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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL effective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents Chattanooga should send to Fairfax county, Va., or to Newport News and import a few of these impartial and indomitable conductors. The protest of the Tennessee negroes is just. They have some rights that the white man is bound to respect, and one of them is the right to choose their company, and we would add among all races and individuals with whom they may conserve their best interest in every line of industry. Meeting of Galilean Fishermen. The Order of Galilean Fishermen, Supreme Tarnabach, well and favorably known throughout the country, recently held its fifty-ninth annual session in Washington. Addresses were delivered by Judge R. H. Terrell, Dr. G. W. Childs and Rev. W. J. Howard, D. D. Charles E. Holmes of New York, supreme orator of the order, responded to the various addresses of welcome. The order is in a flourishing condition, and a notable increase in the member ship of the subordinate lodges was shown by the reports. Brooklyn's Active Republican League. The Colored Republican league of the Twenty-second assembly district in Brooklyn, organized less than a year, has a large membership and has leased a house on Belmont avenue in East New York, where it maintains permanent headquarters. ANNUAL MEETING OF ODD FELLOWS HUNDREDS IN ATTENDANCE. Reports Made at Annual Convention by Colonel James H. Young and Other Grand Officers Received With Enthusiasm — Endowment Department Strongest Features of Work. By GEORGE P. KING. Raleigh, N. C.—The annual session of the district grand lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, jurisdiction of North Carolina, recently held in this city, was attended by over 500 delegates. The session was notable because of the harmony and activity which prevailed among the delegates, who came from all sections of the state. The results of the work accomplished by members of the order since the last annual meeting attest the ability of the leaders to keep all departments of the work up to a high standard of efficiency. Colonel James H. Young of Raleigh, who is district grand master, presided. His annual message was replete with COLONEL JAMES H. YOUNG. optimism, and his native ability to master every detail of a large organization was strikingly brought out. Being one of our ablest leaders and knowing the peculiar needs of the race, Colonel Young presented a number of recommendations that will mean much to the furtherance of the splendid progress the fraternity is making throughout the state under his leadership. His address was enthusiastically received, and he was given a great ovation when he concluded his speech. The reports of the other grand lodge officers showed unprecedented progress of the fraternity in his district for the past year. The endowment department is in fine shape. The report of Grand Secretary Johnson of Salisbury, N. C., was another pertinent feature of the business sessions. The city auditorium, one of the finest in the south, was packed with a representative audience of both races to witness the public exercises of the district grand lodge. The mayor of the city delivered the welcome address on behalf of the city. He gave many interesting facts relative to the progress of the Negro in Haleigh and indicated that the splendid relationship between the races was due in a large measure to intelligent leadership. Insurance Commissioner James Young, one of the chief speakers, highly complimented the heads of the endowment departments of this fraternity and also those of the Masonic order. He said that the endowment department of the Masons of this jurisdiction was the best of its kind among our people and that this condition was brought about largely through business methods used by the leaders of these secret orders. The Rev. C. S. Brown, Dr. R. B. McBary, Colonel James H. Young and other members of the grand lodge in official capacity made the delegates and visitors welcome to all the business and social features of the session. The opinion prevails that the order will receive many new members during the coming year on account of the splendid way in which the work in the state is being conducted. The recent session from every point of view was one of the very best in the history of the organization in this state. The local lodges and Households of Ruth tendered the delegates a grand banquet at Shaw university, which was easily the leading social event of the session. The grand street parade was carefully arranged and was witnessed by thousands as the grand lodge delegates passed along the principal streets of the city. The various companies of patrarchs received hearty applause as they executed skillful maneuvers on the line of march. Harrisburg Local Business League. The local business league at Harrisburg, Pa., has adopted a constitution and applied to the National Negro Business league for a charter. The officers of the league are William H. Craighead, president; Daniel Potter, Jr., secretary; and Harry Burr, treasure. The league aims to enroll every business man and woman in Harrisburg on its books in the near future. COLOR DISCRIMINATION AT ITS HEIGHT IN THE SOUTH Northern Paper Calls Attention to Injustice on Public Conveyances. Under the caption "Breaking the Jimcrow Law" the New York Times says editorially: There has been a good deal of complaint in Tennessee lately about the way in which the Jimcrow car rule is evaded. Persons who have found themselves affronted and inconvenienced by the intrusion of members of the other race have written letters to the newspapers about it and expressed their discontent in other ways. Despite the law which ordains that members of the white race shall ride in one part of the car and members of the colored race in the other, there are bumptious and aggressive persons who insist on invading the territory set apart for the race to which they do not belong. Naturally the feeling aroused is one of just irritation, and there is a demand that the rule be enforced. The curious thing about it is that it is the white race against which the complaint is leveled. Negroes resent the intrusion of inconsiderate white men into the space reserved for them, and demand that the intruders be forced to stay where they belong. The Chattanooga Times justly and severely remarks that these white men seem to hold the doctrine, erroneously ascribed to Chief Justice Tang, that the black man has no rights the white man is bound to respect. Certainly one of the black man's rights is the right to keep the whites out of his section of a jimcrow car, and Tennessee is singularly lax in according this right to him. In many parts of Virginia, for instance, all a negro has to do if he finds a white man sitting in the "colored section" is to step up and order him to surrender his seat, and the white man either stands up or is put out. It makes no difference that there are no seats in the "white section," and that he will have to stand; he stands. We hope that little five foot Irish conductor is still working on the Falls Church trolley who once, when two six-foot white men insisted on sitting in the "colored section," tackled them single handed with both fists and threw them out on the road in a wood four miles from the nearest village and made them tramp home with bruised noses at midnight. He was little and scrawny and would never have been accepted for military service, but resisting his edicts did not come under the head of "amusements." READ THE STAR-ITS NEWS BAPTIST HOST TO MEET IN CHICAGO DR. JORDAN'S PEACE PLEA. Secretary of Foreign Mission Board issues Open Letter In Which He Offers Remedy For the Present Discord Among the Leaders—Explains Laws Governing the Convention. Philadelphia—The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the national Baptist convention will be held in Chicago beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 8. With the view of harmonizing the leaders of the various departments of the work, the Rev. Dr. L. G. Jordan, corresponding secretary of the foreign mission board of the convention, with headquarters at 624 South Eighteenth street, this city, has issued the following open letter to the members of the organization. Dr. Jordan says: In the exciting controversy about the "commission form of government" and "chartering of the national convention" now going on our brethren have said some hard things about each other, and that in print too. "Liar," "breaking in jail," "decelvers" and such like we have called one another, but no one has suggested that we pray. Like a vulture tugging at the vitals of its prey, oh, how we have torn each other! Shall it be said that "it is in keeping with their racial traits"? There are two sets of brethren, holding opposing opinions as to the best method of running the affairs of the national Baptist convention—both meaning well. Knowing we are all here to stay "until death doth us part," why not think first before harshly judging one another? Read and consider these seven facts; do what is best for the cause: Fact I—As for the commission, there is none. It is the executive board of the national Baptist convention with all the rights, powers and privileges of an executive board. It is given by the national Baptist convention at Nashville and Philadelphia. Fact 2- This executive board is composed of the vice presidents of the various states, most of whom are presidents of their state conventions and are usually the best men of the states; the officers of the national convention, chairman and president of the national Baptist convention. These men have no personal ends to gain; in fact, they are our brethren and only hope to have transmitted to our denomination for religious