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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL Defective Page VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents a special pleader at the bar of public opinion. We are the delegated champions of an oppressed race. The average newspaper, whether published in the city or town, must depend upon its local advertising patronage for maintenance. It is essential, therefore, that we build up and maintain a large local circulation. I hold that the most practical way to get this is to place special emphasis upon local news." The advantages of a reciprocal news service was discussed by Mr. James H. Anderson, editor of the Amsterdam News, New York city. His views on the subject were practical and showed that he had given much study to the subject. Others assigned to this subject were James A. Ross of Detroit, Mich., and H. M. Gilliane of Denison, Tex. "The Press and Public Opinion" was the subject of an able address delivered on Monday night by T. Thomas Fortune. Mr. John C. Dancy, secretary of the A. M. E. Zion Church Extension, opened the discussion following Mr. Fortune's address. The first subject discussed Tuesday morning was "Plate Service For Weekly Newspapers." The speaker was N. B. Dodson, editor of the Afro-American page of the American Press Association, New York. Mr. Dodson gave an interesting story of the service, how it was founded, how operated and the great good which had been accomplished on account of its economic value to editors. The discussion of this subject engaged the attention of the convention for over an hour. The service was highly commended, not only by newspaper men, but by the clergy, business and professional men. It was indorsed by the executive committee, and each editor was requested to use the service as regularly as possible. "Paying Advertisements and How to Get Them" was discussed by Hunter C. Haynes, New York; G. Grant Williams, Philadelphia; J. Finley Wilson, Baltimore; T. Thomas Harrison, Cambridge, Mass. Among the ladies who took part in the various discussions were Miss Annie May Vann, head of the subscription department of the Journal and Guide, Norfolk; Mrs. M. C. Kinner of the St. Louis Advance and Mrs. E. Pearl Delarte of New York. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, John H. Murphy, editor of the Afro-American Ledger. Baltimore; first vice president, Joseph L. Jones, editor Pythian Monitor, Cincinnati; second vice president, Rev. S. J. Jones, Philadelphia; corresponding secretary, Henry Allan Boyd, Nashville. Tenn.; recording secretary, W. H. Craighead, editor of the Advocate-Verdict, Harrisburg. Pa.; assistant recording secretary, Mrs. M. C. Kinner, St. Louis, Mo.; treasurer, Dr. L. G. Jordan, Philadelphia; chairman of the executive committee, N. B. Dodson, New York. In a recent interview concerning the sweeping decision handed down by the United States supreme court nullifying the civil rights act, a prominent New York lawyer says, "The federal civil rights law has been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, but this does not extend to the state statutes. "Inasmuch as New York state has a law known as the civil rights law (section 40 and 41 thereof), making it not only a misdemeanor for any inn keeper, theater proprietor or other public place to discriminate against a colored person or any other person by reason of race, creed or color, but also imposing a fine upon such person for the benefit of the person injured of not less than $100 nor more than $500, each such injured person, pursuant to the laws as they now stand in New DISCUSSED BY JOURNALISTS SEVERAL ABLE PAPERS READ President John H. Murphy at the Annual Meeting In Philadelphia Told How to Secure Better News Service. P. B. Young Spoke on Intricate Problems of Publishers. Philadelphia.—With 126 publications represented the fifth annual meeting of the National Negro Press association was called to order in Cherry Memorial Baptist chuch in this city Monday morning, Aug. 18. N. B. Dodson, chairman of the executive committee, after making brief introductory remarks, introduced Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., editor of the Christian Recorder and chairman of the local committee on entertainment, who presided over the meeting, during which time addresses of welcome were made by Christopher J. Perry, editor of the Tribune, and Dr. William M. Slowe. The response to these addresses was made by Mr. Charles Stewart of Chicago. Abstracts from the proceedings of the Chicago meeting, 1912, and the midwinter meeting held in this city February, 1913, were read by Mr. Henry Allan Boyd, corresponding secretary. Mr. Boyd's report showed that a great work had been accomplished. The membership has been increased to 103. A newspaper directory, printers and publishers' guide, has been compiled, printed and distributed to members of the association. The directory gives the number of publications in each state, name of editors, when issued and kind of paper, whether secular or religious. It is illustrated with pictures of some of the general officers of the association, various cuts showing portions of the plant of the National Baptist Publishing House in Nashville, Tenn., and other display advertisements. It carries a grouped picture of four of the oldest and best known editors among our people, such as John H Murphy, editor of the Afro-American Ledger of Baltimore; William H. Stewart, thirty-three years editor of the American Baptist in Louisville; Christopher J. Perry, twenty-nine years editor of the Tribune, and T. Thomas Fortune, who is recognized as the dean of the quill brigade. Mr. Fortune is the founder and was for over twenty-five years editor of the New York Age. "How to Secure Better News Service to Our Papers" was the subject for discussion for the afternoon session Monday. Mr. J. H. Murphy read the able paper, giving various suggestions as to how to secure quicker news service and how all papers belonging to the association might combine to syndicate the news to each other weekly. Mr. Murphy's paper was referred to the executive committee for action. Following this discussion Mr. P. B. Young, editor of the Norfolk Virginia Journal and Guide, read an interesting paper on "Expert Methods of Extending Newspaper Circulation and the Management of Agents." Mr. Young said: "That these were two of the most intricate problems with which publishers have to deal. The methods of which I am speaking are those which have been used from time to time in my experience and may be familiar to all. If you have tried them all, you have gained some experience and perhaps results. If you have not tried them all you are fortunate in some respects, as some of them are experimental and expensive. Getting subscriptions is an easy proposition, but holding subscribers is the real problem. "I have reached the conclusion that there is one practical way to hold subscribers and that is to create a public demand for your newspaper. There was a time when the personality of the editor, as the chief asset for the newspaper in building and extending its circulation, but that time has passed. We young men cannot build our papers with the same kind of material with which Mr. Fortune built the Age or Mr. Perry built the Tribune. The American people want news first and opinion last. You will find three-fourths of your average readers more interested in the news column than in the editorial. "I do not wish to discount the value of the editorial page as a circulation builder, for few newspapers in the age of new mania attain more than a local reputation unless they maintain a strong and forceful editorial page. Every Negro newspaper is regarded as PRESIDENT JOHN S. MURPHY. CALLAGHAN UPHOLDS NEW YORK CIVIL RIGHTS LAW. Georgia Curry Wine Her Case Against Fox Varieties Company. York state, has an absolute right to sue and receive a balm for his injured feelings whenever he is discriminated against by reason of his color, religion or creed." The reason for this view of the matter is that this particular lawyer was counsel for Georgia Curry verses Fox Varieties company (the owners of Fox's Folly theater in Brooklyn), which case was tried before Mr. Justice Callaghan in the Third district municipal court, Brooklyn. Mr. Justice Callaghan, after going through the opinion of that case very thoroughly, and all other authorities cited by the attorneys for plaintiff and defendant in their respective briefs, decided that the civil rights law of New York state was not unconstitutional, and that the decision of the United States supreme court in the case of Butts versus Merchants and Miners' Transportation company does not in any way affect the New York state law. On the contrary it strengthens it and gives it more vehement, and accordingly judgment for the plaintiff against the Fox Varieties company was rendered in the sum of $150. The Georgia Curry in question was a colored woman who had been asked to vacate an orchestra seat in the theater. THE DIXIE HOSPITAL Excellent Equipment of a New Institution Near Hampton, Va. When the new quarters of the Hamilton Training School For Nurses and the Dixie hospital were opened this summer to the public between seven and eight hundred visitors inspected the building. Two days later