Tulsa Star

Let Civic Improvement and Right Living Permeate Every Negro Home! Annual Address Of President Stradford Delivered at the Annual Stockholders Meeting of the Oklahoma Realty and Investment Company A FEARLESS EXPONENT OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE Vol. 2, No. 17 Let Civic Annual Adc Presiden Delivered at the A Meeting of the Ok Investmen Ladies and Gentlemen and Members of the Corporation: It gives me great pleasure to have the opportunity to address you this evening on a subject which I think is of the most importance to our race. I have selected for my subject t he Oklahoma Realty a nd Investment Co. to discuss it under four heads: First, Organization; second, Purpose; third, Growth; fourth, Duty. Organization. and in my feeble way I shall endevor In 1912 a few of our leading citizens of Tulsa, believing the time had come when they could be of great benefit to our race, ont only those who are living but to our posterity, called a meeting of the citizens of Tulsa for the purpose of incorporating a company which should thereafter be known as the Oklahoma Realty and Investment Co. The citizens responded to the call, and after having sold a sufficient amount of stock to different individuals, they permanently organized. They electe da president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, an attorney and three other members of the board of directors. To fully complete the organization with all the necessary paraphernalla, a charetr, a seal, secretary's book, a certificate book, letter heads, envelopes, circular letters, and a pamphlet setting forth the purposes of the corporation. Did the work stop there? In the organization of the universe. God was six days completing it. In those six days he did everything which was necessary fr the successfululo operation of it. The first day he created light. The second day the firmament. The third day the earth. On the fourth day he made the sun, moon and stars. On the fifth day the fish, birds and beasts, insects and all creeping things on the earth, and the sixth day He made man. The organization was complete. Did the work stop there? I answer no. Only the work of creation or organization. From that day until now, many thousand years have elapsed, and the duties, responsibilities, obligations, the customs, habits, and our relations to society began the day after the creation, and down, down through the ages, they have been God's plan to civilize, cultivate and develop its resources, morally, financially and intellectually. To my surprise and chagrin, I find that a great, er part of those leading citizens who fathered this institution felt that the work was finished and they fell by the wayside, feeling that there was nothing else to do, when in fact the work which was needed to make this corporation a strong financial institution was just begun. Had they used the proper diplomacy and business acumen, the O. R. and I. Co. would have a high standing in the business and financial world today. Our Purpose. Our purpose is to buy, acquire and trade in real estate, take mortgages on real estate when the security is ample, and to assist those who from time to time need a little money to SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE STAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914 tide them over a tight place. Casting our eyes around us, we readily see that our people individually are very prosperous. Collectively they are doing nothing. We find among the white people that they are not only prosperous individually, but also collectively. They unite in all kinds of enterprises for the purpose of making employment for their children and children's children. Go with me if you please to the wholesale groceries, dry goods, clothiers, milliners, produce houses, implement houses, oil companies, gas companies, railroad companies, steamship companies, building companies and banking institutions and many other companies too numerous to enumerate and you will find that the white man has yup his money together for the purpose of employing, elevating and giving to those who are deserving a chance to arrive at prominence in the race of opportunities. Being aware of the foregoing, the men fho fathered this corporation undertook to do something collectively which would redound to the benefit of our boys and girls who are toiling and striving to be not only of service to themselves but also to the race. Purpose No. 1,to buy and acquire and trade in real estate, that purpose has been accomplished in a measure, and the lot upon which this house stands has been purchased by the company at a price of $450, and we have paid $403 of said amount. Balance owed on same, $47, which must be paid February 1, 1914. Shall we pay it? Purpose No. 2, takte mortgages on real estate.—The purpose has not been accomplished. Purpose No. 3, to lend a little money.—This object has been accomplished. We loaned a very, very little money. Purpose No. 4, to erect a three story brick building, the ground floor to be used for a theatre, one room for a penny savings and a third for a business room; second floor for offices, and the third for an up-to-date hotel or rooming house. They were aware that no man in our midst was able to finance a building of this cost, but they have called on the members of our race to erect this building by subscribing for a sufficient amount of shares of stock in this corporation. For example, we have the First National Bank building, the Tulsa Corporation, the Tulsa Hotel, which is the pride of every true Tulsa's heart, the finest building in the Southwest, an ornament, a marvel, a wonder and a thing of beauty. No one man was able to finance this beautiful structure, but a great many citizens united themselves together and subscribed very liberally to the fund which made the building a reality, and today the stok is considerably above par. Two shares of stock subscribed by each member of our race in Tulsa will erect a building on this lot which will be not only a monument to the thrift, energy and the business tact of the race in Tulsa, but to the race in the state of Oklahoma. Shall we build it? Scipio Jones and John Gaines have applied for a charter to sell stock for the erection of a $50,000 hotel in Little Rock, Ark. Mr. Charles Page reliably assures us that if we will raise $3,000 he will lend us $7,000 for the erection of a $10,000 building on this lot. Shall we sit passively by when so many golden opportunities are offered us, and not accept any of them? I say No! WHAT D OYOU SAY? Let us grasp the chance and strike the iron while it is hot. Let us resolve tonight that we will make our institution a grand success which has been instituted in Tulsa, and that done, we will undertake to foster, promote and carry to a successful execution some other enterprise. Increase your stock, renew your effort, and in God's name we will accomplish our aim if we faint not. Growth. The growth of the O. R. and I. Co. I cannot say has been remarkable, for it is still in an embryonic state. We have no income but are still struggling to pay off the debt which is on the lot. Seventeen months ago we incorporated, nad during that period we sold above 500 shares of stock, loaned $60, bought a lot and kept up all the necessary expenses of said corporation. But the ensuing year we hope that the growth will be wonderful. If we accept the opportunities which have been presented to us, I will assure you that in the next year our stock will have doubled itself in value. So during our corporate existence we have grown from $1 to $500 strong. Duties. The board of directors owe certain and defined duties to the stockholders: First, to see that the proper methods are employed in the management of the business; second, to see that the treasurer gives a good and sufficient bond, and all other officers who handle the funds of the corporation are bonded in some safe and reliable bonding company; third, that no wildcat speculations be permitted; fourth, that the money which has been subscribed by the stockholders shall be honestly and fairly invested for the equal benefit of all concerned, and in so doing will establish in the minds of the stockholders that confidence which will warrant them in doing all that they can to make the corporation a grand success. Duty of stockholders to the corporation: It is the duty of every stockholder to be loyal to the corporation, to spread the good news and glad tidings in season and out of season of the virtues and its importance to the community; encourage others to subscribe for stock and help to make the corporation a wonderful success. To knock, to slander and to hold up to ridicule the enterprise in which your money is invested is insane folly, and the man who is guilty of this offense deserves that a millstone be placed around hi sneck and casted in the depths of the sea. And it palms me to say that we have had some who are guilty of the charge. Duties. It is the duty of the citizenship of our race in Tulsa to unite in some common cause for the purpose of doing some one particular thing for our uplift and development and adhere to that thing until we have made it a glaring success, instead of meeting from time to time and suggesting a multitude of things which are necessary to be done. To make long speech, to resolve and dissolve, and to go home and never think of said resolutions until the next meeting. What we need among us are men who do In Memory of our Departed Hero JOHN H. HARRIS HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS ["THE OLD MAN BLOQUENT"] Born February 14, 1817. Died in 1895. New Residence Dis= trict to Open Lincoln Addition Being Platted things, men who are willing to spend and be spent for the interest of the race, and not men who are as sounding brass and tinkling symbol; men who are honest in their dealings with their fellow men, men whose reputations for truth and veracity in the community in which they live are above reproach. Every true citizen of the race who is interested in the welfare, prosperity and social uplift of the race in Tulsa: Let us resolve that in the unity of interest, unity of time and in the unity of possession that we will be one in raising the standard of our business to an unprecedented success in the city of Tulsa. In Conclusion. To the best of my ability I have attempted to discuss the subject announced in your hearing under four distinct topics: Organization, Purpose, Growth and Duty. If I have failed in my effort I thank God it is an error of the head and not of the heart. But I see the success of this corporation in the distance, gleaming through honest business investments, and I am rejoiced to feel that we have entered upon the road to wealth and honor and all who will may enter upon it with an almost certain prospect of success. Will you join us? In union there is strength. J. B. STRADFORD. Chief Sam Goue! Just as predicted by the Star and other race papers of the state, the Chief Sam expedition has proven a gigantic success as a fraud and an Subscription $1.00 Per Year gro Home! r Departed Hero CK DOUGLASS IN BLOQUENT" 1817. Died in 1895. ence Dis= rict to Open on Being Platted A high-class residence district is the latest thing promised the citizens of the East End in the opening of a new addition to Tulsa, which will be known as the Lincoln Addition. The land lies just north of the city limits on Greenwood and is an ideal place for a residence district. The Sand Springs car line runs along side of the new addition, and when Greenwood is paved some time in the near future, according to information from Commissioner Downing's department, the land will be only 300 or 400 feet from paved streets. There is a great demand in Tulsa at the present time for homes and a grand rush for lots is anticipated when Lincoln Addition is opened, which will be in a week or ten days. --- unparalelil skin game. A car load of victimized Negroes left this state last week accompanying Cheif Sam to New York where he was to get a ship which he had contracted to buy and proceed to Galveston where the rest of his belated tribe expected to join him and sail for the sunny shore of Africa. However, their hopes in respect has vanished along with the pious Cheif who has not been seen on heard of since the delegation of Oklahoma Negroes landed in New York. He has evidently made his escape taking with him thousands of dollars representing the folly fo Oklahoma Negroes. Maybe this will be a lesson to the Negroes of this state. --- GAS, DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION "Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour, gassy stomachs in five minutes—Time It! You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach is bad—or an uncertain one—or a harmful one—your stomach is too valuable; you mustn't injure it. 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The file of beasts stretched away before and behind her, each with its swarthy Arab attendant, while Sheikh Abdullah, riding on his white mule, passed slowly alongside of the caravan, his hands holding the reins loosely and an expression of benign self-satisfaction upon his face. Though she was the only woman with the caravan, Miss Bingham was not in the least perturbed. She had spent a lifetime in Damascus, she had seen the school grow from a thatched building to a lordly establishment covering two acres, numbering 300 inmates. She had just returned from a visit to New York, and was carrying back $7,000 in subscriptions, which, with a knowledge of the native methods of exchange, she had secreted in her baggage instead of forwarding through one of the extortionate native banks. At Jerusalem she had joined the caravan, under the protection of the Sheikh Abdullah, to insure her safe arrival unmolested by desert nomads. And now Damascus was only two days' journey away, and the little package reposed in the saddle-bags among her other possessions. Miss Bingham put out her hand to assure herself of its presence there. But it was not there. It had disappeared during the noontide halt. Her mind worked quickly. She remembered now that she had left the baggage for a couple of minutes to speak to the sheikh. Somebody must THE MESSAGES OF THE WORLD "Son of a Jackal," He Roared. have suspected what it was she guarded so carefully. The thief had taken the money, and it was still in his possession. As the sheikh rode slowly back Miss Bingham beckoned him. The old man came riding up on his mule. "Somebody has stolen $7,000 from my bag," she said quietly. Sheikh Abdullah looked at her benignly. "O foolish woman, why did you not entrust its care to me?" he asked. "Had I but known you had so large a sum my head should have answered for its loss." "Well, I guess it was foolish of me," answered Miss Bingham, "but anyway, one of your men has it, and I'm going to get it back." The sheikh stroked his beard reflectively. "Say nothing of this," he answered, "and show no distress of mind. Before we reach Damascus it shall be restored to you." "But why don't you line up your men at once and demand that they open their bags?" asked Miss Bingham. "One does not catch spiders in beartraps," responded the sheikh, and spurring his mule, he rode back to the head of the procession. The evening halt never seemed to begin. It was almost sunset before the sheikh shouted the order and the lone line of camels came to a standstill. Then the sheikh came to Miss Bingham. "Great madam, have you a small bottle of sweet-scented essence, such as the Frankish women use to make themselves smell sweet?" he asked. "I've got a sachet, if that's what you mean,' replied Miss Bingham. "What do