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MINNEAPOLIS THE TWIN GITY STAR MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PETAIN A FIGHTER. French General an Expert Tactician and Strategist. HE'S NOW CHIEF OF STAFF. When War Started He Was Colonel. Admitted Master of Offensive—His Motor Transport Catch Phrase, "They Shall Not Pass," Became an Actuality at Verdun. Paris.—The appointment of General Petain as chief of staff of the ministry of war recalls Petain's services during the critical stages of the battle of Verdun in February and March, 1916. When Joffre, after placing the French armies in a high state of organization, was made a marshal of France and retired from field service it was believed at first that Petain, the hero of Verdun, would succeed him in command of the armies in the field. It is understood that the offer was actually made to him. However, his demands M. GENERAL PETAIN. for authority were so sweeping that the politicians immediately cooled toward him, and Nivelle was selected for the post. Nivelle was appointed as a proponent of the offensive in warfare. Above all, Petain is known as a fighter. He has the St. Cyr training and is acknowledged an expert tactician and strategist. Petain was born near Calais sixty-one years ago and by 1890 had become a captain in the elite Chasseurs a Pled. When the war started he was a colonel. Almost instantly he was made a general of brigade, and by Sept. 14, 1914, he had become a general of division. Seven months later he was commanding the Twenty-third army corps and took part in the allied offensive in Artlois. His work here was so brilliant that he was placed at the head of the Second army, which he led through the Champagne offensive in October, 1915. His famous "iron division" of colored colonial troops, whom he had personally trained, largely contributed to that victory. By this time Petain was admitted a master of the offensive. It is reported that when the German storm broke over Verdun the French were ordered to evacuate the fortress. The rumor of this aroused a fury of indignation in France, and General de Castelnau was rushed up from Paris with orders that Verdun must be held at all costs. Petain was selected to do it. Under his command General Herr organized the now celebrated motor transport system, and the catch phrase, "They shall not pass," became an actuality. Biblical critics of today have no doubt that the behemoth mentioned in Job is the hippopotamus and that the leviathan denotes the crocodile. Haddeston Heads Leesville (Ga.) Guard Mack Haddeston, who has seen service at the front as a soldier, is in command of a new company of colored men recently organized at Leesville, La. The men are very enthusiastic over the prospect of being mustered into the federal service. Most of the members are farmers and have little time for practice during the day, but report promptly for drill every night. The company will be known as the Leesville guards. PDOTEST DRAFT ON COLOR LINE. Committee Asks McCall to Lend His Influence (Boston Post, June 8th.) Governor McCall was urged to exert his influence against drawing the color line in enlistments for State troops, and against the detachment coupon on the corner of each registration card, by a committee from the Boston branch of the Equal Rights League, yesterday. The committee was composed of the Rev. Johnson W. Hill of Cambridge, William Munro Trotter and Allen W. Whalley. It was stated by General Sweetser, who was present at the conference the committee held with the Governor, that the law and regulations of the United States army forbade the enlistment of Negroes in the armed service of the country, except in units provided for them. This statement was condradicted by the members of the committee and started a controversy which terminated the conference until today. They demand that they be shown either the law or the regulation making such provision. It was decided to consult the Attorney-General, and to get in touch with the War Department on the matter. At the Attorney-General's office yesterday no such law could be found. It is expected that the War Department will be heard from today. LAW MAY BE ASKED TO KEEP NEGROES SOUTH. East St. Louis, Ill. June 8—Emergency legislation to discourage southern Negroes from emigrating to industrial centers of the north, and prohibiting northern employers from inducing them to do so, probably will be recommended by the labor committee of the state defense council as the result of the investigation of riots here a week ago. It is declared local employers "played the white and black races against each other" to keep wages low and that Negroes received railroad passes to East St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities. "The situation in East St. Louis is a warning to Chicago and other northern cities to which Negroes have emigrated," said John H. Walker, president of the Illinois federation of labor. THE LIBERTY LOAN BONDS. Hampton Institute's Part In Great Movement For National Defense Recently the Hampton institute faculty went on record as favoring the publication of the liberty loan terms in the Southern Workmen, its illustrated magazine. The school takes this method of co-operating with Secretary McAdoo in the big undertaking of raising enough money to carry on to a successful finish the present world struggle for democracy. To Hampton's donors, friends, workers, students, graduates and former pupils has gone the following statement from the official bulletin, which is published by the committee on public information. It is hoped that all those who can do so at this period of national crisis will co-operate actively in buying the liberty loan bonds and will also make similar plans for future service to their country: The liberty loan bonds will mature in thirty years and be redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the United States on or after fifteen years at par and accrued interest. In order to avoid adding to the heavy burden of work incident to the July 1 and Jan. 1 settlements the secretary has determined that the liberty loan bonds shall be dated June 15, 1917, instead of July 1, 1917, as heretofore announced, and that the interest shall be payable June 15 and Dec. 15 in each year. Applications must be made on or before June 15, 1917, subject to the right of the secretary in his discretion to close the subscription books at an earlier date, and payment for the bonds must be made as follows: Two per cent on application, 18 per cent on June 28, 20 per cent on July 30, 30 per cent on Aug. 15, 30 per cent, on Aug. 30. Bearer bonds with interest coupon attached will be issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. Bonds registered, as to principal and interest will be issued in denominations of $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000 and $100,000. Prevision will be made, for the interchange of bonds of different denominations and of coupon and registered bonds. Those who wish to buy the liberty loan bonds will find their local bankers prepared to furnish subscription blanks and render every possible form of assistance without charge. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. JUNE 14 1917. ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO MEANING OF GERMAN PLOT In Scholarly Address at Washington Prominent Educator Enlightens Country on Colored Americans' Position In Nation's Great Crisis—Do Not Need Watching, but Want Square Deal. Washington. — Speaking under the auspices of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People at a meeting held in this city on the evening of Wednesday, May 16, on "The Attitude of the American Negro," Professor William Pickens, dean of Morgan college, Baltimore, in part said: "There is no question as to the Negro's patriotism or loyalty. But the mistake is being made by a misinterpretation of the mind of the Negro which is back of this patriotism. The last year or two of the great war have discovered an unprecedented thing—unprecedented except by the spirit of the Negro himself during the civil war—namely, that America's least privileged and most persecuted class proves to be in a critical time its most dependable citizenship. For several seasons now every white man in America has been watching every other white man, but nobody has felt the need of watching the American Negro. To be sure, a false alarm was recently started in the south about German plotting among Negroes, but those of us who know the south knew at once what that alarm meant. It signified not a fear of Negro disloyalty, but a real and genuine fear of the Negro's growing industrial and economic opportunities which the great war has brought him. This alarm, which is the most treacherous thrust that has been made at the Negro in recent years, failed. It failed against the solid fact of the Negro's loyalty, past and present. The south, which has fooled the world about the Negro in almost every other particular, which has made the north believe that he is a characteristic libertine, that he is an unprofitable laborer, that he is unreliable as a machine operator and that he is an undesirable in almost every other capacity—this historic traducer of our race, after being backed even by high official "confirmation," failed utterly to stir the blood of the nation with the scarecrow of Negro disloyalty. Such is the universal and unconsciously acquired confidence in the Negro as an American. But, singularly enough, the peoples who have been highly favored above the Negro are the classes who are now deemed worthy of suspicion—those who have been permitted to buy a house on any corner, who have been permitted to live in any part of our cities, who have been admitted to work in any business or industry, who have not been disfranchised, but who have been jubilantly naturalized as fresh recruits for the ghost or fetish called "white civilization," the people who have not been jimcrowed or hanged without trial or burned at the stake (behold, ye gods!)