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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
AN EFFICIENT UNDERTAKEN.
Thos. n. LyIes Of st. Paul, a Credi'
To Race As Capable Business

Man.
Mr.. Thos. H. Lyles, of st. Paul, is
the leading Negro undertaken of the
Northwest. Mr.. Lyles fully demon,
strated his ability to successfully
handle funerals on the day of the
burials of Atty. McGhee and Mr.. Will
Salters. He has so mastered his art
that he can give a lifelike appearance
to a corpse, under almost any cir
cumstances. He is careful in every
detail, and his extremely courteous
manner to the general public, and his
honest methods, have won the con.
the Attucks Home last week was
fidence of the entire community. Mr.
Lyles is known for his punctuality
Everything goes smoothly under his
management, and 1t can be safely said
that he Is one of the most up-to-date
Funeral Directors of our race. He
has at his command every facility for
perfecting funeral arrangements, and
he is man who enjoys the distinction
Of being one Of the best known and
highest respected citizens of st. Paul.
Mr.. Lyles and his wife reside at 678
st. Anthony Ave-, where they have
one Of the most beautiful residences
in that locality
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
CENSUS FIGURES WR0NG7
Hon. H. c. Smith Questions Count Of
Afro Americans In Cleveland.

Hon. n. c. Smith Questions Count OF
Afro-Amsrieans In Cleveland.
In giving the Afro-American popula-
hon Of the four largest cities In Ohio
the 1910 census credits Cincinnati with
1860; Columbus, 1880; Springfield.
4,945, and Cleveland, s,736.e The Hon
Harry G. Smith, editor Of the Cleve-
land Gazette, who is resident, OF
Cleveland, takes exception to the small
number credited to his home city.
Mr.. Smith says there are 10000
Afro-Americans in Cleveland, II there
Is one. Eight or ten thousand of them
can be gathered together In one place
in the city without that number being
scarcely missed in another part of the
town. E
According to Mr. Smiths statement.
there are over 1900 of our people di-
rectly or indirectly connected with the
churches and missions. which number
about fifteen. The figures as above
given were tabulated by Professor NJ.
NJ. Curtiss of Cleveland, who had
charge Of the 1910 census for the de.
partment of commerce and labor In
Cleveland and vicinity.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

Hotel Accommodations In Baltimore.
| With the formal opening Of Smiths
hotel on Druid Hill avenue, Baltimore,
on Tuesday, Oct. I, the colored people
Of Baltimore will have access to one
Of the finest and best equipped hotels
owned by member of the race in the
Omitted States. The building Is three
story brick edifice Al by 90 feet and Is
3 credit to the skill and industry Of
It's proprietors, Messrs. Thomas r. and
Wallace l.. Smith. The rathskeller,
grill room and bar are on the first
foor. The second and third floors are
devoted to bedrooms, special suits and
dra wing rooms.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

many. many white people in this codn.
try who profess to believe with sort
Of plying contempt that the African
Is an unredeemable barbarian.
Rev. q. d. L. Thompson Of Sierra
Leone. West Africa. In his address be.
fore the Negro Society For Historical
Research Of Yonkers. N. y. on the
subject Race Consciousness Race
IDEAL" said. among other things: "As
the preponderance Of the inhabitants
Of Egypt today are of Uamixed Afri.
can blood. We may think reasonably
conclude that these people are Of Afri-
can origin. Otherwise how are we to
account for their black faces. crisp
hair and other typical Negro physical
cha acteristics?"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

o,eyeus. GRANT and otners-tne kepuD
lican party. The Republican party
having freed the slaves, there was
nothing else for it to do but to make
them secure In their freedom. This
was done by the passage Of the thlr
teenth amendment to the federal con
stitution. which reads as follows:
Section 1.-Neither slavery nor involun-
tary servitude. except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted. shall exist In the United
States or In any place subject to their
jurisdiction. IS ,e.-,e
''The wise statesmen who had led the
party SO far in legislation In the inter
est of the black man saw that 1t was
necessary to 60 a step further and
make the Negro full -hedged citizen
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
WOMEN DEPLo ORE LYNCHING,

