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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL effective Page VOL. 4 Single Copies 5 Cents GETTING RID OF THE SHIFTLESS Afro-Americans in Austin, Tex., Are Wide Awake. Notable Progress Being Made by Our Race at Capital of Lone Star State Due Largely to Spirit of Co-operation Created by the Local Business League. BY RALPH W. TYLER. Austin, Tex.—This is Texas' capital. So many are the hills here it might be said, as it was of Rome, that Austin is built upon seven hills. Austin is a pretty and orderly city of 85,000 population, 11,000 of which are colored. The two colored colleges here, with the splendid public schools, in so far as the race is concerned, makes Austin a typical college town and filtrates through the race community culture and moral purity not always found in cities of this size. Under President Lovinggood the M. E. college here is doing a wonderful work, and its president is thoroughly in touch with and active in every movement which has for its object greater progress for the race. Austin, in so far as the race's population is concerned, is a religious city. This is shown by its support of twenty-one colored churches. But while the race in Austin believes in laying up treasures in heaven, where thieves do not break in, etc., they are somewhat inclined to the belief that treasures laid up here on earth become a pretty solicing asset pending our transition from earth to heaven, a transition which few "live ones" are in a hurry for. This is shown in the fact that our people here have $250,000 invested in business enterprises, own real estate approximating $300,000 and have $30,000 in cash in the banks of this city to their credit. It would appear from this that the race in Austin is willing to lay up and take chances on thieves breaking in and moths corrupting and rust corroding treasures. One of the leading business men of our race in Austin is L. D. Lyons, a perfectly live factor in every movement conceived for the betterment of race conditions. Texas is getting rid of the lazy, shiftless members of the race. In many things Austin is an ideally attractive little city—the air of culture, the thirst for education and the hospitality of its people are such as to compel one to linger here and impel a regret at leaving. Austin's material progress, while complimentary, has not been of that aggressive stripe characteristic of some other cities because Austin had no live, active business organization. Success here in the past has been individual. Awakening to the fact that co-operative success is most vital to race advancement, Austin colored men have reorganized its business league, officering it with earnest, capable men, and with earnest, enthusiastic men composing its membership. In talking with a number of the real factors in racial advancement I learned that they now realize that there are many things which Austin should have in the way of business controlled by men and women of the race, and that earnest efforts should be made to encourage the race to patronize race enterprises. The recently reorganized business league has already begun a business revival The homes and churches of the race here are attractive, commodious and evince commendable civic pride by the manner in which they are beautified and kept up. The interest the race takes in the property possessed by it, in beautifying it and keeping it in repair and the energy displayed in better citizenship and in education no doubt are most responsible for the helpful entente existing between the two races. Austin has the maximum of desirable colored citizens and the minimum of the undesirable. One of the finest high schools for colored people in all this country is to be found here. It is a splendid fireproof building, with an unusually large camps. The equipment is complete, the school board being quite liberal in appropriating for its building and equipment. There is a total of six public schools for colored children. Professor L. C. Anderson, one of the best known educators fh the south, is principal of the high school and practically the head of the colored schools generally. His effective work is seen in fine results. There are three colored physicians here, two dentists and two pharma custs. As yet no lawyer has hung out his shingle in this city, and I do not see why one should not succeed if he did so. Two drug stores, undertaking, printing, furniture store, painting, carpentry and stone contracting, transfer business, blacksmithing, grocery stores and truck gardening are some of the business activities in which the race is engaged here. W. M. Tears, L. D Lyon, J. J. Jennings, J. H. Stewart. President Lovinggood, R. B. Fairbanks. H. Brown, G. W. Norman are among some of the men who are active in making Austin an ideal city The State Institution For the Colored Blind, Deaf and Dumb is located here. It is a commodious building with the teachers and officers not alone earnest, but efficient in the work of training these unfortunates of the race. RACE PRESS SHOWS COURAGE Editors Dencouce Segregation as a Menace and Demand Fair Play. Muskogee, Okla.—Before adjourning its annual meeting recently held in this city the National Negro Press association unanimously adopted the following resolutions: Whereas, The members of the National Negro Press association are in a position to give to the public such information as to what the race is doing along industrial, intellectual, moral, political and spiritual lines, and whereas the clergy are in a position to give great encouragement to our cause, we call upon each of them to give hearty co-operation by instructing our staff as well as the Negro papers, magazines and periodicals and pay for them in order that we may conduct our publications on a higher business standard; and Whereas, There are but few white papers that publish the facts of the progress of our race, and as the Negro paper is the only medium through which we may receive due credit; Be it resolved, That we beseach our educators and fraternal organizations that they insist that Negroes support the journals of their race which are struggling for advancement and race betterment and that they insist that Negroes realize that to do so means an outlay of time, energy and money; and. Whereas, We find that the accommodations for Negro passengers on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, in the state of Oklahoma, are unequal to those granted the white rights that they have in the "jimcrow car" as that conditions in the "jimcrow car" are as follows: One toilet for both sexes, poorly ventilated; badly lighted and insatiary cars; no smoking accommodations except among women passengers; their general equipment much inferior to those "for white people only"; and, Whereas, The officials of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway permit their employees to violate the laws of the state and nation in that they allow these indignities to be forced upon us. Be it resolved, That we, the members of the National Negro Press association, present this treatment on their part as a badge of inferiority placed on our race, a curb to our highest ambitions, an insult to manhood, a collection to our manhood and a denial of our human rights in direct violation of the laws of the state of Oklahoma and the constitution of the United States. Be it further resolved, That we condemn the interstate commerce commission and the state railroad commission for allowing such conditions to exist; that it is unfair to exact the same fines as fines and deny them equal accommodations, and to force them by rules of the company, not by laws of the state, to be treated much worse than cattle. That we especially commend the action of Editor Philip H. Brown of Hopkinsonville, Ky., who led a successful fight against the laws of the state law by railroad officials who did not provide equal accommodation in separate coaches. We recommend that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the officials of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, the members of the state railroad commission and the prosecution commission. Be it further resolved. That we denounce all "jincrow laws" and class legislation, segregation of government employees and disfranchisement; that we make a special protest to all railroad officials against the inhumane treatment of Negro passengers in the southern states, and that we do so publicly and fearlessly—no tactily and subduely—in order to do so regardless of the adverse arguments and policies of many of our leading Negroes, realizing that—He who would be free must himself strike the first blow. Resolved further. That we extend our thanks for the publicity given our meeting by the Muskogee Dally Phoenix, for the courtesies shown our delegation, whose request that we be capitalized the word "Negro" was granted; also to all other mediums of publicity for valuable services rendered. Resolved also. That we express our thanks to the people of Muskogee for their cordial welcome extended us, also to the National Negro Business league, the Oklahoma State Business league and especially to the Muskogee Business League, the Oklahoma State Business league and hospitality under the supervision of Hon. T. J. Ellott and his able assistants, who made the meeting a success. Be it further resolved. That we invoke the divine blessings on each and every member of our association and on the human race, returning thanks for all opportunities accepted and all privileges granted. NICK CHILES, Chairman. MISS IDA M. BECK. CHARLES NURSER SMITH. AN AGENT WANTED. We need a good hustling agent. Our business is growing rapidly. Salary or commission. Address Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c ALLIES GET AROUND GERMAN RIGHT FLANK French and British Not Only Re pulse Invaders but Are Gaining Ground. London, Sept. 9.