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| s NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
L* ' Q THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
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I $2.00 a Ye 2- Cents a Copy Omaha, Nebraska, Friday, October 5, 1928 Vol. XIV—No. 14 Whole Number 687
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ROUSING MA £ ETING
HELD BY ? BLICANS
IN D —rtMLAND HALL
Zimman and Mitchell Contrait Senti
ment and Policies of Republicans
and Democrats Towards
Race.
Tuesday night a rousing mass meet
ing with a targe attendance held in
Dreamland hall, Twenty-fourth and
Grant street, opened the active and
aggressive campaign to be waged by
Republicans among our race in the
northern section of the city. The
meeting was sponsored by the County
Republican committee but was in di
rect charge of the executive commit
tee of the North End Republican
headquarters, the members of which
are George H. Hibbler, chairman;
Rev. David McQueen, vice chairman;
Mrs. Ada Hill Smith, secretary; Ed.
W. Killingsworth, treasurer; Rev. Z.
E. McGee and James G. Jewell.
The hall was decorated with the
! American colors and Hoover and Cur
tis pictures and pennants. Music was
furnished by Dcsdunes’ band. On the
platform were seated not only the
V speakers of the evening, but several
ladies who are taking an active part
in the campaign; several candidates,
among them being F. L. Barnett, and
Dr. A. M. McMillan, race candidates
for the state legislature; Dr. John A.
Singleton, present representative in
the legislature from the Ninth dis
trict; Harry O. Palmer, county chair
man; Fred Shotwell, secretary; Wil
: liam Burton, chairman of the speak
| ers’ bureau; A. V. Shotwell, chairman
* of the executive committee; Rev.
John Adams, member of the state
committee; Mrs. Ada Hill Smith, sec
retary, and George H. Hibbler, chair
man.
Chairmna Hibbler called the meet
ing to order shortly after 8 o’clock,
stated the object of the most impor
tant campaign in the history of our
country because of the many issues
^ involved. He briefly introduced the
} • members of the central committee,
seated on the platform, the candi
i dates, none of whom spoke, except
I Dr. McMillan candidate from the
Ninth district, who spoke briefly; and
Dr. John A. Singleton, whom the
chairman requested to “set at rest
the rumors that he would not support
I his former opponent.” Dr. Singleton
forcefully stated that “the hatchet
k had been buried” and that all were
' going to work unitedly for the elec
tion of the whole Republican ticket.”
The chairman introduced as the
first speaker of the evening, Harry
B. Zimman, former city commission
er, but now occupying a managerial
position with the Brandeis store.
During his whole career, Mr. Zimman,
who is a Jew, has been a sincere and
consistent friend of the colored peo
ple. It was their vote which elected
f him as the only republican among 12
* councilmen some years ago during
Omaha’s first political Democratic
| landslide which placed James C.
J Dahlman and ten other Democrats in
office. His own people and ours
stood by him end he won, while 11
other Republican colleagues on the
ticket were defeated.
Mr. Zimman urged support of the
Republican party, stating that despite
l its sins of commission in late years
[ of which many of our race are com
plaining, and justly so, it ought not
be forgotten that it was the party of
emancipation and that whatever
rights and privileges had been obtain
ed had been obtained through the Re
publican party. Things undone ought
V not blind us to things that have been
done. He discussed at length the in
tolerance of the south, which consti
tutes the very backbone and chief
strength of the Democratic party and
maintained that tolerance, which
guarantees a square deal to every
man cannot be given by “any party
dominated by the intolerant south.”
£ Rev. John Adams was called upon
■ by the chairman to introduce the
principal speaker of the evening, Ar
thur W. Mitchell of Washington,
D. C. This Mr. Adams did in elo
quent words which did him credit.
Mr. Mitchell delivered a forceful
address characterized by convincing
candor and directness. He stated that
what was needed in this campaign
was telling the truth and leaving the
voters to degide. He believed that
the Republican party had adopted a
K platform and presented a candidate
that was best calculated to help hu
|' manity and guarantee a united na
tion. He confined himself to the dis
cussion of questions which directly af
fect the Negro race in America, “of
which,” said he, “I am a part. I
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YOUNG WOMAN WINS
SENIOR LAW AWARD
First Negro Co-Ed to Study Law at
University of Nebraska Ranks
High in Scholarship.
Lincoln, Neb.—Miss Zanzye H.
