Twin City Star

PERSISTENCE IN BUSINESS WINS Dr. Booker T. Washington. During the general conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, 1908, Dr. Washington and his private secretary stopped at the Mount Vernon hotel and were served a banquet after his famous address to the general conference. BUSINESS EFFICIENCY. How W. A. Rayfield is Proving His Genius in Special Field. Birmingham, Ala. - W. A. Rayfield, the well known architect, who has offices in this city, is prosecuting WHY THE COURTS FAIL TO SATISFY principal person in the courtroom. He is in England; often he is not in this country. The American practice of electing judges for short terms has seriously impaired in many states the quality of judges and their position in the community. The very voters that elect the judges easily acquire a habit. MESSAGE HIDDEN 15 YEARS AGO IS FOUND Dr. Du Bois on Long Lecture Tour. The lecture tour of Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, director of the bureau of publicity for the national Association For the Advancement of Colored People, planned for May, will take that distinguished scholar to California and through Texas, Louisiana and Georgia. BLIND 32 YEARS, SHE IS REGAINING SIGHT Mother of Eleven Children, Has Only Seen One. Syracuse, N. Y.-Mrs. Peter Berger, who became totally blind thirty-two years ago, after an operation for cataracts, is regaining her sight. She can now distinguish the forms of persons standing against the light and can see the rays of electric street lamps and lights in her home. Her physician says that soon she will see as clearly as ever. Mrs. Berger is the mother of eleven children. She has seen only one of them. That was the eldest son, who died twelve years ago. Since she became blind she has attended to all her household duties and cared for her children. Mrs. Berger said: "I have prayed nightly and during the day that my sight shall be restored so I could see my children before I passed from this earth. "They have never refused to obey me and have treated me with the greatest of kindness. Some of them are married I have often wondered how the children appeared and even at times have pictured each of their faces in my mind. I am sure that I will not be disappointed in my first sight of them." Mrs. Berger said that she could clearly make out the outlines of people's forms, but was unable to distinguish their features. TAFT TO ADDRESS LAWYERS. Ex-President Will Read Paper at Bar Association Meeting. Washington—Former President Taft has accepted an invitation to read a paper on a subject to be announced later at the annual meeting of the American Bar association at Montreal in September. Chief Justice White of the supreme court of the United States will preside and will introduce Viscount Haldane, the lord high chancellor of England, who will make the annual address. Senator Elihu Root of New York will preside at the annual dinner Sept. 3. Iola, Kan.-Milton C. Rumbeck, rural route mail carrier out of the Savonburg postoffice, was given an egg shower on a recent trip over his route. When Rumbeck returned to the office after the day's drive he was the recipient of 528 fresh eggs and two dressed chickens. His uniform courtesy to patrons resulted in their planning this unique compliment for him. TO HAVE A NOISELESS WORLD If Prediction of Harvard Otologist Is Correct. Cambridge.—A noiseless world, minus all clamor, is the boon foretold for coming generations by Dr. Clarence John Blake, Harvard's well known etologist. "The world of tomorrow," said Dr. Blake, "while not a soundless will be a practically noiseless one. The campaign now being waged by welfare committees and other associations, both Indoors and outdoors, means that as the work branches out so much nearer shall we be to a quieter and healthier state of existence. "Noise—at least loud noise—is needless. Impairment of the hearing faculties, aside from being caused by sound, is caused also by dust substances and injurious gases that come into contact with the mucous membranes in the nose and throat, thus distressing the organs of the inner ear and causing deafness. "Occupations which may affect the ear are mining, stonecutting, engineering, stoking, metal industries, glass-blowing, manufacturing of bichromate of lead, dealing in old rags, horsehair and sawdust, matchmaking, flourmaking, diving and blowing of whid instruments. Mother-of-pearl cutting is the most dangerous of all to the hearing." PERSISTENCE IN BUSINESS WINS How L. W. Bright Regained Prestige After Failure. OPPORTUNITY WISELY USED. Career of a Thrifty Virginian Whose Success is an Encouragement to His Neighbors to Continue Their Efforts to Better Conditions—Owner of Summer Resort. Norfolk, Va.-By thrift and persistence, with a fixed aim in view, Lennuel W. Bright of this city has become a most successful business man. He is a native of this place, and owing to his genial disposition and interest in all good movements for the advancement of the race he is well known for miles out in the rural districts as Lem Bright. It is not strange that Mr. Bright should engage in business, because his father was a successful merchant, and from him young Bright received many lessons in business management, which he later put to good use. His early education was very limited. He did not remain in the public school long before he struck out for a business career, in which he has gained both knowledge and experience. The first business venture of this young man was the ice business. While LEMUEL W. BRIGHT. yet a boy he got together money enough to get hold of a wagon and went into the ice business. In this way he was able to lay aside a few dollars for a rainy day or perhaps to make larger business investments. The larger ice dealers of Norfolk united and froze the smaller dealers out. It being a cold business, Bright suffered with the rest and soon found himself confronted with the problem of finding another job. But he had in him the elements to make a successful business man; hence he did not become discouraged. He was employed by the famous Charles Egts in Mr. Egts' balmy days—in the days when almost everything he touched turned to money. Mr. Egts liked Bright, and Bright in turn liked Egts, and they labored together for years as employer and employee. For five years this relation was kept up, and death claimed Mr. Egts, and there was left the son. Bright all the time had been learning business and business methods; hence he was on such friendly terms with the family that he could talk business to the younger Egts and suggested that he would like to try a little business for himself. Young Egts was willing to help him, so business was started. Success attended the efforts to such an extent that Bright thought his people needed a first class hotel in Norfolk, as the Jamestown exposition was fast approaching. He already had a frame building in which he did a fair restaurant business. Just the ordinary southern boarding house. Mr. Bright enlarged his business at considerable expense for the accommodation of visitors to the Jamestown exposition, but did not realize enough to cover his expenses. This failure to realize a profit from his hotel business was a great setback to him; but, having faith in himself, he worked on until he had paid all his indebtedness. He purchased a piece of property near Hampton Roads and fitted it up as a summer resort, which he calls Little Bay Beach. This gave him a new start. Mr. Bright has been interested in every enterprise for the uplift of his people. He is a member of the National Negro Business league and has on several occasions entertained Egg Shower For Letter Carrier. SMOKE THE RELIABLE So SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., MAY 2 1913. How W, A. Rayfield is Proving His Genius In Special Field. Birmingham, Ala. - W. A. Rayfield, the well known architect, who has offices in this city, is prosecuting his work in this southern field with a vigor that is the characteristic of success. He has made the plans for and supervised some of the best buildings erected by Afro-Americans in the south. He is winning his laurels and gaining in public favor. Mr. Rayfield, like all of our young men who would succeed, has to work hard. He has traveled adversity's road for a long time. Working in a pioneer field, he has had to bear with the questioning attitude of the very people whom he would serve and demonstrate to them again and again his ability to accomplish the work he sets out to do. As is perhaps well known, Mr. Rayfield