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The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

The Fourteenth Annual Meet
ing of the National Negro Busi-
ness League will be held in Phil
adelphia, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, August Goth, 2lst and
(22nd, 1913. The Local Negro
Business League of Philadelphia
has secured from the City Council
of that city AN appropriation of
$4,000 for the entertainment of the
delegates and the appropriation
has been signed by Mayor Rudolph
Blankenburg. The daily sessions
of the League will be held at Mus
ical Fund Hall 00S Locust Street;
the first nights session will be
held at the Academy of Music,
Broad and Locust streets at which
time Mayor Blankenburg will
speak and President Booker T..
Washington will deliver his annual
address.
There are now about 600 Local
Negro Business Leagues through
out the country, well organized
and actively at work emphas-
izing the League idea in their sew
eral centers. In addition there
are at present State Negro Busi-
ness Leagues in Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Texas, Virginia, North
{, Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
X Kansas and one in Illinois, which
was organized May 30, 1913, at
Springfield 1t is expected that
delegates from all these Local and
State Leagues will attend the COM
ing meeting and that reports to be
made will be as interesting and
encouraging as those of last year.
Mr.. S. Laing Williams, compiler
of the National Organization, in
his annual report of the proceed
ings held in Chicago last year
states that there was shown an in
crease in the number of banks, an
increase in the number of corpor-
ations, an increase in the owner
ship of farm lands and crops, re-
markable increase in the number
of men and women who are branch-
ing out into new lines of business
endeavor, an increase in the num-
Der of the ownership of farm lands
and crops, remarkable increase
in the number of the combinations
of capital for the purpose OF de-
veloping large business enterprises
real estate dealers whose holdings
were so large that their accuracy
was challenged, but which inves-
tigation verified. 1t is expected
that at the Philadelphia meeting
in this Fiftieth Anniversary Year
of Freedom showing of racial
progress will be made which will
hearten and encourage every black
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

er IN Inat CITY.
The Gadsden Negro Business
League, Gadsden, Alabama, is
looking for druggist, clothier
and a haberdasher to set up busi-
ness in this congenial little town.
A colored man of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Cohen by name,
who was recently appointed by the
mayor of that city to revise the
city charter, pays taxes on So 0
600 worth of property.
A new undertaking establish
ment opened business on May 26th
in Louisville, Kentucky. 1t is to
be known as the New Undertaking
Camp and is the business of Mason
and Son and Hawkins and Com
pany.
In New Orleans a movement is
on foot to form "a qcolouy among
thrifty Afres,rse. re.t.! We .4t7ans t8f the
purpc Sc of securing g Ater indus
trial advantages and close cooper
alton IN the various lines of COM
munity work.
The Legislature of Missouri has
appropriated $l4O,OO0 for the
building and equipment of a home
for incorrigible colored girls. The
home is to be located at Upton
and $4,000 is appropriated for
maintenance.
Eor long time the Negroes OF
Birmingham, Ala, have been max
ing "a plea for better schoolhouses.
The result is that the city building
inspector has recommended the eX-
penditure of $3U7, ,OU1.S4 on the
Negro schools of Greater Birming-
ham.
The 63 Negro banks in the coun-
try are apportioned among the
states as follows: Virginia II;
Mississippi IL; Alabama s; North
Carolina 6; Texas 6; Florida A
Tennessee A; Oklahoma 3; Georgia
2; Illinois 2; Maryland 2; Arkan-
sas L; Kentucky l; Pennsylvania
L; Massachusetts l.
The Afro o-American Investment
and Employment Company of
Kansas City is company selling
and renting homes to Negroes and
then helping to keep the owners or
renters in paying jobs SO that they
will be able to meet their pay
ments. They have been operat-
ing for eight years, have sold hun
dreds Of homes and placed thous.
ands in good positions and fore
closed only one mortga ge.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Mr.. Hopkins as were many white
voters. John o. Hopkins was
born in Chester, Md, but has been
a resident of Wilmington nearly
all of his life. He conducts a
drug store with Conwell Benton
and is proprietor of the Hopkins
Theatre, a motion picture house.
Out of the 1,300 Republican vot-
ers in the Sixth Ward, $50 are
Negroes.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

