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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., APRIL 11, 1913. NEW MOVEMENT FOR BUSINESS Press Association to Begin Several New Features. FUTURE PROSPECTS BRIGHT Progress Made by National Organization of Publishers Creates Demand For Wider Sphere of Development. Hunter C. Haynes Gives His Views on Advertising. By N. BARNETT DODSON. New York.—In connection with the progress already made by the National Negro Press association since the last annual meeting come the desire and demand for the establishment of an advertising department. At the midwinter meeting of the executive committee held in Philadelphia the following subjects were referred to a subcommittee of the executive—namely, the standardization of advertising matter, a reciprocal weekly news service and a candidate news service to be issued in plates with the co-operation of the association. As to the matter of starting an advertising department in connection HUNTER C. HAYNES. with the press association, the chairman of the executive committee has quite thoroughly investigated the matter and recommends that plans for such a feature be worked out, ready for the consideration of the organization at the annual meeting to be held in Philadelphia in August. Interest along this line at the present time centers in the fact that since the meeting of the executive committee in Philadelphia the association has increased in membership from sixty-one to over eighty and that among the new members is Hunter C. Haynes, founder and proprietor of the Haynes Advertising agency, at 115 Nassau street, in this city. So that, despite occasional misgivings concerning the progress of the association, there are signs of a very promising future. Although quite young, the Haynes enterprise is proving the Afro-Americans' appreciation of present day business requirements by entering into this almost hitherto untried field among us for the purpose of bringing the advertiser and the publisher into closer relation. Mr. Haynes has given the subject of advertising careful study and is therefore well informed as to the kind of matter handled by the large advertising concerns most available for papers published by our people. His methods are in keeping with those used by the most experienced agencies. Promptness is his strong fort. Mr. Haynes is quite right in his definition of the local factors of a newspaper in so far as they relate to individual effort in the various departments of a publication. He says the editorial policy must originate with the management. The extent of the circulation is the result of the character and importance of the publication plus the energy put into the work of distribution. The news and special feature service when illustrated should be in keeping with the information and should not be overdrawn. Since no combined effort along the line of securing advertising matter has been attempted in the past the executive committee of the National Negro Press association thinks the time is ripe for such a movement. The great bulk of advertising is national in scope and not so easily secured by small publications. But with the large and small periodicals published by Afro-Ameri- cans all united in one organization the advertiser can see at a mere glance the great buying power which these publications represent. By personal interviews and much correspondence Mr. Haynes has secured a wealth of information as to the amount of money which the race spends with the big business concerns in the different large cities throughout the country. He has taken into consideration those concerns which give employment to Afro-Americans. With such knowledge as a working basis any advertising agent will get the ear of those business concerns which place large advertising contracts with advertising agencies for distribution. HIGHER PAY FOR OUR DIPLOMATS We Ask Too Great a Sacrifice, Says President. "THE SERVICE IS HAMPERED" Mr. Wilson Declares It Is Impossible For Him to Get the Men He Wants. Troubled by Repeated Refusals—Expert Saye Salaries Should Be at Least $25,000 a Year. Washington.—President Wilson is seriously troubled by the repeated refusals of prominent Democrats to accept high diplomatic appointments on account of financial inability to maintain the positions, and he has practically appealed to the country to support him in a request that congress pay ambassadors and ministers enough to enable poor men to represent this country abroad. This appeal was made in a statement concerning the refusal by William McCombs of the ambassadorship to France, which was based solely on the ground that he could not afford to take the place. Mr. McCombs' refusal followed that of Richard Olney and Charles W. Ellot, former president of Harvard, to both of whom the ambassadorship to the court of St. James was offered. Neither could afford to take the place. Whitelaw Reid, the former ambassador, maintained an establishment that cost him $100,000 a year. Ambassador Herrick, now holding the post refused by Mr. McCombs, is said to be spending more than $100,000 a year in keeping up the embassy. It is known that Norman E. Mack has been hesitating about going as ambassador to Vienna because he fears it would cost too much, and it is said that H. B. Fine, dean of the faculty at Princeton, cannot make up his mind to be ambassador to Berlin, being a poor man. Representative Nicholas Longworth not long ago made a report on the subject and introduced a bill appropriating money to build embassies. It failed. The salary of an ambassador is $17500 a year, and an expert opinion given here today by John Barrett, who has been in the diplomatic service as minister and is now director of the Pan-American union, is that $25,000 is the least that one can spend and maintain the dignity of an embassy. Even at that figure it costs an ambassador or minister $8,000 a year more than his salary. The following table shows what it costs to maintain an embassy at the eight posts of the ambassadorial rank: Expenses. Salary. Brazil ..... $30,000 ..... $17,500 Austria-Hungary ..... 40,000 ..... 17,500 France ..... 60,000 ..... 17,500 German empire ..... 60,000 ..... 17,500 Great Britain ..... 70,000 ..... 17,500 Japan ..... 20,000 ..... 17,500 Mexico ..... 30,000 ..... 17,500 Turkey ..... 25,000 ..... 17,500 It is regarded as of pressing importance that ambassadors to England, Mexico, Japan and Russia and a minister to China shall be named within a short time. For none of these posts, except that of Mexico, has President Wilson been able to find a suitable man who would accept the post. Virginia Annual Conference April 16. The Virginia annual conference of the A. M. E. church is always an interesting gathering of churchmen and religious workers for home and foreign missions. The sessions of the conference this year will be held in the Bethel church, Eastville, Va., beginning on Wednesday, April 16. Candidates for admission to the conference will be heard at a meeting held for that purpose on Tuesday, April 15, at noon. The pastor of Bethel church is the Rev. F. Allen Seaton, who will give delegates and visitors a most cordial welcome. Buy the Twin City Star. COPY MUST REACH US BY WEDNESDAY. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., APRIL 11 1913. CHANGE FOR JAMES W. NOBLE Spirited Contest For Position Held by the Hon. W. L. Jones, Who Has a Fine Record For Efficiency With Postmaster General's Department—J. R. Johnson Recants. Boley, Okla.