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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL effective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents GAINS SUCCESS IN NEW FIELD Features of Work at the A. M. E. Zion Church in Boston and What Its Pastor Has Accomplished the Past Two Years—Warm Friend of the Young People. By CLEVELAND G. ALLEN. Boston.—One of the ablest and most progressive of the A. M. E. Zion churchmen in this section is the Rev. Dr. B. W. Swain, the popular pastor of the Columbus Avenue A. M. E. Zion church of this city. Dr. Swain since becoming pastor of this church has won the confidence and esteem of the public. The personality of Dr. Swain has been keenly felt, and today the church enjoys the most prosperous period of its long history. In the short period of two years the church has undergone an almost complete reorganization. The success of Dr. Swain's pastorate at this church has been that he has sought to build up every department and to touch the lives of the young people. The church is one of the largest and most beautiful of the Zion edifices and has a seating capacity of 1,200. It is valued at $100,000 and has a membership of 800. The ability of the pastor as a financier is seen in the success that has come to him, in the large amounts he has raised. During the two years of his pastorate he has raised $16,373.44. The Sunday school has an enrollment of 488 pupils, and the Christian Endeavor society, which is one of the most active of the church auxiliaries, has a membership of 200. One of the inspiring features of the work of this church is the Young Men's Bible class, which has a membership of 150 thrifty young men. These young men are influencing the lives of other young men of the city in a most helpful way. They have been the means of inducing many of them to join the church. The pastor is always ready and willing to accord the young folks a place in all departments of the church; hence a lively interest in the work is kept up the year round. As a race man Dr. Swsin is alert to the best interest of our people along all lines of useful endeavor. He is a member of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, the Equal Rights league and the New England Suffrage league. The Rev. B. W. Swain was born in Southport, N. C., and received the rudiments of his early education in the public schools of his native town. He studied theology under the Rev. Drs. Huntington and F. T. Sanderson, two of the ablest theologians and preachers of their day. Dr. Swain has been very successful in Johnstown, N. Y.; Paterson, N. J.; Worcester, Mass., Hartford, Conn., and in Virginia. He is well known in the A. M. E. Zion connection and bids fair to rise to still greater heights in the work of the denomination. THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Commission to Arrange Celebration Imagen First Annual Report The Illinois commission appointed by Governor Edward F. Dunne for the purpose of arranging for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the freedom of the colored people in the United States has made its first annual report. The commission was appointed in July, 1913, under an act of the forty-eighth general assembly. The exposition will be held in the Coliseum building in Chicago, opening about the 1st of August, 1915. One of the features of the celebration will be a series of congresses showing the educational, religious, sociological, agricultural and industrial progress of the race since the civil war. Chicago and Cook county have appointed committees to assist the state commission in gathering suitable material for the exhibits, and a congressional committee has before it a bill for $150,000 to defray the expenses of the exposition. The commission has experienced some difficulty in the be ginning of its work in getting such material for exhibit as it wishes, but this drawback has been overcome, and the work is moving forward smoothly. More than 200 models of inventions by colored Americans have been loan ed by the patent office in Washington for the use of the commission in the arrangement and classification of the various exhibits. The coming year therefore should mean much to the race in effort, inspiration and hope. Several of the large business, civic and religious organizations among our people will doubtless hold their annual meetings in Chicago during the month of August. The commission is composed of Edward F. Dunne, governor of Illinois; the Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, Major George W. Ford, the Rev. A. J. Carey, John Dalley, W. Duff Plercy, R. R. Jackson, Medill Mccormick, William C. Niblock, vice president and title officer of the Chicago Title and Trust company. Thomas Wallace Swann is the secretary. SLAVE TRADE IN AMERICA. The Mobile (Aia.) Register, in an editorial reference to a new book called "Historic Sketches of the South," by Miss E. L. Roche of Mobile, states that these "sketches" are "confined to a review of the beginning of Negro slavery in America, the early legislation against the slave trade, and the conditions of the trade with America, as an introduction, to an account of the voyage of the Chlotlide, the last slave trading venture undertaken, and its results." It is not quite correct to describe the voyage of the Chlotlide as the last slave trading venture. There was a still later one, and Georgia, not Alabama, received the very last cargo of slaves from Africa. The slayer Chlotilde landed 175 Negroes from Africa near Mobile in 1858. In December of the same year the slayer Wanderer, sailing under the flag of the New York Yacht club, landed 750 slaves from the Kongo, near Brunswick, on the Georgia coast. The Wanderer landed 600 more slaves from the Congo on the Georgia coast in the following year-1859. Stephen A. Douglas declared in a public speech that he believed 15,000 Negro slaves were smuggled into the United States in 1859, but so far as we know, the only importation on record for that year was the Wanderer's second cargo of 600. It is at least certain that the Wanderer was actively engaged in the outlawed business in the year after the minor exploit of the Chlotilde. It is related that the 750 Negroes first landed by the Wanderer in December, 1858, were sent up the Satilla and Savannah rivers and scattered over the state of Georgia, and that these slaves were sold at $600 to $700 apiece, although