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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 Fo | I | Poof Ef Working Men’s Social Club OLIVER GROS., Managers PHONE: Nicollet 9506 244 Third Ave. Se. Minneapolis, Minn, A. G. Banks: Gee. Watkins The Cosmopolitan Buffet and Grill Wiues, Liquors and Cigars PALM ROOM. VOCAL ENTERTAINERS. 40 East 3rd St. © St. Paul Phones, N. W. Cedar 9128, Night Call Cedar 9126. ~ 902 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 HAM- ILTON, ELGIN, WALTHAM and ROCKFORD RAILROAD WATCHES. N.W PHONE NICOLLET 1873. J. M. MORRIS Real Estate, Loans and Collections. 608 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn. Thos. H. Lyles 822 Wabasha St, St. Paul. Undertaker «« 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 8T. PAUL Both Phones 508. SMOKE THE BEST Sight Drait =. 5C CIGAR -W..S CONRAD CO., Distributers 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET Southern Theatre SevenCoraers 15th and Washington Avenues So. Refined Vaudeville Meving Picture Shows Continous Performance Admission 10 Cents Children 5 Cents ——_______—__ Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. Se. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Soliciis Your Patronage. “MY METHOD WILL PLEASE YOU" a 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 Geods Delivered on First Payment. MAX A. KOHEN f38Shee: One door off of Nicollet Avenue Golden Rule Tailors & BLUMMER, PROP. 18311 WASHINGTON AVENUE 80. SUITS OR OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIV- EN TO CLEANING, PRESS- ING, REPAIRING. CLOTHES CALLED FOR AND DELIV- ERED. 3 : : 3 : POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRI“ WE FIX 2M WHILE YOU WiIT Men's Sewed Soles, .....+..--..+, 788 tefiee © seve eseees ore O88 thea‘e Noted -< seen SO ond = Sceice ent Weve’ noticd voles». 40e GVEA CONNERS SHOE REPAIR. 300? ‘$434 WASHETON AVENUE DOCTE READ THE 8TAR TARIFF TO HAVE SOME REAL CUTS Subject sonerally Dull, Now Is Interesting, PRESENT BILL A SURPRISE, By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington, April 10.—[Special.]— The new Democratic tariff will not be enacted into law until after a very in- teresting session. Generally tariff dis- cussions are rather dull, but when they fare devoted to bills which are making ‘mportant changes in tariff rates the ‘talk becomes more interesting. It be- ‘comes apparent that the men in charge of tariff making are not going to per- mit any “make believe” tariff reduc- ‘tions, but that there will be real cuts 1m 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 re- ductions on certain articles as the house Democrats and President Cleve- land 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 sur- prise 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 be- Meved that free sugar would be in- cluded in the program. To add free wool, steel rails and most of the ag- ricultural products to the free list is going wuch further than was antict- pated by many persons who believed that the Democrats would at frst 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 fs a deal of uneasiness among the ar- dent friends of protection. Benefits of a Running Sore. Former Senator Carter once remark- ed that {t 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 at- tention of the American people from Uttle and fancied troubles at home. Though nothing of particular inter- est was going on in this country, all eyes were focused on Mexico, and glib 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 se- lected as a part of the patronage to which he was entitled as a Democrat. fe 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 Demo- cratic party in Maryland which may be denominated as rather aristocratic, often called the “highbrows.” ‘Well, it 1s this faction that ts mak- ing the protest against Senator Smith's selection of a senate messenger, even going to the extent of writing Prest- dent Wilson on the subject. Factional politics in Maryland are always inter. ‘esting, but more especially when there 4s 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 {s plenty of time, rather than attempt to rush them through in the short session of three months. Bourne Is Busy. Because his name ts 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 ts 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 sec- ond class mail rates, and as the head of another commission he expects to solve the gond roads problem with government aid. All that ts “going some” for an ex-senator working for the government without pay. Want Committees, ) Most of the members would ike to have the committee assignments made im order that they may bave some thing to do while the long tariff dis enssion Is going on No doubt the house members could stand it while tthe bill Is considered in that body, but the time which the senate will con- sume {s sure to drag heavily on mem- bers of the honse unless there is a general understanding that they can go home and leave the house without &@ working quornm. Bat there nre many things that the