Ii The monitor i = OF COLORED A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor

THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1921. Vol. VII. No. 15. Whole No. 327. M S2.00 a Yea. OMAHA. NEBRASKA. 6, TcaCopy __ [ELAINE PEONAGE VICTIMS ARE AGAIN SAVED FROM ELECTRIC CHAIN spread and general desire for a par- is doing evangelical work. His is ac- McRae, protecting against the execu. MILITARY HOSPITAL TO BE RACE IN VIRGINA DELEGATION ASKS don among colored people throughout companied by Mrs. Sales on his visit Hon of the men on June 10. ERECTED AT TUSKEGEh ELAINE the country." to the city. FARMERS T hr fee Sentcured to J)ie Washington. D, U., Sept. 30.—A DECLARE PRINCIPLES THE PRESIDENT TO In the delegation with Mr. John- Mr. J. O. Banion, 2602 Parker street On October 22, 1919, the Arkansas statement from the public health ser son were of passed away at 3130 A. M. ARE AGAIN GIVEN vice as to the locations of the govern Major Moton, principal Monday, , \ rmerB were sentenced to the elec- NOMINATE TICKET sick and disabled PARDON SOLDIERS Tuskegee Institute; R. S. Abbott, edit- after a protracted illness. He was a t t chair for the first time, only to ment hospital for BRIEF or of the Chicago Defender; Emmett faithful member and a dutiful husband. REPRIEVE their execution date set aside colored soldiers and sailors at Tuske- John Mitchell, Prominent Editor and the that this Janies Weldon Johnson Leader and J. Scott, Special assistant to the Sec- Pastor Franklin, was informed of I In »'-~mber 11, when the Arkansas gee Friday stressed point Banker, Will Run for Governor, the World the illness of Dr. S. E. Watson •* of Execution selected because it was Spokesman for Representative retary of War during J. by ft Verge tbe SI* Peonage Court granted to them a place was prac- With Full Corps of Capable Plead for of Sol- Professor W. Cook He has been confined to bed ■ Victims Sentenced to Die for Par- the center of the Negro popu Who Release War; George telegram. -- 1. tically Candidates for Other Sentence Miller of Howard Univer- since ticipation In Riots Saved Erom lation of the country. diers Serving and Kelly the National Baptist Convention. A tg on the first of May, 1921, Offices It has been that an sity; Archibald H. Grimke, president It is announced that Mrs. Sarah Electric I'halr Qovt McRae set June 10, as the figured appre- % of the National will be able to Swed- ^ ciable stun can be saved in transpor- Washington Branch, Young leave the day o. ition. But again, the laws NAMES ARE LISTEN tation costs for and other 50,000 Association for the Advancement of ish hospital, this week. DECLARATION 1$ CLEAR CRT of the -te were thwarted, when the patients JIIGE TREK! UMTS PLEA Colored Robert H. Church The Table is and the van expenses that point in favor of the People; set, guard attorneys filed a writ of habeas corpus of of the Race Unanimity Sentiment colored Republican leader in Tenney of the rally for the 4th Sunday has ar. Proclaims its Loyalty to Republican Federal the matter proposition. in Court, removing Thruout on Justice of Re- Chi- I Wnpreme Uonrt of the United States has not been decided Country see; Dr. Charles E. Bentley of rived. Some paid a part of their ap- Principles but Disapproves the from state's It definitely the jurisdiction. lease of Men Now in Prison H. Will Review Evidence In Uase of as to how much vdll he cago: Miss Nannie Burroughs, [Kirtionment on last Sunday; others Fallacies of the Present The Arkansas Supreme Court denied yet money Uondemned Men, In Whom En- allowed for the at Tuskegee. Mrs. Man- B. Talbert, former presi- will do likewise each Sunday, and will Day Leaders a writ of error to the counsel for the hospital tire Race Is Interested but from what government officials (Special to the Monitor) dent of the National Association ot reach the goal—Rally Day—October men, to the United States Supreme it will not be under five hundred Washington, Oct. 5th.—A delegation Colored Women’s Clubs; Mrs. Mary the 23rd. to the Court, and the date for the electrocu- say (Special Monitor) men and wo- Church Mrs. Alice Dunbar LITTLE) ROCK, Ark., Sept. 10.— thousand dollars, and it may reach a of thirty leading colored Terrell, Are You Awake? If You Are, join Oct. 5.