Twin City Star

DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR MINNEAPOLIS Minn Historical Society ST. PAULSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ive Page VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents In a recent article dealing with the progress of the race in the United States during fifty years of freedom Dr. W. E. B. Du Bols, director of publicity and research for the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, says the Negro is a recognized part of the American government. He holds 9,000 offices in the army, furnishes four regiments in the army and a large number of sailors, holds at least 10,000 state and city offices and furnishes 500,000 of the votes which rule the Union. Today Negroes have 35,000 church edifices, worth $56,000,000. There are 200 private schools and colleges managed and almost entirely supported by Negroes, and other public and private Negro schools have received in forty years $45,000,000 of Negro money in taxes and donations. This, then, is the transformation of the Negro in America in fifty years—from slavery to freedom, from 5,000,000 to 10,250,000, from denial of citizenship to enfranchisement, from being owned chattails to ownership of $570,000,000 in property, from unorganized irresponsibility to organized group life, from being spoken for to speaking, from contemptuous forgetfulness on the part of their neighbors to uneasy fear and dawning respect and from inarticulate complaint to self expression and dawning consciousness of manhood. NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. Plans For Permanent Central Power and Lighting Plant Considered. For more than a quarter of a century the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, Tuskegee, Ala., has steadily grown not only in the size of its plant, but in the usefulness of its graduates and in the influence which it has been able to exert upon racial conditions throughout the south. The physical growth of the institution has brought it to the point where it is absolutely necessary that a considerable sum of money be spent in putting in a more complete and up to date heating system, water system, sewerage system, as well as a permanent central power and lighting plant. The trustees have had a competent engineer at work for several months studying the problem. He has now prepared plans which will make a saving of at least 20 per cent in the cost of operating the plant over what we are now paying. The entire cost will be $237,728.90. I am glad to say that Alfred T. White and the Misses White of Brooklyn have promised $25,000 toward this amount, provided the remainder can be secured, says Principal Booker T. Washington. In view of the work that Tuskegee has done and is doing for the whole country, the trustees feel that the school is justified in asking for this amount of money, which it is hoped will be secured within the next few months. France now has an official cook, with the title of Professor of Cooking, at the National School of Agriculture and Housekeeping Instruction at Grignon. A title worthy of even a German business card is the comment of the French newspapers. A new chair of cooking is the idea of M. Pama, minister of agriculture. The examinations, held on Nov. 11, in order to choose the bearer of this momentous title, consisted of competitions in all branches, cooking, the making of soups, sauces and other accessories, cutting and cooking meat, game, fish, vegetables, entrees, patties, entrements, pastries, fruit and vegetable preserves and the making of desserts. Those who took part in the competition were requested to get up a lunchroom, the menu of which was chosen before the examination by the jury. The contestants also had to prepare preserves and give a lesson before the students of the school. All candidates who presented themselves had to be between the ages of 18 and 25, and the requirements, such as being able to show their birth certificates, a certificate showing their French nationality and also what previous experience they had. Best French cooks come, it is said, from the district around Nancy, although Lorraine, until it became German property, had a great reputation. HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD The masculine image of downright robbery is to prov. 83 for a lad's handkerchief, when he know handkerchiefs are worth only a quarter for 1.00. ZEALOUS WORKER IN RACE UPLIFT Head of Laymen's Movement, Former Public School Teacher and Secret Society Leader, Proves Worth as Promoter of Large Undertakings. Churchman and Well Known Writer. Mobile, Ala.—The strong man who has ability to help, defend or save others and uses it in that direction excites the admiration of the world and perhaps unconsciously secures for himself the place of leader. The sore need of the Afro-American race is men of power, men who have the courage of their convictions in their work for the advancement of the race. As we recall the succession of able men since the day of emancipation who with eloquent lips and earnest hearts ministered in various ways to the uplift of the race is inspiring—men of noble principles and pursuits; good men who, though dead, live in the monuments of sacred memories they have left behind them; men like Daniel A. Payne, T. D. Ward, Alexandria DR. C. FIRST JOHNSON. Crummell, Frederick Douglass, Joseph C. Price, Charles L. Reason and W. J. Simmons. It is encouraging that right in line with just such orators, workers and race builders we can introduce to our readers a man living and moving among us, C. First Johnson, LL. D., the founder, secretary and manager of the Union Mutual Aid association. Dr. Johnson was born in Alabama, a product of the schools of the state, a graduate of the normal school of Montgomery and for some time a teacher in the public schools. He has also filled positions of emolument in the United States service. He was for a long time grand master of the state Odd Fellows, in which position he acquitted himself with honor. He now heads that popular and nation wide movement known as the laymen's movement, especially designed to reach men and save them for church, state, home and society, a work for which he is especially adapted to lead in because being endowed with those peculiar powers so necessary for the accomplishment of that work. Consecration, concentration and inspiration with a great vision, these are the dominant qualities possessed by C. First Johnson. He has the calling to the ministry in the same sense that the great evangelist Dwight L. Moody had, the same spirit and kindled by the same power of inspiration. He is never too engrossed in the great business which he so successfully manages as not to give attention to the greatest of work, that of "winning souls" to Christ. Booker T. Washington is the wizard of Tuskegee. C. First Johnson is the wizard of business and the greater industrial religion, for he believes in "working it out" with fear and trembling. He stands high in the church of his choice (Baptist), fulfills with due fidelity every obligation and with his eloquent pen in his great monthly periodical, Sparks, keeps the "old man's wire" sparks bristling with optimistic and thoughtful dissertations. As a platform orator he has few equals. He is in demand constantly in and out of the state. Selma university, that great Baptist institution in Selma, Ala., in recognition of his great work and life's achievements for the race, fittingly honored him not long since with the degree of LL. D., an honor which he wears with dignity. POTENT FACTOR IN NATION. What Afro-Americans Have Accomplished Since Their Emigration FRANCE'S NATIONAL COOK New York Sun Home they brought her warrior dead; She nor swore, nor uttered cry; At least she must keep her heart; She must weep or she will die." Then they painted him, his sword and low Called him worthy to be loved. Truest friend and modest foe; Yet she neither spoke nor moved. Stole a maiden from her place, Lightly to the warrior step; Toothed her heart; Yet she neither moved nor wept. Story of a Biddle University Man Whose Influence Is Being Forcibly Felt In His Native Home—Proffits From Experience Gained by Extensive Travel Through the States. By GEORGE F. KING. Wilson, N. C.—One does not have to visit the large cities of the country to find true evidences of the material progress of the colored people, but one will find in many of the northern cities a certain element of young Afro-Americans studying the methods of the successful business men and women, working in hotels and faithfully filling many positions of trust and responsibility. Many of this class return to their respective towns in the south and erect homes and promote business movements. There is a striking example of this type of progressive, honest and intelligent young Afro-Americans in this town who has gained the confidence of the business men of both races in this community. This young man is Mr. William Hines, a native of this town and a forceful character for the intellectual, moral, spiritual, social and economic development of young North Carolinians. That any young man who has the character and ability to achieve for the benefit of mankind can succeed in North Carolina has been most excellently demonstrated by Mr. Hines. He says that he owes much to Biddle university. The experience gained by coming in direct touch with successful men of affairs in over fourteen states in which he has traveled has helped him considerably. Professor Samuel H. Vick is another man who is well known throughout the south and many sections of the north for the interest which he has manifested in ambitious young men of the colored race who are trying to surmount obstacles and make WILLIAM HINES. It possible for the next fellow below him to have an easier task in getting up in the world. Mr. Hines is a member of the class of 1908 of Biddle university. After traveling extensively he returned to Wilson and began the barber business with small capital and two barbers. Today he has one of the best equipped six chair shops in North Carolina and does a large business annually. After getting his plans in shape he began five years ago a little real estate business. His first purchase was a lot for $225. This was on the installment plan. His first payment was $10 and the same amount per month until the full amount was paid. Every surplus dollar that his barber business did not require he invested in real estate. Today he owns some of the best property in the city, which includes a number of very desirable lots, and eleven houses with all modern improvements. Mr. Hines' barber shop is kept up to the best standard. He is also meeting the needs of his tenants by giving them homes conducive to good health. Mr. Hines is a force for good in this community. He was recently elected a member of the deacon board of Calvary Presbyterian