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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST. PAUL rive Page VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents STUDENTS MAKE GOOD SHOWING Clever Work Done at Waters Normal Institute. school are year there will incre dent body Ninth Cav When 9 flams of 9 alry pass excellent subsequent Charleston celved the many in Williams Ninth Cavalryman Passes Examination When Comrade Hamilton A. Williams of the Ninth United States cavalry passed his examination with the excellent percentage of 95 and was subsequently appointed foreman in the Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard he received the hearty congratulations of many in Boston military circles. Mr Williams is now likened unto the Father of His Country—first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Seattle, Wash.—Paul Puttotak, an eighteen-year-old Eskimo, will soon sail for Point Barrow, the arctic extremity of Alaska, on the schooner Transit to claim the hand of Miss Alice Ahlook, native teacher in the Point Barrow government school, who refused to marry him three years ago because of his lack of education. Canton, O.-Peter Cocan, thirty-six years old, was literally carried away by music. He reached Canton from Lisza, Hungary, after crossing the Hungarian border in a huge bass vbl on the back of a husky Roumanian disguised as a gryps musician. Cocan brought first hand stories of the warlike preparations of Austria-Hungary for hostilities with Montene gro. He was himself drafted to serve in the army. He was just about to leave for America. He did not want to serve. Efforts to obtain passports failed. Each time he attempted to cross the border he was turned back by Hungarian soldiers who patrol the frontier. Determined to come to Canton at all hazards, he hit upon the plan of concealing himself in the bass viol. A companion concealed himself in a bass drum. Friends disguised as itinerant musicians carried them over the frontier. At one time they were stopped by a party of soldiers, who compelled the musicians to play upon the instruments in which Cocan and his companion were concealed. They escaped detection at this time, and, after crossing the border, they walked several miles to a railroad. Atchison, Kan.--J. W. Kelso of East Atchison came very near having a laundry bill of $1.005.12 for getting one shirt washed in a local laundry. There was $1.005 in the pocket of the shirt in checks and cash when Kelso sent it to the laundry, but missed it and recovered it before it was put in the wash. --- MAINTAINS HIGH STANDARD Graduates of Institution Founded by Dr. C. S. Brown Win First Prize at Other Schools—Hertford County Farmers Manifest Great Personal Interest In Educational Affairs. By GEORGE F. KING. Whiston, N. C.-The finals this year of Waters Normal institute, Dr. C. S. Brown president, were the most impressive and farreaching in effect of any previous commencement exercises of this great agency for the uplift of the Afro-American folk in this section of the country. A splendid revelation of the character of the progressive Afro-American farmers living in this section and the counties contiguous to this place for the maintenance of this splendid institution is positive evidence of the material progress of the race in North Carolina. Enthusiasm that was contagious, which has been proved by subsequent events among the vexers of the soil in Hertford county, has caused a renewed campaign to make this institution of learning second to none among secondary schools. The board of trustees at their last meeting voted for many improvements that will greatly facilitate the work of the school. Graduates from this school are winning first prizes at various universities. One young man recently captured high honors as a graduate from the theological department of Shaw university, and others are giving hundreds of Afro-Americans a most ex- PRESIDENT C. S. BROWN. cellent opportunity of showing the possibilities for uplift in the rural districts. A pertinent feature of the finals of this educational institution was the address of Dr. E. M. Brawley, one of the ablest theologians, educators, authors and leaders of his people. He emphasized the necessity of the race contributing largely to its educational institutions and stated that the ascendancy of the Afro-American people along the right lines largely depended upon their ability to mold the lives of the youth of the race in such a manner that they would become a sane and helpful constructive factor in public affairs. Utterances that exhibited the wisdom possessed by the speaker elicited the approbation of 2,000 industrious farmers and the members of their families that made up the audience that lauded the learned and conservative speaker and pastor of White Rock Baptist church, Durham, N. C. Dr. Brown, who founded the institution and has made it one among the best secondary schools in the south and who has refused lucrative calls to some of the leading Baptist churches among Afro-Americans to continue his labors in this agricultural district, was highly lauded by a number of speakers. Among them was Dr. A. M. Moore, treasurer of the North Carolina Provident Mutual Insurance company. Dr. Moore stands foremost in his section in fostering any movement which has for its object the advancement of the race. Three hundred students from various sections of this state and several other states attended this institution in 1912, and the indications are that the attendance will be larger than ever in 1914. The various departments of the READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. school are up to the standard, and next year there will be new features that will increase the efficiency of the student body in all departments. ESKIMO GOES FOR BRIDE. Gets Schooling, Lack of Which Once Caused His Rejection. When he was rejected by Miss Ahlook the youth trapped enough arctic foxes to pay for a year's tutelage and worked his passage to Seattle. Here he was permitted to enter one of the grammar schools because of the knowledge he had gained at the Point Barrow school. His summer vacations were spent with a fishing fleet. During the last year he has learned shorthand, typewriting and bookkeeping in addition to his other studies. Patkotak came south clad in furs. He will return dressed in American clothing. HIDDEN IN BASS VIOL MAN CROSSES LINE Escapes Serving In Austrian Army by Novel Means. "It was a thrilling experience," said Cocan, who has taken a job in a Canton mill. "As I lay in the big bass viol I could hear the musicians parleying with the soldiers. Soon I heard a scraping of the strings. They played a popular song. Then the soldiers allowed us to depart over the border in peace, and we were safe." RELICS IN OLD INDIAN GRAVE Oregon Workmen Uncover Interesting Mementoes of Hudson Bay Company. Oregon City, Ore. - While digging a drain ditch on the west bank of the Willamette river about a mile south of Oregon City workmen uncovered an old Indian grave. In the grave, which from its position is known to be at least 100 years old, were found an old bear trap and a flint lock rife, both of which bore the mark of the Hudson Bay company. The bear trap is in a good state of preservation, but the rifle has been rusted into three pieces. Besides the rifle and trap there also were found fifty feet of glass and copper beads and a stone tomahawk. $1.005 In Shirt to Laundry. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. ALIEN LAWS FOR CONGRESS ALONE States Should Yield This Privilege, Says Bartholdt. INTRODUCES RESOLUTION. Famous Peace Advocate Urges Amendment of Constitution to Place Sole Power of Alien Legislation In Hands of Federal Government. "Lack of Power Long a Defect." Washington—To make it impossible in the future for a single state by the disregard of an international treaty to endanger the peaceful relations existing between the United States and a foreign power Representative Richard Bartholdt, a Republican, of Missouri, noted as a peace advocate, introduced in the house a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution. In explanation of his resolution Mr. Bartholdt cited the delicate situation in which this country and Japan find themselves as a result of the enactment of the California alien land law. Here is the text of the Bartholdt amendment: "The congress shall have the exclusive power to legislate on questions affecting the rights and privileges of citizens of other countries residing in the United States and the relations of the United States with other countries." The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee. Mr. Bartholdt in an interview stated that the weakest point in the constitution was its failure to give the federal government power to make treaties which it can promise to carry out. He said: "Long before the California trouble was even thought of the importance of © 1913, by American Press Association. our national government with regard to legislation by independent states affecting the rights and privileges of noncitizens or citizens of other countries or treaty rights of other countries was felt to be a serious defect in our scheme of government. The controversy with Japan has simply made this defect (a result of the compromise which made the adoption of the constitution possible an acute question. "If we are really a nation with a big 'N' and not merely a federation of states the power to legislate on such matters should be reserved to congress exclusively, and the constitutional amendment which I propose provides for just that and nothing else. "One of the most important functions of every government is to preserve the peace. In fact, this is one of the cardinal reasons why governments are instituted among men, but how can our own national government succeed in this great mission when any state by its own independent action can cause trouble with foreign nations whenever its legislators see fit to do so? There ought not to be any objection to the proposed amendment on the part of any state. "The national government is obliged to make the cause of any state its own, so that the action of an individual state can involve the whole nation in war, and in return for this protection it is but fair, it seems, that the national government should have exclusive power of legislation in matters affecting our international relations." The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—It is worthy of this distinction. Flesh Grafted From Abdomen Forms Lips and Chin. Baltimore. — After many weeks of treatment the rebuilding of a little girl's chin and the restoration