The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-17


les For Discussion-Sessions to Be
Hold In institutional Church or
Dearborn Street.
By N. BARNETT DoDsoN.
The program for the thirteenth an
nual meeting Of the National Negro
Business league In the selection OF
speakers and subjects to be discussed
IL voluminous and attractive. Persons
representing various lines Of business
as proprietors from some twenty six
states are booked to speak at the diff
ferent periods during the three days
the convention viii! be In session.
The league will be the guest Of the
Chicago Negro Business league. OF
which DR.. George c. Hall Is president
and the Chicago Association Of Com
merce. George NJ. Spangler manager
bureau Of conventions. The sessions
of the league will be held In the lnsti
tutional church. $685. Dearborn street.
The headquarters of the league will
be at the Young Mems Christian asso'
citation, 1880 South State street.
The league will he called to order
on Wednesday. Aug. 81. at 1890 a. m.
BY Dr. George C. Hall. The address
of welcome on behalf of the local
league will be delivered by the Hon. j.
Gray Lucas and on behalf Of the citi
zens of Chicago and the Chicago Asso
citation Of Commerce by e b. Butler.
Subjects and Speakers For First Day.
Immediately after the appointment
of the committees ON credeptiais. reso-
buttons and auditing by President
Booker T. washington wednesday
morning. Aug q. Paul Scott OF
Mitchell. s. D.. will discuss the qnes'
ton of Breeding Thoroughbred Leg
horn Chickens" Other subjects and
speakers will be:
Making Farming Pay" @. N. Mil
Ter. Oliver Dickerson and A. l.. Cas-
ton of Rolling Fork. Dickerson and
Shelby, Miss. respectively; my Sue
cess an Farmer. Stock Raiser and
Thrasher." w. v. Smith. Larned.
Kan: Truck Farming" Washington
Reed, Weliston. Mo-; Conducting q
Thoroughbred Stock Farm" Peter L.
Hensley. Mount Sterling. KY; "rruck
GARDENING" Gid Hooper, Fort WORTH
Tex; Wheat Growing as Bust
r ness" ]. d. Rouse. Hitchcock. Okla;
} my Experience as Cotton Buyer
. and Commission Merchant" George
Giles. Ocaia. Fla; Making Boot
, Backing Pay" J. Il. Morrisette. Phil
! adelphia; MY Success az Dealer In
Railroad Ties. Telegraph Poles and
2 Pilings." Warren Fl. Davis. Grea,
I Darlington. Mass: What ! Have Ac
D compllshed az a Real Estate Dealer
v Watt Terry. Brockton. Mass The dis
q cussion on this topic will be led by l.
Il. Ferribee Of Chicago.
The main feature Of the evening ses
, sion on Wednesday will be DR.. Wash
'. ington's annual address. Other speak
ers and subjects will be Major X. X
Morton Of the Hampton (VaJ institute
who will discuss the work OF the or
ganization society In Virginia: william
p. Crump Of Phoenix. Ariz.. who will
discuss fruit growing: Andrew }. Of
ford of Chicago. who will tell how n
manages motorcar machine shop: W
= A. Wallace Of the same city. who vii
q give his experience for ten years as
J. baker: Mrs. J. Fl. r. Coleman OF Wash
IS ington, who will tell how she manu-
Q features hair preparations: ]. A. VII
IS liams of Tampa. Fla. who Will speal
on cigar manufacturing. and }. Alex
n ander Mackenzie Of Port Antonio. ia
j. maica, B. W. l.. who will give hi
d twenty years experience as genera
d engineer for the United Fruit compan
a Of his home.
al Newspaper Men on Program Thursda!
D. The publishing business. Its bitter
and its sweets. will form the basis ft
Of an Interesting discussion led by w.
Is King of the Dallas (TexJ Express an
n Editor Ben J. Davis Of the Atlani
t, (Ga., Independent on Thursday nigh
* Other features will be an address b
u. Bishop Isaiah B Scott Of Monrovi
Liberia, on Liberia az an OppOrtunit
IA For Negro Business Men" and an a.
n dress by julius Rosenwald, the Chic
rk 60 capitalist.
:. Friday mornings session will be d
- voted to reports from state bushes
leagues In Colorado. Virginia, Mort
and South Carolina. Alabama. Arka
"a sas Indiana. Florida. Mississippi. lie
~ "a. Louisiana and Kansas. Repor
from the following affiliated organic
lions will also be heard: Nations
Bankers association. National Funer
Directors association. the Bar associ
ton and the Press association.
| Friday afternoon from 3 to 8:45 the