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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR MINN Historical Society ST. PAUL MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOL. 6. Single Cents MINNEAPOLIS MINN APR 29 1916 No. 11 active Page VOL. 6 Single Copies 5 Cents LEADING STATE NORMAL COLLEGE MANNED BY ABLE FACULTY. Brief Account of Progress Made at an Agricultural and Industrial Institution Under the Supervision of Professor William J. Hale—Trains Young Men and Women For Leadership. Nashville, Tenn. — The Agricultural and Industrial State Normal college in this city for the training of young men and women stands second to none in the country. While it is young in many respects, it has taken its place among the colleges of the country under the direction of one of the foremost educators of the race in the person of Professor William J. Hale, who believes in doing things well and who is doing a great work here. The school is not quite four years old, but it is doing the work of a college many years its senior. It is having a successful career, because the board of education was fortunate in securing the services of a man who PRESIDENT W. J. HALE. knew school work and knew well how to direct such an institution along all lines. The school has a good, strong faculty, which works in harmony with Professor Hale. The teachers are energetic and make each minute count. Professor Hale has the confidence of the best people of both races in the work of the school. There has been much stress put on domestic science the past year, giving this department high rank in efficiency. At the head of this department is an expert who has had the benefit of practical training as well as of theory in the best institutions of the country. Special attention is paid to agriculture, and the school farm is said to be one of the best in the country. The young men are taking to farming, and may it be said that there are some of the young women who are making a specialty of agriculture so as to be of special assistance to their community. As to Professor Hale, it has been said many times by numerous competent judges that the state board of education was extremely fortunate in securing the services of a man such as he has proved to be. He is known by probably more people of his race engaged in the teaching profession than any other in Tennessee and personally liked and admired by them all. He has been able to interest almost every schoolteacher, minister and leader of the Negro race in the state school. This interest has never waned, and today it is positively a fact that more Negroes throughout the state are directly in touch with the A. and I. normal and are possessed more with the idea that it is "their" school than any other of the large number of educational institutions for colored people in Tennessee. Professor Hale came up from the ranks, having been a teacher for many years. He has been district schoolteacher and high school principal. He has been institute instructor for county and state. He possesses unusual executive ability, has a knack of getting things done, and this is what has made for him success. As an evidence of what is here stated the following words of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, the greatest of all industrial educators, is given. He said, "There is no parallel case to the great progress of such a school as has been accomplished by President Hale in so short a time." The extensive acquaintance of Prédi- dale Hale with the colored teachers and leaders throughout the state has served him exceptionally well in the organization of what is now conceded the largest and most successful summer school for teachers conducted anywhere in the entire country, and during the summer of 1914 nearly 1,000 colored teachers from over the state were brought to the A. and I. normal to engage in this work. It was by far the largest body of teachers ever assembled together in school session to study modern methods of teaching. The summer term is of six weeks' duration, and the work was conducted by President Hale, who was assisted by the regular normal faculty, all experts, together with a number of special instructors. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT Prepared by F. D. McCracken, for Maj. W. C. Handy, for which $10.00 is to be paid. SIBIRA MAJOR W. C. HANDY, Candidate for Mayor. Being a member of the campaign committee of Maj. W. C. Handy, candidate for Mayor of the City of St. Paul, I feel it my duty to present a few facts to the voters relative to his record as a citizen and office-holder. He has been during past four years City Comptroller of St. Paul, and has had charge of the tax budgets, and recommended the apportionment of the city finances. He served in the City Assembly and State Legislature and assisted in framing many laws of vital interest to this city and state. There has never been any just criticism for lack of efficiency in any office he has held. He is in every way competent to administer the affairs of this city from a taxpayer's viewpoint. St. Paul is now going through a critical stage in adjusting itself to its new charter and we cannot afford to experiment on the election of any candidate to the responsible position of Mayor, even though he possesses every virtue of good citizenship, who is lacking in that vital necessity—Practical Experience in City Government. His opponent, Mr. Irvin is entirely unfit for the position of Mayor of St. Paul; because he has only been a citizen of that city six years, and his experiences have been limited to mercantile business. St. Paul has paid dearly for experiments in the past, by electing as mayors such business men as the late Col. Wright and Capt. Dorne. Maj. Handy as associate editor of the Pioneer Press thoroughly familiarized himself with the civic conditions of St. Paul. While on the editorial staff of the old Pioneer Press, he always showed a deep and friendly interest in the Negroes of this city and country. I can say, from a personal acusaintance of past 15 years, that he has taken an advanced stand to place the Negro before the public in his real position. Several years ago, Hon. W. T. Francis was nominated for the Assembly of this city and the large vote he received was due mainly to the friendly attitude of the editorials and news of the Pioneer Press for which Maj. Handy was largely responsible. Under these corcumstances, I strongly and consciously believe, that Maj. Handy is the logical candidate for Mayor; and that his administration would be productive of the best results for the Negroes of our city. Therefore, I appeal to them as voters, to use their ballot to make a good showing for his election on May 2, 1916. Signed Fred. D. McCracken, 410 Court Block, St. Paul. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. APR. 29, 1916. ARDENT ADVOCATE OF GOOD HEALTH NATIVE OF NOVA SCOTIA Effective Work of a Hampton Institute Graduate In Two Counties of Virginia as Visiting Trained Nurse—Delivers Instructive Address Before the Negro Organization Society. Mrs. John Edward Smith of Hampton, Va., is doing valuable and effective pioneer work. She is winning the confidence and respect of her own people, and the best white Virginians through teaching men, women and children how to lead healthier, happier and better lives. As a visiting nurse Mrs. Smith follows up the medical inspections which are being made in the schools among our people in York and Elizabeth City counties by Dr. Roy K. Flannagan and other workers of the Virginia state board of health. Before her marriage to a Hampton tradesman Mrs. Smith was Miss Annie Taylor, who finished her course at Hampton institute in 1890 and was a member of Major Robert R. Moton's class. She was born in Kentville, N. S., in 1863, and after her graduation from Hampton institute took a course in the Dixie Hospital and Training school. In 1894 she received her diploma as a trained nurse. Representative of the Hampton Idea. Through all the years Mrs. Smith has been devoted to improving the health conditions of the community in which she has lived. She has always been a good home maker and representative of the Hampton idea of education for service. The Negro Organization society of Virginia recently held a Sunday health mass meeting at Hampton institute to create fresh enthusiasm for the state wide "cleanup campaign." Captain Allen Washington, who will succeed Major Moton as commandant of cadets at Hampton institute, asked Mrs. Smith to speak on "Health Conditions." Mrs. Smith in part said: "This meeting is like a revival. The Negro Organization society has gathered us here from the communities in the county to learn about the religion of health. To fully understand what this society is doing through its efficient workers we should read again the health creed and pledge which were written by Professor John M. Gandy, who is the executive secretary of the Negro Organization society. Presents Thoughtful Health Creed. "I believe a sound body is the most precious of all earthly possessions, the foundation of a strong mental life, an important element in the making of moral character, the first essential to any