—The British and French forces north and east of Paris have had further successes against the German invaders, according to the official bulletin issued, while in Galicia the Russians continue with considerable success their attempt to envelop and defeat the Austrian army of 400,000 men under General Auffenburg. For the moment at least interest centers in the campaign in France, for it is felt that the battle proceeding there is the first real crisis of the war and will have a vital effect on the outcome. The allies, according to a bulletin issued by the French war office, successfully have repulsed another attempt of the Germans to penetrate their center between Fere Champenois and Vitry-le-Francois, where the roads and railways are more suited to the French movements than they would have been further north Repulse German Attack. In fact, it is believed General Joffre purposely fell back from Chalons so that he could choose ground more favorable for his army for either defensive or offensive operations. In this he seems to have been justified, for not only was the German attack repulsed, but at Vitry-le-François the Germans actually lost ground. This has been the scene of the heaviest fighting of the present battle, for on the German right, which the allies seem to have got around. General Kluck is falling back before the forward movement of the French and British forces toward the Marne between Meaux and Sezanne. There must have been some fighting here, however, as the French report that some prisoners were taken from the enemy. Allies Have Been Reinforced. There have been many rumors of reinforcements having been sent this army by the allies. Some of the rumors are to the effect that Russian troops actually have joined it and others that the Indian troops took part in the fighting. These rumors, however, remain without confirmation and the more thoughtful observers of the war consider that the increased strength of the allies' left wing is due to the arrival of fresh troops from England and France and to the fact that the advanced defensive army of Paris is taking part in the operation. The French are still sticking below the Lorraine frontier and here, according to the war office, have repulsed an attack made by the Germans on the line between Nancy and Chateau Salins. In Alsace, where the French advanced so quickly at the beginning of the war, there has been a long respits from serious fighting. This is due, in the opinion of military experts, to the withdrawal of the Germans, who were needed for the west, and probably to the return to Austria of troops sent to the assistance of the Germans last month. ALONG AUSTRIAN FRONTIER Russians Claim to Be Making Satisfactory Progress. Petrograd, Sept. 9.—The Russian forces are making satisfactory progress along the Austrian frontier, where there have been serious engagements, according to the Russian official statement, which says: "In the Rawa region the Russian commander, General Ruzsky, has fought a fierce battle against strong Austrian forces. The Russian troops have delivered an attack against a very strongly fortified Austrian position near Gorodok. On the left bank of the Vistula the offensive movements have proved favorable to their arms." Nations Shy at Peace. Washington, Sept. 9.—Secretary Bryan said after the cabinet meeting that no intimations had been received from any of the warring nations of Europe of any likelihood of acceptance of President Wilson's offer of mediation at this time. He denied that Germany had indicated any desire for peace. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Commander Makes Curt Reply to German Request. Paris, Sept. 9.—The battle which is proceeding to the east of Paris appears to be the most important and most stubbornly fought combat of the campaign. The military authorities decline to give any indication of the number of men engaged, but hundreds of thousands are participating on both sides. According to those in a position to obtain authentic information the casualties have been so great that the Germans have requested an armistice of twenty-four hours. The armistice was refused with the response: "We grant you that time to get out of France." An official communication issued by the war office shows that the German wing, while retreating before the allies, has offered the sternest resistance, delivering several fierce but unsuccessful counter attacks. "The fighting extended along both the Ourcq and Marne rivers," the statement says. "In the latter region the British forces have engaged in a strong offensive in undulating country. The progress of the allies has been exceedingly difficult. "In the center of the allied line several further encounters have occurred, the two opposing forces having varying fortunes, which, however, are regarded as more favorable to the allies than to their adversaries." FIGHTING EAST OF PARIS French and British Armies Capture Many Germans. Paris, Sept. 9.—The following official communication, bearing on the fighting now in progress to the east of the capital, was made public: "The left wing of the allied armies, comprising certain portions of the forces now defending Paris, continues to make progress against the enemy. "The French advance reaches from the banks of the river Oureq into the Montmirail region. (Montmirail is about forty-eight miles east of Paris). "The enemy is retiring in the direction of the River Marne, between Meaux (twenty miles east of Paris) and Sezanne (forty-two miles east from Meaux). "The French and the English armies have taken numerous prisoners, including a battalion of infantry and a company serving a detachment of rapid fire guns. They captured also many gun carriages. "At no place have we fallen back; the enemy has lost ground." LEFT WING IS IN RETREAT French Troops Are Pressing Retiring Germans. Paris, Sept. 9.—An official communication issued by the French war office says: "The left wing of the German forces, in their move of retreat, having crossed the Petit Morin river with a view to protecting their communications, have made violent but unsuccessful attacks against that part of our forces occupying the right bank of the river Oureq. "Our English allies are continuing their offensive tactics in the direction of the Marne on the heights of the north of Seyanne. "Our troops are progressing favorably, though laboriously. "On our right wing the situation is good before Nancey and in the Vosges. "A severe engagement has been fought in the center with alternative advancing and falling back. GERMAN LOSSES ENORMOUS French Officer Estimates Prisoners at Thirty Thousand. Paris, Sept. 9.—Accounts of wounded soldiers who reached Paris indicate that the result of the three days' fighting in the champagne country has been more favorable for the allies than at first supposed. They say the German losses in killed were enormous and that a great number of prisoners were taken. One French officer estimates the prisoners at 30,000. The champagne district Includes parts of the departments of Marne, Ardennes, Aube and Haute-Marne. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. M. B. Nat'l Negro Press Assn. Editor of The Tribune of Baltimore, Md., the coming newspaper and a real newspaper man. THE NEGRO PRESS MEETING. Co-Operation Among Publishers Will Bring About Better Results. Last Meeting Highly Profitable. Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Sept. 7—Closer unity among the newspaper men of every grade and shade is guaranteed as a result of the actions taken at the Ninth Annual Session of the National Negro Press Association, which has just closed at Muskogee, Okla. The unifying of interest with the co-operation in the returns that are vouchsafed by agreements and legislations enacted at this meeting will bring from 25 to 50 per cent. increase in benefits to every newspaper belonging to the Association. The redoubling of the efforts to lift the standard of the newspaper, the publisher and the correspondent to a higher plane of efficiency and to make the publications themselves cover their scope of proficiency will continue to be pushed. Climaxes of some of the well laid plans that are to be worked out in detail will be reported to the Executive or Mid-Winter Session that is to be held in this city during the month of February. Some of the things that will be completed and reported for final action will be a Code Service by which cipher messages can be sent from one member of the Association to another. This system is being worked out under a committee consisting of the chairman of the Executive Committee, Jos. L. Jones, of Cincinnati; W. E. Henry A. Boyd, the corresponding secretary, of the city. Another is the advertising matter which was left in the hands of a committee consisting of B. J. Davis, of Atlanta; W. E. King, of Dallas; J. A. Booker, of Little Rock, and R. H. Boyd, of this