they cost only a few beads and red handkerchiefs. (The American Slave Trade, John R. Spears, pp. 199-208.) In a speech delivered at August, Ga., July 2, 1889, Alexander H. Stephens, without referring to the successful smuggling expeditions of the Wanderer and the Chilotide, boldly suggested the desirability of a reopening of the African slave trade which had ceased as a lawful enterprise in 1808 by the decree of the constitution of the United States. He rejoiced that the slavery institution was apparently more strongly fortified than it ever had been, as a result of the agitations following the compromise of 1850. "Questions that were doubtful and mooted before these agitations have since been settled," he said, "settled by all the departments of the government," referring to Chief Justice Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case and the triumph of the "popular sovereignty" plan for the territor. But the advantage gained would be fruitless, he thought, without "an increase of African slaves from abroad." "It takes people to make states," he said, "and it requires people of the African race to make slave states. You may not expect to see many of the territories come into the Union as slave states unless we have an increase of African stock." The attitude of Stephens was the more remarkable in view of the fact that the constitution of the Southern Confederacy, adopted two years later, forbade the reopening of the African slave trade, and no proposition to do otherwise was even offered in the preliminary discussions. What is chiefly interesting to us now in connection with these last importations of slaves half a century ago is the fact that the 1,350 "wild" Negroes from the Kongo that were sent up the Satilla and Savannah rivers and scattered over Georgia were in most cases very young men and women, perhaps from sixteen to thirty years of age, and it is probable that not a few of them are still living, while their children and grandchildren are legion. The fact that aboriginal savagery is in many cases no more remote than that ought to be taken into account both when we pass judgment and when we consider the varied aspects of our Negro problem. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. OCTOBER 24, 1914. CENSUS FIGURES SHOW OUR THRIFT Wealth of Information Contained In Forthecoming Bulletin Prepared by Director Harris of the Department of Commerce—School Attendance and Value of Farms Given in Detail. Washington.—A bulletin on Negroes in the United States will be issued at an early date by William J. Harris, director of the census, department of commerce, which will contain all the principal information obtained through the census regarding the number and distribution of the Negroes, their rate of increase, their sex and age distribution and their marital condition. Figures for illiteracy and school attendance and the occupations of Negroes will also be presented. The bulletin will show that the number of Negroes in the United States (exclusive of outlying possessions) in 1910 was 9,827,763, and they formed 10.7 per cent of the total population. In 1900 the number of Negroes was 8,833,994, or 11.6 per cent of the total population of that date. The increase among the Negroes during the decade was 998,769, or 11.2 per cent, as compared with an increase of 20.8 per cent among the native whites and of 30.7 per cent among the foreign born whites. The growth of the Negro population results from their own natural increase, while the growth of the white population is accelerated by the great influx of immigrants and the high birth rate in immigrant families. Of the total number of Negroes in 1910 about one-fifth were reported as mulatto—that is, as having some white blood. The proportion that mulattoes formed of the total Negro population increased from 12 per cent in 1870 to 15.2 per cent in 1890 and to 20.9 per cent in 1910. Per Cent of the Rural Population. Nearly three-fourths of the Negroes (7,138,534, or 72.6 per cent) were rural dwellers, while about one-fourth (2,689,229, or 27.4 per cent) lived in towns or cities of at least 2,500 inhabitants. The Negroes formed 14.5 per cent of the rural population of the United States, as compared with 6.8 per cent of the urban. In the southern states the great majority of the Negroes lived in rural districts, while of the Negroes of the north and of the west a large proportion were city dwellers. In 1910 there were 4,885,881 Negro males in the United States, as compared with 4,941,882 Negro females, the number of males to 100 females thus being 98.9, as compared with a ratio of 100 for the whites. The Negroes were the only race in the United States in which there were more females than males. The age distribution of the Negroes does not differ materially from that of the native whites. The Negro males in the United States of voting age numbered 2,458,873 in 1910, and the Negro females of voting age numbered 2,427,742. School Attendance and Literacy. Of the Negroes six to nine years of age 488,954, or 49.3 per cent, were reported as having attended school during the school year 1909-10; of those ten to fourteen years of age, 791,995, or 68.6 per cent, were so reported, and those fifteen to twenty years of age, 388,750, or 28.5 per cent. In each age group the percentage of school attendance was much lower for the Negroes than for the whites. Of the total number of Negroes ten years of age and over, 2,227,731, or 30.4 per cent, were reported as illiterate. Among the whites the percentage of illiteracy was 5, being 3 among native whites and 12.7 among foreign born whites. The percentage of illiteracy among Negroes decreased from 57.1 in 1800 to 44.5 in 1900, and to 30.4 in 1910. The bulletin will contain information by states, and also by counties about Negroes in agriculture. The total number of farms operated by Negroes in 1910 was $93,370. Of this number 218,972 were operated by their owners. 