Northeastern Federation Believes Gov.
srnmsnt Can Stop Mob Violence.
The committee on resolutions at the
recent meeting Of the Northeastern
Federation Of Women's Clubs held In
Jersey City, N. j., made the follow
ing report. which was adopted:
We, the resolutions committee Of the
Northeastern Federation Of Women's
Clubs, assembled in Jersey City, N. j.,
In the Lafayette Presbyterian church,
beg to submit for your consideration
and adoption the following resolutions:
Resolved. That we unanimously express
our gratitude to the Entertaining club,
the Afro-American Women's Industrial
league, also to the Art club, which so ably
assisted them, and to the mayor Of the
city for his cordial words Of welcome;
also to the pastor and members Of the
Lafayette Presbyterian church.
Resolved, That we extend our hearty
thanks to the little pages and to all those
who faithfully served on the program and
that we congratulate the race for the
splendid number Of graduates who have
come from our SCHOOLS ana colleges tHls
year. We commend the parents Of these
graduates for their sacrifice and persever-
ance. thereby making 1t possible for these
graduates to reach the desired goal
Resolved, That we deplore the steady
increase Of lynchings and the continued
apathy Of the United States government
in not enforcing the constitution even
when women and children are being
lynched. AS 1t is known the United States
government does anything 1t deems best
for the protection Of American citizens,
vA- -seel act and others similar of the
constitution make 1t possible for the gov
ernment to prevent lynchings without
state legislation. That We extend to the
National Association For the Advance
ment of Colored People thanks for Its
great work in protecting and advancing
the rights of our people ., .
AS we carefully look with microscopic
eyes over the platforms Of the two great
political parties In our country we see no
solution Of our great American problem.
We beg every woman here and at home
connected with this body to pray, labor
and work, above all, urging them to stand
united in the solving Of our own problem
Miss Roberta ]. Dunbar. chairman: Mrs.
Agnes Adams, Mrs. Ernestine Ross. Miss
Elizabeth A. Mickens. Mrs. M. Cravath
Simpson, secretary.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

Two Necessary Elements to Success.
In 1904 r. L. Houston Of Fort Worth,
Tex. was working as porter on a
salary Of So per week. A few years
ago Mr.. Houston went into the under
taking business and now owns block
Of houses in the business section of the
town. He is highly respected by both
colored and white citizens He ascribes
his success to economy and strict at
tention to business
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

Hughes came steadily onward, how
ever, landing on the committee on
ways and means which has often
proved stepping stone to the senate
In the preliminary presidential cam
paign he became intensely identified
with Governor Wilson's interests, and
Judging by the votes cast for him, that
was a good card. His advance has
been rapid
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
The Press and Business Enterprises.

That the best Of feeling should exist
between the press, business concerns.
secret and social society Is self evil
dent. Each should be a promoter Of
the others interest. for therein lies
sslntuaI benefit, The National Negro
Press association at its recent annual
meeting voiced its sentiments In this
direction by adopting strong resolu
tions calling for closer union betwee
commercial enterprises and newspaper
as essential to greater industria
progress.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
Good Work Of Brooklyn Mothers clul

Good Work of Brooklyn Mothers Club.
The Brooklyn Mothers club will d.
rect its attention during the month Of
October to the task Of raising funds to
be used In connection with the pro
posed erection Of home for delin.
quent youths In order to give the
general public the opportunity Of as
sisting in this worthy cause the club
will give musical and literary enter
tainment at the Carlton avenue branch
Of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton on Thursday evening. Oct. 81.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
CLUSTER LIGHTS ON WASHING. ].
TON AVE. so.
A Great improvement.

The Cluster Lights along Washing
ton Ave. and Cedar Ave., South will
soon be in use. These lights have
been installed through the efforts Of
Messrs. J. o. Peterson the druggist,
Jno. Hedlund, the grocer and w. A.
Kelly, manager of Southern Theatre.
A parade will be given the night the
lights are turned on. ...
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
VAN LEAR WILL LECTURE.