—The full tion was set for 'he third on Richmond, Va., time, Weldon Ham' H. John tM Three times have the six Arkansas million. men, headed by James John Nelson, Pace, Hope. the procession! Marching! Must Be ticket headed by John Mitchell, Jr., September 23. And then, on September member Pennsvl et» (armors been sentenced to face the Of the $18,500,000 voted by Con- son of New York, secretary of the Hon. J. C. Asburv.. Done!!! editor and for Trieber In the United States prominent banker, gov- 22, Judge National Association for the. Ad- vania Harry E. Davis electric chair, and three times hare gres approximately $11,000,000 have legislature. ernor, nominated the colored district court, granted a petition for a by peo- vancement of Colored was in member of the Ohio Drs they been granted a last minute re- been allocated. People, legislature; 25ION BAPTIST CHUBCH of this state as a f writ of habeas corpus and issued an ple protest against a William H. Washington and W. W pvtece. Washington bearing petition signed Rev. W. F. D Pastor. is en- order which restrained the state au- Botts, I)., lilywhiteism awakening great i names to President Hard- Wolfe of Newark, Rev. R. H. Single Fighting with every bit of their le- WOMAN EDITOR IS by 50,000 After an old fashioned covenant thusiasm. Candidates are thorities from gc'ng on with the exe. prosecut- and technical ing asking him to 61 members ton of Atlanta, James A. Cobh, coun- gal skill and basing their ADMITTED TO BAR pardon meeting followed by the Lord’s supper ing a vigorous campaign. They an- f cntion. for on the i of the 24th U. S. Infantry (colored) sel for the National Association appeal allegation that mob Portland. Oregon. Sept. 19.—Mrs. E in the morning, the pastor preached a nounce the following platform or de- dominated now serving long time sentences in the Advancement of Colored People; spirit the trial of the men D. Cannady, prominent in club and re- good sermon in the evening His claration of principles in which they Leavenworth Prison convicted of riot John R. Hawkins, financial secretary k at Helena, attorneys for the six Elaine FRIERDS ATTERR ligious circles, and editor of the Port- theme was "Make Christ Your Friend".' set forth their loyalty to the true MARY in in 1017 A. M. E. church. burners, sentenced to die last' Friday land Advocate, one of the leading pub ing Houston, Texas, August The Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. principles of the Republican party, President Harding granted the dele noon, again saved the men from GIBSOR-ROBERTS YYEBBIR6 Mentions of the northwest, published arc increasing in attendance each Sun- but denounce the attempt of some death when Jacob gation an audience on Wednesday DR. W. A. C. HUGHES TO SPE VK Judge Trleber in the for Negroes, has recently been admit | day, under efficient leadership and leaders to disfranchise any group on at Waited States on Thurs. Roberts Become of morning. September 28, 10:80. AT GROVE M. E. CHURCH j District Court, Miss Madeline Zoe ted w» practice law in the state good programs arc rendered each Sun. account of race or color. They hold | Upon his arrival in Washington W. A. C. of Philadel- day, granted a petition for a writ of Bride of Ray Gibson in Church of Oregon. Rev. Hughes day evening at the Union. The Young that it is their right to vote and be Mr. Johnson issued the E habeas corpus, and issued an order The fiist case in which Mrs. Can following phia will preach at Grove M. St. Philip the Deacon people of the city are asked to come voted for at all elections. state author- behalf of the de- statement: Church, 22nd and Seward Sts., Sunday temporartly restraining nadv appeared in out and find your place in these two The Platform Preamble Madeline Zoe, the attractive, ac 11 Dr. is ities from proceeding with the electro- fendant came in Judge Morrow’s “Although nineteen colored soldiers Oct. !), at o'clock. Hughes up auxiliaries. The Republican party of Virginia cution. complisbtd find popular daughter o and resulted in a were and 61 sentenced to life the former pastor of Sharp Street court last Monday hanged Tools are being swung rapidly at in State convention assembled in the and Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Roberts, \va for the woman in that and long time imprisonment after the Methodist Chursh, Baltimore, Md., Men Are ConfIdeal victory lawyer, Zion