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MINNEAPOLIS Minn Historical Society DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST PAULSTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY efective Page VOL. 2 Single Copies 5 Cents Mrs. Anna Slate, 94 years, was burned to death in her home, 293 Edmund St., at 10:30 P. M. Feb. 12th. "Mammy" Slate lived in St. Paul since 1863. She was the widow of "Uncle Tom" Slate, who died nearly 25 years ago. The couple were members of a party of Negroes brought North by the government during the Civil war. The colony was temporarily established at Fort Snelling. "Mammy" found employment in many of the wealthy families, and was once employed by Gov. W. R. Merriam. Over 20 years ago the little home in which she was burned was erected with money donated by her former employers. In her declining years she had earned a living by caring for small children in the neighborhood and she was also provided for by white people for whom she had worked many years ago. The funeral was held Thursday at Pilgrim Baptist Churs. His text was Hebrews 4:9. "There remaineth a rest for the people of God." He paid a glowing tribute to the deceased, who was a loyal Christian, a member of the church for 37 years. John H. Hickman, Jr., sang a solo, "There is a rest for the weary." The choir rendered appropriate music. The coffin was of black broadcloth covered with flowers. The attendance was large, but as the charred remains were beyond recognition, her friends were not permitted to view them. The pall bearers, Mr. Douglass, J. H. Hickman, Geo. James, J. B. Johnson, J. J. Billups and B. F. Simpson bore the casket down the isle while the choir sang, "Asleep in Jesus." There being no relatives, several inmates of the Attucks Home were the chief mourners, and carriages were provided them. Undertaker Lyles conducted the burial. Is was one of the best tributes of respect ever paid to any member of the community. GRAND WORTHY MASTER KILLED Head of True Reformer's Died From Mr. W. R. Griffin, G. W. M., of the True Reformers died at Petersburg, Va., on Feb. 5th. He was injured in a wreck at Ford's Station. He had left Richmond Jan. 29th and had made a successful tour in the interest of the order. Hus funeral was held in Richmond on Friday, Feb. 9. "Scenes in a Union Depot" a comic drama, rendered by the Senior Choir of Pilgrim Baptist Church on Feb. 8, 1912 was well attended and a decided success. It will be repeated at Tschida's Hall, Feb. 22. The patrons of Mrs. McCullough's Autumn Leaf Dancing Class held their Annual Masquerade on Monday night at Dearborn Hall. It was a success in every way. About 20 couples enmasked contested for the prizes, which were won by the following: Mrs. Arthur White, "The Violet" 1st prize, decorated glass sugar and cream set. The most unique costume was worn by Miss Myrtle Taylor, who received an art craft bag. Mr. Sidney Salters won first men's prize, a silk umbrella; Mr. Erick Erickson, the second, a box of hose. Dancing was kept up till 3 A. M. There was considerable guessing as to the identity of the maskers, and the unmasking revealed many surprises. Mrs. McCullough furnished the music. The attendance was very large. Mesdames Stewart and Dodson, Messrs. Geo. Johnson, Clarence McCullough, Donald Brady and Jas. Burkes (Floor Manager) assisted her to make it a grand evening. Rev. A. G. Wilkerson, who is now working for the Twin City Star as agent and collector may be reached by letter (Nic. 2824) at 1419 Washington Ave. So. He desires to Inform the pastors of the Twin Cities that he is ready to tender to them his services whenever it may be needed, and also give prompt attention to marriage ceremonies, funerals, etc., when requested. Write to 1419 Washington Ave. S., or phone Nic. 2824 and Rev. Wilkerson will be at your service. EXTENSIVE WORK OF DR. G. C. HALL Chicago.—Dr. George Cleveland Hall, surgeon, was born at Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1864. His father, a Baptist minister, moved to this city in 1869 and at once entered his children in the public schools. At fifteen years of age Dr. Hall was principal of a small school at Aux Vasse, Mo. From there he went to Lincoln university, Pennsylvania, graduating with honors in 1886. Immediately thereafter he entered Bennett Medical college, Chicago, finishing first in a class of fifty-four. Dr. Hall enjoys a reputation for surgery that brings to him patients from all parts of the United States. He has operated in nearly every large city in the east and middle west. Seeing the necessity of postgraduate work among the Negro physicians of the south, Dr. Hall began holding surgical clinics before the various state medical associations, conducting them in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and Missouri. At these clinics he has performed hundreds of difficult surgical operations, bringing to the local physicians DR. GEORGE C. HALL. opportunities denied them in their home town, and has to his credit the establishment of ten infirmaries where none existed before and increased efficiency in the work of a number of others already established, whose work therefore had been in the hands of white surgeons. How this work has been appreciated can in a measure be understood by an extract from a letter written by Dr. D. H. C. Scott, president of the Alabama Medical association, in response to an invitation to attend a testimonial banquet given Dr. Hall by the citizens of Chicago, in which he said: "Dr. Hall has done no little in the south in general and Alabama in particular toward arousing the medical profession to greater effort in scientific investigation and practical application. He has been unselfish in this laudable endeavor and has lived to see his efforts bear fruit. "Aside from the enthusiasm he has created along the lines of professional achievement, he has brought to the people of this commonwealth the message of cheer and hope, born of a noble spirit and implanted in that effective way which gives immediate and permanent help. His manifest faith and sincere interest in the new south have demonstrated beyond question that we may yet be unfettered and soar to heights undreamed of. I congratulate Chicago in the possession of Dr. Hall." While standing at the head of his profession, this doctor does not lose sight of civic affairs. He organized the Civic League of the State of Illinois in 1895. He has been an active member of the board of trustees and attending surgeon at Provident hospital for the past fifteen years. Dr. Hall is a director and treasurer of Frederick Douglass center and a member of the Western Economic society. He is also chairman of the committee in charge of the erection of the $150,000 Y. M. C. A. building, a member of the Chicago Association of Commerce, organizer of the local medical association and an active worker in the national. In the financial world Dr. Hall is looked upon as one of Chicago's most substantial citizens, and his holdings are his by right of personal endeavor. "MAMMY" SLATE BURNED TO DEATH. Funeral Services Very Impressive. Laid to Rest. PRIZE MASQUERADE PARTY. OUR LOCAL AGENT. PHASES OF THE PROBLEM. Race Pride Without Arogone Is Help Cure Horseshoe, Rollin ful, Says Horace J. Rollin. Troy, O.-In concluding a philosophic and critical discussion of nature's answer to man's race problem Mr. Horace J. Rollin, humanitarian, author, scholar and long time friend of the colored race, says: Obviously the general advancement of the Caucasian is not due to racial integrity, but the contrary. The belief that he is a composite has within the past few years decidedly manifested itself. Mr. Burbank says in a personal letter that this is true of all the leading types today, while Professor Franz Boa holds, according to press reports, that the so called white race embodies not only the ancient Mongol, but the primitive Negroid. Several able anthropologists at the recent first universal races congress, London, expressed radical, sweeping conclusions, which ten years ago would have been denounced as dangerously wrong. Concerning the universality of capacity under reasonable conditions the writer perceived and taught it a score of years ago. In all this—and it is only those of psychic paucity who have to be reminded—there is nothing which is directly humbling. The kind of pride of race which includes no arrogance or injustice is still humanly useful, as the truth of compensatory blending is humanly encouraging. That family is foolish as well as wicked which knowingly obstructs the developments of another family of any type. Alliance by consanguinity is impending. With the recognition of universal requirement the sense of honor (wativing the present local and temporary morbidity already mentioned) becomes more and more normally acute, and so this phase of the conduct of life is bound to be