—these are the peoples whom the nation watches when the nation's security is threatened. But the Negro, whose ancestry, by the way, was American long before that of the great majority of our white people and whose record of loyal service has been uniform and unvarying, is the only class upon whom all of these abuses have been heaped, and yet by the reluctant confession of his worst enemies he is the class of all classes not needing to be watched. Although the Negro's dependability is the best attested fact in America today, he is the one man not enthusiastically welcomed in all our great preparations for war. We wish to get along without him if we possibly can. To be sure, we have left the door ajar so that the colored brother can be called, as usual, when sorely needed. Meanwhile some of us are between the devil and the deep blue sea. We must either send the Negro to the glory of the trenches in France or we must permit him the gain of becoming further intrenched in our home industries, and we feel that either treno will have a mighty elevating influence on the American Negro's status. What could be more effective than the Negro in Europe, freeing big souled France, glorifying America and establishing democracy in the world? On the other hand, what could be of more solid gain to the Negro race in the United States than to be permitted by the incident of war and the iron law of necessity to work in the great industries of America and prove that he can do satisfactorily the very things which his enemies have for fifty years shouted and maintained that he could never be relied upon to do? For the Negro it is a case of "heads I win, falls you lose!" What the Negro's real enemy fears is not the race's fondly catalogued vices, but its virtue. We repeat that, although there is no question as to the Negro's loyalty in the present crisis, those are in wide error who are taking his loyalty for blind impulse or unthinking docility, like the loyalty of the dog or the horse. The masses of the race are thinking as they never thought before, and they are loyal only for the same reason that any other group of men in the world is loyal to anything, because they think that their best group interests are bound up in the thing to which they are loyal. As to whether the Negro would be loyal if he were absolutely convinced to the contrary must be answered in hypothesis by the same answer which would be given for any other group of normal human beings. The Negro is certainly not loyal to disfranchisement, "jincrowism" and lynch law, but he follows the star of America in spite of those evils and with the deliberate intention and fond hope of overthrowing them. In such a situation the Negro must of course continually face dilemmas. He has had to be a strike breaker to get a job, he has had to flee to a separate and inferior school system to escape ignorance, and he has had to dissect the body of Christ in order to enter the church and the kingdom of heaven. In the same spirit he would accept a separate military training camp that some of his college trained men might get commissions in the army and serve their country more effectively than as mere "cannon fodder." It is not strange that in the last named dilemma the majority of his leaders and friends indorsed the camp idea, but it is significant that, while some of his leaders and friends conscientiously opposed it, all of his worst enemies consistently opposed it. Those who favored it do not favor discrimination, but they seized that horn of the dilemma which would lend a future advantage—to gain a height from which they could deal segregation a heavier blow. His enemies also saw this and opposed it unanimously. This explains the frequent appearance of a lack of union among American Negroes. It is plain to an insider. They are perfectly united in aim and ambition, and they differ only in method and policy. This difference is due to their peculiar situation. No other group of people in the round world is brought oftener face to face with a dilemma, where the choice is not between an evil and a good, but between two evils. A choice between evils is a more disintegrating question than any choice between an 'unnicked evil' and a definite good. "Which is the lesser evil?" This puzzling dilemma is at the bottom of many of the apparent differences among Negro leaders, whose hearts and souls are perfectly united in ambition and aim and object. The only solution of this difficulty is conference, frequent and widely representative conference. RURAL LIFE IN OLD DOMINION Virginia Farmers Realize Big Increase In Crops. USE OF IMPROVED METHODS Report of John B. Pierce Shows Results Obtained Through the Co-operation of Farm Demonstration Agents Under the States Relation Service. Great Interest Taken in Corn Clubs. BY WILLIAM ANTHONY AERY. Some 5,000 farmers of Virginia, under the leadership of John B. Pierce, who is a Tuskegee-Hampton product, were influenced in the single calendar year of 1916 to improve their methods of work and secure crop yields far beyond the expectations of the most hopeful advocates of the farm demonstration idea. Eighteen local farm demonstration agents working in twenty-two counties of Virginia under the States Relations Service South—the fruition itself of the epoch making work of Seaman A. Knapp—have brought to the Negro farmers not only new ideas and better methods of tilling the soil and caring for farm products, but also a new vision of farm life, a clearer insight into farming as a business rather than as a mere occupation and a deeper sense of responsibility for the all around education of their boys and girls. Let facts tell the story of organization's gift to Virginia, for whatever helps the Negro farmer to increase his earning power also helps the white people to make genuine progress. During 1916, so Mr. Pierce reports to Bradford Knapp, chief of the States Relentions Service, South, 449 Negro corn demonstrators in Virginia, cultivating 2,150 acres under improved methods, secured an average yield of thirty-three bushels per acre. This was an increased yield of 9.9 bushels on demonstration plots over plots cultivated by ordinary methods. In addition, 1,001 co-operators reported a yield of twenty-four bushels per acre on 1,952 acres. Granting that a similar result could be obtained by all those who raise corn if only education could be carried on broadly, Virginia in a single year would add $10,000,000 to the value of her output of corn. Who dares to be skeptical or cynical of the Negroes' interest in better methods of farming in the light of these facts? Corresponding results have been secured in the small grains demonstrations. The average yield of oats per acre on demonstration plots was 18.9 bushels, representing an increased yield of 5.7 bushels and of wheat 16.1 bushels, representing an increased yield of 5.5 bushels. Today over 1,000 Negro farmers are using better methods of growing small grains on account of the government's interest in them. Does all this pay in dollars and cents, in increased interest in farming, in better homes? To ask the question is to answer it—certainly! Hay, forage, cover crops! These words commonly mean little. To the Negro farmer of Virginia they now spell success on the land. The local demonstration agents have worked night and day to make farmers understand the importance of making the land produce (without wearing it out) more food for man and beast and this story of awakening life on the farm. "Community development along all good lines!" This is the object of the 134 Negro farmers' clubs which were organized in 1910 throughout Virginia through the co-operation of John B. Pierce and sixteen local demonstration agents working under the States Relations Service and the extension division of the Virginia Polytechnic institute at Blacksburg. The total member ship of the clubs was 1,838 and represented a progressive, farsighted group of farmers in the Old Dominion. These clubs made a good beginning in co-operation by buying 2,234 tons of lime. Five of the local agents also kept a bulletin board, listing goods for sale and goods wanted. What do the local demonstration agents do besides helping the farmers till their land and grow better crops? Here is a partial list, based on Mr. Pierce's 1916 report of the farm and farmstead improvements which the farmers of Virginia, have made with the advice and assistance of the agents: Buildings erected, 130; farm buildings painted