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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL 243 Minn Historical Society effective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents BAPTISTS ISSUE FINAL STATEMENT HOW THE CONFUSION BEGAN Largest Organized Body of Baptist Denomination Divided on Question of Publishing Board Which Boars Its Name—Legal Battle Stops Mixup For Time Being. After a lively week in Chicago the national Baptist convention closed on Monday evening, Sept. 13, with the election of Dr. E. C. Morris of Helena as president, Rev. W. G. Parks, D. D., Philadelphia, vice president; Professor R. B. Hudson, Selma, Ala., secretary; A. J. Stokes, Montgomery, Ala., treasurer; C. H. Parrish, Louisville, Ky., statistician; T. G. Ewing, Nashville, Tenn., attorney; M. G. Rodgers, La Grange, Tex., auditor. It was a meeting fraught with many animosities. A faction headed by Rev. E. P. Jones attempted to capture the convention, and in the confusion Dr. Jones declared himself elected to the presidency and then went into court and got an injunction against Revs. E. C. Morris, W. G. Parks, L. G. Jordan, P. J. Bryant, S. E. Griggs and A. Barbour. The same day the injunction was dissolved. The convention has issued the following statement: "The cause of the confusion manifested at the national Baptist convention, Sept. 8 and 9, was the attempt and purpose of the convention to control its publishing board, located at Nashville, Tenn. By reason of the peculiarity of the laws of Tennessee this board elects its own members, although for many years the convention thought by electing its own members in open session they really became members of the board. To its great surprise, in the course of time it became known that no one was a member of the publishing board unless elected by the board itself. That created distrust and suspicion, and the convention at once began to make efforts to come in possession and control of property that is really convention property. The board, through its secretary, defied the convention and refused to allow the convention's auditor to audit its books. "When the convention convened in Chicago on Sept. 8 with impressive devotional services conducted by Revs. E. M. Cohron of St. Joseph, Mo.; A. D. Williams, Atlanta, Ga., and W. D. Carter, Seattle, Wash., the program prepared by the executive board of the convention was read. It was then that the faction opposing the convention started a confusion, headed by the Rev. Dr. Brooks of South Carolina. The resolution offered by Dr. Brooks provided for the transaction of business before the enrollment of the delegates, and after some considerable discussion it was ruled out of order by President Morris. It was after this ruling that a faction, with Dr. E. P. Jones of Mississippi, attempted to take charge of the convention. "Great confusion followed, it being impossible to transact any business. A motion was made that the convention stand adjourned until time for the afternoon session. The motion was voted on and declared carried by President Morris. It was then Dr. E. P. Jones declared himself chairman and attempted to hold a convention. At the time for the convention to meet in the afternoon Dr. E. C. Morris was there and attempted to call the convention to order, but was prevented by the disorderly crowd. Disorder was kept up until the adjournment of the afternoon session. "The second day's session opened, but before doing so the enrollment committee and finance committee were stationed at the door, and no one was allowed to enter the hall who was not a regular delegate, wearing a badge. When the delegates were seated Dr. Morris called the convention to order, and after the opening devotional services and the reading of the journal Dr. Morris began the reading of his annual address. It was in the midst of the reading of this address that Dr. E. P. Jones entered the hall, followed by a deputy sheriff, and interrupted the speaker, and the deputy sheriff served on President Morris an injunction issued by Judge Smith, prayed for by Rev. E. P. Jones, R. H. Boyd and C. J. M. Boyd. "This was the turning point, because many of the delegates began to leave the Boyd faction, declaring that he was trying to destroy the convention. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon Dr. E. C. Morris and others representing the convention appeared before Judge Smith with attorney, and by 5 o'clock the injunction was dissolved, the judge saying to Dr. Jones: 'It is clear to the court that you attempted to take the convention in a disorderly way. The injunction is dissolved.' "Dr. Morris returned to the convention, finished the reading of his address, heard the report of the committee on enrollment and finance; then the convention elected officers, each being unanimously chosen. From that time until the close of the convention on Monday night, Sept. 13, order prevailed. "We have about passed the crucial test." the statement concludes, "and the convention is now orderly and requests the suspension of judgment by the public for the present." J. H. H. CONFERENCE VOTES FOR NEGRO BISHOPS. Amendment to Constitution Approved, 73 to 20, by Northern Minnesota Methodists. Secy. Penn Advocates Prohibition. An amendment to the constitution of the general conference permitting Negroes to have Negro bishops in the Methodist Episcopal church was favored by delegates to the Northern Minnesota Methodist conference in their meeting in Wesley M. E. church, Grant street and Fifth avenue S., today. The vote was 73 to 20. At the last general conference, in Minneapolis three years ago, favorable action was taken, but the constitutionality of the proceedings had since been called into question. The proposition will come before the next general conference at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in May, 1916. Those opposing the amendment declared that it officially recognized a distinction between white and black churchmen and thus was not democratic. Dr. I. Garland Penn, Secy. of the Freedmans Aid of the Methodist Episcopal Church attended the District Conference of the M. E. Church in this city. He advocated the cause of prohibition, which he claimed is beneficial to the Negro. PROMINENT MASONIC VISIT ORS. The Twin Cities has been honored, for a few hours at least, with the presence of most of the important officials of the Supreme Council 33 degree, Scottish Rite Masons. The Annual session was recently held at Oakland, Cal., and many of the members returned home through these cities. Mr. George E. Frey, Lieutenant Grand Commander, Baltimore, Md., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood, St. Anthony Ave., Wednesday 22nd. Friday the 23rd, James O. Bamfield, Secretary General, Joseph P. Evans, Treasurer General, W. W. Lawrence, Auditor Gen., S. S. Thompson and J. H. Walker were met at the train by Mr. Sherwood, but only Mr. Evans remained in the city for more than a few hours. On Sunday Mr. Robert L. Pendleton, Washington, D. C., arrived and spent two nights with the Sherwoods. He was very much pleased with the new Union Hall, and with the beauties of our state capitol; Mr. George L. Hoage conducted him over the building. Among Thross-Present: "Did Blinks exhibit at the horse show?" "Well, he made an ass of himself." "Philadelphia Ledger. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION STRONG PLEA FOR FAIR TREATMENT UGLY SITUATION REVEALED. New York Age Takes Up Fight Started by Dr. Robert E. Jones of New Orleans on Anti-saloon League, Which He Claims Draws the Color Line In Its Work. In a recent issue of the New York Age Editor Fred R. Moore calls the attention of the public and our race in particular to the attitude of some so called uplift movements in which prejudice against the colored people is practiced to an alarming degree. The Age points to the acts of one of these so called uplift movements and backs its opinion by quoting from an editorial written by Dr. Robert E. Jones, editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate at New Orleans. The statement of the Age is in part as follows: "Those who take leadership in the so called uplift movements would probably be the first to deny that they entertain feelings of racial prejudice against the Negro people, yet it is a matter of comment, more or less common among thoughtful men of the race, that there is more race prejudice in these so called uplift movements than among any other groups of people. It is a strange thing that this race prejudice in carrying forward these movements never manifests itself against the Germans as Germans, against Italians as Italians, against Poles as Poles or against any other group of our alien population. But wherever the Negro, who is a native born citizen, is concerned immediately race prejudice rears its ugly head, and the leaders in these uplift movements find themselves helpless—that is, too weak to undertake a straight out, stand up position in opposition to such racial prejudice! "Our attention has lately been called to the