extended beyond the limit of existing association, for in truth it is an important feature of the present universal peace movement. Apropos of nature's varied centripetal and centrifugal action, of helpful alternating divergence and convergence, it is an interesting speculative question whether or not after the present general movement is approximately completed extensive divergence will again take place. Cosmopolitan conditions and the assistance of science in both expediting and holding the desirable seem to forbid this, yet we may imagine it brought about by a series of so called accidents involving extensive retrogression or failure in securing the passing good, which may have to be offered again. The whole subject is not only interesting and important, but transcendent and infinite. What a boundless field for investigators of various talent! Here are countless values ready to be indicated. Normal fecundity, enlarging individuality, rising ideality—in brief, all the aspects and interests of ascending humanity—are facing this heaven touched horizon. For the nonacademic or independent seeker there is unoccupied room stairs. University scholarship is expected to produce a reasonable quota of textbooks and also bureaus of ethnology (by recording the overflow of their favorite subject, so to say). The Carnegie Institute of Research should illuminate many an obscure part of the way. Let us be ready when nature invites us for a rare journey. A quotation from the writer's book just mentioned affords the conclusion: "Man has been helped forward—always and in most if not all places—by a movement in general nature which is more radical and more universally promising than any which springs from the political, social or religious systems of the world. These are not necessarily regulative. Sometimes they have to be modified or even overthrown because of their crudity and injustice, but the natural, spontaneous movement referred to is perpetual and regulative. It is always and everywhere encouraging and even pushing the growth of reason." SPECIAL NOTICE. Proceeds for Attucks Home...$144.29 129 tickets not yet reported. Itemized reports of expenses and receipts will be submitted on request. Feb. 16, 1912. Mr. Frank Peoples, the contractor and builder, is remodelling the home of the late Ralph Grey, which was purchased by Dr. R. S. Brown. MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY FORUM. LINCOLN EXERCISES. The Lincoln exercises held at Bethesda Baptist church under the auspices of the Forum, were well attended. The meeting was opened by prayer by Rev. Carter. Singing, Glory, Glory, Hallelujah. Introductory remarks by the Pres. Instrumental solo, Miss Marianne Jeffreys; Emancipation Proclamation by the Journalist, Jasper Gibbs, Jr., Vocal Solo, "If I Forget" by Mrs. Frank Peoples; Sergt. J. W. Harper's Reminiscences of Negro Soldiers, were from actual experience. He being a member of the Famous Black Reg't. the 54th Mass. His remarks were applauded at intervals. He imparted his knowledge of the military achievements of the Negro in the Civil war and in the Regular Army where he served until retired, in a manner which impressed every one, and proved that tradition and not history tells us of his daring deeds and heroic achievements. The principal speaker was Atty. B. S. Smith, on "Lincoln." He made one of his most creditable addresses, pictured the entire life of Lincoln. Mr. Smith is an eloquent speaker, and his logical conclusions plainly showed that Lincoln had the welfare of the Negro at heart, and it was through his diplomacy that he was able to force this issue to its final success. He also gave lengthy credit to Lovejoy, Garrison, Philips, Sumner, John Brown and Nat Turner, who had agitated the cause of Freedom, and moulded sentiment in its favor. The Jeffreys Orchestra, Misses Mildred Shull and Gruzia Corneal, and Messrs. Lillart, Jeffrey furnished the music. After the exercises refreshments were served by the ladies of the church. Committee. A. J. Kelso, Chairman, Miss Sadie Marshall, Sec'y., Rev. T. W. Lewis, John H. Allison, Chas. Sumner Smith. The programs at several churches as announced in last issue were carried out with few exceptions. Mr. Will M. Smith addressed the congregation of Bethesda Church, and Atty. B. S. Smith at St. Peter's, where Mrs. D. E. Gibbs conducted the program. Mrs. Fitzroy Celestine sang "Rest Sweet Rest," with great expression. Mrs. Gibbs read the Proclamation. Revival services were continued after the exercises. The Federated Women's Club held their exercises at St. James, Mrs. John Sellars, Chairman of Local Committee, presided. The services were opened by singing by the choir. Prayer by the pastor and Scriptural Reading. Introduction, Mrs. Sellars, Life of Lincoln, Mrs. Hilda Kennedy, Gettysburg Address, Mrs. W. R. Donovan; Remarks, Chas. S. Smith; Emancipation Proclamation, Dr. J. H. Redd. The speaker of the evening, Rev. W. R. Donovan made a splendid address on "Lincoln, the great humanitarian. His remarks were not only interesting and instructive, but he proved by historic comparison that Lincoln was the only man, who ever fostered the cause of another people, against such odds without material gain. The entire program was well received. Rev. Edwards sang a solo. Messrs. E. B. James, Cello. D. E. Buckner, and Albert McClure, violinists, assisted the Choir. WHERE AMERICA TRIUMPHED. For 384 years, the strongest nations of the earth have had it in their minds to build a Panama canal, but they never achieved what they felt would be a world benefit. It is just 384 years since Spain made the first exploration for a canal across the isthmus. The engineers of Charles V. reported favorably after the survey. At the time, Spain, the richest nation in the world, dared not attempt the task. Modern science has made it possible, just as modern science has finally developed golden grain beers, from the rudiments of the German lager. There is no liquid as pure. THE K. OF P. SMOKER. Pride of Minnesota Lodge of Knights of Pythias will hold a Smoker at their Hall, 211 Hennepin Ave., on Washington's Birthday evening. All Knights are invited. Frank English, Chairman, Arthur Thomas, Secretary. Smoke the Reliable 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c IN MEMORY OF DOUGLAS THE NATAL DAY OF THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST AND STATESMAN WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES. REPRESENTATIVE MEN WILL SPEAK. A GRAND PROGRAME. The public are earnestly invited to attend the Minneapolis Sunday Forum meeting next Sunday, Feb. 18th at Bethesda Baptist Church to participate oiin paying a glowing tribute to the memory of Hon. Frederick Douglass, slave abolitionist, and statesman. A special program, which includes many well known speakers, has been arranged. It is hope that all may come early. The motto of the Forum is, "We begin on time." Let each and every one attend this Memorial, that we may show our respect to our illustrous dead. PROGRAM: 1 Vocal solo, Mr. Jas. Combs. 2. Quotations, The Forum. 3. A Plantation Melody, The Forum. 4. Douglass, the Slave (his life from birth to the time of his escape from slavery), Rev. D. E. Beasley. 5. Instrumental Solo, Miss Ida Mae Johnson. 6. "Douglass, the Citizen" (his life from the time of his escape from slavery to the close of the Civil War, Mrs. Jno. H. Hickman. 7. Song "America", The Forum. 8. "Douglass, the Statesman" (his life after the close of the Civil War, Mr. F. D. Parker. 9. Vocal Solo, Miss Emma Abbey. 10. "Douglass, the Immortal" (final honors to the living and tributes to the dead). 11. Vocal Solo, Mrs. H. L. Oliver. ADMISSION FREE. Mrs. Adah Lewis, and Messrs. Jas. L. Titus and Jasper Gibbs, Jr., the Program Committee of the Forum, have arranged a special program for Feb. 18, in honor of Frederick Douglass. MIDWINTER BAPTISMAL SERVICES 27 Converts are Given Baptism at Pittsburgh in Jey Monngabela Pittsburg, Feb. 11.