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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST. PAUL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Defective Page VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents when he was appointed recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, until his death, which occurred at his home, Cedar Hill, Anacostia heights, Washington, Feb. 20, 1895, is as follows: Published "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," 1882; in 1884 attended the funeral of Wendell Phillips, delivered eulogy on Phillips; married Miss Helen Pitts, a white woman, in 1884; delivered lectures on John Brown; revisited Europe in 1886-7; made tour of the southern states; appointed United States minister to Haiti and charge afaires to Santo Domingo; addressed abolition reunion in Boston in 1890; in 1893 acted as commissioner for Haiti at the World's Columbian exposition. Grand United Order of True Reformers Adda to Membership. Evidence of the complete rehabilitation and growth of the Grand United Order of True Reformers is apparent from all sources. Old members are returning, new ones are being added, and confidence is being restored. Through the strenuous efforts of the president, Mr. Floyd Ross, much has been accomplished to the great delight of the race. At the semiannual meeting of the board of directors recently held President Ross, the secretary and the treasurer made a report exceeding any made to the board for the past six years. Since August $29,000 has been received, 36,000 policies issued and eight-three Fountains and Rosebud nurseries organized. The headquarters of the organization are in Richmond, Va. It has branches throughout the country. EDITORS MEET EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR BUSINESS Midwinter Session in Philadelphia Was Largely Attended and Beneficial. Philadelphia. The midwinter meeting of the executive committee of the National Negro Press association was held in this city at the headquarters of the emancipation proclamation commission on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 1. President R. W. Thompson called the meeting to order and presided during the preliminary speechmaking, in which words of welcome were extended to the committee by Philadelphia editors, ministers, doctors and lawyers. N. Barnett Dodson, chairman of the executive committee, presided over the business session, which lasted nearly five hours, during which time the more important phases of newspaper work were discussed. Corresponding Secretary Henry Allen Boyd made an exhaustive report of the work done since the Chicago meeting. The report showed that through Mr. Boyd's efforts scores of editors had joined the association and with few exceptions all the members of the executive committee had compiled with the bylaws by paying their annual dues. The matter of a rectoprical news service was presented by Mr. Daniel H. Murphy of the Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore, and the question of how to get news into plate from all the different sections of the country was brought up by Mr. James H. Anderson, managing editor of the Amsterdam News, New York. These two leading features and the matter of standardization of advertising, program and other arrangements for the annual meeting after being briefly discussed were on motion referred to a subcommittee of five members of the executive committee headed by Mr. T. Thomas Fortune. Among the editors who took an active part in the proceedings were Dr. R. B. Wright of the Christian Recorder; D. H. Murphy and Franklin F. Johnson, Baltimore; A. P. Caldwell, Philadelphia; Fred R. Moore, New York; James H. Anderson, New York; James A. Lightfoot, Atlantic City, N.; J. W. H. Craighead, Harrisburg, Pa. James W. Poe, Richmond, Va.; W. L. Porter, Knoxville, Tenn.; John Clinton, Jr., Philadelphia; Mr. Jones of the Northern Planet, Philadelphia, and G. Grant Williams of the Philadelphia Tribune. Resolutions indorsing Mr. Fred R. Moore's appointment by President Taft as United States minister to Liberia were passed by a unanimous vote. Full details of the plans of the association will be published later. Work on the newspaper and publishers' directory under Secretary Boyd is meeting with a goodly measure of success. Editors and publishers who have not sent in their matter for the directory as requested by the secretary should do so at once. The committee accepted the invitation of the proprietor of the Hotel Dale, Cape May, N. J., through Editor James H. Anderson, to hold one session of the annual meeting in August at the Hotel Dale. PURCHASED HIS FREEDOM. Chronological Story of the Precursor of Many Great Americans to Whom Credit is Due For the Overthrow of Slavery — Twice Supported Lincoln For Presidency. By N. BARNETT DODSON. The chronology of the busy and eventful life of Frederick Douglass is interesting to all Americans. He was born in Tuckahoe, Md., in February, 1817. He lived with his master until 1883, at which time he was sent to live with a slave owner by the name of Edward Covey, from whom he made an unsuccessful attempt to escape. He was subsequently sent to Baltimore to learn the ship calkers' trade. After working at his trade for some considerable time, always with the determination in view of gaining his freedom, he finally succeeded by running away in 1838, went to New York and married a Miss Anna Murray. It was not until he had read Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and had taken up FRED DOUGLASS' MONUMENT. residence in New Bedford, Mass., that he assumed the name of Douglass. He was a prominent figure at the anti-slavery convention held in New Bedford in 1841 and delivered several addresses before that important body. He was foremost in the Rhode Island campaign against the Dorr rebellion in 1842, was one of the famous "One hundred convention" of the New England Anti-Slavery society. In 1845 he published "Frederick Douglas" Narrative." At the close of 1845 he visited Great Britain and Ireland, where he remained for two years. His English friends gave him enough money to purchase his freedom. On his return to America in 1847 he went to Rochester, N. Y., and began the publication of the North Star. "My Bondage and My Freedom" was the subject of a book which he published in 1855. From 1856 to 1869, when he made his last visit to John Brown, Douglass was more or less deeply engaged in politics. He supported John C. Fremont for the presidency. His activity against slavery was the cause of his having to escape to Canada to avoid arrest for alleged complicity in the famous John Brown raid upon Harpers Ferry. Mr. Douglass did not return to the United States from Canada until he revisited England, from whence he returned in time for the great political campaign in which he gave his support to Lincoln. Frederick Douglass was an important factor in recruiting the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts colored regiments in 1863. Upon invitation he visited President Lincoln at the White House and supported him for re-election in 1864. In 1866 he was elected delegate from Rochester to the loyalist convention held in Philadelphia. In 1869 Douglass went to Washington, where the next year he was appointed secretary of the Santo Domingo commission. In 1872 he was elected presidential elector of the state of New York and was chosen by the electoral college to take the vote to Washington. He was one of the chief speakers at the unveiling of Lincoln's statue in Lincoln park, Washington, in 1876. President Rutherford B. Hayes made Mr. Douglass marshal of the District of Columbia in 1877. Mr. Douglass' career from 1881, SECRET SOCIETY AFFAIRS. SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5s SIGHT DRAFT GIGAR 5s REVIVES SCHOOL WORK IN RALEIGH How St. Augustine is Keeping Pace With Other Educational Institutions In North Carolina—Makes Extensive Improvements in Campus and Buildings to Meet Needs of Students. By GEORGE F. KING. Raleigh, N. C.