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1 The Monit or j ' > a WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS A < > OF COLORED AMERICANS _ £ ! PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE £ MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY £ Entered ae Second-Claae Mail Matter Jirly t. 1915. at the poatofflce at £ Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3 1879 _ A THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS_Editor £ W W MOSELV. Llncein Nab__ Aiaaciata Editor Y ;; l.UCINOA W. WILLIAMS___«ualt»s»a Manager •_ V SUBSCRIPTION RATES. U-00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS £ , , Advertising Ratea F irnlahed Upon Application £ vddiestv The Monitor. Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha. Neb. •{• | Telephone WEbster 4243 | ■: AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. $ ;; The postal regulations require that for newspapers to •{• o be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in !j! Iadvance. A reasonable time, thirty davs( is allowed for Y ;; renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub- £ <« scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. £ !If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- X |; cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving £ 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— Y ;; and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled £ !! to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want X !! to do. X ;; We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or £ < > pay the penalty. £ < > A THE PORO VICTORY The Monitor joins in its feliJ citations to Mrs. Malone that Poro, the splendid business en- ] terprise of which she is the i founder, has been saved to her j and the race. It was most un fortunate that action was tak en by her husband to force this j successful and solvent business into a receivership. Domestic I difficulties are delicate matters i into w'hich outsiders cannot in-1 trude, but all right-minded people will rejoice that who ever may have been respon sible for the domestic misun derstanding of the Malones that it was not permitted to wreck an institution which gives employment to many thousands of our people throughout the land and serves as a monument of inspiration to those who make large achievements in the business and industrial world. WELCOME, CONGREGATION ALISTS The Monitor desires to join with others in extending wel come to the National Council of Congregational Churches which is to be the guest of Omaha next week. Negroes of America owe a great debt to Congregationalism. No reli gious denomination in the Unit ed States has manifested great er zeal for the education of our people than the Congregation a 1 i s t s. Howard University, Fisk, Oberlin, Berea, Tabor and other great institutions of learning bear witness to this zeal. Among the noble white men and women who endured social ostracism and persecu tion in the South for daring to believe that people whose skins are black, have souls to be saved, and minds to be enlight ened, none surpass in numbers and consecrtaion if, indeed, they equal them, the Con gregationalists, who will not be [forgotten in that day when the Master makes up His jewels, saying, “inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, My brethren, ye did it unto Me.” For what you have done and are still striving to do to make the world more kindly and brotherly, and especially for ybur work in bringing educa tional opportunities to under privileged black folk, welcome Congregationalists! "WITH THE MAJESTY OF AN EXALTED LEADER” Following the appearance of James Weldon Johnson, nationally known Negro poet, diplomat, and music cri tic, at the University of North Caro lina, where for a week during the recent Institute of Human Relations he addressed student groups every day, closing with a big mass meeting the Tar Heel, official student paper of the University, makes the follow ing appreciative comment: “Half a century ago an humble slave was janitor to North Carolina’s state university students. His work was mean; his duties were lowly—for he was a janitor. And when George Moses Horton was not sweating to do the will of his young masters (many of whom he attended during illnesses due to both legitimate causes and unlawful wildness), he was their bard. He composed, at the behest of amorous students, many limericks and poems which won the favor of Southern sweethearts. Modem col lege students are astounded to learn tj^at this bonded Negro composed ex cellent poems before he learned to write. He was an author of short stories widely published and eagerly read. His iiterrfry talent won for him the admiration of Dr. Caldwell, Dr. Battle, and Horace Greely, who printed some of his verses. “Today the local scene is remark ably changed. George Horton no longer writes. But a national leader of his emancipated race, James Wel don Johnson, only a few weeks ago stood in dignity before white stu dents, sat' behind their professors’ august desks, and read to them the . poems of the slave Horton. Instead of a menial dormitory janitor, we now have before us a polished doctor of letters, a nationally recognized ar ! tist. Horton’s posture was that of the bended knee; James Weldon Johnson has come with the majesty of an exalted leader, i "This is no lavish tribute to the liberality of our native state. The j writer comes from a state where of ficers of the law are more success ful in the apprehension of Sunday golfers than Negro-lynchers. But | when he observes that ‘Southern hos pitality’ and ‘Southern chivalry,’ once our chief virtues have become relics of a moribund civilization— when he sees, as everyone must, the pall of intolerance so nearby—he feels that a huzzah should be raised to the glory of a liberal North Caro lina. Your state university has acted her motto—‘Lux et Libertas.’ ” COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT ST. PAUL’S NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL — Lawrenceville, Va., May 18—The thirty-ninth annual commencement exercises of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial school, which begins with the preaching of the baccalaureate sermon, Sunday, May 22, 1:00 p. m., and enda with fhe commencement exercises, May 25, promises to be among the best attended and most brilliant exercises in the history of the school. The number of gradu ates from all departments of the I school will prove a record breaker. A new feature this year will be the academic procession, which will start from Webster Hall and proceed down to the chapel. The principal events of commencement week are: Sunday, May 22, 4.00 p. m., bacca laureate sermon, Archdeacon Russell ;i Tuesday, May 24, 2:00 p. m., “Vir ginia Day, the Rt. Rev. William Ca bell Brown, D. D., bishop of Vir ginia, speaker; Alumni speaker, the Rev. H. T. Butler, Class of 1901;: Wednesday, May 25, commencement | day, 2:00 p. m., speaker, the Rev. A. ‘ B. Parson, assistant secretary of the Foreign Missionary society, New York; Alumni speaker, Miss Henri etta Lopez, Class of 1907; Thurs day, May 26, Alumni Day. A large gathering of alumni and friends of , the school is expected. The reunion classes are 1897, 1907 and 1917. The latter plans to present to the princi pal a substantial donation for the building fund. Quite a number of J northern friends of the school are also expected. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF N. A. A. C. P. HOLDS AN IMPORTANT MEETING The executive committee of the Omaha branch of the N. A. A. C. P. held an important meeting Wednes day night at the Colored Commercial club, 1514 North Twenty-fourth street, an^transacted a large amount of business. Among some of the many matters transacted was the re- , ferring of alleged discrimination at a South Side theatre to the Grievance committee for investigation; the ref-, erence of some complaints about the Long school to the Education com mittee for investigation; the passing of a resolution calling upon the Board of Education to appoint some colored teachers in our schools. It was also decided that the Omaha branch would receive contributions for the relief of the flood sufferers and transmit the same to the New Orleans branch for distribution. Plans for making the Pickens’ meeting here, June 12, a success were also discussed. LINCOLN, NEB. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wright returned home last Wednesday from Scotts bluff, Neb. They were accompanied home by their sister, Mrs. Telitha Lindsey, who lost her husband, Isaac Lindsey, who died some weeks ago after a lingering illness. Big May rally at Mount Zion Bap tist church, Sunday May 22. Mrs. Lulu Porter, grand most an cient matron of the Heroines of Jeri cho of Kansas, made her annual visit to Magnolia Court No. 10 last Wed nesday night, and addressed them on the success of the lodge. Mrs. Porter was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Johnson while here. Mr. and Mrs. William Woods, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Johnson, Mr. T. T. McWilliams and others were Omaha visitors Sunday. Mr. Belt Hawkins, aged 70, passed away at the home of his daughters Monday at 10 a. m., after a lingering illness. He leaves as survivors, seven children; Mrs. Dora Holcomb, Mrs. Etta Grant, Philip Hawkins, Mrs. M. L. Jones, Mrs. Katherine Johnson, Mrs. Bernice Morris, Mrs. Eunice Shipman, Mrs. Josephine Murray, Mr. Hawkins was a pioneer of Lincoln, well known by a large number of folks, formerly followed the trade of a brick layer. He was a devout Chri tian man, and a member of Quin chapel A. M. E. church, which he con stantly attended until he became too feeble. Hence, a good citizen, good father and a Christian character has gone to rest. The funeral details will be published later. Islam Court No. 43 held their an nual program in Masonic hall Sun day afternoon, which was fairly at tended. The New Era Baptist association and convention will convene in Mount Zion Baptist church, Lincoln, Mon day, June 6-12, inclusive. All churches, Sunday schools, B. Y. P. U.’s, Women Workers—take notice. Over 30 members of the Daughters of Bethel turned out, and listened to a most instructive sermon by Rev. H. W. Botts at Mount Zion Baptist church, Sunday afternoon. Sunday, May 29, is the culmination of the financial drive at Quinn chapel j A. M. E. church. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building PROBATE NOTICE IN THE MATTER of the estate of Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 21st day of July, 1927, and on the 21st day of Henry O. Wood, deceased: Notice is Hereby Given: That the . creditors of said deceased will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, county judge of Douglas county, i September, 1927, at 9 o’clock, a. m„ each day, for the purpose of pre senting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to nresent their claims, from the 18th day of June, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4T—-5-20-27 County Judge. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building — NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER of the estate of Frances E. Mortimer, deceased: Persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 17th day of May, 1927, William H. Mor timer filed a petition in said County Court, praying that his final admini _ stration account filed herein be set tled and allowed, and that he be discharged from his trust as admin istrator and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the fourth day of June, 1927, and that if you fail to appear before said court on the said fourth day of June, 1927, at 9 o’ckock a. m., and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition and make such other and further orders, al lowances and decrees, as to this court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally settled and determined. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 2T_6-20-27 County Judge. i ♦> A ❖ A A * •:♦ EPISCOPAL X * Church of St. Philip the Deacon | *£ , 21st near Paul ♦♦♦ Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector X X X X * SUNDAY SERVICES *| £ 7:30 a. m. 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