672,964 by tenants and 1,434 by managers. The number of farms owned by Negroes increased by 31,175, or 16.6 per cent, between 1900 and 1910, and the number of Negro tenants increased by 115,790, or 20.8 per cent, during the decade. increase in Value of Farm Property. The total value of farm property operated by Negroes in 1910 was $1,144, 181,000 as compared with $499,941,000 in 1900, indicating that the value of agricultural property operated by Negroes increased considerably more than twofold during the decade. The statistics show that 1,906,727 Negro males and 1,050,849 Negro females were engaged in agriculture. The data will be shown for the registration area of the United States, which includes the registration states and certain selected cities. The death rate among Negroes in 1910 in this area was 25.5 per 1,000, showing a decrease as compared with the rate in 1900, which was 29.4, and the death rates for 1910 show many decreases, especially in the southern municipalities. ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE. Philadelphia Organization Takes Up Problem of Industrial Conditions. The recent meeting of the Round Table Conference held in Philadelphia for the purpose of improving the industrial condition of Afro-Americans was a most important gathering. The conference is bringing its influence to bear on labor organizations in that it is urging upon the various trade unions the necessity and also the fairness of giving the colored man a chance to work at such employment in skilled labor as his ability warrants. The Armstrong association has done much in this direction and has opened up a somewhat broader field for employment of different kinds. Among the speakers at the conference and their subjects were Mr. A. F. Manley, a contractor, who spoke on the "Industrial Situation In Philadelphia;" J. Bruce Byall, on the "Present Condition of the Colored Man and the Outlook;" "Private Education" was discussed by J. R. P. Brock. Housing conditions and other timely topics were also discussed, and an active campaign was launched to get results along the lines indicated. The conference emphasised the fact that there are 90,000 colored people in Philadelphia and that the efforts of many of this number in the past to get employment commensurate with their ability and aspirations have not met with as much success as conditions justify. It also called attention to the large amount which the colored people spend for clothing and food with white people alone, to say nothing of what they spend with their own race in business and the professions. A sentiment for more just and friendly relations between the races was one of the very encouraging features of the conference. Miss Iva Marshall is Highly Honored. Miss Iva Marshall, a pupil in Grade A, girls' high school, in Brooklyn, was recently elected to membership in the Arista, an organization composed of pupils of the highest rank in scholarship. Miss Marshall is the first colored girl ever elected to membership in the Arista, not because there have not been others eligible, but because no colored girl in the past has received the required number of votes. Miss Marshall has been an officer in some one of her classes ever since she entered the high school. Organization Society Meets Nov. 11. Norfolk, Va.—Much public interest is being manifested in most all sections of the state in the second annual meeting of the Negro Organization society which will be held in this city for two days, beginning on Wednesday. Nov. 11. The society acts as a clearing house for all the business, fraternal and religious organizations in the state and since its formation two years ago has accomplished great good. The society has the endorsement of Governor Stuart, Dr. H. B. Frissell of the Hampton institute, former President William H. Tatt, Dr. Booker T. Washington, Dr. Buttrick of the General Education board in New York and many other noted men. Major Robert R. Moton of the Hampton institute is president of the society. Business Men Hold Large Exhibition. An exhibition under the auspices of the Philadelphia Business Men's league was recently held for five nights at the Varick Institutional church. Philadelphia. Exhibits of various wares were shown by thirty business men and women. The booths were pretty decorated, and there was an attractive literary program rendered each night under the following heads: "Citizens' Night," "A Night With Our Churches," "Business League Night," "Ladies' Night" and "Professional Night." The exhibition has awakened the interest of the public in the various enterprises operated by the colored people in Philadelphia as nothing else has for a long time. Read The Star, It's News. FINE RECORD OF PETER H. FISHER NATIVE OF OLD DOMINION. Widely Known Churchman, Benevolent and Secret Society Leader Honored by Mammoth New York Concern With Which He Has Been Connected For Quarter of a Century. Brooklyn.—This city has a large number of business and professional men and others who hold positions of trust and much responsibility with business concerns of great influence. In each class their advancement has been the result of their own energies, efficiency, honesty and reliability. In the latter class is found Peter H. Fisher, who has been in the employ of the Riker & Hegeman company store No. 2 in this city for the past twenty-five years. Mr. Fisher is a native of Petersburg, Va. He came to Brooklyn when quite young. He is married and resides with his family at 570 Herkimer street. He has made a most admirable record in every line of activity in which he has engaged. In the religious, secret and benevolent society circles of this city he is well and favorably known. He is the faithful and highly esteemed clerk of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ, which position he has held for nearly thirty years. He is one of the pioneer members of Alpha lodge 1881, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and was for many years its treasurer. Alpha lodge is said to be one of the wealthiest lodges of the order in this section of the country. It owns real estate which is valued at many thousand dollars PETER H. FISHER. and numbers in its membership many of Brooklyn's most progressive men. For a number of years Alpha lodge owned the property at 120 Nassau street, which it sold to the city to good advantage to make way for the Manhattan bridge across the East river. Mr. Fisher is one of the founders of the Society of the Sons of Virginia, a large and influential mutual benefit organization in this city composed of men born in Virginia or the sons of native born Virginians. He was the society's first president, serving for two consecutive years. He was nominated for a third term, but refused to accept the honor. However, he has since served as president and has held the position of financial secretary for the past two years. With such a record of