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LIFT LIFT The Monitor NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. GROWING — THANK YOU $2.00 a Year—5 Cents a Copy Omaha, Nebraska, Friday, May 25, 1928 Vol. XIII—No. 47 Whole Number 668 “Lily White” Leader Former Nebraskan BISHOP CAREY GIVEN GREAT OVATIOH WHEN CALLED TO PRESIDE Police Band Plays Stirring Tunes, Floral Offerings Shower and Multitudes Applaud Astute Prelate “POLITICAL TRICK,” SAYS COOK Dramatic Staging of "Tribute” an Adroit and Contemptible Trick of Persistent Persecutor of Host Church Chicago, 111.—(ANP)—Those dele gates and members of the African Methodist Episcopal church who were in the beginning led to believe that the holding of a political office by Bishop Archibald J. Carey had af fected in any way his popularity and influence as a bishop in his district of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, were disillusioned Wednes day morning when he was presented as the presiding bishop at the open ing session at the Eighth Regiment armory, at Thirty-fifth street and Giles avenue. It is customary for the bishop who is to preside to receive, upon being presented, all of the enconiums, flor al tributes and the like. The ovation accorded Bishop Carey was by far the greatest during the entire confer ence. Delegates, ministers, city po lice, various organizations and city workers joined in the reception of Bishop A. J. Carey and the mayor, William Hale Thompson, “followed from afar,” which means that an emissary bore this message from the mayor’s office. The police band played, Lieutenant William Middleton represented the Chicago police department and the 10,000 civil service employees of the city. A gold cross was presented to the bishop by Dr. J. C. Austin, Bap tist minister, president of the Inter church Good Will conference com posed of 100 ministers and 60,000 members. Floral tributes came from the deaconesses of the churches of the denomination in Chicago. An other presentation was made by Dr. Roscoe C. Giles, of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Com munity Center and church. "Carey Tribute” Cauiei Stir in Independent Cburch Chicago, 111.—(ANP)—The pres entation of a floral tribute by a group of the trustees and members of the Church of Christ and Metropolitan Community Center to Bishop A. J. Carey, Wednesday morning, caused quite a stir in the inner working of the independent church, of which Dr. W. D. Cook is pastor, and following a heated conference Thursday evening a circular signed by Dr. Cook was dis tributed repudiating the tribute. The “People’s Church of Christ” was the result of a split in the ranks of the Bethel A. M. E. church some years ago, when Dr. Cook led his fol lowers away from Bethel and found ed an independent church. Since that time the church has grown in mem bership and purchased an attractive church edifice on South Parkway. The statement issued by Dr. Cook was as follows: “The general conference of the Af rican Methodist Episcopal Church was misled at the morning session on Wednesday by what was purported to be greetings from the People’s Church of Christ and Metropolitan Community Center, to the conference and commendations to the presiding bishop, A. J. Carey. “The pastor and officers of the church and center hold in reverence and high respect the general confer ence and the many distinguished prel ates composing it. The church and center stand ready to extend greet ings whenever the opportunity is giv en. The greeting given on Wednes day morning was not authorized by the pastor and officers of the church. It was a political trick and a con temptible advantage taken of the church and the officers to carry out selfish ends of an individual in the interest of Bishop A. J. Carey, who (Continued on Page 4) ARK. PEONAGE BOSS MUST PAY VICTIM Memphis, Tenn.—A federal jury awarded J. H. Cobum, of Crawfords ville. Ark., a verdict of $500 in a breach of contract case against Adam Jett, Memphis realtor, after deliber ating less than one hour. In the suit the plaintiff, a tennaht farmer, claimed that in July, 1927, the defendant broke a written con tract previously signed, for lease of 100 acres on a West Memphis, Ark., plantation and gave him the alterna tive of working as a day laborer at $1.50 a day, or else to leave the crop and be dispossessed of his house. Prior to this, monthly payments of j $100 were to be paid to the plaintiff, according to the complaint. The plaintiff further alleged that entire proceeds of the cotton crop were taken over by the defendant. WAGE DISCRIMINATION BE TWEEN RACES SWATTED ' High Tribunal of So. African Union Hands Down Decision Which Protects Skilled Labor Cape Town, South Africa.