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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL Defective Page THE SITUATION IN METHODISM Editorial In Christian Recorder Charging the Manager of the Book Concern With Drunkness Provokes Great Controversy—History of the Unfortunate Affair Given In Detail. Philadelphia.—There was a great shake up in the affairs of the African Methodist church in this city the last week in October, such as has never before happened. The publication board, of which Bishop Evans Tyree is president, met and declared vacant the office of editor of the Christian Recorder and manager of the Book Concern, held respectively by Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., and Rev. J. I. Lowe, D. D. This is the dramatic climax of the Wright-Lowe controversy, which began from the day Dr. Lowe assumed the office of manager and continued until both parties were dismissed. The immediate cause of the board meeting was an editorial in the Christian Recorder of Oct. 9, in which Editor Wright charged Manager Lowe with drunkenness. In this editorial Dr. Wright says: "I can only account for Lowe's action on the theory that he was in one of his drunken debauches such as have disgraced the Book Concern since he has been manager, for it is common talk that he has been picked up from the street and lodged in the police station for drunkenness." At the beginning of the meeting Manager Lowe charged Editor Wright with defaming his character and gave notice that he would call him to trial before the stewards of Mount Pisgah's A. M. E. church, according to the disclosure. Charges Supported by Court Records. Dr. Wright said he was ready to prove his charge and produced an affidavit, so it is alleged, from the records of the Third police station, Delancy near Third street, as follows: "March 6, 1913. Jacob Lowe, 1221 Pine street, age forty-nine, married, black, arrested for drunkenness by Officer Robertson at Front and Delancy streets; condition when arrested, drunk; time of entry, 11 a. m." Dr. Lowe insisted that he was not drunk, but had an attack of vertigo and fell unconscious on the street. He said he did not remember anything until he came to the police station. He said he was not drunk and had not drunk any whisky that morning. He further averred that he had had a similar attack of vertigo in Vicksburg, Miss., in 1880-thirty-three years ago. He begged the consideration of the board, asking that they take his word that it was vertigo rather than that of Editor Wright's affidavit from the police records that it was drunkenness. "Why, then, if you had vertigo, did they take you to the police station and keep you confined eight hours and not send for a doctor and enter you up as drunk? is that not strincedure?" Dr. Wright asked. Then Dr. W. A. Sinclair, who is a member of the board and who also apparently acted as Dr. Lowe's attorney, said, "I can answer that." Lowe Unconscious For a Long Time. In the meantime Dr. Lowe replied, "I do not know what they did with me, as I was a long time unconscious." Sinclair continued: "They did take him to the hospital, for I telephoned to the Pennsylvania hospital asking if J. I. Lowe was there, and I was told he was, I then asked what was the trouble with him, and I was told that he had an attack of vertigo and that he was resting easy." Thereupon Wright jumped to his feet and asked Sinclair, "Are you sure they told you vertigo?" Sinclair said, "Yes, they told me vertigo." "That is strange, bishop," said Wright, directing his remarks to the chairman and pulling from his papers a letter from the Pennsylvania hospital. The letter stated that Jacob I. Lowe was brought to the Pennsylvania hospital at 10:20 a. m., March 6, 1913. His complaint was alcoholism. Said Wright: "This is the signed statement of the Pennsylvania superintendent that Dr. Lowe was taken there March 6; alcoholism—i. e., he was drunk; that he was there at 10:20 a. m. Couple this with his arrival at the police station, nearly a mile away, at 11 o'clock, and you will see how long he 'rested easy' at the hospital." Sinclair ever telephoned to any hospital and says that the attack of vertigo is a myth. "The truth is that Sinclair was the man who, the police officer told me, called at the station house for Lowe, and he was so drunk the police would not even let him see Lowe." This Sinclair did not deny, and Lowe practically admitted saying that Wright was persecuting him. He then addressed an appeal to the board for sympathy, telling of his long years of service. The board then went into executive session. At 3 o'clock the board were the guests of Dr. Lowe at dinner at 1221 Pine street, where Dr. Lowe and Sinclair reside, and some suspect that some clever political work was done there. Bishop Evans Tyree Renders Decision. At 4 o'clock the board reconvened and at 630, after two hours' deliberation, called Drs. Lowe and Wright before it. Bishop Tyree stated that they had decided to declare both offices vacant. The two men made statements. It is said that Dr. Wright stated rather boldly his dissatisfaction with the verdict, as he did not know he was being investigated and as no charge was brought against him. The verdict, especially that relating to Editor Wright, created a genuine sensation, as his dismissal was not expected. Many of the local ministers were very strong in their denunciation of what they call the unfair treatment accorded Editor Wright. The reason for dismissing Manager Lowe is alleged drunkenness. The reason for dismissing Editor Wright was for publishing that the manager was drunk. Editor Wright Makes Full Statement Editor Wright when asked what he thought of the verdict stated that he thought it was unfair. "It is unfortunately true that Dr. Lowe and I have not been able to get along, but he was always the aggressor. I feel grieved for two things only-first, that I was given no opportunity to make a defense. It seems that after Dr. Lowe was found guilty of my charge, he being an old man and I a young one, sympathy turned to him. They could not exonerate him, but they would punish me for exposing him. Thus I was ecclesiastically lynched. The second thing I feel grieved over is that I should be put out of an office in the Christian church to which I was overwhelmingly elected by a vote of 378 to 135 for the reason that I took a stand against drunkenness in the church. I committed no crime except that I exposed a disgraceful drunkard, and my exposure was so complete he could not be whitewashed. "I feel sorry for the bishop who could be a party to such a miscarriage of justice and such a breach of Christian ethics. But I feel pleased also at two things—first, that the fight against drunkenness in high places won and thus will give courage to thousands of high minded ministers everywhere in their fight for letter morals, and, second, that I feel the decision of the board in my case is not the sentiment of the church. Wilk Appeal to the Bishops' Council. "I shall appeal not to the civil courts, but to the regular session of the bishops' council for protection in my rights. The charge that I exposed the church is all bash. When did J. I. Lowe become the church? My attack was on one man. I called his name. I named his sin. I did this for the good of the church and not to harm it." Dr. J. I. Lowe came here from Arkansas in June, 1912, being elected by the general conference in Kansas City, Mo. May, 1912, as business manager of the book concern of the A. M. E. church, succeeding Dr. R. R. Wright, who declined election as manager and was elected at the same time editor of the Christian Recorder, the official organ of the A. M. E. church and the oldest Negro periodical in existence. The two men are tempumentally different and have not agreed. Dr. Wright was educated at the University of Chicago, the University of Berlin, Germany, and lately received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. There are many applicants, for the positions, which are considered two of the best in the church. Revs. H. Y. Arnett, J. L. H. Watkins and M. W. Thornton of this city are mentioned as possible business managers. National School of Correspondence. The National Afro-American Correspondence school, in Washington, founded by P. Bishop Johnson, LL. D., is filling a useful place in the educational arena. For the busy