church and is admired by all classes of citizens. James Hammond Leaves Large Estate. Although well known as an industrious and painstaking employee of what is known as the Weeks' estate, in Oyster Bay, N. Y., few knew that James Hammond, whose death occurred recently, was the owner of an estate valued at $30,000. Mr. Ham mond was seventy, years of age, and had been in the employ of the Weekeses for fifty years. He left $2,000 to his friend James Scudder, $5,000 to his daughter, $2,000 to another friend and smaller amounts to a number of his nephews. New Business Concern In Mound Bayou The People's Brick company is the name of a new concern recently launched in Mound Bayou, Miss. The company will manufacture brick and deal in general building supplies. The promoters of the project are optimistic over the possibilities of the company and have placed its capital stock at $10,000. THE HUMAN PROCESSION. By O. Terence. In the half century that has passed since the emancipation of the Negroes of the United States, the race has produced no man of whom it has greater right to be proud than Prof. William Edward Burghardt Du Bols, who easily stands foremost among PROFESSOR W. B. B. DUBOIS. Afro-American scholars and authors. It might almost be said of him that he is the only rationalist ever produced by a people in whom emotionalism, which often finds expression in the grossest superstition, is a marked racial characteristic. Prof. Du Bois was born at Great Barrington, Mass., 45 years ago today, Feb. 23, 1868. He was educated at Fisk university, in Tennessee, and at Harvard, and from the later university received the degrees of A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. Later he studied at the University of Berlin, Germany. For a time he was assistant professor in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, and later became professor economics and history at Atlanta university. His scholarly attainments won for him full fellowship in the Aerican association for the advancement or science. The author of many books and magazine articles, Dr. Du Bois won his greatest fame with "The Souls of Black Folks," a work in which the inner consciousness and mental processes of dark-skinned humanity are sympathetically portrayed. Through it all runs a note of tragedy—the tragedy of genius denied and transcendant ability frowned upon. The Minneapolis Tribune, Feb. 23, 1913. MATTHEW A. HENSEN. NEGRO TO BE GIVEN POST. Washington, Feb. 26.—Matthew A. Henson, the Negro who was with Peary on the final dash to the north pole, will get a position in the classified service of the government, without being required to pass a civil service examination. President Taft today issued an executive order permitting the appointment. MISSION WORK IN SAFE HANDS UP THROUGH DIFFICULTIES. Born of Slave Parents Without Shelter on a Mississippi Plantation, Learned to Read From Blue Back Spelling Book, Became Pastor, Presiding Elder and Secretary of Missions. By CHARLES ALEXANDER. Many of the men of prominence in the Negro race today still carry the scars of slavery upon their backs. Indeed, most of the Negroes of real distinction, those who have rendered valuable uplift service, have come out of the awful thraldom, up from slavery, and have known the terrible woes and sorrows of the system. But these men have made their way up from darkness to light, from poverty to comparative plenty, from ignorance to enlightenment, from paganism to Christianity, because they early realized that there is no royal road to success. These men represent a type. Rev. James W. Rankin, D. D., the present secretary of the missionary department of the great African Methodist Episcopal church, located at 61 Bible House, New York, is one of the type just described. He is a man of splendid business ability. He shows courtesy without descention, affability without familiarity, self sufficiency without selfishness. Dr. Rankin was born in an open field on a plantation in Mississippi while his humble slave mother was still at work under the watchful eyes of a heartless taskmaster. The mother and infant were taken to their cabin by their slave companions. Young Rankin experienced all the trials and hardships of the child in slavery. His father was a tanner and tanned all the leather from which shoes were made for more than 150 slaves on his master's plantation. While yet in slavery his mother DB. JAMES W. RANKIN. purchased with money she had saved from the sale of eggs a blue backed spelling book from which the boy learned to read. A short while after the emancipation of the slaves Dr. Rankin's father sent him to a country school. The first inspiration which he was able to get out of his contact with his teacher was the importance of building up his own character. Later he entered the city school at Memphis, Tenn. After finishing the public school he entered Lamoyne institute, founded by the American Missionary association. He was not able to finish his course in this institution on account of the death of his father. In 1877, while in Brookhaven, Miss., he joined the A. M. E. church and during the same year was licensed to preach by the Rev. M. T. Newton. In 1878 he joined the annual conference at Friar Point, Miss., and was assigned to a small church at Harrison Mission, Miss., where with but eight members he started his life work. Before leaving this charge he had built a good church and added over 100 members to the church. Dr. Rankin has since served his denomination as pastor and presiding elder in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The high dignitaries of the A. M. E. church recognized his worth when at the last general conference they elected him to the important position of secretary of missions, with headquarter at 61 Bible House, New York city. When Dr. Rankin assumed his duties he discovered that there was no money on hand with which to pay the bills standing against the department. There were no funds out of which he was to receive his salary or to pay the office force, to say nothing of the hundred or more missionaries in the foreign field to be paid. The responsibilities of Dr. Rankin's office are almost overwhelming, but he has handled the difficult problems of the office in a masterly manner. He has not only kept the workers in the foreign fields, paid his own salary and the salaries of his office force and the printer's bills for publishing the Voice of Missions, but he has been able to pay off many of the old bills. HONORS FRED DOUGLASS. High Esteem In Which Theodore Tilton Held the Great Agitator. Among the sonnets written by Theodore Tilton to the memory of Fred Douglass appears the following fine lines: I knew the proudest giants of my day, And he was of them—strong amid the strong, But gentle too, for, though he suffered wrong. song— is what I owe him, for I loved him long, is dearly as a younger brother may. Proud is the happy grief with which I sing. For, O my country, in the paths of men There never walked a grander man than he! He was a peer of princess-yea, a king, crowned in the shambles and the prison pen, pen; The noblest slave that ever God set free! CIVIC LEAGUE ORGANIZED. New Movement to Suppress Vice Started in Newport News. Representative colored men of Newport News, Va.—shipyard workmen, lawyers, doctors, business men and preachers—recently gathered at the Young Men's Christian association and organized what in the future will be known as the Colored Civic League of Newport News, Va. This Civic league will help to suppress vice and crime and enforce as strictly as possible the vagrancy law. Its final object is to improve the civic conditions of all the colored people in the vicinity of Newport News. This uplift work will be systematically done under the direction of men having the complete confidence of the race. RURAL SCHOOLTEACHERS HELP WHOLE COMMUNITY. Economic Methods Used In Securing Funds For Current Expenses. Fort Valley, Ga.—Fort Valley is one of many places in the south that have a type of Afro-American rural school-teachers who are able to secure the hearty co-operation of the community in the improvement of the local school. By entering completely into the home and church life of the people, solely to render service, these teachers never fall to win financial support when they make their appeal for money to improve the schoolhouse, purchase necessary equipment and lengthen the school term. They are resourceful in making themselves truly useful to mothers, fathers and all others who are unable to come directly in contact with the school. They have shown the possibility of increasing the school funds through the sale of chickens, eggs, hog meat, potatoes and even scraps of cloth for quilts, which have been contributed by those who have no money to give. The classroom has become the starting point for social service. The community is the field for unselfish uplift work. The results prove that where the rural teachers make the school what it should be—the center of social service—they command the respect, support and love of the people. This is the type of teachers which Hampton, Tuskegee and similar schools are now training. Reports of similar methods for the successful solution of rural school problems were given at the recent Tuskegee workers' conference. Bruce on Public Comfort Committee. John Edward Bruce, president of the Society For Historical Research. Yonkers, N. Y., has been appointed auxiliary chairman of the committee on public comfort for the Wilson and Marshall inaugural festivities in Washington on Tuesday, March 4. Among Mr. Bruce's assistants on the committee are Francis J. Moultrie, W. H. Butler, Samuel J. Giddings, Charles E. Scott, W. J. Spennie, Sterling Lambert, Attorney Stephen A. Bennett, Rev. A. H. Hill, Walter Jones and Anthony L. McRae. The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—it is worthy of this distinction, exchanges please remember. | | | | | wo ae guar WOO AMEE ' fe Pe ee one Poo ee a Pee ae foe ye Pa eee ra GR TY Ss pe Os. tae aes “Yaar “eet z on cps % eee sie i: ee : $ ete = “SAS Be ieee sage mages ee ih TAS. 