or whitewashed, 552; sanitary conditions (farm and home) improved, 1933; homes screened against tiles, 837; farmers furnished with plans and induced to adopt a systematic rotation, 186; total acreage put under rotation, 1,695; drainage system established, 89; home water systems installed or improved, 55; home grounds improved, 894; home gardens planted or improved, 1,198; farmers induced to save surplus farm products for winter use, 1,578. Can there be any question that the work of the local agent is limited merely to helping the farmer grow more crops so that he can secure more money to raise more crops? We think not. That increased earning power is an important and basal factor must be evident to the careful observer of rural conditions. That better living is a worthy goal for the hardworking farmer and his family is recognized by those who are engaged in carrying to the Negro farmers of Virginia a gospel of hope which is based upon intelligent work and Christian good will. NEW VOLUME OF POEMS. Writings of Phillis Wheatley Issued In Attractive Form. From the Pendleton Press of Washington has been issued an attractively printed and handsomely bound volume of 112 pages of the poems and letters of Miss Phillis Wheatley, the poetess of the Revolution and the first woman in America to publish a book of poems, says Bruce "Grit." The compilation is the work of the late George Herbert Renfro, who was a native of Washington and in his day a promising young lawyer. The book also contains an admirable sketch of the life and work of Renfro from the facile pen of Mrs. Leila Amos Pendleton, an authoress of quite considerable distinction. Collectors will find this edition of Miss Wheatley's poems a valuable addition to their libraries and in it many poems of this clever young woman which have not hitherto been published. The Pendleton Press is a race institution and deserves the highest commendation for the excellence of its workmanship in the publication and binding of this latest claimant to public favor. SMOKE "SIGHT DRAFT" THE BEST 5c. CIGAR No. 20 YOUNG COLLEGE MEN SHOW PLUCK Government Grants Training Camp For Officers. BIG VICTORY FOR THE RACE Success of Patriotic Movement Led by Group of Students and Backed by Broad Minded Men and Women of Both Races Has Significant Bearing on Future of Colored Americans. On Saturday, May 19, the war department authorized the establishment of an officers' reserve corps training camp for colored officers for the new federal army at Des Moines, Ia., to start June 15. The decision, which came as the result of persistent effort by students of Howard university, the central committee of Negro college men and many distinguished men and women of both races, is regarded by qualified opinion as the greatest opportunity for Negroes since the civil war. The establishment of this camp marks a radical change in the policy of the American government. For years Negroes, with a few exceptions, have been excluded from holding official positions in the army and navy. West Point and Annapolis have been practically closed to them. One colored man after another has sought to secure training offered to other classes of American citizens, but no amount of democratic argument or political influence could convince the administration of the justice of such appeal. The war, however, has brought a new situation. A crisis faces the country, and when conscription passed the questions immediately arose: How can colored men serve best their country? Shall they stand on the abstract theory of equal rights, or shall they with common sense meet a practical situation for the advancement of the race and the welfare of the nation? Already fourteen camps have been established for the training of white officers. The war department has officially declared that it would be impractical to admit colored men to any of those camps, which would mean that the thousands of intelligent Negroes in the United States would be forced under the conscription bill to serve as privates with little possibility of opportunity to rise above noncommissioned officers. Loyal to the cause of the Negro, believing in the principle of equality, but at the same time realizing that obstinacy is not firmness, when the government refused to open its camps to all its citizens a separate camp was sought as the next best thing for securing officers. The Negro, ever ready and willing to serve his country, has been kept out of official positions too long. The time has come when he should occupy a place in our army and navy similar to that which he occupies in other spheres of American life, and it is believed that in effecting the training and equipping of one or two thousand officers the central committee of Negro college men has brought about a movement that will not only add to the brilliant records of Bunker Hill, San Juan and Carrizal, but will make the Negro in truth and in deed a fundamental part of the national life of the United States, a partner in the fight for a world democracy, establish Negro leadership on a stronger and firmer basis, belie the accusation that the Negro is fit for nothing else than a subordinate and pave the way for greater and higher things. All young men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty, having high school education and physically strong, are requested to send their names, height, age, weight, previous military experience, if any, and school attended to the central committee of Negro college men, Howard university, Washington, C. B. Curley, general secretary. Examining stations will be opened at all. Young Men's Christian associations, from which applicants may forward their names to Secretary Curley as mentioned above. The leaders in the movement wish it understood that they do not accept the camp as segregation—they are wholly opposed to such discrimination—but they do accept it as a means to an end and as an opportunity for the 100,000 colored men to be chosen for war duty, to be offered by men of their own race. The camp accommodations and pay will be the same as those for white men. The railroad fare of those who go to the camp will be refunded. A Full Hand. "John," said Mrs. Norton as she seated herself at the hotel breakfast table, "did you call a waiter?" "Yes," said Norton, looking up from his paper, "I called him, and he had a tray full." SOCIAL NEWS EDITOR, Miss Clara Lucas, 505 Boston Block, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, NIC. 1873. "POPULARITY" Is G. L. Morrill's subject at the People's Church, New Garden Theatre, Sunday 10:30 A.M. COLOMBIA views, travel movies, organ. CENTRAL HIGH GRADUATES. Among the graduates of Central High School were Misses Helen Brady and Gladys Waters, Messrs. K. Homer Cannon, Webster E. Busey and Thos. B. Stovall, Jr. Among those in the first graduating class of the Girl's Vocational High School, were Miss Ellen V. Lucas, and Mrs. Beulah Van Hook Minor, as dressmakers. They received their diplomas on Friday evening at the Central High School. IMPORTANT NOTICE During the summer the Twin City Star forms will be closed on Wednesday night. Persons wishing to see the Editor may call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednesdays from 9 A. M. to 12, and 3 to 6 P. M. Tel. N. W. Hyland 1205. Call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednesday to insure matter for publication. Mr. B. F. Cabbell is serving on the jury of the district court for two weeks. The Testimonial Dance to Mr. Clarence Bowen was a success. About $150 was realized for him. Baptismal Services will be held at Bethesda Baptist Church on Sunday night, June 19th. DICKERSON'S CARNIVAL OPENS. John A. Dickerson'c Big Carnival will open Sunday on Washington Ave. No. near 25th Ave. Many praiseworthy attractions are presented and the cleanest concessions in the Carnival world afford a pleasant trip to the visitors. STEWART'S TEMPERANCE SERVICE. The ladies are especially invited to visit Stewart's Hotel, where they may enjoy their meals and "temperance" drinks. Under the regulations of the Public Safety Commission no liquors are served ladies at any time and men are served between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 P.M. excepting Sundays. Ladies admitted every day. Special music.—Advertisement. A miscellaneous shower was given on Mrs. Robert Singer, a bride of the week on Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. Wm. Walker, on Fourth Avenue by a number of her friends. MONTGOMERY FAILED TO APPEAR. R. B. Montgomery of the Advocate failed to appear in the Municipal Court of St. Paul on Monday morning against Chas. Sumner Smith, whom he had sworn a warrant for assault and battery. Judge Finehout suspended sentence on Smith's plea of guilty, and paid the defendant a high compliment on his standing in the community. Montgomery left before the case was called, for reasons best known to himself. Smith showed the Judge the articles, which appeared in the Advocate, and it was the opinion of the Court and City Attorney that the assault was justifiable. Editor Chas, Sumner Smith spoke at the public hearing before the Committee of Public Safety of the City Council this week on behalf of the loyal Negroes in support of the work of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission. A Lecture on "Sen. Foraker." Harry L. Scott A. B. L. L. B. will lecture at St. Peter Church on Monday evening, June 25, on "Sen. J. B. Foraker and his Forensic Effort", under the auspices of the official board of the church. Music by the A. M. E. Choir. Admission 15c. Atty. Scott is a former member of the State Committee of the National Progressive Party of New York, and practised law in Indianapolis, Ind. He is a good speaker and should be greeted by a large audience.