of her mouth to normal proportions after they had been terribly distorted by burns have been completed at the Johns Hopkins hospital here. The child's clothing had taken fire while she was playing about a gas stove, and the flesh on her face was seared to such an extent that when the wound healed only a small hole was left where the mouth had been. So small was the opening that the little finger could be inserted with difficulty. Nothing was left of the chin but the bone and a covering of scarred flesh. The child's mother offered all the skin necessary for grafting, but the surgeon decided on another plan. A large flap of flesh was cut from the child's abdomen, one side being left attached to the body. Then a silt was made in the arm of the patient sufficiently large to allow the insertion of the raised end of the flesh of the abdomen. This was done to establish circulation in the abdominal flesh. After weeks that part of the flesh attached to the abdomen was cut and the child's arm with the flap of flesh growing to it was raised and the part that formerly had been joined to the abdomen was joined to the lips and chin from which the seared flesh had been cut. For weeks blood flowed from the child's arm into the bridge of flesh from the abdomen and then into the chin and lips. When circulation had been established the child's arm was cut from her chin and allowed to return to its normal place. The new flesh was then attached to the chin. A small hole had been cut in it to allow the child to be fed. Later a mouth was cut in the mass of flesh and then the chin was rounded out. When the child was discharged from the hospital she could eat, talk and move her jaws as well as any of her companions. It is only upon close examination that the new chin can be discovered. SLOW ACCEPTING FORTUNE. Waits Hour Before Opening a Cablegram Delivered to Him. St. Paul.—When an insistent telegraph messenger pounded loudly on his door after exhausting the electric bell J. D. Haley dragged himself from bed and responded. He left the telegraph on the table until the customary breakfast hour, when he broke the envelope. The cablegram informed Mr. Haley that he had fallen heir to $100,000 in the division of the estate of a London relative. Haley is an insurance agent. Argentine Export Tax on Beef. Buenos Aires.—The council of ministers has decided to submit to the national congress a proposal to apply a tax on the exportation of beef in excess of a maximum fixed by the government. An official of the ministry of agriculture has begun an examination of the accounts of the refrigerating plants. HEIR REWEDS IN RIGHT NAME. Englishman and Wife Have Second Nuptials—To Claim Estate. San Diego, Cal.-Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Davis of Point Loma, Cal., were married here for the second time and later left for New York to sail for Maldenhead, England. At the ceremony, with their infant child present, the couple changed their names to Mr. and Mrs. James Douglas Bishop and thereby qualified for two English estates. Mr. Bishop is a son of the late James Bishop of Maldenhead, who was the owner of a large property. Because of family difficulties the son left home eleven years ago, assuming the name of Davis. He came to San Diego in 1910 and married Miss Mary Keith, a society girl. A year ago a relative left him $100,000. He was traced to southern California. On a train one day Bishop sat behind the chief of police of San Diego and heard him say that the San Diego police had received instructions to search for the missing Englishman. Bishop, however, did not disclose his identity. Last year a child was born to the couple. When Bishop heard a few weeks ago of the death of his father he decided that for his baby's sake he would claim his parent's estate as well as the $100,000. SMOKE THE RELIABLE So SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR ATT'Y GEN. MAKES WAR ON 7 TRUSTS Oil, Tobacco and Anthracite Combines, Patten Corner In Cotton, New Haven Railroad, Telephone and Smelter Monopolies Will Be Subject of Inquiries—Investigators at Work. Washington.—Attorney General McReynolds intends to prosecute most vigorously all corporations and individuals suspected of violating the antitrust law. The attorney general has begun and is directing several important investigations which may lead to new or renewed prosecution of those who, Mr. McReynolds has reason to believe, are breaking or evading the Sherman law. His investigators are looking into the affairs of— First.—James A. Patten and others alleged to have formed a pool in cotton on the New York market. Second.—The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad transportation monopoly in New England, as it is termed. Third.—The telephone trust which, it is charged, exists in the states of Washington and Oregon. Fourth.—The American Smelter and Refining company, especially with respect to its control of the Federal Smelter company and its acquisition of that company's stock. Fifth.—The American Tobacco company. The attorney general is dissatisfied with the decision the government ob- © 1913, by American Press Association. ATTORNEY GENERAL M'REYNOLDS. tained in the United States supreme court. He wishes to test the law again to learn if the order for the company's dissolution cannot be made more effective. The company's retail cigar stores are maintained under the first decision. Sixth.-The Standard Oil company. The renewed action contemplated against this company would be based on the charge that it has not complied with the United States supreme court's order directing it to dissolve into its constituent companies. The decrees in this case have all been handed down and the lower federal court has approved the dissolution plan presented by the company. The contempt, which may be charged, would lie in the alleged failure by the company officers to obey strictly the dissolution plan agreed on. Seventh.-The anthracite carrying railroads and their allied coal mining companies for their 65 per cent carrier contracts with the independent mining companies. These contracts were held to have been in violation of law, but the decision was modified later by the supreme court so as to exclude a number of the contracts. Mr. McReynolds is moving to enforce the anti-trust laws on the assumption that congress will give him all the money necessary for the work. Officials of the Taft administration contended that they were embarrassed by the failure of congress to appropriate $00,000 to enable them to conclude pending investigations. Mr. McReynolds is working now under the appropriation then allowed to Attorney General Wickersham. Before its adjournment congress could make a deficiency appropriation for the department of justice should it become necessary. The department has not asked for more money yet. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. CHANCELLOR GREEN ESCAPES WITHOUT INJURY. DISGUISED AS LABORER TO OUTWIT CRACKERS. Eighteen "Southern Gentlemen" Eject Pythian Leader From Pullman Car. Local members of the Knights of Pythias were shocked to hear a false report this week that S. W. Green, of New Orleans, supreme chancellor of the order, had been killed by a mob of whites at Milton, Fla., following his ejection from a drawing room on a Pullman sleeper while traveling from Jacksonville to Milton, Monday night. Their fears were aggravated by the fact that a special appeared in a New York morning paper, under a New Orleans date line, stating that Mr. Green had been lynched. According to a special dispatch received by the Afro-American Ledger Thursday afternoon from New Orleans, Mr. Green was ejected from the Pullman sleeper, arrested, jailed and fined $25 for violating the Florida "jimcrow" car law. The sheriff then gave him a pair of overalls and spirited him away from the mob of whites who were threatening his life. Spirited From Mob. The text of the special dispatch from New Orleans, Thursday follows: "The report that S. W. Green, supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, was lynched is untrue. While occupying the drawing room of a Pullman sleeper, enroute from Jacksonville to this city Monday night he was ejected by a mob of 18 men. Before they could get a hold of him the sheriff took him in charge and placed him in jail for safekeeping. The next morning he was tried for violating the "jim crow" law and fined $25. To outwit the mob the sheriff disguised him in overalls and spirited him away by boat from Milton to Pensacola, from which place he continued his journey. He arrived here last night well and suffering no bodily harm whatever. He was met by numerous friends and relatives."—(Baltimore Afro-American). NEGRO CLERGYMEN SCORED BY COURT. Prison Term For One. La Crosse, Wis.—Rev. Henry B. Alexander, of a Negro Divinity and Industrial School, which the State charged does not exist, was sentenced to the state penitentiary for one year. In pronouncing sentence the court sharply criticised several other Negro Clergymen who had been connected with the institution. "It is clear to the court that these men were working in concert to get money for themselves under the pretext, that it was for a charitable institution," said Judge Higbee. The Chairman of the General Com- the following Sub-Committee on en- tertainment during the Annual Session of the Grand Lodge which will be held in Duluth in August:—George B. Kelley, Chairm., W. A. Porter and Geo. H. Adams, which means there will be some entertainment—wait and see. It is the desire of Doric Lodge to bring as many people to Duluth this year as possible. The motto of the entertain- ment committee will be "Get ac- quainted with the fellow next to you, you may like him." In addition to the entertainment of the Grand Lodge the entertainment committee is plan- ing to co-operate with other organiz- ations with a view of furnishing entertainment for others who may enjoy a visit to Duluth at this particular time. If you plan to visit Duluth, write any member of this committee and they will furnish you any information you may desire. The rates will be a fare and a half. Grand Lodge Officers. C. H. Robinson, Minneapolis, M. W. G. M. W. F. T. Chandler, St. Paul, D. G. M. F. E. Abby, Minneapolis, G. S. W. M. W. Judy, Minneapolis, G. J. W. Jos. Adams, St. Paul, G. Treas. M. A. Bolling, St. Paul, G. Secy. H. J. Shelton, Duluth, G. L. H. G. Johnson, St. Paul, G. S. D. L. J. Allen, Minneapolis, G. J. D. G. J. Charleston, St. Paul, G. P. A. B. Meyers, St. Paul, G. S. S. Chas. Turner, Minneapolis, G. J. S. B. F. Pendleton, Duluth, G. R. W. T. Joyce, St. Paul, G. T. T. H. Lyles, St. Paul, G. C. Fred Gamble, Minneapolis, G. S. B. But God commendeth His Love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.