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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL MINN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 243 Defective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents REVIEW OF WORK AMONG WOMEN Possibilities For Their Rise Were Never Brighter. Interesting Story of What the Women of Our Race Are Doing Through Organization For the Elevation of the Masses—Foundation Must Rest Upon Character. By Mrs. M. C. LAWTON. Brooklyn.—Now that the various state federations of colored women's clubs have held their annual sessions and another year's work is to be planned it behooves the women to be up and doing. At no time in the world's history have there been greater possibilities of facilities for women's activities. The progress of races is determined more by the development of the women than by any other advancement. Women everywhere realize this and are spending and being spent for the uplift of the masses as never before. Colored women are keenly alive to their potentiality and are making heroic efforts in the development of a stronger and more substantial womanhood. Instead of persecutions of the colored women discouraging them, they have strengthened them, so that those of culture and ability have constituted themselves into moral, mental and intellectual derricks for the purpose of pulling up the women farthest down. They feel it their imperative duty to stimulate the woman who lacks an incentive to give impetus to latent or slumbering talent. They no longer sit on the summit of fame overlooking the ruins of neglected womanhood, but realize as they ascend they must lift MISS ELIZABETH C. CARTER. as they climb. They believe that women are to be the lever with which the world must be lifted. Kingdoms will rise or fall in proportion as women uses her influence. Nations will ascend or descend in the scale of civilization in proportion as woman deports herself. The most hopeful sign of racial development is that which begins within the race. Less than twenty years ago the colored women caught the vision, and it is leading them on to the perfect day. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, of which Mrs. Booker T. Washington is president, with an approximate membership of 50,000; the Northeastern Federation of Women's clubs, of which Miss Elizabeth Carter of New Bedford, Mass., is president, with its thousands of members, and our own Empire State federation, 5,000 strong, Mrs. M. C. Lawton of this city president, are all united in heart, concentrated in purpose and marching in a solid phalanx to the tune of advanced womanhood. The one thing which characterizes the women's organizations throughout the country and distinguishes them perhaps from some others is that they are more directly concerned about character building than any other feature. They feel that a woman of moral worth will experience no difficulty in becoming a financial factor. Besides, they feel that the morality of the women of any race must be its cornerstone if succeeding generations are to build successfully on the foundation as laid. Unless the pedestal upon which the statue of the race must rest is properly constructed it will crumble and fall. The colored women all over this country have opened the drafts of their hearts that the fire of love may burn more brightly and that its rays may be a lamp to the feet and a light to the pathway of unfortunate womanhood. That their consciences have been quickened and their convictions deepened is evidenced in our great city by the establishment of the Empire Friendly Sheiter for unfortunate girls in Manhattan and the proposed establishment in October of a home for delinquent colored girls. The constant infux to this great city from south and the immigration from foreign countries are placing before the women of New York a problem which must be reckoned with—one which, if not carefully studied, will become so intricate and complicated as to render it insoluble. Our social problems are engaging the attention of the best minds in the country, and certainly must appeal to us if we are to be reckoned with as an integral part of this great and advanced civilization. THREE SCHOOLBOYS WIN PRIZES WITH PIGS Put $150 In Bank While Still at Lessons. Washington.—"A year ago the three sons of a dairyman living seven miles out of Macon, Ga., did not have a cent in bank, but had two small thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey pigs," says a statement issued by the department of agriculture. "Two of the boys joined the Bibb County Pig club. Today all three boys belong to the club and have in one of the Macon banks over $150, made while going to school. "One of the banks in Macon offered a deposit of $1 and a metal savings bank to each of the Bibb County Pig club members who would make good. Making good consisted in exhibiting a pure bred pig at the fair and delivering to the county agent a record of feeds and weights, showing how much it cost per pound to raise it. "Out of the forty-two boys who made good thirty-two let their dollar deposit remain in the bank. Two of the latter were the dairyman's sons, who won considerable prize money with their boar and sow pigs. This prize money was deposited with the bank and is part of their savings. "A sow they exhibited had her first litter of seven redheaded pigs at fair time. She is now the mother of a second litter, in which there are twelve, all of them thriving. "These boys will be exhibitors at the fair this fall, and the bank will have to surrender three more one dollar deposits and three metal savings banks for the three pure bred pigs exhibited and three complete records delivered." HAS 'EM THINKING. St. Albans Freak Has Established a Record as Climber. St. Albans, Vt.-W. L. Plumley of North Clarendon has a freak dog, whose specialty is climbing. The highest climb he ever made was thirty-two feet. Veterinarians and others who have examined the dog's feet are at a loss to understand how he grips a tree trunk in climbing. His nails are like those of the ordinary dog, though possibly a trifle more pointed, and the fleshy pads of his feet are perhaps a little broader. So accustomed to height is the dog that he sleeps in tree branches twenty feet above the ground. He is three years old and part pug and part bull. Hen Hatches Quail Eggs. Viola. Wls.—A mother quall laid two eggs in the nest which one of William Bender's hens had made in the woods near his farm. The hen hatched them, and they joined themselves to the barnyard fock. Lincoln Jubilee Celebration Notes. By actual count of exhibits thirty-two states are represented at the Lincoln jubilee celebration and exposition, which was formally opened at the Colosseum in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 23. There are also exhibits from the governments of Haiti and Liberia, the Roman Catholic church, the board of freedmen of the Presbyterian church, the Methodist Episcopal church, the national Baptist convention, the Episcopal church, the African Methodist Episcopal church and other religious, political and industrial bodies. Mrs. Victoria Clay Haley, the noted Suffragist, will visit friends in the Twin Cities in October. Mrs. Haley is the Royal Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and one of the prominent women of America. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SEPT. 18, 1915. NATIONAL BAPTIST EXHIBIT ATTRACTS WIDE ATTENTION. Governor of Michigan Praises Work of Our Largest Publishing House. Chicago.—Thousands of people in attendance at the Lincoln jubilee celebration, now in progress in this city, have viewed the splendid exhibit of the National Baptist Publishing board of Nashville, Tenn. The exhibit is in charge of an experienced display man, who is employed constantly at the publishing house. In addition to the exhibit at the Coliseum, where the jubilee celebration is in progress, this institution has an additional exhibit at the Eighth Regiment armory, where the national Baptist convention opened its thirty-fifth annual session on Wednesday morning, Sept. 8. One of the most attractive features of the exhibit is the uniqueness with which it is arranged and installed. It shows a graduation in efficiency in the art preservative, having on display the productions in mechanism and literary art from the smallest postal card to a mammoth leather or morocco bound book, the entire exhibit being the work of members of the race employed in the institution. Spectators have lingered long and admiringly at the skill and mechanical perfection displayed in these articles. Their admiration increases when they are told by the instructor that every one of the vast number of people employed at the Nashville institution came to work without experience at any firm or institution in their particular line of work. The exhibit shows samples of