pastor, teacher or business man desiring special information on any line the school meets his needs in a most helpful way. Students are enrolled from many sections of the country and are making good records in their studies. MOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c Subscribe for the Star. A. B. FORTUNE ON LECTURE TOUR. Pioneer Editor and Author Speaks on "Black Man's Burden." Considerable public interest is manifested in the lecture tour of T. Thom as Fortune, the pioneer editor, author and agitator for the advancement of Afro-Americans. Under the management of P. B. Young, editor of the Norfolk Va. Journal and Guide, Mr. Fortune is delivering a series of lectures in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina during November. The subject of his lectures is "The Black Man's Burden." The success with which he has already met on this tour is not surprising when one considers the personality of the two men. Editor Young is well versed in the essentials necessary to the success of such an undertaking and the lecturer has long been looked upon as an authority on most questions of importance which concern the well being of the race in the United States. Mr. Fortune is a native of Florida. His first experience in a newspaper office was gained while occupying the position of printer's "devil" in Jacksonville, Fla. After attending school in Jacksonville, during which time he worked in the city post office, Mr. Fortune was appointed in 1874 mall route agent between Jacksonville and Chattahoochee. He was later appointed special inspector of customs for the first district of Delaware. His real career as a journalist, however, began in 1880 when with two friends he began the publication of the Rumor, which after two years was changed to the New York Globe. In 1885 Mr. Fortune began the publication of the New York Age, with which his name has been more or less intimately associated ever since, although at the present time he is not officially connected with that publication. He is not only a pioneer newspaper man, but an author as well. "Black and White," and "The Negro In Politics" are possibly the best known of his published writings. Mr. Fortune is a member of the National Negro Press association and was one of the speakers at the annual meeting of the association held in Philadelphia last August. THEY APPEAL FOR JUSTICE. THEY APPEAL FOR JUSTICE. COMMITTEE OF COLORED MEN SEES PRESIDENT WILSON AND PROTESTS AGAINST RACE SEGREGATION. (Special.) Washington, D. C., November 8.—A delegation of colored citizens represent- ing the National Independent Political League, bearing a protest and petition directed against race segregation in the government service, visited the President on Thursday, and had an audience with him. The petition bore about twenty thousand signatures, from 38 States, mostly colored people, about equally divided between the South and the North. The delegation was introduced by Congressman Thatcher, of Massachusetts. The delegation was composed of W. Monroe Trotter of Boston, Rev. Dr. Byron Gunner of Hillburn, N. Y., President of the League, Dr. William A. Sinclair of Philadelphia, M. Maurice Spencer of Delaware, Thomas Walker of District of Columbia, F. H. M. Murray of Virginia, and Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett of Chicago. W. Monroe Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian, was spokesman. He made an extended statement and gave instances of discrimination which had been discovered and insisted that these were calculated to "humiliate and degrade our race and bring it into scorn and contempt," and that it was all the worse since it is being done (Cont. to Page 3, Col. 2.) NOTABLE ADVANCE IN FIFTY YEARS Thrift and Industry of Afro- Americans Praised. BESET BY MANY OBSTACLES Attention Called to the Sources Which Have Contributed to the Rise of a Race Once Enslaved and What It Has Accomplished Under the Influences of Free Government. The transformation of a people living in one room slab huts, worshiping in the pine brush and living in ignorance, superstition and poverty, to a powerful, economic group of 10,000,000 men, women and children, paying taxes on over $700,000,000 worth of property, owning 31,000 square miles and cultivating 100,000,000 acres of southern land—this is the marvelous story which is vividly told in "The Negro's Progress In Fifty Years." as given in a special number of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Through struggle, perseverance, faith in God and the co-operation of the best white people, the north and south colored American has made extraordinary progress—economic, social, religious and educational—in half a century of freedom. This hopeful conclusion is based upon facts which have been clearly presented by a selected group of experts in education and social progress—white men and colored men, northerners and southerners. "Idealistic emotions," a happy phrase borrowed from Ray Stannard Baker, have given way to facts of progress and facts of current problems. The academy through its secretary, Dr. J. P. Lichtenberger of the University of Pennsylvania, has done the nation a rare service in assembling and presenting the facts so that the busy man of affairs in education, in legislation, in business as well as the student of education and sociology, can get a birdseye view or an intimate knowledge of Negro business activities and labor conditions affecting the common welfare of white and colored people in the south. "The Negro's Progress In Fifty Years" will prove a valuable handbook of information as well as a source of encouragement and inspiration to men and women who have an intimate knowledge of race problems in America through years of work with the colored race and to foreigners who wish to know what freedom has actually meant to the Negro. This valuable publication will undoubtedly be brought to the attention of members of state legislatures who have hesitated to vote more money for schools because they have not been sure that thousands of educated colored persons are really intelligent leaders and law abiding followers. The soundest reason for men and women giving thought, time and money to the work of securing a better adjustment of race relationships depends upon the fact that wherever the Negro has been given a fair chance to develop his natural abilities in contact with the purest, wisest and most cultured white people he has amply proved his worth as a helpful individual. Patience, forgiveness, true Christianity—these have been powerful agents in the hands of many consecrated southerners and northerners in dealing with the colored race during fifty years of uphill climb. A list of the contributions to "The Negro's Progress In Fifty Years" will suggest the range of information which is now available and well worth studying. "Negro Population In the United States." Thomas Jesse Jones: "Professional and Skilled Occupations," Kelly Miller: "The Negro In Unskilled Labor." R. R. Wright, Jr.: "Development in the Tidewater Counties of Virginia." T. C. Walker: "The Negro and the Immigrant in the Two Americans," James R. Clarke: "The Tenant System and Some Changes Since Emancipation." Thomas J. Edwards: "Work of the Commission of Southern Universities on the Race Question." Charles Hillman Brough: "Fifty Years of Freedom: Conditions In the Season Restrains." Niels Christensen: "The White Man's Debt to the Negro." L. H. Hammond: "Negro Criminality In the South." Monroe N. Work: "The Movement For the Betterment of the Negro in Philadelphia." John T. Emlen: "Problems of Citizenship." Ray Stanford Baker: "Conditions Among Negroes in the Cities." George Edmund Haynes: "Churches and Religious Conditions," J. I. Watson: "Negro Organizations." B. F. Lee: "Fifty Years of Negro Public Health." S. B. Jones: "Negro Home Life and Standards of Living." Robert E. Park: "Race Relations in the South." W. D. Weatherford: "The Work of the Jeanes and Slater Funds." B. C. Caldwell: "Negro Illiteracy In the United States." J. P. Lichtenberger: "Negro Children In the Public Schools of Philadelphia" Howard W. Odum: "Higher Education of Negroes in the United States." Edward T. Ware: "Industrial Education and the Public Schools." Booker T. Washington: "The Negro In Literature and Art." W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. FINE TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE. How Its Founder Foresaw Value of Vocational Education. That Hampton and Tuskegee schools for negroes are valuable not merely as excellent schools for the colored race, but for their important contribution to the present vocational education movement, is the declaration of the United States bureau of education. In a pamphlet just distributed by the bureau, entitled "Education For Life," tribute is paid to the work of Hampton Institute and particularly General Armstrong, its founder, who is looked upon by educators as a pioneer in the field of practical education. "General Armstrong possessed to a remarkable degree the gift of educational prophecy." asserts Professor Peabody in the introduction to the pamphlet. "He foresaw and foretold with extraordinary precision the tendencies and transitions which in the last twenty-five years have practically revolutionized the principles of education. The training of the hand and eye as well as the mind, the moral effect of technical skill, the conception of labor as a moral force, the test of education in efficiency and the vanity of education without discipline in thrift, self help, love of work and willingness to sacrifice—all these familiar maxims of modern vocational training were set forth by him with all assurance of a social prophet." The pamphlet includes a brief sketch of General Armstrong's life and a collection of pithy utterances on aims and methods of education, many of which are distinctly helpful to those interested in present problems, according to officials of the bureau of education. It is felt that General Armstrong's theory and demonstration of practical education have proved to be right, not merely for one race, but for mankind generally. Educators to Meet in Boley, Okla. The first meeting of the State Teachers' Association of Oklahoma for 1914 will be held for three days in Boley, Okla., beginning Thursday morning, Jan. 1. The week ending Jan. 3 will be a holiday for teachers. Therefore it is the desire of the officers of the association to have a large attendance of teachers at each session during the three days. ACTIVITY OF BOYS' CLUB. Brooklyn 'Institution Delights Large Audience With Launchah Force. Audience With Laughable Force. The High School Boys' Spanish club presented the extremely laughable force entitled "Box and Cox" at Summer hall, in Brooklyn, Friday evening, Nov. 7, to the delight of a large audience. The club was assisted by the Guitar and Mandolin club of the Carlton avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian association. The club is essentially a Y. M. C. A. product. It is composed of high school boys, who, aside from their regular studies, are being taught the French language by Rufus M. Meroney, secretary of the Carlton avenue branch of the Y. M. C. A. Secretary Meroney is a graduate of Yale college and since becoming secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Brooklyn has continued his activity along literary lines. New Organization of Young People. The New Rochelle Younger Set is the name of a newly organized club composed of a group of some of the most prominent young men and women of New Rochelle, N. Y. The promoters of the movement expect to make the club a social center for the young people of the town. Basketball and other sports of an elevating character will be indulged in. The general officers are Miss Mary M. Johnson, president; Miss Anna T. Jones, vice president; Miss Fay A. Flowers, secretary; Miss Virginia Noble, treasurer; Relton J. Henry, manager, and Algin Greuely, coach. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Many who complain that they do not get the Star have been cut off and they will get it on the renewal of their subscription by check or P. O. order. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. MRS. MARY CHURCH FERKELL. DELEGATE TO PURITY CONGRESS. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell was a delegate to the World's Purity Congress which convened in this city from Nov. 7 to 12. She was during her stay a guest at the Hotel Radisson, the Congress Headquarters. Mrs. Terrell was introduced as the greatest woman platform speaker in America, the spoke for the colored race, saying that colored people are the wrecks of unjust prejudice and industrial boycott. Considering their conditions and environment, she said, the standard of morals among the colored people is not to be criticized. Mrs. Terrell is one of the leaders in the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People, and is the wife of Judge Robt. H. Terrell of Washington, D. C. NEGRO CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR IN LONDON. New York, Nov. 5.-J. R. Archer n Negro, is the progressive candidate for the mayorality of Battersea. He has married to a Negress, and if elected it seems probable, will be the first colored mayor in London. Archer has been in business as a photographer eight years, but has lived in Battersea twenty-four years. Mr. Frank Sanford and Miss Eva Gordon were united in holy matrimony Nov. 11, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, 1317 2nd St. So. Rev. Mitchell officiated. RETIRED NEGRO.ARMY OFFICERS. 1st Sergeant Beverly F. Thornton. '82, visited Hampton with his wife in August last, and reported his retirement in June from Troop K of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry after a service of thirty years, three of them being in Cuba and two in the Philippine islands. He reached the grade of "sharpshooter." He has bought a home in Winooski, Vermont, near Lake Champlain, where he has a poultry farm and a larve vegetable garden. Sergeant Thornton is the first Hampton graduate to have served his country long enough to deserve retirement and is looking forward to his home life in America. His retired pay is $67.50 per month. Before his promotion to the rank of 1st Sergeant he cooked for his Troop for twenty-three years. He had interesting reminiscences to tell of early days at Hampton. Horace W. Bivans, Ordinance Sergeant in the U. S. Army, a Hampton ex-student, was retired in July and is living in Billings, Montana. He is a "distinguished marksman" and holds several gold medals. Both men were members of the famous Tenth Cavalry which distinguished itself in the charge at San Juan in the Cuban War. —The Southern Workman. Sergts. J. W. Harper and Z. A. Pope are retired and doing well in Minneapolis. Violin Solo.....Mr. Arthur Bodene Reading .....Mr. Byron Holder Piano Solo, .....Miss Bessie Johnson of St. Paul. Paper .....Mr. Gale Hillyer, U. of M. Vocal Solo.....Mrs. Scott-Mason, of St. Paul. fo Et ttt rE | EK NEAPOLIS es) ae Ys teat elty of ours, we need Gf consecrated mon aud women to Lip. out the life line to rescue the pefishing souls. Rev. T, J. Carter, Yomor Kettigsda Baptist Churen. F A d’coa icommendeth Hin Love to Fegtt unin that while we were vel mers Christ died for us—Romanr hes Sirs. C. D. Howard, 1809 5th Ave. So. ater a long ines fs able to make a VFisit to Chicago. She will be. the 3 ‘of Mrs. Ben, Hall, formerly of > this city. *““Making a Fight for Morals” was the theme of the Purity Congress tecently held here. Madam E. L. Bruce, of Muskogee, Ok'a., the great singing nightingale, for the past few weeks has opened the eyes of the public with her charming voice in Washington, D. C. She made a special trip to Baltimore this week and eang for the opening of the pol- itical meeting which was he'd at Perk- ins Square Baptist Church Monday night. After attracting the attention of such a large gathering was request- ed to take other dates for concerts for this city. She is now busy making arrangements for this musical work, —Ex. ‘Madam Bruce ts an aunt of Mrs. Eva ‘Walker of this city. She may be heard here during the coming winter. Funeral and Wedding notices are to be paid for in advance. hank: eno tank ‘The Men's Episeonal .C'nb wit! eve a Cand Party et Masonte Hall, 24th St. and 5th Ave. So., Minneapolis, on Dec. 8, 1913. Admission 28 cents. ‘ ‘TO THE PUBLIC. “On Rumor’s tongue continual sland ers ride” ‘There has not been, there ts no now.. nor will thee ever he any kiné or form of gamh'ine allowed tno ahont the “COTOREN CrTNZeNS CIVIC & COMMERCIAL LEAGUE”: further, all known eamb'ers, and thet assoviates will be dented membershiy in the -Leacue. “Whosoever lends a greedy ear to ‘a