active members want to do, and they are likely to Insist that the committees ‘De set to work. TWIN CITY STAR HIS PAST DIDN'T BOTHER HIM, RARE SKILL Whee Owlobuane: Was Very Olees od RPFPAL ABA ge ae Se ace ee In Mr. Edmund Gosse's reminiscent article, “Swinburne at Etretat,” in the Cornhill Magazine he relates the poet's bathing adventure that nearly cost tim his life in the late summer of 1868. The timely appearance of a Sisb- ing 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.” “I asked him,” writes Mr. Gosse, “what he thought about in that dread- ful contingency, and he replied that he had no experience of what people often profess to witness—the concen- trated panorama of past life hurrying across the memory. He did not re- flect on the past at all. He was filled ‘with annoyance that he bad not finisb- ef his ‘Songs Before Sunrise’ and then with satisfaction that 80 much of ft ‘Was ready for the press and that Maz- sini would be pleased with bim. “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 reach- ed 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, @ little benumbed by the water bis 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.” fo 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, ft happens that after a shower the @ige of every pool of water in the streets and along the sidewalks will be bordered by a tim of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates this ring re- mains as a fine powdery mass, 80 much resembling sulphur as to have given tise to the name “sulphur showers.” ‘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 gine comets of three cells, the two end ones being filled with alr the other containing the ordinary Hetaising principle. The two alt com taining cells are larger than the other an acto balloons to bony up inthe In pines and allied trees fertilization of the cones, by which they are en- abled to set and develop seeds, Is ac- complished by the wind—that ts, the pollen is produced in immense quant!- tles and is transported through the alr to the cones, which are often on sep- arate, widely distant trees. Thus It often happens that the pollen gets up fo 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 sul- phar—Harper’s Weekly. How’ Wheat Porepires. ‘When you are perspiring furiously in the dog days it may or may not con- sole you to think that an ordinary field of wheat is giving off moisture quite as forlously. Between the months of April and July, according to Bir James Dewar, a field of wheat per- spires 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 recetves in one year beat equivalent to 1,000,000,000 tons of coal—the whole estimated coal output of Burope and America.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Drumeets Tender Heart. ‘The commercial traveler had Just fin- fshed 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. “Ob, 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 econ- ‘omy could go no further —Manchester Guardian. Plausible Exouse, Guest—Waiter, are you sure this is ‘oxtail soup? Walter—Yessub. Guest— Bat I've found a tooth in it. How do you account for that? Walter—Well, 1 don't know, sub; but I reckon dat ox must have been biting his tail— Sphinx. In a Bad Way, “My friends,” deciaimed an orator @uring a convention—“my friends, 1 say to you that this great republic of ours is standing on the brink of an ab- scess!”—Philadelphia Saturday Eiven- ing Post. ‘Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key ts al ways bright—Benjamin Franklin. RARE SKILL OF BEN BANNEKER fow lventar of Clock Rose From Obscurity to Fame HD MANY HARD STRUGGLES. a a ee ee ee turies Ago Almost Single Handed. Won Success by Dogged Persistence. Was Possessor of Strong Memory. The biography of Benjamin Banne- ker as given by John H: B. Latrobe and published by the American Negro ‘Monographs company, in Washington, 4s worthy of the most careful reading. Professor John W. Cromwell is the edl- tor of series No. 8, which contains a full account of Banneker’s achieve- ments. Benjamin Banneker was born in Bal- timore county, Md., near the village of Diicott’s Milis, in the year 1782 His father was a native African and his mother the child of natives of Africa, 80 that to no admixture of the blood of the white man was he indebted for his peculiar and extraordinary abilt- thes. His father was a slave when he mar- ried, but his wife, who was a free wo- man and possessed of great energy and industry, very soon afterward purchas- ed his freedom.. Banneker’s mother was named Morton before her mar riage and belonged to a family remark- able for its intelligence. When upward of seventy she was still very activo, 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 Mor- ton, was a person of some note not- withstanding his complexion. Prior to 1809 free people of color possessed of @ certain property qualification voted tm 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 Baltt- more county, and ft is sald 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 breath- less attention while he spoke. ‘When Benjamin was old enough be was employed to assist his parents in their labor. This was at an early age when his destiny seemed nothing bet- ter than that of a child of poor and ig- Borant 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 fm question must have been gloomy enough. Attends Country District School. In the intervals of toll and when he was approaching or had attained man- ood he was sent to an obscure and Gistant country school, which he at- tended until he had acquired a know!