—St. Augustine's school, this city, is keeping in the progressive procession of the educational institutions that are meeting the peculiar exigencies of the Afro-American young men and women. Professor J. W. Holmes, a graduate of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College For Afro-Americans, located at Greensboro, is a conservative and very competent young man. He has elicited comment from the white people as well as the Afro-Americans of this section. He is a factor in this very creditable work of racial ascendancy as is being enhanced by St. Augustine's school. The thorough training that he received at his alma mater, which characterizes all of his graduates, has made him a success at everything that he has attempted to do. This is a fitting recognition of his ability to work to the extent of his natural limitation. After his graduation he became a contractor and builder in the city of Greensboro and at High Point, and in those cities there are many fine buildings as an attestation of his mechanical knowledge. When St. Augustine's school wanted a man of his caliber to make its industrial department meet the needs which were much evidenced daily by a large number of young people, he accepted the position of teacher in carpentry in the year of 1904. This position he creditably filled until September, 1908, at which time he was elected superintendent of industries. Professor Holmes succeeded the Rev. H. B. Delany, D. D., who is now archdeacon for the work among Afro- PROFESSOR J. W. HOLMER. Americans in the diocese of North Carolina. The progress that this department has made under the skilful direction of Professor Holmes is eliciting praise in all sections of the country, for there are a host of young people that have been trained in this department, and they are meeting the strenuous competition in their respective trades and reflecting credit upon those that have so efficiently molded them for a life of service. Professor Holmes supervised the construction of the stately structure, St. Agnes' hospital, which cost approximately $40,000, and is superintending the construction of the Thomas Memorial building, which will cost about $80,000 when completed. These buildings, with other smaller buildings and extensive improvements made on the grounds and buildings of this beautiful school plant, is a "native ideal" for thousands of young Afro-Americans. The following industries are under his supervision: Carpentry, masonry, printing, farming, laundering, etc. This young man is brim full of optimism when it comes to making the Negro a tangible force in material activities. His keen business perception and character of sterling worth have made him an indispensable factor in many movements among our people in North Carolina. He is vice president of the Capital Building Loan association, which is assisting hundreds of thrifty wage earners in the race to procure comfortable homes. He is also a director and one of the principal stockholders of the Capital Development and Trust company. Both corporations are a fine success and a pride among the race in Raleigh and vicinity. In Masonic circles he holds two important positions. Such ambitious young men are a credit to their race and their alma mater and are solving the race problem in a very comprehensive and favorable manner. Baltimore Times Changes Hands. Melvin J. Chisum has leased the Baltimore Times from Harry T. Pratt, owner of the paper. It will be Republican in politics. Mr. Chisum has been publishing the Tri-State News at Salisbury, Md., for some time. He has already assumed charge of the Times. Stanfield Prepared For Business. Howard university is proud of the splendid record which scores of its graduates are making as teachers, professional and business men and women scattered as they are throughout the United States. In the New Jersey state medical examination, where forty-five persons were examined for license to practice medicine, Augustus Stanfield, a Howard graduate, received the highest mark. He is well prepared to enter upon the exacting duties of his profession. Bishop Leete Succeeding In His Work. Bishop Leete, head of the Florida conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, has held conferences during the month of January at Tampa and Palatka. The Bishop is a hard worker and is succeeding in his field. The churches belonging to the Florida conference has been greatly helped by co-operating heartily in the work. The conference held at Palatka closed on Thursday, Jan. 80. City Secretary For Y. W. C. A. Work. Miss Eva Bowles, former secretary of the Young Women's Christian association in New York, has been appointed as the general secretary for city work among Afro-American women. Miss Bowles brings to the work several years' experience. She is filling her new position very acceptably. Demonstration Agents Aid Farmers. The influence of the demonstration agents of the department of agriculture upon rural life in the south is having a good effect. Thousands of farmers are taking instruction from these agents and putting it into practical use on their farms. They are finding out the real value of knowing how to select seed and soil and the best time to plant. DR. SAMUEL WILLARD DIES; NOTED EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR. Hero of "Underground Railway" Slaves Station Case Succumbs to Long Illness at Age of 91. Chicago, Ill., Feb. 10.—Dr. Samuel Willard, 91 years old, soldier, author, and educator, died last night at his residence, 1526 Fargo avenue. He had been ill several months. Dr. Willard was born in Lunenberg, Vt., Dec. 30, 1821. He came to Illinois when he was 10 years old. He graduated from the Illinois state college in 1843. In 1851 he married Miss Harriet Jane Edgar. He came into prominence with his father, Julius Willard, when they established a "station" for runaway slaves who escaped by the "underground railroad." The case was taken to the Supreme court by Julius Willard. The decision was given against the Willards, after a fight of many years. During the civil war he enlisted in the Ninety-seventh Illinois regiment. Dr. Willard came to Chicago in 1870. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Henry Hiestand, Mrs. W. R. Putnam, and Miss Mary Frances Willard; two sons, John F. and Charles Dwight Willard of Los Angeles, Cal. He also leaves eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Lincoln's Birthday was NOT celebrated by Negros anywhere in the Twin Cities. Yet, there are such race loving citizens among us. VISIT NEGRO SCHOOL Chicago.—Julius Rosenwald, millionaire philanthropist, will take 40 Chicago business men in a special train to Tuskegee, Ala., to make a personal inspection of the institute for Negroes being conducted there by Booker T. Washington. The trip will begin next Tuesday. Rosenwald has for years been interested in the institute and has made many large donations to it. The items from the classes, make the news of the masses. Read the Twin City Star. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. NEW MOVEMENT IN RICHMOND PLAN COVERS WIDE FIELD. Necessity For United Effort on the Part of the Various Agencies For Uplift Among the Masses In the Community Awakens Great Anxiety Among Leaders. Richmond, Va.—The missionary and social service movement was launched by the Interdenominational Ministers' union of this city recently at the city auditorium. The articles of the union, as read, were approved by Governor William Hodges Mann, Right Rev. Robert A. Gibson, D. D., bishop of Virginia; Editor John Mitchell, Jr., M. R. S. A., and many other prominent citizens. The Interdenominational Ministers' union plans to launch a missionary and social service movement in which it hopes to co-operate and affiliate more effectively with other agencies engaged in the work of moral, social and religious uplift and in the amelioration of many unfortunate conditions of our people in this great city. While it is evident that much good is being accomplished through various movements operating for the betterment of our city, it is also apparent that unification of work and aim is lacking. The missionary and social service movement plans to create a desire for united effort in the struggle against evils so rife in our midst; to awaken a deeper love for Christian knowledge and practice; to encourage industrial and intellectual training; to develop the spirit of business and domestic efficiency; to collect accurate data and issue publications pertaining to moral and health conditions. The promoters of the movement have issued the following statement: "We observe with regret the rapidity with which our people are losing their places in domestic service and recommend hasty advice and instruction to them in the dignity of labor, both skilled and unskilled. We advocate the establishment and maintenance of a labor bureau to cooperate with employment agencies in placing suitable help and furnishing temporary shelter to worthy persons seeking employment. Our hospitals, orphan asylums and homes for the aged and decrepit are meeting a great and laudable demand, but there is still a great need for day nurseries, kindergartens and playgrounds, where the children may be cared for and helped in an atmosphere which is purer and more healthy than that which the street affords. We believe in the public library