—With the thermimeter standing at four degrees above zero, twenty-seven Negro men and women, recent converts to the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church of Brownsville, near here, were immersed in the ice waters of the Monongahela river today. The immersions were witnessed by several thousand persons, who shivered on the river bank and huddled close to fires built by small boys. In order to get the ceremony under way, it was necessary to cut a hole in the ice. Carriages were in waiting, and as fast as the converts came out of the water they were wrapped in blankets and driven to their homes. RUN OVER BY "TRIBUNE" WAGON Little Naomi, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Crawford, 623 Dupont Ave., was run over by "The Tribune" delivery wagon last Tuesday. She sustained injuries in her back and breast, being kicked by the horse. She is improving. "SCENES IN A UNION DEPOT" AT TSCHIDA'S HALL, FEB. 22. ADMISSION 35c. Proceeds for Benefit of Senior Choir of Pilgrim Baptist Church. MEETING OF P. G. M. COUNCIL. Prepares for Reception of Supreme Court. The Past Grand Masters Council of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows met last week. Mr. Gerald Reid was initiated. Arrangements were made to receive the Supreme Court of this body, which meets in St. Paul next April. Those present were: Wm. Jenkins, Lincoln Allen, J. P. Jackson, Noah Stone, J. H. Johnson, G. B. Lowe, Clyde Hillman, A. J. Jackson and Wm. R. Morris. After adjournment they dined at the Marble Hall, 403 5th Ave. So., where J. P. Jackson, the proprietor, served them a grand dinner. REDD TO DIE MARCH 1ST. Henry Wilbur Redd, convicted of the murder of Frank Johnson, the proprietor of a Porter's Club in Winnipeg, Can., will be hanged on March 1, 1912, unless the Minister of Justice grants a new trial. No. 26. A YOUNG INVENTOR. Charles Brown Studies in Milwaukee Schools. Splendid Future Ahead. Milwaukee electrical engineers are interested in the progress of Charles W. Brown, 27, a young Negro who is studying electrical engineering in one of Milwaukee's schools. Mr. Brown is specializing in electric heating. He will be graduated in June. Already he has received several offers for his services. CHAS. W. BROWN. He is an inventor, too. An electrical device for embossing leather, of his contrivance, is being used in two Milwaukee glove factories. With this apparatus, it is said, four times as much work can be done as with the old style gas heater. He is now working on an electrical automaton which will play pool. Mr. Brown recently won the gold medal offered by his school for the best student lecture on some electrical engineering subject. He spoke on electric heating and illustrated the subject with devices of his own construction. He lives at 715 Prairie St. He is a nephew of Mr. Clarence W. King of Minneapolis, and well known as a social and literary worker. His official efforts were in saving the Minneapolis Sunday Forum, now a race power, from an untimely death. PORTER'S WIN SPECIAL MERIT. Montreal.—The reports of the recent examination of the Conductors and Porters of the Canadian Pacific Ry, held under the supervision of Inspector Sam'l Kerns, show that the Porters made a very creditable showing. Their knowledge of car service, heat, gas, and general equipment was far beyond that of their superiors, the conductors. Mr. W. A. Cooper, the Supt. of the Hotel Dining and Sleeping Cars, has under him Mr. Harry Smith, of St. Paul, a Negro instructor, to whom we give credit for their good showing. CALL NEGRESS FOR JURY. Spokane, Wash.—Dorothy Coates, a Negress, summoned for jury duty in the Superior Court here, is believed to be the first woman of her race in the United States to have the opportunity. NEGRO VETERAN SEEKS PENSION Duluth, Feb. 11.—Henry Briscoe, a Negro 67 years old, wants a pension, as he was a soldier in the Civil war. He was born a slave in Pettis county, Missouri, a son of Major William McFettridge, a white man. Briscoe was sold in Sedalia by his own father shortly after the outbreak of the Civil war for $1,150 in gold and was twice sold afterward before running away and joining a Negro Regiment. SUPT. GROSH MUCH IMPROVED. Mr. Wm. Grosh of the Soo Ry., will leave shortly for Colfax Springs, Iowa. He has been confined to his home during past month with rheumatism, and will visit the Springs to regain his health. Mr. Frank Quartermouth, his able assistant will be in charge of his Dining and Sleeping Car Dept. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. --- ZION'S SONS UP FOR PROMOTION Pastor of Old Ship Church in Montgomery, Ala., in the Lead For Editor of the Star of Zion-is Well Qualified by Education and Experience For the Position. Montgomery, Ala.—The approaching general conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, which will be held in Charlotte, N. C., in May, opens up some interesting questions with reference to the elevation of prominent men to the bishopric and to other high positions in the church. To be sure, be that desirieh the office of a bishop desireth a good thing, but from the point of influence and in the matter of gaining a place in the affections of the people no position is quite so desirable as the office of editor of one of the church organs. In the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church the publication that wields the greatest influence and whose appearance is looked forward to weekly with a great manifestation of interest is the Star of Zion, published in Charlotte, N. C., which has been so long and so ably edited by Dr. G. C. Clements, a prospective bishop. Out of the large number of aspirants in the field for the editorship there are a number of men whom the church could well afford to honor, but for special fitness for this particular place Dr. W. A. Blackwell, now pastor of the celebrated Old Ship A. M. E. Zilon church in this city, seems to lead. Dr. Blackwell has held a number of important places in the church and has been signally successful because of his fitness, ability and sterling qualities of honesty and integrity. He is every inch a Christian gentleman, a scholar, and has done considerable newspaper work of the class that stamps him as the possessor of the keenest kind of newspaper instinct. While pastor at Little Rock he edited the Western Alarm and at Montgomery the Old Shlp Visitor. He has served as a widely read correspondent for the Star of Zlon, for the Boston Advocate, and has done considerable reportorial work on the Elevator as well as serving as a correspondent for the Era, a weekly white paper in South Carolina. Dr. Blackwell is only forty-two years old, but he has done a large amount of work in the Zlon church. He has been in the pastorate about twenty-four years, and, besides serving a period as presiding elder, he has been the successful pastor of some of the largest churches in the connection. At Lancaster, S. C.; at John Wesley church, Washington; at the Little Rock church, in Arkansas; the Pennsylvania Avenue church, in Baltimore, and at Old Shlp church, in Montgomery, he has established a record as a pastor that is country wide. In his work he is affable, congenial, yet firm, having but few superiors either as a public speaker or preacher. At three points in particular in the ministry he has erected commodious and worthy structures. These places are Lancaster, S. C.; Statesville, N. C., and Wilmot, Ark. For sixteen years he taught in connection with his ministerial work. He has an unusual grasp of public questions and often discusses many live subjects from his pulpit here, which is peculiarly regarded as the most attractive in the city among our people. His speeches, addresses and sermons show careful preparation and are always delivered in a convincing and painstaking manner with a thoroughness not academic, but born of a kind of preparation that betrays the man of deep study and research. He is in great demand as a lecturer before schools in the south, and since coming to Montgomery he has been placed on the annual lecture course at Phelps Hall Bible Training school, Tuskegee institute, and has delivered annual sermons or addresses at Tuskegee institute, Miles Memorial college, Corona institute, Lomax-Hanon High and Industrial school, Mount Meigs and the Calhoun Normal and Industrial institute. For the work of editor of the Star of Zlon Dr. Blackwell is undoubtedly well qualified. He writes, as he speaks, with thoroughness of detail and candor and truthfulness of statement and is of such a high order of intelligence and dignity that he could easily satisfy the many sided and cosmopolitan readers of the Star of Zlon. He thoroughly knows the colored man. He is deeply interested in his people, as his frequent participation in all kinds of beneficent movements will show. His standing in the church and with his fellow ministers is of gilt edge variety, as can be seen in the fact that he has been a member of the general conference since 1892. He was educated at Albion academy and State Normal school of Franklin, N. C., and Livingston college. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop Harris at Parksdale, Ark., in 1891, and an elder by Bishop Walters in 1892 at Little Rock. For the consideration of the delegates to the general conference and the members of the church at large Dr. Blackwell has erected a substantial platform upon which he rests his chances for elevation to the editorship of the Star of Zion. Rev. A. G. Wilkerson, is an authorized agent in the Twin Cities for the Twin City Star.—C. S. Smith. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. 