—Advertisement. Mrs. Mattie Davis is serving her workhouse sentence of 90 days for keeping a disorderly house at 607 6th Ave. No. EVERY DAY is BARGAIN DAY at the ROOT & HAGEMAN STORE, 407 Nicollet Ave. ELKS ELECT OFFICERS. Delegates for Grand Lodge. Ames Lodge of Minneapolis No. 106, I. B. B. O. E. of W. elected the following officers on June 12. Exalted Ruler, P. H. Southall; Esteemed Leading Knight, Wm. Cratie; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Chas. Summer Smith; Esteemed Loyal Knight, Elmo Vinigar; Secy. W. R. Morris; Treas., Wm. Stirman; Tyler, Ross Hamilton; Trustee, B. M. McDew. Medical Examiner, Dr. J. H. Redd. Geo. W. Bryant, Geo. Holbert and W. R. Morris were elected as delegates to the Grand Lodge. P. H. Southall is also Esquire of the Grand Lodge which meets in Cleveland, O. in August. Gopher Lodge of Elks No. 105 of St. Paul, elected officers as follows: Geo. W. Stewart, E. R.; Geo. W. Shannon, E. L. K.; Archer Ragland, E. L. K. Felix Raines, E. L. K.; R.M. Johnson, Sec'y.; J. Q. Adams, Treas. Edward Gray, Esquire and N. H. Casey, Inner Guard; R. Sidney Harris, Joseph F. Coquire, Trustees; Delgate to Grand Lodge, Geo. W. Stewart. A YOUNG NEWS AGENT. Master Wm. Helm, Jr., of 3115 Columbus Ave., is our new agent. He is soliciting subscribers for the Twin City Star, The Crisis and The Chicago Defender. During his vacation he will give his time to work for these papers. Any assistance given him will be an enconragement to an ambitious young man and a financial aid to Negro enterprises. DELEGATE TO G. A. R. ENCAMP- MENT. Mrs. Mary E. Pope was elected as a Delegate to the National Encampment of the G. A. R. which meets in Boston, Mass., in Sept., at a meeting of the State Convention held last week in Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul. Mrs. Ophelia Rice and Mrs. Mary E. Pope of Minneapolis, were delegates from Biddle Circle. Mrs. Pope is the wife of Sergt. Z. A. Pope, retired and Mrs. Rice is her sister. SMITH-BARKSDALE NUPTIALS The wedding and reception of Miss Eleanor Barksdale and Mr. M. Dudley Smith at the residence of the bride's parents on June 11th, was largely attended. It was the most brilliant social affair recently given in the Twin Cities. Numerous presents were received. The newly-weds are spending their honeymoon in Anoka, Minn. The Annual Sermon of the Daughters of Isis will be held Sunday night, June 17th at St. Peter Church. TAKE NOTICE. Unless notes are written plainly and properly arranged they will not be inserted. Many people send in notes regardless of names, initials or composition. Arrangement by the publisher will be charged for. Free notices must be correctly written. LEAVES PULPIT FOR CAMP. Rev. B. N. Murrell, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul, left Monday night for Ft. Des Moines, Ia., where he will serve as Chaplain in the Training Camp for Negro officers. Mr. Jose H. Sherwood and Mr. Ori C. Hall of St. Paul and J. W. Bundrant of Minneapolis have gone to Ft. Des Moines, Ia., to enter the Training Camp. Mr. W. Evans, the cleaning and pressing expert of St. Paul has opened a place on 5th St So., near 2nd Ave. He is doing a good business and is a valuable addition to the race in this city. PROFESSIONAL POOLPLAYER DIES. Osborne Kyle, better known as "Peanuts," a professional poolplayer died last week at the City Hospital from tuberculosis. He was formerly from New York City—and had resided here about two years. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to all our friends and neighbors for the sympathy shown us and the many beautiful floral offerings in the loss of our beloved wife and mother and sister. Mr. Albert Payne, Anna White, Lydia Rose, and others WAITERS OUT OF WORK. There are many waiters out of work since many of the hotels have closed their dining rooms and cabarets, as a result of the effect of the order of the Public Safety Assn. Some are leaving the city and many are finding employment as laborers. This has caused a temporary panic along many lines, but Negroes will profit more than any other people by this order, and they have less to lose. ADVERTISE HERE, IT PAYS. THE TWIN CITY STAR N. A. A. C. P. MEETING. A meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was held at Bethesda Baptist Church on last Sunday night. Atty. B. S. Smith presided, Atty. R. A. Skinner, Sec'y. The following members were added to the Executive Committee—Sen. S. A. Stockwell, Luth Jaeger, Fred. Thomas, Chas. Sumner Smith, Dr. S. N. Deinard, W. R. Morris, Judges Jos. W. Molyneaux and Edw. F. Waite, and Cong. Thos. D. Schall. Atty. Smith spoke on the extensive work of the Assn. and asked every person to do their best to join this Anti-Lynching society, whose work was for the interest of every Negro man, woman and child. He outlined the "Fight against Segregation" and told of the investigation done by the association. Committees will be organized to take up matres of industrial relations and to work with organized bodies to stop the many solicitors, who are misrepresenting institutions etc. Rev. Beasley spoke at length on this subject. The meeting was well attended. Rev. F. Thos. E. Cullen will be asked to serve on the executive committee. CONG. SCHALL ACCEPTS. Cong. Thos. D. Schall was named as a member of the N. A. A. C. P. and accepted the appointment in a telegram to the Assn. expressing his thanks repreciating the honor, and offering his service. CALL FOR CONVENTION. The District Federation of the Women's Clubs will convene Tuesday, June 19th, 1917 at Memorial Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minn. All Clubs in good standing are invited. The Executive Board will convene at 11 A. M. The afternoon session will be given to good papers and a program. An excellent program will be rendered in the evening. The public is cordially invited. Admission free. For further information address Mrs. Ida Sellars, (Pres.), 2812 10th Ave. So., or the Secretary, Mrs. Kate Smith, 2441 5th Ave. So. Mrs. Geo. Gardner, 1311 Washington Ave. So., left last Sunday for Omaha to visit her mother, Mrs. Melvina Green for about 10 days. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Stewart will open at The Empress Theatre in Des Moines next week. Mrs. Minnie Burrell left Wednesday for Duluth to attend the funeral of her niece. WHY WORRY? TAKE LIFE EASY! You may enjoy comfort and make it pleasant for the whole family and your friends at little expense, if you invest in a Porch-Couch or Rocker, or Lawn Swing or Hammock. They are on sale at BOUTELL'S. Reasonable Prices and Terms.—Advertisement. Mrs. A. H. Schooley of St. Paul has gone to Deerwood, Minn., where she spends every summer. Mrs. J. H. Pittman of Duluth is guest of Mrs. Joseph Combs of Mac-Kubin St. Geo. Hoag, Jr., of Sherburne Ave. is now special delivery boy. Earl Thomas was arrested June 9 for firing his revolver in the streets of St. Paul. He wore a Government badge, representing himself as a life boatman of the U. S. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, registered in Seattle, but had been out of the service several months. He was fined $25.00 or thirty days. He was sent to the workhouse. AN IMMORAL ADVOCATE Lying editor of Negro Weakly defends Rev. Withers, whose wife sued for divorce, in his swill-barrel publication. Ex-editor Phil, Hale, of 931 Spring street northeast, tells a good joke about a man often in service to Hon. Walter Newton, our county attorney, to testify in behalf of the state concerning some parties who were raided a few weeks ago on Sixth avenue north. This fellow, who represents nobody but himself, and is a constant knocker, has a great deal to say about Rev. Withers concerning things which he doesn't know anything about. But Hon. Judge Dickinson became so disgusted with him that he drove him off the witness stand, so says Brother Phil Hale.