Twin City Star

DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST. PAUL Defective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents detriment William Copeland and Sam B. Hill, ex-members of the legislature, are yet lively factors in the life of this city, as are also Henry Higgins, Tom Monroe, Dr. Cornish, Dr. Vaughn, Dr. Irwin, Dr. Frank Johnson and others. Those who think Cincinnati in so far as the race is concerned is going back should visit this ancient metropolis, note the handsome homes and splendid church edifices owned by the race. Cincinnati perhaps does not secure the advertising its former social leaders, political manipulators and professional men provided for it in those other days, but nevertheless the race in this city still numbers many brainy men, clever women and strong race advocates along all lines of worthy activities. A FOURTH OF JULY SENTIMENT. UNDER the STARS and the STRIPES HIGH on the world did our fathers of old. Under the stars and stripes. Vast in the past they have built an arch Over which Freedom has lighted her torch. Follow it! Follow it! Come, let us march Under the stars and stripes. WE in whose bodies the blood o them runs, Under the stars and stripes, We will acquit us as sons of their sons. Under the stars and stripes. Ever for justice, our heel upon wrong. We in the right of our vengeance thrice strong! Rally together! Come tramping along Under the stars and stripes. OUT of our strength and a nation's great need. Straight in wrong's face let defiance be hurled! God on our side, we will battle the world Under the stars and stripes. An Old "Safe and Sane" Law. Philadelphia had a law against fireworks fifty-five years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Energetic. "Why don't you sit down, Weary?" "Aw, shucks; look at their trouble gettin' up again."—Boston Transcript Growth of Well Known Secret Order. The growth in numbers and influence for good of the Knights and Daughters of Taber, international order of Twelve in the far west, is attracting much interest in secret circles. A grand temple and tabernacle of the order will be set apart at Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, June 22, with a large membership. Florida Clubwomen Meet at Palatka. The Florida State Federation of Women's Clubs held its annual meeting at Palatka. Fla. from June 14 to 17. inclusive, with a large attendance. The reports of the various clubs connected with the central organization were encouraging. Mrs. Emma J. Collier of Orlando. Fla. president of the federation, presided. --- WHERE WE HAVE GROWN IN FORCE Handsome Residences and Splendid Church Edifices Are Owned by Our Countrymen—Great Fight That the Queen City's Colored Populace Is Waging Against Separate Schools. Chichnatti—This city has sent a greater number of colored men to the state legislature than any city in the state. This fact alone bespeaks the intelligence and energy that has been prevalent among those of the race who reside in this ballwick. The first to be elected was the late Colonel Bob Harlan, who was followed by the late George W. Williams, the noted historian. He in turn was succeeded by George W. Jackson, now a resident of Chicago. Others were the late William H. Parham, William Copeland, Sam B. Hill and George W. Hayes, seven of them against four from Cleveland and one from Xenia. When Cincinnati sent up colored men to the state legislature it was in the days of that powerful political leader, George B. Cox, who always saw to it that the race had representation on the county's legislative ticket. At least some colored men in this city can give thanks that there ever existed a boss and especially Boss George B. Cox. In days of old Cincinnati, famed the country over as the Queen City, possessed as bright a galaxy of brainy colored men and beautiful and clever colored women as ever lent charm and influence to any city in the country. Clinchnati was once the home of Dr. Charles Bentley, now of Chicago, the race's most famed surgeon dentist, and it was the home of Peter H. Clark, now in the sear and yellow leaf, who is spending his declining years in St. Louis. Peter H. Clark was the first and only man of the race to be appointed to serve as trustee for the University of Ohio. Here it was that "Hack," Herbert A. Clark, first gained newspaper renown. His brilliant articles frequently appeared in papers published by our race. Since those good old days race prejudice, worming itself across the great suspension bridge from Kentucky, has changed conditions here, and it is no longer the delightful city, because of this, that it used to be. It used to be in those other days that when one of the race sought for a brilliant social circle he came to Cincinnati. We do not hear as much about Cincinnati now as we did a couple of decades back—when Professor Richard Cole, now a brilliant educator of St. Louis; Claus Hubbard, Charles Bentley, Tom Moore, Percy Triplet, Herbert A. Clark, Fremont Anderson, Henry Fort and a few others were the gay Beau Brummets of society. But in spite of race prejudice old Cincy's colored population has not lapsed back into a state of desuetude. The population is several times larger than it was then, and from down in the neighborhood of Cutter, Liberty, John, Court and other streets I might name the colored residents have scattered to the hills, where they own and occupy homes whose beauty makes the homes of the old Cincinnatians simply a nightmare. Today Cincinnati colored folks are waging a tremendous fight against odds in opposition to a return to separate schools, and W. P. Dabney, he of the facile pen, who indulges more in rapler thrusts at his opponents than bludgeon blows, is leading that fight, and each week through the columns of his newspaper, the Union, in spite of the fact that he is holding an important political office, he thunders against separate schools. All must admire the game, unyielding and uncompromising fight Dabney is making. Cincinnati still can boast of some clever colored men and women—some really brilliant colored men. There is William L. Anderson, who is not only a proprietor of one of the best print shops manned by one of the race in the country, but Will is an authority on politics, religion and literature And Joseph L. Jones. Who is it throughout the entire country who does not know Joe Jones, the towering man in secret order fraternities? And A. Lee Beaty, then whom there is not a more brilliant or more profound attorney in the country. George W. Hayes, still a high attache of the United States federal court, maintains his grip on both politics and religion down here without mixing them to his own CONTEMPLATE the condition of that country of which you form an important part. Consider its government, uniting in one bond of common interest and general protection so many different states, giving to all their inhabitants the proud title of American citizens, protecting their commerce, securing their literature and their arts, facilitating their intercommunication, defending their frontiers and making their name respected in the remotest parts of the earth. Consider the extent of territory, its increasing and happy population, its advance in arts which render life agreeable and the sciences which elevate the mind. See education spreading the lights of religion, morality and general information into every cottage in this wide extent of our territories and states. Behold it as the asylum where the wretched and the oppressed find a refuge and support! Look on this picture of happiness and honor and say, "We, too, are citizens of America!"—Andrew Jackson. Under the stars and stripes. Blazon the name that we now must uphold. The little boys of seventy-six— THEY their chores and swam and fished. And hunted hares and whitted sticks, While all the time they wished and To hear the sudden summons come, Each waiting day, each listening night: "We need the boys for flag and drum, So send them to the fight!" 5 The little girls of seventy-six- They rocked their dolles to and fro. And taught the kittens pretty tricks, And heard their mothers talked low; Then climbed the hay and peered from out The stable loft's most lofty crack. And longed to raise a joyful shout— "The men are marching back!" —Youth's Companion THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE spirit of the nation is at the highest. Its triumph over the inborn, inbred perils of the constitution has chased away all fears, justified all hopes, and with universal joy we greet this day. We have not proved unworthy of a great ancestry. We had the virtue to uphold what they so wisely, so firmly established. With these proud possessions of the past, with powers matured, with principles settled, with habits formed, the nation passes, as it were, from preparatory growth to responsible development of character and the steady performance of duty. What labors await it, what trials shall attend it, what triumphs for human nature, what glory for itself are prepared for this people in the coming century we may not assume to foretell. "One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abldeth forever," and we reverently hope that these our constituted liberties shall be maintained to the unending line of our posterity and so long, as the earth itself shall endure. In the great procession of nu-tions, in the great march of humanity, we hold our place. Peace is our duty; peace is our policy. In its arts, its labors and its victories, then, we find scope for all our energies, rewards for all our ambitions, renown enough for all our love of fame.—William M. Evarts. China the Birthplace of Fireworks/ The trick of pyrotechny, along with the formula for gunpowder, was brought to Europe from China and the far east about the thirteenth century. Ever since then specialists equipped with all the resources of chemistry have devoted themselves to this brilliant and fascinating scenic art until now the pyrotechnist's skill amazes and enraptures the spectacle loving populace in every civilized country. STAR "ADS"—BRING RESULTS BUSINESS MEN PLAN BIG MEET League Convention In Boston Assured of Success. In Every Line of Endeavor Negroes Have Made Splendid Progress in Fifteen Years of National Negro Business League's History—Many Bodies Will Assemble in August. The fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the National Negro Business league will be celebrated at Boston on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 18, 19 and 20, 1915. The Boston local Negro Business league, as well as the local Negro Business League of Cambridge, is hard at work perfecting arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the delegates who are planning to be present. Aside from the regular business sessions of the league, the social side of the convention will not be neglected. A guarantee fund has already been secured for the purpose of financing every feature of the entertainment and reception of the delegates. Historic Boston, with its many traditions intimately connected with the life and history of the Negro people, and particularly with the movement which led to their freedom and enfranchisement, is a mecca toward which our race should from time to time turn. It was in Boston that the first meeting of the league was held Aug. 23 and 24, 1900, and in holding the meeting there this year it will fittingly celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the league, afford an opportunity for "taking stock"—an inventory, as it were—of racial progress and development since the organization of the league, and, fortified by the accumulated knowledge and experiences of these years, the business men and women of the race may face the future with greater inspiration and a firmer grasp of the complex problems of modern business. In 1900, when the National Negro Business league was organized, there were about 20,000 Negro business enterprises; now there are 45,000. In 1900 there were two Negro banks; In 1900 there were two Negro banks; now there are 51. In 1900 Negroes were running 250 drug stores; now they have 695. In 1900 there were 450 undertaking businesses operated by Negroes; now there are about 1,000. In 1900 there were 149 Negro