- edge of reading and writing and had advanced in arithmetic as far as dou- ble position. In all matters beyond these rudiments of learning he was his own instructor. On leaving schoo! Ben, ‘as his friends were wont to call him, ‘was obliged to labor for years, almost ‘uninterruptediy, for his support. But, his memory being retentive, he lost nothing of the little education he had acquired, On the contrary, al- though utterly destitute of books, he ‘amplified and improved his stock of arithmetical knowledge by the opera- tion ‘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 advidity information ‘from all sources of what was going forward in soclety, so that he became ‘gradually possessed of a fund of gen- ‘eral knowledge which it was difficult ‘to find among those even who were far ore favored by opportunity and cir- ‘cumstances than he was. At first his information was a subject of wonder among his {lliterate 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 ould not only perform all the opera- Hons of mental arithmetic with ex- traordinary facility, but exercise a sound and discriminating judgment ‘upon men and things. Invents Clock at Thirty Yeare of Age. It was at this time, when he was about thirty years of age, that be con- tzived and made a clock which proved fan excellent timepiece. He had seen ‘& watch, but not a clock, such an ar- ticle not yet having found its way into the quiet and secluded valley in which hhe lived. The watch was therefore bis manda Tt took him a good while to accom- plish 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 hls neighborhood as an iagentous man, @s well as a good arithmetician. ‘As already stated, the basis of Ban- neker’s arithmetical knowledge was ob- tained from the schoolbook into whicb he bad advanced as far as double po- tition, but in 1787 Mr. George Bilicott lent bim “Mayer's Tablets,” “Fer- Py jee a iia ee Photo by American Press Association SEN. MOSES E, CLAPP, Senator Clapp will be Speaker. Philadelphia.—The fifth annual con ference 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 H. Clapp of Minnesota and Judge Wendell P. Stafford, Dis trict of Columbia. THE NEGRO. Past, Present And Future. by REV. BE. H. McDONALD, D. D. 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 Ike men and not like fools? ‘The blood that was shed in '63 Was the blood that purchased our Uberty; Fort Wagner, Pillow, and other bat- tlefields 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 flerce 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 Ni CLOTHES.” Dates Sha fninbant 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 #0 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 underciothes? ‘The post closed with a prediction that: After a while, | do believe, ‘You will dress like Mother Eve. Get your Spring Corset from Miss Anderson, The Spirelia Corsetier, 365 Aurora Ave, St. Paul, and be stylish ‘and somfortable. Dale 1345. On account of the uncertainty of the delivery of second class matter, we have changed our date of publics. tion to Friday, In order to reach our readers, and to benefit our adver tieers, We must have all personal news reach us by Wednesday. Do not send notes over phone. READ THE STAR—iT'S NEWS. CHURCHES. ae 8T. THOMAS KPISCOPAL SCURCH 6th Ave. Se. and 27th. St. Minn. Rev A. H. Lealtad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P.M. All are invited. Come, st. . 334. Bt. ToRRTERE Mt uno e we gvery, Sunday 10:20 a, mand 8:00 p. i sT. games % &. CHURCH. UE Bighth Ave. ‘services om, vp. m Sunday School act pr me Rev. E.R. Edwards, Pastor. SETHESDA BAPTIST CHURGH, 11m Sobgay morning and eventing. ‘neve ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue Nand 4th St. Services ‘moming ane @vening “eacnSunaay. Kev. Be W. Withers, rastor. ‘The People’s Christian Mission, REV. GW. MITCHELL, PASTOR. 1204 Washington Ave. 80. 8T. PAUL. ‘St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. ni. P. Jones, rastor, 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 wel- seahie Lopass. @ADER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Deputy, Installs and organizes Chap- tere of The 0. E. Star. Pleased to coneult any one Interested. Residence Mre. Anna B. Harrie, Grand District 288 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. Nie. 1634. T. 8, 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 80, 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. | WM. T. FRANCIS "Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 89-00 Union Block, St. Paul. A.W. Phenolic. 