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f Successor to The Monitor r THE MILITANT DEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE RACE — —— - ■ ■- ■■ , !■ «-*■ II ...I. - — , , I _____ . . ....... P---—- —- ■" $2.00 a Year—5 Cents a ( a » Omaha, Nebraska, Friday, December 14, 1928 Vol. XIV—No. 24 Whole Number 696 . .. ___ __ LIVING TESTIMONIAL TO RACE PROGRESS m PYTHIAN TEMPLE E THAT NEGRO RA Evidence of Great Brail fested in Construcl Million Dollar in Ch Chicago, 111., Dec. 14 (ANP).— After 45 years as an active knight among the Pythians, Supreme Chan cellor S. W. Green led in a cere mony here recently, dedicating the million dollar pational Pythian tem ple, which, as he described it, repre sented the consummation of a quar ter of a century of sacrificial effort. This ceremony in the heart of Chi cago’s expansive Negro neighbor hoods, was impressive, not only be cause of the magnitude of the task which it symbolized, but because it represented the materialization of a vision, the final display of 25 years of effort which had for its purpose the building of a monument that would be an inspiration to the Negro race. Since that grand goal was set, hun dreds of men and women who put their shoulders to the noble wheel of service, had passed away, but this great temple is a sturdy and magni ficent attestation of the fact that the good that men do lives after them. While explaining the purpose of the temple; the supreme chancellor, in an address that was rich in its idealistic conceptions, took time to pay a tribute to the city of its home and to express the hope that the Ne gro of the future would derive the benefits from the structure which the fathers who had worked and gone had hoped for. “Only a few of the original num ber who planned this temple can an swer the roll call today,” the supreme chancellor observed solemnly; “but the seeds of higher ambition and de sire that were sown in the hearts and minds of the members of this order by the faithful and efficient leaders of that day and time have now grown into the beautiful building that we behold today. “Through trials and tribulations, through darkness and despair, over rough and stony paths we have come until now we stand in the bright sun light of success to enjoy the fruits of our labor.” The Pythian supreme chancellor then traced the history of that labor, from the first mention of a grand national temple made at the 1903 convention by the late supreme chan cellor, Samuel W. Starks, and the appointment of the first commission, on through the years. Starks died in 1908 and Green was left to carry on the work. How well he has done so is proved by the completion of the temple. Chicago was selected in 190Q as the city of the temple and that al most ancient choice moved Sir Green to comment in his dedicatory address that “with almost prophetic vision and with rare human foresight, the commission selected the most pro gressive and the most prosperous city of all of the west, if not of all America.” Fitting and proper, he deemed it, that the commission should have chosen as_ the home of the temple, a city whose first settler was a colored man, Jean Baptiste Point deSaible. “The commission not only selected the most progressive city of the west, but it selected a city composed of the iperfit prosperous, the most progress "THE HANGING OF GREENS” A Fantasy to Precede the Holiday Season to Be Presented December 20th. This year is a striking opening to the Christmas season, at the North Side branch Y. V/. C. A. The Hos pitality committee of which Mrs. Roberta Bailey is chairman, will pre sent the lovely fantasy, “The Hang USPELS NOTION CE UNPROGRESSIVE is and Leadership Mani ion of Magnificent Office Building icago. ive, and the most aggressive mem bers of the colored race in all of the Americas,” he continued. ‘‘Here in Chicago, despite the handicaps of noverty and prejudice, we find members of the colored race going forward by leaps and bounds, acquiring education, acquiring prop erty, acquiring culture, and filling positions of honor and responsibility in city, county, and state. It is in such a city and among such a people that we have chosen to erect this great temple, the largest and most valuable building owned and con trolled by the Knights of Pythias in the world.” He then expressed the hope that the people of Chicago would quick ly “avail themselves of the comforts and conveniences of the temple.” The Knights of Pythias and the Court of Calanthe, he pointed out, shall reap the rewards of their la bors and sacrifices in the proud sat isfaction of knowing that they have contributed in a very large measure to make the world