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May 6, 1916 Volume I .. , ' .. """-.' ',..,"' .-.... " "'.' ,'., .. ~", ONITO A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Eight Thousand Colored People in Omaha and Vicinity, and to the Good of the Community "::: "," The Rev. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $1.50 a 'Year.5c a Copy. Omaha, Nebraska, May 6, 1916 Volume I. Number 45 ~ColoredAmericans I '11 From Fair Nebraska And,Employment to Sunny Tennessee the Race Should'be Given O.pllortunity ~",.q"«'~I~.~'''r'dr;''lI'''·'''''''''LI1~",I!I.'~d·''''lm;'''R''llfI'fOI"IK'~lIl\PI;I""I"""I~"I\IIIUIiI'!""""llUl:llRI'''''.\~I'IIl~IllIl''INI,hl'~I'l'IIMllllll'~I\"I!I\Il11'olIl'""'~.'I''''I'"'It'''''I"'"''''''''''''""."""'.'"'0111.""""11"'W,n""t"~"'''Il~I~IIIlII~''''''~''~I'''~ Incidents of the Trip and Impression ; to' Earn Livelihood in Trades and Received by Editor on First Visit ..Business Places. to Southland. STOREY M;,~KES EARNEST PLEA OT CROWING, NEGRO BANKS AND BANKERS Patrons of Retall Stores Express Will­ I nelicate Progress in Racial Evolution ingness to be Served by Compe­ O Simply Growing and Attest Growing Race tent Colored Clerl{s. Confidence. , Boston, Mass., May 5.-Speaking , With Growing Omaha and We told you last week of the Greeks before the New England Dry Goods r and Italians who cater to the trade Association at the Boston City Club Helping Omaha to Growo of the Colored people of Memphis as recently, Moorfield Storey urged fair restaurant keepers and grocers. But play and greater chances for Negroes , practically monopolizing this trade not iIi industry and business. He said he '~"""'~""IlI.lm""N"""'~~I'''''''llltl'~I'~'''' """'"'''''''''''""mtll""",:,":M"''''''''''''IIll1l(1l,,,"'tltll'tl/lI''.''IIll'''lI"i""'UI1I11N'''"''~N''''''',,"''''''''n''',"l'l1lltllll'otlllltln'''''tI''''",I''''II'1",,"" ....,L.I"".'''II''''IIII'"' "t"tI"'''I'''I''''".... ,I'nl''t'''Itl'''ItlU'.,:'II1'~ only in Memphis but in otner cities, wished to appeal to the' American north and south, is not a peculiall'ity sense of justice in behalf of 10,000,­ of these people here named, but seems 000 fenow citiZiens who were now de­ -, to be characteristic of other thljifty ried the opportunities for which their groups of foreigners. Take the Jtws, abilities qualified them and for no ~====:::::;======:!J for example. What shre,vd busiJiless other reason except race prejudice men they are; and how they do go! af­ against their color. ter the Gentile dollars, and among'the Americans of Long Ancestry. Gentiles, "the lusty _!'ions of Ham"­ "They are .. Americans as we are, Something To Make Yon Think shocking! isn't it, how familiar we he said, "and they are Americans of are with snatch~s of so,ng from ~op­ liluchlonger ancestry than some of us. "THE CATHOLIC SIDE OF IT" ular Negro composers?~hold import­ ant rank when, it comes to helpinl to The South owes them .a debt, but we' ~ Recently Mr. Scott of California appeared before a large audience in fill the coffers of "the shrewd , ons as a peo.pIe owe them the greatest Pittsburg, Pa., with an earnest and impassioned plea for fair pla.y,for the debt one body of men can owe to an- '. of Shem." Roman Catholic Church. He made' a most favorable impression upon" the oiher, for w~ brought them here large mixed audience which gave him, as they shQuld, most respectful atten- Some Alliteration. against t1ieit w.ill, kept them here as I . h h'· How do you like thi.,s last as an slaves And denied them the ordinary tion. The speaker c a}med tat the Roman Cat j)lic of America is equally as loyal as his brethren and co-religionists fighting the cause of war-ridden example of alliteration? We pride . tights of human beings, ' I ourselves on belieying that it is eqIJal- "Colored men are cut off from the Europe. - ly as good as many' you' would ind "f i:nechanical trades, from positions as The Pittsburgh Courier, one of the best of o;ur many exchanges, after< .in .Cole..id.ge's \'.Rhym·e of the Anc ent quoting some of Mr. Scott's most striking passages; makes the following sug- U stenogTaIlhers, and from other OCCU-gestive'conlment: i Mariner." Exempli gratia, (E. G.) pations, so