attitude and activities of the so called Anti-saloon league, one of these uplift movements, and its officers. It seems that most of their activities during the past six or eight years have been devoted to the south. Taking advantage of the disfranchising laws of that section, which exclude the Negro from voting, the officers of the Anti-saloon league, so it is alleged, have gone to the southern white voters with the cunning plea that their fight for prohibition in the south is not aimed so much at the whites as at the Negroes of the south. "Dr. Robert E. Jones, editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate at New Orleans, is one of the best known and one of the most unselfish leaders of the Negro people. So fragrant was the prejudice shown by the representatives of the Anti-saloon league in Louisiana that Dr. Jones was moved to editorial protest against the discriminations shown by the so called 'flying squadron' of the league. The Negro people of Louisiana constitute nearly one-half of the population of the state. They were entirely ignored and spurned when the Anti-saloon league launched its movement in Louisiana. "Not only is the Negro generally excluded from all meetings held in the interest of and by whites, but nothing was done to the to the movement the influence of the colored people as represented by their ministers and business men. In view of the prejudiced disposition of the so called 'flying squadron,' Dr. Jones wrote in his paper a full statement, which is called to the attention of the Negro people that they may know what they have to expect when they are dealing with such 'uplifters.'" Dr. Jones' editorial says among other things: "Moreover, recognizing the situation we face in this city and in the south, the colored citizens of this city (New Orleans) made an effort to secure the services of at least one of these speakers in order that the Negro population might be somewhat aroused on the temperance question. The state superintendent of the Anti-slaon league was written, the chairman of the committee in charge in New Orleans was written and other efforts were made. The Ministerial alliance, composed of all the colored ministers in the city, appointed a special committee to cooperate. No response came. "During the presence of the 'flying squadron' in the state the Louisiana annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was in session in Alexandris, Bishop Nathall Luckcock presiding. This conference had upward of 200 ministers attending, with a local membership throughout the state of 18,000 and an additional constituency of at least 30,000. At the time this conference was in session a member of the 'flying squadron' was invited by Bishop Luccock and the conference to address the body and agreed to fix an hour that was convenient to the speaker. There was no effort to yield to this invitation, nor was there a response. "We reluctantly call attention to this matter because if we could be forgotten and absolutely eliminated and thereby win the temperance fight we would be willing, but this procedure would not win. We will no doubt be told that this is a political fight and that the Negroes have been disfranchised." PHYSICIAN AND AUTHOR. Success of Dr. John A. Kenney Noted in Many Activities. One of the best known physicians of our race is Dr. John A. Kenney, medical director of the John A. Andrew Hospital and Nurses' Training school at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute. He is a Virginian by birth and is a graduate of the Hampton (Va.) institute and Shaw university, Raleigh, N. C. Dr. Kenney graduated from the Leonard Medical college at Shaw in 1901. He served as interne at Freedman's hospital, in Washington, after his graduation until 1902, at which time he became connected in the above named capacity at the Tuskegee institute, where, aside from his other duties, he is medical adviser to Dr. Booker T. Washington and family. He became widely known as the secretary of the National Medical association, which position he held for a period of ten years. Dr. Kenney was more than secretary of the medical association. The members considered him to be the real life and mainspring of the organization. It was he who guided the organization through its infancy. By his hard and untiring work and self sacrifice he nursed the organization till it became a real power among medical organizations. At the close of his tenth year as secretary he was unanimously elected president of the National Medical association. He was one of the incorporators of the Journal of the National Medical association and is at the present time the managing editor of this publication. As surgeon in chief of the John A. Andrew Memorial hospital at Tuskegee, which has been built since he took charge as medical adviser at Tuskegee, he has performed hundreds of operations of all kinds and is today considered one of the ablest surgeons of the race. Dr. Kenney is a prolific writer on all medical subjects and has contributed to many of the principal medical journals of the country. He has read papers of deep scientific study and interest before many of the medical organizations of the country. He is also the author of "The Negro In Medicine." Despite his many activities and the prominence which his industries and energy have brought him Dr. Kenney is one of the most retiring and unassuming of men. PREPARING FOR SERVICE. Miss C. L. Duke and F. B. Washington to Study Social Science. New York, Sept. 28.-The National League on Urban Conditions among colored people has announced that the two "fellows" of the league working in New York city this year are Mr. Forrester B. Washington of West Medford, Mass., and Miss Carrie L. Dukes of Augusta, Ga. Mr. Washington is a graduate of Tufts college and has been pursuing graduate work at Harvard university. Miss Dukes is a graduate of Spellman seminary and Morehouse college, Atlanta, Ga. These two young people are registered at the School of Philanthropy and Columbia university for advanced work in the social sciences and will receive their training and experience in practical work in connection with the district offices of the Charity Organization society and the field work of the league. At the expiration of a year's course of training Mr. Washington will be a candidate for his master's degree from Columbia, and both of the "fellows" will be prepared to take up some line of social welfare work in New York or some other city to which they may be called for service. The league appoints two "fellows" for resident study in New York city each year. Applicants are not restricted to any schools or communities. The best available persons are selected by a special committee which passes upon the applications early in the spring. Any one may apply for application blanks at the headquarters of the league, 2303 Seventh avenue, or at the southern headquarters at Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn. SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR ABLE LEADER IN GOOD MOVEMENTS Pioneer In the Science of Dental Surgery and Militant Champion of Equal Legal Rights and Opportunities For Colored Americans Rated Among Foremost Men of His Profession. By JOHN Q. ADAM5. Chicago.—One of the most striking figures at the recent golden anniversary of the Illinois Dental society, held at Hotel La Salle in this city, was Dr. Charles E. Bentley, who has by his ability and skill as a practitioner won a place in the front ranks of his profession. Born in Ohio and educated in the public schools, intermediate and high, of his native city, Cinchnatti, Dr. Bentley moved to Chicago, where he completed his education at Northwestern university and was graduated in 1887 from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery with the degree of doctor of dental surgery. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in his new home, giving all of his spare time to his studies and experiments. He soon became so proficient that his fame spread abroad, and patients came from near and far to get the benefit of his skillful manipulations. He was one of the first den CHARLES R. BENTLEY, D. D. S. tists to use hypnotic suggestion for the alleviation of pain, and this added greatly to his success. At the meeting of the Illinois Dental society held in 1806 Dr. Bentley read a paper on "New Outlooks In Dentistry," in which he made the following suggestion, couched in prophetic words: "If the public schools will respond to the growing demand for a larger knowledge of the structure and work of the human frame we may confidently hope for the installation of competent dentists in the schoolroom, who may make examinations of the mouths of children and advise them as to the correction of pathological conditions that may exist. It would also afford a fruitful source for the collection of data upon a wide range of subjects, the importance of which cannot be overestimated." Replying to Dr. Bentley, Dr. C. B. Robland dissented, fearing that the public would not take kindly to dental examinations in public schools. Fortunately Dr. Robland's fears were not well grounded. The public has taken kindly to public school dental examinations, and the public spirited work of the profession in this field is fully appreciated and approved by the masses. Two years later the Odontographic society, at the suggestion of Dr. Bentley, instituted an investigation into the condition of the mouths and teeth of the children of the public schools. One year later Dr. Bentley submitted his report, which was the basis of future work along this line, and today dental examinations are being made in nearly all of the public schools of the country. If priority of action counts for anything Dr. Bentley is the father of oral hygiene, which nowadays claims so much public and professional attention. The Odontographic society of Chicago was organized by Dr. Bentley in 1888, and he was elected its first president. In 1903 the society gave what was practically a great dental congress. There were 3,000 members of the profession and 1,000 dental students in attendance. The real soul of the great gathering was Dr. C. E. Bentley, who by his devotion and painstaking efforts made it a success. He has been a liberal contributor to the literature of both medicine and dentistry, and his papers, which have been read before state, national and international dental societies, have always merited the highest praise. Dr. Bentley is one of the few dentists who have been successful in the treatment of pyorrhea, the most difficult affection with which the profession has to contend. The manipulation of the instruments requires the greatest manual dexterity and delicate sense of touch. He numbers among his patients many of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of the country and is one of the dozen or so Chicago dentists who count their annual incomes in five figures. In late years Dr. Bentley has attained great prominence in civic affairs, and his advice is eagerly sought by those who are endeavoring to better the conditions of humanity in general. For more than twenty years he has been secretary of Provident hospital. He was first president of the Equal Opportunity league of Chicago. He is a charter member of the directorate of the National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People, an organization which includes some of the most prominent people of the country in its membership. He has the gift of oratory and is a forceful, logical and convincing speaker. In 1898 Dr. Bentley was married to Miss Florence Lewis, who was for many years the literary editor of the Philadelphia Daily Press, a woman of rare attainments, and their married life has been very happy. In October, 1914, Dr. Bentley, at the special invitation of the Winnebago County (Ill.) Dental society, delivered an address before that body on "Oral Hygiene." The same afternoon, at the request of the board of education, he addressed 1,000 students of the Rockford high school on "Paul Laurence Dunbar." Dr. Bentley's new dental offices are located in the Marshall Field building, overlooking Lake Michigan, where on clear days one may look across the lake to the Michigan and Indiana shores. The dental appliances in the offices are complete in every detail. A man of learning, polished in manner, having entree to the highest social circles and being in touch with many people of great influence, he has been able to do effective work in fighting prejudice against the colored people. Single handed and alone he has nipped many obnoxious schemes in the bud. Many wrongs have been righted effectively, but quietly and without any brass band accompaniment. When anything great in the repression of race prejudice has been accomplished in Illinois and people are wondering how it was done the chances are ten to one that Dr. Bentley is the man who did it. Dr. Bentley is at the head of his profession. He is not simply a great colored dentist, but a great American dentist. His success has not been circumscribed by lines of color. He thinks American, feels American, acts American and demands and receives treatment as an American. He believes that all men born in America are Americans and is opposed to the use of the word "Negro" to describe the colored people of the country. He is convinced that it is not logical and its use is inimical to the welfare of the republic. He looks forward to the day when there will be no German-Americans or French-Americans or Italian-Americans or Afro-Americans or any other hyphenated variety and when all racial distinctions shall have disappeared. When the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People was organized it was largely due to his efforts that the word "Negro" was not made a part of the official title of the organization. His career should be an inspiration to every colored youth. It teaches the lesson that it is not necessary, that it is even shortsighted and, to limit one's activities to the boundaries of the color line. It proves that there are no barriers which study, determination, constant effort, ability and skill will not batter down. Lincoln Jubilee Celebration Closes. The Lincoln jubilee celebration, which closed at the Coliseum in Chicago Thursday, Sept. 16, was a great success in almost every particular. That it was attended daily by throngs of people may be seen from the amount received for admission during the four weeks in which it was held. The receipts as given by those in authority amount to $13,000. On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the day Mayor Thompson visited the exposition and delivered an address, 5,480 persons attended, paying the sum of 25 cents admission. Elks Hold Exercises at McDonald, Pa. McDonald. Pa. was the scene of a jolly crowd of Elks on Wednesday, Sept. 22, when Pride of the West lodge, No. 196, of Pittsburgh held elaborate exercises in celebrating the fifty-second anniversary of the issuance of the emancipation proclamation STAR "ADS"—BRING RESULTS READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS Send your notes to us by Wednesda day A. M. Send your subscription now. 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. 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. VICTORIA C. HALEY IN RECITAL. Mrs. Victoria Clay-Haley, of St. Louis, Mo., assisted by local talent will appear at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church on Oct. 8th, on one of the most interesting programs recently presented to admirers of the eloquientary art. Mrs. Haley has a national reputation as a reader of exceptional ability. She is also a prominent public speaker and one of the leading women of her race. The ladies of the Church will serve refreshments. It will be the treat of the coming season. Don't fail to attend. Admission 25 cents. McMULLEN'S EXHIBIT The McMullen Sleeping Car Ventilator, patented by Mr. W. E. McMullen of this city was not shown to proper advantage at the Chicago fair last month. It has been accepted by leading railroads and being a Negro's patent, should have been given more prominent space. TURNER ESTATE IN COURT. TURNER ESTATE IN COURT. The will of Charles Turner, a well known citizen of this city who died recently from the effects of gas poisoning, has been filed for probate. The sole legatee is a local man, Jordan M. Morris, with the exception of a cousin who gets One Hundred Dollars. The heirs who live in Georgia, will contest the will. Atty. McIntyre represents the Estate and Attys. Albert H. Hall, J. H. Shapiro and Gale P. Hilly represent the heirs. The hearing on the will is set for Oct. 5th, and will be held before Judge Dahl. Mr. Hamlet B. Rowe, has been active in the interests of the Negro voters in the County Option campaign. He is employed by the Business Men's Educational League, and is in charge of a branch of their Publicity work. He has made a good impression where he has spoken, and is doing efficient work for the League. A delightful surprise was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cheatham Wednesday evening, in honor of Miss Amy Smith, of La-Crosse, Ws., by a few of her many friends. Those present were:Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs Pleasants, John Monroe, Jess Whitley, Joseph Merrill, W. Williams, W. M. Graham, Roscoe Lewis, J. W. Cheatham, F. Anderson, Mrs. Ophelia Rice, M. Canty, Spence, Marks, Smith, Misses Amy Smith, Nettie Loving, Dorothy Smith, Ophelia Canty, Margaret Stephens. Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe of 3633 Snelling Ave., gave a dinner at their home Monday evening, Sept. 27th in honor of Miss Amy Smith of La-Crosse, Wis. Mr. St. Elmo Vinigar, the barber, is now at Jones & Bell's Barber Shop, where he will be glad to serve his former patrons. Mrs. Leona Mason Giles of Pillsbury Ave., is one of the leading dressmakers and ladies tailors of her race in the city. Her workmanship is perfect. Mr. Barney Johnston will return West this week. He is a chef on Great Northern Dining Car Service. Mrs. Victoria Johnson, 603 No. Fremont Ave., his mother, has been seriously ill but is much improved. Her niece, Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Chicago is visiting her. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Coleman have moved to their new residence at 3736 Cedar Ave., Mr. Coleman is a janitor in the public schools. 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. We must have authority to publish private affairs. Kindly sign all articles and enclose a stamp for reply. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Mrs. Victoria Clay Haley THE TALENTED DRAMATIC READER In Recital Refreshments will be served by the Ladies of the Church. Mr. Robt. Canty, the experienced railroad Chef, has opened the Dayton Hotel, at 1205 So. Washington Ave., where he has prepared every accommodation for the comforts of the traveling public. He solicits the patronage of respectable persons desirous of first class hotel service. BYRON BROS. AT ORPHEUM. The Byron Bros.-Sumner, Benj. F., Herbert, Clarence and Fred, versatile musicians, appeared this week at the Orpheum Theatre. They were headliners on the bill and received tremendous applause. Mrs. Lawrence Ferguson left Wednesday night for Chicago to spend the winter with her mother, Mrs. Justin M. Brown bade her goodbye at the station. MORRILL, WET OR DRY? G. L. Morrill will speak on "Wet or Dry?" Sunday, October 3, 10:30 A. M. at the New Garden Theatre, 622 Hennepin Avenue. This is the new home of the People's Church. Brazil views, travel movies and pipe organ recital. All classes, creeds and conditions welcome. This means you. Come early. Mr. Joseph Thomas has moved to 1809 5th Ave. So. Mrs. Frank Peoples returned last week from an extended trip to the Coast. She spent two weeks with Mrs. Ida Lewis in Butte, Mont. and was the recipient of many social honors. Mr. Geo. P. Simms is very ill at the City Hospital, where he has been several weeks. Mr. Simms was formerly a porter on the Soo Road and has many friends who wish for his recovery. Mr. Irvin Welborn was taken to the City Hospital Sunday night, suffering from a nervous breakdown. He was employed at the Twin City Stag Club. Mr. Welborn was contemplating a series of speeches in the county option campaign. "Little Tom" Donaldson had his tonsils removed and has recovered from the operation and entered School. He is the son of Mr. Thomas Donaldson. The Ladies of the Order of Eastern Star will give a reception in honor of Mrs. Victoria Clay-Haley, Royal Grand Matron of Missouri Jurisdiction. Mr. Wm. Gill died Tuesday night after a long illness from asthma. He was buried by Undertaker Lawrence. Mr. Gill was a well known barber. The Election Returns will be given at The Good Fellows Ball, at Union Temple Hall on Monday night. Mrs. M. O. Cannon spent the week end in Northfield, Minn., visiting the Rice County Fair. While there Mrs. Cannon was the guest of her mother, Mrs. M. Boone and brother Fred Boone. She returned home Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Lewis have moved to 501 East 29th St. Miss Rozella Sample entertained at cards and dancing on Sept. 24 in honor of Miss M. Mayes of Winnipeg and Mr L R. Sample of Cleveland O Mrs. Annie Madison of Denver, Col., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. Gabhard, 636 6th Ave. No. Mr. Herb Donaldson returned this week from a trip to Chicago and St. Louis. He has been in poor health and was greatly benefitted by his trip. 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? FOR RENT—Two-room flat, 3509 Chicago Ave. $7.00. Modern. F. People's Realty Co., Nie. 2189. TWIN CITY STAR TO HEAR La Clay Haley DRAMATIC READER Special LECT LOCAL TALENT M. E. Church ND St., MINNEAPOLIS. Admission 25 cents by the Ladies of the Church. You Are Invited to JUDGE JOHNSON'S Grand Fashion Ball UNION TEMPLE HALL at 28 Washington Ave. So. Thursday Night, Oct 14 Second Dance of the Season McCULLOUGH'S ORCHESTRA TRUSSES, TRUSSES. Special Klugs Elastic Truss 89c. Full line leather covered, hard rubber elastic trusses for Men, Women and Children. HUGHES CUT RATE DRUG CO. 32 Wash. Ave. So. Rev. B. N. Murrell, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, has arranged for a two weeks' series of revival meetings, commencing Sunday, Oct. 3, which will be held afternoon and evening. Rev. Harper of Youngstown, O., who, as an able conductor of evangelistic services, will conduct the meetings. The city has been divided into districts, and efforts are being made by earnest workers to advertise the revival and by personal interviews interest the public. Rev. Chas. S. Morris of Norfolk, Va., one of the leading ministers of our race, preached one of his eloquent and logical sermons at Pilgrom last week. Rev. H. P. Jones has been given a charge at Galesburg, Ill. Mr. Curley Campbell was in search of Editor ?) Montgomery, of Milwaukee, (who is promising a special edition in this city,) to collect a ten spot he advanced the questionable editor when he was pulling of this same stunt in St. Paul. Mr. Jos. Coquire, of St. Paul, who was severely injured by being run over by an auto last week is improving at the City Hospital. MRS. HALEY TO VISIT TWIN CITIES. 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. NEW THOUGHT WOMAN IS TO LAND WITH WORDS San Francisco, Sept. 26.—Miss Florence MacFarlane, a delegate from London, Eng., is going to live among Negroes, she announced in an address before the New Thought Congress, to test the practicability of universal brotherhood. "If I can live happily among the blacks," she said, "if I can love them as I love the people of my own race, then I will know that our dream of brotherhood for all races may come true." 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. EVERYBODY VOTE You don't have to be registered, 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 entitled to a vote. Just go to Your Rolling Place 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. ADVERTISE HERE, IT PAYS. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT (For Sept. 18-27 and Oct. 2, 1915) AN APPEAL TO COMMON SENSE. 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? 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. 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 has been paid. WHEN IN THE TWIN CITIES Be Sure and Visit WOODSEY JEMISON'S PLACE COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND GRILL 40 E. THIRD ST., ST. PAUL Railroad Men's Headquarters Night and Day Phone Cedar 9128 Peoples Christian Assembly. Rev. G. W. Mitchell, Pastor, 1204 Washington Ave. So. Comel and Serve the Lord. ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 22nd St. near 10th Ave. So. Rev. Thos. B. Stovall, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So., Minneapolis. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. 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 Sec'y, 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. 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 Prayer 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. 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When You Change When you change your address, notify your postman, or drop a slip containing your name, new and old addresses, in the mail (without postage) and you will get your newspaper and other mail forwarded to you. When your name appears as being one of these "worthy of mention," try and have it appear on our books as a paid-up subscriber. We solicit short opinions on general topics. It is peculiar that our people have no public opinions, everything is strictly confidential. Remember, we said, "Short opinions." 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. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Defective effective Page ACCIDENTS KILL 25,000 WORKERS Declared That Compensation For Industrial Accidents Will Become Universal—Railroad and Agricultural Pursuits Responsible For More Than 4000 Fatalities 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 workman'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- J. B. FRANDERICK 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 boldermaking 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 $8. 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. 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. 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?" "Yes, sir, I did." "Was the field fenced?" "Yes, sir." "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 sur- rounded by a fence with no boards off and never a knothole in it?" "Yes, sir," said the witness. "Well, tell it," commanded the attor- ney impatiently. "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 have clutched each change 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. Hampton—Where have you been? Rhodes—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. "Why do you use rouge 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 is left 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 sidshow." —Washington Star. Must Be. Mary had a little lamb At lunch. A matter which We wish to state would indicate That Mary's fellas are rich. -Buffalo News. Gas Not Needed. Dentist-What! You don't want gas? You insisted on having gas the last time. Victim-You haven't been eating on lons this time.