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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL VOL. 4 Single Copies 5 Cents MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., December, 26. 1913. No. 14 Mr. Davis reports that the Virginia industrial supervising teachers have visited regularly 417 colored schools out of 591 in twenty-five counties. By private subscription the school term was extended at least one month in 189 schools. Brunswick county, Va., extended the school term in forty out of forty-four schools. Cumberland, Caroline and Northampton counties, in Virginia, also made unusual records in the extension of the rural school terms. Twenty new schoolhouses were erected, costing $24,000. Fifteen schools were enlarged at a cost of $2,000. Forty-six schools were painted, eighty-one whitewashed; 122 sanitary outhouses were built, 317 individual drinking cups were introduced, and 428 school improvement leagues raised for school purposes nearly $23,000 among the colored people. These figures do not include labor and material furnished by the colored people. Gardening and canning work were successfully carried on during the summer months in fifteen counties. The reports show that 417 gardens were rated "good." Some 22,773 jars of vegetables and fruits were canned for winter use. 193 cooking lessons were given in rural homes, 178 sewing lessons were taught and 136 homes were whitewashed. School demonstration work in Virginia means better schools and better homes for those who live in the country and deserves all the help that it can receive. Holy Bible, membership roll, picture of Bible class, roll home department Sunday school, cradle roll, church manual fiftieth anniversary, picture of church on Prince school, senior choir list, J. H. White organist; junior choir list, copy of the Brooklyn Dally Eagle of Nov. 18. Brooklyn Daily Standard Union of Nov. 19, the New York Age of Nov. 20, the Amsterdam News of Nov. 21 and the Brooklyn Times of Nov. 22. Upon these articles were placed the record of the church corporation, a brick from the church on Prince street, a program of the exercises celebrating the burning of the mortgage, names of all the officers of the church, picture of the church, names of all the working organizations of the church, church manual, Canadian coin, hymn book of Mrs. Mary Fisher, biography of Mrs. Fisher, the oldest member at her death. The Rev. Dr. William A. Alexander has been pastor of this church for the past fourteen years and still leads his parishioners onward and upward in religious achievement. LEADER IN MANY GOOD MOVEMENTS FOUNDER OF THE CADETS. Prometer of Organization For the Advancement of Boys, Superintendent of Sunday School and Chief Factor in Big Land Company Are Some of Dr. Crawford's Activities. Austin Tex.—Dr. W. H. Crawford of this city is the founder and commander in chief of the National Baptist "A. F." cadets, an organization composed of boys, operated on the order of the boy scouts' movement. He has written a manual, in which are set forth the rules and regulations governing the organization, which has been published by the national Baptist publishing board in Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Crawford is also superintendent of perhaps the largest Sunday school in the United States among the colored people. At the annual meeting of the national Baptist Sunday school congress held in Muskogee. Okla. last June. Dr. Crawford's school won the prize banner for having the largest number of scholars of any school belonging to the congress. He is active in many movements for the advancement of the race along various lines. As one of the founders of the National Home Builders' army he has accomplished a great work. He is the secretary and field marshal of the company, which owns a tract of 50,000 acres of the best land in Texas. So that抑蓟 is Dr. Crawford's work that his services are constantly demand, both in his profession and as a W. H. CRAWFORD, M. D. business man. When the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, reputed to be the wealthiest secret order of its kind in the state, saw the necessity of having a well qualified physician to protect the interests of the organization, Dr. Crawford was elected medical director. During the three years in which he has held the position, the society has grown in membership and finance, and there has been a great reduction in the death rate among the members of the order. Dr. W. H. Crawford was born in McLennan county, Tex., March 29, 1872. He is the son of a Baptist preacher and a devout Christian mother, from whom he received a double portion of religious zeal and enthusiasm. Walking eight miles when he was eight years old to attend his first Sunday school, he was seemingly marked then and there for Sunday school timber. At the age of twelve he became a Christian and joined the Baptist church and has since that time been an effective force in the church. His public school education was obtained in the schools of his home county; his academic training was in the Hearne academy. Texas; he received his medical education from Leonard Medical college, North Carolina, and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. Thus preparing himself, he began the practice of medicine in his home town, but his skill soon demanded for him a wider field, and he therefore moved to Austin, Tex. where he soon rose to prominence, his practice being one of the largest in that city. He won fame and distinction as a doctor of recognized ability during the meningitis epidemic that swept over Texas a few months ago. It was Dr. Crawford that saved more lives from that dreaded disease than any physician in Austin. As a citizen he is one of the leading men in his home city, where he is consulted on all matters pertaining to the advancement of his race by both white and colored. As a churchman he is the leading spirit in Ebeneszer Baptist church, where he is loved, consulted, respected and obeyed as a man of undoubted Christian integrity whose life is worthy of emulation. EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH. Notable Advance in Rural School Improvement In Virginia. The demonstration work which is being carried on in six of the southern states is adding new life and hope to the people who send their children to "the schools in the background"—schools that are isolated and too often lacking in good teachers, physical equipment and ventilation. The value of the work of the industrial supervising teachers as they go about helping those at work in the rural districts can scarcely be estimated. The reflex influence of improved country schools on country homes and communities is most potent and beneficial. Jackson Davis of Richmond, state supervisor of rural elementary schools and a pioneer in helping colored industrial supervising teachers, has prepared a most interesting summary at Hampton institute of the work of twenty-three colored workers who are assisting rural teachers in twenty-five Virginia counties to introduce useful industrial work in the colored country schools. These school demonstrators are helping the people to lengthen school terms, build, remodel and repair schoolhouses, paint and whitewash buildings and outhouses, introduce individual drinking cups, teach cooking and sewing and organize school improvement leagues. CHURCH BURNS MORTGAGE. Brooklyn Congregation Frees Property of Debt and Reliance Corporations of Debt and Relays Cornerstone. The Siloam Presbyterian church, in Brooklyn, recently cleared its meeting house of debt by the payment of $17,000. At the relaying of the cornerstone the following articles were deposited under the corpstone in a sealed box: JACKSON COLLEGE HEADS THE LIST Institution Founded Thirty-six Years Ago and Carried On Under the Auspices of the American Baptist Home Mission Society Is Well Managed by President Z. T. Hubert. Jackson, Miss.