——SSSSEagggBgggBB* - - - - ' ■ - = The Mom .< j < ' A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY P II- INTERESTS 4 < ’ OF COLORED AMERICANS £ ' 1 PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA RY THE 4 ] I MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Y ’ ' Entered ae 8econd-Claae Mall Matter July 2 1916 ai dr PontoffIce at . , [ __Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March .1 I *79_£ ' ’ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS___ ._ Editor y ‘ ' W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln Nob__ Aseoclate Editor y ; J LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS_Business Manager ? | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES, fe.OO A YEAR: »1.25 6 MONTHS T5c J MONTHS £ < , Advertising Rates F irnlshed Upon Application ,j, <> Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204. Omaha, Neb. 4 < | Telephone WEbster 4243 •{• : % ! : AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. | J; The postal regulations require that for newspapers to 4 < > be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in X ! ! advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for Y ;; renewals. At the expiration of this penod, where sub- 4 ; j scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped, a ! ’ If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- ;r J I cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving •; ; ; The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are ' - pay the penalty. !! ;;. .:: “THE SIN OF PREJUDICE” The Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of Parke Ave nue, New York, Baptist church, recently preached a notable sermon on “The Sin of Prejudice.” This is a rather unusual topic for a sermon, but admittedly a good and timely one. It was an unusual sermon but then Dr. Fosdick is an unusual man. He has been criticized by many of his brethren for his “modernism.” Well, if “modernism” has this effect, Jet us pray for more “modernism” among all classes of American clergymen. Among other things, this is what Dr. Fosdick said: “It is a sin whose conse quences on its victims are not so obvious as lusts of the flesh and yet whose devastations of the human race are written large in every war, in every outbreak of racial hatred, in a million oppressions and os tracisms. “Its record of heartbreaks surpasses all other sins of men. Its results in bloodshed have made history an orgy of car nage and make civilization to day a brief interval between catastrophes. “Many of us have no con cern with the temptation to drunkeness and adultery but we all have temptation to prej udice. People who say that they hate the Japanese or the Italians or the Negroes or the Roman Catholics or Jews, may walk in respectable society, but for all that they are lepers. They are breeding places for the world’s most deadly moral pestilence. “Our racial, religious and national prejudices represent a belated attitude. They are leftovers from the conditions of life which surrounded prim itive man when every stranger was an enemy. That is the ori gin of prejudice, and when to day you hear people who hate Jews, hate Roman Catholics, hate Protestants, hate other races, you are witnessing a re turn to the primitive mind.” BENIGHTED MISSISSIPPI Are there no white men and women of brain and vision in Mississippi? Are they all hope lessly insane on the race ques tion? It would seem that the first question must be answer ed in the negative and the sec ond in the affirmative when one considers the mental cali ber of the governor of that be nighted state as disclosed in his recent telegram to Secre tary Hoover, protesting against the appointment of a well-educated, competent and wealthy Negro lawyer as a member of the flood rehabili tation commission. S. D. Red mond, one of the outstanding citizens of the state, is the ap pointee and Governor Dennis Murphree is the protestant. Since nearly 90 per cent of the flood sufferers are Negroes, and the work of rehabilitation is going to be a gigantic task, it would seem fitting that a man like Mr. Redmond should have a place upon the commis sion and would undoubtedly be able to render good service. If Murphree’s mentality is repre sentative of that of Mississippi then that commonwealth is al most hopelessly benighted. NOT OFFICIAL The National Church Con gress of the Episcopal Church in session at San Francisco, is a forum which meets periodic ally for the discussion of vari ous subjects. All sorts of views are expressed and while in the main the discussions are help ful and constructive, occasion ally, as is to be expected in such gatherings, some individ ual or individuals say rash and foolish things. Their state ments are their own individual opinions and are by no means representative of the teaching or position of the Episcopal Church or of any considerable part of either her clergy or laity. Such blowing off of steam makes lots of noise but turns no wheels. Individual “views” and “opinions,” as ex pressed at the church congress, whether profoundly wise, or inanely foolish, are purely in dividual and not official. CONGRATULATIONS The Monitor extends sincere congratulations to the pupils who have earned their pro motions in the grades, high schools and colleges. We com mend parents for seeing that their children are taking ad vantage of educational oppor tunities of which they them selves were denied. We hope that the children who have finished the eighth grade will go on to high school and that those who have graduated from high school may go on to college, wherever it is possible, or failing this, may have op portunities of learning trades. There are no substitutes for in telligence, industry and thrift. The day is coming even in America, where brains, char acter and ability will win, de spite the handicap of race. IS AMERICA CIVILIZED? ^^Pour boasted, progressive Christian country human be ings are still burned at the