purposes, property and good will, accumulated by these boards as planned by the national Baptist convention, for carrying out the purposes for which it was organized. The boards are there only two of our boards, known as "national Baptist boards." Others, including our women, are the board or auxiliary of the national Baptist convention. Those known as "national Baptist boards" are the creatures of the national Baptist convention also. The officers and members of the two national Baptist boards never intended disloyalty, but it just happened so. When confiding children, we did not correct it. Fact 4- By a careful reading of the charter it will be seen: A. The charter says in plain words what A. The charter says in plain words what our present constitution implies. B. At present the national convention provides for the election of every member of the boards, through the state delegations, at its annual sessions. C. The boards so elected when organized by the annual session of the convention) elect their officers. This has been done, followed by all but one board. D. All property owned by the boards is the property of their creators—the national Baptist convention—and under our jurisdiction, in the interest of any debts owed on any work so controlled by said board. Fact 5. The charter does not provide Washington as headquarters, as has been stated by a number of writers, but the convention "shall meet anywhere the members of the convention as it has been doing for thirty four years." Fact 6.—The seven incorporations are not perpetual; they die when we meet and adopt our constitution and bylaws. With us, the directors will be known as the ex-board of the national Baptist convention, and they will be called the main as it is; hence when a man fails of election by his state delegation, as a vice president of the national Baptist convention, whoever succeeds him, by the vote of his state, becomes a member of the executive committee, so with officers of the convention and boards; failure of elec- tors fill their places with those who succeed; failure of elec- tors should our readers lose their heads over thoughtless articles from the pens of what seems prayerless men? “In your patience possess ye your souls” are the words of Jesus. Fact 7.—The convention can decide in its new constitution that no president shall succeed himself at all, or not more than one; no president shall succeed himself four times and a new man be elected. The national Baptist convention at Chicago can enact that the ex- custive committee shall consist of twenty-one members, seven of whom shall be elected every year, thus allowing fourteen to hold over from year to year. The nation's chief minister can say by its new constitution. No more people for one purpose shall be diverted to another. And, indeed, to do otherwise will be dishonest. New, brethren, let us cease biting and devouring each other. Let us prayerfully "ask wisdom of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not," and go to Chicago, not with carnal weapons nor in our own strength, but as servants of the Most High—go as men serving the interest of our people; as men looking to the God of the present and the future for guidance. Caesar and Napoleon were great men. Where are they? Only dust. Only the good or evil they did lives after them. Oh, so many big talking men whom we knew in associations and conventions, men who loved "prominence among the brethren," are gone and not remembered by us among whom they caused discord! All of these things are matters of the national convention, of which each of us is a humble member, so why lose our heads, show ourselves unfit to serve as pastor or in any other capacity as leaders among an all too excitable people, who will love, hate, help or hinder—largely on our advice? There is power in prayer. We tell our people about Daniel and the Hebrews being delivered through prayer. Now, as men, let us practice what we preach, and at Chicago preach what we should practice at home. There is a story told of Mr. D. L. Moody, telling how he was led into international service. The fire in Chicago had destroyed his church and scattered his people. While waiting for the finishing of his new building he went to Europe to hear the leading preachers and to study their methods of work. On one Sunday morning he was invited to spend the day with one of the largest churches. At the forenom service things seemed cold; everything was draggy until the great preacher regretted that he had an engagement for evening service. However, on returning to the evening service he found the house crowded. The services began about as the morning services ended, but along about the middle of the sermon the atmosphere completely changed. At the close an appeal was made to the unsaved, and to the utter surprise of the presacher a large number arose in response to the invitation. Mr. Moody was confused and concluded that the people did not understand him. So he asked again, "All of you who wish to become Christians please retire to the adjoining room." A number of those retiring became Christians, and a great revival broke out, resulting in the conversion of hundreds of happy souls. Mr. Moody sought the cause of this unusual awakening and traced it to the room of an invalid member of the church, a Christian worker who for years had prayed that Mr. Moody might preach in her church. On that particular Sunday, having heard after the morning service from her sister that Mr. Moody had spoken that morning, this Christian' intercessor, refusing to eat her midday meal, gave herself to prayer during the entire afternoon. It was the final tug in the long pull of years of intercession. It followed that this not only brought great blessings to this community, but placed Mr. Moody into a position of international leadership, made possible his widening spheres of influence and blessing throughout the world. Some Facts About Mound Bayou, Miss. The town of Mound Bayou, Miss., founded twenty-seven years ago by Isaiah T. Montgomery, has grown in population to the number of 7,000, all members of our race, including the town officials. Among the business enterprises are twenty-three stores of various kinds, including two drug stores, a photograph gallery, an insurance, telephone facilities, schools and churches and a Baptist college. Exhibits from Mount Bayou will be shown at the Lincoln jubilee celebration to be held at Chicago from Aug. 22 to Sept. 18. Charles Banks, first vice president of the National Negro Business league, is one of the leading and most widely known citizens of the town. College Man Re-elect Byrd Prillerman. At the recent meeting of the Land Grant college conference held in Cincinnati, professor Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Virginia collegiate institute, was re-elected president of the conference, which meets annually. J. L. Russell is the vice president and J. H. Bluford is secretary-treasurer. Chautauqua Held at Los Angeles, Cal. The chief speakers at the People's Chautauqua, held at the Institutional church. Los Angeles, Rev. Alfred C. Williams, minister, from Aug. 8 to 15 inclusive, were the Rev. Drs. Charles T. Walker of Augusta, Ga., and John E. Ford of Jacksonville, Fla. A chorus of 200 voices rendered the music. SUNDAY SCHOOLS COVER WIDE SCOPE Old North State Convention Adds New Features. AIMS TO REACH THE MASSES Extension Work Movement Suggested by Dr. A. M. Moore at Recent Annual Meeting Held at Washington, N. C., Creates Great Interest—State Organizer to Study Conditions. Washington, N. C.—The host of Sunday school workers from among the 200,000 Baptists of our race in this state present at the recent annual meeting of the state Sunday school convention made a fine showing in their work. Dr. A. M. Moore, president of the convention, presided over the sessions, which were largely attended. Among the noted religious and educational leaders who took an active part were Rev. Dr. C. S. Brown, principal of the Winton (N. C.) Normal institute and president of the Lott Carey foreign mission convention; Dr. A. W. Pegues, head of the Institute For Deaf and Blind Persons at Raleigh; Colonel James H. Young and many prominent women of our race. One of the noteworthy features of the convention was the enthusiastic and pronounced approval of the great movement started by Dr. Moore for the good of the race in North Carolina. Dr. Moore, although a layman, has given his life to the furthering of religious and public activities, and as secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Mutual and Provident association is doing a remarkable work for racial advancement in the state. He has made PRESIDENT A. M. MOORE. a careful study of conditions along the line of the public school system, which may be shown in the recommendations outlined below. At the last session of the State Teachers' association held at Winston-Salem, N. C., Dr. Moore started his propaganda for better rural schools. He has procured the assistance of the business and professional element in every section of the state. The association adopted the plans of Dr. Moore and elected a strong board composed of representative business and professional men to push the work. There are several prominent white persons on the board, among them being Hon. J. G. Joyner, superintendent of education of North Carolina. The aims of the extension department of the North Carolina State Teachers' association, as set forth by Dr. Moore, are the following: A public school improvement league organized in every school district in the state. A good public school building in every district in the state. The patrons of every public school cooperation in county authorities to make the school better. An active, competent, working teacher in charge of every school in the state. Better paid teachers