—Jackson college in this city is recognized as one of the foremost institutions for the education of Afro-Americans in the south. Under the management of Z. T. Hubert as president, the school is meeting the needs of its large student body in a most satisfactory way. President Hubert by his close attention to the various phases of educational work among our people has won his way to the front solely upon his merit. Realizing that the greatest drawback to the newly emancipated people was ignorance, the college was brought PRESIDENT Z. T. HUBERT. into existence for the purpose of giving them a chance to get an education. It started in Natchez in 1877, solely for the purpose of training teachers and preachers. In this it has been successful, and during the thirty-six years of its existence over 7,000 students have been taught in the school, and some of the leading men and women of the country are graduates of it. Jackson college graduates can be found in various parts of the country, preaching, practicing law and medicine, in business, teaching, farming and filling high positions in the national government. The enrollment is over 350, and many others will enter the first of the year (1914). They are from Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. The high class work done by the institution places it in the front rank. Possibly nowhere can be found an institution which is more alive to the best interests of its students. The character of its work is shown in the fact that at the state fair recently held it won first prizes in all of its department exhibits excepting one, and this was in competition with practically all the schools of the state. In a recent oratorical contest between Tougaleau university, Alcorn A. and M. college, Campbell college, Utica Normal and Industrial college, Christian college and Jackson college Jackson college won. The faculty, with Z. T. Hubert as president, consists of seventeen well trained men and women, some of whom are graduates from the leading institutions of the country. President Hubert shows that he is choice in the selection of his faculty, and it is esteemed an unusual honor to be numbered therewith. Yale, Chicago Amherst, Brown, Morehouse, Spelman, Fisk, Atlanta and Talladega are among the schools represented on the faculty thus selected. Mr. Hubert is the first member of our race to hold the position of president of the school. For years it has had at its head prominent white men from the north, each of whom has rendered good service. It was in 1912 that Professor Hubert was selected for the position. He was born of humble parentage on a farm in Hancock county, Ga., in 1877, the year that the school was organized. Out of the same family have come three other boys who are also graduates of northern universities and who are now doing good work. President Hubert received his early education in the graded schools of his native state and at Morehouse (Atlanta Baptist) college. Atlanta, Ga., and when he graduated he was employed as one of the instructors in his alma mater. He is also an honor graduate of Amherst. It was during the early fall of 1904 that he was appointed to teach science and agriculture in the Florida State college, Tallahassee, Fla., and it was while in this position that he laid the foundation for his present position. which he is filling well. Step by step. he has made his way up. He was called to the Spelman seminary, a school for girls, to take charge of buildings and grounds. A slight idea of the confidence the society had in his ability is shown in that when he was called to the presidency of the school he was requested to select an entire new faculty to take the place of the white men and women who had been in the school for years. It was his first work as president of a large institution. TURNER HEADS VIRGINIANS. Popular Brooklyn Society Holds Recognition and Re-selects Officers. Brooklyn.—That the Society of the Sons of Virginia in this city continues to occupy a high place in public favor was again made evident by the large attendance at its sixteenth annual reception, held at Summer hall Thursday evening, Dec. 11. The occasion afforded ample opportunity for friendly greetings between resident Virginians in Greater New York and was noted for the presence of a representative class of citizens of high business, professional and social standing. Music was furnished by the New Amsterdam orchestra, led by J. O. Allen. The activities of the society during the year have been directed toward a revision of the constitution and by laws of the organization to more adequately meet the demands of the constantly increasing membership, increase in the amount paid to its members in time of illness and the amount paid to the heirs of a deceased member. It has contributed to several organizations which exist for charitable and religious betterment. President Charles H. Turner has given much time to the work of the society and is held in the highest esteem by the members. At the annual election of officers for the ensuing year, held Thursday evening, Dec. 18, all the officers were elected except Chaplain Alexander Brown, who declined to serve another. They are the following: Charles H. Turner, president; B. H. Chandler, vice president; P. H. Fisher, financial secretary; G. H. Carter, treasurer; A. R. Nash, corresponding secretary; Charles J. D. Kemp, recording secretary; William H. Banks, chapain; J. S. Watkins, sergeant-at-arms. Board of Directors—Charles J. D. Kemp, secretary; L. H. Berry, chairman; G. H. Carter, treasurer; Charles H. Turner, J. W. Winters, H. S. Newton, T. P. Mosley, P. B. Swan and P. H. Fisher. High Honor For Dr. E. C. Morris. The American committee for the celebration of the signing of the treaty of Ghent and the 100 years of peace between the United States and England recently met in Richmond, Va. Afro-Americans the country over are proud of their representative in that important body in the person of Dr. Elias C. Morris, president of the national Baptist convention. Good Fortune of the Curry Institute. The Curry institute at Urbana, O., has recently come into possession of real estate valued at $2,000, which was given by Mrs. Martha Foust. This gift and the $1,000 contributed to the Indianapolis (Ind.) branch of the Y. M. C. A. are the largest contributions thus far recorded from any of the women of the colored race. New Jersey Women in Uplift Work. Under the auspices of an organization known as the Women's congress, an effort is being made to raise funds with which to build a house for orphans and aged persons in South Plainfield, N. J. The congress is composed of women from the various churches of the state, with Mrs. P. H. Brown as president. The organization recently held a successful series of meetings in Newark in the interest of the project. Mrs. P. H. Brown is one of the most widely known missionary workers in the northern and New England states, having been for many years president of the woman's branch of the New England Baptist Missionary convention, of which the Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, LL. D. of Washington is president. Tuskegee Teachers Hold Reception. The annual teachers' reception at the Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute was held Saturday evening, Dec. 6. In Tompkins hall. Besides the faculty of the institute, representatives were present from the Alabama State Teachers' association and other well known and successful educators from Atlanta, Birmingham, Opelika and Montgomery. The occasion was not only a pleasant one, but afforded opportunity for mutual conference among those engaged with the various problems of school management. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. BANKS THE VICTOR IN DAMAGE SUIT FOUR YEARS' LITIGATION. Decision of Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pa., Uphold by Superior Tribunal of the State. Pittsburgh Railroad and Allied Lines Lose Case on Appeal. By Rev. P. A. SCOTT. Pittsburgh.—William J. Banks, residing at 39 Fullerton street, Pittsburgh, a former Pullman car porter, was recently given a verdict against the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway by the superior court of Pennsylvania, which means a great victory not only for Mr. Banks, but for Pullman porters and other colored employees of the great Pennsylvania company. A little more than four years ago, while Mr. Banks was in the employ of the above named company as a porter, he was seriously injured in a railroad wreck, from which he has not yet fully recovered. Believing that he was justly due some indemnity for the suffering and the loss of thine and money and falling to see a disposition on the part of the railroad company to make satisfactory restitution, he brought suit for damages. His attorneys were Wishart & Dickey, a prominent law firm of this city. The case was tried in the common pleas court of Allegheny county and, finding that the wreck in which Mr. Banks was injured was due to carelessness on the part of the employees of the railroad, the court gave Mr. Banks WILLIAM J. BANKS. a verdict of $1,250. The railroad company appealed the case to the superior court of Pennsylvania. After carefully examining into the merits of the case, the superior court handed down a decision confirming the verdict of the lower court granting the said Mr. Banks the sum of $1,250, with interest from the time of the lower court's decision. It was brought out in this