worthy achievement and the greatest factor in a life of happiness. I believe dirt and filth are the copartners of disease and death; cleanliness and abundance of pure, fresh air, plenty of sunlight and the proper disposal of waste from the body are safeguards to good health. "I therefore pledge myself to keep my body clean, my mind free of impure thoughts and my lips of unclean words; as far as possible to live in the open air; to let into my sleeping room sunlight in the day and a full supply of pure, fresh air day and night, winter and summer; to wage a deadly warfare against files and mosquitoes; to do whatever I can to encourage good health for my community. Death Rate In Elizabeth City County. "The Elizabeth City county board of health for a month or more has reported no contagious diseases. The number of deaths among colored people, however, has exceeded the number of deaths among white people each month for the past four years with only one or two exceptions. The number of deaths among our people some months has been double that of the whites. I am sure that in many cases, if the simple laws of health had been regarded, the number of deaths might have been less. "I have visited some beautiful modern homes owned by our people, and I have also visited the humblest cabins that anybody could spend the night in. I have entered some homes into which preachers, teachers and even doctors hardly ever go. Some people are indifferent. They don't seem to try to make the most of what they have. I have found that even indifferent people are sometimes willing to listen to a stranger who will help them. Spirit of Cleanup Should Continue. "We want the spirit of 'cleanup week' to last all the year, especially in the winter time, when dirt seems to accumulate so fast. While cleaning up do not forget to look after your well. Good, pure water means health. The Virginia state board of health has carried on the work of medical inspection in the colored county schools. In seven schools the inspectors found over 500 children suffering from defects which interfered with their school work. "To interest the children in their own health problem we have had instructive lectures and demonstrations by our own doctors. Dr. Lattimore and Dr. Atkins, both of Hampton, have been especially helpful." NEW ENGLAND BAPTISTS MEET IN PHILADELPHIA. Committee on State of Country Holds an Interesting Session. Philadelphia.—The Holy Trinity Baptist church in this city, the Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham pastor, was the scene of a large gathering of Baptists and other persons interested in the general welfare of the race on Wednesday, April 19. The occasion was a mass meeting held under the auspices of the committee on state and country, representing the grand old time honored New England Baptist missionary convention. The Rev. W. Bishop Johnson of Washington is president of the main convention, and Dr. W. B. Reed, pastor of the Mount Olivet Baptist church, Newport, R. I., is chairman of the committee under whose auspices the meeting was held. The Young People's Association of the Holy Trinity church rendered special music for the occasion, and Rev. W. F. Graham delivered a warm address of welcome, in which he gave the keynote of the meeting and aroused great enthusiasm by pledging hearty support to the work of the committee. The first address on the program was that of the Rev. Dr. W. H. Jevengan pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist REV. DR. J. R. CHURCHMAN. church, in Washington. His subject was, "Shall We Make a Manly Fight For or Cowardly Surrender Our Rights?" Dr. Jernagin's speech was logical in thought and accurate in its legal contention as to what constitutes citizenship in this country. He made a strong plea for a fearless and unceasing fight for all the rights of citizenship being granted to the colored race. The Rev. Dr. J. E. Churchman of Orange, N. J., who is one of the most zealous and fearless champions of equal rights and opportunities for the race, made perhaps the most remarkable speech of the day. Dr. Churchman's subject was "Negro Manhood According to Southern Analysis." He recited in detail many cases of wrongs perpetrated upon the colored people by the state and the national government and branded segregation, mob law and political treachery as the most barbarous of twentieth century crimes. Dr. Churchman labors in many fields for racial development besides his business as an undertaker. He is an orator of ability and has rendered valuable service in many good movements. He is in demand on all occasions where real service in defense of the race is needed and at times when only men of courage can render service which counts against injustice and misrepresentation of our people in this country. The power of concentrated effort was discussed by Chairman W. B. Reed. The address to the country was read by Dr. George E. Morris of Camden, N. J. Echoes from the Washington meeting held in February were given by President W. Bishop Johnson, Rev. W. A. Taylor and Rev. J. R. Bennett. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR SMOKE THE RELIABLE Sc SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR Sc POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT Prepared by W. T. Francis, for V. R. Irvin for which $1.00 per inch is to be paid. V. R. IRVIN, Candidate for Mayor. Former Mayor H. P. Keller made his campaign upon the theory that St. Paul was a business corporation. It takes a business man to run a business institution. St. Paul is a business institution and V. R. Irvin is a business man. Mr. Handy is an excellent gentleman and I supported him for six years in his campaign for the City Council and for the office he now holds—Comptroller; and if he was a candidate for re-election to the office of Comptroller I would still be with him; but I believe that the Commission form of government contemplates a change from a "political" system of management to a business system of management and that now is an opportune time to inaugurate the change. It is said that Mr. Irvin does not know anything about politics. So much the better, for it is admitted that he is a successful business man, and therefore he will use business and not "political" methods to run the city. No pertinent argument has been raised against Mr. Irvin's qualifications for the office of Mayor of St. Paul; and the only reasons given as to why he should not be elected as, first: that he has only lived in St. Paul five and a half years and, second; that he is a wholesale grocery-man and if you had a hardware store you wouldn't hire a wholesale grocery man to run it. As to the first objection. It seems to me that if a man can come into a city and in five or six years' time build up a successful wholesale business, emerge from the obscurity of the unknown and put himself in the limelight as an important factor in commercial activity, that he is a pretty good man to have at the head of the City's affairs. Mr. Irvin has been in St. Paul long enough to become a heavy investor in business and, therefore, is directly interested in its prosperity civicly, socially and financially. As to the other objection that he is a wholesale grocery man, and of course wouldn't make a good wholesale hardware man, or (inferentially) a good Mayor. I have only this to say, that as we have no ready-made Mayors who are anxious for the job, and we must break in some one who never was on the job before, it wouldn't be a bad idea to try a man who had been successful in big business. Both Mr. Handy and Mr. Irvin have an unqualified right to place themselves before the voters as candidates for the high position of Mayor of St. Paul, and no man should be criticized for supporting either of them. Having cited the only objections offered against Mr. Irvin it might be well to name a few of his qualifications for the office. He is above the age of maturity, very intelligent and level headed. He is a student of political economy and well versed in civil government. He has lived in St. Paul long enough to be well acquainted with its needs and its opportunities. He is a successful business man and knows how to get results. He was head of the Goodfellow movement in 1914 and 1915, and in making glad the hearts of thousands of St. Paul's poor in bringing Christmas cheer through well filled baskets of groceries and loads of fuel, has displayed his willingness to look after the interest of that part of the City of St. Paul that most needs attention. He arranged to have his private business cared for while doing Goodfellow service so that he could devote his entire time to that work, and he will make the same arrangements and devote his entire time to the duties of Mayor of St. Paul. As a member of Mr. Irvin's Campaign Committee I ask the loyal support of the Negroes of St. Paul for his election as Mayor of St. Paul. for which $5.00 is to be paid. M. N. GOSS. Present Councilman, Candidate for Re-Election. M. N. GOSS. Present Councilman, Candidate for Re-Election. Mr. M. N. Goss, the subject of above cut, should receive the vote of every Negro in St. Paul. He has proven his efficiency in office and seeks re-election. As Commissioner of the Department of Public Works, he has recognized two members of our race. Mr. Vernon Barksdale is employed as a rodman in the surveyor's department, and Mr. Dwight C. Reed, as an Asphalt Foreman. Mr. Goss speaks in highest terms of their ability. A vote for Mr. Goss means your approval of the employment of Negroes in public service, and a testimonial of appreciation to him who is directly responsible for our recognition. No Time to Lose. The Millner—Run fast, boy! Get that delivered before it's out of style!