who will make themselves competent to instruct pupils in the essentials of rural requirements. Special tax voted in every district for the improvement of public school. Special contributions for the advancement of public school. the advancement of public school. A campaign waged in every county against preventable diseases which are destroying the Negro population and which produces a burden and menace to public welfare. A united effort among both colored and white citizens of our state to solve the problems of education, health and mutual helptiness each to the other. The appointment of an equitable number of Negro farm extension workers as provided for by the Smith-Lever bill. To secure a more equitable division of the public school fund by reason of the impetus given to the improvement of the schools by the self help and sacrifice of the colored people themselves. A paid organizer who shall study local conditions and organize in each county a board whose duty shall be to organize No. 37 township boards and hold school improvement rallies for benefit their own local school and give needed input as to the present means afforded by counties and special funds and how much help may be obtained. Within a short time a state organizer will be at work co-operating with religious and fraternal bodies throughout the state. This is an index of what such religious bodies in North Carolina are contributing for the uplift of the masses. INDUSTRIAL HOME SCHOOL OPENS FOR WAYWARD GIRLS Constructive Work of Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. BY WILLIAM ANTHONY ABRY. An industrial school for wayward colored girls, founded by the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, has been opened on a small scale at Peake, in Hanover county, Va. The colored women of Virginia have raised nearly $6,000 and have bought a farm of 147 acres. They have received from white friends over $2,000. The legislature of Virginia has appropriated $6,000. Girls are now working on the land and living in temporary quarters. They are learning habits of industry, punctuality and self control. The site meets the requirements of the home for accessibility, water supply, drainage and water power. The home school has the indorsement, sympathy and co-operation of those who command the confidence of the people of Virginia. Some 500 wayward colored girls in Virginia are in need of home care and industrial training. These girls will fall into trouble and reach the jails unless a helping hand is extended to them. Jails are hotbeds of moral disease from which these girls should be kept. Wayward girls are often feeble minded. They need protection and not punishment, interesting work and not abuse or exploitation. They are now a liability to the state and nation. They can be helped through an improved environment. Janie Porter Barrett, a graduate of Hampton institute and the founder of the Locust Street Social settlement in Hampton, Va., who is the secretary of the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, is making an appeal for money which must be provided for food, clothing, farm implements, household furnishings, new cottages and growth to meet real needs. She has succeeded in enlisting the cooperation of hundreds in this social service work, in which Virginia is taking the lead. The board of managers and building committee represent the best interests of white and colored Virginians. They include Mrs. Henry L. Schmelz, Hampton; Mrs. Beverly Munford, Richmond; Captain John L. Roper, Norfolk; Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, Richmond; Rev. W. R. Bowle, Richmond; Rev. William H. Stokes, Richmond; Miss Mary Haw, Hanover; Mrs. Frank W. Darling, Hampton; Mrs. Harris Barret, Hampton; Major R. R. Moton, Hampton institute, and Dr. J. T. Mastin, Richmond. Mr. Frank W. Darling, the well known oyster packer, of Hampton, Va., is the treasurer. He is also one of the trustees of Hampton institute and for many years has been a helpful friend to good colored people. The home school project, in short, has enlisted the co-operation and support of warm hearted, farsighted men and women regardless of race or social position. The colored club women of Virginia are determined to make this pioneer work a distinct success. GEE HEADS OHIO KNIGHTS. State Grand Lodge of Pythians Elects Able Staff of Officers. Xenia, O.—The officers elected by the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, of this state at its recent session held in this town were the following persons: Grand chancellor, W. L. Gee, Gallopolis; grand vice chancellor, Dr. W. T. Nelson, Cincinnati; grand prelate, Rev. B. F. McWilliams, Toledo; grand keeper of records and seals, J. W. Harris, Columbus; grand master of exchequer, H. M. Higgins, Cincinnati; grand medical registrar, Dr. Richard E. Pettford, Springfield; grand attorney, Robert B. Barcus, Columbus; grand lecturer, Albert L. Bernard, Cleveland; grand inner guard, Agnus G. Moore, Ironton; grand outer guard, George W. Viney, Springfield. Members of the insurance bureau are S. T. Sneed, Cincinnati; C. E. Renfock, Lockland; supreme representatives, W. L. Anderson, Cincinnati, and Charles A. Cottrell, Toledo. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. ee | tf | Defective | MINNEAPOLIS NEWS. Send your notes to us.by Wedens- day A.M. ‘Send your subscription now. Bring your printing to the Twin City Star Print, 305 So. Sth St. Patronize those business houses, who request your patronage through your paper. FIFTY YEARS OF FREEDOM. The Semi-Centennial of their Fifty Years of Freedom was celebrated by the Negroes at St. Peter A. M. E Church on Sunday eve, Aug. 22. The pastor, Rev. T. B. Stovall, presided. ‘Addresses were delivered by Mayor Nye, Atty. B. S. Smith, Rev. G. L. Morrill and Chas. Sumner Smith; mo- sic was rendered by the choir and the ‘Twin City Quartette. It was one of the largest audiences recently gather- ed in this city and the exercises were most appropriate and inspiring. ‘Stine tadek tor Cote. . Several members of Ames Lodge of Elks will leave Sunday for Chicago to attend the Grand Lodge. Messrs. Edw. Pipkin, Edw. Southall, P. H. Southall, Ross Hamilton, Earl Hedson, Edw. Stewart, Glover Shull, James Branch, Geo. Holbert, W. Mor- ris, Luke Tishner, Silas G. West, Thos. W. Galbreath and Judge Johnson will be among the Ames Lodge Delega- tion to the Eiks Convention. Mrs. Belle Branch won the honor prize given by the Elks, a round trip ticket to Chicago with expenses. Mrs. Lulu Brown won second prize, a round-trip ticket, and Mrs. J. P. Jack- son won’third, a single trip ticket. Mrs. Frank Peoples of Portland Ave; left last week for Seattle and important coast cities. She will visit the Exposition before returning. Mrs. Peoples secured Pullman accommoda- tions covering her entite trip. Mrs. E. A. Jackson of Chicago, Ill, isvisiting Mrs. W. A. Englehardt, 525 No. Bryant Ave, for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Len Oliver are the proud parents of a baby girl, born Wednesday morning. Mother is do- fom welt Mrs. Mary Pope, Mrs. Ophelia Rice and Mrs. Maud Canty attended the convention of the W. C. T. U. at Fair- mont, Minn, While there they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lane. Mrs. J. E, Crews and Miss Caroline Kelly of Des Moines and Mr. Mar- shall Jackson of Osceola, Ia,, visited friends here last week. Miss Kelly will. remain a while in the city. Mrs. Crews and Mr. Jackson returned home last week. Mr. A. B. Caldwell of Milwaukee, brother of Mr. Creed Caldwell, was a visitor in the city last week. Mr. B, M. MeDew and Mf. and Mrs. L; Anderson are spending a week fishing at Orchid Lake, Minn. Mrs. Ophelia Rice and a number of friends made a pleasant trip to Still- water last week. After visiting the prison they were entertained at the home of Mrs. Addison Drake, an old friend of Mrs. Rice. Among the visiting guests were Mrs. Lawrence, mother of Mrs. T. J. Carter, Mrs. Car- ter, Mrs. Carrie Ford, Mrs, Mary E. Pope, Mrs. Bush, Miss Beatrice Ford ‘and little Ophelia Canty. ‘Mrs,- Walter K. Bowie returned home last week after a trip to New- ton, Kansas, to attend her sister's funeral, She visited Wichita and Kansas City on her return. LOTS FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. Ihave a few lots on Chicago Ave., Columbus, 3rd, 4th, Sth, 10th, 11th, 12th and Elliott Aves. South between 40-46th Sts. South. Prices from 350 to 500 dollars each, that I will sell from 10 to 25 dollars down and 5 and 10-dollars per month. F. Peoples, 325 Sth St. South —Advertisement. FLAT FOR RENT. Second floor, five rooms modern except heat. Fac- ing park, “A snap, twenty dollars per month. Also vacant store. 