Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1928)
The Monit or j ! ; A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS Y ; ; OF COLORED AMERICANS Y ! [ PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE Y J J MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Y ! [ Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. July 2, 1915 at the Postoffice at Omaha. 1* , t Nebraska, und^r the Act of March 8, 1879. Y \ J THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS_ Editor Y 4 > W. W. MOSLEY. Lincoln. Neb_ _ Associate Editor Y ,, LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS_ .. Business Manager % \ \ SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 PER YEAR; *1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS X , , Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. £ <* Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. ? \! Telephone WEbster 4243 | ■ »♦♦♦♦»»♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦»«»»»»»»»*♦♦»»♦♦»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦»»♦« J* AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS | ;; The postal regulations require that for newspapers | - > to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid X !! in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed X ;; for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where y < > subscriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stop- ^ ! 1 ped. If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the £ 11 publication. Those, therefore, who desire to continue y ;; receiving The Monitor must see to it that their subscrip- | ! ► tions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. State- £ !! ments are being sent to all those who owe, or our col- X ;; lector will call—and unless your subscription is paid * * > we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of !! course, we do not want to do. X ;; We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or £ '' pay the penalty. ♦?" * * A CLEAR CUT ISSUE The withdrawal late Satur day of Parker, the only white candidate in the Ninth Legislative District leaves the contest squarely between Dr. John A. Singleton, the present incumbent and Dr. Aaron M. McMillan, who was induced to file at the eleventh hour, as The Monitor charged, and re peats the charge, not in good faith but with questionable and ulterior motive, and refused to withdraw despite the fact that he knew with two contending colored candidates in the field, with a white opponent neither one could win. The withdraw al of Mr. Parker leaves a fair and open field between the two Negro candidates, Singleton and McMillan, and presents to the voters a cle^n cut and un escapable issue which must be definitely met and decided. That issue is this: “Shall the Negroes of this community se lect their own leadership or have it selected for them? Shall we jump at the crack of some driver’s whip like cring ing slaves or assert our man hood? Are we to be mere pup pets of somebody’s will or whim, or are we free, intelli gent men and women, whose rights and liberties are to be re spected? This is the clear cut issue to be decided in the Ninth District April 10. The Monitor believes' that our people welcome the opportunity to decide this vital question and has no doubt of the outcome. THE POINT A resident and voter of Council Bluffs, C. F. Davis, in a recent issue of a local publi cation, calls the resentment of Omaha voters at the jeopardiz ing of our racial political pres tige, “Much Ado About Noth ing.” It evidently did not occur to this well meaning young gen tleman that his intrusion as an outsider and non-resident into this discussion shows a lack of good judgment if not impertin ence, even did he not miss, as he does, the point at issue. No one questioned Dr. Mc Millan’s constitutional right tc file. They did question, as they had a right to question, his moral right to file at the last hour, when it could not but mean the defeat of both him self and the present incumbent. That is the point and pith of the matter. TOO DULL TO APPRECIATE IT For a brilliant example of trying to straddle an issue or to eat crow we give the whole bakery to our local race con temporary in its editorial of last week on the “terribly mud dled political waters” in the ] Ninth and Tenth Districts, for which in one district, it was largely responsible. According to the statement of C. C. Gal loway, made to P. M. Harris, he was responsible for Dr. Mc Millan’s filing in the Ninth, and, according to the statement of others, he was with Dr. Mc Millan when he filed. Please note the tender, soul stirring pathos in this admis sion : “The last minute filing of three additional candidates in the Ninth and Tenth Legis lative Districts has terribly muddied the local political waters, and the situation that a few weeks ago appeared to indicate smooth sailing to two seats at Lincoln, is now beset with uncertainty. . . . The Guide feels that every candi date in our own group should be careful not to endanger the chances of the race having a representative at our capitol.” The sincerity of this last statement must be judged in the light of the facts stated above where a “candidate in our own group” was induced to file, by a representative of this very publication, “to endanger the chances of the race having a representative at our capi tol.” But let us read on: “There are, of course, two sides to every question, and as a people it now behooves us to careful ly weigh the claims of both sides in this now terrible poli tical conglomeration, and then get together and elect the one we believe will better repre sent us as a race, despite our own selfishness, personal de sires and personal hatred.” Atta boy! Sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. “In the Ninth District there are two of our highly respected young doctors in the race; Dr. Singleton, dentist, the present