you want it for?" "By its means I shall restore to you the $7,000," said the sheikh, taking it and riding away. Toward nightfall he assembled his men in line before the tent that Miss Bingham occupied. "O dogs and sons of Eblis," he announced, "one of you has stolen treasures of value from the saddle-bag of the Frankish princess of mature age. Wherefore Mohammed, the white mule, shall put you to shame. Know, then, that in him rests such a gift of discernment that whosoever having stolen, takes hold of his tail, causes him to bray. Thus, O renegades and faithless ones, let each of you in turn enter the tent in which Mohammed eats, and place his hand upon his tail; and when he brays, behold, the guilty man is there." Used as she was to Arab ways, Miss Bingham could hardly restrain her disgust at this tomofoolery. However, she said nothing until the ceremony was over. One by one the men of the caravan had entered the tent and laid a hand each on Mohammed's tail; but the mule had not brayed. "What do you mean by all this nonsense?" Miss Bingham demanded of the sheikh angrily. "I want that money, and I want you to open the men's bags, or I shall think you are not anxious for me to get it back." "O Frankish woman of age," replied the Sheikh gravely, "one does not catch leviathan with a smelthook." The Arabs loitered in the vicinity, grinning at the Sheikh's discomfiture. But Abdullah seemed equal to the occasion. "Since Mohammed has refused to assist me," he said, "may stripes be his portion, and the lowest place in the world to come. I have another method, for in the palm of each man I can read his acts of the day. Stand together and each man hold up his hand, palm upward." When he had assembled his men the old sheikh went along the line, peering closely into each uplifted palm. Suddenly he stopped and jerked a man out of the row. "Son of a jackal," he roared, "even now thou hast the Frankish woman's bag and the money." The man fell grovelling upon his face, and a fearful awe was on the countenance of each of his comrades. "Bring it here at once," the sheikh continued, "and if there be missing the least quota of a farthing thou shalt rot in Damascus jail." Five minutes later Miss Bingham was in possession of her $7,000 again, and not a single bill was missing. "But how did you do it, sheikh?" she inquired, a little later in the evening. "It seems as wonderful to me as it was to them." "O Frankish woman," said the sheikh, a twinkle in his eye, "the thief did not lay hold of the mule's tail, fearing that he would bray." "Well," inquired Miss Bigham, still mystified. "Thus, O teacher of womanhood, the sweet-smelling powder with which I had rubbed the tail of Mohammed was not transferred to his palm, as was the case with the other men." "Then the thief was the man whose hand did not smell of the sachet powder?" Inquired Miss Bingham. "Well, that beats everything!" 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This is a strange breakfast episode (to "dine" means literally, to breakfast). Jesus accepted three such invitations from the Pharisees and was accused of being a glutton and a wine bibber, Matt. 11:19; Luke 7:36, 39, 44. In this instance we are told plainly (v. 54) why he had been asked to this feast. At a later time, e. g., during the Passion week, Jesus delivered a special discourse against the Pharisees (Matt. 23) in which he repeated many of the things we study today. Must Be Clean. 1. False vs. True cleansing (vv. 37-44). The orthodox Jew is very punctilious to avoid ceremonial uncleanliness. In Christ's time this ceremonialism was at its highest development. To be defiled was far worse than to be morally unclean. This Pharisee "marveled" that Jesus was not likewise concerned with his outward acts (v. 39, se also Matt. 23:25, 26). To have a clean cup and platter was more important than to have a clean heart. In a fragment of Gospel found at Oxyrhyncus, Jesus is reputed to have said to a Pharisee: "Thou hast washed in waters wherein dogs and swine have been cast, and wiped the outside skin which also harlots anoint and beautify, but within they are full of scorpions and all wickedness. But I have been dipped in the waters of eternal life which come from the throne of God." Pious platters, presented in pride, must be inwardly purified. Jesus pronounces three "woes," griefs that like an avenging nemesis hang over men of such a character. (1) A "woe" against those who make a show of tithing the common garden mint and herbs and at the same time avoid the weightier matters of just relations to their fellow men and love to God (v. 42). We are not to neglect our churchly duties at all, but these cannot be substituted for righteousness (see Micha 6:8). (2) A "woe" against those who love the places of pre-eminence (v. 43, cf. Matt. 23:6, 7). This spirit has not departed from the church after a lapse of centuries. It is unchristian, unchristlike. The great one must be the servant of all (Matt. 23:11, 20:28, John 13:14, 15, Phil. 2:5-8). (3) (v. 43), The third "woe" is directed against hypocrisy. To touch a grave was to become unclean, and hence they were whitewashed to give men warning. Many Christians are without beautiful to behold, yet within full of dead men's bones and all manner of uncleanniness. The Three Woes. II. Real vs. Sham Lives (vv. 45-54). The lawyers were the theologians, the expounders of the Mosaic law. Evidently the words of Jesus produced great conviction. The word "reproachest" (v. 45) means "to entreat spitefully," and the probabilities are that he spoke to Jesus as if to rebuke him. Jesus at once pronounces three woes upon him and his class. (1) A "woe" because they laid burdens upon others which they themselves would not even touch with one of their fingers (Matt. 23:4). That is, they added to the law minute and troublesome details, which they declared to be more important than the law itself. (2) (v. 47) A "woe" is pronounced upon them for honoring the dead prophets and at the same time rejecting and persecuting those that were living. To honor dead teachers, to praise the prophets of the past, those whom we cannot endure while living, is a form of hypocrisy which costs but little. It implies that had they lived in the days of their fathers their conduct would have been indifferent, yet they are with the living prophets, following the example of their fathers. God foresaw this (v. 49) and the faithful minister of his word must expect a like treatment (Mk. 10:29, 30). (3) (v. 12) The third "woe" was pronounced against these religious teachers because, possessing the key to knowledge, they neither entered themselves nor would they allow others to enter; "ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter." (Matt. 23:13, Am. Rv). These lawyers, theologians, were professedly interpreters of the law, that law which was the foundation and bulwark of the Jewish nation. In fact, however, they had so obscured and "explained" that law as to leave men in darkness. Supposed to lead men into truth, they were shutting them out of the truth. What a terrible indictment of many of this present ag G EATERS HAVE BAD KIDNEYS AND BACKACHE Take a Glass of Salts at Once if Your Back Is Hurting or Kidneys and Bladder Trouble You. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trouble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the result is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a table-spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure, makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water beverage, and belongs in every home, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any time.—Adv. Out of the Mouths of Babes. "Father," said Robert, "you were awfully good when you were a boy, weren't you?" "What makes you think so, my son?" asked his father. "Why, every time I do anything grandma doesn't like, she always says: I never knew my George to do things like that.' So I thing you must have been good. But, father, you know I can't help but feel sorry for you." "Why so, Robert?" inquired his father. "Because you were so good you must have missed a lot of fun." GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR She Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to Bring Back Color, Gloss, Thickness. Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray; also ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling hair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays, by asking at any store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," you will get a large bottle of this famous old recipe for about 50 cents. Don't stay gray! Try it! No one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy. Adv. Pat's Whereabouts. An English mill manager one day missing one of his workmen who chanced to be an Irishman, searched his yard, but in vain. After some time Pat returned, and, being accused of his absence by the manager, who said he had searched the four corners of the yard for him, Pat replied: "Ah, sir, sure 'twas in the center I was." IN MISERY WITH ECZEMA Franklinton, La.—"About four years ago my face broke out in little red pimples. At first the eczema did not bother, but finally the pimples began itching and burning and then there came little raised places. I suffered untold misery. I scratched them until they bled and I could not sleep at night. I was ashamed of my face and I could not bear to touch it. "I tried different remedies without result until I tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment and in six weeks they completely cured my face. That was nine months ago, and no sign has appeared since." (Signed) Mrs. Leola Stennett, Dec. 14. 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."—Adv. Many a man has grasped an opportunity that was too hot for him to handle. You’ll wake up with a good taste in your mouth if you chew this after every meal. The refreshing digestion aiding mint leaf juice does it. WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT PEPSIN GUM THE FLAVOR LASTS CHICAGO This clean, pure, healthful gum purifies your mouth — sweetens your breath. It’s a pleasant, inexpensive, beneficial pastime. It brightens teeth besides. BUY IT BY THE BOX at most dealers for 85 cents Each box contains twenty 5 cent packages Chew it after every meal It stays fresh until used 6 TULSA. OKLA. STAR You'll a good mouth if you chew t every meal. The refresh digestion aid mint leaf ju does it. This clean, pure, healthful gum purifies your n sweetens your a pleasant, inexp pastime. It br BUY IT Each twen Chew it It st A prominent society matron, apropos of an international marriage that had ended badly, said: "This scoundrelly foreigner ought to have been treated at the start as old Jobsa Golde treated the Vicomte l'Oignon. "The Vicomte l'Oignon, presenting himself at Golde's cream-colored palace in Fifth avenue, demanded the hand of Miss Lotta. "Old Gobsa Golde shook his head and pursed his lips. Then, with a kindly smile, drawing out his wallet, he said: "Oh, no; I can't give you my daughter. That is asking too much. Here, however, are half a dozen soup tickets." "There's one thing about these new styles." "Shoot." "The women have stopped complaining that they haven't much to wear." Philadelphia has established a new city bureau to care for transportation matters and projects. Never apologize for having been born. It wasn't your fault. Lurks In or weak, use RENOVINE." Made by Van The Next Thing. "Appearances are against you." "Then tell me quickly what it is that fronts me." Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the easiest to use. Adv. Vigo, Spain, has 43,000 inhabitants, who depend largely on fisheries. Is Equally Valuable as a General Strengthening Tonic, Because it Acts on the Liver, Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds Up the Whole System. You know what you are taking when you take Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic, as the formula is printed on every label, showing that it contains the well-known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It has no equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Weakness, General Debility and Loss of Appetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing Mothers and Pale, Sickly Children. A True Tonic and Sure Appetizer. For grown people and children. Guaranteed by your Druggist. We mean it. 500. K. and L. of H. Of T World. Grand Officers Directory Grand Protector—Dr. W. B Tumphrey, Box 667, Sapulpa Okla. Grand Past Protector—W. M. Nry, Box 101, Ft. Gibson, Okla. Grand Vice Protector—W W. Nxey, Okmulgee, Okla. Grand Secretary—Rev. W. H. chanan, Wagoner, Okla. Grand Treasurer—Mrs. M. M. Tumphrey, Box 667, Sapulpa. Grand Chaplain—C. W. Henry. IS N. Greenwood, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Guide—Mrs. Chanie Smith, Wagoner, Okla. Grand Guardian—Mrs. Alice Smith 554 So. Main St., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Grand Sentinel—J. W. Griffith, Box 126, Depew, Okla. Grand Sec. Treas. of Endowment—H. T. Hutton, Box 478, Sapulpa, Okla. Grand Medical Register—Dr. G. W. Haynes, Box 251, Wagoner, Okla. Grand Matron—Mrs. H. Williams, 310 N. frankfort, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Lecturer—Rev. T W. Kidd, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Trustees—Rev. A. Turner, Box 531, Okmulgee; Rev. E. D. Williams, Sapulpa, and Mrs. F. P. Alexander, Wagoner. Grand Attorney—Freeman L. Martin, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Auditing Committee—S. T. Wiggins, Chairman, Wagoner W. I. Nall, Sapulpa, and A. J. Smitherman, Tulsa, Okla. Every lodge in the state will be expected to send in their reports for publication in the Star at least once a month. Such reports should reach this office not later than Wednesday of each week. The above directory is to keep each lodge member posted as to the Grand officers and should any member of any lodge desire to communicate with any Grand officer this directory will give the desired information. Send all communications to The Tulsa Star, Tulsa, Okla. The Lyric Dancing Hall In Crown Garden Theatre Building will open Saturday Jan. 1st. Introducing all of the latest Dances. Dancing Lessons on TUESDAY THUESDAY AND FRIDAY afternoons. Regular dance nights on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. Refreshments of all kinds served in the building. Good order by special police. New Dancing Teacher. Music by John W. Allen's Five Piece Orchestra. JOHN W. ALLEN, MGR. What is a Vule? A former customs ruling relates to that the animal, the mule An American contractor took some mules into Mexico for use upon some construction work there, and upon the completion of the contract brought the mules back to Texas. The customs officials insisted upon his paying duty, but the contractor claimed tree entry for the mules as "articles of American growth returned without being advanced in value." The officials declared, however, that the board of appraisers has sustained them, that mules are not "articles." What then, are they? If they are persons, they are certainly entitled to come back home. Since the decision that a hen is not a bird, the customs service has got its natural history fearfully and wonderfully mixed READ THE TULSA STAR FOR THE TULSA NEWS READ THE TULSA STAR FOR THE TULSA NEWS NOTICE Stop selling your land to go to Africa and let the Texas "Cheap Money Man" get you money on it at 6 per cent on 7 years time. He is in the city now and ready to lend you money in any amount. Baptist Holds Celebration The closing features of the week's festivities of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, marking the first anniversary of Rev. Frank K. White's pastorship there, will long be remembered by those who witnessed the celebration. So far as known this was the first celebration of its kind to take place in Tulsa and too much praise cannot be given those who planned and executed the week's program, which ended Monday night with a banquet in honor of the pastor. Many good papers were read during the week, all of them be speaking praise and commendation for Rev. White. Mrs. White sat throughout the exercises with a smile of justifiable pride playing about her face. Tuesday night Rev. J. F. Kersh pastor of the First Baptist Church, started a week's program at his church celebrating the first anniversary of his pastorship there. An extensive program has been arranged and promises to be a favorable offset to the week's program just closed at the Mt Zion Baptist Church. The program in full appeared in last week's issue of the Star. Chas. Calvert Dead Chas, Calvert, a barber of this city, who lived at 20 N. Detroit died at his home Tuesday after noon with heart trouble. He leaves a wife and two children. The corpse was shipped to Marlin Tex., for burial. Okmulgee News Arrived too late for publication Bank Able to Satisfy Its Depositors The thousand and odd depositors of the Peoples Bank and Trust company were turning in their check books quietly and with no particular anxiety Monday, though it may be 10 or 15 days before any of ahem are paid off. Examiner McBride is cheeking each account as the books are paid in, and reports the process a slow one owing to many small discrepancies Glover, the Negro cashier, and Bell, the president, are assisting in some of the work. That the failure of the bank by no means demonstrates the inferior financial ability of the Negro race is the opinion of Mr. McBride. Under its present management, he says, the bank has done a great deal to rehabilitate itself The bad paper that wiped out its capital stock and cut so deeply into its deposits that only an outside mortgage of $4e,000 of real estate makes it look safe for the guaranty fund, was collected entirely by the management that was out in June, 1913---The Phoenix. "Where 'd you get the news ?" "I saw it in the STAR, of course." WELDY BROS. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh and Cured Meats and Lard Buy and Sell Cattle, Hogs, Veal and All Kinds of Live Stock. We do our own killing. 21 E. 1ST ST. PHONE 1158 TULSA, OKLA. OVER-COATS 400 of the best from $4.85 to $10 100 Dress Coats, $1.00 to $3.75 00 Suits, from $4.00 to $10.00 Select Your Overcoat NOW Let Us Lay It Away For You Main Near First Street TULSA, C. O. WINTERRINGER NURSE RE MOWBRAY UNDE Photo . 329 86 9H BRINGER NURSE REGISTER GUY W VBRAY UNDERTAKING C. O. WINTERRINGER NURSE REGISTER GUY W. McCULLEC MOWBRAY UNDERTAKING CO. 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VISIT US Phone 817 N. E. PYRTLE, Proprietor YES! YES! YES! YES! You will find the Blue Front Grocery At 212 E. 2nd. St. Now ready for b : ALL NEW AND UP-TO-DATE W. A. Weir is glad to meet his old customers the many new ones. PHONE 1751 212 E. 2nd. S Will find the Blue Front Grocery E. 2nd. St. Now ready for bu : ALL NEW AND UP-TO-DATE Weir is glad to meet his old customers and new ones. ONE 1751 — 212 E. 2nd. St Paul Billiard Par act place for all the choice br s, Tobaccos, Cold Drinks and Amusemen's. You are welco You will find the Blue Front Grocery Store At 212 E. 2nd. St. Now ready for business W. A. Weir is glad to meet his old customers as well as the many new ones. PHONE 1751 212 E. 2nd. Street. St. Paul Bill A select place for all t Cigars, Tobaccos. Col time Amusemen*s. Y St. Paul Billiard Parlor A select place for all the choice brands of Cigars, Tobaccos, Cold Drinks and Pasttime Amusemen's. You are welcome. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 21 N. Cincinnati Street I'm Bound Theatre To It Will Be A.1 New! Cincinnati Street BULLY SMITH, I'm Bound For the P Theatre To-night! I Be A.I New! Lots of Fu 21 N. Cincinnati Street BULLY SMITH, Proprietor I'm Bound For the Peoples Theatre To-night! It Will Be All New! Lots of Fun! TULSA. PHOTO . 329 86 ДН Phone 4085 ```markdown ``` BENNETT ANDERSON RISTER GUY W. McCULLOCH ERTAKING CO. Phone 329 86 9N TULSA, OKLA- ning Parlors methods. Ladies' work and all your cleaning. e. Come in and see our line. e. We have every fabric even- n and make every style at patterns to select from. N. E. PYRTLE, Proprietor Front Grocery Store ready for business UP-TO-DATE is old customers as well as the 212 E. 2nd. Street. Hard Parlor the choice brands of Drinks and Past- ou are welcome. ULLY SMITH, Proprietor For the Peoples night! Lots of Fun! OKLAHOMA Phone 329 86 9X Hottentot Will Kill That Pain! Fo- Sale by The Tulsa Drug Stores. C. DEARMAN, Scientist. Manifacturar and Wholesale Dis ibertor. Poro Hair Parlor A young man's glory is his Strength! An old man's glory is his gray hair! A Woman's glory is in her youth and hair A Woman without hair is a woman without glory. Madam Swann Will put life and vigor into the most stubborn hair and give it a luxuriant, brilliant growth. we use the PORO SYSTEM Res. 509 N. Greenwood St. TULSA OKLA H. R. LOLIS. DEALER IN.... STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. FRESH AND CURED MEATS. ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD. GIVE HIM A CALL 508 N. Frankford St. Gas, Coal & Wood Ranges and Heaters $1 DOWN, & $1 A WEEK Will take your Old Stoves and 2nd Hand Furniture at a Reasonable Price. THE TULSA STOVE CO. 20 West 2nd St. Phone 2374 MONEY TO LOAN - On Household Goods, Watches, Diamonds, Live Stock, Real Estate, Chattels etc. Room 406 Bliss Bldg. Phone 438 Dr. A. C. Jackson Physician & Surgeon Corner Archer and Greenwood BRALEY'S New & Second Hand Furniture Store ALSO NEW and 2ND HAND STOVES. WILL SELL YOU at a LOW PRICE. Come and see.... 206 East First St. Calveri's Barber Shop 107 N. GREENOOD STREET TULSA, OKLAHOMA Strictly First-class in every respect. Shaving and Haircutting in every Style. Massages and Sea Foam. Call and see me. H. C. CALVERT, Prop. NOTICE! The public will please take notice that Wm. McClain is no longer connected with this paper in any capacity, whatever. This step is taken for purely business reasons. A. J. SMITHERMAN, Editor and Pub. MOTHER! LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE If cross, feverish, constipated give "California Syrup of Figs" A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, or your child is listless, cross, feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's alliment, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs" then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thorough "inside cleansing" is oftimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. His Finances. "Say, Jack lend me an X." "That's an unknown quantity with me, dear boy." Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAKELIVE BROMO QUININE. Lend me the signature of E. W. GROVE. Cure a Cand in One Day, Cure Gum in Two Days. Mt. Love does not always want for poverty to enter the door before it closes out of the window. Liquid home in a wena room. Avoid M. Buy Red Cone Ball Bone, the latter than a all time, adix. Little Brook. Ark., cottages the other day caught a wandering alligator in a street near this house. THIS WOMAN'S SICKNESS Quickly Yielded To Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Baltimore, Md. - "I am more than glad to tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's - "I am more than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for me. I suffered dreadful pains and was very irregular. I became alarmed and sent for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I took it regularly until I was without a cramp or pain and felt like another person and Vegetable Compound did for me. I suffered dreamful pains and was very irregular. I became alarmed and sent for Lynda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I took it regularly until I was without a cramp or pain and felt like another person, and it has now been six months since I took any medicine at all. I hope my little note will assist you in helping other women. I now feel perfectly well and in the best of health." — Mrs. August W. KOONNER, 1682 Hollins Street, Baltimore, Md. Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful drugs, and to-day holds the record of being the most successful remedy for female illis we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimonials on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass., seem to prove this fact. For thirty years it has been the standard remedy for female illis, and has restored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. Be Vigorous and Ambitious Drive the poisonous waste from your clogged bowels, and start your liver to working perfectly with gentle, blissful HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS. They purify the blood, put an edge on the appetite and pot rigor and ambition into people who lack energy. Take them, and headache, nervousness, sleeplessness and dislaziness will vanish. They are simply fine, especially for women and elderly people. Cut out colonel and other makeshifts. Take little chocolate coated HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS for a week, and notice the completion clean up and pimple vanish. All strung up, 25 cents. Free sample from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Hot Springs, Ark. THE AMERICAN HOME WILLIAM A. RADFORD EDITOR 5945x Mr. William A. Eastford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the benefit of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Edison, Arthur and Manufacturer he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all uncertainties to William A. Eastford, No. 837 Prudential avenue, Chicago, IL, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The biggest thing in any man's life is his home. It is the inspiration and the center of all his amusement, of all his hope for success. Without a home, a man is a ship at sea without a budder. A home gives a man a reason for living. Every man craves it. every man needs it. And in these days it is possible for anyone who is paying rent right along, to save for himself the handicrafts' profit, and own his own home. There are many handicrafts that are not only making a living, but growing wealthy, by borrowing money, building houses with it, and renting them to people who, if they realised it, could, with little effort, just as well build or buy homes for themselves. One hundred dollars saved up and paid down will be accepted as first payment on a moderate cost home in almost any town or city in the United States, and will start you on the road to ownership. The rest always comes easier, for there is now a constant incentive to added effort and thrift. Of course, there should be reason in this as in other things. One should not buy too expensive a phone, any more than he should attempt to "show off" by buying too elaborate and ex- 3045x pensive clothing. The more expensive home will come later if you first "make good" by adjusting your demands to your abilities, and exercising patience. In the meantime, remember that you are saving the landlord's profit. You are also reaping the "unearned increment" of increased valuation on your property, and it is a fact that in any live, growing city or town the appreciation in value of property will more than offset depreciation and cost of upkeep on the improvements there- PORCH KITCHEN 10'X10'' BATH 10'X10'' BED RM 10'X10'' CL CL CL DINING ROOM 10'X10'' BED RM 10'X10'' BED RM 10'X10'' LIVING ROOM 10'X10'' WEST CL PORCH 10'X10'' Floor Plan. on. Then, again, there is the great satisfaction and pride of being under your own roof which cannot be sold over your head, and the delight of being able to "potter around" and fit things up according to your own fancy, knowing all the while that everything added in the way of convenience or improvement is so much added in dollars and cents to the value of the property. That this is no dream is strikingly demonstrated by the prevailing popularity of the cozy cottage type of dwell. TULSA. OKLA. STAR AN HOME FORD EDITOR ing commonly designated as the "bungalow"—a word of East Indian origin—and the extent to which buildings of this class are being multiplied all over the country. This type of house—built either wholly one-story or with a few rooms directly under the road in what would otherwise be the attic—is such as to bend itself to a great variety of treatment and arrangement, these features, however, being governed altogether by the individual tastes and requirements of the prospective occupants. A very attractive, cozy and well-arranged six-room cottage home of the type referred to is illustrated in the half-dome perspective view herewith and the accompanying floor-plan. The width of the house is 31 feet; its length 47 feet. The basement extends under the entire house, and there is an entry. The rooms are all well lighted, the three bedrooms, each of which has capacious closet of its own, are arranged along one side of the house, the other side being devoted to the walking activities of domestic life. The front porch is sufficiently large to provide a shaded outdoor gathering place for the family in the fine weather. The front door opens into a vestibule, from which through a door at the left, we enter the cheery living room with its large bay window at the front end. Four small casement windows also admit light over the library bookcase or other furnishings that may be ranged along the side of the room. The living room opens directly into the dining room through an opening flanked by two columns. At one end of the dining the bro the on pla alv gr aft un are co be ran yan be dr on bir ten room, another bay window admits ample sunshine, and enlarges the view to be had from the inside; at the other end, doors open into the front and middle bedrooms. Connection between dining room and kitchen is through the pantry, which is lighted by a window and provided with a shelved cupboard or buffet for china, glassware, etc. A small hallway leads directly from the dining room to the bathroom on the middle line of the house, at the rear. This hallway has a linen closet, and opens on the right into the rear bed- room, and the left into the kitchen. A rear porch off the kitchen gives access to and from the back yard. The cost of building such a house as this would range in different localities from $230 to $550. Storks Killed by Civilization German country folk and villagers are concerned over the increasing number of deserted stork nests, which can only mean that the birds are dying out, since the stork always returns to its last year's nest. The name assigned has to do with the progress of German agriculture. The stork feeds on frogs and other animals that live in bogs and meadows. German farmers have been industriously draining the bogs and meadows; the supply of frogs is running short, and the storks are not finding enough food. Close observers report that they have begun to eat young rabbits and even to rob the nests of smaller birds. Some report cases where old storks, driven to despair through lack of food, have killed their young and abandoned their nests. In other cases the young are so poorly nourished that they are unable when the autumn comes, to make the long flight to Africa, and their emaciated bodies are found on the fields. Seemed What She Wanted "I see this medicine is good for man and beast." "Yes," said the druggist. "Gimme a bottle. I believe that's the right combination to help my husband."