twenty-three different song books, in which, in most cases, the music was written, composed, arranged, printed, bound and sent out by members of the race. Every line of Sunday school requisites and church helps needed for the denomination is also shown. In connection with this there is a church supply exhibit, showing that members of the race have actually been taught the art of cabinet making. In the church supply department anything can be made of wood from a collection plate to the most expensive church pews, pubbits and pubbit furniture. There is also a complete display of Negro dolls ranging in size from the tiniest twelve inch doll, which is well dressed, to one measuring about three feet in height. Free literature is given those who stop to view the display. It has already been pronounced as the most unique exhibit at the celebration, where it is learned that it will remain until the exposition closes. The governor of Michigan in viewing this exhibit pronounced it the best arranged and most complete he had seen. The Chicago Daily American made special mention of it. ASSOCIATION BRANCH WORK. Local Organization at Portland, Ore., Makes a New Beginning. The Portland (Ore.) branch of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People is showing signs of encouraging activity. It starts its fall and winter work as a full fledged branch, having received its charter, constitution and bylaws from the headquarters of the national body in New York. At the August meeting of the branch officers for the ensuing year were elected and the various committees appointed. The officers and committees are the following well known and progressive citizens: E. J. Minor, president; Mrs. H. M. Gray, vice president; Mrs. E. D. Cannady, re-elected secretary; E. G. Dickens, treasurer. The executive committee consists of R. D. Luscher, W. B. Brown, Rev. W. W. Howard, for one year; Rev. William Maggett, Dr. J. A. Merriman, F. D. Thomas, for two years; J. W. Stanley, E. D. Cannady, Mac Stanfield, for three years. The other committees and members are: Membership committee, Rev. William Maggett, Mrs. H. M. Gray, J. Jones; finance committee, E. J. Minor, E. G. Dickens, W. C. Becton; press committee, Mrs. E. D. Cannady, J. W. Stanley, R. Lloyd Smith; legislative committee, Attorney Arthur I. Moulton, F. D. Thomas, E. D. Cannady, Attorney Guy C. H. Corlis and Attorney George Arthur Brown; education and amusement committee, Dr. Merriman, W. B. Brown and Hugh Harper. Rome, Ga.—Rev. T. R. Hanson, who resides five miles from Cave Spring, in this county, has reported to Ordinary Johnson that he had just solemnized the five hundredth marriage during his residence here. Smoke the Reliable 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 5 ACCIDENTS KILL 25,000 WORKERS Declared That Compensation For Industrial Accidents Will Become Universal—Railroad and Agricultural Pursuit Responsible For More than 4,000 Failures Annually. Washington—An important bulletin on the statistics of industrial accidents by Frederick L. Hoffman has just been issued by the United States department of labor. The New York Medical Record says in part: "The abolition of the principle of workmen's compensation by more than half of the states within the last few years emphasizes the importance of the industrial accident problem and foreshadows the time when such compensation for industrial accidents will become universal throughout the United States. "As one method of measuring this importance the bulletin presents an estimate of the number of fatal and nonfatal accidents occurring among American wage earners in a single year. "The conclusion reached is that the number of fatal industrial accidents among American wage earners, includ- FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN. ing both sexes, may be conservatively estimated at 25,000 and the number of injuries involving a disability of more than four weeks, using the ratio of Austrian experience, at approximately 700,000. "These numbers, impressive as they are, fail to indicate fully the number of industrial accidents, for such studies as have already been made show that of the accidents involving disabilities of one day and over at least three-fourths terminate during the first four weeks. "The injuries which contribute the greatest number of fatal accidents, according to Science for Aug. 30, 1915, are railroad employments and agricultural pursuits, each group being responsible for approximately 4,200 fatalities each year. Coal mining contributes more than 2,600 and building and construction work nearly 1,900. General manufacturing, while employing large numbers, produces only about 1,800 fatal accidents. "When the fatality rates are considered, metal mining ranks as most hazardous, with a rate of four per thousand; coal mining comes next with a rate of 3.5, and fisheries and navigation following with a rate of three per thousand." "Manufacturing industries as a whole rank lowest, with a rate of 0.25 per thousand, but the fact should not be overlooked that this low average rate covers manufacturing groups varying widely in hazard, including on the one hand bollermaking and the various departments of the iron and steel industry, in some of which fatality rates as high as those in metal and coal mining have prevailed, and on the other hand the textile and clothing industries, in some of which the risk of fatal accident is practically negligible. "These estimates are derived from the best sources available. At the present time there are no entirely complete and trustworthy industrial accident statistics for even a single important industry in the United States. This lack of trustworthy industrial accident statistics is due to the absence of any uniform requirements in the various states as to the reports of industrial accidents." TWO BOYS CAUGHT WOLF. Bagged Him With Gunny Sack Near Small Town. Kansas City.—Cecil Lattimer, twelve years old, and his brother, James Edgar, ten years old, sons of J. J. Lattimer of Independence, took a wolf scalp to the county clerk's office in that city recently and claimed the bounty of $3. The boys said they captured the wolf on the Frazier farm, southeast of Independence. When they saw it it ran into a hollow log. They procured a gunny sack and tied it over the opening of the log and then scared the wolf out into the sack. WAR THREATENS RUIN TO SWISS HOTEL MEN Appeal Made, to Government For Aid by Mortgages. Geneva.—Bereft of tourist patronage by the war, the Swiss hotel keepers in convention assembled have appealed to the government for relief. They want a state system of mortgages on furniture in inns and a delay of two years after the end of hostilities for the payment of interest on the mortgages. There are about 4,000 tourist hotels in Switzerland, employing 43,000 people, with a yearly wage list of $5,000,000, and $227,000,000 capital is invested in the business. More than $100,000,000 was spent by tourists in Switzerland in 1913, of which $1,000,000 went for postage stamps and souvenir cards, $400,000 was spent for telegrams and phone talks, $4,000,000 was taken by the railroads for fare and freight, and the balance, less a comparatively small amount for customs duties, was got by the hotels and shops in the proportion of eight to two. These estimates are the official ones made public at the national exposition at Berne. English, French, German and American travelers make 60 per cent of the Swiss tourist trade. The war came early enough in the summer of 1914 to reduce the hotel receipts 40 per cent. This season there has been practically no business. FINDS BOY LOST YEARS. Was Located In Company of Strange Man in Texas. Fort Worth, Tex.—A four-year search through the United States and Canada for her eight-year-old son was ended here by Mrs. Julia Delo of Quebec, Canada, who identified the boy held by authorities here since the arrest of E. S. Carroll on March 5 as her son. Carroll had been arrested on a charge of assault. He had been traveling around the country with the boy. Both told conflicting stories and were ordered held. Carroll, officials said, probably will be charged with abduction. The boy recognized his mother immediately, although he was only four when he disappeared from home. Carroll's attorney filed a habeas corpus petition to regain possession of the child. Society of Progressive Virginians. the ladies' auxiliary of the Society of the Sons of Virginia in Brooklyn will begin the fall and winter work of the organization with an entertainment and reception on Thursday evening, Sept. 30. The function will be held at Lincoln hall, Waverly and Atlantic avenues. Lincoln hall is owned by Alpha lodge No. 1831, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Roger Harkless is president of the auxiliary, which has a membership of nearly 200. The society has a good bank account and is free from any financial indebtedness. Its management reflects credit upon the officials, who are supported by a membership of loyal women. Pittsburgh's Mayer Bars Film Play. The fight on moving picture plays which have features calculated to arouse ill feeling between white and colored people is still on. At Pittsburgh the last week in August leading white and colored people, with the Colored Civic league co-operating, made a strong protest to the city authorities against a certain photo play of the kind here mentioned. The result was that Mayor Armstrong issued an order to the chief of police forbidding the exhibition of any film calculated to interfere with the harmonious relations of the races in Pittsburgh. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION --- SOCIETY. No. 40 THRIFTY ARKANSAS SCHOOL Walters Institute to Lay Cornerstone at Chapel Opening, Sept. 26. Warren, Ark.-Walters institute, located at Warren, Ark., will begin its eighth annual session with the laying of the cornerstone and the opening of its new chapel. The exercises begin Sept. 26 with a sermon delivered by Bishop Alexander Walters of New York city, for whom the school is named, and continue through Wednesday, the 29th. The Rev. Thomas W. Wallace, editor of the Western Star of Zion, East St. Louis, Ill., and the Rev. John C. Temple. The new chapel is a modern brick building, affording space in its concrete basement for dining room, kitchen and pantries. The building will be named Blackwell chapel in honor of the splendid service which Bishop G. L. Blackwell has rendered the school and the southwest during the seven years he has presided over that diocese. The bishop also will be present for the event. The main building of Walters institute, a thirty room frame structure, with all of its equipment, was destroyed by fire April 24, 1914. There was only $3,000 insurance, $1,000 of which was used to cancel the mortgaged indebtedness on the building that was burned. Notwithstanding this, Professor James W. Eichelberger, principal of the school, has, with the board of trustees, so managed and worked that money has been raised and two new buildings—a large frame building and the Blackwell chapel, which is to be opened in October—have been erected at a cost of more than $6,000. The frame building has been furnished, current expenses met with a comparatively small deficit and the work is more promising than ever before. The institution enjoys the distinction of having eight very prominent white men on its advisory board, of which board the mayor of Warren is chairman. These gentlemen have stood loyalty by the principal in his efforts to rebuild. The school represents in a very large degree what the race is doing for itself in the south. The principal addressed four conferences presided over by Bishop Blackwell in June, where he received more than $600 for the work. The Woman's Volunteer movement, an organization which began immediately after the fire destroyed the first building, has been helpful in securing money with which to carry on the work. Now re-enforced by a number of prominent women in several states, the organization is making the effort to shower the chapel and dining room with necessary equipment and furnishings by Sept. 25. The trustees are also planning to make a special effort on Sept. 26 to raise a large sum with which to meet pressing obligations and to carry the work on throughout the session. The attempt is being made by the management to show how meager are the school facilities for the Negro youth in this section. There are fewer colleges and good high schools in Arkansas than in any of the southern states. The illiteracy in the delitas of Arkansas, near where the school is located, is greatest, while illiteracy in Louisiana, whence a number of the students come, is 48.4 per cent. Walters institute is doing a fine pioneer work in the southeastern part of Arkansas, offering the regular high school course and training in a few industries. ORDER OF SHEPHERDS MEETS Fifth Annual Session of Noted Society Held at Richmond, Va. The fifth annual meeting of the Improved Order of Shephards and Daughters of Bethlehem was held for three days the second week in September at the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist church, Richmond, Va. The sessions were largely attended. There were about 800 delegates present from the various local lodges whose reports were read and listened to with great interest. The society was organized at Richmond five years ago. The insurance department, after examining the accounts of the order, approved of its work and management without any criticism of its internal workings or financial condition whatever. The report says: "The affairs of the order are in splendid condition. Death claims and the other financial obligations are promptly settled and indicate that the management of the order is alive to the responsibility which rests upon the officials to deal justly by all of the members." Net Hla Funeral Wife (studying vocalism)—I wish, dear, you'd have double windows put on. I'm afraid my practicing will disturb the neighbors. Hub—Well, if it does it's up to them to put on double windows—Boston Transcript. STAR "ADS"—BRING RESULTS Leave your subscription at our office Third floor, 305 Fifth St. So. Bring your printing to the Twin City Star Print, 305 So. 5th St. Patronize those business houses, who request your patronage through your paper. Rev. W. D. Carter, former pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, now of Seattle, Wash., is in St. Paul en route home from the Baptist Convention. He will preach Sunday morning at Bethesda Baptist church. Rev. S. H. Hall of Pittsburgh, Pa., will preach at Bethesda church on Sunday evening. Miss Rieva Washington led the discussion Sunday evening at the B. Y. P. U. meeting at Bethesda Baptist Church. Hen subject, "Friendship", was very interesting and especially instructive, because of many beautiful illustrations, showing the great value of friendship. Bro. Dan. Williams, the restaurant keeper will fill the pulpit at St. James A. M. E. Church on Sept. 26, during Rev. Edward's absence at Conference. SPECIAL SUNDAY SERVICE St. Peter A. M. E. Church Rev. T. B. Stovall announces a Grand Conference Claim Rally on Sunday night, Sept. 19th at St. Peter's. A special program with selected music. Att'y Brown S. Smith will deliver the principal address. Rev. Stovall's Prize Offer. Rev. T. B. Stovall of St. Peter A. M. E. Church has offered two prizes for the best essay on "The Present Condition of the County". He is trying to interest the young people. Essays are to be read on Sunday, Sept. 19. 1st prize $3.00, 2nd prize $2.00. Contest open to all. The deportment of the young people at the Forum is becoming intolerable. Parents are responsible for their children in public places as well as at home. Remember! Mrs. A. Massey of Riverside Ave., is seriously ill. Miss Grey Socially Honored. Mrs. Robert Young, 2318 10th Ave. S., assisted by little Ruth Carter, served at breakfast Sunday morning in honor of Miss Edna Grey. There were seven guests present: Mrs. Mary T. and Misses Idah and Edna Grey, Mrs. C. M. Harper, Mrs. Florence Henley of St. Paul, Dr. W. H. Wright. Favors were stem vases. The honored guest received a traveler's combination water set. Mrs. C. M. Harper, 2936 Clinton Ave., entertained at cards Saturday, from two to five, in honor of her niece, Miss Edna Grey of Washington, D. C. Cards were played at six tables. Appropriate prizes were awarded for the occasion. Mrs. A. G. Plummer, 2912 Clinton Ave., entertained Sunday at a five o'clock dinner, in honor of Miss Edna Grey of Washington, D. C. Covers were laid for six. Mr. Gus. Sessions and Miss Eva Hall will be married on Oct. 6th. Mr. and Mrs. Tull Thompson entertained for them on Sept. 13th. The residence of Mr. W. R. Jones, 2900 Portland Ave., was robbed on Wednesday. Several valuables were taken. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Guilbert have moved to 3732 Minnehaha Ave. Mrs. Margaret Fields Lee, the popular pianist and vocalist, left Saturday for Wibaux, Mont., to fill a professional engagement. Miss Maud Maize is visiting (Mr. and Mrs.) I. J. and Fuller Thompson at 533 Bryant Ave. No. Mr. John Hill, one of the pioneer residents, remains quite ill at his home opposite the Fair Grounds. Mr. Walter K. Bowie, shipping clerk at the Goodrich Rubber Co. has returned to work after a pleasant vacation. MILINERY DISPLAY. MADAM HART'S OPENING Madam Hart, the milliner, will open a grand display of Fall and Winter Millinery on Sept. 22, at her store, 1210 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis. All are invited to inspect this select stock. Mr. Justin M. Brown had his tonsils removed by Dr. J. H. Redd at Asbury Hospital on Thursday. Lawyer Morris is giving his services to the Dry's, and the Temperance Cause. DOPE-FIENDS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. Mr. W. B. Freeman, 1511 4th Ave. So, had been disturbed by late noise from the apartments above occupied by Mrs. Cogville, a respectable tenant, and she had become suspicious from the scent from her new roomers. They decided to investigate, then she ordered the roomers to move. They protested and Mrs. Cogville called the police, who found the goods. Minnie Brinkley and Grace Black were held at police headquarters. The men escaped. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman were surprised to learn the character of these people, and Mrs. Cogville regrets that they rented her rooms. Mr. Freeman called at police headquarters and will appear against the prisoners. Mr. Cogville is out on the road. "BIG SIX" IS MURDERED. Mrs. Emma Hicks of St. Paul, generally known as "Big Six," was murdered by her friend John Fleming. He shot her several times and cut her with, a razor, and shot and slashed himself. He is in the hospital. Mr. Clifford C. Mitchell, the real estate dealer, has gone to parts unknown. Many inquiries are being made after Mr. Mitchell, who has closed his luxurious offices. He is the son of the very well known promoter, Mr. Z. W. Mitchell, of the Loyal Legion of Labor. TABLE BOARD. Best Home Cooked Food for Weekly Boarders. Reasonable Price. Call Mrs. Darby, 102 Bryant Ave: No. Phone Main 3191. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Glover have moved to 3428 Oakland Ave. Mr. Wm. Knox of Edmonton, Can., is in the city. Mr. Simon Brown of Wilmington, Del., has been visiting his sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones of 2900 Portland-Ave., for two weeks. He spent an enjoyable time here and left on Monday evening to attend college at Wilmington, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. E. Johnson and son Peavey of St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul, returned last Saturday Eve., after a three weeks tour of the Pacific coast. They spent a week visiting the fair at San Francisco and were delighted with what they saw. Other cities visited were Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Pasadena, Cal., and Salt Lake City, Utah. They also made a short visit to Tijuana, Mex. Miss Alverta Phillip, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Moore of St. Paul has entered the University of Minnesota. Dr. Valdo Turner and Att'y W. T. Francis spent two days last week hunting. Rev. B. N. Murrell has returned from the Baptist Convention. Mr. Fred D. McCracken, the real estate dealer of St. Paul was in the city this week on business. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Moore have moved to 787 Rondo St. Mrs. Jas. Darby, 102 No. Bryant Ave., will serve home cooked food beginning this week. A chance to secure family service at reasonable rates. Annual Conference. The Annual Conference of the Fourth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Church will convene at Milwaukee, 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. Agent for Negro Dolls. Mrs. I. 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. LOTS FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. I have a few lots on Chicago Ave., Columbus, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 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. People, 325 5th St. South.-Advertisement. JUDGE JOHNSTON'S DANCES. Judge Johnston wishes to announce that he will hold his dances every 2nd and 4th. Tuesday in each month at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, to which the public is invited. TWIN CITY STAR You Are Invited to JUDGE JOHNSON'S Grand Autumn Ball UNION TEMPLE HALL at 28 Washington Ave. So. POLITICAL ADVEN (For Sept. 18-27 a AN APPEAL T SENS On October 4, v apolis and Hennep be called upon to Thursday Night, Sept. 30 Second Dance of the Season McCULLOUGH'S ORCHESTRA J. B. Coleman is the owner and proprietor of a successful steam laundry in Columbia, Missouri. He is said to employ fifteen persons regularly. Anderson & Company, Bankers, of Jacksonville, Florida, recently conducted a "Tag?Day" to increase the number of deposits at their bank. The plan was a success and nearly one thousand new accounts were opened. Mr. Charles H. Anderson, the Cashier, is also Treasurer of the National Negro Business League. James R. Lowe who is engaged in the general hauling business at Pasadena, California, was recently given a contract by the city for removing all the rubbish from the streets. Plans are said to be perfected for the building of a $100,000 hotel in Indianapolis to be owned and operated by Negroes. Isaac Fisher, the noted Tuskegee writer and essayist, has recently written a moving picture drama entitled, "When True Love Wins." The production will be made by Negro actors. The Hamilton-Brown Shoe factory at Columbia, Mo., is said to employ a number of Negroes in responsible, well-paying positions. J. Turner Wall, Esq., who is well known here, where he conducted a real estate office, attended the Business League Meeting in Boston. He is now manager of the Coast Service System at Asbury Park, and is making as usual a success. Mrs. Wm. Helm had the only Minnesota Exhibit at the Chicago Exposition. Miss Joyce Dorsey has accepted a position as music teacher at San Antonio, Tex. DEATH OF GEO. CHOICE. Funeral services over the remains of Mr. Geo. Choice were held at Lawrence's P parlors on Monday afternoon. He died at Glenwood, where he has resided about 12 years, from tuberculosis. He was a personal friend of Mr. and Mrs. John Simons, who arranged his burial. He was a native of Eaton, Ga., and had lived a long while in Minneapolis. Rev. E. R. Edwards conducted the services. The pallbearers were Wm. Pittman, E. W. Cabbell, G. Ed. Southall, Jessie Berry. Interment at Hillside Cemetery. A CORRECTION. We mentioned the names of Mrs. J. P. Jackson, as the winner of the third prize (a ticket to Chicago) in the Elk's Contest, which should have been Mrs. Jennie Johnson, 401 5th Ave. So., She thanks her many friends who voted for her. Judge Johnston's Dance on Tuesday evening was very well attended. Judge commenced his winter season with his usual attendance and opularity. Ames Lodge held a Smoker Tuesday evening. A review of the Convention was the topic and every body present enjoyed the refreshments. Mr. Geo. W. Holbert was elected Grand Loyal Knight at the Elks' Convention. There are persons who do things worth mentioning and never give newspapers any copy. How can we get news, if it is not sent to us? LEAVE IT HERE Leave your Money for your Subscription with Miss Essie R. Mason, 325 So. 5th St., at People's Realty Co's office. She will collect and credit the same for Twin City Star. CHILD MAY DIE OF BURNS. Alice Hubbard, 4 years old, is not expected to live at the St. Paul city hospital, where she was taken suffering with burns received from an overturned lamp at the home of her father, George Hubbard, two miles south of West St. Paul. Her baby brother John, 18 months old, who died yesterday, will be buried Friday. Why prohibit the licensed sale of Liquor to Promote and Increase the Unlicensed Blind Pigs? SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWSY. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT (For Sept. 18-27 and Oct. 2, 1915) On October 4, voters in Minneapolis and Hennepin County will be called upon to vote on prohibition. The issue is clearly defined, and it is this: "Shall Hennepin County adopt prohibition?" Before arriving at a hasty conclusion, voters are earnestly requested to consider the following facts: If Hennepin County goes prohibition, 486 store buildings will be vacated and a "For Rent" sign will be placed on all of them. Three hundred and ninety-nine of these buildings are in the business district of Minneapolis, and they alone pay an annual rental of more than $659,000 in addition to about $210,000 for lights and water, a total of $869,000. The buildings that will be vacated in Minneapolis alone represent a property value of more than $11,000,000. There can be only one result from such a condition. Property values will decrease. This is inevitable, and with such a large number of store buildings idle, the effect on other property will be immediate. Property generally will depreciate in value and taxes will increase. This is only one of many destructive features contained in the county prohibition measure. If prohibition carries, more than 7,000 persons in Minneapolis will be thrown out of employment, and 25,000 women and children depending upon them will be affected. Think what this means to Minneapolis! A careful investigation shows that the average family that will be directly affected expends at least $800 a year for house rent and housekeeping expenses; thus every line of retail business will feel the evil results of prohibition in the way of greatly decreased