Hill, a senior in the law school at the
University of Nebraska, has recently
been notified that she was winner of
the senior law school award, a schol
arship which is given to the three
seniors with highest scholarship rat
ings. The scholarship entitles the stu
dent to one year’s tuition in that'
school.
Miss Hill was also the winner of the
freshman law school award. She is
the first Negro co-ed to study law at
the University of Nebraska and is the
only co-ed in her class.
Miss Hill, who is also a graduate
of the arts and sciences college with
an A. B. degree, is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M.
E. Hill of this city.
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FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR
REV. DR. JOHN H. GRANT
A farewell reception was given by
about 600 members and friends of
the Rev. Dr. John H. Grant, retiring
pastor of St. John’s A. M. E. church,
October 1st, at St. John’s A. M. E.
church. Speeches of appreciation for
the religious and community service
rendered by Dr. John H. Grant, dup
ing his two year pastorate in Omaha,
were made by Reverends J. C. Brew
er, John Albert Williams, A. F. Mar
tin, and Dr. John A. Singleton, Mrs.
Kate Wilson, Mr. Harry Anderson,
and Mrs. M. L. Rhone.
Musical numbers, both vocal and
instrumental, were rendered by Mrs.
Venus Parker, Mrs. Martha Taylor
Smith, Mr. Lester Carter, Mrs. T. L.
Mayo and the audience.
The addresses were all in praise
and appreciation of the church and
community service performed by Rev.
Dr. Grant.
Mrs. H. R. Greenfield, clerk of St.
John’s A. M. E. church, introduced
Dr. Grant and presented to him a
fountain pen which was the gift of
the Steward Board, assisted by the
Stewardess Board. In a short ad
dress, Dr. Grant expressed his appre
ciation of the support given him by
the Christian men and women of St.
John’s A. M. E. church and the com
munity. And he expressed sincere re
gret because of his leaving Omaha.
Refreshments were served to the
six hundred members and friends who
assembled to pay their respects to Dr.
Grant. The program and reception
were arranged by the Steward Board.
The invocation was given by Rev. O.
J. Burckhart and the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. I. S. Wilson, pas
tor of St. John’s A. M. E. church.
Mr. H. J. Pinkett presided.
PROMINENT OMAHA WOMAN
MARRIES WEALTHY FARMER
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Mrs. Lavinia Cooper-Warren, 4709
Erskine street, was married Sunday,
September 30, to Mr. J. R. Johnson
of Lamont, Pettis county, Missouri, at
the Baptist church in Sedalia, Mo.
Mrs. Warren h one of Omaha's best
and most prominent women and
stands high in her circle of friends.
She is a member of Zion Baptist
church, and a faithful member of
Mission Circle of her church. Mr.
Johnson is one of the most successful
farmers of Lamont, Mo., operating
the largest apple orchard in that sec
tion of the state. A reception at the
1 home of her brother, Mr. C. W. Lolles
of Sedalia, Mo., followed the wedding
ceremony.
GOOD CONGREGATIONS
ATTEND ST. PHILIP’S
A large congregation was present
at the 11 o’clock service at the Epis
copal church of St. Philip the Deacon,
when the rector preached a helpful
and instructive sermon stressing "In
dividual responsibility for the ad
vancement of God’s Kingdom. Show
ing that the Greek word translated
“minister” in several places in the
New Testament, means a rower or
oar-puller, Father Williams emphasiz
ed the truth that every one who lays
claim, by virtue of his baptism and
confirmation, being a Christian, must
pull his full weight on his own oar
under the eye of the Governor of the
galley or ship, if it is to be propelled
over the troubled waters of this
world. A brief after-meeting was held
at which suggestions for more aggres
sive Christian work were outlined.
Race, Rum and Religion
By Kelly Miller
Howard University, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Norman Thomas, the Socialist
candidate for the presidency, has said
that race, religion and rum will con
stitute the chief issues of the cam
paign- The genuine advocates of pro
hibition regret this unholy alliance.
Race intolerance and religious bigot
ry are obvious vices while temper
ance is universally extolled as a vir
tue. The propagandists of race ha
tred and religious bigotry are insid
uously stealing the livery of heaven
in which to serve the devil. The evil
genius of these evil issues is embodied
in the Ku Klux Klan. The basic
clause in the creed of this un-Ameri
can order is that a one hundred per
cent American must be all white and
all Protestant. The Negro American
meets the full measure of the second
requirement but cannot possibly qual
ify under the first. His only salva
tion, therefore, is to change the def
inition since he can never answer to
its terms.