trial that when entering the employ of the Pullman company each employee is required to sign a release of all claims for damages which may subsequently accrue for injuries sustained, whether or not such injuries were caused by negligence of the Pullman company or of the railroad company hauling its cars. By its terms this contract is made to inure to the benefit of the carrying railroad. The real question in this case was whether or not such contracts are valid. The superior court held that neither the Pullman company nor the railroad company can relieve itself from liability for negligence by such a contract. It is the policy of the law of the state of Pennsylvania that a common carrier cannot by contract relieve itself from liability for its own negligence. In having the courage to press this matter and test the laws of Pennsylvania Mr. Banks has found a way that will force this and other great corporations to have a more just regard for the life and safety of their employees and has also placed many bundreds of his hard working fellow laborers under lasting obligations to him for this victory that means so much in their behalf. Madam Walker of Indianapolis, the hair culturist, recently sailed for Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti to introduce her hair preparation. Madam Walker will spend the winter in these countries. No.14 M. B. B. MAYOR AND MRS. J. R. ARCHER. WELL QUALIFIED OFFICIAL. Business and Social Duties of Mayor Archer of Battersea, England. Archer of Battersea, England. The high honor of being received by the king as an official is always an item of more than ordinary interest to those whose good fortune it may be to preside over any of England's possessions or the various boroughs of London. John Richard Archer, who was recently elected mayor of Battersea, will receive all the consideration and courtesies usually accorded to an official of his rank. Mrs. Archer, wife of the mayor, will also share with her husband the honors of his office. They will be received by the king and queen at social functions on equal terms with other officials. The social functions given at the Manslouse by the lord mayor of London are among the most important. That Mayor Archer will measure up to the dignity of his office is not questioned, as he is known to have splendid ability and fine social manners. Then again, he is well versed in the requirements of his office. A remarkable feature of the campaign which Mr. Archer won was the fact that no contestant for the office mentioned Mr. Archer's color in a stump speech. But since the election Mayor Archer said in a speech: "It is a victory such as has never been gained before. I am a man of color. Many of the things that have been said about me, however, are absolutely untrue. I have been charged with not being of the superior race, and it behooves you to show that you do belong to the superior race. "I am the son of a man born in the West Indian islands. I was born in England, in a little, obscure village probably never heard of until now—the city of Liverpool. I am a Lancastrian bred and born. My mother—well, she was my mother. My mother was not born in Rangoon. She was not Burnesse. She belonged to one of the grandest races on the face of the earth. My mother was an Irishwoman. "So there is not so much of the foreigner about me, after all. They have said I am a man of color. I am. I am proud to be. I would not change my color if I could. Is it true that 'east is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet?' Why, not so long ago you were breaking your necks to put the wedding ring on the finger of the east—to make an alliance with Japan. "You were very glad to ally yourselves with Japan, and you only enter into an alliance with people you think your equals. Just ten years ago Allan Glazer Minns, a full blooded colored man, was elected mayor of Thetford, County Norfolk. Both his parents hailed from the West Indies, and he was born and educated there." Missionaries Sail For Foreign Field. Miss Elliza Davis and Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Simpson, missionaries to West Africa under the auspices of the foreign mission board of the national Baptist convention, sailed from New York on the Celtic at noon, Thursday, Dec. 11, for their respective fields. Miss Dissipa will work with Miss E. B. Delaney, who is already on the field at Monrovia, Liberia. SMOKE THE RELIABLE SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR MINNEAPOLIS In this great city of ours, we need more consecrated men and women to throw out the life line to rescue the perishing souls. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor Bethesda Baptist Church. The People's Christian Mission, REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR 1204 Washington Ave. So. Funeral and Wedding notices are to be paid for in advance. Rev. E. W. Gilles conducts Bible and missionary training classes as follows: ( With Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, 526 7 Avenue North, Tuesday evenings, with Mr. and Mrs. St. Clare, 411 11 Avenue, North, Friday evenings. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH 11 A. M. "God's Word a Searchlight." 12:30. Sunday School. 6:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U. 8 P. M. "Rest." The pastor has been busy preaching funerals, which tells us that the Death Angel is in our city. Are you ready, if he should come to your home? The public is always welcome to Bethesda Church. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. SHRINER'S BALL—THAT'S ALL FEZZEN TEMPTLE No. 26 NOBELS OF the MYSTIC SHRINE will give their SIXTH ANNUAL BALL Herman Hall, Wabasha and the 6th St. Pavilion, Wabasha, December 29th. We have received a large supply of Camel's Milk (Immigration) from McCullough's Full Orchestra. We reserve the right to reject any one objectionable. Invitations issued by Fezzen Temple. Geo. L. Hodge. Recorder. —Advertisement. RECENT DEATHS. Mrs. Eliza M. Robinson, mother of Mr. Chas. H. Robinson, died Dec. 19, at the residence of her son, 3536 Clinton Ave. Funeral services were held Sunday at Bethesda Baptist Church, Rev. Carter officiating. The remains were taken to Northfield, Minn., on Monday for interment. Mr. Ninevah Shull, brother of Mr. Glover Shull, died Sunday evening, Dec. 21, at City Hospital, where he was confined several weeks with paralysis. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Carter at Lawrence's Understaking Parlors, on Dec. 24 Interment at Lakewood. Mr. Jas. Sheppard, an old resident, died Tuesday of bronchial pneumonia. Services by Rev. Carter at Bethesda Baptist Church, Dec. 23. The remains were taken to Anoka, Minn., for burial. Undertaker Lawrence officiated. Rev. M. W. Withers and wife have gone to Butte, Mont., to remain indefinitely. JUDGE JOHNSON'S HOLIDAY DANCES. Judge Johnson will give his annual holiday dances on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, at Union Temple, 28 Washington Ave. So. the password is "Good Order." Bring it with you. To my many friends the joys of the holiday season, is the greetings of Judge Johnson, the pleasure maker.—Advertisement. HOUSE FOR SALE. 6 room, modern house good as new, located at 2815 13th Ave. So. Lot 38x 142 to alley. Snap for $2,400. Terms if desired. McDew, 610 Sykes Block. Dr. Judy, the dentist, has resigned his position with the eNew York Pain- less Dentists, and will confine his work to his office at 3533 4th Ave. So., where he will receive his patients at all hours. Phone N. W. Colfax 1846. You must send your subscriptions if you want the Twin City Star, or or- der it discontinued. Messrs. Benj. Jones and Clarence Bell are making good in their 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 customers. NEW YEAR'S DINNER. BILL OF FARE. Cream of Oyster Soup, Pickles Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Roast Beef—Candied Sweets Speghetti—Green Peas—Cold Slaw Mince Pie, Sweet Potato Custard The Compliments of the Season are extended to my Patrons and Friends. Mrs. Julia Hinson. Prop. ST. LOUIS KITCHEN, 138 E. 3rd St., St. Paul, Minn.—Advertisement. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. --- The Election of Officers and an appropriate Program were the features of the Forum meeting last Sunday. Mrs. O. Dell Graham read an excellent paper, Sub.: "Predestination or Chance". The following officers were elected: W. R. Morris, Pres.; Mrs. M. O. Cannon, Vice Pres.; Mrs. M. Adah Lewis, Sec'y.; Miss Lady Walker, Asst. Sec'y.; Miss Alice Marshall, Treas.; Mrs. O. Dell Graham, Journalist; A J. Kelso, Critic; Miss Mildred Shull, Organist; Misses Adina Adams, Selina Newman, Jessie Glenn, Ushers; Rev. E. G. Jackson, R. C. Marshall, Chaplains; D. W. Raynor, Chorister. A vote of thanks was tendered the retiring officers. Quotations were given from "Pope." Next meeting Quotations from "Emerson". Greetings were received from ex. pres. B. F. Bullock, now at Lincoln Inst. Jefferson City, Mo. The following pro-quotations from Alexander Pope gram was rendered:— Current Events ..... Chas. W. Brown Mr. Wilbur Nevils ..... Vocal Solo Mr. Richard Stokes ..... Paper Miss Albreta Bell ..... Piano Solo Mrs. Odell Graham ..... Paper Miss Zelma La Force Miss Mildred Shull .....Plano Duet Mr. Grant Woods and his mother, Mrs. Emma Woods, will permanently reside in this city. Mrs. Woods is the mother of Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs. Mrs. Earnest James has returned home after a stay in Milwaukee, at attending her mother, who was very ill, but now is improving. Mr. Geo. Hall is convalescent after an operation at Northwestern Hospital. The Sunday Forum sent flowers to Mr. Hall, who is Chairman of their program committee. Mr. Lewis Ewing, chief of the Red-Caps at the Milwaukee Station, was presented with an initial gold seal ring by some of the officials and conductors at the station, for his excellent services rendered. Newly elected officers of various Lodges, etc., will be published free if sent to this office. The Ladies of St. Phillip's Episcopal Club will have a New Year's Matinee on Jan. 1, 1914, at the Masonic Hall. Does your subscription expire this month? Please inform us as to renewal. Any person who has paid for this paper, without receiving it, will be given a year's subscription on proof of their statement. WEDDING NOTICE. Miss D Eator Roberts of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mr. Julus Washington of Sherman, Texas, were united in marriage by Rev. Mitchell on Christmas morning at the home of the bride's grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnson, 2704 $21\frac{1}{2}$ St. So. A MATCH POOL GAME. There will be a Pool Contest at the Colored Citizens' Civic and Commercial League next Tuesday evening at 8 P. M. The contestants are Messrs. Chas. Fisher, Willie Moseley, Chas. W. Brown, Chas. Miller, Walter Donahue, R. H. Stratford, Boyd Francisco, who will play for a prize cue. The one making the first 50 points will be the winner. Members and their friends are invited to attend. MAKING FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. Recent Events Show Growing Resentment Against Race Segregation No man ever gave utterance to words fraught with more truth than those of Lincoln when he asserted "this republic can not long endure half slave and half free." And because of the belief in such a sentiment the colored people are making dignified protests throughout the country against discrimination on account of race and color. The late Stewart L. Woodford said on one occasion while speaking at a literary society of Afro-Americans in Brooklyn in which he voiced the sentiments of his white fellow citizens. "We never freed the slaves until we had to, and we will never accord to them as free men all the rights and privileges which belong to them until we have to." Crispus Attucks, credited as being the first to shed his blood in the American Revolution, said to his comrades when he saw the British troops advancing on Boston, "Strike at the root, for there is the nest." Mrs. A. W. Hunton at the Beecher centennial celebration in Brooklyn, Oct. 21. In the course of an able address on Beecher's attitude toward freedom for the colored race said that the colored people should fight color prejudice to death. The open letter to President Wilson recently sent from the Constitution league, the Boston and Baltimore protest mass meetings are all indications of the growing spirit of resentment among colored Americans against in justice in all of its bideous forms. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. TWIN CITY STAR M. B. PROFESSOR J. E. SPINGARN. SPINGARN READY FOR LONG TOUR NEW ABOLITION MOVEMENT. Former Columbia University Professor and Head of New York Branch National Advancement Association to Wage Battle For Rights of Colored Americans—Beara Own Expense. By N. BARNETT DODSON. New York.—Professor J. E. Spingarn, formerly of Columbia university, New York, and now president of the New York branch of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, will begin a tour of the middle west Jan. 1 in the interests of that association, for the purpose of protesting against the segregation of the races in the federal bureaus in Washington and of stimulating the uplift of the race in other ways Dr. Spingarn is one of the most ardent and uncompromising white champions of the civil rights of the American Negro, and his western tour should certainly help to crystallize the national conscience against segregation, Jim crowism, lynching and all other disadvantages under which colored people in this country now suffer. Professor Spingarn's first speech will be delivered at Detroit on the evening of Jan. 8, and he will then visit Indianapolis, Quincy, Chicago, Kansas City, Topeka, St. Louis and other cities. He will make the entire tour at his own expense. He has had a distinquished career as a scholar and publicist. For twelve years he was professor of comparative literature in Columbia university, retiring in 1911. He is the author of numerous books, some of which have been translated into foreign languages, and he is also the author of a volume of verse, "The New Hesperides and Other Poems," which has attracted much attention in this country as well as in England. He has been interested in public affairs for many years, having been the Republican candidate for member of congress in the Eighteenth New York district in 1908, when he received the highest indorsements from President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Elilu Root and other distinguished statesmen. His services to the cause of the American Negro have been especially important. He is an ardent exponent of the new abolitionism, which aims to bring to the cause of the rights of colored people the same devoted enthusiasm which characterized the older abolitionism of William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips. As a delegate to the first Progressive national convention at Chicago in August, 1912, he attracted national attention to this new movement by his gallant effort to commit the party to a plank in its platform which would open the door of hope to the 10,000,000 colored people of the United States. The National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, of which Professor Spingarn will be the personal representative during his western tour, is an organization composed of members of both races, with headquarters in New York and with branches in over twenty cities, including Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Los Angeles and Tacoma. The president is Moorfield Storey, the distinguished Boston lawyer, and among its directors are Oswald Garrison Villard, Jane Addams, Dr. C. E. Bentley, Mary White Owington, Professor J E. Spingar, Charles Edward Russell, Dr W. E. B Du Bois, Rev John Hayne, Holmes, William English Walling and Bishop Walters. The official organ of the association is the Crista, a monthly magazine edited by Dr Du Bois, which now has a circulation of 33,000 copies, distributed in every state of the Union and in over ten foreign countries. About 20 per cent of the readers of this paper are white and 80 per cent colored, although, of course, no exact figures along these lines are possible to as- --- NATIONAL W. C. T. U. Department Work Among Colored People. The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union has launched a campaign for National Constitutional Prohibition in 1920. We believe in ourselves; but infinitely more in the God who said: "Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your but God's." We realize that it would be disastrous to the race, if in the final triumph of virtue over vice, the church over the liquor traffic; our women were found poorly represented in the great organization of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which knows no woman by her creed or color. To forestall such a calamity, we are calling for volunteers all over the Nation. January 1, 1914, has been set apart as out fast day, on which day all who are interested in the wellbeing of the race are called upon to unite with us that there might be a great awakening of our women to this the opportune time to fall into line and help save our race from this vile form of slavery which the white man's civilization has forced upon us. At our National Convention in Asbury Park, N. J., in November, Ohio's colored women led the nation in making a great gain of membership; New York came next. The whole nation must rally. The liquor traffic knows no race, section, nor condition in its work if evil. WE MUST BE ON DUTY when the last blow for liberty of home, race and nation is struck. Texas will rally for 1,000 paid members. Tennessee and Arkansas 500 each. Mrs. George E. Haynes, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., has been chosen as our Secretary of Advisory Committees of College Work. Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C., is Chairman of Committee on Press Work. I cheerfully introduce these capable earnest women who will help lead our ranks to victory over the greatest enemy we have known since emancipation. We believe in the press as one of the greatest means of helping to establish truth and justice. We believe that our men will rally to help us as they discover the earnestness of our hearts set to action. We therefore humbly ask that you will give space in your valuable columns of the next issue for this letter. We further beg that you will let appear in a later issue if not along with this letter, the enclosed copy of excerpts from Dr. Booker T. Washington; Prof. Kelly Miller, Howard University, Washington, D. C.; Dr. C. V. Roman, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Sutton E. Griggs, Memphis, Tenn.; Bishop C. R. Harris, Salisbury, N. C.; Dr. R. E. Jones, New Orleans; Dr. J. H. N. Waring, Washington, D. C. This letter goes to not less than 200 newspapers and we call upon all to help praying with us on January 1 for this special blessing that 1914 may be a year of jubilee for the womanhood of the race in achievement for "God and Home and Native Land." ELIZA E. PETERSON, Texarkana, Tex., National Supt. AMANDA SMITH, Sabring Fle. ELLA SHEPPARD MOORE, Nashville, Tenn., Associates WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO. By Dr. Booker T. Washington, in the "Worlds Work Magazine, New York City, November, 1913— "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." When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some member as press agent, and get the names, especially the initials of persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. 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No advertisement inserted without cash in advance. 1 column inch, 1 insertion, $1.00. 1 col. inch—13 insertions (3 mes.)$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, 250 for 15 words or less. Over 25 words, one cent for each word. All personal advertisements in the local columns must be paid for in advance. All public comment inserted only ever the author's signature A HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are beginning a New Year and the Editor will fight along the same lines, only harder, to expose the evil methods under which crime among Negroes is increasing. May it be said that we have no fear from the Administration, Police department, or any one, for that matter, but we intend to respect everyone, each according to the measure he deserves. We are confident of success, and willing to rely on that constructive element of fair-minded supporters, who have materially aided our efforts. A SOUTHERNER ON THE RACE PROBLEM. The world is a neighborhood. The ends of the earth are closer together today than were New York and New Orleans a hundred years ago. News of yesterday's battle in the Baykan War, the latest news from China and Japan, come to us over land, under seas, and on the pulsing currents of air, thousands of mijes, and we read it the next morning before breakfast. The world has become one vast neighborhood. The mighty problem of our wonderful twentieth century is to make of this world neighborhood a world brotherhood. To bring in this era of brotherhood we must cultivate and cherish the spirit of brotherliness. The strong must help the weak. The rich must help the poor. The educated must help the uneducated. The fortunate must help the unfortunate. Those high up must help lift up those who are down and out. Aholy and sacred duty should impel to this work. We must look deeper than the stamp that is on this human coinage; deeper than accidents of birth—race, color, and condition—to the gold and silver that are underneath, the gold and silver of true manliness. This is the spirit that must be brought to bear upon the great problem which is no longer a distinctively Southern problem, but which has become a national problem. I refer to the relation between the white race and the Negro race. All that I have to say in regard to that problem is to emphatize the fact that it is a vital one, an exceedingly delicate and difficult one, but one that, like every problem, can be settled right. The way to its settlement must be along the broad highway of Christian brotherhood. Give the Negro a fair chance to prove himself a man. Southern Workman. NEGRO ELECTED CLASS ORATOR. The Harvard senior class has elected A. L. Jackson, a Negro, of Englewood, N. J., as class orator, and he will be the principal speaker at the commencement exercises in June. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION A program of exceptional interest has been prepared for the Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference which meets on January 21 and 22, 1914. On the first day of the Conference, which is given over to the farmers, the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of Negro Farming will be held. The subject for the Farmers' Conference is "Fifty Years of Negro Farm Life." The Conference will open with a parade, showing the improvements that have been made in farming in the past fifty years. Among the features will be the Negro farmer of half a century ago with his cob pipe, ox and wooden plow. The improvement in Negro farming will be shown principally by implements and products. The wooden plow will be followed by another old-time farmer with a small mule and a scooter plow. Then will come a more up-to-date farmer with a good mule, but still a one-horse plow. Next in the parade will be a two-horse plow to be followed by a four-horse gang plow, disc harrow, roller, seed drill, mower, binder, thrasher, gasoline engine, corn harvester, cotton stalk chopper, and other modern farming implements. Another special feature of the parade will be fine hogs, horses, mules, and cattle. Floats will show girls dressing vegetables, trees being sprayed, fruits and vegetables being canned, milk being separated and tested, and girls making butter. After the parade the farmers will assemble in the Chapel of the Institute and discuss improvement in methods of farming during the past fifty years, how the homes of Negro farmers have been improved, and the improvement in the rural schools and rural churches. The Conservation of Negro Health. In order that the Workers' Conference, in contrast to the Farmers' Conference, may have a forward look and that a wide interest may be created among both white and colored in the South, the subject for the Workers' Conference will be "The Conservation of Negro Health." 1. The annual economic loss to the South because of sickness and disease among Negroes. (a) On the farm. (b) In the town. 2. Some ways of conserving Negro health. (a) On the farm. (b) In the town. Every Negro organization in Alabama—medical associations, educational associations, such organizations, secret societies, etc.—has been invited to send representatives to the Workers' Conference. The Workers' Conference program is especially appropriate at the present time because of the interest that is being manifested everywhere in the conservation of health. Of particular interest is it to the Negroes of the country, for it is estimated that every year sickness and death cost them $60,000,000, of which it is said that by means of preventable remedies at least $20,000,000 of this amount might be saved. Dr. Booker T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, has invited interest groups of individuals to be present and to participate in making the coming conference one of notable interest and value. Editor J. Alex. Ross, of the Detroit Informer says, "We have stated quite often editorially that before this Administration is over the Negro will be sounding the praises of President Wilson and many others that have been criticised." Bro. Ross is optimistic and prephetic, and we hope to see his prophesy fulfilled. Yet we are doubtful. Why? because it's Wilson, that's all. We notice that many "Exchanges" are to publish a list of delinquent subscribers. We do not advise such publication, until after the collection agencies have blacklisted them with the credit-men, who always want to know the dead-beats. Some people always pay certain big bills to get a standing, and fall to consider a newspaper bill. It is better to give a large percent to an agency than to let a delinquent subscriber escape. He delights in boasting that he never pays for Negro papers. TO BOYCOTT STORES THAT SELL "NIGGER" BROWN. New York, December 18.