The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-17
CONVENTION OF
BUSINESS men
.atlonaI Body VIII Meet In CHI
cago Aug. q.
GUEST or THE LOCAL LEAGUE.

Program For Thirteenth Annual Meet.
ina Contains Many Interesting Top.
les For Discussion-Sessions to Be
Hold In institutional Church on
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
Is volumlnous and attractive. Persons
representing various lines Of business
as proprietors from some twenty
states are booked to speak at the dif
ferent periods during the three days
the convention will be In session.
The league will be the guest of the
Chicago Negro Business league, OF
which DR.. George G. 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. 3S25 Dearborn street.
The headquarters Of the league VIII
be at the Young Mems Christian asso.
citation. 1880 South State street.
The league will he called to order
on Wednesday, Aug. 21. at lO:3o a. IN.
by DR.. George G. 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 cit,
Gems 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-
lutions and auditing by President
Booker T. washington wednesday
morning. Aug. q. Paul Scott OF
Mitchell, 8. D.. will discuss the qnes'
ton Of Breeding Thoroughbred Leg
horn Chickens" Other subjects and
speakers will be:
Making Farming Pay" @. N. Nil
Ter, Oliver Dickerson and A. l.. Cas-
ton of Rolling Fork. Dickerson and
Shelby, Miss. respectively: my Sue
cess az 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: Truck
Gardening" Gid Hooper, Fort Worth
Tex; Wheat Growing as Busi
; ness" J. d. Rouse. Hitchcock. Okla.
J my Experience as a Cotton Buyer
and Commission Merchant" George
Giles. Ocala. Fla; Making boo'
, Backing Pay" J. Il. Morrisette. Phil
adelphia: MY Success az Dealer II
Railroad Ties. Telegraph Poles ant
Pilings," Warren 81. Davis, Grea
Darlington. Mass; what ] Have Ac
complIshed as Real Estate Dealer.
|, Watt Terry. Brockton. Mass. The dis
cusslon on this topic will be led by L
H. 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. n
Morton of the Hampton (VaJ institute
who will discuss the work OF the OF
panization society In Virginia: Williar
p. Crump Of Phoenix. Ariz.. who Wi
discuss fruit growing; Andrew j. Oi
ford of Chicago. who will tell how b
manages q motorcar machine shop: W
> A. Wallace Of the same city, who wi
g give his experience for ten years as
J. baker: Mrs. j. FL. r. Coleman OF VAST
s ington, who will tell how she manu-
Q factures hair preparations: ]. A. WI
8 liams of Tampa. Fla. who will spea
on cigar manufacturing. and J. Ale1
n ander Mackenzie of Port Antonio. ia
/. maica, B. W. l.. who will give hI
d twenty years experience as generf
d engineer for the United Fruit compan
a Of his home.
u Newspaper Men on Program Thursda
D. The publishing business. It's bitte'
and its sweets. will form the basis II
If an interesting discussion led by W.
ls King of the Dallas TEX, Express ar
n Editor Ben j. Davis Of the Attain
t, (Ga., Independent on Thursday nigh
* Other features will be an address
u. Bishop Isaiah B Scott Of Monrovi
Liberia. on Liberia az an Opportuni
Ia For Negro Business Men" and an
n dress by Julius Rosenwald, the Chic
" 60 capitalist.
q Friday mornings session will be d
!. voted to reports from state busine
leagues In Colorado. Virginia, Nor
and South Carolina. Alabama. Arka
a. sas. Indiana. Florida. Mississippi. lie
"a an. Louisiana and Kansas. Repor
from the following affiliated organic
lions will also be heard: Nation
Bankers association, National Funer
Directors association. the Bar assoc'
tiop and the Press association.
Friday afternoon from 8 to GAS the
VIII be a steamboat excursion alol