and reading room as means to lessen vagrancy, to attract the young from harmful amusements and to stimulate an aspiration for the higher things of life. We deplore the insanitary and congested conditions of our tenement districts where immorality of all kinds runs rampant, and we advise the formation of neighborhood unions in various colored districts, the purpose of which would be to create sentiment against insanitary conditions. As ministers of the gospel engaged in the practical missionery and social work of the city we hear the first cry of the distressed. Calls for material and spiritual help are continually coming. Shall we close our ears to the call and our hearts to the need? We appeal to the rich to help the poor; we appeal to the fortunate to help the unfortunate; we appeal to the strong to help the weak. And with consolidation of all forces committed to constructive missionary and social work we believe a new epoch will begin in the effective consideration and solution of our city problems. As soon as a permanent organization shall have been perfected direct appeals will be made to philanthropic citizens to aid in fostering this worthy cause. J. W. Eaters, pastor of Leigh Street M. E. church; T. W. Johnson, pastor of First Baptist church; Moses Lake, pastor of Asbury M. E. church; J. E. Harper, pastor of First Presbyterian church; O. G. Jenkins, pastor of A. M. E. Zion church; C. L. Somers, president, rector of St. Philip's P. E. church, and S. S. Morris, secretary, pastor of Third Street A. M. E. church, are the leaders of this new movement for the uplift of the race in Richmond. The Neighborhood club co-operates with the associated charities and the health department of the city. It has branches in each church. It meets a long standing need in relief work among the poor and destitute and is giving accurate study to the care of health and sanitary conditions. Mrs. Ora Stokes is president of the organization. Smart Set Club's Annual Carnival. The Smart Set Athletic club in Brooklyn will hold its third annual monster carnival under the sanction of the Amateur Athletic union at the Forty-seventh regiment armory on Wednesday evening, March 26. Chairman J. Hoffman Woods has plans well under way for the accommodation of patrons and special invited guests. He has also formed an honorary committee of prominent citizens to co-operate with the committee of arrangements and the officials of the club. BRIGHT OUTLOOK SOUTH. Plenty of Room For Thrifty Workers. Rev. J. W. Hair's Success. Jackson, Miss.—Mississippi is "full of opportunities for the young colored American despite the much talked of race prejudice. Many of them are taking advantage of the opportunities and pushing to the front and are being heard from in various walks of life. Perhaps it would be a source of inspiration to the public and especially the young people from time to time to hear something about those who are forging to the front. In the pulpit many strong men are taking the places of the men who are growing less active. Then the medical, law, dental and other professions are claiming the attention of both men and women. In the pulpit one of the strongest men is the Rev. J. W. Hair, D. D., pastor of the Pearl Street A. M. E. church in this city. In this he is serving his fifth year and is one of the leaders in the educational work. He was born in Sumter county, Ala., about thirty-nine years ago of slave parents. His father, Ned Hair, was a politician of wide influence during the reconstruction period. The Rev. Mr. Hair became active as a Christian worker at the age of fifteen, superintendent of the Sunday school at the age of sixteen and was licensed to exhort in 1895; district superintendent of Sunday schools, Vicksburg district, A. M. E. church, 1897-8; local preacher in 1898, admitted to the annual conference on trial at Vicksburg in 1899 by Bishop W. B. Derrick, entered the itinerant ministry at Yazoo City in 1901 and was assigned to the Indianola mission with five members and no church. Here he demonstrated the fact of his ability as a leader and an organizer of men. Within nine months' time he had increased the membership from five to twelve and built a church worth $2,500. At this place the conference allowed him to remain for five years, in which time he raised the charge from a mission to a full fledged church, leaving it clear of debt and with one of the most refined and cultured congregations in the state. He was ordained deacon by Bishop E. Tyree in 1902 and elder in 1903. His second charge was in Yazoo City. He served this charge one year and broke all previous records. At this place he again showed wise and safe leadership. Amidst confusion and discord he conducted a successful revival and added eighty-four members to the church and paid a $600 debt and reported $120 of what is known as dollar money. Rev. M. Hair was appointed to his present charge by the late Bishop E. W. Lampung three years ago. He has reduced the church debt from $47,000 to less than $1,700. He is much interested in all that makes for race advancement. He is one of the pioneer members of the Woodmen of Union and is now the supreme secretary of that fraternity. He is the supreme governor of the Fishermen of the Red Cross Relief society, which is having a wonderful growth under him as its supreme head. He is broad, generous and just. He has a devoted and loving wife and four children. He also possesses a little of the world's goods. He is destined to be a great leader in the councils of his church and race. TASK FOR SUPREME COURT. Mississippi Jimcrow Car Muddle Up For Final Settlement. Whether the "Jimcrow" car laws of a state apply to interstate passengers as well as to interstate travel is being tried out in the supreme court of the United States on an appeal brought up from the supreme court of the state of Mississippi by Miss Pearl Morris, a white woman, who has been awarded $2,000 damages by the supreme court of Mississippi for being compelled by a railroad company to occupy a Pullman coach in which three Negroes were traveling. The case is being watched with deep interest. A decision for Miss Morris may mean that the Pullman company must provide special sleepers for the colored people. If the plaintiff is not sustained colored Pullman passengers will ride through Mississippi without let or hindrance and an antiquated issue will have reached a happy settlement. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. Pop fp Fae Faerie ——— ‘But God commendeth His Love to- ‘ward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us—Romans 5:8, For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6: 28,—Selected by E. W. Gilles. ‘We beg that the public will not send notes over the phone. We must have your cop? to avold mistakes, If your matter is not worth writing, it ts not worth insertion. Our enemies advertise us, Our friends support us, Mverybody helps us. SUNDAY FORUM. ‘The Forum meets the first Sunday in the month at St, Peter's A. M. B. church and on the third Sunday at Bethesda Baptist church. MATINER—BAZAAR. ‘The Ladies of the City Federation will give their first Annual Matince- Bazaar on Thursday, Mar. 6th, after- noon and evening, at the Masonic Hall, 24th St. and Sth Ave. 8. ‘The proceeds of the Matinee-Basaar will be distributed among the several Glubs for relief of the worthy poor. Come and help a good cause and have & good time. Committee of Arrangements. ity Federation’: Mrs. I. E, Gibbs, pres, Mrs. MacGlenn, sec. ‘The Ione Gibbs Olub"?: Mrs. Tda Sellars, pres, ‘Mra, Helen Jackson, sec, ‘The M. 1 ©. Art Club’*: Mrs. Sadie Sample, pres. Mrs. Sara Robinson, sec. The So Journed Truth W, ©. T. U, Mrs. LB Gibbs, Pres, Mrs, A. Allison, Secy rss me Mother's Effort.” ib’: Mrs. Lulu Cratie, pres, Mrs. Mamie Sexton, sec, Mrs. Mae Glenn, honorary pres., are in charge of this en- tentainment, and will spare no pains to make it » grand success. Remember March 6th. Everybody is cordially invited. ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. ‘Thanksgiving Proclamation. TO ALL KNIGHTS OF PY- THIAS, COURTS OF CALANTHE, GRAND AND SUBORDINATE LODGES, OFFICERS AND MEM- BERS OF THE ORDER—GREET- ING. PURSUANT TO THE LAW OF THE SUPREME LODGE, I, S. W. GREEN, SUPREME CHANCEL- LOR OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRI- CA, AND AUSTRALIA, DO DES- IGNATE, SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1913, AS THE DAY FOR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING. ALL LODGES AND COURTS ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO HAVE APPRO- PRIATE RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON THAT DAY. . (Signed) S. W. GREEN, Supreme Chancellor. C. K. ROBINSON, S. K. of R. and S. ‘THE FORUM MEETS SUNDAY. Feb. 10th, 3:50 F. Me, BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. Piano Solo—Miss Adah Lewis. Address—Mr. Madison Jackson. Subject, “The Unfolding of an Individ- ual” Vocal Solo—Mr. Eldridge Williams. Subject for Discussion—Introduced by Mr. Gale P. Hilyer, Univ. of Minn,, “Has the Negro a Problem? if so, What Is It?” Mr. Phil, A. Scott entertained a few friends at the residence of Mr. J. C. Trevan, 804% Sixth avenue north, last week. The affair was a “Possum Din- ner.” Mr. Scott's mother, Mrs. Mar- tha Scott, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., sent three choice possums and he de- cided to. enjoy them in appropriate style. Those present were, Mr. Jack Martin, of Vancouver, B. C.; Mr. John Elliott; Mr. Arthur D. Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Treva. Mr. Scott ex- pects another shipment before the sea- son is over, and if they arrive, he will banquet several of his friends on opossum and sweet potatoes. Rev. Withers and Rev. Malone tes- tified in the recent murder trial. Lewis, the defendant, was acquitted. Atty. B. S. Smith appeared as coun- sel. We have discontinued the combina- tion offer ‘‘The Star and Tho Crisis.”? ‘Many neglected to take advantage of this great opportunity to secure a local Publication and the best Negro maga- sine, re FOR RENT. "Proms. Boom, On car line, Neatly i ‘and Comfortable, up stairs Preferred. Mrs. Wheoler 717 Ave Mac—Advertisoment. a ie ee the Otan, ‘The Gibbs’ Philanthropic Club met Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 11, at the res- idence of Mrs. Ada Inglehart, 521 Bry- ant avenue north. The extremely in- teresting and inspiring meeting, over which Mrs. Jno. Sellers, the president, presided, was partly due to the excel- lent report from the chairmen of the several committees, especially the re- port submitted by the chairman of re- lief work. A traveling library was es- tablished for the purpose of more speedily awakening interest in and ap- preciation of literature, the works of our own colored writers to be the basis of study. After a very dainty and refreshing menu was served by the hostess, the club adjourned to meet next Tuesday evening, at the residence of Mrs. M. Burwell. DEATH OF MRS. HIGGINS. Mrs. Mary Jane Higgins, of this city, died from apoplexy, Feb. 9th, on a Fourth avenue car, while returning home from her restaurant at 725 Washington avenue south. Mrs, Hig- gins was born in Hot Springs, Ark. Age, 53 years. She was the mother of Mrs, C..D. Howard, 1415 Fourth avenue south. Funeral services were held Feb. 11th, at Conley’s undertak- ing parlors. Rev. E. R. Edwards of- ficiated. The pallbearers were, Messrs, Jason Claiborne, Chas. W. Brown, P. Owsley, and Oscar Clark. Interment at Layman cemetery. Mrs. Emma Taylor-Jones, of the Hotel Jones, is confined to her bed with a fractured ankle. She fell on Washington avenue, and upon exam- ination, her physician found that she had sustained a serious fracture. . Rey. Matthew W. Withers, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, is reputed to be the wealthiest negro in Minneapo- lis. He is a solicitor of more than ordinary ability, and as such, is well known among the white business men. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lewis, 800 Emet- son avenue, have moved to 1012 Sixth avenue north. Mrs. Lewis is one of our fashionable dressmakers. Mr. John W. Scott has again ac- cepted the position as head waiter at the West Hotel. Mr. Chas. Dwyer is his assistant. Mr. Henry Lee, former head waiter, has resigned. Mr. H. M. Kennedy, the popular barber, is able to work, after a few days’ illness with a severe cold. Mrs, Kennedy has recovered from her re- cent illness. Mr. Harry Brown, of Montreal, of the C. P. Ry., was in Minneapolis last Thursday. The Hudson-Thurber quartette, Billy D. Black manager, returned here Monday after spending a successful week in Fargo, N. D., where they en- tertained at the fair held by the Agri- cultural Implement Dealers, repre- senting the Hudson-Thurber Co, All persons desiring to go to Wash- ington during the Inaugural Period, may get information as to places to stop, rates, ete., by writing to the Sub-com- mittee on Publie Comfort, 1816 12th Street, N. W, Washington, D. C. BARTIES WANTED. ‘Children’s Nursery. Mrs. Joseph John- san, 526 7th Ave, No., will care for your children, Special attention given to Babies. Phone Nic. 2793.—Advertise- ment. Many recetved the Star, and make no effort to pay for it—and often LIE to evade payment. Newspapers are worth paying for—and it ts better to refuse to accept one than to rob its publisher, Do IT Now, We beg that those who are Indebt- ed to us, send us thelr subscription by P. 0. Order. Mrs, Evelyn Johnson has moved to 408 Cathedral Pi. Jack Diver and Mrs. Birdella Harris who were recently married in Minneapo- lis are at home to friends at 788 St. An- thony Ave, St. Paul. A CORRECTION. The above article should have read Mr. John G. Driver and Mrs. Birdella Robisetn. ‘When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, relect ‘tome member as press agent, and get the names, especially the initials of Persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. If is necessary that we get the full names of those Present COPY MUST REACH US BY WEDNESDAY, Many notes were received thie week too late for insertion. You must pay for use of these columns, if you send your news later than Wed- nesday. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS, TWIN CITY STAR “lial | eee ‘ = , | Fe b : e on [ie ’ [meas : | 3 mee ere Pee ; MRS. NELLIE F. FRANCIS, President Afro-American Women’ State Federation of Minnesota. STATE FEDERATED CLUBS MEETING. The Afro-American Women’s State Federation held their mid-winter meeting at Bethesda Baptist church, Feb. 7. Many subjects for the up- lifting of the race were discussed, ¢s- pecially, how to help our ‘boys and girls to become the highest types: of manhood and womanhood. Reports from the national convention, at Hampton, Va., were submitted by Mrs. I. E, Gibbs and Mrs. Nellie Francis, delegates attending. The afternoon meeting was good, also the program. Mrs. Francis, the state president, called the convention to oF- der, and presided very creditably. During the afternoon session, Mrs. Ida Sellers, vice-president, presided. The evening’s program was as_fol- lows: State Song, Invocation by Rev. T. J. Carter, Reports from Hampton, Greetings from Mrs. Jennie Watson at- Columbus, O.; Vocal Solo, Mr. D. W. Raynor; Reading by Mrs, Grace Mann; Vocal Solo, Mrs. F. Peoples; Address by Mrs. John Wright; Piano olo, Mrs. Maud Canty; Report of Resolutions Committee. The meeting was adjourned to meet in Duluth in June next, Thirteen clubs were rep- resented and 64 delegates were pres- eat. The Tri-State Age, the Women’s Club paper, edited by Mrs. Amanda Lyles, will give a complete account of the mid-winter meeting. (te | The Twin City Charity Club will give a Martha Washington party at St. James church on Feb. 20. Ad- mission, 10 cents. To help the de serving poor. The masquerade of “The Big Three” was a grand success. There was a large crowd, many were masked, and the order was good. Everyone present had a big time. Grand Midwinter Entertainment ‘Mars Lodge of Odd Fellows No, 2202, ‘Thursday, March 6th, 1913. ‘Hiawatha Temple, 6th and Wabasha St, McOullough’s Orchestra. * Admission 360 NINE NEGRO WOMEN ESCAPE. Prisoners in Kansas City Jail Over power Night Watchman. Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 10.