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The sore need: of the-Afro-American race ig'men of pow: er,mien who have the courage of thelr convictions in thelr work-for the: ad; ‘vancement of the race. + Ae we Tecall the succession of able meni since the day of emancipation who with eloquent lips and earnest hearts. ministered in various ways to the uplift of the race it ts. inspiring— men of noble principles and pursults; good men who, thougir dead, live in the monuthents, of sacred memories they have left behind them; men like Dan: tel A, Payne, T. D. Ward, Alexandria he na a Crummell, Frederick Douglass, Joseph Q, Price, Charles L, Reason and W. J. ‘Simmons: It 1s encouraging that right in line with just such orators, workers and race builders we can introduce to our readers. w man. living: and’ moving among us, ©, First Johnson, LL. D., the founder, secretary and manager of the Union Mutual Aid association. ‘Dr; Johnson was born in Alabama, # product of the schools of the state, a ‘Braduate of the normal schoo! of Mont gomery. and for some time a teeacher-in the public schools. He has also filled positions of emolument in the United States service. He was for a long time grand master of the state Odd Fel- Ibws, in which posftion Tie acquitted Himself with honor. He now heads that popular and na- tlon wide movement known as the lay- men’s movement, especially designed tb reach men.and save.them for church, state, home and society; a work for ‘which he is especially adapted to lead fh because being endowed with those peeullar powers so necessary for the Accomplishnient ‘of that work, Conse- eration, concentration and’ inspiration ‘with a great vision, these are the dom!- nant qualities possessed by O. First Johnson. ‘He has’ the calling to the ministry in the same sense that the great evangel- ist Dwight L. Moody had, the same spitit and kindled by the same power of inspiration. He 1s never too en- grossed in the great business which he ‘#0 successfully manages as not to give attention to the grentest of work, that of “winning souls” to Christ. Booker T. Washington is the wizard ‘of Tuskegee. 0. First Johnson is the wizard of business and the greater in- Gastrial religion, for he belleves in ‘working it out” with fear and trem- bling. He stands high in the church ‘of his choice (Baptist), fulfills with due ‘fidelity every obligation and with his eloquent pen in bis great monthly pe- Hodical, Sparks, keeps the “old man's wire” sparks bristling with optimistic and ttoughtfut dissertations. ‘ds @ platform orator -be has few ‘equals. He is in demand constantly tn tind out of the state. Selma university, that great Baptist institution in Selma, Ala., in recognition of his great work and Itfe’s achievements for the race, vom eae ‘him not ong since with the degree of LL. D., an honor which he wears with becoming dignity. POTENT. FACTOR IN NATION plished Since Their Emancipation. Ina recent article dealing with the Progress. of the race. in, the United States during fifty years of freedom Dr. W. BH: B. Dw Bois, director of Publicity and research for the Nationa! Assoeintion: Por the: Advancement of Colored People, says the Negro is a recognized part of tle American gov- ‘ernment. He holds 9,000. offices in the nation, furnished four regiments in the army and a large, number of sall- ors, holds at least 10,000 state and city offices and furnishes 500,000 of the Votes which: rule the Uisiom Today Negroes have 35,000 church edifices, worth. $56,000,000. ‘There are 200 private schools and colleges man- aged and almost.entirely supported. by ‘Negroes, and other public and private ‘Negro schools: have received isr forty years $45,000,000 of Negro money in taxes and donations. ;" Piils, then, 1s the transformation of the Negro fin America in fifty years— from slavery to freedom, ftom 5,000,- 000 to 10,250,000, from dental of citi- senship to enfranchisement;. from be- ing owned chattels: to ownership of '$570,000,000 in property, from unorgan- ined irresponsibility ‘to organized group life, from: being’ spotten for to: speak- ing, from contemptnous forgetfulness on the part of thelr neighbors: to um easy fear and dawning respect and ftom inarticulate complaint to self ex- Pression and dawning consclousness ‘of manhood. NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. Plane. For Permanent Central Power ‘and Lighting Plant Considered. |” For more than a quarter of a cem- tury the Tuskeges Normal and Indus- trial institute, ‘Tuskegee, Ale, has steadily grown not only in the size of {ts plant, but in the usefulness: of its graduates and: in the influence which 4t has beoi-ablo to exart upon racial conditions throughout the soath. "The physical growth of the inatitn- tion has brought it to the point where tt 1s absolutely necesary that a consid- erable’ sum of money be spent in put- ting In-@ more complete and up to date heating system, water system, sewer- age system, as well a8 a permanent central power and lighting plant. ‘The trustees have had a competent ‘engineer at work for several months ‘studying the problem. He. las now ‘prepared plans which will make a sav- Ing of at least 20 per cent tn the cost of operating the plant over what we are now paying: ‘The entire cost will be $237,728.90. 1am glad to say that Alfred 'T. White ‘and the Misses White of Brookiyn have promised $25,000. toward this amount, provided the remainder can be secured, says Principal Booker T. ‘Washington. Tn view of the work that Tuskegee has done and ts doing for the whole country, the trustees feel that the ‘schoo! is Justified tn asking for this amount of money, which it is hoped ‘will be secured within the next few FRANCE’8 NATIONAL COOK ‘New York Son. France now has an official cook, with the title of Professor of Cooking, at the National School of Agriculture ané Housekeeping Instriietion at Grignon. A title worthy of even = German business card in the comment of the French news- papers. ‘The new chair of cooking is the idea of M. Pams, minister of agriculture. The eximinations, Held on Nov. H, in order to choose the bearer of this momen- tous. tithe, consisted of competitions. in ‘all bganches, cooking, the making of soups, sauces and other accessories, cut- {ables entrees, patting, entrementa, bax ‘eutrees, patties, entrements, pas- tries, fruit and vegetable preserves and the taking of cakes and desserts, Boone sho, caste per sm IO coaupett thon were: to get upie SS cee sie oe Se a the <zamination by the jury. "The con- testanta also hed. te, peepare | preserves the sohook. “All candidaten whe presented the themselves had to be between the ages Feqaicementn, uth ne being able t-shor ou Re We thelr birth certificates, a certificate show. ing tetr French nationality ana alk) Best Franch cooks come, its sald from the district around Nixiey, although Lorraine, until it became German prop- erty; hd @ great reputation HOME THEY BROUGHT HER Wan. RIOR DEAD eee ae ew eee. EES: DIRECT CONTACT AGT | | BUSINESS Old North State Afro-Americans | ee Making Good. ‘SUGGES: OF WILLIAM foe of @ Biddle University Mian Whose: Influence le Being Foreitily Fale In His Native Home-—Profite Fiam: Experience Gained by Exten+ sive Travel: Through the States, By GEORGE F. KING, . Wilson, N.: C.—One doves not have to visit’ thie Iarge cities: of the country: to fd true evidences of the material progress: af the colored: people, bnt-orie will: find: in many of the northern. efties arcertain. clement. of yaung Afro-Amet- feans. studying the methods of the suc- cessful business men and women, work- ing {o hotels and faithfully filling many Positions of trust and responsibility. Many of'tliis-class return to thelr re spective towns in the south and erect homes and promote business moves ments. ‘There is; a striking example of this type of progressive. honest and intelli- gent. young, Afro-Americans in this town who has gained the confidence of the business men of both races in thits community: ‘This young mmm is’ Mr. William Hines; x native of this town and a forceful charueter for the: Intel Jectualj moral, spiritual,.soeln!.and:¢o- nomle development of young, North Carolinians: ‘Phat any young man who has the: ‘character and ability to achfeve for the benefit of mankind can sucoded tn North Carolina has been most excel- Jently demonstrated by’ Mt. Hines: “6 says that he owes: much to: Biddle inl mo ‘The experience -gained. “ng eet eet eat Sao oe of affairs in over fourteen states in which, he bas traveled has helped. him considerably. Professor Samuel H. ‘Viek ts another: man whois well known throughout the south snd many: ‘sec tions of the north for the interest which he has manifested in. ambitious young men af the colored race who are trying to surmount obstacles. and make Live ‘WILLIAM HOES, ft possible for the next fellow below him to have an easier task in getting ‘up fh the world. Mr. Hines fa 4 member of the class of 1908 of Biddle university. After traveling extensively he returned to ‘Wilson and begam the barber business with small: capital and two barbers, Today he has one of the best equipped six chair shops iu Norttt Carolina and Goes a large business annually. After getting his plans in shape be Degan five years ago a little real estate business. His frst purchase was a lot tor $225, ‘This wap on the installment plan. His first payment waw $10 and the same amount per month until the fall amount was paid. ‘Every surplus dollar that his barber business did‘ not require he invested in Teal estate, ‘Today he owns some of the best property tm the city, which includes a number of very destrablo Jots, and eleven houses with all modern ‘mprovements. Mr. Hines’ barber shop fs kept up to the best standard. He is ‘also meeting the needs of his tenants ‘by giving them homes conductre to ‘good health, | ‘Mr. Hines ia force for good in this community. He was recently elected '& member of the deacon board of Cal- vary Presbyterian eborch and is ad- ‘mired by all classes of citizens. dames Hammond Leaves Large Estate. Although: well known as an, indus- trious, and painstaking employee: of what is. known as the Weeks’ estate, im Oyster Bay, N. Y., fow knew that James Hammond, whose death oc- curred recently, was the owner of an estate valued at $30.00. Mr. Haw “Mond: was: seventy years: of, aga. and been {n.the emplog of the Waekses, ‘for fitty years. He left $2,000 to. hia ; James Sendder, $5,000 to Bis @ehter, $2,000" to another friend’ and Boaller amounts to « rumber of his “Tephews; Business Concern In Mound’ Bayou 4The: Beople's. Briek compang is the Bs Sea ore in "he in. Mound Bayou,. Miss. The com- ny will manufactnre Brick and deal 4 general building supplfes, ‘The pro- ters of the project: are optimistic the: possibilities of' the: company have placed: tte capital stock: at ( THE HUMAN: PROGEABION, By 0. Terence: In the halt’ century that. lias passed ‘since the emancipation of the Negroes of the United States, the race: has ‘Produced no’ man: of’ whom: ft law eaetion stake Se be! pice Wom: Fret iam Bdward’ Burghardt Du Bots, ‘Who easily stands foremost among He Me SS Soa a { Ce eye a eo ou eee meee ea | ee eo Be cs fs eal | ec ee cred pay ee pe 4 wok eT a | | | 2. te ‘el | | EEA. 2 ii Afro-American scholars and authors, It might almost be said of him that he is the only rationalist ever’ pro- duced by a people in whom emotiona- ism, which often finds expression in the grossest superstition, is 8 marked raclal characteristic. Prot, Du Bois was born at Great Barrington, Mass. 45 years ago to day, Fob. 28, 1868; He was educated at Fisk university, in Tennessee, and at Harvard, and from the Inter unt- versity received the degrees of’ A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. Later he studied at the University of Berlin, Germany. For @ time he was assistant profes. sor in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, and later became pro- fessor economics and Ristory at At- lante untversity. His scholarly at- tainments won for iim full fellow: shop in the Aerican association for the advancement oF science. ‘The author of many books and magagine articles, Dr. Du Bols won hig greatest fame with “The Souls of Black Folks,” a work in which the in- ner conscionsness and mental pro ceses of dark-skinned humanity are sympathetically portrayed: Through it all runs a note of tragedy—the tragedy of genius denied and tran- scendant ability frowned upon. ‘The Minneapolis Tribune, Feb, 23, 1914 ee i Dae ee. vo ee a | a Ma o a) io | a Sy Poe |e a Pe Uae: on A ia] b i.e Psi SAS 8 z NEGRO TO BE GIVEN POST. Washington, Feb. 26—Matthew A. Henson, the Negro who was with Peary on the final dash to the north pole, will get a position in the class- iffed service of the government, with- out being required to pass a civil service examination. President Taft today issued an executive order per- mitting the appointment. MISSION WORK IN SAFE HANDS Success of Dr. u. W. Rankin ; In Naw Field, UP THROUGH DIFFICULTIES. Born of Stave psi Wiihonk Shelter fu Reed’ From’ lve Bool Opeling aeeae Many of the men of prominence in the Negro race today still carry the sears of slavery upon their backs. 