—Kansas City Journal. POULTRY Dry, Comfortable Houses Should Be Provided and an Abundance of Green Is Necessary. Changes in management of poultry can not be made during the course of the breeding and hatching season without seriously interfering with the results. Any new methods of management, feeding, etc. which one wishes to use, must be inaugurated at the beginning of the season and adhered to throughout. The bringing of the chickens in from the range upon which they have grown from little chicks, into the laying home, is apt to be a very violent and abrupt transition. An authority Green Food Growers. upon the raising of poultry profitably, has the following to say on the subject. "It has seemed in studying the birds in the fall of the year that the change from the range to the laying house, was an important one in the life of the bird, and that the results during the subsequent winter with reference to egg production depended much upon the way this transition was made. It seemed advisable both on general grounds and from observation of the birds themselves to make this change as gradual as possible. With this idea in mind the pullets have been brought into the houses from the range much earlier during the past few years than was the custom before—and the results have been excellent. When the pullets are first brought in it is not advisable to shut them up entirely in the houses at once. On the contrary, our work is planned in such a way that there is always a freshly-seeded yard full of green grass for the birds to run in after they are brought into the house until cold weather sets in. The fowls are brought from free range into a condition of restricted range, but with better pasturage on the restricted range than on the free range. The yards are freshly seeded and have not been trampled down or burned or dried out by the sun, as is the grass on the open range from which the birds are taken. In this way the attempt is made to have the transition from the range conditions to house conditions as gradual as possible. After about two months of restricted range, the birds are finally shut up in a curtain front house for the winter. The feed of all adult birds, whether pullets or not, consists of two essential parts: (a) The whole or cracked grains scattered in the litter, and (b), the mixture of dry ground grains generally known as a dry mash. In addition to the grains and dry mash, oyster shell, dry cracked bone, grit and charcoal are kept in slatted troughs, and are accessible at all times. Plenty of clean water is furnished. About five pounds of clover hay cut into one-half inch lengths is fed dry daily to each 100 birds in winter. A. Empty Flat; B. Oats Started to Sprout; C. Oats Well Sprouted. Sprout; C, Oats Well Sprouted. When the wheat, oats, and cracked corn are given, the birds are always ready and anxious for them, and they scratch in the litter for the last kernel before going to the trough where an abundance of feed is in store. The hens like the broken and whole grains better than the mixture of the fine, dry materials. Yet they help themselves to it, a mouthful or two at a time, whenever they seem to need it. There is a general unanimity of opinion among poultrymen that the fowls do best when some form of green or succulent food is given them during the winter months. In fact, it is an absolute necessity, if best results are to be obtained. The function of green food is largely in the nature of a digestive stimulant. Green sprouted oats have been widely used in recent years as a green food for poultry and it is a most excellent thing. 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Genuine must bear Signature Brenkwood Site of Minnesota City Will Be Moved So That Riches Underneath May Be Mined. One billion dollars of value is concentrated within the six miles square of a single township in the Minnesota iron region. Stuntz township, containing the cities of Hibbing and Chisholm, is an almost continuous mass of high-grade ore, about five hundred feet in depth. The value of the score of big properties—including the two greatest iron-ore producers in the world—is not less than one billion dollars. But Hibbing, sitting on a mine, is not happy. It has to move. The property was acquired subject to mineral rights (says the World's Work). The mining pits, opened by steam shovels from one to five miles in three directions and converging at the city limits, show that the city's 10,000 inhabitants dwell on a great bank of solid ore. The fee and lease-holders express a desire to be liberal and to pay generous damages to property-owners; but the city must change its base. 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The appearance of Jim Crowism in the national offices at Washington, now thrown into higher relief by the president's strange reluctance to attack it, is only one expression of the tendency to isolate and hold the negro down. Recently Mr. Hyde has described the harsh and demoralizing conditions with which the most worthy class of negroes has to cope in Chicago. There is now appearing in the south a new segregation proposal, namely, that when more than a half of the acreage of a section is owned by one race, the voters of the section may exclude ownership by members of another race. In other words, says Doctor Du Bois, here is the policy of race segregation which has resulted in the degradation and destruction of the Indians. The reminder is sharp-edged. Our mistreatment of the Indians has been admitted to be a blot on the nation's 'scutcheon. Are we to drift into an evil even greater? As Doctor Du Bois says, a quarter century ago the solution of the negro problem was formulated thus: "Take the negro out of politics. Train him for work, especially for farm work." The negro has been taken out of politics by various devices of disfranchisement which in effect annul the thirteenth amendment. The process of constitutional repeal has been accepted complaisantly by a generation preoccupied with its own material achievements and political and social problems. The results of this twofold policy, according to Doctor Du Bois and other observers are "that the negro schools have been neglected; that a large proportion of the negro children are not in school, and that there has been quiet but determined opposition to the success of the higher schools for negroes, while in the industrial and agricultural field the negro has had to contend against tremendous odds." It should be said in supplement to this, that in the south white schools also have been neglected; that the south has been very poor and economically retarded, and that in many districts the poor whites are worse off than the negroes. Yet, after all factors are brought within view, the human paradox appears that wherever the negro, in spite of the staggering handicaps under which he moves, has forced himself upward he thereby places himself in competition with white men and immediately becomes the object of their opposition. What is really wanted of him is humble, useful labor. Freedom in name he is to enjoy, but not the freedom a free soul demands, the freedom to move forward, to enjoy "the blessings of liberty," freedom in the "pursuit of happiness." We shall not solve the negro problem on any such basis. The wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, who said "this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" is wisdom today. Our policy toward the negro most certainly and most profoundly will react upon ourselves. That is a consideration which gives to the movement for the advancement of colored people the force of enlightened self-interest.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Fifty-seven years of continuous service as a weaver is the remarkable record of a woman employed in a cotton mill in Saco, Me. The National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, of which Oswald Garrison Villard, president of the New York Evening Post company, is one of the prime movers, was characterized as dangerous and misleading, and one of its Washington agents charged with fraud in a meeting of colored people in the Metropolitan church in M street, Washington. A resolution was adopted inquiring the number of school teachers and government employees who are giving their aid to the association, the manner of expenditure of money publicly collected for "the advancement of the colored people," the necessity for the existence of such an organization in the district, and whether the organization is incorporated according to the laws of the district. The largest electrical egg hatching plant in the world is in England, having an average output of 8,000 chickens a week. TULSA. OKLA.. STAR An earnest plea for the betterment of the rural colored schools of the south was made by James H. Dillard, president and director, at the annual meeting of the board of the Negro Rural school fund of the Anna T. Jeanes foundation, which was held at New York a few days ago. "The city, town and village schoolhouses for the colored children are often fairly good," says Mr. Dillard, "but in the open country, where we profess to wish the people to remain, and where we profess to wish to train these country children to better country living, anything better than a disgraceful shack is rarely found for the schoolhouse." The Jeanes foundation, established five years ago, and with the active and financial co-operation of the various counties of the southern states, and that of the Phelps-Stokes fund, is carrying on an educational campaign among the rural negro population of the south. The scope of the work is so large that though more than $38,000 has been spent for teachers' salaries alone, the officers and executive committee find themselves badly handicapped for funds with which to properly extend the work of the foundation. Only $1,195 was available for repairs and equipment of schoolhouses. So great has been the increase in the number of schools, that it has been found advisable to organize a corps of supervising teachers and state supervisors. The problem of meeting the traveling expenses of these workers is by no means an easy one. In many cases they are dependent upon private contributions from patrons of the schools, where the counties have made no appropriations for the purpose. Mr. Dillard is optimistic regarding the future of the work, and feels that in spite of many handicaps, a constantly increasing appreciation and spirit of co-operation is being manifested by school officials, both state and county. More than 300 members of the congregation of St. Francis Xavier's Catholic church at Baltimore, Md., sat at a banquet in the lecture hall of the church, the occasion being the continuation of the golden jubilee celebration of the church, which was opened by Cardinal Gibbons on Sunday. The congregation of St. Francis Xavier's church is a colored one and around the table were many of the most prominent people of the colored community. Councilman Harry S. Cummings said in part: "We are all citizens of a great government to which we owe all the loyalty and patriotism which we can command. We owe respect and obedience to the law of the land and devotion to everything which makes for the prosperity of our common country. And as our president, whoever he may be in person, is the head of the government, we owe respect and loyalty to him as citizens. We, in return for this loyalty and patriotism, are entitled to receive and enjoy to its fullest extent every right granted to us under the law. And as there should be no difference in degree in our patriotism, so also should there be no difference or discrimination in according to all citizens their rights. Let us hope that our president, with all the power at his command, may see to it that all citizens may be accorded the full measure of their rights, so that each and every one of us may vie with each other in his love and devotion for our flag and our country." A cork sunk 200 feet deep in the ocean will not rise again to the surface, owing to the great pressure of the water. At any less distance, however, it will gradually work its way back to light. Booker T. Washington finds that "Virginia is setting a great example for the rest of the south in the matter of showing how the white and colored people may co-operate for general improvement. I find," Doctor Washington adds, "that not only have the efforts of the Negro Organization society received the hearty support of the white people of the state, but that other special lines of endeavor have likewise received their most cordial support. "This is particularly true in the matter of education. Virginia was the first state to have a state supervisor of rural colored schools, and by so doing set an example for the rest of the south. The work of Jackson Davis in improving the negro schools of Virginia is an indication of how the best white people of the south are ready to give their time and talent for the betterment of conditions among negroes." EAGLE LOAN CO. CORNER FIRST AND BOSTON We Make Loans on Anything of Value. Lowest Rate of Interest Fire Proof Vault Strictly Confidential Oklahoma Auction Furniture Company Highest Prices Paid for New and Second Hand Furniture of All Kinds. The Cheapest Place to Buy New and Second Hand Household Goods. 86. 301 N. GREAT History of the Ministerial Allied TULSA, OKLAHOMA Netherland, Pres., Res. 806 E. Archer. Phon- Kersh, Vice-Pres., Res. East Archer and Jack- Griffin, Treasurer, Res. 307 North Frankfor- Jones, Chaplain, Res. 509 N. Greenwood Ave. White, Critic of Outlines, Res. 313 Exter. Jenson, Secretary, Res. 305 N. Greenwood. 