slanderous. renort is elther himself of a raMeatly bed disposition, or a mera child fit sense.” WE INVITE-INVESTIGATION RY ANY GENTLEMAN. OR PONY OF GENTLEMEN; THIS LIMITATION NECESRARILY EXCLUNES THOCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RUMORS. ‘A hieher, better and happier citizen: Ty fs the password! The Board of Directors, By Wm. H. H. Franklin, Pres. Reewar meetings of the Colored Citizens’ League are held at thet quarters, No. 19 Wash. Ave. North every Wednesday night. Open alway: to members. Dr. Judy ts the Chairman of the Library Committee and will welcome contributors to the League Ibrary The President of the League has don ated about 40 standard books an¢ some magazines to the library. Serst. James D. Hardin is a mem ber of the House Committee of the C ©. ©. & C. League. About 50 applications have been re fected by the Board of Directors. CHARITY CARD PARTY. The Twin City Charity Club will give a Card Party at Masonic Hall, 24th St. and Gth Ave. So, Thursday, evening, Nov. 20. Special prizes awarded. Proceeds for Charity. Mrs W.R. Donovan, Pres, Mrs. Alice Smith Secy, Mrs. James H. Burke, Chm, of Committee. Admission 1éc. All are invited to help this cause. A Grand Ball will be given by Fez- zanese Court No. 7, Daughters of Isis, on Noy. 24, at Masonic Hall, McCul- lough’s Orchestra. Admission 35c. Judge Johnson will give his Special “Night Before Thanksgiving” Dance at ‘Unton Temple Hall on Nov. 26. Judge will let his friends dance until time to eat Thanksgiving Breakfast, ° Persons who want verses of consola- tion ‘published must send money for space. See advertising rates, for funeral notices. Prot. U. E. Crosse with his musical .trlo are in the city, Mr. E, D. Bishop of Duluth, Minn., returned home Tuesday night after ‘spending several days in this city. Rich. J. Gamble after 6 weeks ill ness at University Hospital with ty- phold 1s improving, FRANK BELL ACQUITTED, Frank Bell, who has been convicted several times for annoying white wom- ‘en over the phone was acquitted of a similar charge on Tuesday morning. Bell is an electrician. NEGROES OBSERVE PURITY SUN. DAY. Meet at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church to Protest Against Vice Conditions, MORALS COMMISSION ORGANIZED ee Pe i fee eee oe the pastor, had permitted the use of the church for this occasion, so that Negroes could celebrate Purity Sun, day with appropriate _ ceremontes. Promptly at 3:30 P. M. he called the meeting to order and told of his in- ‘tention to ald every movement, to ad- vance his people and humanity. ‘He Invoked Divine ald to direct the efforts of all assemb'ed. and led in singing “Nearer my God to Thee”. Ealtor Smith was called upon to state the Purpose of the meeting. He briefly told that upon request of every per- son whose name was signed to the call, that he had arranged this meet- tng—that “there had been a desire on the part of many of the respectable citizens to resent the spevtal privileges ‘granted Negro Clubs and houses of ill repute, regard'ess of the wishes of the destrabte members of the communtty” —that he had not promised or suc: gested any definite action, but de- pended on the outcome of the expres: stons of opinions of each individual to perfect an organization. Fdltor Smith was named for temporary chairman. Rev. Jackson opposed for reasons that his services were needed elsewhere. However, Mr. Smith al- lowed his name presented. as there wos a rumor that he had “ald down the fleht.” He yielded to the will of the body, and the suecestion of Rev. Jackson prevatted. Mr. P. F. Hale was elected temporary chairman, Mr. Jas. T. Wright temporary sec'y. Mr. Fale stated, what he belleved to be the purpose of the meeting, offering to give vast Information about ques- tionable places, and condemned the stubs, buffet-fats and also attacked the police dept. He did not agree with Faitor Smith on the snectal attack on the Twin City Stag CInb. Mr. Smith soon convinced him that he knew not the call, and stated that he had no svectal clubs to favor or any special attack on Mr. Stewarts club at this meeting, but would at any time de- fend his position as to that club's exposure. Mr. Smith requested Mr. Hale to etve hin information to this body. bat Rev. Jackson wished. that it be with- held for the special committee. Rey. W. R. Donovan, Rey, Jackson, Messrs. Walter Blackburn, J. N. Sel- tars, 8. Sounders, HA. Mitchell, J. W. Fredricks, J. H. Lane and John S. Wrieht move talks in defense of the Faltor of the Star, also resented the setion of the Mavor in permitting un- Nmitted lawlessness. Miss Hiya Watker, of the Forum ‘Sorta! Committee made the most {m- nrecetye talk of the meeting, She told of the dissdvantaves suttere’ by the existence of clubs. how her late broth- er had been rescued bv a few good citizens from a life of destruction. Her ‘case in point was that the women shon'd mate better nlaces for the men, hetter sovtal nervire, better public amneament, better home attractions, ‘and that they had a great nart to play In rettetous work. and moral uoltt | Members were admitted uoon stena- ture amd a permanent oreantaation was atte-ted, nemed The Neero Morals Commieston, James Eddings, chm., J. 3. Wrieht secy. | Mr. Hate presented a resolution. ab- stract and futtte, covering conditions tn general? with remuest that they be nresented to the authorites. Editor Smith obfested on the grounds, that they were indefinite and absolntely Moeical, 1. @. axking the pote author- {tes to remedy such conditions as they knew to exist. Mr. Smith ex. mained. that the Mavor wanted evi @ence from an oreantzation, and it won'd not be fitting to have a com- mittee upon snap iudement apvear hefore the Mayor. He would respect any remuest or demand trom any or ranized hoy that contd. efter prover invostieation and deliberation, present to him necessary material for action. Mr. Hole’s resolutions were rejected Mr. Ralph Watson, refusing to be- come & member asked if he had a voles. He was aiven the privilege of the ftoor, but'then declined to speak. Several clubmen were present. A motion prevaited that a committee be named by the Chair and empow- ered to investigate conditions, to wait ‘on Mayor Nye. also If necessary to tay the facts before the Grand Jury: Rev. Jackson suegested that Mr. Hale ive his valuable information to this committee. The following committee was named: J: C. -Trevan, Chm., Chas. Sumner Smith, Sec’y.. Walter TWIN = Y STAR —Jas. Eddings and J. 8. wee 8T. PAUL officio. After instructions " ‘ Chair the meeting was adjourned; | me we ra meet next Sunday at Zion Baptist) 4. pitas Churen. ‘The Speclal Committegata | Sesssteq ipa meet Thursday evening at the Star of| 7 J fice. It has been said by many rar ‘attended that it was the most eae a ee fective meeting ever held in this olty. ion ta toa ‘There was all harmony. ‘The opposl-| Recon ie lon was given every opportunity, for) Say expression, it having been assertea’ Miss Maud Wanz ‘that gag-rule and steam-roller pro: W- V8, ts taking up cedure would prevail. But in keeping |!" musle at McAlaste with the day, and in the tem * Miss Archer Mon God, those who assembled to advs turned from Foun du ‘humanity had no other thought, Dr. McCaslin fs decent, honest and intelligent m;| gelistic services at ; and for that alone they deserve credit | church. and will accomplish much,” Mr. Weetburaate oe ee St., dled Monday moi ‘The Progressive Club Concert was Mr. Mont i a grand sticcess. the sick ee sid JACOB BROWN IS DEAD. Mra. Garnet Pent Mr, Chas. J. Brown received the sad) C™valescent. - news of the death of his son Jacob eo Brown of New Orleans. Mr. Brown| A meeting in’ the was the private secretary of Supreme| National Assn. for Chancellor 8, W. Green of the Knights | °f Colored People w of Pythias. day evening in Cong Mrs. J. H. Redd, wife of Dr. Reda, and baby Gwendolyn are spending the winter in Greensboro, N. C., with her father, Prof. C. H. Moore. Miss Samula Hudson on her return to Oklahoma was entertained last Sunday by Mrs. J. J. Duncan of this city also Mr. Chas. Duncan of Thiet River Falls, AN OLD RESIDENT STRICKEN. Miss Emma Still, one of the first arrivals at Ft. Snelling, who was em- ployed many yéars by the Goodrich family suffered a stroke of paralysis at the residence of Mrs. Scotts, 2817 Elliott Ave. Mrs. J. J. Duncan entertained the Wayman Home Circle at her