city. This committee reported at Muskogee that arrangements had been made and only details were left to be worked out. The Muskogee meeting went on record as having accomplished a number of things beneficial to the newspaper men. They condemned unfair and unjust accommodations on the railroad trains offered to the Negroes throughout the country. They have requested all of the newspapers throughout the country, irrespective of race, to capitalize the letter "N" in Negro. The first venture along this line was accomplished when the daily papers of Muskogee acceded to the command. They selected and endorsed a new improved plate service that will furnish the papers throughout the United States with a uniform lot of news, well written, well arranged and artistically displayed. The appearance of the Minutes of the Association, giving full, detailed account of the proceedings that are now on the press, will be much earlier this year than before. The following officers were elected: Melvin J. Continued to page 4. No.47 LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN ARMY WAS ONCE A SLAVE. Charles Alexander Tells Story of Officer Allen Allensworth's Struggles. "The Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth," heutenant colonel, United States army, retired, is the title of a new book by Charles Alexander. Like a bold, clear voice out of a wilderness of conflicting and confusing discussion comes this new volume relating the story of one of the most unique characters in American history. It is doubtful whether anything finer is exhibited in our literature than the heroic life and noble endeavors of Allen Allensworth. Handicapped from the start in the awful mire of slavery, but possessing a self consciousness of the difficulties before him, even at an early age, he strove to live blamelessly before his peers and to carve out a destiny for himself that should reflect credit upon his race. Mr. John Steven McGroarty, the eminent playwright, whose "Mission Play" has attracted so much attention along the Pacific coast and whose "History of California" has become a text book, in his sympathetic foreword says: "The descendant of ancestors who had been dragged from the jungles of Africa into the slavery of the American cotton field, himself born in slavery and sold as a human chattel on the block of the slave market of Henderson, Ky., this man fought his way with a dogged persistence and a sublime courage to a place of peerage in the affairs of the nation that had shackled himself and his fathers. "Withal he preserved throughout his life a nobility of character and a gentleness of soul which saved him to bilthe and serene living and which leaves him now, in the twilight of his days, at peace with the world, honored by the community where he lives, distinguished in the service he rendered the nation which had enslaved him, loved by all who know him without regard to race or creed—a man of deeds and Christian charity." This narrative is intended to refresh the memory of the reader that he may better understand the enthralled condition of the humble slaves during that dark period, and likewise to bring to his attention the strength of the moral force which was largely responsible for the extinction of the institution. And further, to compel the recognition of meritorious characters who still live among us, those who by industry, economy, thrift, enterprise, truth telling and distinguished service to others have won for themselves an honored position in American life. Colonel Allensworth has walked among his fellows a modest, unobtrusive, God fearing man, and with no aid save his indomitable courage he has made his way to the very front in the American army. The simplicity of his life and the splendid toleration of his spirit distinguished him as a good counsellor and a wise leader. The reader will find it difficult to fully estimate the variety and value of his services both in civil and military life, for he has not only been a forceful and eloquent preacher, an indefatigable and successful schoolteacher, but a gallant soldier, a ranking chaplain and the founder of a flourishing Negro town. Chaplain Orville J. Nave, who read over the manuscript of this remarkable book, said of it: "It sustains one's interest from start to finish. There is no chapter in it that abates one's desire to know what is coming next. It is as fascinating as the best of historical novels, with the added charm that comes from the knowledge that this is a life starting under dark slavery, but triumphing in distinguished achievements." This book has a mission. Its mission is to set forth the strength of the Negro character under adverse conditions and to stimulate and inspire the younger generation of the Negro race. And further, to show the progress of the race during the past fifty years—a progress quite remarkable in the annals of the world's history. This book will serve as a textbook to students of social and economic conditions among the American Negroes. To Dedicate Lincoln Memorial Arch. The committee on program for the annual meeting of the national Baptist convention, which began its sessions in Philadelphia Sept. 9, to conclude on Monday, Sept. 14, has recommended that an extra session of the convention be held in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 15, in connection with the dedication of the Lincoln memorial arch at Lincoln heights. The Lincoln memorial arch is at the entrance to the National Training School For Women and Girls, of which Miss Nannie H. Burroughs is resident. Advertise—It Pays. 7th Street near Jackson, St. Paul. FIRST COLORED SHOW ON BURLESQU 60 PEOPLE .....60 EN J. Leubrie Hill FIRST COLORED SHOW ON BURLESQUE CIRCUIT. and his entire Company in "DARKTOWN FOLLIES OF Don't fail to see the Famous BALDY AND JACK DANCE Matinee Daily 2:35 P. M. Matinee Daily 2:35 P. M. Evenings 8:15 P. M. ORCHESTRA CASON BROS. ORCHESTRA. J. W. Norris, traps,—Earl C. Cason, pianist,—J. F. Stevens, violinist,—T. E. Cason, cornetist,—J. W. Norris, tromboneist. The Ball of the Cason Bros. Orchestra at Masonic Hall on Monday evening was well attended. There was a jolly crowd of young people, who enjoyed the music and dancing. It was also the opening event of the dance season and hereafter Cason Bros. will be a feature with the dancers. Mr. Carl Jones of Pittsburg and Miss Jackie Cornel of Minneapolis introduced a new dance called the Tango Tokia. The managers are thankful for their patronage and will attempt another dance at an early date. MINNEAPOLIS NEWS. PRINTING THAT SATISFIES. Bring your printing to THE TWIN CITY STAR PRINT, 1402 Washington Ave. So. The work will suit you. Estimates cheerfully given. T. S. 2520. A TESTIMONIAL. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 5. '14. The Twin City Star, Mr. Chas. S. Smith (Editor). Dear Sir: I believe my yearly scription to your paper is about to ex Mrs. O. Rice, 1409 5 St. S., entertained last Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Clement Pearce of Paris, Tex. who is visiting her nieces Mesdames W. T. Francis and R. B. Chapman. In the afternoon they visited the beautiful art gallery of Mr. T. B. Walker. Mr. Walker was present and very kindly escorted the ladies to different rooms of interest. He also wrote in Mrs. Pearce's autograph album. After leaving the Art gallery, the Flour Mills were the next place of interest. They also visited the Calhoun Baths. After a pleasant afternoon they returned to Mrs. Rice's home where a delightful dinner was served. The evening was delightfully spent in music. Those present were: Mesdames Clement Pearce, W. T. Francis, R. B. Chapman, Mary E. Pope, Maud Canty and little Ophelia Canty. Mrs. Mask of France Cafe was taken sick last week. Mrs. Laura Stal, Mrs. John Smith, and Miss Florence Morgan of Omaha are visitors in the Twin Cities. Prof. Lawrence Jones, Principal of Piney Woods Industrial School, Braxton, Miss., was a visitor to the Star office last Saturday afternoon. Prof. Jones was a guest of Editor Smith at the France Cafe. Mrs. C. W. Lewis opened a Dress-making and Dry Cleaning establishment at 602 5th St. No., where they invite your patronage. Men's clothes cdeaned and repaired. Mr. Solomon Saunders won the blue ribbon in the Saddle Class of the Workhorse Parade on Labor Day. Mr. Beverly F. Kezee has been confined home with a severe cold. Don't forget to attend Prof. Ellis' Dancing Class on Thursday night. The Negroesof the Twin Cities have few business advertisements and many social advertisements. We charge for both. If it's advertising you want, The Star is your medium, but you must pay for it. Why is it that people, who never subscribe to a paper, always want to have their personal news in its columns? We are often asked "How can I send my subscription." We get all Post Office Orders sent us my mail ```markdown ``` TON BURLESQUE CIRCUIT. 