1320 Sixth Ave. N—Advertisement. Mrs, James Burke is visiting rela- tives in Chicago. Many saloonkeepers are extending unusual hospitality to the “colored gentlemen.” How long will this con- tinue? Will they put on the old rules after the election? is the question. © A New Restaurant Opened. (Mra, Louis Crawford wishes to an- ‘that she has opened her res- at 1419 South Fourth St. where |. tasseeas Atdivertinement. | | | | x | be | ‘een q ean | 5 | we , } HON. J. FRANK WHEATON. Att'y J. Frank Wheaton, ex-mem- ber of-Minnesota Legislature will be in Chicago next week attending the Elk’s Convention. He is the most ‘n- fluential member of the Elks and is recognized as the leader of the ant- tered herd. Att'y Wheaton is now practicing law in New York City, where he has a large practice, and is a recognized political power. His many friends in the Twin Cities ex- pect him to pay them a visit during fair week. JUDGE JOHNSON’S GRAND OPENING, SEPT. 14. Judge Johnson will present the Latest Chicago Dances at his Grand Fall Opening at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., on Sept. 14. Annual Conference. The Annual Conference of the Fourth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Chureh will convene at Milwau- kee, Wis., on Sept. 22. Rev. T. B. Stovall of St. Peter A. M. E. Church and Rev. E. R. Edwards of St. James A. M. E. Church will attend. Mrs. Joseph Quinn, now of Wash- ington, D. C, returned home Satur- day evening after a pleasant stay in the city looking after her property. She was the guest of Mrs. I. S. Bogie. Rev. G. W. Prewitt of Quincy, Itt, was the guest of his danghter, Miss M. E. Prewitt, 2743 11th Ave. So, last week. ~ Agent for Negro Dolls, Mrs, 1, S. Bogie, 616 Tyler. St., has accepted the agency for the Negro, Dolls, and is solociting orders. She will be assisted by Miss Lady Walker. Mrs. Bogie: represents: the National’ Negro Doll Co. of Nashville, Tenn. Place your order now. — ‘The waiters at the Minneapolis Ath- letic Club are making good, in spite of several inconveniences. They hope to have things running smoothly in a few weeks. Many of the old em- ployers are on the job. Mr. John Scott has opened the new café at the West Hotel. About 50 men are employed and the dining foom is crowded at every meal. Rev. G. W. Mitchell has recovered from a severe cold which kept him confined to his home. | Mr. and Mrs. L, B. Durden have moved to $99 No, Bryant Ave. | Mrs. Sample and daughter Rozella are :vititlag ta Indianapolis and Chi- cago. A testimonial to Dr. P, P. Womer will be given by the St, Paul branch of the National Society for the Ad- vaneement of Colored People, at St. James A. M. E. Church on Sunday night, Aug. 29th. Dr. Womer will soon leave for Topeka, Kan, his new pastorate. Mr. Clifford C. Mitchell has re- covered from the injuries received in an auto accident last week. Miss Essie Mason was on the sick fist this week. Dr. R. S. Brown and wife and son Donald spent the week: in Chicago where he attended the Medical Con- vention. They returned: Saturday af- ‘ter a pleasant trip. * Mr. Hamlet B. Rowe is authorized to solicit and collect for subscrip- tions for the Twin City Star. Mr. Rowe is financially interested in the publication and will have charge of the advertising department. SUBSCRIBE NOW. ‘To Subscribe Is To Pay. ._ In thes Itke these the shadow of the Fourth’ of July cannot grow lees. “ Mngland's boasted mastery of the see seems to stop at the waterline, ‘ your subscr at our. of tere iter aiesibtion. ic on eg TWIN CITY STAR TASK FOR THE NATIONS Human Brotherhood. Ray Stannard Baker in a re cent issue of the American Mag- axine has the following to say ‘about prejudice of one race against another: “Why will men not see that there can be no true civilization while any men in the world are left out of tt and that no race and no nation can go far forward while other races and nations lag bebind? : “Let the white ‘person again tread the black person under his heel! (Say, which is trodden un- der heel after all? “It is not enough that we give the allen nations our learnings, our religion, our science. What signify all these things? Are we burt by giving them? Are we not, on the contrary, the mar terial gainers? No; we must be Drepared to go further than that, else we have not learned the fundamental: concept of religion. “It fe not the great task of any, nation that it shall remain pure or white or learned or that it shall assure to ita posterity the Dossession of land and comfort, thongh this bas been the bellef ‘and the doom of every aristocra, cy. from the beginning of, thme. ‘The great task of every ad- vanced race or nation is to bring more love, more light, Into the world. “A stand for racial aristocracy means war, hatred, barren er: clusiveness and finally degenera- ton and failure; ¢ stand for ra- cial democracy and brotherhood means love in the world, friend- Uness. sacrifice. new fertility, a wider sweep for faith and final trtumpb. Individuals may suffer im the process, nations may per- tah, but civilization. the kingdom of humanity, will grow. will be- come more beautiful. “We are willing to do every- thing for Chinamen or Hindus or for our own pour, except the one essential thing. Yes, educate them (a little); yes, teach them the religion of resignation: yes. give them shoes and conts, but do not disturb us fn our luxury. “It won't work; it won't work. flo long as we refune to give our- selves we have failed utterly.” NATIONAL DEGENERACY. Lingoin. Abhorced Oppression: and Despised Hypooriay. ‘The speech of Abraham Lin - coln in 1855 regarding the pollt- | fea) situation and the tendency , te disregard the rights of human ) beings to life, liberty and the , Pursuit of happiness is striking- , ly applicable to the condition of ; affairs in this country at the , present time, | Mr, Lincoln sald: . “Lam not a Know Nothing— » that is certain - How could | be? | How can any one who abhors the oppression of the Negroes . be in favor of degrading classes } of white people? Our proxress , in degeneracy appears to me to , be pretty rapid, Ass nation we , began by declaring that ‘all meu ; are created equal.’ ; , “We now practically read it. ; ‘All men are created equal ex . Cept Negroes.’ \When the Know ; Nothings get control‘it will read. ; ‘All men are created equal ex- } cept Negroes and foreigners and + Catholics” } “When {t comes to that J } should prefer emigrating to some } country where they make no » pretense of loving liberty—to . Bussia, for instance, where des- » potism can be taken pire and ; without the base alloy of bypoc- » eley.” Se ee “That young Gadsby is an-amiable fellow.” “Tes; be bas to be amiable to coun- teract the Irritating effect of the elothes be wears.”—Birmingham Age tee “THANN” TRAVIS’ NEW HOTEL. 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- clal 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. ‘THE HOUSING PROBLEM. “Where can I get an apartment? is @ serious question among us today, There are many restrictions against Negroes as tenants in desirable places and many: places undesirable for re- spectable Negro tenants. There are many strangers coming to our city, and-they are unable to get decent Io- cations. Something must be done. They can buy property anywhere and live therein, but most of them. are the petee. (5 hci tes. es eee SOLDIERS WIN FIGHT FOR HOME Eighth Wino Socures Armory After Long Struggle. RAGE PREJUDICE A BARRIER Hetiry Ms Hyde Tella Thrilling Story of | Hew Officers and Men of Famous Regiment Kept Together Under the Most Adverse Circumstances — State Comes to Their Rescue. Ohicago—Henry M. Hyde gives the following account of the struggles and achievements of the Bighth Ilinois regiment in war and tn peace and its efforts; to secure an armory: ‘The transport sailed from Tampa with 1,500 men of the regiment .on board, Peace with Spain had not been declared. ‘They looked forward to a taste of fighting with the dons, Of Santiago they earned that the war waa over. ‘Too late for ny chance of glory, plenty of hard work remained. For eight months they built roads and telegraph lines, cleaned streets, did all manner of hard and dirty jobs. ‘The old Spanish town and the country round about got the first thorough cleaning in thelr history. ‘When the boys got back home their old rented armory had been sold. An ancient livery stable was the best quarters they could get. Up in the loft they. stored part of their equip- ment and supplies. Down on the barn floor they drilled night after night. Privates who had driven coal wagons or handled shovels all day came in two nights @ week to the livery barn and Arilied from 8 o'clock to 10:80. Com- missioned, and noncommissioned off- cers spent more time.on their paper work and studies, turning old box stalls: into.company rooms and offices, doing their best to keep the standard of the regiment among the highest. ‘Apparently they succeeded. Officers of the regular army sent to inspect it reported year after year that the six companies located in Chicago ranked as high as any militia organization in the state in soldiery efficiency. More than tem years in the old barn! Then tt was sold, and the best the regiment could do was to move away and bunt up another. ‘The second old livery stz- ble ‘was in worse condition than the frst.” But the men and officers stuck tonthelr work. In 1914 ‘they’ got an appropriation from the legislature of Tiinois to build # real armory—their first. Some of the officers had gone ont and begged enough money to buy ‘a site. When-they got it paid for cer- tain residents tn the neighborhood ‘made up their minds that’ an armory ‘would be a nuisance. They brought Pressure to bear, and the regiment had to sell the site. ‘They bought a second site, and « second time plans were made for the buflding. A second time people in the neighborhood raised an awful row. ‘They couldn’t think of allowing a lot of rough soliiers:to drill in their vi- cinlty, A third time a site was pur chased. . This time the contracts were let, and the work of putting up the building began promptly. Last winter, when the shell was under cover and the regiment found it would have to move into the uncompleted building or ‘else fit the street, the discovery was made that no arrangements had been made to heat or light the armory and that no money remained with which to pay for the work. ‘The colonel of the regiment came to the front for it. He signed notes for $8,000, and the bollers and lights were put in. . But meanwhile the regiment—or that part of it located in Chicago—had in- creased in size. Two down state com- panies were mustered out of the serv- fee.” Units to take thelr places were Tecruited in Chicago. Room hai to be made for eight companies of the tine, 4m addition to the headquarters com- pany, the hospital corps, the machine gun company, the drum and fife corps, |the supply company and the band— 800 men in all. ‘The legislature which recently ad- Journed passed a bill