the nurses and their patients had the long anticipated pleasure of moving into it. The Dixie hospital is the only public hospital on the Virginia peninsula, and the new building and equipment equal if they do not surpass those of any other hospital in the state. The institution was founded in 1801 by Miss Alice M. Bacon and during the twenty-two years of its history has cared for nearly 4,300 patients, while 188 colored nurses have taken courses in the training school. Its present situation is an excellent one, being on the trolley line between Old Point Comfort and Hampton, the site of the former residence of President Tyler, near the Hampton bridge, the grounds extending from the street back to Hampton creek. The substantial brick building, standing well back from the street and shaded by fine trees, is in the form of a double cross and consists of three stories and basement. Its total length from front to back is 168 feet and its total width about 100 feet. The wing facing the street, separated from the hospital by a solid brick wall above the kitchen floor, is the nurses' home and will accommodate forty nurses, twenty-five being at present in residence. Sitting and sewing rooms, a shady plaza and separate dining and serving rooms help to make the home most comfortable and pleasant. The front of the building, with its southern exposure, sunny plazas and rooms looking over the water, is most attractive. On the first floor are wards, private rooms and diet kitchens for colored patients and on the second floor the same provision for white patients. Besides the four wards on these floors, there are two overflow wards in the third story and fourteen private rooms in all. The construction is of the latest type advised for hospitals, with no panels in the doors and no corners in the rooms, dark window shades, moving both up and down, and the very best sanitary equipment in toilets and bathrooms. The operating and sterilizing rooms, situated in the center of the building and near the elevator from the receiving room, into which the ambulance entrance opens, are provided with the most up to date appliances possible to obtain. Besides the rooms mentioned, there are the necessary administrative offices and rooms for the doctors and hospital staff. Sixty patients can easily be accommodated. The greatest interest in the hospital has been shown by both the white and colored people of the community, who are proud to have such an institution in their midst. Gifts have come in for its building and equipment according to the means of the donors, from the $10,000 of the rich to the 25 cents of the poor. Generous material donations have been made by numerous friends, especially by the King's Daughters' society of the town and by the Dixie league, an association of colored people. Publishers Praise Church Officials. The National Negro Press association is loud in praise of Dr. William A. Creditt, pastor, and other officials of the Cherry Memorial Baptist church. Philadelphia, for courtesies shown at the recent meeting of the association held in their church. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c SMOKE THE RELIABLE CONVENTION OF BUSINESS LEAGUE National Body Held Inspiring Sessions In Philadelphia. BIG INCENTIVE TO THE RACE Most Forcible Address by Booker T. Washington In Defense of His Countrymen Thrilled His Audience—Number of Important Topics Discussed by the Delegates Philadelphia.—The fourteenth annual meeting of the National Negro Business league, which finished its three days' session in this city Friday, will go down in history as the most successful meeting ever held up to this time. It was successful in point of attendance, interesting program and as to arrangements for the entertainment of guests. The Negro business men of this city sustained the traditional reputation of Philadelphiaans for hospitality. Beginning with the opening session at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, there was not a dull session during the meeting nor a moment when interest and earnestness was not intense. Too much praise for the success attending the local arrangements cannot be accorded Charles H. Brooks, chairman of the committee of arrangements, and his energetic assistants on that committee. Of course the greatest interest centered in the address of Dr. Booker T. Washington, which was delivered Wednesday night at the Academy of Music. The speaker when he arose faced a veritable sea of faces. Every available space in that vast amphitheater was occupied by men and women of every nationality, eager to catch the inspiring words of the race's greatest leader. The applause, tumultuous and spontaneous, which greeted him told better than any word description how high they held him and how deep rooted is the confidence of the race reposed in him. Five thousand people sat before him, at times convulsed with laughter at his humorous sayings, at times speechless in admiration, again enthralled by his forcible eloquence. The doctor drove home to the hearts of his great audience his arguments in favor of the necessity of character building, industrial and commercial development within the race and the cultivating of the respect of the best white citizens. His defense of his race was the strongest yet heard coming from his lips, and his optimism—his expressed confidence in the belief that present handicaps simply constitute an incentive to a forward movement which must eventually batter down every wall erected by race prejudice—was infectious. He reviewed the record of the race made during the fifty years of freedom which this year marks. He presented a brilliant panorama of the race's progress from abject slavery and miserable poverty to a free people with possessions amounting to over $700,000,000. He figuratively drew aside the curtain which separates the future to show where the achievements of the first fifty years of freedom, now almost in retrospect, would land the race when the century of freedom had been recorded. The famed constructive Negro statesman was at his best. Every word he uttered went straight home to abide with his audience as a constant promoter to highest achievements. And when he concluded and sat down amid prolonged applause—applause whose spontaneity showed how thoroughly the speaker had his audience with him—every one in that vast assemblage felt that there was a Moses, with divine inspiration, who had been sent to lead his people up and out of the slough of despondency to the high plane of useful activity, a leader who means to make his race dwell more upon the permanent good which can be achieved rather than upon the obstructions in the form of unjust race discrimination and restriction which he at no time justifies, but condemn, and which, at best, can be but a temporary hindrance to a race determined to succeed. Following the calling of the national body to order by Dr. A. B. Jackson, president of the local league, and the appointment of the various committees, a number of topics were discussed by delegates who had previously been assigned to speak on them. Among the subjects spoken on at the Wednesday morning session were "Potato Growing." "Making Farming Pay." "Growing and Marketing Watermelons and Cantaloupes." "Poultry Raising" and "Building and Contracting." Wednesday afternoon John Wannamaker received the delegates in the IN MEMORIAM Twin City Citizens will honor his memory in our churches Sept. 21, 1913. HON. FRED. L. McGHEE Died Sept. 19, 1912. AGITATOR FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. famous Egyptian hall of his Broad street store, after which the members were conducted through the establishment. Following this, automobiles were placed at the service of all for a sightseeing ride about the city. At the Wednesday evening session, following the address of welcome by Director of Public Safety Porter, in the absence of the mayor, and the address of Dr. Washington, the following subjects were discussed by assigned speakers: "Managing a Line of Drug Stores." "The Retail Drug Business." "Real Estate and Building." "Making Bootblacking Pay." "Shoe Polish Manufacturing" and "The Work of the Virginia Organization Society." At the Thursday morning session the following subjects were discussed: "Experience as an Architect and Builder." "Tailoring." "Colored Cleaners and Dyers" Association." "General Merchandising." "Back to the Country," being a symposium discussion; "The $100,000 Cotton Oil Seed Mill at Mound Bayou." "Organizing the First Old Line Legal Reserve Insurance Company." "Development of Industrial Insurance." "The Negro Inventor." "The Hauling and Express Business." Thursday evening's subjects were "The Negro Town-The Opportunities It Affords;" "Negro Occupations in Philadelphia," "Electrical Engineering," "Catering," "A Kitchen Supply Company," "Experience and Success in the Grocery Business," "Dressmaking as a Profession," "Manufacturing Hair Preparations," "Negro Business Development in Kansas," "My Steam Bakery" and "The Place of Education in Business." Friday's topics were "The Negro Banker," "The Negro Undertaker," "The Negro Bank Association," "Packing and Shipping Furniture," "Wholesale Commission Produce" and "Ice Cream Manufacturing." The arrangements for the entertainment of the guests included, among other