60 ENTERTAINERS Marie Hill The Company in LLIES OF 1915" Evenings 8:15 P. M. MINNEAPOLIS NEWS PRINTING THAT SATISFIES. Bring your printing to THE TWIN CITY STAR PRINT, 1402 Washington Ave. So. The work will suit you. Estimates cheerfully given. T. S. 2520. A. TESTIMONIAL Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 5, '14. The Twin City Star, Mr. Chas. S. Smith (Editor). Dear Sir: I believe my yearly subscription to your paper is about to expire. Please find enclosed remittance for another. Beg to acknowledge the prompt regularity of each and every issue, which I have enjoyed reading very much, most especially, those features which have so courageously appealed to the principle of right living, the civic and moral status of our race. JUDGE JOHNSON'S OPENING SEPT. 19TH, 1991 Judge Johnson, the veteran dancing master, announces that he will hold his semi-monthly series of dances, at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., on every 2nd and, 4th Thursday evening during the winter. Remember the opening. That "Big Harvest Ball" Get Ready. The Pleasure is all yours.-Advertisement. Now is the time to take advantage of the low prices and the best locations, as we have a number of clients who are forced to sell, since the war has begun, and will make terms to suit you. I have a number of 3.4.5.6 and 7 room houses that can be bought with as low as $100 and $150 down, with easy monthly payments. F. PEOPLES REALTY CO., 236 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY Madam Hart's Opening Sept. 15. Madame M. Hart, of 425 University Ave., St. Paul, announces her Fall and Winter Display of Special Designs in Millinery. The Latest Styles will be demonstrated by ladies of the Twin Cities. All are welcome. Remember the date—Sept. 15. Exceptional Bargains in Newest Creations. —Advertisement. Miss Francis Mask began her last term on Monday at the Minnesota School of Business. We wish her success and congratulate her on her continuance of her studies. Mr. A. B. Van Hook spent 10 days in camp with a party at Pine River. For Rent.—Two Furnished Rooms, gentlemen preferred. Very reasonable, near car line, good location, all modern. Call 2945 Harriet Ave.—Advertisement. Very truly, James A. Lewis, Box No. 145 TWIN CITY STAR MRS. HALEY TO LECTURE. Mrs. Victoria Clay-Haley of St. Louis will appear in the Twin Cities next month. She is one of the leading women of her race. Mrs. Haley is a prominent club woman and suffragette and is the Royal Grand Matron of the Order of Eastern Star Missouri Jurisdiction. She will visit Duluth and spend a while in the Twin Cities. Watch the Star for the date of her coming. CATCH ONE IN FET FI J. L. Gibson, a new icipal court today ad a drinking place w style a "buffet flat." rested yesterday by a colored detective, w tempted for several the flat at 627 Fifth he heard that the pl guarded against the The Moral League and Negro Y. M. C. A. Club did not get an indorsement of their work or a committee to assist them at the Forum last Sunday. The personnel of the organization does not meet with popular approval, neither does the Jim Crow Y. M. C. A. proposition get much consideration. However, they held a meeting Thursday evening at Mr. Schuyler Phillips and will hold another at Wither's Church next Sunday. Some of the members of the Society for the Advancement of Colored People are advocating a Jim-Crow Y. M. C. A. Messrs. Wm. R. Morris and Schuyler C. Phillips are doing well with their Bean Bakery at Chicago Ave. Don't forget Paul Sayers, the reliable chauffeur, when you want an auto-ride. at Dreamland on Oct. 12. On account of many requests, the Knights of Pythias have decided to repeat the Dreamland Entertainment on October 12. Many were out of the city and others so employed as to not be able to attend the last grand affair. Remember the date, same place, same music, and a grand entertainment. MRS. BELLS' WHIST PARTY At the residence of Mrs. Clarence Bell, 2923 Grand Ave. So. Friday the 28th ult., the following ladies were delightfully entertained at cards: Mesdames M. O. Cannon, N. M. Judy, Fitzzroy Celestine, R. B. Moulden, F. Peoples, H. J. Sample, Lizzie Douglas, Clarence McCullough, Chas Robinson, Edw. Stewart, Al Moss, Sr., Catherine Chase, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Eaton, St. Louis, Robt. Young, Annie Mason, Blanch Mason, B Jones, A. Smith, C. N. Robinson, Edw. Marshall, Mrs. R. A. Vanhook, Leon Minor, Zack Johnson, Sam'k King, C. F. King, Y. B. Anderson, J. S. Wright, Miss Mayme Prewitt, Chas. Sexton, J. H. Burke; Miss Hatty Hill, Holly Springs, Miss. Miss Louisa Brown, Kansas City Mo.; Miss M. Webster, Kansas City Mo. Mrs. Blanch Mason won first prizes a lovely Dresden China Sugar and Creamer; 2nd prize to Mrs. Robt Young, a beautiful fancy fan; Booby prize to Mrs. F. Peoples, a hair duster. A very tasty menu was served after which the guests departed proclaiming Mrs. Bell to be a most delightful hostess. WILLING WORKER'S SONG SERVICE. The Song Service given by the Willing Workers' Club of St. Peter's Church on last Sunday evening was indeed a rare treat to music lovers The program was as follows: Song by the Club; Scripture reading by Pastor; Solo by Mrs. Frank Peoples. Inst. Solo by Miss Edith Stone Solo by Mr. Wilbur Nevills; Inst Solo by Prof. Copeland of Lawrence Kansas; Vocal Duett by Mesdames Sexton and B. Mason; Violin Solo by Miss Gracia Corneal; Solo by Mr. Blackwell; Solo by Mrs. Fannie Pierre; Solo by Mrs. F. Celestine Closing song by the Club. Closing remarks by the Pastor; Doxology. Miss Grazia Corneal will go to Springfield, Mo., where she has accepted a position as Supervisor or Music in the Public Schools. FURNISHED ROOMS.—A good front room, for man and wife, privileges of kitchen, house entirelmodern. Call after 6:30 Colfax 4198 or apply at 820 E. 36th St. An itemized statement of expense of illness and funeral of the late Mr. Howard W. Phillips will be given in our columns. The Star will hereafter pay more attention to the Probate Cases of W.R. Morris than before. Just why some Negro lawyers want to keep things from the interested parties, is not hard to understand. What becomes of some of the property and money left by Negroes, is unknown to many. We shall search the records and get the facts. Mr. Gale P. Hilyer is expected to graduate with highest honors in law from the University. He is a brilliant young man and may locate here. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR CATCH ONE IN RAID ON "BUFFET FLAT." J. L. Gibson, a negro, was in municipal court today accused of keeping a drinking place which the police style a "buffet flat." Gibson was arrested yesterday by James C. Hardin, colored detective, who said he had attempted for several weeks to get into the flat at 627 Fifth street N., after he heard that the place was carefully guarded against the police. Gibson was caught in the raid on the Porters' and Waiters' club at 309 Hennepin avenue, second floor, when that place was closed several weeks ago and, according to Hardin, boasted at that time that the police could not get into his flat. Hardin sent a messenger boy to the place yesterday and when the door was opened to admit the boy, Hardin jumped in the hallway and went into the flat. He said he found A. J. Hawkins and B. Ritchie drinking beer and that the men declared they had paid for it. They were locked up as witnesses. Hardin said that persons living near the place had complained that white women had been seen going there and that the police had decided to raid the flat at the first opportunity. —Minneapolis Journal. The above clipping from a leading white newspaper is the result of an interview with Detective Hardin. He is fond of notorety and generally makes statements to the courts and to reporers, that often bring about race-prejudice. Hardin knows that in that locality there has been for many years an element of Negroes and white living together, and the police authorities have not ordered any special discontentions on account of color. We admit that there will always be a general prejudice against these conditions. Hardin appeals for sympathy. He refers to the Porters' and Waiters' Club, which has not been either raided or closed several weeks ago. He does not state that Hawkins and Ritchie were sent to Mr. Gibson's on an errand by him—and that he found no white women—that he allowed two Negro business men, Mr. Withers, the expressman and Mr. Harris, the groceryman, to remain unmolested. Neither does he state, that he abused Mr. Gibson and threatened to murder him. Mr. Gibson is now suffering from a burn on his eye, from a lighted cigar-butt thrown by Hardin. Hardin collected 5 bottles of beer, one half pint of whiskey as evidence of his big raid on a blind-pig. He is also careful to not make public that he drew his gun and called Gibson a black son — — and said he would get the combination. There are rumors that Hardin's friends knew of the proposed arrest of Gibson beforehand. He said he would get Shull, Charley Hamilton and Gibson. He did not tell the newspapers that Mr. Cunningham lost $25.00 at the Southside Club and got his money back, and nothing was done, or that he did not send his stool pigeons to Stewart's Big Gambling Hotel. But the newspapers may publish that there are many cases where vis is commercialized, under the control of Hardin and unknown to the police department. His Honor, Mayor Nye, has left the matter of police investigation among Negroes, entirely to Hardin. We have no grievance, when he does his duty. But why is it that so many real houses of prostitution and buffet-flats are running openly? Does Harding know about the Marie Green case? Did he fix Ed. Green for the Grand Jury? Does he regulate the traffic for financial benefit? Does he protect only those who pay him? Does he tell people that he has a "black list" and "I can do what I want to until they get me?" Is Clarence King of the Maceo Club a go-between? These are answerable questions and they will be answered at the proper time. Mayor Nye has ordered an investigation. Gibson's hearing was set for Sept 11. We will give details next week. The Naked Truth. An old fable says that Truth and Falsehood went in bathing together. Falsehood came first out of the water and dressed herself in Truth's garments. Truth, unwilling to put on Falsehood's clothes, went naked. Bad Enough. "I've written a song." "Then be satisfied with that. Don't insist on singing it also."