—Life. Rosenwald to Give $1,000 Annually to Worthy Virginia Institution. The annual meeting of the New York Manassas association was held in New York city on Monday, April 17. Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the Evening Post, presided, and the speakers were Attorney George Gordon Battle, Hon. George F. McAneny, O. G. Villard and F. D. Morton, principal of the Manassas (Va.) Industrial school, in whose interest the association was formed. Mr. Villard announced that Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago had made a gift of $1,000, to be paid annually to the school for five years upon condition that the New York Manassas association raise $4,000 a year. Since Mr. Rosenwald's offer was made a few weeks ago the association has raised $1,000 toward the $4,000 to be raised the first year. The annual election of officers resulted as follows: Hon. George F. McAneny, president; Oswald Garrison Villard, treasurer, and Miss Frederica Paulin, secretary. Knights Templars Hear Easter Sermon The order of Knights Templars in Pittsburgh held a union Easter service on Sunday, April 23, at the Rodman Street Baptist church, of which the Rev. Dr. O. S. Simms is pastor. The sermon to the order was delivered in the afternoon by the Rev. C. J. Powell, pastor of Brown A. M. E. chapel, north side. Among the commanderies present were Cyrene No. 9, Palestine No. 14 and Malta No. 19. SOCIAL NEWS EDITOR, Miss Clara Lucas, 506 Boston Block, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn. NIC. 1873. RAILROAD MEN'S NEWS, Stephen Springer, Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis. Send your notes to us by Wednesday A. M. Patronize those business houses, who request your patronage through your paper. McDew is asking YOU a question. Have you read it? It is in our col- umns. The greatest study for the Negro today is the Negro race.—Atty. B. S. Smith. Delinquent Subscribers will please Send the Price of their Subscriptions this Week. We must have money to continue this Publication. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Chas. Sumner Smith, the Publisher of the Star has moved his residence to 1317 6th AVE. N. GRAND MILLINERY OPENING Madam Hart's Offer A FREE PHOTOGRAPH With each purchase of $5.00, you will get a COUPON which will entitle you to a LARGE PHOTOGRAPH of yourself FREE at The George Studio, 313 So. Washington Ave. SPECIAL BARGAIN DAYS Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Madam Hart, 1210 Wash.Ave. South. MAY BALL First of the Season by THE TWIN CITY ENTER- TAINERS. at the UNION TEMPLE HALL 28 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis. A Special Feature All Ladies Arriving Before 10:30 P. M. Will be Admitted Free. OUR DATE MAY 8 ADMISSION 35 CENTS. Gibson and Rowe, Managers. Get ready for the Grand Spring Party which will be given on May 12th, by the Y. G. B. C.'s. Don't forget the date. Further announcement later. The Ladies of the Parish, Aid Chapter of St. Thomas Mission, are preparing a novel entertainment for the 25th and 30th of May, at the Masonic Hall. Watch for further announcements. The Only Fisk Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., sang to a large audience at the Wesley M. E. Church on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Moss, spent Sunday afternoon in the Saintly City. Misses Rieva Washington and Edna Shull, were St. Paul visitors on Easter Sunday. The Y. G. B. C., will meet at the residence of Miss Eunice Smith., on Wednesday evening, May 3rd. Miss Clarist Lucas, was the guest of Miss Eunice Smith, at dinner Easter Sunday. Mrs. J. L. Gibson has returned home after several months at University Hospital. "She is much improved. Little Harvey Moss, visited his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Al. Moss over Easter. Mr. Andrew Monroe is very ill with rheumatism, at the residence of Mrs. Williams on Grand Ave. Mr. Joseph B. Levy of the Great Western Ry., will spend a few days in Chicago next week. Mrs. Emma Jeffrey has moved to 800 No. Emerson Ave. Sergt. J. W. Harper, U. S. A. retired, mustered in a company of Boy Scouts in St. Paul on Tuesday night. Mrs. W. B. Wright of Sioux Falls, S. D., arrived in the city last week to reside with her son, Dr. W. H. Wright, the dentist. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION We Need the Money WHEN IN THE TWIN CITIES Be Sure and Visit COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND GRILL 40 E. THIRD ST., ST. PAUL Railroad Men's Headquarters NOW FOR A LOVELY TIME at the GRAND ..SPRING SHIRT WAIST PARTY given by the YOUNG GIRL'S BENEFICIAL CLUB. Y. G. B. C.'S REFRESHMENTS SERVED. CHECKING FREE. DON'T FORGET THE DATE. Remember Our Former Successes. ..ADMISSION 35c. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be held at St. Peter Church, on April 30, 3:30 P. M., at which time officers will be elected. Dr. James E. Sheppard of D. N. C., will be in the city about 1st. Atty. Chas. W. Scrutchins midji, was in St. Paul last we Atty. Francis spent Wednes ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. M. W. Witner, Pastor. Let us get together by working together. The Northern Baptist Convention meets in Minneapolis, May 17-24. This gives a rare opportunity for Negro Baptists of Minnesota to get in touch with the Baptist denominational life and learn of the large enterprise that we as Baptists are conducting through the world. There will be over a hundred Negro delegates of note from different parts of the country and over two thousand delegates all together from everywhere to attend this convention. The session will be held at the Minneapolis Auditorium. Eleventh Street and Nicollet Avenue. Easter Sunday was well attended at Zion Baptist Church. The Pastor preached two stirring sermons. The choir under the direction of Mrs. Vinegar gave some splendid Easter music. The Sunday School under Superintendent H. S. Trent had their Easter exercises at Sunday School hour. The free will Easter offering was $35.00. April 30th will be known as Friends' Day at Zion. A cordial welcome is extended to all strangers and friends. Pastor Withers will preach two special sermons. The choir assisted by others will give some special music. The Easter Services of the People's Assembly Sunday School were well attended. The program under the direction of Mrs. G. W. Mitchell, the Supt. was well rendered. Mrs. Essie Louis and Master Freddie Mitchell sang in splendid voice. It was a great day for the Sunday School especially the children. SERVICES IN NEW CHURCH. St. James A. M. E. Church held their first services in their temporary location at 23rd St. and Bloomington Ave. On account of insufficient heat, the musical program of the choir under Madam De Leo was postponed until Sunday, April 30. The services on Easter Sunday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church were very well attended both morning and evening, the flowers were beautiful and the singing very good. The Easter services of St. James Commandery, Knights Templar at Bethesda Church were good. The appropriate sermon, choice music, and military appearance of the Sir Knights were the special features. Mr. James Burrell of Philadelphia, arrived in St. Paul to join the Tents of Omar company. He is travelling with Mr. Guy Bates Post, the star of the play. Mr. Burrell was for many years one of the leading "chefs" of the New York Central and New Haven Roads. He has been critically ill in Philadelphia with heart trouble. During his stay he was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sumner Smith, and Mr. Henry L. Davis. "Jimmie" is well known all over the country and has been a life long friend of the Editor, since their boyhood days in Petersburg, Va. The Twin City Entertainers, have secured Union Temple Hall for a May Ball and Queen's Carnival on Monday, May 8th. Special Music. Best order and a guaranteed good time. Admission 35 cents. You are invited.—Advertisement. Mesdames Ophelia Rice and Kate Smith and Miss Essie Mason attended the funeral of Mr. Addison Drake in Stillwater. They carried beautiful floral tributes. OUR NEW NUMBER The Star Phone is Hyland 5586. THE TWIN CITY STAR LOVELY TIME in the BAND AT WAIST PARTY by the GENERICIAL CLUB. B. C.'S on VEE., MAY 12 et 5, 24t and 5th Ave. Flarence Johnson. Miner, V. Pres., Rosella Sample, Sec., Sith, Treas. BARRANGEMENTS. Helen Lucas, Florence Cunningham, Maydrew Cunningham, Odette Johnson. 7 TIME. WE PROMISE IT TO YOU. RED. CHECKING FREE. AT THE DATE. Former Successes. ION 35c. Dr. James E. Sheppard of Durham, N. C., will be in the city about May 1st. Atty. Chas. W. Scrutchins of Bemidjy, was in St. Paul last week. Atty. Francis spent Wednesday in Madison, Wis., on legal business. FOR RENT.