merchants engaged in wholesale business; now there are 240. In 1900, fifteen years ago, there were 10,000 Negro retail merchants; now there are 25,000. In the fifteen years since the National Negro Business league was organized farm property owned by Negroes has made a remarkable increase. From 1900 to 1910 the value of domestic animals owned by Negro farmers increased from $55,216,37 to $177,273,785, or 107 per cent; poultry from $3,788,792 to $5,113,756, or 36 per cent; implements and machinery from $18,586,225 to $36,861,418, or 98 per cent; land and buildings from $69,636,420 to $273,501,665, or 293 per cent. In ten years the total value of farm property owned by Negroes increased from $177,404,688 to $492,892,218, or 177 per cent. Arrangements are already being made for the comfort of delegates who intend to attend the meetings. A National Negro Business league special train, which will carry delegates from the far south to the Boston meeting, is already being planned for and, in addition, arrangements will also be made for the friends from the west, with Chicago as the center, to make the trip to Boston in a body. Further details with reference to these arrangements will be published shortly. The officers of the affiliated organizations of the National Negro Business league, including the National Negro Press association, the National Negro Bankers' association, the National Negro Funeral Directors' association, the National Negro Bar association and the National Association of Negro Insurance Men, are each individually planning their several programs so as to add interest and to make them constructively worth while. Further information as to detailed plans for the coming meeting, etc., may be secured from Booker T. Washington, president; J. C. Napier, chairman executive committee, or from Emmett J. Scott, secretary, Tuskegee institute, Alabama. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS JOHN E. STONER'S NOBLE ACT. Rescues Miss Mary Donovan From Sea at Atlantic City, N. J. The New York World of Tuesday, June 8, had the following account of a thrilling rescue made by John E. Stoner, a one armed boardwalk chair pusher at Atlantic City, N. J., on Monday, June 7. The World said: John E. Stoner, a one armed Negro who pushes a boardwalk chair, today shamed thousands of men at the beach and Michigan avenue by braving the sea and saving the life of Miss Mary Donovan of Springfield, Mass. Her companion, Edward Brady, an art glass worker, had been swept away and drowned after getting her to a piling at the end of a jetty. Frank Steubal, clerk of the Hotel Brighton, helped Stoner bring the unconscious girl ashore. Miss Donovan, Brady and several others were splashing in the surf at Indiana avenue when she was drawn into deep water by the undertow. Brady started after her. They felt no alarm at first because they were not far from shore and believed they would drift in further down the beach. Thousands along the boardwalk gave scant attention, believing the two were taking a leisurely swim with the tide. But after they had been carried a quarter mile Miss Donovan became exhausted and screamed for help. Brady was tired, but managed to pilot her to the end of the jetty. As he backed away to avoid a big comber he was funging against a pile. Unconscious, he sank and did not reappear. Promenaders rushed to the beach and rails by hundreds, but none at first ventured into the surf toward the girl, who was being continually battered by waves that threatened to break her weak grip on the pile. Several men finally went into the water, but when they felt the pull of the current at the depth of their waists they came back, leaving her to her fate. Stoner was pushing a couple down the boardwalk when he heard the young woman's screams. He deserted his chair without a word and leaped the rails to the sand. Dashing through the crowd, the maimed Negro battled his way through the breakers. He was funging on top of the jetty and off again, was bruised and cut and was buried often by waves. But every time his head would bob up a little nearer to the imperilled girl. Steubel had sprinted three blocks from a point up the beach where he had been bathing. He carried a long cedar surf board, and with this he started out in Stoner's wake. When the Negro reached the girl she grabbed him around the neck. Both sank. But Stoner's head soon appeared above the surface, and it was seen he held the girl. His gallant battle toward shore was half finished when Steubel reached them with the board. Together they placed Miss Donovan's limp form across this and got to shallow water. Persons from the shore formed a human chain and towed them to the sand. Steubel and Stoner were too much exhausted to go back and try to find Brady. No others made an attempt. Miss Donovan was taken to the Atlantic City hospital, where it was said she would recover. Stoner's wounds were dressed in the hospital. Then he limped back to the rolling chair stand and apologized for having deserted his chair. "That's all right," said the manager. "Your job's safe as long as you want it." Methodists Hold Meeting in Brooklyn. The ninety-fifth annual session of the New York A. M. E. conference, recently held at the Bridge Street church. in Brooklyn, was one of the most largely attended and profitable sessions held for a decade. Bishop Evans Tyrine of Nashville, Tenn., presided. The reports from the various churches in the conference showed an increase in numbers and finance. Progress of the Order of Saint Luke. The Order of St. Luke is attracting considerable attention by its numerical growth and the important business enterprises run by the organization. The St. Luke Penny Savings bank at Richmond, Va., and the department of the order which supplies the members with regalia are two of the successful features of business carried on by the order. School Children Visit Knitting Mill. The Ocala Knitting 'mill, an enterprise owned by colored men of Ocala. Fla., has been put into operation. The factory has a daily capacity of sixty dozen garments and will employ about twenty-five persons. Following the instilling of the machinery all the school children of the city, both white and colored, were taken through the building and shown how garments are made. George Glies is president. RING in the FOURTH! By GEORGE W. BETHUNE. Maine, from her farthest border, gives the first exulting shout. And from New Hampshire's granite heights the echoing peal rings out; The mountain farms of stanch Vermont prolong the thundering call, And Massachusetts answers "Bunker Hill" - a watchword for us all. Rhode Island shakes her sea wet locks, acclaiming with the free, And staid Connecticut breaks forth in joyous harmony; And stands New York land The giant joy of proud New York, loud as an earthquake's roar, Is heard from Hudson's crowded banks to Erie's crowded shore. Still on the booming volley rolls, o'er plains and flowery glades, To where the Mississippi's flood the turbid gulf invades; There, borne from many a mighty stream upon her mightier tide, Come down the swelling, long huzzas from all that valley wide. And wood crowned Allegheny's call, from all her summits high, Reverberates among the rocks that pierce the sunset sky. While on the shores and through the swales, round the vast inland seas. The stars and stripes midst freemen's songs are flashing to the breeze. The woodsman from the mother takes his boy upon his knee. And tells him how their fathers fought and bled for liberty. The lonely hunter sits him down the forest spring beside To think upon his country's worth and feel his country's pride. While many a foreign accent which our God can understand Is blessing him for home and bread in this free, fertile land. this free, fertile land. Yes; when upon the eastern coast we have a river. The day of independence rolls still onward to the west Till dies on the Pacific shore the shout of jubilee That woke the morning with its voice above the Atlantic sea. O God, look down upon the land which thou hast loved so well And grant that in unbroken truth her children still may dwell. Keep, God, the fairest, noblest land that lies beneath the sun— Alpine Choral and Dramatic Society. The most recent musical organization formed in Pittsburgh is known as the Alpine Choral and Dramatic society. It has over twenty-five members, nearly all students or graduates of the various high schools, colleges and conservatories of music in Pittsburgh. The society made its first public appearance at a musical given at the Bethel A. M. E. church on Thursday evening, June 17. Among its members are such well known persons of musical ability and education as Miss Jennie Patterson, Miss Helen Pryor, Miss Mary V. Turner, James Marshall, O. Wilbert Daniels and William Marshall. The musical was held under the auspices of the junior stewardess of Bethel church. Ohio Knights of Pythias Are Active. Members of local lodges, Knights of Pythias, throughout the state of Ohio are making preparations for the meeting of the supreme lodge encampment to be held in Columbus in August. The uniform rank has already commenced drill practice, as the contest for the prize at the coming meeting will be the most exacting in every detail of any yet scheduled by the state grand lodge at an encampment. 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Hill, ex-members of the legislature, are yet Uvely factors in the life of this city, as are also Henry Higgins, Tom Monroe, Dr. Cornish, Dr. Vaughn, Dr. Irwin, Dr, Frank Johnson and others. ‘Those who think Cincinnati in so far ag the race i concerned is going back should visit this ancient metropolis, note the ‘handsome homes and splendid church edifices owned by the race. Cincinnati perhaps does not secure the advertising its former social lead- ers, political manipulators and profes- stonal men provided for it in those other days, but nevertheless the race in this city still numbers many brainy men, clever women and strong race advocates along all lines of worthy ac- tivities. UNDER the STARS and the STRIPES FE on ewes Ot ome totes of old, Under the stars and stripes, Blazon the name that we now must uphold, Under the stars and stripes. Vast in the past they have builded an arch ‘Over which Freedom has lighted her torch. Follow it! Follow it! Come, let us march Under the stars and stripes. WES hee tote Ser tects them runs, Under the stars and stripes, We will acquit us as sons of their sons, Under the stars and stripes. Ever for justice, our heel upon wrong, We in the right of our vengeance thrice strong! Rally together! Come tramping along ‘Under the stars and stripes. Qt ret tad 8 matents A erent need, Under the ‘stars and stripes, Heroes again as of old we shall breed, Under the stars and stripes. Broad to the winds be our banner un- farled, Straight in wrong’s face let defiance be hurled! God on our side, we will battle the world ‘Under the stars and stripes. An Old “Safe and Sane” Law. Philadelphia had a law against fire- works fifty-five years before the Dec- laration of Independence was signed. Energetic. “Why don't you sit down, Weary?” “Aw, sbucks; look at ther trouble gettin’ up again!”—Bostoa ‘Transcript. Growth of Well Known Secret Order. ‘The growth in numbers and influ- ence for good of the Knights and Daughters of Taber, internatjonal or- der of Twelve in the far west, is at- tracting much Interest in secret circles. A grand temple and tabernacle of the order will be set apart at Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, June 22, with a large membership. Florida Clubwomen Meet at Palatka. The Florida State Federation of Wo- men’s Clubs held its annual meeting at Palatka, Fia.. from June 14 to 17, In- clusive, with a large attendance. ‘The reports of the various clubs connected with the central organization were en- couraging. Mrs. Emma J. Collier of Orlando, Fla. president of the federa- tion, presided, | WHERE WE HAVE GROWN IN FORCE Our Race In Gintmat Num- bers Many Brainy Men, BI6 GROWTH IN. NUMBERS. SE ee Se ge Se ope rete Church Edifices Are Owned by Our Countrymen—Great Fight That the Queen City's Colored Populace Is Waging Against Separate Schools. - Cincinnat.