appropriating the Money to finish the job. Just as soon ‘as it ts signed by Governor Dunne, probably within the next few days, work will be begun and rushed to s finish. In October, 1914, when: the corner ‘stone was Inid, Governor Dunne was one of the orators. He said that the Ailigence and patience shown by the regiment tn drill and rifle practice un- der the most adverse conditions con- getvable and without any hope of nancial reward deserved recognition and that he was glad that tt was get- Mag Rcaring Soe ottbaessstion: Eighth [lnots is made op en- rely of colored troops. . Bight of the ‘twelve line companies and all the spe- ia} corps are located in.Chicago. ‘The new and unfinished armory stands at Forest avenue and Thirty-fifth street. @olonel F. A. Denison ts the command. Bae edna spear e ‘which made it possible to pot tn the beating plant and electric Nghts. “1 suppose you regard that picture you've painted ns « masterpiece.” “Wo,” replied the practical artist. “Ta rather take a small cash price and call 3. @ pot boller.” — Washington BAD THE STAR—ITS NEWSY. Points for Mothers Consideration For Others. ‘Train a child to notice and respect the employment of another. If tt be merely a game there le no need thoughtlessly, therefore rudely, to in terrupt it. A little politeness one to another, a little observance of the wishes of others, will put aside sullen looks and bad tempers. ‘We know ourselves how disagreeable it ts to bave the table shaken when we ‘write, to have a door left open or loud ly banged. to have some one crossing between Os and the light or to be con stantly interrupted. Our children can not Hike this more than we do. Yet we need not lose our tempers. A smiling protest, a caressing request, a little joke over the annoyance, will prevent ite repetition’ better than a sharp re buke. ‘When children are taught to notice these’ trifles they learn to avoid them A child is pleased when you apologize to him for unintentional awkwardness ‘The little seeds sink in his mind. “To morrow ‘he will avold that small of fense. Roogh movements, unpolished speech, detract from rather than in crease a child's pleasure. And it is these small trifles that make up the comfort of our-homes. Having the Eyes Examined. If a child screws up ite eyes when looking “at distant object or, wher reading a book, bas to bend closely over it a defect in vision should be suspected. Sometimes the ebiid com plains of headaches or eye ache. the former usually referring to the fore bead. There may be at times a siigh ‘squint. These ‘are also suspiciour signs. Bye strain also gives rise to to flammation of the lide—bence styes- and tf this condition ts constantly re curring the sight should be properly tested. Unskilled advice im the matter of the eyesight should be.avoided, for perma nent tnjury te easily effected if wrong ‘measures are taken. No child shuuld ever be allowed to wear glasses antl) a doctor bas examined the eyes and has recommended the use of such. ‘To prevent eye strain the position tn which a ebild does tts home work—In regard to the lighting of the room- should always be borne to mind. Any glare on the book or paper should be avoided, and the light should fail obliquely from bebjnd. flaliesaiie Maneneméet. If you want to break # young giri of going about with undesirable friends. or dressing in an anbecoming way, of reading books which she bas no. bust bess to open. or doing any other of the silly things in which girls delight, you can always manage tt best by draw ing her attention away to other mat ters, Those undesirable friends are probably her only refuge from dull ness, Let ber go out a little more Show ber more of life and she'll drop them very, soon, ‘That common, ugly frock will never be worn again after you have given her a really pretty new one in guod style She would never read those disagrees ble books if you took the trouble tu provide her with amusing. exciting tales of a decent kind. But the good books must be exciting and Interesting, not merely improv ing. The nice dress must be dainty and charming, not plain and service able. Your way must look more at tractive than her own. Brushing the Teeth Regularty. {¢ the child ts taught early to brush tts teeth tt becomes a matter of habit, which it carries through life, and the result te a fairly perfect set. If the Orst teeth are brushed und kept.tn good condition and a dentist visited: at least’ once in six months there ts ifttle danger of the secon/ teeth being infected or crooked. 't sometimes happens that a fret tooth remains in the gum too long that ts, after the second tooth shows signa of coming through. This condi tion should not be allowed to exist, as the Gret tooth ts able to trritate the gum, which will become sore and in fected. and pas will be the result. if, the fret tooth does not fall out ‘oaturally on the appearance of the vecand the child should be taken to a dentist and the offending tooth re- moved. Crowded and irregular teeth are of- ten the resuit of first teeth remaining too long tp the gum. Fe eee In buying’ goods tor children the mother should invest only in those ma- terials which are very closely woven. tt te not so wuch the weight of the goods as the weave. |The loose weaves Doll apart.in uo time, and for children they are practically useless. A tight ‘Weave need not de very heavy, but It will wear well.’ t ts most {mportant to consider this carefully when buying. ‘Then, too, when a really fine plece ‘ef goods In found It ts better to buy to large quantities, for another fine plece Way not be found, and the same mgte- fia} may be used in many ways, =~ For instance, from one kind of goods may. be made twy dress for the iittle daughter, each In a different atyle and with difterent trimming. a Iittle sult for the non and perhaps even a skirt tor ‘the mother Berseif, ‘There need Sensiehi Gove cane, f any way Peoples Christian Assembly. Rev. G. W. Mitchell, Pastor, 1904 Washington. Ave. Soi’ Comet and:Berve the Lord, ST. PETER'S A. M. % CHURCH. zand- St. near oth Ave. So. Rey. Thos. B; Stovall, Pastor... ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So., Minneapolis. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. REV. G. L. MORRILL, Rev. G. L, Morfill conducts: his Sunday services at the Jitney (form- erly Bijou) Theatre. He invites all his. former friends to worship with him every Sunday morning at 10:30 O'clock. Rev. Morrill is always ready to render his best service to our peo- ple, and they are always welcome to attend his services. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. 7th Ave. North and Hoag St. Rev. M. W. Withers, Pastor, ear etc oa’ were 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. A WELCOME TO ALL. MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY FORUM. During summer months, meetings will be held on-Ist Sunday in: August at Bethesda Church; Ist Sunday in September at St Peter Al M. El Church: Sunday Forum Officers, President, R. Skinner; Vice Prea,, Miss Eva Walker; Secretary, Web- Sater Stovall; Ass't Sec'y, Miss Lady Walker; Treas, Mrs. I. S. Bogie; Critic, P. F. Hale; Journalist, Louis Marshall; Organist, Mrs. L. Sensa- baugh; Chaplains, Rev. T. B. Stovall, Rev. T. J. Carter; Sergt, at Arms, L. T. Jones. eee PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. Cedar Street and Summit Avenue, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, Rev. Benjamin N. Murrell, Pastor. SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 A. M. Preaching, 12:50 P.M. The Bible School, i 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, i 7:00 P. M. Junior Choir Rehearsals. 8:30 P. M. Senior Choir Rehearsals. NSA e en 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, ——$<—_ DAN’S. RESTAURANT. 306 So, grd St, Minneapolis HOME COOKING My Specialty, Ne W.-Main 2767 ~ Danie) Williams, Prop. Two Furnished Rooms, Suitable for Light housekeeping. Good loga- tion, modern conveniences. Apply Mrs. Phelps, 119 Western Ave. Those who are indebted to us wil! please forward a part of their sub- sctiptions. “Times are hard” is ‘the cry—hut we expect you to pay for this newspaper, as you do for others, They do not send you the daily white Papers, unless you pay. What ‘have you done to aid ‘thie ‘publication? We are often called. on. ‘to insert notices. of those who “never subscribe to Negro papers.” Are you guilty? o Atty. William T, Francis has moved to Suite 329 in the Amer- ' ican National Bank Building, « Cedar and Fifth Sts, St. Pani. z | We solicit short opinions on gen- eral topics, It is peculiar that our people have no public opinions, every- thing is strictly confidential. Remem- ber, we said, “Short opinions.” When You Chance it when you change your address, notify your postman, or drop a alip 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: ——— ie ‘When your name appears’ as being one of these “worthy of mention,” ‘try-and have it appear on ur, books, ss paid-up subscriber l(a Defective Page STORY OF HAITI AND ITS PEOPLE PARADISE OF THE ANTILLES inhabitants of Country Made Famous by the Heroic Deeds of Toussaint L'Ouverture Indicate Desire to Establish More Friendly Relations With the Race in America. BY THEODORB STEPHENS. Cape Haitien, Haiti—Situated between the two Americas, at the entrance of the gulf of Mexico, stands the well known island of Quisqueya, which was discovered by Columbus on Dec. 6, 1492. It is a land of rivers and high mountains, a land of plenty, a land where nature is lavish in her generosity, a land that accommodates itself to all classes—from the peasant to the bourgeois—where the beggar in his hovel could be made quite as contented with his lot as a Caesar on his throne. It is a land which the Creator has in mercy given to the race of Ham for a patrimony, to have and to hold from the year A. D. 1804 and henceforward, as