—Nine Negro women escaped from the wom. en’s reformatory here last evening atter overpowering P. C. Boyd, the night watchman, and threatening him with his own revolver. The escape, which was carefully planned, was made when the watchinan went to the cell room to lock /up for the night. Four of the women, who had hidden in the corridor, rushed at him and threw a blanket over his head. ‘They took his revolver and keys and hurried to’ the entrance. Boyd dis. entangled himself and ran for the door, overpowering the woman who flourished his revolver and slammed the door shut. WANTED. Reliable, live, honert, hustling ‘agents for the Twin City Star. You cam make a good living with this work as 8 side line. Agents wanted In Mi. waukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore, Seattle, Denver, Des Motmes and Sioux City. Write fer terms to The Twin City Star, Minne. apolis, Minn. NEGRO CONFIDENCE MAN SHOT, Samuel Burkeen, a negro, was shot in the head by Luther Pulliam, a Pullman porter, in St. Paul Tuesday. He is in the city hospital. Pulliam is held awaiting the extent of his in- juries. He says that Burkeen and an- other Negro had worked a confidence game on him and had relieved him of a sum of money. He met Burkeen in a barber shop. They were joined later by another negro, Russell, who has Rot been located. Atty. Francis. will defend Pulliam, ROUND THE GLOBE 160 fn Chicago. ‘Americans yearly eat 120,000,000 gal Jons of ice cream. Fifty-seven thousand Scotchmen left Scotland last year, Louisville, Ky., is covering old brick pavements with asphalt. ‘There are over 23,000 justices of the peace in England and Wales. ‘Within a year the population of See eeeaee eae me As a humane way of slaughtering cattle electrocution is being tried in France. By January government business will be conducted from Delhi as the capital of India. Pneumatic tires are being made in France from paper chemically treated ‘and compressed. The United States postal department employs 60,000 postmasters, who draw $28,000,000 yearly. ‘Two new British battleships will be fitted with anti-rolling tanks, the first war craft so equipped. About one-tenth of the electric lamps made in the United States every year are used for advertising signs. Buffalo excludes temporarily from schools children from homes where in- fantile paralysis has been noted. Constituting a record, the population of New South Wales has increased by over 86,000 during the last six months. J. C. Wagner of Denver has combin- ed raspberries and strawberries in a new fruit to be called rasp-strawber- Hee. , In twenty years there have been 4,000 Inventions of tires, not including me- chanical devices to take the place of tres, ‘In the garden city near Dresden, ev- tablished three years ago, the mortal- ity is only 6 per 1,000, against 18.7 in Dresden. In the Untted Kingdom there are a milion children between the ages of twelve and sixteen who are not being ‘educated. ‘There are vastly more natives in the south of China who are cutting thelr cues and adopting Buropean clothes than fn the north, Bince the beginning of the century the wheat harvested in France has only once exceeded the absolute needs of the French people. Within fifteen years there have been built in Berlin twenty-four bridges over the river Spree and neighboring ponds ‘and to connect new streets, ‘A London theatrical agent who has ever 17,000 artists on his books de- elares that never more than one-third ‘of these are employed at the same time, Despite American, German and Belgi- ‘an competition steelmakers of England got the contract for building for Buenos Aires the greatest elevated water reser- ‘Votr of its kind in the world. Ttallan shipbuilders have constructed ‘8 floating drydock in which submarine boats can be subjected to external Pressure tests without the necessity of sinking them into deep water. ‘A system of personal identification based on the patterns of the veins on the back of the hand has been invented by an Italian scientist, who claims that fm no two men are the veins exactly alike. After a careful study of meteorologt- cal records, Dr. Peppler of the Univers- ty of Giessen, has reached the conclu. sion that 1912 marked the beginning of a cycle of dry summers which will last thirty-five years. ‘The shell of the largest quahaug ever ‘found on Cape Cod weighs one pound twelve ounces. ‘The shell is five inches long and 1s thought to be more than forty years old. It was picked up on the Harwich flats. ‘There ts invested in hotels and ree- taurants in Switzerland, which depend largely upon tourists for thelr support, ‘about $175,000.00, and the aggregate number of persons employed in these establishments Is over 100,000. ‘The bootblack as a London institu tion ts vanishing. ‘Two or three decades ago bootblacks abounded in the busl- ness sections of the elty, but now, ex- cepting within two small sections, one cannot be found in a day's walk. ‘A serving maid tn one of the most aristocratic families of Vienna was dis- missed because it wan discovered that she was using her mistress’ visiting cards, to which she had added her name and the explanation, “Cook to the above.” ‘The making of tons of lend penctis in @urope has depended on the imports ef American cedar. A firm in one Ger- man clty has made 300,000,000 lead penctls a year from the American ce- far. It fs said that over 600 tons of ce. dar are used dally. Norway “has a fish canners’ asso- ¢intion, the atm of which is to keep up the quality and reputation of Nor- ‘wegian sardines. It has endeavored to aecure the enactment of laws preserib- tng the form of Iabels to be used and prohibiting the packing of winter tatches. Everything for Women’s Wear—Popular Prices Past oyna, ioe nace hha poy Fanests! 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Mrs. Hinson ts univer sally known for her good cooking. The Twin City Star has the ex clusive use in this city of the Afro- American news service of the Amer foan Press Assn., edited by Mr. N. B. Dodson of N. Y., which is a feature ot our publication, much appreciated by our readers. N. W. Nie. 1584. TT. 8, Center 718, WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn: pehrepeeee ae caicaniaaata ie THE SPIRELLA CORSET. Cora E. Anderson, Corsetler. « W. Dale 1345— 365 Aurora Ave, St. Paul. THE HOTEL CHASE, 1822 WASHINGTON AVE. 80. Conveniently Located. Sanitary, Mod- ern. Chas, 8. Chase, Prop, Telephone Nic. 9854, Sai pet recline The most perfect and economical method of operating things is of course with Hlectrical Huergy, the Derson 1s unwise who continues to put oft having Hlectrical Apparatus or devices installed, 1.can save you money on Bell work, Installations, Fixtures, Instruments, ete. Chas. W. 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MUNN & Co. 34th Street, New York RESULTS OF CO-OPERATION. Trend Toward Unity Strongly Felt. Dr. J. B. Singleton as Financier. Nashville, Tenn.—Business concerns, educational institutions, secret and mutual benefit societies managed by Afro-Americans are bound to succeed if properly conducted and supported by those for whom such concerns are organized. The trend of leaders of the race in almost every walk of life now seems to be toward co-operation, concentration and unity. This is an encouraging sign of real progress. The success of the race in conducting business and financial institutions on a large scale shows that our people are learning the lesson that in union there is strength, and that if we are to be a strong, industrious people there must be a union of forces working along all lines of industry, education and religion. The strong should help the weak, the more fortunate the less fortunate and the educated should strive to uplift those who still remain in ignorance. In the matter of finance the People's Savings Bank and Trust company in this city is a striking example of the possibilities of the race to succeed in A. B. DR. J. B. SINGLETON. matters of business requiring more than ordinary knowledge, executive ability, self reliance and skill. Dr. J. B. Singleton, who succeeded the late Dr. R. F. Boyd as president of the People's Savings Bank and Trust company, was again selected unanimously to head this institution at the annual stockholders' meeting of the bank held recently. Under his administration the success of the institution has been all that was desired by those connected with the concern, the last year, 1912, being the most prosperous in the history of the institution. The bank has a remarkable record for gains, and the total resources for 1912 were over $50,000, and this when, it will be remembered, the institution is only three and one-half years old. During the past year the gain in resources shows the amount to have been $21,000 and the capital stock increased $6,000, a condition largely attributed to the business acumen of President Singleton, who has about him a most worthy corps of local business men, who are his stanch supporters and advisers. EMANCIPATION MEETING Advancement Association Holds Overflow—Celebration In Cooper Union. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a largely attended emancipation meeting in Cooper Union, New York, on Monday evening, Feb. 10, at 8 o'clock. Mr. John E. Milholland presided. The principal speakers were Dr. M. C. B. Mason, the new national organizer of the association; Mrs. Fanny Garrison Villard and John Jay Chapman. There were brief remarks on resolutions presented to the meeting by Dr. Du Bois, Mr. Villard and Mr. Spingarn. There were plantation melodies sung by some of the members of Dr. G. H. Sim's church. The members of the flying squadron acted as ushers. It was fitting that such a meeting of the association be held in the hall where the great emancipator made his most memorable speech against slavery. The meeting was a great success. There was no charge for admission. Representative people of many races occupied seats on the platform as guests of honor. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Register J. C. Napier of the United States treasury has gone to Nashville, Teann., to deliver a series of lectures on "Medical Jurisprudence" before the classes of the Meharry Medical college, as has been his wont for a number of years. These lectures have to do with the legal side of the practice of medicine and are regarded as one of the most important features of the course at Meharry. Of this farreaching subject Mr. Napier is an acknowledged authority. The lectures are for February. Miss Davis to Make Tour of the South. Friends of Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis are much gratified at the success which she is having on her tour of the principal cities of Virginia. As a gifted elocutionist Miss Davis has long held the front rank in her profession. Her tour of Bermuda in 1912 was a brilliant triumph. Miss Davis will attend the inauguration festivities in Washington March 4, after which she will leave for an extended tour of the far south. TWIN CITY STAR AFRICAN TIMES ON THE PROBLEM RESULT. OF RACES CONGRESS Militant Journal Edited in London by Duse Mohamed Makes Significant Call to Colored Americans For Mutual Affiliation—Affords Channel For International Exchange of Ideas. The African Times and Orient Review, which is an outgrowth of the universal races congress which met in London in 1911, is a monthly journal devoted to the colored races of the world. It is a thirty-five page magazine, edited with great ability. Duse Mohamed, a Negro born in Egypt and educated in England, is its editor. The Review is to be the mouthpiece of the dark and colored races throughout the world. In the foreword it says, "We feel that for lack of understanding the African and oriental have produced nonappreciation, and nonappreciation has unleashed the hydra headed monster of derision, contempt and repression." Laudable ambitions have but to be voiced to be appreciated, and that touch of nature which makes the whole world kin has only to be brought into operation to establish that bond of universal brotherhood among white, yellow, brown and black. In a "Word to Our Brothers" it says "As for you, the black race, the brown race and the yellow race, this is your own journal. The more humble you are the more need you have of us and the more readily shall we extend our sympathy and advice. We want to hear from you, the young and budding Sun Yet Sens. "We call on men like Blyden, the Conrad Reeveses, the embryo Frederick Douglasses and Paul Laurence Dunbars. If you have anything to say for the good of your race let us hear it. * * * Your day is coming. Your place in the sun has been and will come again. As darkness overtook you for a space, it must also overtake Europe. The future of Africa, the future of India, will not be decided in the chanceries of Europe, but upon the hills of India and the plains of Africa. "See that your loins are well girded and that you have your staff firmly in your hand when you once more take your place in the sun." The Review is a decided revelation editorially and typographically, while its contributed articles are of a highly meritorious character. It is to be hoped that American Negroes who want to know what is taking place in the darker world and what progress their race is making will subscribe to this excellent magazine. The significance of the Review need not be stated. It must be apparent that the necessity which called it into being is vital to the interests of those whose spokesman it is and that the darker races are beginning to rouse from their lethargy and to draw nearer to one another. Sample copies of the review may be had by addressing the publication office, 181 Finsbury pavement, London, E. C. Our poets and writers have here an opportunity to win international fame, and we hope that many will accept the Review's generous invitation to let it hear from them. We think the subscription price is $1 per year. It is worth every penny of it. REUNION OF PHILATELICS. Cyrus Field Adams Guest at Society Function In Washington. Among the guests at the reunion dinner of the Washington Philatelic society in the red room of the Ebbitt House recently was Mr. Cyrus Field Adams, formerly assistant register of the treasury and one of the best known philatelists in the country. Mr. Adams is still making his home in Washington and will go into business when his plans are fully matured. It will be remembered that Mr. Adams was once south town clerk of Chicago, elected by the people, and it is said that he sets greater store by his victory in this connection than in any other achievement in his long and useful public life. Mr. Adams is quite a linguist, speaking fluently German, French, Spanish and Italian, besides his mother tongue. He is still editor of the Appeal, published at Chicago and St. Paul, and ranks among the veterans of the journalistic craft of the race. DO IT NOW. Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story Tomorrow, and the next more dilatory; For indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do or think you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed. —Goethe Woman's World The Only Paper Devoted to Women's Political Work. MARY B. BURKE Photos by American Press Association. MRS. NORA BLATCH DE FOREST (BELOW.) MISS BEATRICE BROWN. Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch. assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Nora Blatch De Forest, Miss Beatrice Brown and an able staff of women, is editing the only woman's political newspaper in circulation, the Woman's Political World. It is declared to be the first woman's paper to be devoted exclusively to politics. The paper, which is issued once every two weeks, is a newsy, breezy, thoughtful little publication of eight pages, containing editorials and items of interest to sympathizers of the "woman's cause." Until recently Mrs. De Forest was connected with the electrical engineering department of a manufacturing concern, but resigned to devote herself to woman's work. Women In Washington's Politico-social Set. It is being said that the administration of President Elect Wilson will be one of the most important politico-social regimes in the history of the capital. The women of the official set will play a very important role, not in a purely superficial social sense, but in a much more subtle way, says Mary Kouncelor Brookes. Women in officialdom more and more are realizing that in their social life something more potential than their own passing amusement is involved. It so happens that the new administration will be supported by the ready and intelligent aid of an unusual group of women. From all indications Vice President Marshall will be much closer to the White House than has been any vice president for many years, and it naturally follows that Mrs. Marshall will be closely associated with the mistress of the White House. Washington is going to be very fond of Mrs. Marshall. He has the personality and experience to assure her great popularity. In the first place, she is beautifully free from snobbishness and has remained unspoiled from her advancement as the wife of a country lawyer to the first lady in Indiana and now to the second place among American women. Being the wife of the governor of Indiana is in itself a responsible position, and Mrs. Marshall during these four years has evidenced a social generalship and gracious tact which assure her success in her more important position. But closer to the president than the vice president will be Speaker Clark. And quite naturally this means that Mrs. Clark will be much in evidence in the White House social program. Mrs. Wilson's social menage could not receive better aid. No woman in Washington is more deservedly popular than Mrs. Clark, and her Wednesday afternoon receptions are thronged with a distinguished gathering of famous men and women. The third woman who will play a considerable part in the politico-social regime is Mrs. Underwood, wife of the affable door leader of Democracy and chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. Mrs. Underwood has lived in Washington for a number of years and has a strong following among residential as well as official society. She is of an Alabama family of great wealth and is a musician of no mean ability. This year she has taken the house of the late Major Archie Butt and has had the place entirely done over. With such a charming home in which to receive, Washington believes that Mrs. Underwood intends to inaugurate a brilliant social program. Discolored Enamelware Many a housewife who takes great pride in her kitchen is often annoyed over the fact that her pretty blue and white enamelware has become stained brown. To remove this simply fill the discolored vessel with water and add a teaspoonful of chloride of lime. Allow this to boil a few minutes. then rinse and dry. The enamel will be snow white. Baking soda and salsoda have been tried for this purpose without effect. 