—This city bas sent a greater number of colored men to the state legislature than any city in the state. ‘This fact alone bespeaks the in- telligence and energy that has been prevalent among those of the race who reside in this bailiwick. The first to be elected was the late Colonel Bob Har- lan, who was followed by the late Ggorge W. Williams, the noted histo- rian. He In turn was succeeded by George W. Jackson, now a resident of Chicago. Others were the late William H, Parham, William Copeland, Sam B. ‘Hill and George W. Hayes, seven of them against four from Cleveland and one from Xenia. ‘When Cincinnati sent up colored men to the state legislature It was in the ays of that powerful political leader, George B, Cox, who always saw to It that the race had representation on the county's legislative ticket. At least some colored mem in this city can give thanks that there ever existed a boss and especially Boss George B. Cox. In days of old Cincinnati, famed the coun- tty over as the Queen City, possessed as bright a galaxy of brainy colored men and beautiful and clever colored ‘women as ever lent charm and influ- ‘ence to any city in the country. Ctneinnati was once the home of Dr. Charles Bentley, now of Chicago, the race's most famed surgeon dentist, and it was the home of Peter H. Clark, now in the sear and yellow leaf, who is spending his declining years in St. Louis. Peter H. Clark was the first and only ‘man ofgthe race to be appointed to serve as trustee for the University of Ohio, Here it was that “Hack,” Herbert A. Clark, first gained newspa- per renown. His brilliant articles fre- quently appeared in papers published by our race. Since those good old days race preju- dice, worming itself across the great suspension bridge from Kentucky, has changed conditions here, and it is no longer the delightful city, because of this, that it used to be. It used to be in those other days that when one of the race sought for a brilliant social circle he came to Cincinnati. We do not hear ‘a8 much about Cincinnat! now as we ida couple of decades back—when Professor Richard Cole, now a brilliant educator of St. Louis; Claus Hubbard, Charles" Bentley, Tom Moore, Percy ‘Triplett, Herbert A. Clark, Fremont Anderson, Henry Fort and a few oth- ers were the gay Beau Brummels of soctety. But in spite of race prejudice old Cincy’s colored population has not lapsed back into a state of desuetude. ‘The population ts several times larger than {t was then, and from down in the neighborhood of Cutter, Liberty, John, Court and other streets I might name the colored residents have scat- tered to the hills, where they own and occupy homes whose beanty makes the homes of the old Cincinnatians simply © nightmare. Today Cincinnati colored folks are waging a tremendous fight against odds in opposition to a return to sepa- rate schools, and W. P. Dabney, he of the facile pen, who indulges more in rapler thrusts at his opponente than bindgeon blows, is leading that fight, and each week through the columns of his newspaper, the Union, in spite of the fact that he is holding an impor tant political office, he thunders against ‘separate schools, All must admire the ‘game, unyielding and uncompromising fight Dabney is making. Cincinnati still can boast of some ¢lever colored men and women—some really brilliant colored men. ‘There is William L. Anderson, who is not only & proprietor of one of the best print shops manned by one of the race in the country, but Will is an authority on politics, religion and. literature And Joseph L. Jones. Who is it throughout. the entire country who does not know Joe Jones. the towering man in secret order fraternities? And A. Lee Beaty, than whom there 1s not ‘4 more brilliant or more profound at- torney in the country. George W. Hayes, still a high attache of the Unit- ed States federal court, maintains bis stlp.on both politics and religion down ‘Teak ehiiendb mntebiinr tienen tm’ tikes. detriment. A FOURTH OF JULY SEN- “TIMENT. ONTEMPLATE. the condi: tion of that country of which you form an im- portant part. Consider its gov- ‘ernment, uniting in one bond of common’ interest and general protection so many different states, giving to all their in- habitants the proud: title of American citizens, protecting their commerce, securing their literature and their arts, faci.® tating their _intercommunica- tion; defending their frontiers and’ making their name respect- ed in the remotest parts of the earth. Consider the extent of territory, its increasing and happy population, its advance in arte which render life agree- able and the ‘sciences which ele- vate the mind. See education spreading the lights of religion, morality and general informa- tion into every cottage in this wide extent of our territories and states. Behold it as the asylum where the wretched and the oppressed find a refuge and support! Look on this picture of happiness and honor and say, “We, too, are citizens of Americal"—Andrew Jackson. ee I a ee a By Madison Cawein (eu Pom Poa Pa Pea a Ps Pe PPP = = Lal iy = m IN Seventy-Six = _ » ma re Pa Pa ey Pa Pa PPP, P,P ‘The Iittle boys of seventy-six— ‘They did their chores and swam and fished, And hunted hares and whittled sticks, ‘While all the time they wished and wished To hear a sudden summons come, Each waiting day, each listening night: “We need the boys for flag and drum, So send them to the fight!" oO ae he y 4 (Pee | P|, ( s We Cilla DRESSED AS IN DAYS OF "76. ‘The Uttle girls of seventy-stx— ‘They rocked their dollies to and fro, And taught the kittens pretty tricks, ‘And heard thelr mothers talking low; Then climbed the hay and peered trem ‘out ‘The stable loft’s most lofty crack, And longed to raise a joyful shout— “The men are marching back!” —Youth's Companion, THE SPIRIT OF INDEPEND- ENCE DAY. HIE spirit of the nation ts at T the highest. Its triumph over the inborn, inbred perlls of the constitution has chased away all fears, Justified all hopes, and with universal Joy we greet this day. We have not proved unworthy of a great ancestry. We had the virtue to ; uphold what they so wisely, s0 firmly established. With these proud possessions of the past, with powers matured, with prin- ; ciples settled, with habits form- - ed, the nation passes, as it were, from preparatory growth to re- ; sponsible development of charae- ter and the steady performance of duty. What labors await tt, | what trials shall attend it, what ; lumphs for human nature, - what glory for itself are prepar- ; ed for this people in the coming century we may not assume to ; foretell. “One generation pass- eth away and another genera- ton cometh, but the earth abid- "eth forever,” and we reverently ; hope that these our constituted Mberties shall be maintained to | the unending line of our posteri- | ty and so longas the earth itself ; shall endure. - In the great procession of na - tons, in the great march of hu -manity, we boll our place. ; Peace is our duty: peace is our policy. In its arts, its Inbors and - its victories, then, we fnd scope ; for all our energies, rewards for ; all our ambitions, renown enouzh for all our love of fame.—Wil- Mam M. Evarts. Chine the Birtholace of Firewor! ‘The trick of .pyrotechny. along with the formula for gunpowder. was brought to Burope from China and the far east about the thirteenth century. Ever since then specialists equipped with all the resources of chemistry have devoted themselves to this bril- ast and fascinating scenic art until now the pyrotechnist’s skill amazes and enraptures the spectacle loving popu- lace in every civilized country. STAR “ADS"—BRING RESULTS BUSINESS. MEN PLAN BIG MEET League Convention In’ Boston Assured of Success, WILL SHOW RAGE THRIFT. The fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the National Negro Bust- ness league will be celebrated at Bos- ton on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri: day, Aug. 18, 19 and 20, 1015, ‘The Boston local Negro Business league, as well as the local Negro Busi- ness League of Cambridge, is hard at work perfecting arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the del- egates who are planning to be present, Aside from the regular business ses: sions of the league, the socal side of the convention will not be neglected. A guarantee fund bas already been se- cured for the purpose of financing ev- ery feature of the entertainment and reception of the delegates. Historie Boston, with its many tra- ditions intimately counected with the life and history of the Negro people, and particularly with the movement which led to thetr freedom and enfran- chisement, {8 .a mecca toward which our race should from time to time turn. It was in Boston that the first meet- ing of the league was held Aug. 23 and 24, 1900, and in holding the meeting there this yeur it will fittingly celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the found: ing of the league, affurd an opportunity for “taking stock"—an inventory, as it were—of racial progress and develop. ment since the organization of the league, and, fortified by the accumulat- ed knowledge and experiences of these years, the business men aud women of the race may face the future with greater {usplration and a firmer grasp of the complex problems of modern business, In 1900, when the National Negro Business league was organized, there were about 20,000 Negro business en: terprises; now there are 45,000. In 1900 there were two Negro banks: now there are 51. In 1900 Negroes were running 250 drug stores; now they have 695. In 1900 there were 450 undertaking businesses operated by Negroes; now there are about 1,000. _ In 1900 there were 149 Negro mer- chants engaged in wholesale business: now there are 240. In 1900, fifteen years ago, there were 10,000 Negro retail merchants; now there are 25,000. In the fifteen years since the Natlon- al Negro Business league was organ- ized farm property owned by Negroes has made a remarkable tnerease. From 1900 to 1910 the value of domestic an- fmals owned by Negro farmers in: creased from $85,216,337 to $177,273. 785, or 107 per cent; poultry from $3,- 788,702 to $5,113,756, or 36 per cent; implements and machinery from $18, 586,225 to $36,801,418, or 98 per cent; land and buildings from $60,636,420 to $273,501,005, or 293 per cent. In ten years the total value of farm property owned by Negroes increased from $177,- 404,688 to $492,802,218, or 177 per cent. Arrangements are already being made for the comfort of delegates who tn- tend to attend the meetings. A Nation- al Negro Business league special train, which will carry delegates from the far south to the Boston meeting. is al ready being planned for and, in addt- tion, arrangements will also be made for the friends from the west, with Chicago as the center, to make the trip to Boston in a body. Further de. tafls with reference to these arrange- ments will be published shortly. ‘The officers of the affiliated organtza- tions of the National Negro Business league, including the National Negro Press association, the National Negro Bankers’ association, the National Ne- gto Funeral Directors’ association, the National Negro Bar association and the National Association of Negro Insur- ance Men, are each individually plan- ning their several programs so as to add interest and to make them con- structively worth while. Further information as to detatted plans for the coming meeting, ete... may be ‘secured from Booker T. Washing- ton, president; J. C. Napler. chairman executive committee, or from Emmett J. Scott, secretary, Tuskegee institute, Alabama. READ THE STAR—IT’S NEWS JOHN E. STONER’S NOBLE ACT. Mae RED Ns Co RR SEE Ee ECD at Atlantic City, N. J. ‘The New York World of Tuesday, June 8 had the following account of a thrilling rescue made by John B. Btoner, a one armed boardwalk chair pusher at Atlantic City, N. J., on Mon- day, June 7. ‘The World said: John B. Stoner, a one armed Negro who pushes a boardwalk chair, today shamed thousands of men at the beach and Michigan avenue by braving the sea and saving the life of Miss Mary Donovan of Springfield, Mass, Her companion, Edward Brady, an art glass worker, ld been swept away and drowned after getting her to a piling at the end of a jetty. Frank Steubal, clerk of the Hotel