-The Weekly Advocate. The foregoing article appeared in The Weakly Advocate of June 2, and it is another one of the ex-convict editor Montgomery's attempts to defend Rev. Withers and the notorious Mattie Davis, convicted of keeping a house of illfame; also to condemn Editor Smith. Mr. Phil Hale, ex-editor of the Advocate (because he found out what Montgomery was doing) has publicly denied any authority for this statement. The Star published the Davis case, and the written opinion of the Davis place, by the state and excused by the Judge because he had never been in the house. Detective Brunskill was not allowed to testify for the same reason. Co. Atty, Walter Newton brands this statement as false and Judge Dickinson, whose charge to the jury taken by Editor Smith appeared in the Star, has this matter before him. He does not care to be misrepresented and the public knows that he is not to be trifled with. He knows Montgomery. This Montgomery is one of the lowest types of Negroes. He is a real "nigger." There are business houses where he cannot enter because he has not dealt fairly with them. He is the advocate of everything which demoralizes his race. When he located here about a year ago, he solicited funds for Bethesda Baptist Church and Rev. Beasley says "that he has some damaging evidence on him." He served time in prison for collecting money to build a Catholic Church. He is fortunate in being a personal friend of Atty. W. R. Morris, who knows his game. Montgomery has resided at many places since here and few of them respectable. He is thoroughly familiar with the buffet-flats and cannot deny that he was associated with women of the underworld. He leaves a record in Milwaukee and here is the clipping from a bulletin of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Assn. R. B. MONTGOMERY. Working apparently in partnership with Butler is another colored man giving the name of R. B. Montgomery and claiming to be a trustee of the Autuaq Industrial School, although he was unable to tell us the name of either the president or treasurer. If he can be located we shall be glad to co-operate with any one in helping to restrict his activity. The method of operation of these two men seems to be as follows; One of them sends out a letter asking for the renewal of "your bi-ennial subscription to our work of educations and missions", designating the amount supposed to have been previously given. If nothing is heard from this, the other one calls and announces that he has come to collect the amount promised the other man. The busy business man who is asked to respond to almost countless appeals during the year frequently thinks hat he perhaps did promise the money and hands it over. This record of Montgomery was published after he attended the A. M. E. Conference at St. Peter's Church. The Dr. Butler referred to was a former pastor of St. James A. M. E. Church. He was ordered out of town on his last arrival, but Montgomery claims to have reformed and got a foothold with the Wets in the County Option fight. During one of his trips to this city, he posed as a preacher and sought the pastorate of Bethesda Baptist Church, when Withers was deposed. If Editor Smith represents nobody but himself, his paper The Twin City Star has always defended the Negro citizens. It is the paid official organ of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and The Minneapolis Sunday Forum. He is the executive committeeman of The National Negro Press Assn, and is an active member of the Minnesota Editorial Association. Minneapolis was without a Negro paper when the Star was first issued. It owes every respect to Editor Adams of the St. Paul Appeal our venerable contemporary. We do not always agree, but never quarrel. The Advocate is needed here. It is a garbage can of printed gossip and headlines personals of women crap players and buffet-flat keepers. This is a brief of Montgomery. He is the yegg-man of Negro journalism and the kind of Sambo that makes a monkey of himself before white people and for such we have suffered. We have copy to show that The Advocate came to put the Star out of business and the Montgomery has had everybody whom he could con in working for "the real Negro paper" as he calls it, he has not yet bought a Ford, and the Star is existing under honest practices. The records of the County Auditor show that the affidavit filed by Montgomery for The Advocate was a lie, and he received state moneys by his sworn statement for publishing "proposed laws. Owing to the rapid increase in our population (many being respected citizens from the Southland); The Star is forced to defend itself against misrepresentation and its Editor has never been accused of being a coward. This cringing darky has found it useless to tell the representative white business men about us. He has begged, borrowed and stolen to that extent that he is regarded as a nuisance, even by the lowest element. He can scarcely read and can't write enough to take notes. A trial will convince you. 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 246-50 FOURTH AVE. SO. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. T. S. Center 4639. WALFRID WESTMAN Photographer 1425 Washington Ave. So. Minn. JOHN A. WITHERS, Spring is coming, and if you think of changing homes, see Withers. He has a large van nd all facilities for moving and storing at a special low rate. Call Hy. 2331. Res. Hy. 4712. Phone Hy. 3605. DR. ELLIS BURTON 715 Sixth Ave. No. Minneapolis, Minn. 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These ten colored maps show attractively Minnehaha Falls and Park, Como Park and Lake Como, Lake Minnetonka, White Bear Lake, the Central Portion of Minneapolis, The Chain of Lakes, Phalen Park and Lake, the University Campus and the Central Portion of St. Paul, while the largest map shows the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs, a territory 16 miles by 48 miles, with their famous Lakes, Rivers and Parks. Most instructive and entertaining. A copy of this interesting folder will be mailed to any address on receipt of six cents in stamps. A. W. Warnock, General Passenger Agent, Twin City Linen, Minneapolis. N. W. PHONE MAIN 3487, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. REGULAR DINNER 25 CENTS W. S. SIMMONS, Prop. BELL'S BARBER SHOP CLARENCE W. BELL, Proprietor. BATHS, BARBER SHOP, POLITE BARBERS POOL AND BILLIARD HALL CIGARS, RACE PAPERS, SHOE SHINING 244 THIRD AVE. SOUTH ..MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Phone No. northwestern, Main 2511. Automatic 32 413 N. W. Main 5244 CHALMERS LIVERY SERVICE WRIGHT AND SHEPARD, PROP. TOURING AND LIMOUSINES DAY AND NIGHT OFFICE AND GARAGE: 244 2ND AVE. SO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN N. W. MAIN 2869 Auto. 36774 STAG HOTEL TAXI SERVICE, 246 Fourth Avenue South CARS AT ALL HOURS. SPECIAL RATES TO THEATRE AND DANCE PARTIES. ROBERT SINGER, Prop. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION The publisher of The Twin City Star urgently requests that subscribers send in their dues, or ask for a collector to call. The cost of publishing a newspaper is increasing, and it is important that subscriptions Do not waste your time making promises to our agents. Send your money by Express or Post Office Order or in cash or postage stamps. HOTEL MEN LOSE JOBS. Order No. 7, of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission has caused sorrow among the hotel waiters and many saloon men. Several have been laid off. The order forbids serving drinks to women in cabarets and all drinks must be stopped at 10 P. M. The clubs and saloons cannot serve before 8 A. M. and after 10 P. M. The order is general and will be enforced. Negroes are not wanted as cooks at the Ft. Snelling Training Camp. C. Z. H. MINNEAPOLIS. JOSEPH DAHL, Prop. BARBER SHOP BELL, Proprietor. BAR, POLITE BARBERS MILLIARD HALL ERS, SHOE SHINING ... MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Enterh, Main 2511. N. W. Main 5244 EVERY SERVICE HEPARD, PROP. O LIMOUSINES O NIGHT VE. SO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Auto. 36 774 GE, 246 Fourth Avenue South BELL HOURS. TRE AND DANCE PARTIES. NGER, Prop. Sam Langford is Matched with Fred Fulton. Sam Langford is matched to fight Fred Fulton of Minneapolis in Boston, June 19th. Fulton hopes to regain his honors lost when Carl Morris defeated him. Should he beat Langford, he expects a match for championship laurels with Jess Willard. Langford never gets a try with the champions but they never draw the color line when they "go back." Sam has been a wonder and has undoubtedly slowed up, hence the match. YOUR PUBLICITY PAYS All persons interested in the progress of their lodges, churches, societies etc., should value the power of printer's ink. They should see that their secretaries SEND ALL NOTICES to the newspapers in proper time. They think the Editor should attend every affair, whether invited or not, and should know "What is going on?"—without being informed. Many exchanges clip from our columns, and often things done in Minneapolis get national publicity. Wanted—Subscribers to Pay. THE TWIN CITY STAR PROMOTER OF EFFICIENCY. Purpose of New Association Founded by William Preston Moore. New York.