in anticipation of the completion City of Richmond, the 5th day of Sep- was the of the New Orleans married to son of Mr when she took the case the Negro Houston riot of August, 1917, colored secretary n ex. The men whose execution date had Ray Gibson, of the main auditorum which we tember, 1021 having full faith and con- was first to raise its who had been convicted on a charge people in the United States felt little Area, which the keen set for September 23 are J. K. and Mrs. Daniel W. Gibson, of Tacorni pect to hold services Sunday Oct. 23rd. fidence in the principles of Republi- and sentenced to three to for and Centenary quota. He is at present < Knox, Kd. Coleman, Paul Hall, Kd. of larcency disposed appeal pardon The Western Baptist Convention, canism as declared the founders Washington, Wednesday afternoon a of the bureau of by veara in the had his sen for realized such ai< the secretary Negro Hicks, Frank Hicks and Frank Moore. penitentiary clemency they embracing all states from Ohio to the of the National and the church of St. the Deason of Home Missions Republican party, Philip tence reduced to six on the appeal would be useless. work of the board A few hours before the injunction, njonths Pacific Coast and south to Oklahoma, adhered to such leaders as Lin- He was also by in the of a large congrega “Now, however under a changed and Church Extension. restraining the state from ending the presence rock pile. will be meeting at Zion Baptist church | coln, Frederick Douglas, and the a to the Ecumenical Confer- of ftrends and well-wishers, administration, fifty thousand signa- delegate lives of the men, they wore visited by gation October 23rd to 31st. The Pastor and great Theodore Roosevelt, pledges un- SCOTT’S DAUGHTER tures have been to such a ence recently held in London, England • vepoter, and statements were secured most of whom had known the beauti EMMETT appended members are asking the various past- divided to those to hear allegiance principles M \KING FINE RECORD petition ciruclated by the National The public is cordially invited from each man. ful biide from her infancy. Prompt ors and churches of the city to open as the bedrock of our splendid insti- I Washington, D. C., Sept. 28.—Miss Association for the Advancement of him. "We did the out- on the stroke of one Flor their doors to entertain thee dele- tutions and as the certain nothing during ly o’clock, S. SAUNDERS. Pastor. help only guar- Clarissa M. Scott, of 239 Florida ave- Colored People, and colored Amer i T. :i breaks of October, 1919, other than "t re F. Pinkston, who was at the gates: all meals will be served at :he antee of the liberty and the future nue, N. W'., has just returned to Wel- 'cans are looking to Preside it Hard defend ouraelve, and I, for one, have or> an, began the Mendelssohn wed church and it is hoped that the mem- security of all the people in this which' institution she to redress what they and BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES of said Frank il'ir/ and the central aisle lesley College, ing tfeel bers and friends will be liberal in pre- in the uncertain future that death,” Moore, march, up Rev. Win. Pastor. country attended thp past two years, have felt to he undue severity exer | Franklin, scusslng the case. of the church came the matron of during paring sleeping quarters for them. lies before us. Mr. A. R. Goodlet both, now a member of the junio c*ed against a regiment with such leads, Uje I Hicks issued a thank, Mrs. Al of Lincoln being 1 statement honor, Taylor the B. Y. P. U. Franchise Before to the a record of soldierly tearing, courage Sunday school and I he and and class. returning spend * many associations orders Neh.. tastefully handsomely gown LIVING STONE GIRL OR D!T iTF, , We hold that under a government vacation with her family, Mim and devotion as the 24th l'. S. In- successfully. ti had worked In be- ed taffeta and period uneessantly in pussy apricot Span Mr. Des la., ENTERS FORDH AM UNIVERSITY where the sovereign powers are Scott served as a Y. W. C. A. counsel- fantry. The Rev. Sales, Moines, ish lace with a picture hat and carry Ne«’ York. Sm;t. 30.