Strange Transpositions
Strange transpositions take place
in political history. The Ku Klux
Klan of the elder day was pledged to
the undoing of the works of the re
publican party. In turn the G. O. P.
was committed to its utter destruc
tion. This constituted its boasted
achievement in the days of recon
struction. It was thought that this
dragon of un-Americanism was de
stroyed root and branch. But it
sprung up again from the root of race
hatred which was not wholly extir
pated. Just as the original Ku Klux
Klan arose after the Civil War for
the express purpose of keeping the
Negro in his putative place; so its re
juvenescence after the World War
had precisely the same objective. But
in addition to its main feature it took
on the collateral purpose of properly
subordinating non-Protestants and
foreigners. This extension of the
brackets so as to include the Catholic
and the Jew lightened the pressure
upon the Negro. Indeed, it was soon
found that a rejuvenescence of the
nefarious order was not necessary to
handle the Negro. As the basis of
operation shifted from south to north,
religious bigotry has received the
chief stress of emphasis. Very little
has been said or done concerning the
brother in black. But nevertheless,
the basic principle remains, the Negro
race is held in deepest despite.
The Klan Anti-Negro
The Klan is anti-Negro, and the
Negro who allows himself to ignore
or overlook this basic fact is what
Solomon or any other wise man would
call a fool. As the movement has
shifted from north to south, its poli
tical allegiance has turned from the
democratic to the republican party.
The triumph of tolerance over bigot
ry in Madison Square Garden 4 years
ago drove the Klan out of the demo
cratic party, whence it sought hospi
tality in the party of its former ene
mies and destroyers. Here it was
given asylum, if not welcome. John
W. Davis and Robert LaFollette, can
didates of the democratic and pro
gressive parties for the presidency,
both denounced the order by name in |
scathing and unmistakable terms,
while president and candidate Coo
lidge observed the silence of the
sphinx. When General Dawes sought
to give the Klan his playful endorse
ment, Mr. Coolidge forthwith put a
padlock on the lips of his running
mate. According to his political cun
ning, he cautioned neither approval
nor disavowal, but votes. The Klan
now controls the republican party in
Indiana with one governor in the pen
itentiary and another out. In other
midwestern states the wizards of
wickedness are so influential within
the fold of the G. O. P. that the lead
ers and rulers dare not utter one
condemnatory word.
Governor Smith in his Oklahoma
address, boldly as is his wont, de
nounced the Ku Klux Klan in terms
as clear and unmistakable as the
Smith language usually is. But not
one condemnatory word has escaped
the prudent lips of President Coo
lidge, candidate Hoover, Manager
Work, or any other ruler in the ranks
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Prohibition and the Men
By Geo. H. W. Bullock
Graduate of Lincoln University
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“The serpent beguiled me and I
did eat.”
The politician is gifted in finding
the weakness of the voter. It is upon
this ability he subsists. Finding this
weakness, he concentrates all his elo
quence and fervor upon it until he
spellbinds the sap-voter into believ
ing that there is some truth in what
he says—which in itself is no easy
job.
In this campagn this practice of
deception is used more than ever,
due, I suppose, to the closeness of
the presidential race, which in turn is
caused by the unsual exercise of in
dependence on the part of the voter.
The old sob-stuff, for ages employed
by the professional politician, does
not work at all in this campaign. For
this election, so far as it concerns
the presidential candidates, will be
decided on such highly technical is
sues; issues which require such great
intelligence on the part of all who will
make good use of their suffrage, that
even the politician himself is puz
zled as to just what argument to
make to his subjects.
The more careless and, incidental
ly, less trained of them tell the voter
that “All wat he gotta do is” vote
for this candidate or that candidate;
this issue or that issue, and if suc
cessful at the polls, he will at once
be lifted up into a seventh heaven,
there to revel in the glories of all
that he desires, with everything he
opposes being banished, as with the
simple wave of the wand, from off
the face of the earth by the victorious
party. And, notwithstanding, these
same wool-pulling tactics have been
used over and over again on the same
victim, said sap-voter is being victim
ized right and left now by this tom
foolishness. And it is right upon this
condition the success or failure of
the proper candidate and issues will
be determined. It is therefore en
cumbent on every intelligent, pa
triotic citizen, organization, pulpit,
and press, to join in an intensive edu
cational campaign to see to it that
the less enlightened voter is saved
from mistakes and the country saved
from the serious consequences of a
wrong decision November 6. It will
be too late, to see on November 7,
or thereafter, that you have made a
sad mistake and to turn in remorse
and say, “The serpent beguilded me
and I did eat.”