—The Fortnightly Lecture association is the name of a new organization founded by William Preston Moore among the employees of the general education board in this city. The purpose of the association is to create greater efficiency among its members and to foster a more general spirit of personal responsibility and pride in doing things. At one of the meetings in March Mr. Moore delivered a lecture on "Personal Cleanliness." He in part said: "Personal cleanliness expresses a hygienic disposition to the physically clean. Clean is free from what is dirty or foul. It sometimes means free from what is obstructive, dirt being always obstructive, as 'to make a clean way for himself through a mob.' It is used in a moral sense, as 'to make a clean breast,' and in old Scriptural English as 'clean hands' and 'a pure heart.' We use the term as expressive of the correct individual's personal tidiness and careful attention to the hygienic laws of society in general. "From an individual point of view with a rather general application, salaried persons and wage earners engaged in occupations and other operations similar to our own positions or otherwise, by every possible personal effort ought to see that the speech, the teeth, the breath, the body, the hair, the hands, the nails, the shoes, the eyes and the clothes are kept clean, neat, tidy and presentable at all times and in all places. "An individual who has self pride and self respect and self consciousness will obviously observe the laws and requirements of personal cleanliness as pre-eminently prerequisite in the performance of the duties required and assigned the person in question. Therefore we should cultivate the habit of personal cleanliness everywhere. "In observing the necessity of personal cleanliness and in keeping with our occupations and other operations, dress within the 'cable tow' of our im- 1930 WILLIAM PRESTON MOORE. mediate environments and incomes from our salaries and wages, as the case may be. Such dress need not be 'sporty' or even 'flashy' or 'chic' in the sense of the Broadway sport or the Harlem dude or the dandy, but neat, becoming and presentable. "Personal cleanliness is essentially in accord with personal pride and self government of the person. It doesn't cost much to keep clean. It is very costly at times to be untidy and unclean. It pays one a better dividend to be clean than otherwise. Employers, as a rule, more or less closely scrutinize very carefully the deportment, dress, speech, appearance and neatness of their employees. "Usually they observe carefully in detail, therefore it behooves us as employees to closely observe the laws and requirements of sanitary measures for our own preservation and presentation of tomorrow. Keep healthy, likewise keep clean teeth, breath, body, speech, habits, hands, nails, shoes and clothes, each requisite requirement as enumerated above in its order of procedure receiving proportionate attention and care in the exercise of personal cleanliness and physical hygiene, all of which is conducive to good health and good appearance." HAMPTON BOYS TO SERVE. Trio From School In Virginia Joins Fifteenth Infantry Band. Sergeant Major C. M. Hooper of the Fifteenth New York infantry, national guard, has sent these telegrams to Hampton institute: "Heywood B. Hill has recommended William McK. Hubbard, Leslie E Booker and John H. Watkins for the Fifteenth infantry band. They are to receive $40 a month in addition to all expenses." "Am sending transportation from Hampton to New York, including sleeper, for W. McK. Hubbard, L. E Booker and J. H. Watkins to leave by the Cape Charles boat to join the Fifteenth Infantry band." The Hampton institute faculty have granted permission to these students to leave school and report for military service in New York. Heywood B Hill was a Hampton senior. JAMES TEMPLE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT James H. Ege. DEATH OF EX-SHERIFF EGE. James H. Ege, one of the old citizens of this city died last week. He was once Sheriff of Hennepin Co., and appointed John M. Allison, one of our race who is now a Deputy. Mr. Allison was one of the pallbearers. Mr. Ege was a member of the G. A. R. and an ex-department commander. He was always a true friend of the Negroes, and they have the greatest respect for his memory. Mr. Ege was a political factor and a staunch Republican of the old school. The Star extends sympathy to the bereaved relatives. THE ARCADIA RESTAURANT. Mr. W. S. Simmon has started his Summer Service at the Arcade Restaurant, 500 Fourth Ave. So. Refreshing Tonics, Brazilla, Lemonades and Ice Cream Soda, will be served. Patrons will find this the best place in the city to enjoy clean food and delicious soft drinks. ALL SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS ONE DOLLAR PER INCH. EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE. Boston Branch of Militant Body Asks President to Stop Lynchings. Boston.-The executive committee of the Boston branch of the National Equal Rights league has sent to President Wilson the following letter with regard to the lynching of Ell Persons at Memphis, Tenn., the latter part of May: "To the President, Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington: "Associated Press reports the mutilation and burning alive of a colored man without a trial at Memphis, Tenn., and also that mob intends to burn two more. We call upon you as head of the federal government to make every effort to stay this further blot on the civilization and humanity of this Christian nation. Our laws forbid the burning alive of rats in a trap. We implore you, while saying much for justice and humanity for foreign nations, to speak out for justice to 12,000,000 colored American citizens and to stop stirring of resentments. America is rivaling Germany and Turkey in barbaric atrocities. Will you do something?" Taft Expresses Faith in Our Loyalty. Former President William Howard Taft in a recent address at Augusta, Ga., denounced as ridiculous the report that German agents have made any headway toward inciting the colored people to be disloyal to the flag. Mr. Taft was speaking on the issues of the war. The colored race is loyal to this government, the former president declared with an emphasis that could not be misunderstood. High Compliment Paid to Our Sailors. Discussing the fighting qualities of the colored man as a sailor, a high naval authority on May 17 said: "One of the most remarkable phases of the development of the American mercantile marine is the adaptability of the American Negro as a sailor. Ships' masters have declared them to be among the bravest of crews under the most trying situations." REMEMBER THIS. The J. & H. Laundry is owned and operated by the Gibbs Boys, sons of Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs. We mention this because many on the north side patronize other firms. This is the most modern wet wash laundry in the Northwest. Old Folks Cast Anchor In Washington Home. WELCOME FOR ALL SECTS Interstate Institution Is Nonsectarian In Practice and National In Scope. Not Alone For Indigent, but Also For Those Who Seek a Haven of Rest. History of the Movement. By R. W. THOMPSON. Washington.—One of this city's most helpful and progressive institutions is the Interstate Old Folks' home at 1512 Corcoran street, northwest. It is planned by its promoters and sponsors to be a comfortable retreat for the aged of both sexes who may have no relatives or friends to look after them when their period of activity is about to draw to a close. Provision is made not only for old folks without means, but the management, conscious of the fact that there are many persons in easy circumstances who have aged kin or dependents for whom they have no adequate accommodations in the places where they may themselves abide, has provided for such. An institution where these loved ones can be cared for in a satisfactory way and where they may be surrounded with all the comforts of home fills a THE BROOKLYN HOTEL INTERSTATE OLD FOLKS' HOME. long felt want and solves many a perplexing problem as to what to do with those old folks who wish to escape the conventionalities of society and enjoy perfect freedom, far from the annoyances that fall to the lot of those who must keep "in the swim." Just such an institution is the Interstate Old Folks' home. It was incorporated a few years ago by a group of public spirited citizens of Washington for the relief of the old, infirm and indigent people of America. While inaugurated largely by Baptists, the institution is broader than denominational lines. It is absolutely nonsectarian in practice and national in scope. It has the indorsement of the leading religious and business agencies of the land and is rapidly approaching the point where its necessity is plainly seen and its helpful influence readily recognized by all classes of people. It is now housed in a magnificent and commodious mansion at 1512 Corcoran street, in the heart of one of the best residential sections of the District of Columbia and convenient of access from every point. The home has recently acquired in Fairfax county, Va., a farm of fifty acres, on which there is an eight room house, with a well stocked orchard, fine water and garden plots already prepared for vegetables. The board of trustees is made up of Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, one of the country's best known divines; Rev. James E. Willis and Rev. E. B. Gordon. Dr. Gordon is secretary-treasurer of the corporation and the executive force in the general direction of its affairs. He has interested a number of the churches of the city in the work. The savings department or Business Charity association is already in operation, and industrial and commercial departments are to be developed. Other officers of the incorporated Home association are: Philip H. Kemp, recording secretary; Ruth E. Robinson, corresponding secretary, and Ernest L. Winters, attorney. Dr. Gordon has other ambitious plans for the Interstate Old Folks' home, which will be announced as opportunities offer, and he is confident that it will grow in national favor as its merits become better known to the philanthropic public. A campaign for $25,000 is now being inaugurated. To insure the popularity of the movement and to interest the largest possible number, it is to be asked that 15,000 persons give $1 each and 20,000 50 cents each, making a grand total of $25,000. Dr. Gordon is giving his full time to this great work and can be reached at the home, 1512 Corcoran street northwest, Washington. Cairo's Books. Books printed in Calro are read by the camp fires of the Sahara, in the market of Timbuktu, under the very shadows of the Kaaba and are treasured in the mosques of Java and western China. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR PUBLSHED 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 MINNESOTA EDITORIAL ASSN. To Subscribe Is To Pay. Subscription by Mall, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.00 THREE MONTHS ..... 6.5 Hamlet B. Rowe, Local Agent. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar. Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracta. We do not run free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our advertisers We respect their right to advertise at intervals, and rather have them do so, than to run continuously an "adv." and an increasing account. Address all mail to Twin City Star 303 B. 5th St. Minneapolis. Minnesota. The Twin City Star stands for equal rights for all American citizens. The Star tries to publish the news of Negroes entirely. We know the "war news" is interesting, but Negroes read and pay for the daily papers, which carry the current news. We have the exclusive right of the plate service edited by N. B. Dodson, a Negro, which gives us the best side of Negro publicity. Every week the Star has in its columns articles of the race, which will never appear in the white papers or some Negro weeklies. MANNING'S VIEWS ON THE EXODUS FROM THE SOUTH Southern White Man Says Denial of Justice Is Responsible. The colored people are leaving the south by the thousand, more want to leave, and more are going to leave, rays the Hon. Joseph C. Manning, a former member of the Alabama legislature, in a letter to the New York Sun. It is more than a wish to better their economic condition that is causing this departure of Negroes from the south. It is more a sort of quiet revolution against the oppression and repression to which southern Negroes have been subjected for many years. The spirit of revolution has manifested itself in simply leaving the south. Of course the demand for labor in the north opened the door of opportunity, but the restiveness of the Negro in the far southern states was such that the point was reached where, for better or for worse, the desire to get away had taken strong hold. The disfranchisement laws more than anything else have created the feeling of unrest and discontent on the part of the southern colored people. Their relegation to the status of a subject citizen, the denial to him of civic justice, has been a too bitter pill to swallow in mere submission. The uneven chance in litigation in the courts, the oppression of the illiterate and helpless Negro by and through the processes in the petty courts—these and other minor persecutions play a part in creating the determined movement to get out of the south and go where there is more of a square deal for the average man. Lynchning has something to do with adding to the feeling that has brought about this exodus; but, strange as it may seem, the terror of lynching does not go so far in deeply moving the southern Negro as does the loss of his rights as a citizen. A Negro minister who was recently in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and other southern states is authority for the statement that leading Negro ministers and many leading Negroes indorse the movement to get away from the south, advising their congregations that it means protection under the law, the right of citizenship, better educational advantages for their children and freedom from the increasing wrongs of the south. This subject of the coming north of southern Negroes was discussed at a weekly meeting of Baptist ministers in New York city, and as a leading minister who had been south told of the wholesale departure of southern Negroes for the north, crying out to "let them come." there was a chorus of "Amen." These people coming up from the south to the states of the north and west will soon be voters, and their leaders in this section are keeping this in mind. Never before has there been such a united movement on the part of the ministers of the north among the colored people in the matter of urging Negro voters to qualify for voting. "You want to help those left down there in the south by voting up here," is the way the ministers in the north are putting their appeals. Negroes registered like good Americans. Enough said. EDITORS WHO ARE IN BAD WITH MODERN WESTERN SOCIETY. (The Portland Advocate.) The Advocate knows from experience when an editor in this Western country speaks out against those things which are degrading and demoralizing to the industrial, social and political status of our people, he at once "gets in bad." This is the condition of the editors of the Oakland Sunshine and the San Francisco Outlook. What the Outlook says: "We believe it is the duty of the press to be outspoken, regardless of whom it hits. Some people have an idea that because they subscribe for a race paper they have bought the editor's opinions, and that he should tolerate anything they do regardless of the fact that their acts are against public morals and a menace to the race. With a submissive and cowardly press and a ministry blind to vice and immorality, the race would be in a deplorable condition. The work of good men and women must be supported, and the "good timer" who defies public opinion must be made to feel the lash of scorn and ostracized from the community. The remedy is drastic, but the disease is worse." NEGRO PRESS IS ACTIVE. Millions of black men are watching national legislation and regulation. The recognized press of the race is doing its duty. There are a few slackers, but the vanguard is on the firing line, fighting for their rights. Article 1, of the Amendments to the U. S. Constitution is a sacred safeguard for all loyal citizens. The free exercises of religion, speech, press or peaceable assembly and petitions for redress of grievances constitute the fundamentals of this great Republic, and are intended to give all men equality before the law. The Negro press stands for love of country and duty to their race. Whenever duty calls, they will not falter. He, who demands his rights, guaranteed him under our constitution, is not a traitor. The Negro cannot be expected to rally to the country's call today as he did to Lincoln and McKinley; but he is ever ready. He cannot be aroused by martial music, brilliant uniforms, patriotic addresses or pecuniary promises. Should the American people grant him equal rights as other Americans, he will then forgive their wrongs he has suffered. As it is, he is calm and deliberate. He will enter this war for his second emancipation. Tho he serves no human master, he is the slave of Race-hatred, Discrimination and that prejudiced Americanism—the Southern propaganda of the present administration. He is denied the right to enlist in many branches of his Nation's defensive service. He is awarded special honors, i. e. "held in reserve," for breast works. But he must fight to save his Country—that he might enjoy Liberty in its fullest sense. He must fight—that posterity shall awake in a new Americanism. This is our fight, if America needs us, and we shall not be called until needed. If the Negroes were so void of manhood as to forget the injustice of the present administration against them, they would not be possessed of that loyalty to the American Flag which they have defended with honor in all of this Nation's conflicts and always respected in times of peace. This is the only home of the American Negro and he will defend it, the denied his rights. I am against Catholic, Protestant, or Jew, if the representative of any of these creeds does anything against the American spirit. I demand whole-hearted and undivided loyalty to the United States. I denounce as a crime against the country the effort by any section of our people, of whatever origin to perpetuate racial divisions in this country.