Brighton, helped ‘Stoner bring the unconscious girl ashore. Miss Donovan, Brady and several others were splashing in the surf at Indiana avenve when she was drawn into deep water by the undertow, Bra- dy started after her. ‘They felt no alarm at first because they were not far from shore and belleved they would drift in further down the beach. Thou. sands along the boardwalk gave scant attention, believing the two were tak- ing a lelsurely swim with the tide. But after they had been carried a quarter mile Miss Donovan became ex- hausted and screamed for help. Bra- dy was tired, but managed to pilot her to the end of the jetty. As he backed away to avold a big comber he was flung against a pile. Unconscious, he sank and did not reappear. Promenad- ers rushed to the beach and rails by hundreds, but none at first ventured into the surf toward the girl, who was being continually battered by waves that threatened to break her weak grip on the pile. Several men finally went into the water, but when they felt the pull of the current at the depth of thelr waists they came back, leaving her to her fate. Stoner was pushing a couple down the boardwalk when he heard the young woman's screams. He deserted his chair without a word and leaped the rails to the sand. Dashing through the crowd, the maimed Negto battled his way through the breakers. He was flung on top of the Jetty and off again, was bruised and cut and was buried often by waves. But every time his head would bob up a little nearer to the imperiled girl. Steubel had sprinted three blocks from a polnt up the beach where he had been bathing. He carried a long cedar surf board, and with this be started out in Stoner's wake. When the Negro reached the girl she grab- bed him around the neck. oth sank. But Stoner’s head soon appeared above the surface, and it was seen he held the girl. ITs gallant battle toward shore wax half Qnished when Steubel Teached them with the bard. ‘Toxeth- er they placed Miss Donovan's. limp form across this and got to shallow water. Persons from the shore form- ed a humai chain and towed them to the sand. Steubel and Stoner were too much exhausted to go back and try to find Brady. No others made an attempt. Miss Donovan was taken to the At lantie City hospital, where it was said she would recover. Stoner’s wounds were dressed in the hospital. ‘Then he limped back to the rolling chair stand and apologized for having deserted his chair, “That's all right.” sald the manager. Your Job's safe as long as you want it” Methodists Hold Meetina In Brooklys ‘The ninety-fifth annual session of the New York A. M. E. conference, re cently beld at the Bridge Street chareh, in Brooklyn, was one of the most large ly attended and profitable sessions held for a decade. Bishop Evans Ty- ree of Nashville, Tenn., presided. The reports from the various churches in the conference showed an increase in numbers and finance. Progress of the Order of Saint Luke. The Order of St. Luke is attracting considerabie attention by its numer!- cal growth and the important business enterprises run by the organization. ‘The St. Luke Penny Savings bank at Richmond, Va., and the department of the order which supplies the mem- bers with regalia are two of the suc- cessful features of business carried on by the order. School Children Visit Knitting Mill. The Ocala Knitting “mill, an enter prise owned by colored men of Ocala, Fla, has been put Into operation. The factory has a daily’ capacity of sixty dozen garments and will employ about twenty-five persons. Following the tn- stalling of the machinery all the schoo! children of the city, both white and colored, were tnken through the butld- ing and shown how garments are made. George Giles is president. SS FAR OURaNSe i pl g Rig se ; Hee | (_ —_| Omen eteecnetenemeeeneee eG) THE FOURTH OF JULY 5 ORG W. BETHUNE. ‘Maine, from her farthest border, gives the first exulting shout, And from New Hampshire's granite heights the echoing peal rings out; ‘The mountain farms of ktanch Vermont prolong the thundering call And Massuchusotts answers “Bunker Hil Sa watchword for us all Hhode Island shakew her sea wet locks, eelalming with the free, And staid Connecticut breaks forth in Joyous harmony: The glint joy of proud New York, loud os un earthquake's roar, Is leurd from Hudson's crowded banks to Enie's crowded shore. SUM on the booming volley rolls, o'er plains and flowery «lades, ‘To where the Mississippi's flood the tur- bid gulf invades; ‘There, borne from many a mighty stream upon her mightier tide, Come down the swelling, long huzsas "from all that valley wide. And wood crowned Allegheny’s call, trom all her summits high, Reverberates among the rocks that pierce the sunset sky, While on the shores and through the wales, round the vast inland sens, ‘The stars ‘and stripes midst freemen’s songs are flashing to the breeze. ‘Tho woodsman from the mother takes his boy upon his knee And tolls him how thelr fathers fought and bled for liberty. ‘The lonely hunter sits him down the for- est spring beside ‘To think upon his country’s worth and feel his country's pride, While many a foretgn accent which our God ean understand Is blessing him for home and bread in this free, fertile land. ‘Yes; when upon the eastern coast we sink to happy rest ‘The day of independence rolls still on- ward to the west ‘Til dies on the Pacific shore the shout of Jublice ‘That woke the morning with its volce along the Atlantic sea, © God, look down upon the land which ‘thou hast loved so well And grant that in unbroken truth her children still may dwell Nor while the grass grows on the hill and streams flow through the vale May they forget their fathers’ faith or in thelr covenant:tall; Keep, God, the fairest, noblest land that ies beneath the sun— “Our country, our whole country, and our country ever one.” Alpine Choral and Dramatic Society. ‘The most recent musical organiza- tion formed in Pittsburgh s known as the Alpine Choral and Dramatic so- clety. It has over twenty-five mem- ders, nearly all students or graduates of the various high schools, colleges and conservatories of music in Pitts- burgh. The soclety made its first pub- We appearance at a musical given at the Bethel A. M. B. church on Thurs- day evening, June 17. Among its mem- bers are such well known persons of musical ability and education as Miss Jennfe Patterson, Miss Helen Pryor, Miss Mary V. Turner, James Marshall, 0. Wilbert Daniels and William Mar- shall. The musical was held under the auspices of the juntor stewardesses of Bethel church. Ohio Knights of Pythias Are Active. ‘Members of loca! lodges,’ Knights of Pythias, thronghout the state of Obto are making preparations for the meet- ing of the supreme lodge encampment to be held in Columbus in August. ‘The uniform rank has already com- menced drill practice, as the contest for the prize at the coming meeting will be the most exacting In every detail of any yet scheduled by the state grand lodge at an encampment. Send Your Subscription Smoke the Reliable SIGHT. DRAFT CIGAR sc. ft ft ff a RN MU SAL Tf tes tea Te ae wp A Ss A Rm BAG SR ROA ee aay he 5h Dy Saran Ca ie, a | | Defective Pe MINNEAPOLIS NEWS. © Send your notes to us by Wedens- day A.M. Bring’ your printing to the Twin ‘City Star Print, 305 So. Sth St. é SUBSCRIBE NOW. ‘Leave your subscription at our of- fice Third floor, 305 Fifth St. So. To Subscribe Is To Pay. ‘What have you done to aid this publication? We are often called on to insert notices of those who “never subscribe to Negro papers.” Are you guilty? Subscribe to your local weekly pa per—The Twin City Star is the orily egal Negro newspaper in Minneapolis and it has received the support of the general public. We need more sub scribers—to make a better paper Send your subscription now. ‘We solicit short opinions on gen: eral topics, It is peculiar that ow people have no public opinions, every thing is strictly confidential. Remem ber, we said, “Short opinions.” ———- LANE—RICE WEDDING. ‘The reception in honor of the mar- riage of Miss Helen Rice and Mr. James Lane was held June 16th at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ophelia Rice, 1409 So. Sth St. The marriage ceremony was performed on June 20th by Rev. T. J. Carter. The list of presents includes many useful gifts from numerous friends of the bride and groom. Oil Painting, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lillard; Battenburg Center Piece, Mesdames Ella Brady, Cassius Har- per, Minnie Plummer, Maria Stewart, Lucy Smith, Jas. Roberts; Groom's Cake, Mrs. Mary E. Pope, aunt of the bride; Bride’s Cake, Mrs. Lucy Smith; Breakfast Cap, Mrs. Francis Hardy; Beautiful Bath Towel, crochet lace edge, Mrs. M. E. Miller; Imported Bed Spread and Bath Towel, Mrs. Nellie Kellum. Mr. and Mrs, (Alex. Mann, Walter Houston, B. Pierre, O. A. Lawrence, W. MiJenkins.) Miss Eunice Biggers. Set of Towels, Mrs. Mary Ed- munds; Solid Silver Sandwich Tray, Mr. Z. A. Pope, uncle of bride; Hand ‘embroidered Pillow Slips, Mr. and Mrs, (W. T. Francis, R. B. Chapman, Henry High) St. Paul; Solid Silver Dining Set, Mr. and Mrs. (Albert A Ford, William M. Smith, Henry Rich- ardson, William Helm, Charles ‘Sum- ner Smith, John Allison, J. A. Waker John Sellers, Roscoe Lewis, G. P Sims, Robert Glenn, Alonzo D. Price, J. N. Wright, William Cratic, H. J Sample, J. E. Stewart.) Rev. anc Mrs. T. J. Carter, Mésdames Fannie Lee, Mary Shepherd, Nora Thompson Emma Wood, Julia Crump; Misse: Essie Mason, Mary Lawrence, L. E Edmundson, Eva and Lady Walker ‘and mother, Mr. James Moss and Mr Gale P. Hilyer; Solid Silver Spoon: and Cut Glass Salt and Peppers, Mrs Sullivan, Mrs. O’Brien and girls of th Y. W. C. A; Solid Silver filligre Cu Loaf Sugar Dish, Mr. and Mrs. Ad dison Drake, Stillwater, Minn.; Soli Silver Tea Spoons, Miss Belle Buck ner and Miss Flossie Hooks; Soti Silver filligre Bon Bon Dish, Mis Jeffery, General Secy. Y. W. CA Solid Sitver Cream Ladle, Mrs. Genev Boardman Carr, teacher at ¥. W. ( A; Solid Silver Meat Fork, Mr. an Mrs. Thos. Brown; Solid Silver Fis Fork, Mr. and Mrs, Edward H. Evan: Solid Sitver filligre Combination Dist Mrs. Olin Lee Langworthy; Havilan Cracker Jar, Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Max well; Cut Glass Bon Bon Dish, M: Benj. Daniels; Cut Glass Pickle Dist Mr. and Mrs. C, H. Robinson; Cu Glass Salt and Pepper Set, Mr. an Mrs, L. R. Walker and Mr. Harr Lee; Cut Glass Fern Dish, Mr. an Mrs. S. A. Gould and daughters; Cx Glass Water Set—3 suits of linger Mrs, Mare Carl Leager; Cut Glas Sherbet Set, Miss Minette Rollin Secy. ¥. W. C. A; Beautiful C Glass Ice Cream Glasses, Mr. an Mrs. J. A. Glenn; New Cut Glass Be ry Bowl, Mr. and Mrs. J. Elliot, Mr N.C. Stone and daughter; Beautif Cut Glass Vase, Mrs. Jasper Gibt and Sons; Silk Hose, Mr. and Mr Brown S. Smith; Beautiful Pieture- Innocence, Mr. Jas. Cunningham, M ‘Andrew Quinn, Miss Eliza Wilso Miss Florence Cunningham; Pictur Sistine Madonna, Miss Ethel Clark, W. C. A. Dress, Mrs, Ophelia Ric White Coat. Mrs. Maude Canty, sist of the bride; Hand painted Rose Js Miss Margaret Bacon; Table Clot ‘Mr, and Mrs. J. Cheatham; Set | Towels, Mrs, Lizzie Kellum, St. Pav Handsome Bouquet of Roses f bride, Mrs. Edward H. Evans; In stand and Mustarg Jars, Mrs. Ro Simmons and Miss Mae Simmons; S “of Bath Towles, Mr. and Mrs. Js ~Switson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Wi © gon, St. Paul; Towels, Mr. and Mr RECITAL POSTPONEMEN®. ‘The Recital of Mrs. Mary Mosely ‘Withers which was to be held on June $0has been. postponed to Wednesday evening, July 28, at Zion Baptist rte ae Veh hh eae | Tell You Folks You are missing it badly if you don’t have in your home a DYER BRO’S PLAYER PIANO You have no idea the amount of pleasure, it will give you, and as it can be played either by hand or by means of music rolls, your children’s piano learning can be continued just the same. oe oe oe GO TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSIC CO. 41-43 SOUTH SIXTH STREET and get one today. Easy pay- ments may be arranged Prof. Harrison Entertained. _| Mrs. Frank Peoples of 3732 Port- land Ave., entertained the Willing Worker's Club on June 17th. The guest of honor was Prof. R. B. Har- rison of Chicago. He favored with a reading