I shall strive from time to time
through these columns to open up
some of the more technical phases of
some of the most confusing issues in
volved in this campaign.
Prohibition
By far the most susceptible of
misunderstanding and deceptive of
all the many issues involved in this
campaign is that of prohibition or
the Volstead act, put on the statute
books in the form of a constitutional
amendment which was enacted as a
war time measure during the closing
years of the Wilson administration.
It prohibits—or is supposed to pro
hibit—the manufacture and sale of
distilled beverages beyond the alco
holic content of 14 of 1 per cent. It
is the Eighteenth amendment to our
constitution, there being only one
amendment later, the Nineteenth,
granting women the right of suffrage.
Notwithstanding the objection on
the part of both political parties, the
democratic party in general, and its
presidential candidate in particular,
forced it in the campaign as an issue,
and it promises to be the deciding
factor in the election. For it is on
this question more than all others,
that party lines have been broken and
the final result placed in doubt.
The republican candidate, Mr.
Hoover, stands pledged to the en
forcement of the Eighteenth amend
ment as it is on the ground that, not
withstanding its many imperfections,
it has proved to be an economic and
moral benefit to the country. He of
fers, in substantiation, that the old
saloon was an economic and social
curse to the home and family life of
the nation. That the use of food
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PUBLICITY MAN PAYS
OMAHA HURRIED VISIT
Claude A. Barnett, Prominent News
paper Man, Member Publicity
Committee, Spends Day
Here.
Claude A. Barnett, of the Associat
ed Negro Press, Chicago, member of
the publicity committee of the color
ed voters’ division, republican nation
al committee, arrived in Omaha, Mon
day looming from Kansas City,
spending the day and leaving for Chi
cago Monday night. Mr. Barnett,
who is one of the best known and
ablest of our newspaper men, has
been on an extensive trip arranging
for publicity and making contracts
for political advertising in race news
papers. That was his business in
Omaha.
DR. PEEBLES IS APPOINTED
STATE ORGANIZER
Dr. W. W. Peebles was called to
Kansas City, Mo., last week, to attend
a conference called by Dr. William J.
Tompkins, regional' director of the A1
Smith-for-President Colored league.
There was a large attendance of en
thusiastic Smith boosters from the
region which includes the states of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Kansas, Mis
souri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. En
couraging reports, indicating hearty
support of Governor Smith, were
brought by those who attended the
conference. Dr. Peebles was com
missioned as state representative of
the league for Nebraska. It is pro
posed to bring some of their strong
est Negro democratic speakers into
the state within a few weeks for cam
paign speeches.
WILL HOLD SACRIFICE
AND RUMMAGE SALE
The Catholic Home for Aged asso
ciation will hold a sacrifice and rum
mage sale, Friday and Saturday, Oc
tober 12th and 13th, at 1309 Farnam
street. Exceptional values, including
men’s brand new, as well as used, ar
ticles of wearing apparel, furniture,
furnishings, etc., will be available at
ridiculously low prices. Mrs. William
Foran, Mrs. Gene Melady, Mrs. Mary
B. Porter and Miss Ella J. Brown are
the committee in charge.
NORTH END REPUBLICAN
HEADQUARTERS OPENED
Attractively appointed headquar- |
ters known as the North End Repub- j
lican headquarters, have been opened
at 2120 North Twenty-fourth street,
with George W. Hibbler, in charge
as chairman, and Mrs. Ada Hill Smith
as secretary. Literature and infor
mation bearing upon the campaign
from the republican standpoint can
be obtained here as well as from the
central headquarters downtown at the
Rome hotel. Public meetings will also
be held from time to time in the
North End headquarters.
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SMITH-FOR-PRESIDENT
COLORED LEAGUE HAS
OPENED HEADQUARTERS
Headquarters for the A1 Smith-for
President Colored league were recent
ly opened at 2016 North Twenty
fourth street with neatly appointed
furniture. The headquarters are in
charge of Harry Leland, Dr. W. W.
Peebles and Mrs. Lydia Owen, secre
tary. Democratic literature in abun
dance and information bearing upon
the campaign from the democratic
standpoint is cherfully supplied. A
radio installed at the headquarters
makes it a favorite rendezvous for
those who desire to listen in on po
litical speeches.