One of the things that is killing
the social side of the Negro's life
is gossiping; it has torn families
assunder; brothers and sisters,
mothers and fathers, friends of
long standing, whole communities
have been split in twain on account
of useless gossipping on the part
of those persons whose business it
is to go from home to home strew-
ing what they call the news"
when in fact it is no news at all.
Let us as people call halt
The Lever.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 10
Because he had the termity to ac-
cost on the street and embrace Miss
Maude Payne, a 19-year-old color
ed girl, Frank Carnaby, white, $50
Eighth street, is in a serious con-
dition at the City Hospital with a
cash six inches long on the left
side of the neck near the jugular
vein. Miss Payne was arrested
directly after the stabbing, but was
later released.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

ST. Paul, MINI, June 10.-By a
recent act of the Minnesota Legis-
lature the office of assistant matron
at the Ramsey County Jail was
created. The new position has
been filled by the appointment Of
a colored woman.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

Wilmington, Del, June IL
The Negro citizens of this city are
in happy frame of mind, for John
o. Hopkins as elected a member
of the City Council from the Sixth
Ward at last Saturdays election.
The colored voters We're loyal TO
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

Harrisburg, Pa, June 11.-An-
theme George. proprietor of the
Victoria Theatre, was tried Mon
day, June 9, before Judge McCar-
rell, for refusing accommodations
on the first floor of his theatre to
Negroes, and found guilty by a
Jury of twelve white men. On
February 7th, five Negroes, Frank
N. Robinson, Harry Burris, Rob-
ert Nelson, Percy Allen and DR.. I'll.
G. Champion. purchased tickets for
a performance at the Victoria,
but when they applied for admis-
sion downstairs were informed by
the proprietor that the place for
Negroes was in the balcony. Up
on refusing to take seats in the
balcony they were offered their
money back, but refused it
George admitted that he had made
a rule that colored patrons should
sit in the gallery because many
white patrons had complained
against mixing with colored peo-
Pile downstairs. A sign in the tick
ct window reads: The balcony
of this theatre is provided for our
colored patrons. If you do not
want to sit in the balcony do not
buy tickets, as they will not be
honored in any other section of the
theatre"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

Jacksonville, Fla, June 10 Joe
Lee has been deposed as Collector
of Internal Revenue at Jackson
vile and Henry Hayes Lewis, a
Wilson appointee, has succeeded
him. Every Negro in the office of
the Collector of Internal Revenue
has been replaced with white men,
The Negro chief deputy at Tampa
has been discharged and white
man is now working in his place.
The Tampa office was run entirely
by colored men. Lewis says as
fast as he can get white men to re-
place them he will do so.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21
Confident of Her Power.

Every woman knows that although
she may not be as vapidly pretty as
some of her rivals, she rejoices in
certain indefinable charm which gives
her an incontestable advantage over
them ALA Little World, by Arnold
Goldsworthy.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21
ADMITS NEGROES TO-
NATIONAL GUARDS

Albany, June 3 When Gov.
Sulzer today signed the bill per-
mitting the establishment of col
ored regiment of infantry in New
York City as a part of the Nation
al Guard of the State he told
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

Washington, ID. c., June 10
The segregation of Negro govern
ment employees goes on without
interruption here, and the latest
report is that the segregation of
Negro employees in the office of
the Recorder of Deeds, still presld-
ed over by Negro, Henry Lin
coin johnson, has been ordered.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-21

By invitation of the Harvard
Union DIR. Booker T. Washington
will be one of the lecturers next
year at Harvard University. This
is rare distinction, and it is not
doubted that the eminent Tuske-
geean will give a good account of
himself and represent the race at
its best-as he always does.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
HEARTY ENDORSEMENT
Stearns County Fair Management
in Line for the Fourth