Mr.. Thomas Van Lear will lecture
to the Negroes on Socialism at Ma
sonic Hall on Sunday afternoon al
2:30 P. M. Mr.. Van Lear has Otter
expressed a desire to speak to oul
people. He will not speak on his
Candidacy for Mayor, but will deliver
one Of his Educational Lectures, such
as DIR. w. e. B. Dubois has been Civ
ing during recent years. II there IL
something worth knowing we should
be eager to be informed. Admission
Free.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
yellow or Red.

Colonel Roosevelt hammered at the
yellow Taft badges some time ago.
But no one heard Mr.. Taft saying any
thing publicly about the red bandanna.
Is this to be war Of .colors like the
Swar Of the roses" centuries ago?
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
VOCATIONAL LECTURE SERIES.

Tickets are on sale for Series of
Vocational Lectures under the au-
spices of the Minneapolis Sunday
Forum. First Lecture Oct. 4th at st.
Peters, and alternating between
Bethesda and st. Peters Churches.
There will be six lectures and sea-
son ticket cost 80 cents. The price
of admission Is charged merely to
cover the expenses. See the ad. In
another column.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

Peoples, the contractor, In the Bos-
ton Block wants skilled Negro
mechanics Carpenters, Bricklayers
and Plasterers.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05

COPY MUST REACH US BY
"WEDNESDAY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
,otsr furnished to private consumers by

water furnished to private consumers py ordinance?
 "lt Is clear that these questions must be answered in the affirmative. It is clear also that they are of paramount importance, especially as we propose to have the courts to establish that the company If 1t ever had the right by con- tract, to change the contract rates TOT oo years, has violated their contracts in such sort as to give the city the right to can eel them.
 Tt is evident to all that the water works monopoly is anxious to have tho now contract sustained. It has cvnninE- iy ahstained from putting Itself forward on this important and vital question. No speaker has advocated It's onGao on tho stump, nor writer in tho public pfoas- These questions come from club and arc answered by an unknown lawyer, The News, after introducing tssni oa July 20. has remained silent on tho water contract until today. when E repubiisiiss the questions over the ombie:., of thrs q asterisitH. It is gum bheo fafspaign of silence and insinuations. Hs. deea eay doubt that tho monopoly resiaea tho far reaching importance of this new contract twice publish these questions and asa- wers, and why do the agenta of the eonss prny go about threatening the people aa 10 what it proposes to do to them If this contract Is turned down, or trying la make believe that thIs Ia poor mans contract and that only the silk stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
THE GRAND CIRCUIT

Hartford, Conn, September T.-Grand circuit raoing at Charter Oak park ended today with contests in four elasnes. In tho s.io trot nYo heats woTo necessary, and Two Cord, oTned by Geors and driven by fganis Jones. captured tho event.
 Tho s.5d tfot attracted bat two starters, fstaes dirbio beating Funny Crank il straight heats.
 In the as24 ;ges caz a.sa 1t'aa .H straight hoata, Elk ieraea started in tho ai1a pace, After the initial heat Bessie Dee had things neg ewa way. snsnmaryi
 sloa tret, purse si5oa. Braea dirille, ,. .si., Trasantie-De-
 loran by Dictator t,irrphyl ,,,,, l l Funny Crank, ], E, tceers) ,.,.., ! 7
 Tiule, s;1iAl s;la,a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08

ing crowd will be hurt and all that fol- de-rol? Does anybody suppose that this
 monopoly could live of the silk stock ing crowd? DO not ail the nonopolies live off the wage carner, the poor and the people of modest means? The silk stocking crowd may run the nonopolios,
 but 1t takes the masscs to support them."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
WEATHERLY ON THE
 WATER AGREEMENT
Takes Up Questions Coming
 From Ensley Club
THE ISSUES INVOLVED
Commissioner C Suggests Two Other Questions Which He Claims Should Have Been Included
 in the List