—Romans 5:8. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6:33.—Selected by H. W. Gilles. CAN YOU HELP THIS AFFLICTED BOY TO FIND HIS MOTHER? Chicago. Ill. June 3. '13. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir—Will you please put this ad in your valuable paper: I ask you to find my mother. I am a small boy 15 years old, my mother left me last year Nov. 30, 1912, to go to my Stepfather. She left him and married again and has not sent me anything since that time. I cannot hear from her, have wrote her about half dozen times. I am subject to fits, have not any one to help me. My Stepfather is paying my board $18.00 per mo. to keep me in school until I finish. Says he cannot do any more for me after school is out, on the account of my health I am not able to help myself. Please find her. Please oblige. Her name is Ella Hayes now, but her real name is Ella Edwards, did live in your town at No. 515 12 Ave. So. Married by Rev. Malone, on the same St. My address is Earl Edwards, No. 5214 State St., Chicago, Ill. Clo. Mr. Hooper. DEATH OF MRS. RIDGELEY. Mrs. Nancy Ridgeley, formerly of Duluth, died at Fairbanks, Alaska, May 24, 1913. Mrs. Ridgeley was one of the ploneers of Minneapolis having settled here with her parents Mr and Mrs. Z. Young in 1863. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Ophelia Rice, Mrs. Mary E. Pope, a brother Robert Young and a host of friends to mourn her loss. TEACHER AND ELOCUTIONIST OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF EXPRESSION WEDS. Rev. Dr. M. W. Wither's Marries Miss Mary H. Moseley in Chicago. Chicago.—The ceremony, performed at 8 o'clock by Dr. D. P. Roberts of Bethel A. M. E. church, was followed by enthusiastic congratulations; after which the bride and groom were conducted to the depot, by a bridal-party, including Mrs. Vesta Glanton, the bride's mother. Among the guests present, were Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Roberts and family, and a few select friends. The bride and groom will reach Minneapolis Tuesday, 3rd, and will be at home to friends at 2816 13th Ave. So. REV. WITHERS WEDDING RECEIP TION. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Carey, 2816 13th Ave. S., Wednesday night, from 8 to 11 P. M. The Ministers and their wives, and some relatives and a few friends responded to invitations in the form of a reception of the Bride and Groom, Rev. and Mrs. Withers, who were married in Chicago, Monday, 8 P. M. Mesdames T. J. Carter, E. R. Edwards, I. E. Gibbs and J. N. Sellers were on the reception committee. There were about 26 guests present. Fruit punch, ice cream and cake were served. The decorations were pink and white. The bride wore a white satin dress and slippers. \* \* \* The Literary Club and members of Zion Church gave a surprise reception on the Rev. and Mrs. Withers Thursday night. They will introduce the bride, Mrs. Withers, Sunday to the many friends attending the thirteenth anniversary of Pastor Withers. The public is most cordially invited. The Progressive Club's Dance on Monday night was a success. The Y. M. P. C. Quartette, Messrs. Edw. Davis, Clarence McCullough, Eldridge Williams and Earl Stewart rendered several choice selections at their dance last Monday evening. Mr. Ralph Watson introduced the officers Carl Wade, Pres.; Geo. Johnson, V. Pres.; Clarence McCullough, Treas.; and B. M. McDew, Sec'y. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hawkins have moved to 720 Bryant Ave. No. Mrs. L. D. Martin has returned home after a stay in Winnipeg to spend the summer. Miss Alice Marshall has been on the sick list. Miss L. O. Smith has moved into her new residence at 3621 4th Ave. So. Mr. Robt. L. Robinson, appeared on the Forum program last Sunday. Mr. Robinson is a dramatic reader. He is a Spanish War Veteran, and his "Readings from Dunbar" show his literary talent. Dr. O. H. Hodge, of Montgomery, Ala., was the guest of Mr. D. R. Francis of the Post Office, for several days. The Men's Episcopal Club will give a picnic at Antler's Park on July 10. Details to follow later. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES. There will be a Special Service the 2nd Sunday, June the 8th at 3 P.M., at Zion Church, a testimonial to Rev. M. W. Withers in honor of his 13th anniversary as pastor in the city. The general public is most cordially invited and is expected to be present. Enthusiastic exercises, sweet singing, animating addresses, inspiring incidents will mark the occasion. The Minneapolis Sunday Forum will hold a special meeting. Rev. M. W. Withers, Pastor. EVANGELIST LEE TO PREACH. Rev. H. Lee, the Evangelist from Topeka, Kan., will speak at Peoples Mission, 1204 Washington Ave. So., on Sunday evening, June 8th, at 8 P.M. All are invited to hear him. CALL TO CONVENTION: The Ninth Annual Convention, of the Afro-American Women State Federation of Minnesota, will hold its sessions with City Federation of Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Laura Colby, Pres. June 26th and 27th, at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church. Clubs are requested to elect their delegates and send names to Mrs. Ada Mathews, Cec'y., Duluth, address, 720 5 Ave. E. Any club desiring to join the Federation, is invited to send Representative. Further information may be obtained by applying to President or Sec'y. of the State, Mrs. Ida Sellars Pres., Mrs. Nellie Hicks, Sec'y., 463 Thomas St., St. Paul. FORUMS NEW OFFICERS. Atty. Wm. R. Morris, Pres.; Mrs. M. O. Cannon, Vice Pres.; Miss Idah Grey, Sec'y.; Mr. Geo. Hall, Treas., Mr. Wm. Smith, Critic; Mr. Chas. W. Brown, Journalist; Rev. T. W. Lewis, Mr. A. J. Kelso, Chaplains; Miss Mildred Shull, Organist; Mr. Jas. Combs, Chorister. Inauguration will take place first Sunday in July. VAUDEVILLE TEAM MAKES GOOD Messrs. Wilson and Washington, character comedians are on the bill at the Miles Theatre this week. They are making a hit, also drew good mention in the daily press. Both are from Boston. Mr. Washington is a well known entertainer and Mr. Wilson is a high class artist. "Billy" Washington is always a success. They leave for Detroit, Mich. The Mason's entertained at their Hall on May 30. There was a select crowd of the youngest people. Everybody enjoyed McCullough's Orchestra. Mr. Zack Johnson served a delightful punch. Messrs. Frank Terry, Dr. Brown and C. H. Robinson arranged the affair. THE MEN'S EPISCOPAL CLUB AT ANTLER'S PARK—JULY 10. Mrs. J. Jackson has moved to 3029 Grand Ave. Mrs. Eileen Martin has returned from California, after a stay of several weeks. She is residing at 2834 Grand Ave. Mrs. C. D. Ware of Edmonton, Alba, is in the city on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. William Walker have moved to 3129 Findley Pl. Mr. Louis Thornton of Fargo, N. D. is spending a week in the city. Mr Thornton is one of the successful business men of Fargo, whose real estate holdings are very valuable. Mr. H. H. Hill of the Milwaukee Ry. was in the city last week. Mr. W. R. Morris has accepted the presidency of the Forum. Mr. W. B. Freeman, the footman at the Radisson is able to be out after a serious illness. Mr. John Hackley is very ill in Duluth. Mr. Cornelius Turner, who has been in Eau Claire quite a long time, is in the city. The Elks and the Young Men's Progressive Clubs held their dances during past week. Both were well attended. Carroll Brown, son of Dr. R. S. Brown was among the Univ. of Minnesota Cadets in the Memorial Day Parade. Mr. Brown was the only Negro in line this year. Mr. W. W. Williarus, a well known employee of the Commercial Club has located in Detroit, Mich. Miss Hattie Howard of Topeka, Kan., is the guest of Mrs. L. D. Martin of 3013 Garfield Ave. QUEEN ESTHER SERMON Pride of the West Chapter No. 30, O. E. S., held their Annual Queen Esther Services at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church last Sunday. Rev. Lewis preached the sermon. Appropriate papers were read by Mrs. Robecca Monroe and Mrs. Elleen Martin, Mr. John N. Sellars delivered the address. The attendance was very good. Hear Rev. Lee, the Evangelist, at Peoples Mission Sunday night. TWIN CITY STAR 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 discussion of the topics, good programs are rendered. The Baptist Young Peoples' Union of Pilgrim Baptist Church meets each Sunday at 6:45 P. M. The meetings are very interesting. All are invited. LADIES ATTENTION! See Mrs. Wilson's adv. for Beautifying. PIONEER LODGE ELECTS OF FICERS. Pioneer Lodge of Masons elected the following officers on Monday night: Fred D. Gamble, W. M.; Geo. W. Edwards, S. W.; Edw. Myers, J. W.; Walker Williams, Treas.; J. H. Dillingham, Sec'y. The report of the year showed a collection of $1,105. Over $2,000 was paid on property. Installation will be held on June 16th with Perfect Ashlar Lodge. Annual election of Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 4 F. and A. M., will be held on June 10th. CRISPUS ATTUCKS HOME ASS'N. A meeting was called to meet on June 6th at the residence of J. H. Charleston to form the Crispus Attucks Orphanage and Industrial Home Ass'n.—composed of three representatives of every religious and fraternal society. Mrs. S. W. Wright will spend the summer at Clear Lake, Ia. Mrs. Ella Hunter and Gladys Wright left last week for Annandale to spend summer. Mrs. Thos. H. Lyles is much improved after several days illness. UTLEY'S NEW LOCATION Mr. W. J. Utley has moved his bar ber shop to 30 E. 4th St., opposite Court House, where he has secured a desirable location. He is fitting up the place for the best barber shop and billiard parlor in the Twin Cities. TESTIMONIAL TO FRED. PARKER The scholars of St. James A. M. E. Sunday School will give a public test imonial June 13th to Mr. F. L. D. Parker, recently elected to the faculty of the State Agricultural College at Dover, Del. Mr. Parker is an ex. Supt. of this Sunday School. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Billups have moved to 667 W. Central Ave. Rev. J. R. White is in New York City in the interests of the Knights of Alpha, Ladies of Omega and Juveniles of the World. Miss Ollie Ward left Thursday for a three weeks visit to Chicago, Ill., and Richmond, Ind. Mrs. Mattie B. McGhee and daughter Ruth are visiting in Winnipeg, Can. The Crisis Benefit under the management of Mrs. Valdo Turner was a financial and social success. Miss Dorothy Robinson of Arunde St., left last Sunday to visit her grand parents in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Clarence L. Smith is visiting in Chicago. Mr. Lee Turpin recently bought $300 worth of St. Paul city bonds. This is a sure investment, others having cash should do likewise. Mrs. Grace Booker was appointed assistant Matron at the County Jail by Sheriff Wagener. Mrs. Ida G. Crane, who had been assured of the position, declined in her favor. Mrs. Crane will continue in the employ of the Commercial Club, where she has the confidence of her employers. Success to Mrs. Booker. Thanks to Mrs. Crane and Sheriff Wagener. THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. You can get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at the St. Louis Kitchen, 138 E. Third St., St. Paul. Mrs. Hinson is universally known for her good cooking. POLICE RAID NEGROES. The residence of Mrs. Emma Campbell at 6th and Rosabell Sts., was raided Tuesday night by the police. All occupants except one were Negroes. This is the first raid by the police under the new abatement law. The Hotel Jones is now located at 1109 2nd St. So, where better apartments have been secured. (Adv.) When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some member as press agent, and get the names, especially the initials of persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. It is necessary that we get the full names of those present Send notes by Wednesday. B. Y. P. U. HAMPTON'S GOOD WORK Annual Report of Principal Frissell Shows School's Achievements. The annual report of Hampton institute, being the forty-fifth since the founding of the school, has been prepared, printed and distributed by the principal, Dr. Hollis B. Frissell. The report covers twenty pages of regular magazine size paper. It is exhaustive in detail and deals with every phase of the inner workings of the institution. No one can read it without being deeply impressed with the tremendous amount of work which the officials of the school have to accomplish in order to keep the various departments up to a high degree of efficiency. Dr. Frissell pays a high tribute to the home in referring to the pioneer work of General S. C. Armstrong, founder of Hampton institute. He says: The most effective educational institution the world has yet produced is the home. In the home the problems to be solved are intensely real, and the solution of them means the power to solve more problems of a similar sort. This power is education. When the founder of Hampton institute was confronted with the problem of educating men and women but later freed from slavery, a race without the traditions of self supporting, self respecting family life, he consciously or unconsciously adopted the home as the model for his school, and he chose that type of home where each member contributes his share of service to the common need. Such a home differs widely from the ordinary school. In the home the motives for its activities are for the most part immediate and apparent; in the school conditions are necessarily more artificial and the prescribed tasks are, from the pupil's point of view, often purposeless. Only purposeful activity has educational value. From the first he insisted that the work incident to the daily life should be done by the students themselves, not merely because his students were poor and must work their way, but because of the educational value of the work itself. The enrollment for 1913 is 830, representing thirty-three states and five foreign countries. The total number of students enrolled in the trade school for the year is 875. Of these 180 are taking full trade courses. One hundred and twenty-four academic students came to the trade school a portion of the time for industrial training, and thirty-three agricultural students spent the three winter months taking special courses related to their work. The amount paid to students in wages this year amounted to $18,682.21. The largest single piece of work which the trade school has done during the past year has been the erection of Clarke hall. The building was begun in March, 1912, and was opened for use February, 1913. The contract price was $26,142.77, and, with the exception of putting on the slate roof, making some plaster cornice (industries not taught here) and a portion of the furniture, all the work was done by students. This called for the services of bricklayers, plasterers, carpenters, sheet metal workers, steamifters, plumbers, cabinetmakers, electricians and painters. Mr. Ludlow of the firm of Ludlow & Peabody, who designed the building, says that the brick work in it compares favorably with similar work around New York city, and some of the local builders have pronounced it the best piece of brick work on the peninsula. Besides completing this special contract, the trade school has kept up the repairs on the school buildings and done work for parties outside the school in seventeen states. This includes furniture, turned wood, reverse gears, steam separators, grate bars, wheelbarrows, wagons and trucks. IMPORTANT COMING EVENT. Features of Program For Closing Week at Fisk University. Nashville, Tenn.-The school year at Fisk university, in this city, will soon come to a close. Active preparations are being made for the annual commencement, which will begin on Wednesday, June 11. Five members of the graduating class have been selected to take part on the program of the public exercises. The commencement address will be delivered by Dr. Booker T. Washington, a member of the board of trustees. Aside from the general interest which is always manifested in the events of commencement week, there are two features which are attracting considerable attention. The most important of the two is the trustees' report with reference to the endowment fund which the institution has been for the past two years struggling to raise. Every effort is being put forward to complete the fund of $300,000 by June 1. The other feature centers in the work of the junior class, which is preparing to present a play entitled "The Lion and the Mouse." Class day exercises, the usual receptions and farewell meetings by students and faculty will hold the attention of every one throughout the week. The usual large number of out of town visitors is expected. The students and local alumni association have already given a jubilee concert for the benefit of the endowment fund. The concert program of music was participated in by the university Glee club, a large chorus and several noted solists. The school is widely known for the musical ability of its students, and the May jubilee concert fully sustained the musical reputation of this pioneer institution for higher education. Everything for Women's Wear—Popular Prices Root & Hageman women's Garment Store formerly "Pharrels" DICKERSON CAFE We want to prove to you much better than you'd ever features which distinguish the difference between "Good E difference between ordinary JOHN A We want to prove to you by actual personal test how much better than you'd ever believe if you didn't try the features which distinguish this cafe from all others. The difference between "Good Enough" and the "Best" is the difference between ordinary service and ours. JOHN A. DICKERSON, Prop. GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BELTS Foreign Beer that Golden Grain Belt is the ne America. Be wise. SERVE YOUR GU 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 The Negro, who is ashamed to labor with pick and shovel is generally identified with the loafing and criminal class—the destructive element of the race. NEGRO REGIMENT IN NEW YORK. New York will have a regiment in the National Guard—Col. Filmore had organized a provisional regiment with full quota, Lt. Col. J. Frank Wheaton ably assisted him. Gov. Sulzer has signed the Leavy Bill, and the Negro regiment is a certainty. The Twin City Star has the exclusive use in this city of the Afro-American news service of the American Press Assn., edited by Mr. N. B. Dodson of N. Y., which is a feature of our publication, much appreciated by our readers. In sad but loving memory of our Husband and Father George Brown, whom God called away from us one year ago today, June 6th, 1913. Patiently he suffered, His troubles he bore; But now it is ended — He suffers no more. To sleep, we leave him, In quiet and rest; The parting was painful, But God knows best. Mrs. Mattle Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsey. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the friends, neighbors, Lodges and Post Office employees for the kindness and sympathy shown us in the loss of our beloved husband and brother. Also for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Grace Booker, Mr. William Booker, Mr. Sigle Washington. THE PILGRIM COMMANDERY No 22 WILL GIVE A BOAT EXCURSION JULY 3 Steamer Hiwatha LEAVING AT 8:30 P. M. FOOT OF JACKSON ST. 208 Hennepin Avenue IN MEMORIAM BROWN. CARD OF THANKS. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. BE UP-TO-DATE BROTHERS Years ago, New York butter and Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri Beer, were known to be the best, and swell folks always had them on their table. No one wants New York butter now, because Minnesota is the best, but some people stick to the old idea on beer. A REAL NEWSPAPER. A newspaper isn't simply a bare chronicler of events. It is a personality. It comes into your house almost as a member of your family. 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Oxford, O. - William Duke, aged eighty-three, a farmer living a few miles west of here, near the Indiana line, has the following advertisement in a local paper: WANTED—A nice, good, healthy Bible and church loving woman, who will cook and wash and do my mending. To such a woman I will pay a small salary, give a good home and furnish a horse and buggy for her trips to town. There is something pathetic in Mr. Duke's appeal. In the last thirty years he has spent a small fortune looking for wives and housekeepers. He has been a faithful patron of matrimonial journals in all parts of the country. Once, about four years ago, he married a woman from Texas, whose acquaintance he made through a newspaper. It cost him several thousand to get rid of her. On another occasion he would have lost his farm to a woman had not the courts intervened. He once sent $200 to a woman in Oregon to pay her railroad fare and other expenses in coming here to marry him. She never showed up. SUES FOR STERILIZATION. Lunatic Who Recovered Reason Asks $10,000 Damages. Appleton, Wis.