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 Twia 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? "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. WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUB- SCRIBER? A court decision has lately been rendered in Massachusetts on what constitutes a subscriber. The judge firmly believed that a man who received the paper, although he never subscribed for it, is entitled to pay. James Thompson moved, and William Robinson took immediate possession, and received and accepted a weekly newspaper that was delivered to him through the mails every week. The goodnatured editor sent accounts frequently, but no attention was paid to them by Mr. Robinson. Finally there was a day of reckoning. Robinson had received the paper for some time, he informed the collector, but he said that he never subscribed and declined to pay for it. The judge personally questioned the defendant, who said that he read and made use of it and was receiving the accounts, which were frequently enclosed in the paper. Judgment was rendered in favor of the newspaper. The judge was severe in his criticism of people who are receiving papers and do not think it worth while to pay for what they receive and make use of it as an act of dishonesty, he said one should acquaint the publisher and pay for what numbers he receives.—X. 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. These people never go out and loiter around and read hand-bills and hang-up notices. They read the Twin City Star. 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-ruffans of the North as well as the hell-hounds of the South. Verily—"More sharper than a serpents' tooth is an ungrateful child. "The most virtuous creature in the United States of America is a virtuous Negro woman. Her resisting and enduring powers are of the highest order. In this she is a prototype and phrophecy of what her race is to be, if it will overcome. Her character is often assailed in fact, and her reputation more often assailed in slander. Prof. Pickens. THE DIGNITY OF LABOR. The Negro, who is ashamed to labor with pick and shovel is generally indentified with the loafing and criminal class—the destructive element of the race. JUSTICE TO ALL Equal and exact justice to all citizens of whatever nationality, race, color, or persuasion. A free ballot and a fair count. Grover Cleveland. Always is it faith in someone or something that inspires us to lift our work above the commonplace. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 2nd St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatat, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are Invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 23d St. between 9th and 10th Aves. Services every Sunday 10:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday school at 12:30. Rev. F. M. Lewis, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 315 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday services at 1 a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday School at 1 p. m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1190 Eighth Street So. Preaching every Sunday morning and evening. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue N. and 4th St. Services morning and evening each Sunday. Rev. M. W. Withers, pastor. The People's Christian Mission, Rev. G. W. Mitchell 1204 Washington Ave. So. ST. PAUL. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. r. P. Jones, Pastor, Cor. Jay and Fuller Sts. All are welcome. ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Rev. G. W. Camp, Pastor. All are welcome. LODGES. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Deputy, Installs and organizes Chapters of The O. E. Star. Pleased to consult any one interested. Residence Mrs. Anna B. Harris, Grand District 285 Rende St., St. Paul, Minn. T. H. Funeral Director and Embalmer Res. 3123 18 Ave. So. Phones: N- W. South 4596 T. S. North 304 D. W. RAYNOR. STAR PANTORIUM E. H. PAUL, Prep. Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing SHOE SHINING PARLOR 110 Wash. Ave. N. MINNEAPOLIS Goods Called for and Delivered Promptly T. S. Phone 3073 N. W. 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Vol. 3 Saturday, Feb. 15, 1913 No. 24 Matered in the Post oirice at Min- seapolis, Juno 33, as second class mat- ter. —— Publishes Every Saturday by CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 1419 Washington Ave. 80. Minne apolls, Minn. Phone: N. W. Nic. 2824 Geo. B. Kelley ‘Duluth, Minn. “Head of the Lakes” Representative. ———— ‘Subscription by Mall, Postpald. ONE YEAR ....cccceeees ++ :8200 IX MONTHS ....---.0000000++ 238 8 MONTHS .......cceceeseese2 8 7 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION $250. Special rates furnished om application Subscribers are earnestly request ‘ed to report to the office any irregu- larities in the delivery of thelr paper: also any change of address. ‘Subscribers. wishing the ‘Twin City Star” discontinued at the expiration of their subscriptions sLould notify us to that effect; otherwise we shall consider it their wish to have it con- tinued. Order for discontinuance must be accompanied by payment of all arrears. All personal advertisements tn the tocal columns must be paid for tn ad- vance, ‘All public. comment inserted only over the author's signature Foreign subscriptivas soliaited. Unsigned notices will not be In sorted In these columns. All matter must reach us by Wed nesday for Insertion. ‘We are not responsible for the views of our contributors, and all signed artictes of any length are paid for by the writer. en ‘The intermarriage bill was defeated in Kansas and Iowa. ‘The clause, prohibiting inter-marri- ‘age between blacks and whites, was taken out the Southwich Bill, by the Judiciary Committee of the Houte, on February 14th. A VICE CRUSADE. Detectives James Hardin and Charles Welborne are making a cru- sade against a criminal element, who hang out in gangs in this city. They have found out that Negroes are liv- ing in the worst state of immorality and idleness. In some instances they are mixed with a low class of white women, Special orders have been given to vagrants to find employ- ment within reasonable time, or they will be given workhouse sentences. Boys under age will not be allowed in clubs or pool rooms, which are for adults who care to frequent them, and proprietors who admit them will be called to account for their presence. They will give special attention to our young girls who frequent buffet flats, which have become a menace of recent years. It is very gratifying to have representatives of our race that keep in touch with these conditions. They are both good men, physically, morally, and very intelligent, and are willing to give justice to. everyone. It is safe to say that they will do mich for the moral uplift of our citizens and will be a credit to Chief Martin- son, who will in every way co-operate with them to give our city a class of Negroes who are as a whole deserv- ing and desirable citizens. Mayor Nye deserves the respect of all for his recognition of our race, and The Star believes that he will not regret his appointment. LEST WE FORGET. In memory of the Negroes who per- ished on the U. S. S. Maine, in Havana harbor, Feb. 15, 1898, whose remains rest. in Arlington cemetery, near Washington, D. C. NEVER A FOE, BUT A FRIEND— NEVER AN ATTACK BUT A CHAMPION. Those who believe that Providence exercises an especial rule over the destinies of the race, may find new encouragement in this observation and facts which bear it out in the his- tory of the country. There arises no foe, however bitter or influential but there comes forth a stronger friend. ‘The race suffers no attack but there fe made a better defense. Whatever the challenge, a worthy champion enters the lists to vindicate the cause. Is it not 0, you whom reading or ‘experience have informed? The one Unanswerable argument to employ ‘against the pessimist who has lost hope for his race in America is to Confront him with the declaration ‘that we have Caucasian friends, that ‘able leaders of the dominant race, ‘will stand for Justice to thelr ewar ‘thy brothere.