—Race prejudice received a setback when the highest court of the Union of South Africa handed down a decision that no question of race or color shall be taken into consideration in industrial agreements or regulations of labor where skilled workers are concerned. | For instance, a Negro printer is now bound by law to take not less than a certain minimum wage and if he is found accepting a lower one his em ployer will be prosecuted and prob-; ably heavily fined. In reporting this court decision, the Amsterdam Bureau of the Interna tional Federation of Trade Unions ex presses the fear that the color bar act, which excludes natives from cer tain skilled trades, may be applied little by little to all the machinery trades in order to prevent the Indian and native African workers from en tering them. Under two recent acts of the South African Parliament, disputes between skilled workers and their employers are to be established with full power to hear witnesses and hand down a judgment in such matters. LOUISIANA MOB FOILED IN VICTIM WRECK PROPERTY Frustrated in Attempt to Lynch Ne groes Frenzied Mob Burns and Destroys Their Possessions on Farm Alexandria, La.—A lynching was barely averted recently at Long Leaf near here. Seven houses belonging to intended victims of a mob and their relatives were fired and other of the property destroyed by the raiders, who failed to get their in tended victims. The mob violence occurred after William Blackman had shot and fa tally wounded a deputy sheriff. Blackman was shot by one of the sheriff’s party and died a short time afterwards. Before dying he said he mistook the sheriff’s party for raid ers and shot when they kept coming towards hia home. News of the shooting spread rap idly and the mob soon assembled and set out for the Blackman home. Of ficers, however, removed the kin of the slain Blackman before their ar rival. The mob, finding no one at home when they arrived, proceded to burn, wreck and destroy everything they could get their hands upon. There were about 176 whites in the mob. K. OF P. NOTICE The annual sermon of the Knights of Pythias and the Court of Calantha will be held Sunday afternoon. May 17, at Pilgrim Baptist church, Twen ty-fifth and Hamilton streets, at 2:30 o’clock. The sermon will be preahed by the Rev. Mr. Hillson of Salem Baptist church. EDITORIAL There should be a large attendance of our people, and es pecially of the ministers and professional people who are in terested in Social work, at the vesper service next Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the North Side Branch of the Y. W. C. A. Not only will Miss Ruth Collins, acting secretary of the North Side “Y”, who recently was sent as a delegate to the Young Women’s Christian Association National Convention at Sacramento, Cal., give her report, which made an excellent im pression when delivered at the Central branch, but prominent Social workers will also give the reports which were presented by them a few days ago at the Omaha Council of Social Agencies, upon their return from the National Conference of Social Work which met in Memphis, Tenn. These speakers will include Miss Lillian Gauss, head of the South Side Social Settlement, who has shown deep interest in the welfare of our group; Mr. John H. Hall, executive secretary of the Omaha Community Chest; Miss Esther Johnson of the Juvenile Court; Miss Florence McCabe of the Visiting Nurse Association, and Mr. Orville Robertson of the Associated Charities. All these are persons deeply interested in the social problems which con front our people in common with those of other citizens. Inter racial understanding and fellowship loomed large in the pro grams of the Memphis Conference and the Y. W. C. A. Con vention, and so the audience may expect worth-while messages and helpful suggestions from these speakers. Despite the fact that we may not all see eye to eye, it must be admitted by those disposed to be fair and open-minded that there is a sincere desire upon the part of most trained social workers to promote the welfare of the community by an in telligent and sympathetic understanding of the problems con fronting the people. It could not be otherwise, for.Social Serv ice is only another name for applied Christianity or, to be ab solutely accurate, applied Religion. Its objective is the ameli oration of the ills of humanity, poverty, crime, disease and like maladies, which handicap mankind in attaining the highest and fullest development. Social service, whether social workers will admit it or not, receives its impulse and motivation from the Christian doctrine of universal brotherhood, which demands opportunity for