1120 8th St. So. Don't forget the Forum Sunday, Feb. 18th, at Bethesda Baptist Church, FRED. DOUGLASS DAY. A whist social will be given at the residence of Mrs. Z. A. Pope, 216 W. 31st St. on Feb. 20, by the Ladies of Fidelity Court of Cadanthe. Mrs. Lawrence Johnson and baby are recovering from a spell of sickness at the residence of Mr. Samuel Teale, 1511 4th Ave. So. Mrs. Chas. Butler, 1923 5th Ave. S., has returned home after a pleasant stay in Seattle. Since her arrival she has been slightly indisposed. Her many friends will be glad to know of her return. Mrs. Victoria Graham, 3300 Lake St., entertained last Friday at dinner in honor of Rev. H. P. Jones. Those present were Mrs. Guins, Mrs. J. W. Cleary of St. Paul, Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Edwards and Rev. Mrs. T. W. Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth White and Mrs. Gertrude Bridges of this city. The Helping Hand Club of St. Peter's will meet at the residence of Mrs. Walter Blackburn, 25 W. 29th St., on Wednesday, Feb. 28. All are invited. Supper will be served. Mrs. Marguerite Washington, 1500 Penn Ave., met with a painful accident last week. While drying glasses she broke one, and cut her hand. Hedical attention was required. She is improving rapidly. Mr. Geo. W. Brown, 346 Pierce St., N. E., was on the sick list last week. He was suffering from a cold, which was appeared to cause serious developments. Mrs. George Green has been sick at her home, 714 Spring St., N. E., with La Grippe. Mrs. Joseph Johnson, $619\frac{1}{2}$ 5th St. No., will return home today from the Swedish Hospital. Mr. Milo Nichols, of N. Y. City, attended the funeral of his father-in-law, Mr. Thomas Ryan, and is spending a while visiting his old friends. Mr. Nichols is one of the old residents of this city, where he is well known. Mrs. W. L. Howard is improving after being confined to her bed with a severe cold. Mr. Nebraska Burkes has returned to Walker, Minn., in search of health. "Scenes in A Union Depot" which was presented at Pilgrim on the 8th inst., with so much success and enjoyment will be repeated with new features at Tschida's Hall, cor. Lafond and Arundel on the 22nd inst. The Ladies of Fidelity Court postponed indefinitely their entertainment of Feb. 14. Mr. Benj. F. Bullock, Pres. of the Forum, will address the Social and Literary Society of Pilgrim Baptist Church on Feb. 26. Sub. "The Woman's Place in the Economic World." The funeral of Allen J. Miller was held on Feb. 7th. He died at St. Mary's Hospital from tuberculosis. His wife was located in Miles Cty, Mont, but refused to look after his remains, which were given a decent burial by Mr. M. G. Rutledge, the proprietor of the Foraker Cafe, where Mr. Miller was employed. Rev. Lewis preached the sermon. The Stewardesses of St. James A. M. E. Church will give an Entertainment on Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22. Mr. H. M. Kennedy, the barber, left Sunday evening for Kansas City, to visit his mother, Mrs. Mary Kennedy, who is very ill. She died Monday morning before he reached home. Mrs. Mary L. Bell, 314 14th Ave. So., has been confined to her home during past three weeks. On Monday, Feb. 19th the Social and Literary Club at Pilgrim will be addressed by Miss Edith Leonard, local Secretary of the Y. W. C. A., on the subject, "The Y. W. C. A. Movement." Come and hear her. It takes money and time for our local agent to make so many trips to collect your indebtedness to the Twin City Star. Try to pay him when he calls. Send ADS before Thursday A. M. We acknowledge the receipt of "Rest Sweet Rest" the latest musical composition of Prof. W. A. Weir, of St. Paul, words by W. E. Shackelford. This song has made a tremendous hit. It is being sung in several of our churches, and is being used by our best talent. A Mrs. Mitchell has collected money in Zion Baptist Church from persons who wished to subscribe to the Twin City Star. We received no money or gave no such person any authority as our representative. TWIN CITY STAR Rev. E. H. McDonald, Pastor Pilgrim Baptist Church, preached another one of his strong and timely sermons Sunday night from the text, "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich." Prov. 21:17. Throughout the discourse Rev. McDonald emphasized the fact that much of the Negro's poverty and "hard times" is due to his excessive love of pleasure and wine. "Stop trying to dress like millionaries; stop spending so much money on street cars and excursions, stop making saloon-keepers rich and you will be solving the "Negro Problem." So said the Rev. McDonald. Many notes were received this week too late for insertion. You must pay for use of these columns, if you send your news later than Wednesday. The Social and Literary Club of Pilgrim will serve dinner at church on Washington's Birthday from 12 o'clock, noon, to 6:00 P. M. A good program will be rendered. Dinner 25c. Mrs. Henry High, Chairman. Miss Clara Overall, 972 Rice St., entertained about 30 friends on St. Valentines' Day at her residence. Editor Thos. R. Morgan of the Daily Guide of St. Paul, attended the Lincoln Exercises at Bethesda Church in our city last Monday. Miss Alverta Phillips celebrated her graduation from the 8th grade by entertaining her fellow-graduates. Misses Ruth Charleston, Ida Gardner, Grace Lealtad and Masters George Manning and McKinley Brown and a few of her friends at her home 458 St. Anthony Ave. She received many useful and beautiful presents. The young people had a most enjoyable gathering. The One More Effort Club met at the parsonage of St. James A. M. E. Church and celebrated the birthday of their Pastor, Rev. H. P. Jones. Mrs. Addie Crawford Minor, will conduct a Choral Study Club, beginning next month. Mrs. Sam'l Dorsey of 454 Rondo St. is ill with appendicitis. Mr. John Philips, (formerly of Columbus, O., recently of St. Paul,) is very ill at St. Peter, Minn. His health is failing very rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Rogers of Tacoma are the guests of her sister, Mrs. Florence Johnson, 332 Thomas St. We regret very much to learn that Mr. R. W. Jelt, 556 Sherburn Ave., had the misfortune to get one of his arms broken while working around the machinery of a concrete mixer owned by Butler Bros., contractors and builders. Pleased to know, however, that the company was fair enough to settle with Jelt without a damage suit and that his arm will soon be well again. The Porters' and Waiters' Club, 317 Wabasha, St. Paul, had a large gathering at their Monday Night Whist Party, which is now a weekly feature of the club. Mr. F. D. Parker, who is employed in the St. Paul Postal Service and who is a regular subscriber to the Twin City Star, has removed from 579 Rondo to 639 W. Central. Mr. W. G. Hood, 700 Sherbourne Ave., left the city Tuesday morning for Chicago to visit his mother, who is quite ill. Misses Lorene and Ollie Beard are ill at their home, 747 W. Central Ave. Mrs. Sabra Hilary died at her residence at 146 E. 9th St. See Cliff O. Smith, the Tailor, about your spring suit or overcoat. Rev. Dan' Harding of Lake City is in the city. Mrs. Hinson is making improvements at the St. Louis Kitchen. Messrs. Thos. H. Lyles and Walker Williams have opened a Barber Shop at 124 East Third St. Mrs. L. J. Thompson is the mother of a 12 pound baby boy. Both are well attended by Dr. Val do Turner. Mrs. Winnie Vincent, who has been out of the city for several months has returned. Mr. Noble Thompson of Viola St., is very ill. The gentlemen who attended the Leap Year Party given at Pilgrim on the 12th inst., by the Social and Literary Club were so royally entertained by the ladies that they are wishing that every year was leap year. Say, those Social and Literary Club ladies know how to do things! Messrs. Arthur V. Hall and Worden Haynes deserted their following in the Saintly City on Monday night, and came over to spend some of the Holiday in a real city. "The Dromios may always be found with the best. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. BOSTON WOMEN HOLD BIG ANTI-LYNCHING MEETING Senators Asked to Introduce Bill Making Lynching a Federal Crime. Boston.