is a graduate of Atlanta and Howard universities, of the department of architecture of the Pratt Polytechnic institute and of the same department of Columbia university. In W. A. RAYFIELD. addition to this training. Mr. Rayfield did some special work at the London (England) Polytechnic institute. Practically ten years were spent at Tuskegee institute, during which time Mr. Rayfield placed the architectural division on a firm basis and did some real constructive work at that institution. It was during his time and largely under his direction that the buildings at Tuskegee took on a better tone and a higher aspect in so far as their architectural beauty is concerned, thus paving the way for a group of buildings that in their architectural design and permanent usefulness is most commendable. When Mr. Rayfield determined to go into business and extend his sphere of usefulness no place appealed to him like Birmingham, "the New York of the south." Here he has worked with a fixed aim and has made it possible for other members of the race to secure work of this kind which they formerly could not get. He is the official architect of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Connection and in this capacity has made plans for some of its best buildings. In addition to this distinction Mr. Rayfield is the general supervising architect of the Freedmen's Aid society of the Methodist Episcopal church and will have to do with most of the building done in the society's twenty odd schools. PUSHING ON IN BUSINESS. Build Success Upon Ruins of Former Failures, Says Mitchell. The struggle of the colored people to secure a footing in the financial world has not been abandoned on account of financial failures, says Editor John Mitchell in the Richmond (Va.) Planet. Colored people are as determined as ever to regain the ground which they have lost and to achieve success upon the ruins of their former failures. The prevailing disposition in the past to give dishonest leaders the right of way is being antagonized and men and women of sterling integrity are pressing forward to redeem the business world as represented by colored business enterprises from the ridicule and condemnation which has been cast upon them. The violation of well established financial rules and customs is being discontinued. Richmond has been the center of business activity among colored people and we see no reason why it should not continue to maintain its supremacy. What Tuskegee Graduates Are Doing. Twenty-three industrial schools have been, directly or indirectly, founded by graduates and former students of the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute. These schools are employing about 150 teachers, nearly one-half of whom are graduates or former students of Tuskegee. Subscribe for the Star. WHY THE COURTS FAIL TO SATISFY FLAYS EXPERT TESTIMONY. Bias of Trained Scientific and Professional Men, He Avers, One of the Causes For Public's Dissatisfaction With Courts—Minor Errors Shouldn't Defeat Justice. Boston.—In an address before the Massachusetts Bar association Dr. Charles W. Ellot, president emeritus of Harvard university, scathingly arraigned many of the practices that now obtained in the courts and declared that the ethical standards among scientific and professional men needed to be raised much higher "It ought to be a disgrace for an engineer, a chemist, a physicist or a physician or surgeon to appear in court for money, to set forth so much of the truth as tells in favor of one side of the case while suppressing all parts of the truth which support the contention of the other side." said Dr. Ellot. "It ought to be made clear in all these professions that honor requires their members to appear in court only as impartial expositors of scientific truth so far as it is ascertained. "The responsibility of the medical profession in regard to the plea of insanity in criminal cases is heavy. Members of the profession are largely responsible for giving so called expert testimony which goes quite beyond the limits of present knowledge concerning mental diseases and for inventing exculpatory terms—such as 'brain storm', for instance—which are mere verbal institutions drawn from obscure regions where facts are few and theories varge. In these shadowy regions it is easy to procure opposing or, indeed, contradictory medical opinions in great abundance, and unscrupulous lawyers are all too ready to avail themselves of such facilities." Dr. Eliot had been invited to speak on "The Causes of Dissatisfaction With the Courts." He considered that "the passing of the judge, the disappear- DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT. ance of great courtroom advocates, the popular distrust of courts and the disposition of rich business men and corporations to avoid litigation and 'beat the law' so far as they safely can, and even farther," have constituted a vicious circle of evil tendencies which have had a deplorable influence on public opinion. Many failures of justice have resulted from the dismissal of suits because of flaws in the indictments, and these failures are peculiarly exasperating to the intelligent public. To its thinking, an insignificant error in spelling or grammar or in describing a place or a person should never be allowed to block the course of justice. An indictment need only have the degree of accuracy which will enable a sensible man to understand what is charged against the accused. Counsel do not seem to the public to be officers of a court seeking for truth and justice, but players of an unethical intellectual game. The judge seems to regard himself—often perforce—as a mere umphe between contending parties and not as an agent of the commonwealth to settle controversies on their merits. The American public has lost some of its old faith in the judge as a protecting agent for carrying out the substantial requirements of law and justice. Much of the injurious promulgation of testimony, cross examination and argument in the American courts is due to the fact that the judges have been deprived of effective control over council. The judge should always be the principal person in the courtroom. He is in England; often he is not in this country. The American practice of electing judges for short terms has seriously impaired in many states the quality of judges and their position in the community. The very voters that elect the judges easily acquire a habit of distrusting them. Smallpox Regulations For Alaska. Washington - Smallpox in Alaska has caused the public health service to decree that all travelers from the United States to the territory must be vaccinated or show a certificate not more than five years old. HUSBANDS LEARN TO SEW. Are Training For the Time When Wives Will Vote. Picture Rocks, Pa. - Asserting they were fearful lest the ballot will be granted to women and the husbands will have to do housework, the able-bodied men of this place have formed an organization known as the Men's Sewing Square. At their last meeting they brought sewing bags and their wives' stockings to mend and began the task of plying the needle in order to ascertain if darning was as hard as they had always been led to believe. The Rev. I. N. Earle, pastor of the Methodist church, who was elected chairman of the "square," presided, and some of the work that the men performed is declared by their wives to have been far better than they could have imagined. The men prepared a supper without women's aid, which, they say, they ate with relish and were all home before 11 o'clock. The "square" will meet once each week. FIRST SMILE IN THREE YEARS Convict Who Grinned Haen't Spoken In That Time. Stockton, Cal.