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AUGUSTUS GUESS ORGET have that print- we are in the bus- our purpose to money for you. ant and do our not EVERYTHING save you money. OR NO PAY Printing Co. at, 501 North Greenwood T'JLSA, OKLAHOMA Grocery of Groceries and Market We give Special Attention to Us when you Order again. , Proprietor 321 N. GREENWOOD ST. Tulsa, Oklahoma TULSA, OKLA Phone 3337 A. J. SMITHERMAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER H. R. GRAHAM Associate Editor Mrs. O. B. Smitherman Society Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.00 Six Month .60 Three Month .35 The Negroes of Oklahoma should send a committee to wait upon the Governor and demand the protection of the law. The Republican convention here this week was largely attended and a number of the delegates and alternates were colored men. The meeting of the State League here next month will be a big thing. The citizens of Tulsa, the colored citizens, will entertain the body. Candidates for the municipal plums are busy "announcing." Meanwhile the common fellows are trying to decide who is really the best man. Have you ever stopped to think what a stupendous task it is to try to please everybody? He who undertakes this task is sure to come to some disastrous end. The Negroes of Tulsa are sleeping on their rights. What a splendid place Tulsa would be if we would forget personalities and boost for our common good. It is reported by the press that a Negro, Joseph Ricks, was elected borough auditor at Coatesville, Pa., the town of the horrible lynching of a Negro a year or so ago. This paper stands for the best interest of all the people of this community. This has always been our aim, and we do not propose to deviate from our well-established course. February 8, Founder's Day, was celebrated at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. This institution was founded in 1868 by Gen S. C. Armstrong, a noted philanthropist and liberty-loving man of his day and time. The first annual address of Rev. F. K. White as pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church is a gem worthy the attention of every thinking man. The address in full appears in this issue of the State. We cheerfully commend it to our readers. Daniel Taylor, a Negro, was elected to Congress from a Texas district some years ago, but on his arrival at the capitol, coming in contact with his white colleagues, he was "talked out" of presenting his credentials and was given a job as janitor. He held this place for several years, dying the other day at the age of 68 years. The government of Haiti is again undergoing another internal revolution, with Gen. Zamor apparently in the ascendency. So far all the presidential aspirants have accorded allegiance to him with the possible exception of Former Senator Davilmar Theodore, who, since his defeat at the hands of Gen. Zamor, has proclaimed himself at the head of a provisional government in Cape Haitian. The local Business Men's League, headed by Prof. J. W. Hughes, is making a big headway in the preparations for entertaining the State League on the 26th. Every Negro business man in Tulsa should lend a helping hand in this movement. Tulsa is the best place in the state today for Negro enterprises and it is up to the business men of this city to make a commendable showing when the state organization meets here. The Negro Farmer, published at Tuskegee Institute, comes to our table this week with naught else but "farm knowledge and field wisdom." It is to be devoted strictly to information and current ways and methods on latter day farming and its accessories. The contributors will be men and women of practical experience and tested knowledge of the farm and field. If the present issue is a fair example of its future editions its readers will be greatly enlightened and benefited from its columns. We welcome the Negro Farmer to our fold, and bespeak for it a generous support and a profitable career. Our people in Tulsa should take steps to celebrate the birthday of Lincoln February 12, and thus commemorate the memory of the Great Emancipator. Who will lead off? We remind you also that the birthday of Old Man Eloquent—Fred Douglass—occurs in this month, and his birthday, too, should be appropriately commemorated. We should annually remind our children of the services this great Negro rendered the race in the terrible days of slavery and servitude. His life and services to the race, and the perils he underwent for the freedom of his people, should make his memory ever near and dear to every American Negro women and children. The Oklahoman, in discussing the very manly and humane pleas of Gov. Cruce defending his commutation policy, takes a commendable stand and emphatically denounces mob violence and lynching of Negroes in particular. We clip the following paragraphs of the Oklahoman editorial: "These figures disclose the real animus of the criticism. We have an element with whom negrophobia is a chronic disease. According to their distorted vision, it is no crime to kill a negro, either by execution or lynching, while, as the record discloses, white men are practically above the law. "The critics of the governor's policy will have to extend their investigations. The facts and figures so far developed fail of showing that lynchings are more numerous under this policy than prior to its inauguration or that the trouble following from it is anything more serious than a bad case of negrophobia. TULSA. OKLA.. STAR Christ Had Negro Blood A Message to the Race. In this day and time, much is being said and done by the learned, the unlearned, the teacher, the professor and the statesman, trying to impress the world with the fact that the Negro isn't anything, never has been anything and never can be anything. That there never was anything of note connected with his history. They are even going so far as to deny his being fit to associate with other races. They speak of him as though he had always been dishonest in the estimation of man and in the estimation of God, yet the Negro has been one of the most honored of all races, if we are to believe the Bible. Shem was the progenitor of the partiarchs, prophets and the Jews and also of Christ, and on these accounts, the renown of the house of Shem has been great in all the earth. Into this renowned family, black women were taken as wives. Abraham, the father of the Jews, married the first one, Gen. 25-1. Moses, the great Hebrew legislator and law giver, married an Ethiopian woman, 12:1. Judah, Simon and Joseph, the sons of Jacob, married black women also, Gen. 42-10. first Chronicle, 2-3, Gen. 41-45. This brings us to the thought that the black and white people have always inter-mixed. I speak of this, not because I favor the inter-mixing, but to show that it is not an unheard thing. There is so much being said in an effort to keep the races apart, in churches and restaurants, hotels and on trains and every where. Some would like to separate heaven and hell if it were possible and some would so far as to say that we will go to neither place, as we have no souls. The scripture has little to say about the color of people in that day, merely speaking of them as being of a certain country, or as the child of a certain man. The hypocrisy of the American people is very obnoxious to other nations on the color line. If the visitors to this country will open his eyes, he may see at least twelve millions of people, who are neither black nor white, all called Negroes. Who is responsible for this? Our white brothers. Two of the apostles were Negroes. The names of these two black men, who taught and preached with the apostles, were Barnabus and Simon, Acts 13-1. Now we will see that Christ had Negro blood in his veins. Now the scriptures teach us that Christ was to come and did come from the tribe of Judah, see Gen. 49-10, Heb. 7-14, Rev. 5-5. This man Judah was the fourth son of Jacob, who was the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. Judah had only five children, and they were males, 1st Co. 2-4, three by his first wife and two by his second, 1st Chr. 2-24, and both his wives were Canaanite women. They were descendants of Canan, a black man and Canan was the son of Ham, Gen., 10-6. Tomar, Judah's second wife, bare his two sons, whose names were Phares and Zarah, 1st Chr. 2-4. The names of Phares appears in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, see Matthew 1st chapter, third verse. So the reader can plainly see that Judah, of whom Christ was to come, starts off, by presenting to the world a child by a Cananite woman, who was a Hamite descendant. So after stating that Judah had no other children, except those by Hamites, (1st Chr. 2, 3, 4.) I will endeavor to say without fear of usccessful contradiction that the statement I made, declaring that Christ had Negro blood in his veins is true. There is much more that I could say to further prove my statement. I get just a little bit tired of hearing so much said and seeing so much written by so-called Christians about the Negro being unfit to ride or walk or eat or drink with the white skinned races. A man's color does not make the man. Christ is no less a Savior because of the fact that he comes from the tribe of Judah and has Negro blood in his veins. Just as he was scorned in his day, so we in our day. Just as he is being honored and loved today, so will we come into our own in a future day. محمد بن محمد REV. W. E. McCREW The Evangelist from Texas. of the A. M. E. Church, who is conducting a great revival at Vernon Chapel, A. M. E. Church, this city. Fifty-three conversions and additions since Sunday morning. Do not fail to hear him. Harlow Continues Sale put on by this store. A host of pretty girls and handsome men (including Mr. Harlow himself) are employed to wait on the shopping public and see that everyone is accorded courteous treatment and the best service possible. All of this is noticeable and appreciated by the thousands who are daily taking advantage of the wonderful opportunities of this sale. One of the biggest sales ever pulled off by any merchant of this city is now going on at the Harlow Brokerage Store on South Main street. The sale began last Friday morning with a record breaking crowd of eager shoppers who had read the slaughtered prices advertised in the papers of this city and on bills which had been circulated for miles around. The Harlow Brokerage Store is doubtless the best known store in the city because it is the most extensively advertised. During this sale it has been necessary to employ fifty additional clerks to handle the crowds which daily flock into the store. Mr. Harlow has just recently purchased an unusually large stock of goods at figures fhich make it possible for him to offer to the public bargains that make the average merchant ponder in amazement and envy. He is a good buyer and of course a good seller. To the residents of the rural district as well as the citizens of Tulsa this sale affords rare opportunities, and one has only to see the great crowd attending this sale to know that it is fully appreciated. Speaking of the sale yesterday Mr. Harlow said: "We are well pleased with the attendance at this sale, but what is more important to us, the public is pleased. We have been a little short of help and could not serve everybody as promptly as we like, but the public has been very patient and considerate so far." The sale will continue a week or ten days more. 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God himself has honored this race as no other race on earth. Let us pause and prove it is so from facts, and not fancies. Of this race God must have Him "Preists" be proud of the leaders of our race. The first priest that is recorded upon earth was a Caananite black man, in the person of Melchizedeck. Let us take history and Bible for our proof. Of course no one knows when he was born, nor when he died, because there were no record kept of him but that he was a Caananite is pretty certain. First, because he had a Caananitish name, secondly, he lived in old Caanan, a land of black people and at that time there were no white people living in old Caanan, excepting Abraham and his family that history gives any account of. For further proof of that Melchesideck was a Caananite see the Bible hand book by Joseph August, D. D., a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, page 152. Melchizedeck was a king of Salem also priest of the most high God, in which capacity he blessed Abraham Gen. 14:17-20 v-Melchizedeck was a royal priest by the appointment of God, thus he was a type of Jesus Christ, who is a priest forever after the order of Melchizeck and not after the order of Aaron. Please read Heb. 7th chapter; Melchizedick was a friend of Abraham and of a rank elevated above him. There had been men who offered sacrifices in their fam ilies, but there had been no divinely appointed priest before Melchizedick, the Caananite that we can find on record anywhere. Here Ham was honored not by men but by the Lord God Himself. The Lord God has taught that the Hamilee race was fit for more than hewers of wood and drawers of water. Some of them have and always will hold some exalted positions than that, and no prejudice of persecutions will keep them from it for some of us are bound to get there for God said we would Ps. 6831. The Pulpit Must Champion the Negro Race And today I stand here to do so if only my race will stand by me I will give my life for my race if you only assist me in the struggle, I appeal to you as my race to stand together and help him who you see is doing a laudable cause good, regardless of what church you belong. For no race is stronger than its weakest member nor is a chain stronger than its weakest link. Lee there be a coming to gether of this race in business in social and religious lines of progress. If you leave your own race to wom and what race shall you go? The white man of the country hates his brother in black, just because God seen fit to make him black. The only excuse they can give for their inhuman treatment is his color, and in their maltreatment of him is because of color. They have condemned God who made the color and they punish the Negro for having the color, as for they, the white people have made it the cause of their actions upon all occasions everywhere and at all times. There is a disposition in this country for the white man to undervalue all that the Negro has done before the war and afterwards. They under value all the Negro has done to increase the wealth of the nation. It all counts for nothing in his sig. t. He bore the white man's burden for 247 years, but it is not remembered. He cleared the forest for the white man, drove out the great beast, built houses, barns and churches and school houses for his white brother, bont you think it is time for him to build homes, school houses and churches now for himself? He made the bread and built colleges and paid for the education of the white man. All this has merited him nothing but the worst name and meanest treatment that hell itself could devise has been poured upon the Negro without being mixed with the least degree of mercy. The black man has fought in all the wars that the nation has had, and he did his part well. He has allowed his blood to be poured out like water upon the ground in defense of this government, only to be denied the most common rights of a man. This government for which they fought, bled and died now refuses absolutely to protect them in the exercise of their rights. I do not believe that there is another nation on earth that is so ungrateful. They have appealed to the government again and again, but it his absolutely refuse to grant them any protection—either to men, women or children, or even to their property, and thus thousands upon thousands of us have been murdered by the white men of this country because they were powerless to help themselves—because God made us black. Again I will say, our people is undefended by the government under which we live, and yet we have been loyal to this government even in the time of war as well as in time of peace. The race has to rise and work through INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZER OPPOSITION. Weil, he works against individual opposition because when the white man advertises for help in his place of business, and if a Negro applies for the place or position he is refused and cannot get the position as clerk, bookkeeper or salesman regardless of his qualifications. He is refused on his color, for he is a black man. It is only one white man in a thousand will give him such a place, yet the black man spends most or all of his money with the white man, and does not take it away out of the country as the foreigner does who comes to this country, makes his money and sends it away to other countries. Still, they have better accommodations and are given better chances than the Negroes who were born and raised here. The half that the black man suffers in this country has never been told. The white pulps in this country could and should be a great potent factor in seeing that better treatment is given to the AFRO-AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY. But instead of crying out against the unlawful treatment of the Colocene people, why they are locked up and silenced in the behalf of the defenseless race. No, not one in a thousand will speak out in our defense. They preach against Spain's treatment to the Cubans, which was not half as bad as the treatment that the Negroes receive here in the United States. They preach against every sin excepting the sins of the American white people against the black people. I am not trying to make it appear that the Negroes are perfect saints. They have their tramps and criminals just the same as other people, but no more than other people. In many parts of this country when one of them is accused of a crime he is not allowed a chance to prove whether he is guilty or innocent, but a jury filled with prejudice from the beginning is filled out, and he is hurried off to prison or a bon-fire of him while he is alive without the lease proof of his being guilty. Only the murderers come back from the burying and say that the Negro confessed the crime and that's the last of it. You listen on Sunday to hear the preacher speak against it. You will hear of Caesar, Cleiero, Napoleon, etc., but little about Jesus and nothing about the crime committed against the black man. Therefore I feel justified in saying that the religion of the American white man is wrong, according to the Bible, which he confesses to be following. 