things, a banquet Friday night and an excursion Saturday up the Delaware river as far as Burlington island and a visit to League island, where the visitors were shown aboard the mighty sea fighters of Uncle Sam lying there at anchor. The banquet was attended by fully 1,000. It was held in Horticultural hall, Philadelphia's most splendid assembly hall, which was brilliantly decorated and illuminated for the occasion. The decorations, the handsome women in stunning gowns, men in full evening dress and entracing music presented the most brilliant sight ever witnessed among the Negroes of the Quaker City. It was the consensus of opinion here that no meeting of Negroes heretofore held in this city made such a splendid impression or was more inspiring or served as great an incentive to the race as this meeting of the National Negro Business league. The white citizens, conscious of the splendid effect it would have and fully appreciative of the character of men it would bring to the city, vied with the Negroes in doing honor to the visitors. The influence left will doubtless be shown in the establishing of many new business enterprises and the improvement and expansion of those already established. Largest Mutual Beneficial Society. The Southern Beneficial league in New York city is the largest in number and strongest in finance of any organization of its kind composed of colored men from the south in any of the northern states. The financial membership numbers 628. The league was organized twenty-four years ago. Its bank account at the last annual report was $19,000. Paul Hargrave is president of the league. No. 50 PROMOTER OF GOOD WORK. Influence of the Rev. O. S. Bullock Among the Masses. By GEORGE F. KING. High Point, N. C.--One of the leading factors in the development of the young Afro-Americans in this section of North Carolina is the Rev. O. S. Bullock. He is unpretentious, yet admired by all classes of people of both races. At the recent Baptist state Sunday school convention held in Charlotte he most effectively helped to shape the progressive policy of the convention, conserving the spiritual side and creating a pronounced enthusiasm for the cause of home and foseign missions. The western section of North Carolina is rapidly becoming a manufacturing section. This town is called the "Grand Rapids of the south." In its ascendance in the manufacturing world it has made a place for a class of Afro-American artisans, and this creates a condition that requires an intelligent, energetic ministry with strong character. In the Rev. O. S. Bullock, A. B., A. M. S. T. B., a graduate of Lincoln university, the Afro-Americans of North Carolina have one of the strongest and most sane leaders among them. This is evidenced in the manner in which he asserts himself for the good of the masses of the race in this section. The civic condition of Afro-Americans in this city is better in many instances than other places with a population found in the south. A striking example of the popularity of Dr. Bullock is found in the fact that he is assisted in all his activities by people of both races and of all denominations. His broadness and ability to reach the lowly element of the race make the religious and civic endeavors of Afro-Americans a tangible product for the uplift of the race. He has largely helped to break down strife among REV. O. S. BULLOCK. the various denominations, especially in a number of towns and cities among our people. Rev. Bullock is pastor of the First Baptist church, this city, which is his first pastorate. When he came here the congregation was worshiping in a wooden structure and was not organized for the effective work that it is now doing. In his characteristic manner of harnessing forces he imbued his people with the spirit of "self help" and erected a beautiful modern $10,000 brick church. The present indebtedness of the church is only $800. The members and friends raised $2,000, and the white people contributed $100. Rev. Bullock is recording secretary of the state Baptist Sunday school convention. He helped to accentuate the cause of missions at the recent Sunday school convention. An active campaign has been started by the convention to promote the cause of missions, and throughout North Carolina there is a deep awakening among all denominations for the promotion of a broad and comprehensive campaign for the success of reaching the unreached. Bright Outlook For Keysville School. Professor Allen J. Goode, principal of the Keysville (Va.) Industrial school, has made a splendid record as an organizer and leader in educational work. The Keysville school has been put upon a good working basis through his uniting efforts. The trustees of the institution are giving the principal fine support in his efforts to secure funds for another school building, which is so much needed to accommodate the large number of prospective students, whose applications have already been received for the coming term. The school has the endorsement of the Jeanes Fund school board and others of like character. Odd Fellows to Honor John P. Hayden. The Odd Fellows' Hall association, Pittsburgh, will hold a large reception at Union Labor temple in honor of District Grand Master John P. Hayden on Thursday evening, Sept. 11. A feature of the occasion will be an exhibition drill given by Patriarchis No. 39. —| | | | fff ff se Tn this great elty of ours, we need ‘more consecrated men and women to throw out.the life ine to rescue the perishing souls. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor Bethesda Baptist Churcn. But God commendeth His Love te ward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us—Romaas 5:8, For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God ts eternal life through ‘Jesus Christ our Lerd—Romans 6: %8—Selected by B W. Gilles. Subscribers wishing the Twin City Star” discontinued at the expiration of their subscriptions should notity us to that effect; otherwise we shall consider it their wish to have it coa- tinued. Order for discontinuance must be accompanied by payment ef all arrears. All personal advertisements in the Jocal columns must be paid for im ad- vance, All public comment inserted enly ‘over the suthor’s signature Foreign subscriptions solicited. Unsigned notices will not be In eerted in these columns. All matter must reach us by Wed neoday fer Insertion. ‘We are net respensible fer the views of eur contributors, ADVERTISE IN THE 8TAR and get good results. MRS. GIBBS A COMMISSIONER. ‘Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs, has been ap- pointed. by Miss Nannie Burroughs of the Woman's Auxiliary, of the Nat. Baptist Convention, as a State Com- misstoner to gather information de- signed to show just what the Baptists in the State have accomplished in the last fifty years. Mr! Hamlet B. Rowe leaves next week to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Benj. Rowe at Richmond, Ind. He will spend two weeks visiting Springfield, O., Columbus and Louts- ville. We wish a pleasant trip for the genial “Kid.” We met Messrs C. W. and W. A. Glenn at Washifgton, D. C., enroute Phila., Pa., to visit their father. Mr. Geo. Gardner, mixologist at Kidd Mitchell's was’ taken very ill with kidney trouble. Mr. W. M. Gibson of Duluth was in town this week securing waiters for the Hotel Spaulding. Mr. Cornelius Turner will go as second waiter. ACALL FOR INSPECTION. Come and look at my latest line of Fall and Winter Goods. Select Pat terns, Cholcest Qualities, Best Work manship— Marlenhoff, The Tailor, 318 Hennepin Ave. (Adv.) Mr. J. Turner Wall will return this fall to locate in this city, where he made good in the real estate field. Mr. Wall has been in New York where he was called by his son, who died after a long illness, and was bur. fed on Aug. 25. Mr, J. Edw, Stewart has opened his new hotel. Mr. Glover Shull has purchased a seven passenger touring car. Messrs. Benj. Jones and Clarence Bell are making good in thelr recent business venture. They have the Barber Shop and Pool Room, formerly conducted by Mr. H. D. Parker at 244 Third Ave. So, and are doing their best to give satisfaction to their cus- tomers. From the Editor. ‘We have returned after a very pleas- ant Eastern visit, spending the time with relatives and attending the Con- ventions. We did not go as a trans- portation paid delegate, but on an er- rand of business and pleasure, (thanks to our subscribers, who pay their bills) and we are home again to run the Twin City Star along same Hines as when we started, knowing that Minneapolis, with its limited popula tion has the best Negro paper in America, due to the appreciation of {ts cltizens. We are here to stay with pleasant memories of the hospitalities ‘and special mentions received trom friends everywhere. UNCLE 6AM 18 OUR AGENT. ‘We do not annoy our subscribers by sending collectors or bills. Our peo- ple don’t like Negro collectors, and we find it very hard to send bills ‘each month. When you want to pay ‘any bill it is easy to get © Post Office Order, and send it. Your receipt is from Uncle Sam. He is our best col- lector. > SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EQUAL RIGHTS SUNDAY. ‘The National Independent. Political League requests that every Cleryman in the United States observe Sunday, September 