—A six-room, modern flat, every convenience, desirable location, sleping porch, hardwood throughout, electric lights. Apply J. S. Wright, 2737 11th Ave. So. DEATH OF ADDISON DRAKE. Mr. Addison Drake, of Stillwater, died on April 22. He was one of the oldest residents of that city nd had been nearly 40 years in the barber shop at the Sawyer House. Funeral services were held Monday—which were largely attended. Mrs. Pauline Saunders, 650 Fuller St., left Wednesday for an extended trip to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., Richmond and Petersburg, Va. Her nephew, Paul T. Church who has spent the past four years at Livingston College, N. C. will accompany her on her return to. St. Paul. Capt. Wm. H. Wolcott, spent several days in St. Paul last week, a guest of his friend, Mr. J. E. Johnson, of St. Anthony Ave. Mr. Daniel Williams, who for many years has been located at 306 South 3rd St. has moved his restaurant to 407 5th Ave. South. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR Mr. J. Price of Chicago, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peoples last Tuesday. Mr. R. C. Workuff, of Omaha, is in the city for an indefinite stay. Mr. C. C. Seymour of the N. P. dining car service, left last Wednesday for a month's visit in Kansas and Colorado. Mrs. Geo. W. Nelson, wife of our St. Paul drugist is ill. She was taken to Asbury hospital on Monday. SOME TRUTHS WELL TOLD. Extracts from the Address of Rev. B. N. Murrell, before the Minneapolis Sunday Forum. The race, that forgets God, is soon forgotten. Whatever our calling, so long as we lack self-reliance and depend on each other, we shall be dependent. If you are not honest, decent and respectable; take your seat with those who are not. Be real! We must discover our own weaknesses and make amends. Girls should get ready for the great responsibility of womanhood, and contribute to the generation to follow. Let the results of your efforts be measured with those of the other races. Be efficient! Be honest! Lay claim only to that which you have earnestly and honestly obtained, and always respect the possessions of the other man. Matter must reach our publication office, 305 So. 5th St., Third floor, no later than WEDNESDAY noon to be inserted. NEGRO MINISTERIAL ASS'N. The Negro Ministers of the Twin Cities met at the residence of Rev. Lealtad and organized an association with the following officers: Pres. A. H. Lealtad; V. Pres., M. W. Withers; Sec'y, T. B. Stovall; Treas. G. W. Camp. Program and resolution Committee: B. N. Murrell, J. S. Strong, E. H. McDonald, D. E. Beasley, J. P. Simms, and F. J. Peterson. ZION CONFERENCE HELD AT CAMDEN BISHOP CLINTON PRESIDES. Forty-third Annual Conference of Influential Religious Body Was Most Successful In Its History—Good Work of Dr. J. R. White at Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. By GEORGE P. KING. Camden, N. J.-The forty-third annual New Jersey conference of the A. M. E. Zion church, which closed its sessions at the Wesley A. M. E. Zion church in this city the third week in April, was one of the most harmonious and successful in its history. Bishop J. W. Clinton presided. Rev. James R. White, D. D., pastor of the church in which the conference was held, deserves great credit for the able manner in which he, assisted by his congregation, entertained the conference. He is rated as one of the most progressive ministers of the denomination and a fearless race leader. The Rev. Mr. White was left an orphan at the tender age of ten years. He is a native of Elberton, Ga. Despite the adverse conditions which he faced at such an early age he had a broad vision and a native ambition, which enabled him to vigorously overcome obstacles and to get a thorough education at Clark university, Atlanta, Ga., and at Payne college, Augusta, Ga. He began his active career in the ministry twenty-four years ago at Augusta, Ga. He at once became a factor in the uplift of his people in his state and helped to wage a strenuous campaign for better schools for Negro youth, and on two occasions, because of taking RNV. DR. JAMES R. WHITE. a firm stand for the race to receive an equitable share of the school funds, his life was jeopardized. After pastoring successfully in Georgia the Rev. Dr. White was sent to the Virginia conference and then to Washington, where he also did constructive work for his denomination. He built Lane chapel in Northeast Washington and became a potent factor in reaching the unreached in that section of the capital. Later he was transferred to Philadelphia, where he was presiding elder for two years. Since then he has with pronounced success pastored in other parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The remarkable enthusiasm of the conference at the Wesley church was largely due to Dr. White's achievements since he has been in this city. When he came here two years ago the church building was in a dilapidated condition. He organized the members of the church, and they loyally followed him to the extent that this congregation now has an edifice which reflects credit upon them. Recently an annex was added to the church at a cost of $4,000, and several organizations of the church have equipped the entire plant with electric lights. A large gas range has been put in the kitchen. The main auditorium has been beautifully renovated, and an inspiring churchly atmosphere prevails. Dr. White believes in Negro brain and skill, and the entire work was done by a Negro contractor. the ministers of Camden received their share of praise from the conference because of the splendid work the ministers of the race in this city are doing through their organization, the Ministerial alliance, which was organized by Dr. White. This body of able men, with the assistance of the local Negro Business league, in 1915 stopped the play entitled "The Nigger" from showing in this city. The Rev. Dr. White has received many honors. He is a strong force in the economic, social and religious activities of Camden. He has certainly made himself an element for good in the affairs of the local government and has helped to better local conditions among our people. Because of his consistent and inspiring efforts and training Livingstone college, the leading institution of his church, will also confer the degree of doctor of divinity on him. Being a man of strong qualities and endowed with the ability to lead, he is one of the leading delegates to the general conference of his church which convenes in May at Louisville, Ky. He has won the admiration of the better element of both races wherever he has labored. FINEST ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. Twenty Elegant Steam Heated, Electric Lighted Rooms. Free Bath. Rates Reasonable. Lobby, Reading and Lounging Room, Buffet and Grill Room, Billiard Room, Dining Room, and bath, Private Dining and Reception Room for Ladies. BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION A LA CARTE MEALS AT ALL HOURS. BEST SERVICE. POPULAR-PRICE LUNCH. From 12 to 3 P. M. REGULAR DINNER 5 to 8 P. M. 5 Courses 35c. J. E. Stewart, Prop. 246-50 FOURTH AVE. SO. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Both Phones. CUT RATE GROCERY STORE 429 SIXTH AVE. NO. MINN. A FEW SUGGESTIONS A Good Chance to Save Money and Trading Stamps. 1 lb. Hormel's Choice Bacon.....17c 100 lbs. Sugar.....$7.90 1 lb. 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Did you ever stop to think what beautiful homes people might own, and what snug little bank accounts they might have, if they would invest their savings in little homes of their OWN, instead of continually handing their hard earned money to the LANDLORD? Perhaps you have paid your landlord many times the cost of a home. I have houses for sale from $1,000.00 to $3,500.00, lots from .65.00 to $2,-000.00. Phone or call and see me if you want to buy. B. MAXEY McDEW, 802 Sykes Block Nic. 621. GARRETT'S NEW LOCATION. Mr. Wm. M. Garrett has opened at his new location, 705 2nd Ave. So., under the name of THE CRESCENT TAILORS AND CLEANERS. He is well known to many, having made his reputation when he conducted the Vasso Cleaners about four years ago. Mr. Garrett recently returned from Canada and is now prepared to do all kinds of Tailoring and Cleaning. Ladies' work a Specialty. Call Nic. 3479 and "Let Garrett get it" and return it satisfactorily done.