home, 3920 4th Ave. So, on Tuesday even ing. After the meeting an elaborate lunch was served. Every one enjoyed the evening. A large attendance is expected every week. Mrs. Turner Pres., Mrs. Perkins, Sec'y. Rev. J. T. Griffin and Mrs. Jennie ‘Moore were married Wednesday night by Rev. Mitchell. Mf. Jno. L. Neal has resigned trom the Morals Committee for reasons that on account of business he cannot: de: vote anytime to this cause, He states “I am in sympathy with the cause and hope the same will do much good.” Seems that onty the guilty women of the Federated Club are condemn- ing Editor Smith. ‘That's natural. CHICKEN PIE SUPPER AND APRON BAZAAR. There will be a Chicken Pie Supper, a Musical and Literary Program, and an Apron Bazaar given at Bethesda Baptist Church on Noy. 19th, Monday night, for the benefit of the Church. — |A night of FOOD, FUN and FROLIC. Mrs. Ophelia Rice, Pres. Dorcas So clety. The following ts en exact copy of « letter from the Minneapolis Baptis Clty Union, 405 Evanston Building sent to Rev. J. W. Lee, who is operat ing the “Lee's Mission,” at 629 5tt St. No, about two blocks from Zion Baptist Church. The letter was rea at the business meeting, and approve by the members, and was ordered tc be published in the Twin City Star. copy. Minneapolis Baptist City Union, 405 Evanston Building, Rev. @. Woodvine Ball, * Superintendent and Secretary Minneapolis, Minn., Nov, 4, 1913. Rev. J. W. Lee, 629 5th St. N. Dear Sir:— At a recent meeting of the Board o Directors. of the Baptist City Union it was brought to our fotice that you had started a mission near the Zior Baptist Church. «The following resotution was unant mously adopted and I was requeste¢ to inform you of the same. Resolution. “That we do not thin} it advisable that there should be tw: meetings of the colored people in thi same vicinity, and we recommend tha those who have started the new mis sion should unite witl' the Zion Bap tist Church. Hoping you will prayer fully consider this, and that you wil see the advisability of doing as w. fecommond, in order that the churct be not werkened and the work o Christ hindered, “Very sincerely, yours, “@. Woodvine Ball, Sec’y.” FORUM MEETING, The Forum meets the first Sunday in each month at St. Peter’s A. M. E. Chureh, and on the third, Sunday each month.at Bethesda Baptist Church, ae ttiee READ THE STAR—iT'S NEWS, ST. PAUL NOTES. / ‘The pipe organ in St. James A. M. B, Church 1s paid for. The proceeds of the Emancipation Celebration great ly assisted. _ Rev, H. P. Jones and Miss Carrie B Monjoy will be married on Nov. 20 bees ae in the Chureh parlors. ' Mjss Maud Wanzer of Charleston W. Va, is taking up a special course in music at McAlaster College. Miss Archer Montgomery has re turned from Foun du Lac, Wis. Dr. McCaslin is conducting evan gelistic services at Zion Presbyteriar Church, Mr. Woodburn Coleman of Marion St., dled Monday morning, Mr. Montgomery of Acker St. is on the stck Mst. "Mrs, Garmet Penn of Fuller Ave. is convalescent. _ A meeting in’ the interests of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People was held last Sun- day evening in Congregational Church (white). Dr, Womer, the pastor, made a grand plea for the rights of the Negro. About 300 Negroes attended. There were also several white per- sons in the audience, Any person who has paid for this paper, without receiving it, will be siven @ year’s subscription on proof of their statement. ‘AN APPEAL. SSeS CA Mee MR SNE iyies Baa gee ane Ra | of the United States. ‘The Constitutional League of Okla homa with Lawyer William Harrison of Oklahoma City as its leading at torney is contesting with vigor the Jim Crow” laws of Oklahoma. He will, the last of November or the firs of December, bring before the Unite States Supreme Court the case of Mc Cabe et al vs, The Atchison, Topeks and Santa Fe Railway So., et al. We are informed that jurist say that the Oklahoma case is the best prepared of its kind of any case yet put before the United States Supreme Court, and that it will now have tc meet the issue squarely. There is one feature of this. case that will be settled which will effect all of the Negroes in the United States and that {s the Inter-State pas: senger law. If he succeeds it will put an end to all Jim Crowism, so far as Inter-State passengers are concerned They will not even be subject to the {ntr-State Iaws of the South. Hence we hereby appeal to every Uberty loving woman, man and friend of the Negroe race in this country to make a contribution to the expense of fighting this cas. We think it is high time, if Negroes want liberty, they should be willing to pay some thing towards it. A few race loving men and women tm th Oklahoma League, led by the Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., who {s now pastor of the Mount Carml Bap. tist church, Washington, D: C., have made great sacrifice to bring the case through lower courts to its present stage and Mr. Harrison has practi: cally given his service for nothing; but must be rewarded. We are informed that two able con. stitutional lawyers of Boston and New York will assist in this case, ' ‘Therefore let everyone who is in. terested send at least $1. All contri butions to be sent to Rev. W. H. Jern- agin, D. D., 420 Q street, N. W., Wash- ington, D. C., who will recetpt you for the same. He is a reputable, straight forward, Christian gentleman, and will make an honest report of all money sent him. It persons making contributions dc not object, thelr names will be pub shed in the leading papers of their state. Yours for justice, 8. W. Layton, Philadelphia, Pa, President Woman's Convention Auxili ary National Baptist Convention. Nannie H. Burroughs, Washington, D,.C., Secretary Woman's Gonvention Auxiliary National Baptist’ Conven- ton. 7a P. S.—Editors of the race who are Interested will please copy. Advertisements. HOUSE FOR SALE, 6 room, modern house good as new, located at 2816 18th Ave. 80. Lot 38x ‘142 to alley. Snap for $2,400. Terms ‘it desired. McDew, 610 Sykes Block. _ TWO FURNISHED ROOMS, Comfortable, steam" heated, gas, ath, tollet. Suitable for man and wife. Kitchen Privileges. Every con- Yenlence.. .A. D. 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C.-Both races in this section of North Carolina are especially proud of the quiet but real, tangible work for the effective advancement of the Afro-American folk that the State Normal School For Colored Youth in this city is accomplishing. This splendid state institution is largely a tribute to the exceptional ability of its principal, Dr. E. E. Smith. The graduates of this school have been so imbued with the spirit of righteous activities that the Afro-American farmers especially and hundreds of our people of the rural districts are given a proper conception of what efficiency counts for in the struggle for decent existence. These well trained young men and women have caused hundreds of Afro-Americans to make their homes attractive and healthful. They do not divorce religion from their daily activities. These young people, in many instances, have exerted an inspiring in- A. E. PRINCIPAL R. E. SMITH. fluence over many of their fellows, especially the obstreperous youths that were inclined to become immune to civic righteousness. In this particular instance, which is so evident and impressive, Dr. Smith's career in this work has elected unserving support on the part of the better class of white citizens of North Carolina. It is stated, by many in authority that he has built up one of the best state institutions for colored youth in the state. The great demonstration by the farmers of this section last September, when they had a parade consisting of 250 men mounted on horses and mules and buggies and marchers making a continuous line for over two miles, the judge closing court for the day and a number of prominent white citizens visiting the school to witness the events of the day, is concrete evidence of the value of the school to the state. The attendance this year is unprecedented in the annuals of the school. The student body reflects the kind of credit on principal and faculty that will ultimately make the Afro-American triumph over barriers that at times seem insurmountable. The forty-sixth annual session of the Baptist educational and missionary convention of North Carolina, which recently met at Rocky