sales. What are you going to do with this army of 7,000 unemployed? Who will provide for their families and those dependent upon them? Will the prohibitionists assume this burden? Will they make good a deficit in license revenue amounting to nearly a half-million annually in Minneapolis alone? Will they fill the empty store buildings with tenants, and guarantee them prosperity under the prohibition banner? These are plain facts, and no amount of appeal to passion can change them. Minneapolis and Hennepin County confront a serious danger. Voters are asked to vote for prohibition and bring about a condition which spells disaster for the greatest city in the Northwest. If you are a booster for Minneapolis, and if you want to see the city and county continue to prosper, declare yourself now and vote NO at the election on October 4. THE TRUE MEANING OF COUNTY OPTION. County Option means county prohibition, and destroys "home rule," i. e., the control of the liquor business by the municipalities, which system has been in successful operation since 1858. Ever since 1849 the regulation of the liquor business in Minnesota has been built upon the foundation of LICENSE, and regulation is only possible through LICENSED dispensaries. County option destroys the very foundation of regulation through license and offers no substitute for it. In fact, county option suspends every law and every municipal charter so far as they refer to the sale and regulation of liquor. Not even the most sincere prohibitionist will claim that prohibition ever stopped the desire for, or the use of liquor, or its sale and consumption. What happens, then, when a county goes dry? Liquor will continue to be used surreptitiously and will be sold unlawfully, but there will be no regulation. The inevitable result of such a condition is a continuous violation of the law, for when regulation steps out, lawlessness steps in. County option is more than a saloon question. The experience of other states teaches that legislation of this kind is followed by laws attempting to prohibit the shipment and limiting the quantity and kind of liquor that may be shopped into a county, even for personal use. Besides being un-American, it is the most impertinent and pernicious interference with your personal affairs ever attempted in the history of the country. It means, in short, Personal Prohibition, with all the attendant evils that accompany this vicious principle. Do you want to force prohibition on your neighbors? Do you want your neighbors to force prohibition on you? This is what county option means. Do you want such conditions to exist in Minnesota? WHAT PROHIBITION MEANS It abolishes a thing that many enjoy because a few persons abuse their right to the use of it. It attempts to abolish the legitimate sale of liquor and opens the way for blind pigs and lawlessness. It abolishes license revenue and forces the people to pay higher taxes to make good the deficit. It preaches that righteousness and temperance can come by law. It claims a monopoly on all honor, integrity, temperance and Christian virtue. It uses a "Reform" flag, and through false claims and deceitful doctrines, wins a following by playing on the sympathies of the unthinking. It creates unrest, and provides a field of labor for paid agitators who thrive on the turmoil they create. WHAT LICENSE MEANS It provides a lawful means of obtaining something that people have a right to buy. It is the foe of intemperance. It regulates the sale of liquor and puts the lawless blind pigs out of business. It provides a revenue which helps to keep taxes down. It permits the poor man to obtain something which prohibition permits only the more fortunate to enjoy. It is an aid to progress because it provides something which man demands. A dry town never yet made a large city. It helps business and provides a large part of the money necessary to run the towns and county. It stands for equal rights and opposes being governed by the intolerant few. It provides something that strangers in a community have been accustomed to find in their own town. Issued by The Business Men's Educational League, for which $50.00 will be paid. ADVERTISE HERE, IT PAYS. FOR FALL HABERDASHERY and TAILORING see Robert W. Cowan GENTLEMAN'S WEAR CUSTOM TAILORING Opp. Chamber of Commerce Minneapolis, Minn. Peoples Christian Assembly. Rev. G. W. Mitchell, Pastor, 1204 Washington Ave. So. Come! and Serve the Lord. ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 22nd St. near 10th Ave. So. Rev. Thos. B. Stevall, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So. Minnesota. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. REV. G. L. MORRILL. Rev. G. L. Morrill conducts his Sunday services at the Jitney (formerly Bilou) 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 people, and they are always welcome to attend his services. 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. A WELCOME TO ALL MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY FORUM. During summer months, meetings will be held on 1st Sunday in August at Bethesda Church; 1st Sunday in September at St. Peter A. M. E. Church. Sunday Forum Officers President, R. Skinner; Vice Pres., Miss Eva Walker; Secretary, Webster Stovall; Ass't Secy., Miss Lady Walker; Treas., Mrs. I. S. Bogie; Critic, P. F. Hale; Journalist, Louis Marshall; Organist, Mrs. L. Sensabaugh; Chaplains, Rev. T. B. Stovall, Rev. T. J. Carter; Sergt. at Arms, L. T. Jones. 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. G. W. Willis, Supt. 6:45 P. M. B Y. P. U. Mrs. Frances M. Murrell, Pres. 8:00 P. M. Preaching. WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. 8:00 P. M. Mid-Week Choir Services FRIDAY NIGHTS. 7:00 P. M. Junior Choir Rehearsals. 8:30 P. M. Senior Choir Rehearsals. CHOICE CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE ON SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Houses and Flats for Rent. B. M. McDEW, 802 Sykes Block. N. W. Nic. 621 Minneapolis DAN'S RESTAURANT 306 So. 3rd St., Minneapolis HOME COOKING My Specialty N. W. Main. 2767 Daniel Williams, Prop. Those who are indebted to us will please forward a part of their subscriptions. "Times are hard" is the cry—but 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. CHOICE FURNISHED ROOMS. Two choice furnished rooms, suitable for a nice couple, and wife, or two gentlemen. Apply to Mrs. E. A. Mitchell, 2020 5th Ave. So. Call So. 117. 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New York.—There are 7,000,000 Belgian mouths and 2,000,000 French ones in the "occupied zone" of war in Europe into which nothing enters save what is provided by America, but the situation in some ways presents more serious aspects than it did this time last year. Lindon Wallace Bates, vice chairman and New York director of the commission for relief in Belgium, says that it will be several weeks before it can be definitely known just how much it will be necessary for Americans to do during the coming winter. Much depends on the Belgian harvest. But it is certain that the commission, which has undertaken to supply the Belgian non-combatants with food until the war ends, has before it perhaps the most arduous part of its work—most arduous because, although the first enthusiastic wave of sympathy for the stricken country, which made the collection of donations little more than the sending [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit]. of acknowledgments, has had a year to lose its original ardor, the task is just as big as ever. Sixty thousand tons of food have to be sent every month and over 1,500,000 people fed who have no means to pay for anything. This means a minimum of $3,000,000 a month to be raised, and it is not expected the commission's present funds can last much longer. In one respect the work will be much easier than it was last year. The organization of the commission is complete and well nigh perfect. Its committee has become accustomed to smooth and harmonious co-operation, and its agents have been established in every center of distribution. The problem thus is merely that of getting the food instead of getting it and then getting it to the people of Belgium. The diplomatic obstacles which made the early work particularly arduous also do not now exist. All of the belligerent nations have recognized the commission as the medium to supply food to noncombatants and have agreed not to mollest its shipments. As Bates put it, the commission has become established as an "imperium imperio." But there have been many births in Belgium, and, although many adults doubtless have died, a baby is some what more difficult to feed than his father. The people of Belgium who are able to pay for food of course have not been receiving gratis their supplies from the commission. There are about 5,500,000 of these. As there is little other food for sale in Belgium, they have to buy their supplies from the commission. They each have had to procure them a ticket entitling them to buy only a certain amount—precisely the same as that given to those who have no money. The amount is about ten ounces of bread and dried beans and rice and prunes, and others basic foods a day. It is about one-third of a soldier's ration, or about one-fourth of what the average American eats. It costs, for each member of the "bread line," about $2 a month. In spite of the small amount and the even smaller cost, however, it has suffered not only to keep alive the people of Belgium, but to keep them well and physically fairly well contented. Captain C. E. Farrand's Widow to be Declared Legally Dead. Denver.