—Advertisement. A Test of Friendship. Just before Artemus Ward's death Robertson poured out some medicine and offered it to the sick man, who said, "My dear Tom. I won't take any more of that horrible stuff." Robertson urged him to swallow the mixture, saying, "Do, now—there's a dear fellow—for my sake. You know I would do anything for you." "Would you?" said Ward feebly, grasping his friend's hand for the last time. ```markdown ``` 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. * * * The new officers of the Minneapolis Forum, are Wm. M. Smith, president; O. A. Lawrence, vice president; Miss Gladys Waters, secretary; P. F. Hale, critic; Miss M. Chandler, organist * * * W. L. Jeffrey, Chm. Public Affairs Committee. Pres. Mrs. Jennie Wilkerson, Vice Pres. Mrs. Alice Smith, Sec'y. Mrs. Hester Keeys, Asst. Sec'y. Mrs. Matte Renix, Treas. Mrs. Minnie Burrell, Honorary Pres. Mrs. Mayme Dong 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 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. ROOMS FOR GENTLEMEN. Modern and up-to-date furnished rooms to rent to gentlemen at Mrs. Joseph Thomas', 1809 Fifth Ave. So. One block from the Fourth Ave. car line. All modern conveniences, steam heat. Anyone wishing to be accommodated call her up. South 2164. Meets in the Knox Bldg. 4th St. and 8th Ave. So. the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, at 8:30 P. M.. All Elks in good standing are cordially welcomed. Geo. M. Bryant, E. R. 818 Met. L. Bldg. Wm. R. Morris, Sec'y. PENTICOSTAL Peoples Christian Assembly. 1204 Washington Ave. So. Services Sunday—11 A. M. Sunday School—1.30 P. M. Praise Meeting—3 P. M. Preaching—8 P. M. ELDER G. W. MITCHELL, Pastor. Assisted by Mrs. G. W. Mitchell. Comel and Serve the Lord. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. 7th Ave. North and Hoag St. Rev. M. W. Withers, Pastor, Res. 2406 17 Ave. S. MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY FORUM. 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. FRANCIS J. PETERSON, PASTOR. TWIN CITY CHARITY CLUB. Officers for 1916. Houses and Flats for Rent. B. M. McDEW, 802 Sykes Block. N. W. Nic. 621 Minneapolis N. W. Main 2767 DAN'S RESTAURANT 407 FIFTH AVE. SO. HOME COOKING My Specialty Daniel Williams, Prop. RESTAURANT AND ROOMS MRS. D. L. RODGERS 2010 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis Meals at all Hours Rooms by Day, Week or Month CHOICE FURNISHED ROOMS. MRS. HARVEY. 2718 27½ St. So. Minneapolis. ROOMING HOUSE For Sale or Rent. Defective ective Page NOTABLE CAREER OF P. H. BROWN HONORED BY REPUBLICANS. Secretary of State Committee Elected Delegate at Large to National Convention, Which Meets In Chicago In June, by Big Vote-Influential Leader In Many Campaigns. BY JOHN E. BRUCE "CRIT." By a vote of 1,953 against 823 for his opponent (white) Phil H. Brown, secretary of the Republican state committee of Kentucky and editor of the Saturday News, Lexington, Ky., was elected delegate at large to the national Republican convention, which assembles at Chicago in June. Mr. Brown is one of the most widely known and popular Negroes in Kentucky. He is a man of fine character and of recognized ability. He has been in active public life for quite twenty-five years. He is a printer by trade and worked at the case in the government print- PHIL H. BROWN. ing office at Washington for a number of years. He is a writer of no mean ability. His style is forceful, direct and pleasing. He has written special articles for some of the leading papers in the west and wits for a long period a contributor to Puck. His election as delegate at large is a compliment to the Republicans of both races in Kentucky no less than to the distinguished recipient of their suffrage, whose sterling worth, rugged integrity, unfinching loyalty and patrolic devotion to the interests of his race command the admiration of white men and the gratitude of black men, who are always glad of an opportunity to show him in what esteem he is held by his fellow citizens. The forthcoming national Republican convention will have fewer Negro delegates this year than any previous national convention, and it is extremely fortunate that the states sending Negro delegates are selecting men of the mental caliber and political experience of Phil H. Brown. The Lily Whites of the south and the milksop Republicans of the north have succeeded in reducing the representation from the south, where the bulk of the Republican party, which is largely black and loyal, has its habitat. In plain, unadulterated, unprinted Saxon the reason is that the so called white Republicans of the south, calling themselves Lilly White Republicans, have for years been obsessed with the fear that the great black majorities in these southern states, if permitted to have their votes counted as cast, would again come into power in the south and the occupation of the white political adventurer, like Othello's, would be gone. Self preservation being the first law of nature the Lilly White Republican came into existence in obedience to its demand, and has passed the word from the farthest south to the farthest north to delimit the political progress of the Negro in the south, where his numbers are dangerous when arrayed against the political ambition of white men who have lost the power to hypnotize his race. I hope some one of the Negro delegates to the Chicago convention in June will challenge the right of the national committee to reduce the representation from the south. The reasons advanced by it are not the true reasons, and we know it. There is an element of unfairness and injustice in the suppression of the voice and the votes of hundreds of thousands of voters in the black belts of the south who, because they are Negroes, have been disfranchised by states having no legal right to do so. The United States created the states and recreated some of those states that were in rebellion against them and is, therefore, supreme over all. In making these blacks a voweless and voiceless majority and compelling them to pay taxes for the support of government the Lily Whites of the south and their northern accomplices have created a condition akin to that which forced the thirteen colonies to rebel against the mother country in 1776. If taxation without representation was tyranny in 1776, what is its name in 1916? ALABAMA'S PART IN METHODISM Conference Delegates Favor Elevation of Dr. G. W. West. MAN OF RIPE EXPERIENCE. Success of the African Methodist Episcopal Church In the State, Coupled With Dr. West's Brilliant Career In the Ministry, Makes Him the Choice For Episcopal Honors. Montgomery, Ala.—The forthcoming general conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, to be held in May at Philadelphia, is a subject of nation wide discussion among Methodists. In view of the fact that a number of religious questions affecting the church will be gone into and a number of bishops elected to fill the vacancies caused by deaths and to fill the demands created for more bishops by the wonderful growth of the church since the last general conference at Kansas City, the conference will be extremely interesting. This widespread interest is especially intense in the state of Alabama. Elders, ministers, loyal laymen and Christian workers are all making it the topic of the day in church circles. They are all of one accord that the time is ripe for Alabama to have a representative on the episcopal bench. Alabama has never had one of her sons so honored, and yet she is the real leader of the connection in many lines of church endeavor. That an Alabama man may be elevated to this high and exalted place in this galaxy of noble Christian work- [Name] REV. G. W. WEST, D. D. ers, every conference in the state primary have pledged themselves to stand by their candidate, Dr. G. W. West of Montgomery. Dr. West is a man endowed with exceptionally high moral Christian character and rare intellect. Being born of slave parents, Moses and Elcy West, who have gone to their heavenly home, he received his early training in the public schools of his home. Later, when he reached manhood, he was not satisfied with this limited knowledge, so he hired private teachers and applied himself diligently to study for a number of years. He was ordained elder by the late Bishop Galnes in 1888. Since that time the degree of doctor of divinity has been conferred upon him by the Morris Brown college. He has been presiding elder seventeen consecutive years, and with the exception of only once he has held each district five years. He has been elected consecutively to four general conferences. He led his delegation twice and the state delegation once. That he is a loyal member of the church conference is evidenced in the fact that he has been a member of the Alabama annual conference all of his ministerial career of thirty years and has been present at roll call and benediction of each session with the exception of one, when illness prevented him. The fact that he has done so much for Payne university of Selma, Ala., and is now vice president of the executive board of that school offers most striking testimony of his love for education. He has two children, Dr. A. W. West, a leading dentist of Montgomery, educated at Knoxville college and Meharry Medical school at Nashville, and Miss Bertha G. West, who attended the Knoxville college and is now teaching in the State Normal school at Montgomery. Dr. West is teasurer of the Alabama conference, which responsible position he has been re-elected to for eleven consecutive years. This alone proves that he is honest to the core. He is a gospel preacher of the first water. Alabama stands third as to members and work and first in many things throughout the entire connection, and we are the only branch of Methodists in the state that will allow Negroes to be elected to the bishopric that has not had one of their number elevated to this high office. Dr. West