14th, 1913, as equal rights ‘Sunday, and have special prayers and sermons for equal rights for those denied them, the Colored Americans, denied even by the Feral Govern. mnt itself. Petition Almighty God and Jappeal to the people against this sin. Rev. Byron Gunner, Pres. Wm. M. ‘Trotter, Sec. Bo IT Now. Every Colored Church, every Liter. ary Association, every Lodge, every Equal Rights Society in United States is urged to send 9 delegate to the sixth annual meeting of the National Inde- pendent Political League at Boston, Mass., Sept. 15-17, 1913, also citizens of every city. Act at once! Mr. Geo. W. Stafford of Atlantic City, departed this life on Aug. 28. Funeral services were held Sept. 1st. His brother Mr. Shirley Stafford came from Atlantic City to attend his burial. He returned Tuesday. CARD OF THANKS. ‘We desire through the Twin City Star to express to our many friends our heart-felt thanks for their many jacts of kindness and sympathy tend- ered us during the death and burial of our son, Geo. W. Stafford. Mr. & Mrs, John W. Allison. ‘Mrs, John W. Allison arrived home from Atlantic City on Aug. 20, accom- panied by her son, Geo. W. Stafford. You must send your subscriptions it you want the Twin City Star, or or- ‘der it discontinued. FUNERAL OF ALBERT A. BLACK- WELL, Mr. Albert Blackwell who has been @ resident of this city more than two years, formerly of Milwaukee, Wis., died at his residence, 538 7th Ave. No., Aug. 10th, 1913, at 2:40 A. M. Mr. Blackwell had won the friendship of both young and old of those who knew him, especially those whom have had the pleasure of listening to his beautiful vocal solo4. Mr, Blackwell was very often called the “Little Song-book of the North- west”, because he had committed such @ great number of songs to memory. ss by the following ministers, tist Church, Aug. 13th, 1913, at 2:30 ‘His funeral was held from Zion Bap- P. M., Rev. M. W. Withers officiating, Rey. E. R. Edwards of St. James A. M. E. Church; Rev. T: W. Lewis, St. Peters A. M. E. Church; Rev. F. J. Carter, Bethesda Baptist Church, J. W. Lee, Evangelist and Rev. Beasley of St. Paul. The pall-bearers were: J. ‘Ypdor, Geo. Harris, Wm. Briggs, Mr. Williams. Mr. Blackwell's favorite songs were: “Lead kindly light”, “In thy cleft, O Rock of ages”, and “What a friend we have in Jesus”, which were beautifully rendered by Zion Baptist Church choir assisted by Mr. Eldridge Williams of St. James A. M. E. Church ‘choir, Mr. Blackwell is survived by mother, grand mother, aunt and two uncles. The remains were in charge of D. W. Raynor, undertaker, 317 Ply- mouth Ave. No. Interment at Lay- man’s Cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. ‘We wish to thank the many friends for their kindness during the long {ll ness of my son, Albert Adam Black. well, also the assistants for the sym: pathy shown in the hour of my be Teavement, especially to the young men of the Commercial Club, for the beautiful floral designs, for the aid of the churches and flowers presented by friends. Respectfully yours, Mrs. Adeline J. Blackwell and Family. ‘Mr. F. Peoples, the Contractor, who has been so successful in bidding for the work of the Afro-American Citt- zens of this section, is no respector of color. This week he lands a general Temodelling contract for Mrs. Sofa ‘Pfund, of 3745 18th Ave. 8. Mr. Peoples’ excellent work and Teasonable prices appeal to White People who can recognize a good thing. It is expected that the acknowledge- ments of the subscribers to the Crisis Fund will be received in a few days trom New York City. ‘THE 8ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. You ean get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at the St. Louis Kitchen, 188 B. Third ‘St, St. Paul. Mrs. Hinson {s univer. sally known for her yood cooking. WAITRESS WANTED. ‘A reliable waitress, good salary, Teasonable hours. Apply, Mrs. Hin- son, St. Louis Kitchen, 138 E. 3rd 8t., St. Paul, Minn. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. TWIN CITY STAR SS Ee [SS | MINNESOTA KNIGH’ ST. PAUL MORE _———— ~— | Miss Mae Williams of Edmund St. Ladies Guest : has returned home after several weeks ie im New York. ‘The Minnesota de — K. P, Encampment we Dr. 0. D. Howard and Dr. V. D. Tur-|@vidence at Camp Cr ner are home from the Medical As-|Geul. W. R. Morris’ he sociation meeting at Nashville, Tenn, bes of cis otanes Dr. Howard also visited Alabama. 8. Y — on Wednesday, and p Mrs, Mattie Hicks and daughter, }t© Maj. Genl. Jackson ‘Miss Opal Wade, are home from Iowa. |°d to Minesota head Mrs, Emma Archer and Zella Rey-|he found Mrs. John W nolds are visiting in Chicago. daughter of the Regi ——— C. W. Lapsley of Spo ‘Miss Alberta Bell entertained at her _— oc hati home Tuesday evening. Dancing was| °° on phagatats the feature, About twenty‘ive Perle Sa a GT nannies Clack, Lieut. Ed. Sout iting the camp we cal Miss Clara Howard ts home from! sr5. paw. F. Mitchell, ‘a pleasant stay in Wisconsin. the feature of the ¢ ——— was luxuriously turn! Mrs. J. B. Johnson and daughter,}iaces, draperies and Ida are visiting in Winnipeg. Mitchell is an officer Mrs. J. P. Anderson and son, Evan, have spent a pleasant stay in Chicago and points in Michigan. Mr. Arthur Montgomery is convales- cent. MEEKA ICE-CREAM PARLOR, 565 Aurora Ave., St. Paul. Lunches, Soft Drinks, Fancy Grocer. fes, Confections and Cigars. Give us your patronage. Mrs. Maggle Jenking R. W. Hopkins.—Advertisement. Mr. Thos H. Lyles, the undertaker, has moved to 154 W. Fourth St., cor. Franklin St. Mrs. John Sherrod of Evanston, Il,, Jan aunt of Mrs. Sam'l Dorsey, 454 Rondo St. is spending a few days in St. Paul. Mrs. E. H. McDonald, wife of Rev. McDonald of St. Paul attended the sessions of the Business League at Phila. and will visit New York and Boston before returning. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hopkins Johnson are visiting in Eastern Cities. They attended the Elk’s Convention, and will be the guests of Dr. J. R. White while in New York. Mrs. John J. Hirshfield of Aurora Ave. will visit her mother in Zanes- ville, O., also friends in Pittsburgh and eastern cities. Mrs. Birdie High has returned from Wintpeg where she visited her hus band, Mr. Henry High. Mrs. Mattie B. McGhee spent a few days in the Twin Cities this week She is spending the summer at Camp Du Ghee, Amery, Wis. Mr, Israel Alexander, a mail carrier, was drowned at Bald Eagle Lake on Aug. 17th. ——— IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. ‘We claim to be the best advertising medium of the Twin Cities, and wher you're not advertised in the Twis City Star, you need not show—that' all. Because the people read the Star for the news, especially in Min neapolis. The day of the Town Crier 1s past. Be up-to-date, Advertise and Pay for it. A newspaper is the best medium. It reaches the homes and firesides of people who attend public entertainments. These people never Bo out and loiter around and read hand-bills and hangup notices. They rad the Twin City Star. JEWS IN RUSSIA. As Christianity, not Judaism, Js on trial in Russia's treatment of her Jewish residents, so the United States and not the Jew- tah citizens of the United States {s insulted in the refusal of the Russian government to honor the United States passports. ‘Whether I am ever to see Rus- sia is of no consequence. But whether the United States gov- ‘ernment shall submit to further alight is the point tn issue. If ‘ former member of the pres!- Gent's cabinet and later Amert- can ambassador at Constantl- nople cannot travel in Russia on the strength of his American Passport it is plain that the self Tespect and the dignity of our nation have been made light of. —Rabbi B. G. Hirsch. Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star, Yeu ean make a good living with this work ta a side line, Agents wanted in Mit waukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore, Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Stour City. Write ter terms to The Twin City Star, Minne lhc skh pul 2 | | A cool place to go WANTED. MINNESOTA KNIGHTS AT BALTI- MORE, a Ladies Guest at Camp. eee Soleaaiin the K. P, Encampment was very much in evidence at Camp Cresswell. Bris. Genl. W. R. Morris’ headquarters were lone of the attractions on the Brigade Line. Editor Smith visited the camp on Wednesday, and paid his respects to Maj. Genl. Jackson, he was direct- ed to Minesota headquarters, where he found Mrs. John Washington, “The daughter of the Regiment” and Mrs. C. W. Lapsley of Spokane, Wash., as guests of the Minnesota Knights. Col. Jas. A. Roberts, Col. P. H. South- at, Cal, Fred Thomas, Maj, W. 3. Scott, Maj. H. G. Thompson, Capt. Clack, Lieut. Ed. Southall. After vis- {ting the camp we called on Col. and Mrs, Edw. F. Mitchell, whose tent was the feature of the encampment. It was luxuriously furnished with rich laces, draperies and pillows. Col. Mitchell is an officer on Maj. Gen’l Jackson's staff. During dress parade moving pictures were taken under the direction of Mr. Hunter C. Haynes, which will be shown all over the coun- try, and every one was proud of the splendid military showing of the Unt- form Rank. The music of the 8th Mlinots Band was grand. After parade we answered mess call at Gen’l Mor- ris tent, and enjoyed a splendid sup- per with the officers. Mrs. Lapsley and “Marguerite” were special guests. ‘We left for the city with Gen. Morris to find Prof. Howard and Mr. Jas. Branch. Prof. Howard had been spend- ing his vacation in his native city, Baltimore, where he is well known. ‘He is a relative of the Cummings family, and was very busy paying calls, but “Uncle Jim” Branch after spending two days in Baltimore had gone to Atlantie City to meet the Elks, having been a Grand Lodge delegate, he decided to see his old acquantances and attend the ball. Mrs. Washington and Mrs. Lapsley stopped at the Y. W. C. A. rooms during their stay, and left after the parade for Atlantic City with Gen’l Morris to join the social throng on the Boardwalk. Prof. Weir of St. Paul and Capt. 8. Seymour were also in attendance at the encamp- ment. We are glad to say that Min- nesota did well, and its delegation in every way well enjoyed their stay. During our stay in Washington we were entertained by Mr. Floyd A. Ro man of the Southern Hotel. Mr. Ro man showed us through his hotel, which is in every way modern and comfortably furnished. He has 2 mania for cleanliness, and is ably as sisted by his wife in keeping every thing up to his standard. After en Joying a delightful dinner, Mr. Romar drove us about the streets of the Capi tol and took us to the depot to catch the train for home. Hon, Fred. D. McCracken, of St. Paul, Minn., 1s doing everything tc kill Jim-Crowism in Washington, D C. He is an earnest worker, and i the man of the hour. Although Cong ressman Stevens is abroad, Mr. Mc Cracken {s in touch with the Minne sota representatives. He is the lone Negro in the House Office Bldg., be ing private secretary for Cong. Stev ens, He speaks highly of the efforts of Sen. Clapp and the Minnesota rep resentatives. Fred is always glad tc meet visiting friends. Mrs. McCrack en (nee Godette) and baby are very well, and may visit home this fall. A REAL NEWSPAPER. A newspaper isn’t simply a bare chronicler of events. It is a personal ity. It comes into your house almost as 8 member of your family. What sort of a person do you like to have visit you? He ought to be honest, courageous, no hypocrite, and a gentleman, with | real interest in you, ready to lend @ hand if you need help. Cheerful ess and good humor are excellent qualities, and a wide ranse of in torests. ‘What do you find in The Star? It has opinions, of course, and it speaks them out freely. They are its ‘own and they are not influenced by eutside interests. The square deal is (ts platform. In banding news it observes the decencies and amenities of life, 1 ‘never wantonly brings shame or sor ‘row to any home. Its advertisements are clean. It the Twia City Star does not ‘bring you something of interest ix ‘any partioular tasue, it has failed by se much that week. It takes of it hat and apologizes for having bored you as a visitor. ’ But {t trusts this dossn’t often hap pen. Not often, does it? ; DR. M. W. JUDY. 3888 4th Ave. 80. Dr. Judy, the dentist has moved his offices to his residence at 3533 4th ‘Ave. 80,, where he may be found every evening after6 P. M., and Sundays — Atenetingmnia: i , Tt 2 3 , £ LAGER gt File Boor of Quality oy ‘> @ Plever << ss AG Ag re ™ oa PORTE ye ose i “SR Toe O B The"Teading Bettie Bear eetesy 6% PURITY BREWING y COMPANY 4s ast a ! NEGROES SEEK HELP BY DAY OF PRAYER. Twin Cities Residents Will Join in Nation-wide Observance Sun- day, October 19, (St. Paul Pioneer Press, Aug. $1, 1918) “Many races and classes have been oppressed and persecuted in the his tory of civilization. To gain thelr rights and to obtain justice, many of these races have resorted to the torch and the dagger. We, the Negroes of America, feel that we are not ob taining our rights and are being un- justly discriminated against, but we have a new way by which we know that our conditions will be bettered. We will not try violence, but prayer.” Pc aS a ~ a Y. 3 \ ‘ey N Y Wa Xd SS wearin enue: ee: Many Unjust Laws, Says Francis. This {s the statement made yester- day by W. T. Francis, a lawyer, prom- fnent among St. Paul Negroes. Ac- ‘cording to Mr. Francis, unjust legisla- tion is being passed continually against the rights of the colored race. Leaders of the movement say it is to combat this injustice that the Negroes all over the country are setting aside the third Sunday in October for pray- er. “Give us a manifestation from heaven that this oppression will cease,” ts their plea, Will Be Country-wide Movement. Churches in nearly every state in the country are setting aside the day. It 4s expected that the national color- ed Baptist convention, which is in ses- sion in Nashville this week and the Towa conference of the African Meth- odist chureh at Evanston, Ill., the lat- ter part of September will officially designate the third Sunday in Octo- ber to be observed in all the churches represented at the two confrences. Word has been received from Balti- more that the Ministers’ Alliance of African Churches of Maryland, which holds its convention this week, also will consider the matter favorably. Twin Cities Mass Meeting. ‘The committee in charge of the Twin Cities observance is arranging for a mass meeting of all the members of the Negro churches in the two cities October 19. The place of meeting has not been decided. According to the committee members it will be one of the largest religious metings ever held in Minnesota. Special Sunday Dinner 380. St. Louls Kitchen, St. Pau YOUR LOOKS CAN BE IM. PROVED by using MRS. WILSON’S BEAUTIFYING FORMULA. 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Prof. Howard has established himself during past 20 years as a teacher of music, and conducts a class of about 150 scholars, nearly all are white. He was remembered by many as the Leader of the Famous Pythian Band of Minneapolis, winning first prize at the Chicago Encampment in 1902. JOHN H. HARRIS ATTORNEY J. FRANK WHEATON. Attorney Wheaton responded to the Mayor's address of welcome at Atlantic City, also nominated attorney T. Gillis Nutter of Charleston, W. Va., for Grand Exalted Ruler, who was elected. Atty. Wheaton's reply to the Mayor was a master-piece of oratory. He is an eloquent speaker, and has been a member of the Minnesota Legislature. Atty. W. H. Harrison of Oklahoma City, Okla., was elected President of the National Negro Bar Assn., at Philadelphia, Pa. "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 Negro, who is ashamed to labor with pick and shovel is generally identified with the loafing and ornimal class—the destructive element of the race. INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. How Papers Published by Afro-America 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. Our enemies advertise us, Our friends support us, Everybody helps us. --- ```markdown ``` Pythian Encampment in his native city. is a musical studio in Minneapolis, re-relatives in Baltimore. Prof. Howard years as a teacher of music, and con-ly all are white. He was remembered Pythian Band of Minneapolis, winning in 1902. "EQUAL RIGHTS" LAW IN EFFECT SEPT. 1, 1913. Designed To End Arbitrary Discrimination In Places For Use Of Public. New York.—The new "equal rights" statute, forbidding discrimination against any person on account of race, creed or color at any place of public accommodation, went into effect on Monday. A heavy fine or imprisonment or both is provided for violations of the law. Under the present law, such discrimination is a misdemeanor, but the prizefighter barred from a hotel, the sailor barred from a public dance hall or restaurant and the Negro who cannot get a drink at a "white" man's saloon can only recover damages in a civil action on proof of actual damage sustained by him by reason of such discrimination. Far More Sweeping. But the new statute is far more sweeping. The statute makes any person who violates any of its provisions liable to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500, to be recovered by the person aggrieved thereby; and in addition to being compelled to pay damages to any person discriminated against, the keeper of a place of public accommodation, found guilty of such discrimination will further be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and will be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or shall be imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or both. The keeper of any place of public accommodation is also forbidden to advertise in any way that persons belonging to any particular race, creed or color are not wanted or will not be accommodated. However, it was the opinion of many hotel men that the new statute would no more do away with such discrimination as existed than the old statute did. SUBSCRIBE FOR TWIN CITY STAR. 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. Your subscription to a Negro newspaper is a business proposition. Do not accept it from the postman, unless you intend to pay for it. Do not wonder, why it is sent you. If you refuse it the publisher gets a notice from the Postmaster to discontinue, which is a matter of record, and the publisher pays the return postage. Many say that they "Never subscribed" "ordered it stopped," or "wondered who sent it." We send THE TWIN CITY STAR to those whom we think bona fide subscribers, and do not wish to increase circulation by carrying any dead-heads. We value our publication, and have not dictated its columns to dishonest subscribers and parasites, who willingly Lie to evade the payment of a Negro newspaper bill. We have lived, supported by the fair minded individuals of this community, who realize that it takes money to run a newspaper. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. TWIN CITY STAR C. G. ALLEN'S AMBITION: Rise of an Energetic Newspaper Correspondent in New York. New York.-Cleveland G. Allen of this city is one of the most energetic newspaper correspondents of the race and is rapidly coming to the fore in the field of journalism. He has covered some notable gatherings both for the daily and weekly newspapers of this country and Canada. He was the only newspaper man of the race present at the great ecumenical Methodist conference, held in the beautiful city of Toronto in 1911. At Toronto Mr. Allen represented the interest of the fifty Afro-American delegates to that conference, representing the various branches of the Methodist church among them. He has covered the conferences of Bishops G. W. Clinton and Alexander Walters of the Zion church. Bishop Walters has given him much encouragement in his work, and his first trip was with Bishop Walters. Mr. Allen has reported the doings of the race for the daily papers of Atlantic City, Buffalo, Yonkers, Patterson, N. J., and New York. While in Buffalo he wrote for the daily papers of that city a special fea. CLEVELAND G. ALLEN. ture article on the life and career of Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, one of the most noble women of the race. Recently Mr. Allen came into national prominence for his investigation into the discrimination of the United States navy against colored men. In his investigation he brought out that the colored sailors were enlisted in the navy only as mess attendants, were never promoted above that rank and were barred from the reading rooms of the ships. His investigation disclosed how colored men were forced to work longer hours than the whites, were required to report an hour earlier when off shore leave, had to stand while eating meals and that life was unbearable for them while aboard ship. Mr. Allen got these startling conditions before the secretary of the navy, who made an inquiry into these conditions and promised to remedy them. The daily papers all over the country took notice of Mr. Allen's charges, and many of them commented editorially on the investigation. He is continuing his investigation and promises to reveal some further startling facts. Mr. Allen has received praise from the leading men and women of the race for revealing these revolting conditions. Several months ago he got into a controversy with a leading New York daily because he attacked the present administration's attitude on the race question. He is well known in New York, where he is active in Y. M. C. A. and church work. He is a member of St. Mark's M. E. church. Mr. Allen was born in Greenville, S. C., of free parents and was educated in the public schools of his native town. He continued his studies at the De Witt Clinton high school and the City college here. Mr. Allen will enter the journal of Columbia university this fall in further preparation for his career as a newspaper man. The De Frees-Patterson Elopement. Samuel De Frees, an Afro-American of dark olive complexion, recently eloped with Miss Gertrude Patterson, daughter of Frank Patterson, said to be one of the wealthiest white men in the Passaic section of New Jersey. The couple were married in Kingston, Ont., according to a marriage license which De Frees showed to the authorities when taken to the county jail in Paterson, N. J., having been arrested on complaint of his wife's father on his return from Canada. The couple were released from the county sheriff's custody upon evidence of legal marriage. The bride is said to be one of the handsomest white girls in northern Passaic county and an heiress to part of a $30,000 estate. Mrs. De Frees is twenty-eight years old. Up to Aug. 25 no influence had been strong enough to persuade Mrs. De Frees to leave her husband. The Mount Bethel Baptist convention held its thirty-ninth annual session at Fulton Baptist church, Division street, Baltimore, from Aug. 26 to 28, inclusive. The Sunday school convention and woman's auxiliary also held sessions on the same dates. The Rev. Dr. Jones Watkins of Baltimore is moderator of the general body, and Emmett Preston is president of the Sunday school auxiliary. Miss Lula Scott Richardson of Baltimore is president of the woman's auxiliary. Remarkable Advance in Education. Forty-six years ago the number of colored children in school was estimated at 111,442. There were 2,087 teachers in schools for colored, and out of that number 690 were colored. The numt r of pupils reported in 1912 was 1,700, 00 and teachers 31,000. MEETING OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Northeastern Body Makes Progress Managed by Mates of Cambridge Honored by Mayor of Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass.-The recent annual meeting of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs held here was a grafting success. The federation was the guest of the following clubs: The Carnation circle, Etude club, Heart and Hand conference, Young Ladies' Imperial club, Pentacostal association, Pentacostal auxiliary, Seeds of Kindness club and the Sherwin Hyde Co-operative club. Mrs. Cicely S. Gunner of Hilburn, N. Y., presided. The sessions of each day were full of interest. The heads of the various departments held interesting and helpful conferences. The mothers' department conference was most ably led by Mrs. Minnie T. Wright of Boston. The juvenile department, Mrs. Christiana Goode Harris of Stamford, Conn., in her report of the work done by the various clubs showed increasing interest. The educational department, Miss Ella S. Wilson, chairman, reported good work done along educational lines. The philanthropic department, Mrs. Ernestine Ross, New Haven, Conn., chairman. The clubs gave an outline of the splendid work done along this line. The department for the suppression of lynching, Professor Adena C. E. Minott, New York, held a very enthusiastic and beneficial conference. Other departments of the federation are the arts and crafts, which had on exhibition some very excellent work done by the men and women of our race. The business department, ways and means and temperance each gave excellent reports. The first evening, under the auspices of the citizens' committee, a reception was tendered the delegates, preceded by a pageant taken from "The Narrative of the Negro," a book published by Mrs. Lela Pendleton of Washington. The pageant was designed by Miss Nora Williams and directed by Mrs. Edith Shade. It was realistic, showing plainly the life of the slave on the plantations and the advance made in fifty years of freedom. The convention was honored with the presence of Hon. J. Edward Barry, mayor of Cambridge, who gave the address of welcome in behalf of the citizens and closed his remarks with an invitation to the delegates and visiting friends to be his guests on a four hour trolley ride in order to see the cities of Cambridge and Boston and suburban towns; also a boat ride down the Boston harbor was arranged by ex-Mayor Wardwell of Cambridge, who gave a stirring address and spoke encouragingly of the work of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs. Some of the other special features of the convention were the conference on Bible reading by Mrs. Annie Hall, which was both instructive and interesting; also a lecture by Dr. Alice W. McKane, a closed lecture for women only. Special memorial services were held for Harriet Tubman and others who have passed away during the year. EMANCIPATION EXPOSITION TO OPEN MONDAY, SEPT. 15 Celebration In Philadelphia Will Have Many Notable Features. Philadelphia.—The officials of the emancipation exposition commission in this city have announced Monday, Sept. 15, as the date for opening the exposition. The celebration should have commenced Aug. 18, but the buildings were not finished in time. It was the original intention of the commission to have the National Negro Business league hold the first session of its fourteenth annual meeting in one of the exposition buildings. The opening day of the exposition will be governors' day, and the Hon. John K. Tener, governor of Pennsylvania, will be the chief speaker, as it was he who signed the bill legalizing the assembly appropriation of $95,000 for the expense of the celebration. The governors of New Jersey and New York have been invited to attend on the opening day. The emancipation sermon will be preached by Bishop Levi J. Coppin of the A. M. E. church on Sunday, Sept. 14. Among the leading features of the celebration will be the sociological and religious conferences and the congress of women. Some of the organizations which will take part are the National Nurses' association, the National Medical association, the Business Clerks' association and the National Press association. The eight buildings in which the exposition will be held are the work of colored men. The contract for the erection of these buildings is said to be the largest ever awarded to a member of the race in the north. The three main structures are an administrative building, an agricultural building and a concert hall. The contractor is W. J. Robinson, and C. Henry Wilson, Jr., is the architect. The subcontractors and foremen are all members of the race. This in itself is a great exhibit of the ability of colored men not only to build, but to manage, such as has never been seen in the city of Philadelphia or in the north. It is quite a novel scene, and hundreds of people have flocked to the grounds to see the mechanics at work. Exposition Managers Encouraged. The commissioners in charge of the arrangements for emancipation proclamation exposition in New York the last ten days of October are receiving much encouragement from the public. The success of the exposition is assured. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. Se. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatad, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. The Sunday School is progressing rapidly under the leadership of Mr. Gale P. Hillyer. The young people are interested. Come and bring the children. All are welcome. Meetings every Sunday at 12:30 P. M. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 234 St. between 9th and 10th Aves. Services every Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. every Sunday at 12:00. Rev. F. M. Lewis, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 215 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday services at 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Sunday School at 1 p. r. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPISTI CHURCH, 1130 Eighth Street So. Preaching every Sunday morning and evening. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor, 602 10th Ave. S. ZION BAPISTI CHURCH, 9th Avenue N. and 4th St. Services morning and evening each Sunday. Rev. M. W. Witersh, Pastor. The People's Christian Mission, REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR. ST. PAUL. St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. H. P. Jones, Pastor, Cer. Jay and Fuller Sts. All are welcome. It is a rule at the St. James A. M. E. Church that persons attending funerals will not be permitted to view the remains in the Church. All persons will call at the undertakers or the residence to take the last look at the departed. ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Rev. G. W. Camp, Pastor. All are welcome. 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 Ames Ledge of Elks meet at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening. N. W. Nic. 1534. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Colfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeen. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. FRANCI8 Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 89-90 Union Block, St. Paul. N. W. Cedar 5552 4th & Cedar Sts. R. O. LEE ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practice in all Courts. 25 Union Block, St. Paul, Minn. J- LOUIS ERVIN Attorney and Counselor 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. FOR MEN ONLY. THE HOTEL PAUL, 112 WASHINGTON AVE. NO. E. S. Paul, Prop. STAR PANTORIUM E. H. PAUL, Prep. Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing SHOE SHINING PARLOR 110 Wash. Ave. N. MINNZAPOLIS Goods Called for and Believed Promptly Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SBULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters MISS ESSIE R. MASON Stenographer, 236 Boston Block. 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 persens present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. It is necessary that we get the full names of those present THE TWIN CITY STAR NEGRO PROGRESSIVE. Vol. 3. Friday, Sept. 5, 1913. No. 50 Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis 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 "Head of the Lakes" Representative Geo. B. Kelley Duluth, Minn. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.20 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION ..... 2.50 ADVERTISING RATES. No advertisement inserted without cash in advance. 1 column inch—1 insertion ..... $ . 50 1 col. inch—4 insertions (1 mo.) $1.50 1 col. inch—13 insertions (3 mos.) $5.00 Special rates furnished on application Reading notices .....10 cents aline. 6 words constitute a line. The above rates apply to all classifications as follows, except Births, Notices, Barter and Exchange and all Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Meeting ads, preceding Male Help. Births, Deaths, Cards of Thanks and Meeting Notices — Minimum charge, 25c for 15 words or less. Over 25 words, one cent for each word. Subscribers are earnestly request ed to report to the office any irregularities in the delivery of their paper; also any change of address. There was Graft everywhere at the Pythian Encampment in Baltimore. Grand Chancellor Watty should be ashamed of the conditions. He is responsible, and should explain. Editors Chris. J. Perry and Grant Williams of the Philadelphia Tribune, A. P. Caldwell of The Phila. Courant, Rev. R. R. Wright, Jr., of The Christian Recorder, W. J. Balor of The Odd Fellows Journal deserve special credit for their courtesies to the newspaper men attending the National Negro Press Assn. Editor Melvin J. Chisholm, of "The Colored Man" a new publication of Baltimore, Md., is meeting with great success. He has a well equipped plant and a competent staff. Editor Chisholm issued an Extra of "The Colored Man" during the Encampment. It was a newsy edition and a financial success. We do not like the name "The Colored Man" but we found Mr. Chisholm a gentlemen, and a scholar. Well, what's in a name? In the magnificent capital building of the State of Minnesota, as one enters the Senate Chamber, he sees in letters of gold which extend around the great room, those pregnant words of Daniel Webster:— "Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered." To have the sense of obligation resting upon us, to understand its nature, to have the glorious consciousness of the weight of responsibility upon our shoulders, in the endeavor to achieve things that are really worth while,—this is what transforms life and enables it and makes living worth while. If the Negro expects to accomplish anything in the development of real and natural forces, it can only be done in so far as he has the ability to organize,—to use his mental, physical and moral strength in organization—and his ability to build up the organization by a united effort. No man lives and succeeds by himself alone. Back of every successful individual stands the organization. Behind Washington stood the ragged regimentals. Behind Grant stood the Northern soldiers. Without "the man behind the gun" the triumph of Dewey at Manila may never have been recorded.—W. T. Francis. NEGROES FEAR PUBLICITY. Negroes always can get their personal in newspapers, but when it is a matter of interest to the race they are always afraid of publicity. There is only one medium in Minnesota that has always fought for the rights of all human beings, especially the Negro, and that is the Twin City Star. WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUBSCRIBER? A court decision has lately been rendered in Massachusetts on what constitutes a subscriber. The judge firmly believed that a man who received the paper, although he never subscribed for it, is entitled to pay. James Thompson moved, and William Robinson took immediate possession, and received and accepted a weekly newspaper that was delivered to him through the mails every week. The goodnatured editor sent accounts frequently, but no attention was paid to them by Mr. Robinson. Finally there was a day of reckoning. Robinson had received the paper for some time, he informed the collector, but he said that he never subscribed and declined to pay for it. The judge personally questioned the defendant, who said that he read and made use of it and was receiving the accounts, which were frequently enclosed in the paper. Judgment was rendered in favor of the newspaper. The judge was severe in his criticism of people who are receiving papers and do not think it worth while to pay for what they receive and make use of it as an act of dishonesty, he said one should acquaint the publisher and pay for what numbers he receives.—X. In the fierce struggle impending between the ever-increasing multitudes of mankind, survival is only assured to him who can hold his own in mental, moral and mechanical conquest The advance of universal education is irrisistable; and under the reign of universal education, vocational fitness is indispensable. Unless our brightest and best prepared young men and women turn their talents to the aplide sciences we shall find the race at no distant day the fag end of every class of society. Now if it is true that social efficiency has come to be regarded as the highest aim of education then there can be no difference of opinion as to the fast that "expression is as important to proper education as impression." This is a maxim that no modern educator will dispute and social efficiency requires one to be able to act as well as to think; to execute as well as to plan; to do as well as to dream; to demonstrate as well as to theorize; to actualize as well as to contrive. In both phases of this double development brains constitute an essential factor.