The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-09-26

Mr.. Jones received his high school ed
ucation here. earning his money by
working at the Hotel Pilgrim. He had
a room in the basement Of the hotel
during the four years in which he was
In school.
It is quite significant, therefore. that
here, where he struggled up through
ignorance and poverty a few years
ago, he is thus honored by the wealth.
est white people Of the town as their
guest and contributing to their thought
and literary aspirations. Mr.. Jones Or
ganized the Piney Woods Country Life
school under the pine trees Of south
Mississippi in 1909 without land or
financial aid, but his ambition to do
something to uplift his race soon at
tracted the attention Of both white and
colored people. who gradually came to
his assistance.
In his speech. which was listened to
with close attention. Mr.. Jones In part
said:
Ladies', Daughters American Revolution
Appearing before you today. do 80
with q heart brimming over with emo
ton which I feel that my tongue can
never express.
The American Revolution! The very
name thrills the heart and spreads before
the mind a wondrous picture OF the past
4 panoramic view OF colonial days We
see the colonial mansion, the cottage and
the Negro quarters the farms and the old
fashioned gardens. We hear the almost
omnipresent hum Of the spinning wheel.
the tinkle of the bells In the pasture. the
ring Of the scythe and the stir OF indus
trial and commercial life. which was but
the beginning of the prosperity and prog
ress that have made Of this the great ma
ton that II Is today.
Nowhere In the world has the spirit OF
liberty tho same significance as In TINS
country. From America. with that ideal
Of liberty or DEATH" has gone forth the
new meaning Of the old world. Beginning
back In the period Of '76. coming on down
to 81 and In '9S. this brotherhood has
characterized our actions. The tolerance
Of the protracted disturbance In Mexico
IL but an evidence Of this feeling OF lib
erty and the ideal Of broad mindedness
which give every nation or race the priv
ilege of striving for It's ideal.
These are problems that no cannon can
solve, situations whose adjustment lies be-
yOnd the pOmp ana circumstance oi WaE'
even beyond the Jurisdiction and adapta-
bility Of man. Since this Is true II has
fallen to woman to take up the burden.
and among all noble women where are
any more fitted to assume these duties
than you, the daughters Of those In whose
veins flowed the fighting blood Of the ma
ton? II Is your birthright to be all that
Ia good and true and Just within your
selves ana to desire the same for all The
fathers willed II thus. For thee they
fought, for thee they fell. and their oath
was on thee laid"
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
I stand before you today one Of race
whose history. while vastly different. Is
strangely and strongly interviewer with
that Of your own. We have lived In the
same country: we have heard the same
drums and bugIes; we have thrilled meath
the futter of the same flag, Your people
have occupied the seats Of the mighty;
mine have sat on the lowly seats. yet de-
spite the woes and sorrows there have been
through the years many golden threads
Of sympathy, kind regard and fellow feel