—Fordham Uui in the and filled the at and preached | lodged people exercised KY OUT II MINI TEH lor at Fern Rock Camp, No. 6, Iona “The personnel of this delegation pulpit night, i.ig a shower bouquet of Ophelia Law School, which holds it them the elective fran- of the wide- a sermon. Rev. Mr. Sales versrity by through RETURN'S MUILTY VERDICT Island, on Lake Tiorati, New York. is sufficient guarantee very eloquent j roses. She was followed by the brides sessions in the Woolworth Building chise, the right to vote is inseparable ine of the many interesting piitid, Miss Berenice McCaw, who was registered this week Miss Ruth W from the right to be voted for and ■ ■■■•■■•■■■•I II III Hilllllll11IIllllllllllllllll.il I* slights on the famous case is in a hut beautiful dressed simple, Whaley, of Goldsboro, N. C., a gradu any attempts to separate these pre- fact that the of 12 men and Jury gown of white georgette crepe ate of Livingstone College at Salis rogatives is a dangerous political o first tried the found a crownless case, irridescent beads, with bury, N. C., one of the oldest educa heresy, contrary to the genius of oui six men guilty in exactly 11 hat of tlie same material and carrying tional institutions in this country, a Republican form of government ami lutea. a houquet of pink sweetheart rose- the first colored girl to become a stu destructive to the ends and aims of the beds. She was followed by stately school. a free people. of him and his comrades. “Tell bride, who made a beautiful picture Miss Whaley, who resides at 26' i The history of the colored people in people for me, that I apprecl- white trous in i er handsome gown of West 13Sth street, was elected after Virginia for the past twenty .years tbelr efforts, and the thought of bridal Milk -'\iu and her Raw her from lace, of she received Living attests the fact are no crepe Spanish Beware diploma that 1 they by work shall be with toe as I go blos- ( veil wreathed with real orange EE iiiiMimiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiimmmiMiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiinmuiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMii = stone to teach at a school for the dear means chronic office seekers, and e chair.” a shower soms anti carrying bouquet in Raleigh, N. C. therefore we denounce as a political “Oo4 Will Protect Us" of bride's roses. She wore a gold The young graduate took special subterfuge the pronouncement in the K. Knox “All Is not stated, over brooch over a century old, an heirloom training at the North Carolina State Rpublican platform in which it at- Our attorneys are making a su- Preceded in toe Watkins family. by By Miss Lutie E. Steams school for the teaching of the deaf. tmpts by inuendo to assure the white e I will effort, and believe they his brother, Everett, who was grooms- While attending Livingstone she electorate that it is opposed to Negro out Ood knows we are Innocent the puin, the groom started from Two hundred and fifty thousand children died in Amer- was awarded a medal for augmenta- office-holders and thereby in its ly wrongdoing, and he will pro- room and timed his steps to 'ino and debating. This success in- vestry ica last year from preventable causes. Many of these chil- efforts to gain the support of the as.” I«N his Iretrothed at the foot of the her to law. meet dren were victims of the ignorance of their mothers as to spired study certain element of the white electorate ur I should testimony, believe, •br.ncel. where they were met by the She to specialize in domes offers a insult to the col- proper feeding. expects gratuitous that we are innoeenl, and if we Rev. John Albert Williams, who of tic relations and to undertake social- ored electorate at large. die, In order that justice t?) be I fiefated. According to the custom of ogioal research work. Raw Milk is the cause of thousands of deaths every Recognizing the justness of the ased I am ready to go. (Jive my the are both teachers. j the Episcopal church, espousals Her parents under a Re- year, because it oft-times contains substances which lead to lule of the majority, to the wife and kiddies,” said are said at the foot of the chancel, af- stomach and intestinal trouble in babies. In many of the publican form of government, we Hall. ter which the contracting parties go DELTA NOTES largest cities of the country, such as Detroit, Milwaukee, Cin- !