—There are forty-nine postoffices in this state having Afro-American postmasters. The colored men of the Democratic party are insisting upon recognition in this department of the federal government in Oklahoma. It is estimated that there are 4,000 colored Democrats in the state. The fight for the postmastership of the office in this city, which pays $1,400 per annum, promises to be a bitter contest. The Hon. W. L. Jones is the present incumbent of the office here and has been for the past four years. It is the best paying postoffice held by any colored man in the country, so it is alleged, and the wise ones say that a change is liable to be made between April and July. Mr. Jones' commission, however, does not expire until Dec. 14, 1914. A strong effort is being made to have Postmaster General Burleson name one of the many capable colored Democrats for the position at an early date. The office has six employees, and there are two rural routes from this office which serve the outlying territory. The most talked of man for the postmastership of this office at the present time is James W. Noble, an attacke of the state legislature. Mr. Noble seems to have the most influential endorsement of any applicant thus far. He has a wide acquaintance among the rank and file of the white Democrats, many of whom are championing his candidacy. Postmaster Jones does not seem to be worried, though, and when asked recently about the situation, expressed his confidence in the fairness of the present administration not to remove him without just cause until the expiration of his commission. Mr. Jones claims the office has been continually growing, that he has conducted it in a businesslike way and that it has a good efficiency record with the department. Present indications are that no outsiders save Noble longer care to fight for the place. J. R. Johnson, formerly of Langston university, wanted the office, but now he is seeking the one at Taft, Okla. The Taft office is rated as next to the Boley office in importance, and Taft is the home of Hon. S. Douglas Russell, the acknowledged leader of the colored Democracy in this state. Friends of Johnson claim Russell is for him. At Langston, where the colored state university is located, N. B. Smith, a well known business man and a pioneer citizen, is considered to have the best chance. That is considered the third best office in the state. Some one has picked every office, though, and it seems to be the general opinion that colored Democrats will fill all vacancies when they occur. In one or two places, on account of the large number of whites who have settled in the places mentioned, they may get the offices, but in by far the larger percentage of instances the colored Democrats will be rewarded. CURSE OF RACE PREJUDICE Ugly Situation Comfronts Afro-American Chauffeurs in Dallas, Tex. Shall Afro-Americans run automobiles in Dallas, Tex? This is the grave question which is agitating the public temper in Dallas at this time, when budding spring is opening wide its doors. The white auto drivers say that if brickbats and other assorted missiles have any power colored men shall not operate such cars, so it is alleged. The whites have formed a union to prevent the colored men from running autos and have given the latter much annoyance recently. Not many weeks ago the tactics of the whites became so noticeable that a number of rich auto owners in person called upon the city commissioners and informed them that if police protection were not afforded their drivers they themselves would see that the colored chauffeurs would resent the annoyances. This temporarily had its effect, but within the last few days the white drivers seem to have reached a definite understanding that it was advisable to renew their attacks. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. LOOKS VERY OD, BUT SOUNDS WEL Simplified Spelling Board Issues Fourth List. New York.—The simplified spelling board has issued a "fourth list of simplified spellings." The recommendations are comprised in thirty rules, some of which involve changes more noticeable than any hitherto set forth. Some of the recommendations in the list are: publish, already, spell, preferd, throut, cald, wer, practis, extensiv, hav, orthographic, well, spred, alfabet. formd, shal, wil, executiv, definit, determin, od, serius, catalog, fysiclans, dout, dumsemselvs, gtvs, previus, varius, anomalus, altered, caracteristic, filologic, ful, clas, enterd, anser, frend, morgage, woman, obtusly, paragrafs A circular sent out by the board says of its thousands of supporters: "Allowing for the necessity and indeed desirable proportion of criticism and dout which always accompanies new proposals, we may say that this great body of educated men and women, no matter in what degree they use the simplified spellings themselves, will hereafter advise teachers to teach and children to use these new spellings." The reader is urged not to be "too much influsth by the od appearance of the word. Any change must look od at first." GAS BOMBS FOR CRIMINALS Paris Police Use Them In Capturing a Homicidal Lunatic. Paris.—A weapon for the firing of asphyxiating bombs, devised after the recent siege of the automobile bandits in their strongholds, was used for the first time in the capture of a negro who had become suddenly mad in the Auteuil quarter, threatening every one with a loaded revolver. Detectives chased the man from room to room in a house where he had taken refuge, firing gas bombs as they went. The fugitive was finally cornered on the roof of the house in a state of semilasphylation. He was quite powerless and was transferred to a hospital. Elk For Oregon Forests St. Anthony, Ida.—A carload of wild elk from Wyoming passed through here for Joseph, Ore. The shipment is in charge of a deputy warden from Oregon. The elk are all young, and the men in charge say they are even better than the herd received last year in Oregon. They will be placed in the big pasture in Oregon. NATION NEEDS MORE CATTLE. Demand For Meat Shown by Big Changes In Export Figures. Washington. — The decrease in the meat supply available for exportation is illustrated sharply by the February export figures, just compiled by the statistical division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. They show the number of cattle exported in the eight months ended with last month as 12,656 head against 270,219 head in the corresponding months of 1907 and the quantity of fresh beef exported as 4,709,047 pounds against 175,800,649 pounds in the same months. That this shortage in the exportations is due in part at least to an actual reduction in the number of cattle in the United States is evidenced by the fact that the total number of cattle on farms, according to figures of the department of agriculture, on Jan. 1 last was only 56,527,000 against 72,534,000 on Jan. 1, 1907. Still another evidence of the demand in the United States for an increase in its cattle supply is found in the figures of the department of commerce, which show an enormous increase in the importation of cattle, the number imported into the United States in the eight months ended with last month belag 222,000 head against 12,513 head in the corresponding months of 1907. The table which follows shows for the years 1907 and 1913 the number and value of cattle on farms in the United States, of those imported, of those exported and the quantity and value of fresh beef exported, the fig- ures relating to the eight months ended with February of the years named: CATTLE. 1907. 1912. Number on farms Jan. 1. 