Mount, was strongly indorsed by Dr. Smith. It is conceded by some of the leading men of the race identified with him in a number of excellent movements that there is not a better record keeper in the south than he. As an appreciation of this fact this convention at its session in 1912 honored him with a costly gold headed cane and enthusiastically re-elected him their recording secretary. It is said that he was one of the most dignified and efficient United States ministers to Liberia that this country has had. He served in ex-President Cleveland's administration. South Makes Bid For Foreign Labor. The Hon. Ralph W. Tyler struck the keynote in a recent article, dated from Greensboro. Ky. in reference to the desire on the part of southern agriculturalists to have the tide of foreign immigration turned to the southland. At a meeting held in New Orleans the last week in October the Mississippi Valley Immigration association passed resolutions asking government aid in turning the tide of immigration from the east and west to the great underdeveloped territory of the southern states. TWIN CITY STAR The President was impressed by the protast and commented on its strength and stated that it was deserving of, and should receive, careful consideration. The delegation said that the President seemed at first inclined to doubt if the matters complained of had any official canction. But he was handed a copy of an order issued by the auditor for the Interior Department which explicitly ordered separation on account of color in lavatories. Other orders of similar import which had been issued in other bureaus were embodied in the matter left with the President. He then stated that perhaps he was not well posted on the matter. He said that he would go into the matter thoroughly and would endeavor to find a solution satisfactory to all concerned, and gave assurance that segregation had not been decided 'upon as an administration policy. In their protest the spokesman of the de'legation insisted that it was the principle of segregation that was objected to and not the manner in which it was administered. He quoted a letter written by Mr. Wilson before election as follows: "It is my earnest wish to see justice done colored people in every matter, and not mere grudging justice, but justice executed with liberality and cordial good feeling. Every principle of our Constitution commands this, and our sympathies should also make it easy." Commenting on this the petitioners said to the President: "Fairer words were never written and their readers could not possibly have expected their author to countenance the institution of any new policy in his own branch of the Government, now admittedly based on racial prejudice, against them; a policy of caste which no president would dare even hint for citizens of any of the many other racial extractions which make up our heterogeneous population." The petitions laid particular stress upon the order of Secretary McAdoo requiring separate eating tables, and on the segregation in the auditor's rooms of the Postoffice Department, the Navy, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and elsewhere. "Necessity," says the petition, "can not be pleaded as an excuse for this affront and injury. Afro-Americans and other American employees have been working together, eating at the same tables, and using the same lavatories and bollets for two generations. They have worked in peace and harmony and the Government's business has been well executed. Some of the very Afro-American clerks taken from rooms where Americans of other ancestries worked, or from seats in juxtaposition thereto, have worked for twenty-five and thirty years. They did so through two Democratic Administrations. These Democratic administrations were the nearer abolition of slavery of Africans than yours, Mr. President. The same efforts to inaugurate this segregation in Government service were made under your illustrious predecessor, the late President Grover Cleveland, and were stopped by his order, as we trust they will be in short order by yourself." under the au- Friday night, Nineteenth the delegation is urged that petitions be advised that to congress- ored citizens Worth up to 75c, on Sale at 39c Muslin Bed Sheets in the 50c Line on Sale at .....38c Our Big 3-Pound Cotton Bat- ting, enough for one Com- forter, 75c value, on Sale all the week at .....59c OUTING FLANNEL SALE. One Case of the best 10c Out- ing Flannel, on Sale all At a mass meeting under the auspices of the League on Friday night, which packed the large Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, the delegation made a full report. At this meeting it was urged that the sending in of signed petitions be continued. It was also advised that letters of protest be sent to congressmen and senators by colored citizens everywhere. 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. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER. Chicken Soup—Fried Chicken (country style) — Roast Beef a la Creole Spagetti, Italian — Cold Slaw — Peach Cobbler — Tea, Coffee or Milk. ST. LOUIS KITCHEN, 138 E. 3rd St. St. Paul, Minn.—Advertisement. UNCLE SAM IS OUR AGENT. We do not annoy our subscribers by sending collectors or bills. Our people 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 a Post Office Order, and send it. Your receipt is from Uncle Sam. He is our best collector. If Ed. Stewart had not wanted to monopolize all classes, all concessions and privileges, there would not have been this agitation, but he wanted it, and got it. Can he do it? --- (Cont. from Page 1, Col. 3.) THE APPEAL TO WILSON. under authority of the National ernment. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. GREATEST NEGRO ATHLETE. 1930 Bobby Marshall, Minnesota's Greatest Football Star and All-round Athlete played with the Marines in the Marine-Beaver game last Sunday. Marshall (right half) got a touch down. Marshall was the Univ. of Minn. favorite, and is coaching this year as usual. He will at the close of the football season direct the athletic department of the New Citizens League, indoor baseball, handball, tennis and basket ball will be the features. THE PASSWORD IS "GOD ORDER" Judge Johnson's HARVEST FESTIVAL THANKSGIVING MORNING. UNION TEMPLE HALL. 28 Washington Ave. So. November 26th, 1913 GOOD MUSIC. REFRESHMENTS McCULLOUGH'S ORCHESTRA HEGNA DRY GOODS COMPANY 263-265 CEDAR AVE. One table full of sample COATS will be sold this week, no two alike. If you can find your size in the lot you can take your choice at $2.00, $2.75, $3.50 $4.50 ANY COAT IN THE LOT WOULD BE CHEAP AT DOUBLE. BETTER COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM IF IN NEED OF A WINTER COAT. SALE OF BEDDING One Lot Feather Pillows week .....3 Coverall Apron Sale .....3 Bring this Ad. With You and We Sell You Our Best Coverall Aprons this week at .....3 Table Damask .....2 All this Week we Sell You Choice of our 45c 60-inch Bleached Table Damask, Good Patters, Limit 6 Yards, per yard .....2 Come in and see the Big Sample Linen Towel Sale, Most all are the 50c kind, All fine Linen Goods and any in the lot will be sold this week at, choice .....2 REV. WITHER'S VACATION. At a business meeting of the members of Zion Baptist Church, Cor. 4th St. and 6th Ave. N., Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1913, their Pastor, Rev. M. W. Withers, was granted an indefinite vacation. Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Withers will travel some in the West, and will finally stop in Butte, Montana, for an indefinite time. Rev. A. Gould will supply the pulpit during the absence of Rev. Withers. 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These people never go out and loiter around and read hand-bills and hang-up notices. They read the Twin City Star. YOUR LOOKS CAN BE IMPROVED by using MRS. WILSON'S BEAUTIFYING FORMULA. Will give you FREE INSTRUCTIONS with Hair Dressing, Hair Straightening, Manicuring, Massageing, also Hair Tonics, Cold Cream, etc. MADAM NOTAH WILSON Guaranteed Formulas for Beautifying. 563 Charles St. Tel. Dale 5252 OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our common free whether an invitation strictly presidential. HANDBOOK on patents sent free. Great agency for receiving patents. MUNN & Co. 284 Broadway. New York Branch Office, 625 F. St., Washington, D.C. SEN. MOSES E. CLAPP, Sen. Clapp of Minnesota has done everything to secure for the Negroes their Civil Rights. He has fought Discrimination, Class Legislation and Segregation. 