‘HI cheerfully subscribe to that rule, but ood bye, everybody. If I must ri'e. foiward to the altar rail, where the held their ; cinnati and Chicago, the sale of even one drop of Raw Milk is The Phi Delta Sorority at the same time we insist that the p« that my death will pave the I ceremony is completer! and tin* bene- meeting Wednesday evening prohibited, owing to its many dangers. opening minority has rights which the major- for better things among colored i diction Just before the bless Watson given. at the home of Miss Cuma ity under the Constitution cannot era In this part of the country,” hit wus said, Mrs. Russell Reese St. social events New 5 = 2925 Grant Many deny and the citizen should not be the words Hicks, mar- E Nathan Straus, the great philanthropist of York, of Frank 'n:r impressively, the beautiful | were for the season. This S for MILK for children planned deprived of any of the privileges leman asserted that, the trials had Perfect all hu- § who thousands of dollars poor £ § riage hymn, “O Love, spends ororitv which is composed of Omaha vouchsafed him the fundamental = E found that out of children who were given Raw E E by been conducted, and was m The of- seventy-one was fairly I thought transcending." high school and college graduates law both State and National, because E E summer of his sixtv of = ulne that a last-minute Milk during the first activities, (60) E reprieve ficiating priest then tenderly pro- organized about eight years ago, by he to a less I = the summer. He = belongs group numerically ri be ancient words of bless- E them were sick at some time during chang- E granted. j Monnced the girls of prominent Omaha families, of our MILK and out of children, E = than another group citizenry, ie case, which has now covered The church decorations were 1 1 ed to PASTEURIZED fifty-one | ing. ■’nVing high morally and socially. or because of race, creed or re- summer. showed Mr. Straus E color, i than is one which has chancel and altar. 1 E forty were well all Experience E tx^pi years, confined to the Each year after commencement the ligion. j1 E E the harm of RAW MILK, and this prompted him to write a 5 | the center of the stage, and the fohn Dillard Crawford and Lovejoy membership is increased in accor- E E letter to the of every city in the United States asking E E | We cannot believe that the great ainfng order issued last Thurs- Crow ford were ushers. Mayor dance with these standards. The of- unless E of the God-fearing men and cere- E that an ordinance be requiring that all MILK, E body comes as a climax to the work of Immediately following the I passed i fleers of the cluh this year are: Miss women whose labors and sacrifices 1 E = certified, shuld be PASTEURIZED. E tbe most brilliant lawyers of the North mony a sumptuous wedding luncheon Cuma Watson, Miss Eloise president: have made Virginia a distinguished west, headed by Sciplo Jones, the fa- or breakfast was served for the brid- Mrs. Frances Peo- Wade, secretary; member of the of States will her = even = == family mous criminal lawyer, and t.he law al party by Mrs. Ruth Wallace at ! 55 § No reputable physician will prescribe raw milk, E and Miss Ethel Jones ! nies, treasurer; the that a class of 5 == subscribe to sophistry M firm of McHenry, Murphy and Duna. ! residence at Twenty-eighth and Blon- EE | | from tuberculin tested cows as it may carry the germs | reporter. of our citizens who ~ = “Flu” and wrought mightily way. do street. The table was beautifully E Scarlet Fever, D.vphtheria, Typhoid Fever, the E = = ; [ I for her 250 and laid for six- test is a 5 development years Review of Case decorated. Coveis were ;== i= Septic sore throat. The tuberculin preventative | EE MUSICALS SUNDAY AFTERNOON that too. without a single pay day On October 2 and 3, Elaine, Ar- teen. A telegram of congratulations EE = i tuberculosis alone and there is no known safe-guard 1, j against The first Sunday afternoon musi- he denied the right to = = = shall partici- r was the seene of a fierce race from Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Gibson, other diseases save through Pasteurization. Dr. C. | ansae j against cale, given under the auspices of the in the affairs of the at this one au- 5 = pate political a meeting held o-icent of ti e groom, was read E E. North of New York City, of the greatest living P war, following protest j Bachelor Benedict Club at