activities as the foregoing to his credit those who know Mr. Fisher well are not surprised at the good name which he has made at the Riker store nor at what the Riker Record says of him under his cut in its September issue in praise of his twenty-five years service as a Riker employee. Under the caption "Diligent In Business" the Record says in part: it is not often in these modern days we hear of a man faithful to the same employment for twenty-five years, and when we learn of one who has for a quarter of a century rendered faithful, loyal and diligent service we feel that such service should be recognized. Peter H. Fisher, employed at store No. 2, has just completed his twenty-fifth year of continuous service in the Riken No.2 employ. Both Mr. Harlowe, his district manager, and those store managers for whom he has worked have nothing but what is good to say of Mr. Fisher. "We are genuinely delighted to be able to congratulate this loyal Riker representative on his twenty-five years of service, and we feel sure that every Record render will join with us in wishing for him many more happy and prosperous years of congenial service." Music School Settlement's New Home. The Society of the Music School Settlement, in New York, of which Elbridge L. Adams is president, is now located in its new quarters on One Hundred and Thirty-first street. J. Rosamond Johnson, the well known composer, has been appointed musical supervisor. PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN. What Thomas L. Brooks Has Accomplished In Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky.-One of the most prominent and successful Negro contractors and builders of the south is Mr. Thomas L. Brooks of this city, Mr. Brooks is a native of Virginia, but has spent the greater part of his life in Kentucky, having lived here for over thirty-two years. While he has contracted and built extensively throughout eastern Kentucky, it has been in Frankfort that he has made his chief mark. Some of the most beautiful and costly edifices, scattered all over the capital city and with values running up into the thousands, are the products of his brain and skill. It can also be truthfully stated that fully 90 per cent of his work has been for white people and against the sharp opposition of white competitors. Over one-half of the residences of the celebrated Watson court, the most exclusive and handsome section of Frankfort, were built by Mt. Brooks. The Columbia theater, a $15,000 structure and the leading and most attractive moving picture theater of the city, is also his work. The auditorium and the trades building of the Kentucky Normal and Industrial institute, which were erected at a cost of $30,000, were also contracted for and built by this able contractor. It is an object of pride that both of these handsome stone buildings were built exclusively by Negro labor. The $10,000 Odd Fellows' building for our people and the $25,000 Baptist church were also erected under Mr. Brooks' immediate supervision. He has a high standing among the banks and business men of Frankfort, has accumulated much valuable property and his word is accepted as readily as most men's bond. He is held in the very highest esseem by both races and is easily one of the most popular men in the capital city. He takes high rank as a churchman, being one of the most widely known Baptist laymen in Kentucky. He has been a Sunday school superintendent for twenty years, a trustee for sixteen years, a deacon for four years and was church clerk for over four years. Mr. Brooks is also a prominent secret society man. He has been secretary of the Capital City lodge of Odd Fellows for twenty-four years, has been frequently a delegate to the B. M. C, and has served his state most acceptably as grand master. He was the pioneer advocate of Negro fraternal insurance in Kentucky, having submitted a plan for same to the Kentucky grand lodge of Odd Fellows over twenty-two years ago. This is the first record of any suggestion or attempt at endowment in any colored grand lodge in Kentucky. He also holds a high official position in the Masons, Knights of Pythias and United Brothers of Friendship and is a member of the Union Benevolent society and the Mosaic Templars of America. He possesses an affable temperament, upright life and high Christian character, and, with an intense interest in the welfare and advancement of his people, he takes keen interest in civic affairs and is within a public spirted citizen, a conservative and courageous leader of his race. 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 last year. Wanted—Agents to solicit advertising and news. Salary or commission. Good profits. Write the Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5c SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. effective Page ```markdown ``` THE CARVER HOTEL 212 ELEVENTH AVE. SO. 28 Newly Furnished Rooms. By Day, Week or Month. 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SO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN Judge Johnson's Dances Judge Johnson will hold his dances every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening —at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So. Admission 25c. Special nights 35c. 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. MRS. H. I. WILLIAMS. TYPEWRITER, STENOGRAPHER Atty. Francis' office. 89 Union Block, St. Paul, Minn. DAN'S RESTAURANT 306 So. 3rd St., Minneapolis HOME COOKING My Specialty N. W. Main 2767 Daniel Williams, Prop. the original grants or appropriations. "Investment of Funds."