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' THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS Editor
W. W. MOSLEY, Uncole. Nab. Associate Editor
j , LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS . .- Business Minster
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Our Choice for President
in 1928 is
WALTER W. HEAD
of Nebraska
An Astute, Able, Clear
headed Business
Man
GROWING AND LEARNING
It is gratifying to note how
our people are steadily grow
ing in appreciation of the cul
tural side of life. They are be
coming increasingly responsive
to high class concerts and en
tentainments. Naturally music
lovers, the popular class of
music, rather than the classical
has and still has the stronger
grasp upon the masses of our
people as upon the masses of
other groups, and yet there is
a constantly and rapidly in
creasing number who really
rightly evaluate the classical.
With this growing appreciation
will eventually come the con
viction of the necessity of ade
quately paying our highly
trained and high class artists
for their services. We cheer
fully pay the admission price
demanded for the privilege of
hearing artists of the other
group, but hesitate to pay cor
responding prices for artists of
the same high grade within our
ranks. But we are growing
and learning.
BUILD PAY ROLLS
This is a popular slogan in
Omaha. It is a needed one.
One of Omaha’s greatest needs
is factories and industries that
will give employment to more
people.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY
Dead Weight
We have amongst ns a number of
people who boast that they never read
a newspaper published by a member
of their race, or who claim that they
are "too busy” to read one. These
are they who are the least informed
on subjects concerning the outstand
ing achievements and the general
progress ot the race.
They have but sca^t knowledge of
what has happened or what is hap
pening all around them They be
long to the large group of pessimists
with obscure visions, who discourage
every racial enterprise and who sel
dom, if ever, put their shoulders to
the wheel in a co operative effort to
launch a constiuctive movement that
is calculated to advance group inter
ests.
They are DEAD WEIGHT and
belong to the “It-can’t-be-done”
crowd, to the cold water throwers,
who are found in every community,
where they present a sad and strange
contrast to the progressive men who
are racially informed because they
subscribe to and regularly read one
or two of the splendid newspapers
edited by intelligent and constwictive
Negro editors.—The Portland Advo
cate.
In Union Is Strength
Let us repeat that the most menac
ing threat to our racial success is
within the race, and not from the out
side; that the white man is not our
worst enemy, that we are our own
worst enemy; that united we stand
and divided we fall. And until we
learn sense enough to recognize that
in union there is strength we are go
ing to always be targets for other
people and never in position to de
mapd respect for our rights.—Atlanta
Independent.
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“The Hand-Out Game’*
Organizations can plead, demand
and fight for a correction of injustices
toward the Negro racial group; the
press of the country can push the de
mand for representation in certain de
partments of state and nation until
the proverbial “doom’s day,” but until
these parasites, who, through their
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designing tactics get themselves Into
leadership, put a stop to the “hand
out” game, the race will accomplish
nothing.—East Tennessee News.
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White Presbyterian* Refused to Eat
At the 140th general assembly of
the Presbyterian Church, which re
cently met at Tulsa, Okla., the annual
banquet was not had, because, it is
said, that the white brethren refused
to eat, if eating would offend their
darker brethren.
This conclusion was reached after
it was learned that the hotel, where
the banquet was to have been held,
refused to recede from its policy of
not allowing Negroes to dine in its
dining room unless they were of the
servant class, and then without the
knowledge or consent of the manage
ment.
We think that the officials of the
church took high ground in this mat
ter and did the only Christian thing
under the circumstances.
In the meanwhile, a challenge is
laid at th edoor of this great church
to take up the fight anew against this
kind of un-Christian practice which is
prevalent in this so-called Christian
nation. Not only a fight, but a war
against this deviltry, which is finding
its way into the Church, and not be
afraid to decry the wrong from its
pulpits.
As we have said before in these
columns, when the Church gets right,
the evils and the ills of the world will
get on the run.—St. Louis Argus.
ROBERT CHURCH IS
FULLY VINDICATED
Memphis, Tenn.—The fight that
has been made on Robert R. Church,
political leader, in an effort to de
stroy his influence and power, has
about ended with the result of his
complete vindication.
Church was charged with attempt
ing to collect money from two appli
cants for the Memphis Post Office
after one failed to receive the ap
pointment and the other failed to be
confirmed by the United States sen
ate.
NO LYNCHING IN ONE
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
Blue Mountain, Miss. — Benton
county is one county in the state of
Mississippi that boasts of being lynch
less. The county was established in
1870 and as yet the escutcheon of
the state has never been marred with
a lynching. Citizens of the county
are proud of the record of the county
and attribute it to the law-abiding
character of its people and the equi
table administration of justice.
AWARD SERVICE PENNANT
Memphis, Tenn.—Dr. J. E. Walker,
a prominent physician and citizen,
was recently awarded the distinguish
ed pennant given annually by the Na
tional Public Welfare league to the
race man doing most to promote the
commercial interests of the race in
the city. The award goes to Dr.
Walker because of his success in the
founding of the Universal Life Insur
ance company, the only race insur
ance organization with its headquar
ters in the city.
LINCOLN NEWS NOTES
Mrs. John Irvin underwent a seri
ous surgical operation at St. Eliza
beth’s hospital Monday, and is re
ported to have withstood the ordeal
fine.
Rev. H. W. Botts and Mrs. Botts
and quite a number of the members
of Mt. Zion Baptist church are at
tending the New Era Association and
convention at Omaha this week.
Mrs. Mayrae Todd was called to
Brunswick, Mo., last Saturday on ac
count of her mother’s serious illness.
Messrs. C. C. McGuire, attorney,
and Geo. W. Owens of Gary, Ind., ar
rived in the city last Thursday.
Several employes of the Lindell
Hotel gave a reception in honor of
Mr. Geo. W.’ Owens, former employe
of the hotel, but new of Gary, Ind.,
last Thursday night at the home of
Mrs. Ida Johnson, 907 S street. A
two-course luncheon was served. The
reception was sponsored by Misses
G. Banty, Hattie Graves, Mr. Walter
Toles, and Mrs. Margaret Whitfield.
Among those present were: Attor
ney C. C. McGuire of Gary, Ind., Mrs.
Lilly Mae Holmes of Omaha; Mrs. L.
V. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. W. Riffe, Mr.
H. Layer, Mr. I. Roberts, and Mrs. P.
Gibson.
Attorney McGuire of Gary, Ind., is
here conducting the contest of the
will of the late Geo. W. Mattingly
of David City, Neb. The case is now
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Mr. Sam Roy is confined at the lo
cal hospital with a serious illness.
Messrs. Lloyd Williams, Louis Liv
ingler and Miss Washing left Sunday
for their homes in Enid, Okla. These
students expect to return here to
school next fall.
The following race students were
among the large class of grauuates
from the State University this June:
Miss Cleo E. Ross, B. F. A.; Miss
Zelma E. Nichols, B. S., Millard T.
Woods of Lincoln, Pharmacy, Wil
liam Miles of Kansas City, Mo., B.
Sc., B. A., Lawrence Logan, Omaha
Durisch, L. L. B., A. B., Political Sc.
The Eastern Star chapters held
Esther day services in Masonic Hall
Sunday afternoon, with a fair at
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