—Mrs. May Spencer Farrand, second wife of the late Captain Charles E. Farrand, U. S. A., retired, who mysteriously disappeared fifteen years ago, may soon be declared legally dead in order that the captain's estate may be settled. The only heir the attorneys for the estate have been able to find is Mrs. Louise A. Ryder of New York city, daughter of Captain Farrand by his first marriage. A nation wide but futile search has been made for Mrs. Farrand for fifteen years by war department officials, federal secret service men and attorneys, since she left Avrada, a Denver suburb, shortly after her husband's death. Neither relatives nor friends have since heard from her. "Unless Mrs. Farrand is found in a few weeks, Public Administrator Woodward said, "she will have to be declared legally dead, and the captain's fortune will go to the only heir we have been able to locate, but if she is found half of the fortune will go to her." MAY LOSE CITIZENSHIP. Status of Baltimoreans Fighting in Europe is In Doubt. Baltimore.—A question of law may arise if the young Baltimoreans now fighting in Europe, John Poe, John Sydney Howell, Alexander Godby and Martin D. Monaghan, attempt to return to their native land. It is held by the department of labor that by taking up arms they have expatriated themselves. This was the finding in the case of Frank Caswell of Harrison, Me., a trooper of the Canadian contingent, who attempted to come home, but was held up by the authorities on the ground that he had ceased to be a citizen of the United States. Local officials declare that a different light may be thrown on the subject when it becomes known under just what conditions these young Baltimoreans enlisted. If they swore allegiance to the flag under which they aspired to fight they of course ceased to be citizens of the United States, but there appears to be doubt as to just what the foreign powers exact of their recruits. RICH OCTOGENARIAN AGAIN PROSPECTING Forest, Cal.-The spectacle of an old man, eighty-five years of age, fitting himself out as a prospector and taking his blankets into the hills after sixty years' vacation from the same sort of work proved interesting to the residents of this old mining camp. What made the incident more interesting was the fact that the prospector is a wealthy man and has no need for any more of this world's goods. The stranger is James C. Chase, who mined in the headwaters of Jim Crow canyon in the early fifties and who took out enough to enable him to live in comfort among his relatives ever since. He took his "pile" and later invested in the rich apple district in Washington and recently came to California to visit the fair. The call of his early life rang in his ears, and he could not resist the temptation to cover the ground where he made his fortune in his younger years. Chase was not so successful in his first day's panning as he was in the fifties, but was delighted when he found color in his pan. "I think I could show some of you old miners a trick in this business yet," said Chase to some of the men who have been mining here with indifferent success for years. The old man does not look more than sixty and says he can stand camping as well as any man of any age. There are few in this old mining town who really remember the old man as a youngster of twenty-five who made a good "cleanup" and left in 1855. BLIND BASEBALL FAN John Moore of Decatur, Ill., Has That Distinction. Decatur, Ill.—John Moore of this city has entered the competition for the distinction of being the most confirmed baseball fan of the country. Moore is blind, but is not depending upon that infirmity to bring him any advantage over his rivals. The prize to go with the distinction is a ticket admitting the holder to any ball game between professional teams in this country or Canada. Moore has a strong claim to the title and is prepared to submit evidence, as conclusive as practicable, that he has not missed a game at Decatur, which is a member of the Three-I league, in eight years. Columbus, O. - Cupid's business in Ohio was all shot full of holes last year. Little Dan trapped only 47,000 Ohio pairs in the year ending April 1, 1915, according to figures given out by Secretary of State Hildebrand. And that's 2,561 pairs fewer than were wedded in Ohio in the previous year and 300 fewer than 1912, when the population was much smaller. TWIN CITY STAR Success of the Rev. Richard Carroll of Columbia, S. C. By GEORGE F. KING. Columbia, S. C.—Thousands of people of both races throughout Texas and Arkansas taxed the large auditoriums of churches in those states to hear what hundreds of the most representative people of these states said were the ablest and most instructive lectures to men and women that have been delivered in Texas and Arkansas for many years during the recent tour of that great South Carolinian, the Rev. Richard Carroll. He gave lectures of vital importance to the race in his characteristic manner, brimful of practical advice and inspiration, which have made him a man of national import. For twenty years he has been known as a gifted lecturer and preacher and has by his remarkable ability and style reached thousands of his race and turned their activities into channels of higher usefulness. During his recent tour, which closed with unprecedented success, it was proved, as it has been wherever he labored, that he is a born leader. This fact looms up largely in South Carolina, where even Bent Tillman is in the saddle and says: "No colored man in the state has the influence with all classes of white people that Carroll has. He has the influence and co-operation of the best people in the state." United States Minister W. E. Gonzales, in Cuba, is among the many white men who pay tribute to his character. In his common sense way he takes a stand for right and does not once compromise with the enemies of his race. There are very few Afro-Americans in any part of the country who can register their opinion in no uncertain tones before an audience in the south as this remarkable character, who is often invited to address audiences of the most influential southern white people. His experiences in trying to bring about an amicable relationship between the races, especially in this state, are strikingly interesting. His peculiar frankness in dealing with this all important race subject and dynamic force of personality and sincerity have placed him high in the estimation of the best people of both races, and there is no man in South Carolina who can command the co-operation on the part of every element of Afro-Americans as can the Rev. Mr. Carroll. His life has been devoted to philanthropic movements, and his charitable endeavors are signally evidenced by giving his life for destitute children and contributing his finances for the education of a large number of them. Another phase of his activities is the finding of homes for the homeless. The colored farmers of South Carolinas have found in him every quality of a leader, and as an attestation of this fact is the most excellent support given him in every movement he has launched, especially the South Carolina state fair, of which he was the organizer and first president, and the Batesburg fair, Batesburg, S. C. These fairs are remarkable evidences of the Negro's achievements and aspirations and have elicited nation wide comment. The Rev. Mr. Carroll was educated at Benedict college, and spent one year in study at Shaw university. He was highly successful in the pastorate in Greenville, Alken and other rural charges in this state. For eleven years he labored assiduously as Sunday school missionary in South Carolina and Florida for the American Baptist Publication society, and the Baptist denomination work was made more effective in these states by him. When the Hispano-American war was declared Senator Tillman made Mr. Carroll chaplain of the Tenth United States volunteers, and since that time the public demanded that he should labor among them in various sections of the south. The Rev. Mr. Carroll married Miss Mary Simms, the first graduate of Benedict college. By this marriage he has four children—Dr. Ruth Carroll, Professor Barnabas R. Carroll, Seymour and Mary Crozer Carroll, Mrs. Carroll labored with him until her death. In 1914 Mr. Carroll married Miss Corie J. McDaniel of Laurens, S. C., who is also a graduate of Benedict college. LOVE OF MANKIND. The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing farthest, has the deepest love for mankind. He who sees without loving is only showing his eyes in the dark.