At the meeting, Wednesday night,
of the stockholders of the Agriculture
al Society of Stearns County, mo-
ton was unanimously carried endors-
ing the action of the Commercial
Club in voting to assist Melrose in
celebrating the Fourth of July. 1t
was the sense of the meeting that the
fair do all in its power to help in the
matter.
Several committees reported and
some bills were allowed. The ques-
tion of trying secure dairy DEM
onstration for the fair was discussed
and that led to the proposition of
building a modern COW barn on the
grounds. A committee consisting of
E. A. Richards, H. f. Hennemann,
A. NJ. Welles, S. T. Merryman and
w. S. Dean was appointed to wait on
the city council to ask them for f.
nancial aid n the matter.
The proposition of A. L. Ingram,
as announced in last weeks Herald,
to build a potato warehouse in Sank
Centre, was unanimously endorsed.
This was considered an excellent idea
and the hope was expressed that Mr..
Ingram would receive sufficient in
ducements to warrant his proceeding
with the project. Mr.. Ingram pro-
poses to build the warehouse this sea-
son provided farmers in this vicinity
guarantee to raise $50 acres of pota-
toes. He pledges himself to pay the
highest market cash price for pota-
toes. The warehouse can also be used
for the reception and storage of other
vegetables.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
HERE HEY ARE
List of Stockholders in the first
State Bank

Under the Minnesota laws, all state
banks are required to file with the
register of deeds of the county in
which they are located, a list of names
of stockholders with the number of
shares which they hold. Up to date
the state banks in Stearns county
have most of them made their filings.
Following are the stockholders of the
First State Bank of Sank Centre, to.
gether with the shares of stock held,
as reported by the bank:
NAME No. SHARES
J. A. Dubois, Sank Centre 40
M. F. Woodbury., Hornell. N. Y. 35
J. A. Caughren, Sank Centre so
J. F. Cooper, Sank Centre 8
Thos. Sullivan, Sank Centre 81
L. l.. Kells, Sank Centre 40
A. G. Whitney, St. Cloud 1
B. f. Dubois, Sank Centre 10
F. F. Woodbury., Hornell, N. Y. 5
J. F. Millward, Willmar 20
Total $50
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
ENDORSES PUBLICITY
WheeIOCk's Weekly Believes in In
tereSt on School Funds

Wheelock's Weekly, one Of the
strongest and best weekly newspapers
in Minnesota and published at Fer-
gus Falls, in it's issue of May % and
under the heading !'Interests on De-
poslts", comments editorially as fol-
lows:
"a Sank Centre banker, c. NJ.
Sprague, has urged upon the Board of
Education of that city the propriety
of securing interest on the funds de-
posted in banks by the board. The
recommendation is based upen correct
principles. The peoples money should
earn interest, just as much as that of
private investors. The rule should be
made to apply throughout the state.
1t is Of particular significance that it
was a banker who called attention to
the matter, in the Sank Centre in
stance. While the state law may be
defective in not requiring boards to
call for bids for deposits, there is GER
tainly nothing in the law to prevent
those banks which carry the funds
from voluntarily paying small rate
of interest, say two per cent, on daily
balances. Some arrangement of this
kind is particularly desirable in cases
where bankers are members of the
Board of Education. as thus the hint
of improper remuneration is done
away with"
Wheelock's Weekly follows t he
above editorial with a reprint in full
of the editorial of the St. Cloud Jour.
nal-Press of similar tenor, which The
Herald reprinted in a recent issue.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
LOOK OUT FOR |T|nOMF TEAM WINS
Keep Your Eyes Open for Special
Stock Train
FOR FARMERS BENEFIT
Northern Pacific Corps of Demon
stratOrs to Spend Half Day
In Sank Centre

