for i he Masons at the Tabernacle Baptist church. It was an inspirational sermon lo all who heard it as well as the Masons and Eastern Stars. This week is Jubilee \V»ek at the Tabernacle Baptist church. Monday night will be Sunday School i night. Tuesday night will be Paint clubs’ night. Wednesday night the pastor’s aid clubs will meet and Rev. C. A. Moore will prajich the sermon. This will be special rally night. Thursday night the Promotion clubs. Plantation concert will 1m* given. Friday night Mission circles night.— Rev. Mr. Mitchell, the boy evangelist, of Omaha, will preach the sermon. Sunday will he Rally Day. Men will give $3.00 Women will give $2.00. The l nion Mission will hold their meet ing at the Beulah Baptist church Sunday afternoon. Rev. Jackson will preach the sermon. Mrs. D. M. Nixon was operated on la*o Monday. She is reported doing fine Mrs. Alary Hill is improving nicely. 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