JUDGE HOWELL TO
ADDRESS WOMAN’S CLUB
Judge Frank S. Howell of the state
supreme court, will address the Amer
ican citizenship department of the
Omaha Woman’s club on the subject
of “Courts, Juries and Citizens” at
the first regular meeting of this de
partment at the club house on Mon
day, October 8th, at 2 p. m.
Judge Howell will also speak on
“Medical Jurisprudence” before the
Omaha-Douglas County Medical asso
ciation at the Medical Arts auditor
ium on the evening of Tuesday, Oc
tober 9th.
Last Thursday Judge Howell ad
dressed the Noonday club, an organi
zation of prominent Swedish-Ameri
can citizens.
SPEAKERS’ BUREAU
OF WESTERN DIVISION
FUNCTIONING FINE
Reaching the West’s Million and a
Quarter Negro Voters Through
Printed Page and Spoken
Word.
(By Cary B. Lewis)
Chicago, 111., Oct. 3—One of the
departments of the republican nation
al committee of the western division
that is functioning with ease and ra
pidity is that of the speaker’s bureau,
headed by Roscoe Conkling Simmons.
This and the organization depart
ments are two of the biggest depart
ments of the headquarters. Since
Mr. Simmons has taken charge, his
office is crowded daily with those
who are eligible to talk “Hoover and
Curtis.” Then too, his mail is very
heavy and telegrams come in every
minute. It is from those who are of
fering their services to take the
stump. It is a great big job for Sim
mons but he is handling it with in
telligence and diplomacy. Every
“neck of the woods” wants to hear
Simmons but it is impossible for it is
his duty to remain at the bureau and
direct speakers.
West Has Many Votes
In the western division, there are
1,248,100 Negro votes and these must
be reached through organization,
speakers and literature. The voters
want to hear speakers for it is they
who are able to convince one how to
vote and who to vote for. Not only
Bishop A. J. Carey, Bishop W. T.
Vernon, Dr. L. G. Jordan, Senator
Adelbert H. Roberts, Attorney C. H.
Calloway, Rev. J. E. Wood and oth
ers of this caliber, but orators in their
native states will be called to the
“huskin’s” by Col. Simmons. The
month of October will see nearly
every church and hall packed with
voters to hear the principles of the
republican party enunciated by speak
ers selected by the head of the speak
ers’ bureau. The headquarters here
in all departments is a “bee-hive” of
activity, working for the success of
the G. O. P. Miss Nannie H. Bur
roughs and Willem D. Pickens are
scheduled to speak in Chicago at an
early date.
REPRESENTATIVE OF
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE VISITOR
Attorney Arthur J. Mitchell, Member
Intelligence Bureau, Spend* Week
in State Doing Effective Work
for Party.
Arthur W. Mitchell of Washington,
D. C., a member of the Intelligence
bureau of the national republican
committee, arrived in the city last
Wednesday and spent several days
here and at Lincoln in the interests of
the presidential campaign and, inci
dentally, in the interest of the whole
republican ticket. Mr. Mitchell’s par
ticular job is that of fact finding as
to the sentiment and progress of the
campaign among Negroes and, con
comitantly, a trouble fixer, that is to
say, a reconciler of difference or a
harmonizer.
Mr. Mitchell held conferences with
political leaders here and at Lincoln,
effecting, it is reported, a complete
entente cordiale between different
factions insuring, upon their part,
whole-hearted and united support of
the entire republican ticket. As one
result of this harmonization, Rev.
John Adams was made a member of
the state central republican commit
tee with a desk and stenographer in
the committee rooms at the Lindell
hotel, Lincoln, which is recognized as
an advance step in state political af
fairs as they directly affect our ra
cial group. Other tangible recogni
tion was obtained.
Mr. Mitchell delivered two ad
dresses during his visit to Nebraska,
one at Lincoln Friday night and an
other in Dreamland hall Tuesday
night. Preceding his address Tues
day night a dinner was given in his
honor at Bell's De Luxe cafe by the
executive committee of the North
Side republican headquarters at 6
o’clock, attended by 30 guests. He
left for Chicago early Wednesday
morning.
Dr. W. W. Peebles, state organizer,
and Harry Leland, president of the
local A1 Smith-for-President Colored
legaue, visited Lincoln Tuesday and
organized a branch of the league in
that city. They report that they
found Smith sentiment quite strong
there.