—Suitable information is necessary for the nature for the safe investment of the principal of all funds which have heretofore arisen or which may hereafter be disposed of such lands, or the "come from such lands accruing in any way before the sale or disposition thereof, the lands of such States, or of the State of Minnesota, issued after the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty (1860), or of such lands, may, by law, from time to time direct. **Swamp Lands**—Division of proceeds. All swamp lands are appropriated after scrup to the state, shall be appraised and sold in the same manner and by price shall be the same, less one-third (1/4), as is provided by law for the appropriation under the provisions of title one (1) of Chapter thirty-eight (38) of the General Statutes, principal of swamp lands, arrived from the school of swamp lands, as aforesaid, shall forever be preserved iniate and undiminished, shall be appropriated and paid principal shall be appropriated to the common school fund of the state. The school shall be appropriated to the educational and charitable institutions of the State in the relative of cost to support said institutions. and adds thereto the following: "A revolving fund of not over Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars from the funds derived from the sale of school and swamp lands, to be used in, constructs, builds, ditchs and fire brigades in, through and around unsold school and swamp lands, such fund to be applied to the enhanced value realized from the sale of such lands so benefited." EFFECT: The effect of this amendment, if adopted, will be to permit the State to improve the school and swamp lands of the State out of monies derived from the sale of such lands, to bring the State into line with the conditions of the Swamp Land Grant as to dividing the funds, by providing revolving fund therefor, pending the ultimate application of the avail of such grant to the common school fund of the State and the educational and charitable institutions thereof. FOURTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The fourth proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 587 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. PURPOSE: By this amendment it is proposed to repeal the provisions of Section 11 of Article 9 of the Constitution, which section now reads as follows: Section 11. There shall be published by the treasurer, in at least one newspaper printed at the seat of government in each year, and in the next volume of the acts of legislature, detailed statements of all money paid to the preceding year, for what purpose and to whom paid, and by what law authorized; and also of all other laws authorized; and by what authority and from whom. EFFECT: The Constitution requires the treasurer to publish yearly a detailed statement of the moneys drawn from the treasury during the preceding year, giving the names of the persons to whom paid and the purposes for which it was expended. It also requires a like statement of the names of the persons, and the sources, as to money received, and in both cases a statement of the law under which payments were made, or money paid into the treasury. The effect of this amendment, if the same be adopted, will be to repeal the section of the Constitution mentioned and laissez-faire relieve the treasurer from such publication and the State from the expense thereof. This change in the Constitution, however, would not prevent the Legislature from directing by law that such, or a different publication, of the same or other information, should be made by the treasurer. FIFTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The fifth proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 588 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. PURPOSE: The purpose of this amendment is to permit the permanent school and university funds of this State to be invested in first mortgage loans upon improved and cultivated farm lands of the State. This amendment would change Section 6 of Article 8 of the Constitution, which new reads as follows: "Sec. 6. The permanent school and university fund of this state may be invested in a district, city, town or village of this state, but no such investment shall be made until approved by the board of the district by legislation the investment of the permanent school fund and the permanent university fund, or investment by investment be made when the bonds to be issued or purchased would make the entire bonded indebted to the county, school district, city, or town such loans or indebtedness be made at a lower rate of interest than three (3) per cent per annum, for years, nor for a longer period than twenty (20) years, and no change of the town, school district, city, or town such bonds shall relieve the real property in such town, school district, county, village or city in this state at the time of such bonds, or such bonds' liability for taxation to pay such bonds." and substitute therefor the following *Section 8. The permanent school and university fund of this state may be made by any county, school district, city, town or village of this state, and in first mortgage or secured secured lands of this state. But no such investment or loan be made until approval is designated by law to regulate the investment of the permanent school fund and of the state nor shall such loan or investment be made when the bonds to be made by the entire bonded indebtedness exceed 15 per cent of the assessed valuation of the taxable lands of the county school district, city, town or village issuing such bonds; nor shall any farm loan be made by the investment or loan would exceed 20 per cent of the actual cash value of the farm land mortgaged shall such investments or loans be made at a lower rate of interest than three times the minimum, nor for a shorter period than thirty years, and no change of the time or county lines shall relieve the real property in such town, school district, county, school district, time of issuing of such bonds from any liability for taxation to pay such bonds. EFFECT: The present Constitution authorizes the investment of the pensions. TWIN CITY STAR proposed to add an entirely new section to Article 8 of the Constitution to be known as Section 7 and which shall read as follows: "Section 1. The following amendment to Article eight (8) of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, the legal voters of said state for their approval or their rejection, which amendment when so approved shall be made in the state government said Article eight (4) and shall read as follows: "Such of the school and other public lands of the state as are better adapted for the production of timber, be set apart as state school forests, or other state forests as the legislature may provide, and the legislature may grant the same on forestry principles. The net revenue therefrom be based for the purpose for which the lands were granted to the state." EFFECT: The effect of this amendment, if adopted, will authorise the Legislature to set apart for state school forests or other state forests, state public lands which are better adapted for timber than for agriculture, and to manage the same upon forestry