1n- \deed,, most of the Negroes of real dis- ‘tinction, those who have rendered val- uabie uplift wervite, have come out of ‘the-awful thraldom, up from slavery, and?have-known the terrible woes and sorrows. of the system: "But. these men. have made thelr way ‘up. from darkness to light, xrom pov- erty to comparative plenty, from ig- norance to enlightenment, from pagan- ism to Christianity, because they early Feallzed that there is no royal road to success. ‘These mem represent a type. Rev. James W. Rankin, D. D., the present seeretary of the missionary depart- ment of the great African Methodist Episcopal church, located at 61 Bible House, New York, is one of the type fust described. He is a man of splen- id business ability. He: shows cour- teay, without condescension, affability without familiarity, self sufficiency without selfishness. Dr, Rankin was born in an open feld on a plantation in Mississipp! while Bi: humble slave: mother was still at works under the watchful eyes of 1 heartless taskmaster, The mother and ‘tnfant, wore taken to thelr cabin: by thelr slave companions. Young Rankin experienced all the trials and hard- ships of the child in slavery. His father ‘was a tanner and tanned al} the leather from wiiich stioes were made for more ttiar 150 slaves on bis master’s planta: ‘tion. While yet in slavery bis: mother ae) ive Pee ad a eae eee ‘purchased with money she had saved from the sale of eggs a blue backed spelling book from which the boy learned to read. ‘A short while after the emancipation of the slaves Dy, Rankin's father sent him to-a country school. ‘The first in- spieation which he was able to get out of his,contact with his teacher was the importance of building up his own character. Later he entered the city school at Memphis, Tenn. After Snishing the Public school he entered Lamoyne Sn- stitute, founded by the American Mis slonary association. He was not able to finish bis course in this institution om gecount of the death of his futher. In 1877, while in Brookhaven, Miss. he:jotned the A. M. B; chureh and dur ing the same year was licensed to preach by the Rev. M. T. Newton. In 1878 he joined the annual conference at Friar Point, -Miss., and was as signed to a small church at Harrison Mission, Miss. where with but eight members he started his life work. Be- fore leaving this charge he had built a ood! churcty and added over 100 mem. bers to. the: church. Dr. Rankin has since served his denomination as pas- tor and prestiiing elder in Mississipp, Loutstana and Texas. The high dignitaries of the A. M. B. church recognized his worth when at the. Iast general conference they elect ed him to the important position of sec- retary of missions, with headquarters At 61 Bible House, New York city. ‘When Dr, Rankin assumed hig duties he discovered that there was no money on hand with which, to pay the bills standing against the department. ‘There were no funds out of which he was to receive his salary or to pay the office force, to say nothing of the hundred or more missionaries in the foreign field to be paid. ‘The responsibilities of Dr. Rankin’s office are almost overwhelming, but he has handled the difficult, problems of the office in a masterly manner. He has not only kept the workers in the foreign felds, paid his own salary and the salaries of hts office force and the printer's bills for publishing the Voice ot Missions, but he has beer able to. Day off many of the old bills, HONORS FRED DOUGLASS. High Esteem In Which Theodore Til- ton Held the Great Agitator. Among the sonnets written by Theo- ore Tilton to the memory of Fred Douglass appears the following fine lines: I knew the proudest giants of my duy. And he was of them—strong amid the strong, But gentle too, for, though ho suffered wrong, Yet the wrong doer never heard him say, ‘Thee also do I hate. *** A lover's lay—no dirge, no doleful requiem song— Is what I owe him, for I loved him long, As dearly as a younger brother may. Proud ta the happy grief with which T sing, For, O my country, in the paths of men There never walked a grander man than e! He was-a peor of princes—yea, a king, Crowned in the shambles and’ the prison pen, ‘The nobiest slave that ever God set free! CIVIC LEAGUE ORGANIZED. ee ee te ae eee ree ed In Newport News. Representative colored men of New- port News, Va.—shipyard workmen, lawyers, doctors, business men and preachers—recently gathered at the Young Men’s Christian association and organized what in the future will be known as the Colored Civic League of Newport News, Va. ‘This Civic league will help to sup- ‘press vice and crime and enforee as strictly as possible the vagrancy law. Its final object 1s to improve the civic conditions of all the colored people in the vicinity of Newport News. This uplift work will be systematically done under the direction of men having the complete confidence of the race. RURAL SCHOOLTEACHERS HELP WHOLE COMMUNITY. Economic Methods Used In Seouring Funde For Current Expenses. Fort Valley, Ga.—Fort Valley is one of many places in the south that have 8 type of Afro-American rural school- teachers who are able to secure the hearty co-operation of the community in the improvement of the local school. By entering completely into the home and choreh life of the people, solely to render service, these teachers never fail to win financial support when they make their appeal for money to improve the schoolhouse, purchase necessary equipment and lengthen the schoo! term. They are resourceful in making them- selves truly useful to mothers, fathers and all others who are unable to come Girectly in contact with the school. ‘They have shown the possibility of increasing the school funds through. the sale of chickens, eggs, hog meat, potatoes’and even scraps of cloth for quilts, which have been contributed by those who have no money to give. ‘The classroom has become the sturt- ing point for soctal service. ‘The com- munity {9 the fleld for unselfish uplift work. The results prove that where the rural teachers make the school what it should be—the center of social service—they command the respect, support and love of the people. ‘This. ts the type of teachers which Hampton, Tuskegee and similar schools are now training. Reports of similar methods for the successful solution of rural school problems were given at the recent Tuskegee workers’ confer- Bruce on Public Comfort Committee, John Edward Bruce, president of the Boclety For Historical Research, Yon- kers, N. ¥.. has been appointed anx- itary chairman of the committee on public comfort for the Wilson and ‘Marshall inaugural festivities in Vash- ington on Tuesday, March 4. Among Mr. Bruce’s assistants on the commit- tee are Francis.J. Moultrie, W. H. Bat- ler, Samuel J. Giddings, Charles B. Scott, W. J. Spounie, Sterling Lambert. Attorney Stephen A, Bennett, Rev. 4. H, Bill, Walter Jones and Anthony L. McRae. ‘The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—It is worthy of this distinction, exchanges please remember, "? MINNEAPOLIS But God commendeth His Love toward 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 6:23.—Selected by E. W. Gilles. We beg that the public will not send notes over the phone. We must have your copy to avoid mistakes. If your matter is not worth writing, it is not worth insertion. Our enemies advertise us. Our friends support us. Everybody helps us. MATINEE—BAZAAR. The Ladies of the City Federation will give their first Annual Matinee-Bazaar on Thursday, Mar. 6th. afternoon and evening, at the Masonic Hall, 24th St. and 5th Ave. S. The proceeds of the Matinee-Bazaar will be distributed among the several Clubs for relief of the worthy poor. Come and help a good cause and have a good time. City Federation'': Mrs. I. E. Gibbs, pres., Mrs. MacGlenn, sec. "The Ione Gibbs Club'': Mrs. Ida Sellars, pres. Mrs. Helen Jackson, sec. "The M. I. C. Art Club'': Mrs. Sadie Sample, pres. Mrs. Sarina Robinson, sec. The Sojourned Truth W. C. T. U. Mrs. I. E. Gibbs, Pres., Mrs. A. Allison, See "The Mother's Effort" Club': Mrs. Lulu Cratie, pres., Mrs. Mamie Sexton, sec., Mrs. Mae Glen, honorary pres., are in-charge of this entertainment, and will spare no pains to make it a grand success. Remember March 6th. McCULLOUGH'S ORCHESTRA. Everybody is cordially invited. ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Thanksgiving Proclamation. TO ALL KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, COURTS OF CALANTHE, GRAND AND SUBORDINATE LODGES, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ORDER—GREETING. PURSUANT TO THE LAW OF THE SUPREME LODGE, I, S. W. GREEN, SUPREME CHANCELLOR OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF. PYTHIAS OF NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND AUSTRALIA, DO DESIGNATE, SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1913, AS THE DAY FOR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING. ALL LODGES AND COURTS ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO HAVE APPROPRIATE RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON THAT DAY. S. W. GREEN, Supreme Chancellor. C. K. ROBINSON, S. K. of K. and S. MAUNDY THURSDAY FEAST. All Masons in good standing are invited to be present at Masonic Hall, 24th St. and 5th Ave. So, to attend the Maundy Thursday Feast given by Pillar of Beauty Chapter Rose Crox No. 14, A. and A. S. R. Committee, E. B. James, L. J. Allen, W. R. Morris. Ames Lodge of Elks of Minneapolis will give a Grand Ball at Union Temple Hall, No. 28 Washington Ave. So., on March 13th. Admission, Gents 35c Ladies 25c.