that whene.ver they cO.me "His determination to present his church itl the correct light ; his fO-r short, which means '~by thewaof up :~heY f.ind· a wall against theni. in '. I eX3mpie>' "Atone, alone,· all all e..,;,.er·y· ':cor;ner"'ol,!:".this 'land ·th.e.se p'i eo.. uilbiased appeal for fair play'and rig.hteous de'alin, 'on the part of ·man with . '. .; , man, offers to ·our group ,an im. portant .. lesson. "e hear ourset.ves attacked alone." "Yet she sailed softly-, to." p. i~.. ar.;e ~ubJ"ected to the gravest in~ '. W II b 1" h every day.;; we' see iilstances~~.f/fl~g.rant:m·ejudice(lin e-veryhantl; we see our~' .. ' e reay . e ieve t at"theshr wd, justicl;!~ selves Iyttched and trodden dQwn by unfair and t 'ascd men, and not infre- sonso! Shein" is equally as good as S?<Juld be Given Cllance. quently\ve conclude that fu.rther pi'O"te's(isuseless, w.orthless and <Jfnoavail. the examples take.n from Colen( ge. w!'he.re should be a public o·pinionTheCatholic·brolher·doesnot view his situatilm with any suchresigna- Don't you think so? ' ~ongemni~g' that SQrtof thjng; and lion. He'is det~tm~ined 16 pl'esentthe true picture o£his chur~h and brother. '. ButtD return to business conditicns.­ bv~tY:.A:merican isbotind to heip cre~ He will 11ot~e~f q.'iiiet1y<iu~~erthe stigJrill; he risest~ thed~fens~ofhis own. Tbe J e\vsdo a good business aIDe ng . ate that public opinio.n. ,You are ifJhe CathoJIc church seeit·the need of a. eountry"wirle campaign'irt their Qwn our race, as grocers and dry go'~ds int~t~st,seekini.to~orrectfalsejmp~essionsandj.biased ;..':'.t· : ~i '. '. bound'to see.,thattheC(jlored m()ple, views created'b:ymerGhants in. the cities of the Ncnrth, ".- . Lr·, llaveatiuPliqrt~nitY to Hve, ..\vorkalld~ullscrupulous ,mell'irjut wo·m~n,.,-if they,se~ their 8alv~tion·notin.complacency and also 1nthe South, as. well as . " -.q., ,. .. snow ", ,vh~t .. th.eY chn do'.: ... ;The"1Ju~-; but i~ aVjg()r6q6.ass.~rtiOJ10f;their righ,ta;'_l!<Jw.m~l::h.O}or~:Bh9!!!~L9t!r.g!'QHPIG~~ee~sand Italians. ,Themo~l'of ",-··r· ,- ,,~. , '., . 'cliasing .. powerQftheColo·red' peopI~' .ris~to theemerg~nci andbtand'aS fl,llsethe aCc,iisations, thethrUsts,tb,ewhat we are here sett;ing·dO\Vll,. ~nd ': ,-' )il,thj~,donimunity i~' V~W,de~i~~HiI~;'.: .insuIti;l' .~uldplY·iQg ~~ailyagain8tus?" Are .we.anY·iesB .. nienth'anthe Cath~ ,ple!ls~ hear in rriind that there is :,:/j'. ¥ou twiUfind1iha:('theprejridIce<you. oli'¢lh·.Are·'weJes~t~oncerned:w'ith'false'repre~entation8 than they?:$hail"naught set d6\Vninmali-ee" here ,in ·~o!: ·f·.~i.·Y:d :'.·.t·.·.jlao.·kte·.e.:.·CxiO;~lto".r::.ae· :a··.~lheas···,:.:,.we::sitfUreversiIen{ s pi'bportions·hey~nd~hese . 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GrO\ying,Jl;aee<donfidence. ,:·'citiz'e:n's,.~~t~~t,!(~fO~h,qi~,~> :'UVye;fth~:.M P.Mf: edtifihYto.'a·h·~io.;~:::·~¥~y~iJ:l~~~~y,War,this;:countr·Y"h~~ ever':k~o*n> ',' ':bOllot .·et':·the im ression ir n1 undersigri~d. tp~rchas;ei·.s:;ijr,the/.J:etail··We·h~,,'e .throwll'ouraelves· •. before.tpe enemy withouf:ires~'rve jus.t l,ls·.. fte:.t. ····b.. ·· :t·'··; :"'\~'" ... :..:,> :'d~ 'th' Pt th . '. o. .. fB"··:·t . 'd ·,··· .. ·t' ····'···'h·:·:···· - . 'h C· .', 'A" .' ... hid' h"1 I '. ,wa '\ve·uave sal a· eo race In '. sto~es o:~.s"on ~n Vl~~-!~} Yr)Y;l~;c~n.f qllel!-tl_~ as have t. e,. /lthohcs•.' n~ If they .- 0 , up t eJr oya t:r. as. a )~st-;M:~~his·.is·Hn~divein business mat:.. ·.to mcrease,·the mdustJ.?-al. ~p~orttiJlI~ and com91ete 'argu~ent ,for theu' rights, why should w~ ·fear or hesltate,to·t P Th!·· t' .. b" . ····f y O C 'I d f lI'f .... 1 '. : . ers. ev are· no mactlve any . ~les b . ~ur '0 ore ; '11~oW "CI ~:ertbs, spread.our· rec~Cr~ hbelf.or~ tdhe worldZ , Lo·y • t>: knows no hcolor'da.~dbewhhat :dJSJrleails., ihey"ai~doing much' but ,·".er~: y express ,our._wl. mgne"~.. :--",, e defen8e.for.t-~e at 0 lel8 .ete~se for us~' Let U8 not be as arne. to . '. ear., .th~couI·d do' rno e.We are doin 'served by ·9olore~ empolyes' where'.'.e-r· nor fear.· to give thewor~d.our compl~te deJense." ; .' Y~d" t:.1' 1:. b .' .g found' c-oinpetenf for' .the . 'du~ies.
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