principles. TENTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The tenth proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 593 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1912. By this amendment it is proposed to add to Article 7 of the Constitution an entirely new section, providing for a recall, which shall read as follows: Section 1. That Article Seven (7) of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota is hereby amended by adding thereto, at the end of said Article, a new section, which shall be numbered Section Seven (7) of the Laws and which shall read as follows: PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this amendment is to enable a certain number of voters to petition and cause to be submitted to a vote the question of removing from office any elective or appointive public official. ELEVENTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT The eleventh proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 594 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. By this amendment it is proposed to add an entirely new section to Article 9 of the Constitution, to be known as Section 18, which shall read as follows: "Section 1. The following amendment to Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota is hereby proposed to the people of the state by their approval, their rejection, which amendment, if approved, shall be known as Section 18 of Article 9 of the Constitution and shall read as follows: "Section 18. Laws may be enacted providing for the taxation of dogs of the dog, and from the fund derived from such tax, authorizing payment of the damages sus- PURPOSE AND EFFECT The present basis for taxing dogs is upon actual value. The proposed amendment, if adopted, will permit the Legislature to enact in effect a law that would create a fund out of which owners of domestic animals may be remburied for loss sustained by reason of injuries caused by dog. St. Paul, May 6, 1914. Mr. Julius A. Schmahl, Secretary of State. Dear Sir: Referring to proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4, I would say: As state expert printer I have given the publications involved in this proposed amendment special thought, and am of opinion between these publications are entirely identical. The extensive anthology published "in a daily newspaper published at the capital city" attracts absolutely no attention. The annual report of the state treasurer is published in book form, and to an extent that makes it easy for every person specially concerned to secure a copy. To conform strictly with the law as it is at present, means the expenditure, under reasonably favorable printing contracts, of approximately $8,000, a sum which can be used to excellent advantage under conditions which ordinarily suggest the greatest care and economy upon the part of those under whose direction the printing fund is expended. mentant school and university funds of this State in the bonds of any county, school district, city, town or village of this State. This amendment, if adopted, will permit in addition to the foregoing investments, said school and university funds to be invested also in first mortgage loans secured upon improved and cultivated farm lands of this State. The present Constitution provides that no investment shall be made for a longer period than twenty years, while the proposed amendment extends the period to thirty years. SIXTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The sixth proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 89 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. PURPOSE: The purpose of this amendment is to make the term of office of the Judge of Probate four years. This is an amendment of Section 7 of Article 6 of the Constitution, which now reads as follows: "Section 7. There shall be established in each organized county in the state a probate court, which shall be appointed by the judge, and times and places as may be prescribed by law. It shall be held by one judge, who shall be elected by the voters. He shall be a resident of such county at the time of his election, and reside therein during his continuance. He shall be a resident of such county by law. He may appoint his own clerk where none has been elected; but the legislature may authorize, by one clerk or register of probate for such county, whose powers, duties, terms, and responsibilities are common to the county, by a probate court shall have jurisdiction over the estates of deceased persons and persons under guardianship, but no other juridiction except as prescribed by this Constitution. and substitutes therefor the following "Section 7. Probate Court—Judges to be Elected—Jurisdiction. Each county organized county in the state a probate court, which shall be a court of record, and be held at such time and place by law. It shall be held by one judge, who shall be elected by the voters of each county for four years. He shall be a resident of such county at the time of his election, and reside therein during such time, and compensation shall be provided by law. He may appoint his own clerk who will administer the leslizature may authorize the election by the electors of any county organized county in the state a probate for such county whose powers, duties, term of office and compensation shall be prescribed by the jurisdiction over the estates of deceased persons and persons under guardianship, but no other jurisdiction as prescribed by this Constitution. EFFECT: The present Constitution provides that the office of Judge of Probate shall be two years and if this amendment is adopted the term of such office will be four years. SEVENTH PROPOSED ADMENDMENT. The seventh proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 590 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. PURPOSE: The purpose of said amendment is to fix and limit the number of State Senators. Section 2 of Article 4 of the Constitution now reads as follows: "Section 2. The number of members who compose the Senate and House of Representatives one member of law, but the representatives in the Senate shall never exceed one member for every two,000 inhabitants. The representation in both houses shall be equally throughout the different sections of the State, in proportion to the population thereof exclusive of Indians not taxable under the provisions of law." It is proposed to substitute therefor the following: "Section I. That Section 2 