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Defective Page VOL. 2 Single Copies 5 Cents WEST END BRANCH Y. W. C. A. Last Sunday afternoon at the Vesper Service, "The Excelsior Club" a literary and social organization connected with St. James A. M. E. Church, rendered an excellent program. Mrs. Inez Pope, the Secretary presided, presenting the following numbers: Paper, "The Redemption of Time" by the president, Mrs. M. Anderson. Solo, "Abide With Me," Mrs. Addie Minor. Solo, Mrs. Barber. Next Sunday afternoon the Sunday School class of Mr. A. J. Roberts will furnish the program. The Gopher Lodge of Elks of St. Paul have postponed their banquet to Dist. Deputy R. M. Johnson, until January. Miss Madge W. Thomas of New York City, daughter of Mrs. and Mr. J. C. Thomas, the undertaker, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Nelson of Omaha, Neb., is now visiting her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ingram, 228 Granite St., St. Paul. The funeral of Mr. E. P. Wade was held at St. Peters Clavers Church on Monday. Rev. F. Theobold officiated. The Negro Barbers who were examined by the Board last week, made good. Mr. Henry L. Shaw, of Reid & Hirshfields returned last week from his annual visit to his mother, who is in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Ida Zeigler, of Virginia, Minn., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. R. Morgan last week. Fuller, the barber, has moved his shop to 476 Robert St. The One More Effort Club met at the home of Mrs. J. S. Strong on Tuesday night. A chicken supper was served. Mrs. F. Johnson, is conducting the "Manicuring Dept." at Utley's Barber Shop, 94 E. 5th St., and is meeting with much success. Rev. H. P. Jones, Miss Edith Leonard and the Misses Anderson of St. Paul attended the recital at St. Peter's Church on Wednesday night. Mrs. Fred D. McCracken (nee Godette) the wife of Mr. F. D. McCracken, Secy. of Congressman Stevens, is being favorably received in Washington society. Several teas have been arranged in her honor. Mr. Phil Reid is confined to his bed with La Grippe. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Charleston, 607 St. Anthony Ave., have issued invitations to their Fiftieth Anniversary of their marriage, which will take place at their residence on Dec. 19th, 1911. Mr. A. J. McMurray has re-opened the Busy Corner at 381 Rondo St. where he has a full line of groceries a first class Restaurant, Negro Messenger Service, and News Depot. This young man has secured a desirable location, and the future prospects of his business are great. He is receiving the support of that entire district and his place is worthy of its name The Busy Corner. Mr. Albert Black, the tonsorialist at Utley's shop, will contribute to our personal news columns each week. If you have any news call up Cedar 9282. PYTHIANS HONOR STARKS'MEMORY INFLUENCE OF J. C. GILMER. Interesting Scenes and Imposing Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument to Laté Supreme Grand Chancellor Samuel W. Starke—Governor Glasscook's Tribute to the Fallen Chieftain. Charleston, W. Va.—An event of more than state wide interest was the recent formal unveiling of the granite monument erected to the memory of Samuel W. Starks, who was grand chancellor of the West Virginia Knights of Pythias and supreme chancellor of the order's jurisdiction. Mr. Starks also held the position of state librarian. The parade was formed at the K. of P. hall and was led by the First regiment K. of P. band, which was followed by Brigadier General J. A. Campbell, his staff, two companies of the uniform rank Knights of Pythias, members of the Masonic order, mem- THE MEMORIAL OF THE DEATH OF MARY CATHERINE S. W. STARKS $ ^{2} $ MONUMENT. bers of the Pythian subordinate lodges and carriages and automobiles containing the speakers. T. G. Nuttér acted as master of the unveiling ceremonies and addresses were delivered by Governor William E. Glasscock, former Governor William M. O. Dawson, Secretary of State Stuart F. Reed, R. R. Jackson, Pythian major general; J. R. Jefferson, head of the woman's auxiliary of the Knights, and Mr. Jones, grand chancellor of Kentucky. Governor Glasscock's address was an intensely practical one, dealing with the practical side of the life of the man in whose memory the monument was erected. He called attention to those rare characters deserving of such honors and urged his younger hearers, of whom there was a large number, to emulate the traits of Samuel W. Starks, to follow his example of usefulness, for it is only those whose highest ambition it is to serve others who have won their names carved in lasting marble or cast in enduring bronze. The monument, which has a commanding view of the city of Charleston, stands a few feet below the crest on the east side of the hill in Spring Hill cemetery. It is of granite and thirty-two feet in height, obelisk shaped and was erected at a cost of about $2,700, which includes the price of the ground. It is the consummation of the resolution in the grand lodge of West Virginia Pythians by J. C. Glimer, who succeeded Mr. Starks as state librarian and editor of the Advocate, at the meeting held in Charleston two years ago last August. The amount raised by this method was $2,645. On its base are carved the dates of Mr. Starks' birth and death, his induction into the offices of grand chancellor of West Virginia and supreme chancellor of the order's jurisdiction and appointment state librarian. Subscribe to the Star. ST. PAUL Special Sunday Dinner 35c. ROAST CHICKEN, (brown gravy). St. Louis Kitchen, St. Paul. A GOLDEN WEDDING THE SPIRELLA CORSET. Miss Cora E. Anderson, Corsetier. Any lady wishing to be properly corseted, will do well, to call or ad dress 365 Aurora Ave., St. Paul. Tel. N. W. Dale 1345. McMURRAY'S "BUSY CORNER" GROCERY. FIVE CENTS A LINE. Send 25c in stamps with your "Rent ads." and they will be inserted, and a copy containing insertion will be sent to your address. Write plainly. Address The Twin City Star, Minneapolis. To subscribe is to pay. Subscribe now. Two Dollars a Year. EXTRACTS FROM "THANKSGIVI ING SERMON" BY REV. H. P. JONES, AT ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, NOV. 30. The St. Paul Appeal. And I thank God that the race is finding its voice, for the development of race consciousness. of race consciousness. For the idealism and scholarship of Dubois, for the realism and practicability of Booker Washington, for "The Crisis" and "The Age" and the "Free man and The Planet", the Palladium and the Guardian, the Chronicle and the Idea and our own Appeal, for the editors and teachers and lawyers and doctors, and divines, for its associations, religions, charitable, reformatory and preventive; for its business companies and corporations, federations and alliances. I am thankful for an increasing output of Negro literature, for "The Marrow of Tradition" and "The House Behind the Cedars"; for "The Soul of Black Folks" and "The Quest of the Silver Fleece;" for "Up from Slavery" and "The Story of My Life;" and the songs of Dunbar and Braithwalte and Katherine Tillman; of James Edwin Campbell, William H. A. Moore; for the essays of Kelley Miller. I am thankful for the growth of the art of illustration, for the Hampton Art Club and its illustrations of Dunbar's poems; for the Douglas Calendar Co. and its beautiful calendars; for the illustrations and cartoons in our journals and magazines; for the manufacturers of Negro dolls; the continued existence of these things means that they are filling a want, that they come in answer to a demand; they are prophetic of a coming day when a growing sense of self-respect will make caricatures rare; when other needs will be supplied, a just appreciation and support of what is being done, will induce those who are now doing to do more and those who are not doing to try. It means the development of our own lines of business, the employment of our own boys and girls, and at the same time it is an unanswerable argument to every charge of racial incompetency, irrefutable evidence to racial cooperation and business integrity—the final word as to the possession of race ideals, a concrete expression of a purpose to do our own thinking, reach our own conclusions, and act as our judgment dictates. We should be thankful for a clearer conception of the constituent elements in the foundation of permanent progress.