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Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915. at the Postoffice et
Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879._ 1
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMSEditor
W, W MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb__ Associate Editor
LUCINDA W, WILLIAMS_ _ Business Manager
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Our Choice for President
in 1928 is
WALTER W. HEAD
of Nebraska
An Astute, Able, Clear
headed Business
Man
THE MONITOR’S RECORD
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The Monitor has hitherto refrain
ed from entering into any contro
versy with our local contemporary,
The New Era, or any of the other
race publications which have come
into being and passed away during
the lifetime of The Monitor, now in
the twelfth year of its publication.
So far as The New Era is concerned,
there has been no occasion for it
inasmuch as our relationship has
been most cordial and we have both
striven to demonstrate a unity of
purpose in contending for the rights
of the race. We have therefore dis
sipated no energy in criticizing each
other.
With reference to certain candi
dates and measures we have been on
opposite sides in two or three po
litical campaigns and we have not
always seen eye to eye in other mi
nor matters, but these honest differ
ences of opinion have not been of
sufficient moment to justify the
wasting of energy in attacking each
other.
Last week, however, The New Era
departed from its usual policy, for
reasons which are quite apparent,
and made a charge against The Mon
itor which cannot be permitted to
be ignored or to pass unchallenged.
It charged us with a traitorous act
and of secretly supporting the op
ponent of the race candidate because
we presumed to tell the truth con
cerning the conditions confronting
us in the Ninth District and also as
to the criticisms being advanced
against the candidate by those who
were looking for some excuse not to
support him.
We have this to say that we have
not one word of apology to make
or one single syllable to retract of
what we said in our editorial of
July 30th. There was nothing in
the editorial to justify the construc
tion put upon it by The New Era and
a few others. Readers of The Mon
itor know that whatever else our
faults may be, hypocrisy is not one
of them. We stand upon our rec
ord as to race loyalty. The Monitor
simply said publicly what others, in
cluding the editor of The New Era,
said to us privately.
The time and place of our conver
sation with the editor of The New
Era was Saturday afternoon, July
10, in his office, when we were in
specting the official registration list
and discussing the chances of the
candidate whom we were both anx
ious to see nominated and elected.
He was by no means as,“optimistic”
then, as he claimed to be iij his re- i
cent editorial when he took us to
task for stating the we had “only
a fighting chance.”
We would have ignored this very
transparent attack upon us, did we
not believe that were we to let it
pass unchallenged our silence would
be misconstrued and capitalized.
The .Monitor stands upon its rec
j ord for honesty, straightforwardness
| annd square dealing.
ADVISED FROM KANSAS CITY
While it was good newspaper
business and we congratulate the
Kansas City Call for its acumen in
putting the deal across it is quite
questionable as to its value from a
political point of view in invading
Omaha with a Kansas City newspaper
advising the people of Omaha how
to vote. It was an act of impertin
ence for any resident or residents
of Kansas City to advise the people
of Omaha how to vote, just as it
would be for the condition to be
reversed. It also discloses short
sightedness upon the part of local
promoters who fell for this clever
stunt. Had one-half the amount
spent with the Kansas City Call and
for the importation of Kansas City
advisers been spent with the Omaha
race publications, whose advertising
columns are open to all who desire
to use them, the probability is that
the results might have l>een better
than those obtained. At least they
would have been as good. With this
attitude upon the part of certain
politicians towards local race publi
cations is there any wonder why they
do not and will not receive the edi
torial support from The Monitor
which they think they ought to re
ceive and which would undoubtelly
be of some help to them.
-THE NIGHT CRY”
“The Night Cry,” Rin-Tin-Tin‘s latest
Warner Bros. feature coming to the Lake
theatre on Sunday is said to be one
of the most colorful pictures in which
this famous canine star has ever appeared.
It was filmed in its entirety right in the
heart of the sheep raising country—wide
plains, rolling hills, streams, everything
just as one would find in these romantic
and colorful surroundings.
The sheep country and its people form
the background of the story, with Ifinty
playing the leading role and carrying it
through to its thrilling climax.
Herman Haymaker, the director, who
made Rin-Tin-Tin’s last success “Tracked
in the Snow Country”, and “Below the
Line”, wielded the megaphone for ‘The
Night Cry.”
June Marlowe, the little heroine, is
firmly established with the followers ot
Rinty’s features, as she has played the
feminine lead in a great many of them.
John Harron, brother of the late “Bob
by” Harron, is said to do some great
work in “The Night Cry.”
Gayne W’hitman, Don Alvarado. Heinie
Conklin and Mary Louise Miller are in
cluded in the cast. Phil Klein and Ed
ward Meagher wrote “The Night Cry.”