72,534,000 56,527,800 No. imported, 8 mos.... 12,513 220,000 Value imported, 8 mos.... $271,892 $3,670,000 No. exported, 8 mos.... 270,219 12,656 Value exported, 8 mos.... $21,622,290 $789,491 FRESH BEEF. Pounds exported, 8 mos. 175,806,649 4,709,047 Value exported ..... $16,310,068 $655,228 SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. STEADY UPLIFT IN EDUCATION School In Meridian Among Largest In the South. Institution Fostered by Freedmen's Aid Society Has Made Wonderful Progress Under the Leadership of Professor J. Beverly F. Shaw—Importance of Thorough Preparation. Meridian, Miss.—Professor J. Beverly F. Shaw, Ph. D., represents the possibilities of the young men of the race who will use industry, honesty, thrift and reliability as their stepping stones in life. He is perhaps the youngest college president in the country and stands side by side with the men who are making good. He was born of humble parents at Abbeville, in this state. His father, D. B. Shaw, was a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church and took special interest in the education of his son. Only four months were allowed for the school in the community, and he took pains to see that his son was on hand every day of the four months and that he took advantage of the then meager opportunity. Young Shaw showed a rare mind, because the first day in school he mastered the alphabet and the first four months read through the First reader seven times, but had to remain in it until the second term, as this was the rule. Spelling matches were special features in those days, and Shaw carried off all the prizes offered, and it is said that he had gone through terms without missing a single word in spelling. But the schools taught reading, spelling and arithmetic, but did not bother much about writing so that when he PRESIDENT J. B. F. SHAW. applied for admission to Rust university at the age of twelve years he had to be taught to write before he could be admitted. But this was an easy task. One day he walked forty miles before eating breakfast, which came to him at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on invitation from friends. In speaking of this he said, "I got the school I went after, taught it during the summer and got back to Rust in the fall." Five months after graduating from Rust he was elected professor of Greek and Latin and remained in the position for six years. Like most aggressive men Professor Shaw did not stop at graduating from Rust university, but took special work in the University of Chicago, studying Greek and Hebrew, side by side with the son of President Harper. Intellectual worth and merit won for him the degree of master of arts from Rust university, and later his scholarship and ability were recognized by Wiley university, Marshall, Tex., by the conferring of the degree of doctor of philology. When there was needed a president for the school in Meridian, Miss., one of the institutions of the Freedmen's Aid society, he was selected. Finding there 185 students, he started in to do his life's work. Soon there were enrolled 400 students, and it is now one of the largest institutions in the whole south. The students who have graduated are doing good work. Twice Professor Shaw has been a delegate to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. The first time it was said that he was the youngest member that the general conference had ever had. So active has No.32 he been that he has won friends and is now a member of the general decons' board, with headquarters in Buffalo. He is a member of the Classical Association of the Middle West, an organization composed of Latin and Greek scholars, with headquarters at the University of Chicago. By his own life Professor J. Beverly F. Shaw is teaching the young men and women of his race that in order to win they must first prepare thoroughly. They must pay the cost, which may be hardships, sacrifices and perhaps a little suffering. But this must be paid before they seek a place in a busy world like this. There is always room at the top, while the bottom is crowded. Women Will Legislate Them Out of Existence For Poor Man. Chicago.—When the Ohio legislature attempted to legislate against the extreme styles in women's dress it little knew what it was starting. Mrs. L Brackett Bishop, indorsed by the Chicago Woman's club, the National Dressmakes' association, the Milliners' National organization and the Association of Commerce, announces that she intends to maintain a "bureau of correct dress for men" in Washington and try to bring about legislation against these things: High collars. Pandemium vests. Loud neckties. The common hairbrush and comb. Derby hats. Shaves and short hair cuts. Starched shirts. "Men are becoming bald from wearing tight, stiff hats," said Mrs. Bishop. "They wear tight collars and high collars. They look binding and uncomfortable and hot. Yet their wearers declare they keep wrinkles out of the neck and prevent double chins. The stiff straw and the stiff derby, the stiff shirt, the ugly brogan, the nightmare tie and the cubist vest will all be eliminated by the committee if possible. "Men keep their faces shaved, clip off their beards and wear their hair short. Nature intended him to have his hair rolling about his shoulders, his beard protecting his Adam's apple from the chilling blast and his mustache keeping the clinders and dust from his mouth and nose. "The hairbrush and comb should go with the drinking cup. We are organized for the protection of man and we are going to dress him right and comfortably." BITES INTO A FORTUNE. Mrs. Stutz Finds $2,500 Pearl in an Oyster. Passaic, N. N.-August Stutz, proprietor of a casino, is telling his friends how he got a pearl worth $2,500 through the purchase of 44 cents' worth of oysters. Stutz says his wife bought the oysters from a peddler. While she was eating one of them her teeth struck something hard and large and smooth. It looked like a pink pebble and was the size of a marble. Stutz says a New York jeweler offered him $2,500 for it. Virginia Baptist State Convention. The forty-sixth annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist state convention will be held at Hampton, Va., in the Queen Street Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Short, pastor, beginning on Wednesday, May 14. The Rev. Dr. R. H. Bowling, president of the convention, is rapidly recovering from a severe illness of several months. Dr. Bowling is urging the members of the convention to work zealously to raise the amount needed for missions and education by the time the convention meets. Praise For President Joseph A. Booker The long and successful administration of Dr. Joseph A. Booker as president of the Arkansas Baptist college in Little Rock, Ark., is most commendable. The school has many graduates and former students who are doing good work among the masses of our people in various parts of the country. Financial Campaign For Orphanage. The Jenkins orphanage, Charleston, S. C., began its twenty-third annual "world's fair" for the benefit of the orphan children on Monday, March 31. The campaign for funds will run for several weeks. Gifts of money, articles of food and clothing will be gladly received. SMOKE THE RELIABLE SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR S ff ft a ~ MINNEAPOLIS —===<—<—<—__—_——————— But God commendeth His Love to- ‘ward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us—Romans 6:8, For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6: %8.—Selected by B. 