—Rev. H. P. Jones. And the people of the Twin Cities are thankful to have such a man as Rev. H. P. Jones among them. A CHRISTMAS DANCING PARTY by the Order of Eastern Star. BY THE ORDER OF EASTERN STATE. THE ST. PAUL CHAPTER NO. 29 O. E. S. WILL GIVE A CHRISTMAS DANCING PARTY AT BOWLBY HALL, 6th AND ROBERT ST., ST. PAUL, ON DEC. 25th, CHRISTMAS NIGHT. ADMISSION 35c. Committee of Arrangements. Mrs. Ella Glass, Mrs. Della Pettis, Mrs. Mary Dillingham, Mrs. Lawrence Butts, Mrs. Emma Roper, Mrs. Mildred Johnson. REMEMBER THE SHRINER'S BALL The Daughters of Isis will serve the Hen-Turkey supper at the Ball of the Fezzan Shriners at Tschida's Hall, on Dec. 29th. The affair which leads them all. MRS. MINOR LOSES HER CASE. The suit by Mrs. Addie Minor against her husband, in which she attempted to secure a divorce, almamy and the custody of the children, was tried last week and dismissed by the court upon the ground that sufficient showing had not been made to justify the granting of a divorce. Mrs. Minor was represented by Attorney F. L. McGhee and Mr. Minor by Attorney John D. O'Brien. John H. Hayes, Lodge No. 6, Knights of Pythias gave their Annual Ball at Hiawatha Temple on Dec. 12th which was a financial success. $100.00 REWARD. Don't be "out of date" with kinky hair! Go to the Commercial Barber Shop, 94 E. 5th St., St. Paul and have your hair straightened with the famous "Kink-no-more." A reward of $100 is offered for any head of hair that cannot be straightened with "Kink-no-More." For sale at $1.00 per package. Give us a trial—(Adv.) MINNEAPOLIS DRAMA—THE FINGER OF SCORN. At St. Peter's A. M. E. Church. Miss Cora Spence will appear in the leading role of the above drama which will be presented at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church on Dec. 19. Refreshments will be served by the Ladies of the Wayman Home Circle and the Willing Worker's Club. Admission 15c. All are invited. A High Class Musicale by carefully selected talent of the Twin Cities will be given on Wednesday evening, Dec. 20. St. Peter's A. M. E. church. 10:45 A. M. "The Dawning of the New Dispensation" by Rev. Lewis. 7:45 P. M., Special sermon by a visiting minister. Miss Daisy Ware will sing at St. Peter's Church on Sunday night, Dec. 17th. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Order of Eastern Star. At a regular meeting of Pride of the West Chapter No. 30, O. E. S., held on Dec. 12, the following officers were ejected, Worthy Matron, Mrs. J. W. Koger, Asst. Worthy Matron, Mrs. H. Donaldson, Patron Mrs. Fred Hyatt, Comm., Mrs. Bettie Lewis, Asst. Com., Mrs. Aggie Eddings, Sec'y, Mrs. Eva Abbey, Treas., Mrs. J. B. Glover, Adah, Mrs. Milton W. Judy, Ruth, Mrs. Ellen Jackson, Esther, Mrs. John Monroe, Martha, Mrs. Thos. Donaldson, Electa, Mrs. Mattie Abbey, Warder, Mrs. F. Johnson, Sentinel, J. W. Cooper, Instructor, J. N. Sellers, Asst. Instructor, Mrs. Mattie Neal. Above named officers will be duly installed on Dec 27th next. Mrs. M. A. McCracken of Chicago, Ill., (wife of Rev. N. J. McCracken, presiding Elder of the Cairo Dist.) is visiting his niece, Mrs. Arthur White, 2832 5th Ave. So. Dr. F. E. Norman, will appear as leading man in the Drama on Dec. 20th, at St. Peter's Church. Mrs. Mattie Darby has succeeded Mrs. Schuyler Phillips as Most Worthy Counselor of Fidelity Court of Calanthe, No. 345. Dr. D. P. Redd has his residence at 1133 Dupont Ave. No. Mr. Junius Dungee has entirely recovered from an attack of pneumonia, and is receiving congratulations from his many friends. A BARGAIN—For sale — 7-Room house, modern except heat, Lot 32x 158 feet. Good barn. Sold on easy terms. Call N. W. Nic. 3112 or T. S. Center 4411. Mr. Andrew Lawrence, 3717 18th Ave. So., has in his residence several beautiful paintings, and decorations which are his handwork. Mr. Lawrence is a natural artist, and his pictures are on sale at several art stores in our city. Mrs. Mary L. Bell, 315 14th Ave. So. was on the sick list, but is much improved. Mr. Nebraska Burkes has returned from Walker, Minn., much improved in health. Mr. Gene Baxter, who went to Frankfort, Ky. for his health, is rapidly improving. Mr. Chas. S. Chase, was able to get out of doors during the pleasant weather, although his case of heart trouble is beyond medical assistance, he is very optimistic during his sufferings. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER 35c at the St. Louis Kitchen from 12 M. till 3:30 P. M. The Autumn Leaf Dancing Class held 'their semi-monthly social at Dearborn Hall on Dec. 11. The attendance was good. If you are thinking of "buying a home" lot or investing your money in real estate, it will be to your advantage to see McDew. You can buy just like paying rent. Now is the time to buy. Why put it off until spring? See some of the houses he is offering for $100 down and $15 per month. Call 610 Sykes Block, and have a talk with him. Mrs. Mattle Davis has opened the Hotel Davis at 10 Western ave., where she has desirable rooms at reasonable prices. Transient roomers accommodated. (adv.) THE SUNDAY FORUM. SUNDAY, DEC. 17th AT 3:30 P. M. Bethesda Baptist Church. The following program has been arranged for next meeting: Instrumental, (six hands) Misses Adah Lewis, Mildred Shull and Marienne Jeffreys. A Paper by Mrs. W. B. Donovan, Address, Hon. W. T. Francis—after which the election of officers will be held. The Dramatic Reading by Mrs. R. S. Brown, the Journalist at the last meeting was her first appearance, and having scored a success it is hoped that she will often favor us with her choice selections. As this is a business meeting it is necessary that all come early and hear the entire program. A GRAND RECITAL. The Helping Hand Society of St. Peter's A. M. E. Church presented Miss Daisy Ware, of Keokuk, Ia., in a Grand Recital at the church on Dec. 13th. Miss Ware was accompanied by Miss Grazia Corneal, and her rare artistic ability was shown to a great advantage. Each number received great applause. Miss Mildred Shull favored the audience with a Piano Selection from "Carmen" and is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of our best concert pianists. Miss Emma Abbey's Vocal Solo was also worthy of special mention. The "Humorous Reading" by Mrs. Walter Blackburn was the amusing feature of the entertainment, and her rendition was of unquestionable merit. Master Leon Abbey, the Boy violinist, made a decided hit. He was accompanied by Misses Corneal and Abbey. Jeffrey's orchestra furnished several selections. As a social affair it was one of the best recently held, and the ladies who presented Miss Ware have reasons to be proud of the results of their efforts. After the concert, refreshments were served on the lower floor. Mrs. F. J. Leeke announced the program. The Helping Hand Society, Mrs. Mattie Neal Pres.; Mrs. Wm. Bridges, Sec'y., and its members thank those who attended, and Miss Ware feels grateful for the grand attendance and congratulatory remarks of those present. THE CATHOLIC CONCERT CLUB will give their Grand Musicale and Dance in St. Paul on Dec. 26. Messrs. Chas. H. Miller and Claude Jackson will present the screaming farce, Fun and Frolic at a French Seminary. Mr. Henry Anderson, of the West Hitel, residing at 324 E. Lake St., has recovered after a serious attack of pneumonia, under the care of Dr. R. S. Brown. Mrs. Mary L. Bell, 315 14th Ave. S. was on the sick list, but is much improved. Mr. Nebraska Burkes has returned from Walker, Minn., much improved in health. Mr. Gene Baxter, who went to Frankfort, Ky., for his health is rapidly improving. Mr. Chas. S. Chase, was able to get out of doors during the pleasant weather, although his case of heart trouble is beyond medical assistance, he is very optimistic, during his sufferings. Mrs. G. E. Southall left for Chicago on Dec. 19th, to visit her mother, Mrs. Susan Gaskins, who is sick. She will remain there about two months. Mr. John Hill, one of our oldest residents, has returned from a trip with the officials of the Great Northern Ry. Atty. Francis of St. Paul, will address The Forum next Sunday at Bethesda Baptist Church. Mr. Andrew Lawrence, 3717 18th Ave. So, has in his residence several beautiful paintings and decorations which are his handwork. Mr. Lawrence is a natural artist, and his pictures are on sale at several art stores in our city. Dr. David P. Redd, the veterinary surgeon, is at the City Hospital Annex, where he is suffering from a pyroletic stroke. He has received many calls from his friends. Mr. J. M. Simpson has returned from taking the baths at Excelsior Springs, Mo. His health is much improved. Mrs. Russell Wright is improving at the Swedish Hospital, where she is being treated by Dr. Kistler for a broken arm. Smoke: the Reliable 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c ADVERTISE—IT HELPS. No.17 BISHOP GAINES' WORK INDORSED Besides Approving of the Administration of the Presiding Bishop, Delegates to the General A. M. E. Conference Indorsed Revs. Anderson, Ransom and Thornton For Office. Orange, N. J.