—Theodore Rosevelt, in Metropolitan, Dec. 1916. PITY THE CHILDREN. Pity the poor children of many families. It is hard for many a hard working parent to support a family. Under the high cost of living these innocent sufferers are denied the necessities of life. We have a Belgium within our borders. Negroes are being killed and driven out of East St. Louis, because they came from the South to earn an honest living. Negroes have no rights under Lynch Law, and America calls herself a free country. The Weakly Advocate, our competitor, deserves every consideration. Before you subscribe to the Star, purchase a copy of the Advocate, then get a choice for your money. We invite competition and the "WEAKLY" is the best advocate for subscribers to The Twin City Star. Are you a delinquent subscriber? If so, why not send your subscription? THE TWIN CITY STAR HOW SHALL WE PAY FOR THE WAR? Five Reasons Why Excessive Taxes at the Outset of War Are Disadvantageous—Great Britain Example Worthy of Emulation—How the Taxes Should Be Apportioned. By EDWIN R. A. SELIGMAN, MoVlokar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University On May 28, 1917, the House of Representatives passed an act "to proyide revenue to defray war expenses and for other purposes." In the original bill as presented by the Committee of Ways and Means, the additional revenue to be derived was estimated at $1,810,420,000. The amendment to the income tax, which was tacked on to the bill during the discussion in the House, was expected to yield another $40,000,000 or $50,000,000. In discussing the House bill, two problems arise: I. How much should be raised by taxation? II. In what manner should this sum be raised? I. How Much Should Be Raised by Taxation? How was the figure of $1,800,000,000 arrived at? The answer is simple. When the Secretary of the Treasury came to estimate the additional war expenses for the year 1917-18, he calculated that they would amount to some $6,000,000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 was to be allotted to the allies, and $3,600,000,000 was to be utilized for the domestic purposes. Thinking that it would be a fair proposition to divide this latter sum between loans and taxes, he concluded that the amount to be raised by taxes was $1,800,000,000. There are two extreme theories, each of which may be dismissed with scant courtesy. The one is that all war expenditures should be defrayed by loans, and the other is that all war expenditures should be defrayed by taxes. Each theory is untenable. It is indeed true that the burdens of the war should be borne by the present rather than the future generation; but this does not mean that they should be borne by this year's taxation. Meeting all war expenses by taxation makes the taxpayers in one or two years bear the burden of benefits that ought to be distributed at least over a decade within the same generation. In the second place, when expenditures approach the gigantic sums of present-day warfare, the tax-only policy would require more than the total surplus of social income. Were this absolutely necessary, the ensuing havoc in the economic life of the community would have to be endured. But where the disasters are so great and at the same time so unnecessary, the tax-only policy may be declared impracticable. Secretary McAdoo had the right instinct and highly commendable courage in deciding that a substantial portion, at least, of the revenues should be derived from taxation. But when he hit upon the plan of 50-50 per cent., that is, of raising one-half of all domestic war expenditures by taxes, the question arises whether he did not go too far. The relative proportion of loans to taxes is after all a purely business proposition. Not to rely to a large extent on loans at the outset of a war is a mistake. Disadvantages of Excessive Taxes. The disadvantages of excessive taxes at the outset of the war are as follows: 1. Excessive taxes on consumption will cause popular resentment. 2. Excessive taxes on industry will disarrange business, damp enthusiasm and restrict the spirit of enterprise at the very time when the opposite is needed. 3. Excessive taxes on incomes will deplete the surplus available for investments and interfere with the placing of the enormous loans which will be necessary in any event. 4. Excessive taxes on wealth will cause a serious diminution of the incomes which are at present largely drawn upon for the support of educational and philanthropic enterprises. Moreover, these sources of support would be dried up precisely at the time when the need would be greatest. 5. Excessive taxation at the outset of the war will reduce the elasticity available for the increasing demands that are soon to come. Great Britain's Policy. Take Great Britain as an example. During the first year of the war she increased taxes only slightly, in order to keep industries going at top notch. During the second year she raised by new taxes only 9 per cent, of her war expenditures. During the third year she levied by additional taxes (over and above the pre-war level) only slightly more than 17 per cent, of her war expenses. If we should attempt to do as much in the first year of the war as Great Britain did in the third year it would suffice to raise by taxation $1,250,000,000. If, in order to be absolutely on the safe side, it seemed advisable to increase the sum to $1,500,000,000, this should, in our opinion, be the maximum. In considering the apportionment of the extraordinary burden of taxes in war times certain scientific principles are definitely established: How Taxes Should Be Apportioned. (1) The burden of taxes must be spread as far as possible over the whole community so as to cause each individual to share in the sacrifices according to his ability to pay and according to his share in the Government. (2) Taxes on consumption, which are necessarily borne by the community at large, should be imposed as far as possible on articles of quasi-luxury rather than on those of necessity. (3) Excises should be imposed as far as possible upon commodities in the hands of the final consumer rather than upon the articles which serve primarily as raw material for further production. (4) Taxes upon business should be imposed as far as possible upon net earnings, rather than upon gross receipts or capital invested. (5) Taxes upon income which will necessarily be severe should be both differentiated and graduated. That is, there should be a distinction between earned and unearned incomes and there should be a higher rate upon the larger incomes. It is essential, however, not to make the income rate so excessive as to lead to evasion, administrative difficulties, or to the more fundamental objections which have been urged above. (6) The excess profits which are due to the war constitute the most obvious and reasonable source of revenue during war times. But the principle upon which these war-profit taxes are laid must be equitable in theory and easily calculable in practice. The additional income tax as passed by the House runs up to a rate of 60 per cent. This is a sum unheard of in the history of civilized society. It must be remembered that it was only after the first year of the war that Great Britain increased her income tax to the maximum of 34 per cent., and that even now in the fourth year of the war the income tax does not exceed 42½ per cent. It could easily be shown that a tax with rates on moderate incomes substantially less than in Great Britain, and on the larger incomes about as high, would yield only slightly less than the $632,000,000 originally estimated in the House bill. It is to be hoped that the Senate will reduce the total rate on the highest incomes to 34 per cent, or at most to 40 per cent, and that at the same time it will reduce the rate on the smaller incomes derived from personal or professional earnings. If the war continues we shall have to depend more and more upon the income tax. By imposing excessive rates now we are not only endangering the future, but are inviting all manner of difficulties which even Great Britain has been able to escape. Conclusion. The House bill contains other fundamental defects which may be summed up as follows: (1) It pursues an erroneous principle in imposing retroactive taxes. (2) It selects an unjust and unworkable criterion for the excess-profits tax. (3) It proceeds to an unheard-of height in the income tax. (4) It imposes unwarranted burdens upon the consumption of the community. (5) It is calculated to throw business into confusion by levying taxes on gross receipts instead of upon commodities. (6) It fails to make a proper use of (3) The income-tax schedule ought to be revised with a lowering of the rates on earned incomes below $10,000, and with an analogous lowering of the rates on the higher incomes, so as not to exceed 34 per cent. A careful calculation shows that an income tax of this kind would yield some $450,000-000 additional. (4) The tax on whisky and tobacco ought to remain approximately as it is, with a yield of about $230,000,000. These three taxes, together with the stamp tax at even the low rate of the House bill, and with an improved automobile tax, will yield over $1,250,000,000, which is the amount of money thought desirable. The above program would be in harmony with an approved scientific system. It will do away with almost all of the complaints that are being urged against the present. It will refrain from taxing the consumption of the poor. It will throw a far heavier burden upon the rich, but will not go to the extremes of confiscation. It will obviate interference with business and will keep unimpaired the social productivity of the community. It will establish a just balance between loans and taxes and will not succumb to the danger of approaching either the tax-only policy or the loan-only policy. Above all, it will keep an undisturbed elastic margin, which must be more and more heavily drawn upon as the war proceeds. Conclusion. P. J. Buford, W. W. Humphrey, Not the biggest but the best. 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