—Prof. W. A. Joiner, in the Sodialian. SUMNER ON THE JUDICIARY. One of the big characters of our civil war times was U. S. Senator Charles Sumner, called the successor of the great Daniel Webster. In the heat of the discussion of slavery questions, Sumner was one of the giant abolitionists and he was finally beaten unconscious with a cane at his seat in the senate, by a rebel member of the congress. In one of his greatest speeches, Sumner said: "I hold judges, and especially the supreme court of the country in much respect, but I am too familiar with the history of judicial proceedings to regard them with any superstitious reverence. Judges are but men, and in all ages have shown a full share of human frailty. Alas! alas! the worst crimes of history have been perpetrated under their sanction. The blood of martyrs and of patriots, crying from the ground, summons them to judgment." Recall of the judiciary was not urged, in Sumner's time, but had it been, it would have been supported by the truly great believers in freedom and substantial justice.—Minn. Dally News. In our old school reader was a poem entitled "Somebody's Mother." It told of an old woman helped across the busy, allpry street by a bright laddle who returned to the merry group of his fellows to say: "She's somebody's mother, boys, you know. For all she is aged and poor and slow." I wish a rhyme could be given us on "Somebody's Sister," to stir the noblest imaginations our our youths, and elevate their demeanor toward every young woman they meet. Somebody's sister is walking by the street corner where you and your chums are congregating tonight. You are feeling merry, with a bit of loose change in your pocket and the day's work over. A group of young fellows will recklessly make remarks about a passing woman in the evening, which one young man, alone wouldn't think of expressing next morning. Set the bound of decency against your buoyancy. The next young woman to happen along may be your sister or your sweetheart. If your chum, not knowing, should offer her an insult, there would be trouble, wouldn't there? SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TWIN CITY STAR P. Photo by American Press Association SEN. MOSES E. CLAPP, The Best Friend of the Negro. Sen. Clapp of Minnesota has done everything to secure for the Negroes their Civil Rights. He has fought Discrimination, Class Legislation and Segregation. Every Negro should write a letter of thanks to the Senator of Minnesota for his uniting efforts in their behalf. 1870 Editor Fortune addressed the newspaper men at Phila. He is today the recognized journalist of the race. He never accepts any comprimise, and has done more for the race as a writer than any Negro in America. He is still editorial writer for the New York Age, a publication which he made universal as the champion of the rights of the Negro. The Roadside Hotel, 15th and near Lombard St., Phila., Pa., is one of the modern hotels of this country managed and owned by a negro. Mr. Jones proved an ideal host to the visitors during the Press meetings last month. His hotel affords every comfort to the travelling public. Mr. Jones served a testimonial breakfast to the newspaper men, which was an evidence of his hospitality and accommodations. Judge Jos. L. Jones of Cincinnati, O., one of the speakers said, "Before you fall by the wayside, Stop "The Roadside". We advise our readers, who may be in Phila, to visit this convenient hotel, where every guest is protected under the business-like management of Mr. and Mrs. Al. Jones. PETER H. Mr. Boyd is the hustling young Editor who helped to make the Negro Press Meeting a success. He has compiled a Negro Press Directory. During his term as corresponding secretary of the association he has sent over 1,300 letters to its members. He is one of the best publicity agents in America, and recognized head of the Boyd Publishing Co. of Nashville, Tenn., the largest Negro publishing house in the world. The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—it is worthy of this distinction F THOMAS FORTUNE. A REAL HOTEL. HENRY ALLEN BOYD CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. High Purpose of a Well Known New York Local Body. The statutes of New York state guarantee to all its citizens equal rights in the courts, on the streets, in public institutions and in all places of public accommodation. As a matter of fact, these laws are absolutely disregarded, so far as colored men and women are concerned. Some organized effort is necessary if these laws are to be rigidly enforced and the rights of black citizens upheld. The vigilance committee of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, with headquarters at 208 Broadway, New York, composed of members of both races, was organized for the purpose of protecting colored men and women in all their civil, economic and social rights and of rendering immediate, effective and free assistance in all cases of outrage, discrimination or injustice because of race or color. The committee has already handled a great many cases involving these principles and has successfully vindicated them in the courts of New York. It proposes to continue its fight and to organize into one effective body all those who are opposed to race discrimination and injustice. Its services are absolutely free in all cases. THE A. M. E. CHURCH REVIEW. Current Number Covers Many Topics. Praise For Dr. Ransom. The current number of the A. M. E. Church Review, edited by Dr. Reverdy C. Ransom, is a literary gem. The contents cover a wide variety of interesting articles written by a group of persons whose versatility of thought and intellectual bent presage high literary culture. The influence of the Review as a molder of helpful sentiment for the denomination and as an advocate of high moral and Christian ethics can hardly be overestimated. It hews to the line, never missing the mark. Credit is due Dr. Ransom for the splendid array of good things spread before the readers in this number. Powerful as a preacher, fearless as an advocate of equal rights for Afro-American citizens, an intellectual giant, Dr. Ransom is doing a great work for the African Methodist Episcopal church in particular and the various religious denominations in general. On the front cover of the magazine is the likeness of Mrs. Alice M. Dunbar, who contributes her first article as head of the woman's department. The subject of Mrs. Dunbar's article is, "What Has the Church to Offer the Men of Today?" Would that this article could be read by every minister, layman or religious worker in whatever line of Christian work. It is instructive and full of suggestions for future review and action. Among some of the other subjects and their authors are; "The Fifteenth Anniversary of the Enamcipation Proclamation," by Dr. Charles W. Elliott; "The Negro In the Higher Altitudes of Music In This Country and Throughout the World," by H. Lawrence Freeman; "The First Congress of Colored Women," by Hon. Richard T. Greener; "The Present Day Opportunity of the Public School," by Professor William E. Guy; "Training the Voters of Tomorrow," Professor William L. Bulkley; "The Minister and Pastoral Visitation," Bishop B. F. Lee, D. D.; "The Minister as a Business Man For the Church," Rev. C. H. Stepten, D. D.; "Turco-Armenian," Professor A. Dumas Delaney, and "The Up to Date Sunday School—How to Organize It and How to Conduct It." Rev. Henry P. Jones, A. M. "The Vision," by Rev. Robert E. Ford; editorials by the editor, department of social science by Dr. George E. Haynes; "Within the Sphere of Letters," by Dr. G. W. Forbes of the Boston public library, makes reference to many men of letters whose books and music inspire one to high ideals and active endeavor. WATCHMAN FOR HIS RACE. Editor Wright Wants Afro-American In Public Safety Department. In answer to certain statements made by the Philadelphia Public Ledger with reference to the unfavorable opportunities afforded Afro-Americans as industrial workers, Dr. R. R. Wright, editor of the Christian Recorder, says: "With regard to the limited opportunities of the Negro workers I want to suggest the employment of Negroes as firemen in our public safety department. "This would open up a new avenue to a deserving group of our citizens. I am led to make this suggestion because of the frequent reference I see in the public press to the bravery of colored men. Twice the first week in August the daily press had occasion to report upon the bravery of members of the Negro race. "In one instance was stated that it was owing to the courage and cool headenedness of Frank Thomas, a Negro reporter, that many lives were not lost in the disastrous fire at Blue Mountain House at Penmar, and another occasion all of our daily papers reported Rufus Bradley as the hero in the attempt to rescue Miss Edith Rocky at Atlantic City. These two Negroes risked their lives to save white people when a good many whites refused to go to the rescue." Always is it faith in someone or something that inspires us to lift our work above the commonplace. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BEERS Foreign Beer that Golden Grain Belt is the America. Be wise. 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