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SEGREGATION OF FEDERAL
EMPLOYES
Subordinates may be respon
sible for the segregation of fed
eral employes in the depart
ments at Washington. While
we know the tendency of under
officials to strut and show their
brief authority, we hardly be
lieve that they would dare do
many things with which they
are justly charged did they not
tacitly understand that they
were acting in accord with the
sentiments and wishes of their
superiors.
Segregation among federal
employes at Washington is a
fact, plain, proven, indisputa
ble. Somebody can stop it. It
has grown and is growing.
This fact has been brought tot
President Coolidge’s attention.
Senator Butler admits that it
will only take an executive or
der from Coolidge to stop it.
For some reason, up until the
present, such an order has not
been issued.
Recently, a policy of segre
gation was instituted in the
Pension Bureau. It was adroit
ly done and with that damna
ble hypocrisy which always
characterizes such movements.
Somebody ordered the sepa
ration of the Negro employes
from the whites. Howeve^, it
was done. Now comes C. E.
Finley, acting secretary, and
denies there was any segrega
tion intended or implied in this
arrangement and that he knew
nothing about it until he read
of it in colored newspapers.
This confession shows that
even a government official can
gain valuable information by
reading race publications, and
fortunately, more and more
people are reading them.
Now, whether subordinates
or higher officials are responsi
ble for this undemocratic and
baneful practice towards gov
ernment employes it ought to
be stopped as absolutely un
worthy of a government of the
magnitude and ideals of that
of the United States.
WARD BURGESS
ACQUITTED
Friends of Ward Burgess
who have known him for many
years and appreciated all he
stood for in Omaha, were un
willing to believe that he was
guilty of wilful and deliberate
fraud in connection with the
failure of the M. E. Smith and
Burgess-Nash companies which
was such a crushing blow to
the business and financial in
terests of this city. The failure
of these firms was nothing
short of a calamity. It was be
lieved that Ward Burgess in all
he did was making a herculean
effort to avert that calamity.
Had others not withdrawn and
fulfilled their promises these
firms might have been saved.
That the courts have cleared
the name of Ward Burgess and
his two co-defendants from the
charge of fraud is not only
gratifying to Mr. Burgess but
to his many friends whose con
fidence in his integrity was
never shaken.
WELCOME “LINDY”
Next Tuesday Omaha is to
honor as its guest Colonel Lind
berg. All citizens are proud of
the notable achievement of this
intrepid young American in his
historic flight across the Atlan
tic. They are proud, too, of the
fact that he has shown himself
a young man of parts by his
poise and balance in the midst
of praise and adulation which
would have turned older heads
than his. As an apostle of good
will between America and the
old world, as an exponent of
aerial transportation and as a
representative young man of
clean and temperate life and of
high ideals, Lindberg will be an
inspiration to all American
youth and Omaha will give him
cordial welcome and will not
only be honored but helped
by his presence.
Welcome, “Lindy,” welcome.
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Helps to a
Reliqious Life
The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity,
August 28, 1927
A Prayer
O God, who declarest thy almighty
power chiefly in showing mercy and
pity; Mercifully grant unto us such
a measure of thy grace, that we, run
ning the way of thy commandments,
may obtain thy gracious promises,
and be made partakers of thy heaven
ly treasure; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Think on these words:
Jesus spake this parable unto cer
tain which trusted in themselves that
they wee righteous, and despised
others: Two men went up into the
temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,
and the other a publican. The Phari
see stood and prayed thus with him
self, God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners, un
just, adulterers, or eveu as this pub
lican. I fast twice in the week, I
give tithes of all that I possess. And
the publican, standing afar off, would
not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his breast,
saying, God be merciful to me a sin
ner. I tell you, this man went down
to his house justified rather than the
other: for every one that exalteth
himself shall bea based; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.—
St. Luke xiii. 9-14.
This prayer begins with the asser
tion of a truth which is frequently
overlooked, and that is that God’s
manifestation of His almighty power,
is not in the work of creation, won
derful as it is, but in “showing mercy
and pity.” This is quite plain when
we consider the work of man’s re
demption which reveals God’s infinite
love. Realizing, then, the tender
mercy of God towards His children,
the natural impulse of the heart is to
desire “such a measure of grace” that
our lives may be lived conformably
to His will, that is in “running the
way of His commandments.” “Heav
enly treasure," which exceeds all that
we can desire, is the reward of a
godly life.