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, SUNDAY FORUM. ‘The Forum meets ue tre Sunday im the month at St Vetere A. M. bi, church and on the Utd Sunday at ‘Bethesda Bapust church. HEAR YE! HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!!! We do Beseeche O Ye Goode People To Attend YE OLDE TYME CONCERTE Given on Ye Night of the Second Day of May, 1913, Bye Ye Members of Ye ‘Social Commitee of Ye Sunday Forum. YE PLACE, 8t. Peter's A. M. E. Church, YE TYME 8 o'clock YE ADMISSION 1c. Advertisement. . A CLUB SOCIAL. ‘There will be a sock social given by the Reapers Sharing Club at H. James A. M. H. Church, 816 8th Ave. So. ‘Tue, evening, April 22nd 1913, ‘This is their first effort, Come out and help them. The purpose of this club is to raise money to help the Church in what ever way it can, Runaway Girl sent home. Detective Hardin & Welborn were successful in locating Miss Rosa Lee Cohen from Pulsa, Okla, who had left home without her mothers consent and had been living in Minneapolis. ‘Through the kindness of persons who learned that she needed money to re turn, @ collection was raised, Mr. Glover Shull subscribed the balance necessary and she was given trans portation over the Rock Island Ry. It was one of the acts of human kind- ness, which are being done by good citizens, and many be the result of the saving of one of our girls before it was too late, ‘Accused White Siaver released. Mr, Halbert Grant, who came with his white wife from Detroit, Mich., and was arrested by Federal au- thorities, charged with “violation of the Mann Act,” was released from City Prison last week. His ‘wife had been released before him. There was mo evidence against him. He was married to the girl, and had lived Tespectably while in the city. Grant 4s @ professional pianist, and has been playing several months in one of the leading cafes, “The Kaiserhott.” He Was arrested on information given by the girls parents. The Dally News @id not mention his release, but they used his cage in an editorial, requst- ing the passage of the Nimmocks Bull, QUARTERLY MEETING. 4 Sunday, April 13th, will bé Quart. erly meeting day at St, James A. M. B, Church. Rev. H. P, Jones will preach at 3 P, M. Presiding Elder B, G, Jackson will preach morning & evening. A “Paper Mask Social” will be given by Mrs, Englehardt Wednesday, April 16th at St. James A M. B. Church. Mr, Frank Anderson, foreman in the Nygren Printing Co, where the Star is published, is at University Hospital with heart trouble, Latest reports are that he is improving. Mr. Anderson is generally liked by all who know him. The Star wishes his ‘speedy recovery. = Atty. W. R. Morris will appear be fore the Board of Pardons next Mon- day in behalf of Walter Webb, who killed Elijah Holmes, It is hoped that Webb will be pardoned. He has many friends who are desirous for his release, Webb has been a model prisoner, and has learned the print ter’s trade during his confinement. Rufus Perry, a printer, was sen- tenced to 18 months in Stillwater pris- on for sending obscene literature through the mails. Perry pleaded guilty in the Federal Court. He had spent 6 months in jail. (CARD OF THANKS.) . ‘We wish to express our sincire thanks in appreciation of the kind jattention and symphathy shown us by our neighbors and friends during the illness and death of my beloved Wife and niece Alice. G. West, and ° thanks to the Walters at the | ‘Hotel and friends for the floral offerings. - Me, B. G. West, Mrs, Julia Crump. THE IMPERIALS SOCIAL, One of the most enjoyable socials functions of the season was the dance given by the Imperial Twelve (a select club) on Friday evening, April 28th at Masonic Hall. The ladies present were attired in gowns of the latest designs and the young men wore the conventional broad-cloth. Every one present spent a delightful evening. Those present were Misses Ida Loomis, Cora Cuthbert, Cora Scott, Willa Moore, Adina Adams, Flossy and Lyle Utley Lillian McCoy, Dorothy Robinson, Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. George Bromley, Mr. and Mrs. Allie M. Manus, Messrs Henry Jobnson, Lowis Moore, M. Coy Bros, (of St. Paul). Misses Beatrice Mason, Lula Calimese, Ida Grey, Selina Newman, Viola’ Harris, Ida Lewis, Messrs Frank Terry James & Harold Coombs, Willis Colter Cal Brown, Martin Brown, Chas. W. Brown, Roy & Miles Cannon, Jasper & Hiram Gibbs, Louis Marshall, Sam’) Brastield, Harry Har- per, John White & Geo. Hall of Min- neapolis. Miss Selina Newman is on the sick list. Mrs, Eileen W. Martin, is speding six weeks in California, She will re turn shortly, Mr. & Mrs, Chas, Nevens of Chi- cago are stopping with Mr, and Mrs. Emanuel lyler, 256 8th Ave. No. indet jenately. Mr. Lew Rowe, now of Oakland, Cal., an old railroad employee was in the city last week in route Chicago with a party. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS, Mr. Harvey Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs, Al. Moss, has been confined to his home several weeks with rheuma- tism, ‘Tho entertainment given by the Ladies Epicopal Club was not as well attended as was expected, Mrs, Bertha White formerly of Auoka, Minn., died at the City Hospi- tal of pulmonary trouble on Monday. Funeral was held Wednesday. Mr. L. Bluett, 260 14th Ave, So. has been confined to his bed during the past week. Mrs, Mattie Darby has been sick, but is improving under Dr. Redd’s care. Father Stephen L. Theobald will resume his Lectures at St. Charles Catholic Church at an early date. Do IT Now. We beg that those whe are indent ed te us, send us their subsoription by P. 0. Order. The items trem the classes, make the news ef the masses. Read the Twin Gity Star, NORTH STAR CONSISTORY NO, 14, Election of Officers. The Annual election of North Star Consistory No. 14 Scottish Rite Ma- sons was held in Minneapolis Sunday, April 6th at Masonic Hall, Arthur D, Adams was reelected Commander- in-Chief; Orrington ©. Hall, First Lieut, Commander; Robert H. Myers, Second Liet. Commander; John F. Coquire, G. M. of State; John W. Sel- lers, G. Chancellor; Charles Turner, Treasurer; Jose H. Sherwood, Sec- retary; the other officers are William H, Stevens, Obidiah D, Howard, Wil- am R, Morris, 33°, is the Deputy of the Valley of Minnesota, and will Jattend the coming session of the Supreme Council which will be held at Chicago, May 8th and 9th. This fg the first time that the Supreme Council of the Northern Jurisdiction has held an Annual Session out side lof Philadelphia, The Social Committe of the Sunday Forum will give an old fashion Con- cert at St. Peters Church. The pro- ceeds are for the deserving poor. Several young ladies and gentlemen are rehearsing to make this entertain- ment a success. The names of those an the program will appear later. Every one should encourage the ef- forts of our young people for this worthy cause, and spend an evening of merriment for charity's sake. Nicely Furnished #Room—Modern Conveniences, on Car Line, Tel. Hy- land 214, 1012 6th Ave. No. Editor Twin City Star, Kind Sir:— We wish to thank the public and friends through your paper, who 80 generously helped to make our first annual matinee basarr of March éth @ success, both social and financial. We realized the real sum of $43.26 clear of expence, “The Ione Gibbs Club.” Mrs, Ida Sellers, Pres, Mrs. Helen Jacobson, Sec. The M. T. ©, Art-Club, Mrs. Sadie Sample, Pres.; Mrs, Sara Rob- inson, See. The Sojourner Truth W. 0. T. W. Mrs, T. B. Gibbs, President, Mra, A. Allison, Sec, The Mothers Effort Club. Mrs. Lulu Cratic, Pres. Mrs, Mannie Sexton, Sec. The City Federation met at the re idence of Mra, Helen Jackson on TWIN CITY STAR —————————————— last Monday, had good attendance, THE REC, land much business of importance was| “Now, Johnny,” piped transacted, & freckled-featu The 17 district W. C. T, W. monthly | who was wondering } meeting was held at Vine Congrega- the ball, tional Church on Tue, April ist, the!