of “The Raven.” The other numbers were Piano Solo by Mrs. L. Swain, Vocal Solo by Mrs. B. Mason, Reading by Mrs. M. Rutledge, Piano Solo by Mrs. L. Sensabaugh, Vocal Duet by Mesdames Chas. Sexton and I. Poore. The hostess served a dainty luncheon, chicken salad, olives, sweet pickles, salted wafers, cake and coffee. There were twenty-five guests present who spent a very pleasant and profit- able afternoon. Your special attention is called to the Announcement of The Standard Clothing Co,, in this publication. Patronize those business houses, who request your patronage through your paper. RECITAL POSTPONEMENT. ‘The Recital of Mrs. Mary Mostly Withers which was to be held on June 30 has been postponed to Wednesday evening, July 28, at Zion Baptist Church. ICE CREAM SOCIAL. | ‘The Ladies of the Parish Aid of St. Thomas Episcopal Church will give an Ice Cream Social on Wednesday Evening, June 30th, at the residence of Mrs. M. Gray, 2819 Chicago Ave. St. Peter's A. M. E. Monitor is a neat publication by Rev. Stovall, con- taining much church and local news. Mr. and Mrs, W. N. Davis have moved to 716 Bryant Ave. No. Mrs. Leona Giles, 2943 Pillsbury Ave., is one of the experienced ladies’ tailors of our city, who has a large patronage. Miss Melvina Chandler has accepted a position as stenographer and typist in the office of Atty. B. S. Smith. St. Peter’s New Parsonage. Two buildings, 2208 and 2207 Elliot Ave. So., have been purchased by the trustees of St. Peter A.M. E. Church. Rev, Stovall resides at 2205 and 2207 will be rented. REV THOS B. STOVALL. Rev. Thos. B. Stovall, the progres- sive pastor of St. Peter A. M. E. Church, Minneapolis, is rapidly build- ing up a large. congregation. His services arewell attended, and he is looking forward to the purchase of a parsonage and has made arrange- ments to renovate the church build- ing. Rev. Stovall is a thorough race man, a fighter against segregation and discrimination, a believer in the co- operation of the races, “Get torether” is his watchword, and with his ef. ficient co-workers, he hopes to rally the many friends of St. Peter’s Church to financially aid him in the executior of his well laid plans. Se TT ae Oe le a ae ete ‘The Mens’ Club of St. Phillips Episcopal Church will give their An- nual Picnic at Spring Park on July ‘8th. Remember the date—See Adv. Prof. R. B. Harrison left Sunday night for Chicago after a successful series of readings in Minneapolis. He appeared Sunday evening at St. Peter Church to a large and appreciative audience. TWIN CITY 8TAR PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. Cedar Street and Summit Avenué, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. Rev. Benjamin N. Murrell, Pastor. SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 A. M, Preaching. 11:00 A. M. Preaching. 12:80 P, M, Sunday School. G. W. Willis, Supt. 645 P.M. BY. P. U. Mrs, Frances M. Murrell, Pres. 8:00 P.M. Preaching. WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. 8,00 P.M. Mid-Week Prayer Services FRIDAY NIGHTS. 7:00 P. M, Junior Choir Rehearsals. 8:30 P. M. Senior Choir Rehearsals. Mrs, Julia Hinson ot the St. Lonis kitchen has moved to 266 St. Anthony Ave. St. Paul, “THANN” TRAVIS’ NEW HOTEL. Popular Proprietor of St. Paul Cafe od Ber. and Bar. Mr. “Thann” Travis is now the sole proprietor of the hotel and bar at 122 E, Third St, St. Paul, formerly “Curley’s Place.” He has thoroughly renovated the hotel and cafe. A spe- cial midnight lunch is served in the cafe up stairs, best music, good en- tertainer. Desirable rooms and a choice line of fine liquors and cigars always in stock. Rates for theatrical people, lodges, theatre parties etc. Two blocks from Union Station. “Thann” invites you to stop in to and from the Boat Excursions, and Depot. See Adv. in another column. OUR NEW LOCATION. ‘The office of the Twin City Star is located at 305 So. Sth Street, Minne- "polis, 3rd foor with the Nygren Print- ing Co. over Smith's Sash and Door office, We will be pleased to receive all matter for publication before Wed- nesday of each week. ‘When You Change. When you change your address notify your postman, or drop a slip containing your name, new and old addresses, in the mail (without post- age) and you will get your newspaper ‘and other mail forwarded to you. ‘The Elks have announced a contest. The most popular lady will get a trip to Chicago, all expenses paid. Several ladies have entered. Votes are a nickel apiece, THE DUNBAR SOCIAL CLUB. The Dunbar Social Club has estab- lished quarters at 325 Fifth St. S., across from the Court House, where the men of the city may gather for wholesome, social recreation in the way of Pool, Billiards, Athletics and ‘Literary Entertainments, The Club- rooms are open every day from 9:00 A. M. to 12:00 P. M. Special pool and billiard contests are held every Wednesday night, at which time prizes are given to those excelling in the professional and amateur classes. All persons desiring such social di- versions are cordially invited to be- icome members, Payment of monthly dues of $1.00 will entitle one to full lenjoyment of the club quarters. No charges for games played. The tem- porary officers of the Club are: Mr. Oscar Price, Pres., Mr. Veassus Pope, Vice-President, Mr. L. C. Valle, Secre- itary, and Mr. Clay Shearer, Treas- jurer. : |READ THE STAR—ITS NEWS ee 2: LR Ie ORAL. PRR GRO IS REP Pa ee ON EE . PLEASE BEAR IN MIND ’ Men’s Episcopal Club OF ST. PHILIPS CHURCH, ST. PAUL, WILL GIVE ITs FOURTH ANNUAL ——AT——_ LAKE MINNETONKA THURSDAY, JULY 8TH, 1915 ATHLETIC PROGRAM . Men’s 100 Yard Dash Potato Race Fat Men’s Race Ladies’ 100 Yard Dash Sack Race Fat Women’s Race BASE BALL GAME SAINT PAUL vs. MINNEAPOLIS Prizes for Winners of All Events GOOD FISHING . ’ Music by McCullough’s Orchestra : Dancing from 3:00 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. Trains leave Union Depot, St. Paul, at 8:45 A. M.; 1:25 and 4:30 P. M. ‘Trains leave Union Depot, Minneapolis, at 9:25 A. M.; 2:00 and 5:00 P. M. Returning trains at 4:57 and 9:30 P. M. BUY YOUR TICKETS AT UNION DEPOTS Round trip tickets, Adults 65 cents; Children 40 cents COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT Clarence L. Smith, Chairman John La Coste F. D. McCracken Allen French Ira S. Ashe W. A. Benjamin Firston White N. B. The management reserves the right to refuse admission of un- desirable persons to the pavilion, GO TO CHURCH ‘pot Procrastinate eel ecessleineacteel ati adsieemerenpeenreperttret CG? TO CHURCH. ‘coe ae. See oe oe “NOW” 18 THE GREAT WORD OF GOD. “NOW” IS THE ONLY TREASURE WE HAVE, YET WE SQUANDER IT AS IF IT WERE OF NO VALUE. WHEN A PERSON SAY8 HE HAS BEEN KILLING IME HE HAS BEEN KILLING LIFE, FOR LIFE IS TIME. YOU CAN DO MORE WITH FIVE MINUTES NOW THAN YOU CAN WITH A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER YOU ARE DEAD. WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY AND WHAT YOU WILL DO TOMORROW SINK INTO INSIGNIFICANCE COMPARED WITH WHAT YOU MAY DO TODAY. ‘TWO FORCES STRIVE WITHIN US—ONE 18 ACTION, ‘THE OTHER 18 DELAY. ACTION 18 A SEVERE TASKMASTER, BUT 18 RICH IN REWARD, WHILE DELAY 18 AN EASY BOSS, BUT A POOR PAY- MASTER. Shakespeare declares in his familiar but ever true lines, “There is tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.” And Lowell ringingly proclaims, “Once to every man {oF nation comes the moment 19 decide.” ‘There is some momen- tous secret in the’ psychological moment when the heart is hot and the emotions aroused. Now is always the day of salvation. The ol hymn rightly conceived the trath: ere is a time, we know not when; ‘A place, we know not where, ‘That marks the destiny of men ‘To glory or despair. ‘THEREFORE, DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. GO TO CHURCH NOW. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO @O TO CHURCH TOMORROW. WHO CAN SAY WHERE HE WILL BE TOMORROW? THERE ARE YOUNG MEN WHO LAUGHINGLY DECLARE THAT THEY WILL @O TO CHURCH WHEN THEY ARE OLD. THEY MAY NEVER GET THAT CHANCE. THEY MAY BE CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME. DON’T DELAY. DELAYS ALWAYS ARE DANGEROUS, BUT NEVER MORE SO THAN WHEN YOU DELAY MAKING YOUR PEACE WITH @oD. . @O TO CHURCH Now. "Atty. William T. Francis has moved to Suite 329 in the Amer- ican National Bank Building, — * Cedar and Fifth Sts, St. Paul. Mrs. A. E, Dorsey of Des Moines, Ta,, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gibson of 627 No. Sth St. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Williams, the newlyweds, are residing at 2433 14th Ave. So. Mrs. Maud Boon, who has been con- fined to her bed for several weeks at the residence of her mother, Mrs. D. E. Buckner, 611 Dupont Ave. No., is slowly improving. Her many friends wish her speedy recovery, Mrs, Geo. Lucas of Helena, Mont, is visiting friends in St. Paul. FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT. Furnished Rooms for young men; ideal location, half block from car line and only twenty minutes walk tc business section, 1917 Sth Ave. So. A.W. Morris —_N. W. South 4849 For Rent—Nice large “furnished room, all modern, on car line—Mrs Butler, 564 6th Ave. No, Phone Hy- land 214. | sor PAYS TO # ‘ Fiat tae ee: ADVERTION. — a tei eect cia ee be - Mrs. W. D. Carter, wife of Rev. Carter of Seattle, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wills, of Iglehart St. Ste is returning’home from Washing- ton D. C. where she is teaching at the National Training School for Girls. She will visit in Minneapolis next week. Mrs. D. S. Taylor entertained a par- ty of young ladies and Mr. H. Peti- cora at Lake Whalen on Sunday af- ternoon in honor of the 18th birthday of her daughter, Miss Honora Taylor. ‘After a delicious lunch was served and the afternoon was spent on the lake. The Afro-American Federated Women’s Clubs of Minnesota met in convention on June 23rd and 24th at the Old Capitol St. Paul. Gov. Ham- mond delivered an address of wel- come. Several delegates and visitors were present and the outlook was very promising for a successful meet- ing. . The firm of Fred Gleed & Son of Lawrence, Kansas, conducts one of the largest jobbing businesses in the State of Kansas, They specialize in ‘eggs and poultry and ship their goods in car lots to the wholesale and retail trade of that section. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH xath Ave. So. and 8th St. All are welcome. Rey, T, J. Carter, Pastor. Rev. T. J. Carter has moved to 2423 4th Ave. So. Peoples Christian Assembly. Rev, G. W. Mitchell, Pastor, 1204 Washington Ave. So. Come! and Serve the Lord. ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 2and St. near roth Ave. So. Rev. Thos. B, Stovall, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E, CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So, Minneapolis, Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. | A WELCOME TO ALL. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. 7th Ave. North and Hoag St. Rev. M, W. Withers, Pastor, Res. 2406 17 Ave. S, Phone Drexel 600 Regular Services. Preaching: 11 A. M, 8 P. M. Sunday School 12:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U, Society 6:45 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wed. 8 P. M. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. SUNDAY SERVICES. Sunday, June 20th. 11.4. M. A Hard Problem. 8 P.M. The Life of Christ. Illustrat- ed with Lantern and Slides. HAIR WEAVING. Hair weaving of every description neatly done by Mrs. McClure, 713 Sth St. N. Leave orders also at 2813 Chicago Ave. Phone: So. 1424. —Advertisement . oie CHOICE CITY AND SUBUR- BAN PROPERTY FOR SALE ON SMALL MONTHLY PAY- MENTS. Houses and Flats for Rent. | B, M. McDEW, 802 Sykes Block. N. W. Nic. 621 Minneapolis Pes a THE FRANCE CAFE Regular Dinner will be served daily at The France Cafe, 300 Fifth Ave. So. Minneapolis. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER. Mrs. J. M. Mask, Prop. PEOPLE'S NEW LOCATION. The F. Peoples Realty Company have moved their offices ftom 236 Boston Block to 325 Fifth Street South, across from the Court House, where they will be pleased to meet jold customers and make new friends. FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING. We do Strictly First Class Dress- making and Ladies’ Tailoring. Our Prices are Reasonable, Satisfaction Guaranteed. Apply 418 E. 27th St. Minneapolis. For information, ’Phone So, 7996.