a better place to live and in the glorious knowledge that when coming generations of col ored boys and girls shall look upon the temple with pride and admira tion, they shall gather inspiration to go out in the world to do nobler and better things. Dr. A. A. Wesley, grand chancel lor of Illinois, was master of cere monies for the dedicatory exercises. He was introduced by Sir A. T. Wat kins, supreme attorney, who also called upon the Rev. N. C. Nix, su preme prelate, for the invocation. Other addresses were made by Mrs. Rosa E. Hoard, grand worthy coun sellor of Illinois; Dr. E. A. Williams, past grand chancellor; Sir E. D. Green, secretary of the Pythian tem ple commission, who prepared and presented the first resolution for the temple; Sir E. G. Tidrington, su preme vice chancellor and ex-officio supreme worthy counsellor, and R. R. Jackson, major general of the uni form rank department. LEADS FOR RACE UNITY Rabbi Cohn Believes Tolerance Would Bring “World Symphony.” * Comparing the various races to the instruments of an orchestra, Itabbi Frederick Cohn, Sunday explained that by working together, the races would produce a grand symphony, the history of civilzation being the music played. Rabbi Cohn was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Urban league of Omaha at the Zion Baptist church, 2215 Grant street. Dr. Palmer Findley was chairman. “Treat the people as individuals,” Rabbi Cohn urged, “and not as races. Each race has good and bad in it, but there is no such thing as one race being superior to the other. 1 Each race has given something to the world which no other could give.” John Hall, director of the Commu nity Chest ;C. A. Cushman, general manager of Swift Packing company, and J. Harvey Kearns, secretary ol the league, were other speakers. ing of the Greens.” This ceremonia is given annually by the Y. W. C. A in Honolulu and because it gives ar opportunity for all the members ol the association and the community a: large to participate in the decoratint of our “Y” for this most joyous sea son, it is moit fitting that it is pre -XI- U...U.1U_ OVUbUUi UCI11V| bllC llMOpibUMbJ' CUIII mittee extends this cordial invitatioi to you to be present December 20t) at 8:30 p. m. «---* •—— -.-......J © A.N.P. MILLION-DOLLAR PYTHIAN NATIONAL TEMPLE, CHICAGO BOY KILLED WHILE COASTING Companion Seriously, If Not Fatally Hurt. Four Others, Including One Girl, Seriously In jured Sunday. Omaha was shocked at the news Sunday of the accidents of several children who were killed or fatally injured in the crash of their sleds while coasting on guarded streets. Earl Smith, colored, was killed in stantly, while Louis Strowder, also colored, a companion, was so serious ly injured that he is not expected to recover. Two of the six coasting crash vic tims injured the last week were re ported in critical condition today. The other four are improving, and are expected to recover. Little hope is held for the recovery of Vlasta Miracky, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Miracky, 1224 Edward street, who was injured Sun day. She is at the South Side Gen eral hospital, where, physicians said, her condition is critical. Boy Fights Death Louis Strowder, Negro, 12, injured Sunday in an accident in which Earl Smith, Negro, 12, 2302 North Twen ty-seventh street, was killed, was re ported unimproved at Lord Lister hospital. His skull was fractured, and physicians doubt that he will re cover. Harold Peterson, 4808 North Twenty-Beventh street, who is in Covenant hospital suffering with a fractured skull, will recover. He ' was reported greatly improved to day. Three Will Recover. Lawrence Tilton, 15, 207 North Nineteenth street; Clifford Mitchell, 12, 1216 Farnam street, and Jack Parkinson, 12, 207 North Twentieth street, all injured in a coasting ac cident last Thursday, were reported improved at Lord Lister hosptial to day and will recover, physicians say. LOUISVILLE MAYOR’S CHAUFFEUR KILLS MAN Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14 (ANP).