—Detroit Free Press. A Dog's Life. Some men would be perfectly content to lead a dog's life if they could pick the dog—Albany Journal. We refused some social notes about a preacher in St. Paul, who has never paid us one cent. We are obligated to publish the public good that is done by our clerical tight-wad, but he gets "Nothing for Nothing" along social lines. The real disgusting feature about Negro newspapers is the gossip of select society, which could be better supplanted by race news of interest. MAKING GOOD IN BUSINESS. Brief Account of How a Country Boy Qualified Himself For His Chosen Profession—Mastered Difficulties as a Student and Is Doing Real Constructive Work as a Business Man. Natchez, Miss. — Training, industry, thrift, politeness and energy are the factors which won Dr. H. J. Dumas a place in the hearts of the people in this part of the country. He is considered one of the most successful business men among our people in this part of the state. His success should be an inspiration to many boys who go around with their heads down declaring that their race or color operates against them, Color, hair or race never yet made a man and never will. The use of the mind, its training and the ability to master conditions are what count for something in this busy world Henry J. Dumas was born in Houma, La., a country town, in 1875. He went to the parish school, where he got the foundation on which to build his future education. When he had finished at the parish school his parents sent him to the Houma academy, from which he graduated in the spring of 1896. He declared then and there that he was going to make the world know that he lived in it, and thus far he has made good. Holding a diploma from an academy did not mean that his student days were over. He wanted a trade or profession. He taught for a year in the public school at Houma and then entered the Meharry Medical college. Nashville, Tenn., in the fall of 1898. He was among the first students in pharmacy. He had registered a declaration that he was going to lead his PETER H. DR. HENLY J. DUMAS class. "I am going to be a first class pharmacist," he said, "or none at all" He said aside society and never sought a good time with the boys, but found pleasure, enjoyment and comfort in his studies. While he did not feel that the world was standing still waiting for him, yet he felt that there was a place in the world which he could fill. In March, 1901, Dean George Hubbard handed young Dumas his diploma, showing that he had finished the course as laid down by the faculty and in keeping with the laws of the state, and he was then prepared to commence his active work. With a smile, standing with the other members of his class, he thanked the dean, and the next day packed his trunk and started for Mississippi. He heard that the state medical board was in session, and he felt that he should let the board know that he wanted to practice pharmacy. To him the examination was but a toy, so to speak. He passed it with ease and was commended by the members of the board. He soon afterward opened business in Natchez, and the people flocked in to wish him success. He was polite, courteous and willing to answer the many questions put to him by the crowd. They looked him over and decided that he was the right man and should have their support. Already his brother had made a reputation as a physician. Dr. Dumas stayed in the rented building for five years and then, with the co-operation of Dr. A. W. Dumas, erected a fine brick structure right in the business section of the city. Now there are in the building offices occupied by several business men and a sanitarium. On the first floor is a shoe store, one of the largest in the country operated by our people, and also a drug store. Steady Advance of an Ohio School. The Curry institute at Urbana, O., has made wonderful progress under the leadership of its principal, Dr. E. W. B, Curry. Quite recently the institution received some very substantial financial aid as well as buildings and ground. The opening of the school this fall will witness a large increase in the number of students over the past year. A RACE PROBLEM. Why is it that many persons, who represent themselves as race workers, never subscribe to and pay for race papers? How many do you know? Who are they? When writing for the press, don't abbreviate your words. Spell each one out correctly and distinctly. If you don't it means that all of your manuscript will have to be rewritten if there is time. Write on one side of the paper only. If you wish to help this publication. Send your subscription by Post office order. Leave your Subscriptions and Printing at TWIN CITY STAR PRINTERS, 1402 Washington Ave. So. Choice workmanship, Regular Prices. WILLIAM E. LEE —on the— LIQUOR TRAFFIC. From Owatonna Speech "I believe in county option and that the people of any governmental unit should have the legal machinery provided for the expression of their will upon the liquor question. In addition to providing a county option law, I believe in further reducing the power of the brewery in politics and curbing the sinister influence of the liquor traffic by preventing brewery ownership of saloons or buildings occupied by saloons, by enforcement of laws prohibiting the sale of beer or liquor to any but legally licensed retailers, thus doing away with blind pigs and other illicit places whose existence depends upon the illegal sale of liquor, and by such other legislation as may be necessary to destroy the power of the liquor traffic." WHY NOT HAVE AN EXPERIENCED HAIR CULTURIST, N. W. South 9342 Minneapolis Treatment at Residence by Appointment. MODERN HOUSES FOR RENT. Modern 8 room house, $30.00 per month. Or will sell for $3,900.00 on easy terms. Heat, bath, gas, grate, parquet floors. 753 Ashland Ave. Fine neighborhood. W. T. Francis, 88 and 89 Union Block, St. Paul. HOUSE FOR SALE. New Modern Duplex. 6 rooms and bath, oak finished in each flat. Full cemented cellar and laundry. Lot 64x 139, east front, large lawn, exceptionally large well arranged rooms, easy terms. See Kronengold, 511 Aldrich Ave. No. Tel. Hy. 2303. (Advertisement). FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT—Beautifully furnished room, all modern, to desirable parties. Call 3629 4th Ave. So. You can get a good clean and comfortable room with a private family, all conveniences, on car line. Apply Johnson, 2433 4th Ave. So.-Advertisement. Clarence W. Bell, the tailor, who has been head of one of the leading shops, has decided to run a tailoring department at Bell and Jones, 244 Third Ave. So. Call and see his work and samples. He can suit Mr. Sylvester Oliver, the Adonis. That's all. He is right. The People's Christian Mission, REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR 1284 Washington Ave. Se. 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. ST. LOUIS KITCHEN, 138 E. 3rd St. St. Paul, Minn.—Advertisement WANTED. Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work as a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sloux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn DRESS-MAKING, FRENCH AND DRY CLEANING. GENTS' PRESSING AND REPAIRING. EXPERIENCED KORKMANSHIP. REASONABLE PRICES. MRS. C. W. LEWIS, 602 N. 5th. ST. Minneapolis. Reserve your space for Excursions, Picnics and Dances. Take the advantage of our advertising columns. Defective Pag effective Page DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL- DRESSED? THEN I AM YOUR TAILOR. SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 Cleaning Pressing Repairing CLIFFORD A. SMITH. 421 UNIVERSITY AVE., ST. PAUL. THE CARVER HOTEL 212 ELEVENTH AVE. SO. 28 Newly Furnished Rooms. By Day, Week or Month. Special Rates to Theatrical People. Mrs. Alice (Mother) Carver, Prop. N. W. Phone Main 863 BARBER SHOP AND BATHS. T. S. Phone 3073 N. W. Main 9592 The Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SHULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters 311 Hennepin Ave. Mpls SMOKE THE BEST 5C CIGAR Sight Draft W. S. CONRAD CO., Distributors NO. 140. E. 6th ST., ST. PAUL. NO. 1. WESTERN AVE., MINN. Southern Theatre SevenCorners 15th and Washington Avenues So. Refined Vaudeville Moving Picture Shows Continuous Performance Admission 10 Cents Children 5 Cents Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits You Patronage. Office, Nlc. 1963 Res. Celfax 1638. DR. J. H. REBD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. FRANCIS Attorney and Counselor at Law, 89-90 Unlen Bleeck, St. Paul. Dr. John R. French DENTIST 304 Kendrick Bleeck (27 E. 7th St.) Tel. Cedar 8304 ST. PAUL, MINN. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 111 So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn OVER 88 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion, free whether an invention is probably profitable. COMMUNICATIONS strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. PUBLICATIONS sent free. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handbook on many timely circumstances of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 a year, four months. $1. Sold by all newdealers. MUNN & Co. 384 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 85 P St. Washington, D.C. Electric Player Pianos Regulated. HENRY R. MORGAN. Piano Tuning 244 13th AVE. So. MINNEAPOLIS PHONE NIC. 1354. SUBSCRIBZ "OR THE STAR." --- ABLE CHURCHMAN AND RACE LEADER First African Presbyterian Church In Philadelphia Enjoys Splendid Growth Under the Leadership of Its Energetic Pastor—Clear of Debt and Will Enlarge Present Edifice. By JAMES D. CORROTHERS. Philadelphia.—The splendid growth and prosperity of the First African Presbyterian church in this city have compelled the congregation to purchase additional ground upon which to enlarge its edifice to meet its expanding activities. The church is located on Seventeenth and Fitzwater streets. It has purchased the property adjoining and will erect thereon a $10,000 addition to its present edifice, which will increase its seating capacity by at least 850. An addition will also be made to the parsonage and a baptistery, pipe organ, gymnasium and other improvements will also be made to the church. The Rev. John W. Lee, A. M., D. D., the pastor, to whom its success and progress are very largely due, is one REV. DR. JOHN W. LEE of the well known ministers of Philadelphia and a leader in his denomination. He is modest, interesting, unassuming and genial. He is universally recognized as a man of worth by race leaders and by influential white people. Dr. Lee is a self made man, and his struggle for success is an interesting story. Born in Harford county, Md., April 22, 1864, he attended the schools of his native county in the winter season and worked on a farm during the remainder of the year. At the age of eighteen he left home and went to Baltimore to live. There he worked during the day and attended night school. He left Baltimore in 1890 to try his fortunes in Pittsburgh. Believing that he had been called of God to preach the gospel, he entered Lincoln university in 1803, and after taking two years' special work in the college department he entered the theological department, graduating in 1898. He was at once ordained and became the supply pastor for the Madison Street Presbyterian church in Baltimore. He then took up the Sunday school missionary work of the state of Maryland, with headquarters in Annapolis, continuing in this position for two years. In the fall of 1900 he came to Philadelphia to visit relatives and friends and was invited to preach in the First African Presbyterian church. All who heard him were delighted with his preaching and he was at once invited to become the pulpit supply, the church not being in a position to call a pastor. In 1901 he began to supply the church, continuing until June, 1902, when he was unanimously elected pastor. During his pastorate of the First African Presbyterian church the property has been twice repaired at a cost of $3,000 and a mortgage of $10,000 has been paid off, making the entire property clear of debt. The church is well organized, and more than 300 new members have been added. In 1907, when for sixteen days the church celebrated its one hundredth anniversary, Rev. William H. Roberts, D. D., the moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in America; the late Dr. John B. Rendalls of Lincoln university and J. N. Rendall, D. D., with other distinguished men from all parts of the country, took part in the exercises. This was one of the most notable events among colored church circles in Philadelphia. Dr. Lee graduated from Lincoln with the degree of A. M. Ten years later the degree of D D. was given him by the university. He is president of the National Alumni association of Lincoln university, chairman of the Freedmen's educational committee of the presbytery of Philadelphia, chairman of the board of control of the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A. and was chairman of the committee in 1911 when the colored people of this city subscribed $22,500 in five days toward the erection of their present splendidly equipped Y. M. C. A. building. Dr. Lee is likewise a member of the Presbyterian evangelistic committee and was the first to introduce open air tent services for colored people in his section of the city TWIN CITY STAR TWIN CITY DANCING ACADEMY To Give Inaugural Soiree at Tachida Hall, Thursday Evening, Sept. 17. On Thursday evening, Sept. 17, the good people of the Twin Cities are to have an opportunity to take part in A. G. PROF. BERT M. ELLIS Instructor of Dancing. a new enterprise, for on that date the Ellis Twin City Dancing Academy will have its inaugural soiree at Tschida Hall( cor. Lafond and Arundel streets, St. Paul. Weekly soirees will be given each Thursday evening during the fall and winter season. The intention of the management of this academy is to provide a place where the young and the old too, for that matter, may come and have a social evening under proper environments. The manager of the Academy is Prof. Bert M. Ellis, formerly a resident of St. Paul, who has recently returned to the city after an absence of seven years in Lawrence, Kan., Denver, Colo., and Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Ellis will be assisted by Miss Bessie Johnson. He comes highly recommended from the cities where he has been and was something of a leader in the social world. And extends an invitation to the respectable dance-lovers, offering them an evening of desirable instruction and entertainment. Miss May Irwin, Assistant Supt., of Nurses, Freedmens Hospital, Washington, D. C., is visiting relatives and friends in St. Paul. She is the guest of Mrs. Sherwood, 971 St. Anthony Ave. Miss Zona Gale, Chairman of Civics, Wisconsin State Federation of Women's Clubs will visit Minneapolis in October in the interest of Suffrage work. Clifford A. Smith, the tailor, has moved to 421 University Ave., St. Paul. Clifford is a successful business man. He moves with the crowd and keeps up with the times. Dr. J. S. Aegle and Mrs. J. K. Hilyard returned last week from Soo, Mich., where they were employed during summer. Mr. Hilyard will reenter Macallister College to finish Chemistry and Dr. Aegle will practice dentistry in one of the Southern cities, probably Knoxville, Tenn. Prof. Fred L. Parker and bride were in St. Paul this week, visiting his parents. Mrs. W. J. Molette of Chicago is spending several days with Mrs. F. Wells and Mrs. F. D. Daniels at 463 Charles St. Miss Sarah May Talbert, who has been spending the month of August with her aunt, Mrs. Wm. R. Hardy, St. Anthony Ave., left Tuesday for her home in Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Talbert while here was very much entertained particularly by old friends and acquaintances she met while in the city 3 years ago. Miss Effie Peniston, the charming School Teacher of Kansas City, Mo. left Friday evening. While here she attended many social functions and also enjoyed many outings. She was a guest of friends to Minnehaha Falls, White Bear, Lake Calhoun and other places. Lawyer W. T. Francis has been appointed a member of the Prisoner's Aid Society by the Minnesota State Board of Parole. THE KNIGHTS WILL REPEAT at Dreamland on Oct. 14 at Dreamland on Oct. 12. On account of many requests, the Knights of Pythias have decided to repeat the Dreamland Entertainment on October 12. Many were out of the city and others so employed as to not be able to attend the last grand affair. Remember the date, same place, same music, and a grand entertainment. Dr. Valdo Turner returned from a visited N. Y., Phila., Atlantic City also Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News, Va., and was much impressed with conditions in the South. Never before in the history of burlesque has a colored show been offered a route, and never before has such an aggregation of colored artists been presented in any theatre as J. Lubrie Hill's Darktown Follies of 1015, which will be offered at the Star, St. Paul, week of Sept. 13—in a side-splitting comedy entitled "My Friend from Kentucky." Several colored musical attractions have had a run of four or five weeks in New York City (including Williams and Walker) but the Darktown Follies not only enjoyed a most prosperous run of one solid year at the Lafayette Theatre, and they were presented at Hammersstein's Theatre for five consecutive weeks. The excellence of the organization can be imagined when the dramatic writers devoted unlimited space to the performance. More than one million people witnessed the unusual performance, two-thirds of whom were the better class of white theatre-goers. This unknown record is along sufficiently assuring lines that there is something new and novel in the theatricals to be seen. In the cast are such well-known colored artists as Harper & Gillam, Gaines & Brown, Sallie Byrd Gillam, Evon Robinson, Ada Guy, Abbie Mitchell, Happy Julius Glenn, Toots Davis, Ethel Williams, Johnie Peters, Helen Baxter and others, to say nothing of the most sprightly singing and dancing chorus ever seen on the American stage. The scenes of the play are laid in Virginia and Washington, D. C., both of which are noted for picturesque