-New York Weekly. TWIN CITY STAR JOSEPH L. JONES EXPLAINS. Noted Business Man Denies Claims of Man Mentioned Below. A man of the name of W. H. Jones, whose residence number is given as 207 South Fourth street, Philadelphia, asserts that he is the twin brother of Joseph L. Jones, proprietor of the Central Regalia company, Eighth and Plum streets, Cincinnati, and that he owns a half interest in the Central Regalia company. The Jones referred to also says that he is the son of Bishop Joshua H. Jones of Wilberforce, O., and that the Hon. James H. Needham, grand secretary of the Odd Fellows, is his uncle. Tuch Truss and Appli High Grade Technical Appliance Hosiery. Abdo porters. Etc. best in Quali telligent Serv place wher y gets a Square 415-17 Masse Mr. Joseph L. Jones, proprietor of the Regalia company, says he has neither brother nor sister. This man Jones is said to have been very active of late taking orders for the Central Regalia company. He has canvassed, it is said, in North and South Carolina, and during the latter part of September he was seen in Georgia. Joseph L. Jones, Bishop Joshua H. Jones and Mr. J. H. Needham say they do not know any such man nor have they any relative by that name or any one who owns a half interest in the business of Joseph L. Jones. Messrs. Joseph L. Jones, Bishop J. H. Jones and Mr. J. H. Needham are very anxious to locate the man who makes such business and family claims as are alleged by the W. H. Jones referred to in this article. Joseph L. Jones is the chairman of the executive committee of the National Negro Press association, editor of the Fraternal Monitor and vice supreme chancellor of the supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias. BROOKS' LIBRARY OPENED. Constructive Work of St. Mark's Church, New York, Commended. On Monday, Sept. 20, the Brooks' Library of Negro Literature at the St. Mark's M. e. church, West Fifty-third street, New York, Rev. William H. Brooks, D. D., minister, was opened to the public with an interesting musical and literary program. A unique feature of the gathering was a number of well rendered solos by prominent ministers of New York city and vicinity, interspersed with addresses by noted divines and a number of addresses commending the object of the promoters of the library scheme. It is proposed to make this library a headquarters in New York city, where accurate information respecting the achievements of members of our race in various lines of endeavor may be obtained. At the conclusion of the rendition of a most excellent program the judges appointed to pass upon the merits of the various musical and literary productions, Attorney Wilfred H. Smith, Lawrence T. Hunt and J. E. Robinson, retired and subsequently returned with their verdict in favor of Reva. B. W. Arnett and Gilbert Wilson, soloists, and J. E. Bruce "Grit," whose paper, "Making History," was awarded a cash prize. Attwell to Locate at Columbia, S. C. Joseph J. Attwell has recently been appointed general manager of the South Carolina division of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance company of Durham. Mr. Attwell will have his headquarters at Columbia, S. C. SUCCESSFUL SECRET ORDER. United Brothers of Friendship Hold Meeting at Princeton, Ind. The annual meeting of the grand lodge, United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, recently held at Princeton, Ind., was largely attended. Reports from local lodges submitted by delegates showed a decided increase in most all departments of the order during the year. The order has a large membership in the United States and is among the oldest and most progressive secret societies operated by our people. The next annual meeting of the grand lodge will be held at Evansville, Ind. The election of officers resulted as follows: Grand master, B. B. Alexander, New Albany! deputy grand master, Noah Bell, Evansville; grand secretary, Dr. W. E. Brown, Indianapolis; grand treasurer, John Coleman, Indianapolis; grand recorder, L. E. Johnson, Newburg; chairman trustee board, James Smith, Jeffersonville; trustees, C. M. C. Willis, William J. Bryant, Indianapolis; state organizer, Burt Alexander, New Albany; deputy state organizer, J. H. Fry, Evansville. Sisters of the Mystic Ten: Grand princess, Mrs. Cora B. Jackson, Indianapolis; vice grand princess, Mrs. Anna Riggs, Evansville; financial secretary, Mrs. Hattie Holloway, Evansville; recording secretary, Mrs. Laura Embree, New Albany; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Manson, New Albany; chairman trustee board, Mrs. Bell Street, Indianapolis. Indianapolis Y. M. C. A.'s Good Work. The employment department of the Young Men's Christian association at Indianapolis, Ind., secured positions of various kinds of employment for fifty men from Aug. 28 to Sept. 4. The membership of the association is increasing, and the work in all departments goes forward with briskness as the members return from their vacations. Bankers Conduct Successful Tag Day. Anderson & Co., bankers at Jacksonville, Fla., recently conducted a "tag day" to increase the number of deposits at their bank. The plan was a success, and nearly 1,000 new accounts were opened. Charles H. Anderson, the cashier, is also treasurer of the National Negro Business league. SUBSCRIBE NOW. 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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 authorised 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 Wil伯力force 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 Wil伯力force university. He is a man well qualified for the position which he holds. Enough is Plenty. Most of us should be well satisfied if we haven't enough troubles to keep us awake—Albany Journal. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWSY. missing it badly if you in your home a R BROS' ER PIANO TO THE BANTAN MUSIC CO. SIXTH SIXTH STREET e today. 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About eighteen months ago an appeal to the public was made for funds with which to carry on the work. The response was quite generous. Through the efforts and influence of the officials a sufficient sum was raised to put the building in first class condition, making more room and better facilities for taking care of the large number of children. The building is under the direct supervision of Dr. V. Morton-Jones, a well known and capable physician and social worker. Mrs. Jones has created great interest in the work and won many friends to its support. She is assisted by other competent women in looking after the various details in connection with the day nursery, games, etc. Funds, however, are needed, and the public of Brooklyn and any other cities is asked to aid in this worthy work for the little ones of our race. The white people have been very generous toward the institution from its inception. The building is located at 105 Fleet place. The officers of the Lincoln settlement are: Miss Mary White Ovington, president; Dr. Henry Neumann, first vice president; Dr. William M. Brundage, second vice president; Mr. W. D. C. Field, treasurer, 224 Henry street; Mrs. Francis A. Wilson, secretary, 45 Sidney place. Georgia's Educational Color Line Law. In discussing the matter of white teachers in schools for colored people at the south the New York Evening Post wisely says: "Both races will profit by the close relationship, and no one will profit more than the white people of the south, for to them the Negro question is much more important than it is to the northerner. At the same time it is a national problem, and if Georgia writes this law on her statute books she will offend not only herself, but the whole country, by taking a step toward the complication and not toward the solution of the problem." THE TWIN CITY STAR PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 305—So. Fifth Street. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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What do the best white people of the South today think of the Negro? What is their attitude toward Negro education? What is the real temper of the leaders in the New South? What do they think about Booker T. Washington's work for Tuskegee and the advancement of over ten million Negroes? The Rev. Dr. John E. White, of Atlanta, Georgia, a fearless exponent of "thinking white in the South," recently stated and frankly answered the incisive questions before several thousand Northern and Southern Negroes who had assembled in the Boston Symphony Hall, primarily to hear Dr. Washington deliver his presidential address to the sixteenth convention of the National Negro Business League. Dr. White said: The relation in the South between the races has never been so happy as it is now. Never has the outlook been so prosperous. The people of the South are "thinking white;" that is, the leaders are giving expression to the best sentiments. The South is now looking upon its millions of Negroes, not as a liability but as an asset. The South is training the Negro for success, for efficiency. The South sees that it is common sense to help the Negro. When the Negro owes something, then he is respected. White people down South think that the Negro is a man. They are saying this out loud. They are praying God to help them deal with the Negro on the basis of humanity. They think that the Negro is distinctly a Southern man. I predict that the time will never come when three-fourths of the Negroes of this country will not be found in the South. The civilization of the South, everything that makes it peculiar and characteristic, centers around the Negro. Indeed, the Negro has sweetened Southern life. Whole communities are shaped by the Negro. Property-owning Southern men do no lynching. Of the sixteen men who were arrested for rioting in Atlanta, for example, not one had his name on the county taxbooks. The race problem is to be solved, not by having a few Negroes with education and culture reach the top, but by having the well-trained Negroes reach down and help up the ladder the black men and women who are below struggling. Lawyer W. R. Morris is with the "Dry" faction. This has caused much comment among many of his "wet" brothers, who regard him as a big Negro. He is a recognized leader and prominent in fraternal circles of his race. Mr. Morris is a teacher in the Plymouth Congregational Church Sunday School (white) and is a total abstainer. We have no record of any speech made by him in this campaign against the saloon evil, and if such is a hindrance to the Negroes he should advise them to vote against it. We admit that his white brethren would rather have him do this and the Negroes would profit by having him as a teacher in one of their Sunday Schools. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. PROHIBITION'S EFFECT ON WAITERS. Prominent Hotel Keeper Presents Logical Views. To the Editor of the Twin City Star, Dear sir:—No class of citizens in Minneapolis is more directly concerned in the outcome of the election set for Oct. 4 than the colored people, a large element of whom are employees of hotels, cafes and railroads, greatly affected by the transient and tourist trade. The colored waiter is very much in favor in Minneapolis and is growing in favor. Four of the larger hotels, the West, Nicollet, the National, and the Andrews, of which I am manager, have settled upon the colored waiter as the most efficient and satisfactory type. The colored waiter of this generation is educated, skilled in his profession, and commands a respect that takes him out of the servant class. He constitutes as important factor as any in making a hotel a success—his efficiency, willingness and politeness can make and keep friends for a hotel or restaurant, and the value of a good waiter is as much appreciated by a hotel manager, or should be, as that of a good clerk or any other employee. What I mean by saying that the colored people should be especially interested in seeing prohibition voted down in Minneapolis is just this: The present sentiment against saloons is owing to moral conditions surrounding them, and the abuse rather than the use of liquor. I believe prohibition 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 nation. I think that the American bar up to which men stand for the purpose of drinking only will ultimately disappear and with it will go the high proof liquors, the whiskeys, brandies and gins which they drink for conviviality'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 introduction of dancing. 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 popularity of restaurants and indications that cafe life may be developed along lines similar to France, Germany and Austria, notably, where people drink with their meals in parks and on boulevards, as well as in beautifully appointed places of amusement and music; there will be an increasing demand for more waiters and for better service, creating more places for those who follow such occupations. Let prohibition prevail, taking the joy out of life, curtailing the pleasures 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 influence against the employment of many of his race and against the development 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 public improvements, will raise taxes, and have a generally depressing effect on business applies to the colored citizen equally with the white. Read of the history of prohibition in Maine, Kansas, and the other states, particularly in the south, that have experimented with prohibition, and I am certain that you will find that it has brought disaster instead of prosperity, and made moral conditions worse by substituting blind pigs for the legitimate saloon, hotel bar-room or cafe which can be regulated THE SAME CATON Prof. T. J. Caton, who is now speaking for the "Wets" is the same Caton, who ran a business college on 2nd Ave. So., and protested against the saloon kept by Clarence W. King, a Negro, and caused its removal. Sen. Westlake will be told about some of the things done by him in this campaign through the columns of the Star in due season. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. TWIN CITY STAR CAPABLE BUSINESS WOMAN. Active and Useful Career of Mrs. Eugenia Nelson of Washington. Washington-Aside from their activity in educational, religious and social uplift work, many women of our race are engaged in some line of profitable business. This is one of the substantial evidences of the encouraging progress of the race which is receiving much attention from the public press. Whenever a woman goes into business she is almost sure to open the way for one of her sex to get employment in the same line of business, of whatever kind it may be. They are contributing in no small way to the home and community life of the race throughout the United States. Their influence in all well organized movements for racial advance is being felt for good. Among the many well educated, industrious and capable women in this city who are making their mark in business and in the religious and social life of our people is Mrs. Eugenia MRS. BUGENIA NELSON Nelson, who is engaged in the hair- dressing business, Mrs. Nelson is a native of the Lone Star State, having been born and reared in Terrell, Tex. She belongs to the Goodson family, which is one of the best known fami- lies of the community. As a girl she received her primary education in the public schools of her native town. After finishing the public school course she entered the high school at Paris, Tex., and later studied at the Hearne academy. Mrs. Nelson is not only a proficient worker in her present business, but is also a good milliner. In the fall of 1910 she was married to Mr. R. T. Nelson, a graduate of Samuel Houston college, at Austin, Tex. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Nelson came to this city, where Mr. Nelson had, previous to his marriage, accepted a clerkship. Mr. Nelson is now pursuing a course in dentistry. He is a prominent member of the Twelfth street branch of the Washing, ton Young Men's Christian association. Mrs. Nelson is fond of music and good books. She is an active worker and member of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church. NEW JERSEY BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION TO MEET OCT. 5 Bethany Church at Newark to Entertain Big Religious Gathering. The annual meeting of the New Jersey Baptist church and Sunday school convention will be held for one week, beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Bethany Baptist church, Newark, N.J. of which the Rev. Dr. Robert D. Wynn is minister. The first day will be devoted to Sunday school work. Among the important matters to engage the attention of the delegates after the general literary program will be the election of a president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late and much beloved Dr. William P. Lawrence, who was president of the Sunday school department for many years. Wednesday, Oct. 6, the woman's auxiliary to the church convention will meet. The officers of this department are working zealously to make the session interesting and helpful to the members of all the churches in the state connected with the convention. An effort will be made to raise a large sum for home missions and education. Women's organizations in all the churches are urged to send their full number of delegates and liberal contributions for the objects here named. The main body of the convention will convene on Thursday. It is predicted that many important questions as to the future policy of the convention in relation to its jurisdiction as a state body will come up for discussion. It seems that when vacancies occur in the ministry of any of the churches outside influences control the actions of the members of such churches in the selection of a minister to the exclusion of any advice or consideration of the state organization. The