—Maurice Maeterlinck. Is thy cruse of comfort falling? Scanty fare for one will often make a royal feast for two.—Eliza Charles. In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.—Froude. He works with God who works for men.—Heber Newton. "That young Gadsby is an amiable fellow." "Yes; he has to be amiable to counteract the irritating effect of the clothes he wears."—Birmingham Age-Herald. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. Tucker Truss and Appliance Co. always get a Square Deal. High Grade Trusses, Surgical Appliances, Elastic Hosiery. Abdominal Supporters, Etc. 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GO TO METROPOLITAN 41-43SOUTH S and get one to ments may ROOT & B 403-5-7 NICO Women's Fashion Popular COATS, SUITS, DRESS MILLINERY, GLOV UNDEL You are missing it badly if you don't have in your home a 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. . . . . GO TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSIC CO. 41-43SOUTH SIXTH STREET and get one today. Easy payments may be arranged COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, WAISTS, SKIRTS, MILLINERY, GLOVES, HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR EQUAL RIGHTS IN FRANCE. The Diagne 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. Diagne, 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 Labrouse, 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, Lagrosiliere of Martinique and Candace and Bolsseuf of Guadeloupe, Lagrosiliere 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 Labrouse 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. it badly if you your home a BROS' PIANO idea the amount will give you, be played either means of music children's piano be continued just TO THE MUSIC CO. SIXTH STREET today. Easy pay- be arranged HAGEMAN BILLET AVENUE manable Apparel at r Prices DES, WAISTS, SKIRTS, WEES, HOSIERY and RWEAR 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 48 cents. The headquarters of the league are at 2306 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. WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY MAKES GREAT PROGRESS$ Authorized an 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 G. K. 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. 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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 8, Sth St. Minneapolis, Minnesota, $$$ Gov. Frank B. Willis of Ohio, will pass through the Twin Cities next Wednesday. He is a true friend of the Negroes and has done our race invaluable service as a Member of Congress and Chief Executive of Ohio. The Negroes are fifty years behind the Prohibition Movement, too far behind to catch up in one election. The open letter by Mr. F. E. Zon- ne, proprietor of The Andrews Ho- tel, is an epitome of facts relative to the Negro and the liquor traffic. Mr. Zonne is an authority, being an offi- cer of the American Hotel and Res- taurant Keepers Association, Many waiters want The Star to represent.them in the County Option fight, but they never subscribe to support a publication, which may help them. The Negro expects the white man to carry the burden of expense, and he has done it in this case. EVERYBODY VOTE You don’t have to be registered, ar have vated at a previous or have voted at a previous Election. If you are 21 years of age or over, every man who has lived in the state six months, and in his voting precinct 30 days, is en- titled to a vote. Just go to Your Polling Place ~ and the Clerks will Register you and let you Vote. IF YOU MOVE During the last 30 days before election, go to your former polling place and ask’ for a transfer, on election day, and take it to your district where you live (where you have moved to) and hand it to the clerks, and you can vote. ‘There's a suspicion that certain jin- g0es are overanxious to stand behind the president when trouble is brewing. ‘They can get glory from shouting loud and then sneak away when bullets be- gin to fy. It requires a half score of European trips merely to skim the surface of things over there, so the one who vows to “see America first” has years of hiking and pleasure coming. ‘The American custom of long dis- tance practice rides for army officers would have prepared the Russian off cers to find a safe rear in their great retreat. Sometimes it is a grave problem for parents what to do with their boys and girls and, again, what to let the young folks do with their old folks, Tndging trom the amount of advice ‘urged upon the government at Wash- ington, this must be a nation of im splred sages or inspired idlers, Tt seems that warlike nations must ‘add to the usual military preparedness fgome cocksure prevention of labor ‘strikes. ‘Vacations come high indeed, bat tf they are real rests from overstrain ‘they can’t come too high. _ The idea of peace current tn Mexico te be, “Make the other fel'ow BE nen HERE, IT PAYS. PROHIBITION'’S EFFECT ON WAITERS. Prominent Hotel Keeper Presents Lestes! Views, cerned in the outcome of the elec tion set for Oct. 4 than the colore people, a large element of whom ar employees of hotels, cafes and rail roads, greatly affected by the tran sient and tourist trade. The colores waiter is very much in favor in Min neapolis and is growing in favor. Fou of the larger hotels, the West, Nicol let, the National, and the Andrews of which I am manager, have settle¢ upon the colored waiter as the mos! efficient and satisfactory type. The colored waiter of this genera tion is educated, skilled in his profes. sion, and commands a respect that takes him out of the servant class He constitutes as important factot as any in making a hotel a success— his efficiency, willingness and polite ness can make and keep friends for a hotel or restaurant, and the value of a good waiter is as mach appre ciated by a hotel manager, or shoule be, as that of a good clerk or any other employee. What I mean by saying that the colored people should be especially in- terested in seeing prohibition vote¢ down in ‘Minneapolis is just this: The present sentiment against saloons is owing to moral conditions surround: ing them, and the abuse rather than the use of liquor. I believe prohibi. tion to be impracticable and wrong in principle, and while I do not think it is going to triumph, or will last, should it triumph, I do believe that the agitation is going to very largely change the drinking habit of the na- tion. I think that the American bar up to which men stand for the purpose of drinking only will ultimately dis- appear and with it will go the high proof liquors, the whiskeys, brandies and gins which they drink for ‘con- viviality’s sake, In its place will come the serving of beverages of a lower percentage of alcohol, light beer and wines, and they will be served at tables, in restaurants or in resorts where people will drink while eating. The popularity of music and cabaret entertainments in restaurants points to this, also the introduciton of danc- ing. There will be fewer evils from the abuse of liquor than now, people will learn to drink as they should drink, adding zest to their enjoyment of food. Nearly every hotel in the Twin Cities is making its cafe sociability, a leading feature. The two largest hotels do not have bars at all. In consequence, with the growing pop- alarity of restaurants and indications that cafe life may be developed along lines similar to France, Ger- many and Austria, notably, where people drink with their meals in parks and on boulevards, as well as in beautifully appointed places of amuse- ment and music; there will be an in- creasing demand for more waiters and for better service, creating more places for those who follow such oc- cupations. Let prohibition prevail, taking the joy out of life, curtailing the plead- ures of the table, diminishing the traveling of tourists and pleasure- seekers, and the cafe and restaurant business will be demoralized and hotels will become only rooming houses, whereas they are becoming more and more the homes and clubs of the well-to-do who can afford and are willing to pay for luxuries and good service. ‘Any colored man who votes for prohibition will be throwing his in- fluence against the employment of many of his race and against the de- velopment of occupations that are more open to them than those of other walks of life. The other arguments that prohibition will deprive the city of revenue needed for pubfic improve- ments, will raise