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VISITORS TO PORO COLLEGE
On July 30th, a party of 25 ladies con
sisting of Poro agents and some friends
of Omahans went to St. Louis, Mo., on
a 2-day excursion to see Poro college.
They were the guests of Poro college
and Mrs. Annie M. Malone.
\lrs. Malone's beautiful Pierce-Arrow
and Cadillac cars met the party at the
station Saturday morning and took them
■ to Poro building where breakfast was
awaiting them.
At 11 o'clock after breakfast the party
-pent one hour in going through the butlil
ing and different departments. At 12
o'clock the employees entertained the
guests with a program. Dinner was served
at 1:30 p. m. and in the evening the
©A.K.P.
MM. ASM M. MALOWI
party enjoyed the open air opera in For
est park. The next day. Sunday, Mrs.
Malone ordered a sight seeing bus to
take the party over the city and to the
various churches for services. After a most
delicious dinner they spent the rest of
the afternoon in Mrs. Malone’s apartment.
U ith praises from everyone on Mrs.
Malone’s most wonderful hospitality, the
group took the 6:30 train for home. The
party was escorted to the college by Mrs.
Birdie J. Hawkins, travel demonstrator for
Poro college, and Mrs. Eva Williams
Hawkins, manager of the sub station here.
LINCOLN NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. Gaston McDaniels left j
for a trip to southern Texas Ity auto last |
Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Adair left for a
trip to Coffeeville, kans., and Oklahoma
by automobile. They departed Sunday
morning.
Miss Zurreta Doty and Roy Ford are
I autoing in Kansas and Missouri this week.
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1 Mrs. E. J. Griffin is out after some days
I of illness.
Mr. Bemie Pitts spent several days in
Plattsburp. Mo., and visited Mrs. Alma
Wiley while there.
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The Ltopian Art club was entertained
by Mr, and Mrs. W. W. Mosley at their
home last Thursday night and the meet
ing was attended fairly well.
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The several churches held their usual :
services last Sunday. The pastors deliver- |
ed wholesome sermons to their congrega
tions. The Sunday schools and aid so
cieties were well attended by young folks.
Comhusker lodge No. 579 I. B. P. O
E. of W. held their annual two-day picnic
in Lincoln park last W'ednesdav and
Thursday. August 4th and 5th. It was
a boomer and attracted crowds of people
from neighboring towns. They had amuse
ments of various kinds, and hundreds of
iced watermelons and refreshments which
caused the crowds to enjoy the affair
greatly. Dancing was enjoyed by those
who desired to engage in it and the man
agement was good.
Remit for your paper—please.
NEGROES WIN RIGHT TO BEACH
Los Angeles. Cal.— (By the A. N. P.I —
Apropos the agitation as to the restric
tion of privately owned beaches which
outline practically all the ocean front and
the boycotting of “Jim Crow” pools, it is
of great interest to know the Board of
Supervisors has purchased for the county
a large strip of Manhattan Beach frontage.
This deal was made with the avowed pur
pose of protecting the people's rights, and
will be opened for equal use by colored
and white alike.
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Alger Leroy Adams, son of Mrs. George
Dixon, celebrated his 16th birthday an
niversary Wednesday, August 11th, at a
dancing party. 24 guests were present.
Mrs. Grace Hayes, who has been vis
iting friends and relatives at Forest Green
and Glasgow, Mo., returned home last
Wednesday.
DR. PHILLIPS, OPTICIAN
Dr. Phillips, the old-time optician, hav
ing returned to Omaha, will be glad to
fit your glasses at your home at his usual
reasonable prices. Phone Harney 3083 for
an appointment.—Adv.
BANKER AND ELKS
FIGHT OVER PROPERTY
Chicago, 111.— (By the A. N. P.)—Mon
day of last week, the Great Lakes lodge J
of Elks, one of the two big orders of thi* I
city, of which Dr Merwyn Bibb is ex [
ailed ruler, secured an injunction calcu- |
lated to keep Jesfce Binga. head of the
banking institution which bears his name, j
from entering the home of the lodge which '
it claims to have recently purchased from
Binga for 157,000. Tuesday, Binga. in
defiance of the injunction, padlocked the
Elks’ quarters and placed guards on the
premises to keep them from baing mo
lested. The hanker says the Elks owe
him money, aid the Elks claim that they
have lived up to all their obligations,
but Mr. Hinga has sought to maneuver
them out of their property, which is the
former home of Mme. Ernestine Schumann
Heink, the famous contralto singer. Both
sides in the controversy have engaged
counsel who will fight it out in an early
hearing before Judge Hugo Friend.
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