-Mayor J. V. Canavan, who was formerly county physician, has been made codedendant in a $10,000 damage suit brought against George R. Dower, superintendent of the Outagamie County Asylum For the Insane, by Victor Reiner, as guardian of John Repfeldt, the subject of a sterilization operation. It is charged that Repfeldt was operated on while an inmate of the asylum two years ago. Unsuccessful efforts were made to have the superintendent, Dower, tell who performed the operation. Repfeldt is now out of the hospital, having regained his mentality and is able to support his family. The case is without precedent and is being followed with keen interest in numerous states where laws legalizing sterilization are under consideration. Fort Pierre, S. D.—A tablet of lead buried in a hillside, now near the center of Fort Pierre, by French explorers in 1742 has been unearthed by schoolgirls here. Thus after 170 years was recovered the memorial of one of the most interesting and significant facts in the history of the west—namely, the claiming of the region for France and definitely determining the point where Chevalier de la Verendrye and his comrades reached the Missouri on their return from the west. About thirty-three years before the Revolutionary war Pierre Gauthier (Chevalier de la Verendrye), accompanied by his younger brother, Francois, and two other Frenchmen—St. Louis of Loudette and A. Miccett—left Fort la Reine, on the Assiniboine river, in Canada, a short distance below the mouth of Mouse river. They were charged with orders from the governor of Canada, Marquis de Beauharnais, to discover the sea of the west, beyond the Mandans, according to the reports of the savages. The explorers departed from Fort la Reine April 29, 1742. They returned July 2, 1743. Verendrye was twenty-nine years old at the time of the adventure. The party reached the Mandan villages located near the mouth of the Heart river, in North Dakota, May 19, 1742. They departed from there July 28 and proceeded in a southwesterly direction until Feb. 9, 1743, when they turned their course southeasterly and reached the Missouri river at Fort Pierre March 19, 1743. They left Fort Pierre April 2, arrived at the Mandan villages May 1 and reached Fort la Reine on July 2. While at Fort Pierre, which marked the southernmost part of the journey, Chevalier de la Verendrye formally took possession. In his journal of the trip, addressed to M. le Marquis de Bauharnals, Verendrye said: "I placed on an eminence near the fort a tablet of lead, with the arms and inscriptions of the king, and a pyramid of stones for M. le General. I said to the savages, who did not know of the tablet of lead that I had placed in the earth, that I was placing these stones as a memorial of those who had come to their country." When he and his companions departed for Fort la Rene the only lasting evidence of their visit was the pile of stones on the crest of a bill near the Indian village and the tablet of lead buried there. unknown to any one save Verendrye. Kansas City.—When David Ross of Waverly, Kan., a farmer, decided to move to Kansas City to engage in the real estate business a transportation problem confronted Clifford, his nine-year-old son. Not wanting to leave his Indian Shetland pony behind, he rode it the eighty-five miles to Kansas City. It took him two and a half days to make the trip, and he arrived without mishap. He stopped on the way at farmhouses. TWIN CITY STAR DEDICATE STATUE TO MAINE HEROES Great Naval and Military Pageant Precedes Dedicatory Exercises In Which Maine's Commander and Chaplain and Other Survivors Take Leading Part. New York.—Amid impressive ceremonies appropriate to the memory of the piteous tragedy it symbolizes the national Maine monument was dedicated here. A military and naval pageant, participated in by the nation that was given birth through it and the nation whose ship and men paid the frightful cost, was the most striking feature of the occasion. Free Cuba was represented by three special envoys, delegated by the Cuban THE MEMORIAL OF THE GREAT WAR Photo by American Press Association. THE NATIONAL MAINE MONUMENT. congress, and a Cuban warship, the Cuba, with a representative detachment of soldiers and sailors from the little island republic. Soldiers and marines from the American warships in the harbor, regular troops, militiamen, Spanish war veterans and distinguished civilians all united to make the dedicatory exercises the most impressive seen here in many a day. Father John P. Childwick, who was the chaplain aboard the Maine when she was blown up in Havana harbor on Feb. 15, 1898, assisted by a group of survivors, laid the wreath contributed by the nation before the prow of the ancient galley, carved out of a huge block of Tennessee marble, typlifying man's mastery of the sea. Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigabee, who was captain of the Malne, also acted in a similar capacity. Miss Ruth Gaynor, daughter of Mayor Gaynor, placed the wreath given by the city of New York, while Governor Sulzer personally placed the wreath contributed by the state. Ex-President Taft delivered the dedicatory oration and Bishop David H. Greer the invocation. The monument, a notable piece of sculpture, occupies one of the most beautiful sites in New York, being located at the Eighth avenue and Fifty-ninth street entrance to Central park. Attillo Piccrillill, A. N. A., was the sculptor and H. Van R. Magonigle, F. A. I. A., the architect. The central feature of the monument is a pylon $18\%$ by 21 feet and 40 feet high, paneled on its four faces and flanked by two colossi, representing respectively the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The figures are of heroic proportions, each to a scale representing a man of fourteen feet—the Atlantic a youth in the fullness of his strength, the Pacific an aged man, half slumbering. At the base of the shaft is a group of sculpture antebellum in Idea—Courage awaiting the flight of Peace and Fortitude supporting the Feeble. The lower part of the pedestal supporting this group is a conventional galley prow, on the bow of which kneels the figure of a boy holding wreaths of olive and laurel, suggesting the new era inaugurated in Cuba through the war precipitated by the destruction of the Maine. The monument has been built by public subscriptions from all parts of the nation. The work, which has taken years, has been in the hands of the national Maine monument committee, consisting of William R. Hearst, John W. Keller and General James Grant Wilson. As America contributed the money, so also did it furnish all of the materials that entered into the construction of the monument. The material for the pylon, the gates and wall are of Tennessee marble, with a granite base, while the golden group surmounting the shaft is of bronze from the guns of the Maine, richly glided. --- POTENT UPLIFT AGENCY. Year's Work at Y. M. C. A. Shows Large Results. Washington.—The success of the Twelfth street branch of the Young Men's Christian association in this city for the first year is indeed gratifying to its officials and to its many friends. It will be recalled that just one year ago the Hon. Henry L. Stimson, then secretary of war, representing President William Howard Taft, stood upon the front steps of the handsome structure and delivered an eloquent address of dedication. In November, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone with impressive ceremonies. The association, it will be seen, has had some eminent sponsors and has at other times been addressed by President Taft, Ambassador Bryce, William Jennings Bryan, Booker T. Washington, Senators Borah, Emmot and Works and others of like prominence. The association had its inception in the pressing demand in this cosmopolitan city for an active, aggressive and efficient agency for the moral, mental and physical regeneration of the men and boys. A nucleus was formed several years ago, and from this modest beginning, through persistent and well directed agitation, there has grown up an association that today boasts of being the largest institution of its kind in the world. The building is modern in every particular and is four stories and basement in height. It has forty-four dormitories and is equipped with all of the accessories that go with a properly regulated resort for men and boys, including swimming pool, shower baths, bowling alleys, billiard parlor, reading rooms and balls of all sizes for assemblies of every type. In addition to being a health resort and an educational factor it is a civic center. A score of organizations utilize the building as their regular meeting place. The structure is heated by steam and is lighted by electricity. In its initial year the Y. M. C. A. has won many friends to its cause. At the outset many well disposed persons wondered whether it could withstand the strain and stress of life in the nation's capital. Expressions of hope were fanked by prophecies of disaster. The solid financial showing indicated by Secretary Johnson's books more than allays apprehension on this score, and the increasing enthusiasm displayed by the most influential elements of the city's populace bespeaks a successful career in the future. The institution is entirely out of debt and has a snug balance in its strong box. Of the $100,000 raised for the building $27,000 was contributed by the colored people themselves. John D. Rockefeller gave $25,000, and Julius Rosenwald of Chicago gave a like amount, and the remainder was paid by the central association of this city. It is noteworthy as an example of the spirit of self helpfulness of the race that Henry W. Chase, an ex-slave, gave $500 to the building fund as an investment in the "men of tomorrow." The Lion's share of the work of planning and developing this laudable enterprise has been carried on by Lewis E. Johnson of Cleveland, O., a young man of rare energy, unfaltering courage, readiness of resource and implicit faith in the possibilities of the movement for the Christian education of the youth of the race. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH RACES IN THE SOUTH Influential Whites Condemn Lynchings and Suggest Methods of Peace. The executive committee of the southern sociological congress has issued a statement which voices the sentiments of a representative number of white southern men. The report in part is as follows: Recognizing further that the south is no exception to the nations of the world, in that its courts of justice are often more favorable to the rich than to the poor, and further recognizing the fact that the juxtaposition of a more privileged race and a less privileged race complicates this situation, we plead for courts of justice instead of mere courts of law. We plead further for a deeper sense of obligation on the part of the more privileged class to see to it that justice is done to every man and woman, white and black alike. We recognize in the next place that lynch law is no cure for the evil of crime, but is rather an aggravation, and is itself the quintessence of all crime, since it weakens law and if unchecked must finally destroy the whole bond that holds us together and makes civilization and progress possible. Other things being equal, we recognize that a crime is worse which is committed by an individual of one race upon an individual of another race and that the form of retaliation is most harmful which is visited by one race upon another. We further believe that there must be a prompt and just administration of the law in the detection and punishment of criminals, but to this must be added those influences of knowledge and of good will between the races which will more and more prevent the commission of crime. Lastly, we recognize that the economic and moral welfare of the south is greatly dependent on a better trained class of colored wage earners, and we further recognize that the state is in the business of education for the sake of making better citizens of all men, white and black alike, and thereby safeguarding the life and property of the community and upbuilding its economic prosperity. HON. RALPH W. TYLER. New Organizer of the National Negro Business League, of Which Dr. Booker T. Washington Is President. Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, auditor for the Navy, who will retire from the position in which he has so well distinguished himself as a government official has been selected by the board of directors of the National Negro Business League of the United States as national organizer of that organization. Mr. Tyler is a thoroughbred gentleman and a man of ability. By profession he is a high-class journalist and a man of national reputation. The Negro Business League, to which he has connected himself, is today the greatest factor among the colored business people in this country and it has been of great value and importance to the colored people throughout this country. Mr. Tyler will need no introduction to the people, because he is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the lakes to the gulf.—(The Wash. Bee.) PETER H. HON. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. President of Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond, Va., Fellow of Royal Society of Eugland, Editor of The Richmond Planet, Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Virginia, Probable successor of Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green. John Mitchell has been for 30 years a pioneer agitator for the Negro's Civil Rights, and has become the leading Negro Banker of today. A member of the American Bankers Association, the first Negro member of that organization. It is believed that the Eastern K. P.'s will make a great fight for his election as Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, ORDER FOR HEARING GUARDIAN'S FINAL ACCOUNT. No. 8761 In the Matter of the Guardianship of Charles A. Jeffrey, Incompetent (Now deceased). On receiving and filing the Final Account of W. C. Jeffrey as Guardian of the above named Ward, and his petition praying for settlement and allowance of said Account, IT IS ORDERED, That said petition be heard and said Account examined at a special Term of this Court to be held at the Court House, in the City of Minneapolis, in said County, on Monday the 16th day of June 1913 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that all persons interested in said matter appear before said Court at said time and place, then and there to show cause, if any there be, why said account should not be allowed. And, It is Further Ordered, That notice of such hearing be given to all persons interested therein, by publishing this Order once in each week, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in the Twin City Star a newspaper printed and published in said County. Dated at Minneapolis this 20th day of May 1913. JOHN A. DAHL, Judge of the Probate Court. May 23, 30; June 6. 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 Sioux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. Se. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leastad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are invited. Come. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 23d St. between 6th and 8th Ave. Service every Sunday 10:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday school at 12:30. Rev. F. M. 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THE NEGRO NOT INFERIOR The Negro's conspicuous lack of confidence and faith in his ability, his capacity and power to do things, is not a natural condition or a mark of self-recognized inferiority, but is the result of a powerful and universal influence that is being brought to bear against him in his fight for unconditional human rights and recognition. This demoralizing force eminates from all sources controlled by the white man—the daily newspapers, the tribunal of "Justice" and even the legislative body of the nation is constantly "suggesting" to the world and to the Negro that the race of black men are inferior, incapable and unworthy the rights and opportunities accorded the lighter-hued people of the earth. So long and so thorough has this false doctrine assailed him from every side, that he is inclined to doubt himself, and it is not without difficulty and timidity that he attempts to break the chains of exploded theories and wormout traditions. Were it ordained from God, as is frequently the contention, that the Negro is inferior, a menial, a hewer of wood and a drawer of water it would be unnecessary to engage the wealth, learning and centuries of civilization in the futile effort of those who seek to "help God" keep him so. That the black race, advantages the same, is mentally, morally, or physically inferior to any other race of humans, has been time and time again refuted, and by concrete example proven utterly without substantial foundation. The white races of Europe—the founders of modern civilization—were not always in the ascendency, nor will they always be. In obedience to the natural law—the perpetually revolving cycle of man's destiny—races rise and fall. Unprejudiced history records, that in the dim and distant past, the present powerful and jealous masters of the earth, were wild, skin clad savage tribes, when the black man enjoyed a civilization, a knowledge of the arts and sciences, far surpassing even that of today. The Negro himself, as a freeman, is largely responsible for his present predicament. In the first place he lacks organization, and seemingly the desire to organize properly and effectively; secondly, he is entirely too willing to accept a compromise, while others, less entitled, demand and get full measure. The American nation respects a fighter, and in the same degree despares a coward. Contending and not cringing, unity and not factions, these, combined with the education which teaches that human superiority or inferiority is reckoned according to the degree of human efficiency, and not by the amount of coloring matter in the skin, are the ultimate means by which the Negro in America will be emancipated from a second slavery, in many respects more galling and oppressive than the first.—The Colored (Petersburg) Virginian.) "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. Subscribe for the Star. THE STRUGGLES OF THE LOWLY WISDOM OF W. V. CHAMBLISS Opportunity Afforded Through Southern Improvement Company For Ownership of Land and Homes—Movement Started by Alexander Purves. "Big Hungry Beat's" Growth. By WILLIAM ANTHONY AERY. William V. Chambliss, a graduate of Tuskegee institute, has managed very successfully for twelve years the Southern Improvement company, which was started by Alexander Purves, a white business man of Philadelphia, who, as the treasurer of Hampton institute, gave his life for the advancement of colored Americans. Mr. Purves' aim was to give the colored people in Macon county, Ala., the opportunity of buying land and owning homes on the most favorable terms. Mr. Chambill says of the struggles of the company that "after a great deal of travel we had to decide upon land that was so poor that no one else wanted it. We succeeded finally in securing about 4,000 acres a few miles west of Tuskegee in a community known as 'big hungry beat.' "The Southern Improvement company was organized under the laws of the state of New York. Its object has been to help poor people who had no home to buy one. "At the same time it has given them the opportunity of improving their general condition. The whole plan was a philanthropic idea conceived by Mr. Purves. The company has been conducted strictly on business principles. After the land had been surveyed and laid off in twenty, forty, sixty and eighty acre plots attention was given to the building of houses, the securing of tenants and the clearing of land for farming. "To keep down the expense of the company we sawed our own lumber, made shingles and manufactured bricks. It was a very hard task at first to convince the people that the Southern Improvement company was their friend and meant to help them. I tried to get some men on the place who had some live stock, some tools and some food for themselves and for their animals. Men were advised by their friends, white and black, that the land which we offered them was too poor to make a living on and was not worth buying. "The first year we succeeded in getting fourteen men to try the experiment. Only one man had a mule and a few tools. To the others we had to furnish everything. After the first year we had no trouble in getting all the men we wanted. Occasionally, however, we have had some difficulty getting rid of a few we did not want. "Seventy odd cottages, none of them with less than two rooms and most of them with three, four and five rooms, are now occupied on the Southern Improvement company land by about 500 happy and contented colored people. Under our form of lease contract a tenant is allowed seven years in which to pay for his land and dwelling. We have had some men go on their tract of land with nothing behind them except a few debts. "They have literally made a start in the woods—have cleared their farms, have cared for their families and have paid for forty acres, a cottage, a mule, a wagon and some tools—all in five years. One tenant with a large family came to us when he owed a Tuskegee merchant $348. We paid the debt for him and moved him out into the woods where there was not an acre