Columbia and in Councils Iiar = Government Party L colored farmers of that section, ! time. EE § thorities on milk, pasteurizes the milk he gives his children 2 == Sun- by Hall, drew a large audience last the untenable grounds that an- held the Robert’s = = while Dr. E. McCullum 5 upon who were banding themsolvoH together. A reception was at § from his own tested Jersey cow; V. I -E; An excellent day afternoon. program other group of citizens pay into the 2610 North who has stud- 5 = M the disturbances the six men attractive home, Twenty- of John Ilopkin’s University, Baltimore. Md., advanced of Daring was given by the pupils coffers of the State the greater por- from 7 to 10 p. nv = = for is for the E = == were arrested on a charge of killing eighth avenue, E ied milk constantly twenty years, authority who also Mrs. Florentine F, Pinkston, tion of its revenue. a number Vitamines 5 = a white man. which was attended by large EE statement that Pasteurization does not destroy f Clifford Ii«e, | i contributed a number which was high- We believe too that character and decorations were ar- = k meeting was held, fol- of friends. The E or Life Giving Elements. E between The protest ly appreciated. In the contest are to excellent taste, Mrs. experience necessary qualities threats against the lives of the tistic and in Allen and Fran- f lowing | the Misses Lucy May he anyone offering for assisted in caring = possessed by tenants white property Roberts was airly mother should see to it that her family receives 5 == the decision was a tie B colored by Every ces D. Gordon, the suffrage of the electorate, but we several of the young- = men were up In arms for the guests by PASTEURIZED MILK. She should the i was divided. owners. The only SAFE, inspect and the prize equally to see how one can ever demon- ladies. The = fail the er matrons and young = the MILK comes to see that = = against the Iniquities of peonage I DAIRY from which every pro- the excellence of his character were numerous, beautiful and strate ; os tbe white land presents cess is E = system, practiced by satisfactory. VISITORS FROM LINCOLN who never has been to the test ■“ put SZZZ **■ = Since that time the famous costly. ‘owners. Mr. and Mrs. William Jenquenz, and or gained experience in office which Murder Farm" disclosures E “Georgia Every mother in Omaha is cordially invited to inspect their Mrs. Al Taylor mo- h is never allowed to hold. WILL RESIDE IN CHICAGO daughter, revenled all the atrocities of the == Street, have I the Alamito Dairy, Leavenworth and Twenty-sixth tored over from Lincoln Tuesday ti We condemn as utterly evasive and Mrs. Albert N. Wade, who has been as by the = at 2:30 or 4 “peonage system,” practiced 3(1 any day in October, Sunday’s excepted, 10:30, 5 •'♦tend the Gibson-Roberts wedding al wilfully misleading the attempt to a resident of Omaha for more than white farmers. | SE to hear Miss Stearns on “The World’s Greatest 5 s= of hon- hosts o1 | o’clock NeecJ which Mrs. Taylor was matron confuse the participation of any group cars, and where she has = Kerlln’s Statement | = and Sources of Power.” refreshments served and free EE came train Wed with a desire to with her cous- Dairy or. Mr. Taylor by of people in politics ^ esse friends, leaves Saturday p Tile evidence produced In the H cartons of cottage cheese distributed. Come and bring your 5 They returned to Lincoln or the social understanding al- Mrs. John Henderson, for Chicago nesday. change a. tried before the Supreme Court of in, home Thursday morning. ways existing between the races in ! where i he will make her future Arkansas abundantly and conclusively this and while we an active member State; respectively until the Mrs. Wade has been disapproved that It was not Don’t forget the executive meeting r and unreservedly demand to be treat- nf th" Church of St. Philip the Dea- and molested ■ iincn were threatened of the R. Y. P. U. at Mt. Moriah, Bap ed ns other citizens with all the rights con during her residence here and pro- that they armed themselves. As Pro- tist Church, Sunday Sept. 9. at I. and immunities accorded the Order of the Easterr I; privileges in a minent in 1 kftpnsor Robert T. Koriin stated, o’clock. (Continued on Page 3.) Star. llllllllllllllllllllllll...Illlllllllll.. Kter written May 25, to Governor I H