stake by those who lay claim to superior intelligence and morality. If such a display of savagery be indicative of race superiority then happy and blessed indeed are they who are called the inferior race. While deeds of this kind pre vail can the United States lay claim to be a civilized nation? WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY PULLMAN PORTERS AND TIPS One organization of Pullman por ters is demanding a decent living wage and the cessation of tipping. We can heartily sympathize with the porters in this demand. There is something humiliating and even degrading to a full grown healthy man who has to accept a tip from another man, whose equal he is and oftentimes whose superior he is. On Pullman cars, dining cars, din ing rooms and on bellhop benches there can be found some of the keen est intellects and brilliant minds, not only in the Negro race but in Amer ica. Because of economic reasons; Be cause of the strenuous fight for bread and butter; because of race prejudice, and because the door of 1 opportunity is often closed to him be cause of his color, the Negro man, who has gone through the best schools has often to let down his bucket where he is and accept so called menial positions or jobs far removed from the lines of his train ing and education. Thus it is that in the ranks of the Pullman porters are to be found fine, intelligent, upstanding, manly men. It must be gall and wormwood to many of these men to have to accept tips from men who do not measure up in the scale nearly as high as themselves. We hope the porters win the point. All labor is honorable and dignified if we make it so. But most men would be able to add more dignity to their jobs and get more pleasure out of living if they were paid a living, decent wage, and whose living did not hinge on their fawning, squat ting and Uncle Toming to some other individual whose tip is often accom panied with an insult and whose bounty depends on whether or not he has a grouch or indigestion. The Pullman company ought to jump at the opportunity to clear it self of the charge that it expects the public to pay its employees in addition to paying for accommoda tions.—Louisville (Ky.) News. “ A PLEA FOR RESPECT Dr. George E. Haynes, of New York City, secretary of the Federal Council of Churches’ race relations committee, addressed the National Council of the Congregational Church in session in Omaha, Neb., on ‘‘Race Relations.” Dr. Haynes declared that the Ne gro demands respect. He concluded his remarks with the assertion that “he wants nothing more; he can be content with nothing less.” We en dorse heartily the plea of Dr. Haynes. It has been made before, and doubt less will be made again. Dr. Haynes was the spokesman of that portion of our group who, by precept, example, contact and edu cation or environment, have fitted themselves to qualify as men and women worthy of respect. They are numerous. Still, there are countless thou sands, street corner loafers, idlers, indecorous loud and vulgar peoples who disgrace neighborhoods, are nui sances in public carriers ,on the high ways and in public places, whose un seemly conduct serves to give an un favorable impression to a too critical public. It is this class of-illbreeds who prevent us from coming into our birthright of respect. Sooner or later the leading citizens of our group will of necessity be forced to take imperative measures to demand of the indecorous group respect for themselves. Slowly but surely ti'.c forces for moral, religious and civic imprdvement are reducing this number, but there are yet thou sands beyond their influence or reach. If on the whole we are to have respect we must first respect our selves. If we do not know how, we should be taught. If we wont) w» should be made to. We cannot rise without lifting the masses with us. —The Chicago Bee. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson BniMing 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 0. 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, September, 1927, at 9 o’clock, a. m.. I WATERS ’ BARNHART PRINTING COL B IZA I OMAHA each day, for the purpose of pre senting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 18th day of June, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4T—6-20-27 County Judge. JOHN ADAMS, Atty. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRIETTA WATTS CAR RALL, DECEASED. All persons interested in said es tate are hereby notified that a peti tion has been filed in said court alleging that said deceased died leav ing no last will and praying for administration upon her estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 2nd day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the said 2nd day of July, 1927, at 9 o’clock A. M. to contest said peti tion, the court may grant the same and grant administration of said es tate to Sherman Yost or some other suitable person and proceed to a set tlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T-6-10-27 County Judge. JOHN ADAMS, Atty. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WASHINGTON PRIDGETT, DECEASED. All persons interested in said es tate are hereby notified that a peti tion has been filed in said court alleging that said deceased died leav ing no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 2nd day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the said 2nd day of July, 1927, at 9 o’clock A. M. to contest said peti tion, the court may grant the same and grant administration of said es tate to Mattie Pridgett or some other suitable person and proceed to a set tlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T-6-10-27 County Judge. | Hear \! 1 Kelly Miller I T X | Dean of Howard University ;; | Washington, D. C. < > | — on— :: l“The Old Negro i| ! and The New”! v y % | ST. JOHN’S A. M. E. CHURCH : 122nd and Willis Avenue :: REV. JOHN H. GRANT, D. D., Pastor Wed. 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