—Many of the colored residents here, especially women, are incensed over department stores advertising a new shade of goods called "nigger brown." They regard this as an insult to the race, even though the color may be as aluring as is the color of a "tantalizing brown." Protections have been made to the officials of some of the stores and a boycott has been threatened. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. SUBSCRIBE FOR TWIN CITY STAR. TWIN CITY STAR Noted White Men Join Race Journals In Fight, Against Wrong In Fight Against Wrong. Washington -The recent newspaper reports that the Democrats had relaxed in their policy of segregating colored employees at Washington shows that the widespread criticism of the effort has had the desired effect. Not only did race journals join in the campaign against segregation, but representative journals like the New York Evening Post, the Springfield Republican, the Boston Advertiser, the Chicago Record-Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor and the Congregationalist entered emphatic protest. The utterances of such white men as Senator Clapp, Moorfield Storey, Oswald Garrison Villard and J. E. Spingarn also had a telling effect. It must be said, however, that colored men and women are themselves largely responsible for the turning on of the light. One colored man here, who prefers that his name be not made public, enlisted several leading dailies in fighting the scheme. J. C. Napler, who gave up his position as register of the treasury rather than submit to segregation, is entitled to praise for focusing attention on the un-American plan. Bishop Walters, whose attitude was grossly misrepresented, was also an insistent and consistent foe of segregation. In his talks with President Wilson and other Democratic leaders here he always voiced his disapproval of the plan. He declared that Oswald Garrierson Villard was grossly misinformed when he charged that he (the bishop) favored segregation. After the bishop wrote Mr. Villard that he was greatly in error and that President Wilson, Secretary McAdoo and others would back him up in this statement Mr. Villard wrote the bishop as follows: "In regard to the recent happening at Washington I stated to the audience that it had been said to me by high authority that a bishop had favored segregation, that I should not mention his name because he had denied it and that I would not make an issue between him, a president of the United States and a bishop. Since you wrote me that you have been informed by the White House and the treasury department that no such statement was made to me there is nothing left for me to do but to infer that I was misinformed or misunderstood and to express my regret to you that such appears to have been the case." Though the administration is reported to have changed its attitude regarding segregation, there has been no public announcement of that fact. W. Monroe Trotter and others, who placed a monster protest into the hands of the president, are, it is said, still awaiting a reply. Segregated washrooms are still in vogue in the treasury, postoffice and other departments. BIG PROTEST MEETING HELD. National Association Continues Campaign Against Race Segregation. pangi Against Race Segregation. The first of a series of public meetings planned by the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People to protest against race segregation in the national government service and also in local affairs was held in the Mount Olivet Baptist church, in New York, Thursday evening, Dec. 18. The local committee was headed by the Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop, rector of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal church. The presiding officer was the Rev. Dr. William P. Hayes, pastor of the Mount Olivet Baptist church. The meeting was well attended and enthusiastic. Both white and colored people are among the leaders in this movement to check what is at present the most shameful, unfair and cruel attack upon the civil rights of the colored people of the United States that has been attempted since the days of reconstruction. White men and women of wealth and influence are among the most aggressive workers, and they are bringing good results from their efforts in connection with this humanitarian movement. The disregard for the constitutional rights of the colored citizens as shown by the enactment of unjust laws is pointed out as a menace to the welfare of the body politic as well as a direct personal handicap to those who are deprived of their right to share in the privileges of a free government. That the force and influence of the recent investigation made by the National association into the conduct of the various government departments in Washington have struck a responsive chord in the minds of those in charge of the work in the departments is acknowledged. The speakers at the meeting Dec. 18 were Attorney Arthur Spingarn, chairman of the legal committee of the National association; Mrs. Mary C. Lawton, well known in women's club work and as reporter for the Brooklyn Dally Standard Union, and Attorney Wilford H. Smith. Music for the occasion was furnished by the Barnett quartet. Each speaker received the closest attention of the audience and each was earnest and forceful in the presentation of facts, which cannot be truthfully denied by those responsible for the existence of race prejudice in places where each person holds his position on his merit shown by civil service or WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUB- SCRIBER? 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. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR and get good results. AN APPEAL. To the Race Loving Women and Men of the United States. The Constitutional League of Oklahoma with Lawyer William Harrison, of Oklahoma City as its leading attorney is contesting with vigor the "Jim Crow" laws of Oklahoma. He will, the last of November or the first of December, bring before the United States Supreme Court the case of McCabe et al vs. The Atchison, Topeka 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 to 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 is the Inter-State passenger 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 Intr-State laws of the South. Hence we hereby appeal to every liberty 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 something towards it. A few race loving men and women in the Oklahoma League, led by the Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., who is now pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist church, Washington, D. C., have made great sacrifice to bring the case through lower courts to its present stage and Mr. Harrison has practically given his service for nothing; but must be rewarded. We are informed that two able constitutional lawyers of Boston and New York will assist in this case. Therefore let everyone who is interested send at least $1. All contributions to be sent to Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., 420 Q street, N. W., Washington, D. C., who will receipt you for the same. He is a reputable, straightforward, Christian gentleman, and will make an honest report of all money sent him. If persons making contributions do not object, their names will be published in the leading papers of their state. Yours for justice. S. W. Layton, Philadelphia, Pa. President Woman's Convention Auxiliary National Baptist Convention. Nannie H. Burroughs, Washington, D. C. Secretary Woman's Convention Auxiliary National Baptist Convention. P. S.—Editors of the race who are interested will please copy. Furnished by the National Negro Business League. L. W. 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Vernon, Okla., is a new exclusively colored town in Oklahoma, on the Fort Smith & Western Ry., which is rapidly growing. It has now a population of over five hundred. John E. Bush, one of Little Rock, Arkansas' most progressive colored men, contemplates starting another bank in that city. The standing of Mr. Bush in the community, and the backing he will give to the bank with his own private funds and business assures success for the new bank when started. D 208 Hennepin Avenue Years age, New York butter and Ohle, Wisdensin and Missouri Beer, were known to be the best, and swell felks always had them on their table. No one wants New York butter new, because Minnesota is the best, but some people stick to the old idea en beer. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. HOLIDAYS PLANS FREE. Okmulgee, Okla., offers a fine opportunity for a colored dentist. 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We are beginning a New Year and the Editor will fight along the same lines, only harder, to expose the evil methods under which crime among Negroes is increasing. May it be said that we have no fear from the Administration, Police department, or any one, for that matter, but we intend to respect everyone, each according to the measure he deserves. We are confident of success, and willing to rely on that constructive element of fair-minded supporters, who have materially aided our efforts. A SOUTHERNER ON THE RACE PROBLEM. The world is a neighborhood. The ends of the earth are closer together today than were New York and New Orleans a hundred years ago. News of yesterday's battle in the Baykan War, the latest news from China and Japan, come to us over land, under seas, and on the pulsing currents of air, thousands of milies, and we read it the next morning before breakfast. The world has become one vast neighborhood. Intentional Duplicate Exposure The mighty problem of our wonderful twentyth century is to make of this world neighborhood a world brotherhood. To bring in this era of brotherhood we must cultivate and cherish the spirit of brotherliness. The strong must help the weak. The rich must help the poor. The educated must help the uneducated. The fortunate must help the unfortunate. Those high up must help lift up those who are down and out. Aholy and sacred duty should impel to this work. We must look deeper than the stamp that is on this human coinage; deeper than accidents of birth—race, color, and condition—to the gold and silver that are underneath, the gold and silver of true manliness. This is the spirit that must be brought to bear upon the great problem which is no longer a distinctively Southern problem, but which has become a national problem. I refer to the relation between the white race and the Negro race. All that I have to say in regard to that problem is to emphatize the fact that it is a vital one, an exceedingly delicate and difficult one, but one that, like every problem, can be settled right. The way to its settlement must be along the broad highway of Christian brotherhood. Give the Negro a fair chance to prove himself a man. Sautern Workman. NEGRO ELECTED CLASS ORATOR. The Harvard senior class has elected A. L. Jackson, a Negro, of Englewood, N. J., as class orator, and he will be the principal speaker at the commencement exercises in June. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION A program of exceptional interest has been prepared for the Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference which meets on January 21 and 22, 1914. On the first day of the Conference, which is given over to the farmers, the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of Negro Farming will be held. The subject for the Farmers' Conference is "Fifty Years of Negro Farm Life." The Conference will open with a parade, showing the improvements that have been made in farming in the past fifty years. Among the features will be the Negro farmer of half a century ago with his cob pipe, ox and wooden plow. The improvement in Negro farming will be shown principally by implements and products. The wooden plow will be followed by another old-time farmer with a small mule and a scooter plow. Then will come a more up-to-date farmer with a good mule, but still a one-horse plow. Next in the parade will be a two-horse plow to be followed by a four-horse gang plow, disc harrow, roller, seed drill, mower, binder, thrasher, gasoline engine, corn harvester, cotton stalk chopper, and other modern farming implements. Another special feature of the parade will be fine hogs, horses, mules, and cattle. Floats will show girls dressing vegetables, trees being sprayed, fruits and vegetables being canned, milk being separated and tested, and girls making butter. After the parade the farmers will assemble in the Chapel of the Institute and discuss improvement in methods of farming during the past fifty years, how the homes of Negro farmers have been improved, and the improvement in the rural schools and rural churches. The Conservation of Negro Health. In order that the Workers' Conference, in contrast to the Farmers' Conference, may have a forward look and that a wide interest may be created among both white and colored in the South, the subject for the Workers' Conference will be "The Conservation of Negro Health." 1. The annual economic loss to the South because of sickness and disease among Negroes. (a) On the farm. (b) In the town. 2. Some ways of conserving Negro health. (a) On the farm. (b) In the town. Every Negro organization in Alabama—medical associations, educational associations, such organizations, secret societies, etc.—has been invited to send representatives to the Workers' Conference. The Workers' Conference program is especially appropriate at the present time because of the interest that is being manifested everywhere in the conservation of health. Of particular interest is it to the Negroes of the country, for it is estimated that every year sickness and death cost them $60,000,000, of which it is said that by means of preventable remedies at least $20,000,000 of this amount might be saved. Dr. Booker T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, has invited interest groups of individuals to be present and to participate n making the coming conference one of notable interest and value. Editor J. Alex. Ross, of the Detroit Informer says, "We have stated quite often editorially that before this Administration is over the Negro will be sounding the praises of President Wilson and many others that have been criticised." Bro. Ross is optimistic and prephetic, and we hope to see his prophesy fulfilled. Yet we are doubtful. Why? because it's Wilson, that's all. We notice that many "Exchanges" are to publish a list of delinquent subscribers. We do not advise such publication, until after the collection agencies have blacklisted them with the credit-men, who always want to know the dead-beats. Some people always pay certain big bills to get a standing, and fail to consider a newspaper bill. It is better to give a large percent to an agency than to let a delinquent subscriber escape. He delights in boasting that he never pays for Negro papers. TO BOYCOTT STORES THAT SELL "NIGGER" BROWN. New York, December 18.—Many of the colored residents here, especially women, are incensed over department sores advertising a new shade of goods called "nigger brown." They regard this as an insult to the race, even though the color may be as aluring as is the color of a "tantalizing brown." Protections have been made to the officials of some of the stores and a boycott has been threatened. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. SUBSCRIBE FOR TWIN CITY STAR. TWIN CITY STAR INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. Noted White Men Join Race Journals In Fight Against Wrong. In Fight Against Wrongness. Washington—The recent newspaper reports that the Democrats had relaxed in their policy of signing colored employees at Washington shows that the widespread criticism of the effort has had the desired effect. Not only did race journals join in the campaign against segregation, but representative journals like the New York Evening Post, the Springfield Republican, the Boston Advertiser, the Chicago Record-Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor and the Congregationalist entered emphatic protest. The New York Age, the Boston Guardian, the Chicago Defender, the Afro-American Ledger, the Amsterdam News, the Freeman and the Crisis were among the race publications that exposed the scheme. The utterances of such white men as Senator Clapp, Moorfield Storey, Oswald Garrison Villard and J. E. Spingarn also had a telling effect. It must be said, however, that colored men and women are themselves largely responsible for the turning on of the light. One colored man here, who prefers that his name be not made public, enlisted several leading dailies in fighting the scheme. J. C. Napler, who gave up his position as register of the treasury rather than submit to segregation, is entitled to praise for focusing attention on the un-American plan. Bishop Walters, whose attitude was grossly misrepresented, was also an insistent and consistent foe of segregation. In his talks with President Wilson and