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Services every Sunday 10:30 a.m and 8:00 p.m. Sunday school at 12:30 Rev. F. M. Tewle Pastor ST. M. M. M. E. CHURCH, 315 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday services at 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Sunday school at 1 p.m. Rev. E. R. Edwards. Pastor. BETHESA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1120 8th St. So. between 11th and 12th Aves. Breaching Sunday 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. J. Carter, Pastor, Res. 910 9th Ave. So. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 8th Avenue N. and 4th St. Services morning and evening every Sunday Rev. M. W. ST. THOMAS SUNDAY SCHOOL. Every Sunday Afternoon at 3 P. M. Gale P. Hilly, Supt. The People's Christian Mission. REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR. 1204 Washington Ave. So. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Miln. Rev A. H. Lealtad. Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. All are Invited. Come. ST. PAUL. ZION PRESPYTERIAN CHURCH. Services 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Rev. G. W. Camp. Pastor. All are welcome. St. James A. M. E. Church. Rev. H. P. Jones. Pastor. Con. Jay and Fuller Ste. All are welcome. ST JAMES A M. E. 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We cannot publish "notes about persons" signed only by "subscriber." Many who have preferred to be "with their race at all times" are now kicking against government segregation, and they are right. But they were wrong, when they boasted of racial characteristics. Simon purity and their color etc. It was but an idle and ignorant boast. The Democrats gave them what they have been crying for. The Twin City Star, devoted to the interests of the colored people of the Twin Cities, is taking a commendable stand in exposing questionable clubs in Minneapolis. It takes backbone to do that, but it is everlastingly right, and the race will be benefitted by the work of such high minded men as the Star editor.—The W. St. Paul Times, Nov. 8, 1913. Editor Chas. S. Schurman, of the St. Paul Times, a publication 26 years old, is the President of the Police Board. He has been very liberal towards this publication giving us columns of space. We appreciate the above comment, realizing its authenticity. Such encouragements always help the weaker fellow, and generally brings to him victory out of apparent defeat. OUR THANKSGIVING. We thank our friends for their many expressions of confidence in our crusade for better conditions and the ovation of last Sunday. The credit is due those who supported this publication. It is the unlimited power of the press in a fight for humanity, therefore, we cannot lose. The Star expresses the voice of the people, which is the will of God. WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO. By Dr. Booker T. Washington, in the "Worlds Work Magazine, New York City, November, 1913—Explains the Tuskegee Idea—Writes of Racial Relationships in the South. Dr. Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Institute, writes a special article, "What I am Trying to Do," for the November issue of the World's Work, New York City; a series of twelve articles under this title have been published in the World's Work during the past twelve months. The contributors to the series so far have represented every phase of business and educational life—captains of Industry and leaders of one kind and another in every field of activity. The World's Work is quite the most representative business magazine published in this country and surveys the whole field of progress from one end of the earth to the other. In the particular article here referred to, Dr. Washington summarizes his life work at Tuskegee Institute, explaining in detail just what he has been "trying to do". In helping to bring about the present progress of the Negro people in the United States. The whole scheme of what has come to be known as the "Tuskegee Idea" is exemplified and explained so that COPYRIGHT BY VANDER WEIER one can get a pretty good idea of the work being accomplished through Tuskegee Institute. With particular reference to the matter of racial relationships in the South, Dr. Washington writes: "Another thing that I have tried to do has been to bring the white people in the Southern States and throughout the country into what seems to me a proper and practical attitude toward the Negro in his efforts to go forward and make progress. I am seeking to do this not only in the interest of my race, but also in the interest of the white race. "There are in the Southern States nine million Negroes. There are three million Negro children of school age. Fifty-three per cent, or more than half, never go to school. Many of these Negro children, particularly in the country districts, are in school only from three to four months of the year. I am trying to get the white people to see that, both from an economic point of view and as a matter of justice and fair play these conditions must be changed. I am trying to get the white people to see that sending ignorant Negroes to jails and penitentiaries, putting them in the chain gang, hanging and lynching them does not civilize, but on the contrary, though it brutalizes the Negro, it at the same time blunts and dulls the conscience of the white man. "I want the white people to see that it is unfair to expect a black man who goes to school only three months in the year to produce as much on the farm as a white man who has been in school eight or nine months in the year; that it is unjust to let the Negro remain ignorant, with nothing between him and the temptation to fill his body with whiskey and cocaine and then to expect him, in his ignorance, to be able to know the law and be able to exercise that degree of self-control which shall enable him to keep it. "Still another thing that I am trying to get the people of the whole country to realize is that the education of the Negro should be considered not as a matter of charity, but as a matter of business, that, like any other business, should be thoroughly studied, organized, and systematized. The money that has already been spent by states, institutions, and individuals would have done vastly more good if there had been, years ago, more thorough organization and co-operation between the different isolated and detached members of the Negro school system in the Southern States. "I am trying to get the white people to realize that since no color line is drawn in the punishment of crime, no color line should be drawn in the preparation for life, in the kind of education, in other words, that makes for useful, clean living. I am trying to get the white people to see that in hundreds of counties in the South it is costing more to punish colored people for crime than it would cost to educate them. I am trying to get all to see that ignorance, poverty, and weakness invite and encourage the stronger race to act unjustly toward the weak, and that so long as this condition remains, the young white men of the South will have a fearful handicap in the battle of life." TRUTH AND ADVICE. From "The Stroiler." "It does seem that the acme of racial child's play has been reached," said a prominent delegate to a certain convention recently, "when a Negro, over twenty-one years of age, will refuse to work on a committee or have anything to do with an organization, no matter how much he may be in accord with its objects, merely because someone is connected with it whom he doesn't like personally. If we are ever going to be a people, we must cultivate catholicity of spirit, breadth of vision, and a gnerosity of judgment that inspires us to place the cause before the man and permits us TWIN CITY STAR to work with anyone who stands for this same thing we stand for. The matter of personal likes or dislikes should have no place in our minds, when the uplift is at stake. Many a leader is pitifully handicapped by having on his staff a set of fellows who are too little-headed to co-operate with one another for the welfare of the organization in whose interest he has called them together. Such fellows are not an asset