is pre-eminently qualified to meet the demands of the episcopacy, and aside from great unrest among both ministry and laity of the church in Alabama, they are praying for the elevation of this worthy man of their choice. THE TWIN CITY STAR NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS Compiled by the National Negro Business League. Mrs. C. J. Bolden of Newport News, Virginia, has been appointed Health Inspector for the Negro schools of that city. Mrs. Bolden is an experienced trained nurse. The Local Negro Business League of St. Louis is conducting a vigorous campaign for one hundred new members. Mr. W. C. Gordon is the president. The Negro merchants of Memphis, Tennessee, are planing a "get-together" campaign somewhat similar to the campaigns recently conducted in Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Maria L. Cooper, of Philadelphia, who for thirty-one years has been janitress of the Drexel Bank Building, has been pensioned for her long and faithful service. Mrs. Cooper is eighty-two years of age. The New Era Magazine has made its appearance. This magazine is published in Boston and its physical appearance and contents are both attractive. Miss Pauline E. Hopkins, formerly of the Colored American Magazine, is the editor. The New York Age is conducting a campaign of investigation in New York to ascertain the number and character of Negro business enterprises and to discover some method whereby these merchants may secure a larger portion of Negro patronage. The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Association, with home office in Atlanta, Georgia, has been admitted into the State of Arkansas. The chief officers of the Association are A. F. Herndon, President, and T. K. Gibson, Secretary. The Nashville Negro Trade Bosters of Nashville, Tennessee, are making elaborate preparations for their spring Trade Week Campaign in the interest of Negro business enterprises. The campaign is to be conducted during the week of May 1st. In accordance with the suggestion offered in Business League Talk No. 3, entitled "Cooperative Competition," the colored business men of Pensacola, Florida, have organized a Merchants' Association, in connection with the League work, for the purpose of regulating credits, and extending their business among the colored people. Already they have adopted the system of giving prize coupons for increasing patronage. A Merchants' Association has also been organized of the colored business of Durham, North Carolina. A movement has been started in Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose of organizing a Local Negro Business League. Mr. E. G. Spaulding, Branch Manager of the North Carolina Mutual Association of Durham, North Carolina, is taking the leading part. Hon. Nat Washer, a prominent white business man of San Antonio, Texas, was the principal speaker at the mass meeting held in that city on March 28th by the San Antonio Local Negro Business League. Mr. Washer's remarks dealt with Business Development. The committee on recreation and amusement of the Social League of Wilmington, North Carolina, is securing a number of play-grounds for the Negro children. They have purchased a coaster-slide, ocean-wave, merry-go-round and other amusements for the children. The Negro merchants of Nashville, Tennessee, have set a splendid example in cooperative advertising. The Merchants participating in the Spring Trade Week campaign have purchased the entire back page of the Globe and this page carries the advertisements of these merchants together with a strong appeal to the Negro people to take part in the celebration. The Cut Rate Grocery Store is conducted entirely by Negroes. See their Ad and patronize them! NO COLOR LINE BUSINESS. Promoters of Proposed Summer Resort In Michigan Should Be Broadminded. The movement recently started by a group of prominent colored men to clear up the ground and erect suitable buildings for a summer resort on the shores of Crooked lake, near White Cloud, Mich., to be ready for the season of 1916, has many good features. But if the promoters should decide finally to confine the benefits to be derived from the resort to our race only, without regard to the business enterprises usually carried on at such resorts, it may binder rather than help the project. The sentiment of the race generally, says N. B. Dodson, is against drawing the color line. The race is fully capable of maintaining ownership of its business enterprises, educational and religious institutions without drawing the line. If white people desire to patronize our institutions of whatever kind under our management they should be permitted to do so. Co-operation is the watchword of the times. The proposed summer resort should be a purely business movement. SMOKE THE BEST 5C CIGAR Sight Draft W. S CONRAD CO., Distributors NO. 140. E. 6th ST., ST. PAUL. NO. 1. WESTERN AVE., MINN. Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits You! Paironage. SPECIAL SAMPLE SHOES. POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING. WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT. Men's Sewed Soles .....75c Ladies Sewed Soles .....65c Men's Nailed Soles .....50 and 60c Rubber Heels, .....40c Ladies' and Boys' nailed soles.....40c SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 Washington Avenue South. Office, Nlc. 1963 Res. Golfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeon. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 111 So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn. T. S. Center 4639. WALFRID WESTMAN Photographer 1425 Washington Ave. So. Minn 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 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. Hilyer, Secretary. 2441 5th Ave. S. 722 New York Life Bldg. THE SPIRELLA CORSET Mrs. Cora Anderson Carr 365 Aurora Ave. N. W. Dale 1345 St. Paul, Minn. Office Phone N. W. Main 625 GALE P. HILYER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW With Hall and Tantges 722 New York Life Bldg. Minneapolis, Minn. Res. N. W. 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Walters, Porters and Theatrical Folk ELEGANT FURNISHED ROOMS CAFE OPEN AT ALL HOURS Phones.: Buffet Cedar 6245 Tri-State 2262 Hotel and Cafe Phone: Cedar 2262 Souvenirs for Ladies every Wednesday afternoon and Evening KEYSTONE BUFFET and CLUB CAFE FOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN Music Every Day from 2 P. M. to 11 P. M. 1313 Wash. Ave. South Kidd Mitchell, Prop. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. LADIES SPECIALLY INVITED EVERY DAY. KEYSTONE BUFFET FOR LADIES Music Every Day & 1313 Wa Kidd Mitchell, Prop. LADIES SPECIALLY WORKING-MEN'S SOCIAL CLUB FOR MEN ONLY 244 3RD AVE. S. MINNEAPOLIS SYLVESTER W. OLIVER, MANAGER. DRESSMAKING, PLAIN SEWING MISS GRACE AUSTIN 3605 12th Ave. So. Residence Service if Desired Reasonable Rates. N. W. Telephone Drexel 1609 MRS. W. B. SENSABAUGH PIANIST and INSTRUCTOR IN MUSIC. 1016 NO SIXTH AVE. N. W. Phone Hyland 946. Look up this place NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Within Walking Distance THE MODERN HOME 1015 So. 5th St. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. N. W. Nic. 951 If you want to own a home in 1916 See McDew NOW! He has some good bargains. Now is the time to start. Special $300 Combination. We offer a Combination Subscription to our readers for 1916. We will give you your choice of any Negro NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE, and THE TWIN CITY STAR, mailed to your address anywhere in the U. S. for THREE DOLLARS. Cash in advance. Get your home paper sent direct to you. Forward all orders to THE HOTEL DALE Cape May, New Jersey Announces the Annual Opening on Saturday, April the Twenty-Second of the SIXTH SEASON, 1916 Requests for literature, rates, etc., will receive prompt attention by addressing the Management at Cape May City, New Jersey. E. W. Dale, Owner and Manager. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR N. W. MAIN 2259 MERCANTILE CO. BED FURRIERS. 6th St. BUFFET STREET MINN. CAFE Servers of Porters and Theatrical Folk FINISHED ROOMS ATT ALL HOURS Hotel and Cafe Phone: Cedar 9088 Souvenirs for Ladies every Wednesday afternoon and Evening and CLUB CAFE' & GENTLEMEN from 2 P. M. to 11 P. M. Sh. Ave. South MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. INVITED EVERY DAY. ACTIVE BUSINESS LEAGUE. Organization at Kansas City, Mo. to Entertain the National Body. Entertain the National Body. Kansas City, Mo.