—McCullough's Full Orchestra. Chas. Sumner Smith has entirely recovered from recent illness. Mr. John Morris, the popular bartender at the Porters' and Walters' Club is rapidly convalescing from a severe illness of mumps. He was confined in the Swedish hospital three weeks, and his many friends are glad to hear of his recovery. 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. SUNDAY FORUM. St. Peters Church, 3:30 P. M. The Forum meets the first Sunday in the month at St. Peter's A. M. E. church and on the third Sunday at Bethesda Baptist church. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. Send to the Star your News. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. PAID UP SUBSCRIBERS are our best "Boosters." Are you one? FORAKER CAFE CHANGES LOCATION. Mrs. J. M. Mask, wishes to announce that the Foraker Cafe has been moved to 255 1ST AVE. So., up stairs, where she is prepared to serve her patrons. TO SPANISH WAR VETERANS. All Negroes, living in the Twin Cities, who served in the Spanish-American War, and were honrably discharged, are earnestly requested to forward their names and addresses to The Twin City Star, 1419 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. THE FORUM MEETS SUNDAY. at St. Peter's Church at 3:30 P. M. Sunday, March 2, 1913. Vocal Solo—Miss Beatrice Jackson of St. Paul. Instrumental—Miss Bessie Johnson of St. Paul. Subj. for Discussion—"Woman as a Home-Builder," led by Mr. Rufus Skinner. MRS. GIBBS WILL VISIT IOWA. Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs, 2844 12th Ave. So. will visit Des Molnes, Iowa in the interest of the work of the Afro- American Women's Clubs. Mrs. Gibbs is the President of the Minneapolis Cit Federation and Vice Pres. of the National Association. The Iowa State Bystanders says: "In securing Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs, vice president at large of the N. A. C. W., who will deliver a lecture at St. Paul's A. M. E. church Friday, March 14, the members of the Intellectual Improvement club, under whose auspices she will appear, feel confident that the people of Des Moines will be given a rare theat, as she is a brilliant woman of wide and varied experience. The date of the Ames Lodge of Elks Ball has been changed to March 16th on account of the many attractions on March 6th. A COMING SOCIAL EVENT. The Ladies Episcopal Club will give an April First Party at Masonic Hall. Watch for the Adv. Mrs. J. Ed. Stewart will have charge of the dancing, one of the enjoyable features of the matinee, Bazar, on Mar. at the Masonic Hall under the auspices of the Afro-American Women's Club. Miss Clarist Lucas entertained a small group of friends at her home, 109 E. 25 St, Friday evening. Singing, dancing and games were the amusing features. Refreshments were served. Those present were: Misses Francis Mask, Hazel Jones, Eva Hall, Ellen Mattle Lucas, Miss George C. Howard Brady, Roy and Sam Scott, Thomas Smith, Messrs. Lyons, George Butler and Douglas Crane of St. Paul. BIG BALL AND CONCERT. The Pride of the West Co., No. 1, Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias will give a. Grand Concert and Ball at the National Guard Armory, on April 14th. The Concert will be under the direction of Mr. Chas. H. Miller of St. P.aul, assisted by Mdme Addie Crawford-Minor. Watch the Star for the Big adv. Omar Chapter No. 58, R. A. M., at their regular meeting*Feb. 26th elevated R. C. Minor, St. Paul, Lieut. J. Frank Nickens and Solomon Saunders, Minneapolis to the Royal Arch Degree. They were assisted by Wm. F. T. Chandler, High Priest of Bethel Chapter, St. Paul, and Geo. L. Hoage of Bethel Chapter in conferring the degrees. The attendance was very good. When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some 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. It is necessary that we get the full names of those present Ames Lodge of Elks will hold meetings in Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave., every 1st and 3rd Thursday. Mrs. R. A. Van Hook, the fashionable dressmaker, will make your new Easter gown, or renovate your old one. Special Chinese Service at Foraker's Cafe. Private Rooms. BABIES WANTED. Children's Nursery. Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 526 7th Ave. No., will care for your children. Special attention given to Babies. Phone Nic. 2793.—Advertisement. SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5e SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5e TWIN CITY STAR WEST END BRANCH, Y. M. C. A. At the Vesper service last Sunday twenty young people gave earnest attention to a talk by the Secretary on "Lessons of the Snow." Very creditable voluntary recitations and solos were rendered by Elizabeth, Virginia and Margaret Vassar, Timothy Howard, Carlton Bolden, George Grisson, Elmer Bradley and Dolly Waterford. Sunday afternoon, March 2nd Rev. G. W. Camp recently installed pastor of Zion Presbyterian church, will be the principal speaker. Mrs. Stanley, soloist. The Spring course in Millinery and Dressmaking began recently and the classes are making satisfactory progress. The Young Girl's Club gave a surprise party on Miss Blanche Walker of Carroll St. Miss Walker is leaving for Rochester to enter the Mayo Bros. hospital for operation. Mr. Edward H. Robinson of 365 Aurora Ave., has left the city for Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Edith A. Leonard, Secy. The mother of Mr. J. E. Johnson, 526 St. Anthony Ave., died on Thursday morning at her son's residence. Louis P. Moore, 902 St. Anthony Ave, St. Paul, Minn., Fem. 25, 1913. Mr. Smith, Editor. Please put the following in this week's issue of your paper. Mr. A. H. Nnderdown, Chairman of the Sub. Committee on Public Comfort during the inauguration proceedings in Washington, D. C., has appointed Mr. Louis P. Moore auxiliary chairman of the local committee. Mr. Moore has named as his committee the following: Rev. A. H. Lealtad, Mrs. Louis M. Terrell, Geo. A. Hoage, Mrs. Birdle M. M. A. Bolling, Mrs. Hattie Oliver, J. D. Crane, Mrs. Ella Glass E. C. Crancum, Miss Olive D. Howard. Mr. Moore previously received a letter from Mr. Underdown stating that he was appointed chairman of said committee, but having seen the names of a like committee in Feb. 8th issue of the Star, he immediately wrote to Mr. Underdown concerning the matter, Mr. Underdown answered telling Mr. Moore to appoint his committee also. Anyone desiring information concerning accommodation etc.; at the inauguration can obtain the same by addressing any member of the committee. Respectfully yours, Louis P. Moore, Chair man. Editors Note. You lost time and energy by writing and appointing a committee, as there were many more local Chairmen. When this notice is read the affair will be over. Yet Mr. Moore is due his publicity, and if it was news worth something, we could not get it so easily. We should worry always about Negro appointments. Mrs. Charles Patterson, formerly of Chicago, will make St. Paul her future home. Mr. Patterson is employed on the Soo Ry. and they reside at 547 Rondo St. Geo. L. Hoage is honing the Damascus blade of his Scimitar. He will pack his caravan for Indianapolis and there he will proceed to decapitate Joe. Sherwood, a task often attempted, ever a failure. If George's typewriter could talk, it would tell the story. O, ye potentates. Mrs. Walter B. Blackburn of Minneapolis was initiated in the Fezzanese Court of the Daughters of Isis on February 21st, at Masonic Hall, St. Paul. After the initiation refreshments were served. The Daughters of Isis is the female order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and an auxiliary of the Fezzan Temple. Grand Midwinter Entertainment Mars Lodge of Odd Fellows No. 2202, Thursday, March 6th, 1913. Hiawatha Temple, 6th and Wabasha St. McCullough's Orchestra. All persons desiring to go to Washington during the Inaugural Period, may get information as to places to stop, rates, etc., by writing to the Sub-committee on Public Comfort, 1816 12th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work as a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sloux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn COPY MUST REACH US BY WEDNESDAY. WANTED. Attorney at Law, of Duluth, is Coming to St. Paul to Practice Law. During the early part of last week, J. Louis Ervin, attorney-at-law, of Duluth, was in the city making arrangements to come to St. Paul to enter upon practice here. Attorney Ervin graduated from the College of Law, University of Minnesota, with the class of 1907, and opened an office at Duluth, where he has been very successful. While Attorney Ervin has handled nearly all of the legal business of the Afro. Americans of Duluth during his six years' practice there, his practice has by no means been confined to the J. LOUIS ERVIN. Afro-Americans. Mr. Ervin has been retained in nearly every phase of criminal law, as well as many very important civil matters. He has been particularly successful in criminal law, contracts, real estate, mortgages, insurance, probate matters and corporation laws. Mr. Ervin is giving up a very good practice in Duluth owing to the ill health of his wife. It seems that the climate of Duluth does not agree with Mrs. Ervin; the doctors of Duluth have advised her to get away from Lake Superior. She has been living in tS. Paul for the past year and her health has improved greatly. It is for this reason that Mr. Ervin is giving up his practice in Duluth. Atorney Ervin has had six years of actual practice, so he comes to St. Paul as a seasoned lawyer. He has practiced in all of the State Courts, also in the United States Circuit and United States District Courts, since locating in Duluth. Attorney Ervin expects to be located in St. Paul on or about March 15, 1913. —The St. Paul Appeal. RUNNING A NEWSPAPER. Running a newspaper is a thing that every person knows how to do except the editor or manager. Nobody should ever get a roasting in its columns except the editor and his friends. On the other hand, their friends should be sweet scented, praised and banqueted. If you do something bad you want the editor to keep your name out of the paper; but, on the other hand, should you buy a new dress or hat or feed two or three of the bon tons of the town at your table or sing a solo you want a big puff and a boost, and if you don't get it you are going to stop the paper. A newspaper is something no one forgets to condemn for its mistakes, but never remember to praise it for the good it accomplishes. —The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. A NEW ENTERPRISE. The Negroes of Minneapolis are to be credited with another business enterprise, a first class drug store, Dr. Geo. W. Nelson, who conducted a drug store for 9 years at 941 Central Ave., has opened another at 121 So. 6th St., Minneapolis. Everything for Women's Wear—Popular Prices Root & Hageman women's garment store formerly "Pearce's" The Very Latest Ideas in all that pertains to Women's Wear. DICKERSON CAFE We want to prove to you much better than you'd ever features which distinguish the difference between "good en diffrence between ordinary a new Chinese, chef it attracting well as favorable mention. ent to prove to you by actual person rather than you'd ever believe if you die which distinguish this cafe from all oth- between "good enough" and the "B between ordinary service and ours. use chef it attracting a good deal of a favorable mention. Avenue MINN THE NEWLY FURNISHED R THE NEW BERT HOTEL We want to prove to you by actual personal test how much better than you'd ever believe if you didn't try the features which distinguish this cafe from all others. The difference between "good enough" and the "Best" is the difference between ordinary service and ours. Our new Chinese, chef it attracting a good deal of attention as well as favorable mention. 