to the organization or to the man they profess to follow—they are a liability, and their retention on his staff is apt to spell disaster in the long run. When a man in a position of responsibility finds himself embarrassed by the alleged friendship of these sycophants and time-servers, who cause him nothing but trouble, the sooner he unloads the better it will be for him and for the movement he represents. That's the word with the bark on it." A hint to the wise ought to be sufficient—Indianapolis Freeman. NOTES ON NEGRO PROGRESS. (From the Business League.) Bowling Green, Ky., has a Negro drug store, recently established by A. J. Duncan, Ph. G. The Tacoma Grocery and Meat Company, composed of Negroes, operates a very large and successful business at 512 West Street and 611 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis. They maintain an auto delivery service. A local Negro Business League was recently organized at Paducah, Ky., with seventy-five members. Every business man in the city became a member. A. W. Watkins, the undertaker there was unanimously elected president. The $20,000 Colored Pythian Temple at Evansville, Ind., will be ready for occupancy in December. The first, or ground, floor will have a motion picture theatre and store rooms; the second floor will have office rooms and an auditorium, while the third floor will be fitted up with lodge rooms. Smith and Moore, Negro contractors at Hopkinsville, Ky., have the contract for building the stone wall around the birthplace farm of Jefferson Davis in Christian County, Ky. The stone for the wall will be quarried from the quarries of these Negro contractors. On Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, within four blocks, there are seventy-two Negro business establishments all doing a good business. The $60,000 Mosaic Temple at Little Rock, Ark., adds another splendid temple to the many erected by Negro fraternities. To John E. Bush, of Little Rock, the Mosaics are indebted for much of the success attending the efforts to raise the funds for this temple. A Negro in Paducah, Ky., by the name of Lee has just equipped a fine, large shoe shining parlor in that city. It is thoroughly up to date, elegant in its appointments, and unequaled for equipment and service by any place south of New York. The Negroes of Evansville, Ind., are desirous of having a drug store established there. They guarantee it will pay well. Evansville has a total population of 70,000 of which 10,000 are Negroes. It has no Negro pharmacy, and one would do well there. The people would assist in furnishing some of the financial backing necessary to establish a first-class pharmacy. The largest and most successful building contractor in Hopkinsville, Ky., is a Negro named Brooks. He was given the contract for building the new buildings of the Kentucky State Normal School, and has practically all the big building contracts in that city. He is now erecting a new theatre there. One of the most successful real estate dealers in Indianapolis is J. Walter Hodge. Mr. Hodges office is right down to date, and the volume of business annually transacted by him runs up into the hundred thousands. J. E. Roberts, of Paducah, Ky., conducts the only electric shoe repair shops in that city, and employs five persons. So great is the amount of work coming to his shop that he is forced to work a night shift. G. P. Williams, a Negro of Cairo, Ill., has been the successful bidder for hauling the U. S. mall to and from the railroad station. Although being under-bidded by white men the contract was given to him because of the superior service he gave and the high-grade equipment he maintained. Logan H. Stewart, one of the most successful Negro real estate dealers and builders in Indiana, has recently established a factory for the manufacture of cement building blocks at Evansville, Ind., and is operating it most successfully with an entire crew of Negro employees. EFFORT TO SAVE OLD LANDMARK URGENT APPEAL FOR FUNDS Mansion Which Once Sheltered the Illustrious Champion of Freedom For His People Neglected and Decayed. Quick Action Needed to Keep the Property From Being Sold. Washington.—Fifty years after our freedom and thirteen years after the death of the man who more than any single person contributed by his agitation to our deliverance from bondage the old home of the late illustrious Frederick Doughass rests under a heavy mortgage. The old mansion, with its furniture, books, papers, art treasures and curios which were gathered by him, is fast going to decay, and the fifteen acres of ground sur rounding and belonging to the home are but a tangled mesh of weeds and rank growth of vines. Located at the top of Cedar hill, overlooking the beautiful Potomac river and the city of Washington, this home is one of the picturesque spots in the District of Columbia. The home was bequeathed to the race to be held and preserved, with its contents and its land, as a memorial to that gigantic figure who braved the mobs before the war declaring that his race should and must be freed. To those who were wont to make a pilgrimage out to Cedar bill and converse with Mr. Douglass when living and who knew of the natural and man made beauty of the old estate its present decay, its almost total abandonment to neglect, is pathetic. It suggests the question, "Has the race reverence for those who labored and suffered in order that we might be free?" If the property were put up at sale today it would bring a big sum, for Washington has grown up to and around the Douglass home, and the street cars in twenty minutes will take one from the home to the White House or to the national capitol. Unless the heavy mortgage under which the home rests is lifted soon the property, the books, papers, furniture and art treasurers which were once the pride of Mr. Douglass and which took a lifetime to gather may pass into the hands of another race. It would be a lasting disgrace were this race of 10,000,000 beings fifty years after the achieving of their liberty, which boasts of $700,000,000 wealth, to permit this home to pass from it, and the spot which ought to be forever preserved as a mecca and a shrine to which the Negroes of the country might go and honor the memory of its once great owner be descrised by the impious hand of Mammon. An effort is now being put forth to raise sufficient money to pay off the mortgage and to put the home and grounds in rpair and make them a monument to the name and fame of Mr. Douglass and a place of reverence, the same as the home of George Washington at Mount Vernon is preserved by the white people of this country. It is figured out that if every Negro but contributed 10 cents a fund would be raised sufficient to pay off the mortgage, restore the house to its former beauty, endow the grounds with a wealth of beauty and make of it a fitting memorial to the late Frederick Douglass. The property now belongs to our people. It will not be theirs long, however. If the mortgage is not soon lifted. The trustees of the home are A. H. Grimke, Rev. F. J. Grimke, Dr. J. E. Moorland and Whitfield McKinlay of Washington, Professor W. H. Grogman of Atlanta, Ga., and Rev. E. A. Clark of Louisville, Ky. Ralph W. Tyler of Washington, former auditor for the navy and now national organizer for the National Negro Business league, has been placed in charge of a campaign to raise money to pay off the mortgage. To save his home to the race to whom it was bequeathed as a legacy is the effort being made. For 10,000,000 of people to permit this old home to pass into the hands of the impious would be a lasting disgrace. Those Negrens who possess race pride, a reverence and respect for the memory and labors of Mr. Douglass and wish to contribute to the fund being raised to save it may communicate with Mr. Tyler at 928 T. street. N. W. Washington. Every child as well as every adult ought to feel it his duty to help save the old home of Frederick Douglass, which was bequeathed to the race he served for a lifetime. A Douglass memorial certificate will be sent to each contributor. Always is it faith in someone or something that inspires us to lift our work above the commonplace. 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, Dea Volnese and Sloux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. 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