the normal development of every human being. Social Service, therefore, is essentially Christian. And if es sentially Christian then it must be catholic-minded and catholic hearted, interested in the whole of humanity. It is gradually creeping into the consciousness of America that the Negro is a human being, therefore he must be consider ed when human problems press for solution. And so social workers, we believe, are quite sincere in efforts to understand problems which concern us as part of the human family. That is why we are having social workers from our own ranks. Help ful contact and association between earnest, sincere, sober minded folk who are anxious for human betterment promotes understanding and good-will. The more of this the better. For this reason we hope a large audience will attend the vesper service at the “Y” next Sunday afternoon to learn what is the mind of those who are working in various agencies for the bet terment of all classes in the community. All of us need a larger vision and a larger sense of our re sponsibility in doing practical work and making individual contribution to social welfare. k-,....-jjm—n, i ju.ja... . . ■ jbui,: ■■ ,,'iri ,v 7^?..T -; , — CARL DITON Pianist, Organist, Composer, President of the National As sociation of Negro Musicians, who is to appear in Recital, at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Thursday, June 7. Carl Diton is a pianist of excellent ability, of fine natural gifts and of good musical knowledge.—Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Conductor Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The pipe organ compositions of Carl Diton are among the most outstanding of recent years.—The Diapson, Chicago, 111. Carl Diton is a very gifted composer, whose compositions reveal superior musicianship, fine variety of treatment and powerful climaxes.—Musical America, New York City. SOCIAL ATHLETIC CLUB The Social Athletic club gave a de lightful tea at the home of Lorene A. Lewis, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Lewis. There were as many adults present as jun iors and both seemed to greatly en joy themselves. A lovely musical program was rendered. This club was organized by little Lorene Lewis, January 15, 1928, and is doing a graet work. Its purpose is to help and bring cheer to the un fortunate at Christmas time. While their dues are small, they have suc ceeded in saving up a nice little sum in their treasury. The first part of their meetings is devoted to needle work and the latter part is spent in games indoors and outdoors. CLORED YOUTH AWARDED MEDAL FOR HEROISM Cleveland, Ohio—For heroism in saving the life of Omar Meyer, jr., a white lad, Sherman Potter, a sixteen year old youth received an award of $1,600 for educational purposes and a Carnegie hero medal. The cash award must be used before Potter is 25 years old and will be dispensed in installments after he decides what course of study to take. Young Potter is a member of the Boy Scouts and is a student at the junior high school in Sandusky. In January, he with a group of lads was skating and the ice broke and young Meyer fell into the icy waters. Dis regarding the danger of losing his own life, Potter plunged in the water and rescued Meyer. This is the sec ond recognition he has received, the 1 other being a certificate of heroism from the Boy Scout chief. INJUNCTION DENIED LILY WHITES BY A MISS. COORT Sheldon, Former Nebraska Governor, Now a Southernized Northerner, Cannot Oust Perry Howard Jackson, Miss.—Attempts of lily white republicans to exclude colored republicans from the party were fi nally defeated recently. The Perry Howard republican faction won a vic tory in the supreme court against Ex-Governor Geo. L. Sheldon, when the high court reversed and remanded the injunction case from Forrest county in which the Howard faction was enjoined from holding their pri mary elections under a call from the Howard state republican executive committee. Judge Smith, delivering opinion of the court, division A sitting, reaffirm ed the former decisions of the court, holding that the courts have no juris diction to interfere in procedure of political party machinery under the primary election laws, even though the rights of members of the party may be infringed. IMPROVED LABOR CONDITIONS NOW IMPENDING, CLAIM Vast Army of Worker* Will Be De manded Following Signing of the $200,000,000 Flood Control Bill Washington, D. C.