cleared. Within four years he wiped out all his indebtedness and received $215 in cash from the company. This tenant has bought another tract of forty acres. "It has been our hope that in making a landowner out of a poor tenant we would make a good neighbor and a better citizen. In this we succeeded. The tenants have learned that the Southern Improvement company has meant all it said and has done for them a great deal more than it has ever promised. The community of 'big hungry beat' now has better churches, better schoolhouses, better preachers and better teachers. "On the company land there is a nice brick schoolhouse, built at a cost of about $1,500. The building is well equipped. The school has two good teachers. Local farmers' conferences, mothers' meetings and other social gatherings are held in the Purves school. A steam gin and gristmill serve the company's tenants and the general public." Mr. Robert C. Ogden of New York has said: "The removal of Mr. Purves gave to our company a staggering blow from which our plans can never recover. The moral and material results anticipated by him will not be realized, but nevertheless we have not failed, and the measure of success attained is due to the loyalty and fidelity of the responsible people associated with him in the active service of the company." Edward Smyth Jones Winning Success. Edward Smyth Jones, author of "The Silvan Cabin" and other poems of rare merit, is meeting with much success in his literary work. Mr. Jones is taking a special course of study at Columbia university, New York. TWIN CITY STAR HIS PAST DIDN'T BOTHER HIM. When Swinburne Was Very Close Unto Death by Drowning. In Mr. Edmund Gosse's reminiscent article, "Swinburne at Eretat," in the Cornhill Magazine he relates the poet's bathing adventure that nearly cost him his life in the late summer of 1868. The timely appearance of a fishing smack on the scene prevented the premature silencing of the voice that was presently to entrance the world (or some part of it) with the "Songs Before Sunrise." "I asked him," writes Mr. Gosse, "what he thought about in that dreadful contingency, and he replied that he had no experience of what people often profess to witness—the concentrated panorama of past life hurrying across the memory. He did not reflect on the past at all. He was filled with annoyance that he had not finished his 'Songs Before Sunrise' and then with satisfaction that so much of it was ready for the press and that Mazsni would be pleased with him. "And then he continued. 'I reflected with resignation that I was exactly the same age as Shelley was when he was drowned.' (This, however, was not the case. Swinburne had reached that age in March, 1867, but this was part of a curious delusion of Swinburne's that he was younger by two or three years than his real age.) Then when he began to be, I suppose, a little benumbed by the water his thoughts fixed on the clothes he had left on the beach, and he worried his clouded brain about some unfinished veres in the pocket of his coat." So here again, comments the Dial, we have an instance of the failure of an actor in a real life drama to rise to the dramatic possibilities of his part. They do these things better in fiction. SULPHUR SHOWERS. Net Sulphur at All, Only the Pollen Grains of Pine Trees. Many persons are aware that in spring, and especially in early spring, it happens that after a shower the edge of every pool of water in the streets and along the sidewalks will be bordered by a rim of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates this ring remains as a fine powdery mass, so much resembling sulphur as to have given rise to the name "sulphur shower." This so called sulphur is, of course, not sulphur at all. When examined under the microscope it is found to be made up of a mass of the yellowish pollen grains of pine trees. Instead of consisting of a single cell, as do most pollen grains, that of the pine consists of three cells, the two larger end ones being filled with air and the other containing the ordinary fertilizing principle. The two air containing cells are larger than the other and act as balloons to buoy it up in the air. In pines and allied trees fertilization of the cones, by which they are enabled to set and develop seeds, is accomplished by the wind—that is, the pollen is produced in immense quantities and is transported through the air to the cones, which are often on separate, widely distant trees. Thus it often happens that the pollen gets up in the higher currents of the air, is carried for long distances and is only brought down to the earth by the rain, producing the so called shower of sulphur.-Harper's Weekly. When you are perspiring furiously in the dog days it may or may not console you to think that an ordinary field of wheat is giving off moisture quite as furiously. Between the months of April and July, according to Sir James Dewar, a field of wheat perspires sufficient moisture to cover the surface of its ground to a depth of nine inches. Another interesting fact is that it requires three and a half pounds of water to produce sixteen grains of wheat. Speaking of the solar radiation in tropical places, Sir James says that in six hours about four-tenths of a square mile receives heat equivalent to the combustion of 1,000 tons of coal, while an area of 1,300 square miles receives in one year heat equivalent to 1,000,000,000 tons of coal—the whole estimated coal output of Europe and America.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Drummer's Tender Heart. The commercial traveler had just finished a story of a disastrous fire, in which his firm suffered severely. "And what did you do when you heard of it on your journey?" inquired his friend. "Oh, I sent the boss a long telegram of sympathy! He likes that kind of thing. Cost me half a crown." "Half a crown" exclaimed the other incredulously. "Oh, I charged it to my expenses, of course" explained the traveler. Kindly feeling and thoughtful economy could go no further.—Manchester Guardian. Guest—Walter; are you sure this is oxtail soup? Walter—Yessuh. Guest—But I've found a tooth in it. How do you account for that? Walter—Well. I don't know, suh; but I reckon dat ox must have been biting his tail—Sphinx. In a Bad Way. "My friends," declaimed an orator during a convention—"my friends, I say to you that this great republic of ours is standing on the brink of an abscess"—Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Sloth, like rust; consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Benjamin Franklin. How Wheat Perspires. Plausible Exouse. In a Bad Way. 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The Negro's conspicuous lack of confidence and faith in his ability, his capacity and power to do things, is not a natural condition or a mark of self-recognized inferiority, but is the result of a powerful and universal influence that is being brought to bear against him in his fight for unconditional human rights and recognition. This demoralizing force eminates from all sources controlled by the white man—the daily newspapers, the tribunal of "Justice" and even the legislative body of the nation is constantly "suggesting" to the world and to the Negro that the race of black men are inferior, incapable and unworthy the rights and opportunities accorded the lighter-hued people of the earth. So long and so thorough has this false doctrine assailed him from every side, that he is inclined to doubt himself, and it is not without difficulty and timidity that he attempts to break the chains of exploded theories and wormout traditions. Were it ordained from God, as is frequently the contention, that the Negro is inferior, a menial, a hewer of wood and a drawer of water it would be unnecessary to engage the wealth, learning and centuries of civilization in the futile effort of those who seek to "help God" keep him so. That the black race, advantages the same, is mentally, morally, or physically inferior to any other race of humans, has been time and time again refuted, and by concrete example proven utterly without substantial foundation. The white races of Europe—the founders of modern civilization—were not always in the ascendency, nor will they always be. In obedience to the natural law—the perpetually revolving cycle of man's destiny—races rise and fall. Unprejudiced history records, that in the dim and distant past, the present powerful and jealous masters of the earth, were wild, skin clad savage tribes, when the black man enjoyed a civilization, a knowledge of the arts and sciences, far surpassing even that of today. Intentional Duplicate Exposure The Negro himself, as a freeman, is largely responsible for his present predicament. In the first place he lacks organization, and seemingly the desire to organize properly and effectively; secondly, he is entirely too willing to accept a compromise, while others, less entitled, demand and get full measure. The American nation respects a fighter, and in the same degree despises a coward. Contending and not cringing, unity and not factions, these, combined with the education which teaches that human superiority or inferiority is reckoned according to the degree of human efficiency, and not by the amount of coloring matter in the skin, are the ultimate means by which the Negro in America will be emancipated from a second slavery, in many respects more galling and oppressive than the first.