—At a lynching protest mass meeting in Faneuil hall held recently under the auspices of a committee of thirty colored women, led by Mrs. W. Monroe Trotter, it was unanimously voted to petition Senator Crane and Congressman McCall at Washington to offer bills in the senate and the house making lynching wherever perpetrated a federal crime. It was also voted to again petition President Taft "to throw his influence in the scale against the men who burn little children and to appeal to colored men to stand against crime or criminals, whether they be black or white, and not to be so easily lynched." In a stirring address on "Lynching and American Public Opinion" Rev. R. C. Ransom of New York city said that lynchings primarily sprang out of the desire of the former slaveholding states to repress the Negro. The south, he claimed, in order to justify itself in these barbarities began by blackening his character and by painting him as a monster who menaced the safety of women. "Negroes themselves," he said, "are largely to blame for the contempt in which they are held and the impunity with which their liberties and their lives may be invaded. Sheriffs, mayors, courts, governors, will not take seriously into account the interests of a people who have lost or surrendered the right to retaliate or call them to account at the ballot box. Mobs do not quail when there is no fear that their wild brutalities will be answered by a volley of bullets." He said the action of this government in abrogating the treaty with Russia furnishes a striking example as to how the lynching evil can be combated. "We would advise," he said, "that Negro subjects of the British empire who come to this country numerously from the British West Indies travel freely throughout the southern states and when they are jimcrowed and otherwise assaulted and degraded that they appeal to the British government on the ground that their treaty rights have been violated." "Within the past twenty-six consecutive years there have been recorded 25,000 lynchings of colored Americans in the United States. Not one lyncher has been punished," said Mrs. W. Monroe Trotter. "Think of the father with his son and daughter murdered on their way to the cotton gin with the products of their labor, the father and son tied to the cart and burned, the daughter shot in the back! "If these are not horrible enough to move you to sympathy, then think of the mother torn from her suckling babe, raped and with her fourteen-year-old son dragged through the streets of a city and hanged to the ties of a bridge! Think of those bodies swinging in the air, and if these do not move you to action God help us colored people!" New Agricultural Agent at Fort Davis The recent appointment of Mr. T. J. Murray as United States agricultural demonstration agent is hailed with delight by the farmers at and in the vicinity of Fort Davis, Ala., in which place Mr. Murray will have his headquarters. Desirable house, 5 rooms, modern except heat with bath, gas and toilet, reasonable terms. Owner will leave city shortly. Apply O. W. Lobbins, 954 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul. 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. Mr. W. J. Utley, Barber, 94 E. 5th St. Mr. Albert Block, Barber, 94 E. 5th St. Ramsey County Club, Mgrs., 115 E. 3rd Street. Mr. E. T. Holmes, Peoples' Barber Shop, 138 E. 3rd St. DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. Let me make your Spring Suit or Overcoat from from my Choicest Stock of Latest Patterns. Perfect Fit. Quality and Workmanship Guaranteed. Reasonable Prices. Special attention given to repairing, cleaning, N. W. Cedar 3488. A. SMITH. PETER B. RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. Cash Your Checks, No Discount at B. Fink's 3rd and Robert Sts. St. Paul. Special Sunday Dinner 35c. St. Louis Kitchen. St. Paul. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatadr. Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH 22d St. between 9th and 10th Aves. Services at 12:30 m. and 8:00 p. Sunday school at 12:30. Rev F. M. M. Lewis, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 315 Eighth Ave. Se, Sunday services at 11 p.m. Eighth Street School 11 p. m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHESA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1120 Eighth Street Se, Presaching every Sunday morning and evening. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue N. and 4th St. Services morning and evening. Sunday. Rev. M. W. Withers, Pastor. ST. PAUL. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. H. P. Jones, Pastor, Cor. Jay and Fuller Sts. All are welcome. LODGES. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Deputy, Installs and organizes Chapters of The O. E. Star. Please to consult any one interested. Residence Mrs. Anna B. Harris, Grand District 285 Rondo St. St. Paul, Minn. BROTHERHOOD. Lo, soul, seest thou not God's purpose? The earth to be spanned, connected by network. The people to become brothers and sisters. The races neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be crossed, the distant brought near. Brought here; The lands to be welded together. A REAL NEWSPAPER. 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? To subscribe is to pay. Subscribe now. Two Dollars a Year. 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 fancies. 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. DO YOU WANT TO BUY? Real Estate, Farms Lands, Desirable City Property. From 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 acres and upwards, Ten Blocks from N. P. R. R. Station. 10 acre plots $10 down and $5.00 per month. 40 acres—$25 down and $8 per month. I can give you a safe investment. Call or write for information to, J. H. H. REV. JOS. S. STRONG. R. 27-28 UNION BLOCK, ST. PAUL, MINN. HEGENER R. I. L. HEGENER 207 Nicelet TWIN CITY RAZORS full hollow ground, guaranteed, $1.28 each. A full line of Table Cutter, Carvers, Manloure Scissors and Tools Cutlery grinding. SYLVESTER W. OLIVER. Working Men's Social Club OLIVER BROS., Managers PHONE: Nicollet 9506 206 So. Second St. Minneapolis, Minn. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE ROYAL DANCING CLUB ARCADE HALL 1311 Washington Ave. So. CLASSES EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT Refreshments. Admission 25c. Newest Dances Will be Featured. DANCING 9 P. M. TO 2:30 A. M. TYLER'S ORCHESTRA. Miss Brightie Lowe, Piano; Chas. Minor, Cornet; Jas. Collins, Cello; John W. Tyler, Traps and Drums. Shirley Reddixx, President, Jno. W. Tyler, Secretary. A GOOD HAIR-CUT AND SHAVE. WHERE CAN I GET IT? GO TO THE TYLER BROS. N. W. Phone, Main 9341. Barber Shop and Pool Room JOHN W. TYLER, Manager. 725 WASHINGTON AVE. SOUTH. POOL 2½c PER CUE. BILLIARDS 15c. The best pool-room in the city. Thos. H. Lyles 322 Wabasha St., St. Paul. Undertaker and Embalmer Lady Assistant When Desired. Free Service of Chapel and Organ Residence, 673 St. Anthony Ave., Tel.: Dale 2947. Calls answered Day or Night IN MINNEPOLIS OR ST. PAUL Both Phones 508. PAEGEL 802 NICOLLET AVE. 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. SMOKE THE BEST Sight Draft 5C CIGAR W. S CONRAD CO., Distributors 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. 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 WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT Men's Sewed Soles, ..... 75c Ladies " " ..... 65c Men's Nailed " ..... 50 and 60c Rubber Heels, " ..... 40c Ladies and Boys' nailed soles ..... 40c SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH Defective Pag Defective Page WASHINGTON UNION WASHINGTON AS A MASON WASHINGTON AS A MASON Fellow citizens and Brothers, of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania I have received your address with all the feelings of Brotherly affection wrapped with those sentiments, for the Society, which it was calculated to excite. To have been, in any degree, an instrument in the hands of Providence to promote order and union, and erect upon a solid foundation the true principles of government, is only to have shared with many others in a labour, the result of which let us hope, with pride through all ages, a sanctuary for brothers and a lodge for the ancients . . . Permit me to reciprocate your prayers for my temporal happiness, and to sapphire that we may all meet hereafter in that eternal temple, whose builder is the great architect of the Universe I've changed my notions quite, And now I say to you, old pard, G. W. was all right." WASHINGTON Facsimile of His to the Grand Lodge Fellow citizens of the Grand Lodge I have received with all the feeling tripled with those society, which it was to have been instrument in the to promote order and a solid foundation government, is one many others in a t which let us hope all ages, a sanctuary a lodge for the orn Permit my prayers for my life and to sapphire great therafter in whose builder is of the Universe 27 Dec 1796 Acknowledgment of Reverence to the Old Age known from Grand Lodge Martha G. L. WHEN you travel in the Washington country, in Virginia, near the city named after the first president, a beautiful stretch of land reaching from the national capital to Mount Vernon and beyond, you visit the little city of Alexandria, which is associated with Washington's life. The town is very proud of its connection with the immortal George and hastens to show to its visitors two things-old Christ church, in which Washington and Lee worshiped, and the lodge room wherein the former met his Masonic brethren to perform the rites of their order. One of the less well known portraits of Washington shows him standing and wearing the apron, with its square and compass and other insignia. He was proud of his membership in the ancient order