~win you kindly rise district is composed of 27 local-unions, your daily nap Mrs, Ione H. Gibbs, Pres. of the] nd tell us what the; Sojourner ‘Truth union led the con- recall.” ference of Local Presidents and add- fressed the meeting on “The neccesity| ana Johnny, set a lot business methods in the Local ‘aldn’t dally lon; junion.” As he rose up with ti National Mothers day will be obs- of doubt: jerved the 2nd Sunday in May at St./-I17s wot we hand d Peters Church, dey're gettin’ t — Take ‘im out! Take The Womens Clubs will render a ‘tm out!” program on the 4th Sunday evening —GRANT April at St, James Church, and on oe the 4th Sunday in May at Zions Bap] NEGRO LABORER: tist Church. Mr, ‘William b, Lew —— St. is giving employm DEATH OF REV. STEWART. roes desiring work at Civil war Veteran, Member of Morgan ling Co, Mr. Lewis is s Post G. A, R. A Highly Respected [ang firemen as well 1 Citizen, iia etc maa Rev. John Carter Stewart died at 11:20 A. M., April 9th, 1913, at ‘the home of his son, J. H. Stewart, 2916 Columbus Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Stewart was an Afro-American veteran of the Civil War, for many years a minister of the Gospel, though retired now for some years, having reached the ripe old age of eighty- three (83), His death will be univers- ally regretted by his people among whom he was well known and highly respected. The funeral services will be held at Bethesda Baptist Church, Friday Afternoon, at 2:00 oc’clock, Rev. Car- ter officiating. His comrades of the G. A. R, members of the Morgan Post, will assist. ‘The remains may be viewed at his home after 12:00 o'clock, Thuraday. Interment at Lakewood Cemetary, ST. PAUL ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OF ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Splendid meetings are being held each Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock by the Allen Christian Endeavor League. Aside from the general dis cussion of the topics, good programs are rendered, READ THE 8TAR—IT’S NEWS. Mrs. Julia Brown, 258 St, Anthony Ave, died Sunday at Bethesda Hospl- tal of blood poisoning. She wad’ a native of Biriningham. Als, aged-20 years, Ser rices were conducted by Rev. McDonald at her home. A hus- band and son sur vives her, Mr. Lyles arranged the burial Mrs. Stephen L, Maxwell entertain- ed the teachers of St. James Sunday ‘School at her residence on Wednes- day evening. The Entertainment given by Mrs, J. Q. Adams at her residence on St. Anthony Ave. for the benefit of the One More Htfort Club was a success. Subscribe for the Star. Mrs, Mary Dillingham is gradually improving since undergoing an opera tion, . Mrs, M. J. Leavett and grand-daugh- ter left for an extended trip to the Coast. She will visit her daughter Mayome who resides in Billings, Mont, Mr. Arthur Botts has returned from Gt. Falls, where he is employed by the @.N. RR. Mr. W. E. Corneal is very sick at his home, 204 Granite St. ‘The Trustees of St, James A. M. E, Church have closed the contract for thelr new church, ‘The Negroes of St. Paul will give a Concert for the flood sufferers. Mr. Hary Woods, at the Pullman Co., left for an extended trip East, ward with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, ‘Subscribe fer the Star, Some more clubs, also a few more houses of ill fame (where Negro girls are prostituted for white men, under the management of Negro landladys) are open in St. Paul, If the Saints stand for this we must, but why should Negro men be moral cowards even in St. Paul, BIG BALL AND CONCERT. The Pride of the West Go., 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 Mame Addie Crawford-Minor, Watch the Star for the Big adv, Many notes were recelved ES week too late for Insertion. You muat pay for use of these columns, if you send your news later than Wed- needay. ii THE SPIRELLA CORSET, Cora E. Anderson, Corsetier, + W. Dale 1945—365 Aurora Aye. ®t Paul. THE RECALL. “Now, Johnny,” piped the teacher to & freckledfeatured yap Who was wondering how Wagner hit the ball, “Will you kindly rise a moment from your daily nap And tell us what they mean by “the Tecall.’” And Johnny, set a record, for he didn’t dally long As he rose up with the answer, vold of doubt: “It’s wot we hand de pitcher wen dey're gettin’ to ‘im strong— Take ‘im out! Take ‘im out! Take ‘tm out!” —GRANTLAND RICE. NEGRO LABORERS WANTED. “ Mr, William i, Lewis, 943 Gaultier St. is giving employment to all Neg: roes desiring work at the Swift Pack- ing Co. Mr. Lewis is seeking enginers and firemen as well as laborers. He expects @ number of men from Daven- port, Id. The new manager of this company will give employment to over 1000 Negroes. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. “Jack” Hughes, a brother of Mr, Harry Hughes, 784 University Ave. died suddenly on Friday night at their home in Dallas, Tex. Mr. Bismark C. Archer organized a Junio: Choir of St, James A. M. E. Church at the ¥. W. ©, A. rooms on Tuesday evening. Dr, A. B, Madison will open on of- tice in St. Paul. Mr. Geo. T. Gillison, Northwestern Agent of the Amsterdam News, spent a few days in the Twin Cities enroute the coast, Mr. Gillison is a prominent Elk and has a national reputation as a toastmaster, an honor of which he is justly proud. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. | Mr, Andrew Jackson, 603 St, Anthony Ave, entertained at dinner on March 24 in honor of his 60th birthday. Covers were laid for twelve, those being Rev. and Mrs, E. H, McDonald, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. James, Mrs, Joseph Strong, Mrs. Jonas Strong, Robert Strong, Mrs. Henry Johnson, Miss Ida Mae John- son, Henry Johnson Jr. A splendid musical program was rendered, every- one had an enjoyable time, We regret that the name of Mrs. J. Billups was omitted from those present at Mr. Andrew Jacksons house party. Mr, Harry L, Davis, is an authorized agent of the Twin City Star, and has added many names to our subscription ist, Mr. Davis is running to Winnl- 2eg, and is always “hustling” for the Star—wherever he goes, When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select ome 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 THE MINNEAPOLIS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Wish to Announce Their FIFTH ANNUAL CONCERT and PYTHIAN MILITARY BALL to be given at the NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY, Kenwood Parkway, Monday Evening, April 14th, 1918. An array of carefully selected tal- ent under the direction of Mr. Chas, H, Miller. McCULLOUGH'S ORCHESTRA ADMISSION 2... .eeseeeeeeree 2600 THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. You can get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at ‘the St. Louis Kitchen, 188 H. Third ‘St, St. Paul. Mrs, Hinson is univer. ‘sally known for her good cooking. - YOUR ATTENTION! PLEASE. Don’t send The Star to your friends out of town before you pay for It. Several instances have occurred where we are informed that Mrs..... sends the paper to........ When you buy it, send it broadcast, but when you have failed to remit your sub- scription, (probably an oversight), you are doing us a great injury. THE COLORED MAN’S ADVICE. A colored man was brought before @ police judge charged with stealing chickens. He pleaded guilty and re ceived sentence, when the judge asked him how it was he managed to litt those chickens right under the window of the owner's house when there was a dog in the yard. “Hit wouldn’t be of no use, judge,” sald the man, “to try to ‘splane dis ting to you all, Ef you was to try it you like as not would get yer hide full of shot an’ git no chickens, nuther, Ef you want to engage in any rascality, Judge, yo’ better stick to de bench, whar yo’ am familiar,”— Chicago Record-Herald, ee ee ee ee Everything for Women's Wear—Popular Priees =, BY The Very Latest Ideas in all that pertains to Women's Wear DICKERSON CAFE We want to prove to you by actual personal test how much better than you'd ever belleve If yeu didn't try the features which distingulsh this cafe frem all others, The difference between “good eneugh” and the “Best” Is the diffrence 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, MINN THIRTY-FIVE NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS Ges an THE NEW eee ALBERT HOTEL Vacuum Cleaned NW? NicoLuer 2176 TOM'S PLACE Roane 621-23 THIRD STREETES. and Gas Kitchen Service | $2.00 727 WASHINGTON AVE- S. for Man and Wife 30 T. W. Galbreath, Prop. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.|per week BE UP-TO-DATE ope |i BROTHERS ft Ct Ro acy I S)| | SS ss s=N LK We) # —Voars ago, New York butter and Pe Si = Ohlo, Wisconsin and Missour! Beer, e | were known to be the best, and swell i aS som alwaye had them on thelr : So” No one wants New York butter am ) | 8 now, because Minnesota te the best, SSS but some people atick-to the old-idea on beer. Foreign Beer Experts Say that Golden Grain Belt Is the nearest like the Imported, of any In America, Be wise. SERVE YOUR GUESTS THE BEST Pythian Military Ball —AND— Fifth Annual Concert NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY '. Monday Evening, April 14th, 1913 PROGRAMME / MR. CHAS. H. MILLER .................-Director and Manager “The Twin Cities’ Best Versatile Comedian. MDME. ADDIE CRAWFORD MINOR.........205 0 cesses be sesceccecceescesseseee The Northwest’s Greatest Soprano.” MR. CLAUDE D. JACKSON .. ..............“Premier Tenor.” MRS. MATH. BLAIR ..............“The Artistic Comedienne.” MISS GRACE VASSAR .......+.++++++++0+« Character: Artist.” MRS. CORA GRISSON ........++ «+++++++“Dramatic Reader.” MISS GLADYS WRIGHT..........+. 2+ seeeeee+-Comedienne MISS ADAH LEWIS .........scecceesceesccecceees «+ Pianist MISS MILDRED SHULL ............00eeeeeeeeeeee+SOprano EVERETT ROBERTS and LEON ABBEY ......Child Violinists BUNNY HARRIS and FOSTER BROWN....“Two Funny Kids.” MISS ALICE VASSAR and MRS. EMMA ARCHER, Accompanists Music by McCullough's Full Orchestra, Doors Open at 7:30. coe at 8:30. Grand March 10. Taxis at 2:00 .Admission 50 vents, To reach Armory transfer to any car going west on Hennepin (except Western and Bryn Mawr) get off at Kenwood Parkway, walk one block west. From Lake Street Lines take Hennepin cars go- ing East. Advertise in = TWIN GITY STAR and Get Good Results 244 Third Ave. So. 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 9128. 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. N.W PHONE NICOLLET 1873. J. M. MORRIS Real Estate, Loans and Collections. 508 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn. Thos. H. Lyles 322 Wabasha St., St. Paul. Undertaker and Embalmer Lady Assistant When Desired. Free Service of Chapel and Organ Residence, 673 St. Anthony Ave., Tel.: Dale 2947. Calls answered Day or Night IN MINNEAPOLIS OR ST. PAUL Both Phones 508. SMOKE THE BEST Sight Draft 5C CIGAR W. S. CONRAD CO., Distributors 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET Southern Theatre SevenCorners 15th and Washington Avenues So. Refined Vaudeville Moving Picture Shows Continuous Performance Admission 10 Cents Children 5 Cents Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Sollicis Your Patronage. "MY METHOD WILL PLEASE YOU" Meet Me Face to Face And let me explain to you my method of selling Diamonds Watches and Jewelry on Easy Payments Without Red Tape Meet Me Face to Face And let me explain to you my method of selling MAX A. KOHEN 44 SOUTH THE FIRST One door off of Nicollet Avenue Golden Rule Tailors S. BLUMMER, PROP. 1811 WASHINGTON AVENUE SO. SUITS OR OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CLEANING, PRESSING, REPAIRING. CLOTHES CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. : : : : : POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT Men's Sewed Soles, ... 70s Ladies ** ... 68s Men's Nailled ** ... 50 and 60s Dubber Heels, ** ... 40s Ladies and Boys' nailled soles ... 40s SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1834 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH READ THE STAR TARIFF TO HAVE SOME REAL CUTS PRESENT BILL A SURPRISE. Most Persons Considering Matter Thought Provisions Would Go No Further Than Bills of Last Congress. Free Wool, Steel Rails and Agricultural Products Are Startling. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington, April 10.—[Special.]—The new Democratic tariff will not be enacted into law until after a very interesting session. Generally tariff discussions are rather dull, but when they are devoted to bills which are making important changes in tariff rates the talk becomes more interesting. It becomes apparent that the men in charge of tariff making are not going to permit any "make believe" tariff reductions, but that there will be real cuts in customs duties. When the Democrats undertook to revise the tariff about twenty years ago there was a group of men in the senate who would not permit such reductions on certain articles as the house Democrats and President Cleveland wanted, but there is no such group now. At least it is not strong enough to assert itself and hold up the bill which the house may pass. Something of a Surprise. The tariff bill is something of a surprise to a great many persons. They had no idea that the reductions would go further than the bills of the last congress, and scarcely any one believed that free sugar would be included in the program. To add free wool, steel rails and most of the agricultural products to the free list is going much further than was anticipated by many persons who believed that the Democrats would at first try a mild revision. It was asserted that the tariff bills of the last congress were largely for "show" purposes and that when the Democrats came into power they would not go so far as those bills indicated. Now that they have gone further there is a deal of uneasiness among the ardent friends of protection. Benefits of a Running Sora. Former Senator Carter once remarked that it was a good thing to keep the Philippine Islands, even if they were somewhat expensive, as there would be more or less trouble over them and that it would take the attention of the American people from little and fancied troubles at home. Though nothing of particular interest was going on in this country, all eyes were focused on Mexico, and gibl talk of invasion was going about. Then came the cyclones and the big floods, and Mexico became of no more importance than a white check in a faro game. The big trouble, the big sore spot, according to Carter, was what attracted people and kept them interested. Maryland Distracted. John Walter Smith of Maryland selected as a part of the patronage to which he was entitled as a Democratic senator a man who had formerly kept a saloon in Baltimore. At once Maryland Democracy was "all torn up." There is a faction of the Democratic party in Maryland which may be denominated as rather aristocratic, often called the "highbrows." Well, it is this faction that is making the protest against Senator Smith's selection of a senate messenger, even going to the extent of writing President Wilson on the subject. Factual politics in Maryland are always interesting, but more especially when there is a senatorial election coming along. Subjects of Discussion. In case any or all of the questions which have been suggested are to be considered it would be better for them to be taken up and discussed during the