Commissioner James Weatherly last night issued the following written state ment on the water contract question, which is to be voted upon at the polls to- morrow:
 "The Birmingham News today repub- fishes an article first appearing in it's columns on July % last, containing cer- tain answers to certain questions concern ing the proposed new contract with the waterworks company. The questions en- anate from the Ensley club and are as follows:
 First-Has the city the power to reg ulate water rates by ordinance, as in the case of electric light rates?
 'Second-Does the new water contract extend the terms or duration of the old Birmingham water contract, or that of any of the suburban cities or towns?
 'Third-Does the new water contract throw any legal obstacle in the way of municipal ownership?
 I" Fourth-What effect if any, does the Kelly case have as to meter rates and flat rates in the suburban cities and towns?
  put, in phraseology and upon those points most favorable to the company. The answers by some attorney whose name and identity remain concealed are still more ingenious and the whole text, not only of the questions and an swers, but of the entire News article Is calculated to put the most favorable construction on the waterworks com- pany's case which is now being tried be- fore the bar of public opinion.
 Just here I would remark that al- though the clubs questions were an- swered so convincingly, according to the News opinion, more than five weeks ago. the Ensley club has refrafped from taking any action in the matter what ever. Was this because those influential members of the club who had the ques- tions propounded have not been able to get majority of the club to side with the waterworks company?
 Answering Question One
 Now the eminent, concealed lawyer answering question one. says the city has no right to regulate water rates, until after the expiration of the exist ing contracts between Birmingham and the company
 City Attorney Romaine Boyd, on the contrary, whose identity and ability are we'll known, and who Is certainly no partisan of the referendists, has de- livered written opinion to the board of commissioners to the effect that in his opinion the city has the righ. to regulate the rates of the company This opinion is carefully written and cites bout as many authorities as are cited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
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Strikers Will Return

New Bedford, Mass, September 7.-- The New Bedford textile council today ordered nll It's members who are opera tivos In tho 19 mills against which strike of weavers has been in progress for eight weeks to return to work. Tho manufacturers have announced their Ia. tention of reopening the mills on Aion- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
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 mony Q'erker) .............. I l Theart, b, E. McKinny) l ( Major o'Dell, bylk, g tsnow) q ? 7 ? Adj r, b. h, tCox) ..,.......... ? 8 5 ! started
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 elei srot, purse si0o0,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
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 t.fo Cord, D, m,, Sii,s cord- Eve Worthy. hy Axworthy tJones) i,,,i,,,,,.aa,,,.,.a4ta l Kenyon W. blk, n, (MoDonaid) , } Jack London. c, h, g Cdur- phy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,, 1 2 3 : Fee Wee, b. $, fGeers) )... ( ! 2 Birch Leaf and Rallies alec s.efsoa Time slo9A s.0s z, g'ae1sl saaA, sso3g gif2 pace. purse si00J, Bessie Bee. b. m., Star Onwa.s,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-08
Other Questions sugges

"The Ensley club failed to propound two other queations which should have been propounded. though not to be answered by tho eminent lawyer whose Identity rs- mains in conoeaiment. They are sa fol- iows, namely:
 ''Quostion Skin tho event of tho rat iflcation of tho contract by tho people on Monday, September 2, will all breaches of existing contracts, heretofore commit. tod by tho company, be henled and Will all other grounds and causes for canooll- ing the contracts be eondonedY
 'Question eeven-Doea net section 10 ef the proposed new contract settle forever in favor of the eompany Tho heretofore asserted and disputed right of tho city to regulate tho rates cf the company fov
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-22
TOddv'S Anniversaries
Victor Hugo died, 1885.

Victor Hugo died, 1885.
Aaron Burr's trial for treason. be-
gan 1907.
Assault on Vicksburg began. 1868.
Preston S. Brooks assaulted
Charles Sumner in the Senate
chamber. 1856.
Last bloodshed of the Civil War,
1865.
Jacob G. Schurman. educator.
president of Cornell University. born
1854.
Steamer Savannah. the first to
cross the Atlantic Ocean. left New
York. 1919.
Arthur Tappan. reformer. journal
ist and educator, founder of the
New York Journal of Commerce and
Oberlin College, born 1886.
Henry Trimble. scientist and edu-
Gator, editor of the American Jour-
nal of Pharmacy, born 1853.
Sydney H. Gay. journalist and au-
thor. born 1914.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-22
Replies to "WOmen At the Club"