taxes, and have a generally depressing effect on busi- ness applies to the colored citizen equally with the white. Read of the history of prohibition in Maine, Kan- sas, and the other states, particular- ly in the south, that have experiment. ed with prohibition, and I am cer- tain that you will find that it has brought disaster instead of prosperity, and made moral conditions worse by substituting blind pigs for the legit mate saloon, hotel bar-room or cafe which can be regulated F. E. Zonne. Activity of the Woman Suffrage Party. Among the- capable and ambitious colored women in New York who be- Weve in votes for women is Miss Lyda Newman, who has been placed in charge of a branch headquarters re. cently opened at 207 West Sixty-third atreet, New York. by the Woman Suf- frago party. Miss Newman will make a thorough canvass among the voters of that section of the elty in bebalf of Votes for women, In times lke these the shadow of the Fourth of July cannot grow less. ‘England's boasted mastery of the sea seems to stop at the waterlinn =» TWIN CITY STAR DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE, | T# MORAL PHas! Hon, Harry C. Smith Prevents Inimi- eal Legislation by Ohio Legislature, ‘The Platt-Hllis bill offered in the last session of the Ohio legislature, contain- tng, among other provisions, that appli- cants for license to practice medicine or its allied branches shall state thelr color, race and complexion and furnish their pletures, was objected to by the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor and owner fof the Cleveland (0.) Gasette and a former member of the state legisla- ture. Mr, Smith in a letter to Gov- enor Willis recently called the chief executive's attention to the proposed legislation and recetved from the gov- emnor the following reply: State of Ohio, Executive Department. Columbus, Aug. 38, 1915. ‘Hon, Harry 0. Smith, Bditor Gasetie, Dear Mr. Smith—I thank you for your letter with inclosed clipping. I am glad to note that you published Mr. Boyle's ‘statement tn full. This, tt appears to me, {a @ complete answer to the misrepresen- tations that were made relative to the ‘action of the tax commiation. I thank you sincerely for your courtesy in setting the matter right with your good. people. I notige the reference you make to the forms which have been provided by the state medical board under the “Platt. Ellis" bill. I took this matter up. at once with Dr. Metson, secretary of the board. After quite a full discussion the doctor agreed to eliminate the objection- able provision. ‘The new blanks will say nothing about race or complexion. Neither will photographs be required. trust that this action meets with your approval. Very truly yours, FRANK B. WILLIS. Evil Influences at Werk In the South. An Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch says there bas sprung up recently in the rural sections of several southern states an expression of racial feeling which if allowed to take its course would, it Js believed, do more to prevent the ad- vancement of the Negro and the solu- tion of the problem of the whites and the blacks living in harmony and prop- er social and economic relation than any influence which has put in tts ap- pearance tn the last decade. FIRST BISHOP OF OUR RACE. How Francisco Jovier de Luna Vic- toria Rose to the Episcopate. ‘The first bishop of Negro blood on the American continent to wear the miter was Right Rev. Francisco Jovier de Luna Victoria, who was the son’ of a freed slave who pursued the voca. tion of a charcoal burner, near Bocs de la Rio Grande, and peddled it on his back in the streets of Panama, as one there may see many Negroes still doing. This old man lived for no oth- er purpose than to rear and educate his son and offer him for the sacred ministry, and he saw his purpose ac- complished. ‘Lana Victoria was not only & tian of virtue and learning, but a success- ful man of affairs as well. When the see of Panama became vacant by the Promotion of Bishop Juan de Caster- {da to the see of Cuzco, Peru, it hav- ing been offered to and refused’ by several members of religious orders, the miter fell upon the head of the priest Francisco Jovier de Luna Vic- torta, a native of the country, who had ascended in the degrees of the ecclesi- ‘astical hierarchy by his merits and vir. ‘taee, He was well recetved and accepted ‘by the people of Panama in those days, when it was known as a “proud and wealthy city.” He took possession of the diocese on the 15th of August, 1761. The new prelate, it is recorded, fur nished at his own expense the cathe- dral and enriched it with jewelry and precious vestments, placed the bells on the towers and was transferred to the ‘00 of Trujillo, Peru, in 1759. He continued to furnish the money until the building was completed on the 84 of December, 1760. He was the first man of Negro blood on the Amer- fean continent to wear the miter and the flowing robes of a bishop of the Boman Catholic church. ‘Where there is no blood at work the matter of signaling possible enemy ships at sea settles itself, while in the doubtful sone every skipper sets a wateh for» strange sail and particularly for signals to indicate what the stran- ger wants to do or wants done by the other factor In the ease. The rule of the sea ts to answer @ hail and stand to or fight. As with the rule of the road, St fs good policy as well as good eti- quette to follow custom. About this time we may expect a re- vival of the discussion over eating too Uttle or too much, drinking too little or too freely and all the whys and wherefores of kind, time and balanced components of a meal. The fact that the discussion returns annually with unabated vigor shows that it hasn't upset the world’s dietary habits as yet. If Germany should win it will be in- teresting to see how long the Japs hang on in Kiachau, how they get on Dossing China, how long Botha's Boers stay in German Southwest Africa and, above all, by what legerdemain Eng- land stays ruler of the seas. ‘The German continuous performance of plereing the Russian lines and the Continuous “comeback” of the csar’s men recall. Napoleon's comment on Russian valor, “The only way to beat ‘ Russian soldier is to kill him.” After four years of war the popula- tlon ef Mexico remains about the same. It is a war in which fighting doemn't mean killing to any great ex- tent. Sure of bie loot, the belligerent ‘Jets go easy. ’ 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 woman- hood 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 re- ligion 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 dis- credit religion. This misrepresenta- tion of the genuine article takes many forms and sometimes the one woman is a combination of afl. 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 be- comes 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 wom- en 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 chor- isters. They get religion and: start trouble for the deacons. These chil- dren 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 de- livered. —The Worker. ‘The struggle for today, is not al: together for today; it is for a vast future,—Abraham Lincoln. SIX GOOD REASONS Why You Should Join The National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People. + He teaches that rece prejudice is the most evil thing in the world to- day and that “Jim Crow” cars, race segregation, anti-intermarriage laws and all other manifestations of it are unchristian and cruel ef- forts of the stronger to oppress the weaker. . It combats in the courts, state legislatures, the Halls of Congress, the government departments and everywhere the spirit of persecu- tion against the Colored People which grows out of race prejudice. . 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 ee justice in all the relations of fe. . It believes in and teaches the doc- trine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and the seat of all races in our Amer- ican civilization. * . It aims to whois the Raat of our women by opposia: sage of antirace’” inter-marrloge laws. 5. Fis eoepoest of members of both taces and sexes on terme of com. plete e ‘and as brothers an ~ Haters Tn thls ‘holy cause ‘of free dor. ‘An Appeal for Funds, The Association needs mon- ey and new members. It costs just one dollar to join. If you believe in fair play, in fighting for your rights, if you believe in organization and co- operation, join this Association and do your bit toward advancing the race and therby helping to make human brotherhood a reality and not 2 fiction Send One Dollar to the under- signed and join in this great work. Gale P. Hilyer, Secretary, 2441 Sth Ave. S. + 722 New York Life Bldg. READ THE 8STAR—IT's NEWS Best Bargains in Winter ; Furniture BOUTELL’S _ 5th Street South and Marquette g NEW TABLES. 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