was Canaan of old to the twelve tribes of Israel; a land where all sons of Ethiopia are monarchs of all they survey and their rights to self government there is none to dispute. This small but independent republic, whose sons on certain occasions have shown themselves the worthy descendants of that astute statesman, that irreproachable knight, that Napoleonic warrior, Toussaint l'Ouverture, of whom his biographers said, "Cet homme fait une ouverture partout ou il passe" ("This man makes an opening wherever he passes." -Vie de Toussaint l'Ouverture). These sclents of a worthy ancestor, who, it should be remembered to their THE GARDEN OF THE TEMPLE TEMPLATE BROKEN BY THE BLACKS OF OOM-BROKEN THEIR INDE- TRADITION TEMPLIS REMOVED BY THE BLACKS OF HAITI TO COMMEMORATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE. credit, notwithstanding the debit side of the ledger of their national life, have given proof of their valor in helping to liberate Venezuela from the yoke of Castilian bondage, have a parcel of ground allotted them, which from its geographical position, its temperate climate, its well watered plains and its natural resources could be converted into a veritable "Paradise of the Antilles." It can be made to yield proportionately to its owners and masters all that the state of California yields to the United States of America—gold in abundance—by the establishment of various industries all over her domaina. Like Luson, Haiti is capable of yielding large crops of sugar, which would find a ready export market. Like certain tributary dependencies, this land of the "blacks" is well qualified to produce immense quantities of flax and hemp, and to all the world Haiti could contribute substantially from her mercury and other mines, from her dyewoods, from her forests of building timber, for architectural purposes as well as for railroad ties, ship building and cabinet work. In this way or along these and other lines Haiti could be worked up into a country of usefulness and abundance, where the sons of toil would under their own vine and fig tree find a veritable refugium pecatorum from the edum of the "all white" peril. But Haiti has not yet arrived at this point. She will, however, develop along the same human lines as did Albion before she could become the England of the twentieth century. Her civil wars will end just as surely as terminated those of the old Plicts and Scotts, and her development will in time grow and progress, as have those of the sturdy Anglo-Saxon of today compared with his heathen ancestor, the druid of yore. Haiti is a land with which the Negro-Americans should in the interest of the race, in the interest of their history, become acquainted. They should become acquainted with its people, the Haitians, their brethren; with their customs and habits, with the salubrious climate of this fruitful land and above all with its exports of coffee, cocoa, sisal, mahogany, cedar, dye woods, etc. This can easily be done by comment- eating with the writer, who is a member of the race and has lived on the island for twenty-two years. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Keep the Abdomen Warm. Chilling of the abdomen is a cause of diarrhea. Unwholesome foods and defectively cooked food cause acute gastric indigestion in those who eat them, and diarrhea can hardly fail to occur, especially if the bowels become chilled. It will be found of great comfort and service to wind a warm woolen band around the abdomen to keep up the warmth in digestive areas. A thin white wool gauze strip of flannel about nine inches wide will make nice fitting, snug bandages, which will never prove to be too warm, even during the hottest day in summer. Persons who say they are "subject to summer diarrhea" will be free from future attacks if they wear a woolen bandage day and night throughout the summer season. ```markdown ``` THE FIELD WAS FENCED. But That Didn't Prevent the Witness Getting a Good View. Two men had been arrested in a dry town for drinking, and the prosecuting witness was on the stand. "You say," said the attorney for the defense, "that you saw the men in the field drinking?" "Where were you?" "On the far side of the fence." "Was there a board off that you could see through?" "No, sir." "Was there a knothole in the fence?" "No, sir." The attorney braced himself for the crushing question that he had ready to launch at the victim whom he thought he had so adroitly cornered. "Now," he said, banging the table, "will you tell the court how you could see two men drinking in a field surrounded by a fence with no boards off and never a knothole in it?" "Yes, sir," said the witness. "Well, tell it," commanded the attorney impatient. "It was barbed wire fence."—W. J. Lampton in Judge. The Tightwad Speaks. I have clutched each dollar tightly Till the eagle screamed with pain; I will be saved a nightly Saving for the day of rain Life has not been milk and honey; Every nickel I must nurse, But I've never kept my money In a little leather purse —New York Mall. Hampton—Where have you been? Rhodee—I had to go south for my lumbago. Hampton—I got mine right at home -Kansas City Star. Too True. "The early birdlet gets the worm," So reads the proverb book. As for the worm, we must affirm, He merely gets the hook. —Wisconsin State Journal. Used to Be Successful. Church—You say he is a successful inventor? Gotham—He used to be. "Used to be?" "Yes, he can't invent any excuses now that his wife will believe."—Yonkers Statesman. The New Baggage Rule. Mary has a little trunk. She likes it not a bit. For everywhere that Mary goes She has to value it. Explained. "Why do you use usege and powder?" he asked. "To make myself beautiful," she explained. "That puts a new complexion on the matter," he admitted. — Philadelphia Ledger. Often the Case. When a wife ambles off to her club And is prone to be scrappy It is safe to assume that her hub Isn't making home happy. —Pittsburgh Post. Uninformed. "What were the seven wonders of the world?" "I duno," answered Mr. Rufnek. "I never could remember much about what I saw in a dime museum or a sideshow." —Washington Star. Must Be. Mary had a little lamb At lunch. A matter which We wish to state would indicate That Mary's folks are rich. -Buffalo News. Gas Net Needed. Dentist-What! You don't want gas! You insisted on having gas the last time. Witm - You haven't been eating on ions this time. - New York Weekly. TWIN CITY STAR Devil's parlor was probably the worst congregation of toughs, both for men and women, in that wild and wobly west, which may be said to have passed out with the nineteenth century. The Devil part of the name came from the number of crimes committed in the place. The parlor was intended to be frontal. With the gradual rolling westward of civilization even Devil's parlor underwent a change. Some of the men married respectable women who in time caused the exit of those who were not respectable. The cabins took on a more reputable appearance, white curtains appearing at the windows and flowers in the front yard. A court was established for the trial of offenders and there was even talk of a church. All good citizens were interested in the reform, and those who were not made no counter effort. This does not mean that all the bad characters were at once eliminated from Devil's parlor. Nevertheless there came a time when but one man of the original devils was left. Bill Tomkins had killed more adversaries than any other man at the place and he seemed bent on keeping up his record. The court that had been established could not handle his case, for no sheriff could be found who dare attempt to arrest him. The men held a meeting and offered a reward to any one who would eliminate him either by arrest or death, but no one seemed willing to try for the prize. The men having failed to carry out their design the women took hold. They were all by this time respectable, except one of the old stock called Redhead Kate, and she was as bad for a woman as Bill Tomkins was for a man. "Ladies," said Mrs. Rogers, "it's my opinion that if you want to get rid of Bill Tomkins you'd better hire Redhead Kate to do the job. I propose that we offer her the reward subscribed by our husbands to circumvent Bill and fix him so he can't do no more damage to this yere community. Redhead Kate isn't bad lookin' when she's well dressed, and bein' about my size I don't keer if I lend her some o' my togery to set her off." The suggestion was approved, Redhead Kate was sounded, and the reward having been raised from $800 to $500, she agreed to eliminate Mr. Tomkins. She was arrayed in Mrs. Rogers' best dress and a hat so magnificent that it would have been envied by a drum major of a band. When asked if she would need a revolver she said she would not need "any sich noisy thing." If she wanted to do Bill Tomkins she'd "mix a little 'pisen in his liquor." Redhead Kate was paid $250 down, the balance to be handed her upon her satisfying the ladies that Bill Tomkins would not trouble the town any more, though by this time its name had been changed to Angela. Kate waited till Mr. Tomkins had gone off on an expedition for the purpose of plunder, when she also disappeared. Nothing was heard of her for two weeks, when she returned to Angela, and with her, looking like a lamb led to the slaughter, was Bill Tomkins. Immediately on her return she asked for an interview with the ladies of Angela, and on their coming together thus addressed them: "Ledies, there's no need for me to tell you how I managed this case, for you've doubtless all practiced what I've done on your husbands. I played soft on Bill Tomkins, lettin' on he was the apple o' my eye, givin' him his way about everything till he was ready to marry me. A justice o' the peace done the business, and as soon as I'd got Bill where the