— Tuesday evening the citizenship was startled when it was learned that Al , bert D. Hathaway, the mayor’s pri vate chauffeur, with rank of city de tective, shot and killed Robert Bur nette, well known in this city. The killing occurred at Tenth and Chest ; nut streets near a taxicab stand. A woman was heard to cry out when • struck by a companion, the man ran <iuwu the stree., Hathaway filing aiiu i striking Burnette. Hathaway has i been placed under $3,000 bond, and his case continued. To Those Who Wish to Have Writ ten Articles Carried in This Paper: Such matter must be in this office by Wednesday of the week o fissue. Otherwise it will not appear until the week following. The Editor reserves the right to censor all articles to be printed. THE EDITOR. JOINS MONITOR STAFF Miss Edna McAllister, formerly of Atchison, Kansas, was added to the office force of the Omaha Monitor this week as clerk and stenographer, which position she is filling very ac ceptably. Miss McAllister is a native of At chison, Kansas. She attended the Ingall High school of that city, from which she graduated with honors in • 1926. She has for some time been an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the Atchison branch, having recently won second prize ih a membership drive staged by that organization this year, an nouncement of which is carried in The Crisis for December. Miss Mc Allister is residing with her mother and sister at 1818 North 26th street, Omaha. A. N. P. REPRESENTATIVE WINS SECOND PRIZE IN NATIONWIDE CONTEST Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14 (ANP).— Lee L. Brown, Louisville’s Associated Negro Press representative, was no tified this week by the System mag azine that he had ben awarded sec ond prize in a nationwide essay con test conducted by the magazine in September. Mr. Brown is the pro prietor of Brown’s Letter and Print Shoppe and principal of Brown’s Commercial school, the oldest private commercial school in Louisville. © A.N.P. a w. green I CRAWFORD-STEPHENS MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Parents of Groom Give Reception in Honor of Couple. John Dillard Crawford and Miss Lucy Charlotte Stephens, daughter of Mrs. Ophelia Stephens of Detroit, Mich., and Girl Reserve secretary of the Phyllis Wheatley branch Y. W. C. A., Denver, Colo., were quietly married at 10:30 Wednesday morn ing, December 5th, at the Episcopal Church of St. Philip the Deacon, Rev. John Albert Williams officiat ing. Only members of the family and two or three close personal friends were present at the simple ceremony. The bride was attended by Mrs. Florentine Pinkston, sister of the groom, as matron of honor, and Lovejoy Crawford, brother of the groom, was best man. Mrs. Ellen E. Russ, of Denver, aunt of the groom, represented the bride’s moth er, who was unable to be present, and gave her away. The bride made a charming picture in beautiful white enserhble. An elaborate reception was ten dered the happy pair by Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford, parents of the groom, at their residence, 2505 Ma ple street, from 8 to 11 in the eve ning, at which a large number of friends extended their felicitations and best wishes. Twenty-five em ployees, the entire force of the coun ty clerk’s office, where Mr. Crawford is deputy auditor, headed by Miss Grace Berger, county clerk, attended the reception in a body. The wed ding presents were many, beatuiful, costly and useful. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford will reside at the Carbury apartments. GETS EIGHT YEARS FOR THEFT OF $10 Ne wOrleans, La., Dec. 14 (ANP). —George Clark has ben sentenced to serve not less than eight years nor more than 14 at hard labor in the state penitentiary, after being found guilty of assault and robbery. The loot did not exceed ten dollars. SHOOTS RIVAL; GETS MAN Gulfsport, Miss., Dec. 14 (ANP). —Ip a controversy over a “man,” Elizabeth Pattersor pulled a gun on Irene Bond and p) ;ged her through the hand. In p ice court, after hearing the evidence on both slues, the mayor invited Elizabeth to do nate $25 cash, or go over the road. She paid and “got her man.” NEGRO ADVANCES BUSI] Survey Shows Great Sti in Business and WHAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW Dec. 14 (ANP).—There has been a lot of wonder from time to time about why Negroes do not maintain a more important place in the gen eral scheme of American business, and many doleful expressions have gone forth as reason after reason has been advanced for more of the nation’s business turning a profit to pther peoples than to colored per sons. The answer is simple, according to iiscoveries recently made by one seeking information on the subject Negroes are doing a proportion of :he general business of the country and doing such business to the ex tent of their training, ability, and murage to embark in business upon the prevailing terms of the line in which they happen to be engaged. In Providence, R. I., a jewel decor ating concern where a Negro em ploys 22 girls of his race to do enam el artistry upon gold and silver com pacts, meshbags. cigaret lighters, etc., sve find that more than a hundred pf the leading jewery manufacturers avail themselves of the product of the house of J. G. Lewis, Jr., Com pany. One of the largest five-and-ten