208 Hennepin Avenue MINNEAPOLIS, THIRTY-FIVE NEWLY FU THE N ALBERT I TELEPHONE N. W. 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First Class A La Carte Meals at all Hours and Right Prices, Quick and Satisfactory Service, Private Dining Room for Ladies and Special Parties. REGULAR DINNER 25 CENTS. FROM 11:30 TO 3. 317 WABASHA ST. UP STAIRS. ST. PAUL MINN. 2-25-13 Mrs. R. C. McCullough, 1813 5th Ave. So., teaches classes from 7 to 10:30 A. M., and from 3 to 8:30 P. M. For information call South 4021. FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING PLAIN AND FANCY SEWING. Mrs. R. A. Vanhook. 3612 ELLIOT AVE. SO. Minneapolis. Phone Colfax 3596. Subscribe for the Star. --- T. W. Galbreath, Prop. by actual personal test how or believe if you didn't try the this cafe from all others. The enough" and the "Best" is the service and ours. Our ing a good deal of attention as URNISHED ROOMS EW HOTEL TOM'S PLACE Gas and Electric Lighted Vacuum Cleaned Rooms $1.75 Gas Kitchen Service $2.00 for Man and Wife $2.50 $3.00 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. per week UIS KITCHEN T THIRD ST. T. S. 2718 DINING ROOM IN ST. PAUL HINSON, PROP. BE UP-TO-DATE BROTHERS BE UP-TO-DATE BROTHERS Years ago, New York butter and Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri Beer, were known to be the best, and swell folks always had them on their table. No one wants New York butter now, because Minnesota is the best, but some people stick to the old idea on beer. Experts Say nearest like the Imported, of any in QUESTS THE BEST tise in CITY STAR Good Results N. W. Nlc. 1534. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. THE SPIRELLA CORSET. Cora E. Anderson, Corsetier. W. Dale 1345 — 385 Aurora Ave. St. Paul. THE HOTEL CHASE. 1322 WASHINGTON AVE. SO. Conveniently Located. Sanitary, Modern. Chas. S. Chase, Prop. Telephone Nlc. 9854. The most perfect and economical method of operating things is of course with Electrical Energy, the person is unwise who continues to put off having Electrical Apparatus or devices installed. I can save you money on Bell work, Installations, Fixtures, Instruments, etc. Chas. W. Brown, Electrician, 725 So. Washington Ave. Nic. 1404.—Adv. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN J. H. SYLVESTER W. OLIVER. Working Men's Social Club OLIVER BROS., Managers PHONE: Nicollet 9506 206 So. Second St. Minneapolis, Minn. A. G. Banks Geo. Watkins The Cosmopolitan Buffet and Grill Wines, Liquors and Cigars PALM ROOM. VOCAL ENTERTAINERS. 40 East 3rd St. St. Paul Phones, N. W. Cedar 9128, Night Call Cedar 9126. 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. R. H. NEGENER 207 NiceHot TWIN CITY RAZORS. Full hollow ground, $1.85 each. Dur- able, powder coated. Glitter blades sharpened. Dough all diagonal edged blades 250. Out- side ground. J. M. MORRIS Real Estate, Loans and Collections. 503 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn. Thos. H. 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The length of the spring suit jacket will be influenced by the general design. Cutaway models will be longer, and the simple tailored suit will be "wrist length," which is about twenty-seven inches on the average sized woman. The skirts will show no material increase in width, but it will be there for the convenience of walkers. Slight drapings and plaited panels will be used with fullness at the top of the skirt. This latter feature gives an easy line at the back, preventing the unsightly spanning which was so evident in the tight skirts last year. Eton and bolero effects will be very strong and promise new becomingness to slender women. The short, dummy one who doesn't tell her weight any more should shun these short coats. The noticeable feature is the lenency of the coming styles. All types of figures should be given a modistic chance to appear at their best. Making Over an Old Gown. Having on hand a partly worn evening gown of gray crepe de chine, A THE REUVENATION OF A GREPE COSTUME clever woman has draped over it a panel of dull blue lansdowne in the effect pictured. The lansdowne is embroidered with darker blue silks at shoulder and hem, and the stole covers one side of the bodice and sleeves completely. silver cords holding the edges together at the opposite side. What Tuskegee Graduates Are Doing. Twenty-three industrial schools have been, directly or indirectly, founded by graduates and former students of the Tuskegee (Als.) institute. These schools are employing about 150 teachers, nearly one-half of whom are graduates or former students of Tuskegee. TWIN CITY STAR Notable Tribute From One Colored Poet to Another. Io Paul Laurence Dunbar, the noted colored poet, the Rev. James D. Corrothers pays the following tribute in the November Century: He came a dark youth singing in the dawn Of a new freedom glowing o'er his lyre. Refining as with great Apollo's fire His people's gift of song. And thereupon This negro singer, come to Helicon, Constrained the masters, listening, to ad- mire And roused a race to wonder and aspire. Gazing which way their honest voice was gone, With a face upill of glory's crest. Men marveled at the singer, strong and sweet, Who brought the cabin's mirth, the tuneful night. But faced the morning, beautiful with light. To die while shadows yet fell toward the west And leave his laurels at his people's feet. Dunbar, no poet wears your laurels now; None rises, singing, from your race like you. Dark melodist, immortal, though the dew Fell early on the bays upon your brow And tinged with pathos every halcyon vow And brave endeavor. Silence o'er you thewear Flowers of love. Or if an envious few Of your own people brought no garlands how Could malice smite him whom the gods had crowned? If, like the meadow lark, your flight was low Your flooded lyrics half the hilltops drowned. A wide world heard you, and it loved you It stilled its heart to list the strains you sang. And o'er your happy songs its plaudits rang. "SPEAK UP, IKE, AN' SPRESS YO'SE-F." Who dat knockin' at de do? Why, Ike Johnson—yes, fo' sho. Come in, Ike; I's mighty glad You come down. I t'ought you's mad At me 'bout de othah night, An' was stayin' 'way fo' spite. Say, now, was you mad fo' true W'en I kin' o' laughed at you? Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'sef'. "Tain't no use a-looking' sad, An' a-mekin' out you's mad; Ew you's gwine to be so glum, Wondah why you evah come. I don't lak nobody 'roun' Dat jes' shet dey mouf an' frown— Oh, now, man, don't act a dunce. Cain't you talk? I tol' you once, Spak up, Ike, an' 'spress you'sef'. I could may in a week, Ef de man I wants u'd speak. Tildy's presents 'll be fine, But dey wouldn't ekal mine. Him whut gits me fo' a wife 'Ll be proud, you bet yo' life. 'a's had offers; some ain't quit; But I hasn't ma'led yit. Speak up, Ike, an 'spress yo'se'f. You's my choice, and allus you. Ike, I loves you—yes, I does; Laffin' at you ain't no harm— Go 'way, dahky, whaith's yo' arm? Hug me closer—dah, dat's right. Wasn't you a awful sight, Havin' me to haig you so? —Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Now ax what you want to know. Speak up, Ike, an 'spress yo'se'f. Wha'd you come yeah fe' toonight? Body'd t'ink you haid ain't right. I's done all dat I kin do— Dressed perticler, yes fo' you; Reckon I'd 'a bettah wo' My ol' ragged calico. Atah all de pains I's took Cain't you tell me how I look? Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. Bless my soul I mos' fo'got Tellin' you 'bout Tildy Scott. Don't you know, come Thu'sday night She gwine ma'y Lucius White? Miss Lize say Sallus wuh Heap sight lakier 'n huh; An' sne'll git me, somep'n new, Ef I wants to ma'y, too. Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. PEACE IS COMING. Within the last twenty-five years conditions have been brought about by the rapid progress of civilization that will within the next twenty-five years result in the disarmament of all the powerful nations of the earth. These conditions have already made war between great civilized powers, such as the United States, England, Germany and France, impossible. Germany owes England billions of money, and a war between England and Germany, though it should result in a complete conquest of Germany, would break every man in England. The United States owes England such vast sums that a war between England and the United States would bring about the same result. So it would be between any two of the great powers, whichever was the conquerer. The result would be the same. Though there might be some cause, the cost of victory would be so great that the conquering nation would be the sufferer.