extra session, when there is plenty of time, rather than attempt to rush them through in the short session of three months. Bourne Is Busy. Because his name is off the payroll has not made any particular difference to Johnathan Bourne. He is working just as hard as when he was a senator. He is working out a problem relating to railway mail pay which he thinks will be fair to the government and the roads. He also has a plan for adjusting second class mail rates, and as the head of another commission he expects to solve the good roads problem with government aid. All that is "going some" for an ex-senator working for the government without pay. Want Committees Most of the members would like to have the committee assignments made in order that they may have something to do while the long tariff discussion is going on. No doubt the house members could stand it while the bill is considered in that body, but the time which the senate will consume is sure to drag heavily on members of the house unless there is a general understanding that they can go home and leave the house without a working quorum. But there are many things that the active members want to do, and they are likely to insist that the committees be set to work. HIS PAST DIDN'T BOTHER HIM. When Swinburne Was Very Close Unte Death by Drowning. In Mr. Edmund Gosse's reminiscent article, "Swinburne at Etretat," in the Cornhill Magazine he relates the poet's bathing adventure that nearly cost him his life in the late summer of 1868. The timely appearance of a fishing smack on the scene prevented the premature silencing of the voice that was presently to entrance the world (or some part of it) with the "Songs Before Sunrise." RARE SKILLS BEN BA How Inventor of From Obscurit "I asked him," writes Mr. Gosse, "what he thought about in that dreadful contingency, and he replied that he had no experience of what people often profess to witness—the concentrated panorama of past life hurrying across the memory. He did not reflect on the past at all. He was filled with annoyance that he had not finished his 'Songs Before Sunrise' and then with satisfaction that so much of it was ready for the press and that Mazsini would be pleased with him. "And then he continued. 'I reflected with resignation that I was exactly the same age as Shelley was when he was drowned.' (This, however, was not the case. Swinburne had reached that age in March, 1867, but this was part of a curious delusion of Swinburne's that he was younger by two or three years than his real age.) Then when he began to be, I suppose, a little benumbed by the water his thoughts fixed on the clothes—he had left on the beach, and he worried his clouded brain about some unfinished verses in the pocket of his coat." So here again, comments the Dial, we have an instance of the failure of an actor in a real life drama to rise to the dramatic possibilities of his part. They do these things better in fiction. SULPHUR SHOWERS. Not Sulphur at All, Only the Pollen Grains of Pine Trees. Many persons are aware that in spring, and especially in early spring, it happens that after a shower the edge of every pool of water in the streets and along the sidewalks will be bordered by a rim of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates this ring remains as a fine powdery mass, so much resembling sulphur as to have given rise to the name "sulphur shower." This so called sulphur is, of course, not sulphur at all. When examined under the microscope it is found to be made up of a mass of the yellowish pollen grains of pine trees. Instead of consisting of a single cell, as do most pollen grains, that of the pine consists of three cells, the two larger end ones being filled with air and the other containing the ordinary fertilizing principle. The two air containing cells are larger than the other and act as balloons to buoy it up in the air. In pines and allied trees fertilization of the cones, by which they are enabled to set and develop seeds, is accomplished by the wind—that is, the pollen is produced in immense quantities and is transported through the air to the cones, which are often on separate, widely distant trees. Thus it often happens that the pollen gets up in the higher currents of the air, is carried for long distances and is only brought down to the earth by the rain, producing the so called shower of sulphur—Harper's Weekly. How Wheat Perspires. When you are perspiring furiously in the dog days it may or may not console you to think that an ordinary field of wheat is giving off moisture quite as furiously. Between the months of April and July, according to Sir James Dewar, a field of wheat perspires sufficient moisture to cover the surface of its ground to a depth of nine inches. Another interesting fact is that it requires three and a half pounds of water to produce sixteen grains of wheat. Speaking of the solar radiation in tropical places, Sir James says that in six hours about four-tenths of a square mile receives heat equivalent to the combustion of 1,000 tons of coal, while an area of 1,300 square miles receives in one year heat equivalent to 1,000,000,000 tons of coal—the whole estimated coal output of Europe and America.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Drummer's Tender Heart. The commercial traveler had just finished a story of a disastrous fire, in which his firm suffered severely. "And what did you do when you heard of it on your journey?" inquired his friend. "Oh, I sent the boss a long telegram of sympathy! He likes that kind of thing. Cost me half a crown." "Half a crown" exclaimed the other incredulously. "Oh, I charged it to my expenses, of course!" explained the traveler. Kindly feeling and thoughtful economy could go no further.—Manchester Guardian. Plausible Excuse. Guest—Walter, are you sure this is oxtall soup? Walter—Yessuh. Guest—But I've found a tooth in it. How do you account for that? Walter—Well, I don't know, sub; but I reckon dat ox must have been biting his tall—Sphinx. In a Bad Way. "My friends," declaimed an orator during a convention—"my friends, I say to you that this great republic of ours is standing on the brink of an abscess"—Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright—Benjamin Franklin. In a Bad Way. RARE SKILL OF BEN BANNEKER Remarkable Record of Man Who Achieved Greatness Nearly Two Centuries Ago Almost Single Handed. Won Success by Dogged Persistence. Was Possessor of Strong Memory. The biography of Benjamin Banneker as given by John H. B. Latrobe and published by the American Negro Monographs company, in Washington, is worthy of the most careful reading. Professor John W. Cromwell is the editor of series No. 3, which contains a full account of Banneker's achievements. Benjamin Banneker was born in Baltimore county, Md., near the village of Illicott's Mills, in the year 1732. His father was a native African and his mother the child of natives of Africa, so that to no admixture of the blood of the white man was he indebted for his peculiar and extraordinary abilities. His father was a slave when he married, but his wife, who was a free woman and possessed of great energy and industry, very soon afterward purchased his freedom. Banneker's mother was named Morton before her marriage and belonged to a family remarkable for its intelligence. When upward of seventy she was still very active, and it is remembered of her that at this advanced age she made nothing of running and skipping like a child. Property Qualification For Voters. A nephew of hers, Greenbury Morton, was a person of some note notwithstanding his complexion. Prior to 1800 free people of color possessed of