-"Silent" Carson, the convict who was brought to this city for investigation by aliensists and who has not been known to utter a word during the three years that he has been under sentence of death for participation in a prison break, is reported to have smiled at one of the hospital attendants, and this may break down the obstacle that has prevented his execution on a charge of murder. Physichnus who have had Carson under observation say this is the first display of any emotion on his part of which they have any record and that conclusions heretofore accepted as proving him insane may be reviewed. Carson is being subjected to a new and original system of investigation by several physicians. SWAT FLIES FOR PRIZES. Cincinnati to Raise $1,000 For War on the Paste. Cincinnati "Swat the ty" crusaders have commenced hostilities against the household pests and will spend hundreds of dollars in their fight on them and their breeding places, according to the plans made here by the food committee of the Consumers' league. It is planned to raise $1,000 for prizes to boys and girls who catch the most files during the months the pests are busiest spreading disease. One plan is to ask all the women's clubs of the city and mothers' clubs in the schools to raise the money. Another plan proposed is to interest the business men. Miss Hallie Q. Brown's Coming Lecture Members and friends of the Avery mission, north side, Pittsburgh, are bray with arrangements for a lecture to be given at the mission on Thursday evening. May. by Miss Hallie Q. Brown the widely known elocutionist. The committee in charge of the arrangements is headed by Mrs. Thomas H. Johnson and Mrs. Minnie Watson as chairman and secretary, respectively. Public interest in the affair is increasing daily. Federal Office For Samuel H. Thompson When Attorney General M. Reynolds on April 15 made known his intention of appointing Samuel H Thompson of Denver to the position of assistant attorney general, to have charge of cases before the court of claims, it was regarded by politicians in Washington as indicating the probable course to be pursued by the new administration in regard to Afro-Americans holding federal positions of the higher class. NEGROE$ WILL HONOR HENDER- SON. Washington.—Memorial services for the late former Senator John P. Henderson, author of the thirteenth amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery, will be held May 23 under the direction of the Henderson National Memorial League of America, a Negro organization. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS No. 35 MESSAGE HIDDEN 15 YEARS AGO IS FOUND Son When Small Boy Hid It to Save Mother's Feelings. Menosha, Wis.—Young Stephen Brown, whose family moved away from Wisconsin fifteen years ago, recently came back to his old home in Neenah on a visit. He requested the young man with whom he was staying to take a walk with him to the lake shore. The friend thought the road was rather muddy, but went without comment. When the men arrived at a certain spot Brown turned over a large stone, looked eagerly over it and exclaimed in a low voice. "By George, here it is!" He drew out a mold, wet, discolored envelope, evidently containing a telegram. The paper within bore this message, most of which was obliterated, but a few words could be decliphered here and there: "Wallace Brown died last night at midnight." It was sent from Detroit and bore a date fifteen years old. The young man's eyes filled with tears as he told his friend the story of the telegram. Fifteen years before Brown's father had died suddenly while in Detroit on business. The telegram announcing his death came while Mrs. Brown was away from the house, and the boy, then a little child, opened and read it. With some childish idea of saving his mother from the distress he knew the message would cause her he ran as fast as he could and hid the telegram under a stone and did not tell of its arrival. He remembered that his mother fainted when she heard the news later and died a few months afterward, leaving him and his brother friendless orphans. He had forgotten all about the telegram until his first visit to his old home recalled it to mind, and the tears came often as he recounted forgotten memories resurrected at the sight of that mildew paper. Kansas City—Benjamin F. White, for years a practicing lawyer in Kansas City, has quit the law for the farm. Recently he traded his home for a farm in Macon county, Mo., and is writing back to his friends glowing accounts of the venture. BOY WORKS HIS WAY HOME. Lad Gets to Yonkers by Short Stages From Wilson's Inaugural. Yonkers, N. Y.-Leo McGrath, thirteen, son of Patrick McGrath, a contractor, of 90 Morris street, this city, who left, unaccompanied, for President Wilson's inauguration March 2 and had not been heard from since, has returned home. The lad said that he met a body of troopers from the Fifth Massachusetts regiment and after the inauguration worked his way home by doing old jobs, mostly as office boy, at different places along the route. He never knew there was so much pity for a youngster like him, he said. He found no difficulty, he said, in procuring enough to eat. AUTO CHURCH DEDICATED. Seating Capacity of 200 When Tent It Carries It Spread. Chicago. The first motorcar church to be used by a religious society in America was dedicated here on the lawn of St. Xavier's academy by the Right Rev. D. J. Dougherty, bishop of Jaro, Philippine Islands. The car, which is called St. Peter's Motor chapel, is the gift of a California woman in memory of her husband. The equipment will be shipped to Brownsville, Tex., and two Oblate fathers will take it through the southwest for the next year. A large tent, carried on its top, surrounds the car when it is used as a church and seats 200 persons. Governor Sulzer Signs the Levy Bill The Levy bill making discrimination on account of race, color or creed became a law on April 12, when Governor William Sulzer of New York attached his official signature to the measure. The bill prevents discrimination for the above causes in places of public accommodations in New York state such as a place of resort amusement, any inn, tavern or hotel, whether conducted for the entertainment of transient guests or for the accommodation of those seeking health, recreation or rest, and any restaurant, eating house, public conveyance, island or water, bathhouse, barber shop, theater or music hall. — | ft fe fe Pf MINNEAPOLIS a But God commendeth His Love to ward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.—Romans 5:8. For the wages of sim is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6: %8.—Selected by B. W. Gilles. EAR YE! HEAR YEI! HEAR YEI11 We do Beseecne O Ye Goode People To Attena YE OLDE TYME GONCERTE Given on Ye Night of the Second Day of May, 1913, Bye Ye Members of Ye ‘Social Commitee of Ye Sunday Forum. YE PLAGE, &t. Peter's A. M. E. Church, YE TYME 8 o'clock YE ADMISSION 180, PROGRAM. Quartette—Eddie Davis, ldridge Williams, Clarence McCullough, Kari Stewart. Dramatic Sketch—Miss Eva Walker and Geo, W. Hall. Instrumental Trio—Sam'l Brasfield, Ralph Watson, Frank Terry. Reading—Miss Mildred Plummer. Vocal Solo—Miss Mildred Sirull. Duett—Miss Eva Walker, Chas. Brown. Solo—William Navels, assisted by Quartette, Eldridge Williams, Comedian as sisted by Jas, Coombs, Winthrop Wil son, Reading—Miss Dorothy Paul. Accompanist—Miss Aua Lewis, ‘Mrs. Ella Wheaton will present a select chorus of 15 voices. She has arranged the musical program, and the mention of her name in c7nnec- tion with this affair means Success. ‘The proceeds are for Charity. ‘the buttons bearing the monogram and motto of the Forum will be placed on sale at 5 cents each, The motto: “Move Sanely Forward” is uniquely interlocked with the Forum name. ‘They were originated and designed by Mr. Chas, W. Brown. Advertisement. @UNDAY FORUM. ‘The Forum meets the first Sunday im the month at St. Peter's A. M. EL church and on the third Sunday at Bethesda Baptist church, A TESTIMONIAL. To Anyone Contemplating Buying or Building. This is to certify that in all of my dealings with F. PEOPLES, Contractor and Builder, I found him perfectly square and fair, and 1 would recom- mend him to anyone wishing any- thing in the Real Estate or Building lines, because he is a man that will do whatever he agrees to do. I have sold out my equity in the property at 3732 Portland Ave, to Mr. Peoples, and have bought out his equity in the property at No. 3805 Portland Ave, Minneapolis, Minn,, and am expecting in the near future to have F. Peoples build on my property at No. 3805 Portland Ave. (Copy.) L. Signed Alfred F. Celestine. Mrs. A. Massey of 2211 Riverside Ave,, is quite ill. COLLINS AUTO-LIVERY. Look who's here. Autos for hire for any occasion at reasonable prices. Competent and reliable drivers. Jacob R. Collins, Prop. Phones N. W. South 1122. Garage Center 3893. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gibson have moved to $102 Blaisdell Ave. ‘Mr. Geo. Jones, of the Hotel Jones, is in Montreal for the summer on the ©. P, R. ‘Mr. and Mrs, Walter Dodson have moved to 1108 E, 36th St. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Howard are resid- ing at 1809 6th Ave. So, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac J. Thompson recently married are at home to their friends at 418 6th Ave. No. ‘Mr. Joseph Young returned last week from Leavenworth, Kans. where he attended the fumeral of his sister, ‘Miss Goldie Young, aged 28, the daughter of Mrs. Sallie Young. Mr. Young had just returned from a vialt home, when he received a notice to return. He is one of the young men who has made the declining years of his aged mother peaceful and com- fortable. FOR RENT—NEW DUPLEX. 4 Rooms and Bath, 8852 Clinton Ave. See Peoples, 286 Boston Block. Nic. 2188. DESIRABLE ROOM, all conveniences, on car line, steam heated, A. L. Mon- teen, 588 Lyndale Ave, No. Tel. N. ‘W. Hyland 2007. HARD WOOD FO R SALE. If you wish good boxes, all kinds ee Wm. Jenkins, 620% Nicollet Ave., READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS, U. & W. VETERANS TO ORGANIZE. The Negro Spanish War Veterans will organize a Club very soon—which will include all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the Spanish American War, who are in good stand ing in the community. Many veterans are now comrades of the camps of the United Spanish War Veterans. It is hoped that they may be more interest ed in keeping alive the organization for their social welfare as @ separate body without accepting segregated conditions as a forced measure. At @ recent meeting held at the Star of tice, it was decided that members of the G. A. R., would be accepted as honorable members. Among those in- terested in the work are comrades Sergt. Z. A. Pope of Hamilton Fish Camp, Ft. Snelling; D. EB. Buckner, Chas. E. Bond Camp, Minneapolis; Chas. Sumner Smith, Geo. J. Whitten Camp, Boston, Mass.; Lt. J. M. Morris, Lt. J. Frank Nickens, W. B. Free man, Robt. L. Robinson, James R. Ed- dings, Thos. Donaldson, —— Battles, L G. Jones, Schuyler Phillips, Fred J. Parker, Harvey Westley and Sergt. John W. Harper, Civil War Veteran. Many of the above named have ap plied for membership in the Camps of the U. 8. W. V. THE MOTHERS’ EFFORT CLUB. ‘The Mothers’ Effort Club of Minne japolis will give a grand musical and supper at St. James Church, 8th Ave. So. and 4th St, Friday evening, May 9th, 1913. This Club is noted for its ‘thoroughness in doing things, as has been demonstrated by such splendid work all through the past winter, for the cause of charity. You are cordial ly invited to be present and thus help a worthy cause. Mrs, Lule Cratic, Pres, Mrs. Mary Sexton, Sec ‘The Mothers’ Effort Club met Fri day with Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs. Much business was transacted. Mrs. Simms Chm. of Sick Committee reported many sick cases. Rapid progress is being made by the Ladies in the Art jand Musical departments. Mrs. Stone ‘Editor. ‘The Womens Clubs will render a program on the 4th Sunday evening in April at St. James Church, and on the 4th Sunday in May at Zions Bap- st Church. THE FORUM MEETS SUNDAY. St. Peters Church, 3:30 P. M. +-Dr. Brown to speak at Forum. Dr. R. 8. Brown, former President of Minneapolis Sunday Forum will speak next Sunday at its meeting at Bethesda Baptist Church—Subject: “What are the reasons—why the Ne- gro in professional and business life, does not receive the suport of his race?” The subject will be for dis- cussion, Attorneys Calloway and Houston of Kansas City are expected to make short addresses. Recitation .. ......Miss B. Jackson Vocal Solo ......Mrs. Felix St. Louis Piano Solo .......Mr. Romeo Goins Mrs, W. H. Taylor of Snelling Ave., ls staying with Mrs, Odell Graham at 13800 Lake St. Mrs. Taylor expects to join her husband in Vancouver very shortly. Mr. and Mrs, Glover Shull, have moved In their new residence, 3612 Clinton Ave. Mr. Louis Graves is at the City Hos pital suffering from a broken leg caused by a fall from a window. Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Puckett are re siding at 3600 Wabash Ave., Chicago Th. Attorney B. S, Smith is suffering with rheumatism. The Ladiés Episcopal Club realized about $20 on their entertainment on April 23. ‘Mrs. Mattie Neal and her daughter Cora have arrived home, Mr. Isaac Newton, one of the pioneer settlers is sick at his home. Mr. Jacob R. Collins, 2437 6th Ava 'So., has put on an auto truck to carry baggage. Seo his adv. Mr. Martin Brown, the well known chauffeur has built a new duplex at 3862 Clinton Ave. Mr. Brown is one of our enterprising young men, he hopes to make other investments in real estate very soon. Mr. T. V. Botts, 3724 Minnehahs ‘Ave, returned Tuesday from Omabs where he attended the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Bertha Travis, aged 41, formerly of Duluth, Minn., who died of pneumonia, Mrs. Travis was s native of Kansas City. Her funeral }was well attended. Mr. “Billy” Robinson, of the Hotel Jones, was operated on at the Asbury Hospital by Drs. Redd and Wilcox for appendicitis, He is in a serious con. dition. His mother arrived from Lima, Ohio, to be at his bedside, She lexpects to return next week and take her grandson. TELEPHONE BECK FOR GROCERIES, Read Prices in His Adv. TWIN CITY STAR Ce En __ST. PAUL |... — — EE | Frederick L. Parker, ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OF} — Professor of Ag ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, * Dover De Splendid meetings are being held! pL. parker, a Neg) each Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock |. ine College of Ag by the Allen Christian Endeavor] niversity of Minnex League. Aside from the general dis-|\1 chair of Profosss cussion of the topics, good programs|.: tne State College ate rendered, ES eer ae Mrs. R. B, Chapman, 606 St. Anthony Ave. will return home Tuesday from her visit to Paris, Tex. where she spent the winter, also visited Mem- phis and St. Louls. Mrs: Chapman is much improved in health. Since her Jdeparture she was honored by the So- ictal and Literary Society of Pilgrim Baptist Church as Honorary Prest- dent. Mrs. Chapman is an active (Church and Social worker, and has been taking the rest cure in the south Jand of her we can say that “Rest 1s not quitting ‘The busy career; Rest is the fitting Of self to its sphere. "Tis loving and serving ‘The highest best; "Tis onward; unswerving And that fs true rest.” ‘The Social and Literary met at the home of Mrs. Ollie McManus, 380 Louis St. It was well attended and jan interesting program was rendered. ‘An excellent dinner was served. Mrs. Daniel Sims of Chicago is the lguest of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Mcintyre, 1954 Fuller Ave. Mr. Marion Bowling was married to Miss Floyd on Wednesday evening lat the residence of the brides’ sister, Mrs. Thompson, 318 St. Albans St. Mis Ben. Day fs on the sick lst. The marriage of Mr. Homer Goins land Miss Eunice Glass was the social levent among the young people of the ‘Twin Cities, and was a well attended affair. They reside at 855 Albemarle st. = | ‘Mrs. C. R. Howard of Winnipeg is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas, H. Loomis of Marion St. John H. Edwards, 31 years old, a native of Texas, committed suicide at nis home, 304 H. 7th St, by taking an ounce of carbolic acid. His funeral jwill be held at Lyles Chapel Sunday latternoon. His wife Flora, survives nim. He had been suffering many years with tuberculosis. A Girl Wanted—Mrs. Hinson of the St. Louis Kitchen wants a dining room girl, Negro or Caucasian, must be neat and good worker—Good wages. Apply 188 E. 3rd St. St. Paul. Mr. R. M. Johnson, Treasurer of Perfect Ashlar Lodge of Masons closed a deal disposing of their prop- erty at Sherbourne & Arundel Sts, for $2100. WANTED—A 8t. Paul agent and cor- respondent. Salary or commission. Write the Twin City Star. Mr. Robt. C. Minor has moved to 417 W. Central Ave. Mr. Fred. J. Parker of Springfield, IIL, is in the city guest of his brother at 658 Arundel St. Attorney Ervin will go to Duluth next week to remain a few days or legal business. We are glad to announce the ad vent of Atty. Ervin in St. Paul tc practice law. He has our best wishes Tt fs a good field. Atty. Francis enjoying @ very large practice. An¢ we have no doubts that Mr. Ervin will soon make good. They are mer who make opportunities, not walt for them, and at the same time maintain the high standard of professional ethics. Negroes of today need the pro tection of good Counsel from real lawyers against the shysters and tricksters as of other years. 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 wher you have failed to remit your sub scription, (probably an oversight) you are doing us a great injury. FOR RENT: 4room Duplex, $16.50; 7-room House, $23.00; Groom Cottage, $18.00; 14-room House, $32.50; 6: room Fiat, $16.00. FOR SALE: Groom House, $2,800.00; 6-room House, $1,600.00, $60.00 and $100.00 down—Balance like rent. F. Peo: ples, 236 Boston Block, Minneapolis. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. ‘Subseribe for the Star, ST. PAUL STUDENT HONORED. Frederick L. Parker, Accepts Chair of Professor of Agriculture at - Dever De re F. L. Parker, a Negro senior student in the College of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota has accepted the chair of Professor of Agriculture at the State College of Agriculture at Dever Dal. Mr. Parker is a son of F. D. Parker of the Post Office Dept. He was born in St. Paul, was educated in the grammar schools of that city, graduated from the Central High in 1908, Mr, Parker is one of the leading social young men and is president of the Mu-so-lit. Club. Attorneys C. H. Calloway and W. C. Houston of Kansas City will visit the Twin Cities during next week. They will appear before the U. S. Cir- cuit Court in the case of Dr. W. J. Thompkins vs. The Pullman Co. CHARGED WITH MURDER, Joseph Alonzo Robinson is held for the Grand Jury, charged with murder of Rosa Robinson, who was shot and killed April 24 at Eagle and Exchange Sts, St Paul. Atty. Francis repre sents him, ‘The funeral of Rosa Robinson, the murdered woman was held at Barrett & Muellers Chapel on Wednesday. Rev. Strong officiated. On account of Jautopsy it was necessary to bury the remains before the arrival of expected relatives. Get your Spring Corset from Miss Anderson, The Spirelia Corsetier, 365 Aurora Ave. St. Paul, and be stylish and somfortable. Dale 1345, You and your friends are invited to attend the Masons Memorial Day Ball at Masonic Hall, 24th St. and 5th Ave. So. on Friday night, May 30th.—Dr. R. 8. Brown, Frank Terry, C. H. Robin- son. Has Opened Offices at 303 Court Block, St. Paul, Minn. During past week Atty. J. Louis Ervin, formerly of Duluth, Minn, opened his office in the Court Block, where he will enter into legal prac tice. Attorney Ervin graduated from the College of Law, University of Minne sota, with the class of 1907, and opened an office at Duluth, where he has been very successful. While At tormey Ervin has handled nearly all of the legal business of the Afro. Americans of Duluth during his six years’ practice there, his practice has by no means been confined to the Afro-Americans, Mr. Ervin has been ‘Tetained in nearly every phase of ‘criminal law, as well as many very important civil matters. He has been particularly successful in criminal law, contracts, real estate, mortgages, insurance, probate matters and cor poration laws, Attorney Ervin has had six years of actual practice, so he comes to St Paul as a seasoned lawyer. He has practiced in all of the State Courts also in the United States Circuit and United States District Courts, since locating n Duluth. He is well knows in the Twin Cities, and his futur [prospects are very encouraging, bott ‘on account of his ability and the rapi¢ ;growth of our race in the community ‘When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select gome 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 YU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. THE MEMORIAL DAY BALL GIVEN BY ANCHOR HILYARD LODGE F. AND A. M. at MASONIC HALL COR. 24th ST. 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It is in connection with the furtherance of Secretary Daniels' policy of making the United States navy in times of peace a great educational school where young men in the navy will receive thorough technical training in industries requiring special mechanical knowledge and at the same time enjoy the broadening advantage of first hand knowledge of the great countries of the world. The "educational cruise" is to take the place of the annual winter practice at Guantanamo, Cuba. The fleet which will make the "educational cruise" will exceed in total tonnage and strength of armament the famous battle fleet which went around the world. Speaking of the cruise, Secretary Daniels said: "I have decided to send the Atlantic squadron on a winter cruise covering the most interesting ports of the world, because I believe we should offer to the enlisted men every opportunity which lies in our power to obtain that knowledge of other countries from personal observation, which in every rank of life gives to the traveled man an advantage over those who have spent their lives at home in the upward struggle. "The cruise next winter will be so timed as to give every enlisted man in the fleet shore leave at every port of interest. I, of course, am a firm believer in the general theory that the best way to find out if anything will PETER H. Photo by American Press Association. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DANIELS. work is to try it and see, and I appreciate, from the technical side, the advantages that the officers of the fleet will gain on a long cruise of this kind, where various maneuvers can be carried out at sea and many experiments in communication between ships and similar matters carried out under actual service conditions. "But what seems to me equally if not more important is the educational value of this trip to the men behind the guns. I hope before my administration is ended that the public will have a clear understanding of the splendid training in mechanics which the modern battle-ship offers to enlisted men. No man who has served in the navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted. "The navy is a great and expensive institution which must be kept always ready for times of war. Why, then, not use it as a great technical training school for our country in times of peace?" The battleships which it is planned to send on the "educational cruise" are the Wyoming, Florida, Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas and Iowa. The tonnage of this squadron of ships is 364,500 as compared with 223,500 in the trip around the world in 1907-8. The tentative plans call for Gibbaitar as the first stop. It may be that the fleet will make one or two stops en route. It will divide at Gibbaitar and make a leisurely tour of the Mediterranean in divisions, stopping at practically every port of importance. Sent to Jail by Wife at Ninety. Sellingrove, Pa.-David Wertly, aged ninety years, was sent to jail here by Judge Moser on his wife's charge of nonsupport. He is the oldest man ever brought before the court. TWIN CITY STAR "DOWN AND OUTERS" HOTEL Banker to Erect $100,000 Structure as Memorial to Son. Chicago—A hotel for "down and out" men, to cost $100,000, will be erected by Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trust company of Illinois as a memorial to his son, Rufus Fearing Dawes, who was drowned in Lake Greve on Sept. 5, 1912. Eventually Mr. Dawes will erect a similar refuge for women of the same class. These hotels had been projects which the father and son had planned to carry out together, and Mr. Dawes pledged himself to devote all his spare time to carrying out the work his son had long looked forward to. "Lodging will be furnished at cost, not to exceed 5 cents," said Mr. Dawes. "The doors of this hotel will never be closed to those out of employment. All we ask is that they promise to pay when they find work again. It will extend credit to the unfortunate upon their promise alone. A free employment agency will be run in connection with the hotel. "My boy was greatly interested in the Y. M. C. A., and the idea of this work was originally suggested by that being done by the Bowery Y. M. C. A. of New York city." MAY GET ARTS DEGREE AT 15. Young Sidis, Mathematical Wonder, Entered Harvard at Eleven. Cambridge, Mass. — William James Sidis, fifteen, gives promise of obtaining a Harvard bachelor of arts next June. This youthful mathematical wizard entered the university at eleven as a specialist in mathematics. Meanwhile he has included sufficient other courses to make his college schedule an evenly balanced one. Young Sidis is the son of Dr. Boris Sidis, one of the foremost psychologists in the country. His younger years were spent at the knees of his father, where he imbled the rudimentary knowledge of mathematics which was later to make him known as one of the scholastic marvels of the country. At eight he entered the Brookline high school, and two years later saw him at Tufts, where he remained for one year before entering Harvard. ICELAND GOING "DRY." No More Alcoholic Liquor There After This Year. Copenhagen.