and historic scenery, which are appropriate and necessary to this production. Two carloads of scenic and electrical effects are shown in the piece. We met Mr. Billie Harper of the Darktown Follies this week. It was a pleasant reminder of the evening of "The Frog's Entertainment" last year at Richmond, Va., where they were received at the leading Club, next to Editor Mitchell's bank. It was a grand night and Dr. Ferguson made it very pleasant for us. Harper says it was some banquet, and so do we. He is suffering from a terrible cold but may render his song "O, so Sweet" by request of the Star. THE FIGHT AGAINST RACE SEGREGATION CONTINUES. Opponents of This Unlawful Practice Push the Ashland (Va.) Case. The race segregation ordinances, enforced rigidly for some years in many of the cities and towns of Virginia, says the Norfolk (Va.) Journal and Guide in a recent issue, are challenged as unconstitutional. Municipal laws prohibiting Negroes from living in the same residence blocks with white citizens are for the first time under fire in the supreme court of appeals of Virginia. The fight to have the segregation ordinances annulled as contrary to the constitution of the state of Virginia and the constitution of the United States has been inaugurated in Ashland, Va., where Negroes have been excluded from residence blocks where white people are in the majority since 1911. The preliminary move in the fight to eliminate race segregation resulted in a first victory for the opponents of the segregation law when the supreme court granted a writ of error and supersedeas in the Ashland case. Well Qualified Young Minister. The Rev. A. S. Phillips, B. D., of the Virginia Theological seminary and college, is one of the most energetic young ministers of the Baptist denomination. He is well qualified for his chosen calling and is wisely using his time. The Rev. Mr. Phillips recently delivered an instructive sermon at the Union Baptist Church Montcalm, N. J., and won many friends. Having finished his theological studies at Virginia seminary, he is ready to enter fully into the ministry. The Rev. Mr. Phillips is also a former student of the Virginia Union university. Richmond, Va. Equity Congress Hears General Miles. The recent visit of General Nelson A. Miles to the equity congress in Harlem, New York, formed a very interesting part of the propaganda which has been conducted for some time to secure recognition of colored men in the fire department, on the police force, and in the national guard. To further these objects the equity congress of New York was formed in 1910, and it was before the members of this body that General Miles spoke. The general was met at Lenox avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street by a large detachment of the United States boy scouts, commanded by Major R. C. Wendell, and a detail from the Spanish war camp was also present as escort in charge of Commander Hamilton H. Blunt a former United States army captain who saw service in Cuba and the Philippines. Notes must reach our office on Wednesday before noon. All communications by mail only. ```markdown ``` NOW is the best time for you to start your home, to pick out GOOD MERCHANDISE AT ABSOLUTELY FAIR PRICES WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO NOW is the best time for you to start your home, to pick out GOOD MERCHANDISE AT ABSOLUTELY FAIR PRICES WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO YOUNG FOLKS GOING HOUSEKEEPING and TAKE SPECIAL PAINS TO PLEASE THEM YOUNG FOLKS GOING HOUSEKEEPING and TAKE SPECIAL PAINS TO PLEASE THEM NY YEARS of making HOMES for the people inneapolis and the North- is the REASON why we you to let us START you RIGHT. This HOME- ING is no EXPERI- it with us. We take as INTEREST in doing it AT, as you do in wanting it. We sell nothing but FURNITURE, GOOD PETS, GOOD CUR- S, and DRAPERIES, STOVES, RANGES FORTY YEARS of making COZY HOMES for the people of Minneapolis and the Northwest is the REASON why we ask you to let us START you out RIGHT. This HOMEAKING is no EXPERIMENT with us. We take as much INTEREST in doing it RIGHT, as you do in wanting it done. We sell nothing but GOOD FURNITURE, GOOD CARPETS, GOOD CURTAINS, and DRAPERIES, GOOD STOVES, RANGES and REFRIGERATORS, GOOD CROCKERY and GLASSWARE and GOOD COOKING UTENSILS, and when we START you out we build the foundation RIGHT. NOW is the best time for you to start your home, to pick out your goods—For we have never shown such a magnificent Selection to choose from. THE DICKERSON CAFE 208 HENNEPIN AVENUE JOHN A. DICKERSON, Prop. THE FRANCE CAFE CHOP-SUEY -- VOCAL ENTERTAINER REGULAR DINNER AND A LA CARTE SERVICE THE COOLEST PLACE TO DINE Best Accommodations for Private Parties EXCELLENT COOKING COURTEOUS ATTENTION 255 Marquette Ave.. 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Morris was Grand Director in 1883 and 1884; Deputy Grand Master in 1885 and 1886; Grand Director in 1897 and 1898; Grand Master for four years from 1899 to 1892; Grand Attorney eight years from 1903 to 1910; Grand Master for four years from 1911 to 1914. One would think he would be satisfied with this long record of drawing money from the treasury of the order, but in addition to this he placed his brother on the Odd Fellows' Supreme Court to draw a salary; and now Grand Master Morris is again a candidate to succeed himself in violation of Law 29, Section 2, General Laws, edition 1911. From Atlanta Independent. STATE FAIR BOARD FORCES FREE ADVERTISING. It appears that Hon. Ray R. Speer, Supt. of Publicity, of Minnesota State Fair, wants to make publishers use a page of plate advertising to get a press reporter's ticket. The last sentence in the following communication is a threat and is self-explanatory. Minnesota State Fair Exposition, Office of the Secretary. Aug. 15, 1914. Mr. Chas. Sumner Smith, Publisher, The Twin City Star, 1419 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis. Dear Sir: Enclosed is an application for a press reporter's ticket, which should be filled out and returned to us at once. The rules laid down by the Fair Board, render it impossible for me to give you more than one ticket. Believing that this will be satisfactory, a page of supplementary plate has been sent you by the Western Newspaper Union to be used before the Fair opens. Please see that your paper is mailed us until the Fair is over, as we expect this of all advertisers. Your attitude toward the Fair this year will largely determine our attitude toward the Twin City Star next year. Yours truly, Ray P. Speer, Supervisor of Publicity. We did not use the plate, and did not get the ticket. Space in our columns must be paid for. When the Commonwealth can hustle like this on publishers; it is probable that legislation may be enacted, to force publishers to print without pay the laws enacted at each session of the Legislature. DEFENDS RACE TITLE. Publicity Committee of Press Association Makes Investigation. The committee on press and publicity at the recent meeting of the National Negro Press association, held at Muskogee, Okla., makes the following report of the results of its mission to the office of two daily papers of Muskogee. It says: We visited the offices of the Times-Democrat and were very pleasantly received by Mr. Hopkins, the city editor, who was informed that we represented the National Negro Press association, which had delegated us to request that he capitalize the letter "N" in "Negro." We briefly stated our reasons, and Mr. Hopkins courteously recognized our position and assured us that he really had not given the matter any consideration, but saw no reason why our suggestion should not meet his approval. He promised to take the matter up with the editor in chief. We expressed our thanks for his consideration and promised that any action taken along this line would be appreciated by our association and our race. We further thanked him for the publicity given us in his columns. We called on the managing editor of the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Mr. Fisk, and expressed our mission. He said that he was interested in the Negro Press association and had been liberal to it in his columns; also that he did not capitalize the "W" in "white man." After our explanation of the importance of our request he said that he would see that the "N" in "Negro" was capitalized. We offered our thanks and felt grateful for his courteous reception. We also requested that all news articles given the press pertaining to the records of our meetings be censored by the press and publicity committee that we may present to the public the truth as to our efforts and not such fabricated sensations as have appeared in white papers by self appointed press agents. (Signed) CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, Chairman. MRS. VICTORIA C. HALEY. MELVIN J. CHISUM. EDUCATIONAL AND SECRET SOCIETY WORK OF WOMEN New Mrs. Carrie A. Tuggle and Others Are Helping Our Race. Augusta, Ga.