—The Colored (Petersburg) Virginian.) "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 STRUGGLES OF THE LOWLY WISDOM OF W. V. CHAMBLISS Opportunity Afforded Through Southern Improvement Company For Ownership of Land and Homes—Movement Started by Alexander Purves. "Big Hungry Beat" Growth. BY WILLIAM ANTHONY ABRY. William V. Chambiss, a graduate of Tuskegee institute, has managed very successfully for twelve years the Southern Improvement company, which was started by Alexander Purves, a white business man of Philadelphia, who, as the treasurer of Hampton institute, gave his life for the advancement of colored Americans. Mr. Purves' aim was to give the colored people in Macon county, Ala., the opportunity of buying land and owning homes on the most favorable terms. Mr. Chambliss says of the struggles of the company that "after a great deal of travel we had to decide upon land that was so poor that no one else wanted it. We succeeded finally in securing about 4,000 acres a few miles west of Tuskegee in a community known as 'big hungry beat.' "The Southern Improvement company was organized under the laws of the state of New York. Its object has been to help poor people who had no home to buy one. "At the same time it has given them the opportunity of improving their general condition. The whole plan was a philanthropic idea conceived by Mr. Purvee. The company has been conducted strictly on business principles. After the land had been surveyed and laid off in twenty, forty, sixty and eighty acre plots attention was given to the building of houses, the securing of tenants and the clearing of land for farming. "To keep down the expense of the company we sawed our own lumber, made shingles and manufactured bricks. It was a very hard task at first to convince the people that the Southern Improvement company was their friend and meant to help them. I tried to get some men on the place who had some live stock, some tools and some food for themselves and for their animals. Men were advised by their friends, white and black, that the land which we offered them was too poor to make a living on and was not worth buying. "The first year we succeeded in getting fourteen men to try the experiment. Only one man had a mule and a few tools. To the others we had to furnish everything. After the first year we had no trouble in getting all the men we wanted. Occasionally, however, we have had some difficulty getting rid of a few we did not want." "Seventy odd cottages, none of them with less than two rooms and most of them with three, four and five rooms, are now occupied on the Southern Improvement company land by about 500 happy and contented colored people. Under our form of lease contract a tenant is allowed seven years in which to pay for his land and dwelling. We have had some men go on their tract of land with nothing behind them except a few debts. "They have literally made a start in the woods—have cleared their farms, have cared for their families and have paid for forty acres, a cottage, a mule, a wagon and some tools—all in five years. One tenant with a large family came to us when he owed a Tuskegee merchant $348. We paid the debt for him and moved him out into the woods where there was not an acre cleared. Within four years he wiped out all his indebtedness and received $215 in cash from the company. This tenant has bought another tract of forty acres. "It has been our hope that in making a landowner out of a poor tenant we would make a good neighbor and a better citizen. In this we succeeded. The tenants have learned that the Southern Improvement company has meant all it said and has done for them a great deal more than it has ever promised. The community of 'big hungry beat' now has better churches, better schoolhouses, better preachers and better teachers. "On the company land there is a nice brick schoolhouse, built at a cost of about $1,500. The building is well equipped. The school has two good teachers. Local farmers' conferences, mothers' meetings and other social gatherings are held in the Purves school. A steam gin and gristmill serve the company's tenants and the general public." Mr. Robert C. Ogden of New York has said: "The removal of Mr. Purves gave to our company a staggering blow from which our plans can never recover. The moral and material results anticipated by him will not be realized, but nevertheless we have not failed, and the measure of success attained is due to the loyalty and idulity of the responsible people associated with him in the active service of the company." Edward Smyth Jones Winning Success. Edward Smyth Jones, author of "The Silvan Cabin" and other poems of rare merit, is meeting with much success in his literary work. Mr. Jones is taking a special course of study at Columbia university, New York. TWIN CITY STAR When Swinburne Was Very Close Until Death, Jr. Death by Drowning. In Mr. Edmund Gosse's reminiscent article, "Swinburne at Eretat," in the Cornhill Magazine he relates the poet's bathing adventure that nearly cost him his life in the late summer of 1868. The timely appearance of a fishing smack on the scene prevented the premature silencing of the voice that was presently to entrance the world (or some part of it) with the "Songs Before Sunrise." "I asked him," writes Mr. Gosse, "what he thought about in that dreadful contingency, and he replied that he had no experience of what people often profess to witness—the concentrated panorama of past life hurrying across the memory. He did not reflect on the past at all. He was filled with annoyance that he had not finished his 'Songs Before Sunrise' and then with satisfaction that so much of it was ready for the press and that Massini would be pleased with him. "And then he continued. 'I reflected with resignation that I was exactly the same age as Shelley was when he was drowned.' (This, however, was not the case. Swinburne had reached that age in March, 1867, but this was part of a curious delusion of Swinburne's that he was younger by two or three years than his real age). Then when he began to be, I suppose, a little benumbed by the water his thoughts fixed on the clothes he had left on the beach, and he worried his clouded brain about some unfinished verses in the pocket of his coat." So here again, comments the Dial, we have an instance of the failure of an actor in a real life drama to rise to the dramatic possibilities of his part. They do these things better in fiction. SULPHUR SHOWERS. Not Sulphur at All. Only the Pollen Grains of Pine Trees. Many persons are aware that in spring, and especially in early spring, it happens that after a shower the edge of every pool of water in the streets and along the sidewalks will be bordered by a rim of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates this ring remains as a fine powdery mass, so much resembling sulphur as to have given rise to the name "sulphur shower." This so called sulphur is, of course, not sulphur at all. When examined under the microscope it is found to be made up of a mass of the yellowish pollen grains of pine trees. Instead of consisting of a single cell, as do most pollen grains, that of the pine consists of three cells, the two larger end ones being filled with air and the other containing the ordinary fertilizing principle. The two air containing cells are larger than the other and act as balloons to buoy it up in the air. In pines and allied trees fertilization of the cones, by which they are enabled to set and develop seeds, is accomplished by the wind—that is, the pollen is produced in immense quantities and is transported through the air to the cones, which are often on separate, widely distant trees. Thus it often happens that the pollen gets up in the higher currents of the air, is carried for long distances and is only brought down to the earth by the rain, producing the so called shower of sulphur—Harper's Weekly. When you are perspiring furiously in the dog days it may or may not console you to think that an ordinary field of wheat is giving off moisture quits as furiously. Between the months of April and July, according to Sir James Dewar, a field of wheat perspires sufficient moisture to cover the surface of its ground to a depth of nine inches. Another interesting fact is that it requires three and a half pounds of water to produce sixteen grains of wheat. Speaking of the solar radiation in tropical places, Sir James says that in six hours about four-tenths of a square mile receives heat equivalent to the combustion of 1,000 tons of coal, while an area of 1,300 square miles receives in one year heat equivalent to 1,000,000 tons of coal—the whole estimated coal output of Europe and America.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Drummers Tender Heart The commercial traveler had just finished a story of a disastrous fire, in which his firm suffered severely. "And what did you do when you heard of it on your journey?" inquired his friend. "Oh, I sent the boss a long telegram of sympathy! He likes that kind of thing. Cost me half a crown." "Half a crown!" exclaimed the other incredulously. "Oh, I charged it to my expenses, of course," explained the traveler. Kindly feeling and thoughtful economy could go no further.—Manchester Guardian. Plausible Exouse. Guest—Walter, are you sure this is extall soup? Walter—Yessuh. Guest—But I've found a tooth in it. How do you account for that? Walter—Well, I don't know, sub; but I reckon dat ox must have been biting his tail—Sphinx. In a Bad Way. "My friends," declaimed an orator during a convention—"my friends, I say to you that this great republic of ours is standing on the brink of an abscess"—Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Sloth, like rust; consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Benjamin Franklin. How Wheat Perspires. THE MARSHAL STREET MUSEUM THE CARVER HOTEL On All Car Lines 1308-10 WASHINGTON AVE. 80. 28 Newly Furnished Rooms. By Day, Week or Month. Special Rates to Theatrical People. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. W. Phone Main 863 BARBER SHOP AND BATHS. DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. A. SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 PHONE: N. W. NIC 2724 HOTEL JONES 1109 SO. SECOND ST. Madame Emma Taylor Jones PROPRIETOR 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, Nic. 3112. M. W. JUDY, MGB. Labor Temple 720 South 4th St. Minn. Cor. 1st Ave. S. and 5th St. Minneapolis B. FINK MERCANTILE CO. Cor. Third and Robert St., ST. PA SPECIAL SALE OF WINES AND LIQUORS $3.20—Four full quarts Old Style Bottled in Bond Montrose Whiskey—5 years old. $3.00—per gallon Pure California Brandy—Aged in Bond. $2.50—Four full quarts Old Hickory Grove Whiskey. $1.50—per gallon Old Port, Sherry, Tokay or Catawaba. $2.50—Four large bottles Virginia Dare Wine—Garrett & Co. $3.25—per gallon Pure Grain Alcohol, full strength. $3.00—per gallon Golden Gate Apricot Brandy. Money refunded if not satisfied. Send postal for price list. EXPRESS PREPAID to all points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakotas and Montana. Out-of-town mall 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. Nic. 9834 Baths, Shoe Shining and Billiards ARTISTS'- JACOB REDMOND, J. WRIGHT, H. M. KENNEDY BEN. MARIENHOFF FASHIONABLE TAILOR Phone N. W. 4398 318 HENNEPIN AVE. Makes Good Clothes at Moderate Prices SPFCIAL DESIGNS or SPRING and SUMMER 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. F. PEOPLES REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Contractor and Builder Office Phone ..... N. W. Nlc. 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. GEO. W. NELSON'S DRUG STORE MY GOODS ARE RIGHT T. S. Center 3638 MY PRICE'S ARE RIGHT N. W. Nic. 9886 I WANT YOUR BUSINESS Prescriptions carefully compounded—Toilet Articles. 121 S. 6 ST. Defective