1 Jno. 2:9, Jno. 3:15 verse. Susha a religion has and never will save anybody if the Bible be true. For the religion of Love is the only religion to save. Jacob had a good time at the expense of Easau, but there came a time when he dreaded to meet his brother. I am still hopeful of our race. Justice will not sleep forever. This same Jesus to whom Ham was related in the flesh will remember the Negro and the Lord God is and will be found on the side of right, and right will prevail just as certain as the heavens stand today, and all that is wrong must and will go down. There is no such thing as the separation of sin from punishment, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap, said the Master. And whatsoever a nation soweth is equally true. We stand today and appeal to every humane individual in the civilized world to interest themselves in our behalf of our inhuman treatment in this country to relieve us—a poor, robbed, oppressed, defenseless and undefended people as we. We are a suffering people here, but we will pray on, will hope and trust in Him as the righteous judge of earth who will do right. And if we faint not, but he loyal to law and order, in peace with ourselves, and serve God as we should, for He is the only one we can look to with safety. He will in some unknown way and time interpose and make our defense sure. Then we will better understand the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, with the declaration of Evangelist John, who said God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes, and the welcome voice of the Son of God, saying, "Come ye blessed of My Father, and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Ye have been faithful over a few things below, but I will make you ruler over many." RESPONSE TO ANNUAL ADDRESS OF DR. F. K. WHITE, AT CELEBRATION OF FIRST ANNIVERSARY. BY PRGF. HARRY R. GRAHAM There is something in the habits and character of all men in both public and private life which either attracts or repulses. Some men are by nature attractive and magnetic; others are so by practice and habit. And the same may be said of men who are repulsive and perserse. But the habits and character of all men are largely made up by the willful indulgence of egoism and acquirement. The men who undertake and succeed in imbibing the personal magnetism of habit and character are the men who lead multitudes and draw nations to their cause and support. Some ancient prognostic has asserted that leaders and great men are born and predistined to greatness and leadership. But I most emphatically refute such as a general fact. A Dear Christian Friends: [Continued from Page Five] man may make himself great and notorious by single well-meaning act or deed. The turn of a night or the round of a day may end and can bring a man into prominence and distinction. As in the secular world, so in the religious and church world. Both secular and Biblical history give numerous instances of men coming from the lowly and obscure walks of life and wedging their way into glory, honor and fame. What the world and people want and desire to follow and imitate are the men who inette and idealize great thoughts, high aspirations and new ideals. The heart, the soul and the thought must have food to feed upon and nourishment to sustain. Leadership means action, and action means progress, and this must obtain in church as well as in state. I give these prefacial reflections that you may comprehend the man I have in mind—the forceful, logical and aggressive man of magnetic character and well-trained habit—Rev. Dr. White. His review of the work accomplished, the good seed sown and harvested; the bringing of order and system out of chaos; the instrument of saving souls to Christ; the moralization of all who come under his touch; the concentration of his forces; the development of young people; the lofty and sincere carriage of his daily life; the pure and wholesome examples he gets before the public; the unattarnished record of his devout Christian bearing and leadership; the impassionate but deep and convincing expounding of Bible law and ethics; the inspiring and successful evangelist; the church builder; the money-getter; the all-around Christian gentleman and scholar; and the crowning glory and eventful culmination of his twelve months' pastorate of Mt. Zion, are living and potent evidences that Dr. White has not only these inborn elements of high character and ideal habits; but has largely added to his inherent store of capabilities by study and research. His has been a serviceable labor and deserves the approval and commendation of not only the members of Mt. Zion Church, but the entire citizenship of Tulsa. His life and influence spreads out and permeates the hearts and homes of every citizen, and is surely bearing fruit which will in time show but in golden results—changed conditions and environments among the people of this community. Dr. White coming into your midst has been a blessing and a beacon light to the city and Mt. Zion in particular. One speaker at the members' meeting last week likened him unto St. Paul of Tarsus. The comparison, to my mind, was well said. Like Paul, he stands out clear and uncompromising for the gospel of Christ, always abounding in the faith and exhorting his hearers to walk the ways of peace and a conscious security of Christ's salvation from the smares of sin and destruction. Like Paul standing before King Agrippa, pleading his cause and the sainthood of the gospel he preached, so our pastor, friend and Christian ambassador pleads for the same gospel and the same saving grace, and persuades men and women to live and practice holy thoughts, love of God and neighbor and be a living example high in Zion to their children and fellowmen. The past twelve months of Dr. White's pastorate is only indicative of the wonderful possibilities and anticipations that lie in the future. In my opinion the gigantic plans and speculations as he has enumerated in his review will be a reality in the near future. His mark is set high and lofty and needs only the united efforts, the faithful support and the conscientious action of Mt. Zion's forces to accomplish and reach the standard. With your loyalty, such as you have given in the past; with your zeal, such as is necessary for growth; with your prayers, such as are needed in every Christian movement, and with your money at all times in demand for church building and Christion progress, by the eye of faith we see Mt. Zion spreading her wings and overing over Tulsa with peace, joy and God's love—a blessing and glory to the church and the race—all under the vallant leadership and Christian ministry of our beloved pastor, Dr. F. K. White. TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD THE YOUNG PEOPLE BE A BLESSING TO THE CHURCH IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Address Delivered by Mrs Maggie Oliver of Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 4, at the Anniversary of Dr. F. K. White, D. D., Pastor of The wide scope of this subject and the limited time for preparation renders it impossible to deal with it just and concise. However, I hope to be able to show a few pointers that will be beneficial to my hearers. Among the many duties of life there are none whose weight falls upon the shoulders of young people more than Christian work. Why do we say this? Because Christ began his mission in early childhood, that He might be a blessing to His Father and accomplish the task assigned to Him. The church, as a great river with its many tributaries, lends to us a spacious field in which we may work with our hands, our hearts, our talent and influence. The tributaries of the church, as we know, are: the Sunday school, Galetas and Matokes, B. Y. P. U, and the Home and Foreign Mission. The Bible Band and the Sewing Circle and countless others are not here quoted in which young people may take an active part. Like brooklets and streams, they all flow to make one great organized church. First, the Sunday School, a great and noble organization, instituted especially for coming generations and depending wholly on them for its success, is continually asking for more members and willing workers. Some may ask: How may we be a blessing to this institution? I would answer: By regular attendance, being on time, having good lessons, paying strict attention, giving our money and offering our support in general, feeling an individual responsibillay and having a keen interest in every phase of this department. Second, Galetas and Matokas, a department for the study of the Bible separately—the Matokas or men's class, Galetas or women's class—is one of the greatest institutions in which we can benefit ourselves and be helpful to others. The separate classes give opportunity for members of each sex to express their views freely and draw from the work a net proceed which could not be otherwise gained. Third, the B. Y. P. U.'s, the initials themselves meaning Baptist Young People's Union, and it cannot be an institution unless the particular persons named in the subject help to foster and carry on the work. Here they should meet and express their opinions freely; build their treasure independently of all other departments; donate to the church when necessary; learn to pray, to discuss and to teach intelligently; in fact, taking hold on this institution and raising it to the standard of victory. Summing up all the ways by which we may help to improve the cause of Christ, we find that it is only by our faith and work. Therefore we should unite our forces and bend our efforts till we have not only added blessings to the church of today, but the church of the generation to come. Caver's French Dry Cleaning Hatters and Dyers We will save you money and save your clothes, if you will only send them to Caver, who has the Best Process of Dry and Wet CLEANING. We will make your furs white as snow. We have Had 15 years experience and we know how to CLEAN EVERY THING! One trial and be convinced. All Work Guaranteed! Wagon will call and deliver. 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Mrs. Johnnie Adams Supt. S. S. Preaching 11:30 a. m. 3 P. M. service B. Y. P. U. 6 P. M. Preaching 8 P. M. Weekly Services Mon. 3 P. M. W. H. Mission. Tues. 8 P. M. Choir recital, Metoka and Galeda classes Wed. 8 P. M. Prayor meeting Fri. 8 P. M. Teachers meeting and Choir rehearsal. Rev. F. K. White D. D. Pastor. Mrs. Johnnie Adams C. Clerk. e Agents for Mason and Hanson, Chlea ding Mids and Huntington Tailoring Wholesale Merchant Tailors of Chicago w. L. McKee and M. C. Guildtrh. M. Wesley Chapel M. E. Church Cor. Easton and Frankfort St. Sunday Services Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11:00 A. M. Junior League @ 3:30 P. M. Preaching 8:00 P. M. Monday night Official Board Tuesday at 3:30 P. M. Ladies Sawing Circle. Wednesday night, Home Mission Thursday night, Prayer & Class Meeting. REV. T. J. JONES, P. C. BROWN'S C. M. E. CHURCH Sunday School 9:30 Preaching 11:00 A. M. Preaching 8:00 P. M. Rev. H. G. Griffin, P. C. Sunday School at 9:30. A. M. Preaching at 11:00 A. 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An Appeal for Human Justice Masterful Address, Ably Responded to by Prof. Harry R. Graham, of The Tulsa Star ANNUAL ADDRESS OF DR. F. K. WHITE, D. D., PASTOR MJ. ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Brother Officers and Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a source of christian joy I have in coming before you today in the spirit of brotherly love and christian fellowship and best wishes to all. I am sure you are aware of the occasion in which you have met for the celebration of my first anniversary as pastor of your church. This occasion is an important one and is a solemn one to me as well as should be held in your highest esteem, because it is a general review of our relations work and conditions as a church. Having passed through twelve months labor and experience safe and able to greet each other as brethren. We most earnestly thank our Heavenly Father for His guidance and protection. He has taken care of us. Death has visited many homes and left many a door without the slightest notice of His return. As I take a retrospective view of the past, and think of the many companions of mine whom I answered the Summons and gone on before me, whose voices will never be heard on earth again, I am compelled to think of the coming hour when I must answer to my stewardship as pastor and servant. The twelve months past has brought to me some needed lessons of experiences, and at the same time given me courage and inspiration in the discharge of my calling as a gospel preacher. I am nearing my 43rd year in the world and coming right up to the 25th millstone as a preacher, and for all these past years and pastoring in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri—and my second time in Oklahoma, and continuing the evangelical work in which calling I am delighted, with all the success that has attended my efforts and never able to answer the many calls for such services, knowing well of leading over 2600 souls to Christ, north and south, east and west, I have felt more keenly my relation to my people, coupled with responsibility to make full proof of my calling that what I feel now as your pastor. Again my children, I must say I am fully aware that I cannot undergo the strain of evangelical work, as I have done in the past 27 years and do justice as a pastor in accomplishing what we have undertook right here in Tulsa, to erect for you to the glory of God a temple at the cost of $15,000 dollars to say the least. And if for any reason I should be removed before this is done, Ill go down to my grave dissatisfied. I know it can be done, and in His name it must be done, and I feel the burden, the care and the task is assigned me, and my whole heart and determination is bent on doing so, if only I can have your co-operation and support, spiritually, morally, influentially and financially. Just here I wish to call your attention to what Mt. Zion Baptist was when I accepted the pastorate one year or 12 months ago, and what it is today, and by so doing you can better know of my work and worth. I entered upon the work this day and this month one year ago. IT WAS DARK AND GLOOMY. Because for three years of the existence of the church much doubt and criticism had hovered over Mt. Zion because of the people saying so much money had been raised in the name of the church to buy ground and build, and the few faithful members had given suppers at various times for that purpose and still when I began the church still had no ground and the members scathed and many were tired and discouraged and sat down saying they would do no more until something was done. Of course my first efforts were to bring back lost confidence and build up a membership to warrant my presence among them, for many of them thought and was told they could not employ the services of a pastor for all his time and especially my services, and if they did undertake it, why it would take all the money they could raise to pay the preacher and therfor would never be able to do anything. The Membership and Financial Standing One Year Ago What Have We Done? In God's name we have increased the membership from 78 active ones to 236 by baptism, Chistian experience and watch care, making an addition of 158 persons according to the church record besides those who have gone and many of them with letters. I am not prepared to give you the exact amount of money raised by the church and auxilleries, but you can feel assured of the following statistics. 