law give me all the privileges and him none of 'em I jist came down on him with both feet. He took it hard at fust, then tried fight. I met his fight with nag, and it didn't take no time to bring him under. But I'm bound to confess that I was obliged on var'us occasions to use sarcumsection. Octet I lifted one of his eyes from its socket with my thumb; onct I bit a piece off his nose, and onct I made him sick with diluted ratabane. But I wishes to say to those of you who's lookin' for methods to manage husbands that I found stddy talkin' the most wearin' on him. I just talked and talked and talked. The finality of it was he said, 'Oh, gimme a rest and I'll come down.' "And now I want to tell you ladies that I really believes there's the makin' of a man in Bill Tonkina. I done with him what we have to do with the bronchos. I got him under, then he was easy to the bit. I'll pledge my word that he won't trouble Devil's. I mean Angels—any more, but will live here with me as a respectable citizen. I'm willin' to leave the balance 'o the reward in your hands till you're satisfied that what I'm tellin' you is true. If at any time there's reason for complaint ag in my husband list mention the fact to me. You needn't take no action yourself. You've got all you can do managin' your own husbands, but gimme a tip and I'll show you that we winmen don't need no help in doin' men. We got it all our own way if we know how the trick is done." So perfect an illustration was Bill Tomkins of the value of Redhead Kate's taming methods that the very next day the balance of the reward was paid her, and now Deacon Tomkins is one of the most respected citizens of Angelaus. His wife meanwhile has been advanced to the circle of the ladies. WHEN IN THE TWIN CITIES Be Sure and Visit WOODSEY JEMESON'S PLACE. COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND GRILL 40 E. THIRD ST., ST. PAUL Railroad Men's Headquarters Night and Day Phone Cedar 9128 SMOKE THE BEST 5C CIGAR Sight Draft W. S CONRAD CO., Distributors NO. 140. E. 8th ST., ST. PAUL. NO. 1. WESTERN AVE., MINN. Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Sollicits You Patronage. SPECIAL SAMPLE SHOES. POPULAR PRICED SHOE RE- PAIRING. WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT. Men's Sewed Soles ..... 75c Ladies Sewed Soles ..... 65c Men's Nailed Soles ..... 50 and 60c Rubber Heels, ..... 40c Ladies and Boys' nailed soles ..... 40c SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 Washington Avenue South. Office Hours Sundays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 10:00 to 1:00 p.m. 2:00 to 4:00 and 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. R. S. BROWN, M. D. OFFICE 405-408 Tribune Annex Building 67 Fourth St. So. Residence: 608 E. 14th St. Telephones: N. W. Main 3288 N. W. Main 2040 Tri-State Center 2674 Tri-State Cen. 691 WITT'S MEAT MARKET AT POWERS Try our meat and see the difference. Main 4190. Center 86 MRS. H. I. WILLIAMS. TYPEWPITER, STENOGRAPHER Atty. Francis' office. 329 AM. BANK BLDG. St. Paul, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Celfax 1638 DR. J. H. REDD. Physician and Surgeon 111 So. 6TH St Minneapolis, Minn. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 111 So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & G. Anyone sending a sketch and description may communicate their invention is probably patentable. Communications striately reliable. HANDBOOK on Patents from Oldenburg acquired by the Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest estimation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a tax four months, $L. Sold by all newletter. MUNN & Co. 384 Broadway. New York Bronx Office, ds F. B., Washington, D.C. 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. Subscribe to your local weekly paper—The Twin City Star is the only legal Negro newspaper in Minneapolis and it has received the support of the general public. We need more subscribers—to make a better paper. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS Best Bargains in Summer Furniture BOUTELL'S PETER John L. Gibson. N. W. Tel. Main 3 Best Bargain Furn BOUT 5th Street South WHITING-CHAIR Establish Custom Shirts 314 SOUTH FO All Measures Kept on File EQUAL RIGHTS IN FRANCE. The Diane Bill Gives Military Privileges to All Alike. Paris—The chamber of deputies in this city has three colored deputies representing the colonies from which they are sent by the suffrage of their fellow citizens. A dispatch from Paris recently says that the race and color question that was raised in the French chamber of deputies by the bill of the Negro deputy, M. D. Miaque, representing Senegal, providing for the extension of general compulsory military service in France to colonial municipalities whose inhabitants enjoy French citizenship, was presented in numerous new lights and complications at the session of the chamber. The question of how to apportion a pension in cases of polygamist Senegalese leaving several widows proved a poser for the deputies. The minister of war and the military committee of the chamber approved the general provisions of the Diagne bill, which provide for the incorporation with the regular French forces of the Senegalese subject to compulsory service. The action of the committee was immediately attacked by Deputy Labrou, who pictured the difficulties arising from the presence in the French army of soldiers unable to speak French and of different religion and social customs. Deputy Labrouse also raised the question of confusion in the payment of pensions to the widows of polygamous Senegalese. He proposed an amendment providing for the incorporation of such troops in native regiments entitled to pensions and the other rights of French citizens. The speaker was frequently interrupted by protests from the Negro Deputies Diagne, Lagrosilliere of Martinique and Candace and Boisneuf of Guadeloupe, Lagrosilliere crying amid frantic applause, "Our fellow citizens ask only to be allowed to serve the mother country, for which they already have poured out their blood." Paul Deschanel, president of the chamber, was forced to quell the tumult by declaring that the entire chamber felt "the same respect and the same love for all, whatever their race or religion, who are fighting under the folds of the tricolored flag." Deputy Lauroe insisted on the special regiments for Senegalese who do not speak French. Deputy Bolsneuf interrupted, crying, "I then demand a special regiment for Frenchmen unable to read and write." Deputy Diagne then obtained the floor and made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the blacks, reviewing the part they had played in conquering the French colonial empire. "For eleven months the Senegalese have demanded to be allowed to serve France," he said; "if they haven't been permitted to do so it is the fault of the minister of war." Deputy Diagne said that the widows of soldiers ought to receive pensions even when there were several, but he added: "Native soldiers are not as rich as the average French soldier, who is also poor and therefore has only one wife. Polygamy is a luxury of wealth." Alexandre Millerand, minister of war, said the Diagne bill seemed to meet the wishes of a majority of the colonials and urged its passage. The bill was passed without change. How the National League Helps Boys During the past four years the National League on Urban Conditions among our people has provided summer camp accommodations for 582 boys. The lads attend in groups of about twenty-five for two weeks at a time. The average cost per day for each boy is 43 cents. The headquarters of the league are at 2303 Seventh avenue, New York. Mr. Eugene Knickle Jones is the associate director of the national organization, which has branches in several southern cities. The northern summer camp is located at Verona Lake, not far from Montclair, N. J. STAR "ADS"—BRING RESULTS --- JOHN H. HARRIS in Summer furniture TELL'S both and Marquette BRLTON SHIRT CO. established 1870 s and Underwear OURTH STREET Minneapolis, Minn. 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 Negro 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. "After the horse was gone" a curdon of watchmen was stationed around the national capitol to see to it that no more Holt bombs wrecked the place. A mere picket line would probably have prevented the first explosion. Spain puts a lid on discussing the European war in public. Even a cabin in Spain would now bridge our disappointment over that vanished castle of our dreams. Memory is said to be stronger in summer than in winter. What a blank, then, must the mind of the summer gri and flitting board be in winter. Where roadhouses are convenient on both sides of the deadly grade crossings the fact that motorists keep right on taking chances is no mystery. Home rule is a good political slogan when it stands for real self rule. But home bossism can be just as inefficient as the absentee variety. Probably more widowers than widows remarry because the widows discover that they are liked better as widows. Your special attention is called to the Announcement of The Standard Clothing Co., in this publication. 