Baptist church is free to select its own minister without consulting any one except its own membership. This is right, and no one who is well versed in the doctrine or polity of the Baptist denomination will for a moment question the authority of a church of this faith to select its own minister, but in the present crisis it seems that in some instances due courtesy has not been shown to the state convention in such matters. THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO LIFE. Home Training Most Important. Says Miss Nannie H. Burroughs. The moral phase of the Negro problem is the most serious part of the whole aggravating question. To improve the standard of the life of the masses is the only solution. As with other races, the standards in the homes are set up by the women who preside over them. Therefore to bring about a reform the womanhood of the race must be taught how to instruct their children in those virtues, that have made the most advanced races what they are. We are prone to think that the Negro is by nature religious and therefore moral. He is both; but he is not enough of either when it comes to living up to fundamental principles every day life. Because of his crude conception of what the Christian religion really is he too often practices one thing and preaches another. Often the foremost woman in the church is so far from a model for her less ambitious sisters that they look with contempt upon her and discredit religion. This misrepresentation of the genuine article takes many forms and sometimes the one woman is a combination of all. She allows beer drinking, card playing, and ragtime music in her home. She is loose in her conversation. Her language is often smutty. Her demeanor becomes a woman of the street. Her home is a hangout for "sliding elders" and loafing, hungry preachers. Her house is poorly kept. Her children are too young to be men and women and too old to be children. They are theregore the freshest things in the neighborhood. They run the church. They sit in the front heat, chew gum, talk and keep their "gang" giggling. To speak to them is to throw a match into a magazine of powder. These wise and talented youngsters of the leading sisters, get into the choir and start trouble for the choristers. They get religion and start trouble for the deacons. These children of too many of those who aspire to leadership in our local churches presume too much on the standing and influence of their mothers and give our churches all kinds of trouble. What we need is a new type of women in our homes as mothers, and a new type of women in our churches as leaders and examples for the young. The wig wearing, gum chewing, beer smelling, mouth running, street trotting, home neglecting, convention fever type of women are out of style, and from them may we soon be delivered. The struggle for today, is not altogether for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. SIX 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. It is composed of members of both races and sexes on terms of complete equality and as brothers and sisters in this holy cause of freedom. The Association needs money 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 cooperation, join this Association and do your bit toward advancing the race and thereby helping to make human brotherhood a reality and not a fiction Send One Dollar to the undersigned and join in this great work. Gale P. Hilyer, Secretary. 2441 5th Ave. S. 722 New York Life Bldg. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS ZUMALWEISS THE BETTER BEER You are sure of appreciation from anyone to whom you recommend it. BENJ. JONES (Near Milwaukee Depot) CLARENCE W. 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If you don't it means that all of your manuscript will have to be rewritten if there is time. Write on one side of the paper only. Address all mail to Twin City Star 305 S, 5th St. "THINKING WHITE" DOWN SOUTH. What do the best white people of the South today think of the Negro? What is their attitude toward Negro education? What is the real temper of the leaders in the New South? What do they think about Booker T. Washington's work for Tuskegee and the advancement of over ten million Negroes? The Rev. Dr. John E. White, of Atlanta, Georgia, a fearless exponent of "thinking white in the South," recently stated and frankly answered the incisive questions before several thousand Northern and Southern Negroes who had assembled in the Boston Symphony Hall, primarily to hear Dr. Washington deliver his presidential address to the sixteenth convention of the National Negro Business League. Dr. White said: The relation in the South between the races has never been so happy as it is now. Never has the outlook been so prosperous. The people of the South are "thinking white;" that is, the leaders are giving expression to the best sentiments. The South is now looking upon its millions of Negroes, not as a liability but as an asset. The South is training the Negro for success, for efficiency. The South sees that it is common sense to help the Negro. When the Negro owes something, then he is respected. White people down South think that the Negro is a man. They are saying this out loud. They are praying God to help them deal with the Negro on the basis of humanity. They think that the Negro is distinctly a Southern man. I predict that the time will never come when three-fourths of the Negroes of this country will not be found in the South. The civilization of the South, everything that makes it peculiar and characteristic, centers around the Negro. Indeed, the Negro has sweetened Southern life. Whole communities are shaped by the Negro. Property-owning Southern men do no lynching. Of the sixteen men who were arrested for rioting in Atlanta, for example, not one had his name on the county taxbooks. The race problem is to be solved, not by having a few Negroes with education and culture reach the top, but by having the well-trained Negroes reach down and help up the ladder the black men and women who are below struggling. Lawyer W. R. Morris is with the "Dry" faction. This has caused much comment among many of his "wet" brothers, who regard him as a big Negro. He is a recognized leader and prominent in fraternal circles of his race. Mr. Morris is a teacher in the Plymouth Congregational Church Sunday School (white) and is a total abstainer. We have no record of any speech made by him in this campaign against the saloon evil, and if such is a hindrance to the Negroes he should advise them to vote against it. We admit that his white brethren would rather have him do this and the Negroes would profit by having him as a teacher in one of their Sunday Schools. PROHIBITION'S EFFECT ON WAITERS. Prominent Hotel Keeper Presents Logical Views. To the Editor of the Twin City Star, Dear sir:—No class of citizens in Minneapolis is more directly concerned in the outcome of the election set for Oct. 4 than the colored people, a large element of whom are employees of hotels, cafes and railroads, greatly affected by the transient and tourist trade. The colored waiter is very much in favor in Minneapolis and is growing in favor. Four of the larger hotels, the West, Nicollet, the National, and the Andrews, of which I am manager, have settled upon the colored waiter as the most efficient and satisfactory type. The colored waiter of this generation is educated, skilled in his profession, and commands a respect that takes him out of the servant class. He constitutes as important factor as any in making a hotel a success—his efficiency, willingness and politeness can make and keep friends for a hotel or restaurant, and the value of a good waiter is as much appreciated by a hotel manager, or should be, as that of a good clerk or any other employee. What I mean by saying that the colored people should be especially interested in seeing prohibition voted down in Minneapolis is just this: The present sentiment against saloons is owing to moral conditions surrounding them, and the abuse rather than the use of liquor. I believe prohibition 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 nation. I think that the American bar up to which men stand for the purpose of drinking only will ultimately disappear and with it will go the high proof liquors, the whiskeys, brandies and gins which they drink for conviviality'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 introduction of dancing. 