1. Church Personal donations, rallies and entertainments 2. Sunday School ..... $ 144... 3. W. H. M. ..... 168 TULSA. OKLA., STAR Scene of Big Anniver Annual Address and Pastor. An A responded to by Prot. Harry R. 4. Metoka 5. Galetda 6. B. Y. P. U. Chair paid Distributions: Pastor's Salary Donations Visiting Preachers Denominational Meetings Printing Sunday School Literature and Song Books Poor and Benevolance For Seats for Church and repair of same Organ and Piano To Organist Gas ad Fixtures Our Church lots, abstract record of deeds On Fire Insurance on House Total paid Balance of Big anniversary address as An Appeal by Harry R. Grahan nations meetings literature and Song Books ance th and repair of same abstract record of deeds, etc on House 4. Metoka ..... 520 5. Galetda ..... 708 6. B. Y. P. U. ..... 1112 Chair paid ..... 47,50 Distributions: Pastor's Salary Donations ..... $ . 7,00 Visiting Preachers ..... 2,00 Denominational Meetings ..... 1,50 Printing ..... 33,00 Sunday School Literature and Song Books ..... 19,00 Poor and Benevolance ..... 22,00 For Seats for Church and repair of same ..... 65,00 Organ and Plano ..... 48,00 To Organist ..... 48,00 Gas ad Fixtures ..... 35,00 Our Church lots, abstract record of deeds, etc ..... 5,30 On Fire Insurance on House ..... 4,00 Total paid ..... $126.09 Balance ..... $ 17.50 My Gratitude and Your Co-Operation For all you have done for me and the loyalty in most things has endeared you to have not had a riffle as church and pastor heeded by most of you, notwithstanding I for your advancement while some of you progressive type, I fear I will never be a the sense of the onward march, still I am of christian activities there is room for and I am anxious to see every auxiliary planes. The Sunday is doing nicely but its not all I hope for teachers had as well decide on being more in the work, and attend teachers meet fit. This is an important factor in churched by superintendent and teachers a g the destiny of our future race, the forma I've done for me and the respects you has hugs has endeared you to my heart, I can die as church and pastor. My counsel as you, notwithstanding I have labored in the next while some of you as in all church fear I will never be able to get some award march, still I am praying for you lies there is room for improvement in to see every auxillery of the church For all you have done for me and the respects you have shown and your loyalty in most things has endeared you to my heart, I can say under God we have not had a riffle as church and pastor. My counsel and advices has been heeded by most of you, notwithstanding I have labored in prayer and thought for your advancement while some of you as in all churches seem to be of a progressive type, I fear I will never be able to get some of you to awake to the sense of the onward march, still I am praying for you and along all lines of christian activities there is room for improvement in our church work and I am anxious to see every auxiliary of the church move-up on higher planes. The Sunday School it's not all I hope for it to be. Our all decide on being more prompt with g and attend teachers meeting as now plan important factor in church development indent and teachers a great work for the future race, the formation of character is doing nicely but its not all I hope for it to be. Our superintendent and teachers had as well decide on being more prompt with greater interest taken in the work, and attend teachers meeting as now planned for their benefit. This is an important factor in church development and must be considered by superintendent and teachers a great work for they are dealing with the destiny of our future race, the formation of character and life. The W. H. & F. Mission I thank God I can see some marked in there remains a large percentage of our line, what can we expect from such a cheap conversation and mischief making and attend, but wont. Dear sister much hope it wont be hereafter as I have known would sacrifice her precious time Me women to meet her. Prividence has called keep alive what she has planted here Our B. Y. It has not had the proper attention defeeble, but I assure you Bro. President to son to be proud of the B. Y. P. U. meeting gressive minds of Mt. Zion to take hold on equal to any in Oklahoma. We can do it can see some marked improvement along large percentage of our women dominant expect from such a class of women, be a and mischief making, especially thoseont. Dear sister much depends upon thereafter as I have known it to be when he her precious time Monday after Monor. Prividence has called her to other that she has planted here? I hope so. I thank God I can see some marked improvement along that line, but still there remains a large percentage of our women dominate and idle along that line, what can we expect from such a class of women, but disagreeableness, cheap conversation and mischief making, especially those who can be useful and attend, but wont. Dear sister much depends upon you for the race, hope it wont be hereafter as I have known it to be when Sister I. D. Alexan der would sacrifice her precious time Monday after Monday and only 3 or 4 women to meet her. Prividence has called her to other fields, will you Sister keep alive what she has planted here? I hope so. Our B. Y. P. U. the proper attention due it by the chuse you Bro. President that this year you the B. Y. P. U. meeting. And I earnest Mt. Zion to take hold of the B. Y. P. U. lahoma. We can do it. It has not had the proper attention due it by the church and therefore is feeble, but I assure you Bro. President that this year you will have just reason to be proud of the B. Y. P. U. meeting. And I earnestly appeal to the progressive minds of Mt. Zion to take hold of the B. Y. P. U. and help to make it equal to any in Oklahoma. We can do it. The Metoka and Galeada Classes Has a national standing and is destined to be a blessing to the city and a credit to Mt. Zion. The ladies of both old and young are taking hold of the Galeada work in earnest. God bless the ladies an disters for their bravery and faithfulness. It only remains for our Brothers to see that they invite and gather in new numbers weekly for the Metoka. That I feel they will do as never before. For it is intended that men lead women. So why not along this special line. We have come too far and done too much to stop here. I see a star of hope shining on ahead of us, if we faint not we will reap. I appeal to every member of Zion not to faint, but believe in God's promise Ps. 37:4 but to have more church pride and as an individual let your presence and services be seen and felt as well as any member in Mt. Zion or any other member of any church. We can never give to God what He gave to us. He gave his only begotten Son for us that it is through Him that we have eternal life and hope of heaven today. Remember that you are as much in His sight as any other people, and deserve as nice a church to worship Him in as any other people and the kind of sacrifice to build such a house to worship Him in will tell the world how much pride and love you have for Him. Again my Father's children all great churches had bighearted sacrificing members to build them, why not us? I am willing to go before, will you follow? Has a national standing and is destined credit to Mt. Zion. The ladies of both of Galeada work in earnest. God bless them and faithfulness. It only remains for our together in new numbers weekly for the I never before. For it is intended that men special line. We have come too far and star of hope shining on ahead of us, if we every member of Zion not to faint, but to have more church pride and as anVICE be seen and felt as well as any member of any church. We can never give to his only begotten Son for us that it is the and hope of heaven today. Remember to any other people, and deserve as nice a cER people and the kind of sacrifice to be will tell the world how much pride and a Father's children all great churches had build them, why not us? I am willing to standing and is destined to be a blessing. The ladies of both old and young and earnest. God bless the ladies an disister. It only remains for our Brothers to see numbers weekly for the Metoka. That I think it is intended that men lead women. She have come too far and done too much to lag on ahead of us, if we faint not we we Zion not to faint, but believe in God's arch pride and as an individual let you felt as well as any member in Mt. Zion. We can never give to God what He gave Son for us that it is through Him that we today. Remember that you are as me and deserve as nice a church to worship kind of sacrifice to build such a house how much pride and love you have for all great churches had bighearted sacriot us? I am willing to go before, will you A Word About the Kind of Church In my heart and mind the following is—now listen, and if you approve of it, you are a set of people well deserving. 80 with a 10x12 ft. kitchen; 14x14 ft. dining plant; 1 water fountain, etc. unique. The rest of the floor space for services in School, etc; stairway from the inside leaf auditorium 40x75 base circle, raised floor cled pulpit, platform 5x15 ft.; 5 ft., 9 inches to the sides, 3x9 arch 3 feet 9 inches cell room back of pulpit, 10x12 ft.; pastor of pulpit with raised lid, with mirror ed can see candidate go into the water and over them in a river. No need of moving not Tulsa have such a church as well as We have the people and they have the way give and you will enjoy this in your day. We undertake great things for God. The only two potent factors we have as a raced and unless we turn to our God for sure. It is wonderful to know the greatest the Orient were Negro geniuses. The Nepal doing well what they attempt. The great and constructed by a Negro. So why not talk about your freemansonery. Freeman Solomon's temple by Hiram of Tyre, the freemansonery were given to the world he see Hiram is referred to by masons a temple is also referred to by masons more especially his work such as making the gnip up in the porch of Solomon's temple and names. One he called Jachin and the other nation has honored these names at Hiram as well. But little did, or does man name and memory of Hiram know that have been told to recognize the freedmasons in An not want to recognize the colored men wing or forgetting that a colored man want think if many of the American white men become members of that fraternity, because Hamitic race will have to claim this work. and mind the following is the description of if you approve of it, you will give app people well deserving. A new church w. kitchen, 14x14 ft. dining room; 8x10 ft. fountain, etc. unique sanitary appoor space for services in wet weather, away from the inside leading up into the case circle, raised floor, operatic gallery, mm 5x15 ft.; 5 ft., 9 inches high, two c. arch 3 feet 9 inches high. Ladies in pulpit, 10x12 ft.; pastor's study attached, raised lid, with mirror glass set in it the lid go into the water and come out as it ever. No need of moving out of your seeth a church as well as the people of the table and they have the work, just have to enjoy this in your day. If we expect great things for God. The pulpit and the doctors we have as a race to boast of. E turn to our God for help and honor Hful to know the greatest builders and Negro geniuses. The Negro must teach the they attempt. The greatest temple ever in a Negro. So why not us do something freemasonery. Freemasonery is said to by Hiram of Tyre, the widow's son. We are given to the world by a negro and we preferred to by masons as no other man nor tried to by masons more than the work such as making the great pillars of braf Solomon's temple and giving to them called Jachin and the other he called B honored these names and have ever h it little did, or does many of them who of Hiram know that he was the son of the freemasons in America—the white size the colored men who are masons, that a colored man was the founder the American white men had known the of fraternity, because of their great have to claim this wonderful man, Hir In my heart and mind the following is the description of the future church—now listen, and if you approve of it, you will give applause, and I'll know you are a set of people well deserving. A new church with a basement 50x80 with a 10x12 ft. kitchen; 14x14 ft. dining room; 8x10 ft. room for a heating plant; 1 water fountain, etc. unique sanitary apparatus, concrete floors. The rest of the floor space for services in wet weather, receptions, Sunday School, etc; stairway from the inside leading up into the auditorium, with an auditorium 40x75 base circle, raised floor, operatic galleries on each side circled pulpit, platform 5x15 ft.; 5 ft., 9 inches high, two choir stands, projecting to the sides, 3x9 arch 3 feet 9 inches high. Ladies recess room, 1 council room back of pulpit, 10x12 ft.; pastor's study attached, 1 baptistry in center of pulpit with raised lid, with mirror glass set in it that every body seated can see candidate go into the water and come out as if you were standing over them in a river. No need of moving out of your seat—My friends' why not Tulsa have such a church as well as the people of our race elsewhere? We have the people and they have the work, just have the will and mind to give and you will enjoy this in your day. If we expect great things of God, let us undertake great things for God. The pulpit and the school room are the only two potent factors we have as a race to boast of. Every other hope has fled and unless we turn to our God for help and honor Him all else is a failure. It is wonderful to know the greatest builders and skilled workmen of the Orient were Negro geniuses. The Negro must teach the world a lesson by doing well what they attempt. The greatest temple ever known was founded and constructed by a Negro. So why not us do something in our day? You talk about your freemasonery. Freemasonery is said to have started at Solomon's temple by Hiram of Tyre, the widow's son. If that be true then freemasonery were given to the world by a negro and we think this is true because Hiram is referred to by masons as no other man and his work in the temple is also referred to by masons more than the works of any other man, especially his work such as making the great pillars of brass and setting them up in the porch of Solomon's temple and giving to them such time honored names. One he called Jachin and the other he called Boaz. Freemasons in ivory nation has honored these names and have ever honored the name of Hiram as well. But little did, or does many of them who do such honor to the name and memory of Hiram know that he was the son of a black man. I have been told that the freemasons in America—the white