and took frequent occasion to refer to it. He be- SAYS Uncle Sam to Johnnie Bull: "I'm glad to shake your hand. Though once you made a sad mis take, Today you understand. Goodbye. Wishing you now can see, Was a patriot most sublime. It took you years to find it out— I knew it all the time." AS A MASON Interesting Letter age of Pennsylvania and brothers, of Pennsylvania received your address of brotherly affection treatments, for the is calculated to excite er, in any degree, an lands of Providence and union, and erect upon the true principles of to have shared with labour, the result of work prove through my for brothers and those. to reciprocate your inporal happiness, that we may all that eternal temple, the great architect G. Washington washington the end 1792 came a Freemason in 1752, when he was twenty years old. Nine years ago the grand lodge of Pennsylvania celebrated with splendid ceremony the one hundred and fifteenth anniversary of the initiation of Washington, inviting President Roosevelt and other prominent Masons to take part. The exhibition of Washingtoniana, shown in connection with the sesquicentennial, attracted widespread attention among the brothers of the order and others. ● Among the relics exhibited was the letter of Washington to the grand lodge of Pennsylvania. It is reproduced herewith. In he says: I have received your address with all the feelings of brotherly affection mingled with those sentiments for the society with which I am a member. Permit me to reciprocate your prayers for my temporal happiness and to supplicate that we may all meet thereafter in that eternal temple whose builder is the great Architect of the Universe. The letter was written three years before the death of Washington. --- TWIN CITY STAR SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson VII.—First Quarter, For Feb.18,1912. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES Text of the Lesson, Luke iii, 1-17. Memory Verses, 16, 17—Golden Text, Matt. iii, 2—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. The first two verses of our lesson introduce us to seven men who were, in a certain sense, great men, but only one was truly great. Caesar, Pilate, Herod and Philip were great in the eyes of the world of politics as earth rulers. Annas and Calaphas as high priests were great in the eyes of religious people, but only of John could it be truly said "great in the eyes of the Lord." "not a greater prophet than John the Baptist" (Luke 1, 15; vii, 28). He was also filled with the Holy Spirit from his birth, so he must have spent his time in the wilderness with God in a very special way. We read seven times in Num. iv. that the priests began their ministry when about thirty years of age, so we judge from verse 23 of our lesson chapter that John, as well as Jesus, began their public ministry at that age. He knew when to come forth and begin because "the word of God came unto him." So the word of the Lord came unto him in whose spirit and power he went forth (I Kings xvii, 2, 8) From Gen. xv, 1, where we read that "the word of the Lord came unto Abram," how many times we find this statement and how much it means of definite commission from heaven. How very strong it is in Ezek. 1, 3, where we read, "The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel, the priest." Unless we each for ourselves hear His voice in His word His book is not to us what it might be. This gospel may be said to begin and end with "repentance and remission of sins" (verse 3, 1, 77; xxiv, 47). The gospel that does not proclaim the remission of sins by the blood of Jesus is not the gospel of the grace of God, but a perversion of the gospel of Christ (Gal. 1, 6, 7). Every truly penitent soul, having received the Lord Jesus Christ and thus having been made a child of God and received the forgiveness of sins, is commissioned to say to every unsaved person, "Through this man is proclaimed unto you the forgiveness of sins" (I John ii, 12; John 1, 12; Rev. xxii, 16; Acts xiii, 88, 39). The herald of the Messiah was predicted in Isa. xl, 8; Mal. iii, 1, but in both places in connection with great blessing upon Israel. John said of himself that he was neither the Messiah nor Elijah, but just the voice of which Isaiah had spoken to prepare the way of the Lord (John 1, 19-23) Both John and Jesus Christ suffered at the hands of those who should have received them (Matt. xvli, 11-13), so the kingdom that was at hand and would have come if the Messiah had been received did not come and still awaits the return of the King to bless Israel, and not till then shall all flesh see the salvation of God. It is after the Lord shall have comforted Jerusalem, when He shall be reigning in Zion, that all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God (Isa. xlix, 6; lil, 7-10). This is the age of worldwide evangelization that from all nations the elect church may gather and prepared to administer with Him as joint heirs: the affairs of the kingdom. In every age true repentance must be followed by fruits meet for repentance. We must prove to people by our works the reality of our faith. God reads the heart, but people read the illustrations in our lives. The illustrations in some books are so poor that they do not help the story It is even so in our lives. "Not every one that saith, * * but he that doeth," our Lord said. And elsewhere it is written that "faith without works is dead" (Matt. vii, 21; Jas. ii, 10). We are delivered from the wrath to come without any works of ours, but wholly through Jesus, the Son of God raised from the dead (I Thess. 1, 10). Yet, as a tree is known by its fruit, so the believer should be known by his actions. If we are new creatures in Christ we should walk in newness of life, manifesting the fruit of the Spirit (Rom. vl, 22; Gal. v, 22). The questions of verses 10, 12 and 14, "What shall we do?" remind us of the question in John vl, 28. "What shall we do that we might work the works of God?" Our Lord replied, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent." Thus only can salvation come to any one. Being saved, what then? "Do justly, love mercy and humble thyself to walk with God" (Mic. vl, 8, margin). Show sincerity by love to others as opportunity offers and as God gives the ability. To the people, the publicans, the soldiers, He gave a separate answer suited to their circumstances. We are not to look around and consider what others are doing, but each for himself ask, "Lord, what wilt Thon have me to do?" Concerning our looking at or thinking of what others are doing, we need the Lord's word to Peter, "What is that to thee? Follow thou me!" or the word in I Thess. iv, 11, "Study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands." As the people wondered at John it was his delight to point them away from himself to the one whom he came to announce, of whom he spoke as "one mightier than 1, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose" (verse 16), and of whom he a little later cried, "Behold, the Lamb of God" (John i, 20, 30). Instead of water baptism He would baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire. PROGRESS OF THE ORDER OF ELKS Lodges In Greater New York and Vicinity Are Prosperous. POTENT AGENCY FOR UPLIFT Thrifty Secret Order of National Repute After Many Difficulties and Opposition From Within and Without Has Gained a Firm Footing Throughout the United States. New York.—One of the strongest and most influential secret organizations in this city and one which is doing real uplift work is the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. It is in the forefront of the secret societies which are doing great work for the moral development of its members and bringing about a better standard of manhood and citizenship. Since the beginning of the Elk movement twelve years ago among colored men the order has had a steady growth until today it is one of the strongest organizations of its kind in the United States. In New York Manhattan lodge has probably the largest membership of any one of the subordinate lodges of the order. It was organized nine years ago under the leadership of W. W. Winfield, who is one of the most prominent Elks in the country. The lodge has had a P. M. JAMES H. ANDERSON. steady growth until today it has a membership of 750. Many of the most prominent men of the race in New York are active in the welfare of the Elks and are doing much for the promotion and advancement of the order. Prominent among them are J. Frank Wheaton, the well known lawyer; Dr Kellogg, a successful physician; James H. Anderson, the hustling newspaper man and managing editor of the Amsterdam News, and many others. In a recent statement given out by Mr. Anderson concerning the Elks he said: "The type of men who belong to the Elks is of the very best among our fellow citizens. The Elks can set an example