-At a recent meeting of the delegates from the First Episcopal district to the next A. M. E. general conference, held in this town, the administration of Bishop Wesley J. Galnes was indorsed after some discussion. The Rev. H. P. Anderson, pastor of St. James' A. M. E. church, Atlantic City, N. J., was indorsed for the bishopric; the Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom, the eloquent pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church, New York, received the vote of the delegates as their choice for editor of the A. M. E. Church Review, and the Rev. Montrose William Thornton, pastor of Bethel church, Philadelphia, the oldest congregation in the denomination, was unanimously indorsed for manager of the A. M. E. publishing house in Philadelphia. Dr. Thornton was graduated from Drake university, Des Moines, Ia., in 1890 and holds the honor of having been the first man of his race to graduate from that college. He first served in the missionary field in Tennessee and was appointed to his first charge by the late Bishop John M. Brown. While serving as president of Campbell college, Jackson. Miss., he succeeded in putting that well known school upon an effective basis, purchased four acres of ground and erected the first building. He enrolled the largest number of students in the history of the school up to the time he became president. While serving as pastor of Bethel church, Wilmington. Del., a colored man charged with a serious crime was REV. DR. M. W. THORNTON. taken from the jail there and lynched. The lynching was said to have been due in a large measure, to an inflammatory speech made by a white Presbyterian minister in that city. Dr. Thornton received large public notice at that time (1003) by vigorously condemning the lynching, and that in spite of the fact that his life was endangered thereby. He has also successfully pastored in Mississippi and Michigan. During the nearly five years that he has been stationed in Philadelphia he has been most successful financially and spiritually. It was largely through his instrumentality that the first mortgage burning in fifty years was bled some months ago at Old Mother Bethel. He has been elected a delegate to the A. M. E. general conference three times in succession from the Philadelphia conference, the oldest one in the denomination. Besides being prominent in various civic and racial movements, he wields a ready pen and has time without number written in defense of the race. He already has received assurances from many sections of the country as to his candidacy for manager of the publishing house. CHRISTMAS DANCING PARTY. BOWLBY HALL, DEC. 25th. BY THE LADIES OF THE O. E. S. PERSONS WHO WISH TO ADV ERTISE MUST PAY IN ADVANCE. Your Word is good, but your money is legal tender, and we can use it at all times. WHERE TO TRADE. The Honest merchant is a Successful merchant; the Successful merchant Knows the Advantage of Advertising what he has for sale. Stores and business places advertising in THE TWIN CITY STAR are the best places at which to spend your money and get your money's worth. We therefore recommend to the trading public those business places carrying an Ad. in THE TWIN CITY STAR. CHURCHES ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 220 S between 8th and 10th Avenues. Services every Sunday 10:30 a.m and 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 12:30. Rev. F. M. Lewis Pastor ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 118 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday services at 11 a.m 8 p.m Sunday School at 1 p.m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1128 Eighth Street So. Preaching every Sunday morning and evening. Rev. T. J. Carter. Pastor. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue S. Services morning and evening each Sunday. Rev. M. W. Withers. Pastor ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P.M. All are Invited. Come. ST. PAUL. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. H. P. Jones, Pastor, Cor. Jay and Fuller Sts. All are welcome. ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 353 University Ave. LODGES. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Mrs. Anna B. Harris, Grand District Deputy. Installs and organizes Chap- ters of The O. E. Star. Please to consult any one interested. Residence 285 Rondo St., St. Paul, Minn. MILTON W. JUDY, D. D. S. Room 48 Eastman Block. Dr. Milton W. Judy, the dentist, located in the Eastman Block will receive personalis and subscriptions for the Twin City Star. 11 A. M.—"God as a Stronghold." ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Services will be held at 11 A. M. Preaching by Rev. E. R. Edwards, at 8 P. M. The Sunday School will con- duct the evening services. Mrs. Victoria Graham will read a paper. ADVERTISE—IT PAYS. CHRISTMAS SERVICES Services will be held on Christmas morning at 9 A. M. at St. Thomas Episcopal Mission. Father A. H. Lealt will preach. Special music. Services will be held on Sunday night at 11 P. M., at St. Philips Episcopal Church. A breakfast will be served by the Vestrymen on Christmas morning after the services. Don't be afraid to call up Cedar 9282 and tell us of what's going on, we all want to know current events. Just tell us we will do the rest. Don't blame our correspondents if your notes are not inserted. The Editor alone is responsible. He cuts all copy for this publication. Don't forget that Mrs. Mary L. Bell, 315 14th Ave. So., will do your plain and fancy sewing, and dress-making. The Junior Choir of Pilgrim Baptist Church elected the following officers: Gertrude Howard, President; Lelo Manning, V. Pres.; Ida Mae Johnson, Treas.; Henry Johnson, Librarian, John Hickman, Jr., Director. Motto: Watch what we do. WANTED. Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work as a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City. Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sloux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. See the American Northwest at the TWIN CITY LAND SHOW ST. PAUL AUDITORIUM December 12 to 23 (Under Auspices of Northwest Development League) Complete Exhibits from Minnesota Montana North Dakota Oregon Washington Idaho South Dakota Alaska All famous sections, valleys and cities have special exhibits. If you are looking for a home, the Land Show will enable you to decide where the opportunities are. Special Rates on the Railroads FUR PRICES Cut in Half At WEISMAN'S $15 to $18 Seal Skin Caps, all styles $8.00 River Mink Collars. $18 Persian Lamb Collars. Fur Lined Coats, the largest assortment in the city, of fine quality. FUR P Cut in At WEIS Owing to the extremely back- ward season and the conse- quent slack demand for furs, leaving an unusually large portion of our holiday stock still unsold, we will begin our Pre-Inventory Sale Thursday, Dec. 15th and have fixed the following prices to hold until Dec. 24th only: Pony Coats Regular $60 and $35 $65 values..... These coats are finished in the height of fashion; sizes range from 48 to 54 inches. Pony Coats, regular $55 $75 to $90 values..... $30, $35 and $40 Fur Sets, in Black Fox, Isabella Fox, Black Wolf, Black Russian Lynx with either large Russian Shawl or Animal Shaped Scarf, large Pillow or Rug $20 Muff—To close..... Lynx, Brown Marten and Jap Mink Sets—Our entire stock will be closed at a sacrifice of 35%. Mink Sets—You can save $25 to $100 by buying mink at this sale. Christmas E At remarka $15 to $18 Seal Skin Caps, all style $8.00 River Mink Collars..... $18 Persian Lamb Collars..... Fur Lined Coats, the largest assortme WILLIAM W Manufacture 508 Nicol Race prejudice in America, while contrary to reason and equity, has accomplished one great and necessary good for the Negro. It has served as a stimulus to more determined effort and is now on the verge of accomplishing race solidarity to a greater extent than has ever before been existent. God moves in a mysterious way. His wonders to perform, and what we consider hardships are often blessings in disguise. It is sometimes wise to punish a man in order to awaken his latent energies and the same is true of races. Those who suffer most become the strongest because they have triumphed over hardships. The rosy path in life is not conducive to the development of latent power and the thorny path of prejudice has done more to stimulate Negro effort than anything else. There will come a time when this prejudice must fall and go the way of all other discarded implements of civilization and that time is not far away. The Negro is making good.—Yonkers (N. Y.) Standard. The Negro Press is advocating the enforcement of the Varrant Law. --- TWIN CITY STAR see the Northwest CITY SHOW AUDITORIUM between 12 to 23 (Northwest Development League) Exhibits from North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Alaska lies have special exhibits. If you are looking able you to decide where the opportunities are. on the Railroads THE FOURTH ANNUAL BALL OF FEZZAN TEMPLE NO. 26, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, will be given at TSCHIDA'S HALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1911. All the latest Music, Imported Camel's Milk, Hen Turkey supper served by the DAUGHTERS OF ISIS, DRILL BY FEZZAN'S PATROL. We give but one Ball a year and make it the Mecca for All Fraternities. PRICES in Half ISMAN'S THE WORLD'S FINEST ART Furs for Men marketable reductions. styles. $10.00 $5.00 $12.50 partment in the city, of fine quality, $50 up. WEISMAN CO. During Furriers Collet Avenue THE SOUTHERN THEATRE. The Southern Theatre has compiled with all requirements of law and has passed that thorough inspection which was made last week by the special committee of the Council, and the Building Inspector and Fire Marshal. We are glad to make this announcement, because Manager Kelley has been at all times courteous to the Negro patrons of his theatre, and, whenever, he has an opportunity books Negro acts from the local spot light singers to the high class traveling teams. Although the Southern is comparatively a new house, many performers of our race have found a week's engagement, when they needed it through Mr. Kelley. Therefore, we can assure our readers that The Southern affords refined, profitable and amusing enjoyment to all without unjust discrimination. Patronize those enterprises that offer you protection. Get Your Xmas Presents at Hegener's Full Line of Cutley and Toilet Articles. Subscribe to the Star. --- ATTENTION. THE CATHOLIC CONCERT CLUB WILL GIVE A GRAND MUSICAL AND DANCE ON TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 28th, AT HIAWATHA TEMPLE, SIXTH AND WABASHA STS., ST. PAUL. ADMISSION 