—The local Business league of this city has commenced in earnest preparations to entertain the National Negro Business league, which meets here from Aug. 16 to 18 inclusive. A membership campaign is being conducted, from which it is hoped at least 1,000 new members may be added to the league. This membership campaign will be followed by the appointment of committees to complete the plans already outlined. Mr. and Mrs. Fortune J. Weaver are the leading spirits in the movement here. In this they will be joined by the leading men and women of Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., and all the surrounding towns will fall in line to forward the work. The Missouri people are determined to make this the greatest session of the league in its history and will give to the national body more members, annual and life, than any other place. All of this will be worked out in the program of preparation. Charles Stewart, A. M., the noted writer, was in the city early in March conferring with the local newspapers and other leaders here. The local league gave Dr. Stewart a banquet. He delivered several talks, including one at the Y. M. C. A., visited the schools and churches and talked with a number of the ministers. He was the guest of the young Kansas poet, Tilford Davis. From his talks the people received much information and inspiration. Professor J. R. E. Lee, principal of the Lincoln high school, who was connected with the Tuskegee institute for a number of years, will co-operate with the local committee. He is a valuable man in affairs of this kind. Hon John M. Wright of Topeka, Kan., will be directly interested in the success of the league and will bring a large delegation from Topeka. The place for holding the sessions of the league will soon be announced, as well as many of the social functions. Perhaps a trip will be made to the potato farm of Mr. Groves, the Negro "potato king." The farmers around Kansas City are getting together and will attend the sessions of the league in a body. It is about thirty minutes' ride from Kansas City on a street car to Mr. Groves' farm. One of the greatest curses of American civilization today is the fact that it is unfashionable to save and that the people are ashamed to save, while extravagance, waste and carelessness are looked upon as smart and signs of prosperity.—Roger W. Babson. Changed Views. "Time makes a big difference." "What are you thinking of?" "My wife's father. I used to think him a stubborn old fool. Now I respect his judgment." "What's happened?" "Nothing; only he did his durdest to prevent my cloaking with his daughter."—Detroit Free Press. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION STUDY THE NEGRO. ECONOMY. THE TWIN CITY STAR PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 305—So. Fifth Street. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.80 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 Hamlet B. Rowe, Local Agent. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar. Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracts. Want Ads ..... Twenty-five Cents Reading Notices, per line, Five Cents Wedding Announcements, Fifty Cents Card of Thanks ..... One Dollar In Memoriam ..... One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Death Notices ..... One Dollar Write all Checks payable to The Twin City Star. Address all mail to Twin City Star The choice of the Star for president is Theodore Roosevelt. We believe him to be the choice of the rank and file of true Republicans. MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN FAVORS SHORTER HOURS FOR THE MAN WHO —Congressman Thomas D. Schall, representing the Tenth Minnesota district, has taken up the defense of the man who toils and has been given keen attention. Congressman Schall says: "Yesterday's mistake warns us against the blunder of tomorrow. Our mistake in the past has been an endeavor to transform our workers into high speed machines, without regard for the economic waste to the worker or to the race. Faster, faster, faster, pile up the garments; heap up the profits, no matter if rest and health and proper food be denied the weary laborer; no matter if girlish form₅ be withered and the promise of our national motherhood is blighted; no matter if the cheeks pale and the chest becomes hollow. Cheap Labor Not Prosperity. "Cheap labor and long hours have not helped to bring prosperity. The laborer goes home at night too weary to think after a long day of toll, at underpaid wages, to a meanly furnished, dark, unsanitary home, a scant unnourishing supper and a humpy comfortless bed. He wakes early, dons his sweaty clothes and with them the hopeless, disspirited thoughts that envelop them. What chance for him to expand, to improve his mind, to enjoy God's fresh air and sunshine? "It is not the question altogether to the employer, how many shoes are made, but how many shoes are sold. Let us look to it that fewer of our countrymen have shoeless feet. With more leisure, more time for reflection, comes desire for improvement, for better living. Greatest Good Real Aim. "The government's aim should be the greatest good for the greatest number. Shorten the day of labor. Every movement toward the shorter day for the laboring man is a movement toward his enfranchisement. "Every man should have the right to work, the right to sleep and the right to play. The problem that confronts the United States today is to lighten the burden of the working classes. The ideal of our country can never be realized, we shall never capture the spirit of liberty, while half the people are starving and the other half faring sumptuously every day." The Negro is essentially and vitally AMERICAN. His descent from the original Negroes imported here has been, in most cases, direct. He attaches no hyphen to his name and knows no love save that for the land of his father's father. His loyalty is unquestionable; he responds with fervor to any call which means the preservation of OUR land; even in the effort he regards as an honorable agent; he is oftimes mistreated but despite this mistreatment, despite the discrimination, the hatred, the jealousy, the oppression, as a unit und as a race The Negro is an American.—The Pittsburgh Courier. THE WIZARD OF CONCORD. Professor Frank Sanborn Values Freedom Mere Highly Than Wealth. Boston. — Professor Frank Sanborn of Concord, Mass., noted abolitionist and possibly the last of the men who became famous on account of the part they took against the slave trade in America, made a most timely speech to the delegates present at the recent session of the National Negro Business league held in this city. Mr. Sanborn received a most wonderful ovation when he arose to speak, for he is honored and revered by the colored citizens of Boston in a very marked degree. Mr. Sanborn said: "It has given me the greatest pleasure to hear these reports of the progress your people have made in the past fifteen years. But the feeling came over me as I sat on this platform as your guest that this is the time when perchance you may have use for advice from a very old man like me. "It has occurred to me that, as I heard to how great an extent some of you have progressed in getting material possessions, you should be warned that an accumulation of capital is as likely to be a vehicle for unrighteousness as it is for righteousness. I have in mind the coming to our city of Boston some months ago a moving picture exhibition whose exhibit was offensive and indecent in the eyes of all good people. I suppose more than $1,000,000 was behind its being made and exploited before the public. It was just such an accumulation of capital for unrighteousness as I before warned you of. So much money was represented, and of course that much power, that of the free press of Boston, which should have stood on the side of correcting such an offense against citizenship. There were but two papers outspokenly to protest against its continued exhibition. "I have been interested to hear what some of your men said who had profitably and shrewdly made money in real estate and chiefly in the rise of real estate values. Real estate does many times increase in value, but invariably it is because the city in which it is located has grown. And, as you come to think of it, you must realize that it is you yourselves, in your own town, who produce the very thing that increases your real estate values, for the nicer your town and the more upright it is the more people will want to come to that town and make it their home. "I desire to bring to your attention a report of a conversation which took place between Abraham Lincoln and a friend of his named Gillespie, from Kentucky, which I believe has never appeared in print. The two friends met some sixty years ago, and the talk naturally fell upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Lincoln said to his friend, 'I am terribly afraid this slavery will spread to my state of Illinois and from there all through the north. I will tell you what I think causes the spread of slavery more than anything else. If a man of means has his property in the form of securities and bank deposits perhaps nothing much of his fortune will be known. If, on the other hand, a man has two or three slaves to follow him about the young men are apt to be impressed by the evidence of his wealth and by the fact that what he wants he gets. It may be only his slaves who are doing the work, and it is from their ownership and their labors that he has come to have means." "Your race, you remember, was treated merely as representing only property. Your race was indebted to the immortal Lincoln and in some part to those persons with whom I was associated all my life. It was due to these things that the time came when you were no longer considered to be property, but as a race whose men were just as much men