—Rev. J. W. Lee. Subscribe for the Star. Well Known Writer Points to Their Fine Record. John E. Bruce, president of the Negro Society For Historical Research, Yonkers, N. Y., recently sent the following communication to the editor of the New York Sun, in which he says: "Permit me to thank you for the timely editorial paragraph about the elimination of Negroes from the United States army and also to suggest to the promoters of the agitation a careful reading of the speech delivered by Mr. Charles Francis Adams in the house of representatives at Washington on May 31, 1800, in which he dealt with the difficulty the ranking officers of the army are now alleged to be seriously considering. "As Negroes may we be permitted to register a protest against the proposal to muster Negro regiments out of the army and to say that we feel that we have as much right to go to the defense of the country when its honor is assailed or its flag insulted as any white man in America, that we are just as patriotic and loyal and that we have proved it in every war of the republic and on more than a hundred battlefields? The army and navy of the 'most civilized and most Christian nation' are the last establishments where the caste and color prejudice should be propagated. "General Jackson at New Orleans found Negro regiments very helpful at a critical moment. Commodore Perry spoke highly of the bravery and good conduct of the Negroes who formed a considerable part of his crew at the battle of Lake Erie. Edward Everett in his great speech at the unveiling of the statue of General Joseph Warren in June, 1857, mentioned by name the black soldier, Peter Salem, who had signalized himself at the battle of Bunker Hill, where Negro soldiers stood side by side with their white brethren in defense of flag and country. "It was Salem who, when Major Pitcairn of the British marines mounted a redout jubilantly exclaiming, The day is ours!" laid the English commander low by a well aimed shot from his musket, and thus turned the tide of battle in favor of the colonial army. "There are many other instances that might be cited of the patriotism of Negro soldiers. Certainly the great body of white Americans are not in ingrates. History sometimes has a way of repeating itself, and in this case the repetition may come sooner than some of us anticipate." The Press and Business Enterprises. That the best of feeling should exist between the press, business concerns, secret and social society is self evident. Each should be a promoter of the other's interest, for therein lies mutual benefit. The National Negro Press association at its recent annual meeting voiced its sentiments in the direction by adopting strong resolutions calling for closer union between commercial enterprises and newspapers as essential to greater industrial progress. Two Necessary Elements to Success. In 1894 R. L. Houston of Fort Worth, Tex., was working as a porter on a salary of $3 per week. A few years ago Mr. Houston went into the undertaking business and now owns a block of houses in the business section of the town. He is highly respected by both colored and white citizens. He ascribes his success to economy and strict attention to business. CENSUS FIGURES WRONG? Hon. H. C. Smith Questions Count of Afro-Americans in Cleveland. In giving the Afro-American population of the four largest cities in Ohio the 1910 census credits Cincinnati with 19,698; Columbus, 12,800; Springfield 4,945; and Cleveland, 8,736. The Hon Harry C. Smith, editor of the Cleveland Gazette, who is a resident of Cleveland, takes exception to the small number credited to his home city. Mr. Smith says there are 20,000 Afro-Americans in Cleveland, if there is one. Eight or ten thousand of them can be gathered together in one place in the city without that number being scarcely missed in another part of the town. According to Mr. Smith's statement, there are over 9,000 of our people directly or indirectly connected with the churches and missions, which number about fifteen. The figures as above given were tabulated by Professor M. M. Curtiss of Cleveland, who had charge of the 1910 census for the department of commerce and labor in Cleveland and vicinity. Cause of the Existence of Prejudice. John Stuart Mill said on one occasion that it appeared to him that when prejudices persist obstinately it is the fault of nobody so much as those who make a point of proclaiming them superable as an excuse for never joining in an attempt to remove them. Any prejudice whatever will be insurmountable if those who do not share in it themselves truce to it and fatter it and accept it as a law of nature. 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. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. PETER H. HARRIS DR. GEORGE C. HALL. Hospital to Be Opened at Tuskegee. The opening of the newly erected hospital at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute on Thursday, Feb. 27, will be an interesting affair. The principal speaker for the occasion will be Dr. George C. Hall of Chicago. Mr. Julius Rosenwald and many other distinguished visitors are expected to be present. Dr. Hall will hold a clinic at the hospital for a week or ten days before returning to Chicago. BANK AND TRUST CONCERNS. Reports Show Healthy Condition Avenue One Financial Institutions Among Our Financial Institutions. According to the latest financial reports gathered from various sources for the fiscal year 1912, the condition of banks and trust concerns operated by Afro-Americans was never better than at the present time. Representatives of the fifty-six or more financial institutions conducted by members of the race keep themselves well informed of the best methods used by the leading banking houses in the country. The recent election to membership of Jesse Binga in the Illinois Bankers' association gives added credence to these reports. John Mitchell, Jr., of Richmond, Va., is a member of the American Bankers' association and president of the Mechanics' bank in Richmond. The oldest banking concern among the colored people of America is the Penny Savings bank, Birmingham, Ala., of which Dr. W. A. Pettiford is president. Spring Tour of Booker T. Washington The schedule of Dr. Booker T. Washington's speaking tour for the early spring takes him as far west as Portland, Ore. The people of Portland and vicinity are looking forward to Dr. Washington's visit with much interest. Suitable arrangements are being made for his stay in the city. The Gypsy Smith auditorium has been engaged for holding the meeting at which the well known educator will be the principal speaker on Thursday night March 20. North Carolina Baptists' Good Work. The progress of the Baptist denomination in North Carolina for 1912 was far beyond the estimate set by the leaders in the various conventions. The educational work of the churches in financial gifts amounted to $23,300. The denomination supports twenty-eight of what are known as secondary schools, which had a total enrollment of 3,346 students. The property of these schools combined is valued at $123,762. The work thus far for 1913 is in a most flourishing condition. Work of Usher's Literary Association. The Usher's Literary association of the Cherry Memorial Baptist church in Philadelphia will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary on Wednesday evening, Feb. 26. The primary aim of the association is to work among the boys of the church. The officers of the association for 1913 are Arthur R. James, president; W. J. Fisher, vice president; H. A. Fisher, secretary; G. A. W. Johnson, assistant secretary; H. V. Suydam, Sr., second assistant secretary; H. T. Mills, treasurer; W. E. Page, chaplain, and Eljah D. Thomas, sergeant at arms. Bruce on Heroism of Colored Soldiers President John Edward Bruce of the Negro Society For Historical Research, Yonkers, N. Y., very aptly calls attention to the fact that in the Massachusetts Historical society several years ago there was exhibited a silk flag bearing the device of a pine tree and a "buck," with the initials "J. H." and "G. W." over a scroll, on which appear the words "The Bucks of America." This relic had been carefully preserved as the flag presented by Governor Hancock to a company of Negro soldiers-bearing that name which served with distinction in the Revolutionary war. Progress of Foreign Mission Work. The work of foreign missions was ably presented at the general conference of the A. M. E. church, held in Kansas City, Mo., recently, by Bishop W. H. Heard of Monrovia, West Africa; Dr. W. W. Beckett, secretary of missions; Bishop J. Albert Johnson of Cape Town, South Africa; Rev. H. H. Steady of Sierra Leone, and the Rev. J. P. James, who represents the denomination in Samanna, Santo Domingo. The progress of the work was described, and plans for the future were outlined. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 22d 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 11 a. m. 8 p. m. Sunday School at 1 p. m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1130 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. Withera, pastor. The People's Christian Mission, Rev. G. W. Mitchell 1204 Washington Ave. So. 8T. PAUL. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. rn. 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. Please to consult any one interested. Residence Mrs. Anna B. Harris, Grand District 285 Rende St., St. Paul, Minn. A. B. Funeral Director Res. 3123 18 Ave. So. Phones: N- W. South 4596 T. S. North 304 D. W. BAYNOR. N. W. Phone Nic. 4655 Special Attention Given Ladies' Work STAR PANTORIUM E. H. PAUL, Prop. Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing SHOE SHINING PARLOR 110 Wash. Ave. N. MINNEAPOLIS Goods Called for and Delivered Promptly Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SHULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters "THE BIG THREE" Next Thursday Night [Picture of three men in formal attire, two wearing bow ties and one wearing a suit with a bow tie. The men are standing side by side, facing the camera.] EDW. PIPKIN, P. H. 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Special rates furnished on application Subscribers are earnestly requested to report to the office any irregularities 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 it continued. Order for discontinuance must be accompanied by payment of all arrears. All personal advertisements in the local columns must be paid for in advance. We are not responsible for the views of our contributors, and all signed articles of any length are paid for by the writer. Subscribe to the Star. EASTER MORNING. By JOEL BENTON. THE springtime flood is borne along Beneath the over widening sun. Orchestra strains of woodland song And meadow carols melt in one— One chan of pure, ecstatic joy That bonds of death are swept away, That winter's hosts no more annoy. While every path is turned to May. The aureoiced twig, the budding leaf, The genial south wind's trople spell And fresh green fields, bereft of grief. The summer's opulence forestall. We hear the brook's exultant flow As, mad with joy, it sweeps away. No more the bonds of ice and snow. Rule us with their relentless sway. Upon this sacred Easter morn, To earth and man an equal boon, We see the world arise, new born, And birds and flowers with life a-tune. Blow, gentle south wind, o'er the plain; Bend, sky, today your deepest sway. For sin and sorrow's maddened reign Must yield and all be born anew. SHALL THE UNITED STATES BUILD HIGHWAYS? It is a question which is slowly but surely forcing itself upon the National Legislature. Many Senators and Representatives now believe that the building of a system of National Highways is of more economic importance than any other public work—more vital than the question of a large navy, more useful than any river and harbor improvement, more necessary than the Panama Canal. For Highways are built and owned by the