—At the end of the present year it will be impossible for either natives or tourists to obtain alcoholic liquors in Iceland. Under the antispirit law permission was given to consume the present stock of liquors and figuring on the per capita consumption it will all be gone by the end of the year. The Danish government adopted the drastic prohibition laws because it was felt that the excessive drinking of the Icelanders was undermining the physical fitness of the people. QUAKER CITY MAYOR WILL GO TO SCHOOL To Learn How to End Holdup of City Finances. Philadelphia.—Rudolph Blankenburg, the reform mayor of this city, and the members of his cabinet have decided to go back to school to take a course in political economy, so that they may be more competent to administer the affairs of the city. The mayor and at least two members of his cabinet have arranged to go to Madison, Wis., to attend a course of lectures at the University of Wisconsin. The course, which is short and theoretical, is designed to solve the problems that confront modern municipalities. When the mayor and his directors return they expect to be able to ride roughshod over some of the municipal quagmires which have all but engulfed them to date. The most trying difficulties are matters of finance, the mayor being desirous of getting enough funds to run the city, and members of councils having conveniently blocked every move. The mayor acknowledges that if the lecture course will answer the question of how to whip in line belligerent councilmen he and his directors will feel that they have been amply repaid for their trip west. Not only will Mayor Blankenburg and his advisers take the lecture course—which is to be jammed into three days—but the entire membership of the City club, an uplift organization, will probably accompany the officials. The special lecture program arranged to assist Mayor Blankenburg and his directors to run Philadelphia is a very comprehensive one. It has been arranged by the University of Wisconsin faculty and takes in every phase of municipal existence, even telling what shall be done with the waste or unoccupied lands in a city, to say nothing of the broad subject of taxation. Court Closes When Dog Dies Evans, Colo._When a terrier belonging to Judge James Trefoning refused to answer his summons in the midst of a suit that Judge Trefoning was hearing the court made an investigation and discovered that the animal was dead. Court was adjourned for the day. The judge made a coffin for his pet, and witnesses and jury as well as spectators attended the funeral. LEISHMAN DEFIES BOTH EMPERORS NO RECOGNITION FOR BRIDE William II. and Francis Joseph Both Declare Match Would Be Undesirable to Them—Nancy Leishman Would Be Ostracized by German and Austrian Courts. Berlin—Ambassador Leishman's announcement that his daughter Nancy was to marry the Duke of Croy in the face of Emperor William's strong opposition to the match has created much gossip in court circles here. It may even lead to embarrassing diplomatic complications if the American ambassador maintains the stand he has taken. The Duke of Croy lives in Germany, but his title is Hungarian, and as he belongs to the small number of mediatized houses of Europe recognized as having an equality of birth with the reigning families he cannot make a marriage that will be recognized in his own country without the approval of the German and the Austrian sovereigns. Both the German and Austrian emperors have refused to sanction anything but a morganatic marriage in this case, and Mr. Leishman's open in- AMBASSADOR LEISHMAN. tention of assisting his daughter and the young duke in defying the two sovereigns is an extraordinary position for an ambassador accredited to one of them to take. The emperor and empress in Berlin are very much agitated over it, but Emperor Francis Joseph is more philosophical. Not so, however, is the Duke of Croy's aunt, Archduchess Isabel, wife of the emperor's cousin, Archduke Frederick. She was responsible for the peremptory order transferring the duke from Potsdam to Vienna, as she hoped to bring him under her direct influence and persuade him to break off the match. Should it be consummated according to the plans announced by Ambassador Leishman, the bride will be in exactly the same position as the American can born Countess Gasquet James, who married in England Duke Henry Borwin of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a cousin of the German crown princess, but who has failed utterly to have it recognized in Germany because it was made without the emperor's consent. Miss Leishman could not under any circumstances be received at the Austrian court, as its severe laws do not confer upon the wife any privilege of the court through her husband, but only those she inherits from her own ancestry. For this reason Gladys Vanderbilt has no position at the Viennese court, although she is on friendly social terms with the archduchesses, who receive and visit her. But the hostility of the Archduchess Frederick would make Vienna intolerable for the Duke of Croy's American wife. He has large estates in Westphalia, but they are heavily encumbered and have to yield large incomes for various members of the family who have an entailed share in the revenues. His mother, a German princess, is still alive, and he has two young brothers and a sister whose marriage portions will come out of the estate. His father heavily mortgaged his resources to obtain a suitable dowry for the brilliant marriage of his sister Isabelle to the Austrian archduke, while the father's second sister is now a widow and has to be taken care of by the Croy estates. The Leishman Paris residence has been on the market for some time, and it is hinted that they have suffered many financial reverses during the past few years. Under these circumstances it is difficult to see how the ambassador can give his daughter sufficient dowry so that she and her husband can live out of the reach of the ostracism of his relatives and also go to the extreme length of compromising his diplomatic position by urging a marriage which has aroused the opposition of the emperor. Few Grizzlies Now Left. Sacramento, Cal.-The grizzly bear is fast becoming extinct in California. The state fish and game commission reported that of hundreds that used to roam the Sierra barely a half dozen are known to remain. The report says that 30,000 deer are killed annually in the state, 20,000 by mountain lions and coyotes. Equal and exact justice to all citizens of whatever nationality, race, color, or persuasion. A free ballot and a fair court. Grover Cleveland. WHY AFRO-AMERICANS ARE LEAVING THE SOUTHLAND. Economic Conditions and Presence of Certain Perils Principal Causes. In an article recently published in the Philadelphia Public Ledger Mr. Henry W. Wilbur gives the following as some of the reasons why the colored people are leaving the rural districts of the south in such large numbers. Mr. Wilbur says: Whatever may be thought about some of the special pleading at the Lenten meeting in Holy Trinity church the other day the opinion expressed that the Negroes should remain in the south and mainly on the soil is sound. But the matter needs some explanation and will have to be more carefully studied than it has been before the point of real elucidation is reached. At the present time there is an exodus of Negroes from the rural districts along two lines of outlet—first, from the agricultural districts of Dixie to the southern cities, and, second, from corresponding sections to the already congested commercial centers in the north. The natural question is, Why should there be any exodus at all? It must be remembered, however, that the Negro emigrates in obedience to the same motives which took the Israelites out of Egypt and brought the Puritans and Quakers to America. That motive was and is a very living desire for an improved condition. It may be taken for granted that this exodus cannot be stopped by mere preachments. The Negro will not be kept on the soil unless the causes which lead to his leaving are removed. In the absence of proper economic inducements and in the presence of certain perils and persecutions the most energetic Negroes will leave many of the agricultural regions of the south on the first opportunity. The whole case is not covered when we talk about educating the Negro. The whites also need educating. In using this word we mean vastly more than the removal of illiteracy, but rather an education so practical and so human that the representatives of both races shall see things as they are and in their perspective. EVILS OF DIVORCE. There is a social scourge more blighting and more destructive of family life than Mormonism. It is the fearfully increasing number of divorce mills throughout the United States. These mills, like the mills of the gods, are slowly but surely grinding to powder the domestic altars of the nation. Husband and wife are separated on the most filmsy pretexts. And as if the different states of the Union were not sufficiently accommodating in this respect one state has the unenviable distinction of granting a bill of divorce for the mere asking of it, on the sole condition of a brief residence within her borders.