—Advertisement. NEW PALACE RESTAURANT. Mrs. L. V. Wellington, a former trained nurse, has opened the New Palace Restaurant at 138 E. Third St, St. Paul. First Class ata Carte Serv- ice for Ladies and Gentlemen. Boiled Dinners Daily. Sunday Dinner: Chicken and Dumplings 25c. Party Service solicited! Phone Jackson 510. —Adesrtiooniont. NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS Furnished by National Negro Busi- ; eas League. Although one-third of the popula- tion of the District of Columbia is colored—men, women and children who must eat, must be “lothed and must wear shoes—yet there is no chance for them behind the counters of white stores. The Negro in Wash- ington is confronting a condition; he is not discussing a theory. He is facing the rigid requirements of ex- istence which he must overcome and by conquering them he will become a stronger man and infuse ‘new life, encouragement and inspiration into the hearts of the young men and wom- len of his race who are just beginning to think, to act and to make a place in the world for themselves and for those of the generations to follow— |Judge Robert H. Terrell in The Wash- ington Post. George E. Beckett, a very success- ful real estate dealer of Providence, Rhode Island, has leased one of his properties to a large theatrical syn- dicate for a period of fifty years. This property is located in the fash- jionable section of the city. Madison Johnson of Cleveland Ohio, was recently awarded a prize of a $20 Panama hat offered by one ‘of the Cleveland daily papers for the tallest man in the city. ‘The colored retail dealers of St Louis, Missouri, have organized ar Association which has for its object the regulation of credits; a uniform system of prices and an exchange © ‘business ieas. — READ THE STAR—IT’S NEWSY ee Defective Page THE JULY 4 CHURCH Historic Building In Which Many Signers Worshiped. LD Christ church, the historic and sacred edifice in Philadel- phia where three-fourths of the signers of the Declaration of Independence worshiped, commem- orates the nation's birthday every year with impressive patriotic and religious services, Representatives of the La- theran, Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches, the religious bodies that were active in the life of Philadelphia when independence was declared, generally participate in the services. Last year the services took the form of @ prayer and thanksgiving to Al- mighty God for the blessing of civil and religious Uberty. Addresses were made by Bishop Garland, representing the Episcopal church; the Rev. Dr. William HL Roberts of the Presbyterian general ‘assembly and the Rev. Dr. Edwin Hey! Delk of the Lutheran church. The services were conducted by the Rev. Louis ©. Washbum, rector of Old Christ church. ‘The order of service was the one ‘adopted in 1785 by the church to be used every year on the Fourth of July. The service was attended by repre- sentatives of President Wilson, Mayor Blankenburg, the Colonial Dames, the Sons of the Revolution and of the Pine Street Presbyterian church, whose pas- tor, Dr. Duffield, like Dr. White, rector of Old Christ church, was a chaplain of the First Continental congress. The clergy of the diocese in their vest- ments, with the other guests, met in the Neighborhood House and proceed- ed into the church while the historic f-— to) & oh i Eee dics OHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. bells of Old Christ church were ring ing as they did in 1776. ‘The entire church was filled with persons who worshiped in’ the same pews where knelt the churchmen and patriots of the Continental congress. Bishop Garland, at the conclusion of his address, read the following poem, written by him for the occasion: INDEPENDENCE DAY. Lord, in thy house this sacred day Wo kneel where patriots knelt to pray: They pledged anew their faith in thee, Then took up arms for liberty. Not in thelr strength, but in thy might, They trusted to defend the right, And thou didst guide them by thy hand And ‘stablished ‘firm our fatherland. God of the patriots, be our guide; Protect this land for witich they dled; Give us our fathers’ faith in thee To live for truth and liberty. Here's. 2 Patriotic Cake. One cupftul of butter, two cupfuls of granulated sugar, one cupful of milk. three and one-half cupfuls of four, three level teaspoonfuls of baking pow- der, whites of six eggs. Sift the flour and baking powder together three times. Add the milk and, last, the eggs; flavor to taste. Divide the batter into two equal portions. To one por- tion add a few drops of pink fruit col- oring. Bake in four layers. Put to- gether with a white icing; ice in white and decorate with small red and blue candies made to form the dates 1776- 1915. The Magic of Pyrotechnics. ‘Strange, fantastic, beautiful and won- erful things are imprisoned by the fireworks experts in the dull pasteboard cases that cover thelr magical com- pounds, as the fisherman's flask of Ara- bian tradition held the mighty Afrit The flery dragons, clouds of light, mete- orle blasonry of stars, dazzling stream: ers and coronations of effulgence that fill the air are so many ministers of delight to millions on every Independ- ence day, bringing weird and startling sensations with\every fresh glimpse of ewiftly fading beauty and glory. WOMEN’S PART IN — INDEPENDENCE DAY They Had Glorious Share In Win- ning American Liberty. has been said that in every wo- man’s breast there lies the possi- bility. of great heroism. What she can do when put to the test {s amply illustrated by the events of history, not alone in our own country, but in all others, Anecdotes of women of the Revolu- tion, showing what they did and what they suffered in so doing, happy in the thought that they were serving the country they loved, are positively thrilling. ‘One wonders how many young wom. en of today would offer themselves to carry a message from one army to an- other across a country fairly bristling ‘with hostile troops when not a man could be found intrepid enough to take a letter from General Greene to Gen- eral Sumter. Emily Gelger, a frail young girl, undertook the task and set out on horseback on a sidesaddle. She was intercepted on the second day of her journey by Lord Rawdon, who had her locked up until a Tory matron could be found to search her person. goes ry ork a ay A 4 7 A ae i 5 t f MEN i 1 NS VZ AN YN ‘ONE OF COLUMBIA'S DAUGHTERS. By this unusual consideration Lord Rawdon lost his coveted information. for as soon as his back was turned she ate the letter, bit by bit! When even tually released she succeeded in reach ing br destination, where she was able to give her message orally, if not in true military and documentary style. In consequence Sumter soon Joined Greene's army. Emily later married a wealthy planter. ‘The fascinations of women have sel- dom been used to better advantage than upon a certain afternoon shortly ‘after the retreat from New York, when ‘a troop of British soldiers were de- tained at the house of a Mrs, Murray, who gave them cake and wine and such sprightly talk that they remain- ed two hours—just long enough to al- low General Putnam, the last to leave the city, to make retreat across the dangerous highroad on which the Brit: ishers were loitering. ‘Think of the ex- citement of this little Quaker when she realized that by her subterfuge she had saved a part of the American army! ‘There 1s no doubt that we owe our Present wealth and ease to the cour- ‘fge and resourcefulness of the early Americay woman quite as much as to the efforts of the men. She was the mother of those great men whose {n- tellects ‘were the backbone of the American nation. It was her sacrifice and nobility that made ft possible for them to be what they were. ‘Their lives are her eternal panegyric; thelr ‘works the undying proclamation of her mete | FROM A JULY 4 SPEECH BY PRESIDENT WILSON. patriotic American is a man who i4 not niggardly and selfish in the things\he needs that make for human Mberty} and the rights of man, but ‘wants to share it with the whole world. And he is never so proud of the great flag as when it means for other people as well as himself the symbol of lib- erty and freedom. 1 would be ashamed of this flag If it ever did anything out- side of America that we would not per. mit it fo do inside of America. We stand for the mass of the men, women and children who make up the vitality of every nation. ‘The world is becoming more complt- jeated every day. Therefore no man ought to be foolish enough to think he understands tt, and that fs the reason why T am so glad to know there are some simple things in the world. (me of those simple things ts princisde. Honesty te a perfectly aumpld thing ‘Woodrow Wilson. TWIN CITY STAR ee (a he Pea Ps a hs Pa Ps a Pc Pa | eae =InA ’s =i = 1 m=} i = In Angela’s = | = Gard * | 5 arden =|i | = = = mm APourth of July = | i | = . = = Incident > = {| | mm _—«=By RUBY DOUGLAS _| = am PrP PP PP PP ciinene®. HE facts that Angela’s flower | gar UNIVERSITY A garden occupied less than four |", W, PHONE | square feet of space and con- sisted of nothing more tha [——————— some wooden boxes fastened to the fre} SMOKE TH escape at the library window made her none the less enthusiastic about it. 5C CIC Every morning at 7 she was on the e fire escape in her pale blue bonnet at- tending to her posles, paying especial : attention to the washing of the pansies’ faces, ‘On the morning of the Fourth of |W. S CONRAB CO July Angela opened the window a Iit-| No, 140, &. 6th 8 tle earlier than usual. The noises} No. 1, WESTERN around had awakened her. As she was executing the last movement Of | cp oe N V, ih = il (oe ae D na’ eee All we ei si k ’ | N = LI be as OPER es = “ARE YOU HURT?” HE ASKED FRARFULLY. her now gracefully acquired exit from the window a firecracker fell from above and shot off in her garden. An- gela started and covered her face. ‘A young man descended quickly by means of the fron ladder. “Are you hurt?” he asked fearfully. Angela uncovered her face and 100k- ed up. “N-no, I think not. I was frightened,” she sald, looking at the remains of the offending firecracker. He heaved a sigh of relief. “It was awfully careless of me,” he went on, standing on the bottom rung of the Inder. Angela’s garden was hardly large enough for two. “I was just playing ‘little boy’ again and try. ing to imagine myself in the country instead of a city apartment. I hope you'll pardon me.” ‘There was so much self reproach in his tone that Angela felt that he was truly sorry. “Of course I'll pardon you,” she said, with the merest suggestion of a laugh “I won't shoot any more crackers to- day. A miss 1s as good as a mile and it might be a mile next time,” he said. fingering the leaf of a nasturtinm which had found its way up along the rafling. “But, Indeed, I won't be out here long,” began Angela, wondering why she was not angry because he remain. ed on the Indder. “I"— “You may remain here all day,” he interrupted. “I have done enough mix chief for one Fourth.” ‘The girl stooped over and began to twist a willful vine into place. ‘The young man could not help hoping that he might some day influence the rare human flower before him along the path he wished ft to travel as easily and gently as she twisted the nastur tlum about the fron bar. He turned and began to climb the ladder. “I am sorry 1 stepped out so Inoppor tunely and marred your Independence fay,” gald Angela, looking up at him “Please don't stop your fireworks for me” “Marred my Independence day.” he said to himself as he closed the win: dow upstairs. “Well, I don't know about that, but she’s marred my peace of mind. Jove, she {s pretty!” So the young man in the apartment above Angela's garden found it neces- sary to rise earlier than was his habit after that Fourth of July morning for ‘a little fresh air. And Angela? It may be that ber flowers received less attention after the Fourth of July. But perhaps the ex- ploding of that firecracker hindered thelr progress: smoke stunts the growth, they say, It was raining one morning when Angela opened the window. Close to the ladder stood a pot of flowers which Angela had not planted, one which she had never seen. It was tall and green, and all over {t hung Iittle red hearts. She was giad if was raining and that she could not go out among her flow- ue ‘wanted time to think— e in which to be angry. But some- ae CSulrs | $25.00 | | OVERCOATS ’ | $25.00 reas } Cleaning (Disa eae Pressing Repairing CLIFFORD A. SMITH. 