other Democratic leaders here he always voiced his disapproval of the plan. He declared that Oswald Garrison Villard was grossly misinformed when he charged that he (the bishop) favored segregation. After the bishop wrote Mr. Villard that he was greatly in error and that President Wilson, Secretary McAdoo and others would back him up in this statement Mr. Villard wrote the bishop as follows: "In regard to the recent happening at Washington I stated to the audience that it had been said to me by high authority that a bishop had favored segregation, that I should not mention his name because he had denied it and that I would not make an issue between him, a president of the United States and a bishop. Since you wrote me that you have been informed by the White House and the treasury department that no such statement was made to me there is nothing left for me to do but to infer that I was misinformed or misunderstood and to express my regret to you that such appears to have been the case." Though the administration is reported to have changed its attitude regarding segregation, there has been no public announcement of that fact. W. Monroe Trotter and others, who placed a monster protest into the hands of the president, are, it is said, still awaiting a reply. Segregated washrooms are still in vogue in the treasury, postoffice and other departments. BIG PROTEST MEETING HELD. National Association Continues Campaign Against Race Segregation. The first of a series of public meetings planned by the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People to protest against race segregation in the national government service and also in local affairs was held in the Mount Olivet Baptist church, in New York. Thursday evening, Dec. 18. The local committee was headed by the Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop, rector of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal church. The presiding officer was the Rev. Dr. William P. Hayes, pastor of the Mount Olivet Baptist church. The meeting was well attended and enthusiastic. Both white and colored people are among the leaders in this movement to check what is at present the most shameful, unfair and cruel attack upon the civil rights of the colored people of the United States that has been attempted since the days of reconstruction. White men and women of wealth and influence are among the most aggressive workers, and they are bringing good results from their efforts in connection with this humanitarian movement. The disregard for the constitutional rights of the colored citizens as shown by the enactment of unjust laws is pointed out as a menace to the welfare of the body politic as well as a direct personal handicap to those who are deprived of their right to share in the privileges of a free government. That the force and influence of the recent investigation made by the National association into the conduct of the various government departments in Washington have struck a responsive chord in the minds of those in charge of the work in the departments is acknowledged. The speakers at the meeting Dec. 18 were Attorney Arthur Spingarn, chairman of the legal committee of the National association; Mrs. Mary C. Lawton, well known in women's club work and as reporter for the Brooklyn Dally Standard Union, and Attorney Wilford H. Smith. Music for the occasion was furnished by the Barnett quartet. Each speaker received the closest attention of the audience, and each was earnest and forceful in the presentation of facts, which cannot be truthfully denied by those responsible for the existence of race prejudice in places where each person holds his position on his merit shown by civil service examination. WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUB- SCRIBER? 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. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR and get good results. AN APPEAL. To the Race Loving Women and Men of the United States. The Constitutional League of Oklahoma with Lawyer William Harrison, of Oklahoma City as its leading attorney is contesting with vigor the "Jim Crow" laws of Oklahoma. He will, the last of November or the first of December, bring before the United States Supreme Court the case of McCabe et al vs. The Atchison, Topeka 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 to 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 is the Inter-State passenger 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 Intr-State laws of the South. Hence we hereby appeal to every liberty 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 something towards it. A few race loving men and women in the Oklahoma League, led by the Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., who is now pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist church, Washington, D. C., have made great sacrifice to bring the case through lower courts to its present stage and Mr. Harrison has practically given his service for nothing; but must be rewarded. We are informed that two able constitutional lawyers of Boston and New York will assist in this case. Therefore let everyone who is interested send at least $1. All contributions to be sent to Rev. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., 420 Q street, N. W., Washington, D. C., who will receipt you for the same. He is a reputable, straightforward, Christian gentleman, and will make an honest report of all money sent him. If persons making contributions do not object, their names will be published in the leading papers of their state. Yours for justice. S. W. Layton, Philadelphia, Pa. President Woman's Convention Auxiliary National Baptist Convention. Nannie H. Burroughs, Washington, D. C. Secretary Woman's Convention Auxiliary National Baptist Convention. P. S.—Editors of the race who are interested will please copy. Furnished by the National Negro Business League. L. W. Jenkins, a colored man, has secured the contract for laying all the carpet in the new Chisca Hotel at Memphis, Tenn., a hotel recently completed having four hundred rooms. The annual report made by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Colored Masonic Beneficial Association shows that the association collected on policies in force over $81,000 during the past year. Tulsa, Okla., although possessing more than fifteen colored restaurants offers an inviting opportunity for a first-class up-to-date colored restau- GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BELKS Foreign Beer that Golden Grain Belt is the near America. Be wise. SERVE YOUR GU Sign Beer Experts Say In Belt is the nearest like the Imported, of any In ses. YOUR GUESTS THE BEST Foreign Beer Experts Say that Golden Grain Belt is the nearest like the Imported, of any in America. Be wise. 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Tulsa is a rapidly growing city which has a money-spendnig nflux of visitors daily. The three cotton gins at Boley, Okla, an exclusive colored town, have been running full capacity, and are earning a splendid dividend for the colored men who own them. Vernon, Okla., is a new exclusively colored town in Oklahoma, on the Fort Smith & Western Ry., which is rapidly growing. It has now a population of over five hundred. John E. Bush, one of Little Rock, Arkansas' most progressive colored men, contemplates starting another bank in that city. The standing of Mr. Bush in the community, and the backing he will give to the bank with his own private funds and business assures success for the new bank when started. D 208 Hennepin Avenue Years age, New York butter and Ohle, Wisconsin and Missouri Beer, were known to be the best, and swell felks always had them on their table. No one wants New York butter now, because Minnesota is the best, but some people stick to the old idea on beer. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. HOLLYWOOD PLANS FREE. Okmulgee, Okla., offers a fine opportunity for a colored dentist. There are about three thousand colored people in the city proper and almost an equal number in the suburb around, and all members of the race in that city are prosperous. The colored citizens there are anxious that a colored dentist locate in Okmulgee. Ninth Street in Little Rock, Ark., is a great Negro business street, nearly every kind of business conducted by colored men and women can be found on Ninth Street in the vicinity of the new Mosaic Temple. Every store room in this temple is now occupied with colored business enterprise. The deposits of the Solvent Savings Bank, a colored bank in Memphis, Tenn., have reached and passed the $140,000 mark. It is regarded as one of the safest banks in Memphis. Defective Page