members of it, do not want to recognize the colored men who are masons, either by not knowing or forgetting that a colored man was the founder of freemasonery. I think if many of the American white men had known this, that they never become members of that fraternity, because of their great prejudice. So the Hamitic race will have to claim this wonderful man, Hiram of Tyre because ]Continued on Page Eight] --- I am resolved that during the year, 1914: I will try to get my rightful share of good, fresh air all the time. I will be careful and temperate in my habits and take some exercise in the open air every day. I will not indulge in needless worry or fret and stew over matters that I cannot control or help. I will not abuse nature but do my best to co-operate with it in keeping myself well and strong. I will try to the best of my ability to scatter the germs of health knowledge rather than the germs of disease. I will try to be kind, courteous and good matured in order that I may have mental peace and a good digestion all the time. I will be alert, interested and active in doing all I can to care for my own health, that of my family and of the community in which I live. I will do my best to give my neighbor's children the same protection from disease an danger of every kind that I would demand that he give to mine. I will keep my own premises clean and tidy and if possible have a cleaner back yard and a more attractive lawn than any other man in my row. I will practice, promote and encourage community cleanliness to the end that my community shall be a better place to live in this year than it was last. I will join heartily with my neighbors in doing things that will promote an dencourage civic progress and thus help to make Tulsa the best and most desirable city in the world to live in. I will not prescribe for the ills and ailments of my friends, but leave that to their doctors, who are authorized by law to treat the sick and who know more about such matters than I do. I will seek always to take a clear and hopeful vision of life and its responsibilities as affecting my duties as a good citizen and to keep myself both body and mind in such condition that I may do the best work for my own good and that of the community wherein I live. Recognizing that to live right is a preed to which all humanity should subscribe, I will use all the intelligence I have to practice right living to the end that I may enjoy a sane, happy and healthful existence and in this way help others to conserve their physical health and vigor. I will try to train an deducate my children that when they are grown up they will be, from both the moral and physical standpoint, better 'men and women than their parents are. If I fail in this I realize that I shall not be doing my rightful share towards helping in the onward and upward progress of the race. WHEN IN TOWN, CALL AT 29 NORTH BOSTON PEOPLES CAFE First-class Meals Served at All Hours OPEN DAY AND NIGHT J. L. Lockard, Proprietor SUBSCRIBE TODAY News Around the City J. S. KIRBY, City Circulator RESIDENCE,--215 F.Cameron Mrs. Mary Tyner, of Verdigris, Okla., moved into her new home on North Elgin last week. W R Watson and wife of Muskogee were visitors in the city Wednesday attending court. Why have KINKY hair when "PRESTO" will make the necessary improvement? See ad in this paper. Mr. E A. Loupe of this city, 422 E. Easton, received the sad news of the death of his sister in-law in Spokane, Washington. She died Jan 31th, 1913 was burrid Feb 3 1914. Sunday at 3:30 p.m. two visiting Deconesess from Richmond, Mo., will speak at Wesly Chappel, M. E. Church, they arrived here Saturday. Mr. J. B. Stradford will appear and will read a paper on some current subject. Hon. D. J. Wallace, a wealthy citizen of Okmulgee attended the republican convention here Thursday as a delegate from Okfusgee Co. While here he visited the Star office and left words of encouragement. Lawyer Wallace is always a welcome visitor at this office. S. L. James of Sapulpa came in Wednesday to be in attendance at the republican convention, which convened here Thursday and wrost ed valiantly with the political problems of the hour. Mr. James is one among the foremost political leaders of the state and high in the party councils. For a first-class Sunday dinner, be sure to go the Peoples Cafe, 29 N. Boston. Turkey, Ice-Cream and all the best things in the market included in this Sunday dinner. Everybody invited, and gentle service given to every customer. Rev. W. H. Davidson, presiding elder of the Guthrie district, C.M.E. church, while in the city attending the funeral of Rev. Gratton's son, visited our sanctum in company with Rev. T. J. Jones. We found him to be a very affable gentleman and an interesting conversationalist. His home is at Coffeyville, Kansas North Elgin has begin to take on a ristoratic appearance. Policeman William is adding more improvement to his property on the corner of Brady and elgin, and the Caver house adds materially to the beauty of the residence district on North Elgin. Dr. Bridgwater is also adding a beautiful residence to that community. Last Saturday evening Mrs. Al Stovall entertained a few friends in her home, 320 North Frankfort, in honor of Mrs. Nannie Haynes and Miss Ida Thurston of Parson, Kan. Those present were: Mrs. James Thomas, Mrs. Ida Huff, Mrs. Will Cherry, Mrs. Elmer Elis, Mrs. Edie Hughes, Mrs. Maggie Oliver, and Mrs Wm. Walk r. Why have KINKY hair when "PRESTO" will make the necessary improvements? See ad in this paper. --- Miss Dovie Bradley, daughter of Mrs. Roxie Bradley, living in the new-addition, died last Saturday, Feb. 7th, at the home of her mother. The deceased has had a long lingerin illness which finally run into tuberculosis which caused her untimely death. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church, Rev. Kersh, officiating. Gas heaters at half price. Gas ranges very cheap, but the best in the city. I pay cash for good second hand goods. If you are good your credit is good. JOE FRANCIS Furniture Store, 115 N Main Phene 3901. Rev. G. G. Gratton of Burwin, Okla, is in the city in attendance of the funeral of his son, Clifford Gratton, whose funeral was held at the C. M. E. Church on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, while in the city the Rev. Gratton called upon the Star and formed our aqnaintance. We offer our deepest sympathy to him in this hour bereavement. Clifford Gratton, age 21, son of Rev G.G. Gratton, o' Burwin, Okla., died at his home, corner Greenwood and Arche, last Monday morning, the funeral services were held at the C.M.E. church, in the afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H G Giffin His father and several other relatives and friends from other parts of the state were present. Th Woman's Home Missionary society of Wesley Chapel M. E. Church met on last Wednes lay afternoon with a full attendance. The discussion was taken from he 16th chapter of Luke, and was led by the president, Mrs. M. M. Robinson. This society meets weekly at the church, and at their meeting next Wednesday at 3 o'clock a demonstration of domestic science will be the feature. The public are invited to be present. Among the useful and prominent men and women of our race who were in attendance upon the anniversary exercises in honor of Dr. White which closed last Monday were the following peersous: Rev. T. T. Love of Vinita, Rev. R. Williams of Kansas C'ty, Mo. Rev. A. W. Brown of Tulsa, The boy preacher U. S Phillips of Sand Springs, Rev. A. W. Alexander of Sand Springs, Mrs. Q. D. Watkins Mrs. P. W. Walker and Mrs. Lock Hudson of Poter. These visiting friends added much to the interest and rendition of the program. To say the least the entire series of the weeks program were at the highest order, and added considerable distinction and popularity to Mt. Zion church and its pastor, Rev. Dr. White is an unusually strong man in church circles and deserves all the honor given him in this his first anniversary. MR. EDITOR- Will you kindly let this appear in the columns of your paper. We take this medium to express to our many friends our sincere gratitude for their many expressions tendered to us in the sad hour of our son and brothers illness and death. Our thanks and prayers go up to Him who doeth all things well in their behalf G. G. Gratton, Father, Mrs Emma Barron Mrs. Serena Jackson, Mrs. Georgia Baggage Sisters, Mr. Comelius Bynum, nephew TULSA. OKLA.. STAR New And Up-to-date Rooming Apartments Mrs. Lena Charleston and mother, Mrs. Larry Davis, late of Pine Bluff. Ark. have purchased a neat up-to-date house at 520 N. Elgin. Mrs. Charlton has lived in Tulsa about one year and has made good. The Star circulation manager, J. S. Kirby, has known Mrs. Charlton for 25 years. O W. Gurley of this city has known her 30 years. It is said that Mrs. Charlestons' property in Arkansas is worth from $8000.00 to $10,000.00. She is an excellent hostel anager and her rooming house in this city is one of the most complete and up-to-date in Tulsa. Located at 518 North Elgin. Too much credit cannot be given a woman of our race possessed of her fact and ability -By Circulator. Local League A. Work The local business mens league held another enthusiastic meeting Monday night at the First Baptist church and took up several questions aside from the regular routine of business. Among them being the endorsement of the Penny Saving and Investment Co., a lately charted institution which was organized last week. Capt Jackson raised an important question based on the report that this institution would be a bank for the colored people, but was informed by president Hughes that this report was untrue, which stopped fathers discussion on this subject. H S. Smith, representative of the Interuational Investment company of Dallas, Texas, was there and introduced, explained the object of his company at length An effort was made to get the league, which had previously invited Mr. Smith to this city, to endorse his proposition. The matter was referred to a committee. The meeting Monday night was a successful one from a point of attendance and bids fair to be more so next Monday night. Prof. Hughes is sparing no effort to make a pronounced success of the organizat on and assisted by the other officers, his desires along this line will doubtless be realized. Mt. Zlon Church Notes Sixty dollars were raised last Sunday. Dr. White will leave Monday on an Evangelistic trip to LosAngelas, and Watts, California "Heaven and Where It Begins" will be the subject of the pastor's sermon Sunday at 11 a.m. Pastor F. K. White and wife desires to thank the members of his churoh and friends for their material help in the celebration of the first anniversary of his pastorship. The public library for the colored people of Tulsa has become to be a recognized institution of this city and in many ways answers very beneficially to the demands of the public. This institution, though very little talked about, is one of the most valuable assets of the east end. Strangers coming into this part of the city find this a very desirable place to spend the time reading the daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, books etc., and getting general information. White Man's Greed For Money No Bar to His Predjudice White Man's Greed For Money No Bar to His Predjudice Out at Taft, Oklahoma, 10 miles west of Muskogee, there lives a colored girl 14 or 15 years old, whose income from her oil wells is something like $15,000.00 a month. Her name is Sarah Rector—She, of oil fame, is among the wealthiest in the state. Her wealth, however, is not much out of the ordinary for the dark skinned lads and lasses over in that part of the state, but if reports are true, Miss Rector has something more than her income to occupy her mind. According to pretty good authority, she has a host of suitors seeking her hand in marriage, and they are not all negro suitors either. Some of them are white men, some of whom voted for the Grandfather clause and the Jim Crow law of this state, but who are perfectly for this little negro girl's money, to marry her, and if they could, would do so. There are scores of negro children in Oklahoma getting large sums of money monthly from oil wells, but this money, in almost every case, goes into the hands of white men, who care little or nothing for their wards except for what money they get by reason of their guardianship over them. In a country like this where the negro is "Grand claused," "Jim crowed" and otherwise unjustly discriminated against, it is hardly to be expected that a white man would be just and fair with negro minors, and for that reason, if for no other, the courts of this state should take the color line a little further and appoint only colored men guardians of colored children. Under the conditions existing in Oklahoma it is nothing less than criminal to do otherwise. What judge would appoint a negro guardian of a white child? State Business League State Business League Meets Here Feb. 26 The president of the State Negro Business League, T. J. Elliott, of Muskogee has issued a call for the State League to meet in Tulsa Feb. 26 for the purpose of making further preparations for the meeting of the National League at Muskogee in August. This meeting is expected to be the biggest State meeting ever held by the organization. The executive board will meet here Wednesday Feb. 25 and lay out the work to be taken up by the State League. Mr. Elliott says he expects this years meeting of the National League to be the biggest and greatest in the history of the organization. Letters are coming from all parts of the country asking for reservations and from present indications it will be no easy task for Muskogee to care for the delegates and visitors. Cheif Sam Got Wires Crossed Cheif Sam Got Wires Crossed The American dispenses some very appropriate satire, mostly gospel truth, on the erstwhile "prince, doctor, chief and Slick Sam," in its last issue, as follows: "The followers of Chief Bogus Sam say he is a smart man. He is. Sam is smart enough to get the money and never go to Africa. He is not smart in geography, however. But geography is not a necessity to his line of coin lifting. In his speeches Chief Bogus Sam says: "The Gold Coast wheat fields are watered by the Nile river." Now, it just happens, that the Nile river flows through the extreme eastern part of Africa, and the Gold Coast is on the extreme western coast of Africa. The only ways for Nile river water to reach the Gold Coast is to fetch it in buckets, or form rain clouds to carry it all across Africa and drop it there. When Sam's followers reach Africa, and start before breakfast to go down to the Nile river for a bucket of water, they will merely have a walk of about 7000 miles, and will be "most powful hongry" when they get back. Alsa, they do not raise enough wheat in the Gold Coast country to feed a pigeon. Sam's Oklahoma dupes will find the biggest crop raised by them will be African fever, coffins, and tombstones. The American hopes they may all get what the Gold Coast has in store for them." I The above is the likeness of Bob. Rogers, manager of the People's Theatre, who has done much to popularize the vaudeville business in Tulsa. Mr. Rogers is surpassing any of his predecessors in the business here in giving his patrons high-class entertainment, both in the picture features and in vaudeville. Mrs. Rogers, his wife, who, he admits, is the life of the business, with her smiles and kindness is ever ready to note the pleasure and displeasure of their patrons, and this accounts for their continued success. Subscribe for and Read the STAR