for a great many of our lodges in the matter of loyalty to the tenets of the order. "The general organization of the Order of Elks had its inception among our people about twelve years ago. Mr B. F. Howard was the leader of the movement. The order has had a remarkable growth, due doubtless to the many beneficent advantages which it offers to its members and the congenial fellowship which it seeks to promote. Among the many advantages derived from membership in the Elks are the ample provision made for its members in time of sickness and the liberal aid given to the heirs of a deceased member at the time of such member's death." Like most all good movements in the interest of humanity, whether as individuals or a collective body, the organization has had to face many difficulties and combat the most severe opposition. For the past three years, more or less, there was much dissatisfaction within its own ranks, while at the same time strong opposition from outside sources nearly swept the organization from its course. All told, the order has won a national reputation throughout the country and is now on a firm footing, and good work is being done by the members of the various lodges. The public functions of the order wherever held are always the occasion for much enthusiasm on the part of the public. In New York city, Brooklyn and Jersey City, N. J., the lodges are very aggressive and successful in meeting their obligations to the members. Dr. Howard Accepts Pittsburgh Call. The members of the Central Baptist church in Pittsburgh are rejoicing over the acceptance of the Rev. Dr. George B Howard to become their pastor in the early spring. Dr. Howard is pastoring the Gildfield Baptist church in Petersburg, Va., where he has labored successfully for a number of years. The Gildfield church was made famous by the late Rev. Henry Williams, who was known throughout the country. This church has a membership of over 3,000 Rev. Dr Howard pastored in Pittsburgh before going to his present charge in Petersburg. --- SEATTLE NEWS. Mr. H. S. Frazier, formerly of St. Paul is doing well in the Tailoring business, located at 106 4th Ave. So., Seattle, Wash. Mr. S. T. McCauts is associated with him. They have met with great success. Mr. Chas. Walker is making improvements at "The Walker Grill." The Negroes of Seattle are greatly interested in the news about a gold mine in Alaska owned by a Negro. The Guggenheimers have offered $600,000 for the property. Tutt's Tonsorial Parlor is still the headquarters of the Railroad men from all parts. His appointments are the best in the Northwest. Mr. Joseph R. Austin is owner of the mines which the Guggenheimers offered $600,000, for and was refused. He is located in Seattle. Shelton and Fiddler, two colored comedians made quite a hit on the Orpheum stage the past week. Mr. Frank Smith, Manager of the Douglass club of Seattle, Wash., where the railroad boys will find an up-to-date place in every respect—is competent in every way for the position as he has been Steward of all the principal clubs of Seattle in the last 14 years and is now Steward of a Jewish club, one of the largest in Seattle. Dr. C. W. Yeizer is looking out for the Star among the Seattleites. There is no people in the world which more quickly recognizes and appreciates the qualities of frankness and sincerity, whether they are exhibited in a friend or in an opponent, in a white man or in a black man, than the white people of the South. I have found that there is a class that has gained a good deal of fleeting popularity for possessing what was supposed to be courage in cursing and abusing all classes of Southern white people on all possible occasions. But as I have watched the careers of this class of Negroes in practically every case their popularity and influence with the masses of colored people have not been lasting. Booker T. Washington in the World's Work. NEW UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. A system for the universal language has been discovered, which it is claimed will make it possible for persons of different tongues to learn it in a few hours sufficiently well to converse together. Prof. Otto Jasperson of the University of Copenhagen, is one of its originators, and it is called "Ido." He is willing to send the key to any gathering of persons to try it. He says it is not a beautiful language, but much richer than the Frenchman's English, or the Englishman's German. Should it be adopted, people the world over could call for their golden grain belt beers in the same language. A NEW CONSISTORY CONSTITUT. ED. Deputy Geo. L. Hoage Established a Temple of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Omaha, Neb. Feb. 5.—Commander J. Frank Rickards, $33^{\circ}$, of Detroit and his assistants (Wm. R. Morris $33^{\circ}$, Deputy Comdr. of Minnesota, L. A. Melker $33^{\circ}$, Geo. L. Hoage $32^{\circ}$ of St. Paul and J. M. Morris, Imp. Potentate of Fezan Temple), today constituted the "Joshua David Kelly Consistory, A. and A. S. R., at Masonic Hall. The ceremonies were postponed from yesterday on account of the Northwestern train bearing the officials being 25 hours late. Several delegates from Lincoln and other points returned to their homes without attending the ceremonies. Thirty-seven petitioners were elevated to the $32^{\circ}$. Elaborate arrangements had been made for Sunday's gathering. A New Shriner's Temple. Deputy George L. Hoage of St. Paul established the Zaza Temple No. 27, composed of 35 novices, who crossed the desert. The visiting members left tonight for their homes. POINTS PATH OF PROGRESS. Booker T. Washington Has Just Written "My Larger Education." Booker T. Washington, the well-known leader of the movement to make the Negro a useful citizen, has just written "My Larger Education," which is a collection of his experiences as a public man and as an educator. It is practically a continuation of his "Up From Slavery" and carries on the story. In this volume Mr. Washington notes the mistakes that have been made and points to the path of progress in the further education of the black race. 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No. 26 Saturday, February 17, 1912 ey Entered in the Post ollice st Min- meapolis, June 23, as second class mat- ter. ee Published Every Saturday by CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 1419 Washington Ave. So. Minne- apolis, Minn. Room 1020 Met. Life Bldg., SSS Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ............05 «++ $2.00 BIX MONTHS .....00.ccceeeee 185 8 MONTHS ........00ceceeeee 78 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION $2.50. Advertising rate per Inch 60c. Special rates furnished on application Subscribers are earnestly request- ed to report to the office any irregu- larities in the delivery of their paper; ‘also any change of address. Subscribers wishing the ‘Twin City Star” discontinued at the expiration of their subscriptions should notify us to that effect; otherwise we shall consider it their wish to have {t con- tinued. Order for discontinuance must be accompanied by payment of all arrears. All personal advertisements in the local columns must be pald for in ad- vance. All public comment inserted only over the author's signature Foreign subscriptivas solicited. Unsigned notices wil! not be In- terted In these columns. All matter must reach us by Wed- nesday for insertion. PAID UP SUBSCRIBERS are our best “Booscers” Are you one? “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; na- tion shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any mofe.—Isalah 2:1v. THE NEGRO'S DUTY. “What the Negro must do is to con- tend for his rights in the best spirit without losing his head and he will find the genuine white people the world over respecting them. First, let him respect himself and others will respect inim."—(Charleston, 8. C. Messenger.) DOUGLASS DAY AT THE FORUM. Sunday, Feb. 18, at 3:30 P. M. Our church and lodge workers who solicit advertisements for their pro- grams should be willing to place the ad of their entertainments in the newspapers—as they suffer the loss of the advertisement of those mer- chants who carry that class of adver. tisements. It has been recently reported to the Twin City Star by a prominent citizen of St. Paul that a number of lads, some as young as 13, have been leaving St. Paul as late as midnight and frequenting dives in Minneapolis. It is earnestly hoped that the good citizens and city officials of Minne- apolis will look after those dives which are harboring young boys in vice and immorality.