people and are free to all the people. A few years ago road bills had short shrift in Congress—at present there are nearly a hundred bills before Congress dealing with road building in one form or another. Although the "good roads" idea has been gathering force and headway for many years, its advocates are still pulling in many directions. Some road associations want State Highways with National Aid. Others want State Highways without National Aid. Still others want good roads paid for by the counties through which they pass, without any aid. One, at least, believes firmly that the question is not only one for States, Counties, Cities and Towns, but for the Nation. The National Highway Association believes that the beginning of a comprehensive good road system for the Nation must be made by the Federal Government. Such a system—as outlined on the map published here—consists of fifty thousand miles of National Highways. It is not intended that this map should represent the entire good road system needed by the United States. It is merely a tentative suggestion of the National System of National Highways, from which good roads built by States, by Counties, and by Cities and Towns, would grow and multiply. COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER ENTERPRIZES. There is one thing that our people as a race should know, and the sooner they know, the better the race. It is very essential that business enterprises that are already established should be supported, and others established. It should not be necessary for me to tell you why. If you read the colored papers you already know, remark a writer in an exchange. It is my purpose in this short article to tell you a few reasons why you should pay your colored newspaper bills and bid them Godspeed. First, colored papers have in common an interest in you, in every phase of race progress. Your success in church, school, business, society and politics, is also the new paper's success. When you, as an enterprising man or woman, aspiring boy or girl, refuse to support your own paper, you strike yourself and race a great blow. You must patronize your colored merchants and newspapers, or forever make a beggar out of your race. You say, perhaps, the newspapers is not a good one. Why not? Don't you think it is because you withhold your financial support?—The Seattle Searchlight. In the fierce struggle impending between the ever-increasing multitudes of mankind, survival is only assured to him who can hold his own in mental, moral and mechanical conquest. The advance of universal education is irrisistable; and under the reign of universal education, vocational fitness is indispensable. Unless our brightest and best prepared young men and women turn their talents to the applide sciences we shall find the race at no distant day the fag end of every class of society. Now if it is true that social efficiency has come to be regarded as the highest aim of education then there can be no difference of opinion as to the fast that "expression is as important to proper education as impression." This is a maxim that no modern educator will dispute and social efficiency requires one to be able to act as well as to think; to execute as well as to plan; to do as well as to dream; to demonstrate as well as to theorize; to actualize as well as to contrive. In both phases of this double development brains constitute an essential factor.—Prof. W. A. Joiner, in the Sodallan. "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. OPENING OF EUREKA DRUG STORE. Branch No. 2, Owned and Conducted by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Roberts. Indianapolis, Ind. Among the new adventures of the colored people of our city was the opening of the Eureka Drug Store, No. 2, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Roberts at 1318 East Sixteenth strees on Saturday, February 15. All day long, and indeed, until late in the evening, a constant stream of admirers, many of them being from the white race called and gave words of encouragement, purchasing and expatiating on the luck and pluck that is shown when a an demonstrates the stick-to-iceiveness of his ambition. Three years ago Eureka No. 1, was opened at Indiana avenue and California streets and success has followed every movement. Today a visit to either store will gladden the heart of any man, woman or child. tA Eureka Drug Store, No. 1 is stationed by Mr. W. H. Roberts, ably assisted by Mrs. Ida Hagan Roberts, a graduate pharmacist of the Winona Technical Institute of this city, with George Beaumont at the soda fountain. Eureka Drug Store No. 2 is managed by Mrs. Myrtle Roberts, wife of Mr. W. H. Roberts, assisted by Charles W. Anderson, a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and Miss Elizabeth Jones of this city with Bert Boyd at the soda fountain. Some estimate of the expense of the two stores can be realized when it is known that the fountains at Nos. 1 and 2 were put in at the cost of $1,200 and $750 respectively. These without mentioning the immense stock carried, will readily be ocknowledged as a worthy industru and should be acknowledged as a worthy industry and should be patronized by our people. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are formerly of Minneapolis and are a valuable addition to the population of our city. Eureka Drug Store No. 1 can be reached by new phone 5223, No. 2, new-phone 6273.—The Indianapolis Record. Mr. Roberts is the brother of Policeman Roberts of this city, and uncle of Mr. Jas. J. Roberts. DO IT NOW. We beg that those who are indebted to us, send us their subscription by P. O. Order. TWIN CITY STAR THE TRUTH. There is today a tendency among colored people and among their earnest friends to tell the half-truth concerning the situation of the colored people and to condemn those who seek to tell the whole truth. But where is the harm? many think. If we tell the good things, will not the good things multiply and the hateful things die? No. It is a dangerous thing to daily with the truth. Some of the greatest catastrophes in history have come because the mass of men have been deceived and misled as to the truth of conditions by timid, well-meaning persons, who, knowing the awful facts, suppressed them systematically and spread the sweet and gentle lie. There are friends of black folk in this land. There is continual advance in human sympathy. There is an awakening in the white South on the race problem. All that is true. It is also true that the Negro American today faces the crisis of his career; race prejudice is rampant and is successfully overcoming humanitarianism in many lines, and the determination of the dominant South to beat the black man to his knees, to make him a docile ignorant beast of burden, was never stronger than today. This is the truth. Let us tell the truth, unpleasant though it be, and through the truth seek freedom. There is no other way.—The Crisis. 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? WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUBSCRIBER? 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 receive.—X. The colored man must move forward in 1913, conscious of the fact that he is the architect of his own fortune. He must look fate and disappointment in the face and remember that he is not less than a man. He must come to know that the high way which leads to lasting success is not strenued with thornless roses and soft-scanted flowers. If others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas, we must not whine for flowery beds of ease. And that reminds us, lest we forget, that he who would be free himself must strike the blow. Man your own enterprises, support your own business. Buy the land if you expect to inhabit or inherit the earth. These are the things which mark the man—Dallas Express. 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. A REAL NEWSPAPER. GEO. W. NELSON'S DRUG STORE MY GOODS ARE RIGHT T. S. Center 3638 MY PRICE'S ARE RIGHT N. W. Nic. 9586 I WANT YOUR BUSINESS Prescriptions carefully compounded—Toilet Articles. 121 S. 6 ST. THE MARKET B. FINK MERCANTILE C O. Headquarters for Railroad Men Cor. Third and Robert St., ST. PAUL SPECIAL SALE OF WINES AND LIQUORS $3.20—Four full quarts Old Style Bottled in Bond Montrose Whiskey—5 years old. $3.00—per gallon Pure California Brandy—Aged in Bond. $2.50—Four full quarts Old Hlekory Grove Whiskey. $1.50—per gallon Old Port, Sherry, Tokay or Catawaba. $2.50—Four large bottles Virginia Dare Wine—Garrett & Co. $3.25—per gallon Pure Grain Alcohol, full strength. $3.00—per gallon Golden Gate Apricot Brandy. Money refunded if not satisfied. Send postal for price list. EXPRESS PRE. PAID to all points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakotas and Montana. Out-of-town mail orders shipped the day received. CLARENCE W. BELL (Successors to H. D. Parker) BENJ. JONES Barber Shop and Pool Room 244 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH (Near Milwaukee Depot) N. W. Nlc. 9834 Baths, Shoe Shining and Billiards ARTISTS'— JACOB REDMOND, J. WEIGHT, H. M. KENNEDY THE CARVER HOTEL On All Car Lines 1308-10 WASHINGTON AVE. SO. 28. Newly Furnished Rooms. By Day, Week or Month. Special Rates to Theatrical People. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. W. Phone Main 863 BARBER SHOP AND BATHS. Hochsteiner LAGER The Beer of Quality & Flavor "PURITY" brew is the Beer for the summer, In spring and winter And fall it's a hummer! Brewed and Bottled Exclusively by The Leading Bottle Beer Brewery PURITY BREWING COMPANY MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 Special attention given to re- pairing staining SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 HOTEL JONES 204-11th Ave. Sa. Madame Emma Taylor Jones PROPHETOR BEN. MARIENHOFF FASHIONABLE TAILOR Phone N. W. 4398 318 HENNEPIN AVE. Makes Good Clothes at Moderate Prices SPFCIAL DESIGNS or SPRING and SUMMER ```markdown ``` F. PEOPLES REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Contractor and Builder Office Phone .....N. W. Nic. 2188 236 BOSTON BLOCK, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. PAINTING, PLUMBING, PAPER-HANGING, PLASTERING, BRICK and CONCRETE WORK You don't need money; if you own your lot. I BUILD HOMES ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS. ITS JUST LIKE PAYING RENT. PLANS FREE. DO IT NOW!!! DON'T WAIT!!! Come in, and have your teeth fixed and pay in Weekly or Monthly installments. We have Dr. H. Plerce, "the famous extractor" with us every Monday and Friday and by special appointment. Phone, Nic. 3112. Open from 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. MRS. J. M. MASK, PROP. THE FORAKER CAFE Chinese and American Dishes 255 FIRST AVENUE, SO. ELECTRIC LIGHTED TEL. NORTH WEST MAIN 537 BEST SERVICE Special Sunday Dinner 25c FROM 12 TO 5:30 P. M. Business Men's Lunch 20c FROM 11 TO 5:30 P. M.