The live stock special train which
starts on a two weeks tour of the
Northern Pacific lines in Minnesota,
on June 9th, will be of special inter
lest to all who desire to keep abreast
of the best methods in farming. No
pains will be spared by the experts of
the State Agricultural College who
have in charge the management of the
educational features of the train to
make it an occasion Of the greatest
value.
One of the special features of the
train will be the live stock judging,
which will be conducted at each stop.
The farmers are invited to bring in
their best bull, COW, calf, colt or pig
and have them judged at the stock
judging performance. Prizes are be-
ing offered by the business men in
many towns for the best stock.
A grade Guernsey herd, consisting
of five animals and headed by pure
bred Guernsey bull, have been secured
from the Northeast Experiment Sta
tion Farm at Grand Rapids, and will
be feature of this stock demonstra-
tion. The results of using a pure
bred bull in herd of common COWS
is here illustrated. The four females
are headed by "Old Gracie," a COM
mon COW of unknown lineage. Her
calf, Grace II, shows by her record
the improvement in milk production.
Grace III shows still further improve
ment. A fourth generation is repre-
sented in the heifer calf, which is !
pure and it cannot be distinguished
from a pure bred animal.
Besides the Guernsey stock above
described, other dairy and beef herds,
as we'll as horses, sheep and hogs will
be represented. A Holstein bull and
COW, a beef type short horn, dairy
type short horn and a typical beef
(Angus) bull will be among the
animals carried and exhibited.
The stock that will be carried on
Continued on page S
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
High School Nine Defeats AIexan-
dria Aggregation
WINDS UP Tie SEASON
Secures Long End of the Score by
PiIing up Six TdlIies to the
Visitors ;

The high school team finished the
season on Saturday on the home
grounds by defeating the fast Alexan-
dria aggregation in the best played
game of the year.
Alex took the lead in the second in
ming, scoring one run on singles by
Clayton and Clifton Parks.
In the fourth, things begin to hap
pen. Clifton singled and stole second
and third. Clayton walked, stealing
second and third. Kinney reached
first on fielder's choice while McIver
and Hopkins ran down Clifton be-
tween third and home. Mulligan
struck out. Bordsen singled, scoring
Clayton. Littell struck out Campbell
and two Alexandrians died at their
posts. Lyman walked and stole Sec
ond. McIver was retired, Parks to
Kinney. Hopkins walked and stole
second. Hansen slammed out double,
scoring Lyman and Hopkins. Litte!l
out at first advancing Hansen. Coop
er reached first on Kinney's error,
Hansen scoring. Scott walked and
Wagner flied out to Parks, retiring
the side. Score, 3 too.
Sank Centre held the lead for the
rest of the game. One run was &C
quired in the 5th when Lyman drew
a pass, stole one station, and finished
the trip in the Pullman. McIver paid
the fare.
In the seventh. Lyman walked. Nc
liver brought him in a clean two-bag-
ger, took third on Hopkins sacrifice,
and scored on single by Hansen.
Alex picked up one more in the
9Th, making the final score 6-3.
A large crowd was absent from the
festivities.
Summary base hits: Hansen
and McIver. Double Plays: Lyman to
Hansen. Bases on balls: # Littell 5,
off Campbell 7. Struck out: by Littell,
by Campbell 7. Umpire: Arnstead;
In preliminary contest, the Sank
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29

power of great, noble principle.
Said he: lose the motive to be, and
put in its place, the desire to get, and
you become a weakling, prey to all
the defeating forces of the world"
Mr.. Brown urged his young hearers
to let the one thing each does mean
loyalty. steadfastness, purity, freedom
from coarseness, veracity in it's best
sense that of living the truth, a
splendid ambition to enter ones place
of work in the world
Speaking of the work of the teacher
Mr.. Brown said: Tradition tells us
that at great feast in honor of the
man who rendered the most valuable
service in the building of Solomon's
temple, the guest Of honor was a
blacksmith, who had made the tools
for all the wOrkmen. When the tenn
pie of a redeemed race is completed.
and it is asked who did the most to
make it possible, the answer will be:
the faithful teacher, he whose heart
and brain moulded and inspired the
men and women who did the works..
Mr. Browns closing words to the
class were: SIN the name of your
teachers: in the name of the public
school that is, that has been, that is
to be; in the name of its many friends;
by the last word of admonition and
hope, greet you in this exercise of
your graduation program. May you
do business for the King on broad,
generous plans. May the Infinite
have His way with you. Be of good
courage.
"'Our hearts, our hopes, are all
with you;
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers,
our tears,
Our faith, triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with you. are all with you'".
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
orioin Of Present-Day Games.