a certain property qualification voted in Maryland. In this year a law was passed restricting the right of voting to free white males. Morton was ignorant of the law till he offered to vote at the polls in Baltimore county, and it is said that when his vote was refused he addressed the crowd in a strain of pure impassioned eloquence which kept the audience that the election had assembled in breathless attention while he spoke. When Benjamin was old enough he was employed to assist his parents in their labor. This was at an early age when his destiny seemed nothing better than that of a child of poor and ignorant free Negroes, occupying a few acres of land in a remote and thinly peopled neighborhood, a destiny which certainly at this day is not of very brilliant promise and which at the time in question must have been gloomy enough. Attends Country District School. In the intervals of toll and when he was approaching or had attained manhood he was sent to an obscure and distant country school, which he attended until he had acquired a knowledge of reading and writing and had advanced in arithmetic as far as double position. In all matters beyond these rudiments of learning he was his own instructor. On leaving school Ben, as his friends were wont to call him, was obliged to labor for years, almost uninterruptedly, for his support. But, his memory being retentive, he lost nothing of the little education he had acquired. On the contrary, although utterly destitute of books, he amplified and improved his stock of arithmetical knowledge by the operation of his mind alone. He was an observer of everything that he saw or which took place around him in the natural world. He sought with avidity information from all sources of what was going forward in society, so that he became gradually possessed of a fund of general knowledge which it was difficult to find among those even who were far more favored by opportunity and circumstances than he was. At first his information was a subject of wonder among his illiterate neighbors only, but by degrees his reputation spread through a wider circle. Benjamin Banneker, still a young man, came to be thought of as one who could not only perform all the operations of mental arithmetic with extraordinary facility, but exercise a sound and discriminating judgment upon men and things. Invents Clock at Thirty Years of Age. It was at this time, when he was about thirty years of age, that he contrived and made a clock which proved an excellent timepiece. He had seen a watch, but not a clock, such an article not yet having found its way into the quiet and secluded valley in which he lived. The watch was therefore his model. It took him a good while to accomplish this feat, his great difficulty, as he often used to say, being to make the hour, minute and second hands correspond in their motions. But the clock was finished at last and raised still higher the credit of Banneker in his neighborhood as an ingenious man, as well as a good arithmetician. As already stated, the basis of Banneker's arithmetical knowledge was obtained from the schoolbook into which he had advanced as far as double position, but in 1787 Mr. George Ellicott lent him "Mayer's Tablets," "Ferguson's Astronomy" and "Leadbeater's Lunar Tables." Along with these books were some astronomical instruments. [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit] Photo by American Press Association. SEN. MOSES E. CLAPP. Senator Clapp will be Speaker. Philadelphia.—The fifth annual conference of the National Association for the Advance of Colored People, will be held in Philadelphia beginning April 23. The speakers will include Bishop L. J. Chopin, United States Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota and Judge Wendell P. Stafford, District of Columbia. THE NEGRO. Pastor Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minn. Gigantic strides our race has made, Tall forest oaks our hands have laid, Mountain peaks we must ascend, And have our rights, for we are men. We have suffered much and treated wrong, Today we number ten millions strong; Our progress, who can calculate? We will push this battle to the gate. We will agitate for equal rights, While float above the Stars and Stripes, Amidst shouting voices, saying, "Send us away!" But Africa's sons are here to stay. When black men unite and form one band. Recognition will come from white men's hand. When will black men cease to be tools, And act like men and not like fools? The blood that was shed in '63 Was the blood that purchased our liberty; Fort Wagner, Pillow, and other battlefields Tell how we fought and would not yield. Shall we be counted out this race, And pushed aside, and have no place? No! with fired zeal and quickened pace, Brains must decide—not hue of face. We marched through weather hot and cold. We fought the battles fierce and bold; We saved this nation's Stars and Stripes; This nation now denies our rights. When lynching ceases from white men's hand, No more be heard in that South land, Our voice will cease to agitate, And peace will crown the United States. "GIRL, DON'T YOU WEAR NO CLOTHES." Strange Poem Quoted in Sermon on Women's Dresses. Columbus, O., Dec. 23.—The Rev. F. L. Dimmitt, Methodist preacher, created a sensation in this city by a sermon directed against the mode of street dress now popular with women. A special portion of the sermon was the quotation from the pulpit of the following lines: Little girl, you look so small; Don't you wear no clothes at all? Don't you wear chemise or shirt? Don't you wear a pretty skirt? Just your corset and your hose, Are those all your underwriters? The poet closed with a prediction that: After a while, I do believe, You will dress like Mother Eve. Get your Spring Corset from Miss Anderson, The Spirella Corsetier, 365 Aurora Ave., St. Paul, and be stylish and comfortable. Dale 1245. On account of the uncertainty of the delivery of second class matter, we have changed our date of publication to Friday, in order to reach our readers, and to benefit our advertisers. We must have all personal news reach us by Wednesday. Do not send notes over phone. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. --- ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. Se. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatid, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 220 St. between 8th 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, 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. Witners, Pastor. The People's Christian Mission, REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR. 1204 Washington Ave. So. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. H. 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. Ames Lodge of Elks meet at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening. N. W. Nic. 1634. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Colfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. FRANCIS Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 89-90 Union Block, St. Paul. 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 T. S. Phone 3073 N. W. Main 9592 The Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SHULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters 311 Hennepin Ave. Mpls. "THE BIG THREE" [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. SOUTHALL, ROBT. GLENN. Next Thursday Night 1311 WASHINGTON AVE. SO., MINNEAPOLIS. TRAINMEN'M POOL-ROOM AND TAILOR SHOP. Always Ready to serve the Trainmen. Tel. Cedar 5718. WILL CRAYTON, MGR., 743 MISSISSIPPI ST., ST. PAUL. Classes for Beginners. 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.