—Cardinal Gibbons. THE TRUTH WELL TOLD Don't be afraid to speak ill of the dead. No man that has lived should be saved from deserved criticism by the commonplace fact of ceasing to be alive. "I should wish," said the Cardinal de Bernis, "that every regard of politeness be preserved for the living, but that it might be permitted to speak freely one's mind of the dead." Filled as our lives are with daily shams, there is no more absurd and abominable sham about us than the mask of sorrow that we wear to the funeral of a rogue. As a matter of fact, the dead, being safe from physical punishment, should be the more open to such reprobation as their acts may have courted. In a true sense, "the evil that men do lives after them." To condone the faults of the dead is to corrupt the morality of the living—Reginald W. Kauffman, in The Coomopolitan. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. WANTED. 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. DO IT NOW. We beg that those who are indebted to us, send us their subscription by P. O. Order. Mr. Harry L. Davis, is an authorized agent of the Twin City Star, and has added many names to our subscription list. Mr. Davis is running to Winnipeg, and is always "hustling" for the Star—wherever he goes. The items from the classes, make the news of the masses. Read the Twin City Star. ADVERTISEMENTS. CHURCHES. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are Invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 33rd St. between 9th and 10th Aves. Services every Sunday at 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, 115 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, 1120 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. PAUL. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. m. 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. Ames Lodge of Elks meet at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening. LODGES. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Deputy, installs and organizes Chapters of The O. E. Star. Please to consult any one interested. Residence Mrs. Anna B. Harris, Grand District 285 Rondo St., St. Paul, Minn. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. 111 South 6th St Minneapolis. N. W. Nic. 1534. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counselor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. Office, Nlc. 1963 Res. Colfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 BO. 6TH 8T. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. FRANCIS Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 89-90 Union Block, St. Paul. J- LOUIS ERVIN Attorney and Counsellor at Law 303 Court Block, St. Paul, Minn. McDew Rents Houses. McDew Rents Flats. McDew Sells Houses. McDew Sells Lots. B. MAXEY McDEW 612 SYKES BLOCK. NIC. 621, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 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. TRAINMEN'S POOL-ROOM AND TAILOR SHOP. Always Ready to serve the Trainmen. Tel. Cedar 5718. WILL CRAYTON, MGR., 743 MISSISSIPPI ST., ST. PAUL. FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING PLAIN AND FANCY SEWING. Mrs. R. A. Vanhook. 3612 ELLIOT AVE. 80. Minneapolis. Phone Colfax 3596. Golden Rule Tailors 8. BLUMMER, PROP. 1311 WASHINGTON AVENUE 80. SUITS OR OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CLEANING, PRESSING, REPAIRING. CLOTHES CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. : : : : : PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. Vol. 3 Friday, May 2, 1913 No. 35 Entered in the Post office at Minneapolis, June 23, as second class matter. 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 ..... 1.36 S MONTHS ..... $ .75 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION $2.50. Special rates furnished on application Subscribers are earnestly request ed 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 authors signature Foreign subscriptions solicited. Foreign subscribers submitted. 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. "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. "The most virtuous creature in the United States of America is a virtuous Negro woman. Her resisting and enduring powers are of the highest order. In this she is a prototype and phrophecy of what her race is to be, if it will overcome. Her character is often assailed in fact, and her reputation more often assailed in slander. Prof. Pickens. SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY NEGRO. Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia. The Negro Year Book, which has just been published under the auspices of Tuskegee Institute, is the result of a systematic attempt to supply the growing demand from all parts of the United States and many portions of the Old World for accurate and concise information in regard to the history, progress and present status of the Negro Roce. It is based on a large extent on the inquiries that have Come to the Institute and have been turned over for reply to the Department of Research of which Monroe N. Work, the author of this work, is the head. Among the subjects treated in the work are: "A Review of the Negro in 1911," "The Economic Progress of the Negro," "The Negro in the Religious Field," Negro Education," "Negro Soldiers and Heroes," "A Chronological History of the Negro in America." It contains directories of Negro Banks, Negro Towns, Business Leagues, Hospitals, Newspapers, and National and Fraternal Organizations. There are also carefully classified lists of books and articles relating to the Negro. The Year Book which is bound in paper has 229 pages. The information is aranged in a concise, systematic form so as to make it easy of reference. The book is not published as a business venture although it may be so later, provided it finds a sufficient number of readers. In order to determine whether there is sufficient demand for the Year Book to warrant its continued publication in succeeding years a price of 25c has been placed upon it, postage 5c. A considerable reduction will be made to persons desiring ten copies or more. WRITE TODAY. ADDRESS. NEGRO YEAR BOOK COMPANY. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA. The Negro, who is ashamed to labor with pick and shovel is generally indentified with the loafing and criminal class—the destructive element of the race. Always is it faith in someone or something that inspires us to lift our work above the commonplace. LAUGHING. You hear that boy laughing? You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call; And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all. —Oliver Wendell Holmes. INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. How Papere Published by Afro-Amer- icans Are Reaching the Masses In reference to the good results obtained by those who advertise in periodicals published by Afro-Americans it is worthy of note that the papers and magazines published by members of the race have maintained their integrity in spite of the wild clamor of race prejudice. They are developing a unique field of exclusiveness in that they are reaching the homes of our people in business and in the professions and uplifting the masses in the rural districts all over the country. It is estimated that fully 320,000 of our people are engaged in the various professions and trades which require training and skill. Over 97,000 are conducting commercial enterprises requiring large capital, and upward of a million farmers live in prosperous rural districts. The weekly race publications reach all of these people, who, during their leisure moments, read thoroughly the doings of the race in every walk of life; hence advertising in papers published by the race is profitable. 1st Session. H. R. 1718. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. April 7, 1913. Mr. CLARK of Florida introduced the following bills, which were referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. A BILL To require all transportation companies, firms, and persons within the District of Columbia to provide separate accommodations for the white and negro races and to prescribe punishments and penalties for violating its provisions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That within four months after the passage of this Act each and every transportation company, firm, and person operating cars, vessels, or other vehicles of any character within the District of Columbia, for the conveyance of passengers, shall provide separate and distinct accommodations for the conveyance of white and Negro passengers; that is to say, that they shall provide certain cars, vehicles, or compartments for the exclusive use and conveyance of white people, and certain cars, vehicles, or compartments for the exclusive use and conveyance of Negro people: Provided, That the cars, vehicles, and compartments provided for each race shall be in all respects as good, comfortable, and convenient as those provided for the other race. Sec. 2. That any person, firm, or corporation who shall operate within the District of Columbia any car, vessel, or other vehicle for the transportation of persons in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a penalty for each and every day or portion of a day such car, vessel, or other vehicle may be so operated of $500, the same to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of any passenger, one half of which shall go to such person so bringing the suit and the remaining half to the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. That in addition to the penalty prescribed in section two, the suprinterintendent, general manager, agent, or active head of the company, firm, or person, no matter what may be his title, which shall violate the provisions of section one of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor for each and every day or portion thereof of such violation, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the District jail for not less than three months nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. A BILL To require all transportation companies, firms, and persons within the District of Columbia to provide separate accommodations for the whote and Negro races and to prescribe punishments and penalties for violating its provisions. Negro citizens, born under the Stars and Stripes are being threatened with the passage of such damnable legislation, also the doctrine of States Rights has caused the Japanese to demand their rights and they will loose their "dogs at war" to protect them—while the Negro worships the "dove of peace" a traitor to himself and the God that made him free and equal to all men. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. --- TWIN CITY STAR EFFORT TO RAISE BIG SCHOOL FUND OUTLINE OF PLAN AND SCOPE L. S. DONALDSON COMPANY American Missionary Association Launches Great Financial Movement In Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, C. A. Hull Heads Committee. By N. BARNETT DODSON. New York. - At the sixty-fifth annual meeting of the American Missionary association, held in Buffalo in the fall of 1912, the society passed a unanimous resolution to undertake the raising of $1,000,000 for higher education under its supervision. The effort is to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of emancipation. The plans for such a fund were referred to the executive committee. The resolution voiced the deep conviction that the hour is at hand for greater emphasis upon both phases of education, the practical fitting of the great mass of the Negro youth and the white young people of the highlands and lowlands for the industrial struggle of the day and the thorough preparation of the few for leadership in the higher lines. The American Missionary association desires to take advantage of the emancipation jubilee to advance its higher educational institutions. The need of this advance is very great. Their rapid growth and enlightenment for the past few years, with very little money for necessary extension and almost nothing for endowment, is a serious embarrassment. Under such circumstances it has not been altogether possible to measure up to the present day standard of educational efficiency. The executive committee now sends out its appeal for this $1,000,000 offering and asks all pastors and laymen to rally to the aid of the educational work of the association. This jubilee endowment fund is not subject to the apportionment plan, therefore the special plans of the executive committee are commended to the favorable consideration of every pastor and of every layman. Communications should be addressed to Mr. H. L. Simmons, associate secretary. 287 Fourth avenue, New York. Mr. Charles A. Hull, chairman of the executive committee, in concluding his remarks concerning the importance of the work says: "Standing upon the threshold of the fiftieth anniversary year of the emancipation of the colored race and of the enforced assumption of responsibility upon it, we have confidence that there is a great advance in our higher educational work just at hand. The opportunity and privilege are here. The call is imperative. The Christian and patriot will not fail to meet the need." ith anniversary and pressing. Tel. N. W. Cedar 3488. enforced assum- CLIFFORD A. SMITH. upon it, we have 109 E. 8th ST., ST. PAUL, MINN. e is a great ad- educational work opportunity and PHONE: N. W. NIC 2724 cell is impen The institutions coming under the immediate supervision of the association in the distribution of the fund to be raised are Fisk university, Talladega college, Tougaloo university, Straight university, Tillotson college and Piedmont college. Should the organization succeed in raising the full amount the above named schools will receive a proportionate sum ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 Fisk university, in Tennessee, is a college both in spirit and in achievement. It meets the great need for advanced training in education among the colored race. Forty-six years ago, when there were no colored teachers and no schools in which to train them, this college was established. and it has given to Tennessee and other states 530 teachers for the public and normal schools, including supervisors for both country and city, thereby demonstrating the utility of Negro teachers' training. Fisk is also training those who become the men of power in the churches of the various denominations and those who are most useful in the various branches of industry, 900 graduates altogether. The student body numbers 538. RED CROSS DENTAL PARLORS M. W. JUDY, MGR. 412 NIC. AVE. Phone T. S. Center 4085. Walfrid Westman (Successor to H. Larson) 313 Washington Ave. Se. Talladega college, in Alabama, is the high grade institution of the state. It furnishes an all around, practical and Christian education to the colored youth of that great state-manual training for academic students, trade school for those manifesting some degree of skill in handicraft, technical studies for the more scientific as a foundation for general intelligence and material prosperity, college and professional education for all who can attain it. There are fourteen main buildings, besides a number of cottages and farm buildings. There are 768 students. The graduates are making good in nineteen different occupations. Tougalou university, in Mississippi, is in the center of the Mississippi black belt, located in the country, and draws its students mostly from the plantations, the population most ignorant, most needy, most important, most hopeful. In the uplifting character of these youths lies a large hope for the Negro race. A distinguished citizen of Mississippi says that "Tougaloo is possibly the most potential factor in developing the colored people of the state for the high functions of useful citizenship." Wood working and iron working, wood turning, printing, agriculture, nurse training, cooking, housekeeping and sewing are taught. Mississippi black country, and draws from the planta most ignorant, important, most fitting character of The Busy Bee Cafe W. F. T. CHANDLER, PROP. are taught. THE MAYFIELD Invites Your Personal Inspection of their Great Department Store Take advantage of the many conveniences including 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 Theatral People. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. W. Phone Main 863 BARBER SHOP AND BATHS. DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. 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