A braggart and a penitent are
brought to our attention in the
Gospel of the day. Which type
do you admire? Which of these men
are you? Are you a boaster about
your own goodness and belieing your
boast by your criticism of others, or
a sincere penitent for your own sins
and shortcomings? BRAGGART or
PENITENT, which are YOU?
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THE COLORED MAN
A Fragment
By Dr. G. H. Scbleh
Two men were climbing the heights
of Calvary; one was white, and, Oh, i
so weary!( On His head was a crown
of thorns; His beautiful hair and
brow were clotted with blood; on His
shoulders a heavy cross, to which
white men purposed to nail Him.
A jeering mob trailed in the wake,
shouting: “Crucify Him! Crucify
Him!” He staggered, then fell prone
to the earth.
The other man, stalwart and strong,
curious but sympathetic, was a col
ored man from Cyrene. He had come ,
to Jerusalem to inquire after Jeho
vah. ,
The priests and soldiers observed i
him, saw that he was black, and
promptly impressed him into service,
compelling him to take the burden
from the quivering form of the Vic
tim, and carry it to the crest of Gol
gotha.
There is nothing more vicarious in
the annals of man.
The colored race has always been
compelled to carry the burden of
mankind.
It is a privilege to write a little
brief for the colored man. It is no
stigma on him that his skin is a little
darker than that of the Caucasian;
he has an inherent right to wear the
countenance that the Creator has be
stowed upon him, and the white man
has no right to hold him accountable
j for that color.
I have traveled a great deal, have
preached and lectured over a vast do
main, and have observed that the
] colored man is not an habitual tramp,
begging bread from door to door; he
i does not asck alms, but work, and
; usually gets it; he seldom asks fa
vors, and really gets few. He often
! lives on short rations. Some folks
say “he takes things,” but in South
ern states many hotels have no keys,
though their rooms often open on the
gallery. He does not usually find a
grave in the Potter’s field. Thank
God, he is a constitutionalist, and
; is not often a “soap box agitator.”
He is naturally cheerful, and never
a pessimist. Can you recall a single
colored anarchist in the history of
this country? Three presidents have
been murdered—by white men. He
is inclined to music. To whistle and
to sing are his delight. Above all, he
believes in God.
Hia condust does not always square
with the Divine law—neither does
that of the white man. He is intense
ly American, and loves the flag. His
enemies say he is lazy, but some
whites are also averse to hard work, j
We are told that he lacks virtue, but
do not others lack the same quality?
In conclusion, I do contend that no
race has done more for itself, for its
betterment and elevation in so brief
a time, as the lately liberated color
ed man, and I will not forget that a
colored man bore the cross of the
Savior of the World to the crest of
Calvary.
Charles F. Davie
Attorney
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
George G. Johnson, Deceased.
All persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said Court al
leging that said deceased died leaving
no last will and praying for adminis
tration upon his estate, and that a
hearing will be had on said petition
before said court on the 17th day of
September, 1927, and that if they
fail to appear at said Court on the
said 17th day of September, 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 Ray L. Williams or some
other suitable person and proceed to
a settlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3t^8-26-27 County Judge.
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Ed. F. Morearty
Attorney-at-Law
700 Peters Trust Building
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DE
FENDANT
To Charles Wilsoi, non-resident
defendant:
You are hereby notified that Pearl
Wilson, your wife, the plaintiff, filed
her petition in the District Court of
Douglas County, Nebraska, on the
24th day of May, 1927, to obtain an
absolute decree of divorce from you
on the grounds of desertion and non
support. You are required to answer
said petition on or before the 26th
day of September, 1927.
PEARL WILSON.
4t-8-26-27
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank ths public, thS
churches, and many friends for the
donations for the burial of my moth
er, Mrs. Jane Hogan, who passed
away at the age of 103 years. The
floral offerings and kindness of
friends will never be forgotten by
her daughter.—Mrs. Mollie (Mother)
McKinney.
A. Count Wilkinson, former editor
[of The New Era, and ex-exalted ruler
of Iroquois Lodge, is in New York
'attending the Elks convention. En
; route home he will visit Cleveland,
Ohio.
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