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 205 S. 5th St. The Chicago Daily News laments the decay of vagrant minstrelsy and the midnight serenade. The editor puts the blame on the passing of the barber shop cult before the march of the safety razor. The old time barber shop, the editor thinks, was a training school for budding minnesingers. Perhaps, however, machine music is chiefly responsible for the change. Some of this is so good as to discourage amateur effort, while much of it wearies and disgusts the auditor and thus reacts upon young musical genius One phase of the present state of affairs can be accepted as proof of substantial and permanent bettering of business, and that is the demand in nearly every state for good agricultural lands at generally advancing prices. Farmers have the money to buy lands for themselves and their children and also have the confidence in agriculture. Real estate in manufacturing districts is being sold at considerably higher prices than it was possible to obtain the last three or four years. The practice of selling abroad at a low profit or no profit or even a substantial loss, at any price necessary to get the business away from somebody else, has been carried further by German manufacturers under the sanction and even assistance of their government than anywhere else, and it accounts in great part for the enormous expansion of the German foreign trade in the period preceding the war. Watermelons are reported unusually large in size this year. That's a boon to the boy who gets away with it on a dark night, but the most of us will find no more juiciness to the square inch. The quarreling Mexican generals promptly discovered that they could feed the starving people the moment the United States turned its humanity flashlight across the border. If but a fraction of the time which bathing crowds devote to tomfoolery were given to swimming lessons the fool who rocks the boat would soon lose his importance. Dr. Wiley would call us back to the simple life of grinding our flour at home. Does that mean revive the "mortar, pestie, pounder" of our grand-daddies? BUSINESS MEN'S TRAINING CAMP. You have probably noticed by the Daily Newspapers that the Minnesota National Guard is to establish a Military Training Camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, for a period of ten (10) days. The Camp will be established for the benefit of business men who desire to take a course of military training and will be modeled after the Business Men's Training Camp held at Plattsburg, N. Y. The Camp will be held September 20-30a 1915. The cost to each man attending will be twenty-five dollars, ($25.00). This will get him a uniform and pay for his rations during the entire period. The course of instruction will consist of Infantry Drill (close and extended order), bayonet excercises, guard duty, target practice with both rifles and machine guns, the tactical use of machine guns and artillery, the construction of battle-trenches, problems in minor tactics, advance guards, rear guards, out-posts, and patrolling, troop leading, battle exercises, first aid to the wounded and camp sanitation, map reading, sketching and lectures on general military subjects. An effort will also be made to have instruction in riding and horsemanship. The First Infantry, Minnesota National Guard will furnish, rifles, blankets, tents, cooking out-fits, etc. The instructors will be regular Army Officers and Officers selected from the National Guard. This course of instruction will serve to put those who have already had military service abreast of the times and give those who have had none some idea of elementary principles. It is the intention to encourage those attending this Camp to continue their military study by urging them to attend one or more of the weekly Officers' Schools of the First Infantry held at its Armory during the spring, fall and winter months. This, of course, without any enlistment in the Guard. The Camp will be organized and maintained on strictly military lines. The First Infantry Band will be in attendance. The proper markmanship barges will be awarded those making the grades of marksman, sharpshooter and expert rifleman. The names of all those attending this Camp will be forwarded to the Office of the Adjutat General of the Army for enrollment as a class of persons eligible for volunteer commissions in the event of war. Send all communications and applications to Colonel E. D. Luce or Capt. Robert K. Alcott, Phoenix Bldg., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Col. Earl D. Luce has requested that we publish the foregoing circular letter that the Business Men of our race may take some interest in the organization of the Business Men's Training Camp to be held in September. We are thankful for this general invitation and feel that some of our representative men should take advantage of this privilege. There is no use crying discrimination after we lose these chances to qualify as public spirited and patriotic citizens. Our race should be represented and if we were not wanted, we would not be invited. This is a grand privilege, because it affords both military education and precaution, which is of utmost importance to all. Oriental punctillo is seen in the Japan-China deal where the mikado "approved" the demands on China after his ultimatum had forced China to accept them without modification. It is proposed to organize another "peace league." If the numerous leagues now working would organize and get into a pull altogether league peace might get on some. The department of agriculture is experimenting to turn grape juice into sirup. Isn't this a case for paternalism to let well enough alone? When each of several warring nations calls upon the Almighty to aid its cause because of the righteousness of that cause the ironist smiles. TWIN CITY STAR Child Life in Africa. Child life in Africa has few pleasures and many sorrows and is in a state of constant reversal and change. From the time of a boy's birth until he has gone through the "devil bush" he is little thought of, but as soon as he has passed through its terrible ordeals and practices he is regarded as a man and an asset in the native community. With a girl it is different. It is very hard to procure girls for the mission stations because they are considered specially valuable as workers and possible money bringers until the period arrives for them to enter and pass through the "gree-gree" bush ordeal. Then they are regarded as women and eligible for marriage, and their industrial value decreases. Still, if they rear large families, their market value keeps up in a measure, for in certain sections of Africa tribal custom permits a man to sell, loan or rent out his wives or keep them in household slavery or give them their freedom. Freedom is conferred by presenting the wife with the long tooth of a leopard, which indicates that she is no longer a slave, but a free woman, not a divorced wife - Christian Herald. A Bernard Shaw Criticism. Before fame came to him Bernard Shaw wrote dramatic criticisms for the London Saturday Review. The following sample is characteristic of the man: "I am in a somewhat foolish position concerning a play at the Opera Comique, whither I was bidden this day week. For some reason I was not supplied with a program, so that I never learned the name of the play. At the end of the second act the play had advanced about as far as an ordinary dramatist would have brought it five minutes after the first rising of the curtain or, say, as far as Ibsen would have brought it ten years before that event. Taking advantage of the second interval to stroll out into the Strand for a little exercise, I unfortunately forgot all about my business and actually reached home before it occurred to me that I had not seen the end of the play. Under these circumstances it would ill become me to dogmatize on the merits of the work or its performance. I can only offer the management my apologies." Eastern Vermont's Marbles. Eastern Vermont's marble industry includes the most extensive marble industry in this country, the eastern part is a virgin field, where, in the lack of a general study of the stratigraphy, the structure, the paleontology and the areal geology, it is at present not only impossible to determine the area and position of many of the beds, but also even the thickness of some of the marble formations, which are but partly exposed. The marbles of eastern Vermont, many of which are dolomitic, vary widely in kind and character, and the outcrops, though few in number, are scattered from the Massachusetts line to the Canadian boundary. Many of the marbles are suited only for indoor ornamental use. The greater part of the ledges are to be classed as mineral reserves, which will be drawn on in the future. Burial With Military Honors. Burial With Military Honora. After a battle the dead are buried "with military honora." These in times of peace are both impressive and elaborate, but in time of war they are much curtailed. The principal features are the playing by muffled drums of the dead march, the resting on the arms reversed by the troops engaged and the final firing into the air over the grave of three blank volleys. The number of volleys is always the same, but the number of men comprising the firing party increases with the rank of the deceased. A muffled drum is a drum the cords of which have been loosened so as to slacken the parchment head and cause it to give forth on being struck a dull, muffled sound.—London Scraps. Intellectual Life People without intellectual life are virtually under condemnation to hard labor. Unless their thoughts can give them wholesome occupation they must find it for their hands. Otherwise they cannot live well and must expect deterioration. But, unlucky for lazy people, the achievement of a good grade of intellectual life involves about as much work as anything else. Life without effort seems not to have been intended. The original plan was to have it end by starvation and, though people nowadays get around that, they cannot altogether defeat the original intention.—Life. 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 rag time 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 at together for today: it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln SIX GOOD REASONS Why You 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. 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