421 UNIVERSITY AVE, ST. PAUL N. W. PHONE DALE 3823. SMOKE THE BEST , SC CIGAR Sight Draft W. S CONRAD CO., Distributers NO. 140, E. 6th ST. ST. PAUL. NO. 1, WESTERN AVE, MINN. Petersen, The Bruggist 1501 Washingten Ave. Se. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits You: Patronage. SPECIAL SAMPLE SHOES. POPULAR PRICED SHOE RE- PAIRING. WE FIX "EM WHILE YOU WAIT, Men's Sewed Soles .....+..+++++-78¢ Ladies Sewed Soles ...........-65¢ Men's Nailed Soles ......50 and 60c Rubber Heels, ...eeseceeeee+ 1-406 Ladies’ and Boys’ nailed soles... ..40¢ SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 Washington Avenue South. ——_——— Office Hours Sundays 9:20 a. m. to 12:90 p. m. 10:00 to 1:00 p. m 2:00 to 4:00 and 8:00 to 6:30 p. m. R. 8. BROWN, M. D. OFFICE 405-408 Tribune Annex Building 67 Fourth St. So. Residence: 608 E. 14th st. ‘Telephones: N. W. Main 2388 N. W. Main 2040 Tri-State Center 2674 ‘Tri-State Cen. 691 WITT'S MEAT MARKET : AT POWERS ‘Ty our meat and see the difference. Main 4190. Center 86 ————— MRS. H. I. WILLIAMS. TYPEWRITER, STENOGRAPHER Atty. Francis’ office 329 AM, BANK BLDG. St. Paul, Minn. Office, Nic, 1963 Res. Colfax 1638, OR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 80, 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. il aie DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 111 So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn. ALL WORK GUARANTEED Work Called For and Delivered THE NORTH SIDE HAND LAUNDRY Phone Main 3474. THE BEST WORK IN THE CITY Supervised Personally by MRS, SUSIE JOHNSON, Prep. Formerly of St. Paul 604 Ne. 5th St, Minneapolis PRICES REASONABLE CONTENTMENT. Contentment furnishes con- stant joy: much covetonsness constant grief, ‘I'o the conteut- ed even poverty In joy. To the Aiscontented even wealth Is a Vexation.— from the Chinese. Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.—Shelley. I have learned in whatever state 1 am therewith to be con- tent.—St. Paul. Learn this from me, when thy lot doth fall, Bhort lot or not, to be content ‘with all, Robert Herrick. Useful indeed. ‘Teacher— What is the use of the Kus- tachian tube? Pupll—So you can hear yourself talk.New York ‘Times, Put more Brains in your Business and Success is assured, = 3 NEW TABLES. FAST CUSHIONS | | i ce ELITE Samm Pool and Billiards [ig se | GIBSON AND YANCY PROPRIETORS. | 4 ‘a A COMPLETE LINE OF CIGARS i E.| AND TOBACCO. Ny 627-5th St. No., Minneapolis Jno. L. Gibson N. W. Tel. Main 3136 (Private Booth) John G. Yancy oe 1 ees 8. 2 Se ER ees oy ee 6 ee THE FRANCE CAFE CHOP-SUEY -- VOCAL ENTERTAINER REGULAR DINNER AND A LA CARTE SERVICE THE PLACE TO DINE Best Accommedations for Private Parties EXCELLENT COOKING COURTEOUS ATTENTION 300 - Sth Ave. So.. Minneapolis MRS. J. M. MASK, PROP. N. W. Phone Main 250. Best Bargains in Summer: Furniture BOUTELL’S WHY NOT BE FAIR WITH THE NEWSPAPER MAN? No one has an opportunity of learn- ing the characteristics of individuals more than the publisher of a race paper, and no one has more varied and peculiar experiences. There are those who will pay the subscription as regularly and as promptly as it is due without delay or hesitation, just as they would any other debt. This is the desirable and welcome subscriber. There is another class who subscribe as willingly and will ‘pay the subscription at that time, but ‘it is almost impossible to collect it ‘again, for it is almost impossible to find the individuals as they move from place to place so frequently. | Then there is the responsible subscriber who feels that he is good for the sub- scription but never pays unless a per- sonal demand is made upon him for it. This may ease his conscience, but it is almost a8 difficult to collect his subscription when it is needed most, as it is to collect from the man who is not responsible. ‘Then there is the subscriber who imagines that every one pays his subscriptions except him- self and that the publisher is well to do and does not need the money. He keeps the money in his pocket until it is thawed out by first one process and then another. Some subscribers never intend to pay and by first one subterfuge or another avoid payment until the publisher in self-defense must stop the paper and collect the subscription by legal process when this is possible. Really the sub- scribers to race papers should feel deeper interest in their success and adopt the habit of paying for them promptly, and in that way may lighten | the burdens of the publisher and in- sure better and more regular publica- tion of the paper—Kansas City Sun. MANY NEGRO DOLLS BEING SENT OUT. Nashville, Tenn—An announce- ment was made by the National Ne- gro Doll Company: that their rush season, which it usually has during the Christmas, is just now on. This is occasioned, declares the manager of the company, on account of the de- lay in the importation of material from which these dots are made. The ship was caught and held as a prize of war and was only recently re- leased, hence, the material did not reach Nashville until Christmas day. But the people, says the manager, were so determined to have the size doll they wanted that they all reptied “We will wait to get the big dofls." White hundreds of small dots were sent out, the manager declares that it was surprising to note that the peo- ple wanted the dofts ranging in sizes from SEVENTEEN to THIRTY- SIX inches. ‘The orders are being sent out rapidly. Many of the churches have sent in orders for dolts that they might conduct their bazaars. Dolls will be shipped throughout the year, declares the manager of the Doll Company, as we are ready to fill orders as they come. “THE CLANSMAN” REMOVED. Bemidji, Minn.—The Clansman, a noel by Thos. Dixon, has been re- moved from the public library here, through the efforts of Mrs. Chas.’ W. Scratch, the wife of Atty. Scrutchin, the well known Negro lawyer. The photo-play, “The Birth of a Nation” is the reproduction from this novel which caused the recent protest against its appearance by the best citizens of the country. OVER 66 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE ‘Trave Marks Copyniants &c. anisiigrasreriaitt our ovsnion free eben as Hee kee ees Scientific American, Fonts Tour morta: 6k, Sad by alk fei tori 5 fon MUNN § Co.se«sesers New You THE BIG THREE invite: yeu for the Season 1914-15 ‘The same courteous treatment will be shown our many friends of the Twin Cities as has been shown in the seasons past. Dances on the first and third Tuesdays in each month at ARCADE HALL 1311 Wash. Ave. S., Minneapolis ADMISSION, 25¢ Respectfully Yours, Edw. Pipkin, P. H. Southall and Robert Glenn. | ag eR] : - ee “9 PMS ai a i - : . by | MR. JOHN A. WITHERS. He can save you from $1 to $5 on moving household goods—also on storage. He will move your Pianos, Bagzage. called for and Delivered. Rubbish Removed. Call on him for your Coal and Wood. LET WITHERS DO ITI Give him a Trial and be Satisfied. He solicits your patronage, and fs en- titled to it. He must have it. CALL UP MAIN 3474, J. A. WITHERS, 504 6th Ave. No, Minneapolie THE SPIRELLA CORSET Mrs. Cora Anderson Carr 365 Aurora Ave. N. W. Dale 1345 St. Paul, Minn. —————_<—_— THE SOUTHERN THEATRE 1422 Washington Ave. So. MOVING PICTURES—VAUDE- VILLE. Best Films—Thoroughly Fireproof. DAN'S RESTAURANT 306 So, srd St, Minnespolis HOME COOKING My Specialty N. W. Main 2767 Daniel Williams, Prop. READ THE STAR—ITS NEWS THE TWIN CATY STAR Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION MINNESOTA EDITORIAL ASSN. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.00 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTIONS $2.50 ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, one insertion, Fifty Cents Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracts. Want Ads ..... Twenty-five Cents Reading Notices, per line, Five Cents Wedding Announcements, Fifty Cents Card of Thanks ..... One Dollars In Memoriam ..... One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Death Notices ..... Fifty Cents 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. Address all mail to Twin City Star 305 S, 5th St. Minneapolis. Minnesota. NATIONAL DEGENERACY. Lineolin Abbored Oppression and Denied Hypocrisy. and Deepise Hypocrisy. The speech of Abraham Lincoln in 1855 regarding the political situation and the tendency to disregard the rights of human beings to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is strikingly applicable to the condition of affairs in this country at the present time. Mr. Lincoln said: "I am not a Know Nothing—that is certain." How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of the Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' "We now practically read it. 'All men are created equal except Negroes.' When the Know Nothings get control it will read. 'All men are created equal except Negroes and foreigners and Catholica.' "When it comes to that I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure and without the base alloy of hypocrisy." Californians Give Banquet to True Friend of the Race. The northern California branch of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People tendered a banquet to Mr. Moorfield Storey on the occasion of his recent visit to San Francisco. Mr. Storey is the president of the national association. He is one of the most eminent attorneys of Boston. The arrangements for the banquet were due to the thoughtfulness of Professor Charles Alexander, recently removed from Boston to Los Angeles, who, after learning of Mr. Storey's arrival in San Francisco, called on the distinguished guest and asked his consent to plan a meeting of the members and friends of the local branch. Mr. Walter A. Butler, president of the northern California branch, brought together sixteen of the most prominent colored citizens, who enjoyed with Mr. Storey one of the finest dinners ever served in San Francisco. Those present besides Mr. Storey were: Christopher Ruess, first president of the branch and probation officer for Alameda county; Walter A. Butler, president; Major William T. Anderson, United States army (retired); Captain Oscar J. W. Scott, United States army, just arrived from Honolulu, Hawaii; Rev. Allen Newman, pastor Third Baptist church, San Francisco; Professor Charles Alexander, author and lecturer of Los Angeles; F. M. Jackson, W. G. Maddox, W. N. Ricks, poet; H. Shannon, Richard E. Williamson, J. H. Fisher, J. L. Derrick, Charles A. Jamieson and Father David R. Wallace, rector Episcopal church, Oakland. After the dinner was served Mr. Storey delivered a very interesting address on the association's accomplishments. Newspaper Men to Meet In Boston. The executive committee of the National Negro Press association will hold its next session in Boston in August during the session of the National Negro Business league, which begins on Aug. 18. Joseph L. Jones of Cincinnati is chairman. PIERRE HENRY'S SUCCESS. Record of Well Known Brooklyn Man on Police Force Brooklyn.