Replies to "WOmen At the Club"
Editor of the MissOurian:-If you
will allow me | should like to reply
to the article Women at the Club"
which appeared in your paper on
Monday. May 20.
The writer of that article makes
the points, that the club needs more
members. needs the women" as she
puts it and that the women need
the club. | will grant the first point
that the club needs more members,
that it needs the women if they care
to come to the club but the second
points that the women need the club
or that there is any considerable de-
mand among the women to come to
the club or to take advantage of
rates similar to those afforded by
the club | have yet to see.
Three years ago the members of
the club voted to admit women to
the large dining room at Lathrop
Hall and the proposition was not
acted upon by the University author
tiles because there was no apparent
demand for such a move among the
women of the university. For two
years the smaller dining room in the
basement of Lathrop Hall, which
would accommodate a hundred and
fifty, has been idle and could have
been put to use by the women of the
university if a demand for such use
had been sufficiently great to warrant
its being set aside for that purpose,
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-22

summer months. This is three
/ inches more rain than falls in ILL
nOis. five more than. in Kansas. sew
en- more than in Minnesota and eight
more than in Nebraska. Local show
! ers are plentiful in summer. The
average number of days when al
least One-tenth of an inch of rain
falls ranges from eleven in April and
June and twelve in May to eight in
November and January. and seven
in August.
SOutherly winds prevail in Mis-
souri,. with an average velocity of
from five to ten miles an hour in
summer, to eight to ten in winter.
The hot winds which sometimes blow
in Kansas and Texas are not part
of MissOuris climate.
Snow rarely falls in Missouri be-
fore November Is or after April ).
The average fall of snow is from
eight inches in the southeastern pOr-
tiOn of the state to thirty inches in
the northwestern. The first killing
frost in autumn is from October l3
to 29, the last one in the spring from
March 80 to April 16.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in the state has been 116 de-
grees Fahrenheit. and the lowest
was 3S degrees below zero.
The work of the United States
Weather Bureau in the state has
been to preserve and compare rec
Ords and statistics on the weather
as well as to make a climatic survey
i'm cooperation with Chronological
stations which have been established
in each county.
The weather bureau furnishes in
formation from the main station at
Columbia to any towns in the state
desiring it. The telephone, tele-
graph and postoffice. as we'll as the
uuiis pdpVlo, arc uoCu " http tile
people informed about weather cOndi-
tiOns. The bureau also sends such
to those in other states
who inquire about MissOuri's climate.
Farmers. manufacturers, anyone con-
moving to a new state,
wish to know of the climatic cOndi-
tiOns of that state. and are given re-
liable information by the United
States Weather Bureau.
The climate of Missouri is partic-
ularly favorable for farming, on ac-
count of the generous amount of
and the fact that it falls just
when the farmer needs it, in the
spring and summer months. To this
fact and to the comparatively few
changes in temperature which are ex-
IRENE enough to affect crops, is due
MissOuri's reputation as one of the |
great agricultural states of the I'm
on. J. M. Med. |
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-22
IT'S EASIER TO KISS HER.

From New York there comes a dis.
patch about a woman who had her
husband arrested on a charge of dis
orderly conduct because he refused
to kiss her. The judge with true
gallantry decided in favor of the wo-
man. The story fails to say whether
his own wife was in the courtroom,
which shows the New York report
ers overlooked one bet.
We think this decision entitled to
go down with the epoch making legal
interpretations. Perhaps the su-
preme court would not affirm the ac-
tion of the trial Judge. but the wo-
mans suffrage league doubtless will
insist that the plaintiff was within
her rights.
1t is pretty safe to assert that this
decision will result in an increase in
OsculatOry attentions on the part of
New York husbands. 1t ought to
have a wide-reaching effect. No man
likes to face a Jail sentence or a pO-
lice court fine just because he failed
to salute his wife properly on leaving
home. While it is possible this de-
cisiOn may call forth some discus
sion as to constitutional rights, etc.
the fact remains that it is easier to
kiss her.