—The Los Angeles Age. © he word Negro should always be wpblied with a Capital N—It is worthy ‘of this distinction, exchanges please aeons goribe for the Star, TO GIVE NEGRO EQUAL CHANCES WITH WHITES Mon Will Seek to Eradl- cate Prejadice Against Colored, Race. Investigations started by Edward C. Wentworth, chairman of the execu- tive board of Frederick Douglass center, 3022 South Wabash avenue, to determine whether there is a pre- judice against employment of negroes in Chicago stores and offices resulted today in the publication by the cen- ter of letters written by Chicago bankers, lawyers and “merchants, recognizing that such a prejudice ex- ists and pledging their help to erad- foate this feeling. Among the men who assured Mr, Wentworth that they will lend their ald to give the ‘Negro young man or woman an equal opportunity with whites were Julius Rosenwald, William E. Mason, Judge BE. O. Brown, N. W. Harris, George H. Webster, Irwin S. Rosenfels, John O'Connor, Maurice 8. Kuhns, George Packard, Francis B. Bromell, Louis F. Post, Robert McCurdy, Hareld Ickes and others representing many professions. 5 Feels Injustice Kenly. “I feel keenly this injustice and have for some time past been making efforts to convince some of the head men of Sears, Roebuck & Co. of our duty in that direction,” was the re- sponse of Jullus Rosenwald, who bas Jed in the movement to give the Negroes Y. M. ©, A. buildings. Colored Men in Bank. N. W. Harris, founder of the Har- rig Trust and Savings bank, wrote: “We have ‘colored men here in our bank. There have been in years past certain prejudices between the races, but I trust it is growing less, and I think the white people certainly should do what they can to advance civilization among the colored people. On the other hand, the colored people must do their share and success real- ly Iles with themselves. No one else can do it for them, and if they are industrious and frugal, I am sure they will succeed.” Praises Work of Nurses. “The colored professonal trained nurses are the nearest practical suc- cess in overcoming the Barrier you allude to,” was the reply of George H. Webster. “Their welcome.in many white families here and elsewhere has been a great satisfaction to those who have been instrumental in their preparation.” Irwin 8. Rosenfels, advertising manager of Sears, Roebuck & Cé., wrote: “It will interest you to know that I have recently secured a favorable ex- pression regarding the admission of colored apprentices from shop chair- men of three different labor unions employed in our printing plant.” ‘Cause of Discrimination. “The discrimination against col ored men is due to race prejudice which, whatever we may think about ft, does exist,” was the reply of George Packard. “Its eradication has to be secured by gradual, almost im- perceptible degrees. It cannot be ac complished by any sudden jump, still Jess by forcing the issue in concrete Instances. Rational and frequent dis: cussion seems to me the only feas- tble way and there should be opened up through the press and in every manner and form, in my judgment, free discussion of this .amportant question. It is not only one of equal opportunity in business but of equal oportunity in al lines. “I do not agree that on account of these conditions it is useless in city Itke Chicago to give the younger gen- eration of colored men and women ‘educational advantages. There are certain spheres of occupation that are always open to colored people, ‘and educational advantage {s just as useful, just as apparent and just as helpful in those occupations as in any other. Whether a man is a Pullman porter or a walter he becomes a bet ter porter’and waiter and better able to advance and get into things if he has an education. Maurice 8. Kuhns, president of the Safeguard Accounting company, wrote the center that he has just sent s form letter to the heads of his offices asking them to reply as to thelr per ‘sonal attitude on the employment of colored men by his firm. One of the questions reads: “If the mental, moral and physical considerations are equal will you be willing. to have a colored man use the desk next to yours and will you extend to him the same courtesy given any white employe?” Mr. Khuns adds that he is anxious to help solve the problem of race pre Judice. KEW PGE PIN: thoes COLORED WOMEN IN LITERATURE Pil Wheatiy Fist and Fore. most of Them Al SHOULD RUN WEEKLY PAPER, Cursory Glance at the Achievements of Some of the Many Brilliant Women of the Race Who Have Made Valuable Contributions to American Letters Future Possibilities Pointed Out, First and foremost, of course, stands Phillis Wheatley, the poctess of the revolutionary period. Any mention of colored women as writers would be incomplete without her. Frances Bifen Watkins Harper of Maryland was one of the sweetest of our women poets. Her poem “The Burial of Moses” wil) rank with any similar poem of its character In the English language. Mrs. Anna J. Cooper is a schoolteach- er in Washington, with the mind of a wise statesman. Her book “A Votce From the South” is a most valuable contribution to race literature. Mrs. Josephine Heard, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Miss H. Cordelia Ray ‘and her sister, Miss Florence Ray, are re a . (4 } = : Sa CS. ik | iy Of also poets. Mrs. Heard, who is wife of a former minister to Ata wrote a very readable volume of poet entitled “Morning Glories”. Mra. Grimke has written many very beau- tiful poems, one of them a master- piece, entitled “Charles Sumner.” The Misses Cordelia and Florence Ray have recently published a volume of poems, which they have dedicated to their father, the late Dr. Charles B. Ray. ‘The wife of Dr. Harvey Johnson, Baltimore's leading Baptist clergyman, 1s a writer of stories suitable for Sun- day school libraries. The American Baptist Publication soctety paid her a handsome sum a few years ago for two books from her pen. Mrs. Johnson is a fine French scholar. Amanda Smith, the noted evangelist, has published an tnteresting autobiography of her labors fm Africa, England and the United ‘States. “Poor Ben” is the title of a Dlographical sketch of the late Bishop Arnett, from the pen of Mise Lucretla ‘Coleman. 3 Ida B, Wells Barnett in journalism wielded a trenchant pen twenty or thirty years ago, and her right band has not yet lost its cunning, for she Is now editing a weekly newspaper in ‘Chicago as Mrs. Barnett. There used to be several other papers edited by our women, Ringwood’s Magazine was an ambitious undertaking and a credit- able production. The Woman Era was edited in Boston by Mrs. Josephine Bt, Plerre Ruin. ‘There are any number of careful and brflliant women correspondents, some of whom have done and are doing good ‘Work on race papers and papers pub- Ushed by white people. Miss Ida Grif- fo was for a number of years editor of a periodical devoted to the interests ‘of the home and fashion, which eireu- Intea largely in the south, Mrs. Mary ©. Lawton, wife of the Rev. Dr. Wil- am R, Lawton, the successful pas- tor of St. James’ Presbyterian church in New York, contributes regularly to @ Brooklyn daily, the Standard Union, and Mrs, Lydia ©. Smith ts regularly employed by the Brooklyn Dally Eagle. For eleven years Mrs. Smith has re ported the dally happenings among our people In Greater New York for the Eagle. She Is secretary of the wom- an’s auxiliary board of managers of the Howard Colored Orphan asylum and vice president of the Fifty-third Street (New York) Young Women's Christian association. There are bright women enough in the race to have a paper all their own, Just as their white sisters have, and ft la hoped that they will get together and think about it. There are enough women societies of one sort and an- other to support a paper independent |of any help from men, for there are | even some compositors among our wo- | Seon, 99. well, es, weitere, “posts: Sime lecturers. Industrial and Higher Education. The difference between industrial and the higher educaton, as explained by Professor Kelly Miller, ts that tn- dustrial education develops an nstra- mentality and the higher education « Perxonality. Professor Miller 1& dean of the College of Arte and Sciences at Howard university. Pari HL onllts mon cu ae omer FAIRER Cet Bola | bet dip SE ip EP Bi L. §. DONALDSON COMPANY Invites Your Personal Inspection of their Great Department Store to take advantage of the many conveniences including POST OFFICE REST ROOMS TELEPHONE’S CHECKING ROOM BUREAU OF INFORMATION Eic. ETC. ETC. On All Car Lines 1308-10 WASHINGTON AVE. 80. 28 Newly Furnished Rooms. By Day, Week or Month. Special Rates te Theatrical People. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. 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