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State shall be amended so as to read As follows: EIGHTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The sighth proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 591 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. PURPOSE: The purpose of this amendment is to encourage the planting, cultivation and protection of useful forest trees and it is proposed to add an entirely new section to Article 9 of the Constitution, to be known as Section 17A, and which shall read as follows: "Section 1. The following amendment to Article Nine (9) of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, for the purpose of the State of Minnesota, for their approval or rejection, which amendment, when adopted, shall be known as Section VIA of said Article Nine (9), that is to say: "Section 17a. For the purpose of encouraging the planting, cultivation an inphilate state of useful forage in this region, the State will be enacted providing for the payment by the State of an annual bounty of not more than Ten (10) dollars and Cents ($2.50) per acre, for a term, in each case of not more than Ten (10) years, and not exceeding Ten (10) years shall plant, cultivate and protect useful forest trees upon his own land." EFFECT: This amendment, if adopted, will permit the Legislature to enact laws providing for the payment by the State of a limited bounty for a limited term, to persons who shall plant, cultivate and protect useful forest trees upon their own land. AINTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT The ninth proposed amendment is contained in Chapter 192 of the Laws of Minnesota for the year 1913. The ninth amendment is responsibility. LYNDON A. SMITH. Attorney General. J. T. MANNIX, State Expert Printer PAID ADVERTISEMENT. Stanley Hanson, 446 Security Bank Bldg., for which M. B. Comprising 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th and 13th wards of city of Minneapolis and the Town of St. Anthony. 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 GOOD STUVES, TOURISTS 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 tostart your home, to pick out your goods—For we have never shown such a magnificent Selection to choose from. 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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, AND STORES, RANGES GOOD STOVES, RANGES and REFRIGERATORS, GOOD WARE and GOOD COOKING START you out we build the found NOW is the best time for you to your goods—For we have new Selection to choose from. THE DICKER 208 HENNEPIN JOHN THE FRANK CHOP-SUEY -- VOCAL REGULAR DINNER AND A THE COOLEST PLACE Best Accommodations EXCELLENT COOKING CO 255 Marquette Ave (UPSTAIR MR8. J. M. MASK, PROP. WHY DON'T YOU USE THE EUREKA COMB? It will produce for you a heavy gre loubt about it. Just comb your ha Guaranteed by Eureka Comb Comp The best on the market Agent—MRS. R. 718 Bryant Ave. No., Minneapolis A woman in a dress stands behind a shelving unit filled with various kitchen items. CAP THE TWIN CITY STAR Vol. 5. Saturday, Oct. 24, 1914. No. 2. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. 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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. The struggle for today, is not altogether for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. 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. Wm. E. Lee for Governor. AIDA OVERTON WALKER DIES AFTER TWO WEEKS' ILLNESS. New York, Oct. 15—Aida Overton Walker, one of the principals of the famous Williams & Walker Co. of bygone days, died at her residence. 107 West 132d street, Sunday afternoon, October 11, after being confined to her bed for two weeks. Congestion of the kidneys was the cause of her death. Though she only took to her bed on September 28, she had been ailing for a long time, and the disease graually and insidiously undermined her constitution. She was born February 14, 1880, on West 27th street, New York City, and at the age of 16 entered the theatrical profession. Her talent coupled with extreme personal charm, soon placed her in the front ranks of the profession. She was married to the late George Walker, of the team of Williams & Walker, June 22, 1899. JOHN G. LENNON on Rep. Westlake and his "NIGGERS." John G. Lennon who aspires to Senatorial honors will gain no votes among the Negroes by such statements as those made in Dania Hall Monday, Oct. 19th when the "Joke" (?) was substantially as follows, "About the only qualification Westlake claims is, that he has, as Superintendent of Dining Cars and in Clubs employed a lot of "NIGGERS". We will back Hon. E. J. Westlake any time or place as a gentleman and know that he is better qualified to fill that honorable position, than the Hon. (?) John G. Lennon. A CORRECTION Rep. Westlake will NOT speak at St. James A. M. E. Church on Sunday night, Oct. 25, as stated in another column, on account of special religious services. Paid Advertisement Prepared by M. C. Bowler, for which $1.00 per inch is to be paid. 35 DANIEL FISH. Judge of District Court, Judge Fish was City Attorney from Jan. 2, 1911 to May 21, 1914. The City Council in a Resolution of May 29, 1914; said of him that, "His conduct of the work of the legal department has shown him to be able, fearless and honest. He is a veteran of the Civil War. His long experience at the Bar, his splendid legal attainments and his sterling character should command his candidacy to the voters of Hennepin County and insure his election. Those who believe in a clean, able and up-right judiciary, should not forget to vote for Judge Fish on the 3rd day of November, 1914. AUGUST W. SKOG, Register of Deeds. Mr. August W. Skog, Register of Deeds of Hennepin Co., is a candidate to succeed himself at the coming election. The people will do well to elect Mr. Skog. He has continued to employ in his office a Negro girl, who was appointed by former register of deeds, Geo. C. Merril, and he has proven very efficient in every line of duty. Paid Advertisement Prepared by C. S. Smith, for which $5.00 has been paid. 4 Atty. O. M. Peabody is a candidate on Merit and Ability, without appealing to any Race, Color or Religion. He has resided in Minnesota 40 years, is 46 years old, a resident of Hennepin Co. for 11 years, a Graduate of Mankato Normal School and Law College, Univ. of Minn. He has an office at 560-7 Northwestern Bank Blldg, a