50c. REFRESHMENTS. "Fun and Frolic at a Female Seminary" will be staged at the Catholic Club Concert on December 26th, at Hiawatha Temple. There will be 30 players in the cast. (under the direction of Messrs. Chas. H. Miller and Claude D. Jackson, the Versatile Turtainers) which consists of the best talent in the Twin Cities. (adv.) MOTHER OF NEGRO PRIEST. Mrs. Martha Tolton, mother of the late Rev. Augustine Tolton, the first Negro priest ordained for the United States, died recently at her home in Chicago, at the age of 85 years. Mrs. Tolton was born a slave in Kentucky and was taken to Hannibal, Mo., where she married Peter Tolton, also a slave. The Toltons removed to Quincy, Ill., in 1861. Fr. Augustine died from sunstroke July 9, 1897. The Catholic Church has done more for the American Negro than any other of the religious denominations or political porties. It's leaders have drawn around black men the "magic circle of the church" and held at bay the riot-ruffians of the North as well as the hell-hounds of the South. Verilly—"More sharper than a serpents' tooth is an ungrateful child. Mr. John Hickman Jr., will have charge of the Senior Choir of Pilgrim Baptist church after Dee. 1st. WEBB'S FRIENDS SEEK HIS RE LEASE. Friends of Walter Webb, who is serving a sentence at Stillwater prison for the murder of Elijah Holmes, is making efforts to secure his pardon. He was always regarded as one of the best Negro entertainers in this section, and during imprisonment has greatly improved his musical faculties. The members of the Ramsey County Afro-American Club of St. Paul are sending their friends post-card pictures of the club's library. These neat souvenirs illustrate that this club has among its appointments a feature which appeals to all of its literary members. Mr. Thos. H. Lyles, the undertaker, is a member of the Association of Commerce, and one of the first our race to join that body. The Guide, "Hustling" Morgan's Daily has been enlarged, and its "make up" is classy and columns very newsy. How do you do it, Hustler? A force of Negro Redcaps have replaces the white ones at the Union Station in St. Paul. Mr. F. Peoples has opened his office at 236 Boston Block, where he is engaged in transactions in all branches of real estate, will build, buy, loan or sell. He solicits your patronage. (adv.) RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. Cash Your Checks, No Discount at B. Fink's 3rd and Robert St. Paul I will sell (on account of falling health) my good will and interest in the St. Louis Kitchen, the oldest restaurant in St. Paul. No sacrifice sale, as I am now making improvements and will continue to serve my patrons. Mrs. Julia Hinson, Prop. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. We are going over our list of subscribers and we are forced to ask that immediate settlement be made by all who are indebted to us. We need the money to meet our obligations and we desire to give to our readers a good newsy paper and we cannot do this unless those who owe us pay, some part of their subscription. Do it now. Go to Utley's Barber Shop for your Tonsorial work.—"Your Bath"—and your "Twin City Star." Mrs. Nora Young has opened up a Restaurant on the first floor at 461 Robert St., where she is serving special home cooked meals. PAEGEL—YOUR JEWELER has moved to 802 Nicollet Ave., where he has a choice line of Holiday Presents. Everything for the Holiday Trade. (adv.) FOR ABSOLUTE PROTECTION against sickness, (paying for all diseases) accidents, and death see Hustling T. R. Morgan, 27 Union Block, St. Paul. BUY THE STAR AT FORAKER'S. Mr. M. C. Rutledge, the proprietor of Foraker's Cafe, has on sale all the leading Negro Magazines and Periodicals. He intends to carry a full line of Race News from everywhere. OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may certainly be legally required to provide invention is probably patentable. Communications tars free. Oversee agency. WANDBOOK on newpatents solid free. Oversee agency. WANDBOOK on newpatents Patents taken through Munn & Co receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handmade illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Derns, $3 year four months, $4. Sold by all newdealer. MUNN & Co 381 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 62 S F St., Washington, D.C. T. S. Phone 3073 N. W. Main 9592 The Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SHUIL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished SPECIAL NOTICE. The patronage of the men of the Twin Cities is invited to the Dining Rooms of the Porters' and Walters' Club, 311 Hennepin Ave., (up stairs). Newly fitted throughout with elegant furnishings and table accessories. Its cusine under the personal direction of Chef George Mills, its service is capable and cleanly. A special feature is its 5 o'clock dinner accompanied by the latest music. The same reasonable prices. Glover Shull, manager. INFORMATION It costs no more to send your subscription by P. O. order. Get an order for the amount (less cost of order and postage) and send it to the Twin City Star. You will have a receipt, and time will be saved. Negroes lose more time than any other race on account of their failure to take advantage of the up-to-date business conveniences of today. The Twin City Star has the exclusive use in this city of the Afro-American news service of the American Press Assn., edited by Mr. N. B. Dodson of N. Y., which is a feature of our publication, much appreciated by our readers. THE NEWSPAPER AND ITS EDITOR. Editing a newspaper in some respects is a good deal like preaching. The gospel truth must be presented in the form of generalities or some fellow will get hit and howl, says a recent writer. Few persons like truth, even in homeopathic doses, if it hits them. But while preachers and editors are criticised for what they do say, no one thinks of giving them credit for what they do not say. Yet what they keep to themselves constitutes the major portion of what they know about people. Very many people harbor the belief that newspapers are eager to publish derogatory things. It's a mistake. There isn't a newspaper that could not spring a sensation in the community at any time by merely telling what it knows. There is not a newspaper that does not keep under the lock of secrecy scores of derogatory things which never meet the public eye or reach the public ear. Deciding what not to print is the most troublesome part of newspaper work. How many good stories are suppressed for innocent relatives and for the public good, nobody outside of a newspaper office has any idea of. In some instances he who files into a passion because a newspaper prints something about him which he considers uncomplimentary has every reason to feel profoundly grateful to the newspaper for publishing so little of what it knows of him. And oft times the loudest bluffer is the most vulnerable to attack. A big noise is often a device employed to cover tepidation. Newspapers put up with more bluffing than any other agency would endure. It is not because they lack courage; it is because they are unwilling to use their power to destroy or ruin unless the interests of society impatiently demand it. It might be well for some people to reflect upon these truths and in silent gratitude accept mild admonition, lest worst befall them.—Minneapolis Argus. Larson, the photographer, 313 So. Washington Ave., has on sale the photos of the banquet given by Ames Lodge of Elks on Tuesday to Dist. Deputy R. M. Johnson of St. Paul. Adv. YOU CAN MAKE MONEY. We desire the services of a responsible woman to collect for this paper in the Twin Cities. Good commission to right person. Write to Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. Everybody's News—Everybody's Paper. TWIN CITY RAZORS full hollow ground, guaranteed, $1.25 each. A full line of Table Cutlery. Carvers Manicure Scissors and Tools Cutlery grinding. SYLVESTER W. OLIVER. Working Men's Social Club OLIVER BROS., Managers PRONEZ: Nicollet 9506 206 So. Second St. Minneapolis, Minn. ROYAL FAMILY DANCING CLASS. ARCADE HALL 1311 Washington Ave. So. CLASSES EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT Newest Dances Will be Featured. Admission 25c. TYLER'S ORCHESTRA. Refreshments. S. Reddixx, Mgr. Dancing From 9 P. M. to 2 A. M. A GOOD HAIR-CUT AND SHAVE. WHERE CAN I GET IT? GO TO THE TYLER BROS. N. W. 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TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits Your Patronage. Southern Theatre SevenCorners 15th and Washington Avenues So. Refined Vaudeville Moving Picture Shows Continous Performance Admission 10 Cents Children 5 Cents POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT Men's Sowed Soils, ..... 75¢ Ladies " " ..... 65¢ Men's Nailed " ..... 50 and 60¢ Rubber Heels, " ..... 40¢ Ladies and Boys' nailed soils ..... 