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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.
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