—Wilkerson. Bdueational’ Macs Mectina in Atlanta. Manifesia.tous of Cie growing bier. est whlch uisay of the most tnflucutial and wealthy citizens among the white people of the south are (aking in move: ments for the betterment of bath races were strikingly shown at the recent educational meeting held In Atlanta, Ga. Capitalists, business and profes: sional men, ministers and teachers of the white race were present in large numbers, and many encouraging mes- ‘sages were recelved from white friends of the race who could not attend. ‘The meeting will benefit the whole commu: nity in many ways as well as result in financtal help for education. (New Branch of National Association. President Moorfield Story of the Na- tional Association For the Advance- ment of Colored People presided at the meeting held in Perkins hall, Boston, on Thursday, Feb. 8, at which time a Boston branch of the association was organized. Professor J. E. Spingarn, president of the New York branch of the association and treasurer of the New York vigilance committee, spoke encouragingly of the work of the as- poclation In New York and elsewhere. Afro-Americans Advance In Music. The advance which Afro-Americans are making in music was strikingly manifested at the annual meeting of the National Association of Musical and Art Clubs recently held in New York. There were twenty clubs repre- sented in the membership from differ- nt sections of the United States. Mrs. Barriet Gibbs Marshall, who is widely known for her musical ability, is the ‘Rational president. ‘The Birthday of Frederick Douglass should .be celebrated by all Negroes. POPULAR GAUGE OF RACIAL TYPES How Modern Conditions Bring About New Relative Positions. PHASES OF INFINITE ORDER, Advancement Lies In Reasonable Se- lection, Which Ie as True of Admira- ble Human Makeup as It Is of Effi- cient Mechanice— Counterpart of Race Prejudice. Troy, O.—Continuing the discussion of nature's answer to man’s race ques- tlon, Mr. Horace J. Rollin, author of “Yetta Segal,” which some critics call radical, yet adequate as a pioneer sketch of the great question of racial | phenomena, says: Such phenomena | must be interpreted in a way consist- [ent with man’s nature. If he ts eapa- [ble of development, if he shall attain higher status through struggle or | through means that are seemingly or, for the time, degrading; if he 1s mov- ing from the simple to the complex as to organization, {f universal move: ment tends to unife existence, then | racial interchange, with elimination of pecultar characteristics, has made Its appearance as a phase of infinite order and for the beneft of future ‘man. As to the state of integrity, we have mentioned primitive “offish” instinct as having bad profound normal value, “Temporary segregation has insured the process of developing peculiar spe- cific qualities, at certain periods, in this or that environment, necessary to the cosmopolite of the future. But the products of nature inevitably un- dergo change, and if not used to es: ‘tablish advanced forms and expres: ‘sions they are disintegrated as xo much common material. Racial char- -acteristics—as “the types” present them to popular gaze—attained full growth so long ago that modifications more or less marked have necessarily appeared. Modern conditions bring new rela- tive positions. Extensive geographical interdistribution of types has resulted from the overcoming of such natural barriers as great rivers, seas, moun tain chains and deserts. For muiti- tudes, this means different air, food, scene, thought and feeling—new ele- ments that vary aspiration Itself. The physlognomy is remodeled, irrespective of new lineage. Even if there were no fusion, the types could not remain the same nor so much unltke. Advance- ment les In reasonable selection— this ts as true of admirable human makeup as it 1s of efficient mechanics. It ts not in order to say that any one fs “in favor” of this phenomenon. No one declares that Newton was in favor of the law of gravitation. He called at- tention to it quite innocently; the spec- tator was not advised to climb a tall tree and then let go bis bold, in order to test the readiness of the discovered law. Franklin percelved the power of “lightning” to help or barm the Indi vidual. ‘Those who fancied that he “in- dorsed it" doubtless associated bim with its ugly aspects. | No one who comprehends the ratson @etre of the new philosophy desires to see the movement unreasonably accel- erated. A morbidity would follow. the counterpart of race batred itself. Ac: knowledgment of the truth is certainly not a letting down of the bars to Indis- eriminate, tI advised mating. It Is time, however. for comprehensive in- formation. Increased knowledge means Increased circumspection, the best pro- tection for the individual. We should look at the past with tm. proved vision. Some matings involving the racial interchange of cruder times once declared brutal and immoral— must have had the psyche element. This 1s attested by a fair proportion of the living record. ‘The composite must be considered in ‘a way which will defend him and also insure ourselves against self degradn- tion, Thus even where custom and or- inary law bave been ignored by the ancestors payehle force comes spon- taneously to remove mysterious tempo- rary stigma. Nature provides increas: ing kinship, even to those of delayed development, and extending fusion 7 rendered less and less objectionable, with wider scope for happy selection ‘This {8 no more a mere theory thin fs the law back of the marvelous pro- Auction of new stock, fruits and flow: ers. We are reminded to mention a book which authoritatively points to the crossing of types as a means of | producing the superior man of the fu ture, “The ‘Training of the Human Plant™ (the Century company. 1907), We predicted that Mr Burbank must arrive at this conclusion This infinite workman, who makes high philosophy tangible, bad tn mind the same prin ciple of exchange of needed values witt ‘aptshate thn he Gen Counting ta inet Hite. The Tuskegee Annual Conference, At the recent annual conference of colored farmera held at the Tuskexee (Alu) Institute reports were rend which showed that during 1911 the colored farmers contributed half a bl Von dollars’ worth of produe to the wealth of the south. Dr Rooker T Washington in his osual diplomatic way asked how much of this amount remains In the bink aud tn homes to the credit of the race. The conference was attended by a large oumber of white farmers and other business mea. oo _T Wit CITY STAR FURTHER DELAY. sexe evn’ ve IN APPONTMENT Zaza, Indge Hook’s Nomination) ~ Th Veo La Not Sent to the Senate, | arte ene NEGROES IN OPPOSITION" President and All the Lawyers of His Cabinet Hold Conference to Con elder Latest Chargee Made Against Aspirant to Supreme Bench, Washington, Feb. 8.—President Tati id not send to the senate the name ef Circuit Judge William C. Hook tc succeed the late Associate Justice Har Yan on the supreme court bench, After a conference at the White Mouse attended by all the lawyers of the cabinet it was decided that a fur ther investigation of Judge Hook’s Judicial record, with especial bearing on an elleged “Jim Crow” decision in ® Kansas raflroad case, ought to be made before the president finally sends in this nomination. As a result, the chances of the ap. Pointment of Judge Hook were not re garded as favorable, although no for mal decision has been made against him, Secretaries Knox, Nagle, Fisher and Stimson and Attorney General Wicker sham attended the White House con- ference. ‘The attention of the president was called to the decision of Judge Hook involving the rights of the ¢olored ace on interstate carriers by such prominent negroes as W. H. Lewis, as- sistant attorney general of the Unit 4 States, Ralph C. Tyler, auditor for the navy department, and others. Decision Declared Unsound. Mr. Lewis not only asserted to the President that the decision of Judge Hook, in which he practically ‘held it unless the traffic of negroes on a given railroad was sufficient to war. Fant the company, from a financial point of view, to provide other accom. modations, day coaches only should be open to their use, was not only an outrageous decision, but was legally bad. This protest was filed with the president several days ago. but the importance of it was not fully realized until it was investigated. Until then the president had made up his mind to nominate Judge Hook, but he will now hold his decision in abeyance un- til Representative Anthony of Kansas and other friends of Judge Hook havé had an opportunity to reply to the charges. One of the main arguments made by the colored man is that for many years the late Justice Harlan was re- garded by them as the best exponent on the supreme bench of the doctrine of equal rights, so far as It related to the colored race. They now object to an avowed opponent of the rights of the negro, as they believe Judge Hook to be. WE HAVE JUST OPENED THE EXPEPIENCED ARTISTS SANITARY SERVICE WALKER WILLIAMS, A. C. LYLES, LINCOLN OVERALL. 124 EAST 3rd ST. ST. PAUL. OPPORTUNITY. 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