residence at 835 Park Ave. Minneapolis, where he has a happy family. He is a man of excellent character, and of adequate qualification for the important office to which he aspires. He invites your investigation and solicits your support on Good Citizenship. TO POLITICAL CANDIDATES. Our columns are open to all for political advertisements. We express our views editorially and are not responsible for paid advertisements. We have and always will maintain a clean policy and do not use the Twin City Star as a personal-publication, but as a legal newspaper published for the best interest of all. We guarantee no votes, but attempt to present the issues of the campaign and the record of every candidate, to our readers fairly and impartially. Advertise in the Twin City Star the only legal Negro paper in the city and you will reach the mass of Negro voters and many of the white ones. Reserve your space for Excursions, Picnics and Dances. Take the advantage of our advertising columns. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS Paid Advertisement. Prepared by Chas. S. Smith for which $1.00 per inch is to be paid. Paid Advertisement. Prepared by Chas. which $5.00 has been Non-Partisan Candidate for Election. Judge Mollyneaux is well known to the voters of Hennepin County. He has always manifested an interest in the Negro citizens and is held in high esteem by the leaders of their race. He has been active in behalf of their civic betterment. He is a Southern gentleman and a lawyer of ability. Judge Mollyneaux received the endorsement of the Hennepin County Bar for the position he seeks to retain. Prepared by Chas. S. Smith for which $5.00 has been paid. 4 Comprising 5th and 6th Wards Hon. E. J. Westlake is present Representative of above District. He aspires to the position of Senator. He is proud of the support heretofore received from his Negro supporters, and can depend on them for his election. Paid Advertisement, Prepared by C. S. Smith, for which $1.00 per inch is to be paid. PETER H. BURKE CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION James Robertson, present County Attorney, has been twice elected to his position, and is a candidate for re-election. Despite some criticism he is doing his duty and is giving his time to his office—assisted by an efficient force. The County Attorney does not make the law. If he observes his oath of office he must enforce all the laws; he can have but one policy: the enforcement of the law as it stands on the statute books of the state. If the laws are unsatisfactory no officer can use his judgment and say that they shall not be enforced. The remedy lies with the legislature not with the man who swears to enforce the law. Laws should be made so as to interfere as little as possible with the pleasure of the adult citizens and at the same time protect the youth of both sexes against temptations where their inexperience is liable to cause them to commit acts of indiscretion. The young should be protected and if necessary the adult should conform to such regulations, not perhaps necessary for their protection, but absolutely essential to the protection of the inexperienced. Buy the Star Send your personal Place your advertisements Pay your subscriptions Mrs. H. I. Williams 89 Union Block, St. Paul. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Paid Advertisement. Prepared by Chas. S. Smith for which $5.00 has been paid. 11491 Judge Steele of the District Court is a Candidate to succeed himself at the coming election. He has served with credit during his term. He is especially known for his fairness and courteous treatment of every one. His fitness for this position cannot be questioned. Judge Steele is recognized as a man of sterling qualities. His knowledge of law, his interest in the welfare of those, who need its protection and his honesty of purpose; are the qualifications on which our readers are asked to support him on November 3rd. Paid Advertisement Prepared by Geo. W. Nye, for which $1.00 per inch is to be paid. PETER H. HARRIS MAYOR WALLACE G. NYE Candidate for Re-Election. During my term as mayor, I have devoted my time, attention, and efforts to a proper performance of the duties of that office. I have not served any party, class or special interest, but have done at all times what I felt to be for the best good of the city. I am a candidate for re-election and believe that the service I have rendered entitles me to your support for another term. If re-elected, I promise to give my further best efforts in performing the duties of the office and in assisting every movement helpful to the city and its people—Wallace G. Nye. Paid Advertisement Prepared by J. Q. Adams, 49 E. Fourth street, St. Paul, Minn., for the candidate named below, for which $5.00 is to be paid. JOHN WAGNER Candidate for Re-election as Sheriff of Ramsey County. John Wagner, the present Sheriff of Ramsey County, is a native of St. Paul and has lived here all his life and has been actively engaged in business. He has always taken a lively interest in politics and has made good in every position he has held. When he was elected four years ago he promised to distribute the patronage of his office so as to recognize all nationalities and so far as the Afro-Americans are concerned he has recognized them. Mrs. Grace Booker and Mr. Frank Kingry are among his present force and will of course remain if he is elected. This ought to recommend him to the voters. 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Nic. 2189 BOSTON BLOCK, MINNEAPOLIS PAINTING, PLUMBING, PAPER-HANGING. PLASTERING, BRICK & CONCRETE WORK It need money; if you own your lot. BUILD HOMES ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS. PAYING RENT. PLANS FREE. Beer is Strengthening There is strength in pure beer like Hochsteiner Brewed under sanitary condition Purest of ingredients The beer without a headache PURITY BREWING CO. The Leading Bottle Beer Brewery Both Phones 66 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ement, prepared by Chas. S. Smith, for which $1.0 per inch is to be paid. BARNEY ANDERSEN Comprising the 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th Wards Residence 1114 Eighth Street South Mr. Anderson is well known to the Negroes of this city. He conducts a coal business at 1401 11th Ave. So., and has always dealt fairly with them. A vote for him is a vote for a friend of the race. Defective Page