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 popularity of restaurants and indications that cafe life may be developed along lines similar to France, Germany and Austria, notably, where people drink with their meals in parks and on boulevards, as well as in beautifully appointed places of amusement and music; there will be an increasing demand for more waiters and for better service, creating more places for those who follow such occupations. Let prohibition prevail, taking the joy out of life, curtailing the pleasures 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 influence against the employment of many of his race and against the development 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 public improvements, will raise taxes, and have a generally depressing effect on business applies to the colored citizen equally with the white. Read of the history of prohibition in Maine, Kansas, and the other states, particularly in the south, that have experimented with prohibition, and I am certain that you will find that it has brought disaster instead of prosperity, and made moral conditions worse by substituting blind pigs for the legitimate saloon, hotel bar-room or cafe which can be regulated F. E. Zonne. THE SAME CATON. Prof. T. J. Caton, who is now speaking for the "Wets" is the same Caton, who ran a business college on 2nd Ave. So, and protested against the saloon kept by Clarence W. King, a Negro, and caused its removal. Sen. Westlake will be told about some of the things done by him in this campaign through the columns of the Star in due season. IT PAVS TO ADVERTISE. TWIN CITY STAR Active and Useful Career of Mrs. Eugenia Nelson of Washington. Washington—Aside from their activity in educational, religious and social uplift work, many women of our race are engaged in some line of profitable business. This is one of the substantial evidences of the encouraging progress of the race which is receiving much attention from the public press. Whenever a woman goes into business she is almost sure to open the way for one of her sex to get employment in the same line of business, of whatever kind it may be. They are contributing in no small way to the home and community life of the race throughout the United States. Their influence in all well organized movements for racial advance is being felt for good. Among the many well educated, industrious and capable women in this city who are making their mark in business and in the religious and social life of our people is Mrs. Eugenia MARY E. MRS. BUGENIA NELSON Nelson, who is engaged in the hair- dressing business. Mrs. Nelson is a native of the Lone Star State, having been born and reared in Terrell, Tex. She belongs to the Goodson family, which is one of the best known fami- lies of the community. As a girl she received her primary education in the public schools of her native town. After finishing the public school course she entered the high school at Paris, Tex., and later studied at the Hearne academy. Mrs. Nelson is not only a proficient worker in her present business, but is also a good milliner. In the fall of 1910 she was married to Mr. R. T. Nelson, a graduate of Samuel Houston college, at Austin, Tex. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Nelson came to this city, where Mr. Nelson had, previous to his marriage, accepted a clerkship. Mr. Nelson is now pursuing a course in dentistry. He is a prominent member of the Twelfth street branch of the Washington, ton Young Men's Christian association. Mrs. Nelson is fond of music and good books. She is an active worker and member of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church. NEW JERSEY BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION TO MEET OCT.5 Bethany Church at Newark to Entertain Big Religious Gathering. The annual meeting of the New Jersey Baptist church and Sunday school convention will be held for one week, beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Bethany Baptist church, Newark, N.J. of which the Rev. Dr. Robert D. Wynn is minister. The first day will be devoted to Sunday school work. Among the important matters to engage the attention of the delegates after the general literary program will be the election of a president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late and much beloved Dr. William P. Lawrence, who was president of the Sunday school department for many years. Wednesday, Oct. 6, the woman's auxiliary to the church convention will meet. The officers of this department are working zealously to make the session interesting and helpful to the members of all the churches in the state connected with the convention. An effort will be made to raise a large sum for home missions and education. Women's organizations in all the churches are urged to send their full number of delegates and liberal contributions for the objects here named. The main body of the convention will convene on Thursday. It is predicted that many important questions as to the future policy of the convention in relation to its jurisdiction as a state body will come up for discussion. It seems that when vacancies occur in the ministry of any of the churches outside influences control the actions of the members of such churches in the selection of a minister to the exclusion of any advice or consideration of the state organization. The Baptist church is free to select its own minister without consulting any one except its own membership. This is right, and no one who is well versed in the doctrine or polity of the Baptist denomination will for a moment question the authority of a church of this faith to select its own minister, but in the present crisis it seems that in some instances due courtesy has not been shown to the state convention in such matters. THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO LIFE. Home Training Most Important. Says Miss Nannie H. Burroughs. The moral phase of the Negro problem is the most serious part of the whole aggravating question. To improve the standard of the life of the masses is the only solution. As with other races, the standards in the homes are set up by the women who preside over them. Therefore to bring about a reform the womanhood of the race must be taught how to instruct their children in those virtues, that have made the most advanced races what they are. We are prone to think that the Negro is by nature religious and therefore moral. He is both; but he is not enough of either when it comes to living up to fundamental principles every day life. Because of his crude conception of what the Christian religion really is he too often practices one thing and preaches another. Often the foremost woman in the church is so far from a model for her less ambitious sisters that they look with contempt upon her and discredit religion. This misrepresentation of the genuine article takes many forms and sometimes the one woman is a combination of all. She allows beer drinking, card playing, and ragtime music in her home. She is loose in her conversation. Her language is often smutty. Her demeanor becomes a woman of the street. Her home is a hangout for "sliding elders" and loafing, hungry preachers. Her house is poorly kept. Her children are too young to be men and women and too old to be children. They are theregore the freshest things in the neighborhood. They run the church. They sit in the front heat, chew gum, talk and keep their "gang" giggling. To speak to them is to throw a match into a magazine of powder. These wise and talented youngsters of the leading sisters, get into the choir and start trouble for the choristers. They get religion and start trouble for the deacons. These children of too many of those who aspire to leadership in our local churches presume too much on the standing and influence of their mothers and give our churches all kinds of trouble. What we need is a new type of women in our homes as mothers, and a new type of women in our churches as leaders and examples for the young. The wig wearing, gum chewing, beer smelling, mouth running, street trotting, home neglecting, convention fever type of women are out of style, and from them may we soon be delivered. The struggle for today, is not altogether for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. SIX 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. It is composed of members of both races and sexes on terms of complete equality and as brothers and sisters in this holy cause of freedom. An Appeal for Funds. The Association needs money 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 cooperation, join this Association and do your bit toward advancing the race and therby helping to make human brotherhood a reality and not a fiction Send One Dollar to the undersigned and join in this great work. Gale P. Hilver. Secretary. LREAD THE STAR-IT'S NEWS The Worker. ZUMALWEISS THE BETTER BEER You are sure of appreciation from anyone to whom you recommend it. Barber Shop and Pool Room 244 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH Baths, Shoe Shining and Billiards LAUNDRY AGENCY—TAILOR SHOP JACOB REDMAN, FOREMAN, FLORSHEIM SHOES represent perfection in fine shoemaking Get acquainted with COMFORT and become one of our SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. STANLEY SHOE COMPANY 422 NICOLLET AVENUE F. People's. PLASTERING, BRICK & CONCRETE WORK You don't need money; if you own your lot. I BUILD HOMES ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS. ITS JUST LIKE PAYING RENT. PLANS FREE. A. B. ZUM You a tion from you rec BENJ. 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