—"Alabama is full of opportunities for the Negroes and every other race possessing industry, honesty, reliability and thrift." is the declaration made by Mrs. Carrie A. Tuggle of Birmingham, Ala., grand worthy councilor of the Court of Calanthe, the female branch of the grand lodge of Knights of Peth, which recently held its annual meeting in Brown's Chapel A. M. E. church in this city. Mrs. Tuggle is one of the most remarkable women of our race in this country and is doing a work on a smaller scale equal to that of Booker T. Washington. She is training the boys and girls of the race for service through Tuggle institute, Birmingham, which is supported by the Order of Calanthe and the Rising Sons and Daughters of Protection. She has on every occasion condemned loafing and loafers and has attempted to hold up to the young women of her race the things that count for something. In her opening address the grand worthy councilor took up the home life of our people and urged the women to make good homes, to pay attention to the proper training of their children and teach them that work of any kind is honorable. "We have given to the world too many jail birds and have furnished too many men and women for the penitentiaries of this country," she said. "and this is because we have failed to give our children the proper training. "We have too many young Negroes who want to 'get by,' and instead they 'get in' and disgrace themselves and the race. It is possible to cut down this number, and it must be cut down. I am glad to see so many of you here today." Mrs. Estella R. Smith, representing the jurisdiction of Texas, made a short talk, in which she congratulated the women of Texas in their good work She referred to the work at Tuggle's institute and commended the women for the part which they have taken in making the school a success. Jenkins Orphanage Band in London. The Jenkins Orphanage band of Charleston, S. C., won new laurels the past summer on its concert tour in London. The band was engaged for special concerts at the Great White City, Shepherd's Bush, London, and at the Alexandra gardens, Windsor, by permission of the mayor and corporation The Rev. D. J. Jenkins, founder and president of the institution in Charleston, accompanied the band abroad and gave his personal attention to the welfare of each member of the band. The players are expected to embark for America about the middle of September. A big reception will be given the boys when they arrive at New York en route to Charleston. TWIN CITY STAR NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION Chism, Baltimore, Md., president; R. E. Jones, New Orleans, La., vice president; H. M. Gilliam, Denison, Tex., second vice president; Henry Allen Boyd, Nashville, Tenn., corresponding secretary; Charles Sumner Smith, Minneapolis, Minn., recording secretary; L. G. Jordan, Philadelphia, Pa., treasurer; C. J. Perry, Philadelphia, Pa., auditor; as was the following Executive Committee: Jos. L. Jones, Chairman, N. E. corner Eight and Plum street, Cincinnati, O. Alabama—Emmett J. Scott, Tuskogee; A. J. Stokes, Montgomery. Arkansas—E. C. Morris, Helena; Jos. A. Booker, Little, Rock. California—J. M. Bridges, Oakland. Colorado—J. D. D. Rivers, Denver. District of Columbia—R. W. Thompson, Washington. Florida—I. W. Jenkins, Jacksonville. Georgia—B. J. Davis, Atlanta; W. J. White, Jr., Augusta. Illinois—Chas. Stewart, Chicago; W. T. Scott, Springfield. Indiana—Geo. L. Knox. Indianapolis; A. E. Manning, Indianapolis. Kansas—Nick Chiles, Topeka; W. R. Carter, Topeka. Kentucky—W. H. Steward, Louisville; Lee L. Brown, Louisville. Louisiana—H. B. N. Brown, Alexandria; R. E. Jones, New Orleans. Maryland—Melvin J. Chism, Baltimore. Massachusetts—J. Thomas Harrison, Cambridge. Michigan—Jas. A. Ross, Detroit. Minnesota—Chas. Sumner Smith, Minneapolis. Mississippi—E. E. Topp, Jackson; L. C. Jones, Braxton. Missouri—J. E. Mitchell, St. Louis; H. H. King, St. Louis. Nebraska—T. P. Mohammitt, Omaha. New Jersey—J. A. Lightfoot, Atlantic City; T. Thos. Fortune, Lawrenceville. North Carolina—Geo. F. King, Wilson. New York—Jas. H. Anderson, New York; N. B. Dodson, Brooklyn. Oklahoma—H. W. Twine, Muskogee; A. J. Smitherman, Tulsa. Ohio—W. P. Dabney, Cincinnati. Oregon—E. D. Cannady, Portland Pennsylvania—R. R. Wright, Jr. Philadelphia; A. P. Caldwell, Philadelphia. Tennessee—W. L. Porter, Knox ville; D. A. Hart. Nashville. Texas—D. T. Shelton, Galveston, W. E. King, Dallas. Virginia—Jas. W. Poe, Richmond, P. B. Young, Norfolk. Washington—S. P. Debow, Seattle Wisconsin—J. D. Cook, Milwaukee. West Virginia—T. Edward Hill Keystone. Honorary Presidents. R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C. John H. Murphy, Baltimore, Md. WHAT NEGROES DO. In the South 2.5 per cent of the Negroes in gainful occupations are engaged in the professions; in trade and transportation, 6.5 per cent; in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits, 7 per cent; in domestic and personal service pursuits, 30 per cent; in agriculture, 53 percent. In the North the distribution of Negroes in gainful occupations is as follows: professions, 3 per cent; agriculture, 5 per cent; the trades, 14 per cent; business and transportation pursuits, 17 per cent; and domestic and personal service pursuits, 60 per cent. What has become of the remaining 1 per cent in each section? A FEW REASONS, why Mayor Nye should be re-elected. He has recognized the right of the majority of the people to rule. He has kept his pre-election promises. He has always given ear to the complaints of the Negroes whenever they desired an audience. He has acted, on all matters pertaining to their civic and moral interests, upon the advice of the majority of the leading representatives of the race. He has advocated equal privileges to all persons regardless of creed or color. He has accorded to Negroes the same privileges of amusement and recreation as granted to other nationalities. Wanted—Ageuts to solicit advertising and news. Salary or commission. Good profits. Write the Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. Advertise,—It Pays. A. K. de Guiscard has been employed by one New York bank for the past fifty years. Samuel Gompers is sixty-four years old and has been president of the American Federation of Labor for half that period, or for thirty-two years. Dr. S. F. Pearson, who built the electric light plant which supplies the City of Mexico with light and power, is an American, a native of Massachusetts. Representative Stanley E. Bowdle of Ohio, the successor to Nicholas Longworth in congress, spins gyroscopic tops for a pastime in his hours of recreation. When he gets tired spinning tops he designs and invents still more tops. Professor Albrecht Penck, on whom the American Geographical society has conferred a medal for geographical research and his important contributions to science, is the originator of the international world map on a uniform scale of one to a million. The presentation was made in Berlin, the home of the scientist. Short Stories. Budapest, Hungary, is to have a suicide prevention bureau. It is said that about 1,400 earth tremors were felt in Japan last year. More than 4,800 persons have applied to join the latest British polar expedition. The annual capacity of the forest nurseries of the government is about 25,000,000 trees. Sugar consumption in the United States is now about a pound and a half a week for each person. Elopements are prevented in New Guinea by, compelling eligible girls to sleep in the trees. The ladders are removed after they retire. Industrial Items. There are about 1,500 factories in Sweden manufacturing machinery, and these give employment to about 60,000 workmen. A recent government report shows that wages of farm laborers have increased more than those of city workmen in the last twenty years. The average wages earned by ready made clothing operators in England are as follows, depending on age and skill: Girls, 5 to 12 shillings ($1.20 to $2.90) a week; boys, 6 to 12 shillings ($1.46 to $2.90); women, 18 to 20 shillings ($4.38 to $4.86), and men, 21 to 26 shillings ($5.10 to $6.32). Laundry Lines. To insure bluing be evenly distributed add a little salt to the water. If you wish laundered lace to look nice, iron it while quite damp, with cheesecloth over it. To set colors in laundering pink, green, aniline red, lavender and purple, use water containing dissolved alum, two ounces to a tub. To restore dingy towels to whiteness put them in a boiler of cold water, add white soap shavings and lemon juice and let them come to a boll. Rinse in tepid water, then blue water. Hang in the sun to dry. Train and Track. The Canadian Northern will this year build 100 miles of railway between Oliver and St. Paul de Motis, Canadian Northwest. Operating expenses of American railroads in 1913 amounted to $2,184,851.00; gross revenue, $3,118,929.00; net, $825,027.00. Railroad ties made of re-enforced concrete into which asbestos fibers have been introduced, trled out on a Bavarian railway, can be drilled and hammered like wood, which they far outlast. Current Comment. What a terribly dangerous place our oceans would be without the wireless! —Boston Herald. The haste in announcing cures by radium has developed some danger of putting it along with turtle serum in the popular estimation. —Washington Star. France had 5,112 fewer babies born last year than in 1912. It looks as though the language of diplomacy would soon become a monologue. —New York Sun. A Few Questions. An Oregon newspaper tells us that "women will run things yet." Why not say still?—Philadelphia Ledger. Jews in America, according to a New York rabbi, neglect their religion. But why confine this criticism to the Jews?—Manchester Union. 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