4655, SoecialAcaton Given STAR ,PANTORIUM Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing ‘SHOE SHINING PARLOR 110 Wash, Ave. N. MINNEAPOLIS | Geode Called for and Delivered Promptly 1. 8, Phone 3073 NW. Male 9592 The Porters and Waifers Club Incorporated GLOVER SHULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters ‘311 Hennepin Ave. Mpls. “THE BIG THREE” EDW. PIPKIN, P. H. SOUTHALL, ROBT. GLENN. Next Thursday Night 1311 WASHINGTON AVE. 80. MINNEAPOLIS, TRAINMEN’S POOL-ROOM "AND TAILOR SHOP, Always Ready to serve the Trainmen. ‘Tel. Cedar 6718, WILL CRAYTON, MGR., 743 MISSISSIPPI 8T., ST. PAUL. PIANO INSTRUCTION, Classes for Beginners. Mrs. R. C. McCullough, 1813 6th Ave. So., teaches classes from 7 to 10:30 A. M., and from 8 to 8:30 P, M. ‘For taformation call South 4021. FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING PLAIN AND FANCY SEWING. Mra, R. A. Vanhook, 9612 ELLIOT AVE. 80. Minneapolis, Phone Colfax 3696, THE TWIN CITY STAR NEGRO PROGRESSIVE. Vol. 3 Friday, April 11, 1913 No. 32 Entered in the Post office at Minneapolis, June 23, as second class mat ter. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION 1419 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. Phone: N. W. Nic. 2824 Geo. B. Kelley Duluth, Minn. "Head of the Lakes" Representative. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.35 S MONTHS ..... $ .75 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION $2.50. 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. All public comment inserted only over the author's signature Foreign subscriptions solicited. Unsigned notices will not be inserted in these columns. All matter must reach us by Wednesday for insertion. We are not responsible for the views of our contributors, and all signed articles of any length are paid for by the writer. The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—it is worthy of this distinction, exchanges please remember. "The most virtuous creature in the United States of America is a virtuous Negro woman. Her resisting and enduring powers are of the highest order. In this she is a prototype and phoreopsis of what her race is to be, if it will overcome. Her character is often assailed in fact, and her reputation more often assailed in slander. Prof. Pickens. THE TERM "NEGRO." Now it is Defined by the Statutes of Various States. Various states define the term "Negro" in various ways. This fact is gleaned from the Negro Year Book, published at Tuskegee institute under the direction of Monroe N. Work, in charge of research and records into and of his race. The statutes of Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas assert that "a person of color" is one who is descended from a Negro to the third generation, inclusive, though one ancestor in each generation may have been white. According to the law of Alabama one is a person of color" who has had any Negro blood in his ancestry for five generations. In Michigan, Nebraska and Oregon one is not legally a Negro who has less than one-fourth Negro blood in his veins. In Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri and South Carolina "a person of color" is one who has as much as one-eighth Negro blood. In Virginia a Negro is one who has one-sixteenth or more Negro blood. The constitution of Oklahoma reads "Whenever in this constitution or in the laws of the state the word or words 'colored race' or 'Negro' or Negro race' are used, the same shall be construed to mean or to apply to all persons of African descent. The term 'white' shall include all other persons." In Arkansas "persons of color" include all who have a visible and distinct admixture of African blood. The other states of the Union have no statutes defining the term "Negro." Thus it would seem that a Negro in one state is not always a Negro in another. These and many other facts regarding the progress and development, present and past status, of the Negro race, are found collected in the Negro Year Book. Several Negro settlers from Oklahoma were turned back at Portal, N. D., by the Canadian authorities. In spite of the fact that there are contending forces against the immigration of Negroes into Canada, there are many qualifications not met by them, and when they are denied admission, everybody raises the color line howl without cause. "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. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. FIFTY YEARS The Fiftieth Anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The writer of these resonant stanzas, in which he voices the senti-race, is a graduate of Atlanta University and pursued his post-graduate studies at Columbia University. He is a member of the Florida Bar, and he has been for seven years in the United States Consular Service, having held the important post of Consul at Corinto during the recent revolutionary movement in Nicaragua. Mr. Johnson is a brother of Mr. Rosemond Johnson the noted Negro pianist and composer. O brother mine, today we stand Where half a century sweeps our ken, Since God, through Lincoln's ready hand, Struck off our bonds and made us men. Just fifty years—a Winter's day— As runs the history of a race: Yet, as we now look o'er the way, How distant seems our starting- place! Look father back! Three centuries! To where a naked, shivering score, Snatched from their haunts across the seas, Stood, wild-eyed, on Virginia's shore. Far, far the way that we have trod, From heathen kraals and jungle dens, To freedmen, freemen, sons of God, Americans and Citizens. A part of His unknown design, We've lived within a mighty age; And we have helped to write a line On history's most wondrous page. A few black bondmen strewn along The borders of our eastern coast, Now grown a race, ten millions strong, An upward, onward, marching host. Then let us here erect a stone, TWIN CITY STAR No! Stand erect and without fear, And for our foes let this suffice— We've bought a rightful sonship here, And we have more than paid the price. And yet, my brothers, well I know The tethered feet, the pinioned wings, The heart grown faint from wounds The spirit bowed beneath the blow, and stings;; The staggering force of brutish might, That strikes and leaves us stunned and dazed; The long, vain waiting through the night. To hear some voice for justice raised. Full well I know the hour when hope Sinks dead, and 'round us everywhere Hangs stifling darkness, and we grope With hands uplifted in despair. Courage! Look out, beyond, and see The far horizon's beckoning span! Falth in your God-known destiny! We are a part of some great plan. Because the tongues of Garrison And Phillips are now cold in death, Think you their work can be undone? Or quenched the fires lit by their breath? Think you that John Brown's spirit stops? That Lovejoy was but idly slain? Or do you think those precious drops From Lincoln's heart were shed in vain? That for which millions prayed and sighed, That for which tens of thousands fought, For which so many freely died, God cannot let it come to naught. JAMES W. JOHNSON. 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 strewn 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. 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. 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. Subscribe for the Star. Macy's POST OFFICE REST ROOMS TELEPHONES CHECKING ROOM BUREAU OF INFORMATION ETC. ETC. ETC. 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 883 BARBER SHOP AND BATHS. DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 Special attention given to repairing, cleaning, and pressing. Tel. N. W. Cedar 3488. CLIFFORD A. SMITH. 109 E. 8th ST., ST. PAUL, MINN. PHONE: N. W. NIC. 2724 HOTEL JONES 204-11th Ave. So. Madame Emma Taylor Jones PROPHETOR Special Arrangements for PARTIES AND BANQUETS. DO IT NOW!!! DON'T WAIT!!! Come in, and have your teeth fixed and pay in Weekly or Monthly installments. We have Dr. H. Pierce, "the famous extractor" with us every Monday and Friday and by special appointment. Phone, Nt. 3112. W. F. T. CHANDLER, PROP. First Class A La Carte Meale 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. 325-13. CUT RATES GEO. W. NELSON'S DRUG STORE MY GOODS ARE RIGHT T. S. Center 3638 MY PRICE'S ARE RIGHT N. W. Nic. 9888 I WANT YOUR BUSINESS Prescriptions carefully compounded—Tellet Articles. 121 S. 6 ST. B. FINK MERCANTILE CO. 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. $3.20—per gallon Pure California Brandy—Aged in Bond. $2.50—Four full quarts Old Hickory Grew 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 Alcohol, full strength. $3.00—per gallon Golden Gate Apricot Brandy. Money refunded if not satisfied. Send postal for price list. EXPRESS PRE. PAIR to all points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakotas and Montana. Out-of-town mail orders shipped the day received. FLORSHEIM SHOES represent perfection in fine shoemaking Get acquainted with COMFORT and become one of our SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. STANLEY SHOE COMPANY 422 NICOLLET AVENUE BENJ. JONES (Successors to H. D. Parker) CLARENCE W. BELL Barber Shop and Pool Room 244 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH (Near Milwaukee Depot) N. W. Nlc. 8824 Baths, Shoe Shining and Billiards ARTISTS'— JACOB REDMOND. J. WRIGHT. H. M. KENNEDY 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. BEN. MARIENHOFF FASHIONABLE TAILOR Phone N. W. 4398 318 HENNEPIN AVE. Makes Good Clothes at Moderate Prices SPFCIAL DESIGNS or SPRING and SUMMER F. PEOPLES REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Contractor and Builder Office Phone .....N. W. Nio. 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. N. W. Phone Nio. 2455. W. M. LISBON TRANSFER AND FUEL ALL KINDS OF HAULING MOVING VANS. . . EXPRESSING 1816 4th St. So., Minneapolis. If some of us would give a little more of time in self improvement along educational and literary lines, instead of frittering so much time away in selfish pleasure, it certainly would be a great blessing to the race and make us much more respected by the opposite race.—The Weekly Visits