40¢ SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH Defective Pa Defective Page WASHINGTON NEWS The second of President Taft's one topic messages was presented to congress. It dealt exclusively with foreign relations, which were said by the chief executive to be generally satisfactory. In this message the president gives the first official explanation of the post haste movement of 20,000 federal troops to Mexico nine months ago; urged the United States senate to ratify the general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France and the conventions with Nicaragua and Honduras, and told congress negotiations were under way regarding the question of Jewish passports in Russia. Although its final report will not be ready for several days the tariff board laid before President Taft a comprehensive summary of its investigations of the wool industry. No recommendations as to reductions in the present wool tariff were made by the board, which, under the act of congress, was to report only on the comparative cost of production in various parts of the United States and in foreign countries. A tentative bill abolishing the present common law and statutory liability for the personal injury and death of employees in the service of interstate railroads and substituting definite compensation irrespective of negligence was completed by the federal employers' liability and workmen's compensation commission. The commission intends to recommend this measure to congress. The railroad securities commission, headed by President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale, has reported that it would be practically impossible at this time to place issues of railroad securities under federal control. The commission recommends that enforced publicity for all railroad financing is the most effective weapon against stock watering which the government has at its command. The United States battleship Maine, sunk in Havana harbor in February, 1898, by an explosion, was blown up from the outside. This was announced by the naval board which has been examining the wreck. The finding confirms the report of the original investigators who made a superficial examination of the wreck shortly after the disaster. In his annual report to the president Secretary of War Stimson declared that the contingency of war with a first class power would find the army of the United States practically unprepared. He attributed this largely to the fact that the army was "scattered out over the country" in too many posts and to a lack of reserves. The supreme court of the United States refused to grant a jury of the beef packers' trial in Chicago until the court would be able to pass on the constitutional question raised by the packers in habeas corpus proceedings. President Taft has restored to entry about 2,500,000 acres of land in Southern Iowa. It was originally withdrawn as lands. CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS. A formal report to the house from the committee on expenditures in the interior department dismisses from congressional consideration the Controller bay (Alaska) charges. The committee's action was based on the recommendation of Louis E. Brandels and Amos Pinchot, counsel for the committee, and a speech of Secretary of the Interior Fisher, which the committee regarded as voicing a change in the administration's attitude toward Alaska. The Payne bill to create a permanent tariff board was brought up in the house committee on ways and means by Republican members, but the committee indefinitely postponed action through unanimous vote of the Democrats. This probably shuts off consideration of the measure at this session. A general attack on President Taft's tariff board probably will be precipitated in the Democratic house by an item in the estimates submitted by the secretary of the treasury, in which he asks $225,000 to defray the expenses of the board through the next fiscal year. James Bodkin of Meade, Colo., told the so called sugar trust investigating committee of the house that city derelicts, recruited from the slums, were kept practically in peonage in the Colorado beet fields. CHINESE REBELLION. Prince Chun, the regent, and father of the child emperor of China, has abdicated. His place as guardian of the throne is taken jointly by Shih Hsu, a Manchu prince, and former president of the national assembly, and Hsu Shi Chang, vice president of the privy council. Prince Chun has been the chief figure in China since the death of the emperor, Kwang Su, and the empress dowager in 1908. The first direct and uncensored news received from Sianfan since the recent outbreak there was brought to Peking by messenger. It consists of letters to the British and American legations and the director of posts. The letters say 8,000 Manchus were slain by Chinese and that there was much looting. NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, who was executive officer of the battleship Maine when it was blown up in Havana harbor and who later won fame in the Spanish-American war, will retire from active service Dec. 17 on account of age. Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers, president of the naval war college, Newport, R. I., another Spanish war hero, will retire on account of age Dec. 20. Charles W. Ellot, president emeritus of Harvard, was operated upon for appendicitis at Kandy, Ceylon. Dr. Ellot left Boston a month ago for a CHARLES W. ELIOT. tour around the world accompanied by his wife, his daughter, a niece and his private secretary. Attorney General Wickersham was taken suddenly ill while attending the cabinet session. Dr. de Laney, President Taft's physician, was summoned from the war department. Mr. Wickersham was reported not to be in serious danger. After many incidental annoyances, including a four-hour delay in arrival, the eight visiting Western governors wound up a crowded day in the national capital as the honor guests of President Taft at dinner at the White House. CRIMINAL NEWS James B. McNamara, confessed murderer, who dynamited the Los Angeles Times building, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Walter Bordwell. His brother, John J. McNamara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, who confessed to the dynamiting of the Llewellyn iron works, was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. In sentencing the brothers Judge Bordwell scored the defendants severely, saying both richly deserved the extreme penalty of the law. Burt H. Franklin, an investigator employed by the defense in the murder trial of James B. McNamara, just ended at Los Angeles, was held to the superior court by Justice William P. Young to answer to charges of bribing a juror and attempting to influence the verdict of a jury. The $10,000 cash bond, furnished at the time of his arrest by counsel for the McNamaras, again was made surety for Franklin's appearance. After a running fight, during which a score of shots were exchanged, summary justice overtook John Weldenmeir, the slayer of George E. Moody, sheriff of Richland county N. D. Members of Company I, North Dakota national guard, and posses of citizens overtook Weldenmeir seven miles southwest of White Rock, S. D., and in the battle which followed the fugitive was killed. Victor C. Benner, United States deputy marshal, was killed, and George W. Dillaway, deputy marshal, and Charles McCalman, railroad guard, were seriously wounded in an exchange of shots between a posse of deputy United States marshals and railroad guards in the yards of the Illinois Central in the outskirts of Memphis. Ortle E. McManigal will be taken from Los Angeles to Indianapolis within a few days to tell the federal grand jury there what he knows of the alleged dynamiting conspiracy, the first chapter of which will close with the placing of John J. and James B. McNamara in the San Quentin state penitentiary. A package containing $25,000, which disappeared from the annex postoffice at St. Louis Sept. 24, 1910, has been recovered. George V, Steck, a postoffice clerk, has had the package since its disappearance. He confessed to postoffice inspectors. THE DEATH RECORD. Colonel Ethan Allen, lawyer, author and collateral descendant of his namesake of Revolutionary fame, is dead at his home in New York city. He was eighty years old. Colonel Allen led the Liberal Republicans in 1872 and managed Horace Greeley's campaign for the presidency. Peter Boyd, a well known member of the Philadelphia bar and president of the Tradesmen's Trust company of that city, which went into the hands of a receiver about two months ago, shot and killed himself in his law office. Judge Bartlett Tripp, former United States minister to Austria-Hungary, is dead at Yankton, S. D. FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL The supreme court of the United States has declined to interfere at this time with the decree of the United States circuit court for Southern New York approving the reorganization plan of the tobacco trust. TWIN CITY STAR MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The American Society of Equity, a farmers' organization, closed its session at Chicago by adopting resolutions asking President Taft to remove Secretary Wilson because of his stand on the pure food and beer questions and his attitude toward Dr. Wiley, who is called in the memorial a friend of the farmer. Dr. J. H. Worst of the North Dakota Agricultural college was suggested as a successor to Mr. Wilson. After eight years' devious travel in the ways of grand juries and special pleas the cases of ten Chicago meat packers, indicted for alleged violation of the criminal provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law, has finally reached trial. Indications were that the early stages of the trial at least would be rapid, for the government's examination of the first panel of jurymen was terse and to the point. Probably undoing the work of weeks of court procedure and bringing to a standstill the second trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, charged with the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, Harry Walliron, a juror in the case, broke out of his room in a hotel at Kansas City, eluding two officers who were guarding the jurors, and disappeared. "Not less than $50,000" was the fee received by Clarence Darrow for his services in defending the McNamara brothers, according to a declaration made by Frank N. Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor and custodian of the McNamara defense fund. FOREIGN NEWS. A bomb explosion which occurred during a cinematographic exhibition at Liege, Belgium, resulted in the death of two persons, while sixty-three others are suffering from serious injuries. It is believed that the bomb was thrown by a madman and not by a revengeful discharged employee as was at first supposed. Between 150 and 200 lives were lost by the collapse of a railroad bridge over the Volga river near Kazan, Russia. The bridge was in course of construction and was filled with workers when, without warning, the supports gave way and the men were precipitated into the icy waters. Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that the government would use all the constitutional means at its disposal to pass a home rule bill for Ireland during the lifetime of the present parliament. Russia is in the grip of a famine that threatens to claim more lives than that of 1891, when 800,000 died. The Free Economic society estimates the crop shortage at 50,000,000 tons. Decrees dissolving the German reichstag and fixing the date of the general elections for the new reichstag on Jan. 12 are published in the Imperial Gazette. UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. Six men were killed and five injured in a triple wreck of two freights and a fast express train on the Pennsylvania road near Manor, Pa. Among the dead are J. M. Uhlman, a wealthy rancher and horseman, and J. Arthur Bond, a horseman, both of Williston, N. D. Five men have been brought alive from the Crossmountain mine at Briceville, Tenn. They had been prisoners in the workings for seventy-two hours, having been entombed with more than 100 others by an explosion. A "dust explosion" in the main mine of the Crossmountain system near Briceville, Tenn., entombed at least 100 miners, all of whom are believed to be dead. Rescuers have recovered eight bodies. Three persons were burned to death or suffocated in a fire which destroyed the fashionable Marie apartment house at Philadelphia. Four workmen were killed and a score injured in the collapse of a building under construction at Indianapolis. POLITICAL NEWS. Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, majority leader of the house, was endorsed as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination by the Alabama delegation in congress. When he learned of the action taken Mr. Underwood said he appreciated the honor greatly, but that he was not a candidate. Plans for capturing the Wisconsin delegates to the Republican national convention for United States Senator Robert M. La Follotte were started in Milwaukee by friends of the senior Wisconsin senator. It is said Vice President Sherman does not particularly aspire to a renomination. It is reported that the vice president may be brought forward for governor of New York next fall. LABOR NEWS. Branding John J. and James B. McNamara as "crereat to the good name and high ideals of labor" and expressing the satisfaction of organized labor that the "culprits have been commensurately punished for their crime," the McNamara ways and means committee of the American Federation of Labor, after a two-day conference at Washington, issued a statement vigorously condemning the McNamaras for their "inhumanity" and declaring that organized labor should not be held "either legally or morally responsible for the crimes of an individual member." The labor leaders assert that they "will welcome any investigation which either federal or state courts may undertake." CONFERENCE ISSUES STATED Question of Future Relationship Between White and Colored Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a Body Will Be Leading Topic at Next General Conference. By FRANKLIN F. JOHNSON. Baltimore.—When the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church meets in Minneapolis next May the question of the status of the colored membership of the denomination may be discussed at length. This discussion may take shape in measures for the increasing of the influence of the colored constituency, autonomy or segregation. Within the past eighteen months three things have been discussed at considerable length by leading white and colored Methodist clergymen. Our race has at present a missionary bishop, Dr. I. B. Scott, for the work in Africa and a number of officials whose work is the partial oversight of the twenty-one conferences among our people in this country. These officials are for the most part products of the schools which the denomination has maintained for the race since the civil war and are not openly committed to either segregation or autonomy, with but one exception. This exception is Bishop Scott, who hinted at possible autonomy in a widely read article in one of the denominational publications some months ago. Since then Bishop David H. Moore has suggested that colored men be elected to the bishopric and given oversight of the colored conferences. He instances the separation of the Freedmen's Aid society from the southern educational board and the employ- [Name] MEV. DR. RENEST LYON. ment of a colored secretary by the former society to look after the work of the society in the conferences in support of his contention. After stating that a member of the race as superintendent would be inspiring to the colored members of the denomination he makes the following plea for autonomy: We have been in the church over two score years, reckoning from the close of the civil war. What have we been doing all this time? In some school, some say, undergoing training. Well, that is a good and noble thing, but when will be graduation or commencement day? Such a day is always inspiring to parents as well as to professors and pupils. Is there no worthy among the 300,000 pupils in training since 1850? Why is it that we have no commencement? Has it been the fault of the teachers or the oppressors? Are interested in the answer. Somebody is responsible for results. Either the instructors have failed to instruct or the pupils have been incapable of receiving instruction. In either case it is a reflection on all parties concerned. In my judgment, anything is best that will enable us to stand upon our own feet; that will enable us to act and to plan for ourselves as other independent denominations—any condition that will develop race consciousness, self reliance and self dependence. Whether that be autonomy or segregation, it would seem to make a difference, but I don't know about the desired results. Personally I would prefer autonomy to segregation. By autonomy I mean the plan suggested by the late Bishop Foster—to wit, that we remain exactly as we are in the mother church, but governing ourselves instead of being governed by the whites; that where we now have annual conferences presided over by colored bishops who meet with the white bishops in their semiannual gathering to plan for the work among both white and colored people; that we have a missionary, church extension, Sunday school union, Epworth league, Freedmen's aid and other connectional societies of our own, conducted exactly like the present ones, with the exception that instead of being colored secretaries they be colored secretaries. This arrangement would give us full fledged secretaries instead of the agents, as now. This arrangement would open up real opportunities for development of the race, would quicken its aspirations and give it an impetus that would be magical in its effect. It would also have the interest of his race at heart would object to a plan that had in it larger opportunities for us. What just reason can he give for not wanting such a plan? As to the matter of elections, he would act singly and alone, voting in his own convention for men selected for leaders, accustomed to his preferred interests and, not, as now constituted. 