—One of the best known and most progressive citizens of this city is Pierre Henry, a member of the police force, who is attached to the Flushing avenue station. Mr. Henry has been on the force a good many years and has made a most creditable record. He was born in Beaufort, N. C., in 1882 of slave parents. Mr. Henry, his mother, two sisters and three brothers were owned by one William C. Bell, a prosperous farmer and slave holder. He is a veteran of the civil war and a member of William Lloyd Garrison post 207, Grand Army of the Republic. POLICE PIERRE HENRY. For several years Mr. Henry was engaged in the moving van business with his brother, William C. Henry, under the firm name of Henry Bros. When Lincoln decreed the freedom of the slaves in 1863 the magnitude of that act was appreciated by no one more keenly than by young Henry. Henry is a member of the Concord Baptist church, Duffield street, near Myrtle avenue, and was for nine years a trustee of the church. He has plenty of reminiscences about southern life, and his adoration of Lincoln has led him to memorize his Gettysburg addresses, which he quotes upon opportunity with an original introductory paragraph composed by himself. He is a member of and active in the Sons of North Carolina, the Masonic Widows' Sons lodge No. 11 and the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Mount Zion lodge. Although he is now sixty-two years of age, Henry looks much younger and could pass for fifteen years less. He is married and lives with his wife and four children at 62 Clinton avenue. WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY MAKES GREAT PROGRESS. Authorized as One of Ohio's Institutions For Training Teachers. The combined normal and industrial department of the Wilberforce (O.) university has been placed on the approved list of state normal schools. This announcement was made recently after an inspection by Mr. Williams from the office of the state superintendent of instruction. This result is one which the C. N. and I. department, under Superintendent William A. Joiner, has been working for a number of years. The course was formerly too short to place the school on the accredited list, but it was finally brought up to the required standard. Graduates of the normal department are now entitled to four years' provisional certificate without examination, and after twenty-four months of successful teaching they are entitled to a life certificate good in thirty-five states. Now that the state department of public instruction has given this department full recognition as one of the state's authorized institutions for training teachers, the legislature of Ohio has determined to properly equip the normal and industrial department for its work. The legislature, which recently adjourned its session, made liberal appropriations for this department of work at Wilberforce. There will be erected shops, a building, a gymnasium, water system, hospital and a recitation building. These additional buildings will make Wilberforce one of the best equipped plants among the institutions for Nerro youths. In the past five years the normal and vocational work at Wilberforce university has been greatly strengthened under an increased faculty, and the work will be kept up to the standard. This institution also has the distinction of being the only Negro institution with a military department under direct charge of the United States government. Leutenant Benjamin O. Davis of the famous Tenth United States cavalry is military instructor. The normal and industrial department is under Superintendent William A. Joiner, formerly director of the teachers' training school of Howard university, Washington Professor Joiner is doing a splendid work at Wilberforce university. He is a man well qualified for the position which he holds. Funds Raised For Sunshine Nursery. A campaign to raise a fund of $12,000 for the establishment of a "sunshine day nursery" for destitute colored children was recently held in Philadelphia, in which nearly $4,000 was raised. THE HIGH RANK. Nation's Fathers Were and Distinction. who pledged their lives and their sacred of the principles of Independence, risking life into the nails of high rank and of them possessed and the boundaries of was recognized in the lives, whose tremulousiliar to every person the Declaration, was Rhode Island before was the first abolition—a bill in the colo-prohibit the imprisonment. THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO LIFE. Home Training Most Important. Says Miss Nannie H. Burroughs. The moral phase of the Negro problem is the most serious part of the whole aggravating question. To improve the standard of the life of the masses is the only solution. As with other races, the standards in the homes are set up by the women who preside over them. Therefore to bring about a reform the womanhood of the race must be taught how to instruct their children in those virtues, that have made the most advanced races what they are. We are prone to think that the Negro is by nature religious and therefore moral. He is both; but he is not enough of either when it comes to living up to fundamental principles every day life. Because of his crude conception of what the Christian religion really is he too often practices one thing and preaches another. Often the foremost woman in the church is so far from a model for her less ambitious sisters that they look with contempt upon her and discredit religion. This misrepresentation of the genuine article takes many forms and sometimes the one woman is a combination of all. She allows beer drinking, card playing, and ragtime music in her home. She is loose in her conversation. Her language is often smutty. Her demeanor becomes a woman of the street. Her home is a hangout for "sliding elders" and loafing, hungry preachers. Her house is poorly kept. Her children are too young to be men and women and too old to be children. They are theregore the freshest things in the neighborhood. They run the church. They sit in the front heat, chew gum, talk and keep their "gang" giggling. To speak to them is to throw a match into a magazine of powder. These wise and talented youngsters of the leading sisters, get into the choir and start trouble for the choristers. They get religion and start trouble for the deacons. These children of too many of those who aspire to leadership in our local churches presume too much on the standing and influence of their mothers and give our churches all kinds of trouble. What we need is a new type of women in our homes as mothers, and a new type of women in our churches as leaders and examples for the young. The wig wearing, gum chewing, beer smelling, mouth running, street trotting, home neglecting, convention fever type of women are out of style, and from them may we soon be delivered. The struggle for today, is not altogether for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. SIX REASONS WHY I SHOULD JOIN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. 1. It teaches that race prejudice is the most evil thing in the world today and that "Jim Crow" cars, race segregation, anti-intermarriage laws and all other manifestations of it are unchristian and cruel efforts of the stronger to oppress the weaker. 2. It combats in the courts, state legislatures, the Halls of Congress, the government departments and everywhere the spirit of persecution against the Colored People which grows out of race prejudice. 3. It aims to bring about such a healthy public sentiment in this land that Colored People will be accorded all their social, civil and political rights and will receive exact justice in all the relations of life. 4. It believes in and teaches the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and the equality of all races in our American civilization. 5. It aims to uphold the honor of our women by opposing the passage of anti-race inter-marriage laws. 6. It is composed of members of both races and sexes on terms of complete equality and as brothers and sisters in this holy cause of freedom. "Feed a man correctly, give him foods that digest and are normally assimilated and ordinarily he is ready to meet the difficulties and problems of life with a smile. He is optimistic, cheerful, but that same man if suffering from indigestion has such depressed spirits that he is thrown into gloomy forebodings and the whole world seems awry. Our cooks, as well as our ministers, have something to do with rolling this world a little nearer heaven."—Snyder. "Weep, and you're called a baby, Laugh, and you're called a fool; Yield, and you're called a coward, Stand, and you're called a mule; Smile, and they'll call you silly, Frown, and they'll call you gruff; Put on a front like a millionaire, And somebody'll call your bluff."—Exchange. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS SIGNERS OF HIGH RANK. Some of the Nation's Fathers Were Men of Wealth and Distinction. Among the men who pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in support of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, risking all in breathing life into the nation, were persons of high rank and distinction. Some of them possessed fame which passed the boundaries of the colonies and was recognized in the mother country. Stephen Hopkins, whose tremulous signature is familiar to every person who has seen the Declaration, was chief justice of Rhode Island before the war, and he was the first abolitionist. He introduced a bill in the colonial legislature to prohibit the importation of slaves and carried out his ideas practically by giving freedom to all the slaves he owned. Besides all this, he was a great mathematician, and his name will go down in scientific history as the observer of the transit of Venus in June, 1761. He was one of the founders of the Public library at Providence, a member of the American Philosophical society and the founder and patron of the free schools of Providence. The trembling of his hand when he signed the Declaration was not due to fear—to which he was a stranger—but to palsy. He was a sufferer from that malady for many years. Richard Stockton of New Jersey was probably the best known lawyer in America. As early as 1764 he had been Horne Hancock Saint Adams John Adams Andrew Paine Wedge Jerry Josh Bartlett Mr. Mippele Matthew Thomson Stephen Hopkins William Ellory Roger Sherman made a sergeant-at-law, in those times a position of high distinction in his profession. In 1760, when he visited England, he found that his fame had preceded him, and he was received everywhere with the greatest respect. At Edinburgh he was formally received by the lord provost, and the citizens by unanimous vote conferred the freedom of the city on him in recognition of his great learning. He was a friend of the king, who made him supreme court judge of New Jersey. Still he cast his lot in with the American patriots, saw his great estate seized and ruined and finally died from the effects of brutal treatment while he was a prisoner in the hands of the British. Jostiah Bartlett of New Hampshire, besides being one of the first members of congress to vote for the Declaration of Independence, was also the first American physician to discover the virtues of the now universally used drug, quinine. He was eminent for his surgical skill long before the war broke out. Philip Livingston of New York was a man of great wealth and distinguished ancestry, a direct descendant of a regent of Scotland, a king of the Hebrides and the Earl of Livingston, in Scotland. His father was the founder of Livingston Manor, on the Hudson. Philip himself was the most prominent merchant of New York city. He was the friend and correspondent of Edmund Burke, and Burke's friendship for America and defense of her cause were due to Livingston's lucid explanations. An Old Time July 4 Song Nobly our flag futters o'er us today. Emblem of peace, pledge of liberty's heart. Its foes shall tremble and shrink in dismay Shall float forever where freedom may call. It still shall be the flag of the free, Emblem of sweet liberty. CHORUS. Here we will gather, its cause to defend; Let patriots rally and wise counsel lend. It should be the flag of the free, Emblem of sweet liberty. With it in beauty no flag can compare; All nations honor our banner so fair. If to insult it a traitor should dare, Crushed to the earth let him be! Freedom and progress our watchword to When duty calls us who dare disobey? Honor to thee, thou flag of the free, Emblem of sweet liberty. For a July 4 Luncheon. Make the luncheon color scheme that of the national colors—red, white and blue. A cunning centerpiece may be evolved by the use of tin soldiers. Make a fort by the use of a white pasteboard box of convenient size turned upside down and marked into oblongs to represent brick. Color the bricks by the use of a red lead pencil or water colors. Place in the center a flagpole surmounted by a flag. Arrange the soldiers on top of and round about the fort. 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