and should be just as free as any other race of men." "ON TO BALTIMORE" Easily, the greatest forward race movement of the age is the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and the leading spirit among them the President; Mrs. Booker T. Washington. Emerging from the gloom which has recently enveloped her, she has apparently re-consecrated her life to the uplift of the race, and by her helpful messages of encouragement to club leaders all all over the country is inspiring officers, department heads and members to a greater activity than ever before been evinced in the work. The next Bi-enial will be held at Baltimore, Md., in August. Mrs. Washington presiding. This meeting bids fair to be the most interesting in the history of the Association. The meeting in 1912 at Hampton was intensely interesting and inspiring; that at Wilberforce in 1914 was wonderful and far reaching in its effects — a wonderful group of women, showing a remarkable insight in the philosophy of life and demonstrating a constructive ability which portends wonderful results in the next few years. "On to Baltimore" is the slogan of every race organization of women, and where the women are the men will likewise be found. By courtesy of the editor I shall from time to time issue information through the columns of this paper, relative to the great Bi-ennial at Baltimore in August. Mrs. W. T. Francis, St. Paul Minn Chairman, Press Committee. THE TWIN CITY STAR APPRECIATION OF MAJOR WALTER H. LOVING'S WORK Judge Gilbert of Manila Pays Fine Tribute to Noted Muelolan. Judge Gilbert of Manila, speaking for the people of Manila to Major Walter H. Loving upon the latter's retirement as leader of the Philippine constabulary band, in part said: "Major Loving, it is my very great pleasure to have been selected to voice for the community something of its appreciation of you and of your great musical organization. Your departure at this time is a poignant grief to the community. "As long as life shall endure with any of us your name will be remembered and your achievement recalled with the keenest pleasure. You have accomplished a wonderful thing. Other men have directed great bands; but, as a rule, they have been able to select the best trained musicians from which to form them. "You in a great measure have trained the individual musicians who compose your organization. It has been a unique achievement. Your name and your fame are known wherever great music is heard. But, more than this, you have wrought this success with a modesty which has been becoming. Again and again you heard the plaudits of the multitude and yet have preserved the unassuming demeanor of the really great man. "All of us have seen many a man ruined by applause. Moderate success has frequently been transformed into utter failure because, to use a common phrase, one could not stand success. Not so with you. Through the years you have wrought unceasingly. Every day has brought its task, and to this task you have given your all. You leave us now, and you leave us all your debtors. "The burden of the toll of many a day has been lightened for us all by the sweet strains of your music. Lives have been elevated, conduct has been rectified, souls have been strengthened and sleep has been sweetened because you have lived and worked among us. "There can be no better measure of a successful life than the amount of happiness that life has brought to others. Measured thus, you have achieved a great success. "You are going from us. We believe you will soon return. We will need you here. These men about you will need you. They know your worth. They know what you have done for them. We, the citizens, will need you. Regardless of race or color, regardless of religious or political views, regardless of station, high or low, we will need you. We are selfish. We want you back. Be assured that if your health permits we will have you back. You belong to us." PRIZES FOR LITERARY WORK. Dr. R. R. Wright Offers Gold Medals For Ode and Essay. The general conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, which convenes at the Bethel A. M. E. church, Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 8, will be one of the largest gatherings of the denomination to be held in 1916. The occasion will mark the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church by Richard Allen. In order to create interest and enthusiasm among all members of the denomination Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr. editor of the Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, has offered two gold medal prizes, the first to the person who composes the best centennial ode of African Methodism and the second to the Sunday school or Allen league member who writes the best essay on Richard Allen. The essay is not to exceed 1,000 words. The manuscript should be sent to Dr. Wright as soon as possible, as it has been arranged to announce the names of the winners not later than May 10. The judges will consist of one bishop, one literary critic or magazine editor and two teachers of English. SOUTH TIRES OF MOB LAW. New Organization Formed to Conduct Campaign Against Lynching. An organization to be known as the New Association of Southern Church Colleges has been formed in Alabama for the purpose of conducting an educational campaign against lynching in the south. The association is composed of eighteen southern institutions of learning, and its president is Dr. C. M. Bishop of the Texas Presbyterian college. Forty southern schools have signified their desire to aid in carrying on the purpose of the new association. This is a move in the right direction, which will accomplish great good. No doubt the south feels very keenly the disgrace heaped upon it by the practice of the mobs, which take away the lives of human beings whether guilty or innocent. High School Girl's Educational Tour. Lillian C. Dodson was one of the eighty-five pupils of the girl's high school in Brooklyn who accompanied Dr. William H. Felter, principal, and a group of teachers on an educational tour to Washington for five days, beginning Monday. April 17. Miss Dodson is the only one of our race who has ever gone on the tour, which is an annual event. She is a member of the "poets" corner" at girls' high, a member of the June graduation class and contributed an article to the current number of the Blue and Gold, the girls' high school journal. 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This lewily representative of a desplised people replied, 'I'll bring these colors back with honor or report to God the reason why.'" The above is followed by a poem, which in part is as follows: Prayed that God might nil with patriot seal each darkened soul and light In each lowly breast a bright pathway to freedom's new birthright; That these newborn sons of freedom, in whose swelling hearts and breasts Burned the memories of centuries of bandare and of wrong. In the morrow's dreadful slaughter might as heroes bear the test, In their race's vindication might be brave and true and strong. Over yonder in the moonlight floated out the stars and bars. Here the black brigade in silence stood beneath the stripes and stars. Over there were trained artillerymen asleep by silent guns; Here were loyal hearts in swelling breasts of freedom's newborn sons. Raised from chattelhood to manhood by the sturgeon of men. Wendlingly and sometimes doubting loyal hearts looked on to see If these slaves and serfs and chattels, lifted to the plane of men, In the shock of strife and battle won their right to liberty. "Yes, I'll bring it back in honor, bear it bravely in the right Or beyond the mystic river tell to God the reason why." "Twas a horrid day of slaughter, and the crash of shot and shell Told that men were bravely battling for the stars, a cheer, a wild assault—and then the stripes and stars Floated proudly from the ramparts where had waved the stars and bars. Bravely fought the dusky black brigade; in blood had rent the chains; Chains of slavery from a fettered race. Lay in death the color bearer. His life's blood the banner stains. Ah, beyond the silent river he's reporting now to God. STRONG AGENCY FOR UPLIFT. Plan of a New York Organization to Aid the Unemployed. An ideal and unique enterprise is the plan of the National Urban league to provide permanent employment for 500 colored families in the warehouses and tobacco plantations in and around Hartford, Conn. This work has heretofore been done by Poles, Italians and other foreigners. This spring there has been a serious shortage in this labor, and the growers have been persuaded to use Negroes if a reliable and dependable supply can be obtained. John T. Clark, the secretary of the industrial bureau of the National Urban league, has made four trips to Hartford and investigated thoroughly the entire situation, and it is upon his report that the league has decided to enter the campaign for the 500 families needed to supply the demand in Hartford. In addition to this venture the league has been requested to secure 2,000 workers for the harvesting season with the same corporation in Hartford. 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