一 MUSKOGEE REPORT FALSE. The People Are Not Leaving the State For Liberia, Sava Citizen. "Murder will out," "Truth crushed to earth will rise again," are familiar sayings of the wise and experienced ones in legal lore and literature. About the middle of November a report was sent out from Muskogee, Okla., that ten families of Afro-Americans in that town had packed up bag and baggage and sailed for Liberia and that 100 families more were ready to start in the event they received a favorable report from their friends in the first group. The cause for the exodus, as alleged in the report, was the curtailment of the political rights of the colored citizens of the state. But a personal investigation of the matter shows that the report is utterly without foundation. A highly respected and well informed citizen of Muskogee, and a wide awake newspaper man at that, gives the following version of the afair. He says: "So far as I know, there have been no colored families to leave this city for Africa since I have lived here. This report, which seems to have been sent out from Muskogee, is untrue and evidently a scheme to prejudice colored people in other states against coming to Oklahoma and taking up any more of the wealth producing lands of this state. "The colored citizens of Oklahoma are not so pessimistic of the political situation in this state as this article represents. The United States courts have decided that the famous 'grand-father clause' is unconstitutional and have sentenced some of those who enforced it in this state, and there is nothing which should induce our people to leave." GENEROUS APPRECIATION FOR WENDELL PHILLIPS. Country Wide Enomium For Fearless Champion of Human Liberty. The large number of meetings held by Afro-Americans throughout the country in honor of the centenary of the birth of Wendell Phillips clearly indicates the appreciation of the race for those who paved the way for its freedom from the curse of slavery. Some of the organizations which conducted meetings were the American Negro academy in Washington, the National Independent Political league and the New England Suffrage league in Boston and the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, New York, which held its meeting at Plymouth church in Brooklyn. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills presided at the Brooklyn meeting, which was enthusiastic and largely attended. The speakers were Mr. Charles Edward Russell, the Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom and the Rev. Dr. John Haynes Holmes. Each of the speakers paid a glowing tribute to the work, manhood, zeal and personal sacrifices of the great anti-slavery hero and champion of the cause of the oppressed and unjustly afflicted slaves. Significant and timely was the address of the Rev. Dr. R. C. Ransom, which was in part as follows: One hundred years ago Nov. 29 Wendell Phillips was born. His unselfish devotion to the cause of humanity has made not only black men, but liberty loving men and women everywhere, his deborah. The most important aspect of his oratory exercises here tonight are set are significant, while lending added inspiration to the hour. We are within the walls of Plymouth church, whose pulpit Henry Ward Beecher made famous throughout the country. When the American pulpit was for the most part either dumb upon the evils of slavery or throw about that inquisitive institution the sanctions of religion Henry Ward Beecher stood there, a mighty Jove, the hot thunderbolts of his wrath arshlt it. He was one of the best friends the cause of freedom ever had. He has demonstrated the power and influence of the unmuzzled pulpit. He was much more concerned with the acts of the supporters of slavery than he was about the acts of the apostles. He had the courage to do that for the sake of the people. The churched masses are perishing today. He stood on the banks of the Hudson instead of the banks of the Jordan and applied the gospel to the moral, political and social problems of his time. Wendell Phillips labored to make the constitution conform to the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation, the victories of Sheridan and Sherman, the bravery of the Union fight and completely subdued the south's power of armed resistance. The south sued for peace not because it had changed its attitude, not because its baptism of fire through four years of bloody war had converted it to Summer's view of the barbarian of slavery, but because the bitter cup of its iniquities to its lips until it had drained to the dregs. As Wendell Phillips took his stand outside the constitution while it sanctioned slavery, so today the only impregnable position we can take is to plant our feet upon the constitution as amended and stand there without compromise. Wisdom of Unselfish Co-operation. The men and religion forward movement, the laymen's missionary movement, the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, the Young Men's Christian association and other organizations of similar object and aim are emphasizing in an encouraging way the wisdom of unselfish co-operation for the betterment of mankind. Work of Congregational Churches. The twentieth annual session of the convention of Congregational churches among Afro-Americans in Georgia was recently held in Atlanta. Careful consideration was given to topics relating to worldwide missions, self support of the church, country life in Georgia, work among the young people and Sunday school improvement. GREETINGS TO ALL KNIGHTS TEMPLARS: Dear Brothers Sir Knights as your Grand Marshal for the International Conference of Knights Templars which will convene in the city of Washington in 1912, I send you greetings and ask that you begin preparing to make the pilgrimage to that city. Get ready for the grand parade to be held on that occasion. Let us show the world just what we can do in this matter. It will require the united efforts of all who are interested in the success of Templarism to make this a day long to be remembered among our number. I hope that each jurisdiction will keep me informed as to their intention to participate in this grand affair. I shall be pleased to hear from any Sir Knight and to furnish any information he may desire. Yours fraternally, Howard W. Pinn, 91 W. Rutland Square, Boston, Mass. UNLIMITED LAWLESSNESS. The sentiment of the American public knows no bounds. They chose any time or place to perform any ceremonies which may appeal to their fads or fancles. The lynching of Negroes by white men is prevalent, yet the lynching of white men by white men has proven that this lawlessness is not born of prejudice alone, but out of a custom practiced by these public executioners, who disregard the written laws of the land and hold justice as a mockery. OPPORTUNITY. A Negro can come to Minnesota, make a comfortable living, purchase a home, and sit under his own vine and fig tree, protected by its laws and enjoy the fruits of his labors—a life worth living. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. We claim to be the best advertising medium of the Twin Cities, and when you're not advertised in the Twin City Star, you need not show—that's all. Because the people read the Star for the news, especially in Minneapolis. The day of the Town Crier is past. Be up-to-date, Advertise and Pay for it. A newspaper is the best medium. It reaches the homes and firesides of people who attend public entertainments. 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Unsigned notices will not be inserted in these columns. Free space in these columns for advertisements, where proceeds are donated to charity. All matter must reach us by Wednesday for insertion. "And he will judge between the nations and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.'—Isaiah 2:1v. PAID UP SUBSCRIBERS are our best "Boosters" Are you one? "Wherever any race or group of people learn to do a common thing in an uncommon way, by putting brain, skill and conscience into labor, that race or group of people is likely to solve all the problems that surround them."—Dr. Washington. The Republicans will try to re-elect Mayor Keller—but the Democrats are making strenuous efforts to get some one to beat him. Who is he? The Fraternal Societies of the Twin Cities are going to build a hall, (unlike Solomon's Temple) because the sound of the hammer must be heard these days. The knocker is with us always. A hall is needed. It will be built and will stand as a monument to these men, who have by concerted effort blazed the trail to greater things. The Red Light District was raided on Tuesday night, and two resorts kept by Negro women, Eva Lucas and Ida Dorsey, fell in the drag-net. REMEMBER YOUR FRIENDS XMAS. Begin New Year with a subscription to a Negro paper. If you do not subscribe to a local paper, send for your home paper. But pay for it. Race papers are a necessity, and must be supported by individuals. Every Negro should in some way contribute something towards the advancement of the Negro Press. JACK JOHNSON RETURNS. Jack Johnson sailed this week for America. It is reported that he weighs 300 lbs., and has retired from the ring, also that his financial condition is O. K. Jack has proven that he can "Come back" to enjoy Christmas with his mother, and bring along a few of King George's soverigns. Don't be afraid to speak ill of the dead. No man that has lived should be saved from deserved criticism by the commonplace fact of ceasing to be alive. "I should wish," said the Cardinal de Bernis, "that every regard of politeness be preserved for the living, but that it might be permitted to speak freely one's mind of the dead." Filled as our lives are with daily shams, there is no more absurd and abominable sham about us than the mask of sorrow that we wear to the funeral of a rogue. As a matter of fact, the dead, being safe from physical punishment, should be the more open to such reprobation as their acts may have courted. In a true sense, "the evil that men do lives after them." To condone the faults of the dead is to corrupt the morality of the living—Reginald W. Kauffman, in The Cosmopolitan. A newspaper isn't simply a bare chronicler of events. It is a personality. It comes into your house almost as a member of your