Though we get our games Of tennis
from the eastern countries, most Of
our games of bat and ball come down
to us from the ancient north. Ring
games and games in which light OBJ
iects are thrown come also from for
est countries, where the spear was
familiar weapon. But all of them
alike appear to revert in origin to
early experiences of the race by which
they worked out their salvation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT
Adjoining Cities form Union on
Friendly Basis That Promises
Beneficial Results
FOURTH and The FAIR
Down River Citizens Meet with To-
cal Commercial Club and Pass
Friendly Evening

struck hands in friendly compact.
From now on the watchword will be
"Boost" for every legitimate enter
prise that augurs for the benefit Of
the two cities. ,s=Is-~ Is
BY this it should not be understood
that there has been any unfriendly
feeling existing in either city for the
other; but that citizens of the two
towns have never gotten together To
put forth organized effort to help
each other.
1t all came about in this manner.
At the request of DR.. Biley Smith,
speaking for Melrose citizens, Presi-
dent H. f. Hennemann called spec
ial meeting of the Commercial Club
last Thursday evening for the purpose
of receiving delegation from Melrose
who desired to lay before Sank Centre
business men proposition to the in
terest of both cities. The meeting
was we'll attended by members of the
club A dozen citizens from Melrose
came up in their automobiles and
were on hand filled with enthusiasm.
The following is the personnel of the
delegation: DR.. p. A Hilbert, DR..
Biley Smith, Editor A. F. Steffen,
J. H. Speaker, Will Kay, Michael Gal
lagher, DR.. Guy Campbell, Prof. E. J.
Sweeney, Attorney w. J. Stephens,
William Schwanke. VIM. Atkinson,
Chas Hoffman.
President Hennemann, in opening
the meeting, welcomed the visitors
and expressed the wish that fraternal
relations between the two towns
should be permanently established.
He then called on Editor A. f. Stef-
fen of the Melrose Beacon to state the
object of the visit. MIR. Steffen re-
spOnded and let it be known that
Melrose is to celebrate the Fourth of
July in grand style this year and that
the delegation came up to extend to
Sank Centre cordial invitation to at
tend and help boost. He declared
that Melrose was friendly to Sank
Centre and the county fair and would
gladly cooperate with Sank Centre to
make the fair success.
Attorney w. J. Stephens followed
in characteristic vein, his talk fairly
bristling with Irish wit. Mr.. Steph-
ems was certain that the two cities
could cooperate to good advantage.
DR.. P. A. Hilbert followed, elaborat-
ing to some extent upon the character
of the proposed celebration. Other
Melrose speakers were Prof. Sweeney,
Will Kay and Mr.. Spieker. Every
Melrose speaker was enthusiastically
applauded.
President Hennemann then called
for expressions of opinion from the
members of the Commercial Club.
Several responded, and all expressed
the hope that permanent friendly re-
lations be established between the
two cities. Attorney M. G. Kelsey
struck the key note of the meeting
when he said that the interests of
western Stearns county called for
hearty cooperation between the two
| towns. The Sank Centre speakers
all doomed the county fair and were
not slow in expressing their hearty ap-
probation of what Melrose had done
in the past, illusions being made to
the special train sent up here last
Continnpd on naoo
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-29
Out Of Date.

Major Bankstick (of the Indian
army)-"Ten your scout-master that,
now I'm home, l shall be pleased to
help him, if he'd like it; with field,
work and so on" Horace (of the Boy
Scouts)-"Thanks, awfully, dad, but
er-are you quite up-to-date?-drill's
altered lot since you were home