phain stores has just placed an order ivith the Overton Hygiene company ’or nine carloads of toilet prepara tions to be offered over the counters pf several thousand stores scattered about the country during the next vear. The Maryland garage and auto service station of Boston, owned by Basil Hutchins, is being enlarged to meet the increased demand of a bus iness that already includes the up keep of more than 200 commercial automobiles. Down in Arkansas, John Clay brooks sells more than a hundred thousand dollars worth of hardwood and farm products each month, and everyone knows his own people have no use for so much wood of that sort each month of the year. Neither do we buy baled cotton since we have few factories to supply. Out in Kansas, a Negro who not only does a nice business, but has the temerity to have joined the chamber of commerce, quarries and sells many carloads of limestone annually. Those are basic industries. In the field of merchandising, one often find a colored man in a responsible place with some otherwise Caucasian organization. For instance, we have John Minkens, city editor of the Providence, R. I., afternoon Trib une. There is Henry Smith, super in endent of the Omaha body works, one of the largest builders of auto bodies in the country. When you strike one of the every day parlor matches, you perhaps have not heretofore known that the head of that match is composed largely of finely ground glass mixed with read ily ignited chemicals. It is even more likely that you were not aware that much of this prepared glass is ship ped from the factory of The Dykes By-Products company, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. H. L. Dykes, the presi dent, and all of his employees are colored. These are but a few of the high lights being disclosed in the commer cial circles of our country by the ac [N MESS AND FINANCE ■ides of Colored People Industrial Field. tivities of the domestic commerce di vision of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce as its representa tives go about their duty of survey ing the business of the nation. Now that the government agency is co-operating with the National Ne gro Business league, the Associated Negro Press, and a score of other race trade organizations, and a more accurate picturization of the Negro in business is being presented free from bias and prejudice, we are like ly to be very often treated to revela tions that are of the most encourag ing character. The department of commerce is primarily concerned with serving all business and of itself does not take cognizance of any groupings as to race; but in the organization of the department is a Negro in adminis trative position who has the instinct ive interest and pride in race achieve ment that prompts him to want to seek out and make public such infor mation when it comes to his notice. This, however, is not his elemen tary service. His main object is to make available the government helps to business to those who have not re alized how much help the government tenders. Whether you are doing bus iness within your group, or with the general public, there are some helps that are yours for the asking. Per haps the answer to someone vexing problem may set yon on the way to becoming one of those highlights of commerce such as has been men tioned in this story. Write to the department of commerce and get ac quainted with this service. THIS IS WHAT HARRISBURG, PA. IS DOING In accordance with our former statement that we should alternate i npreparing surveys between south ern and northern cities, we are tak ing for this week one of the large urban centers of the steel district of Pennsylvania. This city has a much smaller Negro population than many of the others, which will be covered in our articles, but we present data regarding it in the hope that some of its citizens may be encouraged to at tempt activities which have proven successful in larger cities. Survey of Harrisburg, Pa. Negro population, 1920 census, 5,248 In the field of retail trade, Ne groes own and operate: 3 drug stores 7 groceries and markets 8 restaurants They also own and operate: 8 barber shops 9 beauty parlors 2 hotels 1 printing establishment 1 manufactory of cosmetics 2 loan associations 2 investment companies 1 public dance hall Harrisburg has seven physicians, four dentists, one lawyer, five under takers, seven real estate operators, and three orchestral organizations. There are seven colered police, eight postal employees, 16 in the city’s school system, and one other city employee. Two Negro sick and acci dent companies have branch offices here and one life insurance company. (Continued on Page 4)