family. What sort of a person do you like to have visit you? He ought to be honest, courageous, no hypocrite, and a gentleman, with a real interest in you, ready to lend a hand if you need help. Cheerfulness and good humor are excellent qualities, and a wide range of interests. What do you find in The Star? It has opinions, of course, and it speaks them out freely. They are its own and they are not influenced by outside interests. The square deal is its platform. In handling news it observes the decencies and amenities of life. It never wantonly brings shame or sorrow to any home. Its advertisements are clean. If the Twin City Star does not bring you something of interest in any particular issue, it has failed by so much that week. It takes of its hat and apologizes for having bored you as a visitor. But it trusts this doesn't often happen. Not often, does it? WANT THE WEST TO JOIN WITH SOUTH. Colored Republicans Against Reduction Scheme. The fact that an effort will be made at the meeting of the Republican National Committee to reduce the representation of delegates from the Southern States has aroused the opposition of Southern colored Republicans. In an interview yesterday, E. A. Clarke, chairman of the Republican interstate league, recalled the fact that it was the Western votes which in the last Republican national convention prevented the passage of the resolution to reduce Southern representation. "The South and West," he said, "must combine against the East, which is solid for the reduction scheme. The only salvation for the growing, enterprising, and progressive West is for it to adhere to the South, so that it will be possible for the West, with the aid of the South, to nominate candidates for President and Vice President without combining with the Eastern States, that are the political, commercial, and industrial rivals of the West." Mr. Clarke has prepared a statement that the total vote in the next national convention will be 1,064, including New Mexico, of 1,072 if Arizona and New Mexico bith are admitted. He shows that if the Western States again throw their support to the present system of electing delegates by Congressional districts it will prevail. He says that the reason the Republican party is so meagerly represented in the South is because the colored man is disfranchised. "The Republican party," he says, "will regret that when it was in absolute control of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the government it did not pass a Federal election law. Had that been done, the South would have long ago justified her representation in Republican conventions on the basis of the States other than the South by electing Republicans to Congress, instead of Democrats, who hold their seats by the operation of unconstitutional election laws, with the acquisition of the very States that are now seeking to throw the Southern delegates out of the conventions of the future. It is as just and equitable for the Southern States to have their representation in Republican national conventions, based upon the number of Representatives and Senators, as it is for the States of lesser population to have an equal representation in the United States Senate with the States of greater population." NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. We are not "cutting rates" to meet opposition. Our position is secure, yet we offer every inducement to advertisers. You can get a line or a page. We want your ad. You need our space. If you can get cheaper rates in other publications, with equal results, you should do so. Advertising is essential to business—if your business is worth advertising. We have received requests for "library copies" of the Twin City Star from some of the leading institutions of learning throughout the country, and we have added several new exchanges to our list. The Star is the popular paper of the Northwest. People are taking an interest in the Twin City Star. They are paying their subscription in advance. Yet many are delinquent, and we are forced to cut them off. Promises do not pay our bills. It is necessary that the personals must be sent by Wednesday. Be sure and sign all communications. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. TWIR CITY STAR Where Fashion Reigns Pearces 403-405-407 NICOLLET Everything for Women's Wear--Popular Prices The Very Latest Ideas in all that pertains to Women's Wear. Real Estate Loans, & Rentals Insurance F. PEOPLES REAL ESTATE CO. Contracting and Building 236 BOSTON BLOCK. MINNEAPOLIS Office Phone .....N. W. Nlc. 2188 Residence Phone ..N. W. South 4593 DAN WILLIAMS CAFE open all night. N. W. Main 9767 306 SO. THIRD ST. BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH 15c SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER 25c. PRIVATE DINING ROOMS THE GOPHER GRILL Mrs. Nora Young, Prop. 461 ROBERT ST., ST. PAUL The Best Meals in the City. Call up Cedar 9510. THE BUSY CORNER. Is now open for business. 381 RONDO ST. COR. WESTERN AV. ST. PAUL, MINN. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT A La Carte From 7 A. M. to 12 P. M. Try McMurray's Fried Oysters, Oyster Loaves, Chitterlings or Kentucky Oysters. Try our Colored Messenger Service. Phone Dale 3601. A. J. McMURRAY GROCERY CO. 381 RONDO ST., ST. PAUL. N. W. Phone Dale 3601. High Grade Work Moderate Prices Phone T. S. Center 4085. H. Larson Photo Studio 313 Washington Ave. Se. My Work for the Colored People has Always Given Satisfaction. Miss Cora E. Anderson, 365 Aurora Ave., St. Paul, is the local agent for the Spirella Corset, worn by the best gowned women. Transient Rooms. T. S. Center 5853 THE HOTEL DAVIS Mrs. Mattie Davis, Prop. Neat, Clean Rooms, by Day or Week 10 WESTERN AVE. MINNEAPOLIS Earle Stewart Earle Ihler Phone N. W. S. 1334 T S. Center 1302 "THE TWO EARLE'S." ORCHESTRA. GOOD MUSIC—REASONABLE PRICES. Pupils of Mrs. N. McCullough. Special Call, N. W. Main 4231. HOTEL CHASE. 1922 Washington Av. B. ♥ N. W. Phone Nicoll 1854. Neatly furnished rooms. Special service given to railroad men and the traveling public. Modern conveniences. Easily reached from any point in the city. All cars pass the door. CHAS. S. CHASE, Prop. THE ST. LOU UP STAIRS 138 EAST THE OLDEST AND BEST D MRS. JULIA H LADIES' AND GENTS' CLOTHES CLEANED, PRESSED AND RE- PAIRED. WORKMANSHIP FIRST CLASS, Called for and Delivered. Most reasonable terms. THE GOLDEN RULE PANTORIUM Ben. Abrams, Prop. 1311 WASHINGTON AVENUE SO. N. W. Phone, Nlc. 3350. PRINTING FIRST-CLASS WORK MODERATE PRICES BRING YOUR JOB WORK TO THE TWIN CITY STAR 1417 Washington Ave. So. MINNEPOLIS, MINNEASOTA Phone: T. S. Center 2520 The Elliott Fuel Co. PROMPT SERVICE Send Us Your Order For COAL, COKE and WOOD General Office: 120 S. 5th St. MINNEAPOLIS MACEO CLUB A. B. 725 WASHINGTON AVENUE SO. N. W. Phone Nicollet 1404 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. PAEGEL WILL MAKE YOUR WATCH KEEP TIME. We do the best WATCH, CLOCK and JEWELRY REPAIRING in the city at lowest prices. SPECIAL AGENTS for the HAMILTON, ELGIN, WALTHAM and ROCKFORD RAILROAD WATCHES. HAIR CUTTING 15 CENTS. You will get First-class Workmanship In St. Paul at Fuller's Barber Shop, 476 ROBERT ST. Just opened Desirable Location On All Car Lines THE CARVER HOTEL 1308-10 WASHINGTON AVE. SO. 28 Newly Furnished Rooms. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. W. Phone Main 863 BARBER SHOP AND BATHS. MOME. EMMA TAYLOR-JONES HAIR-DRESSING SHAMPOOING. 725 WASHINGTON AVE. SO. N. W. Phone Nicollet 2724. Treats the Scalp, and Stops Falling Hair. Appointments made in St. Paul or Minneapolis. Hair straightened.—By my process your hair will remain straight after washing. MY WORK WILL SUIT YOU. 208 Hennepin Ave. Minn. McCALL DRUG CO. CUT PRICE DRUG STORE COR. 4th ST. and 2nd Ave. S. MINNEAPOLIS "THE PRESCRIPTION STORE" JUIS KITCHEN THIRD ST. T. S. 2718 MINING ROOM IN ST. PAUL INSON, PROP. THE NEW HOTEL HOWARD 112 WASHINGTON AVE. N. Furnished Rooms—Gas and Bath N. W. Main 9566 Minneapolis 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. "Speaks for Itself" Pabst Blue Ribbon The Beer of Quality Good Beer is Strengthening TEL. NORTH WEST MAIN 537 OPEN FROM 6 A.M. to 9 P.M. M. G. RUTLEDGE, PROP "Senator Forker's Political Life is an Open book" THE FORAKER CAFE ELECTRIC LIGHTED (ESTABLISHED 1908) BEST SERVICE 511 FOURTH AVE. SO. Special Sunday Dinner 25c Business Men's Lunch 15c FROM 12 TO 3 P.M. FROM 11 TO 2 P.M. B. 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The Aluminum Comb is easily detached from the heating bar, then after the bar is heated the comb goes back into place and is held by a turn of the handle. The Magic Shampoo Drier is suitable for curling hair, has a cover and can be carried in a hand bag. Magic Shampoo Drier $10.00 Magic Alcohol Heater $50.00 Liberal terms to agents. Write for literature today. Magic Shampoo Drier C. Minnesota. ON SALE AT McC.AUL'S DRUG STORE. C. Minnesota, St. And 2nd Ave. So Kockstern THE AMAZING LABEL PURITY BREWING CO. PURITY BREWING CO. MADE IN USA Order a Case Today and Get Results Beer is Strength Beer is Strengthening There is strength in a pure beer like Hochsteiner LAGER Hochsteiner LAGER Brewed under sanitary conditions Purest of ingredients The beer without a headache PURITY BREWING CO. The Leading Bottle Beer Brewery BOTH PHONES 66 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Defective Pa