—Prospect of a new channel opening up for the ab sorption of the vast army of idle colored workers in the country at the present time was reported highly fa vorable by government authorities here recently. This announcement was made following the action of President Calvin Coolidge in signing the flood control bill calling for $30,000,000 at once for immediate flood control work. As an immediate result of the sign ing of the bill, it was said that the government labor forces all along the Mississippi river from Cape Girar deau, Mo., to the head of the passes, will be greatly increased. The state ment came from the office of Gen. Edward Jadwin, chief of army en gineers. The demand for common labor will steadily increase and will reach its peak in the coming fall, it was said, immediate work depending upon the supply of money available for steam ing ahead. Indications are that $30,000,000 will be allowed for expenditures this year, $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 next year and $60,000,000 the third year. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. L. GOTHMAN The funeral of Mrs. Lorain Goth man of 1226 South Twelfth street, aged 37 years, who died May 17, was held Monday, May 21, from the Lewis mortuary with the Rev. Mr. Martin of Pilgrim Baptist church officiating, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Canady. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Gothman, and mother, Mrs. Ella Ken nedy, and other relatives. Interment at Prospect Hill cemetery. RELIC OF DE SOTO AND HIS SOLDIERS HINTS AT TRAGEDY Remnant of Rusty Sword Unearthed in Northern Georgia Recalls Exploit of Famous Spaniard DISCOVERED MISSISSIPPI RIVER Negro Soldiers Members of Troop. Disappointed in Dreams of Fabulous Wealth De Soto Dies Washington, D. C.—Part of a rusty sword dug up in northern Georgia is believed to have been lost by the ex pedition of Hernando De Soto and his Negro and Spanish soldiers nearly 400 years ago. In giving an account of the expedi tion whose greatest accomplishment was the discovery of the Mississippi river, the National Geographical soci ety records state that De Soto and his brave followers thought that the pres ent southern states of the United States constituted a land of superla tively rich Incas and planned to loot their “temples” and “palaces” of gold and precious stones. De Soto’s party, including foot soldiers, cavalry and servants backed by King Charles V of Spain, left Ha vana, Cuba, in May, 1539, and is be lieved to have landed on what is now Tampa Bay, Florida. When De Soto, advised by his Ne gro lieutenants had wandered over what is now Florida, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Lou isiana, killing thousands of Indian ag riculturists and hunters, finding only towns of huts and wigwams, and los ing hundreds of men and scores of horses, the realization came that there was nothing in the region worth “conquering." In 1540 they went into the north ern part of the present state of Geor gia, still fighting and oppressing In dians, and still believing that gold lay just ahead. The wanderings turned westward and southward to the vic inity of Mobile. The following win ter was spent in the Yazoo valley in what is now Mississippi. Soon after camp was brokin in 1541, the westward pushing wander ers came upon the “Great River” as they named it. Paintings have rep resented this as something of a gala occasion, with De Soto taking posses sion of the stream in shining armor. In reality it was a ragged, unkempt* rusty crew of discouraged men that found its way blocked by the muddy, driftstrewn waters of the lower Mis sissippi, somewhere south of the pres ent Tennessee line. But this was to be the end of De Soto’s wanderings. He sickened, and within a few days died. His body was buried temporarily, and was sunk in the river, which he had discovered, in the early summer of 1542. CRIPPLE GIRL GIVEN $35,000 Jury Return* a Verdict in Favor of Victim of Automobile Cra*h Ventura, Cal.—A 16-year-old girl, crippled, was awarded $35,000 dam ages, the largest sum granted in the superior court here in ten years. It took the jury twenty minutes fol lowing the closing arguments of the attorneys this morning to find in fa vor of Eva Grace Mathews, lying on a cot, in which position she has been since August, when the roadster in which she and her two sisters were driving up the Conejo was struck by • laundry truck operated by Raymond Dudley and owned by the National Linen Supply Co., of Los Angeles. It is predicted that the girl will spend the rest of her life on the cot, her lower limbs having been para lyzed through the severing of her spinal cord. The Mathews family are from Bakersfield. The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Phil ip’s church was very delightfully en tertained with a social meeting at the residence of Mrs. Otis Shipman, 2724 North Thirtieth street, last Thursday afternoon.