incumbent, and Dr. A. M. McMillan, physician; either of whom could no doubt serve us well as a representative, but both of them cannot be elected and both of them can be de feated. “In the last primary Single ton won by a bare majority of 115 votes out of 1,495. . . Al lowing for either an increase or decrease which w’ould natural ly affect both sides, the reader can readily see the result of any juggling of any of the 115 votes. The necessity of getting together should be very appar ent with the foregoing figures.” It was these “foregoing fig ures” before him, that Gallo way on his own admission, in duced McMillan to file, which meant “juggling” with these 115 votes, the result of which juggling must be apparent to everyone except the dumbest of the dumb. Why then, we ask, with these figures before him was Mr. Galloway, of the Guide, so insistent upon Dr. McMillan filing against Singleton? Sure ly it could not have been due to his “own selfishness, person-! al desires or personal hatred.” Great master minds have motives and reasons for their aetions which we poor, ordi nary, common mortals of me diocre mentality cannot fully! under stand or appreciate. I This, undoubtedly, is one of such cases. It’s beyond us. That’s all. We are too dull to appreciate it. A SHAMEFUL SURRENDER Central High school should not bow to Missouri prejudice. Recently we had the humiliat ing spectacle of the authorities of this high school shamefully surrendering to a demand that a fcolored player be removed from the basket ball team be fore St. Joseph would play. We understand that a contract has been signed with St. Joseph to play again with the clause inserted that no colored play ers can be on the Omaha Cen tral High school team. This is contrary to the traditions of Nebraska. Our respect for our local school authorities is fast waning under the circum stances. We do not want to believe that Principal J. G. Masters approves of this, be cause we have always enter tained a very high opinion of his fairness and justice and we do not want our genuine es teem for him as a gentleman and an educator lessened. But somebody Ls responsible for this cowardly surrender to damnable prejudice and must bear the blame. And more than this, influence must be brough to bear upon those in authority to compel Central High school to cancel all ath letic engagements with that Missouri high school until it is willing to accept Nebraska standards. SPRING IS ABOUT HERE Spring is about here. Clean up your premises and get ready to help make Omaha a beauti ful city. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Jones’ orchestra was accorded a rousing bouse at Mount Zion Baptist church last Monday night. Princess Hatipha chapter ladies served a very palatable dinner in Ma ■ sonic hall last Wednesday noon and will repeat it Wednesday noon, March 21. Mr. P. L. Moore is confined to his bed with illness at his home, 2146 South Eighth street. Mother Margaret Brown is still ly ing low at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mosley, 1335 Rose street. Mr. A. B. Matthews and a friend from Omaha were Lincoln visitors last Wednesday. The home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Pope at Tenth and Park streets, was almost totally destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The fire was of an unknown origin. The house was a frame structure, and consisted of four rooms. The family was absent from home at the time of the fire. At the dedication services of the Sheridan Boulevard Baptist church, white, Sunday afternoon, a quartet from Mt. Zion Baptist church sang. EUREKA ART CLUB The Eureka Art club met Wednes j day, March 7th, with Mrs. Ada Wood ! son as hostess. The meeting was call i ed to order by the president, Mrs. j .Jackson and a prayer by Mrs. A. M. I Harrold. A very interesting meeting j was held. One hour was devoted to 1 art work. Mrs. D. W. Gooden and i Miss Amy Anderson were very pleas ant visitors and gave some very en couraging remarks after which a dainty lunch was served by the host ess. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Rhieva Harrold, 2423 Binney street, Wednesday, March 21st, with a program and ex hibit of finished pieces. Members take due notice. Roll call will be answered with quotations from Shakespeare. rrYYyYTvyyvvvvvvvvvvvvvyvvyyyyvvvvvvvvvv % EPISCOPAL j a Church of St. Philip the Deacon x X 21st near Paul Y V ♦:« ♦♦♦ Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector | f f | SUNDAY SERVICES | J* 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion ^ ♦|* 10 a. m. Sunday School X X 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon *:! Y 8 p. m. Service and Sermon 4* X Y jl The Church With a Welcome | X and a Message, Come X ❖ A ! .... ! 4 » « o ( y it < » • N. W. WARE ;; ATTORNEY AT LAW | ‘ 4 . < > 4 > i * - 1208 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska it y :: : I! Phones W'ebster 6613-Atlantic 8192. * : i .i PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Street* Tel. JACKSON 1117 v BRUNSWICK ind Record* | !! The Omaha National Bank j | State me nt of February 28, 1988 ||| RESOURCES I i HI Loans and Discounts.$22,974,079.15 [j Overdrafts . 7,182.23 U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation. 1,600,000.00 ' U. S. Government, Municipal and Cor poration Bonds . 2,290.254.61 Banking House . 1,100,000.00 Customers’ Liability Under Letters of j| Credit . 74,916.06 ,1, Interest Earned but Not Collected. 67,886.39 j! Due from U. S. Treasury. 50,000.00 Cash on Hand and Due from Federal I Reserve Bank and Other Corre- till £ spondent Banks . 14,892,000.34 f/ $42,456,318.68 LIABILITIES Capital Stock .$ 1,000,000.00 jljj II Surplus and Undivided Profits. 1,079,521.28 Circulation . 992,260.00 Customers’ Letters of Credit. 74,916.06 Deposits . 39,309,631.34 $42,456,318.68 Farnarn at Seventeenth j TfeQiahaN^tional B \ | DO YOU READ ALL OF THE ADS?